The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 6, 1945, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA !in a session so short as ours. It would be easy, rm-} e | |instance, to keep the 100-page tax measure from HAPPY BIRTHDAY 20 Y E A RS A G 0 FEBRUARY 6, 1925 . . . - Daily Alaska Empire | coming to a vote simply by offering amendments to —— Caked with ice and partly covered with snow, their clothes in torn Published every evening except Sunday by the i xru‘:‘r\ l):t!;‘Tnl: ‘(’JZ"::‘:NA’B!“. each section of the measure. Time would not permit pfries the bill to pass through second reading. Usually, only minorities use such measures, there- | fore working against the will of the people, since x)u'; majority, if a democracy is workable, represent the | . 2 will of the people. condition, the frozen bodies of Capt. Nick Byvstrom, master; Ed Lee, mate | and John Loseth, deckhand, of the mail boat George, Jr., were found | just above the high water mark on the beach about one mile north from Station Point, Admiralty Island, and brought to Juneau. A No trace of R. R. Brown, believed to be a passenger was found. The belief is the George, Jr., foundered in the recent gale off Taku. The craft left Peters- Military justice, gauged by peacetime civilian | Elsie Sauers { burg January 23 and was due in Juneau two days later. Search parties standards, is almost breath-taking in its austerity. | RTINS had been out for the past five day: This is & fact obvious in the recent trials of American | """ ! - . soldiers involved in thefts and misappropriations of | The Copper River and Northwestern Railroad was tied up by snow, | F ey Army supplies and equipment. Both in this country | . warfieldsl Dmg SIO"e C 2 ol s {and in the European theatre of opeartions, J ity NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE: of 20 years at hard labor have' been typical penaities|) “The stars incline | (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies i by bl | for offenses which in the civil courts would have been | but do not compel” } HORLUCK’S DANISH | ICE CREAM TRIPLETTE & KRUSE BUILDING CONTRACTORS EXPERT CABINET WORK OF ALL KINDS 20TH CENTURY MARKET BUILDING SHOP PHONE 96 After 5:00 P. M. PHONE 564 Silver Bow Lodge @Nn. A2,1L0.0.F. Meets each Tues- day at 8:00 P. M. I.0O. O. F. HALL. Visiting Brothers Welcome GEORGE CLARK, Noble Grand from THE EMPIRE Prestdent e e} - - Vice-Presidant - Editor and Manager - Managing Editor - Business Manager Ernest Gruening Hollis Triplette Nellie Camp ‘ Millie Miller | Nellie Fay Peratrovich | Clarice Hill I Mrs. L. J. Fink | FEBRUARY 6 } * Gov. { Mrs. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE N0, 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. . E. F. CLEMENTS, Wor- shipful Master; JAMES W. LEIV- ERS, Secretary. Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: | Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; - six months, $8.00; one year, $15.00. B ze paid, at the following rates: $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; 0 Wartime Justice r a favor 1t they will promptly notify ny fallure or frregularity in the de- May Comer (Cincinnati Enquirer) News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. NIGHT SCHOOL TYPING and SHORTHAND Mon.-Tues.-Wed. 7:30 to 9:30 Juneau City Council Chambers Miss McNair—Ph. Douglas 48 ) B. P. 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting Brothers wel- come. A. B. HAYES, Exalted Ruler; H. L. McDONALD, Secy. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ed Press is exclusively entitled to the use for all news dispatches credited to it or not other- this paper and also the local news published The previous night, the Ketchikan City cage team won from the Juneau High School by a score of 14 to 10 in one of the best games seen here for sometime. - Alaska Newspapers, 1411 only a fraction as severe. Now a general court-martial in France has sen- |tenced to d five American soldiers who “huge quantities of gasoline” from the Army and sold | it on the Parisian black market for as much as $60 air forces and seem to promise suc- | | a gallon, living in luxury on the profits. A verdict | cess for United Nations' aviators, Minnie Goldstein left on the Admiral”Rogers for the States on a like that would be inconceivable in a civil court on |Progress for our armies in offensive pleasure trip. a comparable offense. The court-martial verdict was operations is indicated. 4 ¥ not based merely upon theft, however; the offense! HEART AND HOME: Emphasis ¥ . 5 3 e % was construed as desertion | on physical attractiveness which has | Nojbew' cdss ot aiphtheriswere teported At Nome but serum was affected women since the First still being rushed there by dog team. We do not quarrel with the severity of the sen-|yroq war will be less evident after tences, however. Let us remember that these men ;. present conflict, it is predicted. were in the Army. They had buddies moving up into Qualities of the mind and heart will s ——————— A the front lines—men whose lives would be dependent |yo chiefly appraised by returning| &= DR E H KASER PLOWERLAKD lupon an adequate supply of gasoline. They Knew, gervicemen. | . . . by DENTIST CUT FLOWERS—POTTED Daily Lessons in English %, 1. Gorpox WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Out of respect of those who went down on the George, Jr., the Cham- Benefic aspects today direct our{ ber of Commerce cancelled the meeting to be held this day. th stole The Sewing Basket BABY HEADQUARTERS Infant and Children’s Wear 139 S. Franklin Juneau, Alaska Weather report: High, 32; low 27; trace of snow, cloudy. Sl R i | | they must have known, the sacrifices and danger: E v et 3 : | BUSINESS AFFAIRE: From time BLOMGREN BUILDING |involved in getting that gasoline to the Paris area.i¢; time astrologers have preached | i b PLANTS—CORSAGES People in the United States did without gasoline in|¢hyift to wage earners. They now | o G0 RS b R 2 :r those who deserve the best” order that the Army might have enough. The men |propnosticate severe financial prob- URS: s % . nd and Franklin Phone 557 venteenth Session of the Legislature seems ' of the Merchant Marine and Navy braved death t0lems following attainment of peace.| In the first two |deliver it overseas. Under the circumstances, the| NATIONAL ISSUES: Our de-! up only five new \lml; and sale (:11 1(]th5;- ;)1:5;)]1;::4-[(‘“ :i“vnrl’l‘;‘u‘; (l\).l:llk mocracy will ]])rnvc ;:(uzzl;?g to figr- jobs in the Territorial gove: 3 v market gangs is fully reprehensibi S W eser- eign nations that seek patterns for i AHEtsL gt Ly tion—if, indeed, it s not more reprehensible. OFF TO SLOW START WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He had a good plan to purpose.” Say PROPOSE, which means to offer for consideration. | OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Naturalize. Pronounce nat-u-ral-iz, | both A’s as in AT, U as in UNITE, I as in LIE, accent on first syllable; off to a slow start. ASHENBRENNER’S NEW AND USED; iced would set Dr. A. W. Stewart s, and not three. * D T listrative ; ; |ideal govenment, the seers warn, un- | FOUR syllable AR, not ER. rang priations ranging from & If this keeps up the Way committees more, Finan biennium. “HORSEPLA Representative Vukovich, who is one of the first members of the Legislature to even suggest that the to do things the spoke out y against “horseplay” through wmch'}; attempted to defeat a bill by offering | wear uniform or not amendments which would change the intent of th members are people want House erd: some legislators in session them done, y from $4,000 per year to $7,500. bureaus which would be set up would require appro- F paltry $20,000 to $ will only have to pare off five or six million dollars to balance the budget for the next The | + the individuals themselves, and their fam-| ilies, we feel genuinely sorry. The regrettable thing |is that they were not made to fear the consequences | of their act beforehand. The practice apparently was | | widespread, so much so that it seriously handicapped | our supply lines to the front during a period of critical | emerggncy. Hereafter, we dare say, Army personne” | will think twice about such things—and then not do | | them. ‘ 000 or and Means and There should, however, be no distinction be- | tween military personnel and civilians. In cases of | supply sabotage for profit in this country—and \vv.‘3 have many black market gangs which practice it con- | tinually—we would like to see sentences as rigorous as those imposed by the court-martial. After all, | e at war, and our stake is the same whether we way the strongly in the By getting tough the Army is going to solve its |less towns and cities institute im-! portant reforms. While the under-| world flourishes and black markets profit the rule of the people ap-| pears weak or actually impotent. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Astrologers foretell the start of an| important cycle in American-Rus- sian relations this year. A northern and direct air route between the United States and Russia is indicat-| ed. | Persons whose birthdate it is have| the augury of a year of memorable | xperiences. Changes in environ-| ment will be fortunate. All engaged | in the armed Services should bene-| fit. Children born on this day probab-| ly will be vigorous, high-spirited| measure. More power to him. Deceptivi ction to delay bills seem out of place at hox problem of supply leaks. We could do the same here e, if our courts would go jand generally fortunate. They may | about it the same way. |be self-willed and unwisely gener- | TR b o | bearing the brunt of the bitterest | political attack since the days of | william Jennings Bryan. They see |him getting, at the most, merely control over the census, the Patent Office, the Weather Bureau, the Bureau of Standards, the Coast and Geodetic Survey and other !1outine functions of the Commerce Deépartment, =~ with absolutely no power to help provide jobs or in- fluence the economic future of the nation. All of which is liable to leave a | sour taste in the mouths of several million people. Washinglon Merry- ! Go-Round (Continyed from Page Omne) of the battle) may be the turning point toward _another different kind of war. You know better than I the danger of economic war which can follow military wictory. As Gover- nor of North Carolina vou told me how even your efficient state had, difficulty meeting. its financial ob-| Even assuming that Henry Wal- ligations in the depression days of /lace knew' as little about adminis- 1932. We all remember the threats trative government as some of his to lynch judges in Iowa, and giow refrigerator - frequenting predeces- the }h.v\bndg(, across the Potomac so! in the Vice-Presidency; even were raised for the first time in assuming he had never run the history to prevent 20,000 angry, largest agency of the government, hungry war veterans from storming the Department of Agriculture, for the Nation’s Capitol. eight years with an A-1 record; And what I don’t believe the even forgetting that as Secretary Byrds or the Baileys, the Tafts or|of Agriculture he loaned the McKellars have any concep- |money than Jesse Jones, to more tion of is how this may people and with a higher percent- happen again. age of cellections: even so, ‘the Must Not Happen Again . bitter fight against Wallace is In the European war theatre likely to leave a sour taste in the there are 18,000 American soldiers /mouths of many people. 3 absent without leave. While many, Champion of Common Man of these‘are technical AWOL's, on| For Henry Wallace to millions ef the other hand we already know people has become a symbol. He how the black market has pros- has become a symbol representing pered in France, and we know that the things which Roosevelt once some American - troops, especially |fought for when his administration in Ita have left the Army per- |was young and vigorous. He has manently, have married local wo- 'become a symbol of 60,000,000 jobs, easily more | (Copyright, 1945) = . | gy gt \ i men, and live by the black market eepemiomems by raiding the vast stores of| an supplies in France and While these are in the vast mi-! nority, we cannot escape the fact that almost every American soldier | will come back, trained to fight, but only too anxious to get back to work—if he can get work. We also cannot escape the fact that one result of this war has been the tremendous enhancement of the prestige of Soviet Russia Prestige always accrues to a nation winning great military victories. In addition I remember an observation | by Congresswoman Clare Luce la: year that Russia had now usurped the place occupied by this country wi for about 100 years after| 1776 we were looked up to in wall engine uttit Salutation ¥ruit drink Went by air . Burrows Ixist . Like . Large book . Fiber 27. One having charge of trees . Cut dow Piece of baked 64. cl 34, Nothing Crossword Puzzle [>|=|r|m WD 82 mtz—nafi REESn M 3 vjojliml |zl 2 EE m[<i[m]| > m Tl vll>w[X[>e] ) Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN ombast bove . Greek letter . Staffs of office . Smell Europe the young, vigorous, . Bushy clump . Eloquent speaker revolutionary country which set the po for the rest of the world Mrs, Luce is probably right today Greece, where of people are pace . Take up again 9. Military ca; . City in Spain . Strong taste , . Domestic animal Finest In the direction your now set of Hackneyed Nimble the political pace for the world City in Massa- chusetts In place of U. Labor And Russia How much America soldiers 21 . Pertaining to the motion coming home from Europe will be the inspiration of of the sea 9, The cream . Extend a sub, iet Russia I don't know. If they the influence should be scription Mother Insect t risk is there home. Near Manner 3 . Most pleasant also e which carried the main Local office Not many ing F Roose- not happy of the new anti-labor team in the State partment. Howe labor that the Cabinet woulc by appointment own f i and chief champion, Henry Now, however, they load in r velt, was pointment -eles rillionaire De- figured balanced be of it A0 Naw. Wallace features se More exposed . Frosted | And it doesn’'t make for go 1 should think that if the Byrds| Then the political repercussions in CPARIS—She is a slim, dark girl| land where history repeats, and | jewelled collaborationist dolls” who That is why I think the Senate|8Taces—or runs—the office of a peace. ‘When the Germans came, Con- Your friend, front of a textile firm. imminent risk of Nazi reprisals. points. 5 Germans required. It was too risky dress was blowing up, give him a occupation, and so did Constance Constance and what she did.” | taurant at her collaborationist sis- Fieant citing is ever going to happen to i {ous. !a champion of the common man. i od public reaction when he is oppnsf?di St {and sabotaged by the millionaire : " apple-grower of Virginia, the mil-| | lionaire publisher - from Ohio, and! [ i the representatives of the Duke/{ power interests in North Carolina. | Folls NAZIS and the Baileys, the Tafts and the | McKellars were smart they would take the initiative in letting a man like Henry Wallace bear the hrum,| Bugfitg::;::m'gsu' of the terrific postwar headaches. 2 jcase of fuilure would not. be.s0, RN SNSE, O LS b Reigleat. mirrored black market restaurants | But if the men who have learned where a dinner costs $20. She walk-| to shoot straight come back to ajed with all the aplomb of the be- the same thing happens as after are regular patrons. the last war, and if they see the| This is odd because Constance is same little group of obstructionists something quite different. She was responsible, then I, for one, fear a private secretary before and dur-| the consequences. |ing the occupation and now she fight over Henry Wallace and his?h‘gh fifié’cé‘ofigic;?lieaders 1 plans for the common man may 3 take its place in history Blongside“’lfmdesune press had assembled to the historic fight over Woodrow |Pay her a luxurious tribute. This Wilson and his plans for permanent |iS Why. | 1 only wish that some of yom.lscnnce was working in a radio sta-| Ifriends in the Senate had your|tion and if.was pretty hot for any- broad understanding of these prob- |one who didn't want to play Naai lems, or at least your sympathetic ball. She and the boss got out and desire to inquire into them. set up business behind the false Drew Pearson,| Theif office was one of the co- i (Copyright, 1945, by the |ordinating points of the under- ! Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 1ground press from which bits of for- - — |bidden information were circulated to clandestine papers ‘'operating, in Constance, because of her guile- less private secretary mien, was picked to scoot around Paris on a bicysle, distributing important | scraps of paper to secret pick-uj The scarcity of transportation made it no oddity for a business girl to be getting around on a bicycle, but Constance made her rounds with no bicycle license plate such as the to try to get one. “But I didn't get stopped once during the whole occupation,” she said. “Whenever a cop glanced at me in a funny way, I'd pretend my good show of my leg, struggle with my skirt a bit, and throw him an embarrassed smile. Whatever he’s been thinking of doing he'd forget.” The leg gag lasted throughout the and her newspaper. The group of clandestine press leaders, shaking their heads in aw- ed admiration, said: “We'd never { have been able to get along without Constance, one of the real hero- ines of the resistance, waved away the tribute in the time-honored manner of private secretaries. Toss- -|ing a tolerant glance across the res- ters, she said: . “It was really quite interesting, you know. Now, with everything | straightening out, life almost seems dull. T wonder if anything as ex- me again . .. " —-—— James Monroe designed a river bridge that was later built in Eng- land. Y grass > 58, Hindu cymbals OFTEN MISSPELLED: Beggar: SYNONYMS: Memory, remembrance, recollection, reminiscence. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: SCINTILLATE; to sparkle or twinkle. “The beautiful fixed stars scin- tillate on a clear evening.” MODERN ETIQUETTE Q. Is it good form for a woman who is entertaining her card club, to give very expensive prizes, if she can afford it and wishes to do so? A. No; this should not be done because other members of the club may not be able to afford such extravagance. Q. Ts it proper for a bachelor to entertain in his hotel suite? A. Yes. Of course, he should employ hotel servants and entertain just as he would in a private apartment. Q. Are the number of men and women invited to a subscription dance always equal? A. Usually more men are invited than women. ot ot i it LOOK and LEAR X YVhich eanal joins the Mediterranean to the Red Sea; (a) the Eustachian, (b) the Suez, (¢), the Trans-Jordan? 2. Which shelifish is the most valuable? What do the winged cap and sandals of Mercury signify? What does the C, I. D, of Scotland yard stand for? What does “refraetory”, mean? ANSWERS: ° The Suez. The oyster. Speed. 2 The Criminal Investigation Department. Ostinate; unmanageable. HARRI MACHINE SHOP OIL BURNERS GIFTS Phone 319 b , 1 ROBERTA LEE | by A. C. GORDON Blacksmithing Plumbing, Heating, Acetylene Welding, (Scote Neweomd System) WILLIAM DICK as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA n EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING. Present this coupon to'the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: "BROADWAY RHYTHM" Federal Tax—11c per Person PHONE 14 — THE ROYAL BLUE CAB C0. and an insured’ cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! | DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. John H. Geyer VENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 ROBERT SIMPSON, Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmol Glasses Pitted Lenses Ground “’The Rexall Store" Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” The Charles W. Carter " Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sta. PHONE 136 WINDOW WASHING RUG CLEANING SWEEPING COMPOUND FOR SALE DAVE MILNER Phone Green 279 Dineatthe ‘Bataan Cafe First Natioulggl Bank of JUNEAU, FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE COR ATION INSURANCE Shattuck Agency Duncan'’s Cleaning and PRESS SHOP Cleanmg—Pressing—Repairing PHONE 333 “Neatness Is An Asset” ZORIC SYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 Alaska Laundry FURNITURE Phone 788—306 Willoughby Ave. Jones-Stevens Sfiop ‘ LADIES’—MISSES* || READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third e, “The Store for Men" SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man" HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING CALIFORNIA | 41:7—;01}:’}3‘.?77* JUNEAU - YOUNG Hardware Company | You'll Find Food Finer and Bervice More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP JAMES C. COOPER, C.P.A BUSINESS COUNSELOR Authorized to Practice Befere TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced b, J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!" Juneau Florists - Phone 311 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1945 The B. M. Behrends Bank : Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL : SAVINGS