The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 10, 1945, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Bunday by the EMPIZE PRINTING COMPANY Jun in treets Second and M Y MONSE! OY LINGO - Editor R. CARTER LS - and N F D - S N Man ENGER - i, - Busine Entered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Junean and Douglas for $1.50 per month; ne vear, $15.00, heir papers. nes: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS fvely dispateh paper and ‘Alaska Newspapers, 1411 VOTING FIGURES Final President and three: tabulations of last November's vote for show 48,025,684 or about uarters millions less than the number cast in 1940. Since the population inéreased between 1940 and 1944, the adult ci voting in 1944 must have been somewhat less than the percent- age in 1940, which has been estimated as high as 66. The reason for this decline probably is that many citizens lost their votes by meoving—some into the armed services, others into industrial areas away from their customary places of registration. No one knows how many rvice people lost their votes, either be- cause of defective State laws or because of the un- avoidable circumstances of war. If bad law the loss, the subject of absentee voting cer to have further attention before Cong elections of 1946, when the Pacific war may still be going on. The justice of a Federal statute to guar- antee voting rights to persons removed from their homes by Federal authorities deserves new considera- votes cast, one percentage of caused nly ought the tion. American soldiers and sailors, enlisted under Selective Service, may still be on outpost duty in 1948. If they are of voting age they ought to have a chance to vote (Washington Post) President Murray of the CIO protests against the action of Economic Stabilizer Vinson in advising the WLB to make no future wage adjustments without first consulting OPA to determine whether wage increases would require price increa: According to Mr. Murray, the Vinson pronouncement has ‘“def- Washingfon that all its Was ititled to the use for s credited to it or not other- also the local news published sional THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1945 ely stymied” the WLB and is holding up cisions affecting textile workers and employees of t | meat-packing industry. “The effect of such interven- | e HAPPY BIRTHDAY tion, he says, is to place the WLB in “the category | of a second-hand panel.” In answer to that objection, | might be said that wage concessions granted wit i d to their price-raising effects would “stymie FEBRUARY 10 ies and if, carried too f convert that| Al Zenger 1 second-rate control agency. | Edward Q. Naghel is, of course, that WLB and the OPA | Mark J. Storms must work in close cooperation to assure stable prices i Mrs. A. R. Duncan | The WLB has been allowed a great deal of leeway | Rudy Pusich to authorize wage adjustments which increase pro- | Virginia Ann Whithead duction costs and put pressure on price ceilings. | Mrs. M. S. Whittier Sbviously there is a limit to the ant of such wage | Mrs. James W. Chard concessic hat the employer can agree to make with- | Pt ut raisin elling prices. The practice of differ- | FEBRUARY 11 | entiating betwe case in basic of bay which | J. C. Thomas {are subject to limitation under the Little Steel | Charles G. Burdick nula and other types of wage concessions that | Mable Monson increase ear often serves a; convenient device | Horace Adams, Jr. !for getting around the limitatic £ the formula.| Mrs. Leota Smith |When special adjustments such * for vacations | Phoebe Ann Logan |and ge reclassificatior other conces- | Mrs. Henry Mygatt |sions no! or general wage increases ar Phyllis Edwards Helen Beukers i Glen Kronquist | hirly Mae authorized, inevitably those adjustments become a |matter of concern to OPA Olds* | | In our opinion it ntirely reasonable to request 5 % | the WLB to withhold decisions until it has determined Violet Crosby | Ithe effect of requested “fr ijustments on price dward Roler | land found out whether or Vinson considers i {them consonant with his obligation to maintain a | stable price level. Mr 1y is barking up the wrong HOROSCOPE | 20°YEARS AGO 7% gmpire cancelled, with fliers thanked for their offers. still enroute to Nome angl it was believed the antitoxin would be sufficient for any emergency Mrs, J. R. Langseth had returned to her home in Douglas from St. i Ann's Hospital with her two weeks' old infant daughter. Mrs. George B. Rice and baby arr ved on the Alaska from the South. R. E. Robertson, Sam Guyot and wife, T. L. George and wife Fred { Henning, M. H. Sides and Frank Metcalf were among the passengers ‘;u’m‘um from the South on the Alaska, also Ralph B. Martin who had accepted a position with the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company. e the 15th anniversary of the organiza- The Boy Scouts were to obs | tion and during the week ending February 14, were to sponsor the show- * at the Coliseum for three ing of the big film feature “Masters of Mer | nights. C. W. Cheatham, Assistant District Engineer of the Bureau of Public Roads, said makings of a real stampede will be headed for the Cassiar ‘dnmc{ via the Stikine River in the spring. George Simpkins, of Simpkins Bindery, returned North on the ‘f:rr Judge Vinson i right man in the right| {place,” an administrator who is serving his country Al | with zeal and faithfulness, and the country knows it. [} “T"he stars incline {With the Nation's confidence, Mr. Vinson Is finding but do not compel” {his strength increasingly potent { ! s i J | The Gestapo in America SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 This is not an important day in ietary direction but a benefic | is read as presaging good | i | (New York Times) Facts belatedly made public by the Army author- | ities and reported for this newspaper by Russell Porter | ‘m'h(‘mt- that fanatical Nazi agents created a reign of | HEART AND HOME—Women of | | terror in some German prisoner camps in this country |the past who led men to observ- | between September, 1943, and April, 1944. Six prisoners jance of religious obligations will {who proved “dislo; to the Hith regime were now be imitated by women of the| cilled. Two other were driven to suicide, On our |present. Laxity in churchgoing and | {own sajl, in the presence of our own armed guards, indulgence in Sunday recreations Nazi “courts” were set up and Nazi sentences carried |will be recognized as harmful to| out. These outrages might have been prevented if the |the home and the nation. {authorities had realized that we were capturing Nazi| BUSINESS AFFAIRS—Americans | gangsters as well as run-cf-the-mill soldiers. They jare to prove even more resourceful | have now learned that gangsters may be found in|and successful in business than | lany German military unit and that capture and|they were before w: emergencies internment does not humanize them. These creatures |developed super-foresight and | have supposedly been segre ed and their activities lgacity. The stars presage amazing | halted |wealth for the United States but | This ugly episode has a moral for the rest of us warn that it must be made and as well as for those whose duty it is to guard German |used wisely lest it become a de- ! prisoners . The completely indoctrinated i is not 'stroying force. ;‘ |converted by heing beaten and captured. He will not| NATIONAL ISSUES - Prison | |be converted when the German armies are cut 1o |yeforms will be advocated this year | ribbor Germ: itself occupied by the Allies. with a persistence that will bring | He will unde that he was stand that he was unsuccessful but not |apout intelligent treatment of law- | wrong. Not all such individuals can preakers. Psychologists and psychia- | be convicted of crimes for which they can be kept |trists will contribute. to the suc- | out of circulation after peace has been won. Many 'cess of scientific methods of re- | in Germany itself will have to be turned loose, free storing criminals to mnormal | life | of any restraints except such as are imposed by the interests. o | occupying armies on all inhabitants. There will be a | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | difficult police problem while such sanity as remains 'Beginning this month and ending | ]1'\ German s reasserting itself and while a new gen- in July, favorable planetary in-} ' eration is being educated for a civilized existence. And fluences will affect China, where) this is another reason why compromise with the there will be a trend toward unity ! Nazis is a vain and menacing dream. T will have ‘of purpose. A new consciousness to be policed in Germa they now in prison among oppesing political and mili- mps. In small conspiracies in large ones they tary factions of the power which | prove their unfitness for life in a civilized world. derives from harmony will con-| ESLNVTIRY tribute much to defeat of Jdpan | as Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) knew the same bare handful of | will work on program: Killing the lowering voting age from urging more workers to for elections, and finally, maining in New York the following poll ta 21 to 1 register liberal Congressmen and Senators To remedy this, Murray has set up which vital a CIO legislative committee meets weekly to- discuss all legislative issues. Hiniiae obbyists SIDNEY'S PAC by the United Nations. | Meanwhile, Hillman's PAC, re-| Fersons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of in- teresting experienc Many will travel over great distances. Children born on this day prob. ably will be artistic and idealistic. They have the promise of success, | iy | A |charting the movements of migra- . — | The committee has 15 mmn\)(-!'slmn, war workers during the recon- 1°F they will have rare mental novsky was one of the most popu- and each of them has been as-|yersion period ahead, so that when POWCrS: lar Russian Ambassadors ever to signed to about 30 different Sen-lyno oyt Congressional election R ” serve here. ators and Congressmen. It is their | omoc™ around, GIO members who MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Note—Oumansky, however, stood Job to pressure them on vital iS- pove peen working in war plants BePefic aspects slightly dominate | ace-high with Stalin. His import- sues. Each member is financed bY ,nq have returned fo their old 24verse planetary influences today ance can be gleaned from the an international CIO union, includ- yomes will be able to register and, VR¢h should be fortunate for avia- fact that Foreign Commissar Molo- 'ing the powerful steel wor! auto oo 3 tors and professional men. Y tov himself wrote Oumansky's Workers, rubber worke: n-mlv‘ AotinllY. L albAbHED. bRl s HEART AND HOME — Women obituary for the Soviet newspapers. :workers and Hillman's own Amal- thsah “‘”' '1; e {6 blicl s hM “> must now budget their time as well ST gamated Clothing Workers. !‘ "\ i ‘“LI"'"““‘) ]“Ilm;(g.,i. :‘1"' as their money. The tendency has VOICE OF AMERICA Another important change made | i headduartere it ST bt been to live from day to day with American radio listeners don't |PY Murray was to order the estab- However. Hill C e B O 0 regular program, but now the 1 13 steners Mt | hment of a legislative news ser- However, Hillman, eager to main- warn that 1950 will mark the often hear him, but -a swell job tain his own autonomy and re- _of broadcasting short-wave to Italy " > . % ' 15,000 legislative representatives in to move to Washington Therefore, wise persons will make fierx‘; mge di?ni'n?z VOO?:: SUIM:;:[_"FH(‘II CIO local union throughout :.‘I“'“';“"l‘f:miff""l hlt:u‘;;AgOIl’ll l:;s P:‘e"'- the most of every moment. erica,” talking to the Ttalian people|ihe country. Thus the CIO will be ot CEePlUE - cadquarters| BUSINESS AFFAIRS — Severe| from a big east coast station cach |OPl€ to put the heat on legislators i | weather following heavy storms will | night |from thousands of communities nn' CpUTiY ',““')' by The cause serious losses for farmers in . very short notice. B¢ yndicate, Ine,) various parts of the country, but The other day Verdi got a unigue letter from three South African soldiers who had been prisoners of of the German Army, had escaped and were hidden in an Italian vil- lage for 13 months in occupied ACROSS Ttaly. 1. Self-centered Finally, when they were ready PRSI, to make their break for freedom,| % On° % they promised to let the Italian villagers know whether they had safely passed the German lines And the means of letting them know was through “The Voice of Ameri Verdi got the letter from the three South Africans and now has broadcast the news back to fustard Italy that they are safe. {ebrew letter CIO REVAMPS LOBBY 26. Navigational It is considered a hush-hush Jinaneg secret but one thing Sidney Hill- man “cleared” before he returned to London for the War Labor Con- ference was a showdown regard- ing CIO lobbying in Washington. Hillmen and CIO President Phil Murray had a knock-down drag- out discussion regarding what their future operations would be. Hill- man ha been chief boss of the Political Action Committee and has functioned from New York, while Murray ran the CIO headquarters, and its lobbying organization in Washington. There has been some talk that the PAC and Hillman would move to hington in order vice to be sent each week to s yund establishment of world peace.! luctant agriculturists and stock-breeders have a fortunate forecast for the spring. Grain will be produced in |great' quantities and will be ' of special value to European war " m{‘.‘:‘x‘l‘f cotton victims who require aid despite S neni efforts at self-support. 8 Legiafive NATIONAL ISSUES — Midwinter a3 epidemics among children may‘ cause need for extra nurses; hospi- tals will be overcrowded. This month and next special attention | will be focused on the nation’s| supreme asset, its growing boys and girls. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS — Turkey comes under planetary di- rection which seems to presage many difficulties. Tension in for- eign relations ma ycause anxiety but there is a fortunate aspect for the Allies. Changes among leading statesmen are prognosticated. Persons whese birthdate it is have the augury of business and Article Purveyor of food Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle . Near Symbol for tantalum 58. Bicycle built 3. for two N top Older people Along . Roman date 5. Small cross stroke on & letter 6. Wooden pirs used in ship- d Season for use . Earth: comb. L form . Musical 11 building . Typical portiog | 40Mestic upheavals which will ulti- . Venomous mately be fortunate. Journalists f‘x‘;‘;;‘x:: of and musicians will prosper. . Branches of | Children born on this day prob- learning ably will be clever and charming. Eily:‘ml:ymou These Aquarians will gain much oy through frierids whom they win Consigned to | €asily, an inferior position . Northern birds . Slow stately ances English chemist | and physicist (Copyright 1945) —_—————— | HOSPITAL KOTES to correlate the two. . Measuring in- £ In the end, however, this ‘was .Mc:lv;:duirenlen( s Arthur Tamer, a surgery patient, vetoed. Hillman and his PAC wi Cleaned 1as been discharged from St. Ann’s ew V. - thoroughly Hospital. stick to New York and concentrate . Remove . their efforts on a national cam- . Roman bronze | Rila Hemp has been discharged paign aimed to increase labor rep- lxlnym from St. Ann’s Hospital after re- resentation in the next Congress at 8. Wise man celving medical attention. the 1946 election. % ls*;;;, sl Janel Maki, of Wrangell, has heen Murray meanwhile will continue Laets admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital for to concentrate on the present Con- 3 A‘f\‘,;fl surgical attention. gress and pending legislation be- . Stalks —————— fore it S FROM WRANGELL During his conference with Hill- . 3“&‘1‘&“” C. Don Miller and wife are regist- man, Murray pointed out that or : Down: prenx | €red at the Hotel Juneau from CIO lobbying weakness he been Wrangell. 4P Newsfeatures Prinecss Mary from the States where he had been for several weeks recovering from a major operation. A. J. Sprague returned from the States on the Prinecss Mary. Weather report: High, 32; low, 22; trace; partly cloudy. e PSS Daily Lessons in English . 1. corox | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not s: “I hope he received my letter.” Say, “I TRUST he received my letter.” HOPE means to entertain desire with expectation of obtaining what is desired. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Miniature. Prenounce min-i-a-tur, both I's as in IT, A as in ASK unstressed, U as in UNITE, accent first syllable, and not min-i-chur. g OFTEN MISSPELLED: Luminescence; observe the SCENCE. SYNONYMS: Attachment, affection, love. 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: INALIENABLE; incapable of being surrendered or transferred. “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights.”—Declara- tion of Independence. by MODERN ETIQUETTE *%oprrra Le® e e i) Q. If.-a woman is staying at a hotel, would it be all right for a waiter to bring a breakfast tray into her room while she is still in a robe? A. Yes, this is customary. A woman would hardly care to get dressed for the day before breaktfast. 3 Q. Should a person who talks exceptionally well monopolize the conversation at any social affair? A. No. One person should never try to do all the entertaining, even if he does enjoy the spotlight. : Q. Ts it proper to number the pages of a social letter? A. No, but the long letter should be written on consecutive pag e 1. Rearrange according to rank: fa) lieutenant, (b) major, (¢) cap- tain, (d) corperal, (e) colonel. 2. What is an obelisk? 3. What does a buoy with white and black perpendicular stripes mean? 4. How did the word “planet” originate? 5. What is a salaam? ANSWERS: 1. (a) Corporal, (b) lieutenant, (c) captain, (d) major, (e) colonel. 2. A four-sided pillar, tapering as it rises and ending in a pyramid. 3. Safety, come ahead. It marks the center of a channel. 4 5. From the Greek, meaning “wandering.” An obeisance. . J. G. OBER as a paid-up subscriver to THE DAILY ALASKA 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: "THE GIRL IN THE CASE" 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! e DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED ance Corporation,which in- sures each of our depositors against loss to & maximum of 33,000, First National Bank of JUNEAU, ALASKA MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION I W I R N R Y] There had been no new cases of diphtheria at Nome for four days and the proposed airplane flight from Fairbanks with serum had been Several dog teams were 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 @Nm A2,10.0.F. Meets each Tues- day at 8:00 P. M. I.O.O.F. HALL. Visiting Brothers Welcome GEORGE CLARK, Noble Grand MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 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. NIGHT SCHOOL TYPING and SHORTHAND Mon.-Tues.-Wed. 7:30 to 9:30 Juneau City Council Chambers Miss McNair—Ph. 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