The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 17, 1945, Page 4

i ¥ } ¥ PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - President DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - - Vice-President WILLIAM R. CARTER - = - Editor and Manager ELMER A FRIEND - o /apst ALFRED ZENGER - & Business Manager | Eotered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Doulas for $1.50 per month; | aix months, $5.00; one year, §15.00. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, 1 advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; sde month, in advance, $1.50. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify | e Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- Mvary of their papers lephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. Managing Editor | the elected representatives and often against their every two years from all over Alaska, representing the people of their respective divisions and the people of all of Alaska generally. Then the pressure is put on as attempts are made to sway the elected repre- sentatives of the people, to influence them, to threaten them in various ways, much to the embarrassment of better judgment, for quite often their votes are changed through the promise of political jobs. However, unfortunately, there seems to be very little that can be done about it. The Federal officials to think that it is quite proper for them to use their offices and funds for political purposes—and are get- ting away with it. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for | epublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- | wise credited in this paper and also the local news published | el | NATIONAL REPRESE! #suith Avenue Bldg, Seattle, Wash. LOBBYISTS The House of Representatives, although most of its members seem quite anxious to pass new revenue | Young Soldiers | | (Cincinnati Enquirer) { Responding to Congressional criticism of the Army | policy which permitted the death in battle overseas of a number of 18-year-old boys, Gen. George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the U. S. Army says that: | (1)—He made no promise that 18-year-olds would be | trained for at least a year, but on the contrary,| opposed any such restrictions on Army training plans. [ (2)—Wherever possible, the War Department has tried |to treat the 18-year-old soldiers as a special group | | in view of the understandable attitudes of the families involved, and where they have been sent into battle | | as replacements it was a result of military needs. of Alaska, not all of them, but some of them, seem | O e HAPPY BIRTHDAY SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1945 Joyce D. Smith Kathleen Ann Butler John H. Walmer Mrs. Robert Jernberg 1 Marye Bern Ehler Kristin Lindquist Mrs. Frank Serdar James Stewart SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 1945 Mrs. John Young Ryder Converse Alice Murray Kara Lee Foster Mrs. Eni Allen Albert Shaw Olaf C. Peterson Chester Shanks Bert Bertholl, Jr. HOROSCGPE “The stars incline but do mot compel” 4 1 General Marshall's views, as expressed in a letter | to Ohio members of Congress, may or may not con-,‘ I clude the discussion. Perhaps some good will have | been achieved, however, if the matter does reimpress | upon the War Department the feeling of the American much that is fortunate for the | minutes.” Say “T'll people that the younger soldiers should be given | thoroughly adequate training before they are sent | into combat against enemies who are seasoned veterans at the business of killing. The issue was raised in Washington with Pvt. | INDAY, Benefic aspects MARCH 18, 1945 today presage | United Nations. | Heart Ana Home { Reports of religious observances in which our uniformed men and women participate will have a far-| AGO 7% empirE H MARCH 17, 1925 The Elks ‘ere stag theid annual St. Patrick’s Day dance in the Elks' Hall thinight athere was to be Irish confetti and favors. The admission waso be $1 ich, U. S. Marshal Beaumont and Acting Pro- hibition Enfoement {cer Means boarded the big motorship Oregon and seized 24 ottles glcoholic liquor. Terrlmrlnbegislaj were this day visiting the Alaska Juneau mine M. H. Sid), J. T. and sessions wre to belled at 4 p. m. The Ameran Leg| Auxiliary gave a bridge party this afternoon in Parish Hall Mrs. J. Dunn took first prize at bridge, Minnie Fields consolation. 1 anoth@awarding, Mrs. George Getchell took first prize and Mrs. J. M Giovani consolation. A receptie to ddates to the Grand Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska was scaduled take place at Spickett’s Palace the next after- | noon. | v eather roort: Hj, 33; low, 30; snow. AN ol S Taade Thiiiis Daily Lssor in English %. 1. corpon WORDS CTEN ‘BUSED: Do not say, “I'll be back in a few 'URN in a few minutes.” . OFTEN NSPROJUNCED: Isthmus. Pronounce is-mus, syllable as in [ISS; t TH is silent. OFTEN M3SPELD: Illegible. Observe the LL and IBLE. SYNONYM: Dutpbligation. responsibility, accountability. WORD STDY: ‘¢ a word three times and it is yours,” Tirst Let us measures, probably turned down quite a chunk when Robert R. Pogue, son of John C. Pogue, prominent | reaching influence on home folks| yncrease our voabulary mastering one word each day. Today’s word: it postponed Hol required Federal officers in Alaska who use their | offices to lobby for or against any measure in the | Legislature to take out a lobbyist's license and pay | the fee, because there certainly has been much of | given every opportunity to be heard on the bill before | the vote was taken—to be heard in front of everyone, not behind closed doors and in the dark recesses of | the corridors | to the various members of the Legislature. use Bill No. 92 which would have Cincinnati merchant, cited as an instance. Eighteen- /who have been careless regarding year-old Private Pogue was killed in action February | church-going. | 3, little more than a month after he left for overseas. The youth entered service last June. The members of Congress from Cincinnati knew }groups, more interested in finan- | this going on | were shocked at his death, ¢ja] matters than in the general| g # A | and perhaps it was only natural that his name figured welfare of the nation, will be extra- | Few of the eight senators who voted against the | j, the inquiries to the War Department. We think it ' oginarily | proposed fish trap bill Thursday were not taken to ' should be noted somewhere in the record, however,'quring coming Months. Efforts tol task and pressure put on from above in attempts to ' that Mr. and Mrs. Pogue made no protest when their pjock Jegislation of importance in make them reconsider their votes. This, in spite of son was sent oveseas to combat, nor did they ingti- |the rehabilitation of returned sol- the fact that the proponents of the measure were ; gate the criticism of the War Department which has gjers are forecast. young Pogue personally, followed his death. They accepted for him, and for | | themselves, the dreadful chances of war and the bitter | cyiticism should be withheld re- lot that has come to so many thousands of American garding any policy established by a | member of the United Nations, if { time to contribute little—except his life. In death, | artain evil portents are wisely in- Many have been the notes passed from the gallery | j¢ js to be hoped, he may be the medium of re- terpreted. Astrologers deplore, the ‘emphasizmg the need for adequate training of young | american tendency to ask questions families. On the battlefield, young Robert Pogue had | Business Affairs { Warning is given that pressure active in Washington | National Issues The Senators and Representatives come to Juneau Washinglon Merry- Go-Round (Cmunuedfi_af;l Page Cne) dren’'s Hospital and the St. Ann's Orphan Asylum, to which Sol had sent large checks. At the Capitol party, Violet Gibson, Associated Press copy girl, asked Bloom what his favorite flower was. “Violets,” replied Sol “That's my name” said Miss| Gibson. Bloom then explained that violets |and are now carrying on the first |blasted OWI for suppressing the| were his favorite flower because bhalf a century ago he sold violets in front of the fountain at the corner of Market and Kearney Streets in San Francisco. “And when 1 go back Francisco as a delegate to the United Nations Conference,” the Congressman declared, “I'm going to take a few minutes off to sneak down to that fountain and sell a few violets.” to San THE GERMAN U)X NEW DERGROUND One thing long handicapping the Allies in Germany has been the lack of underground opposition to Hitler. Ever since 1933, various anti- oldiers. land to expect answers in time of eration to rebuild the German| working class movement. As a re-| sult, the chief hope for a major! uprising in Germany today is the 6,000,000 foreign slave workers | Hitler kidnaped from the occupied | countries. These workers have been | used to build fortifications on the Eastern and Western Fronts and to work in German factories. | After the big Allied bombing of | | Berlin several thousand of these foreign workers escaped during the Iconfusion, destroyed several war plants and hid in the wreckage of | Ithe bombed-out buildings. Other | foreign workers escaping during | Allied air raids have joined with /| | deserters from the German Army ! Guerrilla warfare inside Germany. CAPITOL CHAFF Lili Damita, former wife of Hol- lywood lion Errol Flynn, has been in Palm Beach studying to be a jnurse’s aide. “Now Mrs. Flynn,” says the Palm Beach Chief for Nurse's Aides, “you jwere late yesterday, and you were |late .the day before and you were late today. When will you be on !time?” Mrs. Flynn rolls her big | eves and seems astonished to learn {that she was ever late at all . . . | Assistant Secretary of the Navy Bard has taken a firm stand against censorship of sailors’ mail when it comes to political opinions. | He believes that any Navy man war. Because the whole pattern of the United Nations' war plans can- not be exhibited, glimpses encour- age misjudgment that is dangerous. The Office of War*Information is | International Affairs supposed to be a neutral agency Russian victory, which has becn| charged with reporting the news foreseen as supreme in its sig- of what the Government is doing nificance, is to turn the Nazis in wartime. It is not supposed to against Hitler in a final defeat of | lean toward any particular brench the Fuehrer. of the Government. | Persons whose birthdate it is| Certain Government officials are have the augury of a year of hap- hopping mad, however, at the way piness and good fortune, especially OWI Deputy James R. Brackett, promising for men released ffom who they say, has been playing the war service. Army's game in the manpower | Children born on this day prob- fight. 'ably will be exceedingly fortunate GOP Congressman John Taber in talents and opportunities. Suc-? of Auburn, New York, first brought cess in marriage and a chosen the thing out in the open when he career is indicated. | heroism of U. S. fliers over Burma. UN-NEUTRAL OWI facts in the manpower debate. In-; MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1945 siders agree that Taber was right.| Adverse planetary influences are | OWI Deputy Brackett is the mildly active today. After the early liaison man between OWI and the hours benefic aspects are stimulat- Office of War Mobilizer Byrnes. ing to business. As such, he has been telling various | Heart And Home agencies what they should do aboul.i An ill omen presages a large the work-or-fight bill, and even number of divorces due to hasty went so far as to ask the War wartime weddings, but the stars Production Board for a press re- seem to indicate an ultimate re- lease which would support the vival of old-fashioned ideas about Army in its position on the work- the permanence of the marriage or-fight bill. |contract. Note—Many WPB officials do not | agree with the Army in its demand ' for,a drastic manpower bill, in fact high-up WPB officials have circu- lated a report showing that the manpower situation was never better in the entire nation, though Business Affairs Technical training of returning soldiers added to war experiences that demand patience and resourte- fulness will assure high efficiency among office, shop and factory workers. National Issues Nazi groups have been trying to|should have the right to express there are a few bad spots. spawn an effective underground in |his views politically on any subject, (COpyrigni iv4o, ped Syndicate Inc.)] Differences of opinion concerning Germany but with little success. just so it doesn't give away mili- it | best systems of education for re- When Hitler first came to power | tary secrets . . . One of the truly C. R. Hill has arrived here from turning soldiers who desire to enter there were about 7,000,000 German | great pictures of jungle-air war is Sitka and is staying at the Juneau colleges will be numerous. Dangers Communists, but many of these|“Objective Burma,” showing the Hotel. in specialization without firm foun- were snuffed out in the initial| - — -~ -\dnnons in general branches ' of blood purges. | study will be widely discussed, but Other non-Communist anti-Nazis, | Crossword PuZZl -g—{ 2 BE % | veterans will insist on speedy pre- composing the most liberal elements | T INEINE P | paration for money-making. in Germany, also fled as the Hitler- | AChoas Vi, Weniatut St [SITIATIES] | International Affairs Himmler terror was extended to| 3 peruse left * " 'at a meal [EA[SIE] | Epidemics among civilians will every part of the Reich | from press fi‘;tfi;;:fzc\:u' Sflmfla |add to Japanese anxieties as relent- However, the underground blos-| ¢ S)’Q"Fk‘-o‘;";u ¢ 31 Ourscives [AID/AD] |less progress is made by Gen. Mac- somed and expanded in 1834 and| g oeean g enrig INIRAD| | Arthur and United Nations forces. 1935 until Himmler found out about| [ Butter substi- 40 nical EB [E[RE] !The stars seem to presage an ex-| it and sent his own agents into| js Anng a1, ma IAITIEIRIIN (tending period before complete the organization, capturing the| i!- fixc”w'('{f‘n"\i .."?,“ 3. I.)v‘r'\;e('l”l.mlm [TIO[P] devastation of the home islands is membership lists and ruthlessly| '> BSIROVENE o pitne, ek [HIALVILIEID] | ;chieved. shooting down its members. | - ROmIamND - :3 ;glfl\ke ar IEMTIOILIAl | prosperous days appear to await In 1936, another attempt was| IS. Fotty malice’ o AIRMIHIOIAIR] | persons whose birthdate this is. made to form a new underground.| 33 Get back B« [DMME[SITIE| |They should push ambitious plans This time units of only five mem-| 24. Deep gorge the iris [TIEIEIS] | with great energy. bers were set up with each man, 33 Karupoar piph g esterday’s Puzzle | Children born on this day prob- knowing only one man outside his Hypocritical Human race 3 ably will be remarkable in their own cell. However, the Nazis even | Haste TaTenian: comb, | 8, Bl £ D°dw" | varied gifts. They will be successful broke into these groups and| 32 Exclamation 3. Russlan czar ¢l Distant: prefis ‘;‘;:'la'“ in any career to which they give smashed. the new organization ] . Resisting pres~ undivided attention. 1 _sure (Copyright, 1945) | | In 1938, several underground op- | Parkinn® post | erators finally mManaged pv'ne-‘ fr‘:a‘ifh"er"“" EPRINTED FI"DI"GS trate Hitler's Schutz Staffel, the| . private Black Shirt Army which | ':fi%‘::::flo' | 0" NMNE R'GH'S guarded the Fuenrer. One even b AIMVOUrS came to New York on a vacatior e ARE NOW AVAILABLE met with American Communists Across | secretly, told them how he was a z3. Purple seaweed | The Empire has a number of member of Hitler's personal body- B ol | printed copies of the recent opin- guard. However, Stalin ne ave 2. le\":-fil‘mfl of |ion of Richard H. Hanna, presiding the signal to bump Hitler off and . The'one de- |Officer for the Department of In- eventually even these new under- Bo’;;(;(" Srhtar terior at the recent hearings on the ground members were destroyed | subject of aboriginal claims in | Alaska to vast areas of tidal waters FOREIGN WORK SLAVES l"dhl(zl?ll S and lands. Edible_tuber | While the supply lasts, subscribers Today, there are very few Ger- - Mark domduct 'and other interested parties may re- mans inside the Reich the 'l:‘n;ue closely ceive a free copy by calling at the can count on. Stalin in his talk: . Fragrance | city desk of the Empire. with American Professor Oscar Goddess of | >+ — Lange in Moscow last summer " "vegetation | HERE FROM IDAHO moodily told how the anti-Nazs, o | M. F. Beaux; registering from have been destroyed, complained; “. 1]1‘:‘-1;3 Boise, Idaho, is a guest at Hotel that it would take at least a gen- “We could see that IMMINENT; teatenijto occur immediately. disaster was iminent.| MODERY EDUETTE *operra Lo Q. When x‘womwvho hasn't the facilities at home entertains a party of friendsin a pic dining room, would it be all right for one of the men to offe to pahe bill? A. Never. | Q. Who shuld cupe wedding cake, and when? A. The brip sholcut the first piece during the last course, but the rest is cut ly one her attendants. Q. What ii'the mhing of BOEUF A LA JARDINIERE when on a menu card? J A. Braised jeef w vegetables. e e e B e et 1. In whatcountrs the Portugese language spoken by four times as many peopleas in Rugal? 2. What ciminal’apture popularized the nickname “G-Men"? 3. Are thewordsy” and “quay” homonyms? 4. Who arcthe dendants of the “Bounty” mutineers? 5. Accordig to lad, wiio commanded the waves to be still and got wet? i ANSWHS: In Brazi “Machir-Gun’elly’s with his outery, “Don't shoot, G-Man!” Yes, the are piounced identically. Pitcairnisland. King Caute. THE T"IXIT SHOP 5 SECOND STREET MUSIALNSTRUMENT REPAIRING (ENRAL LIGHT REPAIR WORK v ol ks Bt Phone 5/7 Roy Eaton . S. SULLIVAN as a paid-p 9scriver to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE isinwed to be our guest THIS EVENING. Present thi coton to the box office of the {CPITOL THEATRE ad reive TWO TICKETS to see: " "THEFLCON AND THE COEDS” Ferral Tax—-11c per Person PHONE 1 - THE ROYAL BLUE CAB CO. and an ingreicab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN %uo your home with our compliments. WATCH HISPACE—Ynur Name May Appear! ot DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED First | Juneau, i&n‘gl Bank MEMBER FEDERALEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION e SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1945 " TRIPLETTE & KRUSE . BUILDING CONTRACTORS EXPERT CABINET WORK OF ALL KINDS 20TH CENTURY MARKET BUILDING SHOP PHONE 9 After 5:00 P. M. 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