The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 3, 1945, Page 2

2AGE TWO | division.’ He was sure Japan still would win Asked what would happen Allies invaded Japan, Suzuki 1id the womeén*and children would And Tomorrow Is Here Toda yn the fi 1 defeat the in- 7 b 4 T E X T R D 1 | “Phey are practicing now with mhco " he safd. -1 s . suzuk no ir jon that (The New Miracle Fabric) understosd the pitiful futility of is statement. o of Shinto and its doc- It no little pleasure that we fi Yot {h oty in Alaska, bring you Textron e Jag ensational new miracle fabric— rmer Budd- ity graduate xture, spot-proof, moisture- Superb fabric indced for by ti rists is to cour tomorrow’s home. ath, Le oi1. He reported tha 1 the Bud who believe in ieness, are silenced. T } Importance Of ‘Face’ > } « 8 Beautifully desicned sets; 8ot Woft prints or to return to Japan—par- . z larly if Japan wen the wer. Suz- a Your bathroom drapes will £1 thes Abwepaerds axbiecied | match your shower curtain . Both are iie thought of many when he said zardless of race wife and four a parent, to see ain. hamed to go back.” T my As a Japanese, roof 4.95 Set 3attlefield capture has been drill- Japanese as the deepes t into the ble disgrace, ent teaching Ine = ividual Curfains olorful kitchen or bathroom curtains . . . daintily ruffled in striking prints on soft P product of in schools, and t home Most relatives of prison- rs prefer to consider them dead, | ‘uther than admit the possibility )f capture alive. But even with those incapaci- ated and captured against their will, the total of prisoners infin simal compared to the Japanes forces expended on Le hat only about 2,600 Japanese s iiers have been captured in the Pacific conflict, underlies the effect- iveness of tha traction compelling Jjapanese to seek battlefield death. Within the camp with few excep- ticns, the prisoners still conform to the stern militaristic tradition. The; follow the iron ritual laid down i | training and obey implicitly the or- ders of higher ranking prisoners. | And almost u ally they cling to the belief in Japan’s eventual vic- t A\nrl the myth of her “henevo- Lingerie Sets 1's lingerie set de luxe o-color or solid color u)ml‘l nations three - biece sets, lingerie case, glove and handkerchief combinaticn case, and hosiery case. 1.95 (/M Bzézazcé Co QUALITY SINCE /887 t the c endar Tio, b oo ARMQR UNIT INPLUNGE OF 19 MILES Big Advarce «‘~’adeToward Tuider Zes-House-to- s in training were told uxd stories by their officers of amurai, Japan's ancient two- warri along with fal v of current triump! ng men of 18 19 soon | to fancy themselves in her lc and kz2came arrogant and ove (‘1- ing,” said Yoshi. “They de- veloped into the fanatics who volun- teer for suicide missions—convinced their destiny was to die for the em- s peror on the battlefield. rting mil- The result is an army hardened for although they death in which the hesitant are than the usual driven to undertake any hopeless training was mission through fear or maltreat- Japanese Brisoners of War Still Think They WllIWm Ouf Somehow eports | “The (This exclusive umy on the men- tal cutlock of Japanese prisoners of war ained from interviews hrough an interpr by an Asso- ciated Press correspondent formerly s‘ationed in Tckyo who was intern- ~ were Tecent conscripts ining in 194 somewhat clder Their o by the' Japangse ol SEEREP by ¢ buttle experience ment and loss of prestige. months in civilian concemtrationt .y ‘wor the most pirt they| When Yoshi was seni to the Ho,;se Fi:‘flmq comrs in Menila and Shanghai) | o, gymy drudges who hacked Philippines he said he still believ- ohpib ol . through jungles or dragged guns to|ed Japan had tremendous for u'mm'd from Page One) there, vasion capable or repelling any in- mountain peaks in the ant-like labor He landed at Ormoc with by which the Japanese commander: wsfealures -A few weeks ago they censolidated thejr positions. nforcements Gen. Yamashita was if: Rotterdam, Hague will the tag ends of broken ome hoped to be captured to es- in for his last-ditch de- & off for tion ece army units, fleeing toward swaggering, brutal officers; The shock of reality, said British Second Army troops have usht to miles of Os- bypassed by S. Ninth Army move to disorganized against greatly super- v n fift miles of Hannover, jor American forces. Instead of when its sond Armored Division brave, death-defying Nipponesz reachod the Werre River south of hercs, he saw office: , at a point nine miles from ing to the hills dul River. Yoshi, Inst; he saw the emperor’s troops flecing was terrific. ead of Japanese invincibilit ost of Leyte—the fiction itary destiny exploded by an v of Ameri- ater than they had too tired and ill to care. \icst were incapable of fighting back Ten captured. Yceshi, we shall call him, was Tokyo music teacher. A fuate, he saw through the stories of endless Japan- and limitless power ir fac ower gr u‘r\ prisoners of war n camp. They 1 h ‘ll“ and strength and men flee- Herfo he W heavy bom- victories rd U. S. Army rations ¢ven befors he was drafted in late bardment. First Army tanks and mfdn"!’- read that their 1943, At training camp his fellow Not all the prisoners were so dis- men shattered violent German at- uld torture and Idiers were provincial, uneducated illusioned. Hata, a young peasant ts to crash ocut of the Ruhr o o sottled into nts who jeered and torment- farmer, was evidently a fanatic. He ! which was tightened on the ine of waiting for the ed him because of his education. was captured while wounded too north e when Ninth Army Divis- officers | severely to move, but the viciousness ions captured Recklinghausen, and with which he answered the inter- cleared virtually all of the built up preter showed he was still pitiless. Rubr area north of Emcher Canal, Mass-Hyptotism Letween Duisburg on the Rhine and ar-old newspaper- Dertmund. vpnotized. Before he had published the His non-commissioned ere brutal in their attempts to 2 the sitive music teacher a murderous soldier. ion, Yoshi said, m in the face with shoe and had him severely 390 soldiers in this and none of the fanatics hopeless or who dropped t of the Japan- a heav oung k, swaggering, D FROM SEATTLE conseription A to die for the beaten for failure to drill smartly government's false propaganda with H. C. Nielson, of Seattle e peror. Mcre sericus infractions out a qualm because “in warhme the guest at lhc Gasfineau PR u.w;.@“@n Du.. ense, War Production Supp!unts Cfiasses in Japun BEGINNING April 1 and continuing for one year, school children living in Japan will have completed their formal education upon graduation from the first grade. This an- nouncement comes from Tokyo and the reason offered for this sudden halt in the Japanese educational program is that it will be necessary for school children and teachers to devote their entire attention to national defense and war production. Pho- tos ‘shown illustrate the type of education which will take the place of the usual class- room study. (Interpational) Ipcoplc shoujd be given no chance for | s a ; | expectedly arrives i{the expert hands of Lt. 'lof the Sub Port. "| Lythe, and Estelle Casler is Ethel THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA AUSTRIAN JAILED BY ARGENTINA Former Munitions Magnafe To Get Plastics Plant Taken BUENOS AIRES, April 3—Fritz Mandl, former Austrian munitions magnate, is being held here in- communicado, on unannounced charges. The Argentine Government has so announced it will seize Mandl's big metal plastics manufacturing company which has been on the Allied blacklist for six months. Mandl's arrest was made last night. The Austrian was one time an intimate of high Argentine of- ficials both before and after the recent revolution. He has long been considered suspect by American and British mllhonurfl NEW IDEAS FOR DECORATIONS OF HOMES REVEALED Twentieth Century Desugns Are Explained by Mary Jo Wade In the quest for new ideas in heme decorating, emphasis of the Twentisth Century designs will be on practicability and comfort, with beauty of line and uniqueness of de- ign following in importance, Mary Jo Wade told Juneau Woman'’s Club: members at their luncheon Lcdm Mentioning also the interest rchitects, designers and manu[\c- in Alaska, she foretold a fu- in which Alaska could hold an ortant place in the realm of de- and decorating. Wade followed this part of r discussion with simple and con- cise suggestions for making the home mor2 attractive, as well as more comfortable, and outlined some gen- eral rules to follow in home decor- ating. Mrs, Viola Endzelis gave two ac- dion numkbers in a most accom- d manner. Her selections were Hungarian Dance No. 5, and own concert arrangement of the Bl ue Danube Waltz by Strauss. zelis, from Pocatello, Ida- g bher brother, Mr. Mil- d Carnes 'md family, in Juneau. Mrs. John McCormick outlined the prozram for bond-buying now g sponcored by the Women's Di- [ the War Finance Board, ented to the J. W. C. for Meritorious Service ional War Fund drive, t ture sign M‘ 5 1 150 p! ation du from the Nationsl War Fund cf them in the rec hall. These Board {wers the ambulatory cases—the McCormick also told of the ones who could walk. The song- hing Drive being conducted by « sang them about a dozen ' UMRA durint the month of April, and they clapped hard after n which 150,000,000 tons of clothing 1 number. There were some low ¢ cxpected to be collected through the cooperation of various organiza- iions. Spring flowers, smilax and candles decorated the tables for the lunch- on, which was served by members |4 rn Light Presbyterian Church. P e, ROTARY (LUB SHOW READY Everything is rapidly approaching readiness for Juneau's biggest evenlngs of the 1945 theatrical ,season when the Rotary Club pre- sents the entertainment annually sponsored by it. “Whole Town’s Talking.” “Whole Town's Talking” “is a farce comedy in three acts. Written by Anita Loos and John Emerson, who have been close to the present production from the first rehears- als say that the script is being given the benefit of very skillful| handling. ‘The play tells the story of Ches- ter Binney, an eligible but some- what stodgy small-town bachelor. His business partner, Henry Sim- mons, tries to build up Chester as a more fascinating suitor in his daughter’s eyes, by embellishing him with a lurid past allegedly in- | volving a certain movie star, Letty Lythe. When this young .lady un-‘ in- tewn on a personal appearance tour, the com- plications begin. And what compli- cations! The part of Chester Binney is in “Lennie” Schaffer, the genial Supply Officer Harry Sperling has the role of Henry Simmons; and Alida Matheson plays Letty Simmons, Henry’s daughter. The supporting players are Mrs. Scott Murphy, Robert Henning, Margaret Teen-age girls learn military drills Toy guns and cardboard helmeis naw—real oncs later, Bailey, Katherine Alexander, Lou Levy, Alice Johnson, June Young; and James Ryan. The coach is Mrs. Katherine Nordale; and Brooks F | FOR CURTAIN it is continually amusing, and those | Baby Gels TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1945 SIGNIFICANT DATAISSUED ON PATENTS Alien Prop;;y Custodian Announces Publica- tion of 5 Volumes New Shoes —_— WASHINGTON, April 3.—Alien Property Custedian J: , Mark- ram announces the of five veclumes of abel 1.naniml. electrical <« ical patents seized l¢liens and nationals of ,occupied | countries. | The complete publication, con- |taining abstracts of about 37,000 ‘patems, consists of four 1,000 prge ~olumes. The patents, two-third~ of which were granted to Gerinans, inelude such broadly diversified tfields as aeronautics, brakes elec- v s tric lamps and heating, electric | turnaces, foods and beverages, in- i |"ernal combustion engines, ma- i /i g m {ciiine elements, metal working of i — e i , |ell types, motors, printing, elec- £ A litlle repatriate girl, Eleanor Ruth Austen, being brought to St. |ironies, and refrigeration. i Leais, Mo., on a trocp iransport, frem India, where her mother died, | Patents are also to be found on i grins up at Chief Beatswain’s Mate Joseph Hegner of the Coast Guard, kitchen and table articles sewing whe makes her a pair cf shoes. The girl, being brought back by her |machines, signals an dindicators, father, Army Sgt. James F. Austen, Jr., learned to walk aboard the inachines, signals and indicators, L ] transpert. (AP Wirephote frem Coast Guard) spring devices, telephony and tele- = . araphy, textiles, tools, valves, wash- ] production on behalf of the Rotary The abstracts consist of the in- | U"b : F I S H I NG Fo R entor’s claim to the patent and a [ “Whole Town's Talking” will be lEprOducthl‘l of the drawing as presented only two nights, Thurs- day and Friday of this week, at 8 o'clock at the Coliseum Theatre. An added entertainment feature cf each evening will be the appear-| ance of the Juneau High School band. It will play outside the the- atre before the performance and | inside durm;; the intermissions. @mny s Deing Bit Warlime: By R2OB THOMAS PALM SPRINGS, < Ginny Simms is a girl from Fresno, Calif., with a lovely face and a biz heaxt. <he alsorhas a swest singing voice! which she is fond of using for the Fenefit of men in this country’s un For decert t to this eneral she came n to visit Torne The place was ve resort hotel., Now it is y tha Army tc take care of its theumatic fever victims and disablzd for active duty. y met with several hundred to GIs. ‘Cuddle up a little closer . . . <he sang and there were many who ! ressed eagerncss. w of the Martha Society, of the Nor-| She had a coke and talked with the oys and signed her name to cur- rency from all over the world. Then {we wheeled a piano down a long ramp to the wards to see the patients who couldn’t get out of bed. “Remember me, Miss Simms?” |said a soldier. “I saw you the last time you were here.” “Why certainly. You gave me that lovely scarf you had made. Are you still making them?” “Naw, I got tired of them working with plastics now.” Ginny dedicated a song to a boy whose foot was in a cast: “Give me land, lots of land . I'm This year its|qy "poy was a Texan and he gazed SPccies still caught by hook and line at his cigarette smoke as though he really didn't want to be fenced in. After a few songs, Leo Rojo, who plays plano at a swank hotel every |night, asked the audience if they would like some boogie woogie. One of the boys said he’'d rather hear the Hungarian Rhapsody. The whole ward listened quietly as Leo played the Hungarian Rhaspody. Ginny chatted with the boys and asked them how they were and| where their home was. {of them asked her for her autograph slthough others deplored this as be- In return for her signa- Ginny a service ing rude. ture, one boy gave ribbon. That's the way it went. Ginny visited seven wards that day, sing- 50. I thoughi you would' like to kncw how Ginny is taking care of som:2 friends of our: . — DAN ROSS GOES SOUTH Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ross and son have left for the south for a visit in the states. et HEBROV ON VACATION D. W. Herron, of the Treasury Disbursement office, has left for the statés on a vacation to be ex- Itended one month, e, — Hanford is general chairman of the Empire want ads get quick results once an ¥ and perhaps a howl indi- °n the show was over she ran ¢ rough a desert rain to the PX./! A number irg to audiences of from seven to| rublished in the Officiul Gazette of the U. 8. Patent Office. They are srouped according to the classifica- tion system used by the Patent Office. The material is indexed to facilitate search for significent data. . The complete set of mechanical, electrical and non-chemical ab- stracts may be purchased for $25 irom the Office of Alien Property Custodian, Chicago 3 Illinois. That office will also supply separate sections or classes of these abstracts at proportional prices. An index ard Guide, showing these prices, can beé obtained free c{ charge from tne same office. Over 9,000 vested patents and Latent applications have been li- censed by the Alien Property Cus- todian to nearly 700 firms and werscns, Much war material on the fighting frents has been produced under taese patents Licenses under mosi of these vatents are readily obtainable by cny U. S. citizen upon application and the paymient of an adminis- trative fee of $15 per pateént .Ap- HALIBUTWILL BEGIN MAY 1 f Tne Faciic halibut fleet of se {eral hundred vessels will not begin 'its fishing operations this year un- (til May 1, two weeks later than the | 1ual date for the cpening of the according to Charles E. .ckson, A nt Deputy Coordina- tor of Fisheries. The halibuv fisneiy — the only cp-sea fishery under international regulation—is controlled jointly by {the United States and Canada | I | {through the International Fisheries | Commission, of which Mr. Jackson is a member. Many of the vessels and crews ch will enter the halibut fishery , 'n May 1 are now fishing for sharks, lingeod, and other bottom fish off the coast of Washington and Ore- (= }‘f‘{;flij}(‘é;flgflf’?fldm was re. Plications should be addressed to ] 7 gt g " the Offi - quested by halibut fishermen and & ice ‘af = Alien Propirty Ous | todian, Division of Patent Admin-~ {stration, Washington 25, D. C. Other offices of that Division are located at 120 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 17 Court Street, Boston, Mass.; 135 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Ill.; and Guardian Build- ing, Portland, Ore. Complete li- braries of the seized patents and coples of the abstracts are available for reference in each of these of- fices. s approved by the Commission on he grounds that larger fish were vailable later in the season. This year, American and Canad- ian fishermen will be allowed to take 52,500,000 pounds of halibut— n inerease of a million and a half over last year. The condi- n of the halibut stocks, which a were in a state of ex- on, is now showing improvement and the Com- s teen able to increase the rdually. h the total catch of hali- pou S eee—— GOES SOUTH TO JOIN HUSBAND IN SEATTLE Jit & but is not large, this choice species is ma cunt; rkated widely throughout the y, the bulk of the catch be- hipped from the Pacific coast ports to the northeastern states. Healibut livers are an important source of vitamin oils. The halibut is a sgiant flounder. While the male grows to a weight of more than 40 pounds, females have been found weighing ten times as much. The halibut is a slow-grow- ’ing species, reaching commercial cize at 5 years, maturing at 12, under | favorable conditions living for per-) |haps half a century. Because of its slow growth, it is especially sub- ject to depletion. Minimum size limits now protect young halibut, | however. The halibut is one of the chief Mrs. George Larsson sailed south over the weekend to join her hus- band in Seattle. The Larssons expect to live in Seattle indefinitely. - e CORNELL ON VACATION Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cornell have left Juneau to spend a vacation in the States. He is a druggist at Harry Race’ s RS 3" S A BANKER OUT Elwood McClain of the First Na- tional Bank staff has left for the States on a business and pleasure trip. o e TO JOIN HUSBAND Mrs. Patricia Satre, wife of Sgt. John Satre, has left for the States to join her husband. rather than in nets or traps. ' Like all flounders, it' is a bottom feeder ard lives close to the ocean fYloor, where it is taken on lines ranging frcm 300 to a little more than one thousand feet in léngth. The spe- cies probably can live at even greater qapths.' but it is not at pres- ent economical to fish for them in such deep waters. The Pacific halibut, like its cousin in the Atlantie, is found in places whers the warm watesr from the south mix with Arctic currents. In !the Pacific its habitat is a rough |crescent fro mBering sea and the Aieska peninsula and continuing |eouth to northern California. 1t is |ulso found in waters near Russia and Japan. . CLARK AT HOME Bill Clark, Empire reporter, is recuperating at home from internal injuries suffered recently while ski- ing. N o MRS. STEEL OUT Mrs. Olga Steel, Secretary of the Senate of the recent legislature, and her little son, have left for the south on a visit. PUEIRAES el P LTS PLANNING HOME Dr. Evelyn Butler and Dr. George Dale are planning to build a new home on their lot at Ninth and B | Istreets where the old tennisourts | used to be, ATTRACTIVE Doris Wickizer {(above) of Phoenix, Ariz., was chosen “Desert Grapefruit Queen ©of 1945”, She reigned over the big desert cifrus ball dedicated to the fruit at Phoenix. (International)