The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 24, 1945, Page 4

| [ PAGE FOUR DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU ALASKA " L THURSDAY, MAY.24, 1945 linformal and kupxcm(l\ efficient boys whose domuw!o e o6 06 0 0 0 0 0 0 D(ul ¥ Alaska Em PP [oni Coioment are ot 0 benla. 1 spent. ai : WaE e gesterday just Tookling st the smphibious tanks, U.J- HAPPY BIRTHDAY ® r s .mm- PRINTING COMPANY automatic rifles, the jeeps and the trucks and ,m.w' ’ : cau, Al RS 3 ? |o o o May24, 1915 o o o HELE Y MON ¢ |shaking my head s o R . "5 i Boy I'm proud to be an' American,” Mr. Anderson | ¢ Slaries b ¢ - T e N & Editor | closed his lefter. Of course—we're all proud to hr'i. Mrs. Annabelle E. Emerson © Americans. The big thing is, are we going to kt‘vp.o Eleanor Warren . ~ e ittea Aot e LR Y e | backing our pride in our Nation by buying more of | ® Richard DeBoff . Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; ,,‘, Bonds that buy the guns that make the difference? ’ . Joe Abel Y Bricmehthn .00 b i eing Fiiad Madeline Sturm . ix months, in advance, $7.50 N TR Eckley Guerin ol s r if they will promptly notify More 1 for Congres Elsie Maki . 1 regularity in the de- b Alice Johnson .| papers. s A (Washington Post) PR S T - - Over a period of many months we have i g e | MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS frequently and pointedly in favor of an reinViZoration | gumeeeee s —ase s 3 B Js exclustvely entitied to the ufe f0F | ot Congress. Among the reforms that we have con- | { wise credited pas d also the local news published | sistently advocated is more generosity on the part of | H 0 R 0 S r 0 P E o i ) ____!Congress in supplying its own needs. Specifically, | " { EPRE Aluska Newspepers, 1411 | we have indorsed the recommendations of many stu-| ¢ « ¥ ) | » dents of Congress who believe that members’ salaries The stars incline b should be increased. We have argued the case or | but do not compel” {| more experts for congressional committees, Yet we £ a3 fear that the House of Representatives has made a | | serious mistake in voting tax-free expense | FRIDAY, MAY 25 i allowance for its members | Aftetr early morning, when d Both Senators and Representatives unquestion- | abpointing news may be received ably need larger incomes. Their expenses have been | today should be fortunate for most greatly increased in recent years. With Congress now | U. S. residents. meeting almost the year round, their opportunity of HEART AND HOME i making extra money from either business or pro-| This is an auspicious date for| fessional practice is virtually gone. In the, cir- |obtaining support for unusual do-| cumstances advancement of the congressional salary | mestic pis The head of ‘the | from $10,000 to $15,000 a year would not seem to be |house is under a configuration that | pee |excessive. With the relaxation of controls over war- |is promising for the women of the jtime wages, it is only reasonable for Congress to plan |family. Girls with stage or screen i o - — |for an advance in its own compensation. But nmluxmbnmns may receive Dalental change should clearly be a part of the general reform | permission to test their talents. BONDS; IN ACTIO | program now being shaped up by the Joint Committee BUSINESS AFFAIRS {on the Organization of Congres American aid in rehabilitating | m a Report 1 Al the Seventh War Loan camps Sin Ar the fir fo $371,425 any puffed-cut chest 19 bond drive which period includes bond purchases 893.25, with Series “E,” individual bond The total is not impressive, percent of Alaska's quota ¥or the Yes, it's true ticularly here in Juneau, the bond campaign period but amounts we are accustomed to hand out as 1 effect on the most important investment we can make? To show just what is meant when we to this and that have any mater! Bends let’s see what portion of a letter written by T. U. S. Government employee following his Philippine a Jap prison the years' imprisonment : “Yesterday (Was it yesterday? were just a dream or some former life) morning 6:45 for roll call many planes coming over heavy planes which suddenly In a few minutes bullets were camp in barracks over our heads icans and guerrillas another half hour or a little amphibious tank on my way up Loguna da “The American army and its description. down Jap army dressed in rags bolt-action rifles hands of handsome, well-fed, Washington Merry- Go-Round l, (Continued /rom Page One) However, Justice Jackson indict groups of class. In other the Gestapo *as dividually, and member of the ally is a war ably will be done Elite Corps dictment will also be lodged a; endeavor mans as he may try a group, not in-| decide that eve Gestapo automatic- criminal with Hitler's to a will 88 Whether a blanket in- 2inst the Nazi Party remains to be S. S. FRANKLIN One incident occurring aboard the stricken Airplane Carrier Franklin during her rescue seemed trivial on the surface but might have resulted in serious tragedy. It was the lendir of some officers’ uniforms to enlisted men Just before the Jap bomber struck the giant carrier, it had been raining and some of the men fueling planes on deck got dnechhed. Some of the younger of- ficers told them they could go down to the officers quarters and get some dry clothes. The men, taking advar of the situation to play a jol got all dressed up in officers’ uniforms Just about this time, the carrier was hit and became a mass of flames. Later, when the Cruiser Santa Fe pulled alongside the men in officers’ uniforms, who had justappeared on deck, jumped from the Fra to the Santa Fe. to help, Others, see these supposed of- ficers jump, thought word had been given to abandon ship, and they began leaving the Franklin whole- sale s largely accounted for the g number of men who jumped to the Santa Fe or into the water. . TRAINI FILMS DESTROYED The Army doesr but it has a’' new want it known, ay of one type of surplus property. In the case of training and orienta- tion film, it burns old prints. Ac- cording to a survey made by movie experts, old films las summer were being furned at the rate of 225 tons weekly ai Astoria, N. Y Meanwhile, other government agencies, schools and unive are anxious to buy these outmoded prints from the Army. In fact, the rsitic U. 8. Office of Transportation had of to spend $60,000 of the taxpayer money to make 10 new reels of its ka following the gn are nothing to ¢ ull the hardly more Seventh War Loan other fund raising campaigns, have overlapped a little ‘e an investment in the purchase of free an eye-witness Maxwell Anderson something which happened in our monitor I had just gotten up when we b We rushed out to see nine dropped cutting In half an hour the Amer- controlled the We'd been seeing nothing but the run- | husky, it the Army's ex ) ’ aRath s Prah % Wuods activities. | mechanics question. | Fal wator Francis Myers of Penn-| “If that is true, Mr. Mnusten,"; Rl 2 nia, Democrat, has just writ- asked Anup Singh, “if it is really| MYSTERIOUS RUSSIAN DEATH ten Maj. C Harry Ingles, Chief true that the arrest of 16 Poles is| Moscow has announced that it | of the Signal Corps, demanding an obstructing the settlement of the|Will ' investigate the mysterious | | explanation Polish question, then isn't the ar-|Mexican airplane crash which killed | rest of thousands of Indian leaders| Russian ~Ambassador Constantin | it has been hinted that | This prob- ! tteach men such things as first aid, European countries will teach old- | world men and women business sag- | opening It would be incredibly shortsighted to adopt a pay | increase measure first and let the essential adjustment 1 9 up through M of the committee structure and of various time-wasting {:u-n,' 1d enterprise, week of the official | congressional practices await later action. Some of | tell. The postwar world will Pro: Territory have |the necessary changes will be painful to some mem- | per through unified methods of | being sold in |Pers. The least the House could do would be to save l‘ exchange and production. | ¢ |the leaven of salary adjustment to lighten the re- NATIONAL UES | organization task that will confront it soon as the Plans for the division of t-fiort[ La Follette-Monroney Committee makes its report. {and responsibility in Europe after The other objection to the $2500 allowance ap- |peace is established will arouse bit- | par- |proved by the House is deeply rooted in principle. | ter opposition, revealing survival of | into | Apparently the reasoning behind this move is that a | isolation sentiment, astrologers pre- | the small | tax-exempt allowance will give substantial relief | dict. i donations | Without appearing large in the public eye. We think INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS {it will be far more obnoxious to the public than a a1 etfort R {larger straight salary increase would be, because it |pands that prepare for a third sdv ey ;r.xm?df lt.w Cn‘A{px‘(’ n?o?\])? sp.(‘("m) ])1:fv?lo;4(~, p 1}1 a world war will be for a time L ‘\j,;l‘“u):”-nt(‘yf.k(,;:‘”:”x’p“-utkl? are fll‘;’;‘?yb mntdlous. troublesome but futile, it is fore- o ‘1‘11‘"; 5.9 ongres l.l;{n(» re 'uua‘_(i exempl ?nrt cast. In July a great task will @ }n their compensation from taxes wi 1you| granting | compel protracted effort toward re- a |similar privileges to other groups. We lmpe that | habilitation of the German penple.’ release from mnmmr judgment will prevail on the Senate side and |~ persons whose birthdate 1t is that an agreement can be reached either to increase (1,ve the augury of a memorable salari ,‘UI to appropriate larger sums for ';pccmc‘ ar in which progress in normal rnn;:rvs.\mnffl 1-:\'|wns as part of the general program | | lnmp is definite. Many men and | for modernization of Congress women. will .be: able’ to ‘dlsciri® HHd | forms. ! ;,mmmmn is seeking a safe way to ])ut| Children born on this day prob- s on record,” asserts a Congressman. | aply will be brilliant in mind and h them in the Congressional Record? | aetive in body. Many will be tems | | permental and a bit pugzling 10 g The disorder caused in a Kansas town of 1«)000‘1,““ parents, by a tornado the other day went virtually unnoticed, | it occurred during the spring-cleaning period. e 1 than ten should to says. Here alter threc It seems as if it called u at rd “The military st | Why not publ parachutists through the (Copyright 1915) ¥ camp and after |as e e e e RS they practice in Wmhu.;tun lis well-mannered, | is suggested that executives re- | New York | let day each of these | ceived calls from their est Mi bankers, who nmdc it phm was complaining that the ¢ The making of training films and orientation films by the Army has been a major operation. Thousands Oumansky. He was the most popu- | lar Ambassador in Mexico City and | s the focal point for successful | by the British obstructing settle- ment of the Indian question?” i Eden made no reply but joined in | Wi {of subjects have been turned out : ; i at a tremendous outlay, and pro- the laughter. Soviet propaganda in Latin Am- duction schedules have been more jengs: : ; BRETTON WOODS While Moscow is probing crowded than those of any Holly- | wood studio. | HIGH PRESSURE | crash, here is another myste o Lo Ambassador Oumansky was Kkilled | Though the very important Bret- ‘at 5 a. m., January 25, of this| ton Woods agreement seems hkely”mr On the afternoon of January | to get Congressional approval, op-(a94 i)' New York, Wladyslaw Neu- position by the Anmicrican Banking man, Polish Minister to Mexico, | Association’s top policy-setters con- | qqdenly dropped dead. He had| tinues. been assigned to Mexico City for a | NO SECRETS WANTED The films have proved remark- able training aides, with officers claiming that they cut at least in half the length of time needed to Recently Henry anml‘ Presidenti yoqar and a half previously. Wonder | of Bristol-Myers, Emmett McCOr- it there were any -connection be- | Moore-McCormack tween the two? Louis Sacher of signalling, and ju-jits Some of the films (I(‘A?’. with such technical subjects as secret new weapons, so naturally could nbt be given to the mack of the Steamship Lines, (Copyright, 1915, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.) public, but many others dealt with i training mechanics, storekeep clerks and woodwoerkers, | But the Army Pictorial Service | ACROSS Possesses seems determined that these films| J. Moccasin : Automopile ! shall not pass from their hands. | Be indebted ot e | Organizations asking to purchase! }3 { " on a spur ‘ films dealing with these subjects| 11 10t Vs | have been told either that there| 1o (il o o 40 Resume - i are no surplus prints, or that| 17. Picce out 41. Imitated clearance for general use is not i JRSIACIS, i obtainable. Some films, it is true, Poems | contain copyrighted music or fea- | N erara ; ture well-known stars. But men in ,I,KI’;A’(K: "\{wds | the trade estimate that 90 per cent of the films which would be useful | i Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle to civilians would require no spe- cial clearance, and that clearance A Jpmchunge Hinecif B to | | could ea be obtained for the 3. Calls together | ter 10 per cent. They recall that Col. Frank Capra’s famous “Prelude | to War” and “Battle of Russ . Wagding bird were given universal clearance, yet . Tree | the Army refuses to sell prinis of Ajotiohs these films to 16-millimeter dis- = Shhn Sussis . Rouse from tributors. sleep Meanwhile, Herman Wober and . Wool-bearing Morris Caplan, civilian movie ex- .nJ::::.‘.m.l:m | perts ned by the War Depart- - Metaliferous i ment to do a special survey, have | submitted a secret report that at -“1“"{:{ no Astoria, N. Y t summer the i | Army burnt an average of 12,500,000 weight 1 i . Cognizant feet of film per wec o * Any climbing g ST woody INDIA AND POL ot 8 San Franc Scatter . . Disseminated Indian lobby anc journalists | Quilt who have succeeded in putting | 1 )yvr:‘:';‘; | British Diplomats into political | corners venture rners during the United Nations | bk il Resides Final On the oce Conference One of them, Anup Singh, editor “Voice of India,” spoke up at| Mountain Anthony Eden's press conference | o while the British Foreign Millihll‘l'l . Before !increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. | § MODERN ETIQUETTE | and Abelard, R S P T R T VN SR HOA YEARS AGO fHE EMPIRE T R MAY 24, 1925 Several editions were being organized to go into the Arctic search of Roald Amundsen and his associates on a flight to the North in hl’olu and whose whereabouts were still a mystery. Owing to the unsettled cordition of the weather the picnic of the Methodist Church Sunday School was postponed indefinitely. Miss Legia Kashevaroff, who had been teaching school at Tenakee, returned to her home in Juneau as the school had closed. During two and one-half hours, interested parties timed 90 cars on the Glacier Highway and found none exceeding the speed limit or guilty The timing was done over a measured of discourteous use of the road. distance | H. Case left Juneau for the States and during her absence ge of Mrs. H. E. Brown. w. store Mrs the Case was to be in cha The Douglas Eagles Vodvil players were coming to Juneau and were to present their show for two nights at the Coliseum Theatre. Among { Margaret Cashel, Tony the were Helen Lindstrom, Emma Garn, Reis beth Fraser, Alberta Gallwas, Una Crowe, Billy Cashen, May Fraser and Clifford Anderson. Weather report: High, 54; low, 50; rain. f Daily Lessons in English % 1. corbon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: ELDER and ELDEST are used only of persons, OLDER and OLDEST of both persons and things. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Impromptu. Pronounce im-promp-tu, O as in OF (not as in SOFT), U as in USE (not as O in TO), accert second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Scallop; sometimes spelled scollop SYNONYMS: Virtue, chastity, purity, morality, goodness, WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is you Let us Today's word: “He is a man of erratic rectitude. ERRATIC; having no certain course; wandering. habits.” (e i it i £ by ROBERTA LEE S e - Q. Would it be all right to send greeting cards to public personages, or celebrities, whom one admires? A. Yes, but the recipient is not obligated to reply. Q. Ts it necessary that a husband write or telegraph his wife every day while he is away from home? A. A considerate husband will do so. Q. What shculd a woman wear to an opera matinee box party? A Either an afternocn or a semi-formal dress. OOK and LEARN A. C. GORDON e e D 1. For what are the following known: Pelleas and Melisande, Heloise Tristan and Islode? longer I .was on an | | Reliance Textile C g s 2. What is a palimpsest? % !* Our guess would be that the main cause of ab- |Reliance Textile GCompany, and R e ,“]‘,Md ‘:hv i o iAo Bl | senteeism in Congress is that, day in afd day out,| Waiter H. Wheeler, Jr, of thepe *- *" S0 % g rquipment are beyond Congressmen get awfully tired of Congressmen. | Pitney-Bowes Postal Meter cgm, 4. Who constructed a citadel, and of it said, “Nowhere else can a - SRS 2" B j pany, helped send telegrams’'to sev- k man hold up his head"? i 4 and armed only wnth‘ 1t the postwar world planners want a little eral hundred business men urging | \ 6. What is a mosque? And suddenly here we were in the | aqvance experience in bringing order out of chaos, it | DM to declare themselves for the | ANSWERS: | Bretton Woods Agreement. Next 3. ar bewd devoton Lo lavers. 2. A manuscript which has been used two or three times, writing having been erased 3. A group of young Confederate officers. 4. “King"” Christophe of Haiti. 5. A Mohammedan house of worship. WALTER J. STUTTE GENERAL CONTRACTOR New Consiruction and Remodeling Estimates Furnished Phone Green 768 evenings P. O. Box 3091 ——m——— ESTHER COMET as a paid-up subscriver 1o THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited t» be our guest THIS EVENING. 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