The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 20, 1945, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Published evers eveninz except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. RELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - President DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - - Vice-President WILLIAM R. CARTER - - - Editor and Manager ELMER A. FRIEND . “ - - _Managing Editor ALFRED ZENGER - - - - Business Manager Bntered In the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATE! Delivered by carricr in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; aix months, $8.00; one year, §15.00. By matl, postage paid. at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; one month, In advance, $1.50 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers Telephones: News Office, 602; Bustness Office, 374, MEMBER UF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for fepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- e credited In this paper and also the local news published ein. NATIONAL REP 1 SEVTA < Pourth Avenue Bldg., seattle, Wash SWELLING FEDERAL DEBT Budget Director Smith will probably be kept busy giving out new estimates of receipts and expenditures for months to come. A few wceks ago his revised statement assumed that the Pacific war would con- tinue throughout the current fiscal year. The latest estimates make allowance for the changes resulting from the end of the war. But they, too, are highly tentative, for it will be some time before the effect of the war on the budget can be appraised with a fair degree of accuracy. The volume of war expendi- tures will depend, as Mr. Smith states, on the speed with which war procurement is shut off, the speed of demobilization and other factors. On the other hand increased outlays for nonwar and aftermath-of-war functions are likely to rise, while receipts may be adversely affected by changes in tax laws and are bound to be influenced by rising unemployment bring- ing with it a reduction in taxable incomes. ‘The deficit is currently placed at 304 billion dollars—15 billion dollars below the previous estimate —and a further reduction is expected as liquidation of the war proceeds. Nevertheless we shall end the year with a huge deficit and a formidable total debt. How formidable can best be realized by noting that the prospective deficit at the moment for a single year is greater than the entire volume of indebtedness outstanding after World War I. At the end of 1919, for example, the total debt amounted to approximately 26 billion dollars; at the end of last June the debt had risen to 259 billion dollars, and on the basis of the last revision of estimates will reach 273 billion | dollars v_\' the end of this fiscal year. This more than tenfold increase in the outstand- ing debt entails an enormous increase in governmental overhead costs in the form of interest charges despite the fact that the cost of borrowing (i. e, the level of interest rates), is much lower than it was in World -~ | to take advantage of opportunities thus dffered. We [ War 1. The comparative burdensomeness ot the debt, likewise not increased in proportion to the | increase in service charges, because national prnduv-i | tion and national incomes have also increased enorm- | |ously during the last quarter century. For example, | Ithe estimated gross national product amounted to| about 70 billion dollars in 1919 and to 200 billion | dollars in 1945. (Computations based on 1944 prices.) | | When allowance is made for these partially rnmpvn-} sating factors, comparisons between World War I and | World War IT indebtedness seem less invidous. Never- | theless the burden of public debt cannot be computed |in terms of interest charges alone. The debt represents | {a load of deadweight public. obligations in which |savings that might under different conditions have | gone into productive enterprises have been invested That creates difficult problems and gives us some- thing to think about | has Occupation Duty (Cincinnati Enquirer) From millions of lads in uniform and millions more of their friends and relatives comes the cry: “Get the soldiers home.” The number ‘of men who | voluntarily would enlist for duty with the occupation forces is pitifully small; the number of parents who would encourage their youngsters so to serve perhaps |is even smaller. | While we realize how much home means to a | soldier—having served abroad in tWo wars—and while | | we know how comforting it is to have ones children close by the family fireside, still we feel that the national distate for foreign service is hardly justified. We are certain that thousands of soldiers, refusing such duty today will regret tomorrow that they failed | are certain, too, that many ‘parents will see the time when they'll be sorry if they have placed any barriers 'in the way of soldier-son’s ambitions to spend | some time in Germany or Japan | Members of occupation forces—if our army pro- | gram follows its usual pattern—will have opportunities ]l() study in great schools. They will be able to train themselves in a score of trades and crafts. They can kl(-m‘n foreign es; can benefit from contact | with other cultur Their journeys will take them |to new and exciting lands; to shrines hallowed to | humans since time began. | Many of these boys will come home at the end |of their service enriched beyond measure. They will ibe the ones who approach the adventure with eager and open minds, intelligent and awake to every | opportunity. So long as they live they will benefit | from their experiences | There will be others, of course, who will benefit : not at all. But they will be those who probably would | have made no progress at home, regardless of what | was offered. Certainly the opportunities for advance- ment in the army of occupation—and we don’t mean Iadvancomsnl in military rank alone—are tremendous. For most soldiers they will be far greater than they will find during the same period in civilian life, back on the highways and byways of their own home towns. What we have said here applies primarily to the youthful, unattached soldiers now wearing military uniforms. We realize full well that the problems of young fathers and husbands are vastly different. Men who have dependents or had launched into business carcers prior to the Army’'s call are in the same category. They would lose more than they could gain—most of them—by remaining in service. But the healthy, robust, adventurous American youngster in whose veins still runs with the blood | of pioneer ancestors—he’ll be missing something if he returns too quickly to the desk or the bench or the | plow to which he’ll be hitched for the rest of his | days. Youth rides to his pennant now, but youth is a fickle lass. She'll desert him one dark autumn morning a few quick years from now. He'll do well | to see that he holds rich experiences by which to} | remember her them survived, charge system is The Washington Merry - Go- Round :: .. (Continued from Page One) | stay in the Navy f S = * *x paving the block would boost their | GoP . OaN taxes. reached this office. | No criticism of the Navy dis-|dependence neighbors, he said No. Annapolis Secretly but dilligently whlch’lillery of World War I (of whlchi | Truman was a captain), plus In-l one of going to be tol- | Several checked in at aKnsas City Graduate | hotels so they would be available He intends to just in case Mayor Sermon changed or keeps. his mind. But Sermon, declaring irom the | start that it would be strictly an | Independence affair, made his dec- laration good. The homecoming was E SPIRACY agroup THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1945 ® 000 0 00 0 00 " HAPPY BIRTHDAY ® o September 20, 1945 o © Margie Newman Ronald T. Ellenberg Robert Anthony Pegues Richard Anthony Pegues Severt Jacobsin Robert N. Huntoon Harold Magorty Mrs. Alma Hendrickson e o 00 00 0 0 00 P S = s et o e e ) | HOROSCGPE “The stars incline but do not compel” — FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Adverse planetary aspect¥ contend with benefic influences today. Af- ter the early hours labor conditions may be favorable. HEART AND HOME Anxiety in many households re-| garding letters is forec for this | morning but later good pews is indi- cated. A fortunate date for sign- ing contracts, especially leases. Girls| who seek employment need not ex-! pect success under this configura-| tion. BUSINESS AFFAIRS | Before the end of the year great| 20 YEARS AGO 77 nupine D SEPTEMBER 20, 1925 The Fourth Annual Southeast Alaska Fair closed the preceding night, with everyone feeling it had been a great success. Attendance figures | for the four days totaled 6,400, according to the official report, and was as follows: first day, 1100; second day, 1500; third day, 1000 and fourth day, 1800. Livestock and agricultural exhibits showed a big increase over previous showings, and more out-of-town exhibitors and visitors took part. Alex Kiloh won the Ajax automobile awarded by the Juneau Fire Department at the Fair. A protest against “fortune tellers” being permitted to operate in the city was contained in a letter to the City Council, from a nurse in charge of the Government Hospital, in which she urged an ordinance to control that class of business. Claiming these people played upon the credulity of Indians and others, the letter mentioned cases where sick persons were advised against medical care, to their detriment. | Agricultural sweepstakes honors at the Fair werc equally divided botween Tenakee and Skagway, with competitors from Douglas, Thane and Juneau giving them'a very close race. The steamer Prince Charles was in port this morning from Sakgway, sailing south shortly after, to complete the first trip of the schedule it would follow during the fall. Weather: High. 60; low, 43; cloudy. [ aasaasss ettt e i 2 e e f Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon | -— - DUDSSUIISRES S ALY opportunities will open in Europe for Americans who have technical or scientific training. Architests willl be in demand. | NATIONAL ISSUES | Interest on the national debt of the United States will be so great this year that full employment and general prosperity will be impera-| tive, the scers forecast. High tax-| es will continue, it is predicted INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS i Spain is to be the cause of al grave situation before the end of the | year. Franco long has been subject | to threatening aspects. | Persons whose birthdate 1t is have | the augury of a year of intense; test, social and financial. Concen- | tration upon personal affairs will be fortunate. | Children born on this day will be reserved, unselfish and trustworthy. They probably will be talented and! studious. i (Copyright, 1945) chased from the room. The doors | were locked and for one hour the' President and the group swapped stories. The stories must have been | good——because the President and | the entire party were 45 minutes late in arriving at the auditorium of the Reorganized Church of Jesus | Christ. of Latter Day Saints — th site of his public reception. On his latest visit last week, Tru- man was rushed and the novelty of having the home-town boy back on a visit had partially worn off. | Nevertheless, the President found time to visit with a lot of his old' friends and they found him J\lst‘l the same old Harry. l (Note — Although his signature idoes not officially appear on U. S.! currency, there are several citizens of Independence who carry dollar bills bearing President Truman's autograph. Truman autographed numerous bills taken from pots in his poker game with the Harpy WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: “Do not say, “It might as well be him.” Say, “It might as well be he.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: lict. Pronounce der-e-likt, first E as in BET, second E as in ME, I as in IT, accent first syllable OFTEN MISSPELLED: Campaign. Observe the AIGN. SYNONYMS: Inherent, inbred, inborn, indwelling, innate, native, natural. 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: EXORBITANT; going beyond established limits; excessive . “The cost was exorbitant. s SIS MODERN ETIQUETTE Q. Is it all right for parents to discuss their children with others, repeating humorous stories about them, and the like? A. No; parents who do this become bores. Q. Does it show good taste to use slang expressions? A. No; it is not necessary and does not indicate the best manners; t is considered vulgar by some people. Q. Isn't it ill-bred to discuss domestic affairs when in public? A. It is very ill-bred to do so. S e l.OOK and LEARN T’ C. GORDON by ROBERTA LEE ‘What is conscience money? Was William Tell a real persons or a legendary hero? With what product is Grand Rapids, Michigan, associated? What is the antonym of hibernation? What is an epopee? ANSWERS: Money secretly paid to atone for some concealed act of dishonetsy. Legendary hero. Furniture. Estivation. An epic poem. DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Petershurg and Wrangell This summer, however, thingsi or gepuplican Senators and Repre- finally changed. What with VISItOTS | soptatives is working with research- coming from all over the Country|eys for the Republican National to see where Harry Truman used to| Gommittee to prepare ammunition live, the City Fatners of Independ-|gor the next election. ence got busy. | They are working So by the time the President of|qjocsier on the business activities the United States, who mc:d(-umlly‘m Elliott Roosevel second, his believes in high taxes, came home|p . iher Jimmy, and finally, they on his second trip to Independence, | piay o jqunch an attack on Mrs. last weekend, the unpaved section|poosevelt. Tt has not been decided of West Van Horn Street had re-|yet jf this data will be held until ceived a coat‘ur vhu. |next year’s campaign or be re- Y |leased earlier HIP | The greatest place sub- | up a huge NAVY C Japan is not the ol secrecy about the ”ust that. Even Kansas City—re- ferred to by rural Jackson County | folks as “the suburb of Independ- | ence”—got the cold shoulder. | Choice Kansas City sirloin steaks | were served at the mayor’s recep- | tion, but nobody asked Sermon | where he got them. In addition | to his duties as mayor of the town! of 20,000 persons he operated a grocery store. Following the dinner, all cooks, | bartenders, secret service men-— | everyone except the guests—were ject to censorship. Though the war is over, a brass-knuckled case of censorship has just occurred at the U. 8. Naval Air Station, Banana River, Fla Suspected reason for the censor- ship is a policy put out by Na chiefs in Washington to squeich al news stories critical of the Navy discharge system. Navy brass hats were careful not to put this censor- ship idea in writing, but telephoned to various Navy commander. throughout the country. Down at the Banana River Naval Air Station, young officers and Navy men last week published their weekly paper, “Banana Peeling containing an “inquiring reporter coulmn of what Navy men think of the discharge system. K con- tained such quotes as these From C. F. Robinson, Graham, N. C., age 37: “The Navy releases men too -slow. I want them to get on the ball. My wife and two kids need me a lot worse than the Navy does now that the war is over From J. E. Ebexhri, Baltimore Md.: “As to how the point system affects me, I don't know, but if I don't get out soon I'm gomng to butt my head against some bulk- head. I served my country and now I'm ready to go home From Ensign Frank C. Murphy Philadelphia, Pa., with four year: in the Navy: “My only regret is that I am not married. Then I would have 46 points and could be discharged quicker.” Shortly after “Banana Peelings hit the streets, Commanding Of- ticer W. J. Slattery, a regular Navy Captain, cracked down. He ordered every copy of the newspaper con- fiscated and burned. Only a few of | whole project is being maintained | }urlicers of the old 129th Field Ar-| with none of the active plotters' willing to admit their participation. | Although it is a Republican pro- | ject those engaged in it insist that| (their most valuable leads are |coming from Democrats — particu- larly the Jesse Jones Texans who| opposed President Roosevelt last | year, and are hoping that somehow, | |by discrediting the family most closely associated with the New, Deal they can once again take over political power. | The charges against Jimmy—and | |they have been heard before—are | {that he blackjacked numerous big Irnms into buying insurance through | | his Boston firm. The lengthy House ! !investigation of the American | ot | Telephone and Telegraph Company | ** P'Efins a couple of years before the war : \resulted from the refusal of the |company to insure with Jimmy, it! will be charged | The charge against Mrs. Roose- |velt will be that she became a| member of the Board of Directors of the insurance firm—Roosevelt & | | Ssargent—when her son went into the military servic in order to| prevent disclosure of his deals. * % % MISSOURI HOMECOMMING There is plenty of excitement in Independence, Mo., whenever Pre: dent Truman decides to visit hi: lold home town. During the July visit scores of high state officials and midwest politicians telephoned |and wired Roger T. Sermon, Mayor lof Independence. A lot of them !wanted their names intluded in the private reception the mayor gave for Truman The mayor, however, was both | | relentless and exclusive. Outside the | Presidential staff and 10 former | Crossword Puzzle ACROSS Close forcibly . Knocks afty Languish Century plant . Philippine peas . Skip 6. Hair on an animal's neck . Clumsy boat S, Domesticated Maintain Exist Open courts | 24. Exactly suitable 37. Red cedar 39. Pastry 40. Bombast 42. Goodby 43. Preceding night 44. Purloined 46, Color 47. Plain 50. Turkish commander 52 Act of retaliation 56. On the highest point 59. Philippine mountain 60. Tree trunk 61. Heroine of “La Boheme" 2. Spread loosely 0 may it be Smooth it . Resumes . Tropical bird Spoken Related Club during his first visit home.) (Copyright, 1915, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.) - > - With connections to Craig, Klawock, Hydaburg and steamers for Prince Rupert, Vancouver, and Seattle TTENTION AUTOISTS! FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 Check your headlights. Arrests ™ - will be made of autoists who havc, only one light. There are too many | H H el e MR e There is no substitute for newspaper advertising! safety. = % By Order of . 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