The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 12, 1945, Page 4

PAGE FOUR L » ;’n Ketchikan couple who tried and tried to get their Dally Al(wka Emplre |auto shipped to Seattle from Ketchikan, “but with | shipping strikes and heavy fish shipments there just | wasn't any available space. The Lynches (Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lynch), finally solved the problem. They plan to drive the entire way and are scheduled tovleave today,” the item concluded We are just as puzzled as you are Published every evening except Sunda¥ by the EMPIEE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY MONSEN - - w . DOROTHY TROY LINGO - WILLIAM R. CARTER & - ELMER A President - Vice-President Editor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manager 3 FRIEND « - - - ALFRED ZENGER - - - - Entered in the Post Office in Juneau ns Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1.50 per month; ' nlis: X B montbs, $3.00 one vear, 515,00, Voluntary Enlistments By mail, postare paid, at the following rates: | . - - One yea™, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, g shi S| one month, 1a advance, $1.50 | (Washington Post) Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptlv notify If we are to meet some of the inescapable require- the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- | ments of national defense through voluntary enlist- Telephones: News Office, 802; Business Office, 3:4. | ments in the Army and the Navy, those services must MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS |be made a great deal more attractive to American The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for | citizens than they are now or ever have been in the pepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- a "he N4 B itary airs. ac- Wil crodited In this paper snd aleo the Jooal newWs' SubIMNEl past. The Se n.nr‘Commltt(n on Military Affairs, ac heretn. cording to its chairman, “agrees with the Army and m v P S o % A S b , t NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES with the people of the United States that if it is Pourth Avenue Bldg., Seattie, Wash. possible to have a velunteer Army, that would be — |better than a conscripted Army.” But, said Senator Thomas, “The Army does not think the enlistment plan will be sufficient.” Given the present character |of the Army, we do not think so, either. Nor do we | believe that the Navy, as now constituted, will be any | more successful in manning its ships through voluntary (recruitment. The atmosphere of both services must be radically changed if their appeals for volunteers are to be effective Some helpful but essentially superficial changes | will be effected by the May bill, which has now passed |both the House and the Senate. These have to do |in the main, with the material benefits of enlistment. | It would extend the benefits of the GI Bill of Rights and the Selective Service Act to men who enlist in the Regular Army and Navy while these two laws remain in force—that is, until next May. It would permit one-year enlistments in the Army for men with ‘?al least six months previous service and improve | retainer pay. Similar e necesary for the Navy |if men now in the service are to be induced to reenlist. As things stand now and until the May bill becomes law, all the inducements are weighted on the side of | getting out of uniform Eo T 1 & nosacnaninne, |”" We do not believe, however, that material benefits One 62-year-old woman left Piney, Wyoming, way | go to the heart of the enlistment problem. Both the back in 1940 with three horses, four goats and a |Army and Navy adhere to a rigid, senseless and un- home-made wagon expecting to make the trek to democratic caste system. They are in a real sense Alaska overland. She’s finally compromised and is feudal institution: the rank-and-file members of taking the boat to Seward where she’s going to “]fltch‘W'lliCI\ enjoy little more than serf status. It is even +up her team and set out to find a home,” to quow'morc true of the Navy than QI tl_m Army. which ex- 2 | perienced a healthy democratization during the war, the Seattle Times. “Whatever I find up there will ot enjisted men have little opportunity for advance- be soft to what I've already seen,” this woman says. |ment or for the realization of ambitions which are Probably soft-hearted Alaskans will take the woman accepted as a common birthright in this society. For under their wing and she’ll get by—but it can’t be a |the men in the ranks, peacetime military or naval general practice and it seems unfortunate that the |service is virtually devoid of prestige; it is not too publicity given Alaska by too many soft-headed writers ‘»much to say _Lhat it_ls less respected than service in is going to react to the detriment of Alaska and |@ g0od municipal police department. If the Army and Alsskans, Navy are to attract large numbers of young Americans, 5 {they must offer careers in which the apt and the The United Press is credited with another tricky |intelligent can progress and in which all can live in story concerning Alaskan transportation. It tells of dignity. The Washington Merry - Go- Round | (Continued from Page One) — TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS - Some people in the continental United States just can't seem to get used to the idea that the only prac- tical way to travel between Alaska and the States is WOODLEY AIRWAYS IN FROM ANCHORAGE Thirteen took away the glittering job in the Pacific and reduced Jacobs to the humdrum chore of running the | Bremgrton Naval Base near Seattle, Wash | Furthermore, Forrestal brought | into the Navy a man who does not ‘plfly on Admiral King’s team, Ad- miral Lou Denfield, and made him Chief of Personnel. King kicked| Those arriving from Anchorage like a Missouri Mule, but Forrestal | were: L. Daly, Mr. Cannon, William | overrode him. | Ford, Josephine Ford, D. O. Breed- passengers were flown Airport yesterday, Airways transport plane. bitter among Annapolis men be- | tween the classes of 1917 to 1933.| * % % NAVY STORM BREA * ok ok love, Hal Reherd and Floyd Holt. With the end of the “war, how- s~ o " { Outgoing to Anchorage were: Wal- ever, the storm broke. Reserve of- THE NAVY'S KIS ‘N"(?“ER_ lace Harmon, Mrs. M. Clark, Mur- Then, to make matters worse,| : R ficers and regular Navy officers . A iel Olson, Barbara Baker, Clara Forrestal brought in as Denfiel B PR har ard 1L Normaa 3 4 | {)Z::: :(l)n.:;cac;"f?urtsmp tfied yand assistant, Capt. John Gingrich, an- R other man who does not play on Long before this, however, so’“"‘;xing's team. of the younger officers on Sgcrc-¢ Gingrich’s career, in a way, tary Forrestal's staff had tipped | might be compared to that of Gen.| him off as to what was going on.| pjsenhower. Like Eisenhower, he is| They told him that the important | he prodquct of Kansas prairies. | telegrams were not being shown'Bum in Dodge City, Kan., he was | - - Charles W. Carter Has Birihday_ Celebration between Anchorage and the Juneau | by a Woodley| him. They suggested that he go| up to the communications room | himself and look them over. For- restal did, and, from that time on, graduated from Annapolis and did a great job in the war as com- mander of the Cruiser Pittsburgh. Genial Charles W. Carter was 75 years young yesterday and the event was celebrated with a family gathering and dinner at the Carter | | It was Gingrich who largely towed | s the flaming Carrier Franklin out | running the Navy !of danger, incidentally covering up % The man who hanaled promo-,some glaring mistakes by other tions, transfers and discharges for|commanders which have never King was Admiral Randall Jacobs, |leaked out. Chief of the Bureau of Naval Per-| It was Gingrich who nursed the | sonnel or “BUPERS.” If you con- Pittsburgh all the way across the| ¥ trol “BUPERS,” you can pretty Pacific when 100 feet of her bow | ABRAICNED much dominate the Navy. And bp_’wfls torn off by a typhrmn—uncr‘ John Davis, Jr., of Juneau, ar- tween them, King and Jacobs did.|again covering up some faulty rnn-‘l;'s?(’d ‘:' & federal dis();‘derg{ ‘;:’"' But the end of the war caught dign's | Aush aharge. - WBB (WS IGHAC T Rite both King and Jacobs completely this morning before U. S. Commis- | want advertised. . h Kl 1.8 6 off guard. They had never expected| But, somewhat like Zisenhower,|Soner Fellx Gray. Pleading was it so soon. deferred. who was fired by Gen. MucAnhur; In fact, they were making all|when they served together in| preparations for a full-scale inva-|Manila in 1938, Gingrich was| sion of Japan this fall. Further- “fired” by Admiral King. As a re-| more, King did not want to see!ward for his heroism, he was rele- | home on Glacier Highway. The highlight of the evening was a long- distance call from Pasadena, Calif., made by his daughter Helan, now Mrs. Charles A. Carter, to wish him a very happy birthday. he has had more to say about struction which the Navy the Navy reduced to anywhere near gated to the sidelines, removed | 1. WAn?eRnocshs,m :; ;,r:el:;::u its peacetime size, 50 was the last from command of the Pittsburgh,| 7 &}_:;?m‘ stone man to want to speed Naval dis-|and given the innocuous job of | ' ‘mame 4% Fence i charges. | Chief of Personnel at Miami, Fla.! }g: ;{gg;m:pz"bly 45. Meadow A i Gingrich had been offered several 16. Sea robber 46. Un: of C(;lum- FORRESTAL GETS TOUGH |important jobs by admirals in the| AT "Symnol o &7 AvahramiPe It was at about this point that|Pacific, but King “sent him to| 18. Regards _port Jim Forrestal, for the most part a Liberia” instead. 30- atbomn. S IR meek and mild mannered little| At this point, however, Secretary | general 51. Sun god man, began to get tough. Though ' Forrestal stepped in. He ordered | 2% Stakespearean B2. Optical iilu- he had been wise to King for a young Capt. Gingrich back to 24 Sllkworm R4, Large tub used long time, he had been handi-|Washington as Deputy Chief of the zg n}d,‘r"k of a :\" xflffii‘““" capped by the fact that King was| powerful Bureau of Personnel 7. cn\n\;{.‘"m 56. “,:::1":;: o the special pet of FDR, and the' The mothers, wives and sweet- 2s Division of a Asia late President considered it his job|hearts of Navy men have a lot m; o K&lii’vnmn 67 Falt(lnx'«‘)\ pare to run the Navy. Forrestal was al-|be thankful for as a result of this 32, Wander obligation most helpless |transter. Both Denfield and Ging- | §& Kail, o, 55 Postsof With Truman, however, it was rich, though Annapolis graduate name only £9. Medite HY different. Truman not only be- believe in recognizing the reserves,! 3% PT{,‘&‘;B;«;; :3“:1““; e lieves in each Cabinet member be- believe in speeding discharges, and | 3 ing responsible for his own de- | understanding the problems of partment, but he also knew some- | Na: men. There should be a new | thing about the way Admiral King | hurry-up of Navy discharges as a had ridden rough-shod over the!result. civilian Secretaries of the Na\y.‘ (Copyright. 1945, by Bell Syndicate, Ine.) So the first move made by Secre-| R l Crossword Puzzle Nr“mmwm 20 YEARS AGO 7¥': empirE ) OCTOBER 12, 1925 In the World Series game played this day the Pittsburgh Pirates staged a desperate comeback to stay in the series at Iéast ofie more game, winning by a score of 6 to 3. This was the fifth game of the series, with ® @ o o October 12, 1945 @ & ® o ° . } the Washington Senators ahead one game. . A.F.Byrnes . A . P.R. Bradley . A shipment of 45 reindeer, the first ever taken to Seattle, had . W.J. Baldwin ® | arrived there on the steamer M. W. Tupper from the Kuskokwim district. ] Claire Thompson ® | They were consigned to an 80-acre tract in the mountains of Southern . Mrs. Clifford Long ® | California where the Pacific Coast Sportsmen’s Club planned to pro- » Mrs. George Getchell pagate reindeer and buffalo herds. . Yvonne Zimmerman o 4 i MIs RO R Many policemen and. Communists were wounded in rioting which N B :(:"’xf"dyy' started at Saint Denis, in a general strike which threatened to spread to a g other parts of the city, a dispatch from Paris, France, reported. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 8 0 0o o A public card party to bk held at the Parish Hall was planned for the coming night, with a good attendance anticipated. { i | ; H 0 R OS s 0 P E The steamer Admiral Rogers was in port from Seattle, with five ! “The stars inclirne | days mail and five passengers for Juneau. Included in the passenger list i but do mot compel” || were Mr. and,Mrs. H. J. Turner and Mrs Julie Turner, also Mrs. Irene | canill, for Douglas. — SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 | A series of free Sunday afternoon concerts to be given this winter | y ¥ 2 /by the combined vocal and instrumental music departments of the Acyeies 'l’"‘“"“""y "“l”“‘:"fh : ';’f Juneau Public Schools was anncunced, the first one to be held the follow- woday which may be disturbing be- Bitidiy & as cause of conflicting interests, pub-| 8 * unday in the Elks Hall | e A ivate. 1 gt ‘,’,rEVA‘R‘T AND HOME ! Weather: Highest, 53; lowest, 49; cloudy The Aquarian age which promises s e e et A e to release the common people from Daily Lessons in Eng'ish b““l L‘ GORDON economic and social thralldom will| SETSRY bring many changes in human re- lations. Marriages that unite men and women of different backgrounds | will be numerous; they should be WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Business is good in our accepted philosophically. | section of the country.” Say, “in our PART of the country.” BUSINESS AFFAIRS | OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Almanac. Pronounce first A as in This month will be marked by ef- | ALL, not as in AT, nor as in AH. forts to reduce high wartime wages. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Epistle; the T is sjlent In the pronunciation. Labor troubles will be of only tem-| gyNONYMS: Pertness, sauciness, smartness, boldness, impertinence, will solve many industrial problems,‘ WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us NATIONAL ISSUES | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Return of servicemen will reveal a EXPLUSIVE; having the power of driving out or away. “The expulsive military spirit that will be resented power of a new affection.”—Chalmers. by civilians, the seers prophesy, but ¢ democracy soon will prevail over temporary illusions of power or su- periority. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Firm bonds will unite Britain and the United States through coming years. Partnership in science, bus-| MODERN ETIQUETTE ° ' Y ROBERTA LEE Q. When you have recewved a valuable gift from a friend, sent by iness and finance will cement rcla-‘m*”l- and it arrives in a badly damaged condition, what should you do? tions. Restoration of cities bombed A. Take it up with the post office at once and try to get it re- in England will be rapid due to placed. Thank your friend and say nothing about the damage. American technical aid. | Q. Shouldn’t a man who is walking with two women along the street, Persons whose birthdate it is walk between them? have the augury of a year in which| A. No; he should always take the curb side of the walk. they learn a great deal that is prac- Q. What is the correct way to eat artichokes? tical. Wonfsn should benfit in A. A leaf at a time should be pulled away, dipped into the sauce, housekeeping methods. L Dot Children born on this day prob- | then bitten ofi. ably will have keen brains and will $="—="""""—" | 'm“l‘;“‘* c"‘a;p:"r:"'”":hfi:*“mi LOOK and LEARN 31 C. GORDON | (Copyright, 1945) | How is {t possible to telephone from New York to London, since PR s SR U Flllpluos Io HAVE l Lher:' are no telephone wires across the Atlantic? . EVE"'I' 0" SA"‘URDAY‘ 2. In what two months does the equinox occur? What is the highest mountain in the world? s _ ¥ \ What was George Washington’s middle name? The Fllipino Community of Ju-| Do mammals have feathers? neau will have a basket social and | ANSWERS: lance tomorrow evening starting at | 3 ¥ 3 S0100%. . The actual ocean crossing of the message is done by radio—the Chairman of the affair is Mrs. rest of Bessie Quinto, assisted by Mrs. Bet- ty Constantino. Pauline Talaga will be the floor manager. Other mem- bers of the committee are: Mrs.| Katherine Hucson, Elsie Lampkey,' Mary Julaton and Clara Paulo. All members are requested to at- tend. oA e ® the distance by telephone. March (21) and September (22). Mt. Everest. He had none. No. BRSO AUDITS SYSTEMS TAXES | NEILL, CLARK and COMPANY Established 1940 - -ee AT BARANOF Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Anderson, of Greeley, Colo., have arrived via PAA from Seattle and are regis- tered at the Baranof Hotel. Public Accountants — Auditors — Tax Counselors B 208 Franklin Street — Phone 757 Odd Fellows Hall, Tuesday, Oct. | FAIRBANKS OFFICE—201-2 LAVERY BUILDING 16. (10,08,9-t3) | Kinloch N. Neill John W. Clark INQUIRE ABOUT OUR MONTHLY ACCOUNTING SERVIC El o o PAPER HANGING is an essential FACTOR in MODERN DECORATION and should be professionally hung to give the utmost in beauty and satisfaction. We have the answer to your PAINTING, TINTING and PAPER HANGING problems. JAMES S. MeCLELLAN Phone Douglas 374 P. 0. Box 1216 [Z[>[0] Solution Of Yesterday’s Puzzle DOWN 5. 1. Chaps 2. Pertaining to 6. certain American islands 3. Kidney bean % 4. Ceremonies Egyptlan deity Pertaining to certain European peoples Came into | view 8. Decorates Sailors Greenland Eskimo . Withdrew . Kind of mineral . Epochs 2. Property of matter Burst forth ROBERT LIGHT as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA i EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENIN Present this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: mirat gucove, the man win e, HOSPITAL NOTES key to promotions, transfers and i discharges. Jacobs never wanted to| prnest McKinney has been dis- go. He had a fine house at the charged from St. Ann’s Hospital af- Naval Hospital supplied him by |ier receiving medical care. | Ratify Sheet of float ing ice ubstantive . Former trad- ing vessel . Sailors Male figure "THE FALCON IN MEXICO” Federal Tax—*11c per Person PHONE 14 — THE ROYAL BLUE CAB C0. N A used as a the Government, together with a| garl Gafvert, who has been a med- supporting couple of Filipino servants. How-ljcal patient at St. Ann’s Hospital, a8, pooolumn and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and ever, he had no choice in the returned to his home yesterday. R L RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments, matter. Walter Larson went home yester- ladder i At first a special job was created |day from St. Ann’s Hospital after for Jacobs. He was to be a full receiving medical attention. . Ordinary . Legislative odies WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! admiral with the magnificent title - . l:av:;nml;l:x‘x;m of “Inspector General of the RUMMAGE SALE 46. Masculine 1 Pacific.” | o aliee, e, M. S. PATRICIA By this time, however, Forrestal| Odd Fellows Hall, Tuesday, Oct.' was really feeling his oats. He was | 16, determined to run the Navy him-| el self. And public criticism against| Ninety per cent of the babies | (10,08,9-t3) Jacobs’ slow discharge system born in the United States are born | strengthened Forrestal's hand. He|in hospitals. ] 9. Kind of plum 0. Opposlte of aweather Unec . English consonant LEAVING FOR SKAGWAY AND HAINES TUESDAY—T7A. M. Sailing Date Subject to Change SHOP PHONE 9% FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1945 TRIPLETTE & KRUSE BUILDING CONTRACTORS EXPERT CABINET WORK OF ‘ALL KINDS 20TH CENTURY MARKET BUILDING After 5:00 P. M. PHONE 564 Silver Bow Lodge No.A2, L O.O.F. Meets each Tues- day at 8:00 P. M. I. O. O. F. HALL. Visiting Brothers Welcome BEN O. HAVDAHL, Noble Grand Warfields’ Drug Store (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM ) The Sewing Basket BABY HEADQUARTERS Infant and Children’s Wear 139 8. Franklin Juneau, Alaska DR.E. H. KASER DENTIST BLOMGREN BUILDING Phone 56 HOURS: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 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. GEORGE BROS. Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 92 or 95 B. P. 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. L. J. HOLMQUIST, Exalted Rul- er; H. L. McDONALD, Secretary. FLOWERLAND CUT FLOWERS—POTTED PLANTS—CORSAGES Funeral Sprays and Wreaths 2nd and FrankDn Phone 557 D — ASHENBRENNER NEW AND USED FURNITURE Phone 788—306 Willoughby Ave. D e —— Dr. John H. Geyer VUENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 763 ROBERT SIMPSON. Opt. D. 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