The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 29, 1945, Page 4

MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1945 AL s Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY nd and Main Streets, Juneau, Ala: ]Ianl’s!mPn( have obligated (h\" Territorial Treasury (@ © @ @ ¢ @ @ @ ¢ ¢ ¢ o o e etz | for $19,095, and the $538 “bargain” has skyrocketed to 0 Y E A RS A G 0 M 2 THE EMPIRE |a $19,633 blunder—a tidy sum However, this includes only the bills up to October HELEN TROY MONSEN = - President e et I it~} OCTOBER 29, 1925 15 and there will be more coming DOROTHY TROY LINGO - = = Vice-President s % 2 sconversion WILLIAM R. CARTER & . - Editor and Manager While the rest of the nation attempts reconversior Steve Vukovich was an incoming passenger on the southbound steamer Alaska from the Westward. ELMER A. FRIEND - oo . Managing Editor |from war to peace, Alaska rushes the defenses full i R WINDOW AUTO PLATE GLASS IDEAL: GLASS CO. GLASS WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS DON ABEL 121 MAIN STBEET PHONE 633 Alaska Music Supply | | | The CharlesW. Carfer y ALFRED ZENGER - - - - Business Manager | speed ahead; as Second Class Matter. | Bntered in the Post Office in Junea SUBSCRIPTION RAT! ! 2-::::1;:: Py - :y:.:..:‘;::;lnmn for $1.50 per month; | Navy Reorganization © e o October 29, 1945 @ o o About 200 people enjoyed the Moose Lodge entertainment the pre- Arthur M. Uggen, Manager By mall, postage paid. at the following rates: | —_— " ~ | ceding Tuesday night, which was held in observance of Mooseheart TR Morlua[y P o b e g EIBRIEE, 20 IS M 1 (New York Times) i' MEdt_MC:"'y”‘k ® Day. George Jorgenson, Dictator of Juneau Lodge, made a short talk iy “_l.n:sg::ml'i‘::mm“ Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptlv notity | 1o, ) artin Lavenil . e oratl and oWl . Aas. Fourth and Fr. the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- | Th«j Navy Depgrtment is wasting little time in | o Anitie. NiMpen o|On the meaning of the commemoration, and of the growth of the order Bhoin e L el A e PHONE“;]:::“] Sts. fivery of their papers revamping its wartime organization, as indicated by | B c v | — Telephones: News Office, 802; Business Office, 3id. " S 4 : |® Mrs. Emmett Connor L : i do ¥ e ) S, the preliminary reorganization plan drawn up by | g Geary Godkins s The first snow of the season fell here this morning, and by noon B e« _m'lllm ES8. e use top | SCCTElAIy Forrestal and approved by President Tru- | J LaursoP. ORtwRy o | the fall measured 2% inches. This was the earliest snowfall recorded METCALFE SHEET METAL FOR TASTY FOODS PP e Peee dlssatohen chedited 4o, It of Dot other. Man. During wartime many activities have to be Shirley Davi o | since 1918, Weatherman Mize announced, when snow fell from October | | peati 4 and VARIETY wise credited In 'this paper and also the local news published carried on that are unneeded in peacetime. Reforms : He’en";im:";ass S50 o Botboer /e eating—Airoonditioning—Boat o e have to be delayed because the exigencies of war do| & s & W Tanks and Stacks—Everything j NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 low V] a srhaul job in SHEET METAL H B e B e e e i e e T oA Y Peter Hawkins e| Jotn Morrison, clerk at the Gastineau Hotel, had returned to Juneau Gastineau Cafe by an informal Navy board headed by Undersecretary : S R e :“zmvr a two weeks' visit and hunting trip in Skagway and Haines. Phone 711 90 Willoughby Ave. Foremost in Friendliness | el Gates. Reports from Washington are that a similar streamlining is planned by the War Department These reorganizations are necessary. The prompt- ness with which they are being initiated, only 2 O | month and a half after the war’s end, is commendable. ‘ H 0 R 0 S c 0 P E They still do not, however, answer the need for an | | ‘The stars incline Y Tk Members of the two local troops of Boy Scouts were starting this 4 { night on a three-day Hallowe'en patrol to aid the city police in keeping :(h(‘ city quiet, and to avoid property damage. This was the first time }Bo_v Scouts had ever been used here for that purpose, and good results | were anticipated. VANITY BEAUTY SALON Cooper Building H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART ' SCHAFFNER & MARX ELSIE HILDRETH, Manager | over-all exploration and evaluation of our whole y | KR iy {military establishment, Army, Navy and Air. This but do not compel’ A E e Vb a1, afiow, CLOTHING Open Evenings Phone 318 war has shown that they are interdependent. The 1 o g e b o money for their support must come out of the same ! i pocket. No matter how efficiently each department | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30 | . ‘ y h by Dr. A. W. Stewart Dr. John H. Geyer |might be organized within its present framework, e { al y essons In ng lS W. L GORDON DENTIST DENTIST | there still would remain the problem of integration.| Benefic aspects dominate today. & b 20T ‘ : Ao o oided by the | The stars seem to smile on high {__ S DI B O B DR 'H CENTURY BUILDING Room 9—Valentine Bldg. Much unnecessary work might be avoided by the | Office Phone 469 PHONE 762 government officials, especially on the resident of the United States. | HEART AND HOME Mental vision should be keen un- der this sway which is favorable to Emotions appointment soon of a board or commission of “out- | siders” to review the structure of the War and Navy departments and make recommendations for changes | in the present organization or unification in some, if In spite of the fact that there was a time when | not all, divisions. The longer the delay, the more | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I don't hardy think so." 1 Omit DON'T or HARDLY. | OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Employee. Pronounce em-ploi-e, final E as in ME, and accent last syllable or second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Beech (a tree). Beach (a shore). ROBERT SIMPSON, Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology "The Rexall Store" Your Reliable Pharmacists RUSH THE DEFENSES! it seemed important to form dn Alaska a Territorial | difficult may become the adoption of any recommen- decisions and planning. Guard organization to aid in meeting what was then | aations such a board might make. The time for it to |should be stabilized after recent ex- SYNONYMS: Arraign, accuse, censure, charge, cite, indict, summon 7 BUTLER-MAURO » 2 | citement. The stars seem to presage| \ORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours” Let us Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground DRUG CO. tart would seem to be now when the department: | themselves are reorganizing their wartime structures, an impending invasion of Alaska by the Japs—it seems serious occupations for women for- increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: foolish at this time to spend the Territory’s money for merly i sted in s 3 vhi y i afor i rly interested in society. Impor 4 A 5 this pu g 5 5 while they are in a mood for change and before their oy PALPABLE; easily perceptible; obvious. ‘Here are some palpable s purpose when it is said to be needed so sorely reorganization plans are put into full effect. tant public service will ke Commued»ermrs s “ARRI MAC“INE snoP for other governmental pursuits more suited to a R o5 by many. | ' - . P ety ‘ = BUSINESS AFFAIRS e Plumbing — Heating — 0il Burners Regimentation considered neces- ! Escorted Tour corted T¢ HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES by PHONE 319 But from where we sit it looks as is that | 4 " { sary in certain dines of business will MODERN ETIQUETTE wmspered-abou.t W‘EC‘“‘I_ pesaion of the Legislaturc’ (Alaska Fishing News) be irksome as the most eventful ROBERTA LEE slated for February if it is called by the Governor | The military aide of the Governor needs to be year in history end. Washington is going to be needed to appropriate more money | taught a lesson. And we are not above trying to do|will pay special attention to small e for the Alaska Territorial Guard, the civilian army |it, He came herc to meet Edward G. Arnold, repre- | concerns and offer practical plans| Q. Is it ever permissible for a man to walk on- the inside of the The Store for Men” HARRY RACE § of volunteers once referred to as Governor Gruening’s ' senting the Office of the Dh;:sion of Te,-zimrie?. of | for hastening return to normal con_l pavement when accompanying a woman? P 9 Guerrillas because he is commander-in-chief. Washington, D. C., who is making an official visit o | gitions. : 3 . RE SAB'N S While some legislators didn't think that any more | the Territory, and wants to meet people. That was NATIONAL ISSUES ] A.dOnlg‘;j :rh they arye making n:‘xr way through a rough, jostling Druggist @ifiids should be appropriated this year, now that the | an rlghl——a courtesy, it might be assumed, ex(pndgd‘ vVarious race pmblems»wlll be nu- crc.w , an e man can protect the woman better hy keeping on the F s b regular U. S. Army and the Navy and Coast Guard to an important official. But the aide went further | merous. Widespread discussion of inside. y ; ' tont St.—Triangle Bldg. “The Squibb Store” ” than that. He “rode herd” upon Arnold, allowing | selfish prejudices should be sternly Q. What is the proper way to introduce a young. man.to an elderly and Marines had things pretty well h‘l hand, some “only favored ones” to meet him. After closely |repressed, the seers declare, since | man? horse-trading resulted in an appropriation of $49,200. | guarding him at the boat, he had Mr. Arnold whisked | they emphasize consciousness of | A Brésent the youngsrizaanto the' oldshianed warfieldvs D,u SfOI’ 20TH CENTURY MEAT However, the commander-in-chief is eating inm‘aw’iy to a private residence owned by one of the | cutmoded distinctions which should| Q. What is the proper time to have the wedding rehearsal? g e MARKET that fund quite recklessly. \“fgvored," where only a few “safe and sound” ones| pe forgotten. ‘t A' e day or'bhie dvenip preceding the weldlg by : (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) Juneau’s Most Popular A “bargain” was found in some surplus property. | Wete invited to meet him. One of the “undesirables’ NYAL Family Remedies “Meating” Place + e | “ S " heard about the “private conference” and crashed the | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS |So=om—=—oorrm ve, or perhaps more “quonset huts,” those barn P! o e oo 7ok v b i & i i |gate. Mr. Arnold said before leaving for Juneau on| Diplomacy will be put to the test < A m;:?:eh W‘,];vew:rim;;i;eém::::r;‘g::t ;1:“1?&::: | his return he expected to remain longer. Let us hope | in the Far East where complex sit- 0 0 K a n d I_ E A R N by ICE CREAM PHONE 202 B by it Dlsiiactsr for the tnsignificant | that he can make his own appointments and will not | uations will be mbany‘and needfi end- A. C. GORDON eed a “bodyguard.” The same tactics were used of | less. Food will be of principal con- sum of ssisa‘ “r“ridinz mrdvy.gc:rme visiting Congressmen by political | cern at this time when failure of i 8 HUTCmS::ngHCTONOM‘I CABG Tu“srm But that was only the beginning. puppets and rubber-stamp agents to offset anything some crops adds to the difficulties 1 ,Who was appointed National Food Admipistrator during World Bills approved by the Governor's Office for nails, | which might reach their ears through Alaska “rough- |Of helpless war victims. | War 17 : Choice Meats At All Times HAULING and CRATING tools, screws, drayage, freight and labor on the $538 | necks.” |, Beraans whose birthdate it is havej! .| When, were the Mlddle:Ages? A Lotated in George Bros, St DIESEL, S I —_— S0t SN TS e e i Sl s e SIS LR L S D 2 S the augury of a year of many un< %' 3. What city is known as the most beautiful pert in the world? A 5‘ T, Ftore » STOVE, CRUDE OIL. & [ Fortresses for the entire U. S.jboth oral and written reports|€xbected experienses in Dusiness af-| | 4 What is the difference between “indict” and “inite? B Bhome 3 Phone 344 rhe WHSh]_n Ion |Army in the 1040 appropriation | warning_ that the Belgian Bulge| ¢ LA fortunate after| 5 yynat is the science of paleography? | delays and disappointments. A 4 CALL F x bill. attack was coming. & : ANSWERS: A RAMES 'OR | "It was under Marshall also that| py i Childreit bora S Sdan L ke Herbert Hoov s F Y en_'Y -Go-hound! er Marshall a Finally, there is absolutely noth- | their hands well. They may be sur- 4 ROYSE; e emmer’s Transfer Wall P aper 2 | the General Staff only this spring|ing in the Marshall report to show |geons or violinists, * carpenters or| . From the Roman decandence (5th century A.'Di) ith the Renaise . & | recommended a peacetime air force that Maj. Gen. Edwin Sibert, the | painters sance (about 1500). 10: l ]. 4 IDHI. p‘l"" SHop l 4*'3. Rio de Janerio. ' 4. “Indict” is to charge with an offense, and “indite” is to write OIL — FEED — HAULING (Copyright 1945) ¢ RS |of only about 18,000 men, though a man who flouted Col. Dickson’s warning and wrote a report over- IContinued from Page One) ueh Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt | simultaneously planning would have appointed a commis- | Mmendous old-fashioned ground ruling him, was later promoted © @ © ¢ @ ¢ » @ @ ® e ® @ or compose si6n"of civilians as well as generals | 21MV- Eighteen thousand men Was: despite his blunder. Completely e ®| 5 The study of ancient writing and admirals to study the whole (D¢ Size of the air corps in 1936. ignoring Col. Dickson's inter-|e TIDES TOMORROW ¢ ; 2 - Jones.s'evens Shop and pick the flaws in our| Yeb Marshall's General Staff, even vigws with prisoners, Sibert wrote| e ol > : INSUR A present system. ‘“‘m‘:“ih deipfle !;w Lamlm mei a memo that the Germans could| @ e e October 30, 1945 o o o POROTHY'S DANCING SCHOOL glmners. Body-toning and tap|, LADIES'—MISSES’ E ! b | which they knew about, plus rocket not attack. Whereupon, they did— e . & classes for stenogifiphers. Boys' mffi"l’fflii;, S a}:a:\yt:mn::“dhéd‘°°mb5 which nearly ruined Eng-|at a cost of G0,00DpAmericayn cas-|® Low 3:54a.m., 25 ft. '1‘ Classes now enrolling. Baton-|class in acrobaticgigruio, 411 7th, BRATIOREAR Shattuck A &= th : e old days,|jand, was planning to go back to yalties. ] e High 10-35a.m. 146 ft. e tWirling, tap, acrobatics, toe-ballet,| Phone Red 528 (10,,093-t?) | | Seward Street Near Third gency ug! ulton of the Senate|g tiny air force with a huge, slow- 7 IS o 16:37 4 moderne, eccentric, toe-tap, charac- . : r Truman Committee had him in|moving ground army. | Gen. Sibert, the man who was| -16:37p.m., ATt ® 4 and social dancing for be-| DRINK KING e s e tow, he would have done this him-| "o\ iy Gen. Marshall who hu‘fi{;‘f»'ig' gl el i,ommand g G i Sl — - ! 2 2 itary Intelligence for the entir 4 s * % % \!SOId Pfes";‘:‘t Truman on the mel’(Europez\n nrea,gwhile %ol. chksol\e:l $9.0.9 08000 0 N8 The AlaSkan Holel B' P' 0' ELKS # . of peacetime conscription and a| bt B i . President Truman’s able speech on|\SPi8 & War which was to have| Those are the kind of things|® . P R 0 l) at Reasonable Rates m. Visiting brothers welcome. L. : [ { o : ‘ Jeu Lhi J. HOLMQUIST, Exalted Ruler. Peace - thme conscription was mfi‘brought peace to the world. taking place inside the Army today| ® SUN RISES — SETS U C T l 0 N PHONE SINGLE O H. L. McDONALD, S . Chief of Staff, Gen. George C. Today, of course, Gen. Marshall | which need to be rectified and ® 4 ¢ Marshall, fo whom this column is Do longer the energetic young|cleaned up before we even con-|® ® © October 30, 1945 ¢ o o many times has paid tribute. captain he was under Pershing. He’islder building up a big, new Army. ® s = i b s l N C R E A S l N G THE JUNEAU George Marshall's greatest mili-|i5 over-age, has performed great| Even though we proteed with un ‘Rises 8:07 a.m.. ® w tary contribution ‘,[L.‘u in 191, things in the past and deserves a|conscription, no army, no matter ® Sun Sets 5:15 p. m. o BAR AN 0F Ul::il-{lgllli%{slI"EY o when as a captain he executed the rest. But certainly if past recom-|how big, will operate effeciently * * ALAS o o most brilliant military maneuver Mendations are & criterion, his cur- | unless it is built on a solid founda- b M R e - SKA'S FINEST Custom-Built Furniture L i e v rpateng e Tecommendation Tor conserp- o, wooseent Y WeCan Use 500 More Shirts W, 1,000,000 men from St. Mihiel to tion should be examined carefully.| (Copyright, 1945 c) | DRINK KING BLACK LABEL! Ehone 30 123 2ud St the Meuse-Argonne front, plus SR {‘ EAT IN THE 40,000 tons of ammunition, 34 hos- | BRASS HAT MISTAKES | P w k pitals, 93,000 horses, 164 miles of | Many officers inside the Army,| er ee BUBBLE nuo“ ALAGKY ELECT!?ONICS railway and 87 depots. It was a | including West Pointers, believe it s H 3 Sales and Service great job. woeuld be extremely healthy to have ACROSS 26, Card game THBEE To rIvE nAY peCIaI nlnner Expert radio repair without dela; Marshall was then Pershing’s|frank scrutiny of Army mistakes.| 1. Lawlesscrowd S7. Statute 5to 8 P. M. = o favorite young officer and always They point to the fact that some & Cosnizant et gunr‘(?n;’ g | FrOuBox A #17 Sewirg has been. Some of the anti-Persh- |records of the Civil War are stiil| o bointed ool = 80 O o oot SEBVICE $l'65 | PHONE 62 ix;gl-Marshall cligue—and there aro|kept under lock and key because| 13. Masculine 41, Forbid } violent cliqgues in the Army—are they would reflect on certain com- | aame 42. Greeted ? I not so generous toward Marshall as manders. The errors of World War | ‘1: '},’.:)f'j', a shoe | Men s Bundles Mended ]Svllv;rzl!w Tot MOUTANIR T NO. 1) his good friend Harry Truman. But|I never have been taken out of | 17. Donated 1 AR LQIE # QECOND std POURTH looking at both sides, it is prob- the top secret category. And the| > Topaztum- | MERh saciThes: Padap of Jesh sonth ably fair to say that Marshall, tragic mistakes of this war, some| 19. Twitter ish ford Skl R, Rt Bute Temple though a great military organizer, of them costing thousands of lives,| 35 Usiered el s Visiting Brothers Welcome Weinnivg b 18 p. a0 made serious mistakes when he are carefully locked up in War | 25. Bewail Brightest star ¥, ¥. GLEMERITS, Wor- et L s e b | 26 Haviog no @ constel- BEN O. HAVDAHL, Noble Grand | Shipful Master; James W. LEIV- of military strategy into long-range| For instante, one of the most | Sqltion Of Saturday's Puzzle Bt il planning. In recent years his significant items in Gen. Marshall’s | DOWN 2. Marine fish =7 prophecies have been about 100 much-heralded recent report is a | L “”:(“":r'“g”_ 3. Blessings PHONE zss pe;! cent wrong brief paragraph on page 44. Refer- 10g srapes * ?:;fl‘: OIL BURNERS DRAFT CONTROLS HEATING t was Marshall who made the ring to the Belgian Bulge, Marshall | B A sinsied o o P serious error of giving the Rus- says 5 ¢ stans about six weeks to last, after| “On Dec. 16, von Rundstedt at- o ©000600000000000000000000000000000000006000000000 smlfll ul] Bmer serv"ce the Germans invaded in 1941 It tacked with a force of 24 divisions b Rrlathe — i was Marshall who told newsmen, He had been able, because of heavy R i) Day Phone 711 P. O. Box 2066 Night Phone 476 just a few days before Japan sur- fog which continued for days, to sleep i rendered and even after the atom assemble his forces in secrecy in T B il b ool e oo bihe haarily fomsatentoroground e MABEL MORGAN would sm; n(~3d around 8,000,000 With those brief words, Marshall / --. S astaner as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA ; ’ men to defeat Japan kisses off the tragic error which 2 22. Skij is invi H It was Marshall who didn't' cost 60,000 casualties, added bil- H%a..%///% ) sl EMPIRIE;? mvltedtg btehmll:' B“?}TH[fStEVENl lsfil—flver Ha" a CenlllfY o' Binklng—lm ' bother to telephone Gen. Short at lions to the taxpayers’ war burden { 73 4 b Paepoattion BeaentShis colinon 10 Whe DOXOLPIAD ¢ about to attack, but sent him a retake Brussels. 37 28. Levees Tll B M B h 7 slow-moving commercial cablegram. There is not the faintest indi- . % 32, Anclent Hindn and receive TWO TICKETS to see: e ° o e rends His judgment in this might be for- cation in the Marshall report that Sl'::!r“:l‘:"fi; 1 1 given. But his lack of organization Col. B. Abbott Dickson, Intelligence o maauind "“THE THREE CABM.I.EBUS" | inside the General Staff by which Officer for the Second Army D nishment a the cable was held up zll night and warned that the Germans were i Mf.’.'x ‘;fnfghm' Fedapalifax w1ic 5 Derson, then delayed further until Marshall about to attack and urged his :‘: l\""‘pfl candy P returned from his Sunday horse- superiors to be ready. There Bpau b - m i 1 Bt i Tt hint in th Marahall vevect thes BN ~PHONE 14 — THE ROYAL BLUE Co. Oldest Bank in Alaska L J n!et was Mltshéll also wh': l':d 19;0, captured German prisoners had AL L and an insured ‘cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and year after Germany started the given us the tip - off P st Indian i i war in Ewope, was so ground- entirely omits fhe zacl:/[:k::thfvi; 51, Albars RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. COMMERCIAL » SAVINGS N3 | £5. Kind of wood WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! [ 55, Came to rest army - minded that his General colonels on his own staff, Trumani 9. Be puffi fll.fl recommended only six F‘lying‘lSmnh and Percy Blair, submitted | i foi