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

Daily EMPIRE PRINTING COMP. Second and HELEN TROY MONSEN - - DOROTHY TROY LINGO WILLIAM R. CARTER - ELMER A. FRIEND - - ALFRED ZENGER - - > Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Junean and Douglas six months, $8.00: one year, By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: ear. in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; in advance, $1.50 ers will confer & favor if they Office of any failure or irregu apers Telephones: News Office, 602; Business MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for n of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- d republicati wise cre herein this paper and also the Seattle, Wash Fourth Avenue Bldg A_hwku Empire Streets, Juneau, Alaska NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alasi of dollars and the mors than a million ¢ 'we have expended to restore peace once aggin. But | General Pershing, twenty years ago, was asked: Against | whom do we prepare? Obviously the question was one - President | which could not then be answered. General Marshall Editor e eadent | went on to say that even as late as 1940 he was asked Managing Editor | yery much the same question by a committee of Con- Business Manager | gress, and even then he could not say definitely where | this country might have to fight. But within a year | we did have to fight, and because we were not prepared we paid a wholly unnecessary price in human lives and | material resources. | As intelligent Americans, when the same old ques- tion is asked again by our domestic Communists or even | by such organizatlons as the AFL machinists, should remember this record of the past. As of today no one can say where or against whom we may have | to fight ten, twenty or thirty years hence. But neither can any one say, with the slightest assurance, that ,u may not again become necessary to fight for our existence somewhere against some new aggressor. Obviously we must take the latter possibility into account. And it is beacuse of this that men like the President and the Chief of Staff urge that the United | States should be prepared, not to fight some par- ticular country, but to defend the things which mean 50 much to us against any potential aggressor. nday by the ANY “for §1.50 per month; £15.00 will promptly notify larity in the delivery Office, 374 local news published Newspapers, Continental Shelf (Washington Post) The President’s assertion of American jurisdiction over the resources of the continental shelf of the United States is a useful formalization of a common _|sense idea. “The continental shelf,” as the President COMPULSORY TRAINING The Daily Worker, official organ Communists, is strongly opposed to universal military | training in the United States. It is opposed, however, to the military training program of | Worker does question the wisdom of any decision reached by the | The AFL Machinists’ Union the Soviet Union, for the Daily authorities in Moscow. definitely is not a Communist organization. too, is opposed to compulsory military training in the | by, say, Liberia or Guatemala. But it affords no pro- United States, and it is interesting to in which the Communists capitalize on that fact. On the front page of a recent issue of the Daily | ‘Worker there appeared, in big type, “AFL MACHINISTS FLAY TRUMAN DRAFT PLAN. | ASK: WHOM DO WE PLAN TO FIGHT?" chinists, most of all, seem to fear what they call the danger of “compulsory labor” in time of war, but the | headlines in the Daily Worker did not the sense of their statement, which follows: “Adoption of compulsory Against whom? nations?” It military training would mean to the common people of all lands that the United States is getting ready for another war. is against one of the Allied | pointed out, “may be regarded as an extension of | the land mass of the coastal nation and thus naturally | appurtenant to it.” And the exercise of authority over | its subsoil and seabed is, therefore, as Mr. Truman put it, “reasonable and just.” Most Americans, we not in the least have taken this for granted. And it seems ®" | unlikely that foreign governments will contest a | theoretical extension of sovereignty so long accepted not | jn practice. The effect of the President’s proclamation is to protect the right of the United States to our tidelands as against any claim to them which might be advanced | of the American | suppose, But it, tection whatever against claims to these lands ad- vanced by Texas or California. According to a White House statement, the proclaimed policy “does not| touch on the question of Federal versus State control. It is concerned solely with establishing the jurisdiction of the United States from an international standpoint.” The ma- | But just a few days ago the House of Representatives | pdssed” a bill deciaring that “the United States of America hereby renounces and disclaims any right, title, interest, or claim in and to all lands beneath tidewaters and navigable waters within the boundaries | of each of the respective States.” This refers, of course, to the very same tidelands | over which President Truman has now asserted the Nation's right and interest. And we fancy that it will| be the Nation's claim which Liberia and Cuatemala will respect. Moreover, the Nation’s Navy, not the| examine the way | these headlines: | materially distort | read in part as | This is an old and tricky question. In his recent report as Chief of Staff, General Marshall recalled | that after’ the First World War he assisted General Pershing in the latter’s effort to persuade this country | California or Texas navy, will make the claim stick— THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA e e November 24, 1945 o o . Fred Crowell Edna Anderson W. R. Spain Erling Oswald Bill Johnson, “Jr. Helen Wilcox ® e November 1945 o o Harry' Carroll H. B. Brown Grace Ramsay Mamie Long Rae Richar Edna Sperry Victor H. Cuff Mrs. e e 00 00 0 - S | HOROSCOPE | “The stars incline but do not compel” e — | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Benefic aspects- rule strongly to- |day. It is favorable for medita- on, good resolutions and wise | counseling. HEART AND HOME In the family there may be con- flicting opinions regarding plans for the winter. Women may be torn between household duties and chan- s to earn good salaries. Although the stars presage economic indepen- dence for women pursuing their careers after marriage, this is a transition period in which patience should be the watchword BUSINESS AFFAIRS International contracts and agree- ments gradually developing along cartel lines are forecast. Competi- tion in trade and commerce will be intense. Britain and the United States will have to make carefully considered plans of mutual fa reaching influence NATIONAL ISSUES Because of reckless pursuit of pleasure the nation will have to curb, provided it has enough oil to patrol and protect our national shores. Yet oil happens to be the very com- | modity which the States want to ban the United | States Government from taking out of the tidelands. gambling, pugilism and horse rac- ing, it is prognosticated. | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS { Distrust and hate, hunger and | word. | E INCESSANT; continuing without interruption; unceasing. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1945 axualtios that] 6.8 9.9 0 6 6. 0 8 W WiliT6 | petess st o e e e i1 il 20 YEARS AGO 7% emeire R e NOVEMBER 24, 1925 Passengers arriving on the st om from the Westward in- cluded C. Geddes, Oscar R. Hart, J. Young, J. H. O'Brien and Thomas Scott and wayports were Mr. and Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Gust Among the many sailing for Seattle Henry Roden, Cs Tommy Nelson and Gov. George A. Parks, Alva Eames, postal inspector in the westward district, and Mrs. Eames visited with friends here while the steamer Yukon was in port. They were enroute to Portland and Seattle for a short stay. Lee Atkinson, storekeeper at the Chichagof mine, had arrived in Juneau on the Virginia IV on a business trip. peen in Juneau a short time, had on the steamer Admiral Rogers. Mrs. Fanny Baker, who had returned to her home in Skagway, and Mrs. F. Snyder, who had spent the past las A. E. Goetz and Mr, three months on Spuhn Island had returned to their homes in Doug to spend the winter. 'The men completed the construction of two log houses on the island during their stay there. Weather: Highest, 35; lowest, 32; cloudy. oS o e st : Daily Lessons in English . 1. corbon | e WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: INASMUCH is usually written as one It is followed by AS, but this second AS is not joined to it. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Dilemma. Pronounce the I as in DID, as in MEN, accent second syllable. . OFTEN MISSPELLED: Cocoa; not COACOA. SYNONYMS: Therefore, then, thencs, hence, accordingly, because WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Toady's word: “The farmers ould not work because of incessant rains.” (e SN | MODERN ETIQUETTE. *hopsna ves ) Q. When circumstances force a man to let a woman whom he has been accompanying go to her home alone in a taxi should he pay the driver? A. Yes, it is the courteous thing to do. Merely ask the driver to estimate the fare, then add a little more, with'a tip. Q. When is the proper time for the host to take his seat at the dinner table? A. The host should always be the last one to take his seat. Q. Is it necessary for a girl to thank a man for bringing her home from a party? A. No, it is not necessary. e e e LOOK and LEARN by A. C. GORDON Of what is the rainbow a symbol? What is an isosceles triangle? WINDOW JTO PLATE GLASS IDEAL GLASS CO. GLASS WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS DON ABEL DR. E. H. KASER DENTIST BLOMGREN BUILDING Phone 56 HOURS: 9 A. M. to Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 ROBERT SIMPSON, Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments . and Supplier Phone 206 Second and Seward METCALFE SHEET METAL Heating—Airconditioning—Boat Tanks and Stacks—Everything in SHEET METAL Phone 711 90 Willoughby Ave. 121 MAIN STREET PHONE 633 The Charles W. Carfer Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 FOR TASTY FOODS and VARIETY TRY Gastineau Cafe Foremost in Friendliness VANITY BEAUTY SALON Cooper Building ELSIE HILDRETH, Manager Open Evenings Phone 318 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. | PHONE 762 "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmagcists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG €O. HARRI MACHINE SHOP Plumbing — Heating — Cil Burners HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES PHONE 319 “The Store for Men" SABINS Front St—Triangle Bldg. Warfield's Drug Sfore (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ' HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy Is a Profession 20TH CENTURY MEAT RKET Juneauw’s Most Popular “Meating” Place ONLY THE BEST OF MEATS ICE CREAM PHONE 202 CARO TRANSFER HUTCHINGS ECONOMY MARKET to establish and maintain a sound defense policy. Had General Pershing’s recommendations been ac- cepted we might have saved the hunderds of billions If the States have their way, the fact of American |frustration in recently liberated na- jurisdiction over the continental shelf may be reduced | tions will bring serious problems next to mere theory {month. France comes under a sway i which presages progress in national rehabilitation. | ANSWERS: Persons whose birthdate it is have 1. Of a promise of the Lord’s that the entire earth should not be * % % |a tour made by Maj. Gen. Frank the augury of a year of strenuous destroyed again by flood. METRIC STANDARDS | M. MeCoy, chairman of the Far effort. Many avenues will be open 2. A triangle having two equal sides. Those who have been urging that| Eastern Advisory Commission. for the ‘flble. 3 Mo rob-: Book stores which handle old and rare books. [the USA. adopt the metric system| Discussing the knotty problem of Chldren borm on this cfv BECH Rice. probably don't realize it, but the| having Allied advisors cooperate f0V Voo ¢ SENU 0GR TR ST ol April. meter and the kilogram have been| With Gen. MacArthur, the State Lococ Sagittarians should Te 7| the standard measure of the| Department official said: “Gen. get pogl “ plainly| Bureau of Standards for 50 years.| McCoy has seen English, French, What kind of stores deal in incunabula? What food is used most extensively? For what month is the diamond the birthstone? Choice Meats At All Times Located ir. George Bros. Store PHONES 553—92—95 HAULING and CRATING DIESEL, STOVE, CRUDE OIL Phone 344 Phone 344 The Wa;hinglom Merry - Go-Round careful to put the key on the mhe.-“ report on diplomatic conditions in side of the door. Japan. The report was based upon | CALL Femmer's Transfer 114 — HAULING FOR Wall Paper IDEAL PAINT SHOP Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt INSURANCE Shattuck Agency (Continued from Page One) Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 32. Tall slender . Ruler of Persia o '?"l”dlnu Buropean English river river 9. Likely 2. Colombian et Indian 30. Myself 5 o 40. Havin's less . Land measure Ay . Automobile 41. Coin 15. Scandinavian 42 Title of a measure . Entry in an account 17. Wing 18. Musical com- 20, position Playing card 21. Thing: law 22. Vagabond: 2. ron had carried out O'Donnell’s prediction. The hospital, marked, under the rules of interna- 7 { tional warfare, was demolished. guardmn‘ o a}l Do we_lgms Flight Officer O'Donnell was Casures, Tiag “kept binihd awarded the “Bombs of the wsek,,‘sealed vault a very precious stan- for hitting the main target. | dard meter and a standard Kilo- Later, after American troops oc- fi;z\m. Made of platinum and irri- cupied the town of Bad Kreuz- | 4um, it is upon these weights and MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Near Third »|® oM X|o/mn | E | ! Seward Street WERT (P> VO N The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms Meets every Wednesday at 8 p. : at Reasonable Rates m. Visiting brothers welcome. L. J. HOLMQUIST, Exalted Ruler. E[T PHONE SINGLE O H. L. McDONALD, Secretary. Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle R T L e Y S TSR o JUNEAU UPHOLSTERY CO. RE-UPHOLSTERING NEW FURNITURE DRAPERIES Phene 36 122 2nd St. R A T = E R A B. P. 0. ELKS XMy o -ao/ruI Mo, ~4|Z/m|2(mr mil-m c [Y) R <|0(0/MwE MmO m S E S o[»[r| r->-i!§zouo baseba diamond Concealment 56, The milkfish of troops Russian czar 26, Flyer 9. Fatigue 30. Public vehicle §0. Rent 31, Large marine 6l. State flower of Utah slang o DOWN . Heavenly body . ‘Circle of light . So may it be . Satchel . Capuchin monkey 62. Algerian sea- port Before Formerly Remainder THE BARANOF ALASKA’S FINEST HOTEL 63. 6. 65. | The Bureau of Standards, official Australians, Russians and Chinese | Benefic aspects conflict with ad- - and| at the Imperial Hotel in Japan.' .. o janetary influences . today. in alThey were military vnbservers going‘,rherr is a good sign for all con-| around the country.” T e W | He admitted, under cmsfi-cxami-‘snucmo Works : % | HEART AND HOME nauon._ that they were not acting. yyomon are under the best direc- ; As advisors ‘to. MagArthur, !tion of the stars today and should nach, an American MP. was Teasures that all other weights| Then the official went on to 5ay|¢aye stock of their talents and po-| strangled by a German resident, 204 Mmeasurements in the United that there were 5000000 unem-|iontiglities. It is an auspicious date who gave as his excuse when he States are based. plzzyed in Japfi\n. o |for new beginnings. Love affairs| was tried that the Americans had| But the Bureau of Standards has! “Does that” queried one news-|yi gistract college girls from their bombed the hospital and the de- o standard foot or standard pound. | ™21, include the Allied Advisors?”|stugies. This is a happy wedding fensless town. It uses the metric system entirely| (C°PYriEht: 1945 By Bell Svndicate Ine.) | g,y | I&nd calculates the foot and the| | BUSINESS AFFAIRS 1 (Note—Lt. O'Donnell, of course,! pound equivalents from meters and | | Theatres will profit greatly. The| was acting on orders from his su-| kilograms. | |stars promise much to dramatists, periors, including Gen. ' Doolittle.| Al guring the war the standard| fetors’ and - rodcens IR (U The fact that he was awarded moter and kilogram were lcurcfullyi |stage and screen should recognize ! “Bombs of the Week” indicated ap-/ stored in the Bank of Bethesda | their responsibility to the public| proval by his superiors of the hosJMd. just outside of Washmg‘tun.‘ w FY‘RIH‘I should avoid precenting un-/ pital’s destruction.) ;Thl; was for fear of a bombing pleacant ViewplaC ity (Pl raid on the Bureau of Standards; | 1 NaTIONALleRUES | LOCKED DOORS | also, because of the value of thel is Atter Ubertymiichx DA deeete The opening session of the Far Eastern Advisory Commission, held here last week, was strictly a closed door affair. In fact, it was a locked door affair—with the key on the outside. With the press barred even from the initial ceremonies, the diplo- mats of 10 naticns retired to a third-floor room in the musty old State Department Building and saw to it that the door was closed be- fore a word was said. Correspond- ents lincd the corridor outside,! sitting cn camp stools. | ~ Joe Chiang, veteran correspond- | ent for the Central China News, Agency, suddenly arose from his there has been little variance be-| prosecutors produce nothing but of-/many women. seat, staring at the doorknob. Quietly, he stole over to the door,!| grasped the key, which had been| left outside, turmed it and de- parted. A few diplomats minutes later one of thek decided to leave the room. But it was locked. Inside were such distinguished diplomats as Secretary of State Jimmy Byrnes, His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador the Earl of Halifax, Chinese Ambassador Dr. Wei Tao- ming, Dutch Ambassador Dr. A Loudon, Australian Foreign Min- ister H. V. Evatt, and representa- tives of France, India, New Zea- land, Canada and the Philippines. All of them were locked in. Newsmen outside grinned as one of the diplomats banged on the door. “Joe,” remarked one newsman to Chinese Correspondent Chiang, “I thought your country believed in the open-door policy.” Pinally, a kind-hearted reporter rescued the key from Joe Chiang and unlocked the door | After that when the Far Eastern Commission went inside, they were i placed in melting ice so their tem- OWN BEHALF (Continued from Page One) bullion in the meter and kilogrom, estimated at $3500 for the two. The standard meter and kilo- gram have been in the Bureau of Standards for more than 50 years following an international confer- ence which resulted in the estab-' Hamilton, lishment of the International Bu-|member.” reau of Weights and Measures at| Joachim von Ribbentrop, who was Sevres, France, just outside Paris.| Hitler's foreign minister, wishes to A master meter and a master kilo-| call the Virginia-born Lady Astor gram remain at Severs and the|and other notables in England, in- U. S. master meter and master| cluding Lords Londonderry, Beaver- kilogram have been taken to| brook and Derby. France several times to see whether| Thys far the defendants, who sat | they have changed, either in length | glumly today in the grim Nuern-! or weight. Scientists report that perg jail, have seen the American because he can’t re- tween them. ficial German documents in an| During the war, tk_m Germans| effort to convict them of plotting respected the international nature| and conducting a war of u;,/gr('a-‘ of the area at Severs and did not| gion. / bomb it, though the windows of the| nrove than 100,000 words of e international bureau were blown| gonce were presented yesterds out by Allied bombers. ‘ " Wt American scientists point to this S| telling of his plans to attac | as a precedent for United Nations| Nemfrland: 0 ,]3 T]‘s, @ ‘““;.k R cooperation in the control of the g Mg S bwtigenn: A n & int | Britain, Poland and Russia months, P an nerna-| ang in some cases years before the tional commission controls interna-| ,ioke actually took tional weights and measures, scien- | o ‘.,_; tists believe an international com- | tror the atom boms. aiso 1o m- SUBMARINE COMBAT INSIGNIA AWARDED spect factories on foreign soil to make sure that the atom bomb is not being produced secretly (Note—U.S. standard weights and measures are kept in a sealed vault thermostatically controlled. Changes in temperature cause expansion or contraction. When the standard measures are to be used, they are $ 1-c (SS)» Dallas Gordon Wey- School student, has been awarded the Submarine Combat Insignia, perature will remain the same.) * » # . - - — UNEMPLOYED ADVISERS | Bolivia ranks second to the United A State Department spokesman | States in the production of tungsten recently gave the press an inside)in the western hemisphere, | Empire. . | many of them the words of Hitler| DALLAS G. WEYAND and, USNR., former Juneau High, according to advices received by kheI erated into license, Americans will accept long-established standards of modes and morals, it is prognosti- | cated. Chastitl and dignity will be |fashionable when Aquarian vibra- tions are felt. | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | According to the stars the Brit- ish Labor Party will put into effect its program which includes nation- alization of the Bank of England and certain industries. Dominion affairs will offer puzzling problems |but diplomacy will be successful in Imost negotiations. Persons whose birthdate it is have !the augury of a year of fair for- tunes. Surprising good luck awaits Children born on this day probably will be gifted. Numerous writers and artists are indicated. (Copyright, 1945) - e . place. i WEATHER REPORT (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending 6:30 0'Clock This Morning o o o In Juneau—Maximum, minimum, 29. At Airport—Maximum, 39; minimum, 26. . 45; WEATHER FORECAST (suneau ana vicinity) e o o Rain this afternoon and Sunday. Little change in temperature. Lowest tonight, 38; highest Sunday, 42. e e 000000000l - DRINK KING BLACK LABEL! . Official tran- sactions . Aslatic palm . Recall . Minute arach- nid . Fence pickets . Rubbish At odds . Gasoline engine Seed contalner Astringent salt . Clamping implement . Writing fluid 29. Parts in a play . Merchandise . Sister of one's parent . Speck of dust . Take unawares . 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