The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 16, 1946, Page 4

: g : PAGE FOUR ; ; Daily Alaska Empire 74 every evenine except Sunday by the | EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second an ain Streets. Juneau, Alaska HELEN TROY MON - - President ' cellent job and DOROTHY TROY L. if any, Publ % S Vice-President . 7. - TEditor and Manager | Territory, Managing Editor | we - Business Manager | Office 1 Juneau as Second Class Matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES €ntered in the P Delivered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for SL.50 per month; | Alaska Development Board funds can be spent for e six months, §5.00; one year, K15.00 : e paid, at the following rates: One yea a one month, in advance. §1.50. Subscribers : o, n the Business Office of any failure or irresularity in the delivery of their papers. who they wished Telephones: News Office, 602 Business Office, 374 MEMBER OF A The Associated Press is exc republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other. wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein Newspapers, 1411 (ATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES United States will and na al expert interests. Hiroshima and It was with some surprise that we learned that' dropped upon the of Alaska, by a majority of the members of the Governor while in Washington, has “been author the Alaska Development Board to proceed with the defense of Alaska's interests” in the proposed steam- ship rate hearings and accordingly has engaged the have learned that instrument of sea lesson which may force so powerful services of a David Scoll in Washington to represent the Territory for only $12,500, $2,000 of which has already been paid. Mr. Scoll would receive a further payment of $3,000 if court action is found necessary. It was cur understanding that Attorney General Ralph J. Rivers, who represented Alaska very ably during the initial hearing in Seattle, would continue in that capacity. The Territorial law clearly states that it is the duty of Alaska’s Attorney General to ‘“protect the interests of the Territory and its people before the United States Shipping Board, the Interstate Com- merce Commission, or any otheér bureau, board, com- W mittee, commission of officers " etc. And the law | Navy. also provides that should the Attorney General feel that he needs legal assistance he may, with the ap- proval of the Governor, engage some attorney for this | purpose In addition to Attorney General Rivers, there are “o probably 80 or 90 attorneys in Alaska, who, it seems to | nickel us, would know much more about Alaska and what | purcha; destroyed by it. lieved. The imme grasped. Mexico or Japan. show the world. world. Only thus The Washington o TaR M e M“"_Go_nound Dutch lives would have been saved |had these simple safety precau- (Continued frcm Pages One) tions been taken at Pearl Harbor, or how many months would have | been lopped off the total length Ninety five percent of the damage Of the war. inflicted by the Japs was from un- Despite all the confusing testi- derwater torpedo only two U. S. mony placed before Congress, and vessels were seriously damaged by despite certain last-minute Wash- bombs dropped from Jap planes— ington failures to send final warn- | the West Virginia and the Ten- ings to Honolulu, the above error nessee. The others were all sunk remains the most important cause: or cripppled by totpedoes. , of the tragedy at Pearl Harbor. Even the West Virginia and the Tt Tennesse actually were not put out| FPENNSYLVANIA NEPOTISM of commission by aerial bombs. One First Pennsylvania Congressman | heavy bomb struck the West Vir- to announce that he would seek re- ginia amidships, but the deck ar- nomination and election was Ree mor was only dented, and, had it Presentative Wilson D. Gillette, not been for a torpedo the ship Republican of Towanda, Pa. would have continued in operation. No wonder! Congressman Gillette The Tennessee received a bomb €njoys a neat little piece of nepot- hit in its No. 3 turrett but was not ism whereby he keeps his niece on put out of action and continued the Congressional pay-roll despite fighting all during the attack. the fact that she has been a day Fven the Arizona, supposedly sunk Student at George Washington by a bomb which fell down the University. funnel, was more likely finished off | Marilouise Fisher, the young lady | by a series of torpedo hits in her in question receives a salary of forward magazine. For battleships $2,100—paid by the taxpayers—in are so built that even a bomb that return for receiving a very fine ed- explodes the bollers will not de- ucation tonate the magazine. H In other words, most of Pearl| CAPITAL CHAFF Harbor's tragic damage could have ! If General Eisenhower wants to been avoided by the simple ex- know why veterans are leaving pedient of having torpedo nets in the Army with hatred in their place. This, however, was largely hearts and why more are not re- ignored by the Pearl Harbor pro- enlisting, he might try a surprise bers., visit to Co. 22 in Fort Dix, N. J. . . UNRRA has selected two top men Wy had to head its difficult new missions Some adimiial (e b0 alby by /\o. the Thraine sud White. Ripaia, claiming that m;-prx:\u nets would iryi dre. Mpshall - Macbutte of by ha’ ey cy lhi" .(lamage the State Department and Richard T et 'huwevcr Ahete own‘ Scandrett New York lawyer who d » crossed swords with Ed Pauley secret plans in 1943 to run a bat- 2 . % B e aaiics s ko he Wason momer of (he Jap b me waters during the night, Ty Smaiations mtaione | 40 ' Y forpedo. Bits | around itl, Moscow. . . ._Scna(ar Hugh Mitch- 4, " ell of Washington has introduced and then using the ship as a base bill whereby the ton's: hugi to bombard a Japanese airfield. b y s Ca shipyards would be used to pre- The admirals were fully con- pare sections for new homes for vinced at that time that such a veterans. Mitchell also proposes us- ship would not suffer severe dam- jng aluminum, light metals, and age if protected by torpedo nets. plastics to speed up housing. This was forgotten, however, dur- ing the Pearl Harbor testimony. | ICKES LAST BATTLE Also forgotten was the fact that| WASHINGTON—Two back stage the Japs were the first to use aer-!gevelopments contributed to the ial torpedoes in shallow water. The yesignation of Harold Ickes, the Navy knew ‘this long before Pearl|tyrpulent, two-fisted “curmudgeon” Harbor. They also knew how the | who has held office longer than British had crippled the Italian fleet | any other member of the Roose- with aerig) torpedoes at Taranto.| yelt-Truman cabinets and who has Yet, despite the Nov. 2] WAIDNg | peen Secretary of the Interior from Washington that war could be | jonger than any other man in his- expected at any time, and despite | iopy the Dec. 6 warning given by the| oOpne factor was President Tru- FBI on the spot at Honolulu, DeC.| jman's statement in a pressconfer- 7 caught the United StatesFleetab- | ence that Ickes had not ‘consulted solutely naked as far as torpedo nets him regarding the testimony he were concerned. planned to give the Senate regard- 1f this one elementary safety pre- ing Ed Pauley. caution had been taken, any mi- Real fact was that Ickes showed nor damage inflicted by bombs could have been repaired in ceived from Senator Walsh, Chair- a few weeksand a major part of the man of the Naval Affairs Com- fleet could have sailed to help U.S. mittee, and told the President that troops on Bataan and to check he would have to tell the truth. Japan’s swift southward drive | Truman replied: “Yes, = tell the which almost took Australia and | truth, but be as gentle as you can India. with Pauley.” i | |damage increased rates could do than an attorney | | engaged in Washingten, D. C ‘ Former Attorney General Henry Roden, who rep- |resented Alaska at the last rate hearing, did an ex- | believe, is better qualified to represent Alaska than nce, §15.00; six months, in advance, $7.80; | o¢ Alagka, through their Legislature which outlined will confer a favor if they will promptly notify | the duties of the Attorney General, stated, very clearly | The usefulness of the atomic power tests to be conducted next summer by the Army and Navy of the | sincerity with which they are conducted have a very narr | carried out in secrecy. we think of the atom as our peculiar property and mean to brandish it as a weapon for our peculia: If, as is to be expected from what happened at| Many adjustments in Negasakl, cause the total destruction of their target, we shall But it is not comparable in importance to another —the lesson that atomic energy has given mankind a as an instrument of national policy. to be learned from the show now in rehearsal is that we must unite to control atomic energy or we shall be This is something whnich has (o be seen to be be- Impact is lacking. the demonstrations afforded by the explosions in New or too few and too select. atomic commission of the United Nations should be among those present for the tests in the Pacific is one ich, we hope, will be the policy of the Army and They could usefully go even beyond this and invite representatives of every nation on the earth. Only thus can the fearful significance of the force that has been unleashed be made known to the whole ngress orders that more nickel be put in the —News item. We wish it would order that more ng power be put in it. | ficult to get good men to serve in at very little extra expense to the | and the present Attorney General, Ray Sullivan . Estella Albertson . . (Washington Pest) Mrs. — any Washington .expert. Jn FEBRUARY 16 . Apparently the Scoll contract is legal since the e Percy E. Reynolds . Kenneth Junge o | practically anything, but it seems to us that the people ; © Mary Shaw ¢ . ° Jean Shaw . . Emil Hendrickson . to represent them in such matters : FEBRUARY 17 : and we fail to see the reason for additional expense.| g Mary Jukich . If the Legislature had wanted Outside legal talent | AvEbil VisHala 4 hired to represent Alaska this would have been speci- | ¢ Bill Jorgenson K fied by law. !o James Ruotsala .o TNl sl ey :. Mazie Campbell . i . Mrs. A. M. York ‘e Atomic Test |o Gladys Tonkins ° ° . . . be in direct ratio to the candor and They will 5 ow application, indeed, if they are For the results, then, no matter | HOROSCOPE how widely they may bz publicized, will be suspect. | And the effect of the demonstration will be only to' A 5 i | enhance anxiety and suspicion respecting the intent ! “The stars incline of this country in the QP\'fl]Q])mel]L of atomic enercy. |} but do not compel” s \ A display for the esclusive benefit of our own military | { e - —— can but fortify the world’s fear that | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 i HEART AND HOME H the home the atomic bombs to be are indicated. Sons who left as ghost fleet in the Marshall Islands poys will come home men anxious to establish homes of their own. Wise parents will counsel and offer guidance, but will not try to force their ideas on unwilling progeny now old enough to think for them- selves. BUSINESS AFFAIRS A scarcity of attractive invest- ments will continue for months. Money will pour into Postal Sav- ings and savings banks at an al* most unprecedented rate. NATIONAL ISSUES The FBI will be an active agency in the program to check a mount- ing crime wave. But local police authorities will have the greater responsibility. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS A global organization of scientists particularly physicists, will present- ly demand a voice in world affair It will be argued that science— more than politics, diplomacy and even religion—will determine the future of mankind. Their greatest stumbling block will be religion. Persons born on this date are promised by the stars: A year of wholesale change in their spiritual — and ‘cultural lives, and unexpected material gains. Children born on this day will show great originality in their earl- WS, o, iest thinking, manifested in both retary of the Interior as a public spesch” and aotion, by Wil b slap making further relations be- x 3 {ween him and Chief impos- ambitious but always sensitive to the rights of others sible. | Second factor contributing to the R B0 break was Ickes' nomination of MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Dillon Myer to be Assistant Sec- retary of the Interior. Myer did an A-1 job as head of War Relocation Administration which handled Jap civilians transplanted from the West Coast. And, since it is dif- the surface vessel is obsolete as an power. This is useful knowledge. be learned from the demonstration that it has rendered war obsolete The vital lesson nsity of its meaning is not readily It has not been felt from The witnesses were either victims Before it is too late, let us Secretary Byrnes’ view that the will the test be an agent of peace. Truman’s public statement, there- fore that Ickes had not sonsulted him was interpreted by the Sec- HEART AND HOME | Many good omens for the home and family are seen in today's horoscope. Harmonious relations between husbands and wives, happy and healthy children, new oppor- tunities for home ownership are indicated. BUSINESS AFFAIRS Goods manufactured for the arm- ed forces during the war will find the government these days, his choice was. considered excellent. However, when Ickes placed My- er's name before Truman, it wasre- ferred to patronage czar Bob Han- - their way to the retail tra i negan. This further nettled the great qu:ntx“’—s but q"a‘f h aeoni; Secretary of the Interior who be- temporary effect on market condi- lieves his department should be (ine They will gradua disap- above partisan politics. This inei- dent, on tcp of the Pauley ap- pointment, increased his determin- ation to part company with the Tru- man administration. pear as new posiwar products be- come available ATIONAL I History will record a cultural re- naissance in the period immediately ahead. Highly important contri- ROOSEVELTIANS REBEL butions will be made in branch- Behind all this, however, is a es of learning. growing dissatisfaction among INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Roosevelt men inside the govern- Stock control of U. 8 rance ment. Many have expressed them- companies by the Eyitish governe selves privately as fed up with re- ment will presently cent Truman appointments and criticism in both with administration shilly-shally- England. ing regarding the wage Persons born on t date are picture. promised by they pected The appointment of three White and satisfying returns est- ments; and a year of progress in building up financial backlogs. Children born on this day may’ early exhibit = temper and other unlovely traits; but these will grad- ually cease and, under wise and patient guidance, will be replaced with the solid virtues cated by the stars. House peliticians — Ed Pauley, George Allen, and Commodore Var- daman—to very high government positions has caused more inside criticism among men of the Ickes- Wallace school than anything Tru- man so far has done. For many months, Ickes has been urged by outside friends to leave the government. He has had of- (COPYRIGH?, 1046) fers from radio networks and from S A TR e newspaper syndicates. One of his Truman and Douglas as men who more recent and most important would give strength to the ticket. offer came from liberal groups (in- cluding the CIO’s political action committee) to head up all liberal organizations as a sort of Judge Landis for liberal politics. It is now probable that this will be ac- cepted. Roosevelt did not give Truman any special preference in that letter. | But before the convention open- ed, Ed Pauley counseled H; gan not to make the letter j | Instead, Pauley advised Hannegan Ito make an oral statement that | he had a letter from Roosevelt CHICAGO CONVENTION {ing his endorsement to Truma For many months a row hasl Hannegan followed this ad tween Ickes and his cabinet col- | Roosevelt had endorsed Truman league Bob Hannegan, which, al-|and he did not make public the though quiescent of late was hot | Roosevelt letter endorsing both and stormy at one time. It has now Truman and Douglas until the flared up again. |Truman boom rolled up such mo- | Hannegan's friends now claim | mentum that it could not easily be that Ickes’ feud against Pauley |stopped. dates back to the Chicago con-l That little strategy may have vention which after a hot fight,|tipped the scales of American his- finally nominated Truman for Vice | tory. If it had not been for Ed President | Pauley’s advice, another man might During the of that be in the White House today. convention, come to Also, it definitely tipped early days Ickes had the preme Court Justice William O.'and Hannegan. Hannegan's and Douglas. Hannegan, in turn, had Pauley’s friends, will npever like come pledged to nominate his fel- Ickes and itls mcre than mutual (Jow Missourian, Harry Truman. | with him. Hannegan alse had in his pocket (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946) o letter from the President of the e /United States mentioning both DRINK KING BLACK TLAREL!. e e o0 o0 o0 0 e o oitonightinagame tobe played = ; {a really “hot” game. E prognostl- , ice. | simmered behind the scenes be- | He made an oral statement that! 6,1946 from THE EMPIRE i ) 20 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 16, 1926 Roy Whecler, popular Second Officer on the S. S. Starr, operating ward to westward points, was recently promoted to Chief Officer, from Se’ | according to word received here. { LA | Arriving from Sitka sothbound the steamer Admiral Watson brought |in five passengers, and sailed south shortly after arrival here. Among Mrs. Hans Loken, with her three children, were | outgoing passengers | Astrid, Mary and Hans Easter Sunday will be April 4, and special pre-Easter services had | been announced by several churches. Glen Kirkham was the occasion ut 25 of their friends at their ; The birthday of both Mr. and M for a happy surprise party given by ab home last evening | Juneau Pire Department and Douglas Eagles hoopsters %ere to clash A. B. Hall. All indications pointed to G. J. Paul, who had been with the clerking force of Goldstein's Em- porium grocery department until its close, had accepted a position with the California Grocery. Weather: Highest, 34; lowest, 28; partly cloudy. ot ! Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon { ) Sy Uit Bt ittt WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Your photo is beautiful.” PHOTO is eolloquial. Say, “Your PHOTOGRAPH is beautiful.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Forget. Pronounce the O as in OF unstressed, not as in FORE. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Cello, though pronounced CHEL-O. SYNONYMS: Unity, union, oneness, singleness. 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: ATHEISM: disbelief in, or denial of, the existence of.a God, or Supreme Being. “God never wrought miracles ito convince atheism, because His ordinary works convince it.”—Bacon. e R s ) { MODERN ETIQUETTE M G ettt by ; ROBERTA LEE e e ] Q. Shouldn’t one congratulate the bride at a wedding reception? A. No; only the bridegroom is to be congratulated, but very best wishes should be extended to the bride. Q. Is it customary for the parents of a well-bred girl to sit up during tHe evening until her callers have departed? A. Yes. Q. What are few intimate closings for a letter? A. Affectionately yo Lovin; yours, Devotedly yours. P T e s ] s e ST s G Bt e e Who v the first President of all forty-eight States? , How much silver is there in a five-cent piece? What is the largest bird in the United States? Which is the only inland State in New England? . For what, besides the founding of the Nobel Prize, was Alfred B. Nobel famous? ANSWERS: [ b - & o o 1. William Howard Taft. 2. None; it consists of copper and nickel. 3. The California condor. 4. Vermont. 5. The invention of dynamite. EXPERT SERVICE Generators Motors === Starters FISHERMAN OVERHAUL YOUR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT NOW! We are equipped to give you reliable service at reason- able prices. 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