The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 3, 1949, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1949 PAGE FOUR Greatest Soviet gains came during the cold weather manths — when previous Arctic training and study paid off. The armies of Hitler were more than a match for the Reds during warm weather. But when the snows came the Germans couldn’t compete. They were trained to expect static warfare from December Stalin took every advantage of his strength II 20 YEARS AGO 4% susins | NOVEMBER 3, 1929 Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - % DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - - ELMER A. FRIEND - - - - Dr. Robert Simpson OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined — Glasses Expertly Fitted SIMPSON BUILDING—Phone 266 for Appointments President Vice-President Managing Bditor | Business Manager | until May ALFRED ZENGER - = = = oy 3 g7 K in this field—and of the Germans’ weaki . NOVEMBER 3 e M. W. T ..i. sur Seattle on a month’s holiday and buying Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. > PR e o e Mrs. Charles C. Personeous @ |trip. She also planned to visit relatives in Portland, Ore. plictlee 2t bl “These self-explaining historical facts have not |e Clarence Feist . i \ Delivere¢ by carrier in Juneau and Douclas for $1.50 per month: | gone unheedes 7ashing E e Rt o s Tt Shbe i | gone !l.]hl(dld in Washington. Neither has the geo- |® Mrs. Keith Burns . The Department of the Interior announced plans to speed up the & Bvrmin\lnéx:”;;t ;:}'g::mnqx‘hem{;?l&w ‘. rates: o graphical location of the North American continent, ® Jennie Fowler . | development of Mouht McKinley Nati | Park “in order that its unique T H A N K S G Iv IN G 4 ot io AvRoh 180 s, 15 advance. $7.50; iy relation to the broad sweep of the USSR, which |® James R. Holt ® | woatits @b avabmal e e o basily Noosssthi = Ry might come our greatest danger—and if Russia should ' ® gt ek i et R ey s b faes S ecia ' S Teigphones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. b8 our ensmy, certaltily the Wikt stftiten . . Mamie Ballinger o [road across the park to Copper Mountain, 80 miles from the Alaska 3 BER OF Al SOCIATED PRESS Ee Gantered ‘;w"‘ et e 3 1 Mrs. F. M. McGrath o | Railroad, was sufficiently advanced that plans were being made to erect e ® & o o . |a modern hotel by the end of the 1931 season. led to the use for ,inCremeOil PERMANENTS “Both Canadian and American commanders then have been working tirelessly to perfect Arctic military procedures. Techniques are radically different from hose employed under normal weather condtions. Ma- e o o o COMM N"'Y EVENIS To care for his ever-increasing trade in a more efficient manner, Big Van, the Gun Man, had installed a new Champion Shoe Finishing Ma- chine. It was painted a brilliant scarlet, to contrast with the other colors news dispat it or not other- is paper and also the local news published retein NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 nue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. Tonight at §-Taku Post VFW 7 surth A 2 chines, supply services, air services and personnel, all hi d h react differently when the mercury falls to sub-zero | meets. | R e ) levels, and remains there week after week. November 4—1:30 pm. Martha > i i i ] Plans for the next meeting of the Douglas Parent-Teacher Associa- Lanohn Machlne or Machlne- ss ald slo Society meets. November 4-5—Catholic and Bazaar. “We've made great progress since those days, back in 1942, when lubricating oils actually froze in motors Carnival | tion included a talk by Dean C. E. Rice of Junesy, community singing |led by Katherine Shier, a recitation by Jenny Johnson, a song by Third {§ less Creme Oil Wave; Special Compleie of trucks employed along the first reaches of the N oo 1onk | | Alasks HighWay, . Our men have come to know the mee[:;:é“ er 7—Lions noon day|and Fourth Graders, and a vocal solo by Mrs. Crystal Jenne. wild North-—and they've I how to work ef- AR Site 2 j ~oicnber T—Juneau City band| Among former Douglasites visited by Misses Elizabeth and Mamie Rayelle, Leclronlc, LYlon, ss ud 312.50 fectively in its frigid temperatures. “The forthcoming maneuvers, then, will be most significant. They will allow opportunity for our mili- tary men to put into practical operation some of their recent discoveries—and to correct flaws which are certain to develop. But even more important will be the fact that the simulated campaign will center ACCENT ON THE ARCTIC . e attention on the North — where America’s greatest practice at 8 P-m‘5 Sy | Feusi while in the States were the Olivers, Hewitts, McManuses, Martins S A 5 i FHber Je=t 0 9:15 PM—|,n4 others in Seattle; DeMytts, Mrs. Jack Livie and several more in Open house Juneau schools. | A o ~ovember 8—Rotary club noon Pt::tland and, in San Francisco, the Kilohs, Durhams, Swansons and | others. 4 day meeting. | November 9—Kiwanis club noon | % day meeting. Returning with his bride of five days, Emil Gastonguay was show- November 11—Joint Armistice day ered with rice as the newlywed couple came down the gangplank of P - o dance by American Legion and|the Princess Mar; Gastong manager at Thane of the Alaska Gas- Not i e Wi P > Tar e " threat now lies. s Y- guay, manag ? 1bn\:0:h;n 111‘("': “‘rng”;l:i ;: ;hlflJ{":A;:];h:ngfl;?v:m VFW. |tineau Mining Company, had taken Miss Jean Monteith of New West- a e 1a . Aska “J8 wing November 12—Sons of NOIWay|minster, B. C., as his bride at a home ceremony in the Canadian city. Helen Curtis, deb-u-curl . . = Complete Weela Kolestrol Sealp Treat- ments with steam for dry, brit- tle, abused hair. $3.50 complete with shampoo and fingerwave. Others at $2.50. i sane editorial from the Cincinnati Enquirer which Indispsensable Boy Ball. i i ’ N tiniae fiat soms thohi phdtic S s A onmmary Ntoner: 1611 ARG, | T 2 oM Ky ekt & TR Frances Ann’s Beauty Salon States have a knowledge of Alaska and its military (Cincinnati Enquirer) | November 19 — Emblem Club| . i K . dance. | Weather: High, 44; low, 40; showers. Open evenings by appointment—Phone 388 needs, of Alaska's place in the last war, of its import- ance in any future war. The two important people on the staff of a news- | paper are first the editor and then, almost of equal November 22—Juneau City Band “Accent on the Arctic” was The Enquirer’s lead | importance, the néwspaperboy. S0 writes:J. B. Casady, | in opumrt.s; ¢ 4 | ¥ PO cditorisl om October 14, and here is what it has to say | Chairman of the Board of the International Circula- | ecember & LDS bazaar ana | | Da“ Lessons in En IiSh by ! i about war in the North—“where America’s greatest | tion Managers Assoclation, in calling attention to the | co0ked food sale. g { y g W. L. GORDON . # o Yamts recent Newspaperboy Day. B9 = H 2 2 ot Vi ,no?\ i furi he co 2 wi bably A metropolitan ydailyy neswpaper is an immensely ! BABY G'Rl FoR MR A"D M =3 : A NpED There 1sno suhshtuie tor Newspaper ‘Adverhsmg! metime during the coming winter—probably in | . 3 WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: FERMENTATION is a chemical change s f omplex business. It involves a manufacturin - January and February—military forces of the United | . S i B § PIo sess, an advertising business, a bevy of commercial States and Cana will hold joint winter maneuvers enterprises, an information service, literary production, in the Arctic provinc Forces of considerable size |, galaxy of public services and various other things. A are expected to deploy there, and put into active| anq since it is not an enterprise in which any one r. practice all the cold-weather techniques they've been | qepartment can proceed independently of the others studying these last few years. | the publication of a newspaper perhaps requires more «The need for additional Arctic training was i —and a higher degree of—cooperation than almost sharply emphasized in World War II, when American | any indus you can name. boys in the campaign for the Aleut island of Attu The, temptation, of course, is for one group or found themselves badly equipped for conditions they another—the reporters, the editorial writers, the ad encountered. Much was learned during the Aleutian | men, ‘the sports writers, the columnists, the depart- occupation. Additional information and facts were|ment heads, the men in the mechanical trades—to compiied when. the U. 8. Engineers built the famed |suppose that they are the mast important 085 1he Alaskan Highway; when the U. S. Navy began its machine. But there is a lot in what this fellow ian ically, v uld have one of <tudies in the Pt. Barrow district; when the pipeline | €3529Y EUaERIR Y, Jou ol ree B MRS. [HAR[ES JE“"E | of an organic substance. FOMENTATION is the application of a warm substance, such as wet cloths. and Mrs. Charles Jenne ox‘ OFTEN MISIPRONOUNCED: Debenture. ~Pronounce de-ben-tur Juneau became the parents of a! tirst E as in DEED unstressed, second E as in BET, U as in PICTURE, baby girl early this morning at | accent on second syllable. St. Ann’s hospital. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Courageous; EOUS, not GOUS. It is their first child. Grand- | SYNONYMS: Guileless, innocent, honest, unsuspicious. mother is Mrs. Crystal Jenne, Ju- WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us neau postmaster. increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: The child weighed five pounds| COMMEMORATE; to celebrate the memory of. “It is a tribute to a man eight ounces at birth. whom We commemorate.” RRRREHRR FOR SALE: ] All equipment listed below will be sold as is where is. Can be seen by bona fide purchasers and for cash only. No terms. One Electric Meat Saw. One Electric Sausage Machine. One Cash Register, large. One Flat Bed Truck (in storage at Connors Motors). One Panel Delivery Truck (Storage at Connors Motors). One Office Desk. 4 One Office Chair. ] One Set of File Cabinets, Metal. SOROPTIMISTS 70 | —= = =al was laid from Norman Wells to Whitehorse. We en- v i n 1 tered the conflict with a skimpy idea of the demands 4o ¢, pyy it, its circulation would be pitifully small ary operations. When the war ended of Arctic mil we at least knew some of the spots in which We Were | ,q entertainment, vet the visitors to it daily can be weakest. “The Russians, on the other hand, were well | prepared for winter campaigns—and they learned | effective medium, which leads us back to the news- mgel-during their titantic struggle with the Germans along the 1,800-mile baftlé line south from Leningrad. the world’s greatest newspapers, yet if it were neces- sary for people to go to the office of publication in The Public Library contains a treasure of information numbered in the hundreds. Yet, it takes distribution to make a newspaper an paperboy. - Fe plays an indispensable role in one of the greatest of public enterprises. * of gravity was tod fiie -Washi;glonfl | the destroyers fe | cared the cemer'rowed publicly with either the Ad- ) high and warn- ' mirals or FDR. However, when, stil n advance. They |in office, he died, he knew he was Soroptimists have a treat in store for them when thev meet to- morrow noon in the Terrace Room for their first business meeting of the month, Mildred Maynard who represented the Juneau club of " Keétchikan on October 21 was presiding officer at the charte: banquet, will give her report which President Alice Thorne promise: will be inspirational as well as en- MEET FRIDAY NoOK! MODERN ETIOU—ETTE %”;BERTA LEE Q. When an engagement has been announced, shouldn't the bride- | elect’s family call at once upon the family of the man? A. No; it is the duty of the man's family to make the first call, and as soon as possible. {\AA Yes. YQ. When leaving the dinner table to dance, what should one do with one’s napkin? A. Place the napkin unfolded beside the plate. - Q. When asked to be a godparent to a child, is it necessary to give As, shanaora of tho. SoroRiiL, %:?w\‘on the-day-of the christening? < 14 = = . + One Large Fireproof Safe (now at George Brothers Liquor Store). All of the above stored at the bank except the trucks and safe as above indicated. Make an offer on any or all‘of the above equip- ment, in writing or in person, to The B. M. Behrends Bank, Juneau, Alaska, which reserves the right to refuse any or all offers. m G R d ed the admirals i ; ol iy i "Y' o' o“n even offered to submit the center-|no more Secretary of the Navy ir 2 €. \ o = _ of-gravity test to Gibbs and Cox, actual fact than had been Claud There will be as many' other ' By DREW PEARSON expert ship-design agents. But the Swansén, who died in office befor activity reports as time will per- LOOK a nd LE ARN by % ) admirals refused him. mntrd and the clm:i always looks lor:}' A. C. GORDON 7 P (Continued from Page One) Secretary Edison also discovered | s ooy uymw ‘fig‘:"th;‘i c:;m;;s orpor gy : i Mcmm bed“'“""‘. enables you fo orrange ; that these error: from Virginia who knew little about the Navy. Swanson died in office " to the fact that the Chief of Navgl:' ( d I I construction, Adm. William G. Du-| op ar Ina s were chiefly due | of the preceding month. A most important item on the agenda will be that of the clud’s | 1. How do stalactites and stalagmites differ? { 2. What country’s name means “equator”? 3. .Approximately how many pounds does the standard bale of hay o the States on Pan American, and then to any apot on the globel Aiid for you who buy fickets 1 Roosevelt and the bose, was at loggerheads with Adm. | H o Sitka, Hoonal renakee, skw Haines dffer letting Roogevell 'on¢ b3y, 01 G. Bowen, the Chief ofl ead ai va JC@M | clection of a member to the nomi-| g, ), a . T g admirals run the show. His suc-| 0H8C o Pl S F L itted | nating committee -for the election | We!81 and similor communities, ACA reserves a special cessor was Charles Edison, son of -t‘hem b;”;:‘““‘““* o he shiftedy of a director to replace Helen 4. What precious stone ranks next to the diamond in hardness? of - & sh the great inventor, Thomas A. ¢ ., ROME, Nov. 3—(P—Francisco|Ehrendreich whose resignation has 5. What suits of regular playing cards have the Jacks in profile? | seats that its passengers share equal Edison. R THans e { Cardinal Marmaggi, one of the top | been regretfully accepted by the ANSWERS: priority with those who buy tickets in Juneaw O | administrators in the Vatican, diec | poard of directors. 1. Stalactites hang from the roofs of caves, while stalagmites project I N | | EDISON KNEW THE NAVY The new Secretary had operated had been running a big industrial firm, understood partment in the By this time the top brass who early today following a heart at- the Navy De- tack. He was 73. past were really| Cardinal Marmaggi, elevated to |the Sacred College in 19835, was construction technicalities, and im mediately got in the admirals’ hair. | plaint to their he By this time, FDR had diverted | lin D. Roosevelt, agood many hundreds of millions| he had been Assistant Secretary from Public Works Administration of the Navy, believed the admirals| funds to build warships. And, al-|could do no wrong. t though Congress howled, this was!' So FDR called i probably a good thing—in- view of told him the Democratic Pa | seething. And they took their com- st n.lend,,pmnk_{Prcrecv. of the Congregation ‘of the 1 Council. who, ever since: | His death reduces the membership of the College of Cardinals to 54. The full membkership is 70. EDGECUMBE FROM MT. n Charley Edison OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW NIGHT FOR TEEN AGERS AT METHODIST CHURCH The open house for 'teen agers at | the Methodist Church Friday night | promises some interesting features. Aside from' the usual activites| of games, music, hobbies, and ham- | burgers, there will be a showing of sound films, | All 'teen agers. and Tth and °ih ifrom the floors of caves. Ecuador, South America. Ninety pounds. | ‘The sapphire. @« @« @ omw e Spades and hearts. There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising! fllflSKm i ehving Southeastern jmpending war. Certainly it would needed a good man to run for have been a good thing if the ad- |Governor of New Jersey and that graders are invited. Mrs. Arthur walker is the adult sponsor ol Lue Dr. Fred L. Coddington of Mt Jnirals had not insisted: oh build- ing so many battleships but had built a few more escort vessels ‘and anti-submarine craft. This was where Secretary Edison and the top Navy brass had their first big clash. Edison went out to Pear]l Harbor and dared to crit- icize. He told the admirals that duty at Pearl Harbor did not mean spending all the time on the beach at Weikiki, and that the first thing he, Edison, was just the man.!Edgecumbe is a guest at the Bar- Furthermore, Roosevelt said ke 'anof Hotel. - ——— e evening. needed a Republican in the Cabinet |- ito further his bipartisan war pol- icy. | That was how Edison got out! of the admirals’ hair to become | gove;n:(r of l;lew dersey, and how ACROSS 21 l-l‘uylanj‘me ran| nox, former G. O. P. can- | 4. More agree- King ¢ : . . Kind of d didate for Vice President, became| ¢ 0‘:1‘“!“1 31 Work Sevon ! Secre . Ope! i Secretary of the Navy. 9. Southern | _ constellation 35. Protect Papal scarf Crossword Puzzle O —— Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 - The B. M. Behrends Bank Effective November 1, 1948 . Lucas Transfer and Storage they had to do was get their fuel- FRANK KNOX LIKED ADMIRALS | 7. Interminable | ML ol e e | prane enoe s wn ooy 4 Bt 1 Safety Deposit will be owned and operated by minded them that Pearl Harbor ex-newspaper publisher who loved| 5. First appear- 38. Masculine might be attacked and these tanks the Navy, enjoyed the polish and; ;¢ Pt 0} . Be"'g;"“ R Mase beauriiiul targets. precision of things nautical, but| 16 All that could 4% Newu:G}t‘I‘I)ne_l Boxes fw ent Clarenee v. Fflstel' Even more important; Fflison told | Who also was dead serious about |rgg Re‘l’:xe‘gmh'ed 35 Tora pices Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle ! the admirals to clear off the ‘sups |his contribution foward winning| ~ through the 4 BIUGNEL, 5y wara or Down COMMERCIAL SAVINGS erstructures of their battleships. | the war. ! 2. noverags M 8. King: Latin Grow sleepy all of The next war, he said, would be| At first Knox and the admirals By wh¥ o 4 Eionple sugar 66. Typo squares Wrath 3 an air war and ships would “have 'got along beautifully. The new Se- | R < B3 F\-Tnth coin §7. Truck Adgés;ry I Wlsh lo thank 0 my Cusiomets to fire straight up in the air, not broadside. Therefore, they couldn’t be in the position of firing at their own crow’s nests. The superstruc- tures would have to come down. ' TOP-HEAVY DESTROYER About this time, ' Edison also caught the admirals lousing up the cretary didn’t know-too much aboub | the Navy, let the admirals have | free rein. But gradually, as Knox began to learn what it was all about, 'he began to realize that it|z was Franklin D. Roosevelt and the| admirals who really ran things. Adm. Ernest King, then Chief of Naval Operations, did not hesitate; Get away. from Nerve network Regions French an- nuity . Change . Accustom . Unwilling new destroyers built with PWA !to go over Knox's head to reversei funds. He found that out of 28 |his civilian chief. THOMAS MOORE: as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASRKA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING Present this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE for their patronage and considera- tion during the past two years and assure them that their needs in Transfer, Storage, Packing and Crating, and Delivery Service will be handled courteously and effi- new destrpyers, 20 were so0 top- | Finally, Knox found thata wing of ! Go in again e 3 % lia Was $ | Put_on and receive TWO TICKETS to see: . # - heavy that extra weight had to be |the Navy Department had been| EboTront ClellflY in the future bY calhng 707. added to the keels to keep them roped off, with a Marine sentry from turning turtle in the water jat the door from which all civil- In addition, the deck riates un;mm, including himself, were bar- Let & three destroyers buckled in only a |red. This was where all war ord- 4da Federal Tax—12c—Paid by the Theatre “moderately rolling sea.” Further- ers and Naval strategy were draft-; N oplause more, because the Navy still in-ed. . Throw. of six Phone 14—YELLOW CAB C0.—Phone 22 OFFICE sisted on using rivets, millions of Knox, a gocd sport, used to com- defective rivets had to be replaced. plain half humorously to his Uncle: So L i E Edison not only Aiscovered these friends about the fack that he ike o RETURN YOU to your home with our eompliments. 9th and Capitol - - is g ‘mistake 2 5 facts but also learned that three couldn’t walk into all parts or the 51 Pigpen 'WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May A of the private shipyards building Navy Department. But he never | at dice "STATION WEST" and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and L. L. LUCAS