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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-18

Black-out paint on the out-of-
doors side of window glass is more
effective for complete. blackout
than inside painting, which Gre
ates reflective glare.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-18
DIR. RAE LILLIAN CARLSON

Local optometrist has returned TO
juneau. Eyes examined. broken
lenses replaced. Blomgren Bldg,
Phone 636.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-18
DOUGLAS
NEWS
DOUGLAS ORGANIZATIONS
PLANNING ENTERTAINMENT

Plans have been tentatively made
by two organizations, Douglas Is
land Women's Club and Nugget
Chapter, Order. Of Eastern stars,
to- take part in entertaining the
enlisted men.
The Clubs affair has been set
for Wednesday evening, one week
from tomorrow, and will embrace
specially arranged entertainment
for the men, also refreshments, ac-
cording to report given out today.
For the Stars, Mrs. Elton Eng
strom was appointed chairman of
committee at last nights meet
ing of the Lodge to arrange
similar affair, date of which will
depend on any convenient time
left available by previously ar
ranged functions.
According to announcement so
far regarding the two affairs
planned locally both will be held
in the Dugout in Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-18
GALA OPEN HOUSE
SET TONIGHT AT
ELKS' CLUB HERE

win the War" class will be init
lated tonight by the Elks which will
be part of four big events scheduled
during the evening, including cleo
ton of officers, visiting night from
Ketchikan and Ladies Night.
The Elks Lodge meeting, sched-
uled at 8 o'clock, will find new Of
ficers of the group elected, as well
as the class of 16 members init
lated.
Until the program is finished
ladies will be the guests of the club
beginning at $50 o'clock. Elks and
their ladies from Ketchikan, here
to participate in the week-long
bowling tournament at the club, will
also be guests of Juneau Lodge
After the lodge session, dancing
supper and informal entertainment
are on the bill during the open
house for the ladies.
Being initiated tonight are Ear
Barcus. H. F. Dodge, Guy Gaudett
Rex A. Hermann, A. A. Monsen, j
S. MacKinnon, H. M. Olson, James
Orme, E. A. Peyton, j. E. Roehm
S. B. Simmons, r. E.. Vogel, s. P
Whitley, K Foresman, P. O'Brien
and v. Joyer.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-18
Mrs. Wilson
Passes Away
Pioneer Juneau Woman
Dies in Hospital After
III -Four Months

Mrs. Warren Wilson, pioneer of
Juneau, died shortly after midnight
in st. AIMS Hospital after an ill
ness Of more than four months.
Mrs Wilson, who was 66, was
born Jennie Mabel Gilpin on No
vember is, 1875, in Thornton, On
tario, Canada She had been in
Alaska since 1907, coming first to
Fairbanks, then to Juneau from
Iditarod She was married to Mr.
Wilson in Juneau, shortly after
coming here in 1914
Among survivors are Mr. Wilson
a brother, Charles E. Gilpin of Tor
onto and sister. Mrs. Robert
Henry OF Thornton. The Gilpin
family is sometimes referred to in
Canada as the Flying Gilpins"
for two sons of Charles Gilpin
Mrs. Wilson'S nephews, are over
seas in the Canadian Air Force and
their sister, Yvonne Gilpin, OF
Toronto, is in the Army Air Corps
offices.
Two children of Mrs. Henry also
are survivors of Mrs. Wilson, Cor
don Henry of Thornton and Mil
dred Henry, formerly a senior nurse
in Toronto General Hospital anc
now with the Army.
Funeral services are being ar.
ranged by Charles w. Carter for .
p. m. Sunday in the chapel The
Rev. w. H. Matthews is being asked
to conduct the. services and inter.
ment will be in the Masonic plo
in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mrs. Wilson was a former Pas
Noble Grand in Perseverance Lodge
of the Rebekahs.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-18
kETCHIkAN BOY
SCOUTS HELPING +.
WITH DEFEN5ES
Troops Distribute Pdn,ph
Iefs-HeIp Fire De-
pdrfment

Working under the direction OF
the Ketchikan Fire Department. a
number of Boy Scouts from Troops
Col and 602 recently distributed
pamphlets to homes throughout the
city. The pamphlets, entitled
"Bombs-What to Do and When to
Do It," were published by the Board
of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific
and have been approved by the Pa
cific Coast Association Of Fire Chiefs
and COASTAL defense councils.
They contain information for the
householder on preparation and
maintenance of buildings and offer
descriptions of various types OF
bombs and gasses and how TO combat
them.
The Boy Scouts, operating as an
auxiliary of the fire department,
carry cards authorizing them to act
as auxiliary fire lookouts and mes
sengers. Approximately Is are en-
gagged in canvassing the city. The
work has been organized by the SEN
ior patrol leaders, Sandy Struthers
of Troop 602 and Howard Suzuki of
Troop COL. The troops are under the
supervision of Frank Tillotson and
Adolf Roseneau, respectively. Vic
Ellis is scout commissioner.
In addition to their work for the
fire department, the Scouts also are
engaged in another project-col-
lection of magazines for the USO.
Later they will start collection of
books for the USO in an effort to
build its library for service men.
So far more than $500 copies of
magazines have been collected and
sorted by Boy Scouts who are con-
tinuing to gather them for service
men stationed in this vicinity as
well as those passing through on
boats.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-18
ANOTHER SMITH
GOES TO TOWN
FOR 60pHERS

MINNEAPOLIS, Mar. ia guy
named Smith is helping Minneso-
tas basketball team bid for glory
gained by the Minnesota football
team that also had a player named
Smith.
OF course, you can't go around
comparing basketball Smiths and
football Smiths and about the only
thing Don and Bruce have in COM
mon it that both are six feet tall.
That's where the comparisons be-
gin and end
Don Smith was runnerup in
scoring for the pre-conference per-
iod when the Gophers grabbed the
western conference spotlight by
winning all five of the warmup
contests.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-18

John Guerrero was admitted to
st. AIMS Hospital this forenoon
for medical treatment.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-18

ARRIVE ON
new FRONT
Khaki Clad Soldiers Scat
tered 10 Vdriohs
Aussie Stations
Continued from Page one)

A British Exchange Telegraph
news agency said that Gen. Mac
Arthur arrived yesterday at Alice
Springs, midway point in the long
defense highway between Darwin
and Southern Australia. He is ex-
pected to confer with government
officials at Canberra soon.
Made Dangerous Trip
The hero of Batan, along with
his wife and son and four dozen
members of his staff, made the
flight to Australia through the dan
gerous aerial war zone from the
Philippines in United States Ar
my plane. 1t was a 1000 mile trip
along q direct route to the Aus
tralian base nearest TO Darwin.
Meanwhile, 1t. Col. Lloyd Leh-
bras, army press officer at Mel
bourne, declared "MacArthurs ar
rival doesn't mean that the Ameri-
can forces are pulling out of the
Philippines
Said Lehbras: The United States
Army proposes TO continue that
fight. We have been holding the
Japanese in the Philippines and
intend to continue holding them!''
Jap Interpretation
In Tokyo. jittery Jap official
radio broadcast seized on Gen Mac
Arthur's departure from Batan as
the treacherous abandoning of a
sinking ship"
But the United Nations took a
tremendous uplift in morale with
the knowledge that the most sue
cessful Allied Commander of the
war now was. able to direct large
scale counter blows against the
enemy.
Allied military experts cautioned
against too great an optimism, how
ever, pointing out that the odds
still are heavily in favor of the
enemy.
Bomb Jap Airfield
Prime Minister John Curtin OF
Australia announced that 1t. Gen
George Brett. Sc, will command the
Allied air forces in the Australian
and New Zealand theatre of war,
and also will hold the post of Dep
uty Supreme Commander of the
United Nations forces under Mac
Arthur.
Meanwhile, late reports showed
that Allied bombers continue to
smash the enemy's potential jump
ing off bases. They raided an
airdrome at Japanese-held Koepang
Dutch capital on Timor Island in
the East Indies.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-18
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. Chris Huber, who has been
taking treatment in st. AIMS Hos
pital was dismissed yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-18
BY LUCRECE HUDGINS
Wide World Features Writer

WASHINGTON-The chef at the
Polish Embassy called up a local
meat market and ordered 16 chick
en- breasts from 3-pound chickens
Half an hour after the order was
delivered the chef called back with
q hurt complaint.
Two of these breasts are from
chickens weighing three and half
pounds" he said morosely. The en-
barrassed butcher Immediately sent
up two requirements.
It's all part of diplomatic proto-
col. An embassy clerk explains it
this way: "A fine thing" he says,
IF at dinner party the wife of
the Belgian ambassador were to
be served larger piece of chicken
supreme than the wife of the Span
ish ambassador"
Markets which supply the diplo-
matte corps in Washington find it
difficult to cater to the varied
tastes.
Chinese and Fish
When the Chinese order fish
they want it unscaled and un-
cleaned. They want to clean it
their own way. The Firms like
their poultry boned. The Poles
like their meat in filletS.
Each embassy and legation has
its favorite meat. Luxembourg Of
ficials prefer veal, especially Wien
erschnitzel. The Firms like ribs OF
beef; the Poles prefer chicken.
Local markets report that the
war has apparently made little diff
ference in diplomatic appetites. In
one week one legation of a war
ring country ordered 70 pounds OF
veal and 60 pounds of beef. Tur-
keys are ordered by the half dozen
Squads and chickens come by thu
two and three dozen.
They want nothing but the
best" say the grocers. If they
order 10 pounds of spinach they
want u.s. the top flowery leaves anC
al the rest must be thrown away
Peas must be selected so that al
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-18
What. No Spinach?

the peas in the pod are the same
size"
What, No Spinach?
Carrots, string beans, cauliflower,
and peas are the favorite vegetables.
Grapes, bananas, and melons are
the favorite fruits.
Most of the diplomats have
trained American tastes. They Or
der peanut butter, and like baked
beans. One embassy attache de-
clared that it was undignified to
call such wonderful morsel as
the hot dog by so lowly name.
1T should be called an individual
fillet'," he said.
Olives, cocktail m ushro ON s,
pickles and marmalade are musts
on the shipping lists of every dip
lomat.
And hamburger" added local
butcher. Hundreds of pounds OF
hamburger a week"
For the pets" he explained sot-
to-voice.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-18

The principal Scottish local court
is the Sheriff Court and the Judge
is called the Sheriff Substitute.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-18
TIDES

(Sun time, March 49,
High tide, 3:16 am, 176 feet
Low tide, 9:25 am, -0.8 feet.
High tide, 1888 pm, 1854 feet.
Low tide, 1886 pm, 05 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-18
MONS TO SITKA

Bonnie Mohs left here the first
Of the week for Sitka where he
expects to be employed indefinite
ly. Mrs. Mohs and children plan
to leave early next month enroute
to Montana to live with her hus-
bands folks while he remains in
Sitka
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-18
HOME SOLD

Having successfully concluded the
business of selling her residence
property here, Mrs. Charles
Schramm expects to leave tomor-
row by plane for her return trip
to Sitka, after about a weeks Wis
n
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
. Hard Boiled Does II

Robert f. Harvey, Denver's liaison
agent with the growing Colorado military
establishment. recently gave little DEM
onstration of one way to handle slow
down.
Some 40 truekdrivers employed on a
new runway at Lowry field. the air forces
important technical school, became dis
gruntled and started driving at from two
to five miles an hour. (There wasn't a
strike)
Mr.. Harvey demanded that all auto
mobile tires issued to the slowdowners be
recalled, on the ground that they had
been obtained for war production purposes
only, and that the mems names be re-
moved from all lists for future war jobs.
The showdown ended-fast,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
. Our Opinions
. Wendell Willkie, Star Reporter

II Is fortunate that Wendell Wililie took
a trip TO Egypt. Thus We. the American
public, were able 70 learn that more than
a fhird Of General Rommels first-line
tanks we're Knocked out in the recent fight
ing. Apparently il vas real offensive
which the Anglo-American forces stopped.
and not a mere raid m force.
There we're many first-line reporters
in Egypt, competent. alert, intelligent, az
gressive competively eager. Yet II re-
manned for Mr.. Willkie to break the news
10 the home front.
Two possibilities are apparent. One is
that Mr.. Willkie has betrayed secrets of
value to the axis by telling this news.
That we doubt. first because of Mr.. Will
kie's common sense, and second because
Of the character of the report itself. The
other is that an incompetent censorship
prevented press men from sending this
news, but had no control over Mr.. Willkie.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
. island Jumping

Washington has not seen fit, thus far,
to give full details regarding the Solomon
Islands offensive. Presumably the action
still is in phase such that the public can
not be informed without aiding the Jsps.
One may, however. express belief that
the strategists have not fallen into the
error of trying to recapture. island by
island, what the Nipponese have seized
That would be waste of time and lives.
The present successes of the Chinese
and the renewed threat of Japanese
attack against Russia apparently bring
closer the day when there will be avail
able bases from which can be launched
the final, about air attacks that will crush
Tokyo. When that is done the far-flung
tentacle will not have to be cut off one
at time. They will die with the body
Japan proper.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
eTESr QUESTIONS

Can YOU answer seven Of these
test questions Turn n Page !
for the answers
1. Men responsible for the safety
Of the president of the United
States are FBI agents or secret
service operatives,
2. When q su b m airline sub
merges. the temperature Of the air
within II increases OF decreases
8. Which powerful Indian leader
bears a title meaning Great
Soul"
4. Who il the new commander Of
the Allied forces IN the middle
east
s What is The meaning of the
name Costa Rics7
& How many years w thres
score and ten
Z. Centgrads, centrituge or cen
upede Is KIND Of thermometer
8. How many points did Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson advance as
q bsSs for world peace. during
World War y
.. Name the American woman
who wrote q poem about the white
cliffs Of Dover. England.
10. Rome IS known as the e--r--l
city. Complete the word
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
. Victory Tax

As a makeshift-vhich is All that can
he expected from congress AZ this late
date-there is much to commend the Vic
tory Tax proposed by Senator George and
approved by the senate finance committee.
Il is relatively simple. II taps the IN
come of all but the lowest paid; this has
the double merit OF making everybody tax
conscious and Of helping 10 drain danger
Gus pool of potentially inflationary new
war income.
Il encourages the payment Of debts.
the purchase of insurance and the buying
of war bonds, by allowing credits for such
payments.
Il recognizes the need which will exist,
after the war, for replacement OF now un-
procurable heavy household goods-refrig-
orators. heating plants. stoves, automo-
biles. etc.-and the fact that unless money
is available AZ that time, the heavy indus
tries will not have paying customers TO
finance reconversion TO peacetime produc-
ton. To provide against these require
ments. the scheme provides for substan-
tisl postwar refunds to payers Of this tax.
To these extents the Victory Tax is an
improvement over the alternatives which
had been under consideration.
The public should recognize. however.
that the Victory Tax is not a scientific
substitute for the unscientific tax strue-
ture which has grown up.
Ii does not replace the income tax. IL
has nothing 10 do with the desirsbility
Of the Ruml withholding tax plan. which
is being kicked about Notwithstanding
strong public approval.
The need for heavy new taxes has been
a matter of public knowledge for many
months President Roosevelt made IT
Point Number One in his seven-point anti
initiation program recommended to con-
gress last April. The people. who ordi-
nAriy hate taxes. have made il abundantly
clear that for war purposes there is no
ceiling upon their willingness TO pay, and
pay, and pay. Yet at the last moment.
it was necessary to produce makeshift.
AT this late date. the income tax struc-
ture has not been revised II must be
overhauled in a great rush 10 fit IL into
a brand-new supplementary tax scheme
so that the poorer payers will not be
ruined.
We shall emerge. probably after cleo
ton, with hodge-podge tax system which
will produce money for Uncle Sam. will
take money from the people, but will leave
US even further from any scientific APP
prosch TO taxation than we were last April.
In everything except the separation of
the public from its money, We are making
high speed backward in connection with
taxation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
ANGRY AT METHODS
OF RELIEF AGENCIES

Editor. The Times: have run
up against a situation that ! sin
eerely hope have been misin-
formed upon.
Various so-cslled relief Agen-
cies begin their annual campaigns
tor unlimited contributions. In
years gone by, my family. friends
and neighbors have given gener-
ously and intellectually to a
cause they believed 70 be an en-
tirely worthy one. However. my
views concerning the worthiness
Of thss. organizations have SUI
fered a radical change IN the past
"a hours
l received a pitiful letter from
my sister yesterday in which she
asked me to lend her a little
money in order that she and her
three months old son might eat
and have a place TO live until her
allotment arrived in November.
AT nv stNAtAt SIR HNasSN A1AAsNt
bitterly that she had spilled 70
the Navy Relief agency in San
Francisco for enough money 10
tide her over I'll November. After
an embarrassing and tedious inter
view. they conceded 10 loan her.
mind you. ter messiy dollars
which she has n repay ~ No
vemher.
ask readers and ask the
relief agency responsible for this
strocity. what kind Of racket do
you call that Ny sister has sac
rifieed her husband 70 the navy
and has not known Of his where
sbouts for two solid months. He
is out giving his all for our eoun-
try in order that IL may be safe
and Wholesome for his wife and
young son 70 exist in. Nhai
would he think II he could know
that his wife snd son were il
desperate need and begrudged I
few rsltry dollars ~ ar orgsuizs
tion that. A. this rate. should n
filthy vith money! I know aha
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
. Your Opinions

that are getting benefits from No.
lti had better be wise and forget
about this No. Isl. There is some
thing the matter with people who
can't get along on $40 per month.
They are something like the party
that had 1.i0o lbs. OF sugar on
hand. Never satisfied.
I have kept myself, and ! live
on less than $40 per month.
have an income Of $50 per month.
I do a little work every day for
the balance Of my living as we
are supposed to do IL We are able
Ny religion is the Golden Rule
| am nearing rs years. We could
do with a few more people in this
good old world as WAS Abraham
Lincoln.
Success 10 The Tacoma Times.
A READER.
ri. s. Box SIS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23

group IN New York which father
ed the original Burke-Wadsworth
Selective Service act Because Of
the squshbles mentioned above
at least three different versions
have been written by +. D. Rs
legislative craftsmen. The Presi-
dent did not wish TO hurt any
body's feelings. The pohucos
wanted no law until after cleo
tion freezing a man 10 his farm
or bench or gun
So the plan for gearing our mill
tary and industrial machine to the
needs Of sil-out war IL. frankly. a
mess"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
SHlPYARD WORKER
WANTS RACK PAY

Editor. The Times: Some time
during the early summer the ship
yards and the unions came TO an
agreement as % the raise m pay
that We were to get. II was 10 be
back dated as Of April /. 1912.
As yet we have not been able
10 collect IL. II does seem TO me
that they should have been able
TO figure out the right amounts by
now.
have in the neighborhood Of
SIS coming. II you multiply tina,
by $4,000 you will have . nice sum
OF money. Then multiply that BY
say five per cent and you Will
have another nice sum also the
reason in my estimation. why Ne
have not been able TO collect.
This has been brought up at the
union ball a number Of times hui
II Just dies there for the want q
a business agent who has nerve
enough TO take il up with th'
high officials.
I am sure that # enough OF "a,
workers were to bring It up a.
our union meetings al the sans
time and not ease up until we col
lect. IT may do some good.
Let's get that million and /
half that We have coming ans
buy War Bonds.
A SflTpN Apn xNnpEEp
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
. SO THEY SAY

Wisdom and goodness are twin
born. one heart
Must hold both sisters. never
seen apsrt--CoWper.
Man. wretchsd man, whene'er he
stoops 10 SIN,
Feels. WITH the art, = strong re-
morse Rithln.-JuYsnzL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23
rood FOR THOUGHT

Editor. The Times. War brings
many of the worlds basic facts
into the limelight. Thousands of
Americans, who. only one short
year ago. honestly believed that
their success was due solely to
their own unsided effort, are now
walking in circles, and tearing
their hair because of the labor
shortage.
This should be food for thought
in future peace planning.
s. II. DOUGLAS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-23

is well represented under water,
since the girls two brothers and
father are professional divers. An
interesting story comes TO light in
brother Bills experience when he
cut school one day for an impor-
tant diving Job. Next day the