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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-04
20 YEARS AGO f fri EMPIRE
. MARCH q 1922

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Authentic information from canfiery
percent Of the canneres in Alaska would during the
according to Walter manager of the
Young Company who had Just returned from Seattle
resigned position as manager Of the
Consumers Protective
Company and stock room at
Hoonah He had left Juneauto Take his new work
Gov Washington D. c. on or before
according information by Acting
Karl Theie a aM@s GaSas ssa
Thomas Judson Lodge No TOO LOYAL
of Moose at meeting held the previous evening Other officers
Rodenberg Grant Baldwin D.
bach, S, WaIsedt and H SAGraves 4 sfsre.
W cneatap chief Of the u s. Bureau of Public Roads for
Admiral Watson Portland
After closing Up the special winter term the District Court
Kechkah other officials
Others party returning
Waiter King, G W. Fota L. O Gore, Mrs l. Botod
United States Attorney shoup George D.
expected
week They had in the States on official business
The appointment Lieutenant Coast Guard
Commissioner Alaska
assigned to the Guard cutter Unaga
being
away Juneau the first the when
their daughter the
little visiting in 1iyr Ohio and expected home
a month Iee
Supervisor Of the chugach Forest
headquarters Cordoa
n conference with forestry officials
G. C. VIM Juneau attorney returned here after business trip to
little Pauline Rudo
VIM
Eight influenza patients listed the hospital
Hospital.
weather for generally
and minimum s5
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GRATIFYING RESPONSE

The results of recent Gallup Poll on the
readiness of American workers to permit stable pay
deductions for the purchase of defense bonds are
extremely encouraging
The poll discloses that wo-thirds of all full
time employed persons are in favor of 10 percent
wage deductions to buy defense bonds. More than
50 percent would sanction is percent deductions.
majority of those who opposed the pay
deduction plan either were purchasing bonds Of 10
to Is percent of their incomes were in favor of
voluntary bond buying
The principal reasons given by voters who favor
the deduction plan that the government needs
the money to win the war, and that money saved
now and put into bonds will be of great use to
families after the when consumer purchasing
power will have to be bolstered
DR.. Gallup notes that Treasury Department Of
fcias probably will be surprised at the extent of
these deductions which the American worker is will
ing to accept 1t is true that the Treasury has been
discussing some kind of wage deduction plan, but
action has been postponed because of lack of GER
tainty that the public will respond
SO while Legislators and Government officials
search for relatively painless means to finance the
war, the public apparently once again leads the way
with its offer to dig down. and deeply, into its pay
envelope
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-04
SECRET RUBBER DEAL

Little by little, a highly significant
and secret picture of the disastrous
rubber shortage is leaking out from
high places. 1t shows that although
Federal Loan Gar Jones was Woe
fully ort-sighted, he isn't the only
one to blame for the dearth ofAires
and the Jesse Jones Walking Clubs
which have become Washington's
latest fad.
Additional dynamite was unearth-
ed by the Truman Committee of the
Senate and the House Military At
fairs Committee last week which has
Congressional eyes popping. 1t show
ed the ramifications of the giant
deal bteween Standard Oil of New
Jersey and I. G. Farbenindustrie of
Germany to ban the use in the Unit
ed States Of patents for certain
process of manufacturing synthetic
rubber.
AS result of this arrangement,
Goodyear Rubber and Dow Chem
ical, which approached Standard
Oil for use of these patents in 1894,
were turned down. They did not
know at the time-nor did anyone
else-of Standard Oils deal.
Meanwhile, Hitler was building up
tremendous stockpile of synthetic
rubber in preparation for future war
against the United States.
The inside story of this giant in
ternational deal goes back to few
years after the last war when Stand
ard Oil of New Jersey was about TO
go into the chemical field. Simultan-
eously 7. G. Farbenindustrie planned
to go into oil
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possibility Of war. For they wrote
into their secret agreement the fol-
lowing provision:
IN the event the performance of
these agreements or of any material
provisions thereof by either party
should be hereafter restrained
or be alienated to a substantial de-
gree by operation of law or govern
mental authority, the parties should
enter into new negotiations in the
spirit of the present agreements. and
endeayor to adapt their relations to
the changed conditions which have
so arisen" FIX
Justice Department experts, called
to testify before the Congressional
committees. said they interpreted
these changed conditions" to mean
war, and that Standard sought to
dominate the synthetic gasoline
market and I. G. Farben the syn
thetic rubber market after the war
was over.
Copyright, 1912, by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc)
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eminent in this matter of the six special costs,
The hearings have accomplished nothing. I'm
QUESTIONABLE those persons involved could not have
failed to that this increased burden, instead of
being hung on slender. string over the heads of
Alaska residents, should be apportioned throughout
the entire nation.
But the examiner in these hearings has not been
asked TO report this fundamental question at all.
The quasi-judcia procedure which has governed
the entire procedure has buried the basic issue I'M
der pile Of law books and red tape. All the ex-
afniner do is recommend adjustment of the rates
to meet actual rises in expenses to the carriers.
The real problem is yet to be taken care of.
We understand that our representatives in Wash
ngton are now directing their efforts toward chang
ing this short-sighted Federal policy We hope they
will be successful
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-04
THE RATE HEARINGS

After weeks of hearings and verbal battles be-
tween Aaskas representatives and Federal officials,
the consensus seems to be that increased rates oil
freight and passenger service between Seattle and
Alaska will be allowed to continue at surcharge
based on the actual cost of new war risks and
fair return on fair value. Thereby hangs tale
We do not claim as some persons have, that
the steamship companies not entitled to increased
to bear these extra costs. 1t is undoubtedly
true that these expenses have added heavy burdens
to the carrier companies.
These expenses do exist. There is no question
but what war risk hull insurance bonus for
crews and officers, personal effects insurance for
and officers, risk not covered in ordinary
protection and indemnity insurance and internment
and repatriation insurance, that all of these costs
represent problem that should not be met alone
by the carriers But neither should they be met
alone by the residents of Alaska who being forced
to pay them through higher prices.
This controversy seems to have started because
certain Federal agencies failed to coordinate their
policies
One division of the Maritime Commission ordered
the to carry these forms of risk
insurance and to pay heavy bonuses to crews and
officers In the case of Alaska this last item is re-
ported to be 40 to 80 per cent of base wage
The carriers appealed to the War Risk Insurance
Corporation and denied consideration.
They appealed to the Division of Regulation of
the Maritime Commission and received permission
to pass the risk costs to shippers by
of surcharge. This meant that prices in Alaska
would be inflated placing the entire burden upon
the residents of the Territory
Thus the real question to have passed
unsolyed. What is needed is revision of policy
with regard to the responsibility of the Federal Gov
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line; while I. G. Farben wanted to
dominate the chemical field. espec-
tally synthetic rubber.
So after some years OF dickering,
they formed secret cartel in 1929,
by which the German trust took over
all chemical patents, including syn
thetic rubber. while Standard took
over all of the oil patents. especially
the patents. on synthetic gasoline.
One most important part of the
agreement was that the Germans
were permitted to make synthetic
gasoline inside Germany, while
Standard Oil was not permitted to
make synthetic rubber inside the
United States.
However, according to evidence
placed before the Senate and House
committees, The American cartel
was so interested in relieving com
petition in their home market that
they gave their home market, away
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Bundles for America
New York Tines


While the United States was still neutral"
friendly to the Allies of the most popular and
hard working organizations in this country was Bum
dies for Britain 1t enabled many Americans to ex-
press their feelings in genuine hepfulness and aside
from the real service performed for the British peo-
pile it did wonders for their morale When we en-
tered the Bundles for Britain organized Bundles
for Bluejackets. Now this has given place to an
independent and separate national organization to
be known as Bundles for America.
The plan has been approved by the Presidents
Committee on War Relief Agencies in Washington.
The organization will at establish branches
throughout the country on a basis which will not
encroach on the work of other relief agencies.
The purpose of Bundles for America is to supply
our armed forces everywhere with knitted garments
and comfort kits which they could not otherwise OBJ
tain. and to perform this service with the touch Of
personal friendship 1t should offer opportunity
to women in every community to help the men VINO
are fighting our battles.
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HOROSCOPE
"The stars incline
but do not Compel
THURSDAY. MARCH

THURSDAY, MARCH
Benefic aspects are strong today,
but there is an adverse influence
which may influence military oper-
ations, Uncertainty regarding nav
al movements is indicated.
HEART AND HOME: Good luck
is indicated for initiative under this
cohfiguration. 1t is an suspicious
date to institute new household
budget or to launch program Of
change in the usual home routines.
1t is fortunate date for signing
contracts. Nerve strain may cause
tendency toward irritability.
Strong self control should be ex
ercised by young and old. Through
the war period faith must be the
reliance of all, for needless worry
and constant apprehension merely
destroy endurance and efficiency
BUSINESS AFFAIRS; Many vic
Tins of the necessary war mea-
sures will find new avenues of in
dustry. The summer promises to
be fairly fortunate for many per-
sons whose occupations have been
destroyed Shifting of commercial
interests, which will be widespread,
will bring about ultimate benefits
In various parts of the country.
American adaptability is to be
demonstrated successfully After
the long demand for youth in shop
and factory, older persons will prove
that experience compensates for
loss OF physical and mental quick
ness.
NATIONAL ISSUES: Inevitable
dissatisfaction concerning quotas
will cause widespread faultfinding,
since selfish interest will conflict
with patriotism. Accusations that
Partially is manifested will be
made, but the stars presage increase
of efficiency in the administration
of Government matters. This month
will greatly stimulate unity of pur-
pose in all parts of the United
States The stars presage acts of
Axis barbarism and cruelty which
will fire the Allies to supreme eff
fort.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:
In the horoscope Of H einric h
Himmler, the Nazi gestapo chief,
there are evil portents that inndi-
cate violence and personal danger.
Deception and intrigue are shown
and secret plans will fail, it is fore
cast. Eventual disgrace and trag-
ic end are prognosticated by for
eisn astrologers. Himmler fire.
quently has been designated as the
man without soul" According to
certain seers, eventual imprison-
ment and even execution are prob
able.
Persons whose birthdate it is have
the augury Of a year of good pros
pects For many, substantial in
heritances are foretold. Success in
love as well as business may be rex-
peeled. s
Children born on this day should
be extremely lucky all through
their lives. They belong to sign
whose subjects are ambitious and
intellectual.
Copyright. 1942)
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Evidence also has been unearthed
showing that all of last summer and
fall, when many people figured war
with the Axis was Just around the
corner. Standard Oil continued to
cooperate with the Germans to sup
press the manufacture. Of synthetic
rubber in the United states by these
particular patents Documents have
even been found in Standards files
referring to the Hitler Govern
ment,' Indicating that the Hitler
Government" was opposed to the
development of synthetic rubber
here.
Whether this was because Hitler
even then was scheming to cut off
natural rubber supplies from the
Dutch East Indies, is not known.
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monarchy will be established and the
present royal family dethroned.
Harald lives on a country estate
ten miles out of Washington where
the President sometimes has been a
visitor known as "Pook's HILL"
the home has recently been enlarged
so that when the Crown Prince
comes to visit the Crown Princess,
there will be living quarters for the
Princes Aide-de-camp and his wife,
the Lady in Waiting,
NOTE: Harald was five years old
last week.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-04
MODERN ETIQUETTE b ROBERT. LEE

May signature typed writing social letter
typewriter? 1si sa4M
A. No; ink should used the signature.
to back the wrist dining
A. No; the gloves should be removed. r.
g. Is permissible for guest to offer suggestions his host
on mixing drinks?
z "a. Not unless he asks fof them
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DIVIDING THE WORLD

So, fearing each others competi-
ton, they agreed TO divide the world
between them. Standard Oil wanted
to dominate the worlds gasoline
business especially synthetic gaso-
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DIVIDING AFTER WAR
What is known, however, is that
the two companies contemplated the
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U. !. SOLDIERS
REACHL0 LONDON H
FROM IRELAND
Official Communicate Gives
No Details Regard
ing Movement

LONDON, March 4-Several hun
dred United States troopers ar
rived here from Northern Ireland.
The official communique gives
no further details regarding the ar
rival.
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Weather for Juneau was generally fair. \
and minimum 35
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eathan chief Of the T. s. Bureau of Public Roads fo
ed to Juneau on the Admiral Watson from Portland, Ore
Evening star., 1942-10-25
Coptuin Rickenbucker Lost

It is an obvious understatement to
speak of Captain Edward V. Ricken-
hacker merely as "the leading Amer
lean ace in the last war" During the
past 20 years he has distinguished
himself in half a dozen different
fields of useful effort. He is one
citizen of the United States of whom
all other citizens may be proud. If
now he is lost in the service of his
country in the hour of her greatest
need, he will be mourned as patriot
who could not well be spared.
Persons of varied genius are rare
In any period. Captain Rickenbacker
appears to have been born with a
rich endowment of intelligence and
Imagination. More important, how
ever, is the capacity which he has
developed for learning from his ex-
perience. A long series of nisfor-
tunes, accidents and disappoint-
ments thus have become advantages
to him and to the cbjectives to which
he has been devoted. The courage
which he demonstrated on the West
ern front in France in 1918 stood
him in excellent stead when he
crashed in one of his airlinerS near
Atlanta, Ga, in 1941.
Multitudes. of strangers as well as
q vast number Of friends feared he
could not survive his injuries on that
Evening star., 1942-10-25
Chance and the Future

The capacity OF war to change the
ordinary patterns of life has been re-
| marked again and again. Yet it may
be wondered if the generality of peo-
ple have realized to what extent the
ordinary routine of their existence
has been altered. Only now, nearly
year after Pearl Harbor, are Amer
leans beginning to appreciate what
is happening to them. 1t probably
will require a much longer period for
them to comprehend the significance
of the event.
But there is nothing new about
such tardy reaction to the compul-
sions of history. The Romans
did not foresee the consequences Of
their endeavors to civilize the bar
barians. Neither did the Crusaders
visualize the results of their attempts
to take the Holy Land. The con-
temporaries of Columbus we're slow
to appraise his discovery, and those
Of Shakespeare did not guess that
they were rubbing elbows with the
greatest lord of language upon whom
the sun ever had shone. u
Perhaps it is well that the future is
revealed only little at time. The
vast expanding drama of human
fate is sinplified by being displayed
in sequence of minor details: Con-
fusion and despair might accrue from
sudden and complete exposure of
the whole tremendous picture. The
universal audience must not be
shocked into panic by the cataclysmic
disclosure Of all the sorrows that in
evitably lie ahead nor blinded into
paralytic apathy by the abrupt di-
judgement of all the happiness which
millions are earning the right to
enjoy.
Even the humblest spectator, how
ever, is entitled to ina gine the de-
noucment of the global procedure Of
which he is part. 1t is his privilege
to hope for the emancipation of the
race from the plaques of poverty and
strife. He has seen in the recent past
reafhrmation of the ancient dogma
Of mass destiny. Dictators told him
that only the corporate state was I'M
portant. Yet he has survived to wit
ness most convincing demonstra-
ton of the essential worth of the
individual.
And it is in this solemn fact that a
hint of the nature of the ultimate
future may be detected. The war has
yet to be won in terms of blood and
sweat; the world then must be re-
built and myriad problems solved;
no person currently alive can expect
to escape from the tidal wave of
change which is sweeping the earth.
But the centuries yet to dawn will not
be centuries of slavery. Life is too
costly, human labor is too conse-
quential, the spirit of the average
nerson is too dear to God for that,
Evening star., 1942-10-25
Navy Shukeup.

Without setting forth any reasons,
the Navy has announced a shakeup
of its high command in the South
west Pacific. Several changes have
been made, but the most important
appears to have been the designation
of Vice Admiral william F. Halsey,
jr., to relieve Vice Admiral Robert L.
Ghormley, whose new assignment
has not been disclosed.
Despite the Navy's reticence, it
seems clear enough that this change
Of command traces back to some of
the reverses we have suffered in the
5olomons campaign, the most notable
Of which was the loss of four cruisers
on the night of August 80.
These ships, assigned to protect
convoy, were taken completely by
surprise. although Hanson w. Bald
win. writing in the New York Times
after trip to the Solomons. has re-
ported that warning Of the approach
of the japanese squadron was re-
ceived from an American plane on
the afternoon before the attack.
Many of our men we're not at battle
stations when the enemy opened fire,
and the admiral in command Of this
screening operation was not in the
vicinity at the time Of the attack.
Evening star., 1942-10-25

last mentioned occasion, but he
never doubted that he would re-
cover and his confidence was
justified at the end of four months
of hospital treatment. Captain
Rickenbacker emerged from the
ordeal to place his talents at the dis
posal Of Lieutenant General Henry
H. Arnold, commanding the Army
Air Corps. He toured the combat
training stations of the country, lee
turing to young pilots on the psyche
logical problems of aerial conflict.
Later he went to Britain to survey
American air power there, then re-
ported back to Secretary of War
Stimson in favor of second air
front" over Europe. Only a few days
ago he was here in Washington.
Those who me. md talked with him
came away inspired by his zeal and
confidence. His flight over the
Pacific to an unnamed island was
undertaken at the request of his
chief. If the prayers of the Amer
lean people are OF any avail, he is
safe.
Evening star., 1942-10-25

There seems little doubt that neg
ligence or faulty judgment con-
tributed to this heavy loss. Further,
according to Mr.. Baldwin, whose dis
patch presumably passed through
Navy censorship, there has been
lack of aggressiveness in the use of
our naval forces in the Solomons
area. The emphasis has been on de-
fensive strategy, which, in his judg-
ment, also has contributed to un-
necessary losses.
If these conclusions are we'll
founded. it is to be expected that the
designation of Admiral Halsey to
head our forces in that theater
prcsages the use of offensive tactics
against the japanese. He was in
command Of the task force which
carried out the successful raid on
Japan's Marshall and Gilbert Island
positions last January. and it may
very we'll be that the Navy has de-
cided to give him opportunity for
greater use of the talents that he
displayed on that occasion. If this
be the case, time will soon reveal the
fact.
The other important change in
wolves the transfer of Vice Admiral
Herbert F. Leary from command of
naval forces under General Douglas
Macarthur to a task force post In
his former command, Admiral Learys
position has been a rather curious
one. So far as is known, his ships
were not handled in conjunction with
the forces in the Solomons, although
there has been no important clash
with the enemy around Australia.
Possibly Admiral Leary has sought an
assignment which should present
more opportunity for action.
In any event, the shakeup signifies
that the Navy is trying to improve
the caliber of it's commanders as their
qualities are developed in actual COM
bat. That, of itself, is encouraging