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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-01
HEROIC SCOTCH

Screen star Robert Montgomery,
lieutenant in Naval Intelligence, has
many interesting tales about his ex-
periences as an ambulance driver in
France. But his favorite is about
the heroism of a small force of
Scotch infantry, which illustrates
the kind of neyer-say-die spirit that
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-01
HOROSCOPE
"The stars incline
but do not c0mpeW
FRIDAY, JANUARY


This is not an important day in
planetary direction and more for
tunate for rest or recreation than
for any practical activity. Jupiter
is in an aspect favorable to fore
sight and wise planning.
HEART AND HOME: Social af-
fairs are well directed today which
is especially fortunate for infor-
NAL dinners and dances. Romance
will flourish and marriages will in
crease in number through the
month. Changes in households will
be widespread as boys and, girls
engage in public service and pro-
mote defense projects. Practical
economics should be studied before
they become imperative. Homes will
become Ravens to which all who
are concerned with defense pro-
jects will turn with new apprecia-
ton and for that reason whatever
SOlltl iOutCo W bSo0ey 90 WIZ N'
comfort will be desirable.
BUSINESS AFFAIRS: AS the end
of the holidays draws near men
and women will assume duties new
and old, In shops and offices many
readjustments in personnel will be
necessary, due to war preparations.
Initiation warnings will be frequent,
but efforts to reduce civilian spend
ing will not be effective at this
time. Substitutes for materials
withdrawn for defense uses will
attract buyers who will be slow 70
comprehend Washingtons financial
problems. Wage-earners will enjoy
the abundant life.
NATIONAL ISSUES: Rebellious
ideas will be widely promulgated
as war conditions come nearer 10
the average American citizen. IN
til April there may be indignation
regarding the gradual entrance into
I'LL participation in the most ter
rible war in history, but when
spring brings imperative need Of
unrestricted naval. military and air
force activity the nation will be
wholly patriotic, the exceptions
being the small minority that
clings to outworn isolation theories.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR S :.
World famous astrologers predict
that a new world will be establish
ed by 1948 Between the beginning
of 1912 and the time when a last
ing peace may be established there
must be frightful sacrifice and
courageous acceptance of sweeping
changes in the American way of
living. The only Cancer nations i'll
the world-the United States, Can
ada and Argentina with Peru on
the Cancer-Leo cusp-are located
in the Western Hemisphere. The
urge toward security is strong in
Cancer influences, causing self m
terest to be forgotten for the COM
mon good.
Persons whose birthdate it is
have the augury of year of cour-
ageous planning and unselfish ser
vice. They should safeguard the
health as overwork is indicated.
Children born on this day will
be keenly intelligent and exceed
ingly energetic. They have great
possibilities for service in business
or the learned professions.
downright, 1942)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-01
Scottish Rite
IRe(eivinq

The Scottish Rite Masons are re-
ceiving at the Temple this afternoon
between the hours of and o'clock.
The thirtieth annual event of the
kind is open to Masons and the
ladies, Eastern Stars, Rainbow Girls.
DeMolay Boys and visiting men,
bers of the organizations.
The reception is informal.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-01
MODERN ETIQUETTE by ROBERTA LEE

considered polite fill another person who
S talking finish a sentence for him?
this exceedingly and most annoying the speaker
maid hold dish of vegetables
she presents guest?
A Flat o the palm of the left hand
should letter
paper?
They gold silver plain white coors
paper determining
correct place.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-01
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

JANUARY l
Macmillan Younger
Mrs. Pearl Burford
Lu Liston
Jack Pasquan
William B. Cline
Francis l.. Newman
Cesar Sebenico
Joseph M. Sunick
Louis G. Lemieux
William Alexander
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-01

For more than so years Cam
embert, Brie, Limburger and Swiss
cheese have been made in New York
State in form and quality that
rival the best made in Europe
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-01
LOOK and LEARN sy G. GORDON

United States?
2 young female horse called?
meat-producng country the world
Tho vas heavyweight champion?
first admitted Union after the
original thirteen?
ANSWERS:
/. United States.
2 Flly.
3 South
4
5 Vermont; admitted February 49, 179
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during one recess, "All Gaul is di-
vided into three parts and the
Manufacturers Association got foul
of them
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Merry
Go-Round

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Weather High IS; low &c. cloudy and colder:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
The OnIooker

by celebrities at a luncheon,
with speeches by the celebrities,
and pictures of the celebrities
smilingly throwing bits of scrap
iron on bits of scrap iron.
WE KNOW what blood plasma
w means to our fighters, but
there must be special weeks"
to rally us to the cause. The
same goes for all of the other
things that our country needs to
fight of the most savage enemies
1t has ever faced. There'll come
. time-and may the Lord hasten
the day--when we won't think
In weeks" but In seconds.
As Lieutenant Commander
Bulkley explained in a recent in
terview, the men who gave their
lives In the Philippines were
fighting q delaying action--fight-
ing for time. The time was for us
at home. Some day wen have
to answer as to what we did
with Il.
Can you imagine the Russians
having to pep up the defenders
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

LIE WAS one Of the owners OF
IL Hollywood swank spot
the gaming casino of which was
the star attraction.
That was during its hey-hey-
day-and he held the Hollywood
big shots in amused contempt
as he watched them drop thou
sands of dollars at his wheels
and dice tables.
They were suckers, he used to
say--all Of them.
Which they were.
Life for him was a Joyous
proposition-for his cut was the
juciest.
And, oh, how he laughed and
laughed and laughed at them all.
Ha. ha, no, no. no!
But that was three years ago
- and Movieburg started to
change.
Increased taxes-and a more
serious viewpoint-and a politi-
cal upheaval in Los Angeles
all these things combined -
forced his swank spot to the
wall.
A year after il closed its doors
for good.
There were periodic attempts
to reopen it--but they all failed.
Our friend then encountered
different breaks--none of them
good.
He continued to live high,
however-and his money took
wings.
He tried various enterprises
all Of them flops.
The suckers he once knew
steered clear of him. He brought
back too many unpleasant men,
cries.
Six months ago he invested
the last of his bundle in a gam
bling joynt in Nevada.
1t didn't click.
A month ago he told his part
ners he wanted to clear out.
They agreed to give him an
Insignificant $1,000 for his end
81, 900 in cash-the other 4 Gs
In notes.
A tough settlement-but he
took II.
With the thousand smackers
in his pocket--he wandered into
the gambling casino he had just
sold.
And lost the $1,000 at the
tickle cubes.
He asked his ex-partners IL he
could swap the $4,000 in notes
for chips.
Why not?
In an hour-he was stone
broke.
Hollywood people in New York
last night were discussing him.
They hear he doesn't sleep
well these nights.
They suspect the reason he
doesn't sleep Is the laughter OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Ask the Pilots;
They Know

of their soil with special
''weeks"7 Can you picture them
having to resort to such meas
ures when their men. women and
children were In the streets Of
Stalingrad, In the attics and Gel.
lars of their homes, In hand-to.
hand combat with the enemyf
The same enemy, mind you, that
well have to lick to win.
And how would we like to
know that the Chinese, In their
gallant stand against the JAMS.
had been forced to adopt q
please, do-what-you-can week"
to keep going.
ITO CHANGE the subject. Is
Il there any law against sim
plicity in this country? Is there
any line or phrase, tucked deep
down In the Constitution, that
forbids the solving of q national
problem the easy way? We ask
this question because Of the
debate that Is now going on az
to the merits Of the aifplanes
that We are building.
Some say our fighters and
bombers are the best In the
world, and have a definite ad.
vantage over the planes of our
enemies. Others are EQUALLY
firm in the statement that our
planes are inferior, and that
only the Skill and bravery of
our pilots have enabled them to
hold their own.
This argument has been going
on for quite a while. Unless we
miss our guess. there will be
still more argument, and then
a committee, with little sub.
committees attached to IL, will
be named to investigate. And
the committee will be composed
of men whose chief claim to
aeronautical knowledge Ia based
on having flown round trip from
Washington to New York on a
transport ship without once get
ting air-sick.
WOULDN'T it be. easy to
w solve the question of how
good or bad our planes are by
simply asking the opinion of the
pilots who have flown them I'm
combat? They must know. You
couldn't find q better authority
on what an Airacobra or a
Kittyhawk or Lightning viii do
against Zeros and Messer.
schmitts than the men who have
taken them up and counted On
them In a battle for their lives.
These men could be reached.
They could be polled BY cable
overnight. You'd get In honest
answer, too, because these men
have a very special interest IN
the planes that are rolling from
our plants. What they said you
could bank on, no matter what
argument was advanced by SEN
ators, representatives, aeronau.
teal engineers. stockholders and
swivel chair aces.
Distributed ~ ksrsushs sys1,ssss. -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

all those suckers who amused
him for so many years.
GEORGE JESSEL told 1t.
" About the master Of cere-
monies on the Borscht Circuit,
who applied for the job at a
mountain sector resort.
az am not like the other en-
Gees" he said. 81 start right In
the morning 1t breakfast. With
the kids. I make funny faces
for them. At lunch I sit with tho
young people and amuse them,
too. At supper / have various
specialties and ut night I dance
with all tho ladies, young, old,
thin or fat. Besides, give q
melodrams on Saturdays and on
Sundays i put on . big revue
and for tho big finish / give
prixes~
'Dot's pretty good" said the
boss, but kin you pluck
chicken?"
THIS Is the story Of a New
Il Yorker and his girl, who were
broke, but SO in love.
Just being together was
enough for them.
And so they didn't care much
about not being able to 60 to
the bright-light places.
In fact, when they had a
couple of bucks, instead of GO
ing to any Of the cheaper spots
where the minimum was low
they'd save their money until
they had enough to do the Star
light Roof over at the Waldorf
their favorite rendezvous.
About every three months or
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
II Lied CheerfuHB'

Gene was by no means dispirited.
"Shucks, maybe he saw us and is
going back for help" he suggested
confidently. He was enthusiastic
all day. He expected any minute
To see a destroyer, or another
plane.
had made one slip. and was
careful not to make another. So
l agreed heartily with Gene. and
never mentioned what was In my
mind. All that day I lied cheer
fully, and let the boys think We
had a good chance 10 be rescued.
Secretly was taking stock of our
position with a view TO sailing
that tiny raft, without oars or
sails. TO the nearest friendly island
Our situation was complicated by
the possibility that certain islands
in the vicinity might now be in the
possession Of the Japanese. I had
no illusions as TO what would hap
pen TO us all II we fell into the
hands OF enemies on some remote
atoll.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

ONE tipoff on how little this
" country realizes what IL
faces in this war is to be found
in the numerous weeks" that
are sponsored from coast to
coast.
To give, give and keep giving
to the war effort, of Cur own free
will and accord. seems to be
completely beyond us. We must
be spurred and jingled and JAM
gled and tngled with the same
sort Of hoopla that merchants
have used for years in selling
their products.
To save our skins in a war of
survival we have to have the
same sort of treatment that
apple growers employ to get
every one to MUNICH an apple,
florists use to peddle flowers
and paint companies use to
brighten up houses and barns.
We just won't save scrap iron
every day because our country
needs IL. No, we must have a
save scrap iron week." launched
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

rather that of action, than that
Of words. Or so our horses and
women bureau claims-EVD.)
DURLEIGH GRIM Ex-
- Dodger. Haven't forgotten
good. old "Boileigh," have you
He managed Toronto this season
and they say he is the best pilot
that team ever had.
Buddy Ensor. Another sports
page hero Of the yesteryear.
Buddy. at AZ. just had success
full comeback in New Jersey.
Don't know how long a jockey
could hope to ride on the Amer
lean turf. but Steve Donoghue
was riding regularly in England
when well over so.
Mrs. Quentin Reynolds, smart
looking actress wife of the
famous war correspondent. Mrs.
Reynolds is professionally known
as Virginia Peine. The COM
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
On the Side
BY Il. ". Durling
0, fdtter me,

o, fdtter me,
For love delights in praises.
Shakespeare.
"a more recent expression of
above thought was the ditty. Il
Know You're Lying, But I Love
It." All experts on the subject
from Ovid TO Cesar Romero are
agreed as 70 the effectiveness
of fiattery in winning feminine
favor.
However, II takes a superior
and subtle line of fiattery really
TO impress the modern young
woman. With the girl Of today,
the most effective fiattery is
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Figure Help FrOnn Lord

Controlling our crafts progress
was my first concern because.
while we were entirely without
food or water, there was nothing
any of us could do about this but
wait for the Lord 10 send us a
shower, and bring some food where
we could catch IL. I figured the
Lord would help those who helped
themselves, so I set out imIne-
diately to take every bit of ad-
vantage that I could Of the few
available to me.
The wind blew up TO a fresh
breeze Of about II knots, and I
spent most Of the first day observ-
ing how our boat was going TO
act.
Thus the raft presented her en-
tire length to the force of the
wind. with the inflated sides act
ing as a sail OF sorts.
CONTINUED Tomorrow
Copyright. is47, by Henry Holt a Co.,
Distributed by King Features Syn, Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Cub Reporters
Private Papers

so they'd 60 there-and they
really splurged.
One bottle Of champagne and
a club sandwich.
But things got tougher. He
couldn't hold a job. So he told
her she was too nice a girl to
be hooked to him.
And he went away-and
stayed away
A year or so later she mar
ireland the last he heard she
was very happy.
One night while tinkering
with some gadgets-he invented
an airplane engine.
Today he's a millionaire.
No kiddin'!
But he's very lonely-with all
that money.
And you always see him alone
at a ringside table up at the
Starlight Roof.
With champagne.
And two glasses.
WE OVERHEARD H. in the
w children's dept of the Cub
Room.
A man sitting next to Tallu-
lab Bankhead said:
That's a lot Of bunk about
opium m o king being habit
forming"
my good man." my-good-
man'd Taifufah, anybody with
an ounce Of intelligence knows
that opium IS"
"Nonsensew was the retort.
I've been SIN king IL for
yearsv
LIE WAS round, ruddy faced
IL German.
Came over from the Father.
land about 20 years ago.
Settled in q little jersey town.
down behind the Riviera, where
he found q job.
America was good to him.
He got fat-and prosperous.
And when FDR okayed beer
he opened up q saloon next door
to a kosher delicatessen.
He split many q marinated
herring with his delicatessen
neighbor-until Hitler came to
power. !,
Then ne joined the bund and
stopped talking to his next door
friend.
One day, after the Nazi poison
flowed over he spat on his
neighbours store window.
It's the familiar story.
After Pearl Harbor went
down in history-his wife and
kids packed and left.
Shortly after the F'BI came,
and took him away.
And who do you think (only
one guess!) sends cigarets to the
FBI to give him in his lonely
cell?
Here's your $64.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
CHAPTER 3

Then the plane came; and went
We sank back. spent by our
futile effort to attract the pilot.
Tony and were facing each other
from opposite sides of the raft
Gene sat on the after thwart. He
was still gazing hopefully after
the speeding scout-now rapidly
becoming smaller. Tony was
hing me.
Jr a moment my heart was in
the lowest possible depth. can
quote exactly what said-"Boys,
there goes our one and only
chancellor Tony weeks later re-
called TO me every word. With
that single statement almost
killed the hope in Tony's game
soul, for the time being. He did
not realize then that / still had
cards To NAV.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

This epic of war in the South
Pacific was told to Robert TrumbuH
by Harold F. Dixon, bomber and
pilot and aviation chief mechanic
mate, U.S.N. He. with Gene AIdrich,
aviation radioman and gunner. and
Tony PastuIa, aviation ordnance
man-was forced TO land scout
bomber in the ocean when its gas
gave out on the evening of Jan. Is,
1912.
1.-THE craft sank almost imme-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Talks Transfer as Cook

Tony was good-humored about
religion. II quit. seer This night
I was standing around the corner
with the fellas and this preacher
comes along. and ! don't pay much
attention. and then this preacher
goes and talks about me because
/ don't tip my cap TO him. Made
me sore" So Tony. Disguised.
would have nothing more TO do
with formal religion.
Aldrich. on the other hand. had
a deep streak OF piety. His brother
was a preacher. II was Gene who
suggested our prayer meetings
Gene Is more of farm boy: his
home is In Sikeston, Mo. He is
younger than Tony, just %. and
had been in the navy only IS
months. He had put in some time
in the CCC as a cook. and for our
meals" as we became really
hungry, he cooked US many n.y.
pothetical dinners, with Tony, who
for a time had been a Sandwich
man" in the C's. offering sugges-
tons. Before the trip was over
Gene was talking seriously about
trying for a transfer to the navy
cooks department, and I think
ne will.
Cooking played a large part in
Genes early life. His father was
railroader. a section foreman,
and Gene recalled that IL used to
be a favorite stunt of his and his
fathers to 60 out about 4 o'clock
in the morning TO shoot squirrels
for their breakfast. II seems there
are a lot Of squirrels in Missouri.
One Of Genes concerns on the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

Well. she wouldn't have liked
the looks OF it. The wind this
morning was in the southeast.
blowing us toward a group of
islands which we presumed TO be
deserted. However, we thought
the japanese might have put some
men there, so we were not en-
thusiastic about making these
Islands. on that account.
/ was concerned at once about
learning to control the raft, figur-
ing out ways and means of work.
ing toward the larger islands that
l knew TO be in friendly hands.
The geography of this part of
the Pacific was far from a mys-
terry 10 me. Every day in the
ready room ] had studied the
charts, and had a mental picture
Of where every island was. So I
knew from the beginning Just
where 1 wanted TO 60. I had no
intention of letting that raft drift
aimlessly. guided only by the
shifting winds. We were without
rudder, oars or canvas. but still
was determined TO sail that raft
il I could. And 1 maintain that
/ did sail II. I worked like the
devil to sail IL. and / resent any
ones saving We "drifted."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

trip was a $1,000 life insurance
policy he had taken in favor of
his mother. He wondered if she
had been able to get it yet. Money
was scarce around Genes home.
Gene joined the navy after finding
that he didn't like the CCC. The
spirit OF adventure got him, and he
thought he could do better and get
more schooling in the navy. He
had had one year of high school,
working to put himself through.
Talking il over, Gene shook his
head quizzically. IF mother could
see me now"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
.i}3;{3l rum; jlll

diateIy, but they managed to escape
on an Sx4-foot raft. They were with
out provisions and with scant equip
ment. Yet this heroic United States
Navy trio managed to survive, bat
thing an inferno of seas and weather
for 81 days over a course that COW
cred about 1000 miles until they
finally reached safety on an obscure
atoH. The nerve-tingling details of
this extraordinary experience are
related here.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Finds Steel Mirror

Despite his low spirits at the
moment. the tenacity for life in
Tonys staunch Polish nature as
serted itself quickly and he began
to consider practical means of
making our situation better. He
paid no more attention TO the sky.
Eilently searched in the inside
&c raft with his eyes. He began
rummaging in the oar pocket.
"Ah!" he exclaimed with salts
faction.
He held mirror of stainless
steel. placed in the oar pocket
obviously as a photographic signal
ing device. For the rest OF the day
Tony practiced with the mirror.
flashing X in the sun. so he would
know how to use il IL the &C.
casion arose.
Tony liked anything that re-
quired him to use his hands. He
had taken a mechanics course in
high school, and after the war.
when he leaves the navy. he hopes
to work in a machine factory.
Parents Speak Polish
The newspaper accounts OF our
voyage only mentioned Tony
briefly. as Anthony J. Pastula.
"a. aviation ordnanceman second
class, Of 149 Fleetwood avenue,
Youngstown, O." The news was
in the adventure, not the men
but men make adventure Just as
much as adventure makes men.
Through coming to know Tony,
in the long days and nights ahead.
/ obtained a better understanding
of these sons Of foreigners" who
form such large percentage of
the young men who sail our ships
and planes and man our guns.
Tonys parents came from Po-
land: neither his father nor his
mother speaks English at home.
His father Is a landscape gardener,
now caretaker OF an estate In
Youngstown which belongs to a
prominent newspaper publisher
there. Tony helped his father.
spare time and summers, until he
got tired of depending on the
folks" and joined the navy. Be-
fore that he had been in the
lHIian Conservation Corps. Gene
.ch was CCC boy. too.
Ntither he nor Tony had any
background of the sea. I. Of course.
i had long training on the sea which
was to stand me In good stead
here. but my business now Is
flying.
Tony. like many others, joined
the navy in 1899 because he be-
leved his country would soon be
at war. Previous 10 that his con-
facts with the military had been
with the army. Among his Jobs
In the CCC during his two bitches