The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-27
"I want the money for the musicr

| II want the money TOT the lnuSt! "She followed to the hotel desk and finally was put out
 Next morning there was knock at my door.
 What can do for you, sir I asked the Jap who stood there in frock coat, silk hat and striped pants He was lowing and showing all his teeth. He lisped
 "I came to see about the money for the music
 Well told him it had all been threshed out, and he finally bowed and smiled and left.
 Next afternoon I sitting at the bar with a big Irish friend of mine got tap on the shoulder. Tt was another different Jap as impeccably dressed as the first lowing and scrapng, and put ting on the same big tooth act. l "I came to see about the money for the music | he said
 | well my big Irish friend could to curl your hair He gave the Jap the works. The Jap listened patiently, smlingly, and left.
 Our holiday was nearly over, so my wife and I went down to Nagasak-over 500 miles-to catch our boat for Manila. There were some friends seeing us off and the usual eave-taking festivities were going on in our stateroom.'
 There polite knock. T opened the stateroom door and-you guessed it. Another Jap policeman this time. He hissed
 "I came to about the money for the music
 Come in old boy told him. and have drink
 Well, you know how hard liquor hits Japs. He got happy and sympathetic, and gave him dollar, and he left just before we sailed We were glad to get away. forgot all about the money for the music when got back to Corregidor, because I pretty busy. One day got letter from friend of mine in Tokyo.
 "'You know that money for the musc? the letter said. We'll finally paid it. Of course you were absolutely right in refusing to settle for something you didn't order But they kept after and threat ened to take it up with the United States Army in the Philippines I didn't want you to be bothered or embarrassed. So I gave them the s4.5o and you can send me check or not as you like.
 T sent the check" The story-teller sighed
 We thinking about enemies, the Japs, all the time friend the officer telling his anecdote
 We thinking about the digent monkey-men on Attu Kska and Agattu
 We were remembering the early efforts of our navy department to minimize the importance of this invasion of American soil
 We were recalling that these "small-scale landings" navy department communique of June 12) already have resulted in the construction of airfelds, from one of which shore based Nakajima-97 fighters rose to meet American aircraft" (dispatch of Keith Wheeler, Chicago Times correspondent with the Pac- fife fleet, passed by navy censorship.
 We thinking, most particularly, about the flppant wisecrack of navy department spokesman, 1O concerning reports of Jap aggression in the Aeutians
 None of our inhabited islands are troubled with uninvted visitors up until this time" The murdered millions of China the butchered men and raped women of Hongkong, the Englishmen kicked into the filth of Singapores gutters the hope less heroes of Bataan and Corregdor all testify you can't afford to be flippant with the persistent te half -men of Nippon.
 They always come back ito see about the money for the music"