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ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OP ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 American Building, Seattle. Wash. The frequently asked question, "How valuable is advertising during the war period?" is answered by an offieial authority in the current Issue of Domestic Commerce, the weekly publication of the Department of Commerce. An article by Nathan D. Golden, an industrial consultant for the department, points out that advertising is of increased importance during the war emergency. In times such as these advertising plays a dual function and has both public and commercial value. As Mr Golden points out. one of the major roles of advertising during wartime is to “provide informa tion to those fighting on the home front and in the production field and promote the more efficient use of products by civilians.” Another major function— the cne of more strictly commercial value—Mr. Gold-1 en describes as that of keeping alive brand names and maintaining the salability of products for bene fits to be gained during the postwar period. The application of both functions of advertising is to be seen on every hand today. Industrial and commercial advertising has been of immense help to the civilian public during a bewildering period of change—of forced change in buying habits and civ ilian consumption. No longer a novelty is the incon gruous sight of an advertisement which urges the public to use less of a manufacturer's product, or to conserve it, as a means of aiding the national war effort. Through the medium of advertising all lines of business have made very worth-while patriotic con tributions toward the efficient organization of our war effort. They have used advertising for mass or public information on many occasions without thought of direct or indirect benefit, though benefit they do by having done their bit in this effective way. In these clays of crowded events the commercial value of a continual public reminding of brands hardly needs to be cited. Tire post-war period in evitably will be one of confusion and reorientation, and the manufacturers who have not permitted the public to forget their products will have an immense advantage in recapturing or improving upon their | prewar positions in the markets. The wise business- I man will agree with the Department of Commerce publication that advertising is of even greater im portance in wartime than in peacetime. The Release of Browder i New York Times) In commuting Earl Browder’s imprisonment for perjury from the four years to which he was sen tenced to the one year and two months he has served, the President offered two main Justifications. The first was that the release of the American Commun ist leader ‘will tend to promote national unity.” The second, that it will “allay any feeling which may ex ist In some minds that the unusually long sentence in Browder's case was by way of penalty imposed upon him because of his political views.” It is doubtful whether either of these expectations is justified. So far from removing the stigma of political prejudice from the case, the President’s in tervention strengthens that charge. Whether or not Browder’s sentence was lengthened because of his political views, it seems clear that it has now been shortened because of them. If the Nazi attack upon Russia had not made that country our ally in the war, it is scarcely conceivable that Mr. Roosevelt would have intervened. As for the promotion of national unity, it is our guess that the release of Browder will have the op posite effect. The only persons who will be com pletely satisfied with this setting aside of the normal course of criminal justice will be the old-line Com munists, who. save for the fact that Russia and our selves are now lacing tne same enemy, woutn ne en gaged, as they were prior to last June 22. In foment ing national discord. The freeing of Browder will, of course, be linked in every one’s mind with our relations with Russia. But our alliance with Russia is purely military. Rus sia's domestic affairs are her own. Our domestic af fairs are our own. The entire nation is whole heartedly for all-out military aid to Russia. This has nothing whatever to do with the release from prison of an American citizen who has been convicted of perjury against his Government. The way to help Russia is to send with all possible speed and in the greatest possible amounts tlie military equipment she needs. It helps neither Russia nor the cause of na tional unity to interfere with the normal course of justice for reasons of political expediency. Food Army Fitches Camp (Philadelphia Record) For the first time in the East, decent, sanitary, comfortable living quarters will house migratory farm labor now moving northward with the crop season. This great advancement in living conditions for an element heretofore reduced to squalor is repre sented by the first Federal mobile labor camp, near ing completion this week at Swedesboro. N. J. Al ready, 45 workers from Florida have been signed up at the Swedesboro camp, first of 20 similar ones which the Government is building. Later, these camps will be moved with the workers to new loca tions. There is nothing experimental about the labor camp idea. It has been amazingly successful in the West as the Government’s* answer to the problem of the ’’Okies" and the problem of scarcity in farm labor. Some communities have objected—unfairly and illogically. As a leading New Jersey agriculturist, William K. Hookstra, put it: "A labor camp super vised and controlled is far better than having migrant workers distributed throughout the vicinity without ccntrol." That such camps are urgently needed is proved by the loss of some South Jersey truck crops last week—for lack of manpower. Between 3,000,000 and 4,000 000 men have been diverted from farm work to defense industries. Gaso line and tire rationing makes the migrant labor prob lem more difficult. The labor camp simplifies the problem for families once dependent upon their jalopies. We hope this is only the first step in a vast Fed eral program to help the farmer harvest all the in creased crops which the Government has urged him to plant in order to feed our armies and our Allies. Americans established a world’s record for per capita candy consumption in 1940 when each person ate an average of 16.9 pounds. It’s really a little more than that, because one night we cooked a plate of fudge the government didn’t know about. Washington Merry Go-Round (Continued irom Pag* One) can take It. But there is more in volved than that. Our rubber re serve is at stake and unless you take the leadership in this light, we are in real danger of being stopped in Congress.” MacLeish heartilly seconded Hen derson, The OFF chief declared that the President's unfortunate statement had hurt morale and that the whole gas and rubber prob lem had been badly mishandled. “The people are patriotic and they will readily do whatever is deemed necessary to win the war,” he said. "But they have got to be told clearly and frankly what is wanted of them. The public simply does not realize that gas has to be rationed, not because of a shortage of gas. but to save rubber. That’s the message that must be got over to them, and, Mr. President, you are the only one who can do it now.” Roosevelt took the plain-talk in good grace and agreed to do what ever was the best course. All the conferees were strongly of the view that a "fireside chat” was the best answer, and MacLeish was directed to prepare a memorandum for a presidential speech. 'Since the above was written, the President has declared an inten sive campaign for the collection of scrap rubber, this campaign to start June 15 and continue through June 30). WAR STORY Navy men returning from duty with the Pacific fleet relate this amusing tale about a colored mess boy on a destroyer: The ship arrived at Pearl Harbor after an arduous cruise, and the mess boy was one of the first ashore. He headed for Honolulu, planning a big day, but was not prepared for the surprise in store for him. A large number of members of the Hawaiina home guard are loyal Japanese natives of the is lands. The mess boy hadn’t been told about this. So he was greatly startled when he beheld two armed and helmeted Japanese guards men patrolling the Honolulu busi ness section. He made a bee-line back to his ship and rushed to the commanding officer, pop-eyed and breathless. "What’s happened to you, Sam?” asked the puzzled officer. ‘Captain,” g'asped the mess boy, "we done arrived too late. The Japs has got Honolulu.” SENSITIVE TAX-AXERS That secret huddle between Sec retary Morgenthau and the senior members of the House Ways and Means Committee, following his critical radio speech on the mutil ated tax bill, wasn't as "harmon ious’’ as Chairman Robert Dough ton afterwards claimed. Doughton opened the conference with a sugary statement about his "high respect” for the Treasury1 chief and their "friendly relations”. Then, glancing at a transcript of! Morgenthau’s speech, the veteran North Carolina Congressman de- j manded: “Just what did you mean by that 'too little and too late’ remark, Mr. Secretary?” T certainly meant no reflection on this committee or its work in drafting the tax bill," replied Mor genthau. "I am surprise any such inference w-as taken. It was, well, er, just something to pep up the optreuji. But Doughton remained unsat isfied. ‘ You were quoted in the news papers the next day,” he persisted, "that the speech was ‘intended to prod the committee into action.’ Is that true?” "It certainly is not true,” replied Morgenthau, adding that what he had said was to the effect that ht hoped the speech would help keep the committee’s eye on the Treas ury’s tax goal. "I am glad to hear your explan ation, Mr. Secretary.” said Dough ton. “but while we are on the sub ject, we sl>6uld get one thing straight. This committee hasn't been guiltv of any delay in pre 1 paring the tax bill. If there has been any delay, that's the Treas ury’s fault, not ours." With a triumphant air, Doughton pointed out that the Treasury had promised to have its tax plan ready by the first week in January, but did not actually submit it until March 6. However, neither Doughton nor other Committee members men tioned that long before March the Treasury very carefully outlined its tax plan, merely submitted the final formal draft on March 6. Also Committee members carefully avoided mentioning that for three months since March 6, they have been inexcusably dallying with the vital legislation and still are far from finished. MEKRY-GO-KOUND Rubber for war will come from i Mexico In larger quantities than) expected. Charles T. Wilson, million- j alre rubber king, Ls about to invest! two million pesos in exploiting Mex ican castilloa rubber. . . . Wilson's j wealth (he said a personal income: tax of $87,000 last year) amazed, Mexicans, who call him. "Amigo Numero Uno" — Number One Friend. (Copyright, 1942, by United Fea ture Syndicate) -- TWO HALIBUT AREAS SOON TO BE CLOSED Halibut areas 1 and 2 are to be closed at midnight June 25 ac cording to advices received this morning by the Customs House here from Edward Allen, Chairman of the International Fisheries Com mission with his headquarters at Seattle. Area 1 is off Willapa, Washington, and Area 2 is off Cape Spencer. Empire Classifieds Pay! j HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUNE 13 Prank Dufresnc „ Elwell Krause Alfred Zenger, Jr. Mrs. W. S. Pullen Mrs. Lloyd Reid J. P. Williams William A. Chipperfield Jce Snow JUNF 14 Brice Mielke Doris June Graves William B.vington Estella Grayson HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” SUNDAY, JUNE 14 Benefic aspects rule today hich is fortunate for the clergy and leaders of thought in lay profes sions. It is a date auspicious for pa triotic gatherings. HEART AND HOME: The oene fits of religion will be more widely recognized than in previous years as men and women turn toward the solace offered by the churches. Young folk who formerly passed Sunday in outdoor recreations now will seek the sustaining comfort of faith in spiritual things for many will have sustained losses and suffered separations that bring sorrow. This is a fortunate day for loaning new ties with centers of religious teaching. Occultists will gain students. BUSINESS AFAIFRS: Western states will profit this week through development of mining properties. Manganese ores of high grade will be discovered. Large amounts of money will be put into important mineral properties which are to prove profitable to owners as well as useful in Government projects. Munitioas will be produced in greater quantities than visioned by ! the most optimistic planners in I Washington. Cities will continue to show prosperity in many lines of business. NATIONAL ISSUES: Apparent neglect to take notice of subversive agencies still active in the United States will cause anxious comment. The stars warn of grave dangers i in places not yet discovered by Sec ■ ret Service employes. Within Gov j ernment offices the seers declare espionage is successfully conducted along novel lines not hitherto em ployed. Telephone switchboards and office elevators may be manned by I spies, astrologers declare. While the I danger of cultivating suspicion is [pointed out the seers read in the ! stars of strange perils. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: j The Russo-Japanese alliance may ' reach a crisis, for there is an as | pect presaging tests for interna j tional agreements of all sorts, j Treaties may be overlooked, accord : ing to the Hitler fashion. Moscow I will be watched with new concern . by the Axis powers, who will add I to physical conflict the power of in i trigue, propaganda composed of | false statements, and diplomatic ef ' forts to undermine the Soviet I Union. An unpleasant surprise of some sort is presaged for Russia. | Versons whose birthda£e it is have | the augury of a year of gain but fraud in business matters is pos sible. Caution is advised. Children born on this day may be supertalcnted but high-strung, i Good fortune is prognosticated. MONDAY, JUNE 15 This is an unimportant day in I planetary direction but Venus rules in benefic aspect. There is a sign de | noting anxiety among the people jof the United States. HEART AND HOME: Women are well directed on this first day I of the week. It is a time to push 'all plans and to utilize every op | portunity. Girls will find romance j awaiting them. It is a fortunate wed ding day but warning is given j that small deceits may cause trouble, j This should be a lucky date for i workers in Government positions. While heroines will be decorated 'for bravery in Army hospitals many young women will perform courag eous deeds that are never recog nized, bu the feminine patriot will be oblivious to praise. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Gradual elimination of luxuries will reduce the purchase of costly trifles and I unnecessary possessions but retail merchants will continue to prosper. Summer resorts will profit from : this date because many persons who | are not employed will desire to I escape from daily contemplation of war conditions. Bus lines will profit greatly and so will some railways. Yacht clubs will be closed and fishing will cease to. be a pastime. NATIONAL ISSUES: Educators | who relinquish their work through .the vacation period will hold con j ferences on changes in study courses. | To meet the changes in a postwar world sweeping revisioas of text books must be made. Chemistry as well as history will add thrilling i conventions where discussion of (necessary restrictioas and altera | lions in our American way of life will be protracted. | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Severe bombing will continue from : time to time along England's coastal aieas but United States aircraft | will greatly aid in repelling Axis assailants. Churchill i:. to -tuccoed 1 20 YEARS AGO the empire JUNE 13. 1922 Every effort was being made by the Elks of Juneau to make their annual Flag Day exercises the following evening one of the best attended affairs of the kind ever given by the lodge. Among the features was to be music by the Palace Theatre Orchestra, a violin solo by Willis E. Nowell, and a vocal solo by Fred Lynch. H. L. Faulkner was to make the principal address and other short talks on the history of the flag and the Elks’ tribute to the flag, were to be given by B. A. Roselle and Arthur G. Shoup. Ritualistic work by the lodge and the singing of America were to conclude the program. * Mrs. L. D. Henderson entertained with a bridge luncheon for Miss Daisy Wilder, of Elyria, Ohio, who was visiting her cousin, Mrs. H. L. Faulkner. Twenty-four guests enjoyed the afternoon. The Explorer was to be in Juneau and take part in the Fourth of July celebration according to a wire received by Tom McDonald, sports committee chairman. Thirty-four license plates had been issued to Juneau automobile owners in the last two days, A. E. Gurr, City Clerk, announced. First license, No. 119, was issued to Marin Lavenik. head driver for the Juneau Fire Department. Mr. Gurr said that as far as possible he was issuing the same license numbers as had been held by automobile owners. Resignation of C. J. Woofter as Court Librarian was announced by Judge T. M. Reed, to be effective about July 1. Mr. Wofter had accepted a position in the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court at Nome, as Deputy Clerk and Recorder in the U. S. Land Office there. F. O. Burkhardt. superintendent of the Tee Harbor cannery, arrived in Juneau the previous afternoon on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Jaeger and their daughter, Hazel, returned on the Queen after spending the winter in California. They brought a Franklin sedan home with them. R. J. Browne had resumed his former position at Thane and was to have charge of taking out the heating system and other work that he had assisted to install two years previously. Tom Cashen, Jr., started to work in the mess house at Thane the beginning of the week. Names of the contestants for the Goddess of Liberty contest were to be given on June 15, according to A. J. Ficken, chairman of the com mittee in charge. Ballot boxes were open at Burford's Corner, the Juneau Parlors and the Brunswick. Weather was generally fair and somewhat warmer with gentle variable winds. Maximum temperature was 62 and minimum was 52. „ Daily Lessons in Enylish w. l. Gordon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Such statements are nothing else but absurd." Say, “nothing else THAN absurd.’ OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Resume (noun). Pronounce ra-zu-ma, both A’s as in RAY, U as in UNITE, principal accent on last syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Supersede; SEDE, not CEED or CEDE. SYNONYMS: Obedient, obeying, submissive, dutiful, yielding. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours." Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: INCUBUS; anything that tends to weigh down or discourage. (Pronounce first U as in UNITE, accent first syllable). “Superstiton! that horrid incubus which dwelt in darkness .... is passing away without re turn."—Carlyle | MODERN ETIQUETTE ^Roberta lee Q. Is it courteous for a person in a store to tell a clerk, “I am just looking around?" A. Yes. The goods are on display, and a person has the privilege, without buying; but one should never handle the various articles. Q. When serving a breakfast between 11 A. M. and 12:30, should it be in the form of a breakfast or a luncheon? A. A luncheon. Q. What day of the week should a girl choose for her wedding. A. This is altogether a matter of choice; she may choose any day desired. I r———-— --. LOOK and LEARN a! c. GORDON 1. What two men have been the subject of the greatest number of i biographers in the world? 2. What percentage of one's education is obtained through the j eyes? 3. How many square miles are there in the United States? 4. What is the difference in meaning between "allusion” and “il ! lusion”? 5. What is commonly termed as "the most interesting organ” in the | human body? ANSWERS: 1. Jesus of Nazareth and Napoleon Bonaparte. 2. About 85 per cent. 3 . 3,026,789 square miles. 4. An allusion is an indirect reference or hint. An illusion is an unreal image, or deceptive appearance. 5. The brain. in overcoming attacks from time to time by members of the opposition party. Good aspects of Jupiter pro mise strong power of the United States will cheer the British people through coming weeks in which the first light of dawning triumph will appear, dimly at first but stronger as the weeks pass. Persons whose birthdate it Is have the augury of a year when there will be happiness in the family despite wartime changes. Finances should be watched. Children born on this day prob ably will be intense in their emo tions, mentally keen and exception ally talented. They should be most carefully educated. (Copyright. 1942) SECOND QUARTER TAX PAYMENTS ARE DUE MONDAY The second quarterly installments of 1941 Income tax are due not later than Monday, June 15. No tices have been mailed from the Collector of Internal Revenue at Tacointi, Washington, to taxpayers who elected to pay their tax in this manner. Taxpayers who fail to make payments on or before June 15, forfeit the installment privilege and the entire balance of their tax becomes due immediately. Failure to receive the notice from the Collector will not relieve any person from the requirement t-f making his payment within the time prescribed. Remittances will be received by the local Internal Revenue Office in the form of check or money order made payable to the Collector of Internal Rev enue. ODD FELLOWS WILL HAVE CHURCH SERVICE The Resurrection Lutheran Church will be host to the members'of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Worship Ser vioe tomorrow at 11 o’clock. The Fasrors special sermon for the occasion will be “Nelghborliness as Revealed by Jesus” and special music will consist of a solo by Mrs. Eunice Nevin and a women's quartet composed of Mrs. J. O. Rude, Mrs. R. Rhoten, Miss D. Fors and Miss L. Rude. r* | DIRECTORY Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel 4 \ Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgrcn Building Phone 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 ajn. to 6 p.m. ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. - — — =?• . Graduate Los Angeles College ol Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. Carler Morluary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 i .. i t First Aid Headquarters for Abused Hair Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Hair Problems Sigrid9s Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third JAMES C. COOPER C. P. A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. ‘‘Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 8:00 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 Archie B. Beits PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Audits Taxes Systems Bookkeeping Bin. 9, Triangle Bldg. Phone 676 "Say It With Flowers" but "SAY IT WITH OURS l" Juneau Florists Phone 311 Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—Oil Burners Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal "Guy Smith-Drugs" (Careful Prescriptionlsts) NVAL Family Remedies HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM JUNEAU - YOUNG Hardware Company PAINTS—OTI, GLASS Shel' and Heavy Hardware i Guns and Ammunition BUY DEFENSE BONDS MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTIJ Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. R. W. COWLING, Wor shipful Master; JAMES W. LEIV ERS, Secretary. bTroelks. Meets every 2nd and 4th Wedncs- | days at 8 P. M. Visiting Brothers' welcome. ARTHUR ADAMS, j Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES,' ^Secretary. PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone It—M "The Rexall Siore" Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. TIDE CALENDARS FREE Harry Race, Druggist "The Store for Men" SABINS Front St—Triangle Bldg. You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF COFEFE SHOP FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates Paul Bloedhorn S. FRANKLIN STREET RCA Victor Radios and RECORDS Juneau Melody House Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone 65 INSURANCE Shalluck Agency CALIFORNIA j Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices WHITE— TRUCKS and BUSSES NASH CARS Christensen Bros. Garage 909 WEST 12TH STREET ■.. ■ “HORLUCK’S DANISH” Ice Cream Flavors Peppermint Candy, Fudge Ripple, Rum Royal, Cocoanut Grove, Lemon Custard, Black Cherry, Caramel Pecan, Black Walnut, Raspberry Ripple, New York, Rock Road, Chocolate, Strawber ry and Vanilla— at the GUY SMITH DRUG H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING ZORIC SYSTEM CLEANING Phone 15 Alaska Laundry 11 1S91—Hall a Cenlnry of Banking—1941 The B. M. 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