The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 30, 1931, Page 2

<) MEMORIAL @ DAY To the Heroes of America land o To sacrificed their lives to our we pay homage on this day. MEMORIAL DAY to all those who g f liberty, them we owe undying honor and gratitude for all that we enjoy beneath the stars and str flies in their memory today. B. M. Behrends & Co., Inc. ipes that “Juneaw’s Leading Dept. Store.” In Memoriam W hile fame her records keep “Nor shall your Glory be forgot, Or honor points the hallowed spot Where valor proudly sleeps.” Juneau Young Hardware.Co. S, FINAL LIQUIDATION SALE | The Leader Department Store PHONE 454 We bow in respectful silence to the Spirit that pimated’ those martyrs who have fought our causes and preserved our National entity. FIRST NATIONAL BANK JUNEAU Canadian Hens Bearing Heavy Responsibilities OTTAWA, Ont, May 30— The hen is one of the greatest factofs through these days of stress, Fred C. Elford, Dominion. poultry huis- bandman, sald or his return from the Pacific Coast. “Poultry 1is carrying thln(\ alone,” he said. “For the farm- ers have the feed on Hand and are turning it into fresh laid dewn to 9 cents a dozen in some sections, the cash. farm- ers are getting for them ecnables them to buy nocessities.” ' Llcnfmm , “NOBE” SCIENCE DECIDES ANN ARBOR Mich. May 30— It is- scientifically good' form now to call even a whisper “noise,” if you feel that way about it. The word is defined scientifically for the first time by the Acoustical Society of America, which declde; “Noise is any undesired soun: This is one of 160 definitions of mittee appointed by the soclety in 1829 to standardize the words. Dr. F. A. Firestone, of the University of Michigan, is chairman of the co- mmittee. ——l American College Boys Win Praise as ‘Studious’ LIEGE, Brussels, May 30—Jules Duesberg, rector of Liege University, who has returned from a three- months’ tour of America, believes that college students there are more studious than here and less dis- MEMORIAL DAY E,Hwoust.lcal terms made by a coni- Papers for sale at Empu-e Office tracted from thelr studies by out- sige interests. Duesberg was in America be- : |and’ interpretation to the ideals and s|health as a result of their war service, has been a major objective | _ man in need. i |adequate number of hospital beds . |by Congress. When the program | will F |of the Congress to recognize the ¢ |without regard as to whether their | disabilities were contracted in the (Continued from Page One) recognize that to the livxne and to the nation they have a duty to perform if they are to keep faith with their buddies who marched across the brink ot eternity. “Conceived out of the comrade- ship of the World War and dedi- | cated to the spirit of unselfish | service, The American Legion is striving to build, in honor of those a living memorial of service. slogan: ‘In peacc as in war we serve’ has been chosen in the ef- forts to give a practical expression aims of the orgnization. It was fitting, therefore, that The Amer- jcan Legion at its Inception desig- nated service to the disabled vet- eran as its first major objective. The rehabilitation of those who were wounded, who contracted ill of the Legion for nearly a dozen years and it will continue to be as long -as there is a single disabled Legion Presses Demands “The Legion's work for the dis- gbled has been outstanding from year to year but more so this year, perhaps, than ever before. At the last session of Congress when the Legion pressed its demands for an that would make medical care and treatment available to all disabled veterans, a law was passed pro- viding for the bhiggest hospital building program ever authorized is completed it will provide a total of 1,717 beds for sick and disabled veterans who have heretofore been unable to obtain treatment because of the overcrowded conditions in the. hosptials. “The enactment of this measure is important not only because it fill an immediate need for hospital beds but because it marks the first serious effort on the part responsibility of the Government toward all disabled ex-service men in. accordance with the existing provisions of the law. Under the World War Veterans' Act all ex- service men are entitled to medi- cal care and hospital treatment service. Althought this has been the law of the land, veterans have| never received. the full benefits it authorized for the simple reason that scarcely enough beds were available to care for those suffer- ing with service connected dis- | abilities. . Committed to Policy | cases. While the Legion believes that a larger number of beds should bave been authorized in anticipa- tion of future needs, it appreciates the generous attitude of Congress and realizes that the victory gain- |ed in the passage of the bill will open the way to obtain. complete ustice for all sick and disabled | veterans. “Just as the Legion has a duty |to perform in behalf of disabled who made the supreme sacrifice, |comrades, it likewise serves those | ThiS | wno were made orphans by the war, the dependent children of yeterans who were robbed of op- portunities in life through the pa- triotic service that their ' fathers gave the nation in time of peril. Child welfare work has therefore become an outstanding part of the Legion's program of service. While special consideration is given to the children of veterans, the Le- gion is endeavoring in this work to brmg increased happiness” and THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1931. Obligations of Citizenshi p Are Stressed by Maj. Atkins in Address on Memorial Day better opportunities for the enjoy- ment of life to all under-privileged children through constructive ef- forts in education and legislation. “As a result of the Legion's in- tensive work in the last few years, improved ochild- welfare laws have been cnacted in many States and more thought has been given to ways and means of helping chil- dren than ever before. It is in- teresting to note that when Presi- dent Hoover selected a national commission to study child welfare problems, known as the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, the Legion was ac- corded a prominent place on that commission. Other Work Depicted “Dedicated to the highest of | patriotic ideals and pledged to up- 'hold and defend all of the prin- ‘ciples of freedom and democracy for which our fighting men have laid down their lives, The Ameri- can Legion is vitally concerned with Americanism and citizenship work, the development of a cleaner and better type of American man- hood and womanhood. The Legion's Americanism program embraces a | multitude of worthy activities which " (Continued on P&se Five) It is good contemplate morial Day cere ‘tribute brave souls. This servance of “In passing this new hospital | building program, however, Con- ' gress was definitely committed to| the policy of building hosptials for | non-service connected cases. It was | recognized throughout all of the, hearings on the measure that there | are for all veterans with service con- nected disabilities and the testi- ‘was formulated had to do exelus- ively with non-service connected now sufficient beds to care| mony upon which the new program | 4 marks the achicvements and great their fellowmen. organization joins Juneaw’s Own Store MEMORIAL DAY for the souls of men to have cotablished dates when they may pause to what has been done for them in the establithment of nations and the advancement of civilization, In the lives of all loyal Americans, Mec- deels of It is a day when sin- chould be tendercd to theoe others Memorial Day. ous mmmmmmmmwmwmmmmmmummmimnnmmmmmmnnmmmmmmmmnmlmnnumnumm tween the end of the and the beginning of t and track season. sums---- THAT----The heaviest of these losses occur be- cause of injury te other persons or damage to their property THAT----You can eliminate YOUR risk.of such loss by carrying PUBLIC LIABILITY and PROPERTY DAMAGE INSUR- ANCE with THE MARYLAND CASUALFY €O. 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Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4 p.m. yest'y 30.14 48 87 s 10 Cloudy 4 am. today . 30.24 42 86 NE 1 Cloudy 12 noon today ... 3026 46 12 8 11 Raining vABLE AND RADIO REPORTS: YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4p.m. Lowest 4a.m. 4a.m, Precip, 4am: Station— temp. temp. emp. temp. velocity 24 hrs Weather ‘Barrow 32 - A — — — Nome . 32 32 30 32 02 Cldy Bethel . 38 38 30 32 * b A Cldy Fort Yukon ... 40 40 34 34 12 0 Clear Tanana ... 4 4 28 28 - [ Cldy Fairbanks 44 44 30 30 04 Clear Eagle 54 54 36 36 o 0 Cldy St. Paul . 40 40 30 32 A 0 Clear, Dutch Harbor 46 4“4 | 40 40 _ [} Cldy Kodiak 48 48 34 34 Calm 0o Clear Cordova 40 38 34 38 y 30 Cldy Juneau 48 48 41 2 *: 10 Sitka 50 - 46 46 Calm 0 Cldy Ketchikan ... 60 56 = = = - Prince Rupert 58 56 52 54 . — 0 Clear Edmonton 8 4 = = b - Seattle ... 8 76 56 56 Calm 0 Cldy Portland . 90 90 64 64 R 0 Pt. Cldy San Francisco ... 74 60 52 54 > 0 Cldy *—Less than 10 mlles. The low pressure area in the upper Yukon Valley has moved eastward attended by showers over most of Eastern Alaska, followed by clearing in the eastern Interior. The high pressure area in South- western Alaska has extended to th> central Interior accompanied by generally fair weather and the low pressure area in the western Aleutians has shifted southward. Temperatures have fallen slightly in Eastern Alaska and have risen slightly in Western Alaska. Con- ditions are more favorable for several days of good weather in this vicinity. WHEN THINGS WAKE UP | Spring—hanging up another worn-out Winter— || unlocks the sunshine, flowers and bunnies. Mankind seems to begin again with new hope, | new ambition, and new determination to be prudent, | learning what to seek and what to shun. A bank account of your own is a thing worth striv. ing to have. 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