The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 14, 1932, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1932. Dail yiA las;k;l Em pl;re i PRESIDENT AND EDITOR ERAL MANAGER JOHN W. TROY ROBERT W. BENDER - - i hg except Sunday by the ablished every evening except Sunday m’;‘m‘u-: PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered In the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier In Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thane for §1.25 per month | e following rates: | months, in advance, | f they will promptly failure or irregularity Wl v delivery r papers. " elephone for Editorial and Business Offices, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. he Associated Press i o “.'I l(nr republication of all news dispatc hes credited (u‘ it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the | focal news published herein. i a to the LASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER ALASKAAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION | THE AMERICAN FLAG. June 14, Flag Day, has ever carried the deepest meaning to every true American. This year the day will carry a tenfold significance, as the nation cele- brates the Two Hundred Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington. is and will be known to every American as long as our country lives. On June 14, 1777, Congress resolved: “That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, that the Union be thir- teen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.” In these simple words, authority was given to General Washington to design the flag, and on the same day tradition has it that he went to the house of Betsy Ross on that visit which has become one of the finest pages of American folklore. With him, according to the account, went Robert Morris and George Ross, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the uncle of Betsy Ross's de- ceased husband. On entering her modest home in Arch Street, Philadelphia, they are said to have found Mistress Ross busy at her needlework and humming a tune— softly, however, so that she might hear the tinkle of the bell on the door of her shop at the front of the house—and George Washington thus simply stated his errand; “Mistress Ross, we have come to ask you to help in making a flag for our country. We do not feel pleased with the grand union flag because of the King's colors in the canton, so we have planned another.” The “grand union” flag referred to by Washing- ton was the one he himself had designed and first flung to the breeze in January 1, 1776, during his siege of Boston. This was at a time when the Revolutionists still felt they were fighting, not the British King, but his Ministers; hence Washington’s flag consisted of the thirteen alternate red and | white stripes, but bore in crosses of St. George and St. Anthony. By 1777 the Revolutionists were fighting solely for an American nation, and they wanted an American flag. Mrs. Ross, it is said, undertook the making of the flag eagerly, and with an exalted sense of the unusual honor conferred upon her. Not only that, she even suggested to Washington a slight correction in the design, which bore six-pointed stars instead of the five-pointed type of heraldry. With a snip of her scissors she cut a folded paper and held forth a perfect five-pointed star to show what she meant. For a few minutes longer the design was discussed, and as quickly as nimble fingers could execute the task, Mrs. Ross had the flag in being. So, in this homely fashion which so well suits the American spirit, was born the emblem by Wash- ington, coming almost like a direct gift from him, to fly ever since over the nation that he also de- signed. Today, every American is privileged to ponder on the stupendous human events and influ- ences that have flowed from this simple incident at the house of Betsy Ross a century and a half ago. When that flag was designed and made there was not a true Republic in existence. Since then the principles set in motion by George Washington and his fellow patriots have extended themselves to the uttermost parts of the earth. More than an emblem of sovereignty, the flag that Washington planned has been a symbol of human freedom, of equal opportunity, and political liberty wherever mankind has sought and fought for these things. Flags have flown for the vanity of kings. Flags have been hated by millions of people, as repre- senting nothing but conquest and oppression. Many of the cruelties, prejudices. injustices that men have forced on each other have been wrought under the sanction of some similar emblem. The flag that will fly from thousands of masts today, is the one given us by George Washington, to float as the first bright banner of unstained honor, over a people for whom he prepared a great destiny. It drew the early patriots from comfortable homes, from the security of their occupations and from the love of their families, to fight for the larger world which we inherit. What to them was a far ideal is to us the great reality. No good American will neglect to ask himself how well he preserves the courage, the spirit of sacrifice belong- ing to those men and women who gave us this priceless heritage, on this returning anniversary of the day when their flag was born. Hardly had the American flag appeared when it began to play an important part in our history. It first was flung in the face of the enemy less than two months after its creation, at Fort Stanwix, on August 3, 1777. It was first carried into battle by George Washington's troops at the Battle of the Brandywine, September 11, 1777. It was first saluted by the British at the surrender of Burgoyne, October 17, 1777. On February 14, 1778, John Paul Jones took the first salute to the flag as a naval emblem : he sailed the “Ranger” into Quiberon Bay, France. On 24, the same year he forced the For to General Washington, | tradition credits a leading part in the very design- ing of the flag, and what he did to give it meaning | its canton the king's| fir striking of colors to the American flag by the British ship “Drake,” in a British port. In 1787 the flag was first carried around the world by the ship “Columbia,” sailing from Boston. It was first flown in battle in the Pacific by the U. S. Frigate “Esez” in 1813, and in the next year it inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star Spangled Banner.” Once, in 1794, when Vermont and Kentucky join- | ed the Union, the Stars and Stripes were increased | to 15; but in 1818 Congress fixed the final form of the flag as of thirteen stripes, with a star to represent each State. On April 6, 1909, Admiral Peary planted the first American flag at the North Pole. Since then Admiral Byrd has carried it to both poles. Wherever it has gone it has meant honor and achievement, but this year it floats in honor of the greatest of Americans and the great- achievements—George Washington, and his creation of the United States. est of AN AMBITIOUS UNDERTAKING. Goshaw, Seward Peninsula fur farmer and trader, former Nome miner and once upon al George to the Chicago Fair next year. He has done a lot| of Alaska mushing, usually with a dog team, but ht" may find the Continental plains and mountain| passes harder sledding than the snow roads 01\ Northern Alaska. | While we do not have a lot of regard for this ambition of Mr. Goshaw, we wish him all the luck in the world. Senator Moses, Republican President pro tem of | the Senate, predicts that the Democrats will finally | |nominate Senator Bulkley of Ohio for President.| |He bases his prediction on the fact that sanutor; iEquon is a man of great ability and good sense fand one who makes friends. He thinks the cir- |cumstance that the country does not know him {well would be an asset as a candidate for no one |could have anything against him and all that would |heard would be good. The much touted, if not notorious, book “Wash- ington Merry Go Round” says Congresswoman Ruth | |Bryan Owen, just defeated for renomination, is one| |of the most attractive attractions for dinner parties lin Washington. It partly accounts for this by | ‘saying that she is the only Congresswoman with sex |appeal. Possibly the “Washington Merry Go Round” | caused her defeat in Florida, notwithstanding she |ran against a wet. An American Voice. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) Among Memorial Day speeches that of Former | Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri, stands out as | masterpiece of patriotic oratory. Senator Reed, at Arlington, was at his best. His jentrancing oratory thrilled the patriotic heart. But ;n was his stern indictment of the “pale and anaemic | pacifist,” whose beliefs and formulas cast reflection (upon the Nation's defenders, living and dead, which |should inspire us to “keep to the old faith. No pulpit fulmination calling for the cancella- tion of international debts, for the relief of a | stricken and unregenerate |the American taxpayer ought to assume and pay the entire indebtedness of the World War rang out upon the sacred airs of Arlington—as was the case {in a number of speeches made elsewhere. On tha |contrary, Senator Reed pointed out to the worth- lessness of treaties, which well may be “but paper pacts quickly consumed in hatred’s smouldering fires,” and to the paucity of good resulting to Am- erica from conferences and conventions proposing and pledging programs of international amity. In the wide sweep of history Senator Reed envisioned marching hosts hastening toward one incomparable goal—the goal of human liberty; a majestic traverse which found immortal culmina- ition on the battlefields of the American Revolu- tion. He adjured this people that because of the |spirit of '76 we today enjoy the; widest civil liberty that the races of mankind have known. James A. Reed is an American of that strong type so much needed in these days. Suspending Assessment Work. (Seward Gateway.) The suggestion by the Senate Mining Commit- tee that assessment work be suspended this year for the purpose of relieving distress is like closing down the factory to save the employer from pay- ing wages. Doubtless there are many cases where pros- pectors might be relieved of a burden through this suspension, but it would have an opposite effect on unemployment when it is considered that more absentee claim holders would be involved. Instead of suspension of assessment work it would appear more logical to demand and encour- age its performance and thus give many idle men ;Bn opportunity to earn a few dollars while at the same time press forward development. It is difficult to differentiate between individual claims, held by prospectors and groups held by corporations, etc. Under the suspension rules these latter could suspend operations where all work was being done on a group through a distinctive working. Any step looking to the retarding of mining work would have a detrimental effect in Alaska. If nothing else, it would enable parties to hold large areas of ground without an attempt to develop it and thus deprive others of a chance to acquire a holding. It is known that this system is in vogue in many regions, where a man would be better off with one claim and developing that than holding |the country in the hopes that someone would buy him out. Tinged with Desperation. | (Seattle Times.) ' As a direct threat Bishop Cannon declares that (f the two great parties go wet, the dries will “in- |sist that the people ignore both platforms” and |vote hereafter for Senators and Representatives {who will labor, not for the welfare of the country, |but, in his own words, “for the best interests of |the Prohibition cause.” Here, one might say, would |be a case of unparalleled arrogance if the Bishop's ultimatum were not so strongly tinged with des- | peration. The United States and France are declared near |an agreement on an “arms slash.” If it is like previous understandings, America will slash, but France will keep its arms.—(Seattle Times.) To be honest, we must say that m} “swat the dry” slogan is just as “lousy” as the term “scoff-| law.”—(Cincinnati Enquirer.) The question now seems to be whether to put a wet plank in the platform or just fasten the whole thing together with corkscrews.—(Ohio State Journal.) Gov. Roosevelt counts that day lost whose low descending sun sees not another State delegation Cant Marry by Julia Cleft-Addams =N SYNOPSIS: Dr. Tallas is trying to blackmail Georgie Townsend into betraying a bs- iness sccret. He knows that che is married to Eddie Town- send, though to keep her em- ployer, Grafton Matching, from discharging her, she has let him believe that Jennie is Mrs. Townsend. Garth Aveney, the ncphew of Matching, believes Jenny is married. CHAPTER 37. WEDDING PRESENTS “Waiter!” called Georgie. She shut the bag with a snap and straightened. high color and her bright, amber- gleaming eyes. She wondered what he wouid think if he knew that it was anger that made her look her best last few days but that deep, proud, cold scorn that is like a sword. “Waiter!” © Then, as he came hurrying to the table: “Get me a taxi. And my bill!” She added to Tallas, without looking at him— “When we get to Rochester Gate, you shall see Mr. Matching alone, be sure of that. I shan't interfere in any way. And Il tell my cousin what you said about her manners; it will amuse her.” Even without looking at him she sensed his stupefication. His color was leaden and his mouth slack |j with the shock. “You must have been very sure |\ that you would succeed,” she said, almost idly. “I can't imagine why though. Because you've never known what it is to keep a job by sheer hard work—win it and hold it and love it.” She threw back her head and laughed. “Why, you poor fool, if T were times as selfish and ambitious as T am—a million times —a million, million times—I would never break faith with my job.” By a flicker in his gaze, knew that someone was standing at her elbow. She thought the waiter and held out her hand for her bill. But— “Wondered if there were any kind of a difficulty, anywhere?” murmered the cool voice of Garth Aveney. She swung around in her chair and looked up at him. He was always hard to read, but she was| sure that he had not heard Tt pretty any part of the conversation. Europe—no proposal that|was only that he had sensed trou- | ble between her and the man who had half-risen from his chair on the opposite side of the table. She laughed again. She had sud-| denly realized that there would be no need for Tallas to go to Roch- ester Gate. “This gentleman,” she said to Aveney, “has been trying to black- maily me because he has discover- ed that it was I and not my cous- in Jenny who married Eddie Town- send last Saturday. He was threat- ening to go straight to Mr, Match- ing but it isn%t necessary—is it? —now that you are here, I mean, you can accept my resignation from the job here and now, can't you? And, of course, I'l see the Old Man tomorrow, after you have bro- ken the news to him. But I'm pretty certain that, secretly, he has known about it all the time.” “Look here,” began Talles, get- ting nimbly to his feet, “there's no need whatever for anyone to make a scene—" The rest of the pronouncement was smothered in the scene that immediately followed; for one man cannot throw another out of a city grill-room without making some slight commotion, some passing dis- arrangement of the furniture, and fittings. Still, Georgie was oblig- ed to admit that the thing was neatly done. One moment, Tallas was swaggering at the table and 'the next, he was not near the ta- ble at all. \And the rest of his exit was to match. She sat quietly while she waited for Aveney to come back to her. She felt no emotion. She said to herself—“I have lost my job!" but it didn't seem to mean anything. Probably the full pain of it would be with her by the morrow. At the moment, she minded more the peering curiosity of the other din- ers. The man who had glanced so admiringly was getting off the GETTING ALONG The sure way to get to save some money ALL the time. It isn’t necessary to make large deposits, as small and frequent addition: make your bank balance grow amazingly fast. We pay four per cent on savings accounts compounded A man nearby|bL time a Deputy United States Marshal, plans to walk|looked at her admiringly, at her bad spoilt marriage by haggling it or but I don't think it's fair t—not the petty angers of the a thousand | greedy and | she | { it was| N = Cam SCe=rm=le chair he had mounted for a better nd now,” remarked Aveney re- caring, quite collectively, at her ‘perhaps you'll say it all at! ice more. T was never quick he uptake. Especially the bit Jenny.” 1 Oh!” whispered Georgie. | was as though a mist had 16y Behind his lazy ‘cour-; she had glimpsed something she recognized as a deep, vi-, demand. at had been in Eddie’s eyes | Before she had spoilt love' pricing it so high, before she| it; before she had chosen hes and glitter and good times | i of the little house where would make the curtains and would mow the lawn.... o cle ir she Eddie ! 2 was trembling. Go and ask Jenny,” she com-| manded. “She’s at home, quite alone. She’ll tell you—all you want te know. You see, T've got to go| and find Eddie. Oh, how I wish |1 knew exactly where he is!” “He's at the airfield, he got a| mechanic’s job there” said Aven- | |ey. After a staring pause. “I was| [talking to him only this afternoon d he said he’'d be on overtime | But look here, about your | y uncle—" | “I've lost it. There are no 1w0’ ys about that. And now I want to go and tell Eddie so, I can’t talk | to you about anything else to-| night.” We have a very heavy day in| |front of us” said Garth Aveney, |slipping into top coat and turning| ly out of Eyle Street. “First, of all, we have to go to & wedding | |by a justice of the peace.” Oh, but I don't want—I don't| " Jenny's protest, half-bliss- was drowned by his laugh-| | “You are a forward hussy. This| is not your wedding, but Miss Bri-| gitta Deering’s. She is remarrying | {her last husband, and as I have| been urging it for months, I am to be a witness. You will wail outside in the car, urless the bridegroom drags you in, too.* “The bridegroom?” { “Ryder Vale. You knew Vale was| Brigitta's first husband, didn't |you?” | " Jenny murmered something. It |didn’t seem very much to matter what ‘And then,” pursued Aveney, “we are going shopping. When we |have bought you a ring, we have % buy you 24 birthday presents, ap with. No, I know it isn't your I®Birthday, bt it happens to be mine and in future we are always go- ing to celebrate the wrong birth- day on the right day. You follow me, of course?” | “And then?” “Then you have to find Georgie and Eddie and tell her she had| no business to leave you all alone in that apartment at night, with- out a word of explanation. And then you have to come back to town to dine with the Old Man.| And then—" | “And then it will be dusk,” said Jenny, too softly for his to hear. “The loveliest time of the day.” His shoulder touched hers as the car moved smoothly forward. Now they were slipping past Mrs. Big- | gerss’ shop Now they must be a distant distorted shadow in her copper urn. Now they were past Milli's and now they were in the Park and the golden day was theirs. “You happy, heart?” “Hapoy. .. " Now they were speding away from all loneliness and unhappiness for ever more. Now she was love- ly and beloved and guarded and companioned. A golden girl! “Happy, my girl?” In the circle of Eddie’s arms Georgie stirred. “Yes, I'm happy.” She moved so that she could see the dreary outlook from the room in which they stood. “And I'm going to stay happy,” she added, half to herself. t's go house-hunting, my dear.” my little sweetest along in this world is In his eyes was a g ! e dragged herself to her feet || and some silver strings to tie them |~ “In a minute. Tell me again what the Old Man said when you rang him up last night on the phone.” “He sald—A week off! For a honeymoon? Didn’t I tell'you nev- er to let me hear of your getting married, Revell? Well, I can' break my word, is that clear? Youll have to resign. No, no, you can't resign. No one else can hear what d away between her and MI. |1 qu 1)) have to resign myself, | ® and you can work for me privately and Matching House can mind its own business, for once! Anyway, guessed it was you Townsend had married!” “And you said—" “And I said—T would have liked to my husband. He doesn't wan’ me to work after I'm married. And |} then he said he'd given me three years' salary as a wedding pr . . So now we can go out into cunshine, Ed, and you won't trou- ble about the traffic at all! Be- cause now that I'm perfectly hap-! py, you simply must be perfectly well.” He looked at her, adoration in his eyes. And she stood there, tall and splendid and gallant, re- fusing to remember or to regret. All that she had held so high was thrust behind her for ever—ahead was poverty and love. A golden girl! (Copyright, Julia Cleft-Addams.) THE END S RNS L A 4 Old papers for sale at Emplre Office. PROFESSIONAL PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 410 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 i DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Fiours 9 ar. to 8 pm. . Ur. Charles P. 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