The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 25, 1933, Page 2

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— the joy that confidenc vantage. duress. rom our assortment wi assure tion. Juneau’s Leading Department S AMERICA’S 10 A PARADOX BIGGEST PROBLEMS “up the stahdard of Ogburn. One way to hel he laapacity. (o ‘plirchase of fool kilch as thi ard of living is reduced. To know that the lines of your figure conform to the correct styles—and with- out discomfort—is to feel brings when the smartness of your dress shows to ad- And that is why a correct corset ‘i8so im- portant in the matter’ of A properly fitted corset complete satisfac B. M. Behrends Co,, Getting More of the Good Things of Life POVERTY IN/THE: MIDST OF PLENTY e Il tore No. 9.. Py This is the ninth article of a series. in which Professor William _ Fielding Ogburn dis- cusses what he considers the 10 biggest problems facing America. ! ‘Problein ‘For Ycutig People ' It i3 'also ‘serious for ‘the' young people who have been out of high school three, four or five years and, have been given no opportun- ity to form habits of thrift, skill, and ambition because of lack of cxpvloymem When, the present crisis is past, but let ,us hope not forget, the preat task will be to raise the By WILLIAM FIELDING OGBURN Research Direetor, The President’s Committee for Recent Social standard of living. Trends Many times, in. history the fight’ (Written for the Associated |for more of thé good things of Press.) life has led to revolution and ap- propriation: of Jand and property from ‘those who have by those who have net. The problem with regard to the standard of living in the next few years will be to prevent it from| being lowered. : ‘We probably. shall be sloW 8)y.04arg of living seems Yo bé to! coming jeut of the present depred<|;.;isiripute wealth. This has been $Ptie: 1t may taks. {rom-ona w,the constant theme of radicals. three oc four years, in which a8 )\ noy g new progrim has aris- tbe €economic forces will be driving len showing that By increasing| down the living standards. It has teken a long time to bring them to| Prodgmio g disliuten ., e standard of uvlng will also be} the present level. ! raised, («For 10 or 15 years following the century the changs| 1f 8l Of the wealth of the world of life was \,_,ry | were ‘divided ekually among every | wage earner: person, the fise in ‘the standard up more . rapidly durmv ‘he ‘of living would only be slight and] iod and thereafter. It would ;perhaps temporary, but if an ec- gly be & loss t0 mankind szonomxc organization can be, worked of a third of a century“’“[ 50 that more goods are pro- w Jost in the few years of‘duced and distributed, the stand- the ‘presept depression. ard of living may be increased “‘Sharing Jobs a Necessity 2 for_sharing work by those l mun effectively. The present depression nas _Jjobs with those who own a new light on this prob- m is a necessity measure|l*m for now we have plenty off i g the terrible ravages|vroduction and bulging warehous-! present . unemployment, bulih but a lowered standard of liv-} _moty be allowed to serve,ing and hungry men. for keeping the income The problem is to work out an | [/ the depression is over.j copomic organization so the ca-! or those out of work the stan- Pacity of purchase will flow. along living already has fallen at tne same rate as the capacity | ] The aim here should|to produce. If this problem can bé solved the danger of regres- sion to the standards of misery years of earlier times will be removed rill my mfl: and prospects of a much higher of thousands and [standard of living will be in sight .mm unemployed Favorable Factors Cited - very n-:‘ the retiring| Theére are a number of favorable W ,'lu-bu employed “Redistribuling Wcalth One Way”| The simplest way of raising the| have prohibited immigration and One is the fact that we | |our population is Increasing much more 'slowly than' it was. If we have fewer people among whom to divide the gains, -each will get more, The second fevorable. factor is that our hatural respurces will he plentiful, for at least @ decade and probably for a much longer time. The third favorable factor is in- vention. and technelogical develop- ment, which gives. every prospect of yielding a ter and reater production of wealth. With these three factors fal if the ec- onomic organimmmb can be made to function better, it. ought fo be possible to. contemplate within, the lives of perhaps many of the read- ers a much higher standard of liv- ling for most of our countrymen— far above the poverty level. Other Probletils Stand Out Two_other problems should be Imentioned. One is to try to raise ithe standard of living in those few regions less favorably eihnhed as, [for instance, in outlying towns and villages, and among the suhb-mar- ginal farms. The _second prob- lem deals with acerfain centage of mankind who sjill. will remain the victims of accident and cir- ,cumstances. . For tfiau more in the way of provision of soml n- surance a| t disease, \ ng!oy- ment and age wilt pe On the whole the outlook is very 'duk_ for the mext few years and will demand the infelligent gppli- cation of all of the forces of so- ‘| ciety, but In the long run the pros- pect is bright for a world without poverty, MONDAY: “wappiness — A Public Policy.” The most cher- ished desire of many is happi- ness, says Professor Ogburm, although little is known about HOTEL ZYNDA Large Samplée Sooms TR MILK, Case . . . . . Libb, Spartan Flour, 4) Ibs. $1. 50 Best North Dakota Hardwheat TED DOOGAN PASSES AWAY The Weather LOCAL DATA [By the U. 8. Weather. Bureau) J. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneaw and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., Feb. 25: |Snow or rain tonight and Sunday; moderate southeasterly winds. 1 pound 86¢ "5 Raspberrws OREGON FA N GOLD SHIELD COFFEE 2 pounds Bl(wkbernes, Loganberrws, LIBBY'S F! F i‘anquettéé, I 1b. 5 pounds $1.35 ial will be held at Monrovia under the auspices of th: Knights of Columbia and simultaneously a re- quiem mass will be held in the tholic Church at Doug! average amount for the whole sea- son which is 108 inches. Since November 26, the ground has not free of snow. Snow fell but a thaw -26th. It fell and there has cen under two inches at any 6 cans . $1.00 NCY 25¢ | Snow cov- of the season to date was on Fcbruary 23, 192 inches. In 1917, snow fell on November 28 and from that date until Ap- (Y WL\I NL' Saturday, Monday, Tuesday | and W ednesday ril 28, 1918, five months, it covered the ground. The greatest amount rded at any one time was 43.8 €3, on Ma 13, 1918. TIMES LOOKING UP Douglas Resnder_\t Dies in. mme Barometer Temp. mymuny Wina veloctty Weither Monrovia—Widow, 10 |# pm. vesty g L 89 E Rain-Snow Child S 3 ;4 am. today 20.40 30 86 s 3 Cldy midren Survive !Nann today 2054 . 32 % SE 10 Stiow Ted J. Doogan died at the Mon-| CABLE AND RADIO REPOGRTS rovia Sanitarium, Monrovia, Cal,|" ESTE at 12:15 o'clogk this morning ac-{, b e TODAY ing to a radiogram received hy| Highest 4p.m. Lowest Doogan from the Sisters of| Statlon temp. temp. ! temp. t::n!: :;;‘.WT::? w‘:.fi:,, of the sanitarium. | Barrow . -28 . =28 -34 .34 4 0 Clépr Doogan, prominent resident| Nome -8 -8 -2 .3 6 0 Clear Douglas for the past 20 years,| Bethel 4 <18 =18 =20 -20 16 0 Cigar ] (1' born in Ireland, 48 years and|Fort Yukon <10 - =10 B T 1 0 Clear N0 months ago. He l:ft for Cali- ana =127 1% | '-32 32 0 [ Clear f 1 about one month ago in|Fairbanks 410 /S1e -18 -14 4 Trace Snow > at a warmer climate would Bagle -18 -22 32 -2 v s, Darigold, Bor(h LS s health. Death resulted|St. Paul ha P Vo Wl b iR Duteh Harbor ... 16 12 }acas fde o e 0 PLOly survived by his{ Kodiak 26 24 18 20 12 02 'C,d‘./ ldren. Cordova 40 40 24 36 6 0 Pt.Cldy ployee of the old|funcau 36 3 [“30" 80 8 &3 " Clay then left for{SitEa 39 = [ o - 0 Pi.0dy the Healy co and worked| Ketchikan 4 38 | sh8ay v 8 8 88 "Cidy " there for a returning later|Princs Rupert 40 40 .88 a8 2 ;9 ; */FISHER’S BLEND THE SAME PRICE b Dugias and for the past several[dmoriton LW e T e sagee? years has been with the Alaska-{Seattle 44 44 R e 16 Trace Rain Yiriean Portland . 48 46 4 46 6 Trace Rain Mr. was a member of|San Francisco 62 60 | 62 &2 6 0 Clear the - Eagle Knights of Co- PP .y Tok al serv and bur- The barometric pressure has risen throughout Alaska but re- mains uusually low in the Gulf o° Alaska and moderately low from the central Interior to British Cslumbia accompanied by moderate snow or rain in Southeast Alaska and light snow at seattered poinis rear the Gulf and in the southern Interior. rately high in Western and Northern Alaska and the Pacific States with clear weather in Northern and Western Alaska. The pressure is mod- Temperatures have risen in the Interior and have changed but little in other districts. —— ALWAYS FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES AT CALIFORNIA GROCERY Prompt Delivery PHONE 478 B.M. Behrends Co., Inc. i Grogery, Department—PHONE 5 im o SAYS F. A. METCALF BACK FROM SOUTH| F. A. Meicalf, well known min- g and civil engin: urned on Northland from trip to the south on bu UNITED FOOD Co. We Deliver CASH GROCERS that elusive state of being. ¢ Bolving the problems of family relationship is the most im- ‘pottant step toward happiness, he asserts. The development cf a widespread program of mental hygiene also will help bring. people clcser to this will ¢ the wigp, he says in his next article Monday. (Copyright, 1933, The Press) Associated | Secret Service Eyes To Guard Inaugural (Continued wom Pags One) S assassination. - Six others have been stationed at the White House t0 guatd President Hoover, ahd ab Yeast two usually accompany Mrs. Hoover. Whether the White House staff Of sectét sérvice guards is en- larged or not as a measure of added precaution, it may undergo somie shifts ~ of personnel aftér needed.|jearby. The precaution b Maich 4 since Gus Gemerich, per- onal attendant to Roosevelt, wm sccompany him here. Veteran Has Served 25 Years In any case the staff is quite certain to, include Richard Jervis, Chief ofthe White House Secret Bervice , Who has been at the White, the last 25 years. Nor are’ the changes likely to in- tlude Col. E. W. Starling or George bresher. glao old-timers. It has W Starling’s cusiomary duty to prevede. Presidents on their trips throughout the country. He has arranged, d of time, the personne\ of police details, looked | ver the gxact route the Preside nt | Would travel ,and guietly investi- gated all the people expected to :e most. Closely assobiated with him ; uring the visit, even. including! newspaper men whé would have to! talk to him. Keep 24-Hour Guard The Chlet Exéeutive never le. the Wnite without some ofl the * Becret Service agents dlways heen part of the f ties surfounding the Presiden:. 1t was bub intp force followins tha| u\mihxm of Président McKin- ley. Meveh. wil find two or three ol _agents always station OUtSIdé his 6ITiee In the west wing ! df the White House. Even when ' time in 3 to Tacoma, riland on business. LOCAL SNOWFALL - | I MURE While busin still a little quiet now it looks though the coming summer would be the best perienced in some years. There considerable unemployment, but the situation is being handled in THAN 165 INCHES =50 [More Snow Fa"s PR Wina| o BT AR S ter than Ever Before Except 1917-18 M Snowfall for tne current 1932-| 33 season has totaled '165.7 inches in Juneau, according to official fi- gures compiled by the local Unit- Saloum’s Seward Street, moar Second D e e P S Phone 403 3 For Expert Phone 485 Wmdow Cleanmg l D S—— ed States Weather Bureau station. It is more than ever fell in any » entire season here before, except | foeemeeme i — onle. the tir f 1917-1918 JUNEAU FRO {‘ n the entire season o - the total snowfall here was 2463 SHOPPE inches. It is not believed that this| season’s total will reach that fi-| gure. “Exclustve but not Expensive” Coats, Dresses, Lingerie New Wall Paper Here! See the New 1933 Patterns. Freshen Up the Home. Full line of Bmlflm’ MOORE PAINTS JUNEAU PAINT STORE It is, however, far above the 1y ane ity THE CHAS. W. CARTER MORTUARY Corner 4th and Franklin Sts. “The Last Service Is the Greatest Tribute” FRESH BAKEDd DELICACIES . Phone 136-2 an HOME OF “HOME MADE BREAD* JUNEAU BAKERY ¢ 1.1 (Next to Juneau Drug): with this NEW money-saving tube Our Bervices to Glng Phnk of Every Passellg!bcm ng Boa! THE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS The Gastineau You Begin and End at the Rexall MILK of MAGNESIA Tooth Paste Grown-ups and children alike will enjoy fifl:l fascinating jig saw,puzzle of Tom Mix and his horse, Tony. . 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