The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 12, 1933, Page 4

1 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1933 'Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER - - Published every vvening except Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Entered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrler In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mall, postage pald, at the following rates: One year, In advance, $12.00; six months, In a $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.26. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to At or not otherwise c local news published he in. d in this paper and also the |of tenpence |in London vaults, London market, not affected by the heavy premium Hoarders are storing gold estimated now to hold between GENERAL MANAGER |30,000000 pounds and 40,000,000 pounds in Con- an ounce. tinental hoardings. Comparisons of current and earlier prices for some of the British companies have their counter- in our own country. put $1,000 into Sons of Gwalia shares in 1931 could sell now for $50,000. Randfontein Estates Company, valued at $9,000,000 two years ago, is worth today The Alaska Juneau's sensational ; One thousand dollars invested in it when it touched bottom several years ago would have purchased stock that today would bring about $45,000. Homestake part $50,000,000. in values parallels either. For instance, pany to register sensational gains. The rise in gold shares in England started when the British went off the gold standard. The recent spurt probably was the result of a sag in the value of the dollar and pound in relation to the Con- ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER (jng < THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION tinental gold currencies. IT’S FAIR TIME. Again it is Fair time in Juneau. annual Southeast Alaska Fair ope four-day run cause Mr. Will Rogers and the Tomorrow the here for a’ ns officials of As an event it, of course, will not the “State Fair” any qualms of uncasiness, and “Blue Boy” “our Fair.” can sleep on in undisturbed dreams During the years since it But it is was first established through the public spirited interest of many of the city's wide awake citizens it has become a firmly established institution. It has lived when 'cents, and in 1931 others have died because it earned the right to live. | It has achieved a place for itself which no other aetivity can wholly occupy. It has lasted and grown because it has something genuine to offer to the public whose patronage has made it successful. If its exhibits are not as numerous viually as large as those shown in the more settled communities, that is because we are still a pioneer community. We are still in the early stage of settle- ment and development. the several departments depict that correctly and indi- The articles on display in As we develop in the years to come the Fair itself will The products of our agricultural industry will become more varied register the advance that we make. and more numerous. The articles of commerce from manufacturers will show a similar advancement. Still, the Fair of the future will not be more representative than that which opens Wednesday. Until 1932, for a number of years past, recogniz- to development, the “ Territory- had subsidized these expositions all over the Territory. Due to financial stringency in the Territorial treasury this was suspended last year. ing the value such things have Even without that monetary aid, here was a financial success. will be no official assistance forthcoming. way it can repeat its former succes public to patronize it generously. will do that, and that is a local enterprise. We last year's Fair This year, again, there The only es is for the are sure it the 1933 Fair will popular and as well-attended as any in history. It deserves and undoubtedly be as It community will have the solid backing of the at large. LONDON GAMBLES IN GOLD SHARES.‘ Last week the price of gold in London rose to 130 shillings eightpence halfpenny, (about $31.40), the highest price ever recorded there, above the previous high for the current year. $2.03 The and English vision a world scramble for the precious yellow metal, with central banks, hoarders, specu- lators and prospectors all joining in a mad rush to buy mining shares. Gold men of the financial capital of the world are talking of the possibility of the price of gold going to 13 shillings an ounce. gold standard it was 85 shillings. 5 or even 140 When England went off the Foreign exchange experts admit that it is altogether possible for thcse! figures to be attained if the United States inflates',, =\ o 0. OIAK T Inktekd of Whe. whole Ao AIRPLANE TRAVEL COSTS LOWER. Since 1926 reduced almost one-half, dropping from per mile average for the whole country year to six and one-tenth cents in 1932. revealed in a survey of aerial transportation recently completed by the aeronautics branch of the United costs of travel States Department of Commerce. H The average rate in 1926 was 12 cents even for ! continental United States. three-fifths cents in 1927, jumped to 11 cents in the following year and was back to 12 in 1929. | Coincident with the decline of all other activities, iin 1930 it shot downward to eight and three-tenths it continued its descent to six and seven-tenths cents. Horse racing has given a big boost to Wash- ington State's old age pension fund. what a State tax on liquor would do for it. Debt revision rumors worried Secretary Woodin. Ni The selection of Meredith Nicholson for a diplo- not surprise those who know him to be more than an author of ,salable fiction and charming essays. matic post of courtly, suave, ideals are not icholson to Paraguay. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) importance will with an dissimilar. contributions to politics have been very different. The game of politics in Indiana has always been Meredith Nichlson's long serv- ices have been those of a man who sought no office, but who believed that participation in the election of suitable public servants one entitled to suffrage. highly professional. powerful. To say that America will be represented in this important South American post by a man who represents the best of American citizenship has| particular force as applied to Meredith Nicholson. It should be remembered that Paraguay is likely to turn up on the front page. dispute is as difficult to settle as an Appalachian one who is another com- by air have been a 12-cent in that This is 1t dropped to ten and Boy, just think aren’t worrying Secretary Hull any more than payments on the debts have He is urbane, instinct for the niceties and amenities. He is conscientious and of the first rank of American intelligences. would say that it is not surprising he long has been an intimate of Brand Whitlock and that their But Meredith Nicholson’s To classify him one is the duty of every His example has been The Chaco boundary ! ; 20 YEARS AGO i From The Empire 4 3 SEPTEMBER 12, 1913. * ‘The new Garside building, which was nearly completed and formed one of thz most substantial of the new structures being erected in town, was under lease to the Juneau Furniture Company, of which John P. Benson and Walli§ George were the controlling spxr: its. 2 Miss Mina Sowerby, Miss May Otteson and Miss Juanita Anders son took passage for the South on the steamer Alameda which arriv- ed from the Westward. Aboard the Alameda from the Westward were many persons going out from the Chisana district, where they had stampeded. Mrs. J. R. Willis, Winn, L. O. Gore, Bach were among the outgoing passengers from Juneau aboard the Princess May which left Juncau. Many people in Juneau, Douglas and Treadwell were preparing to attend the dance to be given in the evening by the Episcopal La- Grover C.f and Edward| dies’ Guild in the Elks’ Hall. Mu- sic by the Treadwell Club orches- tra was to be a feature of the affair. J. H. Guffy, of Nome, had ta- ken a five-year lease on the Olds’ estate property on lower Front Street, next to the Alaskan Hotel and planned to erect a $3,000 building on the property to be used for commercial purposes. Mr. Guffy, an old Nomeite, and own- er of one of the oldest established drug stores in that place, was so favorably impressed with Juneau when he arrived a short time be- fore, that he decided to become identified with the town. WILLIAM LIEBE IS *© . ON VISIT TO SOUTH Wwilllam Liebe, former local res-{ ident and for several years engag- ed in business at Cordova, visited | Juneau friends today while the steamer Yukon was in port. He will join Mrs. Liebe and their son at Montesano, Wash, and| then proceed to Portland, Ore., for| a visit with remitives there. ! Mr. Liebe will spend some 30/ days on vacation, returning then! with his family to Cordova where he owns and operates the North-| ern Meat Market. RS GIRLS’ LEGION CLUB THANKS ALL PATRONS The Girls' Leglon Club thanks Mountain feud. The post does not represent a soft|all of those persons who donated berth for a writing man seeking leisure and assured Any novel by Meredith Nicholson with a Paraguayian background is more likely to be written after his return, and to have plenty of reminiscent income. action in it. Our policy is to maintain a navy strong enough to make it impossible for another navy to gain supremacy in the Western Pacific except at a cost in losses that would destroy its position as a naval power. According to the principles of raclal equality and equal opportunity we might use force against those who exclude our emigrants or raise tariffs against our goods, but that would violate the spirit We could break down those difficulties with our strong navy if we wanted to, but Japan will never use her naval power unless some one dares disturb the peace of the Far East. of the anti-war pact. Well, it's sort of pleasant to read agaln that Japan’s Navy. (Tokyo Nichi Nichi.) its currency and the British fail to peg the French business—(Boston Herald.) franc. In France and elsewhere on the Continent gold wine colors. values on the HAVE ALWAYS Your Choice CLO! PRIC Pessimist—One who puts on a blue necktie to hoarders are buying up all gold available in the eat huckleberry pie.—(Detroit News.) Fair Week Specials We have just received a dandy lot of NEW FROCKS in a fine grade crepe, in black, browns and The sizes run from 14 to 40 and the marvelous part of the whole story is the fact that we are able to give you these SAME LOW MAINTAINED. $4.95 NG OUT A FEW PRINT DRESSES Values up to $9.95—sizes 16 to 44 at $5.95 Juneau Sample Shop Opposite Harris Hardware Co. F WE NOW OPEN The MIDGET Featuring Pabst Draught Beer Special Luncheon Plate Dutch Lunches Open from 10 a. m. to 1 a. m. TOM and MARIE STURGE to make their bazaar a success last Saturday. Owing to weather con- ditions the crowd attending was somewhat smaller than anticipated and it is now the intention of the club to hold another bazaar in the near future. There will be no meeting of the club tomorrow even- ing as many of the members will attend the opening of the Twelfth Annual Southeast Alaska Fair. The next regular meeting of the Girls' Legion Club will be held on Sep- tember 20. —— MARCUS MAYER, JR., ON WAY SOUTH ON ALASKA Marcus Mayer, Jr., of the firm of Mayer and Son, jewelers, of Seattle, is a round trip passenger aboard the Alaska. —eo—— SHOP IN JUNEAU R PIGGLY \ R - BETTY MAC | BEAUTY SHOP | I 107 Assembly Apartments | PHONE 547 e e FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GAS OILS GREASES Juneau Motors FOOT OF MAIN ST REV. ERLING K. OLAFSON, e 1 It’s School Time for Child - Workers;What to Teach Them Is Considered Big Problem Here are two contrasts—a bey worker in the mines and young students trained in vocational work as a part of their education. The National Recovery Program would make such contrasts im- possible by removing children frcm industry. | but was dismissed after a few This ic the third and last | | weeks as he could earn only §2 article of a serfes dealing with the educaticnal problems de- , Connecticut records veloping in those localities A where climination of child la- | decreased steadily in bor under the National Re- | The peak was reach- covery Act program likely will | d during the wofld war per)od incrcase cnrollments. | when there were 13,714 children holding work certificates in Con- compared with 4,000 on 1933. - | necticut (By The Associated Press) July 1, What to teach children whom the National Recovery program is| turning from labor into the class- ANGOON YOUTH HELD room is a challenging considera- tion in some of the eastern indus-| QN LARCENY CHARGE trial states. | It appears, for example, in Charged with lareeny from a Penncsylvania, where educators are ing, John Davis, 20 year-old planning to fit into its public on Indian, who was arrested | Ang school system 15,000 boys and g“’“{m Hoonah, was brought here yes- from factories and mills, as well| terday by Deputy United States as in Connecticut, where Drovis-| nfarshal George Jones. He was fon must be made for 4000 gitls| gated to have been taken before andvbn,\'s released from labor. | Judge J. F. Mullen in the United Vceatienal Training Planned | States Commissioner’s Court here In Pennsylvania special programs|ioqay for a preliminary examina- combining vocational training with | tjon academ%c studies are being devised Davis is alleged to have bur- “h*‘ g ¥hen SL'{‘W and local | glarized the residence of Mr. and pohool: finanges, are -JOw. Mrs. Max Lindorf at Hoonah, Connecticut’s 4,000 potential New | tealing $486. Most of the money, pupils could be returned to schoali Deputy Jones reported, has been without requiring additional teach-| yecovered. ers or equipment, says N. S. Lxght,‘ kA o ¢ Girls Eager to Work NOTICE OF HEARING ON In most cases he and other| FINAL ACCOUNT state education officials asser! ? & the girls fn particular left school|IR the: Commissioners Court for because they hated the classroom| Juneau Precinet, Territory of and were anxious to get out and| Alaska, Division Number One. In Probate. “make meney” even if only a few dollars a week. Marcus Marks, who is in charge of the New Haven district, said he had talked to man s who said they were girls who “just man- aged to pass the eighth grade” and now that they have lost their In the Matter of the Estate of CHARLES LARSEN, deceased. The undersigned having on the 28th day of August, 1933, filed his final account as administrator de bonis non of the estate of Charles Larsen, deceased, in the above en- jobs because their employers are titled Court, notice is hereby given “under a code” they were going|to all heirs, creditors and other to stay home and do housework |Dersons jn interest that a hearing rather than go back to school with|will be had upon said final account children many years younger. | before this court at Juneau, Alaska, Children Support Parents at the hour of ten o'clock in the He added that in other cases,|forenoon of September 29, 1933, a% protests came from parents who | which time and place objections had come to depend on the earn-'to said account and the settle- ings of their children. ment thereof wiil be heard. Marks cited the case of one fa- HENRY RODEN, ther, who said his daughter lost Administrator de bonis non of a job in a shirt factory where she the estate of Charles Larsen, earned $5 a week, the sole sup- deceased. port of a family of 10. The father | First publication, Aug. 29, 1933. obtained a job at the same factory,)Last publication, Sept. i9, 1933. Are You Prepared? Before the snow .begins to fly is the time to put on those storm windows and the new roof you’ve been figuring on. Don’t let winter catch you unprepared. Réduce your coal bill substantially and make your home more comfortable by putting on storm sash and making a few repairs at this time. Call on us for prices. SHINGLES—LUMBER—LATH—MILLWORK MOULDING AND CEMENT Columbia Lumber Co. TELEPHONE 587 ADMIRAL WAY The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau -2 Alaska Helene W. L. Albrecht | PHYSIOTHERAPY | Massage, Electricity, Infra Red | Ray, Medical Gymnastics. | | 307 Goldstein Building | Phone Office, 216 L 5] . ' ! | DRS.KASER & FREEBURGER | DENTISTS | Blomgren Building | PHONE 56 Hours 9 am. to 9 pm. | Dr. Charles J. Jenne DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Building Telephone 176 —a 5 _ . Dr. J. W. Bayne | DENTIST | Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. | i | i ] I Office hours, 9 am. 0 5 pm. | Evenings by appointment Phone 321 -— La i Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 68 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469, Res. Phone 276 ——— | = I Dr. | DENTIST | OFFICE AND RESIDENCE Richard Williams T PROFESSIONAL ]l | Fraternal Societies oF | Gastineau Channel | £2 B. P. 0. ELKS meets every Wednesday 2t 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. L. W. Turoff, Exalt- ed Ruler. M. H. Sides, Secretary. KNIGATS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1760. Meetings second and last Monday at 7:30 p. m. Transient brothers urg- ed to attend. Councll Chambers, Fifth Strec:. JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. H. J. TURNER, Secretary i 4 | Our trucks go any place any | | time. A tank for Diesel Oll | | an¢ = tank for crude oil save | | burner trouble. | PHONE 149, NIGHT 148 | H RELIABLE TRANSFER | Wise to Call 48 | Juneau Transfer E Co. when in need ; of MOVING | or STORAGE { Fuel Oil ; \ ! AT e———————————— JUNEAU SAMPLE SHOP The Little Store with the BIG VALUES C. L. FENTON CHIROPRACTOR Soutn ¥yont St., next to Brownie’s Barber Shop orfice Hours: 10-12; 2-5 Evenings by Appointment The advertisements bring you news of better things to have and easier ways to live. Harry Race L Want to Make BANKERS SINCE 1891 5 Strong—Progressive—Conservative We cordially invite you to avail -yourselves of our facilities for handling your business, a Good Steak Taste Better? BAILEY’S ' CAFE b i | Gastineau Building, Phone 481 “, ls g e ] Coal FE———— Transfer Robert Simpson | Opt. D. B s Greduate Los Angeles Col- | lege of Optometry and 4 Konner 9 . Onthalmology | Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground. up L) — = e 5 MORE for LESS DE. R. E. SOUTHWELL ! | Optometrist—Optician ¥ = %3 Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted | | B 2 Room 7. Valentine Bldg. \ | Office Pmone 484; Residence JUNEAU-YOUNG | >ne 238. Office Hours: 9:30 e i 1:00 to B30 { | Funeral Parlors | o 2 Licensed Funeral Directors | = and Embal * e —¢ | | Night Phone 1851 ’E,":;‘ Sheas . Rose A. Andrews [ A D Graduate Nurse - e Electric Cabinet Baths—Mas- —f) sage, Colonic Irrigations 9 I Office hours 11 am. to 5 pit. | SABI N S [ Evenings by Appointment Second and Main Phone 259 Everything in Furnishings | o 2 for Men l Neeo i i LEON ENSCH i i | CHIROPRACTOR H THE JUNEAU LAUNDRY f Palmer School Graduate in St 0 | Over First National Bank | ""‘"‘. o tees i hoveim: .t PHONE 451 an? Second Streets | ! PHONE 359 I, o~— o e R e, ALLAMAE SCOTT UN e PERMANENT WAVI! Phone 218 for Appointment SHOPPE Entrance Pioneer Barber Shop Coats, Dresses, Lingerie “Exclusive but not Expensive” 2 —————— HOTEL ZYNDA i l Large Sample Rooms ELEVATOR SERVICE | GARBAGE HAULED | Reasonable Monthly Rates E. O. DAVIS TELEPHONE 584 Day Phone 371 | | | i 1, GENERAL MOTORS Il o i | MAYTAG PRODUCTS I W. P. JOHNSON L a McCAUL MOTOR COMPANY Dodge and Plymouth Dealers * | [ P e = Exclusive Agency KABO CORSETS ‘3 Seward Street i, Lo oo mf-—m.m—T TYPEWRITERS J. B, Burford & Co. customers’ | “Our doorstep worn by satisfied | A R i e e e The world’s greatest need .is