The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 8, 1933, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1933. s . 11932, three weeks before Christmas, hardly a com- Dally Alaska Emplre munity in Alaska but what was hard-pressed to | raise finances to care for needy persons out of R | employment and for whom there was no hope of | finding work. The Territorial indigent funds were o ssg::‘;y.ngv ug:':} | taxed to their limit and individual aid had perforce | to be limited in order to insure against depletion Fntered in the Post Otfice In Juneau as Second Class |of the money before the 1933 Legislature met. It matter. was a sorry picture, made sorrier by the then ‘r‘xlstlng Administration’s positive policy that “nature | would have to take its course;” that it was re- gretttable that millions of men couldn’t get work; that it was the duty of the local communities and 6 “q“‘ihfiz‘;b‘(}‘r‘;"‘:m‘"m:‘?‘e':“:e“&: it they will promptly | the several States to care for their own; and if they Jotify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity | couldn't do it, then men, women and children would o ihe delivery of thelr DADORS. o . s Offices, 374. have to fend for themselves the best they could. ROBERT W. BENDER - - GENERAL MANAGE! Dublished _every evening KMPIRE_ PRINTING COMPANY Btreets, Juneau, Alaska. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, Dellvered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for $1.2 per month. By mall, postage paid, at the following One year, In_advance, $12.00; six months, rates: in advance Telephone for Editorial an | That is not today’s picture. In the past nine MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. | months, under the President’s leadership, five million The Assoclated Press 1s exclusively entitled to the, Yor Topub s dispatches credited to |men this paper and also have been put back to work in industry and u’"}on public works projects; domestic and foreign itmde has increased; four million others are going use for republication of all new: it or not otherwise credited in local news published herein. to get jobs for the winter months doing useful jobs P at living wages. In Alaska, the situation is vastly THE DISTILLERS' PROBLEM. Ichanged. Including the ECW program, the Public Works Administration program, and the Civil Works manufacture | program some 1,200 workers are already at work or is ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. Not the least of the problems of the and sale of hard liquor is the quality of the product.|will be within the next few days, and there aring bonded whiskey have been every reason to believe that other hundreds will nd to des-!pe added to that list before many days have elapsed. Once again we have reason to be thankful that reprocessed Mr. Roosevelt is not one who merely voices his Although every distillery which has survived is sympathy for the needy, that he translates that supposed to be operating at full capacity, the supply | sympathy into practical assistance. of prewar whiskey is usually computed at 4,000,000 gallons with perhaps twice as much manufactured recently. Various expedients have been proposed to | President Roosevelt. He's keeping it far too busy stretch this by redistilling and blending, so as tofor it to contract the disease known as brain rust. swell it an amount estimated to be the normal re- | 2 of consumption—60,000,000 gallons Per — Like the men and women who settled the Am- year. ierlcan continent, we are starting out now on a Now that the public for the first time in almost'road so new that we have to make up our own 14 years is able to sample the whiskies legally, it 15! maps as we go along. sincerely to be desired that there be no queslion' as to whether the legal wares are better or wnrse: than the stuff the bootleggers sell, some of which | has become pretty reliable. | (Cincinnati Enquirer.) There is evidence that the distillers themselves| The testing of a new type of railroad coach in are aware of the necessity for establishing the the Detroit neighborhood brings new hope for rail standard of their product on a high plane, and of transportation. All the knowledge gained in the the question in the public’s mind as to just what streamlining of airplanes and motor cars has been will be sold for whiskey. Some groups quite evidently “Th““ud in the design ol this .s:gll-propelled coach. take the consumer into their confidence ere are not only tricks of designing, but the use mean to of the new alloys which have been perfected for and make their labels explicit. They speak Of 8bUSES o4/ 1aneg in the past and their hope to avoid misbranding, 'The usual railroad coach had 5000 pounds of and to hold up quality. metal for each passenger. The new one has but We have had so many years when labels have 500, And this does not count in the heavy engine in so far as liquors were concerned, and tender in front. The hope is to reduce the e-educate people to the costs of operation to the point where railroad.travel ey can be offered more cheaply than by motor car, bus or airplane. When sleeping-car transportation can be given i For weeks trains be L Jeaving the warehouses of Kentucky, bou: tinations where, it is supposed, the cargoes will be One thing about the so-called brain trust of quirements The Penalties of Progress. meant little, that it will take time to r point of restoring their confidence in what the proclaim. Some well-known and once famous Ken- tucky names are no more than ghostly traditions. In some cases the very distilleries have passed :{e)vetrk: g]‘;xl)elsic a:t leist L::;‘ blus e“:s‘svt at i?:::; out of the picture, their stocks dissipated and their ..o wo.y oy flppegf % lmdye f:" :r ;31 xm?;rl ur; e whole personnel disbanded. the new self-propelled coach goes zipping down the What the distillers do to.play fair with the ggopg at speeds greater than the crack trains, public will have much to do with the way the and these are but the beginnings. public regards the wisdom of having voted for; Such a “railplane,” its engineers believe, can be repeal, and it certainly- will have everything to do operated at less than a cent a mile. with the response of the purchaser to the newly! But the engineers do not indicate what this new restored legal liquor. ,technological gain implies in our present impasse ——rr— . in employment. Implicit in the announcement is the g |certainty that this-will do away with more man MORE AID FOR NEEDY. power. We have not yet found a formula to take 55 KU y care of gains made in technology. o] With a minimum of delay considering the obsta- mathem:ucs of air-resistance sngms\’:lner:(emcghg:tpt{:; cles that had to be overcome, President Roosevelt's compared to adjusting new inventions to the prob- plan to give the enforced idle workers jobs instead jems of living. Are we coming to a time when of doles they didn't want but might have been pefore such material gains can be utilized their dis- forced to take to keep from starving has been put coverers and inventors will be required to adjust to work in Alaska, To this time authority has been the full economic probabilities of their inventions? granted by the Civil Works Administration to putj R R B TR 860 men to work. Of that number 260 will be| R P PP TP PP T RTERTT Y Well, Prohibition is dead and it is already r— ed Ketchikan in connection with the killing of Frank Dunn at Dun- das Bay, and for which crime O. Itow and E. Fushima had already been convicted and sentenced, was arraigned and was to plead on the following day. mas friends post were notified that they should get them in the mail without de- lay if they wished them delivered before Christmas, Earle L. Hunter. and John Rustgard vs. Juneau, levy, was continued, with City At- torney J. B. Marshall representing the city. in Douglas since the ban on the club gymnasium and Treadwell had been removed. The women and children were happily enjoying tank and other club privileges. v Cafe in the Alaskan Hotel there was assembled a large number’ of the’ new buffalo design five cent nickle coins. prietor of the cafe, was offering a Christmas dinner for six, to the patron who guessed nearest fo the correct number of coins contained in the display. — 20 YEARS AGO: From The Bmpire 4 DECEMBER 8, 1913. W. Nakiyama, who was indict~ for first degree murder at in the District Caurt Members of the Senior Camp- fire enjoyed an interesting meet- ing at the studio of Miss Edith Kempthorne at which the principal feature was a talk by DeVighne health subjects, particularly dress, carriage, breathing, fresh air and s0 on. * in which he stressed People desiring to send Christ- presents to relatives and in the States by parcel by Postmaster The case of Emory Valentine City o° regarding the city tay Much joy had been expressed tank at swimming in the club In the show window of Spatz A. T. Spatz. pro- DOUGLAS NEWS 12 JOBS FOR DOUGLAS MEN Unemployed Situation s Aided Under Bene- fits of CWA South last night on the Alaska for a vacation trip which will take him to Pitsburgh, Penn, to visit with his parents over the holidays. —————————— LEAVES ON ESTEBETH Leo Young left on the Estebeth Jast night for Kimsham Cove where he will work in the Hirst-Chi- chagof Mine. e, GEORGE A. LINGO LEAVES ON BUSINESS TRIP TO SEATTLE AND CALIFORNIA George A. Lingo, Territorial Rep- resentative from the Fourth Di- vision and Tourist Agent in Mt. McKinley National Park, who has been in Juneau for the last week on business, left for the south this ing on the steamer Alaska to i the next six weeks or two} ELKS TO HAVE 2 BIG NIGHTS There are two big nights on the program of the local Elks. The first event is next Wed- nesday night when the Walter F. Meler ¢lass will be initiated. Mr. Meier is the Grand Exalted Ruler. The second event will be on the night of December 20—Oldtimers’ Night, at which there will be open house to the Elks and their ladies. There will be cards, bowling, danc- ing and refreshments. The Com- mittee in charge of the night consists of W. R. Garster, Milt Bothwell and John McLoughlin. e—— mont He expected to remain in Seattle for some time, later going to Cali- fornia and possibly East, on busi- ness for his company. NOTICE To Scottish Rite Masons: Regular meeting and degree work tonight 7:30. Visiting mem- bers cordially invited. Fresh—Large SCHILLING COFFEE, Steel Cut S & W COFFEE, 2 1b. Buy by the Box Large Size Acting Governor E. W. Griffin SPECIALS SATURDAY and MONDAY BUTTED—Darigold quarters The Best is the Cheapest EGGS—Wash. Co-op., 2 dozen BROWN SUGAR—3 pounds for Economical in Bulk CAN VEGETABLES, 3 cans for Corn, Beans, Hominy JAP ORANGES, per box LEMONS, 35¢ doz, 3 doz. for POTATOES, 35 pournids for . No. 1 Yakima Gems BLATZ BEER SPECIAL The Old Heidelberg PINTS, 24 bottles case 2 1b. can can The Mellow’d Coffee provided for by funds allotted to the Office of In- dian Affairs to work in and adjacent to Indian communities and will all be Indians. The other; notified Mayor Guy Smith yes- terday that Douglas can immeds iately benefit under the C. W. A. for her unemployed who are in need of assistance to the extent of amazing how many people have stopped drinking to excess—(New York Sun.) Great Britain's token payment of $7,500,000 is QUARTS, 12 bottles case 600 will come from the other than Indian or Eskimo just so much international car fare.—(Indianapolis T | DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 am. to 9 pm. Dr. C. P. Jenne DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bullding § Telephone 176 Dr. J. W. Bayne DENTIST Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. ! Ofice nours, 9 am. to 5 pm. Zvenings by appointment, Phone 321 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Houss 9 am..to 6 pm. i SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 409, Res. Phone 276 P L Y | Dr. Richard Williams DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE QGastineau Building, Phone 481 Robert Simpson t. D. Greduate Angeles Col- lege of Optometry and Phone 238, Office Hours: 9:30 [ to 13; 1:00 to 5:30 l brothers welcome. L. W. Turoff, Exalt- ed Ruler. M. H. Sides, Secretary. Fraternal Societies OF Gastineau Channel B. P. 0. ELKS meets every Wednesday at p. m. Visiting — KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1760, Meetings second and last Monday at 7:30 p. m. Transient brothers urg- ed to attcnd. Council Chambers, Fifth Strecl. JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K H. J. TURNER, Secretary Our irucks go sny place any | time. A tank for Diesel Oil | and a tank for crude oil save PHONE 149, NIGHT 148 RELIAB Wise to Call 48 Juneau Transfer C]o. when in need of MOVING or STORAGE Fuel Oii Coal Transfer Il Konnerup’s | MORE for LESS s JUNEAU-YOUNG i Funeral Parlors i Licensed Funeral Directors { | population. installment and an additional allotment is ex] to be made as the need develops. What a contrast to a year ago! This, it is said, is probably the first gy, pected And now the definition for N. R. A. This time in tional Repeal Accomplished.—(Onio State Journal) i 12 jobs which may be given out at the present time. All the needy ones who want to work are asked to sign up to- day with Clerk Gray and a spec- jal meeting of the Council will be held to select the first group of men to be put to work, and to line up the projects to be undertak- en. A system of rotation will be worked out to give part time em- ployment at least to all ——t——— FIRE DEPT. MEETS At the regular meeting of the | Douglas Fire Department last night several were discussed. chimneys was urged as one im- portant measure. fire-prevention measures Inspectiion of A social time and feed were enjoyed by about forty members after the meeting. efpelli— KENDLER GOES SOUTH George Kendler left for the THRIILLS * For You In TOYLAND You'll think you've wandered by mistake into Santa’s toy factory when you see the hundreds of glamorous, breath taking toys we've gathered here for you and your Mother and your Daddy to choose. Just bring your list. CHRISTMAS WRAPPINGS and SEALS ONNERUP’S ’s Pioneer Cash Department Store” (HRISTIAS o Make your gifts so fascinat- ing that it will be a real effort “Not to Open Until Christmas.” GREETING CARDS 100 assorted designs CHRISTMAS SEALS NOVELTY PAPERS Butler Mauro Drug Co. VEGETABLES Always the Best FRESH FRUITS and [ . """""""" R"’g m;Au'- “A;l“;i:ews Night Phone o e | e TRl S { Electric Cabinet Baths—Mas- e Olf;e"l'log::u;:c nl:‘:“su.m. P o 1 pecolsi bt el gl SABI N’ I Second and Maln Phone 250 AT . Everything in Furnishings 3(. ‘li l-.l- E. B. WILSON ||[B—rr—r— 4 | Chiropodist—Foot_Specialist | ,——_*’ 401 Goldstein Buildi | [ Sere bl Juneau Lauwomy | £ — 5 Franklin betwoen | -------------------- $3.85 Jones-Stevens Shop | Front an2 Second Strects : ................ 3.65 LADIES'—CHILDREN'S ! FHONE 350 : READY-TO-WEAR Beward Street Near Third | | P rrarcoreroros o PR e 4l JUNEAU FROCK 'E -— . SHOPPE i “Exclustve ALLAMAE SCOTT S R, (et % Hoslery and Hats Phone 218 for Appointment n, Telephone 478 California Grocery Prompt. Delivery men than any other . TheB. JUNEAU Mining and Fishing dominates the business life of the Juneau district, employing more capital and more Both management and employees of these great interests demand the best in banking service, and for forty-two years: they have found it in The B. M. The complete facilities and seasoned serv- ice of Alaska’s oldest and largest bank will prove their worth to you. M. : Bank ' industry. CERECALAAAARANRANN Behrends Bank. Béhrends ALASKA SIS T Iy, JUNEAU SAMPLE SHOP The Little Stors with the BIG VALUES C. L. FENTON CHIROPRACTOR Soutn ¥ront St., next to Brownie's Barber Shop orfice Hours: 10-12; 2-8 l Juneau Coffee Shop Opposite MacKinnon Apts. ‘ Breakfast, Luncheon Dinner Open 7:30 am. to § pm. W. P. JOHNSON et S LR | | Dodge and Plymouth Dealers ' McCAUL MOTOR COMPANY