The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 30, 1933, Page 4

P g i Sy S R TH E DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDA e T DEC. 30, 1933 'have sensed that the role of the Government in | economic life is, for better or worse, enormously | increased for a long time to come. Government Daily Alaska Empire . Today and Tomorrow YEARS AGO P t 20 i PROFESSIONAL SRR Fraternal Societies | 4l | 5 facie ¥ KOBERT W. BENDER - - GENERAL MANAGER Service has taken on a new prestige because it is —————— T k grappling with the vital problem of the national From The Empire Helene W.L. Albrecht ||2m—m———— & blished every event xcept Sunday by the | life, not through political technic, but through new|&-—seeeeeeeee By WAL .IPPMANN ) THERAPY Ko RN AT R e TR COMMSANTE ! socont and Mhln | ey B B e s By e ! e e PHYSIOTHERAYY . ||B. 7. 0. ELKS meeta ts, Juncau, Aluskf. 15ines ge: S. Massaze, Electricity, every Wednesday at [N This is bureaucracy. It is also a change in the The Currei ncy Debate DECEMBER 30, 1913 Ray, Medical Gymnastics. ! 8 p. m. Visiting ntered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class | economic balance of power corresponding to a trend Conoribiii bes AR o Sk gr::] ;f‘;:r‘i“nli C‘?[“’s::ajn i 307 Goldstein Building brothers welcome. e in the national economic evolution. The facts of ORYTIS S ) New York Tribune Inc. evetitg v e pup‘l)ls a | Phone Office, 216 'l‘ L. W. Turoff, Exalt- SUBSCRIPTION RATES. |the present situation require the development off Some of the defenders of the ciating the pound as much as they | Parochial School in Dou t BT " ed Ruler. M.H.Bldes, Oellvered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. postage paid, at the following rates: in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, th, in advance, $1.25. onfer a favor if they will promptly isiness Office of any failure or irregularity ry of their papers. one for Editorial an | co-ordinating mechanisms of a more or less perma- nent nature which are neither political nor econ- * | omic, but a mixture of both. To staff these agencies, trained men and women are needed. The dignity of Government service has increased because the role of the Government has changed. The caliber of recruit to Government service is changing in similar fashion. By One 1 Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. ciated Press is wxclusively entitled to the tion of all news dispatches credited to gold policy hav: undoubtedly main- | tained that prices respond auto- value of the dollar, and it is, of { course, easy for the opponents of { the policy to show that since Oc- | tober 21 they have not responded. | This debate®does not throw much [light on the real problem. For we do not learn what we should do and exactly to the gold|* have, and that we have been justi- fied in following their example. There is another broad consid- eration which, to the lay mind is impressive. So far as I“know, the United States is the only country not on the gold sfandard where | the advocates of sound money pro- the annual election of offi- the Catholic Club to whi Juneau people planned to go. From the beginning until the end, the Elks' children’s Christmas companiment of a babble of happy voices the previous evening. Chil dren up to fourteen years of age party was carried on to the ac- | Office hours 11 am. to 5 pm. Rose A. Andrews | Graduate Nurse Electric Cabivet Baths—Mas- | sage, Colonic Irrigations 'l | Evenings by Appointment | Second and Main Phone m";_ Secretary. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUR Seghers Council No. 1760, Meetings second and last Monday at 7:30 p. m. od to attend. Counell Chambers, F:{th Strecd. JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. se_ credite aper and also the es3 to e t ¥ 56 s . o - o "'“,”l'i”l{:}“; \:‘, ‘1“5 i & JOHN H. BIGGS. l“:"“t the currelncyhby shdowing ia'uc of tt ‘fiu.':::cyt?; ;J;]C:Z;:; :::l‘e afilere?::ie:; (;treg;:f‘lfkronlo?}iz F‘——TB—WV T e U UBNER, (B ey that some one <lse has made an re s B e N & f t e . L i T = ok £ ago shocked the community, was typical of the réce‘a‘s‘ certain, I believe, that r?wnetary‘ said that it does not|took a flash light picture of thz 401 Goldstein Building | time. A tank for Diesel Ol | that pioneered Alaska. He was a friend to all with |science is not an exact science. If) here we stabilize if only | scene. PHOKE 496 | and a tank for crude ofl save ' whom he came into contact. He knew only good|it were, there would not be vio- I never heard of a - . | burner trouble. of his fellow man, and found real joy in his dailylent differsnces of opinion among le Briton who said that| Among the Christmas enter- atlogde | PHONE 149, NIGHT 148 | contacts with them. He held many friends because €XPerts and among bankers as to .| tainments which were making the { TRA i he knew how to be a friend. In his long residence “’h‘“r_ practical policy i eyt . 1 e|week a gala one for the children, 1 DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER | | | RELIABLE NS¥ER | he had extended a helping hand to many who were; ::: ;{r;c: ?;e::r]:, r}:flf:fli‘dsffii‘;f‘: opinions, not absolutely exacfv of \was a matine: given at the Or- | DENTISTS 1 2 less fortunate than he. Fon' a* eonalderation of o r;;!gg:"fr'ro‘jz ::7’ I’c‘?"‘t’h:“h‘:}:g r‘;:?-" pheum Theatre by Mr. and Mrs. | Blomgren Bul;dlnu | | porrrre—— WM? He was Alaskan to the core. He worked in his!gis over reasonably long periods|* wny is it that the upholders of | On2 T Spickett. A special pro- | FHONE 6 A ! 9 { capacity as a private citizen unceasingly to advanceiof time. A Wiind idbney o 1re UnF;:fid sn»ulgram was given. | Hours 9 am. to 9 pm. l" s ¢ its cause. When he came to Juneau he immediately . villing R irs R 4 bt took an interest in its advancement. He served on| Thus, we may ask ourselves, is it :::gpf“;ova‘;::;;;:cof tlohedézcfi‘:: at:u mE\':;;ynvung W "5“' r?gd]‘]mj; for & 3 committees of the Chamber of Commerce faithfully |or is it not true that departure|even in many cases profess not 0| ned i ihe ciw Hot by e tadi, | Dr. C. P. Jenne H and loyally. He sought no reward or no recognition | from thrz gold s‘andard‘ and a J0W-re0ard the question as important? | Guild of Trinity E‘pisco’pal"‘h;zrc‘h | DENTIST Wise to Cal'. 48 : for his labors. In his passing, Juneau lost a fine|€ring of the value of the CUrrencyiqhere is a good reason, I think. |From all indications the ball was Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine ! { citizen and Alaska a real bulwark. Thousands wm!:‘ terf;j“ of gold ?1:“ ;mf?::i}(‘):lgar:g and one witfi which it is easy to[to be 2 brilliant affair and one Building ! Juneau Transfer ! COMMISSIONER BELL MAKES GOOD |miss him and sympathize with his family in their 52 W% nciness? We. know tnat|hate 2 good deal of sympathy.|of the greatest soclal functions that | el all 2Co: wheniit fiead HIS PLEDGE. s | Great Britain left The gold stan- flon 15 debated, if stabilization ‘;‘a:u eé;;,,,{;l;m s ey S of MOVING ard ir r, And wel o orrocted in 2 3 % : ———————————= When Frank T. Bell, United States Commissioner| To those who have often in the past few years s;:: l;;m?eg:::t.cn J::tl da‘.edand ;‘ M"f_f:f;“{,l‘“ ft;‘:‘m' 'h; 2 ——e——— Dr. J. W. Bayne STOR of Fisheries, was in Alaska holding hearings last|expressed a wonder what would be the topic of con- | yune, 1932, which is usually re- AA: ‘be’é;\"e;nm{hegi‘]an l;rmo)?e:tab?xlri]f-‘ DENTIST or §1 AGE { Summer, he pledged every audience he had to give|versation if Prohibition weie repealed, the answcr,‘garded as the low point of thely.o 4t the wrong glevel and :he\' 5 Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. |} i due and proper consideration to the claims of local has been made clear in the last few weeks. It is|world depression, the British index|gancer of hog wild inflation they M B t Hi t Of:ice aours, 9 am. to 5 pa. | | Fuel 0il fishermen ar and to take into consideration, | repeal. {of manufacturing production rose.|patirally. and rightly, prefer a y €au y n i <venings by appointment 1 &ia6. Yhe doltiaetbd with. thi. HisHS sl 2 LER AT, i though very little (ft Was 5 Perlpyng ciabinization. —_— ® Phone 321 | Cosl | erie plainly he believed that| American $ i cent), whereas the sar'ne inde)f 112 S0t Dottt We are EEekAl Sadl ~ 'S { 1 ought to l‘m\'e an oppor- % o ::’? 2”2‘-‘:"10;‘”; ‘Zm';m’:her"{y’:“'&: 1a political question: can fhe Pres-’ e B Transfer } 1 profit, and that| (Americ ) i ‘tor Teahoe 428 ldent keep his control throuehouf) R bel‘l Slm son \ 1ght to be given work in the| In the construction of iuirads, canals, darfis,; Stafes. 22 “e‘; ""’(‘; s ‘apv_ham the monetary experiment? If he| | s P! —— e ol Hals e went m“m,l.w'harbors. great industrial p und towering build- :;Ape’ 'c,nt or "i"‘:‘;::ncfi;‘:‘ s | 2 the operation of revaluing the ! Opt. D. l nake an effort to help|ings. down in the muck mnfly in Blisfering | F¥ES: WHEZIO Catme THERE d ~|dollar need arouse no more alarm | QGreduste Angeles Col- | —_— |deserts, in icy winds high u he steel skeletons tween adherence to the gold SWN-|¢han the equivalent eperation in lege of Optemetry and | l ’ ! lof skyscrapers, American 15 never failed to 4a7d and continuing deflation. BUt|{hare are ereat dangers Therefore. | | Opthalmology | Konnerup 8 regulations just mum}comple[e the task assign r has bridged our 1t WAS at least a most rcm?rkab!-? c thirty countries. If he cannot Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground | ¥ { in a mere outline form|yjyers and tunneled ou n ranges. The coincidence. For it is a fact, that | ceoms to me that the first con- M ' . ! imited to the main changes products of American labor arc the envy of peoples L Pelleve cannot be disputed. thatigern of those who wish to see a S MORE for LESS ons without going into ex-in other countries throughout the world. But the old standard countries sabk|qsijstactory outcome must be tof " TR | iing them, it seems evident that|American labor achieved its goal through use of the '@ @ depth of depression which 2| strengthen the President's hands | | PR. R. E. SOUTHWELL X tiy endeavored to fulfill his|tools and machines the genius of its craftsmen and COUniTies that abandoned gold €5-|py pringing to his support the| Opsginatatees e g o R aanently closed 93 fish Lraps.‘!icxence created. “geo‘i; S Vi b Sedc great mass of moderate opinion. | Kyes m‘:‘"fi;fimw"l‘m il *’ y inaugurated a few years ago. American labor was never satisfied to continue ® PR PR 1t o e 15 s s g ; Room 7. 5 3 g T H beyond that. He has opened 3¢ back-breaking toll if more eifective ways could 3fI°F %6 ShAnGoret SO R NCH \xcHORAGE MASONS ELECT | CONNIE EMERALD | Phme T8 Ottics, Houre: 9190 | | { N e for- several years have been|’® devised to do the work st vand - Speed and ipe amount which Britain allowed| [The ‘Anchorage Masonic Lodge | i w543 Togta B L Funeral Parlors | other forms of movable gear. |y 5o N Ame'mun“;bo_"p T’h‘; molll]le»lskc;n:l%' the pound to depreciate. We have |F. & A. M, has elected officers for | Years first tell on a woman in g @ : Licensed Funeral Directors wed for a 30-day period a numberigm,e way to the motor Lru::k (ixv'i\,er In ihe rmn:s seen that Britain. to put it quite|the year as follows: Worshlpfuz zpe line_s of her neck. I have_n't a = PR s | N’ing}:ol‘ 5";""'““ | into which spawning streams|ung rock quarries pick and single and double-jack- CORSCTVat! ely, remained ai the|imasier, Robert 8. Braghw. Semm;smg!e line, and T credit a simpl: | Dr. Richard Williams | ne Day Phone 12 b heretofore all commercial fishing|ing gave way to the air drill. The handsaw in €€l Of prices and of production | warden, A. R. Sessions; junior war- | exercise, practised over a long pe- t . y | —a {buillding work was superseded by the power saw. prevailing m‘ September, 1931,1d§n‘ W G Vh ;1B C: '.}nod of time. That is no more than | DENTIST V= T R trap reduction works to limit the|The riveting gun replaced the sledge hammer. I-‘or‘ whereas we sank to much lo_w::i‘zgl SAI‘-\;:mg. 5 v;urer. 'anr,\‘Ppnd;ngA over and touching m\ | OFFICE AND RESIDENCE | ) and tends to make the canners!every muscle-straining task a tool or machine has JEPtHS: What has happened since oo ETREAN, e Dy N N with my fingers. This N0t | Gastineau Building, Phone 481 | SABIN I wird the American dollar has followed | ter, was masier of the lodge inlonly prevents an excess of bodily | more dependent upon seine-caught fish. The lib-|been produced that would do the work faster and d away from gold? It can|1927, and this is the first time|flesh, but seems to preserve the ) eralizi of the regulations affecting seines will better. A volume could be written on the re- ::es‘;?:“br:adp; b S et Ll T bas bod oonBeured Mibie L Hoins w0 8 s i e 8 Everything in Furnishings throw open new grounds to them and enable bhc,f(‘;’:(;tle advancement made in farm labor in this . 4 tne ground lost since 1931 |second time on the same man by |and chin. b e e, for Mea seiners to take move fish han in the past. There-|™C L L Y Sirae Taking the Federal Reserve figures the Anchorage lodge. | e = [ Dr. A. W. Stewart n A fere, there ought to be an increased demand for equaf Taxs Wpay 1 Lc:c:s ‘::]; f::mr “15 ::m:g as a measure, we find that in S(?p-‘ s 1!1— C-T—Sh—-—T] H DENTIST iy - seine-caught fish and a correspondingly increased hack to the point from which it started. Why should | Cmo¢r, the adjusted index of -/ ypg ypopnER HEADS ;] ABUEdR. SONPe op | Heus 0 am to 8 pas. Y SR take to meet the demand. Wb5E b4 hotRIAAR) Wiy Tt & mrenis tro. | dustrial production was back where| SEWARD. EASTERN STAR|| (OrPCsite MacKinnon Apts ||| SEWARD BUILDING THE JuNeau La / Mr. Bell's authority does not extend to the|gression? You h s m On Tetro- | was in June of 1931, that fac- | Breakfast, Luncheon Dinner | | | Office Phone 409, Res. U LAUNDRY gr ? ou hear so many absurd statements to tory employment was back where | f } | Open 7:30 am. to 9 pm. ||| Phone 276 | Franklin Street betweem \ 11 shore plants of the canning industry. He is with- the effect that American labor, which its high living it was in August, 1931, that pay| HELEN MODER | | Front an? Second Streets | out power to induce it to employ more local labor than in the past. He can urge it and encourage it, and we are sure he can be depended on to standards cannot compete with the cheap labor of | other nations. Why should it enter such compe- | tition under rules imposed by those unable to think | | cers of Seward Eastern Star, Mar-| rolls were back where they were 3 s ; in October, 1931, that freight car;%\;‘;‘;‘o:‘:fige; g :Ils:ff:od W%x;thy loadings were back where they ) e 'wood, Wor- ! PHONE 350 JUNEAU SAMPLE kans since his visit to the Territory a few months do both. {themselves out of archaic systems of toil? about November, 1931, that|h¥ Patron. i ; Labor has never failed. Our system of distribut-| oo, andvagel "k gl Other officers slected for the en-| s oo In his first year's regulations he has justified 3 ystem of distribut-| .,mmogity prices were back ,to! S e ¢ SHOP the favorable opinion entertained of him by Alas- |8 the Products of labor has falled. If those who ! goniooyly Doftes TFE TPUC i suing year were: Johanna Horton,| s TR i i JUNEAU FROCK employ labor were as efficient in overcoming diffi- | Associate Matron; Merrill Coon, BIG VALUES SHOPPE Aers sl b m)|stocks were back at a point some- | AGENCY Associate Patron; Josephine Shel culties as is American labor, where between September and No- ago. Succeeding years, we hope, will serve to such hard ti : 3 =3 H ) mes as we have experienced during the X don, Secretary; Bessle M. Malloy, “Exclusive but not Expensive” | strengthen this. last four years. Labor resents reversion to man- ve:n:e Or‘ b;;'?s w:;a:‘e;,:: t:e‘elz'fi Treasurer; Myrile Hatten, Con- (Authorized Dealers) i % Coats, Dresses, Lingerie ; Killing hand labor. Its craftsmen would do Worth- | ot November, 1931, than ft was at| GUCTeSSi Martine Johansen, Asso- G ' C. L. FENTON Hoslery and Hate § THE DRIFT TO WASHINGTON. while work in a manner in which the workmen of | any time while Britain was off ciate Conductress; Mariam Paint- AS CHIROPRACTOR & 2 €r, Trustee, three year term. Soutn ¥ront St., next to Brownie’s Barber Shop oOrfice Hours: 10-12; 2-8 Evenings by Appointment no other land can compete. And in that only lies | | and still on the gold stan- prosperity and contentment for labor and, as ai;:rd_we b, e o to the National capital as well have remarked on resx_:};, :}: the gre:}tl majority of our people. i the change of personnel that is taking place there.|, 7O take away the tools and machinery of labori Now it is open to any ome to say In the new agencies hastily thrown together to|o lrvoc Procedure. If labor's capacity to produce | that all of this would have hap- ag! jmust be curtailed it can be done with the shorter i meet emergencies, there are more young men and ‘ pened anyway. But it is a most im- 3 g : working day, the shorter working week. There is no pressive fact that since the dollar women of the sort th would be expected to enter|advantage to be gained by attempting to force | has followed the pound, there has the professions, business or banking. There are curtailment in any other way. No permanent pros- been a recovery ap‘proximntelv surprisingly many in these ranks who are youthful |perity will come to us as the result of crippling\equm to the superdepression which graduates of colleges and schools of business ad-|one of the things that has made the nation great.|occurred when it did not follow miristration and who, in the ordinary course, would | the pound. Tt will, I think, be very ent'r business or a profession without for a moment OILS GREASES Thoughtful residents of Washington and visitors { Daily Empire Want Ads Pay! HI-LINE SYSTEM Groceries—Produce—Fresh and Smoked Meats Front Street, oprosite Harris | Hardware Co. | CASH AND CARRY ELEVATOR SERVICE 8. ZYNDA, Prop. ] Juneau Motors - ——————— 2 | GARBAGE HAULED | l Reasonable Monthly Rates E. O. DAVIS Willy should again get a lift this winter with | hard to convince the lay mind the algebra, as repeal will relieve father of much N when she was married to Byron into line with the pound, both be- to by the competent staff of this estab- W. P. JOHNSON con:idering taking a Government job. that all of this is accident and co- LEPH | Of course, in part this is due to depressed;®f € home work—(Detroit News. incidence. 'gay Fiione 51 i conditions and unemployment in business. But in| x4 oo Tor e TR SR Now, I realize that these are e > ‘e greater part, the motivation of the drift to Wash. |, ot SA0Uer TAng, e udist wed- | rough generalizations and that Peace . . . P ing‘on is more fundamental. Young men and women Sl.a,%e Joarnal) e Wearing of the Grin"—(Ohio | dangerous and unwarranted in- A l | | Al ferences might be drawn from i - | s RS EEt SRS SRRy A oo i 2 A 2] comes with sorrow GENERAL MOTORS , who, having obtained a'all follow that having some tails are attended There 8 P lenty mn vame. divorce from David B. Walker|rcovery by bringing the dollar ' MATIMG FRODUONS: | | | | Walker, would still be married to So Byron Walker Learns |ing depreciated from gold between lishment. The use of Byron if it were not for the fact|30 and 40 per cent, that you can our chapel is offered L T R | A H' P F ll A that she never has been married|2et more and more recovery by b Sl 8 S ast aits part to Byron because he was married | more and more debasement. You 0——-| -~ —_— . to Martha when he went through might get a panic and a collapse. Bhr e o McCA M | » > the wedding ceremony with her. |But the inference is warranted, I g CINCINNATI, Ohlo, Dec. 30—civilian life he was told that Mar-| Therefore, although Martha|think, that the British have been in every detail— COUM'PL OTOR ! There is much more in a name— [tha had obtained a divorce. Feb-| Portner Walker has a civoros from | justified by the results in depre- ANY | even & middle name — than W.|ruary 2, 1922, Byron Walker mar-| David B. Walker, it ismt any good| — el T The Charl W | Dodge and Plymouth Dealers ' Shakespeare ever dreamed of, Da- | ried Frieda B. Portner. May 18, pecause she was never married to e arles . .. o vid Byron Walker, 1135 East Third | 1926, they separated. | David B. Walker. And she does Carter Mortuary Strect, learned in the Domestic Re- Shortly thereafter Walker Te- not need a divorce from Byron r\—————l Jations Division of the Hamilton |ceived a letter from Martha Wal- | walker becau: PHONE 136-2 County Court of Common Pleas. |ker, in Detroit, n which he learn-| g wif g Tron Vondeer. Iy | | y Court of Common 3 er, in , in < - a wife when he sought to wed ner A s | i ' Walker, who is 42 vears old was |ed that she was still his wife. July | and could not legally marry her. Thé Last. Service In tha AH APPY AND | Smith Elecxt:‘llc Co. | before Judge Charles W. Hoffman, |21, 1026, Freida Portner Walker ob- | Since she was ot legally married Eetiny Trihute ‘ S nen Dulding ] seeking to be divorced from Martha | tained a divorce from David E.ito him she doesn't need - 'HIN Walker, 40, whom he married on| Walker. Still having Martha as & vorce, 2 -3 PROSPEROUS | ELECTRICAL | Christmas Eve, 1910. He didn't get | wife—in reserve, as it were—Wal- ' when all of this finally was ex- 5'——'m_——fl 2 I | hils divorce, but he did get a fairly | ker decided to divorce her. He|plained to David Byron Walker he Inciponaive Mixchandise | NE“r YE AR = . comprehensive legal education. It|sued as David B. Walker. ’!'fle case | walked the ‘court' Toom mut- VISIT 1 ] ___-T " had to be comprehensive to cover |came up for hearing recently. tering that if he had some ham he i< ( the complications that arose when| During the trial it developed|would have some ham and ezse The Venetian Shop | TO ALL | BETTY MAC Judge Hoffman began probing into [that Byron, and not David B. Wal- it he had some eggs. FIRST and MAIN | pf ' BE AUTY ker, had married Martha, so the i 1= = SHOP case was dismissed because David - e ® ® | 107 Asmembly Apartmemts things, that if you marry a woman | B. Walker never was married to|MR. AND MRS. ROBERTSON | PHONE 547 " under one part of your name you|Martha, although David B. and “AT HOME,” MONDAY P. M. The B M B h - " must be divorced from her under|Byron are (or should be?) one| . . e ren,d!s R S, M ‘identical name or it doesn't | man. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Robertson | TYPEWRITERS RENTED | U Now, it appears, Walker must :lm keep open house on Monday 3 Bank | $5.00 per month ternoon f X it would be simpler to|sue as Byron if he wants a divorce n from 3 o'clock until 5 ’ J_ B. Burford & Co. ' from Martha. This is because Da-|o'clock and will be, at home in- vid B. and Martha are not husband | formally to any friends who care and wife, In the eyes of fhe law.|to call. All of which would have com- ———e—— plicated things for Freida Portner] Daily Empire Want Ads Pay! JUNEAU, ALASKA “Our doorstep worn Juneau Lumber Mills, Ine.