The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 16, 1934, Page 4

SRR 4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1934. ———————————————————————————————————— more taxes, so that in the end the total taxation That is much more than ‘was charged per quart for the average whiskey Daily Alaska Empire Published eve: evening _except Sunday by EMPI‘!’LE PRXN‘H'KG COMPANY at Second and Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. ROBERT W. BENDER the Main SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier In JI"‘!-!(I;I and Douglas for $1.25 per _month. mall, postage pald, at the following ratee: Onazyyenr. lnp Adr!nnde' ‘11.00‘1l;! months, In advance, .00; month, in advance, .26, » oé‘\lh:;lfimm will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Busmefnm(){floe of any fallure or irregularity the delivery of eir papers. I Senhona Yor Editortal and Business Offices, 374. BER OF ASSOCIATEL PRESS. The A:‘.Ec'ru(ed Press is exclusively entitled to th for republication of all news dispatches credited to B foot ‘Gtherwise credited In this paper and aiso the cal news published herein. CASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THMAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION AID MUST BE FORTHCOMING. Gov Troy's appeal to the Federal Government, as well as to Gov. Martin of Washington State, for action leading to a breaking of what is actually a blockade against shipments to Alaska, is timely. His strong statement of the case is not exaggerated in any respect. Usually a blockade occurs only in wartime and is directed against an enemy. In this instance it is put on by workers, the same sort of men who comprise majority of Alaskans, and can do untold injury to workers and their families here. It con, and unless it is raised it will, cause hunger, sickness, unemployment, stagnation of all business and industry. For we are wholly dependent on shipments from and through Pacific Coast ports, mainly Seattle, to prevent and relieve those evils. Alaska is essentially an overseus province, or colony. of the United States. It has no transporta- tion | connecting it with the United States proper except woter, and none of any other kind linking it any other country. When the bases of oceanbo e commerce are closed to the Territory, all tradc and couinunication cease. liusiness, in- industry. in fact, if the condition is permitted to continue unrelieved, all society must disintegrate. Thus when the Governor telegraphs Secretary Ickes that the case here is desperate, he states a simple 75 well as an awful truth. Of course, nobody is going to starve right away. Yet in most communities in Alaska, it will require but a short time to exhaust certain kinds of food supplies. Our stores of medical supplies, while ample for normal needs, cannot last indefinitely. It is in the coming winter months that the gravest danger lies. If the longshoremen's strike is permitted to drag along, with shipping tied up as at present, for 60 days or more, there will be little activity in the salmon canning and other fishing industries. The great placer mining operations and probably the lode mining in Southeast Alaska will stop shortly. All construction activities will have to be shut down. That means immediate unemploy- ment on an unparalleled scale. It means, also, that thousands will face next winter without funds, en- tirely dependent on public charity. The funds of the Territory will not be nearly enough to meet the demands for succor. As Gov. Troy emphasized to Secretary Ickes, Alaska is not particularly interested in how the strike is settled. Few, if any, Alaskans know what the difficulties are all about, Their concern is that an immediate settlement be brought about. That must be done if we are to avoid real and acute suffering. AUTO OUTPUT BOOMS. Despite temporary setbacks from labor. difficulties in industries upon which it depends for ' equipment and materials, the automobile industry achieved a new high for the month of April. Reports to the members' meetings of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce revealed mounting production end strong spring buying of the industry’s products. April shipping reports for members indicate ap- proximately 269,569 cars and trucks, the largest out- put of any month since August, 1929. It passed the March figures and was an increase of 92 per cent over April of last year. Figures for the first four months of this year showed 814,697 cars and trucks, an increase of 381,841, or 88 per cent over the same period of 1933. favored by Spring weather travel, continue to show retail sales far in excess of last year. Roosevelt Administration’s program is handicapping business, it certainly does not show'in the records of the automotive industry. FORCE IS NOT ENQUGH. Without disposition to be critical of Secretary Morgenthau’s declaration of hostilities against “re- peal” bootleggers, it looks to us very much' like & case of ill-chosen method. Bootlegging is reported to be almost as widespread as it was in Prohibition days. Smuggling is becoming a sizeable industry. The 1nc * is reaping just as large a golden haryest jas he did in the haleyon days of legally Dry United States. The reason is not far from hanc. Existing high prices for leual liquors make it profitable for smuggicrs to evade border guards with cargoes, and for illicit distillers to sell their wares to illcgitimate dealers. As long as conditions remain such that the evasion of duties and taxes will bring a profit to the illicit dealer, just so long will the commerce in contraband continue. That has been the history of liguor and other commodties for a great many years. Staid England tried it against French wine and lace makers centuries ago and admitted defeat g two main reasons why legal liquors throughout the United States. action, Federal and State, and levies upon mported alcoholic In Pederal taxes and import duty alone, a against liquor imported State permitting its sale adds 13 ' |includes, is well above $2 a quart on it. |and other distilled liquors in pre-Prohibition days. Taking advantage of the situation, American distllers, who are actually short of matured whiskies, are at relatively high figures whiskies that in pre-Pro- | hibition days could not have found a market. The way to stop ‘“repeal” lowest possible point. As long as Prohibition clusively. it remains, enforcement force will not end failure proved that con- Among almost unnoted is the fact that Alabamans have decided to keep Heflin at home at least for a while longer. Wonder how it is that we never hear of any of the big labor leaders walkinz out on a strike for higher wages? Gains in Employment. (New York Times.) In a report published yesterday the National Industrial Conference Board estimated that more than 5,000,000 men and women have gone back to work during the last twelve months. This figure as it properly should, a comparatively small number who are employed on building projects financed with the aid of the Public Works Ad- ministration. ‘But it does not include the much larger number carried on the rolls of the Emer- gency Conservation Corps, the Civil Works Admin- istration and other agencies whose function is to provide makeshift jobs in lieu of direct relief. The estimated gain of 5,000,000 means, therefore, bona- fide re-employment and not merely a juggling of relief figures. The largest increase of employment, both num- erically and proportionately, has been made in the manufacturing and mechanical industries. Here the Conference Board estimates that more than 3.800,000 have gone back to work. About 1,100,000 more have found reemployment in trade. Smaller gains in the mining industries, transportation, domestic and per- sonal service and miscellaneous work have con- tributed 300,000 additional jobs. The survey assumes no change in agriculture, fishing and forestry, or Government and professional service. The total number unemployed in March of this year is esti- mated at 8,021,000—compared with 13,208,000 in the same month last year. These figures are more optimistic than others which have been published recently. The American Federation of Labor concurs in the estimate of more than 13,000,000 unemployed a year ago (its figure is 13,689,000, but believes that last month 10,905,000 were still out of work. Nevertheless, one inherent fact lends plausibility to the figures of the Conference Board. It estimates the total in- crease of employment since March, 1933, at 39.2 per cent. This corresponds closely with the official Labor Department estimate of a 374 per cent increase in the manufacturing trades alone. Steel for Paper. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) The paper navy created by the Vinson bill, and which many persons expected would remain a navy only on paper, is suddenly showing signs of vitality. To the tune of $40,000,000, it is to be changed from paper to steel in coming months. This does not mean that the half billion dollar program envisioned in the Vinson bill is to take shape immediately. It does indicate that the Administra- tion is determined to prooceed with actual con- struction in accordance with the provisions of the measure, however slowly. The Vinson bill, if taken seriously, represents an outlay for naval vessels beyond the probable requirements of the country and exceeding the sum which the country can reasonably spend, in view of other pressing needs for funds. Nevertheless, it was passed and stands on the statute books as an authorization to proceed with naval construction whenever the Executive finds it desirable and when- ever Congress appropriates funds. The bill matters little, save as a warning to foreign competitors. But the decision to move rapidly in naval building or postpone it is a very important one. Fundamentally, the question of naval construc- tion rests on a political decision, not on technical considerations of national defense. Our needs re- specting defense are a factor of our political foreign policy. If we are going to play the quiescent role in world politics that ‘we have played since Mr. Stimson left the State Department, we need no more navy than we have today. If, on the other hand, in China, or if we are going to intervene actively more powerful navy to make our position valid. Out of the welter of conflicting consideration, our naval construction policy must depend on our political decision regarding Japan's claim to dom- inance in China. Second, a close understanding with Reports from the field, especially in those places |London is less costly and quicker than to build the navy up to certain preponderance over Japanese If the |forces. we can rely on two generalizations. First, Sirovich on the Joo. . (Seattle Times.) Dr. Sirovich, representing a New York City dis- trict in Congress, is persistent in .plans to save Alaska from the Japanese. Lately he revealed to his colleagues the Japanese plot of which he learned is to use Alaska as a base of operations in invading and ‘To prevent this the to establish American while visiting in Moscow, and which subjugating the Pacific States. doctor is drafting a bill military, naval and air bases on the Aleutian Islands. If Dr. Sirovich keeps this up the Japanese certainly will have to modify their plans of conquest. An Austrian divine, so a stray item tells us blessed a golf course recently, when it was opened. We have a hunch that nothing like that will ever happen there again.—(Boston Hearld.) Brown is now official for formal wear throughout Nazi Germany, and gravy may be manipulated in a fearless and abandoned manner.—(Detroit News.) The good old days were so good that it was worth a fellow’s while to rush away from a beach to see a gal climb into a buggy.—(Georgetown, Ky., News.) If he sees a girl smoking on the street and longs to spank her, he can remember when every parlor had a conch shell.—(Newark, Ohio, Advocate.) In laying claim to the Pacific Ocean, Japan apparently never hglrd the story of the fellow who took in too much “territory.—(Ohio State Journal) charging top prices for what they have and selling bootlegging is to re- duce import duties and domestic taxation to the Take away the chance for the illicit manufacture, smuggler and dealer to make big profits and the illicit tradé will starve to death. it. the other recent happenings that went we are going to challenge the dominance of Japan in the European situation, we shall need a much 'FORMER JUNEAU HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND On a purely vacation trip, Mr. and Mrs. neau last evening on the Princess about a week Dbefore returning south. Mr. Richards, now superinten- dent of the Consolidated Copper- mines at Kimberley, is revisiting the scenes of his school days, as he jspent many years in Juneau and attended the Juneau Grade and High Schools, graduating from the latter. Before going to Kimberley, Mr. Richards was chief engineer for the Kennecott Copper mine at La- touche for several years and last left -Alaska in 1923. Both his de- sire to visit his old friends and Mrs. Richards’ wish to see the country of which she has heard so much during the ten years trip north, Mr. Richards said. — e — SHOULD BE GOOD SALMON SEASON SAYS HANS FLOE “All indications are that this will be a good season for the salmon canning industry and that there will be large pack. There was a good escapement two years ago which points to a big run this summer,” declared Hans Floe, Superintendent of the Hawk Inlet cannery of the P. E. Harris Com- pany, who came to Juneau Monday evening on the tender Fairweather. He said he expected a pack of be- tween 75,000 and 100,000 cases this year. Mr. Floe is in Juneau to secur: seine boats and seine fishermen for the Hawk Inlet cannery and take care of other busiress for the cannery. A preliminary crew of 60 is now at Hawk Inlet and Mr. Floe has already engaged about 40 Indian seiners and can- nery workers for the coming sea- son. He expects to leave here to- night or early tomorrow to return to Hawk Inlet on the Fairweather. SEERESRR ® & o 0 v 00 3 e DO . AT THE HOTELS . ® o 0 0 000 000 0 0 Gastineau Harriette La Violette, Seattle; W. H. Caswell, Ketchikan; George Durner, Juneau; Mr. and Mrs. Jackson and son, Vancouver; C. F. Sanborn, Seattle; O. Strelvoff, Hollywood; Mr. and Mrs. John A. Richards, Kimberly, Nevada. Zynda L. Rapuzzi Skagway; G. A. Westcott, Seattle; C. W. Bragen, Seattle; Lucrecia Sibley, Seattle. Alaskan J. Rojnovsky, San Francisco; A. Otis, San Francisco; 8. Sophko, Juneau; John Price, Annex; Geo. H. Powell, Juneau, E. H. Pettis, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Ed Eis- man, Tacoma; Louis Wagar, Seat- tle; A. Gabriel, Ketchikpn; Art Headman, Taku; W. Weis, Taku. BRSRE7h PROMINENT NOMEITES LEAVE ON WAY HOME AFTER FEW DAYS HERE John Devine, Democratic candi- date for Territorial Senator from the Second Division and hotel owner in Nome, and Antonio Polet, prominent business man from the Bering Sea city, left on the steam- er Yukon on their way home from the outside. Both stopped off in Juneau for several days on their way north and yesterday wera guests of Gov. John W. Troy at luncheon at the Governor's House, by way of Seward and Fairbanks latter place to their home. A DR. R. E. SOUTHWELL BACK AFTER PETERSBURG TRIP Dr. R. E. Southwell returned here on the steamer Yukon from business there is thriving and that everyone appears to be prospcrous. — - INDIAN WOMAN DROWNS Mrs. John Lott, an Indian wom- an, aged about 94 years, slpped from a float at Petersburg and drowned. TO OPERATE CANNERY Oscar Nicholisen arrived in Doy- son. il R R Shop In duneau WIFE HERE FOR VISIT| Norah, and will remain here for since they were married, prompted | the couple to make the vacation' | for quarters, f | ALASKA STEAMSHIP | CGMPANY MOVES TO | | the At the same time, the finishing| touches are being put on the build- alterations, with the roof re-, pairing and the annex work at ing rapidly. ing the south end progres The shiny coat of aluminum paint has been finished, and the result- ing appearance is quite impressive. - D CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS The United States Civil Service Commission has announced opcen competitive examinations as fol- lows: Supervisor of Secondary Educa- tion, $4,600 a year, less $400 a year and light, In- Department of dian Fieid Serv! | the Interior. . Associate Public Health Nursing | Analyst, $3,200 a year, Public Health | Service, Treasury Department. Full information may be obtained from the Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of EX- | aminers, at the Alaska Road Com- mission, 311 Federal and Territorial Building, Juneau. - e TO INSPECT GRIFFSON To make their annual inspection of the Griffson, J. Newmarker and Capt. J. M. Clark, local steamboat inspectors, went out this morning on the tug Georgia to the wreck of the Islander. Accompanying them were J. J. Hilliard, M. S. Whittier, Harry Lu- cas, Gerald Banta, Charles G. Warner and Jackie Newmarker. R 5 YUKON RIVER STEAME CAPTAINS ON WAY TO INTERIOR FOR SUMMER Among the Yukon river skip- pers aboard the Princess Norah on their way to the Interior for the summer season were Capt. M. Campbell and Capt. C. M. Cough- lin, both of whom are on the White Pass and Yukon route be- tween Whitehorse and Dawson. - CAPT. JOHN McDONALD ON WAY TO CARCROSS Among the passengers bound for the Interior on the Princess Norah was Capt. John McDonald, of the White Pass and Yukon steamer Tushi, which operates between Carcross and Atlin. R S P. C. McMULLEN RETURNS They will make the trip to Nome! and will take a plane from the! Pttersburg where he spent the last | FA By eight days taking care of patients{ Petersburg has a traffic light, in that vicinity. He reported that' TO SEWARD AFTER WEEK WITH EDUCATION BOARD P. C. McMullen, prominent Sew- ard merchant, left on the steamer Yukon yesterday to return to his e after spending a week here atfending the meetings of the Territorial Board of Educaiton of which he is a member. SR P RN RAMSTAD IN HOSPITAL Pete Ramstad, employee of the P. E. Harris Company at Hawk In- let, entered St. Ann's hospital yes- terday for treatment for appendi- citis. — e — CARD PARTY POSTPONED ‘The card party of the Graduate Nurses Association, scheduled for last night, was indefinitely post- poned. L: — e NORTH WIND TO CALL The North Wind willl call at Ju- neau on her way south sometime Friday, according to information received here today by J. B. Bur- ford :and Company, local agents of the Northland Transportation | Company. 2 R AT TRAFFIC LIGHT APPEARS installed on the corner near the IWhe‘eler Drug and Jewelry Com- with stop and go signals. — ., ONE BOAT SELLS Only one boat sold halibut here !today, the T 3380, Capt. John Pad- emeister, 1500 pounds, to the Alas- ka Coast Fisheries at 6'. and 4% pany, .{cents per pound. | ———— SHINE AT POLO CINCINNATI, May 16.—Roller polo has a devotee in Leo Du- hoff prepared to operate the one- rocher, Cincinnati shortstop, who line cannery there during the sea- learned to play a good game in his native New England. Another roller polo star is Bob Hart, one time National league umpire. — Plumbing H A Miles Automatic Air Conditioner is operating in the new Jensen Apartments. SEE IT. Miles Air Conditioner can be in- stalled on any hot air furnace job. Harri Maqhine S[\ng? Old Papers for Sale at Empire Office NEW HOME TODAY By tonight the Alaska Steamship John A. Richards of | Company will have completed mov- Kimberly, Nevada, arrived in Ju-)ing operations into the new home on the Pacific Coast Dock, former- ly occupied by the Admiral Line, according to R. J. McKanna, agent. Some of the office furniture was ;mmed yesterday, remainder Jboxg in transit this morning. l Motors 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire B et | MAY 16, 1934 It was decided at the meeting vious evening that in accordance with the 8-hour law passed by the Territorial ~Legislature, 8 hours would be considered a legal day for all work on the streets with a proviso that the pay for the same would be 35 cents per hour and the men should have the privilege of working overtime at the same rate. Councilmen J. R. Willis offered the resolution after Councilman W. E. Britt had brought up the sub- ject. It was unanimously passed. The Juneau Ladies’ Musical Club | was giving an entertainment in the Juneau theatre in the evening! as its annual affair. On the pro-| gram were two cantatas, in which | thirty trained voices were to take| part, a violin solo by Willis E. Nowell, and vocal solos by Mrs. H. P. Crowther, Miss Crystal Snow and Monte Snow. Mrs. George Simpkins was to preside at the piano. by Charles Goldstein on lower| Front Street was making rapid progress under the direction of Contractor Quist. The building was to house the Brunswick, the| billiard parlor to be established by J. K. Leaming. Weather for the previous 24 hours was cloudy with rain. The maximum temperature was 44 and the minimum was 36 degrees. Commencement exercises for the graduation class of the Juneau High School was to take place the following week in the Elks Hall. There were six members of the class, Miss Alma Sowerby of Ju- neau; Miss Thelma Ninnis and Miss Nora Museth, of Douglas; Edward Beattie, Charles Sabin and George Nelson, of Juneau. The Admiral Sampson had sailed the previous night from Seattle containing among the passengers aboard a party of 42 Seattle and Tacoma business men who were making the round trip as guests of President H. F. Alexander of the Pacifi~-Alaska Navigation Com- pany and who were to visit all the coast cities of Alaska. Shop m Juneau FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GAS OILS GREASES } Juneau FUOT OF MAIN ST, t {1 The new building being erected ! Ray, Medical Gymnastics. | 307 Goldstein Building | | PROFESSIONAL | Phone Office, 216 | of the City Council held the pre- - " Rose A. Ardrews Graduate Nurse Electric Cabinet Baths—Mas sage, Colonic Irrigations Office hours 11 am. to 5 pm. | | Evenings by Appointment Second and Main Phone 258 [+8 Chiropodist—Foot Specialist 401 Goldstein Building PHORE 496 L ——— DRS. KASER & FREEZBURGER DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hcurs 9 am. to 8 pm. | PR S —f Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. ! Oflice nours, am. to 5 pm. | | s=venings by appointment. r Phone 321 | 3 Robert Simpson oOpt. D. ‘ | | | Graduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground | DE. R. £. SOUTHWELL T Optometrist—Optician | Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted | Room 7, Valentine Bldg. | Office Phone 484; Residence | Phone 238. Office Hours: 9:30 | to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 | [ ——— | Dr. Richard Williams DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE Gastineau Building Phone 481 T Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours ‘9 am. to 6 pm, SEWARD BUILDING | Oifice Phone 409, Res. . ik Phone 276 [ R T TR T R N TOTEM MARKET Groceries—Produce—Fresh and Smoked Meats | WILLOUGHBY AVENUE | CASH AND CARRY [ PAINTS——OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Thomas Hardware Co. f | | | | Mining Location Noiices at Em- i BETTY MAC | | BEAUTY SHOP | | 10F Assembly Apartmeats ‘| ."L PHONE 347 ' | pire office. THE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS The Gastineau Our Services to You Begin and End at the Gang Plank of Every Passenger-Carrying Boat Telephone 38 FRYE’S BABY BEEF “DELICIOUS” HAMS and BACON Frye-Bruhn Company Prompt Delivery PR T T | E.B. WILSON. - | P = | Muets first and third Mondays 8 & Demonstrated Whether you require ice, or cooperation in the problem, an alliance with bank will prove its worth Our officers will be Dependability has enabled The B. M. Behrends Bank to earn and keep the good will of depositors from every part of the great district which this institution serves. Checking or Savings serv- solution of some business Alaska’s oldest and largest to you. glad to talk things over and to suggest ways in which we might be helpful. The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska Fraternal Societies oF Gastineau Channel Helene W. L. Albrecht YHYSIOTHERAPY e ‘Massage, Electricity, Infra Red B. P. 0. ELKS mcets X every Wednesday at 8 p. m Visiting brothers welcome. ] L. W. Turoff, Exalt- ed Ruler. M. H. Sides, Secretary. KENICHTS OF COLUMBUS Segher1 Council No. 1760. Meetings second and last Monday at 7:30 p. m Translent brothers urg- ed to attend. Councll Chambers, Fift) Streed JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. H. J. TURNER, Becretary MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 1& I YSecond and fourth Mon- iday of each month in | Scoftish Rite Templey beginning at 7:30 p. m. L. E. HENDRICKSON, Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Sev- retary. Douglas Aerie 117 F. O. E. p.m., Eagles’ Hall, Douglas. brothers welcome. R. A. Schmidt, W. P, Guy L. Smith, Secrctary. - e 5 Our trucks go any place any r time. A tank for Diesel Oil and a tank for crude oil save burner trouble. PHONE 149; NIGHT 148 RELIABLE TRANSFER — e NOW OPEN Commercial Adjust- ment & Rating Bureau ! Cooperating with White Service | | Bureau Room 1—Shattuck Bldg. We have 5000 local ratings on file - — = _— T i | | i | 1 | | Py ¥ 1 ! | | i Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—CHILDREN'S READY-TO-WEAR ! I I | 8 et | | | | Beward Street Near Third | ] A R T JUNEAU-YOUNG ! Funeral Parlors | Licensed Funeral Directors | | and Embalmers Night Phone 1851 Day Phone 13 J G P SABIN’S Everything in Furnishings THE JuNEAU LAUNDRY | | i | Franklin Street between , Front and Second Streets | | L PHONE 355 JUNEAU FROCK SHOPPE “Exclusive but not Expensive” Coats, Dresses, Lingerie, P = HOTEL ZYNDA Large Sample Room ELEVATOR SERVICE . 8. ZYNDA, Prop. e, GARBAGE HAULED Reasonable Monthly Rates E. 0. DAVIS TELEPHONE 584 Phone 4753 | GENERAL MOTOR® , IA!‘IAO“P“O ! DTOTS W. P. JOHNSON | i — R —