The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 29, 1934, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, SEPT. 29, 1934. decllnod greatly in the depression, the policy of many governments was to increase subsidies, direct | or indirect, to their merchant fleets. This tended to augment tonnages in a time of declining trade, an Some restrictions, Daily Alaska Empire . ROBERTW BENDER - - GENERAL MANAGER the Published every evening except _S\md«;y gyu altogether uneconomic condition. mm’;‘.m:\fl’.‘if Fl e o 1% | if generally agreed upon, might make shipping Entered in the Post Offic In Juneau as Second Class | OPCFations more profitable for those engaged in ‘lhr‘m and less costly to governments now subsidizing MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to llw‘ use for republication of all news dispatches credited to §t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the Jocal news published herein. on a program of promoting international commerce and provide cargoes f than to seek to restrict its operations to fie the demands of current trade requirements. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER | THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION Easy as Lying. | | \’ (New York Times.) i “I suppose,” said Secretary Hull on Tuesday, “that mendacity and similar conduct reaches its |highest point in connection with investigations of {the manufacture and sale of munitions.” He was rn[nnmz obviously to various loose charges that the 4S(me Department, or some of its officials, had im- | properly aided American manufacturers of arms and | submarines in securing foreign orders. To this the ‘Smretarv entered an explicit denial. He may also |have had in mind some of the letters of agents of lour makers of munitions which have been put in |evidence before the Senate investigating committee, |'mr| which bandied about the names of officials {in other governments. In one case this resulted P e lin a diplomatic protest to the State Department, As the work of the National Recovery Adminis- and it is rumored that several others have been tration goes forward into the phase of code admin- hmught to the attention of Secretary Hull. istration, the form and paltern of its future! If he has replied to them in detail, he may; activities become more evident. Its purpose, as have pointed out that “mendacity” is also a char- announced when the NRA was created by the Act acteristic of correspondence between an agent abroad | " and his employers at home. A man working for [ s e o poopeila WD foreign contracts or ‘“commissions” is only too apt; fllusiness in bringing the oountry ot of the slough to explain his embarrassments or failures as due of depression. That purpose has been exemplified 4o corrupt tactics used against him. Some of the| in officiai acts and has been reiterated in official gesertions of that kind made in the so-called | statements. Its aim remains today what it was documentary evidence laid before the Senate com- at the start—wha vill continue to be in the mittee are masterpieces of insinuation or invention. future—not to diciate business but to co-operate.| When these letters are placed on the Senate mc-[ NRA officials, who from the first have invited it would be well if Senator Nye had a stamp, in-| criticism and have rcccived a barrage of adverse scribed “splendide mendax,” to affix upon many comment along with words of appreciation, believe Of them as an identifying mark. Special notation ; like that of the # Is only fair that their accomplishments should be | Should likewise be devised for letters like tha = fudged in the light of the complete picture. What agent deep in a South American transaction who wrote: “It'would be a terrible state of ar!axrs if does that picture reveal? What has been accom- my consclence started to bother me now.” He plished as a result of NRA co-operation With cyigently exerted himself to keep it under gool CO-OPERATION—NOT DICTATIO bustness? control, or to make a complete end of it, as Mark First of all, the blight of child labor—most sinister Twain did with his imaginary “conscience.” shadow over American home life—has been banished from the land. A stroke of the pen has achieved what legislative enactment had failed to accomplish In a lifetime. | In the mammoth steel industry—fundamental to The State Department has set a date for hear- BN IR BRae—ihoiede Of Talr com- L on e proposed trade agreement with Belgium. petition has made possible the elimination of most o hoike the first attempt to apply in the case of the destructive competitive practices. It also r 4 myropean nation the tactics of tariff-bargaining gave labor the 8-hour day and, besides adding tens which were successfully employed in the case of | of thousands to the payroll, increased average Cuba and which are now being used in negotiations hourly wages by 19.8 per cent, while total wages with Latin-American countries. Belgium stood tenth went up 21.1 per cent. in importance among our foreign markets last year, The retail drug store is a fair barometer of but her purchases of American goods amounted to! pelghborhood trade. According to Dun and Brad- only $43,000,000, compared with $115,000,000 in 1929. street, Inc., drug-store sales have shown an increase Bcuel:xy HL]‘“ 1s ]“‘ik‘l‘:]g (‘}i’e rrfiw;wzmgfag ‘;‘r‘; roun we have los as ears. e ARl (YR Jven fbikle T0r GO SIS fszs Belgium was a mighty profitable market for months in 1933. How the druggists themselves like American wheat, eotton, eopper, automabiles, motor their code was revealed in a Nation-wide- poll in . 0 oy gasoline. which 895 per cent of the trade went on record In one important respect our trade relations in favor of having it continued after the date Of witn Belgium differ sharply from those with Cuba. the official expiration on June 15, 1935. And 95 In the latler case our balance is “unfavorable”— per cent of the druggists polled may be classed that is, we regularly purchase more from Cuba than as small business. she buys from us, and our purchases provide credit 3 These are only a few of the accomplishments of Which can be used by Cubans in our markets. This | % the NRA in behalf of humanity, as well as business, is not true of Belgium. That nation buys more from big and little. Those who would judge the work Us than we sell to her, both in good years and in of recovery fairly must have the complete picture ” The problem of negotiating a reciprocal trade n " s i dsion might agreement is therefore a more difficult one for our FEORPET, NHIEDYeY; atigmatic vis 8 tariff-bargainers to solve. Presumably they must throw the whole scene out of focus. |offer substantial concessions if Belgium, lacking |Cuba’s method of accumulating American credits, MERCHANT SHIPPING. lis to increase her purchases in our markets. i | One favorable factor is that Belgium's exports A note fram the British Government has raised to us are to a considerable degree non-competitive the question of an international conference on the with our own goods. In 1920 our chief purchases restriction of merchant shipping so as to reduce lof Belgian wares included, in this order if import- the excess tonnage now available. The md"cn‘ance. cut diamonds, undressed furs, manufactures R object to such a move no doubt is to relieve! jof flax, hemp and ramie, uncut diamonds and crude governments from the burden of subsidies which]poLsnh While some of these goods are produced (in the United States, the list is sufficiently non- heretofore have encouraged large merchant marines | competitive to warrant hope of a successful swap- There is no indication that the American GOVerli- \ning of concessions. Doubtless the opportunities § ment will give a favorable reply or will partieipate have already been explored informally in Wash- F’ in enything more than a mere exchange of views.|ington, Our national policy has been and is to subsidize, our merchant marine, first by lending money Bargaining with Belgium. (New York Times.) | § at | 9 4 low rates to equalize construction costs here and m“v::]:no;tcfi‘:;s:' va':ec;g:cr:"tpggt ';;eh%‘il; ::I:;g; abroad, and, second, by giving ocean mail contracts yoo "t we've got some big postage stamps for a generous enough to serve as subsidies. This policy starter.—(Boston Herald.) is founded on the assumption that we need a sub-| e R SR SN S stantial merchant marine for the furtherance of OUr'l Elementary lessons in mechanics: When a motor foreign trade and for national defense. | vehicle going at 60 miles an hour hits anything at The British case has some merit, it must be'a) the results are bound to be unpleasant.—(Boston conceded. When the volume of ocean shipping Globe.) ~ COL. ELMER W. CLARK . LEAVES ON YUKON TO ; z MRS. H. A. THOMPSON HAS APPENDIX OPERATION MRS. R. E. SHELDON AND DAUGHTER FRANCES, ON WAY OUT FROM F'BANKS Mrs. H. A. Thompson entered St. VIEW NOME CONDITION Col. Elmer W. Clark, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Public Works Administra who has been designated by Secrctary of the In- terior Harold L. Ickcs to view the fire damage at Nome and determine ways and means the PWA might assist in rehabilitation, left Seattle today on the steamer Yukon, ac- cording to word received by Gov. John W. Troy. Col. Clark will confer with Gov. “froy concerning the situation in Nome and the rehabilitation pro- gram while he is in Juneau on the ‘way to that city. —— CIRCLE TOUR TRAVELERS / IN JUNEAU ON ALEUTIAN Returning southbound after mak- _ ing the Circle tour on the Yukon and Tanana rivers to Fairbanks, Irene Hanna, of Portland, , and Miss Gladis Cooper, of n Prancisco, are in Juneau while Aleutian is in port. While here visited Mrs. J. F. Mullen. Mrs. R. E. Sheldon, whose hus- band is Postmaster in Fairbanks, |and their daughter Frances, are | southbound passengers on the Aleu- tian from the Interior City. S e ;BANK EXAMINER RETURNS TO JUNEAU ON ALEUTIAN Harry I. Lucas, Territorial bank examiner for the First and Third Divisions, returned to Juneau on the Aleutian from a trip to Skag- way. - | MRS. WILLIAMS LEAVES FOR SEATTLE ABOARD ALEUTIAN Mrs. R. H. Williams will leave on the Aleutian today for Seattle | where she will visit Mrs. Frank J. McCurdy. — e, HONEYMOONERS RETURNING George D. Benson and bride are returning to Juneau aboard the Yukon after their honeymoon trip in the States, Ry A social and business meeting of the Women’s Athletic Club is an- nounced by Mrs. R. J. McKanna held next Monday afternoon o'clock in the Elks Gym. Ann's Hospital last evening and underwent an emergency operation at 11 o'clock. She is getting along nicely according to Dr. W. W. Council, her physician. N A MOTORSHIP DART IN PORT THIS MORNING At 8 o'clock this morning the mailboat Dart, Capt. Morris Reaber, arrived in port from its weekly trip to Petersburg, Port Alexander and way ports. ===, |DAN KIRMSE HERE TO 20 YEARS AGO || From The Empire s et ey, The street was planked in n-om or the merchant mafine rather of the City Hall to facilitate the! movement of the new fire truck. Miss Manning arrived in Juneau on the Georgia from Sitka. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bloedhorn re- turned to their home in Douglas|** from the States. Harvey Fremming was trans- ferred from Douglas to the Power house in Juneau. Count A. G. Frenzel, a wellknown | character around Tanana for the previous eight or ten years, was a prisoner of war at Dawson. He was an expert violinist and composer and Dawson was looking forward to some good renditions of “God Save the King"” from its honorahle prisoner of war. Though he was! an officer in the German naval reserve and had been called back to his country, nothing indicated that he might have been a spy. The coroner’s jury found that R. D. “Red” Baker had come to death at the Weydlich ranch at Auk Bay, Sept. 26, by rifle shots from a 30-30 in the hands of Alice Cox, who was held pending action of the grand jury. Register C. B. Walker and Re- ceiver Frank A. Boyle were busy moving the Land Office quarters to the handsome new Goldstein Building. | Weather: cloudy, rain. — et N ARRIVES 'WARD JOURNEY J. P. Mo n, representative of Libby, McNeill and Libby in Alas- ka, arrived on the Aleutian from the Westward. and baggage, Mr. ashore with him two fine geese, from Cordova. As a part of his bag Morgan brought looking Why crganize among your friends, get in on the fun? Teams from ail parts of the city Mr. and Mrs. Dan Kirmse ar- rived in Juneau on the Aleutian from Skagway. Mr. Kirmse will have charge of Kirmse's shop in Juneau during the absence of Mrs. Kirmse and Jack Kirmse, Saxtar. i SEPTEMBER 29, 1914 jfiase] SUESCRIPTION ATES. ‘Lrankpormtion already over-expanded. The Germans had ‘begun pl:epnr-l“h'" will leave on the Aleutian for Qelivered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for 1.8 Such a course is open to two serious objections.|, . \\c tor the seige of Antwerp, In. Seattle. From Seattle it is their r mon . a - : f By mall, postage :)vem! at the following rates: ‘an it would be extremely difficult, involving| ji.otions were plentiful for the (intention to motor to Southern Cali- uignem\]:ullrm adyance, $12.00; s}x months, in advance, | ¢1¢ jenying commitments on the part of several|opening of aerial warfare on t a for an indefinite stay. Subscribers avor if they will promptly | nations. In addition, it represents the defeatist|jarge scale in the vicinity of An-| s failure o gularit P.f'fi\’o lé'((u\. a p T J\i(\\\pulnl. Perhaps the saner and more progressive|werp and Ostend. | MISS HP‘TI:T‘:’OI;I‘IS lc(zg':‘.’(‘)"l’:lKAN Telephone for and Business e "‘i..,,,polxcv would be for the nations to get together ‘or the Court’s office, will leave on |the Aleutian for Ketchikan to join the party there for the term of court, now in session. { el 1 i Daily Emoire Want Ads Pay! The Channel Exchan e SECOND HAND CLOTHING ‘ Bought, Sold and Exchanged | ': & .3 WILLOUGHBY AVENUEL Opposite Cash Grocery [ | | ! GENERAL HAULING ED JEWELL, Proprietor | rmones 29-mse | THE BEST TAP BEER IN TOWN! ® THE MINERS’ Recreation Parlors nnd Liquor Store BILL DOUGLAS A R --A.--.“.J FINE | Watch and Jewelry Repalring at very reasonable rates PAUL B LOEDHORN FRONT STREET z I i | i i For Quick RADIO REPAIR Telephone HENRY PIGG TAKE CHARGE OF SHOPS Miss Venetia Pugh, of the Clerk| Alaska Transfer Co. ||® Wise to Call 18 Juneau Transfer Co. when in need of MOVING or STORAGE Fuel Oil . Coal I Transfer H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man Home of Hart Schaffner and | Marx Clothing | TERETTR 2 GARLAND BOGGAN PROFESSIONAL | Fraternal Societies OF PHYSIOTHERAPY Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 307 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 i1 Helene W.L. Albrecht f Massage, Electricity, Infra Red | | | Gastineau Channel | IR B.P.O. ELKS meetls every Wednesday Rose A. Andrews Graduate Nurse sage, Colonic Irrigations Office hours 11 am. to 5 p Evenings by Appcintment Second and Main Electric Cabinet Baths—Mas- | m. Phone 259 A at 8:00 p.m. Visiting brothers welcome, John H. Walmer Exalted Ruler. M. H. Sides, Secretary. | — G R KNIGHTS OF COLUUMBUS Seghers Council No.1760. ieetings second and last Monday at 7:30 p. m. Transient brothers urg- L. B. WiLSON Chircpodist—Foot Specialist 401 Goldstein Building PHONE 496 ed to attend Council Chambers, Fifth Street. JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K H. J. TURNER, Scretary ;I ,MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 | 1Second and fourth Mon- if|day of each mopth in Hardwood Floors | J | | DRS.KASER & FREEBURGER {:.Scomsh Rite Temple, heginning at 7:30 p. m. E. HENDRICKSON, :r; James W. LEIVERS, Sec- Douglas Acrie LUDWIG NELSON JEWELER 1 Watch Repairing | Brunswick Agency l FRONT STREET | ! I el S TS S SR Waxing Polishing DENTISTS 2 Blomgren Building o~ Sandlng I PHONE 56 S| Hours 9 am. to 9 p.m. Dr. C. P. Jenne DENTIST Rocms 8 and 9 Valentine Building Telephone 176 | Specializing in & s | HOSIERY, LINGERIE, | HOUSE DRESSES and accessorics at moderate prices IR THE MISSY SHOP | - Dr. J. W. Bayne DENTIST Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. Office hours, 9 am. to 5 p.r. Evenings by appointment PHONE 321 117 F. O. E. Meets first and third Mondays, 8 p.m., Eagles Hall, Douglas. Visiling | |brothers welcome. Sante Degan, | |W. P, T. W. Cashen, Secretdry. | Our trucks go any place any | | time. A tank for Diesel Oil and a tank for crude oil save | burner tromble. ) PHONE 149; NIGHT 148 i i RELIABLE TRANSFER l Commercial Adjust- WARRACK Construction Co. Juneau Phone 487 % BUSY | | Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted | | il | Robert Simpson Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optometry and ‘Opthalmology Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground DR. R. E. SOUTHWELL Optometrist—Optician Room 7, Valentine Bldg. ment & Rating Bureau i | Cooperating witn White Serv- | | ice Bureau e e We have 5,000 local ratings | | on file | ] Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’—CHILDREN'S i | READY-TO-WEAR i Not Because We Are § Cheaper : i DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE Gastineau Building « Phone 481 Office Phone 484; Residence | || Seward Street Near Third | Phone 238. Office Hours: 9:30 | | * x ‘ to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 = ; #| JUNEAU-YOUNG Dr. Richard Williams ||| ,,Funeral Parlors | Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers Night Phone 1851 Day Phone 12 | et | B - BUT BETTER | RICE & AHLERS CO. ; PLUMBING HEATING | SHEET METAL | “We tell you tn advance what Job will cost” Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 pan. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 409, Res. SABIN’S Everything in Furnishings for Men ————d Phone 276 = ey =+ ry 2] ’r R Dr. Geo. L. Barton CHIRCPRACTOR Tue JunEau Launbpry Franklin Strcet between Front and Second Streets The Dart is to leave late this evening on the southbound trip. ————, WOMEN'S CLUB TO MEET The Juneau Women's Club will hold an importapt meeting next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the City Council chambers, accord ing to Hazel James Ferguson, Pres- ident. ——— BULBS BULBS We have now received most of our bulbs fcr Fall planting and Spring blooming. Large assort- ment. Phone 311, Juneau Florists, Shattuck Building. —adv, ——— SHOP IN JUNEAU! We carry al the new colors introduced at the recent auto shows. Connors Motor Co., Inc. With a New Paint Job! Treat youd car to & new coat of paint and you won't need a "4 model! Drive in today for a free estimate. You'll like our price — and you'll appreciate our service and workmanskip. ALASKA MEAT CO. FEATURING CARSTEN’S TC HAMS AND BACON—_U, S. Government Inspected BABY BEEF—DIAMOND its known patrons. this way. all this section lives. A Good Business Reference Just as you judge a man by }ns business con- nections, so, too, you are inclined to judge a bank by The B. M. Behrends Bank likes to be judged in This bank is the oldest and largest bank in Alaska and it has operated under the same manage- ment since it was founded forty-two years ago. Throughout this period it has been identified with the industrial and commercial enterprises by which An alliance here will help you. The B. M. Behrends Bank JUNEAU, ALASKA f | # donift ok H 201 Goldstein Bldg. Phone 214 it e ey o A RONT STROET [ bl so Office. Bouré-9-13; 1K Event | éf ¥ bl 4 tered this first series. et a0, Mok Tunch i HARDWARE | | ings by appointment s — 35 = et [+ 42 Brunswick || o || Thomas Hardware Co. JUNEfigPI;%OCK Alle s H al‘ry Ra(’e A5 Sflfl‘hfic Mm er “Exclusive but not Expensive” y DRUGGIST THE Massage, violet ray and vibrator c““lsl- 3:;‘5"& 'l;‘l:i'efle- treatments. Tr. 1t glow bath, osiery and Ha PooL BILLIARDG The Squibb Store GARDEN PATCH | || scuip treatments and shampoos. FRESHER Call 142 Gastineau Ave. or ||reeereroocorcr e Fruits and Vegetables Phone 617. 8 HOTEL ZYNDA Large Sample Room GASTI N E AU CAF E THE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS ELEVATOR SERVICE GASTINEAU HOTEL BUILDING S. ZYNDA, Prop. i French-Italian Dinners Wines—Beer h e astin eau TGARBAGE HAULED “Tomorrow's Stkles. Tod Our Services to You Begin and End at the Reasonable Monthly Rates . 0S RErEe ay’" Gang Plank of Every Passenger-Carrying Boat E. 0. DAVIS S | TELEPHONE 584 Phone 4753 3 n FRYE’S BABY BEEF L ] “DELICIOUS HAMS and BACON GENERAL MOTORS | and e e R Frye-Bruhn Company MAYTAG PRODUCTS Telephone 38 Prompt Delivery | W.P. JOHNSON | McCAUL MOTOR COMPANY 5_”“‘30 and Plymouth Dealers © i P, i LS ST I AR NN G T The Florence Sho Permanent Waving a Speci Ellv Florence Holmquist, Prop. | PHONE 427 | Behrends Bank Bullding ) e — | $5.00 per month | J. B. Burford & Co. O‘Il'dm'cp!st::nbyum. Juneau Ice Cream Parlors Exclusive Dealers HORLUCK'S , DANISH ICE CREAM |