The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 29, 1935, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER Fditor and Manager Streets, Jun Entered In the Post Office in Jun natter, except Sunday by the evening at Second and Main COMPANY ska. u as Second Class SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier In Juneaw and Douglas for $1.25 et ar the following rates: sstage paid, at the following rat OHBBy :’«;‘l"“ Hl"(n(i\ Ah!“ $12.00 n]x months, in advance, 6.00; one month, in advance, $ ¥ boeibma il confer & favor it they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their paper Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associatcd Press is exclusively entitled to the wee for republication of all news di ches credited to T or Jot stherwise credited in this paper and also. the local news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION number more than a THE PWA PROBE. A grand jury has been called in the national capital to investigate charges of graft in connection | with the operation of the Public Works Administra- tion. A four million dollar canal project in Texas will be one of the first matters to come under scrutiny, the trail of acusations then leading into various undertakings under the PWA. The Public Works setup with its vast organi- {be built for any such amount. | gence. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE TUESDAY, JAN. 29, 1935 They will continue to talk $5000, $6000 and $7000 “love nests” for young couples starting out in life—many with in- comes of less than $100 a month. It should be " levident that the home-buying power of millions of people has declined to a point where they cannot longer consider homes quoted at pre-depression prices. People do not live in slums, shacks and obsolete homes because they prefer them. Their income permits nothing better. We can build slum clearance projects until doomsday, but if we do not replace slums with living quarters that cost no more to occupy than the old hovels, we are merely engaging in ineffective gestures. When the head of a family is earning less than $100 a month, it is absurd to suggest home-buying contracts to him if the contracts require $50 or $60 a month to carry out. The difference between even $25 means that he buys or he does not buy. The New Deal is spoken of as a war against poverty. Those who build and offer people homes that they can afford to live in and pay for are carrying on in a manner much more effective than those who are unable to get the idea through their heads that the rank and file of our people cannot afford homes costing an amount that would absorb their total income for a long period of years. This country is seriously in need of a good $25 | home, and the buyers of such homes are likely to be legion during the next few years, while the buyers of homes at pre-depression prices may hardly “corporal’s guard” in most communities for some little time to come. Who Can Say We Are Better or Worse? (Port Angeles News.) Over in Paris, a convict named Benjamin Ullmo, having served 26 years on France's Devil's Island, returns, looks over the world of 1935 and finds it| terrible. He says he’s going back to the penal| colony, though he was offered a job in Paris. The world today disgusts him, says this man who has seen nothing of it for 26 years. “What has struck me most,” he saying, “is the extraordinary spiritual collapse in the world, and the decline in conscience and intelli- I have been less impressed by the material | progress . . . It is not so much the lowering of | moral standards, as the immeasurable stupidity of and $35 f is quoted as| - ——— 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire it "l | JANUARY 29, 1915 A dispatch from Tiflis, Trans- caucasia, said that 50 Greek vil- lages around Kars, southern Trans- |the Turks. The flight from the villages was precipitate. Women and children suffered from the cold and many men were taken prison- | ers. i The German Crown Prince in an authorized statement from the bat- tlefield near Verdun saild that every Austrian and German who had followed events was confident that they would win the war in caucasia, had been laid in ruins by | HAPPY——— ——BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their| ibirmday anniversary, to the follow- ing: JANUARY 29 H. R. Shepard Anton Africh which they were engaged. Lloyd V. Winter left on the Princess May to visit Pacific Coast | cities and to attend the exposition in San Francisco where he was to| |be the guest of Ray E. Wilson, former assistant cashier of the B. M. Behrends Bank. Surveyor General Charles E. ‘Davxdson and Charles E. Naghel |left on a ptarmigan hunt. Claude Ericson and W. R. Gars- ter were members of the Elks' committee in charge of their ban- | | quet and dance, the fourth of the | series given by the lodge since | Christmas. | An Empire editorial commented | | upon the conversation by telephone | between Mayor James Rolph, Jr., of San Francisco, and Mayor John Purroy Mitchel, of New York, be- zation, like every other worthy cause or undertakmg.\present day humanity, which regards itself as so|ing the last word in telephone de- would indeed be an exception in these times if it | had not assimilated somewhere into its fold some} superior.” Now this is worth listening to, for a man who velopment—an event that prob- | ably far surpassed the most en- of that variety President Roosevelt appropriately has seen nothing of the world since 1909 ought to|thusiastic dreams of Alexander | dubbed ‘“chislers.” Such a large public enterprise would naturally draw that particular specie like fly paper draws flies. Under such close surveilliance as Secretary Harold Ickes, PWA Administrator, and his lleutenants have | given the program they would be super men if they escaped unscathed by the jabs of the ever-present opposition. The old adage that everything is fair in love and war might well include politics. The sharpshooters of the now minority party have been sparring for openings like the expert politicians some of them are. If there is any chance to make a little political fodder out of the PWA and slap the Administration it is only political strategy on their part that it be done. Thus the calling of a grand jury to investigate charges need not be viewed with too much alarm by the average citizen. If there is actual corrup- tion, it will be a good thing to clean it out and guard against a re-occurrence of the defects when the President’s new works program gets underway. If it is in Jarge measure political chaff, as we somehow suspect, it will ohly ‘ténd to bolster the national program and react against instigators of the charges. |at once—a Needed—A $25 Home. (Seattle Journal of Commerce.) Thomas R. Marshall, late Vice-President of the United States, once lifted his office from obscurity by voicing his famous remark to the effect that “what this country needs is a good five-cent cigar.” ‘There are some who think we now have such cigars. A writer in The Nation, named Mark Granite (it may be a nom de plume) comes forward now with the contention that what this country needs most today is & good $25 house. The assertion is not as far out of line as it at first sounds. What is meant is that there is a| serious need for modern, well-built houses of about | five rooms each that can be purchased on paymgmsw not to exceed $25 a month—these payments to include interest and possibly taxes. That would | mean a house that would not cost more than $2000 on a $500 lot. There are any number of experts who will assert| thav. it can't be done—(.hat modern homes cannot | | architect's nightmare. get a singular view of it. ed without thought. But it needn't be swallow- Noisiest Room in the World. (Scientific American.) What kind of a noise annoys an oyster? That's nonsense, of course, but noises—and noise insula- tion—are important, so a unique chamber has been built to study them. Here between four walls is enough distortion and magnifying of noise to drive a person insane in half a day. All the worst fea-| tures making for noise have been combined into an The walls are hard, reflect- ing surfaces, set at angles to one another. The | floor throws back any sound. The roof is set at a tilt. In the center of the room is a loud speaker mounted on a pendulum which swings back and forth distributing the noise evenly into all parts of the room. In the ordinavy dies away almost room, as we all know, a sound immediately. Here each sound lasts for twelve seconds; hundredg of sound waves may be set whizzing from wall to wall in those | twelve seconds. It is possible for one man with a wide voice range to sing all four parts of a song | 1-man quartet. A musician recently | played “Home Sweet Home” in all four parts on a trombone in this chamber. On the wall behind is hung a sample of sound- absorbing rock wool material, being tested for its efficiency in lowering noise. This is the most ef- |fective method of lessening noise, after accoustics have been adjusted. & | In the silent chamber, a direct contrast to this| room, one has the impression of being suspended in air. A blind man was led into this silent chamber and, his ear trained to sense the presence |of walls, he drew back in fear, thinking he was ! walking off into space. Sounds as of a motor backfiring no doubt dismay [ the Russian driver until he realizes it is another | mass execution—(Detroit News.) | | We aren’t worrying about what will happen to| our dollar, when Congress comes to it. We know» dratted well that the same thing will happen to n that has happened to it all a.long—lBosLon Herald) NORAH ARRIVES [¢: IN CITY TODAY 18 HOURS LATE else. Walking near Mansion late Chicken Hawk Falls Into Hands of Gray; No Salt Used Douglas Gray belieyes a bird in} the hand is worth two somewhere | Sunday afternoon WELL-T0-D0 THREATENED, HIGHER TAX the Governor's |t I | Abraham Bell, telephone. inventor of the| Eastern Star officers installed in- cluded Mrs. Alice Case, Lloyd V. Winter, Mrs. Maude Vaut, Mrs. Maude DeLong, Mrs. Laura Gold- stein, Mrs. Elita Daniels, Miss Mary Morgan, Ruth F. Anderson, Harriet Case, Mrs. Marion Olson, Mrs. Eva Tripp, Mrs. Hazel Os- trom, Mrs. Anna Webster, Miss Ina Pries Miss Gladys Tripp, Mrs.| Emily Raymond and Fred Smith. Weather, Maximum, mum, 22; snow. | FINE | Watch and Jewelry Repairing | | at very reasonable rates 33; mini- f L e | P e e Frme HOTEL ZYNDA Large Sample Room ELEVATOR SERVICE S. ZYNDA, Prop. ————— McCAUL MOTOR COMPANY Dodge and Plymouth Dealers LUDWIG NELSON JEWELER Watch Repairing Philco—General Electric Agency FRONT STREET I THE MARKET BASKET Provisions, Fruits, Vegetables Phone 342 Free Delivery | [ 7 PAUL BLOEDHORN ¥ | FRONT STREET 10l 8 The man on the J flying trapeze has nothing on me when Schilling Coffee fills my morning cup. 1t's Wings of the Morning Try Schilling Coffee. It has a certain sturdy quality which with reasonable care in making it, will deliver a fragrant full-flavored cup with delicious régularity. Schilling Coffee There are two Schilling Coffees. One for percolator. One for drip. | The Florence Sho op | Permanent Waving a Specialty Florence Holmquist, Prop. | PHONE 427 Behrends Bank Building | BETTY MAC | BEAUTY SHOP 103 Assembly Apartments PHONE 547 - . | MADAME ORLOFF | TEACHER OF VOICE Class or individual instruction Studio—5th and Kennedy | Appointments 4 to 8 p.m. | | Saturdays—All Day i il | | Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—CHILDREN'S READY-TO-WEAR 11 | Seward Street. Near Third | | e R e Dl SRR ST A TR il Thomas Hardware Co. l JUNEAU \ Drug Co. SRR | PAINTS—OILS ; Builders’ and Sheif | HARDW _RI | CORNER DRUG STORE” 2. 0. Bubstation No. 1 FREE DELIVERY THE JunEau LAuNDRY BUSY : —_— = PROFESSIONAL Melene W.L. Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray. Medical Gymnastics. 307 Goldstein Building Phone Office, %16 Fraternal Societics oF Gastineau Channel - B. P. 0. ELKS meets every Wednesday at 8 pm. Visiting brothers welcome. WHY Not Because We Are Cheaper BUT BETTER | RICE & AHLERS CO. r"UMBING HEATING “We tell you in advance what job will cost” o e “Tomorrow’: Styles Today” - \ \ ! ‘) N | \ § i “Juneau's Oicn Store” \ {5 CRRIDSI A iy T focerrr e cemeeeee | Second and Main Rose A. Andrews Graduate Nurse Electiic Cabinet Baths—Mas- sage, Colonic Irrigations Office hours 11. am. to 5 pm. Evenings by Appointment Fhone 259 | | f F. B. WILSON Chir pods.—Fdot Specialist 401 Gioldstein Building PHONE 496 DRR KASE! DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 am. 10 9 pm. Dr. C. P. Jenne DENTIST ms 8 and 9 Valentine Building T=lepnone 176 R CHIROPRACTCR 201 Goldstein Bldg. Phone 214 Office hours—9-12, 1-5. Even- ings by appointment | Dr. Richard Williame DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE Gastineau Building Phone 481 & FREEBURGER i John H. Walmer, Ex- | alted Ruler. M. H. Sides, Secretary KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS | Seghers Council No. 1760. Meetings second aind last Monday at &5 1:30 p. m. Transient brothers urged to at- ténd: Council Cham- 9ers, Fifth St. JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K., H. J. TURNER, Secretary. day of each month in Worshipful Master; JAMES W. MOUNT JUN®AU LODGE NO. 147 Scottish Rite Temple, keginning at 7:30 p.m. LEIVERS, Secretary. » Second &nd fourth Mor.- HOWARD D. STABLER, fOE DOUGLAS AERIE > 117 F. O. E. w" (?-f% Meets first and thir d Mondays, 8 )m., Eagles’ Hall, Dou, as. Visiting rothers welcome. Sante Degan, #. P, T. W. Cashen, Secretary. T | Our tro.“s go any place any | time: A (ank for Diesel Oif and a tank for crude oil save burner trouble. ‘ PHONE 148; NIGHT 148 /4 RELIABLE TRANSFER J} " Commercial Adjust- ment & Rating Bureau Cooperating with White Serv- ice Bureau Rom 1--Shattuck Bldg. We have 5,000 local ratings n lile — CONTESTS Why not organize a team among your friends, and get in on the fun? Teams from all parts of the city and representing many or- | | | 1 i | Phone 238. Of 3 el DR. R. E. SOUTHWELL Optometrist—Optician Eyes Examined—Classes Fitted Room 17, Valentine Bldg. Office Phone 484; Residence fice Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1.00 to 5:30 Alaska Transfer Co. GENERAL HAULING ED JEWELL, Proprietor PHONES 269—1124 3 ganizations have already en- tered this first series. Brunswick Alleys Rheinlander Beer on Draught POOL BILLIARDS BARBER SHOP S e e s et — oo’ | { FORD Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. t¢c 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 409, Res. Phone 276 { Guns and Ammunition B | SEE BIG VAN | | LOWER FRONT STREET Next to Midget Lunch Drucs anp Sunpmies Robert Simpson Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles Col- ‘ege of Optometry and Opthalmology SRR || | Glasses Pitted, Lenses Ground or LIQUORS IN A HURRY! | PHONE 97 | Fast Free Delivery AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES GAS OILS Juneau Motors FOOT OF MAIN ST. PHONE 36 For very prompt LIQUOR DELIVERY JUNEAU FROCK Local Run, Snow Causes —Due Southbound at Gray and A. B. Phillips, superin- | tendent of schools, were—to put it mildly—surprised when a very live! 'Senator Black Advances Proposal to Social PHONE 358 SHOPPE “Exclusive but not Expensive” Coats, Dresses, Lingerie, DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and ezamination Free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 8:30 and by appointment. Office Grand Apts., near Gas- tineau Hotel. Phone 177 R Dr. J. W. Bayne DENTIST Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. Office hours, 9 am. to 5 pm. Evenings by appointment PHONE 321 5 GARBAGE HAULED Reasonable Monthly Rates E. 0. DAVIS TELEPHONE 584 Phone 4753 H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man Home of Hart Schaffner and Guy L. Smith Drug Store Next to Coliseura AR S M IR ollywood Style Shop ’ Formerly COLEMAN'S Pay Less—Much Less l Front at Main Street BEULAH HICKEY RADIO REPAIR { Telephone 65 N F or Quick HENRY HGG Pl Harry Race ' DRUGGIST The Squibb Store chicken hawk literally flew into Gray's hand. The bird apparently had been | stunned by striking a telephone wire or was wet with the rain. ‘With the exception of some rather vicious work with its claws, it was | docile enough when Gray carried it over to his home in Douglas. Gray, an instructor in the Ju- neau Grade School and basketball | player for the Douglas Firemen,! made a tour of his many friends Marx Clothing Noon Tomorrow Security Program JUNEAU-YOUNG srssiliintioud Funeral Parlors Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers Night Phone 1851 Day Phone 12 THE NEW YEAR Has Started Well for the world’s business—but always busi- ness success depends upon more than a choice of “the right time.” | 1 IDEAL PAINT SHOP If It's Paint We Have 1t! Because she made many local stops between Vancouver and Prince Rupert, B. C., and because she was delayed by a snow storm in Bcow Bay, the Princess Norah was 18 hours late in reaching Ju- neau this morning from the south. V. W. Mulvihill, Juneau agent for the Canadian Pacific Steam- ship Company, said today that the Norah took the local run of the here Sunday afternoon, exhibiting Princess Adelaide from Vancouver|the catch. He claims he was not to Prince Rupert as well as making | forced- to use salt on the bird’s her own stops on the run to Skag-| tail. way. The Adelaide is being over- hauled. Moreover, a heavy fall of snow was experienced in Scow Bay, four miles south of Petersburg. ‘The Norah arrived here at 11:45 o'clock this morning and departed an hour later for Skagway. She is expected to return here at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning and is scheduled to sail for Vancouver, B. C., at 12 noon. Inbound passengers arriving on the Norah today were: H. Ander- son, A. J. Ficken, C. T. Gardner and A. Van Mavern. e Cast iron smelting in the Soviet Union amounts to an average of | 852,000 tons a month. In 1817 the average monthly smelting of cast- dron reached 252,000 tons. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29—United | States Senator Hugo L. Black of Alabama, announces he will offer an amendment to the social secur- 'ity program to make the well-to-do | pay the unemployment insurance. This will be through additional | revenue by a higher income, in-| ! heritance and excess profits taxes. | FLIER DIES; UNCONSCIOUS AFTER CRASH SEATTLE, Jan. 29.—Never hav-| ing regained consclousness since his airplane nose-dived into the bank of the Duwamish River last Wednesday, Rex BSweet, aged 26 years, student flier, died yesterday. Sweet is survived by his mother who witnessed the accident from | a window of her home. ‘The cause of the plunge has not been determined. OLD NEWSPAPERS | In bundles for sale at The Em-| pire office, 25c. Fine for starting your fires these chilly mornings. 1 I } 'WENDT & GARSTER | PHONE 549 sl LRGN R A Y HOSPITAL NOTES e e s cseeccrccn e Banished forever are the clothes basket, wash line, and laundry tubs. And she’s a gayer, Jollier companion for her husband now that she sends her clothes to the laumdry. The right banking connection is important, Bccau:e also. he fell and broke his ht, Jim Mahoney is a patient in St. Ann's Hospital today. Through its service to its business patrons, The B. M. Behrends Bank, has greatly aided the Territory’s industrial and commercial development. It is ready to serve your enterprise helpfully. ® ® The B. M. Behrends Bank JUNEAU, ALASKA Hos) McLeod entered St, night for Ann's medical » ALASKA Laundry A B St. Ann treatmen: Larsen was Hospital last night. admitted to for medical Joe Burlovich, who has been a medical patient at St. Ann’s Hos- R | tal for several days, is reported| A man named Hitt and another' satisfactory condition by hos- | | named Fite recently engaged in @ "pital attaches today. ' tist fight at Murfreesboro, Tenn,