The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 2, 1935, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER ¥ ~'gfditor and Manager Published _every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. * Eintered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class wnatter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier In Juneaw and Douglas for $1.26 per month. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.25% Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Teléphone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS, The Associated Press is exclu entitled to the uee for republicntion of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherw.-- wedited in this paper and also th news publis iny : 3 ALASKA CIRCULAT C UARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF Y DTHER PUBLICATION a—_ THE EDUCATION BILL. Education, progress and survival are the tri- umvirate of a virile and advancing civilization as ‘centuries of existence have so clealy shown. To have progress a people must have education and without progress survival of a race is only for the interval before actual decay wipes it out. Thus education becomes virtually the most « important thing in our social existence and to maintain and advance it becomes a sacred trust. Everyone is for it but the method by which it can |jarge air force at its Pacific base at Vladivostok,| away and so escaped injury. be continued and improved has led to countless|a force competent to raze Japanese .cities in event | tangles that too often tend to retard rather than advance. At the present time the Alaska school system is the subject of widespread controversy, the appar- ent difficulties centering about the law passed by | the last Legislature which, as one of its most important provisions, ‘authorized the elimination of | local school boards outside of incorporated towns and centralizes control in the the office of the Commis- sioner of Education. The latter under. the existing statute likewise would become an appointive official * named by the Territorial Board of Education, the present incumbent being elected before the 1933 law became effective. ‘There ‘are supporters and opponents of the new law but the crux of the matter seems to be in the abolition of school boards. Many communities feel | that. they can better tend to their own school| affairs' through their own local board than through | & representative of the Commissioner's office, and | perhaps they are correct. However, the theme of | the education bill now before the Legislature is aimed ! at a great deal more. Its purpose is to throw out the entire Taw and'revert!io"the (ol system which was generally conceded to be antiquated and inferior to school systems in other parts of the country. The 1933 law may mot be perfect but if its enactment was a step toward progressive education it. would seem only right to give it a fair trial. If there are evils in it, as many assert, it is within the power of the Legislature to remedy them. If thé preponderance of opinion is that local school boards are essential it would not be difficult to amend , the statute and provide for their creation without -deterring from the principal purpose of the law. m BARRISTER FROM BROOKLYN. { [ 3 ) +To one thousands of miles from the scene of e Byuno Hauptmann kidnapping trial it appears 1BAt pne figure in the case is sure to come out on 0 and ‘that is Mr. Edward J. Reilly, chief of the léged ‘kidnaper's defense counsel. His client may éh'kc‘r ‘perpetrating a heinous crime, but, we venture If'1ie does, Mr. Reilly will be on hand at the death chamber with a statement for the press explaining evérything. Tt is not a bit impossible that the talented barrister may hint a little about preparing a brief to be presented in the after world. Mr. Reilly, it must be remembered, is not with- out. great cunning and remarkable knowledge of human psychology. Every Saturday morning since, and even before, the start of the internationally famous trial the once little known Brooklyn lawyer Issues a statement for the enlightenment of the public about his plans for the future week. Ah, great surprises are in store Mr. Reilly assures us. The most damaging evidence of the State will be riddled when some mysterious witness takes the stand, it is cleverly indicated. Not since the brilliant William Fallon, Clarence Darrow and the famous McNab has a Jegal light flashed across the national picture like the barristex from Brooklyn. Mr. Reilly, we are told, will get nothing in the way of money for defending the accused kidnaper, but, whatever the fate of Bruno, his able counsel has already carved his niche in the legal hall of fame and gained national publicity that millions in money could not buy. LEARNING FROM THE WHALE. ‘There are many people who laugh at what they. call the fool pursuits of scientists. They “fail to appreciate the scientific mind, or the probability that - discoveries in onge 'investigation may disclose principles of great importance to “mankind. For example, a scientst is now making a study of the whale. Why? Because the great sea mammal possesses a secret that might be of value to men. Sometimes, for an hour, the whale goes under the water, and stays under. What becomes of the carbon dioxide which he generates? If the whale has some method of disposing of this poison is it not possible that, once discovered, scientists may be able to reproduce for men the same cofdition? Well, says the doubters, what of it? Well say we, this might save the lives of a number of submarine sailors, It might spare hundreds of miners and save their lives when buried within the mines. It /might do. more than this® What it’ might do we cannot tell, but the scientist will fidd out for us if we give him a chance. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, FEB. 2, 1935. Unguarfled Alaska. 1 7 () ” (New Yérk Américan) 171013 #Alaska, not Hawaii, is our natural military base 'mgthe Pacific.)! Tokio is twice the distance from Honolulu as it is from Alaska.” That is the statement made by Vilhjalmur Stef- ansson, the explorer, who is more familiar with northern conditions than any other American. Yet the United States has done nothing to defend that land of enormous richness from attack. There is no naval base on Alaska’s long coast line; no adequate military defense. In 1931 the Army General Staff urged fortifica- tions and bases be established in the Territory, but the recommendation has not been followed. Alaska has no means of defense and is open to any enemy which might attack it. Once an enemy base be establisned at any point in Alaska the foe could spread devastation by mili~ tary ‘plahes agaihst American cities. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that Alaska can gnsfly be reacheéd from Asia by airplanes. What ,‘a“uim pilots on "'round-the-world tours have ac- complished military * airmen'/.could . repeat; with disaster to Alaska and to the’ United States. il e . " i This country 1is 'te wsurrender the Philippine Islands—formally to the Filipinos; in reality to any Asiatic nation which wants them. Already we have given up our right to fortify those islands and our other far-Pacific holdings west of Hawaii. And Japan is notoriously fortifying its mandate islands. Even the blind League of Nations knows that. Geneva is polite to Japan about this violation of Pacific understanding, but admits the fact with the naive suggestion that Japan disprove the charge by permitting foreigners to visit those islands! Japan, having temporarily sated its appetite in Manchuria, is now pressing eastward toward Hawail with its aggressive program. Alaska is helpless in its path. For the United States leaves Alaska undefended, unprotected, unguarded, open to air and fleet attack should there be a Pacific war. " . Advocates of unpreparedness contend that defens: instigates attack. The recent developments between Soviet Russia and Japan show that argument is false. When, Japan last year got pugnacious in its attitude toward Russia the Soviet quietly put a of war. Immediately the Japanese-Russian trouble calmed down. Should America fortify Alaska it would be mak- ing a contribution to peace. Unprotected, Alaska is just one more temptation to Asia to start trouble. Labels of Our Beliefs Changed in Value. (Daily Olympian.) The labels which we use to describe various human activities—such words as “radical,” ‘“con- servative,” “progressive,” and so on — are useful things, since they serve to classify intangibles in a handy, card-index manner. The interesting thing about them, however, is the fact that their value changes from year to year without our knowing it. President Roosevelt's address to Congress is an example. Half a dozen years ago this speech—calling, as it did, for a network of old age pensions, unemploy- ment insurance schemes, collective use of certain natural resourtes, and the addition of 3,500,000 men to the Fedéral payroll—would have sent shivers up and down some millions of honest American backs. Coming, when it did, it was rather generally accepted as a “middle of the road” venture. Many people even saw it in a swing to the right. The old labels which we attached to such projects a few years ago have lost their meaning; and that has happened simply because we have moved out from under them. Consider another example: The recent campaign speech of Premier R. B. Bennett of Canada, which called for “an end to the reckless exploitation of human resources and the trafficking in the health and happiness of Canadian citizens.” Premier Bennett's program, in its essentials, seems to be more or less a duplication of President Roosevelt's. a revamped old age pension plan, insurance against rect unequal distribution of wealth, and a system of minimum wage and maximum hour laws for labor. Now the point, right here; is not whether the; voters of Camada give Mr. Beénnett a mandate to put thus scheme into effect, or retire him and give someone else @& chancé! ''It is the simple fact that a. Canadian "Premier, like an American President, has advabced a program which would seem startling- 1y radical if it had been 'suggested as recently as 1928. bl S . “What has happened, of course, is that our view- point thds changed under the impact of the blows dealt by the depression. We nb longer look at things as we used to; and before we pin any more labels on new proposals, we would do well to examine the labels carefully and see if they mean the same things that they used to mean. We have simply moved out from under our favorite figures of speech. Happy Scandinavia! (Kansas City Star.) At the opening of the Swedish: Parliament re- It calls for unmployment insurance, | sickness and accident, new income tax laws to cor- | | 50 | Prom The Empire et el FEBRUARY 2, 1915 The appearance of German sub- marines on both coasts of Great Britain and their destruction of at least seven merchant ships within three days caused a sensation in shipping circles and insurance rates had gone out of sight. Several hundred thousand fresh | British troops were being rushed to France. Five German aifships appeared ! over Dover, and though: English \forts fired “upon ‘them, they es~ caped toward the Belgian coast. Judge Fred M. Brown, who held court in Juneau for, Judge Jennings during the previous week, left for the Westward. | A team of runaway bronchos was rescued from drowning in the water at the bend of the Willough- | by avenue plank road after the | horses had made a spectacular | dash from uptown. The team be- | longed to Cash Cole and was driv- len by A. F. McKinnon. The ani- | mals took fright, galloped down | Willoughby and went through the railing in front of the Indian vil- ‘Xage, carrying the heavy wagon | with them. The tide was at its | height and 12 feet of water cov- "nred the flats. Albert Michelson, an electrician, lowered himself from the road on a sling and suc- ceeded in holding the heads of the horses above water until a. dory from the JIndian village reached the scene and hauled the horses to safety. McKinnon was not in | the wagon at the time of the run- The Rt. Rev. P. T. Rowe, Epis- | copal Bishop of Alaska, arrived in | Juneau and ordained Rev. G. E. | Howard to the priesthood in serv- | |ices at the Trinity church. | | The ground-hog saw his shadow | |in the brilliant morning sunshine and if superstition was to be be- | lieved, Juneau was in for six | weeks of bad weather, | Weather: Maximum, | mum, 35; partly cloudy. R i) ATTENTION TROLLERS 41; mini- | Important meeting Saturday | night, 7:30 o'clock in the City Hall | Council Chambers. All trollers urg- | ed to attend. RICHARD T. HARRIS, Port Delegate. | SRS M SHOP IN JUNEAU! » —adv. HOTEL ZYNDA | Large Sample Room ELEVATOR SERVICE 8. ZYNDA, Prop. McCAUL MOTOR s = ——BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: Mrs. Glenn Oakes FEBRUARY 3 Ed J. Radde { Ernest A. Johnson | Mrs. C. N. Crone | Mrs. George Wools ——lr 1 NOTICE HOSPITAL GUILD There will be an important meet- | | FEBRUARY 2 | { | ing held at the Hospital Monday || afternoon at 2:30. All members urgs ed to attend. —adv. . o ! BETTY MAC || BEAUTY SHOP 103 Assembly Apartments | | PHONE 547 1 TYPEWRITERS RENTED $5.00 per month J. B. Burford & Co. j | “Our doorstep is worn by satis- fled customers — - o . | Juneau Ice Cream ! “Parlors ' } | SHORT ORDERS i | Fountain Candy | | . B U} —_—n | PROFESSIONAL 1 || s - | Helene W.L. Albrecht J PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 307 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 Not Because We Are PHONE 496 Cheaper ., R TR S | ' "BUT BETTER' [T R ————— RICE'gi&fix;@gs co. " UMBING TING |8 i | “We tell you in advance what [ F— — Job will Dr. C. P. Jenne “Tomorrow’: Styles Today” J(flfll/ouen “Juneau’s Own Store” | b s rirrwoaes e Pack This Rib-cone Mill Anywhere! Heaviest piece can go"! Only $220 Direct from Factory for 2-4 ton capacity, 1'¢ H.P. mill. Others up to 250 tons. Screening or screenless. Send for Bulletin 115; learn details, see pictures of complete milling equipment. SINCE 1902 Straub Mfg. Co., 578 Chestnut St. Oakland, Cal. — Jones-Stevens Shop READY-TO-WEAR LADIES’~CHILDREN'S I Seward Street ) Near Third ] MARKET BASKET Provisions, Fruits, Vegetables ‘Phone 342 Free Delivery | 3 - | SABIN’S | | | | | COMPANY | PAINTS—OILS | Dodge and Plymouth Dealers Bfl::;'n ;:dls:m ’ | i | |l LUDWIG NELSON ||| Thomas Hardware Co. | JEWELER & ‘: Phfloo—g:::ufiectflcm , ngromemer . i JUNEAU ' e || Drug Co. cently the King announced a balanced budget, no new taxes, a proposed reduction of the national | debt and only 15 million dollars for unemployment | relief. A somewhat, similar situation is reported | in the other Scandinavian countries, Norway and | Denmark. Our congratulations to Scandinavia. By now, we suppose, Mussolini's six and eight- year-old armies have recovered from the Chi‘istmksl tummyache and are ready to take up arms again— | (Macon Telegraph.) | slah Boviet still elects Lenin to office. In the| United States they also elect dead ones to office | but forget to bury them.—(Detroit Free Press.) | | We didn't have to read that lengthy article on| “War Pays for It?” We know the answer. Only| Finland.—(Boston Herald.) | | We are much less concerned about how far the 1935 dollar will go than as to how close within | reach it will come.~—(Dallas" News.) The pessimist reflects that if the automobiles don't get him in 1935 he is liable to slip in the bathtub.—(Indianapolis Star.) Judging by some of the unkinder cartoons, G. O. P. elephant is to0 weak to be a book¢nd, even.— lf oit News,) . X " /Fhough he jhas been dead for 10 ¥éars ‘the" Rus—g‘ v 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 laundry. YO! ALASKA Laundry “THE CORNER DRUG STORE” ' P. O. Substation No. 1 4 FREE DELIVERY THE JUNEAU LAUNDRY Franklin Street between Front and Second Streets f PHONE 35§ ‘ JUNEAU-YOUNG Funeral Parlors Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers Night Phone 1851 Day Phone 13 F. B. WILSON Chirpodis.—Foot Specialist 401 Goldstein Building DRS. KASER & FREFBURGER || DENTISTS ngren Building I'HONE 56 Hours § aim. to 9 pmi! Dr. Geo. L. Barton CHIROPRACTOR | 201 Goldstein Bldg. Phone 214 Office hours—8-12, 1-5. Even- ‘ngs by appointment PO AN L TR | Dr. Richard Williams DENTIST. OFFICE AND RESIDENCE Gastineau Bullding Phone 481 | Otfice Phone 484; Phone 238. Office Hours: 9:30 Commercial Adjust- DE. R. E. SOUTHWELL : | | ment& Rating Bureau Optometrist—Optician 1 Cooperating with %Vhlte Serv- Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Room 7, Valentine Bldg. to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 Residence 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- Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. tc 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 409, Res. Phone 276 | Seghers Council | 1760. Meetings second |and last Monday at S —— ] | " Fraternal Societies — _oF Gastineau Channel B. P. 0. ELES meets every Wednesday at 8 pm. Visiting brothers welcome. John H. Walmer, Ex- alted Ruler. M. H. Sides, Secretary KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS No. 7:30 p. m. Transient brothers urged to at- tend. Council Cham- bers, Fifth St. JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K, H, J. TURNER, Secretary. MOUNT JUN®\U LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Mor- day of each month in Scottish - Rite Temple, beginning at 7:30 p.m. HOWARD D. STABLER { DENTIST Worshipful Master; JAMES W. i Rocms 8 and 9 Valentine LEIVERS, Secrctary. | Building | lej 178 e 20 i || poucLas f\\o,,E/ 3 SHBET AT AERIE a\ - ~————3%| I FOE Meews first and third Mondays, 8 p.m., Eagles’ Hall, Dou,.as. Visiting brothers welcome. Sante Degan W. P, T. W. Cashen, Secretary. —_— ] Il ! Our tru.s go any place any | time. A tank for Diesel Oi! and a fank for crude oil save burner trouble. ‘ PHONE 149; NIGHT 148 | RELIABLE TRANSFER I fce Bureau Rodm 1--Shattuck Bldg. l We have 5,000 local ratings on lile ; | Alaska Transfer Co. GENERAL HAULING * ED JEWELL, Proprietor PHONES 269—1134 Brunswick | Alleys | Rheinlander Beer on Draught ganizations have already en- | 83— Robert Simpson Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Pitted, Lenses Ground | —————resnalll POOL BILLIARDS BARBER SHOP AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. ! GAS | Office hours, 9 a.m. to § p. | OILS | e | i ot Then e e, Juneau AT oty D Motors FOOT OF MAIN ST. PHONE 36 || For very prompt LIQUOR DELIVERY JUNEAU FROCK SHOPPE “Exclusive but not Expenstve” OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination Free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 8:30 and by appointmen Office Grand Apts., near Gas- tineau Hotel. Phone 177 R — FIN Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN | FRONT STREET t. | OLD NEWSPAPERS In bundles for sale at The Em- pire office, 25c. Fine for starting your fires these chilly mornings. THE NEW YEAR Has Started Well for the world’s business—but a]fiays busi- ness success depends upon more than a choice of “the right time.” Tlhe right banking connection is” important, also. Through its service to its business patrons, The B. M. Behrends Bank, has greatly aided the Territory’s industrial and commercial deve]op;nent. It is ready to serve your enterprise helpfully. The B. M. Behrends Bank JUNEAU, ALASKA Cigarettes Candy Cords .- The | ‘New | Arctic Pabst Famous 1 Draught Beer | On Tap — SEE BIG VAN g | " Guns, and Ammunition LOWER FRONT STREET | Next to Midget Lunch ] Drucs AND SunprIES or LIQUORS IN A HURRY! PHONE 97 Fast Free Delivery Guy L. Smith Drug Store Next to Coliseura | lrmeed S B | Pay Less—Much Less ' Front at Main Street BEULAH HICKEY ‘ E. 0. DAVIS : I i || For Quick = RADIO i . =14 . BEPAR H. S. GRAVES , Telephone “The Clothing Man HENRY PIGG Home of Hart Schaffner and l | Marx Clothing { = | e SIS | Harry Race DRUGGIST The Squibb Store IDEAL PAINT SHOP It It's Paint We Have 1t! WENDT & GARSTER PHONE 549 I |' ! TAP BEER IN TOWN! THE MINERS’ Recreation Parlors and Liquor Store BILL DOUGLAS