The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 9, 1935, Page 4

LEIF FRI(‘SON Norsemen and thmse of Viking origin pause today | in commemoration of the greatest Norsemen of them 5 \‘wh'\ by “the all—Leif Ericson. The mighty explorer, son of Eric 1t Second and Main thé Red who himself had pushed out toward a new| world as early as the year 983 to found the country cond Class known 2s Greenland, is credited with being the first discoverer of what is now America. Setting out from Greenland after the death of his father, Ericson landed about the year 1000 around| ‘;”‘:;;\:“"," New Foundland or New England and labeled this new land Vinland. Time blotted out his explora- for it was more than 400 years later that| tions, Columbus claimed the honor of finding the new | 374, e | world. | MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. But the memory of Leif Ericson is still revived The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news ¢ ches credited to|by people of Norse extraction who pay homage to Ay “:‘Ll":::.'y‘y‘i“;.1”;.:'1“":‘. . v and also the | 4his daring adventurer who crossed the north seas e in open boats long before Columbus and later fnmous ASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER o W ALASILAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION explorers were born. z 7 ¥ 3 In the history of the Vikings is found phen-| omenal records and the outstanding of these is lhc‘ achievement of the intrepid Ericson. Small wonder that those of his race as well as other people pay tribute today to his memory. Daily Alaska Em plre ROBERT W. BENDER Editor and Manager every evening _exce TING COMPANY Alaska Published EMPIRE_PRIN Streets, Junea Entered in the Post matter Office in Juneau as S " SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per_month. at the following By malil, x months, postage paid, vance, $1.2 er a favor if they will promptly N any failure or irregularity pers. \uun(rn. 602; r phones Business Office, Memorials for Will Rogers. (New York Times.) It is in response to a nation-wide sentiment that a national to devise ways of perpetuating the memory of Mr. Rogers. Headed by Vice-President Garner, who will have the aid of many prominent men as advisers and members of committees, the commission will seek to raise a general fund. This will be, how- lever, apportioned among communities where memor- lials will be erected, the form and location of which will be left largely to the taste and judgment of the cities or towns interested. So far it is specified |only that one memorial shall be placed somewhere in Oklahoma, and another on a California site. But MR. HOOVER TALKS POLITIC Borah, Landon, Knox and the rest of the re-| ported Presidential aspirants may be in the 1|mchghl’ but the next Republican convention, it appears, is, those two States, though they saw Will Rogers in| going to have: to give some consideration to Mr'.person oftener than others, cannot claim a‘ mon- Hoover. Perhaps not an out and out proposal but at gnoly of admiration for him. Other States may bid least a veiled hint of his hopes is found in the for the privilege of doing honor to him. It will utterances of the former President at Oakland last naturally be some time before the money is raised week when he addressed a group of his fellow party and the actual nature of the memorials decided members. |upon. Everybody will agree that they should suggest Even some of his party leaders admitted sur- something of the love of animals and of children, prising interest in the new militance of their retired the enthusiasm for life in the open and for natural chieftain as he waded into the Roosevelt Admin- DESUY, together with the wide and kindly human A & J; relations which so strongly marked the life and istration in true Republican style. But aside from his biting attack on the New Deal, Mr. Hoover cer Of Will Rogers. talked politics, the kind of politics that points toward | convention time. Minor issues, petty opposition, sec-| tional interest, group ideas and personal ambition ' must be dumped, he told his far Western Republican | friends, if the Grand Old Party is to be effective: It is something like running across a pasture against the Democrats. The ex-President spoke of Waving a red flannel shirt, like standing near the compromises among the leading Republicans and north terminus of a Missouri mule and tickling it sounded the clarion call of harmony in the ranks. with & wheat straw; in fact, very much llke o 8 g 5 + handling dynamite with limited knowledge of ex- After all, Mr. Hoover is the minority party titular ) o 8 CORRE O Hinat has happened in head and compromise as politicians know it means guianomo Bug it does seem to call for comment. agreement with the Chief when big things are at; Qklahoma—what a State! The women had a stake, for instance, let us say, nomination. The occasion was his first appearance before his ets. They bullied the Legislature all right. own party since retiring from the White House, but persuaded it to submit a constitutional amendment. Mr. Hoover not be his last. No, the Republican high command cannot do very much planning without figuring the former President in the picture, and he might well dominate the entire party frame about the that convention rolls around Man’s Last Stand. (Kansas City Star.) vote in Oklahoma on that amendment. Oklahoma men turned thumbs down on it. They put another nail in the sagging sign which reads “For Men Only.” Unterrified at home or abroad, tme tney apparently locked up the feminine members | of their families and drove away to the polls, swamp- | ing the proposed amendment. | "Ioolhardy, That can’t be determined until the homi- !cide records for September are compiled. Anyway,| From Stockholm comes word that the Swedish they defied feminity—the wives, mothers, maiden | advancing the suggestion that Emperor Haile aunts, grandmothers and daughters—and asserted jie of Ethiopia be awarded the Nobel Peu.ce‘lheh' superiority over mere woman. prize for h's efforts in attempting to bring about a, Every other State in the Union had given women peaceful settlement of the present difficulty with —beg pardon, the women had taken—the right to Italy. One newspaper declared it would be a stand NOld any and every office. Oklahoma is man's last for the right of justice. stand in the United States. With the exception of Italy, most of the wor]di will echo the sentiment, but in the interest of further peace it might be a good thing if the gesture is confined to unofficial comment only. Not] that the rest of the world is frightened of the war' cfllogue of the defenders of Privilege. machine now in action in the land of Mussolini,! (1) To impose taxes upon the basis of ability to but were one attempting to capture a mad bull it pay and the benefits received, and (2) To separate would hardly be considered logic to wave a red flag monopoly from syphoning the major portion of the in his face. “nauonal income produced by all of the people. The Sentimentally, we might all be in favor of giving Mmoment Mr. Roosevelt said: “Let wealth pay its THE BETTER PART OF VALOR. Consider This Criticism. (Raleigh News-Observer.) the Ethiopian ruler the Nobel prize or even moral share of the taxation” there went up a syndicated | |propaganda that he was holding Congress in ses- sion to secure a half-baked tax measure. Read carefully the criticism of Roosevelt's tax policy and you will see that it comes from those who would return to the old order where two-thirds of the wenlth found its way into the pockets of 10 per 'cent of the people support in these present difficulties, but, after all,' it is just such little well intended acts that often stir up further strife. From this distance it would appear that all Europe might well weigh the ques- tion of whether discretion is the better part of valor. RECORD SPECIAL TOMORROW (OCTOBER 10) TILL OCTOBER 20 TEN-INCH BLACK SEAL PHONOGRAPH RECORDS 2 for $1.00 R.C.A. RADIOS R.C.A. RADIO TUBES Electric—TIrons, Lamps, Waffle Irons, Silex Coffee Makers SHEET MUSIC AND INSTRUMENTS FINE LIQUORS Juneau Melody House FRONT AT FRANKLIN commission has been established | the Rf‘l’“blim" desire for the constitutional right to hold office. , anything from the Governorship down seven brack- | They | indicated pretty definitely that it will And the story, the dangerous comment, is about the| There are only two unforgiven sins in the de- | They are| HAPPY —BIR THDAY The Empire extends convratula-‘ tions and best wishes today, their | blrlhda/ anniversary, to the follow- | ling: OCTOBER 9 Gertrude Naylor | Mrs. Oscar G. Olson William King Clark George 1. Jorgenson -ee ( aeasaaalecasosdanade sl I\, . | 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire X | | OCTOBER 9, 1915. Headlines: Bulgar’s Formal Dec- laration of War Is Delayed; Boston- Americans Turn Tables on Phillies. | | “Although the past 24 hours broughu |no climax in the swiftly-changing | political situation in the Balkans, The London Globe today declared that Britain had miserably failed in her diplomatic relations there. It was formally announced that France now has an aerial army formed in divisions and squadrons. with battle areoplanes, cruiser aero- planes, scouts and torpedo planes, all heavily armored and carrying 3-inch cannon and rapid firing guns.” Before 25,000 people, including the President of the United States, the Philadelphia Nationals lost the sec- ond game of the world's series to the Boston Red Sox. The score was 2 to 1. Judge Charles E. Bunnell was re- | peatedly mentioned as the Demo- cratic candidate for Governor. The steam whalers Star 1, 11 and III, which had spent the summer killing whales in Alaskan waters, arrived in Seattle to lay up for the winter. They reported a success- ful season, with results almost the same as the previous year. The total catch was 170. The whales were | Jig and fat, though not so numer- ous as last year. Sperm whales were | noticeably fewer. A. Derry took over the editorship of the Iditarod Pioneer, formerly edited by G. R. Arbuckle, who had left recently for the outside. An impromptu dance was held in the lobby of the Alaskan Hotel. |Music was furnished by Charles Close and R. L. Turnér, | The ladies of the Alaska Catholic Club entertained at a Parish din- i ner. Either Oklahoma men are heroes or they are! At a party in honor of the birth- day of Miss Elva Kirkham of Douglas, the follcwing were in at- tendance: Impi Aalto, Etta Brown, iMargaret and Agnes Livie, Waltor | Jackson, Frank and Cecil Bach, | Martin Gallwas. ‘Weather: Maximum, mini- | mum, 29; partly cloudy. ———.e— Daily Empire Want Ads Pay! 55; |tary aspects rule, according to as- |trology. It is a time when THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9, 1935. “The stars incline Horoscope but do not compel” THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1935. Through this day sinister plane- plans and going business projects appear to be needlessly hampered and de- layed. : Tendency to act at cross purposes may be apparent in government and business affairs. Uncertainty and of direct action may be con- ng. News of interest to banks and banking is indicated for this week when there may be much seesawing in the world of trade and commerce. Danger of accidents is accented under this configuration which pre- sages many difficulties, especially where machinery is involved. It is not a lucky day on sea or land, in the air or in the water. In the evening lawyers and other thinkers are well directed. The stars smile on meetings and conferences. Unexpected announce ments from Washington are predicted. Much illness is prognosticated for he coming wecks. Infectious diseas- 25 will crowd the hospitals. The di- restive tract may cause many ill- nesses, Again religious excitement is pre- | saged. There will be revivals and >vidence of loyalty to old faiths. Persecutions will lead to sudden| "onsequences, Japan will be in the news owing to fires and earthquakes, govern- mental © ambitions and expansive policies. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of more or less confusion. It is wise to study nvironment, domestic as well 2 financial, Children born on this Gay prob- ably will be of artistic instincts and imaginative minds. Subjects of this sign may be poetic and original in | their creative talent. | Robert Gould Shaw, Civil War| officer, was born on this day 1937. Others who have celebrated it a: a birthday include Benjamin West, | American painter, 1739; Samuel J. Randall, statesman, 1828. (Copyricht, 1935) o SPECIAL DELIV LAS! Daily at 1 fu. 0 DO am. and 2:30 | .m. 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