The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 17, 1936, Page 4

1 { 75 TUTIL R B AN I N L A O s AN £ A crri Mt v A B o Daily Alaska Empire HKOBERT W. BENDER "- - P ed overy svening except Sunday by the| EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneauw, Alaska. nd Class Entered in the Post Office in Juncau as S matter. 5 P RN ;i SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrfer In Juneau and Douglas for $1A25‘ per_month. H By mall, postage at the following ra‘es: One vear, in cdvance, I12.00; six months, in advance, ago drove them off. And then came the English, .00; one month, in advance, $1.25. A | * Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly | after our revolution was over, and made Malacca the notify the Businces Office of any faflure or irregularity heir pap News Offic: y the delive pers "™ Pelephone 602; Business Office, 374. | MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PAESS. ! The Associated Press s exclusively entitled to the| use for republication of all news dispatches credited to | it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein, ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION TRIAL ADVANCEMENT 1 INDU tor 2.| | business finds itself 1928 At no time during the depression period were sales, Entering the new year, 1936 in its most cheerful mood since and production and profits as good as in 1935. Residential | the greatest years and plant expansion and modernization made construction experienced gain in ten notable strides. Nine reciprocal trade treaties were | completed with the purpose or petter distribution of the world's goods. There was no evidence of price ! inflation despite record-breaking bank reserves and | threats of foreign wars. | While there is still a pronounced slack in employ- | ment, it is gradually being taken up, and there is reason to believe that with continued gains in old as| well as new industries this problem will become a | normal one in its natural course. | An indication of the future consumption trends | and employment possibilities is found in a survey ot the industries which led the field during the last| twelve months. Among the leaders were radios, wash- | ing machines, refrigerators, incandescent lamps, elec- tric power, nickel, gasoline, aviation, rayon, plastics and oil burners. l Whither are we drifting? That has been the cry | shoes, of the alarmists who tend to gaze too longingly at the | ;Ehat vmark the Chinese and other far-eastern cities. Bride, Mrs. H. C. DeVighne, and Mrs. old and not with sufficient enthusiasm at the new.| Everywhere clean-looking homes, wide streets, well-|B. D. Stewart, secured $300 with We are pushing into new | But we are not drifting | fields, developing new industries on the very pro- ducts and findings of the old. Little wonder business | {8 cheerful and looks to the future with optimism. ‘Those of foresight can see the vast new fields for employment opening up ds we move ahead, leading the world in industrial advancement. THROUGH THE HEART OF MALAYA Emil Hurja, former Alaska newspaper man and now assistant to James A. Farley, Chairman of the Democratic National Com- mittee, was one of those making the recent Interesting trip to the Philippines for the inaugural ceremonies of the new Philip- pine Commonwealth. On the journey, Mr. Hurja, an able writer, prepared exclusively for The Empire a series of articles covering the voyage, ‘the ceremonies and the inter- esting places enroute. He and Mrs. Hurja con- tinued on around the world from the Philip- pines and he tells graphically of the colorful places they visited. The tenth of the interesting articles is presented herewith: By EMIL HURJA | PENANG, Straits Settlements.—Through the heart of Malaya, vividly brilliant in its mantle of green, we | have seen, during the past three days, a gorgeous pano- rama of jungles, cocoanut and rubber plantations, tin mines and gold mines, against a colorful background of Mohammedan mosques and Chinese temples. We have driven over five hundred miles from Singapore to Penang, on the main arterial highway of the Malayan peninsula, a highway that eventually will be con- | nected up another eight or nine ?undred miles north- | ward to Bangkok, Siam. And today, tired, when we | drew up in Penang, we were ready and willing to board our steamship, the “President Adams,” and continue on to Ceylon, India and Egypt, homeward bound trom‘ picturesque Malaya. | Setting out from Singapore in a roomy Ford, with two drivers, Mrs. Hurja and I, together with our good friend, Mr. Clark Howell, of the Atlanta Constitution, | the first goal was the inland town of Kuala Lumpur, capital of Selangor, and capital, also, of the Federated Malay States. We drove across the island of Singa- | pore, crossed on a recently-constructed causeway to Johore, an independent country, one of the unfeder- ated Malay states, and ruled over by the Sultan of | Johore. Johore Bahru is the capita), a beautiful city with a tall, spired mosque forming the chief feature | of the skyline. We didn’t see the Sultan, although we could have seen his palace and his fine collection of gold plate and gems had we wanted to remain over | until the following day. Nearby is the corral and | buildings where most of the action in Frank Buck's “Bring 'Em Back Alive” was filmed. The residents will tell you that they recognize some of the chief animal actors in the picture, but we daren’t question the authenticity of our own American products; we know too much about Hollywood ourselves. Driving northward from Johore, we find ourselves soon in the heart of a dense jungle country, so dense that if one struggled into it a bare ten feet and then turned backward, the highway wouldn't be visible, and except for the infrequently passing traftic, wouldn't be audible, either. Closely packed trees, reaching high into the sky, slender shoots of vines, heavy ferns, an undergrowth so thick as to be in fact impenetrable— we were willing to keep our jungle at arm’s length Occasionally we would see natives coming out of the few scant trails that led into the dark beyond—once two of them with a monkey trussed up on a pole that they had apparently snared. The best tiger country in Malaya is supposed to be near Johore, but we didn’t see any of them, nor did we much care. Editor and M-u;er! | of deep bamboo jungle. We meet other thunderstorms, | muddy streams, ferried over on a two-car scow guided | by a barking motor boat, landing soon in Batu Pahat, | a rubber town inhabited by some 30,000 people. Every shopkeeper was a Chinese, but the streets were full of men and boys wearing the colored fezzes that Mo- hammedan ritual prescribes. After a brief stop there, we soon reached Muar, another rubber city much like HAPPY —BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- 1 Batu Pahat, and continuing on, were at Malacca, early | {0ns and best wishes today, their seaport town fronting the straits that have taken the name of that port. Here the Portuguese navigators ruled with an iron hand, until the Dutch, centuries center of their operations in the Far East. | Low, flat-roofed houses, covered with red tile pile around a hillside as you come into the town. Here, according to the tradition, Duke Alfonso de Albuquer- | que, Portuguese governor, ordered his men to RUild 2 | po oo ros ommeae church, which, “because he was very much devoted ' to Our Lady,” he gave it the name of Nossa Senhéra da | Annunciada. Today it is a ruin, with only the walls standing, and shrubbery growing on top of the bare | walls where the ¥oof should be. We wandered up to see‘ it, and to get at the same time a view of the sweep | o f the little settlement that has probably more senti- | ment tied up in it than any spot in Malaya, ! Inside is a soft turf, around the walls many fmelyi | carved tombstones of Portuguese and Dutch residents | of the sixteen hundreds and early seventeen hundreds. | About a dozen graves, also, covered with the slab|young daughter Catherine. tombstones bearing family crests and deeply cut in- scriptions. At one end, off by itself is an open crypt, covered with a latticed metal lid, while on a nearby wall is a simple inscription: Here was buried Saint | Francis Xavier, S. J, until the removal of the body | to Goa in 1553. A shrine to Catholics, and others as well who revere the memory of the noted Jesuit mis- | sionary and apostle of the Far East. . ‘ We drove through the narrow streets of the (‘il,\" that borrowed in its construction both from the | Portuguese and the Dutch, and along the narrow thoroughfare known as Hereen street. the home of the wealthy Chinese of Malacca, and | | interspersed among the residences was many a Chinese temple, a doorway facing the street, and through the | open doorway we could see the open water of Malacca straits beyond. a few| Luncheon at the government resthouse, { purchases of Malacca canes and walking sticks, and we had to be on our way, in order to make Kuala | Lumpur by nightfall, which we did, despite a hem‘_\'i cloudburst in the mountains as we approached this beautiful inland capital city of Malaya. We found, after a good mgnt's rest at Kuala Lum- pur, that we had missed a two days’ horse racing meet | by just a day. These meets bring to Kuala Lumpur, the social center of the Malay states, a great crowd of personages, including most of the sultans or rajah | rulers of the various Malayan states, government and | army officials all the way from Rangoon to Bangkok. | Motoring through the city’s streets, we were im-| pressed by the cleanliness, and the absence of slums | kept bridges, and an abundance of elegant office and government buildings built in the Moorish style. '\ Remembering that this was the center of the tin- mining industry, I picked up a Kuala Lumpur tele- phone directory and found listed the Yukon Gold company, with whose operations I had had a certain degree of familiarity in both the Yukon and in the | Iditarod district of Alaska. So I called up, to find | that the manager would be at the property in about |an hour. So we drove out, and met G. W. Cotfey, now | general manager of the tin dredging operations of {his company, and his secretary, F. S, Holzapfel, both | former Yukoners. Mr. Coffey’s father was with the |old Yukon Gold company in Dawson, when their | giant shovels were scooping up the river gravels and \‘rolling up nice gold production records. When the :gold gravels played out, the Guggenheim engineers | | found the tin sands of Malaya another gold mine, not |in the yellow metal, but rather in the utilitarian white metal, tin. They have fifteen or twenty years of opera- | tions still ahead of them down here. In Mr. Holzapfel, Mrs. Hurja found a former fellow- Yukoner, with many mutual acquaintances. Mr. Hol- | zapfel asked about John Troy, Charley Settlemier, Harold Malstrom, and other northern newspapermen. | | | Every three years he gets a vacation of six months, | and never fails to make the trip from Seattle to Daw- son to renew the acquaintanceships and fond mem- ories of the golden days when the Yukon was in its | heyday. We wondered whether he had heard recently from the North, and Mr. Holzapfel answered by hand- ing us a copy of the Dawson Daily News. How smnll‘ the world becomes, indeed. ! The rest of the day we drove past tin dredges, hard | at work, and much smaller-scale tin mining, or Dpen: cast mining as they call the old familiar open-cut work of Alaskan days. Occasionally a gold mining company, | too, if we are to believe the signs that were posted along | the highway. And rubber plantations, and cocoanut plantations without end, interspersed with stretches and heavy showers, but reach Ipoh, tin-mining town of Perak, in good time and spend the night there. We get a good view of the interesting rock temples of the Chinese, built into caves that fringe the towering limestone cliffs, but because of the showers, we keep on going. Leaving Ipoh sharp at eight o'clock, we drive through Kuala Kangsar, the home of His Highness, the Sultan of Perak, on through beautiful Tapipiig and soon the ferry that is to take us to P@nang comes into view. Chinese drivers on their good driving—Ng Ah Wah, a northern Chinese, careful, close-mouthed and con- scientious, and Low Leng, a voluble Cantonese who insisted on carrying on a running fire of conversation with his fellow driver, even on the curves. We expect to see Penang, and then board our ship for the three and a half-day journey across the Bay of Bengal to Ceylon, the fabled Isle of Spice. Practical Neutrality (St. Louis Globe-Democrat) In our opinion Congress should pass a new law making effective for a limited period the provisions of the present act prohibiting shipments of arms, ammu- nition and munitions of war to belligerents, and also prohibiting the shipment of specified materials of war, subject to the discretion of the President. In other words, an act authorizing the President to order em- bargoes upon arms and materials of war when, as, and If he sees fit to do so in the interests of peace. Such a delegation of power would be in accord not only with the Constitution, but with precedents from the |around the vicinity for several weeks, By noon, we are in Penang, congratulating our two |: birthday anniversary, to the follois- | |ing: ‘ JANUARY 17 Glen Rice - Sandra Lou Anderson Frank Pacaton | Elizabeth Rummells Daisy Granger | H. M. Perkins | —————e——— ( From The Empire | 20 YEARS AGO | s e | JANUARY 17, 1916 ! Mrs. William A. Holzheimer, wife of a prominent local attorney, left| Salt Lake City today for Juneau, to make her home in this city. She wili be accompanied to Juneau by her Dr. and Mrs. George F. Freeburg- er were at home in the Clff Apart- ments. Mrs. Freeburger is a bride of less than a month and was formerly Miss Edna Crary of Portland be- fore her marriage to Dr. Freeburger | in Ketchikan, January 1. Dr. Free- burger has been a resident of Juneau for several months and is associated with Dr. E. H. Kaser. lows: Mrs. Guy McNaughton, presi- | dent; Mrs. W. L. Martin, vice-presi- |, dent. The society meets Priday with Mrs. Dan Hickey. Attorney Simon Hellenthal arriv- | ed on the Admiral Evans from to Seattle. a trip | g Dr. H. C. DeVighne, acting Deputy Commissioner of Health, and Dr. L. P. Dawes, city health officer, report- ed today that there were no new cases of scarlet fever in town. Even the la grippe microbe, which wiggled Ot an had two-stepped out, and the cases he left were now convalescent. of Over $1100 were collected by the Juneau Library committee which canvassed the city this morning. One committee, composed of J. C. Mc- wi Person: | the aug | ures la Ct X-Ray trouble. Main St. Horoscope “The stars 7acline ! but do not compel” || SISO ST SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1936 Benefic aspects dominate in the horoscope for today, according to may be disturbing at this time Again the navy appears to be under | a sway indicating movements in the | Orient. Building of new vessels will be of concern to Congress. | ‘Women are subject to good plane- tary influences which promise activ- ties that are of national moment New peace organizations are prog- nosticated and emergency relief will| “He had the front to ask me to go. engage attention. This should be a happy wedding | day i are forecast. i Plans made this evening will bring success, it is prophesied. But caution |should guide exporters and manu- | 3 The Ladies Altar Society elected |facturers as well as political lead- This is NOW | officers for the coming year as fol- |ars. i whose pirthdate it is have ry of a year of many pleas- numbers of new friends, holi- y travels and many encouraging sages. dren born on this day prob- ly will be keen of intellect, fear- less in opinions and endowed with the power to express their thoughts. Daniel orator, was born on this day, 1782. Webster, statesman and hers who have celebrated it as a birthday iflude Seth Low, educator d publicist, 1850. (Copyright, 1936) ! - e ' IF YOUR ARR SICK being sick, ENSCH'S scientific chiropractic adjustments remove the cause of your Phone 451 or call at 206 —adv. 11 promises of more to come. The sec- | | ond committee, Mrs. Z. R. Chenev | | and Mrs. A. P. Kashevaroff, brought | ! in over $150. The third committee, consisting of Judge Robert W. Jen- | nings, Mrs. R. E. Robertson, Mr. Stewart and Superintendent of The Juneau Laundry Franklin Street between Front and Second Streets PHONE 328 o I | i Schools L. D. Henderson, secured $620 in the business section. These sums | | do not include many promises of | | donations. ‘ Weather: Maximum, 35; minimum, ! | 16; clear. WINTER COATS AT HALF PRICE | Juneau Frock Shoppe “Exclusive But Not Expensive” | Travel and long partnership | Pronounce lab-er-er, through vears of faithful devotion not lay-brer. Look and Learn By A. C. Gordon 1. How many eggs a day does a queen bee produce during the breed- ing season? 2. What is the name of an in- valid’s chair that can be propelled Daily Lessons i ProrEssionaL | . P Fraternal Societies i OF —— — | [ .y T Helene W. L. Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra R=d Ray, Medical Gymnastics 1 207 GOLDSTEIN BLDG. Phone Office, 216 Gastineau Channel | f———t B. P. 0. ELKS meets every Wednesday at 8 P, M. Visiting brothers wej. come. M. E. MONAGLE, Exalted Ruler. M. H e . Dr. Richard Williams Scottish Rite Temple, beginning at 7:30 p. m. astrology. It is time for applying all | by its occupant? L L3 SIDES, Secretary. one’s knowledge in every field of ac-| 3. In what year was the Los An- | — il Biiey. geles Times plant dynamited? | DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS While the morning is promising| 4. Is it against the law to collect | | DENTISTS Haghera Conntt N6, to business men who give impetus to | the eggs of migratory birds? | Bipigren Bulloing 1680 Mestings detond well laid plans, gain is indicated! 5 Where is the San Franciseo| | PHONE 56 and last Monday at |through contacts with persons in|River? o Soum G e S DI e b Toanient | well-entrenched positions ANSWERS TSI brothers jurged to ate This is an auspicious day for so- 1. Approximately 1500. e i ~—: tend. Council Cham- cial affairs that bring together suc-| 2. Merlin chair, name or its r bers, Fifth St. JOHN T cessful business men, Luncheons and |inventor, J. J. Merlin. i Dr. géNl;;sgenne g it e e banquets should be especially for-| 3. 1910. 3 . Siniata 4. Yes, in practically all states, || Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine “IOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 The United States is to gain pres-{ 5. In eastern Brazil. ! | Bufldingfls GUecond and fourth Mon= tige through its stand on neutrality. | e i 1 Telephone IS day 'of ‘each month 'in but news of European complications | &eeemme coemm—m e ] HOWARD D. STABLER, | e s s e L I Clands Bbcad Opthalmo’ogy Lenses Ground . 3 | Worshipful Master; JAMES W. in English DENTIST LEIVERS, Secretary. i | OJFICE AND RESIDENCE e —_— v W. L. < 1 astineau Buildi B8y W. L. Gordon | 1‘ i G s ng DOUGT “§ f0r | & ) SRR 001 O i L AERIE Words Often Misused: Do not say, |~ — 17, F.0.E. o5 Meets first and third Mondays 8 Say, “He had the impudence.” | Dl‘. A- W' 8tewart p.m., Eagles' Hall, Douglas. v~uy“m! Often Mispronounced: Laborer. | DENTIST “rothers welcome. J. B. Martin, W, three syllables, | | ’ P, T. N. Ci s 4 i Hours 9 am. to 6 p.m. e (iuhm:’ écremfi' Often Misspelled: Erysipelas. SEWARD P/ "m“?ma | Synonyms: Worry (verb), haras Oflies Paie 59 H‘ molest, persecute. = — - Word Study: “Use a word thre: i times and it is yours.” Let us in- | | TELEPHONE 563 | crease our vocabulary by mastering | | Office Hours—9-12; 1-6 one word each day. Today's wor Alacrity; a cheerful readiness, wi! Dl'. w‘ A' Rystrom lingness, or promptitude; briskness; ‘DENTIST ! sprightliness. “The soldiers advanced | | ~Over First National Bank | with alacrity to meet the enemy.” X-RAY R e |52 b Modern Robert Simpson . Opu. D. Ethuf‘tte Graduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optumetry and 3y Roberta Lee -2 PRECEDENCE by Certain things come, with the Q. When a husband and wife in- years, to be an expected part vite some friends for an auto ride, is it all right for these parents to take their children along? A. That depends entirely upon how well trained the children are. If they are well behaved, it is all right to do so. Q. Is it proper to cut meat with a tineau H fork? A. Yes, if the meat is tender ——— DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation a nd examination Free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 6:30 and by appointment. Office Grand Apts., near Gas- Phone 177 otel. b of every occasion. Within our profession, this regard for the traditional must be combined with new steps toward perfec- i tion. Their successful combin- ation at all times is but one of the standards marking a service by us. enough to do so. b SENERAL MOTORS Q. Should the home address ap- | d pear on a man’s visiting card? | ’ MAYTAGa;:RODUCTS ‘ The Charles W. A. It is optional, il H Carter Mortucxry Sl | W.P. JOHNSON SP HE] | o 4% 3 EII}D‘W :m YOU MAKE n; ¥ l PHONE 136-2 H. S. GRAVES | o g e e “The Clothing Man” | Home of Hart Schaffner and | a business trip to San Francisco. She will also visit relatives while | Jones-Stevens Shop | ! LADIES’ — MISSES’ I | | Our trucks go any place any time. A tank for Diesel Oil | FRED W. WENDT | PHONE 549 5 ‘ | | i Marx “~thing || READY-TO-WEAR gL ot s fee Cralle Ol pars (| SRR T s % | | Seward Street Near Third | {| puoNE lep: NIGHT 148 i . 3 = o 5 PR TR ARy s o, GOING 0 FRISCO s EAL AN Sk 1l | RELiaBLE TRANSFER | rs. Mary Olin of Fairbanks, is a . e —————. | passenger south on the Victoria, on Guv Smlt,l. If It's Paint Vfl“e It ! o v i | in the states. e S GRAND JURY MEETING The Grand Jury at Fairbanks be- gan deliberations on January 13 in- stead of January 6 owing to the quar- antine there. The petit jury has been called to report January 20. ———— SHOP IN JUNEAU! e SPECIALIZING in French and Italian Dinners Gastineau Cafe Short Orders at All Hours GARLAND BOGGAN Hardwood Floors | | Waxing Polishing F Sandin, i PHONE ; DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED —_——f} TYPEWRITERS RENTED | ' $5.00 per month | J. B. Burford & Co. !! Front St. Next Coliseuns | “Our doorstep is worn by PHONE 97—Free Delivery eatisfied customers” n = L STRATTON&BEERS | FE WHEN IN A HURRY || CALL COLE FOR OIL! | 1[ MUNICIPAL ENGINEERS 34 plus or 27 gravity, in any || SURVEYORS | | amount . . . QUICK! | i VALE e | . NTI LDG. i | COLE TRANSFER | | Telephone 502 ! | Phone 3441 or Night 1803 | |z ol . .l = | | BRUNSWICK BOWLING ALLEYS | Rheinlander and Alt Heidelberg || BEER ON TAP | [ Commercial Adjus ) ment & Rating Bureau Cooperating with White Serv- | . ice Bureau | ROOM 1—SHATTUCK BLDG. | | We have 5,000 local ratings on file | ¢ ————— HUTEL ZYNDA y ELEVATOR SERVICE ; S. ZYNDA, Prop. : JUNEAU-YOUNG Hardware Company PAINTS—OIL—GLASS | Shelf and Heavy Hardware | Guns and Ammunition | W e Dodge and Plymouth Dealers I | | McCAUL MOTOR \ ) COMPANY | l 1 FORD AGENCY | Thomas Hardware Co. l Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE The B. M. beginning of our government. If everybody got what they wanted from the Government From Bahru Johore we crossed several sluggish, (Toledo Blade.) there would be no Government.— | Bank Juneau, Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One Half Million Dollars Behrends "GARBAGE HAULED | Reasonable Momua.g Rates E. 0. DAVIS TELEPHONE 584 Phone 4753 (Authorized Dealers) GREASES GAS—OILS JUNEAU MOTORS | Foot of Main Street . DRY CLEANING Soft Water Washing Your ALASKA LAUNDRY TAP BEER IN TOWN! o THE MINERS' Recreation Parlors ? Liquor Store s po ¢