The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1936, Page 4

D ol Al k . (gress. During the past two weeks a bonus bill has’ i (ts (1 E"lpl.re !passed both houses, been vetoed again by President | W al 9 NDER Editor and Manager Roosevelt, and re-passed over his veto with a heavy HA Y - | nligeee ——BIRTHDAY The Empire ertends congrat tions and best wishes today, Uirthday anaiversary, <3 the folk majority: every by the’ and Main nday nd evening ¢ T So the veterans are going to get their bonus. But what are they going to do with it and will the benefits offset the cost it will be to the nation? An interesting survey has been made by the Amert can Legion Monthly w h is circulated to Legion members. On a basis of 42,500 replies to questionnaires * | sent “at random” to certificate holders, by the maga- zine, it is estimated that more than I of the eligible veterans are troubled by old debts; that virtually all of them plan to do something about acquiring or im- proving homes if they get the heir t ranking ambition is indicated to be the purchase or re-equipment of motor cars. With 3,518,191 ou! iy tes with an average net value of $365.17, the estimated that merchants and retailers of vill receive a total payment of $623.615.- 36 veterans on debts incurred. After 3 payment of past due obligations, the greatest bulk of |~ the bonus money, according to the ey, will go into JANUARY |items related to home life. It is estimated that more than 34 percent of the approximately two billion re- nuses will go for this purpose to be worn be spent, in- Streets, Juneau, Alas Juneau as Second Class tered in the Post Office matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1.25 nth. t the following six months, I a Webster adva n, Jr Schenk Derringer Lemuel e — A favor if they will promptl any failure or ubscribe the I delivery MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated excl for republic ot othe y 18 irregularity of their par News Office, ess Office, ed money I S { { LATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER AT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION From The Empire i 20 YEARS AGO ; —~—— 1916 il certif ALASKA CI 2 monthly the co 93.86 from 1.8 28, s likely never eem by now nost threadbare, but day and indeed every hour the story of quired to pay off the b Other estimates on how the bonus will cltded di S SRy new stories of the sportive | For motor vehicles and accessories, six percent of pranks of the wind in the commun- he total; clothing for personal use, two and one half ity i per cent; clothing for their families, four per cent; ex- Yesterday it surpassed itse] | penditure for investment and their own business, seven ing all per cent; all other expenditures, including insurance, :i;: r:":";“‘:f]; ;‘Ugé : | education, savings accounts and miscellaneous items, oF kercesns; which contalnsa tan b 12 per cent. gallon cans to the case, off the city Thus it is evident that the big majority of the gock and into the channel. The tide | bonus cash is going back into circulation. It is bound |left the cases on the beach, and the | to stimulate business, which already is feeling the ei-|various merchants about town to | fects of returning prosperity, but whether that stimu- {Whom they were consigned were lation will be worth the price of having to raise the Strung along down the beach all | funds at this time is a matter of conjecture. The nation |3fternoon picking up their oil . - hoa | The oil went overboard between will watch with a great deal of interest what method 1o 1y oo 1 iniice the pro the Congress uses to raise the money to float the NeW | varpial oil cast upon the waters, it baby bonds. did not still the waves. They rolled up like small mountains. are: arrying 15 cases A UNITED FRONT. The successful, harmonious and productive con- vention of the Democratic Party of Alaska held o Seward in which all Divisions of the Territory were personally represented, and in which practically every phase of industry and labor in the Territory was ade- quately represented by delegates, augurs well for the continued succss of the party in Alaska. Despite the wide range of varied interests in the Territory, and sectional problems that tend to com-‘ plicate issues, the delegates, backed by outstanding | results of the Territorial and National Administration | during the past three years under the Democmt-(-“‘m;‘s in Juneau to help in caring for anpled children. at one o'clock, was the roughest he Administration, placed party loyalty above minor dif-| It is 8 laudable community undertaking the P”e‘*‘d"“‘ had ever experienced, and the wind ferences at all times, culminating in a unanimous ends his name to, and should be made the outstanding | plew harder than he had seen it in adoption of the clear-cut, progressive platform which €vent of the season. |twelve years. was printed in full in yesterday's Empire, and which | is worthy of the intelligent study of / Now that Al Smith has had his say, it will be inter- regardless of party affiliations. esting to hear what Joe Robinson, his old running The platform, as adopted, among many other mate, has to say on the other side tonight. pertinent issues, points out that in the three short| T i years of the present Administration Alaska has made| It is development of such districts as Homer, as now its greatest progress and refers to the many benefits underway, that will bring permanent population to the Territory has received under Democratic rule. Alaska The determined united front evinced by the Demo- crats from all parts of the Territory strongly indi- cates that party will indulge in a vigorous campaign and will be content with nothing less than victory. It shouldn't be overlooked that seventy per cent of the funds raised at the President’s Birthday ball|Said to an Empire reporter that | the trip of the Alma, leaving Juneau John L. Ahlers was operated on by Dr. L. P. Dawes. He was reported | resting easily. every voter, The Juneau Elks decided to enter a team in the International bowling tournament which opens February 1. The Treadwell Club has already entered a team, consisting of Ed Bennett, captain; Harry Graham. Ed Christoe, O. E. Bennett, Wm. Mc- Cormick. The Elks Team for Juneau is as follows: J. E. Barragar, Monte Snow, O. W. Leafgreen, A. H. Ziegler and Martin Lavenik. aking the Best of It (Cleveland Plain Dealer) The nation would have welcomed a message with more detail. Mr. Roosevelt perhaps claims too much VETERANS GET THEIR BONUS. and admits too little. He offers more cheer for social | Dawson, Whitehorse, Juneau — idealists than for harassed taxpayers. Some may say | Treadwell, Fairbanks, Skagway and The World War veterans are going to get the|that the anti-NRA decision of the court had more 10 |port Seward were to be represented do with the progress of recovery than the NRA itself. |in the tournament. . In spite of all this, however, the Presidential mes- sage is obviously the utterance of a man whose confi- S money on their adjusted service certiticates, or called bonus. That is, they are going to get govern- ment baby bonds cashable at post offices, Which | gence is unshaken either by the buffeting of industrial amounts to the same thing. Both the House a““'su'ess or the bitterness of partisan strife. It isa warm- Senate have overridden the Presidential veto. |hearted declaration of purpose by one who, facing the The soldiers’ bonus nas been a headache to every |crisis of a long career, concedes nothing to his foes; President for the past 16 years. Four have used their ‘ededicates himself to “a rounded and permanent ' 2 | national life.” fpacwe I “"_em’;‘ to stave off the demands of|""g, ), ¢onfigence begets confidence. Most Americans the veterans. Twice the President’s position Was sus- pearing this address, will welcome its determinatio tained and three times it was reversed by Congress. | o advance boldly without thought of retreat! 50- The Georgia. twelve days behind schedule because of the high winds which have been raging, announced that she will sail for Sitka at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning “for sure.” Weather: Maximum, mum, 5; clear. — e — FORMER JUNEAUITES VISITED; SHATTUCKS 14; mini- President Harding was the irst to tace the music. In 1922, some four years after the war ended, Congress Straw Ballots passed the first bonus measure. It provided four dif- R — | ferent types of optional settlements which the veterans (Baltimore Sun) were allowed to elect: Adjusted service pay; paid-up As to straw ballots, they are an amiable amusement endowment insurance; vocational training aid, and| and interesting to those who place confidence in them. | At times they scare our politicians on one side or the farm or h 7 neau, now living in Santa Bar- o On S o;lel;nid 19 of that year, Hard . |other until their knees knock together. But if there bara, Cal, were visited this winter m September 19 of that year, Harding vetoed the|is reason for politicians to be scared they should be by Mr. and Mrs. Allen Shatsuck, act and his veto was sustained passed a bill which had as its object the issuance of bad news gives. adjusted service certificates. It became law after; It must be a shock to a political party which labors Congress had overridden President Coolidge’s veto under the delusion that it is stepping high, wide and May 19, 1924. | handlsogu? l:f:f 1;1 a ;t:ln;v vot,er tl)lmt a large number of In 1931 Congress passed the emergency compensn-"p?og‘ft l::‘ 1”15 1vea .e' O B Ja%, " tlon act. This act provided that loans up to fifty per| . +. Poll Blsq gives infarmation ag to iackenl. cent of the fage value of the adjustment service cer-?)s(l;%t‘;' ;’11‘;::;?:?25;)(‘:51::)558:5 rx‘x’l:kti]:: ey 4 tificate could be obtained. President Hoover in a vigor- | rush in his shock troops. ously worded message to Congress vetoed it, but the| Senate overrode the veto 76 to 17 and the House 328 to 79. | { During President Roosevelt’s administration came | (Springfield Republican) the most dramatic skirmish between the legislative _ George Washington was one of the sponsors of the | 4 B¢ 4 B o sel e convention of . That plan in its | q 7 %57 Congress ought to have power to legislate in “all” cases tem. The Patman bjll, providing payment of full value ‘to which the States are separately incompetent.” of the certificates in new currency passed both house: The States today are “separately incompetent” to President Roosevelt went to the capitol and delivered |deal with the national problem of agricultural pro- his veto message on the Patman bill before a joint duction; hence, this power should be vested in Con- session of Congress. He hardly had returned to the |8YsS: Three Supreme Court judges say that Congress T . s| | GARLAND BOGGAN White House before the House overwhelmingly over-|*1¢3dY has the power under the Constitution as it s i i Hardwood Floor rode his veto, but the Senate stood by the President, | ooy It 1S @ pity that the country has sutfered a | | 00 Y | constitutional throwback from the six who may | ! i % and the bonus again went over to this session of Cun'ldetermine what the court officially shall think. s | Wax"]g Several former resiaents of Ju- ago on a trip to the States. Mr. | Shattuck returned home on the | Princess Norah yesterday. Mrs. | Shattuck is continuing her vaca- tion in Seattle. Dr. H. C. DeVighne has bought |a beautiful old Spanish home in € headway and o | santa Barbara, Mrs. Shattuck said, |and has established a fine practice in his profession. The Shattucks also visited at the | home of Mrs. Emma Cobb and her son Lang Cobb, former Juneauites. e - COMING HOME “Virginia Plan” Cited Mrs. S. V. Grummett, who has been south for several weeks, is re- turning to her Juneau home aboard | the Northland. [ Milt Bothwell, purser on the Alma | To the people of Douglas: ISland MAKE WINTER TRIP|S In 1924, Congress grateful for the warning which early printing of the who left Juneau about two months I Ty 'r Modern ‘ Etiquette E 2y Roberta I ee S USSR § Q When do guests usually leave There is no definite hour to A business man, who must be e early the next morning. W leave much earlier than one who may sleep until noon. Some Jeave soon after supper, til dawn is it necessary person’s name roduced? is not actually necessary, ly to show that one name correctly. g stationery with a o for when r still popt used by ? ! | | | Daily Lessons in English By W. L. Gordon ———r el \ \ | ] ) \ \ ) \ \ PO s Often Misused: Do not say, t for him with both fists.” He atacekd him with both tists. Often Mispronounced: Pneumonia. Pronounce new-mo-ni-a ables, not y-mon-ya. Often Misspelled: Subterranean. Observe the rr and the ean. Hot, torrid, tropical, blazing, fiery. Word Study: “Use a word three imes and it is yours. Let us in- :rease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word | Bulbous; bulblike in shape or struc- ure. “It was a bulbous | size of an onion.” oot about the — Look and Learn By A. C. Gordon —_— 1. From what is isingiass made? 2. Who was Walt Whitman? 3. How many states sided with the North during the Civil War? 4. How many square miles of the world are occupied by deserts? 5. In what country did the game of polo originate? ANSWERS 1. Fro mthe bladder of the stur- geon. 2. American poet. 3. Twenty-two. About 5,000,000 square miles. 5. India .- 4 The ancient Parthians, according to Plutarch, beat kettledrums to frighten their enemies. 0SS CONSTRUCTION CO. Phone 107 Juneau . S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man™ P ! e o 1 =1 TYPEWRITERS RENTED | $5.00 per month J. B. Burford & Co. | “Our doorstep is worn by eatisfied customers” | IDEAL PAINT SHOP If It's Paint We Have It! FRED W. WENDT PHONE 549 | | | “THE REXALL SfOR:x" Butler Mauro Drug Co. NOMINATION COUPON (Good for 10,000 votes for the young lady you enter in this contest.) I nominate Miss Better Times Drive, with the understanding that this nomination will entitle her to 10,000 votes. Your address Your name Clip this coupon from the paper and mail or bring it to The Daily Alaska Empire, Better Times Editor at once, so that your favorite may have an even start with other contestants. Only one lot of 10,000 free nominating votes will be credited to any one contestant. et e e The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Qver Two and One Half Million Dollars | one | ' years ago, when several Russian fish- Horoscope “The stars “acline | but do not compel” WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1936 i Good and evil planetary influences contend today, according to astrol- ogy. It is primarily a time for con- structive and progressive work, but temporary obstacles may be encoun- tered. Surgeons arc to benefit and new wonders in their ability to relieve human sufferings will be revealed. ing the next few months. ‘Waomen tod e subject to friend- ly stars that encourage them in whatever pertains to the home and pecially to hospitality. Parties of y sort should be successful. There is a sigh read as indicating |too much interest in cards among | American women. Playing for hign takes will mark certain groups in ing cities, especially San Fran- sco and Washington, D. C. The spirit that inspires games of chance will be strong and will af- in all walks of life winter. Horse races will lure money from many pockets, and a woman e evi c will win a big purse. Danger of loss- & by m may persons who cannot afford | widespread es th writing and receiving letters. Good | cated. Women who live on farms will be {fortunate at this time when they | should profit through unusual condi- | | tions. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of fulfillments | that bring money. Speculation may | be lucky. but the wise will be care- | ful. | Children born on ,this day prob- | ably will be imaginative and intel lectual. Subjects of this sign may have unusual psychical gifts. { Emanuel Swedenborg, philosopher, | was born on this day 1688. Others who have celebrated it es a birthday include Thomas Pai writer and agnostic, 1737; William Phillips Graves, phys n, 1870. (Copyright, 1936) PILOTLAVERY 15 SOUTHBOUND. Interior Aviator to Take ¥ i Advance Flying Instruc- ! tions in Seattle | \ William R. Lavery, Fairbanks avi- ator, is a passenger aboard the Northwestern enroute to Seattle where he expects to take a month of advanced flying instruction at Boe- ing Field. [ Pilot Lavery, who has been asso- | ciated with the Northern Air Trans- port during the last few months,‘] flies his own plane, a new Standard | open-cockpit biplane which arrived in Fairbanks last July. As a result of his exploit in com- | pany with Pilot Clyde Armistead two ermen were rescued from floating ice | in Bering Sea near Vankaren, Si- ‘beria, by airplane, the two pilals were each presented with a cash | prize of $2,500, payment of $30 per | month for life, a trip to Moscow with all expenses paid by the Russian | \Govemment. and were awarded thej‘ | decoration of the Orden of Lenin. | | Pilot Lavery is accompanied on his | , trip by (Buster) Anderson, Fairbanks | | freighter, associated with the Mid- inight Sun Transportation Company | |operating between Fairbanks and Circle. | — e NOTICE TO MOTORISTS Automobiles operating after Feb-| ruary 5 without 1936 license plates | will be tagged and owners will be | subject to penalty. Get your platés | Now. 1 ROY¥ HOFFMAN, L adv Chief of Police. STy SPECIALIZING in French and Italian Dinners Gastineau Cafe Short Orders at All Hours STRATTON & BEERS MUNICIPAL AL R N i R AR A ST PROFESSIONAL T i Hospitals will be overcrowded dur- |5 cH Helene W. L. Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics 207 GOLDSTEIN BLDG. Phone Office, 216 DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 am- to 3 p.m. Dr. C. P. Jenne DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Building Telephone 176 | Girls may find this a lucky day for | | news is forecast for many. For a few | | four syl- unexpected journeys are prognosti- | | { L. Dr. Richard Williams DENTIST QIFICE AND RESIDENCE Gastincau Building Phone 431 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 pm. SEWARD PUILDING Office Pene 469 TELEPHONE 53 Office Hours—9-12; 1-6 | Dr. W. A. Rystrom DENTIST Cver First National Bank X-RAY i | i | —— 55 Robert Simpson Gpe. D. Caduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optumetry and Opthalmo’ogy { Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground | 'l Jones-Stevens Sth T DR. H. VANCE USTEOPATH Consuliation a nd examinstion Free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; | ! to £:30 and by appointment. Office Grand Apts., Lear Gas- tineau Hotcl. Phone 177 -0 *3ENZRAL MOTORS and MAYTAG PRODUCTS W. P. JCHNSON LADIES’ — MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third If you enjoy indoor sports— Here’s one of the best—TRY BOWLING! BRUNSWICK BOWLING ALLEYS Rheinlander and 4lt Heidelberg BEER ON TAP } JUNEAU-YOUNG | | | Hardware Company PAINTS—OIL—GLASS Shelf and Heavy Hardware Guns and Ammunition | | | ! "GARBAGE HAULED Reasonable Monwa.s Rates E. 0. DAVIS TELEPRONE 584 Phone 4753 ‘Telephone 502 ». | WHEN IN A HURRY CALL COLE FOR OIL! 34 plus or 27 gravity, in any amount . . . QUICK! COLE TRANSFER Phone 3441 or Night 1803 WINTER COATS AT | HALF PRICE ! Juneau Frock Shoppe | “Exclusive But Not Expensive” e B ZORIC DRY CLEANING [ ] Soft Water Washing Your ALASKA LAUNDRY PHONE 15 Gy FORD AGENCY @ . ) Fraternal Societies F —— Gastineau Channel B. P. 0. RLKS meets every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel. come. M. E. MONAGLE, Exalted Ruler. M. k. SIDES, Secretary. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1760. Meetings second and last Monday at :30 p. m. Transient orothers urged to at- tend. Council Cham. |bers, Fith St. JOHN F. MULLEN, \G. K, H. J. TURNER, Sceretary, {;econd and fourth Mon- MARTIN 8. JORGEN- TIOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 day of each month in Scottish Rite Temple, beginning at 7:30 p. m, SEN, Worshipful Master; .JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretar, DOUGT "8 AERIE 117, F. 2. E. Meets first and third Mondays & p.m., Eagles’ Hall, Douglas. TTisiting Hrothers welcome. J. B. Martin, W P, T. N. Cashen, Secretary. PRECEDENCE Certain things come, with the years, to be an expected part of every occasion. Within our r Ofession, this regard for the tiaditional must be combined with new steps toward perfec- tion. Their successful combin- ation at all times is but one of the standards marking a service by us. AL The Charles W. Carter Mortuary PHONE 136-2 Our trucks go any place any time. A tank for Diesel Oil and a tank for Crude Oil save burner trouble. PHONE 149; NIGHT 148 [ | i | Commercial Adjust- ment & Bating Bureau , | ice Bureau | ROOM 1—SHATTUCK BLDG. Cooperating with White Serv- | We have 5,000 local ratings on file | ———— HUTEL ZYNDA ELEVATOR SERVICE S. ZYNDA, Prop. _— H | McCAUL MOTOR | COMPANY | Dodge and Flymouth Dealers = i (Authorized Dealers® GREASES GAS—OILS JUNEAU MOTORS Foot of Main Street TAP BEER IN TOWN! o THE MINERS’ Recreation Parlors Liquor Store BILL DOUGLAS