The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 18, 1936, Page 4

4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, FEB. 18, 1936. spending described in this literature as of astronomica proportions during the Roosevelt administration and Dailvy Alaska Em})ir > ignored unworthy of mention during any portion of CRT W. ER - - FEditor and M Y o Rl the Hoover holocaust? ~ Published _evely except _Sunday by The public debt reached its post-war low-point on PRINTINC COMPANY & S and December 31, 1930, at 026,0¢ Deducting the general $306,803,319 then in the Treasury. left the net del which time the gross wa fund $16,- balance of Juneau, Alas n the Post Office J 1 as Second Class SUBSCRIPTION RATES. in Juneau Oslivered by carrier and Douglas for $1.25 months later, on By mail followir sed to $20,937,823 e e % the Secretary of the Treasury, left le co Subscribers w W ,‘,f“‘,'(",'\"_fi $158,527 about enough to finance the government for a fortnight, deduction of which left the net public Office, 374 debt on that date at $20,7 QLED, Hence the net increase in tl Associated Press s exclusively er ublicatior news satche ‘}, t 26 months of the Hoov JosT news Dublie s $5,060,011,854 = 1t is proper, and enlightening, to compare this iter TION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER| THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION —-which is so scrupulously omitted in the luxury pr " | ganda—with the record under President Roosevelt | In making 26 months the compari limit it to » do not of Roosevelt but entire thirty-four d adm That bonds ir stration up tc {and a half months of hi | including January 18, 1936. sale of 500 millions o. w period includes December, 1935, which s Several TS imes over-subscribed, tanding the precented low rate of interest and the that the of- tally 5 last offer omnious warnings of Messi ills et al fering would “fail dismally.” That, | precisely what did happen to Mr incide Iur the same amount and it was withd: | ‘The gross national debt on January 18, 1936, stood | $30,521,348,638 at which time there was a cash L { of $2.097.827,147, leaving the net debt on that date at | $28.423,521,491. Meanwhile, the “!lm Federal Government—secured loans and tempor- / advi was alance recoverable assets of REFRESHING AL’'S MEMORY. a nces to self liquidating government agenci from two billions under Hoover to more than $4,800,000,000. Therefore the total liabil- ity of the government is reduced to around $2: 000 and that is $1,900,000,000 less than the w peak debt in 191 However S = 1t be & ke that lending good thing for Al Smith to te alk, It s—wincreased ly heralded may refresn his memory In his recent Lib- Democratic Presidential car ed that the New Deal was foste) during of the platform he ran on in 1928 erty League speech the of 1928 chary hatred 767.000.- r time ass his cam- Eight years ago disregarding that paign for President he promised the people that permissible deduction, elected he would establish a new order of things | Which would include the RFO loans secured by gilt B 2 % ¥ 2 v > 4 sdee collaters ch & referre ank s rk, and - and bring about what he called a “more equal distri- | €8¢ collateral, such as preferred bank stock, and re verting to the figure of $28,423521,491 in the public debt over the period of thi one half months, from March 3, 1933 ; the ine bution of prosperity.” He denounced whole-heartedly a special privilege and the “power trust.” "he Aistrati as passed uncon-| . p The lel)mm A(lmxlx ] |()m|A!vi\ e “!“( o the 1936, was $7,644.225,869, as compared with the ! 8 yS, parucular; ) £ mith d the " ”“”"’”l‘ Bk B e ; the MoNary. | ©Ver the period of only twenty-six months from De- 5t ”B : ; A ) 1{ ok s cember 31, 1930, to March 3, 1933, of $5,060,011,854 augen Farm Bill, which was far more drastic in b R Ry haG ek TO0IRG In other words, while business conditions many respects in its use of the taxing power than 3 5 constantly growing worse during the final twenty s AR O R months of the Hoover administration, banks were ain Mr. Smith charged that public money wz folding up, foreclosures on homes, factories and farm: being wasted. He may have forgotten that during | were proceeding on an unprecedented scale, and noth- the worst part of the depression he made speech|jng was being done by the government to attempt to after speech urging a public bond issue to provide giem the tide of economic destruction and human mis- employment. In one of them he said: “If it is all right | ery, the net national debt was increasing at the rate to put the credit of the government behind busines: of 195 million dollars per month let the credit of the government be used to keep| puyring the thirty-four and one half months of the the wolf of hunger away from the doormat of mil-| pogsevelt administration, at the end of which busine lions of peop is better than at any time in nearly six y Congre he candidate said,| during which more than a million ban home in his most rece ated its powers | million farms were saved from foreclosure, agriculture to the t i of 1932 that Mr. | was rescued from ruin, factory payrolls increased 122 Smith C withorize the Presi- millions pe: and a gain of more than billion dent to appoint a dire public works, “with | dollars ar in the national income—the in plenary power to cut, slash, all the red n through | the national debt was at the rate of 221 million dolla roug tape and t! h all the statutory restric- | per month tions that are placed upon government in the prog- And now that government revenues are constantl ress of public work | increasing along with the steads tained n To the Liberty Leaguers, the former Happy War- | business activity, and the cost of carrying the present plor declared the New Deal is trying to undermine the debt is a quarter of a billion a year le Constitution and set up a socialistic and communistic | the era of Mellon-Mills-Hoover control dictatorship. It is amusing to recall what the same naturally arises happy Al said in 19 At that time he declared, “the| Has the 221 millions a month average spending un- of socialism has been patented by the powerful der Roo than during the question velt, which has tapered off in recent months sts that desire to put a damper on progressive been more beneficial to the people and the business It couldn’t be that the Liberty Les of the count that very Lt legislation adopting After @ Smith good the words of his old running mate, Senator Joseph T. Robinson jue is than the 195 millions a month average under Hoover? In short, is the Roosevelt administra- walk will do Liberty Leaguer tion worth more to the public welfare than the sort of He will have opportunity to think over |government to which the Old Guard insists we must return? idea today? maybe a Perhaps in the heat of battle sometimes our Our Turn Next. commanding officer, President Roosevelt, has i employed the wrong tactics. Perhaps there has been confusion and loss of energy. Those things always happen when human beings at- tempt n operations in hurried formation under the pressure of adverse fate. But those things never yet have justified a change in le face of the enemy. It rests h no soldier who approaches the battle- field under the flag of his leader to retire while the war continues. Above all things, he must never go over to the enemy (Chicago News) Meanwhile, millions of Americans, long before | April, 1917, felt. rightly or wrongly, that our dign our honor, our self-respect and even our safety lefi us no other choice than to join the Allies. Many mediating upon the trend of German imperial policy, and knowing that Germany formally refused to recog- inize the Monroe Doctrine, felt, with Colonel Huouse, ! that, if Germany vanquishes France and Britain, it | would surely be our turn next. Many were revolted |by the original man aggressions in Belgium. Many felt democratic kinship with the liberal institutions of Britain, France and Belgium. Many deeply resented German ruthlessness. The sinking of the Lusitania s “Roose- | sent a warlike quiver through the nation. ance in the WHIC jh‘ WORTH THE MOST? aring such title: None of the pamphlets b velt the Waster,” “Billions for Boondoggling,” “Bur- If profits had been our only thought, we would dening Future Generations,” etc, widely distributed Dave stayed out of the war. This would have been easier, the administration power to maintain neutrality as id everyl by the divers Republican national organizations and did everything in its their affiliates, contains any data, direct or inferen- tial, which would permit comparison of the Roosevelt | administration with its predecessor. | “Davey Lunches at Expense of Congressmen.” It | was the hatchet that was buried, not the chisel.—Ohio Just what do the records show with respect to the |State Journal AMERICA'’S BIGGEST DITCH GROWS Here is part of the great All-American canal which will carry waters of the Colorado river to irri- gate the Imperial valley in southern California. Its tremendous size is indicated by the tiny figure of the man at the left. (Associated Press Photo) ] notwith- " | fighting | HAPPY ——BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their | tirthday anniversary, .5 the follo:s- ing FE BRUARY 18. G. H. Skinner, Jean Norestrom Paul F. Schnee. Martin Munson. Monte Snow. Edithbelle Heller Mrs. William Maier D e L, i Frou: The Empire | 20 YEARS AGO | A ot i AR e e | ity "EBRUARY 18, 1916 Secretary of State Robert E. Lan- statement that the German 1ent’s announced intention sinking armed merchantmen ithout warning after February 29 had reopened the entire question of submarine warfare. The Lusi- ania agreement which was pre- sented today could not, he said, be wholly ac.epted until the United States bhad determined whether anything in it conflicted with the new policy of sinking armed mer- | chant ships. Fifty thousand Turks and nearly 11,000 guns were captured when the | Russians successfully took the great fortress at Erzerum. Report from the bacteriological department of the University of Washington established the fact that Juncau water was pure and without trace of disease germs The City thresh out Council prepared to the discussion among business men and property owners | of the city over water facilities for fire. Charles W. Carter, assistant chief of the Fire Depart- ment and former mayor, expressed himself in favor of purchase a new fire engine. Henry Shattuck, of the Alaska Supply Company, on| the other hand, favored the use. of | a salt water suppl Juneau Lodge No. 420, B. P. O. E., ! st night entertained its lady friends and visiting members at a pecial initiation stunt, followed by dancing No. 32, of the Arc- appointed a dance ng of H. R. Shep- e, Burt B. Brew- ter, Tom Radonich and W.. F. Brandenburg, to plan and present dances in the new hall each Satur- day evening, Camp Juneau ¢ Brotherhood Wallis S. George, Secretary of the Juneau Fire Department, in a letter to The Empire, expressed the de- ment’s thanks to the town for cooperation in the recent suc- i(‘vss of the Firemen's Ball. Ximum 49; minimum ‘Weather: N 41; rain, 2 e Yes, Suh! I'll soon be with you! adv Harry Race Druggist the BEST! If you're out to please the man of the family . . . let us help you! A grand selection of good food . . . vegetables and all the #ings that men like best. Sanitary Grocery PHONE 83 or 85 “The Store That Pleases™ of | CHOCOJATES | - — 4 b - I z. P { Mode ]l PROFESSIONAL | Fraternal Societies ! ol - St Hergscope - : e ! Etiquett ! i 7 : #1| Gastineau Channel ! \ ~tiquette { B Helene W. L. Albrecbt | | ! . % he stars acline > | e i i 5 ! 2y Roberta Iee { but do noi compe: | Mimssags; Bisctiinity; Thtv med | ! HEBE G —— || Ray, Medical Gymnastics | | B.P. 0. ELKS meete z 26| | 207 GOLDSTEIN BLDG. ! every Wednesday at 8 P, Q. When a girl lives in an apart- | wEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1936 | | Phiohe Offive. 41§ { M. Visiting brothers wel ment house, and a man takes her| & 4 pa come. M. E. MONAGL ne from some evening enter-| Benefic aspects dominate today, fi2 ~= At .IA » tainment, should he leave her at|according to astrology. It is a day )& B sflg}zts uler. M. K the main entrance or take her all|for intensive effort and favors large |/ | ~ , Secretary. the way to the door of her apart- | deals in real estate | DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER | 7 = SRR ¥ Mining today comes under a con- | | DENTISTS i KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS A. It is more courteous to take | figuration benefic to coal oper-} | Blomgren Building Seghers Council No. her to the door of her apartment.!ators and promising for next sum- | PHONE 56 | 1460.‘ Meetings sccond Q. 1Is it proper to ask a girl to|me old and silver prospacts.| | Hours 9 a.m- o pm. j jand last Monday at dance when she is sitting along 1do and California as well as |q o s |7:30 p. m. Transient the wall talking to another man? | Arizona and da should profit 5 £ orothers urged to at- No; who is sitting out| This should be a fortunte ————— & tend. Council Cham- sther man should | date for launching important en-| Dr. C. P. Jenne | vers, Fifth St. JOHN F. MULLEN, alone. terprises ere may be tempta DENTIST | |G- K. H. J. TURNER, Secretary. Q. Is bread usually served with|tion to speculate, but the wise will Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine [ B —— o At [be cautious and will start only Tilding | | TIOUNT JUNEAU LODGE No. 147 A. Yes, it is customary. ; what is well financed. | Telephone 176 Lecond and fourth Mon= P FHENS | Stick market fluctuations may be |g B s day of each month in but mood investments will that will maintain val- sudden, { [be offered {lues and will be profitable. | g This is an auspicious rule for men | ( | ! e s pee ooy .~ Dr. Richard Williams | DENTIST OFICE AND RESIDENCE | Gastineau Building I Daily Lessons in English b W. L. Gordon n the navy, but promotions willl ome through faithful service. Great | | stress is placed upon efficiency; ! | influence political or otherwise will Phone 431 i | be of no avail b | Words Often Misused: Do not say,| This planetary governnient aids 3 “Be careful or you will fall down.”, the average citizen more than those D~ A. W. Stewart | Omit down who occupy places in Elho““':;u{ DENTIST I Often Mispronounced: Indict- There is to s ‘!“_‘)f?"];‘:{“d‘ F ment. Pronounce in-dit-ment, sec- 10F those who have ; Hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the past : nley Baldwin. British prime | e minister, will be under the influ- |, ence of Jupiter this year and while " he will end i as in die, accent second syl- SEWARD PUILDING Often Misspelled: Pansy, sy, houzh pronounced zy. as encounter opposition and ! fh—— Synonyms: Reconcile, harmoniz®, gtacles he will be successful in TELEPHONE 563 ] }:)Idll‘llt’ pacify, conciliate, propi- guiding the government through Oftice Hours—9-12; 1-6 H o ny perilous places in in‘ernation- | Word Study: “Use a word three o) prpoirs, - | Dr.W. A. Rystrom | | times and it is yours.” Let us in- " president Roosevelt now is sub- ! | DENTIST | | crease our vocabulary by master- .4 o influences presaging sur- | | Cver First National Bank | {ing on> word each day. Today's pyging developments in his poli- X-RAY | ;\xuxd Hypnology; ,\c\r‘n(;n of sleep, .ios While he will continue to en- | especially of hypnotic sleep counter difficulties in Congress he = .- ~ will gain popularity with the mass: es R A e e Look ard Learn By A. C. Gordon Robert Simpson o~ Upt. D. ! Graduate Los Angeles Col- | lege of Optumetry and Opthalmo’ogy { Persons whose birthdate it is [ have the augury of a year of good fortune to which older persons con- tribute. ome secret matter will e a lucky issue. iR "(‘_ 7 o holmlun this day prob- |, Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground 1. What denominations were the ably will have varied talents and ——_.= £t early in_the Colonies? will he able to succeed through & =~-——————"——80 2. Who said, “Discretion is the speciaf talents and unusual person-, | DR. H. VANCE | better part of valor?” : OSTEOPATH { 3. Which contains the greater singer, was born | Consuliation a nd examinsticn |Bumber of pounds, a bushel of on this day 1843. Others who have | mee Hours 10 to 12: 1 to 5 | | wheat or a bushel of rye? calebrated it as a birthday include i 1 t0 180 6na by Ry { 4 What is the Spanish name Nicholas Copernicus, astronomer, | oo "o oo Ap»sppxinr iy for a hunt or cabin? 1483; Maurice Jokai, Hungarian au- tireau Zfotel. Phone 171 5. Which two states are separ- thor, 1825; David Garrick, English ¥ g e ated by the St. Croix River? - — == e P 1936.) ¥ = P * peas e : ¢ RAL liwm‘om v England, Luther- E— ' o and Congregational b #AYDAG PRODUCES ! | 1 2. Charles V., in instructions to gpecial meeting of the Elks Lodge {his generals, when the English in- myoeday 8:30. Reports of | | vaded France in 1373 conanTtams Memases | 3. Wheat 60 lbs., rye 58 Ibs. T e | 4 cCabana topkeny | 5. Minnesota | night at All W. P. JGCHNSON R R S i and Wisconsin. ! | [ Jones-Gtevens Shop - s 1e production e¢f machinery < | Germany jumped 210 per cent be LADIES’ — MISSES’ i The Juneau Laundry | tween January, 1933 and January, READY-TO-WEAR Franklin Street between | %0 SO Seward Street Near Third Front and Second Streets ) PHONE 358 NOTICE No. 3878 A. g Fas NV 701, %2 E SN\ i SPECIALIZING -808 Revised Statutes 4377, 994). 1} In the District Court for the District | E% % B x of Alaska, Division Number One, | —<D d‘ - ! in French at Juneau. I = = United States of America, Libelant, s, The gas vessel JANIE K, of- | twial number 216,322, her engine, | tackle, upparel, furniture, etc.. Re- | spondent. | WHEREAS, a libel has been filed | in the District Court for the Terri- | tory of Alaska, Division Number One, | at Juneau, on the 6th day of Febru- | Here’s one of the best—TRY ary, 1936, by the United States of | ¥ BOWLING! | America, against the gas screw ve: - | 2 ~—3 el JANIE K, official number 216,322, | BRUNSWICK E F 0 S S her engine, tackle, apparel, furni- | BOWL]NG ALLEYS ture ana v zorth, in a cause of for- | CONSTRUCTION CO. Phone 107 i and | Italian Dinners 7\ If you enjoy indoor sports— Gastineau Cafe Short Orders at All Hours '“"mm’I IN ADMIRALTY. (Vio. 46 U.S.C.A.| fel t said vessel, || Rheinlander and 4lt Heidelberg iture, and praying that said vess BEER ON TAD her engine, tackle, apparel, furniture and so forth may be condemned and sold to the use of the United States; | NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance |of the writ of said court to me di- ‘rected, I DO HEREBY GIVE PUB- | LIC NOTICE to all persoxs claiming |or having any interest in said vessel,| | Shelf and Heavy Hardware | her engine, tackle, apparel, furniture, Guns and Ammunition —_— skiff and so forth, to be and appear before said court at Juneau, Alaska, | e = 3 GARBAGE HAULED l |on saturday, the 20th day of Febru- Reasonable Momua.s Rates ary, 1936, at the hour of 10 o'clock E. O. DAVIS in the forenoon of said day, provided [ TELEPHONE 584 the same shall be a day of jurisdic- | tion otherwise the next day of juris- |diction thereafter, then and there Phone 4753 | |to interpose their claims’and mak>|® . I T JUNEAU-YOUNG Hardware Company | | | &3 Juneau “THE REXALL SIORk” PAINTS—OIL—GLASS = Reliable pharmacists |their allegations in that behalf. | Dated this 7th day of February, . Resources Ovei The B. M. Bank COMMERCIAL ¥ S and SAVINGS Half Million Dollars i ‘i‘ 936. WM. T. MAHONEY, United States Marshal. Date of first publication, Feb. 8, 1935. | Date of last publication, Feb. 24, 1936. | Behrends - e STRATTON & BEERS | MUNICIPAL ENGINEERS DRY CLEANING [ J | | SURVEYORS | | Juneau, Alaska | .+ VALENTINE BLDG. | Soft ‘Telephone 502 | L it Water Washing [} | IDEAL PAINT SHOP | If It's Paint We Have It | | FRED W. WENDT 1 PHONE 549 \ SUERER il Your ALASKA LAUNDRY PHONE 15 r Two and One | WINTER COATS AT | HALF PRICE % Juneau Frock Shoppe “Exclusive But Not Expensive” —— | | {x Scottish Rite Temple, beginning at 7:30 p. m. MARTIN S. JORGEN- SEN, . Warshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. — — ——3 TYPEWRITERS RENTED | $5.00 per month i | J. B. Burford & Co. “Our doorstep is worn by | «atisfied customers” | PRECEDENCE Certain things come, with the years, to be an expected part of every occasion. Within our £ >fession, this regard for the tiaditional must be combined with new steps toward perfec tion. Thrir successful combin- ation at all times is but one of the standards marking & service by us. The Charles W. Carter Mortuary PHONE 136-2 Our trucks go any place any | time. A tank for Diesel Oil burner treuble. PHONE 149; NIGHT 148 . | RELIagLE TRANSFER { Commercial Adjust- ’ meni & Rating Bureau i i Cooperating with White Serv- ice Bureau ROOM 1—SFATTUCK BLDG. We have 5,000 local ratings on file | I | —————— HUTEL ZYNDA ELEVATOR SERVICE S. ZYNDA, Prop. —5 McCAUL MOTOR COMPANY | rorp acency | (Authorized Dealers® GREASES . GAS—OILS JUNEAU MOTORS Foot of Main Street TAP BEER IN TOWN! [ J and a tank for Crude Oil save . THE MINERS o Recreation Parlors nd . and i Liquor Store > BILL DOUGLAS