The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 26, 1936, Page 4

even the Kansas Governor presents a problem (orl the Republican high command. Kansas has flourished D(lllV Alaska Empire under the New Deal. Only Texas and Towa drew more 8w [anager ROBERT W. BENDER % Editor and MAanagef| rom the AAA; only Michigan got more from zm- Published every ovening cxcept Sunday by the| Home Owners Loan Corporation. Kansas received | B duey Ak o g Mo from Washington a total of $209,472,488.. divided as | b { eottonrs 92; PWA, $32.220100; HOLC, | Entered in the Post Office in Juncau as | follows: AAA, $8 192; PWA, $3 matter $32,884,196; relief, $57,604,100. And is was Mr. Landon |’ SUBSCRIPTION RATES Oulivered by carrior In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25| minion dollars of that amount himself | per_month ! onBy mall, postage paid, at the following rates: - LIRS - e year, in advance, $12.00; s months, in advance, £ e L i s { $6.00; one month, in advance, § OLD AGE PENSION PROBE. | Subscribers will confer a fav f they will promptly potify th Busin ss Off§ y feilure or irregularity | I . fivery of their ¢ | The nation will watch with a great deal of inter-| s: News Offics h2; Business Office, 374. est the investigation of old age pension plans by the EMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ded by Congressman Bell of Mis- veiated Prems is cxclusively entitled House committee ¥ to the credited to spaich 3 souri 2»ticularly will interest attach to the Town- P ¢ send plan, the best known and most popular of the group Townsendites claim a membership throughout the natfon of 8,000,000, These paid an initiation fee of 25| cents per person, according to Congressman Bel report, making a total of $2,000,000. The levy, he say is then 10 cents per month, or $800,000 a month reve~ nue, which in buisness isn’t a bad income. Bell's | contention is that it makes a fat monthly fee for| the heads of the Townsend organization, but R. E.| Clements, co-founder of the movement with Dr. Townsend, says it is all an illusion on the part of the investigators. Buttons and literature cost a large fraction of the intake, he claims. At least $1,000 a week goes out for radio time, Clements points out. He s printing bills run to $85,000 snd probably will run to $100,000 in this campaign yeur. Postage s a big item, and of course, there is the staff salaries, which Congressman Bell hints broadly are the biggest “take” THE NORTH BECKONS. lin the entire scheme. That is something for the in-| ' i | vestigation to prove. Arthur Brisbane, veteran eaitortal sage Ior ihe| — yp this era of special movements, the probe of the Hearst papers, recently took occasion to comment ofl | pension plans will indeed be of unusual interest. m an Empire editorial comparing the vast Territory of ' may too, furnish a few tips to the two old parties| Alaska with the Isle of Ceylon and pointing out the on how to fill the war chest with ease. opportunity for population while stressing as always el N g the cause of ultimate statehood for the Territory. ok} 7 n PO £ While The Empire is flattered, it is deeply grateful System Is To Blame E)r Sea Tragedy. to the famed colur for espousing the cause of (Port Angeles L'vening News) Alaska., Mr. Brisbane } millions of readers for Imposing stiff sentences on the three men convict- his column “Today” and his comment meuns far-tlung |ed-of criminal negligence in the disastrous Morro Cas- | publicity for the Territory that money cannot buy. An'tle fire will probably satisfy the American public example is the fact that the last two mail boats, 0 “get even” with somebody for that tragedy | since Mr. Brisbene’s comment appeared throughout! {housh it won’t do very much in the way of bringing | the dead back to life. Whether it will meet the demands of justice, in an | abstract sense is another question. | the nation on F 1.000 inqueries to bruary The 15 ve ot Empire brought upwards all parts of the from Unijted States asking about Alaska. It is interesting The men convicted of criminal negligence are Act- | to note that many of them crossed the continent by |ing Captain William F. Warms; Chief Engineer air mail in time to catch the boat at Seattle. That 8. Abbott, and Henry E. Cabaud, vice president of which operated the Morro Castle. And al- sort of air mail service wlil come to Alaska too with company | populatior though the evidence in the case seems ample to ji ‘ ¢ such verdict there is plenty of reason to believe that the But the point s ‘the eagerness of people in the ; ; s real culprit got off unscathed. | States to know about the north. Doubtless, the 1,000 | tem under which operated; the tem that permits | fire ea, that permits owners to inan | their ined crews, that forc a skipper | to delay \lnlll the very last minute the sending of an | This culprit, of course, was the the Morro Castle w: odd are but a forerunner of the letters for information that will follow on later boats. A perusal of the queries indicate they are mostly fro substance in- m persons of some who are interested in locating permanent- 1y in the Territory SOS in case emerger Alaska is in the dawn of & new era. Are we in Granted that there was a tragic failure of the hum- the TEL b : an elem in this disaster—that officers and men . ¢ Ter reparing to mect the opportunity? To-| -, SR EIRAEE D et the ORRpTUL 97| alike acted in such way as to disgrace the traditions day it is northward the course of Empire takes ils Way., of the American merchant marine. That fact does not | tell the whole story | THE REPUBLICAN HOPE. These three men whom a fed court jury con- ey victed of negligence did not design and build the While several exponents of the Republican faith|MOrTo Castle, and equip her with all manner of flim hope to be the great man the party will turn to at|SY @nd inflammable fittings that were bound to go up o . FEpATe T like tinder, once a blaze was started. They didn't Cleveland in its hour of travail, it appears at the jnvent the high pressure competition which senc present writing that the powers believe Landon of ships to sea manned by crews whom there has been Kansas fits into the middie course better than any|no time to drill and discipline properly. of the others. The Kansas Governor is pictured as the Most important of all, they weren't responsible for the change in merchant marine practices which has reduced the captain of a ship to a mere figurehead. | unable to do anything of importance without a duly | radioed authorization from his home office. Those are the factors which made a wholesale trag- edy out of a little blaze, that should have caused no middle-of-the-roader Borah and Hoover. Mr. Borah, who has been Idaho's .contribution to the political world for the last quarter of a century, 15 opening his battle big between the two extremes— against business and the return of Wall Street control of the Republican party. | more than passing inconvenience. The Idahoan admits he has found flaws in the system| Many things are responsible for them—busir by which the Supreme Court invalidates acts of Con- depression, natural greed for profit, slipshod laws gove erning the construction and inspection of passenger ships, and so on. Finding the remedies will be a slow and difficult job. | But until we do find them, the way will be open for | disasters like this of the Morro Castle to occur again. gress. but under the Republican banner he probabiy will take the position that God, time and native American genius will work out this problem with the instruments at hand ‘ 8Buch an attitude. of course, places Borah in posi- & tlon just opposite the conservative ex-President protection at all | Hoover, who has been the leading assailant of the New ¥ i Deal to date. Mr, Hoover is more than a conservativei| New York has floated a big loan at one-fourth of | 1 He is a reactionary, representing that group which |one per cent per year. Looks as if money-lenders would | believes in the divine right of wealth to rule. The | Soon have to pn on relief.—Philadelphia Bulletin. former President has been so innoculated with the | o ] serum of the special interests group which he repre- sented for in the White House that he has entirely forgotterf the fact that this nation was ; founded on the premise of free and unhampered right to each individual to We saw two women’s debating teams the mhs*l | night and found ourselves willing to embrace either | the negative or the affirmative—Dallas News. | four ar | The funny part of it is that people still living twen- | | ty years from now will be calling these the good old | Thus the two extremes of Republicanism, Mr. Borah | days.—Dayton (Ohio) Journal. and Mr. Hoover, push into the picture more and more | iy e - i 3 the quiet, colorless gentleman from Kansas, Mr} “The opposition combines the worst features of Landon. The Grand Old Party has_to find a candi-) Fascism and Communism,” says Mr. Ickes. In other | date for the middle course and somehW prays it might | "OT4S there is a campaign coming —Detroit News. | Landon. The Kansan is i is! 7 ::1 B (" '“ The Kansan is to be put forward for h‘:[ It takes a real winter to make ten above zero feel oromy, fru ity and general budget balancing. But warm m.—Toledo Biade. BOTH FLAMES ICE BATTLED BY FIREMEN | h the height of firemen's battle against a four-hour, $100,000 fire in a Detroit feed and grain ht below zero w.nhar, the coldest of the winter. Scores of fire-fighters were frost-bitten nu, hose snapped ‘n the cold and torches had to be used to thaw couplings. (Associated HAPPY who went down to Washington and took home l\\ll\(-‘ ing | | % | | | Bui Sending three \(:4])(‘;4\!:1[.‘» to prison will provide no‘[ —BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- hons and best wishes today, their ‘rthday znniversary, .5 the folloi- FEBRUARY 26. Chester V. Kay. Charles W. Erickson Mrs. T. V. Dagnar. T: S. Michaels. Elton E. Engstrom, Jr. Nola Mae Seelye. D P Froui The Empire 20 YEARS AGO e S S o FEB. 26, 1916 The greatest tension known 0 she American capital in many month spread over Washington, as Pres dent Wilson and Congres came pe ilously near an open breach' over the stand the President had taken regarding the proposed submarines warfare of Germany and legiska- | tion proposed by mebmers of Con- | gress. William Jennings Eryan bcvan his active campaign against the President by advocating that all Americans be warned to stay off | armed belligerent ships. House leaders expressed the hope e United States would not be ced to go to war over the armed ip issue and left the White House ¥ “believed the situation The British and Foreign Bible Society sent 260,000 Eibles, Russia, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kline made a round trip to Sitka aboard the Geor- gia Hendrickson moved establishment to one of rooms in the Brunswick W. K plumbing the store ding. Mrs. Grover C. Winn Barbara left the hospital for home. their Members of the library extension committee of the Juneau Woman's Club were today circulating péti- tions throughout the city ask ng the City Council to apprporiate $2,500 a year for maintenance of the public library. Mrs. Catherine Hocker and daugh- ter left on the Spokane for a trip to Seattle. Weather Maximum mum 34. Cloudy oo FLEISCHMANN'S GIN costs no more than ordinary gin. adv. 40; ming- FOSS CONSTRUCTION CO. Phone 107 Juneau Harry Race Druggist CHOCO'ATES the BEST! If you're out to please the man of the family . . . let us help you! A grand selecticn of good food . . . vegetables and all the tklngs that men mu‘ best. Sanitary Grocery PHONE 83 or 85 “The Store That Pleases” weigh- | ng 11 tons, to prisoners of war in his | and baby Modern Etiquette { 2y Roberta I.ee g S Q Isn't it all right to date a so- letter merely with the figures, ich as 2-20-'36? A. No. The date should be writ- ten, February 20, 1935, Q. Is it the duty of the hostess to make an effort to keep conver- sation going? f _A. Yes, if it becon:es necessary to do so. Q. What is the proper way serve wine at a buffet supper? A. Arrange the bottles on the sideboard. The host should then fill the glasses, which are taken by the guests to their places. - Daily L.essons in English &7 W. L. Gordon ) l Word: \ Do you object to me going with| you?" Say, ‘Do you objeet to my| going with you?” OZten Mispronounced: Pronounce the ea Often Misspelled: the ique. Often Misused: Do not say, | lg Beard.| as in sea | Technique. Ob- ynonyms: Skeptic, unbeliever, |atheist, infidel, heretic ) W Use a word threz . ” Let us in- rease vocabulary by mastering word each day | one Tods | Irremediable; not to be remedied |or corrected; incurable. “An ir- remediab] ‘An irreme- diable ev L PR — l.ook and Learn By A. C. Gordon ' | —_———— | Who was Robin Hood? What is the adiective wh | means “pertaining to geologic tima wrich antedates life"? 3. How many years did it take complete the building shington Menument? " 4. From what source | the is camphor obtained? 5. What is the largest savings k in the wor H ANSEWERS | 1 A legendary English outlaw | 2 onic 3. 37 years; 1848 to 1885. 4. A gunlike sumstance from a | tree found principally in Japan and | Formosa. 5. Bowery ! York City, | depositors. Savings Bank, New with more than 400,000 .- ! ATTENTION REBEKAHS | There will be a regular meeting | Wednesday evennig at 8 o'clock ! sharp to be followed by a social to { which all Odd Fellows are invited MILDRED CASHEN | —adv. Secretar o - Continnad on Page Twod | - P l Peter Pan Beauty | | Shoppe | ] % “THE REXALL SIOR:x" I MARGARET LINDSAY, Prop. HELVI PAULSON, Operator PHONE 221 __A._Q Reliable ACCURACY = | DPharmacists compound 1 your The B. M. Bank Juneau, COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Quer Two and One Half Million Dollars Behrends , Alaska tof . AR 1 A VRO Administrator of the Estate of| Gustav Bollingmo, Deceased. ! First publication, Feb. 19, 1936. | Last publication, March 11, 1936. Hardware Compan: PAIN'I’S—OIL—GIKSS y Shelf and Heayy Hardware Guns and Ammunition —-—G ——— || IDEAL PAINT SHOP | If Its Paint We Have It! FRED W. WENDT PHONE 549 | l [ | -8 GARBAGE HAULED Reasonable Monuwa.y Rates E. O. DAVIS TELEPHONE 584 Phone 4753 SPECIALIZING in French Gastireau Cafe Short Orders at All Hours When in Need of DIESEL OIL—UTAH COAL GENERAL HAULING STORAGE and CRATING CALL US Soft Water Washing [ ) Your ALASKA LAUNDRY PHONE 15 LAY Lax b ———E‘II’ ) t PROFESSIONAL | I Fraternal Societies | “ { Horoscope | e | % ot | = d Gastineau Channel ! i L ek | Helene W. L. Albrecht ', 4 The stars incline % PHYSIOTHERAPY s but do not compel | Massage, Electricity, Infra’ %ed | % i e da i -3|| Rey, Medical Gymnastics . | 4 ::e:; “‘)]-e [fn::d(s artnge: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1936/ | 207 gfifi?fi;fii’: ;fim' i M. Visiting brothers wek. " Benefic aspects dominate today, | 4 BED come M. E. MONAGLR, according to astrology, but adverse|*” Exalted Ruler. M. K influences are active in the after- |z _—f SIDES, Secretary. noon. Determined effort should’ EEEBUBGER l‘ & a be successful in overcoming obsta- DRS. KA:E;NQ;HFSTS J KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS cles. ] i | | Seghers Council No. Although it is not an auspicious Blomgren Building | 11760, Meetings second { 4 rule under which to start any im- PHONE 56 | and.!flst Monday at N portant project or movement, the| ! Hours 9 am- to ) pm. L L nelien oxs Meahatant \?,77 s encourage interviews with par- |E—— T, orothers urged to at- \I‘/é 7 sons who exercise power in busi- |2 = tend. Council Cham- + . ness or politics. Tt is'a lucky day Dr. C. P. Jenne bers, Fifth St. JOHN F. MULLEN, for asking favo DENTIST 2 H. J. TURNER, Sccretary. Women should make much of all at i portunities that come to them'| Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine “10UNT JUNEAU _ODGE NO. 147 day and the wise will go forth: Huilding | tecond and fourth Mone in search of the right chances in| | Telephone 176 ) day of each month in business or the arts. Actresses 's=——-——=— e~ 43 (é{ Scottish Rite Temple, should benefit under this planstary | =——— 14 beginning at 7:30 p. m, government. n: - MARTIN S. J N- This is a happy wedding day and Dr. Richard Williams SEN, Vo-rshipful Master:odflfl\';gs * presages for the bridegroom au-| | DENTIST W. LEIVERS, Secretary. v over his household and for O FICE AND RE SIDENCE 5 the bride ample means to fulfillf Gastineau Bu.lding '!5— —_—— .;l, her ambitions. i % Tt Is a fortunate rule of the stars o e .|| TYPEWRITERS RENTED | for engaging girl empioyees. Those | ——————————— — e | $5.00 per month \ chosen under this configuration =" |1 J. B. Burford & Co. ! should prove loyal and efficient. || D7~ &. W, Stewart [l 5 Py om0 K C | Naval affairs will engage atten- DENTIST i Satisfiad. costomeny® | tion and officers may look for un-| | = expected attention. Movement of | | Hours 9 am. t0 6 p.m. ‘ " the United States fleet will be cf | SEWARD PUILDING ' speclal concern. (1 Office Pcne 469 Uranus, . which gives President %— . — —% Roosevelt his courageous Lendr‘n-; s b e cles and is ruler of his Sun sign|*—— ——————— | Aquarius, seems to presage succes | TELEPHONE_“S in overcoming opposition that w.ll| Office Hours—9-12; 1-6 interfere with his best ambitions. = | Dr. W. A. Rystrom Science is to exercise an amazing | | DENTIST influence in international dhputes“ Cver First National Bank this 3 it is prep’ »sed. Inven-| X-RAY tions make prolonged war | s amcng highly civilized nations im-| ok possible, but Ethiopia will prove RS S NSRS nqell;“ ;sl;zflz.ol'n and successful‘ Rol)"rt Simpson Persons whose birthdate it is have Opu. D. the augury of a year of temptation ' Graduate Los Angeles Col- to speculate. They should be care- ! | lege of Optumetry and | ful. El may bestow gifts of Opthalmo’ogy l PRECEDENCE much value which should be treas- | (lasses Fitted Lenses Ground rtain things come, with the ured. SR P years, to be an expected part Children born on this day prob- . of ety Gdousan NN S ably will be practical as well as [ I >fession, this regard for the gifted artistically. Subjects of this t 44, sign are likely to be secure and | OSYEOPATH "\fi:ii"l‘]ocxrlst?‘:: !w:irsog';?x successful financially even though' | Consui/ation and examinaticn ton. Thrir successful. combin- they may e poels or patuiers Pree. Bl its L. 1 %o 5 ation at all times i5 but one Ellen Terry, English actress, was: ! .2 &:20 and by appointment. of the standards marking & born on this day 1847. Others who | Office Grand Api., Lear Gas- Gieion oy s’ i bave celebrat~1 it as a birthday i i tizeau futll. Phona 177 i clude Her-, Wadsworth Longfel- PY low, Americun poet, 1807; Burton K. | o % a 7heeler, United States Senator, (1 ENCRAL MOTORS 1862 |4 and \ (Copyright, 1935) MAYTAG PRODUCTS ‘ The Charles W. e h .| Carter Mortuary res, Suh! T f “ 5 Yes, Suh! I've done left noAme, afl\f | JLHNSON PHONE 136-3 NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL 1 . ACCOUNT AND REPORT AND ¥ ———— e ap C BT PETITION FOR DISTRIBUTION | Jomes-btevens Shop : . . In the United States Commission- | | Our trucks zo any place any er's (Ex-officio Probate) Court, | LADIES’ — MISSES’ | time. A tank for Diesel Oil for the Territory of Alaska, Ju-, | READY-TO-WEAR iR itflut::lfm:; Oil save neau Commissioner’s Precinct. | | Seward Street Near Third | : | gy In the Matter of the Estate of, = ' PHONE 16; NIGHT 143 GUSTAF BOLLINGMO, S0me- | (remee———— —— | ReLIasLE TRANSFER times known as GUST BOLLING- 4 £ - MO, Deceased. | & \\ "'\"I" /// NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN &\ 6 / = “we that on the 18th day of February, E% | Commexcial Adjust- 1936, OLAV LILLIGRAVEN, Ad- = 2 . » ministrator of the Estate of Gustav i ’ meni & Ran“g Bureau Bollingmo, sometimes known as | Cooperating with White Serv- Gust Bollingmo, Deceased, made { ice Bureau and filed in the above-entitled | ROOM 1—SHATTUCK BLDG. 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