The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 23, 1936, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1936. Daily Alaska Em pire ROBERT “: BENDER - - Editor and Manager d_ecvery evening _ex PRINTING COMPANY Alaska Sunday by the cond and Main treets, Juneau, matter d Class SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas per _month. for $1.25 » following rates months, in advance, will promptly notify the r irregularity n the delivery o ¢ Office, 374 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. ) ss is exclusively entitled to the all news dispatches credited this paper and also the local new ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION published herein. PUBL Vl(‘ CONFIDENCE GROWS. It is tough going for the prophets of gioom. With singular and stubborn obstinacy, the business and 11- nancial markets continue to behave as if they have scant regard for the wierd warnings of the American Liberty League and hadn't even heard of Mr. Hoover's reiterated pronouncements that ruin is just around the corner. Indeed, they to have concluded that Mr. Hoover’s prophecies are ficcurate but mis- placed and that the corner where ruin lurked is the one we passed about a year ago or more. At any rate the cold figures of the financial and business columns of the newspapers furnish comment that should be interesting to the Nation on the wail- ings of the Jeremi For example, February 19 the stock market uch little consideration for the calamity howlers that the daily 50 stocks reached the highest point it had touched since 1931. Not content with this demonstration, the index continued to climb and celebrated the completion of Mr. White House, 5o to speak, with another surge upward What made of the inve nt of the Prdgident’s announcement on March 4 that: “The subscription books were speedily closed the Treasury’s offer of a billion and a quarter of bonds and notes) when the overwhelming apparent. Terms of the offering had been announ yesterday morning. The pu flocked more than the $650,000,000 t0-15-} bearing 2% percent interest $600,000,000 in five- year 1'% per cent five-year notes By noon on Magch & the bonds haddbeen more than seven times over-subscribed and the notes moré than five times oversubscribed. One day's business, and what a business! One of the largest offerings in post-war Tre; history, it had been exceeded only by the offering of $950,000,000 on December 15 last, which bore the same interest rate but matures three years earlier. The ob- vious conclusion is that when within less than three months the Federal Government is able to sell for the same interest rate bonds maturing three years later, then the credit of the Government has improved that much in that time. And it is equally obvious that public confidence in the Roosevelt Administration grows in obverse ratio to ihe hammering and the yam- mering of the President’s palpably selfish critics. Are these happenings indicative of a fear of in- flation, as Mr. Hoover has ponderously pontificated? Well, hardly; for each day following the upswings in stocks United States Government bonds in all cate- gories have reached new highs. Treasury 4's, for in- stance, are now at 112-15/32, the highest point since seem showed average of Roosevelt’s third year in the this more significant of the disregard the direful forebodin the Associated Press public for detractors was (on demand became ed blic to purct ar bonc ar issued ‘ OUR OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN IN KIND. With fine spring weather actually accompanying the advent of spring in the North it is difficult for those of us in Alaska to visualize the death and (ll‘-‘ struction that is following in the wake of the unpre- cedented floods in the New England states and Penn- sylvania. More than 200 persons have lost their lives | and property damage all ready is estimated at more | than $300,000,000. Authentic reports reveal that at least 1200,000 persons have been left homeless by the rag- ing torrents. Relief agencies are taxed to capacity | lin an effort to care for the thousands who have lost everything. Appeals are pouring in to the Red Cross, ‘nnd that agency has called on the nation to come to | the rescue. A quota of $1,800 has been asked from Alaska, $400 from Juneau to aid those stricken people in the east- ern states. It is a small sum to contribute to relieve'| | human suffering, and, far away though we may be, it still remains a real humanitarian cause that Alas- | kans, as they have always done, should quickly and i\\'l‘nlrhmn(dl_\' support. The Red Cross in the past | !has come many times to the aid of stricken settle-| ments in Alaska. It is now our opportunity to return | in kind. v Alaska's quota should be raised in a few d and | | dispatched on its way to aid the flood victims. | | l Forest Service estimates show thai Alaska ca produce 1,000,000 tons per year of pulp. This can be | ‘donf- by just cutting out the ripe gimber which other- | {wise will just rot and fall, the value of which thus being lost. ! Alaska has produced more than $450,000,000 in gold since the first strike, and the surface has scarcely been scratched. Surveys reveal that millions more will be taken out with improved transportation. i The New Farm Law. (New York Times) No one could object to the chief ostensible pur- f the new Farm Law—the control and preven- tion of soil erosion. Yet if this were the sole or central object of the new measure, that measure would hard- Iy need to exist at all, for this object was already pro- | vided for in the old Soil Conservation Act of 1935. The | real purpose of the new law is essentially the same as | that of the AAA—to enable the farmers to maintain or raise their prices by reducing crop production, and to pay them for doing so out of the Federal Treasury. In the statement accompanying his signature to the bill, the President asserts that it provides a “positive incentive * * for those who voluntarily shift from | soil depleting surplus crops, such as cotton, corn, | wheat and tobacco, into erosion-preventing and soil- | building crops, such as grasses and legumes.” It is [ significant that the “soil depleting” crops should turn | out to be cisely those that were controlled by th e they were “basic” or xport” crops or 1se their price was too low. The instructions that the new law gives to the Sec retary of Agriculture, and the powers that it delegates to him, are at once sweeping and vague. This is partly because the act is designed to circumvent the objections pose » of the Supreme Court to the AAA. Hence it expressly forbids the Secretary of Agriculture to “enter into any | contract binding upon producer.” At the same time | t permits that official, largely at his own discretion, m‘ iy out total benefits of up to $500,000.000 a year to farmers who have satisfied him that they are using their land to carry ‘out the purposes of the act. This plan is to be followed for the balance of the current | calendar year and through 1937. After that agricultural adjustment programs are to be left to the individual | States, and money is to be paid by the Federal Gov- ernment to those States that adopt programs which | are approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. One of the most controversial sections of the new | law will be the amendment inserted by the House and adopted by the Senate in conference, which declares it to be the policy of the act to restore individual farm | incomes to the same ratio with other incomes as exist- | ed in the period from 1909 to 1914. This aim is at once much more ambitious and more difficult of at- tainment than the restoration, as contemplaced by the | AAA, of a pre-war “parity” merely of farm prices. But from one aspect it is sounder than the aimr of | the AAA, for instead of high prices it emphasizes total | farm income, reminding us that it may sometimes | be greater with large crops at reasonable prices than | with artificially reduced crops at high prices. The so- alled “consumers’ protective clause will also ..elp in setting limits to the pressure for crop reduction. Because of the vagueness of wie act at many pomnts, HAPPY —BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes todey, their Lirthday anniversary, «o the followi- ing: MARCH 23 C. T. Gardner Darrel Cole Phyllis Andrews - Frou e Emplre f 20 YEARS AGO PASUSN S MARCH 23, 1916 Continuing the unofficial war on Mexico, Gen. J. J. Pershing took control of the Mexico and North- western Railroad in El Paso, Texas, and estoblished his base at Casas Grandes. A resolution authorizing the President to offer a $50,000 re- |ward for the delivery of Villa's body , §.«eu. | 0 the American authorities was in- ed in the House by Represen- Frank O. Scott, of Michigan. t tative Word was received that Mrs. Caro. Georgia Caro, Bert Caro and Ben Burford, who had spent the winter in Pelo Alto, were enroute home. Mrs. Elmer A. Friend and children accompanied by her sister, Miss Genevieve McNally, arrived on the AL:tolphin. Visiting members entertained the Juneau Elks with a party which pro- vided much entertainment. Jude Robert W. Jennings presided over the gathering. A new street was planned to cut threugh the block to the rear of the Modern Etiquette fv Roberta [.ee I | Q Should a young man rise when 'an elderly or a distinguished man 'enters the room? A. Yes, it is the well-bred thing to do. Q. Should the soup plates be set on the tablecloth when serving? i .A. No; they should be set on the i service plates. Q. Do some people send engage- ment presents? A. Yes, but it is not obligatory to do so, especially if one has received a wedding invitation and intends to send a gift. e — Daily Lessons I | Mexican Swim Style in English B8y W. L. Gordon S ) Words Often Misuscd: Do not say, | ‘He is stopping at the Empire Ho- | tel. Empire Hotel.” | Often Mispronounced: Equestrian (masculine); pronounce e-kwes-tri- an, first e as in me, second ¢ as in| accent second syllable | questrienre (feminine); princi- | |pal accent is on last syllable. | { Often fisspelled: Wherewithal; [one 1 | ms: Subterfuge, ‘ublle!y,i stratagem, artifice ] 1 { Word Study: “Use a word thre times. and it is your Let us in- srease our vocabu by mastering . Today’s word: | ing. “His look be-) netrative."—Haw- e word each dajy Penetrative; pie; {eame keen and p thorne, S i say, “He is staying at thel | The Mexican motif is the thing in Joan Blondell's bathing suit for 1936, made of white satin and dotted with cactus plants. A sombrero is a sun- shade and a colored Mexican blanket to spread over ithe sand completes the ensemble. (Asso- ciated Press Photo) Alaska Supply Company, from Front |Street to Ferry Way. The store front of the Alaska Supply com- pany was to be cut off and the street projected through the build-| an IS CALLED SOUTH BY d Learn s Illness of her daughter, Miss Wil- Gordon letta Kendall, in Boise, Idaho, caus- RNV DAUGHTER’S ILLNESS. | PROFESSIONAL | —_— Fraternal Societies ————OF i *a;————fii Helene W. L. Albrecbt PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra ed Ray, Medical Gymnastics 207 GOLDSTEIN BLDG. Phone Office, 216 P — i DRS. KASER & FREEBUIGER DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 am- t0 3 pm. B. P. 0. ELKS mee2a cery Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brotiirs wes. come M. E. MONAGLR, Exalted Ruler. M. H SIDES, Secreia~y. ~— KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1 Meetings sccond and 'sst Monday at 7:30 .. m. Transient orothers urged to at- RS Dr. C. P. Jenne DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentinc Building Telephone 176 e De. Richard Williams DENTIST O.¥IZE AND RE JIDENCE Gastineau Bu.lding Phone 431 3 = -3 tend. Council Ch.m- vers, Fifth St. JOHN F. MULLEmW, G. K, H. J. TURNER, Secretary. TIOUNT JUNEAU _CDGE NO. 147 Uecond and fourth Mone day of each month im Scottish Rite Temple, beginning at 7:30 p. m, MARTIN 8. JORGEN: SEN. W -rshipful Maste: W. LEIVERS, Secretary. | U} FEWRITERS RENTED Dr. DENTIST Hours 9 a.m. to 6 pm. BEWARD PUILDING Office Pone 469 TELEPHONE 563 Office Hours—9-12; 1-6 Dr. W. A. Rystrom DENTIST Cver First National Bank X-RAY $5.00 per month 1. B. Burford & Co. Our Joorstep is worn by satisficd cistomers” Robert Simpson ~ Upt. D. Graduate Los Angeles Col- ‘ege of Optumetry and Opthalmo’ogy |of ing. The work was under direction Benjamin D. Stewart, nominee for Mayor of Juneau, was announced to | be 37 years of age, a native of Mis- cula, Montana, and a mining en- gineer by profession. He had come !to Juneau six years previously and |opened an office as copsulting en- ginee erable part of 1915 by the Alaska Gold Belt Company. He was at the r. He was employed a consid- time of his candidacy unengaged and employed rather in doing general | engineering work. A. Shyman, salesman, returned on the Dolphin from Petersburg. Weather: Maximum, 47; mum, 31. Clear. ANDREW NELSON BURIED TODAY Last rites for Andrew Nelson, 59, mini- | who died last Tuesday in his Knut- son cabin home, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the chapel of the C. W. Carter Mortuary, Rev. Erling K. Olafson conducting the services. Interment was 'in Evergreen Cemetery. The deceased, who had been em- ployed for the last five years by Tom Shearer, the tailor, not known to have any living relatives, B f Henry Shattuck | 1. How many are there in the U. Roman 8.2 Catholics 3. Is there any wood that will not warp? What is the Spanish equivalent | What are the two capitals of |the Union of South Africa? ANSWERS 1 olic directory for 1935 there are, in round figures, 20,500,000; this in- cludes Alaska and Hawaiian Islands. 366 days. No, Senor. 5. Cape Town and Pretoria. - e 2 3. 4. REBEKAHS WILL Visiting members are particularly invited to the Wednesday evening meeting of the Rebekahs, to be held at eight o'clock in the I. O. O. F. Hall, today. Past Noble Grands’ Night will be observed. e - Peter Pan Beauty Shoppe PHONE 221 J ed Mrs. O. L. Kendall, wife of the * | daughter recovers. According to the official Cath-| MEET WEDNESDAY according . to announcement j | Glasses Fitted Methodist pastor, to sail on the # ! Princess Norah enroute for that cit; |She will remain in Boise til Lenses Ground DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH “onisul¢ation and examinsticn | WAKILIN FROM WESTWARD R. Wakelin, merchandise broker, | larrived on the Alaska and is regis tered at the Gastineau Hotel. He has been to the Westward and in- | terior. . Bours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; ‘0 5:30 and by appointment. Office Grand Apis., Lear Gas~ tiacau Hotel. Phone 177 We can do no more . ... « « . quiet attention to every detail, the utmost in respect and reverence toward those who trust us in their hour of need, the ultimate in per< sonal. service, moderate rates to all who comeé . .. it is to these we owe our reputation. | >, - SHOP IN JUNzAU: W. P. JGHNSON —_— and — MOTORS MAYTAG PRODUCTS [ [ ] || The Charles W. Carter Mortuary PHONE 136-2 | ! i PHONE Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’ — MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Near. Third 5 | Our trucks go any place any .1’ || time. A tank for Diesel Oil | \ and a tank for Crude Oil save | burner trouble. PHONE 149; NICHT 148 E\VIZ || RELIASLE TRANSFER Commexcial Adjust- | meni & Rating Bureau Cooperating with White Serv- ice Bureau ROOM 1-3HATTUCK BLDG. ‘We have 5,000 local ratings on file | = they were These same bonds were quoted HUTEL ZYNDA wever, its practical working out must depend largely | at 94 on January 11, 1932, but there were no takers. The famous “Mellon 3's,” which sold at 82-3/32 on January 12, 19 are at 103-23/32, a gain of 25 per cent in four years. To the owner of a U. 8. Govern- ment bond, that is truly a tremendous increment in value. Under administrations which command pub- lic confidence there is not the remotest possibility of such fluctuation but in the transition from Mellon- Mills-Hoover to Roosevelt-and-the-people, anything and everything has pi BRTER IR R After being missing two months In the frozen Antarctic, Lincoln and his pilot, Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, are pictured | Ellsworth (left) 'aboard the British ship Discovery !l at the Bay of way to Melbourne. The two explorers, who flew across the southern were found at Little America after the outside world had conti EXPLORERS SAFE AT LAST upon how Secretary Wallace chooses to interpret its instructions and to exercise the sweeping discretion tuat it confers upon hini, Russian and Japanese diplomats are waxing acri- monious over their argument about Mongolia and who has a right. to it. Of course, it wouldn't be the people | 0 live there.—Boston Herald. That watch on the Rhine has become an alarm clock.—Philadelphia Bulletin, £ i ATTORNEY CROSON | SCHOOL SPEAKER% In an interview on the eve of | his departure for Seattle tonight| on the North Sea, Carl E. Croson, Seatile attorney appearing in the regional Labor Board hearings, said | he greatly appreciated the many courtesies and kindly spirit that citizens of Juneau had extended to him during his stay here. ¢ of the Seattle School Board, spoke to an assembly at the Juneau High School this afternoon on “Purposes of Education.” He stressed the importance of | education in enlarging the horizon| lof the student and preparing for life, not principally for money- making, but to contribute to the; making of a more livechle world | and to human happiness. | - > WYOMING GETS SNOW BLANKET CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 23—Virtually the entire State is in the grip of a March storm which has blanketed the area with | snow ranging from depths of 1'% to 10 inches . - SHOP IN JUNcAV! Whales on their siven up hope of their rescus. (Associated Press Photo). Mr. @roson, a former President |? SHOP IN JUNEAQ? 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™ The B. M. Bank Juneau, Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One Half Million Dollars MARGARET LINDSAY, Prop. HELVI PAULSON, Operator Behrends CHOCOJATES If you enjoy indoor sports— Here’s one of the best—TRX BOWLING! BRUNSWICK BOWLING ALLEYS Rheiniander and 4lt Heidelberg BEER ON TAP JUNEAU-YOUNG Hardware Company PAINTS—OIL—GLASS Shelf and Heavy Hardware — —e “WORK GUARANTEED” | Supreme Radio Service | CALL 634 FOR SERVICE AND FREE TUBE TEST | [ | L] WARRACK Construction Co. Juneau Phone 487 H. B. FOSS COMPANY ARCHITECTS--CONTRACTORS PHONE 107 JUNEAU When in Need of DIESEL OIL—UTAH COAL GENERAL HAULING STORAGE and CRATING CALL US JUNEAU TRANSFER Phone 48 Night Phone 4703 DRY CLEANING Soft Water Washing ® Your ALASKA LAUNDRY PHONE 15 ELEVATOR SERVICE S. ZYNDA, Prop. McCAUL MOTOR COMPANY Dedge und Plymouth Dealers FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers® GREASES GAS—OILS JUNEAU MOTORS Foot of Main Street THE BEST TAP BEER IN TOWN! [ ] [HE MINERS’ Recreation Parlors and Liquor Store + SILL DOUGLAS e