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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1936. e — and property in the Imperial Valley from periodic floods. In 1927 he was made chairman of the seven states conference and when he ran for re-election as gover- " published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE| nor he scored another victory. This extended his term FRINIING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau.| .o\ yoriare 1 1933, e e In March of that year President Roosevelt named Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class| 5 % ool Coecretary of War. Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager Delivered in carrier in Juneau and Douglas for § per month.| a product of the rolling mid-west prairies, who, s t following rates { y i One B e 212.00" six moths. i advance, 36.00; | through force of character, rose to success, a shining example for the young Americans of this nation, one month, in advance, §1.25. Subscribers will confer & favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery ' e — ol m;:x’»:n‘:r:: News Office, 602; { “We must prepare for a rainy day,” shouted Gov- Business Office, 374 > =1 aFnor i speech at Chautauqua, N. Y., and MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. ernor Landon in a sp R q G The Associated Press is exclusively ensitled to the use for| then the heavens opened up with such a downpour republication of all news dispatches creditéd to it or not other- | that it put the elaborate loud speiker 'syslem out of wise credwed in this paper and aldo the Jooal news published herein causing the nominee to abandon his address. " TALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OP ANY OTHER PUB‘LXCATXON order, As George, the elevator man says, we are even | getting & new deal in the weather this summer. Chicago Volunteer Firemen (New York Times) Only eighty-five days are left to save your coun- try. Are you going to save it? Are you a member of The Volunteers? This force, organized by Colonel 'McCormick of Chicago as an army of national salva- 'tion, is growing wonderfully. Governor Landon is an \honorary member, though his approval seems curiously |cold. The Volunteers, he sald, meets one of the needs of the campaign. It meets them all® It saves the country, puts out the fire, ends the stark menace of national ruin. Colonel Knox signed the roll at 9:15 e . a. m., August 6, gallantly taking the elevator to the seventeenth floor of the Chicago Tribune Building. THE SECOND REPUBLICAN BATTLE OF |Before he departed to witch the ears of thirty-five DOUGLAS—EVEN AS NAPOLEON |states he made sure that the home front was safe, s | Colonel Knox found the seventeenth floor hum- Napoleon went back to his Waterloo. The Repub- ming with martial activity. The head of the Doorbell Means went back to Douglas last night. They saw, Division reported that several women had or_rered the audience cheer the picture of President Roosevelt| their services as ringers. One singer has been assigned when it was flashed on the screen of the Douglas to. carol to the platoons of patriots whose task it is, . i |to quote Colonel McCormick’s call for troops, to make Coliseum Theatre, just as the great French gtmerallmis “nation rhythmic with determination to save saw the tide of victory turn to Wellington at Waterloo. | smerica,” Inquiries for enlistment cards occur d#imost It was a momentous occasion for our Republican |every day. The most gratifying evidence of the pro- friends as they gathered again in the city where that/gress of the salvationers is the statement that the old veteran Andrew Nerland of Fairbanks at lhelcommander of the Poetry Phalanx has been swamped spring G. O. P. convention had called attention to | with verses and poems extolling Governor Landon and the “Arch of Harmony” at the eity's portal. There:cnucmng the New Deal. A book of‘ Landon sung§ was no arch last night. Nothing was said about har- is already issued from The Volunteers' headquarters; |and about a dozen of the best poems submitted will be mony. The occupants of the Douglas theatre cheered o P70 % PO O Wt mer’;mm_ uproariously for that gallant leader—Franklin Delano There will be many Knox-and-Landon songsters, Roosevelt. but none more musical or more military than those After the motion picture which flashed on tlle‘sent to the seventeenth floor. For to quell the na- screen the pictures of the Presidents from Washington |tion’s fears, forward march The Volunteers. Will you b . to Franklin Roosevelt, who claimed all the applause, |Jine, will you jine? some of the distinguished Republican orators attempt- ‘ A oy P A ed to again kindle the spark of enthusiasm with rieryl attacks on the New Deal. They chanted in loud and | sonorous voices, but the residents of Douglas had given their all of applause—given it, with honest fer-| ~Lady Godiva, were she to ride along the seashore y p 2 at any one of the popular bathing beaches, would ¥qn, o thal Pres)dpnt»under whc.tse Admlmsuam’_"‘hardly make an eyelid quiver. Indeed, the horse they had witnessed a fine new bridge connect their,yoyjq cause more attention than the lady. Of the Island with the mainland and make them one of the'two, that would be the strangest sight. thriving, up-and-coming cities of Southeast Alaska. | The church may thunder and the moralists may “Why don't that guy sit down and give us another‘preach. but little good it does. It is the style for picture,” loudly whispered one member of the audi- Women now, when they swim or engage in other ence. “He isn't saying anything anyhow.” The candi- forms of athletic exercise, to shed every ounce of date burst into a new and louder flow of political ora- Clothing that is possible. Not only that, but to go tory. The person who had suggested another Rogse- the limit and to w«;;r what remains, so that it sticketh velt-cheered pioture feactied for his hat. He had tol" "Gttt e modern girl thinks she has dvcovered get some sleep so he could get to work in the morning. something new she is badly mistaken. He hadn’t been idle since the Roosevelt recovery pro- done is to revive the fashions prevalent in Greece gram set in, and he didn't want to be, by being late and Rome. When the Spartan maiden ran races to work. |with the boys, she, too, as they did, stripped to the One of the children, (you know you just can't Puff. In the Roman baths, where men and women keep the kiddies away from a free movie, and conse- | Mingled, there were no bathing suits. A very large 4 . 4 i part of the ancient world used clothes only for quently they filled practically ail of the seats that warmth; the idea of modesty did not enter into their were filled) was heard, followed by good natured! minds. chuckles all around, in one of those childish whispers | So history is repeating itself. The modern girl that could be heard 20 seats away, to say: jat the seashore or elsewhere, when she goes in for “Mama, which one is Mr. Dimond?” ?baming or tennis, has, happily, not the slightest idea There were no lights in the famous I. O. O. F, of prudishness. She would not recognize the word hall or the fire hall where but a few short months ago €Ven if it were printed in capital letters. Perhaps an the Republicans had made the welkin ring with de- |Atavistic streak has cropped out in her, a throw-back nunciations of one another. Somebody commented g She times oengrinnstanien; Sepmity Chilonss on the fact that the followers of the elephant coulr:]-‘mBle Torm, was Bpb gRoompdl now get into one building, they were so few, where last spring it required all the space Douglas couldi muster to accommodate the two factions, who went rumpty, rumpty, rump convention for days much to the r.nernment of the citizens of the Twin Cities yr.ccorini grab off Spanish Morocco while Spain is of Glsstinenu. Channel. too distracted to defend it-and the other nations are The old home-coming week just wasn't the same. too afraid of each other to do anything about it. The fire of enthusiasm had sputtered out. After all—why not? Italy and Germany, whether “Oh, well,” commented one sincere Grand Old together or separately, are physically capable of tak- Party man, “maybe we can do better by 1940." ing possession of this part of Africa, provided no one Somebody turned off the lights. The second ph%e‘else interferes, and they have so far sho_wn them- of the Douglas convention had flared for.a moment ¢\V®S able’ to. bt gverybody_' Slog ot _mterrerlng over the pictire of President Roosevélt, and then with them. There is no objection to their stealing o ,this territory except that it does not belong to them. flou:dered down in the slotigh of Republican des- There is nothing wrong with doing it except theft, pondency. lying lawlessness, dishonor, and the breaking of |promises. And Hitler and Mussolini have both main- |tained, by force, the principle that these things are —_— not wrong, when they do them. They recognize no Death of Secretary of War George H. Dern takes standard but force, and they have that force, so long from the state of Utah one of her outstanding men, 8s they have the will to use it, and all others lack from President Roosevelt one of his best Cabinet mem- | the Will to use force to stop them. bers, from the nation a capable public official and - from the mining industry one of its strong men—a' man who had come up by sheer force of character,| courage and initiative from the lowliest walk of life to the top of his profession. Lady Godiva Again (Cincinnati Enquirer) Morocco A Temptation (San Francisco Chronicle) Fears are expressed in London lest Hitler and GEORGE H. DERN A Dubious Ally (Hartford Courant) Certainly the Republicans cannot rest too many - T X P ¥ . hopes that they will benefit from such a campaign of Mr. Dern’s first Utah work \sa.\'\hl!h the Mercur hatred as Father Coughlin appears to have embarked Gold Mining and Milling Company. After a short upon. Although Mr. Landon may justifiably count apprenticeship on its books, he was made treasurer upon considerable support from persons who are of the company and when, six years later, the com- motivated in the present campaign primarily by a “pany absorbed other mines and became the Consou»‘dlslike of the New Deal, the chances are great that, dated Mercur Gold Mines Gompany, he wds named if he has not already done so, Father Coughiin will general manager. 3 overreach himself, with the result that every speech He continued in that post until the company that he makes will win rather than lose votes for closed its mines in 1913. Then he Was successively|\¢ Fresident. Vilification is apt to prove a boome- S nerl roaager of e Mina Opsiating Company rang, and the angry words that Father Coughlin is % now uttering may long before November hurt him &t Park City, Utah, and of the Tintic Milling Company more than the one at whom they are directed. Such at Silver City, Utah. is particularly likely to be the case when the utter- In 1914 he made his first essay Into politics and 'ance appears to spring from a personal grievance or was elected to the state senate, serving in that legis-|a personal disappointment. lative body through 1923. He sponsored the state's! workmen's compensation act, its corrupt practices law A substitute for the invalidated coal bill is only and several other progressive measures. In World one of the worries of the industry. A more important War years he was a member of the state council of |OP€ 15 the substitutes for coal which are appearing Selenih jon the market.—Charleston Daily Mail. He ran for governor in 19584, his opponent beu\g& Qovernor Mabey and someone evolved the punmng1nm‘:\bot_'“l;‘“‘h:m;?s"fg: l:‘““&;’: ::fe ul‘:not‘:‘;m:"st slogan “We an a ‘Dern’ good governor and we d"““‘brmhers to go four years without wearing their or;n mean ‘Mabey’.” He was elected for a four-year term | ties — Detroit News. and at once became active in the Boulder Dam dis-| cussion. Oklahoma Cherokee Indians charge that the Dern took the position that the Colorado River|Federal Government is trying to impose Socialism on belonged to the several states through which it flowed [them, using them no better than if they were Just and not to the fedéral government. Therefore, he |OFdiPary citizens—Cleveland Plain ‘Dealer. contended, congress must take into account the, future, B DRI 5 R i e needs of the upper basin states, although at the same | Tihe TaTers ot has im et gl S time he acknowledged the justice of California’s plea pae pesod & Sh-inile deivg, 9 be told by an orator. how hard lot has bec = that the dam should. be-bullt 50 85 fo protect ives | Atiant. Constiviins L -5 KA PN A typical clear-cut American was George Dern; | All she hflsl HAPPY BIRTHDAY tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversarsy, .« the follow- ing: AUGUST 28. Wilfred J. Leivers Glenn Earl Allen John C. Martinson Edward L. Poole Oramae Hollister | i ————a LOCK and LEARN | . By A. C. Gordon 1. How many degrees does right angle represent? 2. What is a ground hog called? 3. Who was the only woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for services during the Civil War? 4. How much does one gallon of water weight? 5. What is the chief city of South Africa? | ANSWERS 1. Ninety degrees. 2. A shoat. [ 3. Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, larmy surgeon. 4. 8.355 pounds. 5. Johannesburg - e - (IR ARG IV AN {| DAILY LESSONS i IN ENGLISH [ By W. L. Gerdon | Words Often Misused: Do not say, “The man’s sarcastic remarks were aggravating.” ‘Say, “were provok- ing, or exasperating.” Often Mispronounced: Considera- ble. Pronounce kon-sid-er-a-b'l, a word of five syllables, and not kon- sid-ra-b'l Often Misspelled: Prosaic. Ob- serve the s, though pronounced as z Synonyms: Fate, destiny, pre- | destination, foreordination. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- |crease our vocabulary by mastering |one word each day. Today's word: | Acrimony; harsh or biting sharp- ness. “His letter showed, with con- | siderable acrimony, his contempt | : yfor their interference.” i e i |2 ] { MODERN ] | ETIQUETTE l o 7 ‘K Q. Is it permissible for a girl to By Roberta Lee ask her dinner partner for a cigar- ette? A. Yes, if her dinner parti forgetful enough not to offer her a cigarette without this reminder. Q. Which is correct, “Only a few people were present,” or “Only a {few persons?"” | A Use persons when refer- ring to a small group, people when | referring to a large number. | Q What is the customary meth- od used by a club to take in mew | members? | A. This is usually done by eleck tion. — e — Ity an Empire ad. ~ GUNS and _ AMMUNITION BIG VAN "..." AT e —— | Ludwig Nelson WATCHMAKER and JEWELER Juneau, Alaska | Compounded exactly as written by your doctor, Juneau Drug Co. l The Empire extends congratula-| *. 24 |7— 20 YEARS AGO R LT | fl_PROF ESSIONAL J - Horoscope ||, | From The Empire “The stars incline | Helene W. L. Albrecht but do not compel” PHYSIOTHERAPY AUGUST 28, 1916. i Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Germany had this day declared’'&® g i Ray, Medical Gymnastics war on Rumania. Fighting was| SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1936 307 GOLDSTEIN BLDG. reported to have started on the| conflicting plantary influences Phone Office, 216 | Transylvania border on account of |are marked today, according to as- |the Rumanian invasion of Hun-|trology, benefic aspects dominate in | |gary. The dispatch declared that|ihe early hours. "DRS. KASER & FREEBUII.GER |a number of Rumanian troops had| Tryces between capital and labor | DENTISTS {been captured by General Karl. |are forecast and there may be gredt|| Blomgren Building activity in industry, especially lnil PHONE 56 Italy this day formally declared war on Germany. Months before iron and steel centers. Hours 9 am. to 9 p.m. Farmers are well directed under|:: this rule of the stars, which is read| [the formal declaration of war |against Austria-Hungary had been|as presaging a new leader in agm-| | Food prices /will| | Dr.C.P. Jenne made and hostilities started. suitidedl atfaiis rise sharply before snowfall, it is in-|| Rooms 8 and 9 Baltimore reported that General'gicated | Valentine Building Women are fortunate under this \ | Phillipoff, of the Russian Army, TELEPHONE 176 now at that city, where 12-inch |guns were being manufactured for the Russian government, said that Russia had an army of more than 13,000,000 mer fully equipped and lready to take the field. configuration which encourges their ambitions and aids them in success- ful initiative. Many will enter pub- lic service at an early date. This is a lucky wedding day, al-; though perils await rivals. Many | OFFICE AND RESIDENCE love affairs may start under this | GOLDSTEIN BUILDING sway. S = DENTIST Advices received here indicated' | Dr. Richard Williams that British warships had opened fire on the Greek fort at Kavala, This is an auspiclous date for looking after one's wardrobe. Shop- * which had been evacuated by the! Greeks and taken by the Bulgar-, ians several days previously. ping should be most satisfactory, al- though sharp rises in prices of Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST im \' l . | PHONE 358 Fraternal Societies of Gastineau Channel B. P. O. E. ELKS meets every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. WALTER P. SCOTT, Exalted Ruler. M. H. SIDES, Secretary. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. i 1760. Meetings second and last Monday at 7:30'p.im. Transient brothers’ urged to at- tend. Council Cham- bers, Fifth St. JOHN F. MULLEN, ‘G.' K, H. J. TURNER, Secretary. MOUNT JUINEAU LODGE NO. 14 v Second and fourth > Monday--of -each-month 7 ¢ in Scottish Rite Temple, 3 beginning at 7:30 p. m. MARTIN S. JORGEN- SEN, worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. - ; The Juneau Laund;y { | Franklin Street between | | Front and Second Streets i many fabri¢s are forecast. Hours 9 am. to 6 pm. T "ii’——i. With an illustrated lecture by ‘l‘( 1s “‘“l“ “":‘"‘“‘e ld?lte _r"’r | SEWARD BUILDING ‘ WARRACK _ seeking employment, especially if a | Office Phone 469 . ,?gl: wC. CT TTt[;alt:h;l'l;‘Si:esi::entgegf reasonable salary is desired. Young . ey | Construction Co. lond Territorial convention of that|CCllege graduates will be chose in g Lluneau Phone Asu place of experienced workers who % |organization came to an end in the | Methodist church. *“The Temper- | ance Movement in Picture, Song and Story” was the subject of the TELEPHONE 563 Office Hours—9-12; 1-6 Dr. W. A. Rystrom demand advance in income. | Subtle forces will eliminate older men and women from new era acti-' | | closing address vities and not unfair policies of DENTIST 5 > age discrimination, astrologers °X‘,I Over First National Bank ! plain. X-RAY ‘The main crater of Katmai Vol- i R Persons whose birthdate it is have | %- cano is one of the greatest in ‘he‘the augury of a year of perplexing —_— world,” reported Robert F. GIIggs. financia) condition. Speculation will | DR. RAE LILLIAN CARLSON Who had reached Kodiak after a pe most unfortunate, although aid Optometrist gy of the Eatmal 1efon for_the may be expected in the event of | Eyes Examined, Glasses Fitted American Geographical Somew':heavy losses. il Office in Ludwig Nelson’s Criggs said that the crater Was| Gpygren porn on this day prob-'| Jewelry Store miles across and extended down g1y wijl pe talented, studious and I - thousands of feet in the mountain, ' onqowed with a sense of humor. ' after making the first scientific study of the volcano since its ex- plosion in 1912. i gt AthoE Graduate Los Angeles Col. Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1 - poet &and teacher of anatomy, was | b & gr"cy)\;;:z‘n&e;r} il born on this day 1809. Others who | g0 . oM yif have celebrated it as a birthday in- & Committees were busily complet- ing arrangements for the twenty- Subjects of this sign may reach |- . [the heights through special gitts, | RODert Simpson, Opt. D. Lenses Ground fifth annual ball of the Treadwell Fire Department to be given two clutie Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison, United States Senator, 1881: Mau- | rice Maeterlinck, writer, 1862. (Copyright, 1936) | > Lode and placer location notices | Seward Street days henc~ Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Mrs. Lockie MacKinnon had re-| turned frem the south on the Ad- miral Evans after a vacation spent Near Third visiting friends of Chicago. |for sale at The Empire office. 2 T Charles Goldstein had gone from Prince Rupert to Seattle according GARBAGE HAULED | DR. H. VANCE H OSTEOPATH G ve S| Reasonable Monthl, ;’ word received at the Goldstein IALY BAtes. |1 Conpnitabion: ard &bl ination mporium. | E. 0. DAVlS | free. Heurs 10 to 12; 1 to 5; TELEPHONE 212 , 7 to 9:30 by appeintment. The Parochial school opened for the winter term in newly decorat- ed classrooms. 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