The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 14, 1936, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MON'DAY SEPT. 14, 1936. Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager | Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. in SUBSCRIPTION RATES, carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. ail. postage paid, at the following rates One vear, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, §1.25, Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers Telephones. Delivered it News Office, 602; Business Office. 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. EXPRESSIVE GENERALS Not since Gen. Charles G. “Hell and Maria” Dawes flashed across the political picture a few years ago when he became Vice President under President Coolidge has a more colorful public figure appeared on the horizon than Gen. Hugh S. “Blue Eagle” Johnson. The old NRA chieftain has been silent for some months. There were some things in connection with the New Deal with which he did not hold. But with the Presidential election but a few weeks away, the General broke out Saturday night in his usual ex-| pressive verbage with a speech in behalf of the New! Deal in Buffalo, N.Y. The Old Guard. the General told the world, has “lapped up Landon like the whale swallowed Jonah.” Warming to his subject, the fiery former NRA chiefl declared “the only issue in the present campaign is equal opportunity against special privilege, Thomas Jefferson against Alexander Hamilton and that leaves no room for any Democrat to take a walk,” paying his respects to Al Smith. Campaign speeches have a tendency to be a little dry at times. But when chaps like General Johnson get into the battle they at least become en- tertaining. A great many people did not agree with General Dawes years ago when he used to throw lan- guage about the landscape, any more than they do with General Johnson of the Roosevelt regime, but most will concede that such men as “Hell and Maria” and “Blue Eagle” put a punch in our national affairs that is typically American. THE NATION’S FINANCIAL PICTURE Tomorrow the U. S. Treasury will borrow $400,- 000,000 in cash in addition to refunding about $514,- 000,000 in 1'% per cent notes maturing at that time. Secretary Morgenthau in announcing the action cited! troubled foreign conditions which may possibly dis- turb the American money market. Mr. Morgenthau $aid that he planned to main-| tain a working cash balance of around $1,000,000,000, which he characterized as “the safest insurance we can carry for the American people should anything | unforeseen occur.” It was explained that, should a more serious con- dition develop in Europe, the result might be a tight- ening of the American money market and a rise in interest rates on Treasury borrowing, particularly on long-term securities. The Treasury on September 1 had a cash balance | of $1,883,095558 and a “working balance” of $1419.-| 936.746. The exchange stabilization fund continued to be listed as $1,800,000,000. The original fund was $2.000,000,000, but $200.000,000 was placed in the gen- eral fund for active use. The Treasury has said little of the operation of this fund, but it is believed to be intact. Maintenance of the $1,000,000,000 cash balance has nothing to do with stabilization activities. It was not believed that any move toward general inter- national stabilization would take place in the near future. Continuation of the large balance was de- signed to protect Treasury borrowing against foreign | | difficulties which would upset the money market in! this country. New Treasury bon-owilng. the Secretary said, will not exceed $750.000,000 for the 1937 fiscal year, as, was stated in the President’s revised budget esti-| mates, made public a few days ago. “We want to keep our cash balance at about its{ hangings, presumably, present level in these times with conditions as they exist abroad,” Mr. Morgenthau said. i “It is a very desirable thing to do. This balance| costs us only about $2,000,000 a year to maintain in| interest and is the cheapest and safest insurance the American people can have.” One factor in the low cost of financing the public debt is the rate of less than 2 per cent on the $2,353,- 452,000 on outstanding bills. The average rate of in- terest on the public debt of $33,376,991, 251 is about 2% per cent. During the fiscal year cash balance has been reduced by about $800,000 W.. In Mr. Roosevelt's revised budget statement, he said that the reduction of the cash balance during the fiscal year would be $1.100,000,000, a move which would aim at checking the rise in the public debt. In discussing the necessity of borrowing $400,000,- 000 in new money Secretary Morgenthau called at- tention to the Treasury’s financing of certain Home Owners Loan Corporation securities and to the fact that the collection of the “windfall,” or “unjust en- richment,” tax dué to the refunding of processing taxes, was postponed from September 15 to December 15. It is estimated that this tax will yield about $82,000,000. b The Treasury was expected to purchase $100.- m in capital stock of Federal loan and savings assoclations during the year. | interpreted either as a campaign gesture, designed to to date, the Treasury's| associations throughout the country, and also has certain capital expenditures to make for the protec- tion of its own assets. 1 The cash requirements of the corporation for these purposes are so small that it would not care to ;0 into the money market each month to meet them, o the Treasury has agreed to take care of the cor- poration’s needs in this respect. The amount of obligations that the Treasury buys will be repaid from time to time out of the Bond Retirement Fund which is built up by monthly pay- ments from mortgagors, reducing the principal amount of their obli‘gations. At the end of a twelve-month veriod, the amount borrowed from the Treasury is cxpected to be fully repaid from this fund. In addition to the cash proceeds of the' early {all financing, the Treasury expects to collect about $300.000,000 in income taxes between September 15 and 30. This will be the third quarterly collection on incomes of the 1935 calendar year. Anyway, if you didn't get any birds, you can always ay the “outing was worth the hike.” It is still excellent advise in climbing mountain trails to use your head as well as your feet. Take it casy. The President’s Peace Conference (New York Times) The President’s idea of calling together the heads of the great nations to discuss world peace is admit- ‘edly as yet only an idea, fascinating in its possibili- ties, which the author is turning over in his mind. ile himself is not sure whether, if re-elected, he will go through with it, or whether it is at all possible of realization. A conception of a bold and fertile politi- cal imagination, it will strike most persons at first thought as beyond the range of practical statesman- ship. The picture of the Presidents of two republics, a constitutional monarch and three or four dictators, cmong them representing the ruling power of the world, sitting around a table and agreeing to any- ning, is more like a breath-taking scene out of a cinema than an actual prospect on the international horizon. The obstacles in the way of this audacious scheme need not be pointed out. It would be far from easy even to find a meeting place for such an ill-assorted | company, supposing the dictators could leave their' own countries. Nor would it be a simple thing for | the conferees to achieve results. Viewed from the! ngle of domestic politics, the suggestion is sure to be appeal o the overwhelming peace sentiment in this country, or as damning proof that the President is taking a lead to entangle the United States in Euro- pean affairs. The critic cannot have it both ways, of course. Mr. Roosevelt cannot be “playing politics | i HAPPY BIRTHDAY The Empire extenas congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, «v the follow- ing: SEPTEMBER 14. | Gil Rich R. F. McDevitt Ellen Shaffer | Emma. Neilson E. Loomis = R S P B 5 P AR S A A NI ) DAILY LESSONS ! IN ENGLISH || ] By W. L, Gerdon | l, 1| Words Often Misused: Do not say, | “I am referring to us leaving the city.” Say, “I am referring to our leaving the city.” 1 Often Mispronounced: some. Pronounce the smooth, not as in both. Often Misspelled: Miner (one who works in a mine.) Minor (smaller; also a pérson under full age) . Synonyms: Loath-| th as in Advocate, recom- mend, suggest, advise, prescribe 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: Effulgence; a great luster; bright- ness; splendor. “Their lives were filled with happiness in the efful- gence of this great lov B LOOK and LEARN || By A. C. Gordon ‘ | * =4 1. 2. What is pathology? 3. How many professional artists are there in the U. S, in round fi- | gures. 4. What liquid contains all the |elements needed for the human body? y 5. Which state of the union is with peace” if at the same time he deliberately runs counter to the isolationist feeling he knows to be stronger in America today than it has been for generation. 1 Even to mention so daring an idea takes political courage. The explanation must be sought in Mr. Roosevelt’s well-known philosophy that in a crisis it is better to make any effort than no effort. If he has a motto it is: “Let’s try it!” When all the objections to his tentative plan are piled up, there remains on the positive side one simple, incontrovertible truth, i;nnd that is that the profoundest aspiration of the world is for peace. All peoples without exception are hoping and praying that some one will do the im- possible thing that will prevent or postpone a catas- trophe each day's news seems to bring nearer. In a recent Times is published a letter from Mr. George Lansbury, former leader of the British Labor Party, appealing to the President to call just such a meeting as Mr. Roosevelt is said to be considering. It may be a dream. Certainly the conference not if he would commit the United States to any action. Democratic leaders lack the power of the| dictators to decide for a whole nation. But the prac- tical point of the plan is that no one would be asked to make commitments. Its only hope of success ic | precisely that it would involve no Government in! treaties or covenants. Its whole force would derive from the effect on world opinion of the meeting of antagonistic powers to talk over the possibilities of disarmament and the prevention of war. It is easy to understand how the idea attracts explores its possibilities. It is an exciting idea. it could be realized, it would certainly summon the ' only peace conference that has the slightest chance | of imsuring peace in the world of today. Hanging in Public (Cincinnati Enquirer) Those who have forgotten all their history save a | few vivid impressions probably remember only one scene from the French Revolution—the execution of | cartloads of men and women at the guillotine, before a vast, cheering crowd. That was not the most im- the feature which has been etched on the memories of men. The guillotine symbolizes for most of us the savagery of that revolution, in contrast to its great | significance in the long story of human progress. | Public hangings have a similar place in American ilife. Why it ever was thought desirable to take the {lives of offenders against the law in view of the publie, it is difficult to imagine. But court trials were a sub- stitute for theater in frontier civilizations. - And public were an infrequent but heady substitute for the gentler entertainments lacking in | the primitive societies of a century and more ago. . In any event, there is no reason in tradition or logic why the worst instincts of men should be deliber- |ately fostered | public. the hanging of Rainey Bethea. It was the crowd ‘whicn found in a hanging grand entertainment. was the “hanging parties” which proceeded with liquor |and song throughout the night preceding the exe- cution. If John Montjoy is finally determined to be guilty event will not be another carnival of brutality. The Hellenic Government, they say, has gone definitely Fascist. If Byron were only around now, he could probably do something snappy beginning: “The Heils of Greece! The Heils of Greece!"—Boston Herald, One sign of improved times is seen in the increase of yachts and motor boats in our popular bay harbors. There are more this year than have been seen for a long time.—Wareham Courrier. If the nations are all going dictator, more Peason than ever that the United States remain different.— Toledo Blade. A Hoosier corn “king” but the major goal this year will be the sunflower The Home Owers Loan Corporation, it was ex- m is making monthly collections of interest from its mortgagors in an amount about $4,000,000 _greater I:m its a-bunemmn ror operating expenses, championship.—Indianapolis Star. Corn is now higher in price than wheat. We may have to shift from johnny-cake to m House rolls—Boston Globe o . eases, could be no more than a gesture. The President could | the President and how his interest grows the more he | It portant phase of the French Revolution, but it is | y a public policy of hanging men in The revolting spectacle at Owensboro was' It} largest in area? ANSWERS 1. Andrew Jobhnson. 2. The science their uature, causes. results, 57,000. Milk Texas. 4 5. 265898 square miles > MODERN TIQUETT L Ry Roberta Lee | I | | | Q. When one has been introduc cd to a person and did not under- stand the name, is it all right to, say, “What is the name, please?" A. No. Merely say, “How do you' do?” Then ask someone else at {the first opportunity to repeat the i name. Q.. How sohuld one eat a bowl ‘o( soup properly? A. Lift the soup with an outward sweep of the spoon, then take it {into the mouth from the side of the spocn, never from the tip. Q. On which finger should a |signet ring be worn? A. A signet ring is usually worn on the little finger or the third finger of either hand. e Lode and piacer location notices i for sale at The Empire office. H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” Home of Hart Schaffner and Marx Clothing $ 400 Men’s Dress Oxfords BIG VAN Phone 479 South Franklin St. |by the Elks Club for 20 YEARS AGO From The Ewmpire SEPTEMBER 14, 1916 Mayor B. D. Stewart had re- ceived a telegram from President| Wilson's secretary saying that the President had signed the Juneau sehool bond bill September 7. S. Zynda, Juneau breweryman, had returned from a business trip| to Skagway and Haines. Dr. James H. Condit, Superin-| tendent of Presbyterian Missions in |Alaska, had returned on the Ala-, meda from a visit to Anchorage| and other points to the westward. | Among other things to be con- sidered at the City Council meet- ing the following evening was to be a consideration of the salt wa- ter fire protection system in eon-| nection with the Alaska Juneau| company, a water supply for the residents of Gastineau Helghts and | other higher altitudes in the ecity,| and an election on the question of issuing bonds for the construction| of a school building. One of the most novel dancing parties of the season was promised for the evening of this day given the members of their families. The affair wa: to have a roulette wheel motif. | Word from Windham indicated {that the Al-Ki had taken wmachin-| there for the Alaska Peerless !Mining Company on her last mp: Army officials from all over the United States had sent letters of | counseled. {be worked © | Horosco pe “The stars incline but do not compel” ! TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1936 Adverse aspects appear to dom- inate today, according to astrology. Pursuit of routine business matters and avoidance of risks should be the course while this configuration prevails. Some sort of commercial uncer- | tainty may affect trade under this sway, for encourages sudden char tive among men who wield fi-| nancial power. | Deaths of leaders in the worid of | business and politics may be nu- merous before the end of the year which will become in history a per- iod of strange human perplexi and conseguent. mistakes. Under this direction of the stars! both men and women who exercise i | authority will be inclined to avoid | human contacts. It is not a day to seek employment or any sort of * support in cocmmercial projects. Women will be wise to attend to their knitting and to forego all pub- lic activities until a more fortunate rule of the stars guides them. There is a sign that promises plen- ty of constructive work before the end of the month. Patience i Relief for unfortunate victims of drought or disaster wil out on practical economical lines. A woman win fame and gratitude. In the game of polities ihere wiil be numerous sensaticns. 1940 is | promis to certain orators. The national race will bel ong to those will congratulatien to Mrs. H. S. Pullen, | What president of the U. s, Proprietor of the famous Pullen| was taught to write by his wife? House in Skagway, over the ap-);, pqp, pointment of her son, Daniel to the | !rank of Captain in the United States Army Engineering Corps. Dan Pul- !len was Alaska' first cadet to be graduated from West Point. Maximum, 56; rain, Precipitation, Weather mum, 49; |inch. R LALL FOR BIDS | | sealed bids Ior furnishing labor ail will be received by the City \Council up to 8 pm., |18. Plans and specifications at City {What t! | Clerk’s Office A. W. HENNING, | —adv. City Clerk. - . > ~nd placer location notices 1 The Emp’rz office. Lode | for sale - | | MAYTAG PRODUCTS W. P. JOHNSON Rice & Ahlers Co. HEATING PLUMBING SHEET METAL WORK PHONE 34 HOTEL ZYNDA ELEWATOR SERVICE 8. ZYNDA, Prop. “Tomorrow'’s Styles Juneau’s Own Storc ¥ FRED MATISON l' WATCHMAKER and JEWELER Watches, Clocks and Jewelry EYE GLASSES SOLD AND REPAIRED 127 SEWARD STREET Opposite Goldstein Bldg. and is hanged at Covington, it is to be hoped that the | The B. M. P.O. Box 1648, Juneau, Alaska Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS won the gladiolus prize, | Resources Over Two and On« Half Million Dollars | ports will be in Mini- | | 55| ges and even adventures. at present on the race ccurse, foretold. October i it is to bring great activity Manufacturers will profit through I orders and ex- nd, although foodstuffs quantities wiil continue lands. Persons w! birthdate it is have the augury of a year of chan- The year | will bring severe tests to many but 1 in to cc 1088 in many ways it will be supremely | | fortunate. Children born on this day forceful in nature. Subjects of this Friday, Sept.|Sien are determined to carry out believe to be right, but (they often unfortunate in the | resu | Porfirio of Mexico. Diaz, former was born on this day 11830. Others who have celebrated it as a birthday include Wi Howard Taft, former President the United States and jurist, James Fenimore Cooper, of 1857; novelis (opyright, 1936) L eee— Try The Empire ciassifieds for | quick results. of pelicy and hidden mo-| 3 and | n from foreign | prob- | ireating of dis-iand material for remodeling City | 2Py Will Le decidedly individual and | sewara Street President | am | I PROFESSIONAL | !—-\ Helene W. L. Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics 307 GOLDSTEIN BLDG. Phone Office, 216 DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 am. to 9 p.m. Dr. C F: Jenne Rooms 8 and § Valentine Building TELEPHONE 176 . Dr. Richard Williams DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE GOLDSTEIN BUILDING Fraternal Societies of Gastineau Channel | ( ARG T TSI B. P. 0. E. ELKS meets every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. WALTER P. SCOTT, Exalted Ruler. M. H. SIDES, Secretary, KNIGHTS or COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1760. Meetings second and last Monday at 7:30 p. m. Transient brothers urged to at- tend. Council Cham- bers, Fifth St. JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K, H. J. TURNER, Secretary MOUNT JUJNEAU LODGE NO. 14 Second and fourth Monday of each month 7 in Scottish Rite Temple, o beginning at 7:30 p. m. MARTIN S. JORGEN- SEN, worshipful Master; JAMES \V LEIVERS, Secretary. Dr. A W. Stewart DENTIST 4 Hours 9 am. to 6 p.m. | EEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 REBEKAHS | Perseverance Lodge No. 2 A meets | ‘every second and fourth Wednes- day, I. O. O. F. Hall. EDNA M BUTTS, Noble Grand; MILDRED CASHEN Secretary. 15 |4 B | "ELIFPHONE 563 * Hours—9-1%; 1-6 Dr. W. A. Rystrom DENTIST Over First National Bank X-n.Y { L S T R T SRR P | DR. RAE LILLIAN CARLSON | Optometrist | Eyes Examined, Glasses Fitted | Office in Ludwig Nelson’s Jewelry Store Robert Simpson, Opt D. Graduate Los Angeles Col. lege of Optometry and Opthalmology | Glasses ritted Lenses Ground | Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES —MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Near Third | DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination {ree. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5, { T to 9:30 by appointment, Gastineau Hotel Annex | South Franklin St. | Phone 177 ' " TYPEWRITERS RE) $5.00° per monith J. B. Burford & Co. “Our doorstep is worn by satisfied customers” ED Juneau Coffee Shop MRS. T. J, JACOBSON Home Cooked Meals Served from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Catering to Dinner Parties the BEST! If you're out to please the man of the family . let us help ou! A grand selection of good food vegetables and all’ the things that men like best. PHONE 83 or 85 Sanitary Grocery “The S(ore That Pleases” | i | THE MINERS' Recreation Parlors and Liquor Store Stratlon & Beers MUNICIPAL ENGINEERS SURVEYORS VALENTINE BLDG. ‘Telephone 502 Ludwig Nelson WATCHMAKER and JEWELER Juneau, Alaska _ Lode ard placer location notices for sale at The Empire office. [ SOV SPECIALIZING in French | and Italian Dinners Gastineau Cafe Short Orders at All Hours Empire classifieds pey. GARLAND BOGGAN Hardwood Floors Waxing - Polishing Sanding PHONE 582 FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES GAS — OILS - JUNEAU MOTORS Foot of Main Streev ———d White Spot LIQUOR STORE PHONE " The Juneau Laundry Franklin Street between Front and Second Streets PHONE 358 WARRACK Construction Co. Juneau Phone l&‘lJ If you enjoy indoor sports— Here's one of the best—TRY BRUNSWICK BCWLING ALLEYS fhcinlander and Alt Heidelberg BEER ON TAP Guy Smith DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Coliseum PHONE 97—Free Delivery ' McCAUL MOTOR COMPANY ‘\I Dodge and Plymouth Dealers PAINTS — OILS Builders' and Shelf HARDWARE 'l'homas Hardware Co. When in Need of DIESEL OIL—UTAH COAL GENERAL HAULING STORAGE and CRATING CALL US JUNEAU TRANSFER Phone 48 Night Phone 4703 Juneau Ice Cream Parlors Ice Cream, Soft Drinks, Candy COFFEE SHOP Percy Reynolds, Manager R S e RELIABLE TRANSFER Our trucks go any place any time. A tank for Diesel Oil and a tank for Crude Oil save burner trouble. PHONE 145; NIGHT 148 WHEN IN \ OURRY CALL COLE FOR OIL! 34 plus or 27 gravity, in any amouat . . . QUICK! COLE TRANSFER Phone 3441 or Night 1803 — Lk Tf 1t's Paint We Have It! IDEAL PAINT SHOP FRED W. WENDT PHONE 549 s FINE w.u-n and Jewelry Repairing PAUL BI.OF.DHORN at very reasonable rates