The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 30, 1936, Page 4

. . Dally Ahlska Emplre | time he was looked upon as a radical, but actually he ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager Publishd every evening except S" by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau Alaska. Entere¢ In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered in earrier in Juncau and Douglas for §i per month By mall, postage paid, at the following rate One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00 one month, fn advance, $1.25 Bubscribers will confer a {avor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irresularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephones News Office, 602; Business Office, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS carry. his theories into effect. In naval circles of his | was a man who believed in progress rather than' daterioration Don't forget to get your duck stamp, and, inci- dentally, a license to stick it on before you sally forth tomorrow mornin: | | With the w i lution in S| Junior ha little trouble identifying Landon and I emke, but thing, he doesn’t have a bit of ifficulty rem ; who Bill Terry and Carl Tiubbell are 1800 for Gehrig hia Record) tion for statistics was r n the case of Lou G The Assocl: Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches cre to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO EE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION ADMIRAL SIMS Death of Admiral William S. Sims, war tire leader of the American naval forces, takes from this life a real American and a man who probably had done more for the American Navy than any other one man, aided and abetted by the late President Theodore Roosevelt. Sims was a progressive in naval matters that tossed tradition out the window if it interfered with progress and that was the sort 0[4 Doubtless Sims’| a thing the first Roosevelt likea. head would have been in the basket, just as the late General Billy Mitchell was moved out of the picture, in the army, had it not been for the support of Teddy Roosevelt, ¢ In ceident and being Admiral Sims was not seeped in naval lore. fact, he got into the naval academy by while there was not an outstanding cadet, graduated as 28th in his class of 56. But upon gradu- ation the young man showed his first qualities of initiative and leadership to a naval post went to France to study, equipping himself for la valuable service he was to give his country. Return- ing, the officer was assigned to duty and almost im- mediately Sims became a considered in the United States Navy. Tossing aside tradition where it tended to inter fere with progress, the young officer began making some pointed suggestions for improvement in the Navy. These suggestions did not sit so well in Wash- ington and probably accounts for the fact that Sims at 42 was still a Lieutenant and in very bad favor at headquarters. But there was a kindred spirit in the national capital. That man was Teddy Roosevelt. When Sims faced almost certain court martial for articles criti- cizing the Navy, it was his friend Roosevelt who served as the buffer and was responsible for having the charges dropped. The two went on from there. he took a year's leave of absenc man to be Sims suggesting improvement and Roosevelt backing him up. It is; to the Admiral’s credit that the United States Navy rose {from a point of mediocrity to the finest naval force in the world. Sims was a thorn in the flesh to chair warmers in naval Washington but he brought marksmanship in the Navy up from about the poorest to the best. Placed in charge of gunnery by his friend, Roosevelt, Sims taught the Navy how to shoot. He was directly responsible for changing the style| in construction of naval craft to bring them up to date. During the World War he was the directing genius back of the American naval operations abroad, and again got himself into official disrepute at the con- clusion of the war by coming heme and criticizing what he called inefficiency in naval management at home during the conflict. It took a man of ability and courage to upset the traditions of the Navy and build the background‘ for better traditions. Such a8 man was Admiral Wil- liam 8. Sims.: He had the vision and the ability to !From 1926 to 1930, the average outlay Instead of being assigned | nd as “Yankee an?”) 1 eld to play t to go in there to keep Gehrig, staggering with searance” in several games, for the same purpose A ar ago at Boston a player crashed into Gel ocked him out, in the first game of a double-header. McCarthy let him rest until the second game started Cehrig played in that game. McCarthy added nothing to the day’s excitement (Carthy’s mind (aside from the “psychi imbago s h ical effect of having Gehrig in the lineup) is the tho; of base- ball’'s inexorable record book. Baseball’s lovely statis- t its “most consecutive games played,” its “most me runs in one season,” even its “most consecutive games lost ional ball pla must be served. It is the sport of profes- and amateur mathematicians. “Too Much Spending? (Cincinnati Enquirer) Are we spending too much? The usual answer is an emphatic es.” But it does not apply to publ works, at any rate. Contrary to the general impres- sion, the country as a whole is not spending as much for public works as it did in pre-depression years. for the entire state and local, In 1931, the total dropped slightly country for public works, national was $3,170,000,000. llu $3,098,000,000. Then the slump in public spending came. In 1 only $1,918000,000 was spent, In 1¢ the total fell to $1,533,000,000. took a hand Then the Federal Government and the outlay for 1934 rose to $2,373,- 000,000, and in 1935 to $2,460,000,000. In the k yression year, therefore, expenditure for public orks was more than a half billion dollars less than in the a age pre-depression year. That is what has happened to the plan put for- ward by President Hoover and undertaken by Presi- dent Roosevelt. Far from expanding public works to make up for the decline of private business, ¢ com- pensatory device, we have failed even to maintain the normal volume of spending for this purpose. | What has happened, is clear. . Mumnieipal expen- diture for public works virtually stopped. The vast |efforts of the Federal Government was not enough to make up for this drying up of local expenditure. In | 1935, more than 70 per cent of local public works ex- penditure was financed by PWA loans and grants. IThe cities of the country contributed only $300,000,000 lof new capital for public works, compared with a normal” capital expenditure of more than |times that much. { This of course takes no account of other Federal expenditure. It deals only with public works. But in this field, it is plain that the cities and states have retrenched perhaps toe much. They failed to de- !velop their public works projects when prices and interest rates were low, and unemployment was at its height. Far from making use of a flexible public works policy to compensate for the decline of private business, they have not been able even to continue a Inormal volume of public work: The Roman has been hinting that Euro- pean diplomats are two-faced. We hope not. After |looking at the photographs of some of them, we have | a feeling that a double dose would be almost too much. | —Boston Herald. What's become of the young moneyed chump who bawled “Hurrah for Ethiopia!” from an Italian hotel window? Hé should be in Madrid crying “Viva la revolution!"—San Francisco Chronicle. Two ‘Wofla’s~Fairs Planficd f_or 1939 in U. S 2 3 1' Architect’s drawing of proposed ‘ ‘San Francisco fair § . Despite the fact that most of the great expositions of, the past were failures from a financial stand- point, New York and San Francisco proceed with . 's fairs to be held in 1939. ‘e-the second in the city's history. Grover Whalen is president of the New ::.wr, tures for it are expected to a Gate man-made island of 430 acres in San Francisco bay. progress in various parts of the country. The Pacific international exposition, which opened last year, remained open in 1936. luring visitors from all parts of the country to its centennial exposition at Dallas and its frontier . s | celebration at Forth. Worth and Cleveland 5 that more than 2,250,000 persons have at Great Lakes .wum since it opened in June.. < - Meanwhile, several similar fairs are in Texas has been " |the four v s ‘work brought no cheers from the fans, But in Mc- ' tour | HAPPY { BIRTHDAY| The Empire extends nongrululrl-" tions and best wishes today, their| birthday anniversary, v the follow- ing: | TEMBER 30 | Merle George | Arthur Berggren Mrs. W. M. Whitehea, illiam E. Poole Henry Benson D. || DAILY LESSONS | ! ENGLISH By W. L. Gercon hand corner Q. When c in his room at one do? A. Present clerk at the de able to write yc in th e corner of t the liability of a Q. When a girl drink, but offers I e accept? A. Yes, if she cares to do so < - - LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon E3 — % 1. What is the weight of a baby elephant at birth? 2. Who was the fifth President of the U. S.? 3. From what is guncotton | made? | 4. What is a lapillu 5. What city is the chief Atlan-! | tic seaport of Canada? ANSWERS | 1. From o > pounds. 2. James Monroe 3. From cotton and nitric and sulphuric acids. | 4. A small stone; specifically, in plural, small volecanic, stony or glassy fragments. | 5. Halifax, Nova Scotia. ! e i *. + | AT THE HOTELs | | i Gastineau W. P. Mills, Sitka; R. Knutsen, Zynda | C. W. Marsten, City. | Alaskan L. Thompson, City; Hal Windsor, City; George Bach, Taku; Pete| Pappas; Vivian Clarke, City; Walter | Johns; Mary James; C. M. Hand- ley, City; Chris Matisen. ! | S e | ELECTRICITY OFF NOTICE : Electricity will be off in down town district at 6 am. and in-| ! | termittently till 10 am. from L| | Goldstein store mnorth: to Thipd Street and east of Franklin Street, | Thursday October 1. i ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT adv. AND POWER COMPANY, ——————— | ., DEMOLAY SPECIAL MEETING '] !and installation of officers, Thurs- ! day evening, October 1. adv. | —.———— Empire classifieds pay. Compounaed exactly as written by your doctor, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30, 1936. 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire SEPT. 30, 1916. T time of the District Court # trying the case of Edward Krause THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1936 B l_s accused of murder, this day was UAPITA 50,000 taken up with g or nce evid liam Christie as evidence in the at trial, According to the AS ihe month begins many signs SOMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ion, Krause was implicat- of prosperity will be evident in the| His to BEDEIS. | 4 contended that this evi- @ble to banking. | SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES not admissable in the Newspapers now will be more in : 1 which was attempting demand than in any recent period| & e innocence or guilt of and editors will wage partisan war-| Z‘/z% Paid on in the disappearance of fare that furnishes material for & James' Plusiest, | many libel suits. Savings Scandals will be uncovered in T e naval fleet and avia- many cities. Both men and women | Accounts of Greece had ale chorus to be e following week, s of practice. direction of ording to local critic izations in guments of the op- over the admission about the disappear- of Ole Mce, E. Yamamato and of these disappearances le a practice of crimes. The joined au Orpheus Glee Club, oran- was to give its first con- after three he group was Prof. Wells, pared favorably with lar- the States. E Murphy, Alaska represen- SuPont Power Company, T Horoscope | “The stars incline | | l but do not compel” @ B The First National Bavk JUNEAU According to astrology this is fortunate day in which benefic pects dominate. Adverse influe l] es are active but not so pu\unnl; | SURPLUS—$50,000 ® as those that are beneficial ACCOUNTS United States, despite bitter poli-| tical propaganda which is unfavor-; unfair eriti-| personal af- will be cism regarding subjected to their fairs in radio broadcasts and per- —mm iodicals. Whispering gain in vir Mars con mpaig will| in a threatening zm-| pect that seems to presage internal conflict as well as international strife. Labor comes under an as- AFTER 6 00 P M "' the pect even more sinister than that o [] which has encouraged recent strikes. | Women today are well directed. It is an auspicious time for them to PHONE o o per ComPANY: | begin work of every description. N ot M. ‘Murahy hag Many reforms will be led by them. e M Muiphy, s is a lucky wedding day. S uonsh n the seers forecast a great G % _/number of marriages and an in- AnNOUNCed, .rease in the birthrate in the Unit- s of the Ju- to at anned d a start students I this es would be organ- have cours- d type- school work ' fficient inter- lents disrupts the : ed States. erson: 226 If your Daily Alaska Empire whose birthdate it is have ar of important Small disputes may the augury of a y achievements be troublesome. 3 Children born on this day prob- will be confident and pro- in character. Subjects of his sign of Libt re ruled by Ven- o classes Were! ... mion of them have Hteragy al- has not reached you PHONE ot ent and all s 1ld love beauty. - so: apim.| LOUS Untermeyer, American ppet 28 and a copy will be sent by vy » Y land journali was born on this - oy B N 7 day 1885. Others who have cele- SPECIAL CARRIER to you brated it as a birthday include E - HOOKEY PLAYERS ARE Ezanicl Rojas diplomat, 1844; IMMEDIATELY. i Lord Henry John Bolngbroke, WARNED BY OFFICIAL britisn statesman, orator and writ- R er, 1678: Kirkman George Finlay, Students, who 1 {ement of Bishop, 1877. ening of t iuck season to- (Copyright, 1225 w, forget to go to sc - - s e dealt with severely Lode and placer location nodices chool authorities for sale at The Empi office. YTHING FOR A PERFECT VACATION. AT to such an extent ** Jrenaryyy - <4 at it cannot be tol a, Super-' | GENER .l; Tuu«ms SITKA Hor SPRINGS i e £ Qnt- 3] auc ntendent of Sci A. B. Phillips MAYTAG x‘-lmnu'm | tates, advising all of Juneau's : i N ! Srslibuin e Lt Vvl. P JOHNSON | The fishing’s really good . . . and so's the food. &nd just look at pone their hunting ex the week-end .- MILLS IN JUNEAU W. P. Mills tineau. e Empire classifieds pay. cursions until prominent merchant of Sitka, is registered at the Gas- all these way= to while away your leisure hours . . . swimming, hiking, boating. All accommodations to suit every . at exceotionally low rates. canoeing, taste . . Pt oo il Pay’'n Takit PHONES 92 or 95 Free Delivery F}'esh Meats, Groceries, Liquors, Wines and Beer Reservations at Alaska Air Transport THE BEST TAP BEER IN TOWN! THE MINERS and Liquor Store o BILL DOUGLAS Recreation Parlors We Sell for LESS Because We sSell for CASH e o Leader Dept. 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