The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 27, 1936, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, OCT. 27, 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, Alasks Bntered in the Post Office in Junesu as Second Class matter. BUBSCRFPTION RATES. Belivered in carrier in Juneau and Doulas for $1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; ‘eme month, in advance, §1.25. Bubscrisers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify e Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMEBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Assoctated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited tc it or not other- wise credited in this paper 2nd also the loeal news published heretn ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. If Father Coughlin keeps on fighting with re- porters his usefulness to his candidate, William Lem- ke, and himself will soon be dissipated. Recently in Boston the radio priest had an alter- cation with a reporter, John J. Barry, who repre- sented a Boston newspaper. Following an interview in which the priest was quoted, Father Coughlin de- clared he was going to “get” the reporter. Later the reporter called to see him, with the reported result that the priest snatched off the reporter's glasses and pushed him violently against the wall others could intercede. The reporter said he knew no reason for the alleged assault. Perhaps, he was in error on his quotation of the priest. Such things do happen. Reporters are not infallible. But the fact remains that usually they report accurately. Whether they agree or disagree with the matter they are reporting makes no difference. The good reporter reports the facts as he knows them. Too often public figures say, something on im- pulse which appears unfavorable in type. They shout they were misquoted and blame the reporter. This is not to say that Father Coughlin did that But he will find as have many others that fighting with reporters will only result in diccounting his utterances in the public mind. American newspaper reacders have come to rely on the news dispatches. They know they are based on an effurt toward accu- racy. The average reporter doesn't what the speaker says, but he makes it a point to get into type what was said. Newspaper readers have come to understand that fact. Fighting with the reporter afterward only tends to belittle the assailant in the eyes of the world. care a hang LOTS OF MONEY It was way back in 1896 when Mark Hanna called a Republican council of war and opined that William Jennings Bryan was going to be elected. There was but one way to beat him, Mr. Hanna added, and that was to loosen up the purse strings. It was done forti- with. Mr. Bryan was defeated and his Republican opponent, William McKinley, was elected. The sharge was made that Hanna forces “bought the election.” Whether they did or not doesn’t matter now. The indNient of that national election is only brought to mind by the report of the National Republican Com- mittee that it has expended thus far $4,994,000 on its candidate, Governor Landon, and has raised its budget to $5,686,000. It would appear that if Mr. Landon is not elected it will not be because of lack of financial support. One answer might be suggested from the Elliott Roosevelt-Fokker story. Young Roosevelt was ambi- tious to get into the international aircraft trade and Papa turned lu_m down. Political Speaking And The Radio (New York Times) From now on to election day the American people will have more than their fill of political speeches. Swarms of orators from both parties will be sent out to cover the land. It is to be feared that many of them will justify age-old criticisms and condemnations of political addresses. Carlyle said that no man could make one, and tell the truth. He would be insensibly led into lying in order to please his immediate audi- ence. Gladstone once remarked, in a somewhat simi- lar vein, that the hearers had as much to do with the speech as the orator on the platiorm. They gave to him in vapor what he gave back to them in rain But none of the old censors of this kind of public speaking couki have foreseen what would be the effect upon it of the modern radio. Some assert that it has killed. political speaking. Certainly, it has destroyed the old fresh contact be- tween the speaker and his audience, deprived him of the inspiration which comes from the sight of atten- tive and even fascinated listeners, and robbed himn of the direct fire of flashing eyes and expressive features. Now he has written out his speech-ana talks it into & machine. When this new custom was beginning to come in, some one attempted to place » microphone in front of Elihu Root. He exclaimed: “Take that away. I can talk to a Democrat, but I cannot speak into a dead thing.” b On the other hand, .it may be contended tha the radio has been almost the salvation of certain speakers. This was notably the case with Presiden’ Hoover. Before the advent of radio, it might have been said of him, as the Apostle Paul said of himsel{ that he was in presence weak and in speech con- temptible. But his voice went well over the radio and by it he got the ear of millions who otherwise would not have heard him at all, or would have goh. out from his audiences disappointed at his way ot dropping his tones and speaking as if to himsell alone. 1t is needless to dwell on the fact that Presi- dent Rosevelt has made himself a technical master of the radio, so that by it his words have carried a charming personal qualify ‘all. over the country an. his voice rendered the most familiar in America. Many political speakers are very poor over the radio. They think that they must shout in order tc be emphatic. This is one of the natural and commor \.<otfenses, committed by Colonel Knox, among other before |} The easy convers sentence accents and cadences, which the radio makes it possible to convey, are quite beyond the conception practice of many who make use of it. ‘Then, of course, a radio speech has to be carefully timed. It must be written out and read with mechanical accu- racy, which is fatal to the flashing inspiration of the oli-time speaking face to face. In time, no doubt, speakers will have their imaginations cultivated to1 e point where they fell as if they saw their ln\'lslbl('l audiences and could suit each phrase to the passing mood of listeners-in. At present, however, the whole practice of the art of political speaking over the radio is very much in a state of confusion. The masters of it are few and the misusers of it many. While in this | ficld also knowledge comes but wisdom lingers, the machine which causes the trouble also affords ths rclief. One turi of the dial takes you instantly out oi the presence of a speaker whom you no longer can bear to hear. 4 Speaking of the Distribution of Wealth (Engineering and Mining Journal) Last. December, in opposing California’s proposal to tax gold production, we pointed out the funda- mental contribution of ‘the mifling industry to the general welfare of the community. Mines may be profitable or unprofitable, but as long as they are worked, “they give employment, disbursé wages and alaries, purchase supplies, pay taxes, and sometimes dividends, and generally contribute to the prosperity of the State. Supporting evidence of the wide distribution of wealth produced by the mining industry comes from thie neighboring province of British Columbia, Canada. In 1934 the gross value of her mineral production was $42305,297. Was this wealth hoarded? Or squan- dered? On the contrary it was distributed into the most constructive channels of industry and commerce. ‘Wages and salaries took 35 per cent. Nea cerit was spent for equipment and machinery. and express payments accounted for another 10 per cent. Next in order of magnitude was the purchase of | I s, estimated at 9 per cent. Then follow, in minor percentages, disbursements for electric power, fiel, explosives, building supplies, lumber and timber, insurance, and other miscellaneous items. Divi- dends declared during the year amounted to 14 per cent of the value of the production, In short,» mining in British Columbia in 1934 not only paid its own way, but bought capital goods, consumer goods, and services that provided other employment in all the varied forms of activity that characterize modern industrial economy. What is true of British Columbia applies to mining countries the world around. The Transvaal offers a striking example. Working revenue of Transvaal mines in 1935 was 74,790,876 pounds. Working costs amounted to 56 per cent of revenue, and dividends 22 per cent. Stores consumed had a value of 24829266 pounds including all manner of supplies, food, and equipment from bags and belting to wire and zinc dust. Mining is a basic industry. It asks no favors, but it demands freedom from interference with the normal distribution of its wealth by unintelligent taxation. Exports at Any Price (Cincinnati Enquirer) The German threat to expand export trade by selling below production cost and subsidizing ex- ! porters—in a word, by dumping goods abroad—comes at a most unfortunate time. The former member of the “gold bloc” have not only devalued their cur- rencies, but have lowered tariffs and cut away import quotas extensively. This paves the way for rapid resumption of world trade—the end the United States has been seeking for several years by negotiating reciprocal trade pacts. Germany is threatening to go | directly counter to this trend. In the long run, Germany herself will be the chief loser by such a policy. Dumping of commodi- | ties on her part will lead to reprisals from other countries, and German exporters will find it harder than ever to sell abroad. The United States for manv months denied to Germany the tariff benefits of the 14 reciprocal pacts as a protest against the dump- ing of goods here. This can be done again, and doubt- less will, if the German threat is carried out. The motive of the Nazi Government, doubtless, is to provide enough foreign exchange so that stra tegic raw materials can be imported more extensively as an aid to the Reich's vast rearmament program. If the Germans are willing to deny themselves many foods and other commodities customary for a decem' standard of living in order to import more copper, cotton, and tin for armament, that is their privilege. But if they attempt to subsidize exports for this purpose, they will surely find the world pitted against them. For the spirit of the time is the cutting away of unjustified trade barriers and the resumption of international trade on an equitable basis. It would be assuming a grave responsibility to adopt a national policy flatly contradictory to this trend. State ‘U’ Sets Record (Seattle Times) Enroliment this year at the University of Wash- ington has set an all-time record. The great insti- tution is to be congratulated. More than 10,100 students have appeared, paid | heir fees and taken their places in class. To care for hem, a dozen additional professors and instructors have been added to the staff. The scholastic year opens under the most satis- {actory of conditions for profe , for students and for the state. he full period of here for a year. juarter. However, the fact so many have appeared is onvincing proof that more parents than ever betore ave. money with which to finance the education of heir children and also that the State of Washington 5 advancing steadily in population. The Times is interested in this showing. It is nterested because of the number of young people nrolled and also because of the showing of better inancial condition. It wishes the students the best of good fortune ind hopes numbers will continue in classes until they aave realized some, at least, of the benefits of uni- versity ‘education. It is a good thing for this state when so large \ proportion of its high school graduates are willing ind able to continue their education in the state's aghest collegiate institution. instruction. They will drop out after the first It takes an astronomer to graps the financial arguments in a campaign in which billions are bandied about as freely as most of us use nickles.—Philadelphia Bulletin. Senator Borah says he will not make a speech {gardless of whether a BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: OTOBER 27. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ford 3. W. Brown J. L. Wilson William Winn Charles Schramm Charles H. Forward Mrs. Muriel Ferguson William C. Jensen John York Lewis R. Smith LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon 1. How many qualified woters are there in the U. S.? 2. Where does the River rise? 3. How long is the wood season- ed, for making sounding board Mississippi |a piano? 4. What disposition is made worn-out picture films? 5. When did President Roosevclt first use the expression - “new deal”? ANSWERS Approximately 65,000,000, In Lake Itasca, one of .the s in the Northern part of From three to the open air. 4. They 4 silver that can be them five years, ir 5. In his speech of acceptan of the Democratic nomination. - B T |l MODERN BIQUETEE By Roberta Lee - Q. Should a woman her husband to a social “Mr. Allen™? A. No; she should int by his given name husband.” Q. What is the meaning of gen- uine appreciation, written to one’s hostess after a visit in her home, re- guest for a introduce equal oduce hi as “George,” o month of a week-end Q. Should the chair be pushed nto place upon rising frem a dinner table? “» A. No; the chair should be lef as it stands when one rises, though of course it isn’t necessary to pys the chair two feet away table. from ECCUE ST L S DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon - o { B ‘Words Often Misused: Do not sa ‘We have a celebrity in our midst tonight.” Say, “We have a cele- brity among us tonight.” Often Mispronounced: Pronounce the ou as in you, not {yore. Often Misspelled: three a's and two i’s. Synonym: Caution carefuine prudence, udgment. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering Hawaiian; (noun), cretion, {one word every day. Today's word: Eulogistic; expressing high praise. His reference to Lincoln was eulo- gistic.” I Philippines Create “Unfair Trade” Board MANILA, P. I, Oct. 27. to correct unfair trade practices and unfair business methods for the protection of consumer and A board |legitimate traders is created by a| Naturally, not all the students will remain for | bill approved by the Philipnine Some will not be | Commonwealth National Assembly. The board will be made up of the Secretary of Justice, the Di- rector of Commerce, the Collector of Internal Revenue, and two rep- reséntatives of business. The latter will be appointed by the President with approval of the Assembly. 7T TN PIGGLY WIGGLY Jor any candidate for President, thereby turning a heek to each side.—Boston Globe. The great trouble with the trial and error system is it has been practiced in Washington has been the umount of error that has been a trial—Detroit Tree Press. Peace officers are unlucky at Marysville. Rustlers ‘tolve calves from the ranch of Constable J. J. Murphy nd thieves took the typewriter of Police Judge W. E. sangdon, and & woman prisoner bit a policeman.— 408 Angeles Times, 2 “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” Juneau’s Own Store 20 - YEARS AGO From The Empire —————) | | | OCTOBER 28, 1916 ) Mrs. Harriett S. Pullen, famous Ihotel woman of Skagway and own-| WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28, 1936 ler of the Pullen House in that| Benefic aspects dominate strong- | arrived in Juneau and was at|ly today, according to astrology. It |the Gastineau, visiting her son, R.|is preeminently a time favorable for pullen, of Treadwell. | women in both public and private life. Part of the approach of the Lem-{ Weddings under this sway are n Creck bridge went out under|most fortunate. Although wealth stress of a load of supplies for Mmay not be attained quietly happi- the Nugget Creek power house. No|ness attends marriages ruled by ne was hurt, But the wagon was|this rigid configuration. left standing among the broken! Theatres are subject to planetary timbers influences that promise a season of extraordinary * success. Both stage and screen will benefit. Public pector, who had been working support of amusements is to be und Prince William Sound for|marked in the coming winter by |the past three weeks, returned to'large profits. |Junéau on the Alameda | This is read as a lucky day for | {those who seek favors of any sort. e Juneau Chapter, No. 7, of|{It behooves politicians to extract e Order of Eastern Star, enter- definite promises of reward under h cne of the most enjoy-|this rule of the stars parti r given on this side Again millin modistes, fur- e channel. The Douglas chap-|riers, jewelers and all purveyors of was guest of the evening, and|women’s wear e promised a most represented by the following!profitable season. Money will be Imembers: Mrs. Edna Ninnis, Le-|spent lavishly on attire. Roy Noland, James Christoe, Mes-| Inventors will ap success in \ames J. Richards, Frank LeNoir, many lines of effort. New methods ). Depue, L. S. Ferris, J. Stoody,|of beating will solve problems for spper, Joseph Martin, George average households, it is foretold. Johnsen, Oscar Kirkham, E. Murry, | Architects are to benefit next year} \d Amy. Hopper. When they will use glass for build- 10 presented num- ing construction r > than ever be- entertaining musical | fore ! L. P. Dawes, and| Florists should be forfunate in| ons. A sunbon-|coming menths. Rare blossoms and t drill, which was a scream from ants will be in wide art to finish, was given under the mand. Roscs are to regain their direction of Mrs. Elizabeth Mec-!oldtime popularity. Kochnle by a team composed of Persons whose birthdate it is Mesdames E. D. Vaut, F. A. Case, have the augsury of a year of good arke Smith, D. A. Thompson, fortune. Relatives will assist many ies Naghel, E. W. Knapp, F.\young persons. Friends will prove uckingham, Fred Cliff, H. T. ¢ worth in practical ways. Tripp, Harry Morton, E. E. Buss hildren born on this day prob- Jorgen Nelson, Misses Clementine|ably will be keen in mind, courag- ett Case, Vera Pet-'eous in thought and 1 and Mamie Morgan. Priz- energetic. X were awarded Mrs. Frank Le- sign have g Noir of Douglas; Mrs. M. 8. Whit-| Albert Dick tier and Miss Nellie ,Simpkins of 'born on this d Juneau Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” — | Sumner S. Smith, Federal Mine 1841. Cthers who clude John L. Carlson, the Taku Har- 1867 bor canneryman, and his daugh-|president, 1864 Miss Ruth Carlson, were in Ju- (Copyright, u on their way to Seattle. - o k) # DRAMATIZE KITCHE S Few women (few men, for that matter) can visualize room layouts from drawings. General Electric has evolved a way to dramatize the placing of its units in electrical kit- chens. Scale models of units are rented to dealers. The housewife can shift these about until she p |has her kitchen composition exactly as she wants it. Entertainment value , 10f the models is a great aid to sales- !men. Bashford John M. P. Dezn, zoologist, Metcalf, college 1936) Miss Florence B. Willoughby ar- rived in Juneau on the Admiral Watson from Seattle. Weather: Maximum, 40; mum, 38; rain Mini- SALES AT Autemobile sales are tapering in normal seasonal fashion, with esti- mates for last month putting pas- — |senger car sales at 200,000 (the best tfor the month since 1929) and truck | [sales at 50000 (the best for any | | [ {September in the history of the in- N {dustry, but below the volume of . ‘preceding months). , . A Y _ ARRY RACE, Druggist B | “The Squibb Stores cf Alaska” i SRS e Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 122 W. Second | ! $ 4.00 Men’s Dress ! Oxfords . | BIG VAN | South Franklin St e i RN | THE BEST "GENERAL MOTORS _' i and ‘ T AP BEER MAYTAG PRODUCTS W. P. JOHNSON | IN TOWN! THE MINERS' || Recreation Parlors I and. Liquor Store [ BILL DOUGLAS | Compounaed exactly as written by your Juneau Drug Co. —— The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One- Half Million Dollars have celebrated it as a birthday in- o= STOCK UP NOW BAFORE THE COLD ‘WEATHER A COAL FOR EVERY PURSE . .. AND EVERY PURPOSE Per Ton F.0.B. Bunkers $12.50 13.50 13.50 75 14.30 .80 15.40 .80 17.50 .90 27.00 1.75 11.00 .60 8.00 45 Per Sack F.0.B. Bunkers $ .7 75 Indian Lump Carbonado Briquets Neanaimo Iump ... Utah Lump ... Utah Nut (boat) Blacksmith Coal Steam Coal No. 2 A Half Century of Satisfactory Service PACIFIC COAST COAL CoO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PHONE 412 FRESH- LOCAL GROWN GREEN ONIONS, RADISHES FROM OUR OWN FARM California Grocery THE PURE FOODS STORE Telephcne 476 Prompt Delivery ALASKA MEAT CO. FEATURING CARSTEN'S BABY BEEF —DIAMOND TC HAMS AND BACON—U. S. Government Inspected Arthur Griffiths You are invited to present this coupen at the box office of the Capitol Theatre and receive tickets for your- self and a friend or relative to see “Colleen” > As a paid-up subscriber of The Daily Alaska Empire Good only for current offering Yonr Name May Appear Tomorrow WATCH THIS SPACE INSURANCE Allen Shattuck Established 1898 Juneau Alaska PHONE 556 For Prompt, Safe, Efficien¢ Service CALL A CHECKER CAB THE TERMINAL “Deliciously Different Foods” Catering to Banquets and Private Dinner Parties HOTEL GASTINEAU 8 Every Effort Made for the Comfort of the Guests! GASTINEAU CAFE in connection AIR SERVICE INFORMATION [ FOR INSURANCE See H. R. SHEPARD & SON Telephone 409 B. M. Behrends Bank Bldg.