The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 1, 1936, Page 2

For suc prices are exceedingly low. We offer S0 0y in Sgroigie o $6- $1350 $1859 Women's and B. M. Behrends Co. Inc. h remarkable dresses, the you the outstanding values 95 Misses' sizes. AMiuanal v LIl MONOPOLY NOW GOMING IN FOR HARD TRAVELING Anti-Drive to Break Down Rigid Price Struc- tures; Claim ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—So sol- idly are both parties pledged to the elimination of monopoly¥ (define it your own way) that to many it ap- pears almost certain Congress will attempt framing new machinery to ‘deal with-it. The primary aim of any anti- monopoly drive is to break down Juneau’s Leading Department Store T = Veteran” 4 Yvur Old Bowlor Takes One Fan from Father FRANK SONNER, JR. | FUNERAL SERVICES FOR By P. D. ELDRED DALLAS, Dec. 1—Dallas claims | the youngest bowler in the country ’MRS MATTSON wlu BE\ —Frank Sonner, Jr The youngest—and &t the “’“‘”AT CHAPEL TOMORROW time one of the most enthusiastic of habitues of alleys hereabouts— Frank is Just 4 years old. Mattson, vietim of the slide of He's a veteran, at that. Although|Noyember 22, will be Wednesday | still too light to handle a mul.nr).\»m“mn in the chapel of the C. bowling ball, he’s been twirling|yw Carter Mortuary. duck pin balls ever since he could! gervices will be at 1:30 o'clock, it them. with the Rev. Erling K. Olafson Young‘ Frank was born to the|nresiding. game. His father is one of the best| nterment will be bowlers in the city. His mother is|cemetery. an ardent fan. Arrangements were completed to- Two or three nights each weck|gay by Mr. Mattson who arrived the family can be found at a|irom Seattle on the Princess Norah Dallas alley, the father competing|jast night. in matches, the mother watching,| T s i i and Frank, Jr, who bowls left-| yygs pORREST ON VACATION handed, exhibiting his skill to in- | Gladys Forrest of the Governor's terested_spectators. fotfice is leaving for the south to- Es. Sonner uged to it b('m"dlxmhu on the Princess Norah for a her husband, but he has lost her|yontn's vacation. She expects to interest. Now she sits clpse to the/gneng the holidays with her par- youngster's alley. ents and relatives in Portland, Ore. Veteran players say Frank, Jr. P U RS & coming star. HELD FOR OBSERVATION y Bl a0 George R. McClellan of Juneau PETERSBURG TO DECORATE has been taken into custody by au- [Petersburg stores will be appro- | thorities and is being held in the _priately trimmed with chrmmasm(de-ral jail on an insanity charge. the plan proposed at the | ————— ‘of Commerce meeting| At the next meeting of the Inter- ‘The scheme as out-|denominational Council of Women . Floyd Dryden will speak on Funeral services for Mrs. Fred in Evergreen is T H+|—+++H~|—H+;—H-|++-|F|+H+H-o+ BERLIN, Dec. 1.~Lawrénce Simp- son, of Kirkland, State of Wash- |ington, seaman, under three years | | sentence - following . convistion of circulating Communistic . literature |in ‘Germany, will be released: De- | cember 20 and turned rover to. the American Consulate. /General = for deportation: ‘to ‘the United States. Simpson was iconvicted Iast Sep- | tember after 14 months in. a-«con- centration camp. He: applied for a pardon, saying-he -did -net realize e, spaumess SURBIFEIN RETURNS HERE FROM VACATION IN STATES Charles Goldstein, returning from a vacation and business trip to the States, on the Princess Norah last evening, - reported -a general, and increasing up-swing in business along the coast. Strikes alone.are retarding the momentum. of busi- ness gains, Mr. Goldstein stated. The maritime strike has of course | completely shutdown::the: exporting |lines and has also :struck; heavy Iblows at the lumbering industry and all general''wholesaling com- | panies, Mr. Goldstein added.. He reported that some aecounts in the States of -the recent .landslide in Juneau were greatly exaggerated, causing mo Iittle concern: for a time. Vancouver, B. C, as a result of the strike's causing ‘the .re-routing jof ocean commerce through: that |port, is doing a trémendous ‘busi- {ness, aceordingto Mr.: Goldstein. Mrs. Goldstein, who accompanied her husband south about six weeks ago, is remaining in Los Angeles 1 A burning dinmer ithat sent smoke. floating out of .an apartment.above the Capital Beer: Parlor was quick- |pend upon many factors. {rigid price structures. When the |agreements are reached among pro- !ducers, manufacturers or others fo | keep prices at a certain level, then, |most economists agree, most of the value of the competitive system is | lost. Under a competitive system when consumer buyjng power lags, sel- lers may resort to cutting prices to'a point which again will stimulate ({consumer demand. Thus they seck to keep production steady. But when monopoly prevails, effort may be made to keep prices up, where profits are fatter, even in the face of slackening demand. Unless 'stimulus comes from other sources (such as government spend- ing, consumer loans, etc.) produc- tion slackens, jobs decrease, con- sumption lags further and a “vic- ious” spiral ‘begins. an PRO AND CON Industrialists ofien contend that high, rigid wage levels, forced to a degree by labor organizations, moke price reduction jimpossible. Foes of insist it is employed mostly its: Already one weapon traditionally used: to thwart monopoly is in op- eration—the *yardstick.” Tennessce Valley Authority is an exmple. I’ul in ‘competition with private indus-| try, a yardstick may be used to bring down price structures. Anether weapon, anti-monopoly laws, have been on the books for many years. From time to time| they have been revised or amend- ed, even as late as the ‘last session of Congress. There is much debate as to0 how useful they have been A third weapon, little used as yet in this country, bobbed up brief- ly in the campaign in a strange guise. It is the method of lending government funds to set up agen- cies in competition with monopoly, COOPERATIVES LATEST WEAPON .The form in which it now is pro- posed (ever so quietly) is the con- sumer co-operative. President Roos= evelt- sent an investigating com- mittee to Sweden and England to study ‘eo-operative systems in op- eration many years. But not a 'breath of its findings came out be- fore election. How strongly this proposition may be pushed by its advocates may de- It has support within the Cabinet. Secre- tary of Agriculture Wallace es- poused it at length in his book, ““‘Whose ‘Constitution.” It has many friends elsewhere, and enemies. ly quenched this afternoon at.2:45/ o'clock when the Juneau Fire De- partment answered «the -alarm, at Front and Main Streets. e Miss Anne Eloranta and Mr. Wil-. liam Nielson were recently united in marriage at Cordova. Mrs. Niels sen graduated from the Cordova high school in 1934 and the groom is head boilerman at the Copper. River and Northwestern m e | o The Russian press | price-tixing. Tt 15 ‘anybody’s guess as to wheth= er it will be the weapon aimed at It is anybody's guess whether any real weapon will be whetted. After all, both major par-| 'ties have attacked monopoly for 'many years, but its foes say it still is with' us. Ll gt «How to Reach 101 menopoly in Congress and elsewhere | as a; means of extracting excessive prof=| thus to break rigid price structure.| Press Photo) BARR lN WHlTEHORSE NEARING END OF HOP Pilot L. F. Barr, in his North Canada Air Express Pilgrim plane, is now in Whitehorse on the re- urn trip to Juneau from Anchor- age, according to reports received here today. Barr is due to hop for Juneau probably tomorrow. Passengers from Anchorage to Whitehorse with Barr included Ross Gridley, State PWA Engineer- Inspector and Art Nyquist, who are making the round trip with him; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Barragar. Mrs. Lee Barragar, whose sister, Mrs. George Lee, was killed in the re- cent slide here, came from White- horse to Juneau by PAA plane today, while Mr. Barragar will com- plete the muu with Barr. WEALTH WAS GREAT THING FOR COUZENS He Could Thumb His Nose | at Any One, Fearless of Punishment WASHING T Dec. 1.—If ever there was a member of Congress who enjoyed his wealth it was the late Senator James Couzens of Michigan He enjoyed it tively it enabled him to thumb his nose at any one on earth and re- main fearless of political punish- ment. Almost as his last political gesture he thumbed his nose at his own State’'s Republican organi- zation, indorsed President Roose- velt, and took the licking in the primary he probably expected. He made his wealth growing up with Henry Ford in the automobile | business. He broke with Ford and !soon was in politics. SWITCHED HORSES OFTEN Charting his course in the Sen- |ate is like mapping the flight of la bee, particularly if you try to |associate him with any one group for show him subject to any one |XnIluencL | He voted with the New Deal |often, against it often; some times |with the progressives, some times against. Once in the quiet of his office last spring he told of urging his {colleague, Senator Vandenberg, to remain out of the Presidential race {in 1936, to save himself until 1940. He gave two reasons: He thought 1936 was a bad year for Republicans and that Vander- berg, if nominated, would be “wast- ed.” He thought also Vandenberg was developing mnto somewhat of a, liberal, and four years more sea- soning in that philosophy would make him a more acceptable can- didate. WHY HE STAYED REPUBLICAN That situation may explain why Couzens, while indorsing Roosevelt, chose to remain a Republican. { He built not a single outstanding legisiative monument to himself, just the record of a rich man with a| liberal mind voting his own ideas. Nature Destroying Soil at Fast Rate GRAND COULEE, Wash., Dec. 1. ~—Frank A. Burns, U. S. Reclama- tion Bureau Chief Engineer for the fGrand‘ Coulee project, told the | Washington - Irrigation Institute| here that nature is destroying soil faster than man can prepare it for | crops. “Soil erosion | is taking out of \\RALEIGH, N, ©—Charles en-| production in this country each year um Budley, nearing the 101st mile-, miore land than has been irrigated Jewish Missions.” The gathering is|that suecessful - hothouse develop-|stone, recommends this formula 1or by the Federal government since kcheduled for 2 o'clock, December{ment of orchids has been earried |longevity; 9, in he Episcopal Church. out in the Arotic. work hard and drmk plenty cf buttermitk. the passage of the Reclamation Act 134 years ago,” Burns declared, because figura- _ of the American Legion and other service men’s organizations paid tribute to the late Mme. Schumann-Heink, beloved singer who lost twb sons in the World War—one fighting for the and one for Germany—in military services at Hollywood. Burial followed at San Diego. (Associated PAA ELECTRA ARRIVES HERE Bringing Jerry Rieland, Schil- ling’s representative from Fair- banks, and Mrs. Lee Barragar and Frank Jardoloff from Whitehorse, the PAA Electra pla held up at Whitehorse on its fli t from Fair- banks to Juneau yesterday, arrived at the airport here this afternoon at 1:15 o'clock. The plane originally carried ten Juneau bound passengers from the Interior, but nine of them left the plane at Whitehorse to catch the Princess Norah by rail at Skagway. Two other passengers were picked up at Whitehorse and Pilots Al Monson and Bill Lavery brought the ship on into Juneau today. Immediately after arriving at the Juneau field, the Electra loaded four passengers from here for Fairbanks: J. Felkel, T. C. Strom, Grace Lowe and Robert Miller, and commenced the return trip to the Interior Besides Rieland, the passengers who flew from Fairbanks to White- horse ye day were: G. Karabel- nikoff, R. B. Erling, J. I. Anderson, B. Brousseau, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Seidenverg, H. Strandberg, and Mr. ind Mrs. T. Lehmann, Meking the same flight yester- day in the other Eleetra, piloted by Joe Crosson and Walt Hall, were: C. Driscoll, G. Peterson, L. Swan- beck, P. Anderson, H. Motchman, P. O'Neill, Dr. L. L. Hufman, G. Franklin, P , and W. Kuhn. were bound for Skag- the Norah. - Down on Poles, Too P FREE CITY OF DANZIG.—Poles have been included in Anti-Semitic feeling ‘here. ns reflecting this are to be seen on empty houses and laundries. They read: “House to be let, but neither Poles nor Jews” and “I wash liner but don’t accept that of Poles or Jews.” - The State Rural Electrification Authority reports 23,7639 miles of rural power lines to serve 21264 ferms either have been built or are under construction in North Caro- Lna, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau} Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, teginning at 4 p.m, Dec. 1: Fair and colder tonight and Wednesday; moderate westerly winds, shifting to east to north Wednesday, and inereasing. LOCAL DATA Earometer Temp. Humidity Wind Veloclty Weather 29.37 1 93 SE 20 Lt. Rain 2954 40 87 N 4 Lt. Rain 29.85 41 m NW 8 Cldy CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY TODAY . Highest 40.m. Lowestda.m. 4a.m. Precip. 4am. temp. temp. temp. temp. velocity 24hrs, Weather 38 38 42 10 10 Rain - 22 Trace -4 0 16 [ 12 0 6 10 36 40 40 38 Station Atka Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cerdova Juneau St LA Cldy lear Pt. Cldy Clear Pt. €ldy Rain Cldy . Cldy Clear Rain . Cldy Cldy Cldy Cldy Clear Clear Clear Clear 8 4 8 4 4 16 12 10 > Rupert monton Seattle Portland San Francisco New York 14 Washington g WEATHER CONDITION AT 8 A. M. TODAY Seattle, cloudy, temperature, 41; Blaine, cloudy, 38; Victoria, cloudy, 42; Vancouver, raining, 40; Alert Bay, partly cloudy, 34; Bull Harbor, partly cloudy, 37; Prince Rupert, raining, 43; Ketchikan, rain- ing, 42; Craig, raining, 43; Wrangell, cloudy, 43; Pétersbhurg, cloudy, 39; Sitka, cloudy, 40; Soapstone Point, partly cloudy, 42; Juneau, raining, 40; Skagway, cloudy, 35; Cordova, clear, 36; Copper River, clear; Chitina, clear, 18; McCarthy, celar, 24; St, Elias, clear, 41; Anchorage, clear, 24; Fairbanks, cloudy, Nenana, partly cloudy, -12; Hot Springs, clear, -20; Tanana, clear, -28; Ruby, clear, -25; Nu- lato, clear, -22; Kaltag, clear, -25; Unalakleet, clear, 0. WEATHER SYNOPSIS The storm area noted yesterday merning over the southern por- tion of the Gulf of Alaska increased in intensity and moved inland across Southeast Alaska to Canada, the lowest reported pressure be- ing 2946 inches over northern Alberta. Another low pressure area was centered over the Aleutians, the lowest reported pressure being 2950 inches at Atka. This storm area showed signs of decreasing in intensity. Abnormally high pressure has developed over the Alaskan Arctic Coast, the pressure at Barrow being 30.62 inches. High pres- sure also prevailed over the West Coast States and westward to Midway Island. This general pressure distribution has been attended by precipitation over the coastal regions from the Aleutians to Dixon Entrance followed by clearing this morning along the coast from Kodiak to Southeast Alaska, and by generally fair weather over the interior, western and northern portions of Alaska. Fog conditions over the Puget Sound region has greatly improved during .the past 12 hours. It was much colder last night over the interior of Alaska, Fair- banks reported a temperature of 15 below at 2 a.m. Colder weather will overspread the greater portion of Alaska during the next 24 hours. GOING AWAY PARTY ‘jLORRAINE GIOVALANI GIVEN FOR HANSONS| AND PARENTS WILL | BE BURIED IN SQUTH On last Saturday evening a grand‘ “going away” party was staged bY | rThe bodies of Lorraine Giovanali Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Hanson, Who| anq her parents, Mr. and Mrs. are leaving on the Princess Louise | | Joe Giovanali, victims of the slide next week for the Isles of the| disaster, will go south on the Prin- Pines. On reaching Seattle they | cess Norah tonight for burial, prob- plan to buy an auto and trailer gaply at Cle Elum, the home of Mrs. and drive across the country to| pete Conta, mother of Mr. Giov- New Orleans where they will take | gpali, a boat to their dreamed of island,| Arrangements are under direction which is about 30 miles from Cuba.|of the Red Cross, and the Seattle Mrs. Vietor Johnson gave the|Red Cross will continue arrange- rty for her sister at Jack Good- | ments with the deceaseds’ relatives Id’s cabin on the Fritz Cove|in the South. The bodies are be- Road. Refreshments were served |ing accompanied to Seattle by John Giovanali, cousin of Joe Giovanali. during the evening and the guests sang and danced to the music of | For those friends and relatives who wish to pay a last tribute to Harry Krane’s accordion. The ‘guests participating in the | little Lorraine ' Giovanali, her cas- enjoyable evening were: Mr. and |ket will be open in the chapel of Mrs. Frank Olson, Mr. and Mrs. | the Charles W. Carter Mortuary Iverson,” Mr. and Mrs. G. Linde- |today between 2:30 and 7:30 p. m. gard, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Krane, - e Mr. and Mrs. Gene Weschenfelder, TOWING SUPPLIES Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carbel, Mr. and | Due to the Salmon Creek bridge Mrs. Ralph Reischl, Mr. and Mrs. | being washed out, the Forest Serv- John Hermle, Mr. and Mrs. Henry |ice launch Chugach is being used to Hanson, Mrs. Joe Kendler, Mrs. | tow supplies and equipment to the Pete Oswald, Mr. and Mrs. Jack work being carried on at Lena Cove. Goodchild and Mr. and Mrs. Ole ————————— Johansen. Oregon has recently erected five RT3 large bridges on its scenic coastal Christmas Cards at The Empire. highway. Christmas Seal S: ale! Today our Christmas Seal Stamps are being sent out through the mail and placed on sale at the following places: Post Office, Gastineau Hotel Juneau Drug’ Co. and Butler- Mauro Drug Co. This sale of stamps is the only means your Alaska Tuberculosis Association has of raising funds, 95 per cent of which are spent in the Territory to carry on a campaign which has been started against this dreaded White Plague. The stamps are a penmy each and youf bit from a penny up will be appreciated. We hope you will make a liberal use of them during the pre-holiday season and on your Christmas letters and packages. FIGHT Buy and Use CHRISTMAS SEALS — Yours Sincerely, E. W. GRIFFIN, Chairman Christmas Seal Sale of the Alaska Tuberculosis Assn. DR. W. W. COUNCIL, Pres.