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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, DEC. 14, 1936 Daily Alaska Empire Editor and Manage ROBERT W. BENDER - - Published every evening except Sund; PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Alaska. e EMPIRE Junesu, in suneau as Sesond Class | Buverea In ehe Post_office SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered in carder in Junean and Douxlas for §$1.25 By mal at the following rates ix months, in nce, $6.00 r month. Iy notity | larity in the d 2 Business Office, 374. MES BER OF ASSOCIATED PR The Assoclates Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited fn this paper and also the Jocal news published herein ALABEA C BCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION 602, | unt other supplies, despite the shutdown of shipping | brought about by the maritime strike Seattle's interest in Alaska is always keen, and HAPPY it is gratifying to learn that the first relief ship wiil | sail from this port today when the Boxer, loaded and manned by arrangements between the government |and the striking longshoremen and seamen, leaves for leht n waters. Whatever the merits of the maritime controversy may be, people of Alaska have no responsibility for the paralysis of shipping which not only affected their business adversely, but actually threatened their food supplies. regular operation of shipping is resumed, the responsibility for providing necessities to the people of the Northern Territory rests jointly upon the Federal government and the ¥ now strike. Any breakdown of, this arrangement would be intolerable. the has has ers on (New York Statisticians of recovery prove their They Times) have no lack of figures can point to increased to case jearnings, to restored or enlarged dividends, to bonuses ind higher wages for many employes, to bank clear- | thing they | form of percentages A TOAST TO KING SALMON What with the maritime strike it may not be an auspicious occasion to pay tribute to Alaska’s No. 1 industry, but as no one could foretell the shipping difficulties when the Canned Salmon campaign was inaugurated, This week Juneau is paying its compliment to the great canned salmon industry. Under the sponsorship of the 40 and 8 of the American Legion, the week has been set aside in Juneau as Canned Salmon Week Merchants are making significant displays in their show windows; Juneau housewives are making of salmon in many of their dishes. ! the program goes along as scheduled use It is the community’s toast to the industry which last season packed 8,000,000 cases of salmon, the largesi on record, and paid large sums of money to Alaskans | and others in wages and for supplies. The year before | it was more than 5,000,000 cases and in 1934 virtually | 7,500,000 cases. : The value of the pack this past season can be esti- mated at around $40,000,000. | In addition to the employment market, the canned salmon industry furnishes work to Alaska directly through the employment of fishermen and cannery workers, and indirectly through logging and labor for trap operations. The salmon industry pays a remarkably high percentage of the Territorial taxes, running as high as 80 percent, and estimated as 70 | percent for the 1935-37 biennium | The canned salmon business is a large, progressin business. It has suffered along with all other nesses during the depression years, however like othe it is working itself out, and among other progressive moves is now engaging in a nation-wide advertising eampaign, which should do much to increase the con- sumption of salmon throughout the country and to stabilize the canned salmon market. LAST CHANCE TO GET MAIL BEFORE CHRISTMAS For those sending Christmas packages to the Btates, today and tomorrow are the last shopping days before the Princess Norah sails south, probably tomorrow night or Wednesday. It is true that the Louise and possibly the Arctic may reach the States by Christmas, but to insure delivery in ample time, those sending packages and other mail south should get them in the postoffice early tomorrow. And it is suggested that as soon as you get your Christmas buying done for friends and relatives Out- side, start your shopping for the holiday at home. Only nine shopping days after today. Don’t wait until the last minute. Get it done as soon as you can and give the folks who work in the stores a break. busi- ouT ‘The League of Nations voting not to interfere in Spain is about like Landon approving a Roosevelt decision. Our marine strike optimist is the waterfront re- porter, who remarks, “Oh well, T don’t have to get up in the middle of night to meet a boat.” “Irish Free State takes action,” says a headline Heavy demand for bricks, it is a: Food For Al (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) efforis of the Federal government, a are to receive mu(h needed food and | ‘Throug! people of A Shup Larlw to Insure Chowe Selections! Snoes and Hose. Devlin's. Ham. Beach Mixers. Mdndy House. Slicker Coals, $5.00. Swanson Bros. “Alaska” by Lester D. Henderson’ gy Shoes and Hose. Permanent Wave Christmas Cards at The Empire. ‘Bed Jackets | vibbons or |in fact |in the the | Hot Point Elec. Irons. Melody House. | S| Silex Colfee Mixers. Melody House redlec'a{t shop Potted Pln.nt The Junenu l'-‘lorist& 1gs and to the rise in the stock market. But one are not able to tabulate or state in the This is the prevailing restora- tion of hope and courage and cheerfulness. Th be summed up under the word mor: the of which is probably of larger importance in the lor run than any immediate gain in dollars and cent When times are better, people feel better, and that helps to make the times better still. | An improved popular morale cannot do everythin It sometimes resembles convalescence after a serious illn when the patient thinks too soon that he entirely well again and is tempted to overtax h strength. Yet it is one of the greatest resources of a nation, and a present help in time of trouble for the statesmen in charge of its affairs. The obstacles before us do not seem so formidable when good cheer and hopefulness are again common, Who can doubt, o example, that the Administration can better face tl still urgent problems of unemployment and rel and an unbalanced budget and a mounting natio: (debt with brighter prospects of public support be cause the financial and industrial skies are brighter | What would have seemed disheartening intolerable in the darker days of the depre | appear & comparatively easy burden to carry after the | clouds have lifted. Money is said to be a power, but a fine and sustained morale in the whole community ssion will |1s a greater power, Then, the Millennium v York World-Telegram) Much fanfare comes when dedication time a for some marvelous creation like the San Francisco- and Bridge. Most of the limelight on such an ision seems (0 go to the politicians who cut the perform such other symbolic ge: are appropriate for such events. Too much to the politicians and not enough to the men who designed and built the massive thing to whicl modern human life entrusts itself with such matt of-course assurance; the thing which if it were not safe would be a menace, Fortunately for all of u yscrapers and other enginee safety factor is fection. And unfortunately political “engineering” structure is erected It is not pleasant to think about riding across 2 bridge or going up in an, office building into the con- | struction of which had gone even a single error which |would compare in dumbness to the least of the long |list of political mistakes made in the recent campaign Imagine being on a windy day on the eightieth and the who use bridges g achievements, that factor is mi: with which our social ing |story of an Empire State Building that had been built by an engineer whose skill was no greater than that of the political expert who devised the dog tag social security yarn as his contribution to the framework upon which was to rest a government. Or conceive of treading the span of the Golden Gate Bridge, 220 feet above the water, on a suspension which for more than 4,000 feet defies all the forces of gravity and all the weight above—of doing that, if the structure embodies as many mistakes as are made daily by the average office-holder. ‘When social and political and economic “engin- eering” approaches the perfection which civil engin- eering has attained, then indeed, we will be near the millennium. Although we were interested to learn that the landing of Japanese marines has caused one Chinese war-lord to order a consignment of bullet-proof vests, we can't help wondering whether bullet-proof pants- seats wouldn’t prove more serviceable in the long run —Boston Herald. An Eastern ph jan says spinach is not an es- sential item of food; that any one can live just as well without it. Well, any one but a humorist.—St. Louis Star-Tim: One of the Dionnes wept at hearing of Mother Hubbard's troubles. When the girls are older and stronger they may be shown a government cupboard.— Albany Knickerbocker Press. A swarm of bees about a Montana cottonwood baffled and beaten by the mass inertia of a grasshopper migration with which it collided somehow reminds one |0! Japan and China.—Louisville Courier-Journal. No one should object to being soaked by dividends. | - St Louis Post-Dispatch. 3 business suits, and almost | “Mr. {lowed by a dead silence,” | expans |crease our vocabula there to the point of complete per-' | | | A BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congrat tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: 20 YEARS AGO Frum The Empire DECEMBER 14, 1936 Newspapers and public men London refused to take seriously the peace move on the part of Ger- any. The French press generally Samuel Guyot received the German peace pro- Donald Pegues posal with derision. J. C. Michaelson — Lorene Gucker Gastineau annel was shocked E. F. Rodenbe! the murder of “Babe” Brown, Emeral O. Davi nan of the underworld, in Doug- DECEMBER 14 Mrs. Dorothy Pegues Mrs. S. M. Jordensen Jr. {the closing year | rule jwe Ha e The flicted on her head by trumer ch as a hammer. MODERN [in ETIQUETTE P hi""iml'fi’i" matilated with & By Roberta ~ knife. The pury, consisting of El- Fol- e o+ L A. Schmitdt, Roy Nolan, Wil-. iam Miller and D. W. Shelton, de- ed that death was due to mu r, committed by some person un- own. Working on the the case were Deputy Marshal Frank Bach and City Marshal W.| shafer, Deputy Marshal James | ning of Juneau and P. J. Me-| | Q. When a man is introducec a girl at a dance, does it carry obligation with it? A. Yes, the obligation to ask t girl to dance. Q. Would it bridegroom and wear tuxedo suits wedding. A. No; be proper for the the best man at an afternoon all the men should wear i Emmet J. Mcxanna, City Coun- Q When macaroni is served Ital- cilman and broker of Juneau, re-| ian style, how should it be eatcn? turned on the Estebeth from a trip A. It is much better to break ii South with the side of the fork rather empt to copy the Italia manner of eat! it. Thi e both embarrassment and James Kennedy, former Mayor gway and prosperous mer- t of that town, arrived in Ju- u to spend a fek days here on He was at the Gastineau. chs ne vV 1L.ESSO cau Chapte: Iiv. 7, Order of SSONS Eastern Star, elected the fol- IN ENGLISH losinis’ Jok A et A0 Mrs. Tone Morton, Edwin C. Hamilton, Mrs. Elizabeth Howde- Irs. Rose Taylor, Mrs. Mary & 2 S Miss Harriet Case and Do not sa arles E. Naghel. estion was fol- By W. L. Gorden Words Often Misused Brown's sug S Serving on Llw jury in the dam- of Rodevich against the aska United Gold Mining Com- pany were Ike Sowerby, Ole Orson, first syllable, not the second Pete Delg; John Dunnigan, A. Often Misspelled: Salmon, Ob- M. Butterworth, Perry Wiley, S. serve the Im Zenger, Fred M. Fisk, F. C. Jones, Synonyms: Size, bulk, volume, John Ahlers, and B. A. Roselle , magnitude —_ Word Study U: Atkinson, former chief stew- times and it is yo E of the Perseverance mine, had reached England and was an offi- cer in the alry branch of the dian Expeditionary Corps, ac- cording to word received by A. H Humpheries complete silence Often Mispronounced: Pronounce fu-tur-ist, and accer Futuris’ e a word thre " Let us v by masterin one word e d Today's w Potential; existing not in actuality a potential oak trec - Weather Maximum, 42 mum, 38; rain, | [ececect HARRY RACE, Druggist “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” AN R v mini- - LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon 1. Who said, the earth”? 2. What is the derivation of ‘the word Thursday? 3. What is the name of the sci- ience that deals with poisons? 4. Where is the lowest place .on earth? 5. What is the the world? “Ye are the salt of largest obelisk in ANSWERS 1. Jesus, in The Sermon On the Mount, speaking to the common people. 2. Thor, the god of thunder m Scandinavian myths. 3. Toxicology. 4. The Dead Sea, Palestine; 1,-‘ 300 feet below the Mediterranean Sea. 5. Washington Monument. T Alaska Muslc Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 122 W. Second T | | We truly believe thal, we sell || America’s Greatest Shoe Values I it 4 | | and Prettiest Footwear ] l L : S e A | Winter Rates DEVLIN’S I | SITKA HOT SPRINGS | | Mineral Hot Baths | Accommodations to suit every taste. Reservations Alaska Air ~ “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” Transport. Devlin’ Shoes and Hose. | Skis, $6.00 up Swanson Bros. Woolen Jacket 55 00. Swanson Bros. " Devlin's. { “Alaska” by lcster D. Henderson Edson Wave Shop. ‘Alaska” Wy Lester D. Henderson. Fancy Pottery, The Juneau Florists. ' Electric Toasver. M.elody House. .‘ Juneau’s Own Store coroner’s jury found that| she had come to her death by blows| some blunt| hammer, | gyay, | Smith, William Stubbins, for the new year. solving | gy |seems to promise happiness for all |who enter into life partnership | daily programs | youngest | achievement | iWHI be enjoyed by many. 'ham Groat, Everett Gordon, who survives her, says he was the first whit€ man to |discover gold in northern Alaska. Mr. Gordon, an Englishman, cross- ed the Bering Sea from Russia in an Eskimo boat and found gold on the beach near what is now Nome. | The strike w#s made in 1891. |The second strike, that which started the gold rush to Nome, was If the stars are rightly interpge- Mmade by Mr. Gordon in September, ted this should be one of the most 1898, shortly after he and Mrs. on the calendar of Gordon were married. Benefic aspects Was “Princess Bluiak” interference| As a native of Nome, Mrs. Gor- according don was known by the Eskimos as |“Princess Bluiak.” Her father, a Buoyancy of spirit should be|Russian trader, was called “White V] widspread as the mental vis)onlwhale(' because of his white skxn.if;zs ownershipboc SILVER clears of the despondency caused Mrs. Gordon spent her childhood | ; ———.— 5 by the recent depression. Faithjamong the Eskim Vi - . 1 and confidence rule under this i ety bl - il miliar with native costumes. Many |of the natives looked upon her as | their leader. Mrs. Gordon left Nome about |twenty years ago and since has |lived in Seattle. Besides her hus- band she is survived by a son, | George E. Gordon, and two daughs ters, Mrs. Rose Calvin and Mrs! Anna Velez, all of Seattle. Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” -+ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1936 e ——— i NOTICE 1 On November 15, 1936 I found a |14-ft. round bottom skiff floating off Point Dundas, North Inian Pass; Anyone claiming said skiff should call at Dundas Bay, Alaska, and without anxious from adverse influences, to astrology. This is an auspicious day for en- | tering into agreements or contracts For many em-| ployees rise is salary is forecast. The seers who prognosticate bu: menths for the United States warn that habits of sloth and irrespon- ility in the future will result in lasting poverty which will not be pleasantly relieved This is a happy wedding day, for Venus smiles on love affairs and NOTICE Effective January 1, 1937, the rate of that ignores divorce possibilities. interest pa‘d on savings accounts will be Theatres have the prospect of a o7 ¥ . . profitable holiday season and one 29. No interest will be paid on ac- lor two new stage plays will attain extraordinary popularity : counts of less than $5.00. Deposits made after the 5th day of any month The seers foretell for actors and ses a year of supreme suc: will draw interest beginning the first Motion pictures are to at- artistry and to bene- important changes in in unusual fit through tai of the following month. First National Bank of Juneau For both film the oldest and the star there will be that outstrips former rocords, it is prophesied, Persons whose LMthdate it is have the augury of a year of rare good luck. Sudden gains in income Children born on this day may !have varied talents that combine artistry with practical aims. Sub- Jjects of this sign gain fame through their own hard work. Edwin Howland Blashfield, was born on this day 1848. Olhe S who have celebrated it as a birth- day include George Romaney, por- trait painter, 1824; George Gor- economist, 1871 1936) Mrs. R. P. Nelson %} You are invited to present this coupon at the box office of the Capitol Theatre and receive tickets for your- self and a friend or relative to see ACnp\'riUhL First Nome Whie Woman Is Dead (Seattle Times, Nov. 29) Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Gordon, 53 years old, who is be- lieved to be the first white woman born in what now is Nome, Alaska, will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow at the Butterworth Funeral Parlors. She died Thursday at the -family residence, 3241 Fairview Ave. N. Mrs. Gordon was the mother of the first white child born in Nome, after the city had been established in 1898, with the discovery of gold. The child, George Washington Nome Gordon, died in infancy. Crossed from Siberia Gordon's husband, Charles ——_. —~ 230 South Franklin ‘A Message to Garcia” As a paid-up subscriber of The Daily Alaska Empire Good only for current offering Your me May Appear Tomorrow WATCH THIS SPACE Mrs. FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) Telephone 411 GREASES couNoRs MOTOR co-, lllc GAS — OILS : Distributors JUNEAU MOTORS 1| CHEVROLFT PONTIAC Foot of Main Street Juneau Lumber Mills, Inc. — HOTEL GASTINEAU Every Effort Made for the Comfort of the Guests! GASTINEAU CAFE BUICK GENERAL MOTORS and MAYTAG PRODUCTS W. P. JOHNSON | B “Smiling Service” | | Bert’s Cash Grocery PHONE 105 | Free Delivery PHONE 36 | For very prompt | LIQUOR DELIVERY The B. M. Juneau, Permanent Wavi Flowers from the Juneau Florists. Cedar Chests. The Colfanite swu- Radio Stands. The “Colfanite Stol'e P‘laners from the Juneau P:loflm CHRISTMAS TREESBrought in| SO Su | { " ] starting December 14. Keep your e orders for us. Harris Hardware. 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