The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 26, 1936, Page 4

i THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, DEC. 26, 1936, Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER -~ - Editor and Manager by the EMPIRE and Main Streets, Juneau Published evening ex PRINTING COMPANY at Secor Alaska, Entered in the Post Office in Juneau Second Class atter. BSCRIPTION RAT Pelivered in carrier in Juneau and Douslas for §1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: $12.00 , in advance, $6.00 six month One year, in advan onme month, in advance, Subscribers will col the Business Office of of their papers. Telephones avor if they will promptly notify e or irregularity in the delivery 602 News Office. Bu ME The Associat republication of all new redited in this paper and also the local news published SKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER 2 PUBLICATION. ARTHUR BRISBANE Death of Arthur Brisbane takes one of the na- tion’s most widely read writers from the American scene. To the rank and file of the journalistic fra- ternity he was the “world’s highest paid newspaper- man.” But actually he was the man to whom much of the credit goes for the success of the newspapers of William Randolph Hearst. Brisbane was a circulation builder. From first attempts with the New York Journal, Brisbane his had the secret of circulation increase and he passed|ordinary c it along to the Hearst chain, though some of the Hearst subordinates were not up to making the success of the idea that Brisbane did in the east.| Brisbane wanted his newsapers bright and sensational. People, he found, often cursed the sensational but they bought the paper to read it, with the result that | 5 Hearst circulation went up. jare more or less familiar. H In recent years, Brisbane had become particularly ' interested in Alaska. He saw here an opportunity for building a great state. It was one of Brisbane's! comments on Alaska in his widely read “Today"” column that brought thousands of letters of inquiry the ties of love may be, they will know that they a to The Empire last spring and summer. Mr. Hamilton has been kept on the job by the Republicans as national Chairman. Of course, they couldn’t let the man go who had rolled up better than a million-dollar deficit. He has to stay on the job until it is paid off. But aside from the wisdom of keeping Mr. Hamilton, at least until he squares the party’s debt, there were some amusing angles forth- coming from the recent Republican rehabilitation meeting. The New York Times finds amusement in the following: Republican bewilderment could hardly be expressed more comically than by the plan attributed to four Eastern Republican Sena- tors. The bars are to be let down and all the stray sheep coaxed back to the old fold. Mr. Norris, lately Republican, now an Indepen- dent, Progressive Mr. La Follette, the two Minnesota Farmer-Laborites are to be invited to the Republican caucus. The party is to be “liberalized.” Deserters of ancient or recent date will be warmly welcomed if only they will come back. This late repentance must amuse Mr. Norris and Mr. La Follette. If the stand- patters had had their change of heart years ago, these pitiable overtures would have been avoided. It is for the heathen to be converted not to ask the believers to flock with them. Half- and half Senators like Mr. McNary and Mr. Capper seem to be entitled to have one leg in the Democratic caucus and one in the Re- publican. Farmer-Laborites, Progressive Re- publicans, a Progressive, Stand-patters, would make a queer menagerie. Anybody for whom a Republican origin can be traced or imagined will find a warm hand if he will only take it. ‘Why the four Stand-patters should expect any- body to take it is only to be explained by the theory that their intellectuals were badly addled last November and time will be needed for their recovery. Even for the mere vulgar purpose of getting good assignments on the committees there is nothing attractive in the bait held out by the Stand-patters even if the persons appealed to were susceptible to or needed that enticement. The Republicans want them, but what do they want of the Republica; The final public address of the former King Ed- ward of England has been subject of wide discussion, many having heard it or parts of it at leas. on the radio. It may well g dcwn in I ) of saying a glod ¢ well. The farewcli ad radio rcbroadcast follows: At long last I am able to of wy o 1 bave never anyihing, but until now stitutionaliy po hours ago I discharg and Emperor, d now ceeded by my broher, the Duke cf k, my first words must be to declare my alleg.ance to him. This I do with all my heart. You all know the reasons which have im- pelled me to rencunce the throne, but I want you to understand that in making up my mnd 1 did not forget the country or the empire which, as Prince of Wales and lately as King, 1 have for 25 years tried to serve, but you must believe me when I tell you that I have found it to carry the heavy burden of bility and to discharge my duties ‘as as I would wish to do without the help of woman I love, and I want e decision that I have and mine alone. This to judge entirely for my- 5 ‘Lfinw person most nearly concerned as tried to the last to persuade me to take a erent course. I have made this the most to me by the sure knowledge that my brother, with his long training in the public affai of this country and with his fine qualities, will be able to take my place forthwith with- out interruption or injury to the life and pro- gress of the empire. And'he has one blessing, enjoyed by so many of you and not bestowed to me, a happy home with his wife and children. During these hard days I have been com- forted by Her Majesty, my mother, and by my family. The Ministers of the Crown and in particular Mr, Baldwin, the Prime Minis- ter, have always treated me with fuli consid- eration. There has never been any constitu- tional difference between me and them and between me and Parliament. Bred in the constitutional traditions by my father, I should have never allowed any such issue to arise. Ever since I was Prince of Wales and later on when I occupied the throne I have been treated with the greatest kindness by il classes of the people wherever I have lived or journeyed throughout the empire. For that | Iam very grateful. I now quit altogether p ! lic affairs and I lay down my burden. It may be some time before I return to my native land, but I shall always follow the fortunes of the British race and empire with profound interest, and if, at any time in the perity with all my heart. God save the King. God bless you to be in very fine voice Thursday evening, or should I Security Law Banishing Dread f Old Age (Port Angeles Evening News) | 1ssion {when Congress passed it. It got a lot more during the presidential campaign. But it is only now, whea {it is actually about to go into operation, that the | itizen realizes what is taking place. What is happening, clearly, is something very like a revolution in our traditional attitude toward | old age. For the first time, we are preparing to look ahead to old age with pleasant anticipation rather than with dread. i The statistics about the number of people who can provide financial security for their final years | | | The Social Security Act got a lot of dis Of any representative group of wage earners, a small number at the top will be able to retire on their savings. Another small group, at the bottom, ulti- | mately will “go on the county.” The rest finally will be supported by their relatives; and, however stro !a burden. | That is the way it has worked out from the be- |ginning of civilization. And now, under the Social | Security Law, we are heading in a different direction i We can admit that the act is sadly imperfect in many ways. Probably it will be several years before { Congress gets all the kinks ironed out of it. The bi {thing is the fact that a start—and a good healthy !start, too—has at last been made. { Take one ordinary, average, individual wage earner land think of the change this act will make in his life. He can look ahead, let us ment pay of $50 a month. To that extent, his retire- ment is taken care of and his old age is secure. No /longer does he need to count the years as they slip |away, denying himself little luxuries and even neces- sities to provide for the day when he is cut off the | payroll. | Instead, he can be confident. If he can save tenough as he goes along to buy that “little place in |the country,” where he can live rent-free and grow |a few vegetables for himself, he can look ahead to |absolute independence. H If he can’t, he can at least know ‘that, when re- | tirement comes and he moves in with son and daugh- ter, he can pay his own way and be obligated to no one. Retirement can look like a release, not a tragedy. Old age will not be a scrap-heap, but a time for the leisurely savoring of some of those pleasures which get crowded out in the rush of ordinary activity. Multiply that one case, then, by millions, and |you can see the change this new law will bring to | America. Measured in terms of human happiness, the Social Security Act is one of the most important laws ever {passed by Congress, ‘Who Has Won? (Cincinnati Enquirer) The most exciting tangle of events in many years has run its course. King Edward VIII has abdicated, preferring his love to his throne—or perhaps pre- ferring private life to a septer stripped of the last ves- tige of authority. Prime Minister Baldwin has had | his way, but, as usual, he won clumsily. It would not be surprising, therefore, if Mr. Baldwin followed Ed- ward rather promptly into private life, although not into exile. Who has won in this curiously blended royal romance and constitutional crisis? There were two distinct issues at stake. One was the rivalry of the | King and the government for authority. In this issue {the victory went where one might have expected— |to the government chosen by the people. H The other question is more subtle. It was whether |‘he Prime Minister could or should force the abdi- | cation of a King he did not want without consulting Parliament. Here Mr. Baldwin won again. He never |asked Commons what to do. On his own authority e fired the King. ¥ i In the absence of a popular referendum, we shall :ot know how the British people felt about it all. Sut the paramount authority of the elected govern- aent was established over the monarch, and another overeign will succeed, more content with the humble ole of royalty in a constitutional democracy. The probability is that Baldwin would have won |1 vote of confidence in Commons had the King not bdicated quickly Wednesday evening. Edward was ot willing to precipitate an electoral feud in Great itain, and chose to bow to the cabinet rather than | lay on and force a general election. While many are | criticizing Edward for choosing “love before duty,” his should be remembered. He had not played all s cards. He acquiesced in the cabinet’s decision cather than arouse his country by a showdown at the {polls. This was a fine act of renunciation. Broad implication is that a constitutional demo- of genuine personal forte. Edward wanted to exer- submerged classes; he sought also to influence foreign policy. Baldwin's Cabinet would not tolerate inter- ference. which it undertook to discipline or drive off the throne a King who was so presumptuous as to seek a share in government. Every President needs two terms. So much of the first one is devoted to getting reelected.—Akron Beacon-Journal. Alas! an election isn't over till the losing straw vote prophets finish making their alibis. — Akron Beacon-Journal. {be called “improper,’ but the pre- | Did you notice, too, that the carolers all seemed | Q we say strong voice. | place cards? It's almost time for the humorists to make a | paragraph about turkey hash. | table? to a lifetime retire- | cracy in our time cannot tolerate a vigorous sovereign | cise an influence on the cabinet, on behalf of the | ‘The Simpson affair was the weapon with | HAPPY ‘ BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- 20 YEARS AGO Frum The Eupire Germany proposed an immediate DECEMBER 26 meeting of the belligerent nations | W. G. Hellan f Europe to discuss peace terms. Mrs. W. E. Hendrickson |This was the text of Germany's Birdie Jensen answer to President Wilson's latest Esther Davis note. J. M. Sharples | Frank Varlen With perfect weather, nippy and cold, to add zest to the day, the residen’s of Gastineau Channel cel- ebrated the nineteen hundred and sixteenth birthday of the Saviour. The day was quietly passed with *lehureh services, home parties and the usual observances of the day. | MODERN ' rhe public celebration of the day i ETIQUETILE began Christmas eve at the tree in By Roberta Lee DECEMBER 217. Dorothy Stearns Roff Denholm Neils e 1e lobby of the Gastineau Hotel here over 200 children received re- | |membrances from Santa. On Christ- y. A. T. Spatz, at the instruc- on of A. T. Spatz, Jr., played Santa | Q. When introducing twe per- ime, and in the stocking received Allen Shattuck, Jr., nd one-half dollar gold piece. (vailing introduction is merely, “Mr. | | Brown, Mr. Smith.” a How shculd guests be seated luncheon when there are no at a ices at the Evergreen Native church A. The hostess may designate |in a program arranged by Mrs. Ed-| their places as they approach the munsen a Mr. Katinoook were Jimmie Sharp, Roy Kunz, Daisy inook, William Young, Ruth Willer,; Mamie Watson, Abe Long, Sarah Jackscn, Martha Orsen, James Wat- son and Albert- Orson. LOOK anid LEARN By A. C. Gordon Sunday afternoon the Juneau Gun 1 /Club held a turkey shoot at the Wil- loughby Avenue range. The weather was bad for good shooting, but Tom 1. What is the proportion of men that reach the height of six feet? tions and best wishes today, the: [] birthday anniversary, to the follow- -7 ing: DECEMBER 26, 1916 P Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” —5 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1936 According to astrology this should |be one of the most favorable days on the calendar. Many planets are in benefic aspects which should be most fortunate to men and women. There is a yay promising in- crease of influence among the clergy and other leaders who teach right | living. | Much serious thinking will be en- fccuragvd by the planetary govern- ment this week. Futile regrets and |good resolutions will occupy many minds. Sweeping reforms in the admin- istration of public affairs are prog- nosticated. Surprises will be many |with Washington as the center of interest. For the agéd, benefits are prog- demands have subsided. will make great strides. Fame for a preacher is phophesied in the coming year when a young Claus to boys and girls of Juneau. nosticated. Future anxieties will be‘pmbleu‘.s in the government of the man will gain an amazing follow- | Jackson, Agnes Watson, Sadie Kat- ing. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of improved prospects and numerous changes that mean increase of friends as well as income. Children born on this day probably* will be energetic and dependable. Subjects of this sign gain moderate success easily. 2. How many children are affect- | Banbury won the first bird with| Nicholas J. Roosevelt, inventor, was ed annually by broken homes, Mine bits; J. H. King and F. L. Gib- through divorce? son tied for the second with perfect 3. Who was the first English Scores; Fred Berger won the third printer? |bird with a perfect score; J. H. iKng, the President’s Gabinet|the fourth; J. C. McBride, the fifth 4 Is € d or appointed? 5. Which state of the Union ha the smallest population? |and R. E. Murphy the sixth. |7er Miss Rae, left for the south to ANSWERS |spend the winter in California One man in iwu nundred. 2. Yol | Miss Helmi Aalto, who was attend- 2 1000. |ing the University of Washington, 3. William Caxton. |arrived from Seattle to spend the 4. The cabinet is appointed by holidays with the family in Doug- the President. 5. Nevada, 91,058. las. - - FAIRBANKS MOOSE WOMEN HAVE ELECTION e 5% DAILY LESSONS || IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon Senior Nettie Almquist was elected Regent of the Women of the Moose at a meeting held re- cently in Fairbanks. Mrs. Emma » | Davis was chosen as Junior Regent, 5 “|Mrs. Nora K. Nash as Chaplain, Words Often Misused: Do not say, Mrs. Verna Batchelder as Recorder “She is the loveliest girl that I ever|and Mrs. Jeanne Langstrom as knew Say, “that I have ever Treasurer. They will be installed know: |in office on the evening of Janu- Often Mispronounced: Carbure- ' gpy ter. Pronounce kar-bu?ret-er, a as. in ah, u as in unite, first e as in bet, principal accent on first syl-' lable. { Often Misspelled: Chaperon; on,' not one. Synenyms: Beginning (noun), or- igin, source, cause, commencement, incipience, incipien Word Stud; <! a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: | Inanimate; destitute of life. “Stone: and earth are inanimate substanc- es.” MEN’S DRESS SHOES and OXFORDS 52.95 “BIG VAN;=, e | LEAVES FLAT | Mrs. Gus Rodman, of Flat, le; outbound for the States for the winter months. } P, | 1 { ‘ | { | “Tomorrow's Styles Today” Cigars Cigarettes ‘ Candy Cards THE NEW ARCTIC Pabst Famous Draught Beer On Tap "TIIMMY" CARLSON ‘ Winter Rates ’ | | SITKA HOT SPRINGS | | Mineral Hot Baths Accommodations to suit every taste. Reservations Alaska Air | Transport. | /{Juneau’s Own Store e ® HARRY RACE, Druggist “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” TheB. M. Juneau, | i | Mrs. Ray Stevens and her daugh- Bank SEASON'S GREETINGS TO OUR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS born on this day 1767. Others who have celebrated it as a birthday in- clude John Kepler, astronomer, 1571; Thomas Edward Green, author and lecturer, 1857. MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1936 Friendly stars smiie on the planet Earth today, although certain male- fic influences are active. Accord- ing to astrology the last days of the year are of special interest. Uranus is in a place supposed to encourage confidence and to stimulate energy. Under this sway {it is well to look after all unfinished | -2, THE BEST TAP BEER IN TOWN! /| THE MINERS' || Recreation Farlors ® BILL DOUGLAS | | Behrends Alaska was a two, In the new year many reforms and period of crises for more than one improvements will be sought, chang- | nation, it is predicted, and the Unit- 'es in radio programs will be radical,| Taking part in the Christmas ser-'and the development of television' | i | ] DEVLIN’S | | a - L l business and to prepare for enlarged opporunties, | While women are not under favor- able direction today the stars prom- ise them much activity in 1937 when ed States is to sustain a foremost place among world powers. Persons whose birthday it is have the augury of a year in which they will have unusual experiences thaf bring them influentizl friends. ulation will be lucky to many. ! Children born on this day probs ably will be sericus and studiou$ in nature. Subjects of this sign usually are retiring and difficult to understand. Many succecd through public service. ! Wilson, twenty-eighth | President of the United States, was an auspicious rule under which to so- | :‘;{; 2:1 efi?( :; };[ 1;3:65 b?r(:llle;:_‘, “';l:‘ lcit 1, 4 i < iy £ Perons n the Sun desre to forget|CIGC Catherine Maria - Sedgie business or professional ‘matters. |author, 1789; William E. Chandl: | one-time Secretary of the vy Workers now come under a for- | 1835, 2 Na\.,{, tunate planetary government which | (Copyright, 1936) promise surcease of troubles for a Ve o e S | short time, but they may expect de-i termined conflict among union lead- FERRIER IS DAD Now; i ers in the future. The planets are| read as mdicating vietory for es-| SON.BORN AT TACOMA tablished traditions. | The seers find in the horoscope | of Edward VIII omens of supreme | 3 they will be needed in many lines of public service. There is a sign read as encour- aging both men and women to free themselves from burdens which have handicapped them in the past. The stars aid those who pay their debts. On this first day of the week in- iative is to be avoided and it is not i A boy baby was born to Mr. and 's. Norman Ferrier at Tacoma on future, I can be found of service to His isons, is it proper to say, “Mr. Brow mber 21. according to radio ac- | Majesty in a private station I shall not fail 11 wish to make you acquainted wirh He distributed Christmas stockings|diminished with assurance of mod-|empire. Cabinet changes are fore- Mrs. Ferrier is with her par- ! And now we all have a new King. I wish My, Smith”? f nuts, candy end popcorn. In ev-!erate pensions in every state after|cast. Closer relations with the in Tacoma. Dad Ferrier is em+ ! him and you, his people, happiness and | A. This phrase could not exac ry stocking was a newly minted the agitation due to recent extreme'United Stateés are presaged. ved in the Alaska Juneau and | The new year of 1937 is to be a spent a very lonesome but happy Christmas here. Young Ferrier has been named Glenn. —_———— Alex Sey You are invited to present this coupon at the hox office of the {002 Capitol Theatre and receive tickets for your- self and a friend or relative to see “Big Brown Eyes” l ) As a paid-up subscriber of The Daily Alaska Empire Good only for current offering Your Name May Appear Tomorrow WATCH THIS SPACE WINDOW CLEANING PHONE 48% INSURANCE Allen Shattuck Established 1898 Juneau R = Alaska 230 South Franklin CONNORS MOTOR CO., Inc Distributors PONTIAC Telephone 411 CHEVROLFT LUMBER Juneau Lumber Mills, Inc. —_— HOTEL GASTINEAU Every Effort Made for the Comfort of the Guests! 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