The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 29, 1936, Page 4

?\l X THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, DEC. 29, 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, Alaska. Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Belivered in carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: ¥ in advence, $12,00; six months, in advance, $6.00. h, in advance, §1.25. Bubscribers will confer the Business Office of any of their papers. avor if they will promptly notify aflure or irregularity in the delivery s Office, 374 News Office, 602; Busin MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PR The Associated Press is exclusively entitled republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited In this paper and also the local news published “herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION C THAN THAT OF ANY OTE LARGER TION. A POOR ALIBI Report from San Francisco is that the Copeland shipping bill p: and which is becoming effective now at the first of ed at the last session of Congress the year may have a tendency to complicate matters Essence of that probably is that both sides are trying to pass the blame for non-settlement on to somebody and nobody is handy but the government, so the natural thing is in settlement of the maritime strike. to blame the government or Congress. It is thin ice to the use for | glorious thing that it is he will be doing a real service in the cause of peace. We have been waiting for a report on the exodus of economic royalists who were going to leave this country if Roosevelt was re-elected. Already the Republicans have slogan, “Life Begins in '40.” adopted a new | — | Hitler seems to be one of those chaps who can make a pair of deuces do the work of three aces. Dividends Of The C. C. C. (Philadelphia Record) On President Roosevelt’s desk this week is the report of Robert Fechner, Director of Emergency Conservation Work, boss of C. C. C. Fechner shows that the cost of the C. C. C. this past year was $492,000,000. How much is $492,000,0002 Well, it is not quite as much as was spent by the Federal Farm Board | during the Hoover regime. This board, as you'll recall, { was to halt the wave of farm foreclosures, rescue the farmer and stem the deflation of agricultural values. It did none of those things. But it did spend 1 $500,000,000. | What did C. C. C. get for its $492.000,000? First, it took 378,467 American youths off relief and off the streets. It paid them $154,000,000, but w to it that about $125,000,000 of this went home |to the folks. Most of them were on relief. C. C. C. payments usually were deducted from local relief e: penditures so it is safe to say State and local govern- ments were saved at least $100,000,000 in relief expens2. | Here is how many lines of business, trades anr professions shared in C. C. C. disbursements: Clothing bought, $42,000,000 Spent for shelter, $21,000,000. For medical care, $11,000,000. Hiring of foremen, instructors, $86,000,000. Wool purchased for blankets, bedding and clothing, . 70,000,000 pounds. ! Laundry bill, $4,000,000. Shoe repairs, $1,000,000. Food purchased daily, 2,250,000 pounds i What did the nation receive in return for the cost jof C. C.C.? { officers, ectc., { replanting of 276,296 acres of national forests with al- | most 30,000,000 trees; the building of 577 camps in na- | It received 393 State park projects in 47 States;' for both the strikers and the shipowners to be tread- | tional forests; 483 soil conservation projects; 97 War ing on after tying up the shipping of the pac,m‘DmmrtmenL projects; hundreds of reclamation jobs; HAPPY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: DECEMBER 29 Elmer J. Jacobsen George E. Sheeper Alice McFayden t Alma Ferguson Thelma Thomas { 'l A T ST MODERN b ETIQUETTE | By Roberta Lee E | Q. When giving a dance, what | the best way for a hostess to that all the girls have partners’ sponsibility. ja small home wedding? it is entirely optional. en? A is | fork being left on the plate. | i - || LOOK anid LEARN By A. C. Gordon 1 uiated country in Europe? production? | 3. Who discovered vaccination? | 4. What does plenipotentiary mean? What tribe of Indians own | BIRTHDAY | 20 YEARS AGO [ Frum The Empire i [ | The Entente reply to the German | note for peace proposals was com- |pleted and was ready for trans- mission to Itely, Russia and France |for discussion before being sent to |Germany. It was known that com- | plete reparation and guarantees for |the future were undoubtedly stated lin no uncertain terms. { Members of Mount Juneau Lodge [No. 147, F. & A. M, installed new officers at ceremonies in their club rooms in the Odd Fellows Hall. Her- |man T. Tripp acted as installing of- |ficer. Officers for the coming year were John Rustgard, Stephen P. Horoscope “The stars incline i but do not compel” ! ‘WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30, 1936. Adverse planetary aspects domin- ate today, according to astrology. Work may be retarded and efforts to wind up the year’s affairs may be thwarted. Saturn is in a place menacing to the condition of workers who may) | be subject to malefic aspects which cause mistakes in making important decisions. Under this rule of the stars it:is wise not to make any changes in the management of real estate or in !the standards of rentals. Housing & |ernor of New York, 1873; Francis Marion Drake, Army officer and founder of Drake University, 1830. (Copyright, 1936) “Lesson” in Music PITTSBURGH, Pa. Dec. 28. Deaf children gave the director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orches- tra a lesson in music. The children, students at De Paul Institute, sat in the balcony at a symphony concert and told Con- ductor Antonio Modareilli how his music “felt.” Then Modereilli was their guest at one of their own concerts at the school for the deaf, where they or- ganized a 40-piece “rhythm” band and a 24-piece harmonica band. The harmonica group played mu- sic from the orchestra’s repertoire, |Deaf Children Give Raymond, Edward D. Beattie, John is to be a ser R. Willis, Peter G. Peltret, Emile!in many big ci ee |G stonguay, Albert Berry, John W.| Members of the glas St ties. % Women today are subject to a v |McDaniel, Cldye B. Williams, Frank | kindly aspect of Venus and for that |lucky wedding day, although there 0ckimay be misunderstandings. us problem in 1937 although they couldn't hear a note. The deaf musicians showed . the symphony conductor their program | A. The very best way is to sce|M & | I that every girl comes with @an es-| P Koepper and N. Wheeler Mars-|reason should enjoy social enter-|notes from his concert: cort. The man then bears this rc- | oD |tainments of every sort. It is aj “There was no much music that lwe could feel the vibration in the | tloor and in the cushions and in the ! Q Must a bride wear gloyes at| | Company A. Not unless she wishes to do so Q. How should asparagus be ea!- With the fork, the part-which not easily broken off with the | | | it at the City Dock before Mrs. Spick-| cient traditions again are prognos- Which is the most thickly pop- 2. What state leads in sugar cane were rehearsing a new| The seers read this as a most; chairs and every place we touched.” 1y included H. E. Murray, Pat Mc- | auspicious rule under which to offer > Guire, Jessie Koss, Roy Noland. {the hand and the heart. College' The oldest symphony orchestra in S men may be exceedingly susceptible|the United States is the New York Mr. and Mrs. W. Irvine Johnsori of |and holiday engagements numer-, Philharmonic. Douglas were being congratulated oys. | upon the birth of a son, Dccombcr; Travel by airplane may be extra- 51 |27 |ordinarily hazardous today when | |storms and high winds are forecast Mrs. John T. Spickett was Ac-|in many states. knowledged to be some sprinter,! pondon will attract a large num- {when she stopped the runaway ho! | e ©iber of tourists this winter when and sleigh of J. B. Caro. The horse| heavy fogs will prevail. Extraordin- tarted on Main Street, went upiary excitement over events that be- Stree nt, down Franklin and was about! jong to the new era and shatter an- t caught up with him. Beyond the ticated rse and Mrs. Spickett being; As the year closes the United ithless, no damage was done | States government will face inter- national problems as complex as any | Bruno Coliuski, the runaway boy ever presented in Washington. The musician from Seattle was present-‘pl-esmem will reveal strength of \/ =% Elmer Jakeway Capitol Theatre |ing a concert at the Palace Theatre. d A real find, the boy prodigy was purpose and wise foresight. Persons whose birthdate it is have and receive tickets for yourself and a friend or relative to see Ambitious Co-Ed PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Not content | with the distinction of being one |of three women engineering stu- !dents in the University of Pitts- burgh’s school of engineering which numbers 700 students, Miss Lois Joyce plans to win the M.D. degree |and to combine medicine and en- | gineering. ———-——— i Today’s News Today—Empire. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Probate Court for Juneau Precinct, Territory of Alaska, Di- vision No. One. In the Matter i of+ the Estaté of NELS PEARSON, deceased. Notice is ‘hereby given that on the 4th day'of December, 1936, the undersigned,:g drew Rosness, was duly appointed utor of the Will |of Nels Pearson, deceased; all per- I'sons having claims against the es- | tate of said Nels Pearson, deceased, must ‘present same, duly verified, to the undersigned, at the office |of Henry Roden, Valentine Build- ing, Juneau, Alaska, within six months from date of this notice. Dated this 7th day of December, 1936. ANDREW ROSNESS, Executor. First publication, Dec. 8, 1936. Last publication, Dec. 29, 1936, You are invited to present this coupon at the box office of the Coast and a large part of the nation for 60 days wilh no prospect of settlement. The Copeland bill is an interesting piece of legis- lation passed on the next to the last day of the last session of Congress, or June 19. Its main purpose is to build up the American merchant marine. It was conceived after it was revealed to Congress that under the old system of government subsidy the merchant marine was getting nowhere despite the fact that Uncle Sam had paid out $135500,000 on mail con- tracts, $112,500,000 in plain subsidy and loaned $H7.-I 943,642 for new construction and reconditioning; in fact, virtually nothing had been done to keep the! American merchant marine at least on par with other countries. So it drafted the Copeland bill among other things includes these provisions: That all mail contracts must be voided by June 30, 1937. Next, a Maritime Commission of five mem- bers is given power to absorb the construction differ- ential by paying American shipyards the domestic price, and selling to private owners at the foreign price. If, for instance, the American cost of the ship is $1,000,000, and the determined foreign cost $500,000, the government will pay the American builder $1,000,- 000, and sell the ship to the applicant for $500,000, payable 25 per cent down, and the balance in twenty yearly installments, the government retaining a first mortgage for its protection. The law also provides for absorption of the operating differential; that is, the higher cost of American crews, insurance and sub- sistence. In return for federal aid, the bill demands that plans for all vessels must be approved by the Navy, which hospitalization of 4911 youths who never could.have |afforded such treatment in private life—and a degree of man-building upon which no price can be put The C. C. C. still is going strong. It is one of th: outstanding achievements of the Roosevelt Adminis- | tration. It is a big customer of business men and manufacturers, providing millions that go through their payrolls, creating more jobs and more purchasing power for other Americans, Its record, as evidenced in Fechner’s report, con- stitutes one more powerful argument for making the C. C. C. a permanent institution. The Government as Banker (New York Times) One of the important questions before the Roose- velt Administration—a question which the Treasury is now considering—is the future of the various credit agencies which have made the Government the biggest banker in the country. There are more than thirty of these agencies in Washington—a few antedating Mr. Roosevelt, but most of them the work of his Ad- ministration. The three best known are the Re- construction Finance Corporation, which has loaned money principally to banks, railways and insurance companies; the Farm Credit Administration, which has refinanced farm mortgages, and the Home Owners Loan Corporation, which has made loans on urban real estate. Less important, but also in the picture, are PWA, TVA, the Commodity Credit Corporation | |and various smaller offices. Considered in the aggre- gate, the Government’s activities in this field have been on a gigantic scale. The total assets of all Fed- eral credit agencies amount in round numbers to the large sum of $11,000,000,000—represented chiefly by | mortgage loans, bank loans and preferred bank stock |now in the Government’s hands. Total liabilities— I(‘hie!ly bonds, notes and debentures—are in the neighborhood of $6,500,000,000. salves and fought with the South P'2¥ing on his program “Souvenir,” the augury of a year of big success- a “minuet” by Beethoven and “Mo-'es {o which small troubles may be . ments Musicale” by Kreisler. “Mar- attached. {tyrs of the Alamo,” an all-star, five may make sudden changes that will ,during the Civil War? | ANSWERS |part Griffith’s feature and Fatty pe profitable. 1. Belgium. | P e . ¥ be profitable. 2. Louisiana. Arbuckle in “Fatty’s Funny Fall, Edward Jenner, English phy Lorant, ician. 4. One, especially a diplomatic| agent, invested with full power to| transact any, or a certain, business. 5 , or “Flatheads.” 5. Chocta 1P | e e DAILY LESSONS || IN ENGLISH ‘ By W. L. Gordou | | ‘Words Often Misused: Do not say; | {“December has been excessively cold.” Say, “exceedingly cold.” Often Mispronounced: Reptile Pronounce the i as in ill, or as in tile, i Often Misspelled: Chaos (pro-| nounced kay-o0s.) } Synonyms: Leader, director, master, chief. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Penitent; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt; rependant. “Be peni- tent, and for thy fault contrite.”— Milton. i arrested Mack Parks, of Saw Hollow, s ber: _|were the pictures on the Palace pro- ably will be clear of thought and Mrs. Robertson, mother of Ralph E. Robertson, entered St. Ann's Hos- ' clined toward self-esteem. ital to undergo an operation for |appendieitis. Mrs. L. O. Sloane and born on this day 1835, Others who .:"r’ J. Malone said ‘that the Dfllifm‘have celebrated it as a birthday in- was resting easily BIZNGCAESIT, “Private Number” As a paid-up subscriber of The Daily Alaska Empire Good only for current offering. Subjects of this sign | Children born on this day prob- keen of wit. Subjects of this sign |may be sensitive and changeable. | They reach fame, and may be in- Your Name May Appear Tomorrow WATCH THIS SPACE Rudyard Kipling, writer, was iclude Alfred E. Smith, former Gov- Almost a Habit WELCH, W. Va,, — Angelo Mak- ris told trooper M. C. Green that i+ | his lunch stand near Stevens Clinic| burglarized ag me in four years. ain—the twelfth Trooper Green Mill ind charged him with rob- Makris asserted $90 worth of nned goods was stolen. e Today’s News Today—Empire. ory E—— MEN’S DRESS WINDOW CLEANING PHONE 48% INSURANCE Allen Shattuck Established 1898 America’s Greatest Shoe Values and Prettiest Footwear Juneau Alaska | | | e i We truly believe thal we sell | | | === = 230 South Franklin DEVLIN’S and all contracts shall contain provisions for minimum ! Few people would question the value of the serv- manning scales, minimum wage scales, ultimately 90 |ices performed by most of these agencies, and particu- per cent or more American crews and officers, depend- | 1arly by the larger ones, during the troubled period ing on the type of vessel, and registry under the Stars f‘t"’m t_“’“‘;{‘mgl“ie“"c“o“r“'yr;l‘fsn "‘C"re“‘;:- “;”"’ lf“e“‘;‘l“'t and Stripes for at least twenty years. In order A {fEucHan BEESton, oxes o of great stress, shored up the whole structure of private insure proper replacement, the contractor is required\ Dotin e g Grandmas | JUNCTION CI-TY, Kas. — Grand- mothers here have organized a “Dof ing Grandmothers’ club.” They me OES and $2.95 OXFORDS ** BIG VAN:™.. | TS, et Telephone 411 CONNORS MOTOR CO., Inc Distributors credit long enough to permit a rise in asset§ and in to create and maintain out of gross earnings a capiml‘ . R reserve fund to take care of depreciation over the twenty-year period. Also a special reserve fund in which shall be deposited all profits over 10 per cent in excess of the profits deposited in the capital reserve fund. Moreover, the shipbuilder must return to the government all profit in excess of 10 per cent per annum. In looking over this summary it can be plainly seen why the Copeland bill might have a very defin- ite bearing on the marine strike. But what puzzles us is why the warring factions didn't think anything about it until they wanted to blame somebody else for not settling the strike. ‘The Copeland bill was passed last June. It can be stated without fear of contradiction that bolh the shipowners and unions did plenty of lobbying in connecticn with it. Then i% dropped out of the picture until they needed some- thing for an alibi to the public on why they are not S settling the strike. It's a poor alibi. OVERALLE AS A AID T PEACT Gen. Johrsomn commard d of criticism w that soldie: can in trim k in some cf the m1 T idea of fighting a war being all dres But General Hazood's theme is not to elevate the overall or dungaree in m’litary standing or discredit the fighting qualities of the men in olive drab. Rather, he very sensibly proposes to take some of the glamor out of war. He wants to picture it the cruel, dis- agreeable, tedious work that it is. Hegc of the ted no nd well in There hey sl without . | No better example of what the General is getting ot can be found than the present civil war in Spain. ‘There, troops of both sides, in all sorts of old clothes, as pictures reveal, are killing and maiming them- selves just as effectively as if they were draped in khaki or wearing gold braid. War is a cold-blooded proposition. It is purely a matter of killing the other chap before he kills you. There isn't anything glamor- ous or heroic about it when one gets out in the mud up to one’s ears and starts dodging bullets. It is the hardest kind of work and whether the soldier is wear- ing 4 snappy uniform or a pair of overalls doesn't make any difference. It is a tough job at best. Regardless of the relative merits of khaki and . overalls, if General Hagood can take some of the ‘motion picture glory out of war and paint it the in- |earning power to take place. The Farm Credit Ad- !ministration went to the rescue of debi-ridden farmers | whose discontent, in certain sections of the country, had reached alarming proportions. The Home Owners |Loan Corporation helped many urban residents to |save their homes, and laid the basis for a better mort- gage system. The whole task, it now appears, will be ‘accomplished at comparatively small expense. The | question is not whether the effort was worth making, |or whether the price paid was too high, but whether |a point has now been reached at which some of the emergency credit agencies can properly be discontin- ued and others merged for the purpose of liquidating |present assets. The case of each agency must be considered on ils own merits and in the light of existing needs. | But, by and large, it is clearly desirable that the Gov- 'ernment should retire from the banking business as |promptly and as tactfully as circumstances will per- ,mit. There are several sound arguments in favor of ch action. For one thing, liquidation of present sets would strengthen the Treasury’s position. Again, | 'he withdrawal of Government competition would en- courage an expansion of private banks loans and help | 1o restore more normal banking and credit conditions. nally, action of this kind would have a good effect on public opinion in general. For it would signalize the Government’s belief that the financial crisis is definitely a thing of the past and that the time has 'come to begin the demobilization of the great “emer- gency” machine which has been built up in Wash- ington. | France has suddenly become big hearted and |offered to pay one-eighth of the war debt if the | United States will lop off the other seven-eighths. Just give that country time and she’ll probably figure out that we actually owe her money.—Ohio State Journal. Let the present tightening lines of supervision continue in operation for another year or two, and Nazi subjects will be breathing only as directed.— Detroit Free Press. It is comforting to know that Madrid has been able to preserve its school of philosophy. They're going to need a lot of philosophy over there before the thing is over.—Boston Herald. Bolshevism, Fascism, and National Socialism have differences, but they have one great common charac- teristic. They all make a slave of the individual.— Detroit Free Press. Uncle Sam lives and learns. The only interna- tional notes he takes now are informatory instead of promissory.—Dallas News. every month to discuss their grand- children and plan to make scrap- books of pictures and information about each grandchild. 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