The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 23, 1937, Page 4

R THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, FEB. 23, 1937. | e o o, ing to the fullest in the spontaneous “Good Neighbor”| e e s || oo S BN alid | state * inbefitancs, estate, lo- Dally' A’lasklt Emplre \indertaking. Let every citizen rally now. to the HA PBPI g THD ; I A Il/bur gsacy, or succession taxes are not ROBERT W. BENDER Editor and Manages [help-of-our stricken good neighbors. i Dougias. AY|| 20 YEARS AGO ¢ HOTGSCO Pe de:iucflble on Federal income-tax \ . - - L urns. S | The Empire extends congratula- I ncome i F The Empire The Federal taxes on automobiles, o gasoline, and liquor are imposed upon the manufacturer, producer, or importer, and are not deductible |by the purchaser or consumer. | Whether or not the gasoline tax jor the sales tax levied by a State e EMPIRE Juneau, ay by vening except S at Second and Published ever: PRINTING COMPAN Alaska. tions and best wishes today, their P by birthday anniversary, to the follow- Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class (New York Times) ing: “ matter. ( Five vears ago trailers were just so many over- g night shelters, Now there are at least 300,000 which are real homes. Adversity is their father, necessity “The stars inclire but do not compel” Gasoline Gypsies FEBRUARY 23, 1917 The Swedish ship Skogland, with five Americans aboard, was sunk by a German submarine which gave Tax Reduction for Taxes Enter o FEBRUARY 23 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24, 1937 Mrs. Grover C. Winn Benefic aspects rule today, ac- " SUBSCRIPTION RATES neau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. lollowizs rates: 6.00: | their mother, For $50 a man suddenly thrown out B. F. Kane the crew ten minutes to take tofcording to astrology. It is auspic- Into Annual Returns [may be deducted by the individual of work can take to the road with his whole family Bob Martin boats, it was reported to the State|ious for women who give time to Be M d |purchaser depends upon the terms tne Subteribers will confer o favor it thes wil promptly not(s |and transfer his lares and penates to a luckier town. George V. Kudzoff Department at Washington. public service' in any form. Phil- to ade {of the State law imposing the of their pavers, The nearest automobile cemetery supplies him with e anthropists should benefit. itax, consequently the right to the News 374 P Telephones Offtos Bukiness Qftice a chassis and wheels; the rest is a matter of carpen- tering. For those who have spare cash several hun- dred manufacturers stand ready to supply more pre- tentious wheeled dwellings. If his taste runs that way. an economic royalist with the instinct of a gypsy can ETIQUETTE pay $5,000 for a home .with &;living room (folding | berths). a kitchenette, a bath)-bookshelves, a desk, a By Roberta Lee . sink, 1:1 re[(xi'uwmtr."_ lvk\(‘-lricl!ights. ;_ gsri'l‘l. R S ——— Hi An open hand, a ffed. heart and with three days’ supply of water, a radio set, awnings, 4 fer \an overflowing spirit of hospitality .roof ventilators, screen doors and-sofa pillows. T here Q. When one is leaving, after Are oW bout. 35,000 manufactured -trailers -boughs|Makihg a call, is It all ght to gay, imarked the banguet held by the at an average retail price. of about.$1,000. ; This year| I am afraid I have stayed. too Washington s v Taxes on real estate and personfllideductlun, as between purchaser property paid during the year 1936 anq seller, varies in the different are deductible. So-called taxes, gtates. which are assessed against local ynder the Revenue Act of 1936 benefits, such as streets, sldewnlks.fghe amount of excess-profits tax drainage, and other like improve- paid or accrued under the Revenue government is read as fostering the |Ments, are not deductible, for they | Act of 1935 (as amended) is deduc- géneral efficiency of employees, tend to increase the value of the tiple in computing net income of a While envy and jealousy may be|Property and thus comstitute cost corporation for the purpose of both prevalént at this time there isi°f @ permanent. improvement. /the normal tax and the surtax on promise of fairness in political as-: The Federal income tax may not undistributed profits. The holiday social event was the| The stars smile on brides today Washington'’s Birthday Ball given|and seem to presage a life of happy. in the A. B. Hall by the ladies of|partnership and increasing pros- the Eastern Star. The attendance|petity, was large and the scene at all times| Executives of every rank should a pretty one. be fortunate for this planetary —k MEMBER OF L The Associa Pre republication of all news ¢ wise crec:itsd in this pape heretn ALASKA CIRCULATION GUATANTEED TO BE LARGER PUBLICATION. MODERN we have a floating pépulation. 'But ours floats on |better not to over-stay the required land. Tt is already so self-conscious that it boasts of 'Period; then, even the thought of 'a national organization, official guidebooks and con-1an apology will not occur: ventions. Q. Isit all right to ask for a At least a million persons now lead a gypsy life [second helping of some favorite dish that knows no care for the morrow, with the pros-|at a luncheon? pect that a year hence there will be two million. Rent?, A. It is better not to do so, as sided at the affair held at the Al- aska Grill. Al White, property owner of Val- dez, arrived in Juneau and was at |the Zynda Hotel. He planned to remain here while the Legislature ligerent tendency so evident” among nations will be reflected among all groups of human beings, includ- ng families, Poise and patience should be cultivated persistently. The new moon of this month, |which was said to have a peculiar be deducted. The tax on unjust | tax, however, paid to the State by an individual on his income is an allowable deduction on his Federal income-tax return. Customs duties paid by a person cn articles imported for his own use are deductible. Federal taxes cn admissions in excess of 40 cents o &, -4 r 4 long.! \ twenty-two former students of the signments. Civil service is to ex- { 9 e there will'be 75.000. Already the designes$ are' think- " P University of Washington. W. H d fully , . |enrichment—a Federal tax on in-| s 0 tug traflers. | Like| A.: Ne. Remarks stch #§ this|University gton. W. H.ipand successfully. g]hgm(;iv L::(‘::”:‘nd“‘]“?\p?f t:-:;-cdo(;mfvm, h:l:wbofll‘; {show sclf-consciousness,” It s much | Thompson, Washington, ’89, pre-| Warning is given' that the bel-|°°Me—is not deductible. Income He Steals 15 Cents, Given Thirty Years | BROOKLYN, N. Y., Feb. 23. — ' Crime does not pay in the case of ‘lJohn Schmand. For a 15-cent hold |up he was sentenced to serve thirty | to sixty years in Sing Sing. It is hard to extract more than a dollar a week from |probably the hostess has planned|Was In session jeffect upon the British govern-| ;o Tioquctivle but the B . The piaft- neiilenies’ Wik imprasd one of these nomads for the privilege of parking in (for only one helping. This/ Would! ment, regarded by the Seers asi ..t show that by Ooumby 1 L SRRSO Ll el i 3 | W. H. Case, called south because sible 1 £ 2 ) at account has been by County Judge Taylor because an empty lot. If the rent is raised he couples his|cause embarrassment to both, | W. H. Case, % oc{responsible In a measure 1OY IN-|gept of the amount paid, Taxes Schmand had a long police record DISASTER STRIKES AGAIN trailer to his car, the equivalent of an Arabian folding| Q. Please suggest a few gifts 0f the illness of his mother, re-|creased demand for armaments. .. " 1. qies are deductible by the | including several terms in Sing Sing b oA of tents, and steals away, none too silently, to @ lof paper to give a couple who are turned to Juneau on the City of Se-| Persons whose birt date it is have| o ver paying them, An individe |and in the state penitentiary and Again the demon fire, the north’s great enemy, cheaper lot or the next town. Leases, deeds— fingers observing their first wedding apni-|2!te: '(?9 3“;";“’2’}‘0’ ‘;Y“‘l of ;‘“‘f’"‘me;s;ual may deduct the tax on his tele- | because he was armed with a knife has struck, virtually razing the City of Douglas across &ré snapped at such formalities. { versary. ! . 1 throug] e channels of riend- ') ne conversations, radi . | duri h 5 ”fi,‘ (4,:‘:”‘,‘\‘.‘!“‘,’;‘ '\]m“_:,‘f' ,;,;H :“",”(:,r ])fl:.:]():: of the But the day of reckoning is at hand. Instead of | A Books, stationery, subsérip-| William Frye, in charge of the|ship, but jealousies may be irri- gs telegrams, and cableso :‘::“:n‘ i ‘—im‘kfi |-‘v FREE T )“ i Figee nging a “heighho for the open road and the blue |tions to magazines. playing eards. P'Umbing department of the C. W.tating. the rent of. hif safe depoén facri A total of 59,058 4 business property of the little city has gone up I guw (he gasoline gypsies will vent their ire at the legal | IR R 7. Pl 7 Young Company, and pitcher of | Children born on this day prob=| giocic @ o crhiet B DAL : of 59,058 persons received lames and scores are homeless, their homes, many of peyhed;wipe through which they must soon cut their | . | |the Juneau baseball team, return-|uply will he. optimistic. in - nature! . aiinon cartan b“m’; old age assistance amounting to $1,- which represent a life time’s work, are in smoulders ymy.' Bbr’they present new social problems, ' Cali- T % led from a business trip south. and strong i body. These sub=|] edummg" i tava Auem“e‘mb‘;;e 86299894 in California in Novem- ing ruins. Many a hope is dashed in those .smeking’ forhid Has‘asked for Federal assistance to' pay for | | S ijects of Pisces usually love the out- license. fees’ dre or‘dlmrfl ta: € | ber. i [the schooling of 50,000 trailer children, The National| | LOOK cnid LEABN || rdith Messerschmidt, who had|door world, although the talents T ey -~ i Like other cities of Alaska.which have feit the Association of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers pleads | By A. C. Gordon " | |been south for several weeks, wasfof some will confine them 1o $e-itoy ang 5 not deductible. In gen- “Smiling Service” T % ravages of flame, Douglas, of course, will rise ,mm‘gog uqurm licensing laws and vsaf.r:ly standards. y A G b returning to Juneau. \dentary tasks. {eral, taxes are deductible only by 1 Il the suine as do they oll. . Tts vallant citizens. with Fint Mich, bans “tin can tourists” tnléss”their] . o | ‘Winslow Homer, famous paint-|jpe’ Bert’s Cas| Grocery | he ruins as do they all. - Its vallant cltizens. WHR oppyjatory residences conform with the local housing | % Juneau high school tesns defeat-ler, was born on this day 1836. Oth-'.c. PeTson upon whom they are| { PHONE 105 | their pioneer courage, will not be vanquished b, the yoguations On 'some roads automobiles and trailers| 1. Who were called “the"gteat- eq Douglas in'two games at the A.lers who hase. celobrated it s al TPOSCd: | Pree Delivery s (ll\yus(m‘ which has struck them They. lmtubrnll\". are disbarred beeause they are classed as trueks. Real [est trio of American debaters'? B. Hall gym. Juneau high school pirthday include William Hafris| F‘eder{{fiestate and gm taxes will ¢ ¢ forward and rise on the shore of Gastineaul estate owners are concerned because the man who| 2. What is-the annual co: Wml’"\vnn from the Douglas Kamera Channel a more modern little city. And in the interim Juneau will act in the role of the good neighbor, just as she immediately res- ponded when the flames were first noted. No time should be lost in seeing that our neighbors across the channel are made comfortable until their reha- bilitation work has been completed. . . . drags his house after him has about as much sense, tion of bituminous coal in 4 of fixity as a tramp. Hotels and the more preten- ed States? A | tious roadside camps wonder what will become of their | 3. How many miles are thel}e in overnight patronage. = Public health officials are al- one league? ready drafting laws to regulate the disposal of trailer! 4. In what country were watches garbage and wastes. And legislators are considering first made? ' ways of taxing rovers both as highway destroyers| 5. What city was the capital of and as home owners. All of which shows how diffi- [the Southern Confederacy? |cult it is to foresee what the social consequences of | an invention are likely to be. 1 Every year we observe what is known as fire pre- vention week. The general idea is to make people! fire conscious and establish more efficient barriers against the constant danger of fire. But no fire pre- vention week can demonstrate so vividly the great care needed against flame as can one disaster such |and John Calhoun. A foreign fly at Madrid is quoted as remark-| 2. The estimate in a recent year ing, “The trouble with the country is too many Span-was 346,000,000 tons. " This, we believe, is being corrected.—Detroit! 3. Three miles. wi! 4. Fifteenth century. e g as struck Douglas this morning. ! s .‘*“——_ B e lm‘ 5. Richmond, Va. \; y Visited as we are here by terrific winds, just| AR Up-to-date men's wardrobe must have 10 sl et as the high gale was responsible for the great damage o o o ¢ b # P in the labor movement, one for sitting down in.— Charleston, W. Va., Mail. across the channel today, we cannot be too careful in guarding against outbreaks of fire. Juneau, itself, | had a close call just a few weeks ago during the heavy' The spring training season for our great national | windstorm. If one little blaze in a hardware store game is close at hand, and already, we note, Senawr;‘ hadvnet: been foirtunately noted early that morning, Borah ig pinch«hitting. for the ‘Supreme Court nine.— Juneau probably would have suffered a terrific loss, Boston Herald. Through complete co-operation with ordinance | and inspection the fight against fire must be carried | DAILY LESSONS | N ENGLISH’| 1By W.:L."Gord a | Exposure to the cold is called bad for the hous2- | Words Often Misused: Do not. say, T 4 Bk, °“ hold cat. We have mentioned this subject to Old “Mary had laid down to rest.” Say, on day in .‘u\d day out. 'ljhfl(‘ is no moment Whll:.h Pussy, but he insists on going out these cold nights “Mary had lain down.” ; the barrier can be let down. While we rally to aid to court his lady friends.—Salem News, | Often Misprtpcinoe: Humi)le.- Douglas toward rehabilitation let us not overlook the; I AN 5. S AR ! Pronounce the h, not um-bl. graphic though disastrous lesson that the razing| Butter rationing in the Reich is a hardship, but | often Misspelle&: Desecrate; : of our neighbor city brings home. {things don’t begin to be tough until they order a gege not desa, nor desi. % e @ e Synonyms: Separate (verb), seg i 4 regate, divide, detach, divorce, dis- What we don’t like about the public debt is that gommect, alienate. it is always establishing a new high.—Buffalo Courier- | worq Study: “Use a word three or telephane the Legion Dugout. The phone number | =T zi::; ngd it is inn;rs." b!.et ustln- a3 ur vocabulary y master- is 1192. Some one from the Legion or Auxiliary will| vy are beginning to get old when you throw out ing one word each day. Today's be on duty there until the emergency has passed. your chest and your trousers slip.—Harrison County word: Impassive; not susceptible City officials and other organizations are co-operat- Times. ‘of pain or Sufi'erin'g- unmoved. “Im- passive as the marble in the quar- ry.”"—De Quincty. three-inch collar on the beer.—Atlaiita Constitution. Serving as a clearing house for aid in the disaster L W AT is the American Legion and Auxiliary. Those who have rooms or other accommodations should call at ( R Orphan Annie, hey were that | bad.) RATHBONE IS IN HOLLYW0OD FROM ENGLAND - Movie Vill:I_Says There| Will Be No ILuro- pean War HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 23. — On the | wings oi a glowering storm, with | tnunder mn crescendo and wind his ing, Basil Rathbone made a fittingly villainous return to Hollywood. His half a year in England and on the eontinent was spent, he reported, in practical'y complete bad weather, which ought to show, him what a movie viliain can expect. But the tall, affable and .kuhul»} arly Rathbone brought with him| an undustardly note of cheer: in his opinion, there will be no war| in Europe. He had a’great deal of | fun sizing things up, making per-| sonal observations and forming per- sonal opmions which (he admits) | he enjoys doing. This radical fellow goes further than thut. He thipks actors are en- titled t¢ politica} ppmmu’ and .to| the expressing of “them, 'whatéver policy cor tradition may @ecree to the contrary It was with some diffioulty tha Rathbone was steered conversa tionally from the turbulent waters of European intrigue and diplo- macy to the comparatively placid sea of fim topics, where drama | fleats in ccluloid reflection. It was Goubly difficult because the man was intcresting as well as inter- ested. Anne Harding Stars But Kathbone finally talked about | picture — the one he made ir Ekngland — and reported that from what he'd heard about it Ann Harding will return to Hol- ivwood “a bigger star than eve (This was something to hear, since Miss Harding’s later Hollywond pictures rather-made- her a Little | “Love from a Stranger,” Rath-| bone expects, will help him too.| FAST MERCY i —————— { An annular eclipse of the sun occurs when the moon is in such a: |{lows: JHS: Burford, ‘Hodges. Torvinen, Vestal and Mac- |Kinnon sub for Williams; Douglas: (Marakannan, Kennedy, Schneider, Oliver, Fitzmorris. JHS girls de- feated DHS girls 11 to 4, with the following players: ley, E. Perelle, G. Gilpatrick, E. Sut- Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, ton, F. Ptack; DHSG: B. Gamble, H. Aalto, Y. Beck, V. Loughlin, A. Bollinger. Simpson MacKinnon, Juneau boy appointed to Annapolis, passed his examinations for entrance to the United States Naval Academy, ac- cording to word received by his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lockie MacKin- non. ‘Weather: Highest, 34; lowest, 20; clear. 3 e e A ' One of Gary Cooper’s wedding hl !Qt_esems to his mgnager, Jack Moss and his bride, was an sterling candelabra. elaborate JHSG: D. Ha-| Crawford, Virginia statesman, 1772; Jnit- |Klub 23 to 4. Lineups were as fol-|samuel Provoost, Protestant Episco- Williams, pa] Bishop, 1742; George William !Curtis, writer and editor, 1824. (Copyright, 1937) { - RHODA MAY CLARK-—FoC. cui- rectionist. 517 Goldstein Bldg. adv Money Saved i is Money Earned EARN AT | | Work and Dress 228 Front St. B e “THE REXALL STORF” | “People do, in everyday life. ‘i‘hiuki | dzawback s New York — (oonfnuch] At least it is his first film role un- | HT MAn ‘ained by villainy (well, almost) | wd it offers him, actually,~as a | ¢ b romantic lover. On the stagéfsuch | S d usual, but in pietures EDMONTON, Feb, 23.—A mercy he ioined the “man you love to flight by Pilot Con Farrell, taking, kate” parade. For profesgional @ trapper’s wife, critically ill, from well-beinz, he has been tryfng to|Frances Lake, 28 miles north of s.=p out of line. 1 |Lake Normap, 300 miles .to they “The public grows tired of, hat- |hospital at: Fort Simpson_in onej mg much more quickly ti it |hour and forty minutes, is disclosed does ot liking,” he commented. by Frank Rivett. i The trapper had mushed to Lake; how often you dismiss someone | Norman to get aid for his wife, a vou don't like with: ‘Oh, let's not native woman. Peritonitis had set| talk ebout him any more—I don't in after she had been injured in an! like him, you don’t like him; he’s'accident. The woman is also an just a bore”’ But of someone you [expectant mother. iike, you're willing to talk all day. | Isn’t that so?” position that its bulk does not fully coyer the sun’s disc. GENERAL MOTORS and MAYTAG PRODUCTS ' W. P. JOHNSON = | o 2 dactor, i Juneau Drug Co. Pay’n Takit i PHONES 92 or 25 | .. Free Delivery Fresh Meats, Groceriés, Liquors, Wines and Beer We Séll for LESS Because/ ] We Sell for CASH Leader Dept. Store {|. George Brothers I] - \ — PHONE 36 For very prompt | LIQUOR DELIVERY | 0—-—-——————:‘ Dietrich, Charles Laughton,” Ed- | i BT i . Holtyweod Stars Migrate tlrd Tweedsmu"‘ The English studios, during the | summer, were transplanted ~Hol- | . . 0 ! to Visit Arctic. ward G. Kobinson, and other Hol- § IR@ vwood stars were there. But Rath- | T ~wood. Miriam Hopkins, Marlene | hone at least, was convinced "‘“:‘Govemor»Genera] Of Can_ Hollywcod | is the place to gmake e 3 Dictyres. ¥ 1+ ‘ada Plans Extensive, PG i i Yondor: - he -said, has the y ~ . fsame mer Trlp t0"do, Plagérs’yant to makg plesi- - el hireswvhie) dolug stage work, and- - EDMONTION, -Feb.. 23. .= t 5 lmnh’fim“i to ‘gcpg;mjuu-, G_ovex;;l;: fie;:;ala of fywood,” he saidl “it's @8na S corupe b, Al A easy to gel to'béd early and get, up ’fim'fl‘a_ m?!’% :“3*,'.7? m‘}%fi. \ 1t six, An evening with a bodk and | Murray, them Kiavik and* He 'raqio s’ the usual thing, And |the latter place make, an aerial tour /e all thivk of pictures as aff end, of the Northlands mining/ fields| not just as money on the side.” This is Juneau, land to Herschell Island. | ———————— |disclosed by James MacKinnon af- | |ter discussing the proposed trip re- Early to Rise, Rule ‘Icvnuy with the Governor General. | AN e WARSAW — General Felicyan No Place Like Home Skladkowski, hardened by military idiscipline, is teaching official Po-! GROVE CITY, Pa.—Howard Clark land to get up in the morning. As|hunted for deer two days in Forest | Premier, he is routing out the cab- ! County without getting evep a inet for meetings at 8 a. m. glimpse of his quarry. He headed T T homeward. Within sight of his Bob Hathaway, East Orange, N. front porch at mnearby Blacktown J. native, is king of Sark, small he killed a ten-point buck. islarid in ‘the English channel;fihlch' - e, he says is the only feudal state lcft‘ Try The -Empire -classifieds for in the world, - ~ results. COMMERCIAL and v SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half ‘Million Dcllars Alaska i | e Butler Mauro Drug Co. “Tomorrow’s Styles T od CY" Juneau’s Own Store CABS 25¢ Within City Limits HOTEL GASTINEAU Every Effort Comfort of Made for the the Guests! GASTINEAU CAFE in connectiocn AIR SERVICE INFORMATION 230 South Frankli» CHEVROLFT CONNORS MOTOR CO., Inc Distributore PONTIAC ‘feiephone 411 BUICK WINDOW CLEANING PHONE 48% Juneau .. 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