The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 24, 1937, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24, 1937. there is, fortunately for the public, a point at which these endorsements will automatical- 1y stop. The candid camera shows conclusive- ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager | |y that no Senator—not even Rush Dew Holt, Nt B . ome| the youngest—will ever be solicited for a testi- BTING SOMPANY. at Second e EMPIRE| | lonial on the benefits he has received from Aluska. 3 ; a particular brand of beauty cream. Entered in the Post Of Juneau a d Class - : matter. A Senator’s Little Joke Delivered In carrier in June las for §1.25 per month. i g ot - . SavALSN. §6.00 The House had passed and the Senate was de- L D 1o suvance ¥ 5 e + $6.00: | ting'a bill to appropriate $50,000,000 for seed loans Subscriber « promptly notify | to farmers. Senator Carter Glass rose and demanded | s e e bl i the clerk read, slowly and distinctly, a veto mes- Telepho: News Of 602; Bu Office, 374. of President Grover Cleveland written in 1887, R OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. | Cleveland had vetoed a $10,000 apprupr»iatinn for free The Associnte is ex i to tue ase for | seeds to farmers, expressing the now famous dictum SPutication of il news dispust that “though the people support the government, the w0t other- wise creciisd in this paper ED TO LAR (Cincinnati Enquirer) vernment should not support the people.” A series HAPPY BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, nmri birthday anniversary, to the follow- | ing: FEBRUARY 24. Dorothy Brown Jackie Harrington Laurel C. McKechnie Harry Sperling MODERN ETIQUETTE - [ 1 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire = FEBRUARY 24, 1917 According to official advices from Tokyo, German commerce raiders, operating in the Indian ocean, tor- pedoed two large British steamers. The Italian transport Minas, bound for Saloniki, was sunk by German torpedoes with a loss of life given at 1,000. Mrs. James Shoup and her daugh- ter, Miss Emma Shoup, left for Sitka to visit her-son, Arthur Shoup. Horoscope “The stars inclice but do not compel” THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1937 This is a rather sinister day in planetary aspects, according to as- trology. The morning hours may be unsettling and even frustrating in their influence. Members of the learned profes- sions and legislators are under a. benefic rule. For those who recognize that a new era is in progress good fortune [7 SOUTHPAWS | FOR RED SOX BOSTON, Feb. 24.—Seven left- hand pitchers are on the Boston Red Sox roster. The holdovers are Bob Grove, George Walberg and Fred Ostermueller. The newcomers are Archie McKain of Minneapolis, Jennings Poindexter and Lee Rog- ers from Little Rock and Henry Ruemmele from Crookston. Poindexter and Ruemmele are strike-out artists while Lee Rogers formerly starred for the University of Alabama. With four young REBEKAHS Meeting at 8 o'clock Wednesday night at Oddfellows” Hall. Good at- tendance is desired. Initiation, en- tertainment, refreshments. MILDRED CASHEN, adv, . Secretary. - Paul Rochin, stand-in for Eric Blore, speaks eight languages. He used to be with the Department of Immigration, . UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE District Land Office Anchorage, Alaska. December 14, 1936. Notice is hereby given that Charles Fox, of' Douglas, Alaska, Senator Glass got instantaneous results. of administration Senators rushed to the barricades to | defend the government’s right and power to appro- priate for the common welfare. Senator Robinson, | with tears in his voice, pleaded that the government ‘\\Hm‘.l be powerless to aid Ohio Valley flood sufferers if we went back to Cleveland's interpretation of the v | PUBLICATION. | constitution Then it was that Mr. Glass admitted he was not ltoo serious, that he wanted the Senate to appreciate | how many changes have been made in our interpre- tation of the constitution in the intervening years. The fiery Virginian was in one of his sarcastic moods ! and wanted his little joke. | But his jokes may yet produce a long and mo- | mentous Senate debate on the constitution. Just {under the surface in the mind of every Senator there lurks a suspicion that he is’the Webster or the Cal- houn of his time, if he only got 'round to constitutional A GRAND OLD WARRIOR PASSES ~ | questions. It needs only a casual beginning to turn the Sen- ate once more into a forum for the debate of what Death of Representative James P. Buchanan of the constitu 1 means, The talent may not measure Texas takes from Congress one of the staunchest Ad-|UP 0 the ¥ before the Ofvil War. ' Bul there are T 4 e A9 blenty of men on hand willing to talk on and on if ministration supporters and a Democrat of MAany|ye constitution becomes the topic of the day. vears standing. Tt was back in 1913 that Mr. Bu-| 5 e S irst elected to serve in the 63rd Congress | For Peace in Europe, Too chanan was from the 10th Texas district to succeed Albert Sidney b Burleson. Later he was appointed Postmaster Gen- (New York Times) eral by President Woodrow Wilson for a short time, Some are criticizing President Roosevelt for not and then was re-elected \e 64th Congress from hishaving been more emphatic and explicit in offering | same 10th ct in Texas and has served con-|American aid to maintain peace in Europe. Not one tinuously in the following Congresses since that time,;Of his messages to the new Congress thus far has Mr. Buchanan was chairman of the powerful taken direct cognizance of the conditions abroadl House Apprapriations Committee and &s’ such, o} hab threaten war. Not one has Droposhd fie eoopers | tion of this Government in working for the various course, made critics of those whose requests for ap-|aoreements and peace treaties proposed by France propriations were turned down. But the veteran'and Great Britain. The menacing situation is, it is Congressman had a reputation for fairness and even!'complained, notorious. It is full of peril for the United though there were those who thought he was a little | States as well as for the nations immediately con- cerned. Yet the President has not called it to the, earnest attention of Congress and the country. ! ik o RIS This is not a fair statement of the whole case. | e O oA A e The President has done much to throw the weight | entitled to on a comparative basis with other requests of his office in favor of European peace. He has made | and nothing more. |it certain that his Administration, in accord with | Many an appropriation seeker has come out of the manifest desire of the American people, will d()‘ the House committee room with Bucanan’s famous everything in its power to keep this country out of words ringing in his ears, “You can’t flim-flam me,” war. It will go great lengths in putting such a strain and the record will show that they never were able UPon our neutrality, that no European belligerent cnn| to do so. But the veteran always listened to the case hope to draw any form of war supplies from lhp United presented and the more the advocate fought for his Btates ATt of dfmelf would diaks B SrestiGEERHCe ” : S S s ¥ with the war plans of certain European nations. They appropriation the better he liked it. A two-fisted,| 5041 know that the American Government would rugged fighter himself, he liked to have cases pre-inot simply take an attitude in moral condemnation sented forcefully, and the person who got something of war, but would do everything possible to render the by “old man Buchanan” was usually looked upon asiaims and purposes of the war-makers difficult and individual of parts. |dangerous. This part of the Administration policy | A strong character, a fine gentleman and a Demo- |15 NOW fixed and well known. cratic warrior, of the first water is:lost to Texas and The President has also shown by example where A, mation 40 it passing of James P. Buchhnan af his sympathies lie. Owing to his 1{)At1a11ve and eifons,‘ o i anail atithe twenty-one republics of this continent have the age of 73. | entered into treaties making resort to war dear, almosti | impossible. In hailing this achievement, Mr. Roose- | | velt spoke of it as not merely a great blessing to the | | Americas but as blazing a trail for European nations | ito follow. If they would only enter into a similar | ‘There will be jserim of peace agreements the United States would decision by some of the United States Senators to|pe delighted. { endorse cigarettes. But there is one optimistic con- Not yet has a promise been made to stand shoul- | clusion facetiously arrived at by the New York der to shoulder gwith them. That would be beyond Times which appears apropos. The Times remarks: | the power of the President. But in every implied Senator Robert H. Reynolds has admitted |form of approval, in every implicit readiness to co- giving a testimonial on the throat-soothing operate wherever possible, the position of this Gov- qualities of a certain brand of cigarette. Com- |crnment has been made plain. It is seeking peace | ing from North Carolina, chief grower and |and pursuing it not alone for its own people but for manufacturer of tobacco, he upholds his {the benefit of all mankind. course as a boost for home industry. It is | e even rumored that nine of his colleagues have | We hope we are not unduly suspicious of great given similar testimonials — at a thousand | European statesmen, but we can't help wondering dollars each—which will soon blossom among | whether the big idea is to help the Spaniards now the current advertisements. lor to help themselves later—Boston Herald. Some, of course, may question the ethics, tough on some of their requests they knew and re ognized the fact that the old war horse from Texas just what they were an CIGARETTES AND SENATORS various reactions from the reported is indicated, but those who do not By Rcberta Lee | Mrs, W. E. Cahill was pleasantly & % surprised by a number of friends Q. Is it proper to close a letter before her departure for California| with “Your’s Very Truley”? where she planned to spend several A. No. There are three mistakes |/months. Among those present were in this sentence. “Yours,” without Mesdames E. Loomis, L. D. Bowen, an apostrophe, is the possessive|Gus Grundler, R. Landsberg, Walsh, pronoun, the same as “ours” and!Christian, L. B. Combest, Whitefor« “mine.” The words “very’ and|R. F. Humphrey and Miss May “truly” (not “truely”) should mot|Mugford. be capitalized. The sentence should read, “Yours very truly.” | James Smails and Harvey Frem-| Q. Is it all right for a hostess|ming, formerly with the Alaska| to delegate some friend to do the|Gastineau Mining Company at introducing for her, at a function|Thane, were both in California as| where many people are present electricians with the Bell Telephone A. Yes, this is often doné. |system. Q What does it indicate when| a person converses in loud tones, | realize the need of readjustments may encounter obstacles to suc- cess. It has been repeatedly prophesied' by the seers that old leaderes would ' close their careers and new men and women take their place. The spring is to realize this prediction. Astrologers who discover reac- tionary tendencies regard them as survivals of what is best in the past while they recognize the sig- nificance of influence that appear destructive. | Good feeling should be widespread | among persons whose minds are re- ceptive to changing ideas and whose | vision discerns hidden things. Amer- | icans are to enjoy great benefits Musicians at Treadwell effected in a public place? {the reorgenization of the Treadwell| A. Lack of breeding. |Band, electing the following offi-| = 3 AR .. |cers: President, Assistant Super-| T AT |intendent Metzgar; Secretary- i | ITreasurer, Jack Wilson and Carl} i LOOK cnid LEARN iEnvmn. leader of the band. i By A. C. Gordon ‘ 1; Miss Nellie Simpkins, sister m,‘ J |George Simpkins of the Alaska Bin-| * |dery, returned to Juneau on a trip language contains thc‘sm,m_ 1. What | most slang? Sfge 1 2. What Confederate was one of| J. D. Helps, Alaska representative' the greatest soldiers America has/of the Standard Oil Compa ever produced? turned from a trip to Ketchikan. | 3. During what season of the! year does sound travel the fastest? | Elmer Lundquist miner, was dead., 4. Do toads drink water through'and Charles Nelson, also a mine em- their mouths? ployee, was in the hospital suffer- 5. In what state is the greatest ing from the effects of powder part of Yellowstone Park located? fumes inhaled when they went to work too soon after discharging a 1. Australian. round of shots. 2. General Robert E. Lee. 3. Summer. Peter Vusich, Serbian war veteran, 4. No; they soak water throughlwho had returned to Treadwell af- their warty, spongy skins. ter serving for two years with the 5. Wyoming. Serbian Army in the European war, h % B ae o died as a result of tuberculosis. ' Charles Goldstein, Alaska's lead-| ing fur buyer, received from the 2T TS north shipments of furs valued at IN ENGLISH | [$15.000. This brought the furs on By W. L. ({hand received by Mr. Goldstein Y Gordo !'|from trappers up to $40,000 and he — e i |expected to have $100,000 in furs Words Often Misused: Do not|before the end of the season. say, “The whole layout was elab-|"” orate and beautiful” Say, “the whole display.” DAILY LESSONS . Weather: Highest, 34; lowest, 20; ear. Often Mispronounced: Guarantee. Tl G i Pronounce gar-an-te, both a’s as in hnij:s?fireiu;:re‘s B:IdorAcllj)’i]dsD\‘;g:‘lne); at, e as in tea, principal accent cu!(ivalk‘m on last syllable. = Often Misspelled: ~ Cannon (a firearm.) Observe the nn. . Synonyms Fear (noun), fright,! alarm, panic, terror, horror, dread,! consternation. ‘Word Stud; “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one wor deach day. Today's word: Alleviate; to make lighter or easier to bear. (Pronounce first e as in leave; accent follows first e) “It seemed that she alone could alle- viate his sorrow.” AL e i Joan Crawford is having a life- sized portrait done in oil by Azadia Newman. e ee——— Today’s News Today—Empire. or at least the propriety, of such a practice. We've noticed that “sit-down™ strikes haven't Others will regard the Senators merely as proved popular in the tack factorles.—Cincinnati shrewd traders with an eve to their pocket Enquirer, money. Still others will wonder how they | —_— could bring themselves to stoop lower than A man is as old as he feels without a hat.—Buf- But the customary and traditional cigar. falo Courie press. i and making H. B. 84, by Coffey, asl work in fish culture erendum at the next Gene - an appropriation of $10,000 to do |be abolished. S. B. 61, by Roden, amending the | SPECIAL ORDER ™ " e s The Senate passed the Anderson bill, setting up regulations for | ehiropractic practice in the Te House May Hold Night Ses- sion Tonight to Permit Introduction, Proposals |« | lating to insurers. S. B. 82, Rive ing an appropriation of $1,125 to reimburse the supervising mining/ by request, ask-, i a | | tory, this morning and killed ¥ e 4 | small law revision bill introduced “‘;‘“‘B" for. peryices, ! by Senator Rivers. The Anderson S B: 63, Rivers by request, re-| vising the license tax law relating to tax on salmon in 40,000 casej lots. S. B. 64, Rivers by request, clar-| ifying the law as to the duties of! school officers. S. B. 65, Rivers by request,| bill now goes to the Governor, hav- ing previously passed the House. lls introduced in the Senate morning were: | B. 52, by Devine and Coch- |ran, asking an appropriation of $10000 for a landing field at Can-!gmenging the existing statute rela- todle tive to appointment of enforcement S. B. 53, by Devine and Cochran, | sicers |ln?der the liquor law. asking an appropriation of $200 to (Continued from Page One) tee on Social Security, an act handle relief of destitution in con-| Social Security nection with the g hp g 4 iy . A 66, Rivers by request, set-up. pay the claim of the Maynard Col-|amending the wmkmen'g Coer:pen- H. B. 78, Race by request, amend-|umbus Hospital at Nome for aid|sation Act ing the workmen's compensation act rendered A, S. Kemp and Joe Erle.l” 1yo memorials were offered in ¢ compensation will start on| S. B. 54, by Cochran, amending|ine Senate, S, J. M. 18, by Patterson the workman is injured|the law relating to settling bills|aqine for a Coast Guard vessel ati until he recovers. tof ptions in actions at law. Kodiak from March to Otcober, H. B. 79, by Rogge, requiring Dis-| S. B. 55, by Cochran, repealing|ang s J. M. 17, by Roden, asking trict Court Clerks to furnish certi-|the bounty on eagles Congress {o revise the existing law fied copies of all divorces granted| S. B. 56, by Powers and Coch-|g, that fur farmers can secure in the Territory. {ran, asking an appropriation of(jte o res property being used for H. B. 80, By McCutcheon, asking|$15,000 to employ a predatory ani-|f fayming. an appropriation of $25000 for a|mal expert and wage a campaign SRS Hhd 1) hospital at Kodiak. |against wolves and coyotes. JELICH CASE TOMORROW H. B. 81, by Davis, setting up| S. B by Powers and Cochran,| postponed yesterday because of regulations under -which Territorial |relative to the bounty on wolves|the Douglas fire, the case of Tony employees and officials may travel,jand coyotes Jelich, charged with indecent ex- fixing the per diem at $6 per day" S. B. 58 _b\’ Roden, amending|posure, has been re-scheduled for and seven cents a mile as the top|the statute relative to incorpora-|trial before U. S. Commissioner Fe- to be paid a person using his ownition of churches and other non-|lix Gray tomorrow morning at 10 conveyance. Iprofit organizations to include non- H. B. 82, by Coffey, fixing mml-‘prum mutual benefit a mum wages for school teachers as, S. B. 59, by Roden, = o’'clock. ociations. 3 ng an ap- -, Action for divorce was brought follows: First Division, $1,620;|propriation of $655 to reimburse the|before the Federal District Court Third, $1,800, and the Second and Bethel Beach Home for caring for|yesterday morning by Mary E. See- Fourth, $1,980. |Julia May Sakagami and Rosa |lye, from Charles P. Seeyle, recently H. B. 83, by Joe en, . asking | White, an appropriation of $1189 to p: S. B. 60; by Roden, authorizing J. B. Burford Co. for supplies fur- the Governor to engage A. J {sentenced to 45 years in prison. i action was taken under ad- visement by Judge George F. Al- Workmen's Compensation Act re-| | " I GENERAL MOTORS and MAYTAG PRODUCTS | W.P.JOHNSON Free Delivery Fresh Meats, Groceries, Liquors, Wines and Beer We Sell for LESS Because We sSell for CASH Leader Dept. Store | George Brothers H PHONE 36 For very prompt LIQUOR DELIVERY T % B l PHONES 92 or 25 1 | ] The B. M Behrends . Bank : Juneau, Alaska " COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars Therp, chemist, 1864. | | | | 1) tl - Pay’n Takit | this year, it is forecast. Women in industry are under unfavorable aspects today and many may suffer through unjust dis- crimination in favor of men. They | should improve themselves so that . they may win out through super-|___ efficiency. | Too much talking is to be ap-l rent among men and women of every class. Today it is well to| think much and to speak little. { Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of changes| due to important decisions made| more or less reluctant. New plans! should be fortunate. ' Children born on this day prob- ably will be strong-willed and per- sistent. Subjects of this sign usu- ally reach great success through their own independent efforts. Benjamin Tallmadge, soidier and patriot, was born on this day 1754. Others who have celebrated this as a birthday include Enrico Caruso, singer; 1873; Camille Flummarion, astronomer, 1842; Frank Hall | (Copyright, 1937) o Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. i “Smiling Service” Bert’s Cash Grocery PHONE 105 Free Delivery Wk and Dress a $2.95 WA 228 Front St. SR I R “THE REXALL STORF” the challenge series being staged by | schedule is completed. southpaws on the list, it is not sur- prising that that eminent left-han- der, Herbert Pennock, will be on hand as coach. has made application for a soldiers’ additional homestead, A nchorage 07376, for a tract of land embraced in U. 8. Survey No. 1964, containing 1.82 acres, latitude 58 degrees 17 50” N. {longitude 134 ' degrees .26' 104” W, 'situated 2 miles northwes* CANADIANS PLAN PLAY [N LONDON‘Irom Douglas, Alaska. Any and all persons elaiming ad- LONDON, Feb. 24—British hock- versely any of ‘the above described ey officials are enthusiastic about Jand should file their adverse claim thc‘ Canadian Amateur Hockey As- in the U. S. Land Office, Anchor- sociation’s plans to send an Allan age, Alaska, within the 'period of Cup consolation series winner to publication or thirty days there- _the Coronation Cup matehes here‘aim—_ or they will be barred by the in April and May. | provisions of the Statutes. If Canada is successful in sending GEORGE A. LINGO, a team it will meet with plenty of | R.egl.st'er good opposition. Seven teams from pirst publication, Jan. 13, 1937. the National League are entered in|past pubication, March 10, 1937. the British Ice Hockey Association ! as soon as the National League i by Lester D. Hendersn. 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