The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 22, 1937, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1937. Daily Ala.skarEm pire | ROBERT W. BENDER Editor and Manager every evening PRINTING COMPANY at Second Alas) Entered the Post Office in Second Class matt SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered in carrier in Juneau and Douslas for S1.25 per month. | By mail. postage paid. at the following rates One year, in advance, $12,00; six months, in advancs, $6.00 one month. in advance, $1.28 Subscribers will co; a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of aflure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers 602: Business Office. 374 ASSOCIATED PRESS vely entitled to the use for credited to it or not other- so the local news published ones: News Office MEMBER OF The Associated Press is republication of all news d wise credited in this pape herein LARGER | SKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO ATION. THAN THAT OF ANY | pes North Carolina to the U. S. S. Firpo and Car- nera. The American policy is to maintain a navy adequate to hold its own against other powers. But an “adequate” navy depends very largely on what kind of navies other countries have It used to be a long, long trail, but now it's a long Jong chain thats waiting for that pooch The Wage-price Spiral (New York Times) Immediately following the increase of steel wages the United States Steel Corporation announces an nerease in steel prices, effective April 1, “necessary ,____.__— 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire HAPPY BIRTHDAY The Empire extends conom!ula-‘ tions and best wishes today, their‘L birthday anniversary, to the follow- | 8 MARCH 22, 1917 ing: President Wilson on March 21, rec- ognizing that Germany was practi- cally making war on the United upon the high seas, called to assemble in extraordin- session on April 2. MARCH 22. Alexander Sey Clifford Mason Mrs. R. W. Bender \ Jerry Cole Ruth McGuire ary | The German retreat along the Western front was declared to be - B Horoscope “The stars inclice but do not compel” TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1937 According to astrology this is not an important day in planetary gov- ernment. There may be an attitude of waiting for important events or legislation that will effect trade and commerce. Leaders of men are under threat-: |labor rate with the latest increase is 42 per cent higher to cover increased cost of production due to labor ad- vances.’ The corporation explains that the basic | | ) MODERN |2 master stroke against the spring ening omens that seem to presage {drive of the Ententes and was said |sydden veering of sympathy on the |t to be one of the greatest Of VON|part of the public. Bank officials than that prevailing in 1926, As compared even with the 1929 high level of 50 cents, the new rate will be 62'% cents an hour. 'In addition, there has been a 32 cent increase in the price of serap iron, & 60 per cent increase in thé cost.of copper, 50 per cent for llead and zinc, and smaller increases in other supplies. | Therefore steel is to be marked up from $3 to $8 a ton, (v E 1 IQ UE'ITE |Hindenberg’s schemes. Bylitiberta Les | Fred E. Tanner, son of J. M. Tan- % \ner of Skagway, was at the Occi- | Q. If one wishes to avoid the fm--fdunml Hotel to attend the meet- {mal “How do you do?” when ac-|ings of the Grand Igloo of Pion- | knowledging an' introduction,,/ien't of to be held here. i eers and labor heads may be affected by adverse stars. ‘There is &’'good sign for interna+ tional understandings between the United_States and foreign nations.' Financial agreements will prove ad- vantageous. {MRS. LAURIE GIVEN I SURPRISE ON EVE OF HER DEPARTURE| A - hLAST W:'.EIZEND o ummer homes on e lacier Mrs. Jack Laurie, who is leaving'and Eagle River Highways were this week with her husband for,the mecca over the week-end of the |0mak Washington, where they Owners and invited guests and there thave purchased a small ranch and Wwere few, if any of the homes, that will make their home, was given a Were not being “fired up” to take delightful surprise by the Martha the chill off. Many went out Sat- ISociety in the church parlors last urday afternoon and remained un- Friday at the regular meeting.|til Sunday night. In some sections About fifty members were present.'the women were busy in their flower Mrs. Florine Housel presented gardens, raking and turning the Mrs. Lauric with a beautiful pic- dirt over, , “A Garden Scene in Alaska,”| Traffic over the highway was on bfl;a!f of the club, and spoke large Sunday, the lure of Spring highly of Mrs. Laurie’s past work! !calling the autoists out for the and expressed the deep regrets pleasant sunny weather. Hiking felt by every member at her leay- parties were also in order during ing Juneau. kSundny and scores were enjoying Mrs. Sey Remembered | the highway afoot. Mrs. Charles Sey, as out-going e president of the Martha Society,! ATTENTION VOTERS SUMMER HOMES ON HIGHWAYS, MECCA was given a silver vegetable dish as, If you have changed residence a tribute to her tireless work done since last Municipal election be sure during her term of office. Mrs, N.!to notify City Clerk. You ecannot Lester Troast made the presenta-|vote in your present precinct if not |tion. The Rev. John A. Glasse so registered. Phone the informa- spoke, expressing his appxeclation tion to 88. to all the members. The tables were beautifully deco- adv. (rated with spring flowers and a de-l SRR 2550 T T o licious luncheon was served. It is estimated more than $250,- The next meeting of the Martha 000,000 wiii be spent on industdial {Society, a business meeting, will be research in the United States dur- held April 2. |ing 1937. Ross Gridley You ara 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 ‘San Francisco” As a paid-ap subscriber of The Daily Alaska Empire Good only for current offering. This should be an encouraging day for shipping interests. Demands for exports from both eastern and western American ports will in- crease greatly, it is forecast. New laws beneficial to labor and liberal concessions to workers in certain trades are prognosti- cated, but there will be many istrikes and bitter contests between 1 At the same time as this an.ouncement, buyers of { machine tools and other equipment express fears of an early price advance, while the belief that the | cotton-textile mills will follow the example of the steel | proper, when industry and increased wages has been leading already | cerely . | to heavy anticipatory in es in the buying of (-ulmn‘ Q. When is it permissible officer of the Arctic Brotherhood ! cloth. smoke at the dinner table? who had been attend grand camp These developments seem to indicate the begin- A. It is better to refrain until/meetings here, returned to his home g of a new wage-price spiral. Such a spiral could the signal for general smoking is in Ketchikan. | have several results, Wages might advance more |given. Oftentimes the cigareues’ |8 ‘u:nml]_\- than prices, in which case, if industrial ac- (are ready on the table. Again, the! C J. Alexander was in Juneau union dictators of politics. tivity were maintained, labor could achieve a net gain |hostess sees that they are passed from Hoonah and staying at the The passing of prominent men in its position. What is more probable, the advance (at the proper time. Alaskan Hotel. who long have been forecast in in both wages and prices might be irregular, in which| Q. Is it proper to serve wines public affairs will affect Congress| case the gains and losses of various groups would be jor liquors at a party for boys and John A. Davis, the well known and other legislative bodies be- more difficult to calculate. For example, a rise in |girls between the ages of 16 and Strawberry Point stock farmer, and |fore the end of this Spring. steel prices must mean a rise in the prices of com- |18? |Mrs. Davis were returning to Al-{ Young men and- young women modities in which steel enters. The railrdads may | A. This depends entirely om the aska on ‘the Admiral Watson after: will be chosen for important places find it still more difficult to buy new equipment, thus |habits of the families of these chil- being south since fall. in both business and government reducing the number of possible jobs in equipment |dren. Fruit punch would bé better. laffairs, for they will bé in harmony manufacture; automobiles may be higher in price D ! Boxing classes were started on thh the changed order of things than otherwise; building costs will be higher, which | ———————— ————— & Dcuglas Island under the direction|in this new era. | must eventually mean higher rents. But if the tex- | | of Tom MacDonald and Grover| yith econmy as'a slogan the ad- postponement, tile workers have the purchasing power of their wages | | [ OOK cnid LEARN K“‘}“ with Norman Worth of the ministration of public business will But in this flight, as has been revealed in many | feduced by higher rents, steel workers may have to Alaska Junedu as chief iInstructor.|yndergo ‘needed reforms, it is fore- " | pay higher for their clothing because ofincreased tex- | By A. C. Gordon |told. Political machines are to be H it all ngm to say, “I am sé ghd to (meet you”? A. Yes J. R. Reynolds of Killinoo was at This expression is- very ““" Occidental. it can be said 8in-| D. Smith Harris, tormer grand to A. W. HENNING, City Clerk. TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION Misfortune has overtaken Amelia Earhart Putnam on her projected world flight after setting a record from Oakland to Honolulu, 15 hours and 51 take-off in the Hawaiian city and the equatorial globe- girdling off at have been made. The plucky little flier says it is merely a distance she spanned in minutes. An accident at the venture is least until repairs not cancellation. others, the important thing is not the time she made, £ 8 1% Albert Rapp, employed in the|padly damaged before the end of in the best plane money can buy across the Pacific, St s I n + Treadwell Cyanide Plant and cper-the year: or what may be learned from the causes of the crack- Another ms“?’m} (L '.):‘“'l":'l?”.‘?age ratz-sdwm ator of the moving picture shoW,' persons whose birthdate it is have up itself. Rather one little line in the news dispatch ‘l‘;’i‘flbe:;socr;fso?b:";fl’:'\‘:"[;"(')““‘]m":)“x_‘:c:f‘a?‘f::cli ‘l:'_‘ was leaving for a visit with rela-' (the augury of a year of much pleas- telling of her safe arrival in Honolulu carried a \\'(xrlrl‘caugé of the falling (‘)[“ in volumie of ‘salll ~thCBRaE tives in Montana and Idaho. {ure, but they should be aware of too of information. It read: |case the higher wage rates may act to retard re-em- | {much self-indulgence. Two possible candidates for Mayor “Throughout the night, she redioed occasional ployment. Average hourly eamings in manufacturing 1% & POUEr Srav. i \'at th Pmmmm" st were | L TSR s Ry, ave positions and gave frequent assurances that all was|in January, according to the National Industrial Con- ! ° at Is the Roman numera subjects of Aries and may be sensi- : 60?2 to be R. E. Robertson and Claude |ference Board, were 63.9 cents an hour, an increase irn; Goh alrolins St d Ericson. Sive, pROLEUEAD, amblt_mus_ My In those words Gan'be found the life biood of |9f 83 .DEF ¢ over the rate in 1029. At the ssfhe. ., .., ationp. e SR ‘"ucscpsd' iy gy, TLalte tame. i : o |time the cost of living in January was still 12.9 per | b \ A ¢ bel Al s CCRUVIELeO ek, domstime | Vioe commercial aviation, aside from the airplane itself— b MR 7 anhiary. 1020) 80 that the eavadns 5. What are the. dimensions of rrangements :ETC eing made president of the United States, (T = |ce ary, " 9 for the organization of the first two-way radio communication. That is today one olrm ‘real” hourly earnings was a substantial one. But the State of Vermont? was born on this day 1823. Others the major safeguards to air passengers and the pilots.| dauingy this must be counted both a shorter work | e Alaskan Red Cross chapter, and 2 who have celebrated it is a birthday general invitation to join was to Particularly in Alaska can we realize its value when |yweek and less employment, so that, for example, ac- | ANSWERS s LR e e include Madison J. Cawein, Ameri- every now and then we get the report that this pilot|cording to the United States Labor Bureau, total | 1. Hamlet, 1569 lines. can poet, 1865; Paul Leicester Ford, ; i 1. and that is overdue. With but rare exceptions the manufacturing payrolls in January were actually 115 ; z;rcugh[ capillary attraction ;;;firec::n;:‘e t:";’:”&“fi:g ;I;C::,I? :ci‘:orbufiz:stjcrgéssmtmm Amer- pilots and their passengers are usually all right, hav- [per cent lower than in January of 1929. Z but merely the furnishing of much 5 ing been forced down temporarily by weather, but It has been increasmgly the fashion in recent needed supplies for the physicians without radio communication to inform the world,|years to discuss labor’s position as if the worker could at the front caring for the wound- there naturally is anxiety Often searching parties|not get more except at the expense of capital, as if 4 ed i are sent out before it is definitely learned that “all|the whole question were one of fair distribution of - is well existing income, and as if granting a living wage to | > el | Uhe poorest paid workers were primarily a moral or a Saviepinplh. Bike occurred last Week || i tive issue. All this has:not only. created need- here. Sheldon Simmoris, ‘Juneau pilot, was held Up |},.c vitterness at times, but it has deflected attention at Chichagof with the result that he was overdue at'g. " ihe fact that labor's income must depend pri- his base here. There was no means of radic com- |mayily on production. Higher wage rates with a Tunication. The hangar crew was Warming up an- chorter working week and no increase in efficiency, other plane to begin a search when the overdue pilot whatever they may mean ir dollars, must mean less was sighted over the Douglas hills. |real income for workers. The analyses of national in- There are innumerable similar instances almost come published yearly by the Department of Com- daily over the entire Territory. The solution, of merce make this vividly clear. In 1935 labor received course, is two-way radio communication; a radio 673 per cent of the national income, compared with transmitter and receiver on the plane and ground 655 per cent in 1929. Its relative position had ad- stations which can be contacted at all times, instead |Y2nced, But as the total income pald out to every of certain designated times as af present. one in 1935 was only 68.1 per cent of the 1929 figures, the total compensation of employees was only 70 per The regular session of the Legislature enacted P Saieh A cent of that figure. The real gains of labor must into law what was known as the Ross bill, aimed to | ome from an increase in the national output. that end. If it is carried out to the letter, with em- 0 T P DR s S phasis on the radio features which are incorporated in the bill, it will be one of the greatest boons to air travel that Alaska has ever enjoyed. Most of us recall the first oceanic hops. Many z S & Japan, according to dispatches, has decided upon started out and never were heard of again. Some 3 |a great naval plane-building program, with stress on succeeded to win flying fame. Now Miss Earhart, Pabeimical wartsis one of those pioneers herself, wings across the Pacific| o peacone | Officially: “T6 meet. the menace and during the entire flight is in touch with ground | ¢ ynited States air forces in the Bacific.”./ & stations. Established air passenger liners operate on | The Japanese, it would seem, are_tossilg up a surround another place; suburbs; a the same principal. Every airplane which carries a bit of taffy. Granted that our constait naval and “the environs of a city or town.” passenger should be so equipped. air maneuvers on the doorstep of Nippon afe stupid (" et |enough to warrant fears as to our motives, there still NOTICE | remains the fact that, from all accounts here at home, . For special fresh dresscd chickens, |The United States air force isn't even a dBmestic eall Femmer, phone 114. | protection, let alone a foreign menace. - Our air force admittedly has been far below sup- ‘I posedl\' conservative domestic defense standards. | . When an effort was made to test out the air force '} and other sea powers are preparing to lay downlapouy g year ago by a surprise summons to defend | ' Bert’s Cash Grocery £ = several new battleships. As the New York World-|{,e panama Canal—most of the planes couldn't even | | PHONE 105 ‘————| "Tomorrow'’s Styles Telegram points out, there apparently are two schools |ne gotten out of their hangars and the flight was, | Free Delivery “ of thought as to design. There are those who favor |abandoned. i | S Today the huge, heavily-armored but slower craft, and\ Perhaps the air force has been improved in ef- | g 9 = those who would sacrifice all else for speed, whichficiency since that lamentable affair. Certamly Wnler Rates ' isn’t such a bad idea. Commenting, the World-Tele- cnough money has been voted for improvement. But | SITKA HOT SPRINGS ] Mineral Hot Baths gram says: ; n so short a time we scarcely can have built up a‘ to constitute a genuine menace to | Accommodations to suit every taste. Reservations Alaska Afr Our two new dreadnaughts, it appears, are |force sufficient ‘Transport. 1. Which of Shakespeare’s char- acters hes the greater number of lines to speak? 2. By what process of ph)%lcs idoes a blotter draw up ink? well.” | Your Name May Appear Tomorrow WATCH THIS SPACE PHONE 36 For very prompt I g i LIQUOR DELIVERY !fude and p:acer‘ 10cation nmc.'!‘,—_‘?m—-_‘ for sale at The Empire Office. | ISR S 1, 0 Work and Dress 4. Y it is so dangerous that few pilots will undertake it. 90 miles wide at the north, miles at the south, 157 miles long. | - 230 Soath Frankli» ‘Cerephone 113 CONNORS MOTOR C0., Inc Distributors PONTIAC Weather: Cloudy. Kt Highest, ; lowest, iw. || 'DAILY LESSONS " IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordox aL uuna CHEVROLFET BUICK LUMBER Juneou Luimber Mills, Inc. Words Often Misused: Do’ n#f!' say, “The man approached the govs? ernor for clemency.” Say, “petis" tioned the governor for clemeney."| Often Mispronounced: IroWy' (made of iron); pronounce i-ur-ny.’ Irony (sarcasm); pronounce i-rg~ ny, o as in no unstressed. Often Misspelled: Futile; till. Synonyms: Jjudgment, tion. Word Study: “Use a word thi times and it is yours.” Let us crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: } Environs; the parts or places v»h-ch nuf BIG VAN'S 228 Front St. The Menace in the Orient (Philadelphia Record) Opinion, belief, view, idea, sentiment, eanma-I WINDOW CLEANING PHONE 48 Pay’n Takit PHONES 92 or »5 Free Delivery Fresh Meats, Groceries, viquors, Wines and Beer We Sell for LESS Because . | We sell for CASH ‘ Leader Dept. Store , George Brotkers { b o \DEQ[ ATE” NAVIES INSURANCE Allen Shattuck Established 1898 With the armament race on at home as well as| abroad, much is heard of an “adequate 'mavy. The United States, Great PBritain, Japan, France, Italy Butler Maw2 Drug Co. l —————a “Smiling Service” Alaska to sacrifice speed for better protection—thicker ~|Japan. ! and heavier armor against aircraft and other \ Either the Jap militarists are using the “United : projectiles. Ours, it is said, will have a speed | States menace” to convince the home folks they should ! of 26 or 27 knots as against 30 or better for |be taxed for more planes; or else those militarists have | the others. | believed some of the fancy tales cooked up by their Apparently they are all to mount 14-inch spies over here—tales like that of Farnsworth; who guns. What the range is to be is a mystery, |clipped his “secret information” from. army \publi- though there ars rumors that some of the | cations. . foreign guns will shoot farther than the standard. Be that as it may, Juneau Drug Co. ‘Junequ'’s Own Store ) Remember!!! Although France, Great Britain, Portuga), Italy,. Germany, and Russia now guard the borders of Spain; their chief purpose is to watch one another:: ‘Diplo= ! macy, as usual, is playing its cards under the table.—| Boston Globe. the faster craft have a distinct advantage over the slower. Slow ones usually must accept battle when, where and under whatever conditions the faster ones dic- tate. The faster ships can maneuver so as to get full benefit of sun, wind and wave. They can break off the engagement if and when | they want to. The slower must take it on the chin as long as the faster can dish it out And if the faster craft also happens to out-range the slower, it can hammer the slower to pieces without ever allowing it to come within range Of course, if Firpo and Carnera could have — named the conditions under which they | After 70, take it from the New Dealers, you're just fought, they probably, would have won all |a venerable egg.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. their battles. But they couldn't and they —_— didn’t. Instead, each took a lot of lickings. Switzerland Girds for War—Headline. Which Their faster opponents would hit them, back makes it unanimous.—Charleston, W. Va., Mail. away. barge in again, dance around and smack hard when the smacking was good until the super-heavyweights were ready to be counted out. We wonder if the authorities wouldn’t do well to change the names proposed for our two new battleships from the Washington and If your "Daily Alaska Empire” has "not been delivered By 6:00 P. M. PHONE 226 A copy will be sent you IMMED- IATELY by SPECIAL CARRIER. 1 e A New York Magistrate says thaf. “young folks | usually start enjoying themselves abdit 11 ph H probably meant when the old folks g yps! —Cincinnati Enquirer. Bagk Juneau, iihsh Now that Mas West is collecting diamonds, she probably is more particular in her invitations to “Come up and see me sometime.’—Cincinnati Enquirer. [} COMMERCIAL and SAYINGS CARDINAL CABS 25¢ k Within City Limits There is danger that effectual. sit-down ‘strike control may become’as necessary as effectual flood -— g It control.—Detroit Free gre:z_. i : [ Resources OVFEr Two and One-Half Million Dollars } If three’s a crowd, 15 would be a mob on the | supreme bench.—Indianapolis Star. P s