The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 6, 1937, Page 4

| { Daily Alaska Empire | ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manmr Publish"d e.ery evening except PRINTING COMPANY at Second Alasks. nday by the EMPIRE and Main Streets, Juneau Enterea in the Post Office in Juneau us Second Class| matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES, elivered in carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. | By mall, postage paid, at the following rates One year, in ad ; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, Bubscribers will ¢ the Business Office of of their pape:s. Telephones a favor if they will promptly notify y failure or irregularity in the delivery News Office, 602; Business Office MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PR The 2usociated Pres exclusively entitled to the use for republicai i of all news dispatches ¢ ‘adited to it or not other- wise cred ted in this paper and alse the local news published berein 34, D TO BE LARGER JRLICATION i Is | PING! PONG! we long this | Like many others of an earlier period, have been under the impression that playing pame called ping-pong was the last step before com- plete degeneration. We somehow had acquired the theory that big, strong men trying to beat a little white ball to death with paddles akin to group of hard-rock men playing drop-the-handker- chief at Triangle Place. But by the muscles of the abdomen learned that our mental picture was unfour moaning tendons in starboard quarter against our fallacious theory. We were fimes. First in our original theory, and, secondly, | that we were still young and limber and could cavort| on the receiving end of a ping-pong table with the alacrity of youth To the army of the dubious, of which we were! but recently a member. we report from actual experience that this thing known as ping-pong is no powder puff pastime to a novice passing 40 Actually, it is our new that the game should be known not as ping-pong, but as “bending.” We spent the major part of an otherwise pleasur- able evening bending; bending down to pick up that elusive little white ball which our oppouent kept persistently whamming at surprising down toward our end of the table and which we, with equal consistency, We spent hours under the table pursuing that ball. We spent another hour or prodding under an adjacent radiator with a paddle taying to get that little white pill back into play What we lacked was rnythm. All we needed to make our bending blend was to have the radio playing one of those setting-up exercising two! &nd so on Groaningly we testify pong table, or should tuble. It is a game, Christian friends, of parts. is a game for those with supple muscles, or an ex- cellent way to acquire them. Ban the thought that there is anything sissy abou! ping-pong. It takes a better man than we Funga Din. was have The out | both{ we our ery wrong can at least theory, speed missed more records—one! to an evening at the ping- we say under \he ping-pong are, MANEUVERI G ()‘\ THI‘ (()l RT PLAN Congress seems to be under a slow bell, especially | the Senate as the Judiciary committee of that body continues to worry along over the President’s court reform plan. Latest development on that particular topic is the presentation of a substitute proposal by Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada which would jump the Supreme Court up to ten Associate Justices and the Chief Justice, or a total of eleven on the country highest bench, instead of the nine at as present. Acceptance of a complete new substitute follows a count of noses taken in the Senate unofficially last week. That count, according to Paul Mallon, the columnist, who has a remarkable faculty of often being somewhere near right, that the President has a good chance to get at least 50 of the Senate's 98 votes. Forty-four zre reported to be against the court scheme as it now stands and two are in doubt. This would indicate a narrow margin for the Presi- dent. But it cannot be overlooked that is being conducted on the court plan. The Senator: vocally continue to be a little independent. The ques- tion is being thoroughly aired and it is up to the solons to express themselves frankly and honestly on the subject Acceptance by the committee of the Mc- Carran substitute is indication that the controversy, prior to actual decision, is not yet over, but there also is indication that the Senators are playing a little politics. Our private messenger reports by grapevine tele- graph that patronage is playing a potent role in Con- gress as usual and some of the members are particu-!| larly anxious to get some of their constituents placed A recent in Washington commented: “It seemed like everybody was in Washington looking for a job.” Such are the fortunes of political victory. As the smoke of political maneuvering dies away, it is pro- bable that the President’s plan of court reform will get much stronger support than is now indicated. show: hearing still visitor When is a Monopoly Not a Monopoly? (Philadelphia Record) | For many years th answer to this economic riddle has been When it’s the Aluminum ©Out .of the ashes of the N.R.A. there now arises | the spirit of our long moribund anti-trust laws— §n the form of a projected suit of the Department of Justice to “bust” the Aluminum Trust, which, as you know, belongs to former Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon If this suit accomplishes nothing else, should settle the question of whether the Trust is or isn’'t a monopoly. Several years ago a survey the Aluminum Company of America it— tock Trust | it at least | Aluminum of the properties of showed that Controlled all of the bauxite deposits in the United States (bauxite being the mineral from whxch‘ nearly all aluminum is made); Produced 95 percent of our virgin sheet aluminum: Owned 36 percent of the stock of the Aluminum = |the Aluminum Trust ‘of |fied Princes |10 express | statements are expressions of good intentions, quali- (appeared in this or last year's budget, and the pos- \never more anxious to remove obstacles to better re- | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1v37. Goods Company, the country’s largest manufacturer of aluminum products; Owned all of the stock of the United States Alu- minum Company, next largest producer of aluminum products; Owned 89 percent o Casting Corporation HAPPY: BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tiony and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the fouow- ing: the stock of the Aluminum Die these facts, it would seem that was rather obviously a monopoly Back in 1925 Attorr General Harlan F. Stone thought so, and moved to prosecute under the Clay- ton Act. Mr. Mellon was Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Coolidge was President. And at an appropriate moment Attorney General Stone was “kicked up- stairs” to the Supreme Court. The prosecution w dropped Public protest, however, suggested that the ques- tion be referred to the Federal Trade Commission for | {inquiry. After spending five years on the inquiry, the Federal Trade Commission reached the conclusion that the Aluminum Trust was not a monopoly. That seemed to settle that. But— Came the N.R.A. And the Aluminum Company ; of America promptly sought exemption from the labor regulations of a trade practice code for the aluminum lustry on the ground that it was a monopoly nce monopolies, under the Blue Eagle, were sup- posed to be exempt. | permission to smoke? Thereupon the Bausch Machine Tool Company! A yes. it is the courtcous thing took the Aluminum Company at its word and brought .t do, for, strange as it may seem suit for $9,000.000, charging that it had suffered this s because the Aluminum Trust’s monopoly had in- jured its business Four courts heard this case. Two courts said the Aluminum monopoly. Two courts said it wasn't. case was about to be appealed to a fifth court, u‘mk s settled—out of court | Q. Are ceremonious forms of in- Hence, the big question is still unanswered lvitations still used? So, the pending suit of the Department of Jus-! A. Yes, and the form will have three profound effects: lchanged for many years. First, it should end the old riddle of the Aluminum —_— e Trust, show whether it is or is not a monopoly; Second, the decision should have a far-reaching effect upon future efforts to control or dissolve giant | industrial combines, Third. will serve materially to determine whether the nation is to march on to bigger and bigger concentrations of economic power, bigger and bigger concentrations of weaith—with all the perils which uch a course foreshadows. On the face of — MAY 6 Arthur Adams Robert Cockburn Elmer N. Waugh Tessie Sylvester Irma Lawing Dorothea Mahoney Stella Maynard Erick Pollard - MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee | | @ wWhen a person is calling at |a friend's house, should he asc » people. Q May the temporary address ,on a calling card be written with 2 [a pencil? Trust was has not tice LOOX wid LEARN I By A. C. Gordon 1 How ma “Who's Who in Who was the poet striice .chivalric legends? 3. What is the quamarine gem? 4. Does Canada owe ito the United States? 3. Which is the most important of the seven great provinces British India? people are in America of Scotch e 2 n A wants to have a sit-down against taxes. But if cverybody sits down and there is no tax money, how you going to pay the $200 a month, Doc? Doc Townsend color of an ac- a war debt Democrat beats a Republican for office in Cali- fornia And they cail that news? Wait until man bites the dog of the ANSWERS 1. The 1936-37 edition 31,434 men and women, 2. Sir Walter Scott 3. Sea-blue, bordering 4. No. 5 Bengal for the ght if it wasn't, That “smoke cure Japan seems to be all r so fatal. idea uniaithful in like shooting, includes on green. The Bold Lenwrs (Cincinnati Enquirer) The New England Watch and Ward Society of Boston is our most active censor of books. But the United States Post-Office Department and the Cus- om House are really official censors, for what they say goes. Their last list of banned books totaled 739 volumes. Of these, 379 were Spanish, 231 French, 5 Italian, 10 German and 114 were English. | In banning books we are not in it with Fascist Italy, Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, and oddly enough the Irish Free State. This latter has a most tender conscience. Each week it issues a list of forbidden . which lists are published in the trade papers. Often Mispronounced: Chaos. Pro- ians long ago learned that if they banned a nounce ka-os, a as in day, o as in book and advertised the fact they at once created of, accent first syllable, a illvmnnd for that book. So with the Irish Free State Often Misspelled: Minstrel; —the books it condemns are eagerly sought for by ;"o hundreds of readers. ¢ There are books which are grossly improper. yet Synonyms: Intention, it takes a bold man to act as a censor of what the PIT: Purpose, design, proposal, pro- public shall read and what it shall not read. Mark JeCt: resolution, determination Twain’s “Adventures of Tom Sawyer” was in 1876 , 'Word Study: “Use a word three excluded from the public librazies of Brooklyn anq Lmes and it is yours. Denver. Russia in 1930 confiscated all copies of the beok at the border. The Concord Public Library con- demned “Huckleberry Finn” as “trash and suitable only for the slums. ‘King Lear” was not allowed on the English stage from 1788 to 1820, the reason being thef, it might call attention to King George's insanity. “The Merchant Venice” has been eliminated from high school curricula in the East because Shylock might “foster intclerance.” Even “Robinson Crusoe” was banned by Spain. Recently Russia put its foot down on Hans Christian Anderson's feiry stories because they glori- and Prince As one studies the history of censorship, past and present, it is apparent that literary tastes differ and that it is hard to please everyone. The trouble, of course, with censorship, is that it is an attempt to limit freedom of thought, and that cannot be achieved. e DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLIEH By W. L. Gerdow Words Often Misused Do say, “the top of the tree was above the hou: Omit up. not up ing one word each day. Toda, word: Domination; dominion, su- premacy; absolute authority. strong held the weak under domination of force and fear.” - - NOTICE EAGLES the Special meeting Priday, 1937 at 8 p.m. in Labor Union Hall, Douglas. Election of officers. All members urged to be present. adv. TOM CASHEN, Secretary. BB S Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office, May 7, PHONE 206 Juneau Radio Service For Your RADIO Troubles 122 Second St.—Next door to San Francisco bukery », D War Lbl\ Again lNew York Times) No fresh approach to the solution of the problem of the war debts is indicated in the statement made in the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. In asserting that the British Govern- ment is willing to reopen discussions on this subject whenever circumstances are such as to warrant the hope that a satisfactory result might be reached, Mr. Chamberlain only repeating what he said last year and the year before last. This does not mean that negotiations are under way or contemplated. It'| Visit the | | SITKA HOT SPRINGS | Mineral Hot Baths [Accommodauons to suit every | taste. Reservations Alaska Afr ‘Transport. smoke is still disagreeable to some And as the| A, No; it should be written with| Let us in-| crease our vocabulary by master-| 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire w’ MAY 6, L. D. Henderson, {of the Juneau Public 1917 Superintendent Schools, was of Alaska under act passed by the lfor the Territory {authority of the |Legislature Postmaster, had | 2. M. Bradford, the Army and Navy Jack Kearney was one of twelve gathered around the banquet ta-| ble at the Alaska Grill the previous night. The twelve were partici- pents in a recent minstrel given at Douglas recently ing officer for Anna Winn t on the and Mrs. C. P Prince John for Mrs. Jenne lef the South | | Mrs. st short Wini visit in Skagway. Cornelia Temple W.C.T.U. leader Juneau for several weeks, |the Spokane for Skagway. left for Mrs. Hatcher, left German planes sudden] v the suburbs of London ped bombs. The att quickly driven away The Allies were flanking movement burg line with marked success. meking a Weather perature 50; Hizhest o tem- udy report lowest, > .o 41 Lode and placer location nolices standing the exactions of the great _ for sale at The Empire Office. [ L Makes biscuits fluffy as a summer cloud Schllln}ig‘ Baking Pow 300 Rezms . 42U 8 from $2,5C S weial Weell el intent, | | | The' LIQUOR STORE PHONE 655 Prompt Delivery PHONE 36 For very prompt LIQUOR DELIVERY means that the British do not wish to be regarded & as repudiating the war debt to the United States and also, as has been long understood, that they are ready to discuss payment any time on a drastically | readjusted basis. But even if there were a dispo- sition on the part of Washington to pare down the obligation, on the “methods of settlement”—the crucial point—Mr. Chamberlain is not at present prepared an opinion, This answer is of a piece with Mr. Baldwin's declaration in the same session of the House that the British Government. is willing to participate in a | world economic conference—if investigation shows | adequate preparation and likelihood of success. Both The B.M fied by very large “ifs.” The debt payment has not Juneau, sibility of a conference is still what might be called the pre-preliminary stage, an idea floating in the air. So neither question touches an immediate issue and neither answer suggests a change of view. At the same time it is apparent to any reader of current signs that the British and French Governments were | lations with the United States. And something is expected as the result of Premier Van Zeeland's soundings in various capitals. Governments every where seem to be edging toward a cautious reopening of many closed subjects. Eeems as if nearly everything in the household can now be done electrically except nursing the baby. —Charleston, W. Va., Mail. Bank COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars Behrends Alaska {appointed Superintendent of Schools| show | Ireceived his appointment as recruit-{to Isort. 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This is a favorable swaay under which to sign treaties and agree- men While there may be much unrest and discontent among work- —— [Plececet HARRY RACE, Druggist “The Squibb SWru of Alaska” the cooperation of em- ployers, This favorable sway under although sea voyag- be disappointi Crowded may meet with delays and accidents, the seers foretell Americans who go to the corona- is a i Ed Leach You are invited to present thiy coupon at the box office of the Capitol Theatre und receive tickets for your- self and a friend or relative to see ‘Women Are Trouble As » paid-up suoscriber of Tha Daily Alaska Empire Good only for current offering. experiences. Hostilities among certain Englishmen are fore- ast Adverze stars are to be forceful May 12, but the queen will be more fortunate than the king in with- c pageant Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year in which cer- tain obstacles may be encountered. Hard work will win success. 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