The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 19, 1937, Page 4

THL DAILY ALASKA EMPI’RE WEDNESDAY MAY l9 1937. . cult fo recail; Where have they ail gone and what of sponsored? gone to the political val movements. The themselves pursuits, the movements they Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER Editor and Manager | party alla of third are around speak of movements which launched save the eople” from t that and the other. It is the his- of third party movements down throughout poli- They flash for a brief time few months before the setfing sun that they such movements ey have men to be but we to EMPIRE Junea , their private sure, PRINTING NMPAV\ &t Second Alasts. " Eutersa In the Post matter. they Office id Class across the election poli- V'llu\ RATES, and| ical life 1 Douglas for £1.25 per month. | skies b hen fade It SUBSCR red in carrier in Junea By mall, postage Owue year, in advence. cae month, in 31 Subsoriber the Business Of of their papers. a ke be el tical every g rate n advance, $6.00 It a m ve a purpose. th do whip up ymount of political interest. But political success A)l(l( he third party movement are as far ap s the poles record of years would indicate there is little together is pro- certain \ ity | very | Jable | Oifice, 602; Business ASSOCIATED PRESS exclusively entitled to the use for patches ¢edited to it o not other- | nd also the local news published New MEMBER OF The ¢ isoclaiad Pres republicat+sn of all wise credied in thic herein. Telepione vel »tting much closer nd the gade hance of them vaper TO BE LARGER JBLICATION, One thing abo s indication tha ut the Supreme Court bench, there the work is conducive to long “ALASKA CIRCU AN THAT OF ANY OTHEFR vity Why Not a C (New York Tir employment and till another allenge. attack comcs from Senator Vandenberg the suspicion that the Department of mates cmployment in the United least 5,000,000. Mr. Vandenberg’s d upon the registration for old s under the Social Security Act, eached a total of 26,000,000. Adding stimate taken from a calculation by the National Industrial Conference Board of a little over 12,000,000 { or employed person eligible under the Social Security provisions, the or gets a figure of moru" | than 38,000,000 persor present employed in this ountry outside riculture. This contrasts with to determine the jan timate of employment of 33,500,000 as of last| disas- February now made by the Department of Labor, an estimate that itself about 2,500,000 higher than the one the department made for May of 1936. Replying to the Senator’s inquiry about the mat- Isador Lubin of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Secretary Perkins neither accept nor dispute | timate of employed persons ineligible for social Their attempt to account for the discrep- ancy is puzzlit Mr. Lubin writes | A special study submitted to the Committee on Social Security of the Social Science Research Coun- | ¢il comes to the conclusion that of the 26,000.000 per- sons registered the is that approximately 22,000,000 are actually employed. This special study tates that of those ximately 4.000,000 will be accounted employed and other person: ho ¢ ons who have lost employm and the normal number of per to labor turn- over or tempora When the Social Security Board started to issue registration ca early in December they made it a not to permit the enrollment of any one who without employment a > time of application a card. That 4.000,000 pe s 15 per cent of » total registered, lost employment in the next two three months wouid be an incredible assumption. there are some duplications, and that some in- ible per have registered no doubt true, but on the other hand there are doubtless some eli- le persons who have not registered. In any case, have actually been determined Board, the registration figure change. ator Vandenberg's calculations But Department of Labor's another stab in the dark. It is within the of the Government to determine exactly the of employed and unemployed by taking a Such a census i if the real 1 dimensions of the nt and relief problems a overnment has failed to ta It is admittedly aifficult to ment,” but no hard-and-fast, a needed before such a census is census would indicate how many persons were em- ployed as well as unemployed, and at what occupa- ons °h occupations had gained and which lost ob. Workers since 9: how 1 unemployed workers had been out of work, how long on relief or on WPA, and what their previous occupations were. Not until are known will we be able intelligently to such facts deal with the problems they present. nsus? | | Current unemployment esti- | ites confront c he \\hn; Labor States conclusion , e annuity which has to this an oices nder at bas HUrpos not Sena at | | \ T of ag t iled € Hinder reason for t Investigation t cause ship burg - It sion the re probable now the the ex - causing the will definite [e} age ing but determined plausible reason even the experis sk the curity put cause c use irship: Sta has C to other the Hinden- How the United A me h the The S before m- ; onard-Hi 1 now s would permit t by dupl ns, an government users v propc nt probably Unite ve be much . due mo: a bearing rem wil immedi on proposal that the r-than-g Navy carry effect it have ntinue it Young the s r craft work Ak overn in th the that or fiel Macon for loss Shenandoatl on and argue to d despite 1 T destruction Al attributed to They mm to Hinden- rather a due defects th , burg general They explosive cause d that with can be in th the high-ranking n airship pro the American control of heliur uccessful Eq policy who ases ity ally Jrou opposition to such @ re of Navy officials see no merit Had there been no Hin bable that the airship building remained a dormant one United States’ only some in ramn Ser wburg disaster it tion would attention of helium ward ¢ ques have with drawn PO mber 18 but upply the t to the ¢ inc able Governme: » to be known it. cen, er ffort pitaiizing on through truction of lighter-than-air craft AND PUBLICLY FORGOTTEN define “unemploy- priori definition 1s taken. A complete GONE, What has become of the “movement” wonders who 2 few brief months ple” out of the wilderness? to lead great third party sweep old political parties into livion, going to lead the “peo g0 were The men who wer: which going would e coalition the a discard of ; about this time and during the months they monopolized columns of The person pause. Last sprir of following newspaper space and countless hours on th tongue. The ave summer What brave citizen will volunteer to get on his and ride into Harlan County, Ky., with news Wagner Act decisions?—Detroit News names were on e could rattle off their latest without But where have they gone? What has become of Father Social Justice” Coughlin, who liver” 9,000,000 votes to a third party? Where is the Rev. Gerald “Share-the-Wealth” Smith, who shouted that he had 6,000,000 votes in the palm of IH.V ]:1\)“‘.‘ AR Aul'lnlun.fl What of Dr. Francis “$200 per month pension” TOWN" ;)0 4,0 anqg Jet a bumper wheat crop grow up without send, who was going fo put every one on easy street , .otects_ Kansas City Star through the OARP (O'd Age Re Pension Plan)? £ IIOR what Wi " Lemke were some diffi- y horse of the quip National Union for Tendy ito des Earl Browder says stocks are dropping because ace prospects are bright—and may this guess from left be right.—Philadel ])h)'l Bulletin. stood et the department going to stand olving Union Party Just now in Austria they are the perHapsburgs.— Dallas News. And Lemke, There World Tr'n eler Meets Fiery End on Form«rn Sonl ot ames are i1+ {extended {should the " lous. HAPPY s BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, thair| birthday anniversary, to the foilow- ing: MAY 19 Ann Rohwer Mary Ellen Spain Francis F. Davis e MOLPERN ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee Q. Would it be all right for a {bride to wait until she returns from her wedding trip before acknow- ledging her gifts? A. No. Her gifts should be!a¢- This time knowledged before she goes awag, i this section, had died suddenly ary for her to burn a st oil to do so. all right to even if nece little midnig Q Is it send + en- graved invitations to a chtistoning?; A. It is customarily done occasionally, those invitations informal notes but are by and telephone. Q. When serving wine, wineglass be? A. Half full. - - how full LOOXK wid LEARN ‘ By A. C. Gordon ! 1. How many patents are issued annually by the United States Pat- ent office? 2. What Indian girl saved life of Captain John Smith? 3. What is the derivation of the word “lucre”? 4. How many eyes has a spider? 5. What continent’s inhabitants form more than half the popula- tion of the worid? ANSWERS 1. The average for three years was 46,970 annually 2. Pocahontas. From the Latin word lucrum, the recent, 3 meaning ‘“gain.” 4. Most of them have eight eyes, though some have six and some two. 5. DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordo. ' Words Often Mléusc‘d Do not say, “I have got it.” Omit got. SHy, ‘I have it.” Oiften Mispronounced: Ridicu- Pronounce ri-dik-u-lus, first i as in rid (not as in ride), and observe the four syllables, not ri-| dik-lus | Often Misspelled: Cypress; cy. | Synonyms: Factor, element, cause,, constituent, instrument. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours Let us in- crease our vocabulary by maslrring‘ one word each day. Today's word: | Discriminate (verb) ; to note the dif- ferences between. “We should di criminate between right and wrong,” — e Cipher; WNOTICE For special fresh dressed chickent, call Femmer, phone 114. adv. P e When in Need of DIESEL OIL-UTAH COAL GENERAL HAULING 20 YEARS AGO | MAY 19, 1917 Members of the Graduate Nurses Association had entertained at a dance in the .A. B. Hall for the benefit of the channel chapters of the Red Cross, assembling one of the largest crowds ever gathered at a social event on the channel. Ji.J. Dennis, special agent of the ‘Hartford Fire Insurance Company and W. G. Fortman, special agent of the New Zealand Insurance Com- pany, both represented by the Shat- % |tuck local agency, had passed through Juneau on. the Alaska. Fred T. Stevenson, principal own- |er of the Union Iron Works and one of the best known mechanics Death the from a stroke of apoplexy. had occurred in his room over Union Iron Works. Mrs. Jarman and two children were to join Mr. Jarman at Anchor- age within a short time. Dr. H. C. DeVighne was expected to be one of the 8,000 doctors to be sent to the European battle front by the United States Government. Dr. DeVighne was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve COTps. | The Governor had appointed H. T. Tripp and T. E. P. Keegan, both of Juneau, to act as Territorial Road Commissioners under of the act passed by the Legisla- ture Investigation of cost of installing floats, warehcuses and slorage buildings for the fishermen of Southeast Alaska had heen voted at the meeting of the y Council, with Mayor Valentine acting as a committeeman to meet with the Merchants’ Protective Association to consider the mater. President Wilson had signed the War Army Bill and issued a proc- lamation calling 500000 men to the colors under the selective censeription, ‘The President had also issued an order directing the Expeditionary Force of the divis- ions of the regular troops to proceed to France at the earliest date prac- ticable. | The British light cruiser Dart- mouth had been torpedoed during an engagement on the Adriatic Sea with Austrian warships. Delegate Charles A. Sulzer of Al- r——————— " dska Had dntroduced a Hoint rese- Jution providing for a tour of Alaska by a commission of eight members each from the House and Senate, in view of the need for development @f Alaskan resources during the war. “, Temperature in Juneau had rang- flfi'fmm 42 to 45 degrees with clou- iness prevailing. - Of mere tl-n 19.000,000 irrigat- ed acres in the United States prob- ably 85 per cent of them got water directly from melting snows agucu).ma] engineers say. 300 Rooms . 300 Baths Jrom $2.50 Stecial Weekly Rates ALASKANS LIKE THE STORAGE and CRATIN CALL US JUNEAU TRANSFER Phone 48 -Night Phone 4703 1 Records RCA ViCTOR Radios——— Radio Tubes (Next Gastineau Hotel) Phone 65 jmen may lose big opportunities at ithis time because they lack courage ‘men who need their help. will perform valiant service in na-| ‘interested the provision jls ithis I Horoscone “The stars inclire but do not compel” THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1937 According to astrology this is an unfavorable direction for men. The stars seem to encourage the discov- ery of what is least admirable in human character. Scandals now will touch persons of high and low estate. Many books- will be published which reveal ob-| jectionable passages in careers that hayve been held in public esteem. uncertainty again may reveal initiative and enterprise. Business to risk capital. £ Women should benefit under th planetary government, for it give them authority over their own af- fairs and aids them in sustaining| The seers explain that while| there will be a growing hostility to- wards women in public life they tional affairs. : It has long been prophesied Lhntl’ the wives and mothers of the Unit-| ed States would lead in peace move-: ments which will gain momentum | that cannot be ignored. This is a lucky day in minor ways' for the navy and for all who are in ships. There is a promising sign for exports. Girls probably will discover that romance flourishes under this rule of the planets. Because of war per- that threaten, the usual in- crease in love interest may be ex- pected. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of some con- fusion due to unlooked-for domestic conditions. They have promise of success through their own hard work Children born on this day prob- ably will be inclined toward moodi- ness and self-analys Subjects of may be very sensitive, but cucceed along independ- They lik> to work alone. M Alexander Blackwell, author and reformer, was born on this day 1825. Others who have celebrated it as a birthdaay include William George Fargo, founder of an ex- press service, 1818; Sedgwick Pratt, U. S. Army general, 1845. (Copyright, 1937) e — NOTICE For special fresh dressed chickens, call Femmer, phone 114. adv., B Emplre classifieds pay. Work and Dress BIG VAN’S 228 Front St. s - COAL For Every Purse and Every Purpose PACIFIC COAST COAL CO. PHONE 412 3]'. HOTEL JUNEAU Formerly Hotel Zynda CLARENCE WISE Manager s PHONE 36 | For very prompt | LIQUOR DELIVERY | “Tomorrow’s Styles . Today” | tlunoau ‘s Own Store IMIN ERS ENROUTE TO SOUTH AMERICA Enroute to South America to re main they “den’t know how lon and to stay they “don't know just; where,” Bill Simms and Fred Thompson, who have resided for the past two years in Juneau, | left for the south aboard the Prin- cess Louise this morning. | Thompson has been employed as a bulldozer at the Alaska Juneau mine, while Simms recently worked at the Kensington mine, where most of the crew is now being discharged. The two will stop in the States for a week, and travel to South America leaving from New Orleans. >-ee NOTICE All persons owing debts to the Es- tate of Pete Battello, deceased, will please send payment to G. A. Bald- | win, administrator, before May 22, 1837, G. A. BALDWIN, Administrator, tello Estate. adv. 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If your “Daily Alaska Empire” has not been delivered By 6:00 P. M. 226 A copy will be sent you IMMED- IATELY by SPECIAL CARRIER. Junezu}. Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS CARDINAL CABS 25¢ Within City Limits On the alien ground of New Jersey, the proud German airliner, Hindenburgy lay-a.twisted mass of junk when flames which destroyed it had died away. The first Zeppelin wrecked by accident since 1913, the huge ship fell in flames as she was about to land after her first trans-atlantic flight of the 1937 season. This air view of the wreckage shows how completely the ship was destroyed. I