The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 25, 1937, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire Editor ana Manager ROBERT W. BENDER evening except Second Published every PRINTING COMPANY Alaska SUBSC RIPTION RATE: d Douglas for $1.25 per month. | follg six m News Off Busin: MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED. i P exclusively e credi ION G ANY OTHER ADVANCEMENT IN HUMAN RELATIONS Two of tue major features of Social Security legis- upheld—unemployment The Supreme Court in decisions lation have been and old age pensions nday d Main \ Juneau ths, in advance, $6.00; f they will promptly notify egularity in the delivery (ar€ ruthless humans w! also the X ARANTEED TO BE declared unconstitutional in their old form. In making his recommendation, | said: by the EMPIRE| Streets. Juneau, | as Second Class | | hours, ‘L‘(plmm(mn of unorganized labor.” In this day of complex civilization it is foolish to | believe that we can avoid serious trouble if we permit the strong to dominate and exploit the weak. There ho have and would continue |to do that very thing unless some curb is placed on |them. The child labor sweat shops found in many i the use for |]aT8€ cities and the starvation wages paid in some other- | industries as revealed when the old NRA was insti- "¢ tuted are criterion of the system. That sort of a sys- tem eventually leads to revolt as the pages of history will testify. Equitable adjustment of wages and hours, | serving, as the President says, resources of man power by giving an even break to the under-privileged will |lead away from trouble and give firmer foundation | to our democratic form of government. Unrest is not | fomented in a land where the people have a decent { living. | ywing rates: Office, 374 PRESS d LARGER BLICATION, con- Spaniards attend a bull flight {planes drone overhead. There’s a hint there is nearly {as much bull to that war as some of us have thought all along. Dr. Cook still claims he's the first man to reach the North Pole. But it isn't the first that counts any more, Doc, it's the fastest. \h. A Plot! (Cincinnati Enquirer) America hasn't been regaled with news of a plot to establish a Fascist dictatorship here for a number months, not since the time General Smedley D. | | insurance of yesterday added its approval to what the majority of gy tier allowed it to be known. that he had heen the people of this country and Congress wanted that only five of the nine justices move over and make room for a dictator. declared very emphatically they significant to note were of the opinion the unemployment insurance setup was within their ideas of legality while four failed to “broad interpretation” of the Constitution grasp that to which the President recently referred the nine found old age pensions within the constitu- | The score, 5-4 and 7-2, that there is still room for the court reorganization ally will be concentrated. Billionaire, the race horse, 5n4 what are they? tional fold. plan. already had But it »ffered a chance to ride into Washington at the hcad a column of troops to tell President Roosevelt to is!of Now comes another alarm. From Berlin, U. S | Ambassador William E. Dodd writes to members of the United States Senate to give warning of another such plot, details of which are terrifyingly vague. The plot, the Ambassador to Germany wrote, {anced by a “billionaire.” would indicate| we have so few billionaires that suspicion natur- Seven of i\uppnwd]' will come in for his share of suspicion, des- | te his poor showing in the Kentucky Derby. more important phases of that legislation which were H A P p Y the President while (lghlmg‘ is being fin- | BIRTHDAY Theé Empire extends congratula- “All but the hopelessly reactionary agree to CONn-|jions gnd best wishes today, their serve our primary resources of man power and the|yirthday anniversary, to the follow- | Government must have some control over maximum ing: J minimum wages, the evil of child labor and MAY 25 Gretchen De Leo Enid Jarvis Mrs. Charles Sey Robert Sommers, Jr. William Maier Dr. W. W. Council | * * DAILY LESSONS IN ' ENGLISH i By W. L. Gordon B % | Words Often Misused: Do not say, “Here is a most interesting story. Say, “a very interesting story.” Often - Mispronounced: Absurd. Pronounce the u as in fur, not as u as in rule, accent last syllable. Often Misspelled: Patience. ! (tolerance). Patients (persons in \the care of a physician.) Synonyms: Extinction, extermin- ation, extirpation, eradication, an= | nihiliation. | Word Study: “Use a word three ' times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering | {one word each day. Today's word: |Intimacy; close friendship. ‘“Their |intimacy ripened into love.” 1 s { ! *. | LOOK and LEARN | | ‘ By A. C. Gordon | | »- 1. What causes the holes ln1 clieese? | 2. What is the real name of the author, 8. 8. Van Dine? | 3. What is lampblack? 4 What does the rabbit symbo- | lize? 5. How many states border Ohio, ‘ ANSWER Ibeen caught 2 20 Years Ago From The Empire o+ MAY 25, 1917 Street repair gangs, under the direction of Superintendent Kes- gelring, had been placing deckings on many of the down-town streets in places where old planks had be- come severely worn. First paj.mont on the contract iprice of the Juneau school buiZfding !had been made, with the school board turning over a check of $15,- 700 to Peter G. Woeck, contractor. | Eastern brook trout fry (to the {number of 150,000) had been devel- nped at Thane dnd were to be re< \leased shortly 'in' the lake created by the Salmon Creek dam and upper land lower Annex Lake in the vic- inity of Juneau, and Dewey and Long lakes at Skagway. All was in readiness for the Eagles picnic which was to be held on May 27 at Nevada Creek, with ‘crowds to be taken there aboard the Lone Fisherman, Mrs. William Burford was plan- ning to leave for the south on a |business and pleasure trip to Cal- lifornia, and had ajourned her mu- sic classes for the two months of {her absence. The first sturgeon known to have in Alaska had been hooked by George Naud and A. Hendrickson while trolling for king !salmon at.Taku Harbor. Walter Bathe, John Olds and (Capt. J. T. Martin had been np- !praising the estate of China Joe, jrespected Chinamar who had died followmg a sudden illness. +/Although no official confirmation 'had been obtained from any of the United States departments, stroyers, assisted by !sign have an inclination to sacri- it hadfice high ideals for material suc- {been rumored that the allied de- | cess. the American, & = lorchard at night and stole 100 young - . ————— 1 l trees from his nursery. 9 H dn the future nurserymen may P Takit | oroscope {resort to branding their trees, like ay n s 5 stockmen brand cattle. The stars incline ——————— PHONES 92 or 25 but do not compel” Lode and placer location notices Free Delivery 410 s%le at The Empire Office. EMh th!. Groceries, oh 3 1quors, Wines and Beer WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1937 WeqSell for LESS Beud use Although Neptune appears to in-' We Sell for CASH fluence the Earth in a favorable b aspect this is not a lucky day, ac- cording to astrology. 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Certain rulers in Europe are comfort, have them exam- |likely to adopt policies intended to ined for refractive ,errors, ' provoke Uncle Sam. old sight (presbyopia) or ; Labor troubles may be less men- possible muscular imbalances. acing than they were earlier in the year, but the stars indicate | Call Today for an Appointment! that they will be continuous all [through the summer. Dr. Rae L. Carlson The young are to be much tempt- OPTOMETRIST ‘ e & [ eamures i oY 0 aay: Seckins | ottice Luawig Netson's Jewelry Juneau Drug Co. ) - |future, if the stars are rightly read. Snop — 5 | Again the seers warn against ex- Fliong 30 lMe ana piaver tocailon netice travagance. Another period of de- pression may be experienced before 'this year’s university graduates have reached even the threshold of business or professional suc- |cess. Fashions carry premonitions of human events and those who study mode trends stress the need of fi- nancial prepnredness for future ex- igencies. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of good fortune. Secret missions across the seas are forecast for certain men. Children born on this day prob- ably will be of sanguine nature and bright mind. IMany subjects of this for sale at The Empire Office Jim Eustes You are invited to present thiy coupon at the hox office of the Capitol Theatre and receive tickets for ycur- self and a friend or relative to see “Old Hutch” Robert W. Chambers, writer, was idestroyers and other warcraft in'porn on this day 1865. 'Others who British waters, had accounted for have celebrated it as a birthday in- the loss or capture of 28 German clude Edgar Fawcett, poet and nov- Before suspecting anyone, however, it devolves 1. They are the result of gas upon us to suspect first the authenticity of the rumor. formed by certain bacteria present Remember first that Berlin is indeed a long way off ;0 " ooco Supreme Court endorsement of the Social Security law clears away most of the confusion which has As x pad-ap suwscriber of Tha arisen over the New Deal legislation and now it may be ' r,5m the alleged scene of the plotting: secondly that anticipated that the machinery will be put into opera- 'the ajr in Berlin is heady with fumes of dictatorship, Setups in conjunction | thirdly that a scare of the kind might be calculated with the law have been made in many of the States to be helpful in punching up the embers of the Su- tion with greater dispatch. and in Alaska, but these have been slow in getting | preme Court plan. into operation, awaiting the verdict of the highes court. With the favorable verdict, the way is cleared‘ for putting the program into complete action, and | tries to take care |eating hasenpfeffer A novelty is offered by Spain asking other coun- 2. Willard Huntington Wright. 3. The soot or carbon deposit ob- tainsd from burning substances, such as resin, petroleum, or tar, rich in carbon. 4. Fecundity, or fertility. 5. Five; Pennsylvania, West Vir- ginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Mich- and lastly — but not leastly — that sometimes causes nightmares. i of the children while the old folks moving further in the direction of more equitable | tight it out.—Ohio State Journal. igan. human relations \ SRS SR The Social Security law admittedly is not the| The national debt has passed the $35,026.000.000 finished product. It will need revisions in several of | fixed by President Roosevelt. We're on our way— MODERN . its provisions to cover human needs. But these ad- | guess where.—Buffalo Courier-Express. E Justments will come in time. The important thing | —_—_— ETIQUEI I is that as'a nation we have been sufficiently alert to | It wouldn't do to make the law clear and under- By Roberta Lee keep abreast with changing times to legislate in standable. If it didn’t mean two things, lawyers ‘ | would be jobless.—Akron Beacon-Journal * 4 keeping with existing conditions. | The President’s long anticipated message on mini- American people yesterday. Since the old NRA was | kicked out, it has been expected that the Chief Execu- | H Hollywood tive would offer a substitute pla’ aimed to cover the Aempnrar\ wive: fA[cnlgon G}obe All thought of equipping factories with uphol- ‘~lPrvd furniture has been mum wages and maximum hours also was given ‘he‘noum.—'roledo Blade. Q. Does the iniormality of “‘open house” give outsiders an opportun- ity to enter a desired social group? A. Some people consider it such an opportunity, but no person: of good taste and breeding would® in trude where they wefe not sure of abandcned until further the land of permanent waves and Imngratwn Rulmg May Bring Alaskan Resident to Russian Firing Squml | | Caught in the role of “a man raine army in Siberia in 1920, after; without a country” in a series of which he became a mounted police circumstances which may lead to in the Kolima River district. Forced death if he is returned to his native from this profession by a change in| shores, Joseph. Skorik, Russian ref- Russian politics, took to trapplng] ugee, has been released on bond in the spring of '23, but found him- from the Federal jail at Juneau, self bucking rigid trapping lav\:‘ and faces an uncertain future en-;and encwrring the enemity of lhel tangled with Russian and American native trappers. 1 politics. With no improvement in condi-| Skorik, who will return socn to tions in view, he felt a change im- Juneau from a brief visit to Cordova perative, and as the natives rose in| in connection with business for Pilot rebellion against his trapping acti-' | Noel Wein, fled as a refugee from vities in “their territory”, he de- Russia in 1926, coming to Alaska termined to come to Alaska. He| from Siberia by row boat. Leaving built a 12-foot skin boat and left on Russia, as he did, in haste and May 31, 1928, sailing from East with e ceremony, Skorik arrived Cape and iving the next day at in the Territory without benefit of Wales, Alatka, following storms passport, and soon became listed in Which delayed him at Diomede Is- Uncle Sam’s book of illegal entrants lands to the country During the 11 years in the Terri- | For 11 years though, Skorik and tory he has become a respected res- the immigration authorities failed ident, has learned to speak English to meet, the former not realizing his taking special courses at Seat- violat: f United States laws, and tle, and has primarily been associat- of the latter unable to take action be- ed in work at Nome. It was through| | cause until now Russia has refused advice of leading citizens at Nome to accept return of its citizens. {that he made his application for In Custody citizenship papers. But this year, wit in Yet today he is a Federal pris- American-Russian im- oner of ti country in which he migration Agent O Martin of has so long sought citizenship. Ketchikan, arrive Juneau, took! Perhaps will be allowed to go Skorik into custody and had hnfi to Japan, he says, but there is some which placed in the Federal R How- been released on he awaiting orders whi demand his spite consequenc residence in the United He has regulation about a passport and 1s now he is not sure he ean arrange. either ever, if he can go to Japan, all will ssia, de- pe well, for then he will be able to his return to the United States by legal en ich will To Skorik, the whole situation However, as it now stands, Skorik s illogical, although in the years believes he is to be allowed six be has lived in Territory he has months’ residence in the United States to earn money to return to 10 Russia, the country where a verdict - of death awaits. ' “I do not know what will happen,” Jearned to expect the un Not realizing that hi the United States was s gegular, he has applied xpected entrance mewh: time for citizenship papers, sending in he says. “I have learned not to Bis picture and all rqeuire for- wonder too much about what is m#tion, but receiving refusals each ahead, and I cannot think.of tomor- time. He never quite understood row—now." why. —_—————— Ironically enougt explains, he TO MEET FIANCE was identified by tr when Miss Ruth Stucker of Coeur d'- Inspector Martin came to put him' Alene, Idaho, arrived in Juneau in jail here thi aboard the Aleutian, enroute to Why a Refuge Anchorage to meet her fiance. Ex-| Just why he is 2 refugee from!pecting to be married soon after| Russia, Skorik is not certain. He her arrival, Miss Stucker will make Was stationed with the entire Uk- & .mg the past year. |he will acc ment position. |enly !will visit his sister, a school teacher home in Anchorage or vicinity. ployed, a sincere welcome. Q. When a man has finished a dance with a girl, whom he is not escorting, what should he do? A. Take the girl back to her friends, or to her next partner. Nev-| er walk away, leaving her standing on the dance floor. Q. What is the minimum numberi of knives and forks that should be placed on the dinner table in ad- vance? A. Three of each. Glll. GRAHAM - GOMES NORTH DURING JUNE | Col. Sampson—Also to Visit Chilkoot Barracks on Inspection Tour e Tndavs News Today—Empu-r CHILKOOT BARRACKS, Alaska, May 22, (Special Correspondence)— Col. James M. Graham, Inspector |Generals Department, from Head- quarters Ninth Corps Area, San Francisco, California, will visit Chil- koot Barracks, Alaska, during the week of June 5 to 12 for the pur- pose of making the annual inspec- tion of the Post. Col. Graham will be concerned chiefly with the ad- ministration work of the post dur- When in Need of DIESEL OIL-UTAH COAL GENERAL HAULING STORAGE and CRATING, CALL US JUNEAU TRANSFER Phone 48———Night Phone 4703 warships during the previous week. elist, 1847; Shailer Matthews, edu- |cator and journalist, President Wilson had issued a! proclamation designating the week ending June 25 as “Red Cross Week™ and had called a campaign of sev- en days to raise funds for relief of the wounded at the European hattlefields. | Temperature in Juneau had reached a low of 38 and a high of 51, with cloudy vailing. 300 Roams . 300 Baths b Jrom$2.50 ¥ Syectal Waekly Kates ALASKANS LIKE THE THE BEST TAP BEER IN TOWN! o' THE MINERS' Recreation Parlors the garrison. Col. Sampson will BILL DOUGLAS Sy | Col. Charles L. Sampson, Infan- e IR try, Plans and Training Officer of ‘ I the Ninth Corps Area, will arrive | M”RC_A_V‘ og,cm. i at the Post from San Francisco on | | Radio Tubes ! June 12 to conduct the unnual‘! (Next Gastineau Hotel) [ trainj d ta i i 1 aining an ctical inspection of | Mrs. Pigg Phone 65 | = i represent the Corps Area Commm-‘} der. His mission will be to deter- mine the combat efficiency of the | Chilkoot Barracks Troops. Gen. George 8. Simonds, Corps Area Commander who had made tentative plans for inspection of Chilkoot Barracks has notified Col. R. W. Dusenbury, Commanding the | Post, that he will be unable to make the trip, this summer. - MISSOURI TEACHER ARRIVES HERE ON WAY TO HOONAH Harry B. Jones, school teacher and high school principal from Missou- ri, arrived in Junesu aboard the Aleutian. Jones expects to leave to- morrow by plane for Hoonah, where pt a temporary govern- Expecting to spend the summer in Hoonah, Jones The B. M. Juneau, in Hoonah, during his stay. eee - — Ice cream is manufactured dally aboard U. 8. battleships at sea, a substitute for fresh milk being em-1 fiehrehds Bank COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and - One-Half M.‘i"jlion Dollars conditions pre- i 1863. ( Copyn"ht 1937) R May Brand Trees to Keep Rustlers Away GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., May 25.—Even the peach. trees, out in the West, are not safe from “rust- lers.” Someone drove into F. R. Roe’s — & Daily Alaska Empire — Good only for eurrent offering. Your Name May Appear Tomorrow WATCH THIS SPACS - 230 South Frankii=» Cerephone 11) CONNO“S MOTOR C0., Inc ork and Dress Distributors PONTIAC CHEVROLFET BUICK bz BIG VAN'S 228 Front St. COAL For Every Purse ond Every Purpose PACIFIC COAST COAL CO. 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