The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 28, 1937, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1937. CHARTER THE CRUISER VID A FOR BUSINESS OR PLEASURE TRIPS Clean—Speedy—Comfortable MARINE AIRWAYS FLOAT . ] ! an Empire ad. | o . '_l k E . ing Alaska as prevailed among the pioneers who won H A P P Y - A | e ELECTRICITY OFF NOTICE El al y asrka mplre /he west. We need more of that spirit.in the Terri- B l R T H D A Y ;\ Electricity will be off Saturday | 3 tory today. Most of us need to absorb some of the 20 Y A o0 | H i morning, May 29, from 4 a.m. to 7| ROBERT W. BENDER - - Bditor and Manager [ o .70 o e dieplayed by Ald i : ears Do ‘ oroscope am. Front St, South Seward to | e S splayed by Alaska pioneers Who| ppn, pmpire extends congratula- Gasti Ae All district south| ‘ ~ ey eve EMPIRE |stuck with the morth country after the first flare|tions and best wishes today, their From The Empire J‘ | rh ineli Mo Salamgniialvi dnda | PRINTING COMPANY Junes. | of gold had dimmed shortly after the turn of the cen-|pirth nnéversary, to thi 4 3 | e stars incline B e B X l PRINT hday anniversary, e follow-| 4. | | o | ladv. | e Second G | tury and are responsible in large measure for the ad-|ing: I S aE b | but do not compel” | s A I.i Entered ir post_ Office in Juneau as Second Clast| - i 2 ey ks g h 28, 1917, | & matter s i L ':’?]“‘ ”?9 11_""_'“'(’” I"?s i e d‘“‘“ i n;rl-d‘to MAY 28 A manager for the Juneau base- *- —#| Try The Empire classifieds for — SUBSCRIPTION RATES. i R e bl S SRR aska rgerit pall team was to be chosen at al SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1937 lquick resuls. | ey to the world. Rl e special meeting scheduled to as-| Although benefic aspects rule pos-| — 4 - Delivered in carrier in Juncau and Douglas for §1.25 per montk y mail age paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, §12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00 one month. i v $1.25. Bubscribers wi 1 bow! of cherries beneath every tree in the States. will promptly notif egularity in the deliver: the Business Office of back you will find that they have soured. Thir are never the same when one goes back. There are more opportunities to the foot in Alaska of their papers. 374 oftice, 602 OF ASSOC CSS. The Asso Press is excl d to the use fo republication o ews d n.:dol credited to it or not other- than there are to the mile in the States and the sooner ited fn this paper and also the local news published | g R ey e e o the local news published | o i, Alaska convince ourselves of the fact the sooner Alaska and the people in it will prosper. It should prick our pride a little that an Out- sider can observe our lack of energy in promoting our Telephones: Ne MEM ated 'TEED TO BE LARGER PUBLICATION A CIRCULATION GU THAN THAT OF AN | own country, and it should stir us to action ! s i | Monday's a holiday. T something to remember | chant tomorrow Upward Trend (Cincinnati Enquirer) | Prices, it appears, are not the only things that are going up. With them, the hems of well-dressed | women’s skirts are rising also. Although we have had quite some years of velief from the ugliness of short | skirts, another “trade cycle” has set in. And skirts lare moving fast. They never got to the floor, of course, excepting the case of those evening gowns which carried to the ultimate the revival of the femin- ine traditions. But two or three ye SELLING OURSELVES ON ALASKA ten inches was con- s ago. Dr. Ales Hrdlicka of the Smithsonian Institution in addressing the Juncau Chamber of Commerce yes- | SIACre d the correct distance between sl 1d terra 1 irma oot is something like standard. And terday ed out that he had 1 a failure on the s . pe N s b fr come m warnings that 15 inches has b b OWE pecome the official hiatus Territory. There is too much eviden: oK Such a drift in women's styles is regrettable, of the part to think of Alaska as a place in which course. There never was any charm in the short| to v uch time as they can make suffi t)skirt, and neither is there much to be said aestheticall money to go back to the States for the average pair f pedal extremities exposed by He placed the figure at nine-tenihs of Ul the post-war rt stopping short at the knee. E\{( L 2 5 the short skirt, with all its cargo il ent, | kans. His estimate, we believe, is too high with all its hostility roward man’s feeling for the ar- there are more than a tenth of the people living in the | i i i< on its way back Territory who have adopted this land as their home To resist it is like trying to empty the ccean with and are extending their efforts in its behalf as their a bucket, or like trying to prevent the next war. There country. is something deep in human nature, it seems, that as Dr. Hrd- compels women’s skirts to move in cyclical fluctuation. licka stressed, that there are still too many of us who The skirt of 1938 doubtless will have just about the aesthetic charm of a pair of ov If it is as cast longing eyes toward the States instead of con- N rare and as unwelcome as the seventeen-year locusts, centrating our efforts on making our niche in this it is fully as inevitable at the same time, It is best great northjand. not to protest in these matters. One can only hope There were among those who pushed into the gyjetly that the curve of lengih will not rise to Oregon country of the Pacific in earlier days indi- jts post-war high, nor stay long at the po; of maxi- viduals who saw no promise in the western frontier. mum bad taste. | Many returned to the eastern states, but those who ” stayed were instrumental in developing the great Pe cific slope. They established homes and they saw @ wilderness turned into, one of the richest sections of of the “slendah” the United States. A great many of vs in the north thing to, without today are descendants of those pioneers who came Herald. into the Oregon country when it was the so-called Jast frontier. Our eyes turn southward toward that! B2 cven ns) theirs tamnsd ‘eastward when they moved 10 fiossler titles) and. any day new the maftes of West. Such is the human relation. changing Fort Knox, K. to Rainbow’s End may 2 _arise.—San Francisco CLronicle. But empires are not built by those who turn back- i ward. Those who achieve look always ahead | From what we can gather from the situation, The airplane has supplanted the wagon tr2iN. gpain would be better off if both sides lost.—Ohio but the same spirit must and will prevail in develop- State Journal But the unfortunate fact is obvious. When the old-fashioned bustle comes back, as is predicted, it is doubtful whether there will be enough new-fashioned gal to anchor the| subsequent disaster.—Lexington, K. The older place names are constantly giving way “A Newspaper Within a Newspaper™ Friday, May 28, 1937. dog is like one of the WE DEL!VER Fresh Cakes, Pies, | ne s -« 0 ™ "|Ice Cream in Cones Coffee Cakes and . . [Quarts, Pints or in all kinds of Pastry | | ipuny, now is | GRY Gmount, at any FRESH EVERY ; ! we time you wish. that you have lower marks in DAY | January than in December?” FISHER BLEND | marked Johnny: “Oh, everything is FLOUR | down after the holi- 9 pound bags—Special for Saturday ‘ FRESH EGGS Large and clean—the THE FRIENDLY STORE THE FRIENDLY STORE WE HAVE SCHILLINGS COFFEE Two pound cans. Special 57¢ CAMPBELL’S | ORANGE BUTTER Tumbel: “What are you doing with that red lantern?” Dumbbell: “I just found it. Some foolish person left it be- a hole in the road.” Mother: “Jimmy, did you get | finest on the market. |that leaf of bread I sent you Vess R doz 35c | Jimmy: “No, the store was ry_Delicious! i closed.” Mother: “What, closed at this tall§j CAMPFIRE [ hour of the day?” ll !ars 23c M A R s H G| s eBu there was @ | gn on the door that said, ‘Home Baking'.” MALLOWS | Sacieite 1 1b. pkg.—fresh stock 22¢ T. & H. DOG FOOD Good quality meat with FATE TOOK A FOOT yeistableg cue, Teacher (after recess): "Pen'y,“ ta“ Cans zsc why are you crying?” Percy: “Harold kicked me in s o U P the stomach.” We will be closed Teacher: “Harold, did you| All kinds mean to kick Percy in the stom- |ALL DAY MONDAY ach?” i ORDER SATURDAY— llc a can | Harold: “Naw. He turned| We will start a new | around just when 1 kicked.” month for you. CALL GARNICK’S —PHONE 174 We need to cast off the false theory that there is They may be sweet cherries in memory but if you go, . ‘ \ MODERN Keith Reischl Tex Lytle Alfred Lundstrom Mrs. Lydia Ritter Joe Wilson - e - —_— || DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH | By W. L. Gordon | Words Often Misused: Do not “I, have hardly enough cups Use scarcely to ex- | pres quantity, hardly to express de- jgree. “I hardly see how it can be i done.” Often Mispronounced: Loath (ad- , Jective) ; pronounce the th as in wealth. Loathe (verb); pronounce |the the as in smooth. | Often Misspelled: Authoritative; not authoritive. Synonyms: Headstrong, stubborn, { willful, ungovernable. | 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 Inevitable; that cannot be avoided “Fame comes only when deserved and then is as inevi tiny, for it is destiny | - ‘.P 3 1 | LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon O —_— . 1. What is a graminivorous ani- mal? 2. Who was the first emperor ol modern France? 3. In what book is the expres- ¢ion, “How are the mighty fallen'? 4. What percentage of water is a cucumber, by weight? . What is the political status of the Panama Canal Zone? ANSWERS 1. One that feeds on grass and like food. 2. Napoleon Bongparte I 3. The Bible. 4, 95 per cent water. 5. It is a military reservation under the superviion of the War Department ‘i oA a1 ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee —o Q. How should invitations be ex- tended to a christening? ¢ A. As the christening ceremony is an intimate one, it is customar to invite the guests by personil notes or by telephone. Q Is it still customary for a widow to wear mourning for a year after her husband’s death? A. This is optional; it customary with some people. Q. Should one ever ask permis- sion to join a club? | A. No; one should wait for an invitation. e — WNOTICE - s is still For special fresh dressed chickens call Femmer, phone 114. adv. P When in Need of DIESEL OIL—UTAH CO. GENERAL HAULING STORAGE and CRATING CALL US JUNEAU TRANSFER Phone 48——Night Phone 4703 I RCA VICTOR [ | Radios———— Records | | Radio Tubes | | (Next Gastineau Hotel) ] | Mrs. Pigg Phone 65 | e = l.wml)lv: all those interested in base- Iball. e Company No. 1 of the Doug- » Department was to meet which members were to the baseball grounds for H {las F following {prepare |the game with Perseverance on the evening of Decoration Day. Captain Mehaffey of the Alaska Road Commission, who had passed through Juneau on the way south recently, was scheduled to return on the Northwestern. p A. H. Ziegler, law partner of Z R. Chenzy, was to he married to |Miss Lillian Windfohr of Baltimore on June 25. | Mrs. Guy Smith who had under- gone a major operation at St. Ann's Hospital was reported to be in a |favorable condition. William Burrtord had left Mrs on the Spo business and pleasure trip to Cali- fornia i Rev. J. H. Condit, superintendent ! of the Board of Home Missions of t Presbyterian Church of Alaska, d sailed for the south on the Spckane for a brief business trip. | | Mrs. A .\W. Swineford, mother of Mrs. Allen Shattuc a former Alasl Governor, arrived from her home in Ket kan aboard the Humboldt and to spend the in Junes with her daughter. he annual meeting of the Al- aska Bar Association for the First Divicicn officers were elected in- cluding Royal A. Gunnison, pres ident; Z. R. Cheney, first vice-pres At ident; John R. Wi second vice president; A. Cosgrov third A. Pains, re-elected, and John H. Cobb, di- rector. Dr. Mocney of the Government Hospital had purchased automobile from the Garage through T. J. McC ager. Harry F. Morton, deputy marshal from Douglas, had left on the Hum- boldt in charge of Victor Santai- nen, who had recently been ad- judged insanz by a jury at Doug- ias. 2 James H. Hawley, former Gov- ernor of Idaho, had announced that he would be a candidate to succeed Senator William E. Borah, when he retired at the end of his term. Italian troops had smashed through the Austro-Hun positions between Jamiamo and the Gulf of Trieste, making a passage between Mont Falcone and the Duino Rail- way. A cable to the Japancse North American Daily Times of Seattle stated that the Japanese Naval forces operating on the Mediter- ranean had sunk four German sub- marines and three Austrian war- ships. | i Juneau temperature had varied between 45 and 53 degrees. Clear conditions prevailed. - SEE FEMMER FIRST For all kinds of feed, also fertilizer. Phone 114. adv. “Schilling HUNGARIAN PAPRIKA X '1 The B. M. Bank | | | Juneau, { [ | | COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS : Resources Over Two and ‘ One-Half Million Dollars Behrends Alaska ne for a two months’| itively today, there are adverse in- fluences read as precipitating bit- ter oppositions and quarrels. For constructive thinkers with far mental vision this is a sitmu- lating day, but they may be ove come by mass emotionalism which encourages labor troubles, politi- cal difficulties and international misunderstandings. Women are subject to an unfa- vorable direction of the stars today. |They should curb their de: to spend meney and to seek amuse- ments. This is not guration for love affai and for this reason girls will be happiest when attending to their routine du- ties and enjoying uneventful week- fends. Home builders are subject to thej| most fortunate sway which seems| to promise a summer of extraor- an auspicious confi- | |dinary pleasure in new dwellir , Reactic y influences which will; |effect many American ideas may {be apparent in architecture. Ex- {treme modern plans now may be less lacceptable than formerly. There is a sign todey which is most fortunate for educators, law-| yers and the clergy. - New national | leaders are to from groups | that are broadly educated | i | | I | arise have | of good luck.| through specu- | through regular Persons whose birthdate it is the au come well as ildren ly will be on this day prob-| dual and dynamic., Subjects of sign reach fame through original and independent effort ' Patrick Henry, American statos- man and orator, & born on this day 1736. Others who have cele- brated it as a birthday include Charles II. King of Enzland, 1 630; Sarah, first Duchess of Marl ough, 1660. (Copyright, 1937) e Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. Ludwig Nelson | WATCIMAKER and JEWELER 1 ' Juneau, Alaska R S B s DR ————— Work and Dress BIG VAN'S 228 Front St. —— COAL For Every Purse and Every Purpose PACIFIC COAST ! COAL CO. PHONE 412 “Tomorrow’s Siyles ‘ Today"” : ] g CARDINAL 25¢ Within City Limits NEW GENERAL ELECTRIC CLEANER $2.50 Down . . Low Weekly Payments ACT NOW! Tomorrow is the last day— at closing time this offer ends. Come in before it's too late. LATEST MODEL MOTOR-DRIVEN BRUSH ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. PHONES Juneau—£ Douglas—18 Twou al self Ed Larzen o invited to present this coupon at the hox office of the Capitol Theatre and receive tickets for your- and a friend or relative to see “Magnificent Brute” As » paié¢-ap sudscriber of The Daily Alaska Empire Good only for curren t offering. 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