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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1937. Daily Alaskh Em pire ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager " EMPIRE Juneau, Published every evening except Sunday b PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Alaska. Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. lmlnna by carrier in Junean and Douglas for §1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance. $1.25. Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers Telephones: News: Office, 602: -FVIBI'R ovF Alfll)(‘lk‘l‘lh PRES:! The Associated Press i8 exclusively entitled to the use for republication of news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited this paper >nd also the local published herein. Business Oilice, 374 news ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OPF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION GIVE THE OLD MAN HIS HEAD ON FATHER'S DAY Not to be outdone mother, father gets a! “break” tomorrow. It is Father's Day. Like most fathers, we have never been able to figure out just another day should be set aside, in addition to Christmas, when father called upon to accept some more of those loud ties. But, of course, that isn't the way to look at it. Most fathers have caught on how to make those atrocious ties disappear, or pass them on to Junior, so the tie question really is; a minor one. The original intent of Father's Day, it to honor Father, so as one of the army is we suspect, of bill- (8 | press cember and at 11:12 am., Juneau time, Monday, it reaches its farthest north point from the celestial equator, which most of us will associate with that heavy black line going around the earth in all the geography books of golden school days. Los Angeles’ boast, we have the maximum of sun- |shine. Heading south again from that northernmost point, the sun will reach its most southern point at 9:22 pm. next December 21, bringing with it the shortest days of the year, and, incidentally, Christ- mas, which is not a topic to be mentioned in June with the fish biting. And the moral of this summer solstice which brings about the longest day is: If you can't save on your light bill now, it isn’t the sun’s fault. The Doctor and the Public (New York Times) A few days ago Mr. Howard W. Blakeslee of The Associated Press delivered the commencement address of the Medical College of Virginia. It is not the first time that he and other newsmen who have made the interpretation of science their specialty have been thus honored by technical institutions. The existence of a healthy National Association of Science Writers fur- nishes additional evidence that a new profession has been created and that out of atoms, stars and vita- mins news may come—great news, constructive news in a world that faces many problems. Apart from its vision of the medical future M. Blakeslee's address deserved attention because it em- phasized the need of a better understanding on the medical profession’s part of the newspaper’s true func- tion. By a singular coincidence Dean Carl W. Acker man of Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism elucidated another aspect of the same subject at the “Rousing people, making them think, the newspaper,” remarked Mr. Blakeslee. “This is the great contribution which the newspaper offers to medicine.” But medical men still think of newspaper | articles as publicity—something very different from public opinion—and through their organizations pro- ceed to hound the physician whose name happens to be connected with it. In response to the public demand for medical news and in recognition of the part played by the in combating disease, medical press bureaus have been established. Newspaper men are grateful for their aid in interpreting medicine. But the infor- mation supplied about a new discovery is second-hand. There are questions that the reporter would like to ask the discoverer and pictures of the great man that the public would like to see. Woe unto the medico who yields to importunities. He runs the risk of is the job of payers, we offer these suggestions: Don’t mention Father’s Day to father at all But when he suggests this evening, “guess I'll take| a little walk down to the club,” simply reply, “we're having little pig sausages for breakfast, “and hand; him his hat. Don’t by all means, suggest that mid- “ night is a late hour, or make some facetious crack about coming home with the milk man. Just make | some other plans for the evening and let Dad have his night. 1 When tomorrow morning rolls around, don't point out that it is almost church time. Get ready and go to church. If father wants to go to church he'll go. If he wants to stay home and putter. Let him putter. If he says something about trying out that new fly rod, suggest that it is a good day for it, and, besides you haven't had any fish for a long time. empty basket, skip it. Don’t tell him what a poor fisherman he is. If he says the weather wasn't right for 'em to bit, agree with him, but for heaven's sake don’t mention fish, unless you can recall that big one he caught last year and you can bring the subject up tactfully, thus inflating his fishing ego. Don't say “let’s go to the movie” tomorrow night, but if Dad says, “get your hat mother and let's go down to the show.” Get your ha.t Don't argue about what show you want to go to. Trot right along like a good girl. Of course, it is all right to think up a lot of th|m,~ to tell him Monday morning. He'll expect it. But just be the dutiful little wife, daughter or son tonight and tomorrow. You'll probably notice a new glint in the old boy’: the harness with renewed vigor, figuring he's got a pretty good gang around him after all. FUR GETS A BOOST | Few actions taken by the lasi Legislature promise to bring more lasting results to the Territory than the act which set up a fur farm experiment station, site for which is now reported to have been selected south of Petersburg overlooking Wrangell Narrows. Fur is one of Alaska’s big three—fish, fur and gold. The total fur in the Territory is valued at around $93,000.000. But aside from the wild fur and the island fox farms of the Aleutians, it is estimated conservatively by those conversant with the subject that there are about 300 fur farmers in the Territory with their holdings valued at an average of around $10,000 each. These farms produce.in fur somewhere between $75,000 and $100,000 annually, a small frac- tion of the total output of fur from Alaska. But suf- ficient to show that fur farming can be made to pay big dends in the Territory if nourished by Federal and Territorial aid as is being started under the setup provided the Legislature. | Experts readily admit that farm-raised fur is in many instances superior to wild fur. Best evi- dence of this is the premium prices that Alaska farm- raised fur has brought on the London market. It is 1ly natural that the animal which is cared for, fed properly and protected from the elements should thrive better than his wild brother who must forage for his existence in the wilderness. And it is to develop better feeding methods. combat disease to which the animal, like human, is susceptible and to generally improve the quality of fur that the experimental station is being established Its benefit can be lasting. and it is probable that in the years to come that produced from farms will far exceed that taken in the wild state, as better methods are adopted and many more enter the in-| dustry. Instead of three hundred farms, there is no to fur reason why the Territory should not have 3,000 and | more. There is 'xm])h' room LONG I-IST l) \\ ()F THE YEAR While there isn't much difference in the actual emount of possible sunlight fro:n now on until the end of June, Monday, June 21, is officially known as the longest day of Lue year. Weather observers report that upon that day there will be in Juneau 18 hours | and 17 minutes of possible sunshine. That as to the actual sunshine. The sunrise hour Monday will be 2:53 a.m. and it will set behind the Chilkat range at 9:10 p.m Fairbanks on the same day there will be 21 hmm and 54 minutes of possible sunshine. All of w is explained by the weather experts in this way The sun has been heading north since last De- !seeker. if carried out in the spirit of the act, | in Alaska | means g 4 | sunshine if it doesn’t rain. They make no promise yet | Up in| being ejected from medical societies as a publicity Cruel injustices are sometimes thus perpe- | trated. The great physicist who grants an interview on his success in driving some new particle of matter out of the atom or permits himself to be photographed in his laboratory is certainly no more given to adver-| itising himself than the man who becomes famous | through his method of treating pneumonia or schiz phrenia. In a democracy where speech is still free ! the physician is the one scientist who is muzzled. Mr. Blakeslee made it clear that “néwspapers will not follow medical precedents” and that thm‘ will not confine themselves “to those items which | the physicians would select.” And Dean Ackpxman 7 equally emphatic in holding that the medical profession “is isolated from the current thinking of mankind,” though his concern was more with the cine. The medical bureaus of information have done commendable work in aiding the newspapers to sup- press the quacksalvers who seek publicity. Yet only | a beginning has been made in bringing about a better understanding between the press and medicine. The next step is to make it possible for men engaged in 'research to escape ostracism when they satisfy a legitimate demand for first-hand opinions of kind that the pubhc is entitled to hear. A Simple Paradox (Cincinnati Enquirer) Many persons are astonished at the coolness, if not actual hostility, shown by leaders of the American Federation of Labor toward the President’s scheme eye Monday morning, and he’ll buckle into to set maximum working hours and minimum wages. | Organized labor, they suppose, ought to be overwhelm-.| |ingly in favor of any legislation which raises wages faux pas at the table, and shortens the hours of labor. But the paradox is not difficult to understand. i The American Federation of Labor includes about one-tenth of the wage-earners and salaried persons of the country. For the most part, it includes the most prosperous groups. It seeks legislation which will improve the bargaining power of its members in their drive for higher wages and shorter hours. But the President's proposals are something very different from this. They are designed to help the lowest-paid and those working the longest hours. The beneficiaries of this proposed measure would in very few instances be members of the unions affili- | ated with the A. F. of L. Carrying this a step farther, is might actually be hostile to the immediate interests of most union labor to have this law enacted. For the law would raise wages in the lowest brackets and shorten hours in cases of abu This would raise costs and therefore prices, without touching the wages of skilled labor to any | extent. Skilled craftsmen would find the cost of liv- | ing higher, and their wages the same. even find wage increases harder to get, They might because the uncrganized workers enjoyed wage increases. It is not new for labor legislation of this character. ated his far-reaching plan of social insurance and wage legislation, he was bitterly opposed by all the German trade unions. They realized that a paternal- istic program for the mass of workers would lessen | their dependence on and interest in labor unions. While reliance on legislation is much greater to- jday, the same paradox exists. The Wagner Act won | instantaneous support of all organized labor groups, because it plays into their hands. their bargaining power. But a measure designed to help the least prosperous workers does not serve the | particular interests of the old conservative unions made up lurgri\ of skilled workers. Where are the $200-a-monthers? Long following? Where are the chain-letter | bhilanthropists? Native common sense always re- turns after a mental orgy of expectation. A night- mare can't outlast the coming-up of the sun.—Toledo Blade. unions to oppose social | Where are the | | Wish they'd delete that line, “The future is yours,” { from all graduation addresses. We never did like it. |That's what they told us when we got our sheepskin, |and when someone slipped over a war and a depres- | sion on us.—Boston Herald l From an 80 million flollu estate the government \mk\\ 60 millions. It is growing easier, perhaps, for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.—Chicago Tribune. | Recovery has so far advanced that a discouraged Ohio banker jumped from only the second floor of a |sanitarium, turning an ankle.—Detroit News, New Jersey debates a ban on the sale of aspirin They can easily avenge themselves, of d refuse to sell the druggist a ham.—San b Chronicle. by groc course, i |Frane annual meeting of the Medical Society of New York. | the | When Bismarck initi- | It strengthens | HAPPY The Empire ertends congratula- BIRTHDAY tions and best wishes today, their Thus up here in Alaska with the sun, despite (pirthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: < JUNE 19 Lloyd Jarman Edward J. Brostrom, Sr. Ralph Mielke Mrs. Dora Sweeney Mrs. E. L. Gruber Robert Short Mrs. Edith F. Sheelor Ludwig Myhre Rex A. Hermann A. Minard Mills Ethel B. Borton JUNE 20 Dr. W. P. Blanton Essie Kelsey Mrs. T. W. Watkins Effie Shelton e DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon o+ 4 +* Words often misused: Do not, say, “I only saw the picture once.” “I saw the picture only once.” Often mispronounced: Odeum (a hall for musical or dramatic per- formances). Pronounce o-de-um, as in obey, e as in deed, and accent second syllable, not the first. Often misspelled: Great (large in size). Grate (a frame of bars.) Synonyms: Residence, house, do- micile, abode, lodging Word study: “Use a word three |times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering cne word each day. Today's word: Rational; having reason or under- ‘.&mn(lmg. “A rational nature ad- |mits of nothing but what is se! viceable to the rest of mankind.” Antoninus. By A. C. Gordon Sy L now ‘ LOOK and LEARN 1. Who Wales? 2. Who wrote the words to the ong, “Home Sweet Home?"” 3. What is considered the simp- |lest test to determine if a person |is feeble-minded? is the Prince of ot s bt S A M 1 {turned from the Matanuska Valley Say. | What does the dog symbolize? | 5. How much larger is the Pa- cific Ocean than the Atlantic? | ANSWERS | 1. This title can be held only |by the eldest son of the rulin If he comes home tomorrow night with an physicians' attitude toward the State control of medi- monarch, and at present is in abey- ance. | 2. John Howard Payne. | 3. Ask the person to count from 110 to 1 backwards. It is claimed that a feeble-minded person cannot’ oA | this. | 4. Fidelity. 5. Pacific, 68,634,000 sq. mi.; lantic, 41,321,000 sq. mi. | - MODERN ' | At- - ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee Q. When some guest makes a is it neces- sary for the hostess to make the same blunder in order to put the| guest at ease? A. Never. The hostess merely “not see” the blunder. would be ridiculous for the hostess |to tie her napkin around her neck tor drink out of her fingerbowl just | because some guest did so. Q. Is it good form for a girl to -g,n to the railroad station to see 2 man who is leaving for a lengthy visit? | A. Not if the acquaintance js \\Lght If he is a fiance or a very |close friend, she may do so with pxopneu Q. Is it proper to have the words |“Ladies” and “Gentlemen” on the doors of public washrooms? A. “Women” and “Men” are | preferable. B Lode and placer location notices | for sale at The Empire Office. PHONE 36 For very prompt | | should | 1t % g - * 20 Years Ago ||| Horoscope From The Empire’ “The stars incline | # 7 but do not compel” | JUNE 19, 1917 > g The Fourth of July committee had met and outlined the doings on the day the eagle screams. There was to be a parade with all organiza- tions participating, ball games be- SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 1937 Benefic aspects rule today, ac- cording to astrology, but adverse as- spects are active after early morn- tween Thane, Perseverance, Juneau |ing hours. land Douglas; sports for children, Under this configuration the ']lflfl rac md big free dance in A.|mind should be susceptible to relig- | B. Hall ious influences and the clergy - should be encouraged in extra ef- The Misses Helen and Dorothy |rorts to aid humanity, Troy were to arrive aboard the stea- mer Princess Sophia from the south. For the Roman Catholic Church extraordinary events are prognos- ticated. Before the close of the year strong policies of widest effect Mrs. H. S. Graves left for the |south aboard the Admiral Eva are to be promoted, the seers pro- | Dr. c. C. Georgeson, head of the|™ il o oc 11 teaqership are proe- | Alaska Experimental Bureau, re- nosticated for more than one prom- inent organization. There will be a tendency among Protestants of dif- ferent denominations to unite. This sway is favorable for preach- lana prefiicted it would become the greatest farming section in Alaska | Waiir i S|x'm)>:-m<1i w};o " h?:‘ ers. Those who are not enjoying va- been visiting in the east and south o T o heet cordial res- everal months was returning to Srd ibe ponse to both the spoken written word. There is an evil portent read a presaging much conflict of opinion among religionists as well as poli- ticians. Many men and women will NOTICE—WARNING reveal their antagonistic views. Speed limit within the limits of | gudden heat may be expected |the City of Douglas is twenty-five | through the summer and care should miles per hour. All violations of this e exercised to safeguard health limit will be prosecutéd. IMany sudden deaths are forecast. adv CHIEF OF POLICE | prownings are to be numerous T Y, e |and loss of life on the high seas is Leode and placer location nonmmn,pm-< d. Movements of the navy for sale at The Empire Office. [will arouse great concern. s | Persons whose birthdate it is have * |the augury of a year of favorable [ L&H | \ru.ancm and real progress for ail | SHOETORIUM {who work hard or manage their af- fairs carefully. The Home of Modern Shoe Work | | HENRI MAKI, Proprietor | Juneau aboard the Spokane. Weather report—Low 45, high 48, rain, i Children born on this day proba-' bly will be determined and inde-| pendent. Subjects n know | 3 how to conserve their physical as| ~ lwell as their financial resources. | Helen M. Gould Shepard, philan- | thropist, was born on this day,| 11868. Othy who have celebrated i?i as a birthday include Francis E.! 300 Rooms . 300 Baths Jrom $2,50 Syecial Waekly Kates ALASKANS LIKE THE LUHSHIfl Tun S BIG VAN'S 228FrontSt.__) Today’s News Today—Embire. Don’t Be Satisfied! Unless It’s Pertect! If your home or business refrigeration isn't working 100%¢ perfectly, if it is too noisy, or doesn't freeze properly phone our New Refrigeration Service Department Ask for John Houk, the Refrigeration Man PHONE 34 Rice & Ahlers Company George Kodzoff You 2re invited to present “ais coupon at the box office of the Capitol Theatre and receive tickets for your- self and a friend or relative to see “Polo Joe” |Warren, United States Senator, 1244; Anne Letitia Barbauld, poet. 1743, | MONDAY, JUNE 21, Benefic aspects dule strongly day which should be most favorable to house and land interests. Owners of property should take care of ob- s affecting real estate. | is read as a most fortunate +5 —3: t'me for starting new enterprises.| | ‘The Sun enters Cancer on this date, | | |thus starting the summer quarter. | There is a good sign for workers. i 1 | i 1987 | to- ; “Smiling Service” ] ’ | Bert’s Cash Grocery Tigher returns for farm products | lare promised despite certain dis- | t ng portents for farmers. " | Unusual weather conditions ars forecast, creating droughts in wide- 1y separated ‘places and heavy rains L o A L in many states. Mussolini comes under a sinister For Every Purse PHOLE 103 Free Delivery Juneav direction of the stars which bodes ill for him if he should goad the and Every Eritish lion too far. Incendiary fires in the national Purpose fore: on mountains and in cities nosticated for the United PACIFIC COAST COAL CO. PHONE 412 rrrrrr e e e emre e el N p z States. Frauds against insurance com- i rnmes have been prophesied. One g these will stir international ire, it is predicted. Mars continues to affect minds of dwellers on the planet Earth and there is the probability that sudden cenflict will be precipitated follow- ing the end of the Spanish war. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of fairly good fortune, but there may be irritating losses that could be avoided. Children born on this day proba- bly will be conscientious and indus- trious. Many subjects of this sign |are plodders who dislike publicity. Maurice Scollard Baldwin, clergy- man, was born on this day 1826. |Others who have celebrated it as | prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreee "Tomorrow's Styles | flafyzier> funeau’s Own Store |tile and a bird. s 2 GREEN TOP CABS PIGGLY WIGGLY [P EARN AT LIQUOR DELIVERY —n The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS ; 3 CARDINAL Resources Over Two and One-Half Millior: Dollars USRI . 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