The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 21, 1937, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER Editor and Mnnaml Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Junl‘au.‘v Alaska. — - e e Eatercd In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Cl matter | | | Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. | By mail, postage paid, at the following ates One year, In advance, $12.00; one month, in advance, $1.25 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers Telepliones: News Office, 602; six months, in advance, $6.00; Business Ollice, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press I8 exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or mnot | otherwise credited in this paper snd also the local news CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION | | | | i | | the! NORTH POLE BUT A WAY STATION After Russian one of the greatest flights on record, aviators have landed safely at Vancouver, Wash., just a comparatively short distance from their 5,300 miles, the Soviet birdmen dia not quite reach the non- Codas made 5667 miles in a hon New York to Syria but they did make one of the most phenomenal aerial trips in history. Not alone phenomenal because they carved an air route over the top of the earth, relegat- ing the North Pole to a way station rather than the, goal which for years men gave their lives in an effort to reach, but because of the great realm of possibili- ties they opened up for commercial aviation of the future. If planes can be built and manned which will skip over the polar regions of the north, planes will be built and men will fly them over the southern pole as well. Admiral Richard Byrd has proven in his expeditions that flight is possible in the Antarctic The Russian fliers have proven that not only is fligh possible under such conditions but that aeriai com merce can be carried on eventually over such frozer vastness. This is not to say that commercial routes ove: the poles are a possibility of the immediate future These men — Chekaloff, Balducov and Beliakov — are but the trail blazers for the future. For successful commercial aviation to be carried on over such great distances it will be necessary to establish air stations| along the route as the Clipper ships have established | in their south Pacific exploitations and as are univer- | sal in the warmer zones where flying is carried on as a routine matter. But skeptical as some of us may be, just as the world was skeptical when the Wright Brothers firs flew at Kitty Hawk, commercial planes one day will entirely encompass the earth with scheduled air lines For future civilization, the poles will be but way sta- tions in a system which will girdle the globe in all directions. In this aviation progress of the future, Alaske | will play an important role for it is located on what already is a projected round-the-world route. The time is not so far distant when planes will swing up the coast, across Alaska and the Bering Sea. Then across Siberia, Russia, Europe and back over the At-| lantic to the United States. The flight such as the Russians made adds stimulus to that undertaking and| similar aviation enterprises the world over. goal—San Francisco. Traversir non-stop air stop record of and Rossi, Frenchmen, who from REASONABLE CLOSING There may be glamour In a wide open town, buf, } innocents. | pay, | inquire | to be giving Mr. regarding THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1937. out that the income'ar that hour negligible in comparison with the overhead of keeping open. It may be as was suggested in the discussion before the Council that too early closing tends to ! breed bootlegging. But it is doubtful if any person can get rich bootlegging in a community where liquor dispensaries are open 18 hours a day. CIVILIZATION? Pursuit planes are flying low over the city and the lines of escape, dropping bombs, and hordes of women and children have been massacred. Screams of terror were heard along the escape avenues during the night, coming from the dying and the wounded. orn bodies of women and children like ittered baggage were revealed when dawn came. s Such reads part of an account of the final drive on Bilbao in the Spanish war zone. Slaughter of the And across the sea they point with pride to their cultured, modern civilization Credit Association reports WPA workers and the WPA workers probably “what with?” are poor are going to Martial law is declared at Johnstown. Probably some of them remember the flood. The income tax investigating committee appears Schick, the razor king, a close shave Ivasion (New York Times) Ever since March 15, when the tax returns were considerably below what the Treasury had expected, ' there has been a great deal of concern in Wushmqrun‘ The President has finally | and cited examples of it.! “tax avoidance.” spoken about the matter On all this the comment of Senator Wheeler seems sensible. If there have been evasions, he remarks, civil suits should be brought up by the Treasury to recover the money. If fraud has been perpetrated, criminal prosecutions should be started. If the law strengthening, the Treasury spec: mend action by Congress. Loopholes in existing tax laws should, of course. be plugged up as scon as they become evident. One enormous loophole has been exempt bonds. Yet the present Administr: its predecessors, has done nothing about it. other “loopholes,” it is the Treasury’s function to de- rmine, first, whether these are really unjustifiable exemptions and, cond, whether a rule can be drawn to close them without placing an unjust burden on honest taxpayers. Meanwhile, one may be permitted to doubt whether Representative Doughton is correct in assert- ng that the recent failure of tax revenues to meet the Treasury estimates was due to “evasion by the big No doubt there is a certain percentage , but this is not something that appears suddenly in one year. And if Tiere has been a growth in “tax avoidance,” it should be instructive to inquire into its probable causes. It is fair to ask whether one of these has not been the attitude toward the income tax of the Adminis- fration itself. As Professor R. M. Haig, a leading tax authority, has pointed out, the income tax is essenti- ally a “self-assessed” tax resting upon a detailed declaration of the taxpayer which the Treasury can hope to check only to a minor extent. Successful administration requires the active assistance of the taxpayer. When a levy that is dependent upon self- assessment comes to be generally regarded as inequi- table, its administration tends to crumble. The revenue acts of recent years have inflicted serious damage upon the income tax by numerou modifications that do violence to the taxpayer's sense of fair play, thus impairing his spirit of cooperation This is wholly apart from the question of tax rates— though when Federal income tax rates alone mount to 79 percent on the highest brackets, not counting what the individual State in which the taxpayer lives m ion, like | have taken in addition, it is hardly surprising if tax- payers here and there cease to trouble to earn this amount for the sake of turning it over to the Govern- ment, and if in consequence revenues decline. What are we to say of the fairness of a law which taxes capital gains but refuses to allow deductions for capital los: What are we to say of a law which refuses to allow either the individual or corporation to carry forward losses as a deduction from the taxable income of subsequent years? What are we to say of the City fathers have wisely decided to forego it in favor of more reasonable and orderly procedure. They | have decided to continue the closing hours on places where liquor is handled at 1 a.m. with the exceptions | of Saturday nights and nights preceding nomm«‘ when the time is advanced to 2:30 a.m. | 1t is probable that by their action they have won | the felicitations of the majority of the citizens of | Juneau. Operators of the places themselve: A\p])("\!-l ing before the Council the other, declared | themselves definitely in favor | fact, some suggested that it might be 1ced to mid night without drastic effect on their purse evening, of early closing s, poir | returns, corporations; which place heavy penalty taxes on cor- porations for putting aside funds into contingency re- |serves or into productive plants instead of recklessly paying them out in dividends? Tt is desirable to plug up loopholes in the Income Tax Laws, but it is no less desirable to re-examine those laws, and our present methods of auditing tax to make sure that they are not sometimes jcalculated to transform honest men into bitter op- ponents of the income tax. Spring, at last, has released us from our shov slavery, furnace, and snow. Now, all we need wor ab spatch. should work out ! legislation to cover the abuses and recom- ! ident for years— tax- | As for | laws which refuse to permit consolidated returns for ut is how to keep our white shoes white.—Columbus MIDDIES' QUEEN. Miss Janet Cunneen of Washington rereives a bouguet from Midshipman R. W. Shafez after being chosen “color girl” for the Naval Academy’s traditional ceremony. HAPPY BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: 20 Years Ago From The Empire * JUNE 20, 1917 Two American destroyers had re- turned to their base in British waters with 80 survivors of two torpedoed British steamships. JUNE 21 Neal Blanton Capt. John M. Clark Leroy Johnson Verner Erickson Rade Krivakapich | Mrs. T. M. Redlington .o Temporary command of the Allied fleet, then in British waters, was conferred upon Admiral Sims of the + | American Navy. DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon President Wilson, by proclama- tion, designated the week of June 123-30 as recruiting week for the reg- |ular army. | Louis Scott and Bert Caro return- - Words Often Misused: One should | ¢d - from Washington - Bay, where | ithey reported that the king salmon {speak of valued friendship, of val- | uable jewels. jwere running. Often Mispronounced: European. | Pronounce u-ro-pe-an, us as in unit; . e as in pen, a un- J third syllable, L A. H. Humpheries, for several years engaged in a local transfer busines: 'had disposed of his business to Cash Cole. He was continuing to make his headquarters in Juneau for contract hauling in all parts of the Territory and was engaged at |the time with a contract at Haines. the second. Misspelled: not Often not er. Synonyms: supercilious, Word Study: times and it crease our v Tremor; or, Haughty, arrogant, proud, overbearing. “Use a word three urs” Tt asain- Desmond Dermody, the popuhr, cabulary by master- YOung baseball pitcher, had return-| ling one word each day. Today's ¢d from Snohomish, Wash., in time word: Unison, concory harmony, o take the box for Douglas on July “The horse and the rider moved in Fourth. | {perfect unison.” *. J. P. Corhus, President of the Al- aska Electrie Light and Power Com- pany accompanied by Mrs. Corbus and Miss Corbus, and John F. Ma lony and family arrived in Juneau| on the Princess Sophia to inspect # their local holdings here. flying control - i || LOOK and LEARN | | By A. C. Gordon *- 1 What time nece: Funds raised on the Channel for |an airplane? the National Red Cross fund had 2. Are the Dionee quintuplets reached $416.07 and would be further being reared as Catholics or Pro- e by the big Red Cross testants? smoker to be given in the Elks’ Hall 3. In what year did the Oivil the night of the 20th. The next big War begin? event for the Red Cross was to be a 4. What is lambda? jitney dance and free supper at the 5. What strait separates the Perseverance mine. is the average to learn to sed 5. State of Washington from Vancou- ver Island? Capt. J. C, Mehaffey, of the Al- aska Road Commission, E@ Huzl- but, Territorial Road Commi for the First Div local photographer, were members of a party making an inspection of the proposed road from the mouth of Taku River to the boundary lne ANSWERS Ten hours. Catholic. 1861. The eleveneth Groek alphabet, the English L. 5. Juan de Fuca. B —— ) MODERN | ETIQUETTE [ By Roberta Lee j B ey e ol e Judge 1 Ji5D; Dunbar, Q. Is it proper for a bride t&' have acqnowledgements of her wed-‘ de;"jed o q‘f“‘ " ding gifts engraved? e became a choir singer in a A. Never. If a girl does not ap- Portsmouth, Va. church when he preciate her gifts to write personal Yas 16 For the past 31 yeu notes of acknowledgement, has been a member of the Pr b 1 hoir here of the donors will regret that they 'Chan CDOIN nere. “It’s time to quit,” he says. “But wasteq their time and money. : 5 Q. What does it indicate when & it will never 'scem natural sitting man has the habit of nudging one ™ e PER to whom he is talking, exchanging winks or amused glances, slapping 1TV oné on the back, and laughing at Tesults. another’s mistakes? s: A. These things indicate but one thing—extreme ill-breeding. i FEMME&ENIE?NSFER mfilc .:51 L;r‘u::;(:f’)d‘”ll“m Syer oul | | Call us for all kinds of Trans- PG { | ferring, Rock and Gravel Haul- P e S SR | | ing. We also sell Cement, Coal, | Kindling, Feed, Hay and Fresh Dressed Poultry. D. B. I“emmer Ietter of the corresponding to Weather: lowest 42; Clear. Highest 53; Quits Singing in Choir After Fifty-four Years DODGE CITY, Kas,, June 21. who has sung e Empire cuassifieds for Try The Empire classifieds for | i | 1 | | I CHARTER THE CRUISER | BUSINESS OR PLEASURE l PHONE 623 Clean—Speedy—Comfortable | il i i | MARINE AIRWAYS FLOAT Money Saved is Money Earned EARN AT PIGGLY WIGGLY For very prompt LIQUOR DELIVERY The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, A-hska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Millior: Dollars las well as nations. | under ‘Dl.‘v' Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” & TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1937 According to astrology ihis is a day of menacing aspects. Men and women should exercise foresight. This is regarded as an unfortu- nate date for signing important deeds or contracts. The portents appear o indicate unexpected ev- ents which will change plans. Business and government heads should be wary of making agree- ments for the future. The seers en- courage caution in all things. Under this configuration there; may be misrepresentation and de- ceit which will affect individuals While ill omens are discerned: by those who read the stars the as-| encourage constructive work which tends to strengthen resistance any sort of misfortune. Women will benefit through do- ‘mestic occupations all through the | summer. This means that they should make the most of family, |hospitalities and general good fel- |lowship. ) The planets encourage unrest |which will greatly increase the vol- ume of travel. Americans will in-| iduige their nomadic instincts all | |through the summer. As automobiles and trailers multi-| Americans will be prepared (u meet emergenciees in living cundi-: tions which will develop rapidly through the summer. | Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of some con- fusion which will demand resource- fulness. Both men and' women should henefit through their own industry. Children born on this day prob- ably will be efficient in whatever they like to db. Subjects of this sign of Cancer have good pros- pects for 1937, Caroline Healy Dale, writer and educator, was born on this day 1822 Others who have celebrated it as a birthday include Wilhelm von Hum- boldt, German philologist, 1867; lian Hawthorne, writer, 1846 - NOTICE—w ARNING Speed limit within the Timits of the City of Douglas is twenty-five miles per hour. All violations of this limit will be prosecuted. adv. CHIEF OF POLICE | Visit the | SITKA HOT SPRINGS Mineral Hot Baths | Accommodations to suit every | taste. 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