The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 13, 1937, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Al red in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Clas SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douslas 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 advarice, $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. Teleph News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRE: The Associated Press is exclusively entitle the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. \ ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. THE STRANGE CASE OF PILOT LEVANEVISKY Then there is the strange case of Mr. Sigismund a good subject for consideration during this anniversary year and the years to come. An Achievement (New York World Telegram) There appeared some days ago in the newspapers exhibit which seems Yo indicate that, in spite of our blundering, we do move forward. This exhibit was a large advertisement announc- ing the issuance of a large preferred stock issue. The advertisement outlined the rising net sales of the corporation since 1929, the constantly improving net income. And it added the facts about various favorable aspects of the business calculated to inspire | confidence in the mind of the investor. Four years ago the advertisement would have ! stopped there. The investor, lured by the enticing | factors in the advertisement, would have had almost 1o means of looking upon the other side of the picture. But this advertisement, after reciting all the fav- orable facts, contained this paragraph:— “Hearings have been held in a proceeding against the company and a subsidiary before the Federal | Trade Commission, under the inson-Patman Act, on a complaint alleging certain unlawful price dis- | criminations in the sale of yeast. The company denies | any unlawfut diserimination. If the commission’s decision should require a substantial change in present price differentials or in present selling practices, there might be a substantially adverse effect upon the | company.” [ That sentence is inserted, of course, because of the | Securities Act of 1933, which requires a corporation | offering bonds or shares to state all the facts which might affect its soundness. Almost on the same day the head of a large in- vestment trust is summoned down to Washington to answer charges that three years ago it filed a regis- tration statement in which “untrue statements of | material fact” were made. | The material facts had to do with certain opera- itions of the insiders which the investing public could 'not possibly learn about. In the good old '20’s it was possible to get away all The Empire extends congralulos tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the /oflmn-l ing: JULY 13 Lucille Lynch Arnold Swanson Jack Lennon Mrs. Charles G. Warner Sylvester T. Nadeau John P. Euochen c . 20 Years Ago From The Empire JULY 13, 1917 Alaska’s quota of men to be sel- ected by the conscriptive draft for the first National War Army was to be 696 men. At a most elaborate banquet, Supt. D. J. Argall acted as host to his {boys at the Perseverance mine, the baseball champions of Southeast DAILY LESSONS' || "IN ENGLISH i By W. L. Gordon Words Often Misused: Do not say, “I have every confidence in John's ability.” Say, “I have the. greatest | tor implicit) ~confidence in Joh 'Q’ ability.” Often mispronounced: Blan‘g- mange. Pronounce bla-manzh, first a as in ask unstressed, second & as in ah, accent last syllable. Often Misspelled: Exhaust. Ob- serve the h. Synonyms: Promising, lavorable,‘ auspicious, propitious. | Word Study: “Use a word three times and it i syours. “Let us in- crease our vocabulary by masters ing one word each day. Today's word: Prescience; foreknowledge. “If man had prescience of his pros- perity he would be careless.’—Au- Levanevisky, the Russian flier who fltw through h""]wilh such a practice. Today under the law issuers a year ago with his co-pilot Victor Levchenko, enroute must tell the truth and the whole truth about their to Moscow. Since that more or less routine flight much has been heard from time to time of Levanevisky. A nice chap, an able flier, it was only natural that his name would be associated with Soviet flying. their best. It was Levanevisky who was to pilot the first plane on the hop over the North Pole, but it actually was another flier, Chekaloff, at the controls when the record flight was made over the Pole to Vancouver. And as a result new interest was aroused in Levanevisky. What happened to Levanevisky? the world asked, and the Soviet leaders replied with heavy silence. Despite the secrecy which shrouded the Russian polar venture, it was a matter of public information that Levanevisky was scheduled to hop off from Mos- cow on June 10 to blaze the aerial trail to San Fran- cisco. But something happened. Levanevisky dropped suddeniy from the news dispatches. In fact, there was lack of any news on the Russian flight for sev- eral days. Then when it was again heralded to the world, Levanevisky was not flying. It was Cheka- loff in the pilot’s seat. The world continued to wonder about Levanevisky. No explanation was offered. Unofficial informa- tion leaked out at Moscow that Levanevisky was under arrest, or at least detained for something or other. He is one of | securities. Can you think of any reason why they Should not be compelled to do this? And if they fail (to do it and the investor suffers a loss should they |not be held to strict accountability? | This is one of the gains of today—a gain achieved |through law. i A Paradoxical Situation ’ (New York Times) Published at a moment when union labor has forced the closing of steel mills throughout the coun- gustine. } e eee MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberta Vee Q. When a girl is giving her photograph to a young man, should she have it framed before doing s0? try, throwing out of work thousands of laborers who desire to continue working, report of the Labor De- partment on factory employment in May comes with a touch of irony. The Department states that factory employment reached in the United States that month the highest figure since November, 1929. Iis returns show also that the index number exceeded that of any month but one in 1928 and any but four in the three preceding years. 1 Even in the “durable goods” industries, which have been chiefly affected by the labor conflict and which until recently had lagged behind in recovery from depression, the showing for May was the best since November, 1929. Factory payrolls were the largest of any month since October, 1929; they indicated an increase of a million workers and of $46,300,000 in weekly payrolls as compared with the same month of | 1936. In May alone, wages of more than 168,000 fac- tory workers were increased. Since last October, the | cumulative total of workers whose wages have been | thus increased was 3,347,000, | If it be thought paradoxical that a campaign of | A. No. If the young man thinks enough of it he should be willing to supply the frame. is to dampen your vanity—he may prefer to stick it in his desk drawer. Maybe—this Q. Is it permissible to remove a rosebud, or some such flower, from the fingerbowl, that has been placed there for decoration, and wear it out of the dining room? A. Yes. Q. Why is a ring always used in a wedding ceremony, instead of some other article of jewelry? A. The ring, an unbroken e¢irs— cle, is a symbol of eternity. el ot N 3 e LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon Alaska. Those present were Mr. Ar- gall, Mine Foreman H. P. Hood, Dr. A’ J. Palmer, M. B. O'Farrell, Charles Perelle, Manhager Enoch Perkins, Capt, Kernan, and Der- dy,. Holcomb, Hodgins, Sprague, arbird, Rhoades, Houston, Ness, Roening, Walter Nadeau, P. Crowley and Clem Brunelle, Mrs. E. W. Pettit entertained in honor of her mother-in-law on the occasion of her birthday. Among those present were the Mesdames Condit, Burton, A. Hellenthal, Wal- ker, Harding, Robertson and Har- vey. Among Juneau men who signed on with naval recruiting officers for duty on subchasers on the Pacific Coast were W. D. Kesselring, C. F. Gillies, J. A. Kron, A. D. Stubbs, W. H. Neiderhauser, C. F. Rice and William Schmitton. Miss Minnie Goldstein, who for the past several months had been a visitor in the States, was returning to Juneau on the Northwestern. Norman Coryell, young man. from slowly to be uncovered, astrologers !~ | Children born ¢n this day prob- * Douglas, had finished his course at the aviation training school and had been transferred by the army to Dayton, Ohio, for advanced work. In Douglas a relic of the dim and distant past was heard to remark, “I have lived on the Island for thir- ty years and never was there such a big crop of salmon berries as this year.” To which the town live on salmon berries"? Weather: Highest, 52; lowest, 46; cloudy. MAX BAER'S BROTHER TO BE IN MOVIE LONDON, July 13.—Buddy Baer as followed : his .brather. ‘Maxie's announced by the War Departmenc' [ | Horoscope “Tha stars incline but do not compel” WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1937 While this is not an important | day in planetary direction, it should be lucky. According to astrology, women should benefit under this rule of the stars. ‘Fresh Fruit and Vegetables HOME GROWN RADISHES, ONIONS and FRESH LOCAL EGGS DAILY California Grocery THE PURE FOODS STORE Telephone 478 Prompt Delivery | . Much travel is prognosticated ! for American girls, but they are warned against taking risks in transportation in the air or on the | water, | Good luck atends lovers today when Neptune enables them - to discern the truth about character. |High ideals rule under this plane- |tary government. | This is a favorable day for wed- idings which are devoid of pomp and ceremony. Divorce is not prob- able for those plighting troth under this sway. 'y Creative work of every sort should ‘benem today when writers, paint- ers and actors should be able to |present what is best in their tal- jents. ’ '1 Inventions of benefit to persons |physica]ly handicapped will su |plemem. the knowledge of physi |cians and surgeons with remarkable |results. The deaf and the blind \wul be helped as if by magic. 1t | The seers prophesy that through |unexpected channels power to in- stitute reforms |will come to executives of various ranks. !' President Roosevelt is to enjoy. success in certain plans which are| in public service prophesy. He will meet great prob- lems that require extreme diplo- macy. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of prosperity and happiness. , Subjects of this sign may be extremely suscebtible to emoticn, especially to romance. ably will be full of sanguine tem- perament and well-balanced minds. grouch replied, “But who wants to Subjects of this sign usually should attain suceess through special tal- ents. Ernest E. Lindley, journalist, was born on this day 1899. Others who have celebrated it as a birthday in- clude Arthur Capper, onetime Unit- ed States Senator, 1865; Owen Wister, novelist, 1860. (Copyright, 1937) e, Something new at the George Brothers. Alaskan views on' hand blocked scarfs and handkerchiefs. See them today. adv. John Homme Yon are invited to presont .ais coupon at the box office of the Capitol Theatre und receive tickets for your- self and a friend or relative to see “Reunion” Az a paid-up subscribe{ of The Daily Alaska Empire Good only for current offering. Your Name May Appear Tomorrow WATCH THIS SPACE Remember! If your "Daily Alaska Empire” has not been delivered By 6:00 P. M. PHONE 226 strikes and emforced shutdowns should occur in face % A copy wiitbe’sent you IMMED- of these evidences of increasing employment and ad-| ; vancing wages, the answer is that great industrial Nobody seemed to know what. Whatever they thought in Moscow, the rest of the world was puzzled. No official comment has been #=lead by signing’a’contract’ to 'make Which letter of the Englis}:g‘m English film. It will be his first. alphabet_is ‘the most used., = The American prizefighter will play forthcoming. But with gne flight made over the Pole and another under way, announcement comes from Moscow that Sigismund Levanevisky will pilot. another plane in a third flight to be made over the polar region to this country. Chekaloff made the first flight. A pilot named Gromoff is in charge of the present hop. Levanevisky is strangely absent when the planes actually take off. Will he make the third flight as Moscow now an- nounces? There are many unexplained things in Russia, but certainly one of the most intriguing is the strange case of Mr. Sigismund Levanevisky. “LINKS WITH ALASKA; PAST AND FUTURE” Alaska’s possibilities can not be over-emphasized, and down on Puget Sound they again are becoming aware of it. Interesting and colorful as it the Terri- tory’s past, the future developments will dim into insignificance the achievements since the turn of the century. Commenting under the title “Links With Alaska; Past and Future,” the Seattle Post-Intelligen- cer makes some points that are well worth pasting in the hat: Later this year the eighty-sixth anniver- sary of the arrival of the Denny party, mark- ing the first settlement of what is now Seat- tle, will be observed. But most historians agree that the growth of the new Seattle, which we know today, dates from the rush to the Klondike, forty years ago this summer. It was the outfitting of the adventurers at this port, and the subsequent flow of wealth from the Yukon and Alaska that made Seat- tle’s growth at that period the most rapid of American cities, In large measure it has been the develop- ment of Alaska .that has been responsible tor the degree of progress that Seattle and Taco- ma have since achieved. Historic traditions add interest to the plans of the pioneers of Alaska and the Yukon to rekindle memories of forty years ago in observances to be held later this year. The close ties that continue to knit Puget Sound with the territory to the north should provide a continuing interest that will keep them abreast of Alaska’s current needs. Fisheries today have crowded mingral re- sources from first place in Alaska’s economic picture. The menace that the Alaska fisheries face from alien encroachments is ene of Al- laska's current problems that should be looked upon as a national problem. Gold mining in Alaska is coming back. It requires more landing fields for planes and more roads for its development. Alaska as a vacation land for summer tour- ists is coming into its own. Ships are filled to capacity for summer sailings this year. But think how many rhore tourists would be able to see Alaska if they could drive north in their own cars, on the projected Interna- tional Highway! The wealth that Alaska has produced has confounded the critics who dubbed it “Seward’s _ folly” when it was purchased, seventy years ago, for seven million dollars. But Alaska’s development thus not begin to touch its possibilities. Its fuller .deyelopments and protection is far does activity creates precisely the occasion on which such | demonstrations have been most familiar, comparatively few of them in the depression period, when wages and working forces were actually reduced | because manufacturing brought no profit. Usually, a strike occurs when trade is active and profitable, and when manufacturers resist the wage demands of uhions—demands often based on a higher cost of living. The real paradox of the present labor situation is that wages have already been advanced, that the | majority of workers appear to be satisfied with present : arrangements and anxious to continue working, but | that they have been prevented from doing so, either | by a labor minority or by public authorities. | What will be the longer effect of these labor troubles on the business situation—in December the 61,500 |general index of industrial production was the highest | since 1929, and the April figure was not far behind—{ There were ). 2 Declaration of Independence?- Why won't asbestos burn? What is the name for the grea. 3. body of English unwritten law? 5. What is the population of Al aska? ANSWERS The letter “e.” John Hancock. Because it is made of rock. Common law. U. S. estimate in 1935 wag: EESCRES — - E California values its system of | doubtless depends on the outcome of the present dead- 70 state parks at $14,744,008. !lock, and on the extent to which the character and | incidents of the struggle react on business confidence. In the steel trade, where current production has natur- | ally decreased, consumers have been using stocks ac-l‘ cumulated before the strikes, perhaps in anticipation ( of them. If confidence is not shaken, this should mean increase of the production rate, ‘after the strikes are ended. But much will depend on circumstances. Book-Shy Business Men | (Philadelphia Bulletin) [ According to Paul T. Cherington, ex-Harvard pro- ‘l .fessor, addressing a meeting of librarians, “few $20,000 executives ever read a worth-while book:” - He quoted | ia statistically-minded friend as having said that it | jcosts a man with such a salary $60 to read a volume | 'of average size. | A $20,000 executive probably earns (or gets) about /$10 an hour for his actual working time, but he can't | | |get away with charging that sum for each of his unemployed hours. If he could, he might represent |that it costs him $10, in addition to the check, to eat his dinner; $70 for a night's sleep, and $30, plus; |admission, to sit in one of the front rows at a musical | comedy. This statement that high-salaried executives don't read books brings up again the subject of the tired business man. The probability is that such a person |is a myth. Business men are not too tired to chase |a pill several miles over a golf course when they have {finished their office labors. The $20,000 executive, ilake him by and large, probably reads as many books |as his $2,000 subordinate. Earnings haven't much to i(lo with bookishness, | United States High Comimissioner Paul V. McNutt |insists that reporters and cameramen attending fune- |tions of state in the Philippine Islands must wear | tuxedoes. Wha! he trying to do, -gag the press.— Cincinnati Enquirer. George Bernard Shaw says that the American Congress needs lynching. But then, where would we get enough speakers for the Fourth of July exer- cises?—Cincinnati Enquirer. Nations used to go through the formality of de- claring war before committing murder. Now they select a place for the slaughter and proceed with the killing.—Toledo Blade. The head of the W.C.T.U. lauds Hitler because he doesn’t drink, but that seems to us almost like an ar- gument in favor of taking an occasional snifter.— Ohio State Journal. 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