The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 3, 1937, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESPAY, AUGUST 3, 1937. - . { red paling. - Streaks of thin dark clouds appear k‘l E'"’)lre | as black bars across the face of the sun. ! Strange sight!” - Editor and Manager But the next day the master Kansas prophet himself, like Elijah in his encounter I COUPANT ot Seond s Bow o/ EMPIRE | with the prophets of Baal, is praying for rain. NRT . T | The sun has been “to brassy” for the last g - I Sund st Beonhd - Tike dozen days. It is less menacing than last Bty A year, but it is bad enough, rains and if the hold off it will be “God’s pity.” Delivered by carrier in er month, | Tt is for the corn that his petition rises, y mail, postage not wheat, which is the banker's crop this 22 ‘Zi’éy, i year, for wheat money is going into the ills Subacr prompily notify of the bankers to pay old debts. -But corn the Busine 7 159, Y0 A €= must be the chief reliance of Kansas — corn ey o ames: “News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 | and cattle. So forgetting the glorious editortal - : sunset of the day before, and predicting that e Kb e S hvanieatillod o tha: wpe To every day the sun shines “the barometer of republicati all news disp: credited to it or not prosperity will go down,” he lifts ‘up his voice et L B L M B in this “one powerful plaint:” - “O Lord give us rain—another inch of rain Lio s R AR VY between now and July 15, And if possible, THAN THAT OF 2 The time Lord, all in one big gully-washing shower. is getting short. The crisis is at hand, Amen!” Oh, Lord, William, if we just could we'd send you some of this rain so our strawberrie$, raspberries and blueberries wouldn't spoil on the vine. But hang tough, it may rain yet, even in Kansas. With the regulations out, it won't be long now ! until the duck shooting serenade can be heard on the flats. the British don’t do better in that cup race we'd better give 'em a cup for If e of these years being good losers BUSINESS OUTLOOK CONTINUES | BRI( HT Despite a recession in private building ness outlook on the Pacific History Will Compare (Cincinnati Enquirer) ielmo Marconi, friend and ardent supporter | Benito Mussolini, the busi- mier Coast continues bright. ¢ Pt | HAPPY. BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the ]ouow- ing: [ 20 Years Ago From The Empire Horoscope “Tha stars incline but do not compel” AUGUST 3, 1917 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1937 According to astrology this is not an important day in planetary di- rection. It is primarily a time to weigh future policies and to make important plans. Uranus is in a place belicved to AUGUST 3 Mrs. J. Q. Adams Etolin T. Coulter Marion Stanworth Mrs. Steve Stanworth Lieut Chester A. Anderson Mrs. Jack Warner Guy McNaughton, of the B. M. Behrends Bank, was spending his! vacation at Chichagof accompanied by his wife and son. Mrs. H. 8. Grave returned from the and daughter south on the Jewx_ll g oA |Prince Rupert after a visit of sev- impart poise and fairness in con- Eml‘ll‘ Galao eral months. sidering human problems. Preju- dices and misjudgment should be less prevalent than it has been. The planetary government today directs men and women toward wise policies and gives them cour- age to face facts regarding per- sonal and rational affairs. Scholars who survey world trends now will agree upon certain fore- -— DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH | By W Lo Seoie | Roy Noland and Grafton Coleman .,.—__.__—.__4 |left Douglas for their homesteads Words Often Misused: Do not at Point Carolas. say, “It sounded like she intended | lcasts in which the history soon to :u.go Say, n sounded as if shé| Jack Wilson and family of Doug-|be made will include dire peril to intended to go" flas moved into the Murphy house many nations. Often Mispronounced: Dishabille. on the Island. | While there may be in the Unit- Pronounce dis-a-bel, i as in miss, . led States many opposing opinions a as in ask unstressed, e as in be, Weather report—High 63, low 57, regarding conditions affecting trade principal accent on last syllable. cloudy. and industry the solidarity of the Often Misspelled: Adherence;, nation is to be wasted in a way quality of clinging, or sticking. AdATENTATlVE Lls‘l‘ that proves the love of country Miss Gertrude Nelson and Miss Lillian Hendrickson —entertained | with an auto party to Mendenhall in ‘honor of three visitors. | may have a more en- ‘Apmude during claim upon fame than the Dictator, because jay purpy herents; followers. Women will benefit under this Synonyms: Riches, wealth, afflu-| OF COMMITTEES Irule of the stars if they devote at- ence, means, money, fortune. itention to the finer phases of lmme Word Study: “Use a word three NAMED, B. P. W. C. life. They are to be blamed more| |than ever for the increase in juv- enile crime and changes in moral standards. Reform movements that| encourage parents to assure better ! training for boys and girls will mul- tiply before the end of the year, it times and it is yours.” Let us ih-| crease our vocabulary by lone word each day Toda; capacity for a fitness. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Business and Professional Women's Club, plans for the education program of the organization were discussed last particu- H “Men are soO Substantiating reports emanating from the south from the contribution which the Marquis Marconi made t0'constituted that everybody under- time to time, the Federal Reserve Bank of California, |the development of civilization was greater, molx’e takes what he sees another success- night. The meeting was held in is forecast. 3 y indelible, than any which might be wrought by | nis is a et reporting on conditions in the Twelfth Federal Re- -.f ? ful in, whether he has aptitude for the Hotel Juneau. " This is.a lucky day (1{1 prep: CORIESS it or not."—Goethe. Miss Caroline Todd, who subse- ing for autumn needs. Canning of serve district, points out that industrial oulput and The comparison is prompted by the deathbed | C quently sailed for the south this fruits and vegetables, sewing end employment were approximately as large in June and scene at Rome, the Premier saluting the body of the | g morning, presided at the meeting, house repairing are well directed. these two the greatest Italians of report was issued as noted inventor of course, will effect their age. History, comparison. Renown came surprisingly early in life to Mar- mid- | coni. He was but 21 years old when he invented wire- {less telegraphy—the starting point for the subsequent the development of the radio telephone, television, radio while direction finders, and the host of other applications 1- of the wireless principle. Once his principle of wireless telegraphy was proven e Atlantic Oce: was spanned in one of t the portion of July for which the during April and May. actory considerably, however, reflecting rates received by workers from June. There was some decline in retail trade, but bank finds that was of seasonal proportions, measures of the movement of goods showed little ¢ certed change. Private building construction creased both in May and June while public construc- was by no means mm» in the field of wireless inven- tion increased. Curtailment of private building sy ™ y1 Hoon i ventors contributed most of the generally attributed to rise in prices of building ma- later refinemen ng them Fleming and DeForest, advanced in to payrolls increases mid-May wage de- | the final t demonstrations—Marconi - terials. John Dunn, former Juneau resident now 1iv- ith their development of the vacuum tube which ing in Pasadena, told the Chamber of Commerce made practically the transmission of speech, and Arm- here last week that private building in Southern Cali- strong, whese work with receiving circuits expanded the useful range of radio equipment Marconi has not been idle during the fornia had almost stopped due to the high cost materials. last four Industrial employment has steadily increased, the “‘;I“‘l' “”‘( has con ’l“"]‘" hi ; “(" riments in the | field o hort wave and ultra short wave communi- reserve bank finds, some of it due to seasonal work, but 5 k finds, some u but| otion and television, Comparatively little had been the index of payrolls shows the May and June figures y .. from him in recent years. comparing favorably with the levels of 1923-25. Retall peen at work upon military adaptations of radio, sales are fluctuating but maintaining a healthy level he was attempting to devise a “death If, indeed with furniture sales, particularly, showing strong in- he was, it of course would be regrettabie creases. Sale of automobiles, often considered a cri- years were g terion, is about even with the same period last year. ing the civilization he earlier so greatly aided. More Contrary to the situation in Alaska, the bank re- likely, however, such rumors wers-“wnhom lgundanon: ports considerable shrinkage in Pacific Coast bank|HiS failure to annotince ‘further finds in his Iield of deposits, but adds this significant notation which IEsaon n TeCeHs VERTR A would seem to point toward industrial advancement: nfareoni to maintain superiority. “Although yields on corporation bonds are some- his fame. He blazed the trail, Some said he had that il That does not lessen what higher than in late 1936 they are still relatively for that low. Nearly all high-grade issues are selling at prices _— which yield less than four percent, and even the more A curious trait of Europe’s autocrats of today is that they do not squander the public money on them- Mussolini, speculative issues yield less than six percent. These eonditions indicate that funds for sound corporate expansion programs should not be difficult to obtain.” Favorable conditions for expansion programs would seem to be fairly strong evidence for continua- tion of the steadily improving business cycle. | selves as the ancient Roman tyrants did Statler, Kemal Pasha are all quite frugal. mex and the glory” alone seem to be the whole prize. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. December Not will again be put to the annoyance of defaulting.—Cleve- land Plain Dealer. until our European debiors WHO SAYS IT AIN'T GOIN’ TO RAIN NO MORE? RS TR A field the union leaders have overlooked is or- Boston Tran- ganizing the alienists at murder trial seript. With the Weather Bureau giving us reports about this being one of the seven wettest seasons in 43 years, | .t is interesting, if not downright encouraging, to note | that there are places where they are praying for rain. Kansas is one of them, and an eagle-eyed New York Times editorial writer has culled the following enlight- Boston Herald. ening facts from William Allen White’'s Emporia Gazette: On one day last week one of his initialed editorial writers was singing the glories of a scenes in Kansas which “for sheer exquisite- ness equal anything this world affords.” More particularly a sunset as seen from the summit of Jacob’s Mound is described as “fairly ecry- ing aloud for a painter.” “A blue haze bathes the distant hills, artis- { tically blending with the deep green of the pasture foreground Tho sun sinks lnwm' the Experts now say that lawn grass [too short, but our firm, hot weather conviction still In the old days folks nsorl to say two swallows did | (hot make a summer. Nowadays they don’t even make | Saturday night.—Columbus Dispatch, their husbands at home for a week: Beacon Journal Don’t bear doctor. J«mur] “Stop.’—Akron about yourself to your He fathoms the truth from symptoms he is Idmllh\‘ \\'l’h —St. Lr\uls Globe Democrat. These Chinese Nationalist troops, shown during recent maneuvers at Peiping, are expected to bear the brunt of the fighting in the event the present Sino-Japanese situation developes into real warfare. Both sides are reported rushing huge forces as new hostilities broke out in Peiping's western suburbs. that his latter | en over to work upon a nieans of harm- | more simply explained by | the fact that competition has been too keen for even | History will honor him | /a man, whom cne shouldn't be cut | continues to be that it shouldn't be cut too long.— spoons be distributed? | A A spoon should be placed in One-word telegram for the use of wives who left __ e R . fe— Y R R s | s & Pt sr it | MODERN |17, } | = 9 SITKA HOT SPRINGS | ETIQUETT, Pay n Taklt Mineral Hot Baths l Accommodations to suit every | By Roberta Fee PHONES 92 or % | taste. Reservations Alaska Air EE Free Delivery i Transport. 5 Personp whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of un- and announced the following club committees, addition to which will LOOK and LEARN i} By A. C. Gordon i'| be made in the fall: expected expenses which may in-j | HENRI MAKI, Proprietur s e : Program, Mrs. H. S. Graves, clude costly journeys. Incomes, 2 . s S ALL byt #* chatrman; Mrs. John Larson. Edu- should increase and business ex-| 1. Where ,n the Bible, is the cation, Mrs. Florence Primavera, pand JUNEAU TRANSF,ER death penalty for kidnapers order- chairman; Mrs. Tom Allen, Mrs. Children born on this day p.nh- Phone 48—Night Phone 696 ed? Pearl Burford. Publicity, Mrs. John ably will be diplomatic, charmmg ar-| and Alaska, sailed aboard the Prin- cess Alice for his home in Tacoma this morning. Mr. Poole has visited various Alaskan cities during the past 15 PASSENGERS month in connection with Masonic work, and is to stop in Ketchikan, FUR THIS PORT during the stay of the Alice in iport. to cnn!er with Masons there. e WILLIAM COLLITON VACATIONING HERE + William Colliton, wellknown in Pa- e steerage passeng-| S_‘:& o e i S |citic Northwest musical cireles as Juneau passengers include C. A. le;:;?;hk;;.ors;:&: ar:ilm‘i wo\:.‘h 3:: Congdon, Mrs, Goldie Dodds, I. W.| H Alaska and will pcmf a vacalion [en: g Hendrickson, wife and daughter, in “Juneau. and Hy He is ac- Mrs. V. L. Arnold, C. C. Charirand, A ¥ Miss Efleen Demers, Emily Pegalls,| *P 1ied by his e T S. A. Ross and wife, Ed Brennan,| e 3 A W. DeValle, Miss E. Farrar, An- FORERLSEQUAR H. Biggers,'who has been mjning drew ‘i'mdcgmn i AR RO A | near Atlin forithe past few months, flew to Juneau yesterday with AAT MRS SHARPQTONE ! Pilot L. F. Barr. He is enroute to CONCLUDES VISITJ Tulsequah, B. C,, to enter the em- i ploy of the Polar-Taku Mine. Mr. Mrs. M. C. Sharpstone, mother | Biggers is staying ‘at the Gastineau of D. C. Sharpstone, cansulting‘ | Hutd geologist for the Polaris-Taku Mine, | returned south aboard the Princess| SEATTLE, Aug. 3—Steamer Aleu- tian, on the Totemland Cruise, left| (for Southeast Alaska ports at 9 o'clock this morning with 300 first PRESCRIP- TIONS Alice this morning, following a brief visit in Alaska. i ded Mrs. Sharpstone came north Irom\‘ ciinfl;::u;n" \hcr home in Berkeley, acuompanled wrlt'in by her son, last month. Yidai doctor. \FRANK L. POULE, ‘ MASONIC LEADER, | | SAILS ON ALICE = | Frank L. Poole, Grand Master of !the Mascnic Order for Washington When in Need of [ HOLLYWOOD | J SHOE SHOP t | 174 Fronklin St. ! | The Home of Modern Shoe Work DIESEL OIL—UTAH COAL GENERAL HAULING STORAGE and CRATING | 2. Who was Alfred Noble? McCormick, chairman; Mrs. Mae in personality and accordingly in- % BT oSG S £ 0 5 A St 3. How many newsboys are there Kilroy. Magazine, Mrs. Jesta Young. telligent. 1Subjects of this sign of' f‘h—T in the United States? Membership, Mrs. J. C. Hayes, Leo usually reach the heights of It 4 Why are flatirons sometimes chairman; Mrs. Ernestine Tyler, fame. The Rexall Store called sadirons? Miss Dorothy Green; Research, Mrs.! Queen Elizabeth, recently crm\u- your 5. What colony first raised a Stanley Norwicka. Finance, Mrs. ed British sovereign, was born on Reliable military force to oppose English Lisle Hebert, chairman; Miss Anita this day 1900. Others who have, pharmacists Government? Garnick. Legislation, Mrs. Crystal celebrated it as a birthday include compound Snow Jenne. Public Relations, Mrs. Percy Byashe Shelley, English poet, prescrip- ANSWERS Helen Wilcox, chairman; Mrs. Mary 1792; Oliverm!;. Morton, American I flflm_ 1. Exodus, 21:16. Hammer, Mrs. Anita Garnick. statesman, 3 ! 2. Swedish inventor and ‘phil- Health, Mrs. Janet Krafft, chair- (Copyright, 1937) | Butler Mauro Drug Co. > man; Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson, Mrs. H. L. Wood, Mrs. Rose Davis. In-, Many modern hindus retain prim- ternational Relations, Mrs. Frances itive man’s knack for picking up Paul, chairman; Mrs. Joe Kendler. aud handling objects with their toes. e e Lode and placer ‘location notices | Try en Empire ad. ¥for sale at The l-mplre Office. % anthropist, founder of the Nobcl prizes (1833-1896) . 3. 570,000 4. Sad is an obsolete word, mean- ing heavy. ¥ 5. South Carolina. R g Visit lhe Fresh Meats, Groceries, Liquors, Wines and Beer We Sell for UESS Because We sell for CASH Q. Is a person supposed to spend the night when invited to a houses warming? A Not unless a definite invita- MODISTE TO WOMEN OF BETTER TASTE | MRS. STERLING ! tion to do has been received. It | surely would be embarrassing to | Leader Dept. Store Room 300—Goldstein BIdg. all concerned if one took along an George Brothers PHONE 553 J overnight hag when no mention of £ staying had been made. Q. What does it indicate when| peeeeeerrrerrrrerereeer knows has a lim- ited income, gives extravagant tif A. Vulgarity is the only answer, particularly if he makes a display of it to impress his companions. Q. When serving coffee to guests in the living room, how should me “Tomorrow'’s Styles Todcxy each saucer as the coffee is serwd >ee Lode and placer location notice$ |for sale at The Empire Office. I Iunecxu s Own Store Cigars Cigarettes Candy Cards THE NEW ARCTIC Pabst Famous Draught Beer On Tap 5 “JIMMY" { CARLSON | CARDINAL CABS 25¢ Within City Limits GREEN TOP CABS PHONE THE BEST TAP BEER IN TOWN! [ ] THE MINERS' Recreation Parlors For Every Purse and Every Purpose PACIFIC COAST COAL CO. e ah gt PHONE 412 || BILL DOUGLAS | — €L 'n {ZORIC DRY CLEANING [ ] The B. M. Behrends Bank s Juneau, Alaska Water 3 ‘ Washing COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Your ALASKA LAUNDRY PHONE 15 rrrrrrrrrrrreerrrrneel Hesources Over Two and One-Half Milliors Dollars 7 ———— IS 230 South Franklin Telephone 411 CONNORS MOTOR CO., Inc. Distributors PONTIAC || CHEVROLET BUICK [ FOR INSURANCE ‘ See H. R. SHEPARD & SON Telephone 409 B. M. Behrends Bank Bldg. ' ]uncau Luiaber Mills, Inc. S LuMBER, INSURANCE Allen Shattuck Established 1898 Alaska -