The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 5, 1937, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire Editor and Manager ROBERT W. BENDER " Published_evers _cvenin PRINTING COMPANY Alaska except Sund cond and M Entered in the Post Office matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Doucl: e paid. nee. $12.00 $1.25 a favor if they will promptly notify irvezularity in the de- failure or livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office. 602 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for news dispatches credited also republication of all otherwise credited published herein in this paper and ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARAN' ain Streets, in Juneau at the following rates six months, in advance, $6.00; Business Office | ment of aerial the States. sion, was mindfi airfield building by the EMPIRE Juneau, ay tion to a general roads and bridg sive aerial devel as Second Class for $1.25 per month. Alaska toward t With such cooperation between the Territory and the Federal gov 374 FRESS continue to supp it or local to the not news D TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION One hundred pate in the forthcoming Anchorage fair. Who said the Matanuska colony wasn't a s | At last victor H. Wood down in Los Angeles says carrots cause a toxic condition and are not a thoroughly nourishing food If this ever get who are going to make it tough for mother. | Vatican rec lgnwmment appears to be one of those tongue-in- cheek affairs—wi 2% | Th THE ALASKA \IR PROGRAM Down in Seattle they are a litt a projected interior air route to Alaska across Canada, apprehensive that Alaska shunted in another direction The Post-Intelligencer expresses it air than The arnouncement of the merger of Na- Western Air Ex- press, effective August 1, and the presence in Alberta, of United States depart- ment of commerce officials and air line execu- tives is notice to Seattle that the recently re- ported interior air route to Alaska is virtually tional Park Airways with Edmonton, ready to begin operations Unfortunately this region will be left on a in air connections with sidetrack, for a time, Alaska. This condition should not con! Students of aviation recognize the impor- tance of established commercial It is patent that the short line seaplane is from Puget Sound, interior route can be route of the proposed Alaska Highway, that will be much more direct than the route through Montana and Seattle will not lose its position as the port for Alaska business as a result lishment of the Montana-Alberta air But it would be more convenient and profitable for both Alaska and Seattle when a perman- ent passenger, express and mail developed from Puget Sound. When the general public realizes the im- portance of keeping open all I munication with the North such a service will be established. While it is gratifying to see Seattle mindful of Alaska business as well as its own, weight back of development of Territorial air line development as it has consistently done, we doubt if it has much to fear from an interior air route to the | Such line or lines ultimately an the globe. 5 inevitable with aviation headed on its present cours But the more immediate problem of Alaska and con- United States is development of airlines Territory across Canada. will be established as air lines tinental and airports in the Territory and the most feasible point in the United States. most feasible point, as any map will reveal, is Seattle | and the Puget Sound country. . . . . In this connection it is interesting to note that Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach of Washington business developed, along the For several now to be enjoy: le concerned over 11929 the country’ might be through Seattle. in these words: Purchasing powe be close to that i tiful. months of this compared with 153 million square feet in the corres- land? | ponding period of 1936 and with 79 million square feet in the same period of 1935 The last Legislature, which created the Commis- for the construction of two or three airports in addi- appropriation of $400,000 for airfields, | i Territory can afford now and it reveals the attitude of velopment program in the north and connection with | the United States is encouraging, and if Seattle will| Queen City of Puget Sound will have little cause to worry about projected air lines across Canada. the extremely low level of new construction, a shortage of housing accumulated during the depr THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1937. transportation in the north and to ul of the need of the Territory for and improvement and set aside funds es. It isn’t much toward an exten- lopment program, but it is all the he program. ernment the outlook for an air de- ort it as ably as it has in the past the i Matanuska born babies will partici- ry for the carrot haters. Dr. Charles s around, we know some youngsters | | ognition of the Spanish Insurgent e like you but we can’t say so. e Need for Building (New York Times) reasons the building industry ought ing a period of great activity. With ion. Since | 's population has increased by about 7,000,000, while in those eight years many houses have | been rendered unfit for habitation by decay. Present | r, on the other hand, is estimated to | of 1929; mortgage rates are low, and | the FHA has helped to make mortgage money plen- | 'l' There has, it is true, been a striking improvement | in building operations within the last two years. F. W. Dodge Corporation reports that building con- | tracts awarded in thirty-seven States in the first five | ynieq States? The year totaled 193 million square feet, Notwithstanding this im- provement, building activity is far from what it might be. It is still ru in the peak year 410 million squa One of the Inew building is ‘b(‘low the 1929 a | stantially above Company recent! on the average vailing at the en tinue. air routes. | to Alaska by and that an International Alberta. of the estab- route. ‘lncunse in labo: | most indexes, as air service is of union wage sc: ines of com- nning at a rate of less than half that 1928, in the first five months of which | re feet of contracts were awarded. factors holding down the volume of | its high cost. While rentals are still verage, building costs are already sub- | that level. The Standard Statistics | ly estimated that they had increased by about 12 percent over those pr d of the 1936 season. The Dow Serv- |ice has calcalated that the average wage for thirteen | building trades in New York City is now $1.58 an hour. | | The Standard Statistics Company points out that the |When long and cl r costs is greater than indicated onL these are commonly based on nominal | | wage scales rather than on actual wages paid. During | | the severe depression period there was little observance | &—— ales, even among union workers, w)nle { now the full rate is being insisted upon, There has been, in addition, a decline in labor efficiency, partly ‘becuuse the contractor can no longer select merely the most efficient workers and partly because greater % 9% Isecurity of jobs and throwing its 'result of these i ing plans. It is | | special groups. i part, are p: | connections with 1 That | ported by Italia and Dr. Ernest | Gruening of the Division of Territories and Island | of trying to beco Possessions yesterday called at the ask the President to approve a $10,000,000 air develop- ment for the Territory and that fol view Delegate Dimond expressed courage At the same time here in Alaska the newly cre- ated Alaska Aeronautics and Communication Com-‘) Our tax dodgers may give the war debtors ideas, White House to | | Dispatch. llowing the inter- himself as “en-| has meant relaxation of effort. The ncreased costs has been some recent| | cancellation of contracts and abandonment of build- | The situation in the building industry is an illus- | Che’s hostess is serving, | tration of the fallacy of supposing that economic Place it is to pick up the dropped . salvation lies primarily in increased wage rates for article? | Such increases in wages, for the most | d on in higher prices which must be ¢0 so, and without displaying any | paid by other workers; and when wages in a particu- embarrassment, lar industry are out of line, it leads to a restriction of ostentatiously, without making activity and employment in that line. = | The European situation resembles a table sup- Written on a visiting card, is it nec—i n, German, French and British legs. | At intervals of a day or two someone kicks one of the | {legs from under but the rickety contraption manages 'demand a reply, {to wobble on.—Boston Transcript. It's about time Benito Mussolini gave up his idea |Suitable for me a second Julius Caesar. The more Mussolini tries the less resemblance we see.—Columbus | All the average man wants is a dollar that will | buy lots of everything except what he has to sell.— | Los Angeles Times. mission is in session with representatives of the Fed- wpa¢ if they incorporated their navies and rented | eral agencies working along the same lines—develop- | them to themselves?—San Francisco Chronicle. FOUR MILLION IN FISH SOON DUE, SEATTLE Libby CaxEy Steamers Enroute to Puget Sound with 415,000 Cases BEATTLE, Aug. 5 — Four Libby, McNeill and Libby ships are posted to arrive here between August 7 and August 16, bringing a total of 415,000 cases of Alaskan salmon, valued at nearly $4,000,000. — e NORTH STAR LEAVES | SEATTLE MONDAY The Bureau of Indian Affmra‘ vessel North Star is scheduled now to get away from Seattle next Mon- day, August 9, instead of Saturday as first planned, according to word to the Indian office here from Se- attle. Among those who will be aboard the North Star coming north will be Ruby Snowman, who goes as a nurse to the Indian hospital at Kanakanak. ! * - e For 200 years Europe the Canary Islands. Leaf tobacco exports by the Unit- ed States totaled 417,539,000 pou in 1936, FAMED NEW YORK SPORTSMAN IS DUE HERE ON ALEUTIAN| William N. Beach, York sportsman who has a recortl of visiting Alaska more than other n f-resident sportsman, I due to #rive here aboard the Aleu- tian tomorrow for another visit to his favorite sports ground. For the past 15 or 17 years, Mr. Beach has| had an almost annual pilgrimmage to the north. Advance word is that| he expects to stop over here a day| or so and then will go to the West- | ward, planning to explore some of the area west of Mount McKinley National Park. Mr. Beach, now re- tired from active business, often says he is more interested in visit-| ing new sections in Alaska than in getting game. i CITY COUNCIL TO ACT | i ON TAX ASSESSMENTS TOMORROW EVENING Final meeting of the Board ofl Equalization will be held this eve- ning in the City Hall chambers and | it presents the last opportunity l’ar\ taxpayers to enter protests on as- sessments or seek adjustments, ‘ was reported at the City Clerk’s of- | \fice today. The Board is expected to| mmplew going through the tax rolls; obtained tonight and tomorrow night the City \be furnished the winners of the most of its sugar from Madeira and Council at its regular meeting wnnwconles(s pass on the assessments and fl).: | the tax rate. The rate is now 18 mills | and there is no indication that n 15 boost in the levy will be made this|Mich., .year. I famous New | |o'clock have also been scheduled. Evergreen Bowl " Bicycle Hill Climb for Boys\' Is One Event—Two Ball Games | A boys' bicycle hill climb will be‘ the special feature of the tenth| regular Friday afternoon Evergreen | Bowl contests beginning at 1 'o'clock. Fifteen other contests have also been arranged, and will in- clude youngsters from four to fif- teen years of age. A morning basketball game beginning at 11 o'clock and a softball game at 2 The sixteen contests are as fol- lows: Boys' bicycle hill climb, 12-15; boys' bicycle race, 9-11; girls’ bi- cycle race, open; tub basketball, 4- 6; croquet golf, 4-6; tub basketball, |7-9; croquet golf, 7-9. Boys' softball juggle, 10-15; girls’ softball juggle, 10-15; log walking, |open; tightwire balance, open; boys basketball, 10-15; girls' basketball, 110-15. Boys' golf, 9-12; boys’ golf, 13-15; girls’ golf, open. Through the courtesy of Rotar- ian Charles W. Carter, prizes will | i ol g ot MEDICO IS PASSENGER Dr. Richard H. Berg, of Detroit, | verb agreeing with the subject im- |or appreciate an answer. Contests Friday HAPPY. BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow-| : From The Empire ’ 20 Years A go AUGUST 5, 1917 Work was started on the long |talked of road from Taku to the o 2533 |boundary. Ed Hurlbut was to have "“C'"BBX:’X\“I“(,"" |charge of the project for the Ter- : torial Road Commission. William T. Douglas :“ i A i A | The James sawmill at Douglas was A to resume operations for the balance of the season. Yhe planing plant had not been closed down while the mill had been waiting for logs. M. D. Williams 4 DAILY LESSONS | IN ENGLISH The Elks were considering pre- By W. L. Gordon |senting a large flag pole and flag # to the Juncau Public Schools. +. | Words Often Misused: Do not say J. G. Shepard, who has been out- “Either you or I are going.” Say, 2 Either you or I am going,” the side on a business trip, was expect- . ks ed to return to his Juneau home mediately preceding it. on the Northwestern Often Mispronounced: Marauder. Pronounce ma-rad-er, first a as in ask unstressed, second a as in law, accent second syllable. Often Misspelled: Advisable; not sea. | Synonyms: Naughty, disobedient, mischievous, wayward. 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 word Climactic, pertaining to a climax culmination. “A breathless au- dience awaited the climactic end- ing of the play.” e | e = LOOK and LEARN { By A. C. Gordon George Dooley, chief of ‘police at Cordova, returned to his home after bringing his son to Juneau for an operation at a local hospital A. Lemieux, of Wrangell, was reg- istered at the Zynda for a few day A. M. Mathe' newly elected Su- perintendent of the Juneau Public Schools, was coming north on the Prince George, accompanied by his wife. The A. B. swimming tank was to be opened pairs had been made, Weather: — i = NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS The Board of Equalization will meet in the City Council Chambers hd 1. How and when was the dollar fixed as the unit of currency of the pm. on August 2, 3, 4, and 5 to| 2. Who was the founder of Mary- ider complaints from tazpaye: make whatever adjustments necessary regarding the assessment roll for the year 1937. After the final meeting of the Board under no circumstances will any further adjustments be made. ! Taxpayers are urged to make their complaints while the Board is in session. What is a surtout? How many men served in the Confederate armies during the Civil War? 5. Which was the earliest canal of any importance built in the Unit- ed States? 3. ANSWERS By Act of Congress; H. I. LUCAS, City Clerh “The Rexall Store” your 1 1792, 2 I more. 3. April 6, adv Cecil Calvert, or Lord Balti- J A man’s overcoat, especially fitting. 4. The estimate is 600,000. 5. Erie Canal. D s MODERN | ETIQUETTE By Roberta Jee e Pay’n Takx! PHONES 92 or »5 Free Delivery Fresh Meats, Groceries, raquors, Wines and Beer We Sell for ESS Because | We sell for CASH any | bt Al GOl i1 Leader Dept. Store Q. If one receives an invitation| George Brothers a4l Q. When one drops a knife, fork,' spoon, while at the table, and, in \\hmu |or A. The one who drops it should' It can be done un- essary to reply? | A. While this invitation does not | M.’mo any hostess will “Tomorrow'’s Styles Today” l | Iuneau's Own Store Q. What color materials are a woman's business dress? A. Dark mat@rials. MODISTE TO WOMEN OF BETTER TASTE MRS. STERLING Room 300—Goldstein Bldg. PHONE 553 GREEN TOP CABS PHONE For Every Purse and Every Purpose PACIFIC COAST " far-reaching to the public after re-/ e | High 63, low 56, cloudy. regarding their assessments and to|e are | Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1937 This is not an important day in planetary direction, according to astrology. Certain il omens are seen in the horoscope. The new moon come: date in square with Uranus. The remainder of the month may be marked by uncxpected and surpris- ing events, There is an cvil portent read as presaging serious accidents to trav- elers in the United States and in Russia. Warlike influences ter in Manchukuo, but all amazing rumors need not be credited, for there will be a flood of propaganda. | Arraignment of a foreign state- |man on the charge that he is a Jtraitor will cause a sensation abroad. |Much agitation regarding espion- lage may be prevalent in this coun- |try. Changes lnmong labor o+ in on this again will cen- and reorganizations efforts. Bit- will be Workers may rebel their ter opposition to leaders twofold, it is predicted. well as employer ageinst tain deman | The seers counsel cooperation and {compromise between capital and la- Ibor, because they prophesy need of |a complete coordination of Ameri- can man power as war clouds dark- | en. Women now should study the wise ! |use of money and should stick to in union groups will be| strict budgets in household expens- les. The high cost of living ags |is to be of general concern. { Pearsons whose birthdate it is | at the City Hall from 8 p.m. to 10!have the augury of a year of sud-' M able by death under th den upheavals include surpris perie: Children born on this day prob- will be progressive in ideas extremely imaginative. Sub- s of this sign may combine stic gifts with practical tr: ! Many writers belong to this sign of | Leo. Walter Shirlaw, painter. on this day 1838 O!M |celebrated it as a birthday include | Francois de Salignac Fenelon, French writer, 1651; Alfred Lerd Tennyson, English poet, 1609. (Copyright, 1937) | B e A ] “Alaska” by Lester D. flendcrmn and changes that!y ing and rortlm:ue | |ably and was boin who have | | PRESCRIP- Il TioNs compounded exactly as written by your doctor. \ | | SITKA HOT SPRINGS Mineral Hot Baths Accommodations to suit every taste. Reservations Alaska Air Transport. J('fl Rocms . 300 Bati:: Joom 2 50 Sectal Weerly Kates ALASKANS LIKE T1HZ TAP BEER IN TOWN! [ ] THE MINERS' COAL CO. PHONE 412 Recreation Parlors HARRY RACE, Druggist BILL DOUGLAS “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” ZORIC DRY CLEANING [ Soft Water Washing Your ALASKA LAUNDRY PHONE 15 The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Milliorn Dollars visited Juneau while the Prince Robert was in port, CARNERA WILL ~ TRY COMEBACK MILAN, Aug. 5—Primo Carnera, |former world heavyweight boxing |champion, yesterday announced his — intention of returning to the ring Since losing to Elroy Haynes of Philadelphia in May, 1936, the big Italian has been living on his farm near the town of Sequal - Ballerinas Keep Right on Toes hy Eating Four Meals HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Aug Elsie Reiman of Terra Haute, said to the waiter: “I'd like a caviar, a tail, lentil soup, filet of sole large steak, apple pie a la mode and coffce, Boston style.” The first radio distress call was The waiter gulped. Young ladies Sent from the British lightship R. of Miss Reiraan’s apparent weight F. Matthews in 1899. —he correctly guessed 103 pounds— usually don’t order such meals, even when escorted. Presently Miss Reiman was joined by eight other girls and, after learn- ing what she had ordered, the; took the same, The girls are members of George Balanchine’s ballet group, here to dance in a picture.” They are on a four-meal-a-day schedule, and if;, RAYMOND LEWES WALKER, they want to they may eat a half| deceased. pound of cendy a day. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Their problem is to keep their that N. C. Banfield, administrator weight above 100 pounds. Helde Vas- Of the above entitied estate, has from Philadelphia, weighs filed herein his Final Report and The only other one who hits Account, with a prayer for a De- 105 is St. Louis' Daphne Vane. | Cree of Distribution, and that a Lillian Moore, Ch: City, Va., is hearing will be held upon said Re- and Holly Howard, Langley Port and Final Account on the 4 Va. 18 “lizhtweight,” at 27th day of September, 1937, be- fore the undersigned at Juneau, Alaska, at which time all persons having any objections to the Final Report and Petition for Distribu- tion may file objections in writing and contest the same, Given under my hand and the seal of the above entitled court, this 21st day of July, 1937. (Seal) FELIX GRAY, U. 8. Commissioner and Ex- officio Probate Judge, Juneau Precinct. First publication, July 22, 1937. Last publication, August 12, 1937. 5. Ind., fruit cock- NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL ACCOUNT In the Commissioners Court for the Territory of Alaska, Division Number One. Before FELIX GRAY, Commissioner and Ex-of- ficio Probate Judge, Juneau Pre- cinct. In the Matter of the Estate of ON iere is, however, a Jess enticing side of the ballet picture. To rate the farmhand diet, the girls must {work harder than farmhands. From 9 to 6 each day they are literally n their tees, dancing and exercis- {ing. And in the theatre there are night performances. - ‘m barbarians of the Ro- pbuilding secrets was pun- e code of To | mans’ e e s I When in Need of DIESEL OIL—UTAH COAL GENERAL HAULING STORAGE and CRATING CALL US JUNEAU TRANSFER Phone 48—Night Phone 696 B e e ] Cigarsg Cigarettes Candy Cards THE NEW ARCTIC Pabst Famous Draught Beer On Tap "JIMMY" CARLSON CARDINAL CABS 25¢ Within City Limits 230 South Franklin CONNORS MOTOR CO., Inc. Distributors PONTIAC Telephone 411 CHEVROLET FOR INSURANCE See H. R. SHEPARD & SON Telephone 409 B. M. Behrends Bank Bldq INSURANCE Allen Shattuck Established 1898 Alaska Juneau