The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 20, 1937, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE HAPPY BIRTHDAY The Empire extends comgratula- tions and best wishes today, their |birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: lumple‘g un{nnnmum,\ are just as strongly in favor e {jatia stiththing ool today as they were two months ago when tragedy startled them into action. But the fact remains that two months have elapsed and thus far| no definite step has been taken other than community | "4 | consideration which in all instances was favorable. Daily Alas % ROBERT W. BENDZK t Empir tor and Manager Published _evers PRINTING COMPANY Aln red in There’s something about that name Whangpoo which lends a colorful tinge to the Japanese-Chinese set to. But, unfortunately, the color thus far has been blood red AUGUST 20. Ove Hansen Rex K. Early Bob Keaton Myrtle Feero Mrs. C. L. Neiderhelman Bernard Aikens BEske Eskeson e eee SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delvered by carrier in Juneau and Douslas for $1.25 per month e t the following rates dvance 1x months, in aG i nce, $6.00 Hamilton Fish quit_the ‘ommittee in anger he says, to its reactionary eaders. He has discovered, no doubt, what the vast| nafority of the people,knew last November about the| American Liberty, League, Republican policy due, MEMBER OF The Associated Press ¥ to the use fo: to it or mot the local news el Nl [ VN DAILY LESSONS' | IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon EED TO BE LARGER More 'than '$13,000 in building permits in one ANY OTHER PUBLICATION ) 8 I i ORE would Tihdicate that prosperity Mapgpion Island into Gastineau Channel in earnest | month has rounded | Science and Slaughter (NéW “York Timies) 5 Y nsbury’ afiet Signor Marconi ten days | { Before the great inventor’s death. Marconi'said it Was |say, “Our work is not nearly fin- a terrible thing that the scientific genius of modern |jshed.” man should be used for purposes of destruction. He | Often Mispronounced: Lair (: |feared that the final outcome of medern invention|place in which to lie or rest. Pro- might be the ruin of all that is precious in our inheri- [nounce lar, a as in care. {tance from the past. Often Misspelled: Pendant (nouri) Marconi should know, if any one. ' Hi§ great dis- o ornament. Pendent (adjective) covery is associated in our xmnd.sl with the sern;‘v of | suspended. mercy in its most impressive and most ancient form, ¥ the rescue of life at sea. But if we wishto be very | Synonyms: Watchful, wary, wake- cynical, we might argue that wireless, too, has been |l cautious, circumspect, ‘Vigilant corrupted. Many more lives than have been saved at| Word Study: “Use a word. three montns ago, on the Fourth|sea by the SO.S. have been destroyed in battle by-|times and it'is yours.". Let U§ in- . < 3 ¢ marconigram orders from military headquarters, The |crease our vocabulary by mastering ., two prominent Juneau boys lost | A " y av's Men. | Ttalian high command wirelessed thousands upon |One word each day. Today's word thousands of Ethiopians to death by crisp orders to |Reciprocal; done by each to the I Glacier 281 | jss bombing planes. Where once upon a time Napoleon |other; mutual. “Let our recipro¢al was started in the city for the erection of aipeedgd perhaps a dozen couriers to send ten thousand | VOws be remembered.” — Shakes- ming pool the idea that similar tragedies'men td their death, a'commander in chief can do it |peare be avoided if there was a place where youngsters now with a few dots and dashes. | > TS But in the final account the guilt does not lie with | # . N e organizations in , Modern machinery. ‘The'real culprit is the old, un- I LOOK and LEARN | regenerate, untechnological heart of man. He uses city have Ithe terrifying new machines as an alibi. ‘The most| | By A. .C. Gordon gram but now, two months later, there is still onlyl terrifying wholesale murder machine is man himselt. | 3 talk about a swimming pool. At the last meeting of pegpite all the new" killing machines he remains in the samed to handle the project the remarkable' this field nonpareil and hors concours. ~ As the com- 1. What is the approximate cost tatement was made that parison ran between Saul and David, the airplane or of operating a big league baseball junction with the school poison gas may slay their thousands, but the good old |team for one year? » danger” The statement carbine and stiletto continue to slay their tens of | 2. How many- periodicals are pub- Phillips, Superintendent of School thousands. |lished in the United States by or for e A * o ths, ot eath This is obvious in Spain, where they now estimate jnegroes? 3 the school children of Juneau nine months of each . . 4004 at half a million. But it is self-evident that| 3. Who is Daniel C. Roper? 4. | only a very small number of the victims were killed 4. How long should a congrete! nuisance py the bombs over Madrid, Guernica, Valencia. It isblock last? 2 the fact that danger!hideous to read of women and children slain from; 5. How is the leading world Doy~ But for every one such victim there may be ers rank in aviation? A P Words Often Misused: Do not sa ‘Our work is nowhere near done. { A TWO MONTHS HAVE ELAPSED Approximately two f July to be e while swimming in a pond out n thereafter Almost immediately with wim under proper supervision eral meetings have been held endorsed such a pro- Se the whole-heartedly =3 a swimming pool in con- “nuisance and to A. B who has custody would be was attributed a T It may be that a swimming pool is a and a dar " but wa not lurks in every unsupervised peol of water where per-|the air sons go to swim that caused this community to rise as many as a hundred men, women and children who have died by shooting, stabbing and starvation in the murderous grinding of the wheels of civil war in thousand towns and villages. ANSWERS $500,000 250. U. S. Secretary of Commerce Indefinitely. The 1936 Aircraft Year Book up suddenly in demand for proper swimming facilities in Juneau two months ago? In most of the high schools of the States today a for graduation and the institutions wimming credit is necessary same provision is virtually universal of higher Jearning. Of course, that which prevails in the States and it may not be suit- able for Juneau, but it is difficult for us to believe that fathers and mothers in Juneau are not just as con- cerned about the welfare of their children as are the ‘Instruction in jazz and swing music is to be given the high school students of New York.” Thus rhythm at last takes its place among the four R's—San Fran- g visvo Chronicle in is a condition \sia, Italy, United States, Japan. af Germany, - MODERN ETIQUETT. By Roberta Vee The flow of cash into rural sections is sdid to be =y i aio g5 o have BYEAtEr than at any time since 1930. Sort of a buck- fathersamnd “mgghers in the States where they have (, the farm movement, we guess—Boston Herald. insisted on swimmihg instructions in most of the AN schools There man is born free and equal until he tries se the right of working—Indianapolis Star appears to be growing evidence that the Q. Should the chair be pashe a dinner table? “A Newspaper Within a Newspaper” % CAUSTIC A. No; but this does not WEEKLY COMMENTS three feet from the table. Q. Must all the bridesmaids be unmarried? ly if the maid of honor is.unmar- ried; but this rule is often disre girl friends are married. Q. Should a debutante’s fatner stand in the receiving line with his wife and daughter, at: the comingl out party? A. No. THE FRIENDLY STORE ar Friday, Aug. 20, 1937. ) Wife (to husband who turned | to-look at a pretty girl): “Hen-| ry, dear, you would make a} | CAMPBELL'S TOMATO sSouP FOR SATURDAY - *3 for 26¢ | l-‘é!s Napth‘a_ SOAP The Perfect Laundry Soap. 4 bars 25¢ TOMATOES FOR HEALTH'S SAKE Picked and canned ripe. Seaport Brand. Each, 10¢ MAGIC SPREAD Makes 5 ¢ of clear, delicious jelly in three minutes. Pkg. 15¢ MODISTE TO WOMEN “.20F BETTER TASTE » MRS.'STERLING Room '300—Goldstein Bldg. _PHON'E 553 wonderful fireman.” “Why?" “You've always got your eye on the hose.” i | 0—0—0 “Mother, may I play with Tommy Smith?” “I den't like that Smith boy.” “Well, can I go and have a fight with him then?” GREEN TOP-CABS PHONE 0o—-0—o0 Who was that man yeu just raised your hat to?” Green: “Tha Oh, that was my barber. He sold me a bottle of hair restorer a month ago,| and whenever I meet him I let' him see what a fraud he is.” Robin<cn | I ! : British Empire, France, Rug~, . Th meah that it should be pushed back too or’ A. Usually they are, particular- [Py garded when a bride's most intinfate |- FRIDAY, AUGUST: 20, 1937. 20 Years Ago From The Empire Horoscope “Tha stars incline but do not compel” | | | OO o | | AUGUST 20, 1917 ! > | | Douglas drug stores announced {they would close nightly at 9 o-| |clock, except Saturdays and Sun- {days, and not open until 10 a. m. John Loughlin, who had been to |the Westward for several weeks, lreturned to Juneau. aboard = the INorthwestern § ' SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1937 According to astrology this is not an important day ih planetary di- rection. The stars encourage rec- reation and amusement. Favorable for brief journeys. Heads of business and families should be lucky under this sway which encourages ‘harmony and un- derstanding among their close as- sociates. Plans for new places of residerce should be made and discussed while this rulé. prevails. Father is likely to be easily persuaded that change will not be costly. Men and women past middle age should be cautious to avoid fatigue or exposure to excessive heat while |this planetary government contin- Mrs. Willis E. Nowell and son Ev- ferett left for the/south on the Northwestern. Mrs. Kate Kabler left for Seattle on the Humboldt. Kenneth C. Hamilton, Inspector !for the Board of Fire' Insurarce Underwriters, who had been in the city for veral days, pulled an alarm at 5:15 o'clock in the morn- ues. ing from the box at the City Dock| Need of the cotnsel of elders is to see how fast Juneau's volunteer)foretold for coming months when fire department could be in an-lexperience is to be at a premium. swering. Two minutes and 45 sec-Astrologers advise for elderly per- onds and the truck, loaded with sons care of health and conserva- fire boys, appeared with shriekingjtion of energy. Future demands up- siren at the dock. Hamilton, who on tried leaders are foretold. was leaving for the south on a| English astrologers read in the steamer, congratulated the boys and [horoscope of the Duke of Glouces- officially announced there would be|ter promise of a brilliant career a reduction in fire insurance in Ju- which will mean much to the Brit- neau ish Empire, 4 | President Roosevelt now comes un- Creeks around Juneau and Dnu(:-‘der a planetary. sway which seems las island were high'oni "atcount of |to indicate that he will have sec- heavy rains. jret information regarding interna- Yo |tional affpirs which will be of great Weather—59 high; 56 1w, ' Rain. concern fo the United States. e | The Pacific Coast is subject to NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS {a direction ofi.the stars which pre- ‘sages great events which put the principal cities much in sensation- jal headlines. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of prosperity. 1 Taxes are now due and payable at the office of the City Clerk. If full amount is paid before Septem- ber 15, two percent discount will be allowed. If first half not paid be- fore September 15 the entire amount G00d luck 'in speculation may of the tax becomes delinquent. |experienced by a few. H. I. LUCAS, Children born on this day prob- Gity Clerk. |ably will be exceedingly vigorous in R mind and body. Subjects of this slen may ‘haye great courage in thought and action. Frank Andrew Munsev, publisher, Others adv. FHEMESSIES Honey has been use das a food since prehistoric times. > Forest rangers carry 70-pound Was born on this day 1854 “gasoline water pumps to remote Who have celebrated it as a birth- day include John M. Thurston, United States Ssjator, 1847: Oliver H. Perry, naval officer, 1785: Jean Baptiste Greuze, painter, 1725. (Copyright, 1937) forest fires on their backs, When ip Need of DIESEL OIL—UTAH COAL GENERAL HAULING STORAGE and CRATING PRESCRIP- TIONS rompounded exactly as written by your doctor. 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M. 0—0—o Juneauny ed: “I am just doubting about | making ycu ten years younzerl Pupil: A on account of your looks, or to Teacher: “Why is it wrong?™ | maue "you ten years older on| Pupil: “Because you ain’t went . oung of your intelligence.” | yet” | | “+ CALL GARNICK'S-~PHONE 174 ~ wrong, Bonk : COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Hesources' Qver Two and One-Half Millior: Dollars W DRY CLEANING | Behrends Alaska ALASKA LAUNDRY PHONE 15 SRS be " ZORIC | NEW SYSTEM ' MISSIONARIES FOR MILITARY | ARE REPORTED PLANNED NOW N PERIL ZONE | | Church of Canada has cancelled all sailings of missionaries for China nd Japan. Rev. A, E. Armstrong, secretary of the Board of Missions, |said a party of missionaries now en- PARIS, Aug. 2—French techni-! i " H te to Ch cgl éxperts are working night and route to China will be held in Japan or rerouted, i3t day to~ adapt television to the needs 1, the party are jRev. and Mrs of é:::err haih fopen. |Earl Willmott, Revjjand Mrs. Lewis o i thensluepe :;,u?i\liar fggflu‘:“ Walmsley, Miss Ruth Sharpe, Ida, cfl, asserts that television soon wm‘fi?,f;‘af;‘ifie”‘“ oy g coste, make it possible ‘for aviators to| ks & g transmit to the general staff hour'k,r\::m;ag:sxgl '3:}: g:;::hucth:;: ;:; :OM views from behind enemy|are Dr. and Mrs. Howard /G. Barry B‘fl‘hmd 100 o Nirieh * iahed ,E""d Misses Margaret wn and % s 3 ali Maude French. i Nie says, the French army will| pp ande Mrs. George Slade of be able to flash television maps!vancouver are reported as ista- from headquarters to firing line|tjoned only a mile from the borr;bed posts. Televised orders will be fiash-!area in Shanghai. :Ssa‘:y amfl':ggn tgin:heb)um? r;ec-f Canadian priests of China Mission S y Wwireless.| Seminary are $tationed in Shang- And there will be no errors in trans- ;‘hni it-was learned at thewmission mission, for the original signed doc-|headquarters here. The priests are |ument will appear on receivers. |Msgr. McGrath, whose home is in | Because television can transmit!st. John's, eré,. and Father J. J. |a written order of hundreds o(iMacdonaId of Nova Scotia. |words instantly, General Niessel be- | - lieves its use will make for secrecy.| v « ; erecy. | MIKE JOHNSON HERE Direction finding instruments can| Mike Johnson, oldtimer to the ascertain the position of a radio| westward and fi i ¥ S or ‘several years res- isending station, but General Nies- jgent of Juneau, grriveQYLj;: lge):c jsel believes, television will make|channel aboard the North Sea. He {that extremely difficult. Instant|will visit here renewing friendships land then return to the Pioncers’ France Works on Scheme“ to Win Battles Via Television transmission by television will give cpemy scouts little time to adjust|Home at Sitka. |@irection-finding instruments where | il gl las in wireless, the time necessary| Thirteen thousaad men and boys to send a message gives ample op-|in the United States left other rortunity’ to discover the station’s!kinds of work to take up farming | position. last year. 35 | ® 1 e — R s mpire classifieds pay. | Try results. The Empire ciassifieds for e - e Pay’n Takit PHONES 92 or 35 Free Delivery Fresh Meats, Groceries, Liquors, Wines and Beer We Sell for LESS Because We Sell for CASH George Brothers Cigarettes Candy Cards THE NEW ARCTIC Pabst Famous Draught Beer On Tap "JIMMY" CARLSON CARDINAL 25¢ 230 South Franklin CONNORS MOTOR CO. Distributors .. PONTIAC Telephone 411 , Inc. “BUICK CHEVROLET FOR INSURANCE ‘ , See H.R.SHEPARD & SON Telephone 409 B. M. 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