The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 2, 1937, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire E ROBERT W. BENDEK evening except Sur Published every Second and PRINTING COMPANY Alaska. Entered in the Post OIf matter. SUBSCRIPT! Dedivered by carrier in Juneau By mail, postage pajd One year, in advence. $13.00; wae month, in advance, $1.26. Bubscribers will confer a favor if th the Business Office of Uvery of their paper Telephones: News nd Dous six mol office, 602 MEMBER OF The Associated Press is republication of all news otherwise credited this published her.in ASSOCIATED lusively ¢ n TEEL " ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARA THAN B BAT OF :NY OTI failure or irregularity in the de ess Office, 374 hes credited srdered war with tested area ditor and Manager EMPIRE Juneau rday by Main Streets, foretell. Complic san lives have bes the reported victi! as life. Death 1ational varring factions Probably the las for §1 at the following nths, in aGvance, $6.00 ey will promptly notif dcularly because i the United Sta ntitled to the use for | their nationals to it or not | also the local news |nNavies have been PRESS. € Settlement es and Great THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1937 a vengeance. Blockade of a large ection of the ‘China coast has been ordered, thou- ands of new troops are being poured into the con- Japan has gone to war on foreign soil in earnest with what results no one can accurately: Several Ameri- en lost; the British Ambassador was m of a direct attack which may cost flirts constantly around the Inter- in Shanghai as bombs of the burst on every hand. most delicate situation in the entire ations a affair is the blockade ordered by the Japanese, par- t covers the area through which both Britain must evacuate Already the American and British instructed to protect ships carrying out Americans and British. With such out allegedly ) TO BE LARG | BLICATTON, a to be an easy condition prevailing, what started invasion of another sec- tion of China by Japan develops into an international | problem which th reats the peace of the whole world. | | Such is the danger of a strong military machine with ambitious leaders, The New Deal Must Fight the In spite of League, not the Ni of the 75th Cong | Trojan Horsemen | (Philadelphia Record) the people's verdict, the Liberty | ew Deal, dominated the first session ress, The ballots had scarcely been counted last Novem- when the Liberty Leaugers abandoned their ef- HAPPY. BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: SEPTEMBER 2. Curtis Rodney Bach Esther Mae George Jefferson Taylor George W. Kohlhepp | A 20 Years Ago From The Empire SEPTEMBER 2, 1917 Four steamers, Alameda, Admiral | ¥ Watson, Prince George and Prin- cess Sophia were on their way to Juneau from Seattle or Vancouver. City of Seattle and Mariposa were due southbound. Stella Morgan Mrs. T. D. Overton Mrs. H. T. Black | T. F. Leighton > 0 2 DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon - Words Often Misused: Do not say, | “I was talking with a p.u(v who said he was there” Say, “I was talking with a man (woman, boy who said he (she) was there.” Often Mispronounced : (noun and verb). Accent |first syllable, verb on second |lable, Often Misspelled noun on syl- Slay (to kill) Attribute & | | Horoscope “TFha stars incline but do not compel” FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1937 Astrologers read this as an im- portant day for most dwellers on the planet Earth. A benefic aspect rules strongly. The seers prophesy that there will Orders were received by Walter be gain in popularity and public \J. Manahan, in charge of the Mar- understanding among heads of bus- jconi Wireless station in Juneau,: to iness and government. enlist men for radio service im 'the United States Army The United States will find ftself in ‘the World!in a position of leadership in Solv- War and training would begin with- 1ng international problems of grave in a few weeks. The candy ers in U(lupl«ls‘ closed shop. manufacturing plant for and retail store of Leivers and Leiv- signing contracts. |concern to the world. This should be a vorable date reaching agreements and for Secret negotia- tions should be lucky. Thé navy is under favorable di- Capt. William Strong was to leave rection of the 'stars and will win aboard the river boat Cassiar was to attempt to rea s of the Taku River. s the first to make #nd the first to make the attempt ‘ The craft Territorial Treasurer Walstein G| Smith, the Interior, had and added glory ch the head- seers such a voyage'apparent. Meats a who bad been on a trip to stocked for coming months, reached Valdez stars are rightly read. before midwinter, the prognosticate. Rise in the cost of living will be to soar in price when cold weather se conservation is enjoined by the scer The family larder should be well if the ‘Women who Food | S |and that November 25th, | the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEIL that on August 19, 1937, in the United States Commissioner’s, ex- officio Probate, Court for Juneau Precinct, First Division, Alaska, at Juneau, Alaska, the undersigned was appointed executrix of the es- tate of Victor C. Spaulding, de- ceased. All persons having claims| against said estate are required to| present them, with the proper| vouchers, and verified as required | by law, to sald Executrix at the office of her Attorney Howard D. Stabler, Shattuck Building, Juneau, Alaska, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated: August 19, 1937, i Y DORA SPAULDING, Executrix. 19, 1937. 194’1 [ First. publication, Aug. Last publication, Sept. 9, NOTICE IS H'EREBY GIVEN that Lola Lea Hunnicutt, executrix of the estate of Floyd Hunnicutt, deceased, has filed her final ac- count together with a petition for the final distribution of said estate, 1937, at office u{ the United States - PANHANDLE BEER PARLOR BEST BEERS and WINES Commissioner for Juneau Precinct, at Juneau, Alaska, has been set for settlement of said account and I hearing of said petition. All heirs, |creditors and other persons inter- |ested in said estate are notified |then and there to appear and show |cause, if any they have, why said |account should not be settled and {allowed; and distribution of said estate should not thereupon be im- mediately made to the persons en- |titled thereto without further no- [tice or proceedings. Reference is hereby made to said account sand petition for further particulars. LOLA LEA HUNNICUTT, | Executrix. HOWARD D. STABLER, ‘| Shattuck Building, | Juneau, Alaska. Attorney for Executrix. First publication, Aug. 19, Last publuatlon Sept. 9 1937. 1937. NOTI(‘F TO (‘REDITORS In the United States Commission- er's (Ex-officio Probate) Court for the Territory of Aldska, Ju- neau Commissioner’s Precinct. In the Matter of the Estate of JAMES E ESTES, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the undersigned was, on the 1st day of July, 1937, duly ap- pointed executrix of theé estate of JAMES E. ESTES, Deceased, and | ber |forts to wreck the New Deal by means of the moribund Republican party. By Christmas it was plain that P. BRENNAN Opposite Coliseum Theatre Sleigh (a vehicle,) Synonyms: Letter carrier, carrier, mailman, postman. u. |have devoted time to canning and| preserving will rejoice later in lh-'\ ‘ President Wilson was to march in'year. that letters testamentary therefore on said day were duly issued to the undersigned. on his return to Jun mail STERY OF THE MY they were trying to “take over” Democratic Senators | and leaders. | Just what sigismund Levanevisky | The Tories and his companions who were attempting a third on the New Deal. Although the Administration itself | Soviet flight over the pole from Moscow to the United |remained firm in support of its campaign promlfies‘ States may never be known. As the search runs into|to the people, a group of reactionary Senators and | weeks and no trace is found, the possibility of finding |Congressmen weré soon speaking and behaving as them becomes more and more remote, General theory|1f Hiey had been elected on Alf Landon's ticket, is that they were forced down or crashed somewhere | X5 groupmade an.onek oslition Withy Bha ave=f |publican survivors in Congrt Men who last fall! on the vast space of Arctic ice and if not killed wil'| wore stumping the nation for the New Deal, because die before they can reach civilization w.he_x knew their own political success depended on\ The disappearance of Levanevisky leaves a more|the New Deal's popularity, allied themselves with | puzzling mystery than has the loss of many other those who were bitterest in reviling the New Deal. | aviators on pioneering stunts, particularly because of | That unholy alliance has defeated—for the pres- the reports emanating from Moscow shortly before u\o‘:’;::&‘:&" mandate of 1936. The New Deal has been flight. The “Soviet Lindbergh” was, Russian dis- happer worked the old Trojan horse trl(‘k‘ not by defeat at the polls, but by the be- trayal of men elected on the understanding that they patches stated, originally scheduled to make the first oo 14 support the President. Soviet Polar hop. But another flier made it with a What's next? Are the people and the Democratic | companion. Came the second Soviet polar flight and |party supposed to sit back and calmly accept the still no Levane' isky. About e time the second triumph of unchecked judicial autocracy, the defeat flight there came from the Soviet capital a report of the wage-hour bill, of adequate housing legisla- that Pilot Levanevisky was being detained by his gov- tAo!" ete.? ernment in connection with some mysterious Soviet They are not. Senator Guffey charted the correct |course in his recent speech calling upon the people secret. At any rate, at the reception for the Soviet|,, ;'yo party to (lel('al‘ those Smmluxsp‘md Re])xxeq?n- fiers who had been establishing a base at the North tatives responsible for thwarting the popular will. | Pole, Levanevisky was absent. All Russia was paying Senator Guffey was subsequently attacked with homage to the polar air pioneers, but the man ther hysterical rage by men who seem to think their dubbed the “Soviet Lindbergh” was not around. The actions are not subject to popular review or party | world took notice, but reports from Moscow became repudiation H Guffey's demand that the party oust these turn: Icoats is even more important than the issues involved. visky would head the third polar flight. One of his 'In a representative democracy it is vital to establish £ and preserve above all else a legislative responsiveness companions would be Victor Levchenko, Who was co- to popular opinion. And to do that there must first pilot with Levanevisky when he was here tWo Years pe found men who will keep their pledges and their ago. |party's pledges to the people. The flight got under way. Last report from the | The Republican party is a wreck today, precisely plane was from somewhere around the pole. Ther because its elected representatives voted one way only silence. while the partly pledges talked the other way. What happened to the “Soviet Lindbergh” and People found that the G.O.P. could not be depended his companions is a mystery. It is more of a mystery UPOR to do what it promised. : As ; sees clearly when one considers the strange circumstances immedi-' Senator Guffey sees olearly, the Democratic party can only survive if its hands are free to give ately preceding his takeoff from Moscow. the nation the legislation its people want and need | And it cannot be free to do that without shaking oft | DARK CLOU l)\ ll\ THE ORIE | of even more secretive. Then suddenly there came the report that Levane- | the men who are trying to strangle the party. | If President Roosevelt will go to the people now, state his program and objectives in a series of radio 5, and call Congress into special session next fall— | opposition which she did not entirely expect and|the Tory Congressmen will be more on the spot than! ever. They will find out that they cannot give the | now must sacrifice more than she anticipated in show- Liberty Leaguers legislative service and give the New ing the world that she can push China out of the Deal lip service. way and invade the latter country. That, at least, rpis fight is just starting. is the picture one gets from the dispatches emanatin: The New Deal will continue and it will defeat its | from across the Pacific |foes among the Democratic Congressmen just as i Japan has been recognized as a major military defeated similar foes in the Republican ranks. power. China, on the other hand with a population | = of millions, has not in modern times been considered) “Pennies from Heaven” js mcaest. Look what we | as a military threat. In other words, while the sym- are getting from the Fndcral Government.—Portland | pathy of the world was with China it was generally, (Me.) Evening Expr conceded that if and when Japan decided’ to uikcl over China she probably would be able to do so with- out much effort But the Japanese have run into difficulties. The| descendants of Genghis Khan are putting up a stub-| born resistance which surprises the military world.| Probably the most surprised is Tokyo which now has doing the same thing.—Philadelphia Bulletin. | DOUGLAS NEW3S YETEI!‘V[AN LOW BIDDER l-OI( BUILDING DOUGLAS SCHOOL Among four bids received by the Douglas City Council last night for building of the proposed new pub- lic school building, Peterman Con- ction Co.. are the lowest, with a margin of less than $800 under the next low, and around $4,000 urder the highest bidder. The basic bids were read as fol- lows: Larson & Bolm, $52.940; G. E Krause, $51,000; Mendenhall Con- struction Co.. $49,600; Peterman Construction $48,828. Included with each bid were figures on three clternates, the grade of flashing for which the amount of variation was $35; the flooring, which varied $400 between bids; and the blinds to be used, which varied about $50 but not enough to change the po- - silfon of the general bid }'rwo INSTRUCTORS R Pending a meeting with PWA of-| FROM TEACHING ficials his morning the Council postponed action on the bids New Dock Lease Consideration of the new lease with the Douglas Fisheries which is being held up until the proposed changes affecting the plant’s opera- | tions in the future are more certain |t The situation in lhe Ormnl doesn’t seem to grow any brighter Japan apparently has bumped into What are we going to do with the in-between | jears if life begins at forty and old-age pensions at ixty-five?—Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal. missing”—headline “British writer and other property around town by {wam» of the School Board, and some of the youngsters. These mat-| Superintendent Pedersen. ters will have to be taken in hand |applicants were notified by wire to by the City Marshal, as they were | present their credentials. disposed of. Pedersen states that fully a week | Repairs to the coal shed on the will be necessary to complete ne- | dock, or removal of part of .the gotiations. structure before winter winds blow | = it down, was again urged by the| wharf{ committee. - SCOUTS MEET The Scout headquarters on Front | Siren to D.F.D. | Street was the scene of another | Following a few remarks to the Scout session last evening when| Council upon responsibility of the the Eagle Troop met with Scout-| fire siren at the City Hall, the Coun- ‘master Dick MacDonald. The great- cil voted to turn the siren, as well er part of the discussion at the as all fire equipment, to the Doug- meeting was confined to the prepar- | las Volunteer Fire Department. |ations for a Treasure Hunt to be| The attention of the Council was held Sunday.: Uniforms for two |also directed, by Mrs. Frank Pearce, scouts, Bob Fleek and Gordon Wah- | to the need of chimney inspection.| to were ordered. Wahto will receive Mayor Kilburn promised the usual his in the Senior Pcotrol Leader attention to the matter. He con- style. \ demned the dumping of garbage. at D | certain places in town as another| FIREMEN TO MEET | matter to be remedied, by the plac-! For their regular monthly meet-| ing of signs, and more stringent ing and social, members of the| methods if necessary. |Douglas Volunteer Fire Department| A bill from Felix Gray for one will meet this evening at 8 o'clock| lypewriter loaned to the city sev-|in the Labor Union Hall. Along | eral months ago was voted paid by with other entertainment planned | the Council. for tonight, arrangements have been | made for the showing of moving pictures of the Douglas Fire. Mem- bers of the Juneau Fire Department will be invited guests at the ses- sion. * - STAFF Superintendent Martin Pedersen, of the Douglas Public School, an- nounced yesterday of the notifica- tions received by him of the resig-| Jack Hartley arrived from the nations of Miss Florence Ryan and western Alaskan coast last Tues- Miss Harriet Sweetland, from the day on the Alaska for a few days’ teaching staff of the high school visit with friends on the Island of accomplishment, was tabled| The vacancies created by the res- before leaving for Wrangell where until a later meeting. |ignations have not been filled yet, he is to be employed Condition of the streels was an|but the numerous applications on -ee important issue at the meeting, also|hand were considered last evening! Of small fruits, strawberries are damage being done to fuit tree§ by Arne Shudshift and A. R. EdA‘lk'h('H in sugar ccaen., l - HARTLEY VISITS also |times and it is yours.” !taining these We seem to | have noticed that some American writers have m‘(‘n}" Several | Word Study: “Use a word three Let us in- crease our vocabulary by master- ing one word each day. Today’s word! Derogate; to take away; to| deduct to detract. “If we did de-| rogate from them whom their in= |dustry hath made great."—Hooker. D — LOOK and LEARN ’ By A. C. Gordon | * L 1. How many killed annually motor accidents? 2. Who was the God of the Winds in ancient mythology? 3. How much water can a full- grown pelican hold in his pouch? 4. What is a bora? 5. Where are the Mountains? people are Carpathian ANSWERS During a recent year, Aeolus. Seven quarts. A violent, cold, northeast wind of the Adriatic. 5. Central Europe. 36,100. MODERN ETIQUETT: By Roberta VLee by the Labor Day parade in W(«\h—i in C., to be Day big ton | High 08 - > Weather low 54, clea. - HOSPITAL NOTES * e John Runm jor operation at St. Ann's Hospital this morning. His condition is re-'gj ported as satisfactory. staged Labor day There for is an encouraging sign to- refurnishing and redeco-| {rating houses and places of busi- —% the aug |ness. Colors will have a special in-, 'fluence for good in coming days | Persons whose birthdate it is have of year of chan 3rumcv~ and contacts with ng- They should conduct financial a ent a ma- affairs with caution. Children born on this day prob- will be gifted in artistic ex- pression, exceedingly ambitious and able to succeed. Subjects of this Mrs. Ted Price was admitted to sign usually travel widely. St. Ann's Hospital yesterday after- tention. W. B. Glafke and baby were dismissed yesterday Ann’s Hospital and left Mrs, daughter from St. for home. Laura and Janet Stevenson, daughters of H. Stevenson, in the United States in noon at 4:30 o'clock for medical at- on this day 1827. under- in Juneau recently John Drew, Sr., actor, Others who have celebrated it as a birthday include Sarah Orne Jewett, writer; Stew- art L. Woodford, stateman, 1835 (Copyright, 1937 DU PAUL HERE L. Paul. teacher of Indian Affairs returned here MRS Mrs. William in the Bureau went tonsilectomies this morning at after taking a summer course at the the Juneau Medical and Surgical University of California. Clinic. S e GETS 4-POINT BUCK Townsend, of Ketchikan, Joe - Bills of exchange and promissory notes in Great Britain and Ireland are payable on the preceding busi- e FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES GAS — OILS JUNEAU MOTORS Foot of Main Street } Jarman Custom Built $6.50 was born Friendly Five $5 Fortune from $4 up Product General Shoe Corp Nationally Advertised Prices SEE BIG VAN killed a 'four-point buck at Cape ness day when the last day of g[u(‘g s e e Caamano recently and was first person to enter a trophy in the eighth annual contest sponsored the Tongaxs Trading Company e KETCHIKAN BUBBLE D!/ The annual Purple Bubble fund ball will be given by CE milk | the Ket-' |chikan Elks on September 18. Mau-' Q. When a person is entertains |ing a party of friends, and another friend who was not invited hap-| pens to call, what should the hogt do? ns A. Explain that you are Pntn;‘- friends, and give the caller a chance to withdraw if he wishes. Q. Should a man keep a cig: gar-| ette or cigar in his mouth when hc aises his hat? A. No; he should quickly remove' |the cigarette or cigar. Q. Should a girl precede or fol-| low her escort inio a restaurant? A. The girl should go fir: s News Today.—Empire. Visit the | | SITKA HOT SPRINGS | Mineral Hot Baths | | Accommodations to suit every | | taste. Reservations Alaska Air | ‘Transport. ] GREEN TOP CABS PHONE 678 ruce Oaksmith is chairman of the dance committee. - ~ When in Neeu PIESEL OIL—UTAMNl COAL GENERAL HAULING STORAUE and CRATING CALL US JUNEAU TRANSFER Phone 48—Night Phone 696 | SR Pay’n Takit PHONES 92 or 8 Free Delivery Fresh Meats, Groceries, Liquors, Wines and Beer We Sell for LESS Because We Sell for CASH George Brothers “The Rexall Store” your Reliable pharmacists comw‘ preserip- tions. Butler Mauro Drug Co. The B. M. Juneau, COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS nesources Over Two and One-Half Million | Behrends Bank Alaska Dollars | | | the falls on Christmas or Good Fi | PRESCRIP- | TIONS compounded exactly as written by your doctor, " MODISTE TO WOMEN OF BETTER TASTE MRS. STERLING Room 300—Goldstein Bldg. 300 Roums . 300 Bati: Jrom 2,50 Sfeclal Weenly Kates ALASKANS LIKE THE THE BEST TAP BEER IN TOWN! [ ] THE MINERS' Recreation Parlors BILL DOUGLAS ZORIC DRY CLEANING [ J ;. Soft .Water - Washing LAUNDRY PHONE 15 CARDINAL 25¢ Within City Limits All persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same, with proper vouchers, and duly verified, within six (6) months from the date of this Notice to the undersigned Ex- ecutrix at the office of her Attor- ney, R. E. Robertson, at 206 Seward Building, Juneau, Alaska. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, 18th day of August, 1937. FANNIE C. ESTES, Executrix. First publication, Aug. 19, 1937. 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