The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 6, 1937, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER Editor and Mx-nag:r All-lkl " Entered tn the matter. “Sunday by the EMPIRE and Main Streets, Juneau, “Post Office in Juneau as Second Class SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by earrier in Juneau and Douslas for $1 By mail, postage paid, at the following r One vear, in ad $1200; six months, in advance, $6.00 one month, in ad Subscribers will the Business Office of livery of their paver: Telephones: News Office 5 per month. will promptly notify larity in the de- r if thy failure or irieg 374, 602; Business Office, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or noy otherwise credited this paper and also the local news published herein. n ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. KEEPING INSU R\\( h RATES DOWN With rain dropping on the roal« it isn’t a particu- auspicious time to talk about fire prevention. It's more apropos to go duck hunting But Fire Prevention Week which is observed this week means a great deal more than watching if the| roof catches on fire. Most of us are aware that with the efficient fire department which Juneau boasts roof fires, now quenched by rain, minor larly are our THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6, 1937 ?gem'rsl election, former President Herbert Hoover I states that, “we discussed the proposal which will come before the Republican National Committee meet- ing November 5,” and, “we favor creation of a com- mittee of distinguished Republicans who will formu- late and draft fundamental principles to be submit- ted to the general conference of party leaders some time in the spring.” To those of us who recall that former Gov. Alf Landon of Kansas was the Republican Presidential candidate last time and a chap known as John D. Hamilton was the campaign chairman, it seems only natural to inquire what has become of Messrs. Landon and Hamilton? A news dispatch points out that Landon is gomg to be called in at the conference but the name of Hamilton strangely missing. Is Mr. Hamilton definitely in the Republican doghouse? | There appears to be reason to believe that all the so-called leaders are in the Republican doghouse with the exception of Mr. Hoover. Despite a sound beating in the 1936 election, it seems that the Repub- is |lican party leader is still Mr. 1ferbert Hoover, the sage lof Palo Alto " Mr. Hoover announces that he and Col. Knox and a few others are going to draft “fundamental princi- | ples” for the party. Mr. Hoover drafted some prin- | ciples in 1932 and again in 1936. They may have been iqllll(' fundamental, but the fact remains that the ‘great majority of the American people found them |lacking in substance. And now Mr. {to draft some more. Every now and then a voice is heard in the Re- \publican wilderness crying for liberalism and the Ination gets the idea that the Republican party is labout to come to life again with a virile party. Then | Mr. Hoover steps forth with some more “fundamental | principles.” There’s this to be said: Few public figures have| kept so much in the political picture, if, albeit, the \]mp(']t‘v one, as the same Mr. Hoover, who, a few, |short years ago, visioned grass growing in the streets | lof every city where the populace voted for Mri Roosevelt. | The Denver labor cenvention may not settle any-| Hoover is about | HAPPY BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: OCTOBER 6 Nancy Elizabeth Rice Vivian Gruber Mrs. Kate Jarman Edward Christensen Fred Newman Harry D. Murray — IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon | | o ‘Words Often Misused: Do not sa) “Jane called upon her friend”. Say,| ane ‘called on (or to see) her friend.” Often Mispronounced : | Pronounce ev-er-i, or ev-ri Often Misspelled: Massillion (Ohio) ; two s's and two Is Synonyms: Limp, limber, flexible, , flimsy, flabby, soft, droop- L2 Every 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: Stabilize; to hold steady; to pre vent fluctuations. (Pronounce the a as in stay or as in stab). ‘“Prices should be stabilized. T | | - o+ LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon * | [first game in the World's cham- — T 20 Years Ago From The Empire +- OCTOBER 6, 1917 The Chicago White Sox won the | pionsnip baseball series by defeat- ing the New York Giants by a score of 2 to 1. In the lineup were: Chi- cago, J. Collins, McMullen, E. Col- lins, Jacobsen, Felsch, Gandil, Weaver, Schalk ‘and Cicotte; New York: Burns, Herzog, Kauff, Zim- merman, Flecher, Robertson, Moltke McCarty, Salle. | Ww. O. carlson, superintendent of Auk Bay cannery, and M left for the south on the |the Carlson Spokax.v for the who had left for the| Mrs. Woeck. | | Winter and with Mrs. Lievers had been enjoying a vacation at the Pond cabin at Taku, reported that they had seen the launch Hunter, thought to be lost, pass their place loaded with fish and with her decks awash. Mr. Lievers said that he told his wife al the time that . he did not believe that the boat " would ever be able to round Point Bishop and reach Juneau. Peter Woeck, contractor {Juneau School building {completed his contract, 'south accompanied by Lievers Wilfred of Pond, who, Capt. John Zug, recently appoint- ed Captain in the United States Army Reserve Corps, had received orders to report for duty under Col. W. P. Richardson of the Alaska Road Commission. Among the passengers leaving on| 'pi Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” il THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1937 Conflicting planetary aspects are seen in the horoscope for today, ac- cording to astrology Benefic as- pects appear to be strong In the morning there may be a sense of disappointment and a be- lief in the futility of high endeav- or, but later the stars will smile on many human interests Women are well directed at this time They will be prominent in public < affairs Thqir clubs and other organizations will advocate many reforms and will campaign for peace Educational efforts with a view to civic and political improvements will be persistent in many states, and women will gain in leadership. This is a lucky wedding day and ns to promise assistance from ons of wealth and prominence. Bad breaks in the stock markets' of the world have been foretold for the coming months. be temptation to speculate. ‘Women are warned against gam- bling on the exchanges. There will be excessive drinking and rvck-: less use of money through the com-| $71,000,000 BABY who ing winter. There will | Earthquakes and high winds will' do damage in' many parts of the world ‘this autumn. 'Australia, Italy and Greece may suffer heavy loss- es. Persons whose birthdaie it is bave the ‘augury of a year of changes which include much pleasure. Spec- ulation may be profitable. Children born’ on this day prob- as drug wholesalers at once, ac- cording to C. H. Gertridge, manager for McKesson and Robbins in Se- attle. “The Blumauer-Frank Company has enjoyed a friendly and cooper- |ative relationship with the trade, jand it is our purpose to maintain this policy” Gertridge said. H. J. Frank and J. P. Bronaugh, (Officials of the Blumauer-Frank (firm, will Serve the McKesson and {Robbins organization for a time in |advisory capacities. H. E. Brown, {who has been with Blumauer-Frank /for many years, will be McKesson and Robbins general manager at . Portland. B RETURN.TO PETERSBURC Art Tveten and his bride left on the Alaska for Petersburg where they intend to locate. Tveten is a linotype operator and all-around printer who has been employed. in Juneau for nearly one year. He was recently married, the wedding tak- ing place in the Wrangell Narrows metropolis. i A e Try Top Notch Dinner—50c. adv. e y's News Tuday.—u'np_lre‘ PHONE will someday find himself in a 5 & 10 cent store fortune is Lance von Reventlow, son of the former Barbara Hutton. ‘Pioneer Drug ' Buginess Sold troubles Fire starts in a great many other places, and uns:”‘”?g’ but it certainly gives the boys plenty of oppor-| 1. Why was the Washington EIm the Spokane for the south were ably will be keen and clevér. Many week is an excellent time to check up. For example, | DIty to call each other names. at Cambridge, Mass., so called? Oscar Landgren, J. F. Coats, Lena!subjects of' this sign are eloquent 2. What was Mark Twain's real norrow Lewis, Gus Morgan, Frank in” writing cor oratory. . . how's the furnace working? Are your light pl all Tn Cha|n Flrm ks Vo ab(:n ma: bz‘m hhh‘t :‘o‘r]?\ou We'll string along with the little lady who wants |name? Short, Arnold Hildre, Mrs Peter! James Whitcomb Riley, American 5 s { 3. What do Japanese call their gjqre, J. A. Kissell, James Joyce, Poet, was born on this day 1853. : | to bet New York wins the world series. have been going to replace for all these weeks? Is| country? W. H. Thompson. Others who have celebrated it as SEATTLE, Oct. 6—Officials of your radio in top condition or do you know that there 4. How much alcohol can be ob- 3 'a bix'thday‘inc{ude Frederick Hale, McKesson and Robbins, Inc, nation- |tained from a bushel of corn? The launch Teddy, which had Statesman, 1874; Caesar Rodney, Wide wholesale drug chain, have an- is some wiring that should be repaired? There are few households in which some of these| 5. What state had the first pure peen dispatched several days before signer of the Declaration of Inde- nounced purchase of the assets of food law? to search for some trace of the pendence, 1728. |the Blumaer-Frank Drug Company conditions do not exist. It is human nature to put| (of Seattle, Portland and Spokane. CARDINAL CABS 25¢ Within City Limits One thing about this duck shooting, up in the morning it gets one off getting things fixed up until absolute necessity demands it. But those are the sort of things which ! cause fires. Any fire chief will testify that 95 percent of the fires are due to plain negligence on the part of New York’s Reaction to the ‘Hate Rocsevelt’” Campaign (Philadelphia Record) Doc Copeland, Mr. Hearst's medicine man, lool s = launch Hunter and her crew reported ANSWERS that although most diligent search 1. It was the tree under which had been made nothing had been' | Washington took command of the seen not even a piece of wreckage. 'C“n'mfnhl Army, July 3, 1775. The Searching parties were still out and property owners. We are all guilty of neglecting{pretty sick as he emerges from the New York pri- things until force of circumstances cause us to take | maries action. Copeland That is one of the primar§ purposes of Fire Pre- |both parties. He was back by Tammany Hall, reputed vention Week—to awaken all of us to the need of|l0 be the greatest vote-getting organization In the " . ; s ¢ |land. He was supported by the Hearst press and by | guarding against fire hazards in our own homes and 3 ) | Biis of iisinees, {New York's supposed idol, Al Smith. v Copeland made his campaign almost entirely on This week is as good a time as any to do a little|a “Hate Roosevelt” platform, hoping to combine his ! checking up. The precautions we take this week may |machine support with that of reactionary mdepcndem mean the difference between fire loss later and se- |Democrats in his own’ party primary. feurity. Let's do a little checking up right now. Lnu In the Republican primary he hoped to defeat | make that repair on the furnace, replace those bad [MAyor LaGuardia by playing anti-New Deal senti-| asked the Mayoralty nominations in fell in 1923 Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Nippon 2 1-3 gallons Michigan, in 1895. - - MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee light cords, fix those inadequate sockets nd the score ™"} ot e r?eg’"bllmm for “}]21 1 s “om‘]n iy} or more.of other little things which we always let slide| . o ratic of mentls 2oto-1 over Copeland. Jévemian | until they burn out. The next time they burn out itir, Mahoney, a New Dealer, swamped Copeland in the :lm)'] l::jdx,\a.stmus. Why not take action before it is Democratic primary. LaGuardia’s name was not even 00 late? jon the Democratic ballot. Yet he obtained a write-in | How about adequate insurance? Have you got vote so large as to indicate that he would have le7 | your real and personal property properly protected | CoPeland in the Democratic primaries also, had he against that unknown foe—fire? With the nmq”,,“bt"'* a candidate. I8 insurance facilities no one feed. take the chance of | The New York returns, most significant test of | Bl ittt ivrancs or withoub adeqiste ‘coverage | 29 pular sentiment in the nation since the Presidential | Biboae are things b thimk ob * | election last year, indicate that the New Deal is ng—‘ s to think about this week as well as | ing rather than losing ground | every week of the year. It is by full cooperative effort on the part of every| Soviet purge has dusted off Generals, swept down citizen of Juneau in this connection that fire insur-|to workers in the ranks, and must ultimately broom | ance rates can be kept at the very satisfactory rates| the sweepers—Philadelphia Bulletin. which now prevail. Juneau is particularly fortunate| ——— e — in having excellent insurance rates. By keeping down | the fire loss, those, if not better rate: tained. It is a matter of dcllars and cents in the individual| The United States Supreme Court has had a Gray pocket to pay attention to Fire Prevention Week, wnv’;, Brown, a White, and now a Black. And, of course. not protect our holdings, our families and the entire’a Hughes.—Detroit News. community by paying a little attention right now m1 T AR A the little things which cause fire? The Japs may not be so hot when it comes to fighting armed troops, but they're sure hell on civili- | , can be ’“i“"’(dx1>,70hlu State Journal. [ | | | | tting higher, the government | sold at Fort N Knox.—Indianapolis Ne | | If bacon keeps on g might bury some of it along with all that ¢ MR. HOOVER—THE l;]l:l_'lilAl(T PARTY After a conference with Col Republican Vice andvnn,n DIPLOMATIC BUSINESS IS SIZILINGHOT : Breach of Peace, My But It's Awful—And then There's Yangtze We and | calendar? It has been reformed a week, a week end, Sunday, Toledo Blade. Reform the now have five day: a weak-beginning. Frank Knox, candidate at the the last |took them back to camp and held The Admiral was not spoofing. He| ‘l]u'm several hours as prisoners. |was being seamanly exact. Shang-| The Paraguayans were not sup- hai, where the fighting was, is not posed to be In the neutral zome, on the Yangtze. It is on the ‘nr.~\ of all, and second they were Whangpoo, a dozen or more miles (expected to keep their the neutral observers, whose job of into the ocean patrolling the bug-ridden spot was, But no longer is bad enough in any event ;Ynngue Nanking is on the Yang- By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, tengue 1 nent has j a breach for two jungle betw what and w YANGTZE YANKED The king - . guayan Indians had piled upon the board a gunboat to keep out of the well posted in international 1aw,’L0ve Nest maintained of the frightful indignity, Yankee| of| It was just one of those little by-| 00 d8mage action, charging seduc- - Y ot The complaint alleges that Ric probably will suspend for athe former maycr was as ardent as Under heavy pr irawing 'Shanghai. Day after day while Jap-| their armies from a neut the two ar- charge of the U. 8. Fleet in the Or- and nights are of equal length mies. | Imagine ‘the indignation of two partment employees thought the re- money Issued by the U. 8. Treas- Iried one |should be presented to a woman |she write |ter? | \der |delay |previous record output during 1929. hands off south of where the Yangtze empties| * |3 “all quiet on the 63 When making an introduction |to a married one? A. Yes, unless tne single woman is considerably older than the mars A bride of twenty years' of fifty. regardless of whether the {latter is married or single. Q. After a house guest the hostess’s home, how soon a “bread and butter” leaves should! let- A Immediately upon arriving home, the same day if possible. Un- no circumstances should she; this letter for a week or| more. Q. How many guests are usually! invited to a ball? A. A ball is seldom given for ewer than one hundred guests. S LN 1 Commercial production of candy in the United States during the last year is estimated at 2,054,312,000 pounds, 8 per cent greater than the " THE VOGUE Correctly Styled Clothes For Women f 101 SEWARD ST. every effort was being made to find the launch and crew. | | The Army Exemption Board ap- pointed for Douglas included Elmer E. Smith, P. H. Fox, and Dr. Jos- eph Weyerhorst. | Weather: Cloudy Highest, 52, 10west, 42; - e Exports of chemicals from the United States gained almost 20 per cent during the first half of this! Jeremiah |j¢ an ynmarried woman presented Year and reached a level only 15 per| cent below the peak period of 1929. (Caopyright 1937) — Sciatica is a form of neura]gia1 which filfects the sciatic nerve. | ON THE MEZZANINE | HOTEL JUNEAU BEAUTY SHOP LYLAH WILSON | Contoure Telephone | X-Er-Vac SITKA HOT SPRINGS { Mineral Hot Baths Accommodations to suit every taste. 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Richey, 72, ;,w. plays in the foreign service that|. . . s suaded Parag » help to break into the motonony proaperoys miller and‘former mayor l a {established Miss Graham in a vini gate icovered cottage at Dowaglac, where about from the soothing little messages g3 young man of 26, Miss Graham boring nations the United t Admiral Yarnell has been gtated. States, the two count al ground anese naval guns and Chinese ar-| Registration of births was not between Since then, neutral ob- tillery were thundering around compulsory in England until 1876 servers have ient, would report: throughout the world. “All quiet on the Yangtze." 1 o e B 18 Uruguayans acting as neutral ob- port was carrying this “'stricfly neu- ury were changed frequently. servers when they were pounced tral” husiness a bit far. IR — that a wandering patrol of Para- sawor, Nelson Johnson, climbed on livian spies. The Indians were not inst| However, when the news got out! potast 1. Basagiay Graham, thirty-five, has filed a $50,- siop fighting in the Pamesseil it o il “Uf Dowaglac, Midh. 4 Japanese bombing of Nan-'he called frequently. Despite his age, sto) folded up sendirg to headquarters from their war in 1935 patrolled the “no- Shanghai, Admiral Yarnell, in| On March 21 and Sept. 22 the days man’s land” between MISTAKE For the first few days State De-| Prior to 1890 designs for paper upon by Paraguay soldiers who Uultimately a solution appeared. Today's News Today-—Empire. & COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Hesources Qver Two and One-Half Mxl};on Dollars PHONE 36 For very prompt LIQUOR DELIVERY “The Rexall Store” your Reliable Butler Mauro Dreg Co. TCRIDIS | SiGRID’S BEAUTY SALON ‘YOUR APPEARANCE IS OUR RESPONSIBILI' Shattuck Bldg. Phone 318 4 THE BEST TAP BEER IN TOWN! [ ] THE MINERS' Recreation Parlors BILL DOUGLAS ZORIC DRY CLEANING [ ] Soft Water Washing Your ALASKA LAUNDRY PHONE 15 Eam il | The Blumauer-Frank organiza- tion, which has been in business nearly fifty years, will withdraw ‘makes the meat grow fender 10 9 BRAIN" FF ATS “ENEF TURNS ¥ 3 @ The new Hotpoint Ranges bring you a great new gift of electricity. “Absent Cookery”—a modern mir- acle of electricity — enables you to cook an eatire meal swhile you are away from the kitchen, and results are wonderfui. Meat perfectly cooked, vegetabies tasty and healthfui, pud- ding. pie. roils, etc.. beautifully browned. See these beautiful new Hotpoint Electric Ranges today. Now only $15 down $12 monthly THE BELMONT A new Hotpoint El- ectric Range. Al porcelain enamel with chromium trim, ‘Table-Top. ELECTRIC RANGES Special allowance for your old range during October Alaska Electric Light 8 Power Company JUNEAU DOUGLAS The First National Bank o CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$100,000 ® COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES 2% Paid on Savings Accounts