The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 19, 1937, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, OCT. 19, 1937. operate outside the thre le limit! It is plain that facts cannot be bent to conform with an obsolete interpretation of law. It is the professional responsibility of law- yers, through their organizations, to aid in bringing law into conformity with facts. The American Bar Association could harly do a greater service to the nation than to undertake the serious study of problems such as those evoked by the Japanese fishing en- croachments, which call, not for heated words, but for the best available technical talent in their solution. Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER Editor and Manager the EMPIRE | Juneau, Published every evening e PRINTING COMPANY at Second Sunday by nd Main Streets, tered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class tter. SCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by earrier in Juneau and Doulas for §1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid following rates One vear, in advance. $12.00; months, in advance, $6.00 sne month, in advance, §1.25 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will p failur the Business Office of any livery of their papers. Telephones: News Of ce, 602; Business Office, 374 ! The remarkable thing about the stock market i — 5 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. ’slump is that nubody seems to care with the excepuon The Assoctated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for }(,y the boys operating on the exchange. Business s dispatches credited to It or nov $ O iod 1h shts susec '™ forecasts continue bright and the last quarter of the otherwise credited In this paper and also the locul Dews published herein. year is starting out with prospects of exceeding last Yyear. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. | - e S 1 - ;R0 oA SR i (New York Times) The Journal of the American Bankers Association thas contributed its views on the puzzle of the recent falling market. It believes that, despite some present |signs of reduced autumn business activity and despite |also rising costs of doing business, recovery “never- {theless has a strong. hold on the country, and no ichange seems to have occurred that indicates the larrival of an important turning-point.” It ascribes the severe decline in stocks and bonds to public un- !easiness over “the credit policies of the Federal Gov- |ernment,” to doubt of “what sort of wages and hours ;]egx.&lunon will be enacted” and of “what further labor llroublos are ahead.” By the resultant harassing sense {of uncertainty, business plans as well as stock market |transactions have been affected. | This explanation, familiar in everyday conversa- tion, is plausible enough. It takes no account, how- ever, of the fact that prices on the Stock Exchange were rising enthusiastically last autumn when, on the basis of facts as plainly visible as they are today, the same apprehensions might with equal rea- son have been entertained. In this contrast between the stock market’s attitude toward the same pheno- mena, on two different occasions, there is nothing new. Our past financial history has presented scores of parallels. Usually they showed that, by discarding | > in one year due allowance for such potentially un-| hundreds of additional miles of air-mail in Alaska,” g2 08 VE8% GO0 & o arkets and ot Postmaster General James A. Farley presented SOMe ,ctivity had to give up in the next year part of the figuring revealing the rapid growth of the service. gains which had been won. Commenting on the air mail, the Postmaster General But the history of alternations of confidence | said: and apprehension, whether in trade or on the mar- kets, teaches another lesson; it has some bearing on !the present. After three or four years of progressive | recovery from a major economic depression, with reviving financial confidence, there has quite invaria- bly occurred a halt, more or less prolonged, often a | sharp reaction. Yet, coming in this stage of the | economic cycle it alw happened, when reaction | had run its course and prices, production and con- | sumption had been brought into line again, that THE GROWTH OF AIR MAIL With the Postoffice Department prepared to ac- cept bids for air mail service between Juneau and Fairbanks and proposed service from the States to Alaska the subject of considerable controversy, it is interesting to note the strides that air mail has made in recent years and the in receipts to the government In a recent address in which he pointed out that growth “arrangements have about been perfected for adding Today our air mail services—both domes- tic and foreign—are in the highest state of efficiency in their history. Contractors are employing the finest and safest planes, and multi-motored equipment is operated on every route. In the fiscal year 1937, two and one-half times as much air mail was transported as HAPPY BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to ing: *- OCTOBER 19. Amy Gail Morrison George A. Bacon Albert Peterson Alma Patterson Stella Culbertson Bobby McCormick W b s SEY DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon | + ' 20 Years Ago From The Empire the follow- OCTOBER 19, 1917 London dispatches described a “state of anajfrchy’’ spreading throughout the Russian provinces. That travei trom Alaska was heavy was indicated by the fact that the Alaska, the Humboldt, the Spokane and the Admiral Evans, all leaving Juneau within a few hours, were all sold out. Arriving on the Princess Sophia |were Sister Mary O'Dilla, Sister Mary Mary Augustine and Sister —# {Mary Philip, Mrs. H. Chaffee, Miss in the basket.” Say, (when number means large number (of that be counted) of eggs.” a large quantity Often Mispronounced ry. Rein (royal authority). Synonyms: Involve, Words Often Misused: Do not say,{C: Oy “There was a large quantity of eggs | “There were | (of that which Poln can be measured) of sugar.” : Merry. Pronounce the e as in met, not may- | 3 f s Often Misspelled: Rain (water) . [At - Chichagof, (strap of a bridle). and Capt. G. H. Whitney. With B. H. Behrends, chairman, several) a and J. R. Beegle, of Ketchikan, in which can Juneau, and W. H. Spaulding due There was in from Hawk Inlet, the newly ap- ted Territorial Hatchery Com- mission was about to meet here. Douglasites who had been employed were back on the spend the win- Reign Channel, probably to ter, implicate,: southbound | Jerry Casey and Claude Penglase,! H oroscope “The stars incline but do not compel” WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1937 Astrologers read this as an unim- portant day in planetary direction, Adverse aspects are active, however, This should be a fairly favorable sway for workers, since employ- ment is indicated as widespread and many labor difficulties should be |quiescent. Somber apprehensions should be resolutely overcome under this di- |rection of the stars, though it en- |courges pessimism and discontent. For those who attempt to foresee possible. Through the late hours of busi ness 'for there is a sign supposed to in- "spire misrepresentation and double- jdealing. Great contrasts in human stan- |dards of conduct will be revealed in many human relations at this time. There will be unrecognized heroes and widely praised money grabbers, ure-seekers. As ruthless war spreads women are to fight as soldiers and children 'the world’s future only anxiety is! caution should be cxerclsed! patriotic citizens and selfish pleas-' entangle. 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: Facile; easy of performance. “Or- der will render the work facile and delightful. & 23 LOCK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon -t 1. How old is a person on his thirtieth birthday anniversary? 2. What fraction of a fluid ounce is one tablespoon? 3. Of what race is Albert Ein- stein? 4. What three states, named in order, have the longest coast lines? 5. Is sterling silver solid silver? in 1932, and the cost to the taxpayers in 1937 was approximately $7,000,000 less than it was in 1932 In 1932, when the Departmeni was paying to the contractors nearly $20,000,000 for air mail service, the postage revenue for air mail was only about $6,000,000, while for the last fiscal year, when the contractors were paid less than 313,000,000, the domestic air-mail revenues were more than $12,000,000. This 100 percent increase in air mail revenues was achieved notwithstanding the postage rate in 1932 was 8 cents an ounce, and since 1934 has‘been only 6 cents an ounce. In the fiscal year 1932, 160 cities had air mail service, while at the present time more than 200 cities are being served. In 1932 there were 26,745 route-miles in the domestic air mail system, while today there are 31,991 miles. Our foreign air mail system has been ex- panded from 19,000 route-miles in 1932 to 30,000 route-miles in 1937. The cost of the foreign air mail service in 1932 was approxi- mately $7,000,000 a year, and the cost for 1937, although 11,000 route-miles have been added, was less than $8,000,000. The receipts from the foreign air mail services in 1932 were approximately $2,000,000, while receipts for 1937 were approximately recovery was resumed. Reaction would have been ascribed, then as now, to such influences as politics | or labor; but even those considerations seemed to| be pretty much forgotten when the subsequent upturn | had begun | Recovery from the depression following 1893 was | ‘rather dramatically under way in 1900 and 1901. It | went too fast. In autumn of 1902 and the first half of 1903, severe reaction general trade; yet further rapid recovery ensued in {1904 and 1905. In 1903 Wall Street attributed the setback to the “anti-trust suits,” but recovery was | \resumed in 1904, before the suits had been abandoned. | The relapse of 1881, after three years of recovery| from the depression of the Seventies, was widely ascribed to the assassination of Garfield; but the| forward movement began again in 1882. What, under jordinary circumstances, would have been the course ! of events after recovery from 1907 was interrupted | between autumn of 1912 and the end of 1913 we |can only guess. Outbreak of European war in 1911/ changed the entire complexion of affairs. | | e ! i Poverty—the Most Deadly Disease | (Philadelphia Record) and poor alike. Theoretically, all share equally in the protection Theoretically, medical service 15 available for rich thr without the necessity of their ask- ANSWERS Thirty; the day of birth is not anniversary. His first anniver- 'y is at the age of one, One-half. German-Jew. Michigan, Florida 1. an E 2 3. 4 fornia and Cali- came both to stocks and| 5. No, but it must be at least 925 parts ilver to 75 parts copper. - MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee Q Should a guest ever ask for a second helping of some dish? A. Not unless eating with some intimate friend. Then it would be a compliment to say, “Your cake is so delicious, may I have another piece?” An experienced hostess keeps a constant watch to see that guests’ wishes are fulfilled ing. Postmaster Z. M. Bradford an- of all ages will be sacrificed in the 'nounced that after November 2,!sweeping madness of national pro postal rates would go up, with 2-'gress. cents required for post cards and' Although the United States i3-cents an ounce for first class to have a winter of great prosperity mail. and pleasure, greater world power and glory will be won by supreme ordeals, the seers prophesy. Demands for peace should be more urgent at this date than they have been in the past. Diplomats must demonstrate real wisdom in aiding Uncle Sam. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of im- portant events. Older persons and close relatives will contribute to the success of young women. Children born on this day prob- ably will be courageous and suc- cessful. Many subjects of this sign are natural leaders of super intel- iigence. General David E r Sickles, Civil War commander, was born on this day 1825. Others who h: cele- brated it as a birthday in Christopher Wren, famous , 1832; Oliver Ditson, music publisher, 1911, In an exhibition game for Camp Mills soldiers on Long Island, the Chicago White Sox again defeated the New York Giants. The score was 6 to 4. Weather Highest, 45; lowest 42; Cloudy. e Teachers Support - Japanese Boycoft CHICAGO, Oct. 19.—Dr. George Axtelle, vice president of the Amer- ican Federation of Teachers, urged today a national boycott of Japan- ese products after the Federation’s executive council adopted a reso- lution calling for a boycott “in the interests of preserving peace in the Orient.” (Copyright, 1937) - eee = GOODIE SALE At Bert's Cash Grocery Sat., Oct. 23, by the Lutheran Ladies’ Aid. D Try Top Notch Dinner—5ie, = B ATTENTION SCOUTS Important meeting, Troop 613. Dugout Wednesday, 7:30 pm. adv. D . Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. adv. 7"\ If you enjoy Indoor sports— here’s one of the besti—TRY BOWLING! BRUNSWICK S S S “Tomorrow'’s Styles Today” Jlalyorrens Juneau s Own Store wards as president, Dorothy Lang- seth, vice-president, and Arling Rice secretary. Harold Burger is their advisor. e — EVELYN BERG HERE WITH MUCH FREIGHT [ The Evelyn Berg spent the night tied up at the City Dock and this (morning at 7 o'clock began unload- |ing some 136 tons of coal, hay and freight for the new school building. Included in the latter is the heating plant for the school and building materials. " DousLAS NEWS F.O.E. CARD PARTY Whist and pinochle supplied the entertainment for Douglas Eagles and their ladies at a party given in the Parish Hall last evening by Douglas Aerie No. 117, F.O.E. for| their members and the Auxiliary.' Seven tables were engaged, four of the former and three of the latter.| Miss Cecile Cashen and Sam| Devon were the prize. winners for| high scores at whist. Mrs. Devon' |and Robert Fraser received the low scores. Mrs. A. J. Balog and Leon- ard Johnson won the pinochle prize and Mrs. Marcus Jenscn and James |Edmiston the low: Presentation was made of his past president's certificate to Leon- jard Johnson following the card- |playing, and the evening wound up with refreshments being served. e ——— ALASKA DAY PROGRAM 1‘ Alaska Day received observance 3 at the Douglas High School yester- day afternoon with the Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff delivering a talk on Alaska. Laying stress on the pro- gress made in various ways in the Territory during the past 70 years, the speaker particularly erspha- sized the wonderful achievement made in the use of airplanes in Al-| aska and he also mentioned other inventions being made use of. He compared modes of traveling of years ago when he was a boy with those of today. He explained the meaning of the terms “Sourdough” and “Cheechako.” P The program ended with the stu- dents singing “Alaska, My Alaska”. Mrs. Robert Rice accompanied on the piano. il A Gp 1 HIGHER GRADES ORGANIZE The Sixth, Seventh and Eighth! grades combined are planning a Hallowe'en party for next Friday night in the L. U. Hall. * They re- cently organized with Anabelle Ed- I | I | * METHODIST LADIES’ AID WILL MEET AT WICKERSHAM HOME At the home of Mrs. James Wick- ersiam tomorrow afternoon, mem- bers of the Methodist Ladies‘: Aid Society will meet at 2 o’clock for their regular social gathering. , Mrs. George Kerin will assist the hostess during the afternoon, and la short program will mark the oc- casion. e Today’s News Today.—Empire. “Smiling Service’ Bert’s Cash Grocery PHONE 105 Free Delivery Juneau ON THE MEZZANINE HOTEL JUNEAU BEAUTY SHOP “The Rexall Store” | your | Reuable pharmacists | compound prescrip- | | | Butler-Mauro Drug Co. & », adv. | Chris Berg AS A VAID-UP SUSSCEYBER TO THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to present this coupon at the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE AND RECEIVE TWO FREE TICKETS TO SEE “Sea Devils” Your Name May Appear—WATCH THIS SPACF $4,000,000. During this administration the trans- Pacific air mail service, from San Francisco to Hong Kong, has been installed, as has inter-island service in Hawaii. Arrangements Q. What are a few suggestions' i | for prizes to give at a bridge party?! The greatest single cause of death in the United | A, A bridge set, compact, a beau- States is poverty. ty kit, an evening handkerchief, that modern science affords But they don’t. Values that can ' BOWLING ALLEYS Rheinlander and Alt Heidelberg | BEER ON TAP not be surpassed | in many models have about perfected for adding hundreds of additional miles of air mail service in Alaska, and in the near future we will have trans- Atlantic air mail service between the Tnited That is proved irrefutably by figures just released \Look, box of candy. by Josephine Roche, Assistant Secretary of the United | Q. When a man and a woman States Treasury. Her facts are preliminary results are playing golf together, without of a survey including 750,000 families made up of |caqgdies, should the man carry both 3,500,000 individuals. It is the largest survey of its bags? States and Europe. 3 l kind every undertaken and it indicates conclusions | |that will be startling to the layman—and, we suspect, | to many physicians. Here are a few facts about the American health picture: Ten diseases cause three-fourths of the deaths The suggestion is sometimes made, and logically |y this country. Seven of those ten diseases have enough too, that Japan has become so Involved with |twice as high a death rate among the poorest third a war in China that for the present she will not be of the population as they have among the upper two- much concerned with fishing in Alaskan waters. On thirds. i that premise, now would appear to be an excellent| The seven diseases that are conspicuously econo- time to push toward solution of the foreign invasion |mic in their incidence and fatality are heart diseases, problem. Discussing the question in a recent issue, | “A2C¢T pneumonia, influenza, kidney disease, tuber- S culosis and syphilis. the Seattle Post-Intelligencer brings out the need| e geath rate from respiratory tuberculosis for the “best available technical talent” in arriving |among unskilled workers is seven times as high as at such a solution. In its timely comment on “Japan- 'among professional people. | ing and International Law,” the P.-I. says: | Pneumonia kills three-and-a-half times more un- | Attorney Edward W. Allen of Seattle per- skilled workers than professionals. formed a creditable act in bringing before the The syphilis death rate for unskilled workers 1s delegates of the American Bar Association the double that of professional people. legal issues involved in Japanese fishing en- The cancer death rate among unskilled workers | croachments in Alaskan waters. |is 50 percent higher than in the professional class. The Bar Association has an epportunity It is a little grim to realize that the battle of | to give this subject a continuing attention health vs. disease is not a battle of man vs. microbe. that will lead to a restatement of internation- al law Few will dispute the proposition that the law, in general, has a tendency to lag behind the needs of society. President Roosevelt, in his speech on the 150th anniversary of the signing of the con- stitution, listed numerous instances in which the interpretation of constitutional law by the supreme court dallied twenty years behind current thought. But international law, in clinging to the theory of a three-mile limit of national sover- eignty over coastal waters (based upon the range of antique cannon) is a century behind the times! The basic facts concerning Alaska fisherles are plain Some of the fish are spawned in Alaska streams (our government spending millions in artificial propagation) and are returning to their spawning grounds when they are caught. Others are so-called “bottom fish,” inhabit- ing the continental shelf comparatively narrow underwater extension of our coast line. To perpetuate the fishing industry our government has imposed regulations upon our own nationals in the taking of both varie- ties of fish. But invading Japanese fishermen nothing to build up the industry JAPANESE FISHING AND INTER- NATIONAL LAW {cal organization. | Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon general of the Unit- | |ed States, estimates that half the cost of a battleship, |plus intelligent legislation, could virtually eliminate the scourge of syphilis. | Nor is syphilis the only field in which the greatest progress can be made by soclal action rather than medical discovery. The shocking disparity between the general death rate of the 45,000,000 who belong to families with less than $1000 a year income and the death rate of the top one-third proves that what is needed first is not further medical knowledge but further application of what the medical profession already knows. Civilization cannot continue to face the indict- {ment that in the richest nation on earth poverty is the greatest cause of death. | The Federal national park service warns tourists not to encourage bears to sit up and beg. The animals have enough human traits already, and might start a march on Washington at any time-—Worcester Gazette, Hanging out the family wash to dry is a simple |problem to the trailer housewife. If it rains they move over into the next county.—Christian Sclence Monitor a The Big Apple has been traced to the Charleston and other factors, including the square dance, but photographs indicate that it owes something to the doing claim im- |1t is primarily a battle against faulty social and medi- | * A. No, the woman should carry her own bag. ettt FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES GAS — OILS JUNEAU MOTORS Foot of Main Street Cigars Cigarettes Candy Cards THE NEW | ARCTIC Pabst Famous Draught Beer On Tap 300 Rooms . 300 Bat}:s Jfrom *2,50 Special Weetly Rates ALASKANS LIKE THE SPECIALIZING in French and Jtalian "TIMMY"' CARLSON Dinners The B. M Juneau, Behren(ls Bank Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars GASTINEAU CAFE Short Orders At All Hours (ationf FoOOD Visit the | | SITKA HOT SPRINGS | Mineral Hot Baths Accommodations to suit every munity from all regulations, so long as they plain, old-1ashioned riot,—New York Sun, taste. Reservations Alaska Alr P SRR H —RIGHT NOW CONNORS MOTOR CO., Inc. JUNEAU PHONE 411 ' Fresh Fruit and Vegetables HOME GROWN RADISHES, ONIONS and FRESH LOCAL EGGS DAILY California Grocery THE PURE FOODS STORE Telephone 478 Prompt Delivery The First National Bank IUNEIAU CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$100,000 [} COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES 29, Paid on Savings Accounts