The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 8, 1937, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, NOV. 8, 1937. Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaski tered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. >— SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Délivered by esrrier In Juneau and Douslas for §1.25 per month. By matl, postage paid, at the following rates One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00 ene month, in advance, 51.25 Subscribers will confer a favor 1f thsy will promptly notify | the Business Office of any fallure or iriegularity in the de- livery of their papers Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 ALASKA CIRCULATiON GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRE:! The Associsted Press is exclusively entitles lication of all news dispatches credited to it or nov wise credited in this paver and also the local oublished herein. news THE PRESIDENT AND BUSINESS In carrying on his social reform program, Presi- dent Roosevelt has been attacked by his critics for not paying enough attention to business and the re- cent stock market flurry coupled with the special ses- sion of Congress has revived discussion along those lines. An interesting summary of how the trends show the Presidential attitude toward business is given by | John H. Crider writing from Washington to the New | York Times. Mr, Crider says: The present attitude of the Administration “toward business is compared by New Deal of- ficials with that of an automobile manufac- turer who watches a new-model car go through its paces. Before he gives it final approval he examines it to see how its new features work under test. That is what the Adminis- tration is doing with the changes it has made in the machinery of American business and 1ot ae JinANCeE. 4 At the close of the President’s second term i“#ihe Administration hopes to have given pos- 4w terity its finished product. This is believed to be particularly true if the Presiden. does 2% mot run again. He will want to leave office - .with the budget in good shape, with his agri- “cultural adjustment program working smooth- B3y and with the financial world in healthy swcondition " This is deemed not only good politics, but .4 matter of personal satisfaction to the Presi- w# dent himself. He would then be able to say: Weiwell, 1 spanked the baby, and it's healthier for having lost some of its bad habits. I told you so.” How the Administration’s attitude toward business will be manifest through specific exe- cutive and Congressional action is also begin- ning to be clear. A strong feeling has devel- oped among Federal officials that the decline in PFederal revenues below April expectations, the uneertainty in the stock market and the Jull in certain fields of business will result in business getting the benefit of every doubt in the forthcoming special and regular sessions of Congress. " This means that the Treasury experts and Congressmen who are drafting the Adminis- tration’s tax bill to be presented at the regular session in January may be more sympathetic toward business than if everything had con- tinued on the up-grade without interruption. ‘The market drop and business lull also are “expected to cause Congress and the Admin- istration generally to pay more attention to warnings from business, such as that which the use for ing conditions shall be improved throughout the country.- He is committed to this type of legislation: But, as it demonstrated by its legislative independence at the last session, Congress may not pass the kind of bill he wants. With regard to what is now happening to business in the nation, Federal experts are pretty much in agreement that the recovery pace last spring was too brisk, and that a lag was due. That inflationary tendencies were sensed by those in high authority was evi- denced by the Federal Reserve Board’s raising of reserve requirements by $3,000,000,000 early in the year, before the ensuing decline was fully apparent The Reserve Board’s action, together with strikes, the international situation and talk of unhealthy conditions by high officials, served to accentuate the tight situation which developed As a result of this reversal of trend, the board this fall took anti-deflation- ary measures, notably its desterilization of $300,000,000 of gald, which was added to re- serves to meet credit needs. Except as it showed in stock market values, the slump thi fall has not been serious, Federal experts ert. In recent years, they declare, there have been several greater re- cessions in production. Actually, production has kept at a high level in all but one or two fields, and sales have maintained a healthy pace, the experts say While stocks were tumbling to their lows recently, some high government officials, whose business it is to follow economic devel- opments, assembled the latest confidential re- ports from certain key industries to check ru- mors current in Wall Street that orders were falling off in major industries. It was felt these rumors were partly to blame for the market decline. One of the men present at that meeting said there was not an iota of evidence to sup- port the rumors. The only weak spot with respect to orders was in steel and rail equip- ment, and that fact had been known in Wall Street for some time, he said. On the whole, these reports showed that, with the excep- tions of steel and rail equipment, orders on hand were greater than for any recent year. The experts also took note of a Commerce Department report which showed that daily average sales of general merchandise in rural areas in September were higher than for any month since 1929. The advance in these sales from August to September was twice the usual seasonal gain. In addition to the present lull in business, other factors which may have influenced the market drop were mostly connected with ex- pectations regarding future policies of the New Deal, as reflected in the budget and pend- ing legislation. Stock market observers, says a high Treas- ury official, must stop regarding the activity of the twenties as normal. Much of the specu- lative activity which artificially sustained the ‘normal” levels of those years is gone and will not return, he said. The market is destined to become more truly a capital market, this authority believes, and cannot be expected to perform as it did under the conditions prevail- ing before the New Deal. While the Administration has taken note of criticisms leveled at the SEC in connection with the stock market break, it has yet to recommend ar wide changes. To sum up, the answer to the question, How does the President now feel toward busi- appears to be this: He is not indiffer- ent to danger signals, but instead is watching them; he seems to be disposed to consolidate his reform program rather than to extend it greatly; he tends more toward a ‘“breathing spell” than toward another vigorous period of experimentation. Such, at least, is the im- pression against by one who talks with his advisers. Season that prediction with the ob- servation that the President has frequently demonstrated his talent for surprises, and it is about as good a prediction as can be made at this writil ness? HAPPY. BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: NOVEMBER 8. Mrs. Luella Betts Mrs. Leona McKinnon W. V. Manville Ike P. Taylor John' Livie LA RGNS — DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon R WSAES - < SN v/ S 1 | |were in full control. 20 Years Ago 0 l From The Empire NOVEMBER 8, 1917 Wwith an immediate looking toward peace, the Russian government had made another flop and the Maximilsts or Bolshevik supporters, headed by Leon Trotzky, Premier Ker- lensky, it was said, was no longer a controlling factor. Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Mullen, early Ipioneers of Juneau, arrived from Seattle on the Humboldt to spend sometime visiting their son and daughters in Juneau. Douglas school students who made Words Often Misused Do not say, ‘I feel hadly about it.” Say, “I feel bad about it,” bad being an edjec- tive in the predicate position, The adverb badly is used when it de- scribes the action of a verb. “The | carburetor works badly.” ' Often Mispronounced: Pronounce gro-cer-i, three syllables, not gros-ri. Often Misspelled: Oleomargarii seven vowels. | Synonyms: Brazen, bold, im- pudent, shameless. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by master-| ing one word each day. Today's word: Sedative (adjective); as- suaging pain; having a soothing tendency. (Pronounce the e as in led and accent first syllable.) “The medicine was of a sedative quality, and his slumbers were undisturbed.” D . RSOy SNSRI e Y LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon . 1. How many different grounds | for divorce are there in the United | States? | 2. What is photometry? 3. Of what religious faith is the King of Italy? ] 4. How far can a flea jump? ! 5. Which is able to supply the greater power, Niagara Falls or \Boulder Dani? L 4 | ANSWERS | 1. 37 legal grounds. 2! The branch of science which jtreats of the measurement of the intensity of light. Roman Catholic. About twelve inches on a level Boulder Dam. T R | mopERN | ETIQUETTE i By Roberta Lee [| Q. Would it be proper for a man! [to give his fiancee a car? i { A. No. |drive his car, but he should naet, |give her a car until after they are| |married. | Q Should a hostess provide cor-| The snow on the mountains doesn't seem half sage bouquets, or other favors, when |as cold when you have the storm windows up. Tragedy Exposes a Loophole (Cincinnati Enquirer) igiving a luncheon in her home? A. This is seldom done. Q. When one receives a P. P. C. icard is it necessary to acknowledge it? the honor roll were Elizabeth Feusi, Helen Stoody, William Manley, Wil- liam Neimi, Helen Neimi, 'Nelson, Rugnor Kronquist, ‘Laitelo and Stanton Martin. Eino LeRoy Vestal, Juneau's youngest Grocery, Soldier, who enlisted before he was 116 years old in the Fifth United|tion to them will be apparent from States Field Artillery, was making ne: BN excellent record as a soldier. He positions. was in France with the A.E.F. and a letted from an officer in his out- fit told his mother, Mrs. R. G. Day, that her “son’s record as a soldier in the battery was excellent.” Among the passengers returning to Juneau on the Jefferson were J. J. Meherin and Mr. and Mr: T. Spickett. The Altar Society of the Catholic Church met at the home of Mrs. Dennis McLaughlin. Bandmaster Erickson of the Treadwell band had received new music and requested all band mem- bers to be present at practice. Frank Caraway, former Treadwell boy, had passed his examinations for entrance into the aviation branch of the army, according to word re- ceived by Mrs. J. N. Stoody. Weather: Highest, 44; lowest, 32; cloudy. - Sir Richard Steele once took a iriend to a tavern, where they dined Leartily; then together they wrote an article which the friend had to take and and sell to pay the bill. “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” JorAemd 27 e Juneau s Own Store It is all right for her to 7 Alaska Federal Savings l {| and Loan Association | Accounts Insured Up to $5.000 P. O. Box 2718——Phone 3 ‘Temporary Office: | COLUMBIA LUMBER CO. | ] proposal | ** Arthur | i Horoscope “The stars incline but de not compel” TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1937 Benefic aspects rule strongly today according to astrology. It is pri- marily a time for advertising and for exploiting new enterprises. The morning is promising for commerce. Exports are to increase {greatly. War materials as well as {food will be in demand. | As the winter approaches avid !desire for money will tempt many 'to speculation. Sudden Booms and |fluctuations in the stock market. |are forecast. This is an auspicious date for signing important contracts and' for) |pushing big enterprises. Obstacles to certain forms of government |construction work are indicated. | Women are under an adverse |sway today and should not attempt “anylhing ambitious. In business and the professions strong opposi- men who compete for worth while i Girls are warned that there may | be quarrels and even lasting rifts ,with fiances under this rule of the ptars, for it increases sensitive- |ness and egotism among young per-| sons. | Labor and capital shouid co- operate successfully while this plan- ‘,etary government prevails. Urgent| need of workers in factories is prog-| 'nosticated. |First publication, Nov. 1. | Good luck for a union labor lead- | er is presaged by the stars, which| seem to encourage conservative| policies. | Persons whose = birthdate it is have the augury of a year of suc- cess. Realization of certain ambi-! tions is probable and much pleas ure is promised. g Children born on this day ma be difficult to lead, highly intelli- gent and self sufficfent. Subjects of this sign usually are diplomatic as well as headstrong. Edward VII, King of England, was born on this day 1841. Others who have celebrated it as a birth- day include Robert Dale Owen, re- former, 1801; James A. Reed, Unit- ed States Senator, 1861. (Copyright, 1937) " “Smiling Service” Bert’s Cash Grocery | PHONE 105 ; Free Delivery Juneau | { - | If you enjoy Indoor sports— here’s one of the best—TRY BOWLING! BRUNSWICK BOWLING ALLEYS Rheinlander and Alt Heidelberg |W. R. MULVIHILL, i |[south aboard the Yukon on his EXPRESS AGENT, TAKES VACATION ‘W. R. Mulvihill, Juneau agent for the American Expres, is a passenger annual vacation. He will meet his brother V. W. (Penny) Mulvihill, Juneau agent of the Canadian Pa- cific, in Seattle and both expect to FEDERAL POW xR COMMIS- SION, Washingon, D. C. Public no-| tice is hereby given, pursuant to| the provisions of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791-825r) that Buch-| an & Heinen Packing Company, a corporation, organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Washington and hav- ing its office and principal place of | business at 2106 L. C. Smith Build- | ing. Seattle, Washington, has made application for a license for a, project, No. 1426, located on an un- named stream on the southerly end of Baranof Island, Alaska, consist- ing of a dam and reservoir, a water conduit and a power plant, used to supply power for the corporation's fish packing plant, located on Bar- anof Island. Any protest against the approval of this application or request for hearing thereon, with the reasons for such protest o: re- quest and the name and address of the party or parties so protesting or requesting, should be submitted before November 29, 1937, to the Federal Power Commission, at Washington, D. C. By order of the Commission: Leon M. Fuquay, Sec- retary. 1937. Last publication, Nov. 22, 1937. return north soon after Thanks- giving day. During Mr. Mulvihill's vacation south, Mrs. Tom Cole, experienced in the work, will be acting agent at the express company office. e — ATTENTION MASONS There will be a Stated Communi- cation of Mt. Juneau Lodge Mon- day evening at 7:30 o’clock. Work in the E. A. Degree. By order of the w. M. J. W. LEIVERS, adv. Secretary Empire classifieds pay. O s - R RS Jarman’s-Friendly FORTUNE from $4 Van’s Store HARRY RACE, “The Squibb Stores LUMP F. O.B. WELLINGTON COAL $1 5.30 per ton Bunkers Pacific Coast Coal Co. PHONE 412 INSURANCE Allen Shattuck Established 1898 Fresh Fruit and Vegetables came- recently from the National Association | The death of 36 persons as a result of taking an of Manufacturers declaring there were dan- Jmpmpcrl_\- compounded new medicine is a speclaculal’f gers in certain contemplated provisions of |illustration of an inherently dangerous loophole in the | the wages and hours legislation which the | Federal Food and Drug Act. The act does not directly | President wanted Congress to consider. !require tests of the safety of any new drug before it Through the Business Advisory Council in {is placed upon the market. Secretary Roper’s department, the Federal Admittedly, the circumstances surrounding the Government has a new contact with the leaders of business. These business men meet regularly, discuss the relations between gov- ernment and commerce, and prepare reports REMEMBER TO ASK FOR YOUR THANKSGIVING AWARD TICKETS California Grocery THE PURE FOODS STORE Telephone 478 Prompt Delivery A. No. BEER ON TAP R NOTICE Lutheran Ladies’ Aid rummage sale, Wednesday, Nov. 10, at church parlors. adv. Cigars Cigarettes Candy Cards THE 101 SEWARD ST. NEW : ARCTIC Pay’n'l‘akit{ J))l(‘dl(‘fl] disaster are peculiar. The base of the medi- = = |cine which has caused three dozen deaths is sulfanil- THE VOGUE {amide, a new drug discovered to be an excellent wea- pon against streptococci diseases and gonorrhea. It was in the process of ccmpounding to form an elixir | which go periodically to the White House and to the heads of government departments. ;Lhat one manufacturer unhappily added a chemical to auto anti-freeze solution, which, while not ‘They also keep Cony s informed of indus iakm views. The council is a sort of Chamber of iclassed as a poison, paralyzes kidney action. | Commerce within the framework of the New “ For some reason not yet explained, the manufac- Deal. |turer did not submit the product for testing by the In view of the broad differences of opinion American Medical Association Council on Pharmacy among Congressional leaders on the mechanics and Chemistry, as is generally done. This procedure, of wage and hour restrictions to be imposed |of course, is voluntary. The rarity of disaster re- “ it is regarded as certain that there will be time sulting from new medical preparations indicates that ! " for business to make itself heard with more |it works well enough, but not infallibly. The testing success than at the hearings concluded at the lnf new drugs before they are placed on the market last session. ishould be made mandatory, so that the prevention It is not to be thought that the President lef tragic consequences would not be entirely dcpendem“ + will veer from his steadfast resolve that work- rupon volunteers. Florida Klansmen Conduct a Burial Service | Correctly Styled Clothes | For Women | 1 ' ALASKANS LIKE THE Values that can not be surpassed in many models —RIGHT NOW Pabst Famous Draught Beer On Tap PHONES 92 or 95 Free Delivery Fresh Meats, Groceries, Liquors, Wines and Beer We Sell for LESS Because We Sell for CASH George Brothers SPECIALIZING in French "JIMMY"' CARLSON CONNORS MOTOR CO., Inc. JUNEAU PHONE 411 B3 Short Orders At All Hours The First National Bank IUN:JAU ; GASTINEAU CAFE The B. M. Behrends \ Bank Juneaun, Alaska CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$100,000 [ ] COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS 2% Paid on f Savings ' Accolgnh Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars - Visit the SITKA HOT SPRINGS Mineral Hot Baths Accommodations to suit every taste. Reservations Alaska Alr Transport. White-robed and hooded leaders of the St. Petersburg, Fla,, klavern of the Ku Klux Klan are shown in this wnusual picture as they conducted services over the coffin of Oscar H. Gibsol former city employe, and dn ex-Cyclops of the order The Cyclops intoned the last rites and declaimed: “he has simply passed from ’ the invisible empire to the empire invisible.”