The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 16, 1937, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER Editor and Manager —— the EMPIRE reets, Juneau, Sunday by Main 8 & except o Published ev even Second and PRINTING COMPANY at hinsks. Entered in the Post Office Patier n Juneau as Second Class SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by earrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1.25 per menth. By mafl, postage paid. at the following rates | One vear, in & in advance, $6.00; #ne’ month, in & Subscribers v the ' Business Office of ivery of their paper Telephones: New ALASKA CIRCULATiON GUARANTEED TO BE LARG&R THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. —_— ) MEMBER OF clated Pre ews months ¥ will promptly notify egularity in the da- ot wess Office, 374, C s. to the use for to it or nou locil news ASSOCIATED PRE exclusively en dispatches cre per and The As republicatio othierwise Crec published herein. sand troubles, ADJUSTING THE TAX BURDEN the President’s message to that he is of the belief that cengress w {hE€ time ha vate business for a further expansion of pri- xpansion program to be nourished Special consideration to lightening apd small busi- that there has been industrial production axation by enterprise . Congress on frankly stated business activity both falling off outstanding He business. re’ Is that agall s to face a fact squarely a let situation and urges upon about it. The kind of results has been made. ced there has bee down 1 he accepts the a ould get favorable ointment has been recognized as such w is to remove him an obstacle to the fare of Congress yes- the am- Coincident |erday the with the opening ployment census was started fairly close the actual num- 1 the The President in ) in taking the census pointed the nation had delayed balancing Those without work 1 to look to the government for sup- in turn has been require » raise funds to support those » levies in the form of taxes have stifled. To de- that is true ernment busine industry has been the tended at the same time meet business has what taxaiion It has done every effici- does when overhead grows that overhead ently conducte foo great has attempted to cut Perbaps it hasn't actually laid off any workmen, but surely it has not added to the payrolls. Which means that business has done nothing toward taking up the v With growing overhead, it was Thus unemployment, instead of being absorbed by private industry, has remained & heavy load upon the public purse. It would seem to be to meet that condition that the Chief Executive How proposes to Congress that adjustment be made in iness unemployment slack ot in position to do so. e e tax burden It is an obvious conclusion, Business cannot ex- hd unless it has something to expand with, namely, | meney If a husiness operati margin of profit great majority are. finds that even that small profit| {s-to be subject to taxation, it certainly isn't going| enlarge its operations. If it is permitted d.aeasonable profit with which o add to its reserve, #Fonaturally will be encouraged to carry out some of | the expansion ideas that every business man has pro- gramed, if and when he can afford it. Such expan- zlw\ however small in the individual business, means fpread of employment to various other industries, re- dafting in general business activity small as a or resources fc money raising on a sma however, ™ Death and taxes are always with us, but there is HELP RELIEVE SUFFER 2N REMEMF)EP\ THE JUNEAU SLIDE/ Jom e RED such a thing as carrying both too |in the air must make it recede still farther { velt establishing a dictatorship o —-— THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, NOV. 16, 1937 ar. In the case of homicide. Too heavy and in extreme it means busi- It is busi s stagnation which faces the country at the pres- it is being recognized before it is often called taxation results in the same called bankruptcy i the former thing cases it is At best ness stagnation which almost as bad ent time, and, fortunately it is too late. Adjustment of the tax burden is one of the to correct that condition. major steps necessary THINGS ARE “LOOKING UP” AT 86 { 0 we get what the cigarette | but what we prefer | Every once to a year or lift, to term a new interest in life. It is inspired by a youngster f 86 over around Tenakee who Alaskans since before | ‘Two Step Jake" Hirsh, | ads refer as a the gold rush have known as Pushing on toward the century mark, and just as sure he’s going to make it, Jake is still taking.pay dirt out of the ground, and enjoying life the while; eyes still} ifted. toward a bright tomorrow | The mail brings this note from Tenakeé: you I am down from my | This message to tell claims with new quartz, and some pretty good looking Wintering in T from Dawson. Things are looking up.” akee with some old timers | Jake also reports some further heart ! having gotten d again mr} the seventh time. Fortunately, or unfortunately, he| skipped out” with the bride-to-be, but | better luck | Incidentally almost ma ays. somebody he facetiously adds, “but expect to have in Hollywood when I go down to see Mae We who describes himself as an by trade ds” to Harry The pioneer Ameri- | Alaskan by Watson friends a Democrat and heart best regs Troy, Frapk Boyle and that part of the world There won't be many of us for whom “things are | up” at 86, except through several feet of dirt.| | can by birth, sends Gov. | ound | all my other looking Exit The Wiz ard (New York Times) | After many rumors and denials, proffers and re- fusals, the of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht Germany’s Minister of Economics has at last become a fact. Dr. Schacht will retain his post as president of the Reichsbank, but it is hinted that this too will resignation as “be but temporary. So ends the direction of Germany’s economic life | by the man whose work has been so brilliant that he is habitually referred to as t I cian,” a “financial wizard r the b He himself would probably be t that the main lines of the polic: th he helped to | carry out, particularly since Hermann Goering super- | him as economic dictator ear and a half ago, I been b sound. Loyalty to his Gov- ernment forced him to devote all I ir 1 ity to making policies work in Conducting a losi: struggle able at crucial tim to apply brakes But now he is out and probably the with him. His going the Nazi economics creased coercion of tarization, increased auta In time, no doubt, even | under Dr. Schacht the new German economy was, e for a reckoning. His operations (though his per-| sonal integrity ! above question) have been compared with an embezzling bookkeeper who, in order to cep his withdrawals from being discovered, must resort to more and more desperate expedients on a wider and wider scale. This will be | doubly true under his successor, Wh fie may prove to be. Germany's “hidden inf must be- come increasingly difficult to I in seded m brakes are g intens: of in- mili- bubtless mean State busir L expenditure increased greater as been Its cret debt estimated in September at about 22,000.000.000 marks ceived during one’s illness be ac- | and still mounting, has become too open and too colossal a secret. And with Dr. Schacht’s departure, even if he continues to occupy a nominal position in! the Government, the confidence of German business it is permissible for some member must suffer a setback. That confidence would have ebbed merely because Dr. Schacht was no longer ! directing affairs. On top of this, the suspicion that this superb juggler resigned because he him: felt | that he could no longer continue to keep all the balls There is a fellow we know whose wife hasn’t per- | mitted him to spend a cent of his wages in thirty years. Yet he lies awake nights worrying about Roose- _Troy (N.Y.) Record As well as we get it, Congress is going to rear back and pass a law to keep the American farmer | |from bankrupting himself with the production of too much wealth.—Memphis Commercial Appeal. A golf player is a person who can drive 70 miles an hour in any traffic with perfect ease, but blows up on a two-foot putt if somebody coughs.—Cleveland | News. Not giving a whoop who gets licked seems rather | inhuman, but it’s genuine neutrality—Toledo Blade NG | - REMEMBER THE DOUGLAS IRE lics, A P 7 T (ROSS TODAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: NOVEMBER 16 Armene J. Stenger C. J. Bergstrom Nedford Zenger Fred W. Orme Clarence F. Vassar George A. Getchell — DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon | i w, L + Words Often Misused: Do not say, I am going to do it like you did.” y, "I am going to do it as you did Often Mispronounced: Hierarchy. Pronounce hi-er-ar-ki, first 1 as in high, e as in her a as in ah, prin- cipal accen! on first syllable, sec- ondary accent on third syllable. Often Misspelled: Savor (taste and odor); not saver. Synonyms: Feeling, emotion, sen- timent, sensibility, passion. 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 Acclamation, a shout of approba- | tion; loud applause. “There .was ! waving of handkerchiefs and gen- eral acclamations.” R TN LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gorden | = + 1 Crusoe? 2. How many drivers of automo- les have defective vision? 3. What is a Gila monster? 4. What was the total number bil pic games? 5. What state pays the highest old age pensions? ANSWERS 1. Alexander Selkirk, a British ailor, who spent four years (1704- 1708) on an island in the Soyth Pacific. b 2. The estimate is 60 per cent. 3. A venomous lizard. 4. Total of 3,500,000 for all events 5. Utah: average, $30 & month: e o ] MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee \| Should gifts and cards. re- | Q knowledged? 3. Yes; and if one 15 too ill to write notes of acknowledgement, of the family to do so.: & Q. What should a waitress wear when her mistress is giving a lun- cheon? A. Black, gray, or form, according to the season, white apron and cap. | Q. Is it necessary for a young| man or a girl to be introduced fm'~: mally at a party before they can, talk~to each other? | A. Noj; it is not necessary | D NOTICE white uni. Martha Society Bazaar, sale of fancy goods 10:30 to 5:30. Luncheon 11:30 to 1:30. Adults 50c, children under 12, 35c. Tea served all after-| noon. Northern Light Church Pgrd lors, November 19. adv, Buy and Read The Magazine ALASKA | NOW ON SALE JUNEAU RADIO SERVICE 122 SECOND STREET ALL WORK FULLY GUAR: ANTEED 60 DAYS |1t was reported Kerensky and Kor- | with! | i f ' 20 Years Ago From The Empire * NOVEMBER 16, 1917 Petrograd was reported in flames| niloff were in charge of Russian affairs following a revolution Mrs. W. H. Case left Juneau for a trip to Skagway aboard the City of Seattle. “Babe” Samples, Robert coughhn.; lOscar Waterud, W. D. Edwin and lic men and private interests. Pro- William Fléék, the last party of deer hunters out, réturned to Doug-; las. | The Austro-German forces were Imaking a drive toward Venice and tism and selfish ambition may. be the city of 160,000 population was st {reported to have dwindled to about| 20,000 Bishop P. T. Rowe was in Juneau and was to leave aboard the Mari- posa for Washington, D. C, to get! title for the Episcopal mission near Nenana, on a Government .reserva- tion. | Thomas Dull, outside manager of the Juneau Water Company, was to leave for the States on the City of Seattle. | Samuel Guyot, well-known travel- ing man, was to leave for Ketchikan on the first steamer. i J. M. Giovanetti was having his| store on Calhoun remodeled. Juneau restaurants were to Ob" serve two meatless days weekly. Juneau had just experienced the Who was the real Robinson jongest and wettest period of rain tests and united éfiort to prevent in years, according to weatherman M. B. Summers. Delegates were present from sev- en Southeast Alaska towns at the ast to assert of seats available for the last Olym- gpening of the Alaska Native Bro- ges in which women may be less therhood convention. ‘Weather report—High 40, low 31 Clearing. S G NOTICE TO MERCHANTS AND CONSIGNEES: Effective with next northbound steamer at the Pacific Coast Dock, no freight, other than perishables, until the steamer has unloading. This system is in effect at most Pacific Coast ports, including Ket- chikan, Seward and the City Wharf in Juneau. Your cooperation is res- pectfully requested. ; adv. PACIFIC COAST CO. -ee Rorkefeller Center is the largest ‘buildling project ever undertaken by -private capital. | | H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” Home of Hart Schaffner and ' Marx Clothing completed ] Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES’ | READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street . T Channel Apparel Shop | | Martha Bracken—Jean Graham | Front and Main Streets | = | | THE { Correctly Styled Clothes For Women 101 SEWARD ST. “Tomorrow'’s Styles Today” 'fThe B. M. i L Behrends COMMERCIAL and SAjVINGS Resources O&er Two and One-Half Million Dollars ~ ! || Thomas Hardware Co. i l Horoscope “The stars incline DIRECTORY but do not compel” WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17, 1937 Until late in the afternoon of this day adverse aspects rule, accord- DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. PROFESSIONAL FRATERNAL SOCIETIES' GASTINEAU COHANNEL - -l : B. P. 0. ELKS meet | every Wednesday jat 8 pm. Visiting bmihen welcome, A in to astrology. It is a time in which to distrust one's judgment and to resist temptations to speculate. There is likely to be a tendency toward hard opinions affecting pub- paganda will .be widely circulated to confuse taxpayers jn many parts of the world. : Many persons will be extremely obstinate; the trend towards ego- rong. Banks are to face trying inter- national problems \nd there may be divergent ideas among financiers. The death of a financial expert is Dr. Charles P. Jenne DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9, Valentine Bldg. TELEPHONE 176 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 14 Second and fourth Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7::30 p.m. FORREST R. BATES Worshipful Master; JAMES, W. { v t LEIVERS, Secretary. Dr:Richard Williams DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE GOLDSTEIN BUILDING REBEKAHS Perseverance Lodge No. 2 A meets every second and fourth Wednes- { (day, L.OOF. Hall BETTY Mc- DOWELL, Noble Grand; RUTH BLAKE, Secretary. ¥ prognosticated. | This evening is an auspicious time for entertaining celebrities or| those who aspire to be leaders. For-, | eign visitors will be numerous in’ San Francisco as well as New York| and Washington. “ Class consciousness will assume new forms in the coming winter as labor organizations adopt unusual, Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROFRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 Eleathe | = [ uy Smith DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- * i | methods of gaining members. | In the new year politicians will' | be concerned with the formation of a new party which will coppmand many votes in the United States. As the world cleavage between Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours # am. to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Coliseum PHONE w—lfrn Dalhery‘ | | | | | ! | i 2 conservative and radical thinkers becomes more marked a new lead- g, er will rise among the workers. The seers warn that crimes against women and children will be so nu- merous as to cause national pro- the spread of vice. Underworld or- ganizations are to be cxposed and leaders punished. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of chan- | | [ | free. DR. H. VANCE OSTEGPATH Consultation and examination Hours 10 to 12; 7 to 9:30 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin 8t. Phone 177 1 to 5; | 8 | 11 [ fortunate than men. Business will prosper, but speculation should be avoided. Children born on this day prob- ably will be fond of mathematics and competent executives in busi- | | | | | Robert Simpson, Opt.D. | !, Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground “THe Rexall Store” | your Reliable pharmacists compound ness affairs. Subejcts of this sign prescrip- win success through industry. tions. Achille Fould, French financier and statesman, was born on this large orange and black, may be taken from the warehouse day 1800. Others who have cele- brated it as a birthday include Et- ianne Jacques MacDonald, French commander, 1765; Frank H. Van- | Keep your feet off your mind. SIDNEY E. STEVES Chiropodist Hours: 8 am., 7 pm. | | 301 Goldstein Bldg., Phone 648 | derlip, financier, 1864. (Copyright, 1930 NEW ALASKAN Bachelors’ Hotel So. Franklin Street | | JUNEAU. Phone Single O 8Shop Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Office Ludwig Nelson's Jewelry | Phone 331-2 rings | 3 PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf | HARDWARE { ‘Wateh and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN S. FRANKLIN STREET —2 JUNEAU - YOUNG Hardware Company ° | PAINTS—OIL—GLASS Shelf and Heavy Hardware Guns and Ammunition T R S R FAMILY SHOE STORE “Juneau’s Oldest Exclusive Shoe Store” LOU HUDSON—Manager Franklin Street between i Front and Second Streets i PHONE 358 ) | = ERWIN’S BOARDING HOUSE MONTHLY RATES 80. FRANKLIN STREET . HOTEL JUNEAU BEAUTY SHOP LYLAH WILSON Telephone SIGRID’S BEAUTY SALON *YOUR APPEARANCE 1S OUR RESPONSIBILITY" Phone 318 !{ HARRY RACE, Druggist “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” { D e | { T Hollmann’s Pharmacy |1 201 Seward St. Phone 45; | PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED FROM FRESH DRUGS e T 3 J. B. WARRACK Engineers—Contractors JUNEAU t | | —55 i e 5 | Audit—ax and System Service ! | JAMI:'.SCC.P CPOPER, Notary Pablic E | s et et SPECIALIZING JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Music and Electric Appliances (Next Gastineau Hotel) Mrs. Pigg Phone 65 Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager ™ i M FLOOR YOUR HOME WITH OAK—Nature’s Gift Everlasting | GARLAND BOGGAN PHONE 582 ‘Buy Your Floors with a GUARANTEE . & Health Foods Center BATTLE CREEK, HAUSER AND OTHER DIETETIC FOODS 230 Franklin St. Telephone 62 Juneau —— n | It It's Paint We Have It! | IDEAL PAINT SHOP | FRED W. WENDT PHONE 549 ! T Alaska Federal Savings | and Loan Association | | Accounts Insured Up to $5,000 { P. O. Box 3718———FPhone 3 | Try The Empire classifieds for results. The First National JUNEAU* [ ] COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES 29, Paid on