The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 1, 1937, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1, 1937. to keep within its revenues and not increase the tax burden. Too much government in business has been the cry. Is business, big and little, prepared to take over as the government gradually curtails? There lies the answer to balancing the budget— in expansion, new markets, as the State Department is attempting to aid thraugh reciprocal treaties, and in development of natural resources as is proposed and urged right now for the Territory of Alaska. The President is on the right track; the Administration is on the right track. Business is on the right track if it puts its mind to work on the problem of develop- ing and promoting American business instead of stew- ALASKA CIRCULATiON GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER |ing about political roads THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. e SR MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associsted Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news oublished herein. Daily Alaska Em pire ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager Published « ery _evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE COMPANY ot Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Brtered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Cl matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered B esrrier in .aneau and Douslas for §1.25 per month. By wmail, postage paid. at the following rates: One year, in advence. $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; ene month. in advance, $1.25 Bubscribers will confer a favor if thsy will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- avery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. However, when we think of those roads, we still say that President Roosevelt is a very courageous man. The Confiscation of War Profits (Phoenix, “Arizona Republic) The Rev. Josh Lee, U. S. senator from Oklahoma addressing the teachers of Arizona, struck an ancient but always popular note, the other day. demanding the confiscation of capital for the purposes of war. A theory that no citizen should be allowed to make use of war as an opportunity to get rich was ardently urged in the World War when everybody, from the humblest field worker, wearing a $20 silk shirt, to munitions manufacturer, was making more. money than he had ever made before—that is, everybody but the boys in the trenches who were offering their lives, and undergoing the direst privations, for $30 a imonth. In a nation of loud speaking patrioteers they |were our only real patriots who were offering satis- |factory proof that they were real patriots. We may say of them that they were superpatriots, fighting as they supposed for their own land, they It has always been our contention that President| o .. = eogiately offering themselves as a sacrifice Roosevelt is a courageous man. He has demonstrated ¢, 1o sing of Europe which had precipitated a con- it forcefully in the court pian, the curb on big busi-|fjjct in which we had m0. proper concern. ness monopoly and in countless other instances. Axmi Capital never became so bloated and brazen as now in' a message to Congress, the Chief Executive it was then. Never had there been littered so many tops all his previous moves. Without a visible tremor war babies. It was little wonder then that there was lie recommends to the elected gentlemen who make 50 vociferous a demand for the confiscation of capital. up the Congress that highway appropriations be cut!;But the’ demand passed, ajong Wwith the bO‘Tf“”S of Even the thought, let alone the act, is enough to{that period. / £ It is not an easy thing though, to confiscate war send cold chills down the spine of a politician:- What! eapital; sefafite thel fhany) kihds “of war-bodn Cut the roads funds? It wotld be hard to find backi 3 s profits; the high' prices of ‘farm-products from those in the musty records one instance of where any man of the munition makers. We did, we believe, get a named to office by popular vote had suffieient intes- sma)l part of the excess profits of those who dealt in tinal fortitude to suggest such a thing. | death-dealing materials, but so much of it we did not Why you can’t get elected county commissioner get, that when the roster of millionaires was called or even town constable down in the States without there were more than had ever been created in the promising Bill Smith and Sam Jones a new piece of Short space of four years road, or, at least, promising to send the grader out Less reasonable than next week to see that things are smoothed up a bit. But now the President of the United States has the cool nerve to propose to the gentlemen of Congress that they advance along that line The obviously sound reason that the approach be made in an effort to balance the budget im- material. But it is significant that just as the Senate Clerk got through reading the President’s message, one Senator was on his feet crying out that Congress can not repudiate 'a “contractoral obligation.” We don’t know a thing about the Arizona road program, but it safe to assume that the objecting Senator, Carl Hayden of Arizona, is mighty conversant with it, and he probably knows just where some improvements are needed to keep the mail boxes on the right side of the' Hayden political fence. And Senator Hayden is just one. A lot of the other boys in the Senate and House have a fairly good working knowledge of good old vote road. They are well aware that one yard of gravel on the right spur and in front of the right driveway means which way the precinct is going. And it's precincts that make counties, and counties make states and states, it so happens, elect United States Senators, and parts of those same states elect members of the House of Representatives, Furthermore, to keep those state highways up re- quires many kinds of equipment—equipment which requires steel, iron, rubber tires, gasoline and what- not—all of them traced to the products of busines: in many instances big business, and it is big business which has been howling in a loud voice about bal- ancing the budget. Sure, they want to balance the budget. But you Some Democrat must have set the date for Her- can bet they do nol want to balance'it at'the expense pert Hoover's attack on the New Deal, It was delivered of their own private business, and that is exactly what_ during National Hard of Hearing Week.—Cincinnati the trimming of governmental buying' means. Just Enquirer. as the curtailment of road expenditures would mean the cutting off of certain revenues to those who fur- nish the supplies and equipment, curtailment in other lines would result just the same way. But what does a sound business do when it loses business in one place? Naturally, it tries” to build up- new business' at another source. That is the job for business to start WHAT! CUT THE ROAD BUDGET? the demand for the con- vention of war, which, however, would be an effective one. It is that when a country becomes involved in a war it should put its kings and dictators and presi- dents and legislators in the front line trenches and make them lead the way in forays across “no man's land.” We submit that if that practice should be made universal, there would be an end of all war for all time. We have heard of no other such specific against war as that would be. But, we are with the Rev. Mr. Lee on the propo- sition to withhold profits on capital invested in the destruction of human life and in the spread of misery over nations. We only desire that the way be pointed out for confiscation is It may be true, as Secretary Hoare says, that Lhe‘ United States and Great Britain are drawing closer. But what is that going to do if we still don’t speak Some recent figures show more accidents, but fewer fatalities. The drivers are no more careful, but pedestrians are getting tougher.—Philadelphia Bulletin. The government plans to spend $526,000,000 on housing projects in the next three years. That ought to be enough to put a pork chop in the refrigerator of each new house.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick says that he puts in 20 hours preparing a twenty-minute talk. The trouble with most public speakers is that they put in about 20 minutes' thought on 20 hours of talk.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Kentucky rye is being sold in Scotland. If we understand the reciprocal trade treaty busin that means Kentucky may have to take a few bagpipes off the Scots’ hands.—Cincinnati Enquirer. The government has reduced stock market mar- gins, This is a good deal like throwing a life preserver deing right now. The government, as the President g swimmer who has:disappeared.—H. 1. Phillips in has reiterated, must slash its expenses in an effort the New York sun. SEAGRAMS PAYS DIVIDENDS, THEN TELLS OF PLANS Unusual Procedure in Cor- porate Finance Is Announced NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—Directors of Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Limited in announcing declaration of a dividend of 50 cents per share on the outstanding common stock of the corporation for the quarter ending Otcober 31, 1937, .axmullan-l cously announced an unusual stop in corporation finances. it was announcéd on behalf of the|internationally famous brands, Se: Board of Directors, other than the'gram' : Messrs. Bronfman, that the offer to) The busin accept preferred shares for their|Canada to all parts of the world. cash dividends, was made by the|The -Bronfman family became as- Bronfman family, beczuse of their|sociated with the company about implicit confidence in the future of|fifteen years ago in Canada. The the business of this company, both /business has been a family-built in the United States and Canada,|business with the Bronfman broth- and because they believed it was|ers, all Cantdians, actively engag- sound policy to reward the publicied in the business. Samuel Bronf- stockholders of the company, at the man is vice-president. The business same time withdrawing only a min- | has prospered. Since repeal, the imum amount of the cash resources|company has. ploughed back its from the rapidly expanding busi-|earnings, in building good will ness through advertising, in adding With the increased = expanding|plants and 'inventory, to a point business and earninsg of the com-|Where today s one of the largest pany, the Board believed that the|distillery corporations of the West- patience of the stockholders who[ern Hemisphere, in a strictly bev- had remained without dividends|erage whiskey and gin business, in since 1931 should be rewarded by|Wwhich field it occupies the leader- a dividend at this time. ship. TIts last year’s actual turn- Approximately 4,300 over was over $81,000,000. The board of dlrEerjo‘?[ Distil- lers Corporation Seagrdi mited common in_the JUnited States and fiscation of war capital is another demand for the pre- | the same language?—Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.] was carried on from | HAPPY BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: DECEMBER 1. Katherine E. Shaw | Einar L. Olsen Mrs. T. D. Blackwell { Evelyn MacDonald T. F. Shaw —_— —$ || DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon — 4 Words Often Misused: Do not say, “The two pictures are both alike.” are alike.” Often Mispronounced: Clandes- tine. Pronounge klan-des-tin, a as cent second syllable. Often Misspelled: Decimal; al. Synonyms: Voluble, talkative, loquacious, fluent, garrulous. 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: Discordancy; Enamel; el “There will arise a thousand dis- cordancies of opinion.”—I. Taylor. e LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon o 1. Do more people have defective eyesight now than several genera- tions ago? 2. Who proved that lightning is 3. What was the date of the Armistice ending the World War?: | 4. How many quarts are in a dr bushel? ™ 5. Where is the largest-produc- jing bituminous coal field | United States? ANSWERS 1. No. While more people to- day have work that requires closer |vision than our forefathers, they |take better care of their eyes. 2. Benjamin Framklin | 3. November 11, 1918. | 32 quarts. The Pittsburgh, Pa., field. ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee | a2 | Q How many days in advance of | the wedding should the announce- {ments be mailed? | A. The announcements should not ! |be placed in the mail until the day | of the wedding. Some member of] the family usually attends to this.; Q. Should the host furnish the ‘Lrampurmtion when a theatre party| {follows a dinner? A. Yes, always, excepting of: |course for the guests who happen to be in their own cars. | Q Is it correct to call a physi- |cian’s wife “Mrs. Doctor Gibson A. No; She should be called “M | Gibson, RS L | DON'T MISS |Mrs. Rowe’s Cello Concert Thurss |day, Dec. 2, 4 pm.; Friday, Dec. 3, |at 8 p.m,, Presbyterian Church. ady, { B A ton of sugar will yield approxi- mately 100 pounds of raw sugar and 3 gallons of rum. Buy and Read The Magazine ALASKA NOW ON SALE — JUNEAU RADIO SERVICE | | 122 SECOND STREET | ALL WORK FULLY GUAR- | ANTEED 60 DAYS Omit both. Say, “The two pictures in an, e as in less, i as in tin, acy| ' 'PETERSBURG A. state of dis- B ¥ agreeing, or not being harmonious, FELers, vice-president; Phillip John- ‘urer; electricity? v in lhv‘f,:g *. ' 20 Years A go From The Empire DECEMBER 1, 1917 No night school was held at Doug- las because the teachers from Ju- neau could not get across the chan- nel because the ferry was not op- erating on account of the gale rag- ing. Extra firemen were on duty in {Juneau and Douglas because of the “lusty” Weather conditions: Steamer' schedules, both of small boats and Alaska liners weré knock« ed out because of winds sweeping {this section of Alaska. The Jef- ferson was two days on the trip from Juneau to Skagway. The voy- 'age usually tock eight hours. Lynn {Canal was gale swept. | Weather report: High, 9; low 8. Taku raging, cloudy. N. B. CAMP IS ORGANIZED aska Native Brotherhood has been reorganized and the following offi- cexs have been elected: Harold Jones, president; Allison son, secretary; John Hanson, treas- Frank Booth, corresponding secretary; and Harry George and Kenneth Naska, sergeant-at-arms. e CATHEDRAL CHOIR TO PRACTICE WEDNESDAY Choir practice is to e held by Trinity Cathedral on tomorrow night instead of Friday night, ac- cording to announcement by Dean C. E. Rice. Practice for Christmas singing will begin at 8 p .m. at the ¢hurch. S SRS A NOTICE On and after this date, Nov. 29, T will not be responsible for any ts unless contracted by myself. 3 G. B. LEIGHTON e Medicsil - English yeomen de- veloped archery to such a degree that it was not supplanted by fire- arms until 100 years after the in- vention of the musket. A Christmas Seals é are here againl They Jones-Stevens Shop z LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third | | T Channel Apparel Shop T | Martha Bracken—Jean Graham | f Front and Main Streets | - THE VOGUE— | |’ Correctly Styled Clothes For Women | | 101 SEWARD ST. | *“Tomorrow’s Styles Today” 7~ e eau s Own Store &g ' || The B. M. Behrends | The Petersburg camp of the Al- protect your home | | from Tuberculosis |, The dividend'of 50 centg per: share ;‘ cn the outstanding 1,742645 com-! mon shares of the corporation will| Le payable on December 21 to hold- crs of record December 6. The unusual procedure in cor- porate finance, covered the accept- ance by the directors of an offer, made on behalf of the Bronfman family, which holds over 55 percent of the outstanding common stock of the company, to turn the cash for the dividends they would receive, ¢ pproximately $480,000, back to the company, together with an addi- tional cash sum for the purchase of £500,000 cumulative preferred stock 5 percent series with warrants at- tached, at a price of $11 (United States currency) plus accured divi- dends“pey* share *a8 ‘sl-‘%hulders of the company, about in' Canada will bepefit by this action. Take Stock at Par The $500,000 par value cumulative preferred stock. 5 percent series which the Bronfman interests are buying represents part of the pre- ferred Stock, authorized but not is- sued, in the treasury at this time, and is in addition to the $25,000,000 cumulative preferred stock 5 percent series brought out last year. The Bronfman interests of Canada are subscribing to the preferred stock at par. The stock was brought out at 97, and in the current market is selling under this price on the New York Stock Exchange. di i- Seagrams was founded in 1857 at He g/;wk a turn fo_r the worse today TP Qyaterioo, Ontario, -Ganada, by Jos- and doctors” sald he might linger. In making ‘public' the statementfcph E. Seagram who bullt up its!for hours or even days. consists of? Alm# Geo 0, Thomas, H. McInnerney, Harvey D. Gibson, W. B. Cleland, Samuel Bronfman, Allan Bronfman, F. R. Schwengel, H. F. Willkie and James E. Priel, e S Gen. Ludendorff At Death’s Door MUNICH, Dec. 1.—Gén. Luden-| dorff, 72, is critically ill after an operation for a biadder infection. Bank Juneau, ..Alnkn COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars PROFESSIONAL FRATERNAL SOCIETIES GASTINEAU CHANNEL DIRECTORY DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 am. to 9 p.m. l Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at p.m. Visiting brothers welcome. N. C. BAN- FIELD, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secre= tary. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1937 Astrologers read the horoscope for today as of rather unimportant promise. Labor is subject to good influences that may cause adjust- ment of differences of opinion among minor leaders and increase lof union memberships. The eclipse of the Sun is read as presaging many economic problems, especially those connected with re- lief for the indigent. Increased {numbers of women will be employ- jed at low salaries. Rivalries among officers in the various - branches of = government service are prognosticated. Army and navy will contend with gov- ernment heads regarding the status of aviators. In national defense policies the in- fantry and the cavalry forces are to regain their oldtime importance, it is forecast. Reorganizations are indicated. | Rise to fame in national affairs is foretold for an American woman.| Reform movements of many sorts; will be pushed by clubs and other associations in which women are|® members. Severe cold and unusual storms are prognosticated for various parts’ of the country and floods in the spring again will cause damage. | Living - costs will rise and there: will be great need among the poor.| Office Phone 469 ;Desperate crimes are foretold as ¥*— 0 —— o relief resources shrink and men arer;, inclined to steal. [ Epidemics of diseases affecting : DR H, VANCE the throat and Jungs may be even OSTECPATH more prevalent than in the past. | Consultation and examination | Influenza will appear with new var- | free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5: iations. | 7 to 9:30 by appointment. , | Persons whese birthdate it is have Gastineau Hotel Annex | the augury of a year that brings | South Franklin St. Phone 177 | pleasant breaks in routine work. - £ Business may reach a crisis, but care will assure good fertune. Children born on this day prob- ably will be keen, critical and imag- inative. Subjects of this sign have Jupiter as their guiding planet. | Opthalmology | Don Pedro, onetime emperor of | Glasses Fitted Lenses Grouwd | | Brazil, was born on this day 1828. | Others who have celebrated it as a ** birthday include John Breckenridge, **.. Kentucky statesman, 1760; Matthias | Keep your feet off your mind. ' | Alexander Castren, Flemish phil- [ S]DNEY E. STEVES sopher, 1813. . . ki | Chiropodist (Copyright, 1937) e e AR s s | 301 Goldstein Bldg., Phone 648 Lode and placer location notices | Hours: 9 am., 7 pm. fer sale at The Empire Office. 3 i | ! b Second and fourth 1 Dr. Charles P. Jenne Moidas of ehch mokiih | DENTIST G\ X FORREST R. BATES Worshipful Master; JAMES W, ks MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 14 in Scottish Rite Tcmple Rooms 8 and 9, Valentine Bldg. UgiDING A% 7: 0 Ol IONE 176 : |LEIVERS, Secretary. REBEKAHS Perseverance Lodge No. 2 A meels every second and fourth Wednes- \day, I1.0.O0F. Hall. BETTY Mec- DOWELL, Nobi. Grand; RUTH BLAKE, Secretary. Dr. Richard Williams DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENZE GOLDSTEIN BUILDING A s A e e Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROFRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. sk PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED + Front Street Next Coliseum PHGNE 97—Free Delivery Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours § am. to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING ! . Robert Simpson, Opt.D. | Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and ' “The Rexall Store” your Reliable pharmacists compound prescrip- tions. Rutler-Mauro Drug Co. | | | FAMILY SHOE STORE | | “Juneau's Oldest Exclusive i | Shoe Store” Ril.l ABLEka Have Your Eyes Examined by ] | LOU HUDSON—Manager Our trucks go any place any Dr. Rae L. Carlson | | Seward $t—————Juneaun B —— time. A tank for Diesel Ol OPTOMETRIST and a tank for Crude O; SEcd &3 save burner trouble. PHONE 149, NIGHT 148 : . | arm: Office Ludwig Nelson’s Jewelry | | ml,{gl.l::,ng‘,‘ Ph Pho:fyls Rhop Phone 331-2 rings | | ppESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY [ COMPOUNDED FROM FRESH DRUGS Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN S. FRANKLIN STREET WHEN IN A HURRY CALL COLE FOR OIL 34 plus or 27 gravity, in any amount . . , QUICK! COLE TRANSFER Phone 3441 or Night 554 J. B. WARRACK Engineers—Contractors ON THE MEZZANINE JENEAD HOTEL JUNEAU ||\ BEAUTY SHOP : e Audit—fax and System Service LYLAH WILSON Contoure Telphone JAMES C. COOPER, C. P. A Febrta 303-05 Goldstein Butlding : Public Stenographer SIGRID”S Notary Public BEAUTY SALON “YOUR APPEARANCE IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY" Shattuck Bldg. Phone 318 | t | = = ! | OAK—Nature’s Gift Everlasting GARLAND BOGGAN PHONE 582 Buy Your Floors with a GUARANTEE COME IN and SEE the NEW STROMBERG-CARLSON RADIOS J. B. Burford & Co. “Our door step is worn by Satisfied Customers” SPECIALIZING In French and Jtalian Dinners GASTINEAU CAFE Short Orders At All Hours e ] — j PERCY’S CAFE H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” Home of Hart Schaffner and Marx Clothing JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Music and Electric Appliances (Next Gastineau Hotel) Mrs. Pigg Phone 65“ o e i Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments m:hmog’m and Supplies Ice Cream, Soft Drinks, Candy gne .| | Phone 206 122 W. Second COFFEE SHOP | T — Percy Reynolds, Manager l Visit the SITKA HOT SPRINGS | Mineral Hot Baths Accommodations to sult every taste. Reservations Alaska Air ‘Transport. —_— | GARBAGE HAULED | Reasonable Monthly Rates | E. 0. DAVIS ‘ Try The Empire classifieds for results, “Alaska” by Lester D. Henderson. The First National Bank IUNEAU Health Foods Center BATTLE CREEK, HAUSER AND OTHER DIETETIC FOODS 230 Franklin St. Telephone 62 CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$100,000 ® —_— COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS If It's Paint We Have It! IDEAL PAINT SHOP ACCOUNTS FRED W. WENDT SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES PHONE 549 Juneau e S aid Alaska Federal Savings 2% Paid on and Loan Association Accounts Insured Up to $5,000 P. O. Box 2718——Phone 3 'Nmmry Office: COLUMBIA LUMBER O0O. e