The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 13, 1937, Page 4

ROBERT W. BENDER Mlasks republieation of sll news dispatches credited to it or n otherwise oublished THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, DEC. 13, 1937. - Daily Alaska Empire ished « rery evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE o %\)‘M:A’l! ot Second and Majn Streets, Juneau, Brtered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class wetier SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered o earrier In laneau and Douglas for §1.25 per month. mall, postage paid, at the following rates: (ha:n in advence, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; ene month, in advance, $1.25, Bubscribes Will confer a favor if thsy will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- Jdvery of their pavers. phones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. [RCULATiON GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER ALASKA CT THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associsted Press is exclusively entitled to the use for v credited in this paper and also the local news herein. and digest China and do the latter so thorough- ly that her long line of communications will be secure. That will be a long, if not impossible, task. Meanwhile Moscow is watching with satis- faction the stubborn resistance with which China is meeting the force of the Japanese drive, calculating Japan's enormous costs and her inability to get essential war supplies ex- cept with gold and speculating hopefully whether or not economic forces will defeat Japan regardless of field victories. Whether or not it was the earthquake, the cold wave is broken and Juneau can prepare for Christmas Christmas” da) {in milder mood. We can recall those “out of the trenches by and we hope nobody gets a bright idea to make it “back to the trenches by Christmas.” Three-Way Boost HAPPY. BIRTHDAY ‘The Empire extends conmgratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ling: DECEMBER 13. Evelyn Spain Mrs. Robert Light L. W. Smith F. K. Latimer Mrs. T. S. Steele H. K. Hawthorne DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon Y AR TIPS S DAL TS SRR From The Empire : 20 Years Ago DECEMBER 13, 1917 Continued wind and machinery trouble was causing the ferry line between Juneau and Douglas dif- ficulty in maintaining schedules. J. O. Hewitt, on trial accused of stealing a gold brick from the | Chichagoff Mining Company, took the stand in thc afternoon in his own defense and made a good wit- ness. No morning session of the court was held because members of the jury from Douglas were not | present because there was no terry l Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1937 This is a rather threatening day in planetary direction, according to astrology. Under this rule of the stars there may be widespread discontent and rebellion against existing economic conditions. Propaganda affecting the mental outlook of Americans will be wide- ly dis==buted. European political creeds will be taught and secret or- ganizations will be built up, it prophesied. While the nation watches what DIRECTORY PROFESSIONAL FRATERNAL SOCIETIES GASTINEAU CHANNEL B. P. O. FLKS meef | DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER every Wednesday at | | DENTISTS p.m. Visiting brothe: | Blomgren Building welcome. N. C. BAN. { nLBHONE 56 FIELD, Exalted Rul(‘ra | Hours 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. M. H. SIDES, Secres | tary. i — o | Dr. Charles P. Jenne DENTIST h ’ Rooms 8 and 9, Valentine Bldg. | TELEPHONE 176 Second and fourt Mondey of each mon G in Scottish Rite Tompia FORREST R. BATES Worshipful Master; JAMES W, LEIVERS, Secretary. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 14 beginning at 7::30 p.m REBEKAHS operating. is going on in Europe and Asia the| ST e e "‘i Perseverance Lodge 1Jo. 2 A meetq (Cleveland Plain Dealer) s foundations may be undermined by| | | H H every second and fourth Wed s Words Often Misused: Disciimin-| qpne gas hoat Unity of Excursion|incidgious s ents) | 0r. Richard Williams | a g 1OOF. Hall BETTY ';;;s' I Three developments at Washington in the first| e jn the uses of big and great.| o Xed X s agents. | DENT[ST ay, I.0.0.F, " ETT () 5 v Inlet had been wrecked in a galel Gooq news of some sort may be| DOWELL, Noby' Grand; RUTH two days of the week bear some promise of results favorable to an improvement of the national fiscal situation. They look toward ending the present busi- ness recession and a belated balancing of the budget. The first was President Roosevelt’s message to Congress, suggesting a program' to encourage activity in the construction field. The second was Senator Harrison's radio address on tax revision. The third was the president’s second message, urging a sharp curtailment in federal expenditures for highways. Though the three communications are directed to the same general purpose, they approach the prob- lem from different angles. In his first message the president seeks to encourage a flow of private capital It was the sinking of the Maine that touched off linto the home building industry, the plan involving the spark of war with Spain. The Lusitania incident!an agreement by investors to accept lower interest was credited with precipitating the United States into [rates than now prevail, and by workers to accept lower the World War. Is it the Panay tragedy now in the 'wage rates per hour in the hope of increasing their Yangtze river in China which is about to hurl us into annual income. another conflict? | His second message recommends action by Con- As reports emanate from the Orient of the bomb- ‘grcss in the present session to spread federal highway Great suggests distinction; blg im- plicates size, or bulk. “Washing- toh was both big and great.” “Na-| poleon was great, but not big. Often Mispronounced: Cherry. Pronounce the e as in bet, not as| in her. Often Misspelled: Elicit; one L All churches had decided that on Synonyms: Chief (adjective),|the coming Sunday, services would }em_img, first, foremost, prmclp:zl.‘he held and devoted especially to|q. tor Buying: busineds Blocks Gl et |the cause of the Red Cross. Warning is given that there ma llmwe:‘:nimx‘:yis )'t‘)]:ss.g ngdu;h:::\ y s U 2 be early in 1938 a setback to trade | Windows in many places in Doug-|ang 4 sharp shock to certain of the| crease our vocabulary by mastering j,¢ had been shattered by the pre- WORd's Eony vslenis I‘ one word each day. Today'’s word: yajling Taku. | = o & A i i ta] 4 Dr. A. W. Stewart Dissimulation; a hiding under a Study of natural history is to DENT3IST false appearance; hypocrasy. ‘“Let Hours § am. to 6 pm. love be without dissimulation.’ SEWARD BUILDING The Bible. Office Phone 469 three days previous and the mem- bers of the crew only reached Ju- neau on this day. They came near \freezing and would have perished if they had not found a deserted cabin whre they dried their clothes. and kept warm. OFFICE AND RESIDENZE | +OLDSTEIN BUILDING expected today when stocks may be affected favorably or bonds may| | be in unusual demand. In the new J year financial problems will be of|- supreme concern to the govern- ment. l Late today there is a promising as-| | pect for those who sign contracts| | or agreements for the new year. It| | is a lucky day for securing leases BLAKE, Secretary. | Guy Smith | | DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY <COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Coliseum PHGNE 97—Free Delivery Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours’ 10-12, 1-5, 7-9 ! Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 Tllicit; two I's. THE YA TZE INCIDENT ireceive an impetus. Domestic ani- ; mals are to fe in increased demand.| | Horses and mules will bring ad-|! vancing prices, it is indicated. Students of all ranks now come | Jack Kearney, employed in the mill at Thane, moved to Thane from Douglas with his wife and baby as ferry service was too uncertain from/ - . A ing and sinking of the American gunboat Panay and Z:Hg:‘o‘:n;a:;?fga;}z‘é;fi :j‘:rw‘fi?e ::r[x:t;{l;!:;dce::; the Island to the mainland. under a configuration that sends :fi R:rl:;h s W y stati $i08 1 K and LEARN their chief interest back to books DR. H. VANCE two Standard Oil tankers with accompanying 10ss of )imitation of such aid to not more than $125,000,000 a LOOK an A farewell party was held the!ggenific subjects will foous cx % 5 I ! pharmacists life Americans are once again thrown into tentative year peginning in 1940. It may be anticipated that Bv A. C. Gordon previous night in Douglas in honor | {raor, d'maryh bbbl b the new!| OSTECPATH | compound war fever as the word Panay rings round the world. vigorous protests will come from some of the states Cidaiten | of Leo Higley, William Anderson yea; | | Consultation and examination | prescrip- Automatically and naturally the war cry rumbles against this curtailment. {2 e 1 e g = | free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5: tions. and Carl Olson who were leaving " persons whose birthdate it is have| | on one of the first steamers for en-|ne gugury of a year of chances. Lon; listment at the front in the World journeys are foreshadowed for cer War. |tain women. In many families un-| Isettled conditions may presage im- proved financial resources. ! Children born on this day prob- 7 to 9:30 by appointment. | Gastinean Hotel Annex Butler-Mauro Drug Co. South Franklin 8t. Phone 177 ! Most promising of the three, so far as checking | recover present set-back is concerned, is the Mis- sissippi senator’s address by radio on “Our Tax Prob- lems.” Two facts contribute to its importance; first, that Mr. Harrison is chairman of the Senate finance committee and, second, that he is a strong partisan | about the nation. On the streets of Juneau as upon the streets of every city and village in America in- dignation instantly arises. We become a nalion aroused, insulted and demanding retaliation. ‘Will that spirit subside if a settlement, considered How much money does the average American family spend in the course of a year for ice cream? 2. What Biblical character com- | manded the sun to stand still? 3. How far does the light from ] San Francisco reports were that a German rfiider was operating in s “Tomorrow'’s Styles satisfactory, is reached when all the facts become e i 1 . Had of the New Deal and would not be likely to make such |, ¢ avel' i ) the Pacific and all vessels were' T _ known to those in authority? Therein lies the danger o speech without White House sanction {8 star travel in one year? e el e . ably will be restless and determived,| | Robert Simpson, Opt.D. | | Today” : i S 3 4. What are the only two ani- warned. but quiet in manner and a bit secrc-{ | Graduate Los Angeles College - | | oaay of war. Conflict is caused not by such incidents as the Senator Harrison helped put through Congress Finils " tePoee bruins . expeeti e sise ‘{;, ‘ el 2 s (1" - o el { o Opthietry #ud i : sinking of the Maine, the Lusitania or as now, the both the act which taxes undistributed corporation |.’ or mans | At the Perseverance mine the 'v‘l:vin s:d"dec(: «?mcc:;s S gy }i | Opthalmology ! : Panay, it is caused by the indignation that is aroused surpluses, and that which taxes capital gains. He js‘; 5. What important European city thermometer registered below zero. R ‘(‘3:"Gl'§e VI, K”ing t‘:f‘England. was| | Glasses Fitted Lenses Groutd ‘ by such overt acts. A nation aroused is a dangerous NOW frank to admit that this legislation has ot i ¢ mostly on piles? | R {both on this dsy 1806. Others whol L 1 3 nation. brought the results then anticipated. ; i Juneau and Douglas schools Were have celebrated it as a birthday in-| 8 7 ‘l'.‘ Japan is only too well aware of that fact as she f.:!on;:ermgg "?C hrdst. Lh? senatlt‘:rvo:‘lse.r;;s. . ANSWERS serving hot lunches to students ojuqe Jane Cowl, actress, 1884;! | WHEN IN A HURRY | M’ .0 accepts responsibility for the affair in the Yangtze.| . 1¢ Sm‘:np:l“a lci:)or‘::;l:eu*np:t N gfvifl‘;‘i';: 1. About $15. |owing to the prevailing cold spell of pierre Samuel DuPont de Ne-|! CALL COLE FOR OIL | | i Can she patch this up as warlike nations have 0 lpiovment to hundreds of thousands of men and women | 2 JoShua. {weathen {mours, political economist, 1739, || 34 plus or 27 E"B"‘:Y- ANyl often done in the past without actually getting thelrlw declare its earnings in the form of dividends to its | : :]earlly slx trillion mxlesr’. i " A el e A A S (Copyright, 1937) | “ amount . . . QUICK! : ; Iunequ S OWn stote | 4. Elephants and some of the| A sma e a a 2 UG o B 1| COLE TRANSFER [ wings burned? Before Nanking a serious matter has arisen. Only stockholders when it needs such earnings to perpetu- ate the employment of those people.” (5 larger whales. \range did $50 damage in the Sorby Phone 3441 or Night 554 | BAILEY, PROMINENT | the State Department and our military heads know Concerning the second, Mr. Harrison says: o e e heseeiam M Beli el T A Y ‘T 3 . Mr. son says: TRATEN T W ily bucked snow drifts to the scene. R — the full details. Now is an excellent time to keep| “In my opinion no factor has been more influ-{e L 20| ey ANCHORAGE RESIDENT, || FAMILY SHOE STOIRE calm and hold our verbal fire. ential in discouraging trade in stocks, securities or | Seven arrests had been made in DIES AFTER ATTACK' ave Your Eyes Examined by [, Suaeses (OIS Enl | property holdings than our high surtax structure and | MODERN New Yotk ctallowing Mecovery, o o [ ] S “%hoe sl;nremmm | " | DSON—] SOVIET RUSSIA ALERT g i ey [ o cen s el ETIQUETTE |a powerful radio station capable of Ira Bailey, well known resident of | T. og'reom.z'rnlas: ol fkindaln Faon |points :mg]esmxr;he ::megsf o‘;fi“,::‘ (.’.l::fmlmzze bu:vir’: communicating with Germany. |Anchorage and Past Commander of | oan As the situation becomes more tense in the Orient, [y oo oot o gove.mmem.receip!s nidl ofter croatent By Roberta Lee | I E |Jack Henr}‘! ‘P‘”"' American Leglox‘l. Office Ludwig Nelson's Jewelry | —— the place that Soviet Russia plays in the pis - o 'y { | Steamer Jefferson, southbound the died recently at the Anchorage hos- P it s P S PIRYE e picture be- pope to the unemployed & il i ep e S me ] Hollmann’s Ph comes more important. Russia is pledged to protect h e o g " imext day, was the last ship for pital after a short illness. Death | () s armacy | e country welcomes the chafrman of the Sen-| Q. 1If, while telephoning, one ISEC)mstmas packages to reach destin- Wwas attributed to heart trouble. i # e ey 201 Seward St. Phone 45 Mongolia which flanks Japanese-controlled Manchu- |ate finance committee to the growing ranks of those | interrupted for a few m kuo. Any action Japan may take in pushing toward | Outer Mongolia can start trouble on that front writes Harcld Denny in a dispatch to the New York Times. Pointing out the danger, Mr. Denny says: The Soviet press, which virtually is the only | | PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED FROM FRESH DRUGS 4 . inutes, Isfations in the east before Christmas| Mrs. Bailey, their son Robert and who see in the existing federal tax structure dis- it proper to ask the person &t ihe'was the announcement made by Charlotte Zimmierman, Mrs. Bailey’s couragements to legitimate business which are BSTQLher end of the line to Wait? |postmaster Z. M. Bradford. |sister, were at the bedside when {perilous to full recovery as they are unfair to those | A. It is much better ask them if : death came. Mr. Bailey suffered who pay the levies. No purpose is served by retaining you may call again within a few from a heart attack about a year | land a half ago, but had no further, | these restrictive tax provisions. In the net they pro- 'minutes. FINE | Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN S. FRANKLIN STREET All courts in Russia had been dis- solved by the Trotzky regime. lE | [ — g2 channel through which the government dis- bably contribute nothing to revenue. They discourage | closes its views, has had surprisingly little to say about current Far Eastern events consider- ing their powerful bearing on the Soviet's vital interests. But thai this reticence by no means indicates any lack of watchful concern in high quarters and especially in the higher command of the Red Army was shown pointedly in an business activity and thus threaten employment. If there was doubt before that Congress would What Will the Census Show? Q. Isn't it all right to use the |phrase, “Let me make you ac- iquainted with,” when introducing soon revise or repeal these provisions of law, it should | two people? be dissipated by Senator Harrison’s statement. A. One should avoid this phrase. Q. Is an afternoon reception ap- |propriate for introducing a debu- ante? Weather report: 13 high, 12 low, partly cloudy. Snow flurries, much wind, very disagreeable —F ey 3 | | FLOOR YOUR HOME WITH | |trouble until a short time ago. Mr. Bailey had been a resident of | | Anchorage for 25 years during which he was active in several organiza- — e | Try The Empire classifieds for; results. tions. it 4 ON THE MEZZANINE | HOTEL JUNEAU BEAUTY SHOP LYLAH WILSON J. B. WARRACK Engineers—Contractors JUNEAU Ho— | i | OAK—Nature’s Gift Everlastin toure IR BT article in the General Staif’s organ Krasnya (New York Times) A Yes. | GARLAND BOGG AN‘ e i TeIRom | | T Audit—rax and System Servies Zvezga, flatly warning Japan that the Soviet oy The retums ate in from the nation-wide unem- | oot II & % _ > A|| JAMES C. COOPER, ¥ Union meant what it said when it signed the ployment census-by-mail, and their tabulation has i { i | 1 mutual assistance pact with Outer Mongolia begun. The results are not expected to be announced | B clasgiiigs ves. ’ Buy Your Floors with a | BANIBPACYION N e g 303-05 Ggld:tei;: Building [known politically as the Mongolian Peoples until early in January. Meanwhile the country would | 3 3 GUARANTEE | FOOD QUALIXY AT I ’ Public Stenographer Republic] on March 12, 1936, do well to prepare itself to interpret those results| | T el UNITED FOOD CO. Bl s l G R I D s Notary Public By this pact, which had actually existed as properly when they appear. | GARBAGE HAULED | | TELEPHONE—16 | BEAUTY SALON L h a gentlemen’s agreement since November, The real danger is that the figure finally arrived | Reasonable Monthly Rates | | | “YOUR APPEARANCE IS v 1934, both countries bound themselves “to give at will be taken with a seriousness which in all prob- E. 0. DAVIS 2 e OUR RESPONSIBILITY” BRaTE s S S TR e e all assistance, including military aid, in case ability it will not deserve. On the one hand, it will be bt - = .| | Shattuck Bldg. Phone 318 CIALIZIN either is attacked.” impossible to know precisely how many unemployed | | TEEEGHONE 20 g i 4 FEN L L For two reasons, one political and the other persons neglected to answer the questionnaire. On|J Fpas- ey I H. S GRAVES - - in French strategic, Outer Mongolia is of intense im- the other hand, “unemployment” has always been | — — — “T‘he éhfl.m‘ Man” 149 T portance to the Soviet Union. First, it is bound [ extremely difficult to Gefine, but the millions of per- | FComE TN and SEE the NEW Home of Hart Schaffner and | | JUNEAU and by close political ties to the Soviet Union. sons answering the questionnaire will each answer it | | A AR . ko J. Marx Clothin il L DY HOUSE After the Bolshevist revolution Outer Mon- according to his own definition. | FTRONERRR EABLEON b # & MELO! Tansg BEIE wis evenn with Whit Giara dital The bewilderment to which this will lead can be | | BADIO® ~| | Music and Electric Appliances S Dinners ments acting as tools of the Japanese, and recognized more clearly if we refer to the census of J. B. Burford & Co. (Next Gastineau Hotel) Mongolia was freed from them only with the 1930. ‘That census showed the number of “gainful “Our door step is worn by at Legion Dugout Mrs. Pigg Rlgps, (0 & aid of Russian Red Guards. Under Moscow's workers” in the country over 10 years of age to be Satisfied Customers” Phone—Green 119 £ GAS'"NEAU CAFE tutelage the revolutionary party shaped a new 48,820.920. But the total population of the country |& [+ e governmental economic structure along Soviet lines. Indeed Outer Mongolia is closer in many ways to Russia than to China—of which it constitutes a part, as the Soviet has formally recognized ever since the signing of the mutual assistance pact. Strategically Outer Mongolia is a buffer State, protecting the Soviet's most vulnerable border. Any enemy mastering Outer Mongolia would be in a position to thrust into the Soviet's flank in the Baikal region and threaten to sever the whole Soviet Far East from the remainder of the Soviet Union. Japanese statesmen would sleep better nights if they possessed the Soviet's maritime provinces. Should war break out between Russia and Japan, Soviet fliers, in huge long- range bombers, could do terrific damage to Japanese industrial centers. So Japan has long had an eye on Outer patterned the or be was 122775,046. This left 74,000,000 persons “unem- ployed,” though the census takers, as a result of their questions, placed unemployment at that time only in neighborhood of 3,000,000. The enormous discrepancy here is due entirely to the difference in definition between a merely “non- employed” person and a really “‘unemployed” one. Children, boys and girls at high school and at college, women whose main occupation is doing their own housework, women whose main occupation is shop- ping and bridge, men with an “independent” income wholly supported by relatives, are all “non-em- ployed;” but very few of them are “unemployed.” It is often impossible for an outsider to determine when one has become the other, The difference may often entirely psychological, as when a boy becomes bored with college, or a woman grows tired of “doing nothing,” and decides to look for a job. The census takers have devised several ways of checking the results they obtain, but the checks are wholly inadequate. This is not the fault of the cen- Buy and Read The ALASKA NOW ON SALE THE VOGUE— Correctly Styled Clothes For Women 101 SEWARD ST. 22 The B. M. Behrends Bank Christmas Seals are here againl They protect your home from Tuberculosis rh————fi. | Health Foods Center BATTLE CREEK, HAUSER AND OTHER DIETETIC =y Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 122 W. Second A é Try The Empire classifieds for results. Short Orders At All Hours PERCY’S CAFE Ice Cream, Soft Drinks, Candy COFFEE SHOP Percy Reynolds, Manager CAPITAL—$50.000 The First National Bank TUNEAU Mongolia. Since 1933 Japan has been pene- sus takers; it is primarily the fault of Congre: FOODS trating into Inner Mongolia—also a part of passing a foolish bill which did not permit m: cssns\‘: I 230 Franklin 8t. SURPLUS—$100,000 China and lying between China proper and takers to ask any one whether he was employed, and Juneau, -Alaska | Juneau Telephone 62 | © Outer Mongolia. Japan's new war in China |!f %0 at what. Such a question would have reduced i and her present over-running of Chahar and enormously the range of uncertainty in irterpreting b & VIME ND 'INGS Suiyuan Provinces on the Outer Mongolian the census. As it is, we shall have to be ms:pnreg COMMERCIAL | ’ [ COI RCIAL A SAVIN S border make a threat to the integrity of Outer for the possibility of getting some fantastic figure : i Ive Eatnt e Haze I ACCOUNTS Mongolia and hence to the safety of the Soviet from it which perhaps understates, or, more probably, d SAVINGS ’ IDEAL PAINT SHOP Far East. grossly overstates the amount of true “unemploy- an | FRED W. WENDT SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES R R o ooniree e why: the /BEd. Ariy sanr ment.” The difficulty then will be to prevent a false | PHONE 549 fit to utter its blunt warning that the “peoples figure from being used as the basis for false policies, 8 of the Soviet Union are bound by treaty of friendship with the free Mongolian people and will help them if needed to answer the blow of Japanese aggressors with a shattering blow.” But the danger against which the Soviet is preparing itself is not immediate. Before Japan can enter on any adventure aimed —_— As a general theme, depression is wearing out. The strangest thing now is the emergency that is on its way to a ripe old age.~Jack Warwick in Toledo Blade. R P L RS Dictatorships are only “kickbacks” in human pro- Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars "Alaska Federal Savings | and Loan Association Accounts Insured Up to $5,000 P. O. Box 2718——Phone 3 Temporary Office: 2% Paid on Savings Accounts gress. They are always swept away by the rising tide of liberty and intelligence.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. OOLUMBIA LUMBER 0O. | directly at the Soviet she must first conquer } ——— T ——————