The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 27, 1937, Page 4

s JUSF the action of the Ohio State Democratic convention, which had instructed the state delegation to vote for (Governor Judson Harmon for the presidential nomina- tion. After a notable speech by Mr. Baker the nation- il convention overruled the state convention instruc- Published every evening except EMPIRER inns, and he with other Ohio delegates voted PRINTING COM d an Juneau Alaska Wilson. T e ) The latter when forming his cabinet offered Mr. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month ll aying that he felt it was his duty to the people of | By mail, pe P the bl pla )Y p pir service. ° wa I { Db peay, 1t e e, 36.00 [l Jleveland to continue in their service. He was hoe.; one month. in advance. §1 \owever, to accept the war department post in suc-| Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notif o i the Business Office o re or irregula n the de ession to Secre v Garrison, having returned to the i O e g s ; P & rivate practice of law at the expiration of his second Telephones: News Off 602; B e Office, 374, erm as mayor two months previously. | & fo Secretary Baker generally has been given credit| i or the selection of General Pershing as head of the| 8 \merican Expeditionary Forces, although some in- lined to the belief that the appointment was made A CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER HAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION v President Wilson, exercising his authority as| ommander-in-chief of the army. At any rate, Mr. 3aker, as head of the war department, promised Gen- ral Pershing a free hand and unswerving support, a yromise that was kept and which enabled the Ameri- an general to map out and wage his campaigns with- ut interference from Washington That General Pershing while in France had the full confidence and upport of war department was indicated by the fact that during the time no misunderstanding arose between him and the secretary of war. During the service of the A. E. F. Secretary Baker made two trips o Europe to inspect the American forces, and was eceived with honors and distinguished attention The war department, in connection with its or- American forces for participation in the zanization of the . % he World War, was subjected to hostile criticism in R S MNANE B ) css, Secretary Baker answered his critics by Today The Empire and its si mourns the »ointing out that no army of such numbers in the passing of its Editor and Manager—Robert W. Whistory of the world ever had been raised, equipped Bender. In the prime of life, but 41 years old, he Hand trained so quickly or had proven itself so efficient was stricken with a heart ailment following a [lin action. lingering illne Dea came yesterday mo Notwithstanding this eriticism at home, Ameri- ing in Phoenix 1a, where he had gone in ans generally rose to the defense of Secretary Baker an effort to re health vhen a derogatory sketch of him appeared in a volume Of captivating personality Bob™ Benc ryclopedia Britannica. The sketch after re- the man, was a maker of friends. He had the lewing his early life said of him: “The charge of in countless numbers in the north and ugh- sacifism was often brought against him, and his career out the world. His was a ood fellowship enerally as secretary was widely condemned through- his motto that of the helping hand. Rank or ut the United States as lacking in energy. foresight station meant nothing to “Bob.” 1In his code HMind ability, and especially his failure to prepare ade- there was no high, no low; all were on an equal juately in the months immediately preceding the plane. His heart was open, his hand ever ready [l imerican declaration of war.”’ to give such happiness as was within his power Prominent Americans crilicized the sketch as un- to his fellow man 1st, unfair and untrue. Among those who comment- His voice is stilled, but with his frie will d upon it was James W. Wadsworth, Jr.,, a Republi- live that rollicking, cheerful phrase of his, “give an, and for several years chairman of the Senate the guy a break,” and he made it his job to see Mcoommittee on Military Affa “While it is true that that break was given. In his brief career hat Mr. Baker was criticized, and in some instances his aim was to spread words and deeds of cheer joined in the criticism,” said Mr. Wadsworth, “I am and happiness A friend to man has “Bob” Bender. lad to have the opportunity to express my dissent rom the estimate of his ability and services con- ained in Britannica.” Ungrudging recognition of the services of Mr. [Baker as war-time secretary of war was contained in the citation awarding him the Distinguished Serv- Medal and set into history an official estimate of his high son why Postoffice Departr h That estimate is enhanced by the fact that sights on establishment of an air mail route up the!it was recorded under a Republican administration. coast to Alaska is revealed in a news story from Dele- [t was a Republican Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davis, gate Anthony J. Dimond in Was | who approved the language that placed squarely upon Commenting on the lack of bidders for the Juneau- | the shoulders of Mr. Baker personal responsibility for gone in the passing of AN EXCELLEN THE COA ' TIME TO P1U T'ALL ROUTE hat would appear to be the service enter its iington hak: mail route by Whitehorse, the Delegate | “the organization, development and completion of a or’ tha! it is hi tanding that Canada |military program which brought success to the Ameri- S permissic r flights over Canadian Territory |can arms.” It was disclosed that Mr. Baker struck his name off the list when an army medal board in 1919 pro- to recognize his services until it worked out details for a British sponsored interior route across Canada to Fairbanks. Of course no blame can be plac Dominion for gaining its own ends, but it doesn't seem to follow that our| own Postoffice Department should wait the desires| of our neighbors over in Canada before it does .uomv-} thing about the coastal route. With the establishment of a route up the coast,| serving all of Alaska from the Southeast tip to the far north, the Postoffice Department would be in a much stronger position to negotiate with Canada for flight permission. Assurance has beeg that posed on the Tax revision, says a Washington report, will be sweeping. And at the end of it, will the taxpayer be swept in, out, or up?—Kansas City Times. Wally, we are happy to report, begins to be some- | body socially. In the last week she has been admitted to “Who's Who” and a church bazaar.—Atlanta Con- stitution given Americanism: for | pirthday anniversary, to the follow-| s 3aker the interior portfolio, but the Ohioan declined, | The Empire extends congratula- |tions and best wishes today, their R '1|' 20 Years Ago ‘ i DECEMBER 21, 1917 Failure of the mail boat Prince THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, DEC. 27 of Wales to arrive at Sitka, left the HAPPY l | town without its Christmas mail. No DECEMBER 27 Dorothy Stearns Roff Denholm Neilson | Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1937 This is an unimportant day in BIRTHDAY mail or freight had arrived in Sitka'planetary direction, according to as- 'DIRECTORY PROFESSIONAL FRATERNAL SOCIETIES GASTINEAU CHANNEL & ¥ B. P. 0. FLAS meet - T every Wednesday at . DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER | pm. Visiting orothers | DENTISTS welcome. N. C. BAN- Blomgren Building | FIELD, Exalted Ruler; PHONE 56 | M. H. SIDES, Secre- tary. nearly a decade after the struggle ended.‘ Stanley Nevins F. D. Gilpatrick Mrs. Harry Kline D MODERN ETIOUETTE By Roberia Lee | Q. Is it ever proper “Thank you cards in acknowledging Christme bir thday, graduation graduation gifts, and the like? | A. Never. It shows unapprecia- | tion and ignorance of the laws of propriety to do so. A person guilty of such a thing is not deserving of gifts. It is sometimes done by 'a distinguished person who receives |a large number of gifts from strang jers. Q. What is the best phrase to {use when making an_introduction? A. “May I introdlce” “May I | pres t,” or merely say, “This is Mr. {Martin, Mr. Walker | Q. What beverage could be serv- led to a luncheon guest who does | not drink coffee? i | A. Chocolate. i | | to send| e L e o '| DAILY LESSONS i IN ENGLISH | By W. L. Gordon Words Often Misused: While the ilen used by good writers, it is just las easy to say “to become smaller.” |Grow means to increase in sizze. | Often Mispronounced: Clematis Pronounce klem-a-tis, e as in men, & as in ask unstressed, i as in it, accent first syllable.” | often Misspelied: Weird, ei. Wield ie . | \' Synonyms: Indirect, circuitous, |rambling, roundabout Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- cre; our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Credence; belief. “Such an asser- ‘tion might easily find ' credence.” (Pronounce first e as in me). | e eee e ‘| LOCK and LEARN Bv A. C. Gorden | 1. Have there been any other | quintuplets to live as long as the Dionne babies? 2. What city is said to be the ’,m](lust place on earth in the win- ter? | 3. What two cultivated grains rank first in the diet of the human {race? i | 4 What does prophylactic mean? | 5. From what plant is linen made? | | ANSWERS | 1. Records show there has been |felt regarding her safety. |expression “to grow smaller” is of- - Hours 9 am. to 9 p.m. for 21 days. The Prince of Wales trology. It is a time most favorable was stormbound and uneasiness was for clearing up business methods. |The financial slate should be made|; las clean as possible. Mr. and Mrs. Harry 1. Lucas and In the morning the mind should W. O. Walker were passengers leav- be clear and the mental vision keen. ing Seattle for Juneau on the Ala- Plans made under this direction of meda Ithe stars generally work out.suc- - |cesstully. Juneau saloon keepers were mak-| Loyalty to employers should be Dr. Charles P. Jenne DEN1IST Reums 8 and 9, Valentine Bldg. TELEPHONE 176 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 11 Second and fourth Monday of each month G in Scottish Rite Tomnls g beginning at 7::30 pm AORREST R. BATES | Worshipful Master; LEIVERS, Secretary. JAMES W, i REBEKAHS ing their plans to go into other stressed at this time when the stars business with the approach of De- presage ill-feeling among Ppersons cember 31, the final day allowed who have not made the most of| | for the operation of saloons in Al- their opportunities in 1937 ; aska. Some were changing their; Severe weather is prognosticated| | businesses to soft drink or card for many parts of the country. | games, one was planning to go to Washington, D. C., there may be an| | Canada and farm, others were “go- epidemic of colds attended Wwith J . Richard Williams DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE {OLDSTEIN BUILDING In Perseverance Lodge ['o. 2 A meefa every second and fourth Wednes- day, I.O.OF. Hall. BETTY Mec- DOWELL, Nobw Grand; RUTE BLAKE, Secretary. P s ing to the States.” The Old Stand throat trouble. ke was already operating as a soft drink Saturns presence in Aries, the rul-| parlor, having sold out of whiskey ing sign of Great Britain, is read as over Christmas. |presaging a slowing down of trade jand an anxiety regarding the Passengers leaving on the Jeffer- 'world’s currency systems. The tran-| son for the south were William sit of the little known planet Her-| Coogan, Knute Hildre, Helton Hil- schel through Taurus is held respon-| Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours’ 10-12, 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 ! Guy Smith DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- dre, C. E. Brunelle, S. B. Sastlock, sible for grave predicitions regard- W. E. Cse and wife, P. L. Coleman, ing financial matters in many D. W. Terwilliger, William Seeley countries. and J. H. Cann and Mrs. Cann. Conditions in Canada now should ravor both farmers and miners. Ow- lowest, 3; ing to rising costs of living thel jworking classes will be dlscument-“ SEWARD BUILDING ed | I Office Phone 469 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 pm. Weather: clear. Highest, 5; et | Foreign affairs will prove a source e |of great anxiéty to the President of % the United States. He may find| DR. H. VANCE ,cause to criticise American diplo-| ARE MADEBY = | | The young will find this a day | Consultation and examination for dances or other social matters.| | free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5: 7 to 9:30 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex | South Franklin St. Phone 177 they indulge in gayeties. The stars favor university students who take a serious view of life while| FULLY <COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Celisenm PHGNE 97—Free Delivery 1 —— ad e 2 - " 4|| “The Rexall Store” | 27 your fils £ Reliable 1 pharmacists compound | prescrip- tions. ' Rutler-Mauro Drug Co. | Perscns whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of changes. Says Garbo Will Be Chatter- box, Duponts All New Dealers in 1938 New business chances may be ex- pected by both youns men and young women. All should be successful in writing letters. of Optometry and | children born on this day prob- Opthalmology By GEORGE TUCKER ably will be exceedingly clever and| § el bt . S | | Glasses Fitted Lenses Grouud NEW YORK, Dec. 27—It being gyygious. Subjects of this sign are| o i+ | Graduate Los Angeles College | Robert Simpson, Opt.D. 111 “Toruerrow's Styles B Today” the final spasm of the old year. your ,cuaily trustwor hy and comcin‘n-:‘ prognosticator takes a hitch in his | WHEN IN A HURRY tious. o swami robes, peers anxiously 11 -y I CALL COLE FOR OIL | | Into ywoodrow Wilson, twenty-eighth| the future, and makes these Pre- presigent of the United States, was! | g4 1) g ool e FHoKGaN T born on this day 1856. Others who! e e At least one drama critic Will paye celebrated it as a birthday in-| | P : have his face slapped by an irate clude Williar E. Chandler, one-time| | COLE TRANSFER actress resentful of his unkind cri- St ry } avy, 5; Mar-| | Phone 3441 or Night 554 ticisms . . . The governor of Cali- bTAly - oL stna ATy, (UEDL WA . |1 ||[{Junecu s Own Store [ s fornia will free Tom Mooney . . ., @ Sedgwick author, 1769, i Japan will carve out another chunk (Copyrleht 1¥D 1 Sinve Your Eyes Exatilned by "FAMILY SHOE STORE | “Juneau’s Oldest Exclusive of Asia and thereby create another nuiional lea NiObany, bise. | | Shoe Store” 5 8 gue than anybody else, 1 0e E{ra of Peace . . . Sinclair Lewis w1}| but what'll happen when he Iacesl Dr. Rae L. Carlson || LOU HUDSON—Manager write a novel declaring he doesn't tn. yankees is a distressing sub-| OPTOMETRIST LI "m_l know whether it can happen here gepk.. it | > or not . .. All the du Ponts will go, . r o w ! Office Ludwig Nelson's Jewelry over to the New Deal. = | The N. Y. traffic department will try out a new system of lights on Fifth avenue before discarding it, as usual . . . Ethel Barrymore will retire gracefully from the stage and then come bounding back in a new pame back to the boys.” play . . . Spain will return Alfonso |~ poitical rumors will be thicker to the throne and Ernest Heming- than feathers on a duck’s back, The Carnegie Foundation will is-| Shop sue a dignified and grave manifesto| _ to the effect that certain college: and universities are actually subsi-| dizing athletes, and football coaches| | will cast another ballot to “give the FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN S. FRANRLIN STREET Phone 331-2 rings || | Hoilmann’s Pharmacy 201 Sewzrd St. Phone 45 PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY | COMPOUNDED FROM FRESH DRUGS \ way will immediately become per-|one of which will be that Pres.| sona non grata west of the Pyre- Roosevelt is looking so far ahead| nees . . . Zion City will legalize cig-!ag to contemplate a FOURTH term| ON THE MEZZANINE aret smoking . . . Max Schmeling| gpencer Tracy will receive the | HOTEL JUNEAU will regain the heavyweight title. |palm for' the best performance of| BEAUTY SHOP b |the year . . . Stanley Walker will| coastal Canada is favorable to the Southeast route.| Worrying about the vights Of |\ " ihor oot of quinetuplets that| YOUr swine-skin seer further write another book on the Decline| | LYLAH WILSON Now would seem to be an excellent time to take ad-|Americans in China; being neutral when pickets beat |has lived as long; the longest o Makes known that Alabama will de-and Fall of the Speakeasy Ron- | | Contoure Telephone vantage of that favorable sentiment. {up a man who wishes to work—Akron Beacon-'guivunier haq ever lived previous-|{€8t California in the Rose Bowl aiq Golman and Warner Baxter will| | X-Er-Vac 538 - Journal. NEWTON D. BAKER Reports from Florida show that the people who | went South for the winter found it there all right.— | Indianapolis News . The career of an cutstanding man has come to a close in the death of Newton D. Baker, Secretary of Wax in the cabinet of President Woodrow Wilson, m‘.d‘ times mentioned for the Democratic Presi dential nomination. An able lawyer, Mr. Baker was| ome of the nation’s strongest opponents of war, :mjl ardent pacifist, yet it was this pacifist who served as Secretary of War during the World War with sucl distinction that he was acclaimed at home and abroad After having gained prominence in Ohio, par cularly as Mayor of Cle: and, Mr, Baker first came into the national spotlight in 1912 when he was elected to the Diemocratic National Convention in Baltimore a8 an avowed Wilson delegate. There he protested the way. those who tried it haven't exactly suc ded in squandering the country into prosperity. Detroit Free Pres: several ress | Immediate danger of being overwhelmed by a beom has been averted.—Toledo Blade. 1ese seem to be making a s the Hun.—Indianapolis S At Str{ke for f:Jew Sch&;l and “Pres; ‘Free:i.om” When John Gilman, 18, editor of a Chester, Pa., high school publication, was suspended for attacking the school board because of overcrowding, between 300 and 400 boys and girls formed a picket line about the Chester High School, demanding a new school and “freedom of the press.” The school board admitted over- crowding, but said the term will continue as usual. Students under 16 will be classed as truants, those over 16 counted absent, unless they return to their classes. If Signor Mussolini could get a Charlie McCarthy, |fessional trip, is returning to his Ju- 11 | hie might take over all the cabinet jobs.—Detroit Free [neau headquarters aboard the Yu- course, ly was 50 days. | 2. Verkhoyansk, Siberia. } 3. Wheat and rice. v ! 4. Preventing or guarding froi \disease. | 5 max. { D { LOFTUS RETURNING Dr. J. B. Loftus, south on a pro- kon. | SATISFACTION IN i | FOOD QUALITY AT 5 | UNITED FOOD CO. | ! TELEPHONE—16 | H.S. GRAVES Home of Hart Schaffner and ! meets Southern Girl . . . South will win the war, unless, of g Tuesday, 8 p.m. Christmas Party January 1 . .. Hollywood will c- shave off their moustachios . . .| tually start making “Gone With the Garbo will shelve her hermit role || J.B.WARRACK _ | | | Engineers—Contractors | | [ JUNEAU ‘L | Audit—fax and System Service JAMES C. COOPER, = C. P. A. Wind” into a motion picture, but gng develop into a chatterbox. the fellow who plays Rhett Butler| of course every one of these will be somebody nobody ever heard predictions may not come to pass,| of . . . Finally they'll decide the phyt that's how it looks at the book is too complicated and revert'poment. | to the old formula of Northern Boy | il Northern ATTENTION O. E. 8. SIGRID’S BEAUTY SALON “YOUR APPEARANCE IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY” | Shattuck Bldg. Phone 318 303-05 Goldstein Building | Public Stenographer Boy will win Southern Girl but the| Regular meeting Juneau Chapter the scenario writers are honoring new members. 11 carpetbaggers and scalawags. LILLIAN G. WATSON. | The Duke and Duchess of Wind-|aqy " gecretary | | sor will visit the United States and| ' all the press agents wil promptly go into mourning—with that couple in town, there won't be room in JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Music and Electric Appliances (Next Gastineau Hotel) | : e el e Today’s News Today.—Empire. Phone 65 i Notary Paublic ol L e W W‘" s — & SPECIALIZING } In French and Jtalian | Dinners papers for the daily blurbs . . . Carl Buy and Read Reasonable Monthly Rates E. 0. DAVIS | Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Hubbell will win more games in the | i GARBAGE HAULED ‘f—————-————-—-—-——l GASTINEAU CAFE Short Orders At All Hours S o | “The Clothing Man” | | 1 | | Marx Clothing | FLOOR YOUR HOME WITH NOW ON SALE — | | OAK—N=ture’s Gift Everlasting s b results. ¢ Try The Empire classifieds for COFFEE SHOP | e The Magazine | TELEPHONE 212 ||| Pianos—Musical Instruments i A A L A s K A Phone 4753 i l and Supplies | PERCY’S CAFE & Phune 206 12: u e e = s 2 W. Second || 1ee Cream, Soft Drinks, Candy | | Percy Reynolds, Manager GARLAND BOGGAN | PHONE 582 Juneau, - The B. M. Behrends Bank COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars Buy Your Floors with a GUARANTEE —_ | THE VOGUE— ! Correctly Styled Clothes For Women 101 SEWARD ST. e e e L O Alaska | Health Foods Center BATTLE CREEK, HAUSER AND OTHER DIETETIC FOODS 230 Franklin St. Telephone 62 Juneau Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association | Accounts Insured Up to $5,000 | P. O. Box 2718——Phone 3 | | OFFICE—119 Seward St. | Juneau, Alaska :| The First National Bank JUNEAU CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$100,000 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCONNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES 2%, Paid on Savings Accounts -