The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 17, 1938, Page 4

Daily Alaska Em pire EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY st Second and M Entered in the Post Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES, ) one month, ia & Subscribers the Business Office of livery of their papers Telephones: News ¥ notify they will promptl: it the de- irregularity in ness Office, otfice 3. MEMBER OF The Associated Pre republication of all x otherwise credited published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN T. OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. e for not news or local i T |that it would “revive the purchasing power of the THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JAN. 17, 1938. the London Silver Agreement of 1933, by which the| Government obliged itself to purchase a fixed amount ol silver every year for a period of four years. The ther is the President’s proclamation providing for the purchase of newly mined domestic silver at prices 1ar above the prevailing world market price. In carry- g out the obligations thus incurred, and in fulfill- | |ing the terms laid down in a subsequent measure | .| known as the Silver Purchase Act of 1934, the United | ates has acquired during the last four years no| less than 1,400,000,000 ounces of silver. That is equi- | valent to more than eight times the entire world's | mine production in the year the Treasury’s purchases began, and to more than sixty times our own domestic mine production in the same year. What have we ‘.nchn‘\‘r(l by piling up this huge reserve of an artifici- alued metal? | | | | | | ally | The silver purchase policy was put forward on the | | I b of three claims: First, that it would lead to the | emonetization of silver in other countries; second, and third, that it would | What has these three heads, iOrient” for American goods, !“broaden the base” of our own currency. ually occurred, under each of HAPPY. BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their |birthday anniversary, to the foliow- ing: JANUARY 17. Doris Gridley A. L. (Bud) Nance Frank Pacaton Helen S. Andrews Mrs. A. T. Michell Aimee Lorain - MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberia Lee ws ) | 20 Years Ago From The Empire JANUARY 17, 1918 Trevor Davis and wife sailed for the south on the Princess Sophia for a short visit in the States. George B. Grigsby left on the Jef- |ferson for the south and before r {turning expected to attend to court matters in the east. clifford R. Kennard, athletic in- structor at the A. B. Hall was plac- ed under arrest just before leaving lon the Jefferson, charged with |wearing an army uniform without | having enlisted Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1937 Astrologers read in the horoscope for today the promise of good news affecting many Americans. There are, however, contrasting aspects of civil portent This is an auspicious date {signing contracts or agreements of lany sort. The planetary influences encourage what has been tested le- |gally. Writers will correspondents magazines will for profit greatly and for newspapers and gain fame in 1938 be events of su- PROFESSIONAL FRATERNAL SOCIETIES | DIRECTORY -7 | DRS.KASER & FREEBURGER | | DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 a.m. to 9 pm. | Dr. Charles P. Jenne DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9, Valentine Bldg. TELEPHONE 176 Worshipful LEIVERS, Secretary. GASTINEAU CHANNEL B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 pm. Visiting brothers welcome. N. C. BAN- FIELD, Exalted Ruler: M. H. SIDES, Secre- Second and fourth Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temnle { beginning at 7:30 p.m. FORREST R. BATES, Master; JAMES W, REBEKAHS when there ipreme significance Publishers will prosper ers multiply. The radio is to bef subjected changed methods of broadcasting which will be fortu- Dr. Richard Williams | DENTIST | OFFICE AND RESIDENCE GOLDSTEIN BUILDING Lee C. Gault, ticket agent at Skag- and Yukon, member of panel. | may be summarized briefly as follows: | (1) The first clear effect of the American silver (purchase program was to drive off the silver standard {the only important country—China—which had previ- | ously been on it. This was because forcing up the price Perseverance Lodge Nu. « A meets every second and fourth Wednes- day, 1L.O.OF. Hall. BETTY Mc- DOWELL, Noble Grand; RUTH BLAKE, Secretary. Q. When a man escorts a girl to . a ball, is he supposed to dance the Wway for the White Pass 2 entire program with her? jarrived in Juneau as a A. No; he should present her to | !N District CD‘”L“"- as many of his men friends as pos- | to chronicle, as read- is REPUBLICAN CONVENTION REACTION her: made convention held being At there to heal Saturday’s Republican was indication that efforts the rupture in the Republican But those efforts are not being started from Juneau; rather, from the other judicial divisions, particularly the Third. There was also fairly definite revelation that those efforts have gained little headway so far, and probably will not make noticeable advance dur- ing this non-presidential year, but it is apparent that the sights are raised toward 1940, The tone cou be detected in the messages of from the minority party’s national leaders, stch as John Hamilton, the national chair- man; Senator Vandenburg of Michigan, McNary of regon and It was punctuated in a long and somewhat effusive letter from Clyde Ellis of Anchorage to Territorial Chairman Elton Engstrom Those who follow the political doings will recall that the big Republican battle at Dou; 36 which tore the party asunder was around the contest between Ellis and Engstrom for the temporary chairmanship of that historic convention. Salve for the G.O.P. wounds is being manufactured outside of Juneau and the First Division. Whether it will prove to have sufficient healing qualities to draw political as well as personal enemies t in a party cause remains to be seen. But it was obvi- ous in the Saturday convention that the germ has been planted, though it still lies in a somewhat dor- mant state. are ranks encouragement s others. as in centered gether Two very definite scourges which promise to harass the Republican ambitions during this campaigr year also made their appearance at the G.O.P. gather- ing. One was the demands of labor which the min- eority party has been trying to play up to and the Glher is the questionable Republican attitude of the nativ. population as represented by the Alaska Native . | strong Independents which are evidently dubious of the Republican policies For example labor was represented at the Sat- urday convention and urged a plank supporting the of silver had a strongly ationary effect upon the i level of other prices in China, and because silver coin became more valuable as export bullion than as cur- ‘rency. So China left the silver standard and intro- {duced a managed currency. In this respect our pur- !chase program has succeeded in accomplishing the all but complete demonetization of silver, instead of lits “remonetization.” (2) The purchase program has indeed helped to “revive purchasing power” in China for foreign goods, |but not in the manner anticipated by the authors of he proposal: that is to say, not through the process f raising the value of Chinese curre but rather |through the process of transferring purchasing power from the people of the United States to the people of China. For China, having left the silver standard, has become an exporter of the metal. And what the present arrangement amounts to, in effect, is this: that we offer to trade American motor cars and Ameri- jcan machinery and other American goods for Chinese silver, purchased at an artificial price, for which we ‘have no use. Even on the basis of this unprofitable 'exchange, however, we sold less American goods in China last year than we did in 1932, the year before our silver purchases began, (3) Finally, so far as “broadening the base” of our own cu y is concerned, it must be noted that | when the Silver Purchase Act was passed the monetary gold stocks of the United States amounted to $7,756,000,000, f: more than was needed as an ade- quate reserve behind all our currency in circulation. Subsequently we have acquired so much additional ; gold—and have had so little need of additional silv —that the Treasury has actually sought to “sterilize gold imports in order to prevent them from having an inflaticnary effect upon bank credit The silver purchase program has been a folly from the start. Its chief effects have been to produce con- fusion abroad and uncertainty at home. The sooner the Government can get out of its present position the better. Science For Use (Cincinnati Enquirer) It is a lamentable fact that scientific progress is outrunning al advancement and character de- velopment among the human race—lamentable not because scientific progress is so swift, but because| the others lag behind With vastly improved implements at their com- mand, the scientists of the world during the last| several decades have provided more things of use to! the human race than were fashioned during the in- numerable centuries before. It is not surprising that | social and character evolution have failed to keep | at, be before its 1good sible. not a finished dancer. Q. When a dinner is given for a She will have a much better time, particularly if her escort is Tom Smith and Vic Man- ville arrived on the gasboat Lou after being absent several weeks. They had been storm bound at Tenake: Capt woman guest of honor, who leads the procession to the dining room and who should be last? A. The host, with the woman | The first movie show at the Per- severance mine had been given the previous afternocn and evening and guest of honor should go first, the the showings had been well patron- hostess with her escort last. Q. Is it necessary for an engaged couple to be chaperoned? A. Yes, if they are to remain away from home overnight. - DAILY LESSONS | IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon Words Often Misused: Do not say, “I wish to pick out a-gew rug.” Say, “I wish to select a new rug.’ Often Mispronounced: Agile. Pre- ferred pronunciation is aj-il, a as in i as in ill. Often Misspelled: Winnipeg. Ob- serve the two n's Syncnyms: Elated, exultant, joy- |ful, exalted in spirit. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Today's word : Indefatigably; untiringly. “He bulied and bribed indefatigab- ly—Macaulay. - - LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon ot 1. From what Roman did the month of January derive its name? 2. How tree for old must wood a walnut is suitable furiture? 3. What were the names of Col- umbus’ three ships? 4. What is the difference, in an election, between a plurality and a majority? 5. How the Mi long is issippi ized | Roscoe Laughlin, electrician at the 'Alaska Juneau mill, was to leave for the south to offer his services in the army. Tommy Cashen, 10-year-old boy of Douglas was operated upon the previous day for removal of his appendix and was getting along nicely. Archie W. Shiels and Judge Rob- ert W. Jennings arrived from the south the previous day aboard the Princess Sophia. A. T. Spatz, Dave Terwilliger, W. D. Grass, Curtlis Brotherton, were passengers aboard the Jefferson for the south, J. G. Morrison, of Haines, was foreman of the grand jury which had started work the previous da E. M. Goddard had rived abo: the Prince of Wales from Sit accept jury duty at the District Court session I Goldstein returned to Juneau aboard the City of Seattle after a business trip to Seattle. Weather Report—37 high, 30 low Cloudy. “Slow Down At Sun-Down” SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 17. " 1782 |nate for the thinking people. Important conferences with Brit- ish statesmen are presaged for New| York and Washington. Closer dip-| {lomatic relations are indicated American diplomats continue un- lger planetary influences which test their ability erious mistakes are| [forecast in a delicate international problem centering in Washington. | Social matters will be of extra-| jordinary interest all through the| |winter. G may expect many Whirlwind courtships are suitor: foretold. i Extravagant expenditures by per- sons who occupy places in the ¢ should not be imitated by persons of average wealth. svolutionary influences long dor- mant or nursed in secret may be awakened as the spring approach- The wise will be loyal to dem- c ideals, Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of many sur- prising experiences. Prudence should guide men and women of all ages. Children born on this day prob- ably will be strong in their emo- tions, intelli { and tale: d. Sul jects of this sign m T h wide tame | Daniel Webster, American orator and statsman, was born on this day Others who have celebrated it a birthday include Joseph Far- ell Glidden, inventor, 1813; Seth Low, educator and publicist, 1850. (Copyright, 1938 ) es oc) _Denounces C. L O « | Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 i DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 9:30 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 | Guy Smith DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Colise.m PHONE 97—Free Delivery e S { “The Rexall Store” your pharmaci compound prescrip- tions. But_l.er-!V_lauro Drug Co. | Robert Simpson, Opt.D. | | Graduate Los Angeles College | | of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground | WHEN IN A HURRY CALL COLE FOR OIL 34 plus or 27 gravity, in any amount . . . QUICK! COLE TRANSFER Phone 3441 or Night 554 ol il i ! "Tomorrow’s Styles Today” Juneau's Own Store Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Office Ludwig Nelson’s Jewelry Shop Phone Green 331 FINE H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” Home of Hart Schaffner and Marx Clothing £ Hollmann’s Pharmacy 201 Seward St. Phone 45 PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY proposal for a unicameral, or one-house, legislature It was turned down cold. In fact, the convention went on record strongly opposing the proposed legis- Waich and Jewelry Repairing | at very reasonable rates | COMPOUNDED FROM FRESH DRUGS \—Traffic accidents at night account ifor 60 per cent of all motoring fa- | talities, according to the California Ther ts already a vast reservoir of n:\mn}m\vm.? knowledge, accumulated through the swift develop- ment of science, which is useless to the human race | lative change. Labor made several other overtures, none of which drew anything very definite from the Republicans. Labor, which naturally leans to Demo- cratic principles, is lik to raise a few eyebrows as it scans the Alaska Republican platform, and deter- mine that the party of Hoover and Landon hasn't’ gotten very liberalization, publican reactionary stripe is just as broad as ever, The Native Brotherhood came before the con- vention with a dubious and questioning attitude which was revealed in the words of the Grand President ‘iyou'd better set a good example,” meaning, obviously 2 political platform which might tend to do some- thing for the general welfare of the Alaska native citizen. Particularly, the Grand President, Cyril Zuboff, pointed to the liquor issue and fishing, In the first, the Republicans, izing the controversial angles of anything dezling with liquor, neatly strad- dled the fence. Fish, it concluded, should, with game and fur, be under Territorial control, a very laudable idea, but certainly nothing which will cause native Alaskan to rally to the G.O.P. banner, Labor and the Brotherhood are two groups which the Republican party has heen attempting to catel to. During the coming campaign it probably wil find itself many times trying to “example” that plat- form to both groups. far on its much chanted road toward every But regardless of whether one agrees or dis- agrees with the Republican platform, our Republican friends are due a word of commendation. They are carrying on a minority cause and sticking b_v‘lhc-u- guns in the face of terrific odds. Like those sterling old Democrats who battled on through the lean years when the Grand Old Party rode the crest, the Re- publicans who today are refusing to desert their ship are to be respected for it. SHALL WE JOIN HANDS? Anchorage has invited Juneau to send a basketball team to the Fur Rendezvous carnival there February 19-22. President of the City Basketball League, Jack Powler, is anxious to see a pickéd team of Juneau court stars make the trip. There is only one thing that might be a stumbling block. It takes money—about $500 to be cold and precise. Fowler has plans to raise that money through dances and special basketball games. He has prom- ised The Empire that merchants will not be asked for financial aid. « o ‘He asks only community cooperation. give it to him? i The Silver Folly * i : e (New York Times) At a time when there are plenty of other prob- to engage its attention, events have forced upon 4”' Government the necessity of reconsidering its 5 policy. This is because two of the principal pmitments which it has made in this field are due S " expire at the end of the mouth. One of these h1ull winter,” that’s news.—Charleston, W. Va., Mail. Jems It probably will conclude that the Re- & Can't. we because of the backwardness of progress in other | lines. In medicine there are a host of discoveries | which would be immediately useful, but which are! not available for general application, their utility | hamstrung by circumstances which await correction | by social development. Medicine for some time has possessed the weapons | needed to stamp out the venereal diseases, but the > of syphilis and gomorrhea has raged on while | 1 men were forced to await public education to permit the general use of those weapons. A whole inew field of disease-preventive medical activity awaits |adequate exploitation because its tremendous value is as yet not fully appreciated, and the money needed for the exploitation is not available for it. | Discoveries in other branches of science remain ‘unu:scd because the economic machine upon which | {they must depend for application remains so grossly {inefficient. Machinery which could be producing | wealth and comfort for an entire population is unbuilt or idle as a result of economic maladjustments, lack lof vision, political stupidity, or social backwardness, These reflections are prompted by the meeting lof the American Association For the Advancement of |Science at Indianapolis. There gathered men from ;u]] divisions of science, to pool their knowledge, look- ing toward the formation of a supreme court of sci- | entific knowledge for the general benefit of all demo- cratic countries. The move is one bright spot in a vale of world perplexities. Science, articulate and organized for the indiscriminative benefit of mankind, can work a _powerrul influence in behalf of speedier social develop- |ment. Intelligently directed and applied by all free | peoples—there is a splendid and effective antidote for science in the hands of those whose social outlook has the same horizon as in the dark ages. e S If anybody ever invents a process for extracting the hot air from a copy of the Congressional Record, the problem of heating automobiles can be solved simply —Cincinnati Enquirer. The 1930's are likely to be remembered as the decade which established a new high for international conferences and a new low for international coopera- tion.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Christian charity, in an undiluted form, would be saying. “Peace on earth, good will toward the Japah- ese Army, even."—Detroit News. A film star's wife is awarded alimony of $2,750 a month. It embodies the many advantages of the old-fashioned California gold rush, without the rush- ing.—Atlanta Constitution, The cost of strikes to the American people in 1937 totals $5,000,000,000, according to one authority. And that is a very effective ball and chain to hang on recovery’s leg.—Detroit Free Press, . Maybe with that $10,000,000 that Albert P. Sloan, Jr., has given for research work, the researchers can find out how not to run out of one depression into another.—Indianapolis News, ANSWERS Janus, the god who pre: the origin of things. 100 years. Nina, Pinta and Santa Mari A candidate who receive: . sided over 3 4. {more votes than any other has a plurality. One who receives more votes than all other candidates com~ bined, or more than half of all votes cast, has a majority. 5. 2,460 miles. S .- JUNEAU WOMAN'S CLUB attention. Regular social meeting Tuesday, Jan. 18, will be held at Gastineau Cafe. Luncheon 1 p.m., 50c. Phone reservations to Mrs. H. G. Wilcox not later than Monday evening. adv. HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of de PERCY’S CAFE Ice Cream, Soft Drinks, Candy COFFEE SHOP Percy Reynolds, Manager 3 State Automobile Association. With motor deaths running 25 per cent {above last year's fatalities, the club has initiated a “slow down at sun- lown" campaign. Reduction of the |normal daytime speed by one-third is recommended. LEGION AUXILIARY DANCE DRAWS MANY Marked by an attendance of 160 couples, the American Legion Aux- iliary dance was held Saturday eve- ning in the Elks’ Ballroom, preceded by a number of Wesley Barrett and his new or- chestra played for the occasion, one of a series of dances being given by the Legion Auxiliary. S TIVOLI CAFE (Formerly Bailey's) Finest Coffee Shop and Restaurant Service SHORT ORDERS DAY and NIGHT Pete Lucy—Owner et e} The B. M. Juneau, If it is true that Mrs. Roosevelt is “to stay at home s Behrends Bank Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources @Qver Two and One-Half Million Dollars — s informal parties. | Mayor Frank Hague, of Jersey City, N. J., is shown addressing a meeting of 15,000 persons in the Jersey City armory, where he de fended his stand against the C. L. O.. and reaffirmed his pledge to “keep the C. I. O. and other un-American groups” out of the city. " BODDIN G TRANSFER MARINE PHONE BUILDING 707 Rock—Coal Hauling Stove—Fuel Oil Delivery T THE VOGUE— Correctly Styled Clothes For Women 101 SEWARD ST. R R S T D 1 Health Foods Center ( BATTLE CREEK, HAUSER l AND OTHER DIETETIC 230 Franklin St. | Juneau Telephone 62 - ¥YOODS — Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association Accounts Insured Up to $5,000 P. O. Box 2718———Phone 3 S. FRANKLIN STREET PAUL BLOEDHORN | | | ON THE MEZZANINE HOTEL JUNEAU BEAUTY SHOP LYLAH WILSON Contoure Telephone 538 SIGRID’S BEAUTY SALON “YOUR APPEARANCE IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY” Shattuck Bldg. Phone 318 | JUNEAU | MELODY HOUSE | Music and Electric Appliances (Next Gastineau Hotel) Mrs. Pigg Phone 65 | Alaska Music Supply | Arthur M. Uggen, Manager | Pianos—Musical Instruments | and Supplies J. B. WARRACK Engineers—Contractors JUNEAU S I N S O SR T Audit—Tax and System Service | JAMES C. COOPER, C. P. A. 303-05 Goldstein Building Public Stenographer Notary Public EE e SPECIALIZING In French Dinners GASTINEAU CAFE GASTINEAU CAFE ity Phone 206 122 W. Second L Try' the Empire classifieds for results. Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. Empire classifieds pay. OFFICE—119 Seward St. Juneau, Alaska The First National Bank JUNEAU [ J CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$100,000 [ ] COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES 2% Paid on Savings Accounts