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1 ] ] ] i . THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN 18, 193 8. smooth plank for any political party. No chance for stickers in the political pants while sliding on that one. Daily Alaska Em pire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Why is it that with another Supreme Court judge stepping down we don't hear somebody shouting about saving the Court again? au ska. t Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Ala 3 buud‘m the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter " SUBSCRIPTION RATES b earrler in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. D‘"""fllr‘"mnl!. postage paid, at the following rates Like the swimming pool, January is almost gone One year, ll\dfldx\“?:\fl:.x ;:".’ 00; six months, in advance, $6.00; and still there’s been no winter. advance, $1.25 O I ttibers Will confer @ favor if they will promptly notify R T the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- Vivery of their papers Japan as Author Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. o MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. ] (New York Times) SS ted Press is exclusively entitles 0 the use for - rwn:::‘la;:?c‘(:‘('nll news dispatches credited to it or not We noticed in the headlines that British Are otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news|Cool to Tokyo's Note. But, as everybody expected, published herein. LASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER Xy THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. this was followed quite briskly by another headline saying, Britain Accepts Tokyo's New Note. It has been like this in other places than Great Britain. The governments are cool to Japan’s statements, but ac- fcept. They hint their displeasure strongly, but they jaccept. No other publication in the current literary sea- son has fared quite like the collected explanatory works of the Tokyo Foreign Office. The notes from Tokyo are winning wide acceptance but without a lwurd of critical praise. We cannot recall a single book reviewer saying, “The last Tokyo note is packed with excitement from first page to last; it's a Must for Winter cruisers.” Or a book reviewer saying, “The {last Tokyo note is the finest thing the Japanese For- eign Office has ever done; buy, beg or steal a copy.” Or a book reviewer saying, “Tokyo's latest note is a Wow, no library is complete without a copy.” Nothing like that. Tokyo’s literary efforts have won no encomiums whatever, yet in the face of the book reviewers’ studied silence the Tokyo notes are finding univ 1 accep- tance in the Foreign Offices to which they are ad- Bound for the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii,[dressed. The customers receive them coolly and 5 comment on them formally, but they accept. two squadrons of Navy's % twin-motored PSS S e bombers, 18 ships in all, took off from San Diego this | morning to span the 2500 miles of ocean from the MOVING TOWARD ALASKA AND PACIFIC DEFENSE the new College girls are throwing their silk stockings into the flames by way of inaugurating a boycott against Japanese goods. If the idea is to express detestation of Japan’s behavior in China the bonfires are all right. 21 hours. It is one of several such flights the Navy For the purpose of exerting economic pressure on has been making in recent months. Japan it is hard to see what end is gained by destroy- It wasn't long ago & Navy Squadron made a time jng japanese stockings already bought and paid for. record flight to the Canal Zone from the California The profits from such stockings have by this time base, and, of course, here in the north most of us passed into Nipponese hands and may well have are familiar with the Navy ships which have been helped to finance the assault on hapless China hopping back and forth between Seattle and the| Offhand, one would say that ?he safer wa. sSitka base, and out to Kodiak and reconnoitering BO On wearing Japanese silk stockings already in the into the Aleutians. ‘wm'droba The reason is quite simple. In every it om ing POpular movement there are bound to be a certain . i v\wndor!ul foeives tiny the BTy P IITELE number of weak sisters. When the first outburst of in the air. Most authorities concede that with the 5 z ‘2 hot resentment against Japan has subsided the call possible exception of Russia Which keeps its air fOrce of the much-loved silk hose will assert itself. There information fairly secret Uncle Sam’s Navy and Army wijl be backsliders, or at the very least there will be air units lead the world. But that is no reason for soul conflicts sadly interfering with lessons. resting on the oars, as apparently Congress is con-| Obviously, much the more sensible course is to vinced as it follows the President's suggestion for bol- let the girls keep their silk stockings and avoid temp- stering the armed forces, particularly the Navy, by tation, seeing that no aid or comfort to Japan accrues making substantial appropriations. The House Ap- thereby, as we have shown above. Instead of burn- propriations committee already has recommended N8 their silk jmmk":g“ e frhunsie Kms.w'%{? s $550,000,000 for the Navy alone during the coming plentiful supply should be sharing with their class- mainland to the islands, a hop expected to take around is to 5 issue up to the people. fiscal year. { It may be after all that the clang of war in other' parts of the world is one of those ill winds that blow some good. At any rate, something has awakened the nation to the need for adequate defense. And, as we in Alaska and down the coast well know, it's high time. ! AFTER SEATTLE CONTROL “ Down in Seattle they seem to be having quite a Jarge political time over the mayoralty race. Mayor’ John Dore, reputedly backed by Dave Beck, big man | of the American Federation of Labor in Seattle, and the same who is some times described as “the man| who runs Seattle” is seeking re-election. Opposing | him is Lieut. Gov. Victor A. Meyers, advocate a few years ago of hostesses for street cars when he was running for the same office, and Arthur B. Langlie, a City Councilman. Langlie is back by the Cincin- natus group, which is noted for high principles but few votes. Meyers is the out and out candidate of C.IO. and therefore of Harry Bridges, the Australian longshore chief. Thus the Seattle election seems to simmer down to a fight between Beck and Brldges{\ for control of Seattle, with Langlie as sort of a long shot, who may come in if Seattle voters get tired enough of the Beck-Bridges controversy before the ballots are cast. It looks like a big time down in the Queen City, | and our only hope is that somebody gets elected Mayor, | or something, with sufficient power to keep the ships/| operating to Alaska. If we must be the “little brother,” | we're going to shout for our share of the apple. { MONOPOLY CRACK DOWN Cracking down on the so-called recession, the| Administration js opening its guns on monopolies and holding companies, which admittedly had a great deal to do with the chaos of 1929 due to their natur- ally greedy tendencies, and which there is reason to believe have been tossing a few monkey wrenrchflst in the wheels of recovery. Felix Belair Jr, Washington correspondent for the New York Times, commenting on the subject makes this enlightening revelation: In large measure, the Administration is relying for the success of its anti-monopoly campaign during the next few months upon an aroused public opinion. Those who have mapped out the plan of action attribute to the average citizen a belief that he should fare better than he now does and that the system of distribution is at fault. If the spokesmen for the Administration, and they include President Roosevelt, can succeed in driving home to the average cigi- sen the thought of a definite connection be- tween maladjustments in the system of dis- tribution and “big business,” by which is meant corporate menopolies, they think the battle for price reductions will have been won. It is realized, however, that the war must not be a protracted one, for if the downward spiral of business activity has not been re- versed within several months it will be the more difficult to arrest its gathering momen- mates, so as to keep the latter out of temptation. Nor, for that matter, does this column really ap- prove of bonfires as a means of destroying Japanese silks. If the owners are bent on destruction, they might rip up the silk garments, or pour acid on them, or perhaps even burn them, but only in a civilized stove or furnace. The world has seen too many things thrown into bonfires recently, and it is best not to flirt with the primitive ugly habit. It is best not to play with bonfires. As the comic Mr. Hugh Herbert might say on the screen, you burn here, and you burn there, and before you know it everybody is going in for witch- burning. Trans-Atlantic Clippers (Cincinnati Enquirer) Cautious experiment with trans-Atlantic air travel has given way to concrete plans for regular passenger service. And there is developing an open rivalry among four nations to be first in this alluring field of enterprise. France and Germany are at work on major projects, with some emphasis on Latin America. Great Britain is building a fleet of flying boats for the North Atlantic run. And an American company has sought bids on a series of 100-passenger planes, ‘There may be a lucrative passenger trade here. More important just now, there is an important aid to national defense in such an air fleet. This explains why subventions from governments are making pos- sible the rapid expansion of “commercial” enterpri; in this very new field. The nation which establishes itself most firmly in trans-Atlantic air service will have a definite advantage in wartime. There is a particular reason why the United States should venture into this competition. The At- lantic Ocean for a century and a half has been in a real sense pur first line of defense. Without it, lying contiguous to Europe and Europe’s feuds, we should have to maintain an army of 500,000 instead of 140,000. Our small army and large fleet are adequate, more than adequate, in view of the natural protection we enjoy. But that natural protection has been dimin- ished by the newer tempo of communication and travel. Regular airplane services over the Atlantic provides. Logically, we shoul¢ be among the powers oper- ating transoceanic air fleets, in order to maintain the value of the ocean as a factor in our national defense. This is being done in the Pacific, successfully. It should be done on the North Atlantic airways also, with defense as the prime consideration. Rough Language? (New York World-Telegram) language denouncing the Roosevelt administration? ‘Well, just listen to what the first Republican Na. tional Convention, held at Philadelphia in June, 1856, had to say about the administration of Democratic President Franklin Pierce. Nominating John C. Fremont, of California, that convention resolved that:— “The right of an accused person to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury has been denied; the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures has been violated; they have been deprived of life, liberty, and property without due process of law; the freedom of speech and of the tum later. As the battle begins the odds ap- pear to be in favor of the Administration. There are few subjects more popular in Con- gress than proposed curbs on monopoly. But there is always the danger that the Adminis- tration may overplay its hand and cause a breach in its Congressional majorities, Somewhat offsetting this danger to the Ad- ministration is the fact that the Congressional - primaries are only a few months off. The . entire House of Representatives and a third of the Senate must stand for re-election, and ' ‘the average Senator or Representative be- - lieves that President Roosevelt is about as popular as ever with the mass of the people. The Republicans are going to leave the liquor press has been abridged; the right to choose their rep- resentatives has been made of no effect; murders, robberies, and arsons have been instigated and en- couraged, and the offenders have been allowed to 8o unpunished; that all these things have been done with the knowledge, sanction, and procurement of the present National Administration, and that for this high crime against the Constitution, the Union, and humanity we arraign the Administration, the Presi- dent, his advisers, agents, supporters, apologists and accessories, either before or after the fact, before the country and before the world; and that it is our fixed purpose to bring the actual perpetrators of these atrocious outrages, and their accomplices, to a sure and condign punishment hereafter.” China’s hope is that Japan's money will run out That's what we call a nice, |before her men-do.—Detroit Free Press, will further diminish the safety which the Atlantic| Do you think the Republicans of today use rough | & HAPPY. BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: JANUARY 19. Mary Joyce Velma McDaniel Minerva Bess Reeder Nellie Kirkpatrick Allan A. McMurchie ‘ MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberia Lee { Q. Should a secretary add “Sir” to “yes” and “no” when speaking to her employer? A. Yes, Or she may say, “Yes, Mr. Adams,” and omit the “Sir.” Q. Which is larger, the service plate or the dinner plate? A. The service plate is usually one or two inches larger in diame- ter than the dinner plate. Q. Should a man’s social card bear the prefix “Mr.” A, Yes. e DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH | 20 Years Ago From The Empire JANUARY 18, 1938 Former Premier Cailleaux of France had been arrested and charged with being an agent of Ger- many. Many valuable papers had been seized and said to be of an incriminating nature. Relations petween Fremier Len- ine and his Foreign Minister Leon Trotzky were becoming strained and something was slated to pop. Three true bills had been return- ed by the Grand Jury, one against 3 lan alleged slacker, one for selling liquor to Indians and the other for grand larceny. Three weeks after the hatches had been battened down by the bone dry law, a squaw appeared on the streets of Douglas, heartily intoxicated, and lwas properly arrested. A hasty call |was sent out for a meeting of the |Amalgamated Order of Squaks and when called to order it was quickly resolved that as the “untutored dau- ghter of the forsest, by means un- known, has come into possession #3|of sufficient oil of joy to cultivate ’n red and boisterous jag, that the aforesséd members of the AOS had Inot even been able to detect a smell By W. L. Gordon Words Often Misused: Do not say, “This box is the more heavier of the two.” Omit more. Often Mispronounced: Accident- ally. Pronounce ak-: syllables, and not ak-si-dent-li. Often Misspelled: Fricasee; two s’s and two e's Synonyms: Inert, passive, lazy, lethargic, apathetic. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is you Let us in- crease our vocabulary by master- ing one word each day. Today's secretly. “He connived with his partner in the deceit.” LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon o = 1. What is the distinction be- tween jealousy and envy? 2. In what harbor was the bat- tleship Maine blown up? 3. Who wrote Tales”? 4. How many whales are caught arctic? 5. What state leads in the pro- duction of flaxseed? ANSWERS 1. One is jealous of what one, has, and envious of what others! have. 2. Havana Harbor, Cuba. 3. Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400). 4. More than 10,000. | 5. North Dakota. ———e About Marriage GRINNEL, Ia., Jan. 18.—Super- intelligent coeds are estimated to have about a 50 per cent chance of getting married. Records of a Grinnel College scholastic honor society show that since 1918 only 75 of the 145 mem- bere were married. None of the co- eds married during the last two years belonged to the organization. - e - Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” " PERCY'S CAFE | | | Ice Cream, Soft Drinks, Candy | COFFEE SHOP | Percy Reynolds, Manager word: Connive; to co-operate twim)“ “The Canterbury tee of the good old stuff, that we fire lour smelling out committee, go to! it single-handed and incidentally se- lcure a picture of said squaw and hang it on the walls of the meeting place of this organization.” Gosh, news was rotten—nothing weather in the states, rounding up wobblies, submarine near attacks, but nothing conclusive. Weather Report—High 30; Low 20. Cloudy. G S e NORLITEMEN TO MEET AT DINNER With Jack Littlepage, former min- erals was born on this day 1807.| ing engineer for the Soviet govern- Others who have celebrated it as a| ment as speaker, a large group of Norlitemen will meet for the regu- poet, 1809; James Wake, inventor,! lar dinner gathering of the organ- ization this evening at 6:30 o'clock in the Northern Light Presbyterian Church. | Mr. Littlepage will discuss “Fam- ily and Church Life in Russia.” The Rev. John A. Glasse will pre- side, and Walter P. Scott will be chairman of the dinner commit- As special entertainment during Clarence Rands, John Keyser, Lou Hudson, and Ned Rowe will sing, and Forrest Bates, Jr., will be pre- sented in piano selections. John Keyser and Sherwood Wirt will be be heard in a short comedy duo. e Farmers’ Tricks ing new tricks in the farming busi- ness. They are R. M. Ford and J. B. ably die. Just why it is part of the |Bunch of Johnsville and W. R. Car- body's cells is not known. ter of Selden. Each has farmed in has been some recent evidence that |Erath county more »than half a this silvery stuff is useful in regu-| !chemicals. A little bit of it in the' |the human cells are high in potas-' STEPHENVILLE, Tex., Jan. 18— sium. |Three bearded country gentlemen, “bound” in the cells. For some rea all past 70 years of age, are learn- son not known it does not escape. | Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1938 Conflicting planetary aspects are seen in the horoscope for today. According to astrology this is a time for conservative procedure to mat- ters of importance. For those who take an optimistic view of world events the stars seem to promise good luck. The wise will be careful as well as courageous, however. Much depends upon foresight and the ability to prepare for exigencies affecting national affairs as well as personal interests. Under this planetary govern- ment there may be intrigue and de- ception affecting business and com- merce as well as international rela- tions. There is a good sign for general intelligence which stabilizes finan- cial policies among individuals. While there will be speculation and stock flurries the winter should be prosperous for steadygoing men and women. Names should attend strictly to {whatever is best suited to their tal- ents and training. This is a month £ Jvocational guidance. sway. It may incline them to rely too much upon potential po- litical power. | This is not a fortunate day for men and women who enjoy luxury {or authority. Envy and jealousy are foreseen as the unemployed seek i-den-tal-i, five but reports of fighting overseas, zero charity in the form of organized re- lief. | Persons whosg birthdate it is have; ;the augury of a year of variable fortune. For women favors from friends are indicated. Children born on this day prob- ably will be natural leaders who |have marked talents and rare char- acteristics. Subjects of this sign may blend Capricorn and Aquarius traits | Robert E. Lee, Confederate gen- birthday include Edgar Allen Poe, 1736. NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—A single potato contains enough potassium to kill a full grown man. And therein is one of the myster- **= annually in the waters of the Ant- the evening the quartet composed of jes of medicine. A man himself contains enough potassium to Kill several persons. Yet this poison in the potato—or in the man—never hurts a human being. Potassium is a soft, silvery metal which never opens by itself, but always in combination with other human blood stream is fatal. Yet The poisonous metal is Take away the potassium from a man’s cells and he would prob. There century. For the first time the aged lating the heart. build our soil.” The three veterans are théir own machinery in the terrac- ing. Each is an active “tarm hand.” B — Newt Prince of Sweetwater, 'I‘exas,i collects rattlesnake rattles. He has 8.531. TIVOLI CAFE (Formerly Bailey's) Finest Coffee- Shop and Restaurant Service SHORT ORDERS DAY and NIGHT Pete Lucy—Owner z The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska i COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollqs | | /men are terracing their lands, ex-! |plaining that “when we came here for a large variety of ills. over 50 years ago we shared the depend on what other substance is| belief our farms would outlive us. combined with |Not so. We find it necessary to re- /it quiets spasms. Medically, useful Its uses potassium is it. With bromide It is useful in skin troubles or nerves, using matism and tuberculosis. Deserves “E" SHOHARIE, N. Y, Jan. 18.—Miss Margaret Spoor, teacher, tells this/ one on one of her fifth grade pupils: “Are your parents natives of the| United States?” was the query on |a test sheet. | "“No” was the solemnly penned |answer, “they were born in Sche- | nectady.” e, — A Bible in the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Farrar in Waxahachie, Tex., has been in Mrs. Farrar's fam- ily for 22 years. It was brought from Scotland in 1774. PHONE 707 Health Foods Center BATTLE CREEK, HAUSER AND OTHER DIETETIC ¥OODS 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 in which they should prepare for|__ are not well directed un-|% rheu- | DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS | | Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 a.m. to 9 pm. | i \ Dr. Charles P. Jenne || DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9, Valentine Bldg. | TELEPHONE 176 | DIRECTOR |shipful Master; VERS, Secretary. PROFESSIONAL FRATERNAL SOCIETIES GASTINEAU CHANNEL 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 p.m. Visiting brothers B. P. welcome. N. C. BAN- FIELD, Exalted Rule: M. H. SIDES, Secre- tary. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temnle X beginning at 7:30 p.m. DANIEL ROSS, Wor- JAMES W. LEI- G Dr. Richard Williams DENTIST ‘ | OFFICE AND RESIDENCE | | | GOLDSTEIN BUILDING | | - | 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 | OSTEQOPATH \ | Consultation and examination | | free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 9:30 by appointment. | | i Gastineau Hotel Annex 08| | | South Franklin St. Phone 177 | | every poe REBEKAHS Perseverance Lodge Nu. 2 A meets second and fourth Wednes- day, LO.OF. Hall BETTY Me- DOWELL, Noble Grand; RUTH BLAKE, Secretary. Guy Smith DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- j FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Colisez.m t i PHONE 97—Free Delivery |{ \ Y “The Rexall Store” » your i c Reliable ! pharmacists compound prescrip- tions. | | | Robert Simpson, Opt.D. | | Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and | Opthalmology 1 | | Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground WHEN IN A HURRY CALL COLE FOR OIL || 34 plus or 27 gravity, in any | amount . . . QUICK! Phone 3441 or Night 554 "“Tomorrow’s Styles Today” =) COLE TRANSFER | Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Office Ludwig Nelson's Jewelry Shop Phone Green 331 Watch and Jewelry Repairing | at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN S. FRANKLIN STREET | ON THE MEZZANINE HOTEL JUNEAU || | BEAUTY SHOP | LYLAH WILSON | | | Contoure X-Er-Vac 538 i | 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 Telephone | | &i———— | H.S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” Home of Hart Schaffner and Marx Clothing Hollmann’s Pharmacy | 201 Seward St. Phone 45 | PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED FROM FRESH DRUGS J. B. WARRACK | Engineers—Contractors JUNEAU — 3} | Audit—Tax and System Service JAMES C. COOPER, C. P. A | 303-05 Goldstein Building | Public Stenographer Notary Public SPECIALIZING In French and Italian pinnm GASTINEAU CAFE GASTINEAU CAFE ey | | | and Supplies. | Phone 206 122 W. Second | ] Try the Empire classifieds for results. Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. — e Empire classifieas pay. The First National Bank JUNEAU [ ] CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$100.000 [ J COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES 2%, Paid on Savings Accounts \

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