The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 2, 1938, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2, 1938. e e g e e ot A T B A i ) Pl M S T RN Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY 3 Alaska. Class Matter u at Becond snd Main Streets Entered in the Post Office in Juneau T BUBSCRIPTION RATIS. Delivered by carrier in Juneau l‘ llllll(hh! By per month. ivery of their Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 %] MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. | The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for | sepublication of all néws 'dispatches credited to it or not | atherwise credited his paper and -also the local news | pablished herein. ULATION GUAR HAT OF ANY O TEED TO BE LARGER ,.,, PUBLICATION. " ALASKA CIF THAN service which Mr. Noyes and his associates gave it forty years ago. OUR FLIERS ARE “TOPS” Mrs. Alice Rogers Hager, aviation writer for the yNorth American Newspaper Alliance who dropped in us yesterday and whose story you read last ;mg)\l in The Empire, had a nice compliment for Alaska liers to see tops,” she wrote in her Empire story. Mrs. Hager knows aviation. She knows fliers. s married to one. We're glad to see some of our friends from the Outside recognize what we in the north long contended—that our aviators are It's a compliment the boys have well earned. have tops.’ Problems (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) After ACTION NEEDED ON BRISTOL BAY FISHING BEFORE SEASON OPENS The rugged statement made by Representative New York before the House Merchant he ing torpedo boats and bombers into Alaska waters to of Marine Commjttee yesterday that favored send- of Japanese fishing boats no doubt would of get rid prove quite efféctive, but it probably will not be a great deal of help (c the State Department in its present attempt to get an adjustment from Japan for taken from the Bristol Bay area already imon during the son; nor would it likely settle the present trouble. There probably are a great many fishermen in Bristol Bay who feel much as Mr. Sirovich expressed himself, and it must be admitted that such action would bring the controversy to some kind of a head in chort order. However, it would appear that favor- able action by Congress on the bill introduced by Dele- gate Dimond to prohibit promiscuous fishing in Alas- k ould be a more logical approach. To en- ‘force such aw it might be nec ary to dlay, as Mr. Sirovic sugges d force, But with Mr Dimond’'s n ure a law, armed forces would have something more than a controversy to stand on ntil definite action is taken by Congress recog- nizing the uation in Alaska waters, something other than words, the Japanese asion can be nothing more than a controversy and the quick-witted Japan- ese are mindful of it. That is one of the major reasons why Congress should act before the comng fishing season As oyr Delegate pointed ouf again ay before the Congressional committee, the fishing invasion is a serious matter. If it is allowed to go on without definite congressional recognition no one can foretell what mizht happen in Bristol Bay this coming N2 man is geing to stand idly by and see ratehed aw from him, " Ala, Tsher- invaders take salmon without regard ulation under which our own fishermen must work, are likely to feel the same way, and there will be plenty of sentiment in their favor. The result can be an even more serious situation than now exists. Just two days ago the State Department sent another note to Tokyo seeking, in addition to a tenta- tive agreement already reached, a settlement for fish already taken. What the outcome will be is proble- matical. In the meantime, talk of armed forces to “get rid” of the Japanese fishermen is neither tactful, nor to our way of thinking, a particular compliment b to our diplomacy. What would be a sound display of i diplomacy would be mmediate and definite action by Congress, officially recognizing the problem in Alas- kan waters and p: ng a law with teeth in for the protectionl of this great | To hesitate, as Mr only make the situation more complice American industry. Dimond has suggested, t will led and delicate. THE RELI/ \B] D) AP. Warm compliment to the Associated Press and ! Frank B. Noyes, its President who has announced his Yetirement in April, is given by the New York Times, revealing again that the A. P. stands at the top of the list of news gathering organizations and is renown the world over for honesty and accuracy the Times: At a time when black patches of rigid con- trol are spreading over the newspaper map of the world we are apt to think of the battle for freedom of the pre something newly thrust upon us. It is not new; only the form of attack is new. Therefore it is comforting to have still with us for counsel able veterans of that long conflict. Among them there is none with greener and cleaner laurels than Frank B. Noyes, President of The Associated Press, who has announced his intenticn of retiring in April. “I feel that I've done my job.” says Noyes, “and I've got seveniy-five good r sons for wishing to turn it over to a young man.” His biggest job, as it happens, was at the cradle of The Associated Press and his only reasons for withdrawing now are such Hhappy ones as birthday Fortunately, his de- Votion to his own newspaper, The Washington Star, will not prevent his remaining on the board of directors. In 1893 the news collecting and distributing service for American newspapers seemed about to fall completely into the hands of a private commercial monopoly, responsible to no one but its own proprietors and representing only their interest. Mr. Noyes was prominent among those who threw themselves into the thick of that fight and built up a free but regional agency to national proportions. It was a hard battle’ but handsomely won. The Associated Press, cooperative, non - profit- making, nonpartisan and as completely trust- . worthy as honesty could make it, was the re- . sult. Since then The Associated Press has ex- ‘panded its activities over the entire globe, with jxfi'mvnuons for every advance of science, mo m lnendlhly swift and accurate daybook " ‘of this’ tarning and often cenvulsive world. It has sometimes been criticized, often chal- - lenged, ‘widely supplemented, never surpassed. But the spirit which animates it has never s changed. It is the spirit of unselfish public Mr. |for Comments | seventy years ownership of Alaska, the States stili lacks the fundamental information about our northern territory needed to plan intel- igently its development This is the outstanding report prepared by tl President Roose Congress In addition to citing the lack of available basic {information, which the committee recommends should Unit United point in a 20,000 word national resources committee . and transmitted by him to l)u provided by aerial and ground mapping, surveying, land classification and mineral exploration. the fol- {lowing recommendations are made | Better communication and transport systems ‘.\Imuhi be provided at once, through improved pro- tvisions for air transport and construction of inex- pensive roads and trails, ko e should be no “forced development” of the territory. Specifically, the committee finds that farm- ing must follow, not precede, industry, and that newsprint and forest products are the most important | prospective industries Labor should be protected from exploitation, and various changes should be made to simplify govern- | mental administration and taxation and to remedy specific phases of the government's policies dealing with land leasing and control of minerals The report, though coiamended generally by the cabinet officers dealing with Alaska and other gov- ernment officials, through whose hands it passed on the’way to the President, leaves many questions un- answered. There is the same lack of definite assur- ance as to the territory’s immediate future that was in evidence when Pri his Alaska tour, just prior to his death. Probably the national resources committee has put its finger on the difficulty at the outset, by point- | ing to the lack of basic information. Certainly there can be general agreement that the government that owns Alaska, and has profited | immensely from its gold and fisheries, owes a duty to the residents of the territory and to the nation as a whole in speeding to the utmost such an examination of its topography and resources as will enable a com- plete development, devoid of waste. ident Harding returned from The Bath of Guilt (New York Times) Much must be forgiven to Senator Bailey, talking time and the Anti-Lynching Bill, but he ex- ceeds his license when he is irreverent to a benign public character and instructor. Recently he quoted from the “source-book of our Secretary of the In- terior” an interesting passage about the addiction of the wealthy to the bath. “The average wealthy family is apt to spend much time" there. Whether the Sinis- ter Sixty spend sixty times as much as the aver: ge | wealthy family the inspirer of Mr. Ickes' recent dis- charge of sweetness and light neglected to say. He more than made up for the omission by this statemeat “The psychologist Freud has a theory that fre- quent washing of the hands marks a betrayal of a subconscious feeling of guilt. Frequent bathing by the same tcken must then mark a betrayal of an| even deeper feeling of subconscious guilt.” Will it be believed that Mr. Bailey, instead of discussing this Bath of Guilt with the gravity due to an author who has inspired the most inspirational { of our statesmen, dared to poke fun at a philosopher who deserves to be called the Aristotle of a greater Alexander? He cauticned Senators who “are going to bathe to keep it quiet.” He wouldn't let Senator |Smith of South Carolina interrupt mm before asking him “whether he had bathed lately.” He even fol- lowed Mr. Ickes into the Roman splendor, the soft Campanian luxury of the Interior Department, so |rich in baths, and the private bath of Mr. Ickes blue marble and finished in gilt:” “I have heard men who were admitted to those sacred precincts say that Mr. Gibbon's description of | the luxuries of Caligula and Nero faded into insignifi- {cance in the presence of that great reality; but I am not saying that Mr. Ickes ever bathes. I would not do that. I would not strike below the belt. I want {to be fair about it. I am not going to say that he |ever washes his hands. As for getting into a bathiub and listening to the radio, I would not say that.” Here we turn off the stream of blasphemy. Tt is |enough to say that if Mr. Ickes ever condescends to \ba(hv in water, he washes the water and not the !water him. |is unworthy of him. Not for him are such vain ablu- tions. He bathes in the brooks of honey and butter, His pleasant words are as an honey comb. Honey and milk are under his tongue and can be tasted in his speeches. | c ; It is wondered why the government is withdraw- {ing $2 bills for circulation—just at a time when a {$2 bill comes in so handy for buying a dollar’s worth of almost anything.—Atlanta Journal, How will this world mess turn out? Well, a man will risk his neck to get something he wants, but not to keep something he has—Robert Quillen in Detroit Free Press. — Stalin has a literal mind, a veteran Moscow cor- respondent declares. Yep, he seems to be the sort of person who is convinced that the duty of an executive is to execute.—Boston Herald. They say an American diplomat was badly wounded recently. He opened a Japanese apology without his gas mask.—New York Sun. They say if you sit through a six-year emergency by the side of a Washington street, every economic theory you ever met will pass.—Atlanta Constitution, If business is to blame for the recession, then We suppose the simple solution to that is to abolish business.—Ohio State Journal. What we have to fear now, it seems, is the fear of fear. We may yet have to solve this recession by cube root.—Atlanta Constitution, RS R R The Far Eastern struggle can stop now. The general curiosity as to what a bull would do in a China shop is fully appeased.—Detroit News. LA SRS SR Have you a little dividend in your home? Hm, maybe yours is one of those 60 blacklisted American families!—Buffalo Courier-Express, “These men of yours who fly up around here are| Yet so coarse and common an element | HAPPY BIRTHDAY 20 Years Ago | The Empire extends congratula- From The Emplre |tions and best wishes today, tneir Ly |birthday anniversary, to the follow- s | s FEBRUARY 2, 1918 | son was born to Mr. and Mrs | FEBRUARY 2. R Bishop J. R. Crimont : 3 M”T Gsle"“ Oukes Mayor Emory Valentine was ill | slen ' Vo Med{ll and there was no Council meeting | R g lin Juneau the previous evening ! - D \ i | Field glasses would not have en- MODERN |abled the ground hog to have seen his shadow and he stayed out, pre-| ETIQUETTE | umaby, and winter was theoreti- | |cally over. The sun remained con- bt cealed behind black clouds all day. " Y : ! Q. When a man and a woman| The Royal Grill closed -1":\‘ dotn;“») enter a crowded conveyance and ot Douglas and Roy B]l,lf icia, i some other man relinquishes his Proprietor, expected to MI‘Cr:f\l; seat to the woman, should her es- ¢arly steamer l‘o? ln(" sout \H T ‘“; cort acknowledge the courtesy? lirst time in .«:wn years. e s8 A. Yes, by all means. He should De might enlist. lift his hat in acknowledgment s e Q Is it necessary for a friend Mrs. Cassie Secrest w \Mm‘ :l‘l of a hereaved family to wear black [or the south on a visit iss y-. to the funeral? via Koskey was to accompany her | south and enter a business college A. No; any dark clothes are suit- able. One should of course avoid '© complete her training as a book-' gay coiors and sport clothes. keeper. Q. What are appropriate gifts for a first year wedding anniver Hans Wick, city marshal in Pel-‘ sary? A ersburg, was visiting in Juneau | sary? ] i A. Paper, especially books. P b e The Metlakatla basketball + ers, all heavy men, were to meet IN ENGLI DAILY LESSONS By W. L. Gordon the High School five this night in| the High School gymnasium. The Metlakatla players were accompan- ied here by their city orchestra. SH i Richard Wakelin, traveling man,! Words Often Misused: “This Say, legal sense, be in a but it is commonly ac pretentious building. one word each day. By A. C. Gor B erage human body conta: tania sunk? the New Testament? 4. What three parts British Guina’s trade 11 months of 1937 was in nine years. a picture of my residence my home (or house).” a man’s residence may home in squalid tenement house, Often Mispronounced : crease our \ocabul‘uy by mastering Today’s’ word: e LOGK and LEARN How much blood does the av 2. In what year was the Lusl- 3. How many books are there in Smirnov, may an adverb modify? 5. Who governs the Rock of Gi- braltar? ANSWERST 1. Five quarts. 2. 1915, 3. Twenty-seven, arrived on the City of Seattle. Do not saj John L. Sullivan, former werld a heavyweight champion, died at his Abington, Mass. Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman had surrendered and were Dew. Pro- to begin serving prison sentences for In cepted as a nounce the ew as in few, not do. evading the military laws of the Often Misspelled: Myrtle,, Ob- U. S serve the y. B — Synoyms: Worthy, deserving, Weather Report—31 high, 23 low. meritorious. cloudy Word Study: a word three times and it Let us in- CILLAM SEEN Inveterate; confirmed in a habit is an inveterate smoker.” “He is NEAR BARRuw an inveterate idler.” WAS IN AIR Flier, Reporzi Down, Is Within 35 Miles of Goal —Gas to Be Sent FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 2.—A. Russian radio expert at Point Barrow, reports to M. B, Bel- inkoy, Russfan representative here, that an Eskio musher saw Harold Gillam circling on a river 35 miies out from Barrow. It is believedthat it will be comparatively easy to send gasoline to Giliam from Barrow by dog team Gillam and his mechanic, George Saunders, left Fairbanks for Point Barrow at 7:45 o'clock Monday don in? of speech 4 rb, an adejective, or an- olherAn(x:\}-)b an. adejective, or Sf 1 ning, carrying radio equipment d e for the Soviet experts at Point Bar- 5. It has been under British con- G % v i row. No word was received from |trol since 1704. It is & crown col- 2 5 ony, ruled by s governor. him until yesterday when he ra- = i dioed he was down on the Chande- i lar River or lake, waiting for a for the first preak in the weathe the greatest u]me low. r and with gas- > Phone 723——1 ? | | “If your hair is not to you — You sh MARINE BUILDING HE ROYAL BEAUTY SALON OPEN EVENINGS coming to us.” "BODDING TRANSFER | Rock—Coal Hauling Stove—Fuel Oil Delivery i RALSTONS REPORT o ot MAYOR IMPROVED Chief of Police and Mrs. Dan Ral- iston returned to Juneau last night jaboard the Baranof after a several iweeks vacation in Casper, Wyom- ‘ ling. “The only cowboys we saw, were ,riding in automobiles, but we did" ",see a lot of sheep, antelope and :deer,” the Ralstons said today. While in Seattle the Ralstons | visited Mayor Thomas Judson in |the Virginia Mason Hospital, The! Mayur is much improved, they said, i becoming ould be PHONE 707 'and expected to leave the hospital! | this week to spend a few days with| PERCY’S CAFE | Ice Cream, Soft Drinks, Candy COFFEE SHOP Percy Reynolds, Manager a brother near Seattle before re-| turning to Juneau in about two weeks. B T The oldest mention of Robin Hood | appeared about 1377, in the second| edition of Piers Plowman. E ¢ The B. M. Behrends Bank 'ary experience, some of which m !senger yesterday evening for Sitka Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1938. Mingled good and evil planetary intluences are discerned in the hor- oscope for today, according 1o as- trology. The influences encourage deceit and secret understandings. Women who adhere to strictly domestic or professional duties are well directed today. They should look forward to new responsibilities, especially in public affairs. Again workers are under evil om- ens that seem to presage the bit- terest contests in the history industry. All the planetary forces are revolutionary and expansive Quarrels and conflict may be in- tensitied under this direction of [the stars. | Strife is worldwide and destruc- tion will change Europe and Asia in the year of 1938. Subversive efforts will affect all nations as secret leaders gain fol- lowing. Communism now will take| ditions. Good news of some sort may hw ! expected late toda The United| of certain governmental policies. Congress should benefit at this + of & DRS. KASER & FREEB DENTISTS PHONE 56 Hours 9 am. to 9 DI ECTORY Blomgren Building PROFESSIONAL FRATERNAL SOCIETIES 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- tary URGER pm. DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9, Valenti: Dr. Charles P. Jenne TELEPHONE 176 M()UNT JUNEAU LODGE Nl). 147 Second and fourth Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temnle beginning at 7:30 p.m. DANIEL ROSS, Wor- shipful Master; JAMES W. LEI- ne Bldg. VERS, Secretary. Dr. Richard Wi DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE GOLDSTEIN BUILDING REBEKAHS Perseverance Lodge mu. = A meets every second and fourth Wednes- day, L.OOF. Hall BETTY Mc- DOWELL, Noble Grand; RUTH BLAKE, Secretary. iams o e {on new ways and will assume add-| |ed independence of established con- | | & play- States is to receive foreign approval! * time when wise counsel will re ceive attention. Statesmen of op- posing views will have reason to unite on ecoyomic questions. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of extraordin- be disturbing. Danger from sel- tish associates is foreseen Children born on this day prob- 'ably will be of artistic nature and tine feeling. Subjects of may be exceedingly sensitive high strung Horace Greeley, journalist, was born on this day 1811. Others who have celebrated it as a birthday in- this sign and clude Sidney Lander, poet, 1842; Fe- lix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, musi- cian, 1809. xcomnghl 1938) MAN GETS HUG Pete Berg, cannery watchmen at Saginaw Bay, in town for a few days, had an unusual experience on Juneau’s streets yesterday, he re- poriad. “I was walking with my head down in the wind and there was a young gir] just ahead of me. All of a sudden a big gust of wind came —and whoosh! A big oilpaper sign thirty feet long, tore off trom a building and whipped right around both me and the girl. “It wrapped me so tight to her I could hardly tear us loose! Sure I tried to get loose, too, but it's the first time in 20 years I have been hugged by anyone but my wite!” “Was the girl embarrassed?” Pete asked, astonished. “Gosh, I don't know! How do you think I felt?” Pete will stay in town another week and return to Saginaw Bay on the Dart next Wednesday. To- day he is keeping a wary eye on all oilpaper signs. - GOLDSTEIN SAllS Charles Goldstein was a pas- on the motorship Northland, on a land’s return to Juneau, Goldstein will embark aboard the vessel for Ketchikan to continue buying of furs. - eee Postmaster Vooper Green, Brimingham, Ala., still rates the dog as a postman’s enemy. He says five Birmingham letter carriers were bit- ten by dogs in a 10-day period. | GARBAGE HAULED | Reasonable Monthly Rates E. 0. DAVIS TELEPHONE 212 Fhone 4753 ! HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” (1 (fur buying trip. Upon the North-| | of | i Juneau, Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars Health Foods Center BATTLE CREEK, HAUSER AND OTHER DIETETIC Alaska Federal Savmxs and Loan Association Accounts Insured Up to $5,000 P. O. Box 2118— Phone 3 OFFICE—119 Seward St. t‘\lmll- M i Office hours: ©HONE 667 Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician 10-12, 1- Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. Guy Smith DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES 5, 7-9 PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- ’l | DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. A. W. Stewart FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Colisem PHONE 97—Free Delivery e eed p.m, & & | 0 STEO!’A‘I‘H Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; ‘ Seuth Franklin St. 7 to 9:30 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex Phone 177 your Reliable pharmacists compound prescrip- tions. 1 to 5; Robert Simpson, Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses College Today Ground IN TAKU WIND * = WHEN IN A HURRY 34 plus or 27 gravity, amount . . . Phone 3441 or Nigh CALL COLE FOR OIL QUICK! COLE TRANSFER in any t 554 Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Office Ludwig Nelson’s Shop Phone Green 331 H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” Home of Hart Schaffner and Marx Clothing Jewelry FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable PAUL BLOEDH S. FRANKLIN STREET W AGNEEE —_— Hollmann’s Pharmacy | 201 Seward St. Phone 45 | PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED FROM FRESH DRUGS rates ORN | HOTEL JUNEAU 1 Engineers—Contractors | BEAUTY SHOP t S LYLAH WILSON | Contoure Telephone L X-Er-Vac 538 gt "ON THE MEZZANINE J. B. WARRACK Andlt—Jl'nx and System Service i SIGRID | Shattuck Bldg. 'S BEAUTY SALON “YOUR APPEARANCE IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY"” Phone 318 JAMES C. COOPER, 303-05 s Building Public Stenographer ! [ ; J‘ Notary Public SO { JUNEAU Mrs. Pigg MELODY HOUSE (Next Gastineau Hotel) | | Pianos—Musical | and Supplies | Phone 206 [ B SPECIALIZING ‘ In French and Phone 65 ik Italian an Dinners | Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Instruments “122 W. GASTINEAU CAFE Second g Lode and placer location notices |results, Try the Empire classifieds for for sale at The Empire Office. -, — Empire classifieds pay. The First National Bank [ ] CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$100.000 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES JUNEAU ® ACCOUNTS 2% Paid on Savings Accounts