The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 31, 1938, Page 2

FALL Your Fall dress wardrobe $5.00 sale group includes smart silks, metallic cr shirred bodices, colors. SHOP E EARLY fo B. M. BEHRENDS CO., Inc. Leading Department Store” “Juneau’s Says Cooperative Plan Is to Solve Problem of Health Doctor Who Is Bucking Medical Societies Gives Qut His Little Say . THOMPSON A ture Service Writer WASHINGTON, Aug 31 neck’s made of concrete reinforced with steel so they can't get a crack at it." The deep bass voice belongs to Dr. Raymond E. Selders, tall, heavy, | big-handed man se name the | public will probably ¢ 0 recog- nize because he’ 1 director of Group He Ascocation’s em- | battled clinic. Without formality ause he has none, Lhe that his case, mcans the Amer lical Assoc! the District Medical Soclety. have been fight IHA since it was organized a vear ago. The white - coated doctor, who| calls himseif = ornfed boy hom‘ Oklahoma,” alrerdy has charges pending against him by the urri County Medical Society in Ammon,‘wmmmm’h afid SBbcamts membirsl] Tex., where he once practiced. get constant attention, he says, they | The society accu.c. him ol "un-|gyniq emergency illnessess. 1 ethical practice” on U ould | “It's none of the American Med- | that GHA cimpensat ade- jeq) Association’s business whether | quate to assure il SV lwe cay run at present rates,” he ices; that GHA intert th 'rea- {pooms sonable computilion 3 the | wrf we can't we'll adjust. our rates doctors in Washinglon, 1t | accordingi with the free choi pt an = by a patient and contr to WHATS IT ABOUT ! sound public p ! Group Health Association is an Those charge. ) organized |grganization of 2600 government medicine’s staid a¢ainst such €o- | employess in Washingbou, &t offer operative medl cperiments s medical aud Lospital care for $2.20 GHA’s. month. Tt is in {he news because Neg » Belicyer Department of; Justice thinks But apparently they dont Worry (e American 11 Association, Dr. Selders and ifs affiliated . District of Co- “I joined the Group He As- | 1y sedical society, violated sociation simply because 1 felt that|gpii-trust laws by threatening to ordinary practice of medicine was inefficient and wasteful,” he slow- ly explains. “If T didn’t believe in it I wouldn't be here, I'd be back in Oklahoma pushing a plow.” The telephone rings and Dr. Sel- ders advises a Group Health mem- ber to go easy on fried foods in hot weather. ] milk,” he pres ibes and hangs up. With a lighted cigarette that is| almost lost in his big freckled hand he settles back in his swivel chair and points to his diploma-covered wall. Started As Surgeon Dr. Selders has spent nearly 11 years getting college and hospital training. This has netted him five degrees including a master’s in sur- | gery; a National Board of Medical Examiners diploma and two hos- pital diplomas. He first attended the University | of Oklahoma, interned at Houston, Tex., in St. Joseph's Infirmary and practiced in Texas until the fall of | .1935. Then he went to the gradu- ate school of medicine at the Uni- ‘wersity of Pennsylvania for a course ew high necks, 51 doctors is something with which the t doctor o,x,wl.mmq‘m”_ tantiiart > ; | hire 3 adv.mmge of a well equipped clinic | ernments more last year. {people can't afford to pay and gives broiled steak and | of WASHINGTON, Aug man Martin Committee can activities; Secretary of Labor Perkins rejection of the committes for immediate deportation hearings against Harry Bridges, CIO cheftain on the Pacific Coast. Chairman Dies said the Secretary THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31, 1938. TURNS DOWN DEPORTATION OF BRIDGES, Secretary of Labor Refuses to Hold Hearings as Demanded HOUSE lNVESTlGATORS ARE GlVEN CoLD REPLY ‘ Declares Commlttee Is Try-. ing to Usurp Govern- ment Functions 31.—Chair- Dies, of the House investigating unAmen- has -received -from a blunt demand Labor termed the demand as an altcmpl to usurp the duties of the Execulive Department. Secretary Perkins wrote: ‘The {fact that Communists are unpopu- lar, and I agree in this, docs not just us placing within that cate- Iy every other unpopular. person, m in deporting them without scru- uul s regard to the due process of law to clear certain rulings by RESSES | is here! This dres=y satins; 5, sheer wools Black, rich best choice! % | s r s e DISTrEssTin revelations in your regard for this | innocent likeable child.” Chairman Dies said the Secreta)'_\" of Labor “astonishing | Courts as to the facts in the case. “Perhaps it is unfortunate that | Shirley Temple was born an Ameri- | can “citizen. “We do not have to debate this It has raised preposterous has taken action in practically dropping” the | deportation proceedings. He also |said it was laughable for the Secre- resident in surgery and became urgeon at Worcester, Mass., city | hospital Dr. Selders says he doesn't know | exactly why Group Health Asso- ciation picked him to head this ex- periment In cooperative medicine. He came to the clinic first as.a |tary to complain the Committee is| trying to usurp Government func- tions. Relative to propaganda and that Communist but why reference was made HOLLANDS HOM! | the Shirley Temple | reference, Chairman Dies said the committee witnesses festified that the child actress was being used for. Comntunist many film actors were also known!stocks of salmon, he sald. to be members of the Party, to those cases in the Bridges issue,| Star in New York sporting a ‘hat 30 inches across and tripping along on heels three and one-half inches high, Norma | Shearer was the center of all eyes | when she arrived in New York, ahove, to attend the premier of her new plctu-re. Ellsm{{h Sees Wa_gg Awards SEATTLE, Aug. 31.—Arthur Ells- worth, representing the canning in- dustry, commenting on the salmon |award today said the result would “create a distressing situation” when the canned salmon prices are |adjusted to meet the wage award Higher wages would work hard- ships in pricing and moving huge - e { DR. McKAY IN CIT Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. McKay, of Tacoma, Wash., arrived in Ju- |neau on the steamer Aleutian. They plan to go to Windham Bay from surgeon and has moved up to his| After a vacation in Seattle, Mr.|this city. present post—the salary is $7.200 a (anq Mrs. C. B. Holland and son, | - - year | Dale, returned, to their home in A. F. ERICKSON HERE But he's obviously pleased and|juneau aboard the Aleutian. Mrs.| Arthur F. Erickson, formerly with his g s snap when he s Holland and Dale have been in the |the Alaska eamship “Company “The American people can exercise | south since school was out in the|who is now a member of the firm their rights as American citizens | spring. Mr. Holland, cashier for the |of Carrington and Jones, arrived in to band together to hire doctors as they wish “The economics of paying those American Medical Association | should have no concern. They're | trying to stifle this thing because it | offers them real competition,” | Helps Middle Class | Waving his big hands for em- the medical director of a says: “For the av- s person, treatment ¢ old system is prohibitive. he very rich and patients in | hosptials are getting ade- pl *ha. By banding logmhcr in a group, | middle class people can‘ ral doctors and get the which most physicians can't afford, | Alaska Electric spent the summer visiting in States, returned to Juneau on the | steamer Aleutian. She will enter the Juneau High during the coming school term. annual vacation. D BERNICE WAUGH RETURNS Miss Bernice Waugh, who has the School as a senior .o .“VD(-F Hl‘l,LENTHAL HERE Judge Simon Hellenthal, of "the Third Judicial Division of Alaska, accompanied by Mrs. arrived in Juneau aboard the Mount McKmlu Hellenthal, >ee Oasullne taxes ylelded state gov- than $760,000,000 Light and Power| Company, went down about a month |last evening from Seattle. ago for h Aleutian Leaving by plane for Fairbanks today, M ‘Enckson will confer with Mr. Car- rington in the Interior city. e Juneau on the steamer RETURN TO KETCHIKAN Millard and Robert Gore, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Lester O. Gore, of Ketchikan, who have been visiting Mrs. Anna Winn and Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Winn, left aboard the |Northland for their home. 1 - D e German schoolboys begin play- ing soccer when they are 10 yeais old and the government has rein- | troduced the game into school cur- ricula from which it had been |banned as “rough stuff.” B | Mussormy was born in 1883. It also brings together several sye- | ™ cialists, he contends, which ordinary | those specialists the advantage of | |expel doctors who accepted employ- !ment with' GHA. | Cooperative medicine is not the | immediate isue. But the case sharp- |lens public interest in that subject. |The above article, presenting the |viewpoint of GHA's medical di- |rector,” tells also why organized | medicine opposes plans such asl that operating in Washington. - — When Mr. and Mrs. George Gib- |son of Botley, England, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary |they invited their five bridesmaids | who assisted in the festivities 50 years ago. e .- MRS. NIETZ HERE Mrs. Marguerite Nietz arrived on the PAA plane yesterday from her |homie in Fairbanks and left for the south on the Mount McKinley for {a visit in the States. e | Hoping to produce something | brainier than 'the ‘mule, a South| | African farmer’ is figuring on breeding “zebroids”—a cross be- {tween a horse ‘mare and zebra stailion. THOUGHT GOT IN mvyu AND i 1D LOOK } | KENTUCKY_AND MY WH WON HIS 0XY" |Ani— wmnzx' WERE ALLOUT OF WHISKEY. IVE ONLY $1 WITH ME. ITS TOO LATE TO CASH A CHECK... AND OF ALL MY UNCLES,UP POPS YOUR PALATE AND YOUR PUKSE—AT YOUR l‘A!‘r \VORITE_PACKAGE STORE. ASK FOR DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER U. 8. 'NIPPON ARMIES Whittier Back MARCH FORWARD From Customs (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) b i Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Aug. 31: ap Fair tor t and Thursday; gen to moderate variable winds, most- INHEAVY PUSH Trip to Interior == Weather forecast for Southeast Alaska: Fair tonight and Thurs- e day: gentle to moderate variable winds, mostly westerly Fierce Attacks Mark (hm-‘O“u ial Reporls Faitbanks ~ Forecast of winds atong the Coast of the Guif of Alaska: Modcrate cse-japanese Wir on | and Anchoxage ab \\;».xnim}m.m tonight and Thursday from Dixon Entrance to Cape Hinehinbrook Several Fronts the Boom LOOAL BATA SHANGHAI, Aug. 31—The full| After a several weeks' mpnu-nusm‘,_;:"‘)"m iy “"l;’;;ff;:” mm,y mm;:;m,\- w“\y‘m v b bl force of the Japanese war machine | the Interior and Westward on cus- 330 DY Vesby . 300 ¢ was felt today in six vast Chinese | toms office inspection, Assistant|®.o0 &M today ... 3009 48 90 0 provinces as severe fighting swept | Collector of Customs M. S. Whittier [N0°B today 2008, 68 48 sW Clear wide fronts. returned to Juneau on the Mount RADIO REPORTS Heavy. encounters were reported McKinley. The official went in by TODAY along the Anhwei-Honan border in way of Skagway and Whitehorse, | tempt Lowest 4a.m. 4a.m. Precip 4a.m the eastern portion of central China flyng to Dawson and Eagle and| Station last 24 hours temp. temp.. velocity 24 hrs. Weathe as the invaders aimed a thrust| then visiting at Fort Yukon, Fair-|Atka 46 44 44 6 14 Pt. Cldy at the objective of severing the banks, nana, Anchorage, Sew-|Anche 61 50 & Pieping-Hanbow railway north of ard, Valdez and Cordova. Barrow 44 40 40 10 02 Cloud Hankow, temporaty Chinese capital,| Fairbanks and Anchorage are on|Nome 54 44 44 4 4 Cloudy The thrust was begun with an the boom, N Whittier reportec.| Bethel 54 50 52 28 by Rain attack’ that took several divisions With mining in full swing, Fair-|Fairbanks 68 54 4 6 04 Rain of Nipponese across a ford of the banks is a beehive of activity, heJDanon 0 — - - Pieping River at Liuan under spor- | said. The town is full of people, new | St. Paul 48 44 46 8 19 Fog adic Chinese sharpshooting . buildings are ¢ up and geper- | Duich Harbor 62 50 56 16 23 Pt.Cldy Another Japanese contingent be- | ally a prosperous situation prevails Kodiak 58 52 52 4 0 Clmr gan an advance along highway At Anchorage, the new hospital| Cordova 56 48 48 0 0 3 leading to Yehkiatsi, 45 miles to the \uction is going forward, asJuneau 68 46 18 0 [ northwest of the Honon Province well as on the grade school, but the | Sitka 67 i = 0 border. latter will not be ready for occu-|Ketchikan 62 | 54 0 T Clear 2r pancy until mid term. The official| Prince Rupert 62 | 56 4 26 For SEEKS DIVORCE was in Anchorage when the $85,000 Edmonton 6 42 0 0 Clear Ethel E. Haines of Juneau has Cleanup came in from. the Good- Seattle 80 5 56 4 0 Clear filed suit for divorce in Federal N€Ws Bay district and he saw the|Fartland e b * 5 2 Clegr court . from -, Thomas.. W. Haine display of platinum. and gold on|San Francisco 4 52 54 10 0 Clear charging desertion and non-sup- | the Sidewalk, Hundreds of peaple New York 84 | 66 63 8 0 Cloudy St ar \mq looking val it and nobody | Washington 88 68 0 4 0 Pt. Cldy PRNE I o :“” ‘?:; about it being stolen, he WEATHER CONDITIONS AT § AM. TODAY SOMMERS m_:Tln;\'.\ o i visited the Matanuska Colo.|, S¢attle (airport), cloudy, wemperature, 51; Blaine, foggy, 446; Vic- R. J. Sommers, who has been ny for:the s 4 ceq | Porias cloudy, 54; Alert Bay, cloudy, 56; Bull Harbor, clou { south on a business trip, returned 1 O £3¢ T ‘m’"“_ by ]“f_‘:;“t\‘“_ Rupert, cloudy, 56; Ketchikan, cloudy, 57; Craig, clear, 60; Wrangell, to Juneau aboard on the Aleutian. prof;rcw abeingymadren::::; ';lxw]rflnl;x clear, 56; Petersburg, clear, 57; Sitka, clear, 56; Cape Spencer, clear, S eee - rolt;nv 1% o Beatittitl sighi e il 56; Hoonah, clear; Hawk Inlet, clear, 56; Hood Bay, clear, 50; Port TROAST IS BACK with exoellent buildings B;‘d e.:(rcl-‘ Althorp, clear; Tenakee, clear, .55; Radioville, clear, 53; Juneau, clear, N. Lester Troast, who has been o' oot o s look fine and |20 Skagway, clear, 47; Haines, cle Tulsequah, clear, 50; Yakutat, in Ketchikan on busin returned | gt St e’ of the tina marin clear, 51; Cape St. Elias, cloudy, Cape Hinchinbrook, cloudy, to his Juneau headquarters on the| i 4,00 which is raised in the val- Cordova, clear, 60; McCarthy, cl 42; Chitina, clear, 48; Anchor- Aléntian- gm_ S o R age, cloudy, 57; Portage, clear, , cloudy, 57; Ruby, rain- \ E along the rail belt. & & b i -oo—— | The ' official reported. the " naw] 8! 55; Nulato, raining, Kalta 54; Flat, raining, 53; Worshipers sat on the bare 1007 | 1ot in Mount McKinley Nations Crooked Creek, cloudy, 56; Stuya mk aining, 50; McGrath, cloudy, of churches until the 15th century | pay 2 Cvmpk\tion: T4 6 4; Bethel, foggy, 52; Platinum, cloudy; Golovin, raining, 50; Solo- when pews first came into use. pected to be ready for tourist n*:\vv]’mm]' cloudy, 46; Nome, cloudy, 45; Council, cloudy, 45. T ¥ L 53 ’ Juneau, September 1.—Sunrise, 4:57 a.m.; sunset, 7:02'p.m 3 208 7 | next season, he was told. ! ¥ >-oo——— WEATHER SYNOPSIS Low barometric pressure prevailed this morning over the Aleu- BURFORDS ARE BACK |tian 1siands, the Bering Sea, and western and northern Alaska, there being two storm centers, one north of Barrow, the lowest reported FROM MONTH’S TRIP |pressure being 2044 inches at Barrow, while the second storm area € SR was centered near St. Paul Island, the lowest reported pressure being Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Burford and | 2248 inches at St. Paul Island. A s barometric depression pre- daughter Norma returned to Juneau | vailed off the west coast of Vancou e High barometric pres- S the ' NOrHIADA Ingt “might, sure prevailed from Kodiak and Cordova southeastward over South- M, | Birtatdh ind;: Nosaia Biie] & a and southward over th: Pacific Ocean to latitude 30 de- been Outside for the past ,,“m,,,mz-n t being 30.40 inches at latitude 50 degrees and longitude visiting friends and relatives and | general presgce met Mri ¢ Bostor™ att Welehticae! distribution has been attended: byprecipitation over the interio and w where they visited for a week be- | °Stern portions of Alaska and overDixon Entrance, and by fair weath fore ittt oo iiriaad {er over the Gulf of Alaska, South-cast Alaska, and Pacific Coast sta L8 N | tes, with morning fogs over the Pu-zet Sound region TEACHERS ON NORTHLAND . - Aboard the Northland bound for Sitka a Mr. and Mi Raymond Wolf, Mr Ada Sears Boys and Laura Walton, Indian school teach- | Democratic CIVIL AVIATION jn °r Also leaving on the Northland | U.'S. will be regulated by new this morning f Sitka, Wrangell ! Civil Aeromautics Authority of and Southeast Alaska points was TERRITORIAL qnd DIVISIONAL which Edward J. Noble (above) of Greenwich, Conn., is newly named chairman, William Goodwi visor of agriculture, win. Associate Super- nd Mrs. Good- TICKET SEE THE MANY NEW PATTERNS ON DISPLAY IN OUR SHOWROOM. Oscar 6. Olson Candidate for no part of vour home mpbEahS Anflmn} I. (Tony) Re-election as than floors OND ~Thiy For Delegate to TERRITORIAL o Congress ety wearand - v Bz e entiv, For Territorial Senator: led to the d finest care. HENRY RODEN, Juneau For Territorial: Repfésentédives:. JAMES V.DAVIS, Juneau A.P. WALKER, Craig J.P. ANDERSON, Juneau JOHN McCORMICK, Juneau The Democratic Ticket Is Interested “in the Welfare of Both Business - and Labor VOTE IT STRAIGHT! ON SEPTEMBER 13, (Paid Advertisement) Read the Cldssified Ads in THE EMPIREl COVER YOUR FLOORS WITH ARMSTRONG'S LINOLEUM Proved for economy, attractiveness, convenience — a thoreughly practical | floor-covering for every room.