The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 31, 1938, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire Published evers evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY HELEN TROY BENDER - - - - President R. L. BERNARD - - V sident and Business Manager Juneau, Alaska Secoud and Main Second Class M Entered fn the Post Office in Juneau SUBSCRIPTION RATES Pelivered by earrier in Juncau and Do g By 1 at the s for §1.25 per month sy postage paid. One year, in adv 2.00 one month. in adva g Subscribers will confer a f tly notity the Bu. Office of @ the de- lvery of r papers. Telephones: News Office, 60 orf MSMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. 3 1 use for The Associate xel tled to the republication of all patche ted Jt_or not otherwise credited s pap nd the local news published herein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARC R PUBLICATION COMMERCIAL AVIATION IN AL/ With Army planes, with Navy planes and now Clipper ships soaring into Alg the within found in the recent ka it is easy to overlook progress that commercial aviation is making Territory A can be Alaska revealing picture the report compiled by the Aeronautics and Communications Commission Nine. years ago this report shows there were eight commercial airplanes operating within the Territory They carried 2,171 passengers 272999 miles, 94,701 pounds of freight and 24,250 pounds of mail during the year ending March 31, 1929. At the end of June this year, 1938, there were 155 commercial air- planes in service in Al representin; - panies. They carried 26,885 passenger of freight and 3 moved 3,415,759 pounds of mail The most phenomental growth was made in the last year, or the year from June 30, 1937, to June 30, 1938. During that year the number of planes in serv- ice jumped from 102 to 155; numbs of passengers carried mounted from 20,958 to 26,885, D: mileage increased from 4,021,798 to 5,634,461; fri haulage gained from 2 pounds to | pounds and mail from 4,201 pounds to 342,736 pounds 20 While the growth has been persistent since 1 the vast strides made in the reveal clearly new and improved airports, for communication serv- ice and kindred facilities. Aviation business is grow- ing faster than the facilities. New improved planes demand larger and better Alaska aviators are getting the best equipment that money | last two or three years why there is continued demand for and fields, and can buy. They are installing two- radio com- | munication universally. Flying in the north is on the boom. It is probable that no place on the earth the size of Aiacka—600,000 square miles—and with a population of but 60,000 has the amount of air| travel that is a daily event in the Ter . With improved facilities which are now slowly coming, it will become more and more the major mode of trans- portation within Alaska | MR. ROPER AND THE AMERICAN SYSTEM For those who sometimes have unjustified fears| that the American form of government is in jeopardy and that one of these days we are going to slump into a mysterious governmental setup that we won't lik the words of Daniel C. Roper, Secretary of Commerce, the other evening during an address on “distribu-| tion” should have a rea effect. i ‘The Secretary said that “the kind of competition that must be eliminated from our economic life is not that which legitimately supports our profit tem and meets its social responsibilities, but the de-| structive type, and monopolistic controls which harm | both business and the public.” | He declared that “supported by appropriate action | by the government, our capitalistic system is fully! capable of meeting every demand which justice require.” And surely he not visioning the cr of our present system when he said sur can ash “There are all the implements within our capi-| talistic system to produce what society is demanding —security and adequacy of life to all who are willing | to do their share. Democracy will not fail us if we wisely implement it and exercise in operating it the faith and action of our fathers who selected this form | TO ‘TAKE A GANDER’ over “cnemy” territory, tion, a three-place observation plane dubbed the transparent panes around the cockpit. It's shown - ing showcase” has one 850-horsepowel | Scotland THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1938. of government and provided checks and balances against injustices. And again s long as there are people to feed and clothe is work to do in sufficient volume those with the will and skill to work. The overnment owes living, yet our govern- tituted to secure the rights of the gov- and educate. 0 occupy 0 man a nent was i erned, which implies the right to earn a living, not from the government, but under a system that en- s those who are trustees for producing and dis- ributing to safeguard a reasonable standard of living “Under the philosophy that actuated the founding fathers that the aspiration for equality of opportunity is the highest ideal in a democracy, our nation has conquered many difficulties and has attained an eminence in world affairs acknowleged every- where. Public opinion America be counted on minority, whether in can in the household would to condemn any capital, of labor, or any other unit, that through practices to Thu purposes and policies must be thoroughly in tune with the spirit of the time & As the Secretary very clearly brought out, if we more about applying our system to chang mpt unfair secure zains all plans con- ditions and less moaning about the bugaboo of what might happen, the latter will be no longer be a buga- boo and the to func- half American system will continue tion successfully as it has for a century ar Who Flew First? (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Another effort is under way to induce the Smith- sonian Institution to change its records to show that the Wright brothers were the first to design a powered airplane capable of carrying a man. The Association of Men With Wings, which asks the change, wants the credit to go to the Wrights instead of Prof. Samuel P. Langley who is now held by the institution to have been the inventor of the airplane. No one denies that the Wrights made the first machine powerful enough for sustained flight. From their experiments on the sands at Kitty Hawk sprang aviation as it has developed today. It is a reproach to the United States that the Wrights' original plane reposes in the Kensington Museum, London. Its place is in the Smithsonian where the now rests. The facts in Langley's ease would seem to indi- cate that the credit belongs to the Wrights. Langley was employed by the United States Army to experi- ment with a plane. His famous “Aerodrome” made a flight on October 7 and another on December 8, Both landed in the Potomac River. The plane Langley plane “flew” but it didn’t get anywhere The Wrights made their first successful flight on December 17, 1903, and it gave man his wings. If credit is to be retained by Langley just because his machine left the ground due consideration should be given, in fairness, to the host of European inventors whose machines took to the air for a brief minute. Thdé Wright machine should. be brought to this country whatever the outcome of the controversy as to who was first in the air. Orville Wright, the surviving brother, who was 67 August 19, has ex- sed a willingness to withdraw it from the Ken- on Museum and give it to the Smithsonian, if the latter will abandon its present claim that Langley is the father of aviation. The offer should be ac- cepted. Alas, The Poor Grouse (Cincinnati Enquirer) in America is a Grousing 1-defined indoor port, although sometimes indulged under the open sky as well. It is also probably the least expensive form of entertainment, which may account for its popularity. But in England, or rather in Scotland, ousing is something entirely different. It is the most costly of outdoor sports, with the possible excep- tion of maintaining a racing stable in a poor season The grouse-shooting season opened yesterday, with approximately 17 percent of the entire area of marked off for the purpose. The grouse season lasts even longer than a cricket game, ending only with the second week of December. By then, some hundreds of Englishmen and Americans, with a sprinkling of foreigners, will have spent an estimated $10,000,000 in quest of the not-too-elusive grouse. The Scotch, of course, profit some by all this because they rent out the moors—those not owned by .| inveterate grouse-hunters from Lohdon. Judging from the record, grouse-shooting is a comparatively safe sport. Through the centuries the Scotch aborigines have learned to dodge the bullets of wealthy English- men with consummate skill. Probably there are fewer | human beings killed shooting grouse, or being shot instead of grouse, in an full season than are sloughed off in one day by motorcars between Maine and Cali- fornia The casualties among the grouse are much higher; but since grouse-shooting has become so entangled in social life, so hampered by the peculiar stolid gem- uetichkeit of the British, some grouse survive each December. These, experience shows, are numerous enough to insure an abundance of fresh grouse next August. But they are not so numerous as to let the price of grouse, on the ‘hoof, drop below one guinea in the London market. Thus grouse-shooting may go on forever, with no harm done anybody. There’s also the citizen who cares not who writes the nation’s laws, if he can control its humidity.— Indianapolis News. the army air corps uses its latest acquisi- “flying showcase” because of its extensive use of in flight over Wright field, Dayton, Ohio. The “fly- r motor and a retractable landing gear. HAPPY BIRTHDAY The Empire extends comgratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the fo'low- ing: AUGUST 31 Margie Aikens Joe Petrie Douglas Wahto W. E. Feero V. W. Mulvihill Eileen MacSpadden Art Hedman Vera Giligan - -es —_— DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH i B By W. L. Gordon | L > Words Often Misused ‘Mrs. Baker is a poetess Baker is a poet. Often Mispronounced: Tube. Pro- nounce the u as in cube, not as in rude Often Misspelled: Magnate (a person of rank). Magnet (something which attracts). Synonyms: Boundary, bounds, border, confine, termipation Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Inscrutable; incapable of searched into and understood was an inscrutable smile.” S Do not say, ” Say, “MIs. “It > e — | LOOK and LEARN | By A. C. Gordon — 1. How many states bear the In- dian names of their chief rivers? 2. Of what nationality was the composer, Chopin? 3. Between what naval forces was the Battle of Jutland fought? 4. What proportion of the wvrhn‘ apple trees are in the U, 8.? 5. What city is called Mother of the World"? ANSWERS “The 1. Eight. 2. Polish. 3. Between the British and Ger- | man fleets during the World War. 4. One-fourth. 5. Cairo, Egypt. D MODERN ETIQUETTE f By Roberta Lee Q. What is knowh as a “general invitation"? A. The general engraved card with blank spaces that are to be filled in with: the name of the guest, date, hour, and kind of entertainment Q. At a dinner party, where should one seat the male guest who |is second in importance to the guest of honor? A. He should be seated left of the hostess. Q how wide should it be? A. It should be from 3% to 4% inches wide, and made of dull broadcloth or serge. invitation is an at the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE District Land Office Ancnorage, Alaska. June 1, 1938. Notice is hereby given that Jules B. Loftus, has made application for a soldiers’ additional homestead, Anchorage 08543, for a tract of land embraced in U. S. Survey No. 2323, containing 3.94 acres, situated five miles from Juneau on Glacier High- way, and it is now in the files of the U. S. Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska. Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse claims in the local land office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statutes, GEORGE A. LINGO, Register. First publication, July 13, 1938, Last publication, Sept. 7, 1938, being | | |ally If a mourning band is worn, | | 20 Years Ago From The Empire | Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” ! 3 | p—_— AUGUST 31, 1918 L Evil portents dominate in lhe‘ . , accord | An eight and one-half-pound | horoscope for today, according (o 3 ; astrology. It is especially rorhid-{bnb.v boy was born to Mr. and Mrs.| {dmng for treaties, contracts and C. C. Personeus on August 30. | | leases. | ok | Jupiter in power is believed to| | | favor iff agreements, profitable|J. C. Mehaffey, formerly of the Al-| ’rn\‘m o 8 s % as|aska Board of Road Commissioners, for the United States as well as| western European nations. ihad been promoted to the rank of| 'll‘he planetary government en- Lieutenant Colonel, and placed in| | courages bitter conflict between | charge of the water and park | capital and labor. Agreements re- | tems at Washington, D. . h garding working conditions will be | ; e | jgnored and physical clashes among' Judge Robert W. Jennings came{ opposing factions in industry again north on the Spokane for the jury are forecast. ‘(s'rm of the District Couri. 1 | As the cleavage between liberal| N e | and conservative thinkers and| Alfred Zenger, a Juneau boy, com- | voters becomes more distinct, poli-|Pleted his course as a wireless op- § .- |erator in the Naval reserves. Bry- tical campaigns will gain in bitte:-| ¢ra ; ness e nt Hurlbutt, who went through | This is not a fortunate rule under | Most of his training with Mr. Zen- which to seek employment. Employ- | 8¢ Was at Harvard completing his ers may be slow in making plans|course. Harry Sabin had at this | for the autumn | time just completed his course at | The stock changeable and market the temptation continues ) toj for service qualified and was at| | speculate will be strong. Games of | Séa for some time. [ |chance, large and small, will lure young and old. Henry Roden passed through Ju-| Women are under an unfavorable | neau on the City of Seattle on hL\‘ sign today. They may be apathetic! W8y to Petersburg. | land discontented, irritable and un- | able to concentrate upon their tasks.| J. P. McNeil, superintendent of They should seek recreation. | the Booth Fisheries at Sitka, ar- Persons whose birthdate it is hav(.;rived in Juneau and was staying at the augury of a year of perplexing | the Gastineau Hotel. ibusiness and financial problems. | { Danger of loss through fraud is| Weather: | foreseen for some women, fEREEE | Children born on this day prob-' ably will be energetic and business- like. Subjects of this sign are usu- extraordinarily clever in de- | veloping any interest that appeals to them. | Rex Beach, American author, was born on this day 1877. Others who | have celebrated it as a birthday in- clude Edgar Rice Burroughs, writ- highest 52; lowest 52; -se Today’s News Today.—Empire. I | UNITED STATES | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | GENERAL LAND OFFICE Anchorage, Alaska. July 25, 1938. | Notice is hereby given that Walter | G. Hellan, has made application for | :' 187‘.’1_ ?ggphen Alexander, as- 53 nomesite under the act of May | L i N 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 809) Anchorage | L e {08428, for a tract of land situated o By o G on the Fritz Cove Road, about 12 miles northwesterly from the City of Juneau, adioining U. S. Survey {Reported Break Between Farley, President, Isn’t U. S. Survey No. 2281, latitude 58° | 22' 03” N. longitude 134° 39° W.| containing 2.22 acres, and it is now in the files of the U. S. Land Of- | | KNOWS NEWSPAPERMEN | fice, Anchorage, Alaska. | The other item is an instance Any and all persons claiming ad- | where something that may have versely any of the above mentionedi been a reporter’s mistake turned land should file their adverse claims | |into a political landfall. At the fa-|in the local land office at Anchor- ! mous Albany meeting of Roose- age, within the period of publica-| velt and Al Smith in 1932 after the tion or thirty days thereafter, or bitter Chicago convention, a White they will be barred by the pro- (Continued from Page One) House reporter thought he heard visions of the Statutes. | | Smith say: “Hello, you old po- GEORGE A. LINGO, tato.” Register. It dramatized the friendliness (at that time) of the two men who Last publication, Oct. 5, 1938. had been opponents at Chicago. Farley says he was standing shoul- der to shoulder to the two and didn’t hear anything about an old potato. but the term took hold and made many nice headlines. 3 3 That reminds us of another STETSON HATS | story. Some 30 years ago a Spanish QUALITY WORK CLOTHING Morroccan bandit named Raisuli @® kidnaped an American named Per- FRED HENNING || dicaris, holding him for $50,000 Complete Outfitter for Men First publication, Aug. 10, 1938, ‘y | TIMELY CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES | ransom. The U. S. put the heat on but Spain couldn't get out of the mountains. A reporter at the State Department wheedled the Secretary of State into sending a telegram to Spain saying: “Perdicaris alive or Rai- suli dead.” It didn’t scare Raisuli but it did move Spain. Spain simply shelled out the $50,000 ransom and Perdi- Phone 15 caris came out of captivity, com- plaining of Morroccan food. &w Ceee | o The United States leads the ©™""""""""" world in the production and con- sumption of zinc. | Spain { Raisuli ZORIC SYSTEM CLEANING “The Store for Men” | SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. WHEN YOU DINE AT THE ROYAL CAFE Dinners from 5 till 9 Daily. Special Sunday Dinners 11 to 9. Mnfg. & Building Co., Inc. CABINET WORK—GLASS PHC AT 62 JUNO-MAID ICE CREAM In Dishes, Cones or Bulk PORTRAITS —by The B. M. Juneau, and SA Resources: Over Two and | One-Half Million Dollars | b o— e Bank COMMERCIAL TED COWLING —photographer Phone 369 ©Old 1st. Natl. Bank Bldg. HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” R R PERCY’S CAFE Ice Cream, Soft Drinks, Candy COFFEE SHOP Percy Reynolds, Manager Behrends Alaska VINGS [ ————— “Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association Accounts Insured Up to $5,000 P. O. Box 2718————Phone 3 OFFICE—119 Seward St. e | Harvard, and Harry Williams was|* | | District Land Office I M No. 2121, said land is embraced in | | | Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground Director DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours ? a.m. to 9 pm. Word was received in Juneau that| !!—-——————-—«nj‘ PSR PROFESSIONAL FRATERNAL SOCIETIES GASTINEAU CHANNEL B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 pm. Visiting brothers welcome. C. H. Mac- SPADDEN, Exalted Rul~ er; M. H. SIDES, Sec- retary. MOUN™ JUNEAU LODGE NO. 18 o Dr. Charles P. Jenne DENTIST | Rooms 8 and 9, Valentine Bldg. TELEPHONE 176 | Dr. Richard Williams | DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE GOLDSTEIN BUILDING = . —5 | Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR | Drugless Physician | Office hours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. | PHONE 667 Second and fourth Monday of each month ~ in Scottish Rite Tempie beginning at 7:30 p.m. DANIEL ROSS, Wor- shipful Master; JAMES W. LEI- VRELS5, Secretary. 2 REBERANS 51 | Perseverance Lodge No. 2-A meets every second and fourth Wednes- | |day, 1O.OF. Hall! BETTY Mec- | | CORMICK, Noble Grand; RUTR | BLAKE, Secretary. D e | Guy Smith PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED Dr. A. W. Stewart | DENTIST | Hours 9 a.m. to 6 pm. | SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 i *nnucsi | Front Street Next Colisemm | | PHONE Free Delivery | — o) g e S s “Tomorrow’s Styles DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination | free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 1 7 to 9:30 by appointment. | Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Pbone 177 l | Today” | | Robert Simpson, Opt.D. | Graduate Los Angeles College | of Optometry and Opthalmology = your Reliahke pharmactsts Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third compound preserip- tions. Have Your Eyes Examined by || Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Office Ludwig Nelson's Jewelry Store Phone Green 331 “The Clothing Man” Home of Hart Schafiner and Marx Clothing I | GASTINEAU MOTOR j FINE ? Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN S. FRANKLIN STREET SERVICE PHONE 721 GENERAL AUTO REPAIRING Gas—0il—Storage 1 —&| J.B. WARRACK | ON THE MEZZANINE HOTEL JUNEAU BEAUTY SHOP LYLAH WILSON Contoure Telephone X-Er-Vae | | Engineers—Contractors JUNEAU I | COME "N and SEE the NEW | STROMBERG-CLRLSON ] RADIOS “NEW AND DIFFERENT FOOTWEAR” DEVLIN’S Paris Fashion Shoes JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Music and Electric Apphiances (Next Gastineau Hotel) Mrs. Pigg Fhone 65 IR e ot T e J. B. Burford & Co. “Our door step is worn by Satisfied Customers” | e 8 | GASTINEAU CAFE French and Italian Dinners | Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplies 122 W. Second Phone 206 LUNCHEON SPECIALTIES IS Lode and placer location notices Try the Empire classifieds for results. The First National Bank . JUNEAU for sale at The Empire Office. Empire classifieds pay. 8 CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$100,000 [ COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES 2% Paid on Savings Accounts