The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 5, 1938, Page 4

e e 3 Daily Alaska Empire .. P~ Publithed every evening éxcept Bunday by the It is evident that the Japane Door policy in China leads to other| are confident that EMPIRE PRINTING OOMPANY = . 'the time will come when An 2 and Europe must musg:‘\yngutnsf. Wioe.President and Business Manager face the basic fact that Japan will not henceforth Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasl \dmit the continuing validity of all treaties which = ave extra-territorial nations preferred positions in Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter —— SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Ch Japan feels that she has paid a tremendous Delivered by barrier in Jnnr;- nd"?m;lllas!nr $1.25 per month. | .00 in Jives, blood and treasure to win predominant Post: all t e following rates: “ h % oo e i advance, $13 \ths, in advance, $6.00; | position in East Asia and she will insist upon a gen- coe mouts, 1n sdraco $19. o0 o promptly ety | oral recognition of her new position or go down s y will pr 'y noti1y the Business Office of sny fallure or irregularity in the des jjght livery of their papers. L . s e 3 v P hones: News Office, 802; Business Office, 374 ar ndications that Japan is willing to ¥ ASGOCIATED PRESS. sotiate and bargain with the great powers, and if ¥ ASSOC PRESS t 18 exc ely ent to iven assistance in financing for her immediate prob- ms she probably will gracefully concede the continu- otherw a e I published hereln. ince of some—but not all—of the previously existing ALASKA r:)(ciu.;fi_o; GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER rights s of third powers in China. THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION s Hallett Abend, foreign correspondent, puts it in se words Japan, in brief, feels that she is driving the She will permit others to climb aboard or the F ilege, but she will not ask them rd. Japan has plentiful ability to main- in the seat if those being given help to pay for the oats for the horses.” »and wagon f the driver’s Freedom’s Greatest Asset (New York World-Telegram) When President Roosevelt ordered our Ambas- \dor home from Berlin and told the world it was ——— — i because of the “unbelievable” things the Nazis were " B »Q NE to Catholics and Jews, democratic peoples THE EMPIRE'S NEW HEAD DRE e i iy T 3 At last, most of us thought, the German masses Endeavoring always to give its readers a better o..q cee what civilized society thinks of the Nazi and more readable paper, The led today | persecution of defenseless minorities. For here was in its new i international development of such important Readers will nc wces throust such concern to the German nation as a the, paper. The new Ma that Germany's newspapers would have to Model two-ir e enthaler Lino- print it : type machine which Th a5 Julkt installed But Germany's newspapers did not print it. So the first of its kinc P far as we have been able to learn, the masses are still ; ;s i wr in ignorance of the real reason for Ambassador Wil- Tt conversant with printing, 1 .. eca)l Even the report that Herr Hitler intended ol e esting to know that in arriving at the ", ot the funeral of Ernst von Rath, using the most readable type faces eye specialists are called| . agion for a tirade against the United States, proved o o The result is the use of a type ynfounded. Had he done so the Nazi press and radio which restful to eye, and at the same obliged to carry his words and the would have be¢ the bag time readily discernible cat would have been out of Headings found over the stories in The Empire Dictators do not dare let their subjects know the today i which will be in use from now on, are the truth. The first act of every such ruler is to gain results of such scientific study, coupled with the|control over and radio. Thereafter the public great improvements which have been made throu hears nothing of what goes on outside except what ¥ f the propaganda bureaus want it to hear. The propa- SR machines, bringing speed | ., qicts can color the news to suit the occasion G, sthicicy uppress it entirely or invent it out of whole cloth So here’s your Empire today in a new head dress. We hope you It is the boast of Dr. Goebbels, Nazi propaganda mani- pulator, that through his con of these, instruments of publicity he can play upon the emotions of the ; as a maestro conducts an orchestra. like it THE WEATHER HAS BEEN DOING (H % ‘”}‘\’ b A t3 Gl i Wk B dace e PART e can make them respond to calls to war or peace . s Dl or pogrom The severe storm which ripped through the Pa- All of which points a moral. The most valuable cific Northwest last Friday and Saturday, causing! fingle adjunct to liberty yet won by humanity in all its thousands of years of struggle is free speech and heavy damage in British C mbia, Washington and free press. Despotism cannot thrive where these exist Oregon, draws attention to the remarkably finel o 0 " Chen can speak and print the truth no Hitler B = TARp SRS QOMEIUC thy AR it 1 this fall.| ' oiolin can drive them like cattle in directions they Temperatures have been mild, the average for the |, .. i to go, month of November was 37.6 degree There has been Sz ictiact ey little cold and rainfall was not unusual All around, it has been excellent weather for all Battle for Latin America kinds of activity in the community to continue, and e oxp 3 regardless of the kind of weather we may have from (Cincinnati Enquirer) now on, the actual winter period will be short Few Ameri realize how keen and critical is 1t is unfortunate that with such favorable wea- the contest for Latin-American markets, or how ther conditions strial labor dis forced an|directly this bears on the largest struggle for political almost complete cessation of building activity. We in | influence there. When the American delegation goes Juneau are not losing thousands of dollars as the)to Lima, Peru, for another Pan-American Conference result of storms as they are the Pacific Northwest, this month, it will be visiting a country whose gov- but we are losing heavily through this strife which Crnment already is influenced to ar astonishing de- has slowed the entire community down to a walk, |Sree by Italy Unless a settlement is reached soon we of this city Peru is itself a dictatorship, under the strong hand of General Oscar Benavides. From his years will be confronted with a covery will be even more to those communities situation from which re- s Minister to Italy and his close acquaintance with difficult and costly Bl i Taly anc Bl e Mussolini, Benavides formed an attachment to Italy than it is in" the Pacific Northwest who and to Fascism He is on record as saying “lhe are faced with reconstruction after one of nature’s| .,njes can be saved only by men identified with SR Fascist doctrines” He was defeated for reelection TR . P two years ago, but succeeded in having the election IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT annulled, his own term extended, and the legislature dissolved Japan may yet Italians comprise the largest group of foreigners ; way to go in conqu ing China but that she is planning to that ultimate in Peru. Their banks and public utilities have a end is revealed in the systematic manner in which | decisive influence in the country, particularly the she is taking over the areas she already has wrestéd | Banco Ttaliano de Lima, which is one of the two from Chiang Kai-shek's forces. strongest financial institutions in Peru Next to With the first push into North China, the Jap-! Italians, the largest foreign group in Peru is Jap- anese followed up with No: China Development | anese. Their trade with Peru and immigration into whinh b Peru are increasing steadily. Company gan immediately rehabilitating the Following up Tokyo interests have now formed the Central China Development Company, a holding capitalized at 100,000,000 yen. Its| purpose will be the reconstruction of the vast areas| by Japanese bombs and by the torch of fleeing Chinese Kenji Kodama, former | President of the Yokohama Specie Bank Germany also is penetrating there, pushing of Great Britain into second place in Peru’s foreign trade, threatening the American position of primac; in the provision of Peru’s imports, Peru is typical of a number of South American ates, in the dictatorial character of her govern- ent, in the startling gains the Germans and Italians waste the Central China, laid into area drive in fighting her company stated troops is president and Berlin. There is nothing in this picture at which of the new development company and has asserted|we can take offense, save as direct economic dis- that it will not interfere with foreign business in-|crimination is made against American goods. But tere However, the Japan persistent challenge ) there is a trend we should endeavor to combat, RE ALLOWED in Utah’s Mt. Ogden game preserve, where deer are hunted ex- bow and arrow. Deputy Game Warden Ora Smith is registering archer-hunters. ahead | have made. and in the political ties formed with Rome | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, DEC. 5, ca:{(‘)roscope 7 “The stars incline but do not compel" YEARS AGO From THE EMPIRE DECEMBER 5, 1918 Dr. W. A. Borland of Hoonah, was appointed United States sioner there by Judge Robert W Jennings. Heretofore there had been no commisioner at Hoonah for the TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1938 According to astrology this is rather a forbidding day in plane tary direction. It is a date for paus past ten years Commis- | 1938. JHappy PBirthday | The Emptre extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary .o the follow- ing before making any important iiny: move in business or political af-| Mrs, H. I Lucas was substituting | — fairs. . |as a teacher in the High School | DEOEMBER, § Holiday stock should move rapid- | during the illness of Miss Marie Nel- Claude M. Hirst ly, but speculative merchandising |son, | Mrs. William Rodenberg ideas will be unfortunate. Jewelers it Selma Maki and dealers in costly luxuries will| Mrs. Anna Winn had received Selma Dishaw be widely patronized. word ‘that her son, Burdette Winn,, Bill Goodman Concessions will be made to work-{had been in the service in New Keith Petrich ers and many will receive good-sized | york and was to return home by | Herman Beukens bonuses | way of Annapolis where he was to | Sigrid E. Rineberg In Europe and Asla economic|yisit Simpson MacKinnon - strain will be severe. In China and Spain there will be greater suffer-| pewis M. Kletzing, who resided ing than ever before. Palestine will|in Juneau and accepted a position continue in conflict; peace on earth | with the Morning Astorian, in As- will not be apparent in the Holy | toria, Ore, wrote friends here that Land this winter. Astrologers have frequently fore-|paper owing to the shortness cast that secret plans will be evolved | help caused by the war demands. by groups of widely different aims. A worldwide movement to eliminate| The Ladies Altar Society was to war and poverty will be launched in|meet with Mrs. Guy McNaughton 1939, |at 2 oclock in the afternoon. Educators are subject to a config- uration which presages great service Charles Goldstein was a passen- outside the schools. Leaders in re-|ger on the Princess Mary for Prince form efforts will develop in Ameri-| Rypert, i can classrooms. | of he was having a busy time on the | | LOOK and LEARN k- By A. C. Gordon | 1. What proportion of the peo- | ple in the United States own auto- | mobiles? 2. How many are there in the round figures? | 3. What man ran for President of the U. S. three times and was | elected twice? daily newspapers United States in SISOT w > bir a it is 5 4. What were ‘“copperheads’” dur- Persons thosl bnt)m:«ue it is have| Rey. Carl S. Gladselter, of Spring- | ing the Civil War? the augury of a ‘,\val of changes| field, Ohio, accompanied by his| 5 On what island is the Statue Thm should be Im!v! ate, but ma |wife and child, arrived in Juneau | of Liberty? und. obstacles in their way. Women |y, take charge of the Presbyterian ANSWERS nml\ be lucky, especially in ro-|Church Mission at Hoonah, and| 1. There is one motor vehicle, mances {was to leave the next day on the|j ks ver : = : ) 4 t day including trucks, for every 4.5 peo- Children born on this day prob-|Mission boat accompanied by the|ple. ably will be fond of argument, ar-|Rey, James Condit and the Rev. 2 Two thousand. tistic and extremely intelligent, | pavid Waggoner. 3. Grover Cleveland m?;f)‘slu_o! ?amltartius = ! 4. Northerners who sympathized bl popular and count many Weather: highest 24; lowest 24;' with the South riends. V. : L SNOW | 5. Bedlo’s Island. E. H. Sothern, actor, was born on | this day 1859. Others who have cele- brated it as a birthday include War ren Hastings, English statesman, 1732; Joseph Conrad, author, 1856 (Copyright, 1938) - - OLD SOL WAS AN ICEMAN IN GLACIER AGE SIGN YOUR HOLIDAY "CARDS ACCORDING TO THEIR TYPE By JOAN DURHAM Feature Service Writer Should you sign your Christmas cards “Mr. and Mrs,"? | That depends on whether the By HOW.ARD W. BLAKSELEE | cards are engraved, printed or AP Science Editor | signed by hand. NEW YORK—The .ce age may| Engraved cards follow the rules have been caused by a hotter sun for visiting cards, consequently “M and higher temperatures than we and Mrs.” is proper. It is consid- have' today. |eerd a little better to have the This explanation is offered by an |ard read, “Mr. and Mrs. Merry eminent English geologist, Sir Holiday wish you a very merry George Simpson. Since it is hardj Christmas and a happy New Yeal to believe, he shows it happening in | father than “A very merry Christ- his laboratory, in small bottles, |Mas and happy New Year from Mr. The bottles are about half full|@nd Mrs. Merry Holiday.” water, dheir necksifce "“f"lg’} Printed cards fall into two cate- gories, rather formal ones meant to be sent to everyone and in- of is proper. If, however, your cards are intended as informal greetings /| to good friends omit the “Mr. and Mrs.” {3 On cards signed in ink, the hus- %eio—— pand’s or wife'’s name may come first, although ordinarily the per- son signing would put his own name last. In general, the hus- band’s name comes first. How should cards be addressed? No card should ever be sent { without a Mr., Mrs. or Miss prefix. | (A young boy may be addressed as “Master” although that's being | used less and less.) An unmarried woman is always ot < v with tating mild cold at the North Pole or on mountain tops. erators, temperatures imi- The lower portions of the bot- s, where the water stands, rep- resent the earth, with temperatures about like those at sea level. If Sir George heats the bottom of a bottle, ice in large quantities forms in the neck, where the tem- perature is n;egzmg. The ice comes| gqqressed as “Miss.” from vapor rising into the neck. A PLTAA woniE - wWhiathen inbs More ice forms in bottles whose ' hysband is alive or not—is ad- water is heated than in those kept| gressed with “Mrs.” prefixed to her at a warm room temperature. If|physband’s full name. A woman's the water is heated too hot, no ice| majden name is used only on legal ‘forms in the neck. | This. says Sir George, shows en name professionally. ,what well may have happened. In‘ of divorce, however, the name may the ice age temperatures were have been changed by legal pro- enough higher than now to send' cedure. In that event, address your ra quantities of water vapor into| card to the divorcee's legal name. the air. This meant more snow on Fs e mountain tops and in polar regions.| Dairymen say a good test of The snow was so deep it never com- | feed is “Does the cow like it well |pletely melted, but always in- enough to eat all she needs?” creased, resulting in glaciers which R e T finally spread over huge regions. Alarm clocks increased N 12,000,000 in the U. S. to top the More than a million tons 01‘11,000,000 mark. fruits and vegetables go into juice - e each year. | Today’s News Toaay.—Emplire. The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars g ! T oy formal ones, designed for intimate '\\\‘S ANTUCkey-,, friends. If you send out printed S0 0 4Bty |cards for formal use in place of N | engraved ones, then “Mr. and Mrs. MODERN ETIQUETTE L4 By Roberta Les Q. What does it signify when a neighbor fails to return a fi call within six weeks? A. It indicates but one thing; that the neighbor does not wish to form a friendship. It is rude for one not to return a first call within two weeks. Q. How can a tactless person cvercome the embarrassing habit of often saying the wrong thing, or g something at the wrong t ime? A. “Do not talk until you think.” Let this become a fixed habit, and | your troubie will vanish. Q. When a man and a girl are eating in a public place where there is dancing, who leads the way from the table to the dance floor? A The girl should go first, her cort following her. DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH k-4 By W. L. Gordon Words Often Misused: Do not say, “He played a masterful game.” Say, | “He played a masterly game.” One is masterful who is imperious, domin- | eering. Masterly means in a skillful manner. Often Mispronounced: Address (verb and noun). Accent both verb and noun on last syllable, not the | first. Often Misspelled: heighth. | Synonyms: Pacify, placate, pro- pitiate, allay, alleviate, appease, as- | suage, calm, compose, conciliate, | tranquilize. | Word Study: “Use a word three | times and it is yours.” Let us in- Height; not papers or when she uses her maid- | crease our vocabulary by mastering | In case|one word each day. Today's word: | Levity; trifling gaiety. (Pronounce | the e as in level). “Levity of be- | havior is the bane of all that is good | and virtuous.”—Seneca. i S D 0-0.0-0-OH!! A CORONA Just what I wanted for my school work! 1 certainly ! J. B. BURFORD & CO. “Qur Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” Mnfg. & Building Co., Inc. 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