The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1938, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, DEC. 23 1938. °t threw vast ni went ire the Daily Alask Published every eve e EMPIRE PRINTING COME PANY a E m p into effect. rrossly exaggerated. { what a few unfriendly employers did in an attempt umbers of people out of work when The extent of this has been Let me give you a few examples %rosco pe “The stars incline HELEN TROY BENDER g Thoss hesident | to discredit the Act. E . e e g " sl We heard that 30,000 tobacco stemmers had been but do not compel {11 the Post Office Sec C Matt arred from work by the Act. On investigating we| - R # randyriiiin ound that those who lost these woefully low-paid | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1933 SUBSCRIPTION RATES obs at this arduous task actually amounted to only| After the early morning hours Dehvered by carrie Juncau and Douslas for §1.25 per month. benefic aspects rule today, accord- Ry mil va : g.0; | POUL 10 percent of that number. Among other things, | X ¢ SRNEY B 00 C ER T | One year 3 3699 he tobacco people had arrived at that figure by dentrating ‘afToes ad avoldll con-. ¥ ottty | including the workers on flue-cured tobacco. But|fysion, After the noon hour mer- he flue-cured tobacco, grown mostly in North andi‘n,\nu may expect large profits as h Carolina, c nd of October. nore tobacco to 0 more work m the Fair Labo TO BE LARGER This year the situation was hlamvd1 the Every year at that time there is no be handled and therefore virtually onveniently ends its season at the shopping reaches its last-minute climax. There will be much entertaining at informal teas and dances. Winter sports will be more popu- v Standards Act. lar than in any previous holiday a Io BE LAl The operator of a bagging mill at Charleston.| o o4 Mountain resorts will profit el h Carolina, complained that he had to let all| {hrough the vogue for skiing among e Al ke L ot his workers go. He manufactures bagging for cotton | the young. New York anc s, But the ginning season is over in November.| Romances will flourish today He probably had Scores of lum| vide the workers more efficiently hour. And when Government can LETCHER ON WAGE AND HOUR LAW ¥ tation and hours no demand for bagging | Sudden engagements and marriages ber shut down, or wrote us and | will be numerous. The percentage of | divorces wiil fall in 1939 mills wrote their congressmen that they were shutting (<! fown. But the editor of the Southern Lumberman, an| _The Moon's occulations of Uranus| in 1939 are to be similar to those utspoken opponent of the law, surveyed his field of the Moon and Jupiter at the time nd honestly reported in his publication that all the| ot the World War. This is read as nills were operating and that the industry was en-|presaging a tense international situ- | sountering no difficulties in complying with the law.|ation | One of the most important effects of this law, I} War will menace the world in | believe, will be to end that social affliction which; the new year. Only by what appears egan in the first days of the industrial revolution'?@ miracle will world cqn{lict be [and s still with us—organized industrial home work. | 2¥0ided. Surprise moves in Europe | are prognosticated. The manufacturer will find it more practical to pro- Violent fluctuations in the stock exchanges are foretold. Railways, in order to pay them 25 cents an|,ypber and tin will be most unlucky they go to a factory the State and | for speculators. As Saturn will be Iy late working conditions, sani- in Aries, the ruling sign of Britain, in the interest of public health as trade problems will be seriou with a factory where they will work With the wage and hour law now being gradually i rious. & applied to various industries and machinery slowly | well as tle welfare of the worker. FuIons Wies Birthiace & I8 hinve 'being set up for its administration throughout the I know of one instance where a manufacturer the augury of a year of happines - K ¥ ¥ q P . a v and success. Advancement for pro- | # nation, including a, wide Interest is shown in| gave out 300,000,000 little tobioco bags\ in which 10|73 0, " RE 0 TS pfogticalisated & its various provi 1s and many inquiries are being | cents worth of tobacco is sold to men who still roll Children born on this day may # received by Mines Commissioner B. D. Stewart, who, | their own cigarettes. The home-work task Was t0 pe inclined to dream and to live in as ex-officio Commissioner of Labor, has been named |string them. He said he paid $24,000 for what he!imagination. Many of these sub- to temporarily administer the act in the Territory. |estimated was 375,000 hours of work. It figures out| jects of Capricorn have unusual Some enlightening information on the new law|to about 6% cents an hour. And the truth is worse | creative talents. was given recently by Assistant Administrator Arthur|than that. T know that a reasonably speedy worker Charles Wakefield Cadman, com- L. Fletcher, in charge of cooperation and enforce- | has difficulty in making 5 cents an hour. If they|POSer, was born on this day 1881 ment, in speaking before the National Consumers persist in giving out home work we are going to see | Others who have celebrated it as : b e . la birthday include Matthew Arnold League in New York. In explaining some of its pro- »luu |v> is at a rate at which workers can make at post and critis, 1823 Kit @arson visions, Mr. Fletcher said least 25 cents an hour. ploneer: scout, 1809, This Act. as many of you probably know, pro- ou probably also have read that many persons ‘(*Up\-,-gu” 1938) vides a minimum wage of 25 cents an hour and a are referring to this Act as self-enforcing in that > maximum of 44 hours a week for those engaged in any employee or group of employees paid less than * interstate commerce or the production of goods for|provided under the Act can sue “in any court of SHER'FF SEI_I_S interstatc commerce. Employees may have to work competent jurisdiction” and recover not only the more than 44 hours a week but the Act provides that|amount of their unpaid wages “but an additional CANDY TO HIS they shall be paid time and a half for the excess cqual amount as liquidated damages.” In other words | Now 25 cents for 44 hours or $11 does not sound | twice as much. It further directs the judge to allow PR'SONERS NOW like much, I know. But it is a start. And, if you successful plaintiffs a reasonable attorne; fee to be could see the mail coming into our offices from manu- paid by the defendant as well as the costs of the —~ facturers and others asking if they will have to com- action. DECATUR, 1, Dec. 23.—Sheriff ply, you would be under the impression that it is a It is true that this provision in Section 18 of the Emery Thornell sees that sgme of start which is already having an effect on American | Act has been very helpful in bringing about the im-|his county jail prisoners geteandy industry mediate general compliance with which the Act was| —if they can pay for it. s 26 aiaiy Tk as T said. The avowed | Naugurated. And we should also credit the Ameri-| 5 EOb the idea from an immate he 25 cents is just a start, as I said. The avowed ! who said that the only thing the purpose of the Act—I am quoting from it here—is to CAn business man’s insistence that his business be|joi needed was candy for prison- reach, “as rapidly as is economically feasible without OPerated within the law, just as he sees to it that his ers “coming off a drunk.” & substantially curtailing employment, the objective of Automobile is operated within traffic regulations. “A man shut off from h,g‘q“m =2 univ 1 minimum wage of 40 cents an hour in But T would not want to leave you with the im- | craves something sweet,” the pris- each industry engaged in (interstate) commerce,” |Pression that we are leaving the enforcement of this|oner said, “and if you satisfys that ©On the first birthday of the Act, October 24, 1939, | 18W to civil suits and voluntary compliance, We al- Craving you will create a better the minimum rate will g0 to 30 cents and the ceiling SR o et lgan e e reld an, e i A R i f0r hottts Will be lowered from 44 fo 42 hours a Week, | *1¢ Provisions of the Act, we can ubiiize the labor de- |y Wit LoRo g S0 B H On the second birthday of the Act, October 24, 1940, | Partments of the State governments to look for vio- Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Smith, night there will be no change in the basic minimum wage | lations and pay the State departments for this Work. turiey, gets candy for the prison- but the hour ceiling will be lowered again., This This cooperation will make a technically trained per-' ers wishing to buy it. : time to 40 hours. sonnel available to the Wage and Hour Division at > However, the law provides a method of raising the outset of its activities. s. The law directs that “the Administrator 11 pillorying individuals who may have unwittingly vio- { as soon as practicable appoint an industry committee 1ated its provisions. But, we will not hesitate about Sh” Baih nght . for each industry engaged in interstate commerce,” | iDstituting court action if our investigation discloses ¢ It provides that the industry committees shall be “{‘i“‘ ”“" "V‘("fl‘l"’_‘t.“*‘f v“'"“”v no mflllf‘l' what _lhf.‘ LOUISVILLE, Dec. 23.—As ans . equally representative of the public, of the empioyers, °ffending employer may do in the way to making people still take baths on Satur- : and of labor. These industry committees are to j‘r""'”’"“’ l?"f "““)_]‘““"“ or in promises for the future day nights as formerly, according ¢ recommend, within the statutory limitations of 25|TO do otherwise would serve to create the impression (o George C. Keller, supervisar of | and 40 cents an hour, the highest possible minimum | that it is all right to violate the law, and keep on vio- | the Louisville Water company's re- H age which will not substantially curtail employment. | lating it until you are caught. This law is not with- servoir. One of these industry committees has already Ut teeth. Penalties are as high as fines of $10,000 “Try as I do,” says Hill, “I still ; been appointed and has undertaken its task. It is a and for repeated offenders, imprisonment for six can't keep _Lh(- water level up on # committee for the cotton textile industry months. SABEASEADDG dand T Jmow, 1t . : | potel Jjust people taking baths. ] On the seventh birthday of the Act, October 24 G 3% natikily: satte - gatting 1 1045 all industries will g0 on a 40-cent-an-hour mini- If the refugees from Germany do go to Guiana s i ) 8 2 % % about 8 o'clock, and by 10 or 11 the H s : and Tanganyika, there will at least be no heating : panl o " mum, except any industry in which the representative problem to be considersd.~Baston Glok € guage shows two or three feet less § . industry committee and the Administrator agree that|" o ‘© Pe considered—Boston Globe. | water. And when you stop to think § 2 ‘0cent minimum would Il substantlally curtalll ;G pier 15 one Who tan. remember when | AAG EaEh fook of water means al-| § employment. Europe was comparatively qulet and South America | 0% 2 LI @ half gallans You probably also have read or heard that this|was boiling with revolution.—Detroit Froe Press 21 WRien e heans dhal phly H i t % of people are taking those baths. H ) ) — : i . . ONLY BONDS WERE BURNING . CATHOLICS T0 ver Six Hundred Services Tomorrow *¥ibeimee” &res e . OBSERVE HIGH K' S covered that the fire at City Hall Tin Can Mahnee ‘The Capitol Th(‘dln' is crowded to capacity this afternoon, with over )0 Juneau kiddies present for the - MASS SATURDAY Solemn High Mass will be cele-' brated at the Church of the Nativity , at midnight tomorrow x}u:hl |Tin can Matinee at 2:30 o'clock, The Rev. W. G. Le Vasseur Will peing sponsored jointly by the Elk's be celebrant, assisted by the Rev Lodge in connection with the Christ- E. C. Budde, 8. J., mas campaign for the needy, and deacon, Matthew | Hoch, sub-deacon; Robert Thibo-|(pe capitol Theatre. deau, master of ceremonies; Wil- Over sixteen huge boxes of .food. lism Goodman and Jack Gucker,| uporovimately 500 pounds were de- incense bearers; Harry Cashen and | josited, consisting mostly of canned 1 + Roger Connors, acolytes; George|goods, jams and jellies. At the close = Shaw, Albert Shaw, Rudolph Krsul, \ Robert Murphy, Kenneth Dick McCormick, and Thibodeau, torchbearer of the double feature program, San- Kearney, |ty Claus presented each kiddie pre- b‘“'”"”“wm with a big bag of Christmas candy, e L - - Special music will be pre the choir consisting of Mrs. Henry Harmon, director; Mrs. Trevor Davis Free Show Saturday D L organist; Mrs. John Fowler, Mrs.| Jack Harrington, Miss Mary Clair . . | D Henenmal and s s vander, FOT Juneau Kiddies Leest, sopranos; Mrs. Emily Pearson, "Miss Marie Storms, Mrs. L. Tye and| Miss Virginia Carlson, contraltos;| Tomorrow afternoon at the Col- Cash Cole, Neil Moore and Bernard | jseym Theatre, the Loyal Order of F. Kane, tenors; and Ted Keaton | noose will be sponsors of a free show and A. B. Cain, baritone. ‘Ior all Juneau kiddies. /1 Ushers at the midnight Mass Wil The matinee will start at 1:30 \be Peter Loftus, John Murphy, Evan .cclock, and the main attraction Wruck and W. J. Markle. | of the day will be a visit from Santa, Confessions will be heard all day | who will be present with a gift for turday, and Holy Communion will | every kiddie, ,Pe distributed at the Midnight Mass.| A" double feature, “The Jones PR T Family” and “Code of the Rangers” . 7 The Roman Empire brought l'slmu be presented, and Chester Doran _“effieial postal system to a high de-|is o be on the stage to add to the m of emchncy lamu.semcnt of the afternoon, men reported they merely had de- |cided to have a bonfire at their Mrs, Helon Bdwaras: dhe. former| regular meeting to burn $7,000 worth Mrs. Seward Kunz, who passed away | Of edeemed bonds, to cancel city at St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday | ldebtedness. morning where she had been receiv- | ing mctgiiml care for the past wgpk.‘ The AAA says that without pro- will be buried here tomorrow. duction control the annual bright Funeral serivces will be held at| !0Pacco crop might provide a sur- 1:30 oclock, at the Presbyterian PIUS Of 250,000,000 pounds. YEARS AGO From THE EMPIRE DECEMBER 23, 1918 The Committee in charge of the | Christmas- Roll Call for the Red Cross membership had decided to continue the Roll Call a few days longer to enable those who had not | been able- to enter their names on the lists up to this time, to do so. | J. Tausend and wife were regis- | tered at the Bergmann, having ar- rived on the Northwestern from Aberdeen, Wash. Martin Grebzell, registered at the Bergmann while spending Christ- mas in this city, was employed at the Perseverance Mine. W. W. Casey Jr., Deputy United States Marshal, who had returned to Juneau on the City of Seattle from the south, said that he had |seen Bert Faulkner, John T. Reed, Gowie Shepard and T. C. Stoddard on his recent trip. Dr. Emil Krulish, head of Red Cross expedition to Alaska for the relief of the influenza epidemic, returned to Juneau from Ketchikan on the City of Seattle and was reg- stered at the Gastineau Hotel. W. Herbert Johnston returned from Ketchikan on the Northwest- mann John Krsisel of Killisnoo, staying at the Gastineau while in town. was H. C. Davis, cannery man of Se- |attle was in Juneau and registered at the Hotel Gastineau. |must have applications for new li- censes in the Clerk of the Court’s | office not later than 3 p.m. Decem | ber 27, for the new year, will hold but one special meeting to act on licenses. | ROBERT E. COUGHLIN, | —adv. Clerk of Court. e Both the temperature and fall of Rio de Janeiro average about he same from month to month the year round. 4254-a |IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, DIVISION NUMBER ONE, JUNEAU. ETHEL E. HAINES, Plaintiff, vs. THOMAS W. HAINES, Defendant. The President of the United States of America. To the above named defendant, GREETING: You are hereby required to appear in District Court for the Territory of | Alaska, First Division, last publication of this namely, within thirty the 6th day of January, summons, days after 1939, in within forty days after the date of its service upon you, in case this summons is served upon you person- ally, and answer to the complaint of the above named plaintiff on file |in the said court in the above en- titled cause. The plaintiff in said action de- lution of the bonds of matrimony | existing between plaintiff and de-! fendant on the grounds of desertion and failure to provide; and for the care, custody and control parties’ two minor children; any further relief merited. and | appear and answer, will take judgment against you for want thereof, and will apply to the | court for the relief demanded in ker | complaint, and as hereinabove stat- ed. Witness, the Honorable George | F. Alexander, Judge of the said Court, and the seal of said court bereunto affixed, this 9th day of | December, 1938. ROBERT E. COUGHLIN, Clerk By PEGGY D. McLEOD, Deputy Howard D. Stabler, Plaintiff's Attorney, Shattuck Building, Juneau, Alaska Publication dates, December 9, 16, 'Chur('h. with the Rev. David Wag-| gs { zoner, delivering the eulogy. Intere- ment will follow in the Evergreen | Cemetery. | This evening at 7:30 o’clock special ritualistic services will be held by | the Alaska Native Sisterhood for| Mrs. Edwards, at the Native Broth- | erhood Hnll on Willoughby Avenue.| .o The B. M. 23, 30, 1938. Behrends Xmas Bell Ringers Bank Juneau, Party f_‘_’L Miss Roff In celebrations of the twelfth birthday of Willane Shirley Roff, a Christmas Bell Ringers party is being given at the Fifth Street residence of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willis. W. Roff, this afternoon. Sixteen guests are present for the festivities, with the bell motif being carried out in decorations and games, as well as the invita- tions which were extended to those present, 3 For the afternoon's entertain- ment, Miss Francis Paul is acting .ns the mistress of ceremonies. Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half- Million Dollars the | ' and was stopping at the Berg- | Hotel | of the| | { Say, “He is to speak provided Dr Iohn H Geyer | comes.” Often Mispronounced: Interested. | DENTIST Accent first syllable, not the third. | 310 Goldstein Building Often Misspelled: Diarrhea. Ob- PHONE 762 | serve the rrh. Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. | Synonyms: Recommend, suggest, % | advise, prescribe, counsel. i | | | | Weather: Lowest 42; highest 40; | cloudy. R | NOTICE Liquor dealers are advised they |to take her if they are to be approvea ‘dance? | as City Council | next Friday you like to go with me?” rain- | way of taking money? | Op*halmology A. If less than $1000, one can |, Glasces Fitted ILenses Ground buy travelers' checks; if more than — - $1.000, a letter of credit. i i ™ Q. At a wedding reception, or | some such affair, is it customary for The Char!ea w. Carter [ i SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION | women to propose toasts? AT i the Constitution abolished slavery? at Juneau, ! Alaska, within thirty days after the three orders of Greek architecture? | tain Boy: case this summons is published, or | water in the world that is navigable? mands the following relief: Disso- 1 2% miles above sea level. And in the event you fail so to! the plaintiff | | | crease our vocabulary by mastering ’ CFIROPRACTOR one word each day. Toda; word: T .agless Physician Incite; to arouse to action. “He was Office hours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-9 incited to noble deeds.” ! L4 | i | By Roberta Lee l [ ; a trip to Europe, | of old-fashioned cannonballs and | seeds. HHappy PBirthday The Emptre extends congratula- | ; 2 et DENTIS™ Ll_om and l)cs.t wishes today, lwf” Blomgren Building pmhday anniversary .o the follow- PHONE 56 ing: Hours 3 am. to 8 pm, DECEMBER 23 Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 p.m. Visiting brothers welcome. DR. A. W. STEWART, Exalted Rul- er; M. H. ¢IDES. Sec- ietary. Mrs. Grace Ficken Willane Shirley Roff Anna Louis Davis Robert Carothers Janice Corinne Bolduc Hans Johanson — Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 p.m. MOUN™ JUNEAU LODGE NO. 141 Second and fourth Monday of each month G \(> in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 pm DANIEL ROSS, Wor- Chris Huber SEWARD BUILDING shipful Master; JAMES W. LEI- Emitt A. DeWitt Office Phone 469 VERS, Secretary. S e 4 a MUK — REBERAHS DAILY LESSONS ! /| IN ENGLISH x ! By W. L. Cordon il D1 Richard Williams DENTIST ! OFFICE AND RESIDENCE GOLDSTEIN 13UIL. ING ] * | Words Often Misused: Do not say, “He is to speak providing he com he “Use a word three | &% Let us in- Word Study: times and it is your: B e R S Dr. Judson Whittier Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Blcg. PHONE 667 | | M O D ERN |77 DR H VANCE ETIQUETTE | | OSTEOPATH i | Consultation and examination | Perseverance Lodge No. 2-A meete every second and fourth Wednes- day IO.OF. Hall BETTY Mec- CCRMICK, Noble Grand; RUTH ] -4 -a | BLAEE, Seoretary. Guy Smith DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Coliseum PHONE Mi-~Free Delivery “Tomorrcw’s Styles Today” free. Hours 10 to 1%; 1 to §; 7 to 9:36 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phane 177 Q. How should a girl ask a boy to her club or class 88— A. "Our class is giving a dance | night, Charles. Would | | (] | Robert Simpson, Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College | | of Optometry and Q. When one is going to make what is the best | | Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sts. | PHONE 136 A. No. Foaile S Hal: your Reliabhe pharmactsts compound preserip- tions. : Butler-Mauro Drug Co. e LOOK and LEARN | - * I a5 By A.C. Gordon | | What amendment to the U. S. ——— Have Your Fyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson SPTOMETRIST Office Ludwig Nelson’s Jewelry Store Phone Green 331 1. 2. Who wrote “The Sea Wolf”? 3. What are the names of the ——n H. 5. GRAVES ! ] “The Clothing Man” 4. Who were the Green Moun- R G Watch and Jewelry Repairing 5. What is the highest body of ANSWERS | at very reasonable rates 1. Thirteenth Amendment. ' PAUL BLOEDHORN 2. Jack London. . FRANKLIN STREET 3. Doric, Tonic, and Corinthian. | | B { 4. A Re\'oh_nionary regiment of | 33— _] gf;:)x:m;“:gldwrs commanded by H———"_ 5. Lake Titicaca, South America, ON THE MEZZANINE e ‘ B HO! Cannonballs Grow ok, T 8 | -Er-Vae On Trees in Texas === = | WESLACO, Tex.—“Cannonballs,” | | may become a crop down in the low- | er Rio Grande Valley. | The valley experiment station has ’ a young tree known scientifically as D E V L l N s “Couropita Guinanensis,” whlch\ Paris Fashion Shoes bears pods known as “cannonballs.” -_——_._.‘ The pods are the size and shape |+ *NEW AND DIFFERENT FOOTWEAR” JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Mausic and- Electric Appliances (Next Gastineau Hotel) Mrs. Pigg they explode when ripe, to scatter ©0-0-0.0-0H11 Fhone 65 A CORONA Just what I wanted for my school work! Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association Accounts Insured Up to $5,000 P. O. Box 2718———Phone 3 OFFICE—119 Seward St. Juneau, Alaska 1 certainly love it! PHONE 727 GENERAL AUTO REPAIRING Gas—Oil—Storage GASTINEAU CAFE LUNCHEON SFECIALTIES isit the SITKA HOT SPRINGS | Home of Hart Schaftner aud Marx Clothing I _ GASTINEAU MOTOR | SERVICE i [ Vistthe | Mineral Hot Baths Accommodations to suit U"I taste. Reservations, Alaska Afr | Transport | a3 i “The Store for Men” SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. Try The smpme crassifieds fog wesults. TELEPH J.B. BUB?OID & (0. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” Mnfg, & Building Co., Inc. CABINET WORE—GLASS PHONE 62 ONE—5I Request our tellers for NEW CURRENCY | and Special CHRISTMAS CHECKS First National Bank JUNEAU— ALASKA o