The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 9, 1939, Page 4

4 Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening Sunea¥ by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY t But for rivers and harbors projects, a department. in which Alaska might well be favored, ‘we received | 5470,000 and Washington, a state with'a coastline not enth ours, got $3, 000. Flood control: Wash- ington $722,000 and Alaska $1,400. Alaska received nothing for reclamation, nothing for AAA, nothing for National Youth Administration nd nothing from the Surplus Commodities Corpora- s Matter Entered 1n the Post Office i T SUBSCRIPTION RATES \u and Douglas for §1.25 per month. Datmered b carrics i S i i . Z212:00; six_ months, in advanice, 36.00; Ky 1.25 All of which might make it appear Delegate Di- su T o davor if thes Wil promptly oYl mond spoke with truth and probably even with con- tveey of & ] iderable restraint when he, said at the end of the s : x , ast session of Congress that something would have MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. o be done about all those blue pencils at Washington Thio: dssociate Gxclusively eniided 10, the W€ Mot Which: Tiave beén s busy. running through’ Alaska T rédited i this paper snd also the ldocal mews'| yaieets ¥ Dublished herein, o H A v . [UARANTEED TO BE LARGER o 5 o e Rt SUBLICATION More Teeth for the Pure Food and Diug Act (Philadelphvia Recerd) Great reforms sometimes pivot on accidents. A \ovel by Upton Sinclair led to the first great”drive for pure food and drug legislation {H this country, The € r-Musica ndals, the lootfng of the'great irug house, of MgKesson: & Robbins may lead to other such drive, « BT i Newsy s last week published a list of 24 prej wions marketed by McKesson & Robbins and THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JAN. 9, 1939 %roscope “The stars incline but do not compel” TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1939 After the early morning, caution should guide in all important mat- ters, according to astrology. Con- structive work should be pushed. Mechanics come under a fortunate sway .that seems to indicatg a’ wide demand. Training of expetts will pe an issue. that arovises op%ion: bt thestars presage need ofefficjent pen ‘and women. Lo 5 4 #¥The configuration is forfunate fof Pérsons who exercise authority and those . who have power in molding’ human destiny, Leaders will be needed in factories,as well as in leg- islative halls. % This is not an auspicions date for signing leases or contracts, Unex- pected events will change plans in certain business enterpriséss ¥ Financial matters will' be, widely ubsidiaries which have, at various times since 1928, been seized and condemned by the Food and Drug Administration as misbranded, falsely and fraudu- lently labeled, or adulterated We read. with horror, of one diphtheria preventive,” another as a entive third as a “syphilis cure,” treating pulmongry consumption.” equal horror, that the , | quackeries has usually been either a’small fine, as low nostrum sold as a pneumonia pre- an oil sold “for We read, with punishment for peddling such COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES sherie can for 1 commissioner of E $25, or merely destruction of the one particular ? A A r al the most important | : hipment seized, possibly a few botiles. field of Commissioner’s - activities and there 1 The sale of such.medicines, at the best, takes every reasor the Territory should have a man of | g, from the poor under false pretenses; at. the its own in ct e of the Commis the actions of | werst is ‘persuades a sick man or woman to postpone which have on a’s economy. | proper meglical care while pinning, his fajth on the Territ an R. Walker, who has of- a ' label-writer with a . free-wheeling been pushed forward by fellow legislators to seek the | conscience e g sl i T. Bell, | rticularly happy | Commissioner Frank appointr succeed who 1 1were happens to be a law already on the: books cheduled to’go intor effect June 25, 1939, which can. top most of these dangerous practices. This is the would be a | He week gned has the respect of Alas- choice for the pos indant kans generally and | il MEASUTE | ) heiand Pure Food and Drugs act, passed last July, the “know how ries from the Alaska stand-|, qiuted version of the Tugwell Bill, introduced five point, which afte a most important one € before The measure in which Ala sentiment has | nator Copeland was no Galahad; the bill is crystallized in favor of Senator Walker's candidacy | far from perfect. But it is a great improvement over should be a recommend: 1 to the nation that the Act of 1806. A joker in the 1906 act has tied the Ketchikan Senator no re politician in search of I Drug Administration’s hands for 32 years— a job—empt h but » logical choice ion that a drug nufacturer can be crimin- 4 i rosecuted only if it can be proved that he mis- for: this most important position A product with intent to deceive. In other Our West Coast has come to look on the Fisheries | o, phony “pneumonia cure” maker can be pun- Commis as one of its appointments. Mer iy if it can be proved in court that he knew from W a T recently, have fi would not cure pneumonia. held the office ar eem to be Alask: turn here is no legal can-opener by which a an be opened to let the court see what there has been little criminal prosecu- now. Senator Walker Washington when Dele- | gate Dimond’s bill niernational fisheries 3 act. 2 e on A ot The Copeland act throws out the requirement of § " t Under it criminal prosecutions should be A as a fisheries expert. Witk kg ? 4 Al asier; labels have to tell the truth; penalties are in- plenty of friends and no app; b ene R AR, | wsed and, for the first time, include imprisonment “Doc” V would be His lew drug not be introduced until they have been pointment wouid be a credit to the nation e for safety (this provision is in effect now, as Outside help will be required, it admitted, to|1 consequence of the sulfanilamide deaths scandal); bring the Commissionership to Territory But | ‘actories can be inspected to see if they are sanitary; outgide help is not beyond Alas R \abit-forming drugs must be so labeled; cosgetics and "t a time like this, when international fisheries| (herapeutic devices are controlled for the figst time {rouble s brewing in Bristol Bay, when the fish trap] SO ar. 50 good. On the negative side, the Cope- 2 and act Il provides no control over advertising centrve coming to a showdown and when deple-| 0501, under another law the Federal Trade Com- tien of sea re ific Northwest is shift-{ yigiion js now empowered to force manufacturer: n: nter of American fisheries closer and| o cease usi statements in advertiser ts which clos ka, the appointment of a man from the | have been declared illegal if used on label Any Cir- Territory should be applauded on the West Coast| :uit Court of Appeals can enjoin the Food and Drug Administration if it wants to. Only one shipment of 1 drug can be seized unless it is “imminently danger- s to health.,” Worst of all, the department is still mderstaffed The Congressional drug lobby ties the depart- nt’s hands by allowing it only 750 men to check food and all the drugs produced in the entire and throughout the nation. Necdless to say, We in Alaska are already hands for Senator Walker. clapping MON Y FROM HOME he Alaska received an estimated $3.423,069 last vear | country, a physical impossibility. from alphabetical and other agencies of the Federal DR Government Under the Copeland act, for all its defects, Mc- Let’s have a look Wt that means in English. | Kesson & Robbins and its subsidiaries could have been stopped from selling the stuff described above Why must we wait until June 25 for the new law? We think Congress should bring its effective date sev- erd montihs closer. Second. the Food and Drug Administration, trying to police industries whose volume runs into many bil- and child in the Territory (and through the Federal For every man, wc Uncle hole in deficit) and ‘brought up $57 $70 for sam dug down into hi the b ock 5 of the The same sock tate of Washi om - info the' rea t he ery person in for seach Oregonian and $60 per. capita for 1dabo. |yions nocds everal times the: $1.950,000,alla6d to it So, if we were far from- being the favorite” childfannuadlly. s appropriation should e doubted, if in this Northwest family, av jgadt wehave not been [ not tripled, at once, so- as to-enable Y tgfearry oul dismbierites - o | the terms of existing law. Her have a domain more than four time Third, the provision banning multiple seizures Jarger than that of the three Pacific Northwest states | (S¢izure of suspect drugs wherever they are found, in comibined, all of which domain requires the attention | *S #reat quantities as can be discovered) should be and development which Federal dollars so help to[®*" U g cffect H p 3 S thnited b Thteitory docs Sk Buesutt ths eppht- The many honest companies in Lhr: drug m(lu.\!,ry I have a publicity job on their hands. They must wipe NYA, sCcC for tunities for REA and FHA funds doas. Maybe spending of AAZ t Washi n, the WPA the | we may be thankful for RFC Ut the impression produced by the shocking McKes- on & Robbins disclosures, ‘We can conceive of no etter way than for them to indorse the three pro- posals above. instance, don’t nees money tes have made use of, ar | The New Commerce Chief | Diva Seeks Divorce | : Mrs. Cyrena Van Gordon Smith, former prima donna of the Chicago | Opera Company, is pictured in Su- H pre Gotirt, New York City, seek- \'ing Separation from her husband, Pictured fn the President’s'stuty'in the W hite House, Habry Li Hopkins' former WPA administrator, is shown as he took oath of office as secretary ociate Jus of commerce, succeeding Daniel C. Roper, resigi A ] S R S S SARAADN, Cos b i TR | Howard Dunbar Smith, now of . - - Ce o Cabi ji Smith b iled suit n, Yoesagzh | Sbenita o ch haaBlad St ; liscussed as banks offer coopefa- tion with international ness of foreign rulers. Astrologers announce that the horoscope of Mussolini contain signs much more favorable than those that presage Hitler’s fufuync Economics problems will be troublé- some and colonies may bring m,rc. - sning perplexities, but the ! yda hould be fairly fortunate fox the | ftalian dictator, i Both men and women are told to make hay while the sun of prosper- ity shines this year, as 1940 is to % troublesome in numerous ways for Americans. Persons whose birthdate it is have the auzury of a year of progress and ood fortune. There is an ill omen garding letters Children born on this day prob- ably will be imaginative and intui- tive. Many subjects of this sign of Capricorn have artistic talents. Howard Chandler Christy, illus- trator, was born on this day 1873, Others who have celebrated it as a birthday include Ethan Allen, Revo- lutionary soldier, 1737; Henry L. Bruner. noted zoologist, 1861. (Copyright, 1939) - -+ ~ CHAPELADIES MEET peladies will ing, Jan- A meeting of the Chi »e held Wednesday e ary 11, at the Glacier Highway “ome of Mrs. Max Mielke. All mem- sers are urged to attend as election )t officers will be one of the import- nt features of this meeting. * ESNRC. < GOOD WilLLpetwee ln U. S. and Japan was discussed by the President and Kensuke Horinouchi («bove), new Jap- anese ambassador, when the lat- ter presented his credentials. leaders. | Gold will be much in the confcieués | : | against the approval of this applica- 20 YEARS AGO From THE EMPIRE JANUARY 9, 1919 I Col. O. B. LeNoir, head of the Al- aska Cable Service for the Federal Government, was a passenger for Ketchikan on the Alameda. He was due to arrive in' Juneau in a few days on an official business trip. Sergeant F. A. Jones of the Tank Corps, was on the Alameda on his | way home to Cordova, where he was, iqu proprietor of the Cortiova Steam!! | Laundry. ¢ * 1" YR J. Sommers, Territorial Mine | Inspector, arrived on;the Alameda from Seattle and was staying at the Gastineau Hotel. Deputy United States Marshall Harry F. Morton arrived in Juneau on the Alameda from Seattle. Robert Porter of Thane returned ‘to Juneau on the Alameda after pending a few weeks in the south Mrs. Pat Lynch arrived in Juneau on the Alameda and was to continue west on the same boat to Latouche, Charles H. Cosgrove, the Ketchi- kan lawyer, Mrs. Cosgrove and their children returned to Ketchikan on the Alameda. Grover C. Frame, in the transfer business at Cordova, was a passen- ger on the Alameda, returning home | with a new car for his business. Weather: highest 39; lowest 39; cloudy. ‘SUPPER PARTY HONORS " MISS BARBARA HERMANN A supper party Saturday evening jat the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Hermann, complimented their daughter, Miss Barbara Hermann, lon her sixteenth birthday. Cut flowers and lighted tapers formed an attractive setting for the affair, and during the evening games were played and contests f held, with prize awards being made to the winner ts for the occasion included s Beatrice Bothwell, Esther tone, Ethel Fukuyama, Betty Mae Wilder, Virginia Wood, Isabell Parsons, |Sylvia Davis, Susy Winn, Mary ! Stewart, Betty Wilcox, Ruth Allen, Sue Stewart, Marrianne Skinner, Doris McEachran, Virginia Worley, Dorothy Fores, Idabell Dobson and Maydell George Exterminator Dies, London LONDON, Jan. 9. — Sir William | Brandford Griffith, 80, who gained |fame by stamping out the cult ozi,zv\z:‘zm : slh“,.,a”” omib st w b | “humary leopards” in Africa, is OBER (8 s dead. g f Often Mis)rronoungcd: _Difhabnle. FINE 4 Sir Willlam trekked for weeks | Pronounce dis-abel, i as in it, a as| | Watch and Jewelry Repalring through the dense Bush Country to | { |run down the Cultists who ate parts |of their human captives in the be-| |lief this made them young and as |lithe as leopards. RAL POWER COMMIS-} hington, D. C. Public no- | i by given pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791-825r) that the Pelican Cold Storage Company, whose ad- dress is Juneau, Alaska, has made | application for a_preliminary permit | for project No. 1521, to be located on | an unnamed stream on the north | shore of Lisianski Inlet on Chicha- | gof Island, in Sitka Precinct, Terri- tory of Alaska, affecting lands of the United States in the Tongass | National Forest, consisting of a di- | | version dam, a tunnel 200 feet long, | a flume 650 feet long, a penstock 300 feet long, a power plant having in- | stalled capacity of about 500 horse- | power operating under static head of 120 feet, and an electric power line 2500 fect long. Any protest tion or request for hearing.thereon with the reasons for such protest. or request, and the name and ad- dress of the party or parties so pro- testing or requesting, should be sub- mitted before February 23, 1939, to | the Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C. By order of the Commission: Leon M. Fuquay, Sec- retary. First publication, Jan. 2, 1939, Last publication, Jan. 23, 1939, Juneau, { . TheB.M.Behrends gl : Bank : COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars Alaska Fhls Katherine Campbell, { > i \""Human Leopard" JHappy PBirthday The Emptre extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their DENTIE™ birthday anniversary .o the follow- Blomgren Building i PHONE 56 ing: JANUARY 9 Mrs. Rosena Schmitz Mrs. Walter Andrews Elmer Reed ., 5w fiin g J —=se—o 8 T Dr. A W. Stewart ‘Hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 6EWARD BUILDING ETIQUETTE Office Phone 469 4 i — —L # i By Roberta' Lee RPN B FROE § . . ; : ! Dt Richard Williams Q. Is a buy or a g ui high school age supposed to tip the ser- DENTIST vants in a home where he or she is OFFICE AND RESIDENCE visiting? GOLDSTEIN 3UILING A. No; it is not expected unless he or she comes from a wealthy |g5- — PRI S MO family, or has an appreciable in- come Q. Should a child be taught to v——————-fi Dr. John H. Geyer rise when an older person enters DENTIST the room? % 310 Goldstein Building A. Yes; this is the proper train- PHONE 762 ing, unless the difference in ages {is very slight. Q. To whom should one apply, Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. on board ship, if he has preference = i to where he wishes to’sit in the | Ty Sinine. adbear {{ Dr. Judson Whittier ¢ CPIROPRACTOR " A. Consult the dining room stew- . P.agless Physician Office hours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bidg. i | PHONE 667 e e LOOK and LEARN - By A c* Gordon ‘ DR. H. VANCE l | : | H| CSTEOPATH | | | | | | | Consultation and examination frec. Hours 10 to 1%; 1 to §; T to 9:36 by appointment. Gastineay Hotel Annex Phane 177 | | I 1. By how many states must a proposed amendment to the U. S. iti | | | South Pranklin St. | Constitution be ratified before | becomes effective? 2. Who was father? | 3. Near what coast occurs the | | longitude 0, latitude 0? i | 4. What is a subaliern? I | Eing Solomon’s = Robert Simpson, Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and | 5. What island, famous for its’ j -attle, contains only 24 square dair 1 miles? Op*halmology | ANSWERS Glasses PFitted Lenses Ground | 1. Thirty-six, or three-fourths of | ~— - the total number of states !'—"——r 2. David. | | ¢ |" 3. The coast of Africa The Charles W. Carter 4. A commissioned military of-| | ficer below the rank of captain. Mortuary | TEORRReS ) 5 The Island of Guernsey. | Mm;;g;;‘f;:un Sts. | DAILY LESSONS | & e ] Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson ASPTOMETRIST Office Ludwig Nelson’s Jewelry Store IN ENGLISH By W, L. Gardon i % Phone Green 331 { | [ | Words Often Misused: Do not say, | say. | | in ask unstressed, e as in be, prin- cipal accent on last syllable. at very reasonable rates | PAUL BLOEDHORN Often Misspelled: Prize; ze. En- | terprise; se. S. FRANXLIN STRZET Synonyms: Govern, control, con- Ili Py duct, rule, supervise. Word Study: “Use a word three | times and it is yours.” Let us in- | UN THE MEZZANINE crease our vocabulary by mastering L one word caeh day. Today's wora: || HOTEL JUNEAU BEAUTY SHOP Orthoepy; the art of pronouncing LYLAH WILSON Directory Profe: Fraternal Gastineau Chamsel 8. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 pm. Visiting brothers welcome. DR. A. W. STEWART, Exalted Rul- er; M. H. <IDES Beo~ ietary. st SN RR 1T AT MOUN™ JUNEAU LODGE NO. 141 Second and feurth \}; | Monday of eaeh , in Scottish Rite beginning at 7:30 pm DANIEL ROSS, Wor- shipful Master; JAMES W. LEI- VERS, Secretary. | Gu; Sl;lrm—i nnuss! PUROLA REMEDIES / PRESCRIPTIONS CARK. FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Colisewm PRONE &i-~Fre¢ Delivery . B “Tomorrow's Styles "The Rexall Si(ire" Your Reliable Pharmacists Butler-Mauro Drug Co. ) “The Clothing Man” ’ Home of Hart Schaftner and | ) Marx Clothing [ ; : i TIMELY CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS QUALITY WORK CLOTHING [ FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men | JI H, S. GRAVES e GASTINEAU CAFE words correctly; that part of gram- mar which treats of pronunciation. Contoure Telephone (Pronounce or-tho-ep-i, first o as X-Er-Vaeo 538 in or, second o as in no, e as in me unstressed, accent first syllable), - NATIONALISTS OF SYRIA PROTESTING 10 FRENCH RULE DAMASCUS, Syria, Jan. 9.—Scores of Syrian Nationalits marched to- day in protest to French rule. There was no disorder as troops were stationed at strategic points. Krafft's Mnfg. & Building Co., Inc. CABINET WORK—GLASS ozerd *NEW AND DIFFERENT FOOTWEAR” DEVETS P JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Music and- Electric Appliances (Next Gastineau Hotel) Mrs. Pigg Fhone 65 Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association Acceunts Insured Up to $5,000 P. O. Box 2718———Phone 3 OFFICE—119 Seward St. Juneau, Alaska PHONE 62 Jarman's-Friendly TELEPH FORTUNE from $4 VAN'S STORE 278 .- FRANKLIN JARMAN'S- FRIENDLY HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” | LUNCHEON SPECIALTIES PR D e “The Store for Men" SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. COME IN and SEE the NEW STROMBERG-CARLSON RADIOS J. B. Burford & Co. “Our doorstep is worn by Satisfied Customers” —_— Try The smpmwe cmssifieds for «esults. ONE—S5I1 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$100,000 2% PAID ON SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank JUNEAU—ALASKA -~ r v Pl o A s { o o P R4