The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 16, 1939, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1939, | 111 Hell will break loose in Europe again, England and France should be doing their thinkin, 1ow. Though it is a shame to be forced to mention it, 50 should America. YEARS AGO From THE EMPIRE Daily Alaska Empire Pubilshed every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY MEELISY TROY BENDER - - - B L BERNARD Second and Professional Fraternal Socicties Gastineau Channel %roscope “The stars incline but do not compel” | MARCH 16, 1919 At the Territorial Council of De- |fense meeting in the hall of the | House of Representatives, it was de- | cided to accept a.lr‘xe m;::ation rn—:txln according to astrology, but adverse o glggs o) e planetary influences are active. It | VICtorY ARaH A e O is a day favorable to parades and| celebrations, but watch out for min- or accidents. Wide music appreciation ' under this sway indicates employment of orchestras. and bands. Military strains will be popular through the springtime. 1 _|the prize for the best waltzers, and Today is lucky for women and en- | Sk iiow top. Was ‘woa Ny A JHappy PBirthday The Empire ertends congratula- tions and best wishes today, ‘heir birthday anniversary .o i“e follow- ing: Director Vice-President and Business Manage: in S:reets, Jul Alaska. ce {n Juneau Hungarian Rhapsody i cond Class Matter. in the Post —— (Cleveland Plain Dealer) With the pomp and color for which they are fam- ‘us the Hungarians held a ceremony at the foreign sffice in Budapest. The occasion was Hungary’s for- nal adherence to the anti-Comintern pact, with which Jermany, Japan and Italy intend to make life un- :omfortable for Russia when the time comes. The act was the idea of Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi oreign minister. At the very moment when Count StepHen Cséiky, Magyar, foreign minister,” was affixing hfi_ signature, he police were arresting more than.500 members of he Hungarists, the native Nazi party, closing their ieadquarters and confiscating their funds for distri- Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 o1 FRIDAY, MARCH SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Benefic aspects domli,.’ , 1939 Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douslas for $1.25 per month. pe ate. today, - By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: year, in advanee, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; %8 month, in advance, §1.25 ubseribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify ¢he Business Office of any failure or irreqularity in the de- ivegy of tnetr pevers lephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MARCH 16 Mrs. M. E. Monagle Mrs. Fred Boynton One of the prettiest and best at- | tended activities in Thane this sea- |son was the party given by the Moonlight Club in the gyznul\lm the previous night. Mrs. Mflls re- § mgspfuxc’&it ceived a cut glass dish and Mf, McLaughlin a gold cigar holder as ¢ —_— Dr. A. W. Stewart 'DENTIST Hours 9 a1, to 6 pm. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Monday of each month MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PI . “¥he Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for llcation of all news dispatches credited to it or not z-n. credited in this paper and also the local news pablished herein. —— ¥ SLASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER % = THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. ——— : & Mpepresented nationally by the Fenger-Hall Co, Ltd. with #8805 tn San Franclsco, Los Angeles, Fortland, Seattle, Chicago N#W York and Boston. ——— ~ HITLER AGAIN yaNazl Germany’s arm e Into what was left Munich. Compared with the prolonged agony of the Sep- tember crisis, this blow came almost without warning. bub it was no less effective in adding several thousand square miles to Hitler’s “Greater Reich” and sub- tracting considerably from what little honor Ger- JJoany still held in the eyes of the World, | 120 In the days of the crisis, Hitier had at least an ‘éxcuse for conquest in the well-advertised plight of the Sudeten Germans in Bohemia. Yesterday there was no justification whatever for a new thrust which| swallowed what as left of Czechoslovakia, very evi-| dently against the wishes of the people there. The rest of Europe—yes, and we too, on this side| m:: Atlantic—can not now escape the clear warmng; rmany’s intention. It is to expand at the expense of the weak and friendless. ~ui It was shocking to us when in September Hitler | took over his first slice of Czechoslovakia without a | Band being raised by England or France, erstwhile “friénds and “protectors” of the little war-born repub- le. Without the precedent furnished us by that inter- pational steal, yesterday's grab would have been just @s shocking. We are used to Nazi tactics now, evident- | dg,cand nothing from that quarter could be so bold | or 'so ruthless as to surprise us. * For the first time, yesterday, Hitler heard the “eold taunts of disapprobation from the people, “his™ people now. The Czechs were a proud and pnmoucg pation. Their love of Democracy, frém all reports,| was fust as great as ours. To it they owed the 20-year | ex'stence of their nation as a free republic. To see| this vaunted and cherished heritage wiped away within | months, for no apparent reason as far as they me concerned, was a sorrowful experience. “es ¥ Will they fall into line, along a Fascist axis which runs at right angles to all they have believed in and Jearned to love? Maybe they will; the Czechs are Tealists, as was proved when not a shot of resistance | 4Was fired against overwhelming odds in September «and again in March. But they are the only people sb:far, of all the ones agrieved, with courage encvughl 4o stand in the streets and jeer the invading German arhy. .. Knowing what we do of Hitler, most of us doubt fiu the shouted disapproval of a whole populace | will give him pause. To his reasoning his destiny and | that of Germany, even when clearly unjustifiable, are | of greater moment than the sorrow of a small nation | or' the outraged conscience of the whole World. wmei What next? The new Germany has not set foot, as,yet on the soil of a formidable enemy, only on that . Rf helpless, little nations. It is likely that the next step will be taken to another such easy conquest. On the map of Europe we see Hungary, Yugoslavia and Rumania next on the line of the Nazl “drang nach osten.” Yugoslavia and Rumania are examples of Balkan inefficiency. Their musical comedy armies are no match for German might. They have friends in England and France, but after Munich what is sich friendship worth? Not assistance in battle, certainly. And short of that, nothing will deter Hitler. Hungary would appear to be easy pickings for the Nazis. It is a “friendly” state, which has been yapping at Hitler's heels since last summer. Hun- gaty profited territorially in the original partition of Ozechoslovakia in September and again yesterday, ob- viously with Hitler's consent on each occasion. It would be a neat Nazi trick now for Germany to gobble the enlarged Hungary. By such anschluss the Hun- garian gains of 1938 and 1939 would become German gains. To the north, before Poland and Russia, a tasty rhorsel for the Nazi fork is Danzig, free city on which Hitler has had his eye for several years and in which Nazis have been working openly for marriage with the Reich. Oldest and deadliest enemy of Germany to the East is the USSR. Before he tackles the Russian bear, Hitler will be sure his “Greater Germany” is at his back with materials for a long and bloody war. Ideologically, all that Russia stands for is anathema 1o Berlin. Territorially, Russia stands where Germany would like to be, in the rich and fertile fields*which geography denied the Reich. Soviet Russia, as a vic- tim of the Nazi thrust, would appear to be a good distance away in the future. Sialin is tough. He has the largest army in the World. He would be a forthy foe for Hitler, and, for the present at least, tler is not looking for a worthy foe. Like the town y, he is cleaning up on the little fellows first, ‘What must England and France think of all this? l s on the march again, this of Czechoslovakia after unich they gave notice they would not be drawn | frttx the squdbbles of Central Europe, as flagrantly ”voked as those might be. But England and France know that some day, after the German nation grown fat on easy conquest in the east, it will turn formidable force to the west. Older enemies of Germany than the Russians, older than the Czechs or jution to the poor. In short, while Hungary was join- hg hands with the Third Reich, she was at the same ime wiping out the party in Hungary which the Vazis might use in the future to take over:control of he government Sardonic is Berlin’s display ef indifference. The Hungarists were purely local and had no connection /ith the German Nazi parties, Berlin says. What else could it say? This is a Hungarian rhapsody with strange political tune. Berlin's patience is in narked contrast to the rage displayed in the press vhen King Carol suppressed the Iron Guard in Ru- ania. Hungarians have played their cards well. On the surface they have given every evidehce of falling in with Berlin’s plans for penetration of the Danubian Valley—all but one, and that the most important. This | plan is the old Nazi policy of boring from within by means of a native Nazi party. In the case of Hun-, ary, should Budapest in the future follow a course {istasteful to Berlin the Nazis, acting through their political brothers within Hungary, could have annoyed if not destroyed the government. That scheme is now spoiled Budapest'’s action is indicative of the rising oppo- sition to Naziism in cenfral Europe. Rumania has| iisplayed it. Poland has given clear signs of her fear | »f Nazi progress. Bulgaria has stiffened its attitude toward Nazi trade agreements and visiting professors, Castern Europe gives lip service to the Third Reich, but in practice it does everything possible to frustrate its aims. Justice for Congressmen 1 gL | | (New York Times) ! Even in these days of unbalanced budgets and growing debts few of us will have the heart to protest against the President’s recommendation that $200,000 be spent to build a subway from the Capitol to the House Office Buildings. Senators have had a subway for many years—Representatives have had to walk. Senaters have been protected from the cold and wet of winter and the heat of summer—Representatives have been chilled, snowed on and exposed to the rays of the Washington midsummer sun. \ | Engineering difficulties rather than favoritism have been responsible for the discrimination. There are 96 Senators and 436 Representatives. There is | one Senate Office Building and there are two House Office Buildings. The neat little cars which carry the Senators to and fro would not suffice for the rush-hour traffic in Representatives. | It is now possible, perhaps by means of a moving sidewalk, to repair the existing injustice. All who believe in checks and balances will wish this to be done. The Constitution does not of necessity make the Senate the more dignified body, or more worthy of being coddled. If the age limit for Senators is 30 years as against 256 for Representatives; if Senators are nearly five times as scarce as Representatives; if the Senate has sole power to try impeachments, and if assent, rather than that of the House, is essential to the ratification of treaties and of Presidential ap- pointments; yet nevertheless it is the House that originates all revenue bills—and what is a Govern- ment without revenue? The House should have its moving sidewalk, whereon it may ride round and round, thinking things over, safe from quorum calls at one end of the line ang calls from job-seeking constituents at the other end. End of the Hip Pocket (Philadelphia Record) Only yesterday the Hip Pocket was a major social and political issue in American life. Prohibitionists denounced it as the root of all evil, for it was the re- pository of the Hip Flask which was Corrupting Our Youth. 1In the legend of the 1920's, the Flask was to a Career of Crime through Drink. Justified or not, the Hip Pocket was a symbol | of the Teeming Twenties and many will go to the mirror to count their gray hairs again at the news | that the Hip Pocket is on its way out. One of the most prominent exhibits at the New York Custom | ctuu;elrs' annual show is a suit with no hip pockets | at all. ; This change seems to have far more significance | than the passing of the bustle and to be almost as | important the revolutionary introduction of the short skirt. But these feminine fashion shifts at- tained the widest publicity, while changes in male cqs_tumc usually take place so quietly that their sig- nificance is not understood until years later. Miriam Beard in her “History of the Businessman” traces the social significance of long trousers, which were imported into Europe from Turkey by the Vene- I tlans in the figure “Pantalone,” the caricature of 'r,he businessman and which ultimately displaced the aristocratic feudal knee-breeches at just about the time the businessman was replacing the landed aristo- crat as the holder of economic and Ppolitical power. The suit with no hip pocket means that Flaming Youth has been extinguished; that the Post-War Re- volt against Victorianism has fizzled out; that F. Scott Fitzgerald's works are costume pieces like Dumas’. SRR L TR So far as this column is concerned, no further credence will be placed in talk about Mr. Roosevelt's ambitions for a third term. No President who cher- ished such aspirations would ever alienate so large and loyal a State as California by opening the San Francisco Fair by radio from Florida. Senator Rush Hojt of West Virginia ‘was voted the “least useful” member of the Senate by Washing- | ton correspondents, Observers are wo if that doesn’t entitle him to a seeded rating in national useless tournament. ’ Georgia, it appears, never has ratified the Bill of Rights, so, after 150 years, a Senator sets the ma- ‘hinery in motion. Apparently they thought there was no need for hasty, ill-considered action, A prominent jewel expert says it isn't worth while to look in an oyster stew for a pearl. In some places we've eaten, it isn’t even worth while to look for an ayster. Rhodesian officials plan to floodlight Victoria Falls. When that’s done they might come over here PBalkans, are the French and the English. For 20 years they have been streng, too strong for Hitler. Néw he is drawing himself up to their height and will soon tower over them. When he is sure that he does, and dredge the Grand Canyon or build an addition m top of Mount McKinley, " courages admiration. on the part| of men. Beauty will be magnetic and effective in promoting the am- | bitions of girls. The stars seem ,fo frown upon whatéver is ‘artificial or insincere in modes or manners. Romance is prevalent under this configuration. Students in coeduca- tional institutions will be suscepti- ble, but heads should rule hearts. Newspapers and radios should profit under this direction of the stars. Changes that bring the two into closer relationship are prog- nosticated. Fewer journals will ap- pear at breakfast tables. Comgsolidations and eliminations will mark the newspaper fields as chain systems become less extensive and independent dailies expand in power. Advertising will increase greatly. This should be a lucky day to sign | contracts and those in which actors are concerned should be especially profitable. Motion pictures are to eain renewed patronage and popu- larity, it is forecast. ' Humorists will be sought for the printed page and comedians will be in great demand through theé year. There will be a general desife for recreation and amusement. &, . Persons whose birthdate it e the augury of a year of faffifros- perity, but there may be d - ments in love affairs wheres the young are interested. ' Children born on this day prob- ably will be clever and original, In- ventiveness as well as studiousy may hold their interest. Thelr ral- ing planets are Jupiter and’ Nep- tune. : (Copyright, 1939) — e — MRS. BENDERNOW KOTZEBUE BOUND Mrs. Helen Bender, «nho left by PAA plane Tuesday for Fairbanks, continued her trip and arrived at Nome last night. In a radio received here, Mrs. Bender stated she was flying to Kotzebue from Nomé to- day. Weather conditions were sfine. Hitler Heils ’Er : | Mary Monagle as prige| for the pret- tiest basket. | carl Johnson was to leave on an | early boat for the'Outside to enjoy |a vacation, after being employed as | linotype operator on The Empire for ‘o\'e\‘ seven years. | p The Gastineau Hotel was to en- tertain with a dance in the lobby of the hotel, the party given in honor of the legislators. Good music was planned for the affair which was to be one of the several to be given by the Gastineau while the Legislature was in session. Elis Colum, a well known Juneau man, was to leave for Seymour Nar- rows on a fishing trip, to be gone all summer, Miss Nellie Simpkins, who had been visiting in the south for the previous two months, returned on the Princess Mary and was at the Zynda. George Stimpson, keeper of the Eldred Rock Lighthouse, arrived | here and was at the Gastineau. Alfred Hall of Auk Bay was in Juneau and at the Alaskan Hotel. ‘Weather: Highest 14; lowest 10; + | clear. OFFICERS ARE ELECTED; ELKS CHOOSE HEADS |"Scofty” Adams Goes fo Office of Esteemed Lecturing Knight { Juneau Elks held their annual election last night and in the only |contest, Arthur “Scotty” Adams lwas chosen Esteemed Lecturing Knight. Other officers elected are: Exalt- ed Ruler, H. C. Redman; Esteemed | Leading Knight, H. E. Simmons; |Esteemed Loyal Knight, E. C. | Hunter. * | Secretary, M. H. Sides; Treasur- replaced by the automatic as the victim degenerated | 3 |er, William Franks; Tiler, George |F. Shaw; Trustee, H. Messer- schmidt; Alternate Delegate to |Grand Lodge (Exalted Ruler is | Delegate) Dr. George F. Freeburger. —————— | Miss Brown Honored y Birthday Party | Little Roberta Brown, daughter of !Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Brown, is cele- | brating her fourth birthday this af- }temoon with a party at the family ihome on West Eleventh Street. | Favors and ballons add to the festivities and guests present in- | clude: Judith Anderson, Carol Ann Miriam Verne (above), 19-year-old Pittsburgh girl summoned from a Berlin musical show to dance before Hitler, also made a hit with Props- ganda Minister Goebbels, who called on her to give a command perform- ance at a party. Marion Daniels, ! Chicago dancer, was also called be- fore Hitler recently, Lawrence, Beverly Junge, Jean and ! Lois Anderson, Red McKinnon, Don- nie Ben Burford, Donna and Sandy Brown, | Jiiea ; The four highest reclamation dams of their type in the United States are located in Arizona— Boulder dam, wedge type; Roosevelt dam, masonry type; Coolidge dam, multiple dome type, and Bartlett ‘dam, multiple arch type. MAX MIELKE PAINTING and DECORATING SERVICE PHONE 407 The B.M. Behrends Bank Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars One thing is to be said in favor of the skunk cab- |7 bage. Chefs don't make coleslaw of it. M ODERN | ETIQUETTE ] By Roberta Lee Q. What is the principal thing for a hostess to consider when se-! lecting guests for a weekend party? A. The principal thing is to con- sider the congeniality of each guest. |One guest who is not kindred in the tastes and interests of the others | can easily spoil the whole party. | Q Should one ever sip coffee, | tea, or water at the table while food |is in the mouth? A. No; the food should be swal- lowed before taking the liquid. Q. Isn't it ill-bred for a person to walk along the sidewalk eating candy or fruit? | A. It is not exactly ill-bred, nor | is it good taste. | | DAILY LESSONS | IN ENGLISH ® | il | By W. L. Cordon ‘i Words Often Misused: Say, “At last (in the course of time) he ar- rived,” and “He discussed the con-; ditions at length (in full detail).” | Often Mispronounced: Hygienic. ! | | Pronounce hi-ji-en-ik, first i as in high, second and third i’s as in it, e as in men, accent third syllable. Often Misspelled: Scissors; four &'s. Synonyms: Bombastic, | grandiloquent, tumid. | 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: | Foyer; a lobby, especially in a thea- ter. (Pronounce fwa-ya, first a as in ah, second a as in day, accent last syllable; or, foi-er). pompous, | | \ | { LOOK and LFEARN | * | How many times in the Bible does the Lord’s Prayer occur? | 2. For what flower is Holland famous? |3 What is dry ice? | 4. What great general shook the gates of Rome but never entered? | 5. In what state is the Painted | Desert? By A. C. Gordon 1 § | | | ! ANSWERS 1. Twice; in Matthew VI and| St. Luke XI. | 2. Tulip. 3. Solid carbon dioxide. 4. Hannibal. { 5. Arizona. e o INFORMATION WANTED ‘Would like to immediately get in touch with anyone who was work- iing for Nebesna Mining Corpora- tion at Nebesna, Alaska, on May 3, 1936. Phone 334, adv. il Irene Stewart's LENDING LIBRARY BARANOF BASEMENT LOBBY New Books to Sell and Rent | — SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. Judson Whittier' CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 _— Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. 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