The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 15, 1939, Page 4

Daily Alaska Em pire Publiched every evening except Sunday by the | EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY WELEN TROY BENDER - - President & L BERNARD Vice-President and Business Manager Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Butored in the Post Office In Juncau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Deltversd by carrler in Juneaw and Douglas for §1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid. at the following rates Ome year. In advance. $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; ene month. in advance. $1.25 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoctated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for fepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and &lso the local news published herein. ALASKA CTRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION Represented nationally by the Fenger-Hall Co. Ltd. with offices In S8an Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Mew York and Boston A BANNER BUILDING YEAR Accompanying, spring, which really arrived in Juheau with the fine weather .of the past week, is a building boom which promises at this early stage to| | THE DAILY ALASKA'EMPIRE, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1939. demands than he has made, a war is sure to come, for France will fight rather than yield Tunisi But this now seems an unlikely hypothesis. Mussolini’s bombast, delightfully vague as to actual demands, does not indicate that Hitler has given him a blank check —to be filled in with the names of such African colo- nies as he would like to annex If, on the other hand, Germany is not under- writing any far-reaching Italian demands, the battle of words is innocuous and amusing. For Italy alone is not in position to threaten the French Army—still the most formidable in Europe. Meanwhile, the Duce thunders up and down the ‘ugged terrain of his native land, leaving his hope- lessly cynical people to wonder whether another stretch of arid African land is worth all this oratory—much less a war. And Premier Daladier has his role mag- nificently in hand. His broadcast address recently was by all odds the most lyrical and completely satisfy- ing political manifesto since the death of Aristide Briand. M. Daladier outlined with clarity his willingness to negotiate with Italy on the basis of the 1935 agree- ment and his unwillingness to yield more, But his finest talents were reserved for a superb exposition of “the strength of France.” Until this point, the finest verbal contribution to the diplomacy of the crisis came from Mr. Chamber- lain with his simple, Anglo-Saxon appeal to his people on the eve of Munich—however misleading it may have been Daladier, whose prose lyric will become a part of the literature of patriotism-—whether it is accurate or not Recognition of Franco (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Recognition by the United States of the govern- ment of Gen. Francisco Franco should remove from {the field of disturbing controversy a topic which has | divided many Americans since the start of the civil war in Spain. Now that the 32-months long conflict is ended it is the aim of Washington to put relations with Spain on a normal basis as quickly as possible The United States was one of the last of the big powers to extend diplomatic privileges What should concern all Americans now, reg: be one of the liveliest the City has ever had ‘Tuesday .it was announced that James C. Cooper would build a modern two-story concrete business| structure at Fourth and Main streets, across from| the Federal Building and the City Hall to start June 1, it is hoped the building will be ready for occupancy by October. ! =Wednesday an investigation of the building per- mit records in the office of City Engineer Mllmnl Lagergren showed that Mrs, Katherine Nye has begun | construction on a $21,000 apartment house on West Eleventh Street near the Calhoun Avenue bridge over| Gold Creek. Nine three-room apartments will be! provided in the frame building H Thursday Dr. Robert Simpson announced plans: for an $85,000 two-story reinforced concrete apartment- and-stores building at the corner of Second and Seward streets. The first floor will provide space for| America will make the post in Madrid an important i be | an office and five stores, with three of the stores to; have small apartments in the rear and all of them to| have full basements. Eight apartments will take up the second floor. Completion of the structure is ex-| pécted by the first of the year. Yesterday Charles Goldstein disclosed he would | go south on the Princess Norah tomorrow to confer| at Seattle with A. W. Quist, who built the Baranof Hotel, on plans for a new structure which will replace | /| the Goldstein Building destroyed by fire two months ago. The new building, of concrete, will be either tWo Of Jate, intensive Nazi propaganda has been accom- | or three stories high, 1‘ Plans have been announced also for a number of réidentiat’buildings throughout fhe City. All in all, it looks like a banner building year for Juneau, and there is nothing like building to swell? payrolls, bring general prosperity and mark progress. | BOOM IN BATTLESHIPS ! One hundred million dollars is a lot of money to put into a single warship. This is what the new 45000-ton U. S. battleships are expected to cost,| and there will be three of them building soon. We| also have six 35,000-ton battleships building at an ap- proximate cost of $75,000,000 apiece. Japan is believedi to be building *two 42,000-ton ships and Great Britain | less of their sympathies, is the report that whole vengeance will be visited upon thousands of members | of the defeated government for taking up arms in their own defense. While Secretary Hull did not e plicitly say so, he indicated when publishing the proc- Nationalists a hint that mercy should be exercised In civil war feelings run high. The temptation to retaliate is strong. The nations interested in seeing Spain return to orderly government should exert their | influence to prevent reprisals. Revenge breeds re- venge and there is danger of laying the groundwork for future civil strife if moderation is not exercised The choice of an ambassador to the new Spain will be an important matter, Claude G. Bowers, ac- credited to the old government throughout the w is unlikely to be selected. The task of the new envoy will be onerous. He will, of course, have the tangled problems of American interests in Spain to deal with In addition, Franco's expressed interest in Latin cne for this country. needed A skillful diplomat will Portugal With Britain (New York Times) One important fact emerges clearly following the end of the war in Spain. The centuries-old alliance between Great Britain and Portugal remains unim- paired. For fifteen years Germany has endeavored, culturally and otherwise, to weaken this partnership. panied by visits of warships to Lisbon and submarines to the Azol To no purpose. Premier Salazar's as- sistance to Pranco has implied ne favors to either Germany or Italy. London has understood this. He has been motivated in his policy by Portugal’s detesta- tion of Bolshevism and Communism. Citizens of the Soviet Union are not welcomed in Portugal nor in any[ of her colonies Strategically, Portugal is today of greater impor- tance than ever before. Her space on the map is slight, but she still ranks fourth in extent of empire. Her possessions range from the Azores to rich Timor in the Far East; and as her colonial interests largely parallel many of those of Great Britain, it was inevi- table that she should cling fast to her ancient ally To Britain this alliance means much. The great har- bor of Lisbon, so close to Gibraltar, is available only to British ships in time of war; a base of great sig- nificance in relation to Mediterranean strategy. And But top honors must be awarded to M.| i . l %roscope The stars incline but do not compel” SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1939 Mingled good and evil are seen in the horoscope for today. according to astrology. The wise will enjoy the spring out-of-doors The stars do not encourage work under this sway, which inclines both men and women to indulge in idle- ness. The afternoon should be fortu- nate for recreation. Women today are subject to the |most stimulating and promising planetary aspects. This is a date for- tunate for tete tete luncheons with prosperous and susceptible | young men Actors and actresses should bene- fit under this rule of the stars, which presages success on stage and screen. New plays of merit are fore- | told by the seers Fortune attends contracts signed |today Musicians should profit eatly in the coming weeks. Writers 0 will be in demand for press and | radio Painters will have a busy summer. {although astrologers prophesy that | crities will arise on every side. Mu- rals will be slow to gain public ap- { proval | Fashions wil attention land modern manners will improve Despite democratic faith, Americans | will prove susceptible to the glamor | |of titles and will reflect the influ- nce of visiting nobility. Persons whose birthdate it is have he augury of a year of unusual ad- | vantages which bring profit and pleasure. Both men and women are | fortunate in the probability of a | happy twelve months | Children born on this day prob- engross With work | jamation on Spain, that Washington had given the ably will be keenly observant, ex- | tremely studious and possessors of |varied talents. Many subjects of | Aries are poets and novelists. | | SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 1939 ! Benefic aspects rule today, ” ac- |cording to astrology. The planetary | zovernment encourages calm reflec- |tion and serious resolutions. The | clergy will be well directed. | While in certain faiths there may an inclination to ignore economic nd political issues and to concen- i trate upon, religious teachings, as- trologers foretell increasing intere 1 groups in public contro- versies The stars presage good response to letters containing requests. Lo who offer hands and hearts by po may expect acceptance. Reassuring news regarding inter- national conflicts e forecast for today. | This is a favorable sway for ro-| mance and the spring suitor may be most impatient to assure a mar- riage date. There will be an extra- | ordinary increase in the number of post-Easter weddings, W Artists - and musicians should | prosper. There will be demand for | their services which encourages the | best attainments. | Severe storms, and in many places | | earthquakes, are indicated. Floods will again emphasize the need of | wise control and conservation of natura] resources. Fashion will interest men as well | as women this season. Uniforms will be worn by many who prefer civilian attire. Training camps will be busy through the summer. Persons whose birthdate it is ha the augury of a year of fair pros- | perity, but temptation to change [ | Armiral Farragut Flectras Making | which YEARS AGO Prom THE EMPIRE JHappy Birthday 2 APRIL 15, 1919 | Two new wireless’ stations, and probably a third, were to improve communication lines in this district) The Emptre ertemds comgratula- during the season. A wireless sta-|tions and best wishes today, *heir tion had been erected at Funter Bay | pirthday annive sary .o v"e follow- for the Thlinget Packing Company. |ing: and the station at Jualin, which had not been in operation for some time, was to be operated as soon as the electric light plant there was started again APRIL 15 Mrs. Anna E. Snow William J. Reck George F. Clark Ethel Whyte Minard Mill, Jr. Charles Tubbs Mrs. Ruby Bennett Clarence J. Rhode Marion Hussey H. C. Strong, Ketchikan capitalist, arrived in Juneau and was at the Gastineau Hotel. Dr. Thomas M. White had opened offices in the Seward Building. He was formerly a member of the d firm of White and Jenne wit offices in the Valentine Building APRIL 16 Nell McCloskey Mrs. A. T. Koski Thomas Harris Myrtle Mello Dorothea M. Hendrickson Joe Kendler Jr. Joseph Alexander McLean -oo—— s Miss Ethel Forbes, Secrétary the assistant chief of the Bur Publicity, had moved her from the Epstein House on Second Street to the Caro Apartments on | Gold Street, | my] M ODERN | ‘ETIQUETTE By Ro[:r!n Lee - The Legislative Ball, given by members of the Legislature in turn for the courtesies they ceived during the session, was to be held at the AB. Hall during the latter part of the month. according to announcement made by membe: of the committee in charge of affair. had re- | @ When a hostess wishes to give a cocktail party and has no maid, | now should she proceec a passenger | A, She may ask one of the men on the Armiral Farragut, which left|guests to help her make the coc for Kodiak, where he was pur- tails, or she may have all the nec chase furs for his company | essary things on 7. or table, and have each guest mix his own Q. Is it nec ry to have ent tainment after small, informal dinner? A. The Charles Goldstein wa to Oak Olson was a passenger on the | for Anchorage a Weather: ‘Highest 32; lowest 29; clear, hostess should arrange some form of entertainment, such cards dancing, unless her | guests prefer conversation Q. Should a woman wear when going a motion play? A. Yes. .- or a hat to picture | Saturday Trips, | : Schedule Change {DAILY LESSONS || IN ENGLISH !} By W. L" Coi lon Two Pacific Alaska Airways tras are to bring thirteen passengers to Juneau this afternon from Fair- banks on the first Safurday schedule trip Because of r boat arriv PAA is understood to have app! for permission to make the schedul mail trip on Saturday from banks instead of Sunday. Joe Crosson and Gene are flying one ship, passer are, Dr. Marcia isused: Do not own universally edundant. What known universaily .is known by all Often Mispronounced Demise. Pronounce de-miz, me, i a in sfze, accent last child, Bertha M. Tiber, Mary Bo- Often Misspelled anich, Mrs. M. B. Edmunson, C. E. |serve the ecz ahan, James Coyle | Synonyms PFilots Al Monsen -and Bert. Lien tion, powe are bringing in Hugh O'Farrel Word St “Use Gertrude Mazen, Charlotte Patter- times and yours. son, Emma Martinskall, Albert Fran- crease our vocabulary and Emerson Bassett. The plan one word ea return Tuesday morning Garrulity; (Pro- e nounce the u as in rule) gar- Try The Empire classifieds for rulity was tiresome to his listeners.” results. > - ———— i LOOK and LEARN || * By A. C. Gordon say, | by i Meyring ers with in syllable Eczema, Ob- jurisdic- ght word three Let in- mastering s word Authority dominion us by ces will NOTICE OF SALE The undersigned as agent of Ger- man Consul at Seattie, Wash., sell at Public Auction at 2 pm., Monday, April 17, 1939, the real and personal property of WILLIAM MEYERS, DECEASED, consisting | of tideland lots on Willoughby Ave- nue, near Jim Ellen’s Store: ! 1. How in a circle? What poet been called many degrees are there South Franklin St. { Plasievosd s Professional Fraternal Societies Directory Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren ling PHONE 56 (G SR Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 a to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 [ Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 1042, 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle © ig. PHONE 667 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. DR H. VANCE | OSTEOPATH Consultation and examinaton free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 9:30 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex PR PGS N ROBERT SIMPSON. OPT. D.| | - Graduate Los Angeles College | f of Optometry and | Opthalinology ‘ | ses Fitted Lenses Ground e s j The Charles W. Carter 1. Mortuary [ | | Wourth and Franklin Sts. | PHONE 136 | ey i | Have Your i Dr Rael.. Carlson | OPTOMETRIST Office kudwig Nelson’s Jewelry | Store Phone Green 331 ! ——— 3 x FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very rcasonable rates FAUL BLOEDHORN S. FRANKLIN STREET OFF THE LOWER LOBBY BARANOF BEAUTY SALON LYLAH WILSON | Frederics—X-ER-VAC 1 CALL 642 Phone 177 | | 'l "The Rexall Stcre” es Examined by | | | B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting prothers welcome. DR. A, W STEWART, Exalted Rul- er; M. H. SIDES, Sec~ rotar:. Gastineau Channel Sécond and fourth Mondaw of each month (G ) in Scottish Rite Temple A beginning at 7:30 p. m. ” THAS. 'W. HAWKES- | |WORTH, Worshipful Master; 3 W. LEIVERS, Seeretary. [GuySmith DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Colis@m PHONE 97—Free Delivery [ SRS SIS RPN DX | “Tomorrow’s Styles l Today" " Juneau's Gwn Store Your Reliable Fharmacists Butler-Mauro H. 5. GRAVES *The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING (Gastineau Motor Service PHONE 7127 NERAL AUTO REPAIRING Gas—Oil—Storage HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibh Stores of Alaska” has a couple of 40,000-ton ships under way. France, ynq yse of the Azores, the Madeira and the Caj ! ihg 1 s ; s ’ ps Verde interests or financial man- ITtaly and Germany are thinking in terms of 35,000 rsjands, with their naval base and airport possibilities, AL : he father of epigram™? i A. Lot about 52’ by 126’ wi { . ) ; i WIth tWo | "3 ywnat is the ‘average life of tons, which means good-sized ships and good-sized | will go far to safeguard Britain's sea route to the Cape | costs. What it all means is obviously that majority ex-| and the Far East if, by some possibility, her mistakenly called “life line” through the Mediterranean should agers should be ignored. Children born on this day prob- ably will be of serious nature . 'and bright intellect. The subjects of this sign of Aries may be sensitive cabins, Nos. 231 and 233, Court House | DOARA Bt oY G side of Willoughb > 2 g | 4. What was the real name B. Lot about 26 Dy ¢ ot about 26 by 50, cabin'No.\ 1 4ga11e’ thie French sexplorer? 232, water s illoughby. Water side of Willoughby, 5. What country ranks second to of TRIPLEX 'Odorless’ DRY CLEANERS Pickup Delivery—‘Sam the Tailor’ | “The Store for Men" SABIN'S pert opinion everywhere does not regard the battleship | €Ver be severed. En and as obsolete. A few years ago there was an 1mpressive‘ i body of opinion—impressive at least to the amateur general reader—which held that the bombing plane | has written the doom of the battleship. At the time of the Ethiopian conquest we were asked to believe that | the British fleet in the Mediterranean was at the | mercy of Mussolini’s war planes. A $75,000,000 float- | ing ‘monster could be put out of business by a squadron | of bombers costing a minute fraction of that amount. | But the respective admiralties and navy depart- ments seem to have looked into the matter and de-| cided that the dread efficiency of the bombing plane | has been much exaggerated. We can hardly say that | this is only the famous military mind which is always | hostile to new ideas. It is a state of mind too univer- sal for that And if professional opinion is convinced that th airplane cannot wrest a decision from the battleship on the seas, it is arguable that the effectiveness of the | airplane over cities has also been exaggerated. By the war plane’s effectiveness is meant, of ‘course, its ability to win a war. The bomber’s capacity to inflict great suffering on a civilian population is not questioned; but it is another matter to break a civilian population’s morale. The thing did not hap- pen in Spain. If anything, it is arguable that the| slaughter of women and children by Franco's airplanes | served only to steel Republican resistance Hitler's planes against a target like London or Paris may be expected to score much more heavily than the Italian | es over the cities of Spain; but| it is another matter to force a decision. We take it that British and French policy is not yet prepared to. pay the price of a German air bombardment for the | issues so far at sta This, rather than helplessness | before Hitler's planes in the final test Munich and its aftermath. ke would explain | (Cincinnati Enquirer) The principal controversy in world politics just now is that of Italy and France. In contrast to the surly machtpolitik of Hitler and its grim successes. his war of words between two Latin peoples suggests | the delicate play of slender foils between adversaries | who know it is something of a game Either Il Duce has the actual support of German) or he has not. If he has, he doubtless will get some- thing from France without fighti For Daladier and Bonnet are habituated to acquiescence in the iron will of the Nazi regime. If Mussolini has German support for even broad | | |We had the lu | with all this traveling to subjugated countries. $126,000 for The Kid d (Philadelphia Record) | So now it is all ended—the suit by Jackie Coogan | against his mother and stepfather for a share of his huge earnings as a movie juvenile. Jackie gets $126,307 and the oase is settled out of court. Settled for Jackie and his mother, but not for the public, which is left | in a very unsettled condition. i It is a pity that it had to happen. The generation now adult is the one that knew The Kid best in his great Charlie Chaplin pictures. He stood for some- | thing to that generation. He was the child the whole S world loved, wistful, abandoned, alone, befriended only | by a funny little chap with big shoes and a comic | mustache. The public that would sob between laughs at The | w Kid's pictures would also gloat over the size of his|Harmon at Hoonah for Sitka and bring two passengers from Chichagof. earnings. That Jackie Coogan was dragging down hundreds of thousands a year made everybody happier. ury of weeping over his misfortunes, | and the inner joy of knowing he wasn't suffering, really—he was making plenty. It was something to comfort vourself with in the darkened theater. Then, later, that nice dream was busted. Jackie left the movies only to become The Kid in real life, | frendless, broke. A whole generation has had its sense of values outraged by the story. A mere $126,307 doesn’t soothe us, not a bit Il Duce asserts that “My will knows no obstacles.” What do you suppose he dces when he’s out driving— | just runs through the stop signs. Well, perhaps there’s something to be said for the fact that the dictators don’t make speeches every day. Some of us never would get any sleep. While we're worrying over s at the opening | baseball game, half of Europe is worrying about .\'Eill.\‘ in the bomb-proof shelter: | More than $23,000,000,000 has been expended by the United States since 1776 in pensions to veterans. And the recent World War isn't paid for yet. Married 59 years, a Tennessee woman wants a divorce from her 85-year-old husband. She seems (o | have been repenting at leisure. Both Hitler and Mussolini were corporals during | the World War. Just supposing they had been top sergeants! | Hitler We trust Chancellor doesn’t tire (AMERON MAKING Air Transport Lockheed, on the varicus radiophenes through the islands. g results, i | impressionable, but of even isposition and systematic habits, (Copyright, 1939) e ISLAND FLIGHT WITH AAT PLANE Norman Cameron, radio engineer, vent out over the milk route with hell Simmons today in the Alaska checking Simmons was to pick up Cera Irene Stewart's T LENDING LIBRARY BARANOF BASEMENT LOBBY | Hours: Noon to 5:30~7:30 to 10 | | pm, Sund; 12:30 to 2 p.m. to Juneau M s PN Try The Empire classifieds for The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska COMMERCIAL C. Lot abo ' by 50, 4-apart- | o h\ul(h’n:.[ :& b;();“'“;“ “‘_?l“];;d and in point of population of and Willoughby on water side. | Furnishings to be sold with) cabins. Seller reserves right to re-| ject any and all bids and all bids su?jer: to approval of German Con- sul. i Terms cash: 10% down, balance | when deed delivered. The sale will take place in front of the property at 2 p.m.. Monday, | April 17, 1939 o WYATT KINGMAN, First publication date, April 4, 1939, Last publication date, April 15, 1939, o its colonial empire? ANSWERS 360 degrees. Alexander Pope. Fifteen years. Rene Robert Cavalier. Holland. e Try an Empire ad WANT TO SELL 9 WANT TO BUY . and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars USE THE “WANT? ADS , e y ® [OFFICIAL MAPS OF JUNEAU—25c J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” Juneau Melody House Music and Electric Appliances | (Next Irving’s Market) Front Street Phone 65 | —_— ALASKA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSN. Accounts Insured Up to $5,000 P.O. Box 2718—Phone 3—Office 11y Seward St., Juneau, Alaska Pront St—Triangle Bldg. | | GASTINEAU CAFE A Krafft's Mnfg. & Building Co., Ine. 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