The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 3, 1939, Page 4

N _i)dily Alaska Empire o Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPAN WELEN TROY BENDER - - - - - R. L BERNARD - - Second and Msiy Streets, Juneau. Alask, ntered In the Post Office i Juneau as Second Class A SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Detlvered by carrier in Juneau and D per month, By m tage paid, at the One yeur ance. $12.00; six n advance, $6.00 ome month. in advance. $1.25 a favor if they will promptly notify Bubscrivers will confer de- e Business Office of any Mvers of their papers Teleph. fallure or irregularity in the ones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRE The Associated Press is exclusively entith vepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or efberwise credited in this the local published herein o the use for not news paper and also ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION Represented nationally by the Fenger-Hall Co. Ltd. with effices In San Francisco, Los An Portland, Seattle, Chicago, New York and Boston TWO CHARTS It is Alaska’s misfortune, in a way of the world on the Mercator projection, the one with which we are all familiar from schoolroom days, sadly distorts all the northern and southern portions and does them rank injustice. In making the map take the shape of a rectangle, when what it represents is in reality a globe, consid- erable liberty had to be taken with lines of latitude and longitude. A line of latitude at the equator, for instance, is made to appear of the same length as one at the pole, while the first is really almost 25,000 miles long and the other is zero. that the map ‘The result is that what appears to bm to west distance at the top or bottom of the map is really a very short distance. And this is where Alaska comes in If national geographical thinking had been in terms of realities rather than in terms of the dis- torted Mercator projection of the world, the major United States defense base in the Pacific would not be at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, but at either Kodiak or Unalaska in Alaska. Unalaska is only 1,707 miles from Seattle and 2547 miles from Yokohama. Pearl Harbor is 2091 0 and 3,394 miles from Yoko- Add it up: United States to Japan via Hawaii, miles; United States to Japan via Alaska, 4254 The more southerly route, that which the 'y would use and be bound to protect if Pearl Har- bor is the No. 1 base in the Pacific half again as long as that by way of Unalaska To emphasize the geographical fallacy which has dominated U. S. thinking ever since a ppplential enemy wass discerned in the Orient, Delegate Dimond recently displayed in Congress two maps of the Pacific. One was the Mercator projection, the other a Great Circle Sailing Chart of the North Pacific. The sailing chart, which would appear grotesque- ly distorted to us who are accustomed to the Mercator map, has the advantage of giving a true picture of the North Pacific insofar as it concerns the relation of Alaska to the United States and to the coasts of the countries on the other side of the Pacific, Japan and Russia. On it, a straight line is the shortest dis- tance between any two points, By following the shortest line from the West Coast miles from San Franc hama is almost of the United States to Yokohama, the center of the| Orient, a ship would pass through the Aleutian Islands, nerth of some and south of others. Even if the journey Lulu, Mrs. Albertino Adams looks pret-| ty much like any other 35-year-old housewife when she’s in the quiet English town of Brighton, where she and her husband make their home in a cottage. But she holds a place unique in the show world. As Lulu, she is one of the few lady! elowns in existence and is billed by Ringling Brothers Circus as the only female clown of any impor- tance. Women, it seems, don't like to look silly and grotesque and as a result shun the role of circus buf- foon. Lulu, however, is the excep- tion that proves the rule. Cheer- fully she wears the traditional tear daubs under the eyes, the exag- gerated grease paint mouth and the red-painted nose. “] wasn't born very beautiful anyway, so it doesn't make much difference to me,” she explains. Circus acting comes naturally to Laulu. She was born to the life. Her parents were acrobats and bare- back riders, and she herself began giving performances at the age of| ten. = With a brother and sister she played trumpets and a xylophone, and did a little dancing as part of, the Creston Family act which tras veled through almost every Euro- pean country with thé exception of! Soviet Russ:a. Her father, Joe Creston, still p! a clown role a few weeks every year, “just for the fun of it,” at the/ Olympia Circus in London. Although Lulu has been appear- ing in circus acts since she was ten| years old, she did no clowning until ten years ago, when her husband| suggested that the novelty of a woman clown might prove a suc- cess. He was right, and she’s been at it ever since, although she and| her husband also have played in a good many straight comedy rou- tines in British revues and have ap-| peared before King George, Queen Elizabeth and the Princesses Eliza- beth and Margaret Ros | “The essence of clowning,” says Lulu, “is to do everything wrong ey President Vice-President and Business Manager | jg lewmlmh °s Leadihg Lady, Doesn’t Mind Looking Ludicrous _THE started as far south as San Prancisco, the Yokohama- ship following the ‘shortest, or great circle route, would pass only 238 nautical miles south of the (A‘vmmm Hawaii, as they would say in reporting e s e a sporting event, is over a thousand miles off at an arbitrary angle. Belatedly, the Nation is waking up to the defen- Alaska. Sitka is already a Navy sea- ngress has approved a bill to greatiy value of plane base enlarge ihe base there and develop a similar base at IZodiak. There is talk of establishing a Navy seaplane base at Unalaska It is obvious that a defensive force, whether of vessels or planes, stationed at Kodiak is closer to the large cities of the Pacific Coast of the United States— Seattle, Portland and San Francisco— and therefore in better strategic position to defend those cities, than a similar force based on Pearl Harbor. The Nation that controls the coast of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, as far as a battle in the Pacific is conterned can get there first with the most ships and guns, and that is what wins engagements on the sea as well on the land. A sea fleet or an air fleet stationed at Kodiak will have an estimable advantage, as far as the defense of the United States is concerned, over any fleet mov+ ing across from the Orient, directed at the shores of the United States. In a hotly contested race even 200 miles, as would be the case with respect to get- ting to San Francisco from Kodiak rather than from Pear]l Harbor, might be of vital consequence. In the | case of Seattle the difference in favor of the Kodiak | | base would be nearly 1,000 miles. At this late date there is no point in criticizing o eking to detract from the defensive value of the Hawailan Islands. The defensive installations there up to the present time have cost the United States more than $400.000.000. The amount authorized, but not yet appropriated, for Sitka is $2900,000 and for Kodiak $8,750,000. As Delegate Dimond said in Congress, “if the ex penditure of $400,000,000 for defensive works in the Hawaiian Islands is justified, which T not only admit but assert, then the modest expenditures for Alaska which are now propesed as a measure of national de- | fense are justified a million times and that million can be raised to the nth power.” With Alaska undefended, the United States is not adequately defended. Let the money be appropriated for the Sitka and Kodiak bases promptly and let the work there, which will take several years at best, com- once. mence at Safe Flying (New York Times) Sound cooperative eff between the air themselves and the Civil Aeronautics Authorit i rather than luck, is to be credited for this yea | splendid record of safety in winter flying. The CAA reports that in the period from December 12 to March 20 the domestic lines flew 128,262,050 passenger-miles with but one fatal accident. Of this impressive total 50,000,000 passenger-miles were flown by the three transcontinental systems of American, United and TWA and by the north and south service of Eastern Air Lines without a single forced landing. The strik- ing advance made during the past winter can best be realized by a comparison of record with those | of preceding winter seasons, remembering that winter is generally regarded as the comparatively hazardous time of transport operation. On the basis of airplane { miles flown, the lines operated 12,9 miles in the of 1935-36 with 18 fataliti 14,218,367 miles winter in 1 with 28 fatalities, and 14,824,274 miles in 1¢3 lities. The past winter, however, they flew miles with only four fatalities The figures, as retiring Chairman Noble of the CAA points out, show how successfully a highly competi- tive business, pushing its development at a phenom- enal rate, still can cooperate with a Federal agency and get results. American hats should be off to both the airlines and the Authority. The British definition of “jitterbug” is a person unusually fearful about the future trend of eve nts. | Over here, that's what we might regard most every- body except jitterbugs. ! A veteran headwaiter says the really great men are slow eaters, but it¥ difficult to get the idea across tc the boss after a prolonged lunch hour. “caught ‘way out of position” It jand delegates from DAILY- ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1939. 'I c%)roscope " 2 ‘The stars incline but do not compel”’ Prom THE EMPIRR YEARS AGO l | MAY 3, 1919 | | Attorney George B. Grigsby was inominated for Delegate to Congri Jupiter setting at the time of the | eward on the Alameda. Full Moon is seen as encouraging | St for international relations. Tmpor- Thomas J. Donohoe, Democratic tant negotiations may be suecess-| National Committeeman, and prom- ful under this sway There is a sign that pres vere criticism for all who have poywer over human destiny Not only rulers | but representatives of minoriti Mrs. R. P. Bradley entertained a the people will | number of her friends at bridge at become targets for abuse her home in Treadwell. i As preparedness causes intense — activity ~in - many manufacturing| J. C. McBride was elected presi- centers, millionaires will be added|dent, H. I. Lucas, secretary, and to the long-dwindling list and envy | John Reck, treasurer, at a meeting | inent Alaskan attorne; s to re- zes se- | turn to his home at Cordova on the Alameda, for the east on the Princess Mary was given by’ Mrs, S. Guyot against economic ‘limitations military service. This evening is a propitious time for entertaining distingui guests Women may find this a lucky date {to | Miss Essie May Jones, teacher of {the Home Economics course at the Bigh School, had been absent from | fer informal hospitality. Tt is a ‘for- | classes during the week owing to| tunate time for entertaining friends | iliness. | of a daughter, especially if the younz Wit LAY hi men are worthwhile from a senti-| J. L. Backstrom, of the Forestry mental point of view. Service, was to leave on the Ala- Purchas of house-furnishings| meda on his way to the Interior. He should be satisfactory today. Beach ha and mountain cottages will be much | tel scught this summer when cities will lpeioge - ] be less desirable than usual as| J.J. Thompson, of the Astoria and | places of residence. | Puget Sound Packing Company, of Persor peen a guest at the Zynda Ho- ! [ the augury of a year of calm rou-|at the Gastineau Hotel. | tine. Women may travel unexpect- st . i edly | Weather: Highest 37; lowest 30; Children born on this day prob-|ciea in ably will be determined and e S eee stubborn when pursuing anythir | Ar of Taur- ering per- maturity These subje us usually have overpoy sonalities as they rea Success belongs to many (Copyright, 19 , SIS o they desire. JUNEAU STOWAWAY |, GETS 60-DAY TERM following article appeared in | griculture economists report the a recent Seattle Daily Times. It was mber of milk cows United handed in to The Empire with the States is on the increase request that it be printed and *‘per haps some of this poor .fellow's ands will see it and help him out of his truble by sending him a ticket to his job:” . After testifying on an Alaska-bound vessel ing refused a ‘free’ passage, David Mahan, 55 y old, a former Ju- | neau, Alaska Street Department em- I ployee, was sentenced by Justice | william Hoar today to sixty days in the county jail for vagrancy. “Mahan told the court he came 1o Seattle from A last fall with funds with which to buy a fishing boat. The defendant said he became M | i1l shortly after his arrival here and ' {'was forced to spend his savings. The defendant testified a job was await- }n.-x him in Alaska.” L . e The wmmplre classirieds in in the o As Fire Killed Six i he stowed away after be- Pr for =€ UNITED GENERAL LAND OFFICE istriet Land Offic March 22, 1939, or | Anchorage, Alaska. | & Notice is hereby given that Charley ay Woods, has made application for a ur | homesite under the act of May 26, h {1934, (48 Stat. 809 Anchorage, | serial 08545, embraced in U. S. Sur- | vey No. 19, situate on the west | share of south end of Tee Harbor, ar | Alaska, latitude 58° 24’ 32” N. longi- | tude 134° 45’ 45” W. containing 4.99 | acres. | ‘An\' and all persons claiming ad- | versely any of the above mentioued [ land should file their adverse claims | in the District Land Office, An- | chorage, Alaska, within' the period | of publication or thirty days there- after, or they will be barred by the ! | provisions of the Statutes. - FLORENCE L. KOLB, Acting Register. Date first publication, April 5, 1939. Date last publication, May 31, 1939. [ 1 1 Irene Stewart's LENDING LIBRARY | | BARANOF BASEMENT LOBBY\ | Hours: Noon to 5:30—7:30 to 10 | | p.m., Sundays: 12:30 to 2 p.m. Firemen vainly battle a Chicago .i | blaze which brought death to six, "f | four of them children. A janitor 1 confessed starting the fire in a de- | sire for rsvenge on a ministe’ ’ \ who held the lease on the house & il and never finish anything. | “One of our best gags 1s trying both of to carry a bucket of water over a| In ladder. It always brings a laugh plays s __when the top man spills it over thelrat suddenly e » other of their stunts, Lulu!of which scatter a pile of his dirty saxophene from which a|shirts, a bunch of ragged socks and smashes her husband’s guitar, out The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska ' COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars werges and shela loaf of bread. WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1939 . tha D . itdria . by the Democratic Territdrial ca tions and best wishes today, ‘heir e % il vention the previous day, the posi- virthd nnive sary .0 ie follow- hreatening and uncertain’ as- | o which became vacated due tolirthday ann - R X drosn pects are di ned in the horoseope | 1 geath of Charles E. Sulzer. ing. for to y ording to astrology. A| E — | benefic influence rules in the eve-| yr. Bakken, auditor of the Frye- MAY 3 | ning; | Brunn Company, was to leave for Errissh KVS {move the cigarette. LOOK and LEARN * s whose birthdate 4t is have | Excursion Inlet, was in Juneau and | bopmmmma————— | DAILY LESSONS | IN ENGLISH * crease our as on the surface, of many TRy Happy | Birthday, e The Empire extemds congratula- Margaret Neison Mrs, Sigurd Olsen Miriam Puranen Natasha Calvin Irvin Fleek -or—— Q. What does it indicate when a will become a leaven in subversive|of the Gastineau Channel Republi-| ..\ carries on a conve jon with JrchagmEn : [cart Oluki; a cigarette dangling from his lips? | Revolutionists may be tive yayeteain A. Laziness, as well as ill-breed Erazil and Japan under this con-| A neighborhood party, in honor of [,y He probably considers it nseless figuration which arouses rebellion | Mrs, W. L. Martin, who was to leave oyertion to life his hand and re- Q. Is it permissible for a guest open conversation with anothe: guest, when there has been no in- troduction? | A. Yes, this is permissible. Q. Should a guest unfold the | napkin entirely when placing it on | s lap? A. No; half unfolded is sufficient. {| By A. C. Gordon | ‘ ‘ 1. What does it mean when a| | person is referred to as having died | | testate? 1 Who commanded the English | my during the World War? 3. How many acres are there in square mil H 4. What mammal flies? { 5. Which is the longest highway | the world? ANSWERS 1. The person died without leav- g a valid will. 2. Douglas Haig (1861-1928). 3. 640, 4. The bat. 5. Lincoln Highway San Francisco; 3.323 - - Emer > m Words Often Misused: cans to rise from. Imme plunge into or under. Often Mispronounced: Inamorata. | ronounce in-am-o-ra-ta, second a | in ah, third a as in ask un- ressed, accent fourth syllable. Often Misspelled: Museum. Ob-| | rve the s, though pronounced as ynonyms: Vacuity, vacancy, void DEPART] vacuum, emptiness. | IN' Word Study: “Use a word three | times and it is yours.” Let us in-| vocabulary e word each day sual; unduly ppetites; fleshly re ever la our.”—Pr Today's word: indulgent to the “No sensual pleas- | ed so much as for an | verb. >eoe | by mastering | | | as well | rivers Ice forms on the bottom nd lakes. JUNEAU LINOLEUM STORE | | Front and Main—Phone 582 NICK ROCOVICH, Proprietor WANT TO SELL 53 WANT TO BUY USE THE “WANT” ADS Y . [ [ ! ‘ | \ 2 Office Ludwig Nelson’s Jewelry | || JUNEAU—25¢c irectory Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel I! [l D bt Drs. Kaser and 1 Freehurger l DENTISTS mgren Building PHONE 56 Sen—— B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. H. C. RED- MAN, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary, TOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 122 Second and fourth Mondas of each month (\;/@ in Scottish Rite Temple el ’\ beginning at 7:30 p. m. DENTIST . HAWKES & “HAS. W. - I;nxm;\;gug ‘f;) 6 pm. WORTH, Worshipful Master; EW. UILDING W. LEIVERS, Secretary. ] Dr. A. W. Stewart I | Office Phone 469 | | [JAME i e e D ¢ ' Dr. Judson Whittier | | {nuny Smith i CHIROPRACTOR i | Drugless Physician 1] | Office hours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-9 | | | ”RUGS | Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle ¥ ig. | PHONE i ONP bt A ! PUROLA REMEDIES — || PHESCRIPTIONS CARE- 1 FULLY COMPOUNDED | Dr. John H. Geyer ||| "ou¥ covrov | DENTIST Front Street Next Coliseum | Room 9-Valentine Bldg. PHONE 97—Free Delivery PHONE 762 R S RS RIS B ) Hours: 9 am. to 6 p.m. sz Bt Aisades, e S IR 4 R o e e 7 __._._..l et ~11| o v e DR. H. VANCE || ~Tomorrow’s Styles 1 OSTEOPATH | Consultation and examinaton | free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; | 17 to 9:30 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 | S E— | | | ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. | Graduate Los Angeles College { of Optometry and Opthalmology 1 | Olasses Fitted Lenses Ground | | el 'The Charles W. Carter | 1 Mortuary 1 Fourth and Franklin Sts. l PHONE 136 | iy g Have Your Eyes Examined by [ Dr Rae L. Carlson " OPTOMETRIST Store Phone Green 331 | | SRNEaN BEAUTY SALON | LYLAH WILSON Frederies—X-ER-VAC CALL 642 | TRIPLEX 'Odorless’ | DRY CLEANERS Pickup Delivery—‘Sam the Tailor' | [OFFICIAL MAPS OF J. B. Burford & Co. | “Our. Doorstep Is Worn by :[ | | Satisfied Customers” Juneau Melody House Music and Electric Appliances (Next Irving's Market) Front Strect Phone 65 ALASEKA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSN. Accounts Insured Up to $5,000 P.O. Box 2718—Phone 3—Office 11y Seward St., Juneau, Alaska || “The Rexall Stcre” BARANOF ; Today” . Juneau's Uwn Store —_— Your Reliable Fharmacists Butler-Mauro ! Drug Co. | H.S.GRAVES *The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING e T——————————tt————) ; | , FINE v T Gl Watch and Sewelry Repairing | | at very rcasonable rates |7 Gasfineau Moior o |PAUL BLOEDHORN | ; S. FRANKLIN STREET {1 Service | | PHONE 721 | Lot e 8 | GENERAL AUTO. REPAIRING | OFF THE LOWER LOBBY ||| Gas—Oil—Storage HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibh Stores of Alaska” “The Store for Men" SABIN'S | Front St.—Triangle Bldg. | GASTINEAU CAFE | Mnfg. & Building Co., Ine, CABINET WORK—GLASS PHONE 2 TELEPHONE—SI COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$100.000 % PAID ON SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank JUNEAU—ALASKA ¥