The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 25, 1939, Page 4

3 Daily Alaska Empire Published evers evening rxcept Su EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY WELEN TROY BEND - - dent June eau o aday by the Prestdent Vice-F a B s Manager . A Second and M Bntered in the Post Offic e J s Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. carrier in Juneau and Douslas for S1 #l, postage paid, at the foll One year. in adv 12,00; six months, in adva one month, In advance Subscribers will cc #he Business Office Uvery of thei: Telephones MEMBER OF The Assoclated Pre all new 1 fer y notify avor 1f th lure or a New ice Busines: ASSOCIATED PRESS vely entitled to the use for ted t not ALASKA CTRCULATION GUARANTEI THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER D TO BE LARGER PUBLICATION. Represented offices in Ban Fr New York and © r-Hall_Co rtland, Seattle Lt Chic BIRTH, OF A NATION THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, MAY 25. 1939. ! nate enough to find new ‘pubh( tion in the fall.” Scribners is associated with many of the famous names of English and American literature. In its early days it introduced Americans to Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling, followed by present- ing Bret Harte, Edith Wharton, Thomas Nelson Page and, in more recent years, William Faulkner, Thomas | Wolfe and Ernest Hemingway. That is no small dis- tinction for any magazine. During the past three “working capital to resume c%rosco pe ‘The stars incline l I | FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1939 years Scribners changed | format completely, with great emphasis upon | aphy and color reproductions of modern art till maintaining its t ary talent So, from stafb to finlsh which pioneered in Americ t other ernment. In its »|lating to their best ambitions. yet lition as a forum for new| Girls should benefit under lite Scribners was & magazitie | to attain their heart’s desires. veering before |2agements and weddings on | date are likely to bring happin Although a great number of m: riages wil] take place next month |the. proportion. of wage-earning girls who relinquish their busin: | associations will be smaller | usual. This is a favorable time for en- | tertaining. Dinners and dances | should be marked by real enjoyment although the stars seem to presage many meetings and partings among |young men and women. A London astrologer predicts that [the zenith of Premier Daladie | career will not be reached until 1942 Queen Elizabeth of England is hunjoc: to the most fortunate direc- |tion of the stars, but she may sus- |tain the loss of a friend or relative before the end of the year. After-effects of the visit of the rulers of England to Canada and the United States are to be beneficial to Anglo-Americans relations in an un- | usual way, it is foretold. Both the King and Queen have Venus as their ruling planet, a an literature, mo: from the foreign domination which held so i long in our editorial offices. Its ension will be & major loss to our literary world—a loss which we sin- will be briefly tempora cerely hope QUOTATION OF THE WEEK ch by Themas Mann in New York things get bétter in Germany. the point where they burst into tes the “fre than From Before 1 Spe Germans must reack I s when thies word ‘freedom n Hclpx Turkey Why Bri (Cleveland Plain Dealer) agreement between Britain and Turkey madc intere of their natiol security” definite than the pledges London has re- to other small states. There is a reason is primarily designed to protect B:‘HN‘: sts in the eastern Medit and in the Near East and, secondarily, to link in the anti-aggression bloc Turkey's strategic situation gateway to the Black Sea, her and Palestine, her command of The the more made alliance in to b ts al seems cently The intere je 8 on the Dardanelles, proximity to Egyp the eastern area o! but do not oomp. this Irule of the stars which aids’ them En- this ss | 20 ARSAGO MAY 25, 1919 The J. W. Bell Building on Sec- lond between Main and Seward was |damaged by fire, estimated at $1, | | | | \ | | According to astrology this is not | | 250, an important day in planetary gov- the morning women | | are subject to benefic aspects, stimu- The Juneau Dairy had taken the | herd of cows from the Juneau win- | ter barns to the pasturage near Sal- mon Creek. The closing exercises of the l’drn- | chial school were held at Douglas. Master Thomas Cashen was ' given honors for highest grade in the sixth grade; Johnnie Cashen in grade one | Esther Cashen gave a piano solo. Mr the she on and and Mrs. J. D. Helps left Alaska, he’ for; Ketchikan for California. Postmaster Z. M. Bradford northbound on the Alameda. wa H. VanderLeest, wife and daughter Mary were returning from the south aboard the Alameda Partnership of the ness, conducted under Peerless Bakery. |Joe Reidi retiring from the and Theodore Heyder carryin bakery busi- the name of firm on. Weathe with drizzle: . high, 56; low, 48; cloudy threatening. PARK SERVICE was being dissolved, | The thousand death of a as striking newspaper the truism that Chinese i in an earthquake i most desirable ally, not ts in and around the Mediterranean at the mouth of Suez make her She can act as sentinel for Lon- the Middle Sea | pansion of human sympathy. favorable correspondence that pres- ages growth of popularity and e PLANS STUDY, news as an automobile crash on Main S applies to the present world-wide Because we stem culture, the current course of made the Japan-China conflict a forg gated to the inside pe Major Orient, where the second biggest tory is being wa were actually subordinated to the occbation of tiny Albania—by the nation that controlled it for ten years The ,more than £a complete military -victory meorganization of China on ¢ & gas Japan's,.there is no doul diately rank with the two top world SwBritain and the United States W But even short of that unlikely event, there is the q,‘dlshnfl. possibility that China itself is rapidly becom- “#&8ing a nation in the modern sense under the hammer s blows of war. W8 Hallett Abend reports aswethe Chinese Government, in spite military defeats, is now functioning last year of peace. It has for 30,000,000 refugees (three times the tion of Czechoslovakia before the division) It is guiding thé development of Chinese industry &nd transportation at a rate more rapid than Vefore. It has a functioning farm aid loan system. Many of the industrial centers of China have fallen into Japanese hands, but Abend points out: “The war has accelerated the development of re- sources in the far interior to a degree that half a century of peace would scarcely have brought about. “Thirty-two universities and colleges have removed | from the occupied coastal provinces into the hmm-‘ land. In many cases thousands of students followed | their universities; some of them traveling afoot as far as 1500 miles to reach the new sites of the educa- tional institutions.” Technical knowledge is spreading rapidly. Since the fall of Nanking the Chinese Government has managed to install 2,800 miles of new telephone lines and has another, 2,400 miles under construction. What is left of China today is probably a stronger, news situat ss) from the an politi war 1 same Europ (more or ten rele- campaigns in the of human his- in war d has significance Chinese much Should the a matter of size Ty war Japan both win is ! a peace-tim dustrial basis high bt that Japan would imme Powers, Great in the New York Times that of of better than in the ed to organize relief whole popula- a long serie mana ever more unified nation than before the Japanese attacked ; in 1937. Whal’s more, the progress that has been made is Chinese, not the superimposed westernization that was represented by the business district of ' S8hanghai. The forgotten war pation that will upset future more drastic in Europe be b may old ally than giving birth to a new nees -and affect the SC RIIE\ ERS \l'\ll’h!\l)s to think of newsstands without For 53 years it has appeared on Tt difficult Bcribners Magazine. them with ments of an , dssue wil is Americ; be the last N institution Yet this month’s -unless the publishers are fortu- BEFORE A NEW DAY DAW Fair, man-madk’ lighting marvels ‘are on display. a statue, “Freedom of the Press” at the left. A gi against the perisphere. Mercury vapor tubes light t has " observers | 1ng that can happen ! t interruption and has taken on the linea- | at the “World of Tomorrow,” sometimes called the New York World's This is a don’s imperial inter Britain, of course, promises to aid Turkey should | Persons whose birthdate it is have be attacked. Thus is brought back @ situation [the augury of a year of advance- * to that existing during the Russo-Turkish war |Ment in worldly possessions. Nov When the Czar went to the reseue of the | ties or inventions will bring wealth kish-ruled Bulgari; in that year the British |to-certain men. fleet prevented him from occupying Constantinople. | Children born on this day prob- Later Britain took part in the Congress of Berlin, |ably will be extremely gifted. Many siding with Bismarck against the Russians. {of these subjects of Gemini Britain fears Russian designs today as much as (S€sS originality and a talent for she did in the last century, but for different reasons. | Vention. They should be Then it was a question of blocking Russian territorial | Wisely. expansion and today a question of halting the spread of Soviet ideology. But 1d Turks a »se friends today— | irtually allies. This was demonstrated early in the | week after the visit to Ankara of Viadimir Potemkin, | iet Vice Commissar for Foreign Affairs. Some | believe that through the Turkish alliance | differences between Longdon and Moscow will be compromised and Russia brought into the anti-Hitler bloc. It is pointed out that the Anglo-Turkish pledge | would not have been announced had not London de- | termined on agreement with the Russians. If Britain goes n- educated lCo])\ ight, 1939) GOOD WAR MIGHT - BE OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW TRICKS (Continued from Page One) { Russians the as far in reciprocity with the Rus- ( s as she has with the Turks Moscow will sign an ccord. But to come to an understanding with the | wiet Union, to promise military aid as the Russians | and, Britain must forego a traditional disi of the bear that walks like a man. Only if Downin | Street believes the European situation has reached a critical phase will she make such a concession. Delay, however, is but encouragement to Hitler, for it informs Jhim that his prospective foes are divided and it is on | international division that dictators thrive. chase the Japanese fleet a short dis- tance beyond the Hawaiian Islands, but then would have to halt or face punishment for contempt of Con- | gress. he neutrality bill has had | minor work out and almost every- { body in touch with it has been dis- satisfied in some respects. It kept the United States out of the Ttalo- Ethiopian war, but its designer, Senator Nye of North Dakota, felt it kept us out of the Spanish war altogether too well and he wanted it revised months ago so help could go to the Loyalists. Uneasy Yugeslavia (New York Times) ! Italy on the west; Germany, Hunga and Ru- | mania on the north; Rumania and Buigaria on the | east; Greece on the south—thus lies uneasy, unhappy | Yugoslavia. Ser Croats, Slovenians; with a “King” | operation in the Atlantic, but dis 'of less than 16 years, 14,000,000 of population, 95.000 | liked the prospect of its working square miles, After twenty years of discord, these|a hardship on China, so refused to children of the Slavic race have reached an agreement | invoke it in the Pacific. | whereby Croatia is to enjoy autonomy, with Slovenia So many conflicting ideas have jand Dalmatia included. Bosnia and Serbia are also|developed as to what sort of meu- {to be autonomous. For many centuries the northern | trality bill the country should have land southern portions of the elements which uum-}lhnt, one naive witness suggested pose this country have been at odds. The Croats, |before a congressional committee then Austrians, fought for Austria in the w the | that representatives of foreign na- Serbians, for the Allie | tions be invited to help us frame But external menace has now brought the quarrel- ‘unc to plea ing elements into a degree of unity hitherto unat- | tained. Together, they are threatened in many direc- jtions. Ttaly sees in the Dalmatian coast a remnant {of the glories of ancient Venice. Bulgaria and Hun- ga have definite ideas of frontier revisions, And in the north sits Germany, which can, at any time, | have the deciding voice in any reorganization of or | ) control oy the country, Germany might, conceiv- | [ably, one day wish to pass that way to the Adriatic There are here, however, no sons of the Fatherland to | e be redeemed and Germany may have at present all the Patricia Gullufsen was elected 1 Slavs on her hands that she cares to have. Yugoslavia | President of Troop 1 of the Junior is now fairly united as regards externals, but no people | Ag-e g | Catholic Daughters of America at in Europe is faced by more difficulties in the preserva- | 5 meeting of the organization last tion of national entit night at the home of Mrs. V. L. Hoke. Theresa Doogan was chosen Vice. President and Patricia McAlister Secretary-Treasurer. Second-year honor tests given. A pillow all[) was awarded to Mary Rhodes. The evening was spent in playing Chinese checkers. Hosti s were Mrs. Lewis erm‘l and Mrs. Hoke Junior Catholic Daugthers Elect Miss Gullufsen The world seems real peaceful, with only one war going on, were funaml. One-Half Mi ight scene along Constitution Mall, with ure of George Washington is silhouetted gantic he trees. pos- | | a President Roosevelt let it go ixytn" t not GLACIER BAY Sending Refie—semative fo ! Outline New Tourist Facilities Type and extent of tourist facili- ties which might advantageously be placed in the enlarged Glacier Bay National Monument will be studied |in August by a representative of the National Park Service who will come |to Alaska to visit the area, Regional Forester B. Frank Heintzleman was informed on his recent visit to ‘Washington. The Monument was more than doubled in size by Presidential proc- lamation recently. One of the recreational experts of the Forest Service will accompany the Park Service man to Bay for the study, said. Glacier R CARPENTERS LOCAL 2247 Regular meeting of May 26 will be at 9 p.m, instead of 8 p.m.; at A. F. of L. Hall. ART PETERSON, adv. Secretary. |NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX All male persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years, who are ailors in the United States Navy or Revenue Cutter Service, volunteer firemen, pauper or in- sane persons,” are required to pay an annual School Tax of $5. This tax is due and payable after the first Monday in April and shall be paid before May 1, providing you are in the Territory on said first date; if not, the tax is due within 30 days after your arrival in Alaska or within 10 days after {written or oral demand is made {upon you by the School Tax Col- |lector. Taxes not paid in accordance {with the foregoing requirements {shall become delinquent, |person delinquent shall be subject to a fine of $2. All persons subject to, and refus- ing or neglecting to pay said tax are subject to a fine of $25, or im- prisonment in jail for a period of ' one month. W. G. SMITH, City Clerk, School Tax Collector for Juneau. | Publication dates, April 19-28, May 25, June 25, July 25, 1939. '| JAMES C. COOPER C. P. A ROOM 1 SHATTUCK BUILDING The B. M. Behrends nk Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and 1lion Dollars Heintzle man | Happy | ' %irthd% "he Empire ertonds congratula- ions amd best wishes today, ‘heir virthday annive.sar” .0 i“e follow- ng: Zora Brown Mrs. Charles Sey Enid Jarvis y, Gretchen De Leo Robert Sommers Jri @irectory : Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Plomgren Building PHONE 56 — William. Maier Dr. W. W. Council ————— MODERN ' ETIQUETTE By Rn!:'rlu Lee Q. Isn't patience a virtue every one should do his best to quire, in order to get the most out of life? A. Yes. “He who has most tience best enjoys the world,” an old proverb. Q. If a woman's stationer engraved, Mrs. Arthur Davis, she signs a letter Ethel Davis, necessar for her to write Arthur) in parentheses? A. No. ! Q. What would be a good toast to give at a birthday dinner? “May you live to be a hundred —and, after that, make up your own mind.” c- | pa- says is and is it| (Mrs A. 1 2y LOOK ani LEARN 3 By A. C. Gordon what is In astronomy, | “equinox™? | 2 In which of | plays is Portia the heroine? 3. Who appoints the U. S. Cab-| inet Officers? { 4. Who is considered first financier? 5. In what country is Antwerp? America's | ANSWERS { 1. The time at which the sun is directly over the equator, and| night and day are of equal length | in every part of the globe. i 2. The Merchant of Venice. | 3. The President. ' 4. Robert Morris (1734-1806), one of the signers of the Declaration of | Independence. | 5. Belgium, ! | (DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH I——Bv W. L. Gor 3om Words Often Misused “When I am convinced that I am| right.” Omit the first I am. Say,| “When convinced that I am right.” | Often Mispronounced: Family.| Pronounce fam-i-li, three syllables,| and not fam-li. Often Misspelled: of Denmark). Deign cend). Synonyms: Tempe sober, abstemious, denying. 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: Gratuity; a free gift, or donation.| “The gratuity was sufficient tomake | her financiaily mdmx-ndvnl - | ATTENTION MASONS | There will be a Called Commun | cation of Mt. Juneau Lodge Friday | at 1:15 p.m,, for the purpose of hold- | ing the burial Service of our late| brother J. B. Godfrey. By order of | lho W. M. 1 | (native | condes- | | Dane (to moderate, | abstinent, sel and each | J. W. LEIVERS, Secretary. B ) WANT TO SELL } ndv. D d WANT | I Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIS Hours 8 a2, to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 | Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12, 1-5 Room:> 2-3-4, Triangle I | PHONE 667 DENTIST Room: 9--Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. o 6 p.m, DR. H. 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Box 2718—Phone 3—Office 11y Seward St., Juneau, Alaska " Dr. John H_ Geyer | —_—— | ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D.| The Charles . Carter| | | SRS REEE st (RS | ! Gl bousni ] B. P. O. ELKS meet Jo cvery Wednesday at & p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. H. C. RED- MAN, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary! |MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Monda; of each month (\ in Sceteish Rite Temple A beginning ut 7:30 p. m. “THAS, W. HAWKES- WORTH, Worshipful Masler; JAMES W. LEIVERS, EecxcLuy GuySmil'h PDRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street PHONE | | Next Coliseum i | —Free Delivery { "The Rexall Stcre” Your Reliable FhYarmacists Butler-Mauro Drug Co. H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING NS Gastineau Motor Service | THONE 727 2 GENERAL AUTO REPAIRING ! Gas—Oil—Storage HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibh Stores of Alaska” “The Store for Men” ! SABIN’S | | Front St—Triangle Bldag. 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