The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 24, 1939, Page 4

4 Ddily Alaska Empire Published every evening cxcent Bunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY AELEN TROY BENDER - R L BERNARD Vice-President and Busine Second ajd _egfn Street Alaska, mm’ in Juneau as Prestdent Manager Juneau, Second ( SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Deltvered by carrler In Juneau and Douclas for §1.2: By mail, postage paid, at the llowing Ome year, In advance, $12.00 iX months, in @ one month. in advance, $1.25 @ubscribers will confer & favor if they will pr the Business Office of any failure or irregula Uvery of their papers Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS, The Associated Press s excl y entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also. the local news pyblished herein 5 per month. TO BE LARGER BLICATION. GUARANTEED ANY R PUI ewspaper Representa- Angeles, Portland, GRORCE D. CLOSE. Inc tives, with offices In Beattle, Chicazo, New ¥ F co. Lo k and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE—Gilbert A. Wellington, 1011 American Bank Building. DEMISE GREATLY EXAGGERATED The who see pire in letters of fire on the in the they still make themselves heard the same kind of doom that on England in the y the power and the in the near sult of exterr Britain wa think new German ing in the defeat of Britis when people were writir ticles entitled “Whither Eng a creeping economic paral The latest figures on Br a decline of 156,000 in the period to a total of 1.492.000 shrinkage in ten years. R the principal cause vival of business conlide mately the lowest in recent yea eve of Munich, the idle LY ¢ e o' bt 18 hat (odiy phitish unemployn is only one-half of the peak figure of nearly thre million in the black year 1932. Over here, with ten million unemployéd, we are down less than a quar- ter from a peak figure under fourteen million in March, 1933. Several years later tration estimate revised the March, 1933, something like mi unemployed then we have cut down unemployment by per cent against Great Britain's full 50 per cent England’s economic doom, as foretold in great detail after 1920, has thus failed to come true; it is quite a different problem today with the Hitler and Mussolini threat. There plenty of plausible, learned reasons why England 15 years ago was on the skids. She losing mark younger rivals. The great start whicl 150 ago as the pioneer of the Industrial Revolution had steadily melted aw: as the younger nations were industrialized. Bri shipping, which once enjoyed a virtual monopoly in the carrying trade, had to share with younger and smaller countries. The results were seen in the huge volume of British post-war unem- ployment. Other factors were avdilable to justify the verdict of, decline and fall for Great Britain. On the eve of the world coliapse of 1929 these people the door months immediately used to be ars after y should depart f the future. phe of the how mid-montk biggest May activit dloyed is no one ¥ August, on the and a half Only workers were a shade over an Adm figures upward to Even only 35 sixteen were Was world to she won years Continuing their tour westward across Canada, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth are shown THE | prophecies of disaster were pretty well discredited. ir: ish unemployment, which we use here as the basic findex of economic health, had actually fallen a shade |under the million mark. By pre-war standards this was but an unemployment rate £ 10 per cent of all workers is recovery from a rate 20 per cent such as England knew soon after the ar or such as we in this country know today. rland, therefore, was well on the way to re- when the world tempest of ten years ago At the heigiat of the storm, as we have seen, employment went up from one million to three villion. But the crisis was surmounted and the ures again started to go down. The population the United States is something less than three that of Great Britain. At the British unem- e we should have between four and five out of work. Actually we have ten comparison with other free nations, ourselves, Great Britain has obviously that “inevitable” doom of fifteen years nothing to boast of, n pers By and especially millior fended off 0. The story of British stamina and British resil- ience is here rehearsed not to make the home pic- ture black but just the contrary. The prophets of urned out to be false prophets in the case England, with their closed eras and epochs and | There is all the more reason why the dark | d be proved false about America, | gioom of dooms, | Under this direction of the stars DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SA TURDAY, JUNE 24, 193 YZARS AGO Prom THE JUNE 24, 1919. | W. G. Manahan, who had been in charge of the local Naval Radio Station was to leave on the City of Seattle. He received word to re- port to Bremerton where it was hoped he would receive his dis- | charge papers. SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 1939 | Adverse planetary aspects rule strongly today, according to astrol- ogy. It is a menacing configuration, most discouraging to serious thoughts of tomorrow. For the aged the sway may be depressing and a sense of the fu- tility of life may weigh upon both men and women. There may be keen insight and | ; s |far vision among ministers of the| A. G. Mosier, Superintendent of gospel and leaders of thought in|the Pacific Gypsum Co., arrived other learned professions. Their from Gypsum and was at the Gas- | counsel should be sought and their tineau Hotel. ladvice followed. | A baby girl was born a few days previous to Mr. and Mrs. James Lec at the Dawes hospital. Gov. Thomas Riggs killed a grizzly caution should be exercised in let- | bear while hunting over the week ter-writing. This warning applies |end at Port Fredericks in company equally to friendly communications | with George Folta, his stenographer and to love missives. and champion bear killer of this Interest in the welfare of children |part of Alaska. may be intense while this rule of the stars continues. Many adop- J.C.Hayes, Superintendent of Reads tions are presaged. Refugees in|for the Alaska Board of Road Com- t ater and younger strength than England’s. a matter of fact, in England the apocalyptic | prophets were at no time regarded as seriously n.s} the temperamental American people has listened to | s own expounders of closed eras and new dispensa- nd that in ve large measure would be the | Engand has done so much better to find P than the United States, with so much greater opl vantages ever Free Men's Greelings (New York Times) great popular success of the British royal New York being now a matter of history can be no narm in taking a glance at the of 3,500,000 spectators along fifty-one miles w York ts traversed by King George and Queen Eliz It works out at 70,000 spectators t 35,000 to the mile counting both sides in turn works out to seven spec- the foot. This is considerably re- f we allow for large open spaces, like Battery Columbia University campus or the World's re the crowd stood in solid formation. Fur- | allowance must be made for spectators in win- and on roofs. Even then three and a half jon people is a outpouring. ¥ is roughly alf the population of the city timating the size the to linear dows vast s far from being 4 Communist parade 100.000 people in line and ay 30,000. When it comes to Island the police are apt to t in recent years we have y y millions and billions that 2t how many people a million peo- secially when they come out of The huge crowds in the servile mean nothing Tt litarian rade re mobil- to come out answering a of case of Coney The point is heir own free will Europe are mobilized for ps war. They would as 8 as they would dr not summons to barracks. T same argument duty soop refuse cheer om freedom applies fo haking hands with the King of E nd as to greet- ing him ec&lectively ‘from the sidewalk. Berlin lost no time in pointing out that at the royal reception in Congress seventy-eight members of the House stayed away. Allowing for illness and genuine press- g business in a body of 435 men it would mean that one Representative in every five chose not to meet the King and Queen Berlin, to be sure, does not believe in majorities and minorities, though we in the decadent democra- cies still do. Does it occur to the Berlin mind that one Congressman in five refusing to meet King George means four Congressmen in five freely com- ing forward to shake hands with the King of Eng- {lan? No doubt if Hitler presented his good friend Mussolini to the German Reichstag 600 members out of 600 would be present and heiling. But with us a 4-to-1 majority is a very impressive showing in Con- gress, whether rotunda of the Senate or inside the chambers ing business. transac Up .in Maine, we see where a man swallowed a live tive-and-one-half-inch trout to destroy -the evi- dence when accosted by a game warden. There's nothing like a college education. Europe is suffering from the doldrums. It's been days since the last crisis, and no,classes have been called to the colors for several weeks. british King and Queen Presented to Indians - —International Illustrated News Phonephoto as they were presented to a tribe of Indians at Port Arthur, Canada, Jarge numbers will enjoy the bene- missioners in the First Division, was fits of American environment. ill in St. Ann’s Hospital. Great change in the character of residents of the United States will| Mrs. L. O. Sloane and her little be evident in the next two decades daughter were passengers aboard the during which pioneer strains and Admiral Watson bound for Juneau Puritan heritages will be completely after spending several months in submerged. California. While the United States is destin- ed to enjoy a period of supreme importance as a world power its Rosa, population will undergo amazing re- molding, astrologers prognosticate. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of test in| Mrs. H. H. Townsend was to leave which business may cause anxiety. on the Alameda to visit with rela- The wise will live each day care- tives in Ketchikan. fully, forgetting difficulties that ean not be overcome. Mrs. Nina Ford, her two children | Children born on this day may be and her mother were to leave on the cencitive and high strung, but ten- Alameda for an extended trip, acious of ambition and exact in busi- through Canada and Minnesota. | ness relations. They are ruled by the Moon and may be exceedingly temperamental Miss Marie Rosenberg of Santa Cal, arrived on the North- Mrs. Charles Goldstein. Master Robert Livesey arrived | | from Port Althorp. His parents were still at the Cannery. western and was visiting her cousin, | 5 friend who has died, when one | 9. The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birihday anniversary, to the fol- lowing: JUNE 24 John Rundquist Douglas Parker Charles H. Flory Lloyd C. Knutson Lester Linehan Jacqueline Ann Karnes Earl Everitt “JUNE 25 Leonard Hayden Kenneth Cole Pauline Petrich Jimmy Cole Barbara McLoney Gordon Mills Jennie McRoberts ' MODE Kk N ETIQUETTE * By Roberta Lee Q. Would it be all right to send | a note of condolence to the parents does not know the parents? A. Yes, it is a nice thing to do. | Q. Is it correct to say “scholar” when referring to a child who is attending school? A. No; say “pupil.” Use “schol- ar” when referring to one who is eminent in his learning. Q. How should halved oranges be eaten? A. With a pointed spoon. e oy s v MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1939« | Adverse planetary aspects are ac- tive today, according to astrology. The morning hours may be. vexed by labor difficulties, but employers re under a sway making for pa- around the school and no lawns as tience and diplomacy yet, everyone entering the building As the business week begins there for the past year carried more or should be foresight enabling per- sand and gravel which was sons in authority to prepare for fu- particularly hard on the floors. ture exigencies. Commerce may be| Rirst, a thorough scrubbing was fortunately directed and surprises necessary in their reconditioning, may occur when the outlook appears, then sanding to remove abrasions, most discouraging. a coating of surface hardening li- Astrologers stress the need of quid and last, two coats of polish, persistent cultivation of optimism and now they are like new. and the determined pursuit of suc-| Weather permitting Schlegel plans cess, despite apparent obstacles. To to work on the outside of the buxld—’ the persevering will come reward InE next week. All the window cas- in molding events toward the right ings and other woodwork hasbw be pattern. scraaped and painted. The highest Women should be cautious about|8rade of paint is to be used to :Jr«a—l embarking on anything whi¢h aps|Vvent further scaling. | pears to offer them defeat or lack Grass seed sown around the close of complete success. It is an un-of the term is beginning to show re- fortunate date for love affairs sults for what it is hoped will be a Through the summer persons who | fine lawn by the beginning of next possess permanent positions: or re- term. liable incomes are under propitious | planetary influences. To the thrifty also will come surcease of anxiety at a time when there is wide ap- prehension, economic and govern- _ mental. bration this year is quite certain now from results attending the ef- Scandals among government em-| : ployees are presaged for the sum«’ion‘s th ";e annceh cnnsmrr:twe sfi‘ mer. Men in high positions should!:);mbu':'ég ‘ing‘e‘;: ‘?L:’ am&‘{;fia; i be careful to avold the appearance hay total collections will at least Poland and Rumania are under zgtua]l dLh.ose ?:fllast year when they a sign read as forecasting much ::n sfime rntghov:_‘l; ”&0 £ Jul | anxiety and probability of extensive | eeting . o; the SEGIERARLOL SULY | readjustments. Geography will re_;commmee.s is scheduled to be held 5 |next Tuesday evening to make def- v { veal changes in more than one map| ;.. plans for the celebration. |when school begins in the autumn. o Persons whose birthdate it is have | the augury of a year of perplexities Elhat may prove helpful. Promotions and favors for both men and wo- men are probable. | Children born on this day may be |intense in their emotions and ideal- |istic in their plans. These subjects |of Cancer reach great heights if | wisely guided. (Copyright, 1939) DOUGLAS NEWS FLOORS MADE LIKE NEW IN DOUGLAS SCHOOL H. B. Schlegel, public school jani- tor, has spent most of the three|. weeks that he has been on the job working on the maple floors of the new school building. Due to the fact that there were no sidewalks Weather—Highest, 55; lowest, 50; ' partly cloudy. % less - ee— CELEBRATION FUNDS BEING \ RAISED FOR JULY FOURTH That Douglas will have a cele-| MISS KIRKHAM HOME Miss Vera Kirkham has been con- | fined to her home the past few days with a severe cold from which an aggravating cought developed and| prevented her from duties in the Public Welfare office at Juneau. — .- | PUSICH JR. LEAVES Rudy Pusich is booked to sail on | the Baranof enroute to Anchorage to work for the same mining com- pany near there that he was with last year. ———————— The Book ALASKA, Revised and Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00. Buddie DeRoux—Ellamae Scott 201 SOUTH FRANKLIN “Complete Beauty Service” e e, el LU D00 The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars erase). R | LOOK and LEARN | - By A. C. Gordon ’ 1. How many arms does an oc- topus have? 2. What famous geyser is named | for the regularity of its eruptions, and where is it located? 3. Who was the silent-screen | star who created the movie “vamp”? 4. Who was the commander of the Lost Battalion in the World War? ; 5. Where are the finest Panama hats made? ANSWERS 1. Eight. 2. “Old Faithful,” in Yellowstone National Park. 3. Theda Bara. 4. Major Whittlesey. 5. Ecuador. YR O A ‘ DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH * By W. L. Coriem . Words often misused: “I have a gentleman friend” is an expres- sion used in the lower social levels. Avoid it. Often mispronounced: Delete (to Pronounce de-let, both e’s as in me (first e unstressed), accent last syllable. Often misspelled: Observe the sc. Synonyms: Vengeance, revenge- fulrtess, vindictiveness, retaliation, retribution. ‘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: OSTRACISM; exclusion by gener- al consent from common privileges, favor, etc.; as, “social astracism.” (Pronounce os-tra-siz’m, o as in of, a unstressed, accent first syllable). Transcend. irector —e e Drs. Kaser snd | Freeburger DENTISTS 3lomgren Building é PHONE 56 [ l Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIS. Hours 9 a.". to 6 p.. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 —_— [ Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office Fours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle E:1g. PHONE 667 — B ———vy Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room: 9-—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 763 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 South Franklin St. Phone 177 ROBERT SIMI’SON, OPT. D. 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