The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 11, 1939, Page 4

3 *b;lilylAlaska Empire | Japan and Manchukuo, tween Japan and Russia have been at Changkufeng. Published every evening except Sunday by tne EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY NELEN TROY BENDER - - - - - Prestdent chukuo. Following several unsuccessful Japanese ef- Vice-President and Business Manager forts to “open up” Outer Mongolia, a mutual assis- Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Second Class Matter. | and the Soviet U rion the military e, came under the avowed protection of Russia. "he Japanese and Russian Governments have since been fortifying the boundary, to the ac- ompaniment of sporadic incidents, reported and unreported R R Whatever their actual number, the “Mongol” SURSCRIPTION RATES. planes are, of course, Russian planes; and whatever Wfi,".n:;'.,"'fl“".\'fi‘ nn"a‘nd‘(l:)flnlf:w;l-;gflr_?f;:"m"""' the true story of the current engagements, they are One ‘year. In advance, $12.00; six monhs, n sdvance, $6.00; | part of the test of strength in process between Japan eme mooth, In advance. §1.25 @ubseribers will coufer a favor if they will promptly notify 1 the U.S.S.R. since 1931. For the present the Jap- Whe Business Office of any failure or irie s ia the de- anese are too heavily involved in China to be able Mvery of thel rs 4 Fslephones: News Office, 802; Business Office, 374, to divert much of their military force to the Russian MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Assoctated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for cepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in tids paper and slso the local news published heretn. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ¢ OTHER PUBLICATION. frontiers, but there is always the possibility that Mos- although apparently its Eastern policy on defense of its frontiers, may be putting out “feelers in Asia in connection with the decisions the Kremlin is now facing in Europe. The one thing clear in the outbreaks East and West is that they are all of a piece Ccow. basing e e he volcano is rumbling and the eruption, if it comes, GBORGE D. C1OSF ational Newspaper Representa- - with off! L Angeles, Portland, | will have no boundarie; Sives. % n_ S Beattle, Chicazo, New York TTLE REFRESENTATIVE A Bank Building. How Hoover Did It (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Kansas, the latter’s help in refuting what he terms the “old lie” that as President, he had opposed governmental action to prevent “hunger and cold among our citizens.” This charge, the former Presi- dent complains, was recently made by Senator Schwel- lenbach of Washington in a radio depate with the 1521 To support his contention, Mr. Hoover cites RFC made to the States for relief purposes as well several other measures, including the creation of ional organization for unemployment relief, as y as October 17, 1930. He concludes: “This relief was efficient There was certainly no more hard- DEATH IN THE HEADLINES ship in the country than there is to o il - At this date it seems a bit feckles to rehearse The sught in the mind of everyone who the relief history of the Hoover years. But it is the reads that ¢ laska sca captain has dieq 1OTmer President who rases the issue. If Senator ‘ Schwellenbach is correctly reported, it would appear ashore by drow 1 automobile aceident is that at he was wrong in saying that Mr. Hoover nst” Federal action for relief. But those who lived through the relief struggles those years will gasp at the former President’s as- argued ed here a fate in her i trick grimmer than 1 thousand times or cheated death a Iy dies in a muddy | o i sertion that in his administration relief was efficient Another t that and adequate the mc ous thing On the contrary, those years saw a continuous We thin hazardous: Siruggle to match failing and inadequate resources but the am- t a srowing national problem. The ship as & . resident quotes, with apparent satisfaction, a state- tasa i) ment he made on February 23, 1931, that “if the time In Alasks, where not very many should ever come when the voluntary agencies of thi automobiles, we are no i by the danger country, together with local and state governments of traffic as are the pec tes, where news- ' are unable to find resources to prevent hunger and suffer I will ask the aid of every resource of even small count paper editors s can on a traffic death a week to on their front pages, | the Federal government.” : The tragedy of the Hoover administration was ERIohIS ary that eve \ more than a year after the 1929 col- dangerous me« T v the President did not realize that the time except olanes, cannon or w oned had come; indeed, that it had arrived to be car en we are around them yme time previously. Instead, then and for twc afterward the Hoover administration de- ng itself with wishful thi Thus in his con- sional message of December 6, 1 Hoover, citing his relief policy, spoke of “these measures which have procured this turn toward recovery.” WHO ARE THE MONGOLS? The “Mongoels” have slipped into the news in This was when At in widely divergent accounts of air bat- | Prosperity was close around the Hoover corner. | e S etk oine on: Hinca e taiddla of In Cleveland in 1932 a mob fought police at a : % i o relief station, another mob, seeking to reach the Ray 00, the horder betw Outer Mongolia and | sy office, was ridden down by police. The citi- Manchukuo. From Tokyo we hear that Japanese zens' committec under the late A. V. Cannon was losses have been insignificant while 250 “Mongol | fighting to make officials at Columbus and Washing- planes” have been shot down, 98 in one 40-minute en- | ton realize the gravity of the Cleveland situation. A gagement over Lake Bor. Equally belated reports of glance through the newspaper files of the period shows the same conditions in many other cities. Of course, it is not fair to blame all this upon Mr. Hoover. No fair-minded person, then or now, could doubt that he was striving to do his best. There were plenty of others who made the same mistakes he did in misjudging relief needs. But the Hoover “best” wag the same fighting issued from Moscow tell a differ- ent story. According to this version the losses of the Japanese air force have far exceeded the losses of their opponents. No eyewitness has checked on these rival accounts of air armadas clashing in the hidden fastnesses of | DOt good enough. Such was the decision of the voters ot T B Toa mentioned Esar an reltios tapin h must be the verdict of those who look the truth, the concentration of fighting planes on the | °PJectively at the record of 1929-33 2 Mongolian frontier is far greater than any expert has o onb will' conbeud ;that iktisrrellel s prolveiu s 4 al gred an an, pert has | qo1ved. But at least we no longer have gun battles at estimated or imagined are these “Mongols.” so well equipped in the air that they have lost 250 planes, say the Japanese, in conflict nobody heard of began to swap yarns. The rcader may well ask who | cleveland relief offices, nor is it nec 1:nhlll: o police at the City Hall door. al — until Moscow and Tokyo| ssary to keep Over in Europe they're arguing over who encircles whom, but what they're worrying about is who swal- In describing the fight as between the Japanese- | 10WS whom Manchukuoan and the Soviet-Mongolian aviation T G N S ; ; Y In their effort to persuade Poland that she doesn’t forces, the Russian commuiique gyies the correct| peaq a seacoast, we don't see why the Nazis have over- answer. The relation of Russia to Outer Mongolia i5 | Jooked Switzerland, unless the Poles aren’t adept at for all practical purposes the same as that between making watches, cheese, or yodeling. NO TIRED FEET FOR HIM—Thousands marched and thousands stood during parades at had it soft: he mo- .. rine’s national convention in Baltimore, but this Shriner fi Minn v the Shrine’s AT ST Cline of tored, towing Zuhrah temple’s giant drum along line of march. Shriners chose Walter D. Wichita Falls. Tex.. as imnerial notentate succeeding A. A. D, Rahn of Minneapolis. The most recent clashes be- | on the Korean-Soviet frontier, but in 1935 and 1936 the tension centered on the eastern border of Man- tance pact was signed between the Mongolian leaders and Outer Mongolia, at least in Herbert, Hoover in a letter to Senator Capper of | WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1939 Conflicting planetary aspects are discerned in the horoscope for today. According to astrology caution should be a keynote in all business matters, Contracts with the government are subject to promising portents. This is a good date for signing legal papers. Architects and contractors should benefit. Women come under disturbing planetary influences today. There may be unrest and even discontent | with everyday routines. Desire for ‘change will tantalize many. Vaca- Girls should dismiss dreams of romance while this configuration prevails. Men are likely to be in- 1cere and elusive, afraid of as- | suming responsibility and |to amuse themselves. Interviews with men of influence | should be fortunate under this sway which is believed to cause those | who exercise power to be more than | usually responsive, ipolitical or Applicants for | eovernment offices should be successful. | Increased confidence in the for- eign policies of the President of the | United States is prognosticated, ow- | ing to an event which will prove his | | foresight. Many hidden diplomatic | problems are discerned | High winds and earthquakes are | forecast for the United States as| well as for the Orient. Summer ! weather will be changeable, with much extreme heat in certain sec- | tions. Pollution of drinking water is in- tions should be planned if possible.| inclined | | Deputy United States JULY 11, 1919 Further evidence of the fact that fish pirates were out to rob traps and get their booty at any cost was given in a telegram which Gov. Riggs received from L. C. Busch- mann, superintendent of the Deep Sea Salmon Company, at Port Al- thorp, who said that at the point of a gun the watchman of one of thé company's traps was ordered ashore and bullets were fired and the trap was brailed by the pirates. the Hoonah Packing Company can- Mrs. Glenn C. Bartlett and daugh- ter Rose left on the Admiral Wat son for Ketchikan to visit Mrs. Bart- lett’s mother, Mrs. G. C. Clark. E. H. Hardwick and Mrs. Hard- wick and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Green of Nenana arrived in Juneau and were staying at the Gastineau Hotel. ' Marshal Howell of Petersburg, returned to his home on the City of Seattle. United States Marshal J. M. Tan- ner arrived in Juneau from Skag- way and was staying at the Gas- tineau Hotel. Dr. C. C. Georgeson arrived on the Admiral Watson after making a trip to Kodiak where he inspected the government experimental sta- tion. He was staying at the Gasti- neau Hotel. A baby girl weighing 9 pounds dicated in certain places where | large numbers of campers congre- gate. and diet carefully watched. Persons whose birthdate it *fsif have the augury of a year of extra- | ordinary good fortune. New friend- ships are presaged for both and women. Children born on this day prob- | ably will be decided in their tastes | and persistent in their ambitions. Many subjects of this sign of Can- cer are successful in public careers. (Copyright, 1939) >oo——— i HOONAH CHILD { ( men | i |weather recently, local strawberries |, oecced accent second syllable. | Su((uMBS AT lare beginning to appear on the ~ ofien Misspelled: Nymph; pro- HOSPITAL HERE Mercy Fli;h? Yesterday‘ Brought Nafive Baby | to Juneau for Care | James Hawkins, two-year-old| Hoonah native child, passed away | early this morning at the Govern- ment Hospital as the result of ad- vanced tubercular trouble. | The child was brought to Juneau yesterday by plane, an emergency trip made by Clayton Scott, private pilot for W. E. Boeing, as no com- mercial plane was available at the time. The trip was necessitated | because the young native baby, | after going to sleep Sunday night, was unable to be awakened. Mrs. Hawkins accompanied her child to Juneau: The remains are at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary pending fu<| neral arrangements. | e ECK'S GAY SQUIRREL - RUNS AWAY FROM HOME | - AND GETS INTO TROUBLE: Eckley Guerin’s Oregon gray squirrel is in trouble. Disappearing from his home on Glacier Highway two weeks ago, the pet squirrel; appeared on Sixth and Park Istreets this morning. Chased by !dogs and children the animal was | confused and panic-striken. He !fled into the brush. | The squirrel showed signs of bat- tle. His face was pretty badly | chewed up on one side and he ap- | pears to be blind in one eye. Mr. and Mrs. William Fromholz may set a box trap to try to re- still have his pet when he returns from the Westward where he is employed for the summer months: e There is neither water nor air {on the moon. e “Alaskana”™ by Marie Drake at al book stores, 50 cents. S < 1 SANITARY PLUMBING and, HEATING COMPANY | W. J. NIEMI, Owner E “Let your plumbing worry be our worry.” Formerly Alfors - e e Tk AMERICAN BEAUTY PARLOR Buddie DeRoux—Ellamae Scott | 201 SOUTH FRANKLIN “Complete Beauty Service” * e e ssemtmmm——— Finnish Steam Bath OPEN EVERY DAY 30ap Lake Mineral Baths Health should be safeguarded R capture him so that Eckley will | = was born at St. Ann's Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Raaps. Mr. aaps was chef of the Arcade res- taurant. i E. Blaney and Mrs. Blaney of Chickaloon were at the Gastineau Hotel. i Weather: Highest 53; cloudy. lowest 49; LOCAL STRAWBERRIES | ARE NOW ON MARKET Due to the pleasant sunny market Last week, Harry Arnold, straw-, berry and other garden truck raiser on the Fritz Cove Road,! reported the first strawberries picked this year. i Yesterday the California Grocery placed cn sale strawberries picked on the Bavard Ranch on the Eagle! River Highway. - MAY BE CURFEW GUN KINGSTON, Ont.—Citizens Who. have set their clocks for 126 years by a noon gun fired at nearby Fort Henry, may soon hear a gun also at 9:30 p.m,, civic officials consider- U. S. Federal Works Agency, Pub- lic Roads Administration, July 8, 1939. Sealed bids will be received at the office of the Public Roads Ad-! ministration, Federal & Territorial Building, Juneau, Alaska, until 9 o'clock, AM., August 17, 1939, for the erecton of the Juneau Equip- ment Depot at Juneau, Alaska, in- volving 460 cu. yds. unclassified ex- cavation for structures, 1,050 cu. yds. foundation fill, 70 cu. yds. Class A concrete for foundations, 160 cu. yds. Class A concreet for floor, 450 cu. yds. Class A concrete for walls, 216,- 000 pounds structural steel, 5,200 sq. ft. hollow tile walls, 13,280 sq. ft. roof, 1 lot doors and windows, 142 sq. yds. plaster ceiling, 1 lot mis- cellaneous items. Where plans and specifications are requested a de- | Capt. Lyle Davis, outside man for nery at Gambier Bay, arrived in Juneau. i JHappx %irth_clg_yJ Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel ' B. . 0. ELKS meet 3. The practical unit of electri- cal current. 4. Charles 1I of England. 5. Turkey. “Alaskana” by Marie Drake at all | book stores, 50 cents. o .&. MALIN, D.C., Prop. 2 tments and Massage 142 Willoughby Ave. Phone 673 ; COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars . Df K ,l every second and fourth 1 The Empire extends :ingmu’;ln_- S. Kaser And Wednesday at 8 p. m. tions and best wishes today, their Visiting brothers wel- birthday anniversary, to the fol- F T eeburger come. H. C. REDMAN, lowing: Exalted Ruler; M. H, oy | % SIDES, Secretary. H Mrs. M. D. Williaxs MOYNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 14 i me(l)n Jl"lr‘c;m;olz Second and fourth 50 PO Monda; of each i A. B. Meen Dr. A. w. S!ewart 3@ in s“m;, Rite .:;n; Robert N. Satre DENTIS A o Jack Gray £ Eegt:mng at 7:30 p. m, { c 3 H @ YHAS. W. HAWKES- [ Frank V. Sunderland o 5t gl ’l';j(';‘ WORTH, Worshipful Master; Mrs. George Lingo Office Phone 469 JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. 1 Olaf C. Swanson 5 i J. W. Laurie | - ot —_— ook e Dr. Judson Whittier GllySmith ; DE kN CHIROPRACTOR 5 " MO 'l . Drugless Physician [ Office Fours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-) ..R l ;‘;S ! E T l Q U ET 1 E Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle P’ ig. * PHONE 667 ¢ By Roberta Les el PUROLA REMEDIES _— W T R AT | PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- h Q. How does one make up an in- nrc Jfllln H- Gey“ FULLY COMPOUNDED R vitation list for a garden party? | DENTIST Front Street Next Coliseam A. The names are usually select- | Room: 9—Valentine Bldg. ed from the visiting lists of the| PHONE 763 o | PHONE 97—Free Delivery hostess and her daughters. | LHotrs: b Ak 458 p, s Q. May the envelopes used for social correspondence be lined with fr— fancy-colored paper? f 1 A, No; fancy-lined envelopes are| | )R, H. VANCE "Tomorrow’s Styles o appropriate for Christmas card en-| OSTEOPATH 4 i velopes, but not for one’s usual cor- Bonsithat a T | Today STy tree Fours 10 0 13: 1 to 5; Q. What is the birth stone for\ 7 to 9:30 by lppoln’tmunt ’ ,July, and its meaning? Gastineau Hotel Annex oy A. The ruby, standing for con-| | South Franklin St. Phone 177 /(W tent and charity. </ \ 4 || YA { Y ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. ' | DAILY LESSONS | Gmd\:ce‘;?;r:;sele:fl?neze Juneau s an Smre . ! "IN ENGLISH Sptometry an * Clasces Fitted Lenses Ground | : By W. L. Goi %= [7'—‘_——" . O Gl The Rexall Stcre { Your Reliable Fharmacists Words Often Misused: Do not say, The Charles ‘v Carter our e rm; “He was a very ornery fellow.” Say, . B fl M “He was a very ordinary fellow.” Or-' Morluar 7 uiler-iMauro nery is a low colloquial corruption Y | r" D c of ordinary. Fourth and Franklin Sts. mg 0. Often Mispronounced: Facetious. { PHONE 136 b Pronounce fa-se-shus, a as in ask | < PRESCRIPTIDNS unstressed, e as in see, u as in us| = | ¢ | i Have Your Eyes Examined by e nounced nimf. TR Synonyms: Midway, halfway, Dl’. Rae L carlson equidistant. R S OPTOMETRIST H. S. GBAVES e ek yours Lot us ine| | Blomgren Bldg.——=2nd Floor “The Clothing Man” imes and it is yours. Let US I0-| | gront Street———Phone 636 crease our vocabulary by mastering | HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER one word each day. Today's word: | & MARX CLOTHING Congenital; existing at, or dating | from, birth; constitutional. (Pro- | FINE nounce second syllable jen, e as in piry Repairing jmen, accent second syllabls). “It w'.‘fhv:r:dr::;m:e,‘:;, R T ahp was a congenital deformity. PAUL BLOEDHORN Gastineau Motor ; e S. FRANKLIN STREET Service PHONE 727 : (i s Sy ’—_T Gas—Oil—Storage i By A.C. Gordon Health Food Center e g | HOURS: 1to 5 P. M. 1. Who were the original four “NATURAL FOODS" evangelists? 204 FRANKLIN HARHY 2. In what state is the Painted 2nd Floor—Krafft Bldg. ; . Desert? 3 BACE ) 3. What is an ampere? DRUGGIST tr:;.vor whom was Nell GWYN MiS- | ¢ oo “The Squibh 5. Which is the westernmost|}{ Phone 221 SliceDintk oty country of Asia? Peter Pan Beauty Shoppe | ANSWERS Superior Beauty Service 1. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and|{ Second Floor JUNEAU “The Store for Men” John. Triangle Bldg. ALASKA 2. Arizona. SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. L. C. SMITH and CORONA TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by posit of $10.00 will be required to|#——————— — J. B. Burford & Co. {insure their return wthin 30 days WEDNESDAY “Our Doorstep Is Worn by | after opening of bids. Checks shall iraini | Satisfied Customers” ihe payable to the Terasurer of the Baked VIrgmla Ham United States. Plans and specifica- Pagquint Sauce tions may be examined at the Pub- FOR LUNCHEON J nel d uo“ ! lic Roads Administration, Federal & uneau (] e Territorial Buildng, Juneau, Alaska.: a' lhe BA“"“F y and Assocated General Contractors) % % Music and Electric Appliances of America, Arctic Building, Seattle, S S 1) (Next Irvimg's Market) Washington. Bid blanks may be ob~ I Front Street CHEON SPECIALTIES tained ot the otfice ot th wavne| | Weather SII'lplllng i T @ PoncEReN - Roads Administraton, Juneau, Al-|| SOLD and INSTALLED by : aska. M. D. WILLIAMS, District LOCAL DEALER | Engineer. FREE ESTIMATES ° ALASKA FEDERAL fi’s First publication, July 8, 1930. /| Phone 123" Victor Powers SAVINGS & LOAN ASSN. i PHRICARGI DI STY 19, — Accounts Insured Up to $5,000 Mnfg. & Bullding Co., Ine. p P.0, Box 2718—Phone 3—Office CABINET WORK—GLASS 11y Seward St., Juneau, Alaska PHONE 62 The B. M. Behrends e Bank funeau, Alaska 4 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$100,000 2% PAID ON SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank JUNEAU—ALASKA.