The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 12, 1939, Page 4

Datly Alaska Em erei Pudlished every evening except Sunday by the 3 COMPANY Prestdent Vice-Prestdent and Business Manager Second and Main Streets, Juneau. Alasks. Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Bettvered by carrler in Juneau and Douzlas for $1.25 per month. paid, at the following rate 2.00; six months, in sdvance, $6.00; vor if they will promptly notify Subseribers will confer a faflure or irregularity in the de- the Busitiess Office of any Hivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Bu PR smvrnaiiontd heuiicotes Buimi MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Assoctated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for eepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not etherwise credited in this paper and slso the local news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. 374, office, National Newspaper Represents Los Angeles, Portland, GNORGE D. CLOSE_Inc. Mves, with offices In San Francisco @eattle, Chicako, New York and Boston. 1011 SEATTLE RETRESENTATIVE Gilbert A. Welllngton, American Bank Building. | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE WEDNESDAY JULY 12 1939 believe the risks of internal crises may become grl-nlwr than those of an external crisis. Democracy? If the British and French decide to fight, it will not be for democracy. It will be for empire, and their own financial stake in it. If there had been any desire to fight for de- mocracy Czechoslovakia stili would be a nation. It is well for Americans to keep these cross- currents of European politics in mind. Georges Bonnet, French Foreign Minister, already has invited us to take part in the next war. The invitations will become more pressing as the next crisis mounts, But no matter what we do, we will not be able to settle the iscues of European power politics in 1639 any better than we were able to settle them 20 years ago, Our interests lie in our hemisphere. They need tending, badly. Especially our interests here at home. While the newest Danzig crisis mounts, let it be e warning to us—a warning to keep out. ()Th ()N I,()Vla Court records are stuffed wita strange incidents But we doubt that they contain any item quite equal to this bit from the testimony of Ruth Etting, blues r, in her defense of a $150,000 alienation of affec- | uit: “How did you happen to be at Alderman’s home the night of the shooting?” “I was cooking pork chops for him.” No wonder Miss Etting insists “love is a funny | thing.” Atlantie Sleppmg-st(mes" (New York Times) ) Iceland’s unarmed security was singled out by Senator Nye at the recent opening of that country's pavilion at the World’s Fair as an example for larger | nations engaged in the “world’s mad armament race.” | upy a happily isola‘ed cor- ! Icelanders do, indeed, oc _ ner of the earth, and have developed there a civiliza- IT'S \\ OLD STORY “Hitler Believed That newspaper. Putsch in Danzig reads like It is from three Near.” | a headline from yesterday's, a newspaper of July 6, 1936. | During the s since thai headline was has se Austria, the Sudetenland, Memel printed Hitler Czechoslovakia simmer on the flames of European politics. A year that Germany Hitler Reich and Poland has steadily For months Hitler has been the tricks in Danzig he used in Austria and Czechoslo- vakia: the Nazification of Danzig through organiza- tion and propaganda; smuggling in of German arms and German troops; cease propaganda against| Poland; diplomatic moves keep England and France neutral. Now comes word that a “Free Corps” is being or- ganized gin Danzig, just such a “Free Corps” as served Hitler so well in Austria and Czechoslovakia. | Danzig tailors are rushing uniforms. And in Slo- | vakia, Germany is speeding roads and fortifications along the Polish border. No wonder Europe again talks war. War over Danzig? L Many will ask wl not Danzig an overwhelm- | ingly German city? It Do not its people want tc belong to the Reich? Indications are that they do. What of Poland? | It will be asked that if England and France re- fused to fight for a genuine democracy, Czechoslovakia, how can they pretend to be fighting for democracy if| they now do battle for Poland, a dictatorship? | The public has not forgotten that at the time of Hitler's Sudeten grab, after the Munich crisis, the Poles marched in and seized a large chunk of Czecho-| slovakia at Teschen Chamberlain’s pledges to Poland, it may be con- tended, are more specific than the British pledges to Czechoslovakia. But they are not more specific than were the French pledges to Czechoslovakia, and even today Hitler himself is reported confident that the British will not go to Poland’s aid. 1 Amid all Hitler's moves in Danzig, Britain's rulers talk only of more appeasement, So another question arises: Suppose that instead of “capturing” Danzig, the Danzigers should vote to ask Hitler to take them back into the Reich? Would Hitler's guarantee to Poland, against the Poles? What we really come down to is this: If war does break out in August (or sooner, as the forecasts say) it will not break out because either side wants to fight over Danzig, but because Europe’s ready for the showdown, or leaving the Danzig issue to | Poland and But | the ago there were reports deal the reached on Memel, had a Danzig after seized split between widened. using same to the British aggression acceptance, under be construed as rival imperialisms are think they are. be comes ip the near future, it will come because (a) Hitler fears to delay further and thus have to face an even greater balance of strength in favor of France and England, (b) because England and France have given up all hopes of appeasement and or ) T'S THE TRUE COLLEGE SPIRIT land” in Hungary. where these university stud | one-third of | states is not now tion remarkable for its quality. ne sidered themselves, until recently, removed from a world seemingly intent upon self-destruction — “the world forgetting, by the world forgot.” But the pitiless wings of the plane have narrowed the vistas of dis- | tance, and today the shadow of the plane darkens Reykjavik, home of the oldest Parliament of man. Surveys from several nations have investigated the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland, all potential stepping-stones across the Atlantic, and the Ger- mans have lately shown remarkable interest in Ice- land. The southern tip of Iceland is about 725 miles north of the Atlantic steamship lanes and 600 miles from Scotland; the little independent nation is about the wa; of either Iceland or existing. But the strategic importance of these northern lands should not be overemphasized. As far as their use as air bases is concerned, it would seem that mass bombing from them against possible; distances are too great; mist and fog and rain, cold and storm and snow make | weather conditions generally uncertain and unfavor- able; air base facilities in Iceland, Greenland or the Faroes would require constant replenishment from Europe by long sea routes. As a potential naval base for submarines and small surface craft, aided perhaps by a few ship-based seaplanes, Iceland has, however, greater promise. Her ice-free fjords and harbors, |warmed by the waters of the Gulf Stream, were in- vestigated by Germany prior to the World War and have again been studied recently. As a naval base in the hands of an enemy Iceland would offer no direct threat to the United States, but would cer- tainly seriously concern England, since submarines or surface raiders operating from that point could raid shipping to certain Scandinavian ports and, moreover, prey upon shipping lanes across the Western Ocean. Thus, though there is no immediate strategic threat to the democracies in these subarctic stepping- stones, any marked development in these little-known lands, or any change in their political or economic status, will naturally interest a world now so keenly alert to the influence of strategy upon history. WPA Finds a Friend (Philadelphia Record) The Austin St. Association of Forest Hills, N. Y., a businessmen’s organization, is giving a dinner in honor of 100 WPA workers who did a quick and effi- cient job of widening the thoroughfare. The spokesman for the businessmen explained: “As the project was to be done by the WPA, the | first conjecture of the members of the association and residents was that the job would take months and cause traffic delays and other inconveniences. But the work progressed so rapidly that merchants and others approached me and asked who the contractor was. | They did not believe it could be a WPA project. Those fellows on the project are just about the finest fellows you ever saw. haven't seen a man lean on a shovel since the project began.” Efficient work on WPA projects is by no means rare or unusuai. What is rare is for a businessmen’s organization to give WPA the credit due. ‘What is still more rare is for the story to appear, as this one did, on the first page of the WPA-baiting | Herald Tribune We can’t imagine how it slipped by the watchful editor—unless he was leaning on a blue pencil, star- — the team™ is replaced by “for the father em:‘;rpem: summer heloinz to build a railread. .| through Together with their shboring Greenlanders they may well have con- | across the Atlantic, and the Greenland by any | an state would provide it with a potential air {and naval base closer to this country than any now the United | Men have to rest sometimes, but I ' Woroscope | “The stars tncline ! but do not compel” THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1939 Although this is the thirteenth of the month it is a lucky day, ac- cording to astrology. Benefic as- pects rule strongly from morning until night with little adverse in- fluence. It is preeminently a date for pro- Jecting important enterprises and for expanding projects already well started. Many opportunities to gain wealth will be present in the do- main of big business. Commerce will be stimulated coming weeks when th need of a strong merchant marine is to be demonstrated convineingly Trade with the Orient will present new problems. This should be a fairly lucky day i for women if they do not encroach upon privileges and -opportunities long enjoyed by men. Satisfaction will be attained in domestic tasks |and household interests. Astrologers point out that this is still a man's world so far as money-making is concerned. Com- ‘peutlon in all the professions will be keener than ever through this year, but in 1940 world events may {lessen sex rivalry. 1 There is a sign Iavorable to mild {love affairs. Under this sway there {may be an inclination for young men to take for granted their abil- ity to win hearts and maintain popularity. The planetary government prom- ises success to those who rely upon their own talents and training. It |is not an auspicious date for seek- ing support from friends and rela- tives in forwarding ambitions. The national problem of relief | will be more difficult to solve thar in the past and now will be accepted as a permanent rather than an emergency task. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of steady ad- vancement and growing economic security. Speculation should be avoided. Children born on this day prob- ably will be of a happy, cheerful disposition and active mind. Sub- jects of this sign usually have good Jjudgment and many develop unusus ally reliable business sense. (Copyright, 1939) — e - COMMUNICATION WHY CHANGE TIME? To the Editor of The Daily Al- aska Empire—A few weeks ago gt the Chamber of Commerce the report of a committee adopted recommending that the question of changing to Seattle time be left to a vote of the people. 1 supposed then that there would be no further efforts to make the change until the people had iy chance to express themselves, believe in democracy and whe're practical the citizens should have a chance to make their will known. However I notice by reports in the local newspapers that interested parties brought up the subject at the City Council meeting last week, and according to the accounts some gross misrepresentations were made. The following are the facts: Standard time belts are based on the astronomical or sun time on meridians 15 degrees apart, Eastern standard time being based on the 75th meridian, Central tim§ on the 90th meridian, Mountain time on the 105th meridian and Pacific standard time on the 120th meridian. Normally the time belt should extend 7% degrees on each {side of the standard meridian but this varies to a limited extent. Pa- cific standard time, being bas2d on the 120th meridian of west longitude which passes east of the central part of Washington and Oregon and forms part of the western boundary of Nevada, places Seattle well to the west so that it is already about 10 minutes in ‘llme ahead of the local sun time. | The next standard time meridian is the 135th. This passes down | Lynn Canal just west of Point Re- treat, which is only a few miles *was west of Juneau. All Southeast Al- |aska belongs naturally in this time belt. The following table gives the longitude of the towns .of | Southeast Alaska and the amdunt |of time they are removed from the |135th meridian together with the difference between local sun time and Pacific standard time. Compared to 135th Mer. PS.T. Long. | Town ’ Haines 135 Juneau .. 134 Ketchikan 131 Petersburg 132 Sitka 135 Skagway .135 | Wrangell 132 As the time we now use is lgss jthan 2% minutes off our local sun | time I see no good reason why we 34 24 317 57 19 19 23 AMERICAN BEAUTY PARLOR Buddie DeRoux—Ellamae Scott 201 SOUTH FRANKLIN jtheir many friends YEARS AGO h—_f‘_m JULY 12, 1919 Bringing word of the success of the government experimental sta- tions at Kodiak and Matanuska and information regarding his plans to introduce the Yak in Alaska and s0 establish a hardier breed of cat- tle for settlers in the Interior, Dr.| C. C. Georgeson, special agent for | the Department of Agriculture in Alaska, arrived in Juneau. The Princess Alice arrived in Ju- neau, ang as the result of a recent strike which held up shipping in British Columbia, the ship had girls as waitresses instead of men as on, all previous trips. Dan Walker, one of the best known oldtimers of Juneau, re- turned to the city after an absence of four years in Oregon and was preparing to open a plumbing and tinsmith shop. Ned Carlson, formerly of Thane, was to arrive in Juneau on the Northwestern. He had recently been discharged from the army service in France. 8. T. Cartwright and Mrs. Cart- wright, parents of Clarence E. Cart- wright, were to arrive in Juneau to visit their son and daughter-in- law. Mrs. J. L. Manning, who had been spending several weeks in the south, was to return to Juneau on the Northwestern. Val V. Crockeit und W. A. Barker for Lynch Bros., and Roy N. Schultz, a diamond drill man from the Mata- nuska coal fields, were at the" Zynda. } F. E. Parsons, Alaska wholesale agent, returned from a business trip throughout the Westward. Weather: lowest 49; rain. Highest 52; ——| should turn the clocks ahead one hour. If business men wish to have an hour more in which to do busi- ness with Seattle it is a very simple matter for them to open and close one hour earlier, but it is positively not necessary to inconvenience thousands by turning the clocks ahead. It should be no more dif- ficult to open the banks at 9 o'- clock and call it that than to call 10 o'clock. There is no reason offices should not open at 8 o'- clock, either in summer or the year around as may be preferred. There is one phase'of the ques- tion that should be very seriously considered On our present time' school opens in December about sunrise. The busses bringing in school children arrive shortly after dawn. Here the change in time would work a gross injustice to the mothers who have to prepare their children for school. The chil- dren would have to be at the| schoolhouse with the first gray peeks of dawn. Every mother who does not wish to be forced to get, up on the dark December morn- ings an hour earlier than she did last year should send in her vigor- ous protest to the eity council. Now as to Ketchikan. It is 11 minutes in suntime earlier than Juneau and in addition is about three degrees in latitude farther south which means that the win- ter days are considerably longer. I have not the exact figures before me, but it means that on Decem- ber days the sun rises at Ketchi- kan probably a full half-hour be- fore it rises at Juneau. It is bad enough for Ketchikan to change to Pacific time. It would be a thousand times worse for Juneau to do so. I { I J. P ANDERSON. .’_Wl ayl ,71& fiwt The Empice extends congratula- tions and ULest wishes today, their bicihday anniversary, to the fol- lowing: JULY 12 Alice A. Larson Mildred Webster Emilee L. Dalton Kathyrine Long F. D. Adamson Henry H. Erickson F. D. Maynnrd I et |—_M ODERKN | ETIQUETTE * By Roberta Lee Q. If grapefruit is to be served as the fruit course for lunch, how should it be prepared? A. Cut across in half, cut the sec- tions free and remove the dividing skin and seeds, then put sugar in it and allow to stand for an hour or so. Q. What would be appropriate for a bridegroom to wear for an | informal late afternoon wedding,| during the summer? A. A dark blue, or dark gray,| coat with white flannel trousers. Q. When a telegram or message | is delivered to a person, and other | persons are present, is it all right for him to open and read it? ) A. Yes; but he should first ask, | “May I?" DAILY LESSONS | N ENGLISH * By W. L. Corm | - e | | [ Words Often Misused: Do not say, “The reason why I came is that I| wanted to see ycu.” When that is used, why is redundant. Say, “The! reason I came is that I wanted to| see you.” | Often Mispronounced: Bade. Pro- | nounce the a as in bad, not as in aid. Often Misspelled: Cloth Clothe (verb). Synonyms: fea) 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: Variant; different from others of | |its kind or class. “Men’s minds are | ;as variant as their faces."—George | Washington. LOOK (noun). Brave, courageous, ! | BRS gl an) LFARN By A. C Gordon 1. Which President wrote a His- tory of the United States in 500! words? 2. On what occasion is a salute | of 48 guns fired in the United | States? 3. What is the name of the front teeth? 4. What great American naval commander id, “I have not yet begun to fight”? 5. What is the largest county in the United States? ANSWERS 1. Calvin Coolidge. 2. On July 4, as a salute to the I Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel ' Directory Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Plomgren Building PHONE 56 "B P o ELKS meet every second and fourth Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers wel- come. H. C. REDMAN, Exalted Ruler; M. H, SIDES, Secretary. — Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIS. Hours 9 a.m. to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 "“"N‘l' JUNEAU LODGE NO. 142 Becond and fourth Mondl.' of each month > in Sccttish Rite Temple l baglnnlng at 7:30 p. m HAWKES- WORTH, w.n-siuprm Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. — [ Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office tours: 10-12, 1-5, 7.3 Rooms 2;’!;4 ’l‘rhngle P ig. DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Colisenm PHONE 97—Fres Delivery —a Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room: 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1763 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. "Tomorrow’s Styles Today” '.ag'./( Juneau's Owr Store 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 —_—m ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Classes Fitted Lenses Ground ""The Rexall Stcre” ‘Your Reliable Fharmacists Butler-Mauro Drug Co. PRESCRIPTIONS | The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 & H. S. GRAVES *The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Blomgren Bldg.———2ud Floor Front Street————Phone 638 FINE Watch und Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN S. FRANKLIN STREET Gastineau Motor Service PHONE 727 GENERAL AUTO REPAIRING l Gas—Oil—Storage Health Food Center HOURS: 1 to 5P. M. “NATURAL FOODS" 204 FRANKLIN 2nd Floor—Krafft Bldg. R Phone 221 Alice Clark Peter Pan Beauty Shoppe | Superior Beauty Service Second Floor JUNEAU Triangle Bldg. ALASKA “The Store for Men” SABIN°S | Union. 3. Incisors, 4. John Paul Jones. 5. San Bernardino County, Calu 20,175 square miles. —_—————— Empire Want Ads Bring Results, Mrs. Bassett and Son Take Electra Trip! Mrs. Clark Bassett, wife of thej Pacific Airways Airport manager! here, flew north with her son Sam- my aboard a PAA Electra this morn- ing for Fairbanks. Mrs. Bassett and son will visit in Fairbanks for two weeks before returning. R Empire Want Ads Bring Results. [ RO A SANITARY PLUMBING and HEATING COMPANY W. J. NIEMI, Owner “Let your plumbing worry be our worry.” Formerly Alfors 0 RSy Weather SW SOLD and INSTALLED by LOCAL DEALER FREE ESTIMATES Phone 123 Victor Powers The B. M. Behrends Bank funeau, COMMERCIAL and SA “Complete Beauiy Service” o g R B SO ¢ Finnish Sieam Bath OPEN EVERY DAY Soap Lake Mineral Baths DR. E. MALIN, D.C,, Prop. Treatments and Massage 142 Wfllourhl_vz Ave. Phone 673 Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars Alaska VINGS R Front St—Triangle Bldg. L. C. SMITH and CORONA TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” i Juneau Melody House Music and Electric Appliances (Next Irving’s Market) Front Street Phone 65 —— COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$100,000 2% PAID ON SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES