The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 13, 1939, Page 4

3 2 Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY WELEN TROY BENDER B L BERNARD Becond - Prestdent Vice-President and Business Manager d Main Streets, Alaeka, Office In Juneau ms Juneau, Seeond Class Matter UBSCRIPTION RATES. in Jumeau and Douglas for $1.25 per month age paid. at the following rates $12/00; six months, in advance, $6.00; month. In advance, @ubsertbers will confer & favor if they will promptly notify Whe Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- Mvery of their papers % Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. Whe Assoctated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for cepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In thls paper and also the local new: published nerewn —— ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. ® D. CLOSE, Inc. National Newspaper Representa- Mves. with offices In San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. 1011 — e i @BATTLE REPRESENTATIVE—Gilbert A. Wellington, American Bank Bullding. A NEWSPAPER STARTED IT thi In the story behind the grea political up- heaval and scandal Louisiana has known since the late Huey P. Long a decade ago hioned his domin- ant political machine it is inter that it was a newspaper crusade which uncovered the facts which led to the hasty turnover in administrations. Resignations, including that of Gov. Richard W Leche, who had previously announced he would sur- render his office because ill health three arrests, and the disappearance of the key figure fter ne g to note of the president of Loui State the state within three tions that the build a house in wccusa- we paper school was helpin New Orleans. Developments which followed brought Long's once spectacular brother, K Governor, Leche, before turning over his office Dr. James Monroe Smith, pres had resigned and was missing national police hunt for him. Smith surrendered $h Canakla “and Was ' indicted bezzlement of school funds. The grand jury against Smith’s wife, two relatives and a broker. eral, state, grand jui started Gov. Earl Long, in as announced that and arted an inter- subsequently for returned has Fed- the “wrongdoings,” amp out cor- by launched his term with a pledge to s ruption and scandal and make those T Long, “appalled” All because a newspaper had the courage to pub- face of bitter condemnation lish the facts even in the from those in power in Louisiana. What else is involved in the Louisiana cataclys remains to be seen. The surface indications are that there is much more corruption beneath. the Federal investigation will be pushed to the hilt. The zeal of state inquiry is problematical. Gov. Long is presented with a unique opportunity, end his promise of a “ruthless purge from within” The new Chief Execu- tive, unlike most other figures of the state govern- ment, was not one of Huey Long's political hench-| the Kingfish's indicates that he is alert to it. men. He disagreed violently with tactics, and was prominently identified with the ant Long faction in Louisiana. reconciled with him. paved the way for Governor. Earl's selection as Long is eager to be elected for the full four-year One of his announce he would throw state reve- to public inspection, thus brushing most controversial of the old dictator enacted, which closed the records of |good old New York Times: gubernatorial tirst acts was to rue books open aside one of the laws his brother the state bond and tax board to public scrutiny. n beginning next May. CUSTOM -TAILORED FOR HITLER—Cross-section shows indictments, | startled ( a friend of Leche | fent of the university, fm- indictments y and private investigations were onsible pay. Supposedly Only after an assassin’s bullet felled the former Senator did Earl Long become It was that reconciliation which Lieutenant ommenting on developments the New Orleans the newspaper which rang up the curtain on the scene of corruption, said: “The outlook for honest citizens and taxpayers getting a square deal is brighter now than it has been in years. All over the nation word has spread that conditions here are worse than those unearthed in New York, Kansas City and other places. A political house cleaning aft, corruption and ineffi ar-flung ramifications begs agents and investigators swarmed into the state. G- men stood by expecting to be called momentarily. There seemed hope the Federal and State govern- ments would get to the depths of the scandal center- ing about charges Smith fraudently obtained $500,000 from banks, on university notes, which he in turn used to cover his losses in wheat in the market. Leche, bulky, boisterous nla_vbo_v.’ former soldier |and baseball player, came in as governor at the age of 38 in 1936. His term had eleven months to run Friendly and likable, he quickly ended the state's { political terrorism left from Huey Long's day. Pol and ci therefore were amazed when Gov. Leche seemed to lose his aplomb following the States' publication of the report iniversity-made .mmuml was delivered by a university truck to the house location in New Orleans. Angered by the im- | plication, Leche ordered an open court hearing which would conduct himself. Speculation ran wild three days later when Leche {announced Smith had resigned and fled, leaving be- hind serious financial irregularities at the university. Leche said his own resignation would be temporarily postponed. ates, with elimination ency may follow.” n to appear as Federal of ans zens | he said for his country home at Covington, La. He had said he would go west as soon as he was able, “maybe to Hawaii.” Subsequently he announced he had sus- pected financial irregularities at the university for to charge Smith when he resigned. Basically, the Louisiana political machine is un- changed since the Kingfish era. ut of power or subjected to an overhauling. | ' e%;roscope ' “The stars tncline - | but do not compel” FRIDAY JULY 14, 1939 According to astrology this is rather an uncertain day in plane- tary influences. One benefic aspect strongly dominates the active ad- verse tendencies. Aged persons may be susceptible to weather under this sway and they should be careful to conserve their energies. The death of a be- loved statesman is prognosticated Labor is subject to unfavorabie conditions. The movement of crop: and the handling of cargoes ma) be hampered by union difficulties. Farmers should profit in certair agricultural areas. ; There is a sign supposed to stimu- late egotism and to encourage fault- finding. The. government at Wash- ington, D. C., may be strongly criti- cised for a courageous policy. Under this configuration the in- clination may be to tear dowr rather than to build up tradition and established usages. In the world of finance as well as that of poli- tics the tendency may be definitely iconoclastic. The seers remind Americans tc many months, but that there was insufficient evidence |signing contracts and The following day, however, after a hectic round|study the philosophy of history as of conferences, Leche stepped out and left at once!they defend the principles of de- mocracy. Opportunity to safeguard fundamental ideals of the nation is presaged during the coming months. There is a promising sign for agreeents Autumn leases may be made with optimism today. Girls are assured that new ac- It was never voted |quaintances made this day may be Its chief | fortunate, especially if they are lay in the adoption of a few of the social,young men of reliable character and Now it lies within power of Earl Long to redeem Louisiana from the which his brother helped create, and which {seemingly has thrived under an overcoat of respect- j ability day. 1‘ races which were alien to Huey. | the | [ mess | since his | WPA, according to some scholars, was first tried {Ey the ancient Egyptians. Pyramid building probably was condemned by the economic royalists of that day as mere boondoggling | Czech Patriotism (Cincinnati Enquirer) | Many persons with some knowledge of the Czech people asserted last March, when Czechoslovakia was seized by Germany, that the Czechs would never accept | the fact of conguest. For a time, there was little evi- {dence of this, apart from the sullen reception given |to German troops, police and officials. But in the | 1ast few weeks, there has been abundant evidence that the_Czech people intend to make their conquerors sorry for theéir own rashness. Thousands of former Czech soldiers have escaped [H!lu Poland, many of these ¢ on to France. There they are enrolled in Czech legions, ready at any time to add their skill and courage -to the forces opposing Nazi Germany. They have the advantage of long thorough training, and the reckless courage of men who must fight to regain their own freedom. There are at least 20,000 of them already organized The spirit of resistance also shows in the Skoda and other munitions plants—which were one of Hit- ler’s strongest reasons for seizing an alien country never part of Germany. Cos machinery that will take months to repair or replace has been wrecked by discreet bits of sabotage. The saboteurs are rarely ap- prehended, so loyal are all Czechs to their cause. Whether the occasional killing of a German police- man is to be traced to Czech resistance cannot be de- termined. It might just as easily be the work of Ger- man agents provocateurs. Or in the Kladno incident, the “assassination” may have come out of a tavern brawl among German police relaxing unduly in their hours off duty. Despite the censorship there come reports that German troops stationed in Bohemia and Moravia are saying they would prefer service at the front, when oing ful a people as the Czechs. They would feel safer in the firing line than when quartered among a people utterly unreconciled to Nazi tyranny. The new Ger- this fierce hostility. Our idea of a conservative is the fellow who is waiting for July 4 before he drains the aleohol out ot his car radiator. To Strike. the four-motored plane, of Condor FW 200 type, ordered by Hitler for his personal use. It will have sufficient range to fly nou- stop from Berlin to . ¥. Hitler's room will occupy one-third the cabin space, the middle section will be reserved for his entourage and serve.as conference room: his bodyguard will be at the rear. man policy of severe repression can only heighten | high ambitions. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of changes, many of which may have serious results. The wise will avoid what- ever appears in the least hazardous. Children born on this day prob- ably will be keen in mind and un- tiringly energetic. Many subjects of Cancer gain affluence and enjoy fame, but they may be extravagant in their ideas and habits of living (Copyright, 1939) - - What Is Your News I. Q.? By The AP Feature Service Each question counts 20; each part of a two-part question, 10. A score of 60 is fair, 80, good. 1. Name this retired army man who warned against “ene- mies within our gates.” 2. Who got $40,000 for a 500- mile drive? 3. Does Outer Mongolia have a “mutual assistance” pact with (a) Japanm, (b) Russia or (c) Nationalist China? 4. Under what circumstances did Tommy Smith disappear? 5. Why was a baseball game war comes, to surveillance of so stubborn and resource- = in Detroit picketed? Answers on Page Six Where Is He! received a request for the where- Flash From the Labor Front!—Headline in the abouts of Ben Foster Parr, 25, height Japanese Beetles About 5 feet 5 inches, dark complexion and weighing about 137 pounds. The request comes from Ben F. Parr, 2146 West Lee Street, Louis- ville, Kentucky, who says the young man left for Juneau in 1936, in- tending to prospect. The police department would like any information concerning Parr. S0 R S Fairy Tale Is Reenacted at Frifz Cove There as similarity with the old fairy tale of the witch that drank unwittingly of her own poison brew in the story told about town today of Cliff Brown, the barber's practi- cal joke at Auk Bay. “Brownie” has a home on the Fritz Cove road, and a cruiser moored in his “front yard” to a float connected with grotesque tumble into the bay. walk. Crossing these logs to shore is a delicate process and many a friend has furnished “Brow laugh with grotesque tumble int othe bay. Last night, after rcturting from a successful fishinz trip to Aaron Island, Bob Schoettler, manager of the Baranof Hotel, Rod Darnell, operator of the Triangle Cleaners, and Brown, placed a wager (at Brown’s cunning instance) that the trickiest of the logs could not be ne- gotiated safely. Loss of an outrigger log had made the log crossing worthy of wager. Darnell negotiated it safely and Scoettler as well. “Brownie” fell in. of these| | | The Juneau police department has | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1939. JULY 13, 1919 A special from Washington to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said thal | Secretary Redfield had ordered all vessels in the fisheries, lighthouse and coast survey service in Alaska to arm themselves and aid in catch- ing fish pirates. Impetus to the movement for the The Empire extends congratula- tions and Uest wishes today, theit birchday anniversary, to the fol- lowing: JULY 13 Charles G. Warner Lucille Lynch - Arnold Swanson Mrs. Eva Mackey Sylvester T. Nadeau R Mrs. establishment of additional steam- ship service between Juneau and sitka was expected to be given at the meeting of the Juneau Commer- | cial Association to be held at the: A. B. Hall Dr. Malcom E. Smith, formerly chief surgeon of the Alaska Engin- eering Commission at Nenana, and Mrs. Smith, were passengers on the Northwestern enroute back to their former home in Nenana. rM ODERKN ETIQUETTE * By Roberta Lee H. J. Turner, Mrs. Turner their children were leaving' on the! Northwestern for Skagway where rymmage through articles on the they were to spend a vacation stay- counter of a store, leaving the ar- ing at the Pullen House. |ticles in a topsy-turvy condition? | A. Never. It requires a great Mrs. J. B. Bernhofer was a south- amount of patience for a salesman bound passenger on the Princess or saleswoman to withhold a repri- Mary. really deserves. Mrs. E. M. Polley was a passen-; Q. Is it permissible to send type- ger for the south on the Princess written informal social notes? Mary. | A. Yes; but formal social cor- ! respondence or invitations should Roger R. Lyon, storekeeper at the never be typewritten. Perseverance Mine, resigned, his, Q. Should candles be place being taken by Samuel Rosen- the breakfast table? bluth. A. No. e used on C. W. Hawkesworth, superinten-| dent of Education under the Bu-| reau of Education for this division, accompanied by Mrs, Hawkesworth, left for the south on the Princes Mary. DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH * By W. L. Corina Weather: lowest 53; loudy. Highesl 53; c S | — eee Words Often Misused: Do not say T was too excited to answer.” Say, “I was too much excited to answer.” 'COWLING TO BUILD OFFICER AT TAKU i Often Misspelled: | not jous nor gous. ) Synonyms: Notice (verg), heed, " |regard, observe. a Outrageous E. J. Cowling left for Taku morning in his eighteen-fcot 'board speedboat to construct this in that vicinity. Mrs. Cowling accompanied her one word each day. Today’s word: husband on the trip and in spare Embryonic; undeveloped. (Pro- moments the two plan to do a little nounce em-bri-on-ik, e as in men, | 3 fishing for pleasure. | both i's as in it, o as in on, accent - DU CAPT. NORD'S BOD adasen 0 LIE IN STATE AT MORTUARY HERE, The body of Capt. John Gus Nord, Alaska mariner who was drowned flast Saturday night when an auto- mobile in which he was a passenger tipped into the Chilkat river at Haines, will lie in state at the! Charles W. Carter Mortuary here this evening after 7 o'clock and to- morrow morning after 9 o'clock so that friends may call to pay their last respects. | Capt. Nord’s remains will be ta- ken south on the Baranof tomorrow evening for burial at Seattle. ONE COMING IN = ABOARD ELECTRA One passenger is due here from! 4. The Three Musketeers. Fairbanks this afternoon on the reg-! 5. England, Scotland, Northern ular Thursday schedule flight of|Ireland, Wales, and the Channel Pacific Alaska Airways. —_—————— R. C. Ragel is coming in with pi-| Insect pests are estimated to ruin lots Murray Stuart and Burton Lien.|about 10 percent of the world’s A potential food supply each year. 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