The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 28, 1939, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1939 Hirst is wrong. Earl McGinty, Construction Supenm' tendent for the Office, says Alaskans wouldn’t work ‘ 2 fla p py N P PBirthday Playing for the Fourth of July under the conditions offered. But when the jobs were offered to Juneau carpenters the conditions were second prize of $50, the contest for B which had been postponed on ac-| . The Empire extends :"_"'.""‘"! tions and best wishes *~day, *heir that the men pay their own fares to and from the remote places where Indian schools and hospitals are count of rain, the Juneau team de- 5, . i 3 . rihday annivessi.,, to the rui- e 8 score of 10-3. s o4 feated Thane by a sci f 3. lowing: YEARS AGO From THE EMPIRE Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY EELEN TROY BENDER Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel %roscope* “The stars incline i but do not compel” i Directory Prestdent Vice-President and Business Managst reets, Juneau, Alaska. being built. Of course, Alaskans wouldn’t take the obs. But offer the work to Alaskans under the same onditions as apply to workers now being brought in from the States and all of the Indian Affairs con- struction jobs would be filled in short order by residents of “Juneau as Second Class Matter SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1939 Astrologers read this as a fortu- nate day in planetary direction. Strongly benefic aspects rule for happiness and success, It is a lucky date for short journeys. When first awakening there may be a sense of depression, for the mind is likely to be sensitive to world vibrations, distracting and discouraging, but later there should be exhilaration and a confidence that encourages activity. sioners, returned to Juneau on the The stars smile on ocean trav Alameda after spending about ten ers, many of whom will return ffom | days in Ketchikan on business in eventful European trips. There, is|connection with Road Commission a sign causing intense appreciation | work of the United States as a place of | residence. | M. M. Henley, who was recently Under - this configuration there | discharged from the army, arrived will be clear thinking and keen men- | in Juneau on the Alameda and was tal vision. Support for the foreign |staying at the Gastineau. policies of the administration in | — Washington is indicated from states- | H. R. Bartlett arrived on the Ala- men foimerly antagonistic. |meda from the south and was at Good luck should attend motor the Gastineau Hotel. car journeys. Multitudes will visit | the great expositions next week when it is probable there will be left an international incident of start- Bay with L. Simonds and Capt. ling potentialities. | william Geddes of the Hoonah Young folk may be more foolish Packing Co. than usual where hasty love af-! fairs are involved. Many secret H. E. Springer, superintendent of weddings are forecast. the Alaska Packing and Navigation Vagaries in weather are indicated, Company, arrived in Juneau from with high winds, excessive heat and Pavlof Harbor and was at the Gas- even earthquakes. tineau. Trade with Canada will improve —_ remarkably as barriers are removed| John E. Moulton, former Alaska and demands for products of field representative of the Seattle Hard- and factory increase. Many tour- ware Company, was located in New sts will visit northern cities. York City where he planned to re- Persons whose birthdate it is have main for an indefinite period, ac- the augury of a year of extra good co-ding to word received from him fortune. Abundance of. love and in Juneau. friendship, as well as money, may be expected. Miss Mary Parr, who had been Children born on this day may visiting with her sister, Mrs. George be sturdy of body and strong of T. Jackson, left on the Alaska for (Cleveland Plain Dealer) {mind. These subjects of Leo are Seattle. Just because the WPA strike is holding the head- i"S“B”}' reliable in character and lines these days, the public should not make the mis- |Very independent. take of assuming that all, or a large part, of the vast (Copyright, 1939) .- Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers wel- come. H. C. REDMAN, Exalted Ruler; M. H. the e SIDES, Secretary. TeraNT W. H. Harvey, accompanied by Mrs. Harvey, was to leave for San Francisco on the Alaska to make their home. JULY 28 Betty Whitfield Harold McKinley Virgil Bohlke Helen Webster Ford Butler Harry P. Doyle The Office of Indian Affairs will pay the fares of carpenters from Seattle to the villages where work is planned, but will not furnish transportation to 25 per month, | WOrkers from Juneau, Cordova, Seward or Anchorage to the jobs, which are of course much nearer to all of s T th e Gl months. in advance, $6.005 1 ) o Siaces than Seattle is. This doesn’t make sense, @ubseribers will confer a favor if thes will promptly nctifs | eyen from a purely business standpoint, let alone the the Business Office of any failure or irresularity in the de- | = % o T i ATakEs SN Mvery of iheir papers. | have, of favoring local people for local jobs whenever i e e - SUBSCRIPTION Beitvered by easvier in Jumeau and Dourlas for §1. By , postage paid. at the following rates ajor W. H. Waugh, President of the! £I6RkD, Bkt of SooaR Clopmtih: Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIS. Hours 9 a.m. to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 MO, JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 \ beginning at 7:30 p. m. HAWKES: Second and fourth 2 Monday of each month G‘ 2 In Sccttish Rite Temple THAS. W. o WORTH, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. agencles operating Telephones: News Offic —— MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. ¥he Assoclated Press is ex v entitled to the use for | eepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or mof | otberwise credited In tuls paper and slso the local new. pablished herein — ALASBKA CIRCULATIC THAN THAT OF ANY O N 602; Business Offiee, 374 M ODERN ETIQUETTE u By Roberta Lee [E— ———— Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office Fours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-) Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle F:ig. PHONE 667 | possible. another side to the story; there always e there are only eight building projcets _ | planned this y in Alaska and that only two of his “skilled workers” will be employed on each. He says the Comptroller General wouldn’t let him pay the fares of Alaskans to Alaska jobs, but agreed to let him transport Seattle workers to them. Two of the Seattle men, who left on the North Star June still haven't reached their jobs on Seward Pen- and will not until next week. They will have m three to four months of work after they get there i will be flown out by airplane when they are through. Probably they will lose two full months of working time in transportation before they are home again But the whole affair indicates a gross disregard for the natural rights of Alaskan residents to earn| their livings in Alaska. If the Office of Indian Affairs can spend our money for airplane rides for Seattle carpenters they can spend it to get genuine Alaskans | 'to and from the jobs which should be theirs. Alaska workmen, and Alaskans generally, have a legitimate complaint to make against the Office of Indian Affair i Something There is McGinty say N GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER HER PUBLICATION. GuySmith DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONE CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Coliseum PHONE 97—Fres Delivery Q. When a woman is playing golf should she drive first, whether the honor is his or hers? A. No. The woman should insist on the man driving first if it is his honor. Q. Why is it necessary for woman traveling alone, when regis tering at a hotel, to use the prefix Mrs. or Miss? A. So that the hotel attendants shall know how to address her. Q. Is it permissible for a man to use perfume? A. Tt is considered effeminate for him to do so. nal Newspaper Re GEORGE D. CLOSE lnc Los Angeles, with offices in Chicage, New York ept Portland, Suattle Boston. ' —— Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room: 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 763 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. LE RECRESENTATIVE-Glbert A, Wellington, 1011 | Ameriean Bank Bulding e esomtiitet Harold H. Post and John W, Troy on the Nakomis for Gambier a { 1r | "“Tomorrow’s Styles Today” Juneau's Owr Store e 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 SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Classes Fitted Lenses Ground DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH ® By W. L. Gordon FEDERAL BUREAU s certainly wrong somewhere. SLAPS ALASKANS Something is wrong somewhere. Carpenters and foremen for Office of Indian Af- being Words Often Misused: Remit is| not a general substitute for send. In commercial usage, remit means “to send back,” such as money in payment of an account. Often Mispronounced: Branchitis. | Pronounce bron-ki-tis, o as in on,| f first i as in kite, accent second syll-| able, Often Mispronounced: Bronchitis. one 1. ,Synonyms: Untrained, untaught, uhskilled, inexperienced. 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: | Inordinate; not restrained by pres- cribed rules or bounds; excessive.| “Her vanity was inordinate.” ‘\ B Who's Who in WPA Strike ojects in the Territory & their f aid both fairs construction brought in from the ka men, qu | | i [ { { | | { eager to do the | Weather: clear. Highest 64; lowest 52; that, the situation has r el it »d from Washington, and published ] unavailable” in [ "The Rexall Stcre” ’ ¥our Reliable FYarmacists Worse tha ilted in re-! ports being nationally, thi ska. The effect is that Alaskans it to make a living at construction jobs in the short work season here, lose a number of positions which | should be theirs and, what is even worse, workers all over the country will read skilled labor shortage” in Alaska and come here looking for jobs making it all the harder for residents of the Territory All through the spring and summer months a cam- paign has been condiicted by the Department of Pub- lic Welfare, the Alaska Territorial Employment Serv ice, the Governor's office agencies here to discourage the influx of job-s from the States % Cobperating with the Department of Public Welfare, the Empire prepared a séries of articles on Alaska unemployment which were sent to newspapers all over the coun Governor Troy asked the steamship companies to post notices at their ticket offices that ! work was hard to get in Alaska and that job-seekers should not come to the Territory without definite prospects of employment. Director Joseph T. Flakne “of the Alaska Territorial Employment Service wrote * to the employment service offices of every state and « territory explaining the situation of unemployment in Alaska and asking that persons inquiring about job * possibilities here be given no encouragement whatever. : As a result of this concerted effort, the northward trek of unemployed has been all but stopped. There % are still more people looking for work here than there ! is work to be found, in fact a good many more. Their s Jot is worse than that of unemployed in the States + because it costs more to live in Alaska and, once here, they haven't boat fare to get away. Now, through what Alaskans must condemn as a bad blunder on the part of local officials of a Federal Bureau, the trouble is going to start all over again. “gkilled workers,” from bootblacks to architects, will be on our necks again, some of them taking jobs which The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 led workers are Butler-Mauro Drug Co. PRESCRIPTION ¢ v B3 about the Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Blomgren Bldg.——2nd Floor Front Street————Phone 636 H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING and other LOOK and LEARN * By A. C. Gordon 1. Who is known as “the chil-| dren’s poet”? | 2. What is claustrophobia? 3. What is the average number of thunder-storms daily throughout the world? 4. Who were the two national he- | roes of Scotland? | 5. From what country does the finest white marble come? ANSWERS 1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 2. Fear of confined places. 3. 40,000. , 4. Robert Bruce and William | ‘Wallace. 5. Italy. i FINE ‘ Watch und Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET | ner {to sity Previous to her departure Mrs. Hirst was the incentive for many social affairs. . Gastineau Motor | Service PHONE 727 GENERAL AUTO REPAIRING Gas—Oil—S D * Methodist Church <1+ -+osPmas Nor=s_ Pafly IS Tonigh} J. Hendrickson, mine employee, AR S il Health Food Center HOURS: 1to 5 P. M. “NATURAL FOODS" 204 FRANKLIN 2nd Floor—Krafft Bldg. el S s Phone 221 Alice Clark Peter Pan Beauty Shoppe Superior Beauty Service Second Floor JUNEAU Triangle Bldg. ALASKA D e Y WPA enrollment is fighting the government. The exact contrary is true. As President Roose- M H' t S vt ot o i e santerence oy, o MTS. Hirst, S0 DOUGLAS {than three percent of the workers have struck. All already hard put tolthe skilled classifications affected by the 130-hour A S IhT d | rule comprise than 100,000 of the more than 2,400, reyou 0 aY NEWS )00 now on WPA. And a great many of this 100,000 | have not struck Mrs. Claude Hirst, accompaniea e Tt should be borne in mind that this is not & strike |by her son, Claude Jr., sailed soath STEAMER NORTH COA‘STALMON by WPA, but by a minute minority which has been |today on the Princess Alice on an "r:‘““%“L ngfi;;j‘::db e enjoying preferred treatment. But because the ab- |extended trip to the States. ., g 2400““?"?"‘ et e sence of skilled men holds up progress on some jobs,| In Seattle they plan té pick up & IC“I*‘:‘-I g : ‘“Lf;' Bt Coast many more than the few thousands with an alleged |a new car for their drive to Cali- yo on};u e ~m!=" ot o grievance are out of work ms a result of the dispute.|fornia, stopping enroute to visit fmf“ i ; D'),“Bht“" e i) They are victims of a quarrel in which they have N0 |the San Francisco Exposition. Mrs, O .06 the night. =~ =~ direct concern. |Hirst will spend some time with SIDE S VIN The President is right in voicing the determination | relatives in Arkansas, later gol km&?";f:";al}"’l&‘d':g“ S of the administration to resist the pressure of Ameri-| ¢, Washington, D. C; ‘whete"¥he Heverly ;?;:OE So Tt grmi_ can Federation of_Labnr unions upon Congress. T‘f"‘wn]) spend the winter mionths with gence 1;"1 the Taga }lmu«? e Se;('- pressure is assuming formidable p_roportmns. Pres daughter while Claude plans omi Street 'ave 'prepann.g to tane dent William Green of the federation threatens ven- atieind! sheiis Bcutlighn | ateers s tiost 56 aMoer for Obishakot i geance at the polls against all in public office who - pis Fgsin will not bow to the will of the union, Three measures | rejoin Mr. Hall, who has preceeded are before Congress to rescind the 130-hour regulation. them. We trust the firm position of the President will 3 encourage Congress to be equally resistant of this effort to browbeat it. It is difficult to see any great hardship in an order which merely calls for a work week of about 30 hours. The claim of Green and others that a mere security wage on relief work will pull down existing | was admitted last night to St. Ann’s wage standards in private employment is wholly un- convincing. The 130-hour rule is a distinct improve- | ment in WPA operation. A noisy lobby should not be permitted to defeat it. * Hospital for medical care of a knr‘e: injury. HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibd Stores of Alaska” An all-church party will take the place of the regular Friday night — After receiving surgical care, J. | meeting of the Epworth League this priesily was dismissed today from |evening, when members of the gy anns Hospital Methodist Church will meet at 7:30. : ¥ s |o'clock in the social rooms for | B. W. McCormick was dismissed (Philadelphia Record) scheduled affair. today from surgical care at St The law, of course, is not really an ass. It merely | Invited to be present are mem- ann's Hospital / goes out of its way sometimes to make noises that bers of the Epworth League, the | - sound suspiciously like braying. Suzannah Wesley Circle, Damaris | agmitted to e Govern i & < P ment Hos- Take the case of “Kate M. Minkin, statutory plain- | Circle, and invited guests, as well pital, Elimbech‘ Lu’dy is re(feiving tiff suing on behalf of Jerome M. Minkin, a minor, vs. 'as choir members and those be- groical attention Kate M. Minkin.” This is the title, as amended by longing to the Sunday school. : Minkin vs. Minkin D Bob Kimball on " Northbound Trip “The Store for Men" SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. by right should belong to Alaskans, most of them asking us to feed them when they aren't able to find ! work in the Territory and aren't able to return home. Everyone makes mistakes; most are not as tragic ? in consequence as this one of the Office of Indian the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, of an interesting | suit brought on behalf of eight-year-old Jerome against his mother, Kate, for damages. Jerome's father was killed in an automobile accident in which Jerome’s mother, who was driving, is accused of neg- Mrs. Roy Murphy will be in! entertainment and refreshments will be arranged by Mrs. Virgil, | Puzzey. | $ 9 Ann Martin was discharged to- |charge of games for the evening’s gay from surgical supervision at the Government Hospital today. - Bob Kimball, of the Alaska Light and Power Company, is returning to Juneau on the steamer North Sea which sailed from Seattle to- L. C. SMITH and CORONA TYPEBWRITERS Sold and Serviced by | | | J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” ligence. In a 4-to-3 decision, the Court held that a child could sue his parent to protect a property right. What's more, since a minor cannot act directly in legal suits, Surprise Party Today | the charse st be vrongnt by ne mirors s uex | For Dorothy Ricketts. fendant | A guardian-parent is thus legally in the position | Honoring Miss Dorothy Ricketts, { daughter of Commander and Mrs. of accusing himself of negligence. : vl AL ¢ The only bright spot we can think of in this de- 44| facts of the story given publicity at Washington are| icion is that it should make it fairly easy for any ‘v:;,;;ecfin?é;kevtz ;if:;pl,fi;a;m;t true; that he can’t get carpenters and construction|piaintiff-defendant to reach a settlement with himse¥ | the Twelfth Street home of Mr. and foremen in Alaska for Alaska jobs. We believe Mr. out of court. | Mrs. B4 Shatfer 3 et ' Po 7 Hostesses for the occasion were Misses Patsy Shaffer, Marylin Mer- | ritt, Verna Mae Gruber and Marian Hussey. | Guests for the informal afternoon | were Marian Cass, Shirley Davis, | { Joan Erwin, Ann Lois Davis and | Emma Nielson. Miss Ricketts will leave next week on the North Sea for Norfolk, Vir- ginia, where her father will be in command of a Coast Guard cutteg Miss Betty Wilcox On Vacation Trip Miss Betty Wilcox, daughter of “Mr, and Mrs, H. G. Wilcox, was a southbound passenger this morn- ing on the Princess Alice, enroute to Seattle where she will spend the remainder of the summer with rel- atives. d Accompanied by her brother Jim .| who has been in the south for the | past several weeks, Miss Wilcox |} will return in time for the open- ing of school in the fall. i Prior to her departure Miss Wil- cox was entertained by a number of her classmates. B “Alaskana” by Marie Drake at book stores, 50 cents. MRS. FARRELL ARRIVES day. Kimball has been vacationing in Seattle with relatives for the past | few weeks. el i Lo The Book ALASKA, Revised and Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00. THRIFT C0-OP Phone 767 Phone Groceries * Affairs will prove. It tears down and destroys the work of half a dozen other public agencies in Alaska, mrakes life just a little bit harder for every wage-earner in the Territory and works severe hardship on the * misinformed people who will come looking for work which isn't here. Claude M. Hirst, General Superintendent of the Office of Indian Affairs in Alaska, still believes the Mrs. Doris Farrell, a secretary, arrived here last evening on the Canadian National Prince George. Mrs. Farrell is from Vancouver, B. C. Juneau Melody House Music and Electric Appliances (Next Irvimg's Market) Front Street Phone 65 What Is Y our News I. Q.? ALASKA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSN. Accounts Insured Up to $5, P.O. Box 2718—Phone 3—Office 11y Seward St., Juneau, Alaska * SANITARY PLUMBING and HEATING COMPANY W. J. NIEMI, Owner “Let your plumbing worry be our worry.” Formerly Alfors e e Weather Stripping SOLD and INSTALLED by LOCAL DEALER FREE ESTIMATES Phone 123 Victor Powers COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS CAPITAL—$50.,000 SURPLUS—$100,000 29% PAID ON SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES Each question counts 20; each | part of a two-part question, 10. A score of 60 is fair, 80, good. 1. Who is this U. S. admiral who said American naval ves- sels “will go wherever it is nec- to protect American 2. How did Sidney Fortel’s daughter surprise him? 3. Is u um (a) a part of the body, (b) a metal, or (¢) a flower? 4. Who told an interviewer to “go stand in a corner”? 5. The Rumanian Iron Guard is a crack regiment sworn to de- fend the life of King Carol. ‘True or false? - - Finnish Steam Bath OPEN EVERY DAY Soap Lake Mineral Baths DR. E. MALIN, D.C., Prop. Treatments and Massage 142 Wmflgbx Ave. Phone 673 AMERICAN BEAUTY » PARLOR Buddie DeRoux—Ellamae Scott 201 SOUTH FRANKLIN “Complete Beauty Service” First National Bank JUNEAU—ALASKA ONE FOR A LL, ALL FOR ONE—_o0nly one candle decorated the cake at this birthday party, for it's “share and share alike” at the Jerry Hartley home in Chicago. There the Hartley trip- lets celehratfl? their first birthday. Left to right: Beverly, Billie (a boy) and Betty. The three, who weighed four pounds each at birth, now weigh a combined total of 75 pounds. Answers on Page Six