The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 2, 1939, Page 4

r a L~ Daaly Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY WELEW TROY BENDER - - - = -~ President B L BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Manager Second and Main Strects, Juneau, Alaska. Juneau as Second Class Matter S ———— i Nmsered in the Post Office MEMDER SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Welivered by oarvier In Jumrau and Douglas for $1.25 per month By mail. postaze paid, at the following rates Ome year, In cdvance, $12.00; sir months, in advance, 36.00 eme month. in advance, $1.25 @ubseribers will confer a favor If thes vill promptly notify Whe Bustness Office of any fallure or Irfegularity in the de- Hvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Offiee, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. ¥he Assoclated Press is exclusively entilled to the use for tion of all news dispatches credited to Jt or not and also the local new. credited In this paper herein. ‘sublished CTROULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSE. Inc. National Newspaper Representa- Mves. with offices Iu-San Francisco. Los Angeles, Portland, @sattle, Chicago, New York and bostom, SEATTLE RECRESENTATIVE Gilbert A, Wellington, 1011 American Bavk Bullding “home in the his States | sources of already Archie Shiels, to whom Juneau is a as truly as South Bellingham is residence, still poking into Alaska history with a curiosity which resulted in the writing of two books on the north and which promises to add a deal more to our knowledge of the early days of Alaska Mr. Shiels left Juneau yesterday after a visit all too brief. Alaska, he has found in his researches, the only region on which Secretary Seward with a Territorial gleam in his eye. Acquisition of this Territory was to be only the first step in an expansion | added to the States in the north™ is back the has great was not looked program which would hav prosperity and security of the United hemisphere. Reading back into Senate s western | eeches of the 1860's | Mr. Shiels finds that Secre y Seward had begun| negotiations for the purchase of the Danish West| Indies, negotiations which were roundly condemned by Congressmen of that day. Seward was trying to buy the Danish West Indies for a naval ba attempt- ing to negotiate a treaty based on a purchase price of $5,000,000. “He got far enough along,” Mr. Shiels writes in 2 r.per he has prepared on the subject, “that the Danish Government stated they would be willing to discuss the matter on a basis of $7,500,000. Be that as it may, they were not purchased at that time, but in 1917 we did purchase them, as a naval base, for $25,000,000. So perhaps, after all, Seward was more foresighted than Washburn (his most bitter Sena- torial critic) seems to have thought.” The Danish West Indies have been renamed the Virgin Islands and are portance which is increasing under pressure of Euro- pean crises and international unrest of a national defense im- iD PLANF AND FACTORIES WE N Five countries—Russia, Germany, TItaly, and Great Britain—exceed the United States in air power and Japan equals 1 But a much more serious defect in our national defense is found in the limited facilities for rapid construction of airplanes in this country. Last year only army and navy France 458 planes were delivered to the The army has just embarked on a program of inere th by 2,500 planes and it hopes that this order can be completed in two y Even if Germany or Russia did not build a single plane for two years, it would take us that long to approach them in air stren Looked at in another sing its stre ars, First Aerial Immigrants , First immigrants to arrive in the United States by clipper plane, Dr. and Mrs. Jules Boruchowitz, are shown as they arrived at New York aboard the Dixie Clipper from Europe. Entering this country ur quota, they will reside in Los Angeles. | way, if half our present air force of 3,000 was wiped' out in combat, it would take a year to replace them While actual figures are, of course, unknown, it understood that several European countries long ago grasped the fact that the ability to produce planes rapidly might be more important from a military point of view than the number of planes on hand at any! given moment | If private industry is not expanding fast enough to meet the Government's plane construction needs, then the Government should build plane factories xpand its source of supply. The way world politics moves these da; is to . a two- adequate year plane-building program scems scarcely to keep pace with general rearmament MAYBE THEY'LL FORGET BY CHRI 1AS We are informed that the latest designs in neckties include blue ladybugs an inch and a half in diameter crawling acros 1 yellow background, white elephants marching across a maroon field, and huge black, white and gray plano keys just standing still. | The designer, need we add, is a woman, Countes: | Mara. The only consolation is that the ties cost from $5 to $10 a shudder, and Father’s Day won't come again for nearly a year. Not the Mida: yuch S (Cleveland Plain Dealer) [ For all their pre-power promises of bringing a | paradise on earth, the Nazis do not possess the Midas touch. On the contrary, an economic blight seems to follow their politics despite the well-sounding but empty boasts of no unemployment and over-time pro- duction More and more the pinch is being felt in the Third Reich itself Field Marshal Goering, head nf the four-year plan, has ordered a rigorous investigation of all public works with the aim of concentrating on those that are politically necessary. There is not enough raw material to go around. This is but another symptom of the growing stringency that is being felt in wages and food and through mounting tax assess- ments Even outside of Germany, in “independent” Slo- vakia, affairs ve gone from bad to worse since Nazi paternalism became effective. The government faces | a deficit of $20,000,000, almost two-thirds of the budget- | ed expenditure. Now it fears inflation. It had counted on getting 20 percent of the Czech gold obtained by the Nazis from British banks. Since Slovakia was half of the former republic that percentage would not seem excessive. The Nazis at first promised the Brati- slava government 12 percent and now they have de- cided to keep all the gold in Berlin. There are already 35,000 Slovak workers in Ger- many. Soon there will be 60,000. They were lured there on the promise that they could send their wages home. That would mean that 25,000,000 Slovak crowns would be transferred from Germany by the end of the y: But the Third Reich does not work that way. Slovakia will be forced to take German manu- factured goods instead. It is doubtful if it can absorb this much. * Anyway the people dislike it because it is | inferior to what they formerly obtained from Bohemia. Slovakia thought she would get out of the red a bit through its new trade treaty with Poland. Slo- vak iron ore was to be exchanged for Polish coal. But Germany stepped in and appropriated the ore for her own rearmament needs. Thus Slovakia becomes a | colony of Germany with abundant time to muse on her independence. A similar situation is growing in Danzig even lbf‘lnro full Nazi control. The Danzig gulden was for- merly the equivalent of the Polish zloty. Now it takes two gulden to buy a zloty and shopkeepers no longer accept the two currencies interchangeably. People | helding guldens are becoming panicky, with the natur- | al disastrous consequences to finance | Naziism does not mean economic salvation. This | should be pretty apparent to everyone by now. It ‘A\hunld make it more difficult for Hitler to hoodwink other “lost” nationalitie Lower Fares—More Money (Philadelphia Record) Once again the railroad companies have been shown that lower fares mean more business. The New York Times reports: “The reduction in passenger fares in the East which took effect June 30 had an immediate effect in increasing traffic and revenue, estimates disclosed The gain in travel over the Independence Day week- end compared with last year’s totals was the more notable because conditions last year were more con- ducive to a concentrated holiday movement than they were this year. “The estimated gain in passenger revenues of the New York Central Railroad for the week-end, com- pared with the same period last year, was between 16 and 17 percent." Remember, that's not just a gain in number of passengers. It's a gain in revenues collected even at the lower fares To those ilroads which stubbornly opposed the reduction in fare, we can only say “We told you s0.” | SUCCEEDS MNUTT Assistant Secretary of State is shown at his desk in Washing- ton, D. C., shortly after Presi- dent Roosevelt announced his nomination to be High Com- missioner to the Philippine Isl- ands to replace Paul V. McNutt, who resigned to become Fed- eral Security Administrator, Sayre was later confirmed the Senate. by ider the Belgian | “Alaskana” by Marie Drake at all | book stores, 50 cents. fl;roscope “The stars incline but do not compel’” THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1939 In the morning hours a benefic aspect rules followed by mildly ac- tive adverse influences, according to astrology. The sway encourages merchandising. This is not an auspicious rule for mining or miners. Loss of valuable claims by men who long have worked them will cause serious disappoint- ment. Search for rare minerals will be made by scientifically trained pros- pectors. Fluorescent specimens will bhe sighted by use of violet ray lamps. Women may find this a dull day socially. It is likely to be disappoint- ing to girls engaged in summer fhr- tations. Amusements will not be sought by | many persons today. Weather con- | ditions in many places will keep people from theaters or places that attract crowds Expositions should week, which will be favorable to railways. Astrologers foretell wide | senefits resulting from the wnr]dl airs, particularly a unifying of umf profit this | nation. Horse racing will attract dtten~ tion in many places this month. Horses carrying black and white or yreen and chocolate may be #§-) secially lucky. The stars encolitdge! he wooing of luck. R Persons whose birthdate it is have he augury of a year of fairly goad ortune, but they must avoid ch‘n'gg_- os and follow their intuition. The soung will be swayed by romanee, { Children born on this day pu:ng- ibly will be sensitive and kindly. These subjects of Leo may be proud, . trustworthy and intelligent. Manys ire extremely fond of animals. . ¢ ! (Copyright, 1939) 4 i RIFLEMEN HEADING | FOR PERRY SHOOT: WILL DRIVE BACK Mr. and Mrs. Rex Chittick sailed south early this morning on the teamer Taku to be in the States lor several weeks Chittick is on the Alaska rifle team and he and his wife will spend considerable time visiting and traveling before attending the Catfip Perry meet. They are taking a eAp with them and will go first to Port- land, Oregon, where Mr. Chittick's sarents live. At Portland, the Chitticks will ‘be oined by Stan Whitely, Cash Cole’s ‘ransfer manager. Whitely is also on the Alaska rifle team. Most of the members: are sailing south on the next Aleutian. BOY SCOUTS DIE CHIHAHUA CITY, Mexico, Aug. 2.—Seven Mexican Boy Scouts were killed and 21 injured in a highway crash in the mountains last night according to a report received here this afternoon D The Book ALASKA, Revised and Enlarged, Now On Sale: $1.00. | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | GENERAL LAND OFFICE | District Land Office Anchorage, Alaska. January 9, 1939, | Notice is hereby given that Al- fred Lagergren has made applica- tion for a homesite, under the act of May 26, 1934, for a tract of land situated on- the north side of Ten- ikee Inlet, at head of Coffee Cove, about six miles east of Tenakee, embraced in U. S. Survey No. 2342, containing 4.58 acres Anchorage serial 08571, in latitude 57° 47" N. longitude 135° 03" W. and it is now in the files of the U. S. Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska. Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse claims in the district land office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter ,or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statutes. H 1 LINGO, Register. First publication, June 28, 1939, Last publication, Aug. 23, 1939. | GEORGE A. i Federal Worl Agency, Publie Roads Adminisiration, July 29, 1939, Sealed bids will be feceived at the office of the Public Roads Adminis- tration, Federal and Territorial | Building, Juneau, Alaska, until 9} o'clock a.m., August 24, 1939, for the | reconstruction and improvement of the Glacier Highway, Eagle River| Flat bridges Section, involving 620 | cu. yds. structure excavation, 2,700 | cu. yds. unclassified borrow, 900 cu. yds. gravel, surface course, 157.1| M.Ft.B.M. treated timber, 4,950 lin. ft. treated timber piling, 200 cu. yds. | loose riprap and lump sum amount for removal of existing structures, Where plans and specifications are requested, a deposit of $10.00 will be required to insure their return within 30 days after cpening of bids. Checks shall be to the Treasurer of the States. Plans and specifications may be ex- amined at the Public Roads Admin- istration, Federal and Territorial Building, Juneau, Alaska, and As- sociated General Contractors of America, Arctic Club Building, Se- attle, Washington. Bid blanks may. be obtained at the office of the Pub~ lic Roads Administration, Juneau, Alaska.—M. D, WILLIAMS, District Engineer. Publication dates, Aug, 2-3-4, 1939, || HospiTAL NoTes THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1939. [ YEARS AGO From THE EMPIRE 2 AUGUST 2, 1919 With the school building renovat- ed and the entire corps of teachers employed, the Juneau School Board completed arrangements for the education of Juneau public school graduates for the coming year, ac- cording to Grover C. Winh, Presi- dent of the Board. Waterproof concrete troughs for the hatchery which was being es- tablished in the A. B. Hall under the supervision of A. J. Sprague, hatcher superintendent, were being constructed by Gus Ferguson. Councilman F. Q. Herbert was elected acting mayor to serve dur- ing the absence of Mayor J. Latimer Gray. Miss Gladys Tripp, who had been making her home in California, was expected in Juneau on the City of Seattle. In- compliment to the visiting of- ficers of the Navy, two parties were given in Juneau, one by Major W. H. Waugh and Mrs. Waugh, and one at the Governor's House. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Robertson were hosts to a few friends at their home. Bridge was played during the evening. C.'W. Fries returned from a trip 4to the mine in which he was inter- ested in at Chichagof. F. J. Wettrick left for Seattle on the Princess Alice after spending several weeks in Juneau on business. J. 8. Byron, acting general agent for the Canadian Pacific, returned on the Princess Alice from a trip to ‘Whitehorse. Weather: cloudy. Highest 58; lowest 49; Want fo Be Depui; Wildlife Agenf? Exam Is Announced The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examina- tion for Deputy Alaska Wildlife Agent, receipt of applications to close at Seattle on August 31. Ap- plicants must have reached their 24th but must not have passed their 40th birthday on the date for clos- ing, except that age limits do not apply to those persons entitled to military perference. Full informa- tion and application blanks may be obtained at 311 Federal Building. — .- o » [ L = i & Piedro Gajido was brought in yesterday afternoon from Tenakee and is at St. Ann's Hospital re- ceiving medical care. Admitted to St. Ann's Hospital for medical supervision, fourteen- year-old Alfonon Gruerrero was brought in from Tenakee yesterday afternoon. Mrs. J. Rasmussen was dismissed today from St. Ann’s Hospital. A major operation was performed this morning at the Hospital on Robert Frank. Anna Rudolph received a broken arm in a fall last aumitted to the Government Hos- pital for care. > oo MRS. EIKLAND RETURNS Mrs. Olaf Eikland, who has been visiting in the south for several weeks, returned to her Juneau home on the Taku. She was ac- companied on the round trip by her son Robert What Is Your News 1. 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. This wiry west coast labor leader has been on trial for ex- ulsion from the U. S. Who is Ke and what were the charges against him? 2. Why did Nazis howl “in- timidation” when British bombers went on a cruise re- cently? 3. Which of these Adriatic ports has been reported to be the subject of negotiations be- tween Germany and Italy: (a) Fiume, (b) Trieste, (c) Venice. 4. What reason did the war department give for rejecting New York plans for a bridge from Manhattan’s tip to Brook- lyn? ’5. Where are these spots, which have been in the news Iately: Bolzano, Pomorze, Ulan- Bator, Hatay? Answers on Page Six Government | night and was | The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wiskes t~day, theit | bicihday anpivesic.,, to the roi-i lowing: ' | AUGUST 2 H. B. Crewson Iva Tilden Al Schrow Robert Feero Robert Turner Virginia Bardi Mrs. Henry H. Larsen s - MODERN ETIQUETTE * By Roberta Lee Q. May a woman invite a guest to a bridge party, when she has never been in this guest's home? A. Yes; this is frequently done One or the other. must make the 1first move. Q. Where should a girl sit when she lunches or dines 1n a restaurant with a man? A. She usually takes the seat that faces the door, and is sup- ' posed to sit opposite the man if the table is a small narrow one. Q. What 'should the father of the bride do after he gives her away? A. He takes his place next to his wife, at the end of the first pew on the left of the church. - e - DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH * By W. L. Gordon ‘Words Often Misused: Do not say, “She is a fresh air fiend." Say, “She | is a fresh air devotee.” A fiend is a person of diabolical wickedness. | Often Mispronounced: Intermez- |zo. Pronounce in-ter-med-zo, sec-; ond e as in medal, o as in no, accent | third syllable. Often Misspelled: Steal feloniously). Steel (metal) Synonyms: Accurate, exact, pre- | cise, true, correct. | 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: Orthography; art or system of cor- rect spelling. (Pronounce second o as in of; accent follows the g). “The orthography of English words is an interesting subject.” S e — (to take | ||LOOK and LEARN | * | By A. C. Gordon ; 1. What is the largest industry in the US.? ) 2. Under which President’s ad- ,ministration occurred the Era of Good Feeling? 3. What is a certified check? | 4. Where are the jugular veins? 1 5. Which was the last settled of | the thirteen original states? | ANSWERS | 1. Steel. 2. James Monroe. 3. A check, the payment’ of which is guaranteed by the bank on { which it is drawn. 4. On each side of the neck. 5. Georgia. S AR CALL FOR BIDS Bids will be received until August “| o Drs. Kaser and PBlomgren Building | o l PHONE 56 | Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIS. Hours 9 a,m. to 6 p.m. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 460 — CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office Fours: 10-12, 1-5, 7.3 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle B 8. PHONE 667 DENTIST Room: 9--Valentine Bldg. PHONE 763 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. DR. H. VANCE DETTOPATH Consultaiion and examinaton free Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; T to 9:30 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Pranklin S8t. Phone 177 —— ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles College ol Optometry and Opthalmology Classes Pitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. { PHONE 136 —_— e '_D;:Iudson Whi.tfie-r_] — Dr. John H. Geyer Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel every second and fourth Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers wel- come. M. C. REDMAN, Exalted Ruler; M. M, SIDES, Secretary. ——— e MO, JUNEAU LOD@E NO. 167 Second and fourth Mondar of each month > in Sccttish Rite Temple A beginning at 7:30 p. m. HAS. W. HAWKES- WORTH, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. | | DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY OOMPOUNDED Front Street Next Colisoum PHONE 97—Fres Delivery omorrow’s Styles i Today” M/Z Juneau's Own Store ! _—m——— _ - “The Rexall Stcre” | ¥our Reliable Fharmacists Butler-Mauro Drug Co. yPRES[HIPTIDMS Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Blomgren Bldg.——2nd Floor Front Street————Phone 636 THRIFT CO-0P Phone 767 Phone Groceries If a Dietetic Problem Confronts You, You May Find It's Solu- tion at the — Health Foods Center Krafft Building—2nd Floor 204 FRANKLIN ST. S PN Y FINE Watch und Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET f— H. S. GRAVES *The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING ~ * Gastineau Motor | Service PHONE 721 GENERAL AUTO REPAIRING Gas—Oil—S! “The Store for Men" | SABIN’S 110, by the Supt. of Schools for wash- ing all windows on the outside of the grade and high school bldgs. Owner will supply all material including falls. Those interested should bid on labor only. Specifications may be had at the office of the Supt. of | Schools at the High School Bldg. | adv. R S L DR. STEV] CHIROPONIST, igives quick relief to paining feet |Office, 10 Valentine Building. Phone 648. adv | Jiggs Special . Tomorrow | || CORNED BEEF and CABBAGE FOR LUNCH " at the BARANOF || [ — | | SANITARY PLUMBING and 1 HEATING COMPANY | W. J. NIEMI, Owner “Let your plumbing worry be our worry.” Phone 788. PR Weather Strippin, SOLD and INSTALLED by LOCAL DEALER FREE ESTIMATES Phone 123 Victor Powers - & Finnish Steam Bath OPEN EVERY DAY Soap Lake Mineral Baths DR. E. MALIN, D.C., Prop, Treatments and Massage 142 Willoughby Ave. Phone 873 T —— AMERICAN BEAUTY PARLOR Buddie DeRoux—Ellamae Scott 201 SOUTH FRANKLIN “Complete Beauty Service” Phone 221 Alice Clark Peter Pan Beauty Shoppe Superior Beauty Serviee Second Floor JUNFAU Triangle Bldg. ALASKA el L. C. SMITH and CORONA TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. ‘Our Doorstep Is Worn' by sn&m« Customers” Front St—Triangle Bldg. LUNCHEON SPECIALTIES | Juneau Melody House Music and Electric Appliances (Next Irving's Market) Front Street Phone 65 I COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS 2% PAID ON SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank JUNEAU—ALASKA 8 Zow