The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 21, 1939, Page 4

4 MDaily Alaska Empire Published evers evening except Sunday by the FEMPIRE PRINTING umrn HELEN TROY BENDER R. L. BERNARD Second on in the Territory this summer. Alaska welcomes the attention of Washington, of both the legislative and administrative arms of the Government, most important source of wealth. Prestdent Manager to our SOLUTION Department and the Post Office De- having no end of trouble over names. usiness aska. and M: ineau as Second Cl The Navy partment Every time the Navy names a ship, a lot of people are set mad because their particular State. city or hero chosen time the Post Office a new list of names to be honored on stamps there is loud complaint. Right now people want to know Allan Poe hasn’t been included among the honored in a new series of stamps, and isn't And every issues SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Peltvered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month at the following rate six months, in advance, $6.00 why Edgar poets to be Edison isn't among the invento It might be a good idea for the get together with the man who names Pullman cars , and appoint a joint Commission for Choosing Names. time the commission could get up lists s to take to a desert island By mail One year. in ac one month, in advance. §1.25 Bubscribers will confer & favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- Mvery of their Telephones 2.00 why Government to Papers. News Office, 602 s Office, 374, MEMBEE OF ASSOCIATED FRESS | The Assoclated Press | vel. ed to the use for| In its spare republication of al ed to it or mot s B B A otherwise credited the local news |Of the ten best bos published here! ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER N ecess dictators THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. ‘\” l{('('e'\'\ for I it 1ta Portland, Newspaper Rep: GEORGE D CLOSE. Ir tives, with offices 4 ». Los A Beattle, Chicago, New Yo d BEATTLE REPF American Bank B: (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Before the echoes of debate have died away in the halls at Westminster as the British Parliament recesses until October, the sound of marching feet — |is heard across the continent. Several weeks ago there A. Wellington, 1011 ESENTATIVE was a sudden flareup in Hungarian-Rumanian relations. Ill treatment of the | Hungarian minority, isolated in the Rumanian pro- vince of Transylvania, was charged. It is an old story | one trotted out on numerous previous occasions. But | this time it has a new twist. | The French press, including such responsible papers as the semi-official Temps, reports negotiations between Berlin and Budapest looking to a Rumanian adventure. Berlin is reported as promising all the pro- | tectorate of Slovakia to Hungary much for Ber |lin's promises to Slovakia! if German troops are permitted to take up strategic positions in Hungary. If this is true, Budapest will have a hard tim | refusing, for Hungary is already under German dom- | ination and the fat plum for reclaimed territory wil be tempting. Will the revisionists of Hungary the cot and the foresight to ask themselves of what value an enlarged Hungary will be to them if the whole country i German troops us extension of Hitler INVESTIGATING FISHERIES I Alaska’s fisheries this year are under the scope. micro- undergoin thorough an investigation as it as a base of operation for the s drive to the east? Hitler apptars to have two objects in view. He wants to get a better strate yrip on three sides of Pola He also wishes to be in a position to threaten Rumania should Bucha en in fulfilling the terms of the one-sided reement with Berlin He hopes to be so located that if the D: ig issue must |be postponed he can tu o the Rumania oil and wheat field a diversion, he dan but surely tak al Europe has recogn mentarians. Chamberlain Parliam f the w member of the Prime The German under & when the 500,000 will be added from Danzig to Cracov of Gern in a state of mobility toward Poland throu the highest col labor ‘There will be nc the harvest time in eaping in power ))w‘1u~ they are ever likely to have. Committee, headed Seattle by the looking A Congressional Schuyler Bl left Guard cutter Ingl listening in Alaska fisk Several preli held by a Legislative Committ. and Represer the Territory Ketchikan for A separate Hubbs for Secretary has been going worked yesterday th of on am for a mon and ing centers st wea made up of Sen two fish divisior will Ingham party ise to the Westward, ied on by Dr ¢ week after atives from the They the ¢ join the at o G British par- to have rehill, a warned 2,000,000 men slow bee Carl Tek and investigation anxious Bt r's own pa now has ew class the German d Ti of the for 1t out on for the down Southeast studies in Bristol Bay while industry was swing a month ago. Dr. Hubbs has his work, assuring Alaskans that problems of an:administrative nature be cleared up to the satisfaction Alaska. The head of the Bureau of Fisheries, Acting Com- missioner . Chatles, B..Jackson, wa§*in Juneau confer- | ring with Gov. John W. Troy on especially in connection with the marine products |’ laboratory which the Bureau will construct at Ket- chikan for the purpose of attacking scientificaily the problem of giving Alaska a year-around fishing | . | (Philadelphia Record) economy. T e it soler it \\m.«..: While Edmund Burke admitted he didn't know | any way of drawing up an indictment against a whole | work means much to Alaska are in the Territory at|people it is sometimes fatally easy to hate a whole | present. They are Dr. F. A. Davidson, in charge of | nation scientific work in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, | Two recent who is getting work started on the Bureau's field |are decent people in Germany who follow their nor- laboratory at Little Port Walter; R. H. Fiedler, Chief | mal occupations as closely as they can, people who of the Division of Fisheries Industries, and Roger W.| have no part—even though they may lack the courage | Harrison, in charge of technical research on the | to fight it—in the brutishness of their leaden cific Coast Pa-| One was the announcement that two chemists . in Germany had made the discovery that human can- All of this adds up to a condition promising much | for the future development. along sound economic | to exte: the in full about comple several fisheries f > are f areund 00pS ive will speedily lau alone of the industry and r to rece the n fields, but t fisheries matters, approachir is fast (.crmam Are Still I'cnplc news items reminded us that there | | cers arr composed in part of unnaturally twisted pro- lines of Alaska’s greatest perennial resource. teins. promises to. go a long way in explainir r. The Congressmen in their brief visit to the Te The other was a dispatch from Oberammergau, ritory (including a side trip to Mount McKinley N; in Bavaria, saying that the men of the village were tonal Park) won't learn all there is to know about|DeSinning to grow their beards for the Passion Play Alaska’s fisheries. But they will gain a good back~|NEXt summer, to depict the life of Christ intoday's | Germany just as they have since 1634. ground knowledge which will stand the Territory pithes stea vhe laska s| p: 2 | in good stead when Alaska fisheries matters again The late come before Congress 2 “m(\ it of ort Dr. Hubbs' investigation is of supreme importance |knew al that it was just a question of time before to all of us, since it will largely determine the atti-|they ran out of anything else to use tude and action of Secretary Ickes, the new boss of the| Bureau Fisherie: The will Stati: for possible s in next year’s|spent 6 years has from In the long Dr. Hu of the favorable impression of news from Paris is that they're making 1ids, and we're not a bit surprised. We long ticians figure that an 80-year-old man has 100 days, 2 hours, and 26 minutes eating run, those tough beefsteaks claim some vears of a man’s life. of investigator’s report serve char been as a basis regulations, it eady Washington announced has gained an ex- Alaska on this, his| first visit. | play The Alaska’s fisheries for vears' other to come influer by 20ingthis isn't save He be A bridge expert says it doesn’t xoq\mv brains to bridge. If his refreshing candor would inspire experts to tell the truth maybe we'd find that such a difficult world after all. U.S. Stars in International Track Meet tremely of many what will be ced largely American track and field stars are pictured in London, where they met the outstanding athletes of 16 nations in the British Amateur Athletic Association international meet. Left to right, Blaine Rideout, miler; Erwin Miller, 440-yard sprinter; George Varoff, pole vaulter; Ciyde Jeffrey, 100 and 220-yard lpnnter Bly Schwan.zknp! three-miler; Bill Watson, broadjumper, shot putter and discus throw: ” Joo Blmu, high jumper and hurdler, Bionieoncd and part of Transylvania, | ! have | | | turned into a Nazi province with | | the Government Hospital, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, AUGUST 2 %roscope H 2 “The stars incline R o | | \ YEARS AGO From THE EMPIRE but do not compel” AUGUST 21, 1919 News was that friends of Alaska in Washington, D. C., were endeav- TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1939~ |oring to get action toward a new Benefic aspects rule today, ,ac-|npavy fund for the purpose of in- cording to astrology. It is a day of | vestigating and developing navy coal opportunity which should be em-|land in Alaska. Most active in the ployed in promoting the most im- | work was stant Secretary Frank- portant interests. |lin D. Roosevelt of the Navy De- Merchandising is well directed. | partment. Preéparations for autumn nmlr‘} should bring a season of profit. | Although judgment may’ not. be| trustworthy under this configura- tion, momentous decisions will bx made by government and business leaders, it is prophesied Pluto posited in the house of en- tertainment presages increasing re- turns for the San Franeisco’expo- sition, though the publi¢ wil be apathetic to educational features of the fair. Next month is likely to bring the best attendance for both fairs, Ow- | ing to world events, programs laid out on the opening dates may be changed. Communication and transporta- | tion interests will find reason for | mn-hn surveys as this month closes. | Candidates whose names were mentioned with the appointment for the position of Surveyor-General for Alaska included R. J. Sommors, Alaska’s Territorial Mining Inspec- tor; B. D. Stewart of Juneau, and William A. Hesse of Cordova, Wit many tourists still travel- | ing north and space engaged by the canneries for their crews, travel in this section was conjested. Water from Gold Creck was suc- fully turned into Warmer's Canal, according to acting mayor F.-W. Hebert. On Oldflmubllo m.nlwr wixn- f many corporations as the busi- Boyles tpos thels” roviehs. omr Ba- ness world speeds its fall activities.|4itje The new car was attracting Mars on the Ascendant Opposing | much attention. Pluto in the house of foreign coun- tries is supposed to affect the Unit- ed States by increasing the "already | heavy pressure to entangle the na- tion in European war perils New impetus to aviation expansion discerned a feature of the |autumn program for national «lo-“ H. R. Shepard, the hustling agent fense. |of the Equitable Life and other in- Persons whose birthdate it is have | surance companys, returned from a the augury of a year of anxieties | trip to the Alaska-Jualin Mine, and mingled with pleasures. The health |said they were having a hard time of women in the family should be|getting competent mining men for | watched | work o Children born on this day prob- | P IEs bly will be well balanced, logical| Weather: and even-tempered. They are on the | clon cusp of Leo and Virgo and may | partake of the best qualities belong- ing to subjects of both signs. Cnmnghl 1939) Mrs. J. E. Barragar and her chil- dren, Harriet, Fred and Betty, who had been south, returned on the Princess Mary after a visit in the States of several months. is Highest 68; lowest 55; .- 'REPORTS FROM - ACROSS BORDER Oldfimer of ' DISTURB PARIS Tenakee Dles German Milifary Prepara- | tions Throughout Reich Cause Concern PARIS, Aug. 21 felt in official circi reports-of German wmili Funeral Serwces for John Blankenburg Will Be Held Here The Estebeth, returning to Ju-| Informed u yesterday on her régular trip|ernment om the islands, brought in the | necessary remains of John M. Blankemburg. |eventuality. 79-year-old resident of ~Temifikee.| Dispatches > died on August 19 of ural | agencies told causes. He was born in Norgdy in October, 1860. B | |in East Prussia. Funeral services will be héf to-| Requisitions of trucks, automo- morrow at 2 o'clock in the GHarles| biles and materials of German a W. Carter Mortuary Chapely the|mament shipments were said to be Rev. John L. Cauble officiatifi@ and | leaving Hamburg daily for East interment will be at the Evergreen | Prussia. Cemetery. Danzig Nazis are erecting barbed Honoring M. Stewart, -, Union Auxiliary Honoring Mary Stewart, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Stewart, | on her 17th birthday, a dessert.Biridge | party was given at the home of Mrs. H. G. Wilcox last Saturday night. | Prizes for the evening were: won by Barbara Hermann, first; Virginia | Worley, second; and Betty Wilcox, consolation. Those present for the occasion in- clude Idabelle Dobson, Betty H Mae Wilder, Lois Jacobson, Jane Eng- lish, Sylvia Davis, Dorothy Fors, | Ruth Allen, Ruth Torkelson, Bar- | bara Hermann, Virginia Worley, Sue | Stewart, Marianne Skinner, Jose- phine Campbell, Isabelle Parsons, and Ester Johnson. e Cohcern was today over ry prepar- the Gov- taking meet any said on to sources from now measures from several news of German calls to At the Friday night meeting of the Union Auxiliary, held in the Union Hall, Mrs. Katherine Dalsanto was initiated into the organization. Honoring Mrs. Ernest Johanson, | a surprise shower was held, with| the honoree receiving many lovely | gifts. Refreshments were served by a committee consisting of Mrs. Mabel Mrs. Helmi Davis, .. — The Book ALASKA, Revised and‘ Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00. o What Is Your News I. Q.? By The AP Feature Service HosPITAL NOTES L4 Mrs. Timothy Schies, surgical pa- | tient at the St. Ann’s Hospital, was discharged today. Mrs, L. J. Holmquist and son John | were dismissed from St. Ann’s Hos- | pital today and are at home at | Seventh and Gold | | Merit Peterson was dismissefl to- day from St. Ann’s Hospital after receiving medical attention. Finn Anderson Wik underwent a major operation this morning in St. Ann’s Hospital. Each question counts 20. A score of 60 is fair, 80, good. 1. What European district did Marshal Smigly - Rydz (above) call “the lung of our economic organism”? 2. Who was the first Republi- can to become formally a candi- date for president in 19402 3. Louis Buchalter heads the drive to clean out New York gangs. True or false? 4. What two world - famous brothers died exactly nine weeks apart? 5. Was it whooping cough, cancer or diabetes that brought fame to Dr. George K. Fisher of Idabel, Okla.? Jack Dalzal was admitted o St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday for medi- cal care. Jerry Clark, a medical Ddfiel’lt at was dis- charged this morning. Paul Bellum was dismissed’ifrom the Government Hospital yesterday after receiving surgical attemgion. e WRIGHT AT GASTINEAU nd- at un- is a Frank Wright Jr. superi | ent of the Icy Straits Cann | Hoonah, arrived in Juneau on day aboard the Estebeth, a guest at the Gastineau, ¥ Angwers on Page Six reservists and troop concentrations | Holds Initiation’ Carlson, Mrs. Annabel Anderson and | 1, 1939. i JHappy PBirthday tions and bLest avishes *~day, * bicihday annivessi,, to the. ros lowing: AUGUST 21 Edythe Young Rex K. Early Carl Harris Charles Bland Dave Mielke James Fullerton B Sty R MODERN ETIQUETTE L By Roberta Lee Q. What should one do when calling on a friend and finds that she has a guest? A. Remain for then leave. Q. What is the French word for a tactless or awkward action? A. Gaucherie. Pronounce go-she- re, o as in go, first e as in her, sec- ond e as in me, principal accent on last syllable, Q. Is it good manners to hold a bite of food suspended on the fork while talking? A. No; this is very bad form. - DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH # By W. L. Gordon a few minutes, Words Often Misused: The pre- fix ante means before, or prior to. The prefix anti means opposite, or against — Often Mispronounced: Refuse (noun). Pronounce ref-us, e as in bet, u as in cube, accent first syll- able Often Misspelled: i’s, and not de. Synonyms: Indict, charge, accuse, arraign 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: Categorical; direct; explicit. (Pro- nounce the a as in cat, o as in of; principal accent follows the r). “It was a categorical denial.” Divinity; three LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gonlcn Who was the fifth of the United States? 2. What country was by the ancient Incas? | 3. What is the great charter English libery called? 4. Who was the Piano”? bt President inhabited of “Poet of the ANSWERS 1. James Monroe. 2. Peru. 3. Magna Charta. 4. Frederic Francois (1810-49). 5. London. Carpenters Honored, Luncheon Saturday Miss Clara Carpenter and mother, Mrs. J. W. Carpenter, were | honored at a luncheon Saturday at | the home of Mrs. Burford Carmi- chael at Point Louisa with Mrs, Charles Sey and Mrs. Carmichael ‘lxostes.ses for the affair. Individual tables decorated with | bowls of nasturtiums were used. Chopin f'I'he rooms were colorful with gar- den flowers. oHnorees were pre- sented with guest gifts. The after- noon was spent informally. Guests for the afternoon in- cluded Mesdames Robert Davlin, Robert Akernick, John Glasse, Gunnar Blomgren, M. S. Whittier, J. W. Carpenter, Robert Henning, Fred Henning, ohn Halm, E. J. Cowling, and Misses Clara Car- penter and Mary Jeanette Whit- tier. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE District Land Office Anchorage, Alaska. January 9, 1939. Notice is hereby given that Al- | tred 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- iakee Inlet, at head of Coffee Cove |about six miles east of Tenakee, ‘embraced in U. 8. Survey No. 2342, ;conwming 458 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. GEORGE A. LINGO, Register. First publication, June 28, 1939, Tast publication, Aug. 23, 1939. The Empire extends congratula- Preeburger PBlomgren B\llldtn. PHONE 56 I Tr. A. W. Stewart ! DRENTIS. ~— Fows 9 am. to 6 pm. EEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. Judson Whittier | CHIROPR:CTOR Drugless Physician Offi.o Fours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-3 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle B’ \g. PHONE 667 — Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room: 9-—-Valentine Bldg. FHONE 763 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. — DR. H. VANCE DETTOPATH 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. l).| Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Classes Fitted Lenses Ground The Charles V. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 o Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Blomgren Bldg. 2nd Floor Front Street————Phone 636 THRIFT CO0-OP Phone 767 Phone Groceries e - New England Maple Syrup and a variety of other Natural Foods. Health Foods Center Krafft Building—2nd Floor 204 FRANKLIN ST. FINE Watch und Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN S. FRANKLIN STREET Phone 221 Alice Clark Peter Pan Beauty Shoppe Superior Beauty Service Second Floor JUNEAU Triangle Bldg. ALASKA L. C. SMITH and CORONA TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” Juneau Melody House Music and Electrioc Appliances (Next Irving’s Market) Front Street Phone 65 Directory’ Drs. Kaser and | | Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel B P O .-‘l mewt every sscond and fourth Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers wel come. H. C. REDMAN, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. S e St SN MO JUNEAU LODGE NO. 10 Second and fourth Mondey of each month X in Scctuish Rite Temple A\ beginning at 7:30 p. m. “HAS. W. HAWKES- WORTH, Worshipful Master; JAMES w. LEIVERS, Secietary. GuySmith DPRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Collseum PHONE 97—Fres Delivery "“Tomorrow’s Styles Juneau’s Owr Store [ “The Rexall Stcre” | Your Reliable Fharmacists Butler-Mauro Drug Co. PRESCRIPTIONS & v <. fr——. H. S. GRAVES *“The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING i Gastineau Motor | Service PHONE 727 GENERAL AUTO REPAIRING Gas—Oil—Storage HARRY. RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibk Btores of Alaska” “The Store for Men" SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. GASTINEAU CAFE LUNCHEON SPECIALTIES Mnfg. & Building Co., Ine. CABINET WORK—GLASS PHONE 62 TELEPHONE—SI COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$100,000 29, PAID ON SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank JUNEAU—ALASKA