The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 20, 1939, Page 4

4 _Dculy Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday br the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY - Prosident ARD Vice-President and Business Munager @econd and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Batered In the Post Office in Juneau s Becond Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Jnneau and Douglas {1 5125 per montk By mall. postage pald, at the following rates Ome year, in advance. $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00 ene month, in advance, $1.25 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notif the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the d Uvery of their papers es: News Office, 602; Business Office MEMPER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise mmmo in this paper and also the local news n. ALASKA CTRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. [ New Fngland,” egcept, Mz for with ‘no ‘hope ‘of is absolutely done restor NOT TO BE DISTURBED Above the little town of Dalkeith in Scotland there | a thrilling battle in the sky. Four British pursuit| with spitting machine on the tail| Circling H\l\" Nazi craft down into ¢ lanes, gu were f a lone German raider the nd plunging irove A sorse. As the ion golf match was Henry Cotton, captain of the Ryder Cup team, glanced | sriefly up at the roaring brought his eye ternly back to the little white ball 1 long puit. There are some Scotch institutions which blue an exhibi- low fighters spun through the under way on the greens bel planes, imply cannot be disturbed War Wage Problems Plein Dealer) Employers in Great Britain are already con- fronted with one of the inevitable problems of war; the demand of employees for higher .wages to offset | (Cleveland GBORGE D. CLOSY, Itc. National Newspaper Representa- Sves. with offices In San Franciseo, Los Anrgeles, Portland, Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE 20k Butldine. Qtibart A. Wellington, 1011 NOT SO CRAZY Remember the shelter-belt tree planting program? A few years ago this plan to save the soil of the semi- arid West was widely ridiculed and condemned as just piece of crazy experimentation. The West and the one more had been through two drought s ons rest of the country had become consclous of the existence of a vast “dust bowl” where once there were prosperous farms. Along came the shelter-belt proposal. Whence it came and who had the idea first few people knew or cared, but the pre- vailed that it was sound, conservative opinion crazy the nothing could ever sound, conservative opinion take the In earlier times was that place of the old oaken bucket that hung in the well as a systeni of water supply. But, unheralded, the belt arrived, in spite of its early critics, There are now more than 127,000,000 new trees growing in a broad belt extending from the Canadian border through western Minnesota and the eastern part of the Dakotas, the middle of Nebraska, Kansas and Ok- lahoma and the of Texas. The trees are from three to 35 and all ask chance. The! seems to have well shelter and is doing panhandle feet high they is ‘a e 11,000 miles of them, counting the mul- tiple rows nd thus far $8.254,000 has been spent on them. But the cost insignificant; at least 150,000 farm dwellers whose farms and crops are bene- fited by them think so. The method of planting the trees is not fantastic, like planting in a continuous row North to South from Canada to Texas. The United States Forest Service knows The trees are plant- ed on the windward sides semi-arid areas One authentic description informs us: planting of a 320-acre farm includes a primary shelter seems how. belt of 10 rows of trees about 100 feet wide to protect | the farm from damaging and searing southwestern summer winds which eat up the soil's moisture, blow off the soil, chew up the crops with wind-thrown sand and shrivel them with 110-to degree heat. This also often protects the house, barns and feed-lot from bitter northwest winter winds The WPA has pro- vided the labor and the necessary funds. The North-South continental tree belt now in process of vindicating itself ties in with the Govern- That, too, is There are 355 ment’s great battle against soil erosion. something we do not hear much about soil conservation camps and 70,000 CCC men and boys engaged in the work of arresting erosion and giving a new start to Nature’s own remedies. When people discuss what is the matter with this they might start with the fact that soil ero- sion in the past 50 years has damaged the land to the amount of about 20 billions of dollars, that erosion is now doing damage at the rate of $400,000,000 a year and that about 100,000,000 a productive, comprising an area greater than Penr vania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, country of individual farms in the| “A typical | es of crop land, once| New York und‘ the rise in living This is the which there will duration. Britain | ous position with | cause her recent housini has pushed productive With the additional demands now arising for materials and with many thousands of men diverted from civil to military occupations, sharply higher costs are all but unavoidable. The morale of the British mine and factory workers is believed to be excellent, but a sharp rise in living costs not accompanied by comparable wage increases would subject that morale to a strain, It was repeatedly | that military su grievances, such as higher without increased wages. on the Western Front will hardly be helpful in resolving wage and living cost controversies. Nor will the proposed regulations of entirely satisfy a nation which is fighting for de- mocracy and for preservation of at least a modicum of free enterpr the inflation phenomena of | be many if the war is of long is apparently in a most precari- to inflation dangers, be- and rearmament recove: capacity well to the respect war demonstrated in the last war prices and longer hours The apparent stalemate Allies” Weather (New York Times) One thing the Germans must have to conduct their totalitarian war in the air, and that is weather. Unfortunately for them, German weather, in England and France, is largely assembled there. The weather destined for Germany may originate at | in the Atlantic from the the prevailing winds being from west to east, France and England get it first Good or bad, it is freely exported to the Reich, no way having yet been found to put it on the contraband list or stop it at the Maginot Line This meteorological condition has an important military application. British and French forecasters know what the weather will be one day in advance of German observers, since allied weather predictions are now strictly guarded as military secrets. German predictions, built on delayed information, chiefly over Poland and points south and east British and French flie cruising toward Ger- many know in a ‘general way what sort of weather | they are heading into. No German pilot can be cer- tain what weather he will encounter deep in France or England. This disadvantage is greatly emphasized in raids over England and Scotland. German planes may set out under ideal conditions and cross the broad belt of the North Sea only to meet s dense fogs when they reach land. We are not likely to learn of any losses suffered by German fliers from the weather over the North Sea. But they are operat- ing under a handicap which may be one reason why no great German air armadas have yet attacked the British Isles, remoter points anywhere Azores to Iceland. But The Attorney General of the State of Connecti- cut at last accounts was unable to decide upon a general definition of what constitutes a taxpayer. | Offhand, the only answer we can think of is: a meek disposition | Over in Fort Wayne, Ind., recéntly a preacher, while playing golf with three other preachers, shot a hole in one. Well, fellows, maybe that shows what lkmd of game you can shoot when you live right. Al Jolson opines that you can’t argue with a wo- man, which to our way of thinking isn't exactly the case. For all the good it does you, you can. | The United States annually imports 65,000,000 pounds of castor beans—one division of foreign trade which small boys ardently hope will be hurt by the war, | A hygienist declares that Ohio is a good {in which to find a mate. And, offhand, we'd say the best state to lose one in is Nevada. Having practiced that stiff-armed Nazi salute for so long, the Germans may give the Irish a real tussle for the traffic officers’ jobs after the war. UHC I\llled "Three In]ured as Brldge Collapses One man v Kkilled, three others were injured and more than a score of workmen narrowiy escaped | with their lives when the partly-finished span of 2 bridge over & ereek at Brooklyn, N. Y., collapsed THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, NOV. 20, 1939. mash-up on the| and sank it for| lllml | h('n\“{ severe | ess Is the best antidote for civilianj wages and prices | if not made |, are useful | sl'll('l EARS AGQ Prom THE EMPERE | Happy PBirthday The Empice extends :on'ulull- tions and best wnhu 1-day, their hday anniversz” to the Toi- | lowing: 20¢ NOVEMBER 20, florosco pe “The stars incline but do not oompql" t | | 1919 Local signs indicated that a ter- | rific storm was raging in the more exposed waters and the local gas bloat fleet hugged to the mooru.ys TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21* Although adverse aspects rule the | carly hours today, the afternoomand | |evening are propitious for decisions |and activities. Severe storms oF ac- be expected this' week The sale of an interest in the |cidents may Premier Mine, Portland Canal, to NOVEMBER 20 and shipping comes under an evil|the Guggenheims, was confirmed by portent. The planetary govemmen’;(‘l(‘“(‘l'nl Manager Neil in an inter- favors heads of government offices, view given the Vancouver Province. admirals of the navy and army gén-| | erals. | Heart and Home: This is a dafe for |attending to practical matters. Wo |men should devote themselves to household interests rather than to| | indulging their personal desires. The | stars seem to smile on father rathe: | |than on mother. Heavy responsibili and anxieties will make joy | doubly precious Business Affairs: Foodstuffs will be greatly in demand. Prices of fruit jand canned vegetables will rise and | there will be difficulty in distribu | tion. The citrus industry in the West| and South may have to limit thel holiday trade | National Issues: Owing to the |spread of secret propaganda there may be unjust criticism of American policies and recent legislation. Warn- | ing is given that undercover organi- | zations will seek to tear down: what| James Chapados, foreman at the | democracies have built up. Radical|Jjualin mine, resigned his position views will be widely disseminated at that place and arrived here on among college students. Muddled |the Estebeth with Mrs. Chapados | thinking will increase the nation’s and his family. danger. | PR International Affairs: Astrologers| ¢, . McIntyre, general manager warn of treachery, secret plots and)of the Gypsum Mining Company, double-dealing. The stars seem to|laft on the City of Seattle for the presage sudden changes of front on |soyth, the part of our neighbors to the| |south. The Orient will encounter in-| creased difficulties in commercial relations, Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of happines: For the young romance is indicated There may be a tendency to spend money too generously. ! Children born on this day prob- “.lbl\' will be sensitive and even timid These subjects of Scorpio may be strongly affected by Sagittarius and for this reason unusually versatile| and talented | (Copyright, - FRENCH CAPTURE SHIPS OF NAZIS (laim Several Thousand| Tonnage Advantage Over losses PARIS, Nov. 20.—A French com- munique declares that Gernjan shipping captured by the Fremn%h “exceeded by several thousand. the tonnage , France has losl Germany through submarine or ot) er activitties. 20TH CENTURY TURK FOR MRS. WILLIAMS By guessing the weight of the huge turkey in the 20th Century window to the ounce, Mrs. J. Williams is announced the winr She guessed 25 pounds and 10 oufic- es. Several guesses were close. Mrs. Milton Bagley guessed 25 pounds) 12 ounces and Mrs. Bob Lindquist | the same, tying for second place. | - - | Douglas Firemen's Annual Fall Dance Saturday, Nov. 25. Music by Stanley Cox's Orchestra. Admis- sion. $1.00. adv. Olaf Bodding Gust A. Erickson +John Toryinen Bonnie Erickson Mrs. C. E. Rice D DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH * By W. L. Gordon With a 600-foot tramway already | completed, a large floating dock |ready, and cook house, compressor house, blacksmith shop, and bunk- e going up, some already hav- | ing been completed, active work on 1 1,500-foot tunnel to cross-cut sev- ledges was about to begin at Falcon Mining Company. eral the | ties The Harmony Music Club, com- posed of the piano students of Mrs Sigurd Wallstedt, was to give a|-1 lex | | Words Often Misused: Do not say, appreciate you telling me.” Say, appreciate your telling me.” Often Mispronounced: Mesmer- ize. Pronounce first syllable mez, not mess. Often Misspelled observe the e. Judging; ynonyms: Kernel, core, nucleus. Word Stud times and it very interesting program in the Pres |« byterian Church and all preceeds | were to be given to help for the care f some child in France H. Kaser was (o entertain tables of bridge at her Judge, judged; | no e. seed, Mrs. E, with four home. “Use a word three yours.” Let us in- one word each day. Today" Suffuse; to overspread, as with vapor, fluid, or color. second s as z). fused with the fine essence beauty.”—Winthrop. B a | of B LOOK and LEARN By A C. Gordon Weather: 41, lowest rain. highest M O DERN ETIQUETTE « By Roberta Lee 1 in office? 2. What is the sailors’ name for the bottom of the sea? 3. What are the two principal chemical constituents of water? 4. “Serpent of the Nile"? 5. sissippi River rise? ANSWERS 1. W. H. Harrison, coln, Garfield, McKinley, and Hard- ing. 2. | Q. TIs it permissible to conduct a girl across the room to introduce a {man to her? A. No. One should always bring the man across the room to where ‘(hn girl is standing or seated. hat does a la mean? A. This is French and me cording to.” A la mode means |cording to the fushion. A la Holly- \w»fl means according to Hollywood. Do the host and hostess pre- mip the guests to the dining room | when dinner is announced? Al The host should lead the way |with the most important woman guest, but the hostess goes in the last of all 1939. 2. “Davy Jones' Locker.” 3. Hydrogep and oxygen. 4. Cleopatra, 5. Minnesota. “MY SKIN WAS FULL OF PIMPLES AND BLEMISHES” savs Verna S ince using Adlerika the pimples are gone. My skin is smooth and glows with health.” Adlerika helps wash BOTH bowels, and relieves temporary con- stipation that often aggravates bad com- plexion. Butler-Mauro Drug Co., in Doug- lag by Guy's Drug Store —adv. - Try an Empire ad. CLOSED THANKSGIVING WE WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY NOV. 23 THANKSGIVING DAY Order Your Laundry Early Alaska Laundry PHONE 15 —ee Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. CALL FOR PRECINCT CAUCUS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Democratic Caucus will be held on Friday evening, the 24th day of November, 1939, in the Union Hall (Old Moose Hall) at 8 P. M. The purpose of this Caucus is to elect twenty-four Dele- gates to the Democratic Divisional Convention 1o be held at Ketchikan, Alaska, on December 13, 1939; to elect three pre- cinct committees, and for such other further business as may properly come before said caucus. H. J. TURNER, Chairman Precinct No. 1 H. R. VANDER LEEST, Chairman Precinct No. 2 NEIL F. MOORE, Chairman Precinct No. 3 | grain, crease our vocabulary by mastering | word: | (Pronounce “Hers was a face suf- | What six Presidents died while | Who was referred to as th(': In what state does the Mis-| Taylor, Lin-| W:rectory i | | | | | Professional Fruternal Societios Gastineau Channel B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. H. C. RED- MAN, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 R T B St = Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-9 rooms 2-3-4, T-iangle Bldg. PHONE 667 Dr. John H. Geyer || DENTIST Room 9—Vslentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. | S— MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth LG A beginning at 7:30 p. m. CHAS. W. HAWKES- FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Coliseum Monday of each month WORTH, Worshipful Master; PUROLA REMEDIES PHONE 97—Free Delivery in Scottish Rite Temple JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- _—_nm -—™8l —— DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 9:30 by appointment, Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 "“Tomorrow’s Styles Today” Juneau's Owh Store ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Opto.netry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground ““The Rexall Store” Your Relisble Pharmacists Butler-Mauro Drug Co. IPTIONS The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 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 N THRIFT CO-0P Phone 767 Phone Groceries Gastineau Motor Service Phone 727 GENERAL AUTO REPAIRING Gas—Oil—Storage HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” —— o e FINNISH STEAM BATH Your Ailment Calling You Bcientific Treatments and Baths Open every day—10 a.m. till mid- night—Dr. E. Malin, Prop. 142 Willoughby Ave. Phone 673 B ot FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable retes PAUL BLOEDXORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET “The Store for Men” SABIN°S Front St—Triangle Bldg. L. C. SMITH and CORONA TYPEWRITERS Bold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Qur Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” GASTINEAU CAFE Junean Melody House Music and Electri¢ Appliances (Next Irving's Market) Front St P P LUNCHEON SPECIALTIES e Weather Stripping SOLD and INSTALLED by LOCAL DEALER FREE ESTIMATES Phone 123 Victor Powers L — " TELEPHONE— I g = i Krafft’s Mnfg. & Building Co., Ine, CABINET WORK—GLASS PHONE 63 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$100,000 29 PAID ON SAVINGS First National Bank JUNEAU—ALASKA