The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 30, 1939, Page 4

Transportation, on the other hand, took 11 percent in 1937, as against but 4.1 in 1909—the result largcly‘ the automobile, Recreation accounted for 4.91 ent, compared with (3.8, while “sickness and Pressrad | (l2ath’ to 46 from 3.3, apparently pointing to MaDager 1ore adequate medical care for the average citizen disbursements for non- . 3 F Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY and Main Streets, Juoeau, Alaska. BSELEN TROY BENDER 8 L BERNARD T e rose Vico-President and Business o the Frst Offieo in Juneau as Second Class Matter. greatly i 1sed have perhaps added to the instability of yusiness. When the nation’s citizenry had little gin above the bare necessities, their expendi- | '7!% ures were relatively sustained in good times and bad. Now, however, with a growing share devoted to goods that can, if necessary, be gone without, a G50 e depression is likely to cause a much sharper cur- tailment of spending on consumer goods. The price 5 per month . By mail. postaze p es f rising living standards seems therefore to be o g B ¢ vmace. $8.00: | come increase in business instability, { tubscribers will conder y W ptly notifs wd 2 We Wusiness Offics of any tne e 3 therr & Robin Hood Is Dead nes: Meows Oftice. #02. Busine Office. 374 —— - ASEOCIATED PRESH (New York Times) ¢ otitied (¢ gy Robin Hood is dead. The Thief of Bagdad is - s Sw. Not to be found in the bazaars. D'Artagnan’s sword published Dare s ngs sheathed upon the wall. Don Juan no longer y CIRCULATION GUAPAT LARGER moves the hearts of a million maids from school. | TAAN TEAT OF AXN7 OT T°ON Ask the younger generation ‘who Douglas Fairbanks e it as and they 1 stretch their: mermories as far Angeles, Portl as “Gunga Din,” i which Douglas Fairbanks ed in 1938, But the first Douglas Fair-| Gilbart A Wellington, 1011 that flast ithlete who scaled the unsc jumped e unjumpable the the ¥ the const victor in love the nk ho moved about h earth 1 ore than royal acclaim—that Dot died suddenly in his bed in Hollywood jest, his last expression a smile w plump and his hair receded. He was ld. In his last photographs he looked | to multitudes who knew him through his motion pictures, to a smaller number who recall him 1 actor on the “legitimate stage,” he was | but young Douglas Fairbanks. There | 10 a in the man who not very long ago greeted his guests by vaulting over the banisters and dropping among them A stage actor’s performance dies with the eve- e —— - i ~ewwmne | Ding. The film actor's work can be preserved in- GOODBYE TO GOOD OLD 1939 : P ND0a IR, R Jemnnie e revived, except as occasional curiosities, Dougla. Al in all, it hasn't been a bad year—not for . SRt EONIE RODETRINOES PLL e on and as memories more millions knew time goe: us. The Nation and Alaska have prospered in 1939, ;1 °0 b - him during which closes with industrial production at & New pic’ too brief career than will ever, to the end of high and unemployment at a new low. Outside of time, read many a delicate classic, look at many a the very important fishing inc which a famous painting. He had, his glory and survival poor season, Alaskans fared well here and now. He could well afford to take the In Europe and Asia things are different. The cash of present fame and world-wide affection and German, the Pole, the Briton, the Frenchman, let the credit of immortality . go. And until this the Finn, the Russian, the Chinaman and the Seneration is altogether past, his Robin Hood will Japanese in looking. back over 1939 will find little DOt be altogether dead. Still the aging man, young to be jubilant about, Winners and losers, victors il heart, will raise himself by the window and shoot one last arrow into the forest. and vanquished, all will set 1939 down as a so year. TrEEads g If it were only 1939 over which a cloud would A Fresh Mystery hang throughout history, things would be bad OincihnatE Rrittire) goough. But, people of the warring. nations look The scuttling of the somewhat old but very ele- ahead with uncertainty to a 1940 which promises to gant liner Columbus, off Cape Henry, adds another be even more sorrowful than the year just closing. mvetery to a war studded with mysteries. There And there is not yet a ray of hope for a peaceful is as yet no indication that the master of the Colum- grow old and wink | %roscope I “The stars incline | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, DEC. 30, 1939 EARS AGO From THE EMPIifiE DECEMBER 30, 1919 1 The Teadwell Mining Company was testing chrome ore from the Whitney and Lass mine at Port | Chatham on Cook's Inlet. On this last day of the year ad- aspe appear to dominate. The morning is unfavorable to. aged who should be diverted from sad memories. The - stars proniise much for heginnings of very sort. It is an auspicious day to «make ready for the new year. Heart and Home: Members of the difficult to har- 1 sway which en- \ultfindings. Nerves l\ from the young- to the oldest. The stars faver he father of the family who may ay give advice that !s well re- ceived. Risks should be avoided Accidents are forgcast. . Business Affairs: . While | there mayv be a téndency to ‘deplore gulss verse persons ramily may | takes in the past year they should pe useful as danger signs for the | future. . The coming census will rove ificar and be encouraz- on. Accouniants @ will profit but ¢ le activi- ‘Washington many side- the coming campaign for The sta seem to in- cate that the third term “boom to benefit a friend of President | Roosevelt who will gain indirectly. The final decision of the Chief Ex- cutive will be long withheld, due to international affairs and war possibilities. | Intermational Affairs: Astrolo- sers forecast 1940 as one of the nost fateful years in all history.| The conflagration started by a' dictator is finally to consume him and his ambitions. The diplomacy | of the United States will be put to the most extreme tests. The eers warn that enemy termites will continue to work upon the foundations of the government as the stars encourage revolutionary | plots. ; Persons whose birthdate it is have .events. to on President, | the forecast of unusual They should gain in uncxpcc'.c‘d ways, but should safeguard their | health. | Children born on this day \\;lllk be talented and Many subjects of this sign arc original and able to gain fame, Christmas festivities at the Per- everance mine were celebrated in the club room by a program given | by school children together with| a picture show and Christmas tree. | The program was arranged by the| school teacher, Miss Florence Lowe, | assisted by Mrs, Harry Dott Cov. Thomas Ri received con- firmation of the news that the Al- a Engineering Commission had ntracted with the Alaska Steam- ship Company, and the Pacific Joast Company, for the transpor tation of all the freight and pas-| sengers {or ‘the ‘Alaska Rallway. George Marshall, of the firm of | Marshall and Newman, was !0} leave on the Alaska for a trip on business to Ketchikan been 1) was rthwesterr who ha dader o he left Seattle on i n Orchestra, the steamer Northwestern. He spent Christmas with his mother in the States. W. T. Lopp, Superintendent of the Bureau of Education for Al- aska, and J. Williams, the U. S. Bureau of Education, were to arrive in Ketchikan on the Northwestern. Weather: highest 20, lowest 18, clear. D Why Russian Majors Must Obey Orders Dec. 30. — The BOSTON, Ma: quer Finland with the same dis- | ——— Auditor of | Flappy | _ Dirthday) The Ezpite extends congratula- | itons and best wishes *~day, their hday anpiversi. to the 1o, lowing: DECEMBER 30 | L. F. Morris Margaret Fowler Tom Fukuyama Stella Bates DECEMBER 31 Cary L. Tubbs James T. Burnett George T. Dudley i Albert L. Pisk Mrs. Mabel Schmitz Effie Fleek Margaret J. Griffin Lee Smith Jr. Mrs. Carl Lundstrum Mary Alice Noble Effie Lindstrom - -~ LOOK and LEARN * | By ASC Gottlon | 1. What femous documenis be- | gins with the words: “When in the‘ course of human events—"? | 2. Which of the more popular| sports is generally conceded to be| the “fastesu’? | 3. What U. S. President coined the phrase, “the strenuous life"? 4, What are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet? 5. What river bounds the U. S. for the greatest number of miles? | ANSWERS The Declaration of Indepen- o8, Ice hockey. Theodore Roosevelt. Alpha and omega. The Rio Grande. | [ a 1. en: 2. 3. 4. 5. | | DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH ( o | By W.L. Gordon | | | Words Often Misused: Do not say, “I am going to consult the temperamental.| ;"¢ the Soviet Army to con-|opinion of an expert.” Say, “I am going to consult an expert,” Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Director B. P. O. ELKS meset every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers Drs. Kaser and MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE -\ 147 welcome. H. C. RED- Freeburger MAN, Exalted Ruler; M DENTISTS H. SIDES, Secretary. Blomgren Building | - i i PHONE 56 | { { 1941 or 1942. We can well congratulate ourselves on living under the Stars and Stripes, one of the few flags in the world which not waved over a battlefield for 20 years. Juneau looks back on a year of unprecedented progress. New buildings, streets, a new boat harbor, a growing and prospering..population .and a new hope for the future are some of the accom- plishments of 1939. If 1940 is as good a year—and we all expect it to be even.better—we are fortunate people. When you go back to work Tuesday morning don't forget to write it 1940. new DARDS That the Nation’s standard of living has risen sharply during the past quarter-century is general hnowledge. Less is known abput the extent of the increase, and, in particular, the forms it has taken. Figures recently published by the National Indus- trial Conference Board throw light on our social as well as our economic evolution during these years. Total consumer expenditures in States are estimated to have risen from $26,500,- 000,000 in 1910 to $71,000,000,000 in 1937. Much of this grea in, of course, accounted for by the growth of the population of t country, or absorbed by the rise in the cest of livir The actual in- crease the individual’s living standards was never- the United bus even waited for a warning from the British destroyer said to have been near by. He was ap- parently so eager to prevent capture of his vessel and her cargo of oil that he chose to scuttle the ship while there was abundant time to insure the safety of his crew. Equally myséerious is the decision to take the Columbus out of Vera Cruz in the first place, to venture across an ocean so completely dominated by the Allied fleets. A further unexplained mystery lurks in the fact that the liner was caught in the open ocean, not in the relatively narrow passage around Florida where British and French naval ves- els would naturally be on the alert. | The Columbus may, of course, have been or- | dered (o meet a convoy of German submarines for greater safety in her venturesome trans-Atlantic voyage. Failing to establish that contact, her Cap- tain might have concluded that a safe passage had become impossible, and yielded to the temptation to scuttle as soon as an enemy destroyer was sighted. All this is part of a larger mystery, the Ger- man penchant for* destroying its ships in preference to internment. This might be due to the fears of domestic repercussions in Germany in consequence of clear-cut British sea victories. It might be ex- plained by the rather morbid mentality of Nazi leaders, who for a long time have threatened that Germany will either rule Europe or pull Europe down with her into a totalitarian chaos. There is some color of logic in this explanation, particularly since the suicide of Captain Langsdorff of the { Spee. His self-destruction in Argentina sts that patch that Germany demoralized or, “secure the opinion of an ex- Poland continues to be a subject of pert.” MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1940 speculation. Today, comes a story Often Mispronounced: Tapestry. Portents of great events aré SeeN ..., gpe Christian Science Moni- Pronounce first syllable tap, not in the horoscope for today. Sinis- tor’s correspondent in Finland which | tape. ter aspects warn men who rule gives one more reason why the Rus-| Often Misspelled: Desert humun destiny to limit their DOWEF. o aqvance has not been more region); one s. Dessert | Heavy toll of wealth is ipdicaed. spedtacular. St b 6 b swo W | Taxes will ‘increass; Dhiring a receit day of battle, the Synonyms: Obedient, obeying,sub- Heart and Home: Young (0K pocgans with ten thousend men, missive, dutiful, yielding. may be exceedingly susceptible and ireq five times to force the Finns| Word Study: “Use a word three inclined to engage in hasty 1OVe pack along the River Taipelle. The times and it is yours.” Let us in- affairs. Persons of all ages are gyjye failed, and the Russians re-|crease our vocabulary by mastering likely to be emotional as they real- (ireq five kilometers. | one word each day. ‘Today’s word: ize the blessings of citizenship il geouting the battlefield, Finnish Dilatation; an enlarging in size. SLQOINY B pN0°s (v soldiers came upon a Red Army Ma- gt js in the hour of dilatation of Business Affairs: Although trade jor killed in action. In his pocket|the heart that the real character may be apathetic in the post-holl-|ihe Finns found two written orders.|of men is discerned.’—Burke. day week, prosperity will be marked The first instructed the Major to e through the first part of this new|cross the river and t0 AAVANCE 18 ey year. Labor controversies will be kilometers. While the second—ap- | M OD E R N less troublesome as the government parently received after the first | and heads of big business lose pa- charge had failed—instructed the E T 1 QU ETTE i ‘ By Roberta Lee (arid (course tience and take action against Major that, unless he succeeded in leaders who ignore the general the drive, he would be called before gcod because of personal ambi- a court-martial! tions. | Now, if this case is indicative of National Issues: Efforts to har- the attitude of the Russian com- | monize differences within the po-/mand, this must be counted an im-| Q. If a girl has not been going litical parties will be tempaqrarily portant factor in explaining the slow| with a young man very long, and successful. The close of several progress of the Soviet Army. For his folks invite her to have din- prominent careers will cause new a scldier can fight much harder per, should she accept or refuse? as old feuds are‘tor-‘de!ending his homeland, as does the| A, There is no reason why she Roosevelt will Finn, than the soldier who has 10 should not accept, unless the but he will alternative but to advance or be|young man is becoming too serious alignments gotten. President popularity, in sug the decision to scuttle the Spee was not his own, but that of the Fuehrer. It is not German naval tradition, we are entitled to believe, which explains the “suicide mania” of German ves- sels, but the nervous fears of a morbidly fanatical man in Berlin who dares not let his people see the false impression of German maritime hegemony punctured by British shells. theless considerable. In terms of 1937 prices, the average expenditures per person rose $70, or from $479 to $549—a gain in terms of actual purchasing power of about one-seventh. In terms of ability to purchase goods not ab- solutely essential, the gain was even greater. Rela- tively little of the increase went to food, clothing and such necessities, and the proportion of the total expenditures devoted to these commodities there- fore declined, In 1909, 29.2 percent of the average ¥ food; in 1937 only 24.5 percent. thing fell from 14.1 to 10. ‘The Moscow radio declares that the Red Army “unselfishly has come to the aid of the democratic government of Finland.” Yes sir, from now on the bombing of Helsinki will be regarded as a prime example of altruism. iget was used fc The percentage ‘for . ‘Sets of Twins T Babies-They Just Come in g g = e 4 . i Mrs. Bud Chalin, 24, of Omar, W. Va., said she was't surprised when her fifth set of twins in six years arrived. She married her 46-year-old husband when she was 16 and their first child was a single birth. Mrs, Chafin is shown with her new twins and the other surviving children, gain maintain silence regarding Demo- cratic aims. There is prognostica- tion of surprises in the choice of candidates for high places, International Affairs: This is a year of mutation in the broadest sense. Power will be lost by Hit- ler who will reach an impasse most beneficial for Stalin, the real shape of fear for the future. In the name of reform dictators wilt initiate unprecedented acts of op- pression which later will foment revolution. Growing interest in de- posed royalties is presaged, thouzh former kings will not be recalled. The Duke of Windsor is to be con- spicuous in public service. Persons whose birthdate it ishave the augury of varied events. Great activity is indicated for both men They should avoid ns and ill-considered hasty investments. Children born on this day prob- ably will be ambitious and gifted in ways that spell success. ‘They may be difficult to manage as they are likely to be of strong wil and quick temper. (Copyright 1939) Something Behind Announcement that Garner Is Candidale (Continued from Page One) been enough. Yet when the war brought calls for Roosevelt to seek a third term, promptly out of Dallas came the statement of E. B. Germany, Mr., Garner's_cam- paign manager, that Cactus Jack was still running. . court-martialed. SIS L EPIDEMIOLOGIST DR. ZINNAMON ENROUTE HERE Dr. B. L. Zinnamon, who is to be Territorial Epidemiologist, suc- ceeding Dr. John Carswell, is a passenger on the northbound steam- er Yukon which left Seattle this morning. He is accompanied by Mrs. Zinnamon, Before receiving the Alaska ap- peintment, Dr. Zinnamon was So- noma County Health Officer at Santa Rosa, Cal. emphatically, as if in direct effort to answer doubters. Garner, he said, “is in the presidential race to win. ‘We have no interest. in political trading.” At that time, he expressed a conviction that President Roose- velt would not seek a third term. As if to wipe out even that spot on an unqualified declaration, Mr. Germany said early in December in Washington that the Vice-Presi- dent would run even if President Roosevelt’s name also was before the convention. Surely, that might have been a plenty. But now comes the state- ment in the Vice-President's own words. For Garner it was an excep- tional act. He ran in 1932 without formally proclaiming himself a candidate. There was convincing evidence that he planned to follow the same course this time. Some- thing compelled him to break that pattern and speak out. He aimed right at the heart of the doubts. He will accept the nomination, he Then on November 10, Mr. Ger- many spoke out again even more said, then added: “I will make no effort trol any delegates.” to con- in his attentions, which she does |not want, and she thinks it might |be inferred that she too was seri- ous. Q. When you have been dining |with a friend, and your hostess |has no maid, is it all right for |you to help her clean off the | table, stack dishes, gather crumbs and the like? A. It is not well to do this unless the hostess has asked you, or you happen to be a very inti- mate friend. Q. Isn't there an old proverb that compares a gossip to a frog? A. Yes. “Gossips and frogs drink and talk.” e et BIG PIN LOOP ROLLS SUNDAY ON TWO ALLEYS Tomorrow afternoon at the Elks and the Brunswick bowling alleys, the city Major League keglers will start its 1940 schedule. | On the Elks alleys, at 3:30 o'clock, the Rainier Beer team will meet Kaufmann’s Cafe team and George Brothers rolls - Brunswick at the Brunswick. PSR RSl M oo} Office Has Annual Chri_st_mas Party The annual Christmas party of the Office of Indian Affairs and their families was held last eve- ning. at the Douglas Government School. Approximately 50 persons were present for the dinner and the evening was spent informally. Second and fourth 6&(‘ ?/Kogccuay1 olf lt;/t:ch'rmonth 4n Scottish {7 1 Dr. AW, Stewart | 4G i i CHAS.. W. HAWKES- DENTIST . WORTH, Worshipful Master; Hours 9 am to 6 pm. JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. SEWARD BUILDING i 30 ¢ AP ST T Office Phone 469 e GUY SMITH DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Oftice hours: 10-12, 1-§, 7-3 rwoms 2-3-4, T-iangle Bldg. PHONE 667 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Vulentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 pm. | 3 e e 4d Front Stret Next Coliseum | PHONE 97—Free Delivery | | SPUSEENE FETPLESTR ‘ | "Tomorrow's Styles DR. H. VANCE || OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to §; 7 to 9:30 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin £t. Phone 177 | ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. L. 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