The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 10, 1940, Page 4

Daily Alaska Em pire Published every evening evcept Sunday by the EMPIRE PEINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juncau, Alaska. WELEN TROY BENDER - - - - President R L BERNARD - - Vice-Prosident and Bustness M Entered in the Post Office in BUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month By mail, postage paid. at the following rates One year, in advarce, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, §1.25 Bubscribers will conler a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- Hivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or Dol otherwise credited in this paper and also the local new: published herein, Busines: Office, 374. ALASEA CIR "ULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN TJAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. National Newspaper Representa- Los Angeles, Portland, ~"GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc fves, with offices In_San Francisco, eatile, Chicaco. New York and Boston SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE—Gilbert A. Wellington American Bank Bullding GOOD CUSTOMERS ARE PROSPEROUS PEOPLE Though total Alaska commerce during 1939 showed a drop, compared to the prosperous years of 1936, 1937 and 1938, it is encouraging to note in the annual report of Collec of Customs James J. Connors that during the past year more goods and merchandise were imported into Alaska than ever before than $44,000,000 not include a shipped into the Ter- large amount of which no customs In 1939 Alaskans bought b worth from the St This large amount of merchandise ritory by parcel post and another U. 8. Government shipments, for declaration is required It used to be that horror when a section found it amounts of goods from elsewhere to mean that the country was going dogs. All the emphasis was placed called “favorable” balance of trade was exported than was brought back in re This thesis, that when it is exporting most, has been disproved many times, most recently by Secretary of State Cordell Hull, who demonstrated to Congress last month that the most prosperous years the United Btates ever experi- enced were those in which the balance of trade trended the other way and we were enjoying the bounty of the rest of the world as well as our own A small import list is a sign, not of self-sufficiency, but of poverty For many years Alaska has been shipping out more than has been coming back in return. This, though we do not like to admit it, has the effect of stripping the Territory of its resources and pro- viding too little in recompense, Continued indefin- itely, it is easy to see the process would make a poor country of Alaska. So when the Territory is shown to have imported $44,000,000 worth of products in one year it means simply that the people of Alaska are enjoying $44,- 000,000 worth of the good things of this world which g0 to build a permanent and satisfied population. tter does thrown up in was importing large This was thought to the economic upon the in which hands wer 50- more a section is best off BLIND LANDINGS A new “flight ray” to fa landings, reported recently the Aeronautical Sciences. vilitate routine blind before the Institute of is the result of many months' intensive effort to simplify the increasing Since there has been a large increase in population | complex instrumentation of modern airplanes. The ray combines on one small viewing glass all the es- sential information which the pilot needs to enable him to fly a true course by instrument and to com- plete his flight with an entirely blind landing at any airport equipped with any of the several systems for sending out a radio landing beam A cathode tube is used to draw lines of green h;.m through electrical impulses which translate MartmGalmngasGOP Representative Joseph W. Mar- tin, Jr., minority leader of the House and widely regarded as the most capable polmcun in Congress, is reported gaining in power as a dark-horse Republican candidate for the presidency. Martin, principal speaker at the Kansas celebration of the state’s "19th anniversary, parried the ques- tion of whether he was a candidate |but predicted a G.O.P. victory. He {said surveys show the Republicans | will win 312 electoral votes and b4 per cent of the popular vote. He be- lieves the party will carry the key states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. Head of the Kansas delegation at the national convention will be |fnnner Governor Alfred M. Landon, | Martin’s host in Topeka, for whom | Martin acted as floor manager when Landon was nominated for the presidency in 1936. | Martin has been a lifelong resi- dent of North Attleboro, Mass., where he was born Nov. 3, 1884, and where he is now publisher of the _Evening Chronicle in that city. He served as a member of the Massa- chusetts House of Representatives from 1912 to 1914 then as a mem- ber of the state senate from 1914 t0 1917. After the war he continued in Bay State politics the readings of the artificial horizon, the directional ¢cyro and the air speed indicator into clear guides for the pilot. A circle of light shows the ]m'aliqn of the lamding beam. In practice it is only necessary for the pilot 'o keep the image of the fuselage of the little airplane which appears upon the glass centered in this circle and to prevent the short green line which indi- cates his air speed from falling below the stalling mark on the glass. As reassuring checks, lights in the upper corners of the instrument flash respectively when the plane is within 2,000 feet of the airport's edge and when actually over its boundary. With announcement recently by the Civil Aero- | nautics Authority that it is ready to proceed with the installation of the bent beam and marker blind landing system at ten out of 256 important airports, and the perfection of the new flight ray, the long ‘slrurzulo to free air transport from the handicaps | of thick weather nears its end. It is reasonable to | expect that very soon now, after some further test- ing of the new ground installation and the new instrument, transport flying will be able to operate completely without impediment by fog or cloud. War Inventions (New York Times) The British and French are to pool their war inventions. Though it may be doubtcd if even Gov- ernment physicists and chemists will introduce any revolutionary method of dealing death, more is to, be expected from them than from the city clerk and farm mechanic who in times like these lie awake | o' nights thinking of ingenious ways to blot out the whole German Army. It is easy of Supply is already considering three hundred in- ventions a week, as we are informed by a dispatch from London. During the World War the Naval Consulting Board, with Edison at its head, passed on no fewer than 110,00 inventions. Of this huge number some 109,890 proved to be worthless on first examination, further study just one was accepted—a mechanism of minor importance for testing the ability of air pilc to withstand the sickening motions of an airplane in combat. Not one proposal for detecting and destroying a submarine was of any consequence. | Similarly, the Invention Section of the General Staff | of our army received 25,000 suggestions, of \vhxcl, but 25 escaped immediate rejection. Fairly typical of the class of well-meant but futile inventions that conscientious military authori-| ties must weigh is a method for fouling airplane! propellers at great heights, which has figured in the new Fire a shell to an altitude of five miles, let it blow off its nose, let the nose pull out first| hundreds of feet of steel tape or cable and then a te, let the parachute sink with the entangling tape or cable to the ground—it seems as simple and plausible as catching flies on sticky paper. But when the men whose business it is to.drive off| bombers examine the idea critically, they ask devas- | tating questions. For instance, if a shell must be fired in the first place, why not let it be shrapnel? | Nothing deadlier in the form of an artillery pro- | jectile has yet been invented. Blackouts make it difficult to bomb fortified positions and munitions works at night, and a parachute gleaming in the sun is its own danger signal. Besides, it takes but a few minutes for the whole contraption to reach the ground. on firing shrapnel We suspect that the British will keepl Expanding Pay Rolls | o din A | (Cleveland Plain Dealer) The current employment report of the Depart- ment of Labor is one of the most encouraging that | Secretary Perkins has been able to present for a| long time. As of December there were 1,200,000 more men and women at work than in December, 1938. In their pay envelopes were $4,000,000 more each week than in November, Here is one of the reasons for the last-minute Christmas rush which delighted merchants throughout the nation. | A December rise in employment is unusual. This is the season when much outdoor work in the north is halted by weather and when many other indus-| tries expect a seasonal decline. This time, Miss Perkins reports, a 390,000 jump in retail trade em- ployment more than canceled the decrease of some 1140,000 in other lines. | The December employment index, based upon | the average of the theoretically normal years 1923- |25, stood at 104. There has probably been some }decline in January, but it is always comforting when the employment indices pass the 100 mark. To be sure, they must go much higher before the unem- ployment problem comes anywhere near solution, ! since 1923-25. But those who complain that we are | no better off than we were six or seven years ago fsl\ould look at the employment index figures for De- ) cember, 1932 and 1933 spectively. John L. Lewis's repudiation will do Mr. Roose- velt less harm than William Green's 300-pound . birthday cake if the President should be tempted to eat it all s November Dark Horse to believe 'that the British Ministry Of the 110 sent to committees for | They were 65.1 and 79.5 re-| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, FEB. 10, 1940 [0 %roscope | FEBRUARY 10, 1920 “The stars incline but do mot compel” | pjons had been submitted and approved by the engineer of the Pacific Coal Company, for increas- ing the capacity of the warehouse from 2,000 to 3,000 tons of coal. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 This should we a favorable day for labor. Important comstfuctive projects are forecast. Mars is in The S'.anda;d“oll Goipaty. msa an aspect of special interest to tne! for the time being rescinded the or- United States which will speed pre-| ;o 40t 11 more distillate oil was paredness despite peace movagnem.x | %o be sold, according to John D Heart and Home: Love’ “f'“”‘l»lelps lookl “agent, should flourish today. The after- i noon brings aspects stimulating to sentiment and helpful to suitors th Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Al P. Weddings will -beé numerous in the ;ng The little fellow weighed spring. Women ' should shop under | 6% pounds. this configuration which aids de- cisions and seemis to presage bm-‘ George' B, Smith, gains in household necessities. The of the Sullivan evening is auspicious for entertain-| | pany, was returning to Juneau on local manager ing. IV | the steamer Alameda. He had been j B"*'(’J‘ESS Am:.::ay m:,nd O?gxe‘:’:n on a business trip to Puget Sound. i ters ancer — news may be confusing to BOVeII- | Gerglq Dwire of The Empire of- ment departments devoted ::‘ fice force, who had been ill for trade concessions. The planetary (. ... days at St. Ann's Hospi- | influences may be disconceting to |, | men who carry national respohsi- | bilities. Merchants- should uprofit. | | There is a sign read as indicating , was reported improved. Mrs, H. H. Jameson and Master Jack Jameson, left on the steamer proposals from dictators Who ¢ or seattle enroute to Washing- | sire to placaté the Unn,ed_ ates, yon D. C.. where they were to |50 far as commercial relationls arc .. 4o concerned. | National Issues: Anti-Commun- ist sentiment will grow each month, seriously affecting the national af- In Washington there will be bitter opposition to conservatives | who desire that loyalty to the | nation be required of officeholders. Walter Kranich, bookkeeper at Jualin, was in the city to spend ! a few days. | fairs. Arthur Rust of Tacoma, son of H. N. Rust, part-owner of the Chichagof mine, returned on the Subversive elements will succeed in | ;o teonder Ambassador from a | zaining support through ~publica- 4,4 yacation trip to the mine and | ions maintained for radicals' who ..o o passenger on the Princess wre labeled “intelligentsia” Mary for the return trip to his International Affairs: Strangere- , . adjustments in foreign 'relations will cause dl’[flcult_les in ~distin- Weather: zuishing between friends and foes. ... American Ambassadors will be- FEE, come entangled in complicated ne- gotiations. The seers warn that dictators do not keep faith 'with hose who trust in pacts or treaties Persons whose birthdate 1t is have the augury of a year“of good fortune. Profit for many may come through unusual channels, new in- 1 ventions or novel schemes. Children born on this day prob- 2. ably will be intuitive and given are ‘o self-analyzation. They may be s extraordinarily talented in mathe- matics. Secret service men belong o this decan of February. highest 38, lowest 33, > LOOK and LEARN * By A. C. Gordon Which five states border on the Gulf of Mexico? In what year after marriages divorces most numerous? In what U. S. industry is the largest capital invested? 4. What other name is applied to crayon drawings? 5. At what age did Alexander the MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Great die, the conqueror of the| @ How much should one regu- This is not an important .day world? late his tips, and know whether to in planetary direction for resi- ANSWERS give a tip of a dime or a dollar? dents of the United States, ,-The 1. Florida, Alabama, Louisiana,| A. Tipping must be regulated by | stars presage sensational news 1e- Mississippi, and Texas. !the contents of one's purse. It is | zarding European dictators Wwho 2. Third year. | really vulgar to be ostentatious and | may reach an jmpasse of world 3. Iron and steel. overdo it. When a person eams' nterest. American leaders in busi- 4. Pastels. say $30 or $40 a week and goes ness and politics should find , thxs 5 ’rhlny -two years of age. ‘around giving fifty-cent and one day one of fairly good luck... | SESEAE idollar tips, he should have a Heart and Home: College students | guardian. will reflect the social changes going on in the world, and par- ants will have cause to rejoice over a trend toward conservative wiews regarding social, business and po- litical upheavals. Return to for- malities in dress and speech is prophesied, as uniforms are much worn and the thoughts of youth become more serious. Gradual rec- ognition of bad results attained, by ignoring high ideals and denying the existence of a supreme power | over life will bring about strong reactions and added criticism; of DAILY LESSONS N ENGLISH * By W. L. Gorden Words Often Misused: Do not| say, “His given name is John.” Say, “His Christian name is John, his surname .is Smith.” Often Mispronounced: Fiance. Pronounce fe-an-sa, e as in me, first a as in ah, second a as in A baby boy was born at St. Ann’s| Machinery Com-| | FHappy Pirthday The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their- birthday anniversary, to the fol- lowing : FEBRUARY 10 Al Zenger | W. P. Mills | Edward Q. Naghel Mark J. Storms Mrs. A. R. Duncan Rudy Pusich Marim D. Johnson , Virginia Ann Whitehead H \Mrs. M. S. Whittier | FERUARY 11 J. C. Thomas E. L. Gruber Charles G. Burdick Mable Monson Helen Beukers . Glen Kronquist | Phyllis J. Edwards Capt. Thomas Hill Horace Adams Jr. Mrs. Harvey L. Clark Alvin Anderson Leota Russell Phoebe Ann Logan Shirley Mae Olds Ellen Repp Mrs. Violet Crosby Mrs. Edward Roller, say, secondary accent on first syll- ' able, principal accent on last syll-| able. { Often Misspelled: Aggravate; gra.' Aggregate; gre. “ hopeful, Synonyms: Optimistic, sanguine. | 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: Counterpoise; an equivalent power or force acting in opposition; a | state of balance. “The every-day' cares and duties, which men call drudgery, are the weights and counterpoises of the clock of time.” | —Longfellow. e, T TR ' MODERN ETIQUETTE * i By Roberta Lee el it { Q When giving an informal |dinner, isn't it all right for the | hostess to say, “Just sit anywhere :you wish"? A. No. This is very confusing. It is too much like plnying the |old game of “musical chair.” The hostess should designate where each ! guest shall sit. | Q. Would it be proper for a |young woman to sign a business letter, Miss Alice Jones? A. Yes, but the Miss should be enclosed in parentheses. the Soviet government. ; Business Affairs: Conx.racts‘ should be signed today vshmw ls fortunate for negotiations with tinue in growth will be a bul‘;”::n 217. Golf Instructor: of the Administration, Possiblegsf-| 36, Crapt o g;c:;;e sonrorgexl:e‘:::s::sl a‘:‘zlxl dg(:jn;;‘ Lo fi‘:}.‘;g,‘;’,,m. unpleasant topics. The Vice Presi- | g6 gof lnl limits 46. erulcm- I i 51 a Tin-| 37. Quk i to learn 49, Breed of lhalp dent is subject to planetary rin: 3 E:ccudm'ly B u“' fluences which will attract mew| 39, Implore & Wh“ q i a :n| 40. Deadly white 5 ripoo friends to him through admiraticn | Q- FEAGH WIS 5 Gty collog. of his outstanding common sense. rock 5. Beverage International Affairs: Efttle | §2- 30 0 DOWN known islands in the Pacific Odean | 44. Exists L Moceasin 45. Anger . Self may contribute interest to diplo- matic conferences. Key positions for naval and military operations’ be sought. Secret negotiations ' wilt be carried on by the Allies “and dictators. “Isolation” will be mown as a mere word that descnbes a bygone idea. 2 Persons whose birthdate u_ is may have an anxious year. They will benefit by curbing extrava- ‘gsnce and avoxdlug excessive Op- timism. Children born on this day m all probability will be impulsive, happy and generous. These Aquarians may {be independent in thought and action, difficult to guide and po- tentially successful. (Copyright, 1940) L G NOTICE OF BIDS FOR SALE to highest bidder- for cash, gas boat “Diana,” belonging to estate of Waino Kallio, deceased. Offers less than $1,500 not consid- “1 | 7 dil/ d Daily Crossword Puzzle porations or financiers. Less mdl" ACROSA Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzie 14. Novel vidual enterprise will be launphed| 1. Favorlte 16. Cooking vessel this spring, but general tradé sHould | & Dieoat Onp that be satisfactory, with only a slight| 12. Turkllh'llfl. stealthily recession in midsummer. The fall| % Fo;:étflxry .gonmen dog electi i > -foug] | 18, il detach- . Pronoun election is to be hard-fought with! 16. Er::ll. n;ruon ooy amazing surprises for certain states-| 17. Fish a together men. Changes in the membership| 18. Southern = O cons of Congress may be marked. 19. Pull after : ;g gwnedwnh. National Issues: Prejudice is fo| 30 Animals,foot ez oo enter strongly into discussion of | 22. Gael 28. Church sitting U@ P R [S[T]S] EIRIS e lties eomment, by, oromanta | 5 Youak Satiton r-}murfiu@ Dmgm] I// HII// fllll ] fll?. LT L /Bl AN/ flll.// wll 31 Record of & ship" voyage 33. Pigpen 35. Metric land measure 37. Obliquely 38. Thin dress material 39. 1. Baible ish 40, Kind of boat 42. B & su eagle 43. any of 1 7. Plnch and pull 45. Very cold 8. Nocturnal bird 46. Go down 9. Perform 47. Tiny 10. Instrument 48. Aftican worm for record- icl m mus- r work ula 11. Glide over ice 51, Toward | l///fllll Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 .p. m. Visiting brothers et ——————————— i ’ Drs. Kaser and welcome, H. C. RED- | Freeburger MAN, Exalted Rvler; M | DENTISTS H. SIDES, Secretary. ‘ Blomgren Building PHONE 56 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth 4 PN \ <SG ‘ Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple \ beginning at 7:30 p.m RALPH B. MARTIN, | Worshipful Master; JAMES W, LEIVERS. Secretary Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 p.m. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 G i Dr. Judson Whittier || GUY SMITH \ CHIROPRACTOR : E i orncl:r::fa:::: 11’(;‘-?;:“1.-';.. 79 || D R UGS Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. ! | | PHONE 667 i PUEOLA REMEDIES | i PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- | ST - FULLY COMPOUNDED | Front Strcet Next Coliseum | Dr. John H. Geyer e e ol Y DENTIST . Room 9—Valentine Bldg. i " PHONE 762 | Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. 5 {| “Tomorrow’s Styles _—_—nmm " ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. K TOday Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground 3 || Juneau's Own Store The Charles W. Carter||. | Mortuary r Fourtn and Franiiin sts. | | “The Rexall Store | ! Your Reliuble Pharmacists i — Butler-Mauro | *4 Have Your Eyes Examined by ! | Dr. Rae L. Carlson || l OPTOMETRIST | | Blomgren Bldg.———2nd Floor | Front Street~————~FPhone 636 e et | s o0 2 s vy | [ THRIFT Co-op || JACE . | Phone 767 Phone oy | . GROCERIES “The Store for Men” FINNISH STEAM BATH SABIN’S Your Aflment Calling You Scientific Treatments and Baths e D Open every day—10 a.m. till mid- night—Dr. E. Malin, Prop. 142 Willoughby Ave. Phone 673 FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN S. FRANKLIN STREET GASTINEAU CAFE| * l LUNCHEON SPECIALTIES T e Juneau Melody House Music and Electric Appliances (Next Irving's Market) Front Street Phone 65 for Health and Pleasure _ l Archie B. Belis PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Bookkeeping Tax Service Room 8, Valentine Building Phone 676 at the BRUNSWICK IT COSTS SO LITTLE TO DRESS SMARTLY AT DEVLIN'S —_—— L. C. SMITH and CORONA TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. ||, “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” [T FAMILY | SHOE STORE “Juneau’s Oldest Exclus- sive Shoe Stere” Seward Lou Hudson Street Manager L & Try The Empire classifieds fou results. TELEPHONE—51 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS * CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$125,000 * 2% PAID ON SAVINGS +* SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES Senator Charles L. McNary, of |a reputation among party leaders First National Bank red. Administration reserves right. the 69th Congress. He has|Oregon, Senate minority leader,|as the man who so successfully A s 7, ‘, on since that | Martin has been eminently suec. |brought the party through the most | '© Telect unsutisfactory bidsirt I | /% % byfi' G;h Miaerity | cessful in comblatmth Nesw Deal d‘:scou;ug&n(g) state of its existence El():WAi;!’lYJNENb A"‘“‘"mflm %/é % 2 Leader 76th Congress. measures, notably the Supreme |that the P. anticipates victory are Howard D. Stabler, his fl.../'a...///a.. —_— A A : Torking in close cooperation with | Court bill. As a result, he has gained |in the November polls. e attorney, Shattuck Building, W, ///} J U N E A U A LASKA $ 151 55 | s Juneau, adv.