The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 23, 1940, Page 4

D(ul_) Alaska Empire Published evers evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Msin Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY BENDER _ - - - - President R. L BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Manager Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Secord Class Matter. ivered b By mail PO yne year, in adv sne moath, In advan: Il promptly notify or irrezularity in the de- Subscribers will con . Business Office of any fall itvary of their papers Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED P g d to the use for he Associat:d Press i vely entit f all news es credited to it or mot ted in this paper and_ also the local news LASKA CIR ‘ULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN ~4AT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE . CLOSE, Inc.. National Newspaper Representa ives, with offeus in_Sen FPrancisco, Los Angeles, Portland Beattle, Chicasc, New York and Beston, SEATTLE REFRESENTATIVE- “Gilbert A. Wellington. 1011 Amerfoan Bank THE DEM \‘\I) FOR HOMES The volume of rc;ldunlml construction in the United States last year, though the largest during any year since 1929, barely kept pace with the in- crease in the nation’s housing needs. Meanwhile, a survey shows that excess of families over available housing units as great today as in 1922, at the outset of the building boom of the ‘twenties. Preliminary Department of Commerce estimates fix the increase in nonfarm f ilies at 401,000 last year—a demand great enou virtually to match strides with the increased ivity of the building industry. The present year opened with an esti- mated ratio of households to available dwelling units ac of 100.41—only eight-hundredths reduced from: the peak ratio of 10049 at the outset of 1939. When the building boom of the 1 s began, io fig- ure was 100.35, Surveys, however, detect one very important dis- similarity between the building situation of today and 1922. Eighteen years 0 building costs were in a decline from the high levels of "a short-lived boom in 1919-1920, whereas today the expense of construction is on the increase.. The cost of build- ing a SPOQBHOMEARs OF JouBad % 1939, hag advanced to $5,174 on the basis of average prices today. Lum- ber prices especially have risen since the outbreak of the European war—and lumber represents one- fourth or more of the cost of the average frame house. Due principally to this, residential construc- tion costs are slightly higher ncw than they were when the short-lived building boom 'of 1937 col- lapsed. But there are offsetting factors. Home financ- ing is more convenient and at more liberal terms than ever before, with enticingly low down pay- Modern conveniences and improve- construction more desirable than ments required. ments make new before. If construction costs do not soar beyond a reasonable level, the i should not want for lack of work in 1940. The United States of scientific r h ea cent publication of the De) At the top of prosperil n 1929, the sum spent for research was only two-thirds as much. Compared o ou imated national income of the day, it was mal, thout $25 out of each ing to a re- artment of Agriculture. $10,000 But of huge sums, perhaps only a tenth is spent for fundamental, or basic, or so-called “pure” research. But fundamental princi- ples are discovered when highly t.ralned scientific workers a: 1‘«%5.1}‘ gifted and well- pursue those * treaties went ’vhinzs to which their idle curiosity attracts them. That is pure research. It is a curious thimg that if you find a well- trained scientific research worker, then give him a| small salary, necessary laboratory space, equipment and supplies, and thereafter let him more or less follow his own whims, he will almost inevitably make scientific discoveries of importance. Later still the fundamental principles he unearths will be found | to have commercial value. A research worker often finds out more by accident than he does on purpose. Time after time, you read in scientific papers that| this or that was done by chance—the clean-up man failed to wash out a was fo! ten—and signal discoveries followed. Al- | most alone among professional men the research | worker accomplishes as much by accident as he | does deliberately. | The ancient Greeks were wise enough to lay the foundations of abstract science. In fact, the objective of obtaining the most speedy practical has often impeded science progress Idle is the better motivation. Had electrical been asked 80 years ago to dispense with that would have been absurd, For idle curio- had not then disclosed enough about the na- ture of electro-magnetic fields to make it other than an absurd objective. Free research operating under the whip of in-| tellectual curiosity animating a well-trained mind is society's greatest asset. wi sity Party Begins to Fall Apart The Commun (Philadelphia Record) The overwhelming victory of M. Michael Edel- | stein in the 14th New York Congressional District shows a continuance of New Deal strength in New York The to the Communist party. New York is the Com- munist stronghold and the 14th District, which in- cludes the lower East Side and part of Greenwich Village, is the area where New York Communists are strongest Yet Earl Browder votes to Edelstein’s 12,962. The Republican Louis J. Lefkowitz, got 6,685. The bulk of the votes in the 14th Congressional candi- date District lie in the Sixth and Eighth Assembly dis- tricts. In 1938, Israel Amter, Communist candidate for Representative-at-large, polled 4,103 votes in those two districts. Now Browder, the head of the party, could only poll 2,477 votes in the Sixth and Eighth distr This repi It cannot ents a Communist loss of 40 percent explained away. The vote for Browder is the whole Communist vote in that district, be- cause the election was bitte contested and it unlikely that there was any Communist stay-at-home vote. What is happening in the 14th New York dis- trict is happening throughout the country. The Communist party duped hundreds in the days when it was the noisiest element in the “front against Fascism.” Now that it is an open ally of Fascism, it is disint grating rapidly, For a Fuller “Dinner Pail” (New York Times) In action taken by its executive board this week the International Ladies Garment Workers Umun disentangles itgelf from the of the high um kite. . Mr. Dubinsky’s *organization has figures show that the garment workers lost ground under the “embargo tariff” of 1 and that they have had more work and better pay since the reciprocal into effect. They would like to see Secretary Hull's trade agreement program extended for the proposed three years They do not contend that the tariff of 1930 was the sole cause of the continuing depression, or that the Hull program was the sole cause of the pronounced recovery in their particular trade. They do point out, with justice, that tariff protection does not guarantee high wages in protected industries, and that the stimulus of increased exports, made possible by increased imports, helps domestic enter- prise. Probably nore living will see world-wide free trade, in the sel of a total abolition of all tariffs. The two-score agreements so patiently and labori- ously achieved by Secretary Hull do show, however, that tariff adjustments can be made a means of extending markets for the benefit of all the coun-| tries concerned. In the long run these agreements | are part of a non-warlike campaign against the| blight of autarchy and autocracy. They make for freedom as well as for a fuller dinner pail—if dinner | pail is the correct figure of speech for the modern worker’s lunch. Louisiana sees the Long trall winding to the Jjumping off place. a mistake, captive Russians tell the They have leamed it the hard way. The war Finns. Gandhl, hcer(w Fail to Reach Terms on India Judian Nationalist Cengress in Bombay, where recent - he demanded Britain pledge Indian freedom in (he same way she made Polish, Czech and Austrian inde endence her declared war aims. In talks with « India’s Viceroy, Gandhi later failed to reach any con:lusien on granting of deminion ‘status to India as prelude to self rule. container or some solution | same election also shows what is happening | ran third, polling only 3,080 THE DAILY ALASKA 71 oroscope “The stars incline “ but do mot compfr [ | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24 Again the stars promise a fairly fortunate day. News that is sig- }um(am may be expected in the |morning. This is a day fayorable to trade and commerce, The:Moon enters Libra, a sign stimulating {to ambition. % Heart and Home: The dlspgsttion lto start things impulsively will be {rritating at the end of the week, ‘but members of the family may |be unusually energetic and rest- Jess under this sway. Good luck should attend the workers of the {household, whether it be’in’ regu- {lar employment or in dgmestic| [tasks. In the evening there is an ja pect encoursging to change and adventure. | Business Affairs: This is a lucky |day for signing contracts or enter- ing into new associations. Bankers and brokers have the forecast of a busy week. Speculation will be !encouraged as the first month of |spring draws near. Activity in ex-| | ports is presaged. Extension of good neighborliness with Canada is in- dicated. Mexico is to command ex- | iraordinary attention in Washing- ton, D. C. | National Issues: jeration in Washington where en of many minds will make the session of Congress unusually in- teresting. Campaign policies may iterfere with certain aims of am- bitious statesmen. Oratory willin- rease in volume each week until the flow of words is reduced by strict procedure, International Affairs: The dec- \de of the 1940s has been long jesignated as most threatening to: dwellers on the planet Earth. The | fact that Virgo is involved in the | configurations associated with war portents is read as presaging is- sues in which the common people will be conspicuous. This has been interpreted as presaging *“eonfifet’ setween the proletariat and ] read as indicating a contf tween democracy and Comfhu Persons whose birthdate it have the augury of a yea panding business and 1 prosperity. Many a dream mi me e in 1940. | Children born on this day will 5!;\- strong, practical in idéas and 'uniformly fortunate. These subjects /of Pisces usually marry at an early age. i‘in 7 (Copyright, 19408 { - - Russian Ambassaflqr Makes Profesf, But It Gets Him Nowhere (Culituiued from rage Onei oo | | Hull had a caller, so Oumansky had to wait 15 minutes, Further indignity. At last into the Secretary’s office he strode. | Hull as usual the polite Southern | zentleman first, the hard voiced ! diplomat second, arose and asked Oumansky to sit down, “I will not sit down,” said Ou- mansky icily. “This is not a social jcall. T am here on business. I ‘nme come to protast “To be sure,” said Hull, | down to await the blast “We have been insulted,” snapped Oumansky, whose perfect English, according to some accounts, wavered at points. “We are a civilized nation. We ire not serfs, We are a free people. I protest at these insults’ sitting | “WE'LL PIGEON-HOLE IT” Hull, whose soft brown eyes gon- ceal a Tennessee crust as hard as Russia’s best tank armor, lhl(’ned to the outburst, then followed with one of his own, in words paralled to the following: “Mr. Ambassador, ever since Rus- in 1933 this country has filed pro- .est after protest with your coun- try.” (We have it that he did not name them, but hot in his mind no doubt was recollection of the cavalier treatment of U. S. Am- oassador Steinhart when he sought to. gain information of the “City of Flint” held at Murmansk.) “Your country, Mr. Ambassador, ems to have a pigeon-holewfis big ‘as a wastebasket into which’ these ‘a reply from you. “Well, this country is going _to | start a pigeon-hole of its own, a nig red pigeon-hole. And this pro- test is the first thing to go mw i - That ended the interview What urther Oumansky said :ome to us. Oumansky left the of- ice, told reporters he nly to discuss current uem.swlth Secretary Hull. The Secretary, if the interview had been “s actory,” deelined to comment.But e thought it was satisfac.o; iuisfactory. .o o HARRI'S BROTHER ILL ©u serious illness ,of brot »scar Harri left on the Northland ast night for the ‘south: .- Empire classirieds pay. & Agricultural | problems will be much under con-| fm. | is | sia was recognized by this country | has not had come | eports in official “circles indicate Called to California by the sud- | FEBRUARY 23, 1920 According to reports received by |local cannerymen all of the can- neries which were operated in Southeast Alaska the previous | year were to be in business again this year. J. M. Tanner, United States Marshal for the First Division, was 70 years old and to celebrate the slon he passed out L0 his friends at the Gastineau. tempts were to be made by the United States Army Signal Corps to obtain another vessel to replace the steamer Burnside which had served for several years as the cuble repair ship for the cable be- tween Seattle and Southeast Al- | aska, Miss Klonda Olds, clerk in the | office of Commissioner Burton, who had been ill, had returned to work. | J. J. Meherin had returned from the south with the announcement hat he and Oak Olson, were to establish a brokerage office in Ju- | neau. Meherin expected to make his headquarters in Ketchikan, and Mr. Olson was to have charge of the Juneau office. | J. H. Long was returning on the Princess Mary to start pre- | liminary work on the Long Cannery on the Douglas City wharf. Weather: lowest 26, clear. 'POSTOFFICE ALTERATION PLANS HERE Bids Will Be Called After highest 26, {inancial dictators, but evép nnj FinalApproval in Juneau Final plans for Post Office al- terations here have been received from Washington for approval of local officials. It is expected that bids for the work will be called about March 15, The alterations will include en- larging the working quarters by | taking in offices now occupied by {the Territorial Treasurer and the Bureau of Internal Revenue, en- larging lobby space, moving the mail chutes and installing addition- |al boxes. ARII(lES ABOUI ICKES STARTING IN ALASKA LIFE A series of allegedly “searching” articles on Secretary of the In- terior Harold L. Ickes who is it claimed “wields more influence in Alaska than all other persons com- bined,” begins in the March issue of Alaska Life magazine, now on the newsstands. The March issue also includes many other articles of interest to Alaskans. Among these aresuch features as “The Long Arm Over Alaska,” a story of FBI operations m the Territory, and “The New 'Inning for Alaska,” which suggests that Alaska has already had three strikes called against, it but is lup to bat again. [ with the March issue, Alaska Life magazine goes to a larger |page size, a new style, and the | development of new editorial fea- tures. A department called “Com- ment and Controversy” has been | established. 3 SR EAGE AT President James Monroe was first buried in Marble Cemetery, |New York City, but was later in- vterred Richmond, Va. *“smokes” | | According to Seattle advices, at- in Hollywood Cemetery, | SHappy i Pirthday e Sl S U The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the fol- Iowmg FEBRUARY 23 Mrs. Grover C. Winn B. F. Kane Bob Martin George Kudzoff Michael Landers Mrs. T. F. Lancaster Mrs. T. J. Oliphant Henry Dickinson - - \l OD-ERN ETIQUETTE * By Roberta Lee Q. Shouldn’t a person, to become popular, be able to rule his anger? A. Y. Better still, he should prevent it. The old proverb says “Ruling one's anger well is not so good as preventing it.” Q. What are a few differences between setting a table for a for- mal dinner and for an informal one? A. The formal dinner table con- tains more silver, it has place plates, and no bread and butter plates. Q. Is it necessary that one in- clude “at home” cards with wed- ding announcements? A. No; this is entirely optional. S e | DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH * By W. L. Gorden Words Often Misused: Say, i ¢ beg your pardon” or ‘“pardon me” when expressing regret for some blunder or breach of etiquette. Say, “Please excuse me” whenleav- ing the room or the taable. Often Mispronounced: Orgy. Pro- nounce or-ji, o as in or, i as in t. Often Misspelled: Wreath (noun) Wreathe (verb). Synonyms: Allot, assign, appoint, apportion, ‘divide, distribute. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by master- ing one word each day. Today word: Taciturn; habitually @ silent; not given to conversation. (Pro- nounce tas-i-turn, a as in at, i unstressed). “He was as taciturn as usual, seldom speaking.” R e LOOK and LEARN k4 By A. C. Gordon 1. What “noblest Roman of them J1" was author, orator, scholar, soldier, and statesman? 2. What is a howdah? 3. What plant was used by the ancient Egyptians for writing ma- terial? 4. What wellknown poet bore the middle name of “Greenleaf"? 5. On what river is the home of George Washington located? ANSWERS 1. Julius Caesar. 2. The ceat on the back of an elephant. 3. Papyrus. 4. John Greenleaf Whittier. 5. Potomac River. e ee——— NANCE IS BACK W. L. (Bud) Nance, of the S. and N, five and ten cent Store, re- turned here on the Motorship North- land. He was on a brief business trip to Seattle. e — Try an Empire ad OUR MODERN PRINTING PLANT IS EFFICIENT! ter rapidly! 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