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4 immunizations and vaccinations for diphtheria and smallpox and 727 tuberculin skin tests Daily Alaska Empire LU TR TN Baisy br-u0 The Public Health Nursing Service has proved EMPIR| RINTING COMPANY its worth in Juneau. The needed and worthy pro- Streets, Juncwi, Alaska. oot gram should be continued by the City Council ce-President and Business Manager | y,r50h another appropriation this year Other Juncan s Sceond Class Matter. | cities in the Territory maintain such services with i Federal assistance. Juneau can well afford to con- % tinue to do so. | —e ; WAR AND TRADE AT 8 The mistake of the assumption that the new TR SURSCRIPTION RATES. world war would automatically improve the trade Deltvered by earrler in Juneau and Douclas for $1.25 per month of the United States is being underscored by recent By mail, postage be lowiag rates Ome yes:. in mdvarce, 312 months, in advance, $6.00; | jayo g o 4y i hs & noliee one month, in ndvanoe. 3125 levelopments. The latest of them is the notice Babscribers @il . er & fa they will promptly notify served upon American officials by British trade au- astnie s of eny fallnce oOF irreguiarity in the de- ¢ : iy or thelt Thser thorities that the United Kingdom will henceforth Telephones: New: Office €02 curtail its purchases of American cotton, SOCIATED P ESS, sively entitled to the use for MENFER OF Spurred by the fact that many of the ships used The Assoclated 1 sss fepublication of all Lews patches credited to it or mot in the transport of American cotton come here ther Adited In this paper and also the local news o oo g ey e empty, the British plan to make cotton purct ST ioR GoaSANTEES S Bs LimoEm— |PlV @ part in the economics of warfare. By AN AT ANY OTHER FUBLICATION. ing part of their cotton purchases to the T GRORGE . SLOSE In onnl Newspaper Representa- | American countries, they can increase their mark tives. with loes Iu 5 Angeles, Portland. |there for industrial goods—in effect a policy of bar- Sestile, Ch! Kew ¥ n. ) o e — —— ter which conserves foreign exchange. Before the T e uivE—ONb el Wellinston, WL wer ' Germany’ sold the South Amstiban: republics TR major part of their industrial goods, receiving in re- turn valuable raw materials. The United Kingdom’s purchases of American cotton have quintupled since the war began, aidin considerably in disposing of the domestic cotton urplus, But the new development illustrates that this was only an ephemeral benefit. The United States apparently cannot hope to hold the British ma for cotton unless we correspondingly in- crease our purchases of the United Kingdom's com- modities, particularly industrial goods. For economic reasons, the Empire already has curtailed its pur- hases of agricultural foodstuffs here, and for eccnomic-political reasons has transferred the bulk g = of its tobacco purchases to Turkey. The foreign THE JUNEAU PURLIC HEALTH NUR rket for armaments—notably planes—remains o good. But that is of scant consolation to agricul- One of the most valuable services offered the turists. people of Juneau is that of the public health nurs- T T T ing .&(‘?‘\'l(‘(‘, The Juneau Public Health Center, lo- “Above the Weather” cated in the Territorial Building, has become a focal RS point for the dissemination of health information (New York Times) and nursing instruction { With the delivery to Pan American Airways of Established in June, 1937, under the direction the Flying Cloud, the first of its Boeing airliners of the Territorial Department of Health as a dem- designed specifically for flight “above the weather,” onstration service, the Juneau Public Health Nursing another interesting page has been turned in the his- Service was supported en Iv by Federal grants-in- tory of American air transport. This four-engined aid until last July when the City app ated $1,200 Alrplane can caipy 33 phssengers aid & “‘f"w BRTiye towdrd Its suppork'” Thil 1y W matohad SR or six at four m)los_a minute. Its most interesting feature is its cylindrical, super-charged cabin, which eral grants-in-aid in like amount. Thus, eVery engples pressures normal to altitudes of 6,000 to dollar spent by the City of Juneau for this purpose gooo feet to be maintained at altitudes of 14.000 to| has provided two dollars worth of nursing services. 20,000 feet. In this way advantage may be taken Supporting the Public Health wsing Program of the smoother air conditions, the lessened air is a Jungau Public Health Council comprised of resistance and weather interference, and the ‘1[(‘{\(]\!’]" volunteer representative men and women from pro- Winds of the upper levels, leading both to increased fessional, civic and fraternal organization: This SPeed and comfort. | Health Oouncil @ote.in /& advis caps (o tHE Aeronautical engineers have debated at length | the economics of true sub-stratosphere flight. Thm-o} is no unanimity of opinion on the question of wheth- | public and the community e, the structural and power-plant factors necessary | he nursing service. The Health Council o provide passenger comfort and safety in the thl\: d and obtained financial participation of airs of, say, 30,000 feet are justified for such serv- local health services and assists in o the to the interpreti nursing activities needs has a to S0 u1g the City Council in the support of éhe local nursing ice as that between our Atlantic. and Pacifi¢ Coasts. service. It is true that Commander Tomlinson, who ‘probably | The public health nursing services are available has spent more time above the level of 25,000 feet | STRLBIE o6 16 iy BB Eh Seamiedt b Yarhily than :m_\' other pilot during his high-altitude studies | for Transcontinental and Western Air—which also | physician, either for insfruction in actual nursing will take delivery soon of some of the new liners— care or the hygiene of living. Miss Oygard, who iS hag found that cloud formations, with their at-| Juneau's Public Health Nurse, an be reached in tendant conditions of turbulence and low visibility, the morning f'om & to 9:30 o'clock at the Juneau occasionally extend to 30,000 or even 35000 feet. As| Health Center, at which time she observes office @ rule, however, levels of 18,000 to 20,000 feet mean | routine. bright sunshine or starlight, smooth air with steady winds. For flying in high mountainous terrain, and certainly for transocean flying, these are the levels Her recent unnual report shows that the Juneau Public Health Nusse during 1939 extended maternity || "0 50 0 TOCFEAR BE) oy Kb | to whicl 2 ne ng C! s the r care throughout the complete maternity cycle, in- B, QLgHA coneDs, the door. cluding prenatal health sunervision, assistance at R et taats uf e motherEs: gk b:nghfnd’s War Secretary declares that the Brit- . o “%iish are fighting for their lives, not for the entertain- offered infant meng of the rest of the world. Maybe some of us islon to 134 ")“m"""‘;v\'m'c laboring under the misapprehension that since i vn“mm s by the nurse or l"l we may have to pay for it eventually, we should de- Health Center Ly the children; school health serv-'mand our money’s worth of action now. ices, including inspection of school children, first aid, s B G consifations with parents, teachers and doctors, to| What, did someone in the State Department home nursine care to the sick requir-| neglect to tell James R. H. Cromwell that, like little nned 90 dental examinations! children, Ministers to Canada are to be seen and not un and assisted at 1,307, heard? confinement a cases requiring and preschool eomrising 150 home visits. She heal 1peiy under the dental N old printer A once said: Our duty is to make the printed word speak great truths more clearly!” This is our ideal. We have built our business on hon- est, efficient erafts- manship which makes no compromise with half truths, YOUR EVERY PRINTING NEED EXPERTLY FILLED FOLDERS . . . STATIONERY . .. TAGS . . . POSTERS . . . CARDS . . . INDEXES . . . LEDGERS Phone 374 for Estimates 1 HOROSCOPE U “The stars incline & = | but do not compel” 0 oo sme oot TUESDAY, APRIL 9 Although this is read as an im- portant day in planetary direction the aspects are good, except wher labor is involved. The morning hours may be difficult for certain employers, but the stars®stimulate constructive work. Heart and Home: Women today % THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1940. e s APRIL PSSR ——— A Sttt ) 20 YEARS AGO from THE EMPIRE 8, 1920 Local men who kept in touch with the labor market in this vicinity | said that at this time there was a b | outside of town and locally. | The halibut schooner Arctic, in ig demand for labor both for camps command of Capt. Ingvald Stannes, {limped into port here from the fishing grounds off Yakutat with a dis- abled engine. | A | The cruising gasboat Maurrele! | cruise of a party of four traveling n t, Capt. Harry Patterson, left under men, who were to make commercial should be calm and well directed |calls at Hoonah and other points on the West Coast of Prince of Wales There is an aspect which emphasizes | Island. In the party were Edward Wilson, W. H. Wheeler, M. C. Rugg their desire for service and self-sac rifice. The stars appear to portend discard of vanity among young girls and concentration on activities in which they subordinate love affairs to ambitious work Business Affairs: Constructiye en- configuration construction of every sort. will engage New channels of commerce are prog- nosticated for the United States Exports of food in novel forms as well as increased demand for cannwJ soods are predicted National Issues: Suggested plar for political platforms will provc differences of opinion and seem to| fcrewarn party splits. The'‘stars indicate that dictators this year are | not to be challenged in foreigr Tands alone as Derhocratic and Republi- can leaders contend for government control. International Affairs: India , is subject to a sign that prediets fa- mine and serious health conditions during the coming summer,: al-| though political aspirations are un- der kindly planetary sway. Japan| will meet major economic prohlems | which-change ambitious ideas. An| carthquake will damage a city. Bet- ter Japanese understanding with'the United States is presagd. Persons whose birthday it 18 have the augury of a year in which ob- stacles may retard progress. The general outlook is good, especiall for women. Children born on this day. prob- ably will be industrious, studious and good-natured. Many arians have | artistic talent. (Copyright e Harbors 1940) Snneft Tells | Good Reasonfor One British Ad | (Continued from Page One) | competitor ever will be ‘able tc catch | up SUBSIDY SHOWS PROFIT Look at the ground that’s already | covered. The Pacific clippers mak- | ing flights continually, pushing out | to the Philippines, Australia and | Heng Kong. And the Civil Aero- nautics Authority here tells me that, before long, the clippers will be dropping down on the coast of New Zealand. + Just the other day, at LaGuardia | Field in New York, the clippers cele- ! brated their 135th trans-Atlantic crossing—without a single accidént. They've carried thousands of pas- cengers and tons of mail—so much mail, in fact, that what started out as a government subsidy has turned into a beauty of a little profit for Mr. James A. Farley’s department. All the United States trans- oceanic airlines need now is more ships. The South American service and the short-hop lines are pretty well supplied but the transoceanic service is accomplishing amazing feats, I hear, with only six big clip- pers. Two giant strato-clippers are on the way but they'll be a year or 50 in the building. That's just a hint of how long it will take for- eign competitors to get started after the war. Of course, you know all that, Mr. Trippe—and knowing all that, it ‘isn't surprising, is it, that the com-| mercial aviation folks here in Wash- | ington are finding good reason for | Britains' kicking up such a fuss| about those weather broadcasts? | NOTICE OF HEAKINO ON FINAL | ACCOUNT AND REPORT AND PETITION FOR DISTRIBUTION In the United States Commission- er’s (Ex-officio Probate) Court for the Territory of Alaska, Juneau Commissioner’s Precinct In the Matter of the Estate of WILLIAM H. DICKINSON, de- ceased. 9 NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN that on March 16th, 1940, JAMES W. McNAUGHTON, as administra- tor, de bonis non, W.wW, of the estate of WILLIAM H. DICKIN- SON, deceased, made and filed in the above-entitled Court at Juneau, Alaska, his Final Account and Re- port and Petition for Distribution, and that on said day the said Court entered its order directing that a hearing be had upon said Final Ac- count and Report and Petition for Distribution before it on Saturday, |May 18th, 1940, at 10:00 o'clock A. M, at the office of the said | United States Commissoner, in the | Federal-Territorial Building, in Ju- neau Precinct, Territory of Alaska, and requiring all persons to then and there appear and make their’| objections, if any, thereto, and to the settlement thereof. FELIX GRAY, & 1U. S! Commissioner and Ex: Officio Probate Judge. Daily Alaska Empire government attention ’ land R. A. Davis. Mr. and Mrs, S. J. Weitzmann 1 at Haines. Mr Chilkoot Packing Company. eft on the Jefferson for their home Weitzmann was connected with the newly organized | River A. Nilson and George Wilcock a few days. S. Solomon and S. L. Solomon, who left for Haines on the Jefferson | were to be connected with the new canning company there Weather: Highest, 26; lowest, 23 terprises should flourish under lllr-‘ Capt. George H. Whitney and William H. Howell issued a license which encourages|to J. J. Meherin, authorizing him to command a gasboat on the Yukon of Dundas Bay, two cannery men | connected with the cannery there, were staying at the Gastineau for | ; clear. - o " s s e s WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The looker-ons applauded ‘ | the players.” The correct plural is 1 Daily Lessons in English 7. 1. corbox PEGUUOUSTp— LOOKERS-ON. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Julep. Pronounce joo-lep, E as in BET; accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Phlegmatic. Observe the PH. SYNONYMS: Galaxy, assemblage, array, bevy, cluster. WORD STUDY: “Usf INAPPLICABLE; unsuitable. tions are inapplicable to this emergen s o | MODERN ETIQUETTE Q A and R.s. V. p. Q. When having luncheon with expect each to pay for his own meal, both, what should you do? A. Do not argue, or make an issue of it. Let the friend pay, then i you pay the next time. Q. When a hostes hotel, should she wear a hat? A, Yes. | LOOK and LEA ornamental plants? 3. In what year was Theodore United States? ANSWERS: Horticulture. 1904. Alfalfa. ' HONORS | EE RN CHAMBER MEMORY OF REV. A.P. KASHEVAROFF Resolution Expresses Sym- pathy of Organization | at Curator’s Death A resolution by the Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce on the death of the| Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, passed at| last week’s meeting, is as follows:: | “Death having called on April 3, 1940, at Juneau, one of Alaska’s most | distinguistred citizens, one of Ju-\ I | neau's most beloved residents, Fa- ther Andrew Kashevaroff, who was born in Alaska, and, who, as he many times facitiously remarked, came to us with the purchase of the‘ Territory from Russia, “And the members of the Juneau Chambertof Commerce, of which Fa- ther Andrew was for many of the most useful years of his life a val- ued member, and in which he was an active worker and whose meet- ings he regularly attended, feeling| most keenly their loss and the loss| to the community and to the Ter- ritory in the death of a citizen whose name will stand forth prom- inently on the pages of the history of the progress and development of | Alaska, DO RESOLVE “That in the death of Father Kashevaroff the Territory of Alaska has lost one of its bestbeloved, most | useful and most highly valued citi- zens; the City of Juneau one of its foremost inhabitants, one of high character and noble nature; his fam ily a loving father, guide and com- | panion; and all of us a true friend. “That we extend to the members | of his family our deepest and most profound sympathy in their great loss; and further, “That a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the record of this day's meeting of the Chamber, and that copies thereof be sent to the son Fizst _publication, Ma. 1940, T VN a word three times and it is yours.” | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: (Accent second syllable).. “Such sugges- s s ) cy. by ROBERTA LEE e s 4 What is the best way to extend invitations to a bridge party? If the party is informal, invitations may be extended by tele- :phone. Or one may send a visiting card, giving the date, time, place, a friend in a public place, and you but this friend insists on paying for is giving a bridge party in a public room of al b RN AU C. GORDON 1. What is the name of the art of growing fruits, vegetables, or 2. What are the five books of the Pentateuch? Roosevelt elected President of the 4, What is the richest forage plant? 5. Which is the chief port for the iron ore of the Great Lakes region? Genesis, Exodus, Leviteus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. and daughters of our esteemed friend and former fellow member. “Passed unanimously by Juneau Chamber of Commerce at its weekly meeting held at Juneau, April 4, 1940.” CHARLES D. BEALE, Attest: President. R. H. STEVENS, Secretary. | [wwrr o] APRIL 8. Judge H. B. LeFevre Mrs. George F. Alexander John Rudy Felix Gray Louise Adams Henry Mead Don S. Morrison Geraldine Holm Ruby Waldon . ATTENTION MASONS THere will be a Stated Com- munication Monday evening at 7:30. Work in the M. M, Degree. J. W. LEIVERS, Secretary. - - e — adv. For Want and For Sale Empire classifieds bring results. . L. C. SMITH g CORONA Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” Joe Kelly. Haberdasher Agent for CROSSETT SHOES Joe Kelly, Haberdasher Next to Winter & Pond ) - -.-»--] | Director Drs. Kaser and . Freeburger l DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 1 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 & ‘Worshipful Professional ‘] Fraternal Societiea Gastineau Channel B. P. O. meet < » every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. - H. E. SIM- MONS, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. | MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth /& Monday of each month W in Scottish Rite Temple A\ beginning at 7:36 p.m RALPH B. MARTIN Master; JAMES W LEIVERS, Secretary. L -_—_——m - o r e ; " | Dr. Judson Whittier GUY SMITH | CHIROPRACTOR | Drugless Physician | | Office hours: 10-12; 1-5,7-9- | | || Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bidg. | ! PHONE 667 PUROLA REMEDIES | S5 HAES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- ] »ULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Coliseum Dl’. John H. Geyer PHONE $7—Free Delivery DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg 1 | PHONE 62 | 5 Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ¥ @E ] 1 Bt iy " v e | “Tomorrow’s Styles 1 " I o st S T ST o 4 R AR TR | 1 Today ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. | | Graduate Los Angeles Coll~ge | | of Optometry «na | i Qpthalmology ’ | | Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground || | 1 X % | } The Charles W. Carter| | . Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Have Your Eyes Examined by | | | Dr. RaeL. Carlson | OPTOMETRIST | Blomgren Bldg. 2nd Floor | " TERIFT CO-0P | Phone 767 Phone GROCERIES SR TR ! HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES Harri Machine Shop [ [ | | | | | . +*“Try Us First” Ji _T’ DR. H. VANCE | | Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; | 7 to 8:00-by appoinment. | Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 » [ T me et ) Juneau Melody House Music and- Electric Appliances (Next Irving's Market) || Front Street Phone 65 — Archie B. Belts l PUBLIC' ACCOUNTANT Bookkeeping Tax Service Room 8, Valentine Building [ Phone 676 IT COSTS SO LITTLE TO DRESS SMARTLY AT DEVLIN'S Helene W. Albrecht PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 733 Valentine Building—Room 7 “The Rexall Store” Your Relisble Pharmacists Butier-Mauro . ' HARR RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibn Stores of Alaska’ ” 410} M e e DL “The Store for Men” SARBIN°S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. for Health and Pleasure "W at the BRUNSWICK FAMILY SHOE STORE “Juneau’s Oldest Exclus- sive Shoe Store” Seward Street Lou Hudsen Try The Empire classifleds fo results. — —— e ‘TELEPHONE—51 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS * CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$125,000 * 2% PAID ON SAVINGS * SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES