The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 20, 1940, Page 4

4 Daily Alaska Empire /Alaska ‘undoubtedly will : except Sunday by tbe PULR ik PRINTING COMPANY insure the Territory the greatest benefits from this HELEN 1,?.',‘:7",':!;',“‘.,:’“”\ strects, Juncau, AletS L ent | sTowth it is important that the merchants of Alaska K. L BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business M have an effective voice in helping to form a sane Second Class and logical development program harmonizing the Wusersd 1o the Post Office In Juneau us | Territory. One of the first matters for the Alaska Retai Merchants Association defense. Such activity, Delivered by carsier In By mall. postuge one ly)nru*nt'h.‘:n‘:d\n-d:nml ’ Jiudvance, 3800 o Navy, should be uncovered and discouraged at Bvlbfl('lbf" will confer m favor 1f they will promptly H(V'"Y the start. It is repo}‘wd to exist in numerous Alaska Office of any fallure or irregularity in the Hivery of hetr pupers communities, ) ‘l"ltph:)nn News Office, 603 isiness Offie 7474.7 s For too many years businessmen everywhere sa%he’;‘mivfl;psltlesd e Mmrfiffl':fi:_"'f.“‘f\f':”.'f“'_"'“' the use for have neglected to interest themselves in govern- rs‘ELhel i.ucflz vt republication of All news dlipatcles credited to it or mot | ment They have felt that government was essen- oy Bl :fi:x':.‘-: 1.‘:3&:“’ ol s Moo il sl S A T - province of the politician. Now business- HL_rlr Grayson ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO kT LAmoEr | men recognize that If they are to stay in business F. T. Albertson THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION they must be actively interested in National, Terri- - " GEORGE D. CLOBE, Inc. Nat Newspaper Repeesenta- | torial and local government and must aid concretely (|~ g | Gves, with offices in San Fruncisco, Los Anaeles, Fortand. \in the establishment of governmental policies. — — . - Under the able leadership of J. F. Mullen and H 0 R 0 S c 0 PE e EATTLE REPRESENIATIVE Gllbart A welltazton. 101 [ ;yer leading merchants from Nome to Ketchikan, R T the Alaska Retail Merchants Association should be| | “The stars incline | of great value and genuine service to the Territory. | but do not ctmpel” | | Passports Required | » = | | F'RIDAY, JUNE 21 | (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Good and evil portents are dis-| | When two nations live side by side for a cen-|cerned for this day. In the morn- tury and a quarter without éven a fence marking | ing hours there may be a tendency their thousands of miles of common boundary, to enter into disputes. Thereis a something like a world convulsion is necessary to justify any curtailment of intercourse between them.| The order of the American State Department to re- quire passports of persons coming from Canada into | the United States is justified only on such grounds. | Canadians will understand the necessity as Washington does. We have nothing to fear from the men of the Dominion, of course. The order is| designed to prevent evil-intentioned aliens from other lands using the unguarded Canadian border as a gateway into the republic. The Dominion is only one of a dozen or so| countries named in the Washington order. It is, however, the conspicuous one. Conspicuous also is| Mexico, through whose territory some have feared Nazi operators might find their way to mischief grounds in the United States. YOUTH MUST SERVE We to be said against President Roosevelt's proposal for know of little national service might have times have compulsory ago we But from for all American youth A yea had quite a bit to igainst it changed, as you may have gathered reading | your daily newspapers. The cost of such training would be considerable, But the and airplane: argument that makes war- spite of their cost might well money no doubt same for such regulations, Enemies will prove | to obey them, than to ships bargains in Experience the applies in this case it i more expensive to save spend it A brief period with the young } Back Where They Came From training— | R ) least | 11[0—( while a great body moment'’s military interfere period of intensive (Philadelphia Record) The U. S. Department of the Interior is con- ducting an investigation of fifth column activities among American Indians. It is pointed out that | Hitler made a play for them by officially accepting American Indians as “Aryans.” SR | In case this investigation turns out to have any i | pasis in fact, we guess that the subversive Indians teaches disci-| paq petter be sent back where they came from. better citizens,| we can't have them coming into our country, abus- take it. TIt|ing our hospitality and undermining democracy. son that a concept of gov- Only difficulty is that scientists can’t agree as at commencement time is|to where the Indians came from, but we ought not {to let that stand in our way. the being chosen so as to ations for civil individual, man’s prepa would do immeasurable good to the the strong-fibered cour defense building up for Ty’ at a republic and step | of youth prepared notice to don the uniform of the out to protect her Military training pline physically and the needful les ernment, worth praising worth fighting for if the try to a democracy It makes of those in and responsibility morally who teache necessity arises distinction that in wm-} 7= but in peace time | Some set up the time military training is desirable When a grocery store in Seattle caught fire, Yel only in peace does a nation|the employees fought it for a long time before eall- to prepare for the possibility of war. If |ing the fire department, which was across the street. shall have to fight, whether we wish|Just some more of those western isolationists. it or not | Ll To put it otherwise, the country sends its young| The United States is getting ready to let the when war The question is Nazis know that whoever tries to enter the Western and prepared, or as mere | Hemisphere by the back door will land in the soup. guns to work on R F A ST RN —_— | Mussolini’s tempo in going to war was like those ‘old-style New England marriage engagements which lasted anywhere from ten to twenty years. is to be avoided have time war comes we men into battle comes, whether they go trained material for raw enemy ALASKA MERCHANTS ORGANIZE week of Alaska Retail Mer- | tep in the right direction | need Formation this an chants and fills a long There is talk of sending British child war refu- gees to Canada. This, according to the Nazis, will felt Merchants throughout |amount to flooding North America with propaganda. the need an organization—in this age of organized endeavor—to represent their vital business Pessimists who assume all is lost should remem- interests and to combat a rising tide of governmental iper the Marne 26 years ago and the New York Yan- and other unfair competition in private industry. kees 26 days ago. Association is a Territory EMPIRE PHONE: 374 REASONS WHY The Daily Alaska EMPIRE Essential, Eftective POSSESTSSS 5 GOOD hard-hitting reasons! True this month—next month— and every month for advertisers in the Daily Alaska Empirel An “exclusive” for advertisers who want to bring back their adver- tising dollars in the recogniz- able form of increased sales! sl We can design ANY KIND of advertise- ment or Arfistic Layout you order! Produce Effective . . "Profitable and atirac- tive advertisements . . Art Work For © Advertisements ® Folders ® Letterheads, etc. experience = accelerpted growth in the immediate future, due principally to increased Army and Navy construction activity, To tviews of the greatest number of residents of the to investigate and clear up is the reported Army and Navy competition with private business in fields far removed from national having nothing to do with | the purposes for which the nation supports an Army Friends of America will understand the necessity | be compelled | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE T’HURSDAY JUNE .20, .1940. 1 HAPPY BIRTHDAY l.—»-.—-—«---——---o—-'o JUNE 20 Dr. W. P. Blanton | threatening aspect for human re- | lations affecting nations and fami- |lies alike. Later, benefic aspects| | promise good luck. | Heart and Home: Insight is | made keener under this sway which quickens understanding among | members of a family. The young | ‘should feel confidence in the, fu- | |ture and courage to meet what~ | ever comes to them. Both boys and | girls should benefit at this time | through perception of their re~ | sponsibility to the nation. Patrio- | tism awakens under this rule of | the stars. Business Affairs: Architects and | landscape artists will profit this year in which the building of American homes will take on ex- | ceptional interest. The stars pres- age large trade in whatever con- tributes to the beauty and comfort | of dwelling places. Novel gadgets to reduce housekeeping labor will multiply as women turn to publi¢ service made necessary by extra- ordinary events. | National Issues: Realization of | the interdependence of the nations | of the globe will be general at this| time as war's effects are felt by commerce and trade. Secret con- ferences in Washington will discuss the future policies of the United States. Need of a Pacific fleet is to be illustrated by untoward in-! cidents. Neutrality .is /to undergo a! strain that brings it to a breaking point. International Affairs: As the| Sun enters Cancer adverse aspeets for the British Government are discerned. While there are good aspects of Neptune there are evil omens for certain statesmen who will be unjustly ecriticized. The death of a distinguished statesman is forecast. Heated scenes in the British Parliament will continue to mark grave deliberations. Tremen- dous changes in India are prog- nosticated. Persons whose birthdate it is| have the augury of a year of many pleasant - experiences. cisions and impulsive acts should be avoided with unusual caution. Children born on this day prob- ably will be shrewd, exacting and critical. They should be taught to be tactful and unselfish, (Copyright, 1940) HELP A ALASKAN Telephone 713 or write' ‘The Alaska Territorial Employment Service /i3 for this qualiffed worker: } | BOOKKEEPER-STENOG' R A- PHER—Man, age 37, high school and business college training, and special legal training. Several years’ experience in responsible positions as stenographer and private secre- tary. Has worked as public, grapher and done public ing. Reliable, excellent referehoes. Call for ES 124 Bt Where Rain Is Big News { LOS ANGELES, June 20.—Ljeyten- ant Adolph W. Borsum's newspapér might pass up war news—but tl‘p weather, never! The paper is O Le Fa'atom ol‘ Pago Pago, Samoa. Borsum is editor because that is traditional jolp the naval dental officer ot t3 port. It circulates among 11,000 Samoans and 300 whites. “More important than war h whether Samoa is going to have & hurricane and how about rain,’ gaid Borsum. “When it rains at Pago Pago it's something to write about. Last year we had 19 inches in 24 hours.” NS ., The Dafly ‘Alaska Empire guar: s fin’trfiest Sy et newspapeé Hasty de-| JUNE 20, 1920 Civil war conditions prevailed in Londonderry, Ireland, and the authorities were powerless to stop the rioting which had been in progress for two days and which had so far resulted in the deaths of a score or more persons and the wounding of hundreds of others. Road workers of the Alaska Road Commission had their wages raised fifty cents a day it was announced by Major W. H. Waugh, Leo P. Kennedy, Superintendent of the Alaska Pulp and Paper Company, returned from the mill site at Speel River and was here to meet W. P. Lass, one of the company officials. Miss Lillian Collins, who had recovered from an appendicitis operation at St. Ann’s Hospital, was back at her duties in the Juneau Post Office. | C. J. Alexander, Superintendent for the Hoonah Packing Company at the cannery at Hoonah, was visiting in Juneau. John L. Carlson, owner of the Carlson cannery at Auk Bay, was in from the plant and at the Gastineau. Mrs. John T. Spickett, who had been visiting at Sitka, returned here on the Estebeth. J. J. Thompson, Superintendent of the Excursion Inlet cannary, and N. Neilson, auditor, were at the Gastineau. Weather: Highest, 50; lowest, 53; cloudy. T | Daily Lessons in English %. 1. cornon ey WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: A FONDLING is one who or that which is fondled, or caressed. A FOUNDLING is an infant found after its unknown parents have deserted it. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Morale. Pronounce mo-ral, OBEY, A as in ASK, accent last syllable. Y OFTEN MISSPELLED: Baggage, three G's. SYNONYMS: Jolly, jovial, joyful, gay, merry, vivacious. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’'s word: | ASSIDUOUS; performed with constant diligence or attention. “He was assiduous in his pursuit of success.” O as in e - e D S LOOK and lEARNA C. GORDON ) ) 1 D What is the legal meaning of disseize? Who founded the English navy? What are the two most important products of the Sahara? 4. Who invented the first machine to separate seed from cotton mechanically instead of by hand? 5. What principal river empties into the Dead Sea? ANSWERS: To dispossess or oust wrongfully. Alfred the Great (841-901). Dates and salt. Eli Whitney (1765-1825). The Jordan River. L o i e ) - MODERN ETIQUETTE " popgrra LEE’ s e Is one who is invited to a wedding anniversary supposed to take Q. a gift? A. Yes, this is customary. only guest without a gift. Q. If necessary to go to a theatre on the bus or streetcar, should one wear evening dress? A. Tt is not considered good taste to do so. Q. What should a servant say when announcing dinner? A. Merely say, “Dinner is served.” U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Buream) Forecast for Junean and vicinity, beginning at 4:30 p.m., June 20: Cloudy with showers tonight and Friday; minimum about 48 degrees tonight; gentle to moderate southerly wind. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Mostly cloudy with showers to- If you do not, you will probably be the erate variable winds, mostly southerly over sounds and straits and Lynn Canal. Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaskm Moderate variable winds, but mostly southwesterly from Dixon En- Hinchinbrook to Kodiak except moderate to fresh in vicinity of Kodiak. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer 71emp. Hurhidity Wind “slocity Weather 4:30 pm. yest'y ... 30.10 61 45 SSE 10 Pt.Cldy 4:30 a.m." today ... 30.00 48 92 N 2 Cloudy Noon today 29.97 50 89 ESE 6 Rain RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 3:30a.m. Precip. 3:30am. Station last 24 hours temp. temp, 24 hauu ‘Weather Barrow 35 28 28 Clear Fairbanks 69 62 52 T Cloudy Nome 48 42 43 06 Foggy Dawson 3 4 4“ 0 Cloudy Anchorage 62 51 53 .01 Cloudy Bethel . 64 4“4 45 ] Clear St. Paul ... 45 37 37 0 Foggy Dutch Harbor .. 48 45 46 11 Rain ‘Wosnesenski 45 45 0 Cloudy Kanatak 38 38 [ Cloudy Kodiak .. 48 48 0 Cloudy Cordova 44 4“4 [J Clear Juneau 48 48 02 Cloudy Sitka . ... g 40 47 01 Cloudy Ketchikan ... 57 50 50 25 Rain Prince Rupert .. 60 46 49 23 Rain Prince -George .. 83 41 43 04 Clear Seattle % | 51 52 [ Cloudy Portland ... 75 52 54 0 Cloudy San Francisco .. 65 | 54 56 0 Cloudy WEATHER SYNOPSIS Pressure was relatively low over the Gulf of Alaska this morn- ing and the western disturbance appears to have advanced slowly eastward with its center situated about 400 miles southwest of Dutch Harbor. A large area of high pressure extended from the North Pacific States southwestward to Mirway Island. Considerable cloudiness has prevailled over most of Alaska with light to moder- ate rains in Southeast Alaska, northern portion of British Colum- bia, and light showers in the Interior. Over the southern half of the Juneau Seattle Airways the weather continued fair with partly cloudy skies. _Junnu, June 21.—Sunrise 3:53 a.m,, -sunset 10:10 p.m, night and Friday; slightly warmer Friday afternoon; gentle to mod-| trance to Cape Hinchinbrook; and moderate easterly from Cape| Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blr agren Building PHONE 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILNDING Office Phone 469 Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. | PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm, ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles Coll~ge of Optometry sna Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. Carter| Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 r—— e Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Blomgren Bldg.———2nd Floor Front Street— Phone 636 — % JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING PR AR T FIRST FLIGHT ENVELOPES for the Alaska Clipper on sale at J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doors sn!sfled%\uwmen" T DR, H. VANCE OSTEOPATH 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 Juneau Melody House Music and Electric Appliances Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone 65 Archie B. Belis PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Bookkeeping Tax Service Room 8, Valentine Building Phone 676 1T COUSTS S0 LITTLE TO DRESS Bm'l'l.' AT DEVLIN'S Helene W. Albrecht PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Building—Room 7 Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel B. P. 0. ELKS meet every second and fourth Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers wel- come. H. E. SIMMONS, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. MOUNT JUN®AU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning "at 7:30 p.n RALPH B. MARTIN Master; JAMES W Becretary, ‘Worshipful LEIVERS, GUY SMITH DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- »ULLY COMPOUNDED Front Btrcet Next Coliseum PHONE 97—Free Delivery "Tomorrow's Styles | Today” Jlabgend Juneau’s Own Store — ““The Rexall Store” Yofir Reliuble Pharmacists Butler-Maurc Drug Co. HARRY RACE DRUGGIST SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. When in Need of DIESEL OIL—STOVE OIL YOUR COAL CHOICE GENERAL HAULING STORAGE and CRATING CALL US ! Jnul'lmslu{ | Phone 48—Night Phone 481 T FAMILY | SHOE STORE “Juneau’s Oldest Exclus- sive Shoe Store” Seward Lou Hudsen Btreet Manager s A0 S S SR OIS M R . | Try The Empite classifieds fou cesults. TELEPHONE—S51 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS » CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$125,000 * 2% PAID ON SAVINGS * SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank JUNEAU— ALASKA 1