The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 28, 1940, Page 4

5 short of vital war materials, that | D(ul) AI('S’.(' E"]I)lr(’ the Royal Air Force has been doing lots of damage, ed every evening except Sunddy by the | EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY such that Hitler needs a British refusal of his mag- S TR Y D T T Alaska. | esident | nanimous offer in order to whip the Germans up| R. L. BERN - Vice-Pre dent and Business Manager to righteous fury against the plutocratic encirclers. Entered in the Post Office {n Junea Second Class Matter. What the peace proposal does not mean—and England knows it—is that word and give his British way of life could get along in harmony side by side. Whatever the motives for the offer, the English people and world have seen enough of Hitler in action to know that they are bad ones. It will be time enough to talk of peace when Hitler and the principles which he has resurrected from the dark been destroyed. in which the the Delivered by By One ves one montt hackle on free men ha fer a favor if they will promptly notity [ ages to the Business of any failure or irregularity in the de- 3k i, ivery of their paper Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 314. Russian “Defens Against Lithuania MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoctated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for u 1l news dispatches credited to it or not other- (Philadelphia Record) per and also the local news publis . i oA e Soviet Russia is “protecting” itself again. It —————————————— hag invaded and taken over Lithuania. The popu- ARANTEED TO BE LARGER R PUBLICATION lation of the Soviet Union is 170,000,000. The popu- lation of Lithuania is 2 National Newspaper ooy e o d Vo, il e M oo This move bri Russian troops to the border d Boston. of Germany prop to the border of conservative TATIVE—Gilbert A. \ East Prussia, at that But Hitler won't complain, He still has Great o WO ftrir sy iy Britain to fight. He is still resolved not to make the Ka mistake of being trapped into a war two fronts. | The Nazis say they “have not defined their position” as to the Russian grab of Lithuania, which | indicates that Stalin did not consult Hitler before | moving. But this mild pout from Berlin may be all that is forthcoming in the way of protest, until the | Western Allies are finally defeated. | Hitler knows well that the seizure of Lithuania |is not aimed at Britain or France. him, just as the Russian invasion of Finland was designed to acquire bases on the Baltic and to pre- vent the Baltic from becoming a German lake. Stalin is putting Russia in the best possible position against a future conflict with Germany, and lat the same time is still helping the Germans fight |the Allies. On the same day as the Lithuanian seiz- ure, Russia asked Turkey to stay out of the war. | Since Turkey was committed to Great Britain, this HAIL WILLKIE! In Wendell Willkie the Republicans undoubtedly picked their strongest possible candidate for the|Russian pressure is a distinct help to Hitler's active presidency Young, er etic, handsome, he may |ally, Italy. be depended upon to carry forward valiantly the | Just as Great Britain formerly built up Germany ‘.u.am\t Russia, so Russia now continues to build lup Germany against Great Britain. The Soviet Union has not yet decided that Germany is the main enemy It is possible that this Russian policy will prove banner of big %usiness and reaction Willkie up until a few months ago couldn't de-| cide whether he was a Democrat or a Republican. | under the direction of the editor of| unparalleled publicity Then sudden Fortune Magazine, an cam- | shrewd. From here, it seems more likely that the paign brought the broad face of the glib utilities| pccians will learn, as the British are now learning, executive into everybody’s front room. The nation,|that to build up Hitler is to invite disaster. disgusted with the pitiful paradings of Dewey, Taft Meanwhile, the hypocritical Soviet policy of and Vandenberg, became W -conscious overnight. | “protecting” the rights of small nations is discredited Dewey and Taft had almost in case anyone still belicved in it. lican convention delegates sewed all the votes of Repub-|again, up, but they went | Willkie's triumph yes- | terday may be attributed almost entirely to the fact | that none of the delegates who voted for him knew | He was still very largely a myth, still| 1t a picture in the look pretty much nobody is handed the ination unless he is the crown prince The build-up for the big race is already way. Wall Street did its bit today by buying nobly, | Pt Bl e S demonstrating to the nation that as far as the specu- | e 0l WP CEERTRC LSRN, O Lot |in Germany has been the ability of unscrupulous lators are concerned Willkie is a fine guy and“"dmd,“], or groups to have persons against whom would make the greatest Republican President since ‘(h(“& hold a private grudge thrown into concentra- Herbert Hoover |tion camps as suspected traitors. Another has been Willkie, we repeat, is a strong candidate. His|the freedom given mobs to wreck the properties and charming personality and down-to-brass-tacks man- |even destroy the lives of their fellow citizens in the a disarming 'smoke screen for the rotten|name of patriotism. We | We had a taste of this sort of thing in the d\l!mwd States in the World War. Americans whose ancestors came to this country years ago to escape being crushed by the Prussian heel were occasionally S e subjected to mistreatment by irresponsible groups PEACE A LA HITLER of so-called patriots. When it was over we swore we =, would never do it again. to Philadelphia beaten men Mobsters are not Patriots (Cleveland Plain Des ler) the United States gets into war it will be By November he will|for the purpose of preserving humun liberties. But any other Republican. For|if, in our preparation to battle for our liberties, we Republican presidential nom- | deliberately throw them away we shall have be- | haved as irrationally as the farmer who burned his | wheat field to keep his neighbor’s cattle from tramp- ing it down. him very well magazines like of privilege under ner create and discredited system he wish him all the success Alfred M. Landon enjoye four years ago. now must represent, Heady from great triumphs in France, Adolf But we have done it again. In the last two Hitler holds forth his bloody hand with an offer of |weeks in various parts of the country, mobs have peace and friendship for England. Why? If we|burned the headquarters of organizations whom they |have assumed to be unpatriotic and have driven | members of such organizations out of town or other- wise molestgd them. Least excusable have been the attacks on a | certain religious group which does not believe in saluting the flag. We won't win any wars for de- mocracy by venting unwarranted fury against de- fenseless minorities at home. knew the answer, we might tell what way the history of the world would go in the next few months The German peace proposals could mean any one of a number of things—that the Nazis have suffered terrific losses in their Flanders and Paris campaigns, that the threatened invasion of England is just talk and has never been planned in detail, T Expert Job Printin PRODUCTIVE HAND BILLS, ECONOMICAL BUSINESS FORMS, EFFECTIVE POSTERS, OR DISTINCTIVE LETTERHEADS. All the above orders, or any high- grade printing work is available at The Empire Printing Company. The time and patience saved in ordering your printing done at home is a secondary matter when one considers that it is done at a saving. We are always ready to make estimates for you on the following: LETTERHEADS BILL HEADS STATEMENTS ENVELOPES (REGULAR) (AIRMAIL) (WINDOW) BLOTTERS SALES SLIPS SALES BOOKS LEDGER SHEETS CARDS BOOKLETS . Telephone 374 or 602 'The Daily Alaska Empire T Hitler would keep his| support to a new peaceful Europe | that Germany 1s in Germany, that public sentiment in the Reich is| and the German| | on| i It is aimed at| JUNE 28 E. E. Ninnis Fred Sorri Jr. | Robert Snell | Mrs. Robert Duckworth Pearl Seeds Walter Fukuyama Sigrid L. Coolin Mrs. Laurel McKechnie Gordon Wahto Edward L. Laurie T. J. Laverischeff | HOROSCOPE | || “The stars incline [ but do not ¢ ympel” | * + SATURDAY, JUNE 29 | | Adverse aspects rule today. Mars indicating violence which | organizations large and small. News of a depressing char- acter will be received from Euro- pean war centers, The need of def- | inite abandonment of neutrality may disturb Washington, Heart and Home: The configura- tion draws together members of families and their close friends. The mood of thankfulness for the bless- ings of peace will be intensified by perils that seem to draw nearer as battles rage overseas. American women will engage in work for the relief of women and children who are victims of the conflict. Practi- cal and scientific methods of co- operation will greatly enlarge bene- fits, but transportation ditficulties will continue to be serious. Business Affairs: Exporters will suffer severely as naval limitations extend, but ways of preparing for the future needs of after-war com- merce will develop. Domestic trade will be good. Unemployment will decrease as men are mobilized ‘for public service and women take po- sitions in shops and factories. Can- neries shqlld produce great stores of food for future needs. Next year is to be a time of stress. National Issues: Expansion of the United States Navy will be impera- tive, owing tq unfortunate happen- ings on the high seas. Shipbuild- mg will be stimulated by imm: orders from foreign lands. The struction by wars in Europe and Asia will cause intensive work" the United States shipyards, eas and west. American inventors' wm contribute much to modern design- ing of ocean craft. Owners of ves- sels of many sorts will profit through sales to foreign buyers. * International Affairs: Bulgaria comes under a sway that seems to presage changes in government in midsummer, Communistic propa- ganda will affect the people, Tur- key is to make great strides in maritime matters. Danger of the European war becoming in fact the mueh talked of Armaged*on will culminate next month, it* foretold. Hospitals will cause great concern as the summer advanges. American surgeons will be in de- mand. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of ac- tivity that is satisfactory. Initiative and industry will be generously rewarded, Marriages will be fortu- nate. Children born on this day prob- ably will be ambitious, courageous and original. These subjects of Cancer will be at times a bit dif- ficult and quick-tempered, (Copyright, 1940) S e NOTED BRIDGE ENGINEER DIES (Ccntmued Trom P.qg,c One) a sign affects United States in 1876 with his mother and her second husband, Count Bozenta Chlapowski, They lived for a brief time in Hoboken, N. J, then undertook to run a ranch in Caljjfornia, This enter- prise proved a failure and in 1878 Mme. Modjeska returned to dthe stage in San Prancisco while ‘the on departed for the Ecole des Ponts et Cchaussees at Paris, ; He was graduated from that institu- tion with top honors in 1885, ! With U. p Back in the Uniled Siates, he went to work for the Union Pa- cific Railroad as an assistant ‘en= gineer and served various industrial organizations until 1892 when he opened his own office in Chicago. In later years he also maintained an office and residence in New York. In 1883, he became a naturalized | morn: citizen of the United States under the name of Modjeski, the H#cu- “fle form of his mother's - gjage | Mrs. Tony Lindstrom and son Al- bert, Tony Lindstrom, Miss om}nn is ‘Superintendent of the Yaki- | With the building of a new higl Government Railroad system, Alaska was to have marked improvement of road conditions if plans of Col. James Gordon Steese, new President | of the Alaska Road Commission, were worked out. the title of “Goddess of Liberty” for | the mother and child were doing ni George Shoucair, of the Leader |order for a new Dodge five-passenger touring car. | to be one of the new 1920 models which had many new features, including |the new slanting windshield, the new forced oiling system and the gypsum curtains which opened and closed with the doors. Mrs. Mona Anderson, well known audience with her singing, and she was to appear again on the stage to present several new song hits. Indicating that the home folks have faith in the proposition, Henry WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do to express “I have no SERVANT (or maid).” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: An is in a threatening place. There is g\ g g5 in LESS, second E as in ME, accent third syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Pickaninny. SYNONYMS: Auditorium, chapel, hall, room, assembly room. | WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: | PRONENESS; inclination of mind, | “proneness to self-gratification.” o...._..-_»- - | LOOK and LEA 1. Which is the largest America 2. Who was the greatest of all and political liberty? 4. What is the weight of an offi ANSWERS: The beaver. Aristotle (384-322 B.C.). Magna Charta. G The Nile. e e | MODERN ETIQUETTE Q. When an unmarried woman sne introduce herself by saying ‘T am No. What does AU JUS mean? A Q. A. Yes, if she wishes to do so. Q A. With natural gravy. JUNE 28, 1920 Miss Mary Thompson won over other candidates in a contest for A seven-pound baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott and 3. What is the name of the great document 6f England’s personal | 5. 'What is the largest river in Africa? Not less than 5 ounces. nor more than 5% ounces. e ) D S T Merely say, “I am Miss Wilson.” 1Is it all right for a woman to wear a corsage with street clothes? I —— _ . Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Yl Director Drs. Kaser and B. P. 0. ELKS meet every second and fourth hway system as an auxiliary to the Wednesday at 8 p, m, F reeburger Z’;z:cm% l);!mthers wel- e. SIMMONS; 5 SID] PHONE 56 ES, Secretary _— the July Fourth parade. P Lo MOUNT JUN¥AU LODGE NO. m Second and fourth Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p.m RALPH B. MARTIN Worshipful Master; JAMES W LEIVERS, iecretary, ) Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 p.m. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 Department Store, had placed an The new cay was vocalist, pleased the Palace Theatre Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. GUY SMITH DRUGS Roden, President of the Chilkat Packing Company, reported that the PHONE 667 4 | company was being backed extensively by the people of Haines. | Pflrm:l:!:::lsugfgg ARG ESC’Rr - Weather. Highest, 51; lowest, 48; rain. — »ULLY COMPOUNDED U y—— UG — Front Street Next Coliseu pe Dr. John H. Geyer v poied N Daily L in English 3 it T i =SSR AR S SR | vaily essons In English w. L. corpoON Room 9—Valentine Bldg. | PBONE 1762 - ) s e 0 ) - > s O Hours: 8 am. to 6 pm, _ not say, “I have no help at present” ""Tomorrow's Styles i Today” A Juneau’s Own Store | S — | —_— ——_— ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles Coll~ge of Optometry ana ‘Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground esthesia. Pronounce an-es-the-zi-a, Let us | heart, or temper; disposition; as,j' ey The Charles W. Carter| Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 RN A. C. GORDON “The Rexall Store” Your Relisble Pharmacists Butler-Maure Drug Co, | n rodent? Greek philosophers? Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Blomgren Bldg.———2nd Floor | | } | | Front Street~————Phone 636 | | _ o | HARRY JAMES C. COOPER || BACE [ C.P.A. DRUGGIST icial league baseball? ——emoaSc by “The Squibs Business Counselor Stores of ROBERTA LEE COOPER BUILDING . Alaska™ is making a business caM, should g ed " . Edith Wilson™? - “The ‘Stére for Men™ L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by SABIN°’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. construction as designer, consultam or supervisor on structures in al- most every section of the country.| In late years is was estimated that | he figured on projects whose cost| totaled more than $200,000,000. The largest item in his list was the series of bascule bridges which Chicago and its sanitary district constructed over its river and can- als. There were a score or more of these spans and he supervised most of them. He also designed or served as consultant on the McKinley Bridge at St. Louis, the Columbia River Bridge at Celilo, Ore., the Mis- sissippi River bridges at Rock Is- land, Ill, and Keokuk, Ia.; the Thames River Bridge at New Lon- don, Conn., the Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence, the Vie- tory Bridge over the Delaware at Philadelphia, the Manhattan Bridge over the East River at New York, the Mid-Hudson Bridge at Pough- keepsie, N. Y., Ohio River bridges at Cincinnati and Metropolis, Ill.; the Cherry Street Bridge at Toledo, O., and many of the Northern Pa- cific’s bridges in the northwest. Domestic Career Modjeski was married twice. He was wed in 1885 to Felice Benda of Krakow, Poland. They had three children, Felix Bozenta, Marylka Stewart and Charles Emmanuel. In 1914 he sued for divorce at Portland, Ore, but lost the case. In 1916 he sued for separaie main- tenance in Chicago, lost, appealed and won. On July 6, 1931, he ob- tained a divorce at Reno, Nev., and the next day married Mrs, Mary T. Giblin, divorcee of New York and California. In 1930 Mrs. Bella Silvera, an employee, ill of sleeping sickness, it was said, committed suicide in his New York apartment. In 1932 Miss Jeanne De La Mar, interpre- ative dancer, took poison before is picture but recovered suffici- ntly to sue him for $1,000,000 for oreach of promise. Later the suit was settled for $1,500. AR R L I KNOX AND JOSLYN OUT WITH ELECTRA Pilots Bill Knox and Hermann Joslyn flew north to Fairbanks this morning with an Electra. Those who flew north were H. Friele, O. G. Olson, Nancy Earling, Modjeski played a part in bridge | McIntyre and R. Erown, Satisfied Customers” Wllllue Vlanls "Big - Government” fo Take |! Big Business Medicine free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; (Continued trom Page One) 7 to 8:00 by appoinment, T Gastineau Hotel Annex 1924 was delegate to the Demo-| South Franklin St. Phone 177 cratic convention, R Struck by Willkie’s work, B. C. Cobb of Commonwealth Power Corporation, summoned him to New York to help assemble Common- wealth and Southern Corporation. When Cobb's health failed he backed Willkie for the presidency of the firm. It was as President of Com- monwealth and Southern that Willkie gained national fame by fighting the Administration taking over company property for TVA. GASTINEAU CAFE DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination LUNCHEON SPECIALTIES Juneau Melody House Music and Electris Appliances Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone 65 When in Need of DIESEL OIL—STOVE OIL YOUR COAL CHOICE amgnu. HAULING STORAGE and CRATING e —— Archie B. Betis PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Finally, the SEC arbitrated the Bookkeeping Tax Service e dispute, setting a price for the Room 8, Valentine Building S company’s holdings and Willkie Phone 676 sold out at a good figure. e | Juneau Transfer The Willkies live simply for Phone 48—Night Phone 481 people in their position. Usually they vacation in Indiana where they have 1,500 acres of farmland. willkie puts on old clothes then and chins with the farmers. At home in the Willkie apartment are thousands of books, And he can tell you what’s in most of IT CUSTS S0 LITTLE TO DRESS SMARTLY AT DEVLIN'S T FAMILY SHOE STORE “Juneau’s Oldest Exclus- them. sive Shoe Store” Helene W. Albrechi Seward Lou Hudsen Street Manager PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Building—Room 7 STOoCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 28. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4%, American Can 98%:, American Power and Light 4, Anaconda 19 3/4, Bethlehem 9812, Anoconda 19 3/4, Bethlehem Steel 76, Commonwealth and South~ e — A ———— TELEPHONE—S51 ern 1%, Curtiss Wright 7, General COMMERCIAL AND Motors 43%, International Harves- SAVINGS ACCOUNTS ter 42 3/4, Kennecott 25 373, New * York Central 11 7/8, Northern Pa- APITAL—$50, cific 6%, United States Steel 52%, 9 1000 Pound $3.93%. SURPLUS—$125.000 [ T * DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 122.06, rails 26.15, utilities 22.89. —_——— GUESTS DEPART Mr. and Mrs. M. Johnson of Yak- ima, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs, Fred Geeslin here for the past few weeks, left on the steamer Princess Louise this morning. John- 2% PAID ON SAVINGS * SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank' JUNEAU—ALASKA dian Agency.