The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 2, 1940, Page 4

4 e o . o b . coming from the Unitea States, but who were there - ¢ al y as (', anlre before America purchased Russia Published every evening except Sunday by the S5 o1 Who has beeni in business, in & service EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY BENDER - - 5 B w5 President R. L. BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business M *|the United States Government did not encourage and foster settlement of more Americans in Alaska. I should like to explain here that I am not in favor of subsidies because it does no real good to any per- son. [Except that the settler should be given the wherewithal to start. From then on the land should pay for itself out of its produce. Give the settler certain essential equipment and that is all. Not like in the Matanuska Colony where bathtubs and that sort of thing were supplied. “I am just one individual who lives in New York, who rides in subways, and who knows that in the last two years out of Hollywood have come pioneering pictures in considerable numbers; some of them may have been phony, but if only one-tenth of the things in these films are correct, a certain percentage of our population must have been intrigued by them... “The Department of the Interior or whoever else is responsible has done a good deal of work with CCC camps, for example, to promote the de- velopment of American youth, and has spent time | and effort on it. But no propaganda is used—I eall it propaganda, it is the easiest word to use—to en- courage this same American youth to settle in un- ‘(i('\“!'l()p('d sections of the United States, such as | Alaska. These young people are the ones to do it. I am not especially concerned here with college youth; they are football players mainly. | the job-conscious youth either, but it is the young person who is absolutely lost today—people like that {can be settled in Alaska. “If people in England at one time were willing | to invest money in a wild thing called America, I |don't see why it would be difficult for America to find investors ... It seems to me that in the total | population of 130,000,000 where a good many are speculators and willing to take a chance, there ought to be no difficulty in finding people who would in- vest in a corporation such as is mentioned in the bill One of the most remarkable—and unenlightening| ~ “I am an American citizen who pays taxes and —documents to come to our attention in a long time|votes. I am definitely interested in the problems the report of hearings held last May before a|of the United States. I became interested in this Subcommittee of the Committee on Territories and |Alaska thing because I saw the bill written up in Insular Affairs of the United States Senate concern-| the press. ing the settlement and development of Alasl First | but it doesn’t really matter, because information is coples of the 254-page Government publication :u—“HVflllflbl" aad you have to believe some things you rived in | read. . . The he “I am interested in Alaska now because the bill SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrler in *uneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in one month, in advance, $1.25 ', $6.00; Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- livery of thelr papers Telephones: New Office, 602; Business Office, 374, # ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoctated Press ls exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wiee credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. MEMBER ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER ( | THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. | GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc, Bves, with offices in_San Francisco, Aeattle, Chicaro, New York and Boston SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE-Gllbert A. Wellington, 1011 American Bank Build; Wational Newspaper Representa- Los Angeles, Portland, " GRETTA GAYLORD ON ALASKA is Juneau yesterday rings were had in conneetion with the ! King-Havenner Bill which would set up corporations | came up, and even before the bill I read about towns | refugees | like Hope, with a population of 15, and I wondered The mIU-iWhM | “When I was out on the coast I saw articles in to “develop” Alaska admitting foreign in excess of existing immigration quotas. nists from Europe would be allowed to come to Al- by aska but would not be allowed to settle in any | the press about the proposed Alaska highway. of the 48 States or any other Territory }C:umd:ls story was that not enough people live in The hearings were remarkable because of the | Ala so there is no point in building a railroad identity of the witnesses (all but three or |nlll"m' a highway. But it seems you can't get settlers of them were Department of the Interior (,Hu-u;!hrrr‘ because you can’t transport them or their holders) and the nature of the testimony given | products. And since you don't build roads before For instance, there was Miss Gretta Gaylord ()l}_\'r)u have settlers, it is the duty of the settlements 6765 Groton Street, Forest Hills, Long Island. Miss|and alw: has been to do that work. If the set- Gaylord spoke up in the first place to challenge | tlers don’t want to build their own roads, but want the validity of protests from Alaska which Delegate | the WPA to build for them, then I think the settlers Dimond had read into the record. The protests, all | deserve to starve In opposition to the proposed legislation, were from| “SENATOR KING. Do you approve of this bill, the Chambers of Commerce of Juneau, Fairbanks, | Miss? Wrangell, Cordova, Ketchikan, Valdez and Kodiz “MISS GAYLORD. I certainly approve of the ta Miners Association and Pioneers | bill of Alaska, Reading the population figures for the | various towns mentioned, Miss Gaylord said “it appears that the expressions of such small communi- ties as mentioned above are devoid of logic since the local interests of small scattered settlements ought not to be used as a yardstick for the urgent and from the Als “SENATOR KING. state? ( “MISS GAYLORD. No; except that I would be one of the stockholders if such a corporation were formed. I wouldn’t want my money back either.” We said the report of the hearings was unen- Have you anything else to requirements of an entire unpopulated and unde- |lightening. It does serve as least one useful purpose. veloped territory.” |1t ns us in Alaska to be on guard against the In opposition to the viewpoint of these “small|Gretta Gaylords of the United States. They'll ruin scattered settlements” of Alaska, Miss Gaylord of-|us if they can. fered her own opinion. We quote: There is much more to be said about the hear- “MISS GAYLORD. 1 am an American citizen, |ings. When we have a chance to read into the re- have been one since I was born. I have been in-| port a little farther, we'll say it. since I was so high, and the pioneering his- | terested ‘in pioneering 1 have read a good deal about tory of America. . . “I think we have had Alaska for about 70 years; the total population today is approximately 60,000 of which a considerable number are not Americans, that is, whites. As a matter of fact many of the Brakes have been devised for roller skates. As white population of Alaska are descendants of the{soon as somebody figures out a way to stop pedes- original Russian settlers, who were not Americanstrians in a hurry, we'll be getting somewhere, Berlim insists there is an insurmountable” gap between American and authoritarian thought, It could not be otherwise after thought had been abol- ished in the authoritarian States. o000 HERE'S WHY * The Empire has modern equipment for economical production The Empire's printing staff is composed of men who are craftsman in their own specialized field The Empire has a com- plete and varied stock of printing papers and builds respect for your business. An original print job, showing crafts- manship, reflects the policy and product of your firm. Therefore, you cannot risk the possibility of wrong impres- sions because of inferior printing. The Empire guarantees more than satis- factory printing—at a fair price! The Daily Alaska Empire 602—Phones—374 O L The Empire’s prices are fair and service prompt— ask our customers Large or Small Jobs Handled Quickly and Efficiently business, which is typography—I am a typographic | designer—I have always been curious to know why | It is not| I have never been to Alaska, incidentally, | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, AUG. 2, 1940. AUGUST TUE | WED | THUR] FRI | SAT 1940 O e HAPPY BIRTHDAYJ : AUGUST 2 | - H. B. Crewson Iva Tilden Al Schrow Robert Feero Robert Turner Virginia Bardi Mrs. Henry H. Larsen il — HOROSCOPE. “The stars incline but do not compel” * - -+ | SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 Adverse aspects are 'strong t.oday‘ | which is favorable to beginnings | of many sorts. Preliminary work is | well directed. Under this plane- tary government it is wise to face | facts and then to indulge in re-| | creation that will be refreshing The inclination for travel and| change will be strong this month and next. | Heart and Home: Women are fairly fortunate under this dlrcc-‘ tion of the stars. It is an auspici-| ous date for hospitalities, especi- ally for those in which the young are interested. Romance flourishes mildly but positively under this direction of the stars which (‘n-{ ables the head to guide the heart. Extreme heat in certain parts of| the country will cause illness among | the aged. Violent electrical storms | are prognsticated. | Business Affair; Manulantmr.wt of shoes are to profit greatly | through mass contracts and again the cost of leather will be widely| will find employment 4n many ist will contribute to an American invention of mnote. Lari ale| housing projects will be adw as demand for homes increases in the early autumn, Economists| ills of the world. | National Issues: Radio discus-| sions of public affairs will reveal the growth of wise patriotism which realizes that sacrifice is the nec-| essary price of freedom and pms-; perity in maintaining the ideals of democracy. As the United States| expands in world power there will be unity of purpose among na- tional leaders. Although proletarian | criticism of preparedness pollc!es‘ will continue, the people will sup-| port the government enthusiasti-| cally. | International Affairs: American banks and banking will be greatly | concerned with the state of Euro-| pean financial crises. The posses- sion of so much of the world’s gold | will become a liability instead of an asset, if the plans of hostile| powers can be realized. Indirectly Uncle Sam will be paying good money to dictators as international | banking and American aid to war victims lure many dollars from this side of the Atlantic. Persons whose birthdate it is| have the augury of much good for-| tune in the coming year. They should be cautious, however, in all their business affairs, Legal papers may deceive. Children born on this day prob- ably will be determined in char- acter, inclined to domineering ways and able to lead others. They are the claims Prince George from Jasper. arrived later, easiness or apprehension. technical vocations, A foreign chem-‘guf‘,l depart? 20 YEARS AGO #ip; E EMPIRE o € D)) ) - -~ 1 AUGUST 2, 1920 A restraining order had been issued by the Circuit Court of Appeals of the other. of San Francisco and was served on H. L. Faulkner, attorney for the Chichagoff Mining Company, to restrain that company from working ground in the Over-the-Hill and Rising Sun mines on Chichagof Island until an accounting had been made by the company for ore taken from The order was the outcome of a suit decided in favor of John Tuppela, who was adjudged half interest in one claim and sole owner United States Attorney James A. Smiser, accompanied by Mrs. Smiser, arrived here on the Northwestern after a vacation in California. R. F. Richardson, Alaska agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway, returned from a trip to Ketchikan where he had been looking after business for his company Master George Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Hall, entertained a number of friends in honor of his eighth birthday. Three of the four U. S. Army planes comprising the Alaska squadron which was blazing a trail from Mineola, New York, to Nome, arrived at One was forced to put back to Jasper, but Capt. E. L. Hunter, of the Killisnoo boat White Wing, was in the city on the Traveller, another hoat belonging to the same company. Weather: Highest, 54; lowest, 51; cloudy. [P EU———— Daily Lessons in English 3. 1. corpon - )] 1 - ) 0 ] 0 - WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: am anxious to succeed” implies un- Say, “I am DESIROUS (or EAGER) LOI‘ succeed.” “The wife was ANXIOUS concerning her husband’s safety.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Temporarliy. | first syllable, secondary accent on third syllable. Principal accent is on OFTEN MISSPELLED: Protege (masculine.) Protegee (feminine). 1‘ SYNONYMS: Wonderful, wondrous, amazing, astonishing, marvelous. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word Let us TINCTURE (verb); to imbue; flavor; impregnate. “Early were our minds | tinctured with a distinguishing sense of good and evil."—Atterbury. MODERN ETIQUETTE *” nogmrra Len | Q Q. Isn't it poor form for salespeople to address customers as “honey,"” | “dear,” “girlie,” “doctor,” “captain,” “brother,” “boss,” etc.? A. Yes, and it often means loss of business. A well-bred person re- discussed. Highly trained refugees sents such familiarity from a stranger When a formal dinner begins at eight, at what time should a A. Eleven, or a little before, unless dancing or some other form of enterfainment follows Q. Should a man comb his hair in public? A. No; this is considered effeminate. NOW Will OffEr DANACEAS FOT | BIE | emwomm oo e oo o o s, . o). ) 0. 0 0 0.0 LOOK and LEAR by A. C. GORDON How many hen’s eggs does one ostrich egg of normal size equal? 1. 2. Who wrote, “To err is human; to forgive, divine"? 3. What is alluvium? 4. Is the Gulf of California in the United States? 5. What President of the United States was known as “Sir Veto"? ANSWERS: 1. About thirty-six 2. Alexander Pope, English poet (1688-1744). 3. Soil, sand, gravel, or similar material, deposited by running water. 4. No; it is in Mexico. 5. Andrew Johnson. Fate 'ol Theseus Unknown NEW YORK, Aug. 2—The fate| It required Theseus, 90,000 pounds of bones and at- of the British steamer The Mackay Radio officials say they have been unable to pick up any further reports. | i | The Theseus is reported to be loaded with refugee children from the British Isles, bound for Can- ada. NOTICE AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing air route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv. - D transportation of which radioed an SOS yesterdayi tached rock to assemble five dino- morning that she was being at-.saur skeletons at the University tacked by a submarine is unknown. of Utah. likely to be successful all through life. (Copyright, 1940) ——— - ——— CHURCH BUS PROVES HIT WAYNOKA, Okla., Aug 2.—Rev. S. B. Nichols of the First Baptist Church has put the rural school bus idea to good advantage in boosting Sunday school attendance. “If it works for schools why won't it work for churches, too?” he asked when he learned that persons living near Waynoka want- ed to attend church but had no transportation. S0 the church acquired an old school bus and now it covers & 16- mile route every Sunday morning. — e - g v s e e = ? HELP AN ALASKAN Telephore 713 or write The Alaska Territorial Employment Service for this qualified worker. REGISTERED NURSE— Woman, single, age 46. Graduate nurse, reg- istered. Extensive nursing experi- ence in hospitals and private dut; Call for ES 146. e - Subscribe to Tne Daily Alasks Empire—the paper with the largea paid circulation, 4 rAs batisté__Voted—For Batista Colonel Fulgencio Batista, Cuban strong man, easts his Baflot umnunl election which he won by a wide margin, Four persons and 26 wotinded in the rioting which accompanied the n the | Drs. 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