The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 22, 1941, Page 4

= s e o s ~ Daily Alaska Empi Published pvery cvening except Sunday by the MPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. HELEN TROY BENDER R. L. BERNARD President Manager Vice-Presidert «nd Business Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Junean and Douglas for $1.25 per month y iail, postage paid. at the following rates: One vear. dvance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, advance, $1.26. Subscribrs will confer a favor if they will promptly nots, the Busine.s of anv fallure or (rregularity ‘a e de livery of their pagecs Telephones. News Ulfice, 003, Busiuess UIfi MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRI The Assoctated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for cepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- Tim credited in this paper and also the local news published rein. 34, " ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc., National Newspaper Representa- tives, with offices in_San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE—Gilbert A. Wellington, 1011 American Bank Buildin. E WAS HUMBLE H Chosen Pre governmenl with culprit who is soing t sald, “The decorations cannen, and the loud ich rent the sky went to the “feclings not unike those of a the place of execution.” He of Lips, the roar of the 1 the people s I walked along t treets i hey he seat of the ama °d n are p! n with sensations as painf the oath of office, he protested: { difficulty of the trust could not but despondence one who, inheriting from nalure, and unpracticed civil admiuistration. ought to be his own deficiencies.” s never known a greater Washington, nor one more reatnes Certair he nation has patriot. Fe braved consider- riotism. hardly less hopeless enitude whelm rior er with lowmer in the duties of peculiarly The Uniwd than Geor co! s of tes ider e y mure than death in his The present Greek cause i than was the cause of the colonists when George Washington undertook to defy the most powerful naticn on earth with an ill-equipped, small army of volunteers. Enlistments were for a three-month period—expiring almost as‘quickly as the men could be given preliminary t:uining. Dissension broke out repeatedly in Congress. Washington's tactical re- treats, his recurrent defeats, damaged his public support. Franceé had promised aid, but none was forthcoming until late the Revolution. Only a Washington could have persevered his undertaking. ity, of adversity, of back-breaking responsibility, both as the liberator of the colonies and as the man who gave shape of the young nation's govern- ment. He had wished to live amid the mild con- cerns of ordinary life”” But fate assigned him to & task, and he performed it, immortally. rrenter P in 36 YEARS OF ROTARY Tomorrow is the 36th anniversary of a thought and a movement which will leave a mark upon the history of the world. On February 23, 1905, Paul Harris, a young Chicago attorney, lonesome in a big city in which he had recently arrived and missing the friendly centacts to which he had become accus-|are not guaranteed by law, but are discretionary.” ilash};glon Merry- Go-Round % .Continued from Page Oue) | e mean everything | East Indies. SPEEDY “The | He drained the cup of unpopular- | Secretary of Commerce he has en- tirely too much to do. months delay in smelting tin might | dustry—if Japan invades the Dutch SPEAKERS ! There are five men in the House him if he has one, and he flips | tomed in the New England village from which he came, called together a few friends. i At that meeting, simply an informal gathering of fellowship, was born Rotary International, the world's foremost service club. The organization gained its name from'the fact that it met in rota- tion at the various places of business of its early members. Paul Harris still lives in Chicago and s still a good Rotarian. Today the organization lists 5000 clubs in 65 countries. Total membership exceeds 210,000. One of those 5000 clubs is located in Juneau. | Others have been instituted recently at Sitka, An- | thorage and Fairbanks and clubs are proposed for | Petersburg and Nome. The oldest club in Alaska |and the one which sponsored formation of the Ju- I neau club is that at Ketchikan, which gladly ylelded |its title of farthest north Rotary club in America | in order to spread the good work of the organization, | Just as Juneau has so recently been glad to give up I(ln- distinction in order to extend Rotary to An- | chorage and Fairbanks. Rotary is dedicated to the ideal of service. The !mnlm of its members is “He profits most who serves best.” This service is extended in four directions, in club service through the fellowship the organiza- ings to elevate business and professional ethics, com- munity service through its projects for civic better- ment, and international service through the spirit ici world fellowship which membership in every civilized nation encourages. | Juneau is a better place for having a Rotary club, just as the world is a measurably better place for having 5,000 Rotary clubs. The Gold Standard (New York Times) Close on the heels of the reaching of $22,000,- 1000000 by gold held in the Treasury, against | $17,700,000,000 a year before, come statements of | actual production of new gold during 1940. The United States produced more than in any previous !calendar year, the increase in ounces over 1939 being | 5% percent. The Transvaal output, also a high record, increased 8% percent, Canada similarly is known to have broken precedent. On the basis of the Federal Reserve's monthly estimates, the whole world’s gold production must have increased about | six percent over 1939 to a figure more than 50 per- | cent above 1933, This is not at all mysterious. The fixing in 1933 of our Government's buying price for gold at $35 per ounce, instead of the former price of $20.67, |gave a strong inducement for larger output from | American mines—all the more so since the higher price paid for the gold was not offset by an equival- ent rise in general prices. Our Government’s bid | influenced foreign gold production similarly, In | addition, there was the special inducement that | 8old produced abroad could be used to settle the | large trace balances this country’'s favor or, par- | vicularly in 1939 and 1940, to build up credits for | safekeeping in the United States. This continuous increase in gold production, and the shipment of more than the world’s yearly out- ;puL to this country, are incidents which were bound to revive discussion of the future function of gold as the standard of value. One phase of that ques- tion was raised by an inquiry put to the Federal Re- off the gold standard. January Bulletin, that if we adhere to the old defini- tion of the gold standard as a system under which the Government was required to buy gold at a fixed |“we are not now on the gold standard.” Neverthe- !less, the board continues: | “Gold movements have continued to affect the | volume of bank reserves and bank deposits in the United States, in the same way as before 1933. In fact, we have operated for the past seven years in a manner that does not differ in its economic of- fects from those of the old gold standard.” But the board condiflons this view of our present arrangement by the fact that today “the price of gold and the Treasury's willingness to buy or sell it the weighty stuff, Mr, Stimson thoughtfuily throws in an item for the feature writers about the es- tablishment of an Army dog team in Alaska. i Everybody wears a badge | identification, except the | tary of War, A lady reporter asks Three to American in- of it was up to Secretary of Com-|of Representatives, who, when they back his coat and shows it, pinned merce Jes: American company and advance it porters of debate shift into high | Tegulation badge, about $6,000,000 of RFC money to|gear. Out of 435 build a smelter on this side of the lowing have a reputation for ex-| Atlantic. | ceeding the oral se Jones to select anrise to speak, make the official re-|to a vest pocket. But instead of a he wears members, the fol-| marked “Temporary Duty.” In the midst of the laughter, | someone tries to make a case that one speed limits: tion engenders, vocational service through its striv-| serve Board—whether the United States was on or| The board answers, in its' price from any one and sell it to any one, then, Secre- | Three months have now pas und this hos not yet been done Jesse Jones can't make up lis miud the smelter shall be lo- Meanwhile the Holivian Govern- ment has been dumping tin ore at South American ports along the Pacific awaiting shipment to the United States -waiting for Jesse Jones to decide wncl ne.- ter will be or Gul i he smeleer be Jones fin- of the e is being dumped on th2 d sheiter, where it Reid F. Murray, of Wisconsin; he is about to resign. Blushing, "' John M. Coffee, of Washington; | the only man who has been twice Francis Case, of South Dakota; Secretary of War and once Secre- Luther Patrick, of Alabama; Jerry !Ary of State, shakes his head and :me conference breaks up. | is, of California. hey all speak at a rate of 190 |4 200 words a minute, and some- | MERRY-GO-ROUND | times faster. The usual speed of Brigadier General Raymond Lee, | office dictation is from 120 to keen military attache in London, 1136 words a minute. is now home on leave and jumps When a member of Congress every time a® plane zooms over speaks at 200 words a minute, “it| Washington airport . . . Able U. S. us hopping,” according to Roads Commissioner Tom Mac- Roy L. Whitman. But' Donald points out that there were every one of the staff of six cover- only 1,700,000 autombbiles in the ine House debates can take short- United States in 1914; 19,000,000 hand even at that speed—and they in 1926, but 32,000,000 in 1939. do it from a standing position, Meanwhile the road programs of eporter 1941 FEBRUARY 1941 [0 TN [ T0x T Wi [vwom 7 [ | | o 45| |EE 3 6|7 |EE10(11221314 17 5 24 20|21 27/28] " | O e et o '| HAPPY BIRTHDAY | et | FEBRUARY 22 Evelyn Claire Hollmann | Dave Davenport | Mrs. J. A. Hellenthal Robert Jernberg Mrs. Ed Jahoda Mrs. Tom Greenhow Reynold Johnson | | | FEBRUARY 23 Thelma Akridge Mrs. Grover C. Winn B. F. Kane Bob Martin —_— HOROSCOPE | i “The stars incline | but do not compel” | . + | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Mingled good and adverse as- pects are discerned in the horo- scope for today. The morning is a fortunate time for women’s in- terests. The clergy are under a |good direction of the stars after | midday. Heart and Home: Women should pay unusual attention to the church |at this time when the stars pres- |age great need of spiritual percep- tion in a world in which a new dread is daily developing for mothers and wives whose men must !be ready to defend their country. According to astrologers, there| | will be an extreme crisis for the| | United States but the seers do not| oretell that many lives will Le! acrificed in conflict. Defense is to be so thorough in its preparedness |that there will be no enthusiasm| |about proving our power. | Business Affairs: Transportation | companies will profit handsomely, | for there will be increased travel| by airplanes and railways. Hotels, ‘will also profit. Merchants shqmd lenjoy a brisk spring trade. Fash-‘ {ions are to take a quirk which] | should bring profit to milliners and | to dress shops. Leather goods may | rise in price and the wise will buy plenty of shoes early in the spring. Articles formerly made in Ei will be manufactured in this try and soon will appear on market, it is forecast. % National Issues: Need of becom-| |ing an ally of Britain in the broad- | est sense will be heatedly dis-| {cussed in Congress as the Empire| ‘reaches a most perilous phase inv jthe war. The gravity of the con-| flict will cause a keener realization | of the menace to the United States in the possibility of an Axis vic-‘ | tory. While the stars are read as| | promising a final defeat for Hit- |ler, days of extreme stress are fore-| cast. The people of the United States must expect to make the| !real sacrifices: before world peace| is attained. | International Affairs: A politi- |cal crisis is prophesied for the| British government. A leading| |statesman will be incapacitated| from illness caused by overwork and extreme strain. The premier {should take the utmost precautions| in safeguarding his health and| avoiding dangers of all sorts. The possibility of an armistice in the late spring is foreshadowed, hu\:i the great conflict will continue for many months—1943 being the date presaged for a final peace. Persons whose birthdate it is| have the augury of profit through lands and mines. Friends may be trying and perhaps over-officious. Children born on this day will| be serious and kindly in nature and keen in their mentality. Much| good fortune is indicated for them. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24 Adverse planetary aspects rule | through the business hours of this day. It is not a favorable sway for launching any important busi- !ness matter for there may be some, serfous industrial crisis, due to labor troubles. | Heart and Home: In the evening | High School auditorium the previous evening and a capacity crowd 20 YEARS A'GO P empire FEBRUARY 22, 1921 Washington’s Birthday was appropriately celebrated in the Juneau attended the exercises. Little June Kennedy celebrated her sixth birthday at the home of her parents on Twelfth Street and six little boy and girls were her guests. The Rev. James H. Condit was to leave on the Princess Mary for a | trip to Seattle and San Francisco which was to take about three weeks. Miss Nellle Simpkins, who had been visiting relatives at Tacoma and Seattle for several months, returned on the Princess Mary. Charles Meldner, proprietor of the Capital Dye Works, of Juneau, returned here on the Admiral Watson from a trip to the south. Miss Mary L. Connor, who had been on a vacation trip to the south, was to return here on the Admiral Watson, scheduled to leave Seattle this day. W. B. Heisel, Special Agent for the U. S. Land Office, who had been to Ketchikan on townsite matters, returned here on the Northwestern. Weather: Highest, 35; lowest, 33; rain. e o eamo—s. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpox e DD D - el S WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “It happened round (or, round about) Christmas.” Say, “It happened ABOUT Christmas.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED; Cigar. Pronounce si-gar, I as in SIT, A as in AH, accent last syllable, not the first, nor is it SEE-GAR. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Attorneys; EYS, not IES. SYNONYMS: Hint (noun), intimation, insinuation, suggestion, al- lusion. 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: INERRANCY; the state of being free from error. “The absolute inerrancy of the Bible.” { MODERN ETIQUETTE ** gopgrra 1em | ———) Q. What should a hostess do when she is entertaining several guests and one of them shows plainly that she is thoroughly bored? A. Ignore it and devote all your attention to the others. who is this rude will of course not be invited again. Q. Fhould the man or the woman say “I am glad to have met you,” when parting after an introduction? A. It is in the man’s place to say this. yeu.” Q. When a maid announces “Dinner is served,” should she address the guests? A. No. A guest The woman replies “Thank The announcement is directed to the hostess. O e e et et j LOOK and LEAR 1. How many words a minute does the average person read? 2. What are the words for a multitude of (a) fish (b) sheep (c) locusts (d) partridges? 3. What, in newspaper parlance, is meant by masthead? 4. What is an international labor union? 5. Does air consist chiefly of oxygen? ANSWERS: 300 words. 2. (a) School (b) flock (c) swarm (d covey. 3. The material at the head of the first column of the editorial page, giving ownership, subscription and advertising rates. 4. One that is organized in the U. S. and has locals in another country, usually Canada. 5. No; nitrogen. by A. C. GORDON 1 and have counseled thrift. This is a time to live according to strict budget rules in order to be wisely prepared for future exigencies. | National Issues: As government expenses soar, careful investigation of pension rolls will be advocated while the demand for economies in the administration of public business will become more persis-| tent. Among the sacrifices for war aid there will be a suggestion that| the high salaries of certain offici- als of cities, counties and states be reduced. Financial matters will WOMEN WHO ARM AMERICA: 21 o be subect to greater discussion next month than previously. International Affairs: The next conjunction of Saturn and Mars, in February, 1942, is most threat- ening for Russia, but meanwhile, Stalin will play a peculiar zame in his relation to the Axis Powers. | There may be a sudden change of | policy helpful to Britain, but it will not be wise to depend upun frendly gestures. In May astroio- gers believe that the Soviet govern- ment will be exceedingly powerful. Persons whese birthdate it is have the augury of a year of profit and progress. There may be danger of tco much spending. Children bofn on this day prob- ‘Ware CAROLINE F. WARE, one of America’s outstanding women schol- ars, is a cog in the defense machine as assitant to Harriet Elliott, com- missioned in charge of consumer protection. Her married name is Mrs. Gardiner C. Means, but she lists herself in “Who's Who" as Caroline Directory Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blr 1gren Building * l PHONE 56 D e — i — — Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Oftice Phone 469 — | Dr. Judson .Whiflier CHIROPRACTUR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12; 1-5 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. E 667 PHON! Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9-~Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 Hours: 8 am. to 6 pm. L S _—nmm—m———— ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. | Graduate Los Angeles Coll'ge of Optometry and Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground | Helene W. Albrech? PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Building—Room 7 The Charles W. Carter Mortuary , Pourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 ! L ——— — ey | | Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR “eward Street Near Thir -— JAMES C. COCPER TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worr snusfladwg\mlomeu" " DR, H. VANCE | OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 6; 7 w0 8:00 by appoinment. l Gastinean Hotel Annex 6South Franklin St. Phone 177 | Archie B. Betts i PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Bookkeeping Tax Bervice Room 8, Valentine Buflding Phone 676 B. P. 0. ELKS 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 in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. VERGNE L. HOKE, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. "T-morrow’s Styles ! Today” | " Juneau’s Own Store ' "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Post Office Substation NOW LOCATED AT HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska™ “The Stere for Men” | SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. You'll Find Food Finer and | Service More Complete at | THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP e FINE Watch and Jeweiry Repairing at very reasonable rates | PAUL BLOEDHORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET —_— BOWLING 1 Brunswick Bowling Alleys Juneau Melody House Music and Electrie Appliances Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone$§ — BUY PROTECTION for Your Valuables SEE THE SHATTUCK AGENCY Office—New York Life Window Cleaning PHONE 485 GMC TRUCKS Compare Them With All Others! PRICE - APPEARANCE - ECONOMY DURABILITY CONNORS MOTOR CO. PHONE 411 Newspaper Merges ' i 5 holding a little bottle of ink in the many states are still in the horse | crook of one thumb. and buggy age . . . Elder states- man ex-Senator King of Utah is Jones favored al WAR CONFERENCE being promoted by friends to be- Van den Brocke! A press conference with kindly, come a Commissioner of the Dis- melter wouch hs“ venerable Secretary of War Stim- trict of Columbia. branded “exorbi-| son is an Event, with a capital “E.” | State Department. | Tenorters must have a badge to BENEFITS FROM LITERATURE' eaned toward theigel into the building, and their Long - shanked, tobacco-chewing Chemical Company, whica!uames are checked as they enter Representative Bob Secrest of n electrolyiie process of (the conference room. Ohio, at 37, is the youngest com- meiting. Next it was cxpecled that| The Assistant Secretary is there, mittee chairman in Congress, Se- Phelps Dodge and American Smcll-l(md no less than eight Army offi- | crest succeeded to the chairman- ing and Refining would get the|cers charged with handling press ship of the House Library Com- Ware. She is 41, has studied at Vas- sar, Oxford and Radcliffe, wmnlng} a Ph. D. Miss Ware is widely known as a social economist and was on the NRA consumers' advisory board. Her Jjob now is helping to see that the public isn’t hit by skyrocketing re- tail prices as a result of defense en- deavors. nothing hap- a benefic rule of the stars is for- ably will be studious and endowed tunate for women. It is a lugky with unusual talents. They will love time for all social affairs and beauty and may be too popular for promises romance for the younmg.!their best interests. Warning is given that the heah‘ (Copyright, 1941) may rule the mind when a suitor| is accepted. This is a time when & 2 hould le im- good judgment should overrule im. weddings In Fran(e 1 } Need Docor's Okay pulse. Intense activity in relieving the victims of war is foretold for clder women. Those in need of aid 'will not be confined to Europe and it will be well to pay special at- contract. But ncw the fickle Sec- relations. At a long table in the mittee following the defeat of 'tention to refugees. | VICHY, France, Feb. 22.—Fam- retary of Commerce is flirting with Business Affairs: Rise in melily" has become the middle name of SURPLUS—$125.000 Affer 2 Centuries front of the room sit two stenogra- Kent Keller of Illinois in the last| |the new French state with its slo- P Van den Brocke again. The State Department has| thrown up its hand: and refused phers, The Secretary of War opens the conference by reading from news | election—and take it from him,| \ia8€ scale, as a resuit of govern- | the post has its advantages. ment work, may affect private en-| | In a Capitol elevator recenuy,“erp"‘“s- Skilled employees wiil be| to participate in further discus- sions. “Unless Jesse himself is willing to live with this problem,” remarked one State Department official, “there is nobody in the RFC who has sufficient ‘up here' to soive it.” And he pointed to his cranium, Jesse may have sufficient “up here,” but in filling the twin roles releases, then free-for-all questions Representative Dewey Short, lo-|feWer than usual and they will are in order. The stenographers quacious Missouri Republican, was take down every word, question twitting him about his distinction. {and answer, and a full record cf| “How does it feel to be a big shot the conference is prepared mld:chalrmnn, Bob?” grinned Short. {iled. | “Us Republicans have been out of He talks of combating yellow power so long that we've lost all fever in the stropics, from which ! comprehension.” some reporters draw the inference| “Well, the main thing I like that we are preparing to send about it drawled Secrest, “is the! | command high salaries. Rise in the lcost of living will be apparent {when this month's bills come in. The seers long have predicted fin- lancial problems in this country e job., There are 14 big shiny ones in my new office.” oW (Copyright; 1941, by Crited Fea- of Federal Loan Administrator andltroaps to South America, After extra spittoons that go with the ture Syndicate, Inc.) gan “Work, Family, Country,” but the government wants quality as well as quantity in its families, Future brides and bridegrooms will be subject to medical ex- amination, Newlyweds will get health cards from the state on which their state of health will be checked. Children will be kept under medical supervision until they are six years old. ., Empire Classifieds Pay! VENICE, Italy, Feb. 22. — The Gazetta di Venezia, believed Eu- rope’s oldest newspaper, has been| merged with another newspaper, the Gazzettino, after exactly two centuries of daily publication. A morning paper, it has become the afternoon edition of the Gaz- zettino. A complete file of the newspaper is kept in an Italian national library as a daily record of Venetian life from the frivolous days of the 18th century to the Fascist present, COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS * SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES