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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29. 1941 PAGEFOUR Daily Alaska Empire’ Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Juneau, Alaska, 14 ¢ LW 120 YEARS AGO fn,;m‘,;'m',; e B i e e eed {Aidkka atyiston §3 tne U, 8. office ot Hdian M—I Jrafeh bedeves, £8 And }hr\L )ms office to back up his arguments. i The natives don't want liquor sold in their vil-| Second d Main 8treets, HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - President . 3 2 b ¢ R c R L BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Nanager lages in most cases, Hirst points out. Licensed dis ‘ OCTOBER 29, 1021 ; Twenty-five representative citizens were present at the City Hall MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Monday of each month | tributors of firewater are operating in only seven Eotered 1n the Post O e A npe,cond Class MAMer [ toums in Alaska—Circle, Tanana, Kayukuk, Nulnto,l Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. | Fgegik, Afognak and' Quzinkie—his conference called by Mayor R. E. Robertson, and the Juneau Relief | Society was launched to consolidate community relief organizations. Drs. Kaser and records show. | By mail, pos paid, at the following rates: | One vear. in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; | While in 14 native villages in Alaska, the Indlsns‘ Freebur er in Scottish Rite Temple one ;“;:,‘:2?,,,{,‘;.*:‘.??5, S5 avor it they will promptly notity |have voted in local option elections since repeal of | _ | A survey of harbor facilities here and in Ketchikan was to be made 9 beginning at 7:30 p. m. l‘xr:'eerynu;'mf;:flo'r:x’!:'g, sny failure or irregularity in the de- the 18th amendment, and voted not to allow liquor {by the Alaska Road Commission at the request of the Washington !fi"m b VERGNE L. HOKE, Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. to be sold within the limits of their towns. %ppy | office. ONE 58 Worshiptul Master; JAMES W. ‘ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS As of the last census, native population in | —_— LEIVERS, Secretary. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for Alaskq was 32,458, and Hirst points out that though | Members of the Alaska Native Brotherhood moved a 40 by 70 building republication of all news dispatches credted b It ews syblished |88 Perdent of these natives live in towns where the 3' th da to a 'site on Willoughby Avenue to use as their headquarters in the berein Sl Office of Indian Affairs operates schools, only 16 r y | future, Dl’ A w -Stewart ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER |percent; reside in villages where there are schools S HEE {1 o) ABAN THAT OF ANY OTANN FUBGIOATION e ikt Hauor is spkd . also. OCTOBER 29 Venetia Pugh, Howard Case and Jim McNaughton entertained ' DENTIST H On the economi¢ side of the ledger, Hirst Ed McIntyre about 60 of their friends at a masquerade Hallowe'en party' in' the mm’m 1 - {points to the per capita gosts for destitution pay- | Richard Afkens Patish Hall the night before. \ . | ments among the natives. Destitution among Indian | Gerry Godkin E Office Phone 469 families in Alaska costs the Office of Indian Af- Helen Smith Cass The first frost of the season struck Juneau during the night before . fairs an average of $1.23 per person per year, his Laura P, Ordway and children coasted on the sidéwalks until the sun melted it in the 7, i T} T} " Irecords show. 1In .villages where liquor is sold, .M' A. Lavenik 1r°"°“°°"' cmmc“c The Rexan Siore | destitution payments average $257 per person an- | Mrs. T. V. Stevenson | e Physio Electro Theropeutics Your Reliable Pharmacists nually, while in villages where there are no liquor | Weather: High, 41; low, 37; partly cloudy. DIETETICS—REDUCING BUTLER-MAURO ‘ stores the destitution costs average only 79 cents || USRS S SN A g Soap Lake Mineral and Steam DRUG CO. | per year for each resident. | | , Baths s 1 Natives who get drunk are necessarily among D Iy I. E I h Dr. Doelker, D. C., Bernard Bldg. o the minority, taking the Territory as a whole, be- al essons In ng 's W. L. GORDON Pm Mice s.h"afion : cause the majority of them are not living where | | B B ¢ NOw LOCK 1 | 2 | they ‘can procire HaUnENSEE TR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, . | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The show was much Dr. John H. Geyer Hord ‘ This is not ar‘n important day in | better than what I expected.” Omit WHAT. DENTIST HAHRY BACE : On Business in Washington planetary government. The morn-| OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Homage. Pronounce hom-ij, O as in Room 9—Valentine Bldg. DRUGGIST | DEFENSE HOMES | —_— |ing is favorable for methodiéal ON,I as in IT, accent on first syllable. PHONE 762 “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” l 0. | (Cleveland Plain Dealer) conclusion of business details, © | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Eczema. Observe the CZ, and pronounce Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm, : When the OPM plastered a priority rating nn“ An enterprising Washington correspondent set HEART AND HOME: Interest in‘ek-zemn, with accent on first syllable. | building material recently, a lot of folks who had|himself the task the other day of ascertaining who music and literature will be feeni SYNONYMS: Characteristic, trait, feature. “The Stere for Men” ‘ been planning on building homes throughout the |was'in the nation’s capital and what the business | Within the family circle. S WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is you - i i country took a look at the récords and decided they|Wwas of those he interviewed. He had seen enough |Will be widely read and publishers | increase our vocabilary by mastering one word each day. Tod: | ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. SAB'N’S i would let the Federal Government build their|in recent months to know that:the old definition of | will profit through . non-fiction CAVIL; to make frivolous objections or criticisms. “There is always a Graduate Los Angeles Collage { Douges for . them: Washington's population was no longer true—half | publications. Girls will be more dgisposition, also to cavil at the conduct of those in authority.”—Irving. of Optometry and Front St—Triangle Bldg. | 4 ) : i ! seri fore the shadow, of Opthatmology o : While increasing difficulty in securing building Fedeox?lszmplowes anduha:d s:ghtseers: e it f;:nu:h;:;:d b:ven the gy, a8 b e i o s e A o Sl s . persons questiond were in e capita H om Pitted Lenses G 1 :::;::Egl l:n:‘;:::;lr:::(if:e:;‘iz:l 0.101“0;:1\:(::%1:0:11(: on business, which is to say ‘they were there to get ‘l;f yout: Snm%lxc:vgr in dr::s ;tll MODERN E'”OUE'I"I'E by R TESHEY DE e R " ° " | something from the government. Some, of course,|be marked ani e use & Finer most impossible, 'so faf as the ordinary Mr. and|oon..g ;ib.\ and othess contracts. As might be ex- | metics will be limited among.wo- ROBERTA LEE s ot e o s s s | !'-:'n;m m:-c‘-um-:a' | Mrs. John Public are concerned, various federal pected, labor troubles were responsible for the pres- |men of good taste. Old-fashioned i agencles are preparing to construct around 100,000 ence of a fair number o, visitors, while there was|charm Will be cultivated by il Q. Should word be sent to the hotel to hold the room that has been nelene w' mrech' m Bnnnor | Taws Do, 4 Y A | more than a sprinkling of persons who thought they |Who have acquired artificial modes reserved if one finds he is unexpectedly delayed and cannot arrive on PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS co"m snnp | ‘ Right now, the United States Housing Authority | had the answers to the multiple problems created by |and manners. Yha Auy statsd in his reservation? Phone 773 | is building 28,677 dwelling units; the Defense Hous- | the defense program and were looking for some pub- BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Astrolo- A yy b i ' g .t hol Valentine Building—Room 7 ing Divison is building 20203; the Public Build-|lic official who would listen to them. geRliItirzres (e slimslan G 1) : Yok BRODHAE Totple 00 gk Aold the TN 1L you Bre hok there ings Administration, 32,877; and the Division of Better perhaps than any news story previously |ing continued good times through | o ‘f“"“ it within a reasonable time after you have said you would be P [ Mutual Ownership, 4,600. published the results of this poll indicate the ex-|the coming winter. Although' there | there 3 1 : | — FINE The Farm Security Administration in the m.ltem to which Washington has been turned topsy have been many prophecies . of Q~rS muld’!ht woman or the man precede when leaving the dining The Chulesw cmer Witk dkd 5, partment of Agriculture is building 11,946 rural | turvy by national defense and the problems arising |trade dislocations because of our | room of a hclttl. y . ummbmhmm mé units. The Navy is building 2482 units; the | fom it. As our own Washington bureau pointed |participation in actual ,_-onmc““ A. I‘he‘ Wnn px-ecfxdes. the man Igllows. Neither should forget the M : 1 ‘..,' Departiient has '220 units under construction: | ut the other day the number of persons on the |there are aspects that seem to give “Good night” to the waiter or head waiter. omary PAUL BLOEDHOBN ‘»ur }m..m n‘ .A..s 5 strud ' | Pederal pay roll is the highest in history. It has | assurance of a winter of acceler- Q. Should a man always assist a woman to enter or leave an auto- Pourth and Franklin Sta. 8. FRANKLIN STREET the ?V‘A ’f DG #00, TS ‘Alley Dwvl_lmg e expanded so fast, in fact, that it has been necessary |ated manufacturing and active mobile? PHONE 136 5 ol ity n ‘Washingtan, D.O., 1s r?“’ldmg 550, and... the, to decentralize Federal activitles more and more | trade with extended commercial A. Yes. RIS L R AP T Defense Homes Corporation in the Federal Loan|., grder to insure reasonable living accommodations | interests. Merchants will profit as ] = R Agency is building 3,233 tnits for ‘government, employees. | they practice economies in meth- | 77T T s s s s s s e oo B RCA Victor Radios It is estimated that not less than 30,000 persons Doubtless the chaos in Washington at the mo- | ods of selling and distribution: JOIOS-SIWGIII fi and RECORDS | are on the federal housing payroll, including 10000 | ment is like the condition of the hospial patient who| NATIONAL ISSUES: Leaders.of '_ 0 0 K an d l_ E A R N A. C. GCORDON LADIES" P Juneau Melody House in the capital city alone. has not yet reached the crisis of his illness, which |thought in Government depart- s ’;:“‘" Next to Truesdell Gun Shop With a set-up like that being granted prefer-|'s to say that it will have to get worse before it gets ments will seek the best support easssssssssess s e e SRR AEEEe S e eSS e ] aeward 8 *TO-WEAR Second Street Phone 65 nee ratings in securing building material, certainly | better, and that the number of persons there hopxr_ng‘among experts in economics as| 1. What State capital is named after the fourth President of the Near Thira R 5 i sy e o] if we must have a new home, it would seem easier | somehow to profit from the national emergency will |they realize the tremendous = | United States? e —— to quit ‘our non-defense jobs ‘for defense wotk or|Dresently constitute an eyeri higher percentage of |war opportunities and B, 2. What is the correet name of the musical instriment commonly | g . "‘CINSURANCE 1 move onto a farm, then demand that our house be | the capital city’s population. ties thap will rest upon the greht- called the “cello”? 1 1 et g — est. nation on the globe W 4 Uy a federal agency. must accept the most tremendous | 3. How many minutes are there in one round of a prize fight? b | ERRTIVE: PR Deaths and taxes are often linked as compari- _] 4. What, in legislative parlance, is a filibuster? NO FIREWATER sons of the inevitable. They fit aptly today, for our ::;:e:nsd %:S; ;::e ie;x:e:x)?:us'v;:d’. 5. In what battle were the two opposing generals, Wolfe and ShafluCk Agency et & taxes are directly associated with the deaths that ;o' the most horrible conflict +in Moncalm, killed? * ’ 'mvorvdrmkum proclivities of the Alas.ka are piling up—over there! ’history. Despite inevitable losses ANSWERS: cALlr on Indian population is overumph?slzed by the white T —— and sacrifices, the United Stdtes ! 1. Madison, Wisc NIA man when he discusses the original inhabitants of Anyway, it will take a long time before Adolf|., ot he ready to continue the work 2. Violoncello. Grocery and Meat Market " the Territory, Claude Hirst, superintendent of the |descends to posterity as “the forgotten man.” {of succoring the helpless and| 3. Three minutes. 478—PHONES—371 g BT . adl o RN L strengthening the weak. We can- 4. A member of a deliberative body who obstructs legislative action TYPEWRITERS 1 High Quality Foods at ‘ Washmgmn | Another rail line runs down torney Prancls e has|not elude the consequences of the by use of dilatory tactics, such as speaking merely to consume time. Sold and Serviced by Moderate Prices | from Leningrad to Bologda Junc- ordered prosecutions on every anti-|world War, although we may avoid | 5. At the Plains of Abraham, Quebec, in 1759, Mer b |tion. And if the Nazis can clean trust case that was pending when|the shedding of blood. ; G (il s 5 J. n. Bmflfll & c.. ry up Leningrad, they are sure to he took office. Biddle is a mili-| INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: 4 “Our Is Worz by f— e Go.RouM launch a drive along this route. tant defender of little business men|Noted astrologers appear to & o Satistied S w o However, the Russians have and has issued orders to his Jus-|that we may go through the: DEFEN SE - Super ITE Power been - concentrating a tremendous |tice Department to protect their|ter without facing cannons or Il — TRUCKS and BUSSES 4‘ ‘Continued trom Page One) army in this area between Moscow |interests to the limit. The | fering bomb attacks, but the B 0 N n * * NASH CA s and the vital port of Archangel. special House committee, headed by |are read as presaging an inci DB. H. VANCE B ! angel and the battle of the Nazis They say they can defend the en- | Representative John Tolan of Cali-|that compels the United States 5 2 DA OSTEOPATH Christensen Bros. Garage to cut this American life-line 10 tire rail line, and so far they have |fornia, that is investigating de-|{make a declaration of war. Q. Why will there be no temporary, intensive campaign for the sale of Consultation'and examination 909 WEST 12TH STREET the Russian Armey. Here are some peen able to convince Harriman’s|fense problems, will shortly issue|may be when the Sun enters. Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps? free. 10 to 12; 1 to 6; of the factors influencing that bai- hard-boiled military experts. a scorching report on the defense|spring solstice in March. Be A. Because Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps are presented as a 1 to by appoinment, ;. R S T T tle. | housing muddle. Co-ordinator|this time and March the Nazis Wil means to enable every citizen to carry out a consistent and pau Motk Anon | First is ice. After January 2, the, UNJUST FOOD PRICES Ciharl:s F:lmler will be sharply cri- [commit acts that are intended”fo continuous savings program, to be rolloywed weekwbv week ::d South Frankliin 8t Phone 177 “HORLUCK’S DANISH” port of Archangel and the White by A Y i ticized and the committee will rec-|goad the Administration to d : i A ? g S G e S e s i Sea nre frozen ‘solid:“In 1918, When Are you paying high p.rlges for | ommend a complete reorganization gctlon, 1\)1:;1\%11 l:; month, helpmgl national defense and providing the € Ice gmmm,mglpme, ,jl American troops spent a dreary POrk chops? AAA Administrator|of federal housing agencies, with a| Persons whose birthdate i&; fi aver with money for use i ihe futurd. STho Db 1 et G Rum Royal, Cocoanut Grove, l winter at Archéngel Hrilish ige. | Pudalpl “Eyans’ $ays /008" Prices | new big sppropriation. for ‘more|have; thd aughrys ot a: yeas or MR to be an extended savings effort—not a shorttime money raising Mhie '. n.fl: Lemon Custard, Black Cherry, breakers were unable to keep the Snowld be falling, not rising. construction, . . . You can write|tine work and uneventful expesi- campalen. PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Shmal Pecan, Biack Walout, ‘ ice open. But though the Russians As he made this statemenc, Evans it down that the isolationist-packed |ences, but the forecast is xx'\oyt Q. My hushand buys a small Defense Savlngs Bond every pay day. A T Raspberry Ripple, New York, | say they now have big modern ice- (had in_ his’ band a slip of paper Senate committee conducting the promising. # Should I also invest in Defense Savings Bands and Stamps?. By:‘q“:. Bookk " mvflold, Chocolate, Strawberry breakers which can do the trick, just handed him by AAA market)movie probe will not tackle the ra-| cChildren born on this day will|A. When you do your daily s i 3 ' Phone St U. S. experts still have their fin-|experts. It read, “Hogs, slow, gen-|dio companies. The original intent|pe clever and lovable. They n{ay‘ SEVing Sumips wi‘ihl io;:o::aizey:l;dcz:e;:iu; :,?;e I::;e‘:;s;: w at the GUY SMITH DRUG I gers crossed. |erally 10 to 20 cents lower than|was to do so, but public reaction|pe too unselfish to reach supreme to turn in for a Defense Savings éond A modern ice-breaker has no| Tuesday’s average.” to the biased movie investigation|achievement, but they will enjoy 2 - trouble cutting through a frozen Evans pointed out that hog|has been so unfavorable that the|more than average success. i BEAUTY'S SAKE mass a couple of feet thick. But prices had dropped nearly $1.50 per |isolationists have quietly decided to (Copyright, 1941) U d Y th F Def ToR s - H' s' GHAVES when it gets to be seven feet hundred, from the recent higa;|drop the radio inquiry. mte ou or ense S.GR'D’S “The Clothing Man® thick, the fce-breaker usually slides also that other prices are falling | HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER out on top of the ice and somc- off. Butter, usually the bellwether CAPITAL CHAFF S' iR % PHONE 318 & MARX CLOTHING X times gets stuck. Furthermore, the of farm products, is cheap. (The| When the Senate Foreign Rela- ewa e“gns 78 wind and tides drift the ice after British are buying cheese, nottions Committee breakfasted with it is broken, so it piles up in great butter.) Also, wheat and corn are| Cordell Hull the other day to dis- wage-“our D“Iies vertical cakes seven and eight feet Off. cuss neutrality revision, its mem- high. | AAA is endeavoring to- prevent | bers devoted a little time to kid- Finally the most difficalt part British food purchases from boost-|ding a certain Senator about get- zgmn‘ ste;v ‘fiin:‘:mx:l;n:wcu:‘; » U s E n C A R s of the Archangel route is through ing domestic food prices,'and Evans|ting himself locked into the Sen- ;fl uésn:; :um rei:resengmuve of < the neck of the White Sea, a4 nar- says there are abundant food stocks | ate Office Building with a beaute- ,;:e wage and hour division of the 3" row strip only 50 miles wide wheie to KHPDW {he British without caus-|ous blonde. . U. 8. diplomats i |pepartment of Labor when Mich- &e“‘ Tod.y ‘" Mel’ the land juts out under“the water, ing Lhe;gughbest increase in U. S.| Moscow alwa,_ys sell their old|,e] J Haas, Territorial Commis- ~ making the channe] even narrower. Prices. clothes to the Russians, usually get : La’bor, al ted special y i w Wwater . the ice His ch)ef worry, however, is Lhc‘abouc the same price they paiz ?ar ;:T;ekr& oxwuge-hnurpp::ruenbfive. Many Kinds and Types lo Choose Fl'om! t solid, .@nd it s fUtufé.When - British buying and| |them new; sometimes more. Thislate last week, he pointed out today. U. 8. vessels, getting' the UNS, defense boom are over. Xs because high grade materials are| Stewart has been handling wage the White Ses, will siy, Fo the:feston of what will hap- so hard to get in Russia. . . . Ad-| nd hour work in the Territory the Lt o coNN”Bs Mml‘ C". er, eagy tarzets for Pen to ¥he American farmer then,|miral - Jerry Land (l.mdbergh's ast two years without receiving 2 PHONE 411 EV&n.l xlfies this two-fold answer:|cousin) doesn’t look happy about|compensation for the work. Haas' —_— (1" Resumption of the AAA crop John Carmody becoming a mem-|%as sworn in as wage-hour repres- and acreage reduction program;|ber of the Maritime Commission.| Ttative in Alaska last Friday in - (2) & large-scale drivé for foreign|Carmody, who is used to running| “eattle ;ndcwfl: r’:cecfi\f::envz:fl; CAPITAL—$50,000 g S L ’]ur)l“‘l:a even at the cost of heavy‘:i: ;av;': shov./ as Federal Works ]:l;o‘?]co 2 .'io:ers Detore retat SURPLUS—$150,000 700-mile stretch, and half i ministrator,' may insist on know- ng to Juneau. °o between Archangel and Moscow, at ki o6 whit ds 9ing: on:inage; e ———————— AND Bologda, another rail line shoots MERRY-GO-ROUND | Masibime, Conienion: AL Fo ‘ SNMBRLIAY, east to the Volga River and the If you haven't made your bloo\.‘d“ of . the | Gamissionors: axcopi] CHAMEEN OF GGMMERCE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS new line of Russian defense. This contribution to the Red Cross bloodvund Axe FubNer -atampts TO JAVE- REGULAR MEER : ] route east is the one over which bank, dont fail to do so, There’s| (Copyriigh, It, by Uiited SEogs U. 8. war material will be hauled. Nothing to it. It takes onl | F2E RYRdionte, Jue.) The fequiar M acsing . of S DEPOSIT BOXES ‘ 8o a terrific battle is sure tc t‘» minutes and at ot s TR T Qhamper of cwmmmeme wlllmllnm SATD : waged to capture the Bologda 'm: any p‘;m or ‘;:»u;:x(:la!r‘tme'l‘ki :::;l;‘ NO KICK ON BOOTS :::e ::enz:nmeet in v('h:ndnnunojl “ road junction. 'Tn fact everi today, donatioh”is u pint from men and| MANGUM—War veteran Frank|Hotel. Betty Cordon, New York zl-morgiflqdnrudcr o!uwn-wly-loflud | reports . o United Youth for Defense, is shown on.a Washington visit confidential reports from Ru a half piot from w mer This RABaw till does his gardenin ~——0¢-0~——~ s - declbre that P tidd & 3 pmeny is s g . organization medallions to two of it legislators in eclare that Finpish ski fqru's e one way you ‘éan’' make utrulv per- anfl heavy chores in the boots in| Suhscribe to Senator Joseph H. Ball (left), 34, ta; and | being organized by the Nazs. foc sonal contribution - to the Army which he sloshed through the mud | Empire—the n-pé th& largest | William G. Stratton, 27, of Iilinois. “solons | an expedition to cut the rafl line ant Navy Square-shooting At- of /World War I. 4 4 _National Youth Day rally in New. York.