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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13
Training for the Sea
New York Times

New York Times
Among the numerous notifications of the Mer
chant Marine Act suggested to Congress by Joseph
P Kennedy one of the most important is the recon-
mendation for training program for our merchant
sailors AS the chairman of the Maritime Commission
has repeatedly stated labor conditions aboard Ameri
can vessels in a deplorabe state. Unless some
thing be done to reduce interunon friction, to
increase the efficiency of and to restore order
and discipline aboard our ships all OF the Govern
ments efforts to develop a strong merchant marine
will be futile"
Mr. Kennedys plan explained in full in his earlier
economic survey of the merchant marine, would en-
trust the training of 500 young each to the
United States Coast Guard. The Coast Guard was
chosen apparently the of two evils; the navy
although willing to undertake such training program
persona non grata to the maritime labor unions
those same unions which have directed their fire
against the Coast Guard and shown themselves un-
willing to accept the graduates of the State nautical
training ships into what the internato
brotherhood Of the sea 1t becomes increasingly APP
parent that the labor unions opposed to any form
Of training that which they themselves con-
troll it is also apparent that useful purpose be
served by deferrng longer to the wishes of many
of whom have built their livelihood union organ
zers and agitators upon unrest and ndiscpline at
The situation demands as Mr. Kennedy has
said and should receive immediate Congressional at
tention The Coast Guard training scheme seems,
perhaps, good any that be devised although
the Merchant Marine Committee of the House should
not fail examine the State nautical training ship
system, maintained by four States and applied
only to the training Of officers. Perhaps it may be
found more economical and satisfactory in the
long if the training of both officers and
be undertaken under the supervision of the Federal
Government by an agency directly responsible to the
Maritime Commission, instead of by separate branch
CT Government, the Coast Guard The subject re-
quires study and investigation but also action.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13
LOOK Qnd LEARN
BY A. C. Gordon

l. What American statesman
said: There never was a good war
or a bad peace?
2. What is the average number
of hairs on a persons head?
3. What very small plant caus-
es milk and fruit Juices to sour?
4. What are the five Great
Lakes named in the order of their
size?
5. What is a pyrometer?
ANSWERS
l. Benjamin Franklin
2. Men, 10000 to $4,000; women,
10000 to 10000
3. Bacteria.
4. Lake Superior largest, then
Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario.
5. An instrument for measuring
intense heat
Empire classifieds pay
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13

DR.. E. H. Kaiser had been noti-
fled he was the successful bidder
flor carrying Juneau-Sitka mail and
he announced a larger craft would
be secured to take the place OF
the Prince of Wales, then holding
the contract.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13
20 Years Ago
From The Empire
JANUARY 10, 1918

One meatless day each week had
been declared by Food Administra-
tor Herbert Hoover, communities
to determine which day of the week
meat should be prohibited.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13
SEWING GROUP MEETS

This afternoon at the home Of Mrs
H. L. Mcdonald, members of the
sewing group of the Catholic Daugh-
tiers of America assembled to con-
tinue work in sewing.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13

New president and general man.
ager of the Hearst chain of radio
stations is Elliott Roosevelt, son
of the president, who has been
manager of the Hearst radio sta
tions in the southwest. He is the
second member of the Roosevelt
circle to be connected with Hearst
enterprises. John Boettiger, SON.
in-law, is publisher of the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer. Mr.. Roosevelt
will have his headquarters in New
York.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13

Although 1910 is still around couple of corners,
already a number of presidential mpossibilties are
mentoned-Omaha World Herad
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13

Another thing that takes of the joy out OF
life No sooner does fellow start acting up to psy
biologists slogan, Keep your mind young" than
someone begins nudging him and whispering BE
your age!"-Boston Herald
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13

Unsettled conditions, scarcity OF
labor and the 8-hour law was rails
ing a serious aspect in various parts
of Alaska Lumber mills were es-
pecially being hard hit.
John A. Hodberg and Mrs. Hulda
v. Lundquist, both of Juneau, were
married the previous evening at
Douglas.
Ray H. Stevens, of the First
National Bank, left for Seattle for
visit aboard the steamer Alas
ka.
A sleigh ride and dance was en-
joyed by many young people at
Wagners Roadhouse the previous
night.
Major Frederick Mears, of the
Alaska Engineering Commission
had been assigned to an Engineer
regiment for immediate service in
France. He was to leave Anchor
age at once for the States.
Weather-High temperature 80;
low 81. Cloudy.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13

About the only farm movements which will bene-
fit the farmers those that start at daybreak and
end at sundown-Van Alstyne (Tex) Leader.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13

Samuel Huntington, Governor of
Ohio 1901, was the adopted son
I of a signer of the Declaration of In
dependence, his uncle, Samuel Hun
tington.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13

Medical science sure has changed. In the old
days the doctor used to take blood out of you for
every little ailment now their first thought is to
pump a supply in.-Rochester Democrat &
Chronicle
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13

Cricket fights are staged by Chinese If they are
put the radio we'll bet the announcers make these
duels between two tiny insects sound like heavy
weight championship match between two bull ele-
phants-William RIFT in Tulsa World.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13

One report has it that Washington is in virtual
stampede to cooperate with business Let's hope that
nobody gets crushed in this belated hurry.-Kansas
City Star
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13

A Detroit newspaper gibes at the idea the South
is laW-abding which reminds of the magnificent
manner in which Michigan handled the laWless sit
downers thus gaining the right to point the finger
of scorn.-Memphs Commercial Appeal.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13

A 29-year record at Iowa state
college shows that the sex ratio
of 1,347 calves born was liz males
to 100 females.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13

Books printed before 1900 are
known as incunabula.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13
H A P P y
} I r T HID A Y

The Empire extends congratula-
tons and best a0isheS today, their
birthday anniversary. to the tollow-
ing:
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13
MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147
REBEKAHS

Perseverance Lodge No. A meets
every second and fourth Wednes-
day, I.O.OF. Hall BETTY Nc
DOWELL, Noble Grand r U II
BLAKE, Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-13

JANUARY 10.
Helen Jane Adams
Mrs. Paul Hudon
Sheila Berry
Dallas Weyand
Harry Stonehouse
Stanley Whiteley
The Washington times., 1938-10-04

"He is an orchestra conductor,
but he cannot consider himself q
demi-GOd.
"There is no connection be-
tween this restrictive measure and
the Jewish situation in Italy or the
fact that TOScanini's daughter
Countess CastelbarcO, married a
Jew.
''It is simply that he Is q tur'
bulent person and it is unwise that
he should go abroad and talk in
his violent way.
"Under such circumstances, 1t Is
impossible to renew his passport.
The ruling of the Italian gov
ernment that the conductor may
not leave Italy apparently will
prevent him carrying out broad
casting engagement in the United
States. So far, efforts to reach
him or members of his family, for
comment, have been unavailing'
AFRAID OF HIS SPEECH
Last night the press ministry
gave an important hint Of the
governments attitude toward the
maestro. A spokesman declared
"As long as Toscanini is in
Italy we can control his words.
1t is only when he is outside the
country that we cannot regulate
them.
"Toscanini has made many
unwise remarks against the
government since he has been
associating with those German
Jewish circles at Vienna and
Salzburg."
This comment recalled a recent
remark by Roberto Farinacci
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Suicides En- Mdsse
Reported by Czechs

LONDON, Oct. 4 G.N.SD.-The
London News-Chronicle reported
from Prague today that hun
dredS" of families were said to
have committed suicide in Czacho-
slovakia's former Sudetan areas
occupied by German troops.
Thousands of refugees were de
clared to be fleeing the Sudeten'
land to escape a "NaZi terror"
The Daily Telegraph also re.
ported in a Prague dispatch that
a wave of suicides, similar to
that which swept Austria last
March after Adolf Hitler annexed
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
REPLACEMENT COSTS HIGH
HUGE JUMP IN 1918

Besides the original high cost Of
such agencies, there is the replace
ment expense. The more elaborate
the plane, the greater the chances
of its destruction. The bigger the
cannon, the shorter its life. A
dramatic example of the latter is
the fourteen-inch rifle, costing
about $25O,0OO and requiring ten
months to produce. Its span Of
active life is actually but three
seconds. 1t must be rebuilt after
it has fired $50 shots. 1t takes a
fiftieth of a second to fire one
shot.
Just as weapons of offense have
become more efficient, so with de-
fense measures-the gas mask for
chemical warfare, the anti-aircraft
for the bomber, camouflage for the
observation plane, the tank for the
The Washington times., 1938-10-04

clared, would welcome an oppor
tunity to halt its present rearma,
ment program if the other major
powers are likewise agreeable, but
so long as the other powers con-
tinue building warships and bomb,
ers, the United States must also
do so.
JAPAN IN THE WAY
One major obstacle is Japan
which has flouted all previous
arms limitations agreements.
Japan was chiefly responsible fol
the United States and England
lifting their limitation on battle
ship tonnage.
Diplomatic steps, however, have
been set in motion which it is
hoped will, in the long run, achieve
new agreements on limitation o1
arms and progressive disarma
ment, together with the outlawing
of bombing attacks on noncom
batant civilian centers, the fear OF
which is credited as having beer
one Of the deciding factors which
averted a general European wal
last week,
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Acme Photo

leading Fascist publicist, who
has been bitter against Toscanini
ever since the maestro refused IL
years ago to play the Fascist
hymn "Giovenezza."
JEWISH ACTIVITY HIT
Two months ago in his news.
paper, Regina Fascista. Farinacci
wrote:
''It Is about time something
was don about this TOscanini,
who went to Switzerland and di-
rected a concert for Jews with
out accepting money, saying he
was q friend Of the Jews"
On another occasion, when the
conductor was made an honorary
citizen Of Tel-Aviv as PaleStine'S
recognition Of his work, Farinacci
said:
"Tel-Aviv offered him a cit
izenship. He accepted. Why
doesn't he become a Jew?"
The Washington times., 1938-10-04

that country, has begun in CZecho-
slovakia.
The famous Sudeten German
democratic physician, DR.. Wolf
gang Sabbath. Of Staab, wiped out
himself and his family. the Tele-
graphs message said, by admin
istering fatal injections to his
wife, his two daughters and then
to himself
The News Chronicles Prague
dispatch, speaking Of alleged mass
suicides, said:
Fathers killed their children,
then the husbands and wives shot
each other simultaneously rather
than live under the Nazi yoke"
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Italy Irked
By French
Insults

ROME. Oct. 4 N.N.S.).
The Italian press opened up a
new barrage against France
today for "belittling and slur-
ring" remarks made in GER
tain sections of the French
press regarding Premier Mus
sOlini'S role in the fOur-pOwer
Munich agreement.
Virginia Gayda, famous
commentator who usually
expresses II Duce'S views,
wrote:
Italy is ready if neces-
Sary to fight against France.
This was regarded as
Italy's reply to French edi-
tOriaI assertions that Italy's
reluctance to wage war for
Germany influenced Chancel-
lOr Hitler to refrain from at
tacking CzechOSlOvakia.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
ARMY CHANGES
Coast Defense Heads
Are Redssigned

The War Department today
announced orders assigning Maj
Gen. Ben Lear, commander of
the First Cavalry Division, Fort
Bliss, Tex, to the Panama Canal
Zone to take command of the
Pacific sector of the Panama
Canal department. -
He succeeds Brig. Gen. Fred
eric H. Smith, ordered to com
mand the Third Coast Artillery
District and Coast Artillery
School at Fort Monroe, Va.
Maj. Gen. William H. Wilson
present commander of the First
Coast Artillery District, Boston
will be given command of the
First Corps Area at Boston. He
succeeds Maj Gen. Fox Conner
retired last week.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Jews OBSERVE
24-HOUR FAST
or YOM KIPPUR
Chanting of KoI Nidre
Ushers in Holiday

Observance of Yom Kippur, the
Jewish day of atonement, starts
today at SundoWn.
Overflow crowds at local syna.
gogues this evening will hear car.
tors intone the haunting melody
of Kol Nidre to usher in the most
solemn day in the Jewish cal.
endar.
24.HOUR FAST
In accord with traditions more
than 1000 years old, Jews will
pray for forgiveness for their sins
and ask divine help for the op-
pressed in every land.
During the sacred "a hours piouS
Jews will abjure all food and drink
until blasts from rams horns in
the various Synagogues tomorrow
night herald the end of the fast.
Then there will be universal re-
joicing and family reunions in
Jewish homes.
TOMORROW'S SERVICES
Services tomorrow will include
the morning prayer, readings from
the Torah; a memorial service for
the dead, followed by the Mussaf,
or additional service; the late
afternoon service and finally the
Neilah, or closing prayer.
Services at the Washington
Hebrew Congregation will star:
this evening at 1880 p. M; at the
Southeast Hebrew Congregation at
5:45 p. M; at AdaS Israel Syna.
gogue at p. m; at Tifereth
Israel Congregation at 5 p. m;
at Talnud Torah at p. M; and
at OheV Sholom at 6:15 p. m.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
/
GIANT 14-INCH RIFLE FIRES A ROUND
Cost $3.50, 900 and Took Ten Months to Build Its
Average Life Is Three Seconds.

pillboxed machine gunner, the
depth mine for the submarine, the
trench fortification for the artil-
lery fire. Thus science is ever
reaching a stalemate while the
cost of war continues mounting.
MORE AMMUNITION NEEDED
A net result of All these develop
ments is that it takes at least IL
times as much ammunition to kill
a man today as in the cipil war.
British, French, and Americans
during the World War used some
600, 100000 rounds of artillery fire
to account for 3,400, 900 dead. The
Union armies used but 100000 to
kill 100000 ConfederateS.
At the battle of st. Mihiel, the
first distinctly American offensive
Ii France, in which $4,000 U. S.
troops we're engaged, more than a
million rounds of ammunition were
fired in a four-hour artillery prep
aration. During the three days of
Gettysburg, in which $4,000 Union
sist were engaged in the greatest
battle of the civil war. Union ar
tillery fired only $4,000 rounds.
German casualties a. st. Mihiel
are unknown, but our casualties
totaled 1000. killed and wounded.
At Gettysburg, for $4,000 rounds
of ammunition, the Union troops
killed $500 Confederates and
wounded 12,80O. The South had
600 troops in action. Casualties
on the Union side were 3,070 killed
and 14,497 wounded.
The intensity of modern war
fare, as compared with that of the
past, can be shown in many ways.
One is the approximate number OF
rounds fired per artillery gun per
day. In the Civil War, it was four;
in the Franco-Prussian, it was one
and one-tenth; in the RusSo-Japa-
neSe, four. For 1918 in the World
War, it was 80 rounds for the
A. E. F.; "a for the French and 35
for the British.
Topping even the cost of ord
nance in the World War was the
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Frank A. Patterson
To Address Forum

Frank A. Patterson, efficiency
expert and District manager of the
Dale Carnegie Institute of Eff
fective Speaking and Human Re
lationS, will be principal guest
speaker of the Civic National
Forum at the Good Will Baptist
Church, Sixteenth and U Streets
Northwest Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock. He will talk on Building
a Strong Personality" The Rev.
James L. Pinn is pastor Of the
church.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
International News Photo

outlay of the quartermaster's
corps. Whereas the bill for ord
nance was $4,087, BAT 900, 28.7 per
cent of the expenditures Of all
Army business, that of the @. M.
was $8,O74, ,O18, 900, or 56.7 per cent.
It included, in addition to pay Of
the Army, it's food, clothing, etc,
The A. E. F. consumed more than
$725, 100000 worth of food. For
uniforms, overcoats, shoes, socks,
underwear, raincoatS, rubber
boots, and so forth, its total bill
was more than 100000.
In 1861-65 the Union soldier
lived in a tent or the chance
shelter of a billet. When the
weather was cold, he might alter
nately toast and freeze at his
campfire and at night he rolled
himself in a blanket and reposed
on a pallet of straw.
STEAM HEAT IN 1917
His grandson who went to the
training camp in 1917 was housed
in a substantial barrack heated by
steam or stove. He slept on com
Portable mattress and a hygienit
metal bed. The 1861er Slaked his
thirst haphazardly at wells OF
streams, paying a heavy penalty
in typhoid fever and dysentery
The Tier drank water which hac
been tested and filtered, sterilizec
when necessary. All Of which
helped run up the World War bill
Disease in '61-65 caused more
than twice as many fatalities or
both sides as bullets or artillery
shells. The North, with 1890, ,00(
men enrolled, lost 10000 killed ir
battle to 235,00O by disease; thu
South, with 100000 enrolled, lost
an estimated 5000 killed in battle
to 10000 by disease.
The 100000 men of the A. E
F., while suffering casualties o.
so 900 killed in action and $4,000
wounded, lost only some 10000 by
disease,
The Washington times., 1938-10-04

n SPOKESMAN OF
the Italian press
ministry revealed
today that the
famous orchestra
conductors pass
port has not been
renewed and will
not be renewed
for an indefinite
eric d. T he
spokesman said:
"TOScanini will
not be allowed to
leave Italy, but it
is absolutely false
to say that he is
in Jail or has been
in jail or deprived
Of his personal
liberty in any
way.
"He is q very
talk ative man
and it is not pru-
dent tn at he
should 60 out Of
the country and
say the turbulent
things that he
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Wed Atop Ferris Wheel

HICKMAN, KY, Oct. 4 G.N.SD.
They chose the top of a ferris
wheel to get married. Nathaniel
Chase, %. Dawson Springs, works
for q carnival, so when he and
Helen Walters, IS, of Hickman,
decided to wed they rode the wheel
to its highest point, and said II
da"
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Cost Of Making War NO'U
II Times More Than 81
$25O,OOO Rifle
Lasts Only 3
Seconds
By FRED PAISLEY

War costs for America have
multiplied II times since the strug-
gle between the North and South,
the most expensive conflict of the
nineteenth century, not excepting
the Napoleonic wars.
Killing costs likewise have ad-
vanced, although not in ratio to
the general increase. Each dead
Confederate represented an out
lay by the Washington govern
ment of $4,000, compared with
allied costs in Europe Of $4,000
a man.
HUGE JUMP IN 1918
Our day-by-day bill in 1861-65
was slightly in excess of $780,
900. For 1917-18 it averaged more
than $38.000,000 every round Of
the clock.
The North's investment per
soldier for the entire length of the
civil war, including pay, SubSist-
ence, arms and ammunition, was
81, $50. For the nineteen months
of Americas participation in the
World War, the same investment
totaled 1888. Projected over a
four-year period to correspond to
that of 1861-65, that sum would
rise to approximately $18,500.
THE COST OF TWO WARS
For comparative purposes, here
are the direct monetary costs of
the two wars to the United States
Government:
Civil War-$4,700, 100000.
World War-$22, 900. .000, 900.
Projected over four years at that
rate, the cost of the World War to
us would have been $52 600, 900 900.
Aside from such items as higher
productions costs and higher living
standards, the factor largely re-
sponSible for the StupendouS ex-
pense of modern killing is science
and inventive genius. These twins
of progress gave to the World War
the phoSgene, mustard, leWiSite
and chlorine gases; liquid fire; the
machine gun, the fourteen-inch
long-range rifle, the 240-millimeter
howitzer, the combat and bombing
plane, and the submarine death
agencies undreamed of in the
civil war.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
U. S. PROPOSES
NATIONS BAN AIR
RAIDS ON CITIES
Powers Urged to Junk
Huge War Machines
By ROBERT G. NIXON

u.N.S.J The American Gov,
ernment called upon the world TO-
day to Junk its powerful war ma,
. chimes and to outlaw air raids On
. cities for all time.
The proposal was made inform,
, ally by Acting Secretary Of State
Sumner Welles in worldwide ap-
peal for permanent peace.
TWO GREAT NEEDS
Swiftly seizing upon the pacific
: solution of the German Czech
crisis as an unsurpassed oppor-
tunity for the world to remain at
peace henceforth, Welles proposed
the powers:
g, move forward toward
the determination OF the two
great underlying needs of today,
the solution of which becomes
daily more neceSsary-the llml-
tation and reduction of arma-
b ments, with a worldwide agree
ment to cease for all time at
tacks on civilian populations
8 by air-bombing and by gas"
There was no hint, however,
that President Roosevelt might at
this time, or in the near future,
summon the nations of the world
to sit down at another disarma-
ment conference.
U. S. WILLING
2 Authoritative sources stated
= that such a concrete step must
arise from a willingness on the
part of the major powers mutually
to disarm, following a general ap-
peasement Of Europe's differences
which, it is hoped, will grow out of
four.power conversations initiated
0t Munich
The United States, it was de-
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Lloyd George to Talk

All parties are agreed that
Britain must hasten its defense
preparedness program, and a de.
mand is growing for a national
register as a means to this end.
Britain's fiery World War prime
minister, David Lloyd George, and
former Chancellor Of the Elk
chequer Winston Churchill were
expected to add their denuncia.
tions of the Munich four-power
agreement for cession of the Su,
detenland 10 Germany today.
The Washington times., 1938-10-04
Premier Opposed

1t was learned, however, that
Chamberlain himself is adverse to
holding an election at the mo-
ment unless his present majority
in Parliament is seriously threat
ened when tomorrow nights vote
of confidence takes place on the
issue of his foreign policy.
Party advisers urged Chamber
lain to agree to an election on
grounds that it would give his
government a clear mandate to
proceed with its European ap-
peasement efforts and give ample
time for this effort to be con-
tinued.
On the other hand, they pointed
out, in the normal course of events
the ext election is due to fall in
the autumn Of 1899, when vital in
ternational negotiations may be
under waV