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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-25
O. g. DEPARTMENT OF AcR1CULTURE. WEATHER BUREAU
THE WEATHER
(By the q. 8. Weather Bureau

beginning at
Friday
Showers tonight Fri
day; south Lynn
Of winds the Gulf of Alaska Moderate
southeast tonight Friday Dixon
trance to Hinchinbrook.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-25
YOUNG REPUBLICANS
MEET FRIDAY NIGHT

Members of the Young Republic
can Club will hold the regular
monthly meeting tomorrow night
friday at o'clock in the Ameri-
can Legion Dugout on Second
Street. Ronald Lister is President
of the club and he requests that
all members should attend the
meeting. &
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WEATHER SYNOPSIS

pressure this the north
throughout Alaska
there being three light
the Tanana and Yukon
Aleutians the third the Pacific
longitude 144 High
Pacific California Islands This
general
regions
Valleys and by generally fair
weather the western porionsof Alaska.
Juneau May 26.-Sunrse 3f4 am; sunset, 8:41 pm.
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TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN
After this date l will not be re-
sponsible for debts contracted by
my wife, Margaret Mcbride. May
%, 1899.
adv. s(Signed) DOUGLAS MCBRIDE
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Try The Empire classifieds fol
results.
Empire classifieds pay.
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HELLER'S BARBER SHOP

Open for business at the old loca-
ton, 116 Seward st. Old and new
customers welcome. adv.
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TIDES TOMORROW

Low tide-0:35 am, 36 feet. ..
5 High tide-6:33 am, 1873 feet :
Low tide-12:57 pm, 1.6 feet.
High tide-7::30 pm, lat feet.
English speaking people occupy
more than IS per cent of the con-
tinent of North America.
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Empire classifieds pay.
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MARINE NEWS
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
NORTHBOUND

Denali due sometime tomorrow.
Should have three days mail
aboard.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22
VENTURE CAPITAL
NEEDED NOW
(WaIl Street JOurnaI)

If. as Mr.. Lammot du Pont says, it
takes S8. 600 to $4,000 in venture capi-
tai invested in new plant and machinery
to create new job for one man, con-
siderable light is thrown on the whole
question of employment making.
If $4,000 to $4,000 is spent by WPA,
the sum would employ not one man but
seven or eight even after allowing Tor
administrative expenses. 1t would en-
ploy them that is, for one year; after
that, the situation would be precisely
where it was before with the men facing
either discrimination of relief or the
nation facing supporting them for an
other year and getting very little in re-
turn for the funds necessary to support
them.
If. on the other hand, the money is in
vested in productive capacity for new
good or service, the man will, subject
only to fluctuations in the business cycle,
be assured of a continuing job; the nation
will be better off TO the extent of the
goods and services which he has made,
and there is a possibility that other jobs
will be created through the processing or
handling of the products of his labor
Meanwhile, funds spent for new plant
would create wages equivalent to the
same funds spent for relief. In short, at
the end of year, the score would be prl-
vate industry l, relief o.
Now the question may be raised as to
why the two forms Of employment are
necessarily in conflict. The answer lies
in the fact that the same money cannot
be used both for taxes and for venture
capital. Further, the existence OF high
taxes and an unbalanced budget serious
ly interferes with the use as venture
capital of what funds remain in the hands
of a potential investor, whether individ-
ual or corporation. Taxes thus take part
Of and inhibit the rest of, what would
otherwise go into the creation of new,
permanent jobs and new, desirable goods
and services for the rest of the people.
Sooner or later the choice must be
faced We can't have continuing high
taxes. continuing unbalanced budgets,
and full employment of venture capital.
And use of the latter is, in essense, the
only possible means of restoring per
manent full employment.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22
CONVERSATION
(SacramentO Bee)

Speaking of the qualifications of the
average American as a cOnversationalist,
DR.. Hubert Greaves of Yale university
says:
We are "cowfaces," ''deadpans" and
"sourpusses."
This may be unelegant language for
a college professor to use, but the fact
remains that it is expressive and cata-
logs a common fault as perhaps no other
explanation could
What will we do afterWard?" How
often a husband has been asked that
question when he is consulted concern
ing plans for a dinner party his wife
contemplates.
And if his answer is that the easiest
thing to do is to play bridge or Chinese
checkers, he may be met with the ultima
tum that so and so does not play games.
The hostess may conclude that the only
thing left to do is to "sit around and
talk and she and her husband thereby
reconcile themselves to an evening of
boredom.
Yet there remains plenty to talk about
Perhaps no period in the worlds history
has been so fruitful-internatio af-
fairs, politics, human relations, thou
sand and one things offer themselves
as fitting subjects for discussion.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22
THERE'S BEEN TOO MUCH
SPEAKING TO DlCTATORs

"America now finds it necessary to
answer the dctators in their own Ian
guage," Rep. Carl O. Vinson, chairman
Of the house naval affairs committee,
declared Tuesday.
A lot Of people believe America, as
represented by some federal officials,
have spoken to the dictators altogether
too much already, considering what has
been SAID.
If anybody wonders why Americans
are far from popular with Germans,
Italians and others Of similar govern
mental faith he needs only look at the
record of speeches by American officials.
Secretary Of Interior Harold L. Ickes, for
one, who'd just as soon twist a Nazi's
beard as thumb his nose at the news
papers.
You cannot make friends with a man
while you're in the act of giving him
black eye.
Possibly the United States does not
want to make friends with Germany, or
with Italy, but at any rate there's very
little to be gained at this juncture by
making enemies of them.
As international diplomacy now stands,
America would be lined up flank to
flank with England and France in the
event of a major European war. It's just
a passing thought, but we cannot help
wondering if England and France would
line up with the United States should
Germany or Italy decide to invade this
country through Latin America
This country hasn't any quarrel with
England and none with France. Both
nations, in fact, rather flatter us. They
spend millions Of dollars annually for
nothing in the world but TO gain our
friendship. But neither, we believe, have
we any real quarrel with Germany or
Italy. Anything bad their officials have
said about America can be duplicated
by bad things American officials have
said about them.
Considering that some of our precious
leaders are brewing a war of words that
can lead to nothing but hate, it seems
about time for the American people to
decide the time has come to quit trying
to answer the dictators in their own
language.
Let us be Americans, smart enough to
provide the means of defending our
selves, but too smart to be used as a
catspaw in any European diplomatic
scramble
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22

Among the gravest necessities Of
government at the moment is the
finding of a successor TO Justice
Brandeis on the u. S. Supreme
Court who can approximately fill
his shoes
= In integrity, in ssteadfast adher-
ence to fundamental principles,
Justice Brandeis has stood for more
than 20 years like a great light
house unmoved by the currents and
tides of American life which swirled
about his feet. That is not to say
that Brandeis was aloof from life.
1t is merely to say that the current
of American legal thought has pass
ed alternately to the right and left
of Brandeis' position, which has
always remained grounded unshak-
ably on the rock of the Constitu-
ton and the Declaration of Inde-
pendence.
Today it is interesting to note
the comment on his passing from
the active judicial scene, because
some of the keeneSt and most OBJ
viously sincere regrets are being
expressed in conservative quarters,
Yet when Brandeis was nomi-
mated TO the court by woodrow Will
son, a tremendous hue and cry
went up from almost the same
quarters which are now eulogizing
his career. Six former presidents
of the American Bar Association
objected. Ex-PreSident Taft spoke
against him. Every Republican ex-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22

interested III any CtliIIB. n pun oNu
dent. he was about to fail.
Professor Mann, then chairman
of the biology department, decided
instead OF letting the boy leave the
school he would try to interest him
in biology He had friendly talk
with him. then made the suggestion
The boy did attend class but was
indifferent. One day Professor
Mann showed him how foods could
be tested for protein. The boy
looked through the microscope
Why, this was interesting! Professor
Mann was delighted. He had won
out. The battle was over.
One evening the boy started
home with a test tube of nitric
acid. not knowing this was against
the laboratory rules. He wanted
TO do some home work on food
testing. AS he was passing through
the school play yard, another boy
ran up and slapped the hand carry
ing the test tube.
The acid was dashed into the
boys face. He screamed with pain
He was rushed to the hospital
where it was believed that he would
lose one eye.
Professor Mann called on the
boy propped up in bed with his
hear Swathed in bandages. But
the boy could not see him.
Slowly the boy began to recover.
1t took five operations in plastic
surgery to make over his face.
When he returned TO school, he
began his study of biology, and
became so interested that he re-
solved to go to City College, New
York City, and learn more science.
A rich uncle hearing of the re-
markable change that had taken
place in this drifter, told the boy
he would send him to a foreign
college for graduate study. The
boy elected medicine and chose the
University of Edinburgh. The au-
tumn Of 1887, he entered that IA
nous college as a freshman.
Last autumn he came back to
Evander Childs High School TO
visit. There was still a seam across
his forehead, but otherwise his face
did not show the result of the ter
rible burn.
1 called on Professor Mann
and, during the conversation, shyly
pulled a medal out of his pocket
a medal for outstanding work in
anatomy which ne had won at the
University of Edinburgh. And only
a freshman That medal had not
been awarded in that school for
rs years.
He is now pursuing his second
year course.
If there is some one in your
family who is not interested in
anything" why not do as Profess
sor Mann did? Coax him. bit by
bit. into am interest. Help him
until he really becomes intrigued.
It may change his entire life
lnd yours.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22
WAR NEVER YET
PRESERVED DEMOCRACY

If there is another European war in
the next two years, the battle cry again
will be: Make the World Safe for
Democracy" If it isn't in those exact
words, the meaning will be the same.
The slogan that hooked Woodrow Will
son is even now in the making a second
time.
The truth is war. has never yet made
the world safe for democracy.
Only the strongest Of democracies sur
vived the last war. 1t created no new
democracies whatever. Germany, Rus
sia, Italy, Spain, all these and more too,
are witness to that fact.
War brings death and suffering. 1t
leaves bodies broken and torn, minds
warped and satiated with base emotions.
How can anything noble come out of
such thing?
Americans, satisfied with their gov
ernment, may believe it is firm as the
Rock of Ages. Let war come, give all
our disgruntled subversive leaders a
chance to cry discomfort, and we might
awaken unpleasantly from our dream.
We want no part of war. We want only
to defend what is ours.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22
Willis Thornton's Editorial On.
Brandeis> Standing Like Lighthouse

cept George Norris was against
him. His book "Other Peoples S
Money" was cited against him as
proving him radical" Only after
long and bitter fight was he con-
firmed.
Yet today, many of the same
elements which fought him 20 years
ago now realize his greatness and
lament his retirement. Why?
Because Brandeis, with incorrup-
tible and immovable firmneSs, has
stood by his guns. Distrustful OF
great concentration of power in
the business world at the time OF
his appointment (and thus rad
ical" in terms of 1916 BrandeiS was
equally distrustful of great concen-
trations of power in the govern
mental world in 1886 (and thus al
most a conservative in terms of
1880.
His uncompromiSing stand for the
personal liberty and dignity of the
individual was a place of appeal
for Workingmen in 1916 against
great business combinations which
submerged them. Today the same
regard for personal rights is place
of refuge for business men who
feel submerged in swelling govern
mental power.
Brandeis once said: "An intoler-
ant majority, swayed by passion or
fear, may be prone in the future,
as it has often been in the past,
to stamp as disloyal opinions with
which it differs"
One justice for all men, rich or
poor-that stamps the great judge.
Justice Brandeis has been great
judge, and the good wishes OF
many who once hated and feared
him follow him into whatever fields
of activity he chooses for his re-
naming years.
Choosing Brandeis was one OF
Woodrow Wilson'S best public acts
To choose a worthy successor is
one of Franklin Roosevelt's most
pressing duties.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22

thing. Let me
tell you what
Paul B. Mann,
ow d e III t y
chairman of the
Science Council
of New York, did
when he was
confronted with
such a problem.
In EVander
c h il d s High
School was a
boy who wasn't
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22
Today's Horoscope

Those who celebrate their birth
day today must expect busy year
ahead. 1t will be a successful year
however, so the activity will not
be fruitless. All who were born on
this date will have good fortune
for the year, and some will in
herit money or property. The
child born today will have his
bump of curiosity we'll developed
and will be of an exploring type
of mind-a pioneer in new fields.
His or her imagination will be very
active.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22
Photographs
-----...--------

Instead of meaning an inclina-
ton to tuberculosis, scientist has
a theory that a flat chest may
mean a sign of intelligence.
One of the first articles exported
from Virginia to England was per-
fume.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

they made repairs and improve
ments on existing assets.
All of this is an admittedly in
complete picture OF the actual
physical results of the WPA pro-
gram.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22
Hints on Etiquette

It is not good manners to enter
a small and crowded elevator with
a cigar or cigarette in your hand or
mouth because the smoke may be
offensive to some or may burn
someone or at least someone's
clothing
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22
Dale
Carnegie

If you have a boy or girl in
your family who is mot interest
ed in anything" don't despair. If
you go about it right, you can prob
ABLY arouse their interest in some
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

/. Where was George Washing
ton born?
2. How old was he when he died?
3. When did Washington take
the oath of office as president of
the United States and in what city?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22

Arnold Guyot, Swiss-American
geographer and geologist, was the
first TO explore the Appalachian
range of mountains. performing the
feat before the Civil war.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22
One-Minute Test Answers

1. Bridges Creek, Westmoreland
County, Va.
2. Sixty-seven.
8. April 30, 1888, in New York,
where congress was then sitting.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22
Words of Wisdom

The greatest genius is never so
great as when it is chastised and
subdued by the highest reason
Cotton.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22
Thoughts for the Day

And it came to pass, soon The Kingdom was
confirmed in his hand. that he slew his servants
which had slain the king his father-II Kings 14:5.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-22

BRINGING
ALL THE NEWS
TO IMPERIAL
VALLEY
Evening star., 1939-09-15
Settlement Nears
In Concrete Mixer
Truck Drivers Strike
Dispute Over Wage
And Working
Conditions Discussed

Early settlement of the city's strike
Of concrete mixer truck drivers was
seen today with representatives of
the striking union and a committee
Of the truck operators scheduled to
meet with Howard T. Colvin, Labor
Department conciliator, to iron out
disputed issues.
Wages and working conditions,
described by officials of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor as the i'm
mediate cause for the walkout three
days ago, were to be discussed at
the joint conference. The strikers,
members of the Drivers, Chauffeurs
and Helpers Union Local, No. 639,
are asking for wage increase from
IS to 80 cents an hour.
A jurisdictional dispute between
the drivers local and the Operating
Engineers Union as a factor in the
strike has been denied by John P.
Coyne, president of the A. F. of L.
building and trades department.
Referee Appointed.
Mr. Coyne last night, however
announced the appointment Of Will
liam P. Carroll of Cleveland as the
referee of all jurisdictional disputes
in the building trades. Mr.. Carroll
was described by the labor official
as "the court of last resort" in
future.
Coyne's department voted in con-
ference last month to outlaw strikes
resulting from jurisdictional dis
putes of member unions, pending q
decision by the office of the depart
ment and an appeal to the referee.
Mr.. Carroll is manager of the
Cleveland Building Trades Employ
ers' Association.
The walkout of the truck drivers
numbering upward of 400-has
caused another tieup in the city's
strike-plagued building construction
program. The new Federal Office
and Social Security buildings, the
former already under a stepped-up
| construction schedule to provide
quarters for the Census Bureau by
the middle of January, are projects
seriously affected by the walkout.
Damage Suffered.
The sand and gravel workers
strike and the plumbers walkout
several weeks ago resulted in losses
of thousands of dollars for the
District and Federal governments
due to virtually complete stop
page of work on big building and
highway projects.
Mr.. Colvin stated that the Labor
Department naturally is not actively
interested in any jurisdictional dis
pute among the building trades
unions.
Our job," he said, SIS to arbi-
trate in wage and hour matters. If a
I jurisdictional dispute exists I feel
that its settlement, within the
unions themselves, of course, should
be forthcoming after working con-
ditions have been ironed out and
the men are back to work"
Evening star., 1939-09-15
BombIess White Zones
Sought for Helpless
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, Sept. 15.-The Interna-
tional Committee of white Zones"
meeting here, appealed today to the
French, British. Polish and German
governments for creation of neutral
lied zones where aged, children and
the sick would be guaranteed
against bombing.
The committee proposed that the
general staffs of the belligerent
states could agree through the me-
dunn of the committee on the loca-
ton of Such zones which would be
placed under neutral commissioners.
Evening star., 1939-09-15
Engineers Measure
Lightning Display

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 15-The
first completely measured lightning
display was reported today by
Westinghouse engineers.
While an electrical storm ragged
over the city, the engineers trapped
a binding flash then turned to their
laboratories and reproduced the
same stroke by mixing current from
two powerful generators.
The lightning hunters caught the
natural stroke on instruments cap
able of measuring its force, discover
ing that the current could light
10000 ordinary household lamps.
Lightning Engineer Charles F.
Wagner said the feat was expected
to be useful in guiding the design
of lightning protective equipment.
Evening star., 1939-09-15
Veterans of '98 Offer
Formula for U. S. Safety

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Sept.
15.-The United Spanish War Vet
Grams, 10000 men who completed
their 41st annual encampment yes
terday, offered these four points to
Congress to assure national safety
Il. A powerful Navy, second to
none.
%. A strong and efficient mer-
chant marine.
"3. An unsurpassed air force.
q. An adequate Army that will
challenge the respect of all nations
in our efforts to live at peace with
them"
Justice George E. Eberly of Ne
braska's Supreme Court was named
commander in chief of the U. 6.
w. v. to succeed Thomas w. Payne
of New York. Next years encamp-
ment was scheduled for Detroit.
Evening star., 1939-09-15
Elmer N. Pusey Elected
To Head Graphic Arts

Elmer M. Pusey was elected presi-
dent of the Graphic Arts Associ-
alton of Washington last night at
the associations annual meeting in
the Raleigh Hotel. Other officers
were Otis H. Johnson, vice presi-
dent Edwin H. Evans, recording
secretary, and Dial H. Elkins, treas
urer.
Directors named were Nelson P.
Mitchell, Gilbert R. Leake, John C.
Harlowe, George A. Simonds. Al
vim l.. Sauls, E. Roy Kaufman.
Charles E. Murray, Harry c. Bates.
A. H. Brewood, Paul A. Heideke and
Richard Chamberlin.
The principal speaker was DR..
Allen A. Stockdale of New York. who
outlined the contribution which the
printing industry has made to the
development Of the United States.
The Washington times., 1939-01-09

'roundish pebble, a pebble that
cleaned duly in the lamplight.
In neat, if somewhat CORY, row
beside the pebble we're IL large,
well-filled turkey craws.
Nov then" Mr.. Vetter mur,
INJURED to the desk, well see if
that first one was a fluke!"
Taking a penknife from his
pocket, he slit open the craws,
examined with Scrupulous care the
the little heaps of gravel, nail.
heads, brick-SliverS and other rub
bish thus obtained. Fascinated,
as though engaged in some absorb.
ing game, he poked at these odds
and ends; and when at last he
swept the craws, the bulk of the
debris, into the waste basket,
there remained eight of the gleam.
ing pebbles on the blotter.
For a long minute Mr.. Vetter
studied them, his eyes blinking
excitedly. Then, overtaken by a
wave of caution, he reached for
bottle marked with a skull and
crossbones, touched a drop of the
liquid to each of the pebbles. Their
bright surfaces remained un
dimmed.
'The real stuff" Mr.. Vetter
whispered. THE honest-to-God
Mccoy! Water-Worn natural
shape .. pure and unadulterated!
Je-hosephat!
The Washington times., 1939-01-09
D. A. X. Planning
Series of Teas
To Mothers

Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith Of
the Board Of Education, will
address members Of the Ameri-
canism committee and the man.
ual for citizenship committee
of the District Daughters of the
American Revolution at a joint
meeting tomorrow at il a. m.
at the Library of the American
ization School, Tenth and H SITS.
N. W.
A report Of the Americaniza-
ton School bazaar held recently
will be given by Mrs. George F.
Warner.
A series of teas are being given
by the AnericaniSm committee
for foreign.born mothers. A re-
port Of these socials will be
made by Mrs. w. w. Husband.
Miss Lillian Chenoweth, State
regent, will be the guest of honor
at a meeting Of the Colonel
James Mccall Chapter at a
meeting tomorrow at 8 p. m. at
the home of Mr4. Jasper M.
Beall, 1900 block Varnum St.
N. w.
Assisting Mrs. Beall will be
Mrs. Sarah Johnston, Miss
Ophelia Kerley and Mrs. Orren
Hunter. All new members taken
into the chapter during the past
year will be initiated at the
meeting.
Another chapter meeting to-
morrow at 7:30 p. m. is the
Emily Nelson chapter at the
home Of Mrs. Louis Marshall
Hicks, 500 block Thirteenth st.
N. W.
Assistant hostesses will be
Mrs. Helen F. Everitt and Mrs.
Bertha w. Crane. Mrs. John j.
Ragan, regent, will preside.