The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 5, 1939, Page 2

NOW! when you need them: SCCOATS AS LOV AS $17.50 FINE QUALITY CLOTHING IN WARM WINTER WEIGHTS and patterns — bones. “Junequ’s. Leading You can be smart and comfortable at:a saving in one of these over- coats. Choose yours now from our big stock of single and double- breasted models in plain colors B. M. BEHRENDS CO., Inc. tweeds, herring Depariment Store” WILSON'S WIDOW COMPLETES BOOK; ™™ § OF CAREER Entirely New: Light Given on Former President of-the U. S. AP vice Writer WASF Jan. 5.—For 18 the capital, She iy t in the rese:ved &} house in which the P oes ou’! to see @ few 1% they know they st her unless the party is vy small and very ex- clusive O v Mrs. Wilson has ap- pear: ¢ ly of Democratic women. wearing great, butter-fly- like orchids, the kind President Wil- son. showered on her during their courtship. She has never, even by a simple “yes” or “no” revealed what the Wilsons, mister and missus, thought during the.turbulent World war years in the White House. But she is breaking that 18 year silence. Bhe has written a book. More Than Enough It was done all in long hand in - ]hm' quiet study where a picture ofi ‘Wilson leoks down on her. She wrote so well that she turned in three times as much as the publishers | could use. So Pulitzer-prize-winner | Marquis James was called in to edit the copy. ' Those in the znow say the book | will throw new light on several of Wilson's acts as President. The rem- iniscences will run in part in a ~oazine, and appear in book form arly spring. n modern times, at least, has First Lady written mem- [ her life as a President’s wife. What prompted the non-commit- | widow to come out of her retire- t? Friends say she has been d several times over printed 2 on her husband’s admin- ns. She feels as strongly to- e did 20 years ago about ressed. since his death, in she has visited Europe, each aking a pilgrimage to the a headquarters for which Wil- n fought a losing fight. Only once in the intervening years has she ventured into the public gallerie: he Senate, and then there was a acteristic reason the Senate was debating the World Court. Before she left, old-time Democrats had wheedled her into an impromptu reception in Vice President Garner’s office, Mrs, Wilson hasn’t changed much | from the days when she appeared occasionally in public riding with her husband in his last, lingering illness. She is a large, erect woman, WE MAKE A VERY 1 Electrolux Befrigeratlor. Combination Completely installed with Flamo tank, - 'RICE & AHLERS CO. Third and Franklin Street. SPECIAL OFFER ON: $169.00 PHONE 34 _ COLUMBIA LUMBER COMPANY OF ALASKA Lumber and Building Materials PHONES 587 OR 747—JUNEAU SECURE YOUR LOAN THROUGH US To Improve and Medernize Your Home Under Title I, F. H. A, o Mrs. Curtis B. Dall In & ceremony, performed at the home of her parents at Haver- ford, Pa., Katherine Miller Leas, above, becomes the hride of Curtis B. Dall, ex-husband of Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, daughter of the president. with hair almost white, In her face one reads few of her _thoughts. There's a Queen Mary-ish air about her black clothes and her hats. She practically never appears without the orchids. 0ld-Time Democrats She lives with her two brothers, ‘and entertains at small teas and luncheons for a small group of | friends who are so respectful of her - wish for retirement that many even ‘deny knowing her. Mostly they're( old-time Democrats who surrounded {her husband in office. For instance, she visited the Josephus Daniels in Mexico last year. RFC's Jesse Joi 3 and Mrs. Jones. Reason: they all like bridge. Mrs. Wilson never seems to expect any special attentions, she never tands on her dignity. On her chau- ffeur’s days off, she walks over to the nearest bus line and drops her dime into the fare box. MAN CANNOT RECALL NAME Can't Get JT)BT Can’t Join Army Because His Past Just Unforgetable WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. — He 8| yices - wouldn't take . him because the man who qoesn't exist! For the sake of conveneince he has taken the name of Sawyer. He may have to spend his time in jail unless somebody discovers that he does exist. Here’s his story: The man remembers “coming to” in Norfolk, Va. about February, 1938. He bore evidence of a ter- rific physical beating. Doctors said he had amnesia. Within a few days he was normal, except that he couldn't remember anything of his past life. Several companies offered him a job. He accepted, but they couldn't Palmer and No.74 Pictured at. the entrance . iny honeymoon cof at, 3ayou, near Sarasota, r er d’Orsay. Palmer, playboy. ihe. immensely wealthy apd Palmer family of Chi . fourth wife, Pluma Lopise Lowery Abatiello, formerly a waitress in a Toadside { its first. ‘| of weight ulty is making the selections with .| us record- as. guides. The consent THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JAN. 5, 1939. Bride of Curis Dall |nony Has Some Very Big . Shoes to Fill But Turks Are Sure Hg Can Fill Ih_em Polish “Prettiest” 11 CKGROUND \What happens to a tetalitarian slate when ‘its dictator dies.? That question has puzzied thou- sands during the past decade. The desth, of Kamal, Ataturk, president ~ dictator of.(Turkey, and the election of his.old pal as . successor .may prowide an answer. The fellowing story de- scribes this successor to a dic- tater and tells what he's up | against, ANKARA, Turkey — Now that | General Ismet Inonu is in the chair at Ankara, the world is inquiring— | not without skepticism, whether | Turkey’s second president will be | |able to continue as he has pledged |to do in. the direction pointed by " ISMET INONU Succeeds a Dictator | Possessed of a quiet, intellectual,| The two had fought together in | ironie - demeanor, Inonu. lacks—or|the World War. Inonu was chief |at least he has mever demonstrat- |of staff at Gallipoli when Ataturk ed — the domineering, demonic, [kept the Allies from scizing the | ruthless. qualities of his dead chiel. |vital peninsula. Inonu also helped | But he has a pame as an organizer | Ataturk drive out the invading |and administrator. He well Kknows | Greeks in the war that followed |the hazards of public life. Twice,!the World War. ] he has escaped assassination. Then they continued shoulder to! | His name stirs important mem- shoulder in the peacetime fight to |ories in the Turks for it comes regenerate the “sick man of E |from a battle the general won in|rope” as Turkey was called befc |the Anatolian locality of Inonu. It |they took hold of him. | was one of the pivotal battles .in | Called To Death | |the bitter Graeco-Turkish war of The general was Ataturk's pre-| 1919-22 which 'preceded- Ataturk’s mier and confidant until 1937. Then | founding of a new. Turkey. the long association suddenly ter- | Kamal Ataturk gave Ismet Ino- minated, presumably in a squab- nu this name. Now. Inonu is in line | ple over foreign policy. [ for: the name of Ataturk himself| The premier remained in the —for . most everybody in Turkey national assembly but except for | believes that the slender little man |that played the role of an ex-num- | taking command. at & eritical mo- |her. 2 man. No one expected him | ment in the country’s history will to become No. 1—until the dicta- | {prove himself to be a second “Fa- | tor took ill and sent for him. It was | ther of the, Turks.” increasingly evident after that that Big. Jobs Ahead |Inonu was to inherit Ataturk’s role. It is a staggering responsibility| He is the father of two young Ataturk has: left his No.. 2 man. sons, one 10, the other seven. He | There is the modernization of re-|and his wife are looked up to as, {ligious, political, iand .secial cus- imodel parents. In fact, she is held toms to be completed. There is & |in such esteem the country once | |local political situation of near-|considered inaugurating a nation- | voleanic possibilities \which Ata- |al mother’s day in her honor. {turk kept from erupting at times| Unlike Ataturk, he is a teetotal- only by the use of ruthless force. ler but at official functions will lift | Most important, there is the prob-|a cup of champagne to the health | lem of keeping from being flat-!of his guests. He can manage a se- tened by the political-economic date foxtrot when it is required. |juggernaut, of Nazi Germany. He loves horses and is an expert | ose are enough to give any | rider, speaks English, French, and |man pause. But Turkey thinks its understands German, prefers Eng- deaf old warrior, although he dif- lish-cut clothes and American ad- fers in many ways from his chief, ministrative methods. |5 the man best fitted for the job.| One of his hobbies is quizzing Ataturk thought so, too. That's visiting Americans on their way why he called him in be#ore he of life and their country’s latest died and made up the friendship achievements, particularly in sci- which was broken off a year ago. entific spheres. hire him. He had no social security | card, and he couldn’t get one un- | less he could state how old he was and where he was born. | Eventually in the summer he | |wound up in the. District of Co- | |lumbia jail - accused of vagrancy. | Released from jail, he tried to join | ithe. army .and navy, but.the ser- New Towa Coach he could NOT give his right name. | He went back to jail of his own accord, and now the detective bu- reau of the District of Columbia police department would like to know what they're going to do with | him. Mr. Sawyer—or whatever his name is—is interested, too. | : ! OUTSHINES DAD .. IN:RAISING PIGS! HENDE] N. C Edward ! 1l-year-old Negro 4-H club boy, did so well with his club pig this year that his father asked bim; to take charge of all the pigs on the; farm. ‘The boy’s pl‘s gained 190.6 pounds in 123 days while four from the same litter cared for by his father put on an average of only 147 pounds After weighing the pigs and fig- | uring ' the profits, the elder Bullock decided to let -his boy look after all the pigs from now on. Eddie Anderson For several years a successful coach at Holy Cross college, Dr. Eddie Anderson, one-time Not Dame star, has been named to t. | over the coaching reigns at the | University of Iowa, succeeding Irl ! Tubbs, who resigned. Anderson ‘ is_ believed to have signed for | $12,500 a year. TALLAHASSE, Fla, Jan. 5. —) The Florida State College for | Women is picking out its 50 “best citizens” in the senior class and giv- | ing the girls complete personal free- | dom—there will be no campus rules | for them. i A committee of ;students and fac- | scholastic. rating health and,camp- of a girl’s. parents or guardian is to be obtained:before she is awarded the privilege, . Dean Qlivig Dorman, originator of the plan, says.its purpose is to “give these students. an . opportunity. to prove themselves capable of accept- lities. which ac- |ing for people; | sororities; | reautiful Polish girl in America rom among 3,000 Polish beauties ntered in the annual search for ilm talent conducted by the Polish Sverybody’s Daily, in Buffalo, N, Y. Plans fo Airfield Up Again Tailings fro;;) redging Would Be Used for Development Project for a Juneau airfield, which would be built of tailings from dredging of the channel bar, may be revived this y the Chamber of Commerce was informed this week by Col. John C. H. Lee of the U. 8. Army engineers. Col. Lee was here Tuesday on Baranof and proceeded west on the vessel to inspect army | jects in other harbors. | The airfield project, though it was rejected in Washington last year, possibly may be looked upon pro- | | | | | | favorably now, Col. Lee said, inas- | ! much as it is a combination job, en- tailing dredging of the channel along with construction of the field. Chamber officials left with Col. Lee a set of plans for the develop- ment which he will study before his return here in two weeks. It is con- sid probable a public hearing on the airfiald project will be called in the near future. D Here's Inside Story On What a Co-Ed Does at College NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. 5. —Newcomb College girls spend as much' time every week talking they do studying, a survey shows. Betsy Bres, a junior, found after as | checki among fellow students | that every week they use up 21 |hours poring over books and 21 hours in conversation. And here’s how the girls ac counted for the rest of their time: Eighteen hours in class; dates; 56 sleeping; one, just wait- 12 hours and 15 three at meetings student council and two hours and 55 min- utes putting curlers in their hair before going to bed and taking them out when they get up. and the rest of the time going from one to another, playing games minutes eating; such as the | place 14 on | land deciding which dress to wear.' U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for J’neau and | vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Jan, 5: y cloudy tonight, Friday" tloudy .with snow; gentle to moderate n and northeast winds Pa nortl tonight, becoming moderate east and southeast Friday Weather forecast for Southeast Alaska: Partly cloudy tonight, Friday cloudy, with snow over the nortern portion, and rain over the southern portion; gentle to moderate north and northeast winds b ning moderate east and southeast Friday. st of winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: From Entrance to Cape Spencer: Moderate north and northeast tonight, becoming moderate to fresh east and southeast winds From Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook: Moderate east and theast winds tonight, increasing Friday, becoming fresh, pos- sibly strong between Icy Bay and Cape Hinchinbrook. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity — Weather 3:30 p.m. yestly 29.97 33 82 w 3 Cloudy 3:30 am. today .. 29.78 29 82 Cam 0 Cloudy Noon today 29.87 30 81 s 3 Cloudy RADIO REPORTS | TODAY Max. tempt. | Low:st 4am. 4am. Precip. 4am. Station last 24 hours temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather Atka 38 28 % 38 18 33 Rain Anchorage 18 8 16 4 03 Lt. Snow Barrow -20 10 - Clear Nome 0 4 0 Bethel -12 -12 14 0 Fairbanks 0 -16 4 02 Dawsaon -8 -12 8 0 St. Paul 28 28 26 i 4 Dutch Harbor 36 6 20 70 Mod.R'n Kodiak 32 28 4 0 Cloudy Cordova 34 34 4 35 Lt Snow Junean . 35 29 @ b ol Cloudy Sitka 35 “ o 0 g Ketchikan 40 4 0 Cloudy Prince Rupert 40 4 0 Pt.Cldy Edmonton 34 4 0 Clear Seattle 46 4 25 Lt. Rain Pertland 46 4 69 Pt.Cldy San Prancisco .. 58 10 66 Cloudy New York 40 40 8 0 Cloudy Washington 44 38 8 i Cloudy WEATHER COY“DITIONS AT 8 AM. iuiDAY Seattle (airport), cloudy, temperature 40; Bellingham, spirnkling, 39; Victoria, cloudy, 40; Alert Ba clear, 33; Bull Harbor, partly cloudy, 33; Triple Island, clou Langara Island, eclou 34; Prince Rupert, partly cloudy, 30; Ketchikan, cloudy, 30; Craig, partly clou- dy, 29; Wrangell, partly couldy, 23; Petersburg, cloudy, 29; Sitka, clear, 29; Cape Spencer, clear, 32; Hoonah, partly cloudy, 22; Eldred Rock, clear, 26; Kluckwan, clear, 0; Tenakee, cloudy, 22; Radioville, partly cloudy, 28; Skagway, clear, 8; Haines, partly cloudy; St. Elias, cloudy, 34; Cordova, snowing, 35 Se d, cloudy, 28; Anchorage, # partly cloudy, 0; Nenana, clear, -20; Hot Springs, clear, -22; Tanana, clear, -21; McGrath, cloudy, -15; Nulato, cloudy, 0; Kaltag, cloudy, -2; Ruby, clear, ; Bethel, clear, -8; Solomon, clear, -10; Golovin, clear, -15; Council, clear, 11; and Nome clear, -14. Juneau, Jan. 6.—Sunrise, Fairbanks, 8:46 a.m.; sunset, 3:27 p.m. WEATHE®R SYNOPSIS Low barometric pressure prevailed this morning throughout Al- aska and over the northeastern portion of the North Pacific Ocean, while moderately high pressure prevailed over the northwestern por- tion of Canada. The storm area noted yesterday morning as being centered some distance off the coast of Washington-Oregon has de- creased in intensity, while the storm area over the Aleutian Islands has ncreased in intensity. Thisgeneral pressure distribution has been attended by precipitation ove:r the Aleutian Islands, the Alaska Railroad belt, and over northeastern potior onf -Gulf of Alaska, and over the West Coast states and by generally fair weather over Southeast Alaska and the western and northern portions of the Ter- ritory. It was colder last night over Southeast Alaska and over most of the Mackenzie Valley and warme' over the Aleutian Islands. BRITAIN'S FIRST AMERICAN-BUJILT BOMBER (above), given tests at Burbank, Cal, is A New Life on Forty Cents Bravely looking to the future and turning her back on:the terror-ridden past, this little girl, one of the 250 Jewish child refugees who recently! went to England from Germany, is shown at the reception camp in Har- wich, England. The children were permitted to take only one mark (40 cents) with them from Naziland, and only the barest necessities in cloth- ing. But this child managed to cling to her doll. ' ¢ L 2 Lockheed B- B carrying a crew of four. It is painted in the camouflage coloring of Britain’s Royal Air Force and has gun openings on the fuselage l:g vear and in the nose,