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|aska into a new era, in which the Territory for the | first time will be able to play host to large conven- tions. A Rotary regional convention will be held in | Juneau just prior to the arrival of the Seattle party, while the National Editorial Association will inaugu- rate the series of national conventions a week after the Seattleites return home. Tourists and delegates from all over the world will Unfortunately there Daily Alaska E rrlj)ire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY WELEN TROY BENDER - - - - R. L. BERNARD esident and Bus Second and Main 8 Alaska. President Manager eets, Juneau. Bntered in the Post Office in Juneu as Second Class Matter ; : ——_ be coming to Alaska, via Seattle SUBSCRIPTION RATE ioe in for §1.25 per month. ‘he. tolowin Tates This year's goodwill tour affords them a good oppor- six months, in advance, $6.00; | tunity to get acquainted. e Those who have been on previous chamber tours he de- need no urging. They will go again this year, if it is | humanly possible. Dellvered by carr By ma $12.00; . $1.25 will confer a favor if they will prompt failure or irregularity in t one month Subs the Business Office of Hvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 OCIATED PRI sively entitled to the use for to it or not the local news MEMBER OF A The Associated Press is excl republication of all news dispatehes credited otherwise credited this paper and also published hrein Aeronauticat Exports (New York Times) ULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER There is considerable interest in the announce- AT OF ANY'OTHER PUBLICATION ment of the Civil Aeronautics Authority that beacons Auily by the Fenger-Hall Co, Lid., with are to be placed on the air routes to South America in the region of the West Indies. This will make possible night flying by our international airline ALASKA CIRC THAN Represented na effices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, New York and Boston and shorten still further the time-distance between jand conducive to unrest and;appre- | the United States and the countries to the south. It may also stimulate the export of American planes. | Competition in this matter, particularly from the totalitarian countries, is keen in Cen American areas. Swifter plus a liberalized basis of doing business, should aid manufacturers in the United States to dispose of their products in increasing volume. I There has been some confusion of opinion recent- ly regarding aeronautical exports. But it seems clear that military aircraft or accessories which the Army or Navy desires to keep on the confidential lis! have little likelihood of finding their way to foreign countries, however friendly. This being the case, encouragement of the sale abroad of such material as properly can be released is desirable. Two ad- ntages can be gained through such sales. In the o and the Fourteenth first place, a good expor: business will enable manu- facturers of aircraft, engines and accessories to maintain skilled forces and thus be in a position to expand production should an emergency arise at (home. Fully as important, these manufacturers will be enabled to continue the practice of plowing back linto engineering development most of the proceeds Appropriation bills, either sUll in 'of thir export sales, and thus maintain the important committee total $5.3 93.65, probably $750.000 more gshare they have had in putting the United States than the Territory’s anticipated revenue for the blennium. Befose the end of the session tomorrow in the air. this will be reduced, if the last day is as usual last 'advanced types of aircraft by the private aeronautical days by possibly $350,000, by striking off measures industry has been financed by sales overseas. that will fail to pass. However, the remaining ' s e v $400,000 deficiency is not considered serious. Before | the biennium is ended, it has been the experience of those who handle the Territory's finances, income | will have increased to more than make up the de- Anthony Eden’s suggestion that Britain copy the ficiency. Civilian Conservation Corps idea from the United House appropriation bills total $4,403,055.83. The | States turns the spotlight on the unemployment Appropriation Bill for the 1939-41 expenses of the problem which has plagued Britain since the war. Territory, which accounts for $3,648,020 of this ‘wnm- our overseas cousins are supposed to be jumps amount, had passed the House and was in & com- |8head of us in social and wellare projects they have p wrestled with unemployment in a rather inefficient mittee of tbe whole in the Senate this afternoon. | jand dilatory manner. Various conferences between both houses will be ncc-‘i Two million idle in & population essary before this reaches final acceptance sometime gives the government cause for worry. This figure tomorrow before the curtain rings down and ‘h"}\\-m recently increased by 300,000, despite the re- House and Senate adjourn sine die. newed activity in industries contributing to the re- Senate appropriations total $899,337.82, the largest | armament program. Britain’s world trade is failing of these the Territorial Road Bill, which appropriated |off, markets are being lost, and the decline is re- $800,000 and became Chapter 19, Session Laws of |flected in the number of people on the dole. Some Alaska, 1939 industries, like mining, have been so hard hit that Those who have watched this and other sessions whole areas of the British Isles have been without of the Territorial Legislature say that the Fourteenth activity for years. : Session has been a good one. Though bickering This condition, extended over a long period, has between Houses has existed, that condition is so been a particular hardship on young men. Little usual as to be a part of the tradition. And an has been done for them. Some private charities, amicable conelusion of the session is predicted. |with a measure of government help, have opencd Much of the credit for the business performed work and recreation centers, designed to keep youth goes to the presiding officers. President N. R. Walker, out of the “pubs” and other loafing places. But an experienced lawmaker, has served the Senate well. |;:§:10 a:a;]eb;e(l:‘c x:;[;;;“f:vt:}‘\de 8‘?’:52 ‘é:z:(w;” o&;{::; Howard Lyng has made an excellent speaker of "he'Eden complains about is the apparent complacency House. They have hdixdled with ability their OWn |y which the British unemployed accept this con- sessions and the open hearings which have attract-|gition. He calls for a “divine discontent,” a move- ed crowded galleries of interested spectators. ment to throw off the lethargy which seems to have —_ 1semed on the younger generation ceasing to hope for employment. Eden’s suggestion is a good one. Britain should adopt something like the CCC plan if she is not to endanger her future at home and abroad by neglect- ing this generation. ONE DAY TO GO Just Session of one more the Territorial Legislature will be Today both Houses had their business well near completion. prediction that everything will be over in good time tomorrow without the custo- mary setting back of the clock day to g ended and is passed or ir Idea From America (Cleveland Plain Dealer) of 45,000,000 Alaska Beckons (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Bvery two years the Seattle Chamber of Com- merce sponsors a goodwill tour of Alaska and 1939 is one of these years. There are a number of unusual features offered in the 1939 tour. The steamer Aleutian will be held at Seward four days, to permit the entire party to visit Fairbanks, hub of Interior Alaska. The visitors will see the new Baranof Hotel at Juneau and will A ) be among the first guests in the new Government of insects have been made by a California photogra- hostelry at Mount McKinley Park. pher. The funny part about it is, the guy isn’t a studio These added accommodations will help usher Al-)cameraman Chicago judge who ruled that a man has the right to slap an erring wife didn’t say what percentage of husbands will have the courage to try. A news note says that more than 20,000 pictures First Pictures in Nazi People’s ‘Court The camera 1s permitted inside a Nazi People’s court (highest court in Germany) for the first time: Upper, left, young German law students avidly listen to a case; right, prosecutor; below, the judges—two of legai experience, an army officer, an aviation commander, a Storm Troop captain. This court, established in 1934, hears cases against the state and has power to order beheading. The judges also are the jury. Of the panel of judges, mer.e are only 12 who have had legal experience. Five are army officers, five aviation com- manders, five Storm Troop captains, and five Nazi party officers. There is no appeal from their decisions, are a few Seattle residents who do not know Alaska. | in the forefront in the matter of technical excellence | To a large extent the development of | efl;roscope “The stars incline but'do not compel” THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1939 Through this day adverse plane- tary aspects may be unusually strong. Risks of all sorts should be avoided. Accidents may be prevalent executives and business leaders may be uneasy. 4 Under this sway a f; hic - as- pect may be widespread as ‘the idea i that “what must be will be" is ac- cepted. Portents of war will be many, but the seers foresee momths of peace for the United States. ‘Women appear to be subject to ad- verse planetary government today, which is unfavorable to mental poise |hension. They . should dis¢ipline themselves and control their nerve. This is an unlucky day forjiro- the South and'mances. Men may be critical’ and|week owing to illness. communications, | exacting, Husbands are likely to be | difficult to handle. " | Quarrels are easily starfed under | this direction of the stars which | fosters super-sensitiveness and self- ’approbauon. Criticism will' be ‘more {general than usual and will be di- “l'er‘lod toward objects great and| Naughton, Mrs. W. W. Case | small Sedition in India will add to the anxieties of the British Empire, { which will experience a summer of supreme difficulties. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of pleasant surprises in which finaneial mat- ters will be satisfactory. For mar this is to be a twelve months of var- ied romances Children_born on this day may be analytical and keen, but indifferent regarding their own faults. Actors belong to this sign of Pisces and as do explorers. (Copyright, 1939) | NOTICE 170 CREDITORS In the Commissoner’s Court for the i Territory of Alaska, Division Num- ber One. Before FELIX GRAY, Commission- | er and ex-officio Probate Judge, Juneau Precinct. IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- TATE OF HARRY E. BIGGS, DECEASED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the undersigned was on the | 14th day of February, appointed administrator of the es- tate of Harry E. Biggs, deceased. All persons having claims against the estate of deceased are required |to present the same, with proper {vluchers attached, to the under- |signed at Juneau, Alaska, within |six (6) months from the date of this notice, at the office of Faulkner & Banfield. H | Dated this 14th day of February, | 1939, N. C. BANFIELD, Administrator of the Est... Harry E. Biggs, decea: First publication, Feb. 15, Last publication, March 8, 1939. [ of | News 1. Q.? By The AP Feature Service | I i K] Each question counts 20; each part of a two-part question, 10. A score of 60 is fair, 80, good. 1. Who is Clarence Cannon, pictured here? How is he trying to take some of the laughs out - of the Congressional Record? 2. Who are the Badgett sisters of Galveston? 3. Identify Milan Stoyadino- vitch. 4, Did most accidental deaths ; in the U. S. last year occur (a) in homes, (b) on highways, or (¢) in industry? 5. What development in for- | eign relations was revealed by a | Los Angeles plane crash? (Answers on Page Six) - W Bw % Juneau, While this configuration ¢ontinues | .| at the school for Mrs. J. D. Helps, 1939, duly | i What Is Your || The B. M. Behrends Bank "1 COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS MARCH. 8, 1919 There was a large crowd at the |dance given by the Alaska Labor Union the previous evening in it hall in the Brunswick Building |Mayor Emery Valentine and sev- eral members of the Legislature were | present. The preparations for the concert and play which were to be staged by the pupils of the Catholic School on St. Patrick’s Day were progress- ing nicely. | Miss Margaret Scolt and Mrs. ;Wnlwr J. Manahan were to enter- | tain at the home of Mrs. Manahan |in honor of the teachers of the Ju- neau Schools. Mrs. H. 1. Lucas was substituting who had been absent during the The Domestic Science class gave & luncheon to honor ‘wives of the members of the School Board and mothers of the girls. Guests were Mrs. R. P. Nelson, Mrs. George Mock, Mrs. E. Garnick; Mrs. Guy Mec- Grover Winn, Mrs. A. P. Kashevar- |off and Mrs. R. P. Cragg. Ed. B. Sperling, former pianist at the Dream Theatre, and well known in musical circles on the Channel, was to preside at the piano in the Jitney orchestra at the A. B. Hall. | Members of the Fourth Territorial Legislature were the guests of Gov. Riggs at the Governor's House for dinner the previous evening. Miss Mamie A. MacMillan was to leave on the Princess Mary for an extended trip outside to visit rela- tives in the East Weather: Highest 34; cloudy. lowest 33; - SHRINE vANCE Owing to conflicting dates, Shrine Dance for March 11 |been cancelled | - - Around 200 earthquakes are re- jported in the United States each! | year. | the has adv. UNITED STATES | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | GENERAL LAND OFFICE District Land Office Anchorage, Alaska. | July 25, 1938 . | Notice is hereby given that James | Henry Hewitt, has made application for a homesite under the act of May 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 809), Anchorage | IO844'L for a tract of land situated |along the Salmon River Highway { about 12 mile N. from Hyder adjoin- !ing Survey No. 1764 and Survey No. 1427, said land is embraced in Su -! | vey No. 2208, latitude 55° 55’ 17" N.| longitude 130 02’ 15” W. containing | 4.80 acres, and It 1s now in the files of the U. S. Land Office, Anchorage, | Alaska. ! Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned { land should file their adverse claims in the local land office at Anchor- | age, within the period of publication ior thirty days thereafter, or they {Will be barred by the provisions of | the Statutes. | GEORGE A. LINGO, Register. | First publication, Jan. 18, 1939, Last publication, March 15, 1939, UNITED> STATES ‘ DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE District Land Office i Anchorage, Alaska. January 9, 1939. Notice is hereby given that George | J. Bedner, has made application for | a homesite under the act of May 28, | 1934, for a tract of land situated on ‘Tee Harbor about 18 miles northwest! of Juneau, Alaska, Anchorage serial 08370, U. S. Survey No. 2266, con- taining 4.60 acres, latitude 58° 24’ 36” N. longitude 134° 45’ 30” W. and it is now in the files of the U. S. | Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned ' land should file their adverse claims | in the U. S. Land Office, within the | period of publication or thirty days | thereafter, or they will be barred by: the provisions of the Statutes. GEORGE A. LINGO, ister. First publication, Feb, I,R::SB{H Last publication, March 29, 1939, Pl The Emptre ertends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversar? .o the follow- ing: MARCH 8 Henry G. Johnson F. M. Matheson Lola LaPaugh Stanley Nowicka Jimmy Tripp B 2 M ODERN ETIQUETTE * By Roberta Lee Q. Whom should a bride show preference, if any, in choosing her maid of honor? A. The bride’s sister should have the preference. If she has not sis- ter, she usually chooses her most intimate friend. Q. Should one ever open mouth while eating? A. No. The lips should be kept closed while chewing. This is not difficult if small bites are taken. Q. When a hotel guest wishes food sent to her room, what should | she do? A. Telephone for “Room Serv-| ice” and give the order. - D s the [ DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH || * | By W. L. Corden !‘; ? ‘Words Often Misused: Do not say, | “We walked a distance of three miles’ Omit a distance of. Merely | say, “We walked three miles.” | Often Mispronounced: Titanic.l Pronounce ti-tan-ik, first syllable as tie, second syllable as tan, second i| as in it, accent second syllable. : Often Misspelled: Owing; no e. ! Synonyms: Fervent, fiery, ardent, | vehement, eager, passionate, impas- ioned. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in-| crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Derogatory; lessening in good re- pute; disparaging. (Pronounce first o as in of, accent second syllable). “He made some derogatory remark ; about Mr. Brown.” i LOOK and LEARN * By A. C. Gordon 1 i oceur, | lender | 1. Where “Neither a be”? 2. In what city of the U. S. there a district known as “the loop”? | 3. Why are longshoremen so| called? 4. What is the heaviest substance | does the borrower line nor a |in the world? | 5. Which is the longest river in| Europe? | ANSWERS | 1. In Shakespeare's “Hamlet.” | 2. Chicago. | 3. “Longshoreman” is a corrup-| tion of “along-shore-man.” Steve- | dores are so called because they work | along the shore. 4. The metal “osmium.” 5. Volga River; 2,325 miles, - .,— — | SHRINE DANCE Owing to conflicting dates, Shrine Dance for March 11 been cancelled. e Elizabeth Barrett married Robert | Browning when she was 41 years| old. the | has | adv. | | i | i Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars . USETHE “WANT” ADS Directory [ Drs. Kaser and | Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 _ Dr. A. W. Stewart ' | DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9-—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. % RO PRSI T S STy | DR. H. VANCE Consultation and examinaton free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 9:30 by appointment. 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