The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 11, 1939, Page 5

< A BACKGROUND MAP—— p 0 l A N D « Once Great, She Disappeared One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago But Was Reborn * as Result of the World War. d 0 W 1= e g, ’{&iBachfi Sea ; P e & e NI AT ‘X1 [T0 AusTRIA] avsTRAGITITI | a « R FROM 1919-20 7 = G FROM " AUSTRIA-HUNGARY < 1919-20 : RUMANTIA X ! FROM ’ Wy| czECHOSLOVAKIA | 1938 ==\ BRATISLAVA © RS, wgzoR OTTOMAN EMPIRE By The AP Feature Service ONCE UPON A TIME Poland was a huge country stretching from AFTER THE WORLD WAR independnce of the northwest third the Baltic almost to the Black Sea. But she had ambitious neigh- of ancient Poland was recognized by the Treaty of Versailles, 1819. bors. In 1772 Russia, Austria and Prussia got together and each (Major exception: Danzig and environs, taken from Poland by took a bite out of Poland. In 1793 Russia and Prussia each sliced Prussia in 1793, became a Free City under the League of Nations.) away some more. And in 1795 Russia and Austria polished her off, But even after Versailles the Poles, under Marshal Joseph Pil- giving another sliver also to Prussia. The map above sums up those three partitions of Poland. For the next 125 years, except for a brief period when Napoleon was reshuffling Europe, inde- pendence was but a gleam in the eye of Polish patriots. sudski, kept on fighting the Russians and Lithuanians—until by 1923 they had expanded their realm east and north to the bound- { aries mapped above. Another minor addition was made last fall at the expense of Munich-mutilated Czechoslovakia. " and finest musical comedies 10 BACKGROUND MAPS OF PRESENT CONFLICT RAGING, EUROPE Miles s TRUNK HIGHWAY o, s RAILROAD <2z mum “EXPRESS" HIGHWAY e HICHWAY DANZIG: The Free City and Its Neighbors, Poland and Germany. FRANCE | and prerogatives for the sovereignty | Should Italy participate and be which Adolf Hitler has been trying | on.the losing side, one assumes (with much success) to restore | Ethiopia would be restored to in- ever since he came to power in | dependence under Haille Selassie NEW YORK, Sept. 11. — What | profit or loss is possible in another European war for anybody? In the World War everybody paid so heavily for the privilege of | rolling the dice that even the win- | ners were losers. | The Carnegie Endowment International Peace estimated the direct cost at $186,000,000,000. The indirect cost was set at al- most as much more. | The number known dead was placed at 9,998,771, and the pre- | sumed dead at 2,991,800—making a Some of H'err Hitler’s work would be | total of 12,990,571, ‘,undone. | To aisper tne iwea that potatoer This doesn’t take into account the, Czechosloyakia likely would be|are fattening, eight members of millions of wounded. reestablished. Austria might fol-|the British Women's League of Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany was low suit. Germany’s navy, army|Health and Beauty, all potato ad- one of the losers. He lost his throne. Germany Lost Heavily Distances by Air, and from British Fleet Base to Blockade Stations. . 186 Billions; y 1933. | her Emperor. Presumably Albania .I.hiso d ' The lands lost included the same | 3150 would get her independence - are the immediate eauses of today’s | DiS YOUDE Queen and their baby son, imbroglio. iwould return to the throne. By DEWITT MACKENZIE i ? B g Al of 1,600,000 German dead and the I-AST RIIES wEDNBDAY direct costs of $39,000,000,000. Naturally, Germany doesn't ex-| speculate on the hypothetical query | st rites for Charles Murphy of B350 WL TeLs, Savoen if she did | gifin Cove, will be held Wednesday ee, afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Chapel for | of the World War might revive the Dean C. E. Rice will deliver the eu- |old animosities to such an extent logy and interment will be in the the Versailles Treaty would be re- | Evergreen Cemetery. Work May Be Undome | brother of the deceased, arrived here Whatever might happen in the|on the steamer Mount McKinley to | way of treaties, it is certain at least | be present for the services. Last War Cost Danzig and Polish Corridor which | back and the fugitive King Zog, with AP Foreigii- Affairs Writer | Al that is quite beside the loss | | FOR CHARLES MURPHY pect to lose a war. But we can Another war coming right on top |of the Charles W. Carter Mortuary stored and even added to. Frank Murphy of Ketchikan, — e again be reduced to the impotence | towns. which existed when Der Fuehrer|, BG4 77 S S Empire Want Aas Bring Results. Germany lost all those territories ' took hold and restored them, Europe’s New Lineup as Result of Ilusso-Gel GREAT BRITAIN end. ASSOCIATES B NEUTRAL [RILS S LA GERMANY and. ASSOCIATES rman Fiiendship Pact. Miss Mestrazet Fefed Prior fo Departure, Mrs. Donald Hammond, assisted by Miss Virginiarae Patchin, entertain- | ed informally Saturday evening at| | Mrs. Hammond’s apartment in the | Baranof with a bon voyage party honoring Miss Pauline Mestrezat, | | who sailed south on the steamer | Yukom, enroute to Salem, Oregon, | where she will enter Willamette University. Dancing was the highlight of the| affair Saturday evening and for the occasion the honoree was pre-| sented several souvenirs of Alaska. Guests invited included Mr. and| Mrs. Russell Cook, Misses Carol Erskine, Bobbie Dooley, Wanda Woodard and Messrs. Norman Keith, | Ted Mach, Bill Cruse, Ralph Mer-| rill and Henry Norman. —>-o—— NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY and changes please call Juneau| and Douglas Telephone Co. phone| |Berne - Ehler Concert fo Be ~ EventTonight (Popular Artists Will Be Heard in Baranof Gold Room | Appearing for their last public icnncm t {, starting at 8:30 }o'rl(xk are Ernest Ehler, tenor, and | Marye Berne, soprano, who will sing |in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. First musical event of the fall the concert tonight will give Juneau music lovers their last opportunity to hear the fine voices of Mr. Ehler and Miss Berne in a full concert. It was 25 years ago, just after her return from study in Germany, that Miss Berne first sang here, that she was declared by enthusiastic critics | to be the “Alaska Nightingale.” And it was as Alaska's nightingale that | she sang in concert for years follow- ing her Juneau debut | The Gold Room of the Baranof scene of many important events | since the opening of the hotel this spring, is a perfect setting for the { musicale tonight. Its accoustics are | said to be splendid, there will be a | dais for the singers and the seating will be well arranged Prior to their coming to Juneau | Jast year to make their home—an advent that was really a return for | Miss Berne whose brother and: sis- | ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bern- hofer have lived here many years Mr. and Mrs. Ehler had toured the United States for several seasons in “The Great Waltz," one of the last throughout the co: Waltz" with music Strauses. father show Great Johann ntry by and the son, and built around their lives holds a record for the longest run of any musical show in the United States and Ernest Ehler and Marye Berne were identified with it from its earliest performances. The program tonight will be popu- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, SEPT. 11, 1939. here more than a year and have appeared several times. This should be our Jlast concerl,’ said Miss Berne | Tar. Every number but one, an oper= U.S.STAKEINEUROPEIS - TWO AND A THIRD BILLION atic aria that has been requested, will be sung in English. Tn addition to the solo appearances of the artists will be several duets in which their voices blend pleasingly The concert tonight will not be formal and all music devotees are invited. In the audience will be many who heard Marye Berne at her first concert here years ago and who have been thrilled by her voice when she returned for brief visits here in succeeding years “It is only because we are now Juneau residents, we are home-folks, that we wish to make this our last full length concert. We have been| But people who know the Ehiers, know how they love their music and enjoy sharing it with others who love music, hope they will someday have a return engagement. At least Marye Berne promised, they will continue to sing—but not in con- | cert. Seating, tonight will begin at 8 o'clock and the concert at 8:30. Those who have not arranged for tickets ahead of time may get them at the hotel before the concert — EACH SYMBOL ~#40000000 o y AR By The AP Feature Eervice The figures are Department of Commerce estimates of U. 8. private investments in European businesses and governments. We have §13,- HAVE HUNT QN . | i vk muat o what b owet s o th o v BOAT CAROLINE DOUGLAS 5 v i s - NEWS | itiatory stunts. DOUGLAS GRAY 1 - > f Two couples from Philadelphia were in Juneau today after a suc- TO BEGIN X s We cessful bear hunt aboard the Camp- bell Church yacht Caroline with HOME FROM WESTWARD | pnociing of the Douglas Islnd Guides Ed Jahnke and Wes Meyer After close to three months' Wib | women's Club is scheduled fort Wed- TThe couples are Mr, and Mrs. Wil- {0 connection with his duties fOr|,,qqqy night at the home ofMFs. liam Jenks Wright and Mr. and Mrs John C. Atwool, Jr. Wright is a banker, and Atwood is with Dupont de Nemours. The party left Prince Rupert on the Caroline August 23 to cruise islands in the Juneau nrea, getting two brown bear and one black bear as well as fine cutthroat trout fish- ing - Of North Carolina’s 31,193.60 cres, woodlands cover 20,568,000 acres. the Alaska Game Commissicn that took him to the extremes of the Aleutian Islands, Asso e Refuge Manager Douglas Gray is home again here for an indefinite stay - FROSH INITIATION With black knickers and white blouses topped with beanies trimmes with ribbons; the three freshmen of the Douglas high school appear- |»d at school this morning starting ! heir initiation as p ibed by the sophomore class wearing The of this garb must continue through- Americans Flee from Par is as War Fears Members of families of e United States Embassy staff wave goodbye from train windows as they leave P 50 in the party. (This picture was sent from London to New York by radio). g o~ incor mite zal L iom obe 2y 510 aniex ; e 1 ater, o8 To be issurd Sept. 30 and forms This picture, taken near the Polish-German border, shows the scene at a railroad station as foreigners had their baggage inspected by customs and airforce most certainly would |dicts, set out on a tour of seaside [close Sept. 15. For space, listings d Bl i i Mark Jensen to start the regwlar winter monthly meetings. Of importance to the session will be the election of a new president and secretary to succeed Mrs. Jay Smith and Mrs. Lawrence Carlion, resigned, -+ - § RIEDI, JR. ON TRIP ° Joe Riedi, Jr. is a passenger for the South ard the Yukong en his first trip to the Outside; GoM- bined busine: 1 pleasure ceeai- icns his journey Increased aris for Dinard, Brittany. There were L F oreig wers Seek to Flee Poland as war Fears Grew Stronger —y 2 officials. It was radioed from Berlin to New York with the caption in German, as shown, which reads: “The trains toward the German border bring foreigners fleeing out of Poland. Our picture (Unser Bild) shows British and Americans at control station at Upper Silesian railroad station passing the border into Germany.”