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indication . of the F ) in opposition is an very strong o 1 Dally Alfls a ,"lplre celing in Alaska on this subject. Tampering with 1e work of the Fores rvice wi s RS it ey s work o orest Service would be the most EMPIRE PRINTING ronrm inpopular thing to come out of Washington in a fln.;‘n:v 3 HDRR . gioe-Prosioet snd nu,mmlu"—umm long time, and that's saying something. Becond and Main Stroets, Juneau, Als & | Eatered in the Post Office in J\mrn. us s-coms cms Mnlur FROM ONE WHO KNOWS | The Japan Times Weekly, printed in Engh\h‘ and published in Tokyo, has this to say of the war n Europe If we have not yet seen in the current war any blood-stirring battle scenes . . . we have no right to kick. The Powers are not in war to accommo- | | date newsreel producers, sensation-hungry ne per month. : : st the following rates »ap d the public. War is no joke; it's grim Oue yoar, in_advance, $12.00; six montas, in advarce, $6.00 | ciness ene month, In advance, $1.25 Subsecribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify Grim is correct That goes for “incidents,” too. tbe Business Office of any failure or irregularity in tbe de- p ey St oS 5 e = W 2; Business e, 374 . s el A i op e L g Alaska I.nl\lng ()n New Pilot MEABER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. " —_ The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for i T 4 republication of all uews dispatches credited to it or not (Farbanks News-Mner) - SN Swos W Wi, veow and’ slsp’ thy looMl . flows Alaska sets up a new marker in the march of e AT time as Dr. Ernest Henry Gruening arrives at the| ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER TEAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLIC A’I'ON es over the helm Territorial capital this week and PR 5o -~ las chief executive of America’s largest and Farthest GBORGE D Inc spaper Representa- | no aln ives. with offices In Ban Fr Tow, Angelss, Portiod | T OCL - POssEEsor E e Chioaso, Rew York and Boston Governor Troy, who first assumed the responsi- —— ——— | pilities of fice fil 19, 1933, retires with s Tiis REREESNTATIVE Olibert A, Wellingion, 1011 | DL the office April 19, 1933, retires with a Cmwarieon Brak Bulldios splendid record of achievement and the gratitude bt e e e T and good will of his fellow Alaskans. It is gratify-; news to them that he will continue to be an laskan, making his home in Juneau. Doubtless' he will continue a factor in the public life of the JHHoroscope “The stars incline 5 but do not compel SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 This is one of the rarely fortu-|crushed 354,024 tons of rock in No- :nau' days in planetary direction and | yember. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY DEC 8 1939. YEARS AGO From THE EMPIRE | DECEMBER 8, 1919 | Breaking the world's tonnage rec- | ord for a month the Thane mill of | the Alaska Gastineau Mining Co. This was an average of JHappy Pirthday The Empice extends congratulc- tions and uul wuhn riay, ¥ birshday annivers=> to the w--, every hour should be employed to|g434 tons a day. Tosbiisg: |the best advantage. It is lucky| | | for journe including those ovex-} The halibut boats were nearly all DECEMBER 8. {seas. Written communications|in port. Few of them were to do Mrs. H. M. Acton should bring satisfactory return.|any more fishing but were to tie up Mary Margaret Grisham ' Leases or contracts signed today|for the next two months becaause of Mrs, H. L. Arnold will be fortunate. Women should the cold weather and the tides. Natalie Savonich | benefit gr y under this configu - Mrs. John G. Johnson tion. To those who enjoy power Among those who had purchased Esther Jackson or prestige much may be added transportation to Seattle on the | Mrs. George F. Freeburger Heart and Home: Under this sway | Alameda were Mr. and Mrs. P. R. ' Mike Ugrin 1 parents will be generous and sym- | Bradley of Treadwell. They were Sidney L. Thompson | athetic in dealing with the young- |to be accompanied by their son,| John B. Henahen \ members of the family. It is an| Henry, and twin daughters, Rum‘ - >oo I auspicious date for entertaining.|and Frances. | Shopping is well directed and purs- | es will open easily. Girls will be {than the new admirers who will be la fire on the many. Young men will be extremely | susceptible under today’s planetary influences, Business Affairs: Prosperity wil have come around the corner and |severance spent there will be marked acceleration | the city. They in trade. War conditions will bene- | Zynda Hotel. convenience from Capt. George Naud of the fisher- | wise to treat old suitors more kindly |ies boat Murre on which there was third of at Hoonah, suffered considerable in- the montl burns. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Dott of Per-!try, the week-end in were guests at the | | LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon h | I Is a person born in this coun- whose parents are both foreign- , an American citizen? 2. Who was the pioneer builder of the American department store? n | bo: rritory, lending as occasion requires his sage |fit American merchants and manu- —_— 3. In what amount may return-‘ advice and counsel, based on a long and active facturers, but the seers warn that| Mrs. Bruce Brown, accompanied | ing citizens of the U. 8. bring in career in the Northland |1841 is under sinister portents. The by her sister, Miss Caroline Myers, | purchases from foreign countries | Although Governor Gruening has not been 2 wise will anticipate a period of fi-|left on the Estebeth for Haines.| Without paying duty? resident of Alaska, he comes to the Territory with nancial reverses, for world money The two were to visit friends and| 4 What is a tome? | a seasoned record of many years service as a jour- systems are to be drastically chang- relatives in that city. { 5. Which are the three larxest nalist and administrator in numerous responsible | ed. | ‘(mm in Europ?’ | public positions, notably the last several years as National Issues: A steadily grow-| John Dodson, of Eagle River, was . | Director of Territorial and Insular Affairs in the ing approval for a third term for| in town and was a guest at the Al- ANSWERS | Department of the Interior ‘-ne President of the United States|askan Hotel. Mr. Dodson was on| 1. Yes. | In this capacity, Dr. Gruening several times may become apparent. The tenden-|business and was to take several 2. John Wanamaker (1838-1922). visited Alaska, and in the discharge of the duties cy to forget past discontent will |head of horses to his ranch whon" 3. 100. ) of his office gained a knowledge of Alaskan affairs cause unity in political parties and |he returned. | ‘f. A volume, particularly if large. ALASKA AND THE FORE ERVICE | which will stand him well in hand in his new task.|will heal many Democratic wounds. —_— | 5. London, Paris, and Berlin. 8 Coming at a time when Alaska stands at the|However, the stars presage surprise| Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Mullen had| BTSSR IR Thougt Department of Interior employees threshhold of a new era, with many major new |moves and dark horses in the comping | taken an apartment at the Gastin- r______ were among those present, not dissenting vote | projects and promise of an expansive program on national conventions. eau. | uneau Chamber of Com-|an unprecedented scale, Dr. Gruening takes over International Affairs: Although lDAlLY LESSONS ‘, sation went on record |the helm at a most important period | the Soviet government will conceal Wl’llh(‘rvfilf,he% 19; Lowest 17.] IN EN LISH | ) the transfer Torest Doubtless a heavy task lies before the new gov- s l}:;)hcws a:l rfflr a; 1;gx\.~iblle. m;'-‘CIv‘u l | otier agency ernor, to steer the territorial ship of state aright|World may well fear Stalin who will B | | deifb g {l be made and keep her on the course of progress, avoiding become more powerful thn Hitler. | By W. L. Gordon : fl be made | e shoals and reefs that lie ahead. In this task |Disagreements between the Europ- MODERNM ‘—— e e en indicated |} 5 " o te to assure the new executive that he willjean dictators will be fortunate for, | Words Often Misused: Do not sa by the have the strong and sincere cooperation of all Alas- |the democracies. Japan will'eom-|| -] QUE TTE «I planted it in back of my house.” 1 red the pr certain | oo in all matters deemed to the best interest of mand special attention from the % | 1n back of is not good usage, and is | public lands insofar as they present overlapping|ine Territory and her people. | United States because of a new |condemned as a barbarism by some | jurisdiction between the Departments of the Interior Dr. Gruening on various océasions has expressed|¥eaty. of potential menaoe. folang By Roberta Lee |authorities. Say, “I palnted it be- and Agriculture. Insofar 8s crops, including tree(his great faith and admiration in Alaska and her|!S 10 show promising signs of ris” . |hind the house.” crops, are involved, there is something to be said for | future. He has been an extensive traveler, and by ing oM it Tun. .+ | Q Should a hostess ever apolo-| Often Mispronounced: Mobile (Al-| their retention in fhe Department of Agriculture.|this token Alaskans in various parts of the Territory | ”Pe:"".\n‘f)“’f”‘ bg‘tx"‘_mz‘“a" - ‘h“”‘ | gize for a worn rug, a sunken chair |abama). Pronounce mo-beel, o as| But where lands are to be kept for the primary|may expect to see much of him. Let this be thep® ‘:_O‘\‘"-m"“_‘l‘” e |cushion, a clock that is mot run-|in no unstressed, ee as in bee, ;mdJ purpose of recreation and permanent public use |hope together with a resolution that between the oo\ v their l);’ll':l\. ning, or a dish on the table that accent last syllable. ; sonservation they fall more logically ir he | new executive and the people there will arise an| b SRR '|has not turned out quite as well as| Often Misspelled: ~Twelfth; not‘ and conservation they fall more I ally into n.r: 4 | Children born on this day prob: o~ o twelvth Department of the Interior. I hope to offer a understanding and a spirit of cooperation and @op-dh“ will b(, vigorous mentally and xpected? Sl | frod nms Loty Brelininary to s possible reorganization along|Progress, of Alaska and eventually will crown with :m}u]d ARSI ol el L SR S S e home or -:a_ rish eri i’] ldpp sus- 4 S o e > Rl success the administration of Dr. Gruening, NOw |y o™ arane bovs are fitted for na-| . the table. It merely emphasizes | tain, sanction, uphold. the lines ested by the President, a hearing is| bonino simultaneously with a new era of grum“%.“(\;)\..v ssalisies the article, and a guest worth hav-| Word Study: “Use a word three to be held in Portland next week by the Congres-|..omica for the great Territory of Alaska. [PRYESENFON o ing pays no attention to these little | times a day and it is yours.” Let sional Joint Committee on Forestry, of which Sena- | i, | (Copyright, 1939) things. | us increase our vocabulary by mas- tor John Bankhead of Alabama is chairman. It Trade Note | TR, Q. When invited to be a house| tering one word each day. Today’s was a telegram to thi mittee which was en- fitik dorsed by the Chamber membersh sterday. TI (Philadelphia Record) message inforr e Committee that Alaskans will United States export trade for September showed | feel Territory’s future welfare jeopardized if | a substantial increase, compared with the figures for | public land supervision now vested in the Forest the same month a year ago, according to reports | Service is turned over to the Depa nt of the |issued by the Department of Commerce. Interior. The munication praises the Forest| Analysis of the department’s reports shows | aevvice Hor - it elligent far-seeing’ manage- |that the largest proportionate increases were ac- | ment of t main of Southeast Alaska. A |counted for by exports to peaceful areas. Central | Asg & sent ko e Cwmmm,‘,}Auwnvn topped the list, with 57 percent increase. | ., - 2L R Cuba was next, with 49 percent. Then came Canad: by the Juneau Ski Club, which states Alaskans | ) : ¥ e | with 44; the West Indies and Bermuda, 34; Turkey, would be “violently opposed” to a transfer as|, T twe wARiL | Australia, 26; Africa, 13; Asia, 12; South America, | appears to be in the wind. e 11, and Oceania, 10. Europe received only seven | Without a doubt the action taken by the |\tk( percent more than in September, 1938. Juneau organizations represents the attitude .L«i These figures are not conclusive. An increase percent of the people of Alaska. It cannot be just|of one percent in exports to Europe equals a much a coincidence that the Government bureaus most|greater percentage increase to any one of many | enrollees was found to be an | satisfactory’ procedure because it en- | the patient is kept in the CCC until guest at a ial problem. Discharge of infected “un- recently a Victims of for dangered others. More new plan was adopted lhr- disease are sent at once to a | hospital for isolation and treatment. Gonorrhea victims are cured and discharged But to discharge a syphi uf- ferer, either at the end of his en- rollment or before final treatment was completed, would make him a public menace. Now these are dis- <harg,ed only when public agencies will continue the treatment until all danger of scpreading the infection is past. Where this is not possible the requests it? A. Yes. When rather than say, Robert Summers, urer. femily and gifts for small children would be sufficient. Q. Should one express a choice of food when the host or hostess (o friend’s home during Chiristmas should a guest take gifts to each member of the family? A. A large box of candy or Ixu1t|i unstressed, accent first syllable.) the | “Preserving the health by too strict requested, it is much better to state any preference “anything at all.” e eee SKI CLUB ELECTS The Petersburg Ski elected Dr. E. 1. Baggen, President; Arme Lund, Vice - President, and Secretary-Treas- Club has word: Regimen (medical); a sys- tematic course of diet, etc. (Pro- nounce rej-i-men, both e’s as in bet, a regimen is a wearisome malady.” —La Rochefoucauld. -oe PETERSBURG DEMOCRATS CHOOSE THEIR DEMOCRATS Petersburg Democrats have chos- en the following delegates to go to the Democratic Divisional Conven- tion at Ketchikan: Dr. T. W. Ben- son, Adolph Mathieson, Mrs. H. Brough, Erick Ness and Frank Kelly. e Emnlre Want Ads Bring Lesults. { throughout the Territory are Department|other smaller areas, of course. The figures do show | cured, even if a re-enrollment is E rior agenc .nd those most highly praised |a trend, however, which, if encouraged by Govern-|necessary. come under the tion he Departme o!f |ment and private enterprise, ought to go far to or[sel’ - Agricul We hag een both in action in Alaska, |[any loss of business which may result from smcq(HARlES pERSo"EUS and we are | observance of the law forbidding American ships | Ea rior was handed the Bu-|from trading in danger zones. | Is I" pENNSYlVA“IA, ACROSS reau of bly the most | v’ 1. Remote NGy Sy | An 86-year-old Californian has sued for divorce | HAS BEE" ‘[RAVE"NG 4. C";“‘,’,?L‘fi'fl,fi' : ; ek v | from the woman with whom he eloped four years ago. | 8. Polynesian point, and : Wi | Oh, the impetuosity of youth! | chestaut means Ui Commission. It e L The Rev. Charles C. Personeus,| 12. Old musical that no change the policies of those Last year this country exported 41,000,000 false | Who was pastor of the Bethel Mis-| i, o o has bee but when we reflect €~ | tecth. Despite wars, depressions and recessions some |sicn in Juneau for 20 years and left| 14 Arabian jor’s report and its £ a Railroad we| people evidently are still eating. | here with his family several months A'fi;n'cn‘am Sek 1 | Gttty G alien ALY |ago, is now located at 120 Nevin | 1% Bifhg" Tha nt of Interior offic “ You can bet your WPA check that prosperity’s | SiTeet: Lancaster, Pennsylvania. A Dra R canntih knew perf what the vote at | with us again. The Berkeley, Cal, yacht harbor | V/Iiting to The Empire, Mr. Fer-| ji. Alleviate didn't dare $2,000. their voices|announces a profit of (CC Aids Medical Research in Field (contnued ;om rage One) vaccine workea especially well with southern whit \l()l{l VIRULELT with a new typhoid vac- cin 1so apparent, All typhoid vaccine used by the British and un- meeting was all about, “JHE ONLY LAND LIGHTHOUSE WAS ERECTED TO GUIDE POST , RIDERS ACROSS AWILD,0PEN HEATH e ae JJOHN MeLEAN, Ex-PosTMASTER til recently by the U. S. Army and |dateness of Juneau. Navy came from one source, serum B 454 GENERAL,WAS ONCE RE- ELECTED taken from a British soldier in‘ the TO CONGRESS UNANIMOUSLY/ Boer War more than 40 years ago MOIHER BROTHER His was the starting “culture.” The U. S. Army got a “start’ of the “ow JOIN GARBO Boer War breed from the British in 1911. P : But lately the army has believed | HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Dec. 8.—Qrg- the British stock not sifficiently |ta Garbo will not be s o“alone” any | virulent. The army wanted a|more, She has brought her mother, tougher vz which would produce | Anna Greta Gustafson; her broth- 8w nder immunity. A Yankee|er, Sven, and his wife, Anna, to | scldier on duty in Panama was|live in near-by Inglewood. They | found to be a carrier of a ty] t|came from Sweden, arriving in New ;\(!vqx‘mt:» virulence. Since 1937 it|York sev go on the Nor- s been used in the CCC camps |wegia ¢ ensijor (LE.TTL R CARRIERS and even longer in the army : 11,\;:""\\':‘- st g iN EVANSTON, ILL, Its ul.v le:\> been accompanied by - - y a steady decrease of the disease in GOING TO ROSE B( RIDE TO AND F}‘/‘O,M,,,. / A |coc camps. Much of this reduc- jisingebadit'” THEIR ROUTE I Yol & I tion the army attributes to increas-| Robert Rutherford, salesman in Feg. U. 5. Fal. O i ingly sanitary conditions. Anyway,|the hardware department of” the : 2 G r V.\])lwm cases were reduced to|Northern Commercial Company at In an effort to speed the crvice, and to provide .].”« \.(1‘2 nine last year, with no deaths|Fairbanks, will be a passenger south efficient “vl“’;i Lo : ’ Evan l“t'll.ul' ;v'_l“lw among the 230,000 enrollees. on one of the next steamers en- $o and from their routes in ts 406 1TAR — route to California s portation cheaper. but it = ding up some GlVT | yENERAL CASES DETAINED will be-ons. of. e, .s.',?fufi?fifath&l': - eries as much as 10 mi . Od i Veneral dis presented a spec- [Rose Bowl game, L soneus says since leaving Juneau r . Uncooked he and his family have been frav- . Valley 28, That for which | elong, through 17 states, spending a thing may | some time in three, namely. Mis- Be bous souri, New York and Pennsylvania. éb"ecfiw"”y They visited the fairs at San Fran- Migsion fn cisco and New York. The New|ss. Inciace the York fair was on a large scale but |y, . head | the San Francisco fair was the most | 7. Group re- | beautiful, especially the lighting sys- |tem. This was more like the North- P. |ern Lights. ls. | Mr. Personeus writes that he has | found the people in the east know of prey: very little about Alaska and are variant quite surprised when he tells them about the climate and the up=to- teresting lee i\ funeral 45. Noat ot a blrd b Daily Crossword Puzzle Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie 1 Intervening: law . Bobbin . Character fn “'Alda* . Nervous twitching »rimxo . Partake of reality . Tilted Genus of the herb stone- crop . Crafty . Card with a single spot . Marry . On every side . Harsh 30. Animal's foot S o RS o[oNm| ale 32. Not artificial 3. Little child 46 Tabulated in- flections .of scraps 50. Masculine name Reclined 54 Legal action Conversation Lateral epiction of the beautiful III ll”///fl.. Il llill///flll..’////// I U fll I/ ol d . Indian antelope . Metal fas- DOWN teners 1. Practice . Palm cockatoo swordplay . Passenger 2. Hawailan tation 42 Minimum 3 neid 3. Sputh Amerl 5. Anglo-Saxon . Bibucal o 5. Government s i Ahve‘ 4 mall piece of butter 47. Wing, 48. Denoting the centr: t levy 6. Narcotic 7 \ l e — | The Charles W. Carter Directory o B. P, Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel welcome. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers H. C. RED- MAN, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am tc 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 ¥ Dr. Judson Whiitier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12, 1-§, 7-9 rooms 2-3-4, T-iangle Bldg. PHONE 667 PUROLA REMEDIES ol PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED Dr. Jnlm H. Geyer_l Front Strcet Next Coliseum DENTIST PHONE 97—Free Delivery Room 9—Vz entine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. DR. H. VANCE | OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 9:30 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optoinetry and Opthalmology [ "Tomorrow's Styles Today" Juneau's Own Store Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 | Front Street————Phone 636 [ St —————— | Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Blomgren Bldg.- 2nd Floor - Al a "The Rexall Store” Your Relixble Pharmacists Butler-Mauro Drug Co. IPTIONS MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7°30 p. m. CHAS. W. WORTH, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary, GUY SMITH DRUGS H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING THRIFT C0-0P o ————— Phone 767 Phone Groceries Phone 721 GENERAL AUTO 'ATRIN( 45 GII—OII—SgfiP‘. o - e v FINNISH STEAM BATH Your Ailment Calling You Scientific Treatments and Baths Open every day—10 a.m. till mid- night—Dr. E. Malin, Prop. HARRY RACE 142 Willoughby Ave. Phone 673 DRUGGIST SR VRN “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” FINE Wltch and Jewelry Repairing very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDXORN S. FRANKLIN STREET L. C. SMITH and CORONA TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” Juneau Melody House Mausic and Electric Appliances (Next Irving’s Market) Front Street Phoue 8§ Archie B. Belis PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Bookkeeping Tax Service Room 8, Valentine Building Phone 676 —t TELEPHONE—51 First National Bank JUNEAU—-ALASKA Gastineau Motor Service “The Store for Men” SABIN°S Front St—Triangle Bldg. COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$100,000 2% PAID ON SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES P > e 14

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