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4 Dail y Alaska F mpire B better to tide themselves the winter months vhen the operations are closed { Alaska’s infant tin and platinum mining indus-|f over ?llh‘uhn' every evening except Sunday br the 2 EMPIRE PRINTIG COMPANY jes should be extended the same helping hand.|| PRRTRIE.. """‘_x“g!;';;’ng‘““ [Bureets, Juneau, Alaskw. s | No doubt they would be, if proper representations | R L BERNARD - - Vice- President and Business Mauavel | were made to Washington | l!:.(ll(’\hlp\—lhgzor. Faster i Iphia Record) ‘ annual publication, Jane's | teresting t‘mu lanes of the that are now to| claim heavy battleships, bigger and more expensive war- | air superior has just appeared again in London.|day despite the continuance |profitable for both men and women progressive | THE ‘DAILY ALASKO EMPIRE, TUESDAY, DEC. Woroscope “The stars incline | but do not compel | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13 Benefic aspects rule strongly to- which should be happy and The stars encourage thinking and constructive activi- 1939. o ! 2 YEARS AGO fla P d : Professional From THE EMPIAE p y H D 1 I‘ e C t O r Fraternal Societies %. Y Gastineau Channel | DECEMBER 12, 1919 lrthday ‘ The official yearly report of Gov The Empite extends congululc-l S ———— B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers Riggs was released for publication and was the longest and most com- Drs. Kaser and tions and Dest wuhn rday, tbm bicshday anniversz:" . to the 10i- welcome. H. C. RED- | prehensive any Governor had ever . . presented to Congress. lowing: Freeburger MAN, Exalted Ruler; M. DENTISTS i H. SIDES, Secretary. In the presence of five hundred ME:E CJE;:: Efmlis ! [ Blofl;%g\Ngu;édmz s i UNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 141 loyal Americans assembled in Elks Hall the previous night and to the Mitchell Dabo Second and fourth Detivered by carrier Jabeau and Douxlas for $1.25 per month. | Ships than ever are being built in Europe. rlws Impulse toward business ex- ous 8 James B. Decker WB’L\!’"H S H:',&S‘Pi“f\f"-'@ ,'.S{f.fiu.- ivor | Britain is building no less than five new war- |pansion will result in large expen-|strains of patriotic music and sing- ! Mrs. Dorothy Day | | Monday of each month one mozth, in & 3 % s in the 000-ton ¢ Their armor is lh[dmuox 1t is a fortunate day for |ing and good strong talks on Amer- Emil Zengeler T R (i S T % in Scottish Rite Temple m’u“nm::’&me S rm,v;.v will r\rwrl_»v)vugmél: yes thick at t water line and each vessel car-signing leases. The configuration |icanism by excellent speakers, the Lanore Kaufmann D A w Si rt ;)’)A beginning at 730 p. m. livery of their papers ; 10 less than 10 14-inch guns and 16 5.25-inch |stimulates confidences and encour- |big mass meeting under the auspic- AFs. A. 3 Goodman r. A. W. dDlewa \ CHAS. W. HAWKES- Telephones: News Office, 602; Bust Their speed is “better than 30 knots.” The |ages speculative ventures. es of the Territorial organization | Mrs, William Paul DENTIST WORTH, Worshipful Master; " MEMDER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. |two previously newest British battleships, the Rod-| Heart and Home: Women are |“Americanism,” went over the top Rosie Meier ! Hours 9 am to 6 p.m. JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for 'ney Nels can make only knots. |subject to- stimulating and helpful {100 per cent. 0. G. Culberhouse SEWARD BUILDING 2t w5 T mh“::"o:;r;!"e:“mn!:mu d:.’:}‘.}.‘y ...u”',.f.i‘.;dnfcu x:,.f’r..:-:" Germany, concentrating on .its striking power | | influences. The stars encourage hos- z " i ! Office Phone 469 published bere.n n the air, is making her navy the servant of her ipitalities and make this a fortunate : Sant; Claus i1(n :m [r:s g}x{:wflwr | | IRC Her rew naval wonder is the 19.250-ton |wedding date. True partnership in|t% make a Vis 0 the s Hall. | [ —————— ALAETRAR T OF | ifplume carrier, Graf Zeppelin, which can accom. [ marriage s forecast for those who|The war.tom worid prevented him | [) AILY LESSONS || Dr. Judson Whittier || GUY SMITH ~asomoE D Newsoaper Temresemiaz | modate 40 planes and which also mounts 16 59-inch |take their vows under this rule m‘fi'"mh making 1‘: 1}1‘“'_ Drf‘vl‘ol: ”»‘_""m'« IN ENGLISH | . : Eves. with offic Los Angeles, Portland, an unheard-of complement for an airplan '””‘ Aars. | FOANL eetaty WHI §" uc- | DER TS MaaTig he Here Witk Deds o CHIROPRACTOR arrier. T hip is thus a combined cruiser-carrier, |tive in many parts of the country the coming Christmas. Drugless Physician DRUGS A ' = Office hours: 10-12, 1-§, 7-9 Beattle, Chicsso The guns are mounted on a long, narrow “island’ m the starboard side adjoining the runway. Ameri- | can ships in this class carry 80 planes, but only leight five-inch guns apiece } Britain is apparently keeping its faith in battle- | This war may decide the controversy i | (New York Times) ; | The case of Charles Boyer, the well-known | motion-picture actor, is an interesting illustration of the conflicting claims of Duty and Economics in | modern Mr, Boyer, being French, left Holly- od when war came and was mobilized in the French Army, where his duties, apparently, consisted a3 EhdT mainly of counting and checking the arrival of army | horses. He has already been mustered out with HOW ABOUT ALASKA'S ATINUM 15 othars, et Has Tebnhbd 10 Hollywood, though AND TIN? |still subject to the call of his Government. | KN Uag | In returning to enter the French Army, Mr.; A E ke !Boyer fulfilled the traditional claims of duty, gave he open-cut o c8 4 o the necessary evidence of his physical courage, and been granted 1 exemptio; m the hours sagistied the democratic demand for equality of | provision of ‘h‘ labor star But gacrifice in war. But in counting horses in France copies of the and Hour Division order on this Mr. Boyer was obviously far less useful to his coun- | subject show the mption i imited strictly to try than he is as an actor in Hollywood. It is not gold mining. No mention is made of placer plati- merely that he is a very important ambassador of num or placer tin operati good-will here, and far better known to the Ameri- | If the mining of pla seasonal Can public than the titular French Ambassador, but | R bire " ae i platinum as his Hollywood salary is capable of creating a tidy | Garien ion o Alnsk These 3 sum of foreign exchange for France. Such poten- | 5 tial foreign exchange can be used by France to buy present in comparison witl bu i .- more airplanes or other equipment here than M. | SRORIEG O grofy. Doss o we, should pover could possibly directly build or fly. be ‘granted the sam In the code of modern warfare, heroism must Application for a season e Placer pe subordinated to utility gold mining operations was made ot : e Circle Exploration Company and other 2 | A public hearing was held in Washin, (""“’M" (" tapo Thriller ‘ Harold Stein, Assistant Chief Hearin| emptions of the Wage and He (Clevsiand, Blddn . LNaiLe) partment of Labor The sub: 1 anks to the Gestapo, the world’s reading o {5 xetnstion only f Alaska snd e hie lic, tired of unending communigues that “all is quiet | 1y and higher altitude States” of Idaho, Montana, on the western m.zxa ‘] has n.m-\lx .nn[n\nm‘ll mlth its | J 3 ” 1 real thriller of the war eplete with daring, IRy, (et Bk Deliéta, Utah, Washington ... e agventure, the Nazi 'wlulllun’ to the homb-\ and Wyoming," More' than three-fourths of the gold ;" Munich beer cellar in which Hitler and produced in this area comes from Alaska. T his chief aids escaped by & bare ten minutes, out- | offered at the hearing shos here were some 530 does the most imaginative writer of detective and | placer m opera ritory during 1938 mystery blood curdlers, | and that a men were at work in the Of course, all the enemies of the regime are in- Alaska mdumy volved is the British. Two alleged agents of Says the order: ning of placer gold the king's secret service have been captured. They | from surface or oper he above-defined area Were taken in a border row at Venloo, the Nether- R0 ohbiaaea b recurrent cessation lands, on November 9. That was what happened of operations caused by freczing temperatures and When the world thought the Nazis were deliberately | water shortage, and except for maintenance, rep creati a disturbance to annoy the Dutch as a and sales work the open-cut mining of placer gold PreN™M 1o thasion. ol in the above-defined area ceases completely at regu- The disaffecied; wing iof the: st merly, the . “Black Front” of Otto Strasser, is also blamed. Otto larly recurring times of the year f period Of ap- .14 his brother, Gregor, in the early days of the proximately six months or more in each part of the movement believed that Hitler meant what he | area, because due to climatic natural id. Their disillusionment was costly. Otto went| causes the materials used by the indu dre not into exile and Gregor went before the Elite Guard available in the form in which they are 'd or firing 'squad on Bloody Saturday. Since then, ac-| processed.” cording to the Gestapo, Otto has repeatedly tried to All of which is as true of platinum and tin assassinate Hitler. mining as it is of gold ndings and determina- The two English agents are to be brought to tion specify that this determination “is without Public trial where, says the Gestapo, their guilt prejudice to a determination on applications from Will be proved. The Dutch half-wit, van der Lubbe, other gold producing’ States and Territories.” Cer- was convicted of setting fire to the Reichstag, but| believe that now. not even the Na: i s eyt Ul it Ao ”:‘”““ % What is missing is a representative of Ger- to a similar order for related Industries of DIACEY many's two other enemies, the French and the Jews. 1 snd platiaum. ainty Victims may be found before the case is closed Unger ;the, exemption ed, gold placer min- y¢ js g great pity Hitler came to terms with the| fng operators in Alaska are permitted to work their Russians. How easy it would have been to show | employees 12 hours a day or 56 hours a week that this another diabolical Bolshevist plot to civilization! A\ | @ period of not more than 14 weeks in the aggre- upset @ate in any calendar year before paying time and —_— & half for The order means more gold It's the rule in Sweden that every girl must | laska and employees will earn learn to cook before she marries. The law doubt- | he open enabling them Jess was intended to conserve the national supply of bicarbonate of soda. WANTED: KINCDOM FOR A HORSE_When Bess, 36 years old and reportedly the oldest horse in Albany, N.. Y., was doomed to die because she'd slowed up after pulling an ash wagon 85 years, offers of “adoption” came in at once. Venerable Bess found a haven with William Bradt lual activity as soon as 4T | zona | Case of Charles Boyer 1 - jall Mining comes presages unu spring we: ther makes prospecting practical Rare ores needed in manufacturing {will be found in many parts of this country, notably in Michigan, Ari- Business Affairs: under a sway that a promising day for theatres ar amusement enterprises. Flu tuations in the stock market wil be unusual and trading | this week National Issues: Political plans ambitious members of Congre: of |will be frustrated next month as public opinion undergoes swift changes. Self-help schemes will be advocated to solve “the unemploys ment problem. International Affairs: seek friendly relations Japan will with the | United States as the Soviet govern- ment aids the Chinese. The reduc- ition of imports from Europe and Asia will be felt by the consuming |public. Lovers of Oriental arts will be wise to procure now whatever they can afford to buy. Handicrafts | of European peasants also will be scarce and valuable Persons whose birthdate it is have | the augury of a year of gain, much | of which may be through new vo- | cations. Children born on this day prob- | intuitive and of ably will be bright, industrious. The subject | sign usually marry successfully and | | realize their brightest ambitions. (Copyright, 1939) ‘Foolball Game Is Proposed, Benefit, For Finland Relief 12—~The SAN JOSE, Cal, Dec. | san Jose Chamber of Commerce has proposed that undefeated San Jose State College play undefeated UCLA in a post seoson football game for benefit of the Finnish Relief Fund. The Stanford University Stadium is proposed as the scene for the game Chamber officials said that San Jose President, Dr. Thomas Mc- Quarrie, has approved the project. The San Jose State players voted against participating in a proposed Prune Bowl game at San Hose. - Legion Aux. Past Presidents Meet A meeting of the past presidents of the American Legion Auxiliary was held last evening at the resi- dence of Mrs. John Newman in the Coliseum Apartments. Mrs. Oscar Olson was chosen pres- ident pro-tem in the absence of the president, Mrs. Edith Sheelor. Plans for the year and for the coming convention were discussed and a round-robin letter was writ- | ten Mrs. Sheelor, who is in Idaho at the present,, where she was called south because of her father's ill- ness. Following the business of the evening, refreshments were served by Mrs. Newman. Present were Mesdames Edna Pol- ley, Beth Nordling, Helen Bernhofer, Lucille Stonehouse, Ted Johnstone, and Betty McCormick. Guest for the evening was Mrs. Esther Gulluf- sen, president of the American Le- gion Auxiliary. NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE COMMISSIONER’S COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, DIVISION NUM- BER ONE. Before FELIX GRAY, sioner and ex-officio Judge, Juneau Precinct. In the Matter of the Last Will and Testament of RACHEL C. M. SHEPARD, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned was, on ' the 12th day of December, 1939, duly appointed executor of the Last Will and Testament and of the estate of Rachel C. M. Shepard, de- ceased. All persons having claims against the estate of said deceased are re- quired to present the ne, with proper vouchers attached, to Faulkner & Banfield, Juneau, Al- asKa, within six (6) months from the date of this notice. HARRY G. SHEPARD, Executor of the Estate of Rachél C. M. Shepard, de- ceased. First publication, December 12, 1939. Lnst publication, January 2, 1940. Commis- Probate - abeve). who gave her free oats, and Leo Markert, 4, until 3 peaceful pasture was found adv. Montana and California. This | apthetic | | Lincoln Parker were married the I‘w PHONE 667 Sl PUKOLA REMEDIES p)'pgous afternoon ‘n_v H;e )Rc; G — A 7 | PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- G. Bruce in the parlors of the Pres-| Words Often Misused: Do not say, | FULLY byterian Mansé. The attendants'“we went to the depot to meet our | I o e o AR S DR |were Mrs. G. G. Bruce and Mrs. guests” We went to the “station”| Front Strcet Next Coliseum Clara Summers, is preferred. ; nr' J°h H' ueyer H i — Often Mispronounced: Drought. DENTIST PHONE $7—Free Delivery | Grover C. Winn left on the City | Pronounce drout, ou as in out. Room 9—Vulentine Bldg. _ 1|of Seattle for Seattle to spend the Often Misspelled: Peel (to strip PHONE 1762 | holidays visiting with friends and off the skin). Peal (to sound Hours: 9 am. to 6 p.m. —_— relatives. forth). | " ' G = Synonyms: Harmonize, accord, Tomorrow's Sty]es John Peterson, a Forest Ranger, |agree, correspond, blend. | was registered at the Gastineau. Word Study: “Use a word three DB. H_ VANCE ] Today“ He was on the Government Forestry | times and it is yours” Let us in- | OSTEOPATH ! this | rooms 2-3-4, T-iangle Bldg. By W.[:Gmdou l Esther Violet Nelson and Charles vocabulary by master- | Today's boat Ranger 5 with which he made | crease our his rounds, and the ship was tied ing one word each day. Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; up at the P. C. wharf. (word: Inveigle; to lead on or as- 7 to 9:30 by appointment. St tray as if blind; to entice. (Pro-| Gastineau Hotel Annex 2 Mrs. L. A. Green, court steno- nounce the ei as in receive.) “Do South Franklin St. Phone 177 grapher, left on the City of Seattle to spend the holidays visiting with friends and relatives in San Fran- cisco. not be inveigled by these false pro- mises.” | B e e s e e o % ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles College M 0 D E R N of Optonetry and ETIQ U ETTE Opthalmology By Roberfa Lee Juneau's Own Store L, Weather—Highest 24; Lowest 20. Partly cloudy. - - L Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground } “The Rexall Store" Your Relixble Pharmacists Butler-Mauro Drug Co. Q. When taking food offered by |a waiter, is it necessary to say “Thank you"? /LOOK and LEARN * By A. C. Gordon The Charles W. Carter Mortuary [ v | St | A. It isn't necessary, but why | v ? % not? Fuller says, “As the sword of | Fourth and Franklin Sts. | 1. Wnhat Vice-President became 1.’ pest - tempered metal is the| PHONE 136 « PRESCRIPTIONS President when McKinley sass was as- 1 most flexible; |are mogt pliant and courteous so the truly generous | in {rdE what. QaER NS abbn\m»‘ their behavior to their inferiors.” |tion “AD.” stand, in dates? | C. Would it be proper to send a o & = e S s 1 You es Examin 3. When was the most disas-|eoprictmas card to & man’s business | e i ¢ » y H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING trous earthquaake ever experienced | in the United States, 4. What the and Bars"? 5. Which state of thie Union con-| tains the most gold mines? “From the| “Helen and signed or acquaintance, | Robert Wilsons, “Stars and| gopert Wilson"? A. No. The wife's name should | | Front Street Phone 638 | not be included if it is a Mere HUS« | S et | | | iness acquaintance of the hushand. Dr. RaeL. Carlson || OPTOMETRIST Blomgren Bldg.- 2nd Floor was 5 | Q. Should the bride's attend-| ¥=— SRR ==y ANSWERS i : ! ants at a daytime wedding wear 1. Theodore Roosevelt 9 ¥ o | 2 2. From the Latin “Anno Dom-| "5 oo mary THRIFT C0-OP Gastineau Motor ini,” meaning “In the Year of Our i 5, 4 g S Phone 767 Phone 5 Lord." | i Service g thauake | VENERABLE MOTHER . . The San Francisco earthquake OF YUKONERS DIES Groceries Phone 727 of 1906. | At Mk T Pacatvist ik e GENERAL AUTO REPAIRING 4. The Confederate Fiag. . . Gas—Oil—Storage | son of the passing on October 9 of | Mrs. Napoleon Fourner at St. Le-| zer, Quebec, according to the Daw- |son News. Mrs. Fournier, who would have District Ranger W. A. Chipper-|been 94 years of age on Christmas field is leaving this aftermoon on Day, is survived by one daughter, 5. Colorado. - RANGER TO TR TR 4 FINNISH STEAM BATH Your Ailment Calling You Scientific Treatments and Baths Open every day—10 a.m. till mid- night—Dr. E. Malin, Prop. TKA HARRY RACE the Northland for Sitka where he Mrs. Thibaut of Saskatchewan, and | | 142 Willoughby Ave. Phone 673 | DRUGGIST will inspect proposed bulkhead and five sons, Archie, Eugene and Jos-| % | “The Squibb fills on a Forest administrative eph of Yukon; Wilfred of St. Lezer, | Stoizd &% site. Chipperfield will return on Quebec, and Napoleon, of Berlin,| i the North].md | New Hampshire, U. S, A. FINE | Watch and Jewelry Repairing Dally Crossword Puzzle | DAL Bromarapy || e Sere o Men” AcROSS Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzi 8. One who | b N’ 1. Scarlet Y e threatens \___S. FRANKLIN STREET SAB' 28 Tulign fetlon | 18 9. Babylonian 7 § \whian fetch [WTATMEE S|L A M?l ‘ahode ot Front St—Triangle Bldg. 13, RS reo [EJLIA RIEIA 1y o imt s e e Rl an B 13. Make repara- fifi TIA[S]| 11 Organ of sight | " TYPEWRITERS e 14. Masculine N[U RUAIN} 17 Nervous | 8 twitchini Bold and Serviced by 1 g:}s"l:lm:l ; SICAR 5. Clustes of B- GASTINEAU CAFE . 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