The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 3, 1940, Page 4

3 ~~Daily Alu ka Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the | TING COMPANY Secon i Alaska HELEN TROY Bi R. L. BERNARD Preside : E the Post Office in Juneau as Se Class Ma Delivered by By m One ves one month nce, $6.00 Office, 602 Office, 374 News MEMBER OF P The Assoc use for republicatio: or no otherwise credit I ne published here ALASKA CT T ED TO BE LARGER TH ¢ ¥ PUBLICATION. GEORGE CLOSE wspaper Repre tives, with ofl Los Angeles, F Seattle, Chicaro. N HE WAS A LEADER “As the holiday 1€ roaches, I take real pleasure in again wishing very Merry Christmas and a truly prosperous d Happy New Year to all who are now with the Civ n Conservation Corps, or who have formerly d with it. I only wish that it were possible for me to talk with each of you in person at this season of the year, when olutely toward the future and de- all of us look re: rive renewed inspiration fro he of Him whose birthday we commemorate Christmas Day.” This C tmas message, addressed to the men of the CCC, was written by Robert Fechner, Director of the Corps, who died in Washington the last day of the old year. His last words to the thousands of boys who worked under his able direction looked “resolutely toward the future” as Robert Fechner did. In the eventful early days of the New Deal, Fechner performed the herculean task of putting 200,000 young men into the forests of the Nation in three months. The first enrollees were+recruited from the Dead Ends and trackside jungles of the big cities of the East. They were tough customers and right from the beginning Director Fechner had perplexing problems of personnel to cope with. The boys were moved into the forests to build new camps and a new organization which was to become a per- manent | of the Nation's and economic life. In ~ases, comtingents were moved clear across the countr; Every camp had to be estab- lished in the backwoods where transportation facili- ties were poor and supply became a problem as soon as that of moving men was solved. Meanwhile the forces which harried and opposed all efforts of the Administration were at work ridiculing the young “tree nursemaids” of the CCC. Robert Fechner stayed with the job, and built the CCC into what Alaska’s Gruening truly describes as “the most praised program of the Governmen In Alaska the CCC has done a wonderful job. The evenly divided corps, half white and half na- tive, has built roads, fought for planted fish, constructed shelte and performed a thousand other services on the public domain of the Ter- ritory. Robert Fechner was a labor man by experience and temperament Having worked with his own hands, he knew w to get an honest day's work out of each of his boys. The who left an American Federation of Labor vice presidency to head the ambitious new program conceived by Presi- dent Roosevelt proved the ideal organizer and direc- tor. The CCC and the Nation will miss the earnest and able leadership of Rcbert Fechner, social any however, Governor universally i fires, man CAMOUFLAGE German patrols operating on the Western Front at night wear black hoods and cloaks to make This picture of the crew of the British cruiser Exeter was taken about a week before the warship engaged . in battle with the German pocket battleship Graf Spee, off Montevideo. The men are enjoying the night . life of Rio de Janeiro. Sixty-one of the Exeter’s crew were killed in action when the three British ships % succeeded in smashing the Spee. 5 - | ditions a Exeter’s Crew on Shore Before the Battle themselves Invisible, Finnish soldiers defending their country against the Russian invaders wear | white uniforms to make themselves invisible against | the snow and ice. Among the many inventions which men have sought out in our own time a prominent place belongs to camouflage. Great cannon lift their muzzles to the sky adorned with ines and wreaths Jike a Maypole on the village sreen., Oddly enough, the one thing which the rulers )f nations no longer bother to camouflage are their cruelties and their evil purposes, These are avowed spenly, brazenly. They call it a war of nerves. THE COLOR RUNS spatch from Pari “The Rue de Moscow was changed today to Ave de Helsinki.” Again the Bremen ' (Ne York Times) It would be interesting to know why the Bremen snug berth in Murmansk Harbor It was hardly love of ad- Ahrens to bring chose to leave her at this particular time venture which inspired Captain the liner from her Arctic refuge into the hazards of the North Sea. But chance it he did. To the surprise of the whole world the big ship steamed safely into her home port. Her escape does not mark another lost battle for the British Navy but it must be recorded as another lost opportunity. It is easy enough to criticize the British patrol syste especially from a discreet distance. Only those who know the treacherous waters in which it operates can realize its difficulties. The passage down the neutral waters of the Norwegian coast is a made-to-order corridor for blockade runners. A dash to Germany under a convoy of planes or | light craft is not too risky. Under prevailing con- ght coastal blockade of Germany is im- possible. There will always be holes in the cordon Nevertheless, there seem to have been too many. One need not swallow periodic Nazi boasts that the British have lost control of the North Sea. But when the Deutschland and the Admiral Scheer can | slip out and the Bremen or the New York can slip in, the barriers certainly need to be bolstered. For the Brit it is a matter of self-defense as well E presti The Bremen'’s Germans say German and the British versions of the encounter with a submarine differ. The their planes frightened the British undersea boat into submerging. The British say their submarine withheld her torpedo because it would have been a violation of international law to disch it without warning. As Britain’s whole case against the submarine is based on Germany's violation of law, this is logical enough. But was there not time to warn the British Admiralty? The Bremen was still some distance from home. Were planes and surface ships rushed to intercept her? The Bremen's charmed life awaits fuller ex- planation. The British have not yet revealed how, after being detained here for more than 24 hours, she managed to elude their pursuing cruisers. The British press is plainly in a mood to demand a sat- isfactory explanation of her second spectacular escape. Juneau's Growth (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Uncle Sam jumped the gun, so to speak, by starting his decennial census in Alaska before the dawn of 1940, Now Juneau, Territorial capital, is able to announce a gain from 4,043 ten years ago to 5,748, a population increase of nearly 30 percent. It will be late 1920 before the Federal enumera- tors are able to check upon the more remote inhabi- tants of Alaska. But it is reasonable to assume | that many other sections have experienced similar advances. That growth is of importance to Seattle and other Puget Sound cities. Seattle, in particular, ex- perienced its greatest growth during the Klondike period, a fact well known by old timers but perhaps not fully appreciated by the newcomers or the younger generation. And while Alaska’s fisheries are of greater economic importance today than its mines and those of the Yukon, the bonds tied 40 years ago still hold fast. | Seattle congratulates Juneau. And, like Juneau, | this state expects a continuance of progress through- out the Territory as a whole. | A sixteen-year-old New Jersey youth was ar- | rested the other day on charges of driving without | a license, passing 12 traffic lights, driving on the | wrong side of the street, endangering human life, | reckless driving, speeding, driving on the sidewalk, | | leaving the scene of an accident, operating a stolen ! |car, and not heeding an officer. With a little train- | ing he’ll make a swell New York cab driver, I The President of the Carnegie Corporation says that the creation of academic degrees has increased |to a preposterous point. Well, the surplus of sheep- l.«kim has to be used up somehow | Sitting John Bull may not be a connoisseur of scalps but he’s on the warpath for one cookie duster type mustache. be carefully guided. | «/Zoroscope ["'”n stars incline { but do wot compel” THURSDAY, JANUARY 4 This is an unimportant day in planetary direction. 11l omens seem to affect money interests. Banks may be ruthless in collecting loans Heart ahd Home: This is not an auspicious date for romance. Young folk will be inclined toward cau- tion in assuming future responsi- bilities. Girls need not look for declarations of devotion under this sway. It is a good time for read- justments, as households - settle down to routine programs. The family budget will be discussed and purse-strings will be tightened. Business Affairs: Trade should be good all through the month Unemployment will become an- in- creasingly local problem solved :in communities through close kno ledge of persons and conditions in- stead of on a national scale that precludes understanding of person- al needs. Work will be demanded of the fit as the effects of ease and idleness are noted. Revelations: of | waste of public money for relief will encourage wise reforms. Effi- ciency will be demanded by em- ployers who will seek to conduct merchandising and manufacturing on a scientific basis. National Issues: Neutrality: prob- iems will be disturbing to the Unit- | ed States government as unforeseen angles of enforcement are present- | ed from day to day. American com- | merce may be impeded by treach- erous methods employed by sup- posedly friendly powers. Loans re- quested by European powers may cause an international incident. International Affairs: Naval con- | flict will sharpen as efforts t. starve the British Isles are con- tinued. Loss of men will be kept| at the lowest possible number as Hitler encounters a rising tide of opposition to his war policies. The United States will concentrate on| the navy which will be active in| the Pacific Ocean. Persons whose birthdate it is have | the augury of a year of perplexi- | ties and readjustments. Caution is| advised in dealings with business men. | Children born on this day may be individual to the point of ec- | centricity, but they are likely to possess unusual talents. They shgu\dl » (Copyright, 1940) PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR | THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, “ DIVISION NUMBER ONE, AT/ KETCHIKAN. | IN THE MATTER OF THE REG- | ULAR JANUARY, 1940 TERM OF THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE | FIRST DIVISION OF THE TERRI- TORY OF ALASKA, AT JUNEAU. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That pursuant to an Order of the| Ceurt dated November 17, 1939, a| Regular January, 1940 Term of the United States District Court for the | First Division of the Territory of | | Alaska, will be held in the court- room of the Federal Building at Juneau, Alaska, beginning at the hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon| of January 22, 1940. In witness whereof I havé here- unto set my hand and caused the seal of the above entitled court to, be affixed at Ketchikan, this 17th day of November, 1939. ROBERT E. COUGHLIN, Clerk of the U.S. District Court. adv. Anchorage, Alaska, November 17, 1938 Notice is hereby given that Ma- thias Halm has made application for a homesite under the act of May 26, 1934, for a tract of land embraced in U. S. Survey No. 2377, Anchorage serial 08807, containing 2.18 acres and situated within the Mendenhall Elimination from Ten- gass National Forest, in latituide 58° 23' 10” N. longitude 134 34’ W. and it is now in the files of“the U. 8. Land Office, Anchorage, Al- aska. Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above men- tioned land should file their ad- verse claims in the district land office within the period of publica- tion or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the pro- visions of the Statutes. GEORGE A. LINGO, Register. Date first publication, Dec. 6, 1939. Date last publication, Jan. 31, 1940. adv. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE District Land Office Anchorage, Alaska. October 16, 1939, Notice is hereby given that Ru- dolph Sarvela, entryman, together with his witnesses, Guy Edgar Ban- | vard, and Nicholas Trierschield, all of Sitka, Alaska, has submitted fin- al proof on his homestead, Anchor- age serial 08402, for a tract of land | embraced in U. S. Survey No. 2274, situated about two miles easterly from Sitka, latitude 57° 02° 20” N. longitude 135° 16’ W. containing 36.33 acres, and it is now in the files of the U. S. Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed ml the District Land Office within the | period of publication or thirty days | thereafter, the final proof will be accepted and final certificate issued. GEORGE A. LINGO, Register. First publication, Nov. 15, 1939. JLast publication, Jan. 10, 1940. | Skagway on the Mount i window were two tall tapers. YEARS AGO From THE EMPIRE JANUARY 3, 1920 One dead, two missing and seven persons were in the hospital as the result of the slide on Front Street the previous day, The estimated to- tal loss of property amounted to $31,000. At the meeting of the City Coun- cil, H. J. Turner was appoxm,ed-‘ agent for the city to secure a patent to the Evergreen Cemetery. The Territorial Textbook Com- mission held its first meeting in Juneau and was to continue during the week. The commission was cre- ated by the Territorial Lgislature and was expected to play an im- portant part in the development of the Alaska public schools. Thomas McKinnon, one of Al- aska's well known placer miners, visited friends while the Alaska was in port. J. W. Sinclair, John Erickson and Joe McKinzie, were three miners from Jualin who arrived in town on the Estebeth. They were regis- tered at the Gastineau. Walter Rainbolt had purchased the interest of his partner, Henry Hanks, in the Alaska Cafe. Mr. Hanks was to leave for the south. George Saxon, the well known | baker, was to be employed by Mr. Rainbolt in the cafe in the future. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Titus of Jualin were guests at the Gas- tineau Martin Lynch of Tacoma was staying at the Gastineau, Weather: highest 37, lowest 37, rain PRI ST New Year's Wedding Joins Prominent Shagway P@ile SKAGWAY, Alaska, Jan. 3. — (Special Correspendence) — Mrs. Stephen H. Simcoe announces the marriage of her daughter Catherine Okla to J. Howard Warden on Jan- uary 1. The two-ring ceremony was per- formed by the Rev. E. E. Knudson Church in the First Presbyterian ock New Year's Day bride, who was given iIn marriage by Dr. P. I. Dahl, was at- tended by Miss Viola Rinell as bridesmaid and Mrs. Ma Naugle as matron of henor. Attending the bridegrcom as bes! man was Richard Messmer. Ush- ers were Robert and Charles Rap- uzzi Wells Farwell, who sang “Where'er You Walk” by Handel, was soloist and Mrs. Kenneth Hannon was or- ganist. The bride’s dress was of white Chantilly lace, fashioned with a small train. She carried a prayer book with orchids. The bridesmaid and matron of honor both wore dresses of turquise | blue lace. S. A. Anderson, mother of who arrived in McKinley from her home in Tacoma, Wash- ington, to aitend the ceremony, wore a dress of black crepe with a figured bead design. Mrs, Suncoe’s gown was of purple cut velvet. The church was beautifully deco- rated for the occasion by Karl Ask. Silvered evergreens adorned the in- terior of the church and in each Alter pieces were of berried climbing haw- thorn and pompom chrysanthe- mums 2 Following the marriage ceremony there was a recption for Mr. and Mrs. Warden at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Ask. Mesdames P. I. Dahl and C. L. Polley poured, assisted by Mesdames Louis Em- manuel, Karl Ask and Don KMcay. z PRSP Today’s News Zoaay—Empire. Mrs. the bridegroom, . | The Bmpite extends congratula- | tions and Lest wishes *~day, their birihday anniversz:" 10 the w-'~| | lowing: i | i JANUARY 3 Grover C. Winn | Lance E. Hendrickson | Donald H. Hagerty Jr, | Walborg Lindegard | Yoland Uberti - e 'LOOK and LEARN By A. CT Gordon 1. What town was the farthes north that the Confederate Army reached during the Civil War? | 2. Which is the most easily di- | gested of the fatty foods? 3. What is a supercargo? 4. In what well-known novel is “Hester Prynne” the heroine? 5. What city possesses the larg- est negro population of any other American city? ANSWERS 1. Gettysburg, Pa. 2. Butter-fat, 3. An officer in a merchant ship in charge of the commercial con- cerns of the voyage. | 4. Hawthorne’s “Scarlet Letter.” 5. New York. e | DAILY LESSONS ! | IN ENGLISH : H * [ By W. L. Gordon | Words Often Misused am going to put in a few Do not days visiting my friends.” Say, “I {am going to spend a few days | visiting my friends.” | Often Mispronounced: Sanguine. Pronounce sang-gwin (not san- gwin), a as in sang, i as in in, accent first syllable, Often Misspelled: Salable; pre- ferred to saleable. Syncnyms: Passive, impassive, apathetic, stoical, stolid. ‘Word Study: e a word three times and it is you Let us in-| crease our vocabulary by master- ing one word each day. Today's word: Mendicity; beggary. “That charity is bad which takes from independence its proper pride, from mendicity its salutary shame.”— Southey. -oe —_— | MODERN | ETIQUETTE x | By Roberta Lee Q. Is one ever justified in be- coming irritable when talking over the telephone? A. No. A person should control his temper at all times; and it has been said that a person’s character can be judged by the manner in which he uses a telephone. Q. What does demi-tasse mean, and how is it pronounced? A. A small cup for, or of, black coffee. Pronounce dem-i-tas, e as in men, i as in it, a as in at, prin- cipal accent on first syllable, sec- ondary accent on last syllable. Q. What would be the best phrase for a man to use when in- troducing his wife to a much older woman? ! A. “Mrs. Carter, I would like for you to know my wife.” | - .- ATTENTION, SONS OF NORWAY Free dinner for members and family at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 6. Business meeting 8 o'clock: ini- | tiation and installation, OLIVE WESTBY, i adv. Secretary. - eee Empire Want Ads Bring Results. They Like vHerfl()omph Dorothy University,Phil “oomph girl,” Dee) Worthington (above), 18-year-old freshman at Temple ia, Pa., has been crowned the college’s champion by editors of Temple’s humor magazine, “The Owl.” The Pitman, N. J., girl is blonde, blue-eyed, 5 feet 6 inches tall #nd weighs 125 pounds. She hopes to become a laboratory technician, §05 5 Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Directory B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers Drs. Kaser and | welcome. H. C. RED- Freebur ger MAN, Exalted Ruler; M DENTISTS H. SIDES, Secretary. Blomgren Building S R85zl K PHONE 56 MQUNT JUNEAU LODGE lw. 141 Second and fourth 3 Monday of each month y G P in Scottish Rite Temple A\ beginning at 7'30 p. m. CHAS. W. HAWKES- WORTH, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary, Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST , Hours 9 am to 6 p.m. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. Judson Whiitier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12, 1-£, 7-9 rwoms 2-3-4, T-iangle Bldg. GUY SMITH | DRUGS PHONE 667 | S PUROLA REMEDIES { TN E TS 17 PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- | a FULLY COMPOUNDED | Dr. John H. Geyer | | rront stret Next coliseum DENTIST PHONE 97— Room 9—Va.entine Bldg. | el PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. ST Sl T e N —_ IIT ’ omorrow { ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. . T d S” Styles Graduate Los Angeles College of Optonetry and 1 o aY : Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground ‘ | | | The Charles W. Carter | Mortuary ! Juneau's Own Store | Fourth and Frankiin Sts. 3 | PHONE 136 = “The Rexall Store” Your Relixble Pharmacists Butier-Mauro Drug Co. IPTIONS Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. RaeL. Carlson || OPTOMETRIST Blomgren Bldg.———2nd Floor Front Street————Phone 636 -— o BSCESELE S LT T . - THRIFTCO-0P || — Phone 767 Phone H. S. GRAVES | Groceries e A ol o | EoE e s a —« | | HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER | e | & MARX CLOTHING l‘ FINNISH STEAM BATH Your Ailment Calling You Scientific Treatments and last.m1 r | O) —10 a.m. - i pen every ay—0nam. dlaid-| | | Gastineau Motor '142 Willoughby Ave. Phone 673 Service | Phone 721 GENERGAL AL;]T—OS&EPAIRING FINE nE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDXORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of L. C. SMITH and CORONA TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by “The Store for Men" SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. J. B. Burford & Co. | “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satistied Customers” Juneau Melody Honse Music and Electric Appliances (Next Irving's Market) Front Street Phoue 6 —— Archie B. Betis PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Bookkeeping Tax Service Room 8, Valentine Building Phone 676 LUNCHEON SPECIALTIES IT COSTS 80O LITTLE TO DRESS SMARTLY s Krafft’s DEVLIN'S Mnfg. & Building Co., Ine. CABINET WORK—GLASS PHONE 62 TELEPHONE—51 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS * CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$125,000 * 2% PAID ON SAVINGS * SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank JUNEAU—ALASKA