The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 26, 1940, Page 4

4 Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY to see at least one of these operating on the Seattle- to-Juneau route this year. Meanwhile, bids will be opened in the next few days from the principal factories for transocean air- B e M | uncau, Alaska. ident Dlanes capable of carrying 50 passengers, 5,000 pounds R. L. BERNARD - - Vice dent and Business Manager | of cargo and crew, for 5000 miles nonstop at 300 Even before delivery of any of this new tvpe ! of equipment, the international airline is pressing forward to speed service between the United States and the Central and South American nations. Ap- plications are now before the Civil Aeronautics Au- thority for the establishment of two new jateways to the south. One is at Los Angeles, in- ended to serve a high-speed express service to Mexico aerial KORICRIPTION RATES. Uellvered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. i t the foll . ooyl 8] X monihs, in advance, $6.00; | City and thence nearly to the tip of the southern one mouth, in advance, $1.25 continent; the other at New Orleans, for a new Subscribers will conler 8 favor if they will promptly notity the Business Office of any failure or irreguiarity in the de- livory of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business MEMBER OF The Associated Press is e trunk route across the gulf to Guatemala, which would cut transport time .from New York to the Canal Zone to 24 hours. New fleets of standard Douglas transports will go into service next month Oftice, 374 OCIATED PRESS. sively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or mot for yse on the West Coast and will be. supplemented otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news | =~ Fo published herein by others for Central America and East Coast flying T GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER The result will be air schedules to the Argentine by ALASKA CIR ) THAN iY¥ OTHER PUBLICATION of either coast in four days, and a 50 percent OEORGE T Inc., National Newspa Representa ease in the frequency of schedule and the carry- 'j.‘;':;h"é:m“l‘b Rew York snd oo, Lex Augeles, Porthnd, | jnig ‘capacity of Hnes serving' "the' whole Latin- American area. These are particularly welcome de- velopments at a time when most news of the air is news of war. BEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE—iibert A. Wellington, 1011 Rank Bufl Amariann Near Eastern Defenses (Cleveland Plain Dealer) has been heard about activities of the and their Russian allies in the Balkans Near East, but little concerning Anglo- military measures in the same areas. The nev ieless, are fully cognizant of the fact t war may break out in the Balkans or in north- ern T or northern Iraq. Unobstrusively eparations have gone ahead as the travels of Gen. Much ns allies Maxime Weygand, commander in chief of French National Issues: Governmentsup-|,ricc Florence Brandt of Portland. forces In the eastern Mediterranean, indicate. |ervision of trade and commerce { ¥ SR e Ky = Weygand spent some weeks in Turkey. His| Wil be even more comprehensive Weather: highest .., lowest 27 Q@ TUN T mission borne fruit, as seen by the statement | than in the past. Congress will| """ S : MISS JUNEAT few days ago by the Turkish Foreign Minister |discuss regimentation in the face|Cl®ar. 2 t his country is not a belligerent, it is| °f possible war needs. as the Unit- i ; ! e L +. Dot neutral. This is a clear indication that Ankara ©d States continues to gain power | who now rules Germany L~“ xeal‘ly spectal pride in the 0000 fears Russia, due to the Finnish debacle S the foremost neutral matfon in like I leave life praying God to u. We know fr day for a long time clty's newly-crowned Mi having worked with her that Sybil Godfrey to I k the well-trained and well-equipped Turkish will rep ent the Capital credi- Apmy tably at the Fai s Ice Carnival, She is a girl Directly south of Turkey in the French man- that all Juneau be proud of. Twenty years old, dated colony of Syria, headquarters for Weygand, she has lived She went in J 20 years. to our 1e most highly mechanized armies in the schools and graduated into our business life. * She It consists of 200,000 Frenchmen, plus native is one of the n yeration of na troops. It could be rapidly moved into the Balkans will soon be taking things over c ely from the through the Dardanelles if it were needed there; men and women who came here when the country OF it could cut across Turkey and strike at the was new and have converted it from a wilderness Russian oil fields of Baku, should Moscow take joint military action with Germany against the into a land where children grow P to win beauty allies contests. This force is bolstered by Indian troops in Iraq In sending d-will representative to Fair- Maj. Eliot estimates their strength at 100,000. In banks this year au s t a tie which addition the British have large forces in Palestine was drawn close by institution of r mail and and even larger ones in Egypt, where Gen. Wey- passenger service two years ago airbanks today, £and is today conducting a tour of inspection, as Charles W. Car Chairman of Miss Altogether, it is estimated that the allies have Juneau at least half a million soldiers around the eastern Mediterranean ready for any emergency. These would be increased by the addition of the forces of uneau’s nearest of event, says, is tru Special credit for the success Juneau's ges- ture of good-will toward Interior Alaska should 80 whatever nation Germany or Russia attacked. Any to President Charles Beale of the Juneau Chamber sally to cut the lines of the British and French of Commerce and to ter and his Committee. The castern empires would thus meet terrific resistance. very fine women's apparel shops of the city made These troops, however, may not be called into action Saturday’s hion show an outstand. event, To for some time, for allied strategy now seems to be to aid the Finns to such a degree that Russia will not be free to cooperate with Germany in the south for a long time to come. the ten ycung Juneau who participated to vie fcr Miss Juneau can say that any one would have been a credit to the community and it is too bad all could not have been chosen i Other communities sending girls to Fairbanks to take part in the Ice Carnival and to seeck Miss Alaska honors should be warned. Miss Juneau will be hard to beat. Our very best wishes go to Fairbanks with her. worr en honors we Geologists say men have lived in North America at least 25,000 years, and even then the vocal among them were probably bemoaning the obvious cadence of morals among the younger generation. | After all, it might be well ior the House to per- mit the State Department to manage diplomatic affairs with the Kremlin. ornado Rips Through Georgia.” A F ER IN THE AIR Only a few years ago air travelers were amazed Not, Scarlett when transport planes operating at 180 miles an O'Hara this time hour went into service on the domestic airlines. The giant clippers which now operate b i S The Japanese campaign against China is reach- United States and Europe still cruise at only about 05, ® Crucial stage. The spokesmen for the Forclgn 350 S tan Hoir, Bt today planes are heilne on. Office can't think of many more different ways to - i e - say “So sorry.” structed for Pan American Airways which will have el o S top speeds of 300 miles an hour. These four-engined. With Garner and Roosevelt both in the Illinois 30-passenzer Lockheeds w cruise for ranges of primary, the Russo-Finnish War may suffer some 1,500 miles at about 260 miles an h Alaska hopes for want of attention, P —————— e N old printer A once said: Our duty is to make the printed word speak great truths more clearly!” This is our ideal. We have built our business on hon- est, efficient crafts- hip which makes no compromise with half truths, YOUR EVERY PRINTING REEDR EXPERTLY FILLED X FOLDERS . . . STATIONERY . .. TAGS . . . POSTERS . . . CARDS . . . INDEXES . . . LEDGERS Phose 374 for Estimales Daily Alaska Empire de- | floroscope 4 “The stars incline | but do mot compel” ‘ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 | Women should be lucky today for | benefic aspects guide them. It is | especially fortunate for new friend- |ships or associations. The morn- |ing may be disrupting in its plane- |tary influences as they affect per- sons in authority. It is not a prom- |Ising configuration for constructive |efforts, but stimulating to thought | The stars promise much to per- sons who hold positions earned by work or special talents, but frown ipon dictators and those who emu- late them. | Heart and Home: Women should !v:.w their best energies in promot- 1g their material ambitions. The ay encourages those who seek new friends or new positions, The | afternoon is favorable to all who| | seek employment. Salesmanship | | comes under a-lucky sway, and members of the family should bene- | fit. Business methods in the house- hold should be encouraged. | Business Affairs: Merchants and | kers should profit greatly un- 1 rule of the stars whgh asizes a consciousness of lack ind stimulates buying and mone | lending. The stars presage nev agreements between capital and abor. Better understanding of the| azards of capital and closer ties| between employers and employees forecast. and to the fact that allied reinforcements are ready ® World of upheavals. Elderly states- | deliver my country from the Nazl men who contemplate retirement | from public life will gain influence 1s their counsel is sought. International Affairs: The con- junction of Mars and Saturn Aries next May is interpreted as xceedingly threatening. Unless peace overtures reach a point agreement among warring powers were will be launched a conflict of terrible possibilities, astrologers predict. The cause of the average man and woman will be promoted in of despite the toll of war, it is prog- wsticated | Persons whose birthdate it Iis have the augury of a year of per- plexities that are brief in dura- tion, It is wise to distrust one's judgment and to rely upon the | counsel of friends or relatives Children born on this day prob- ably will be studious in a marked | degree. They will learn rapidly and attain knowledge assuring sugcess n a profession or business. (Copyright, 194) ¥ | 8 - Natziism s | Jus_I_PIague LONDON, Feb. 26—The London Sunday Graphic stated yesterday that German naval officers ~are circulating among themselves copies of an “open letter” allegedly, writ- ten by the late Capt. Hans Langs- dorf of the ill-fated German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, in which he termed Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime “a plague.” Written just prior to Captain Langsdorf’s suicide after scuttling the Graf Spee in Montevideo, the letter, according to the Graphic, said: In order to show what tne man NOTICE OF HEARING 2N FINAL ACCOUNT AND REPORT AND PETITION FOR FINAL AWARD AND DISTRIBUTION NCTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Saturday, February 24, 1940, T. N Cashen, as administrator de bonis non of the estate of AUGUST ERN- EST THYS, commonly known as ERNEST BAKER, deceased, made and filed his Final Account and Re- port and Petition for Final Award and Distribution, and that on said day this Court made and entered its order directing that a hearing be had upon said Final Account and Report and Petition for Final Award and Distribution before it on Sat- urday, April 27, 1940, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock A. M, on said day, at the Office of said United States Commissioner and Probate Judge, in the Federal-Territorial Building, in Juneau, Territory of Alaska, andre- auiring all persons to then and there appear and make their objections, if any, thereto, and to the settlement thereof, and to the distribution of the residue of the assets of . this estate direct to Leonie Thys. a sister of deceased, residing in Ghent, Bel- gium, Karl Thys, a brother of de- ceased, residing in Maria-Aalter, Belgium, Marinus Thys, a brother of the deceased, residing in Aalter, Belgium, Emil Thys, a brother of deceased residing in Faisfield, {Towa, on a basis of One-Fifgh to ieach and the remaining one-fif$h to {Neol J. A Van Hecke, Maur R G. ]Vnn Hecke, and Marcel Hecke, {children of Irma Thys, residing at | Bellum Brug, Belgium, share and share alike. o Dated at Juneau, Alaska this-24th day of February, 1940, | (SEAL) FELIX GRAY, | United States Commissioner and Ex-Officio Probate Judge. First publication, Feb. 26, 1940, Last publication, March 18, 1940, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, FEB. 26, 1940. YEARS AGO Prom THE EMPIRE FEBRUARY 26, 1920 The first through train in weeks between Whitehorse and Skagway i had arrived at Skagway. This was' the first train to go over the White Pass since the big snow slide of January. The United States Naval Radio Station had reopened in the Val-} entine Building after closing for five months because of the short- age of Navy's personnel, R. F. Richardson, general agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company for Alaska, left on the! Princess Mary for a business trip ! o Skagway W. S. Pekovich arrived from' Funter Bay where he was super- | intendent of the Admirality Gold Mining Company, JHHappy PBirthday The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, theit| birthday anniversary, to the fol-! lowing : | | 1 1 | FEBRUARY 26 Chester V. Kay Charles W. Erickson Marian E .Noble Elton Engstrom Jr. Harry Langley Edwin T. Smith Homer Woodard Mattie G. Hardgraves Amos T. Taylor MODEPRN J. Weitzman returned here on; the Princess Mary from a busi-| ness trip to Seattle in the interest a new cannery at Haines in which he was interested. A. G. Mosier, Superintendent of e Pacific Coast Gypsum, returned on the Princess Mary after in Tacoma on a conference with officials of the company of 5 { es H. Flory, Supervisor of! F s for Alaska, was married a few days previous in Vancouver to Ch pla -e - | DR. HAYS Will ! VISIT WESTWARD Dr. Marcia Hays of the De- partment of Health is leaving to- morrow on the steamer Alaska for the Westward on a two months’ trip in connection with her duties Director of the Division of Ma- al and Child Health i s 2 Today's News Toc Anglo-Polish Ace Sir Kingsley Wood, British air min. ister, stands on the wing of war. plane to chat with one of the Polish fliers now serving in Britain’s Royal Air Force, 'The aviators wear the R.A.F. uniform but have the word “Poland” embroidered on shoulder. | | alone, or { her name so that she will not be ETIQUETTE Banl):Ha[‘t Q. Whose fault is it if a late guest at a party seems to be left uncomfortably ‘“out of it"? A. The fault is with the hostess. It is her duty to see that the late guest is drawn into the conversa- tion or game, or whatever is going on, Q. Is it all right for a person to take an extra large helping of some dish that he particularly likes? A. No. It is better to take a moderate amount, then accept a second helping if it is offered. Q. How should a divorcee sign mistaken for the Charles Wilson? A. By prefixing her maiden name to her former kLusband’s surname second Mrs, and signing Mrs. Brown Wilson. R T | DAILY LESSONS | IN ENGLISH * By W. L. Gorden Words Often Misused: Say, “I comprehend (understand) your meaning, and I apprehend (per- ceive) the consequences.” Often Mispronounced: Passaic (New Jersey). Pronounce pa-sa-ik, first a as in at unstressed, second a as in say, i as in lick, accent second syllable. Often Misspelled: Vaccinate; two ¢’s, one n. Synonyms: beach, strand 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: Cessation; the act of discontina- ing; a stop. “The cessation of the storm was only temporary.” ., — Shore, coast, bank, LOOK and LEARN * By A. C. Gordon ‘ Who was the author of the “I have just begun to 1 phrase, fight”? 2. What did the Israelites eat in the wilderness? 3. From what word does the title “Kaiser” come? 4. What was Betsy Ross' contri- bution to the first American flag? 5. Which state produces half the coal mined in the United States? ANSWERS 1. John Paul Jones. 2. Manna. 3. It is a derivation of the werd “Caesar.” 4. The five-pointed star. 5. Pennsylvania. S5 AU PR i NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY To be issued March 1 and forms clese March 1. For space, listings and changes please call Juneau and Douglas Telephone Co., tele- phohe 420. adv. OUR MODERN PRINTING PLANT IS EFFICIENT! The Empire the necessary mechanical equipment needed to turn out good printed mat- ter rapidly! operated by men who are speedy - and experienced, too. Be sure to see us when you need printed material of any kind our work is good. Phone 374. 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