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| an Ickes minion. wD 'ly Alaska Em pire | 2ublished every gvening excent Sunday ¥y 48 EMPIRE PRINIING coml"\!‘ Vi Second and Mdin Streets, Juneau, Alagka. YELEN TROY BENDER - - - R. L. BERNARD Presiderd | ‘The Maine usiness Manager | | will be halled thought a victory in the | success four e | rate, the Grand | New Hampshire Muine and Vern livered by carrier in Juneau and Doutias for §1.25 per month. | fa s B :ali, post 14, &i the following rates: Alaska, and One sear, In advance, §12.00; six months, in advance. 16.08: | Nation in 1940, one month, in advauce, $1.25 | Subscribers will confer 8 favor ¥ they will promptly noify the Business O*ficc of any feilure or irepulerity in the de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Oftlce. 602; Rustness Of SUBSCRIPTION RATES: \iZ credited to it or pot other- wise credited in this raper and slso the local news published berein. republication of all news dispats hes Mr. Willkie ALABKA cmrvm*nml "GUARANTEED TO PE LARGPR HYR PUBLICATIO! idea to him tvelt, too, ha GEOR' ) , Inc., e Bves, with offices 1 Ban Prancisco, Los Angeles. Porlhnd Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE -Giibert A. Wellington, 1011 | lic knows s 2 | velt. smile, 1 | easily conce rather disapp | But aboul | At times he rc |the bad news |Tn a nation of {be a very large |must be tempted |less likely to mil something rniore | good nature, - | nation, UP TO THE VOTERS { It’s about all over, by this time, except the' shouting. By tomorrow we should know who was| elected and which side prevailed in the liquor refer- endum argument, No careful observer doubts that Alaska will turn in another Democratic sweep, as no careful observer doubted that Maine yesterday would report a Repub- | lican sweep, | ruthlessly. The 1939 Territorial Legislature consisted of 23 | never got inside Democrats and one Republican. « ‘Without any out malice, milll Berlin proper, hi tives. ars ago. Republicans havs |who shrink from the thought of giving pain. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY SEPT. 10, 1940. election, that ofe of the candmnm we: opposed was And we did not, even in our warm- | esh mnmenl.s. liken any of our Agvemrm to Hitler. « b e vote, showing a Republican gain in| the Senatorial race of some 10,000 votes over 1936, by the same Republican press that | sunflower, a Literary Digest poll and a| ‘so goes the Nation” state spelled | Out of 300,000 votes, the e gained 10000 in Maine. At this| Old Party should be able to sweep| and Connecticut this year along with | mont. not Maine, will show how goes the — | arm Willkie Smile (New York Times) in the newspaper pictures continues |to look so unaffectedly happy that his strategists 1ay soon have to deal with the problem. They must a0t let the Republican candidate give the people the Lut it wouidn't really make much difference wocther he is elected or not. President Roose- d smile; but by this time the pub- | other qualities behind the Roose-| ¢ third-term bid should fail, it is| it Mr, Roosevelt will be in a| | the day after election, Ailikie one cannot be too sure.| s look as if five minutes after| e fn he will have forgotten it all. nearly 50 million voters there must number of kindly men and women They to vote against the man who seems nd it. | Alfred M. Landon in his day had a kindly human |smile. but people in a Presidential campaign want| affirmative in their leaders. Most ! of us want a hint of the steel behind a candidate’s| They want the capacity for just indig- and even a little hot anger occasionally | Bombs Over Berlin Philadelphia Record) feeling of bloodthirstiness, and with- ions of Americans cheer the news| !that British Royal Air Force planes have bombed itting a number of military objec- Germany has bombed towns all over Europe, Even in the World War, the fighting German territory, The people suf- That the G.O.P.|fered from hunger, but they never knew the terrors will have a larger representation in 1941 is almost and horrors of the bombings which rained death on a mathematical certainty. worse off than last time, because the lone Republi-| can, Senator Leroy Suliivan of Nome, is a holdover. Territorial officials, as since 1933, witl still be| 100 percent Democratic next year. Even the most | sanguine Alaska Republican concedes this. | “take it as well Dr. scholar, Andrew The party cannot be Rny‘clvuinns in Allied cities. Perhaps there will be less militarism in Germany\ | when the German people have been compelled to as “dish it out.” Effron, Yale University n.\seurch{ announces that the ancient code was mis- v The liquor referendum is the great question mark | reaq and that Methuselah did not live to be 963 in today's balloting. The result could be a iandslide | years at all. in either direction, without surprising anyone. There years old when is no example from the past on which we can base | it were. even a guess as to the outcome, The vaguely parased | “for Territorial control” choice will attract many | Nazi France votes it does not deserve, Fverybody iz for Terri- secret societies. torial control of liquor. That is what we have now. ©Voly. Territorial monopoly of the business is wmcu;!ng} else again, and that is whal is being proposed by | the political string-pullers and their unwitting|@ little war. stooges, the professional moralists and busybodies. | found a country All in all, it has been an enlightening campajgn, | conducted on a high level. A few of the o]eventh‘ hour appeals may have been vitriolic and iil- | American considered, but they harmed no one but their """h‘m"mnn 1 The Empire took a delinite stand on every candi- date and every issue. It took that stand early in! Italy is now Dr. Gerhard the caupaign and attempted to lain the TEasons | to the contrary for its beliefs. We did not discover, two da; lot of talking about Latin American cooperation, and has invited vari- ous Pan-American leaders to 8o on junkeis throughout this country, But here is an example of how Good Neighbor cooperation some- times works out in a concrete case. Four years ago Brazil tried to buy or lease some of our over-age destroyers, but being unable to do 50 decided to huild them herself out of American materials. So she ordered Uollers, eneines, all sorts of cquipment in tne U. 8. and shipped them to Rio. However, she was unable to bu any naval guns. Very few Am can companies make naval 50 Brazil turned to the U Siates Navy, which makes its own guus at Washington, D. C, Butl th U. S. Navy was not allowed to sell So a law was introduced permitting American countries to buy military Washington Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) think it applies in this case. My| distinguished opponent is over-| extending himself. He is making| statements that he can never back | up. It is not necessary for me to| answer him. I am leaving my case with the great American jury.” NOTE—Senator George Norris, father of TVA, who recently blast- ed Willkie as “a second Insull,” feels that Roosevelt has a hard fight before him and strongly urged him to make a transcontinental| campaign tour. The President’s re-| ply was that he couldn't go fartlier| ited than six hours from Washingto naval equipment from the Norris now plans to make a series United States Government., But of campaign talks in October. ! this bill was hung up in Congress | largely through the vole of one Senator, Vandenberg of Michigan. Thereforc. Brazil, having com- destroyers and needing sent a special mis- sion o the United States to nego- the United States this winter, | Late With the National Forge and Canada’s severe weather makes Ordnance Company. The deal in- winter training extremelydifficult| YOived from $1.500,000 to $2,000,000, As one Canadian Board Puf National Forge dickered and “your worst! d¢layed. Then as the contract was better than, #bout to be signed, its president S hest” Also, nada 15 serion | died and negotiations had to begin 1y handicapped by lack of train- &I Over again. g planes and instructors | Meanwhile Congress has passed The big pilot training program!the bill permitting the purchase of being conducied by the U 5. Gov-!guns ifrom the U. S. Navy, but now emnment has made it hard for Can-|the Navy néeds all the guns for ada to obtain trainer planes and]itself. instructors here. So with Brazil's destroyers now So the Dominion is eager to set launched, construction of their guns up a large school somewhere in is not even started. No wonder the the United States South or Soutn-| Brazilians are listening sympatheti- west where Canadian youths could cally to a German offer to sell receive flying instruction this win-| them $60,000,000 worth of guns and ter. If the necessary facilities can munitions at one-third what they be obtained, Canada is ready to would cost in the United States. send 5,000 men south for training. | All the costs would be borne oy POLITICAL CHAFF Canada, The only thing desired by| GOP insiders credit Governor Canada is the privilege of estab- Baidwin of Counnecticut with per- lishing the school on U. S. soil. |suading former Under Secretary of NOTE—The U. 8. Army has Commerce Edward Noble to declare trained military flyers frém South for Wendell Willkie. Noble figured American countries for several this would help him get the GOP years, though only in very m\l senatorial nomination, but the in-| side word is that Connecticut party | % GUNS FOR BRAZIL chiefs have other ideas, . . Federal! CANADIAN PILOTS matter discussed by the -Canadian Defense Board| Pieted he: { the: gun:. One Joint US. at its first meeting in Ottawa was the training of Cenadian pilots in| for aviators member expressed it weather conditions are many to get away from the prying questions eporters, ve in peace and delusion. The correct figure shows him only 192 he passed on. Died in infancy, as outlaws Free Masonry and other Secrecy becomes a government mon- feeling out Egypt on the subject of It has been months since Mussolini he was sure he could lick. t A. Westrick is returning to Ger- of He prefers a country where he| Freedom of choice is not dead in France, reports notwithstanding. One may wear bexore‘me “nauonal" shoe or go barefoot. Nutt was the first choice to man- age the Roosevelt-Wallace region- al campaign headquarters in Chi- cago, but he declined. Instead ne will make a nationwide speaking | tour for the ticket. . . A Willkie- Davey headquarters has been opened in Toledo under the direction of Dave Krieger, local Republican.| Former Governor Martin Davey, Democratic nominee for the office this year, is cold to Roosevelt, once employed Willkie as his lawyer when Willkie lived in Akron. . . Senator Joe O'Mahoney polled the hichest vote ever received by a Jomocrat in the recent Wyoming primary. With less than half of normal vote cast in this elec- ) 1e Democrats figure they have a pood chance to carry the state in November. (Copyright, 1940, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) ‘ Hosz1iTAL NoTES Virgil Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Anderson was dismissed today from St. Ann's Hospital where he has been receiving treatment for a leg fracture. With his leg in a cast, Virgil expects to use crutch- es and get back to his High School classes. David Patterson was dis- today from St. nn's. Mrs. imissed David Patterson was dis- today from St. Ann’s. Mrs. missed Fenton and Raymond Johnson left the Government Hospital today af- ter undergoing tonsilectomies. After her tonsils were removed, Lillian Osborne was dismissed to- day from the Government Hospital. Alice White was dismissed from | the Government Hospital after hav- ing her tonsils removed. Mary Willis was a surgical dismis- sal today from the Government Hos- pital. Joe Kinch was dismissed from the Government Hospital today nnqr Mlvnxg surgical ntm ————— 3 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY | foreign wars effect social customs | the seers. will be stressed wherever Xaresight" .|ordinary talents, Although folk be- § nnelgl work. Inquire for EE 170. . e ) v i et ) SEPTEMBER 10 Mrs. W. A. Gallemore Mrs. Thomas L. George Mrs. W. R. Spain Thais Bayers Lillian Dale George Bernard O. Havdahl e et il HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” -— -+ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Benefic aspects dominate today It is most fortunate for men who are leaders in business or politics. Educators come under a direction which encourages practical train- ing for a world in the throes of| change. Secret diplomacy will be publicized under this configuration Heart and Home: The starsseem to presage accent of family ties and interest in the home. Domestic tasks should be followed at this time when, despite national pros- perity, the wise will foresee lean days ahead. This is a favorable date for signing contracts and leases. Whatever contributes to sta- bility should be special concern as and family budgets. The eyening is auspicious for lectures and public forums which should interest per- sons of all ages. Business Affairs: Labor comes - der a promising sway which fore- tells efficient cooperation in fndus- try’s preparedness program. Gov- | ernment assumption of authority in many trades is prognosticated by | Training of the young reveals the need of expert hi | | as well as nimble brains. Trade Wil be good. Clothing and houseRPld necessities should be purchaged without delay, for prices will rise. National Issues: Party loyalties will strengthen as the last weeks| of the national campm. Unity of purpose will ac! - didates who find the people ear-| nestly supporting true patri and putting aside selfish aftfiohs. Care of the health "and “a ce of fatigue are recommended to| public men. The death of & sfates- man of note is prognmtlcnki International Affairs: Sacriffce of | life in conflicts in the air and on| the high seas will be reckoned mn large figures this month as weari- ness of war causes unrest in many parts of Europe. The stars encour- age revolutionary uprisings which will accomplish little until the death of a dictator next year. The Pacific Ocean will be patrolled by the United States fleet which ‘will have more than practice programs in coming months. Promotion of young officers and limited activity for older men may be expected. Persons whose birthdate it are advised to vold changes i coming months, Good fortune is presaged for both men and women. Children born on this day prob- ably will be endowed with extra- is longing to this sign are artistic, they have practical traits which as- sure success in life. (Copyright, 1940) R. B. Lesher to Head Couple Club R. B. Lesher was elected President of the Couple Club at last night's meeting and Mrs. Walter Butts was elected Secretary-Treasurer. Resuming their fall session, the club decided to change the meeting date from the first Monday of each month to the first Tuesday. Plans were also made for the next gath- ering, which will be held in the Parlors of the Northern Light Pres- byterior Church with Mr. and Mrs. Lesher and Mr. and Mrs. Butts as hosts. Last evening a barbecue supper was held out-of-doors at the Tom Morgan residence on the Fritz ove Road. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan. and 1AL} 8L MPIRE & e (Rt e, 20 YEARS AGO 73 0 SEPTEMBER 10, 1920 Many were attending the opening of the museum of the Alaska Historical Association in the A. B. Hall and according to the curator, about half of those who visited the museum, took out membership in the association. For Miss Frances Evans, of Salt Lake City, who had been the guest of Mrs, J. F. Mullen for several weeks, Miss Vera Mullen entertained a number of her friends at her home. Miss Anita Nordale and her brother Alton, of Fairbanks, arrived in Juneau on the City of Seattle and were visiting at their aunt’s, Mrs. J. J. Stocker. That there was either @ blue glacier bear or what was known as a serub grizzly near Silver Béw Basin was the news brought too the city by at least a dozen men who‘had seen the bruin. Mrs. Royal R. Pullen, of Skagway, passed through Juneau on her way to Seattle on the Pringess Alice. Dr. H. C. Carothers and Mrs Carothers returned to their home in Petersburg on the City of Seattle. Juneau traveling man, representative of the Western left on the City of Seattle for Ketchikan. Grover C. Winn, Juneau attorney, left on the City of Seattle for Wrangell. Sam Baker, Dry Goods Company, Weather report: Cloudy. Daily Lessons in English %, 1. corbon e em ) ) ) D O Do not say, “They have traveled every- There is no such word as EVERY- WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: wheres.” Say EVERYWHERE. WHERES. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Arid. Pronounce ar-id, A as in AT, accent first syllable OFTEN MISSPELLED: Sapphire. Observe the PPH. SYNONYMS: Play (noun), game, recreation, sport, pastime. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: PERENNIAL; unceasing; never-failing. “Who does not long for per- ennial youth?” s MODERN ETIQUETTE * roprrra Les | e B Q. What should a woman do when a servant she employs does not seem respectful enough in her attitude towards members of the family? A. Rather than discharge her without warning, the fairest thing to do is to have a private talk with her and tell her what is expected. Q. Ts it necessary for a bridge hostess to have good lighting at each table? A. Yes. It is very important that this be arranged beforehand. Q. What is a good clese for a friendly letter from a man to a woman? A. Sincerely yours, or Faithfullly yours. o 0 - lOOK and LEAR Ay_ C. GORDON o sbeamsmmoamsemeameamsunans ———— What does COUP DE GRACE mean, and how is it pronounced? ‘What country borders Spain on the north? What Biblical prophet went to Heaven in a chariot of fire? How many arms has an octopus? Which state leads in the production of coal? ANSWERS: 1. It means a decisive, finishing stroke; Ll o ) pronounce koo-de-gras, OO as in TOOL, E as in HER, A as in AH, principal accent on last syllable. 2. France. 3. Elijah. 4. Eight. 5. Pennsylvania. HOME ON VISIT | GRAYBAR MAN Earl Fosse, of Petersburg, came\ Vance Bingham, traveling repre- in on the Columbia from the West- |sentative of Graybar Electric, is ward after a summer working 1n\vismng his Juneau trade. He is Livengood. He will go to his home‘a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. in Petersburg on the next steamer 2 e ee to visit his family for a short time before going south to study at Cali- fornia Tech. —————— If you have not voted, do so now. Polls remain open until 7 o'clock tonight. Subscribe for The Bmpire. NewV.F. M. Commander IN FROM CANNERY Erwin Hube, from the Excursion Inlet cannery offices, is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Austerman jwere hosts. e HELP AN ALASKAN " | Telephone 713 or write | The Alaska Territorial 1 Employment Service, | 'I j ! for this qualified worker. | MINER-DRAGLINE OPER.AWR —Male, 50 years old. U. 8. Veteran. as worked in and around hardrock mines for about 15 years. Hag also worked as a dragline operator on construction jobs and small mining operations. Is very capable in pither: Dr. Joseph C. Menendez of New Orleans accepts the gavel as Com- mander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, after being elected to the office in the final session of the 41st encampment in Los An- fii&mmmm [ — Empire Clussifieds Payl =« - _mmwhmcmprm . T. Merrill, of m Mon&.;mmelenud Junior VM--QMM ] Diré&etor Prow g Fraternal Societios Gastineau Chanael Drs. Kaser and Freeburger = DENTISTS I~ ngren Building PHONE 56 — OFFICES OF DR. A. W. STEWART will be re-opened in the 20th Century Gross Bldg. OCTOBER 1ST Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 — Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm, —e e ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Ang'ys Collge of Opwmeer, and ‘Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground (The Charles W. Carter| Mortuary - PFourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Blomgren Bldg.——32nd Fleor Front Street-—————Phone €3¢ — . JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING »* L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorste] Satisfied Is Worn by ustomers” ""DR. H. VANCE | OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 8:00 by appoinment, Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 Juneau Melody House Musio and Electric Appliances Next to Truesdell Gun Shop | Second Street Phone 65 Archie B. Belis PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Bookkeeping Tax Service Room 8, Valentine Building Phone 676 IT COSTS SO LITTLE TO DRESS SMARTLY AT DEVLIN'S Helene W. Albrechi .PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Bullding—Room 7 S B. P. 0. ELKS meey every second and fourth Wednesday at 8 p. m, Visiting brothers wel. come, H. E. SIMMONS, Exalted Ruler; M. H, MOUNT JUN®AU LODGE NO. 147 Becond and fourth Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p.m « RALPH B. MARTIN Worshipful Master; JAMES W, LEIVERS, Secretary. GUY SMITH DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- +ULLY COMPOUNDED Front Strcet Next Colisenm PHONE 97—Free Dellvery \ ""Tomorrow’s Styles | Today” l l Jabzend Junean’s Own Store i | “The Rexall Store” Your Reliuble Pharmacists Butler-Maurc Drug Co. _ PRESCRIPTIONS ‘ — Post Office Substation NOW LOCATED AT HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” £ “The Stere for Men” SABIN°S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. 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