The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 10, 1940, Page 2

E ] E 1 ! ———— who is ilL T THE STORY SO FAR: Three ngly gients plan to hewitch the Kingdem of the goed, gray Queen. The Queen is celebrat- ing the twénty-first birthday of the ghter Santa gave her, ANl Rights Reserved AP Feature Service ] | CHAPTER FIVE Whole Kingdom Feels Witch's Spell That night the good, had asked her whola Jringdom to| dance and sing | It was her daughter’.2Ist birth- day—just 21 years from the day Santa had left the liftle | fing mermaid ir nursery, The Queen had named her Karin and had been very hapoy with her. Of course, know * that mermaid either carefully didn’t been a the Queen Karin bad Kurin didr know Jul. the Queen had keot the e had found in the baby's hand. You remem- ber, Neptune had given it to the baby. He said the pearl would tell her what the future held. Karin had grown into a beauti- ful young lady with sunny, yellow The whole kingdom loved pearl s hiair her S0 this Christmas Eve the Queen was sending gifts of food to all her villages. On the lawn in front of the castle she had set up a Christmas tree higher than castle towers and topped it with a cluster of red candles that burned like a star, The tree was strung with peppermint candies and red apples Just the Right Time AL dus there were parties ail over the kingdom. That was ju the right time for the three ugly giants to cast their spell. They slipped up and down the gardens in the dark. They did just as their wicked mother, the witch of hate, had told them. The giant who thought he was the sun dropped a drop of his mother's brew into each well and said. ou will stand all day along the roads waiting to admire me. You will forget your hus- bands and’ wives ‘and mothers and and pave them each a siver ca children. The 'tiant who wwited to bifild a’ wall"'as “high' o$ “the sky said, “Now ‘you 'will work [romi sunrise Lo i sunget: hauling stones and so Ling them one on top of 'the other. You will forget' your homes.” The glant without' @ %eact sai “You: 'will - shout evexything that has a song so that I will bave the finest voice on the earth.” When'* the bells tolied midnight the ' three piahts went back fo gray Queen| e mountain home. The villagess| broké ap their dancing and: went | heme and to bed. The ' giants' "on' their” mountain top felv o' pletised ‘at “all the &V they had dore ‘that ‘they didn{ the eastle’ yyovrel (hiat hight. The giant witn-| ont n heart sangilike alcrow, and the sother “two listenied - and said he: gsundetd very fihe indeed. Blucbirds Were Silchit Sauta’ visited' the ' kingdom that "THE PEOPLE LOOK | CHAPTER | SIX The Magic Peart Is Called Upon The good gray Queen had heen | completely deserted by her people. | She “ran througn the whole castle to find some one. But the She trying 1| tirés in’ the kitchen were cold. The shades were still drawn. The docrs !stood opem. The courtyard was empty. On the courtyard stones lay | two dead robins. That was all the Queen found. Sht burried back up the stair to | Karin's' roopi. 'Karin was ‘sleeping |90 'snugly tnder some pale blue | blankets “that ‘the Queen hated to waken her. But he took her hand |and 'said, “Karin, ‘my child, there is ‘trouble ‘in“#he air. We are de- erted. The castle ¢ empty. T can't explainit. But hurry and’ dress.” |' Then the Queent hurried to Her {room and picked ‘up the little ‘sil- ver casket in whieh lay the ‘pearl that Karin had ‘held in et hand night, “as'he always docs 00 iy night she came, The Queen Chifstias Eve. He didu't "s°¢lqqly pided n basket with clothes aryvhing wrong, of ‘course. he- .4 food and called to Karin cause evdryone was ‘sleeping gliow her. WV Rty ‘ Behold ‘Strange Sight But when his slelgh rose ol phey climbed up into the high- the air hec noticed that (v\'zl\m]k.M castle ' tower, " When they bluebirds were sitting on the I of toys back of him “What is this?” he asked But none of them answered see bluebirds are the birds happiness, - But just then hearts were so heavy they couldn't them You of sing. Santa took them home with him They sang very well in the toy- shop. But ta worried He knew something must be wrong in the kingdom of the good gray Queen. He sent off some wind fairies to find out what the trc# le was, The néxt morning the good gray Queen woke early because she lov Christmas Day. She put on a re velvet dreSs and pinned on it a bunch of holly, Then she hurried into the great hall where she ex- pected to see everyone rushing around making a big breakfast. But there was no one in sight She pulled a bell cord. But the bell echoed through the There was no other sound ROTARIANS (ELEBRATE FIFTHYEAR Seven New Members, 100 Percent Attendance on Club Birthday o e | The Juneau Rotary OClub cele- | broted its fifth birthday today with | a 100 percent attendance meeting al which seven new mcuibers were | wolcomed. | With 45 present at the meeting place in Perey’s dining room, every member was accounted for except | Jimmy McNaughton, who is in the States and who w radiogram to attend some Rotary | meeling this week, so the record will | be perfect. i Howard Stabler, first President of | the club, spoke today members present. all of whom are still active in Rotary, were Charles Beale, Kelly Blake, J. B. Burford, | A. 8. Dunham, Percy Reynolds, Dr. | i ‘)re;\au,fnd Elwood Mc- ! 'New Members ' New rs initiated were George Schmidt, Harold Foss, Olaf | Swanson, Herb Neff and Ellis Rey- nolds. Two other hew metbers were ; unable to be present, H. L. Faulkner | who is in the States Don Skuse | Théy will be initiated at a’' future meeting. " ' Two members who have been | today. Jim Cooper said | ‘States convinced him i that we don't realize how well off we are here in Juneau, which has “probably a brighter future than any other spot.” Tom Morgan re- ported that Anchorage is a good spot for a Rotary club. . The Rev. G. Edward Knight was a visitor Next week young srandchildren of Rotarians jnasts it ghe Iwicheow. . w -~ MMUNLZATION CLINIC OBt B A (ENTER TOMORROW The Terrilorial Health Depart- ment announces an immunization and vaccination clinic for tomorrow afternoon at the Juneau Public Health Center at 108 Territorial Building. Immunization for diph- theria and vaccination *fdr smiaflpox will be offered between the hours of 1 and # o'clofk ‘i the afternoon. According to the Health Depart- children and will be 1 be wged by | ment, young children between the ages of six months and five years of age are most susceptible to small- pox and diphtheria. Parents of children three months of age or Other charter | older are urged to take advantage of the smalipox protection. Children Irom the age of nine months should be protected from diphtheria. HERE FROM KETCHIKAN Coming in from Ketchikan on the 'lNcrzh Sea wers Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Brown of the First City. They re at the Baranof. D BRANDEIS HERE FOR NEW ENGNE Fred Brandeis is in from Angoon with his cruiser Barbara and is get- ting a new diesel installed. He is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel. ~ee——— Subscribe for Tne Empire. their| reached the round stone room at through which they had and bolted it. Then they out of the tower windows the strangest sight. were hundreds of people {standing along the roads. There were other hundreds tramping around the fields shooting birds with sling shots. They could see still other hundreds hauling rocks down the road past the castle and out beyond the town. “Whatever can have happened?” whispered the heartbroken Queen. “The people look bewitched. No one laughs, or even Smiles door climbed looked and saw win suddenly had the idea of looking at her pearl. It had al- |ways puzzled -them: Now, Karin | thought, §f the pearl had any | magic spedl it might help. So she | reached into the silver casket and held ‘out the pearl between her thumb and forefinger, There they saw a little scene. In front stood castle. an old bent woman weeping very hard. »Behindsher in the sun was a G I S FINANCES OF BRITISH ARE TALKED OVER Official Conference Called in Washinglon with Sir F. Phillips WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. — High defense and [fiscal officials of the Administration were called in today and heard facts on Great Britain financial sources as brought here | by Sir Frederick Phillips, Under Secretary of the British Treasury Ranking members of the Navy. State and Treasury departments and National Defense were invited to meet the British official. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau lead in the questioning | today. Last night he discussed with Sir Frederick the British financial situation for two hours in the pri- vacy of his own home. — s ENGINEER RETURNING Earl McGinty, Supervising Con- struction Engineer of the Office of | Indian Affairs, will return on the | steamer Yukon after visiting Ket- chikan, Hydaburg and Klawock BUILDING PERMIT Permit to build a concrete founda- tion and basement under an exist- ing building at 115 Eecond Street L of has been granted to Fred Crowell, | Kronquist, gad her tonsils: removed | for the Goldstein Improvement Co. | this ferenoon at the Juneau Medical { Cost of the work will be $1,000. i ITCHED. NO ONE LAUGHS OR EVEN SMILES. | the top they dropped the iron trap| | f CHAPTER SEVEN young woman dancing and laugh Fric Mcets Saita in Disguise | ing Now all lhese years the young The good W Queen smiled. prince who had been given to Saul “That means sunshine after a and Inga grew into a fine, strong storm, my child. Let us have pa- man. Saul knew that one day the tience. We shall stay here. But I boy would be King. But he didn't wonder what has happened tell the lad until the Christmas You and I know what had han- Day on which he was 21 pened. The people had all awai- 1 and Inga had named the ened that Christmas mornir The b ric. He was a head taller mothers had started breakfast U Saul. He had thick, yellow and the oldest sons had gone to the|hair, bright' blue eyes and a warm | wells for water. At breakfast tac laugh. He was known all up and people drank the er which had, down the coast as the finest sailor peen bewitched the night beforo in the land. He had made Saul by the three giants and Inga very happy That Christmas morning after i | oWy breakfast ‘the three of them un- The people had 10 S00MCT yoooniqtneir gifts, There was drunk the water than they were s 00 Erics . piate no longer interested in breakfast ™ ooonq i carefully. Out fell They didn’t open their Christmas .= oo oot and a tiny white presents. Mothers walked awiy el e Tooked dps At Thiy when ‘their children ‘oried, and oot other in surprise fathers frowned. They all Wal- “go ang Inga were watching dered out of their houses 10 U0 ,uq they chuckled. They knew What the giants wanted. the story of the Jocket and the sea AL mnoon the three augly giants g0 pecause the mermaids had came down from their mountam 14" e S o whey told it fo chuckling. Eric. The giant who thought he wus “Must Travel the sun paraded the roads so the .yo. o “paoe hhie vear, silent people could admire him. pii. giq saul. “If you prove The giant who wanted to buitd oo o one™ vou will bé king a wall as high as the sky sat on ypi™yoe noye vear. “That locket a knoll and shouted at i 2% you may open three times when | who' hauled stones to make ti¢ (oo oo™ i qanger and each time Wl it “will bring you help. The sea And the giant who had no heart chell will take you anywhere on stood on another knoll in the water.” center’ of town' and sang like & pric was poth sad and happy as crow. The people he had be- o prepared (o set out at once. His witched ran around shooting any , . e gave him a new leather unhappy birds* that flew throush joovet and fine leather leggings the sky. His father gave -him a bow and But Santa had a plan ‘for Delp-| gup6y and a leather pouch to sling ing the good gray Queen. He sud- ov.. hic shoulder, denly remembered that it was the g iicced both his parents and very Christmas Day on which the yoo waled part way through young prince was 21 and the day (o, with them. They smiled hap- on which he was to set out on his oo oo he left because they felt Bdyenties S 2 certain he would succeed, You “The - very thing.” said Santa he was their son and they slapping his knee. “I must find ______ M i T S him. He will help the Queen.” So Santa jumped into his sleigh and rode to the hill behind Saul's and Inga’s cottage. From there he sent the reindeer home. He changed his clothes to the rags of a beg- gar and sat down on a rock (o wait. Seniors Prepare For Annual Ball F[iqay Evening ght of the school year for au High School will be reached Friday evening when the nt the annual Senior ¥ Class will pr Ball. Ingharge of the formal dar oses es u are Miss Phyllis Poulin, class advis- s , er, and Lee Lucas, president of the Hig Seniors of Jun Tranferming the high school gym- 1 into a fantastic under-sea fishnets and vari-colored fish decorate the walls, while the hestra will have its stand in an The baseball season of 1940 Was attractively arranged sea-shell nmiore or less officiaily -losed foday Punch booths will' be built into the when EIks' first sacker Molly Mac- meuths of huge whales. S])A:\d(i(‘n was given ‘the last of the Students and their invited guests prizes ‘awarded every year will dance to the music of Wes Bar- It's an involved tale rett’s orehestra from 9 to 12 o'clock. First, H R. VanderLeest of But-| n charge of the decorations is | ler Mauro Drug, has for many years | president Lucas, with the other | past. donated a pen or pencil set (o |members of the class assisting him. a Juneau ball player, but somehow | patrons and. patronesses invited {or other, rooter “Van” was passed |to attend the dance are Mr. and by ‘this year in listing of prize Mrs. H. . Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. Ern- awards. cst Parscns, Mr..and Mrs Ray G. Secondly, Molly MacSpadden pay, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Marshall, thought he'd ‘won a pair of a cer- |y and Mrs.. Wallis George and taln brand of shoes for his record | My, and Mrs Trevor -Davis of the most walks earned, but the man who was to award the shoes | e STOCK QUOTATIONS To satisfy all concerned, Vander- Leest has been restored to his | rightful place as a solid backer of ~NEW YORK, Dec. 10. — Closing | Juneau baseball and Molly Mac- |quctation of Alaskas Juneau mine | 8padden has received a prize for |<tock today is 5%, American Can 817, ihis eye at the plate. ccnda 27%, Bethlehem Steel | VanderLeest has presented the |#7%. Commonwealth and Southern shoeless MacSpadden with a' pencil |13/16, Curtiss Wright 87, General set. Motors 47%, International Harves- ter 547, Kennecott 35', New York lcentral 13%, Northern Pacific 6%, |United States Steel 69, Pound $4.04. will | i B o B A B e e USHER LEAVES HOSPITAL Andrew Usher, medical patient from Metlakatla, was dismissed froni the Government Hospital today after ! a long period of treatment. - NO MORE TONSILS DOW, .JONES AVERAGES The fellewin are today's Dow, | Jones averages: Industrials 731.37, Little Miss Rosemary Kronquist, rails 27.67, utilities 20.09. daughter Mr. and Mrs, R. F.| A g The Daily Alaska Empire has the largest paid circulation of any Alr aska newspaper, ; and Dental Clinic. i SANTA PEERED OUT AND EXCLAIMED, “GOOD GRACIOUS ! LOOK 1* é were proud of him S g S T HAlt Wway up’ the mountain Eris ¥ ore Hevee SPCREh by e [ it e 4 3 Witch id. “The tin soldiers wanted to met an old beggar walking o0 qnd Bric miade acircle 'tV those new fire engines. They with a‘stick. You and I know thil . upe ap gver ‘the Toyshop ‘chim-; hooked togother all the ladd it vis Santa in disguise. But Erie ovo pofore their sleigh settled and stood them up inside the St s 5 down on the: snow. Santa peered chimney. They started to climb Good father,” said Eric, “this| ;v unq exclaimed, “Good gracious! !!P. But the first thing I knew one § is bard walking for you. May Lip o, tin soldier fell back into the fire- /& Helfpe oo p . |""Eric Tooked and saw ‘that the Place all bent and fwisted. Th | E 2 ad s 0d| e with wide Toofs. Great fir “Clouds of scoot pourcd into the mam:cm But he also x\.:\ulod 0l viees grew all around. But sthe room. We tried to close up the see if he was brave before he toldy o0 was broken off close to freplace, but then the witch | Eric of the good, gray Queen and| .. eqyes aind red bricks lay scat- ©libped in a window behind us | her troubles. tered ‘over the snow and pushed all those dolls off the Santa said, “T live in the coldest i Now we can’t find her He ¢ould sce litle gnomes— shelves land there is. I have a great deal , ' 5 Santa stopped talking and | | ¢ ~hubby little men wita long e: Mrs. of work thére to do. but before 1 T it diouria - axcitedly. all over the Toyshop there was go home ‘T should like to find a oy santa in tearful murmur of little dolls. 1Lr)z:velhntz or:'nmpumon. Would 01 (o iing up at ‘Santa’s sleigh doll fairies flew around put- iy S CR bl {hough she wanted him to hurry them to bed. finger Why not? said Eric, T am as he talked i} looking for a year's adventures.” H red dress @ Ihe as The sleigh had no soouer set- tled “on the snow than Santa hopped out like a boy and ran to Mrs. Santa, shouting, “What has Lappened? Eric followed Santa say, “Oh, back, The chimney again. You should see “Dear! Dear!” said Santa, He ran into the Toyshop with Mrs Santa and ¢ followed. They saw several dolls with broken arms. Some of them couldn’t even walk because they had brokun; legs. And over the whole Toysk Could I be whom?" asked Sania lh‘:_é.m‘:,'\s 5 lh::'k\ ]“2‘& 1 h;z{’; ahuckiing It -streaked dolls dresses and| Cosléil 3o 4. e blackened the dolls’ eribs, ! have seen your pictures Visitor Presented wa g chlld “Good Gracious!” said Santa. He 1 “Thabsy Tight, sank into his big armchalr by the “Do' you still want fireplace and picked up one little| wet ; ldonl that was holding out her 'Oh, more (han.u\'mz said Eric brokén arm to him. 2 So the iwo of them hopped info| o santa sank into a chair| the sleigl, Santa cracked his 10Dg ginsdite’ him whip in the air, aind the reindeers ~Oh,” said Santa looking at pulied the sleigh high into the pul" uue have a visitor, Mrs.! sky and turned toward the North Santa. This is the lad I told you at midnight” said Eric. Pole. But when Santa and EXic 0,4+ Eric bowed and Mis. San-| “If ‘you' try, and fail, arrived there’ they found MIS. o yanaged ' bright smile for|bewitch you," said Santa. Santa having some serious trop- him Bui she wn; so wotried Eric laughed, “I'm not afraid.” s about. the witch. that she started TOMORROW: The witch is (right 'in’ to' tell Santa’ what had| caught. STAY OPENLATE 1o Maska ) To Warm Up 1 Io IAKE pAR(ElS Refugees from a Wisconsin win- —_— ter, 20 kaleege pheasants are at rth Sea Last Vessel for (2, 5" suomn awaiting tranpor- J East Mail Delivery- Special Hours L tation to Alaska, where they can } warm up. When the pheasants left Wiscon- sin, the temperature was 12 below The Juneau Postoffice will be kept opem tonight and tomorrow night until 8 o'clock to allow pa- trons to mail packages for Christ- zero. They are consigned to the Aaskal experimental game farm at mas delivery, Postmaster Albert Wile - announced today. i ; Petersburg for the Alaska Game i he had made another arm for the doll on his lap. Then he mov over to his workbench to fix the other dolls. But his forehead was wrinkled with worry. “No Telling “You see, Eric,” there's no telling witch will be back.” “Is there no way to catch her, Sire?” asked Eric ‘ “We've tried other times” sad Santa. ut she is a chimney witch and she can set fire to an trap we make.” “Could we shoot her?” “Yes, But no one h enough,” said Santa, change into a puff quicker than you draw “Where does she hide?’ Erie. “It is so cold where I live” said Santa, “that your breath will turn into crystals in the air.” “Even so. I should like to go, said Erie, and heard Mrs I'm glad you're witeh is here the dolls.” When™ said when Santa, that anta Identified Santa blew a silver Through the air flew and sleigh, They settled in field beside the road. Eric's were big with surprise and chuckled. “Are you—could you be—?" mered Eric. He stopped So whistie his reindeers the San‘a stam- s SWiLL “She can of smose breath.” asked laughed anta to travel with But she when usually to do dowin | | not angry like comes back at more mischicf, the chimney,” said Santa “Then I will try to shoot he sure. this midnight She slips she wi KARNES T0 RUN DRAFT IN ALASKA , Refiring Education Head Named by Gruening for Registration KETCHIKE —Alaska. Dec. 10.—Gov. Ernest Gruening, here to participate in the dedication Commission. They will be brought | north on the Brown Bear. § Executive Officer Frank Du- | fresne of the Commission said the | of the new fishery products The vessel North Sea, package kalecge had been found to be | laboratory in ceremonies held | .5 for which will close tomor- the pheasant best suited to South- | vesterday, tcday announced the 5y night, will he the last boat east Alaska conditions. A number i appointment of Anthony E. 1o parcels for delivery in the will be released in the Jur i d Karnes of Juneau as Director p.qtern States and in the rural area after a sufficient breedin: ! of Selective Service for Alaska The offices of the Middle West. North ‘Sea “is scheduled south Thursday. i | "Zhe Yukon on Sunday will be !the last boat on which it will be possible to get packages away for | delivery in the main centers of the Middle West. Wile said he expect- ed to keep the Postoffice open Sat- urday evening for the convenience of patrons wishing to get parcels on this boat. The Postmaster repeated his acd- vice to. patrons to mail early. e £ _ stock has been built up at the Pel- registration day, January 22. ershurg farm, Local draft boards will be 7 named later by the Governor and Karnes. 7 The latter is retiring as Ter- ritorial Commissioner of Edu- cation. He is former Superin- tendent of Ketchikan schools. et JUDGE ALEXANDER, COURT PARTY HERE and | ALIEN ROLL PASSES 530 MARK LOCALLY cn -rs - ENTERS HOME { John Mullen, 77, Fairbanks old timer, has entered the Pionec Home at Sitka. A native of Cal.- fornia, he first came north in 1899. He is A prospector. pMALLIAGE 3 L TO KETCHIK! Linn A. Forrest, Forest architect who returned to by plane Saturday N. Parke, Ketchikan. Service Junecn with William left on the Baranof for Judze George F. Alexand the First Division Court party turned on the North Sea from X chikan. Mrs. Alexander accompan- ied the Judge. | Others in the party include Clerk | of the Court Robert Coughlin ¢ More than 530 aliens have regis-| Deputy Clerk Peggy McLeod. 'tered at the Juneau postoffice un- Reporter John Newman is to re- der the alien registration act. Puml‘l turn on the Yukon tonight. day for registration, to avoid the! - >>o——— heavy penalties prescribed by law,! AGENT APPOINTED !is December 26. G. R. Plumb of Fairbanks has = - - 1 183,658 automobiles, been appointed resident agent in AT BARANOF | Mountain Alaska for the Brinker-Johnson Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Kriedler are | orado. Company, a Nevada corporation visjiting here frem Ketchikan. They ! >eoe - — which has qualified under Terri- are at the Baranof Hotel. | The Daily Alaska Empire has the torial law to conduct mining busi- . |largest paid circulation of any Al- xnesx; in Alaska, Sunscribe for The Empire, ‘nsk_a newspaper, e The * Finnish Min Welfare has decreed that o)l woolen fabris must contain a: least 25 percent artificial wool, y of Public cellulo > — ., During the 1940 summer travel season 627,847 persons, traveling in visited Rocky National Park in Col-