The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 12, 1940, Page 2

2 ~ You Wanna Stay in Bed ' Tomorrow, By ROBERT E. GEIGER AP Feature Service Writer Tomorrow is Friday the Thir- teenth Some peaple are so su; itious about it they won't get out of their beds, and maybe it's just as well 1f they did, there would be a good chance something would happen them. Science s 5 S0, “Selence doesn’t take any stock in superstitions,” says Dr. Law- rence W, Miller of the University of Denver, a 'psychologist well versed in the reasons behind hu- man hehavior “Nevertheless, if you are des- perately fearful something is golng to happen to you on Friday the Thirieenth, it is well to stay in bed, “You may be so upset off your guard or you may con- centrate so deeply on one fear that your alertness to other dan- gers will be diminished. “Something entirely different from what you had expected and planned a defense against may happen and take you unawares. Thus trouble catehes up with you on Friday the Thirteenth.” | Some superstitions, mccording to Dr. Miller, are good for people. “There were superstitions about crime, adultery and property rights in olden ‘times' says Dr. Miller. “For instance, the ghost of the vic- tim was supposed to inhabit a murderer’s soul and torment it. “Such ‘belefs tended to restrain murderous or -eriminal inclinations at a time ‘when ‘there were neither laws nor Policemen.” | Ouly ‘4 Guess i Many ‘superstitions are dated so far ‘in antiquity nothing auithentic is known of their origin. It's only 4 guess how many modern ones were started. “Some students say the com- mon superstition that it is bad Idek to light three on a match' had its origin® in says Dr. Miller. “If a soldier lighted his cigaret and kept the match burning long 16 you'll be Especially If You Are Superstifious WarMistake D -1 D 2| two or more other a light, enemy sharp- enough for men to get shooters had time to take careful aim and fire upon the match holder.” People who knock dn wood to keep ill luck from intruding, usu- ally after they have made a boast, are obsew/ing a ritual that once was a religious one Form of Supplication “In ancient times pious peoples touched a ‘wooden cross as a form of supplication,” says Dr. Miller. “It was a prayer. They believed the cross cast a spell of good for- tune about them. And so knock- ing on wood became an invitation to good luck.” The horseshoe probably sign of good luck hecause horse has been friend of Dr. Miller says. Other things, is a the a man, like four - leaf clovers, are good luck symbols |because u series of coincidence: probably occurred in which a per son had good luck immediately iafter he found, or otherwise had some association with, a four-leaf clover or other object. From Days of Black Magic Similarly cats and witches are symbols of ill /luck. Incidentally, says Dr. Miller, the black cat su- perstition dates back to the age of black magic when darkn was a symbol of eerie things People looked askance any- thing black. In one state a recent study dis- closed 4,000 superstitions held by various citizens, at Double the Trouble superstitious there's a of ill luck on Friday the Thirteenth. Both Friday and 13 are associated with the goddess of trouble Friday probably became anomen of death because of its association with the crucifixion. The numeral 13 probably first recent " wars,” became a similar omen because of ting into effect strikes in forests, the thirteen people, Christ and the 12 apostles, seated at the supper. last REAL PROSPERITY 1N REINDEER SEEN "FOR OUR ESKIMOS Properly Handied Herds. Could Mean $600,000 (ash income Some 84,000 reindeer which he purchased for the government this year are to be operated on a co- operative basis, along with about double that number of deer be- longing to = Natives in Alaska, Charles G. Burdiok said today. The fatal deav and Northern Alaska is Careful handling of the reindeer would mean real prosperity to the Eskimos, Burdick said. The coun- try will support a million reindeer in perpetuity, allowing an annual kill of 200,000 Burdick estimated. As 60,000 deer per year areneed- ed by the natives for their own purposes and 40,000 can be dis- pesed of at $10 per head to local mabkets ‘and camps, an additional 190,000 .could ke taken in .the form of ‘fawnskins worth several hun- dred ‘thousand @ollars, Burdick said. A cash jncome of about $600,000 per year is thus indicated for Es- Kimo owners and herders, according to, Burdick. roughly. MATILDA HOLST CALIFORNIA MAN; Well Known Juneau Sing- .er Weds (londsly French on November 30 & Anterest to Juneau ‘of ‘M¥Es ‘Matllda Holst, tal- y soprano and daughter - and- Mrs. Martin Holst of ty, comes news iof her mar- e o Mr, Cloudsly French of fer,' Cal. population of Western | Juneau High School and of Oregon State College. ‘She studied vocal in Europe and for the past few years has been doing concert and radio work in the States. She ap- peared in a second concert in | Juneau last summer, Mr. French also attended Oregon State Col- lege and is now agricultural agent for Los Angeles County. it N CURTIS SHATTUCK T0 HEAD JUNEAU CHAMBER X 1941 Jud Whittier Replacing Ray Stevens as 1 Secrelary -Curtis Shattuck has been elect- ed President of the Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce for 1941, it was announced today. He will succeed Charles Beale. Chamber officers are selected by the ‘Board of Di- rectors. Vice Presidents elected are H. D. Stabler and Charles W. Carter. Dr. M. J. Whittler was elected Secre- tary-Treasurer, sucleeding Ray Stevens. . The new officers take .over on January 1. Visitors at today’s Chamber Iluncheon included Bill Williams, Anheuser -Busch representative, {and Sidney V. Dennison, Forest Service man from Petersburg. John Hagmeier was introduced as a new member, — - >———— - FORMS NOT YET * HERE FOR DRAFT, SAYS DIRECTOR Forms to ibé filled qut in 'the January 22 seléctive service regis- tration of all Alaskans from 21 to E. Karnes, Territorial Director, said today. The forms will have to be dis- tributed to about 200 places before the registration date, Karnes does not officially take office until January 1, e e—— Bunscribe far The Empire. '35 years of age have not yet been| ,received from Washington, Anthony | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 12, 1940. ¥ - - SaysGreece Mussolini IsrAbsolved of . [ Blame-Badoglio Said | | He Wasn't-Ready ROME, Dec. 12, - Roberto Far- | inacci, editor of Tl Regime Fascista, indicated today that Marshal Badoglio, who resigned last week, | tld frisnds he opposed the Italian | campaign in Gerece as more di-| visions were needed to start it than | he had at his disposal | The editor absolved a “political | command” in the hands of Musso- | lini of responsibility and indicated | | the blame rested on Badoglio, al- | though his name was not used. | Editor Farinacei first accused the | |High Command of ‘“untimeliness land improvidence.” - - 10 GETS | DENOUNCED, ~ CONGRESS TRANS | H i ShAT 3 1 | SHINGTON, Dec. 12 apt California Representafive ,%ss5™ior, v, i Joseph R B In lightning-like advances, Greek forces drive to ' in Italian hand within 30 miles of Tirana, capital of Albania, now TRANSFERRED Sons of Legion The Sons of Legion will hold - TO WHITEHORSE AS FOG HOLDS The Dayglas airliner’ came through | today from Prince George, circled over Juneau above the fog, found no holes in the gray blanket that has stalled ‘air traffic here for the past | two days, and went on to land at | Whitehorse. Meanwhile,' two more ' loads of | PAA passengers left Fairbanks this }momlng for Juneau and two loads | here were ready to take off north- | | ward ‘with loads from here. | 'Those due to come in from Fair- | baniks are K. A. Murray, Mrs. Mary Murray, Alastair Murray, Kenneth | | Murray, G. A. Gustafson, Fred Tor- | | sak, Tscar Enstrom, Torvis Rosand- | |er, O. S. Newman, N. H. McDowell, | |R. O. Bullwinkel,'and W. S. Burton. | | Scheduled to fly out are M. Seid- | enverg, W. R. Hinckley, William Kramer, Manley Carroll, John | | Corey, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hamil- ton, Mrs. J. C. Morrison, Mrs. C. B, Sumner. It is expected the Douglas will go south ‘tomorrow morning with mafl. Al Monson is piloting the airliner this trip. R ) NEW DATES FOR ' MOBILIZATION WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. — The War Department announced today that the remaining units of the Naticnal Guard will be mobilized between January 6 and April 1, The postponement is caused by weather and other conditions which has caused delaying construction of suit- able quarters in various sections of the country. —_— e ——— The halibut hoat Spencer. is sail- | ing south tonight, fishermen say, with five Juneau men to go out with ‘her. | @ GOOD ENOUGH NOT TC EAT —Give Joseph Grun: & New York chef, some spare time and this happens: ’slaluar;' called “Nature in Salt” and showing swans, cygnets and a woman. Bt appeared at chefs’ exposition in Grand Central Palace, Canada Speeds Plane Building Those going are Capt. Russell| goiowing mass production methads of the American automobile in- Ellidtt, Seivert ., Martin | qustry, Canada today is speeding mass production of planes for the Borleck, John Alstead and: Forrest| Royal Canadian Air Force. The planes being built in this factory, Jones. site undisclosed, are two-seater, dual-control jobs. They are dssigned AT R AR for elementary training for recruits of the RCAF. Suhseribe for ‘The Empire, Rome Ed"Of Y Greeks Near Albanian Capital, Tirana, Shown Here Meeting Tonight Gk B ds. According to reports, the Italian roops have been caught in a trap. British Net Closing in i7ati . |Corps Reserve at Syracuse, N. Y. impo meeting tonight at the = Says Organization De- vo T i e Il o i s n ifalians | H chorage, Alaska c'clock Al members are . feating Defense Plans s, RN : an_me ‘ | & oy 3 | WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Repre-| The first Stop. Loo ke gt C - | sentative Leland Ford, Republican of | Listen” railroad sign S Most popular natioral of ThOUSBHdS Afe aughi m California, charged on the floor of |in 1884 in San Franci i ¢ United -,. ] % . 1016 P- . M F E |the House this afternoon that the T Pt R incer Move-rew kx- CIO “has done everything possible a ; . thie ‘cigiizatios e it do to| Federal land bank and commis- Shenandoah and Great Smc peded to Es(ape disturb, Qisrupt and destroy the Na- | Sioner loans to farmers on Janu- Mountain Parks, in the East, and e s tional Defense program.” {ary 1, 1940, totaled $2,600,000,000. ){'m y Mo mtain _\:wnr(n..] ark N AR, Dec. 12--British head- In a sharp denunciation of the o o A Colorado. ~For attendance they g, 0rs caid tonight ah estimated CI0, Representative Ford replied to Subscribe for The Empire. ranked in the order named 20,000 Italian prisoncrs have been the cry of Representative Jerry; taken in the western desert war- Voorhis, dlse o‘ilOnmm;{;la, that he | fare, ‘declaring such an estimate (Ford) was making a wild statement | “mederate.” and said: “The CIO has and is at- | Details of British gains are nbt tempting to destroy plane produc- | immed y available because of tion. I call attention to the sirike rapid movement of the troops, 2 at the Vultee plant where the CIO § ) called a strike and stopped delivery | declared vast of planes necessary for our Army numt trucks g arms t1a‘ning men, and the CIO is strik- Heite ; o s gk ing against the shipbuilding oper- | 1t PRE e ators. Jurisdictional dispute has peciall o far PN Ttrane. Z‘l‘;rwgln;::;? S’e‘gmls’;”;:s;::dm“:‘:‘;‘ port, speeding the pursuit of the | P retreating Italians to an even| now the CIO is advocating and put- greater deg was ir at a gia cer | thus interferring with our lumber Lo geadmplod Son 5 Moty ningtd tHdustry | movem2nt is speading to a quick| T R | ciose on the greater bulk of Italy's| | African forces, the spokesman de-| claring it is thought unlikely| | | many Italians will have succeeded in escaping through the big mili-| tary dragnet, | - GET MAIL FOR SOUTH Cwing to the late arrival of the steamer North Sea, now posted for tomorrow afternoon, Postmaster Al- | bert Wile announces that Christmas | packages and other mail will be re- ceived at the Post Office up to two hours before the steamer sails. This will give time for scores of people to get busy tonight and early tomorrow afternoon to hustle their | packages, etc., to the Post Office for dispatch. The time is getting short for mailing from Juneau for delivery in the States before the yuletide. .- NEW LINK FOR " Bl6 AR LINE TO NORTHLAND EDMONTQN,' De¢. 12/—Business- {men- and fliers said today a new air ice was announced yester- rvice day at Ottawa and Washington to |be started - between Great Falls, {Mcntana, and Lethbridge, Alberta, y a United States carrier.” The new route would. complete a last link in the California to Al- aska route. i A Subscribe for The Empire. CLOTHES that are CLEANED CFTEN—Wear Longer! Send YOUR GARMENTS to Triangle “You'll enjoy the:holi- day seasan more ‘in fresh, perfectly cleaned clothes, cleaned the Triangle Way! Phone | suffered 5 THE WEATHER (By the U. S. W:ather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTMENT D)F COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4:30 pw., Do 12 Cloudy or foggy tonight, Friday cloudy with very ligh snow; warmer Friday, lowest temperature tonight about 32 de highest Friday 39 degrees; gentle variable winds, Forecast for Southeast Alaska: and local drizzle tonight, Friday Forecast Local inds; Cape | to northeasterly winds; by showers, moderate casterly to northeasterly winds, shifting to moderate to fresh south- erly Friday. ! LOCAL DATA { Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4:30 pam. yester 33.6 97 sSW 4 Dense Fog | 4:30 am. today 30.6 98 NW 4 Mod. Fog ‘ Noon today 30.1 98 NW 3 Mod. Fog | ADIO REPORTS TODAY ) Max. tempt. | Lowest 4:20a.m Precip. 4:30a ! Station last 24 hours temp. temp. 24 hours Weathe Barrow =1 -5 0 Clear | Fairbanks 41 23 0 Cloudy | Nome 24 8 10 Clear | Dawson 11 7 0 Cloudy Anchorage 45 36 0 Cloud Bethel 24 | 18 T Cloudy | St. Paul 30 | 28 0 Cloudy | Dutch Harbor .. 37 | 37 £2 Clouuy | Wosneseriski 38 | 37 Rain . Kanatak 4 | 41 Rain | Kodiak 43 | 43 2! Drizz — | Cordova 43 35 17 Pt. Cldy | Juneau 35 3 T Foggy | Sitka 4 0 Pt. Cldy | Ketchikan 38 T | rince Rupert 39 0 : Prince George 17 0 Cle Seattle 33 26 0 Smo | Portland 46 33 E 0 Clear San Prancisco . 57 35 48 0 Clear WEATHE® SYNOPSIS Rain was falling this morniny from the Alaska Peninsula to Kodiak Island, and partly cloudy t) cloudy skies prevailed elsewherc over Alaska except clear or party cloudy skies from the Seward Feninsula to Barrow. Rain or 24 hours from Cordova to the Aleitian Islands and from the Bering Sea to the Kuskokwim Valley and | drizzles at a few stations in Southeast Alaska. of precipitation was .32 inch whic) was recorded at Kanatak peratures above normal continued this morning over { had fallen over Western Alaska, O serc: visibilities prevailed thi and airway. ings The Thursday morning weathe ' chart indicated a weak sure center over northeastern Alas a, and second low cente 990 millibars (29.30 inches) was loc ted at 55 degrees crees west and third low center of 978 millibars degrees north, 164 degrees. west. H gh pressure center w the east of Southeast Alaska and aska, and weak high cell with pressure at about 29 degrees north and 13 —Sunris inches)inches) Juneau, December $40,000 FISH "BOAT WRECKS; SMALLDAMAGE The $40,000' halibut veesel Har- mecny, which visited Juneau last spring a few months after its launching and gave waterfronters a glimpse cf perhaps the finest fish- ing beat to work ‘Alaskan waters, mishap recently, accord- ing o advices from San Francisco. The Harmony, under Capt. Paul Peterscn, struck a reef off San Francisco Bay in the middle of the night. Crewmen abandoned her, tak- ing to the dories, and were picked up after several hours of drifting, by the Coast Guard. When a search was made for the Harmony, it was found she had floated on the rising tide and in- stead of being a total wreck, was practically unharmed. > Waitress Job Open for Out of Town Is there an unemployed waitress n town? The Territorial Employment Ser- { sice offices said today a call has :ome in for a waitress, out of town, and none are available that answer he requirements. Employment Service offices in the Sommers Building at the corner of South Seward and Willoughby. — e The Daily Alaska Empire has the largest paid circulation of any Al- aska newspaper. > winds, becoming gentle to moderate southeasterly in ce th portion and northerly in Lynn Canal Friday, of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer erate to fresh southeasterly winds; Cape Spencer Hinchinbrook to Resurrection Bay: Resurrection R If you are interested, call at the Partly cloudy to cloudy with for light rain and warmer; gentle vari- and Alaskay : Partly cloudy with local rain, mod- to Cape Hinchin- easterly to southeasterly Rain, fresh easterly Kodiak: Rain, fresh t> fresh Bay to snow had fallen during the previous t) the Seward Peninsula, and light The greatest amount Tem- the Ir r but t with fog and very low ceil- morning over the JunZau-Ketchi- low pres- of about north, 1556 de- (28.88 inches) at 43 s located to s2cond center to northwest of A about 1617 millibar (30.6 148 degrees west 9:38 am., suns m S}. Ann's School Play Is Success Young thespians of che St. Ann’s School performed last evening in fine style before an audience that packed the Cathoclic Parish Hall Two playettes were presented and included “The Quest” anfl “Me- chanical Jane.” The Junior and Senior Choral classes and St. Ann’s carolers gave several numbers and recitations were also given by var- ious students. Subscribe for The Empire NEW BARGAIN ¢ OFFER 4995 Motor-Driven Brush Cleaner Complete with Attachments Save Yourself your time. your rugs and your money. BUY NOW. * Alaska Electric Light & _l'ower Co. Among America’s llb /A bourbon ‘