The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 12, 1941, Page 4

[ ice, especially because of his traiping,as an’ enginder. f At the end of our war for independence his great | evening except Sunday by the | services were recognized by the thanks of »Congres.s,‘ PRINTING COMPANY |a grant of land and the privilege of American citi- AL TROY BENDER bbby P,,,m.“ln‘mmp He then refurned to Poland to fight for| R. L. BERNARD - Vice-President und Business Managet | the independence of his own country, E e t In the struggle he distinguished himself nolably‘ | in one historic battle in which, with a force of 4,000/ men, he held in check a Russian army of 20,000. | But his valor could not avail to prevent the dis- | | memberment of Poland, which might have been| | averted except for the interference of Prussia. He' ~ | was at last overpowered and carried as a prisoner to, i Steamer Alameda, in port, was to go to Skagway and return to Gmeamoem: St. Petersburg. HAPPY BIRTHDAY | Juneau berfore proceeding Westward. The conquerors pulled down the heroic statue q P 1 oy = - of him in Cracow, but a great cairn was erected by | | o e o ’ ,, i 1 | John Noon, former Territorial Senator from the Third Division, was the people who were devoted to him, into which| g o Dr A w S!ewari wer her visiting friends in Juneau during the stay of the Alameda. 2 % ~ which -he had fo nt. v rs. a . o . g 0 the estate that had been given him by Congress, Ross Peterson At'a meeting of the Gulld, of Tr{nlty OafisCraly Mity WIHIAM, . E. 20TH CENTURY BUILDING i C. E. Bower Britt was elected Secretary-Treasurer. e Office Phone 469 G 20 YEARS AGO o NV FEBRUARY 12, 1921 The Alaska Railroad between Seward and Fairbanks was to be com- pleted within 12 months, according to Col. Frederick Mears, Chairman of the Alaskan Engineering Commission, who was in Juneau aboard the Alameda bound west after a conference in Washington, D. C., with Sec- retary of Interior John Barton Payne. Y iiail y Aiusi}'u Empire s Second Class Matte B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers welcome. H. E. SIM- MONS, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blr ngren Building PHONE 56 for $1.25 per month. ing rates s, in advance, $6.00; confer a favor if they will promptly net:d = of any fallure or irrequlsrity ‘% (ke de Pageca Telephoncs: New: uiries, 602, Bustuees Gfiice, 374 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. VERGNE L. HOKE, Worshipful Master; JAMES W, LEIVERS, Secretary. MEMBLE OF ASSOCIATFD TRESS 4 Press Is exclusivris entidled to the use for recited to it or not other. cer tion of all news dispatch he local news publisheq wise credited in this paper and herein s0 FEBRUARY 12 ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARAN1TEED TO BE 1.AR"1FR Mrs. Ken M. Nelson THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. National Newspaper Representa- Los Angeles, Portland GEORGE D. Ci tive. office brtseng Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston, . SEATTLE REPRES NTATIVE--Glbert A. Wellington, 1011 | American B scted that it be sold and the proceeds devoted to Mary Bavard . slaves vin, em freedom in his 5 COSRAG sleiee il EVIh ee i Etta Schwam Flwood McClain was a passenger aboard Alameda bound for 1ame, Thomas Jefferson to be the executor. 3 “ * 4 JmSo dzl;sm;(o{mu«;yko in hlh life of fighting for Alf Lund Anchorage to take a position with the Alaskan Engineering Commission. At } Cash Cole a the freedo rica ar Poland and in his . = 3 : \‘;,,)28:;- ;2, O(f.,l,A:T;.E l,.:::‘-p ?(, l,l,, remembered Wic T Byanson A dispatch from Washington said the House Elections Committee : 3 ¥ B Y o PR i ¥ srigsby was not chosen at a special election as n the week of the Great Emancipator’s birthday. decided George B. Gr ) ; p ¥ Delegate to Congress and that James Wickersham fhad been eclected to R tr cancy caused by the death of Charles A. Sulzer. American Pres fill the vacancy v the ity | Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Ph Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. J. W. Gucker was to go to Haines to call on the trade and return to PHONE 667 | Juneau aboard the Estebeth. % l | | | Dr. John H. Geyer Juneau's Own Store DENTIST Room 9-—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 ! Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm., _— “T>morrow's Styles | Today” [ ' O R SRR R SN HOROSCOPE “The stars incline il but do not rompel | Mr. and Mrs. John Mills celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding an- ~# | niversary at Douglas and friends gave them a surprise by swooping THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 |down on them. Mrs. Arne Shudshift won second prize at whist when Benefic planetary aspects ruleigames were played during the evening. today, which should be unusually ure on Italy (Cincinnati Enquirer) { William C. Phillips, American Ambassador to! Italy, is back in Rome on what we must suppose to be a very important mission. The very fact that he (has returned to his post, while no American Ambas sador has been sent to Germany, indicates that our State Department is making a sharp distinction be- tween the two Axis members. Ambassador Phillips’ return to Rome has given rise to innumerable ru- ‘ronunate for persons in mnny‘ _“mors especially since it follows closely on the ar"\mlks of life. Merchants and manu- to man” rival of Admiral Leahy in Vichy with a definite tuk‘mcmrel‘ statesmen and profes- memory. Almost of bucking up France in her resistance to German| ? BUTLER-MAURO sional men are under the most| R ——— ——— to live demands promising direction of the stars. | ¥ 3 - instruments and no | | ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. DRUG CO. " e > s g S o v had gol rong athe er One lul the most intriguing rumors bearing. o “Heart and Home: Health and Something had gone wrong with the weather Gl T AR O Phillips' mission, emanating from Rome and | o0 S0 0 ate the fam- | recordings were reported. prif o Post Off s N ost Ce dubsialion | NOW LOCATED AT unconfirmed, holds that Mr. Phillips bears a |y ol B o nguration., [ Opthaimology There| from President Roosevelt for King Victor " = |is for beginning any | and perhaps also for Signor Mussolimi:m;l :z?g :5:{“ ;l - Mgl Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska™ ! L "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists LINCOLN TODAY The Fifteenth Annual Ball of the Juneau Fire Department was to | take place in the A. B. Hall this night and dancing was to start prompt- ly at 9 o'clock. and “man’s inhumanity speech and the dream that can learn brotherhoc A Linc y late and e Mr. wholly m 3 Emanuel The Rich- |, 4 weace and Iream whos to direct the He was Abraham Daily Lessons in Engllsh w L. GORDON e - ) S Tl D O WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I left my car to be fixed.” Say, “I left my car to be REPAIRED.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Chaperon. CHAP), A as in AT, O as in NO, and accent first OFTEN MISSPELLED: Zinnia; two N’s, SYNONYMS: Urbane, courteous, polite, civil, mannerly. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase cur vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: ABYSMAL; hottoml inending. “Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy does of space.”— betweer States high had no rding to thi is very simple | Lei2 AL Wit BICORUDARY LD SRET. B YUY o the domestic arts is urged| reaching. The United States will not e o liplo : 1ati hdes for girls, for the seers foretell a} g omapc aRlEdls (au o, m."c e future in which women in general hostilities against Italy, even if worse are to combine public service or| and the United States goes to War| ... eoine tasks with home- | keeping. In days of plenty it is True or false, the rumor has its element onmsf‘ e friendly relations with one of two or more allicd he1~ is impossible. The United States ligerents. A current example is-the fact that Ger-‘m e ’ilx';x:c i‘n the effects of the many maintains correct diplomatic relations \\111\”,::’“‘“‘m;n of ‘Europe and the ag- Greece, despite the fact that Greece is at war with Ferslon i AR, Germany's ally. Since there is no immediate pros-|® Businats’ AMairs /Busine pect of American hostilities with Germany, the er‘selm are under the best pos importance of this American policy, if it really exists, | )lan:}ta‘r\' influen Manufa. is the pressure it might exert on Italy to make a‘:“g ol benetit thE PR IR el separate peace with Great Britain. i o g e {tion of its varied processes. There If Ambassador s has S e - : Am : ior Phillips has somv“such dthc:tu"l‘s a sign today which indicat mission as this, we may be sure it will not be re- % good news regarding ships be: publicly &:: for l.]\(’ present we can only ing planes to England, but it also - | Sheculnve ‘ahd withiet] Jes. |indicates certain losses. Warning 'again is given that spies operate in guises never penetrated, for u]e\ex brains are directing the net- | work of espionage in American fac-| tories and harbors. in the preak off engage in comes to worst against Germany. “all which S CHTEAVR S Helene W. Albrecht PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Building—Room 7 peace Pronounce SHAP-er-on (not able, not the last. JIn’s name s nvinced they from the ns but to e of Great and “The Stere for Men” SLQI!IRPS Front St—Triangle Bldg. logic 10t sh wn not o Ame Gre the commen pecy his magnanimous nuch meaning contemporary because principle The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sta. PHONE 136 ¢ as and of any more me You'll Find Food Finer and Becvice More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP i FINE Watch and .m-ur{ m PAUL BLOEDHORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET MOD[RN ETIQUETTE " oserra LEE | ) e 2 . S A S 4 ) een raised to annul the not ur ) wounded veal Jones-Stevens Shop Turnabout LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR 1 Seward Street Near Third Q. When eating in a public place and a mistake is made in your order, should one call the head waiter and complaix A. This is not necessary. Merely call the waiter’s attention to it, pleasantly. It is only when the waiter becomes rude or abusive that ,one should call the head waiter. 3 Q. When a woman attends church with a man, isn't it ‘afl right for [* her to allow him to make her contribution? A. No; she should make her own contribution. Q. Is it proper to write a formal acceptance or age for America now, it is kurope's in the same lone brutslily or the arro- X 2 not. He believed that woe (Philadelphia Record) & . S The U. S. Army, it is revealed, has been using 1m the offense came.” PR " 2 Paraghute flares “Made in Japan | Naticnal Issues: Educators will be Some are shocked by the news. For ourselves;| disturbed because ethics are ig- we prefer to be more philosophical. Over long years/ nored among students. The stars this country has been furnishing Japan with muni- bresage a return to old ideals and tion; d right now we're selling her steel to belan awakening to the spiritual side C.P. K. S T R R R PR R A for bombs and oil to fly, the bombers. ]0[ life among the young. The valuc respondence card? pd =t So, if we do get into a war with Japan, as some |of the rising generation will be A. Tt is better to use notepaper. Business Counselor H fear, it certainly is as proper that the U. S. Army|discussed as legislators realize how OOOPER BUILDING . S. GRAVES 0 comnpletely to Abraham yee gapanese flares to light up Japanese towns as|much depends upon youth in the| “The Clothing Man™ LOOK and LEAR A C. GORDON war Gyt A — 4 JAMES C. COOPER it is in ck not be reborn. arity, in malice, that the world will KOSCIU H KO regret on a cor- use February 12th bel Lincoln and his memory (hat it cannot be shared i S, i ME HART SCHAFFNER a ann sha it is for the Japs to use U. S. steel and gasoline to|preservation democrac; Meas- as an ry day with 1y other American e % i s a 5 But the i 4. also born on the moment of bomb U. S. warships, L. C. Smith and Corons & MARX CLOTHING If it comes to the point of being shocked—we'rq services of men engaged in ' TYPEWRITERS and at I a far more shocked by the prospect that our mum-hng for defense will be mtrodlllfl\l ures for properly recognizing (.he’! et s e e - s men's birthday s ell Pole: when his country this trul uld be given by Aumneric memory—now especially has suffered the agony nother partition At the age of 30 he came to America with a burning desite to be of assistance to the colonies ¢ir independence. He entered the army as to his tions will be used against us than that Japan's will| in Congress. 5. be used against her, { International Affairs: Eire 'fi!fl TR TR {present problems in the progress| Mayor LaGuardia is trying to make New York|or Britain's gallant defense ngnhs» |one of the quietest cities in the country, indicating|the Nazi forces. This year may be that he must be planning to do most of his speech- | exceedingly difficult in the reja- making henceforth outside the city. tions between the Irish and ' fhe | traveled in an easterly or westerly direction? 1. If one travels until his watch is one hour fast, will he have How many sides has a pentagon? How many vertebrae has a boa constrictor? Which is the harder to blow, a trumpet or a saxophone? ANSWERS: in 1776 as a volunteer and becam Adjutant to Washington, He gave distinguished serv- | pe Washington Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page Oue) balance of power on the continent. | That role consisted of playing France off against Germany. And during that particular pre-Hitler era, England actually was giving a helping hand to Germany, while checkmeting France. Ramsay MacDonald, Minister of Engl: pletec a trium then Prime , had just com- al visit to the Unit- the last thing the wanted was e through any Laval. So pired st0 while Br Foreign Officc RV'(HLIIH’!W ¥ Al'n to damp rd Frane L ATAL the OPPGRTUNIST 1 from sster of he drove a soi cen his fath- rilroad s way through school Lecame a Bocialist politician being elected to th iber of Deputies in 1914 war, in which he s as a1 ordinary ponlu La\al gl y drifted toward . More than tiing else, c l':r‘ of conduct was op- the ved Soie 18 b tu 2 had ben'w he was i cause he saw a clance m- erican cooperatior in naintaining because he saw the trip ac a chance to get a little publicity and pre: for himself. He got none of these. T ish spoiled his prestige and i And Mr. Hoover spoiled his chances of getting support for France. Hoov- er even issued an official com- munique stating that “the sole pur- m cme 1 Washingt ted Jnx‘(l, ve- tige | e in a short time which made Laval out a complete liar. For only a few hours before, Laval had said: - Fnglish owing to the Jupiter-Saturn The auto manufacturers promise that there wl]” some new models next fall, Tanks, we hope. |Darlan was definitely anti-British | “If my sole purpose of coming fo; more so, for during the evacuation | the United States was to improve relations between the United States and France, the trip would have been superfluous.” That was exactly what the trip turned to be—completely superflu- ous, in fact, tragic. M. Laval departed not only empty- handed, but resentful over his treat- ment and bitter against the British. The only enjoyable part of his en- tire pilgrimage was a look at Man- hattan from the Empire State Build- ing and the knowledge that his daughter Josette had the time of her life. (Later she married the nephew of Nick and Alice Longworth, the Count de Chambrun.) fAVAL BECOMES APPEASER in the life of Pierre Laval. From hen on he preached the doctrine | dgriver’s seat, it may be merely a hat Fra, could not depend upon ime allies o wit Ttaly and Germany. To this end he and negotiated | v which Ttaly took ropia and parts of French Scmaliland. For this he was bitterly denounced 1ot only by the League of Nations people. For a time he was relegated | to the background. But since then, vhenever French have found them- | celves in a tight place and forced | to adopt a policy of appeasement, hey have turned to Laval | This time, of course, Laval 'was forced upon the Vichy Government by Hitler under the threat that un- | occupied France would be occupied No, 1 Appeaser came into the Cabinet. ates how pro-Nazi Laval has | come, ~ For even before his return, the ! chief adviser to Marshal Petain was ! Anthony Eden but by his own | “ | occupy the remainder of France un- That trip marked a turning point | s ~America * and 1bmnbers are preying on the British st patch up an under- | fleet from the strategic French ports her nearest neighbors, | of Bizerte, Algiers.and Beirut. All of »\hlch"l‘omssson\ ‘a ‘Rotarian, obtained a | appeaser, before the war started, claiming that | five of his ancestors were forced to die for Britain. Since the war he is of Flanders, the British retreated | from one sector sooner than expect- ed, blew up a bridge, and left a group of French troops to be massacred on the other side. Admiral Darlan’s son was on that side. Admiral Darlan, as Marshal Pe- | tain’s chief adviser, has urged that France lfollow a neutral course, vielding neither to Germany nor England, but keeping the French fleet and the naval bases in North Africa as a bargaining weapon with which to threaten Hitler in case he became too demanding. This, however, did not work. Hit- le demanded the return of the super- and even threatened io less ‘Taval was reinstated. And now that Laval is back in the | matter of time before Nazi dive- (Copyright, 1941, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) SPRUCE AND BIRCH ‘ SEED FROM ALASKA IS SENT TO ICELAND | be growing in Iceland from seeds | gathered in Alaska, if all goes well with an experiment undertaken by Helgi Tomasson of the Kleppur Hospital of Reykjavik, Iceland. Through the Juneau Rotary Club, |land by way of England. | conferences on metal mining prac-| | ments has been Spruce and birch trees will soon| conjunction. In the summer w may suffer from serious ecol C Y % ' conditicns. The deaths of | | earnest, frank exchange of views"; ‘Admhnl Darlan, most vigorous of |lcaders are indicated. There ' £ [DoseTar. thae! oorversations is the | all British critics in France. Admiral | Pears little sign of unity with' tie North until 1942. Persons whose birthdate it 'is have the augury of mixed good and bad fortune in the coming year. Love affairs may be perplexing. Children born on this day may be fond of learning and highly gifted. Many scientists bclong o this decan of February. ¥ (Copyright, 1941) pound and a half of Alaska birch | seed gathered on Turnagain Arm. | The seed is being sent to Tece- A letter to Tomasson from!B. Frank Heintzleman, Regional »)r- ester here, mentions that a large shipment of 55 pounds of seed {e- cently went from Alaska to ‘the State Forestry Service at Reykjavik. - TIME FOR RECEIPT OF WAGE AND HOUR BRIEFS IS EXTENDED At the request of several partici- pants in the informal fact-finding | tices held by the Wage and Hour| Division in Salt Lake City, and| Birmingham in December and| January, the closing date for the receipt of briefs and written state- extended from February 10 to February 20. Briefs should be addressed 1o, Harold Stein, Assistant Director of the Hearings Branch, Wage and‘ Hour Division, United States De-| partment of Labor, Washington, p. c. 4 ———————— VALENTINE SILVER TEA Trinity Hall, Sat., Feb. 15, 2 to 6. shipment @f seed furnished by the U. 8. Forest Service here. He was. sent half a pound of Sitka spruce seed gathered near Juneau and Publiv invited. —g.v. * NGTICE b air route I Beattle to Nom.x sale at J. B. Busfor¢ & Co. v. SOME HIGH, SOME LOW_wdilfornn ¢ pound defense man on Drexel Tech’s hockey Engler, Penn's 6'4”-tackle. Tncy met in Penns: ‘Westerly. Five. Sometimes as many as 400. A trumpet. legiate league inatches. Parkin is a 4'11 ltht! '1'5- Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorst Satisfied Is Worr by tomers” DR. H. VANCE | OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 (o 8:00 by appoinment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. s £ Phone 177 Archie B. 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