The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1942, Page 23

BER 24, 1942 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA HURSDAY. DECE CHRISTMAS WEEK OFFERS CHANCETO oo winter P | have| Wet causes than| At high noon on Christmas day found m forecasting most frost before t ter in 1925, the famous General Grant of the % year's weather b, snows Chr ght, the | tree, located in the General G cocking an eye at the sky during| hoj b will be good next year. |National Park, near Fresno, C: Christmas week. You may not be- At Christmas meadows green, at|was designated as the Nation's lieve them, but here & an few of Easte™ covered with frost Christmas Tree. Accordiny to the | the varied—and coi y—beliefs 1f windy Christmas day, trees|United States Department of the about Christmas her will much fruit Interior, the tree is estimated to If the sun through the| Ch s wet gives empty gran-|be 267 feet high and is one apple tree oi s day, there ary so-called Bigtrees will be a good crop the following| A green Christmas makes e ~ Army Postoffice Is Busy Place ice will bear a man before Christmas, it will not bear a mouse| A green Christmas, a white Eas ter. o > - Weather pro cators Wishing you all the Joys of B A Ty ek Christmas and a ' Christmas Be Joyous #| ¢ “New Year Full and the 318 of New Year / Happiness. Bring Peace and Prosperity and barrel L e L L D OLLLEL DLL RS S H00, & James Larson CONTRACTOR and BUILDER T is not only now, at Christmas time, when we appreciate your patronage. We appre- 222> ciate it all year ‘round, but now, in the last short days of 1942, is the very best time to tell you about it, and to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. HARRY RACE--Druggist Y S RRRIRRG RRARRRSG HEARTY WISHES for HEALTH and , HAPPINESS in 1943 NODOOOS " SRRRRRRRRIRRRE At this time of the year the Army Postoffice serving overseas mail from San Franciseo, as wigh others, is pretty well loaded down with Christmas gifts. Enlisted men shown here are routing pareel post, which in the period from October 1 to November 6 totalled 76,987 i< mas, 1942 BEST SELLER Spirit of Chris AT CHRISTMAS IS THE BIBLE By JOni Associated Pres: S A 2% acks. istmay Srocings ] NEW YQRK-—Everybody knows g A At . N 5 - the Bible is the best seller of all| RRRECRRRRRNRRNAIRRRG ¢ 5 ¢} time-—especially at Christmas—but | /Inot everybody understands that it | is one of the most tinkered-with books in history. Publishers, schol-| ) ars, and the laity can't keep their hands off it In 1940, there were . Y : copies of the Bible, New Testa-| f 3 i i - ment and Gospels sold in - } v b . drained China alone, and the| American Bible Soclety estimates that 25 million coy of the Bible, | L o SCELELERNCECERS e s o o o o o o o o e o o o o o o o oo o U Lo o o o o Yoo o U o ot e ol LBY rts Editor We hope that we may always help you have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR. MAY THE PEACE AND JOY OF THIS CHRISTMAS BE WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEAR. PAS BARANOF BOOK STORE & DOOO0E! RRRRRRRRRANNRRARNR AR RRRRR R RN RN R RRRRRRSRRORR AR AR ERRIRRFRR SRR | B3 e o N o o o o o Lo oo o Yo o o o o o N o o o o o oo Vo oo NN o8 IZ I e e 7 I¢ I ¢ IZ T is our sincere wish that loads of The Bible tinkers re not the | SPIRIT : R ) as Miskito, which s only earth, Thousands of American soldiers stationed in the world's outposts many translators always at work, | cither, These take care of great| A OOCCOOCDOCN0 3 s \ . I ° } 25000 people on the central Am-| of freedom will attend services on Christmas morning. Special seryv- of 43 ariean’ coast. NG ane: b ices have been arranged in training camps in all parts of ¢ laymen with an itch to expre old-time Christmas joy will again aaaacaccs G war- | BARANOF 000 ™' L languag such as Chinese and | Christmas day, 1942, will see more soldiers than at any time in the This officer, with his wife and young son, kneels before a re ( some portion of it, were sold | eegrady - o | ) throughout the world last year. | R ey . 5 M BEA” IY I I ) & . IR J'Arabic; of ‘ittle la s such| history of our country pay homage to Him who died to bring peace on 4 manger in the chapel at ¥ort Myer, Va. be with us all during the Yule sea- The Chrisimas spirit is a thems son. May the sacrifices of 1942 truly American spirit . . : ik - [¢ @ wine % | | black, navy blue and rose, ‘usher in soon a genuine era of good will. And thanks a thousand times for your many kindnesses during the past year. Spruce Delicatessen PHONE 307 3 NN NN ONGNGN NN NN NN NN NN N NN N NN NNV NN NoNoNoNoNoN Yoo GRS o o ] 3 ] 2 /) 4 §/ 4 b4 2 (‘ 9 // 2 49 g ? / (/ (/ 9 9 9 4 ;} 4 9 /) 9 {/ 49 4 /} so this will never die. Juneau Paint Store COCCOOOCORCCY) AR RN TR RS 1, OOOOOOCOAOOCOOOOONOO) GLAD TIDINGS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON'! The Twentieth Century Meat Company will endeavor to serve you with the same QUALITY, fairness of PRICE and COURTESY . . . while we strive for % from the let's continue the fight / The Catholic Church now has o revised New Testament, its first | since Bishop Richard Chaloner’s b %iversion two ¢ uries ago. And| the Church is at work on the Old | Testament. Both of these are drawn | Latin Vulgate; a (hs-l‘ tinguished Catholic schol the Very Rev. Francis Aloysius Spen- | or, translated the New Testament | TO ENCASE | warmer than a pair of low heeled | Basic English.” | translation) ctly from the Greek and pub- lished his version four years ago, There is still another translation which ba: on its source the vernacular, from Aramai which is to say, It is by Geors Lamsa and is called The New Tes- | ,‘) i tament according to the, E: accepted world pictures, too. For example, ithe Aramaic words for camel and rope are the same, and the rich man’s chance of en- tering heaven is bettered, for here it is a rope, and not a camel, which must pass through the eye of the needle. Another slightly disconcerting version is “The New Testament in Basic English is the simplified vocabulary worked out by C. K. Agden, and (for this expanded by 150 words to a total of 1,000—however, its distinctive quality ||ost—are delightful gift a translation from|ihe feet of a lovely i asternl | oodtees or scuffs form Text: it does odd things with our |y HER FEET Leisure hour footwear 15 the glass slipper that C to lay Satins, velv brocades, apestries, leathers and polo cloth, high and low heeled an intrigu- collection for thi; 5 gifts, Frilliest and most fla g of S, motres lall are mules of ciel blue beautiful rose surrc ed W 2, ver leaves topping A pair of tea rose satin mules have huge pom poms on the toe: in multi-colors. In the military style yow'll find a scarlet satin slip- per edged with black vording and fastened in front wi military cords. Other color combinations in this style include gold and AR RS AG: PRI RRG @ mules,y |This is Christmas—IN AMERICA and powder blue For after-ski wear there’s nothing cuffs of soft woolly pole cloth. In g blue, they'll match her Especially smart for the lady who wei coats for entertaining is candy striped pair of bootees. « pair of scuffs in tape y gives a pert air to a hoste: emble. - - YULETIDE This is Christmias! The laughter of millions of children of a hundred racial heritages mingles with the bells that summon the devout to worship in freedom at altars of their choice. Christmas tree lights blaze bravely through unshuttered win- dows. Motor cars move to friendly places. There is food in abundance, and general good will over the land - The singing of carols at Christ- Imas is believed to have originated | |in Britain by wandering musicians. R R R R R AR R R R R R R AR R IR RN R R RR ARSI TR RRRRRRRRRRRRR BRRRRRG ( WITH BEST WISHES FOR THE COMING YEAR. pXd Gastineau Grocery SAM PAUL PROPRIETOR ? | AR RRRRRRRRRA NI RRFRRRRRRRS ARG e P P g A ST S AOCOOOS T WAS but yesterday that all was common- place. But now, what e changel 'Tis the Christmas spirit of 19421 Carried away on this magic carpet of Yuletide, we enter every home ro say Merry Christmas fo our friends. Dr.H. Vance HAPPINESS and VICTORY. 20th CENTURY MEAT MARKET certain essential words are not in basic English. So “Take, eat” (Matthew 26:26) becomes “take it” in this version, and the “will" of God becomes the “pleasure” of God, or sometimes His “purpose.” James Moffatt’s translation of the complete Bible has been out six years, although his New Testa- ment was published first in 1901 “1‘wo years ago “The Complete | Bible” was published in- Chicago |by J. M. Goodspeed: last year the | same scholars produced “The Short | Bible” in the Modern Library, an abridgement with the books in | chronological order, and the | translations selected from various, sources. R. F. Weymouth's “The New Tes- |tament in Modern Speech” has | been well known for 39 years, and | | John Stirling’s “The Bible for To- day,” probably will circulate wide- ly. | But the tinkers go much farther. Robert O. Ballous “The Bible of the World” is a condensation of essential passages from the Jewish- Christian Bible, but also from seven other of the great world religions. e ee——— The National Labor Relations ‘Bonrd considered 11,000 cases in | 1941, very M . U/20 & AL N RRRRRRRG 'HEARTY WISHES for HEALTHAND HAPPINESS IN 1943 ® CAPITOL CAFE o oY 00D WILL, music, happiness, health —a foursome without a peer—our wish for you and yours as Christ- mas comes in this fateful year of 1942. Your kindness has meant a great deal to us, and we-thank yom most: cordially. JOHN PASTL O O ONo oo o NN N O G SN o oY e o YNV o o o pN ot pN o BN N o AR R R R R RN RN AR R R AR AR R R R AR RRRRRRRRRRRK S e o o o oo oo RN o0