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THE DAILY ALASKA WPIR!:—JUNLAU ALASKA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1944 * k E . Establishing of 350 overseas clubs for service men > . - Daily Alaska Empire |..c e o : PR T i o e | HAPPY BIRTHDAY {120 YEARS AGO £ DIRECTORY .= Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Navy HE EMPIRE Fraternal Societies Second and Main Streets, Junesu, Alasks. Training of 65,000 volunteer nurses’ aides et i i e Ch WIS TROY MONEEN . .- b 05U 5 Prevtes Alding of 119,000 persons in disasters. | FEBRUARY 29 iR A L Aiding 15,000 survivors of marine disasters Maxine * Tind i oo MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. Stared 1n the Post Office 1a Juncau as Second Clase Mavter. | o b P S0 urgical dressings | Jack Lund The Alaska Standard, the latest addition to the service fleet of the SROOND B8 POt ,m‘.; ..:“m. |.‘1‘.... “m:fi.‘:’-‘:—" menth. Making 12,000,000 garments [ Naney Niemi | Standard Oil Company, arrived in port with a cargo for the local station DB E H KASER ' Monday of each gznm year, in advance, $15.00; #fx months, in sdvance, §7.60; Teaching of valuable first aid to 1,500,000 persons. | M. . Bt {of the company. The new vessel was to operate in local waters this DENTIST in Seottish Rite one month, tn advence, §1.50. { Mrs. Tom Dull season, with Juneau as headquarters. The ship was 2 sister ship to the BLOMGREN . BUILDING beginning at 7:30 p. m. i Alaska Service, which operated in Territorial waters the previous season Phone 56 WALLIS 8. Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify Teaching of home nursing to 300,000 persons | J. R. Guerin DB Oty of Kiy GxEFe oF ey Ih the 00 Packing for distribution of 5300000 prisoner of | el i s Tews Difice, #03; Bustness Olftes. 34, war packages g A{“‘B D"»i‘ . % The vessel brought 145,000 gallons of bulk and 1,000 cases of oil here on its| | HOURS: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Worshipful Master; JAMES W. | ward Bowden, Sr. { fest trip. | rearisiv sl LEIVERS, Secretary. Distributing for foreign relief of $77,000,000. MEMBER OF ASSGCIATED PRESS And the list goes on and on | rrrrm e —-—m“ $rinr T 77 ST The Assoclated Press s exclusively entitled to the use for | h & £ repuitioasion of il news dispatchies credited to 1 oF BOt Otbers Solicitors have been named to call on you at your || Active preparations for this season’s operations had already been wise credited in this paper and also the local news published : . | z H 0 R 0 S C 0 P E |star=ed by many canneries, uecording to Forest Ranger Harold Smith, —_—m—m—m—m——————— Dr. A. W. Stewart B.P.0.ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 P.M. Berein. homes and at the various business houses. Have the | 3 -_—— | cash ready when your solicitor calls next week. o FREN who with George Peterson, Sitka Forest Ranger, returned here on ‘the NATTONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alasks Newspapers, 1411 - < The 9?[”'3 tncline P Forestry boat Ranger IV, aftet a four weeks' cruise. a DENTIST Pourth Aveuue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. but do not com PRI T Flat I_“lfd_‘\"" { e ! Signalling the commencement of its night service the Gastineau 20TH CENTURY BUILDING ;’fg\rflg B&’g’gfis:‘:xwg"‘ N. ; & | g e ¥ | Cate was to give a dinner dance in the Gastineau Hotel lobby within a Office Phone 469 Ruler; M. H. SIDES, ‘Secreum (New York Times) | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 few days, according to an announcement made by Claude Erieson. Music Shige L " On May 25, 1985, a catastrophe occyrred in the| Benefic aspects Fule Strongly 0-|was to be fummished by the Novelty Four. ‘The Gance was o be Eoin- heavens. A star exploded, threw out shells of glowing day. The Navies of the United| piimentary to guests of the hotel and patrons of the cafe gas and shone with a new brilliance. Astronomers|giqtoc should be fortunate undsr’ " 3 called it Nova Pictoris. Such explosions occur fre- |41 eontieuration. I T Dr. John H. Geyer [ Lighlvto ek 3 % 4 sHR iof) g ¥ Charles Miller, owner of the well known and popular Miller Taxi| | 1 - quently—thirty every year in the great nebula ol | HEART AND HOME: Everyday i S 3 i | DENTIST o N y g < vice, announced t urchase W hines v 0. 3 Andromeda alone. Why they should occur nobody |affairs are well-directed but there Service, ce e pi of two machines formerly owned and | ( A2 LO.O.F knows. Was there a collision? Did the explosions may be an inclination to’look on operated by M. P. (Blackie) Sylvia, and known as “Blackie’s” Taxi Room 9—Valentine Bldg. oceur because of internal instability? Astrophyscists g Service. day at 8:00 P. l( 1.0. O. F. HALL incline toward the second theory and even go so far ‘e ud“_‘k :}‘]d‘"m‘i‘ }::’;‘iimzvz‘l:‘fi" : l FHORE 761 w;m;g Brothers Welcome as to assert that a tar, our sun included, may blow |&F€¢ under the mes = Nllatis. Fove 4 foias Forest D. Fennessy ... Noble Grand ke )tM 1‘(‘;’% 0:"”‘ ‘::‘5 ;v.:lhr(:'lnn(-” included, may b ‘n-(m\ influences. Romance will J. P. Williams, Forest Service Land Examiner, left for Wrangell on H. V. Callow .. Scksstaty ¥ . !the steamer Alaska. He was to be absent from local Forestry offices i % Like many astronomers, Dr. J. 8. Paraskevopoulos Jflflufl‘“- 13 : : ' BUSINESS AFFAIRS: posgwaréfu) about a month cruising out saw lumber in the Wrangell distriet. ROBERT SIMPSON, OM- D. “ e e er e Ry of Harvard’s South African observatory nas beeu > _ watching Nova Pictoris ever since it blew up. It is|international banking will be wide- | Y : Graduate Los Angeles College a rather dim star now, so that it repeats the familiar |ly discussed and it is possible that The U. S. Coast Guard cutter Smith, stationed at Ketchikan, Capt. of Optometry and story of all novae. It was no news to astronomers to | Russia will cooperate in a mone- | Albert Nelson, arrived here, making the trip on official business. Opthalmology ASHENBRENNER'S VK T | read in the dispatches that Nova Pictoris had split up [tary plan based on the gold stan- O Bk i g | THINK ABOUT IT into four bodies. The fact has been known since |dard Weather report: High, 39: low, 37: snow. = s s Cround an Mn “m | R | 3 et | 1928. What interested the astronomers was Dr. Pa. | NATIONAL ISSUES: Pursuit Tomorrow heralds the beginning of the month raskevopoulos’ observation that the poles of what re- jand punishment of which has been set aside all over the United States mains of the original star are outrageously flattened. |subversive agencies will become al ™ % . Phone 788—306 Wills : S 2 4, oughby Ave. for the purpose of carrying out campaigns to raise | There is nothing strange in this. Out in space there |major interest among law-abiding | Dally lessons 'n Engllsh b‘g a total of $200,000000 for the American Red Cross|ar¢ hundreds of double stars which are similarly fiat- | patriotic citizens. Partisan influ- . L. GORDON DR H VANCE War Fund \‘e”“d Even the splitting up of Nova Pictoris is 10t ¢nees may obstruct thOTOUBN | § e s st s i i St 5 o | new. According to Sir George Darwin the earth once | ., * OSTEOPATH Practically every cent of the money Wil be used | spui on its axis I four hours. At that disy speed |\oriaions until after the nationdl| oRDS OPTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Mary will leam you how to | Jones-Stevens Sho for the purpose of solving difficulties and hardships |a pear-shaped mass was thrown off, connected with ;N ppNATIONAL AFFAIRS:| .do it.” Say, “will TEACH you. Geattiitnn Tiokel Ansiex 8771 3 P brought about by war. | the earth only by a slender stalk, so that the earth Political disturbances . in Britain | OFTEN MISPRONOUNOCED: Sect and sects. Pronounce SEKT and | ' LADIES'—MISSES’ e stalk broke S. Franklin PHONE 177 | The drive will begin in the Juneau area officially ;L(:zl;f:lv::\l:(‘bfix :“m: bcen': “L’i"fif}. 12;‘;;‘-\1:; ll:;(;lktmlll;; are probable. Fierce battles in the| SEKTS, not SEK, and SEX. READY-TO-WEAR g a hi ic @ e 9 OFTEN MISSPELLED: Change: GE. Changeable: GEA; Chzmgmg bl " B on Tuesday morning, March 7, and it is hopéd that | Gy onver and which we call the Pacific Ocean, |Facific are forecast. Astrologers| —————————————| | Seward Strect Near Third the quota will be reached before the week is out. In this splitting up of a star Dr. Paraskevopoulos [predict that Japanese defeat may G 2 Here is how the money will be spent: | sees a possible explanation of the origin of the solar |not be achieved until next year. ! SYNONYMS: Repeat, recite, reiterate, quote. i o Y. Persons whose birthate it is have WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us | system. Half a dozen theories have been advanced | " 1" | A sum of $140,000,000 will go to the National Red | & augury of a year of unexpected | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: The Bexall Store “The Store for Men” to account for our central sun and its family of the thriza ma! H Gods and the Ihtpriatanal Red Otoss fop mAlnIenance | oo, oo avy “Shattites, Not one of ‘them s wholly |events, most of them fortunate.| INTIMIDATE; to make afraid; alarm; frighten. “Their threats could not Your Reliable Pharmacists of their activities, so vitally important right now. | acceptable for mechanical reasons. Like other astron- {Tove atfairs will bring happiness. |intimidate him.” 111 S I‘B'N’s A sum of $60,00,000 will be appropriated to chap- |omers Dr. Paraskevopoulos therefore turns to the Children born on this day will BUTLER-MAURO | 4 ters for local chapter services. But of this figure |novae. A sinble body hurling out portions of itself, |probably be keenly perceptive and| VA . DRUG CO. practically all will go for home service for members | which me then subjected to gravitational and other absorb information quickly. Pros- b,” of the armed forces and their families, other chapter | forces, presents possibilities which have not yet been 'pm‘ous careers are |)rophesicdv MODERN ET'OUE”F ROBERTA LEE services essential to services for the armed forces, :‘:plorpd with lr‘;xnthcmnthu ;hflT:UEh“ess» ASM";:;“L‘ s " i ial servi y | that new worlds are created when a star explodes, D o i i e i TN R T o service | imanity will have to discard another of its treasured M,ASKA SPAR D'ES - : : ; Y : HARRY RACE f Here are a few facts about what the Red Cross | otions. Once upon a time the sun was supposed to Q. Is it proper to introduce newcomers and guests at club or church | | H S GRAVES has done with the money you donated last year: |be the center of the universe. When the sun was ! MIUTARV SERV'(EN“‘““"S’ D ist | A total of 3800000 U. S, service men given per- | dethroned it was still thought that at least the solar' | A. Yes. If this were not done it would show a lack of cordiality which ruggis ‘ ‘ g Vi 9 2 ¥ " I sonal aid by camp and hospital workers and 2,600,000 SYstem was unique, particularly a living earth. In| gopnia Thadets, born in Ketoh-|Would reflect on the organization. “The Squibb Store” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER | by chapter home service. | fact, Alfred Russell Wallace wrote a book on that ... "o for many years a resident| @ Ts it all right for a man to sit in the front row of a box at the ___a—_i__- & MARX CLOTHING { subject. What becomes of this remaining conceit if it | ¢ opera? A total of 5,000,000 pints of blood collected, one | * of Juneau and one of the first Al-|opel % e Ay S b e askans to join the Spars of thej A. No; even if he is alone in the box for a time, he should remain in reason why casualty lists have not been as large as they | even habitabl " 2 9 an N et might be. ‘i‘m:pmaufl l‘:wc‘m\:z‘o;rl?: q;:; ‘dp “(SSP‘\ Man as the o .ot Guard Service died at an|the background. ”Gu Smilh-Dl‘u su ; 4 : : ieast port several weeks ago and] Q. How far in advance of a wedding should one send a gift? Y 9 c A L l r o n " IA was given a full military funeral A. About ten days to two weeks in advance. (Careful Prescriptionists) Front St.—Triangle Bldg. “The Cloihing Man” National Cemetery. An ensign flag | o Merry- (el 1 expect every Demo- | BY FIRE DEPARTMENT used to cover the casket at the fu-| LO OK an d l.E A R N by | SPLERSREA T (] neral services nas been received by | Go-Round PBtade iCOminiithes s it - Lha ¢ Mrs. Joanne Paddock, sister of the | A. C. GORDON # | wards and the precincts, to follow Two fire ahrm sounded almos |the same policy. Our first big| simultaneously shortly after 6 o'clock deceased, at Anchorage. The father, | (Conunuea siom Page OB®) | problem is registration. We must | [ast night with both fire trucks in Louis Thadeil, lives at Ketchikan.|§" ) oy Jong a time is required to season ivory billiard balls, after The Charles W. Carter ~ | see to it that every available Dem- | Use at the same time. | being turned out, before they are used? 3 Moflual’y Pm? wxGGLv ant clerk—$2,200. The fire alarm at 3-3 was a roof epists We're go- 2. N in order the three States of the Union that 1 st 1) Son Smith, Jr. (though |ocratic voter is registered. & i 3 | ame in order e es of the Union are largest in = e 2,880, ing to need the support of every fire at the Hegstad home on Gas- | lumiu“ I.E"IE“ | area? Lo For BETTER Groceries in Coast Guard)—$: tineau Avenue and the second, 4-8,! Fourth and Franklin Sts. el Son Charles F. Smith, assistant on; of the]r‘n Jo wxxx)x t:ls ff’gi;h Mo | WAS 8t the Spruce Delicatessen on SERV'(E wm"BDAY= 3. What is it that type printers use for spaces between words? PHONE 136 Phone 1 clerk—$2,200. | Com e Massachuusetts. the | & Street where a stove backfired. 4. What famous English poet was blind? 1 s Senator Smith himself—$10,000. Gormack o assachusetts, W€ parly this morning an alarm at R v 5. What is meant by an animal being “herbivorous”? Total annual take of Smith fam- | House majority leader, Jed John- \,, 1 called the fire boys to the In- Wednesday at 7 p.m. the Luth- g son of Oklahoma, Herman Eber- eran Church will hold the second ANSWERS: 1ly—$23,380. | dian Village where a chimney fire . i g WINDOW WASHING harter of Pennsylvania, Jennings| was quickly extinguished. of its mid-week Lenten Servlces,; . Five years. 3 T . |Randolph of West Virginia, and There was little or no damage at These services. which will run| . Texas, California, and Montana. RUG CLEANING JUNEAU = YDUNG DEMOCRATS GIRD LOINS |,ther House veterans, rushed up 0 any of the three alarms. throughout the Lenten Season ave| . A quadrat or quad. SWEFEPING COMPOUND Members of the House Democratic | shake Hannegan's hand when he PSR AP RN built arcund the theme, “Knowing | . John Milton. FOR SALE Hal’dwal'ecompany Campaign Committee got their concluded his remarks. TOO TOUGH TO TOP Jesus” and the meditation for this| . Eating, or living on, plants. S PAINTS-OIL- O first close up of new Democratic | EE = - |week is titled, “The Compassionate Shelf Heavy Ammunition National Chairman, Robert E. Han- | pp mRENETA BLOCK NORMs“fi 10““] 1"’1“ prize eX-|geryapt” o Phone Red negan at a secret meeting on Cap- | ON TRIP TO SITKA 1;‘::1( h‘; tcheooo::’c:m;xfl;m \:‘c:r ’I::fess ;rhz public is cordially invitdd ml Gens and - |attend. itol Hill the other night. Their mr:\ Dr. Berneta Block, Director of | . | are still burning from some of Han- | Maternal and Child Health and | lp""’:l’;’s‘ss :‘“S::l‘;l;“off;‘éonf“:‘ni B S TR You'll Find Food Finer and o Vi i negan’s _plain-talking _comments.| Crippled Children's Service, Terri- | MRS, WLAUGHLIN Moves || a8 a paid-up subscriber o THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JpHN AHLERS CO. Service More Complete at id, -natured pre- | ia | I've been on 50 bombing raids,” he Unlike his placid, good-natured pre- | torial Department of Health, flew | | ekt Ho added be.now, whe A s invited w & this Rolivon thils avining b ) s ke 'A or decessor, Postmaster-General Frank| to Sitka today on a general observa- | i Walker, Hannegan quickly made it | tion trip. She expects to return in ‘fl hospital with wounds and could| Mrs. John McLaughlin and the | e box office of the—— PLUMBING, HEATING and : SHEET METAL SUPPLIES clear that he can be both dynamic|a few days. | probably cr_an u.p with t?m class. :;“g;l:t;‘l:x:s fl;:\’gd‘xg‘":n;h;r J:::fifi c APITOL THE ATBE SOEKT NPIAL &1 col.rm snop and tough—and that he intends to — igmini slond partments at Seventh | run the campaign along those lines. | and Pranklin and receive TWO TICKETS to see: tmf“w:r:rd; ::‘lf;n:lehi 5 Cr Ossword P uzzle TR m Jn“so 2" - st e { KINY PROGRAM Bk Nar. B¢ rier Farscn INSUB ANCE JAMES C. COOPER marks by previous speakers, in. cluding a statement by Representa- | ACROSS Symbol tor . SCHEDULE WATCH THIS'SPACE—Your Name Muy Appear! C.P.A E bitpersond Shattuck Agency tive Patrick Drewry of Virginia, Youth :_T"r‘t'&‘l;{kn 12:00-- Personal Album. chairman of the Congressional :;‘:a“; "’fl“‘ Alternative . lece Sol Campaign Committee, that the | 5 FeUCPE 30 Grow sleepy party organization was in good mistake @ Eg:fmc“m shape for the 1944 fray and | 13. Muslc drama Church sitting 12:15—Song Parade. couldn't lose with Roosevelt head- | '*- Arabian - 112:30—Bert's-Alaska Federal News. ing the ticket. Drewry and other 3 lll\l'er. Spanlsh 46. Small rug 12:45—Musical Bon Bons. ! members of the committee claimed | ‘& Miltary & Dapare T 100 :‘potuaht 5:::5- . S o that last year's grumbling aboat | 17. Burrowed suddenly 1:15—Melody Roundup. | Sold and Serviced by : Picks 52. Lubricate - 1:30—-This Woman’s World. . 3 : £ the OPA, farm policies, Mrs. Roose- Expunge Assessment TIA 1:45-G. L. Ji | ? 'J . & velt, the White House “palace| 22 Vavor . rating 1 % Y- B o e lll’hlll c.. % « Gone up 55. Note of the 2:00—~News Rebroadcast. guard,” etc., had subsided. If Roose- European river dov Solution Ot Yesterday's Puzzle - “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Aliow 6. 2:15—Great Music. : Satistied ‘Customers” velt ran for a fourth term, the ma- | 37" biasing cards 57, Muse of lyric 69 Short-napped R 3 jority contended, he” would carry | 80. Insect and amatory fabric 5 4 ;;:&—Cflflomh uelodleé. Summit poetry 60. Units of force :45—California Melodies. their districts and States. . Open Relatives 61. Crafty . Sesd cum,ng 3:00—G. I. Journal. "l'u‘:,;;h:tmzfimf?: '"r::: n;: 7 Dry spell 3:16—G. I. Journal. S e :‘o‘: optimistic at ayu 1 beliu;e ln' .“I/I.=-“%EEE -' l’nlwn’fi;l!\ tree 3:30—Treasury Star Parade. bl ol L -'%#gm,nu:;‘;;s?" facing the facts, and the fact is, H.- iine £:20_News Tosrosdcast. ; Phone 15 . A ! % : Dickname : g B : 5 e v o e v H..%n. .pé B § 30 Probran Ragiane. DEPOSITS | s | June:,,':., fl?rlsls U High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices Washingles o ot o b e e |3 3| ARMS ANSWERED v " " i > """ e || et | | = (> Oiriouioim-l—|» < 4-z[xMo[z]- = zimmaT who heads the ticket.” ‘ Border 4:45—Vesper Service. While his listeners stared goggle- | Boy attendant 5:00—Rebroadeast News. . Elevator , the -fisted 1 Chair- 5:15—Sound Off. i "1 z:: m:t:nw:edl?‘fi\’e!:.a ‘!mr:eanh?;t / “m-m.‘ ) 5:30—Ne‘l‘sl:m Eddy. IN THIS WK that, Let the Republicans exude all| [ o s 5:45—Your Dinner Concert. m 1891 AT of ¢ 1 the optimism they want to, but let| W 7 Combina lon 6:00—Waltz Time. ARE —Over Half a Century of Banking— us get down to hard work. The| fl 7 /i /%w .. t\"‘;m;'{‘ 6:15—Waltz Time. ver b ‘ {122) 9T w time a v VA . Wear away 6:30—Easy Listening. to gl_oat about a victory is W) ... ..% 5 nuuf : .45 Coo Ol Bhaw. I NSURED | after the fight is over, not hefure.: sharpener 7 J 4 ) ' v Attempt 7:00—B. Levitow Orchestra. . Y S Th B M B nd w in this job, btit T i- tiquo e e s I'm ne Job, o peri-| fl. v . . Weath! 7:15—Standard Ofl News. . : 7 T : 460 e } cipated a number of Political 7:30—Brice and Morgan. | b our toes to win this one. It will be % s : : a tight every inch of the way.' fi../’ 2. “f’x‘;«"‘ B: SRR AL B, F irst N “n “ //n .fl: 8:15—Your Radio Theatre. 4 o run for a fourth term?” Hummgan[ / ST e 8:45—Your Radio Theatre. | % ing on it,” he replied. “Naturally 7 Small horse 9:30—Gems in Music. campaigns and we'll have to be on, /- ; sum‘:u‘fiag"'w’:l 7:45—Brice and Morgan. ] “Do you think the President wm A 5 fil::‘;:’id 8:30—Your Radio Theatre. # \ K : Lt Bl | . Oldefl Bank in Ala‘skn was asked. S’ Ttalian opera 9:00—Kate Smith. R FEDERAL POSIT SURANCE CORPORATI ‘ . “I don't know and I'm not k| R e 9:15—Kate Smith. i M I hope he does run, but I'm going [*7 ’ - g 4o -“I"‘:.’L:"'" 9:45—Alaska Line News. i A s . 2 o3 COMMERCIAL SAVINGS 10 wage the same kind of campalgn | il o b0 St oI 2 | There is no substitute for newspaper advertising!