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CELEN TROY MONSEN - - o Daily Alaska Em pire Publishied every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY In Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. question of who is going to manage this large cor- poration for the next 12 months is one of paramount importance to every person in Juneau recent years that lack of interest in city in Juneau has been shameful. It has vay for criticism and ridicule that has been government President | paved the w Entered in the ron office 1n Junu& as Second. Class Matter. 'UBSCRIPTION Delivered by umev in Juneau and l»n . rz.ll .50 per month. By mall, postage pal One year, in advance, $1 one month, in advance, $1.50. Subscribers will confer & favor If they will promptly notfl’ the Business omeo ol any faflure or irregularity in the livery of their pa Telephones: News Ottice, 603; Bustness Office, 374, o 1 00; m ‘montbs, 18 dvance, $7.00; It has made the task of those who difficult and un- entirely justified serve as city officers much more interesting What makes this lack of interest on the part of voters so hard to understand is that it is no great job to register and to cast a ballot. Polling places are placed at convenient locations. Juneau is not a MEMBER OF ASSGCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for dispatches credited to it or not other- per and also tbe local news published republication of all ne wise credited in this beretn. s e A NATIONAL REPR Pourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. SENTATIVES — Alacka Newspapers, 1411 large city and most of the voters know enough about respective candidate to cheose Register this week and be April 4. sure you vote on A PO()R \PIRIT Although there was a good crowd on hand last Saturday night to wish the Baranof Hotel happy returns on its fifth birthday, many Juneau business- men who should have been on hand, or at least expressed congratulations with flowers or a note, were conspicuous by their absence. This might be taken as an indication that the community cooperation and spirit which was present five years ago when this huge project was undertaken is lacking today, at a time when it is needed more than ever. nerml y Test (Washington Post) To the unitiated the doctors’ finding that Mr. CAN YOU VOTE? Just about three weeks remain before the City of Juneau’s registration books close for the coming city election which will be held on April 4 close April 1 If you did not vote last year before you will be allowed to vote this year since the last election you must notify the City Clerk of this change in order you have changed your addre: to make your vote valid | Charles Chaplin is not the father of Miss Joan Barry | baby may smack of magic and witchcraft. Neverthe- less our ingenious scientists have discovered a method |to prove without question that a given man is not the father of a given child. The explanation lies in the fact that we all possess definite blood types. If a mother with a produces a baby with child must have acquired the B grouping from its father. If, however, belongs to the O group, then he cannot possibly be adjudged the B baby's father. There is, of course, an open field for fathers among men with a type B | blood stream, but as yet no way has been discovered | The books you must register Or if There are indications that the election this year | to pin paternity on any one individual in the B classi- | will be interesting. Certainly the men who will govern | fication. this municipality during the next year will be serving | agunm any man who submits to such a vest. during an important period for the City of Juneau. |2 3-to-1 And they should be well chosen. They will be well chosen if portion of the eligible voters in the city take some degree of interest in this coming election. a large enough pro- | Apparently the odds are heavily stacked There’ “could chance that he will end up in the be” group; that is, possible fathers. Mr. Chaplin seems to have been | willing to take a 3-to-1 gamble and because he was lucky enough to win comes off with a clean slate. ‘Wo cannot help meditating upon what the effect of The city is a $250,000 corporation and every citizen | such a test might have been had it been available in s a stockholder thmrctically Wastigies Go-Round (Continuea 1rom Page One) insist on the more cumbersome American parachute harness, rather than the safer British type. The British patent originally developed in Buffalo is available to the U. S. Army at any time, but someone has insisted on continued use of the American patent. High ranking Army and many other officials are burnt up over the matter and are now investigating what looks like a procurement scandal of the first degree. MRS. WARREN AND MRS. WILLKIE One little incident in the Willkie visit with Governor Earl Warren of California never leaked out. After the Willkies and the Warrens had lunched together in Sacra- mento, Mrs. Warren took Mrs. Will- kie upstairs while the two men re- mined below to talk. In Mrs. picture of her son. “We have always wanted him to It would seem that the | hard-hjtting young | President 'ed letling a Republican President Warren's bedroom was a | | thrown in the grow up to be like Charles Lind- | bergh,” she confided to Mrs. Will- kie. “He is my ideal. I never could understand why the President did not follow Lindbergh’s advice re- garding the war.” ‘MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SHAKEUP” At long last the Army is under- taking a thorough Military Intelligence. The study began shortly after recent disclos- ures in this column of Intelligence | inefficiency and the fact that G2 | has been overstaffed with rectory during the first days be- fore and after Pearl Harbor. The Intelligence study is under forthright Assistant Secretary of War Jack McCloy, Maj. Gen. Clay- ton L. Bissell, present head of G2, | of | and by George Schwarzwalder, the Budget Bureau. Meanwhile, another Intelligence problem bears investigation, name- ly A2 or Air Intelligence. This vitally important branch Air Force has suffered even more | manhandling and turnovers of top| executives than G2. The office is less than two years old. Yet in that time, Air Intelligence different chiefs, has had six They have treked in and out of the job so quickly| that none has had time to learn | Here is the roll-| much about it. call: Brig. Gen. Martin 8. Scanlon, Brig. Gen. Robert L. Walsh, Brig. | Gen. Hume Peabody, Brig. Gen.| Edgar Sorenson, Maj. Gen. Clayton Bissell, and Brig. Gen. Thomas D ‘White, who is still on the job. Last three of the above generals' have held office within the past year, which indicates how the skids work. NOTE—Best of General Sorenson, stepped on t00o many toes. the above was REPUBLICAN SENATE SCRAP The scrap to elect a Senate GOP Jeader to succeed Senator McNary | and | has developed international overhauling of | blue- | bloods, picked from the Social Di-| 4 of the short space of | rapidly | who apparently | the days of the (h\mu rights of l:mgs L(-admg mantle ‘Business Meetmg Tomorrow for CDA Catholic Daughters of Am- ramifications. for McNary's post-war contenders are: Senators Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan, supported by most of the old-guard GOP isolationists, and Styles Bridges, of New Hampshire, champion of Roosevelt's foreign policies. However, if the GOP old guard has its way, the election of a new leader will be postponed until after the November election, to avoid a fight endangering Republican unity. Second, because any Republican elected in November should have some voice in the se- lection of the Senate leader. The urged to attend. The session will begin at 8 o'clock in the Catholic Parish Hall THIRTY DAY NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the United States Commission- er’s Court for Precinct of Juneau, This argument was shot full of Division Number One, Territory holes at @ secret meeting of pro- | "‘uAf“S:l“"If‘ i’ot’l‘:‘*'E S Bridges Senators—including Ken- ik guneiniifites st ol neth Wherry, of Nebraska; George Wilson of Iowa; Harlan Bushfield | of South Dakota; Chapman Rever- comb, of West Virginia, and Sin- clair Weeks of Massachusetts, all demanding an immediate showdown on the leadership question. ‘These younger Senators took the position that their old-guard col- BROWN BENSON, Deceased. NOTICE by the undersigned JOHN B. BEN- SON, administrator of the estate of 1 BRAWN BENSON, also known as BROWN BENSON, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having | | claims against said decedent, to ex- e L e “nibit them, with the necessary | v ‘i Wit ]sak( dp"L tl“'Lml“‘.v\l-m? A vouchers, within six months after o ed out that they favor- | yne firgt posting of this notice, to the administrator at Law Office of William L. Paul, Jr., Krafft Bldgs., . t the town of Juneau, Alaska, the i the face of Democrats|same peing the place for the trans- before Dear Alben Barkley kicked | getion of business and said estate. over the traces. | JOHN B. BENSON (Copyriht, 1944, by United ‘Adiatnistrator Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Attorney 7 D (! choose the Senate leader. This is| what Republicans so often have | | WM. L. PAUL, Jr,, | Juneau, Alaska. Salem, Mass., so dominated the | First publication, Feb. 28, 1944. pepper and spice trade years ago | Last publication, March 20, 1944. that the Dutch East Indies became | A known as the Salem East Indies. BUY WAR BONDS 5] Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 3. Place B 1. Extinct bird Monkey 0] . Roll of tobacco 5 (i 9. Doleful Insect | 12, Vi . Metal bar used St in ship- building More crafty tair Medielnal plant Woolen cloth . Fisher for iper Asllnuc palm I Missions . Pitchers imlojolo/m|ijz|m|v/o] | 22 Poems certain | 23, The southwest crustaceans wind 43. Cereal grass | 24. Remain near 49. Di 6. Arachulds « . Algerian Solution Of Saturday’s Puzzle seaport Imglish letter Pigpens Puft up Aloft Yellow ocher 50. Large dogs DOWN | Chum . Pronoun &7. Scotch river 1. Ship's officer netion . Food preserver 5. Plants of the irls family Seceures aying card \in Rigorous ible scaweed 11. Puts on . Arablan scaport arries 23, Prxl;mlnmfi' to | Indians Malke speeches Back of a boat ast Indian coin . Harpoon i nd down . Torn into small pieces Specialist in mental dis- orders . Location Run African fiy Soles of plows { Architect's drawing 45. BE EEEL ENREL Nk 50, Palm leaf the accused man’s blood type | in the indeterminate group 0" erica will hold a business meeting | tomorrow night and all members are | BRAWN BENSON, also known as | IS HEREBY GIVEN‘ HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCH 13 Arthur B. Judson * Alice Sey Edwin E. Johnson Dora H. Michello Vivian Bories | Harriett T. Case | Doris Carstensen \ Francis PFinléy HOROSCOPE | 8| Il “The stars mcline , ‘ | but do not compel” TUESDAY, MARCH 14 | Under this configuration mildly | adverse aspects appear to be active. ¢ for beinngings | of any sort | HEART AND HOME: Tharough many wartime anxieties and ber- eavements women are to gain at- tributes of nobility and unselfish- ness. In contrast to the aftermath | of the first World War this seecond | conflict is to uplift the spirit and {to eliminate the vanity encouraged | after 1918. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Lessons learned through this supreme emer- | gency are to be most profitable in the future. The stars presage tre- | mendous achievements by American | industries after the war. | NATIONAL ISSUES: Proper, ‘um- of children is to be one of the | Generous provision must be made | |for thousands whose fathers h.u« been lost in the war. The stars foretell se social adjustments. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS |Greece is under a planetary direl- jtion which promises much 1e1m .and possible deliverance this year ‘chk recovery from the terrible cffects of enemy occupation is in-| \ulc.\ted Persons whose birthdate it is have ry of a year in which it| to watch expenditures. Concentration on financial affairs | will be profitable. | Children born on | probably be ambitious, | folk usually this day mn but Pisces | seek pleasant, rather "hm} difficult, employment. | | (Copyright, 1944) | | e | Juneau Emblem Club No. 90, Mon- |day night, March 13 at 8 pm..i the Elks Lodge. Purpose: Enter- tainment by Katherine Ellis. For! mempers on! adv.| ) REGISTRATION OF VOTERS Citizens who are not registered | voters must register by April 1st to | qualify as electors at the Municipal |- election to be held in the City of Juneau April 4th. Persons who voted at the last | municipal election need not register again as their names, are on the registration lists. If you are not | registered, do not delay in so doingI at once. Registered voters who have changed their addresses since the last Municipal election must notify the City Clerk promptly so that proper record can be made of such | changes as to precinct. ! | J. E. KEARNEY, | City Clerk. | First publication, March 6, 1944. | Last puhllcanon March 27, 1944 | NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:| | That on March 8th, 1944, in the | Commissioner’s Court for Juneau | { Precinct, at Juneau, Alaska, Lempi Edwards was appointed administra- ‘l(rix of the estate of Albert R. Ed- | wards, deecased. All persons having | claims against said estate are re- | | quired to present them, with veri- fied vouchers as required by law, to |said administratrix at the office of {her attorney Howard D. Stabler,| | Shattuck Building, Juneau, Alaska, | within six months from the date of ithe first publication of this notice. | LEMPI EDWARDS, Administratrix. | First publication, March 13, 1944, Last publication, April 3, 1944. KINY PROGRAM SCHEDULE i Tuesday [ 12:00—Personal Album. 12:15—Song Parade. 112:30—Bert'-Alaska Federal News. | 12:45—Muslcal Bon Bons. | 1:00—Spotlight Bands. 1:15—Melody Roundup. 1:30- Show Time. 1:45—G. 1. Jive. 2:00—News Rebroadcast. 2:15—Hymns from Home. 2:30—Front Line Theatre. 2:45—One Night Stand. 3:00—Kay Kyser. 3:15-Kay Kyser. 3:30—Are You a Genius? 3:45—Marching Along. 4:00- News Rebroadcast. 4:15—Gospel Reb:oadeast. 4:30—Program Resume, 4:45—Vesper Service. 5:00—News Rebroadcast. 5:15—Mystery Melodies. 5:30—Afternoon Musicale. 5:45—Behind the Headlines. 6:00—Music from America. 6:15—Music from America, 6:30—Easy Listening. 6:45—Coca Cola Show. 7:00—Talking Drums. 7:15—8tandard Oil News. 7:30—-Bob Hope. 7:45--Bob Hope. 8:00—Yarns for Yanks 8:15—Fred Waring Orchestra, 8:30—Quiz Program, USO. 8:45—Quiz Program, USO. 9:00—Village Store. 9:15—Village Store. 9:30—Juneau Health Clinic. 9:45—Alaska Line New: 1 10:00—8ign Off. | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA , Harris, Stackpole, Ripley, 1 J\' Carter, from THE EMPIRE jzo YEARS AGO 7 MARCH 13, 1924 The Ketchikan Elks were in Juneau bowling the local Elks. Scores o date were as follows: Juneau--first team, 2709; Ketchikan first team, ‘.!dflfiv Juneau second team, 2568; Ketchikan second team, 2427. Local Jlayers were Fry, Darby, Lavenik, Metcalf, Barragar, McCaul, Colburn, sides, Bavard, McNaughton. Ketchikan players were Ziegler, Burgun, Capp, Wood, Parnell, Ireland. The Sherwood Sisters and Companv were presenting a vaudeville how at the Coliseum in comumnon with the movie feature. The Men's Harmony Club was organized with S. C. Fisher, President; Leslie White, Director, and Wilfred Leivers, Secretary and Treasurer. Attorney S. Hellenthal left for Petersburg on the Admiral Evans on a professional trip. The previous night, the following were given antlers when initiated into the Elks Lodge: Ranson C. Mills, Oliver Olson, Dr. A. W. Stewart, ouglas Austin, George R. Marshall, H. J. Fisher, R. N. Weisberg, Charles W. H. Truesdell, Lee H. Smith, J. M. Giovanetti, H. S. Holmes, ann Messerschmidt, Claude Harris, Wellman Holbrook. The American Legion Convention was to be held at Sitka on March 30 and delegates planned to leave on the Admiral Rogers. J. T. Petrich, Acting Adjutant, was making arrangements for the meet. H. R. Shepard had returned from a campaign trip to Haines, Skag- |way and Sitka and said his election as Representative in the House on the Republican ticket was a cinch. Vice-President J. F. Mullen was to preside at the regular Chamber of Commerce meeting the next day owing to the absence of President R. E. Robertson R. A. Maurer, representing Schwabacher Brothers of Seattle, left for \ blood grouping which we shall call A, |chief concerns of the Government. petersburg to call on the trade there. a blood grouping B, then the | Weather: High, 44; low, 38; rain. —— S e - e Daily Lessons in English % .. cornon 2,..- PUSSUSISSUUSSSSSCSBUESOUSTLUEESIE S S WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I never remember seeing wm." Say, “I DO NOT remember seeing you.” 4 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Swept. Pronounce the T, not SWEP. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Table d’hote. SYNONYMS: Refuge, retreat, shelter, seclusion, sanctuary, hiding- | place. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: LUCID; intellectually clear; easily understood. “A lucid and interesting abstract of the debate.”—Macaulay. q MODERN ETIQUETTE * .opsrra LEE Q. In what ways can a bachelor of limited means repay his social obligations? A. He can make himself useful to his hostess and agreeable to her guests, or send flowers to his hostess on special occasions Q. If one is visiting a friend for several days, appear at the breakfast table? A% Wes. Q. Does it show good form for a man to wear a wedding ring? A. This is a matter of personal taste, and not one of etiquette. e LOOK and LEARNA C. GORDON D e e e et e e e e e e ] 1. Who said, half slave and half free"? 2. What is the common everyday name for sodium chloride? 3. What is the'meaning of an isosceles triangle? 4. What was the approximate cost to the United States of World War 1? 5. Who was the author of ANSWERS: 1. Abraham Lincoln. 2. Salt. 3. A triangle having two sides of equal length. 4 5. “King Solomon’s Mines”? $51,000,000,000. H. Rider Haggard. J. 0. KIRKHAM as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to present this coupon this evening at the box office of the—— CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: "“CABIN IN THE SKY" Federal Tax—6e¢ per Person WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! is one éxpected m! “I believe this government cannot endure permanently, | INWAR g<=z, AS IN PEAC IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED agsinst low e s mazimum of $5,008, First National Bank of JUNEAU, ALASEA NCE COR R FEDERAL ST e DIRECTORY .tz ‘ Gastineau Chemnel [ SRBSENS Y s 6 S BELES & 55 Sl MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 DR.EHEK ASER SECOND and FOURTH L. . Monday of each month DENTIST in Scottish Rite Temple BLOMGREN BUILDING beginning at 7:30 p. m. Phone 56 WALLIS S. GEORGE, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. HOURS: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. LET , Secretary. Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 B.P.0.ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 P.M. Visiting Brothers welcome. N. FLOYD FAGERSON, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. Silver Bow Lodge No.A2,I.0O.O.F. ‘Meets each Tues- day at 8:00 P. M. I O. O. F. HALL Visiting Brothers Welcome Forest D. Fennessy ....Noble Grand Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9-—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 762 H. V. Callow Secretary T TR R S ROBERT SIMPSON, Opt. D. v Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology ASHENBRENNER'S | Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground | NEW AND USED FURNITURE | Phone 788—306 Willoughby' Ave. " | DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH . Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Gastineau Hotel Annex S. 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Box 2508 PHONE 34 PLUMBING, HEATING and SHEET METAL SUPPLIES 0il Ranges and Oil Heaters INSURANCE JAMES C. COOPER f C.P. A . Shattuck Agency Business Counselor | COOPER BUILDING Duncan's Cleaning and PRESS SHOP Cleaning—Pressing—Repairing PHONE 333 “Neatness Is An Asset” Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” ZORIC “Say It With Flowers” but SYSTEM CLEANING “SAY IT WITH OURS!" Phone 15 i1 3 : uneau F lorists Alaska Laundry Phone 311 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1944 | The B. M. Behrends . Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska SAVINGS COMMERCIAL ” I S