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and a mannequin. He used to see her on his rounds every night, and he fell in love with her. Of course she was only wax But the man who fashioned her must have been a realist. Blue were her eyes, and her hair was spun gold. She seem ed about to say something but the words never passed her half parted provocative lips. .9
 Always the night watchman re- moved his hat in her presence. He began to frequent her part of the building more and more. She was in a great show window opening on Fifth Avenue, and when pass .ersby would finger too long a quick Jealousy would manifest itself in the watchman, and he would irrit- ably order them away.
 That she would surely speak to him some night became certainty in his brain, and he began rehears- ing little speeches that he would make to her when that time came. He devised sweet names to call her He began to take more inter- est in his personal appearance.
 One night the lady of his dreams toppled over and broke her swan like neck. s .e rg
 They found him next morning covering in the basement, a gib- bering idiot. ni1 t+ @
 Maybe those shapeless, pre-war caricatures weren't such bad idea after all. l1af .A@i
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Arden !'lll'!l Brings Brings in i
 HlBlaick! Cod l Cargo

e aT s 7 <
 A cargo of 25.0O0 pounds of black cod was sold in Juneau today and one trip of halibut was at the dock waiting to unload. Yesterday, 30000 pounds of halibut were sold here. saas in r,iitH1 NsiH < The black cod was sold at 212 cents a pound to Alaska Coast Fisheries by the vessel Arden
 The Prosperity A., Vancouver register boat fishing out of Prince Rupert, will unload 11,000 pounds of halibut this afternoon and fit out from" here for another trip to the Gulf.
 The Tatoosh and the Fremont unloaded 16,000 and l4,000 pounds of halibut respectively yesterday.
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} Q U CL A $ N E W s
PUBLIC HEALTH COUNCIL
 PLANNED. DOUGLAS ISLAND

Tn conjunction with public health service for Alaska towns Health Council is now in the planning for Douglas. Miss Maghild Oygard, m1blic health nurse for the channel who is more or less under the Public Health Service for Alaska, was a visitor here this morning with the purpose of interesting sev- eral persons, a dozen or more per haps. who are qualified and will ing to serve on a council for the welfare and better health for the community.
 To be headed by Mayor Kilbufn, the council will be organized within the next few days it was reported, when plans and activities Will be announced.
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rRosH INITIATION TONIGHT

Ten freshmen of the Douglas High School must take their final medicine tonight, qualifying them as regulars among the student body when the upper classmen have everything arranged to administer 1t or initiate them.
 The hazing features of the an- nual event will take place in the school basement and afterwards re- treatments and other entertain ment will follow in the domestic science and assembly rooms.
 Members of the school board their wives, the instructors, and all high school students have been invited.
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HUMAN FORM
 tP1TOM|zED,
 N. WINDOWS v!S
Wax Models Are Startling Realistic Now of Fem C
 mine Loveliness
By GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK, Sept. Is. = The startling frankness of wax models in show windows nowadays is one very good reason why New York in particular and the universe in general is a more pleasant place to gaze upon. They have grown out of the chestfess state that char acterized them before the war. They have arrived. And certainly the result is gratifying.
 I am not in a position to state authoritatively tn a t the female form today is lovelier than it was 25 or 30 years ago, for at that time I was rather young and my interests ran largely to fire en- zines. But I can tell you that the mannequins of today are a far cry from their sisters of yesteryear who were frequently headl--3 and all ways shapeless, dreary, and appal- ling.
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expected to speak here earlier In the week has been delayed at Sitka for several days due to un- favorable weather for flying. It was thought this morning that a plane would be able to make the trip there today, however and providing he does not have to leave Juneau on his trip to the Westward by too early sailing of the Yukon on Saturday he may yet be heard here tomorrow evening.
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I remember once being badly frightened by a headless Amazon who toppled forward in her show case just as was passing with my nurse, and the experience was so disconcerting that thereafter my nurse was instructed not to parade me by the shopping centers on our afternoon strolls. o
 I often think of that monstrosity as pass the Brilliantly lit windows on Fifth Avenue and look upon the apparitons of feminine loveliness that are there now. They are so dainty. Their noses are always so impudent. They are so slim and so divinely porportioned. One might almost believe them real, for they | are perfect from the sweep of thctr eyelashes to the tops of their tinted nails.
 If one were a penniless art stu dent and had not the whereWithal to attend life classes one could do lot worse for oneself than to ire uuent the windows of the fashion centers in New York For there the human form is epitomized. The only danger here would be in the mannequins themselves, for they have been proportioned so perfect ly that a sensitive artist might be disillusioned when he realizes how easily man supasses nature in the modelling of eyes, ears, nose and i throat.
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WHITES LEAVE

MT. and Mrs. Albert White and daughter in law, Mrs. George White, sailed south on the steamer Princess Louise this morning.
 It is understood MT. White, de- feated candidate to the Delegate's e's seat in Congress, is going to San Francisco on business.
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POSTS LEAVE TO-DAY

MT. and Mrs. Ely Post embarked today in their open boat, loaded down with provisions and camping outfit for a good part at least Of a months vacation and outing trip to various points, including Point Glass. Windfall Harbor, Snettis- ham. and other places suitable for hunting and fishing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-16
RAINBOW GIRLS
 7 MEET TOMORROW

Members of the Order of Rain bow Girls will meet tomorrow eve ming at 7:30 o'clock for short, but important, business session.
 Newly installed officers will have charge of the meeting tomorrow evening, and all members are urged to be present.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-16
DIR. STEWART HEADS
 JUNEAU ELKS LODGE

Dr. A. w. Stewart, prominent Ju- neau business man, has been elect ed Exalted Ruler of the Juneau Lodge of Elks, succeeding c. H. MacSpadden. who recently moved to the States. Dr. Stewart will fill out the unexpired term which runs until next April. He has been active in the Elks Lodge here for many years.
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NATIVE COUPLE WE'D

Daniel Perrin, Haines, and Mar garet Akagi, Hoonah, native people were married yesterday afternoon by U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray Witnesses were Dora and Mary Jack. s.4.....
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WEATHER CONDITIONS AT AM TODAY

Seattle temperature 5o Blaine foggy A Victoria clear Estevan partly cloudy 54 Alert Bay cody 5 Bu liar Triple Island cloudy Iangara Island coudy o4 Rupert raining Ketchkan cloudy 52 Craig oggy 52 51 Wrangel fogy 51 Stka partly cloudy oz Inlet Bay clear 5O Wmdan Tenaee cloudy Radiove showers 52 Juneau cloudy 53 skagway Spencer partly partly cloudy 5 St. Elias cloudy 5 Cape Hin Anchorage cloudy AT Portage ang 4o Fa Springs cloudy 48 Panama cloudy 5o; NC cloudy 50; Syahok, raining A Crooked cloudy 46 Ruby cloudy 4S Nulato cloudy o kaag Bethel A; Platinum raining; Solomon cloudy msting AZ Council raining, 37; Nome raining 4o
 Juneau, Sept 17.-Sunrse, 532 sunset 6:16 pm
 WEATHER SYNOPSIS
 the northern portion yesterday moved norhweward dur this morning Norton Sound being 2918 inches at Nome The pao the Alaska sout"aro to reported being 30O inches at This distribution has been attended by pecpo Autan Islands followed by clearing this morning over portions o weather most of the interior or l
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ANDREWS BUYS ST. ANN'S AVE. PROPERTY

Walter Andrews has purchased the Doogan house on St. Ann's Avenue and he and his family plan to move from the Reisser cottage to their new home about the first of the month.
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INDIANS TAKE TO TRAILERS

DIES MONIES, Ia.-Even the Hopi Indians, who are regarded as being quite far removed from pres ent-day civilization, have gone modern. They travelled to the Iowa State Fair in up-to-date auto trailers.
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There was once tragic incident which involved a night Watchman
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U s. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREi
 THE WEATHER
s(By the u. sS. Weather BureaU

 Saturday; moderate southeast Wlhds Showers tonight Sat- winds moderate to eh souer Clarence Strait FrederK Sohld Chat Strait Canal. Gulf of Alaska: Fresh Dixon Entrance to Cape rrno,
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LECTURE ON RUSSIA
 DEPENDS ON SAILINGS The Rev. Peter Deyneka who had
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The Washington times., 1938-12-23
Wind Halls Plane,
Aids Another FIiqhi

BALTIM ORE, Dec. 23.-A
violent tail wind yesterday speeded
up one plane trip and made an
other one impossible. The Pan
American Airways was forced to
call off its scheduled flight of the
Bermuda Clipper from Bermuda
to Baltimore. The Imperial Air.
ways Cavalier, Pan-American's S
British rival, was aided on it's trip
from Baltimore to Bermuda and
made the trip, with the winds as
sistance, in just little more than
four hours.
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
White YuIetide HOPES
Rise As Snow Falls

Snow, even though it came down
only sparingly. arrived in the Dis.
trict today to gladden. the hearts
of those who hope for a white
Christmas, and to confound the
Weather Bureau, which had pre-
dicted rain. But the man who
answers the phone at Dupont $500
was not entirely ready to accept
defeat. ut won't last" he said,
"there'll be a little precipitation
today and tonight, but it will turn
to rain"
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
Speed Soon
Ended of His
Own Accord

It took nine long years fol
Prince, an undistinguished brown
horse, to reach his place in the
sun-and when at long last he
made the grade it was showing
But the unkind gods of the
weather could not deny Prince his
small triumph over the machine
age today.
FEELING CLIPPER
There may have been a touch
of the Christmas spirit in Princes
morning bag of bran mash, or ht
may have been ruminating on one
of those renowned dashers, Don
der and Blitzen, who help hau
the wagon for Santa Claus. Any
way, Prince was feeling as chip
per as boy.
Prince was standing patiently II
the shafts of the junk wagor
owned and operated by TORI
Craxton, a small entrepreneur II
discarded automobile tires and ole
iron, in the 1000 block of Tentf
st. N. w.
Along came a truck operated b!
Russell A. Hodge, of the 600 blocI
Of Virginia Ave. S. E. Hodge
truck nudged Craxton's wagon
Prince started away from there
going fast.
A scout car travelled all tn
way from Union Station ant
caught up with Prince before h
had gone half way down the 90
block of adjacent K Street North
west.
When Policeman N. S. Jone
arrived Prince was standing quiet
ly amid the wreckage Of the jun
wagon. Owner Craxton was lyin
under the vehicle, not hurt bu
visibly shaken.
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BLAST ROCKS
WALL STREET

NEW YORK, Dec. % G.N.S).
The explosion of an electrical
transformer high above Wall
Street shook the financial district
today, scattering hot oil, causing
wild rumors and endangering the
life OF Stock Exchange guard.
The transformer, on the roof of
the twenty-first floor setback of
the Irving Trust Company Build
ing, on the southeast corner Of
Broadway and Wall Street. blew
out with a underwriting roar at
8:40 a. m. Dense smoke poured
from it, but firemen soon halted
the small blaze.
Thousands of office workers,
running to the scene, gathered in
such crowds about Old Trinity
Church, police reserves were
called.
A heavy bolt from the blaS-blown
top of the transformer struck
near William Barron, stock ex
change guard. SCATTERING oil fol
lowed, dropping on pedestrians,
and finally forming a 30-foot
"Slick" which had to be covered
with sand.
A radio station sent out q
flash" on the blast without Civ
ing details, causing thousands OF
frantic phone calls.
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LIMA ACCORD
HOPES FADING
BY THOMAS A. LOAYZA

LIMA, Peru, Dec. % Q.N.S0
Hopes of early approval by the
Pan-American conference, of the
much disputed solidarity declara
tion, faded today as Argentine
delegates awaited instructions
BuenoS Aires.
The Argentine representatives
insisted they would not sign with
out authorization, prompting
others to indicate they might put
through the declaration even with
out Argentine approval, if the de
lay continues.
United States Secretary Of
State Hull showed a certain
amount of irritation when ques-
Itioned regarding the Argentine at
titude. The impression existed
the United States would not yielc
easily to Argentine.
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Roosevelt Popular
Abroad, Says Lewis

NEW YORK, Dec. % U.N.S).
Foreign statesmen believe that
President Roosevelt will be nom-
mated for third term. accord
ing to Senator J. Hamilton Lewis
CD of Illinois, who is back in
the United States today after an
European business "Trip. Lewis
said he discovered in Europe that
President Roosevelt is looked
upon as the greatest force of any
national administrator and the
one helpful influence for peace" "
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
Choice of Hopkins
To Fill Commerce
Post Splits Senate
We'll d.
Totally Unfit
Is Comment

O.N.S.) President Roosevelt's
appointment Of Harry Hopkins as
Secretary of Commerce aroused
mixed comment on Capitol Hill
among Senators who must con-
firm the appointment. The WPA
administrator was called both
well qualified" and totally unfit"
Senator Hatch CD) New Mexico,
said:
Mr.. Hopkins appointment as
Secretary of Commerce will
make for better relations be-
tween Government and business.
also think that Colonel Har-
rington's appointment as head
Of the WPA is a good one. I
have no doubt Hopkins will be
confirmed by the Senate"
Senator King (D), Utah said:
II regret very much that the
President has seen fit to name
Hopkins to this important post
for which he is not well quail
fled. 1t seems to me a man
with more business experience
should have been appointed"
Murray Approves
Senator Murray (D.), Montana
II approve Of both appoint
ments. Hopkins is a good man
and probably the best man the
President could find to bring
about a spirit Of cooperation be-
tween business and the Govern
ment. Colonel Harrington is
peculiarly fitted for the post Of
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
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Farmer, 84, Kills
|Yule Tree Hunter;

ELYRIA, Ohio, Dec. % GN.S).
Cal Rousseau, 81, was shot to
death and his wife, Minnie.
wounded seriously today by an
84-year-old farmer, according to
Sheriff Carl Finegan.
The farmer, Will Case, told
Finegan he shot Rousseau and his
wife when he found them tres
passing on his land near Grafton,
south Of Elyria. Case said he be-
lieved the Rousseaus were taking
Christmas trees from his farm.
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
Paris Farley Planned
By Polish Minister

PARIS. Dec. % Q.NSO.-En
route to the Riviera for a vacation
and a little diplomatic horse
trading" Foreign Minister Josef
Beck, of Poland, arrived in Paris
today. During his stay in France,
Beck will confer with Foreign Min.
lister Georges Bonnet regarding
Polish demands for colonies and
raw materials. He also is expected
to state Poland'S opposition to
the four-power Munich pact and
to seek reaffirmation Of the Fran
co.Polish treaty.
The Washington times., 1938-12-23

In the rearmament message he
will deliver to the new Congress
II days hence, International News
Service learned, the Chief EXecu-
tive is expected to call attention
to the Humiliation suffered by
Great Britain and France at
Munich under the threat of over
whelming force, and to warn that
the United States must immedi-
ately bolster its relatively weak
defenses-else face the possibility
of a similar debacle.
FiUe-Point Program
The defense program, according
to wellinformed quarters, will en-
brace:
l. An air force of $4,000
fighting planes; 10000 for the
Army and 5000 for the Navy
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house incinerator, or the ashcan.
A friend of Mrs. x. suggested
that Tabby could be buried on her
Chevy Chase estate.
So Mrs. x put Tabby in a shop
ping bag and started to the grave.
When Mrs. x was almost there
a man passed her on the dead run,
snatched the shopping bag and
fled.
Moral: Virtue is its own reward.
And vice versa.
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He HOb-NObs With Santa,
Then Finds Pocket Picked

DETROIT, Dec. % GN.SO.
Walter Galasa today told police he
had played Santa Claus to Santa
Claus.
1t happened like this:
Galasa boarded a bus on his way
to work. Next to him was a jovial,
plump, street corner version of
Kris Kringle.
We'll, Santa" said Galasa,
got anything for me?"
"Haw, haw," haw haw'ed the
jolly gentleman in the red suit,
poking him in the ribs.
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
20 RESCUED
FROM SINKING
SHIP IN GALE
Steamer Saves :
Women and Crew

NEW YORK. Dec. % G.N.S0.
Twenty persons comprising pas
sengers and crew of the Norwe-
gian freighter, the Smaragd. were
rescued at sea today by the
steamer Schodack. The passengers
include two women.
Advices to this effect were re-
ceived by the Chatham (Mass0
station of Radio Marine Corpora
tion of America, and relayed to its
New York office.
VESSEL HELPLESS
The Smaragd, its engines
crippled, is wallowing helplessly
in a sinking condition about 600
miles southeast of Ambrose
Light.
At 10:48 a. m. the following
message was received by Radio
Marine:
"All hands taken off, includ-
ing captain, by Steamer Scho-
dack."
Mackay Radio reported that the
rescue, effected by means of the
Schodack's lifeboats, was Every
thrilling" The skipper of tht
Smaragd told rescue crews that
his vessel probably would not re
main afloat longer than a few
hours.
Cargo of Oil
A garbled portion of an earlier
message indicated the Smaragd
was en- route to Holland
with cargo of oil. The Schodack
is headed for New York.
No word has come directly from
the Smaragd. First word that il
was in distress was flashed by the
Schodack and picked up by radio
marine shortly before midnight.
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Moral for Purse Thieves;
Be Careful What You Grab

Here's a purse snatching story
to end all purse snatching stories.
In Difference to the situation, The
Times is obliged to omit all
names. Anyway.
Tabby was the pet Of Mrs. K
of Washington. AS it must to all
of us, death came to Tabby.
There came the matter Of dis
posing of Tabby's body, and Mrs.
x could not bring herself to de-
posit Tabby In her apartment
The Washington times., 1938-12-23

white Christmas all right, all
right" continued Galasa. pleased
at his budding friendship with
st. Nick.
'Haw, haw," was Santa's re
sponse accompanied by another
poke. Then he got off the bus.
A mile and five minutes later
Galasa sprang to his feet, shout
ing:
He got my pocketbook. Santa
Claus picked my pocket"
Police were watching all street
corners.
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
HITLER TAKES
HELM, STUDIES
SLAP" BY U. S.
POstpOnes Holiday
Trip For Parley
BY PIERRE J. HUSS

BERLIN, Dec. % Q.N.S0.
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler took a
personal hand today in the
strained diplomatic relations be-
tween Germany and the United
States.
Although scheduled to depart
for Nuremberg and Munich to
celebrate Christmas Eve with vet
eran Storm Troopers, the Fueh.
rer remained closeted with his
advisers until a late hour, discuss
ing refusal of the United States
Government to accept his protest
against Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes' "anti-dictator'
speech.
Apology Anticipated
Foreign quarters and diplo-
motto observers meanwhile ex-
pressed belief that Germany, by
protesting the speech in which
1ckes criticized Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh and Henry Ford for
accepting medals from Hitler,
actually hoped to maneuver the
outspoken official out of PreSi-
dent ttoosevelt's Cabinet entirely.
A public apology from Washing
ton was anticipated, to be fol.
lowed by retraction and creation
Of a situation that would leave
Ickes no alternative but to re-
sign.
1t was conceded the reported
German plan had cracked up en-
tirely, due to the adamant re-
fusal of Acting Secretary Of State
Sumner Welles even to listen to
the Reich's protest. much less &C
cept it or to apologize.
Press Is Curbed
The diplomatic crisis was the
chief subject Of discussion in
Wilhemstrasse throughout the day.
The strictest censorship imposed
in recent times was clamped down
on the German press. Rigid orders
were issued forbidding mention
of a single word regarding Ickes,
pending a decision from higher
up"-contlrmlng that the Fueh-
rer himself had taken the matter
under advertisement.
Hitler conferred at length with
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HARRINGTON
SELECTED AS
HEAD OF WPA
Changes In Effect
Tomorrow

G.N.S) President Roosevelt an
nounced today that he will ap-
point Harry L. Hopkins to his
Cabinet in the post as Secretary
of Commerce, succeeding Daniel
C. Roper, whose resignation be.
came effective today.
The appointment will actually
be made tomorrow and Hopkins
will be sworn into office In the
President study before a small
group Of officials and members Of
the Roosevelt family gathered here
for the Christmas holidays.
Harrington Named
To succeed Hopkins as WPA Ad-
ministrator, the President will
designate" Col. F. E. Harrington
a regular Army officer, who has
been serving as chief engineer for
the Works Progress Administrap
ton,
Aubrey Williams, who has been
assistant WPA administrator, and
whose speeches and policies have
been subjected to severe criticism
in Congress, will be transferred to
the National Youth Administra-
ton as director.
These shifts will complete o
major Shakeup in New Deal per.
sonnel.
Harrington will not draw Gov
ernment pay as WPA admins.
traitor, but will continue to draw
his salary as an Army officer for
special detail work.
Forbidden By Ldw
The President had hoped to sep.
arate the National Youth Admin
istration entirely from the Works
Progress Administration, but this
was found to be impossible, BE-
cause the NYA act specifically
designates that the youth organi.
zation is within" the WPA.
Because of this Williams will
work along with Harrington in
the WPA, although his duties will
lie almost entirely in administra-
ton of the youth organization.
Hopkins appointment must be
confirmed by the Senate, but
White House officials expressed
the belief that this would be u1.
necessary in Harrington's case, be.
cause he is serving simply as an
Army officer on duty.
Today's appointments came as
no surprise to Washington. For
! Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
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Girl Buys Yu|e Tree,
Then Kills Herself

LOS ANGELES, Dec. % G.N.S).
Pretty Bernice Girvin. 23-year-old
art student, came home last night
with small Christmas tree which
she gave to her mother, Mrs.
Marion Girvin. A few minutes
later she went to her room and
shot herself to death. Mrs. Girvin
said her daughter had been dis
appointed in her art work.
The Washington times., 1938-12-23
Insurgent Troops
Blast Loya|ist Lines

BURGOS, Dec. % G.N.SO.
Spanish 1nsurgent troops today
penetrated Loyalist defenSes at
four separate points on the Cata.
Ian front, according to an official
communique here. It is not yet
known how far the army has ad-
Yanced.