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Evening star., 1938-03-20
THIS WEEK

and took out a telegraph. 1t was in Ensingu's
private code, which has no key but the brains
of the men Ensinger uses it on, but God help
one of them who muffs message.
college boys plan San Francisco Boy
Scout Week ST. Beloise Wateh erwst,se for
Brother Eiking on account Muttoneay's
Ssodase butterfly handshaks no good Uitk
Charlie Chaplin AID tie Tailors unless the
gold stays in them hills stop 90 easy on The
eroceries bit no dust. Emsineer."
Lathrop reached for piece of paper and
pencil and started in:
''S.sdents panty bla~ fire Boy Seoul week
ST. Bsloise ,oatch Royalists for friendly
eesturs on occostsa MnSsolfxTs japanese
Treaty no good scith Hitler and tie Soeieis
,osless Dusselho1n copper still asailobIs for
Russian and German consumption. Don't
spend TOO Ss,sch expense Ssossey Bat make 1t
fast"
He was stuck on BOY Scout Week; then
he got that as 'maneuvers' through his habit
of knowing Europe.
BY that time, the concierge had the Grand
Hotel, Villa Ser Abruzzi ON the wire.
Il want to speak to Miss Wayne. Well
where did she check out for? She must have
given you some address? In the car? Well
what about her mail - what s she having done
with that? Telegram? Where is Mmcaszy?
Never mind, I've got it. I've got it. No - wait
a minute - look If she was driving - she'd
go through St. Beloise and Domm wouldn't
she? Shorter. Sure Thanks"
There was horrid train out of Bale Central
at $40, one of those miserable European
night affairs with no wagon-lits "a train
designed especially to 60 from places like
Bale to places like St. Beloise. Lathrop got
his bag. and drove up to Bale Central in cab
that smelled like an old boot.
He got a First on the $40 and went to
sleep. They woke him up for his passport
They woke him up to go through his bag.
They woke him up to buy another ticket at
Ober for St. Beloise. Then he gave up sleep
for good and presently the train was slowing
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a click of heels outside, sharp voice of COM
mand. Josephine gave it all up and sat down
on the bed. She wanted to kick of her slippers
and lie back and Sleep None of this abssndity
interested her, for all of it could be straight
ened out in twenty minutes after she woke up.
When she looked up, there was sentry
standing rigidly to attention outside her door.
The Major came in again.
"You perhaps wanted these from your
carr" He held pocketbook in his hand.
Il don't know what they are"
"They are Student Left credentials in the
name of Johnfritz Ohe der Asche," he said.
They were in the car trunk"
.>Oh, 70 awayw she said. You bore me-"
He stared at her. But you will be shot,"
Il will sot be shot. Go away"
He stepped aside, staring in ama1ement at
her, and allowed stout woman to pass him
and enter the room. The woman closed the
door to the hallway and turned to Josephine.
She was in marching shoes. khaki shirt and
Party tmic with the badge on her arm. Her
face was round and full with the skin drawn
30 tightly over it and scrubbed 50 thoroughly
that it cleaned like creased skin.
'Undress!" the woman shouted at her.
Suppose don't?"
''Pahaps the sentry would help?
No" Josephine stood up. Il don't think
he'd be able to find the hooks and eyes,"
Lathrop MacAfee's boatman pulled into
the shore shadows ON the Bale side and rowed
him stmdily up to the town jetty. sprinting
for the tip. The town hung above the water
like one end of the Yale Bowl, lighted.
Lathrop paid the man, got out and walked up
the narrow steps of the Via Lago to his pen
sion. 1t was two thirty by the ponderous
clock over the desk. He woke up the fat
concierge
Telephone the Grand Hotel, Villa Ser
AbruzI for me-"
While the concierge was working on what
passes blithely for telephone in Bale, he
reached to the mail pigeon holes behind him
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Mosuziss Ssetio" i.

either, for lorry thundered pass the head of
the infantry column. turned sharply to the
right and shrieked to stop right under the
Virgin
Party militiamen leaped out of it, dragging
six wobbIe- headed dummies with them, wobble-
headed because their hands were lashed BE-
hind them and they kept being pushed against
each other and against the men who pushed
them. They were stood up in a row with the
lip of the fountain behind their knees. Lew
Pollard and Lathrop were 50 close that they
could see their faces. Young faces they were,
tousel-h haired but arrogant with youth. They
stood with their chins up and their shoulders
squared. The light of dawn, shot with the
blood of the flames, glinted in their eyes.
They were desperately frightened those eyes
but gutworthy.
twas only moment before they were paid
off. The militiamen stepped back and let the
youngsters have it, at five feet of distance.
The machine pistols sfrieked in the morning
air and the boys went down from their knees.
One of them spilled backwards into the foun-
tains, one of them screamed like a girl, one of =
them bounced on the pavement and tried to
crawl.
The chasseW from the Hotel Pascal was
spinting up the street toward Pollard and
MacAfee Mist Pollard! Mist Robinson
telefoam from Donm." he hissed. He say
they got an American lady under Party
arrest there"
Tell him to go to hell -
mo can. Telefoam cut off -"
IAN right - all right Beat it - we're busy
we're working - and I'm going to be sick"
And he was sick suddenly.
wait minute" Lathrop grabbed the
chasseur's arm. Whats her name?"
mo know"
Lew Pollard said, Damn it - always get
sick at executions Let's have breakfast
While the matron searched her clothing
with ridiculous thoroughness, all desire to
sleep left Josephine. You can get second
wind on sleeplessness that way sometimes.
It's as if you shed your hot dried skin and,
with it, the aches and cramps of the night, and
you're good for another twelve hours. She
dressed again. when the woman was finished,
and stood looking out into St. Geneve Square
through the Stats in the blinds.
She remembered the life in the Prince Sergei
when he la. ,'hed - the humanity under his
frowning exterior You had to be pathological
to be dictator probably, but even if you
were you could have flashes of normalcy.
Hitler danced with the country girls. Some
ct1o o1
smiled at her.
Pathological or not - the Prince Sergei was
beautiful job of work, Josephine remem-
bered He had it. 1t wasn't physical; there was
(Confinvsd on poss 2O)
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for St. Beloise. 1t was five O'Clock by his watch
when he got out at the Station and there were
no cabs, 50 he started out to walk to the
Hotel Pascal.
The shops of the Ronda were closed and
tightly shuttered. The sign of the Cinema del
Europe hung sightless ahead of him. its lights
out and its lobby gated. 1t was like dead
town, St. Beloise. at that hour "a recently
dead town still warm Lathrop crossed the
Ronda and turned down the Avenue Four
teenth of October. His train, already climbing
for the St. Geneve Pass. screamed distantly.
There was sharp explosion suddenly -
the preliminary crack of felled tree, followed
at once by the roaring sigh of its falling. He
heard that clearly only for few seconds,
because another sharp explosion howled into
the first and third howled into the second
in series that blended, after Lathrop counted
quick seven, into one continuous roar to the
northward. He ran the last three squares to
the Hotel Pascal. The lights we're on in the
lobby and the night clerk, the chasseur and
Lew Pollard were standing on the sidewalk
in front Lew Pollard had on blue and white
striped pajamas, bedroom slippers and his
ooonskin coat.
Hello, Mac" he held out both hands.
What in hell is it,"
'I1l tell you," Lew said. They wired me
that Ensinger was sending you down here and
this was the best l could do for you. We
couldn't get a band or red carpet"
Its the old Preobregan Barracks" the
night clerk said "Listen!'
They listened. Somewhere up near the
explosions machine gun had started to
chuckle rauoously over a dirty joke.
WELL" Lew said. Let's CO. Well not be
able to send off the story but we might as well
get the story" And he started brisldy up the
street toward the Square.
Lew Pollard was completely bald. His
pajama trousers tapped about his bare ankles
His head was cold. He reached into Lathrop's
breast pocket, took out the handkerchief that
was there and tied it about his head. They got
all the way up to the Square without being
stopped, and ducked into doorway. All hell
was out for lunch just beyond. The Preobregan
Barracks was roaring inferno. The Town
Hall that had been Post of Command two
hours before when Josephine passed through,
was completely windowless now and where the
couriers and the field wireless station had
been, there was casualty clearing station.
There was long row of stretchers below the
stone steps, with an ambulance parked at the
corner.
A regiment of infantry doubled into the
Square from the direction of the railway sta
ton. The machine gun they had heard was
only half block away from them The only
thing that remained the same was Carriotti's
bronze Virgin, still smiling above the foun-
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) Q U C | A s N E W s
CEMENT SIDEWALK ISSUE
 DISPOSED OF BY COUNCIL

At a special session of the Doug las City Council last evening the proposition of aiding property own CTS along business and residence streets in Douglas by having con- crete sidewalks laid to border their lots was discussed at some length and tentative contract drawn up by City Engineer Frank Metcalf to take care of the necessary de- tails for an application to secure a PWA grant of AS percent of the total cost was studied.
 It was finally agreed that the best thing to do in the matter was first to ascertain by a canvass of all property owners affected how many would want to go in on the proposition and pay their propor tionate cost and then have defin- ite street grades established for any or all walks that are laid to be m conformity.
 Sketches of streets to be side walked, were introduced as an ex- hibit of work gratuitously done by MT. Metcalf, the only remuneration being expected if and when appli- cation for grant went in, and then a fee of 10 percent of the total cost of the project, which would be around $15,0O0 for approximately 10000 square feet of walks, would be expected.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-13
China's LittIest General Gets
 It's iggest War Assignment

HANKOW, China If Japanese soldiers or ships approach Hankow, announced objectives of their big westward push, the man destined to win acclaim as the defender CT blame as the loser-of this nerve center of Chinese resistance is Chen Cheng, physically smallest of China's politically Big" generals.
 The war has enhanced few Chi nese military regulations; it has ended several pre-war top flight generals careers before firing squads. But the war has added both to General Chen's prestige and to the already imposing list of key po- sitions which he fills
 As governor of Hupeh and de- fense commissioner of the pro- vince's vitally important Wuhan tri-cities (Hankow, Wuchang, Han yang) General Chen will be Chi nese man of the hour when the enemy starts closing in on the pres ent seat of the Chinese govern ment.
 AS assistant chief of staff, Chen Cheng has a finger on the military pulse. AS army political depart ment chief he teaches raw con- scripts what they must believe and what they are fighting for He has the authority and the secret agents
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acres There is an 18 40 1t. cabin near a trail on this millsi, ,e.
 DESCRIPTION OF MINERAL MONUMENT: U. s. L. M No. 3-A, 2-inch iron pipe BE feet high set in mass of concrete on top of 8 high bluff, Lat. 58' 16' 25.5" N. and Long. 134o IF 45.5" w. marked U. s. L. M. No. 3-A on a brass plate set in the cement base.
 MAGNETIC DECLARATION at all corners 31' 30' E.
 This Survey 2019 is along the line Al of Ready Bullion Lode, U s. Survey 1900.
 Sheep Creek flows through both millsites roughly paralleling Line Al Ready Bullion Lode Survey 1900. NO CONFLICTS OF ANY KIND. ONLY ADJOINING CLAIM OF ANY KIND Ready Bullion Lode Survey 1900. All ground non-min- eral.
 POSTOFFTCE ADDRESS of Neil Ward is 918 Spruce Street, Seattle. WdSIl dIlu Ol A. w. FUN, lilo dSCiAb and attorney in fact. Box 8l3, Ju- neau, Alaska.
 THIS NOTICE, with copy of ap- proved plat of Survey 20l9 posted on land included in said Survey 2019, May 10, 1888.
 Any or all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above described Millsites or premises are required to file a notice of their adverse claim with the Register of the U. s. Land Office at Anchorage, AL aska, within the period of publica- tion or within eight months sub- sequent to the date of the last pub- lication hereof, or they will be barred by the provisions of ths statute.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Register. First publication, June Is, 1888. Last publication, Aug. 27, 1888.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION
 FOR PATENT
Serial O9237

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the Act of Con- gress, approved May 10. 1872, NEIL WARD will file in the U. s. Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, his application for patent to READY BULLION MILLSITE and FRAC- TON MILLSITE, adjoining mill sites, U. s. Survey 2019, abuttine on side line IA Ready Bullion Lode Claim, U. s. Survey 1900 These millsites are in the Juneau Record ing District. Harris Mining District near the head of Sheep Creek about 5h miles from Juneau, Al aska, in approximately Lat. 58' 16 N. and Long. l34' IT w., described as follows:
 READY BULLION MILLSITE
 Beginning at Corner 1, identica with Corner l and 4, Ready Bullion and Bullion Extension loocs, Survey 1900, whence from said point U. s L. M 3-A bears N. 82o 49' w. 1259 AZ feet distant; thence s. 450 00 E 466.70 feet to Corner 2, identica with Corner 4 Fraction Millsite along line Al Ready Bullion Lode Survey 1900; thence s. 45' 00' w. along line 4-3 Fraction Millsite 466.7 it. to Corner 3, identical witf Corner 3 Fraction Millsite, this survey; thence N. 45' 00' w. 466.7( it. to Corner 4; thence N 45" 00' E. crossing trail and Annex Creek Power Line, 46670 fit. to Corner 1, tht place of beginning. Containing 500t acres There is 5x10 it. Tool Shec near Power Line on this millsite.
 FRACTION MILLSITE
 Beginning at Corner 1 on lin, Al Ready Bullion lode Survey 1900 whence U. s. L. M 3-A bears N 66' 49' 30" w., 207717 it.; thence s. 45o 00 w. 4667O it. to Corner 2; thence N. 45o 00 w. 466.70 it. to Corner 3, identical with Corner Ready Bullion Millsite, this survey; thence 450 00' E. along line B. Ready Bullion Millsite 466.70 it. tC Corner 4 on line Al Ready Bullion Lode Survey 1900; thence s. 45o % E. along line Al Ready Bullion Lode Survey 1900 466.70 it. to Corner place of beginning. Containing 500t
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MIR. GROWERS OBSERVATION

Mh. OhO Eh O OoOEhs hliOPN
 In battle, submarine travels blind much of the time. It sticks its periscope above the surface for an occasional fleeting glance at it's target and then jerks it back out of sight. In those instants of vision the sub officer must learn the dis tance, speed and course of the enemy ship, so he can send tor pedo to meet it.
 On the surface the boat travels with Diesel engines which also charge tremendous storage batteries. These batteries furnish power for underwater travel when the Diesels can't be used.
 Before the boat dives, every hull opening must be closed and the Diesels shut off If left running with all air sources cut off, the Diesels, gasping for breath with their 4000 horsepower lungs, would create an instant vacuum within the submarine.
 Tt might kill the crew instantly said an officer. With all normal air pressure gone the men probably would explode like popcorn.
 You should see the Seals kitchen Tn space the size of double tele- phone booth the cook prepares meals for 50 men and five officers He can lock his pots and pans in place on the electric stove. Like other cooks, he looked pained st having visitors.
 The whole submarine is a beau- tiful mechanism, as deadly as a witch's blessing. I, personally, would not feel bad if it spent its whole working life lolling about in the Pol -omac, needing never to take a crack at an enemy vessel.
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TWO JUNEAU COUPLES
 TAKE MARRIAGE VOWS

Two marriage ceremonies were performed by U. $. Commissioner Felix Gray yesterday afternoon.
 Elsie Johansen, 19, of Juneau, be- came the bride of Albert Pasquan, 24, employee of the Bureau of Pub lie Roads. The couple was attended by Irene Harris and Steve J. Kauz- lavich
 Frank Woodrow Dukelow, Alaska Juneau employee, was married l. Hazel Phyllis Groome of Vancou- yer, B. C., who just arrived here They were attended by Eva Harder and Elmer Norden.
 Both young couples will make their homes in Juneau
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"SLIM" CLOSES UP,
 GOING TO TAKE REST

The Owl Cafe, operated by Slim" Y. Shitanda for the past g years has been closed to the public, final meals being served by the highly regarded, genial proprietor last eve ming. Illness more than anything else causes Slim to close at this time although contraction in the general patronage of the Islands only restaurant has dwindled to a point where it is doubtful if he will reopen.
 AS soon at Shitanda can dispose
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REMAINS OF LESTER
 WILEY SENT SOUTH

Remains of Lester Wiley, Juneau miner, who was killed Monday eve ming in a fall down a chute, are being sent to his parents, MT. and Mrs. William Wiley, at St. Anthony N. D., on the steamer Mt. McKin ley
 Accompanying the body south is Miss Florence Misunstad. and her sister, Miss Arlee Misunstad, whose homes are also in St. Anthony.
 Interment is to be in a neighbor- ing town of St. Anthony, at Man dan, N. D.
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 own power, torpedoes automatically seek the level at which they are set to race through the water, sev- eral miles if necessary, to open ur an enemy cruiser.
 Hitting the right spot, one tor pedo can lay open a hole in the flank of battleShip as big as a tun- nel.
 On the walls, the floor and even the ceiling are valves, dials switches, buttons, speaking tubes signal lights, steering wheels, mo- tors, gauges, speedometers and de- vices to measure constantly the distance to the surface and to the bottom
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PEARCES SAILING SOUTH
 FOR F.H.'S HEALTH

For the benefit of MT. Pearce's health which has been failing for the past few weeks, MT and Mrs. F. H. Pearce are leaving for the south on the Prince Rupert, deS- tination more or less indefinite at the present time.
 Their decision to go was only made yesterday, necessitating a rush of preparations for the trip. They plan to stay at least a month.
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NEW ARRIVALS

w B. Cuthbert has taken the Doogan house on St. Anns Avenue and he plans to take possession about the middle of next week when Mrs. Cuthbert is expected to arrive from the south. The former is work ing on the Baranof Hotel project.
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2 GRANTED DIvoRCEs

Two divorces were granted in Federal District court today by Judge George F. Alexander Helen zamora was granted a decree from Miquel zamora on grounds of cruelty. They are from Petersburg Chris Huber was granted a divorce from Irene Huber, both of Juneau, on grounds of desertion.
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In Chicago we saw a mechanical cocktail shaker. This marvel of American ingenuity is compli- cated set of chromium arms which grab the shaker and agitate the liver out of it. The saving in wear and tear on the bartender is as tonishing.
 In a Randolph street shop we saw underwear with secret pockets in most extraordinary place s. They're designed to fool pickpockets.
 We rode a streamlined train, the conductor of which said:
 Give me a Model T any day. Now you seem to be in a hell of a hurry to get to Minneapolis, but what's the good of it? When you get there you'll just waste all the time you are saving on these nice seats"
 In Wisconsin we saw my father, who said:
 What the world needs is a good grasshopper plague. If folks had something real to worry about they would stop bellyaching about trifles."
 In Minnesota I met girl cousins who have stopped drinking because they are saving all their dimes for the slot machines.
 In Milwaukee I asked about salty old friend whose job it is to go down into clogged sewers to see what is impeding progress.
 He's in the sewer" I was told by the foreman, but if you'll wait until he gets to the Walnut street junction, I'll telephone to him."
 And so I learned that. iil amaz- ing America, it's impossible to es- cape telephones even in a sewer. I suppose my salty friend could talk to ships at sea from the Walnut street junction.
 In Milwaukee, also, visited managing editor who said:
 One doesn't have to be crazy to hold my job-but it helps lot if one is."
 I detected curious change in my uncles. Five years ago they were bragging about their expen- sive automobiles. Today, the great est virtue is to have the cheapest car in the neighborhood, and to tone down life to the tempo of the five-cent cigar.
 In St. Paul Aunt Laura said:
 ''The trouble with my daughters is that they never had to go bare footed. I guess that's why they waste their money on these silly sandals with not enough honest leather in 'em to cover the toes."
 And to the Morrison hotel and it's ingenious direction must be credited the solution of that old and urgent problem:
 When is it time for the house to buy a drink?"
 It's done mechanically. When a red star shows on the cash regis ter you get your money back. With a mechanical smile.
 We are in Hungary now, discov- ering paprika, the pusta, par boiled politics and cockroaches in the apartment.
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Lots of CrackpOts
 Are Found in US
Foreign Correspond d ent Finds No Crisis, But Dis
 covers Something Else

When Alvin J. SteinkOpf join ed the AP Foreign Staff in Europe three years ago, he ex- pected to see many strange cus- toms. But not until he revisited America did he realize how strange are the customs and appliances of his native land. Now, back again in Europe, he has written the following letter to friend. It wasn't meant for publication, but we thought it was too good to pass up.
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of some business details he expects to take much needed rest at Ten akee Springs and if he regains his health will return here to decide his future course.
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MISS BAROUMEs RETURNS

Agnes Baroumes is planning to leave Seattle on the North Sea, sail ing on the 18th, to return to Doug las to keep house for her father, the latter said yesterday.
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FOR SALE-11a h.p. electric motor; one circular saw for cordWood, about g in. diameter, complete; two logging jacks; used car trans missions; empty battery cases for trolling spoon containers. Dia- mond T Trucks. Economy Garage and Wrecking Yards.
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MRS. sTROUP, SON RETURN

WKS. STRUUF, DUN RETURN
 Mrs. Anna Stroup, accompanied by her son, is a passenger on the Northland bound for Juneau. Mrs Stroup has been visiting with her parents in Yakima, Washington, for the past three months.
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Douglas Church
 Services

Notices tor CniS church column must be received by The Empire not later than 10 o'clock Saturday morning to guarantee change of sermon topics, etc. ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 7.30 pm.-Vesper service and ser mon. DOUGLAS CATHOLIC CHURCH
 St. Aloysius Church 8:30 a.m.-Holy Mass.
 ALASKA EVANGELIZATION
 SOCIETY 10:00 a.m.-Sunday School. 11:00 a.m.-Regular services. 800 pm.-Bible Class. All services held at residence of H. B. Schlegel.
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ALASKA EVANGELIZATION
 SOCIETY
DOUGLAS PRESBYTERIAN
 MISSION

DAVID WAGGONER, Minister Sunday services:
 i:30 pl.-Bible SchooI.
 2:30 pm.-Preaching service. { All are welcome in these services
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Brazel is the largest state in South America and exceeds in size the United States (exclusive of Alaska by an area of 250,000 square miles.
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necessary to keep a watch on the political activities of government colleagues.
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