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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
S2.25O Estate

An estate of $2,250 was left by the late William w. Hummer. an inventory Ted at the office of Probate Judge Patrick Healey dis closed today. MT. Hummer died March 27.
 Real estate on Pearl street is listed at $2,200. Personal effects are valued at $50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

finally setup, Irving Pasternack. clerk of the court. is slated to 90, and the number of prosecutors will be cut down from It's present mum. Der of three to two.
 While the fight for places in the city court are going on here in the city Republican state leaders have stated that they were disappointed r. the Republican showine in this city last November. These same leaders also realize that many of those who are now seeking political recognition were not to be found during the campaign.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
DIES AFTER DANCE

Benton, Me. May IT. - tUP) - A heart attack apparently induced by jitterbug dancing brought death to Miss Annie Karter, 2i, in Grange Hall late last night. She suc- cumbed while sitting on bench after three fast dances.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
"Child Animal Trainer With
 Downie Brothers Circus"

Master Tommy Burns pride of Worlds youngest wild charges Leo and Lna arrivals home of Mir and Mrs on takes great pride in his handling young beasts the
 Jungle and VII be seen along with Leo and Brothers circus
 at the Brassco Park Circus Wednesday May 2h
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
0LA1l0Un ON ICE

beH|1Il> Uoddafd. currently slar- F.Hx *dlh Bob Hope in ''The Cat and ll1 FsNNfY,' lolas m one Of Inc NqFtfn tp'pnYs peet lce Akalefk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
Meeting Tonight

Mount Carmel Dramatic club will melt in Community hall this even- ing at 7:15 to make final plans for the presentation of two plays to be given in English at Community hall May 28 at 7:30 o'clock.
 The plays will be The Full Moon a enc act drama. and The Critic a comedy in one act. Mrs. Michael J. Galullo will direct both. A re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

Jokubauskas, Mrs. Ann Barkouskas John Jakstas, Mrs. Nellie Jenusai- tis, Mrs. Magdalen Karinauskas, Miss MaryKasetaite, Mrs. Ursula Laun- inskas, Joseph Marcelynas, Alexan- der Markus, Anthony Sambaris Charles Sauris, Albert Stadalius and Vincent Urban.
 The local executive committee is headed by honorary chairman Rev Joesph J. Valantiejus, pastor of St. Joseph's church, and general chair man Prof. Alexander Aleksis, choir master.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
CONNECTICUT SECURITIES
 The R. E. Griggs Co.
PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS

PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS Bridgeport Gas It. Co.,. S2 35 Bridgep't Hydraulic Co.,. 8 S6 Conn. Cts & Coke pfd... 37h 39h Conn. It. & Power .... 54 58 Conn. It. & Power 51sTS
 ptd. 14o Conn. Power co. ....... 46A 4856 Hid. Elect. It. co. com. 6S1s 65h Hid. Gas It. Co, com. 32 36 Illuminating Shares A. 51A 53h New Haven Water Co. 66 South. N. E. Tel. Co.,. 149 154
Evening star., 1939-06-25

Left: What Is most admired
about this dress. modelled by
Claudette Colbert, movie star. Is
that it's simple and straight. al
most tailored in line. yet soft
looking. because Of lace ripple
down the front. The sleeves are
shirred snugly In above the elbow
Georgette. chiffon, voile or lawn
are the materials. Pattern No.
H-3300 is designed for sizes IL,
II, l6. 18. 20 and 10. Correspond
ing bust measurements. 30 to 10.
Size IA 1922 requires 81 yards
of 39-inch material. and "a yards
of lace edging.
Evening star., 1939-06-25

Above: Moviedom's Joan Blon-
dell models this simple two -piecer
Of the semi-tailored type with a
snug little top, buttoned down
the front, and skirt with q
circular flare. It is particularly
hitting for the ONCE. shopping
trips. and for travelling. This
pattern. No. 1882, is designed for
sizes IL. II. 16, l8. 20 and 20. Bust,
30 to 40. Size II (32) requires
IA yards of 35-inch material for
the waist without nap. 3E yards
for the skirt. In monotone, with
nap. it requires 4la yards IS or
80 inches wide. Materials, in
contrast or one color, are pique,
gingham, linen or sharkskin.
Evening star., 1939-06-25

Smart for any daytime occasion throughout the
summer is this charming version of the popular
shrtwaist frock. Short uncuf1ed sleeves easy to
set in. and two breast pockets have simple machine
stitched motif for discreet trimming touch. Wrinkle
resistant spun rayon In an interesting homespun
is used in snowy white for the model ncturad. Write
pearl buttons fasten the shitwas closing and novelty
brown leather buckle on the sefabric belt matches
the brown chiffon pocket kerchief Pattern No. H-3374
is designed for sizes IL. H. 49, 49, 20 and 40 Bust 80
to 40 Size IA 1922 requires ~ yards Of IS 39inch
fabric for the short sleeves Long sleeves ~ yards
Evening star., 1939-06-25

lotest in Porision beech weor is this coot
with watermelon motif in ife-sized print.
Block watermelon seeds button up the front.
Slove sondols and O wicker sun hot complete
the ensemble. Wide World Photo
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-08

for The Nome Nugge,
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-08
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS

"Collectively the people of the United States are asking for national retrenchment and ec- onomy, but paradoxically the same individuals continue to clamor for more and more ex- penditures in their respective communities. The prevalent at titude is: if we do not get it some one else will. Obviously a pro- gram of national retrenchment cannot be inuagurated in the face of such inconsistency. If a start is to be made it must or iginate with the local commun- ities. However, no one commun- ity standing alone could accom- plish anything. It will require united and simultaneous action by a large number of commun- ities uniformly scattered through out the nation"
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-08
Station kFAR
 In Fairbanks To Start Oct. l

FAIRBANKS, Sept. 8-Ameri- ca's farthest north commercial broadcasting station, KFAR, will be on the air October 1.
 From the 30O-foot tower top ping KFAR's ultramodern 10OO- watt transmitting station will flash to all points of the Terri tory and to sensitive receivers throughout the world the Fair banks Studios dedicatory pro- gram at 2 pm. Fairbanks time) of that date, a Sunday evening.
 The initial broadcast will eli max days open house pro- gram, when studios and trans hitter will be thrown open to the public for inspection of the newest type equipment designed especially for the peculiar geo. graphic and climatic conditions under which KFAR must oper- ate.
 Regular schedule of daily broadcasts will begin the follow ing day at am.
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-08
Alaska and World War Status

What of Alaska's position rel ative to the world war now open ing with its far sweeping effect.
 This question is uppermost h minds of every resident Alaskan Or anyone having to do with Al aska.
 First of all the the questions of defense and territory and the welfare of her industries.
 It is patent that never before was the territory so much Tn need of every possible means of defense-and by this token the army and navy projects for the purpose should be speeded to completion as rapidly as pos sible. It's no time to hesitate or lag.
 If anything the appropriations for army and naval bases should be increased at the first opportun ity and the country made impreg nable at the earliest possible date.
 Should America become involv ed there is no telling where en- emy forces may strike and it would be nothing short of folly to leave the largest and most vul nerable territorial possession of America exposed to attack and a stepping stone to continental America.
 Doubtless the administration and the high command of the army and navy services apprec- fate these facts. Alaskans giving the matter the merest thought ap preciate them. Staunch support of every Alaskan factor indiv- idually and collectively, at this critical time is vital and will go far in making doubly sure the security of Alaska and the safe guarding of the gateway to the heart of the continent. Fair banks Daily News Miner.
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-08

Already in Fairbanks with a large measure of KFAR's operat ing calendar ironed out are key men of the studio and technical staffs.
 Formerly nationally known as the "Gentleman from the South" while leader of one of America's name" bands. Jack Winston has been imported to the Territory 10 serve as manager of KFAR. His assistant is w. K. Bud Eos ter. best known of all Alaska produced announeers and until recently commercial manager of the station at Juneau.
 Heading the technical crew is Stanton Bennett, who was chief engineer at the Bend, Ore, ra- dia studios before coming to Al aska. Bennett's righthand man is August Hiebert. who held the same position to the KFAR chief engineer when the former was at Bend.
 Head of the continuity depart ment will be Miss Irene Rich ards of Seattle. Miss Richards is well known to radio listeners on the Pacific Coast as a producer of Women's speciality programs at several Washington State sta tions. She will also have charge of Women's features for KFAR.
 Offered to the people of Al aska as his contribution to the continued modernization and pro gress of the Territory. Station KFAR is owned by Captain A. E. Lathrop himself a pioneer in proving the northland. KFAR was originally scheduled to be gin broadcasting September 15, but delay of materials impeded construction and nceessitated re- setting of opening ceremonies for 15 days later.
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-08
British Freighter Manaar Is Sunk 5S Are Missing

LISBON. Sept. 2, iP)-Twenty nine survivors were landed here by the Dutch steamer Mars. They said the British freighter Man aar was torpedoed in the Allan tic and 58 are missing.
 The Manaar survivors said their ship was torpedoed without warning off Portugal last night. Forty one of crew of 88 are unaccounted for. The 7,000-ton freighter was enroute to Calcutta from Liverpool.
 The survivors said that the sub shelled and destroyed one lifeboat, killing one and wound ing four. One of the wounded died enroute to Portugal The liner brought Is Hindu and Brit ish survivors.
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-08


 Wallace, Idaho does not make a large splash on the map. Its residents pursue the even tenor of their way, busied mostly with the affairs that occupy mems minds in Shoshone County: but the local Chamber of Commerce has issued letter on the sub ject of reducing the expenses of the Federal government, which indicates that Wallace has a good supply of sound statecraft timber. The following excerpt needs no comment:
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-08
l2S Missing g In Athenia Disaster

GLASGOW, Sept. ' (P)- The owners of the liner Athenia which was torpedoed last Sun day. announced that 128 of the people aboard are either miss ing or dead.
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-08

Yesterday I told the girl friend her stockings were sag ging and she slapped me-"
 Why"
 She didn't have any on."
The Nome nugget., 1939-09-08
ODD NAMES OF PLACES IN ALASKA

(Compiled by J. Uumer E.M.) Elephant Nose Beaver Tail Yellow Dog Jackass Pt. Five Fingers Eye Opener LLiar Rock Old Women Helpmejack Horse Marine Turnagain Glory of Russia Holigochuck Purgatory Hell-for-Sure Resurrection
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-19
TR0LLER HURT;
CUTTER Leaves
TO RENDER AID
Haida Goes Out 10 Ocean
Shore Of Chithagof
for Berthe

The cutter Haida sailed at mid
night last night to the aid of a
stricken salmon fisherman on the
ocean shore of Chichagof Island af-
ter thoroughly startling the town
with shrill recall blasts of the siren
A message came through Alaska
Air Transport radio telephone late
las might from Hirst, advising that
fishermen arriving there had re-
ported man aboard the troller
BERTHE II was dangerously i'll with
strangulated hernia.
A half hour after receipt of the
message, stating the BERTHE II was
anchored in South Passage" the
Haida got underway, but on arrival
at South Passage, Inian Island, in
Icy Strait, this morning, unable to
find the BERTHE II. it was found
that the South Passage" referred
to was on the West shore of Chich-
agof Island. between Hogan and
Herbert Graves Islands.
The Haida, off Lemesurier at 7
o'clock this morning, continued on
its way expecting to find the BERTHE
II sometime this afternoon and rem
der medical assistance.
U. S. Customs registry shows the
BERTHE II is owned by John Sainto,
of Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-19
FOUR HARVARD
YOUTHS BOUND
HERE In kETCH
Reach e d Ketthikan Last
Night : Start for
Juneau Today

KETCHIKAN. Alaska, July 10
-Four Harvard University students
arrived here last night from Seat
tie in the 38-foot ketch Lands
End after a Today voyage. They
sailed this morning for Juneau.
Coming north to Ketchikan the
four students used only 10 gallons
of gasoline for the small auxiliary
motor, sailing most of the way
and lacking dead against the wind
through Seymour Narrows at night.
The youths are the owners of
the ketch They are Henry Loomis
and Curtiss Read, both of New
York; Lawrence Morgan and John
Parker. both Of Boston They are
going to Yakutat.
The ketch was shipped from
Boston to Seattle via the Panama
Canal. The boys plan to go back
to Seattle by September 10.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-19
ALASKA FLAYED
In RESOLUTIONS
or FEDERATION
Civil Liberties !nvesfiga
lion, More WPA De-
manded by Union

Resolutions requesting the Attor-
ney General to have his Civil Lii
berries Department investigate" the
repeated coercive activities Of the
agents of the mining and salmon
interests" in Alaska and demanding
more WPA projects and direct re-
lief appropriations for the Terri
tory were passed by the conveA-
tlcn Of the Maritime Federation
of the Pacific at Everett, Wash,
last month.
Copies of the two resolutions
were received today at the office
of Gov. John w. Troy from Bruce
Harmon, Secretary Treasurer of the
Maritime Federation
kidnapping"
The resolution asking the Civil
Liberties investigation also demands
arrest and conviction of the kid
napers" of w. A. Rasmussen, in
ternational organizer Of the Mine,
Mill and Smelter Workers Union,
who was run out of Fairbanks in
May. The resolution, introduced
by George Lane, Of the Alaska
Tishermen's y nion. Ballingham,
criticizes the appointment Of r r.
Reagon to "the city payroll and
appointment of r. E. Hardcastle as
acting U. S. Commissioner at Ket-
chikan. 1t asserts that the strike
OF the United Fishermen's Union
in Southeast ALASKA in 1888 was
broken by unlawful activities
The resolution on WPA and re-
lief was introduced ny Jack Price,
Of the International Longshore-
mems and Warehousemen's Union,
Raymond, wash 1t claims that the
Territory is being highly exploit
ed" and criticizes ''vigilante- mind
ed businessmen who have adopted
the slogan Alaska for Alaskans.. +"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-19
BEHIND THE WAR CLOUDS NOW LOWERING OVER THE FREE CITY OF DANzG
Danzig Now
Business Hopes for Real
Showdown Soon

FREE CITY OF DANzIG.-
Most strangers visiting this old
Hanseatic city this summer ask
Where's all the fuss?p
True, the naked eye and the I'M
trained ear neither see nor hear
signs of a crisis He who does not
bother to put on his glasses or hold
trumpet to his ear, he who IS
content to imbibe the regions good
food and wash it down with liquors
for which the place is famous. need
never know that he is sitting atop
a Volcano
Net So-Good Neighbors
But visit the woods outside Dan
zig between 5 and am, and
you're likely to discover storm
troopers drilling away in dead
earnest.
They are preparing themselves
to defend Danzig from the Poles
if need be-until German troops
can arrive. About $4,000 men hao
been trained and equipped by late
June. In addition to these a steady
stream of young Danzigers cross
the border to East Prussia to dc
military service in the German
army. AT least some of these could
be called to help form the Danzia
army.
Business Wants Action
In the so-called Corridor, around
the western, southern and north
western edges of the Free City
Polish troops are lying in wait
prepared to prevent-if they can
any German attempt to walk off
with Danzig. Polish troops are
quartered here and there. mostly
in small villages. Like owls, they
move about at night. In East Prus-
STA, on the Free City's eastern bor-
der, lie German. troops.
A few questions to the man in
the street reveal that inhabitants
are well aware of the situation
despite the sea breezes. sunshine
and other outward signs Of calm
Businessmen especially do lot
of talking about eventual union
with Germany. They want show
down to come as swiftly as pos
sible, because change in the
status of Danzig would mean al
tered business conditions. AS it is
now they can't plan ahead.-Mel-
win K. Whiteleather.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-19
SALMON BRING
FATTER PRICE

Salmon prices on the Juneau
market went up today. while hall
but prices held fairly steady.
The troller Deutz, Capt. Al
Weathers, brought in $500 pounds
of salmon, selling at IA cents a
pound for large reds, eight cents
for mediums, seven cents for whites,
and five cents for cohoes, repre-
senting a rise in price of one cent
a pound on large reds and cent
increase on whites.
The Deutz also brought in 2,400
pounds of halibut. getting the pre-
vailing troller's halibut prices of
six and four cents pound.
A trip of $4,000 pounds of hall
but came in on the Spencer. Capt.
Russell Elliott, selling also to Al
aska Coast Fisheries, getting z and
sos cents a pound.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-19
Who's Going
To Back Down!

Germany's propaganda min
. lister, Goebbels: Hitler has
said, 'Danzig is German, and
. from past experience the world
. should by now understand that
Hitler does not utter empty
words"
Frances Premier, Daladier:
France is resolved, and the
. world must know it, to resist
with all her force any attempt
at domination"
Poland's president, Moscicki:
"Pom1rze and the seacoast Gin
cludins5 Danzig) are the basic
clements of our economic and
political independence. They
. are invaluable The greater
me Universities encountered I
the firmer our determination. I
Britain's foreign secretary,
Halifax: I'm the event of fur
Their aggression, we are resolved I
. to use at once the whole of our I
strength IN fulfillment of our I
pledges
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-19
BRITISH PLANES
FLY OVER FRANCE
FOR SECOND TIME N

PARIS, July IGNORE than 100
British bombing planes flew over
France today in the second sham
commandment of the strategic mill
tary centers.
The British Undersecretary of
the State Air Ministry, Capt. Har-
old Belfour, was a passenger in one
OF the planes.
Most of the bombers returned to
home bases after three-hour
flight. The others continued on
to Marsielle. French anti aircraft
gunners practiced defense meas
ures as the bombers circled over
Paris and other large cities Of
France.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-19
ALASKA GUIDE
PUBLISHED BY
MACMILLAN co.
Federal Writer'S Projeei
Book Received Here
Handsome Volume

Copies of "a Guide to Alaska" a
Federal Writers Project manuscript,
were received here today. The 500
page book was published by the Mac
milan Company, San Francisco, on
July IL.
Besides pen and ink illustrations,
the book contains more than 100
photographs. A large map of the
Territory is enclosed in a pocket
inside the back cover
"A Guide to Alaska" which APP
pears on hasty scrutiny today to be
a first-class book in every way, con-
tains foreword by Gov. John w.
Troy.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-19

Five years ago Germany had
barely started to rearm, and
20 most European STATESMEN
A. Hitler was still pip squeak
politician, But P0land's boss,
hard-headed old Marshal Jo-
seph Pilsudski, recognized the
moody Fuehrer, as a comer-
and a menace to Polish indie
penGence. He tried to get
France to join Poland, It's said,
in a preventive war" against
Germany. France refused. Po-
land thereupon signed nom
aggression pact with Germany
that stayed en- the books until
Hitler denounced it last April.
Pilsu6ski is dead, too, but his
soul goes marching on in the
three lieutenats pictured be-
low. They inherited his regime
in 1885 and rule Poland today
by his precepts.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-19
Danzig Then
She's Been a Hot Spot
Since 18th Century
"He who holds Danzig and
the mouth Of the Vistula is
more Of master of Poland
than the king who rules War
saw"

Those words, spoken by Prussia
Frederick the Great, are as true
today as they were l67 years ago
although dictators rather thar
kings are the style in Europe now
Long before Frederick gazeo
with wise eyes upon The factor!
that govern Europe, Danzig was
key city. Back of her lay the ricr
valley once known as the bread.
basket of Europe. And control OF
the mouth of Vistula was then, as
today. an issue between Slavs and
Teutons, who have been at each
others Threats periodically since
historys dawn
Early Trade Center
once upon a time the Slavs may
have helped push the Germans
west. But It was early Drang mach
Osten (drive to the east that
first took the Germans into Dan
zig. That was about 1900 when the
crusading Teutonic Knights, spear
head of the drive, were invited
into Danzig to protect it against
the heathen Lithuanians. The
knights arrived and stayed.
Danzig prospered. AS member
of the powerful Hanseatic trading
league, she cleared thousands OF
ships for England, Holland and all
the ports of the Baltic. But in the
hinterland, Poland felt the weight
of the Teutonic hand upon her life
line, and the Danzigers fumed as
the rule of the knights became
corrupt.
Finally the Danzigers rebelled
against their Teutoic overlords
and cast their lot with Poland.
Danzig was called a free city"
Prosperity ccn.faaed. Then came
war.
War and Peace
Poland, and Danzlg along with
her, begged down in conflict with
Swedes. Saxons, Russ sian and
Turks. Finally Poland was parti-
toned and Frederick the Great,
who made the crack about Danzig
being the key to Poland, got it cut
away from Poland. A few years
later and Prussia had Danzig out
right.
Almost continuously from that
time until the treaty of Versailles,
Danzig remained in German hands
After the World War, Poles tolc
the treaty makers that Danzig wa;
a. German Colony in Polish terri
tory. and demanded that it b.
made part Of the new Poland
The conferees didn't want to place
Danzig's German population under
Polish rule however A compro
mise gave Poland the administra-
ton of the customs and diplomatic
affairs of the free city.
Then came the postwar Drane
mach OSten
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-19

Her new port
of Gdynia, just
up the coast,
handles nearly
half hei\ foreign
C o m m e r C e,
while Danzig re-
tains less than
a third. So neu-
t 7 a | observers
are inclined to
think P oil a n d
values d a n ri g
less for econom-
ic than for mil
it airy reasons.
The Poles adj
nit they fear
that the Nazis,
if they got Dan
zig, would forth
fly the city and
thus shut off
Poland from the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-07-19
PRINCE ROBERT
HAS full LIST

The steamer Prince Robert. of the
Canadian National steamers, largest
vessel plying Alaskan waters. docked
in Juneau this afternoon with its
heaviest tourist booking of the year,
3l9 passengers, every room full.
Among the many tourists in the
passenger list, is one conducted as
the Hardesty Tour by Adalene Har-
desty, of Columbus, Ohio, taking her
seventh consecutive tour to Alaska.
Master of the Prince Robert is H.
E, Nedden and Purser is A. H. Rob-
son.