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Moose Pass miner., 1939-06-10
6 By L. H. Allen
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WHEN THE cooK-HoUsE SIREN BLOWS

WHEN THE COOK-HOUSE SIREN BLOWS By M. R. s..
 Feeding the hungry men:
 What joy it Is when the day s done To see them come dropping, tired, Smelling of sweat, from the days work
 out in the sun, Thinking of grub in the cook -house, Seasoned, and served with an essence of
 quiet fun. See them lean over the wash-bench How the father they make bubbles, and
 splashes and flies; Soap trickles under their neck-bands, It boils from their ears and stings when
 it gets in their eyes, While they josh and banter, Planning their evening 8 fun of old, and
 time worn lies. Later, down in the bunk-house, They change from the soiled to fresher,
 less crumpled clothes; Shoe-pacs s and boots are bani shed, Leaving them free to wriggle and spread
 their toes, Stretched out, completely relaxed, Yet, ready to run when the cook-house
 siren blows! Alaska's delegate to Congress, Anthony J. Dimond, can be depended upon to look out for the welfare of Alaskans. He has filed stat ement with the Secretary of the Navy urging the empl loyment of Alaska residents in construction of the naval ai bases at S:tka and Kodiak. In his stat c ment, the delegate says: We have plenty of skilled mechanics and other good work men in Alaska who would be glad to have these jobs and who really need them" Replying to Delegate Dimond's request 1, Secretary Swanson said that it is planned that the construction will be done thru Public Works cont racts andbthat the em- p1oying will, therefore, be entirely in the hands of the contract ors to whom the contracts are let. He said that sinceit would be to their advantage financially to employ as many skilled mechanics and laborers at or as near the site of the work as possible, he believed that full usage will be made of the services of qualified local workmen.
 Mount Veniamen, volcano near Perryvill way down on Alaska Peninsula, has been in erupt on for more than week. The com mander of the coast guard cutter Morris, which has been standing byat Perryvi11e, est mates that the flames are shooting in the air 1900 feet and smoke and ashes are
Moose Pass miner., 1939-06-10
SEWING CLUB MEETS

Fifteen were pre- sent at the meeting of the Sewing Club held with Mrs. Leora Roy croft last Wedne sday afternoon: Mrs. Roy Thurst on, Mrs. E. L. Robbins, Mrs. Clarence Scheiber, Mrs. Ralph Reid, Mrs. Will Estes, Mrs. Fred Laub scher, Mrs. Sem Estes, Mrs. Nellie Neal -Lawng and Mrs. W.J Flynn of Iawing, Mrs. Paul Williams, Mrs. John Nel- son, Mrs. Glen Collins, Mi ss Jean Flynn of Lawing, Miss Jean Erickson of Seward and the hostess. When the needlework was laid aside, the hostess served three, elegant cakes with coffee and tea.
 Mrs. Fred Miller of Seward has had for her guest, Mrs. Axe1 Erickson of Seattle. Mrs. Erickson came north on the A1eut1an, a member of the Seattle Chamber of Com merce good II tour group. She d1d not return to Seattle on the Aleutian but re- mained for a longer visit and will sail next esday on the Baranof.
 Mrs. Miller took her guest to Hope last sday, Miss Agnes Anderson driving the car. On their return trip to Seward they maid the Moose Pass Miner pleasant call. Mrs rickson is so ed with her Alaska vi sit that she will no doubt return.
 A snowst orm on the morning of June 9! Lots of wood still going up the flue oh me oh my! EaCfr ff.t G.t4
 Mrs. Glen Collins and Mrs. James Pierce drove to Seward Friday, returning Saturday.
 Harry Johnson of Mile 45 Moose Pass vi sitor two days this week.
 John Dreyer this week sent his first bear for 1889 into permanent hibernat1on on.
 Philip T. Rich, publi sher of the Mid land (hchigan) Daily News, visited Moose Pass this week in company with Sidney V. Deni son and Robert Gillett. The woods will be full of edit ors from June IS to 22 when the Nati ona1 Edit toria1 Association 300 on the trip twill be in this vicinity. As these editors will each go home and write "piece" for his paper about his trip to Alaska, Alaska will cash in on the best kind of acverti sing.
 A daughter was born to MT. and Mrs.E.W. Rheingans of Hope, at Seward General hos pita1 on the morning of June 5.
 Some smarty editor has thunk it up that
Moose Pass miner., 1939-06-10

MO osE PASS MINER
Evening star., 1939-06-26
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

In this age of wonders, watch
may seem just a common thing It
really Is common thing, but there
Is wonder in 1t all the same.
Think Of a little machine which
We can keep in q pocket or fastened
to the wrist, little machine which
will tell us the time of day-if we
keep it wound up and in good work.
ing order.
Clocks Of one kind or another have
existed for thousands Of years, but
not watches. Christopher Columbus
did not carry a watch across the At
lantic, They were not being made
at the time of his first voyage. Be-
fore he died, watches were put out at
Nuremburg, Germany, but few
Spaniards, if any, saw one OF them
until after the death Of Columbus
in 1906.
Those early watches were made by
Peter Hele, and were really little
clocks. Because of their shape, and
the place in which they were made,
people called them Nuremberg
eggs"
Dozens Of other men have worked
10 make better watches since that
period. They have helped to build
watches which are far smaller and
which keep better time
The real power In a watch is the
handspring. 1t is thin steel ribbon.
Evening star., 1939-06-26

When wound up, 1t tends to "un-
wind" as does the spring on q
child's toy automobile.
The old custom was to open the
watch case and use key to wind
the handspring, Less than a century
has passed since the stem winding
watches began to grow common.
The handspring causes a so-called
barrel" to turn inside the watch,
and teeth on the barrel make the
center wheel turn around. The CEN
ter wheel has teeth which cause an
other wheel to move, and this wheel
works on still another one. These
wheels, with the handspring, make
up most OF what we commonly call
the works or movement of a watch.
Besides the handspring there is q
Evening star., 1939-06-26
BY Fontuine Fox

The Four Aces will be pleased to answer
letters from readers II = stamped t3-cent),
self-addressed envelope is inclosed with
each communication. addressed to the Four
Aces care of The Evening Star.
II you desire the pocket outline Of the
Four Aces system Of contract bridge, send
with your request to the Four Aces. care
of The Evening Star. = stamped (3-cent)
self-addresSed large-SiZe envelope and you
will receive an outline without any charge.
Evening star., 1939-06-26
Inside of a Watch

little spring of great importance. It
is known as the "hairspring," and
without it watch would not keep
good time. The hairspring is con-
nected with the balance wheel, and
its motion is controlled by q wheel
with small hooks, known as the
escape wheel. The escape wheel,
balace wheel and hairspring keep
the handspring from unwinding too
fast or too slowly.
Some persons have fancied that q
tick of a watch meant the passing OF
q second, but that isn't 50. There
are five ticks in q second, 800 ticks
in q minute, and $4,000 ticks In an
hour.
Men who repair watches have to
work on screws of extremely small
size. Some wrist watches have
such small screws that 1000 of them
together would weigh only one ounce.
(For seneral interest section Of your
scrapbook)
The loahet "Cities Of Europe"
may be had by sending = Scent
stamped, return envelope to me In
care Of The Evening Star.
G~<& @ad
Tomorrow: Gunfrs Cameras.
Evening star., 1939-06-26

had lost one trick. You held
A-K-9-2 in diamonds and dummy's
holding was J-8-6-4. With no other
possible losers except in diamonds,
your correct play was to lay down
the ace Of diamonds, and then lead
a small one to the jack.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1939-06-26


6v Pass Pass Pass
Offhand 1t would seem not only
extravagant but futile to trump your
own ace. But circumstances alter
cases, and in today's hand it is abso-
lutely necessary.
six-heart contract West opened the
king of spades, which was trumped
in dummy. South now laid down the
heart ace and then, since the discard
could do absolutely no good, he led
the spade ace and trumped In
dummy. Now a trump was led and
West was thrown in with the king.
At this point West, realizing that
lead away from either of his
minor suit queens would probably
prove fatal. elected to play another
spade and declarer trumped in
dummy, discarding small diamond
from his hand. The rest was simple.
South played three rounds of dia-
monds, trumping the last, and
dummy's thirteenth diamond then
provided the discard for the losing
club.
If South had not had the foresight
TO trump his own ace, the contract
could not have been made; as 1t was,
1t could not be defeated.
X \
Saturday you were David Bruce
Burnstone's partner and held:
40 10xx
vQx
<xxxx
&Axx
The bidding:
You Maier Burnstone Jacoby
Pass Pass IA Pass
"a Pass ~ Pass
90
Answer: Your correct bid Is five
clubs. Your partner Is showing a
strong two-suit hand and inviting
a slam. Your queen of hearts is a
useful card and your club OF such
vital importance that you should
show 1t by cue-bid.
Score 100 per cent for five clubs;
10 per cent for five spades, go per
cent for six spades Can overbiO, 20
per cent for four spades Ia sign-of) i.
Question No. 1863.
You are the dealer and hold:
Jxxx
vX
<KJx
xxx
What do you bid? (AnsWer to-
morrow
Correction.
In Question No. IA, you were de-
clarer at q f1Ye-club contract and
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-04-20
President Roosevelt's Appeal
To Dictators For 10 Years
OF Peace Seems Doomed
European Peace Proposal OF
fered Last Saturday. Die
tatOrS Are Silent.
REJECTION EXPECTED

A Rome-Berlin rejection of
President Roosevelt's peace ap-
peal appeared likely yesterday.
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mus
solini pondered in official silence
the Presidents proposal for a 10
year nonaggression pledge and
subsequent world disarmament
and economic talks.
But an officially-inspired lam
basting of Mr.. Roosevelt's action
by the controlled Nazi press and
hints dropped by informed Nazis
gave strong clue as to what the
answer would be.
Defense Is Intensified.
Anticipating negative action,
Britain and France intensified
defense preparations and efforts
to forge an air alliance with So
Wet Russia.
Message from many nations
arrived in Washington endorsing
the presidential plea. Among
them was one from Michael Ka-
linin, head of Soviet Russia's CEN
trail executive committee, a post
in which he serves as virtually
president of the Soviet Union.
Nazis went ahead, meanwhile,
with grandiose plans for Hitler's
5Oth birthday celebration next
Thursday amid rumors the fueh-
rer might be presented the free
city of Danzig as a birthday
igift." Berlin officials refrained
I from comment on the rumors.
Routine Matter"
1t was indicated that Hitler,
who travelled toward Berlin from
Munich last night, would treat
Mr.. Roosevelt's peace note as
! "routine matter" and defer an
answer until after the birthday
festivities.
"When you get a lot of letters
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II would have to talk this mat
ter over with my partner, OF
course, for usually you know we
do not do things in just this
way" went on Mr.. Horgan. 1T
would be, however you under
stand, at least" and he named
sum so much smaller than Mar
jorie had dreamed that she was
al most afraid she showed how
surprised she was.
Every WE'LL" said Marjorie
taking deep breath and hoping
the man couldn't see how excited
she was, 81 will get my lawyer on
the telephone and consult with
him about this. He will know
what l should do about 1t, and l
shall either return sometime this
afternoon for your answer, or
send representative of my CHI
cago lawyer to talk with you"
Marjorie still holding her head
high, sailed out of the office cool
ly, with only an icy little smile
for the impressed agent. He bow
ed her out ostentatiously, almost
afraid to have her go lest he was
losing prospect that would per-
hans never return.
Marjorie, out on the pavement
summoning a taxi, found herself
so excited that she could scarce
ly give a direction to the driver
! She had gotten from Betty q
list of some of the best depart
ment stores, and she went
straight to one and hunted up g
telephone booth, calling the
Wetherill lawyer on long dis
lance
(TO Be COntinuedO
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been obliged to meet, isn't there
some way that the matter could
be settled and the property be
taken off your hands?" a. =.
"Why, my dear young lady,
said the man patronizingly, what
reason do you have to suppose
that your father could pay his
obligations now any better than
six months ago when he finally
surrendered the property"
when you finally took the
property from him, you mean'
said Marjorie cody. 81 under
stand you gave him no chance TO
refinance the mortgage and that
you were very hard on him IN
deed. However, that has nothing
to do with my question. l nave
some money myself and l WOULD
like to clear my fathers nome
and put the deed in his hands
for a Christmas gift if l find that
YOUR demands are within reason
| l shall call up my Chicago law
yer, of course, and have the
whole affair looked into before
| l pay the cash, but if l do this
shall want to do whatever l DC
quickly.
There was something about
Marjorie's air of assurance, that
impressed the real estate man.
who had been having hard time
himself just now. He looked al
her a minute questioningly AND
then he said: well, we'll go and
see Mr.. Hogan"
Mr.. Horgan was an elderly man
with gray hair parted metlcul-
ously in the aXact middle and
thin lips that seemed never tC
give an advantage to anyone. He
had small steel-colored eyes that
looked coldly through her, and
tried to put her through a cues
tionnaire about her family.
Excuse me, Mr.. Horgan, she
said, II have no time to answer
questions. l want to know II
there is any way in which my
father can now meet the Obhga-
tons. Perhaps l had better get
my Chicago lawyer to attend tC
the matter, since you do not seem
to be willing to name any sun
that would satisfy the demands.
ooh, not at ALL" said Mr.. Hor-
gan rising in protest, Il wa:
merely interested to know JUS
how sure a thing this would be.
IF l decide to do this thing,
said Marjorie, drawing herself t.
her full height and trying to &C
as grown up as possible-thougf
in reality she was very much
scared-''I will see that you have
certified check for the full
amount within the week"
! Marjorie knew about certified
checks. She knew their power.
Mr.. Horgan became suaVe a
once.
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HeltOn News

The Sunday School at Little
Helton Church is improving each
Sunday. John H. Davis is the
Superintendent. There will be
choir practice at the church each
night for a week beginning Wed
nesday night of this week.
Mrs. Guy Spencer, who has
been quite i'll for some time is
slightly improving.
Mrs. Jane Waddell has been
spending a few days with Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Porter.
Mrs Zilla Porter has been
spending a few days with Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Porter.
Mrs. Zilla Porter spent the
past week end with her mother,
Mrs. Marcilla DeBoard.
Mr.. Earl Hoosier was a Sunday
dinner guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ted
BleVinS.
Mrs. N. L. Cooper was called to
Rugby, Va, because of the ill
ness of her small granddaughter,
Virginia Richardson.
Miss Lydia Blevins is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Frank Spencer of
Tazewell, Va.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. John l..
Davis, a daughter, April Is.
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Roosevelt's Big
Plea To DictatOrs
For Peace Pledge
Flat Assurance Against Inva-
sion of 81 Nations is Ask
ed BY President.
CONFERENCE PLANNED

WASHINGTON, April Is. -
President Roosevelt has asked
Hitler and Mussolini to promise
crisis-weary world 10 unbrok-
en- years of peace by giving as
surances that they will not send
their armies crashing into lands
now independent.
He told the dictators that if
they complied he would gather
the nations of the world about a
council table to obtain relief from
the "crushing burden of arma-
ment" and so rearrange the
worlds economy that all coun-
tries may have access to the raw
materials and products they need.
Firm and Blunt.
Mr.. Roosevelt's entreaty, SO
phrased that while conciliatory
and friendly it was always firm
and in some passages even blunt,
when forward to Rome and Ber-
lin during the night. 1t was an
nounced at a special press con-
ference this morning, with Mr..
Roosevelt adding that he and
Secretary Hull had both slept the
better last night for having dis
charged what they considered a
conscience-duty to do whatever
they could to prevent the out
break of a devastating war.
''Three nations in Europe and
che in Africa have seen their in
dependent existence terminated .
the identical message said. "* y x
Reports insist that further
acts Of aggression are cOntemplat-
ed. You have repeatedly as
serted that you and the German
| (and Italian) people have no de-
sire for war. If this is true there
need be no war. | am con-
WINGED that the cause Of world
peace would be greatly advanced
if the nations of the world were
to obtain a frank statement relat-
ing to the present and future pol
icy of governments"
Up To Dictator.
Then, the President put the flu
ture brusquely up to the dicta-
tors with an unadorned question
Are you willing to give assur-
ance that your armed forces will
not attack or invade the territory
or possessions of the follWing in
dependent nations X" He
went on to name every country
in Europe except, of course, TIA
! ly, Germany and the territories
they have already seized
In asking assurances that Italy
and Germany would not molest
independent nations, Mr.. Roose,
welt named 81 countries: Finland
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, SWe
den, Norway, Denmark, The Ne.
therlands, Belgium, Great Britain
and Ireland, France, Portugal
Spain, Switzerland, Liechtenstein
Luxembourg, Poland, Hungary
Rumania, Yugoslavia, Russia
Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Iraq
the Arabias, Syria, Palestine
Egypt and Iran.
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Obids Items

Those who attended the young
peoples rally at jefferson last
Friday night, from here were:
Misses Ruby, Wilma, and Lenna
Parsons, Beatrice Baker, Pauline
Caudill, Grace Williams, Mrs.
Mary Burgess and daughter,
Blanche, and Miss DeEtte CraW-
ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Coward
and son, Of North Wilkesboro,
visited relatives here, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Crawford
visited Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. CraW-
ford and Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Bur
CESS the past weekend.
Mrs. Zetta Handy and Miss
Vivian Parsons were dinner
guests of Mrs. Mary Sue White OF
West jefferson, Sunday.
Mr.. S. A. Handy visited his
sister, Mrs. Lily Miller at Glen
dale Sunday.
Mrs. Earl Parsons, who return
ed from the Wilkes hospital last
week, is improving rapidly.
Misses Geraldine Mcneil and
Myrtle Marsh and May Zelle
Dancy were shopping in North
Wilkesboro Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Mcmillan
and children of West Jefferson
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Parsons
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hege Parsons
here Sunday.
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PNEUMONIA FATAL
TO WILMA HARDIN

Pneumonia claimed another
young victim Thursday when
Wilma C. Hardin, young daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs Blame Har-
din of Beaver Creek succumbed
after a brief illness. The little
girl who had almost reached her
third birthday was born April 20,
1886.
Funeral service was held Fri
day morning at the home of the
grand parents Mr.. and Mrs. Cice-
70 Hardin and interment follow
ed in the nearby Harding GENE
terry. Rev. w. J. Huneycutt was
in charge of the service.
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you answer the least important
last" commented one informed
Nazi.
Predictions in Rome that Italy
would reject the Presidents pro-
posal were based largely on un-
favorable reaction in Germany,
with whom II Duce now is act
ing in complete collaboration.
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Prospects continue to favor in
creased egg production and in
creased production and market
ings of poultry this year as COM
pared with 1888.
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So she was soon in his car
speeding toward Brentwood rap
idly.
After she had gone over the
house without comment, allowing
the man to continue his sales
parley without interruption, she
said as they were about to leave:
well, now may l as we'll tell
you, I am Mr. Gray's daughter. |
was away for several years dur
ing the time my father lived here
and l had never seen the house.
I know all the circumstances OF
my fathers having to give up the
house of course, and l know how
they hated to lose it. l have been
wondering if there is any way in
which my father can recover the
house. Can you tell me the low
est terms on which he could re-
cover it?"
The mans face fell.
"Oh, in that case you had bet
ter see Mr.. Horgan. He has charge
of all those cases. But I am quite
sure that mortgage was foreclos-
ed.
Il was not speaking of putting
mortgage on the place. 1 was
speaking Of paying cash. AS l un-
derstand it my father had only
lapsed in his payments a short
time. If he were ready now to
pay up all obligations, and what
ever other expenses you had
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sideration and sympathy shown
us during the recent illness and
death of our husband and father.
Mrs. G. Nj. Blackburn and Family.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our deep
est appreciation for the kind con-
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NINTH INSTALLMENT
Synopsis

When the wealthy foster par
ents of Marjorie Wetherill both
die she finds, a letter telling that
she has a twin sister, that she
was adopted when her own par
entS couldn't afford to support
both of them and that her real
name is Dorothy Gay. Alone in
the world, but with a fortune OF
her own, she considers looking
up her own family whom she has
never seen. A neighbor, Evan
Brewer, tries to argue her out OF
it and tells her he loves her and
asks her to marry him. She pro-
misses to think it over but decides
first to see her family. She goes
to their address, finds that they
are destitute and gradually per-
suades them to accept things they
need. When the doctor calls to
see her mother she notices that
he seems particular interested in
her sister. Marjorie goes to
church in Brentwood, where her
family used to live, and becomes
very much interested in the
young minister there. She then
sees the nice home there that her
family had owned and deter
mines to buy it back for them.
She confides her plan in her bro
Their and goes to see real estate
man about making the deal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-05-29
Mrs. Roosevelt Leaves
Tonight for Lecture
In Tennessee City
Annual Newspapermen's Dance
Among Many Events on
White House Calendar

Mrs Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Tor johnson City, Tenn where will
oohgd
Roosevelt will entertain at Daughters the Con-
3ederacy.
Mrs Roosevelt will return Washington
at evening she and the President will
dance The will the given the
Thursday at 1890 o'clock group of
chdn from school in San Antonio
entertain the wives of number of
In the evening of Thursday Mrs Roosevelt
New York City Mrs Roosevelt
will return the White White conference
at IL Wednesday,
honor the
Club Of which she honorary
confined to the membership of the club.
Minister
ing awarded military Paraguay
OF the Defender
the United States Military
War; little taking
Park Hotel About
informal reception which followed.
at the daughter
Mrs Stanley Miller Albuquerque N. Mex,
weeks visit.
Counselor of Balasy
Is at the Waldorf a days.
Mrs Charles Wilkes wife of taken
for will
Wilkes