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COMING SEA POWER

. &ONAAANNA oAsA " W k-AN
 l With the territory already taken in the Baaltic, Russia has placed at her disposal two important new shipyards as well as enhanced the | value of the one at Salingrad which she has been building up extensive ly of late. Riga, in Latvia, has yards which can be expanded into battle ship capacity, while Labau, in Es- tonia, is port with shipyards once used by the Russian fleet, and now much used by Baltic mercantile ves- sels.
 Russia has boasted that she will be a sea power second to none within a couple of years. That isn't time enough, but the facilities now are available. Moreover, she has a well-ordered shipyard at Sebasto- pol remember The Charge of the Light Brigade) on the Black Sea. | The involmement of England, France and Germany in war has left Russia almost fancy free to carry out the eenquests to which she has aspired for generations. Ab- sorption of the B ltic countries was largely a recapture of territor- ies she had before the World War. Now, cur sources predict, Bessar- abia. which Rumania got from Rus sia after the World War, will be the Soviet's next conquest. It VII be the beginning of Act II of the Russian drama of conquest.
 Only Germany appears in a posi- tion to step Russia now, and she is busy All of England's hard won central Asian possessions and pro- tectorates lie open to the Russians. Between Russia and these general Asian conquests, stands Turkey, aided within limits by Britain, and Italy in SC far as she can organize the Balkan countries.
 One strategist predicted that rabia, would be Constantinople = the keystone to almost half the world.
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ISLANDERS ARE FOUND,
 SADplICHT
Byrd $ Expedition Renders Aid to Inhabitants
 on Pitcairn

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. - Rear Admiral Byrd reports to the Navy Department that his Antarctic Ex- petition has found 200 inhabitants of the lonely Pitcairn Island, in the South Atlantic, in sad plight because of the European War.
 Many of the islanders are direct descendants of mutineers from the British sailing ship Bounty in 1790. They are suffering from food shortage and lack of medical at tention
 The North Star visited the island enroute to Dunedin, New Zealand. No vessel has visited the island since October.
 The Islanders were provided with food and gasoline to run their radio plant which was also out oi commission but repaired by expe- dition machinists. Doctors treates the islanders who were ill
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Elsa cupped her ears and said, q hear a bird singing. We must be coming to the other side" And sure enough they were. Soon they were standing in grassy meadow covered with white, nodding daisies. A hill fell away below them and a white road led down it to a town in the center of which stood turreted castle.
 "That may be the home of the King of Westphalia," said Eric. Hurry"
 So the fox leaped off again with a long, easy stride down the hill.
 But just as they got to the castle gates twenty guardsmen lowered their spears before them. And twenty more guardsmen closed in behind them.
 They were taken prisoners be- fore Eric could say a thing. His hands were tied behind him, and he couldn't play his flute. He said nothing, but as the guardsmen led them off to tower room in the castle Eric whispered to Elsa, Have patience"
 MONDAY: Eric goes 10 the trolls caUe.
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DINNER HONORS
 KEITH WILDES

Complimentary to MT. and Mrs Keith G. WildeS, who will soon be leaving for an extended visit to the States, MT. and Mrs. w. A. Chip perfield were hosts to eight guests last evening with dinner at their apartment in the Feldon.
 Bridge provided the main diver sion for the occasion and honors were given Mrs. Wildes and Harry Sperling.
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HADIA LEAVES AGAIN TO AID
 NAVY SWEEPER

BREMERTON, Wash, Dec. 16.- It was revealed here today that the Navy minesweeper Oriole, tow ing the old steamer City of Victoria to Sitka for use as a floating hotel for Navy base construction workers, is in difficulty again today, south of Juneau and the Coast Guard cutter Haida was sailing to convoy the Oriole to Sitka.
 The Oriole had run into heavy weather early in the week and the City of Victoria in tow had given considerable trouble
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RETURNING FROM 2
 HALIBUT FARLEY

Harold Aase, delegate from Ju- neau halibut circles to the Inter- national Fisheries Commission con- ferences in Seattle, is returning on the Yukon.
 The conference was held We'd nesday of this week with fisher men, vessel owners and American and Canadian officials in attend ance.
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HAIDA LEAVES

The Haida left Juneau this after noon at 3 o'clock on a secret mis- sion, expecting to be back Tuesday, which lapse of time would give the cutter just about time enough to sail to a southerly Chatham Strait point where the Oriole had first asked aid this week, and proceed with the Oriole and it's tow to the vicinity of Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-16
Chapter 12 Through The Mountain

THROUGH the night, hour l after hour, the white fox ran smoothly over the snowy hills with Eric, the son of Lightning, and Elsa on his back. They had reached a chain of high mountains when day broke.
 Suddenly the white fox stopped. He was tired. Poor fellow" said Eric.
 "Now we can go no further, '' said the fox. "These are the noun tains that only get higher as you go up. No one has ever climbed them."
 "What!" said Eric. ''Why, I can do anything. I shall climb them.
 ''Wait, wait" said the fox. Many people have died on those peaks"
 Don't leave nfe, Eric" said Elsa quietly.
 T forgot, Elsa" said Eric. Well, lCl . SCC Wiidt tiiiO oOCss 11C O1CW on his flute. He rollicked through dances. He played fierce marches. His flute screamed and then whispered. And as he played. queer little woods folk began to peak out from behind trees and rocks. Soon they were surround ed by a silent group of little old men and women.
 Then Eric put down his flute and said to them, We must be over those mountains by noon. Is there anyone here can help?"
 "A Real Friend
 'I don't think so," said the oldest man. "There is only one er- rand that can take a traveller through them. There is gate that opens behind those rocks, and a straight tunnel runs through the mountain for him who has a real friend on the other side"
 But 1 do," shouted Eric pleased.
 How can we know that before ve open the gate?" asked the old st man.
 By us," said Eric. his eyes
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Charles Courtney, noted locksmith, old G-Men that two men, one of shem a former fellow-student in Germany, brought a strongbox into his New York City shop for open Ing. Later. Courtney says, he found pn the floor an envelope containing plans for Germany's mysterious magnetic mine. The men returned several times to demand the plans, the locksmith asserts. Finally they beat. him with blackjacks and fled with the plans. This sketch, drawn froq Courtney's notes, shows how
 the mine works.
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THE STORY so FAR: Eric and Elsa and the aohite for hdUe started from Toylapd on q search for the doll, Leezen, that l1ds specially made by the fairieS so she could talk to her ol1ner after midnight.
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GOIDSTE!N COMING
 HOME WITH YUKON

Charles Goldstein is a returning passenger aboard the steamer Yu- kon which left Seattle today.
 Goldstein has been Outside for the past month, during which he took in number of fur centers in Canada and the states, and also visited relatives in Los Angeles.
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The use of snuff increases. The U. s. consumption of snuff in 1888 was 32 times that of 1870
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HORNUM BACK

N j. Hornum, well known Juneau prospector and mining man, return ed on the Princess Norah last night and is a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
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Three American presidents have died at the hands of aSsaSsins.
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been some Scandinavian shivering about it.
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Tea bushes live more than 100 years.
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NOTICE

Automobile licenses fall due Jan- uary l. 1940 plates are now on sale. Buy now and avoid the last minute rush.
 H. J. TURNER, adv. City Clerk.
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John Adams, who died at 90, was the longest lived Of the Preside .ts
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Today's News Today-Empire.
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WANTED

WANTED-Used gunny sacks. 3hc
 each delivered to coal bunkers
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ii the CoptoT Theute
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FOR RENT

1 FOR RENT VACANCY cker Apartments.
 Call Green 465.
 HOME BOARDING House re-
 opened. Furnished, steamheated
 rooms, reasonable rates, newly
 renovated throughout. Phone 293. GROOM HOUSE, mile 1119, high
 way. See Mrs. E. Torgeson. FOR Furnished housekeep- ing rooms. 209 Second St. 9 ROOMS, overstuffed, steam heat
 ed, Frigidaire, for bachelor, Al
 So. Franklin.
 HOUSEKEEPING rooms. 2oe End St.
 4-ROOM PARTLY furnished house
 for rent. Reasonable. Phone 67
 after pm. 5-ROOM UNFURNISHED house for rent. Will furnish for respon- sible party. Phone 426. FOR T-Housekeeping room.
 Reasonable. POS Main St., up- stairs
 FURNISHED APT. with bed closet,
 $55; one apt. with bedroom,
 furnished, S6O. Hillcrest-Phone 439.
 VACANCY, couple only. Apply in
 person. Winter and Pond Apts. FOR RENT-Two-room furnished
 apartment Phone Douglas 28. FOR RENT One gas pump, in
 operation. Call Femmer at IA STEAM HEATED room for rent.
 Phone Green CTS. DURING THE winter months live
 comfortably at Hotel Juneau.
 Quiet, view rooms. Residential
 rates.
 VACANCY-Nugget Apartments. FOR RENT-2-room furnished apt,
 725 Basin Road. Phone Green 100. FOR RENT-6-room house, 7th and Main. Inquire J. F. Mullen. FOR RENT-7a furnis..ed flat
 Inquire Snap Saocpe.
 COZY, warm, furn. apts. Light.
 water. dishes, cooking utensils and bath. Reasonable at Seaview, WANTED WANTED-Used gunny sacks. 3Bc 1 each delivered to coal bunkerS.
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With Domination
 Of Finland, Russia
 Becomes Sea Power

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w A N I X D
 INFOR M kTIoM

In case of error or if an ad
 has been stopped before ex-
 piration, advertiser please noti- fy this office Phone 374) at once and same will be given
 attention.
 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE
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CONTRACT BRIDGE classes now open. Helen F. Griffin, APT 4th St.
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TURN your old gold into value, cash or trade at Nugget Shcp.
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Watkins Products. Call Black 634.

EXPERT pupn. stenography and bookkeeping. Alice Mack, office, Sararof Hotel.
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SAX and clarinet lessons. Phone Green 739, Ted Austerman.
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GROOM HOUSE, mile liz, high way See Mrs. E. Torgeson.
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MISCELLANEOUS

EXPERT dressmaking: phone Green 739, Hazel Austerman.
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MONDAY: Eric goes 10 the trolls cave.
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MUST SELL equity in income earn ing apartments on Dixon. Three apartments, two furnished, one with fireplace. Five minutes from business district. Best view prop erty buy in town. See Bob Hen ming at Empire office.
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FOR RENT @artly furnis..ed flat
 Inquire Snap Sao9pe.
Evening star., 1939-05-28
Briggs Workers
Repu|sed by Police
Al Baseball Park
l6 Persons Arrested
In Several Skirmishes
At Stadium
BY the Associated Press.


DETROIT. May 27.-The c. I. O.
United Automobile Workers, whose
strike at the Briggs Manufacturing
Co. plants has made approximately
10000 workers idle, were repulsed
in an attempt to march In picket
formation at Briggs Baseball Sta
dium today, detail of mounted
police dispensing them and arresting
is persons.
There were several skirmishes be-
tween three score policemen and the
pickets, whose numbers they esti-
mated at 5000, but no one was in
jured as the mounted patrolmen
drove the demonstrators out Of
Trumbull avenue, clearing the en-
frances to the stadium. Four women
and IL men were arrested.
Some of the pickets discarded their
union insignia after the mass re-
treat, returned in the guise Of bona
f1de baseball patrons and caused
some confusion at the box Offices by
loud wrangling over ticket prices.
Disturbance Subsidies.
The disturbance had subsided we'll
before game time, and $4,000 or more
fans were in the park when the first
game Of doubleheader between the
Tigers, and the St. Louis Browns
began.
Walter o. Briggs, owner of the
Tigers and chairman of the strike
bound automobile body manufac-
turing company which bears his
name, witnessed some of the skir-
mishing.
1T is police traffic problem,
was his only comment.
The Briggs strike, called by the
U. A. w. faction allied with the
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, began last Monday following
the breakdown of negotiations over
renewal Of contract. It has
brought idleness to 5000 employees
in seven Briggs plants and 5000
others in automobile plants sup
piled by Briggs with automobile
bodies.
Conference to Resume.
James F. Dewey, Federal Labor
Department conciliator,- will resume
conferences with union and COM
pany representatives Monday.
Today's demonstration at Briggs
Stadium was attempted in de-
f1ance of an opinion by Wayne
County Prosecutor Duncan C. Nc
Crea that it would be illegal since
no strike is in progress at the
stadium.
Evening star., 1939-05-28

tax rates." he said legislation re-
moving exemptions should be passed
Immediately. Then. he added, it
would then be fair and logical to
re-examine the question of whether
the present surtax rates on very
large incomes may rot be so high
that they discourage the limited
number of individuals subject to
them from taking normal business
risks"
Mr. Morgenthau said ma jor de-
feet" in the capital stock and excess
profits tax was that they operate
very erratically"
The present capital stock tax is
based on declared value which the
taxpayer may revise every three
years. The excess profits levy ap-
plies to profits in excess of 10 per
cent of such declared value.
The Secretary pointed out the de-
clared. value may be any figure the
taxpayer desires to submit. regard
less of the actual value of the stock" !"
adding:
Forecasts of earnings are partic-
ularly difficult to make in the case
of new businesses and those with
unstable incomes such as the capital
goods industries. with the result that
taxes imposed on such businesses
are at times inordinately high"
Loss Garry System.
hn
sion permitting the carry-over of
net business losses to be deducted
from profits of future years, he said
profits or losses of each year are now
considered without reference to
those Of any other year.
In consequence" he added. "a
business with alternating profit and
loss now pays higher taxes over a
period of years than does a business
with stable profits. although the
average income Of the two firms may
be equal. New enterprises and the
capital goods industries are especial
ly subject to wide fluctuation in
earnings"
During the questioning, Secretary
Morgenthau got into an exchange
with Representative Reed, Repub-
lican, Of New York about the Treas
ury's financial position.
The New Yorker drew from Mr..
Morgenthau an assertion that as of
April 80 the Treasury had margin
of IS, 900 ,0O0, 900 between the amount
of the public debt and the $45, ,O0O,-
000, 900 debt limit imposed by exist
ing law.
Congress hasn't gone home yet,
of course" the Secretary said, but
unless Congress does something that
we don't know about, we have a
margin of $4,000, 1000, 900, which
should carry us through the next
fiscal year"
Mr.. Morgenthau told Representa-
tive Reed the fact that the United
States Government is able to bor-
row cheaper than other governments
Is the best answer to the regard
American investors have for their
Government. We couldn't borrow
at such low interest rates If such
confidence was lacking"
Evening star., 1939-05-28
j. N. W. Wins Battle
For Union Shop in
e. ,
Anthracite Mines
Only Few Pits in U. S.
Are Outside Fold;
Agreement Hailed
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 27.-The union
shop domain of John l.. Lewis
United Mine Workers Of America
was extended today to the hard
coal industry and it's more than
100000 miners.
The 49-year-old labor organiza-
ton, which only two weeks ago,
after stormy and prolonged fight,
won a union shop in the soft coal
industry, gained a similar conces-
sion from Pennsylvania anthracite
operators in a new two-year wage
and-hour contract.
The union shop clause was sought
by the u. M. w. fountainhead of
the Congress of Industrial Organ
lzations which Mr.. Lewis also heads,
to block incursions by the A. F. of l..
progressive miners and other rivals.
1t provides that as a condition
OF employment all miners except
those specifically exempted shall be
members of the United Mine
Workers, and recognizes the union
as the exclusive bargaining agent
for these employees.
Few Outside U. M. w. Fold.
The contract, effective at mid
night, will leave only a few coal
mines in the country outside the
U. M. w. fold. The principal ex-
ceptions are the soft coal mines of
the Harlan County Coal Operators
Association in Kentucky. and mines
worked by progressivss, most Of
which are in southern Illinois.
The Harlan County association,
now operating without union con-
tract under protection of National
Guard troops. is the sole r ldout of
the six which refused to sign the
Appalachian conference agreement
reached here fortnight ago after
nine weeks of negotiations. The
others have since capitulated.
The anthracite contract continues
the wages and hours of the old
agreement, which expired April 80:
A seven-hour day, flve-day week
and wages in some so different clas-
sif1cations. Work continued unin-
terrupted throughout the negotia-
tions OF II men, begun April l8.
Hailed by Lewis.
The new agreement was hailed BY
spokesmen as great stabilizing
force.
Mr.. Lewis called it triumph for
collective bargaining" and "a con-
structive contribution to the indus
trial life on the Atlantic seaboard.
I believe there will be peace in
the industry" said Maj. w. w. In
glis, Scranton operator and chair
man of the conference. God knows
we need 1.-THE operators, miners
and general public"
Evening star., 1939-05-28

c. l. OU. A. w. pckets Who refused entrance
Briggs Stadium just before the double
header between the Detroit Tigers the ST.
yesterday shown they driven by
police. The demonstration in connection with
U. A. W. strike at the Briggs Manufacturing Co.
Evening star., 1939-05-28
II Artificial
determinations
Successful
New York Physieion
Reports Experiments
To A. M. A. in Chicago
BY tht Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 27.-An expert
ment in which II women became
pregnant by artificial dissemination
from one man has been reported
to the American Medical .Associa-
ton.
At the time the report was writ
ten, l3 of the pregnant women had
delivered babies.
DR.. Frances I. Seymour of New
York told in the associations jour-
nal the reasons for the experiment,
which she said proved that an ordi-
nary microscopic examination does
not necessarily reveal whether a
man is sterile.
The impregnations without physi-
cal contact, were made with the
consent of the wives and their hus-
bands. who were sterile, DR.. Sey-
mour related.
They followed her discovery that
a professional man who seemed
sterile actually had very motile or
active spermatozoa, which has been
regarded as a sign man is not
sterile.
With his wife's consent, 16 women
were artificially cross disseminated
with this mans spermatozoa. but
no pregnancies resulted in a year
and a half.
Later, DR.. Seymour reported, the
same is women and the profess
sional mans wife were artificially
disseminated, using a donor whose
fertility was known. and the II
pregnancies followed.
The importance of this series is
principally that motility of sper-
matozoa does not necessarily indi-
cate fertility" DR.. Seymour wrote.
THE fertility index of sperma-
tozoa may not be judged by con-
formity of the count per cubic cent?
meter, by ascertainable motility or
by any of the other physical factors
diagnosable by ordinary miscro-
scopic examinations"
Evening star., 1939-05-28
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fiscal position would injure and not
help business"
Secretary Morgenthau made clear
belief that when this country could
balance its budget was bound up
with the present international situa-
ton, although he warned against
continued deficits and declared that
fundamental objective of sound
finance clearly is balanced
budget
Painting a gloomy world financial
picture as result of the interna-
tional armaments race, which he
asserted was becoming more intense
with no end In sight, the Secretary
said:
For us, these developments pre-
sent the danger that they (arma-
ment expenditures may involve us
in increased cost for national de-
fense here and that they may result
in monetary instability abroad and
disruption of our commerce. the
consequences of which we can not
fully predict
At another point, he said the 'un-
mistakable implication of the inter-
national situation is that we should
give serious attention to our future
fiscal position and redouble our ef-
forts to attain full recovery"
He also said that while a COM
prehensive revision of the tax struc-
ture probably was not feasible at
this session, this should not restrain
the committee from giving serious
attention to removing from the tax
laws any manifest inequities or other
defects
For example, Mr. Morgenthau said,
Congress should increase the part
played by direct taxes that can be
made to take account of differences
in the abilities of individuals to sup
port government"
Would Protect Consumers
This means" he continued, that
we should endeavor to minimize the
use of manufacturers excises and
other commodity taxes which tend
to be shifted directly to consumers,
putting the emphasis on taxes based
on capacity to. pay. Such revision
would facilitate coordination of
Federal with State and local
taxation"
Taking up his suggestions by
categories, the Secretary said the
undistributed profits levy was "un-
important" in its present form. 1t
was originally proposed by the
President with the contention it
would prevent accumulation of
large surpluses by closely-held cor
porations with a view to reducing
individual taxes by large stockhold-
ers. The tax was sharply reduced,
however, by the last Congress.
The tax produces little revenue
and has little effect on business, u
Mr. Morgenthau said. 1T has ac-
quired prominence as psychologi-
cal irritant largely because of the
widespread and emotional criticism
which has been directed against it.. ~
He said the objective was still
sound, but the present law does not
attain it.
Representative Treadway re-
marked that Secretary Morgen-
thau's attitude toward the tax rep
resented distinct change" from
his previous view.
Representative Mccormack, Demo-
crat. of Massachusetts, hastened to
point out that the Secretary's re-
marks were directed solely to the
remaining vestige of the tax and not
its original form.
Mention of surtaxes for study came
as somewhat of a surprise. The
Secretary said tax-exempt securities
and surtax rates in the higher brack-
cts should be. considered together
Asserting tax exemption of securi-
ties was highly inequitable and
tends to nullify our progressive sur