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Evening star., 1939-04-03
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE.

MuSSeIIANeVOS FOX SAIE.
ANTIQUES Sheraton mahogany ehest Of
drawers. kidney-shaped card table, ser
sterling silver nat and holloWare At sacri-
nee prices. MURRAY GALLERIES, 1924
goth st. NV. Dupont 1911.
board. Windsor, cottage, Sheraton chairs;
silver. glass. S14 Franklin st., Alexandria .
ANTIQUE chest of drawers, Oriental rugs
dropleaf tables, hooked rugs silver tea SETS
china. glassware; very reasonable. Casa.
bian. 1903 Wisconsin ave
ANTIQUE BEDROOM SUITE, cheap to
quick buyer. No dealers. Call Atlantic
6141. SIS 7th st, ne.
Evening star., 1939-08-18
JUNGLE RAYS CORNER

People sometimes speak of "the
wise old owl, but they might bet
ter talk about the wise old crow"
Owls may look wise, but in their
actions they are not nearly so smart
as crows.
In many places farmers have made
war on crows, but the birds have
lived through it all, and there prob
ably are more of them today than
a century ago. They have learned to
watch out for men with guns, and to
utter cries OF warning to their COM
rades when a hunter comes near.
At the cry of alarm, they fly quickly
out of range.
Crows often eat sprouting corn,
and this is the main reason they
have obtained a bad name among
farmers. In some sections. the crow
Is known as "the corn thief"
Among the other misdeeds of
crows are robbing the nests of many
kinds of wild birds and making raids
on poultry.
On the good side. we may say this
for crows-they eat great numbers
of harmful worms and insects. They
destroy cutwormS, white grubs,
weevils and grass-hoppers. 1t has
been figured that they rid the aver
age farm of 18 to 20 bushels of such
Vests each year.
Some farmers coat their seed corn
nth coal tar, and this keeps crows
from eating the sprouting grains.
Evening star., 1939-08-18

velope is inclosed with each communi-
cation addressed to the Four Aces, care
of The Evening Star
IT 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 q
size envelope and you will receive an
outline without any charge
Evening star., 1939-08-18

What do you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
The Four Aces will be pleased to
answer letters from readers II
stamped c-cenO. self-addressed en-
Evening star., 1939-08-18
Steal Food

A year and half ago, I was in
Ceylon, and spent some time as a
patient in hospital there. Among
the visitors were quite number of
crows. They flew into the open pas
sageway beside my room, making
many trips in and out each day.
They seemed to have no fear of the
nurses, doctors or any one else about
the hospital.
Grows in Ceylon often enter
houses. seize food on the dinner
table, and carry it away. They have
been known to pick up such objects
as napkins, handkerchiefs and kid
gloves.
A woman in Ceylon was once
startled when knife with blood
stained blade dropped from the air
and landed near her. Looking up
she saw a crow-the bird had Wis
tied kitchen and had picked up a
knife recently used for cutting fresh
meat.
tFor nature section Of your scrapbook
If you want "a free copy of the
illustrated leaf1et, Mexico and
Mexicans," send me a 3-cent
stamped envelope, in care of The
Evening Star.
It~eQe Ra4
Tomorrow: A Little Saturday Talk.
Evening star., 1939-08-18

Crows nest far and wide over this
continent, but those which nest in
Canada usually fly to the United
States to spend the winter. Some
of the winter colonies are of vast
size. and may contain from $4,000 to
100000 crows.
Grows Of one kind or another are
found on every continent in the
world, except South America. South
America has jays, which are close
relatives of crows and which are
classed in the same bird group. Aus
tralla has black-and- white crows
which pipe or whistle.
Evening star., 1939-08-18
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

David Bruce Burnstoue Merwin D
Maier. Oswald Jacoby. Howard Schenk-
en-, worlds leading team-of- four in
ventors of the system that has beaten
every other system in existence
Evening star., 1939-08-18

West opened the king of spades
and then shifted to the eight of
hearts. East ducked, signaling with
the siX-spot. Declarer won with the
queen and now made a play even
worse than his opening bid-he laid
down his ace of clubs and played
a low club to dummy. When West
showed out, South might still have
saved something from the wreck by
playing low club. But instead he
went right up with the king.
Declarer now led the nine of
hearts. East played the ace. cashed
his queen-jack of clubs and now
played spade.
We draw a veil over the rest of
the hand Suffice to say declarer
went down 1,1O0 points-a penalty
which we feel was really deserved as
result of his bad bidding and play.
Yesterday YOU were Howard
schenkens partner and held:
AK
vXXx
"a 10 s 3
410XXx
The bidding;
sehenken. Jacoby. You. Burnstone.
IA Double Pass "a
Pass 2NT Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Pass
What do you lead?
Answer-Your correct lead is the
king of spades. True. it might turn
out that the surprise lead of a dia-
mond would beat the hand. But in
all probability the best chance for
successful defense is to find your
partner with spade suit that can
be set up
Score 100 per cent for the king of
spades, so per cent for three of dia-
monds, nothing for any other lead.
Question No. 215.
Neither side is vulnerable. You
are the dealer and hold
AK
vAxx
Kxxxxx
Evening star., 1939-08-18
A Tragedy in One Act

While the three-card minor suit
bid serves its purpose on occasion
one should never bid it with a part
score. South's violation of this rule
got him into lots of trouble.
South, dealer.
North South vulnerable.
North-South 40 on score.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30
'Dapper DAN
Is 10 Stay in
Prison Cell

LOS ANGELES. May When
E"Dapper DON Courtney, now So,
shot loaded dice here in 1890 with
a seventeen-year-old high school
girl, with her honor the stake
against his 81 ,0OO, she lost.
When "Dapper DON Courtney
went before the state board of
prison terms and paroles recently
at Folsom prison to seek a parole,
he lost.
Courtney, whose Beau Brummel
habits won him his "Dapper Don"
nickname, was "sent up" for life
here in March, 1887, after convic-
ton on robbery charge.
Police say that if, his local record
was pasted end to-end it would look
like a transportation ticket for a
round the world trip.
He has been involved in escapes.
Jail breaks, robberies, and statutory
offenses here and did stretch" in
Sing Sing prison, according to the
record.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30
LOST AND FOUND

LOST-Brown wallet containing
money and divers license. Finder
rewarded on returning to Empire
office.
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FOR SALE-Henning apartments
on Dixon. See Bob Henning at
Empire.
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The Book ALASKA, Revised and
Enlarged, Now On Sale; Sl.oo,
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ROOM and BOARD for gentleman,
at 423 Seward st.
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FOR RENT

2 ROOMS and bath. See John Tor
vinen, The Tailor.
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LATE '33 Ford Tudor sedan; 10000
miles, rebuilt engine. Phone Green
462.
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FOR SALE-City Float Beer Parlor.
Phone Sal after 4 pm.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30

FOR SALE-U & I Lunch. Owner
quitting business. Write Pc. Box
c274 or phone 1884,
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SINGER SEWING Machines, Singer
Vacuum Cleaners, Maytag Wash
ing Machines, Maytag 110-volt
light plants, IrOnrite Ironers.
Terms: SIS down, SIS monthly. !.
H. ANDERSON, Box 101, Juneau,
Alaska Distributor.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30

LATE MODEL HUDSON Sedan in
perfect condition, driven onl, g.
200 miles, priced for quick sale
or will take light trade-in. Phone
744.
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FOR SALE Furnished Stucco
house, chickens, garden. Road
front acreage-terms. Loop Road,
Mile 10.
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THE MOVES property, corner 4th
and Franklin, 2 buildings one
10-room house and one 5-room
house, both furnished. Terms. See
the owner.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30

4-ROOM furnished apt. Blue 200
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30

cURN your old gold into value.
cash or trade at Nugget Shop.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-30

FOR RENT = Broom furnished
bachelor apt. 141 S. Franklin.
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MISCELLANEOUS

GUARANTEED Realistic Perma-
nents, $3.50. Finger wave, Csc.
Lola's Beauty Shop, telephone
20l, 315 Decker Way.
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FOR RENT-Heated room for two
gentlemen in private home,s LAB
GaStineau Ave. Phone Black $50.
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FOR SALE-Burroughs cash ma
chine. Phone Black 730.
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.3-ROOM FLAT, completely modern,
quiet, splendid view-couple only.
Phone 686.
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FURNISHED q or 3-room apis.
Phone Green 100, 725 Basin Road.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05
EAGLE RIVER
 BRIDGE RE0pENS

The Eagle River foot bridge, clos ed since midsummer when high water took out half the bents, has been reopened to travel, the District Rangers office announced today The bridge was rebuilt by a Forest Service and CCC crew.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05
NLR Board
 Criii(ized

CINCINNATI. Oct. 5.-The Ma tional Labor Relations Board was the subject of severe criticism by speaker at the American Federation Of Labor's annual convention in Cin- cinneti
 The AFL General Counsel Joseph Padway charged that the board was biased in favor of the CIO, Padway also assailed the Antitrust Divis- ion of the Department of Justice for what he termed, invading the rights of labor He singled out the Federal agency's investigation of the build ing and construction industry as a specific example
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05

plicated the waterfront situation yesterday by placing a picket line around the Panama Pacific Steam ship Company pier.
 Longshoremen refused to cross the picket line except to unload mail and baggage from a ship at dock.
 The union picketed the pier af- ter the firm refused to enter ne- gotiations for a contract.
 The Panama Pacific Company did not until yesterday belong to the Dock Checkers Employers Asso- citation which represents the lines
 The Waterfront Employers Asso- citation asked University of Oregon Law School Dean Morse, the port
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05
CONVENTION,
 (I0 NEARING
Leader Lewis Arrives in San Francisco With
 Other Officials

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct s. CIO Leader John L. Lewis pre- dicted that improving business con- diticns will be parralleled by an in- tensified organization drive by his union.
 Lewis arrived in San Francisco with other CIO executives to pre- pare for the national convention of the labor organization next week.
 Lewis remarked that the CIO is still a going concern.
 The executive committee of the CIO consisting of one member from each of it's 46 unions will meet to- day Lewis declined to commit him. self on prospects of peace with the American Federation of Labor neu- trality in the world war, or any other current problems. He said such matters would be discussed at the convention.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05
FIVE ARE DEAD,
 DRINKING PARTY

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 5 - County authorities are investigat- ing drinking party that ended in the deaths of five persons
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05

The coroners office said that the three men and two women were poisoned by drinking paint thinner, a compound consisting mostly of denatured alcohol.
 The paint thinner had been strained through loaf of bread on the supposition that it would filter out the poison.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05
GIRL SLAYER
 FACES TRIAL

HOLLYWOOD, Cal. Oct. 5.-Ap- prentice printer De Witt Cook pleaded not guilty to charges of staying the former Ziegfeld Follies dancer Anna Sosoyeva on the cam pus of the Los Angeles City Col lege last February.
 Judge Ambrose ordered the twen- ty-year-old youth to stand trial on first degree murder charges.
 Miss Sosoyeva was beaten to death while enroute to rehearsal of a campus play, Cook previously ad- mitted the killing, and murderous attacks on two other young women
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05
COUNCIL WILL
 PICK SUCCESSOR
 TO J. MCCORMICK
Meet Tomorrow Night al City Hall : Quorum
 Left in Town

Election of a Councilman to sue ceed John Mccormick, resigned, is expected to be the main order of business at tomorrow nights regular meeting of the Juneau City Council at 8 o'clock
 Mccormick resigned October to become a Police Patrolman.
 As Councilman H nry MeSSer- schmidt left for the States today, only four Councilmen, the exact number needed for a quorum, re- main in the city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05
SHIP CLERKS
 PICKET PIER
Waterfront Situation Com pIicdfed by New
 Move of Union

SAN RANCISCO, Cal, Oct 5.- The CIO Ship Clerks Union com
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05
CONCRETE WORKER
 HEADING OUTSIDE

Bob Christensen. who has been working with concrete man Floyd Fagerson, sailed south on the Prin- cess Louise this morning.
 Christensen will vacation east ward as far as New York. His plans as to when he will return are in- definite
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05
Juneau Feels Ifs First Freeze Of Autumn

Juneau experienced it's first freez- ing temperature of the autumn last night when the official thermometer of the U. S. Weather Bureau hare showed a minimum of SIP degrees.
 The frost came a little earlier than usual, the average date being October IA. Over a period of 36 years the first freezing temperature ranged from September g in 1886 to November g in 1937
 The waterfalls on Mount Juneau were frozen this morning until about noon, when the sun thawed them out. Yesterday they were run ming strong.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05

arbitrator, to attempt to settle the dispute.
 Meanwhile the Ship Clerks con- tinued negotiations with other em- ployers on extension of the con- tracts. Representatives of the only other group holding out, the Sail- ors Union of the Pacific, met with committee of ship owners in an attempt to settle points of issue this week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05

Try The Empire classi-ieds for results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05
BYINGT0N GOES
 OUT, VACATION

Bill Byington, well known Ju- neau mining engineer working with the Alaska Juneau, sailed south on the Princess Louise to be absent from town on vacation until the first of December.
 Byington is to travel east through Canada, visiting number of mines and attend the convention of Amer ican Mining Engineers at Atlantic City. On his return trip, he will visit with his parents in Oregon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05

Hind feet of animals that boun ]. including the rabbit, track ahead of the front feet
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05
PLANE TO FAIRBANKS

The PA plane for Fairbanks, ar irving late yesterday, took off im- mediately for the return trip.
 The next plane south from Fair banks will be Saturday, to leave Juneau for the interior on Tuesday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-05
Ladies' Aux. Will
 Nominate Officers

Nomination of officers will be held tomorrow night at meeting of the Juneau Ladies Auxiliary, to be held at Union Hall.
 All members are urged to attend. The session will start at o'clock.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Tuxicub Insurance

The reduction of the taXicab liabil-
ity insurance rate, and the threat of
a war" among the insurance COM
panies, raises the highly important
question OF how to obtain at once
full regulation of the insurance busi-
ness by the officials of the District.
The rate cut results from a decision
by the Court of Appeals, which held
the commissioner of insurance had
no authority to specify minimum
rates in the city. AS a result the rate
now, two dollars and seventy-fve
cents a week, is slightly more than
half that originally set.
While the reduction has brought
praise from some insurance COM
panieS and protests from others,
there seems no threat of immediate
grave danger in the cut. But in such
highly competitive field the pos
sibility of a price war constitutes a
definite danger to the public interest.
AS the law now stands action can be
taken to prevent companies from
writing insurance if their reserves are
not adequate to meet their claims.
But this is not sufficient to prevent
the rapid depletion of reserves if pro-
lection is sold in rate -slashing cam
paign at price below actual cost.
Legal authority for the insurance
commissioner to prevent such action
is vital to the insurance companies
operating here as well as to the
public.
So far as the individual driver is
concerned there will be only small
and, perhaps, merely temporary gain
In the reduction. He will pay less
week, but there will be correspond
ing cut in dividends paid by mutual
companies writing the bulk of the
business. The slight saving will be
offset by the additional danger that
his protection may cease to exist
when most needed Apparently, the
reserves of the companies operating
mere are adequate at present. Full
powers should be given the govern
ment of the District to see that they
are maintained. 1t is one thing to
act against a company after its legal
reserve has become too small, and
quite another to see that it is
operated so as to prevent such a
condition.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Subversive Influences

There Is probably no more effective
way of combating subversive influ-
ences than by stripping them of their
pseudo-glamorous cloak of secrecy
and mystery and letting the light of
publicity fall upon what is left.
That this method will have it's Gus
tomary result in the case of the Dies
Committees current scrutiny of a
strong nationalist movement" which
envlsioned the setting up of Nation
wide martial law, operation of the
Government by system of military
tribunals, and application of "the
Spanish method" of General Franco
is to be anticipated.
And yet the absurdity of such an
un-American activity and the relative
ease with which it may ultimately
be destroyed by the strong light
OF exposure should not serve to
minimize the destructive effects of
such efforts. Skilled in their trade,
as are most of the leaders of sub
Verslve movements, the ones now be-
fore the House committee have de-
monstrably been engaged in nurtur-
ing a whispering campaign" of the
kind which frequently has exerted an
important influence in American
politics. Wisely, for their purposes.
they have concentrated these effo.ts
in areas where racial and religious
prejudiceS are easily aroused and
where the mediums of disseminating
wholesome and honest fact and opin-
ion have neither the circulation nor
the weight of the whispered word.
1t is to be hoped that whatever gains
the sponsors of this movement have
made will promptly be nullified
through the efforts of the Dies
committee.
Evening star., 1939-05-23
Black Decade

Ten years of recurring terror and
tension, and a decade of aggressions
and continual peril that the world
may be plunged into chaos and civil
lzation stricken to it's roots are the
prospects held forth by the Italian
German military alliance signed at
Berlin yesterday amid the mockery
that it was done in the name of
peace.
The treaty counts not upon mutual
defense against danger of attack,
but upon loot of the world and di-
vision of the spoils. The two parties
confront the world with virtually a
single foreign policy coordinated
through joint commissions which can
throw the two military forces into
simultaneous action with lightning
speed; unity of action in the face of
any danger to their common inter-
ests; a thoroughgoing offensive and
defensive alliance which creates a
new military and economic totality
out of the German and Italian totali-
tartan regimes and pledges each
automatically to assist the other for
no matter how base a purpose; and
a compact to keep fighting, once war
is begun, until each has acquired
Evening star., 1939-05-23
MONTGOMERY Bonds

In marked contrast with the record
OF previous sessions, the 1889 Mary
land General Assembly passed and
Governor O'Conor signed a compara-
lively small bond issue program for
Montgomery County. Furthermore,
all of the projects for which bonds
were authorized will prove of lasting
benefit to the county.
The $ISO,OOO provided for the first
unit of the George Washington
Memorial Parkway on the Maryland
side of the Potomac River, for exam
pie, will bring to the county de-
velopment such as Arlington has
enjoyed-chiefly at the expense of
the Federal Government. The $751;
for repaving the Chevy Chase-Ken-
sington road will facilitate residen-
tial development of that section,
while the $4,000 for improvement of
the Poolesville-W Whites Ferry road
will modernize one of the important
routes of the county and may lead
to the construction of a bridge
affording a direct link to Leesburg,
Va
Had it not been for careful PLAN
ming in previous years, a bond issue
in excess of the $175,O00 authorized
would have been required for new
school construction in keeping with
the rapid growth of the county. A
major portion of the growth is in the
Bethesda Chevy Chase section where
residents want a recreation center
developed and for which a $4,000
bond issue was provided
Taxpayers in all sections of the
county will benefit from a 1868 900
refunding bond issue. Likewise they
expect to benefit from a reassess-
ment designed to eliminate inequities.
The reassessment, together with
revenue from the many new resi-
dental and commercial properties.
probably will enable the county to
finance its new bond issues without
an increase in the tax rate.