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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
TACTICIAN: As aide 10 Gen. Joffre in 1914. Gamelin planned the Marne counfer-offensive.
By The AP Feature Service

bN The AT EedtuEt oClfiCC
 When the light strikes his face right. Maurice Gamelin looks like the Cowardly Lion in ''The Wizard of o." Under the light of the lamps at home he looks like a mild, rather stern little business man.
 Under no kind of light does the tidy Frenchman look like the master mind of the Allied armies in the new World War
 So much for appearances. Game lin has his record to stand on.
 From the age of 20 months, when his mother painted picture of him in his ilace= =trimmed dress, beating a toy drum, Gamelin has been sol- dier. There have been five French generals in his family.
 When he was a student in a Catholic academy, the young Game lin immersed himself in the career of the great Napoleon.
 At St. Cyr, the West Point of France, he was graduated first in a class of more than 400 That was in 1893, when he was only 21 Then he went to Algeria for three years of wild campaigning.
 There followed the work that has made contemporaries call him map crazy" Gamelin did surveying and drew maps. He bored over maps: he memorized them. He learned the terrain of France by memory and the terrain of parts of the world he never had visited
 When Joffre became commander in-chief in 1911, Gamelin became his military secretary. It was the quiet little map-studying major who formulated the order that, in 1914. started the Marne counter offensive, a maneuver that has been credited with turning the tide of victory against the Germans.
 When the war had ended Game lin had been elevated to the rank of divisional general In 1925 he sub dued the bloody Druse revolt in Syria, then became commander of Frances Army of the Levant.
 Next it was chief of the general staff Gin l93D And when Premier Daladier came into power. Gamelin achieved an honor held by no sol- dier since his own hero, Napoleon he was made commander of the army, the navy and of the air force
 That is the man who now heads the allied armies fighting Germany If not the greatest soldier in the world today certainly one of the greatest.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
B0WLERS START
 TOURNEY HERE
 { ON OCTOBER ,
.EIks Committee Meets 10 Arrange Handitaps a
 for f939-40

The ElSs bowling committee met last night and made tentative ar rangements for the tournament which will start Thursday, October 5. The tournament will be on 8 handicap basis the same as last year. There will be "A three-mal teams and the team captains may select the personnel for their own teams. They may be either all men. all women, or mixed. The team captains are Kaufmann, Boggan, Blanton, Boyle, Shaw, Mrs. Laven- ik. Burke, Mrs. Kaufmann, Hutch ings, Hermle, Mrs. Faulkner, Hahn, Boedhorn, Mrs. Sperling, White head, Mrs. White, Mrs Taylor, Mrs. Messerschmidt, Mrs. Duncan Mrs. Burford, Frank Foster, Mrs Stewart, Iversen, Mrs. Duckworth
 There will be three matches per night and as four nights have been assigned to the League, each team will be able to DOWl once Week.
 Bcwlers to Register
 All bowlers are urged to register at the lodge or report to members of the committee before the eno of this week. The committee mem bers are Ward, Stewart, DuckWorth. and auxiliary members, Mrs. Tay- Tor and Mrs. Petrich. The team captains should also report as soon as their teams have been select ed in order that schedules can he made and published. A complete schedule with team personnel will be published in the near future.
 It is planned to employ a score keeper who will keep all averages computed up to date and posted in the lodge. The bowlers will be ex- pected to pay 25 cents per month for this service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
UNION AUXILIARY ENTERTAINS MEN
 AFTER MEETING

The members of the Ladies Aux iliaTy were hostesses last night 10 Mine and Mill Workers. Local 203. and their wives following the regu- lar meeting of the union
 Refreshments consisting of sand Wiches, cake and coffee were served. At this time 11-year -olo Tony Dalsanto played several se- lections on the accordion.
 The remainder of the evening was spent playing "Bunco" witt Mrs. John Wollti winning frs prize and John zirglis receiving consolation.
 Arrangements for the entertain ment were in charge of Emil. Slender, Hattie Davis, Leona Sc benfco, Mag TurIiovich, Maudt Diboff and Mabel Schmitz.
 Last nights party was such { success that the women promis many more such gatherings dur ing the coming winter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
LATE WAR
 BULLETINS


 BERLIN.-It is announced that Hitler plans to call the Reichstag into session to announce his peace terms and if they are not accept ed to wage ruthless warfare. PARIS-An artillery and air force duel is reported tonight over the Rhine -Mosselle sector on the Western Front.
 LONDON. - Both Sweden and Finland have protested to Ger many against sinking of their ships by German submarines. The ships were loaded with wood cargoes. MOSCOW. -Sovietization of the occupied eastern part of Poland IS reported progressing sfayorably.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
German-Ameritan Bund in U. }.
 k Now Explained

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-A former member of the German Reichstag, Gerhart Seger, told the Dies Committee today that the purpose of the German American bund is to create Nazi reserve for Adolf Hitler in the United States. Seger is a director of a German -Ameri- can newspaper in New York, and is opposed to the present regime in Germany.
 He said that the bund Nazis are supposed to operate an extensive spy system for Hitler, and to serve in any other way he might wish.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
High School
 5weefhearfs
 'hs'nyy'Here
Miss Louise Hyde Becomes Bride of Wayne
 ,BYington Today

Illuminating ia romance which began when they were attending high school in Philomath, Ore, Miss Louise Hyde and, MT. Wayne Byington were married by the Rev. John A, Chase at 10 o'clock this morning at the home of MT. and Mrs. William. Byington in the Spickett Apartments.
 The bride was given away by her aunt, Mrs. Ruth Hyde, who is round trip passenger on the, North Sea, coming north for the wedding. u ..r
 Mrs. William Byington was ma tron of honor and MT. Ira Tunison attended the groom.
 For the ceremony the bride wore | a teal blue afternoon dress. She. carried talisman roses. f The bride who is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Lloyd Hyde of Philomath, arrived this morning on the North Sea- She is a gradu- ate of the 1888 class of the Philo- math High School The groom, who is the son of Mrs. Erma Ewing ton of Philomath, was graduated from the same school in i1937
 MT. Byington is employed by the Alaska Juneau Mining Company The newlyweds will live at, the Spickett Apartments.
 They will be guests of honor to- night at wedding dinner at the home of MT. and Mrs. William By | ington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
Teathers
 "On Air. '-Bui Just in Fun

Juneau grade school teachers went on the air today when they were interviewed before micro phone at the weekly Rotary Club luncheon at Percy's Cafe by Hal Chambers of KINY.
 After the meeting it was re- vealed that the program wasn't really on the air. Teachers will sigh with relief on reading this.
 The first of winter series of Rotary dinner dances will be held next Tuesday night at the Baranoi Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26

 Neutrality
 Recognized

BUCHAREST. Sept 26.-The Ru- manian Government announced to- day that it had been treasured of Soviet Russia's respect for Ruman- ian neutrality.
 The Government spokesman dis counted reports that Soviet troops were being massed along the bor- der of Bessarabia, which Rumania took from Russia after the World War
 The spokesman said the Soviet leader Molotoff had assured the Am bassador to Moscow, N Daniu, that relations between the two countries will continue to be based on per- feet neutrality He said that the RumaBian border with Poland, now occupied by Soviet troops has been closed temporarily until the war in Poland is ended.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
WOMAN FOUND '. UNCONSCIOUS
 AFTER SEARCH
Mrs. Gertrude Willis Falls Exhausted Overnight
 in Dense Fog

Exhausted and suffering from ex- posture, Mrs. Gertrude Willis, 39 missing since yesterday morning, was found by City Police this morn ing unconscious in the brush few feet off the Perseverance road.
 Taken to the hospital immediate ly, doctors said she will recover.
 Chief of Police Dan Ralston, and Patrolman Roy Hoffman who found the woman at 9:30 this morning. halfway to Cape Horn, said Mrs Willis had gone for walk yester- day forenoon, became lost in the fog, and fell exhausted.
 Mrs. Willis is the daughter of Mrs F. c. Adams, also of Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
SANDERS0N- BUTTON
 WEDDING TO BE HELD
 SATURDAY EVENING

The marriage of Miss Aline Marie SandersOn and MT Howard Button will take place at 9:30 O. clock next Saturday evening at the Methodist Church with the Rev, G. Edward Knight officiating, friends of the young couple learned today.
 Miss Sanderson is employed at the Baranof Coffee Shop and MT. Button is associated with the Thomas Hardware Company. Both are well known in Juneau and are popular.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26

breaking up German troop concen- trations reported near the Swiss border.
 Reports reaching Switzerland said heavy losses have been sustained by both France and Germany when French troops repulsed a German counter attack attempting to relieve pressure on key forts near zwei- bruecken.
 Another Warsaw Attack
 On the Eastern front a German communique said operations had been started against Warsaw "after all efforts had failed in convincing the Polish commander of the grue- someness and uselessness of resist ance.'
 .Besieged Is days while German and Soviet forces had taken almost all of Poland, Warsaw is still hold ing out.
 The German commuique says 2,000 prisoners have been taken in a pocket southeast of the capital.
 Poland Split
 Russian troops neared the agreed demarcation line splitting Poland between the two powers as German troops fell back toward the new bor- der.
 An unofficial survey shows Poland has lost between six and seven hun dred planes since fighting started. The rest of the force of about 300 planes has been interned in Ru- mania and Lithunia
 Germany reports downing six French planes and two balloons
 The French, on the other hand report defeating the German air force in two major air battles which preceded artillery bombardment of the Siegfried line.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
FELIX GRAY TO
 RETURN TUESDAY

U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray plans to leave Seattle on Satur- days boat to return to Juneau after an extended vacation trip In the States.
 His son, Gordon Gray, left here on the Columbia today to meet Mrs. Gray in Seattle to continue the vacation by motor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
MARRIAGE LTCE=sEs

Marriage licenses were issued to- day by U. s. Commissioner M. El Monagle to Howard A. Button and Alene Marie Sanderson of Juneau and to Wayne Y. Byington of Ju- neau and Louise E. Hyde of Philo- math, Ore.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
NO CANADIAN WEATHER MAY
 BE REPORTED
CAA Places Ban on Trans. mission = Dominion
 War Measure

Radio reports on Canadian wealth. CT have been banned by order of the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
 A CAA message received here by the Alaska Aeronautics and Com munications Commission says "ef- fective immediately discontinue ra- dio broadcast and radio transmits sion of Canadian weather and in- formation by all CAA and associated systems"
 The weather order is one of Can ada's war measures. designed to keep information from possible enemy bombers or other raiders.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
HELP THY NEICHBOR Telephone 713 or write
 The Alaska Territorial
 Employment Service for this qualified worker.

HO USEK EEPER- CHAMBER MAID-Female, single, age 39 Sev- eral years experience as house keeper in private homes, an q ehambermaid in hotels. Also wait ress experience, and laundry work; good at ironing. Available for part time jobs or steady employment Plays stringed musical instruments. Call for ES 2625.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
lf0RESfER fNR0UFE
 FROM kETfHIKAN

The Forest Service launch For ester left Ketchikan today for Ju- neau, bringing L. E. Iversen and Roy Sebern, who have concluded a fiscal audit there.
 Soon after it's arrival here, the Forester will leave on a patrol oi Admiralty Island, the patrol being maintained jointly by the, Alaska Game Commission and the Forest Service for the protection of browr bear on the island.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
ALASKA CENSUS
 ASSISTANTS TO BE APPOINTED

Dwight R. Hammack, Area Sup ervisor of the Bureau of Census, is leaving on the Aleutian tonight for the Westward and Interior ,o appoint assistants at Anchorage Fairbanks and Nome to work with Alaska Director J. P. Anderson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
TRUE FISH STORY
 U5TT00 ."FlSHY''

TUSCALOOSA. Ala Sept. 26. = Although he had visible proof, a Tuscaloosa lawyer refused use of his name in this towns latest fish story, contending he would "injure my profession for veracity"
 Here's what he brought home A live two-pound catfish with two mouths, complete with two sets of teeth, but only one eye.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
FOUR SAILING
 OUT WITH IYEE

Four passengers were to sail for Seattle from here this afternoon on the steamer Tyee, Capt. Olaf Hansen.
 Those leaving are Clara Rasmus- sen, iOliva Jones, R. Effinger, and A. L. Green.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
ITALY REMAINS OUT OF WAR
 lBEtAU5E GERMANY RE0UEST5

itely decided which side has the best chances.
 France and England undoubtedly will put the heat on Italy to make her decide, without too much delay, which way she is going to jump. There is no place for an important neutral in the middle of a mess like European war
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
BASEBALL TODAY

The following are scores of games played this afternoon in the two major leagues:
 National League St. Louis 1, 5; Cincinnati 3, o. Brooklyn 3, 5; New York 2, g. Boston 3; Philadelphia 5.
 American League Philadelphia IS; Washington A. Detroit 5; St. Louis 4.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
TOSS TRIPS

A passenger on the North Sea from here to Sitka, Harold Foss expects to be in the Historic City briefly in connection with archi- tectural business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
DIR. TORBET LEAVES

Dr. Walter Torbet, Superintendent of Alaska Missions for the Metho- dist Church, left for Seattle on the Columbia following an inspec- tion tour in the Territory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
WHICH WAY?

It was strictly illegal in the light of international law And it would be strictly illegal to cut Italy off from the same business. But cer- tainly England won't change her plans in that respect. Italy could still be of some aid, but not very much. She has almost no raw mater ial resources of her own.
 Further, it is generally suspected here that Italy, as in the last war, will stay out until it is pretty defin-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
WILL MOVE TO TOWN

MT. and Mrs. John Walmer Will move in this week from their high way home and locate for the winter in the Hillcrest.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
MCLEAN TO SITKA

Kenyon (Spike) Mclean is among those on the. North Sea out bound list for Sitka, going over in connection with sheet metal business. ~4
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
ON THE SPOT

ON THE SPOT
 First off, Italy would become one 1f the first hattlegrounds of the war. A French army would certainly weep down the Alps toward the Pc Valley. It is hard place for Italy
 defend The rich industrial sec ion of north Italy would be the ob- jective of the French and British bombing planes from the first hours lf the war Italian planes, in return, would have much longer route to reach French industrial centers for retaliation.
 Italy would be besieged at sea IS we'll, and on that front Ger many could offer her no aid, as -Germany's fleet would be bottled up in the Baltic by small portion of .he British fleet The rest would be available to take Italys surface fleet cut of play early in the war, all though her submarines would con- tinue to be a serious menace.
 Almost at once, Italy might lose her North African colonies. be- cause with the British fleet likely in control in the Mediterranean she could not send endorsements. Rich Libya might fall to French and British forces attacking on both sides Ethiopia, cut off from all directions, might a gain be ruled by Halle Selassie.
 Just how rich source of supply Italy turns out to be depends in large part on how strict the British choose to make their blockade-and that probably will be strict enough if they follow World War patterns.
 In those days England put all Germany's neighbors on strict ra- tions. For a time it was rich busi- ness for Holland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden to buy large quantities of lard, wheat, coffee, steel and other war essentials and ship them on into Germany at war prices. Then came the British rationing. England allowed these neighbor countries to import only the amount they need ed for themselves. All else was di- verted to England.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
U. S. DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURE WEATHER BUREAU
 THE WEATHER
(By the u. s. Weather Bureau)

for Juneau vicinity beginning at 3:30 Sept 26 tonight Wednesday, moderate outhely winds
 Alaska; with Wednesday, moderate southerly winds.
 Forecas of tonight Hnchinbrook
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
FRESH HERRING SOLD

The seiner Wilson, Capt. Martin Hoist. brought in 260 barrels of herring today to the local cold storage for bait freezing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
FROM WESTWARD

Two travelling men who came in from the Westward on the c J. lumbia, are at the Gastineau. IT ey are A. L. Vaughn and Jack Mell- quist.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
v By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. = Mill Fary strategists here say Italy has stayed out of the war because Ger many has asked her to-for these reasons: ns s. .car ls....s.ss Il, Through Italy,s Pc River Val ey and the Brenner Pass, France md England would have a route into German Austria With Italy neu- ral, this road is closed.
 2. With Italy as an active ally, German might have to send a large German army into Italy to protect the Pc River route.
 3. As a neutral, Italy can be a ;ource of supply to Germany-for a lime at least.
 Italy also could give valid req ons for staying out. Italy would 70 into the war only for what she :ould get out of it. And win or lose, she could not get out of it all she would have to put into it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
McKENNA SOUTH

Phil McKanna is an outbound passenger on the steamer Colum- bia for Seattle, going out in con nection with mining business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26

Baromeric pressure above normal this morning the Alaska with 3030 latitude B degrees and longitude 142 degrees while of below extended the Aeuan Islands Interior AL 98
  most Alaska Alaska ePninsula.
 in the Alaska along the Gulf ill of inch in the past q hours
 Juneau. Sept 27.-sunri am; sunset. SAT pm
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
BR0ADCA5T OF
 WORLD SERIES

CHICAGO, Sept. 26.-Four wide ly known commentators will supply the color story of the World Series over the Mutual Broadcasting. sys- tenn. They are Grantland Rice, Ga briel Heater. Lowell Thomas and one as yet not definitely named Play-by play descriptions will be handled by Bob Bison and Wal ter Barber. The World Series be- gins October 4 at the Yankee Sta dium.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
ATTENTION REBEKAHS

Regular meeting Wednesday eve ming at 8 o'clock.
 JERRY WAITE, adv. Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26

Try The Empire classifieds for results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26

The Book ALASKA, Revised and Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.Oo.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26

The Book ALASKA, Revised and Enlarged, Now On Sale; Sl.0e.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
PLANES GET
 BYAIR(RAFT
 FIREUNHURT
Daylight Raiders Carrying War 10 Heart of ,f
 Germany

Continued from rage One)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
GAMELIN, ALLIES SUPREME LEADER IN
 PRESENT WAR WITH GERMANY, ,STUD|0US,
 5HYBUT HE CERTAINTY KNOWS HIS MAPS

SOLDIER: Fresh out of Frances West Point. Gamelin plunged into rough African campaigning.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-07

place in far-away Texas; he died and
is buried in Kansas, which state has
steadfastly resisted attempts TO re-
move his body to Oklahoma; and the
latter state has given him no official
recognition beyond naming one of Its
original counties after him.
Born in Fairmont. Ind, December
30, 1896, his mother. who was first
cousin OF Davy Crockett, named him
David In honor Of the frontier-rela-
tive who had died gloriously at the
fall of the Alamo few months be-
fore. At the age Of twenty-one Payne
moved TO Kansas and took up claim
near Atchison. He served in the Civil
war in the Fourth Kansas regiment
until 1863 when he was discharged.
Then he became a member of the
state Legislature and postmaster at
Fort Leavenworth.
In 1867 he was elected captain OF
a Kansas cavalry troop formed to
fight the Indians and campaigned
actively In the western part of the
state. During the next two years he
served with Gen. George A. Custer
and his Seventh cavalry and, as the
boon companion of the famous Cali
fornia Joe and actor In many hair
breadth escape from death, won great
repown as the Scout of the Cimar-
rom"
The year 1870 found him back In
politics again, as q member Of the
state Legislature Of Kansas, as an un-
successful candidate for the state SEN
ate in 1872 and finally as doorkeepef
of the house Of representatives in
Washington where he remained until
1879. During his service as a scout
for Custer, Payne had seen for him.
self the richness of the land in Okla
/ homa and in Washington he made the
discovery, as he believed, that the
lands In the western part of Indian
territory, which had been ceded by
the Creek Indians to the government
for occupation by the other Civilized
Tribes and by freedmen, In reality be-
longed to the public lands Of the
! United States.
| So Payne became the first "Okla-
homa boomer" and the leader of no
| less than six of the eight expeditions
Of homeseekers, all of which tried to
settle there and were expelled from
the disputed territory by federal
troops. Payne died SUDDENLY in Well
ington, Kan, November 27. 1854
poisoned by his enemies" so his
friends declare-fve years too soon
to enjoy the realization of his dream.
G. 1873 west>r7 Newspaper Union.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-09-07

OLD AND NEW his
tory is made ftcice at the azores.
Upper photo shoi0s the NC-4 rid
ing at her moorings there during
the epoch making transatlantic
flight of 1919. Twenty years later,
in Ioicer photo, the Yankee Clip
per stops at Horfa.
Horta but the NC-4, two decades ago,
was in the air only Is hours and II
minutes. A glance at a map of
the Atlantic shows that the differ
ence in time is explained by the dis
tances flown. The Yankee Clipper
took off from Baltimore, Maryland,
about 1900 miles west of Horta; the
NC-4 started from Newfoundland to
the northwest, which is about half
the distance.
Transatlantic Cable Station.
Horta is the principal port and
largest city on Fayal island. Near
ly one-third of the islands 10000
inhabitants live in the city whose
white, red-roofed buildings sprawl
along the shore of one of the finest
harbors in the Azores.
Situated on the southeast shore of
the island, the harbor is subject to
heavy winds, but half-mile-long
jetty makes 1t a sought-for haven
during stormy weather. Fifteen to
twenty large vessels may safely an
chor in the harbor at time.
Horta was significant as a trans
oceanic communications center
even before transatlantic flights
were made. 1t is the most important
junction point of transatlantic ca
bles. In one of its buildings six COM
panies-British, German, Italian,
French, and two American-are
housed. They handle messages for
stations in North America, Europe,
and South Africa, and by intercon-
nection for stations in every part of
the world.