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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18
A New Crisis Looms
Cincinnati Enquirer)

Nowhere was the fall of Barcelona celebrated with quite such unrestrained joy in the streets about Il Duces balcony on the Paazzo Venezia. Mussolini hailed the event as a great triumph for Fascism and made no secret of his conviction that Italy has tri umphed in Spain just Germany triumphed in Czecho- -Slovaka.
 The parallel can be carried farther, because both Fascist victories important for their strategic implications than for the actual conquests involved. Germanys greatest gain from the Czech crisis not ritory Rather it was the destruction of Czecho-Slo vakia as an effective barrier to German expansion eastward
 In the same way, Italy may show relatively few tangible gains when the Spanish is ended But Mussolin has put himself in a powerful strategic position in the Balearcs, in Northern Spain and in the region around Gibraltar No less significant, he has insured the creation at Madrid of government hostile to France and England
 Mussoini realizes full well that Spain will not become colony of any power, that his victory there is only means to end In consequence, he is re- doubling his pressure for the territorial and other concessions in the Mediterranean and in East Africa The logical end of the Spanish war would be another Munich in which France virtually sur rounded by hostile powers would yield to Itays de- nands for concessions in Tunisia and French Soma- land as well as in the control of Suez
 Thus after two and half years of pretending he was fighting in Spain against Communism, the Duce comes into the open and admits that his campaign has been directed against France. It remains now to see whether France and England will accept new defeat as at Munich, or try at last to outbluff a Fascist dictator
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18

are faulty and are costing us thousands of dollars yearly in higher rates. City ordinance re- otires that wiring be regulated in accordance with the code of the National Board of Fire Underwriters Certain important requirements of that code in re- gard to grounding of electrical distribution systems are not being carried out in Juneau A special Cham Der of Commerce Committee which looked into the matter reported this week that the present setup con- stitutes a constant fire menace. Bringing the Citys electrical wiring into conformity with approved prac-
 ce would be costly. Not bringing it into conformity might prove infinitely more costly
 If our City is worth living in at all it's worth pro- tectng against this very real threat of disastrous fire. Now is the time to do something about it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18
DAILY LESSONS
 IN ENGLISH
By w. L. Gordon

Words Often Misused Do not use partake as a synonym for eat or drink. Partake means to share with others. One may partake of a meal with other persons, but one does not partake a meal by ones self. Often Mispronounced Mosaic. Pronounce mo-za- -ik, as in obey, a as in day, as in lick, accent second syllable.
 Often Misspelled: Transparent; par, not pair.
 Synonyms: Inflate, expand, dis tend, dilate, enlarge.
 Word Study: Use word three times and it is yours" Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Absolve; to set free, or release, as from some obligation, or from the consequences of guilt. John was dissolved from all glame in the tran saction."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18
LOOK and LIE ARN
By A. c. Gordon

l. What are the longitudinal and the transverse threads of fabric called?
 2. What Wyoming river was for merly called Sinking Water River by Indians and early settlers? 3. When was the Brooklyn Bridge built?
 4. What is the name of the bugle call which gets soldiers out of bed in the morning?
 5. Who wrote Main Street.?
 ANSWERS
 | Thelongitudinal threads are called warp, caine, twist and or ganzine; transverse are called weft shoot, wool filling, and tram. 2. The Shoshone River, because of the odor from mineral springs to be found along its banks in cer- tain sections.
 3. In 1881.
 4. Reveille.
 5. Sinclair Lewis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18
In the Blue Ridge Mountains
Philadelphia Record)

The Hatfields went after the McCoys again this week at Matewan w Va. The McCoys won IT to 5. No not r dead Hatfields to dead McCoys Seventeen points to points. They playing basketball
 
 Back in 1863 the McCoys weren't bothering about the Civil War They bothering about the hogs they had turned loose their Pike County, Ky. home The hogs had disappeared and the McCoys tended to accuse the Hatfelds in West Virginia across the line. Bad feeling developed between the two clans and in the ensuing feud several on each side were killed.
 But the younger generation was forgetting all about it by 1882 when Jonce Hatfield fell love with Rosanna Mccoy. Jonce was older and had been ried before. Rosanna slip of girl The McCoys didn't like it bit. They recollected they didn't like the Hatfieds anyway.
 Rosanna fled to her lover in the Hatfield strong hold. Her father Randof Mccoy, and his knsmen went after her-and after the McCoys.
 You've seen it in the movies half dozen times perhaps under another. But in real life at least 100 men ded-and some women too in Logan and Mingo counties, West Virginia, and Pike County, Kentucky. They ambushed, they burned homes they dynamited craggy strongholds in the mountains
 We would like to have seen the shades of old Devil Anse" Hatfield and Cap" William Anderson Hatfield when the referee called a foul on Mccoy for double dribbe in that friendly basketball game What would Tolbert and Phamer Mccoy have thought about it?
 We wonder whether they would have despised their descendants as ssies or cursed their wasted and embittered lives, One thing we know We know that Rosanna Mccoy would have liked the basketball game Rosanna was woman She didn't participate in a senseless struggle over family pride Rosanna died of a broken heart
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18
OO YEARS AGO LO From THE EMPIRE
FEBRUARY I8. 1919


 Corporal Cyril Zuboff, who had ] just been discharged from the army had accepted the management oi 1 the Coliseum Theatre.
 Fred Grove and Mrs. Grove ar rived in Juneau on the launch Yu- kon from Gambler Bay. With them was MT Nichols of the Pearson's $ logging crew.
 Mrs. J. c. Mcbride entertained informally at tea for Mrs. T. j. Donohoe who had been visiting in Juneau for several days.
 MT and Mrs John F. Malony had moved from their home in Palo Alto and had taken an apartment at the Fairmont Hotel in San Fran cisco, according to word received here.
 J. s. Somers, Territorial mine in- spector, who had been in Ketchi- kan for the past week, returned to i, Juneau on the Alameda and was at the Gastineau Hotel.
 James Murray Lahr and Miss Garnet Laughlin were married by Rev. R. T. Mcqueen of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church.
 Karl Drlica of the Sanitary Plumbing Company, installed the h spital equipment and other plumbing fixtures in pr. L. P. Dawes Hospital which was soon to be opened in. the Orpheum Build ing
 A. Van Mavern returned to Juneau from Sitka on the Estebeth and was at the Gastineau Hotel H. L. Morris, who left for Sitka on the City of Seattle, returned here on the Estebeth.
 Weather: Highest 34; lowest B; rain
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18
p0T-LUN DINNER
 FOR SCOUT pAIR0l


 Tonight in the Parlors of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church. members of the Snowball Patrol of Troop ? will hold Girl Scout party. With a pot-luck dinner the main incentive for the evenings gather ing. Musical games will occupy the remainder of the party hours follow ing dinner.
 Mrs. J. w. Lievers will act as chap erone for the occasion and those who will be present include. Esther George. Irene Williams, Maureen Lovett, Margaret Clark, Dora Trefer. Margaret Femmer, Erna Mier and Beverly Lievers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18
M o D E R N ETIQUETTE T E
 By Roberto Lee

o. After serving cocktails in the living room, should all the glasses be removed before the guests return from the dining room?
 A. Yes.
 Q. When should the clergyman be consulted about wedding?
 A. He should be consulted as soon as the plans for the wedding are dis cussed
 Q. Is it correct to say, "The party who telephoned this morning said he would call'?
 A. No. Say, The person Cor man) who telephoned, etc."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 1889
 Mingled good and i'll are discerned in the aspects for today, according to astrology. Merchants should start the week with aggressive advertis- ing
 In the morning a sinister sign in- fluences labor which may be diff . ficult to manage due to misconcep- tions and transformation.
 All signs presage the. success of young men and young women and retirement Of the old and even the middle-aged. In the new era change is to be evident in all things and must be accepted philosophically. the seers declare.
 There is sign most favorable to business in the United States. h. crease of men employed in vast work for war preparedness is prophesied.
 The evening is suspicious for whatever interests women. Social af- fairs should be successful. Florists and caterers should profit
 This is happy date for weddings, Marriages will be numerous. The stars presage speedy courtships and foretell national eXigencies that will require public service from young men and young women.
 One of the portents is read as warning against organizations that have secret aims hostil to democ- racy. Among them is a society that foments race prejudice and gains followers among intellectuals, as- trologers announce.
 Honors and benefits for aged per sons are presaged as the spring opens. Advances in financial secur- ity for the people will be marked this year.
 Battles of words will be fiercely fought in the next few weeks wher statesmen and diplomats will en- gage in oratorical offensives. The stars seem to presage final interna tional conflict with arms.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of great gooc fortune. Happiness is to accompany financial success. if money is wisely used.
 Children born on this day may be unusually talented. Subjects of this sign reach success in artistic fields and may be famous on stage ol screen.
 Copyright, 1939)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18
JUNEAU vs. FIRE

IL takes an aroused public, occasionally to &C., compish what a compacent public has wished for all along has trusted being taken care of but hasn't had the incentive to demand.
 Sufficiently aroused at the present time to get action it would appear are the people of Juneau in regard to fire protection Until 10 days the spectre of disastrous fire here was only shadowy one; now it is flickering memory of entirely different sort i've know we are peril and realize something must bbe done about it.
 N Since the Goldsten Building fire the people of Juneau have become aware of startling madequacy in their preparations for defense against being burned out of hease and home.
 If any other building had burned, would still feel fairly secure We have dozens of structures which Icoud burn ,wi4l lesa cause, more speed and more perilous consequences.
 But it was the comparatively fireproof Goldsten Building that burned, and most of us have taken a look around at our own surroundings and found them more inflamable than thought.
 The Juneau Chamber of Commerce is demanding that the Fire Chief be given authority the fire ordinance is compiled with in the matter of exits from apartment buildings theatres office buildings and other structures where the human stakes in fire would be great
 At present we have regulations in the books but snQt 9 the Pudipgs sFe doors in several structures ~afs kfowl ke8 locked or even nailed shut Some buildings are without fire exits Only few
 
 Fire Department equipment is out of date, ac- cordiug to Chief W. V. Mulvihin It was only mir aole to which accidental favorable circumstances and valiant fight by our volunteer firemen contributed that last weeks fire did not SCOUT from end .~~to end.
 During the fire the Department found it's masks did not work in fact are worse than useless. Chief Mulyihll says he's going to throw them in the bay.
 Until two years ago the Department had no fire ladder When then request for funds to purchase such equipment was denied, the volunteers clipped in s350 from their pockets to buy ladder. Down this same ladder last week carried two persons who certainly would have perished in the flames Chief Muvihir says, if the Department hadn't had such equipment standing ready.
 Now the Fire Department is asking for fire truck The present truck though its advent is still fresh in the memory of many here, is 20 years old Twenty years is a long time We wouldn't think of driving 1919 automobiles, or running businesses by 1919 methods, flying 1919 airplanes trusting our lives to 1919 surgery Yet we do indeed trust lives and property to fire truck 20 years old Advances have been made fire truck construction and equipment in the past two decades which just as important just as revolutionary advances along -4- other lines
 4 truck would cost s7OOO That is a lot of money tn one sense. but not so much this case to con- lar person here in Juneau The added protection slch truck would furnish is worth than dollar b any man woman or child It might be worth thousands
 Electrical wiring methods here. We are informed,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18

According to a Princeton professor, the 200-inch telescope now nearing completion will solve the riddle of the universe But it's safe bet that it will not help a man to get his income tax return correctly filled out the first time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18
Horoscope The stars incline
 but do not compel"
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10 1889

Benefic aspects rule today, ac. cording to astrology. The planetary influences are soothing and con. ducive to serene mental processes.
 In the morning the clergy art subject to the most favorable rult of the stars. Growth of congrega t1ons is indicated for many denom- nations.
 The pulpit will develop leadership among large numbers of people who will accept political as well as re- ligious instruction. Internationa problems will be discussed by dis tnguished preachers.
 Women are subject to an adverse sway today and may be lisappoint- ed in their plans for informal hos pitalities. It is not an suspicious date for romance.
 Letters are under a favorable rule of the stars, but love missives should be omitted. Requests for money may be well received by parents of col lege students.
 In 1889 writers are to profit great ly, for there will be an increased demand for their work. Humorists who contribute to the press will profit to an unusual degree. the seers prophecy.
 The stars impart to the aged a sense of contentment under this configurat ation. Government plans for the security of the needy are to be generous, it is prognosticated
 Whispered gossip will be dissem- mated widely against leading states men, it is forecast. Misinformation and half truths will cause serious political feuds. Libel suits are fore told
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of excessive activity. Business men will be most successful. Many women will inherit money.
 Children born on this day may be quick-witted and exceedingly active Many subjects of this sign have a keen sense of humor. Success is gained in business or in artistic vo- cations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18

Two Park Avenue CNew York) dachshunds are wearing overcoats with handkerchefs tucked in patch pockets. That does away with the somewhat ancient wisecrack about the "cat's pajamas"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18
NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY

To be issued March Is ana forms close March 1. For space, listings and changes please call Juneau and Douglas Telephone Co., phone APO
 adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18

If Joe Louis got $23o second, his opponent should have got twice that much just by absorption
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18
PUBLIC CARD PARTY

GOA. card party in Parish Hall, Friday, February IT, at 8 pm. Sec ond of series. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18

Empire want adds pay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18

The Hatfields went after the McCoys again this week at Matewan, w Va The McCoys won IT to 5. No not F dead Hatfieds to dead McCoys Seventeen points to points They were playing basketball.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-18

Corporal Cyril Zuboff, who had just been discharged from the army had accepted the management oi the Coliseum Theatre.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-12
EARTHQUAKES HIT
in new HAMPSHIRE

Manchester, NJ. H., October IL. -
CUP = Three minor earthquakes
which shook southern New Hamp-
shire were described today as part
o ia series which have been re-
corded during the past year. in New
England.
The first tremor yesterday was re-
corded at 11:12 a. m. at Harvard
University's Seismograpn Station,
Harvard, Mass, the second t>>1:45
p. m, and the third at 1:48 p. m.
"The first two shocks were slight,
Station Director L. Don Leet said.
But the third tremor was of window
shaking strength and probably COW
cred and area Of Is miles. The in
dicator on our machines jumped
two inches"
Though windows ratified in hun
dreds of homes, no damage was re-
ported.
Leet said the years series of
earthquakes occurred from Laue
Winnipesaukee south to West
Chelmsford, Mass. Intense study
has failed to reveal their cause. :
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-12
GOV. BALDWIN IS
MADE AN UMPIRE

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 12.-(UP)-
Gov. Baldwin was placed in the po-
3ition today of being an umpire
! between the state personnel director
and the personnel advisory commit
tee as to who shall administer Con-
necticut'S merit system law.
Thespersonnel advisory committee
. of five members headed by Chair
man Cornelius j. Danaher, state Ia
Dor commissioner, was reported seek
ing greater authority in making rules
and regulations for the civil serv-
ice, AL authority which Personnel
Director Harr.- w. Marsh claimed
infringed on his duties.
The entire matter was fought out
this week in a meeting with the gov
ernor, it was learned, without any
settlement Of the question as to who
has jurisdiction. Informed quarters
said the law which was passed by
the recent General Assembly reduc-
ing the personnel advisory commit
tee from 10 to five members was
vague and contradictory on the
Jurisdiction point, causing the strug-
gle.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-12
Iroquois Passengers
Complain of treatment
Continued from Page u

summoned all passengers to the So
cial salon and told them o. the Ger
man warning. Father Grace said
that by that time so many rumors
had been circulated of torpedoes
and bombs that the captains news
relieved our anxiety" He said the
captain told the passengers he
didn't believe there was anything
to the bomb story but you never
can tell about submarines" wash
ington's warning apparently was
that the ship might be bombed or
torpedoed.)
After the captains speech the
passengers sang. Mrs. Mary Ann
Curran, New York, who had her
four-year-old daughter aboard, said
II started the gang off with God
Bless America and a man named
John Doyle played the bagpipe and
also an accordion"
The Iroquois dropped anchor al
$3.50 p. m. yesterday. Red, blue and
green lights were arched over the
promenade deck. Searchlights IL
Illuminated a flag on the after mast
and floodlights called attention to
huge stars and stripes painted on
both port and starboard sides of the
hull. The sides had been battered
and whitened by the storm. The
passengers were all on deck, cheer
ing Justify.
Capt. Chelton's comment was:
I'VE had little bit of bad weather
and then we got the news on Thurs
day. had the ship searched every
day."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-12
GERMANS AGAIN
ATTACK FRENCH
CONTINUED from Page y


tographs of concentration points," 1t
was announced. One German recon-
Nuisance plane was reported to have
been shot down Tuesday.
The military expert of the news
paper Petit Parisien said the Ger
man patrols were operating mostly
at nights and in early morning fogs,
frequently reaching barbed wire
barriers ahead of the French
trenches before being moved down
by machine guns. The Germans
tactics were to lie fiat on the ground
near the barbed wires and throw
hand grenades into the trenches,
the expert said, but when the French
retaliated with grenades the patrols
had to retire, leaving many casual
ties.
Smaller Patrols Seen
Smaller German patrols, in quest
of French prisoners, were seen fire.
quently hopping across no mans
land, the expert said. French artil-
lery usually laid down a barrage at
them but they advanced in spite of
losses. The writer said they never
got past the barbed wire, however,
and had taken no prisoners.
Artillery was active on both sides.
French and British guns were
pounding Saar Valley roads, cutting
communications lines and trying to
batter down the block houses of the
Siegfried line on the hills beyond
the Saar, it was reported.
The French command was pleased
with the performance of both its
air force and tank units. Guy La
Chambre, French air minister, told
the Senate aviation committee that
French pursuit planes had proved
superior in every encounter with
German reconnaissance planes, and
that French pilots repeatedly had
penetrated several hundred kilome-
tiers into Germany. Tank fighting,
confined so far to the Warndt For
est sector and near the Moselle
river, had proved that German
tanks are vulnerable, as was indi-
Gated in the Spanish civil war, to
direct ground-level fire from French
rs millimeter guns, it was said, be-
cause their armor- plating was sac
rificed for speed
French Tanks Stand Up
French tanks, on the other hand,
were reported invulnerable to Ger
man n millimeter shells. Monster
French lotion tanks, each carrying
two rs guns, were reported held in
reserve. British tanks also were
said to be grouped behind the lines
but they had not yet gone into ac-
ton. They are lighter than the
French and are said to be faster
than the German, but their in
vulnerability had not been tested.
Gen. Albert Messed, one of the
best known French military writer's,
said in a Paris Midis article yester-
day that France was well protected
against any direct smashing attack
or flank attacks by Germans
through either neutral Holland or
Switzerland. He estimated that
100000 Germans woul dbe slain in
any frontal attack on the Magince
line and that according to the usual
ratio of six wounded to one killed,
Hitler would gamble with the lives
of 3,500.000 Germans in a frontal
attack.
He said that should the Germans
invade Switzerland, they could be
stopped in France by Belfort fort
ress and the heights of Jura which
are covered with snow and difficult
to cross, and that if they got
through Holland, they could be
halted in Belgium before reaching
France.