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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 26 The possibility of coast water front tieup when present agreements between employers and longshore- men expire next Saturday have in- creased. Relations between negotia- tion committees of the employers and the dock workers grow increaS- ingly strained and there appears lit- tie immediate possibility of agree ment on many points that are now in issue.
 The employers charge in a letter to Longshoremen Chief Harry Bridges that the workers have deliberately slowed up their pace in the past five years and at the same time have in- creased their earnings. They claim that a sharp increase in wages ha. taken place.
 The longshoremens' demand fol pay was one disputed issue.
 The letter declared that it nov takes five longshoremen at Sar Francisco to do the same amount that three did in 1884. Three men are required to do the work at Los Angeles the letter stat ed and four to do the work formerly done by three at Seattle and Port land.
 The employers claimed that long
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
GAVIN ELECTED
 PRESIDENT OF
 GREAT NORTHERN
Former Office Boy Chosen 10 Head Large Rail
 System

NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-Francis James Gavin, who started as an office boy in the offices of the Great Northern Railway in 1897, has been elected as President of the rail sys- tenn, succeeding the late William Kenny.
 Gavin has been Executive Vice President. His headquarters will be in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
COAST WATERFRONT TIEUp POSSIBLE NEXT SATURDAY.;
 NEGOTIATIONS STRAINED

BULLETIN SAN FRAN CISCO, Sept. 26. - It is an- nounced this afternoon that LongshOremen and Waterfront Employers negotiations are still proceeding over the agreement expiring next Saturday, Septem- Der 30. One issue is the day to day agreement, the employers insisting that this is not Oper- ative and demanding at least a 30-day agreement, pending settlement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
ROUNDTRIPPERS ON
 NORTHLAND VESSEL

Nine roundtrippers are aboard the North Sea which was in Ju- neau this morning on the way to Sitka.
 Two are from Oakland, two from New York, three from Seattle, and two from Los Angeles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
US. NAvYT0 G0TRAINING
 OFF HAWAII
Fair Sized Detachment fo Be Dispatched, If
 Is Claimed

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. = The Navy Department is said, according to high authority, as having decided to send "a pretty fair sized de- tachment" of warships on the Pa cific Coast to Hawaiian waters for training purposes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26
PSYCHOLOGICAL

If the attacking force which is now the French army, aided by the British, the victors would still find themselves on the west bank of the Rhine, barred from the heart of
 Germany by the secondary defenses
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-26

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05
No Room for the "Isms"
Philadelphia Record)

Philadelphia Record)
 Tt just doesn't make sense
 Our visitor referred to three recent polls of the Institute of Public Opinion which were spread out on the desk
 One poll showed
 Ninety-four percent of the voters disapproye Ger manys of the Jews 97 percent disapprovng Germany's treatment of Catholics.
 Another poll showed:
 Seventy-four percent of the voters favoring con- tinuance of the Dies Committee, 26 percent against
 The third poll showed
 That if Russia were to go to war with Germany, 83 percent of the people would hope for Russian victory.
 On the surface perhaps these polls do seem con- fusing How that people who favor continuation of the Dies committee which has been smearing iber- alsm and trying to pin the red label on the New Deal, also are people who would like to see Russia beat Germany?
 The answer is that all three of these polls demon- srate one basic trait of American character-love of decency and fair play and sympathy for the under dog.
 The common denominator of these polls is found in the fact that each of them expresses American distaste for the "isms" and for the bruaiteSt and crimes which the "isms' represent And if the Rus sian ism is preferred to the Naz ism in the event war it is only because the Russian ism is regarded as least menacng of the two evils at this juncure
 Finally the Dies committee, whose title is the Committee for Investigation of un-American Activ- ties, taken in this poll at the face value of its title much more than at the value of its inquiries. Many people have not been aware that the Dies com mittee engaged in pernicious political game in behalf of reaction and they assume that it is com mittee against the "sns' and, hence, for it on that ground.
 To us these polls of the Institute of Public Opinion not only make sense but demonstrate that American public opinion today throughout it's history is falterng in behalf of the oppressed and against op pressors that it is acutey that the crisis of our own day is the challenge to human freedom.
 Heartening is the overwhelming force of their answer to that challenge in the huge majorities for tolerance and decency.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05
A Slow COnvalescence
Cincinnati Enquirer)


 If Europe recovering from the crisis of last Octo- Der l. there few signs of it. Even those who insist more or less lasting peace was achieved at Munich admit the convalescence is extremely slow More realistic observers go step further and point out that in several respects the position in Europe definitely worse than last September.
 Certainly Anglo-German relations distinctly than last summer and fall with the campaign of vtuperation in the Nazi press and the British people angered by the anti-Jewish in the Reich. On the surface Englands relations with Italy improved. But in practice the Easter pact has changed nothing When he goes to Rome next month Mr. Chamberlain must begin at the beginning if he is to persist in seeking reconciliation.
 Armament expenditures larger, frontiers less secure force is steadily supplanting law in interna- tional relations. Most serious of all is the plight of the democratic nations Although than aware of the aggressive intentions of the Fascist powers they have lost both Czechosovakia and Russia allies They see Germany stronger result of Territorial gains in the East They find it harder to support Poland and Roumania potential barriers to NaA aggression, having abandoned their link with the Soviet Union.
 Italys noisy movement for absorption of Tunsia and her practice of sending endorsements into Spain demonstrate that the aggressive course of the Fascist states unchecked by the concessions Cham berlain and Daladier made at Munich. Desperately hoping to save off at any price. MT. Chamberlain and others of preWar generation prepared to give further ground. But the who will soon have to shoulder the burden-men like Captain Anthony Eden-are cognizant of the futty of peace main- tained only by periodic retreat.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05
SUMMONS

+8 SUMMONS glf Hba IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, DIVISION NUMBER ONE, AT JUNEAU
 ALBERT O. CROOKS. Plaintiff, vs. BETH PHOEBE CROOKS, Defendant. ..f,~li TO ELIZABETH PHOEBE CROOKS, Defendant, GREETING: IN THE NAME OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, you are hereby required to appear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, First Division, within thirty days after the last publi- cation of this summons, namely within thirty days after the 18th day of January, 1889, in case this summons is published, or within forty days after the date of its service upon you, in case this sum- mons is served upon you person ally. and answer the complaint of the above named plaintiff on file in the said Court in the above en- titled action. {stW The said plaintiff in said action demands the following relief:
 The dissolution of the bonds of matrimony existing between the plaintiff and the defendant at the present time.
 And in the event you fail to so appear and answer, the plaintiff will take judgment against you for want thereof, and will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in his complaint, and as herein above stated
 Witness, the Honorable George
 F. Alexander, Judge of said
 Court, and the seal of said
 Court, hereunto affixed on
 this 18th day of December,
 1888.
 (SeaD
 ROBERT E. COUGHLIN,
 By J. w. LEVERS Publication dates, December Is, p, 29, 1888; January 5, 1889.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05
Horoscobe The stars incline
 but do not compel"
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1889

Kindly stars rule today according to astrology, but adverse planetary influences are strong. ,-
 Women are well directed ,-uhder this sway, which encourages them to entertain and to spend gefer- ,ously. M q
 Theaters and other places of en- tertainment should profit. Interest in the stage is to be keen. An in- genue will gain stardom through artistic attachments.
 While this configuration prevails men and women will be inclined to present their best traits. Good1feel- ing should be widespread in social and businss circles. E
 Mars continues in threatening portent. but outward indications of international perils will be unnotic- ed in the world of everyday affairs Secret enemies will undermine na- tional defense plans in the United States.
 Under the first full moon of the year Saturn afflicts the luminary This seems to presage heavy mor- tality as winter advances. The aged and the very young may be especi- ally affected by illnesses.
 The year will be marked by a high birth date Nasty marriages in which economic security is ignored will multiply relief problems. Terrific storms at sea are prog nosticated. Weather forecasts will fail to designate the full force of winds and tides
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of activity and prosperity Strangers will be help ful in certain lines of business.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be strong in character, in- dependent and energetic. These sub jects of Capricorn may have change full careers.
 Carl Sandburg, American poet was born on this day, 1878. Others who have celebrated it as a birth day include Tom Mix. movie star 1880; Henry E. Dixey, actor, 1859.
 Copyright, 1939)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05
DAILY LESSONS
 IN ENGLISH
By w. L. Gordon

Words Often Misused: Do not say, Charles can fix the broken chair. Say, Charles can repair the broken chair"
 Often Mispronounced: Wednes- day. Pronounce wenz-di, as in did and not wed-ens-day.
 Often Misspelled: Cymbal (musi- cal instrumenD. Symbol tan en- blem).
 Synonyms: Paltry, worthless, con- temptible, insignificant, trifling trivial. Word Study: Use a word three times and it is yours Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word. Incontrovertible; isputa b e. Principal accent is on the fourth syllable) We have incontrovertible proof"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05
M o D E R N ETIQU T E
 By Roberta Lss

O. Is it proper to use visiting card when sending regrets to an in- vitation?
 A. No. If an answer is requested the invitation must be answered by a written response on personal sta- tionery.
 Q. What constitutes real social happiness?
 A. It has been said that social happiness is attained only through friendship that has no regard for age, sex, or creed.
 Q. Are menu cards ever used at a dinner given in ones home?
 A. Not unless the dinner is a very formal and ceremonious af- fair.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05
LOOK and LEARN
 By A. c. Gordon

1. Why is brier wood used for pipes?
 2. What was the longest siege in American history?
 g. What is a mulley COW? 4 Who was the Greek goddess of Love?
 B. Which are the leading five lumber producing states of the Union?
 ANSWERS
 l. Because of it's non-inflam- mable character.
 9 The siege of Richmond by the Federals in the Civil War, which lasted 287 days.
 3. One that has been dehorned. 4 Aphrodite. g. Washington, Oregon, Califor- mia, Idaho, and Montana
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05

Each question counts 20: each part ot q tlOo-pGrt question, 10. A score of 60 IS fair, 80, good.
 l. Who is this German econ- 0mist?
 2. What state university was ordered by the supreme court to admit a Negro to it's law school? Why?
 5. Who was Philip Musica? What became of him?
 4. What U. s. official criti- cized Henry Ford and Col. Charles Lindbergh for accept ing German decorations?
 5. What is the only country that pays it's war debt install- ments to the U. S.? About how much is now overdue from all countries?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05

to excise or modify the offending parts This rejec- tion of the cry of "dicta torshp" from Frank Gan netts National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government and from the altar of the Shrine of the Little Flower in Detroit whence less than two years carrier had emerged the Coughin-Lemke National Union party Had it not been for this external pres there might well be reorganization act on the statute books today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05
on YEARS AGO AO From THE EMPIRE
JANUARY 5, 1919


 Both the public school and the parochial school were to open after an enforced vacation due to the in- fluenza ban.
 F F. w Lowie, General Agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. received a pamphlet is sued to the companies. telling of the work of the Canadian Pacific ocean service during the war.
 The annual shipment of seal skins from the Pribilof Islands by the Government was made when 30,819 skins valued at $1,027,3O0 were sent south, according to the December report of exports from the Terri tory The Government also shipped fox skins from the Pribilof Islands valued at $58,l80.
 Mrs. Pat Lynch was a passenger for Juneau on the Alameda which left Seattle.
 Robert Porter, who had been south for several weeks, was re- turning on the Alameda.
 Photographic advices from Wash ington said that Gov Thomas Riggs was to leave there in one week and was to come dierct to Juneau. Word had it that the Governor had the promise of the committees on ap- propriations that the Alaska Rail- road was to be given all the money it had asked for the coming year. Attorney J. A. Hellenthal and Mrs Hellenthal left for the East for vacation trip to Mir Hellenthals old home in Michigan.
 Weather: highest 39 lowest 38, rain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05
WpA ON CIVIL
 SERVICE FEB. 1

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Amid a storm of charges of politics in re- lief, relief Administrative em- ployees of the PWA will be placed on Civil Service February l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05
FHA OFFICE MOVES

The cffice of the Federal Housing Administration moved this week from room 200 to room 316 of the Federal and Territorial building Room 200 will be used as a commit tee room for the Senate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05
Fairbanks Mining 5i
 Man Weeds in South

TONASKET, Wash. Jan. 5. = Creighton Elliott, mining man of Fairbanks, Alaska, and Mrs Beulah Marple, Tonasket cabin camp op- orator, have been married here
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05
ATTENTION ODD FELLOWS

Installation of Alaska Lodge No. l, Silver Bow Lodge No. 2, I.O.O.F. Hall, Thursday at 7:30 pm. Visitors welcome. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05
Lindbergh in Paris
(NeW York TineS)

The vast American public which has long admired the courage and modesty of Charles A. Iindbergh must be glad to know that it is Paris, not Berlin, that the Lndbergh family have selected for their headquarters this winter. Colonel Lindbergh has suffered tragically from the public interest in his gCings and comings. One would wish him at all times the peace and secuson he has sought since leaving the United States together with the opportunity to live normal family life and do his work in his own way without interruption.
 But Colonel Lindbergh through no will of his owl has been made symbol. His words and actions carry a weight that he may not always wish them to have If he had gone to Berlin the Nazi propagandiss would not have conceded what doubtless the simple fact that he is not much interested public affairs and is good deal interested in technoogcal progress in aviation They would have made him figurehead, seemingly condoning their own inhuman policies One hopes that he will be happier in Paris the scene of his first amazing triumph His American friends and admirers will certainly be happier to have him there
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05

It seems that Coster just couldn't face the Musica
 The Nazi party was founded in Germany Is years ago You wouldn't think it was nearly that old judg ing by the intelligence quotient of its organizers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05

Great Britain's Prime Minister Chamberlain makes distinction between Germany's rulers and her people. Woodrow Wilson took that attitude too and things never have been quite the same since
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05

Les Angeles thieves stole a truckload of WPA shovels The job carefully timed Not one worker was leaning when the gang made the raid
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05

According tc Federal authorities 3oO00O Germans are awaiting official permission to emigrate to the United States With all faults they seem to prefer our company to that of Adolf s- ~,.sA,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05

Tn Maryland irate neighbors fired shotguns into crowd of eco Glee Club singers They were taking chances on the boys growing up to become crooners
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05

Pennsyvana's Senator Davis suggests that the upper branch of Congress pray more frequently A good plan if the prayers for the country. -4'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05
cHatty
 Birthday

The Empire extends congratula- tions and best ,UisIteS today, their birthday anniuerSarr % tue follop- ing:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05

Answers on Page Six
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-05

Both the public school and the parochial school were to open after an enforced vacation due to the in fluenZa ban.
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Isn't thot silly? Drilling for oil when they
could buy it 50 easily at filling ssotion!"

to buy and use. And so the second
great step was taken in Chinas war
of survival against Japan. For these
Chinese began what is now known as
the Chinese Industrial Co-operatives.
They decided to set to work, in the
old Chinese way, to establish small
units Of industry everywhere they
could, beginning with four chief GEN.
tiers in different parts of the country,
but having as their goal by the end
of 1899 chain of Chinese industries
that will reach from Inner Mongolia to
the eastern sea. In this year, they say,
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Drown by Lorior

tries they applied modern method,
the method of the cooperative, as it
has been used in the Occident. They
set up a scheme whereby group of
artisans, as few even as seven, can
organize themselves and borrow
money to begin work, with regula-
tions as to interest and return of capi-
tai. The next thing was to get the
money The Chinese government
gave them some money. the Philip
pine-Chinese contributed more, the
International Alliance of Trade Unions
in Paris gave contribution, and with
Evening star., 1939-05-21

thin cotton blankets made in Japan
or India The shops in all occupied
areas are full of cheap Japanese mer-
chandise without a Japanese trade
mark. And yet millions of Chinese
need work and thousands of Chinese
artisans are ready to work
In this desperate situation group
of alert young Chinese came together
to see what could be done They must,
they said, somehow get to work again
and make Chinese goods for Chinese
Evening star., 1939-05-21

some private gifts, the work began.
From the very first the work has
been success Machines were moved
away from areas in danger of being
bombed and some eighty small indus
tries were begun at once. Villages in
medieval China were lit for the first
time by cooperative electric light
Cooperative printing presses started
the first newspapers medieval China
had ever SEEN Weaving, spinning and
knitting were begun, and mining and
transport co-operatives functioned
we'll. Tanneries and small factories
for leather goods are flourishing.
Candlemakers' co-operatives have
done especially we'll in some places.
Everywhere the eager people have
come with energy to take advantage
of the organization, and with the GUS
tomary frugality and prudence of the
Chinese workmen, they make little
money 60 very long way. One Ameri-
can woman gave fifty dollars and this
translated into Chinese currency and
carefully spent bought seventeen Chi
nese made weaving machines and
gave employment to sixty persons in
Shensi unit. Refugees, taking shelter
in caves in the loess hills, begin to
hope again as they are given a chance
to work Village stores begin now to
be stocked once more with Chinese
merchandise.
Best of all, thousands of Chinese
feel they are at work and maintaining
themselves against Japan. For by dire
necessity many Chinese were having
to find work in Japanese-control
industries or starve. And many more
thousands could find no work at all
In this new industrial movement they
can live and fight at the same time.
For the potentialities of the Chi
nese Industrial Co-operatives are far
beyond the mere refugee problem
which it is helping to solve. The most
important thing is that here is the
means of maintaining China's morale.
Working people at work on Chinese
goods for Chinese people, and oppor-
tunity at least for eager young men
and women, technically trained and
of high ability. who have stood help
lessly by while their country crumbled
beneath them - all this means that
China is finding the way to survive
the war - and that, for the Chinese.
means victory.
Evening star., 1939-05-21
Moy 21, 1889

cestors lived And, on the other hand,
for the first time, in d sense, his ances-
tors see him.
This dramatic meeting must, of
course, have tremendous results.
Western China cannot remain peace
fully any more in the bosom of the
centuries when there are poured into
it hundreds and thousands of modern
Chinese, trained in foreign ways of
living and thinking And yet. know
ing the i1uestructibility of that an
cient Chinese culture, | know that it
will affect profoundly. too, the young
modern Chinese, and, believe, to
his benefit.
But what that effect will be remains
to be seen in the future. The immedi-
ate question for new China, driven
into old China, is this same one OF
survival. There are millions of them
there without means of livelihood,
and generous charity is not enough to
feed even their bodies and certainly
not their spirits AS we'll as to be fed,
they need to work and SO to feel
themselves part of that country into
which they have now gone. And they
need to prove themselves to their
countrymen, who, it must be con-
fessed, are often dismayed by this
influx of what, it seems to them, is
foreign and useless culture.
Now, the one front on which Japan
has done the most harm to China is
not in the cities she has bombed or the
land she has seized or even the people
she has killed but it is the damage she
has done to China's modern indus
tries, for these industries were an
important and growing means OF
China's survival and they we're almost
entirely in the provinces now under
Japan's control Seventy per cent of
China's industries are now either
completely destroyed or in the hands
of Japanese. This is the weakest point
in Chna's defense today She lacks
manufactured goods of every sort and
most of her machines for making such
goods are wrecked, sent to Japan as
scrap iron. and made into bombs to be
returned. to China The situation is so
extreme that Chinese are actually
compelled to buy Japanese goods
from sheer necessity. Chinese soldiers
20 out to fight the Japanese in uni
forms Of Japanese cloth. Their shoes
are japanese and they sleep under
Evening star., 1939-05-21
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
FACTS ABOUT CHINA
f.onn
Continued from pose eight

I'VE will have furnished very naturally
a supply of essentials and consumer
goods, translated slogans into action,
put many now idle to work, given
technical assistance to enterprises
that need it and organized others
into units that can stand the stress of
war, as we'll as organized refugee and
crippled soldiers labor, provided new
sources for raw materials and made
possible simpler transport"
But to the old idea of small indus