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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29

DISTRIBUTORS INsELBRIC AND
ri Insulation. Estimates
American Home Improvement Co.,
120 Market St., Phone 1886.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-20

SPECIAL SALE Eskimo Carved Ivory, Nugget Shop.
 adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-20
NATIONAL GUARD |5
 FORMING
First Company Inspected, InduCted al Ket(hikdn
 Juneau Is Next

On September sixteenth Major Jesse E. Graham, infantry, senior in- structor of the Alaska National Guard and Staff Sergeant Hamilton H. Bond. DEML. recently detailed as Sergeant Instructor. left Juneau for the purpose of inspecting Con- pany B. Alaska National Guard, with station at Ketohikan, for Fed eral recognition.
 Included in Major Graham's party were the following officers; Major Charles H. Hart Jr, Infantry, and Capt Harold E. Harrison, Medical Corps. from Chilkoot Barracks; Ma iur William R. MulVillill. the Adju- tant General and United States Property and Disbursing Officer for the Territory, and Capt William c. Walthor, commanding officer of Company A at Juneau.
 Gov Ernest Gruening, Commsn- der-in-C Chief. met the Inspector and his party at Ketchikan on September r and was present at the inspec- ticn cn that evening The Governor, in an inspiring address to the newly fermed company. commended the officers and men for their loyalty to the nation and Territory. The Governor compared the privilege of free men, in an army serving free f.f t,1a ar1 fnrnnd tn obey a fuehrer, despit, tyrant.
 Major Graham reminded the men cf their patriotic responsibilities in these serious timss and the honor attendant to serving in the defense of the United States and Territory of Alaska. He complimented the group on being the first Alaskan Company 10 be inspected for Federal recognition After the Majors ad- dress he introduced the members cf his party to the company and as- sembled guests.
 The Inspector and his party left Ketchikan on the United States Coast Guard cutter Cyane Septem- Der lo and on the return trip to Juneau stopped off at Wrangell and Petersburg to pay their respects to Van Fisk acd Peter Jorgensen, May c.s, respectively, of those tw o cites. It is hoped that in the near future Wrangell and Petersburg will also be allotted unit of the Ma ticnal Guard.
 The organizations to be stationed at Juneau will be inspected tomorrow evening, September 2l. These units are; Hq. Det.. lst Bn., Company A, and Me .1ical Detachment. They are cfficered by the following named Juneauites, long prominent in local military affairs.
 Headquarters Detachment = lst It. Maurice J. Whittier tBn. Com mander will be appointed latero :; Company A-Capt. William c. Wal ther, 1st It. William c. Redling, 2nd It. Gerald F Mclaughlin; Medical Detachment-Capt Edward F. Voll- ert.
 The ceremony will begin at O. clock and Major Mulvihill, the Ad- jutsnt General and Military Aide to the Governor, cordially invites the public to attend on this historic oc- casicn. It is expected that Gov. Gruening and local civic officials will be present and will address the group. The temporary armory is To- cated in the Southeast Alaska Fair Association Building
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-20
ANN zUB0FF IS RETURNING HERE;
 BEEN AT COLLEGE

Ann Zoboff is leaving Seattle to- morrow aboard the Aleutian for Juneau. She has been attending the Capital Business College in Salem, Ore, for the past two and one-half years and very recently graduated, obtaining her diploma with very high honorS.
 Mrs. Zoboff is returning to Ju- neau to visit her son who is attend ing the Juneau High School.
 Mrs. Zoboff is a daughter of Mar tin Hoist, who is engaged locally in the fishing business. She is a sister of Matilda Hoist, the mezzo- soprano singer, who recently gave a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-20

country with his brother, James, where the two were prosperous in the field Of mining. Later he took up his residence in this city and until his death resided at 234 Gold Street, with his daughter, Miss Nell McCloskey.
 He was affiliated with the Knights of Columbus in Juneau, and was a member of the Elks Lodge here
 Besides his daughter, he is sur vived by two sisters, Mrs. M. J. Tor phy of Milwaukee, Wis. and Mrs. Katherine Lynch, of Sioux City, Iowa.
 The remains are at the Charles w. Carter Mortuary and funeral serv- ices will be held at o'clock Mon day morning from the Catholic Church of the Nativity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-20
JOHN MtCL05kEY TAKEN BY DEATH
 HERE YESTERDAY
Pioneer Alaska Resident Passes Away dt N.
 Ann $ Hospital

John McCloskev. 69, former min- ing man and property owner, passed away late yesterday afternoon at St Ann's Hospital where he had been a patient for the past several weeks.
 Born at Madison, Wis, John Me Closkey came to Alaska over 30 years ago, first going to the Atlin
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-20
GOLDEN CAFE FAIR
 ALASKA DAY BRINGS
 OUT NORTHERNERS

Alaska had it's day at the San Francisco Fair recently, when the management staged an impromptu Alaska Day" to coincide with the visit of Gov. Ernest Gruening to San Francisco.
 Among Juneauites attending an Alaska Day" luncheon at the Fair were MT. and Mrs. Gruening, Miss Annabelle Simpson and, Miss Mary Lee Council.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-20
Public
 Health
 Guards
President Names Commit ice to Cooperate with
 Defense Commission

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-Presi- dent Roosevelt has named a com mittee to cooperate with the De- fense Commission in all phases of Public Health as an additional means of strengthening the nation in any emergency.
 Under the authority of the l9l6 act, the President named five men, headed by Dr. Irwin Bell, of Louis vile. Kentucky. Chairman of the Board Of Regents of che American College or Surgeons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-20
Czech AirInen
 Help Britain

BOMBAY. Sept. 20.-Thirty-seven Czech army airmen passed through Bombay today enroute to London to offer their services to Britain in the war against Hitler.
 The aviators, .all with ten years or more experience. were attached to the crack Czech army in the days before dismemberment of their country. They later went to Po- land, then made their way to India by the difficult overland route across Soviet Russia
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-20
CIVIL SERVICE
 EXAMINATIONS

In connection with the National Dcfcnse Program there is an ur- gent demand for instructors in the air corps technical school of the War Department. An insufficient number of eligibles resulted from an examination for filling these po- sitions which closed on August l5, 1o40 The United States Civil Serv- ice Commission has therefore re- announced an examination to fill the following positions
 Instructor. air corps technical school. s3,800 a year: also associate instructor. s3,200; assistant instruc- tor. s2.600; and junior instructor, $2.000 year. The salaries are sub ject to a retirement deduction of 3i3 percent.
 Applications will be rated as re- ceived at the Washington office of the U. s. Civil Service Commission until further notice. and certifica- ton made as the needs of the serv- ice require
 Separate lists of eligibles will be established in the following optional branches of instruction in the air craft field: Carburetion systems. en- zines, hydraulic systems, instru- ments. mechanics. propellers, fabric work, sheet-metal work, welding heat treating. parachutes, and Ali Corps fundamentals. Employment ir these positions is under the Arm, Air Corps, and vacancies will b. filled at Chanute Field, Rantoui III; Scott Field. Belleville. H.; ant Lowry Field, Denver, Col. Appli cants must have completed at leas IA units of high school study ant must have had certain. experience as instructor in shop subjects or a shop supervisor.
 Full information as to the require ments for these examinations. arl' application forms, may be cbtainet at 3ll, Federal Building.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-20
Film Atfor 10
 Air War Relief
 Fund for British

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Sept 20.- The adventurous Irish film actor, Errol Flynn. announces plans for series of exhibition tennis match es to aid the British war relief fund. Flynn said he would make a tour Of principal American cities to appear in exhibition tennis matches with local amateurs. The actor is considered the best tennis player in the film colony.
 The Bahamas had waves Of pros perity during the United States Civil War and during prohibition as a result of smuggling.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-20
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Sept. 20. - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 45s, American Can 97, Anaconda 22A, Bethlehem Steel 79B, Commonwealth and Southern IS, Curtiss Wright 8, General Mot ors 485s, International Harvester 45A, Kennecott 291s New York Gen. tral 14A, Northern Pacific 77s, Unit ed States Steel 56al, Pound $4.04.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-20
CHARLES WATSON ON
 PRINCESS LOUISE

Charles Watson, accountant for the Polaris-Taku Mine, arrived here on the Princess Louis after spending some time visiting in Vancouver, B. c.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-20

concert here, and is leaving next week for Seattle and California where she has concert engagements.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-20

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-09-20

DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow. Jones averages: Industrials, 131.61; rails, 28.27; utilities, 2198.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Bridge Luncheon
Given in Herndon
Bv Mrs. Never

HERNDON, Va, March 3O.-Mrs.
William Meyer will entertain IL
guests at bridge luncheon Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen H. Kirk are
entertaining over the week end their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin Wetherall of Washing
ton.
Cadets E. Barbour Hutchison, jr.;
William Anderson and Wrenn Wyatt
have returned to the Virginia Poly
technic Institute after spending the
spring vacation with their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sheppard re-
turned to their home in Baltimore
Yesterday after visit Of 10 days with
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ramsey
Bready.
Mrs. Casey Wilken entertained at
q bridge luncheon Tuesday in honor
Of Mrs. Sheppard.
Miss Edith Rogers and Mr.. Hol-
comb Rogers have as their guests
for two weeks Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
Nixon and their two small sons OF
Ithaca, N. Y Mr.. and Mrs. Nixon,
accompanied by Mr.. Rogers, spent
several days this week In Williams
burg, Va.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Miss Pearl Messer
Is Given Shower;
Gaithersbure Notes

GA1THERSBURG, Md, March
30.-Miss Pearl Messer, who is to be
married shortly to Mr.. James Fede-
line of Unity, was given a shower
Wednesday evening in the home of
her brother and sister r-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Allie Messer. with Mrs.
Clifford Stiles and Mrs. Clifford
Nicholson assisting hostesses.
Mr.. James Chandlee, jr, son of
Mrs. Eleanor Dupuis of Washington
Grove, has gone to Clinton. Iowa,
after a short visit with his mother.
Mr.. Chandlee is civil engineer for
commercial company which is
establishing plant at Clinton.
Mrs. Lawrence Darby and her
daughter, Nancy, spent the week end
in Wytheville, Va, with Mrs. Darby's
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Johnston.
Mrs. c. E. Crawford and her niece,
Miss Helen Clair Landrum, enter
tanned at dinner Monday evening in
honor of Mr.. Levi Price.
Marion Martin is expected home
this week after visit to his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Schroeder, in Abbeville, S. c., and
with Mrs. G. E. Schroeder in At
lanta, Ga. Mrs. Earle Dahlberg and
her daughter of Washington also
were visitors to the Schroeders in
South.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Pro Musica Quartet
To Play at Banquet

The Washington Committee for
Aid to China will sponsor the pro-
gram of the Pro Musica Quartet
Monday evening. April 8, at $50
o'clock at the Philips Memorial Gal
lery. The quartet consists of Mil
ton Schwartz, first violin; Jeno Sew
ely, second violin; Ralph Hirsch,
viola, and William Brennand, cello,
all Of the National Symphony Or
chestra. Washington music lovers
have heard the candlelight series
presented by these artists earlier in
the season.
AS an additional treat, Kay
Rickert, violinist with the National
Symphony Orchestra, and Helen
McGraw, pianist and Naumburg
Prize winner, will entertain in
program of chamber music. A par
tial list of sponsors for the affair
includes Mrs. Frederick harrington,
DR.. and Mrs. Walter Lowdermilk,
Mrs. Arthur Clarendon Smith, Mrs.
Jacob Leander Loose and Mrs.
Cornelia Bryce Pinchot.
The proceeds of the concert will
60 to the Chinese Industrial Co.
operatives, plan of small scale
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Miss Robertson
And Miss. Wilson
Back in Rockville

ROCKVILLE, Nd, March 3d.
Miss Elizabeth Robertson and Miss
Betty Wilson returned to Rock
vile today after a short stay at
Daytona Beach, Fla.
Miss Lydia Prettyman and Mrs.
j. Brawner Nicholson will return
to Rockville early in the week after
spending several weeks with Mrs.
Nicholson's brother-in-law and sis
ter, Col. and Mrs. William P. Hill,
at Coral Gables, Fla.
Judge Washington Waters of the
Montgomery County Orphans Court
and Mrs. Waters have sold their
home at Bethesda and have pur-
chased a residence on Wall street
in Rockville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Brigham
OF Ashton have been visiting their
son and daughter -in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. David Brigham, in Des Moines.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Glen
daniel and their children of Denton,
Md, were Easter guests of Mrs.
Clendaniel's parents, DR.. and Mrs.
George L. Edmonds, in Rockville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert P. Soper
returned Wednesday from Walston-
burg, N. c., where they visited their
son, the Rev. Elgar c. Soper.
Evening star., 1940-03-31

streets; the Anchorage, 603 Queen
street; Collingswood Tea House,
Mount Vernon boulevard, or at the
first house visited.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Diplomatic
Continued From First Page }

until the end of the week from
Miami, where they are making an
early spring visit.
The Rumanian Minister and Nine.
Irimescu. who are spending some
time in New York, probably will re-
turn early this week.
Nine. Loudon's Parents
To Visit Here.
The Netherlands Minister and
Nine. Loudon will be joined the
latter part of this week by the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gambler
Cobb of New York, who will remain
week or 10 days.
The Minister and Nine. Loudon
are planning a series of dinner
parties, the first to be given Friday
evening, April IL, and the second
the following Wednesday, April II.
The Danish Minister, NJ Henrik
de Kaufman, is in New York for
the day. having gone there for the
dedication of the International Air
port on La Guardia Field.
The Swiss Minister and Mime.
Bruggmann returned last evening
from New York, where they went to
attend the reception of the Swiss
Society, at which they were honor
guests.
The Australian Minister and Mrs.
Casey expect to move the first OF
next week into the house at 3117
Woodlawn drive, which they have
leased from Mrs. D. J. Dunigan.
The German Charge d'Affaires
and Frau Thomson will be hosts at
dinner Tuesday evening, April 8.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Silver Spring
Musicale and
Tea Today
Castles Hosts
To Mrs. Olds:
Other Notes

Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Castles will en-
tertain at a tea and musical this
afternoon in their home on Park
Crest drive in honor of Mrs. Henry
Olds, former resident of Woodside,
who now makes her home in Wash
ington with her son, Col. Robert
Olds. Mrs. Olds is the widow of the
late Henry Olds, ornithologist and
former president Of the Audubon
Society. During the afternoon a
musical program will be given based
on the bird songs written by his
brother Mr. William Olds, for which
Mr.. Henry Olds had composed many
OF the melodies, giving the true bird
notes.
Presiding at the tea table will be
Mrs. Henry P. Alden of Silver Spring
and Miss Lucy Ann Rogers of Kenil-
worth, D. G. Miss Elizabeth Clark
of Washington will assist.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Russell Shetterly
have been hosts in their home on
Cedar street for a week to students
from out-of-town schools who are on
their spring vacation Their guests,
all of whom were friends OF the
Shetterly's when they lived in the
West, are the Misses Beth Barley
and Jeanne Shapiro of Denver,
students at Fairmont School; Mr..
Richard Shadford of Denver and
Mr.. Richard Sears of Indianapolis,
who are attending Perdue University,
and Mr.. Jerry Martin of Denver,
who is student at Washington and
Jefferson College.
Mrs. E. Rolf
Is Visiting Son.
Mrs. E. Rolf Of Brooklyn is visiting
her son and daughter-in- Jaw, Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore E. Rolf, in their
apartment in Falkland. Mr.. Rolf will
leave tomorrow for Camden, N. j., to
return to his former Office with a
manufacturing company after serv-
ing as an electrical engineer in the
office of the municipal architect of
the District of Columbia for several
years. Mrs. Rolf and her son will
Join him in about month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Anderson also
plans to leave this community. To-
morrow they will move to their new
home on Lee boulevard in Arlington
Forest, Va. They have son, Bobby,
and came to Silver Spring from
Chicago about year ago.
Miss Charlotte Beers, who is a
student at Northfeld Seminary,
Northf1eld, Mass, is spending the
spring vacation with her father, DR..
Lloyd Y. Beers.
Mrs. w. H. Whitney has visiting
her for month her sisters, Miss
Helen Sterling of Fredericton, New
Brunswick, Canada, and Miss Alice
B. Sterling of Jersey City, N. j.
Miss Virginia Saffold, formerly of
Silver Spring, who has been staying
with relatives in Arizona, is tha guest
of Miss Sally Worsley. Miss Saffold
will be joined by her mother, Mrs.
Guy Stark Saffold, this summer
when they will open their house here.
Evening star., 1940-03-31

of Alexandria, historic buildings,
the restoration to order and beauty
of the river front and the promo
ton of parks.
Mrs. Niller's house, a fine exam
pie of the Greek Revival Period in
architecture, is furnished in old
French and English 18th century
style.
Among other clapboard houses to
be opened is that of Miss Anne
Lewis at 7OS Wolf street. known as
the Blue Door. This house Is more
than $50 years old.
Tickets for the tour may be pur-
chased in Washington at the A. A..
A., Seventeenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue; Keystone Auto Club,
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Alexandria Tour
Plans Are Being
COMPLETED

Mrs. William Miller is opening her
charming house at 1923 Fairfax street
for the benefit Of the seventh an
nual Alexandria Association Tour,
which will be held Saturday, April
13, from II to o'clock. The pur-
pose of the tour is the preservation
Evening star., 1940-03-31

1643 Connecticut avenue: Mayflower
Hotel at Ask Mr.. Foster, and in
Alexandria at the George Mason
Hotel, Washington and Prince
Evening star., 1940-03-31

productive units which enable
refugees to support themselves.
Tickets may be purchased at the
Washington Committee head
quarters, Ills Fifteenth street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
new BATTLESHIP
TAKES TO WATER
Washington, $4,000 Tons:
First Launched Since
1921 By U. S.
BY OLIVER w. DE WOLF

PHILADELPHIA, June 1-R-
With all the grace of its pretty Is
year-old sponsor, the $4,000 : ton
b%attleship Washington slid down
the ways of the Philadelphia navy
yard today to make its maiden
"curtsy' to the Delaware river as
the first naval link in Americas
accelerated rearmament program.
While 80, 900 cheering spectators
looked on, Miss Virginia Marshall,
of Spokane, Wash, shattered a bot
tie of champagne on the bow with
one decisive blow and the gaily-
decorated battle wagon eased
swiftly into the water. Miss Mar
shall is a lineal descendant of John
Marshall, chief justice of the Uni
ted States from 1901 to 1885.
cit was a perfect launching
commented one ~high-ranking naval
officer as the Washington's stern
turned downstream and a d o z e n
tugs churned up to lead the $685.
900, 900 ship to a temporary berth.
Later it will be placed in drydock
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
BATTLE ON S0MME
FRONT LAUNCHED
Two Strong Nazi Attacks
Repulsed By French,
Paris Reports
Rv The Associated Press

PARIS, June IA full German
force backed by heavy artillery and
dive bombers smashed against the
last of the Allies barricaded in the
wreckage of DunkerQue tonight as
other Nazi armies to the south
strengthened their drive along the
Somme.
Clearing skies put the German
dive bombers back into the assault
at the Allied escape port on the
English Channel and waves of them
blasted at French and British de
Tense positions.
Allied fighter planes swarmed up
OF them to prevent disruption o.
the continuing withdrawal of troops
Even so, bombs Numbered onto the
port and splashed about the little
boats loaded with exhausted sol
diers.
On the Somme river front the
brunt of German attack was shifted
from the Abbeville-Amiens sector
to points along the upper Somme
east of Amiens.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
By TAYLOR HENRY

WITH THE FRENCH BOMBER
COMMAND ON THE NORTHERN
FRONT, June 1.-LP-Seen from
the air from a French plane at
night, the entire northern front of
France looks like a flaming torch.
1 have just made a long night
reconnaissance flight v the
northern battlefields.
The red glow from the flaming
cities and towns gave the low
hanging night clouds the appear
ance of a late summer sunset.
Far below along the battlelines
on the Somme and Aisne rivers,
flashes of artillery fire looked like
matches flaring.
To. the north and east there was
an almost continuous line of burn
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
Spokesman Claims
British Flagship Nelson
Sunk: London Is Silent
Al a 40 AILLED
Path OF Death, Destruction
Left Along Rich Rhone
Valley By Bombs
MARSEILLE ATTACKED
M%ARSEILLE, France, June

M~ARSEILLE, France, June
1.-(AP)-The fury OF Ger
many's air might fell heavl-
" on Southern France today
in one of the biggest aerial
forays of the war, leaving a
path of death and destruc-
ton in a half dozen towns
and cities down through the
rich industrial Rhine valley.
At least 46 persons were
killed, 80 of them here and in
the harbor of this second
largest city in France. The
wounded numbered around
100.
Sc Shot Down
Latest Paris reports said Sc Ger
man planes we're destroyed or dam
aged by the French air force during
the dav with 16 French craft miss
ing. French authorities said only
that a certain number" of the Nazl
va iders were brought down in the
Rhone valley.
The attackers, in their first raid
on the south of France, dropped two
heavy bombs in this Mediterranean
port. A cotton-laden English snip
in the harbor was sunk.
The heaviest attack was centered
in the Lyon industrial region, loe
miles north Of here, where Is per-
sons were killed and between ~
and 80 wounded in attacks on five
towns.
Reports reaching Bern, SWltzer-
land. said that the air armada flew
in squadrons of Il to Sc planes.
Foreign observers in Switzerland
speculated at once on whether the
raids might have been a Hitler ges-
ture to assure Italy, on the verge Of
taking sides with Germany, that
Nazi air power was great enough to
give aid to the Italians despite Ger
man preoccupation with the military
campaign in northern France.
Lyon itself was not attacked but
at an industrial town Is miles south
west Is persons were reported killed,
80 wounded.
High explosive bombs leveled sew.
eral factories, schools and a dozen
houses.
The famous peacetime health re-
sort of Aix-les-Bains near the Swiss
frontier was showered with II bombs
that destroyed a hotel, killed n
person and wounded about 30.
In the Lyon area one of two
French planes which went up to
fight the attackers was shot down.
Throughout the afternoon raid
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
Northern French Towns
Fired By Nazi Bombers

ing towns-Cambrai, st. Quentin,
Arras, Peronne, Valenciennes-
linked by smoldering fires in the
little villages between.
Most of these were fired by in
cendiary bombs and torch-bearing
parachutists days ago, but still the
flames rise.
1t was just at nightfall that the
night bombing squadron, of which
I vas a guest, received it's orders:
ATTACK in force against Cambria
airport and the crossroads south
of Abbeville where important Ger
man troops concentrations have
been Observed"
When I read the orders I caught
my breath. Only two weeks ago,
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81