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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02

Seattle for annual conference with company executives.
 Horace Adams of Juneau, board ed the vessel here to attend the He expects to be south a month. He expects to be south a month.
 Also aboard the steamer are R. A. Hall, Seward agent; Joe Har- nish, Anchorage agent and his fam fly; Brice Howard, Fairbanks agent; Bob Kelsey, Valdez agent and his family, R. c. Deleo, Cor dova agent, and Mrs. Deleo; and R. G. Gardiner, Skagway agent and his family.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
HOSPITAL NOTES

R. Brundige was brought in by plane this morning from Tenakee where he was injured in fall. He is at St. Anns Hospital receiving treatment
 After receiving medical care, J. Shabold was dismissed today from St. Anns Hospital.
 Harry Medley was medical ad- mission this morning at the Gov ernment Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
Clemson Is Winner Over
 Boston Col.
Southern Team Viefors by Efforts of MCFadden
 and Timmons

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 2. - All- American Banks McFadden turned the ball carrying chores over to sophomore Charley Timmons yes- terday afternoon, but his bunting and defensive work brought Clem- son a victory over Boston College in the packed Cotton Bowl battle, 6 to 3.
 Twenty thousand chilled fans saw the game.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
CHAMPS ARE KUMBLED IN ORANGE BOWL
Georgia Tech Vi1fors Over Missouri Score of
 q 10 !

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 2.-Georgla Techs Magicians dazzled Missourrs football team and 36,000 spectators yesterday afternoon with magniti- cent deception to humiliate the Big Six champions in the eighth annual Orange Bowl game.
 Georgia Tech proved superiority in virtually every department ot the game, out-rushing and out passing the Missourians and win ming by a score of 21 to '.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. 2. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today, the first stock market session in the New Year, is 6h, American Can IA, American Power and Light 2, Anaconda 30h, Beth lehem Steel 81h, Commonwealth and Southern 12s, Curtiss Wright 10 3/4, General Motors 55, Inter national Harvester 61h, Kennecott 377s, New York Central 133s, Northern Pacific 3%. United States Steel 66 3l4, Pound $3.94k.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
KENTUCKY" ENDS THIS EVENING AT
 COLISEUM THEATRE

Directed by David Butler, Ken lucky" has the final showing to- night at the Coliseum Theatre.
 Starring Loretta Young and Richard Green, the film is adapted from the story The Look of Eagles" by John Taintor Foote.
 In the film, Miss Young appears as the daughter of an old South ern family who allows the bitter enmity that has existed for three generations between her family and Richard Greens to prevent her romance with him.
 Included in the supporting cast are Walter Brennan, Douglas Dum- brille, Karen Morley and Moroni Olsen.
 a sustained period of five minutes was 35 miles from the southeast on the third.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
DRIVE IN LAST PERIOD IS BIG DON'T WINNER
Texas Aggies Just Noses Out Tulane in Sugar
 Bowl Game

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. ?. - John Alec Kimbrough led the Texas Az eies in a dramatic fourth period
 ire yes4 4erday to defeat Tulane in the Sugar Bowl classic, IA to 13, .,~-ccc 95UU0 spectators. The south's j. ge foctball throng saw one of the most destructive fullbacks the game has ever known crush the Tulane team.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
JuneauSaw No Sunshine
 In December
First Month on Record of Weather Bureau with
 Zero Reading

The month of December in Ju- neau was the warmest December on record, with precipitation above normal. and the amount Of sum- shine the least on record for any month since sunshine records were started in 1917, according to the monthly meteorological report ls- sued today by the Juneau Weather Bureau office.
 The average temperature for the month was 399 degrees, as com pared with a normal of 3C.8 de- grees. It was the warmest Decem- Der in 46 years of records, the pre- vious warmest being 39 degrees in 1880, while the coldest December over a similar period was 13 de- grees in 1883.
 Christmas WarmeSt Day
 The mercury reached it's highest point last month on the 18th when a temperature of 50 degrees was registered and the lowest was 32 degrees on the first The highest December temperature on record ever a 46-year period was 59 de- grees in 1884, and the lowest over a similar period was 10 degrees in 1883.
 The total precipitation for the month was 970 inches, or 2.04 inches above the average. The pre- cipitation has been above normal each month during 1889 with the exception of April, which was only 065-inch below the normal. The total precipitation for the year was 119.47 inches, or 3542 inches above the normal. It is the heaviest pre- cipitation on record for Juneau, the previous record being 106.52 inches in 1917. The maximum amount of precipitation last month within a 24-hour period was PA inches on the second and third The total snowfall for the month was 2.4 inches, or 23.6 inches less than the average. At the close of the month there was no snow on the ground in the city
 All Days Cloudy
 There were no clear nor partly cloudy days during the month, all being cloudy. Out of a possible 202.2 hours, no sunshine was the first time on record since local sunshine records began in 1917 that no sunshine was recorded during any month.
 The prevailing wind direction for December was from the southeast, with an average hourly velocity of 9.7 miles The maximum velocity for
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
HALF $ OVER
 ON ELKS PINS
Carnegie Leads Men and Mrs. Lavenik Heads
 Women Keg|ers

Claude Carnegie came out on top of the heap for bowling averages at the end of the first half of the Elks Bowling tournament, 1t was announced today, while Mrs. Martin Lavenik led the women with a 160 average.
 Averages were as follows:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02

AGRICULTURISTS predict the western chestnut, chief source of commercial tanning, will be ex- tinct within 20 years due to blight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
BRUNSWICK KEGLING

Bowling resumes in the Commer- cial League tonight at the Bruns- wick alleys with the Takus meet ing the Druggists and Brunswick rolling against the Barbers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
BACK TO KETCHIKAN

Miss Virginia Dudley, employee of the Department of Public Vel fare, returned to Ketchikan on the Mt. Mckinley after vacation ing here over the holidays.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE

Without CaIOmel-And You Il Jump Ouf
 of Bed Full of Vim and Vigor.
 Your liver should pour out two pints of liquid bike into your bowels daily. If this bile is not flowing freely your food doesn digest. It just decays in the bowels Gas bloats up your stomach. You get constipated. Your whole system is poisoned and you feel sour, sunk and the world looks punk.
 mere bowel movement doesn't get at the cause It takes those famous Carter's Little Liver Pills to get these two pints of bile flowing freely and make you feel up and up" Harmless, gentle. yet amazing in making bile flow freely. Look for the name Carter's Little Liver Pills on the red pack age. Refuse anything else. Prict 25e.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
ALASKA STEAM'S
 AGENTS SAILING
 SOUTH, MEETING

pany agents were aboard the
 steamer Mount Mckinley today when that vessel sailed from here for Seattle, the agents going to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
DOW. JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 151.43, rails 32.23, utilities 25.90.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
MCLEAN SCORES
 INSURANCE WIEN
 FOR BIG TROPHY

Hector Mclean, insurance man, is proud of a spread-Winged gold eagle trophy he has at his office, a trophy he won for being one of nine outstanding United Benefit Life Insurance office managers,
 The contest was life insurance sales contest of 128 managers through the nation over a period of two months, "ground-break- ing contest for the new United Benefit Building in Omaha.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
ELKS BOWLING

After the holiday lay-off, Elks keglers get under way again tonight on the lodge alleys with three matches on the slate, Fosters vs. Tailors, Humpies vs. Builders and Jewellers vs. Amazons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
SUN BOWL
 GAME TIE
Catholic University and Arizona State Play
 ScoreIess Contest

FL PASO, Texas, Jan. 2.-Catho- lie University and Arizona State fought a vicious game yesterday af- ternoon to a scorelesS tie in the Sun Bowl before a crowd of 12,000 spectators.
 LUTHERAN CHURCH Xz
 The annual Lutheran Congrega- tional meeting will be held tonight at 7::30 o'clock. Members of the church will hold their annual busi- ness sessions and the various de- partments will submit their yearly reports.
 Following the meeting there will be refreshments served by men of the church.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02

Today's News Ioday-Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-02
POLLY AND HER PALS

Empire Want Ads Br.ng Results.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Park Preservation

In recent years, as the remain
ing privately owned open spaces Of
Washington have become densely
built up, a tendency has grown to
make use OF park areas, particularly
various "undeveloped" woodlands, for
community utility purposes. Rock
Greek Parkway, for instance, has be-
come a traffic boulevard, and at this
time Piney Branch and Rock Creek
Valley are defaced by great sewer
excavations.
Within the last few weeks, in pre-
pairing preliminary plans for another
sewer program, the District gov
ernment suggested running 1t
through Glover -Archbold and Found
~ Branch Pathways. The emphatic
mo" with which this was greeted
last week by the acting director Of
National Capital parks is encourag-
ing.
While such projects serve q definite
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Says Bicycles Should Be
Made Visible ut Night.
To the Editor Of The Star:

Statistics show that over 700 persons
mostly children-lost their lives in BIZ
cycle accidents in this country last year.
To help prevent such accidents, why not
have the framework of all bicycles paint
ed or enameled white, or else chromium
or nickel plated? This would make the
bicycle clearly visible at night. even in 4
dim light. and this is especially necessary
IN crossing at intersections, where q
dark-colored bicycle, even when equipped
with both front and rear lights, as re-
quired by law, is hard to see. Another
way would be to have red lights or mir
rors on both the right and left sides Of
the bicycle as well as one In the rear. I
believe there would be marked decrease
in both bicycle and automobile accidents
II local or State laws required all such
vehicles to be either white or plated, or
else to have these lateral red lights or
mirrors To introduce the idea, why not
have Federal law requiring all bicycles
or bicycle frames shipped in interstate
commerce to be white or nearly white
(say, beige, cream -colored or aluminium
painted for variety, or else entirely
plated? ELMER g. STILL.
Livermore, Calf.
May z.
Evening star., 1940-05-16

sary natural resources are responsible
for the majority Of wars. Unfortunately,
commercial greed continues to motivate
men and an unwillingness to share with
the "underlings"-not to mention the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are forced to
subsist within narrow confines breeds
unhappiness, unrest and jealousy which
frequently eliminates in conflict. Hence,
1t would seem that until nations, as well
as individuals, attempt to practice the
golden rule, warfare will continue in
greater or lesser degree. Animal pas
sions are merely externalized in these
ceaseless, horrible and really senseless
conflicts. Reverting to states Of bestial-
ity solves no problems.
II the policy Of treating ones neigh
Dor as ones self had been adopted, war
would have long since been relegated to
the jungle, where 1t originated, and uni
versal peace would prevail.
EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH.
May IL.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Paging Uncle Remus

A short while ago the Grace liner
Santa Barbara steamed into New
York from a bring-'em -back-alive
cruise along the Spanish main, loaded
with numerous odd specimens like
penguins and sloths. The cream of
the crop was a rare brown-and-
white spotted short cared rabbit
from Panama, weighing twenty -one
pounds, which had ruined the crews
beauty sleep night after night by
barking continuously.
When this hard-boiled rabbit goes
on exhibition he will be quite a prob
lem to the public. OF course, as see
ing is believing, as is also hearing,
they will just have to get used to the
idea that the animal exists, but it is
going to be hard to persuade them
that he belongs to the family made
famous by Uncle Remus. Conceiv-
ably they might swallow the idea Of
a rabbit having spots, gag slightly at
his short ears, and choke down his
weight Of twenty-one pounds; but
when he barks, he must be q couple
Of other animals. Still, these are
restless times and 1t Is possible that
he really is q rabbit tired Of being
pushed around, who has decided to
get tough for q change and insist on
his rightful place In the Panaman-
ian sun.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Asks Weather Man to
Reinstate Word Data"
To the Editor of The Star:

After we hear Gordon Hittenmark in
the early morning introduce THE United
States Weather Bureau Weather Man."
we hear daily broadcast that is giving
the layman something Of an insight into
the basis Of weather prognostication. We
are not now so prone to talk glibly about
the weather mans wild guess" when
forecasts 60 awry. In matters meteoro-
logical we are beginning to feel that we
are on the inside looDing out.
Even this program has not been with
out its laughable angle. At first the
weather broadcaster's script had phrase
announcing that "the following data are
OF local interest" Perhaps some Of US
believed that at last the proper pro-
nunciation Of data" with its long "a"
would become commonplace and that
the man In the street would come to
realize that data" is q plural form
suddenly for some reason data" was
dropped from the script. Can 1t be that
the radio listeners Of the National Capt.
tai made 1t too hot for the venturesome
soul who tried to foist upon us the
proper pronunciation Of this common
word and who insisted upon It's plural
number?
Please, Mr.. United States Weather
Bureau Weather Man, won't you con.
tinus to educate u In the niceties Of
English as well g In the mysteries Of
meteorology2 DAVID BLENARD.
May IL.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. Tyace,uell.

follows. It must be kept In mind that
many Of these are water bids, and can
be seen only on the Potomac and In
the marsly areas. It must always be
realized that only some 90 species will
be seen normally in local suburban back
yards. The list:
Hoiboells grebe. horned grebe, pied
bill grebe, common loon, -throated
loon, Brunnich's murre, glaucous gull,
herring gull, ring-billed gull, laughing
gun, Bonapartes gull, Coues Caspian
tern. Forster's tern, common tern, least
tern, black tern.
Audubon's shearwater. Leachs petrol,
Hawaiian petrol, Wilson's petrol, double
crested cormorant. American white pei
lean, American merganser, red-breasted
merganser, hooded merganser, mallard,
red-legged black duck, black duck,
gadwall, European widgeon, baldpate,
European teal, green-winged teal, blue
winged teal, shoveler, American pintail,
wood duck. redhead, canvasback, greater
scaup duck, lesser scaup duck, ring
necked duck, American goldeneye, bufne-
head, old squaw, American elder, Ameri-
can scooter. white-winged scooter, surf
scooter, ruddy duck, Canada goose, brant.
whistling swan, glossy ibis, wood ibis,
American bittern, least bittern.
Great blue heron, American egret,
snowy heron, Louisiana heron, little blue
heron, green heron. black-crowned night
heron. yellow-crowned night heron, sand
hill crane. king rail. clapper rail, Vr-
ginia rail. sora, yellow rail, black rail,
Florida gallinule. American coot, red
phalarope, Northern phalarope, Ameri-
can woodcock, Wilson's snipe, dowitcher.
long-billed dowitcher. silt sandpiper.
knot. pectoral sandpiper, white-rumped
sandpiper, Baird's sandpiper, least sand
piper. red-backed sandpiper, semi
palmated sandpiper, Western sandpiper,
sanderling, greater yellowlegs, lesser
yellowlegs. solitary sandpiper, willet, run,
upland plover, spotted sandpiper, long
billed curlew, Hudsonian curlew, Ameri-
can black-bellied plover, golden plover,
killdeer, semipalmated plover, piping
plover, ruddy turnstone, bob-white,
rufled grouse, heath hen. wild turkey,
passenger pigeon (now extinct.
You didn't know there were that many
water birds-and others-within 20 miles
of Washington!
Think of that list, and then realize
that in 1t is scarcely a species which is
OF interest to the home back yard watcher
OF bird ife-although this column sew
eral years ago reported Florida galli-
mule in local back yard.
We will continue with the list of the
birds which most Of us have a chance
to see at home, and which most of us
no doubt think Of, when we think of
birds" But it is well, now and then,
to realize the immensity of nature, the
many birds which she has for us, If we
go after them, looking for them in their
native haunts. The reader should keep
In mind. in reading this further list,
that not all Of them. by any means.
come to any individual garden. He also
should realize that perhaps many species
OF sparrows and warblers will come
which he will not be able to difIerentiate
from others Of the family, and thus he
will never know that he has seen them.
Evening star., 1940-05-16

public purpose. and bring about BEN
efits which add to the convenience
Of living, the time has come when
the city must adhere to a specific
policy in regard to the parks. It must
be remembered that they serve a
well-defined and important purpose
IN the plan Of the city, This applies
not only to the areas set aside for
activities, such as the playing fields,
the golf courses, the Water Gate and
the bride paths, but to the purely
wild woodlands which have been pre-
served in too small a degree within
the city. Practical considerations,
the provision Of adequate utilities
and of easy transportation are Of
Importance. But there is no excuse
to utilize the city's treasured open
spaces for such purposes merely be-
cause they offer the easiest route and
it is entirely erroneous to believe
that cutting through a park, with
destruction of valuable trees and
shrubbery, is cheaper" than going
around the park. In a way, it is far
more expensive.
1t Is fortunate the West End sewer
project was merely in a preliminary
stage and the plan was not compli-
Gated by denying 1t the use of the
parks. But 1t is more fortunate that
those In charge OF preserving these
areas recognize so necessary a policy
and take so definite stand.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
A Good Bill

The Senate displayed good judg-
ment in accepting without substan-
tial alteration the various changes by
which its Appropriations Committee
added 81 ,406,173 to the District sup
ply bill for the year commencing
July l.
Its action was a deserving recog-
milton of the care with which the
District Subcommittee selected the
increases, under the guidance Of
Chairman Overton. For the most
part the additions are intended to
provide better maintenance of such
vital functions as the school system,
care OF the sick and needy, and a
modest increase of twenty-five in
police personnel.
When the House Subcommittee,
presided over by Chairman Caldwell,
held the bill down to the lower total
Of 48,291,7l7 it was actuated by a
desire to keep as close as possible to
balanced budget. The fear of
deficit, even under the House total,
however, was based mainly on the
newlaw permitting taxpayers to defer
half of their income taxes until
October of each year. This meant
that collection of a substantial par:
OF the calendar year levy would be
delayed until after the close of the
fiscal year, June 30, by which the
appropriation bill is governed.
District officials assured the SEN
ate, however, that the much-needed
increases in the supply bill could be
met without raising the present real
estate tax by making allowance at
the beginning of the new fiscal year
for the fact that these deferred
income payments are due, even
though not payable for several
months.
There Is no point, therefore, in
making further cuts from the Senate
bill IN conference. The money in
volved comes from local taxes. If
the revenue will finance the addi-
tional appropriation, no economy is
involved in eliminating the Senate's
proposed additional expenditures.
1t is particularly gratifying that
the Senate added the authority to
proceed with plans for the Scott
Circle underpass. While the Thomas
Circle underpass has expedited the
flow Of traffic past that point, it
makes similar treatment of Scott
Circle, only two blocks away, i'm
perative, and the District has gas tax
funds available to meet its half of
the work as a Federal-aid highway
project.
Another small, but essential in
crease, is the $4,000 to begin plan
ming for an enlarged water supply.
Even though this will be ten-year
undertaking, the engineers are con-
vinced that to delay this preliminary
study Of the question would be to
create water emergency later on
in this growing community. The
question OF an equitable division of
cost In the Improvements is highly
important but can await completion
OF the necessary study now proposed.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Alexandra Dump

For many years the area between
the National Capital and historic
Alexandria has been blighted by vast
sections used for depositing tremen-
dous quantities of trash. AS is inevi-
table, permanent fires shoulder,
breaking forth occasionally in wind
whipped blazes which threaten ad-
joining properties. At times dense
smoke billows up from the piles and
is carried for miles. Before the
filling in of the old canal for con-
struction Of the present Washington
Airport that plot of ground was the
burning CHAT" It's pail frequently
spread over Potomac Park and It's
stencil carried far enough to reach
into Government offices.
Last year the City of Alexandria
ordered the closing of the privately
operated dump on Four Mile Run.
This action followed unanimous pro-
tests by citizens, civic organizations,
property owners and schools.
Other pressure, however, has been
brought to bear on the City Council
since then. A new corporation has
been formed to operate the dump,
consisting Of the same individ-
uals who comprised the company in
charge when the place was closed.
And permission has been granted to
reopen a nuisance that was never
abated, for the trash has been burn
ing continuously since last Septem-
ber. Some new restrictions have
been ordered, f1re-control measures
must be adopted and the area for
merly permitted to be used is some-
what restricted.
But since the location is adjacent to
one Of the main highways to Alexan-
dria and Mount Vernon, and is close
enough to Mount Vernon Boulevard