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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
DIM0ND PLEADS
FOR ALEUTIAN5
WATER SERVICE
Wants Supply Bill Sum Put
Back Into Post Of
flee Budget

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-Alaska
Delegate Anthony j. Dimond ap-
pealed to the House today to restore
to the Post Office Supply bill the
sum of $500 to provide trans
portation from Seward westward
along the coast among the Aleu-
tianS.
The item was stricken by the APP
preparations Committee.
Dimond said the ship which now
provides mail service along the route
can carry only twelve passengers
and little freight.
The Delegate said long periods
elapse between trips when four
thousand people in the region are
without transportation.
The number of residents being
served will not permit the operation
of a larger ship as far as private
finance is concerned, Dimond said.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
GOOD BooTING

FREMONT, Neb., Jan. "a. All
through the past football season
Coach William Nelson of Midland
College wept bitter tears because he
lacked a capable punter.
Then came the GROWING blow.
At the school "Olympics" Miss Ar
lene Gardner, sophomore, stepped
up and booted the pigskin So yards,
10 yards better than the average
of Midland's best male punter.
She learned how from her BROTH
er Wayne, former Midland grid
star.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
DUkER QUOTED
STATEMENT HIS,
NOT EMPIRES
Story Not Intended as View
Of Newspaper on
Court Case

A news story printed in Monday s
Empire containing a statement by
Sam Duker relating tc a lawsuit
in which he is defendant, expressed
Duker's opinion alone and not that
Of The Empire
Duker was sued last week by Sam
Minzcff, laborer who alleges the
Juneau attorney failed to file COM
pensation suit which he had been
retained TO file.
On Monday. Duker asked The En-
pire to print quoted statement in
which, among other things, he al
legged The matter impressed him
with the belief that this suit is
brought solely in. an attempt to sat
isfy some petty personal or poll
tical grievance"
The statement was Duker's and
not that of The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
deer HUNTER

LLANO, Tex, Jan. 24.-Bud Ev-
ans is a cow-hand by trade but he
doesn't draw the line at odd jobs.
Mark Moss, Evans employer,
wanted a deer to replace pet one
that had died on his game preserve,
So Evans rode forth, enticed an
eight point buck into roping range
with cottonseed cake; roped and
tied him singled handed and then
loaded him in a trailer for delivery
to Moss
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24

their fellow townsman they found
two Boston men, names unknown,
who had become separated from
their guides and were now seven
miles from nearest civilization"
Weakened by hunger the exhausted
American sportsmen were only
thinly clothed, were soaked to the
skin by heavy rains that had fall
en- had no matches to light a fire
in the cold early-winter weather
They had come TO the edge of a
great swamp in which they thought
they would soon collapse and die
and then almost as though their
senses were receiving them, they
heard the outcries of the searchers
close at hand.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
Just One
Mistake After
| Another

TULSA, Okla Jan. 25-Water
Commissioner John Graham thinks
this could go on forever:
His employees gave him pair Of
boots. When Graham tried them
on, both were for the left foot.
Back to the manufacturer they went
for mating
An employee gave him a pair of
spurs, to fit the boots Both were
for the same boot, Graham discov-
cred.
Then the boots came back-two
sizes too small.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
FOUR GUESTS TO
ATTEND LUNCHEON

The Chamber of Commerce will
have four guests tomorrow at its
weekly luncheon in the Gold Room
of the Baranof Hotel.
Invited to attend are CAA officials
Allen Hulen and George Mexican,
E. H. Chappell, Assistant Meteor
ologist of the Anchorage weather
station and Howard Lying. Repre-
sentative from the Second Division
and now Chairman of the Territor-
ial Democratic Committee.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
GOLDEN HEART"
films WILL BE
SCREENED AGAIN

Another public showing Of Trevor
Davis films entitled THE Golden
Heart of Alaska" has been arrang-
ed fo:' Friday evening at o'clock
at the Masonic Temple
The 1000 feet Of colored motion
picture film and $50 colored slides
were obtained by the Juneau pho
tographer on a Yukon and West
ward trip last Fall. They are being
Shown again due to many requests
which have been received both from
those who saw the pictures before
snd those who were not able to.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
COULDN'T FOLLOW

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Jan. "a
Three times, Richmond Robson of
Delavin, ILL.,, was Illinois corn king.
He topped production of other grow
ers with 100 bushels plus per acre.
In 1889 his record was 1874 bushels
an acre. But on his quarter Sec
ton Nebraska farm, which he owns
near here, Robson raised not sim
gle ear of corn during the drought
last year.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
BAR EXAMINATIONS
UNDER WAY HERE

-Four candidates for bar exam
nations went to work this morning
in the Grand Jury Room Of the
Federal Building answering the first
of series of questions which will
take them most of the week.
Miss Virginia Lund is admins
term g the examination for the
Board of Law Examiners.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
Honesty is
Best Policy:
rs Rewarded

HAWESVILLE, KY, Jan "a =
When Mrs. Rebecca Richey died,
her furniture and other belong
ings were sold by her nephew, Jack
Goering, to Lester Boiling, farmer.
Boiling accepted a sewing machine
in the lot, then sold it to Otto
Neuton, a neighbor.
Neuton examined the machine
and found 500 in five and ten
dollar bills in one of the drawers.
He turned the money over to the
administrator of Mrs. Richey's es-
tate He, Goering and Boiling all
were given rewards.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
Neiighbors
Aid Fire
icti;rsas

ROMAN, Mont, Jan. "a. = The
home of Dave Anderson and his
family was completely destroyed by
fire. Pablo residents got together
and gave them a miscellaneous -
shower Of household equipment.
Then they announced they would
take public subscription to build
the family a new home. People
who couldn't give cash offered their
services.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24

Federal Employees at the Baranof
Hotel. The picture was shown
through the courtesy of Territorial
Commissioner of Education Anthony
E. Karnes.
Walter H. Schaeffer, Forest Ser
vice employee from Ketchikan, was
a visitor at the meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
RETURN TO HOMES

M. j. Haas and Harry DeLand
delegates to the recent Democratic
Territorial convention in Juneau,
left aboard the Mount Mckinley
for their Westward homes.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
See RIVER" MOVIE

THE River" Department of Ag-
riculture documentary film by Pare
Lorentz telling the story of the Mis-
sissippi. was shown today at the
mcnthly luncheon meeting of the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
Max. tempt.
last "a hours
Station
WEATHER SYNOPSIS

Pressure low morning
with moderate disturbance
at latitude 43 degrees north longitude 10
indefinitely located the Aeutian
the Aeuian Islands Strong
Washington Temperatures slightly
Juneau Jan 25-smrise 1921 am; sunset 4:o5 pm
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
MILLoTTE GOES WEST

Photographer Millotte is pas
senger aboard the Mount Mckinley
for Seward. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Millotte and they plan
tc return to Juneau in MAY.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24

AS to As B. c. Excavations along
the bank of the Tiber six miles from
Rome have uncovered ruins of sew
eral buildings, with frescoes, mosaic
flooring and fragments of statuary
where the glamorous queen is sup
posed to have entertained Marc
Antony.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
.Cteopdtra's
PaIace
Is Found

ROME. Jan "a. = Italian arch
eologists believe they have found
the site of the sunptuous palace
occupied by Cleopatra during her
two-year residence in Rome from
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
DOELkER FILES
FOR LEGISLATURE

G. A. Decker, Juneau chiroprac-
tor, today filed with the Clerk OF
the District Court his declaration
of candidacy for Territorial Rep
resentative as a Democrat.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
WILCOX TO SKAGWAY

H c. Wilcox left on the Mount
Mckinley for Skagway to conduct
classes in mining
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-24
(By the U. S. Weather bureau

vicinity beginning pm,
Cloudy tonight and Thursday moderate easey
Minimum tonight about "a
Southeast Alaska:
noheasterly northey
of wina along the coast the of Alaska
Winds
probably
Thursday Hinchnbrook east
northeasery
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31
Americas Cold Wave Far Less
Seuere Than Storms In Europe

the winds are greatly modified In
sweeping over North Atlantic seas,
and the blasts, reaching England
and northern France, cause the
"blowsy' foggy weather Of London.
However, under extreme conditions
they fail to lose their frigidity over
the ocean and carry violent icy
storms across England and France
and as far south as northern Italy.
In much the same way Canada
and the United States get most OF
their snow and freezing weather
from air sucked in through the
giant funnel of the Mackenzie river
basin in northern Canada just east
of the Canadian Rockies. The
weather of the continents frequent
ly balances as the Arctic air mass
es sweep southwark.
"These storms over North Amer
lea seem to break out Of the Mac
kenzie- basin as the pressure or air
increases throughout that area
Weightman explained. Then they
sweep southwark, sometimes as 1ar
as Alabama and Mississippi, a they
did in recent weeks
SLOTS
RALEIGH - The State Revenue
Department announced today that
the "for-amusement-only" pinboaro
machines, legalized by the last leg
islature, had yielded $212,O4O IN
! taxes since June l..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31
Dark-Fired Tobacco
Prices Holding Firm

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 3o.-R-
The volume OF, sales was slim and
prices were good on the Virginia
dark = fired markets yesterday.
Lynchburg sold 94,365 pounds for
an average of SEAS per hundred
weight, and Farmville 1858
pounds for $12.70.
The dark leaf markets were clos
ed until Monday, Feb. {, because Of
heavy snow which has clogged
farm roads.
The Danville flue-cured tobacco
warehouses yesterday cleared out
the small volume of 136,470 pounds
at 1907 in two hours. Petersburg's
average was $11.32 for 11,052
pounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31
u. S. AGENTS PROBE
FERTILIZER FRI MS
Antitrust Attorneys Will
Present Evidence 10
Grand Jury

WINsTON-SALEM, Jan. 30-OP-
Attorneys Of the antitrust division
of the department Of justice were
here today winding up an extensive
probe in alleged monopolistic prac-
tees Of the 5000, 900, 00~o-a-year Ter
tilizer industry.
A special term of U. S. district
court has been called for winston
Salem at the request of District
Attorney Carlisle Higgins, to con-
yene February 12,. and the FIJI
lawyers are preparing evidence to
be presented to the grand jury.
A department Of justice statement
said the federal investigation was
precipitated by continuous COM
plants Of monopolistic practices in
commercial fertilizer by farmers
cooperatives, individual farmers and
farm groups, u~norganized farm
groups, dealers and mixers"
The department Of justice has
sent agents over a wide area OF
te, -itory to investigate the indus
try's practices, 1t was said.
The statement continued:
TT appears that the prices OF
various grades Of fertilizer have
been maintained with such uni
formity as to constitute corrobora-
ton Of these complaints and to
compel this investigation. It is diff
icult to believe that such prices
aro the result Of a series Of coin
cidences."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31

RALEIGH, Jan. 3O.-CR-A state
wide referendum on liquor-long
advocated by the drys-and repeal
of the three per cent sales tax
we're two big planks in the guber-
material platform of Paul D. Grady.
Grady, Kenly man who ran for
lieutenant governor in 1886 with
the support of DR.. Ralph w. Nc
Donald, announced his candidacy
for governor yesterday. He was the
sixth man to enter the. race
Grady did not say whether he
had the backing Of the Mcdonald
forces in his present campaign.
Mcdonald in the race four years
ago entered a run-off primary with
Clyde R. Hoey and was defeated.
The other candidates in the
gubernatorial race are Mayor Thorn
as E. Cooper Of Wilmington, ]. M.
Broughton of Raleigh, l.. Lee
Gravely of Rocky Mount, W. P.
Horton of Pittsboro and A. J.
Maxwell of Raleigh.
Grady said that if he were elect
ed he would recommend the liquor
referendum at the earliest possible
moment. Prohibitionists, opponents
Of the present county option sys-
tenn, have claimed that a state
wide referendum would result in a
big vote against liquor.
The candidate said that he would
discuss during his campaign q
plan by which the sales tax could
be repealed without hindrance OF
disruption to any necessary gov
ernmental function" He came out
fatty against highway fund diver
sion. He advocated consolidation OF
state departments and commits
sions.
Grady is a lawyer, As years old
He has served six terms in the
legislature and was president pro-
tenn Of the senate in 1885.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31
Cold Wave Death Toll
Set At -Four Hundred

ATLANTA, Jan. 30.-R-Shift-
ing temperatures expedited a back
to-normalcy weather movement
throughout the nation today.
The South thawed out from CROP
damaging cold unsurpassed in a gen.
Grafton. Frigid blasts dropped the
mercury in parts Of the northeast.
Human fatalities of a two-Week
cold wave were more than 40O
throughout the nation and unpro'
tected livestock suffered.
Winter vegetable and fruit prices
scared on metropolitan markets with
reports of recent frost to crops in
southern garden spots from the Rio
Grande valley to the Everglades.
Agricultural observers said the losses
would amount to millions" but few
would hazard estimates for any spe-
cific locality.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31
Rv STEPHEN j. McDONOUGH
Associated Press Science Writer

dSSOC1dGCu
WASHINGTON, Jan. So.--The
worlds weather has gone off bal
ance. While Canadians and Ameri-
cans may think they have been hav-
ing q. severe spell Of snow and cold
weather, it has not been as dis
agreeable as they might have ex-
pected judging from past weather
performances.
The people of northern Europe
have been having their coolest
storms in half a century. Ordinar-
ily when severe cold strikes that
part of the globe, similar conditions
prevail in the northern United
States and particularly in the north,
eastern states, according to r. H.
Weightman, official ~forecaster of
the United States weather bureau
Even the bitter cold experienced
here has not ~equalled the record
set by the cold spell in Europe, ana
the northeast has been having com
paratively mild weather.
Both North America and Europe
get most of their cold weather o
the winds which whistle down out
of the Arctic and sub-Arctic. Most
of England's nose-dripping storms
sue as those of the last week,
Weightman explained, come from
low pressure areas arising in the
vicinity Of Iceland.
J1s,,allv the icy temperatures oil
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31
Again Demand
Release OF Germans

had simply reserved the right" to
demand the return Of the captives.
Hence the new position was inter-
preted as a strengthening Of ia
pans attitude.
The foreign office statement said
Craigie requested today's confer
ence. 1t was agreed that the British
note replying to Japan's protest
over the incident would not be pub.
lished Immediately.
The japanese government '"1nean.
while is preparing a considered re-
ply" it was stated.
The newspaper Asahi said that
the Soviet ambassador, Constantin
Smetanin, had conferred for an
hour today with Arita over the
questions of Russian-Japanese trade
and japanese fishing rights in So
Wet Far Eastern water.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31

more and more of his thought to
the problem Of restoring peace. One
recent White House caller, for in
stance told friends that Europe is
practically ali of his atten'
ton nowadays"
2. The growing belief that a ter
rifle German offensive will be losed
in the spring.
A direct offer of mediation is a
real possibility. Before such an Of
fer could be made publicly, Of
course, a great deal Of quiet nego-
tiation with the foreign nations
involved would have to take place.
The offer would not be made if
it were found that there was no
chance to get it accepted. If made
and accepted, however, such a pro
gram would mean active participa'
tion by this country in a full-dress
European conference.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31
Farm Prices Start
Year At High Levels

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30-uR0
Administration farm officials, con-
fronted by the possibility that con-
gress may not appropriate funds for
parity payments for 1941, were
heartened today by the disclosure
that farm prices had started the
new year at the highest level in
two years.
The agriculture department said
that the index Of farm prices ad-
var ed three points between mid
December and mid-January to reach
80 per cen of the 1904 level.
This index was 5 points higher
than a year earlier and the high
est since mid-January, 1888. Nearly
all groups Of commodities partici-
pated in the advance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31
GERMANS ATTACK
DALADIER SPEECH
Nazis Claim Planes Sunk
Nine Ships In North
Sea Yesterday

BERLIN, Jan. 30.-R-Destruc.
ton Of nine ships in the North sea
by German planes was presented to-
day as a na2i birthday gift" on
the seventh anniversary ct Reichs-
feuhrer Hitler's rise to power.
Authorized sources bitterly at.
tackled French Premier Daladier's
speech last night, termir1, it more
h%ysterical even than (Winston)
Chrrchill's." These sources viewed
Daladier's remarks as an effort to
frighten neutrals to join the Allies.
They said his criticism IT Ger.
man treatment Of conquered Poles
came with Ill grace from a nation
which Showed decidedly sadistic
tendencies in treatment of Ger
mans during and after the World
war;"
The official German news agency
DNB said seven "enemy-convoyed
armed merchant ships" and two
patrol vessels, totalling 21,378 tons,
were sunk yesterday, and that a
British plane was shot down near
Hartlepool.
All German planes returned safe.
ly the agency said. (The British &C.
knowledged no sinkings, but said
10 Of their ships and n Latvian
freighter had been attacked.)
Praise for the German planes and
their claim to supremacy in the
North Sea dominated newspapers,
alongside %eulogies Of Hitler and
his works.
Because Of the war, the anniver.
sary Of his appointment as premier
by the late President Paul Won
Hindenburg Jan. 30, 1888. was just
another working day, rather than
the national day Of celebration It
has been in the past.
The newspapers recalled Hitler's
appeal to the party seven years
ago:
Overwhelming is the task before
us. We must solve 1t and shall
solve it."
Fight for Living"
This task today was defined gen.
orally as "a fight for living" which
illuminated in the decision be-
tween US and England"
Writing in Hitler's W Voelkis-
cher Beobachter, the editor, DR.. AL
fred Rosenberg, viewed the present
as follows:
IAN old, corrupt, but well-organ.
lied and military-strong world
makes a last effort to put through
against Germany. over and above
all her rights in Europe, their So
called democratic principle, which
in reality is the domination Of bru.
tai financial markets speculations."
The press displayed recent pic
lures Of Hitler at the front.
The customary annual promo.
by the feuhrer in the army,
police and civil service were pub.
In previous years the r~eichstag
has met to hear Hitler, but it did
not convene today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31

TOKYO, Jan. 30.0R-The for.
eign office announced that Foreign
Minister Hachiro Arita told Brit
ish Ambassador Sir Robert Leslie
Craigie today that the return to
Japan Of p Germans seized by the
British navy from the Japanese
liner Asama Maru was Essential.
The demand was made at a two
and a half hour conference In
which "every angle" Of the Asama
Maru case was discussed. The YES
sci was halted by a British war
ship Jan. 20 off Yokohama, and
the q seamen, returning to Ger
many, were taken off,. They nave
been interned in Hongkong.
Craigie and Arita agreed to meet
again tomorrow.
The foreign office statement was
considered significant because mere
tofore the japanese government
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31
Mans Body, Mangled
By Dogs, Discovered

OAKLAND. Calf, Jan. 30-R-
The body Of Manuel Cabral, 81,
laborer, was found horribly mangled
in his house last night by police
who drove away four fierce and
starving German Shepherd dogs.
Officers said they were unable to
determine if the dogs attacked and
killed their master, or attacked him
after he had died from natural
causes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31
FLASHES
OF LIFE
(By The Associated Press)
ALI ABOARD

ALL ABOARD
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.-Harry Grit
fifth may take a train ride from
Muscotah, Kas., to Atchison. Kas..
if a ticket he found in his late
uncle's papers is still good.
The ticket, dated Sept. -, 1884,
has no time limit. He's sending
it to the Missouri Pacific railroad
office at st. Louis to find out
whether it's valid.
BULLS EYE, ALMOST
DETROIT-When word of this
gets around, Frank Reddick prob
ably won't be bothered with Prov
lers.
He was awakened by the sound
of someone trying to enter his
bedroom window. He grabbed an ak,
crept to the window and gave a
tremendous chop.
The prowler fed. Reddick turn
ed on the light and found the in.
truder's hat neatly pinned to the
window ledge by the AK.
EXPERT
PORTLAND, Ore.-George Hen.
derson, instructor in safety" ski
ing, isn't on the job just now.
He broke his leg while skiing
on Mt. Hood.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31

spring.
Many "ifs'' are
involved and llo
decision has been
reached. 1t is
known, however,
that the Presi-
lent has a peace
move in mind.
Two important
factors are I'M
derstood to be
m o wing him
They are:
1. The fact that
in recent weeks
he has
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-31
Grady Enters Governors Race,
Urges State Wide Vote On ABC

swer his mail and attend to busl-
ness. After the slight respiratory
attack suffered by His Excellency,
Bob Just sat back and refused point
blank to send the governor a stem
ographer even upon insistent de-
mand.
He couldn't fire me, I've al
ready quit" explained Thompson
with a wide smile.
Bob will take over duties Of di.
recting the states news bureau
about the middle of February, sue.
ceeding Bill Sharpe. The governor
Ought to know in a day or two
who'll be the new secretary, Thomp.
son opines.
This bureaus representative did
MT get his picture in the paper,
but this bureaus typewriter did
with Mayor Tom sitting before it
"pecking" out his Golden Rule"
platform.
Incidentally, few people are aware
that Cooper is commissioner Of pub
lie safety as well as Mayor in
the New Hanover county seat. AS
such he has been in close contact
with police and firemen's affairs
of late and when he speaks of state
wide plans for pensioning and re-
firing them he speaks from more
than a modicum of personal knowl-
edge and contact on a smaller scale.
The Cooper interview was just a
bit lacking in his Honor's usual
catchy phrases. Nearest approach to
a true Cooperism came when he
said that ut will be my purpose to
see that capital and labor dc not
lock horns, but on the contrary
that they lock arms"
/ Also characteristic were his ref
erences to the "boys who can't see
me with a spy glass;"