davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-01

making this the warmest April IN
"A years of record. The next warm
est April over this 44-year period
was that of 1912 with a mean tenn
perature of 44.0 degrees, and the
coolest April was that of 1927 with
$40 degrees. The highest tempera-
ture for the month was Ga degrees
on the 25th and the lowest was 80
degrees on the first. Previous ex-
tremes for April are So and l3
degrees.
The total precipitation for the
month amounted to 1882 inches,
which is the least rainfall for April
since 1882. The largest amount Of
precipitation occurring in 24-hour
period was 094 inch on the 10th
nth. The wettest April of record
was 1900 with 1l37 inches, while
the dliest was 1917 with 169 inch
es No snow fell at Juneau during
the month.
There were seven clear, five part
ly cloudy, and 10 cloudy days dur
ing the month. Out of possible
431.5 hours, the amount of sunshine
received was 2067 hours, or 48
percent. The normal amount of
Sunshine for April is 81 percent
The prevailing wind direction was
from the south with an average
hourly velocity of sc miles. The
maximum velocity for a sustained
period of five minutes was 81 miles
from the northeast on the 10th
Light fog occurred on tht 18th
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-01
APRIL WEATHER
IN JUNEAU is
ABOVE NORMAL
More Sunshine Had Dur
ing Month With Lit
lie Precipitation

The weather for the month of
April was much warmer and had
more sunshine than normal, with
precipitation little more than half
the usual amount, according to the
monthly meteorological report is
sued today by the Juneau Weather
Bureau Office.
The mean temperature for the
month was 45.4 degrees. At degrees
above the normal temperature,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-01
Hunt, Fish, Pay Taxes

Its principal industries are whal-
ing, sealing, hunting, fishing, and
mining cyrolite in the mines at
Ivigtut. Cryolite is an almost trans
lucent mineral, among the by prod
ucts of which is aluminium.
The prices of everything in Green
land are fixed. One-sixth of the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-01
HUNGARIAN CONSUL

Appointment of Zoltan Baranyai
of Chicago as Consul General Of
Hungary for Alaska is announced
in a letter received by Collector Of
Customs James j. Connors from
Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-01
WHAT ABOUT
GREENLAND!
Who is Going 10 Take
Charge UneIe Sam
Watches Icy Island
By JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, May l. News
item. President Roosevelt expresses
approval of people of the United
States who show an interest in
studying up OH Greenland
Reason: mostly capital coniec-
ture) Greenland belongs 10 Den
mark. The Germans take over Den
mark. Greenland is in the western
hemisphere might be included
in lands in which the United States
would resist foreign invasion should
the Monroe Doctrine be invoked.
Also some situation might develop
similar to that in the Virgin Islands
in 1916 when the United States told
the Danes they would be mighty
smart to sell them to us for $25,-
10000. The Danes thought so, too.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-01
SHIP AT ATTU

The Biological Survey yes Sc ]
Brown Bear last night reached Attu
Island, most westerly of the Aleut-
ians. and will now return eastward,
to reach Juneau about the
end of May.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-01
ROuNTIEIu RntlNrY

Wolf and coyote bounty claims
amounting to $3,840 were certified
yesterday by the Alaska Game Com
mission.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-01
SUB STATION

Bids for operation of postal
sub-station here will be received
up to 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon,
according to an announcement by
Postmaster Albert Vile.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-01
FAILURE OF GERMANS TO
MINE TWO GREAT WATER
LANES PUZZLES EXPERTS

perts we're dumbfounded. The Nazis
not only had left the door wide
open but hadn't even bothered to
sprinkle lacks on the floor.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-01
WEATHER SYNOPSIS

weak
Southeast another pressure
pressure
situated the Aleutian5 over
Southeast Alaska the with light frost
the
portion of Alaska and the Beng
a m $50 pm
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-01
THE WEATHER
(By the o. S. Weather Bureau

Forecast fer begin a
intermittent light rain late tonight
allure onigh about 40 degrees Moderate
Forecast Southeast
and Thursday slightly tonight north portion
nortey
easterly winds the portion
Forecast Of winos along of Of
Moderate souheasterly
creasng the vicinity of Entrance moderate changeabe
Winds mostly souheasterly Sitka to Kodiak
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-01
MADE SHIPPERS WARY

For example. the whole of the
Baltic was supposed to be mined
in the World War Actually there
was scattering of mines through
out this inland sea which could
only have (aecording to the ex-
perts) nuisance value" Some oc-
casional destruction was enough TO
make captains wary of the whole
area.
The announced mine areas in
the World War were of staggering
proportions, From the western
coast of France, below the En-
glish Channel to the northern en-
trance to the North Sea, there was
hardly an important channel that
wasn't mined. But many of these
sections had only a scattering OF
death tulips M
One section mined thoroughly
was the $50 miles from Scotland
to Norway, where the United
States and Great Britain In 1917
and ID laid 10000 mines TO make
a Maginot line Of the entrance to
the North Sea- This project was
possible because the United States
developed a new mine that could
be laid at great depths and ex-
ploded at the slightest touch. For
three years, the Germans had
been cutting cables on Allied
mines. emptying their deadly In
nards, slicing them in half for
soup kettles and punch bowls.
The new mines ended that.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-01
ACCENT ON BLUFF

ACCENT ON BLUFF
That greatest of all mining eff
forts taught warning powers a new
technique but naval authorities to-
day are agreed that it has not
been duplicated in the present war.
And the consensus is that there is
more bluff now than there was In
the World War.
There are some experts here
who say that the Germans had
good reason NOT to mine the Skag-
gerak and Kattegat. The Skaggerak
is deep (well over 1900 feet in
some channels) and the Kattegat
is narrow In both the currents. are
fierce. Also, it is said, the Nazis
wanted to leave their only chan
nels to the outside world open.
Maybe these guessers are right.
But history will have to prove it
to the navy people.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-01

win VICTORY
| DIVISION ! 10
Vote from II Precincts
Give Democrats Three
to One Lead

Continued from Page One)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
Officers Aiding A|mazan
Ordered Back 10 Duty
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 13.-The
Ministry of National Defense, by
authority of President Lazaro Car
denas. ordered 80 high ranking army
offcers-most of whom supported
Gen. Juan Andrea Almazan for
the presidency-backt to active duty
today amid growing controversy
over the July election.
Among the officers. who obtained
leaves of absence during the cam
paign, was Gen. Hector F. Lopez,
whom Gen. Almazan's self-styled
congress" declared provisional
President Of Mexico this week after
proclaiming Gen. Almazan Presi-
dent-elect.
The administration Congress yes
terday declared President Cardenas'
candidate, Gen. Manuel Avila Ca
macho, overwhelmingly elected for
the six-year term beginning De-
cember l.
Gen. Almazan Is In Baltimore
Md, and Gen. Lopez also is reported
to have left Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
Tax Cut From Savings
In Relief Rolls Urqed
~ the Associated Press.

4y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. ia resolu-
ton urging the application of State
funds saved through decreasing re-
lief rolls to the reduction of general
State and local taxes was adopted
last night by the National Tax
Association.
Closing its 33d annual conference,
the association passed a measure
authorizing appointment of COM
mittee to study possible co-ordina-
ton of Federal, State and municipal
taxes. as suggested at the conference
by Gov. Lehman.
The delegates rejected a resolution
asking Congress to consider a Fed
eral statute requiring various States
and localities to give special tax
treatment to industrial firms holding
national war defense contracts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
Congress Authorizes
$13,127,427,195 in
Appropriations
Additional Sum of
500, 100000 May Be
Asked at This Session

~ the Associated Press.
Congress has appropriated $l3,l2
l27,195 so far this session and may
be asked to approve $500, 0O0,0 in
additional funds before adjournment.
In addition, it has authorized an
other s8,256 ,082 ,009 for expenditure
In future years-the actual cash to
be voted in subsequent sessions-for
. grand total of s21, 1888 500 ,2O4.
Appropriations and commitments
for defense account for more than
$4,000, 600, 900 Of that total.
Highest Peacetime Total.
Congressional records show that
the 1927 ,427 1875 in direct appro-
priations already exceed those of any
full peacetime year in the Ma
tons history. Last years total was
s9.7l9,25S467.
Only the World War OUTLAWS were
greater-s19,881, $40 .243 in the fiscal
year of 1918, and SGT 1865, LAB ,993 in
1919
The World War totals, however,
include the So-called permanent
and indefinite" expenditures, for
fixed charges such as interest on
the public debt.
If this years fixed charges-S3,-
75.448-are added to the current
sessions appropriations, the Gov
ernment's contemplated cold-cash
expenditures are boosted close to
the 1918 level.
The defense OUTLAWS include S.
$50, 635. 1906 of actual appropriations,
1856 O82 900 in contract authorize
tons for the Army. Navy and Army
Air Corps. and s4,610000, 900 IN
single authorization for a two
ocean" Navy. Funds for these
authorizations will be provided over
the next four or five years.
Money Needed for Conscripts.
The estimated 81 500 900 900 in ad-
ditional appropriations Congress may
be asked to approve before adjourn
ment include roughly $3.50 5000
for training Army conscripts, $780,
100000 for defense housing and
s138.0OO,0OO for various civil func-
tons. some related to defense.
The S13S.0OO00O estimates include.
among other things, $50 900 900 for
training workers in defense indus
tries; s38,l67 900 to reduce interest
on farm mortgages to 312 per cent;
s100O0,000 for the Coast Guard;
s8,0000O0 for harbor dredging in
connection with Navy operations.
and s3,850.000 for construction of
transmission lines at Bonneville
Dam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
japanese Raiders Bomb
Chuneking Area Twice
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, China. Sept. 49,
Breaking a three weeks lull. Japa-
nese air raiders attacked the Chung
king area twice yesterday and last
night.
In a brief night raid three light
bombers attacked the already dam
aged downtown section. 1t was be-
heved to be the first time light
bombers ever had been used against
Chungking.
Earlier in the day two flights to-
falling 100 planes few over the
Chungking area but did not bomb
the city proper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-13
Almazan Ignores Congress.

BALTIMORE. Sept. 10 (P.-Dr.
Ieonidas Almazan, brother of Gen.
Juan Andrea Almazan, claimant to
the Mexican presidency, said last
night the general would disregard
yesterdays action OF the Mexican
Congress in proclaiming Gen. Man
uel Avila Camacho the nations
Presidential
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21

TtOTntr IOth and L SlST
: large rooms. kitchen and bath
Corner apartment, Very desirable
for doctor or dentist. Elevator
and switchboard service. Electric
refrigeration. Resident manager
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21
THE VAN CORTLANDT
THE SHELBURNE

18th and S SITS. NV.
2 rooms, foyer, kit, bath, $3.50
4 rooms, Kitchen and bath $500
Refrigeration on H. C. Elevators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21
1894 MONROE ST. NV.

529 LAMONT ST. NV.
Elec. refrigeration on house current.
2 rms, kit, rec. hall and bath, $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21
3537 nth ST NV,

Electric refrigeration on house cur
rent. Resident manager.
2 rms. kit. and bath $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21
1901 CALVERT STREET
1926 18th STREET

room. bath. no kitchen.
- rooms. kitchen. bath and porch.
Electric refrigeration. Res. MGr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21

Electric refrieeration.
rms, kit, rec. hall and bath, S55.0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21
1919 RIGGS PLACE

Combination living and dining room,
bedrooms. bath and kitchen.
$50. Electric refrigeration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21

[I|i ftu u Z. NV.
Reception hall. living room, = bed
rooms. bath. dinette and kitchen.
Resident manager. Electric re-
frlgeratlon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21
33l4 NAT. PLEASANT ST.

2 rooms. kitchen, bath and dining
alcove, $4,000 and So so. Elec-
trio refrigeration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-21

room. Murphy bed. bath. dinette
and kitchen, S32 so and $500
Electric refrigeration.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

it? Once your enthusiasm and
interest are aroused, you will
never again be able TO place
flowers carelessly in a vase. You
will develop a critical eye. You
will want to make. a beautiful
picture instead OF a haphazard
grouping.
For this hobby, the size of
your budget doesn't matter Use
your ingenuity to create beauty
with inexpensive material. Study
line Arrangements and learn to
make cew flowers tell a story
as eloquently as dozens.
There ale weeds along the
roadside that need only to be
touched by your imagination to
add distinction to your living
room Common Mullen has
captured prizes in recent flower
shows, to the great chagrin of
floral aristocrats. Queen-Annes-
lace can te as dainty as bridal
veil and Pokeberry as modern
as streamlining.
IF you live in an eighteenth
century house, you can make
your arrangements as authentic
as your highboy by massing
them in containers of the pc
riod.
For thot early American room,
your flowers IN copper lustre
pitcher can be as quaint as your
hooked rug
IF your home is just comfort
able, no particular style or pc
Rod, let flowers add distinction
Finally, if you are young and
your house or apartment is mod
ern, you can literally swing your
flowers in the tempo of the
times.
Mr., Brownlee said that an idea
of the widespread popularity of
flower arranging as a hobby
may be realized from the fact
that four hundred thousand cop
les Of the book already have been
distributed. If anyone is inter-
ested in getting a copy, it can be
secured simply by writing The
Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta,
Georgia, enclosing 10 cents in
stamps or coin to help cover the
cost Of handling and mailing each
book ordered.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

III + oe.t Gears the idea of
fiouot 4~.-4.alng has become in
creasIaely popular among wom-
en- tvv-ywuerc. Indeed, with
many, ln4o Is now their faVorlte
nopDy. 1he possible combina-
lions anG arrangements are end
less ana The fun comes in the
originality with which ones own
thought ard personality can be
EXPRESSED.
Mr. BIoWnlee, president of
the Coca Cola Bottling Company
OF Atlanta, Ga, states, "Undoubt-
eddy this interest in flower ar
ranging is responsible for the
phenomenal popularity of a book
called Flower Arranging-A
Fascinating Hobby recently pub
lished, and being distributed by
The Coca-Cola Company, Allan
ia, Georgia.
The book is written in a light
and fascinating vein by Laura
Lee Burroughs, one of the recog-
nized experts in this field. Her
i eaS and suggestions are illus
tIated by 48 photographs of flow
.ar arrangements exquisitely
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

photographed in full color. It is
said that literally thousands OF
flowers posed" for their pictures
before the final groupings were
selected
AT first glance one would think
the flower combinations are only
for the experts. so strikingly
beautiful are the arrangements.
But Mrs. Burroughs comments
simply On each grouping in a
wy that is very easy to under
stand and it isn't long before
one begins to see that the only
limit to the pleasure and variety
/ CT expression in this hobby is
ones own Imagination.
Mrs. Burroughs sums up the
whole matter very neatly.
This book, he says, lis for
flower lovers everywhere. It's
tfcr Aunt Jane who loves flowers
/ but never knows what to do with
them; for the beginner who still
thinks roses and asparagus ferns
are inseparable; for the hostess
fof the little hotel where one
stopped last summer, who rarely
has an opportunity to see what
others are doing with flowers
for Garden Club members who
have long been studying this
subject; in short, for every WON
an with few spare moments
who wants to make her home 8
pleaSanter place to live.
For Flower Arranging is q
fascinating hobby. Why not try
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
SOME TEMPER

ST. LOUIS.-Becoming angry
at something she said" during
a telephone conversation, VIII
liam J. Baldridge saw red. He
was arrested later. charged with
disturbing the peace, destroying
property the had torn the tele-
phone from the walD, careless
driving and passing four stop
signs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
COTTON IN SURGERY

NEW ORLEANS.-SurgeonS of
Tulane University and louisiana
State Medical Schools are adj
vocating the use of cotton thread,
which can be purchased at any
department or ten-cent store, to
stitch wounds and surgical OPP
erations. They say it is smooth
er than either linen or silk. ties
easier and lasts longer than cat
gut which has been used for years
for this purpose.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-25
Lester Green
To Keep Job
ByLichtY

Incumbent officers of Local 81,
Cooks and Walters, Mattresses
and Bartenders union were swept
back into office at the conclusion
of two days balloting Tuesday
night, it was disclosed Wednes-
day.
Lester J. Green. reelected Sec
retary-treasurer owe the opposi-
ton of Stanley p. Beattie. said the
result was decisive, but that the
executive committee did not wish
to make results public.
The unions voting members
we're given the use of two Pierce
county voting machines.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-25
Building Permits
Over $4,000 Mark

Tacoma building permits again
passed the $4,000 mark for a
single days business Wednesday.
Permits were granted: John L.
Velke. for a $4,000 home at 1917
So. Yakima ave: A. p. Ames, for
a $4,000 home at 140s Ea. saith St;
Thomas Ames, for a $4,000 home
at 1902 Ea. saith st: J. b. john
son, Falkland. for two houses. one
costing $500 at 1928 So. sth St,
and another for $4,000 at Az So.
4sth st: Miss Neva Labrot, $4,000
residence at 1928 So. Anderson
St. and f. X. Reynolds, for alter
atoms costing $1,000 in his home
at No. 4 Rosemont way.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-25
.-aAPPY--
BIRTHDAY
APRIL "a

WEDNESDAY, APRIL "a
Ole George kronlund, Mile b
and Collins road.
Frank Travess, s02s So. Mon
roe st.
Clifford Neagic, a7is So. Mel
rose Vt.
Layton Andrews, $3.50 So.
Ainsworth ave.
Louie Matsumoto, 1904 SO. NJ.
Glen Jenkins. sSl7 So. J 1t.
Rose Mldal. 4917 No. 26th 1t.
Mrs. Lucille Cudney, l0ll SO.
s6th 81.
Esther sherman. 5es So. s5th.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-25
Coll Mass Meeting
For Sunday Evening

The problem of raising money
for the needy in Finland and Nor
way will be discussed at q mass
meeting Sunday evening at the
First Covenant church.
Frank Mangs. a native of Fin
land. will speak in Swedish. His
address will be interpreted by Gil
bert Otteson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-25
Chloe Davis Is Made
Juvenile Court Ward

LOS ANGELES - Chloe Davis
IL. who watched her mother. Mrs.
Lolita Davis. SO. beat TO death her
two sisters and brother three weeks
ago and then commit suicide. We'd
nesday was made a ward of juven-
lie court for her future welfare
and as an aid to her father"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-25

MAKE APPLICATION

Application for a marriage license
was made in Port Orchard by Les
ter ]. Forey. 40, and Nancy Vir-
ginia Weeks, %. both OF Tacoma.
DIR. Kunz, surgery, diseases OF
women. has returned. (ady.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-25
Core Of the News
TO MEET

Tacoma Local No. !, United
Fishermen's Union of the Pacific,
will meet at 7 p. m. Thursday in
Slavonian hall, Old Tacoma. With
negotiations open for new agree
ments, 1t is expected attendance at
the meeting will be large.
New laid eggs, zoe. Cow But
ter Store. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-25
Several Changes Listed
For Meat Prices Here

Several changes in meat prices
were reported Wednesday. Steer
beef. medium, was listed on the
wholesale market at Is to 15ls
cents. half a cent higher. Good
COW beef was quoted at IS cents,
and medium beef at 1874 to IL
cents. Other meat prices were
the same.
Strawberries were more abun-
dant. selling in some quarters at
$1.10 TO s1.15 a crate. Asparagus
varied from AZ to 6ia cents a
pound. and lettuce sold for $3.50
a crate, wholesale. Other produce
remained steady.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-25
MUST HAVE PHONES

Police Chief Einar Langseth
called attention Of officers Tues
day to an old order requiring each
member of the police department
to have a telephone in his home.
The order was issued Feb. II, 1889.
Choice cactus. HIM, Florist.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-04-25


Washington's forecast - Cloudy
Wednesday night and showers
Thursday; little change in tenn
perature; moderate variable wind
off the coast and w the inland
waters OF the state.
Rainfall In Tacoma for the "a
hours ending at s a. m. Wednesday,
"a inch: since April /. 2.04 inches,
a deficiency OF 81 inch: since Jan.
l. 1887 inches. a deficiency Of .e7
inch.
Wind at s a. m. Wednesday,
south IL m. p. h.; barometer at
29e3. steady.
Sun rises at 5:04 a. m. Thursday
and sets at 7:i2 p. m.
Tacoma's weather on April "a.
le3e-cloudy, .16 inch Of rain,
maximum temperature So degrees
and minimum IS. Highest wind
velocity % m. p. h. from the south
west.