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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-01

instances there has been mismanagement or 'bung- ling" one important handled in "a crazy way" Another "Smelled" There has been delay in the handling of the boards business. The man. ler in which cases presented by it's secretary Mr. Nathan Witt made it impossible to have confi- dence in his ability to perform his duties impar
 ay as between various parties who appeared before he board" Correspondence presented in evidence by the committees counsel shows that oc casion following a decision adverse to garment workers union, MT. Witt reported to the chairman of the board that David Dubinksy president of the union had protested to him. This isn't what we pay our money for On another occasion the re- gional director of NLRB in New York City Mrs. Herrick protested against the methods used in n- vestigating her office by two agents of the board methods in her opinion, which might be expected from the OGPU but not from fellow administrators of an agency of the American Government"
 This is only the first chapter No doubt before the hearings end all those whose have ap- peared in the proceedings of the first few days will receive opportunity to express their own opin- ions and to give their own answers to questions which are now unanswered. The country will expect the House committee to do fair and thorough job It will expect as part of that thorough job, recommendation to future policy
 For what is needed primarily at the present time is not an investigation of the competence ol the impartiality of the Labor Board or even a re- port on desirable amendments to the law itself Il is nothing less than study of the whole problem of labor relations Gin which NL3B is only a single factor) and the drafting of a comprehensive pro gram for dealing with this problem. Happily, the investigating resolution of Congress is broad enough to permit such a study to be made It would be unfortunate if the special committee should use its power merely to whitewash to muckrake the Labor Board The committee has oppor- tunity to use it's investigation basis for fram- ing a constructive and balanced program in the broad interest good labor relations and industrial recovery
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DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH
 By w. L. Gordon

Words Often Misused: Do not say, "The Church will have their annual meeting next week" Say, will hold it's annual meeting next week"
 Often Mispronounced; Cauliflow- CT. Pronounce the au as in cause, not as in doll.
 Often Misspelled: Sophomore. Observe the pho.
 Synonyms: Backward, rearward, reverse. retrOgrade, retrogressive.
 Word Study: Use word three times and it is yours" Let us in crease our vocabulary by mastering enc word each day. Today's word :: Superhuman; above the range of hu- man power or skill Such task seems superhuman.
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Ambassadorial Warning
Cleveland Plain Dealer)


 America's ambassador to the Court of St. James in the World War was Walter Hines Page. How hard he worked to bring this country into the con- flict was fully appreciated until years later when the personal and official correspondence was made public
 Americas ambassador to the Court of St. James at present is Joseph P. Kennedy. In an address at Boston Sunday night he says of the war now tn progress: We must stay out of it. There is no place in it for us'
 The Kennedy statement will resound with myriad echoes from coast to coast. Conceivably, the time may come when the United States will find it an obligation to join the allies in Europe in defense of democratic institutions. But that time is not here yet. We sincerely hope it will never come
 The ambassador in his homeland on offi- cial business speaks from first-hand knowledge of conditions. Timely is his warning against propa- ganda with an ax to grind,
 It is hohed that what MT Kennedy says of the situation today will remain true of it to the end
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eHoroscobe The stars incline
 but do pot compel
TUESDAY, JANUARY 2


 Adverse aspects are active today. It is a time to take stock of ones assets. mental and material. Bad news regarding foreign nations is presaged There is a sign counsel ing Americans to exercise extreme caution in all their actions.
 Heart and Home: Capricorn folk are fairly happy when married. They are undemonstrative, but conscien- tious in all their family ties and make wise parents. This year is to be a test to many families, for pub lie services will disrupt routine ac- tivities. Adolescent love affairs will cause anxieties. Early marriages will be numerous.
 Business Affairs: Sudden for tunes will be earned by manufac- turers. The temptation to specu- late will be strong, but the wise will be cautious. The extension of pre- paredness activities will present wo- men with opportunities for good positions. Thrift is strongly coun- seled for there will be cause for the conservation of personal re- sources before the end of 1940.
 National Issues: The national political campaign will bring women more partisan work and even less rewards than in previous years Ff- nancial problems will be presented from different points of view, but there will be general recognition of the necessity for change in the world systems of banking. Women will be prominent advocates of a | third term for the President, who will make an unexpected move of su- preme importance
 International Affairs: Although the incoming of the Aquarian age, which has a powerful influence, should bring a trend toward umi- versal friendship in this new year, the stars presage increased perse- cution of the Jews, There will be terrible suffering in Palestine and in the United States seeds fo hate will be sown by secret propaganda.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have .he augury of year of pleasant per- plexities connected with romance and pleasure-seeking.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be intelligent, ambitious and industrious. These subjects of Capricorn usually have the ability to reach any goal that they set for themselves.
 Copyright, 1940)
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M o D E R N ETIQUE T TIE
 T
 Rn Rohorfn Ioa
By Roberta Lee

Q. What should one do when someone relates something that is very disagreeable?
 A. Call upon your self-control, and do not allow it to upset you. Change the subject as soon as pos sible, then proceed tc forget it. Above all, dc not repeat it to someone else. Only the pleasant things of life are worth remembering and repeating
 Q. When there is a punch bowl at party, and a girl and her escort approach. which one should fill the glasses?
 A. The man should fill a glass for the girl, then one for himself.
 o. How far in advance of a the- atre party should the invitations be extended?
 A. Not later than a week in ad- vance.
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AUTOMOBILE MEN STEP ON
 GAS IN 1939

DETROIT, Jan. l.-Production of automobiles and trucks in 1889 to- taled about 3,700,O00 units, 40 per cent more than in 1888. but not a big year in the industry's history.
 The auto makers say they expect big things of 1940. Production in the last quarter of 1899 compares fav- orably with the record fourth quar- ter of 1886, which was followed by a 5,000000-car year in 1887.
 Most estimates for 1940 are more conservative, however, and ru n around 100000 cars
 Annual production of cars and trucks compares as follows in thou SanNS)
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on YEARS AGO
 Lo From THE EMPIRE
JANUARY 1. 1920

JANUARY 1, 1920
 The glad New Year was welcomed by 250 guests of Gov. and Mrs. Thomas Riggs at the Governors House at the annual reception for Juneau's public The Elks' New Years Dance was held on the eve of the last day of 1919 and afford ed people of Gastineau Channel an opportunity for fun which was not soon to be forgotten.
 Those who were developing quartz properties in the vicinity of Me- Grath on the Kuskokwim River were very hopeful of success, according to Al Walsh, the Plat Creek oper- ator who himself was interested in quartz properties on Nixon Creek, tributary of the Kuskokwim and was visiting in Juneau.
 A. H Miller, Superintendent of the Native Bureau of Education, passed i through Juneau on his way to Dill | linghan, Alaska L. German, well known citizen of Iditarod, arrived on the steamer Alaska and was at the Alaskan Ho- | tel
 D. J. Williams, mining engineer and expert, arrived from Seattle on the steamer Admiral Watson and was at the Gastineau.
 Miss Marie Thibodeau had re- turned to Juneau after having spent the holidays as a guest at the Os- well home.
 w A. Knox, superintendent of schools at Ketchikan, arrived on the Admiral Watson to attend the meet inc of the uniform text book com- mission.
 George B. Smith of the Sullivan Machine Co.,, left on the Alaska for Ketchikan. He was to vlslU m &c., attle before returning to Juneau.
 Weather: Highest 39; Lowest, 38. Rain
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Sympathy Note
(Philadelphia RecoroD

(Phlladelpnla RecOfCO
 Next to Finland sympathes today all for Brenda Frazier The loveliness of our favorite debutante is in as grave peril Helsnki. We see frowns upon her beauteous brow, stern expression about her lips she ponders question which, luckily, few of are called upon to face.
 The question: as figure it. is this:
 Should Brenda prefer an S6,000000 legacy in the hand to a $12OO00OO legacy in the bush?
 Legaistically the facts are these: Her step father has set up $12Ooo00O trust fund which will go to her on the death of her mother. But her father also has left her S8000000 and she gets the s12000 900 manana only if she refuses the $8000000 now Which shall she choose?
 We don't know how girls manage to be born among such masses of maZuma But there she is. poor Brenda. Millions to the right of her. more millions to the left of her We imagine how we'd feel under such circumstances At least we think we can imagine it.
 We'd think and we'd think. Wed go think ing until had headache And then-we d blame it all on Roosevelt.
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SIMPLY GOODBYE,
 DYING MESSAGE

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. l. = When J. Stacey Harshman decided to die, there was only one thing he could think of to say.
 That was the simple word Good by
 The farewell was contained in a lcte found in his car which had been transformed into a lethal chamber oy piping exhaust gases into the scaled machine.
 The note read: "Lorayne-Good- oy-Stacey.'
 Deputy Sheriffs found his body in the car, parked in the Flintridge district.
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LOOK and LEARN
 By A. c. Cordo~

l. In what year was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
 2. Does a whale spout water? 3. Which is the oldest of the sciences?
 4. Why were certain large Ger man guns. used during the World War. called Big BerthaS"? 5. Which is the leading sheep producing state of the Union?
 ANSWERS l. 1865.
 2 No; the condensation of its warm breath in the colder air makes it seem like geyser.
 3. Astronomy.
 4. Because they were made in the plant owned by Bertha Krupp. 55. Montana
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WHEELER HALF SUCCESSFUL

It took two years of munitions investigation to reveal degree of corruption in the international mu- nitions trade and to raise some real questions about what got us into the last war. But the result of that investigation was the neu- 5rality act which has troubled the Administration ever since.
 Senator Wheeler of Montana conducted virtually one-man in- vesstigation of railroads to help him jam across some regulatory rail legislation. Much of it. how ever, is still on the calendar and ill these days of increasing pres tige for the once-spurned banker and big business man, it hasn't such 6 good chance of passing.
 A House tax investigation pil- oried several dozen greater and lesser tax dodgers to help whip across the corporate surplus tax and the tax against personal hold ing companies. It took resurgence of the depression to shake off some of that.
 But now, temporarily at any rate, the shoe is on the other foot The left winger is no longer the potential savior of his country and the bringer of greater liberties. The Dies committee has made him merely a member of a "tranSmiS- sion belt toward Communism.
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pearance Of public antipathy to he bill by sending in a volume of protests.
 Unfortunately, most of the pro testantS had names beginning with letters c to G. An enterprising utility company agent in Pennsyl- vania had simply picked up a tele- ohcne book and began dispatching -elegrams signed by directory names IS fast as he could copy them. The committee caught him before he reached the Jones, Smiths and zilches. It had a three day circus out of that. Other utility protests, many quite valid, were discredited md the bill was whc0ped across.
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HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. Glen Wald and her baby daughter Were dismissed Saturday evening from St. Ann's Hospital ard are at their home on East street
 Mrs. David Ramsay left St. Ann's Hospital yesterday with her infant son. They are at their home in the osbee
 Alter receivinp medical care, Ole Jcinson was smissed from St. Ann's Hospital
 Mrs Mary Pete son and her baby boy were aischare ed from the Gov crlmeat Hospital
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rSaa,' SSSR NEWS 10. nEEk? nE!;?
By The AP Feature Service

l. Results of Quebec's pro- vincial election were a blow to Canada's participation in the European. war. True or false?
 2. Who predicted the "resur- rectiOn" of "our dear P0land"?
 3. Who is the American at right and on what grounds was he recently indicted?
 4. To what did President Roosevelt refer as "sordid prOcedure"?
 5. Which of these countries have not declared war on Ger many: Australia, Ireland, Can- ada, Egypt?
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THE TOTAL VALUE of the chemicals found in the body of the average man is 98 cents.
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NOVEMBER IS the month of East Texas heaviest loss from for est fires.
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Hbby
 Birthday

The Empire extends congrafula- lions and Jest tpishes '>,day, fheit birthday anniUers-S 10 thf ro.- loWing:
 JANUARY 1.
 Louis c. LemieuX William Alexander Joseph M Sunick
 Cesar Sebnico Francis L. Newman
 Lu Liston William Bradford Cline, Jr
 Jack Pasquan Mrs. Pearl Burford
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Home from trip to the Near East, Winthrop Rockefeller declares: "A trip like that doesn't make one an authority foreign affairs" That's an extreme view. We've seen people eat box of salt water taffy and consider themselves qualified as experts everything overseas.
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There almost 31,00000O motor vehicles registered in the United States. No wonder we've become a pretty nimbe people
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Old investigations Flushed Quarry But
 Now It Is Killed

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Evening star., 1940-04-12
Scout Planes Active
On Western Front
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 12.-Allied and Ger
man planes secuted extensively over
the western front yesterday and to.
day in search of information or
troop movements or possible battle
preparations, French military sources
said.
Anti-aircraft guns went into ac-
ton near Paris early this morning
but there was no alarm.
The days communique said mere
ly: Nothing to report"
An air raid alarm was sounded al
12:45 am. today in Central France
but was lifted at 1870 am. without
incident.
The Norwegian Minister. Halvard
Bachke, officially informed Premier
Paul Reynaud today that Norway's s
armed forces would fight at the side
of the allies against the German in
vaders
M. Reynaud also conferred at the
foreign ministry with British AM
bassador Sir Ronald Campbell and
the papal nuncio, Msgr. Valerie Va
leri.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Washington Observations
Oil Crisis With Mexico Clothes Pan -Americun
Golden Jubilee Celebration With Unreoty

not friendly act It reminds us
that the American New Deal
Of Roosevelt No. 2 is nothing but
branch grated onto the trunk OF
the big stick of Roosevelt No. l."
What Next?
Firm as it is, the Hull note is not
an ultimatum, though, If rejected
outright the United States will be
faced with delicate decision as to
its next step. Fortunately there are
methods short of war" whereby
our displeasure can be effectively
registered. One would be abruptly
to end the financial support we've
been giving Mexico through sub
stantial purchases of her silver-for
which we have not the slightest
need-at artificially high prices. In
dlgnation at Washington over Car
denas' cavalier treatment of the oil
controversy is not lessened by the
suspicion that under some barter
arrangement with the Nazis, Ger
many has been getting oil pilfered
from American-owned wells by the
good neighbors" south of the border.
X X u
Swastika Over Greenland?
Whether the Germans will hold
that Denmark's vast but barren
holding in the Western Hemisphere.
the lce-capped island of Greenland.
has also come under Nazi sway, re-
mains to be determined. Berlin says
Hitler isn't interested in the Danes
Arctic possessions, but that, of
course, means nothing. Pending the
Allled-German duel for mastery of
the Scandinavian Peninsula, both
Canada and the United States will
have anxious interest in the fate of
Greenland. 1t fanks the North
American continent and its ample
harbors suggest uncomfortable stra-
teglc possibilities, especially for air
operations. Maj. George Fielding
Eliot, the military expert whose war
analyses appear in The Star, points
out in THE Ramparts We Watch"
that European occurrences which
would bring Denmark within the or
bit of any large and aggressive
power would be of concern to the
United States" Denmark's Arctic
islands were used as stepping
stones" by Air Marshal Balbo in the
Italian massed flight to this country
in 1894.
y
The Scandinavian Vote.
1t is in the Middle West that isol3.
tionism is most deeply rooted. Its
spokesmen in Congress-Senator
like Nye of North Dakota, La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin, Shipstead and
Lundeen of Minnesota-to mention
only a few leading lights of the
keep-out-of-Europe group, all rep
resent populous constituencies of
Norwegians, Danes and Swedes.
One wonders how current events are
affecting these statesmen. Two of
them are up for reelection.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Funeral Held in Toxic
For Frank H. HEDGES
By the Associated prexs

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, April 12.-Funeral serv-
ices were held today for Frank H.
Hedges, IS, American newspaper
correspondent, who died two days
ago of injuries suffered in a fall.
Mr.. Hedges ashes will be sent to
Springfield, Mo, his native city.
United States Ambassador Joseph
c. Grew, representatives of the
japanese Foreign Office, the British
Embassy, Domei, japanese news
agency, and foreign correspondents
attended the services.
A veteran reporter of japanese
affairs, Mr.. Hedges at the time of
his death was correspondent for the
North American Newspaper Alliance
and the London Daily Telegraph
and Morning Post.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Church Asks Suppression
Of Mormon Novel
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, April a.
Leaders of the Reorganized Church
OF Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
were asked yesterday to take ac-
ton against the author and pub
fishers of the novel, Children Of
God" ITO the end that public re-
traction Of scurrilous and damaging
matter may result and that the book
may be suppressed"
Twenty five members of the
church in Mason City, Iowa, present.
ed the request to the biennial GEN.
eral conference at the church's
headquarters here.
Delegates to the conference had
expressed resentment at the So
called historic novel," which the
publishers, Harper e. Bros, described
as an "epic of the Mormons."
Written by Vardis Fisher, 1t was
awarded the Harper fiction prize for
1939-40.
Evening star., 1940-04-12

jubilee OF Cne
founding Of the
P a n American
Union. It's the
new crisis with
Mexico that will
c o t he next
weeks in t err
American love-
feast with a GER
tain unreality.
Not since Amer
! C an force S
landed at Vera
Cruz in 1914
and Gen. Per-
Shing'S eXpedi-
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ton against Frederic william VILE.
Pancho Villa in 1916, have we been
so near a break with the Mexicans
There is grim coincidence in the
fact that conditions south of the
Rio Grande have again become crit
ical in the midst Of war in Europe
1t was in 1916 that the country rang
with demands that America stay
out Of the Old World mess, just as
the same clamor is now echoed re-
specting Hitlers war. Will history
repeat itself-will strained relations
with Mexico be followed by Ameri-
can intervention in Europe?
Hull's Vigorous Note.
That we are, done with turn-the-
other-cheek tactics, pursued ever
since Mexico confiscated S250,OO0,-
900 worth of our oil properties in
March, 1898, seems clearly indicated
by the tone OF Secretary Hull's note
of protest. 1t informs the Mexicans
that appropriation of American
properties without adequate. effec-
tive and prompt compensation" is
wholly unjustifable under any
principle of equity or international
law" Then, in words not likely to
be ignored, Hull declares the situa-
ton Is "a matter of grave concern
to the United States Government
In what may be destined to be a
final effort to adjust the controversy
peaceably, Hull proposes arbitra-
ton, coupled with the warning that
the long standing difficulties must
Of necessity be adjusted unless re-
lations between the two countries
are to suffer" President Cardenas
is reminded. as evidence of oul
vanishing patience, that during
the last 25 years, one American in.
terest in Mexico after another has
suffered at the hands of the Mexi.
can government" Agrarian lands
railroad properties and oil fields are
the American interests" Mexico ha;
illegally confscated-a systematic
process which, We now demand, shall
cease.
Cardenas Stands Pat.
The arbitration proposal appar.
emily leaves Mexican public opinion
| of all shades cold. Even supporter.
of the opposition presidential candi
date, Gen. Almazan, demonstrativel,
declare they will not oppose an!
| attitude Cardenas decides to adop
toward the 'gringoes." Most vocif.
erous in hostility to arbitration il
the Federation of Mexican Workers
as we'll as other political groups com.
prising the dominant party of tn,
Mexican revolution. which is in.
carnated by Senor Cardenas. These
various elements urge the president
to stick to his guns and refuse tt
Arbitrate a question which Mexicans
consider a purely domestic affair ir
terms of their national laws. They
insist that under article q of the
Mexican. constitution foreign com.
panies must in no case invoke the
protection of their governments
under pain of losing whatever prop.
critics they may have acquired or
Mexican territory. Typical of cur.
rent comment is a jibe in Ultima.
Noticias, a newspaper often severely
critical of the Cardenas administra.
ton: THE arbitration proposal, thu
mere possibility of which had beer
rejected by all authorities. and by
the people and press of Mexico. /!
Evening star., 1940-04-12

eianahe Harding All three bo
ther support should to either lucky would
probably become the
io the the recent primaries
parys
manys Incredibly brutal
the beginning OF just such world expected all along
10 hnuen the President In his hdtem
result may be- no one predict
that outlook
Preoents inclination to again also will
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