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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-27
R. J. SOMMERS COMES
 HOME ABOARD ALASKA

Contractor R. J. Sommers re- turned to his Juneau home aboard the Alaska this afternoon after several weeks in the States.
 Somners attended highway con- struction conference in Chicago and while there underwent an opera ton for appendicitis from which he has recovered well.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-27
SITKAN ARREsTED FOR KILLING FUR
 SEAL, SENTENCED

Found guilty of killing a fur seal, James Gillian of Sitka has been in U. s. Commissioner s Court at Sitka to six months im- the sentence then be- ing suspended.
 Arrest was m d e by Warden Charles Petry of the Bureau of Fish cries. The fur pelt was confiscat- ed by him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-27
EVENING METRIC TO BE HELD BY
 ROTApiAMS HERE

Wives will be guests at next weeks Juneau Rotary Club meeting, which will be held next Tuesday. evening at ' o'clock at Percy's Cafe.
 At today's luncheon, Paul Coke was introduced as new High School representative and Tonly Del Santo entertained with accordion selec- tons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-27
POSTED OF BOAT HARBOR
 CHANGE OF PLAN

Notice has been posted here by the U. S. Engineers Office at &c., attle that the City of Juneau has applied for revision of it's plans for mcorfng facilities in the small boat harbor
 Any objection to the new plans from the standpoint Of navigation must be made to tthe Engineers Of- flee by March 9
 
 FmQre classifieds bring results
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'MIss IlIMEAU,' OTHER CONTESTANTS 10 BE
 6llESTS OF CHAMBER

svhil Godfrey, Miss Juneau" will be fuest Of honor at the Juneau C'7qr-f9ar of Commerce luncheon Thursday noon along with eight other girls who participated in the style shcw at which the commun- ity's queen was chosen.
 Heads Of the apparel firms which outfitted entrants, Mrs. A. M. Ug- pen. style show director and c. B. Arnold, interviewer, will also be guests.
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TO COPD0VA

Hotel man " G. Vance, and Mrs. Vance. are returning to Cor doya aboard the Alaska after a trip south MT. Vance is a former mayor of Cordova.
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FOR RENT
BACHELOR APARTMENTS

BACHELOR APARTMENTS CHANNEL VIEW APARTMENTS formerly the Home Boarding House. Steam-h heated rooms for housekeeping. Lights, linen, cook ing utensils furnished, $10 month up. Bath. Dry room. Freshly painted. Phone 293. FOR RENT-Furnished rooms, hot and cold water, steam heated. Light housekeeping Phone TOP. Corner 3rd and Gold FOR RENT-Modern Broom apt. Oil heat. Phone Black 490 BROOM bachelor apt.-steam heat, Frigidaire, cleo. range. Suited for two men. Al So. Franklin St. VACANCY, Bishop Apts. Phone 336. VACANCIES at the Cliff Apart ments. Phone 2O9. 6-RM. HOUSE. Phone Blue 200. FOR RENT-3-room furnished apt. Phone Douglas 28. FOR RENT-One single apt; also one apt with bedroom, both furnished. Hillcrest, phone 439 FUR. ROOM. Heated Very reason able. POS Main, upstairs. VACANCY, Decker Apts Phone Green 465
 FOR RENT-3 rooms and oath steam heated, electric rang Frigidaire, nicely furnished, over stuffed; Groom house and bath oil heat, Frigidaire, nicely fur nished, overstuffed. Call at Wind sor Apts.
 ONE Broom apt. and one 4-room apt. at Evergreen. FOR RENT-Two- and three-room furn. apartments. Fosbee Apts. FOR RENT - One gas pump, in operation. Call Femmer at IA. VACANCY-Nugget Apartments. FOR RENT-I drtly furnished fla Inquire Snap ShoDpe. COZY, warm, furn. apts. Light water, dishes, cooking utensils and bath. Reasonable at Seaview
 FOR LEASE ESTABLISHED rooming and board ing house. At present time full up. Money -maker to right party. Write xYz, Empire.
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tractors alleged sale of beer aboard the City of Victoria.
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Today's News Today-Empirc
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TcGays News 1o0ay-Empire.
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MISCELLANEOUS

CASH FOR your old accounts and notes AMERICAN CREDIT BU- REAU, sos South Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois.
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LOST AND FOUND

LOST-Small white and brown dog. Finder please notify Frank E. James. Douglas. LOST-Black purse, Sunday night, between Capitol Theater and AL aska Music Supply. Please re- turn to Alaska Music Supply. Reward
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FOR LEASE ESTABLISHED rooming and board ing house. At present time full up. Money maker to right party. Write xYz, Empire.
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FOR RENT-Furnished rooms, hot and cold water, steam heated. Light housekeeping. Phone TOP. Corner 3rd and Gold.
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TURN your old gold into value. cash or trade at Nugget Shcp.
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WANTED

WANTED-Useo gunny sacks. 3hc each delivered to coal bunkers.
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CONTRACT BRIDGE classes now open. Helen F. Griffin. APT 4th St.
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GUARANTEED Realistic Perma- nents. s450. Finger wave. 65c. Jola's Beauty Shop. telephone zuI. 315 Decker Way.
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Watkins Products. Can Black 634

EXPERT puon, sten ography and bookkeeping. Alice Mack. office. Bararof Hotel
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BROOM bachelor apt.-steam heat, Frigidaire, cleo. range. Suited for two men. Al So. Franklin St.
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FOR RENT-Modern Broom apt. Oil heat. Phone Black 490.
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Emolre elassifieds bring results
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-16
CLAIM PLAN READY FOR
 SUBMISSION
Rome Diplomatic Circles Agog Over New Move
 Nazis Ready 10 Act
cBy ASSOCIATED PRESS,

An apparent trial balloon" peace offer to Great Britain by the Axis Powers with the alternative of a threat of blast assault on the Bri- tish Isles, floated around today in diplomatic circles in Rome.
 The Nazi- Fascist peace move as described by the diplomatic circles in Rome. is said to be sounded by Fuehrer Hitler ill three point plan, as follows:
 ' One Settlement of the European affairs, presumably with Germany and Italy to dominate the continent and Great Britain to keep hands off. Two-Return of the British held colonies owned by Germany before the World War.
 Three-E Economic rehabilitation of Europe.
 Plan Rejected
 Prime Minister Churchill of Great Britain, in a broadcast last Sunday night scornfully rejected, in advance, any Axis suggestions of peace barley.
 In Berlin well informed sources said the clue to the situation might be found in the statement made yes- terday by virgin.~ Gayda. Fascist ed itor who asserted the Axis Powers were preparing a surrender or be destroyed" ultimatum against Great Britain V
 Ready To Strike Reports from Berlin declare that Germany is ready to strike the min ute Hitler gives the word one titantic blow will be administered, Nazi sources claim and this is because of the inevitable necessity" follow ing Churchill's insistence that Great Britain keep on fighting to the fin lsh.
 Berlin circles claim the blow will
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-16
RAIDS BY BRITISH
 ON GERMANY
Extensive Operations Re. porfed-Mdny 0bjett-
 ives Are Bombed

LONDON, July 16.-British fight ing planes and bombers renewed
 heir raids over Germany last night in what was said to be the most extensive operations of the past 48 hours. Indications that the raids were underway in Germany was given by the fact that Nazi radio stations were quiet more than two hours.
 The London Air Ministry reported earlier that British planes had car ried out extensive raids over Ger many in the past 48 hours. The Air Ministry said that the British planes had bombed twenty two German air ports and many military objectives.
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(0NCRE55MENI FLY IN FROM.
 5ITkA TODAY.
Naval Affairs Committee Members Inspecting
 Alaska Work

Two Navy patrol bombers brought three members, of the House Naval Affairs Committee to Juneau this afternoon from Sitka, where they landed at o'clock yesterday after noon from Seattle.
 The Congressmen are Reps. Will liam s. Jacobsen, Democrat, of Clinton, Iowa; Beverly M. Vincent, Democrat, of Brownville, Kentucky. and George J. Bates, Republican, of Salem, Massachusetts.
 Their planes, which also brought Lieutenants Miller and Mcdonald from Seattle to inspect the naval air station under construction at Japonski Island, .s landed at Aux Bay this afternoon.
 Army Chief Here
 Today the Congressmen, Naval officers and Col. s. B. Buckner Jr., who arrived here today on the steamer Aleutian enroute to An chorage to assume command of all Army forces in Alaska, were the guests of Gov. Ernest Gruening.
 At Sitka the Congressmen, while saying that satisfactory work has been done so far on the air base, hinted that 1t is urgent the sta tion Dc finished with all speed.
 The planes are scheduled to re- turn to Sitka tomorrow and to Se- attle on Thursday.
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AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY HEAD
 FAv0R5 DEFENSE
Mrs. WiIIiam m Corwifh Sounds Plea for Ndtion-
 al Armament Program

Sounding a plea for national de- fcnse with emphasis on immediate awakening of citizens of the United States to the realization of present perils, Mrs. William Corwith, Ma tional President for the American Legion Auxiliary voiced the stand taken by the group she represents and that of it's co-workers, the Am erican Legion, at a Juneau Legion Auxiliary dinner last evening ar ranged in her honor in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel.
 She said, in part, "The only way to protect thing is to make it so strong that no one will think about trying to interefere. The American Legion Auxiliary and the Legion have always taken definite stand in favor of national defense and Am ericanism. They have pleaded stead fly for a sure and safe stand for the nation and because of their great plea for national defense have been called militarists.
 There is much for the Legion and the Auxiliary to do. Much has al- ready been done, but still more is needed. There is great need to train young people and to encourage them. That is our responsibility and that is our privilege. However, it is time that we stop thinking of our privileges and think of our respon- sibilities.'
 Mrs. Corwith said that the women of the nation can be blamed greatly for the lack of strength, because of their fear of sacrifice. She further stated that the women of America should adjust their minds to sacri- fees because the nation must have national defense.
 If the American Legion. one mill ion strong, and the Auxiliary, one half a million strong, will march
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COMMUNISTS WANT 5AY0N
 WAR POLICY
Dies Committee Told Par aIysis of Coast Ship
 ping Is Threat

BEAUMONT, Texas, July 16.-The Dies Committee, in session here, was told today that the Communist Par ty is seeking to dictate the war policy of the United States and that as a means to this end could par alyze overnight all West Coast ship ping and communications.
 Informant to the committee is John Leech, Portland, Ore, recent ly employed by the Commission of Public Docks there.
 Leech, whose testimony involved number of California state of ficials and Federal government of ficers, said that during the past seven or eight years all important West Coast strikes had been en- gineered and carried out by the Communist Party.
 Asked by Congressman Martin Dies, c com m i tee chairman, why Communists concentrated on ship ping and communications, Leech said that they wanted to gain con- trol of transportation and communi- cations in an effort to dictate war policy so that no attack could be made on Russia or it's allies.
 Leech's testimony was behind closed doors, but through reliable sources the gist of it filtered outside Dies hotel suit where the local hearing is being held.
 Appearing outside the committee room. Dies said that the committee planned to summon about a hun dred witnesses during the Beaumont hearing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-16

AT DEMOCRATIC
 CONVENTION WRITE PLANK
 FOR GREATER HOME RULE

appointment of only bona fide resi- dents to Territorial offices and a pledge to Native citizens of "the same fair and equal treatment, in cluding payment of all just claims against the government, which is accorded other citizens"
 Chairman Oscar C. Olson of Ju- neau announced he has designated Delegate Anthony J Dimond to serve on the resolutions committee, Olson on the credentials committee James V. Davis of Juneau on the rules committee and Harvey J Smith of Anchorage on the con- mittee on permanent organization
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CHICAGO, July 16.--The Alaska delegation to the Democratic Ma tional onvention caucused today and resolved in favor of a platform plank urging that development of the Territory "in the traditional Am erican way be enlarged by powers of self government leading to event. ual statehood"
 The Alaskans also proposed blanks pledging the party to development of potential large oil and gas fields" and in favor of "a prohibition on all federal tolls for highways and bridg- es" in the Territory.
 The statehood plank would favor
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Forest
 Pliers
 Crash
Pilot Killed, CopiIot Injur- ed Flying Supplies to
 Fire Fighters

MISSOULA, Montana, July 16.- Forest Service pilot Robert Maricich of Missoula was killed and copilot Dell Clabaugh, also of Missoula, was injured when plane they were flying supplies to crews battling the huge Bitter Root Mountain fires, crashed far from civilization.
 Parachutists, dropped from other planes, found the crash victims and made their radio reports here.
 The crash was reported by the lookout.
 It vii perhaps be several days before the body of the dead pilot and his injured mate will be brought out.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-16
Fire Bug|s
 5uspetied,
 B|azeCase

SAN DIEGO, Cal. July 16.-For- estry officials are Investigating the possibility that fire bug started numerous brush fires in San Diego County. The fires already have blackened an estimated 35,000 acres
 State Forestry Supervisor E. s. Miller said that special deputies are already investigating several sus- poets. Meanwhile. officials said that all but two of the brush fires are under control.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-16
Windsors 10
 Come 10 us.

LONDON, July l6.-A Reuters dis patch received here tonight from Lisbon said the Duke and Duchess of Windsor have booked passage on the clipper to New York from where they are then expected to fly to the Bahamas where the Duke will become Governor General.
 Perhaps the Duke and Duchess will leave Lisbon for the United States on the clipper this week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-16
Warning Is
 Given Ships

LONDON, July 16.-The British Admiralty has wraned ships in the that they would ap- preach within thirty miles of Italian territory at their own risk. The statement was made in retaliation to similar Italian warning in re- gard to Allied coastlines.
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HONOLULU, T. H., July Is. = Two columns of United States war ships steamed out of Pearl Harbor late yesterday, stimulating specu- lation that the vessels are getting ready to patrol the South Pacific Islands owned by Great Britain and France.
 Eight cruisers, headed by the
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"BIG STICK" AGAIN
 Sen. Arthur H. Vand c n b u r g

Sen. ATt0uT H. a II U H U U ! {, (Mich.): q conclude with fer vent recommendation of the fun- damental automatic philosophy of the first Roosevelt who said that we should speak softly and carry a big stick.
 Rep. Bruce Barton tNew York City): "A former Roosevelt gave us a foreign policy. Said Presi- dent Theodore: Speak softly and carry a big stick.
 This being the seventh time in the last few weeks, ladies and gentlemen. that that statement has been written into the record of congressional proceedings, it's beginning to look as If we'll have to call our new foreign policy the T. Roosevelt Monroe doctrine.
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Compulsory Training Is
 Given Boost

SAN FRANCISCO, July 16- The Young Democrats of San Francisco are in favor of compulsory military training plan. The organization is also going ahead with campaign aainst subversive activities.
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UNITED STATES WARSHIpS SUDDENLY WEIGH ANCHORS
 STEAM FROM PEARL HARB0R

Indianapolis, sailed with ten de- stroyers.
 Another column of cruisers and a number of destroyers lifted an- chor and sailed out and were later joined by the battleships Colorado and Nevada and aircraft carrier En- terprise.
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TO NURSES SCHOOL

Miss Bonnie Erickson graduate of the Juneau High School with the Class of 1940 and winner of the Juneau Business and Professional Women's Club Student Loan Fund, sailed for the states this morning on the steamer Columbia. She ~ enter Nurses School.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-16
Farley Is in a Pickle
 About Mail for Europe;
 Pepper Out for Defense

one or more speeches He has been in hot water almost con- stantly with that Senate element which might be termed conserva- tive in it's approach to present world problems)
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TALL WEDDING

LOS ANGELES, July 16.-Except for the minister, everyone in the wedding party of Hazel Rich and Clifford Thorne was more than six feet tall. Many were members of the Tip-Toppers, club composed of tall persons,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-16
AUSTIN BACK

Guy Austin, travelling man who used to reside here and is now living at Anchorage, came in this morning and is at the Gastineau Hotel.
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POST TROUBLE

POST TROUBLE
 MT. Farley is in pickle about mail for Europe. We can't dock anywhere but Lisbon. Mail is piling up. Wise guys buy 75-cent stamps for the Clipper mall. MT. Farley's boys are trying to figure a new route across the Pacific via the Trans Siberian railroad.
 This Town: Houses are going like hot-cakes. know of one sub division of 169 houses that went up in the last three months. Now all but seven are sold. That may be because of fear of wartime profiteering which, last time, forced people to pay $60 month here for a bedroom.
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du v. NuCAsutt. lO lildJ DC Cliu we ought to have some good old fashioned Fourth of July speeches.
 Sen. Willard K. Tydings (MdD "The information as to the strength of Germany's planes has been ir the hands of this Government for five years, four years, three years two years, one year as it has been in the hands of the French the Polish, the HungarianS. tn C Czechoslovakian and all other gov ernments ... The thought was that, no matter what happened in the whole world, we would not have to prepare here.'
 Robert H. Jackson, Attorney Gen eral of the United States, discuss ing the strength and weakness of democracy. Even if freedom does develop men of greater initiative and strength, if they forever pull in opposite directions, there is no collective strength Two strong men who cancel each other are not equal to two dumb men who pull togther"
 PEPPERS PEPPER
 Sen. Claude Pepper (the Talla- hassee flash): When Hitler was poised to strike his deadly blow. the Prime Minister of Great Bri- tain Chamberlain said. Hitler has missed the bus I think that statement will go down in history as perhaps the most descriptive statement any statesman has ut tered showing a total lack Of un- derstanding of the kind of war we face and the kind of world ours had become"
 (Author's Note: Senator Pepper is the spearhead of the drive for total defense" and total aid short of war" to the forces fight ing Nazism. Since the defense drive started, hardly a day has passed in which he did not make
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GET IN THE SWIM"

Johnny Weissmuller, former world speed C h a m p i O n and the Tarzan of the movies, gives tips for swim ming beginners in eight illustrated sto- ries,, first of which appears tomorrow in THE EMPIRE. Don't
 miss one of the series.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-16
TUNER IN TOWN

H. J. Baker. "The Piano Man" is again in Juneau. He is at the Gastineau Hotel.
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CHICAGO, III, July l6. More demands for the renomination of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, coupled with high praise for the New Deal record, pierced the dull routine of the Democratic National Convention today as the organizing of the convention went slowly but definitely on.
 President Roosevelt held several telephone chats with Harry L. Hop kins.
 Third term developments bobbed up when Secretary of Labor Per- kins told several thousand applaud ing women at breakfast that I've are about to break a tradition and nominate man for the third term
 Negroes for FDR
 Representative Arthur Mitchell of Illinois, the only negro Congress- man, told the sparsely attended midday convention, that eight out of every ten negroes will vote next November for the party whose banner hope and pray will be carried by that great humanitarian, Franklin D. Roosevelt
 Mrs. Thomas McAllister, Director of the National Committees Wom- ems Division, appeared and told her hearers there are millions of human beings throughout this self governing Nation who look to the leadership and principles of de- mocracy in the United States of America, to the greatest citizen of the -Franklin D. Roose- velt.' This added more fuel to the third term issue. x,.
 Committees at Work
 Committees are at work in hotel rooms to complete tho platform and other essentials to the organization of the convention.
 Not a word has been received from the President. however, re- garding his intentions.
 The big feature on tonight's pro- gram will be the address of Perma- nent Chairman, Senator Alben w. Barkley, of Kentucky. Keynote Speech Last night, Speaker of the House William Bankhead made rousing speech in which he promised that never again will American boys
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By JACK sTINNETT

INGTON, July 16. - Thoughts for today:
 Paul V. McNutt: Tt may be that we ought to have some good old fashioned Fourth of July speeches. .
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TALK KEEPS UP FOR THIRD
 NOMINATION
Delegates fo Democratic Convention Getting
 Down 10 Business

.
 BULLETIN - WAS HIN G. TON, D. C., July 16.-President Franklin D. Roosevelt said to- day that an announcement re- garding his attitude toward 8 third term as the nations chief executive would be made to- night at Chicago by Senator Barkley, Chairman of the Dem ocratic National Convention.
 The President made this statement at a press conference in response to an inquiry as to why he had refrained from making known previously his decision as to a third term.
 He suggested that the report CTS get on the air tonight, then added that definitely the an- nOuncement on his behalf would be made by Senator Barkley after his address to the con- venticn tonight.
 When the reporters suggest ed that the President hadn't answered their inquiry, RoOse-. welt replied, "Of course I haven't.'
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Keynote Speech

Last night, Speaker of the House William Bankhead made rousing speech in which he promised that never again will American boys
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