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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08
THE SWIMMING POOL

Logic common sense and the best interests of
the community point to only way out for the
City of Juneau which finds itself with an unfn-
ished swimming pool in Evergreen Bowl and no
particular urge to complete it.
The project when the City earnestly requested
and on which the Federal Government has spent
some ST. $50 in good faith, must be completed For
tunatey the pool will be a definite civic improve
ment and one of the things we should be buying
with tax money.
If the project had been forced by the WPA on
an unwilling city there might be some justification
for civic reluctance at this time. But the City of
Juneau itself asked for the pool filing an applica-
ton with the WPA on January 30, 1889 1t is true
that Federal money was not forthcoming immedi
ately 1t is. But if swimming pool for
Juneau children was worthwhile project in January
of 1899 it is still a worthwhile project in May Of
1910 The project was approved and money became
available last August The WPA is contributing
s4264 toward the completion of the pool, while the
City is called upon only for $2736a Anferdoor pool
of the attractveness and usefulness of this is
a bargain for the City at that price. There should
be no hesitation in completing it.
The original application by the City calls for
a 30 by rs foot pool from three to five feet deep,
and for dressing and toilet In its application
the City stated THE proposed swimming pool viii
fill long-felt need. AT present there is no swim
ming pool in this community where children can
learn to swim The toilet and dressing rooms are
badly needed present facilities are inadequate
and unsanitary
For the City at this time to say it doesn't really
want the pool and was only being socable when it
asked for Federal money for the proec is hindsight
of particularly unpleasant kind, especially since
the WPA has always had 100 times as many places
to put its money as it has had funds available. If
Juneau has obtained a contribution for project
which is indeed unworthy, guilty of wasting
public funds and of keeping needed improvements
out of other cities and own.
But the swimming pool is worthy project Our
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08
Daily Lessons in English Sg L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MSUSED say Say,
This worthless
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED Marcon. r-koni A
in o as in I asi n syllable.
Satellite
SYNONYMS Rudimen germ, embryo, first
principle
yours" Let
something morally When
preparation
of a crme?"-Juvenal
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08
Choose Your Own Business Index
philadelphia Record

To the New York Times Index, Business Week
Index, Time Index, the famous index based on liv-
ing room rugs the Miami index based garbage
collections add this from Chicago:
"a. A .McVitte, president of the National Res
taurant Association says business is improving and
cites proof the fact that scrbbling of figures
tabecloths has increased This shows, he said,
that many big deals are being worked out over
luncheon and dinner plates
(Mebbe they just figuring up their debts?)
Anyway, the field of indces is now broad
that anyone may pick his own. For ourselves we
still choose the old reliable, based on the size and
regularity of the pay check.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08

nifty and rights of labor union Of
10000 workers.
A hundred and seventy delegates
adopted resolution protesting the
actions of aides of New York District
Attorney Dewey in compelling three
officials and bookkeepers to show
cause bfeore common pleas Judge
Way why they should not be remov-
ed to New York for questioning as
witnesses in connection with the
usage of union funds.
The resignation of George Scalises,
Union President, was accepted yes
terday
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United States
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
DISTRICT LAND OFFICE

GENERAL LAND OFFICE
DISTRICT LAND OFFICE
Anchorage, Alaska.
April IL, 1940
Notice is hereby given that Alex
ander Stephen Heydek, entryman,
together with his witnesses, Jack
Jourdan and j. A. Berg, all of
Tenakee Springs, Alaska has sub
mitted final proof on his home
stead, Anchorage serial 07207, for
land embraced in Forest List 8-102,
HE. S. 239 New serial 1881, con-
tanning 1886 acres, and situated
on the north side of Tenakee Inlet,
approximately az miles east of
Tenakee Townsite, latitude STAT
N. longitude 135'08' w. and it is
now in the files of the u S. Land
Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and if
no protest is filed in the District
Land Office within the period of
publication or thirty days thereafter
said final proof will be accepted
and final certificate issued.
FLORENCE L. KOLB,
Acting Register.
Publication dates, May 1-8-15-22-29
June 5-12-19-26, 1910.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08
MODERN ETIQUETTE by poprprA LEE

hostess invitation to dinner and the
invita- il
might be best this ask if he received the
invitation
receive it, If he did, will the invitation
Would butter
kind Of thank you" postal card?
A. No. The regular social stationery should be used
Are wedding the brides mother after
wedding?
a II
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
General Land Office

General Land Office
DISTRICT LAND OFFICE
Anchorage, Alaska.
April 9, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that Fred
Richard Henning, entryman togeth-
err with his witnesses, Norman B.
Cook, and Burford Carmichael, all
of Juneau, Alaska, has made final
proof on his homestead, Anchorage
serial 08036, for a tract of land en-
braced in U. S. Survey No. 216e, sit
uated on Point Louisa Beach about
l6 miles from Juneau, containing
OBS acres, latitude So go N. iongi-
tude l34' 49, w. and it is now in the
files of the U. S. Land Office. An
chorage. Alaska.
If no protest is filed within the
period of publication or thirty days
thereafter, in the district land office,
the final proof will be accepted and
final certificate will be issued.
FLORENCE L. KOLB.
Acting Register.
First publication, April "a, 1910.
Last publication, June 10, 1870.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08
LOOK and LEARN Asy G. GORDON

painting frequently displayed Mothers Day?
O. the which the Moses
Who the first to circumnavgate the world?
A. the opening of the Civil War?
Ocean?
ANSWERS:
Whistlers painting of his mother.
q
3. Magellan.
4. firing or Sumter Charleston, S. C.
5. Colombia, Ecuador and Chile.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08
THREE UNION
OFFICIALS TO
Be QUESTIONED
Delegates Are taken from
Convention Floor by
Court Subpoena

ATLANTIC CITY, May 8.-The
Building Service Employees Interna-
tional Union, AFL, today condemn
ed the subpoenaing of three of its
officials on the convention floor yes
terday as an invasion of the dig
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08

Dan White is a medical admission
today at the Government Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08

Anna White was dismissed from
the Government Hospital today aftel
cCeiving medical attention.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08
HosPIrAL NorEsi

Roy Look was admitted to st.
AIMS Hospital today and is receiv-
ing medical treatment.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08

After receiving medical care at 81,
AIMS Hospital. Ben Leaning was
dismissed today.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08

The comic opera Robin Hood"
was first produced in Chicago on
June 8, 1890.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08

LOGGER = SERVICE STATION
ATTENDANT-Young man, single,
age %, high school education. Ex-
perienced in logging woods, year
as rigger. Also several years as at
tendant in service station while
going to high school. Call for Els
SO.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08

services are required and make all
provisions for transportation to the
particular job SO that personal ex-
premises are minimized."
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08

The big seine boat Clydsdae of sitka in port in
Capt ]. Parks
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-05-08

Word was received from Dr. H. c. DeVghne that he wa
Princess Mary for Juneau after attending the
Medical Association meetings New Orleans
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Weather: Highest, 80; lowest, So; cloudy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-26

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mercially feasible to tan and
process II and make leather.
Fins from several varieties Of
shark bring good prices In the
Chinese settlements Of this eoun-
try and elsewhere; a rich soup II
made from IL.
The meat from some kinds Of
shark IL eaten universally; some
AZ steak. some il canned. Meat
from all kinds Ia processed for
fertilizer.
Shark-liver. similar To ood-liver.
has valuable food properties and
is marketable.
Industry Has Promise
Therefore, the shark has a
four-to-one advantage over the
whale from q commercial stand
point.
But the biggest factor IN the
future Of shark-fishing IL the vir-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-26
Mrs. Lo1gmire's
Funeral Tuesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Lille
Longmire. IS. who died Saturday
a. her home in Mineral. will be
held Tuesday At 1 P. m. in Mineral.
Burial viii follow in Yelm Gene
terry.
Mrs. Longmire. a member Of =
pioneer Thurston county family.
was the widow Of Lew ". Long
miro, who died in 1897. They
moved to Mineral from Yelm in
1916.
She leaves three sons. Roy and
Ray Of Mineral and Jay Of Morton:
one sister. Mrs. Daisy Van Cleve
Of Centralia; three brothers. VIII
Stafford Of Mineral; Fred of Taco
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-26
Benefit Supper
Thursday Night

GIG HARBOR - The Warren
and Arletta Improvement club will
have = benefit supper at Arletta
school on Thursday in aid Of the
FUND for payment Of deficit on
venetian blinds at the school. A
white Elephant" sale also win
b . feature Of the evening. A
musical program viii be provided
BY vocal selections by Miss Lois
Ridley and violin and accordion
solos by Pets Hilseth and his son
Gordon.
The Gig Harbor basketball club
win give 4 dance at Horseshoe
lake on Saturday. April Is.
The United Fishermen's Union
u Gig Harbor, local No. 8. win
meet In St. Johns hall Thursday
At 7:30 p. m. The union Is to bal
lot on Puget Sound district Of
Aces and amendments to the con-
otitution.
The Amateur Garden club will
meet on Tuesday with Mrs. Mary
Dillon hostess for / o'clock lunch
con. Mrs. Olive Skansie will be
n charge Of the study hour.
The South Side Improvement
club will meet at the Bachelor
home on Saturday evening.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-26
ally inexhaustlble supply.

tually inexhaustibls supply.
Some sharks. unlike whales, re
produce their young In veritahle
patches. Some are born alive
some grow from eggsD In any
event. 1t appears that man and
all his devices win never Be able
10 fish sharks into extinction
Where sharkers are working
nowadays England. Cslifor-
MIA. Caribbean. Australia - 1000
foot nets are set and left over
night. When hauled in, catches
are reekoned by the ton. Yet the
same grounds are fished month in
and month out
Thus we suggest that shark
ing has ali the nakings OF
thriving. first-class martins
industry.
And that shark-men will exceed
whalers when II comes 10 tales OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-26

lied era, the sharker's yarns will
devote little to such things. In
stead. he'll tell OF the physical
marvels of sharks.
Shark Stories Endless
The lore Of sharks has occupied
sailormen for centuries-and now
scientists and mere tale-tellers find
they have a great deal in COM
mon. The general subject Of
sharks Is pretty much merely a
collection of separate case his
tories of individual sharks.
In a sense. sharks are like peo-
pie and rats. They are found in
every latitude and under every
condition: they are highly adapt
able.
Like people, broad general
ties may be made but more
often we confine ourself to
unusual individuals.
For instance. there's the veri-
fled account OF the catching of one
particular whale shark (Rhineo-
don Typus) off Florida's coast.
All Are Hard 10 Kill
The sharkers discovered 1t in
q lagoon. Harpoons were sent
home and Delayed to the deck Of
the big shark-boat. For ~ hours
the shark lowed the craft.
The sharkers sent so slugs from
q high-powered rifle into the
brute. They Unanswered along
side In a dory and let 60 with
both barrels of a shotgun at a
range Of two feet; no shot pene-
trated the sharks tough hide.
Finally they beached It and set
up q windlass ashore. which was
broken once before the sharkers
finally could get at the critters
brain and kill II.
That shark weighed 1871
tons; It's hide Was four
inches thick.
The specie IL the largest gill;
breathing fish. They grow up to
20 feet long. They have approx
mately 5000 tiny teeth. which
fortunately make them harmless
to men--unless man or boat gets
in the way of their tail, or Is
rammed and erased by sheer
weight and brute strength.
Money-Mal<ing Sharks
But II In the comparatively
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-26

The Tacoma Stamp club will
meet ut 5 p. m Tuesday in the
Tacoma secretarial school in the
Medical Arts bldg. r. r. Thiele
will discuss stamps In Finland and
show his collection Visitors are
welcome At these meetings which
are held the second and fourth
Tuesday Of each month.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-26
CCC 10 Hold
Open Houses
Tucomons Invited
Mon. 81 to Apr. 7

rAcomans. through Maj. Lester
a. Dsugherty. who visited the city
council Monday. were invited to
visit CCC camps in this vicinity
during the week Of March 81
April Z when open houses win be
held.
Daugherty, who h commander
e the Fort Lewis District CcC.
expects $1,000 visitors this year.
Judging BY attendance previous
pears.
Mayor J. J. Kaufman has desig-
mated April 8 a. Tacoma CCC day.
On that date the city's civic duties
win Be taken over by an honorary
CCC governing force. Enrollees
from nearby camps will fill the
post Of mayor, councilmen. fire
Vnd police chief.
Dlstxict Coo campo nearest
1Acoms ars Camps Rainier at
HAanler, egnshlne Point 81
Lsngmire, Uectroa It Elcc-
trua, 11lIlcrsylvnnia IT Olym-
pa ord Quilcene ~ QuiIcene.
Al the seventh anniversary of
the CCC approaches. It is interest
ing to note what the organization
has meant to the state of WASH
1ngton.
A total Of SIS. ss5 900 has been
spent for food. clothing. equipment
and wages for the $4,000 boys who
have served In the camps for the
past seven years and who achieved
the following results: 1884 miles
70 truck trails built into forests
for fire protection: 3.423 miles of
telephone lines constructed; 322.-
90 acres Of land treated against
rodents; $50 miles Of fire-brcaks
layed: e.085 erosion check-dams
7l8,e40 trees planted in the Ever
improved: .20s acres Of tim
berland estimated: 334 fire lookout
towers and houses built. and TO-
$40 trees planted In the Ever
green" state. Also to be considered
are the 24s,52o man-days spent
fighting forest fires to save the
original natural resources Of the
stats-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-26
Easier Swells Trade
Volume for Week

NEW YoRk-Buoyed by Easter
demand. retail trade last week
swelled 10 10 Is per cent over the
corresponding calendar week II
1889. Dun & Bradstreet Inc. re-
ported today.
Sharpness Of the gain largely
reflected the fact that Easter
came at a later date in 1889.
Gains in retail volume for the
various sections. compared with
the 1889 calendar week. follow:
New York up 5 to II per cent;
east to Is; middle west 10 to IS;
south II to 20; southwest II to IS;
northwest 6 to Il. and Pacific
coast 10 to is per cent.
ma and Edgar of Hoodsport, and
four grandchildren.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-26

thrilling adventure. viciousness,
and daily brushes with death in
the course Of taking the worlds
toughest, hardest. meanest, most
savage member Of the creature
group.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-26

v o gag 8 and
poor rati o ms,
the I a m e d
IN an I u c k G I
sleigh ride, !" the
shrinking. 70 u
toll Of trying
out the precious
oil; any and all
were enough to
hold spell-bound
a u d q n ces of
any age or time.
l.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-26

Perhaps someday the world
win know another industry with
all the romance and adventure and
perils Of the old whaling-com-
mercial shark-fishing. There'll be
none Of the natural color that
went with sailing vessels. true,
but Shaking necessarily involves
the hand-to-hand element which
contributed largely to the whalers'
saga. Even more 80.
For the whaler's life-blood cpl
sodes dealt primarily with long
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Irks. They despise them for
without cowardice. they curse
tend by following a ship. Yet
sharks, after all.
smaller species Of shark which
have promise of making a real
shark-fishing industry.
The sharks hide Is its most
valued portion. Sailors have used
the rasp-like shagreen for scrub
bing woodwork aboard ship for
generations: nowadays 1t Is COM
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-26

ma and Edgar of Hoodsport. an
four grandchildren.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-24
TAXPAYMENTS
STARTING HERE
City Realizes Over $780,
600 in Advanced Pay
ments on 1899 List

Advance payments of taxes on the
1889 grand list, due May /, are be-
ginning to come in, Tax Collector
Humbert Mangini said today. About
$4,000 was collected in current tax
es yesterday, and advance payments
thus for are estimated at approx
mately 100000.
All but 1000 of a total of $4,000
tax bills have already been mailed,
Mr.. Mangini said. These not yet
sent out will be in the mails in a
day or two.
Bills this year, under a new char
ter provision, tell the taxpayer if
payments on prior years are still
due. The amount Of back taxes is
not listed but can be learned at
the tax collectors office.
Heavy early payments are ex-
pected this year, with many bust
ness firms and other large taxpay-
erS anxious to take advantage of
the discount offered for full pay
ment of the taxes when the first
installment falls due.
A tax collection comparable to
last years record of 95.3 per cent
of the total will leave the city in
an excellent financial condition at
the end of the year, since the bud
get estimate to tax collections for
the year is now limited by the char
ter to 80 per cent of the total due.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-24
BOYS EXPOSITION
PLANS COMPLETED
Unusual Activities to Be
Demonstrated By Scouts
Saturday at ArmOry

The senior scouting section of the
Boy Scouts of America will be well
represented at the Mattatuck Coun-
Gil Scout Exposition Saturday after
noon and evening at the State Arm
DRY on Field street. Senior scouting
for boys IS years of age and over
offers a more mature program of
activities and the development of
Skills than is found in the regular
scouting program.
The Sea Scout ship Flying Cloud"
Of WatertoWn plans to have a full
rugged replica of their meeting place
set up on the floor of the Armory
where they will participate in regular
Sea Scout activities, ceremonies, ETC.,
and display the various required
articles made by the individual
members such as ship models, sea
bags, charts, etc. Sea Scout ship
"Mattatuck" of the End Congrega-
tional church, Waterbury, plans to
put on similar exhibit. Frank
Reinhold is skipper of the Water
town ship and G. Haskell Barney
shipper Of the Waterbury ship.
In addition, Sea Scouts from the
above ships and the SIS. "Penrod"
of Naugatuck, Skipper John Mazil-
auskas, will assist the senior scout
explorer patrols of Troop 13, Sacred
Heart church, and Troop Is, Ameri-
can Legion, in acting as service de-
tails throughout the exposition. One
service detail will be assigned to
the special show area, another will
be in charge of admissions; and still
another will assist in the operation
of the boys life and information
booth, etc. These senior groups will
also give special demonstrations dur
ing the afternoon and evening in
the show arena illustrating unusual
activities and skillS.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-24

quest centered a great portion of
last nights discussion.
Speakers supporting Miss Leslie
informed the board they believed the
South school principal was the vic
tim Of gossip campaign and adj
vocated that IN ematter be thrashed
cut in the open so the educator
could defend herself.
Chairman Neill said the board was
DESTROYS of doing the right thing
and willing to thrash the matter
out in the open. Several parents
who spoke for Miss Leslie stated
they had children at South school
and had been given no reason for
complaining against the principal.
Rev. Oscar Locke of Oakville said
he was satisfied with her work, but
that he voted to uphold Supt.
Swift's move in dismissing her for
"other reasons" which he did not
describe.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-24

in by a color guard.
Also, escorted in was Comrade
Trueman Parson, Of Bridgeport, a
past commander and past national
patriotic instructor.
Following luncheon, the delegates
were expected to nominate new
slate of officers, preparatory to cleo
ton which will take place tomorrwo.
A banquet is listed for tonight at
$50 o'clock, with dancing to follow.
This afternoon at O'Clock guests
were received, memorial services
following at o'colck. Representa-
tives of allied orders were among
the guests.
Department President Florence
Johnson of Waterbury was presented
with bouquet this morning.