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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-15
It Is Still Incredible
fNeW York Times)

(NeW York TimeS)
 year ago today The Times carried only two dispatches from European capitals on its first page London sent a tWo-stick cablegram reporting that former King Alfonso trying to get back the Spanish throne Geneva predicted joint maneuvers by German and Italian troops in Bolzano Province. There was excitement the near approch of the planet Mars, set for Thursday. Commercial conversations" between Germany and Russia, begun in Berlin, to be removed to Moscow A Foreign Office spokesman in Berlin had just predicted that the Danzig dispute would not lead to Britain engaged in her greatest peacetime troop move ment"-135000 Territorials Snaring weekend traffic
 The Bremen in port, completing ten years service. You could still buy round-trip tickets to England Ireland, France Germany, good up to October Is. The Hamburg American Line would be glad to accommodate you, and so would the Anchor Line Cunard German, Austrian and Italian hotels and resorts still advertising in British peri odicals.
 The dismal crop of already white to the harvest. The signs were unmistakabe. But few of us believed them They were incredible then. Even now after years reaping of life of honor of the precious things of civilization, they still in- credible
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teresting to note that on occasion the White House secretariat is not above the oldest of political prac- tices-squeezing patronage for mem bers of the family
 Nepotist No. l is William H. Mc- Reynolds, one of the gentlemen with a passion for anonymity" who was promoted through civil service to hold one of the most coveted jobs in Washington, sec- retary to the President. He is also secretary of the new National De- fense Council.
 MT. McReynolds is supposed to handle personnel matters, that is to place the best people in the right jobs. However, he is not averse to placing members of his own fam fly, and his own daughter has just been placed in an excellent per- sonnel job in the National Defense Council. She is Mrs. Margaret Holmead, and she is supposed to handle job applications to the Council.
 Applicants complain that they can get no report on what hap pens to their applications. In fact Congressmen do not have much bet ter luck.
 NOTE-Mrs. Holmead's father gets a salary of $10,000 at the White House. However, Mrs. Hol- meads salary remains a dark se- cret. All Government salaries are required to be a matter of public record, but Robert Horton, press relations officer of the Council, refused to divulge her stipend, re- ferring inquiry to the Assistant Sec retary of the Council, Sidney Sher- wood MT. Sherwood works for MT. McReynolds. He stated, No pub lie good can come from disclosing Mrs. Holmead's salary
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GOOD NEIGHBOR DOLLARS

Shortcutting diplomacy, and with out waiting for the Havana agree ments to be put into action, a group of U. s. department stores and retail buying agencies are send ing experts to Latin America next month to try to find new ways for the Latins to serve the U. s. market.
 With their sources in Europe cut off, the stores are eager to do just what the State Department wants them to do-buy from the Good Neighbors to create dollar exchange so they can buy from us. The stores are looking for all manner of things, especially handi- craft-peasant dresses, glassware, jewelry, petit point, scarves, gloves and knitted sweaters.
 The catalogue is long and the need is urgent, especially if they bring goods back before the Christ mas season.
 The buyers will leave New York September Is. visiting six coun- tries - Brazil, Argentina, Chile Peru, Guatemala and Mexico. They are experts in production and styl-
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dumping corn in big piles and burning it. This means that after long period of prosperity, Ar gentina has been driven to the desperate recourse of destroying agricultural surpluses, just as Bra gil burned her coffee and this coun- try plowed under it's corn.
 Argentina has a bumper corn crop this year, and no place to sell it. The bottom has fallen out of the price, so much that small quantities of Argentina corn en- tered California over a 25-cents-a- bushel tariff.
 Argentina is traditionally tn e most prosperous and most secure of all the Latin American coun- tries. She is the only one whose credit is sound enough to make
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He once worked in a steel mill in the United States and is now head of the Manchurian Development Corporation His appointment would make him the first Japanese busi- nessman in years who has served here as Ambassador Most previous envoys have been career men. {. Lost in the welter of international and political news is the Louisiana fight to oust the remnants of the Huey Long machine. One Congress sional campaign which Washing ton is watching is that staged by young Jimmy ASwell against Dr. George Long, one of Huey's broth CTS, and against Congressman A. Leonard Allen. Aswell is the son of the late Congressman. He left a well-paid newspaper job to help clean up Hueyism.
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dell Willkie for the specific pur'- pose of wooing agricultural votes. Reason nothing was said about Me- Nary at the conference was because he wasn't there.
 Behind this is an interesting story. The prime movers of the meeting, among them Iowas Gov ernor George Wilson, either forgot or purposely did not invite McNary. At any rate he was not asked to come-until Willkie personally tele- phoned McNary two days before the conference.
 This last-minute thought was in- spired by Representative Frank Horton of Wyoming, Willkies per sonal friend. Horton discovered that no invitation had been extended to McNary by the Wilson group and hastily telephoned the presidential candidate at Colorado Springs. Willkie, in turn, immediately tele- phoned McNary and asked him to come.
 However, the Se.laUe COP leader declined because of the pressure of legislative duties He explained that the bill calling the National Guard into active service was com ing up Monday and he could not leave Washington.
 NOTE-McNary' ceptanc e speech, like Willkies, will not be more than one half hours dura- ton. One of the chief subjects of the address will be the water power issue, on which McNary has a strong public ownership record.
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Daily Lessons in English " v. L. GORDON

MISUSED The accident place yesterday" Say yesterday"
 NnSPRONOUNCED Epoch Pronounce ep-ok in BET LOCK unstressed, accent first syllable
 Criticism; SM blizzard a times and it is yours' Let
  extinct reptiles in length from tail Pronounce in as OBEY, second o in OR accent first sylabe).
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ing, who will pick up what fin ished work they can find, and lay down U. s. standards and styles for future buying.
 Apparently the merchants think this is good business, for the trip will cost between $2,000 and $3,00C per man. There will be ten or a dozen in the group.
 NOTE-The trip has been stirnu- lated by the Inter-American De- velopment Commission, following the so-called Davila plan for open ing new resources in Latin Amer ica. Most active is Commission Secretary John R. McClintock.
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POLITICAL-GO-ROUND

Despite his poke at the Presi- dent on the compulsory training issue, ex-War Secretary Harry Woodring will not join the pro- Willkie bolters. The little Kansan has secret political ambitions and with his eye on the future will re- main regular. Senator William King, veteran Utah anti-New Deal Democrat, is having hard battle to hold his seat He is being op- posed for renomination by Delbert Draper, prominent Salt Lake City lawyer, and Representative Abe Murdock, leader of the New Deal contingent on Capitol Hill. pr. Francis Townsend. czar of the old age pension movement, is branch ing out into a new line. He has launched "a huge nationwide drive to break up and destroy all Fifth Column activities within the Unit ed States" according to his for nal announcement. Just how he will accomplish this was not dis closed.
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FlODLNN LlIQULlIL ROBERTA LEE

e. If is invited dinner, mavodably delayed and the table should he doP
 A he disposed directly to hostess, apologies.
 informed that friend is ill?
 flowers depending intimate the friendship be. children their parents the wedding anniversary?
 particularly the 25h 50h anniversaries
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LOOK and LEARN SAy c. GORDON

commercial fruit in the world? marriages there annually the United States? What does crescendo mean? national adopted by Congress?
 Where largest world?
 ANSWERS: l. The apple. g. Statistics a recent 100000 A gradual increase sound. A. TIT 5. Ohio
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CAPITAL CHAFF

The man expected to be next Japanese Ambassador to the United States is Y. Ayukawa, sometimes called thezIyar Kreuger of Japan
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Washington Merry
 Go-Round

tCuntinued rom rage One)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

AUGUST IS
 w. E. Wall Pauline Hudon Dick Clithero Barbara Bands P. R. Bergman Al J. Holmquist May Jernberg Peter Warner Nellie Simpkins
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U. s. VS. ARGENTINE CORN Down in Argentina, ti.ey are
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WHITE HOUSE NEPOTISM Speaking of nepotism, it is in-;
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-02
ARENA ADRIvE TO BEGIN ON
 NEXT MONDAY
Family Style Memberships 10 Be Sold in Small
 lnstdNments

Final plans have been drafted for the membership drive to secure packers of the Juneau Sports Arena, beginning Monday, it was announced today.
 Wallis s. George ;las been ap- pointed to the Board of Control of Juneau Sports Arena, which board now consists of Frank A. Metcalf, Emil G. Krause, John L. Ahlers, Jack c. Thomas Dr. w. w. Coun- ell, Joe Thibodeau, Wallis s. George. Marcus Jensen, and John Covich. Ray H. Stevens is secre- tary- treasurer and Gene Dawson. manager.
 Membership dues in the Sports Arena are SIP per year for either man or woman above 18 years of age. This includes free inStruc- ton in swimming and diving, etc, Should the father of a family of one or more children deside to use the facilities of the arena, it would cost him $1.00 per month; if his children wanted to use the pool, etc, it would be sl00 for them Cir respective of whether he had one or dozen kiddies). On the other hand, if the parents of a child or children want them to have the privileges of the arena dncluding swimming lessons, etc. then $l.00 per month will entitle the chil- dren to everything and should either of the parents want to spend an evening swimming or indulging in the various pastimes, they would have to buy a ticket at the arena, costing 40 cents, for a five-hour period.
 Out-of- town membership an special summer membership for tourists, etc, will be issued for $500 a year.
 These annual dues may be paid by installments of $1.00 or more and the balance in four months Each member will receive num- bered memorandum ticket with his initial deposit and when their an- nual dues are paid in full. the sec retary will issue them their per- manent membership card
 The finance committee of the Board of Control is composed of Jack c. Thomas, chairman; Dr w. w. Council and Wallis s George, members.
 If after an intensive member
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ship campaign has been carried on, it is found that an insufficient amount of money was received or pledged to carry out the construc- tion, all moneys collected from the members, will be refunded them.
 Gene Dawson, manager of the Juneau Sports Arena, states that the construction and operation budget has been based on 8 prob able club Of 1000 members and to make the undertaking a success, the membership committee, headed by Joe Thibodeau, will have a large crew in the field beginning Monday. Every able-bodied em- ployed man, woman and child re- siding in Juneau and Douglas should put forth every effort to give themselves this wonderful ln- door playground and swimming pool. The Juneau Sports Arena is a non- profit organization and un- endowed, community organiza- ton, supported by the community and operated for the sole benefit of our community.
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Firlrls Stump. ''Experts''

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 2.-1he F1n' nish broadcast an Information, please program with 40 Russian prisoners from the destroyed Forty-fourth Soviet Division sit- ting in as the experts"
 Cigars were passed to those who anwered their questions correctly, but only eleven of the 40 did any smoking.
 All were stumped by these ques- tions:
 Who was Rasputin?
 What are the Olympic Games?
 Who was Jesus? NapoleonP Nurmi?
 One said the Scandinavian coun- tries were Sweden, Finland and Turkey. Another thought Stalin was president of Russia. He'd never heard of Soviet President Michael Kalinin.
 Still another missed a cigar by a mile when he said Berlin was the capital of France.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-02
ARMSTRONG, GARCIA TO
 MEET SOON

NEW YORK, Fep. 2.-Having set a precedent by holding three titles simultaneously, Henry Arm strong will endeavor to make fur ther ring history by adding the middleweight crown to his col lection.
 Henry will get the opportunity to annex his fourth title on Feb ruary 22 when he will meet Cefer- ino Garcia, 160-pound boss, in a ten-round championship match in Wrigley Field, Los Angeles.
 Eddie Mead, who pilots Arm strong, announced that he has closed with Promoter Charley Mc- Donald of Los Angeles to stage the bout under the auspices of the American Legion, as originally
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planned.
 Mead explained that Henry con- sented to go through with tha Gar cia match now that he has been assured that the ban against Ne gro boxers by the legion there has been rescinded.
 Though Garcia is recognized only in New York State and states working in agreement with the Empire State tribe as ruler of the middleweight brigade, it is un- likely that the commission here will give the match title recogni- tion for two reasons. The local board recognizes only. fights or fifteen rounds as for the title and recently adopted a rule prohibiting champion of one division from meeting a titleholder in heavier class.
 Whether Promoter Mike Jacobs, who holds a contract giving nm exclusive call on Garcias cham pionship matches, will seek to re- strain Ceferino from fulfilling the engagement is doubtful. Mike was planning to show Garcia against Ken Overlin for the title in the Garden, but not until March 29.
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as a hat can do in that di- recti0n."

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 But all is no friyolity on the hill these days Hosts of members would like to take a $25, ,000, 900 poke at Russia by lending that much to the Films. Right now that is a popular thing to do. However, public opinion evidently is in a ferment and your election-hungry member of Congress is not sure that the sentiment felt in January will be felt in June. Besides, only six months ago, many of the con- gressmen were fervidly voting against loans to any warning for eign nation. Congress hadn't thought of Finland then
 Trick-of- the-week will be the bill which will permit the mem bers to slip some jack to Finland without having to go on record about it, such as through roll call vote. That way they can take cred it for the thing if it pans out well and can blame it on President Roosevelt if the business of lend- ing war money backfires with the public.
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Empire ciassirieds bring results
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LittIe Man Who Wasn't There Is
 High Pin Bustel

Only one bowler-s tally at the Brunswick tournaments last night was over 500. That was Mike SeS- tons 5l9, and Mike wasn't present to make it--his average was used.
 The Rainier Beer trio dropped three of four points to Percy's squad which rolled a doubleheader and continued in the second match, with Martins Demons. to duplicate their win over the beer keglers.
 Tonights games are Takus vs. Druggists land Cosmos vs. Signal Corps.
 : Last nights scores were as fol- lows& H
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CARL REYNOLDS
 HAS SIGNED UP;
 GOES TO ANGELS

LOS ANGELES, Feb. ?. - The Los Angeles Baseball Club signed Carl Reynolds, veteran outfielder for the Chicago Cubs, as player coach for the 1940 season today, and announced that Dean Crom- well, famed track coach at the University of outhern California, will hand out tips on speedy base running during the Angels spring training.
 q believe Coach Cromwell, a real baseball fan himself, can help us a lot, particularly in school ing our players on quick-starting and timing" said Manager Ar mold (Jigger) Statz.
 Lode ana placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office.
 Empire Want Ads Bring Results
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E. D. R.'s Friend, The Enemy, Aided
 Budget Solution

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Totals ............ 482 429 485-1376 Average score, Did not bowl.
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Final plans have been drafted for the membership drive to secure packers of the Juneau Sports Arena, beginning Monday, it was onpo,,pcaJ tOdav
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5UpER5 DROP
 THREE TESTS
 TO GRIZZLIES

Grizzlies spotted the Supers "A pins a game last night and suli won three straight on the Elks al leys. while Editors won two of three from Builders and the first-haiI champion Amazons dropped farth- CT down the second half ladder by getting whipped three times by the Cocks.
 High bowler for the nlgnt was Francis Riendeau with 54.
 Tonight's games are Cooks VS' Snipes, Sharks vs. Dolphins ana Medicos vs Humpies.
 Last nights scores were as Ioi- lows:
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DELEGATE ELECTED

A. M. ~Bue has been elected by the Sons of Norway at Ketchikan to at tend Sons of Norway convention soon to be held at Portland.
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GOES AFTER TENDER

Herb Wick has left Ketchikan for Seattle to return in command aboard one of the Ward Cove Pack ing Company tenders.
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The Cataphrygians of the section century baptized their dead.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-24

. Defeated France swung toward
cooperation when Premier Marshal
Henri Philippe Petain was reliably
reported to have gone from Vichy
to Paris, presumably to discuss with
Hitler final or interim peace ar
rangement which would give the
Nazis new bases or facilities for
blows against Britain.
Spain under Gen. Francisco Fran
co, with whom Hitler conferred
Wednesday, indicated intention to
join more firmly than ever with
the Axis war effort and military
sources speculated on a Nazi blow
presumably from Spanish bases)
against the British fortress of Glib
raltar and the British navy in the
Mediterranean.
Soviet Russia, indicating lack of
opposition to the German military
move into Rumana, permitted dis
patches to pass through the Mos
COW censorship predicting an early
non aggression pact with Japan
as a result of negotitions to be
opened by the new Japanese am
baSsador.
Strict military censorship that
probably under Nazi influence) ex-
tended even to unoccupied France
kept a cloak of secrecy around the
ultimate Axis detectives in regard
to France, which has vigorously and
officially gone on record as deter
mined not to enter into war against
Britain or to permit use of the
French warships.
But the departure of Petain for
Paris, following upon conferences
between Hitler and French Vice
Premier Pierre Laval, would indi-
cate that the Vichy government at
least was responding to the Nazi
fuehrers invitation to discuss ar
rangements for a more permanent
peace and collaboration with Ger
many in postwar Europe.
Greatest interest centered on
whether Germany and Italy would
get new bases, especially in the
French African colonies, for the
climactic drive they have promised
against the British navy in the
Mediterranean. Hitler's talk with
Franco indicated that arrangements
were being made for Spain to get
share In the spoils and thus such
Mediterranean bases as Bizerte, OF
south Atlantic ports as Dakar might
be made more available for use by
the Axis powers in attacking Brit
ish warshipS and merchant vessels.
In view of the persistent Axis
predictions that an offensive would
be opened against the British en-
pire on all fronts the negotiations
between Soviet Russia and Japan,
designed to free Japan for expan-
sion into the South Seas, was OF
Importance
Signature of a Russo-Japanese pact
might free Japan for more active
collaboration with her Axis mill
tary allies in the Far East. Soviet
policy in the west might be strength
'ened by relaxation of fears of
Japanese blow at distant Siberia.
Moscow reported that signing of a
pact with Japan would not repre-
sent any departure in Soviet policy,
recalling that the Kremlin had
often proposed a non-aggression
pact with Tokyo and that this would
parallel the Soviet-German non
aggression pact.
1t was suggested that this prob
ably meant Russia would continue
her aid to China.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-24

fuel swept almost 500 feet down
the streets of an adjoining residen-
tial area and destroyed at least
eight small dwellings before fire
men were able to bring the blaze
under control.
The injured were v. C. MaXson,
80, Los Angeles, who suffered burns.
fractured nose and scalp injuries,
R. E. Donnell, Phoenix, engineer of
the train, and G. A. De Priest.
Phoenix, fireman. None of the
trains passengers was hurt.
Police said MaXson, driving the
5500-gallon tanker belonging to the
Capital Truck lines of Bell. Calf.
apparently did not see the approach
ing train until his truck was half
way across the tracks.
The locomotive struck the tanker
broadside, hurting the punctured
tank and the blazing fuel hundreds
of feet down the street. The burn
ing gasoline caused another explo-
sion at a nearby service station.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-24
Draft Lottery on
Tuesday Finds l.V.
Boards Prepared
Numbers Assigned, First
List Published Today,
More Due Tomorrow

When Tuesday comes and
the first number is drawn
from the goldfish bowl in
Washington, D. c., selective
service boards of Imperial
county will be ready to start inter-
viewing the first men to be drawn
into a years military training.
Lists were complete in Brawley
Thursday and stenographers were
running off the last mimeograph
copies in Ell Centre. Members OF
the Selective Service board for the
southend of Imperial county hoped
to have the lists complete and
ready for posting Friday.
CFirst installment of names and
serial numbers on men in the
northend district of the county
appears in this issue. Other names
will appear tomorrow
Interest, meanwhile, reached a
high peak in Ell Centre with scores
of inquiries regarding the serial
numbers. Pools" got up among the
eligible men with rewards for those
with the highest or lowest serial
number probably accounted for
some of the interest.
The goldfish bowl from which
the draft lottery will be conducted
was en- route from Philadelphia to
Washington Thursday by automo-
bile, escorted by state police. From
the bowl will be drawn the numbers
of registrants in the order in which
they will be called before local
boards. Although there are more
than II million men registered for
the draft, only an estimated 10000
numbers will be in the lottery. Each
draft district begins numbering
from one.
Preparations at draft headquar-
ters in Washington we're we'll under
way. Clerks were busy placing slips
of papers with the numbers on
them into capsules. The numbers
will be drawn by blindfolded Off
cialS.