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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
NORTH SEA IN ON WAY SOUTH;
 TAKES 31 OUT

The steamer North Sea passed southbound through Juneau from Sitka last night. bringing in nine passengers and taking 3l aboard for Seattle and Southeast Alaska ports from here.
 From Sitka passengers were c. B. Phillips. Mrs. M. K. Cawthorne, Lester Boyd, Leo Graw, w. A. Shields, Arne Doernan, I. Bucholz, John Zonoch, Sid Thompson.
 Sailing to Seattle were Mrs. Pete Christensen, Perry Huff, James Kasakan. Bertha Fiber, Georgia Hansen, Mrs. H. " Hansen, Don- aid Jackson, Dean Jackson, Mrs T. T. Jackson, Robbie Dunn, Mrs Jack Dunn. Tony Chopp, Ray Me Donald, Yvonne Isaacson. Caro- leen Isaacson, Gordon Isaacson, Ar vid Isaacson John zeiz, Martin Lehto. James B. Ammons
 For Wrangell-M L. Miles. Mrs. Miles. William Reidi, J. B. Brown
 For Ketchikan-C Claude M. HirSt Don Hagerty, H. F. Schaub, c. c. Barber, R. H. Willis.
 For Petersburg Sandos.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
FORESEES
 JOB PROBLEM IN
 WESTWARD SOON
More Workers on Hand than Will Be Employ
 ed, Says DireGfOr

Both Anchorage and Fairbanks are booming at present, but there is an unusually large group of job seekers in each community accord ing to Director Joseph Flakne of the Alaska Territorial Employment Serv- ice who returned today on the steamer Mt McKinley from the Westward. Mrs. Flakne accompan- jed him.
 Workmen have been rushing in due to the publicity given the air base work Now it appears there will not be an Anchorage project this year.
 While there will be lots of work in both Anchorage and Fairbanks this year, Flakne said, there are all ready more workers on hand than can possibly be used.
 The Army officers at Fairbanks expressed the wish to give preference
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
20 ABOARD N0RTHLAND
 FOR JUNEAU


 SEATTLE, April 12.-The North land sailed for Southeast Alaska ports at 10 o'clock this morning with 67 passengers aboard, the fol- lowing for Juneau:
 T. J. Peacentine, c. Cunico, MT and Mrs. V. L. Hoke, Dr. N A Mann, Dr. J. H. Holberg
 Mrs. A. M Dwyer, MT and Mrs James E. Graham, Robert Lay field, Mrs. Florine Housel Miss Olivia Jones.
 Mrs. J. w. Parsons, Mrs. Mary Usitalo, Mrs. w. Christman, Ec Johnson, MT. and Mrs. Fred Nee ley, Enid and Douglas Medley.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
PRICES ELSEWHERE

At Prince Rupert today, 178,000 pounds of halibut were sold at 8.20 and 6 cents a pound
 At Ketchikan the halibut price is 7.65 and 5.65 cents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
WELFARE BOARD
 10 MEET MAY B

A meeting of the Territorial Board of Public Welfare will be held in Juneau on May l9, it was announced today by Acting Cover nor F. l.. Bartlett.
 Members of the Board are Gov Ernest Gruening Chairman, How ard Lyng. J. G. Rivers, Mrs. H. H. McCutcheon and John Walmer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
5HaIibufers
 Sell, Seattle

SEATTLE, April 12.-The follow ing halibuters arrived and sold here today:
 From the western banks-Zenith, 10000 pounds, 8a and 85s cents a pound; Sunset, 36,000 pounds, 8B and SIS cents; Superior, 25,000 pounds, 87s and 8A cents; Pacific, 40,000 pounds, 9ls and g cents.
 From the local banks-Reliance 5000 pounds, 9 and 8l3 cents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
TIDES TOMORROW

High tide-5:39 am, l5.2 feet. Low tide-l0:23 am. 09 feet. High tide-4:41 pm, 128 feet.
 Low tide-10:29 pm, 4.8 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
TEACHERS THROUGH

MT. and Mrs. F. A. Dimler, Gov ernment teachers at Tetlin, went south on the Mt Mckinley today to spend annual leave in Tennessee. They arrived here by PAA Electra yesterday. MT. and Mrs. Carlos Hol- land. tea oh CTS at Minto, went through on the Mckinley for leave in the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
.FaiYhanksan
 Making First
 Trip Outside

Max Miller Manager of the Gen. eral Transportation Company of Fairbanks, left on the steamer Mt Mckinley after flying here from Fairbanks.
 Born in Alaska, Miller is making his first trip Outside. He is going to San Francisco on business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
LOCAL SAiLINGS

) EStebeth scheduled to sail every
 "Wednesday at D. m for Sit ka and wayports.
 Jart leaves every Wednesday at p. m. for Petersburg, Port Alexander, Rake and way ports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12

For Want and For Sale Empire classi1ieds bring results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
CLUB MEETING
 Is CANCELLED

Due to political activities of the organization prior to the primarS election this month. the April meeting of the Democratic Wo- mems Club has been cancelled, it was announced today by Mrs. Will liam A. Holzheimer, club presi- dent
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
OYERBY TO TRAVEL

Deputy Collector of Internal Reve- nue Wesley C.. Overby will leave for Ketchikan Sunday on official busi- ness, returning April B. The office here will be closed during his ab- sence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12

to resident Alaskan workers who can meet job qualifications.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-12
MARINE NEWS
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

 NORTHBOUND c Baranof scheduled to arrive at neon tomorrow and sails westward at 3 pm. Should c have four days mail. e TCngass scheduled to arrive at 1 am. Monday. . Northland due Tuesday. SCHEDULED SAiLtNGS . Princess Norah scheduled to . sail from Vancouver tonight . at o'clock. . Yukon scheduled to sail from . Seattle 9 am tomorrow. c Taku scheduled to sail from . Seattle April l6 at 9 D. m. . North Sea scheduled to sail c from Seattle April l9 at 10 am.
 . SOUTIIBOUND SAILINCS 0 Alaska scheduled souchbound . next Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
Meanwhile, in the Far East

Events in Europe have been moving
with suddenness giving them the unreal
aspect of a dream. The United States,
and the whole world, feel sort of mental
shell-shock as the dormant war suddenly
shakes itself to life. Our eyes are fixed
on Scandinavia like those of bird fasci-
mated by serpent. But now is the time
to see the world whole, to remember that
even in the face of Europe's tragedy,
the rest of the world goes on.
In the Far East is another war This
summer it's third year will come to an
end. There are signs that the Japanese
are firing of the long struggle. They
have piled success on success, but there
is no victory. The Chinese have suffered
reverse after reverse, but there is no
defeat. 1t begins to look as though
neither side can win conclusiyely, that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
Cleanup In Earnest

New Haven is going at this business OF
spring cleanup with real determination.
The city has been well organized into
districts and groups with responsible
chairmen in charge of these divisions.
And all seem to be trying to outdo one
another in policing those sections OF the
city which at this time of the year get
an appearance of being run down at the
heels. A long and combining winter, such
as we experienced here in Connecticut,
can produce a great amount OF rubbish
in a house and in neighborhood
New Haven is planning curb collec-
lions to get rid of this trash and to aid
in the cleanup campaign. We don't ever
recollect that Waterbury tried out this
experiment. But it goes hand in hand
with the idea proposed by our local
Health Officer, Dr. Edward J. Godfrey,
some weeks ago. His plan was to have
the city assume responsibility for collec-
ton of rubbish and ashes throughout the
city, This is usually facilitated by having
residents place everything they want to
get rid of alongside of the curb at desig-
mated time.
We could think of no better way to
introduce Waterbury to municipal COL
lection of rubbish than to try it out in
spring cleanup drive. There would be
quantities of old accumulations dragged
out of cellars, attics, garages, barns, as
well as the corners of lots. Unsightly
dumps would probably be cleaned up
and the entire city would get such thor
ough cleaning up that all of us would be
surprised at how much nicer the home
and yard appeared. This might be done
with minimum of expense to the city
and certainly the benefits to all would be
considerable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
Eyes North

We must try to stop looking at the
world with the eyes of yesterday, and try
to see it with the eyes of tomorrow. We
think of the Atlantic as the broad
expanse between New York and Cher
bourg. We must begin to think of it as
the Great Circle airplane crossing from
Halifax across Greenland and Iceland to
northern Europe. We think of the Pacific
as the vast reach from San Francisco to
Hawaii to Manila to Hong Kong. We
must begin to think of it as the hop
skip-and- Jump by air from the Asiatic
mainland to Alaska. Thus the United
States cannot fail to be interested in what
happens to Greenland and Iceland.
Greenland, largest island in the world,
is populated by only 400 Danes and 10000
natives. The United States used to have
claims on the northern part OF it as a
result of Peary's explorations, but re-
linquished them when the Virgin Islands
were bought from Denmark. Most of
Greenland lies farther west than Brazil.
Iceland, most ancient of democracies, has
$4,000 people, and definitely eastern
hemisphere. It might claim the United
States by right of discovery, for it was
from here that Left Ericsson set sail for
Vinland in the year 1000.
Both islands have been happy in their
obscurity, utterly without defense. But
islands that happen to be of military
value can no longer be obscure. The
world has made it so. And since it has
been made plain that any defenseless
neutral country is liable to seizure by
stronger country which needs it for mill
tary purposes, the United States is bound
to take an interest in the northern is
lands.
More and more the taboo of the north
is being broken. Access to the continents
is not only from east and west, but from
the north, across the pole. 1t has been
rumored, for instance, that the German
soldiers who seized Narvik came from
Murmansk. Both are further north
than Iceland. All North America turns
eyes north. Neither Canada nor United
States can be Indifferent to the fate of
Greenland and Iceland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24

nothing is ahead but years of sterile and
mutually exhauSing struggle. The Japa-
nese ought to be pretty well convinced
by now that they can never conquer and
hold all of China And the possibility
of China completely ouSting japan from
the Asiatic mainland is almost equally
remote.
Britain, up to the hubs in Europe, is in
no position to defend her interests in
China Neither is France. The United
States, perhaps able, is certainly unwill-
ing. Only Russia is really in a position
to help China directly and materially on
large scale, and RusSiaS motives are
certainly suspect. If there cannot be
Chinese China, why is Russian China
preferable to japanese China? East
Poland and Finland offer their testimony.
Assume complete victory for one side
or the other in the Chinese war. Based on
experience, does it seem likely that any
justice will emerge from peace dictated
either by Japan or by RuSSian-Sup-
ported China? Might not a peace con-
ference in which all powers with pacific
interests took part, including Japan,
China, Britain, the Netherlands, France,
Russia, and the United States, arrive at a
more just peace today than one which
followed finish fight?
An Eastern Munich? Not at all. No
one who thinks China has chance to
win can contend that she would come to
such a conference as Czechoslovakia
came, helpless pawn. Having achieved
a virtual stand-off in a three-year war,
China would not have to agree to terms
imposed from without or to any terms in
consistent with her military position and
prospects. 1t is even possible that
the third powers" could exert pressure
on Japan around a conference table
which they are unable to bring to bear
on the fighting front. Even if such
conference failed it is hard to see how
any participant could lose anything. And
all might gain by some settlement that
would stabilize for some years the turbu-
lent Far East.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24

Hospital expansion in Connecticut is
advancing by the proverbial leaps and
bounds. Waterbury is not alone in this
respect. Hartford is now hearing about
plans for great 2O-story building which
will amplify the present Hartford Hos
pital structure. It's very noticeable, of
course, that all these expansion plans
have followed in the wake of the popu-
larity of the disqualification plan. It's
spreading far and wide in this state, per-
haps more so than in state where in
dustry does not play so important part
in daily community life. Whether or not
sickness goes hand in hand with industry
is hard for us to say, but certainly indus
trial Connecticut is partial to any form
of insurance that guarantees all the
benefits of hospital care and attention on
a prepaid basis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24

With Roosevelt and Hull he has
made more progress than with
Hoover and Coolidge, with the re-
suit that they have been figuring
out ways and means Of stopping
what they figured to be tine in
evitable push of Japan toward
the Dutch East Indies.
LIST move was when Roosevelt
pulled the U. s. fleet back from
the New York Worlds Fair when
things looked black in Europe last
summer. This was a gesture to
Japan.
2nd move was when he sent the
fleet out to Hawaii from the Cali
fornia coast last autumn.
And the third move-Sending
the fleet farther out into the Pa
cific - has been secretly discussed
for some time. In fact, Secretary
Hull had a meeting with the adj
mirals about two months ago in
which they weighed the pros and
cons of letting the fleet cruise
around the probable path to be tax
en- by the japanese fleet should
they decide to head for the Dutch
East Indies.
In the end the admiraS de-
cided it was too dangerous.
MAY MEAN WAR .t.-.
But-and this is important-the
q. S. fleet is now 800 miles be-
yond Hawaii. It is on maneuvers,
and obviously will not remain
there long. But it is not without
significance that the President
chose this particular time, when
Germany was pressuring Holland,
to stage these mid-Pacific ma
neuvers. w..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
. HlGHLlGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
Pearl Buck Tells of
Hero Worship Victims

The story Of public hero is the
theme Pearl S. Buck has chosen for
her novel, "Other Gods" John Day:
$3.50, and she pursues the fortunes
of country boy turned idol with
brilliant, if sometimes satiric pen.
Bert Holm won fame in a solo
vclimb to a mountain top, after
others of the expedition were unable
to go on. His feat caught public
fancy; overnight he became famous
But Bert and the girl he married,
Kit Tallant. pay for the the hero
worship. |ir privacy is invaded,
their lives are not their own.
America would do we'll to ponder
the price it extracts from its
heroes. Miss Bucks keenly analytical
study presents a striking picture of
a victim" and his public, a picture
tinged with compassion, but none
theless brutal in its reality.
A crusading country editor is the
hero of Albert Payson Terhunes
latest novel, Loot" (Harper and
Brothers: so, and while newspaper
ulcIl Illdy 1lOG dSLC| Will 1llo AAlCtAAo
DDS, they will admire his success.
Victory over graft and corrup-
ton comes almost too easily for
Brant Hildreth, but the story main
tains pace and interest throughout.
Kay Mccormick supplies the ro-
mantle interest, and a crooked
sheriff most of the villainy.
Terhune, is at his best with dogs,
and it is Thane, Hildreths collie,
who must get credit for most of
the thrills of the book. The dog is
splendid, first marrying an infuri-
ated bull, later battling both two
and four-legged enemies.
MacKinlay Kantor sings a song
of freedom in a novelette,, Cuba
Libre" Coward cCann: $3.50, the
story of valiant revolutionist who
carried his battle from the Span
ish-American War to the Machado
revolt.
The hero, Cuba Libre, is a lad,
adopted by U. S. troops, Struggled
into United States. He lived for a
time in Iowa, fought in the World
War, ultimately returned to his
native Cuba to carry on his fight
for freedom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24

Nothing is heard anymore of the plan
to remove the Carrie Welton Memorial
fountain from the east end of the Green.
However, it's safe to predict that the idea
will crop forth again. All such plans as
this are periodically aired. Who knows
but what the City Plan Commission may
ultimately include removal or relocation
of this statue in it's recommendations.
The statue has been familiar landmark
for so many years now that the real old
residents Of the city would feel bit
offended were it to be actually uprooted.
1t serves no real practical purpose any
more, but is memorial to the days of
the horse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
'CONFUCIUS say UNFORTUN-
ATELY is THE PREFACE FOR
TOO MANY DIRTY JOKES
April "a. 1910

,. April "a, 1910.
Editor of The Democrat:
A few weeks ago, some of the
gutter minded" individuals in our
fair land of free speech, being fully
aware of the weakness of the great
American Public for a catchy word
or expression, decided that little
phrase they had noticed in the
writings of certain Broadway
columnist, was just the thing they
were looking for. Confucius, they
figured, was a fairly famous fellow,
and his sayings were clever enough
to attract attention. The "No tickee
no washee" lingo apparently had
great possibilities. It would be just
tricky enough, just catchy enough
to take the nation by storm. Play
ing on the weakness Of poor old
human nature, and having no re-
gard for morality u but rather de-
string only to increase the popula-
ton of the well-known gutter
they. began prefacing their dirty
jokes and vulgar stories with the
C1AuAAl11ys SOAAA uC1Uc Odys
Above the grinding and screech-
ing of street car busses-above the
pounding of typewriters and the
clatter Of sales talk-above the clat-
ter Of dishes in restaurants and the
din Of the nickleodians In taverns-
above the shouts Of children on the
streetS-even above the bawling of
babies in the home-we hear: Con-
fuciuS say! Confucius sayl Confu-
ciuS say! Before work, during work,
after work, across the table, across
the bar-over the back fence and
over the phone-where children can
hear and where children can't hear
the members of our would-be in
tellectual American Public are COM
pairing notes to see who knows the
most, the latest, and the dirtiest
"Confucius Say" stories! And sad
to say, among the propagators of
these jokes we find great number
Of our self-styled good" Catholics.
True, there are some good and de-
cent "Confucius Say" jokes, but they
aren't nearly as popular as the bad
ones.
Let's not kid ourselves. The words
"Confucius Say" before a dirty joke
do not make 1t clean--and in telling
such a joke we're not qoting Con-
fucius, neither are we lifting our
selves to the intellectual level Of the
Ancient Chinese.
Poor, old Confucius has been
l A = 4 4 -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
WRITER CONVINCED PRESI-
DENT WILL SEEK ANOTHER
TERM

April 10, 1910
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
Every voter is wondering whether
President Roosevelt will run again.
am by no means crystal gazer,
but I do believe that the President
will run again. also believe that
he would take at least IS out of the
48 states.
My theory of this statement
would be that under present
European conditions, true Ameri-
can would do everything in his ut
most power to see the United States
steered free of war proflteers, and
protect the citizens of our govern
ment. The most stratgetic point of
leadership would most naturally be
the presidency. Not that he would
care for the prestige he would hold,
or salary he would receive, but be-
cause like the Father of our coun-
try, President Roosevelt is 1000
American. President Roosevelt no
doubt will go down in history as one
Of the greatest presidents to serve
his country. If he did not want to
run again, he would have answered
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24

Also it is not without signifi-
canoe that he sent out the fleet
just at the exact time he warned
Japan to keep out of the Dutch
East Indies.
NOTE-The Hull warning to
Japan is subject to various inter-
pretations, but the Interpretation
given it by established usage is
that if Japan does not heed the
warning, it means war. Nations
do not usually stick their necks
out to tell another nation what
to do, without the risk of war.
So you can write it down as
certain that if the United States
gets into war, it will be through
the back door Of the Pacific.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Dave ingalls,, Taft campaign
manager and cousin, is very
superstitious. He always knocks
wood when expressing hope and
he will never enter a room in
which there are thirte ! persons.
Representatie Frank Haven
ner of San Francisco still has the
habits he acquired as a newsman
for many years. When he has a
speech or an important letter to
write, he bangs it out himself on a
typewriter next to his desk (.
Most politicos keep a big supply
of photos on hand for publicity
purposes, but not tall, gray-haired
Senator Tom Stewart of Tennes-
see. He is so camera-shy that his
staff can't get him to pose.
Copyright, $40, by United
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
Selected Poem
OUR NEW ENGLAND
Marjorie Leichner in the Poets Column,

marjorie Leichner in the Poets Column
Hartford CouranD
o, those who work with words have gloritied
SamoaS tropic nights, SampanS that glide
Through green and blue lagoons. They often praise
The WharveS of Monterey, and they have sighed
OF strange and weird Egyptian nights and days.
But all my written words must always be
Pervaded with the deep solemnity
OF all New Engand's beauty, of its grace,
And OF its unbeguiling honesty,
OF its strength in a modern worlds embrace.
OF Berkshire's upthrust ranges must tell:
They are the true reality, the well
OF unity amidst eternal change.
Their verdure never lush, yet on they dwell,
AuSterely rigid, timeless, never strange.
Our priceless great New England things are these:
The smell of honeysucke on the breeze,
The dear monotony of Yankee speech,
Smooth ruddy chestnuts fallen from old trees
Tobacco fields sight will reach.
And when the sun has plunged behind the hills,
There is the dazzling after-gloW, which fills
This pleasant valley like Swiss Gegenschein
With an unearthly glory-lght, and thrills
Our hearts and seems like Gods good sign.
For all great principles OF life are found
In one grim acre of New England ground,
No less than in a tropic jungles dirt;
And it may be, indeed, that they abound
More truly here for one who is alert.
l do not speak from out OF dream-charged mind,
Nor to exotic Kismets am blind.
But shall love one bgy harbor here
More dearly than the sparkling crystal kind.
New England is my altar, year on year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24

Speaking of city planning we wonder
what happened to the plan, once pre-
pared by the late Park Superintendent
Irving Harrison. It called for linking of
all the city's parks through some plan he
and others had evolved. So far as we
know it was never made public. 1t doesn't
seem feasible at first thought, but officials
declared that it could be done and in
such a way that the city would generally
benefit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24

/. The students of which uni
versity recently voted Ann Sheri-
dan the movie actress "least likely
to succeed?"
2. Was 1900 leap year?
3. Who was the first President
to be inaugurated in Washington?
4. A leprechaun is bird, beast
fish or fairy?
Name two French island COL
onies in the Americas.
6. Is the discovery that the
earth Is a sphere accredited to
Thales of Miletus, Pythagoras or
Archimedes?
7. What reason did George
Washington give for retiring from
the Presidency after his second
term?
8. What is the proper name of
Pope Plus XII?
8. Does the Federal Government
keep records of births and deaths
OF the people in the United States?
10. Which Catholic archdiocese
is numerically the largest in this
country?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
Current Comment

There Is no reason why a col
lector of internal revenue should
be forbidden to make a speech or
walk into a political headquarters
rights which any citizen should
have.
Senator John E. Miller (Dem.,
Ark), discussing proposed amend
ments to Hatch act