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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-14
BUND GIVEN
(0MBING IN
BIG BLASTS
Foreign Agents Blamed for
Disaster Which Claims
Forty-eighf Lives

KENVIL, NJ j., Sept. 1.-THE
activities of foreign agents are
blamed by Senator w. Warren
Barbour for the explosions of the
Hercules Powder Company which
killed at least 48 persons Thursday
and in five minutes blasted more
than a score OF powder plant build
ings.
State Police are checking men,
bership rolls of the German
American Bund today against a
roster of plant employees.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-14
Columbia
Now Bound
For Juneau
Steamer

SEATTLE, Sept. IA. Steamer
Columbia sailed at o'clock this
morning with "a passengers, in
GLIDING two round trippers.
Passengers aboard the Columbia
booked for Juneau are as follows
w. J. Priestley, S. Pfund, Mrs
G.. w. Laverty, James Michael
Laverty, James Foote, Walter Scott,
Robert Abrahamson, Harry Sper-
ling Sr. Harry Sporting Jr., Ken
meth johnson, Robert Schoettler
Robert II. Arrow.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-14
Gold Star
Mothers Day
Proclaimed

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt, by direction of a
Congressional act, has proclaimed
the last Sunday in September of
this and each succeeding year as
Gold Star Mothers Day.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-14
One HaIibuier
Sells al Seattle

SEATTLE. Sept. a. Only one
sale was made today on the Fish
Exchange and that was by the
Jane with 1900 pounds Of halibut
which sold for Is cents a pound
straight and 1000 pounds of sable
selling for five cents a pound.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-14
Nadine
Guns 10
Be Made
War Department, General
Motors Are Reported
in an Agreement

WASHINGTON, Sept. IA. - The
War Department announces an
agreement with the General Motors
Corporation for mass production of
machine guns estimated to cost
$81, 600, 600.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-14

AS in previous years the huge
Southeast Alaska Fair Building is
expected to be thronged tonight,
when the three-day carnival will
come to an end.
Scores have attended the festiv-
tiles to date, but tonight's crowd is
expected to top the attendance bill.
Besides the special entertainment,
exhibits and many display booths
and concessions, tonight's highlight
will be the awarding of the 1910
four-door Oldsmobile sedan by the
Juneau Fire Department.
This years entertainment, featur-
ing the aerial Platts, is one of the
fairs drawing cards. These two clev-
err performers-Vera and Tom, do
numerous breath-taking feats for the
pleasure of the audience. Besides the
duet performances, Vera proves her
self a true artist in her interpreta-
ton of the Spanish Web.
OF special interest is the colorful
show put on by Tom, as the clown,
Zerado. With the aid of Bimbo, the
wonder dog, and his two pals, Zerado
gives a performance well worth the
price of admission.
The Juneau High School Band
gives a lively miscellaneous concert
starting at 8 o'clock, with Robert
White as director. Also adding to
the carnival spirit is the dance
music provided by West Barrett and
his orchestra.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-14
n ofed
Artist
Is Dead
Sydney Laurence Passes
Awdy-Hdd Premonition
that End Was Near

ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Sept. IA
Friends recalled today the strange
of Sydney Laurence.
famous artist, of his approaching
end.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-14
Charles A. Rowan
Dies al His Home

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. IA. =
Charles A. Rowan, IS. Chairman
of the Westinghouse Air Brake
Company, is dead at his home here.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-14
THIRD TOTALS
REVEAL COP
VOTES WEAK
Democrats Going in Nearly
All Offices Two
Fights On

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. IA
Democrats concede the election OF
one Republican to the Territorial
House from the Third Division.
while the Republicans also claim a
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-14
Italians
Press On
10 Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt, Sept 14.-British
headquarters announce that Italian
forces have pushed into Egyptian
Libyan mo Mans Land" near Sol
lum and British mechanical forces
are harassing them.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-14
ALASKA FAIR
COMES TO END
This EVENING
Scores Are Expected TO Be
Present for Last Night Of
Carnival Car Award
FAIR PROGRAM
TONIGHT

1900 O'clOck-Fair doors open
to public.
500 to 900 o'clock - Con-
cert by High School Band.
900 O'clock-First perform
ance, Flying Pats.
$3.50 O'cl0ck.--Zerad0 and his
dogs, act on stage.
1890 o'clock-Dancing starts,
Yves Barrett and his Orches-
ira.
11:0O 0'clOck-Flying Pats,
featuring Vera in the Spanish
Web.
100 am. Sunday award
ing of automobile by Juneau
Fire Department.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-14

Antarctica had a climate SINH
lar to CALIFORNIA; about a hum
dred million years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-14

The u. s. Forest Service esti-
mates there are $4,000 deer in
national forests Of the southwest.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-14
Military Observers Predict
Invasion May Start
Within Two Days
LONDON IS OBJECTIVE
FOR MILITARY ATTACK
Last Warning Issued Ae-
eording 10 Unofficial
Nazi Sources
tBy Associated Pressl

Neutral military observers pre-.
dict that within the next 48 hours.
there is intense danger of in
vasion of Great Britain"
AS Nazi raiders rounded out
week of steady mass attack on Lon
don, an authorized German spokes-
man said Hitler alone will deter
mine when Great Britain is ripe
for the final assault"
Weather conditions off Dover are
slightly less favorable than in the
past few days. with stiff SOUTH
west breeze blowing today.
Great Britain's Postmaster-Ge
eral announced that due to heavy
pressure on telegraph and tele-
phone services, the public will use
them for urgent messages only.
No mention was made of any
damage to telegraph or telephone
communications.
Bomb Explosion
A bomb today exploded in front
of Buckingham Palace and de-
molished huge gatepost and Sec
ton of iron fencing.
Presumably the missile was
dropped yesterday when five other
bombs fell on the palace and
grounds.
The German High Command re-
ported today they are continuing
day and night attacks or England
despite unfavorable weather and
said numerous factories and docks
were hit in London and airports,
war industries and railroads were
bombed effectively" in Southeast
England
A well informed Nazi source said
London still has the choice between
the fates Of Warsaw and Paris.
and unless she capitulates, she will
be devastated.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-14
BOMBS NO END

BERLIN, Sept. l4.-London will
be bombed reentlessly unless she
surrenders, one well informed
source told foreign newspapermen
today.
The source declared one-third OF
England's war materials are stored
within the capital as well as 46
percent of the nations imports
therefore the city is q military
objective of the first magnitude.
mo city of the future will bG
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-02

gigantic fraud of nationwide proportions was
revealed today by Thomas Valentino recognized sound
effects expert whose collection of 1900 records includes
everything from the of Frank Buck tiger to sound
emitted by your Aunt Emmy when pinked in the hustle
by Little Wlies favorite sngsho Lending unexpected
support to the campaign of the hotels of Times Square to
eradicate the noise legend from lore Mr. Valentino dis
closed that every movie stage and radio reproduction of
the sounds of Times Square recorded another point
in the city because of the noise volume in the Square
GAS center of noise, he said, Tn1es Square is sngu
larly inappropriate. It may look like Times Square on
the screen, and may to sound like Times Square
the air. but take it from the man who has made
the records discovered to sorrow that there isn't
enough noise at Broadway and 42nd Street to up
the sound of the needle in the grooves of the recording
We had to 60 to of the commercial districts where
the trucking ties up the streets to get just the right
Snarl to the traffic noise
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-02

Chicago, February 2. - Continu-
alton by Congress of appropriations
to the Department Of Justice need
ed to enable it to continue and carry
through its present investigation OF
collusive practices and other abuses
which have grown up in the con-
struction industry, is urged by the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards in communications addressed
to the Appropriations Committee OF
the House and to members of Con-
gress.
A threatened movement to curtail
the present drive by sharply reduc-
ing the funds available to the de-
partment for the purpose would II
it succeeded have a result seriously
unfortunate because of the bearing
which sound new construction acttv-
ity has upon the whole course OF
economic recovery, officers Of the
association point out.
"The maintenance Of a fair and
free market is highly important II
we are to have the conditions needed
for sound and widespread new con-
struction and reconstruction" New
ton c. Farr,. Chicago, president OF
the association states. ITO this end
the association has pledged its &C
tive cooperation to the public agen-
cies as well as to efforts within the
industry itself seeking to eliminate
practices which tend to prohibit the
free use of modern and economical
methods in building construction
One result of the investigation has
been to accelerate the movement
within the industry itself to remove
obstacles to widespread new con-
struction activity.
Action In 30 Cities
Asking Congress to enable the in
vestigation, now going forward
through grand jury action in nearly
80 cities, to keep its present scope,
the association states, IF improper
practices are permitted in the build
ing field, there Is loss for everyone
concerned. If vast mass Of people
are unable to buy or build homes,
the building workers themselves lose
employment. The work of the jug
tice Department has already proven
SO helpful that we hope nothing will
be permitted to stop it,"
Members of the association II,
many communities have reported
practices which have grown UP in
the construction industry which
greatly increase costs. In some COM
funities they have increased the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-02
Real Estate Assn.
Urge Building Probe
Threatened Movement to Curtail Justice Dept. Drive
Against Racketeering Would Be Serious Setback

cost of home building from 10 per-
cent to Is percent, a resolution
adopted by the association at its
recent convention in Los Angeles
points out. "These practices include
price fixing collusive agreements,
agreements between manufacturers,
dealers, contractors and trade
unions, restrictions of trade unions
upon production. and provisions In
local building codes which prohibit
modern and economical methods, .
the resolution states. The associa-
ton put itself on record as favoring
fair wages and good hours for work
ers in the building trades and rea-
sonable profits to manufacturers and
distributors of building materials,
and to contractors and sub-cor1trac-
tors. What it is opposing, the COM
munications to committees Of Con-
gress make clear, are uneconomical
practices and artificial price struc-
lures which, making 1t unduly costly
for persons to build homes, are a
present obstacle to recovery in a
large number of cities.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-02

Featured with the Donahue outfit
will be vivacious Paula Kelly: Phil
Brito; Charlie Carroll, and Mickey
Cielo, "the clown prince Of the
trumpet" One Of the greatest trib-
utes that Al boasts Of, Is the fact
that he has been recalled seven
times to play lengthy engagements
at the swank Rainbow Room, one
Of the choicest orchestra spots II,
the country.
Dcnahue Is also considered one
Of the handsomest and best dressed
batoneers In the business. AL is
acknowledged as the biggest opera
tor Of ship board orcheStras In the
world, there being currently 81
orchestras operating under his BAN
ner on pleasure cruise ships from
New Foundland to the Argentine,
However, 1t is AIS own No. l band
direct from Radio City which will
appear at Hamilton Park Sunday
night.
Dancing will be continuous from
$3.50 till l a. m. Tickets are on sale
In advanc at both McCoy's, Inc.
and the Palace newsstand. Sunda;.
Feb. II, Tony Pastor, his saxophone
and his new band starring Eloise
Cooper which made a sensational
debut at the park six weeks ago, viii
play q return engagement.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-02
|'OLD Time ELKS
GIVEN TRIBUTE
Waterbury Lodge Host to
Charter Member, Past
Exalted Rulers

The annual Old Timers Night pro-
gram Of the Waterbury Lodge Of
ElIEsf last night attracted a large
attendance. Among the guests Of
honor were one charter member, 80
Of the 100 oldest members, and ID
past exalted rulers.
William T. Carroll, 70, of West
Haven, was the charter member
present. A program Of entertain
ment was presented, the feature be-
ing comedy act by Joe Batiste,
dialect comedian. Supper was
served.
Joseph f. HOLMAN was chairman
Of the general committee.
Mayor Vincent A. Scully, past
exalted ruler, occupied the chair
for the lodge session and other
chairs were filled by the follow
ing past exalted rulers: Leading
knight, Patrick ]. Healey; loyal
knight, Dennis J. Clancy; lectur-
ing knight, Dr.. Mortimer.A. O'Hara;
treasurer, Walter A. Monagan;
chaplain; Robert r. Brit; secretary,
DR.. George A. Leonard: inner guard,
James F. Neagle, trustees, Charles
K. Ahearn and George T. Ryan,
p. d. D. Exalted Ruler Walter A.
Jarvis opened the meeting and
turned 1t over to the past rulers.
Past exalted rulers present in
addition to those filling the chairs
were: Charles B. jackson, John
A. Bennett, Robert ]. Mccormack,
Jr., U. Horton Warner, Renard L.
Palatine and Frank H. Bailey.
Those listed among the first 100
members who were present were:
William T. Carroll, Thomas E.
Guest, John F. Griffin, Joseph
Tracy, John J. Murphy, Joseph w.
Bottomley, John J. Bowling, Frank
Stapleton, Joseph F. Conner,
George E. Bowling, George T.
jackson, James H. Courtney, VIII
liam o. Gervais, William s. Har-
per, Thomas L. Mcfarland,
James F. Kilmartin, George L.
Clearwater, william Richter, DR..
Frank e. Mclaughlin, George A.
Hynes, Patrick H.. Eackett, Pat
rick ]. Dogan, Frederick Quigley,
James D. Mccarthy, John M.
Campion, Dennis j. Clancy, Ar
thur H. Young, william E. Ken
nedy, George w. Fallon, Daniel q.
Sullivan, Frank T. Reed, John J.
Koran, Charles K. Ahearn,
Thomas L. Lawlor, jeremiah A..
Lovett, william j. Duggan, Fer
dinand Wolf, william O. Early
and DR.. Joseph Borchardt,a
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-02

ize Labor party in America? On
must the union travel the path OF
the declining coal industry itself
and end up on the ash heap?
Smart miners worry about this
plenty, and all the resources OF
the giant union are being turned
increasingly on saving Goals dirty
black face. For unless the pres
ent trencs of declining coal con-
sumption are reversed, nothing in
the world can hold the miners at
their peak or save the union.
REMOVING TACKS
FRO MEMPLOYERS' CHAIR +
Refusing to give in to this dis
NAL outlook, the union has launch
ed its big program to keep coal king
and help pad the prickly seat OF
the employers: .
From private industry the union
has hired DR.. Walter N. Polakov
to head department of engineer
ing, study mechanization, labor
saving machinery and safety.
Union accountants have been
placed at the service of one-horse
mine operators, to help them keep
their busi:ess books straight.
This spring, under q union
sponsored law, a new system OF
minimum soft coal prices is ex-
pected to be set up by the de-
partment of interior, stabilizing
mine operation, ending cpt-throat
competition, and put the whole
sick industry on a more solid foot
ing. Studies of 10000 mines have
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-02

been made and q schedule Of 300,-
600 prices set up. under a code that
will give the soft coal industry
an MIRA Of its own.
LOOK TO FUTURE
USES OF COAL
To increase production, an effort
will be made to find new uses for
coal, such as the production of gas
oline from coal, as developed In
Germany Major Percy Tetlow, the
unions technical adviser with the
Bituminous Coal Commission, far
from believing that coal is dead, be-
lieves coal has a future. It repre-
sents 90 per cent of the known min
eral fuel reserves Of the country
he declares, and when the limited
reserves Of oil and gas near exhaus-
ton, the country will turn back to
coal. 4
An effort will be made to do
something about the 10000, 000
tons of coal lost each year by in
efficient mining methods, and to
save some of the, farm lands de-
stroyed by stripping.
To spread employment among Its
present members, the union now
studies the idea Of curbing too
rapid mechanization Of mines, by
taxing and otherwise regulating
new labor saving machinery. It
also looks to shorter hours, with
the six-hour, five-day week as the
next objective.
The union, in the person of Vice
President Philip Murray, has also
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-02
FORUM ARRANCES
TRAVEL LECTURE
"Our Own Hawaii" Theme
of Illustrated Talk Sum
day Evening

Mrs. Branson DeCou will present
another of her charming travel lee.
lures at the Forum Of the Second
Congregational Church ON Sunday
evening, February 4 at 1880 p. m
on the subject, "Our Own Hawaii
the Paradise Of the Pacific" illus
,trated with more than $50 Of the
famous De Cou Dream Pictures
painted by Augsta A. Heyder, the
foremost artist in the world In the
painting Of miniature scenes on
glass. There will also be a back
ground of native Hawaiian music
and special amplification. This will
be the fourth annual visit Of Mrs
De, Cou to the Second Church For
UNI and each year the audience has
increased over the preceding years
While many of the original pictures
were taken by her famous husband, II
is worth noting that for the past SIX
years Mrs. De Cou's own pictures
have been winning national reocg-
milton for their unusual quality and
have been published in the leading
magazines, such as Coronet, National
Geographic, Asis, etc., as well as In
most of the leading photogravure
newspaper sections.
Her lecture on Hawaii should be
Of great interest to great numbers
Of people and it Is interesting to
note that all seats In the Flying
Clippers to Hawaii are reserved six
weeks ahead of time this winter. The
islands are more popular than they
have been In many years. Hawaii Is
one Of the exotic spots In the juris-
diction Of the United states. DR.
William Lyon Phelps in his book
Autobiography with Letters" says
Those who have been around the
world tell me there are only two
places that can be called Paradise;
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-02
BY WILLIS THORNTON

BY WILLIS THOkNTON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent
Columbus, O., Feb. 2.--Shot with
bankruptcies, filled with mine OPP
orators and dealers getting by on
the slimmest of margins, harassed
by rising competition from oil, gas
and cheap electric power, the coal
industry is sick and King Coal Is
just another tired old business man.
But look at his employees:
Six hundred thousand men,
bers strong, with $2,500,00O cash
balance in the bank, John L.
Lewis United Mine Workers of
America are celebrating their
fftieth anniversary with Jubilee
convention here in Columbus. 1t
Is the worlds largest union, and
it's full of beans. ...... ..
Try to reconcile those two APP
parently conflicting statements
and you get one of the strangest
situations to be found in these
cockeyed times the amazing
spectacle of an aroused labor Or
ganization forced to do something
to put pep back in the industry
on which it was born in 1893, and
in which it has grown powerful.
MINERS UP!
MINES DOWN!
Fifty years ago a coal miner
worked a 10 or 11-hour day under
ground, and got $1.50 or $500 for
his labor. Today, a union miner
works a seven-hour day and gets
S. or Sc. ...
While the miners have gone up,
the industry has gone down:
Twenty years ago, 1858, 000, 900
tons of coal were mined in the
United States. Production in 1888
was only 390,0O0,000 tons.
Ten years ago coal produced So
per cent of the country's total en-
ergy supply for heat and manu-
featuring. In 1888 coal furnished
only .489 per cent of the energy.
How that decline in the con-
sumption Of coal affected the
miners is shown by the fact that
there are 10000 fewer men en-
ployed in the coal mines today
than in 1915. In spite of this,
however. the U. M. w. is stronger
thar it has ever been, thanks
largely to the closed shop agree
ment which buShy proved Presi-
dent Lewis negotiated with the
operators last summer. OF the
$4,000 miners in the country to-
day, all but 10000 now pay the
union dues in a check-off.
WHERE FOES UNION
GO FROM HERE? ..Ya
Is the union at the peak of its
power? Can 1t continue its position
Of leadership in the organization OF
industrial unions, bucking the old
A. F. of L., raising its voice in
politics, maintaining a potent lobby
n Washington and even flirting on
the edges of a movement to organ
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-02

Harry Johnson has more on the ball than just his
fingers or prayer. The West Main Street package
store proprietor whose line usually accepted by mem
bers of the weaker infable, stirred up friend
ship with vivacious creature he met in Florida last
month that had all the boys wondering how Harry did it.
The girl the type the best magazines advertise on
their front cover She turned out to be miss Chicago of
1882" Harry gets great kick explaining how they met
but he's sorry for thing that the girl in question
was not "Miss America instead of Miss Chicago. The
best is too good for that lad.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-02

John "Choppy" Martin of Piedmont street is busy
these days converting an extra room into nursery.
Mrs.Martin presented her hubby with a bouncing
baby boy Wednesday night at St. Marys Hospital Mrs.
Martin is the former Eleanor Lotvs of the Waterbury
Trust Company. Fred LOehmann, boss of the auto
firm which bears his name is enjoying well deserved
of Chambers street are postcarding acquaintance
Jacksonville Fla. They're registered at the George
Washington Hotel where you look at the door and 1T
pops open.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-02
REGRETS OF THE SEASON

Don't YOU wish you had done more Winter shopping?
The last cold wave has most everyone hopping.
Fur lined gloves would have been good buy,
Now all you can do Is sit down and cry
For the snow suit and cap you voted down
When the weather Salubrous In country and town.
What pity you strapped the old fur coatl
Several below zero, wouldn't that get your goatl
Bet you're sorry you didn't buy that wooden dress
Instead of printed silk, aren't you, confess
Arctcs wooden hose, mufflers begging TO be sold,
Now they're most gone with you left in the cold.
Don't you wish you'd bought more winter clothes,
With icy winds biting your toes and your nose?
EN- EN-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-02
AL DONAHUE HERE !
W1THFAMED BAND
Rainbow Room Orchestra
In Hamilton Park Debut
Tomorrow Evening

AL Donahue and his famous band
direct from the Rainbow Room,
Radio City, New York, comes to the
Hamilton Park pavilion Sunday
night. The management Of the park
feels fortunate in securing this
stellar attraction which right now
Is rated as one Of the most popular
radio and recording bands Of the
day,