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Evening star., 1940-05-11
Red Cross Names Chiefs
OF D. T.. Disaster Groups

Leaders of the District of Colum-
bia Chapter (American Red Cross
Disaster Preparedness Committee
and subcommittee were appointed
yesterday.
Brig. Gen. Frank r. Keefer, chap
ter chairman, was designated COM
mittee chairman, and Melvin c
Hazen, president of the Board OF
District Commissioners, was named
honorary chairman. Vice chairmel
are v. B. Deyber and Walter David
son. Otto S. Lund was appointed
executive officer and Mrs. M. H.
Robbins purchasing officer.
Subcommittee leaders for the
work, which Gen. Keefer said in
cludes emergency action as well as
rehabilitation in the event of local
disaster, are:
Rescue-Chairman, DR.. A. M.
Macdonald; vice chairman. Robert
Duncan.
Food-Chairman, Mrs. William S.
Spencer; vice chairman, Miss D. C.
Dennison.
Registration and Information
Chairman, Mrs Carlos D. Bell: vice
chairman, Mrs. Violet T. Zacarin.
Medical Aid-Chairman, DR.. Will
liam Earl Clark; vice chairmen, DR..
Joseph S. Wall, DR.. D. F. Lynch and
Miss Mary l.. Hawthorne
Clothing-Chairman, Mrs. j. H.
Fishback; vice chairman, Miss Grace
S. Wright.
Funds and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
c. H. Doing; vice chairman, Earl A.
Nash.
Shelter-Chairman. Gen. c. L.
Corbin; vice chairman, Col. c. A.
Hardigg.
Transportation and Communica-
tion-Chairman, E. G. Bliss; vice
chairmen, Oscar Coolican and Roy
c. Corderman.
Observation-Disclosures, Walter
Davidson; vice chairman, Miss Mabel
T. Boardman.
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Charles {. jackson Heads
South Carolina Society

Charles E. Jackson, acting COM
missioner of fisheries and former
secretary to Senator Smith of South
Carolina, last night was elected
president of the South Carolina
State Society at the groups annual
meeting in the Shoreham Hotel.
Other officers elected included J.
Austin Latimer, first vice president;
Ben P. Fishburne, second vice presi-
dent; James A. Hoyt, third vice
president; Miss Joan Krentzin, Sec
retary; Warren r. Clardy, treas
urer; V. Ratterree, assistant treas
urer; Chris Chappell, sergeant at
arms, and Miss Sarah Marcum,
historian.
Harry Slattery, administrator of
the Rural Identification Admins
tration, was named chairman of the
Board of Governors. Col. j. Mon
roe johnson, Assistant Secretary
OF Commerce, was appointed vice
chairman.
The society elected Mary Ellen
Bush. 19-year-old employe at the
Federal Housing Administration, as
May Day queen. Miss Bush, who
lives with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Julian Bush, at 1915 North
Upland street, Arlington, Va,
ruled at the dance which fol-
lowed elections.
Evening star., 1940-05-11

cent weeks too many citizens Of
the American Republics believed
themselves wholly safe-physi-
cally, and economically and soci-
ally-from the impact Of the at-
tacks on civilization which are In
progress elsewhere. Perhaps this
mistaken idea was based on tho
false teaching Of geography-the
thought that distance Of several
thousand miles from q war-torn
Europe gave to US some form Of
mystic immunity which could
never be violated.
Yet, speaking in terms Of time
tables. In terms of the moving OF
men and guns and planes and
bombs, every acre-eyery hectare
OF the Americas from the Arctic
to the Antarctic is closer to the
homes Of modern conquerors and
the scenes Of attack in Europe
than was the case ir historic ef-
forts to dominate the world in
by-gone centuries. From the
point Of view Of conquests, it is q
shorter distance from the center
of Europe to Santiago de Chile
than it was for the chariots Of
Alexander to roll from Macedonia
to Persia. In modern terms 1t is
a shorter distance from Europe
to San Francisco than it was for
the ships and legions Of Caesar to
move from Rome to Spain or
Britain. Today it is four or five
hours from the continent of
Evening star., 1940-05-11

I use this san-American
Scientific Congress as one Of
many similar illustrations. It is
no accident that this meeting
takes place in the New World.
In fact. this hemisphere Is now
almost the only part Of the earth
IN which such gathering can
take place. Elsewhere war or
politics has compelled teachers
and scholars to leave their great
calling and to become agents of
destruction.
We, and most people In the
world, believe in civilization
Of construction and not Of de-
struction. We, and most people
in the world, believe that men
and women have an inherent
right to hew out the patterns of
their own individual lives, Just
so long as they as individuals
do not harm their fellow beings.
We call this by many synony-
nous terms-individual liberty,
civil liberty, democracy.
Truth Grows for Well Being
OF Our Fellow Men.
Until now we permit ourselves
by common consent to search for
truth. to teach the truth as we
see it-and by learning a little
here and a little there, and
teaching little here and a little
there to allow the normal proc
esses of truth to keep growing
for the well-being of our fellow
men. In our search and in our
teaching We are part Of great
adventure-an exciting adven-
ture-which gives to us q larger
satisfaction even than did the
adventure Of settling the Amer
icas give to our founding fathers.
We feel that we are building
human progress by conquerinR
disease and poverty and discom-
fort. and by improving science
and culture, removing one by one
Evening star., 1940-05-11
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Dutch Affairs
P1ons Made to Keep
Commerce Moving:
SoiIinss Delayed
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 11.-Emergency
committees to handle Netherlands
shipping, financial and press affairs
in this country will be set up I'M
mediately, Jan Schuurman, consul
general in New York, announced
today.
Emil Zimmerman, trade commits
sioner for the Netherlands Indies,
cooperating with Schuurman in
plans to keep their country's COM
merce moving, said trade with their
Pacific possessions was continuing
rs usual"
Schuurman said al persons, in
cluding dozen women, have ap-
peared at his office to volunteer
their services in the Netherlands
cause. Lacking instructions from
his government, the consul gen.
eral listed their names against pos
Sible future need.
Agents for Netherlands and Bel
eian steamship lines here withheld
information concerning the move
ments of their ships. At the Office
of the Holland-America Line, oper-
ators of the largest feet between
New York and Holland, an official
stated: I'VE are belligerent now,
and we cannot talk about what our
ships are doing"
Sailings of the Netherlands liners
Colombia and Castor, scheduled for
yesterday, were apparently Cancelled
and both ships remained in port
today.
A spokesman for the British Min
istry of Shipping said Britain likely
would adopt the attitude toward Bel
gian and Netherlands shipping she
has taken toward Norwegian ships
"to keep them and their operating
profits from reaching Germany"
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Mother-Doughter Dinner
Served by Fothers

Usual methods of serving meals
were reversed last night when faith
ers donned white coats and served
the annual mother daughter dinner,
under auspices of the Concordians,
In Concordia Evangelical Lutheran
Church. The dinner is held each
year as preliminary to observance
Of Mothers Day.
Capt. Rhoda Milliken, head of
the Women's Bureau here, principal
speaker at the affair, urged con-
ttnued cooperation by the churches
to improve social conditions in this
city. A message in behalf of the
mothers was delivered by Mrs.
Rudolph w. Santelmann and Miss
Marie Strobel spoke for the daugh-
ers. Mrs. Ernest w. Brown. wife
OF the superintendent of the Metro
politan Police, sang. Mrs. Harry
Meiners was toastmistress.
Evening star., 1940-05-11

the cruelty, the crudity and the
Barbarian Of less civilized eras.
In contrast, in other parts OF
the world, teachers and scholars
are not permitted to search for
truth lest the truth when made
known might not SUIT the designs
Of their masters. Too often they
are not allowed to teach the truth
as they see 1t, for truth might
make men free. They become
objects Of suspicion II they speak
openly, II they show an interest
in new truth. for their very
tongues and minds are supposed
to be modified for other ends.
This has not happened in the
New World. God willing, it shall
not happen in the New World.
At the Pan-American Con-
ference at Buenos Aires, and
again at Lima, we discussed a dim
and unpleasant possibility. We
feared that othe, continents
might become so involved in wars
brought on by the school Of de-
struction that the Americas might
have to become the guardian Of
Western culture, the protector Of
Christian civilization.
Only . Fear Then,
But 4 Fact Now.
In those days it was merely a
fear. Today the fear has become
q fact.
The inheritance which we had
hoped to share with every nation
in the world Is, for the moment,
left largely in our keeping; and
1t is our compelling duty to guard
and enrich that legacy, to pre-
serve it for a world which must
be reborn from the ashes of the
present disaster.
Today we know that until re-
Evening star., 1940-05-11

Roosevelt before the eighth
American Scientific Congress last
night jolloaOs::
Fellow servants Of the Amer
icas:
All Of the men and women Of
this Pan American Scientific
Congress have come here tonight
with heavy hearts. During the
past few years we have seen
event follow event, each and
every one Of them q shock to
our hopes for the peaceful devel-
opment Of modern civilization.
This very day three more inde-
pendent nations have been cruel
ly invaded by force Of arms.
In some human affairs the
mind Of man grows accustomed
to unusual actions If they are
oft repeated. That is not so in
the world happenings of today
and I am proud that it is not so.
am glad that we are shocked
and angered by the tragic news
from Belgium and The Neither
lands and Luxembourg.
Challenge to Civilization
Is Seen in Arms.
The overwhelmingly greater
part of the population of the
world abhors conquest and war
and bloodshed-prays that the
hand Of neighbor shall not be
lifted against neighbor. The
whole world has seen attack fol-
low threat on so many occasions
and in so many places during
these later years. We have come,
therefore. to the reluctant con-
clusion that a continuance of
these processes of arms presents
a definite challenge to the con-
tinuation Of the type of civiliza-
ton to which all of us in the
three America have been accus-
toned
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Alumni to Meet

The Washington Branch of the
University Of Buffalo Alumni Asso-
citation will hold its spring meeting
Tuesday at 7 pm. at Highlands Res
taurant. Honor guest will be Dean A.
Bertram Lemon Of the school of
pharmacy, who will discuss the new
general alumni structure. Mrs. James
Redding Is handling ARRANGEMENTS.
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Text Of Roosevelt Speech
President Tells Scientific Congress He Is
Thankful Thot Invasion Shocks Americas

Ths address OF President
Roosevelt before the eighth
American Scientific Congress last
night toll0tDs::
Evening star., 1940-05-11

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Evening star., 1940-05-11

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Evening star., 1940-05-11

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Evening star., 1940-05-11

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can be used In. playing both sides
Of SO phonograph records.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-18
20YEARS AGO 'fsfr f aE f EMPIRE
OCTOBER 18. 1920

OCTOBER 18, Juneau High School Chance Basin grid field the unable make progress against Wilson umpire.
 Ed Andrews Douglas sold his launch Evelyn to Paul Aege make his home on the boat and use it for prospecting trips
 Douglas be held on the evening of October 28
 small boat float the City 
 Gasonguay presiding at the Scottish in
 Lightning" be early feature al have Madge Kennedy. the lumber at Petersburg, was in business trip.
 Bartelson building blacksmith shop on lower Front opposite the Union Machine Works
 Weather report 38 degrees above zero; rain
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-18
Your Nose Knows
Philadelphia Record)

Those chaps with the lilies in their lapels are the COP tP for purity crusaders of the Republi- can National Commmittee, mortified because some B postmasters have contributed to the Democratic party (The Hatch act permits this)
 If you notice funny smell about those lilies it's because the perfume doesn't quite cover up the not only accepted contributions from postmasters but black lacked them right out in meetin.
 Lest we forget, we take you back to Springfield Mo- where, on May 16 1892, MT. w. Irving Glover Assistant Postmaster General, addressing the Missouri Postmasters' Association Glover shouted:
 Get out on the firing line in support of Hoover or quit.
 "In be back in Washington Monday and be glad to take the resignatons of any of you post masters who don't want to do it. |. This wasn't an idle outburst in an unguardeo moment No less a stalwart than Postmaster Gen. eral Walter L. Brown told the thing to the National Association of Postmasters. To quote the New York Times headline:
 "Postmasters Told to Enter Politics: Brown In forms Convention First Three Classes Are Not Barred by Law; Calls for Aid in Campaign
 This, incidentally is the Walter L. Brown who in the dark days of 1892, bought second Lin coin limousine, at Government expense, because the first one purchased for him did not have sufficient room for his high silk hat.
 It is the same Walter L. Brown whose records as Postmaster General burned before he left office in 1933 so the public could not know what in them.
 So folks if the lilies smell like something else you'll understand.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-18

blished in London. copy which came to The Elm pire by way of Burrss Smith chief mechanic for the local arways abounds with pictures, stories and advertisements of planes and their appurtenances
 Among the British airplanes advertised in Flight are Bristol Beauforts Shorts SaundersRoes Fareys, Avro Ansons Napers De Havillands Tiger Moths, Handley Page Hampdens, Hudsons, Hawker Hurri- canes and Bouton Paul Defants Airplane motors mentioned are the Bristol Hercules, the Armstrong Siddeley Chettah the Rolls Royce Cirrus, and Coventry Climax Godiva Propellers include the V D. M Spinner and Wooden Airscrew. Dozens of engineering firms, inventors and manufacturers of everything from ring-bolt to fur-ined flying suits and scale model airplanes advertise their services and products in Flight The impression given is that the aviation industry in England is than going-it is a speeding-concern
 Articles in Flight include reviews of the war in the air Europe and Africa, an uncomplimen- tary review of new Messerschmitt bomber dis cussion of the air blockade of Germany and an ac- count of million miles of scouting over the North Sea by squadron of Hudsons, which we learn are practically identical with American Lockheeds
 Speaking of British success in the air war over England, Flight says Tn particular we are filled with admiration for the calculated courage with which our pilots have always attacked whatever the odds against them. They have fought with the object of defending their country, if possible of pre- venting the enemy from dropping bombs on his ob- jective but at any rate of nfctng such losses upon him that he will be discouraged and if he comes again will come with less determination In time we hope to break the fighting spirit of the Iuftwaffe by eliminating their best air crews but at present our fighter pilots opposed by stub born armen and that makes their success all the more meritorious.'
 There is one civilian note in Flight, an account of the transatlantic flight of the flying boat Clare Aside from that the aviation of England is at war and is proving more tellingly every day that 1t is force to be reckoned with.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-18

intends to say nothing in the talk about FDR Publicly, Jim hasn't bolted, but he is as strongly anti third term as ever.
 Mayor LaGuardia, head of the Independent Voters Committee for Roosevelt and long thumbs-down on Farley, has taken up his ulti- matum. "The Little Flower" has sent word to Walsh that if Farley doesn't endorse FDR in the speech, then he LaGuardia) will go to Boston and make a speech for Roosevelt and not mention Walsh.
 Walsh, caught in the middle, is wringing his hands. But the New Dealers are unmoved. They are say ing to him, You got Farley to agree to go to Boston,; now you handle him. This is your baby. You fix it-or else"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-18
HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do not compe"
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19
 This is an unimportant day in planetary direction, but benefic as- poets dominate. The early morning shows threatening portents for la bor which may interfere with in- dustrial progress.
 Heart and Home: Women are fortunate today. The stars are helpful to those who have impor- tant public interests to promote, but they are warned of perils hid- den in certain peace movements. Romance will flourish under this sway. Girls may expect speedy courtships and nasty marriages. Theaters should profit through 6 growing desire for amusement that presents comedy or happy phases of life. Both stage and screen will have a season of contrasting prof its and losses.
 Business Affairs; Because of the influence of government policies home building will be rushed in coming months. Housing problems which always attend war possibili- ties may be largely averted, but there will be a flood of population from foreign lands as immigratioa bars are legally let down. Great profits will come to many lines of business despite efforts to pre- vent the piling up of sudden for tunes through defense preparations.
 National Issues: Women will be instrumental in complying with fifth column plans, although igno- rant of the inspiration of certain popular movements. Election-y day will mark the ending of Isolation sentiment as the nation awakens to the trend of world changes. True patriotism will be manifested by the service of leading industrial- ists as well as statesmen of con- flicting partisan ideals. 3
 International Affairs: Mexico will continue to be the scene of maffy sensational incidents as political difficulties increase. Perils to tie neighborliness of the people just south of the United States will multiply as the influence of for eign enemies increases. California may be a haven for Mexican revo- lutionaries and others whose plots menace the United States. India continues under the rule of mal- efic stars that cause unrest and disturb British interests.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of per- plexities to which love affairs con- tribute New friends will be help full to many
 Children born on this day prob ably will be fastidious, kindly, and attunded to the finer things of life. They have the forecast of personal popularity and good for tune.
 Copyright, 1940)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-18
HOT CoNsuLS

Two of the Consuls implicated in the evidence the committee has turned over to the State Depart ment are Captain Fritz Wiedemann, at San Francisco, and Herbert Scholz, at Boston Letters show both Nazis up to their armpits in fifth column enterprises.
 Wiedemann, Hitler's World War captain, is recognized in diplomatic circles as his personal representa- tive in this country. Situated on the West Coast, his role now is especially important as result of the Axis-Jap alliance. Scholz is credited with being the guiding hand behind the American Fellow ship Forum.
 He has been closely associated with Friedrich Ernst Auhaugen, Nazi lecturer and president of the Forum, who was seized in Los An geles recently as he was attempt ing to board a ship for Japan. The committee ' si>olding Asahaugen as key wlIness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-18
ALASKA'S BIRTHDAY

Seventy y-theree years ago today the Stars and Stripes up for the first time over Alaska At Sitka october IS, 1867, the Russian flag lowered by a Russian sailor and the American flag hoisted by George Lowell Rousseau, son of Brigader General Lowell H. Rousseau, who represented the United States at the formal transfer ceremonies.
 Alaska United States possession is only 73 years old about the average lifetime of a On that historic day which we commemorate today Alaska a wilderness There almost white residents the gold still lay in the hills it had for millions of years the fish in the had not been turned effectively to mans use; broad for ests lay untouched; no tourists came to spend their vacations-and their money-in Alaska; a fortune in furs had been stripped from the land and by the Russians but animals of every description remained
 Today Alaska is something else It is still largely untouched and unspoled but it is awake and is being utilized systematically by man. It is a vigorous commonwealth of vigorous people Alaska has come far in those 73 years Probably in none of them however, has it developed rapidly on so many fronts as in the 73rd, that which to an end today The great national defense construc- tion program of the Army and Navy has been rushed forward in 1939-40 a scale undreamed of a year ago All of cities have prospered during the year. some of them doubling in population and more than doubling in importance. Our mines have con- tinued to pour forth golden stream of wealth. Fish, fur and lumber have contributed nightly again to prosperity
 Alaska is going ahead-at last at full steam. The Territory is still youngster at 73 years but usty of which Uncle Sam is showing more strikingly every year that he is proud Alaska and all Alaskans, to be congratulated. upon this anniversary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-18
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-18
MERRY-GO-ROUND

To disprove that all big business men favor appeasement, group of leading industrialists shortly will issue a joint statement calling for maximum aid to Britain and an unyielding policy toward the Axis Japanese alliance w. L Clayton, one of the biggest cotton mer- chants in the country, is a leader in the movement 5. =. While Gener- al Hugh Johnson, ex-NRA boss, was blasting at Elliott Roosevelt for being given paper work" as- signment as an Air Corps Captain, Johnson's son, Captain Kilbourne Johnston, a regular Army officer, got himself a desk job in the of flee of the Selective Service Ad- ministrator BaldiSh little Sen- ator Ava Adams, Colorado isola- tionist who rates himself big shot on the Senate Appropriations Committee, had his wings sharply clipped by the House. Adams struck out of the last defense funds bill an $8O,0OO, ,0OO item for network os flying fields. Of this appropriation $3000O, ,0OO was in cash and $50.- OOO, 900 auth orization Cutting Adams aside, the House not only restored the item but upped the cash sum to 440.o0O, 900 Ed ward H.. McCrahan, World War