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Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-02-02
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Can't Tell About Dictators i.
Stain Might Order Sit-Down >. i.
Roosevelt Cabinet Now Chiefly
From New York.
By HUGH S. JOHNSON

WASHINGTON. - As suggested
some weeks before the Finnish cam
paign, the Russian army has q
mush-like quality which offsets some
OF the weight Of its overwhelming
numbers.
A government can't expect its SOL
diers to respect and have confidence
in their generals and other officers
II it has no confidence in them it.
self. That Mr.. Stain has no such
confidence, he has dramatically
proved by iquidating one army
leader after another and other gen.
erals by platoons. It is reported
that $4,000 subordinate officers have
been executed or dismissed. All i'm
portant commands are accompanied
by political commissars.
You can't operate an army on
such plan. Comrades can't be
permitted to debate whether they
will attack, stand fast, or run.
Not Enough Equipment.
Considering everything, Joe Sta
Inns military outlook is not so hot.
Nevertheless, we should not fool our
selves about the gallant and master
full defense of Finland. As more
facts become available, it appears
to have been, on the part Of Mar
shall Mannerheim, as brilliant q
campaign as there is on record.
But, in the very nature Of things
military, that kind of thing can't 20
on forever.
Lee and jackson made monkeys
out Of the Union generals for three
years, but, except for the possibility
of outside Intervention, the end was
certain. Overwhelming numbers and
weight of metal are very likely to
decide the issue in any long pull
Anything Might Happen.
Furthermore. brilliant as was the
Finnish defense in this campaign,
the day-to-day news of it was mis-
leading. 1t sounds as though the
Firms were completely destroying
new Russian division daily. They
did mop up one and handled others
roughly, but so much humiliation
simply isn't possible in that kind of
a war. Some of this exaggeration
was due to overlapping stories, but
it is safe bet that the good news
did not suffer any at Finnish hands.
If it were not true that anything
might happen under the dictators,
you could say, on all the precedents,
that Russia will simply have to tune
up a real steam roller and crash
through any resistance that the
Firms can raise. But these gorillas
don't seem to know what is written
in the book of rules. Comrade Sta
lin might settle with Finland for
some face-saving sop, or he might
just dig in and sit. It would be ne
more strange or unprecedented than
the sit-down war in the west.
With the appointment of Bob Jack
son as attorney general, there will
be five members of the cabinet from
one state-New York-or, if YOU
count Mr.. Edison, who at least used
to live there, six.
Secretaries Hopkins, Perkins,
and Farley and now
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-20
ALASKA GOES
THROUGH PORT
This MORNING


Early this morning, the steamer
Alaska passed southbound through
Juneau via Sitka from Lynn Canal
ports
Arrivals were Glen Collins, MIS-.
G. Collins, Elizabeth Sheldon. Rich
ard Gerwels. A. II Conn, Tommy
Tumly, Charles White. Evaline
Feero. N. L. Troast. Miles Price, w.
C. overly. Grace Pusich, L.
Chandler, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Sprague, Bertha Kerr. Ruth Pyle,
j. Umbach, Dennis Herman, f. w.
Feero. Silas Dennis, r. Sweeney.
Passengers for Seattle are Mrs.
Charles Bergren, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
B. Kirk, c. r. Jackson. w. HAIRS
Dough, John Salatter and wife, j.
w. Fredrickson, John Hobbestal
Jack Kearney, Mr.. and Mrs. N. E
Berry, C. L. Andrews. Julia Nc
Carter. Walter Blue and wife.
To Sitka-F. E. McDermott, Gil
Rich.
To Ketchikan-Ruth Blake.
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BY SARAH WINSLOW
AP Feature Service

Until little Jim came down with
spell of scarlet fever, he had al
ways regarded his mother as a
grown up not much given to false
sentiment Generally speaking, she
had let him go his way with
neither undue help nor restraint.
The sick spell changed that
Jim's white face and querulous
languor made Mother realize that.
after all, there's no certainty about
life even in this day of medical
marvels. jim became precious to
her in a way he had never known
before
Jim found that his state Of
health, hardly ever questioned
before, had became a very i'm
portant matter indeed Instead
OF picking up his toys after an
evenings play he said some
times MY head feels kind of hot, :
and noticed that in the family
fever conference that followed the
toy issue would become quite for
gotten.
Jim soon began to use this ex-
cuse deliberately as a sruse to
shirk tasks. He, too, began to
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-20
TIDES ToMoRRo W

(Sun Time)
High tide-1:23 am, 1874 feet.
Low tide-7:50 am, -2.7 feet.
High tide-2:20 pm, 1876 feet.
Low tide-7:58 pm, 81 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-20
PACKER BRINGS IN
SALMON; HALIBUTER
FREMONT DISCHARGES

The salmon packer Nuisance.
Capt Stanley Thompson, brought
Sebastian-Stuart $500 pounds Of
salmon today at ten, seven and
six cents a pound. while the hall
butter Fremont, Capt Olaf WHITTIER,
sold 10000 pounds of halibut to
the same company at nine and
seven cents a pound.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-20
ELECTRAS Will
BE HERE TODAY

Two Pacific Alaska Always Elec
tras are due in Juneau with pilots
Al Monsen, Walt Hall, Bill Knox
and Hermann Joslyn and eight
passengers.
Arrivals will be Charles Burdie,s
w. Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Ct
Cooley Sydney Rood, George Clark
C. Scammon and Alaska Moody.
One plane is scheduled to re-
turn Immediately with mail from
the Alaska Clipper, making dawn
to dark air service between Fair
banks and Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-20
Rupert Due
On First Trip

The three funnelled Canadian
National steamer Prince Rupert is
due in Juneau about 6 o'clock this
evening on the first trip of the
season, with many tourists aboard
and the following four passengers,
according to Purser Robson:
Miss Nora Jones, Mr.. and Mrs.
P. E. Turner, Miss Opal Lewis.
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MARINE NEWS
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
NORTHBOUND

NORTHBOUND
Prince Rupert scheduled to ar
rive about 6 o'clock this even
sing.
BaranoT due Saturday
o Tyee due Saturday.
. Princess Alice due Saturday
evening
SCHEDULED SAILINGS
. Yukon scheduled to sail from
Seattle 9 a. m. tomorrow.
Northland scheduled to sail .
from Seattle 10 a. m. tomor-
row.
Columbia scheduled to sail
from Seattle 8 a. m. Saturday.
. Princess Louise scheduled to
sail from Vancouver June % q
at 9 p. m.
Prince George scheduled to sail =
from Vancouver June "a at 8 .
p. m.
o Denali scheG'lled to sail from 9
Seattle June IS at a. m. q
. Taku scheduled to sail from .
Seattle June 25 at 8 p. m. .
o Mt. Mckinley scheduled to sail q
from Seattle June % at 9 a. =
m.
. Alaska scheduled to sail from q
Seattle June % at 8 a. m. .
SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS q
. Princess Charlotte scheduled to
arrive at 7 o'clock tomorrow
morning and sails south at
a. m.
o North Sea Scheduled south
. bound at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon.
o Aleutian scheduled southbound
next Monday.
LOCAL SAlL:NCS
Estebeth scheduled to sail every
Wednesday at p. m. for Sit
ka and wayports.
Dart leaves every Wednesday I
at p. m. for Petersburg. Port I
. Alexander, Rake and way
ports. I
Q % o .
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DOUGLAS
NEWS
FILING BEING RENEWED

Pile-driver operations for the
Douglas cannery were begun yes
terday. A number of the old pilings
are being removed and new ones
placed for the float and to strength
en- the cannery decking in several
places.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-20
ODD FELLOWS ATTENTION

Regular meeting Of Silver Bow
Lodge No. Az, Thursday evening,
O'Clock. Work in the initiatory de-
gree. All members urged to be
present
F. S. LAUGHLIN,
RI T1l@l
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of Second and E. Streets, which
they moved into TODAY.

Situated in the center of a spac-
ious lot, the house, comprising five
rooms, all convenient and modern,
is similar to number of the re-
Gently built homes here. Complete
furnishings fer their home is
awaited by the Rues.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-20
HOLLINGSWORTH is
RESIDENT OF DOUGLAS

r. A. Hollingsworth, who is con-
nected with Mixes Place has taken
one of the Shitanda apartments for
his residence. Mrs. Hollingsworth
went south recently for a visit and
will rejoin her husband here in a
few weeks.
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think about his health and prob
lens in way no yoIngstel
should. With the help of a prob
lem parent. he was becoming a
problem child-self-centered and
prone to watch for yet more mag
mary ailments. Instead of the heed
less, happy go-lucky scamp that lie
had been before his illness, he was
fast becoming selfish and domineer-
ing. And Mother, more concerned
than ever. laid the trouble not %
her own changed attitude but 70
the after effects OF the illness.
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ALA NAzI

PRAGUE, June 20.-The old trade
mark Made in Czechoslovakia" has
been abandoned and new one
adopted for the labelling of mer-
chandise manufactured in the Pro-
tectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
In fact, there will be three diff
ferent stamps of origin on goods
made in this country. Made in
Bohemia Moravia' or Made in b.
hemia" for merchandise produced
in the northern part of the Protec-
torate; Made in Moravia" for those
made in the southern province.
In each case the latter two trade
marks will be used only to make a
distinction between products which
are speciality of either province
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-20
RUES IN NEW HOME

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Rue, Doug
las residents for the past couple
Of years, are now located in their
new home, the cottage just newly
built by Mark Jensen at the corner
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-06-20
MRS. CAMPBELL AND
HER DAUGHTER HERE

Mrs A. H. Campbell and daugh-
ter Catherine arrived here yester-
day from Spokane, Wash, and are
house guests of Mrs. Dale Fleek
Mrs. Campbell expects to leave for
the Westward to join her husband
in a couple Of weeks.
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Empire classIIieds b1 ing results.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-12-20
TAKING HAND:
II. s. SteDs In

While prominent isolationists
viewed with alarm" each success
sive step, it was evident that the
United States was becoming daily a
more vital factor in the various
phases of World war II.
Summed up, these might be cata-
logued under (a) promised aid to
Greece; (b) promised food credits
to Spain; (c) placing aid to Britain
even ahead of vital national defense;
(d) preparations to place the navy
Immediately in shape to aid Britain
in patroling ocean lanes.
President Roosevelt's assurance
to King George of Greece that ma
terial aid will come from this coun-
try, and Immediately, was couched
in terms that showed the nation
ready to succor any and all peoples
suffering from aggression.
At the same time that the state
department and national defense
council busted themselves with this
problem, Ambassador Weddell ap-
pTOdCuGu Tie IIlOTG tlChlSIl tdoh VI
aiding Axis-friendly Spain. The
Spanish admittedly were in dire
need of food to tide them over the
winter.
Franco was unable to give imme-
diate assurance of Spain's non-par-
ticipation in the war, but while
America apparently was willing to
waive a definite pledge, demand
was made that Spain announce her
principle of non-intervention.
The United States was anxious to
give Spain food, partly from this
country, partly beef from the Argen-
tine, but equally as anxious that
these provisions not fall into the
hands of Axis belligerents.
In addition to huge American
commitments to give Britain planes,
tanks and war material of all kinds,
the need for merchant ships was
being met through the purchase
here of $50 ships, more than 100 of
them to be constructed by one ship
yard alone. -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-12-20

two glove cases like the one shown
here. All the directions for cut
ting and making the hat cover
are given here in the sketch. The
material from two corners made
the square underwear case. The
material from each of the other
two corners was folded to make
glove or handkerchief case. Bright
blue bias tape was used for seam
binding and the bottom facing and
loop handle of the hat cover; and
colored zippers to match the bind
ings were used for the case clos
ings.
Today's article is typical of the econ
omy short cuts that I like to plan for
homemaking budgeteers. There are com.
plete working drawings for thirty-two
homemaking projects in SEWING Book 6
enough exciting ideas to keep you busy
all the rest of the winter. Send order to:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-12-20
NAZI SPEECH:
RivaL Worlds

In a Commute address to Ger
man war workers, Adolf Hitler, told
them and the world that the current
war was a fight between two worlds,
one Of Especial privilege" in which
he included the United States, the
other world of equality and freedom
as represented by Nazi Germany.
He indicated that Britain would
feel more and more the might Of
Nazi armed force. Expressing SUI
preme confidence in Germany's
strength, Hitler promised his fol-
lowers that the tempo of war would
be stepped up until Nazi victory
was assured, ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-12-20
ITALY:
Unrest at Home?

Serious signs Of Italian unrest at
home matched continuing news Of
disaster at the Grecian front, al
though the lapse between occurrence
and admission still was about ten
days to two weeks.
The Italians have to wait at least
that long before learning what has
happened to their boys lover there"
across the smiling Adriatic. At first
there were reports Of constant sue
cesses as the Fascist war machine
smashed into Grecian territory,
sweeping the Greeks ahead of them
as the defenders marshalled their
forces swiftly and sought defendable
positions for men and guns.
Then the Evzones, those killed
mountaineers, began striking and
Italian gains became losses, and the
invaders were swept back across
the Albanian frontier into a retreat
that was steadily continued.
It was 10 days after the fall Of
Pogradetz, important northern base,
before the Italians learned of it Of
ficially. Northern Italy learned of
it through their Jugoslavian neigh
bors long before the press had it.
The news Of the abandonment Of
Porto Edda and Argirocastro was
similarly delayed. Reports of riot
ing inside Italy, especially in north
ern cities, was persistent but I'M
confirmed officially, as Marshal Pr
etro Badoglio, popular hero, was
sunmarily set down for the failure
Of the Albanian invasion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-12-20
DOMESTIC SCENE

q Miami-President Roosevelt, aft
er kidding newsmen that he was go
ing into the Caribbean sea to visit
Easter island and hunt Easter eggs,
showed up at various naval bases
on inspection.
q Washington = Dies committee
probers say they knew sabotage had
been committed on pursuit plane
Of q type to be delivered to Britain
some time before the plane crashed
In q test flight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-12-20
CAPITAL CHAFF

Irony OF diplomatic fate II that
when Mussolini marched into AL
bania, the U. S. state department
actually condoned it. Instead of reg
Iistering protest as in the case Of
other occupied countries, the state
department dropped the Albanian
minister from its diplomatic list.
Meanwhile, the diplomatic repre-
sentatives of Czechoslovalxia, Po-
land, Holland, Belgium, Norway,
Denmark. still are listed. But II the
Greeks keep on going they win win
back Albania for the Albanians.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-12-20
DEFENSE PROGRESS

ances giving dates when we shall
have ready specific numbers of
army divisions, navy ships and
army and navy fighting planes are
something like the earlier way of
reporting ornaments con hand or
on order"
Progress has been commendable.
Most officials in the armament eff
fort have done the best they could
under present handicaps of faulty
organization, planning and INSULT
cient authority. But it is mistake
to make promises of performances
so far ahead and especially to do
so in terms of "airplanes," t'divi-
sions," or linen under arms" They
are too general in their meaning.
They do not paint the true picture
to people who are not familiar with
just what the words mean. They are
apt to paint too rosy picture.
A survey of all the utterances of
the war department, for example,
over the past few years, would gen.
orally indicate a continuing salts
factory state of affairs-at least up
to the spring of this. year. A glance
at our present predicament, in COM
parison, would indicate how mistak-
en- and misleading they have been.
The phrase $4,000 army air
planes" in estimating future produc-
ton is not very informing. 1t doesn't
tell whether they are fighting planes
or transport planes or bombers and
that lack of specification is confus-
ing enough. But there is an even
greater confusion.
One airplane isn't good unit of
measure.
One airplane means at least one
and sometimes three or four extra
engines. It means a crew aloft of
one or more highly trained pilots
and sometimes as many as eight
other more or less expert techni-
clans. It means an adequate me-
chanical ground equipment and
ground crew of skilled mechanics as
numerous as the flying crew and
sometimes more numerous. Even
more significantly it means arma-
ment-cannon, light and heavy ma
chine guns, torpedoes, bombs and,
for all these, sometimes tons of ex-
plosives and incendiary material in
the racks or in reserve storage on
the ground.
Of many Of these things our pres
ent supply is a trifing quantity.
Preparations are being pressed to
get them on principal units. Some
of the published reports and esti-
mates are fairly clear. But of 9TH
ers, like cannon, trained personnel
and ammunition, the difficulties Of
getting into production from a near
zero point of existing capacity have
been so great that it is almost GER
tain that they cannot be delivered in
step with the air force that requires
them without a time lag of from
one to two years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-12-20
NO MASS PRODUCTION

One OF the big complaints OF de-
tense chiefs is lack of machine-tool
facilities. Yet there are many small
plants of this type around the coun-
try that have been literally begging
for orders and not getting them. One
company with $50 lathes has been
advertising for business in trade
journals for months.
Also there is strong evidence of
a lack of vision or initiative or both
in making. the best use of mass
production facilities. The blame for
this goes right back to high defense
quarters.
The gigantic resources of the auto
industry, for example, have been
practically untouched for defense
output. New plants have been or.
dered that will take months to build,
when by coordination of the great
auto factories, parts of planes,
tanks, guns, etc., could be turned
out in carload lots daily and assem-
bled at central points.
William Reuther, young official Of
the United Auto Workers, long ago
proposed such plan for a daily out
put of 500 ail-metal pursuit planes
of the most powerful type in the
world, and at one-third their pres
ent cost. But the matter is still
"being discussed"
Other industries could be used in
the same way for similar short
cuts on other armament needs, but
they are not. Meanwhile, defense
output drags along, and precious
weeks and months fit by.
BRITISH DAMAGE
Confidential military estimates of
Nazi bombing damage to Great
Britain are that British Industrial
production has fallen off about 80
per cent. !. ~ ESQ
While this is very serious crimp
in the output of British planes, anti
aircraft guns and shells, it is not as
bad as the pictures of shattered
Bristol, Coventry, and Southampton
would Indicate.
Reason damage to British indus
trial production has not been great
er is ~ that the British more than
a year ago began scattering their
plants in small units throughout
Scotland and northern England,
which are hard to locate and hard
to hit after they are located; (2)
that those big plants which do re-
main are protected with a virtual
forest of anti-aircraft guns.
Far more serious is the damage
to British navy yards. These can
not be broken up into small units,
and they have been SO heavily dam
aged that the repair Of British ship
ping is very materially retarded.
In many cases, British warships
have been repaired at sea.
This, plus the tremendous in
crease in the sinking Of merchant
vessels, is what makes the British
shipping plight SO desperate at pres
ient.
s't
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-12-20
HEROES:
Sagas of the Sea

The 20,000-ton merchant cruiser
Carnavon Castle took it's place
among sea heroes when it limped
into Montevideo after telling of
"chase" fight of nearly "a hours
with an unidentified Nazi surface
raider that has taken heavy toll of
British and neutral shipping.
Once more, as in the case of the
Graf Spec, the battle took place in
South Atlantic waters, tending to
confirm the British belief that ports
in that general neighborhood send
out ships which refuel and repro
vision the raiders.
The Carnavon Castle, undoubtedly
lighter in armament and slower in
speed than the German raider, re-
ported that it left its, antagonist bad
ly hit astern, and afire. Carnavon's
skipper expressed the opinion that
the raider had not long to survive.
The merchant cruiser arrived in
port hit dozen times, with many
killed and wounded, and listing
heavily to port. Ballast tanks had
been filed on purpose to accomplish
this, and to lift her starboard side
out of water, thus bringing huge
holes at the waterline up out of the
water, keeping the ship afoat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-12-20
New and Fascinating
Transparent Sewing
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS

ny RUTH WYETH SPEARS
HERE are fascinating new
transparent materials on the
market now. Luncheon sets and
aprons and rain coats and closet
accessories all take on new CLAM
our when made of them, and you
will find that every leftover scrap
will be used for something that
is attractive and worth while.
Less than so cents worth of this
window-pane clear material made
the hat cover, underwear case and