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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25

BARSTOW, Cal, Jan. 25.-For
ten years Grace E. Finley has been
prospecting and mining all over the
Mojave Desert.
For the last three years she has
been living alone near the ghost
town of Cooper City, 81 miles north
west of Barstow, boring powder holes
with a drill and three-pound sledge
shoveling ore from dawn to sunset.
Thirty years old and husky. she
bears little resemblance to the
squint-eyed prospector of fact and
fiction. But she's sister to those
desert rats in her eternal optimism.
Il think I've got it this time"
Miss Finley asserted confidently in
talking of the three-foot vein of
copper ore she struck two years ago.
IF I keep digging, like the geolo-
gists tell me, I'll hit deposit rich
enough tc sell out"
Shoveling at the rate of about
ton a week, she has stacked 100
sacks of ore toward an order for
80 tons at $1917 a ton. The ore
assays 25.47 per cent copper and 16
ounces of silver.
Why do I mine, all by myself
on the desert? Well, do you know
how hard it is for a girl to get
job these days? I couldn't find
one, so I made one. And then, I
guess, 1 have natural feeling for
mining"
Miss Finlays sweepstakes copper
mine is 1900 feet above sea level,
in the midst of vast expanse of
rugged mountains that span the
Mojave. She built her own road
for half mile from the mine to
the Barstow road.
THE desert doesn't bother me-"
she AYERS. Il like it. What is there
to bother you? Why" she added
with a laugh, Il can see company
coming for IA miles,"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25
WHO SHE IS

JOSEPHINE DILLON, drama
y coach who Is years ago
married a stage struck en-
ployee of the telephone COM
pany named Clark Gable and
made him into an actor. hates
riding on her ex husbands
coat-tails.
In Hollywood, where she has
coached long line of stars be-
fore and since Clark Gable, she
is known by her maiden name.
ElSew h ere she's apt to be
called Mrs. Gable and that
doesn't set so well.
There's nothing dramatic or
romantic about Josephine Dill
Ions appearance, no attempt to
look younger. She dresses sim
ply, speaks in a gentle, cul-
tured voice. Modest about her
self, she has only kind words
for her former husband. He
has worked hard and deserves
his success, she says.
This winter Miss Dillon is
taking over a new iob-teach-
ing dramatics to the girls at
Christian College, Columbia.
Mo. The course will not be
geared towards producing pro-
fessional actresses. She hopes
to steer those who want ca
reers into teaching. There is
actually a dearth of college
trained dramatics teachers, she
believes.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25
COUNCIL ORDERS
new FIRE TRUCK
AT $4,000 COST
Ordinance Providing Bond
Refindneing Passes at
Special Meeting

juneau CITY Codflcilmen at a
special meeting last night decid-
ed to purchase new 750-gallon
Ahrens-Fox fire truck from the
Connors Motors Company for ST.
100, FOB. Cincinnati. The truck
will cost about $1,000 delivered.
.Councilmen passed an ordinance
providing for retiring s129,0oO in
six percent school and sewer bonds
and issuing them at three percent,
effecting an annual saving for the
first year alone of $3.50 in in
terest. The saving will be applied
to retiring the principal
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25
TIRE BLOW OUT
TOUGH FOR TWO

MURF'REESBORO, Tenn, Jan.
25.-M. B. Hollandsworth, State
Highway Department employee, and
VIII Kidney still aren't sure how
it happened, but they found them
selves in a hospital-each with a
broken left arm.
AS near as they can figure it out,
Hollandsworth was changing tire
on a large truck. Kidney came up
to lend him a tool and was stand
ing by. watching, when the tire
blew Off
Hollandsworth was knocked I'M
conscious and his left arm broken.
The rim or one of the heavy Tugs
hit Ridley, fracturing his left arm
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25
RECIPE FOR
LONG life

OAKLAND, Cal, Jan. 25. = DR..
s. j. Won Hirsch is 103 years old,
and says he still likes to kiss the
girls when he gets a chance. He
also recommends plenty of walk
ing, cold bath every day, and a
nip Of liquor now and then"
Dr. Won Hirsch was conductor of
the orchestra of New York's Met
ropolitan Opera company in the
COS and later studied and prac-
ticed medicine.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25
OF
H00NAH, ANG00N
INCREASING FAST
Census Report Shows Large
Gains for Southeast
Indian Villages

Further impressive increases in
the Indian population of Alaska
were reported today by Supervisor
j. P. Anderson of the Bureau of
the Census.
The population OF Hoonah is 704,
as compared with 514 ten years
ago
Angoon has grown from 319 in
1880 to 366 today.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25
GOLD RUSH
HIT5(ELLAR

PLACERvILLE. CAL, Jan. 25.--
When a big steam shovel started
excavation for new post office here,
it also started gold rush. Old tim
ers rushed to the scene and started
panning the piles of gravel for gold,
known as Hangtown in gold rush
days, Placerville is in the center
OF mining region and much of the
ground on which it stands is auri-
/ 'erous.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25
TOM G00DCHILD,
FRITZ COVE ROAD
RESIDENT, dies
Body Found by Neighbor-
Had Lived in Alaska
Since 1897

Thomas j. Goodchild, rs, was
found dead in his cabin on the
Fritz Cove road today by Larry
Fitzpatrick a neighbor
U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray
went back with Fitzpatrick this
afternoon to get the body.
Goodchild had lived in Alaska
since 1897. He was a well known
dog-musher in Interior Alaska be-
fore moving here. He was born at
Eugene, oregon.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25
HOUSE PASSES
DEFICIENCY BILL;
ALSO new FUND
Bio Sum Appropriated 10
Run Treasury and
Post Office

WASHINGTON. Jan. rs. - The
House today passed the $58,OOO'0oo
deficiency bill TO provide money for
naval armament and Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau tax funds.
The House also passed Sl,0o2,-
100000 appropris Jon to finance the
Treasury and Post Office depart
ments for the fiscal year beginning
July l
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25
BORDER JUMPER
GETS THE SACK

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Jan. 25.-
immigration officials are weary of
supplying clothing to naked men and
boys who swim the Rio Grande
from Mexico and try to dodge i'm
migration officers
When a 12-year-old boy swan the
river recently and was captured the
officers took burlap bag, cut head
and arm holes in it and sent him
back to his Mexican home attired
in the costume.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25

ing pistol on another, was being
tried, the complainant listened to
lawyers argue until he got the hang
of things. Then, when the defend
ant denied the charge, the complain
ant arose from his seat and inter-
posed: Your honor, please, 1 object
to all that" The judge warned the
complainant he must be quiet or go
to jail himself.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25
SALVAGE

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 25.-Vir-
GINA County welfare departments
have found rich source of contain
ers for preserved fruits and vegeta-
bles. Police departments have turn
ed over hundreds of half-gallon jars
= the famed containers of the
South's illegal "moonshine liquor"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25
STEADY

WAxAHACHIE, Tex, Jan. 25.-B.
c. Lancaster, SO, recently paid taxes
for the 73rd consecutive year on
farm near Sterrett He has been a
resident. of Ellis County since his
arrival in 1854 in covered wagon
After the Civil War in 1865 he bor-
rowed money from his father. pur-
chased the Sterrett farm and has
owned it since.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25

I'm a missionary. really, and
at Christian College I'll get a
chance to tell something to
those boys and girls who are
about to set out for Hollywood.
"I'll tell them to stay home
until they have good general
educations. They should 60 to
college if they can. But above
all they have to learn how to
work. They should give them
selves time to grow up.
Its very bad. Thousands OF
youngsters of high-school age
are Swarming into Hollywood
We have no use for them. They
completely underestimate what
they are facing.
t'My work has been in large
part keeping actors and ac-
9resses up with the needs of the
market. Technical things about
the camera and lights change
from year to year and the actors
must adjust themselves.
"Then there are many who
come from the stage or from Eu-
rope. / revamp them for the
screen. There was Nelson Eddy.
for instance my. but he's a
nice man-he's been in grand
opera. ;.
Sometimes they sing out of
the side of their mouths it
shows up on the screen. Some
times their breathing's old-fash-
toned the chest goes up and
down. Some have habit of
wig-wagging an eyebrow. ! fix
them up. The studios call me
the clinic
scouraging to see SO many people
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25

moderate disturbance which has moving
the
trail
tude 1853
Alaska with light Islands
light this portion of Southeast
Strong eaerly along the coast from
20
26.-Sunrie am; sunset 4:o7 pm
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25

plants grown in houses should
be watered thoroughly, and then
not watered again until the sur
face of the soil is somewhat dry.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25

In the Argentine, the average
farm is eight times as big as the
average farm in he United
States.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25

Il love Hollywood is discouragng people
of work There there and only 400 hold
sort of can't get the people
who hire Why I've had right this OF
former students Nobody him. I'm convinced he's the
next Clark Gable-n he gets chance"
By MARY NORRIS APP Feature Service Photographer
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25
HINTS To
HOUSEWIVES

Keep the broiling pan in your oven
as clean as any other of your kitchen
utensile. After using it, wash it in
plenty of hot water and soap suds.
Dry it perfectly before returning
to the oven Any moisture left on
the pan might cause rust in the
oven.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25

oven.
Lightly waxed woodwork cuts down
cleaning. Rub spots that are handled
areas around door
knobs and Windows-With a thin
oat of floor wax This forms a pro-
tective coating, making it very easy
to wipe off finger marks.
For the fireside supper pass small
rolls, toasted and heaped up with
diced had-cooked eggs mixed into a
very savory, cream sauce. With the
care. the guests can eat the rolls
in the fingers. Hot fruit juice, sugar
cookies and cracked nuts or popped
corn go with this.
Spread a little apple sauce or
crushed pineapple over cooked sliced
sweet potatoes placed in shallow
buttered casserole and bake them
is minutes. This goes deliciously
with hot or cold baked or boiled
ham and ties up equally well with
lamb or veal chops.
Try this new topper for your next
fruit cobbler: Mix in y cup of
granted cheese, 4 cup broken nut
meats and l teaspoon grated orange
rind to each IL cups of crust mix
ture. You may need about a tea
spoon more liquid than usually call
ed for, but add it sparingly.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25
CAREFUL, THERE

ROANOKE, Va. Jan 25,-Wh'le
the defendant. charged with draw
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25
o. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU
THE WEATHER
by the U. S. Weather sureau)

Forecast for vicinity, pm, %:
temperature degrees
Southeast
northerly
Forecast OF A La SIX
Winds the from Dixon
souheasterly Stka Kodiak eastery
probably increasing Friday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25
GOOD DOG

BUTTE. Mont, Jan. 25-Dolores
Smith, IL. and her dog. Patty de-
cided to take a little walk in the
forest when the family stopped in
the hills near here while out riding
The little child led the way. Soon
she was lost, the dog following pa
tiently at her heels.
Finally, after several hours, when
the dog realized they were lost. he
took the lead and brought Dolores
back to her worried family just as
darkness was setting.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-01-25

The Bureau of Biological Sur
vey reports that only about $50
head of the once numerous and
picturesque Texas longhorn cat
tie still survive
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Gen. Johnston Dies;
Former Commissioner

Gen. John A. Johnston, 81, U. S. A.,
retired, a former District Commits
sioner and organizer of numerous
inaugural parades in Washington
died this afternoon in Mount Alto
Hospital.
Gen. Johnston served a four-year
term as a member of the Board of
District Commissioners, beginning
in 1910.
He organized all presidential
inaugural parades from that of
President Cleveland in 1893 to Pres
ident Taft. Retiring from the Army
in 1903, he was called into service
during the World War as COM
mander of the New England Depart
ment and subsequently the 34th Di-
vision of the American Expedi-
tionary Forces.
In 1882 he was married to Mrs
Zella M. Barnes. then director OF
the District Of Columbia Chapter
Of the American Red Cross.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Coal Gas Kills Woman;
Dauohter Overcome

A partially open window in their
second-floor bedroom, which caused
draft and brought fumes from a
coal furnace in the cellar, is believed
to have brought death early today
to Mrs. Harvey Howard Ellis, 33.
of 500 Concord avenue NV, and
seriously poisoned her 16-year-old
daughter, Betty Jane Ellis, stu
dent at Roosevelt High School.
Discovery of the tragedy came
about $50 am. when fellow stu
dents of Betty Jane called to ac-
company her to school. Mr.. Ellis,
linotype operator at the Washing
ton Daily News, unharmed as he
slept in another room, was aroused.
He found his wife dead in bed and
his daughter unconscious on the
floor nearby.
The Ellis pet spitz, Duke, was
found dead in the kitchen, appar-
emily a victim of gas poisoning also.
Betty Jane was taken to the home
of her grandmother, Mrs. w. L. Tur-
ner, at 1866 Perry place NV, where
attending physicians said that her
condition was serious.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
| is investigating the case.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Heir to Henderson $2OO,OOO
In Jail for Lack of $500
$4,000 Still Due
Ex-Secretory Whose
AIimony Is Unpoid
By WILLIAM A. MILLEN.

Jesse S. Shima, "a, the Japanese
secretary who was willed $20O,0O0 by
the late Mrs. Mary F. Henderson,
and later agreed to accept $67 500
in full payment, has been in District
Jail since August Is because of in
ability to post $500 bond, 1t was
disclosed today when Justice F
Dickinson Let's overruled Mr..
Shima's move to quash writ COM
pelling him to remain in Washing
ton or post the bond. The justice
also turned down Mr.. Shima's re-
quest to advance a divorce case
against him out of its regular order.
Balance of $4,000.
There is a balance of some $4,000
Que Mr.. Shima under the Hender-
son agreement, but his lawyers say
he cannot touch that, as it is tied up
by court order.
Just how long Mr.. Shima will
have to remain in District Jail-fail-
ing his putting up the $500 bond
is problematical, as his lawyers say
now that his case will not come
up, in the ordinary course, for eight
months to year.
Arrears $525.
Mrs. Sobretta Brown Shima, 33,
1914 Linden street NE, as his wife,
brought suit in District Court
against Mr.. Shima for limited di-
vorce and alimony. Her attorney,
Richard E. Wellford, contends that
Mr.. Shima is now in arrears for $525,
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Bar Allies Help
To Firms, Reich
Warns Scandinavia
Germon Newspapers Tell
Sweden and Norway to
Clarity Positions
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Jan. 5.-Deep concern
over developments in Scandinavian
countries was expressed in Germany
today as Sweden and Norway were
warned in a new press campaign,
bearing an official tinge. against
permitting British and French mill
tary aid to pass through to Finland
The two northern countries were
told to clarity their positions
The allies were accused of using
the covenant of the League Of Ma
tions. under which aid was promised
to Finland by League states. as a
screen to involve Norway and Swe-
den in the war against Germany
In the Nazi view, the aid the
allies say they are going to give
Finland can mean only transporta-
ton through Sweden and Norway
This, the NaziS assert, means a
British-French foothold in Scan
dinavia against the Reich.
The northern states, Nazis said,
are being promised League aid if
they become involved in the war as
the result of assisting Finland.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
D. T.. Officials Prepare
To Collect | 10 80 Tax
On Public S Income
114,060 Forms to Go Out
Beginning Monday;
Sums Due March IS
BY DON S. WARREN.

District officials today were per-
fecting arrangements for admins
tration OF the Districts new income
tax. The 5 per cent fiat rate cor
porate income tax already is in
effect for some business concerns,
under a ruling on conclusion of their
1889 fiscal year, but the personal
levy will be Cue in full on or before
March Is.
Beginning Monday the Office of Tax
Assessor Edward A. Dent will begin
mailing out to l14000 or more per-
sons the tax income form. This list
has been compiled from last years
Federal income returns from Wash
ingtUn residents, against which re-
turns to the District will be checked.
The income levies do not apply to
persons who are found to be DOM
iciled" in any place other than the
District, regardless whether any or
all of their income is derived from
the District.
Presumably this would exempt
Federal and District government
workers, and other persons working
in the District who live in Maryland
and Virginia and even those resid-
ing physically within the District if
they can show that they hold legal
residence back home Members of
Congress would be excluded by the
operation of this rule. it is said, al
though as yet there has been no
legal ruling on this point
Legal Residence Cases Many.
The doubtful number of persons
actually living here but claiming
legal residence in the States is one
OF the principal reasons why esti-
mates of the revenues raised by the
levy are uncertain. Thousands of
cases are expected to be considered
on this "domicile" issue.
District officials are urging all
prospective taxpayers to fill out
and mail in return, but to help
persons who need advice as many
as Is clerks will be placed on duty
dt tne DlSCflcC BullQlng.
These clerks later will be placed
at desks in. the corridors of the
first floor mot the basement floor
| At present inquirers are being sent
to the office of the income tax and
old business privilege tax units. at
the southeast corner of the base
ment floor. Callers now are num-
bering about 10 day.
When the demand gets too great
to be handled there, Mr.. Dent said,
consultation desks will be set up in
the first-floor corridors.
Forms Similar to Federal Blanks.
The form sheets are rather SIM
liar to those used by the Federal
Government, with some exceptions.
District officials are advising all
persons who have any question of
tax liability to fill out return as a
safeguard against severe penalties
for late returns. The District rate
on personal net income ranges from
l to per cent.
In the several forms for personal
income, as well as in the others for
partnerships and corporations, the
District has provided detailed in
Structions.
The following is found at the be-
ginning of the personal income
| blanks:
For each taxable year a return of
income shall be made by every in
(See INCOME TAX, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Gas From Broken Main
0vercomes 8 During NIGH
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 5.-Eight
persons were in serious condition in
City Hospital today after being
overcome by gas seeping into their
homes from a broken main as they
lay asleep during the night.
Police said the main is believed
to have cracked as a result of the
coolest weather of the winter. The
Municipal Airport reported 8 below
zero at $50 am.
The escaping gas, kept under
ground by the frozen surface, seeped
through cracks in the ground and
along pipe lines into Easements in
the vicinity. Several residents were
awakened and called police, who
spread an alarm.
IS Several policemen and firemen
were affected by the fumes and
needed treatment.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Red Threat to Split
Finland Is Ended
By THOMAS F. HAWKINS,

ASSO, ia ed I'reSS + or y tOfreSpn NN7llt.
WITH FINNISH FORCES ON
THE LAKE KIANTA FRONT. Jan
5.-The Firms apparently held the
initiative in rowing, hit-and-run
war YESTERDAY deep in the brooding
forests along both sides Of the
frontier in this wild northland.
Skiing Finnish patrols were re-
ported to have cut the Murmansk
railroad at several places after
forays deep into Soviet territory
The railroad is the only supply line
to harassed Red Army forces in the
far north.
The raids against the railroads
which winds through the lake
dotted Russian wilderness at dis
tances of from so to $50 miles from
the border, were said to have been
part of an encircling drive by Firms
pursuing remnants of the routed
163d Russian Division.
Hand to- Hand Skirmishing.
The crushing defeat of the Rus
sian column on frozen Lake Kianta
ended, at least temporarily, the RED
Armys threat of splitting Finland
in two with drive across her mar
row waist and opened the way
for the Finnish sallies.
With the main bodies of both
armies lying back now, the fight
ing has been largely hand o-hand
guerrilla skirmishes between ski SOL
dierS, mostly in Russia, and am
bushes by White-clad Firms who
swoop in sudden attacks and
vanish.
There no longer is a well-dehned
battle line in this meandering war
fare in a zone that takes 40 hours
to tour by automobile.
War and peace mingle strangely
close to the embattled areas. Along
the roads to the front of the Arctic
darkness one sees milkmaid or
the way to her morning chores and
returning at night, the automo.
bile's headlights pick out boy
pumping bicycle.
Occasionally q reindeer slips
across the one good road to the
tSee FINLAND, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Sub-Zero Temperatures
Sweep Over Middle West
BY the Associated Press.

oy Tie ASSoCldtco HlcoS.
A wedge of sub-zero weather, in
some districts the coolest in three
years, drove eastward from the
Plains States today, giving the
weather map its oldest appearance
of the season.
While the temperature in Lower
Michigan sank as far as an unofficial
below zero at Jackson, the weather
in the north central part of the
State was almost mild. Ludington.
q Lake Michigan port, reported %
above.
The frigid belt, extending early
today from central Nebraska to
Ohio, drove the mercury below zero
in Chicago for the first time since
February 10, 1896. 1t was below
at 4 am. and down-State, at De-
catur, IL below was reported.
The cold wave in Ohio was the
severest since 1886, with zero tenn
peratures reported at Cincinnati
and Toledo. 1t was S below at Ma
poleon-and the townfolk had to
eat cold breakfasts after a gas
feeder main cracked.
New England had some cold spots
of its own, ranging from 10 below
in the north to 16 above at Bos-
ton. A north-northwest hurricane,
racing through zero temperatures,
reached 80 miles per hour at the
Mount Washington, N. H., observa-
tory.
A snowstorm swept Northern
West Virginia and Western Penn
Sylvania, depositing from 2 to 3
inches of snow. Syracuse, N. Y,
had snow for the seventh consecu-
tive day, bringing the weeks fall
to IS inches. New York City es.
capped with,a light snow and fore
cast Of slightly warmer weather.