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Evening star., 1940-06-05
Capital Financiers
aveCity Today
For Hot Springs, Va.
Four-Doy ConeIove
Opens at Homestead
Tomorrow Morning
BY EDWARD c. STONE.

Members and guests of the District
OF Columbia Bankers Association
who will attend the 22d annual
convention 10 be held at Hot Springs,
Va, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday will leave the Union Station
this afternoon at $50 aboard
bankers special The conclave
opens at $50 tomorrow morning.
The list of members and guests was
announced today as follows:
Evening star., 1940-06-05
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK. June 5-Dividends de-
clared. prepared by Fitch Publishing Co.:
Extra.
Evening star., 1940-06-05
Chicago Cash Wheat

Chicago Cash Wheat
Cash wheat no sales Corn No. ! mixe%
69l4; No. ] yellow. 65-67: No. >. 65-66l.;
No white: !5a4: sample grade, 65l7.
No ' 3 35st No az sn1pIe Tn11e ds go
white. 34l7: Mailing barley $3.50. NOM
inal; feed, 4O-4s nominal
Winnipeg Prices
WINNIPEG. June S GP,.-Grain range
today:
WHEAT High Low Close. Close,
July 745. 14I. AS S5L
OATS
July 3l3, 31Ia 3Is. 2Is
Wheat, No. l Northern 13ss: No .
IO7s; No; 3. 6,ls. Oats, No. wkite, 3l7s
No. 3, 3Oss
Baltimore Quotations
, BALTIMORE, June ) tP.-Wheat. No
= RED winter, garlicky. spot, domestic eJ a.
Evening star., 1940-06-05
New York Bar Silver

NEW YORK, June S R).-Bar
silver, 34A; unchanged.
Evening star., 1940-06-05
Motor, Plane and Steel
Issues Are Boosted
Above Days Lows
Stock Averages

CO. Stock Range Since 1927:
1937-3s. 1925. 1921-2o
High - 1873 1913 1917
Low - 1877 1863 61.3
ompiled by the Associated pressJ
New 1910 lows.
Evening star., 1940-06-05
Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK June 5 tP,.-Natiol
soclatlon Securities Dealers, Inc.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
ALASKA PUBLIC
HEALTH COUNCIL
ORGANIZED HERE
New Advisory Body Holds
First Meeting at
Health Center

Organization of an Alaska Public
Health Council as a permanent body
to act as lay advisory committee to
the Territorial Depart ment of
Health was completed in Juneau this
week
The new group neio us first meet
ing Tuesday night at the Health
Center, considering proposed health
legislation, especially legalization
Of the department. At late" meet
ing proposal for hospital pro-
gram in Alaska will be discussed.
Members of the Council, repre-
senting Alaska organizations and
Federal and Territorial agencies,
include John Reck. Claude M. Hirst,
the Rev. c. Edward Knight, Curtis
Shattuck, Mrs John Mccormick,
DR.. Langdon White, Anthony E.
Karnes. E. M. Policy Mrs. Russell
Hermann, E. l.. Bartlett, DR.. George
Freeburger and DR.. w. P. Blanton.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
DR.. SMITH GOING
TO PUBLIC HEALTH
MEET IN DETROIT

Dr.. Courtney Smith, Assistant
Terrific rial Commissioner of Health,
will leave tonight on the steamer
Alaska tc spend week in Ketchi-
kan ealing with special public
health disease control problems.
From Ketchikan DR.. Smith will
90 to Detroit to attend special
conference on maternal and child
health and crippled children at the
American Public Health Association
annual meeting. He has also been
invited to take part in special meet
lngs concerning veneereal disease
control and general disease control
with reference to the national de-
Tense program.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
Strike on
Bus Lines
Ended Now
Drivers Vote 10 Return 10
Work After Five
Months Strife

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 26.
The five months strike of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men against the Pacific Greyhound
Bus Lines has ended. Striking
drivers last night voted to return
to work. Pickets were withdrawn
from Greyhound terminals in seven
Western states affected by the
strikes. All drivers who quit their
jobs last May returned to work this
morning.
A settlement of the dispute viii
be negotiated.
The Greyhound strike was
marked by sporadic outbreaks OF
violence which caused at least one
death and many injuries.
The railroad brotherhood dis
claimed all responsibility for the
violence.
The strike resulted from juris-
dictional dispute between the train :
men and the AFL Union OF Street
Railway and Motor Coach En-
ployees.
The Greyhound company ignored
a National Labor Relations Board
order certifying the trainmen as
the official bargaining agency
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
MORE TROUBLES
FOR BARRYMORE

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 90
New hearing on Actor John Bar
rymcre's extremely involved finan-
cial affairs was set today for Oc-
tober 8. At that time attorneys for
Barrymore, his employees and his
creditors will attempt TO arrange a
settlement satisfactory to every one.
Meanwhile, Barrymore will be de-
prived Of his weekly $1,000 to cover
his normal living expenses. The pay
ments had been made through a
bankruptcy referee. from the i'm
pounded 5000 weekly salary he re-
ceives.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
Consolidation Of
Rebekah Lodges
Held Last Night

Marking the consolidation OF the
Douglas and Juneau Rebekah lodges,
a ceremony, preceded by dinner,
was held last evening in the 10.
OF. Hail.
Over 100 individuals attended the
dinner and enjoyed program ar
ranged by Mrs. w. c. Jensen, Mrs.
Norman Callow and Miss Randi
Mower. Vocal selections we're given
by Miss Merle Janice Schroeder, ac-
companied by Miss Ruth McVay at
the piano. Mrs. Edith Sheelor spoke
briefly On The Origin Of the Re-
bekah Lodge and piano numbers
were played by Miss Kathleen Carl
son.
A regular lodge meeting and con-
sclidaticn service was then held and
during the business session Mrs.
Ettty Mccormick was elected to
represent the organization at the
Gastineau Health Council.
Members of the Douglas Lodge
who were present for the consol;da
ton included Mesdames Astrid Fen
messy, Josephine Langseth. Eliza
beth Davis Mary Holmquist, Linda
SCHNEIDER, Vera Mead, Gertrude
Laughlin, Anna Loken Gertrude
jewell, Elsie Waldahl, Anna Pu-
SIGH. Madeline Reid. Maize Paul,
Ella DeRouX and Mr.. Lester Rink.
Especially honored was Mrs. Cert
rude Laughlin, who was a member
of the Douglas lodge when it was
organized Al years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
NIpp0NE5E
LANDARMY
PEACEFULLY
French Get Thanks and Ex-
Cuse PIedses : Don't
Fir eShot, Indo- China

HAIPHONG, French o-China,
Sept 26-Two thousand japanese
troops were landed this morning
six miles from this port without
firing shot and without meeting
French resistance.
The landing was made after three
japanese planes bombed the nearby
railroad crossing, killing or wound
ing Is natives.
Shortly after noon the Japanose
troops, led by squadron CT light
tanks, m r h e d to quarters the
French had provided, and the Jap
anese commander paid respects to
the French officers. expressing re-
grets at the aerial bombing, which
he said had been mistake.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
NAVY TO BUILD e
DAM, p|pEpL|NE
FOR BASE. 5ITkA
Civ and Naval Station Will
Share Cost OF New
Wafer System

A cooperative agreement whereby
the Navy will construct a water
system at Sitka for the use of both
the naval station and the town was
reached this week during a visit of
Gov. Ernest Gruening to the His
toric City.
The Governor flew to Sitka Tues
day and returned yesterday, max
ing the trip in Navy plane from
AUX Bay.
The Navy Will build dam and
install an eight-inch water pipe.
The City of Sitka will pay the diff
ference between the cost of putting
in a six-inch pipe, which would
have been sufficient to the Nays
purpose, and the eight-inch.
The project is expected to cost
the Navy about $4,000 and Sitka
SIS ,0Oc.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
More French
Go 10 JAIL;
vithy Fight

VICHY, France, ept. 26. - The
Petain government announced to-
day that Popular Front Senator
Max Dormoy and Deputies Jules
Moch, Solomon Brunbach and Vim
cent Auriol have been confined to
administrative internment.'
Auriol was Finance Minister, Dor
moy Interior Minister under the
Blum Popular Front government.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
KING CHRISTIAN
IS CELEBRATING,
FORCED METHOD

COPENHAGEN, Spet. &c. = King
Christian the Tenth of Denmark
celebrated his 10th birthday today
with his country under control of
Nazi Germany. Chancellor Hitler
.elegraphed a greeting.
Danish towns were decorated with
flags and flowers but the cele-
bra tons appeared rather forced.
King Christian is brother of King
Haakon of Nazi-occupied Norway
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26

bearing on the reported collabora-
ton.
Fall Of Gibraltar
Informed quarters in Rome point
ed out that the fall of Gibraltar,
guard TO the west gate Of the Medi-
terranean Sea. will enable German
troops to cross the narrow strait
at Gibraltar to North Africa, thus
facilitating the Axis powers widely
heralded program Of breaking Eng
lands hold ON the Dark Continent.
Other developments in the inter-
ntional picture broke swiftly with
Great Britain smarting under o
withdrawal from Dakar after a
three-day naval siege and sending
her bombers over Berlin in the long
est raid of the war on the German
capital
British Fleet Damaged
Authorized French quarters at
Vichy said heavy damage was in
ilicted on the British naval squadron
at Dakar, making it impossible for
the British to continue the attacks
without reinforcements from fleet
units which are needed elsewhere.
The French Admiralty reported
three british warships were hit at
Dakar, the 20, 900 t on battlesh p
Resolution, the 31,000-ton battleship
Barham and the 10000-ton heavy
cruiser Kent.
In addition, the 32,000-ton battle
cruiser Renown is reported to have
been badly damaged by a direct
bomb hit during a French air raid
on Gibraltar.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
THEY BROKE EVEN

lands. N. C.-When a scat
fold broke and hurled A. B. Wea-
yer, a contractor, and two of mis-
men to the ground the right
leg of the three was broken just
above the ankle. The break was
in exactly the same place on the
leg of each man.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
SOUNDS IsHY, BUT

FREDERICK, Md-Ed Mack
ley's auto ran over and killed a
Az pound bass on Dublin Road.
Yes. you heard us Ed produced
the fish, which had got into a
puddle on the road when the Mon
ocacy River overlooked.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26

With fear s.ill stamped on his
pudgy face. Vito Gurlno. accusec
If being triggerman for Murdc--
inc.. stands before the desk IN a
Brooklyn police statian. where n
was booked for two killings. MIR.
hours earlier he had run i1to a
church. screaming for ne y
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
QUICK WITH THE DEAD

KANSAS CITY.-A southeastern
Kansas merchant should be classed
alongside the fellow who first sold
the Eskimo refrigerator. He sold
an undertaken two pairs of pants
with a suit for corpse.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
DAYS AMBULANCE
DONATIONS BEAT
PREVIOUS RECORD
Total Now S124. so Toward
Juneau Gift for
English Town

Contributions to the Juneau trail
er ambulance fund were swelled to-
day to double the total at press
time yesterday, giving a total OF
s124.5O towards $3.50 ambulance to
be given by the people of Juneau to
small town in England.
Several Douglas contributors sent
in their donations toward the cause,
making the effort one of the Chan
mel district as whole
Contributions have been as fol-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
LOUHELEN IN

The halibuter Louhelen came ia
from the banks today with load
of black cod which was discharged
at the local cold storage.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
SWING YOUR PARTNERS

OSCEOLA. Ark.-There's gill
for every boy in Osceola's elemen-
tary school this year-133 of each.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
TONIGHT ENDS
HALIBUT YEAR

At midnight tonight, halibut fish
ermen will be through for the year
with Area Three, last area to close,
coming to its 1910 end at that time.
A few boats are yet to come in
from the Gulf banks embraced by
Area Three, but only few Juneau
boats are still out, the bulk of the
fleet having stopped work on ground
gear in favor of salmon trolling
when Area Two, with it's protected
inner waters, was closed earlier.
Halle Selassie of Ethiopia has
been called Mr.. Tafari" while in
exile.
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TAkANA TAKES
LUMBER CARGO
FROM JUNEAU

The building boom at Anchorage,
now probably at its peak, is re-
Elected in steady lumber shipments
from Southeast Alaska mills to
the Westward.
The steamer Tanana is in port
this afternoon loading 100000 feet
of lumber at the Juneau Lumber
Mills wharf for the firms Anchor
age yards and for mining con-
Germ at WaSilla.
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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-26
Spain Will
FIGHT With
AxI5FR0NT
Bo(kdoor Invasion Of Glib
raItdr by German
Troops in 0ffing

Continued from Page One)
Evening star., 1940-03-22

Business Federation
Asks Local Man.
As Commissioner
SoIes- Income Tux
For District Again
Is Indorsed

Appointment Of a local man as
District Commissioner to succeed
George E. Allen was urged last night
by the Federation of Businessmen's
Associations acting on a motion by
B Houston McCeney at the meeting
held in the Continental Hotel.
Louis l.. Bowdler. president Of the
federation. and Theodore S. Grape
were suggested for the position. 1t
was pointed out in the discussion
that the federation previously had
gone on record in favor of the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Grape.
The combination sales and income
tax hill. which has been approved by
the House District Committee, again
was Endorsed on the motion of ].
Nelson Anderson. chairman of the
Law and Legislation Committee. The
federation also Endorsed the Ke-
fauver bill to appoint a public de-
fender for the District,
The federation accepted into men,
bership bv unanimous vote the Dis
trict of Columbia Trucking Associa-
ton. on motion of William J. Mile
ham. vice president of the fedora
ton: the District of Columbia Fu-
neral Directors Association, on mo-
ton Of Mr.. Mileham, and the Elec-
trical Contractors Association. on
motion of l.. r. Colburn, president of
the Connecticut Avenue Business
mems Association. The name of the
Evening star., 1940-03-22

The first rule of the road Is cour-
tesy.
Evening star., 1940-03-22
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. FRIDAY,

Retail Hardware Merchants Asso-
citation of the District was received
too late to be acted on.
Reiteration of its stand for a
licensing law for funeral directors
and emblamers in the District. as
embodied in the Bolles bill, was
voiced by the group. The plan of
Representative Schultz to create
special squad Of Is experienced
policemen to escort the President on
his visits about Washington and to
be available for service at foreign
embassies and legations was in
dorsed, but with request for so
policemen instead Of Is sought by
Mr.. Schultz. The federation also
supported Maj Ernest w. Browns
request for an increase in the pres
ent police personnel
Announcement of the annual out
ing by steamer to Marshall Hall on
July Is was made.
The Park View Businessmen's As
sociation entertained.
The first rule of the road Is cour.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-04
|. SLAGENWH|TE
TAKEN BY DEATH
SEIZED WITH HEART ATTACK
WHILE AT WORK; RITES
WILL BE WEDNESDAY

Louis F. Slagenwhite. while at
work at the city waterworks this
morning was seized with heart
attack and after being taken to
his home, succumbed in about 90
minutes. He had resided at POI
Oak St. Ypsilanti. about 10 years.
Mr.. Slagenwhite was born Jan.
16, 1861 the son of John and
Katherine Shick Slagenwhite, IN
Lycoming County, Pa. He was
married 46 years ago TO Miss Mary
Smith, Williamsport, Pa.
He is survived by his wife: two
sons. Floyd n. Slagenwhite and
Cecil r. Slagenwhite; four grand
children. Mrs. Nyland Bovan
(Freda), and Mrs. Finous Wray
Mary. daughters of Mr.. aid Mrs.
Floyd y, Slagenwhite and william
and Larry Slagenwhite, sons OF Mr..
and Mrs. Cecil Slagenwhite; one
sister. Mrs. Ida Miller. Endicott, n.
Y: and brother, Norman Slagen.
white. Kalamazoo.
Funeral services will take place
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock
at the ]. +. Moore Funeral Home,
and friends may call until Wednes-
day morning at 1890 at the Slagen-
white home. pol Oak st. Rev.
William r. Shaw will ofliciate. and
burial will be in Highland Gene
terry.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-04
W|LLK|E WOULD
SET TERM LIMIT
ON PRESIDENCY

Continued from Page One)
IL the power of the bosses be not
out.voted. -
Voters must remember that
their vote Is secret and may not be
learned by any man. They can
vote as they please. regardless OF
the party in which they may he
registered.
He will close his campaign in a
program by the associated Willk,e
Clubs over all four major radio
networks from midnight to / a.
m. (EST). This program will orig
mate from Broadway theater
RitD.
Willkie made his last public cam
paign appearance Saturday night
before a crowd which packed Madi
son Square Garden. He was given
an l1-minute ovation upon arriv-
ing with his wife. and had to pause
frequently in his address when the
audience started chantig We want
Willkie".
Reiterating his contention that
the Roosevelt Administration was
leading the country toward the des-
truction of democracy, Willkie quot
ed a 1886 statement of Mr.. Roose-
welt that in his second adminstrd-
ton he hoped forces of selhshness
and "lust for power" would meet
their master.
II do not ask to be any mans
master" Willkie declared. "Peo-
pie of America, ask you to make
me your servant"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-04
Four Hour Balancing
Act Compared to That
Lasting Eight Years

A 55-year-old Ypsilanti man is
being held at the sheriff's depart
ment in Ann -Arbor for mental
examination after city police found
him attempting to balance 14-foot
plank in the palms of his hands.
One end of the plank rested
against the house and had worn a
mark in the siding The man him
self had worn a path two inches
deep in the lawn after having spent
four hours attempting to balance
the plank, which weighed over 100
pounds.
-passerby-s summed the sitHa-
ton. He said, Roosevelt tries to
balance the budget for eibht years
and they try to reflect him Presi-
dent This man tries to balance a
plank four hours and they give him
a mental examination"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-04
MERIT PROPOSAL
ROTARY subject

Continued from Page Onel
legislature and gives it to a com
mission Of four men.
The principal of the merit system
and civil service may be right. but
this particular bill is too far reach.
ing. dangerous and should be de
feated.
These are some of the comments
following the address today by Prof
A. W. Bromage. Ann Arbor, before
the Rotary Club. In a studied pres
entation of the merits OF the meas
ure. Prof. Bromage' stressed the
need OF merit system TO replace
the so-called spoils system, but It
was pointed out that the spOils sys-
TEN does not mean that men are
shifted in positions OF responsible
ity with each change of party
power. State office workers. hos.
pital employees, and hundreds Of
others stay on regardless of politi-
cal affiliation so long as their work
is satisfactory. 1t was stated.
Prof. Bromage praised the pro
posal and urged its adoption. but
comment at the close OF his address
indicated that sentiment Of the
club was strongly against a measure
giving so much power into the
Lands OF a single small commission
and assessing new taxes TO raise
huge sums OF money for these men
70 spend each year as they might
choose
Guests today were Ed. German.
Wayne, and G A Curtis, Saline.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-04
Livestock

Detroit, Mich. Nov. Cattle
Receipts for week. 1921. Choice
to prime yearlings. dry fed,
$l1.50913.25; good to choice year
'lings. dry fed. slO.5O@1l.5O; choice
to prime heavy Steers, dry fed,
Sll50d 1925: good to choice heavy
steers, dry fed, $l0.504ll.50; short
fed steers. sS.50G9.50: fair to good
grass steers and heifers. $3.50 a
$50; best cows. s5.75 q 6; fair
to good beef cows. $3.50 SIS; can
ner and cutter cows. So q 3;
old rims. SO down; best light but
cher bulls, s7Q725; best heavy
bologna bulls. s6.75@7; medium
weight bologna bulls, $3.50 SIS;
light common bulls. sjm6; stock
bulls. s5.50G6.50; good choice
stockers and feeders SS@11; COM
mon to fair stockers and feeders,
SEA $50; mixers and springers. $50
QSO
Receipts for week, 2.135.
Best. s12.50; fair to good, 81 a.
II; seconds. SEA 1850; culls and
common. $6m9.
Sheep and lambs Weekly re-
ceipts l1.34S; best 80 a 9.25; fair
TO good IS a SIS; second, 81 a
s; grass yearlings. SIS a 6; best
sheep, SS.75a425; heavy fat sheep.
S2.50M3.50. 'culls and common, 81
M250.
Hogs Weekly receipts. GAS.
Good and choice 230-250 lbs, $3.50 +;
good and choice 52O-270 lbs. SOLO;
good and choice 200-2S0 lbs. 500;
good and choice 270-300 lbs. S.
good and choice 10000 lbs, $3.50:
heavies. 300-325 lbs. $3.50; heayies,
325-35O lbs, $3.50; heavies. 350-4CO
lbs. 1918; extreme heavies. $5.65 /;
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-04
In Wall Street
DEALINGS ON STOCK
MARKET COlORlESS

New York, Nov. -INS-Ini-
tial stock market dealings today
gave promise Of a colorless pre-
election performance, as leaders
moved a shade higher in compare
lively dull dealings.
Among the leaders to chalk up
gains were Bethlehem, L. S.
Steel. Chrys Ter. Anaconda.
Phelps Dodge. American Tele-
phone, Standard oil OF \. j., Dou-
glas, United Aircraft, Union Car
bide. Santa Fe, and L. 5. Rubber.
General Motors. y. Y. Central
and Pennsylvania r. X. each Were
unchanged. Case on an indepen-
dent move dropped a point.