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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-10

They gave her a Navy mans most
cherished honor, a blue blanket with
the gold N-star that denotes vic
tory over Army.
They issued Melissa her sweat sock
when the squad got into uniforms
this year. She's on the job at every
practice, cooking a practiced eye on
the fresh beef out for the 1940
varsity.
That's why things are looking up
for 1910 Navy football. Melissa is
Mrs. Big on the academy campus.
The team got it's lift" from know
ing they've got GradeA hexer
in there pitching jinx at the other
side
So don't be fooled by Bill VIII
this fall He'll be out there, sure
enough, cleaning white and pretty
as a sugar cookie. But he's just a
front man. The gal behind the guns
is Mighty Melissa, mascot-in-fact
ard sweetheart of this mans navy
when the footballs fly.
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SALMON RECIPE
BOOKLET MAKES
GREAT BIG HIT
Nationally Known Home
Economists Praise
Edition

The new salmon recipe booklet
now being distributed by the
Canned Salmon Industry as a part
of its national advertising program
is winning 4,raise as an outstand-
ing booklet from nationally known
home economists and from house,
wives in all sections of the coun-
try, says a report from the adver-
Using office of the industry.
Dorothy B. Marsh of Good House.
keeping Institute, who prepares the
recipes featured in Good House,
keeping magazine recently wrote to
the salmon industry office, saying:
I'VE are delighted to have a copy
of your new salmon booklet, and
wish to compliment you on its con-
tents! Not only the illustrations,
but the recipes themselves are
bound to intrigue lovers of SAL
mon"
Ann Batchelder, associate editor
of Ladies Home Journal wrote !.
THE new salmon recipe booklet
certainly is tops-to my way ct
thinking! You have done splen-
did job and have my hearty con-
gratulations.
Another letter received from the
director of the foods and equipment
department of another nationally
known publication, Better Homes
and Gardens said: you have rea-
son indeed to be proud Of the new
Carolyn Evans Favorite Recipes
for Canned Salmon 1t is unusually
well done and certainly will point
out to the homemaker the great
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-10
CHAMBER TALKS
POTATOES AND
COLONIZATION
Matanuska Topic Proves
Hot Potato at To-
days Meeting

How good are Alaska potatoes?
Not much good according to Frank
Garnick; the best in the world,
accord ng to J. p Anderson.
I What about the Matanuska Col
ony? An expensive failure, &C
cordng to Norman Banfield; a
worthwhile demonstration that ag-
rculture can be successful in Al
aska, according tc Joseph T. Flakne,
Anthony E. Karnes and DR. w. w.
Council
These were some of the differ
snces of opinion which developed
at today's Juneau Chamber of Com
merce luncheon after Banfield read
an Anchorage newspaper account
CT affairs at the colony.
How Many?
Only 56 percent of the original
colonists are still at Palmer, Ban
field said. If this is true, said
Harry A. Suggitt, who was attending
a Chamber meeting for the first
time, the Matanuska Colony has
been much more successful than
the average colonization venture
in keeping its original settlers. Sug-
gift, representative of the Steelco
Stanley Steel Company, said that
from his long personal experience
in colonization in the Western States
and Alberta, he had found invar-
iably that it remained for those
who came later to stay with the
land.
Flakne said the Matanuksa Col
ony has been valuable proving
ground for agriculture in Alaska
and predicted that in the future
! flying transports would be travelling
on regular schedule all the way to
the Eastern S ia ties with produce
produce. which has been demon
strated to be superior to that grown
anywhere else.
How Good?
Andersen, who is Alaska Census
Supervisor, said the recent census
showed a population of from 800 to
900 in the colony. He said that
Alaska produce grown under cool
summer weather conditions are far
superior to that grown in the States.
Garnick said that as a groceryman
he knew Alaska potatoes would not
sell as well as those from Yakima.
Anderson, probably the outstanding
bctanist in Alaska, retorted that
if the grower attempted to raise
Yakima Gem potatoes in Alaska
they would indeed be poor. but that
if a variety suitable to the climate
is planted the potatoes will be the
best grown anywhere.
Fer Army
DR.. Council mentioned the fact
that large quantities of Matanuska
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second string ranks for reinforce
mentS.
The graduates from the scrubs
set up a boiler for Melissa to grad
uate too. They swore by their mutt.
They told Coach Larson Bill VIII
was only a fair weather pal. He
Just came out to strut on Saturdays.
Miss was regular. She turned out
fer practice rain or shine, dragging
her lucky sweat SOCK She was
tcugh-she jumped 60 feet off the
roof of the gymnasium and lived
to bark it-and Bill was just a
pretty boy Thus they argued.
They won their argument when
they pointed out the scrubs hadn't
lost a game with Melissa doing her
stuff, while the varsity was getting
set down ANONYMOUSLY and repeat
edly on the back of its lap under
Bills wishy- washing hexing.
The gold braid relented, and Mel
iSsa was allowed to make the trip
to the Army Navy game as Beauti-
full Bills understudy.
Bill minced out and took his bows
for the newsreel with the Army
mule. Melissa just stuck to the boys
on the bench. The varsity adopted
the scrub team ritual and every man
rubbed her ears for luck before 60
ing out on the field.
Spanked by a couple of Melissa's
ex-scrubs, they tore the Army apart
for 100 win, and Melissa just
about owned the whole u. S. Navy.
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versatility of salmon. The photo
graphs are excellent.
"We. at Better Homes and Gar
dens have had experience in cook
book building and making, which
adds to our appreciation for this
booklet which reflects great care
and planning ~
The booklet has also won high
praise for the technical skill shown
in the printing and production Of
the book One large paper COM
pany recently asked that they be
allowed to buy several hundred
copies of the booklet for use as
samples These samples will be sent
to leading business firms through
out the country as demonstrations
of the selling effectiveness of good
illustrations and layout
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-10
Mc(ANN-kID
BOUT FARCE
OF JUDGING
Billy Gets Decision Wire
Says II Was Draw
Other Wire Says No

SITKA. Alaska, Oct. 10-(Spec-
ial to Empire -The terrific battle
here of Juneau's Billy McCann
with Lou Lovos, The Sitka Kid, for
the latter's middleweight boxing
crown, was decided by the judges
draw last night, but referee Nc
Guern misread the decisions and
announced Mccain the winner
from the ring.
Referee McGuern is said to have
decided the fight draw, also, but
still misread the decisions
Sitka boxing commissioners Jack
Conway and William Charters arc
expected to uphold the judges draw
decision.
The fight, for the entire fifteen
rounds, was the greatest since the
Russians stormed the fort and
licked the Kiksitis here in 1904
Mccain carried the scrap to
Lovos with an aggressive attack,
and although he landed mostly SOL
id body blows, the Kid countered
with sharp uppercuts, using his
long reach to land lefts in Billy's
head and face.
The Kid was noticeably tired il
the eighth and ninth round and it
looked like Mccain would take the
fight easily, but the next two
rounds the Kid launched a telling
attack, although backing away and
clinching often
Mccain was stronger at the fin
ish, but the bout appeared to be q.
draw.
At any rate there is much dis
SenSiOn in town.
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produce were being sold at present
% the Army base at Anchorage,
wen though most of the Palmer
men were working in town and the
farms were left to the women.
Visitors to today's meeting in
cluded Willard Gallemore, mine
foreman of the Hirst-Chichagof
mine: Clyde Doran of United Air
lines; Jack King of Petersburg and
a delegation of Ketchikan Elks,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-10

While American shipyards are
working at full capacity turning out
warships of all types to give Uncle
lSam a two-ocean navy and the
greatest feet in world history, four
naval stations are busy schooling
men to operate the men O. war.
These stations are at Newport,
r. l.; Norfolk, Va: Great Lakes,
I'LL, and San Diego, Calf. Oldest
of them is the Newport naval kim
dergarten," where these photos
were made.
The stations, are not designed to
give recruits complete training in
naval work. Their education is COM
pleted in ns.val trade schools and
while serving with the fleet. In.
stead, the aim is to train them in
aaval customs and the rudimentary
fundamentals of naval work. Be-
cause of the urgency Of training
men for the growing fleet, the course
has been shortened from twelve to
eight weeks.
There are now 2,087 recruits at
Newport, with the station GRADUATE
ing an average of $50 men q week,
an average which is being raised to
300 weekly. These men will serve
six-year bitches in the navy. The
quality of recruits, authorities re-
port, is very high, with large per-
centage Of item high school gradu-
ates.
Upon arrival at Newport, a re-
eruit is bathed and barbered, given
IAN exacting physical examination,
CARRIED in naval uniform, and given
the hammock in which he must learn
ito sleep. After receiving series Of
NEGOTIATIONS against epidemic dis
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-10

eases, he begins his courses, which
provide nearly 400 hours of instruc-
ton. The recruit spends an aggre-
gate Of "a hours "on watch" ION
guard) and 70 hours at messing
(feeding) his fellow-students. The
rest Of his working hours are spent
in lecture periods, instruction ses-
sions and drilling.
His lessons include naval routine,
the rudiments Of the infantry man.
ual, ordnance safety precautions,
how to shoot, how to use a gas mask,
how to swim, how to row, the use
Of ropes, rigging and tackle, and the
general construction and operation
Of battleships and other arms Of the
feet.
Life at the training station is not
all work, however. and the recruits
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DISSENSION HERE

Sitka didn't have all the dissen-
sion. Juneau was turned upside
down today in betting centers with
the question, Who pays who?"
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Distributed by NATIONAL GROCERY COMPANY
Seattle. Washington

headed by Exalted Ruler Charles
Drury.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-10

are entertained at free motion pic
ture shows twice q week and at
wrestling and boxing matches. They
also enjoy the use of reading, writ
ing and game rooms, asrwell as gym
nasiums, bowling alleys, baseball
diamonds and the bathing beach.
After leaving the station he can
enter one Of the navy's trade
schools, if he survives the COMPETE
tive examinations, and learn more
about the branch Of the service in
which he wants to specialize. G
Following graduation, he is given
a short home leave, then begins his
hitch in the navy. He is assigned to
the U. S. frigate Constellation, old
est U. S. warship, which is stationed
at Newport, pending assignment to
the feet or trade school.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-10

Assistant Director of CAA in AL
aska, W. A. Plett. and Glen Iuien,
CAA Communications Director N
Alaska, came in from Sitka yester-
day evening with pilot Shell Sim
mons after an inspection trip there
to a communications station the
Navy is building and which the CAA
will probably take over.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-10
HAMLIN HEARS

Dean Hamlin, Billy McCann's
manager here who could not make
the Sitka trip, received wire
from Mccain today that McCann
had received the unanimous vote of
the judges in his favor, had won
all the way, and had the Sitka Kid
on the canvas at the last gong.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-10
A'Iu Al.
Passes On

BEDFORD HILLS, N. Y, Oct. TO-
katherine Mayo, ~, whose book
Mother India" caused her to be
burned in effigy numerous times in
India, died today after an illness of
several months.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-08-15
Defense BattaliOnS
Aim of u. S. Marines

Expansion of the Marine Corps to
a strength greater than it has been
since the days of the last World
War is now under way, and when an
additional 5000 men have been re-
cruited the Corps will have size
able force of $4,000 men.
This is more than half the maxi
mum enlisted strength of the Ma
rine Corps which, just before the
signing of the Armistice in 1918,
numbered 63,714 More promotions
and a great increase in the strength
Of the Fleet Marine Force will be
the result, according to Sergeant
Percy Wilson, u. S. Marine Corps
Recruiting Office, BIT New Rock
cry Building, Spokane, Wash.
For years the Fleet Marine Force,
special division within the corps,
has been taking part in maneuvers
with the navy. Islands in the Car
ibbean or the Pacific furnished the
practice grounds for the establish
ing of advanced bases, and gave the
sea soldiers some excellent training
in landing and other exercises.
Some real adventures were ex-
perienced by the sea soldiers dur
ing these maneuvers, and they often
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-08-15
ALIAS SUMMONS.

In the District Court of the Elev-
enth Judicial District of the State of
Montana, in and for the County of
Lincoln.
Mary Louise Minor, plaintiff, VS.
Mahlon T. Minor, defendant.
The State of Montana sends greet
ings to the above named defendants
and to each Of them.
You are hereby summoned to
answer the Complaint in this action,
which is filed in the office of the
Clerk of this Court, copy of which
is herewith served upon one of you
in each county wherein any of you
reside, and to file your answer and
serve a copy thereof upon the
plaintiffs attorney within twenty
days after the service of this sum-
mons, exclusive of the day of serv
ice; and in case of your failure to
appear or answer, judgment will be
taken against you, by default, for
the relief demanded in the COM
plant Said action is to secure a
decree of absolute divorce from de-
fendant upon the grounds Of ex-
IRENE cruelty.
Witness my hand and the Seal of
said Court this 3lst day of July,
1910
(sEAL) FRED F. CLARK, Clerk.
MARSHALL MURRAY
Libby, Montana
Attorney for the Plaintiff. agl-22-4t
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encountered conditions they would
be likely to meet under real cam
paign conditions. Often there was
a shortage of troops. Other duties
of the corps, such as guarding naval
stations abroad. furnishing military
attachments for battleships and sim
liar duties drew heavily on the
available personnel of the corps.
When the new strength is achieved
it is proposed to organize several
defense battalions. mainly TO aug
ment the Fleet Marine Forces on
the east or west coasts or at loca-
tons which may best serve the mill
tary needs of the nation
The Fleet Marine Force comprises
virtually all military units. includ-
ing rifle, engineer, chemical, signal,
tank, motor transport and the neces-
sary service companies. New de-
Tense battalions will be capable of
an all-round defense short of ma
ior fleet effort. it is said, and will
add considerable strength to the
original force
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-08-15
Fairs Play Important Part
In Improving Dairy Breeds

BOHEMIAN, Aug. 6.-To the
dairyman the agricultural fair Of
fers an excellent opportunity to
study the improvement being made
in the quality of dairy animals and
enables him to obtain standard
or ideal which he can use as a goal
in his own dairy breeding program,
says ]. O. Tretsven, extension dairy
specialist at Montana State college.
From the educational standpoint
the man who exhibits his animals
and then watches them judged IN
competition with those of his neigh
bors gains much, Tretsven said.
Exhibitors and non-exhibitors alike
will obtain valuable information if
they will inspect the cattle on dis
play, talk shop with the successful
breeders and exchange ideas with
fellow dairymen in attendance. 1t
also pays to watch the judges place
the animals, noting the type of ami
mails selected for first place and
why one animal is placed ahead of
another.
New standards of perfection are
frequently being set up by the breed
associations, based on past expert
ence in improving their particular
breed. Up-to-date judges make their
selections on the basis of the new
standards as laid down by the breed
associations. This offers splendid
opportunity for the progressive
dairyman to obtain information on
the latest ideas relating to the best
! type of animals to breed and what
inherent weaknesses to avoid.
Close study Of the preferred types
or what may be termed the latest
models, helps to establish an ideal
in mind which is essential in build
ing a good herd. Without an ideal
or standard to work toward, little
if any, progress can be made in de-
veloping herd Of good dairy cows
The many off-colored, off-type, in
ferior cattle seen in this country to-
day are largely the result of indis-
criminate breeding without an idea
to breed toward. In contrast, the
good, highly efficient 'sl940 model
dairy herds are the result of sew.
eral years of effort in breeding anc
selecting toward standard or idea
in the mind of the dairyman. The
good fair offers the dairyman ar
excellent opportunity to compare
his own animals with those shown
and to get firmly in mind a de
sirable standard as his goal in dairy
breeding.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-08-15
Four New Movies
Released by Ford

Four new movie features ranging
from a symphonic fantasy IN teehnI-
color to a picture tour of the l94O
Worlds Fair have just been re-
leased by the Ford Motor Company.
These productions are available,
without charge, for showlngs before
school and church groups, service
clubs, and various civic organiza-
tons and private clubs requesting
Them" said R. w LeDuc, local Ford
dealer
Symphony in F." one of the
first stop action movies made in
technicolor, sets new pace IN
screen technique and screen enter
tainment. With Linton Wells, famed
CHS news analyst as narrator, the
IS minute feature traces IN an ex-
traordinary manner the far-reach-
ing influence of the motor car in
dustry throughout the world IN
gathering raw materials for the
automobile.
Doll-hke figures which animate
the Ford Cycle of Production ex-
hiblt at the New York fair step into
the same transformations for
symphony in F." The farmer the
chemist, lumberjack, miner, cotton
picker, rubber man and transporta-
ton worker all dramatize-ln song
and action-their parts in pouring
raw materials from all points of the
compass into the Rouge plant
worlds greatest industrial unit.
The movie swings from fantasy tc
actual pictures in color of various
manufacturing processes at the
Rouge. with comments by Wells
in the steel mill. glass plant, plas-
tics division, motor assembly build
ing. tire plant, fabrics division anc
on the final assembly line.
i Building of the 28,000,000th Fore
car in fantasy concludes the Sym
phony.' The car was assembled
at the EdgeWater. N j., branch
plant. Various automobile parts
take on a life-like appearance as
they parade to the assembly line.
Other new Ford releases include
While the City Sleeps showing
some of the amazing but little
known tasks performed by nigh
workers in big city, Keep Thi:
Under Your Hood, an animated
cartoon drama of what occurs inside
an automobile engine, and Scene.
From the World OF Tomorrow" ;
minute pictorial Whirl over
around and through the New Yorl
Worlds Fair
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reveal wide differ
ences Of opinion be-
tween the national
defense commission
and the treasury de-
partnent in the mat
ter of the amortlza-
ton of capital in
vested in war indus
tries. The defense
commission wants
legislation that will
stimulate inve S T.
nents in new plant
and equipment. The
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-08-15
NATIONAL
AFFAIRS
Reviewed by
CARTER FIELD

Treasury department and
the National Defense com
miftee disagree on anioriiza-
ton of capital infested IN
unr industries :. TIA poicer
assistance for national de-
tense presents problems.
BELL Syndicate-WNu Serviee,l
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-08-15

WASHINGTON Preliminary dis
cussions among members OF the
house ways and means committee
and the senate finance committee
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-08-15
Proceedings Of County
Commissioners
Libby, Montana, Aug. ., 1910.

LIBBY, montana, Aug. D, l54u.
The Board of County Commission
ers met in regular session IN the
Court House at Libby on August S,
6 and 7; all members being present.
Minutes of previous regular and
special meetings were read and ap-
proved
County and Township officials
were authorized to leave the state
at any time they may deem neces-
sary during the month of August.
Application for Retail Liquor Lii
cense for Frank Landon, one-half
mile east of Fortine, was disap-
proved by the Board
A grant deed was issued to Wal
ter Carpenter for the NWASEh4,
Sec. II, and the SW14SWI, Sec. Fl,
Twp. 81, Rye. q.
A contract to purchase county
land was let to Fred Johnson Eu-
reka, for the NizNEA, N12NW14,
Sl2NEl4, N12SE4, SW4SEA, SEA-
NWA SEl4SW14. Sec. 80, Twp. So,
Rye. q.
Final budget appropriations for
the fiscal year ending June 30, l94l,
were fixed by the Board
The following refunds for Road
Poll tax were disalloWed.
A. c. Mackey ..............................S2 90
Aldus f. Mackey ...................... $500
The following claims were audit
ed, approved and warrants ordered
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There being no further business
to transact, the Board adjourned.
RAY C. FROST, Chairman.
ELDON J. SCHUCK, Clerk.
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Air Mail envelopes for sale at this
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Evening star., 1940-05-18
Catholic Daughters
To Hold Card Party
Tonight at Willard

Arrangements have been COM
pleated for the card party to be
given tonight at $3.50 o'clock at the
Willard Hotel by the members Of
Court District of Columbia, Catho-
lie Daughters of America. Decisions
on the summer trip and cruise will
be made at this party. Miss Augusta
E. Uhl Is the chairman Of this ac-
tivity.
The retiring grand regent, Miss
Josephine H. Walsh, will be hostess
at a tea to the officers and men,
bers of the court in the Thomas Cir
Gle Club, 1926 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, tomorrow from 3 to 6 pm.
An entertainment will be furnished
by Mrs. Margaret Jahn May, Miss
Bess Friel, Mrs. Lorraine Brown,
Miss Edna Roach, soloists, and by
Miss Ella Carlisle, pianist. The
Inazawa sisters will give violin,
piano and cello selections.
The next meeting of Court District
Of Columbia will be held on Friday
evening, May "a, instead of Tues
day evening, for installation of OH
GERS for the coming year. Miss
Katherine Rupert Of 4441 Thir-
teenth street NE. will succeed Miss
Walsh, the present grand regent.
The supreme regent, Miss Mary c.
Duffy. accompanied by Miss Katha-
rine M. Rosney, the national secre-
tary, will attend. Miss Duffy will
present the wreath at the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier on Sunday.
May 26, in the name of the Catholic
Daughters Of America.