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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
42 IMpANELLED TO HEAR CASES,
 DISTRICT COURT

A jury panel of 42 was examined and seated by the District Court today and excused until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
 Juneau members of the jury are Horace O. Adams, James J. Connors Jr., William C. Donaldson, Mrs. Mary Doogan, Geraldine Feero, Mrs. Isabelle Goodman, Arnold L. Hen rickson, Mrs. Maurice T. Johnson John Krugness, Henry Kuchen, Mrs. Charles R. Lesher, RoSert B. Lesher, Arnold Mogseth Mrs. Don E. Par son, Albert Pasquan, Esther M. Ralston, John Wand Ritter, Linda E. Schindler, William J. Schmitz, Alex Tavisieff, Mrs. Rosalie Thibo- deau, Theodora B. Morley, Cyril Zuboff
 Douglas jurors are George A. Fleek, Mrs Jessie K. Fraser, Leon ard Johnson, Joe Reidi
 Others are as follows: Marie M. Ask and Norma MacKay of Skag- way; Nels Bjerkness of Elfin Cove; Frank Booth, Evelyn Jones, Mrs. Raymond G. Smith and Alice O. Swanson of Petersburg; Harvey L. Clark of Salmon Creek; Mrs. George A. Getchell and Elmer M Richard son of Thane; Fred Henning of Lynn Canal; Jackson Howell of Aux Bay; William Johnson of Haines; William B. Robinson of Douglas Bridge; Earl E. Whitsel of Jualpa.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
5kagwaY Team
 Beats Douglas Last Evening
Wahfo of Island Squad His 16 Points for
 High of Night

SKAGWAY, Alaska, Feb. IA Sparked by J lannon's IA points, Skagway beat Douglas last night 38 to 23
 Although trailing all the way, the Douglas squad was close on the Skagway heels until the last quarter when Douglas showed the effect of a strenuous road trip and was unable to match Skagway's speed.
 G. Wahto carried the Douglas at tack almost alone, his beautiful one handed push shots netting him 16 points for the evenings high tally
 The two teams play again tonight and will rest until Friday night and another game before leaving for home on Saturday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
Burglars Parole Lasis
 Just Three Days

James Carpenter, native, who re- ceived a suspended sentence of five years from District Judge George F. Alexander last Saturday after he pleaded guilty to burglary, was ar rested again. yesterday on another burglary charge.
 Nellie Johnson, charged along with Carpenter in the original indict- ment, appeared in court today to change her plea from not guilty to guilty. She was given two year suspended sentence and paroled to the Deputy Marshal at Haines un- der orders to refrain from drinking.
 Another prisoner changing pleas today by Richard Trask, who now pleads guilty to contributing to the delinquency of minor. He has not yet been sentenced.
 Ralph Mendez Cordero pleaded not guilty to charge of assault with a dangerous weapon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
NIpp0N5
 SAY WAR
 NOW WON
Chinese Told to Lay Down Arms New Order
 Is Coming

HONGKONG. Feb. IA The Japanese Army has issued a pro- clamation that it has now won sufficient areas in China for the establishment of a new order in East Asia
 Urging Chiang Kai Shek to sur render and that further Chinese resistance is useless" the procla- nation said that China is now Japanese.
 It is said the proclamation was issued from the Japanese South China command and addressed to Chiang and his Government.
 The recent Japanese campaign in Kwangsi Province in the south
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
NARCOTICS SALE INDICTMENT MADE
 BY GRAND JURY
John Adams Held = Three Other Indictments
 Returned Today

Four indictments, one of them secret, were returned by the Grand Jury today
 William Albert Clayton Dent is charged with rape, burglary and assault with intent to rape.
 Raymond s. German is charged with contributing to the delin- quency of minors and held under $3,000 bail.
 John Adams is charged with pos session and sale of narcotics. and held under $2,500.
 Two members of the Grand Jury, William R. Walton and Anne Dor man, have been excused from fur ther service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
CRIMSON BEARS, PETERSBURG TO
 PLAY THURSDAY
High School Basketball Championship Series
 Starts Tomorrow

According to advices received this morning by Superintendent Of the Juneau Public Schools, A. B. Phillips. members of the local High School quintet will play the Petersburg Vikings tomorrow night in the first tilt of a three game series for the championship of Southeast Alaska.
 The remaining two games will be played on the Petersburg court Friday and Saturday nights, and the team will return to the Capi- tai City Tuesday on the steamer Yukon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
YOUNG BANK ROBBERS GO
 UP FOR LIFE
Two Brothers Captured, Sentenced Within
 AS Hours

SANTA FEE, N M, Feb. 1.-Two young brothers whose boasts turned to pleas for mercy faced life im- prisonments today for a $2,000 bank holdup.
 The two, 20-year-old William Rowese and his 22-year old brother Wilbert pleaded guilty to charges of robbing the Espanola Bank They were captured and sentenced within 48 hours after escaping with the loot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
MANUFACTURERS IN CT. BRITAIN 10
 BE AIDED NOW

LONDON. Feb. 14-The Board of Trade disclosed today that it will name 12 members to a board of manufacturers and textile ex- porters to build up British exports of cotton goods.
 Costs of the control board will be met by the manufacturers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
JEWS ROUTED FROM H0ME5:. ARE DEp0RTED
Seven Hundred Evacuated from Sfettin on 61z
 Hours Notice

BERLIN, Feb. 14-UpWards of TOO Jews were routed out of their homes in Stettin in six and one half hours notice today and massed in removal on trains, presumably headed for Poland, although the exact destination is not disclosed.
 The sudden removal order in- cluded virtually every Jew in the Baltic town and only the sick and feeble aged were exempted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
WITTMEYER JOINS
 WEATHER BUREAU

M. H. Wittmeyer, Weather Bu- reau Observer from the airport stations at Cheynne and Pueblo. arrived on the steamer Alaska yes- terday to join the local staff of the Bureau, replacing Gil Prucha who is now at Reno.
 Prucha'S duties have been taken over by E. w. McCollum. Witt meyer will succeed McCollum.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
SWEENEY5 TAKE
 TRIP ON LOUISE

Mir and Mrs. Ed Sweeney sailed on the Princess Louise this morn ing to spend a few weeks on va cation Outside.
 The Sweeneys plan to visit friends and relatives in Portland and &c., attle, being south from a month to six weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
JUNEAU WEATHER BALLOON FOUND
 100 MILES EAST

A radio-sonde balloon and in- strument released by the U. s. Weather Bureau here on January g was found January 20 at the foot of Egnell Mountain, 32 miles northwest of Telegraph Creek.
 The finder was Johnny Taku. The spot where the balloon alight- ed was about 100 miles east of Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
Louise Takes
 Fifteen South

Fifteen passengers went out on the Princess Louise this morning for the States
 They were Walton, G. Mown, G. Hansen, Mrs. L. J. Palmer, MT. and Mrs. E. c. Sweeney, MT. and Mrs. E. Bose. Ben Mullen, Guy Schubert, A Grasley, R. P. Dan iels, A. Johnson, N. Nualla, w. A. Bell.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
Chamber 10 Talk Over
 Dept. Change

The proposed change Of the For est Service from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of the Interior will be a nationally hot issue to come before the Juneau Chamber of Commerce tomorrow noon at the regular weekly lunch con in the Gold Room of the Bar anof Hotel.
 A wire of protest to the proposed change is being drafted to be sent to Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14

has brought a new situation, the proclamation stated.
 The Japanese command said 50,- 900 Chinese were killed and 100000 wounded in the Kwangsi Province campaigns.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
CENSORSHIP E TO BE CHANGED
 BY AUSTRALIA

SYDNEY, Feb. 14.-Complete re- vision of the Australian censorship system is promised by Prime Min ister Menzis following meeting of the War Cabinet
 Censorship methods have been criticized strongly in recent weeks by the Australian press. |.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
COMMONS
 AREBEHIND
 GR. BRITAIN

LONDON, Feb. 14.-Former Can- adian Prime Minister Bennett told a Royal Warrant Holders luncheon today that the British Dominions stand wholeheartedly behind the Mother Country in the European war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
DIyORCES GRANTED

DivorceS have been granted in District Court to Katherine Davis from Leonard Davis and to Grace Blomquist from Carl Blomquist.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
OFT ON VACATION

Guy Schubert, employee of the Harry Race Drug Store, and popu- lar City League basketball player, sailed on the Princess Louise this morning for a months vacation in the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
RETURNING TO SEATTLE

Frank Hollineck, decorator ot Seattle, who recently completed a job on the Lacey Street Theater in Fairbanks, is passenger south on the Mount Mckinley.
 EmDire claSSifietIS bring results
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
German Ship
 Is Captured
 0nHigh5e

PARIS. Feb IA - The French High Command claims that a German merchant vessel has been captured by destroyers and brought into a French port.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
FINNISH RELIEF FUND GOES OVER
 MARK OF S5,0OO
New Contributions Listed by Chairman Boyle of
 Alaska Drive

Alaskas Finnish Relief Fund contributions went over the $5,000 mark this week, it was announced by Territorial Chairman Frank A. Boyle
 New contributions made since the last published report are as fol- lows:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14

Today's News Iodav-Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14

Empire Want Ads Bring Results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14

Empire classifieds bring results
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

breaks that changed his life. 1.-THE
League of Decency" was formed
to clean up the movies. Holly
wood producers decided to put
on cowboy pictures. They wanted
a new kind of cowboy, one who
could sing.
The man who owned the Amer
lean Record Company, was also
part owner of Republic Pictures.
He said, well, if you want a
singing cowboy, I've got one
making records for U.S." Gene Au-
try soon was making 100000 a
year for making cowboy pictures,
and ST, 500 on a radio program.
His royalty from records amoun-
ted to about $1,000 a month.
Gene Autry told me that his
success in life was due to being
prepared for breaks when they
came.
What are you doing in your
spare time to prepare yourself
for the breaks? What are you
doing to- bring the breaks about?
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

Idaho, is visiting friends and re-
latives at this place.
Mr.. K. o. Phillips visited at
the home of MIR. and Mrs. J. A.
Jones Saturday night.
Mr.. Richard Jones, who has
been spending the holidays with
his parents, MIR and Mrs. Jake
Jones, has returned to Morgan
ton, where he is attending the
school for the deaf.
Mr.. Tedd Wyatt, of Glade Val
ley, spent the week end at the
home of Kirby Phillips.
Miss Bessie Handy is spending
some time with her brothers at
Bishop, w. Va.
Mr.. Ocie Vannoy and family
have moved to Pennsylvania.
The people of this community
was sorry to hear of the death of
Mr.. Henderson Jones of Clifton.
A wedding of much interest
took place when Miss Roxie Mo-
retz of Ashe county became the
bride of Mr.. Mahlon Bromell of
Nottingham, Pa.
Mrs. Greedy Fletcher is i'm
proving.
Mr.. Marion Lewis was in town
on business Thursday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
THE SINGING COWBOY

Here is a thrilling story OF
chap who "got the breaks
Gene Autry, the singing cowboy.
1 breakfasted with him in
Charlotte, N. c., one morning and
he told me of his boyhood on his
fathers cattle ranch near Tioga,
Texas. He said he might still be
on that ranch if he had not got
the breaks and been prepared for
them when they came.
Gene loved to play the guitar
and sing cowboy songs. He threw
himself into the study OF song
and guitar with as much intensl-
ty as if his living depended upon
it.
Finally he became telegraph
agent at Chelsa, Oklahoma. One
day a stranger walked into the
railway station and handed him
telegram. Gene read it and
gasped. The signature was "Will
Rogers" Gene looked up at the
sender. Will Rogers himself! In
the flesh! Gene tingled with ex-
element. They both had been
cowboys, so they reminisced, and
Gene got out his guitar and sang
cowboy songs.
Will Rogers sister lived in
Chelsa, so whenever Will came
to visit her, he dropped in to see
the railway station agent, and
hear him sing and play. Will en-
couraged Gene to try for stage
and radio. A year later Gene lost
his job-which he considers an
other break-so he took Wills
advice and went to New York.
There, quite by accident, he ran
across Will. This incident proved
another break.
Will told him to go to a pho
nograph company and apply for
a job making records. Gene could
never find the man in. But Gene
being a natural born entertainer,
liked to amuse people, so he UNI
limbered his guitar and sang to
the girl at the switchboard,
"Jeanie, Dream of Lilac Time"
While singing Nat Shilgret, the
author of the song, came in. He
promised to give the ex-cowboy
a tryout.
Gene, was so excited that he
could not sleep that night. He
sat up in his room till dawn
playing and singing. He was SO
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

gangsters

MORALITY gangsters
The issue in Europe today is
one of morals, in the broad sense.
Civilized people cannot live in a
world threatened by gangsters.
However imperfect may be the
systems of the nations which are
founded upon human liberties,
democratic in principle, they are
at last based upon the essential
moral principles of honesty, rec
ognition and tolerance of the
rights of all men to live and wor-
ship as they please and of pre-
venting or Furnishing any in
fringement of those rights. g.
This whole moral basis of civil
ization has been discarded by the
nations which are threatening the
liberties of the rest of the world
today. They have proven them
selves dishonest, pledge-breakers,
and aggressors against the rights
OF Other nations.
The whole Christian world is
aligned against these internation-
al gangsters, who have openly
discarded all the principles of re-
ligion and morals. The world will
not be a safe place for honest
peoples and free men to live in
until these outlaw nations have
been overthrown and their lead
ers punished as criminals against
the whole system of civilization.
AMERICA peace
l am one of the vast majority
of Americans who are determined
that this country shall take no
part in Europe's quarrels unless
our own national safety is threa-
tened.
But 1 am also one of the great
throng of Americans who have
felt so outraged by the aggres-
sions of Germany against the
Czechs and the Poles, and now
/ of the Russians against the Firms,
that we feel it our national duty
to give eevry possible support, fl
nancial as we'll as moral to help
the peoples who are fighting for
human freedom against dictator
ial slavery.
} And my personal feeling is that
the United States, as the most
powerful nation of the world pro-
Tossing adherence to high stand
ards of morality, should not fail
at the end of this war, as it did
at the end of the last war, to
take its seat at the head of the
table of whatever world group or
alliance may be set up to main
tain the peace of the world.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
JOHN w. THOMPSON
> BURIED ON SATURDAY

Funeral service for John w.
Thompson, of Fig, who died at
his home on Friday, was held at
the Horse Creek Baptist church,
Saturday, with the Elder Dewey
Rotten and the Rev. Ray Osborne
in charge.
The deceased who was So years
old at the time of his death, was
we'll known in the Fig communi-
ty. ..e
He is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Thelma Rotten of Fig, and
the following brothers and sis
ters: Mrs. Walter Weaver, Lam
sing; Mrs. Milt Goss, West JEFF
ferson: Carson Thompson, Lam
sing; Ebert Thompson, Califor-
MIA.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Oval News

MIR. Mack Church was in town
Saturday.
Denver Carol Jones and Jones
Hamlet Ford have been serious
ly i'll with diphtheria but are i'm
proved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Ford and
little son Jones Hamlet and Mr..
Maston Bradshaw of Finley are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Jones.
Mr.. Rondey league made a
business trip tc Boone Saturday.
MIR. Bob Woodruff, of Louiston,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

following:
miss Maude Coward of Obids
was in town last Saturday."
Captain John Dent was in
town on business yesterday"
Mrs. Laura Mcconnell left
Sunday morning for Gary, w.
Virginia.
Mrs. T. E. Parker is visiting
homefolks in Clifton this week. "
MRS. T. G. Bowie is on the sick
list this week."
''Mr. ]. w. Hardin spent last
Sunday with homefolks at Beav-
err Creek
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

nervous that he made bad i'm
preston at the first addition. He
tried again-and clicked. He
made records that caught on.
A Chicago radio station en-
gagged him to sing for four years.
Then, in 1884, he suddenly got
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

Ladies, have you heard about
the special price on permanents
at the Skyland Beauty Shoppe
this week? They are giving two
ladies a $500 permanent each
for the price of one.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

The U. S. Agriculture Depart
ment has stopped paying subsi-
dies on most wheat exports in
view of prospects for a short
crop this year and relatively IA
vorable domestic prices.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

234 years ago yesterday Ben
ianin Franklin was born. We
pause to pay tribute to a great
man who helped make possible
the business our company now
enjoys, through your use of the
magic force ELECTRICITY.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

We extend our welcome to
Messrs. Ben Troy and Jim Lit
tie who have purchased the
Bare Milling Co., in West JEFF
ferson, and to Messrs. r. w.
and 3. A. Edwards who have
opened a Chicken Coop fac
tory in West Jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

MIR. Walter Weaver has open
ed a new store in Lansing. We
hope he will have a very sue
cessful business.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

Mrs. Joe Severt of Jefferson,
entered the Wilkes hospital this
week for an operation.
Evening star., 1940-04-23

1t formerly was. In that change OF
attitude, the great scientist, in a
tremendously dramatic scene in the
third act, processes to hear the
death rattle of the beast in man.
Those words, his last before ne goes
out to make final stand against
the Russians, soften the tragedy of
the final scene In which the wife
and aged uncle sit armed in their
once peaceful home awaiting the
enemy and their doom.
In addition to the superlative per-
formance of the principals, the play
ing of Richard Whorf as the Journal
ist, Sidney Greenstreet as the
elderly musical uncle, Montgomery
Cliff as the spirited soldier son,
Elizabeth Fraser as the f1ancee of
the latter and Charles Ansley as an
idealistic American airman in the
Finnish service, left nothing to be
desired.
Whorf is to be credited, and
handsomely, too, for the three sets
OF There Shall Be No Night"
Lunt's direction of the play is as
praiseworthy as his Interpretation
OF the role of DR.. Valkonen.
Evening star., 1940-04-23
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

National-"There Shall Be No
Night" new Robert E. Sherwood
play, with the Lunts: $3.50 pm.
Earle We Meet Again" !"
Merle Oberon and an ill-starred
romance: II am, 1880, 4:20, 7:05
and $50 pm. Stage shows: 1880,
3:35, $40 and 9:10 pm.
CapitoE"Two Girls on Broad
way" girls named Lana Turner and
Joan Blondel: At II am, 1:5O, 4:30,
7:25, 1925 pm. Stage shows: At
1910, 3:25, 6:15 and $50 pm.
Palace - 'Rebecca," with Lau-
renee Olivier and Joan Fontaine in
the leading roles: 10:45 am, 1:25,
4:10, $50 and 9:35 pm.
Keith's-"1t's a Date" the new
Deanna Durbin adventure: 1855
am, 2:15, 4:40. 7:O5 and $50 pm.
March of Time: 11:35 am, 1:5s.
4:20, 6:45 and 9:10 pm.
Metropolitan-"Road to Singa-
pore," laughs with Bing Crosby and
Bob Hope: 11:35 am, 1:40, $40
$40, 7:45 and GAS pm.
Columbia-'Young Tom Edison. 4"
impersonated by Mickey Rooney:
11:25 am. 1870, 1885, 5:35, TAO and
GAS pm.
Little-"1t Happened One Night"
return Of the Capra prize winner:
11:25 am, lao, $50, Cos and $40
pm. "Scarface," revival of the NUM-
hit: 10 pm.
Belasco-"Ecstasy," at II am,
1890, 2, $3.50, S, 6:40, $40 and 9:4O
pm.
Trans-Lux- - News and shorts:
continuous from 10 an.
Open-Air - "Only Angels Have
Wings" with Cary Grant and Jean
Arthur: 7:35 and 10 pm.
Evening star., 1940-04-23

Studio, which wants Garfield to re-
turn to picture making. But the
method chosen is not exactly sport
ing.
In line with Paulette Goddard's
BODY publicity buildup, her figure
measurements are being used to
choose Miss Streamline" for the
San Francisco Fair. In case you
want to compete, here are some of
the Goddard measurements: Height,
five feet, five inches; weight, 116:
bust, "a inches; waist, %; hips, IS
Patricia Morrison was sitting
with Matty Fox at a local nitery,
when a newspaperman, a little the
worse for wear, rushed up and in
sisted on dancing with her, adding
with what he thought was joviality,
Come on, you can't afford to offend
the press" Patricia danced with
him. I wish she hadn't.
Maureen O'Sulivan has sold her
house to C. Aubrey Smith. With
Husband Johnny Farrow in the
British Navy, the house is too big
and expensive-for Maureen's needs
-. The Walt Disney Studio has
received a request from Greta
Carlo. She wants to see the nearly
finished Fantasia" for which her
former close friend Stokowski Is
supervising the music. If Greta
continues her new see-and-be-seen
attitude, she will in time lose the
enormous publicity benefits of her
former recluse attitude. Incl
dentally, Greta is becoming much
more feminine in her dress. She
has abandoned her somber tailored
get-ups for cute cotton gowns of the
peasant type, a bandana for her
locks, and open-toed sandals for her
feet.
Loretta Young was offered the
Broadway lead in Paternity Ward"
but turned it down on the plea
that she has had no training for
the stage. Such modesty in lead
ing lady ranks is as refreshing as
1t is rare Ronald Colman is
again working on a salary-and-per-
centage for Lucky Partner" with
Ginger Rogers. If the picture is
successful, Ronnie can make up to
100000. And because the sum Is
spread over a period of years, the
income-tax inroads are not as great
Marlene Dietrich would also
like to work on this percentage
basis, but her Universal bosses say
mo" Her boss, Joe Pasternak, is
said to have made himself 81 ,000, 900
during the past three years on his
percentage deal with the studio.
Dick Powell is going in for real
estate investments in a big way
mostly Office buildings and apart
ment houses. hope he will be more
successful at these than with his
own house buyings and sellings, on
all of which he lost money Now
that Robert Preston's studio-hatched
romance with Dorothy Lamour has
been called of, he is having a tough
time squaring himself with his real
heart-throb-Kay Setter. He was
telephoning Kay recently and ex-
planning, Honey, 1t was a matter
Of business; honestly 1t was, honey"
From the expression on Bob's face,
Miss Settlers reply was, 'Oh, yeah?"
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