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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-09

Movie star Madeleine Carroll, ar irving in New York en route to France, displays a sweater she knitted. She is taking seven trunk loads of garments to her estate near Paris. which she turned over to sixty orphans at outbreak of the war. The orphanage had sheltered Aadeleine's grandmother when she
 fled the Russian revolution.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-09
LIBRARIAN RESIGNS

Miss Esther Torry, Ketchikan pub lie librarian since October, 1927, has resigned, effective March 1.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-09

on the books and he considers that pretty fine.
 He owns 1000 acre plantation in South Carolina and in his li- brary is the land grant covering it, issued by King George III in 1747. His wife, Annie Farley Smith, daughter of Confederate Scout, wanted him to retire to the farm in 1888, but when I told her I was under fire on the purge list, she said Go in there and fight. That's the best fight I ever made. .
 He says he has never seen the Senate in such mess" as now
 Tt doesn't want to go any far ther in the direction it has gone, but is afraid to turn back"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-09
Mrs. Smith Speaks
 Al World Service

Twenty members of the World Service Circle met for regular business es ion yesterday after noon at the residence of Mrs. J. F. Morley in the Fifth Avenue apart mentS.
 During the social part of the meeting Mrs. Harold Smith told of her visit to the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico and other highlights of her recent trip through the States. Mrs. Charles Sey brought the devotional for the day.
 The meeting next month will be for the purpose of electing new offi- cers for the year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-09
C (,J9e,..GAN FILM
 C,8 DOUBLE BIL!
 AT CAPITOL NOW
Tho Flying Irishman, Call he He1Quifeers' Opens
 .lere This Evening

"-ra Tag Irishman," RKO Ra- C ariz1tioa of Douglas Cor gam fe tory and his famous ' ~tt t Leland, with Corrigan T. neco lveed, is said to be the .-s unusual aviation film ever iotl Tho picture opens tonight
 l z pitol Theatre.
 While ,he picture itself deals with aGCc t is not of aviation. It E inc ~inple story of an unassum-
 y lng mans struggle to become aa airline transport pilot. It tells cf lis deprivation, disappointment, and lsaal happiness in the sight of est5eea vat when the whole world acclaimed his daring flight he was unabla tc attain his one ambition
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-09

Regular meeting of Silver Bow Lodge. No AZ, Thursday evening, ' o'clock. Work in initiatory degree. All members urged to be present.
 Special invitation to visiting broth- CTS. F. s. LOUGHLIN, adv Noble Grand.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-09
pR!50NER5 TO
 GO TO WORK ON HIGHWAY HERE
Arrangement for Jail Grew Made by Marshal and
 Forest Service

Arrangements for the use of Fed eral prisoners on Federal work pro jects in the vicinity of Juneau, work that would not be done oth- erwise, have been concluded by U. s. Marshal w. T.. Mahoney with , the local offices of the Forest Ser . vice.
 Persons held for non-payment of fines are the ones who will be eligi- ble for this employment and wheth- CT or not he will work is to be based on the voluntary decision of the prisoner. If he works he is to be credited with $4 per day on his fine whereas now in the absence of working. he is allowed only s2 per day
 Start Work Monday The crew will consist of from 10 to 20 men. The projects will be sell ected and the work supervised by the Forest Service Jack Davis has been employed by the Forest Ser vice as foreman and the work will start next Monday morning on the ! Glacier Highway. with the workers being transported back and forth from town in Forest Service trucks.
 The present plans call for pro jects that will beautify the beaches and the roadside north of Juneau, and improve the camping and pie i nicking facilities The cleaning up of rubbish and the erection of a number of public incinerators near population centers tapped by the , highways are two projects consid- cred of special importance. The ex- tension of recreation trails is an- other job that is planned.
 Volunteers Expected
 It is believed that many of the prisoners who are eligible will vel come the opportunity for this out dcor work and that no difficulty will
 be experienced in maintaining a sufficient crew to justify the super vising expense.
 If experience here shows this proposed activity to be satisfactory
 Regional Forester B. Frank Heintz-
 leman said that an effort would be
 made to initiate similar projects
 in other parts of the National For
 est sections of the Territory H.
 emphasized the fact that only sucf
 prisoner work projects would be set
 up as could not be financed in any
 other way, and that under no cir.
 cumstances will prisoner workers
 supplant wage earners on Nationa
 Forest projects.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-09

Today's News Todav-Empirs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-09

Empire classifieds bring results
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Cotton Ed Smith, Dean Of Senate,
 Hates New Deal
Continued from Page one)
lative crop.

lative crop
 He remembers the first speech he made. It was against ship sub sidy bill. He said that if tariffs were lowered it would not be nec- essary to subsidize ships They built up the protective tariff so high that while we could send our ships abroad loaded they had to return empty"
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Try an Empire ad.
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he was too famous for the jobl

he was too famous for the job!
 Leigh Jason directed The Flying Irishman," and the supporting cast includes Paul Kelly, Robert Arm strcng. Eddie Quillan and Donald MacBride.
 With a ruthless gang rl train roo bers cleverly conniving t0 have tthe blame for their daring crimes plac- ed upcn three innocent cowpunch- CTS. the unsuspecting cowboys have real problem on their hands!
 That, in short, is the theme for one of the most exciting Western films to be shown as second features at the Capitol Theatre. The famed three Mesquiteers-Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune- find themselves the victims. T h manner in which they finally man. age to prove their innocence is the basis of Call the Mesquiteers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-09
CITY ELECTION
 ON CALENDAR;
 FIVE 0FFICES
Mayor, Three CounliImen,
 School Board Member Chosen April Z

Municipal politics, as well as Divisional and Territorial, will be to the fore in the next few months.
 The City election takes place April 2, with a Mayor, three Coun- cilmen and a School Board Di- rector to be elected Offices at stake are those of Mayor Harry I. Lucas, Councilmen Sam Eel don, Ralph Beistline and Harry Lea and School Director Grover c. Vim.
 Filing opens ten days before the election and closes on the Satur- day before election.
 
 Try an Empire ad.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-09
GREEN RETURNING
 FROM HIS VACATION

Henry Green, Agent for the North land Transportation Company at Juneau. is returning north aboard the North Coast. He has been on his annual vacation trip and con conference with company heads.
 Mrs. Green and son is accom- panying MT. Green homebound.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20

The inspiration for Chopin's valse in D-flat, Opus GA, Number One, was dog chasing it's tail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20
Dial Doings
By JIM PARKER

Truth stranger saying which is very true Many of them tragic and some amusing who could be better usfed to ten story the fob Listeners will welcome the return to WAT of the series hf The iy Sleeps Monday Mondays We'd nesdays Fridays the will experiences dramatic popular features last and followers of While The City Sleeps will forward to its return on Monday night
 WATR, MBStatiOn, tonight 54 Gagens
 .cstss s 1% sS a% Pa9 me L0ns Ranger Eddie Olivers u:3O, Charlie
 Looking series which gets throughout the country vae will be the initial day Sept 2e at s:so The which use n featre stf O bands will have permanent guest comic each week Milton ere leads off followed by ~ an NBCBlue hookup October cheeks begin special broadcast by the British War Re- Society over NBCBue tonight at es5 m Helen Hayes and Sir Cedric HdWcke will do the concluding from Cavacade Clifton Fadiman Lothian British this country will also be heard.
 typical story a Charlotte Manson ngenue Society ~ was clipping along at Broadcast New York nbbed her speeding let herego because he simply ade her the air Surprisingly this didn't want his t tie sister to get canned!
 Members Tigers be heard over wAT- Mutual tonight 1O3o weekly cast The show originally scheduled last conflicting special broadcast When three Mutual network this mont WATERS aime high of 5o Doty steady job again She has been signed remain the Thursday Bng Crosby returns November Starting Sunday sponsor Bob extend the show el o C sCatos Eayond Gram Swing will resume his broad casts for listeners in Great Britain Swings 309 per cent of the uoa ton, according to a Gallup
 Listeners to NBCs Sunday are reminded that the September 22 broadcast will but the program September 29 will be The most Rev. Richard Cushing LLD of tcn will during subject Missionary Re- WTIC carries the Catholic Hour in this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20
SOLDIERS MEDAL
 FOR SERCT MILLER
Recent Part in Rescue of Officer to Be Officially
 Recognized

Recommendation has been made to award a Soldiers Medal to Staff SerEt. Frederick E. Miller, U. s. A., of this city, at present stationed with the 17th air base squadron, Hickam field, in Hawaii. Staff Sergt. Miller, who is the son of MT. and Mrs. Charles Miller, of South Main street, took part in the rescue from drowning of one Tom Thompson in Harvela bay, Oahu island, Hawaii.
 Thompson was one of three non- commissioned officers from nearby Hickam field who were in swim ming party with Sergt Miller, when he called for help. Chief Petty Of- ficer Henry T. Schaefer, also in their group, dove to T1ompson's s rescue, but the latter clutched the rocks of the sea floor in panic and did not let go until Sergt. Miller managed to free him and haul him to Ghore, where the rest of the par ty gave first aid.
 The recommendation to award the medal to Sergt. Miller has been made in the New Letter Correspon- dent, enlisted mems paper published in the Hawaiian islands. The paper states that staff Sergt. Frederick E Miller, the recipient of the rec ommendation, well merits the SoI- dier's Medal for, after valiant and successful struggle, he was himself near the point of complete exhaus- tion."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20

pr. Eugene L. Swan, of Brooklyn N. Y., principal speaker at gradua- tion exercises of the Waterbury Hospital School of Nursing, said last night that the most important thing for nurses to think Of is How do feel about being 8 nllrse2" Stress ing character in the profession, he urged the graduates to cultivate Christian generosity, learn facts about people, but never gossip.
 The exercises were attended by g capacity audience. "A reception was held in the T'udoy room of the Wa terbury Womenss Club after the ex- ercises, which were held in the club auditorium.
 Frederick s. Chase, president of the hospitals board of directors, gave diplomas to 28 graduates, and prizes were distributed by Mrs. Don- aid Granniss, president of the Wa terbgry Hospital Aid Society.
 Personal Experience
 Mfr. Chase told the graduates that when he was treated at the hospital last winter for injuries received in an automobile accident T was so well treated by you girls that hardly wanted to go home" The To- cal industrialist said the staff and directors appreciate the $10,00O given
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20
Character In Nursing
 Stressed By Speaker
Dr. Swan of Brooklyn N. Y, Gives Address at Water. bury Hospital Graduation; Diplomas, Prizes Given

by an anonymous donor recently, and the additional $1O,OO0 given by Waterburians.
 The invocation and benediction were given by Rev. David P. Gaines pastor of the First Baptist church, and Miss Mabel McVicker, principal gave the yearly report of the school. Mrs. Mae c. Garrigus, contralto sang. Mrs. Frederick w. Wilson ac- companied at the piano.
 Members of Glass The graduates were: olga Beata, Philomena Basile, Julie Demana- Wich, Charlotte Frazier. Marjorie Gould, Helene May, Rosemary Mc- Cabe, Louise Menzelle, Barbara ROs- enwig, Harriet Schneider, and Hele.a Spillane, all of Waterbury; Shirley Bronson and Isabel Rinaldi of Mid dlebury.
 Also: Mona Budge, Elsie Dick inson and Aldona Labasackas of Watertown; Margaret Cassidy and aKthryn Smith of PlainNille; FL eanor Cont and Anise Gobbi ot Barre, Vt; Mary Greene of South ington: Ruth Greene of Winsted Hazel Jeffries, of Hartford; Gwen- dolyn Kinne of Lincoln Park, R. T.; Nancy Lake and Helen Martin of Thomaston; Florence Stannard of West Cheshire and Evelyn Ma gargal of Roxbliry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20

Our island possessions came to us by discovery, conquest, treaty, pur- chase, and long time lease.
 The first to arrive into Uncle Sam,s family were the Guano Islands, some Of them far out in the Pacific Ocean. Of these, Bakers Island was discovered in 1882 and Rowland Island in 1842. Both were claimed as possessions in 1857. Some of the Guano Islands are in the Caribbean Sea. They are unin- habited, but are used as sources of guano by private trading companies. Guano, deposited by sea fowls On the rock and coral, is rich in phos- phates and other chemicals useful as fertilizer. Such islands are gov- erned by sea law, much as ship at sea, but are protected by the government for the citizens who trade in Guano. There are about seventy-five of them altogether, though the claims to some have never been fully established.
 The Midway Islands, (also called Brooks Islands) more than a thou sand miles northwest of Hawaii, were discovered in 1859 by Captain Brooks In 1867 these four small islands were annexed by the United States, and a Pacific cable repeating station was established there. They are otherwise uninhabited, and are under the administrative control of the Navy Department.
 Pago Pago First Outpost
 Americas first outpost in the Samoan Islands was the port of Pago Pago (pronounced pango pango in Tutuila, obtained by ces- sion. In 1899, by the Tripartite Treaty, Great Britain and Germany renounced all right over the Samoan Islands east of 171 degree longitude in favor of the U. s. Pago Pago is beautiful harbor. used as a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20
Uncle Sam's Outposts HOW WE ACQUIRED OUR ISLAND PossEss1oNs
BY MAURICE s. WHITE, STAFF WRITER The Democrat Washington Service Bureau.

coaling and naval base in the South Seas.
 The Hawaiian Islands were ob- tained in a peculiar way. They asked to be annexed in 1898. Their principal value is their location in the mid-Pacific Ocean.
 In 1899, the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam were ob- tained from Spain, partly by con- quest and partly by purchase. We paid Spain twenty million dollars for the lot. The Philippines have given us rich Asiatic trade, but are in a precarious position. We had trouble subduing the Philippines at first, but relations have grown more and more peaceable. Under the terms of the Tydings- -McDuf- fife Act the FilipinoS established an autonomous government in Novem- Der, 1885, and will become an inde- pendent republic in 1945.
 Wake Island and Guam
 As a result of the second Philip pine expedition we acquired Wake Island in the mid-Pacific. It was discovered by the British and named for an Archbishop of Canterbury. It covers only one square mile in atea, but is strategically located for 8 cable-station landing field, and outpost of empire"
 Guam, east of the Philippines, and farthest east of all our possessions is 32 miles long and from 4 to 10 miles wide. The population is nearly 5000 and this island is under the Navy Department. It has fine radio station.
 Puerto Rico, in the West Indies, is a valuable protection to the Panama Canal on the Atlantic side. The population is more than a million, three quarters ef whom, 76.2 per cent, are white and the remainder colored.
 In 1917 the Virgin Island, also in the West Indies were purchased from Denmark for twenty-five mil lion dollars. They were considered to have strategic military value as protection against attack by an overseas power.
 Caribbean Leases
 On certain other islands we have leaseholds for our protection of the Caribbean and Panama Canal. Tn Cuba, the U. s. leases the harbor and 8 great naval base at Guan- tanamo, dating from 1903.
 With the prospect of eventually constructing a canal across Nicara- qua. we have leased land there, and also the Corn Islands which guard it.
 There are several passages from the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean Sea and the Panama Canal. Be- tween Florida and Cuba there are Notifications at Key West and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The Windward Passage, between Cuba and Haiti, is guarded by the naval base at Guantanamo. The Mona Passage, ,<between the Domln- ican Republic and Puerto Rico, is guarded by naval base and army flying field, under construction on Puerto Rico. The Anegada Passage. between the Virgin Islands and the Leeward Islands. is protected by marines air base in the Virgin Isl- ands, and also naval base now under construction in the harbcr of St. Thomas. From the Virgin Islands to the island of Trinidad, off the coast of zenezuela, there are only the small British Notifications ln the Barbadoes and Trinidad, and the French forts at Martinique.
 Latest Acquisitions
 In addition to the island possess
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20

The sun would appear but lit tie brighter than a star to an ob- server on the planet Pluto.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20

12:00-News l2:05-Robby Byrnes | I2:30-Hroace Heidt's Orchestra I12:55-News
 1:00-Gray Gordon's Orchestra
 1:30-Sacasas Rhumba Band
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20
CoNvICTs LISTEN IN

Sacramento. Cal, (UP)-C Califor- nia's new state prison board has de- cided on the immediate installation of earphone radio connections in all cells of its two prisons-San Quentin and Folsom. Also, cafeteria system for hot food will take the place of the former service at table.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20
ROAMING THE AIR WAVES
WATR PROGRAMS
 i2oO KiIocycIes

3:OO-PhiIlies vs. Brooklyn 5:00--Melody Revue 5:15-SaIn Kolki's Hawaiiang 5:30-Waterbury Democrat NeWS 5:45-Frank Gagen's Orch. 6:00-Yankee News e:15-Jim Britt, sports 6:30-Len Salvo Organ 6:45-Hits and Bits 7:00-Fulton Lewis. IT. 7:l5-Designed for Dancing 7:30-Phone Your Answer 7:45-Watler Kidder, baritone 8:00--Lone Ranger 8:30-Dance and Romance 9:O0-Backstage Biographies 9:15-Sports Guide 9:30ACommand Performance Gram Swing 10:15-Stars over Manhattan 10:30-EddIe Divers Orch. 11:00-Yankee News Service 11:30-Louis Prims's Orch. 12:00-Sign off
 TOMORROW A. M.
 8:O0-Yankee News 8:15-Weather; Morning Musicale 8:30-Musical Menu 9:00-Morning Devotions 9:15-Shoppers Guide 10:00-Kiddie Show 10:30-Preview of Am. Legion Con
 vention 10:45-Philadelphia Bi-Centennial 11:15-U. s. Army Band 11:45-This Wonderful World 12:00-Walter Kidder's Concert 12:15-Melodic Moments 12:30-Waterbury Democrat News 12:45-It's Dance Time 1:00-Don Aires, Tenor 1:15-Yankee News 1:30-Leaders in Dance Time 1:45-Zara's Marimba Melodies 2:00-This Might Be You 2:15-First Race, Narragansett 2:30-Leighton Noble's Orch. 2:45-Matinee Melodies 3:00-Bees vs. Giants 5:00-Musical Interlude 5:05-McFarland Twins Orch. 5:45-Dance Orch.
 6:00-Yankee News 6:15-Sports Page-Bill Derwin 6:30-Old Timers Jamboree 6:45-Band of the Week 7:00-Bonnie Stewart Songs 7:15-Pancho's Orch. 7:30-Louis Panicos Orch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-20
FILED
 TO CHANGE NAME

Louis Comtois yesterday afternoon filed a petition in superior court asking for a change of name to Louis Gilbert, marking the third re- quest for similar grants in this court this week.
 Comtois claims he was born in Montreal, Canada and that he be- came a citizen of this country in October of 1900. He alleges to have used the name of Gilbert consist ently, but a check of his birth and baptismal certificates revealed that his real name was Comtois.
 The close check being made by Waterbury factories into birth rec ords of their employees is believed to be the reason for so many filing re- quests within the same week.
 sions mentioned, two islands of the Pacific, Canton Island and Ender- bury Island in the Phoenix Group, came under the joint control of Great Britain and the United States in 1889. The lagoon of Canton Island, fully protected from the ocean, is being made into land- ing field for sea planes. The two islands are about midway between Hawaii and Australia.
 And lastly, the newly acquired islands of Newfoundland, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Antiqua, St. Lucia and British Guiana ac- quired or leased from England early this month in payment for fifty United States obsolete deStroyers with which t0sbolSter up the British navy. These islands will be used as naval and air bases. All of them are located on the Atlantic seaboard.
 The insniration for Chopin,s valse
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