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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-18
chikan to make a better showing in elections. The precincts will be e.~ss. -yI prIn4rle5 and general elections
Trinity Guild
 Meets Tomorrow

In the absence of the President, Mrs J. B. Bernhofer, Vice Presi- dent. will preside at tomorrow's meeting of the Trinity Guild.
 The session will be held at Trim ity Parish Hall and will start at ? o'clock in the afternoon. Host esses for the occasion will be Mrs. Waino Hendrickson and Mrs. E.. M. Policy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-18
3 KETCHIKAN PRECINCTS

The Ketchikan City Council, at a recent meeting, decided to have three precincts, instead of two, to facilitate voting and enable Ket-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-18

FOR RENT-O1fe apartment with bedroom and bed closet bed Also one apartment with bed- room, both furnished. Hillcrest. Phone 439
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-18

JR. GUILE GARD PARTY Friday night, January 19, in Trin. ity Cathedral Parish Hall, public cordially invited. adv
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FOR RENT-3 rooms and bath, steam heated, electric range, F'rigidaire, nicely furnished, over stuffed; Groom house and bath, oil heat, Frigidaire, nicely fur nished overstuffed. Call at Wind Sor AptS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-18
Hollywood Sighh And Sounds
By Robbin Coon,
By MELCHIoR LENGYEL

The author of "Nnochka" tells of he has known-for Robbin Coons on vscationD
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ONE 3-room apt. and one 4-room apt. at Evergreen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-18

BROOM PARTLY furnished house for rent Reasonable. Phone 67 after 5 pm.
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FOR RENT - One gas pump, in operation. Call F'emmer at IA
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FOR RENT-Two- ana three-room furn. apartments. Fosbee AptS.
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FOR RENT-1artly furnis-ed flat Inquire Snap c.ao9pe.
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FOR RENT

CHANNEL VIEW APARTMENTS, formerly the Home Boarding House. Steam-heated rooms for housekeeping, including lights. Lots of running hot water ill all rooms. Bath. Dry room. Freshly painted
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VACANCY, couple only. Apply in
 person Winter and Pond Apts.
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VACANCY Nugget Apartments,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-18

COZY, warm, furn. apts. Light, water, dishes, cooking utensils and bath. Reasonable at Seaview,
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w A N T A D ORM ATIoM

In case of error or if an ad | has been stopped before ex- piration, advertiser pleas uoti- fy this office Phone 374) at once and same will be given i attention. l THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE Count five average words to the lee.
 Daily rate per line for consecutive f1sertlons:
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 Minimum charge .50c Copy must be in the office by 2 Fclcck in the afternoon to insure Insertion on same day.
 We accepr ads over telephone hom persons listed in telephone Grectory.
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Peel onions under water to pre- vent the eyes from smarting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-18

NI1f11N1N1J11 LII W IA @AAS 4 A'NA4%' ~ N~i formerly the Home Boarding House. Steam heated rooms for housekeeping, including lights. Lots of running hot water ill all rooms. Bath. Dry room. Freshly painted
 FOR RENT = House: six rooms, bath, furn, and heated. Phone Blue BOP between and pm. FOR RENT = Furnished rooms, steam heated, hot and cold water. Phone TOP. FOR RENT-Double room for men. Phone 488.
 VACANCY, Decker Apts. Phone Green 465.
 A. AND 5-ROOM aptS., steam heat, electric range, Frigidaire, corner 7th and Harris. Phone Blue 200. FOR REIN T. 4-room furnished house. Phone 187, after pm. NEW BROOM apt, available Jan. 15-oil stove. Just beyond Smith Dairy.
 FOR RENT-Apout 18th: large fur nished apt. in Spickett Apts. Phone Green 515.
 FOR RENT-Apt., steam heated. Klein Apts. Black 763. GROOM unfurnisheo house on Kennedy St, Electrol oil burner. Inquire J. K. Marshall, IA West 9th St. Phone 751. FOR RENT-3 rooms and bath, steam heated, electric range, F'rigidaire, nicely furnished. over stuffed; Groom house and bath oil heat, Frigidaire, nicely fur nished overstuffed Call at Wind sor AptS.
 ONE 3-room apt. and one 4-room apt. at Evergreen. FOR RENT-Two- ana three-room furn. apartments. Fosbee Apts FOF; RENT-Ol1e apartment with | bedroom and bed closet bed. Also one apartment with bed room, both furnished, Hillcrest. 1 Phone 439
 BROOM PARTLY furnished house for rent. Reasonable. Phone 67 after pm.
 VACANCY, couple only. Apply in person Winter and Pond Apts FOR RENT - One gas pump, in operation. Call F'emmer at IA. VACANCY Nugget Apartments. FOR RENT-7artly furn;s..ed flat Inquire Snap c,so9pe. --------------- COZY, warm, furn. apts. Light. water, dishes, cooking utensils and bath. Reasonable at Seaview MISCELLANEOUS SWEDISH massaging. Trained in Sweden. Phone Blue 328 GLASSES IN Gregg Shorthand. Call Miss M Willett, Gastineau Hotel.
 EXPERT dressma king: phone Blue 559, Hazel Austerman. SAX and clarn.eJ lessons Phone Blue 559, Ted Austerman.
 Watkins Products. Call Black 634. EXPERT pubn, stenography and bookkeeping. Alice Mack, office, Bararof Hotel.
 GUARANTEED Realistic Perma- nents, s4.50 Finger wave, 65c. Lofa's Beauty Shop, telephone zOl, 315 Decker Way. TURN your old gold into value, cash or trade at Nugget Shop. CONTRACT BRIDGE classes now open. Helen F. Griffin, APT 4th St.
 Empire Want Ads Bring Results. F A M IL Y
 SHOE STORE
 "Juneau's Oldest Exclus- sive Shoe Store" sj Seward Lou Hudson
 Street Manager
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MISCELLANEOUS

SWEDISH massaging. Trained 1T Sweden. Phone Blue 328
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CONTRACT BRIDGE classes now open. Helen F. Griffin, APT 4th St.
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GLASSES IN Gregg Shorthand. Call Miss M. Willett, Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-18

FOR RENT = House: six rooms, bath, furn, and heated. Phone Blue BOP between 6 and pm.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-18

NEW BROOM apt, available Jan. 15-oil stove. Just beyond Smith Dairy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-18

TURN your old gold into value, cash or trade at Nugget Shop.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-18

EXPERT dressmaking: phone Blue 559, Hazel Austerman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-01-18

GUARANTEED Realistic Perma- nents, S450. Finger wave. Csc Lofa's Beauty Shop, telephone zOI, 315 Decker Way.
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EXPERT .pubnt ography and bookkeeping. Alice Mack, office, Bararof Hotel.
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SAX and clarnseJ lessons. Phone Blue 559, Ted Austerman.
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FOR RENT = Furnished rooms steam heated, hot and cold water. Phone TOP.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03
Press Comment
UNEXPECTED ROLE FOR THE MERRITT PARKWAY
Bridgeport Times-star)

Bridgeport TimeS-Star)
 It may come as something of shock to the idyllic planners who originally proposed Mnd fought for the Merritt Parkway to learn that what they may really have built is now being classified as the begin- ming of one of New England,s great defense assets.
 But today the New England Re- gional Planning Commission has changed it's name for roads like the Parkway from limited motorways" to military highways" and it is as the possible first link in military highway which may extend north ward to Nova Scotia that the Mer- ritt Parkway is now being evaluated. Such highways, it is to be recalled were an integral part of Nazi Ger many's preparations for both offen- sive and defensive war, and should be considered an integral part Of this nations preparedness. New England is considered a vital area in the nations defense plans, and the Merritt Parkway is the beginning of the type of road proper defense plans must include. So, while 1t took IS years to get the Parkway as far las the Housatonic, 1t may reach Nova Scotia before we know it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03

The war department must be busy place these days. EnliStments and the approaching draft complicate matters. Now it is assured again that the one year enlistments will be possible, counter manding order having been issued for enlistment of one year in the regular army. The Hartford Courant says: one can appreciate the effort of the War De partment to abide by the democratic principle guiding the administration or the Selective Service Act. Nevertheless, it's 'off again, on again" enlistment pol icy is bound to cause confusion" Natur- ally as things stand at the moment. u wo11ld be odd if there was not some con- fusion, but perhaps eventually the regul-- lar army and the newly drafted army will become smooth running departments
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03
Joe St. Louis

Joseph T. St. Louis, prominent in newspaper and political circles in this city and around the state, passed away this morning after brief illness. Though in poor health for some time his passing was in the end sudden. Joe St. Louis, as he was known to all, was a person ot singular qualities. Everyone had good word for Joe and Joe had good and even better word for everyone. His char acter was rare combination of geniality, kindness, and tolerance. He thought the best of all his fellowmen and because of these qualities he was loved by all his friends and associates.
 Joe was graduate Of our local schools and attended Catholic University, after which he became identified with newspaper work, which he followed dur ing his life with the exception Of those years he was secretary to ex-Mayor Frank Hayes. He became well known as a keen reporter on the Waterbury Amer ican with which paper he was assoclated flor many years. Upon completing ms services at the City Hall Joe came to the Democrat reporting at his duties until a few days before his death. Joe'S friends in this city were many, and through the years he maintained friends met outside Waterbury. Also during his years in the Legislature in Hartford he made many contacts and those friend ships made during these years were lasting
 Joe St. Louis had many interests and followed events with keen attention and the sharp insight of a real newspaper man. Perhaps two of his greatest inter ests were sports and the theater. His life was one of tolerance for all, and his optimistic outlook and charitable view point characterized his words and actions, The sympathy of our community goes out to his sister, with whom he made his home, in the loss of brother who was so highly respected and admired by number less friends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03
Newspaper Week

Sometimes folks forget what a close relationship exists between them and their daily newspaper. Because their newspaper is always on the doorstep or on the corner newsstand exactly when they expect it, they take it pretty much for granted. They forget how important it is to them - how lost they would be without it. That's why newspaper pub fishers all over the country got together and decided to sponsor National News paper Week from October 1 to g. They wanted to remind their subscribers that not only is the daily newspaper vital part of everyone's life, but that the readers are vital part of the newspaper = that without the friendly attitude ot the public and it's tolerance in hearing all sides of every question, there could be no free American press.
 The idea of week devoted to American newspapers really belongs to H. R. Helsby, editor of the Clean (N Y.) Times Herald. Mr. Helsby got his inspiration more than year ago. On August 5, 1889, he told his readers about it in an editorial. He wrote:
 After all, the American newspaper
 is one of the bulWarks of American
 democracy-one of the safeguards of
 AmericaniSm as we know it. And 1t
 is not only a safeguard it is a safe
 guard which belongs to the people
 themselves.
 MT. Helsby talked things over with his readers at that time = told them what an indispensable part they played ln the operation of an untrammeled press:
 A newspaper, to be successful,
 must appeal to the rank-and-file of
 n A Io nHnrv naAI InVn
 entertainment and inspiration. It is
 entirely dependent upon the good will
 of the public; and nothing it's owners
 or it's staff can do can perpetuate it Ii
 that good will is forfeited.
 This unassailable fact is an ire
 futable answer to those who so con-
 tinually charge that newspaper IS
 controlled" by this or that interest.
 A newspaper is controlled, primarily,
 by its subscribers who like it well
 enough to buy it. If they don't like it
 well enough to buy it, there simply
 isn't any newspaper.
 Never before has the newspaper played such dominant role in American life as during times like these, as it catalogs and interpretS national and international events Seldom has the public leaned so heavily on the daily press National Newspaper Week will have served It's purpose if it helps to deepen that friend ship between press and public. We are glad we have this opportunity to get to know you better - and for you, to get to know us little more intimately.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03
Readers Have to Be Smart

Geography has taken an awful licking in the past few years. There was time when Boundaries could be depended up on to remain reasonably static at least long enough for the seventh grade class to memorize them. Maps could be drawn in the confident belief that they would be just as authentic five years hence as they were when the map-maker lacked on the last island. That time is no more. Yet the average newspaper reader today is expected to know more geography than ever before He must be reasonably well informed if the stories he reads daily on the front page are to make sense. He IS expected to know where to find the places talked about in cable dispatches and what they were called when he first studied about them.
 Once upon a time, places like Dakar, Bugbug and Dong Dang were just exotic or barbaric places you were likely to read about in travel magazines or novels once in while. Nobody ever went to them. Nothing real ever happened there, Whats happening there these days is very real. All the weird places of legend and travelog are jumping out at us. The battle at Dakar between the Free French-English and the French colonialS was nothing out of fairy tale. The jockeying be- tween the French and Japanese in ndo- China for Far Eastern power is playing an important part in Oriental imperial ism.
 No one can understand the slgnifi- canoe of the SkirmiSheS between Italian and British in eastern and northern Afri- ca unless one has pretty good idea where Egypt and Somaliland are = where Port said and the Suez Canal are These are 10 longer places you see in technicolor film and promptly forget about. They're places where the worlds destiny is crudely being shaped. Yes, the man with the newspaper in his hands is expected to be \ pretty smart egg. He must have prac- ffcallv the whole world at his fingertipS.
 The gratifying thing is that he has Most readers do know where places are -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03
Robin Hood-194O Model

The spirit of romance and adventure still lives
 An Ohio man, overwhelmed by what he felt were the injustices of hard, cold world, decided to do something about it. Emulating Robin Hood, he took from the rich and gave to the poor. But his methods were peculiarly adapted to modern world No highwayman, he hopped rides on freight trains so he could throw off coal to help needy families living near the tracks.
 Only trouble was, the railroad didn't appreciate his efforts, had him thrown into. jail for 30 days on charge of stealing $2 worth of coal. But we expect to hear more of him. Robin Hood never let little thing like prison bars stop him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03

The travel editor of the Christian Science Monitor says that the autumn foliage show has begun. In Connecticut it is not yet at it's height but farther north the frosts are keener Many tourists come to New England this month to see the beauty of the Berkshires, and the noun tains farther north The maple trees turn beautifully, sometimes yellow, some times red. The sumac on the old walls is a splash of red Many hotels stay open until about mid October.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03

Out in Michigan the people ran more or less amuck when they decended to the tactics of hurling this that and the other thing at the Republican nominee When the horde descendS to such actions we just figure it the offenders are not too blessed with common decency or intell- gence, and let it go at that. The actions have been soundly rebuked by the press and by the President. It wasn't very nice surely. Just one of those things, as they say.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03
BIRTH CONTROL SEEN AS ROOT OF MANY EVILS, TO BE
 AVOIDED.
Waterbury, Conn,
 Octobr 1, 1940.

Waterpury, conn,
 Octobr 1, 1940. Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 It would be amusing, if not tragic, to contemplate body of people in a supposed Christian community in our midst on pended knees imploring God to save the world from impend- ing disaster and next day Cor prob ably by the same day) publicly a11- nouncing their determination to re- new their efforts after many att tempted failures year after year to nullify not only the law of the state, but also the decree of an all-wise and all-just Creator. We talk about the fifth columns in our midst. May I say that there may be few among the advocates of birth control. It worked the downfall of France and to the onward march of Hitler and his associates.
 It takes but a short time to man. ufacture armaments, but it takes more .than 20 years to raise and de- velop a soldiery of young recruits to man the forces which may spell dis aster to the enemy. Some of those individuals (who so eagerly insist that the Almighty made mistake in His plans for procreation) would throw up their hands in holy horror if in an unguarded and thirsty mo- ment and without due deliberation an individual took an intoxicating drink in excess of the laws of mod eration. Lift the bars once. for the practice of birth control and it's twin sister, abortion. and all the mercy killers and Philadelphia murder gang racketeers will De encouraged and make a determined and maybe successful effort to have their ne farious schemes legalized and brand ed as justifiable acts in the onward march of un- Christian civilization l I am confident that the legislators (from Waterbury and our neighbor- ling towns and cities) will bear 1T
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03

engine down in the hold called "pull" or family connections" or "a lucy break" Most of the time 1t isn't the wind at all, but the set of the sails which counts, and they who practice good seamanship com- plete the voyage with honor. But it must be admitted that once in while one ship sails along in a stiff breeze while another only a short distance away is becalmed.
 Mariners cannot explain why this takes place on the sea, nor can phil osophers or theologians explain why it takes place within the circle of human life. Seafaring men make the best of it and refrain from grumb- ling, and common sense requires that we should do the same.
 All rights reserved-Babson News
 paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03


 for that role is the very man whom the committee itself a few months ago was denouncing as the worst of Communists J. Saposs, head of the boards economic research di- vision.
 So far, the squeeze play hasn't worked. It has landed Saposcs in the position of a man who bumped into himself in a revolving door, but it hasn't resulted in the hoped-for revelation. But the steps in the drama are significant.
 FAR FROM
 COMMUNISM
 In its report last spring Saposs was the one board official the com- mittee excoriated as Communist. Shocked by the committees charges, Congress refused to appropriate any money for the work of Saposs' divi- sion. Saposs, who is so far from being 8 Communist that he enjoys the support and confidence of the boards lone moderate" member, Dr. William Leiserson, felt that he was somehow being made the goat and tried to do something about it What Saposs did was visit two congressmen-Keefe of Wisconsin and Engel of Michigan-and have a long chat, in which he explained his economic and political views and succeeded fairly well in unpin- ming the Communist label from his shirt front What else he said is in dispute; Keefe told the committed that Saposs and Saposs' chief aide George w. Brooks, went on to tell him there were plenty of Commu- nists on the board that he-Saposs knew who they were, and that he was disposed to expose them. Called before the Smith commit- tee, Saposs and Brooks denied this Keefe took the stand and reaffirmed it. Engel took the View that what Saposs may have said in 8 private conversation was none of anybody's especial business.
 OWES BOARD
 NOTHING
 Meanwhile something else had been happening. Although Congress in June voted his money away Saposs didn't lose his job, the board shuffling its funds so as to keep hin and his division at work. Now, how ever, the House has renewed it. earlier action, putting enough teetf in the new bill to make Saposs' dis. missal unavoidable. This bill is pend. ing in the Senate at this writing.
 The theory back of this action i! simple-namely. that if Saposs were finally convinced his place on tht board was gone, he would be willing to go on the witness stand and tel all. Saposs owes the board littlt enough; its defense of him last win. ter was not even lukewarm, and tht minority report of the Smith com, mittee, drafted at the labor board and designed to refute as many al possible of the committee majority accusations, openly threw him to tn, wolves.
 It hasn't worked out that way though. Saposs is in bad with prac tically everyone-with the Smitl committee, which thought it coult make him talk and failed, and witt the dominant people inside the 1abo board, who have never liked him an, who are afraid he might yet decid to talk out of turn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03

Deals administration of its own labor laws.
 He will charge that labor hasn't been given an adequate voice in agencies in which it is vitally in- terested. That is where Miss Per- kins comes in. She may not be mentioned by name, for fear of offending the women's vote, but Willkie will leave no doubt whom he means. He will assert that her Labor Department is manned by "misfits" and others unaccept- able to either the AFL or CIO.
 Also, unless the text of the speech is changed, Willkie will promise that if elected he will appoint someone from the franks of labor" as Secretary of Labor, and give labor greater representation in other branches of the government, such as the Social Security Board, Wage Hour Division, etc. He will charge that these agencies are being run by college professors and theorists who don't un- derstand labor's problems.
 NOTE = One of the main col- laborators on Willkie's speech was Lewis G. Hines, AFL Labor Com missioner of Pennsylvania and one of the campaign managers of Gov. Arthur James. Hines ap- pointment as assistant to AFL carpenter boss Big Bill' Hutche- son, chairman of the COP labor campaign committee, soon will be announced.
 LOCAL AIR BASES
 The Army Air Corps isn't say ing anything publicly, but it is making a quiet survey of all air. ports in the country for the pur- pose of locating new bases and training centers.
 Objective behind the plan is to secure the greatest possible dis persion of air forces necessary for defense. Four cities already have been selected: New Ore- leans, West Palm Beach, Fla, Tallahassee, Fla, and Augusta, Ga.
 The number of new bases planned is a secret, but they will
 cover the entire country with a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-03
In Today's Mail

mind the command Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven and act accordingly. It is the plan of the Almighty that the heavenly vacancy caused by the transgression of the rebellious or outcast angels would be replenished by the return of the happy souls made to the image and likeness of God.
 Don't help to diminish the number by assisting birth control legislation advocates.
 Yours for fair play and considera- tion of the Judgment Day.
 B. F.