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Evening star., 1941-01-27
Bring Back
Old>Time
Maxins
Build Good Moral
Background for
All Children
By Angelo Pafri


The old copybook maxims have
lost ground in the schools. We
used to have them for copybook ex-
erclses and we used to meet them
on the labels of the text books. The
teacher used to give them TO us as
dictation exercises and on Friday
afternoons, If we had finished the
weeks assignment we had matches
to see which side could recite the
greatest number of them, none be-
ing repeated twice.
Those old maXims are treasure
trove. When I meet one OF them 1t
brings with it the long train OF as
sociations of teachers and school,
mates, trials of moral strength when
these stood us in good stead, occa-
sions when we erred and the teacher
said, You have a motto about this.
What is 1t? Did you forget lt?'
And we remembered with shame
what we had forgotten in our haste,
that, He who conquers his spirit Is
better than he who takes a city
The children in our school are en-
joying a music book that is collec-
ton of old sayings set to music.
They sing the book through. l have
rarely seen them enjoy anything
more than they do these old words.
Waste not. want not. A stitch IN
time saves nine. For the want OF
nail the shoe was lost, for the want
of the shoe the horse was LOST
and on to the sad ending-"All for
the want of a horseshoe nail"
They enjoy an old song. 1t has
no claim to poetry, literature or
good music, but it somehow goes to
the hearts of youngsters. There Is
the one about the farmer boy At
break of dawn, hoeing the corn, and
waiting for the dinner horn. When
It blew he threw down his hoe and
started for the house, but the farmer
shouted in his ear, Hoe out your
row. Hoe out your row."
The homely words, the plain
truths they hold, seem to take hold
in the children's minds and they
memorize them and enjoy doing SO.
We find these truths cropping out
in their talk, in their compositions
and. best of all, in their behavior.
The Fables of Aesop, too. have
been neglected for some time now,
and they, too, are valuable for what
they offer children in simple words
that tell story close to their needs.
Maybe it is because they were writ
ten in a day when people were close
to the simple things of life, simple
facts. simple truths, the animals and
the growing things and each other
We live in more complicated world
but one no nearer heaven.
A child who knows Aesop has a
background of morality surer and
stronger than that of the more
sophisticated child who reads and
knows the latest detective and serial
heroes. He who knows the tale of
the Lions Skin" THE Fox and the
Grapes, The Wolf and the Lamb
has a sounder background for life
today than has the one who knows
nothing of them but who is well up
on his movies.
Why not dust of the old saws and
the fables and offer them to this
generation? They will be new to
most OF them and welcome, too.
Evening star., 1941-01-27
By Barbara Bell

There's nothing more practical
and becoming for everyday wear
than q coat-faStened dress like
this. Simplicity itself to make, 1t
has a beltless, comfortable waistline
becomingly slimmed in by darts.
sufficient width at the hem for
walking ease and two convenient
patch pockets. A style as we'll de-
signed and becoming as this is, of
course, becoming alike to misses
and women's sizes. And notice
that you can make it two ways
with plain neckline and trimming
bands or with a round collar and
ric-rac.
Make It up both ways and time
after tims-it's 4 practical. becom-
ing style of which you never get
weary, and 1t looks so pretty in
polka dot percale, checked ging-
ham, plain-colored chambray or
broadcloth.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1858
is designed for sizes IA. Is, 18,
20, 40 and a. Corresponding bust
measurements. 81, "a, IS. SO, 40
Evening star., 1941-01-27

with the face powder it's even more
valuable. The lotion keeps your skin
soft and moist in this harsh weather
and the powder gives it fresh look
at the same time spreading a pro-
tictive film. It's happy combina-
ton and at special price, too.
Evening star., 1941-01-27
Dressed.Up Cookies

OF interesting youngsters in their
meals. Spread cut-out or dropped
cooky dough with slightly beaten
egg white and then sprinkle gener-
ously with colored sugar or coconut.
Bake as usual and the cookies have
a professional look.
Evening star., 1941-01-27

and q. Size l6 go requires ~
yards OF 35-inch material; yards
trimming: Il yard for collar.
Have you seen our new Spring
Fashion Book? Send Is cents for
IL right this minute! You'll find
more than 100 new fashions in 1t,
including the smartest and best
for all sizes from l to So. Sports
clothes, home clothes, afternoon and
dress-up styles, all easy to make
Detailed sew chart with each pat
tern.
Evening star., 1941-01-27
Card
To Include
Family
Casual Greeting
Usually Best
In This Case
BY Emily Post

Dear Mrs. Post: Every now
and again our entire family wants
to send one present from the seven
of US. Every time there comes up
the question of how to write ths
card that is incloSed with the gift.
There are five children-all grown,
all living at home and all unmarried.
In the past, when we all contributed
this way TO one present, one Of US
listed all the names on the card.
But it does make a lot of writing
for one card. Father SAYS 1t must
look something like a membership
list. But how else can all of us be
included except by means of the
opprobriOuS and family?
AnsWer-If I were you 7 should
write From the Blanks-au seven"
Or if you think this too casual. YOUR
mother might write on your fathers
and her Mr.. and Mrs visiting card.
With best wishes Cor whatever other
message from all of US" or 80
from the whole family"
Dear Mrs. Post: How does ons
estimate the proper amount to give
for the service of private buffet
breakfast served in a hotel? Is
the same 10 per cent given for this
type of meal? I mean. If 10 per
cent is right for sit-down meal as
which there is undoubtedly more
service, then wouldn't 10 per cent
of the total bill for buffet meal be
rather high?
Answer: Ten per cent is always
right when guests are many. Ths
only time when it might be not
enough is when the bill is very small
Egypt has decreed that only pure
Snan may enter tho cn11ntr,r
Evening star., 1941-01-27
My Neiehbor Soys:

If using icebags in . sick
room, instead of shaving ice
each time you wish to I'LL . bag.
to save time shave enough to
All quart pitcher and keep it
in the refrigerator.
Save all celery tops. wash and
dry them and place in the oven,
turning them now and then.
Store the leaves in an alright
tin. Use them for flavorins
soups, salads, etc.
To poach an egg. cover it with
boiling water. Cover the pan in
which it is to be cooked and let
stand for six minutes. Cooked
in this way the egg may Be
easily. digested.
Evening star., 1941-01-27
Bv Baroness Phantom

b0f0HEJS F1dHTO"
scaloped designs suitable for almost
powcases will make luxury The three simpler designs
household linen lingerie Of the hve
pretty sheer like to tie about their waists
preparing informal As long there
are foreverscaloped trimming will be
weldegned patterns be
designs hand
noe is cents Address ORDERS the Needle
voRk Ddttu9 q The Eventn1 star
Evening star., 1941-01-27
By Helen T0gf

By Helen
Although we're not exactly just what proves there seems to
problem proper
a
Hpstik
today wenformed
make suit the type Of clothes she
Partially responsible for this knowledge well
Evening star., 1941-01-27

Egypt has decreed that only pure
soap may enter the country.
Evening star., 1941-07-21
M. P. Mclnerney, Detective
Who Caught Pat Crowe> Dies
Kidnoper's Copror
Was Investigator
In Veterans Office

Michael P. McInerney, who added
a chapter to the legend of the old
days Of the West with the capture
OF Pat Grove, notorious desperate,
who later became an evangelist, died
yesterday of heart attack at Doc
tors Hospital
The capture of Grove took place
back in 1865, when Mr.. McInerney
was detective on the Butte (MontO
police force. Grove, who had par
ticipated in number of crimes.
was wanted for the kidnapping of
Edward j. Cudahy, jr., son of the
millionaire meat packer, in Omaha
in December, 1900
Grove, according to the story Mr..
McInerney used to relate, held the
boy in a hideout until he was re-
turned safely to his family upon the
payment of $4,000, which was or
dered placed in five bags of gold
on roadway under a designated
light. The kidnaper escaped to the
nils after shooting it out with Of
ficers.
A girl came one day to Mr.. Nc
1nerney and Informed him that Pat
Groves in town Acting on her
information, Mr. McInernev and
another detective waited in an alley
near a designated house the follow
Ing night and when Grove came
from the house Mr.. McInerney
stepped from the shadows and
pushed a gun in the kidnaper's
stomach.
All right, Patsy, put up your
hands," Mr.. McInerney told him, as
the other officer placed gun at
Groves ear.
There was no State law covering
kidnapping and the case against
Grove was thrown out of court. The
one-time desperate reformed and
made numerous lectures on the
evils of lawbreaking. He came to
Washington more than once to see
Evening star., 1941-07-21
Combat Plane Output
Up 92Pct. 10 146 PET.
In Years First Half
AII-Type Increase AZ Pct.
Says O. P. NJ; Pilots
Double Since 1910

BY the Associated Press.
Production of combat planes has
increased between 90 and 146 per
cent for various types from January
to June, defense officials say.
Figures published by the Office
of Production Management did not
tell how many of each type has
been produced, but in informed
quarters it was disclosed yesterday
that tWo-engine bomber output was
up 90 per cent, one-engine dive and
torpedo bombers, 146 per cent. and
pursuit, observation and other mil
itary aircraft, l42 per cent.
o. P. M figures, which cover all
types, including trainer planes,
showed an overall increase of 40
per cent during the same period.
The Civil Aeronautics Admins
tration also reported yesterday that
the number of civil pilots had more
than doubled since July l of last
year, from 41,006 to S2,277. The
c, A. A. attributed the increase
mainly to its pilot training program
Evening star., 1941-07-21
Charles Maddox Mossburg,
Farmer, Dies at Seneca
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SENECA, Md, July 21.-A heart
attack caused the sudden death at
his home here yesterday of Charles
Maddox Mossburg. 73, retired farmer
and lifelong resident of this section.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mary A. Mossburg, and eight chill
dren, Mrs. William T. ThraSher and
William H. George Dewey and
Woodrow Wilson Mossburg. all of
Seneca; Charles E. Mossburg and
Lottie May Mossburg, both of Rock
vile; Mrs. Roy Martin, Laytons-
vile, and Mrs. Lester Sullivan,
Herndon, Va He also leaves three
sisters, Mrs John Walker and Mrs
Alec Small, both of Washington, and
Mrs. Gideon Gates, Wilmington,
Del.
The funeral will take place at 2
pm, tomorrow from the funeral
home of w. Reuben Humphrey,
Rockville, burial to be in the GEM
etery at DarnestoWn.
Evening star., 1941-07-21
Philip EItinq Dies

KINGSTON, N. Y, July 81 (PN.-
Philip Elting, IT, former collector
of the Port of New York under four
Presidents, died last night at his
home. Appointed by President
Harding. the nationally-active Re-
publican served also under Preidents
Coolidge and Hoover and during the
first part of President Roosevelt's
administration.
Evening star., 1941-07-21

Mr.. McInerney, who moved here in
1914.
Mr.. McInerney, who was 68 years
old, was for time special officer at
the Capitol He was later with the
War Risk Insurance Bureau and at
the time of his death was a special
investigator with the Veterans Ad-
miniStration. He is survived by his
widow, Mr. Annie Catherine Nc
Inerney and two sons. Wilbert and
1t. John NJ McInerney, U. S. N.
Services will be held on WedneS-
day at $50 am. at the S. H. Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV, followed by mass at
9 o'clock at st. Paul'S Church,
Fifteenth and V streets NV. He
will be buried in his native town of
Virginia City, New.
Evening star., 1941-07-21

marked shy higher MARYLAND
esday,J July %,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-29
EVACUATION
PLANS BEING
MADE HERE
Preliminary Arrange
ments Receive Attention
Housing Be Surveyed

ITO plan the evacuation of the
people of Juneau requires a ire
mendous amount of preparation
entailing close attention to detail
all amounting to failure if it is not
supported completely by the people
whom it is intended to benefit,
says E. M. Policy, head of the evac-
uation, Transportation, HOUSING
and Supply Division.
1T is not my desire to excite the
general public. but l want TO feel
sure that they are fully aware of
the need for closest cooperation If
the need arises. A sound workable
plan for meeting this problem is
being worked out that will function
smoothly with the least amount of
discomfort to those affected, and
you are asked to follow instructions
and orders as would a soldier.
THE chief asset of the enemy in
time of stress is the psychology If
fear. The most vulnerable point
for psychological attack in time
of national crisis is the civilian pop
ulation. Civilians are not apt to be
closely controlled in their actions
as are soldiers, and can be thrown
into confusion and panic, readily,
if not prepared. We intend to be
prepared to evacuate the town of
Juneau, if necessary, without panic
and it's attendant confusion.
Those who may have treated the
matter of bombing Juneau lightly,
should now be convinced that it
CAN HAPPEN HERE. The recent
bombing of Manila appears to us
to have been unwarranted and in
violation of we'll established rules
of warfare.
"A well organized plan for the
evacuation of Juneau residents has
been outlined. It's success depends
upon team work The initial step
in building the plan outlined is to
make survey of housing needs and
where to place those being evacu-
ated.
TO accomplish this, the Juneau
Post of The American Legion has
been asked to canvas the city OF
Juneau to ascertain facts required
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-29
Alaska Game
Com mission
Going South
Board Will Leave Today on
Way 10 Washington,
D. C., Annual Meet

Scheduled to sail south today,
will be the majority of the Alaska
Game Commission, headed for the
annual meeting of the game board
in Washington, d. c., January IL,
it was announced today.
To leave here are John Hajduko-
vich, of Tanacross, and Frank Du-
fresno, executive officer of the
commission. Aboard the boat is
Andy Simons, of Lakeview. Earl
dinner. Petersburg. chairman Of
the commission, flew to Ketchikan
this weekend and will board the
ship there In Seattle they will
meet Frank Williams. commission
member from st. Michael.
One Of the most important ses-
sions of the game commission ever
held and the first time the annual
meeting has ever been held outside
the Territory. the Washington ses-
sion will take up the problem of
game law changes affecting the is
suing of resident hunting licenses
to members OF the nations armed
forces. A proposal to ban all sports
hunting in Alaska for the duration
of the war may also be considered.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-29
CAPITOL THEATRE.
SHOW THE Devil
AND MISS JONES'
Jean Arthur Picture Glori.
flies Department Store
Worker on Screen

Not very long ago, Christopher
Morley's sensational best seller
Kitty Foyle" was brought to the
screen. Starring Ginger Rogers, the
RKO Radio film glorified the ma
tons millions of White Collar
Girls-those hard working share
troopers in the dust bowl of AM
erican business.
Now, the same studios which
produced that entertaining offer
ing in quite a different fashion has
made film championing another
class of worker-the department
store employee. Entitled The Devil
and Miss Jones'" it stars Jean Ar
thur, with Robert Cummings and
Charles Coburn top-featured, and
Edmund Gwenn. Spring Byington,
S, 2. Sakall and william Demar-
est featured in support. See this
picture tonight and tomorrow Of
the Capitol Theatre.
Unlike Kitty Foyle," however,
the new picture is a riotous, fan
tastic farce-comedy, damned with
hilarious situations and unexpected
surprises, and poking gay fun at
every phase of modern life from
selling shoes to taking a subway
ride. Filmed against various we'll
known Manhattan landmarks, the
offering uses a wide variety of
settings in the course of its high
speed plot
Jean Arthur portrays depart
ment store salesgirl in love with
another clerk, Robert Cummings,
the latter having just lost his job
because of his agitation in behalf
of his fellow workers. When Cum
mings Lea DIS a demonstration
against the store, during which the
wealthy owner of the emporium is
hanged in effigy, Charles Coburn,
the rich man, goes to work in his
own company incognito determined
to ferret out the trouble. How Miss
Arthur and Cummings, unaware of
his identity, unwittingly convert
the plutocrat into an enthusiastic
advocate OF their cause, makes for
the delightful conclusion of the
unique picture.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-29

CIVILIANS
HEAD HOME

damned from stem to stern with
evacuated civilians from Unalaska
freighter arrived here early this
morning to replenish its nearly ex-
hauSted food and water supplies
after an unbroken voyage from the
Aleutian Island Navy outpost
Passengers said they had been
instructed not to discuss the voy-
age, conveys or the sailing date.
With women, children and older
men in cabins and all other male
passengers travelling steerage, the
vessel bore evidence of the hasty
preparations made to take the 155
refugees to the safety of the con-
tinental United States. Freight was
piled on the decks-including crates
of foxes and seals from the Aleu-
tians, destined for Outside ZOOS -
and the vessels Municipalities ON the
bows had been blacked-out.
Undismayed and cheering when
they set foot on land again after
the long voyage, the passengers
crowded into restaurants and bars,
eager to dine and dance far from
the war zone.
Most of the passengers said they
were requested to leave by the
Navy Department, although wo-
men who insisted on remaining
with their husbands, employed by
the Sic m s-Drake Construction
Company at the nearby Dutch Har-
Dor Navy Base, were permitted to
do so.
Almost all the women aboard the
boat were accompanied by young
children, and one 26-year- old
mother whose husband is employed
at the base, carefully guarded her
family of four youngsters, all under
six years.
Navy families, who resided in
Dutch Harbor, were taken off the
island by a government transport
the travellers reported.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-29
BOY SCOUTS WILL
ORGANIZE SERVICE
CORPS FOR DEFENSE
Qualified N EN- b ers Will
Join Hands with Defense
Units in Emergency

The Boy Scouts of America, Nor
lite Troop 612, will hold a special
meeting Wednesday night, Deem
Der 81, at 7 O'Clock in their troop
headquarters at the Northern Light
Presbyterian Church to discuss plans
for the New Year of 1912. During
the meeting plans will be formed for
the organizing of an Emergency
Service Corps to assist the COM
munity in any emergency.
Each corps unit will be made up
of First Glass Scouts who can COM
ply with the following requirements:
Is years or more of age; in excel
lent physical condition, who presents
the written permission of parents
and approval of his Scoutmaster,
and who holds the following merit
badges and can pass the following
tests prior to admission:
Merit Badges-First aid, fireman
ship, safety, pioneering, personal
health, public health, life saving
and rowing
Qualifications Tests-Run / mile
in 81 minutes, climb an 18foot
rope, hand over hand in Is seconds,
and tie the following knots with rope
over one-half inch in diameter:
square, bovine, taut line hitch,
blackwell hitch, two half bitches,
Glove hitch, bowline on a blight.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-29
eddie ALBERT
STARS IN FILM
10Th CENTURY
The Great Mr.. Nobody
with Exuberant Cast Is
Gay, Entertaining

In these days of hero conscious
ness, Warner Bros. hit a laugh
jackpot in a great comedy that
teaches, through Eddie A,bert's en-
pertaining experiences, what It
takes to be hero. It's the new
comedy showing tonight and to-
morrow at the Goth Century Thea
tire.
Albert plays the role of a diff
dent newspaper advertising sales
man, Dreamy Smith. who wants
to be hero, wants to sail the
seven seas with his roommate
skipper" Martin, portrayed by
Alan Hale. and wants to marry
pretty Mary Glover, played by
beautiful screen newcomer. Joan
Leslie, who works on his paper
Hopes for travelling vanish when
"Dreamy's" crippled newsboy friend
played by Dickic Moore. is run
over by an automobile an d
Dreamy takes the responsibility
of caring for him.
Not only is "Dreamy's" the worst
selling record at his office, but his
boss John Wade, portrayed by John
Iitel. finds him holding out ads
from the paper to make way for
his needy friends to get jobs. He is
fired. Later, seeking out the boy at
the waterfront, the executive falls
into the bay Dreamy" dives in to
save him, although he can't swim
He's hailed as a hero.
The gay original story was writ
ten by Harold Titus. Ben Markson
and Kenneth Camel adapted it for
the screen and Ben Stoloff di-
lected.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-29

Virgil Heath has been loaned by
the U. S. Forest Service to survey
housing facilities outside the con-
gested portion of the city.
Mr.. Heath and The American
Legion will swing into action this
week. 1t is very important that
their work be completed in the
shortest time possible as the facts
gathered will form the foundation
for constructing the entire plan
of action. Please give them every
assistance possible when they call
upon you so that our work can be
quickly completed"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-29
sheet bend and cats paw.

SneeU DellQ ana cat paw.
Although these requirements may
seem hard to the average civilian
they are only few of the things
Boy Scouts are required to do in
their yearly scouting programs. If
Boy Scout or any other person is
able to pass these tests he is fully
prepared to meet with any emer-
gency and it is only natural that he
be called on to have a vital part
in the defense of his community.
Those things which can be done
by Scouts under Is years of age
under leadership of members of the
Emergency Service Corps, under
conditions which will offer a maxi
mum of protection for the younger
boys involved are:
OrderlieS and messengers, assist
ing in the registration of refugees;
distributing food, when necessary;
collecting, sorting and distributing
clothing under sanitary conditions
only; preparing tags and identifi-
cation cards for refugees; distribu
ton of notices, handbills and gen.
orally stimulating citizens to meet
financial needs for the purpose of
aiding those in distress.
Scoutmaster Fitz is proud of the
progress the boys of Troop 612 have
made during the three months of
his leadership and even greater
things are planned and expected for
the months ahead
Every member of the troop is re-
quested to attend the Wednesday
night meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-29
Charles W. Gall
Suceumbs Today

Charles Gall passed away today
at $50 o'clock at st. AIMS Hospi-
tai.
Gall, who resided at West 9th
Street, was admitted to the hos
pital ON December "a. 1t is believed
that he was born in Scotland.
Funeral arrangements have not
yet been made. The remains are
at the Charles w. Carter Mortu-
airy.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1941-12-29
LEGION AND
N O.. | ELK
win MATCHES

Brother Elks met on the field of
bowls yesterday and the B.PO.E
No. l team emerged with a Major
League victory over the No. 2 boys,
1884 to 1888. Meanwhile, the AM
erican Legion Majors were having
a tough time with the Baranof
Bowlers. but the veterans finally
prevailed. ekeing out win by the
score of $500 to 1858.
The scoring: