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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-28
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 ! his Pori

Canadian National steamer Prince Rupert is due tonight at 8:45 o'clock, according to radio advices received by Agent Royal Shepard, and has "A passengers aboard for Juneau. This is the last trip to Southeast Alaska of the steamer for the 1941 tourist season.
 Passengers aboard the Prince Rup- ert booked for Juneau are as follows:
 Mrs. Jack Ballinger and two chil- dren, Florence Gregory, Edna Har- pole, Gilbert Hulk, Richard Johnson, Alice Johnson, Frank Gourlay.
 May and Clair Mangas, Orvide Moline, Ada Orme, Mrs. Mary Pink ley and daughter, Joe Puthoff, wife and daughter.
 Alex Smith and wife, Miss A.. Swanson, Mrs H c. Varblow, Will jam Tobey, Phyllis Wagner.
 N. MacLean is captain of the Prince Rupert, and Norman A. Me Lean is purSer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-28
MARINE NEWS
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
NORTHBOUND

. Prince Rupert scheduled to arrive at 8:45 o'clock to- . night, Skagway bound. . Alaska due Saturday. . North Sea due Sunday. SCHEDULED SAILINGS . Columbia scheduled to sail from Seattle today. Baranof scheduled to sail from from Seattle tonight. Denali scheduled to sail from . Seattle August 30 at am. . Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver August 30 at pm. . Tyee scheduled to sail from Seattle August 30. . North Coast scheduled to sail from Seattle September 5 at 10 am. SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS Princess Charlotte scheduled to arrive at 630 o'clock to- morrow morning and sails south at g am. tomorrow. Northland due Southbound sometime tomorrow. Nothing definite at pm. today. Taku scheduled southbound about Sunday. . Mount Mckinley due south- bound about Sept. 1. LOCAL SAILINGS Estebeth scheduled to sail every Weonesury at 6 pm. for Sitka and wayports. Dart leaves every Wednesday at pm. for Petersburg, Port Alexander. Rake and way ports. . q
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-28

BILL FRIEND RETURNING
 William Friend, of the Post Office staff, is returning to Juneau on the ncrthbound North Sea after a brief business trip to Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-28
CEC EvERETTS
 HOOKS SALMON

Gee Everetts, chief accountant in Juneau for the Signal Corps, U. s. Army, has actually caught a salmon, a 14-pound cohoe, after several seasons attempts. The catch was made at Lena Cove yes- terday and the Cohoe was landed in the boat after 35 minute play.
 The cohce swan along near the tcat, eyed Everetts and the latter dropped his hook and bait. The cohoe eyed it for some time then swallowed and the battle was on. Once the cohoe jumped completely ever the boat The game was not ended fer some time but the cohoe was finally gaffed and landed and Eyeretts puffed up with pride.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-28

hcwl They swan 50 yards, twice the length of the pool, to qualify for First Class Scout badges.
 Accompanying the boys was Stan Jackson, local Salvation Army ad- jutant.
 After being at the pool with the boys, I feel Harold Roth is to be congratulated on the way he is operating the swimming facilities there for Juneau youngsters and older people too," Jackson declared. "The way the pool and dressing rooms have been kept clean and the use of the pool regulated has made it a really splendid recreational center here" N''
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-28
RANGER VII BACK
 FOR BRIEF STAY

The Ranger T, Forestry boat, skippered by Ottar Johnson, re- turned from Ketchikan at 3 o'clock this morning with Chuck Forward and his assistant aboard. The two men have been making a timber survey at Kosciusko Island for the past six weeks
 After a brief stay in Juneau, the Ranger will go to Sitka, where it will be permantly stationed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-28
COMING ON BUSINESS TRIP

William c. Wright, property own CT in Juneau, is booked for this city on the North Sea on short business trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-28
MUST FIGHT
 LIKE TEXANS
 OR HE WON'T

TOPEKA ,Kas. Aug. 28-The- tall Texan walked into the army re- cruiting cffice and said he. was a bronc breaker. fetI
 If I join your cavalry can I bring along my own boots and saddles?" he inquired. s
 Nc said the corporal in charge.
 But I can't ride them army saddles" the Texan explained. The corporal didn't waver: Sorry, .but that's the way it is"
 They'll have to draft me, then, and the weather tanned bronc buster stalker out.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-28
BANKER THWARTS
 INRCADS OF DRAFT

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Aug. 28-Des- pite an accident in which he lost two tees, Robert Prouty, g, has a job.
 J. McFerran Barr, president of local bank where several men had been called for military service, commented he needed men with out all of their toes"
 A friend sent Prouty to the bank. He was hired immediately.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-28
BOY SCOUTS PASS
 SWIMMING TESTS

Boys Scouts of the newly organ ized Troop GA, sponsored by the Salvation Army, took ever Ever green Bowl part of yesterday after nccn to practice swimming in the new pool.
 Two of the boys. Pedro Barril and George See, were passed in their First Class swimming requirements by Harold Roth, supervisor at the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-28
TIDES

(Sun time, August 29)
 High tide-5:43 a.m., 13.6 feet. Low tide-11:40 a.m., 32 feet. High tide-5:52 pm, 160 feet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
No Escaping Consequences

AS fervently as anybody, we wish the world were so constituted that we didn't have to decide things. If we could just rock along in some kind of Golden Age languor, letting things work themselves put, convinced that everything would be all right somehow without our deciding anything, that would be dandy. This is a cold iron-and-Steel world however It is a world in which we have had conclu- Sive demonstrations that the most danger ous thing of all is just to settle back and, drift.
 Right now, for instance, Congress has the responsibility of deciding whether to break up the army built thus far and start building new one, or to hold the pres ent establishment intact until there is a change for the better in the conditions that dictated building that army in the first place. It is an unpleasant decision. Some people will be displeased either way. But Congress has often complained that authority was being taken off it's hands by the executive. With authority goes re- Sponsibility. In this matter, it has both, and the people will hold it's members re- Eponsible for the consequences.
 Should the United States reSolutely bear down on every action that will help tU Oe1edI I1lG NdI1 dSSEeSSOIS! 41lOSe WLO believe and urge that, bear potential re- responsibilities: we might get into war with all it's horrors; we might become involved in the realignment of Europe we do not know how to realgn; we might achieve other unforeseen results mostly evil. s4s..
 Should the United States draw back from active aid to those who resist, az gression; pull back to static defense of this continent, indifferent to what may happen in the rest of the world? Some like to kid themselves that this desiciSon Is without consequences. Yet that decis- on implies taking this chance: if the Ger mans and Japanese win, break up the British fleet and empire, restrict accord ing to will all U s. contacts with the rest of the world foment Nazi revolutions in half of South America, they might then force a war on a lone United States at their pleasure.
 Either decision today could be wrong: either decision implies future possibilities that are unpleasant, Yet those conse- quences, either way, must be faced; the only unpardonable course is to advocate line of conduct, thinking and hoping against all reason that it will have no consequences at all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
The Pressure's On

The task of making great recreation area in the Housatonic River Valley is being accompanied by sufficient startling publicity to guarantee that interest will be focused on the plans for many month Lieutenant Governor Odells Shepard put the finishing touches of1' this week when he charged that the Connecticut Light and Power Company would be responsible to future genera tions for despoiling the beauty of the valley. Maybe the company will retort by pointing out that if it has damaged the countryside it has made amends by creation of beautiful lake in western Connecticut-C -Candlewood.
 However, it's too late now for anyone to make charges about corporations and utilities buying up water rights and thus securing control over scenic sections of the state. They were granted and ap- parently at the time it was considered perfectly all right. What we should con- cern ourselves with now is less criticism of what has been done in the past and a. concentration on what we can do for pos terity. There are many ways in which regions like the Housatonic River Valley can be beautified and made playground area for thousands of people. We think if the interested ones devote themselves to this purpose they'll accomplish great deal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08

with Ickes opposing the sale of helium to Nazi zeppelins four years ago the entire cabinet could not ana did not budge him.
 WAR NOTES
 Eugene Grace of Bethlehem Steel warns that steel production will be retarded by the serious shortage of scrap iron. Last Aug ust, Secretary Morgenthau also persuaded Roosevelt to embargo all shipments of scrap iron to Japan, put the State Department changed it to apply only to No. l grade of scrap. Other grades still could be shipped and it was not for some months that the cabinet finally persuaded the State Department to place an eYn- bargo on all scrap iron to Japan .... Despite the latest Japan csc oil embargo. the Tatuta Maru carried 1857 barrels of lubricat- ing oil back to Tokyo by special U. s. dispensation. No wonder the Japanese have their fingers ] crossed as to whether we really mean it :. Few people realize the extent of Russian supplies. They have been requisitioning wool for ten years, have enough uniforms to clothe 10,Oc0,44 men They also have the men to wear the uniforms. Ten years ago they mad an army of 1,300,- 900 and for the last four years it has been 100000. By calling all reservists up to the age of 30, Russia would have about 1O,O0O,- GOO men x. Russian women do not work in the front lines. They are in the army, but in quarter master jobs - distributing uni- forms, cooking, etc. .. The U. s. Army is laying out a. winter camp in the Rockies for train- ir.g ski troops. The site is in the northern tip of Idaho.
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 Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
Press Comment
THE MATcH-BooK SITUATION
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SNcW 4Olk 1cIdlu- 4IlDulleJ
 Most persons will sympathize with the action of the President in hav- ing match books made which bear the inscription Stolen From Frank lin D. Roosevelt" It is said that the President had complained that m tc hes invariably disappeared from his desk during press confer enceS. The new device, he appar- ently believes, will shame the friendly, petty borrowers from talk ing any more of his matches -- an erroneous belief, perhaps, for a match book bearing the new legend doubtless will come to rank as a rare collectors item. There is one intimation in the story of the Presidents new dodge, however, to which we must take mild exception One would be led to believe that the gentlemen Of the press are par ticularly reprehe hensible in the matter of borrowing" matches. They are bad enough, in all conscience, but they are by no means alone in their sin, and it is a trifle unfair to single them out. A. safe wager would be that other persons who have had conference with the President have likewise purloined matches -- and this goes for tycoons, Cabinet mem bers, yisioparieS and nation savers of all degrees. For the urge to bor- row matches knows no class: It per- meates the very fabric, the warp. the wool and what not, of our sol ciety One might, indeed, say it is part of the American way of life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
Be On Time

It pays to be on time when you have your motor vehicle inspected at the state testing lanes This was proved here in Waterbury during the past ten days. With Wednesday the final day for car inspec- honS there was a rush that inspectors described as terrific Not only were there long lines of waiting motorists, but many of them probably went away irked at the slowness with which the line moved. As a matter of fact, though, pro, gress was rather rapid aad cars were being pushed through almo;t one min ute when the pressure really was applied.
 To avoid all this confusion attendant on last-minute attempts to beat the dead- line why not resolve to be early when the Second 1941 inspection period begins. The official starting date is August IS. Those who bring their cars down after the pc Riod begins usually are not subjected to anything more than brief delay. It's \ duty that should be taken care of promptly and if this is done both motor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
Billions and Millions

Never before will the benefits of re- search, be so clearly shown as in the period that follows the present hectic time of wars and preparation for wars. More than ever, salvation will depend on new products, new uses for them, and new ways of distributing them.
 This applies with special aptness to the farm. As former President Hoover recently pointed out i've are compelled to subSidize the farmer with billion a year." and yet, T doubt if we are spend ing five millions year looking for new industrial raw materials which farmers can produce" in place of their overpro- duction of food.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08

then it is the income of the family not the income of some individual member of the family which colntG from the viewpoint Of society.
 In that case 1t should be required that all members of tho family, not only husbands and wives but any wage earning chiAiren who may hs living with the family should bs required to give a joint account of the family income. \
 If the family Is not the basic unit, then why are exemptions granted to married people which are higher than those granted to single pe0paef And why are exemptions granted foR children2
 The truth Of the matter is tsaeA m any civilized society the family is the basic unit, fact Whiee, sonle of our nloderuists arc tEytna to ignore or forget if they can.
 Some church authorities have 6s2- jected to the proposed law on tho ground that it would encourage di- yorce among wealthy tax-dodgegs who would part company legally in order to have the privilege oe filing separate income tax returns
 Why should the church feel con cerned about those who thus make 2 mockery of the churchs coiaten~ ton that marriage $ sacEamentl If marriage is Q Sacranaegt ns reel Christians believe. its sacred ealaFs acteK cannot mean much fD Hifnse who would zek divoEct nl6frsS ta save pekl eI 1h6'r i'Ssee IeH
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08

Congress still debates the subject of daylight saving time. Members of the House aren't quite decided whether they ought to let President Franklin D. Roose- welt decide himself what will be done about using the daylight hours or wheth- CT they ought to designate themselves what the standards shall be. They may date of Thanksgiving around bit. How light saving time other than extend the period during which it is generally ob- served here along the eastern seaboard. We doubt if the more radical plan of set ting the clocks ahead another full hour would appeal to many people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
Selected Poem
BREAKFAST ON A SIMPLE THEME

BREAKFAST ON "A (Marjorie Knapp in the Christian Science Monitor) pleasant menu; plate of cottage cheese Flaky and white, generous pitcher of cream, Bowls of blue pottery filled with yellow mush, Apples as rosy as the chidren's checks And pleasant talk: Of cows and chickens who are known and loved And who are called by dear, familiar names. Susan and Bess have given this sweet milk. Speckle and Topsy and Fan have laid the eggs Even old Jim the rooster can command A scrap of gossip in this table talk Caroline says his as usual Woke her this morning but she thought 1t was A little out of tune Roger declares He also not ed it. When breakfasts over, He'll pay call on him just to find out If he is feeling cross. T really think" Says Roger, that it's not his disposition. I've watched him pretty carefully. He always Has been good-natured. expect to find Him just as usual. Something startled him. Perhaps he hadn't seen the last new calf And caught sight of her just when he crowed So accidentally got of the key" 'sYou let us know at dinner -time," says Jane T can't go with you. I'll be busy today Weedtng the hower-beds"
 So the talk goes on The mother, happy contented, watches and listens She wonders If other breakfasters anywhere Can be as buoyant as her little flock She feels no envy for the luxurious ease Of the great lady breakfaSting in bed. No luxury could be more satisfying Than this charmed circle about the farmhouse
 table,
 Bright with the glow of morning
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
Ten Capitals Bombed

If Europe had set out deliberately two years ago to ruin itself, is is hard to see how it could have done better job. Run down the list of the great pre-war Euro pean cities, and realize with shock that of them these 10 have been bombed: ,Lon- don, Warsaw, Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris, Belgrade, Helsinki, Berlin, Bucharest and Moscow Bombs have also fallen in neu- tral Dublin, while Madrid still bears deep scars of the Spanish Civil War
 Rome has escaped, probably due to the residence there of an international re- ligious leader, the Pope. Athens escaped; Stockholm still stands, but the men who have been for 20 years preparing to sub- ject Europe to this blood bath have aI- ready succeeded in subjecting to the rav- ages of war more capital cities than any conqueror of the past.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08

We like the suggestion or recommen- dation of Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles Frank Goodwin about cutting down on, gasoline consumption about as well as any of those we have heard to date. He urges every notorist to cut down on speed and thus cut down on the amount of gasoline used. To this end he wants speed limits cut down of- ficially in his own state He thinks that 40 miles ought to be the limit out in the open and g in thickly settled districts. Of course here in Connecticut right now we have 25-nile limits in and around most of our large communities But out on the open highways the limit goes as high as 50 miles. While it would be nice thing to have everybody trying to keep down to the i40-mile limit we know it wouldn't be generally observed for the new automobiles are geared for faster speed than 40 miles. It's hard for people who are accustomed to speeds of more than 50 miles to get below that, but if they want to conserve gasoline voluntar
 fly they'll have to do just this.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08

without being religious" To which the answer is that the good man who is not religious probably got his goodness from people who were religious. Goodness is not some- thing we pull out of the air. It is contagious thing. We Mcatch it., :, as it were, from others. The differ ence between a good man avowedly religious and good man apparently indifferent to religion is that in the first mans life the source of his goodness is revealed, while in the second mans life 1t is hidden. The ,non-religiolls good man got his goodness from religious fore bears. associates, environment. even though he was unconscious of the influence exerted by these persons and factors. ,
 The thoroughly good man is not frequently encountered, but when we do cross the pathway Of one whose life is crystal clear in its purity. honesty, and kindliness, we feel that a, loving hand from out another world has touched our hearts.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
Current Comment

If Hitlerwins he will have under his control far more wealth and re- sources than all the rest of the world put together. America will be in greater danger than in any other period.
 Rep. Martin Dies, Texas.
 The Ku Klpx Klan 1. 1. is now supported by the German govern ment and I trust the good people of Spartanburg county know this. Governor AEaybank of South Car
 olina.
 Now Stalip must look for help from the same democracies and "plutocracies" against whom he conspired with Hitler. Alexander Kerenski, head of the
 Shortlived Russian republic.
 There is nothing worse than the feeling that nobody cares about us, and right now good many of our soldiers feel talat nobcss cares about them.
 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., speak ing for the uSo drive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08

For, once you get to the IckeS house for dinner, you find you can't get away until after break fast. You spend the night. Rea- son is that Secretary Ickes lives on a farm about twenty miles from Washington and he objects to using extra gasoline for an ex- tra trip back to town. So if you don't have to get home to close the windows or feed the baby, you wait and drive to town with him in the morning.
 However, if. you think being a lock-up dinner guest at the Ickes home. is tough, consider the plight of Mrs. Ickes. Mrs. Ickes has two babies and 8 large chicken farm. And before there was a, gasoline shortage and her hlIs- band became Oil Conservator, she used to. dodge in. and out of Washington once or twice a day to take the baby to the doctor, in- .terview wholesale chicken dealers, or even have lunch with her hus- band.
 Now when she goes to town, she has to get up in time to ride with the Secretary of the :. Interior, nOt0riOusly one of the earliest risers in the Roosevelt Cabinet. Ickes leaves his farm in. Maryland at 7:30 and gets to his desk at 8:1O. Also he is one of the latest workers. So Mrs. Ickes not only comes to town early but she has to stay late = until her husband leaves his desk at about 6 p. m.
 Of late, however, she. has got even with. him. If you notice the Secretary of Interior coming to work with rather a sheepish expression, holding twelve pull lets with their legs tied together, you will know that it's Mrs. Ickes' fault.
 She has decided that she will not hang around her husbands office all day to save gas, and
 has made Harold carry her chickens to market.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
Whats Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven ee these test questions? Turn to lass page for the answers. x

1. What was the name of George Washington's mother?
 3. Aesop was Greek sculptor, mathematician, or author2 ts
 3. Of what nationality was the landscape painter Corot?
 4. Everything else being equal. cold water freezes faster than hot water; true or false?
 5. Mesquite Is a game, a desert shrub, or an insects
 6. When man walks along in. q pompous and conceited manner he is said to s----t?
 2. What newspaper did Horace Greeley establish in 1841?
 8. What is counterpoint?
 9. Where are the Black Hills?
 10. Was Russia on the side os the Allies or of, the Cenrtal Pow CTS in World War I?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08

With the Waterbury Fish and Game Protective Association possessed of new preserve out on the Cheshire Road great strides will probably be made by this group in the next few years. It deserves all the support that it can get, whether it comes from those who go in for hunt ing and fishing or from non-sportsmen. Its work is coupled with conservation of fish and game by proper regulation of such sports.