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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
SHRINE MOBILES
 HEADING FOR
 FAIRBANKS NOW

8 Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, from Nile Temple in Seattle, will be winding their way to Fairbanks from here tomorrow for the second of four scheduled ceremonials to be presented in the current pilgrim age of the fezzes in Alaska
 Last night the visiting Shriners helped five Juneau. Masons take .asir long trek over the hot sands to Mecca in the first ceremonial of the trip. Following the ceremonial, Shriners joined in a dutch lunch at the Baranof Hotel.
 Those initiated last night were M. G. Metcalf, E. E. Whitse. Robert Bonner, Jr., R. H. Stevenson and D. H. Andrews.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
DOUGLAS NEWS
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BIRTHDAY PARTY

The fifth birthday of Norman Wood was the ocasion fo- a de- lightful chiidren's party given dur ing the afternoon by his mother Mrs. Henry Wood. A, large colored balloon and individual cakes with their names scroiled in the icing were given each child. Other re- treatments including a large birth day cake set with candles were served.
 Present were Bobby and Jimmy Sprague, David Hill, Peggy, Carol and Eddie Cochrane, Beth and Billy Fleek, Elton Engstrom, Jr., Johnny Jensen, Bobby Rtess, Clyde Sparks, Alice Johanson and Dean Johnson s.iaS s<an.s e,ss, 4ss5
 Later in the evening Mrs. Wood entertained with dinner for eight. Her guests included Mrs H. R. Sprague. and two sons and Mrs. Wilma Hill and son.. si
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
L0DESTAR DUE FROM SEATTLE
PA Electra Will Land Here ? from Fairbanks This
 Afternoon

Due to land here rom Boeing Field in Seattle shortly after o'clock this afternoon, a north bound Pan American Airways Sys- tenn Lodestar has three passengers for Juneau, four booked to the h. terior and two scheduled to leave Juneau for Fairbanks.
 Passengers arriving here are It. J. A. Wester, Stanley Johnson and H. J. Tillman.
 Booked through are Don B. Reagh, Mrs. Leona Bahnke, Grant Osborn and H. L. Garrett.
 Passengers leaving Juneau for the Interior are R. w. Wrede and James Woodford.
 A southbound Electra is due to land here from the Interior this afternoon.
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 to a the of southey moist ritne had invaded the coast area from during past this Partly cloudy skies prevailed generally elsewhere in Alaska and reported the west coastal Tn which Boka Island Bethel The warmest which at ceilings prevailed this morning. ss it4s5 rsfr
 morning weather chart indicated center of of north degrees trough extended northwad the Southeast Alaska attitudes expected slowly during the next "A hours high pressure north and high of 3045 inches St. Paul Island.
 Juneau August 2-Sunrse 5:3l sunset 83O pm
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
Mrs. Ball Honored
 Al Dessert Bridge

Mrs. Alpheus Ball, sister of Jack Finlay, who is visiting here for sev- eral weeks, was honored last night at dessert bridge party by Mrs Arthur Adams and Mrs. Robert Rice at the Adams home on Twelfth St. There were four tables of bridge and bouquets of sweet peas and gladiolas were used as decorations. 1. Top honors at bridge went to Mrs. H. w. Stinchcombe, second prize was won by Mrs. Virgil Farrell, and con- solation by Mrs Earle Hunter. Mrs. Ball was presented with a guest prize.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
KICK THEM
 0UT;;DEMAND
 kADE,IRAN
Britain, Russia Give Notice for Expulsion of Ger
 man Tourist"

LONDON, Aug 20.-Britain has given Iran about week in which to answer British and Russian re- quests for the expulsion of 5000 German tourists and technicians said to have filtered into the coun- try as tourists"
 Authoritative quarters said Brit ish and Russian troops are report ed poised on Trans frontiers ready flor possible direct action if the Iranian government should fail 10 satisfy them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
Mrs. Elizabeth Riggs
 And Sister Returning

Returning to Juneau on the Aleu- tian are Mrs. Elizabeth Riggs, and Miss Margaret Jones, who have been in the States vacationing. Mrs. Riggs is the mother of Minard Mill, and she has been gone about month.
 Miss Jones is the sister of Mrs. Biggs, and has been away for sev- eral years. She plans to remain in Juneau for the winter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
DETR0IT'S
 OPERATORS
 ON STRIKE
Transportation System Is Tied Up- Thousands of
 Workers Delayed

DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 20.-Street car and bus operators of Detroit's municipal transportation sy te m struck suddenly this morning, leav- ing some 100000 office and factory workers to seek emergency means of getting to work.
 Thousands were delayed by the sudden action.
 The object of the strike is the unions seeking recognition as sole bargaining agent for the operators.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
A5SERT5 WAR
 MAY CONTINUE
 THROUGH 194]

WAS HIN G TON, Aug. 20.- President Roosevelt asserted the present European war would continue through 1943, if neces- sary, and that Great Britain and the United States would make . survey of the needs of production through that year.
 The subject was discussed at luncheon meeting between the President and Lord BeaverbroOk, British Supply Minister, now in Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
 iNTIMATES
 SHAKE UP

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Aug. 20. - Argentine Foreign Office sources intimated today that they expect some change in the Ger man diplomatic setup in that coun- try.
 However, they decline either to affirm or deny congressional reports that the Reich intends to recall her Ambassador to Argentina, Ed mund von Thermann.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
MRS. RUSTAD LEAVES TO
 ATTEND FATHER'S FUNERAL

Mrs. Norman Rustad, accom- panied by her two children, sailed for the south this afternoon fol- lowing receipt of the sad news yesterday of the death of her, father in Olympia, Wash. His death, ac- cording to word received, was more CT less sudden and due to heart attack. e1e Se.ps se ,s naiFs
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
FEDERAL D!E!RA ii..f LOAN TO
 RUSSIANS
|. 5. Ready to Advance So- viets Funds for War
 Supply Purchase

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. - Jesse Jcnes, Federal Loan Administrator, said today that he is prepared to lend money to Russia to finance the purchase of war supplies r1 this country.
 Jones said he believed loan is more likely than Lend-Lease aid, once Russia runs out of cash to gay for purchases. He said he die not know how long the Soviets cash would hold out.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
CLkSSIFicATI0N
 OF DRAETEES E
 LOCAL pR0bLEf,
Complaints of Dependents, Employers 10 Be Iak-
 en fo Local Boards


 classification of Selective SerVlce registrant must be taken up di- rectly with the local board With which he is registered, Governor Ernest Gruening advised registrants, their dependents and employers to- day.
 Communications on this subject addressed to Territorial, State, or National Selective Service head quarters must be referred to the proper local boards, he said, be- cause only local boards can act upon the cases of individual regis trants until they have been classi- fled, and appeal from classified tion must be made through the To- cal board of the registrant. The Governor said:
 Any person entitled to appeal the classification of registrant-- the registrant, himself, any per son who claims to be a dependent, or any person who has filed writ ten evidence of the occupational necessity of the registrant-may do so within ten days after the regis trant's notice of classification was mailed, unless the local board has extended that time. The appeal may be made in either of the fol- lowing ways:
 Methods of Appeal
 By filing with the local board a written notice of appeal. Such notice need not be in any set form, but 1t must state the name of the registrant and the name and iden- tity of the appellant to show he has the right to appeal.
 By signing the Appeal to Board of Appeal on the registrant's ques- tionnaire (DSS Form 40D"
 Governor Gruening emphasized the provision of Selective Service Regulations that the person who makes an appeal may attach to his notice of appeal, or to the regis trant's questionnaire, statement specifying wherein he believes the local board has been in error; that he may point out any information in the registrant's file which he be- lieves has been passed over without proper consideration, and restate in full any data which the local board has failed or refused to include in the registrant's file.
 To Protect Registrants
 "Selective Service Regulations, the Governor said, have been drafted to give every registrant the fullest protection contemplated by the basic principle of the law which is that he shall be judged by his neighbors.
 The administration of Selective Service is thoroughly decentralized by law and by the regulations. The local board has primary power and jurisdiction.
 While Territorial, State and Ma tional headquarters have sympa- thetic regard for each individual registrant, these headquarters ob- viously cannot consider the case of each registrant. This is the re- sponsibility of the local board. Its members have that intimate knowledge of the registrant, of his personal situation, and of the na- tional defense needs of his com- munity, that must be given pri- mary consideration in any demo- cratic formula. The local board must have classified a registrant
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
RED TANKS co 0vER IN C
 BIG RETREAT
Soviets Withdrawing from Dnieper Area, Nazis
 Declare Tonight

BERLIN, Aug. 20-German dis patches tonight from the lower Dnieper River area said large for nations of Russian tanks are counter attacking the German lines in an attempt to cover the with tilawals of sizeable Russian units eastward across the river.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
HUNTERS LEAVING FOR DEER HAUhTS

Two groups of hunters left Ju- neau for the deer haunts during the night and several others went to the west end of Douglas Island shortly before daybreak.
 Many hunters are planning to leave Saturday afternoon, return ing late Sunday night or Mon day morning.
 It is claimed by hunters that the deer are high up now and if shot must be packed down a considerable distance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
H0SpITAl NOTES

Ole Bradley was admitted to St. Ann's hospital last night for med- ical, attention.
 Delbert Butcher was dismissed rom St. Ann's hospital after un- dergoing an appepdectomy.,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
TO OCCUPY KILBURN APT.

Calvin Pool moved into one of the Kilburn apartments today to be at home there for his next terms residence in Douglas Mrs. Pool who is vacationing south is expected to return early next month.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
HUNTERS OUT

Several local hunters were head- ing for the hills last night and this morning to be among the first there fer the first deer of the season. Glenward Kirkham who for the last
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20

two years has been the first to bring home here deer left in company with Bob Fleek at 2 o'clock this morning to again be the first if possible.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
ON VACATION CRUISE .l

MT. and Mrs, Edward Bach apd two sons Gary ard Rodney, sailed away yesterday in thetr boat the Pal, for a weeks cruise and vaca- tiofl outing. .,. ss ;a ala Es,F
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
BARoUMEsEs SAIL

MT. and Mrs. James BaroImes are booked to sail on the Columbia for their six weeks planned motor tour in the states.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
PLANS FOR
 DEFENSE
 NEW SCALE
AIIoCation Com m fmenfs Have Now Topped
 ,OOO,O0O,OOO

WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.-Alloca- ton commitment for the defense program today topped fifty-one bil- lion dollars.
 It is officially stated that pros pective lease-land requests may raise the total to more than fifty five billion dollars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
TO TENAKEE

John G. Johnson expected to leave this evening on the Estabeth for a sojourn at Tenakee Springs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20

Arizona Indians are not per- mitted to vote, although they are United States citizens.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
GAMES TODAY

The following are final scores of games played this afternoon in the two major leagues as received up to press time:
 National League Pittsburgh 6; Brooklyn '. Chicago g; New York 4. Cincinnati 2, 3; Philadelphia O.,
 American League Philadelphia o; Chicago g. for selection or deferment before either State or National headquar- ters can act upon his case"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-20
THE WEATHER
(By the U. S. Weather Burcau) U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU

Forecast for Juneau vicinity beginning at 430 Aug 2o cloudy with slightly Thursday lowest temperature tonight about 54 degrees highest Thursday 67 degrees light gentle variable winds
 
 light showers tonight clearing with patches of fog channels slightly Thursday gentle moder southerly winds
 of winds along the the Gulf of Alaska Spencer southerly winds, local to nchbrooh souerly southeastery tonight showers Thursday Resurrection rly northeasey becoming moderate soner outheasey Thursday ra Kodiak: mod northey northeaey becoming southeasterly Thursday e
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-12-06
BY DON WHITEHEAD

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec.
1.-The Special News Service)-The
cadet from Georgia was flying al
1000 feet when he discovered he
had two right feet and hand full
of thumbs.
He looked like raw beginner up
there in the little yellow training
plane wobb1ing through series
Of spins, imme1man turns, loops
and wingovers near the giant naval
air station where many Navy bird
men get their training.
But suddenly he took a deep
breath and burst into song. Maybe
it was the Beer Barrel Polka, "
or GLORY, Glory to Old Georgia. "
But whatever it vast worked.
From then on, the youngster flew
the plane like a veteran until the
instructor, checking his fitness to
move on to more advanced train
ing, gave him the signal to head
for the field.
The cadet knew what was wrong.
For few minutes he had been a
victim of mental disease known
as tcheckitis" to the student flyers
lin training at the air station.
Checkitis was washing him out o1
training as naval pilot, just as
it had others, until he remembered
a paragraph in little book Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-12-06

board" the students nightmare
although 1t isn't always so formid-
able.
The big boards official name is
the commanding officers advisory
board, headed by Commander
Bowman. After q student fails in
two checks by his squadron check
pilots, and has no more additional
instruction granted him by the
squadron in which he Is training,
he goes before the big board which
reviews his record and determines
whether to recommend him to his
commanding officer for additional
flying time.
# q youth shows promise Of
shaking IT checkitis and develop
ing into a good pilot with a little
more time and encouragement,
then the big board usually recon-
mends additional time. But a cadet
must deserve it and have a good
report from his squadron COM
mander. ~
II the board doesn't think the
youth is officer material or tha!
his record doesn't entitle him to
another ctNnce-then he's washed
out or perhaps transferred to an
other branch Of the aviation serv-
ice.
But Jimmy had the stuff and
by singing a song or two he shook
off the tenseness and passed his
check tests successfully.
After instruction in instrument
flying, Jimmy was ready for the
final phase Of his training and ad-
ditional intense instruction in navi-
gaton, radio, spotting, Formation
flying, gunnery, night flying and
instrument flying.
At this point, his class was split
three ways. One part was assigned
to seaplane observation, training
for work with battleships and
cruisers; another section was as
signed to patrol duty with the big
Catalinas, and Jimmy's group went
to Miami for advanced training on
an airplane carrier.
At the end Of six to eight weeks
Of advanced training, the cadets
in each group received their covet.
ed wings and a commission as an
ensign in the Naval Reserve.
That's how the Georgia cadet
won his wings-singing a song
when there wasn't any music in
his heart. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-12-06

when he went to Winston-Salem
to deliver the address at Salem
college commencement in 1886.
confess surprise and disappoint.
ment at seeing a man with q
shock Of grey hair, a heavy mus.
tache, and a face that looked toe
sober and lined to belong to him
whose Molly Cotton-tail and other
jokes were household words.
It was not altogether his hon.
esty, his difference to the opinion
Of older people, the great interest
he took in education, nor the fact
that, as one writer says: Gas for
money, there was not enough to
buy him." Why was it that, as
noted Georgia writer says:
Vance was not only the most
popular man in North Carolina,
but he was the most popular man
who ever lived in any state"?
Does it not seem that the reason
the people believed in him as they
have never believed in any other
man was simply, because z e
Vance loved the people as no other
man in public office has ever
loved them? North Carolinians
loved their war-governor as chill
dren love a father, and he loved
them, not only as a father, but
with the brooding love of true
mother, who will face a hostile
world for the sake Of her child.
Faith, Hope, Love, these three;
but the greatest Of these is
Love-"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-12-06
Song Helps Young Pilots
Beat Dreaded 'CheckitiS

instructions he had received when
he entered training. It said:
eat first you will squeeze the
controls five times as hard as you
need to. Loosen up and relax. Take
deep breath. Sing. It will inn
prove your flying to relax"
And so he sang, and the tension
went out of his muscles. You've
got to be relaxed to be a good
pilot.
The Georgia boy wasn't the first,
and he won't be the last, to feel
this terrific mental pressure build
up when a check pilot climbs into
the plane to examine a student
whose ambition it is to be a Navy
flyer.
Sometimes the cadets fly like
veterans for their instructors and
then 60 to pieces when the check
pilot goes up with them. Their
self-confidence wants he and
they're like small boys who forgot
the answers to an examination.
And just about the only solution
is to build up confidence with ad-
ditional flying time SO that the
periodic checks won't be terrifying
affairs.
Commander R. L. Bowman, sup
erintendent Of aviation training at
the naval air station, says checkitis
is the student aviator's greatest
bugaboo.
"It's the normal reaction Of a
nervous, high-strung YOUTH" he ex-
plains. But they've got to be good
enough fliers to tighten up and
still do good job of flying
Checkitis, however, is just one
of the hazards on the long road
which must be Travelled by the
youths who want to win their navy
wings. They enter the training sta
ton here at the rate Of 100 every
two weeks-and about SO Of each
group pass the finish line. For one
reason or another, the others fall
out.
Let's follow the youth from Geor-
gia from the time he left the Uni
versity Of Georgia to become a
Navy flyer. Well call him Jimmy.
Like all the others he's unmarried,
had at least two years of college
and has been citizen of the Unit
ed States at least 10 years. The
cadets are between 20 and q years
old.
Jimmy sailed through elimina-
tion training at a naval reserve
aviation base and came here with
SO others TO begin his cadet avia-
ton training course lasting about
seven months.
The first six weeks weren't very
exciting for fellow who wants to
ny-but they were important.
There's a good deal more to being
military pilot than just flying.
Jimmy went through brief peri
cd Of indoctrination and then en-
tered the ground school to study
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-12-06
communications, navigation, gun
merry, power plant, and plane struc
lures. he also learned to drill with

communications, navigation, gun
merry, power plant, and plane struc-
lures. he also learned to drill with
a rifle.
Then he moved into stage A Of
his training, flying half day with
an instructor and going to ground
school the other half.
Every morning he and his bar
racks mates were out Of bed at
$50 am. to clean up quarters,
take exercises and breakfast be.
fore reporting at the hangar at
IL am.
At the end of another week, the
check pilot passed Jimmy into
stage B, a course Of instruction
designed to develop self-confi.
dence, judgment and fundamentals
of flight. Day after day Jimmy
spent hours practicing take-offs
and landings in small fields near
the main s1ation-some Of the land.
ings being the result of simulated
emergencies. Mastering sleeper
banked turns he was ready fol-
stage c or advanced solo work,
This was a lot more fun. Jimmy
got a bang out of aerobatics. He
wasn't always stunting, although
lots of people on the ground may
have thought he was. He was
learning the important tricks o1
handling a plane smoothly while
cutting capers such as aviators
use in dog fights with an enemy.
He was learning also to Judge dis.
tances and to bring his ship down
on small fields about the size o1
an airplane carriers flight deck
He did all right, too, but each
time the check pilot climbed in tc
give him test, Jimmy felt the
checkitis creeping up on him. Just
to sing-which was all right with
the check pilot. He'd had the same
trouble once himself.
After passing a general review
of all he had learned, Jimmy was
advanced to the transition stage
which is designed to equip fliers
for handling the Navy's fighting
ships. Jimmy changed from the
stearman biplane trainers, primary
land planes, to a faster, more
powerful monoplane type Of inter.
mediate land plane.
There had been one time when
he had feared he was through
washed out. He failed on one test
when checkitis got him, and had
such a poor showing on another
that he was called before the ''big
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-12-06

Fire Department Frees
Woman Wedged In By Tub

CLEVELAND, Dec. 5.-4R-Res-
idents Of an east side neishbor-
hood ganed as firemen sped to
the rescue. The flame fighters
dashed into 1 home--and removed
the bathtub fixtures. Thus was
freed a 44-year-old woman who
had become wsdged behind the
tub while cleaning wallpaper.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-12-06
MOTHERS LITTLE HELPERS

BRoNxv1L1E, N. Y. -tA- Il
mama IL busy at something else
on baby's birthday, the tiny tot
may still have a birthday party.
The Bybnxville village entertain.
ers, will plan the part, make the
favoxs, put youthful guests
through their capers, and even
bundle them of I'd their respec-
tive homes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-12-06
OUTER BANKS

OUTER BANKS
Though the, Outer Banks Of
North Carolina contain 4 dozen
villages, the largest with 800 per-
sons, there IL no civic or local
government whatever on the
Banks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-12-06
INsTALLMENr WIVES

INSTALLMENT WIVES
The government Of the Negro
republic o 1 Liberia, in. Africa,
fixes a price Of SEQ on the buying
and selling Of wives, with Install
ments arranged il desired. 4
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-11
bathers FACE
Port Huron
Would Break Jinx
in Scoring Upset

OThirsting for a win after
their hard defeat by Crosse
Pointe last Friday. the Mount
Clemens Bathers play host to
a tough Port Huron quintet on
their own court tonight.
The Bathers have been COM
ing along strong in their last
three games and figure to give
the Port Huron team quite a
battle. Port Huron has proved
a ink to the local team for many
years and the boys are anxious
to topple them this season after
their shaky start. The visitors
won their first engagement on
Jan. II by the score Of 43 to 80.
Coach Ernie Suckholz' boys
have been showing steady i'm
provement in all departments
of the game, especially in free
throwing where they were alb
normally weak during the first
half of the season. They also
are displaying more drive and
are tighter defensively.
Coach Buckholz will proba-
bly, start Capt. Walter Bobcean
and Ken Strassburg at forwards;
Ralph Siewert at center; and
Howard Tate and Lyle Bliss at
guard.