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employees benefits who cannot be put to work. Both of these Dircc- tors were to be under the general supervision of the Executive Di- rector.
 Work Increased
 Tn the early years of the apera- ton of the Act however, the EX- ecutive Director has held the office of Director of the Unemployment Compensation Service also. has much as the work of administering the Act has vastly increased since this set-up was adopted, the Com mission feels that there should be a separation of the duties of the Executive Director and the Director of the Unemployment Compensa- ten Service. It has therefore acted to achieve this end.
 Robert E. Sheldon of Fairbanks has been appointed Executive Di- rector of the Commission and will replace Walter P. Sharp in that branch of the work. This appoint ment does not in the slightest effect MT Sharp's position as Director of t he Unemployment Service. in which place, so far as the Com mission is concerned, he will remain. The commission feels that MT. Sharp has done excellent work in this branch of the service and that this department has been ably and administered by him. It has only the highest of praise for him in this capacity
 Previous Plan
 Tn separating the two offices previously held by MT. Sharp, the Commission has been guided hy the plan adopted by the previous Com mission members, Dr. Noble Dick of Fairbanks and R. s. Bragaw of Anchorage, who had perfected the plan for the set-up, and wired MT. Sheldon asking him if he would ac- cept the position of Executive Di- rector. They suddenly and unex- pectedly resigned before their meet ing was adjourned last fall, with out receiving his reply. The pres ent Commission feels that the for mer members of the Commission, out of the wisdom of several years experience in Commission matters acted with good judgment in plan
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FIODLNN LIIuULllL ROBERTA LEE

accepting may girl permission whom hostess acquainted? A but invite him without this permission a S who i Yes there quite distinction It has been said "The
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THAILAND
 LET'S JAP
 ARMYp
British Report Agreement Made to Permit Transit
 of Nippon Troops
iBy Associated Pressl

A Japanese-Thailand agreement for the transit of, troops through Thailand was reported today, pre- sumably for an attack on British Malaga, site of the fortress of Sing apore, and on British Burma,
 The British announced Japanese warcraft which landed troops at two places in British Malaya near Thai land have been driven away.
 Domei, Japanese news service, re- ported clashes between British and Japanese troops.
 During the night and early this morning the following bulletins were received:
 SINGAPORE 1.-Two bombs fell in the center of Singapore and num- Der of others exploded on various parts of the island. It was officially
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 thing to do with their revision of the territorial office set-up. Nor rison has not consulted with the directors, nor has he appeared at a meeting of the board, Phillips, said Both declared that the plan to re-vamp the set-up was drafted by Robert Bragaw and Dr. Noble Dick, former commissioners, before their recent resignation from the posts Sheldon, they said, was the choice Of Bragaw and Dr. Dick for the executive directorshjp and had been asked if he would accept the appointment shortly before the two men resigned.
 Ex-POstmaster
 Sheldon is former manager of the M c K finley Park Transportation Company, recently taken over by the Department of the Interior, is former postmaster at Fairbanks and fcrmer territorial legislator.
 Following is the public state ment signed by Phillips and Mrs. Hermann:
 "As originally written, this Act, which passed the Legislature in the extraordinary session of 1937 calls for the appointment of an Execu- tive Director, charged with the general administration of the Act and of Directors for each of the two branches of service contem- plated by the Act: the Employment Service, charged with the duty of putting men to work, and the Un- employment Compensation Service charged with the duty of paying the
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PUBLIC NOTICE

oDAAS 4NO lNE
 IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR
 THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
 DIVISION NUMBER ONE, AT
 KETCHIKAN.
 In the Matter of the Regular January, l942, Term of the District Court for the First Division of the Territory of Alaska, at Juneau.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That pursuant to an order of the Court dated November 21, l94l, a Regular January, 1942, Term of the United States District Court for the First Division of the Territory of Alaska will be held in the Court Room of the Federal Building at Juneau, Alaska, beginning at tho hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon of January 6, 1942.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the above entitled court to be affixed at Ketchikan, this Fist day of November, l94l. tSEAL)
 ROBERT E. COUGHLIN,
 Clerk, U. s. District Court. Publication, dates, Nov. A, Dec. l. S-l5. l94l. adv.
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ming this set-up and. that 1t can best serve the public interest by putting it into operation.
 This action was taken by the Commission in it's Saturday meet ing. MT. Sheldon, who had pre- viously submitted written ap- plication for the position of EX- ecutive Director, was immediately informed by wire of his apponit- ment. and has wired his acceptance to the Commission. He expects to arrive in Juneau on the first avail able plane to confer with the Con- mission before it adjourns"
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AMATEUR RADIO
 STATIONS COME
 UNDER BAN NOW

WASHINGTON, Dec. g. The EGG has prohibited all amateur ra- dio operations in the United States and possessions, except for stations specifically authorized by Federal, state and municipal authorities in connection with emergency matters.
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Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN NIISUsED: As tickets should Say those who tickets should 
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Gibe. Pronounce b LIE
 though pronounced boo-dwar.
 SYNONYMS: Pretender imposter, hypocrte, humbug
 a three times and it is yours word each Today FALACY deceptive false that which mieads the apt minds be mised which gratify their passions"
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LOOK and LEARN &sy c. GORDON

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ID E IF EMS SE 0III7
 FOND uUIL

O. What kind of Christmas card popular this
 A. The kind that a Defense Savings Stamps
 O. Should someone whose rather help National Defense Defense financially able?
 Certainly If occasion when Bond can be redeemed after 60
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RECRUITING
 UNDERWAY Z. . ]. .l- a-l

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. g. Army recruiting offices are be- sieged by long lines of men waiting to enlist. The same condition pre- vails at all Marine recruiting of- fices, according to reports from all Pacific Coast cities.
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JUNEAU OLDTIMER
 DIES SUDDENLY

August Hellonen, who has been in Juneau several years, died sud- denly yesterday afternoon. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. The remains are at the Charles w. Carter Mortuary.
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GOA MEMBERS TO HAVE
 REGULAR MEET TOMORROW

The regular business meeting of the Catholic Daughters of America will be held Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at the Parish Hall. Mrs. Herbert Redman will preside.
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LOS ANGELES NEG listen- ing post here quoted the Tokyo radio as saying Japanese troops entered Thailand to maintain the independ- ence" of that country. The Tokyo radio also said that informed sources expected Germany would declare war against the United States with in two hours.
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Scientists have figured that 1Sc tons of sunshine fall upon the earth each year.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

DECEMBER 8 Mary Margaret Grisham
 Mike Ugrin Mrs. George F. Freeburger Esther Jackson Mrs. H. L. Arnold Sidney J. Thompson Natalie Savovich Mrs. John G. Johnson Mrs. H. M. Acton
 J. B. Henahen
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NEW YORK The xis-controlled Shanghai radio said "a large num- Der of Thailand military forces have started to move against the south ern border of British Burma"
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announced the Japanese had landed in North Malaya and that British troops had engaged the enemy.
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UNEMPLOYMENT
 COMP ENSATI0N
 OFFICE CHANGE
Sheldon Is 10 Head Office Here = Sharpe Gets
 Subordinate Post

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Combating Sea Power
Cincinnati Enquirer

Cincinnati Enquirer)
 Germany began this with no fleet to chal- lenge British supremacy on the seas, but only with submarine force to harry British merchant ship ping and occasionally take toll of British naval strength. Germany did not waste money steel in fruitless attempt to match British naval power Yet the fact remains that the Nazis seeking to destroy the power of their enemies.
 The way in which Germany is attempting to her land and air power to overcome the superior chapter in the history of war Early in the war Gernany's great land machine rolled over the Low Countries and France while her air force gained the upper hand in Scandinavia earlier. This gave the Reich full command of the whole shore of Europe from the Cape of Norway to the Spanish frontier with all the advantages flowing from pos session of that line of naval bases.
 Just now, German land forces are driving around the margin of the Black Sea. slowly destroying Soviet dominance of that body of water Land power is being used to destroy superior power by talk ing all the bases available for the Soviet Black Sea fleet. Germany will attempt to do the same thing in the Mediterranean whole, already con- trolling Greece, Yugoslava, Italy and-n large de- gree-Franee and her colonies.
 This could be extended to include the shore of West Africa, already happened in some measure. railway to Dakar is being rushed to completion, to make German land power dominant in the future struggle for West Africa. This is of the utmost m- portance to us in the United States because we have relied naval power, forgetful of the fact that superiority of power is proof against land power that seizes essential bases.
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ChapeIadies Plan
 December Parties,
 DoRed Cross Work

Announcement that the social planned by the Chapeladies for De- cember 6 will start at 7:30 o'clock in the evening in the Chapel-by- the Lake was made at a meeting of the group held last night in the home of Mrs. Virgil Puzey Mrs. Hal Kimmel, program chairman, promises friends and families of club members a pleasant and en- tertaining evening.
 The annual Christmas party ar ranged by the group will be held on December 16 in the home of Mrs. Fred Camper. Mrs. Harry Ar hold and Mrs. Clarence Wittanen will be co-hostesses for this event. A committee, headed by Mrs. Max Miller, has been appointed to ar range for gifts and candy for the Chapel-by-the-Lake Sunday School children's exercises, which will be held just before Christmas.
 Fifty baby garments for the Red Cross were distributed among mem bers last night, and it is expected these will be completed by the next meeting.
 Present at the gathering were Mesdames Stanley Jekill, Ere q Camper, Al Blake, Harry Arnold, Hal Kimmel, Max Miller, Jenny Pederson, Clara Spaulding, Clar- ence Wittanen. Virgil Puzey, one new member, Mrs. H. Vending, and two visitors, Mrs. Mae Harris and Mrs: Clifford Mason. f
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When the New Yorker visited the highway he counted 16 agencies authorized to stop trucks and ex- act fee or accounting informa- tion. When the deputies weren ! around, the trucks waited. Delays in single through journey some times added up to week
 Truckers formerly drove in con- voys, travelling only as fast as the slowest truck. Today, as they drive alone, their progress is checked by the radio network, and police warn them of bombings and other emer- gencies.
 Characterization" of the high way has been confined to the 600- mile stretch between the Burma Chinese border and Running, cap- ital of Yunnan province. Arnstein, viewing it for the first time, found himself "awfuIy surprised by the excellence of the asphalt-gravel- rock-pebble surface. It was, he quotes a friend, "a road scratched out by the fingernails of an em- pire.' Completed, it gave China a through freight route to British India as a substitute for the Pa- cific ports lost in the war.
 Should Japan attempt a thrust through the jungles and noun tains from Indo-C China, she may well threaten the Burma Road. But the precipitous terrain would prove difficult if not impossible for mechanical equipment, leav- ing the issue to be decided by infantry and guerrilla fighters. In this phase of her struggle with Japan, China so far has not been a big loser.
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HOROSCOPE "The stdrs incline
 but do not compeW
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4

l IT1Oftolh I, DEOEMDE1L
 Benefic aspects dominate today It is an suspicious sway for push ing constructive work of all sorts Labor will cooperate but not en- thusiastically in a great govern ment contract.
 HEART AND HOME: Adverse planetary influences affect women today when they may meet ob- stacles or disappointments il cherished plans. Girls should for get about romance while the con figuration continues. It is an aus picious sway for beginning any real work. Women who are em- ployed may expect promotions in the new year if they do not ask i for special consideration. This is time to put away frivolous aims and amusements and to prepare for 1 a future which is not altogether happy.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Priority laws will continue to cause anxiety among many classes of business men. Conflicting interpretations will cause trouble and as usual the man with small capital will be the victims of financial policies in- l tended to assure the greatest good l to the greatest number. Christmas shopping that has been retarded | by alarming predictions will make up for lost time and opportunities i NATIONAL ISSUES: Danger of over-zealous efforts to purge the nation of espionage and fifth col umn supporters will lead to anis- judgment of persons with good in- 1 tentions This is a time when t is well to attribute the best pos sible motives even to men and women who appear disloyal to the nation. Watchfulness is advised but justice must be sought even when appearance or utterances are apparently almost treason.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR." Winter will add to the mental re- volt among the conquered nations under Hitler's rule While despera- ton will increase the scope of re- bellious desires there will prob ably be not many signs of revolu- tion until the spring. Russia comes under portents of supreme signifi- canoe and probably will suffer add. ed disappointments. Mistakes in campaign procedures will cause changes among commanding Army and naval officers in more than one European nation.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of good fortune which will be earned by hard work and self denial.
 Children born on this day will be strong physically and mentally. They should reach the heights by their foresight and industry.
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HE WON'T TALK

Talk about Silent Cal and the spnx, they were verable chatterboxes compared to Stuart Morrison, special representative of the Federal Social Security Board his second routine" visit to Juneau in the past few months.
 At least MT Morrison says his trips to Alaska are routine although it has been singular coin cdence that both times he has favored us with his presence have been times when the Territorial Un- employment Compensation Commission was holding annual sessions here.
 As matter of fact, it was intmated that it was decidedly not a coincidence which saw the resigna- tlon recently of pr. Noble Dick, of Fairbanks and Robert Bragaw of Anchorage. shortly after they had concluded interview with MT Morrison. Both members of the commission and from the post resignation statement of Bragaw the talk with Mor- rison followed by formal resignations were more in the form of cause and effect
 MT Morrison returned here week ago today the day following the date when the annual meeting of the commission, which had been interrupted by the resignations scheduled to be continued with appointees of Gov. Ernest Gruening sitting in the chairs left vacant by Dr. Dick and Bragaw
 To learn from MT. Morrson's own lips the pur- pose of his visit here, Empire reporter last week cooled his heels hour outside the doors Of ter ritoral office where the from Washington, D. G. in conference with Hugh Wade terri torial representative of the Social Security Board When the reporter finally had audience with MT Morrison, he told the trip here routine" and all questions concerning the Unemployment Compensation Commission defty dodged
 Yesterday, MT Morrison told that same reporter he would like to have chat with Empire newsmen and straghten out any possible misunderstanding regarding his two trips to Juneau When called at Hugh Wade's office in attempt to arrange time for the conversation, however MT. Morrison declared the time is not yet ripe for any conversations though they be in strict confidence and not for publication.
 In his statement to an Anchorage weekly paper, following resignaton from the territorial board Bragaw unmistakably declared that he had given
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Plans of Elder Statesmen
Seattle Times

Two veterans of Congress have different plans
 Senator George Norris of Nebraska, rounding out 40 years of service, says he will retire at the end of his present term next year
 Senator Garter Glass of Virginia with record of the length, except for two years out as Woodrow Wilson's first Secretary of the Treasury says he expects to again.
 Norris is 80; Glass is 83
 Norris once was a Republican but went off by himself when the Republican convention of 1928 refused to consider him presidential candidate Under the Roosevelt administrations, he has been an ardent New Dealer
 Glass is and has always been a Democrat We'll grounded doubt of MT Roosevelts then undeveloped fiscal and economic policies led him to refuse a place in the cabinet. He has been consistently off the New Deal
 This isn't the first time Senator Norris has said he meant to quit. At the moment he and Senator Homer Bone leading the resistance to Secretary Ickes effort make himself supreme ruler all the public power facilities of the country Norris isn't likely to quit that fight until Honest Harold has been routed.
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formed, detailed to keep traffic moving as smoothly as on any main highway in America. A short wave radio system was built to aid in the task Rounding out the organization was depart ment of finance, accounting and statistics, equipped to take over the work of score of tax collec- tors and provincial officials for merly strung out along the road.
 With the founoa cion Or this gen. eral structure completed, other im- portant steps were taken:
 CD Large maintenance stations, each under all Americans direc- tion, were built a days run apart. Shop foremen from the United States were assigned to supervise repairs and instruct Chinese as sistants. Restaurants and over night sleeping facilities were pro- vided
 (2) Intermediate repair shops, a half days run from the big centers, were built Here, too, were restaurants and rest houses. And here, too, Americans were placed in charge.
 (3 Along the entire roadway was initiated the American pre- ventiye maintenance plan," a system based on keeping trucks from breaking down rather than on repairs after the damage is done.
 (4 Drivers schools, with 15 Americans as teachers, were set up at strategic centers.
 (5) Mobile repair shops and Wrecking trucks were ordered, gasoline storage facilities ob- tained.
 (6) Orders for 10000 new American-made trucks were en- tered in China's requisition for lend-lease aid.
 The new Burma Road set-up, Arnstein testifies, replaces a sorry mess He cites the case of one two ton truck found loaded with four tons of freight, plus gasoline for round trip, plus half dozen illicit passengers each with a bun ale fabrication was virtually non- existant-such vital parts as steer ing knuckles stood bare for weeks at a time. Drivers repaired their own trucks, cooked their own meals and arranged their own loads
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BURMAR0AD BIG FACTOR
 IN FAR EAST
Has Been Stream|ined by Americans, Now Great
 Military Highway
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you could suggest somebody
 A day or two later Arnstein head of a great New York trans portation enterprise, stopped off in the capital The problem" he learned, was the Burma Road. He recommended a hard boiled, self reliant, former cab drive-him- self
 During the summer Arnstein and two fellow trucking execu- tives, Harold Davis and Marco Hellman, flew to China for a closeup study of their assign ment. They found chaotic condi- tions, reported the straight facts to Chiang Kai-Shek They also decided what should be done This week, because of their ef- forts, Arnstein can report a 400 percent increase in tonnage.
 To rejuvenate the Burma Road, the three experts did just what any careful business man would do ill building an efficient trucking organization. They recommended that a single managing director. with complete authority over the highway, be named to replace a welter of bureaus and deputies Un- der him they placed two Ameri- cans, one an expert in truck and road maintenance, the other an experienced dispatcher and ter minal manager. These men were installed in main control office at Running, eastern end of the road.
 Next highway patrol was
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Find Frozen Bodies

ital city
 Find Frozen Bodies a
 The Soviet communique on the battle in the Ukraine, according to military dispatches, said the Red Armies, counter marching back through the Donet River industrial basin, are finding frozen bodies of Germans, and other freezing Ger man soldiers, wrapped in f1imsy blankets, are found huddled in road side ditches to save themselves from the bitter cold.
 The Soviet dispatches received in Moscow declare the Germans are fighting with suicidal fury, however, when found in any condition to fight to hold villages where they can find warmth and shelter.
 Keep Falling Back
 A late afternoon broadcast, sent out from the Moscow radio station, says dispatches tell of the German forces falling back between Tan garog, 20 miles west of Rostov. and Mariupol. which is 100 miles west of Rostov.
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Warmer Tomorrow
 WeaiherInen Staie

Hardly chilled to the shiyerine point, Juneau residents emerged from their doorways this morning to a 15degree temperature, lowest point to which the present cold snap descended.
 Meantime, the Weather Bureau observers today predicted that there will be slight warming up tomor- TOW, with cur present stretch of below freezing weather on the wane by the end of the week.
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HOSPITAL NOTES


 MT. and Mrs. John Vanalis are the parents of a baby girl born this morning at 6:25 o'clock. The child weighed 6 pounds and 1 ounce.
 Mrs. Robert Light was admitted to St. Ann's Hospital last night and underwent major surgery this morning.
 Mrs. R. c. Richardson underwent surgical treatment yesterday at St. Ann's Hospital.
 MT. and Mrs. Arthur Weston are the parents of boy baby born the afternoon of December l. The in- fant weighed pounds and 12 ounces at birth.
 Arnt Nelson was dismissed from St. Ann's Hospital yesterday fol- lowing medical attention. R. ]. Paxton entered St. Ann's