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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-05
FlODLNN LiIuULiiL ROBERTA LEE

aepeople address their toners?
 Customers should be addressed by when it is known address honey this is exceedingly crude Nor wife The missus."
 wedding invitations and similar affairs?
 The size five and half by and eighth inches.
 What the foreign substance that has taken mouth while the table?
 it the fingers behind napkin try it without attracting attention.
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SECRET NAZI CODE

J. Edgar Hoover has uncovered a new type of secret code used by the Germans in communicating with agents in this country. It is based on the latest American best selling novels.
 Each agent is assigned num- Der and also novel or non-fiction book One man may have number 83, and the novel, Gone With the Wind" Another may have "The Nine Old Men" Instead of carry ing a code book around with him, which would be discriminating if discovered, he carries the innocent book.
 Then he gets a wireless message reading something like this: 88-24- 6, 78-9, 204-3, etc. The first num- Der is his designation as agent 83
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The next number, 24, refers to a page of the book, and the next number refers to a line. The first letter in the line is the letter re- quired. By the next number com bination he gets another letter and gradually makes up the words of the secret message.
 This code defied counter espion- age until G-men caught one of the agents and broke him down. He confessed that the book he was carrying, All This and Heaven Too" was his code book, and he explained the entire system to Hoover's men.
 This was the key which led to the FBI's dramatic spy seizure, in which B Nazi agents were caught in single trap.
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HOROSCOPE "The stdrs incline
 but do not compep
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6
 Adverse planetary experiences rule today. Labor problems may assume new phases destructive or thwarting to constructive enter crises. It is time to plan and Q take account of the exact situa- ion, social and economic.
 HEART AND HOME: In the family. the weekend recreations should be inexpensive. Whatever contributes to the welfare of the 1oys in uniform should be given generously. The number and cost )f Christmas gifts may be affected 5y the mental attitude, but the stars seem to encourage generous pending this year, in which the holiday season will become a happy memory long after present pros lerity has been curtailed.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Saturn rules the farmer who will have reason to profit, although there are signs that agriculture may be more 0r less hampered by Government lirection. Perplexities are forecast or those who till the soil. Stock raisers should be fortunate, for el,o.,o ;c n c;1,, raoJ oc f,1dina fin, O tremendous demand for draft an mals as well as for sheep and ,ows. Gasoline shortage will con- tribute to more extensive use of horses and mules. PortentS of sud- lien exigencies which have not been foreseen promise high prices,
 NATIONAL ISSUES: As the old year ends there will be an awaken Ing to the peril of our American habit of hoping for the best and ioing nothing until circumstances present terrific problems. Isolation will become a past issue as dan gers multiply and it becomes plain that the United States must ac- cept the heaviest responsibilities n rescuing democracy from the .uin that Hitler plans for it. While he stars presage the ultimate downfall of the Fuehrer it will be accomplished at great cost.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRSt Z Aggressive policies will be accen- tuated by Congress and there will De last desperate attempts at Illustration or limitation by those opposed to our foreign aid The death of a leader among isolation sts is foretold. Difficulties affect- ing transatlantic transportation again are prognosticated. It will be necessary to aid Russia to the ex- tent of our resources in the zero hour of Nazi aggression.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of ad- vancement The young will make progress in studies which represent the culture of vanishing period in history.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be impulsive and high tempered, but exceedingly intelh- gent. Many will gain success in unforeseen ways.
 Copyright, 194D
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DOUGLAS.
 NEWS
SCHOOL TERM NOW
 ONE THIRD OVER


 Six weeks examinations were given this week in Douglas public schools and report cards were dis tributed yesterday, winding up one- third of the entire years work This week actually marked the be- ginning of the fourth six weeks period.
 Honor roll for the six weeks period contains the following names:
 Primary grade-Johnny Jensen 2 As, B's; Eleanor Havdahl, l A, 6 B's; Elton Engstrom, Jr., 1 A, 5 B's, 1 c; Aleta Warner, l A. |7 B's; Marilyn Isaaks, A, 6 B's, 1 c; Mary Cuthbert, l A, B's, c.
 Third grade-Catherin Valeson and Pauline Bonner.
 Fourth grade-Ji Jimmy Sey; fifth. grade = Genine Greiner; sixth grade - Donald Bonner; seventh grade-Noreen Andrews and Peggy Cochrane
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MERRY

Army officers bound for China get their final orders not from war or state departments, but from a quiet little x-professor of eco- monies, Lauchlin Currie, secretary to the President When Japa- nese Envoy Saburo Kurusu ar rived at the Washington airport three Oriental newsmen were On hand to meet him-Japanese cor respondents MaSuo Kato and Clarke Kawakami and Chinese cores pendent, Joe Chiang. When the two Japanese saw the Chinese, they proceeded to frisk his pockets looking for arms. Actually, it was a joke-the three Oriental news men remain friends.
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EATIN, EGGS

Here's a good tip from Secretary Harold Ickes to farmers who sell eggs.
 Sell them as eatin' and not look in eggs.
 Ickes' farm at Olney, Md, does sizeable egg business in Wash ington and recently some customers complained about the brown color Of the eggs. Farmer Ickes met the criticism head-on. In each package he inserted the following neatly printed piece of advice:
 EGGS FOR TASTE
 NOT FOR LOOKS Important to you is how your eggs TASTE, not how they LOOK be- fore they are cooked That is why
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LOOK and LEARN &syy c. GORDON

In what famous does the "Barcarolle' occur? What other in the 
 general accidentally killed men?
 What is applied to animals that have backbones? In the place?
  Hoffman, by Offenbach Mexico. 3. General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewal" Jackson
  Boston.
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20 YEARS AGO fME fy9m EMPIRE
DECEMBER 5, 1921

 In the Ek Bowling Tournament the composed of Cole Nolan Vandeeest Dott
 license Commissioner H. LeFeve John Pa wedding place in
 
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 Junior Christian Endeavor Douglas and Mamie Feui elected president of the Collector Fairbanks a fur week Weather: High, low cloudy.
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Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS He didn't go to work as ne sick" Say, work BECAUSE he was sick
 MIsPRoNoUNCED: Pronounce g-zer gser a
 Sletto observe the one and the double
 SYNONYNIS powder. grind, granulate cumble
 WORD STUDY: three times and it yours Let us word each day Today word TURBULENT agaed routed to violent commoon Calm full of tossed and standardization
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-05

Headwaters Farm specializes in extra large, strictly fresh, New Hampshire Red eggs. Expert breed- ing and scientific feeding produce a sturdy brown shell, highly pro- tective of the precious egg-fluid within.
 YOU GET MORE FOR YOUR
 MONEY
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CHOW IN THE CLINK

Norman Banfield Juneaus globe trottng attor ney. declares he made his recent trip to Guatamala to catch up with the ducks Dr w w. Council missed their way through Mendenhall Flats.
 Banfield reports seeing lots of ducks in the Central American country, but in that dictator na- ton he lot of other things equally interesting
 One of the innovations in Guatamalan jails which Banfeld maintains he observed as a tourist
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-12-05
Party Given for
 Visiting Pilot

MT. and Mrs. Charles Burdick were hosts yesterday afternoon at cocktail party honoring Jack Jefford About 50 guests were pres ent in the Burdick home on Fifth Street for the occasion. Jefford who is in Juneau fot several days, was pilot for the Bur dicks when they took their trip through the North. He plans to return to Anchorage as soon as weather permits.
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CLAIMS GOING TO
 t0SEBABE YOUNG

NEW YORK, Zee. 5-The New York Giants disclosed that First Baseman Babe Young will be sub ject to army duty after January h.. Young's appeal to be deferred from military duty was rejected by a selective service appeal board. Young had claimed his father was dependent upon him for support.
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NEW STuDENT

The Harju family is again es- tablished in their home on the Douglas road, having returned early this week from Aberdeen, Wash, where they have been visiting. Yesterday Leonard, only son of the Harjus, re-entered the seventh grade in Douglas school.
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NURSING CLASS TONIGHT

Regular meeting of the Home Nursing class in Douglas for this week will be held tonight at the usual hour, 730 o'clock in the City Hall
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NOTICE

AIRMAIL ENVELOPES. showing air route from Seattle to Nome, on sale at J. B. Burford & Go. adv.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

DECEMBER 5 F. T. Lindenmeyer Barbara Smith Jimmy Harmon Claude M. Hirst Mrs. William Rodenberg Selma Maxi
 Bill Goodman Keith Petrich Selma DishaW Herman Beukers Sigrid E. Rineberg
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Washington Merry
 Go-Round

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Evening star., 1941-05-15
Fairfax Board Approves
Five School Loan Pleas
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, May 15.-Literary
loan applications for additions at
five schools were approved by the
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
yesterday.
Applications included $41,050 for
six classrooms at Mount Vernon
High School, $14,500 for shop and
sanitary improvements at Herndon
School, $4,000 for sanitary improve
ments at Fairfax Elementary, $40, 900
for additions, including an auditor
iurn, at Lorton School and $4,000 for
additions at Fairfax High School.
The School Board sought loan of
$4,000 from the State Literary
Fund for Mount Vernon High, where
it is planned also to construct
gymnasium and auditorium, but,
because of the existing loan on the
plant and the State law which pro-
hibits loans in excess of 100000 on
single project, school officials were
forced to reduce their request.
Mount Vernon High School is one
of the plants expected to draw a
heavy increa q in enrolment next
session becau of the national de-
fense work b I that section of the
county and be increase at Fort
Belyoir,
Evening star., 1941-05-15
District Committees
Receive Marriage
Health Measure
Legislation Would Force
Test for Diseases Prior
To Issuance Of License

District Committees of the House
and Senate today received recon-
mendations from the Commission
ers for the adoption of a bill which
would require tests for syphilis,
gonorrhea and tuberculosis for ap-
plicants for marriage licenses.
The measure, long advocated by
Health Officer George C. Rutland,
was drafted by Corporation Coun-
sci Richmond B. Keech after he
had consulted with local civic lead
ers, lawyers and physicians.
In recent weeks draft of the
measure has been under review at
the Budget Bureau. The proposed
legislation carries a provision that
only a judge of District Court may
waive compulsory pre-marital tests,
and only then when there is an
emergency or other cause shown by
affidavit proof.
The bill calls for maximum pun
ishment of six months imprison-
ment or a $500 fine or both for
violations. Free examinations would
be provided by the District Health
Department.
Evening star., 1941-05-15
Bids Asked for Overpuss
At PeriIous Lundover SPOT

Abolition of one of the worst
danger spots for motorists in Prince
Georges County, Md, was in view
today as the State Roads Commits
sion advertised for bids on construc-
ton of a 100000 oVerpass over the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Landoyer,
Accidents have been frequent at
the crossing-now guarded by flag
man. The most recent fatality there
occurred September 20. 1899, accord
ing to County Policeman c. N.
Thomson, when James j. McCarron,
31-year-old WaShingtonian, was
thrown under the wheels of freight
train and killed.
Almost at the time of this acci-
dent it was announced that the
United States Public Roads Admin
istration was allotting sl50,000 for
elimination of the crossing by an
overpass.
During the interim the State
Roads Commission has been nego-
tiating for rights of way and sur
Evening star., 1941-05-15
Building Foreman,
Hurt in Crash, Dies
In fredericksburg
Four Escape os Cor
Overturns and Burns
Near Floral Park

Ten days after he was injured
in an automobile upset near Gar
risonville, Va. William K. Weaver,
28-year-old Washington construc-
ton foreman, died last night in
Mary Washington Hospital, Fred
ericksburg, Va.
The car overturned when a tire
blew out, police said. and Mr.. Weaver
suffered head and chest injuries.
Also injured was his brother-in-
law, Woodrow Tolson of Washing
ton, later released from the hos
pital.
A native of Fauquier County, Mr..
Weaver had been employed in Dis
trict construction for several years,
living at 1906 Meridian place NV.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Myrtle
TolSon Weaver and a young son.
William, both of Washington, and
his mother, Mrs. Addie E. Weaver
of Fauquier.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 pm. Saturday in Calverton
Baptist Church, Fauquier County,
with burial in the church cemetery.
Another car overturned last night
on route near Floral Park, Md,
according to State police at Wal
dorf. 1t burst into flames and was
destroyed, police said. but four COL
ored men escaped uninjured. Police
said the driver was Wilbur Smith
Of the 1000 block Of Seventeenth
street NV.
A 2-year-old boy, Bradford Peters,
colored, was taken to Emergency
Hospital with a fractured left leg
yesterday after an accident near his
home, 2139 Newport place NV,
police said. He was later transferred
to Gallinger.
Evening star., 1941-05-15
Academy of Holy Names
Elects Mrs. CUMMINGS

Mrs. James Cummings of Wash
ington has been elected president of
the Parent-Teacher Association of
the Academy of Holy Names in Sill
yer Springs, Md. Other officers
elected are Mrs. Michael Herlihy.
vice president; Mrs. Philip Moor
head, secretary, and Charles A.
Clements, treasurer.
Plans were discussed for partici-
pating in Academy day June l.
1t was announced that the aSso-
citation will give a full four-year
scholarship to the academy. Com
petitive examinations for the
scholarship will be held May "a at
9 am. at the school with the contest
open to all eighth grade children in
the Metropolitan Area.
Evening star., 1941-05-15
Fort BeIvoir to Mark
l Am an American Duy'
Ry Staff Correspondent of The Star

Ey staff Correspondent Of The Star
FORT BELVOIR, Va, May 15.-
Brig. Gen. Edwin H Marks, COM
manding officer at Fort Belvoir, will
be principal speaker at an open-air
service here at pm. Sunday in OBJ
servance of 81 Am an American
Day"
1t. Col. Roy McCutcheon, COM
manding officer of the 5th Engineers,
will introduce Gen. Marks following
band concert. The program will
open with the singing of America"
followed by prayer by the post
chaplain, 1t. Col. Alva j. Brasted.
A symposium among an American
born enlisted man, a foreign-born
enlisted man, young woman and
mother on "Why 1 am Glad to Be
an American" will feature the pa
trlotlc program.
Chaplain P. E. Cullom will speak
on "The Future Of America" The
service will conclude with the salute
and pledge to the flag and benedic-
ton.
Evening star., 1941-05-15

veying. according to Joseph CLANCY,
district engineer. He said the job
has been regarded most seriously
during the last six months, and ex-
pressed qualification that "a very
serious hazard" is to be eliminated.
He pointed out that the Landover
road, extending from Largo to De-
fense highway, bears considerable
traffic.
This project is part of a State
wide spring construction program
which will advertise and place un-
der contract several million dollars
worth of highway projects. Being
advertised as first step is a $50. 900
project for paving IA miles of the
Waterloo-Jessup road.
A large project awaiting adver-
tisement is the proposed bridge
across the Potomac at Sandy Hook.
Md, for which plans and rights of
way are reported almost complete,
the Associated Press reported from
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1941-05-15
Arlington Gets
Reduction in
Gas Rates
Schedule to Save
$4,000 Annually
Already in Effect

A negotiated reduction in gas
rates estimated to amount to more
than $4,000 annually has been
placed into effect In Arlington Coun-
ty, Va, ]. Maynard Magruder, Sec
retary of the County Public Utilities
Commission, announced today.
A new scale of rates which will
affect all classes of consumers was
placed into effect May by order of
the State Corporation Commission,
Mr.. Magruder said he has been in
formed by H. Lester Hooker Of the
State commission.
The reduction is the result of
efforts first started last year and
negotiated in series of conferences
of the county and State commits
sions and Charles R. Fenwick, men,
Der of the Virginia House of Dele
gates. with representatives of the
RosSlyn Gas Co., which serves the
nearby area.
Instituted by Campbell.
The rate study was instituted by
Edmund D. Campbell, member of
the Arlington County Board, who
obtained that boards instruction to
the county commission to under
take the survey of rates. Later the
hiring of Henry J. Saunders. con-
sulting engineer, was authorized, to
prepare technical findings based on
the companys records.
The county commission contended
to the State regulatory body that
the Rosslyn Gas Co. had been re-
ceiving more than a fair rate of
return on its capital investment.
II am gratifed at the announced
reduction and commend the Public
Utilities Commission for its effective
work." Mr.. Campbell declared.
Negotiations Continue.
Mr.. Magruder was chairman of
the county commission at the time
the rate study began and has since
been delegated to continue the nego-
tiations.
THE county spent less than $500
on this study" Mr.. Magruder said,
land I feel this is money wisely
spent. I want to thank the civic
organizations, particularly the Ar
lington County Civic Federation
and its Public Utilities Committee,
headed by Robert E. Plymale, for
the support given u.s."
The newly announced rates pro-
vide for minimum monthly bill of
81 or charge of 81 for the first
800 cubic feet of gas consumed in
one month. Thereafter the rates
are 10.7 cents per 100 cGbic feet
for the next 1900 cubic feet con-
sumed, 8.35 cents per 100 cubic feet
for the next 5000 cubic feet and
rs cents per 100 cubic feet for all
in excess of 10000 cubic feet. All
figures are based Oh monthly con-
sumption.
Evening star., 1941-05-15
Arlington Receives
$500 for Defense
Housing Registry
Funds From Virginia
w. P. A. Added to 81, ,60e
Provided by County

Arlington County Manager Frank
c. Hanrahan today announced the
county had received State authori-
zation and funds for opening of
defense housing registration
project.
In response to county requests
for State assistance in determing
the availability of dwellings for
workers brought here to augment
the national defense effort, the Vir-
ginia State w. P. A. made available
$500 for upkeep of registration
Office and necessary operating per-
sonnet Mr.. Hanrahan said the reg
istration office will be located in the
Jones Building, Clarendon. The
office was donated for county use
by Ashton Jones, real estate man.
In addition to the $500 appropri-
ated by the w. P. A., the Arlington
County Board provided $500 at a
meeting last month, $3.50 of which
is in cash, the remainder is esti-
mated cost of county services.
The county manager said five or
six w. P. A. workers would be inter-
viewed Wednesday for positions in
the registration Office. Mr.. Hanra-
han, who is chairman of the Housing
Committee for Arlington, of the
Northern Virginia Regional Defense
Council, and Frank L. Dieder, head
of the county planning department,
will administer the housing survey.
Supplementing the work of the
permanent office, the county man
ager said, will be numerous volunteer
workers who will canvass the county
to list available dwellings. 1t was
explained the defense survey will not
interfere with real estate dealers.
Persons inquiring for housing
facilities under proposed plans will
be sent to agents affected for con-
summation of any suggested rentals
or purchases.
The funds allocated for county
use came from lump sum of more
than $108,000 provided for use of
communities in Virginia vitality af-
fected by the national defense effort.
A similar Office was opened in Alex
andria last Monday.
Evening star., 1941-05-15
$4,000 W.P.A. Funds
Asked for Aviation
Research Laboratory
National Health Institute
Seeks Bethesda Building
For Hieh-AItitude Study
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG.

Funds for the construction of a
S50,000 laboratory in which the Ma
tional Institute of Health will con-
duct confidential research in avia-
ton medicine for the armed serv-
ices and commercial companies have
been requested of the Maryland
Work Projects Administration, it was
learned today.
Already approved by Govern
ment officials, the project now de-
pends on action of the Maryland
w. P. A. The laboratory will house
$4,000 worth of equipment now
available and will be built on the
institute grounds near Bethesda, Md
The equipment awaiting installa-
ton would make the building one
of the finest for aviation medicine
in the country, DR.. j. G.. Townsend,
chief of the Institutes industrial
hygiene division, declared.
/ He explained that the aviation
research, started at the Institute
last September at the request of the
Navy. had progressed so rapidly that
additional space was needed.
Installation to Cost $4,000.
Present plans call for a perma-
nent building, probably of REIN
forced concrete. consisting of an
experimental chamber, a room for
apparatus, a laboratory and an
Office, DR.. Townsend said he hoped
to get the contract for constr,Ictior
let by July l.
He estimated that it would cost
about $4,000 to install the equip
ment. The customary sponsors
share in the w. P. A. grant, if it is
awarded, would be the installation
of equipment. The Institute has
been granted $4,000 from the Fed
eral Security Agency Committee on
Health and Medicine.
Now being used for research in
various sections of the institute
buildings are two chambers, in
one of which pressure can be
depressed to compare with that
at $1,000 feet elevation. The other
chamber measures the effects of
cold. But the pressure and cold
cannot be, correlated to simu-
late natural conditions. The new
equipment, which has not been
installed for lack of space, is a re-
frigerator that will correlate press
ure with cold.
Study Effects of Rapid Ascent.
The scientists want to study the
effects of rapid ascent to high alti-
tudeS and the means of preventing
such i'll effects as fatigue, lassitude
and pilot strain.
Through discovering how long a
pilot can stand flying at certain alti-
tudes, the scientists would be able to
furnish information on which to es-
innate the number of trained pilots
needed for high altitude flying.
Research is also being done into
the effects of altitude exposure with
out oxygen to determine at what
altitude the need for oxygen be-
comes evident and how it should be
administered.
Studies will be made of the use of
drugs for individuals exposed to
high attitudes.
The industrial hygiene division has
already made study of fatigue in
truck drivers. The techniques
worked out in this study, DR.. Town
send said, are being used by the
Navy now in the selection of it's
pilots on the basis of physical fit
ness.