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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. The legal profession may be no super highway to fame and fortune, but it still is the best route to Congress and by far.
 The legal profession accounts for less than one percent of the work ing male population over years old. but for a long time nof, it has accounted for from 65 to more than 70 percent of Congress.
 I have just been checking over the 77th the brand new one. Seventy-two percent of the Sem ate is made up of the sons of Blackstone. Of the 96 Senators, TO are lawyers; only 26 are from other professions. You couldn't ex- pect me to do research on all the 435 members of the House, but I did enough of that scientific cross section sampling you read about to be able to report that the House follows almost the same pat tern.
 Next in line are the newspaper men, God bless em--who num-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
British Aid
 Measure 10
 Go 10 House
One Committee Completes Work on Legislation
 Debate Monday

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. The Administrations British Aid Bill has been approved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee after eff forts to write in financial limit was defeated.
 The action of the committee now clears the way for the House de- bate on the measure which will probably start Monday.
 The committee defeated the pro- posal to place two billion dollar limit on transactions under the bill.
 Four Amendments
 When the committee session broke up, Chairman Sol Bloom announced that the bill as reported for House action contained four major amend ments but he declined to disclose the vote by which the committee gave approval, saying: You will have to ask the individual members about that"
 Other sources said the vote was IT to for the four amendments.
 The committee approved of limit for operation of the bill, setting the end at June 30, 1943
 Restrictions on FDR
 The bill, as reported out. requires the President to consult Army and Navy chiefs before disposing of any war material produced specifically for defense of the United States and also requires the President to report to Congress at least every 90 days transactions under the bill, except he will not have to disclose informa- tion he considers incompatible with the public interest.
 The bill provides specifically nothing in the legislation grants any power to the President to order naval vessels into service to escort cargo ships.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
|tkes
 Resignation,
 Says Senator
BrowneII Memorial in Ter riforidI Legislature
 AssdiIs Secretary

The President is asked in a me- morial introduced in the Territor- ial Senate this morning by Senator Don Carlos Brownell Of Seward. to accept immediately the resignation which Secretary of the Interior Har- old L Ickes rendered a few months ago.
 Brownelfs memorial accuses Ickes of continually seeking to ''nullify the few remaining democratic pro- cesses yet in force in Alaska" and mentions particularly his shore lands and immigration proposals. an al- legged "Fascist-like controle of Mat anuska and the Alaska Railroad and his attempt two years ago to foist unpalatable tax measures on the Territory.
 The memorial urges that if the resignation is not accepted, all func- tions of the Department of Interior in Alaska should be transferred at once to either the Commerce or Agricultural Department.
 The full text fo Brownelps me- morial is as follows:
 ITO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
 Your Memorialist, the Lepisla- ture of the Territory of Alaska, in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
Skilled Men 10 Construct Projeets First al An-
 thordge, Fairbanks
SEVEN OTHER LARGE
 FIELDS TO BE BUILT
Thousands of Tons of Materials 10 Be Ship
 ped Next } Months

SEATTLE. Jan. 3O.--Capt. B. B. Talley, United States Army En- eineer-in-C Charge. today said 5000 skilled workers will be signed up here and in other Pacific Northwest cities within the next few months for employment on $2400O,0OO air base construction jobs at Anchorage and Fairbanks.
 The workers will be employed for one year and will be under con- tract. The payroll of the two prof. ects will total approximately $57 900 daily.
 Seven other Army airfields are also to be built at Big Delta, Bound- ary. Kotzebue, Cordoya, Nome. Ruby and Juneau. They will cost $3,O0O,- 900.
 Free transportation to the north will be provided for the workers but families of the men will not be per- mitted to accompany the employees at first.
 Next month l5,000 tons of mater ials will be shipped north and 24.- 900 tons will be shipped north in March and 3oO0o tons in April.
 Capt. Talley said the amount of money to be spent on Alaska air bases and the work to be done is almost beyond imagination.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
AIR SERVICE E
 AS F0G5 BREAK

After being grounded by hig h winds and low fogs for four days, local pilots took advantage of the break in today's weather to make flights to Sitka and way points and to the Polaris-T -Taku mine at Tulsequah, B. c.
 Shell Simmons winged over Ju- neau this morning in the Fokker with four passengers and mail ar irving from the South on the Prin- cess Norah and bound for Tulse- quah.
 Five passengers for the coasts were with Alec Holden in the Bel lanca earlier today, Jim Ward for Tenakee, Dr. Hodgins and Signe Ludy for Sitka, and Fred Wildt and Charles Hamer for Hirst.
 Pilot Holden was expected to return with four passengers from Hirst and Chichagof, before fly ing charter trip with Jim Davis to Lemesuriar Island and Port AL thorp.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
DERNAFALLS TO BRITISH
 FORCES NOW
Third Major Italian Base in libyd Captured by Army
 of Nile-Bengdsi Next

CAIRO, Jan. 30. Derna third major Italian base of Libya, has fallen into the hands of the British Army of the Nile, according to announcement today Ey the Middle East British Com mand.
 Derna is 175 miles west of the Egyptian frontier
 The next objective of the Ital-
 The next Italian stronghold to oe sought by the British forces ppears now to be Bengasi, l50 niles west of Derna.
 The fall of Derna follows the British capture of Bardia on Janu- ary and Tobruk January 22, two Italian strongholds.
 All operations, British sources de- ;lare, are under way hoping to crack Italys Colonial Empire wide open before German intervention in the Middle East materializes on a large scale.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30

they reiinquish allegiance to any foreign power.
 Also the persons seeking Alask,. aomittance will be required to con- 'inue in productive enterprise and VIII De prohibited from returning to the United States until tnev nave been in Alaska for five years
 chairman Dickstein said the iegisiation is designed to colonize Alaska for National Defenses and as a market for the Nations sur- plus production.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
ALASKA COLONIZATION PLAN COMES UP AGAIN;
 pR0p05AL BY DI(k5TEIN

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-Repre- sentative Samuel Dickstein, Chair man of the House Immigration Committee, has introduced a bill Jumping all unused quotas of all countries for the past six years to make total available for refu- gees from foreign persecution to coloIize Alaska.
 Under the plan, persons seeking Alaska admittance will be required to satisfy the authorities they have never engaged in subversive activi- ties in their homelands and that
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
Leqa| Profession Rides
 Gravy Train in Congress;
 Newspapermen Also in If

Der six or seven if you count one former practicing attorney who now is editor and publisher of a newspaper.
 Minnesota's new Senator, Jo- seph H. Ball, and Massachusetts Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. came right out Of the working press and both still write Washington comment for their papers. Arkansas Hattie w. Caraway is. Of course. the Sem ate's only housewife; Minnesota's Shipstead, it's only dentist, Yer monts Senator Aiken is nursery man; Washington's Mon c. Wall- gren a jeweler and optlcian tand incidentally the three cushion bil- Hard champ of Everett, Wash), Senator Byrd Of Virginia is an apple grower (and newspaper pub lisher). and Oregon's Rufus C.. Holman a paperbox manufactur- CT. And so it goes.
 NO SENATE DOCTORS
 When the Senate is assembled.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
FIRST MEETING
 OF TERRITORIAL
 CHAMBER SATURDAY

First session of the annual meet ing of the Territorial Chamber of Commerce will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Sem ate Chamber here, Territorial Sec retary Curtis Shattuck announced today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30

WASHINGTON = President Roo- sevelt's inauguration is past, but the formal Democratic celebration of the history making third term victory will not take place until March 29.
 That is the date that has been fixed for the Jackson Day dinner, the annual affair when all good Democrats come to the aid of their party with checks. In the past the dinner usually has been held late in January, but this year, because of the inaugural and a reorganization within the National Committee, it has quietly been de- cided to hold it in March.
 National Chairman Ed Flynn and his lieutenants hope to make the affair bigger and more profitable than ever before.
 One plan is to stage dinners III a lot more cities. Another, sug- gested by Richard Reynolds, new National Treasurer, is to combine the victory celebration with a re- union of all factions; that is, the return to the fold of the various leaders who have broken with the party or the President in the past hectic eight years.
 Among those Reynolds has in mind are men like Al Smith and one-time Budget Director Lewis Douglas. They now see eye-to-eye with Roosevelt on foreign policy, and Reynolds believes this opens the way for big party rapproche- ment by expanding the Jackson Day celebration into unity affair
 Whether the bolters and dissent CTS can be won over to the idea remains to be seen. But whether they are or not, it has been de- cided definitely to call the celebra- ton the Jackson Day Unity Din- ner, and open arms will be extended to all the mavericks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
AIR ATTACK PROTECTION
 I5 AFFORDED
President Signs Legislation for Installing Anti-Air-
 craft Guns by Navy

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3G.-Legis- .lation authorizing an expenditure of S300,000.0OO to increase the Navy's protection against air at tack, has been signed by President Roosevelt.
 Under the terms of the legisla- tion, the Navy is authorized to in- stall anti-aircraft guns and armor on 58 combat ships and l03 auxili- ary craft already in service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
SOLDIERS ARE INJURED WHEN
 TRAIN DERAILED

SANDERSVILLE. Miss, Jan. 30. About 25 soldiers were injured and railroad fireman A V. Smith was killed in derailing Of train carrying Indiana troops to Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg, Miss.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
Warns Any Non European Power 10 Stay Out of
 Present Conflict
WILL TORPEDO SHIPS
 GOING TO AID BRITISH
Declares Nazi Power Thou. sand Times Greater
 than Ever Before

BULLETIN - BERLIN, Jan. 30.-In his address to the Ger man Nation today, Hitler said: Germany has no quarrel with the American people," but de- clared that if any "n0n- Euro pean power tries to intervene here, Europe will rise and every ship that comes within reach of our torpedoes will be tor pedOed."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
DAYLIGHT RAID MADE
 ON ENGLAND
Droyes of German Fighter Planes in Attack on
 London, Dover

LONDON. Jan. 30-Droves of German fighter planes today formed one of the biggest mass attacks on England since last summer when they machine gunned and slasifed the huge balloon barrage over Dover, while other fighter planes and bombers hit the outlying dis tricts of London, causing several deaths.
 This marks the heaviest raid for many months. and is the first day. light attack of any size on English cities for several weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
GERARD FAv0R5 DECLARING WAR
 AGAINST .NAzIS
World War Ambassador 10 Germany Says If Britain
 Loses, Mexico Seized

WASHINGTON. Jan. 30-James Gerard, World War Ambassador to Berlin. today testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee, that the Nazis will seize" Mex ico if Great Britain is defeated in the present conflict.
 Gerard said he favored a,declara- ton of war against Germany.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
PASSES BIG EXPANSION
 BILL FOR NAVY

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. = The Senate has passed the $9O9. 100000 authorization for expanding naval construction facilities and build- ing 400 new small craft for the Navy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
WARNS OF TROUBLE

BERLIN. Jan. 30--Adolf Hitler told the German Nation today that who ever wants to help England will have to realize that whatever ship is going to come in front of our torpedoes will be torpedoed."
 Hitler declared that although the British are now hoping for aid from the United States when we were forced into this war we
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30

Six types of wood-gas car- buretors are being manufactured in Finland on an industrial. scale.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
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Representative Colgate w. Dar- den Jr., of Virginia. was chatting with a trim. gray-haired man in
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NO SENATE DOCTORS
 When the Senate is assembled,
Evening star., 1941-11-20

at every opportunity throughout the
evening: ,Di express YOUR sincere
regret, make what amends you can
and forget it: tcl pass 1t of with
a flippant wisecrack and pretend
YOU don't care.
Evening star., 1941-11-20


5. When her date takes her some
where to eat, a girl should 'a) order
what she wants, in accordance with
her estimate of the boys financial
condition; tb) confine herself to a
coke, so he'll think she's lnexpen-
sive: (cD eat like horse while she's
got a chance at some free food.
6. The best boy to invite to girl
asks-bov party is (aD the most pop
ular fellow in school, whom you've
been dying to meet for ages; tb)
that Jones drip. whom your mother
insists you be nice to: &C. the boy
who has taken you TO a couple OF
parties, but whom you could never
really care for.
7. In starting a conversation with
a fellow you've just met, the best
method is to ta) make a profound
and serious observation. TO show him
how intelligent you are; 'bD keep
quiet. waiting for him to choose the
topic Of conversation: (c) ask a cas-
ual question. or make a light re-
mark on a subject which you think
should be OF interest TO him.
8. If boy stops his car out front
and beeps the horn for you, you
should taD lean out the window and
rebuke him for his bad manners; tb)
sit tight and wait for him to come
in; (c) dash out with your hat and
coat on. all ready to GO
9. The proper response when q
boy is introduced is ca How DC
you do; tbD Charmed, I'm sure;
Co Pleased tameetcha."
10. A kiss is ta) perfectly proper
way of repaying any boy for taking
you out: ID, a sacred thing, to be
given only to the man you marry
(c) a token of genuine liking and
affection. the value of which will
suffer drastically from overuse.
II. A hostess at a party should
devote herself to ta) seeing that
all her guests have a good time /:
(b) making terrific play for some
boy invited just for that purpose:
(c) being her own sweet, casual
self, depending on the guests to
amuse themselves.
IL. If YOU commit bad social
blunder you should (a) apologize
Evening star., 1941-11-20
Manners
of the
Moment

The trouble with this eternal
battle between Grandma and
Mamma over the third generation
Is that the third generation watches
. wisely and isn't fooled The third
generation invariably knows exactly
what the battle is all about, which
side is going to win, and which
faction to line up with.
This uper-stupendous third gen.
Grafton learns very quickly to play
one adult generation against the
other and to gain its own ends
thereby.
The moral of all this is that unless
they want the youngsters ruling the
household, Grandma and Mamma
should cease their fights over
whether or not the weather de-
mands leggings, and how far one
should 60 in forcing cod-liver oil
down childs throat.
And that, of course means that
Mamma should either quietly carry
out the old routine insofar as
is possible as long as Grandma is
around, or else just give in to
Grandma for the duration of her
stay. Mamma may have to start
the old regime all over again and
work a year to build it up after
Grandma has left, but at least she
won't have the children thinking
that they can control both parents
ard grandparents at once. JEAN.
Evening star., 1941-11-20
Dorothy Dix Says
Three People Can Live Together
If Common Sense Is Practiced

And perhaps it is this remem-
brance that makes so many women,
who are compelled by lack of money
to live with their daughters-in- law,
to go into the relationship with
chip on their shoulders, suspicious
of everything their sons and their
wives do, and with their feelings so
spread all over the place that
daughter law has to be a mental
acrobat in order to leap over their
prejudices and keep them from STEP
ping on their sensibilities.
1t seems to me that this is your
case, dear lady, and that it is
rather ungrateful in you to be so
unhappy when heaven has blessed
you with a daughter -in-law who is
apparently a paragon.
One Of the reasons why mothers
in-law so often disrupt their chill
dren's homes is because they are so
given to self-pity that they are damp
and depressing company Nothing
cheers them up and they go about
with an air of martyrs. which is dis
couraging to those who are trying
their best to make them happy.
Also, they get morbidly self
conscious and see Sights and in
juries where none were intended.
So. if you have got into this state
- r~-tx
good daughter in-law your son has
given you with thanks to heaven
for its mercies and make the third
party the jolliest member OF the
household.
Evening star., 1941-11-20

a number of costumes on both
Chinese and American models. 1t
is interesting to note that she made
great difference in the type of cos
tune for each, explaining that the
variation in figure construction
makes it impossible for them to
wear the same lines. Instead, she
merely took lengths of fabrics and
pinned them up into modern gowns
which proved both wearable and
trend inspiring.
Miss Tsang, daughter of former
governor of Chinese province,
was educated in Europe, and, as her
father was a close friend of DR..
Sun Vat Sen, father of modern
China, she was allowed to go to
work She became fashion artist
in Shanghai, sketching for advertls-
ing; followed this by opening her
own dress shop and, in her own
words, made it pay Although she
is in America mainly in the interests
of United China Relief, she is also
doing some designing and could, no
doubt. build up a tremendous busi-
ness in the United States, if she
chose to do so.
These last few days have seen
an increasing interest in Chinese
fashions. not only through Miss
TSang. but through an American
designer named Lorna Whiting
ham of San Francisco. Miss Whit
bingham was for many years de-
signer for some of the larger moving
picture companies. but has now
branched out into designing custom
made clothes under her own name.
She uses old brocadeS and silks and
from Chinese merchants in Cali
fornia, and adapts Chinese designs
to modern interpretations. She
adores the slim line, but works it
skillfully to harmonic with the
occidental figure, using many rich
brocades as trimming applied to
fine fabrics in Chinese colors. Thus
We have the fashion trend which
has been growing for the past few
seasons and which promises to be
even more important now that it
has received so much well-deserved
praise and attention.
Evening star., 1941-11-20
Place for Women
In Defense Work
Is Discussed

A luncheon recently given by a
local store for Dorothy Draper, we'll
known decorator, and Martha Stout
and Ruth Murrin, fashion and
beauty editors of a nationally known
magazine, featured an interesting
discussion about the part business
and professional women as we'll as
housewives and mothers will play
in defense.
Taking for granted that many of
us have job to which it is neces-
sary for us to give full-time atten-
ton. the problem is to find a sphere
in which We NAV be useful while
We continue to earn our bread and
butter"
ANY woman who can cook, or who
has an understanding of food values.
should be on the list for canteen
service when she is needed. The
woman who has learned to take a
pulse or temperature while car
ing for her own children may re-
lieve a trained nurse by sitting with
patients who are convalescing. The
important thing right now, how
ever, is to offer ones services. stat
ing how many hours you are able
to give each day or week, and begin
Immediately to get the training
which will qualify one to fill post
efficiently.
The fact that there is no imme-
diate emergency should not keep
any one from registering for de-
fense work Extensive files which
may be tapped when the need arises
are now being compiled, and women
whose practice in business and pro-
fessional life have given them ex-
perience will be invaluable to lead
and advise in time of emergency.
M. N.
Evening star., 1941-11-20
Bp Barbara Bell

When you wear this charming
frock your best friends will say,
my, aren't you getting slim?"-for
volr waistline will just melt away
Under the slenderizing influence OF
this smartly shaped girdle. 1t is
the feature of pattern No. l5O2-B
which makes it one every size IL
to 40 should want!
The frock has youth and fem
ininity. too, expressed in an attrac-
tive open neckline, a full, shapely
bodice which fits smoothly over the
bustline, a skirt which flares to
wide hem and perky, puffed sleeves.
The big bow which ties the glrdle
firmly in place gives special in
terest to the back view of this frock!
Correct for any occasion-Work,
study or fun-this dress is simple to
make and can be effective in many
fabrics challis, printed rayon
erepes, bengaline or lightweight
wools. Later. for spring, you'll re-
peat the frock in washable cottons
md linensl Finish 1t with lace,
Evening star., 1941-11-20
.WhyGrow
Old?
By Josephine LO,rman

To the British goes the credit for
thinking up the idea of painting
the legs to simulate the appearance
OF silk hose This can be done so
skillfully that it is difficult to tell
the difference. Seams are even
painted on the back of the legs,
thus solving for all time the trouble
some problem of crooked seams.
This is not practical idea
for wintertime unless women can
harden themselves to the cold blasts
as many children were forced to do
few years ago. Everywhere one
saw the little folks running about
in the snow and sleet, legs blue
and cold. This idea seems TO have
fallen into i'll repute with popular
fancy. and probably with medical
science, and it certainly is not
recommended for women.
The painted leg is a grand idea
for summer, although it does de-
mand leg almost perfect in con-
tour and grooming. 1t Is not too
soon to begin working on our sup
ports for next summer, when hose
may be much scarcer. Anyway. the
results of our effort at -molding
will be pleasant. even under the
sheer hosiery of the present season.
A slim ankle is a much-coveteo
feminine attribute. Ankles can be
improved and thick ones show happy
results with exercise. Do this, to
slim your ankle. Sit in a chair
Raise the right leg forward. Turn
the foot as far to the right as you
can. Now turn it as far to the
left as YOU can.
Do this until the ankle feels tired
Now pull the foot back toward the
body Move it toward the floor
pointing the toes hard. Continue
pulling the foot back toward the
body and then pointing it toward
the floor until you are weary.
Evening star., 1941-11-20

power kIIOWIl mtTtIy as pUUIIC
sympathy and you have an un-
beatable combination which assures
the increasing growth and success
of the Chinese trend in fashions
today.
In New York recently an exhibit
symbolizing this idea was presented
at the Museum. Miss Using Ying
Tsang, native Chinese stylist, draped