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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12

tive and native residents. It is highly convenient and sometimes absolute ly necessary, that these hospitals should furnish facilities to the white population. Under existing law any money so received goes into the Trea- sury of the United States and is not available for expenditure in main tenance and upkeep of the hospital unless and until, at some future date, Congress shall make another appropriation.
 AS matter of practice such sums are never directly reappropriated as all appropriations are made out of the general fund of the. Treasury. Under present practice, the aio that can be given to the white people Of the regions in which the Indian hos pitals are located is strictly limited The enactment of this measure will enable such hospitals to give an en- larged and improved service to all people of the regions in which they are situated without in any way de- tracting from the service given to the natives.
 Proceeds of Sales
 H.R. 3542 is a bill to authorize the purchase from appropriations made for the Indian Service Of sup plies and materials for resale to the natives, native cooperative associa- tions, and Indian Service employees stationed in Alaska, and providing that the proceeds of such sales shall be credited to the appropriation or appropriations current at the date of deposit thereof in the Treasury and shall be available for the same purposes.
 Transportation Regulations
 H.R. 3540 is a bill providing that the Security of the Interior, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, may transport Gov ernment and non- Government pas- sengers and freight on Indian Ser vice ships operating between the continental United States and AL aska, and in Alaska waters, and that all revenues derived from the trans ortation of such freight and pas sengers shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the appro- priation available at the time o1 deposit for the operation of such ships. The measure will enable the Indian Service to better accommodate all persons residing in the areas served without depicting the func which is appropriated for the aid ol the natives.
 A fourth bill, H.R. 354l, make. provision for the purchase of articles or the procurement of service by the Department of the Interior, or any O1 it's bureaus or offices operating ir Alaska, without advertisement when the amount involved is $500 or less
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NO FILINGS FOR OFFICES
 IN ELECTION
Lucas Will Run for Another Term-No Candidates
 Filed to Date

With just two weeks left in which to file, City Clerks records today showed a total blank for candidat- es running in the l94l Municipal el- ection. Wednesday, March 26 is the deadline for nominees to file for offices, according to the City Clerk. The election date is April 1.
 Only nominee showing intention to run, up to today. is Mayor Harry I. Lucas, according to the City Clerk. Election date is April l.
 It was announced that absentee ballots for voters who may be cut of town on election day may be ob- tained at the City Clerks Office af- ter March IS.
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FIFE RICE All R
 RAID TONIGHT IN M|DLANDS
Bombing Attack Reported Heaviest Sustained in
 Several Months

LONDON, March 12. German night raiders came back in force tonight and bombed the industrial midlands and gave several cities in northwestern England the heaviest sustained attack in several months. Bombings are continuing.
 Hundreds of persons have been driven from their homes to shelter posts.
 Casualties up to late tonight are reported heavy in the west Mid- lands.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
BORDERS IN ATLIN,
 SKI HIKE

ATLIN, B. C., March 12. - We'll past the half way mark on the 1,300-mile southward ski hike along the proposed International High way route, Ed Borders, University of Alaska student, will have a husky to pull his toboggan on the next lap.
 Borders and the husky are scheduled to leave late today on a 200-mile hike to Telegraph Creek.
 Borders arrived here two days ago from Carcross on a caterpillar tractor train, the only part of his hike he has not travelled alone or on skis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
TWO COAST TRIPS
 MADE EARLY TODAY

Five passengers winged out of Juneau early today bound for the Coast with Pilot Shell Simmons in the Lockheed. They were Ozrow Martin, Sam Argris and Gus Gus tafson for Hirst and Bob Stoft and Norm Cameron for Sitka. The pilot is expected to return with two pas sengers from Sitka, one from Hoo- nah and one from Hawk Inlet.
 Alec Holden flew a trip to Chi chagof Island mining towns later in the day as he carried Eaf Jen- sen and George Martin to Hirst and returned with four passengers from Hirst and one from Chicha- gof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
1....'' ' ! ISMAY0R,
 SEATTLE
County Auditor Elected by 5000 Votes Over Po-
 lice Judge Devin

SEATTLE, March 12. = County Auditor Earl Millikin, former school teacher was elected Mayor of Seat tie yesterday over Police Judge Will liam Devin by majority of 5,o84 votes. He will serve for the remain ing IA months of the unexpired term of former Mayor Arthur B. Langlie, now Governor of the State of Washington.
 Millikin is 50 and is serving his second term as Auditor. He came from West Oswego, Kansas to teach at Grants Pass.
 Unofficial returns give Millikin 53,00O and Devin 48,000.
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OFFICIAL HOME OF KING, QUEEN
 AGAIN BOMBED Windows Are Shattered in Buckingham Palace
 Officer Killed

LONDON, March 12-A belated report issued by the British Govern ment discloses that Nazi bombs re- gently damaged Buckingham Palace, official residence of the King and Queen, shatering Palace windows and killing Lodge House police man.
 This is the second time Bucking- ham Palace has been bombed, the first bombing reported was last fall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
MRS. FENTON THROUGH

Mrs. Dave Fenton, who has been on vacation of several weeks in the States, visited in Juneau yes- terday enroute to her home in Sitka. Mrs. Fenton with her hus- band manages the popular Colum1 bia Cocktail lounge and the Sitka Liquor Store. esr
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
D. w. c. TO ELECT

An important issue to come before the regular meeting of Douglas Is- land Women's Club tonight is the matter of choice of the triennial of ficers of the Alaska Federation of Women's Clubs. Their term of office Is l941 to 1944.
 The meeting will be held in the city han with Mrs. Frank Camp bell in charge. All members are urg- sd to turn out and help with work of repairing the library books.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
CHINESE,
 RUSSIANS
 SIGN PACT

SHANGHAI, March 12. = Local Japanese newspaper circles said to- day it is learned that secret mu- tual assistance pact has been made whereby Russia will assist Chinese Communists in establishing a Chi nese Soviet area.
 It is said the accord was conclud- ed in Moscow March 8 by Gen. Mao Tse Tung, leader of the Chinese Communist Party.
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kAT5U0kA E OFF FOR
 AXIS MEET
Japanese Foreign Minister Begins Flight to Ber-
 lin, Also Rome

TOKYO, March 12.-Hundreds of Japanese shouting "Banzai' gave a rousing sendoff to Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka who left by plane via Moscow for Berlin and Rome ito tighten Axis cooperation and explain the real significance of the Japanese foreign policy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
Bombs Are Dropped0n
 No. Ireland

DUBLIN, March 12-It is offic- ially announced that bombs were dropped by an unidentified plane this afternoon near Carndonagh, northern Donegal, but no damage has been reported.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
GRAND MASTER F. & A. M.
 PAYS VISIT TO DOUGLAS

D. D. c. M. Ed Locken of Peters burg, was a visitor in Douglas this morning and with some of the local lodge members viewed their quarters here in the Eagles Hall. MT. Locken
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GUNS FOR HOME GUARDS

More than thirty men were present for the weekly drill of Home Guards held at the Nat last night. There were three companies of eight men each and most of them had their rifles and were given gun set-ups for the first time by drillmaster Walter Andrews. All are greatly en- thused with the practices.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
Ladies' Auxiliary
 To Hold Session

A regular business meeting will be held tomorrow night by the Juneau Ladies Auxiliary at Union Hall. The session will begin at o'clock and all members are asked to be present.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
CocHRANE FILES CANDIDACY

To succeed himself as member of the Douglas School Board, H. L. Ccchrane filed his candidacy in the City Clerks office late yesterday He is now completing three year term and holds position of Clerk of the Board.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
BRITISH AID GIVEN BRIEF
 BERLIN NOTE
Unfinished Statement Sent Out Over Air Intimdtes
 Convoy Torpedoing
tBY ASSOCIATED PREsS)

The only official German com- ment on the passage of the British Aid bill by the American Congress is that "let President Roosevelt, the unpredictable man, send one con- voy tand this part of a sentence is left dangling). We are determined to torpedo everything that approach es England"
 The brief, unfinished statement comes out over the air from Berlin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
Turkey Has
 Nothing fo
 Fear,Report
tBY ASSOCIATED PREss)

Unofficial dispatches declare that Russia has promised Turkey she has nothing to fear as Soviet armies are massed along the Danube ready to act if Russia decides to fight on Greece's side.
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SON BORN, FORMER RESIDENT

SON BORN. FORMER RESIDENT
 Born on March was son, Rich ard Kent, to MT. and Mrs. Richard Miller of Petersburg, according to news of interest here, received this morning. Mrs. Miller is the former Verne Hannah, Douglas High School graduate. She also taught in public school here and in Petersburg.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12
DIR. CARLSON RETURNS

Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson returned to Juneau on the steamer Yukon af- ter a two weeks business trip to Wrangell and Petersburg.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-12

Henry Hudson first came upon the present site of Albany while seeking a route to China.
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is the Territory's representativ from Grand Lodge.
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TOSS ON TRIP

Harold Foss, architect. sailed for Sitka on the steamer North Sea. He is making a short business trip.
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D. F. D. MEETING

Regular monthly session of Doug las Volunteer Fire Department is scheduled for tomorrow evening.
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Empire Classifieds payI
Evening star., 1941-08-25

Better known to Americans as
Persia, the ancient kingdom of Iran
is a country of 100000 square miles
with a population not in excess of
100000 people. Most Of the land
is "an absolute desert" yet wheat,
barley, rice, cotton, fruit, tobacco and
livestock are produced in quantities
permitting of export. The govern
ment in recent years has been main
tanned in large part by generous
royalties paid by British petroleum
company. Mineral deposits of iron,
copper, lead, manganese, nickel and
coal are being developed. Foreign
trade, a crown monopoly, has ex-
panded at steady pace since 1882.
Relations with Great Britain and
with Russia, if not invariably friend
ly, have been maintained from the
beginning of the century onward,
but it is admitted that there also has
been strong tie between Tehran
and Berlin.
The Shah is Ria Khan Pahlevi,
elected by a National Assembly,
December 81, 1925, following the over
throw of the so-called Kajar dynasty.
A constitution drawn up and ap-
proved in 1905 furnishes general
guidance for the management OF the
Evening star., 1941-08-25
Mountain Pasture

Autumn comes early here in the
untamed hills,
These halt-cleared pastures Uhere
berries ripen and fall.
Sumacs are red, and the pithered
,Doodbine spills
Its rusty leaDeS in the chinks OF
the lou, gray DaH.
! climb q boulder and see from its
breezy height
The circle of mountains, clear In
the sparkling air.
The aSpens' gold has the quality OF
light;
Naples I know by the crimson
flame they bear.
And the old excitement surges again
II, my blood,
A tingling thrill that mounts In
the peins like t0ine.
Autumn brings hope i0ith the tides
of the year at food;
For moment all beautiful, tran
sient dreams are mine.
For moment only. So stuittly the
seasons fotU,
Tomorrow, the hills tDiI be stern In
their drn.or OF snor.
-TNEz BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1941-08-25
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. TrdceUeH.

Few cats know what to make of this
grasshopperlike thing.
Many human beings know even less.
No doubt many person has faced one
of these in shrubbery and never even
known he saw it, so closely does 1t ape
leaves.
It's camouhage is almost perfect.
The long leaf-shaped body is either
pure green, or else it is colored a min
gled brown and green, closely resem-
bling a small branch or bough.
The long legs are so, much like the
stems of leaves that it is almost impos-
sible to tell them apart.
The insect remains absolutely notion
less, not only as q means of escaping
notice, but also in its supreme business
of feeding. 1t catches unwary and
smaller insects by seizing them with its
front legs, ordinarily carried folded as
in an attitude Of prayer
Down. South this insect is sometimes
called the mule killer. The legend Is
that It's dark colored saliva will kill
mules. This is pure hokum, since there
is nothing poisonous about the mantis.
The only thing he is poison to is other
insects, which he devours in great guam
titles.
1t is said that often this queer one
grows so hungry at times that he even
eats another mantis to keep himself
from growing faint
The nantes grow from to inches
long, although the latter length is not
often seen.
Many persons simply regard them as
Large grasshoppers," not realizing that
they are seeing as strange a creature as
nature makes.
Several years ago we had grandstand
view Of a big one, as it hid among the
leaves Of a shrub just outside q sun
porch window We watched it for many
days, and do not imagine it moved
more than an inch in a month. But 1t
was very much alive. Now and then it
would cock an eye, or move its feelers.
II 1t fed during this time We never saw It,
This is one Of the cleanest looking Of
all insects. Some species are sticky
looking, others repulsive. but the praying
mantis is neither. but very clean in ap-
pearance and habits.
1t is quite dry, so that even persons
who do not like insects, in general, do not
mind picking it up 1t is not likely to
fly into ones face, or make any move
whatever
After the big one by the porch had
disappeared, in the fall. we discovered
half dozen egg cases in the shrubbery.
These are whitish in color, ranging from
half an inch to an inch in diameter
We pictured the yard full of these in
sects the next spring, but an untimely
spell of warm weather in the middle of
the winter caused them to hatch out and
die through lack of food.
Evening star., 1941-08-25

the door to reconciliation with Japan,
but he made it clear that if the issue
of war is forced Great Britain will
stand with the United States. 1t is
obvious, of course, that Britain would
have no other rational choice, for, if
anything, her interests would be
more seriously threatened than ours
by further japanese aggression. But
this fact does not detract from the
force of the blunt warning to the
warlords in Toxic. They know now
that they cannot hope for further
bloodless conquests. Squarely and
definitely, the decision for war or
peace is up to them.
For the rest, Mr.. Churchill's re-
marks added little to the fund Of
available information.
To the conquered peoples he again
promised deliverance, and to the
rank and file in the aggreSsor nations
he reiterated the assurance that,
after the war, opportunities for
economic rehabilitation will be open
to all countries on even terms. But
he also made it clear that the dis
turbers of the peace will not again
be permitted to plunge the world into
war.
THE United States and Great
Britain" he said, do not now assume
that there will never be any more
war again. On the contrary, we in
tend to take ample precaution to pre-
vent its renewal in any period we
can foresee by effectively disarming
the guilty nations while remaining
suitably protected ourselves"
That is realistic attitude, rooted
in hard experience. 1t is a pledge
that, when the present-day aggres-
sors have been beaten, the democra-
cies will not again scrap their navies
or permit their armies to melt away.
AS a recognition of the fact that
peace cannot be maintained by wish
full thinking, Mr.. 'Churchills assur-
ance will be welcomed by all who are
willing to face an unpleasant truth.
Evening star., 1941-08-25
New Transportation Board

The clinical process has been ap-
piled to the railroads so often in the
past fifteen or twenty years without
material gain that the establish
ment of another Federal agency to
determine what is wrong" with the
industry and recommend a remedy
is apt to induce skepticism. Now,
however, the Transportation Board
of Investigation and Research, which
has just been sworn in, starts to
work with mandate from Congress,
under the new Transportation Act,
to lay the groundwork for a coherent
transportation policy for the coun-
try. Assuming that its studies result
in constructive suggestions, it is ex-
pected that Congress will take steps
to translate them into action.
Probably the most important task
facing the board is an inquiry into
the relative economy and fitness Of
rail, motor and water carriers, for
the performance of various services.
Tremendous loss Is incurred annually
as the result of the uneconomic
competition of these. agencies, and
this phase of the boards labor is
designed to emphasize just how cost
ly this rivalry is, and to point out
the possibilities of savings through
an integration that reserves to each
of the competitors the field it is
best fitted to occupy. Short of ma
tionalizing the transportation in
dustry of the country, 1t must be
recognized, of course, that any large
scale coordination of this nature
would be accomplished with diff
Guilty, but the board report, neverthe-
less, can be valuable by making clear
the potentialities of such an ar
rangement.
The board also is going into the
old controversy of the extent to
which the several classes of carriers
are subsidized by the Government.
This will entail continuation of a
study first undertaken several years
ago by the former co-ordinator OF
transportation, Joseph B. Eastman.
and accompanying it will be COM
Elementary survey of transportation
taxes. The railroads have ascribed
much of their trouble to subsidized
competition and discriminatory tax
alton, and inasmuch as the Eastman
report was not conclusive, it is de-
sirable that these two points be can
vaSsed thoroughly.
The board is getting on the job at
a time when the railroads, after
years of adversely, are enjoying one
of their most prosperous eras. Para
doxically, however, this condition
only serves to emphasize the need
for such study as that which is
being undertaken, for the emer-
gency responsible for this new afflu-
ence demonstrates once again the
dependency of the country on an
efficient transportation system.
Evening star., 1941-08-25
japan on Notice

When the text of the eight-point
statement of war aims agreed upon
by President Roosevelt and Winston
Churchill was made public japanese
sources commented that it was chief
ly significant so far as they were
concerned for what it failed to re-
veal. 1t was evident at the time that
the President and the Prime Min
lister had gone over the Far Eastern
situation and there was every reason
to assume that they had reached an
understanding with regard to Japan.
With Mr.. Churchill's address yester-
day, any lingering doubt is removed,
and the japanese know where they
stand.
At no point did Mr.. Churchill close
Evening star., 1941-08-25
Declares Both Interventionists
And Isolationists Are Loyal.
To the Editor Of The Star:

The war-or-peace issue has become
an exchange Of gibberish. The inter-
ventionists shout that the Nyes, the
Wheelers and the Lindberghs are Nad
sympathizers and the isolationists con-
denim the Stimsons, WILKES and Peppers
as warmongers.
No one will debate the point that it
would displease and inconvenience Hitler
greatly If this Nation were to declare
war against Germany. There is no
doubt that it would. But can it fairly
be said that those who are opposed to
inconveniencing him in such manner
sympathize with his cause?
There isn't decent man or woman in
the United States who wants to see
Hitler win this war. A minority Of our
people think 1t best to enter into the
conflict actively to help defeat Hitler
now. The remainder are opposed to
such a course, not because they like
Hitler, but because they do not believe
the benefits OF such a war would be
commensurate with the loss in human
life and property that such q war
would demand.
There can be no unity of purpose so
long as the pickering and calling
continues. The shouters for war may
prove right when the history of this
decade is written: who can tell? But
isn't it true, too, that an unpopular war;
however engineered, might result in
defeat for us? After all, the people as
whole should decide this important
issue through their representatives in
Congress. If the vote is for war, there
will be unity and . firm purpose to
carry it through to q successful con-
clusion. Many say We are in the war
now, but deny that.
Let the statesmen Of the day confine
their debate to legitimate, arguments.
The warmongers and the isolationists all
are loyal Americans. They just happen
to have different slants on the situa-
ton. Name-calling will neither get us
into war nor keep us out. If vote
against the administrators foreign pol
Icy pleases Hitler, doesn't 1t follow that
1t also pleases Hitler. for various reasons,
when Congressman vote to override the
Presidents veto Of the pork barrel roads
bill, and to defeat legislation to curtail
strikes In defenss industries?
JAY HENRY.