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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-28
NOTICE


 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that hearing will be held before the undersigned probate Judge on August 31, 1922, at 1000 o'clock A. M., in the office of the United States Commissioner and Ex-Of- ficio Probate Court for the Juneau, Alaska, Commissioners Precinct, up- on the petition of L. w. KILBURN for his appointment as admins trator of the estate of ANTUN ST. MIN, deceased, and for the issu- ance of Letters of Administration to him. All persons in interest are hereby required at said time and place to appear or show cause, if any. they have, why said petition should not be granted as prayed for.
 Witness my hand and Official Seal at Juneau, Alaska, this 20th day of August, 1942.
 FELIX GRAY,
 United States Commissioner and Ex-Officio Probate Judge for Juneau, Alaska. Commissioners Precinct.
 Aug. 20 to 29 incusive.
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Mrs. M Whittier and her two children, Judson and Je the Princess Louise They had sr visiting relatives in Port Townsend
Evening star., 1942-07-05
W. CHESS =
The Game and Its
Players
BY Paul J. Miller,

The race is not always to the
swift nor to the strong. 'Tis the
goal one seeks that matters most
and each of us find life worth the
living etl reasons as far apart as
the magnetic poles. Some of us live
to win and some to make the world
a little Letter for having lived.
For many years the writer has
had The pleasure of observing a
charming little lady with graying
hair, smiling cheerfully whether or
not she won or lost at chess. She
is now about to pit her chessic skill
against younger and stronger op-
ponentS in the current District
Chess Championship Tournament
for women.
Among the feminine chess fans
there are none finer than Miss Maud
G. SeWall of 2613 University place
NV. She takes her chess seriously,
has competed in all the local title
Journeys for women, sponsored by
the Metropolitan Chess Association,
and has been an active supporter
of the Washington Chess Divan
since its inception in 1887.
Professionally musician, an
organist of ability, Miss Sewall
agrees with DR.. Siegbert Tarrasch,
late grandmaster, that "chess, like
Evening star., 1942-07-05

addition to maintaining liaison,
doing Red Cross work, hauling the
wounded and ammunition through
deep snow and other work previously
known dogs are now being used to
bomb enemy tanks and to ferret out
enemy snipers. The value of their
work is inestimable.
The Washington Bulldog Club
elected officers last week The in
coming president is Arthur Forbush,
w. L. Shuh is vice president.
Thomas B. Maxwell is secretary and
Howard Grimm is treasurer.
The club looks forward to sane
ton match of some sort in Sep
tember. This will probably be open
to puppies and adult dogs without
championship points. A members
futurity stake is also in the making,
although full details on this have
not yet been worked out.
One of the spontaneous activities
of the club at this meeting is the
collection of sizable sum for Dogs
for Defense, Inc. Since bulldogs
are not a type of dog suited for
army work, their fanciers are con-
tributing their bit in this much
needed form.
While bulldogs may not be
capable of doing their bit in the
Army, they generally try to do all
they can for their owners. Take
the case of Budgie, Gay Forbush's
pet. Budgie and her pups went to
a kennel for worming, bathing and
other needed services. Mister Ken
mel Owner sat down with Budgie
in the room to make out the bill
for Budgie's owner. His attention
was distracted, and before he knew
it Budgie had neatly swallowed
the bill.
Mrs. A. w. Patterson of Arling-
ton has only five Afghans in her
kennel, but she certainly went far
afleld to get them. One comes
from Texas, one from Canada, one
from Massachusetts and two from
MARYLAND
Evening star., 1942-07-05
NEWS FROM DOGDOM'
Notes on a Variety of Subjects of Interest in
Washington and Vicinity
By x. X. Taynton.

So good has been the sample Of
trained dogs now in use by the
Army that the latest order presented
to Dogs for Defense, Inc, Is for
1000 instead of 200 trained dogs.
And there is no doubt that they
will get the dogs, for, judging by
results in the Washington area, the
quota of 1000 pure bred dogs OF
medium size will soon be oversub-
scribed
Breeders, fanciers and dog lovers
in this vicinity have been keeping
the Falls Church 1462-W telephone
number working overtime, offering
their pets and valuable dogs for
sentry duty. A number OF people
have volunteered their services in
training the dogs. While some OF
these have had experience training
dogs for the obedience test classes
at the licensed dog shows, others
are willing to learn and to help.
For their benefit classes in how to
train are being started.
Some few think that this is
grand opportunity to get their dogs
trained at no cost-most profess
sional trainers charge about 5000
to put dogs through a similar
course-but find they are mistaken,
One woman wanted her wire fox
terrier trained SO she could take
him to the office with her. Another
thought it would be a good idea to
get her Doberman Pinscher trained,
but baked when she found that
she could not go visit him every
week end and keep track OF where
he was between times. Several
people have offered cross-bred dogs.
Very sorry-pure-breds only are
wanted and they must be between
the ages of / and 5 years.
1t was Russian poet named
Mayakovsky who said that dogs
are fine men" and it is the whole
Russian Army which is now echoing
his words. Ilya luxembourg, a
Soviet war correspondent, tells of
the valiant work dogs are now
doing with the Russian forces. In
Evening star., 1942-07-05

contents and prices, but not so in
the early days of the railroads. In
the time of the empire builders"
each road, big or little, issued its
own idea of how a freight price list
should look (and some were almost
works of arD and each road made
it's own prices, not always the same
to different people on any one item,
probably.
But these tariff lists are only
small part of Mr.. Andes collection,
although an interesting one. A
bookcase full of carefully selected
volumes occupies one corner of his
dining room and offers reference to
all manner of railroad lore. Most
of these books are old ones, now out
of print. Many contain priceless
illustrations Of the locomotives and
rolling stock of hundred years ago.
Besides the books there are also
many maps and miscellaneous ma
terial, too varied to enumerate. The
maps provide Illuminating glimpses
into the colorful past of our rail-
roads. Such as the one of the At
lantic & Great Western Railway,
1869, described as the Great Broad
Gauge Double Track Route" It's
name and title show what aspira-
tions its founders had, but it only
achieved the distance from Sala-
manca to Cincinnati, Ohio, some
448 miles, with a branch from
youngstown to Cleveland. 1t was
the Great Broad Gauge, however,
with track measuring feet between
rails (the American standard gauge
today is feet 812 inches. Another
interesting note about this road is
that, in 1869, it ran on Meadville
time, which was 80 minutes slower
than New York time, and II minutes
faster than Cincinnati time" This
was, of course, before time zones had
been standardized. The Atlantic &
Great Western is now part of the
Erie system.
And so it goes. with each item In
this large collection possessing key
to a different and often romantic
story.
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Hobbies and H0bbyists
News of Activities Here and Nearby
By Edmond Henderer.

We have recently encountered an
unusually large number of people
whose avocations were related to
their vocations. A good example
of this may be found in Ernest l..
Andes, who started some 80 years
ago to collect items pertaining to
our railroads. At about the same
time he started to work for the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
Through the years Mr.. Andes has
worked for various railroads and
finally wound up working for the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Although he is now in the section
of the ICC which controls the rates
of motor trucks in interstate COM
merce, rather than having to do
with railroads, considerable part
of his collection consists of copies
of old railroad tariff schedules. so
there is still a similarity between
his work and his hobby.
These old tariff lists are quite
interesting, even to the uninitiated.
The oldest in Mr.. Andes collection
is one from the Portsmouth &
Roanoke Railroad dated 1886. How
ever, the owner questions the au-
thenticity of this one, as he knows
of too many existing copies of it..
The oldest one he is sure of Is dated
1875 and came from the Wood River
Branch Railroad. Reference to
books in Mr. Andes collection shows
that the Wood River Branch Rail-
road, ST miles long, was opened to
traffic on July l, 1874. 1t was
standard gauge road which ran from
Wood River junction to Hope VAL
lev, both in Rhode Island.
Further details of the Wood River
Branch Railroad show it 10 be quite
suitable for some model railroad
enthusiast to copy. 1t had 0,92 mile
of sidings and was built with As
and 56 pound rail. It's rolling stock
on September 30, 1889, consisted of
two locomotives, two passenger cars
and one baggage car. Apparently
all the freight which passed over it
travelled in cars belonging to other
roads. Here is an almost perfect
setup for some one to model. Fur
ther details could probably be
cleaned from Mr.. Andes collection
with little effort.
Railroad tariff lists today include
more items than a mail order house
catalogue and by ICC order they
must be uniform in size. appearance
Evening star., 1942-07-05

Henrietta Hickerson, 3102 Twenty
fourth street NE. Program and
exhibition.
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors
Club of Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth and L streets NV
Chinese-American program, with
exhibition of stamps of China. A
delegation from the Chinese EN-
bassy has been invited to attend.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Lee Sher-
atom Hotel, Fifteenth and L streets
NV. Informal program, exhibition,
hourse and auction.
Evening star., 1942-07-05

ters. In subse- Miss Maud G, sewall.
ouent years she made three trips to
Europe and two to California, but
always the lure Of the Nations Capt.
tai beckoned, and so here she lives,
lectures. writes, compassionate in
dulges in her hobby-chess.
AS a child she read Staunton's
Handbook on Chess followed 1t
with Gossip's and Cunnington's.
When Mrs. A. w. Jones first or
ganized a feminine chess group
here Miss Sewall enrolled with
others. The chess amazons orig
inally met in the home Of Mrs.
Charlotte Hallett and later they
met at the home of Mrs. H. E.
Kittredge and were coached per-
sonally by Mr.. w. B. Mundelle OF
blessed memory.
In 1886 Miss Sewall was runner
up in The Star Problem Solving
Tourney. She has played in many
simultaneous exhibitions against
outstanding masters. In local Isl
muls" she has won games from
Mundelle, Vincent Eaton, world
problem authority. and Ariel Men
garini, sometime District champion,
among others.
In the 1912 District Chess Cham
pionship Tournament for women
she dropped game in the opening
round to Mrs. Elsie SchWartZkopf.
In the second round she yielded to
Mrs. Edith Landau.
But the race is not always to the
swift nor to the strong. Victories
over the chessboard are not victories
in pragmatic living. In life Maud
Sewall has Jared we'll, travelled
widely, lived deeply. Her friends are
many, and with queenly grace she
reigns in the world of music, the
Poictesme she has created for her
self,
Evening star., 1942-07-05
WHITES MEN.
White to Play and Mate in
Two Moves.

AS this column goes to press E.
Skraly and V. D. Eaton are tied for
the lead in the District Chess
Championship for men. Should
they draw, then a playoff of two
games will be arranged by Tourna-
ment Director Hyman Bronfln. If
these, too, are drawn, the first to
win game thereafter will be named
District champion.
Evening star., 1942-07-05

Played In the 1912 United States Chess
Championship New York.
Mrs. Lucy Brisebois, sometime
member of George Washington Uni
versity Chess Club, defeated Miss
Edith Weart, director of past ma
tional chess tournaments for women,
in the second round of the current
District chess championship for
women. Mrs. Landau won from
Miss SeWan, Miss Felicia Lamport
from Mrs. SchWartzkopf, while Mrs.
Edith L. McGinnis enjoyed a bye.
Round No. 3 will be played Mon
day evening, July 13, in the quar-
tiers of Federal Chess Club at 3O6
Ninth street NV. No official
matches are booked for tomorrow
night as the Federal players are
staging a special rapid transit tour
ney, open to all, with Defense
stamps as prize awards. Play be-
gins at s o'clock.
Evening star., 1942-07-05
In Local Bridge Circles

cessfully executed, the pony was re-
turned to its trundle.
just before the conclusion of the
nights play, there was clatter of
hooves. The same pony, sans lead
and bride minced through the ball
room, looked over the assemblage
and cantered over to Mr.. Herman,
who in his astonishment, bid and
made a vulnerable slam!
The spring series at The Euclid
Street Studios are rapidly drawing
to close. One game is left in both
the Tuesday and Wednesday con-
tests. AS soon as these are played
of, a new competition will start
with a grand prix of Defense stamps
for high percentages in each du-
plicate held at the studios. Hereto
fore, seasons prizes have been linn
tied to the matinee games. Now,
there will be similar prizes for both
Friday and Saturday evenings. For
a novelty, a stamp will be given
for every grand slam, bid and made
throughout the contest.
Mrs. Dixie Wright, director Of The
La Sale Monday night games has
decided to continue her duplicates
during the summer. In addition to
her top score prizes. there will be
a special door prize-entry fee for
the following weeks game.
LIE Roy Thurtell, co-champion of
the Bridge League, class of AZ, once
said that he could understand lack
OF card sense and condone stupidity
but that carelessness was the un-
torglvable error in bridge. Where
upon, on corroborated testimony,
the champ revoked on the next
trick! The following hand is a fine
example of how too much speed and
too little thought can defeat a con-
tract. A mistake by the declarer
on the very first play will make a
swing of 700 points.
BY fairly normal one-overone
bidding, north and south reach three
no-trump. South IS the declarer and
west leads his fourth best spade, the
six Spot
Evening star., 1942-07-05


This Is very interesting hand
since an error or the first trick by
south can gum up the works. On
the other hand, the best double
dummy defense will hold the de-
clarer to his contract and a slip
on the part of the defenders can
very easily give him an extra trick.
Playing cards in good condition
are still in demand at the Service
Mems Lounge at the Union Station.
They can be delivered to Miss Fran
ceS McFeeley at the Lounge or you
can telephone Mrs. Lester Gibson,
chairman of the w. A w. B. L.,
Adams 4827, and she will make ar
rangements to pick them up for
you. Only be sure that each deck
has the full 50 cards! It's always
disconcerting to find the ace of clubs
among the missing, particularly
when it's game and rubber at stake.
Evening star., 1942-07-05

loFC, hhC llluoiI,
has the power
to make men
happy"
She learned
the elementary
rules at her
mothers knee
at their native
home in Ur-
bana, I'll. In
1889 she came
to Washington
a f t er touring
Europe for two
years with her
parents and sis
Evening star., 1942-07-05
MEETINGS THIS WEEK.

MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
Monday.
Metropolitan Society of Model En-
gineers, Business meeting, home of
I. N. Goodwin, 6201 Forty third
street, Riverdale. Md, pm. Oper-
alton of famous 0-gauge model rail-
road.
Evening star., 1942-07-05

Chess Problem No. 460.
BY F. GAMAGE. Brockton, Mass.
1st Prize, Christian Science Monitor, 1912
BLACK MEN.
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Queens Gamhit Declined.

Played In the 1912 United States Ches
Championship, New York.
Evening star., 1942-07-05

Germany during March brought
out four high-value stamps showing
portraits of that man"-1m, dark
green; I'm, violet; 3m, dark red;
SIN, blue. A fifth Hitler issue ap-
peared on his SD birthday in April
IL plus 38 pf, red violet.
Evening star., 1942-07-05

Mexico allegedly is distributing six
new promotion stamps-three regu-
lar postage: three airmail to publi-
cize an agricultural exposition.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-14

the beloved emblem at other times.
DLAINLY the country should have
L a more constant appreciation of
its beautiful Ffag-or if not lacking
in appreciation, should have less re-
straint in showing it.
The country needs something of
the spirit about the flag which Gen.
eral Macarthur had in the early
stages of the Philippines campaign,
when he refused to let the national
colors be struck over Fort Santiago
even though they made a target for
the enemy.
Men should take whatever other
precautions are necessary" said Gen.
eral Macarthur, "but they should
KEEP THE FLAG FLYING"
The same spirit was in his &C
ceptance of the honorary chairman
ship Of the new Citizens Committee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-14

-----~ . ss.-.--FN .as..S..S.... ..s...-
fortresSeS said TO have scored
major victory in attack on
A japanese ship at Rabaul,
New Britain. page L.
RUSSIA - Radio Moscow re-
pnr1S-SpriHE -Aeeds-tit4ittetrfg
German armies as Red cav
airy thrustS toward Lenn-
grad. Air battle intensified.
page ~
PHILIPPINES - Corregidor's
guns smash two japanese
tank and truck columns on
b a a an. Patrols destroy
eight more warehouses on
Mindanao. Water-borne as
sault on Corregidor appears
imminent. page -
FRANCE-Pierre Laval. ardent
German collaborationiSt. re-
turned TO power as vice pre-
mier, succeeding Admiral
Darlan. who retains control Of
the French fleet. page L.
Washington predicts complete
revision Of relations between
United States and France.
page g.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-14

Lieut.. Joseph l.. Diefenbach OF
Trumbull precinct. said:
This il the first time in Is
years there hasn't been n
bIeacher lineup for the opening
game. Usually. the line begins
TO form the evening before,
many people coming with
blankets and food and sleeping
on the sidewalk"
Al $40 a. m., Joe Graf. AZ. OF
1890 Woodrow Wilson avenue. a
defense worker. arrived. He
looked around, said:
II knocked Oft an hour early
to be sure and get a seat"
Twenty others had joined him
when the ticket window opened at
s OF.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-14
No Ticket Lineup
Reporter Stands Alone Until TAO When First
Fan Arrives; Usually Are AI-Niehters
BY JOHN GARIEPY
I was my own story today.

! was my own story today.
/ went out at 6 a. m. to get a
story about the rabid baseball fans
who stand in. line for hours, SILVER
ing and footsore. TO get a Briggs
Stadium bleacher seat on opening
day.
Instead. l stood alone and knew
that passersby in their heated cars
were saying
Look at that baseball nut. Z
Standing In line for hours. shiv-
ering and fOotsore, to get a
bleacher seat on opening day"
When tickets went on sale l was
still alone at the bleacher window.
Officers stationed at the ball
park to patrol the crowds looksd
hurt and sighted.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-14
- 10
Americans! y
, (Jnfur|
> Your Flags
j

Throughout the history of man.
kind" he wrote to Sergeant York,
symbols have exerted an impelling
influence upon the lives of men.
1.-THE Cross and the Flag are en-
bOdiments of our ideals, and teach
us not only how to live but how to
die"
THE movement to have the Ameri-
l. can Flag displayed in every
American home should be nation
wide and should be permanent
enterprise, for the duration of the
present war and thereafter.
Americans should not be held
back from patriotic display of the
Flag by indifference or carelessness.
They should not be held back by
the silly and false belief that to be
emotional and enthusiastic is to be
artificial.
Too many people deceive them
selves that to have appreciation and
love in their hearts is sufficient
discharge of patriotic duty.
But expression and show, when
made earnestly and proudly, are
essential to sentiment-particularly
when courage and inspiration are to
be gained by all the people from the
acts of their neighborS and fellow
citizens.
D EVERENCE and respect for the
IL Flag should indeed be in our
hearts, and never out Of them.
But the physical presence of the
Flag should also be held in its proper
Importance.
The Flag should be in every
home, as the Citizens Committee for
Display of the Flag urges
The Flag should grace every roof
and pinnacle of the land, should fly
constantly from every eminence-
strictly according to accepted regu-
lations for display of the Flag, of
course.
The Flag is beautiful and inspira-
tional.
The Flag is symbolic of Ameri-
can freedom and Justice.
The Flag is the personifcation of
hope, the promise of victory, the
assurance Of an earned and just
peace-all the things we are fight
ing FOR and fighting WITH.
Unfurl your glorious Flag,
Americans
KEEP IT FLYING!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-14
Flying Forts
Wreck Jdps'
Ship
Victory at Rabaul
Offsets British Loss
in Indian Ocean
BY BRYDON G. TAVES
United Press stan Correspoudert

GE NERAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS. Australia.
April 14.-United States flying
lfortresses have scored a major
Allied victory in an attack on a
Japanese ship at RabauL, in the
northeastern invasion zone. well
informed quarters said today.
1t was understood that direct
bomb hit and two damaging near
misses were made.
1T was indicated from reports
that the ship was either a bat
tleship or an aircraft carrier.)
1t was believed that the victory
was one of the most important
that the Allies had won in many
weeks, and would do much to
compensate for the most recent
British losses in the Indian Ocean.
CThe japanese sank the Brit
ish aircraft carrier Hermes and
two cruisers)
ATTACK SUNDAY
The raid was made Sunday.
Reconnaissance planes had de-
tected the ship. A big force Of
flying fortresses and protecting
Australian fighters was sent to
the attack.
The Allied planes fought Japa-
Inese Navy-O fighters and anti
Iaircraft fire from shore batteries
and ships in harbor, especially
from the target itself.
One bomb made a direct hit on
the ship near the stern. A second
fell so close that a great column
Iof water was thrown over the ship.
A third blew off a section of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-14

washington, ~. I.
Dear Mr.. MacLeish:
Tn MIR. PAUL MALLON'S
Il column entitled Behind
the News" which was pub
lished in the Chicago Herald
American on February 8, car
rying that identical date-line,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-14
Iran Sewers Relations
With Jap Empire

TEHRAN. Iran, April II CUP)
severed diplomatic re-
lations with Japan today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-14
The Weather
HoURIy TEMPERATURES

The sun viii set a. s.f2 .. m. today.
and rise tomorrow Al Ssh N.
The moon sets az TIA o m today, and
rises tomorrow a. p. N.
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TODAY-In The Times

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-29
Arlington Girl Listed
In Students Who's Who

Margaret E. Bixler, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Glen Bixler of
Arlington County, is among the
eight Madison College seniors at
Harrisonburg, Va, who will be list
ed in the 1S43 issue of Who's Who
Among Students in American Uni
versities and Colleges.
Miss Bixler is president of Alpha
Chi Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, an
honor society in education at Madi-
son College, member of the Glee
Club, vice president of the Wesley
Foundation Club, member of the
YWCA cabinet for three years. vice
president of her sophomore class, a
member of Page Literary Society
and a member of Sigma Phi Lambda.
junior honor society.
She was graduated from Wash
ington-Lee High School in Airing
ton in the class of 1899 and during
her high school career was presi-
dent of the Kalagethos Chapter Of
the National Honor Society, busi-
ness manager of the high school an
nual and a member Of the Girls
Glee Club.