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on a bearskin, arms shading his
eyes from the sun.
"Well," said Thumm, things
are looking up. I've come down
to report new developments
one particularly"
collins, I take it,"
eyes. I suppose Bruno told you
what happened. We've dug back
into his history and discovered
just why he's been so anxious to
recoup his market losses. He's
been borrowing the States mon
ey, on his income-tax job, to play
the market. He lost, and took a
last fifty grand at the time Long
street tipped him off to plung on
international Metals. That was
his attempt to cover his embezz-
lements. We have a pretty strong
case against him"
I'm court, under the magic of
the District Attorneys oratory,"
commented Lane with a smile,
Il have no doubt but that Collins
will appear the guilty man. But
have you considered, Inspector,
that when Collins heard the DO
lice at his door, at five o'clock in
the morning, his frenzied mind
leaped to the conclusion he was
to be arrested for grand larceny?
This would account for his att
empted suicide and his statement
that you would never get him
alive"
Thumm scratched his head.
"That's just what Collins said
this morning. AS a matter of fact,
Bruno sent me confidently to
ask your opinion. You see, we
want to indict him on the murder
charge. But Bruno's had his fin
gers burnt once, and he doesn't
care to go through the experience
again."
Inspector Thumm," said Lane,
Bruno will never convict Collins
of the Dewitt murder"
Thumm did not reply at once.
When he spoke, it was almost di-
When he spoke, it was almost diff
fidently. II don't mean to push
time since I've known you you've
made a positive statement about
these chums. How are you so sure
Collins can't be convicted?"
"That," said Lane, sis a long
story. On the other hand, we have
reached the point where it is time
for me to prove as we'll as pose.
I think I shall be able to prick
your case against Collins this af-
ternoon."
Thumm grinned. "Now you're
talking! I feel better already =.
Developments? On examining
DeWitt's files at his office we
found Cancelled vouchers-two
checks year for the past four
teen years-made out to a chap
by the name of William Crockett"
Lane did not stir. "William c.
rocket. Hmm Inspector, you
are the harbinger of generous
news. For what amounts were the
checks, and through what bank
or banks had they been canoe
led?"
"Not one of them was for less
than fifteen thousand dollars, al
though the amounts varied. They
were all cashed at the Colonial
Trust of Montreal
''More and more interesting,
Inspector. And how were the
checks signed-were they person
al signatures of Dewitt or firm
checks?"
"They seemed to be firm checks
they were signed by both Dewitt
and Longstreet. There's no record
in the offic of the reason for the
semi-annual checks; they were
applied fifty-fifty against the
drawing accounts of the two men.
The tax records are all right, too
we checked there"
did you investigate this Gro
ckett?"
"Mr. Lane!" said Thumm re-
proachfully. 'The Canadian peo-
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s'You-you tagging me for that
murder? I've told you the truth,
inspector-honest to God :"
s'Nobody's arresting you for
DeWitt's bump" Thumm wink
ed at Bruno. "We're just holding
YOU as a material witness"
Drury Lane was seated in a
severe room, smiling across a
desk at a dark Latin dressed in
morning coat.
"Such an honor" Juan Ajos
was saying. "When I was
young attache ] remember you. y
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-17

Try this new vegetable combin-
alton: Cook separately turnips,
string beans and peas; drain, COM
bine, season with salt, pepper, but
ter and little catsup. Serve hot
with chops, roasts or fowl.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-17
JUNEAU Will
HAVE ALERT"
ON THURSDAY

Juneau will undergo an alert"
on Thursday night. The signal for
the drill will be a 1-2 blast of the
fire alarm, sounded at Z o'clock.
This signal will be repeated four
times. The AL clear" signal will
De IL
The drill will last only few min
lteS and is being held mainly for
purpose of ascertaining how the
different units of the Juneau Civil
ian Defense set-up work. Citizens,
however, are asked to cooperate in
he alert in the following ways:
If you are driving a car when the
alert is sounded, pull over to the
curb and park. Don't park in front
of fire exit, a fire plug, hospital
entrance or at street intersection.
Don't block the center of the street
as fire engines may have to answer
emergency calls.
Stores, manufacturers and indus
trial plants should have someone
on duty during the alert
Persons who are on the streets at
the time the alarm sounds should
70 to their homes as soon as pos
slble or go to the nearest air raid
shelter if the shelter is nearer than
heir homes. Air raid shelters are
located at the following places:
Baranof Hotel basement, Assemb-
'y Apartment basement, Twentieth
Century Theatre, Federal Building
basement, Hill Crest Apartment
Calhoun Avenue viaduct, Gold
Greek tunnel and the A. E. L. and
P. Company basement.
All members of the Juneau Civil
ian Defense Unit must be prepared
to attend their proper stations and
should be at their stations when The
alarm sounds.
Signs will be posted by THURSDAY
10 point the way to the air raid
shelters.
Further details of the alert will
re announced before Thursday ane
specific instructions for the con
duct of civilians will be included.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-17

Mrs. ]. S. Cowgirl, Mrs. w C.
Stump, Mrs B. d. Castle, Mrs Cort
B Howard subs, Inga Nerup and
Beth Gilmore; rooters, Mrs. George
H. Beck, Margaret Moran and Ann
Hardcastle.
j. Ray Ready heads the mems
team from the First City and mem
bers are Sam Daniels, Cort B.
Howard, Jack Moloca, King Brice,
AL Glenn, w. c. Stump, Pete Will
son, and B. d. Castle.
Juneau Teams
Mrs. A. W. Stewart is acting as
captain of the Juneau womens team
and will have charge of all women's
bowling. On the team with Mrs.
Stewart are, Mrs. L. j. Holmquist,
Mrs. Martin Lavenik, Mrs. j. T.
Petrich and Mrs. Henry Messer-
schmidt, for tonight's games. A
new lineup will play tomorrow.
Inc Uullcdu lllCll DoWliii6 oSoiii
will be made up of Erv Hagerup,
DR.. A. w. Stewart, Frank Metcalf,
C. C. Carnegie, M Ugrin, Jim
Barragar, Lit. Roger Stevenson,
Leonard Holmquist, Martin CDy-
namite) Lavenik and Fred Bar
ragar.
Good Trip Up
Lots of fun and good trip up
from Ketchikan was reported by the
visiting bowlers. They left Ketchi-
kan at o'clock yesterday morning
and except for q brief squall after
leaving the home port, had fair
weather all the way. In the crew
of the Neptune with Capt. Muller,
are two boys who are students Mt
the crash boat school in Ketchikan
who are making the trip for ex-
perience.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-17
BOWLING TEAMS
FROM KETCHIkAN
ARRIVE,AT NOON
Big Time Is Planned by
Local EIks for Visitors
from First City

Big times are in store for Elks
men and women bowlers for the
rest of this week. After a good
trip up from the First City, the
Ketchikan bowling teams and root
ers, twenty-five strong, arrived here
at noon today on the gasboat Nep-
tune, Capt. w. Muller, and will be
the guests of the local Elks' bowl
ers until Monday when they plan
to leave for home.
Beginning with an open house
at the Elks' Club from 4:30 O'Clock
until 6 o'clock this afternoon a full
schedule of bowling and entertain
ment has been planned for the
visitors, by c. c. Carnegie, chair
man, winding up with the singles
and doubles which will be played
off Sunday evening.
On the entertainment program,
in addition to the open house to-
day, is the big open house at the
Elks' Club tomorrow night and a
banquet tentatively planned for
Saturday night.
Bowling Tonight
Five three-game matches by both
men and women will be played by
the Ketchikan and Juneau teams
during the week beginning at 7:30
o'clock tonight, when the first
three games will be rolled on all
four alleys.
Tomorrow there will be bowling
in the afternoon, due to the open
house to be held in the evening.
Thursday and Friday the matches
will be played in the evening; Sat-
urday no bowling is scheduled but
on Sunday, the last games of the
tournament will begin at o'clock
in the afternoon. On Sunday eve
ming the singles and doubles will
wind up the program.
Visiting Teams
Those arriving on the Ketchikan
Woman's team are, May Petersen,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-17
Labor Heads
Confer with
Roosevelt
7 ak Over Problem Of
Right 10 Strike Dur
ing War Time

WASHINGTON, March 17-Lead-
ers of organized labor indicated to-
day that if labor yielded its right
to strike during war, that would
be a more satisfactory answer TO
the problems of production and
national unity than restrictive leg
lslation by Congress.
William Green, representing the
AFL, and Philip Murray, CLIO, were
called to the White House by men,
bers of the Labor War Board and
disclosed after an hours confer
ence with the President that it was
agreed that wage rates standards
could be fixed without resort 10
strikes or interruption of produc-
ton through three methods:
Collective bargaining, Cancellation
or mediation, or through the oper-
atoms of the War Labor Board.
The two top men of organized
labor, discussing by turns in the
parley with the President, gave a
picture of satisfactory production
Of war materials with labor devot-
ing every force in the effort of
urning out war supplies.
Murray said it was agreed that
voluntary action on the part of
labor to yield the right to strike
would be a more satisfactory an
swer to the problem of production
and national unity than restrictive
enactments of Congress-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-17
This FOOTBALL
COACH HAS NO
WORRY, OH, NO!

LANCASTER, O.. Mar. 17-Wor-
ried over your loss OF varsity ath-
letes, coaches?
Consider the plight of Coach Lou
Katz of the State Boys Industrial
School.
Katz starts out with a new bunch
of boys each season because the
average commitment terminates
after IL months.
Yet, Katz is called upon to win
games in competition with nearby
high schools. His l94l football team
won seven, lost one and tied one.
scoring 236 points to its opponents
80.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-17
Is.
Warned About
W ar Outlook
Says Conquest Cannot Be
Won with 40-Hour
Work Week Limit

WASHINGTON, March 17.-Sen-
ators Walter F.. George, Democrat
of Georgia, and Arthur H. Vanden-
berg, Republican of Michigan, this
afternoon warned the Senate that
the United States might lose the
war.
The two Senators joined in the
demand for repeal of the 40-hour
work week limit and legislation to
limit war profits.
Congress will soon realize that
we can no more win the war on
40-hour work week arsenal for de-
mocracy than we could in 40 weeks
in fox holes on Batan," Vanden-
berg doomed as ne demanded the
lawmakers quit trying to fool our
selves and the public"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-17
BY SAM JACKSON
Wide World Features Writer


VICTORIA, British Columbia-A
handful of Canadians with a pre-
carious hold on the vast, empty
empire that lies between the United
States and Alaska may need Amer
lean help in a big way if real war
ever comes to this side of the Pa
cific.
The Province of British Columbia
is a great deal larger than all of
Uncle Sans Pacific Coast States
put together. Yet its population
barely exceeds that of Boston.
Most of the inhabitants hug the
American border. The rest of the
great domain is almost as wild and
tenantless as when George Vancou-
yer clinched it for the British crown
back in 1892.
British Columbia makes no pre-
tense of defending itself in the sense
that the United States is prepared
to defend its home coastline and
Alaska.
Difficult to Defend
Fertilization of 600 miles of ocean
front cut up into innumerable chan
nels and islands would be an i'm
possible task for a province whose
normal revenues run some $4,000
600 year.
British Columbians, whose outlook
is plainly more American than Brit
ish, are willing to do their part. But
every thinking man knows that he
is living under the protection of the
United States and that no other
adequate protection is available to
him.
British Columbia is probably the
most independent minded of the
Canadian provinces. 1t entered the
1871 Confederation-la to be the
Dominion of Canada only after
exacting a promise that the Canad-
ian Pacific railways would be built
to the coast.
A Separate Entity
Geographically it is separate
entity, with the prairie provinces
on one side and the Pacific on the
other. In all its length there are
only seven main passes which pene-
tYate the mountains and connect it
with the East.
Not until you have cruised among
the thousands of islands of it's coast,
or ridden for days through intermin-
able forests of fir and hemlock, can
you appreciate British Columbia's
immensely.
The Canadian National railway
cuts through the center of the prov
ince to the Pacific port of Prince
Rupert. Even south of the railroad
much of the country is inaccessible.
To the north all is indeed wilder
Mesa mountainous, densely tim
bered region cut by mighty rivers
and lying much of the year under
heavy snow.
Bring Your Own Port
Amateur strategists may liken the
scattered islands and landing places
of British Columbia to those of the
East Indies which Japan has kept
punching off one by one.
But in the western Pacific the
/ Nipponese have been taking over
established ports, In British Column
bia they'd have to bring their towns
with them.
The two largest places in the
province are Vancouver, population
100000, and Victoria, 10000. Both
are on the United States border.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-17
DEFENSE BONDS NOW
AVAILABLE AT P. 0.

Plenty of Defense Bonds of most
denominations are now available at
the Juneau Post Office, it was an
nounced today by Postmaster AL
bert Vile. The local postoffice is to
be the distributing point for bonds
for the entire Southeast Alaska
district, Postmaster Vile said.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-17
YOU in Yourself

YOU in yourself
lovely accident; beautiful achievement
There isn't the world who afford to be OVER
WEIGHT plain pretty to bother
about being beautiful
The of face and hair and FIGURE will transform
you into the vital person that is yourself
Make headquarters SIGRIDS BEAUTY SALON Phone 318
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-17

Grated orange and lemon rinds
Will last week if store din COW
cred jars in. refrigerator These
rinds make delicious flavorings for
sauces, cakes, puddings and cookies
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-17
STANFORD IN
TITLE GRAB
FROM 0. sc.
Indians Take Deciding
Contest al PaIo Alto,
40 10 IS

PALO ALTO, Calf, March H.
Stanford University > sharp-shoot-
ing basketball team won the Pacific
Coast Conference Championship last
night with a 40 to 35 victory over
oregon State in the deciding con-
test in the three-game playoff series.
The Indians used fast-breaking
floor play to good advantage, pulling
ahead of the fighting Beavers who
twice tied the score in the second
half. Stanford led % to II at the
half.
Jim Pollard, Stanford forward,
was high point man with 16. John
Mandic, Oregon State center, led the
losers with IL points.
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SERVICE Men AT
DUG0UT TONIGHT

Service men not attending the
affair at the Parish Hall tonight
will be welcomed at the American
Legion Dugout with Auxiliary men,
bers of the Pioneers in charge of
the entertainment.
Tomorrow night the Rebekahs
will be hosts and a 2-piece or
chestra will be provided for
dancing.
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MICHAEL VINCENT'S
FUNERAL TOMORROW

Funeral services for Michael Vim
cent Wierbolowicz, 80, who died
last Sunday in st. AIMS Hospital
after a short illness, will be held
at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in
the chapel of the Charles w Carter
Mortuary. The Rev. Edward Budde
will read the service and interment
will follow in Evergreen Cemetery
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RECEIVE CHECK FOR
RED CROSS RELIEF

A check for $12.58 for the Red
Cross War Relief Fund was re-
ceived by Territorial Commissioner
of Education Dr. Frank j. Ryan
today. 1t was sent in by the 65
pupils of Unga Territorial School
in the Shumagin Islands just off
the Alaska Peninsula.
Evening star., 1942-07-28
White House Inner Circle
Admiral Leohy Seen Replacing Hopkins
As Presidents Chief Resident Adviser

Roosevelt was stricken with infan-
tile paralysis In 1922. Mr., Howe be-
came hts constant attendant and he
remained virtually q member Of
the family until he died at the White
House in 1896.
Mr.. Howe was nothing II not q
political realist. He was credited
with greatly influencing Mr.. Roose-
velt's action. on the side generally
OF toning down his idealistic en-
thusiasms. Some OF the Presidents
friends, for example. were quite sure
that the plan to pack the Supreme
Court. which the President spon-
sored in 1897, never wouldshave seen
the light of day il Mr.. Howe had
been slive.
Illness Brought Residence.
1t was illness again that brought
Mr.. Hopkins to live at the White
House. Shortly after the death of
his wife in 1899 he became seriously
i'll and ultimately was forced to re-
sign his cabinet post Of Secretary of
Commerce. While Mr.. Hopkins was
away, undergoing treatment, his
little daughter Diana was taken in
by Mrs. Roosevelt, ana on returning
to Washington he also became a
member Of the family.
Mr.. Hopkins first activity there
after was as behind the scenes
mapaRer Of the third-term presi-
Dental campaign. And when, in
December, 1910, the President first
launched the plan Of lease lend, Mr..
Hopkins Immediately became his
main adviser in that connection.
A frequently expressed criticism
Of Mr.. Hopkins has been that he is
even more an incorrigible optimist
than Mr.. Roosevelt himself and that
1t would be better If the President
had as his intimate companion a
man more inclined to emphasize the
dark spots in the war picture.
Those who know Admiral Leahy
best orophesy that he will do exactly
that.
Evening star., 1942-07-28
Sunken U. 5. Ship Raised
And lowed 200 Miles
By the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA
July ga large American cargo
ship. sunk by the Japanese, has been
raised and towed 2,200 miles and is
now In an Australian port for re-
pairs. It probably will be back in
service soon.
The work Of salvaging the cargo
and raising the ship and tempo
rarily repairing 1t for the long haul
was accomplished under the con-
slant danger Of q Japanese air at
tack.
The ship was raised under su-
pervision of Capt. J. p. williams.
commonwealth salvage officer, who
earlier in the war recovered more
than $4,000 in gold from the
sunken ship Niagara.
After the cargo of this latest ship
was recovered undamaged, a tug
towed the vessel at an average speed
OF 8 miles an hour for 81 days.
Fifty-two japanese planes were en-
countered one day and 40 another
during the tow.
Evening star., 1942-07-28

hands. The Japanese must know
that no matter what the provoca-
ton. the American Government will
not descend to the level of torturing
innocent people. The Japanese
must know also that there may be
some day peace conference, that
there may be m outcry for justice
to the japanese and an insistence
from some quarters that Japan Is
entitled to certain authority in the
Far East because she Is an indus
trial nation with a capacity for
organization. Such arguments will
be futile in the face of q hostile
American opinion.
The Japanese are playing dan
gerous game In maltreatment Of
American and British prisoners of
war, and it is important that all
who have hitherto been friendly to
the Japanese people should express
themselves at this point lest the
military party in Toxic handicap
Evening star., 1942-07-28
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Dy loNS1 ANIME bHOWN.
The Russians are fighting the
greatest battle in history against
overwhelming odds. While the
Red armies numerically are su-
perior to those Of the Axis, 1t is
obvious from Nazi and Russian
communiques that our allies have
reached rock bottom as far as
aviation and mechanized forces
are concerned, .....
After months of intensive
preparation the Nazis have built
up such reserves Of planes and
tanks that the enormous losses
they are sustaining do not de-
lay their offensive. On the other
hand. the Russians. having lost
some Of their most important
industrial centers, must rely on
the war material which reaches
them over the Arctic and Iranian
supply routes. The quantities
Evening star., 1942-07-28

pied, it Is further declared, soon will
be taken over by Admiral Leahy,
newly appointed chief of staff to
the Commander in Chief. The lat
ter is q widower, Mrs. Leahy having
died at vichy, France, last spring.
Hopkins Social Worker.
Mr.. Hopkins was a social worker
who first came into the Govern
ment to handle unemployment re-
lief during the depression years.
His whole experience, before he be-
came the Presidents principal war
policy adviser with the advent of
lease-lend, related to the domestic
phases OF the New Deal. His present
onicial titles are special assistant to
the President. chairman OF the
American-British Munitions As
signments Board and Trustee of
the Hyde Park Library.
Admiral Leahy, in contrast, is
strictly fighting man. whose long
service in the Navy and later in the
diplomatic fied, as Governor of
Puerto Rico and Ambassador to
France, has all been OF q character
to mark him as q hard-bitten mill
tary realist.
Mr.. Hopkins came to the White
House at time when the American
problems, as respects the war, were
chiefly production at home and sup
ply to nations abroad. He headed
the first American special missions
to London and Moscow and had an
important part in shaping President
Roosevelt's personal and official re-
lationshlp with Prime Minister
Churchill and Joseph Stain. Also
he acted as the Presidents go-be-
tween IN establishing machinery of
lease-enc- and the War Production
and War Labor Board setups.
Admiral Leahy takes over when,
by the Presidents own confession,
most OF his time is being spent in
study of conditions on the active
lighting fronts, formulation of war
strategy and coordination both of
American armed forces-land, sea
and air-and of interallied forces.
Even without the closer association
with the President, arising from his
prospective White House residence,
1t has seemed to be in the cards that
Admiral Leahy would assume a posi-
ton Of increasing influence.
Social Gossip.
And from the beginning Washing
toms social gossips haven't been
able to quite figure out how the resi-
denee Of another married couple in
the White House could work out
satisfactorily. particularly in q time
when there Is 4 continuous process
sion Of kings and queens and other
foreign notables to be entertained
there. Mrs. Hopkins scarcely could
have her personal friends in for tea
Or dinner Or = game Of bridge with
out causing complications.
1n-the- family assistants have
played an important part in Mr..
Rooseve!t's career. The first of these
was Louis McHenry Howe. the
gnome-Nke little man who served as
his secretary for rs years. When Mr..