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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-05
MERCHANTS AND HIGHHEEL5 BOWL
 FRIDAY EVENING

Elks Club bowling alleys will be kept busy Friday night with eight teams of the Merchants League taking over, at ' o'clock and 8 o'clock, to be followed at 9 o'clock by the Highheel Leagues four teams.
 At ' o'clock teams 6, 8, and ' of the Merchants League will be on the alleys and at 8 o'clock 2, 4, l and will bowl. This is the second week for both leagues which bowl each Friday evening.
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motivated by waving flags an d songs like "The Grand Old Flag" and Gee, Amt I Glad I'm Home Again"
 Ability to popularize such sentl- ments with swinging melodies and frank adaptations of musical themes made for his greatest single success "Over There" Cohan said that it popped into his head early in the World War days as he was on his way to his office, and he had the bugle- like refrain and most of the first verse complete when he reached his desk.
 His business habits were unor- thodox. He maintained an office, but seldom went to it. He tran sacted much of his business from public telephone booths, once re- marking that his real office was in his hat.
 Was AM. Worker
 His writing habitually was done between midnight and dawn, a survival of the early transforming days when those hours were about all that he could call his own He wrote his plays out on yellow paper with a pencil that seldom was sharpened and never worried about things theatrical "A flop gives me as much of a thrill as the biggest box office success" he once said.
 But Hops were comparatively rare in his experience. His first de- cided hit was Little Johnny Jones" produced in 1904 It ran two years and made Conan for tune, for he was author. owner, manager and star in the piece. "Forty-five Minutes From Broad way was another big money maker and Get Rich Quick Wallingford,' ,' his first attempt at something be- sides flag-flying productions, was one of his greatest successes.
 His authorship list included also The Miracle Man" which was more of box-office attraction as movie than as a stage piece. Seven Keys to Baldpate," Broadway Jones' The Merry Malones" and Billie, :" the last being an operetta, also added to his fame and for tune.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-05
DO YOUR BIT BY
 DONATING RAGS
 FOR GOVT. SHlpS

Vessels of the various armed forces arriving in Juneau are badly in need of rags to be used for cleaning engines and gear, it was announced today Anyone wishing to donate old rags of any kind to be used for this purpose will be contributing a practical and important bit to the services.
 Those having rags they will give for use on the various vessels are requested to contact Mrs. w. J. Manthey at Black 309
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-05

3-ROCM Furnished house and i'm provements on 5-acre homesite 50 chickens, 13k mi. Loop Road Aux Lake. L. w. Cord. P. O Box 609.
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WANTED-Will pay cash for good used piano. Phone red 206, Alaska Music Supply.
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WANTED-Used furniture. 306 Will loughby, phone 788.
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HERE FROM PORT ALEXANDER

MT. and Mrs. Carl Lind arrived Wednesday on the mail boat Beilby from Port Alexander and are guests at the Juneau Hotel while in the city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-05

WANTED TO BUY-Baby buggy in good condition. Write D-1O00, Empire.
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IUUdy.
 Dessert luncheon with Mrs. Ma mic Cassell and Mrs. w R, Booth will precede the meeting and the afternoon will be spent sewing for the bazaar to be held on November 20.
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Amer;sa's Yankee Doodle Boy Dies; George Conan passes Away in New York
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But before that stage was. IeaClleN the son had blossomed out as a child violinist, billed as Master Georgie." He quit this within a few wears to become child actor, hay ing his first regular lines at the age of nine in play about Dan iel Boone" Two years later he toured in the title role of "Peck's Bad Boy" a comedy based upon the humorous writings of a for mer governor of Wisconsin.
 His sister and parents meanwhile travelled with various road com panies but the family came to- gether in 1890 and for ten years played back and forth across the country in variety theaters from Tony Pastors in New York to the old Orpheum in San Francisco. They rarely failed to have booking for 52 weeks in the year.
 Got His Royalties
 George started writing songs and vaudeville sketches in this period. i He once said that he wrote l50 of the latter while he was between ] IT and 2l years old. Instead, how ever, of selling them outright for the standard price of $50, he in- troduced the system of demanding royalties of from $10 to $25 a week on each for as long as the sketch lasted.
 In 1901 he wrote, composed, di- rected and produced "The Cover nor's Son" which took the four Cohans into legitimate theaters. Shortly thereafter he and Sam Harris formed producing partner ship which in the next Is years put on more than 50 comedies, plays and revues, with and with out music.
 At one time the partnership con- trolled five theaters in New York and one in Chicago. The associa- ton ended in June, 1920, an d thereafter Conan continued for years "on his own"
 Cohan long resisted all blandish- ments to get him into film plays but succumbed in 1915 for a brief contract that resulted in thr c e silent movies and, in 1882, he made his first "talkie." Its my last one too" he said when he re- turned from Hollywood to his be- loved Broadway
 Conan was married twice. His first wife was Ethel Levey, who ! became his dancing partner with "The Four Cohans' after his sis ter Josephine married. A daughter, Georgette, was born to them. The marriage was dissolved in 1907 The second Mrs. Conan was Mary Mo- Ian. They were married July 4, | 1903. Their children were Mary Helen, Helen Frances and George Michael, Jr
 Full of Action Movement was the chief object of Cohan's earlier plays and the dance, lively, dashing and some times a bit impudent for tn c times, marked them as typically Cohanesque He and his sister were early exemplars of eccentric steps sometimes galloping rhythmically on and over the stage furniture or even turning their backs to the audience as though kicking de- risely at those who disliked this departure from tradition.
 One of his big successes "The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly' was con tinuous dance, the characters sway ing, stepping and posturing through their entrances, lines and exits.
 The patriotic note was used whenever opportunity offered and such musical shows as Little John ny Jones" George Washington ;
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-05

I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by anyone but myself. adv. ALBERT E. WITHEY.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-05

WILL party who left coat at checking room, Bus. & Prof. Wo- mans Dance call at Empire and identify same.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-05
WANTED

WANTED-Pick-up or coupe. Write Empire F 1716. WANTED-Furnish apts., fur nished rooms, room and board for US. Govt employees. Phone 819 between g and 10 am. and and 9 pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-26
Soldier Guilty Of
Subversive Acts

CHICAGO, July 25-CUP) - In
what was believed to be the first
conviction of subversion within the
armed forces, the sixth service COM
mand announced today that first
class private in the U. S. army had
been sentenced by courtmartial to
five years in prison for sympathy
with Germany and Japan.
Maj. Gen. George Grunert, COM
mandant of the sixth service COM
mand, formerly the sixth army
corps area, announced the sentenc-
ing of Hans Geisler, a German
born who was inducted into the
army as Selectee one year after
he received his citizenship papers.
GeiSler was tried by general
courtmartial at Fort Sheridan, ILL.,,
before which he was charged spe-
officially with violation of the Goth
article of war.
Grunert said Geisler, who was
born in Breslau, Germany, in 1905
and immigrated to the United
States in 1926, had 'professed ad-
miration for Hitler and attended
Chicago Bund meetings regularly"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-26
HoIIywood's
Foncies
By Paul Harrison

except bit roles and leg-art for
publicity stills She revolted and
calls herself Rebel Randall
The scene began with the camera
peering through a veil at the ex-
citedlr bidding customers as the
auctioneer coaxed the bidding above
100 dinars. Suddenly he cried See
gentlemen-I now remove the last
veil!"
And with that, he whisked the
Whisp off the camera as 1t psnned
around and picked up a silhouette
on a wall by the autcion block
This will appear to be the shadow
of an unclad girl, but 1t actually
had been painted on the wall a
few minutes before. Continuing its
traverse, the camera moved to the
occupants of the block, but the
nuctioneer was stanGing so only
the girls head and bare shoulders
will be visible. 1t will give the CEN
Sors a start.
NEAT MIRROR TRICK
While Producer Walter Wanger
was making sure that these Ara
bian Nights scenes were being
made acceptably. Mrs. Walter Man
ger was the object of attention in
modified strip-tease at 20th-Fox
for Girl Trouble
The cameramen was having
plenty of girl-trouble, because it
was his job to show Joan Bennett
leaving a shower in a bathroom
lined with mirrors. AS long as she
stood in the shower an interveing
frosted glass door concealed all but
her legs and shoulders.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-26
Nazis Seize Whole
Families in New
Terrorism Drive
BY UNITED PRESS

French police and SIS troops OF
the German occupation forces in
France since last Friday have seized
Is. 900 to $4,000 alien refugees from
the conquered nations OF central
Europe for shipment to the concen-
tration camps of upper Silesia, Un-
tied Press dispatches from the con-
tinent said Saturday.
1t was the biggest mass roundup
since the SIS took over the job OF
policing Occupied France. 1t was
directed against all German, Aus
trian, Polish, Italian and Czecho-
slovakian refugees who arrived III
France since the outbreak OF war
in September, 1899. The refugees,
both Jewish and Aryan, included
men, women, and children more
than eight years old.
Entire families were seized. The
men were taken to the concentra-
ton camp at Compiegne, the wo-
men to 4 camp at Nancy, and the
children to the winter sports palace
in Paris. Children under eight were
turned over to orphanages or, IL
some cases, were taken in by
neighbors of the seized refugees.
The order for seizure, handed
down by the German police fuehrer
of Paris, Gen. Oberg, created min
or revolt in the Paris police de-
partment. Numerous French police
and at least eight officers of the
gendarmerie in the northern pro-
vinces refused to obey the order
and resigned. They were arrested
and jailed by the Germans.
The order was said by reliable
sources to have been provoked by
a disagreement between the SIS po-
lice and the regular German army
in Paris.
The SIS posted the city week
ago Friday, proclaiming new and
more severe restrictions against
French and foreign Jews. Ger
mans in army uniform that evening
stripped the SIS posters from the
walls, it was reported. The next
morning the SIS replaced the pla-
cards and stationed armed men to
guard them.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-26
laps Take41u.S.
Lives in Raids on
Dutch Harbor Base

WASHINGTON, July 25-(UP)-
The war department reported today
that al American soldiers, six Off
GERS and 35 enlisted men, were kill
ed in the two Japanese air raids
on Dutch Harbor early in June.
Their names were made public
for the first time in the army's in
itial list of casualties in the Alaskan
war theater, the 18th compilation
issued since Pearl Harbor.
These dead were included in the
armys death toll of 902 men an
nounced earlier this week by the
office of war information.
The navys official communique
on the June and June 4 Dutch
Harbor raids reported that about
Al men were killed in the attacks,
indicating that perhaps three navy
men also were dead.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-26

Japanese war machine.
They then decided that Mr..
Roosevelt would not compromise
and the army leaders advanced the
war schedule for the sake of sur
prise, partly because newspaper cor
respondents were predicting that
the deadline would come in six
months.
FACTS HIDDEN
There still are many facts about
the japanese situation that cam
not be reported but the following
statements in regard to what has
happened behind the enemy propa-
ganda and censorship screen in the
Pacific may be made
This is a war of races as far
as the Japanese army leaders are
concerned and even japanese liber-
ais who had been friendly toward
Americans in the past have been
swept away by the nationalist tide.
Japan planned this war with
careful consideration for her weak
est points including vulnerability of
Tokyo to fire bombs. Thus building
of air raid shelters was restricted
and fire fighting was promoted on
the theory that if the people had
no place to go during an air at
tack, they would be better fire
fighters.
PEACE WITH RUSSIA
3 - Best-informed sources in
Japan expressed belief that for the
time being the 'undeclared peace"
between Japan and Russia will be
maintained purely because it is in
convenient for either nation to chal-
lenge the other but that Japan will
attack or tfy to outflank Siberia
when and if the Red army is de-
feated in the west.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-26
420 Ship Sinkings
Laid toSubs in
Western Atlantic
BY UNITED PRESS

The second sinking announced
within "a hours by the navy depart
ment Saturday raised to at least 420
the number of United Nations ships
sunk by Axis submarines and mines
in the western Atlantic this year
The latest sinking was that of
medium sized American vessel
sent down earlier this month nearly
800 miles off the Atlantic coast.
No lives were lost. An earlier loss
also was an American ship an
nounced Friday, the first disclosed
sinking in 48 hours.
Dispatches from Mexico City Fri
day told of the death Of five sea-
men in a sinking which had been
announced previously by the navy.
The navy announced Friday, first
announcement of a sinking in 48
hours, that a medium sized Amer
ican cargo ship had been torpedoed
and sunk in the Caribbean on June
g. Four men were believed to have
lost their lives.
Dispatches from Mexico City
said five crew members of a tor
pedOed American freighter sunk in
the Caribbean recently were killed
when a submarine Shelled their
lifeboatS. Five others were in
jured.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-26
BY BRYDON TAVES

GEN. MACARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, July
25 CUP) - The new Japanese in
vasion forces in the Buna- Coma
area of New Guinea, with one
transport sunk, two disabled" and
others Withdrawing under constant
Allied air attack, nearly are cut off
from retreat, an Army spokesman
said today
Folty-five thousand pounds of
high explosive and fire bombs-the
biggest Allied operations in the en-
tire New Guinea air War-Were
dropped on the Buna-Gona area
yesterday in five raids. Bombers,
dive -bombers and fighters planes
participated Direct hits were scor-
ed, big fires started and one anti
aircraft battery silenced.
So fierce were the attacks, ac-
cording to communique from Gen.
Macarthur h quarters, that
japanese cargo vessels were unable
to unload, and were forced to with
draw north, under protection of
naval forces
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-26
Inside Story Of Jopon's
Attack Against America

EDITORS NOTE: Here for the
first time is the inside story of
Japan's declaration of war on
the United States-Of the sneak
attack on Pearl HarbOr and how
II was planned by the enemy
war lords as told by the former
United Press manager i'm Japan.
BY ROBERT T. BELLAIRE
Copyright, 1912, BY United Press
LOURENCO MARQUES, Portu-
guese East Africa, July up
Japans war lords made full prepa-
rations to strike at the United
States even before sending a final
peace" ambassador to Washing
ton.
q. ! can disclose now that the Japa-
neSe army leaders attacked Pearl
HarbOr ahead of schedule for the
sake of surprise when they were
convinced that President Roosevelt
would not compromise on delivery
of additional war supplies to Japan.
In the months that I reported
developments at Tokyo leading up
to the war and during six months of
internment following Pearl Harbor,
the picture shaped up as follows:
EARLY PREPARATIONS
Japan's military leaders made full
preparations for this war last Sep
tember, before Saburo Kurusu was
sent to Washington. Total mobili-
zation was ordered. and, after freez-
ing the japanese army at full
strength, the war lords established
o six months deadline in which an
agreement must be reached with
Washington or war would result.
The army leaders figured that was
the longest period they could wait
for assurances that they would re-
ceive supplies from America for the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-26

HOLLYWOOD, July 25 - There
was some wonderful merchandise
in the Arabian Night" slave mar
ket this morning, but it WASH t
Dollar Day. Comply brunets were
selling for more than 100 gold
dinarS; a blond brought 400; and
one of the auctioneer'S stooges told
me he had been authorized to bid
1000 dinars for a beautiful redhead
who's be put on the block soon.
She was Maria Montez, the star,
and a deal already had been ar
ranged for her to be bought by
Edgar Barrier, the boss heavy.
l can't quote prices on the hand
some males, such as Jon Hall, who
were being held in chains for SELL
ing into slavery, because the script
says they break away and rescue
Miss Montez.
LONDON IN BAGDAD
1t was a colorful scene. UniVer-
SaIS old Tower OF London set
had been remodeled into an older
bit of Bagdad.
Even in such a setting, the spirit
of the Hays Office was lowering
around. The slave gals were secure
ly if suggestively clad in snug little
garments of light brown material
which, photographed in color, look
ed about like their skin. Over these
they had a few wells. Even the
lens of the camera wore a veil
briefly, while one cutie was offered
for bidding. The actress was the
Alaine Brandes who languished in
stock contract at Paramount fol
year Or SO, with nothing to dc
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-26
BY LEON KAY

CAIRO, Egypt, July 25-UP)-
Allied air and artillery forces were
reported renewing attacks on enemy
front and rear lines today after a
week of intense aerial operations
in which United States bombers
made seven damaging raids against
Axis targets in Crete and on the
North African coast.
Ground activity was comparative
ly slight yesterday and front dis
patches today indicated little i'm
portant action on the line. west OF
Ell Alamein. (Reports from London
said that the British had withdrawn
from one or two secondary points
gained in offensive thrustS this
week because of intense Axis artil-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-26
LANDED WEDNESDAY

Some $500 Japanese landed in
the Buna- Coma area from an in
vasion fleet Wednesday. Port
Moresby, the major Allied base in
New Guinea, is ITO miles to the
south, across the Owen Stanley
mountains.
The land is flat in that area and
the Japanese quickly can set up
airplane landing fields. Eighteen
japanese bombers, guarded by 16
fighters attacked Port Moresby
airdrome yesterday, but it was not
determined whether they came
from other Japanese-held areas
Minor results" came of their at
tack, the communique said, and
there were no casualties.
While the cOmmunique did not
mention attacks on the retreating
japanese fleet, it indicated that
Allied planes, constantly haraSsing
Japanese barges, stores and in
stallations, meant to give them no
rest.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-26

4-There is a general belief in in
formed sources that Japan now is
attempting to avoid am early direct
attack on the Soviet Union by out
thanking the Russians in the Far
East as result of seizure of Ameri-
can islands in the Aleutian chain.
5-Japan's attention at present
is believed to be centered on break
ing the Alaska Midway Panama
defense line Of the United States,
although that program suffered a
heavy setback in the battle of Mid
way.
6-As far as l could discover. any
propaganda offensive against Japan
will fail because the censorship is
tight enough to prevent the people
from receiving any but official news
and the only formula for American
victory seems to be an old one
get thar fustest with the mostest
men"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-26

The attacks en- Suda Bay were
made in daylight.
British planes shot down or de-
stroyed "a planes at Ell Daba base.
Torpedo carrying planes hit an
escorted enemy merchantmen in the
Ionian sea between Greece and
Italy, the communique said, and the
crews, after observing a large and
spreading fire, saw the ship down
at the bows and stationary as they
left.
over Malta, British fighter planes
shot down four enemy planes and
damaged others, the communique
reported.
Aground, the Alamein front was
quiet.
The communique reported that
British Imperial patrols and artil-
lery were active in harassing enemy
forces in the northern and central
sector. There was nothing to re-
port of the southern sector, it was
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-26
laps OCCUPY TOWN

CHUNGKING, July 25-IUPJ :
Japanese army forces, still trying
to clean up eastern Chekiang pro-
vince from which bomberS might
take off to raid Tokyo, have occu-
pied the river town of Sinchangh-
sien. so miles southwest of Ningpo
and 20 miles south cf Shanghai the
Chinese high command announced
TODAY
Imperial Valley press., 1942-07-26
3 More Saboteurs
Sent TO America,
Hoover Declares

WASHINGTON, July 25-tUP)-
Director j. Edgar Hoover of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation to-
day asked public assistance in the
capture of three confederates of the
eight Nazi saboteurs now being
tried here.
The three individuals sought re-
ceived extensive training in sabo-
tage and have received orders from
the German high command to come
to- the United States to blast vital
war industries, Hoover said.
Hoover's announcement came soon
after Justice department officials
disclosed that field offices were
reporting scattered complaints
against the length of the trial OF
the eight saboteurs who were landed
from submarines on the Florida
and Long Island shores last month
THREE IDENTIFIED
Hoover said the three saboteurs
now whom he Identified as
Walter Kappe, Joseph Schmidt, and
Rheinhold Rudolf Barth, were as
sociated with the eight now on
trial.
1t was not known whether they
have landed on United States soil
he said
Hoover said he is distributing sew
eral thousand posters containing
photographs and descriptions OF the
three wanted German saDoteurS.
He said Kappe, alias Walter Kap-
pei. is a 81 year old lieutenant IN
the intelligence section of the Ger
man army.
HE has served as an instructor in
the sabotage school operated by the
German high command near Ber-
lin" Hoover said. He has been
under orders to come to the United
States to take charge of contemp-
lated German sabotage organiza-
ton with headquarters in Chicago.
HERE IN 1925
Kappe came to the United States
from Germany on the S. S. Orduna
March 9, 1925, and filed citizenship
papers at Qankakee, Ill, three
months later. He never became a
citizen.
Hoover said Kappe was active in
promoting various German societies
while in the United States, and,
prior to Hitler's rise to power was
IAN active advocate of Naziism and
boasted of his services for the Nazi
party"
He became telegraph news editor
of the "Freie Presse" at Cincinnati.
O.. in May, 1881, and while in that
city was a member of the Ger
man. Hitler group, Hoover said. He
also was a member of the Teutonia
club in Cincinnati which he alleg-
edly claimed was sympathetic with
the Hitler government.