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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-05
GAMES TRANSFERRED

Channel League basketball games scheduled to be played in Douglas school gym tomorrow evening have been transferred to the Juneau school gym on account of refin- ishing work being done on the lo- cal court, according to announce ment this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-05

glancing blow, breaking his left leg cleanly above the knee.
 A second youngster, following immediately behind Sperling, say the danger in time and managed to throw himself from his sled in time, Dupree said.
 Taken to St. Ann's Hospital, the injured boy, leg in cast, was in good spirits today. He is the son of MT. and Mrs. Harry Sperling.
 The Daily Alaska Empire has the largest paid circulation of any AL aska newspaper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-05
PAYS VISIT HERE

Chapin A. Chip Day, reporter for The Anchorage Times, visited in Juneau yesterday while enroute south. Day is one of seven special deputy marshals guarding prisoners being taken to McNeil Island Peni- tentiary and Morningside Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-05
MEN, WOMEN FOR FIRST AID GLASS
 MEETING TONIGHT

The Red Cross First Aid Class, under the direction of Mrs. Mary Monagle, MT A. L. Dahl. and Miss Elma Olson will hold it's first meet ing. at 7:3O o'clock tonight in the grade school building.
 This class is open to both men and women.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-05

Subscribe to the Daily Alaska Empire-the paper. with the largest paid circulation.
The Ely miner., 1942-12-17
Music and Drama Club
Meets at PeterSOnS

The Music & Drama Club held its
second dinner meeting at the home
of Mrs. NJ. w. Peterson on Tuesday
evening. Mrs. Arthur Nelson, Miss
Vera Glemmestad and Miss Frances
Stokes were assisting hostesses. The
house was ablaze with light and
warmth, good cheer and Christmas
hospitality.
Following ulnner, Mrs. Nelson read
Lukes account of "The Birth OF
Christ as recorded in Luke 2:1-2O
The musical accompaniment to this
was played by Mrs. F. ". DiNino.
Carol singing was led by Mrs. Ayres.
Miss Zella Richter was in charge OF
gift presentations and hilarious games
played under the direction Of Mrs.
p. D.. McCarty concluded one of the
most delightful evenings the Club has
ever held. Messages from four form
er members were read, saying that
they were present In spirit at the
Christmas party. They were from Mrs
r. j. Kalan, Mrs John N. Maxi, Mrs
o. w. Parker and Mrs. Charles Trezona
| The Music & Drama Club and the
Ely Business Women have bought
jointly four $25 bonds and one $10t
war bond to date.
The Ely miner., 1942-12-17
new BOOKS
AT THE LIBRARY

EARLY SUMMER by Elizabeth Cor
bert. Sheba Warner, in the early sum-
rher" Of her life, is married to an
Illinois lawyer who had fought with
Sherman. With five interesting step
children to manage, her big farm to
superintend, she has plenty of pro-
blems, and she attacks them accord
ing to her own methods-sometimes
successfully, sometimes not.
WINTER QUARTERS by Bennett
Foster. The Ruffin's Wild West Show
started across the country, leaving a
trail of robberies and shooting which
caused Dan Mar to re-investigate the
death of Carl Thwaite and to discover
clue The story has an unusual back
ground and swift and exciting plot
mounties from their mission.
CALL HER ROSIE by Eva Bruce
Happy-go-lucky shiftless, disreputable
poor as church mice and perfectly con-
tented-that was Dupris family until
seventeen -year-old Rose made up hel
mind that her folks were going to be
respectable, no matter what!
LOOK TO THE MOUNTAIN by LIE
Grand Cannon, Jr. Before they were
twenty, Whit Livingstone and Melissa
Butler had discovered that they wanted
each other. They knew, too, that there
was no place for them in the snug
settled village of Kettleford. So they
set off, together and alone, up the long
course of the Merrimack to the coun-
try of lakes and streams under ths
shadow of Mount Chocorua.
! THE ART OF SEEING by Aldou
Huxley. The author writes from hi
own experience the story of his dis
The Ely miner., 1942-12-17

electric industry knotcs hoaU,
our war plants have available
far more electric power than all
the Axis countries combined.
And seven-eigktks of all this
vast supply of power is pro-
vided by the electric companies
under business management.
They've stepped power produc-
tion up and up to meet all
industrial demands. They've
reduced rates so that the aver
age American family gets ti0ace
as mach electricity for ats money
as it did 10 to Is years ago.
These are the accomplish
ments of experienced men and
The Ely miner., 1942-12-17
SOS

The letters SOS are the interna-
tional code radio distress signal and
have no verbal significance. There
is popular, but erroneous, notion
that these letters are intended to
represent the phrases Save Our
Souls Save Our Ship" or "Stop
Other Signals" It is common er-
ror to regard the letters as abbre-
viations and follow each letter by
period. According to the radio divi-
sion of the United States department
of commerce, distress signal for
ships was first suggested in 1903 at
Berlin during preliminary confer
ence on wireless telegraphy.
The Ely miner., 1942-12-17

covery from near blindness. He des-
cribes the effect of physical and mental
imbalance on sight, explains why a
state of mibility is essential to normal
vision and how relaxation can promote
that state.
DEVILS PORTAGE by Charles Stod-
dard. This is the story of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police. Neither the
threats of the cruel Pierre Latour and
his evil half breeds, nor the savagery
of the Chippewa was on the hunt for
their Scalps would diSSuade these two
The Ely miner., 1942-12-17

people I have in mind some Of the
regulations issued by the Office of
Price Administration. Every thinking
person wants to avoid the perils of in
flation and most of the objectives Of
the Office of Price Administration are
most morthy. They have been admin
istered, however, in most unfortunate
manner and if they continue with a
lot of needless rules and regulations,
more harm than good will come to
the American people and the war ef-
fort will be seriously handicapped.
The Ely miner., 1942-12-17

WHEN you go overheard from a
sinking plane or ship, you've
got to kno10 where you are. A
bad guess is your last guess.
You've got to understand sun
and stars and wind and drift
if you hope to endure long days
of thirst and hunger-and steer
a course to safety on white sand.
Practical, applied knowledge
of the kind that helps men sur
vive the sea can also be a ma
tional life-saver on dry land.
Because Americas manufac-
turers knoW hoaO, our booming
war production is the biggest in
the world. Because Americas
The Ely miner., 1942-12-17
Lund Is 700 miles aw0y-
HII Nzz/GH mr.

women who knoU their business
because they learned it the
American way-by growing up
in it and advancing on ability.
These are the results of sound
business management under
public regulation the system
that has made America strong.
The Ely miner., 1942-12-17

fancy

Janey closed the bedroom door
and locked it. Alone at last! She
threw back her head and heaved
deep sigh. Then she peeked out OF
the corner of her eye at the mirror
to see whether she really did look
like Hedy LaMarr. Quite lot, she
decided.
And now to business. She drew
forth from the bottom of her top bu-
reau drawer the sheet of pink writ
ing-paper and the envelope that she
had been saving for this day. She
sat down at the table by the window
and dipped the pen into the bottle OF
green ink that her
M Sister Rose was
N~$s such pig about.
a She wrote, with
IA TX beautiful ara
NW(S~ besques, Dear
A,vNNhI Mr.. Morgenthau,
kSAu and held her head
~ E-S@ back to admire this
effort of the best
pupil in penmanship class.
"Here are my stamps for a bond.
S18.75. l started last Christmas when
/ got $500. Not counting so cents, I
have earned all the rest, working one
or more days a week at local gro
cery store, and I'm quite proud to
say worked hard to get it.''
Janey stared out of the window at
Peterson's house and beyond at the
big yard where the kids were play
ing football. She held her pen ele-
gantly in air.
"Sitting here looking out the win
dow, see peaceful little town, and
I wonder how the world can be In
such a turmoil and the people Of this
world can have such hate for their
fellow men. So I'm proud to send
these stamps because know I'm
helping to make the whole world
peaceful again like our little town" "
She signed her name with an I'M
portant flourish, not forgetting CON
spicuous "Miss" in front of the
''Janey." After she had sealed the
letter she went on staring out Of the
window. It really was awfully peace
| full. Overhead she heard plane &C
humming by through the sunny aft
ernoon air.
Then the voice of her best friend
Betty, called from outSide-"Jan
cyl" In an instant Janey was OF
her feet and tearing downstairs anc
| OUT. Oilc was iiOl AACty AonhoAA tlOi
a deep philosopher any more, bu
exactly twelve years old.
Letter from an actual communic alton II
the files of the Treasury Department.
| Grown-ups and children alik,
should all help the ''breadwinner" o
the family to budget for War Bonds
| Let's all join a payroll savings plal
and stop that 1919 by New Years.
| y. S. Treasury Department
The Ely miner., 1942-12-17
Coast to Coast

Fifteen thousand different kinds Of
paper are manufactured in the Unit
ed States and the amount of wood
used for newsprint alone would form
a pile reaching from coast to coast
if it were stacked four feet wide
by four feet high.
The Ely miner., 1942-12-17
Insane Asylum

The place where optimism most
fourishes is the luAatic asylum.--
Havelock Ellis.
The Ely miner., 1942-12-17
World War Losses

According to official army rec
ords, 1856 officers and 35,912 en-
listed men lost their lives during
the World war.
The Ely miner., 1942-12-17
Music in Art

All art constantly aspires towards
the condition of music.-Walter
Pater.
The Ely miner., 1942-12-17

Rome Valued Spices Highly
Spices were so important in an
cient Rome that the law exempted
from military service any one con-
nected with the spice industry.
The Ely miner., 1942-12-17

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green INK LIIdL HtI
sister Rose w a s
such a pig about.
She wrote, with
beautiful ar a.
besques, "De ar
Mr.. Morgenthau,
and held her head
back to admire this
oforf of tha hest
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

Just suppose there was
gigantic fire in which 10000
- people lost their lives and
1904 100000 worth of property
was destroyed. There wouldn't
be newspaper headline in
America big enough to properly
record such terrible catastrophe.
And yet, that's the number of
people who were killed and the
amount of property that went up
in smoke in 194l. Broken up
into thousands of smaller fires,
such a tragedy went by prac-
tically unnoticed.
Equally startling is the fact
that most of these victims
doomed themselves, or were sent
to their deaths by others,
through sheer carelessness.
Smokers, who Tipped a burn
ing cigarette away, or who dozed
off while smoking. started no
less than 1000 fires last year
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

that burned up property valued
in excess of $14, 100000.
Thoughtless housewives, who
forgot all about sizzling electric
irons or paid no attention to de-
fective lamp cords, set off $4,000
conflagrations at a cost Of $685.
100000.
Youngsters who played with
matches started $4,000 known
blazes, in which hundreds of in
nocent children were burned to
death. Such fires consumed
property worth $2,500,0OO.
The photographs on this page
show three of the foolish things
people do that lead to fires and
there are others.
The man dropping off to sleep,
for example, wouldn't think for
a moment about flirting with
danger-yet his thoughtlessness
may cost him his life.
No sane parent would hand
baby a box of matches, and yet
the same father and mother will
leave them around within easy
reach of their curious young
sters.
Safety specialists warn that a
good percentage of blazes are
started by people who, like the
woman, got talking and left the
electric iron on. Defective wir-
ing and improperly fused cir
cults is another major cause.
These foolish tricks that burn
people up are not confined to
small fires. The gigantic blaze
on the Normandie in New York
harbor, for example, was chalked
up to carelessness.
Such fires have been steadily
increasing. There were more
in 1941 than 1910. Already in
1912 we are burning up more
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25
One Skunk 'Thof
Smells Good

THE last thing most people
would think of doing. If
there was a bad odor
around, would be to call in a
skunk as a smell detector.
His reputation as an unpleas-
ant odor maker is too well estab-
lished for him to be cast readily
in any other role-except by a
scientist. But two of those
learned gentlemen proved the
other day that one striped wood
pussy smelled good.
There was an awful stencil
near one of the laboratories at
the Bear Mountain Trailside Mu-
scum, New York, and it kept DR..
William II. Carr, director of the
Museum and his colleague, a
visiting professor, from working
but not for long.
One Of the many skunks, who
-believe-it-or-not-ar welcome
pets around the place and always
behave like gentlemen, was put
on the job of tracking down the
unwelcome smell.
The animal. like a bloodhound,
led the two men TO a wall Of the
building and even their noses,
less sensitive than a skunk's,
agreed that inside a certain wall
something was wrong.
The striped detective, shifting
along the ground, unearthed
tunnel that led from the wall to
some animal cages. 1t clearly
had been made by rats who were
stealing meat before the cage oc-
cupants had a chance to eat it
and hiding it away in the wall.
The rotten meat made the stink.
BY what hidden instinct did
the skunk detect it? Some peo-
pie might say that he is jealous
Of his reputation as the cham
pim bad-smell maker of the
world and whenever he gets a
whiff of a possible rival he in
vestigates.
DR.. Carr explains that skunks
do spot all kinds of odors but
they run from some of them in
stead of tracking them down.
That is what probably would
happen if one of these animals
smelled, for instance, leak in
the gas.
But in the case of the rotten
meat, it wasn't a nose for smells
but a schnozzle for news that
led the skunk on. Skunks love
carrion and that smell was like
a bill board announcing that a
good dinner could be had for the
finding.
After Mr.. Skunk had done his
detective work, he was given the
rest of the day off while work
men went to it with picks and
shovcls and unearthed the rot
ten meat, killing a couple of rats
in the process. These men dis
posed Of the source of the smell
so that the two scientists could
60 on with their important work.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

replaced with materials that fur
Their reduce the nations stock
pile.
The loss of life also affects
our war effort. OF the 10000
persons who lost their lives last
year, many were key industrial
workers and executives who
could not be replaced.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

homes and factories and killing
more people than we did last
year.
All these fires, big and little,
are affecting Americas war
economy. Not only are raw ma
terials being destroyed but every
time a home, garage, or factory
goes up in smoke, it has 10 be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25
FOOLISH tricks THATWILL BURN You Up
Last Year

Last Year
$4,000
Fires Were
Started BY
Youngsters
Who
Thought
IL Was Fun
10 Play
With
Matches.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

THE COMPANIES whose advertisements appear
IL in this and other issues of THE AMERICAN
WEEKLY have progressed by serving wisely and
we'll those whose patronage it is their privilege to
enjoy. That's why it's wise read the ads regularly
and let advertising guide you when you buy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

upon the acuteness of the fuel scarcity"
Stores and most underwear manufac-
turers are well stocked for increased con-
sumner demand, and can take care of civilian
requirements, provided there is no scare
buying on the part of distributors and
consumers"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

Another
$1,000 Fires
Were
Started by
People Who
Were Careless
With
Electrical
Equipment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-25

Fuel rationing causing lower temperature
in homes will doubtless stimulate a demand
for heavier weight underwear" Mr.. Roy
Cheney says. There will probably be a
trend to medium and heavy weight gar
ments, possibly going so far as the old style
feece-lined underwear, depending of course
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27

gether into cup in equal amounts
If using decaffeinated coffee, drip
grind, measure we'll rounded ia
blespoon instead of heaping table
spoon.
RASPBERRY TAPIOCA
2 1-2 cups canned raspberry
juice and water.
tablespoons quick cooking tapi.
oca.
1-2 cup sugar.
IA teaspoon salt
cup canned red raspberries.
! tablespoon lemon juice
12 cup cream, whipped.
Combine raspberry juice and
water, Quick.cooking tapioca SUI
gar and salt in saucepan and mix
well. Bring mixture quickly to a
full boil over direct heat, stirring
constantly. Remove from fire.
(Mixture will be thin. Do not
overcook). Add fruit and lemon
juice. Cool, stirring occasionally
mixture thickens as it cools.
Chill. Fill parfait glasses 2-3 full.
Add a spoonful of sweetened whip
ped cream to each glass Fill the
glasses with tapioca mixture. Gar
njsh with whipped cream; serves
6 10 \
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27

have the addition of water, as this
causes the juices to flow out of
the fish into the pan, making
rich flaversome gravy, but rather
insipid tasting fish.
Clothing from sick room should
be treated before leaving that
room. 1t is best in this case to ask
advice from the nurse or doctor.
To remove cake which seems to
stick to the pan, loosen the sides
with a spatula or knife, turn the
cake over on cake rack and
place a cold. wet cloth over the bot
tom of the pan.
The wholesomeness and flavor
of vegetables depend largely upon
the care they receive. AS soon as
they are brought home from the
market, they should be placed
where they keep best. |
Baking powder biscuits should
be handled very little during the
after the liquid has been added,
should be blended or mixed to-
gether very quickly with light
movement. The dough should be
tossed into a very lightly floured
board. Care must be taken not to
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27

have too much flour OH it, other
wise the biscuits are likely to be-
come hard from il. Never roll out
biscuit dough with a heavy hand.
The more the dough is rolled or
handled, the harder and more
soggy the biscuits will be when
finished. In fact, l would suggest
that the biscuits merely be pat
ted" out with light, finger touch
rather than rolled This will aid
materially in producing a fluffy
biscuit. If too much pressure is
Gsed on the dough, all the gas gen
Grated by the leaven will be press
ed out with a resulting hard as
rock" biscuit
For a quick and easy barbecue
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27

when storing polishing cloths, wash
them out we'll. If polishing cloths
are to be kept as are-store them
either in tin cans. tightly covered
or far safer yet, in covered stone
crooks.
AS suggestion for an hors
d'oeuvres at supper, small plate
or flat flower bowl filled with rad
ish roses, flowers made from small.
raw turnips and tinted; calla lilies
made from ra wturnip and carrot,
and the dish decorated with water
cress or parsley, may be added to
the bouquet" At one end of the
wagon may be placed a large plat
ter Of various hors d'oeuvres and
tray of bread to be toasted. At
the other end may be placed the
electric toaster and coffee perco-
lator ready to be attached to the
outlet, also the necessary serving
silver, china and linen.
Fish does not require the slow
cooking given to many varieties of
meat as the connective tissues
holding the fibres together are
more gelatinOus, very tender and
soften at once under the applica-
ton of heat. Fish is frequently
overlooked due to an old-time idea
that fish requires slow cooking.
Quite to the contrary to old-fash-
ioned thought, fish may be and
is = better cooked at high tenn
perature for a comparatively short
period. When fish is placed in a
hot oven, however, it should not
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27

sauce, season catsup with brown
sugar. vinegar, grated onion and
Worcestershire sauce and simmer
for few minutes until flavors are
blended.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27
HOT OFF THE
GRIDDLE

For shapely tea cakes. fill greas-
ed pans only One-half to twO-thirds
full for they might rise over the
top.
For a change. use brown sugar
to sweeten peach pie.
One of those emergency dishes
that will please the whole family
is composed of rice, salmon and
corn in layers with cream sauce.
Use two or three yolks in ginger
bread instead of one egg and pour
into a creased shallow pan. Beat
the leftover egg whites until stiff
and beat in gradually one-half cup
of sugar and one half teaspoon of
vanilla. Spread on the gingerbread
mixture, sprinkle with one-third
cup of almonds which have been
blanched and shredded and bake
from 35 TO 40 minutes.
Colors in laundering do little
fading when wash water is COOL
when the fabric is not rubbed. when
the soaps are in solution. when the
rinse waters are cool and when the
fabric is not wrung.
Furniture polishes are likely to
have turpentine, varnish, benzine
in them; therefore, for safety
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27

Meals on a tray must be tempt
ing, whether they're for conva-
lescent or for your favorable sleepy
head. Remember that eye appeal
is almost as important as appetite
appeal, especially with an invalid,
and use your gayest china, and
sparkling glass and silver. It's
good idea to serve decaffeinated
voffee, so that longed for second
cups won't mean worry over sleep.
ing problems later on. You can
serve it in a pre-heated china pot,
or set up small percola tor at the
bedside.
Tray set-ups are a pleasant So
luton for solitary meals. You'll
ENJOY lunch alone much more if
you eat it from a tray in the liv-
ing room than if you have it on
the end of the lonely dining room
table.
CAFE AU LAIT
Coffee with Milk)
Use l 1-2 heaping tablespoons
ground, decaffeinated coffee to
each cup Il 1-2 pint water. If
percolated, "perc" IS to 20 min
utes slowly and gently, or longer
than ordinary coffee. Have ready
a pitcher or pot of hot milk When
serving. pour milk and coffee to-
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27

Furniture polishes are likely to
have turpentine, varnish, benzine,
in them therefore, for safety,
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27

For a quick and easy barbecue