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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
TRIAL OPENS
IN ASSAULT
CASE TODAY
Suit Of United States VS..
Leon tombstone
Commences

Trial began This morning in U.
S. Commissioner Felix Gray's Court
in the case of the United States
versus Leon tombstone Charged
with alleged assault and battery on
the person of Douglas Babcock
tombstone asked for a jury trial
several days ago.
The case was expected to go to
the jury late this afternoon. The
following jurors were impaneled
George E. Cleveland, Douglas j.
Oliver, William C. Jensen, Myrna
Martin, Emily Smell, Alfred Zenger,
Raymond c. Hayden, Albert j For
rest, Marcus Jensen, Emmett Con-
nor, Samuel Paul and William Man
they.
Assistant District Attorney Lynn
Gemmill is appearing for the Gov
eminent, and Mildred r. Hermann
is attorney for the defendant.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
War Hits
InPapeete
Lotus Eaters Are Getting
Hungry-Women Leav-
ing Tabled Island
BY ARTHUR c. ROWLAND
Wide World Features

PAPEETE, Tahiti-A true orphan
of the war, this tabled island of
artists, writer's and lotus-eaters al
ready has been reduced to print
tive, hand-to-mouth existence.
The mere subsistence level-the
living off the land-which is as yet
only threat in most warning coun-
tries is here a bitter fact .it
Americans and Europeans who
used to set their tables with ia
miliar, imported canned goods now
must get along on coarse native
foods-yams, taro, breadfruit, ba-
nanas and fish, ,oD
Poor Steamer Service
Tahiti is 1868 miles from San
Francisco and 1889 from Honolulu.
These are long hauls and steamer
service, always sketchy, is now
quite indispensable
Even with adequate transporta-
ton, Tahiti would have trouble get
Ting foreign exchange to pay for
shipments. The copra market,
backbone of Tahitian economy, is
dead The phosphates of nearby
Makatea had a market only in
Japan
The war has doomed South Seas
vanilla, but this comes only from
the Leeward islands, Tahitis valu-
able plantations having been wiped
out by plant disease. When some
food supplies do trickle in they are
strictly rationed and prices are con-
trolled.
PrOdigals Return
A good many white expatriates
saw the handwriting on the wall
and got out-eSpecially the women
who ordinarily dislike Tahiti once
the first glamor has worn off. A
prominent author preferred to stay
but stocked up with many months
supply of groceries.
Especially hard hit has been the
brotherhood of the bottle. I'm
! ported liquor is virtually exhausted
and drinks are limited to raw run
from a Chinese sugar mill.
One salutary effect of these des-
perate times is that it has SEN
the natives back to their print.
tive ways. Along with the hare
labor of fighting the jungle bach
from their plantations has come 6
revival of interest in their village
churches and native singing.
Subject to Attack
| Tahiti adheres to the Ere,
French government and hence il
subject to Axis attack.
Those of us who live here know
there is nothing of possible valu,
to the enemy in Tahiti, yet in 1871.
!! a German squadron made wan
ton gunnery attack that partly de
stroyed the island capital
So we await the worst
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
MRS. R. SEBERN
HONOR GUEST
AT PARTIES

In honor of Mrs. Roy E. Sebern,
who is planning to leave Juneau
in the near future, Mrs. Charles
H. Forward and Mrs. Lynn Forest
entertained yesterday with a lunch
con at the Forward home. An ad-
ditional group of friends, who were
unable to attend the luncheon, were
asked for tea later in the after
noon.
Guests at the farewell luncheon
were Mrs. A. E. Glover, Mrs. Dew
ey Baker Mrs. Harry Sporting, Mrs.
Bernard Aiken, Mrs E. M. Policy,
Mrs. Tom Gardner, Mrs. Joe Flakne,
Mrs. E. Reynolds, Mrs. George
Johnson, Mrs. Henry Larson and
the guest of honor.
Those who called for tea in the
late afternoon were Mrs. c. G.. Bur-
dick, Mrs. Wellman Holbrook, Mrs.
Harold Smith, Mrs. T. ]. Pyle and
Miss Dalma Hanson Mrs. Sebern
was presented with an attractive
gift by the hostesses and the after
noon was spent in conversation and
games.
On Tuesday evening Mrs. For
ward entertained all the women
members of the United States For
est Service staff at party in hon
or of Mrs. Sebern. Mrs. Sebern and
Mrs Forward until their departure
for the south on their way to Cali
fornia to join Mr.. Sebern who was
recently transferred from the Ju.
neau office of the United States
Forest Service to Salina, California
to be connected with an expert
mental project for the next year.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
Canada Loses
Corvette. 81
Officers, Men
Former Alaskan Pilot Is
Among Dead from
Enemy Action

OTTAWA, Feb. ly-I..e Can
adam corvette Spikenard has been
lost with 81 officers and men, it
was announced officially today.
Navy Minister Macdonald said
the ship was lost through enemy
action. Five of her officers and So
of her 60 crew members lost their
lives.
The deaths brought Canada S
Navy war losses to 522. Lieut..
Comdr Rupert Shadfort was among
those lost Shadfort was mem
Der of the British Columbia Pilot
age Authority before the war.
Among the ships he piloted were
those operating to Alaska. He was
So.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
Orchids Growing in
Window Boxes

CHICAGO, Feb. 10. Arthur
Jackson, veteran horticulturist of
the Chicago Park District, reports
several Of his friends are growing
orchids successfully in their own
homes.
just fill an ordinary flower pot
with Osmonda fiber or fern roots,
he advises, and add a mature plant,
which may be purchased for about
$3.50. Place it in glass enclosed
box IN a room always hested to
more than 60 degrees and, if all
goes well, you'll get from two to
six flowers a season.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
para(hutists
Ready,5ays
War Minister
Malaga Troops Sent Into
Battle Without Time
for Training

LONDON, Feb. 10 - Air borne
troops of the British army, trained
as parachutist forces, are ready for
action, Captain Margesson, Secre-
tary for War, announced today.
He declared a new armored di-
vision formed of those in the
Middle East" has been reinforced.
Margesson disclosed that many
British troops in the ill-starred
Malaga campaign had to be sent
into action without time for es-
sential preliminary battle train
ing
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
Many Alaska
Communities
Change Time
Cities Conform 10 Daylight
Saving Bill Febru-
dry9

Acting Governor E. l.. Bartlett
said today he has received advices
indicating that on February 9, all
of the principal communities in AL
aska, with the exception of towns
in Southeast Alaska. moved their
clocks one hour ahead in accor-
dance with the Daylight Saving
Bill. Juneau and other Southeast
Alaska towns had previously adopt
ed daylight saving.
Nome time now is two hours be-
hind Juneau time instead of three.
and Fairbanks now is one hour
behind Juneau instead of the two
hours difference which existed for
the 20 months previous to Febru-
airy 9.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
Navy Issues
Long Roster
OF Prisoners
Nj m e.s Of those Taken
from Wake, Guam List
ed by Government

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19-The
Navy Department today released a
list of l,010 navy and Marine Corps
officers and enlisted men presumed
to have been taken prisoner by the
japanese from Wake and Guam
islands and confined at Peiping,
Tientsin and Shanghai
Also given out was list of 1000
civilians who were employed in de-
Tense construction work on two Pa
cific Islands and who were pre-
sumed to be prisoners of war.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
FIRST AIDERS TO MEET
AT ELkS CLUB TONIGHT

All those who have been assigned
to the twenty first aid posts
throughout Juneau are to meet at
1880 o'clock tonight at the Elks'
Hall for the purpose of organizing
a First Aid Council. Officers of
the organization will be chosen this
evening from among the Chiefs of
the first aid posts, and important
matters will be discussed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
FRISCO HAS
FALSE ALARM,
LIGHTS OUT.
Unidentified Planes Ap-
preaching City Later
Reported Friendly

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19-This
Pacific Coast city and the area sur
rounding it underwent l9-minute
blackout starting at 8 o'clock last
night when headquarters of the
Fourth Interceptor Command re-
ported unidentified planes were fly
ing in from the sea- Later. the
planes were identified as friendly.
The activity in the city came
almost to a halt and was plunged
into complete darkness, a contrast
to some earlier blackoutS when
some lights were left burning I'M
the Golden Gate metropolis.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
Stores 10
Be Closed
On Monday

Juneau stores will be closed next
Monday in observance of WASH
ingtons Birthday. The birthday
falls on Sunday but holiday will
be taken Monday and housewives
are warned to make their supplies
cover that day when placing their
orders on Saturday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
HOSPITAL NOTES

Elmer Peterson, who has been a
medical patient in st. AIMS HoSpi-
tai is leaving the hospital today
for his home
Joe Zatkovich, who underwent an
operation at st. AIMS Hospital, let
the hospital today.
Louise Cropley was admitted to
the Government Hospital and UNI
derwent a major operation this
morning.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
SUB GETS
TANKER IN
CARIBBEAN
Another 0utburst Of Und-
ersea Activity Report
ed from Curacao

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Feb. 10
"A Panama registered tanker has
been torpedoed off the Dutch island
of Aruba as an outburst of German
submarine activity deep in the
Caribbean Sea.
The announcement said the at
tack occurred this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
COUNCIL TO MEET
TOMORROW NIGHT

The City Council will meet to-
morrow night in the City Hall The
session is called for 8 o'clock and
only routine business is expected
to be transacted.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
TO GO INTO NAVY

William Kimball, administrative
assistant in the Forest Service at
Ketchikan. now mentioning in the
south, writes that he expects to be
commissioned as Lieutenant in
the Navy.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
HEADS SCOTTISH RITE

r. E. Hardcastle has been elected
Venerable Master of the Lodge OF
Perfection, Scottish Rite, at Ket-
chikan. Ernest Anderes was elect
ed Senior Warden; c.. c. Luke,
Junior Warden; King Brice. Ora
tor; M S. Dobbs, Almoner: l.. F..
Young, Secretary Amos Sundstrom.
Treasurer.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
FIRST TIRE THEFT

The first theft of a tire at Ket-
chikan is reported. Councilman
John Wick told the police that a
spare wheel and tire had been re-
moved from his truck.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
LE0TA RUSSELL BACK
FROM BUYING TRIP

Mrs. Leota Russell owner of Lee
ota's style shop in the Baranof
Hotel, returned today from a five
weeks buying trip in the States.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19
DAN NOONAN VISITS

Dan Noonan, travelling Alaska
broker. is visitor in Juneau to-
day while the steamship North Sea
was in port,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19

The Daily Alaska Empire has the
largest paid circulation of any Al
aska newspaper
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19

The Daily Alaska Empire has the
largest paid circulation of any AL
hska newspaper,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19

The United States Navy was the
first in the world to experiment
with floating flying fields.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19

CLOCKS AHEAD, THEN BACK
Metlakatla moved the clocks
ahead on February 8. Now they
will be moved back to conform to
other time of Alaskan cities.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-19

Empire Classifieds Pay!
Evening star., 1942-10-11
I'M UP 10 HIS WASTE

scarcely any of which had got on the
carpet, and that that was why there
was glass in the wastebasket.
He poked around in the basket
and said here was one thing he was
looking for, and showed his wife the
metal ink-bottle top.
Then he pulled out small, mys-
terious package carefully tied up
and said here was a guilty secret.
Mrs. Frisbie said what was it, an
old love letter7
Mr.. Frisbie said no. an old razor
blade.
His wife said why good heavens,
that was steel. He said it wasn't
nothing else but, and he had no
business throwing it away. He
said he wished he had a nickel
for every old razor blade he had
ever thrown away.
His wife said she wished she just
had an old razor blade for every old
razor blade he had ever thrown
away.
She said be careful undoing the
package or he'd nick his finger. He
said of course he'd be careful. And
like all husbands who tell their wives
of course they'll be careful when
their wives say be careful, Mr.. Fris-
bic proceeded to nick his finger.
He said something or other that
has no place here, and she said now
see what he had done. He sucked his
finger and said oh it was nothing.
Mrs. Frisbie, however, had already
left the room on the run with an
eager gleam in her eye.
Mr.. Frisbie slipped quietly out
of the house and hid not a minute
too soon. In just another second,
he knew, his wife would be coming
back with her first-aid kit.
-SDH c0R3EH
Evening star., 1942-10-11
Slacks Remain Trim
and Comfortable
with Tanlpax

Girls who wear Slaclcs are likely
to ind some new problems during
the bad days when sanitary pro-
lection = needed !. But by using
TSmpax you avoid M the bulgfng
and. punching up caused by wear
inx sanitary pads. Tanspaz = scosn
tmteynally ;. No odor, no chahng.
no beltx pins or pads Dainty to
insert and easily disposable :. "A
doctor invented Tampax and made
all these wonderful things possible.
He used pure surgical cotton OF
Great absorbency and then COM
pressed it neatly into one e-time-use
applicatorA Your hands need never
touch the Tampax! You can
keep On the sO-can even-wear 1t
In tub or shower Three sizes:
Regular, Super. Junior. At drug
stores and notion counters. Intro
ductory xize, zoe. Economy package
Of 40 Gives real bargain
Evening star., 1942-10-11
BUY WAR BoNDs...
Dent Neglect SjIppls19
FALSE TEETH

Do fAlse teeth drop. slip or wabbae
wien you talk, eat. laugh or anee.e?
Don't Be annoyed and emherraased by
such hAniicaps. FASTEETH, IN aoks-
Iino (non-acd) powder 70 sprinkle on
youI plates. keeps fake teeth more
0cE4ty md addod comfort. No gum
my, g0ooy, paSty taste Or feeling. Get
HASfEEfH todAy at any drug store.
Evening star., 1942-10-11

q Us. FREBH said how did all
NH those things get in the
4V wastebasket?
Mr.. Frisbie said hey watch out,
there was glass in that wastebasket.
He said he had been cleaning out the
desk.
She said we'll when was he going
to remember to save wastepaper?
Her husband said but those were
nothing but a few old letters She
said that didn't make any differ
ence, wastepaper was not to be
wasted.
Then she fshed out bent paper
clip and said and what about that?
She said no matter how they bent it,
it was still metal, and that it was
going right into their metal salvage
box.
Mr.. Frisbie said did they have a
metal salvage box? He said we'll we'll.
His wife said to just come and
look. She led him out to the back
porch and showed him box she
had installed there. and Mr.. Frisbie
was amazed. Some of the things in it
had been cluttering up the house for
years. There was an iron doorstep
he had stubbed his toe on at least
four times in the attic, and broken
drain cover that had got in his way
a dozen times in the basement.
Mr.. Frisbie said well by George,
it did pile up at that, didn't it,
and every little bent paper clip
counted. He said let them go
back to that wastebasket.
He said he hadn't intended to
bore her by telling her about such
ahem - such a minor Incl
dent, but now he would have to ex-
plain that while cleaning out the
desk he had broken an old ink bottle
with only a little ink left IN it,
Evening star., 1942-10-11

EoR lovely protection Of your hands youthlke smooth
ness-for help in preventing degrading rough chapPed
hnds-use Jrsrns Lotion. It's easy No sticky feeling
You give your hands practically professional with
Jergens Two Of its ingredients the very
many doctors for helping harsh skin become heavenly
soft Use Jergens Lotion!
Evening star., 1942-10-11

q Us. FRSBK said how did all
NH those things get in the
xV8 wastebasket?
Evening star., 1942-02-16
0. {. D. Reports 32,407
Volunteers Siqned Here

Civilian defense officials reported
today that. as of the end of last
month, total of 2.407 persons had
signed up at the District civilian
defense volunteer Office, sol Penn
sylvania avenue NV. as willing to
serve in various capacities in the
defense program. ? ssEes
The report from Mrs. Harry S.
Bernton, chairman. said that $3.50
have registered for afraid warden
service: 2,202 as auxiliary firemen;
1854 as auxiliary police; 2,609 as
nurses aides and for other medical
services. including first aid. and 4, 1854
in all other protective services. More
than 1000. it was indicated, have
already been assigned or referred to
training in voluntary activities.
These figures, it was explained, do
not include those already sworn in
and actively serving as AFRAID
wardens, auxiliary police and in
other capacities. They represent the
total number of persons who have
signed up at the volunteer office as
willing to serve if needed. The
itemized figures released, it was said
do not include those in clerical
housing or entertaining categories.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Carpenter Loses Appeal
On Compensation Claim

The courts can rightfully review
and reverse the findings of Deputy
Commissioner Frank A. Cardillo,
administrator of the Workmen's
Compensation Act here, only when
they are not supported by substan-
tial evidence, the United States
Court of Appeals held today in re-
jecting carpenters claim in which
he said he was injured on a con-
struction job at the National Insti-
tute of Health in Bethesda, Md.
The carpenter, Everett M. Gud-
mundson, who lives in the District,
claimed he sustained a cut face, q
fracture of the left wrist, injuries
to his back and head and the loss
Of the sight of the left eye when
he was struck by falling plank.
He received an award for part of
his compensation under the laws of
Maryland, and, according to the
court, later filed a claim here. The
deputy commissioner rejected the
claim, holding he had no jurisdiction
to make an award. The case then
was taken to court where it was dis
missed on the basis that the car
penter was not entitled to an in
dependent evaluation by the court.
Mr.. Gudmundson then appealed.
Today's decision was written by
Chief Justice D. Lawrence Groner.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Administration Finds
Problem in Normandie
Fire Probe Demand
Congressional Inquiry
Asked on Top Of Vexing
Pension issue

The administration made its
immediate aim today the prompt
disposal OF a plaguingly contro-
verSial congressional pen
sions-but found a new problem
in the demand for a legislative
investigation of the Normandie
disaster.
Forecasting administration oppo-
sition to the move, Senator Vanden-
berg, Republican, Of Michigan, pre-
pared to lay before the Senate to-
morrow q resolution authorizing the
Senate Naval Affairs Committee to
make an independent investigation
of the fire which swept the former
French luxury liner, now the U. S. S.
Lafayette, in New York harbor q
week ago.
The Navy announced Saturday
that court of inquiry was being
conducted, but Senator Vandenberg
said that was all the more reason
why Congress should determine
whether sabotage or criminal care
lessness" caused the disaster. He
contended that the Navy was re-
sponsible for protection of the ship
and should not be the only agency
to decide whether its responsibility
was fully discharged.
Walsh Backs Viewpoint.
Agreeing with this viewpoint,
Chairman Walsh said that if the
Senate approved the Vandenberg
resolution, the Naval Affairs Com
mittee would study the inquiry
courts report while 1t was conduct
ing its own investigation.
Support for the vandenberg pro-
posal was voiced by two other COM
mittee members. Senators Tydings,
Democrat, of Maryland, and Bone,
Democrat, Of Washington
II think the time has come" Sem
ator Tydings declared, when Con-
gress has got to look into every
disaster of this kind. We have got
Evening star., 1942-02-16

dert, the builder said, fails to meet
the District code In several respects.
For example, he said, fiues in the
houses are of sheet metal or terra
Gotta, while the District requires
them to be constructed Of masonry.
A 1h-inch vent pipe used at Stod-
dert for plumbing fixtures both in
bathroom and kitchen. The District
requires 3-inch pipe and limits the
number of fixtures served by each
vent. Such vents carry of any pos
sible accumulation of sewer gases.
While Government housing does
not have to conform to the District
code, private builders engaged in
defense housing are bound by its
requirements.
Contractor Not Criticized.
The builder had no criticism to
make of the work of the contractor
at Stoddert. He pointed out the
contractor merely follows specifica-
tions given him by the Government.
In fact, he conceded that "a smart
job Of making cheap house" was
done.
Under the heading Of interesting
short cuts" and again meaning no
reflection on the contractor, the
builder catalogued: Cd Weather.
stripping only at bottom of outside
DOORS CD Only 1-inch balsam wool
for ceiling insulation. 90 No paint
or finish of any kind in closets. a.
Garden gate hardware" or mere
latches on interior doors. 60 Doors
and trim around doors stained in
stead of painted. 60 Fifteen-gallon
water tank, good for one hot bath
in am" The builder visited another
defense project nearby and found
30-gallon hot water tanks were be-
ing installed.
In the matter of costs, a builder
who erected one of the city's largest
and most elaborate apartments last
year, estimated its cost at about
$1,000 per room, including such items
as carpeted corridors. The wages
of labor on this job was below the
"B" union scale. The estimated cost
at Stoddert is $789 Earlier A. D. A.
apartments cost 81 200 for one prof.
ect and $1,221 for another.
The lowest A. D. A. cost was $724
per room on Carrolsburg Dwellings.
Langston Terrace, the apartment
project built several years ago by
P. w. A. for colored occupants, cost
1881 a room. First Greenbelt costs
were even higher. All of these fig
ures are for bare construction" and
do not include site or development
work.
All of the public projects cited
above were built with high scale la
bor The A. D. A. and the other
agencies had no part in establishing
wages. The scales were predeter-
mined by the Labor Department as
prevailing" in Washington.
The department admits it has
made no extensive investigation here
to ascertain just what the scale is
for construction af type similar to
Government low-cost or defense
housing. Since nearly all privately
built apartments were erected at
wage rates far below the Govern
ment or union scale, and since these,
last year, outnumbered Government
units nearly to l, it would appear
the prevailing wage is considerably
below that Uncle Sam pays for his
houses.