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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-09
Back To Ships of Wood
Cincinnati Enquirer


 Up along the coast of Maine ghosts of the worlds greatest builders of wooden ships restless Again they hear the sound of chsel and mallet; again q hundred wooden hulls forming on the moss covered ways. For Maine is back into the industry of building wooden ships, this time to meet tho needs of war. fe5r
 The hulls the grandsons of the Maine ship builders are putting down not the huls of clip per ships, known around the world for speed and beauty. The craft they turn out today never will be noted for their lines, for the grace with which their prows cut through running sea. They to be barges for ooast-wse shipping; they will be tugs and minesweepers and submarine chasers. But the part they will play in victory will be as great as the part played by the old clipper ships in bringing to America the trade of the world,
 The barges being built now in more than 1O0 Maine yards to be 180 feet long Each will cost $19OO0O They will be lowed by tugs and manned by crews of four They can haul tremendous amount of freight these stodgy, flabotomed craft. They will relieve many ocean-going freighter to foreign service.
 The master builders of the old days along the North Atlantic gone. The yards are recruit ing carpenters and farm hands to carry the work Much of the romance of the good old days will be missing. but the smell of oakum and the thumping of mallet and chise will bring pleasant memories to the ghosts which must inhabit the churchyards of many coastal village. They may scorn the lines Of the crafts their grandsons turn out but, being fighting men, they will approve their purpose
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-09
ALASkANS BUY BONDS

Juneau can't boast anything like the $9555O worth of bonds and stamps which residents of Ketchikan purchased in day recently, but we join with the rest of Alaska in being mighty proud of record for the year almost ending.
 These sporadic outbursts of buying are nice to read about but the fact is that it is the steady sys tematic buying of war bonds Alaskans buy in every city that has placed this Territory in third place in the entre nation a per capita basis
 Deputy War Savings Administrator Fred Aver says that without any trouble bond sales for the year will surpass the S70o0000 mark when Decem- ber sales records are closed During November s62o,56O worth of bonds taken out by Alaskans
 It is estimated that at least 5OOO0 Aaskans are participating in creating this fine record for Alaska The sales have been averaging more than s6Oo000 each month The total for the year as of November 30 stood at $6477403 meaning that persons in the Territory are buying at the rate of SIP per month per person.
 The remarkable thing about this record, which earlier this year brought personal message from Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, is that mainly Alaskans did the buying.
 The above figures taken from the files of the Alaska War Savings Office and are exclusive of bonds purchased by military personnel or em- poyees of the Stems Drake Construction Company
 Up here in Alaska, mail service and radio re- ception being what they are, Alaskans have been subjected to the quantity of ballyhoo and sales talks concerning the purchase of bonds that residents of the States have.
 Aaskans have proved that they are real Ameri- cans, that they got the idea early and don't have to listen to propaganda for 24 hours a day to get the urge to go out and buy bond
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-09
0pERETTA TO BE GIVEN ! NIGHTS
 IN GRADE SCHOOL
One Hundred LittIe Per- formers 10 r-Pub-
 lie lnvited- No Charge

Christmas in the Circus" an opertta for children written by Christine Christie, will be presented in the Grade School Auditorium on Thursday and Friday night of this week. The curtain rises at 7:30 o'clock. The public is invited to attend and the performance is free
 Over 100 boys and girls from Grade Two to Grade Six will par ticipate in this colorful program which represents a circus on the stage.
 There will be all the attractions of real circus including lions, tigers, bears, clows, trapeze artists and a large band. Santa Claus will also put in an appearance.
 This is the first operetta to be given by the Juneau Grade School in the past several years so it is hoped that large audience will witness each performance. The pro- duction will be given on two nights to afford all the opportunity to wit ness it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-09
Women in War
(New York Times

Mrs Roosevelt returns from her visit to Britain with message for American women They can help shorten the she says, by eXertons and sac rifices ranging all the way from doing without bobby pins to working in factories. It was evident to her, doubtless it is to every American visitor who goes where she went, that life has been drasti cally altered there it has not been here It is also evident that our comfortable habits will have to be changed if the struggle continues long enough.
 Of course, Mrs. Roosevelt tireless traveller in her own country, knows that good many American women have already taken mems places in industry. Tn the war factories they increasingly in evi- dence handling almost every kind of work that does not demand heavy lifting We at the beginning of an expansion of woman's sphere which will probably go far beyond that of the First World War and leave it's lasting mark society. If she has to- the weaker vessel tighten bolts, operate a lathe, polish shell casing, a street car or even drive a truck
 She cannot do these things and raise a family of children, and it may be that industry during and after the war will chiefly serve office work has long done, to occupy young woman's wanting time between graduation from school and marriage Perhaps Mrs Roosevets real message is for the wife and mother in the home who do nothing spec tacular but whose real contribution is in going with out unnecessary goods and services, in taking good care of her husband and children and in doing hey bit to maintain cheerfuness and goodwill in her own small circle. We long ago conceded that woman was mans equal. Tn carrying the spiritual burden of dreadful war she may be more than his equal. If the bravest the tenderest it is because they look to who is capable of inspiring that emotion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-09
ALASKA MERIT SYSTEM BUSY
 IN NEW WORK
Territorial Departments to Be Adequately Stdffed,
 Says Matthews

The Alaska Merit System is very busy these days sitting applications received in response to announce ments of Territorial positions now open, the Rev. w. H.. Matthews, Jr., Supervisor, announces.
 Vacancies listed in the Novem- Der issues of the American Jour- nal of Public Health, the Survey Graphic, and the Sewage Works Engineering magazines, show the following positions to be filled: Asst. Commissioner of Health: Ma ternal and Child Health Director; Director, Division of Public Health Engineering; two sanitarians; two bacteriologists; a laboratory tech nician a public health nurse: and workers in the Child Welfare serv- ices,
 Responses have been gratifying, Rev. Matthews said, and a large number of applications have been received, indicating that the offices can doubtless be adequately staffed despite the drain of personnel caused by war demands.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-09
HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do not compeW
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10


 Many planetary aspects are ac- tive and conflicting today. It IS a date for postponing whatever IS important but the evening brings benefic aspects.
 HEART AND HOME: Women will prepare for the holidays with courage and wise foresight. Atten- tion this year will be centered upon the men of each family whose presence will have a special significance. With sons and hus- bands in distant war zones and on the high seas favored wives and mothers will gain something strangely uplifting through the form of extrasensory perception known as telepathy, the seers pre- dict. There are aspects similar to those in past times of Stupendous events when mystics became proph- cts and strange visions were re- ported
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Holiday trade will be good after early Christmas buying for our men in uniform. Young married folk will buy much for future homemaking and the sales of keepsakes will be large. Jewellers will profit; rings by the thousand will be sold Watches also will attract many purchasers. Thus retail shops will prosper. In certain parts of the United States indictment weather may discourage shoppers but nothing will prevent enthusiastic celebration of Christ mas in the generous American way.
 NATIONAL ISSUES, Red Cross and First Aid training will extend to men and women of all ages. This form of preparedness is to prove of great value to the nation before spring. Peril from enemies within the nation is emphasized by as trologers who declare that there was in the islands a miraculous escape from a worse disaster than Pearl Harbor. Plots of wider pos abilities were well advanced when misfortune struck Hawaii, they de- clare. Constant vigilance is enjoined as our second year of participation in the war starts.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR s: Events are to prove from now on that the United Nations were pre- pairing for more than a second front in the conflict. Since victory must be pushed to all parts of the world, many fronts will carry de- feat to the Axis enemies. Japan will be a foe even more difficult to destroy than Nazi Germany since in Asia there will not be aid from enslaved peoples as there will be all through Europe, astrologers foretell.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of wide spread activity. Men in uniform should be fortunate. Women will be happy in humanitarian service
 Children born on this day prob ably will be clever and energetic, enthusiastic and fortunate. Boys may be self-willed but able to win success
 Copyright, 1922
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-09
ARREST ALEUT GIRL ON l.
 DRUNK, DISORDERLY RAP

Martha Golley. eyacuee from Atka Island who has been living in the Killisnoo Island camp, has been arrested here on a charge of drunk and disorderly conduct. the US. Marshals office reports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-09
I1ODLNiS LliOULIIL ROBERTA LEE

When the table and has violent attack of coughing E thing do? relieved O. Why people walls of public places? A. Only ignorant and Il-bred people do English the me" the end of sentences? listener would
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-09

Arthur Riendeau mine Chhago bad given the contract for driving 40O0 which 78O0foot tunnel the Company
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-09

Sinclair Brown of Douglas returned his home the Vii spending couple Sound country
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-09
Rebekahs Are to
 Initiate Six dt
 Meeting Tonight

The Rebekahs will meet in the Odd Fellows Hall at o'clock "Wednesday evening for their last important meeting of the year.
 Six candidates will be initiated, it was announced. Mrs. Robert Keeny will act as Vice. Grand in the absence of Peggy McIvor, who is with the court party in Ketchikan.
 A social period and refreshments will follow the business meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-09

Aux Lake was entirely frozen over to depth of between four five inches according skaters lake the previous
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-09
l EYES EXAMINED

EYES EXAMINED and BROKEN LENSES replaced in our own shop. Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson, Blomgren Bldg Phone 636.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-09
Daily lessons in English %Ss. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN NnSUSED: Do not wish that it true Say wish that WERE s required
 OFTEN Daguerreotype tip in IS n syllable.
 MISSPELLED: Illicit; two LS Elicit; L..
 SYNONYMS: Majestic magnificent stately, regal
 three times it yours" Let Todays o Drunkenness notti Seneca.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-09
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

DECEMBER 9 Doris Freeburger Carol Ann Prewitt George Armstrong Charles Lagergren
 Mary Loken George E. Sarvela Pierre Sundborg Mrs. M. F. Warren R. F. Preston
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-09
20 YEARS AGO fir fGE EMPIRE
DECEMBER g, 1922

DECEMBER g.
 Aux Lake entirely five inches according skaters Arthur Riendeau
  Mines Sinclair Brown of Douglas home the Victoria spending couple of months Sound country L. the Palace Theatre formerly director; Harding pianist Chester Ophant trap miranda soloist of Presbyterian Missions wrang dedication of the Church
 of Relief according Goldstein, Chairman the General Committee From 8 o'clock eleventh and
  guardians spend good games the gymnasium. sawmi  several months with Vanphem Jualn the left the previous sail expecting his home in time for Christmas a temperature of "A and mini of 19.
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LOOK and LEARN sy c. GORDON

l. Near what large city is Pikes Peak? 2. Who is Allah? Who Vice President under President Mckinley? 4 How many species of animals there? 5. Who the two American bachelor" poets?
 ANSWERS: l. Denver Colorado ?. The Mofammedan name for the Supreme Being. 3. Theodore Roosevelt 4. More than 500O00. 5. John Greenleaf Whittier James Whitcomb Riley
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14

Word has come through from
Corpus Christi. Tex. that Aviation
Cadet Louis NJ. Cpete) Love Of
Tacoma has been made cadet eora-
mander Of the entire cadet regi-
ment in the u. Q. Navy flying
school there@some 2,70o cadets.
"Pets." son Of Maj. and Mrs.
Louis A. Love. now II California.
served n platoon and then COM
pany commander before recently
receiving the highest honor at the
big school. He was only the fourth
to be % honored At Corpus Christi.
He is due to receive his commits
sion as an ensign this month, upon
completing the long, tough train
ing. A few weeks ago he was one
of the top class group assigned TO
finish their training in the big
navy patrol bombers. He had been
leading his class in navigation.
Love is a graduate Of Stanford
university which he entered from
Palo Alto high school, although he
was born In Tacoma and returned
here after graduation to enter en-
ployment with the Burroughs Ad-
ding Machine Co. He resigned last
year to enlist in the navy for the
flying course, and made his first
solo flight at Sand Point naval
station, Seattle.
"Pete's" father recently closed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14
HERE'S ORE ABOUT
Jap Bombers Help
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

egy Of attacks In relays" on Ba-
taan after having failed to over
whelm Macarthur men by frontal
assaults.
Military officials said the In
vaders, by sheer numerical SUI
periority and relays Of fresh
troops, evidently hope to soften
up the weary and outnumbered
defenders preparatory to .
final grand assault aimed at
knocking them off the island
of Luzon.
The Japanese commander, Lieut.
Gen. Masaharu Homma, was sale
to have abandoned, at least tenn
porarily, his costly tactics of hurl
ing his full weight against tn,
American and Filipino troops a
he WAS doing 10 days ago.
Instead contingents of Jap
anese troops are kept in the
fighting lines only about 48
hours, and then are with
drawn to the rear before they
are exhausted, while other
combat troops move up 10
take their places.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14
More Air Raid
Wardens Needed
Volunteers Asked
In Is Precincts

A need for volunteer air raid
vardens in . number Of Tacoma's
precincts was expressed Friday by
Howard v. Kohr. director Of the
volunteer office Of the civilian de-
tense corps.
Wardens are needed in precincts
20. 30. 80. 81. 50, 50. 40, Al.
~. -. -. IS. as. ~ and as, accord
ing to kohr. He said wsrdens
must be more than FL years old
and in good physical condition.
Only men are wanted.
Applicants will be required 10
attend classes two nights q week
for the initial training period of
eight weeks. After that, meet
ings viii be held once a month
unless emergencies arise.
All men who have previously
registered but who have not yet
been called for civilian defense
work. should telephone Broadway
1924 If interested. They should be
prepared to give their names, adj
dresses, telephone numbers and
precinct numbers.
Men who have not filled regis
tration cards are asked to call in
person at the volunteer office, %
that q complete registration of all
volunteers may be achieved. The
office Is located at EOS City Hall
annex.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14
Soldier Shot When
Challenge Not Needed

An army sentry stationed near
Longview shot and slightly wound
ed another soldier when the latter
disregarded the guards challenge,
army authorities disclosed Friday.
The incident occurred Monday
night.
The wounded man. whose
condition was described by an
army surgeon NJ not serious,
was hospitalixed with . bullet
wound in the hip.
The shooting occurred a few
hours after army officials issued
public warning that all persons
disregarding challenges of sentries
would risk injury.
A military board has been sp-
pointed to investigate the shooting
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14
German Battle Fleet Pulls
Sneak Ahack on England
q British Plmes Lost During Roid:
DEltsh Torpedo Noi Ship

II was disclosed only Friday
that. ~ . screen TO divert and
confuse British air and naval
forces. a fleet Of German bombing
planes had made the heaviest day
light attack in many months on
the British east coast Thursday
~ the German warships were APP
preaching the Dover strait.
When last sighted NJ dark
thursday TIE German ships
haA scattered under the
British attack but they were
snesring" HeigeIasd even
then, 10 was admitted, with
probably - more thas $50
uzilss 70 60.
Now the sole hope Of catching
them lay In the possibility that
some had been 20 badly damaged
by the ferocious and costly attack
Of British planes. warships and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14

press criticism of his prime
ministry.
There Ia no No. IN Mr..
Churchill standing up, half
defiantly and half In . white
sheet borrowed from Lord
Baldwin IA former 'muddle
through premier) and saying
4 Am the man to blame and
doing nothing 10 improve ma
chinery or methods"
Reviewing bitterly an endless
chain" Of British disasters, the
Evening News attacked the gov
eminent and the chiefs of the
fighting services.
Expect Soothing Syrup"
mo doubt we shall get the
uusual soothing explanation" it
said. 1T will be urged on us
that although We are taking it.
we shall do a lot better in 1e4s
and really magnificently in 1914.
But miscalculations have piled up
too mountainously to be dismissed
with a flourish Of words"
There was said to be no
comparison between this en-
gagement and the japanese
sinking Of the battlcship
Prince Of WAKES and the bat
tie cruiser Repulse with air
craft alone.
But whereas the two British
ships had been sunk while on the
offensive. without aircraft pro-
lection, here q German fleet had
sailed succesefully-so far as was
known-past a strait which the
British navy had regarded a.
much its own as the Thames.
Prestige L. Shattered
Britons said that the escape OF
the German fleet was terrible
blow to their naval prestige, worse
than the sinking Of Prince OF
Wales and Repulss by japanese
planes.
It was q sad blow also to
the prestige Of the Royal Air
| Force.
The Scharnhorst and tn,
Gneisenau took shelter in tn
land-locked harbor Of Brest earl,
last year after operating as sur
face raiders. The Prinz Eugen Ia
gone there, damaged, after tn
German battle ship Bismarck
which 1t accompanied, was sun
May "a last year by British plane
and surface craft.
British planes of every typ
had attacked them more than IL
times, the last time Tuesda
night, and though Brest had on
Of the greatest Of anti-aircraf
barrages, it had been confidentl
believed that all ships had bee
damaged severely.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14
laps Present Two
New Theme Songs

SAN FRANCISC0-Tokyo radio
Friday presented two new theme
songs" thumped out by a military
band. They were recorded by the
United Press listening post
The first is The Great Naval
Battle of Hawaii"
The second is The Great Naval
Battle Of Malaga"
Last week the radio introduced
The Battle Of Pearl Harbor."
They sound alike except TO thos.
cara attuned TO japanese melody
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14
Girl Scouts
Start Drive
Bakery Goods on
Sole This Ye0r

More than 1000 Tacoma Girl
Scouts will start Monday on their
annual sale, formerly called the
Cookie Crunch. but now the Bak-
cry Brunch, the yearly money
raising campaign to supplement
funds obtained through the Com
munity Chest.
Mrs. Frederick Shanemsn will
serve as general chairman during
the drive. Vice chairman will be
Mrs. L. L Drake, and other MEM
bers Of the sponsoring committee,
Mrs. A L Scharf, Mrs. Roderic
Olzendam, Mrs. Harold H. Bile.
Mrs. Edwin James, Mrs. Fred F.
Pfiaum. Mrs. Aileen Albrightson
and Mrs. L. L. Thompson.
Cake and cookies no longer ar,
available for the annual drive be-
cause of the sugar shortage, SO
this year Girl Scouts will sell q
variety of doughnuts. pies, rolls,
bread and coffee cakes. Members
have taken $4,000 tickets to sell
from house to house. These will
be redeemable any time between
Feb. is and July 1 at the five
Federal Bakery stores. at Cubits
1914 No. 2eth; winfieldI, ISIS
9Th ave.; Frisbee's, TO So. 3sth,
and Lacoste Electric bakery, 5437
So. Tacoma way.
Plans are under way to add 90
more troops with with q member
ship Of 500 to the present Cir
Scout corps Of e6 troops.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14
Volunteer Firemen
REGISTER Saturday

Volunteers for a second class OF
800 auxiliary firemen are to regis
ter Saturday at 2o4 City Hall
annex between the hours of and
p. m, it was announced Friday.
The new class will be sponsored
by the Tacoma fire department
and the civilian defense unit of
auxiliary firemen. I'VE look for
ward to filling the entire quota of
500 volunteers" says Hal Brown,
director Of auxiliary units.
Brown emphasized that those
persons interested in becoming vol
unteer firemen should register
regardless of whether they have
registered previously for civilian
defense work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14
COMPENSATION for Civilians Hurt
By Enemy Attack Gets Endorsement

risk death benefit payments would
seldom be less than 5000 and
generally would average about
$500.
The bill specifically provides;
Amy worker injured in the
United States or its posses
sions through a war risk hazard,
and who is covered by state or
territorial compensation plans, will
receive benefits paid from the fed
eral treasury equaling benefits or
dinarily received from the state OF
territorial plan.
9-Persons gainfully employed
- but not covered by state plans
would receive benefits in case o.
injury based upon federal com.
pensation legislation, but not Il
exceed $50 per month If totally
disabled, nor shall their benefi
Charles receive more than $50 pc
month in case of death.
o-Unemployed persons injury o.
= death payments would be com
puted on a basis of a MONTH,
wage Of $3.50, which Pepper est
mated would yield benefit pay
ments of approximately $25 pc
month.
A-Children under 16 years oil
would receive payments com
puted on a basis Of a token month
ly earning of $1S.75, amounting t
a monthly benefit of $3.50.
employed on govern
- ment off-shore bases would re
ceive payments based upon exist
ing federal compensation laws.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-14

WASHINGTON The war de-
partment Friday endorsed legis-
lation TO provide compensation
for civilians injured by enemy
attacks on the United states or its
possessions and to provide free in
surance benefits for the dependents
of persons killed in such action.
The ball, introduced by Sen.
Claude Pepper. D.. Fla, also
would provide for federal pay
ment of medical care and hos
pitalization Of injured persons.
Major Reese F. Hill of the war
departments insurance section told
a senate labor subcommittee that
the department already has re-
lieved private contractors on de-
tense construction jobs of war risk
liability under existing compensa-
ton laws. He recommended that
the federal government take over
complete responsibility for injuries
which may result to such workers
in wartime.
Pepper estimated that the wal