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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
RAID MADE ON
WAKE ISLAND IS
MY5TERY'M0vE
Bombdrdment Prob b Iy
One Of Two Import
ant War Actions
BY WILLIAM WORDEN
War Correspondent of Associated
Press

Silence still shrouds the Ameri-
can activities at Wake Island, for
the moment the focal point of the
many tentacled war in the Pacific.
The bombardment of Wake, an
nounced Wednesday, can be only
one of two things. 1t is either a
continuation of series of Ameri-
can task force raids similar to those
on Marshall and Gilbert Islands
earlier this fall-or the first step
in an attempt to drive the Japanese
out of the Central Pacific, thus
opening a channel supply line to
the PHILIPPINES or other actions in
the Far Western Pacific and Cen
trail Pacific campaign.
Japanese headquarters made first
mention of the Wake raid today.
The admission said a powerful
American task force struck, on Oc-
tober and 7 by aerial ship bonn
bardments."
The communicate transmitted in
English by Domei ended by saying,
The Imperial army and naval
units on the Island engaged and
repulsed the enemy"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
RALPH MIzE BACK
FROM FIELD TRIP;
HAD EXCITING Time

Ralph Mize, Construction Engineer
for the office of Indian Affairs,
returned yesterday morning by plane
from two months field trip to the
north and west. His trip carried him
to Anchorage, Bristol Bay, the Kus-
kokwim country, the Yukon and to
Nome and Kotzebue, and intermed-
late stations.
On September %, while flying
from Kotzebue to Tanana, the plane,
piloted by Gene Jack, developed
engine trouble and was forced to
make an emergency landing on the
tundra near the Salawik River. The
plane turned over, but the only in
jury suffered was a cash over the
eye by one of the two Eskimos who
were making the trip.
The plane was equipped with a
radio and calls we're sent out to
Kotzebue, but were picked up by the
Alaska Star Airlines in Anchorage
and Platinum, who relayed the mes
sage to Kotzebue. A boat equipped
with cupboard motor was then sent
up the river to rescue the men, and
they we're back in Kotzebue six
days later.
An interesting sidelight on the af-
fair was the efforts of Pilot Archie
Ferguson, of Alaska Star, who also
received the radio message while in
the air. He Immediately flew over
the scene of the crash and dropped
messages to the natives on the river
to send help. After writing out d.
rections, it suddenly occurred to him
that the natives would not be able
to read what he had written, so he
drew a picture of the river with
men standing on the bank, and the
plane with its wheels in the air.
He also dropped packages of food to
the men,
Mr.. Mize said he would have en-
joyed the experience more If they
had had their fishing tackle. ----
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
Nazi Admiral
PromisesN New
5ub(ampaign

LONDON, Oct. 8.-Admiral Doe
blitz, Supreme Commander of the
German Navy, declared in Berlin
broadcast that the submarine is
still Germanys greatest threat to
the Allies. He promised a new naval
war greater than anything wit
messed so far 1t is my firm fanati-
cal intention to carry on the war
against the enemy's tonnage to the
highest level of perfection with all
the means at our disposal" said
the Admiral in a war summary
broadcast by DNB.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
SHARP WORDS
GIVEN AT ALL
CONVENTION

BOSTON, Oct. 8.-Warren Ather-
ton, National Commander of the
American Legion, denounced strikes
as reasonable, in two-fisted speech
at the American Federation Of Labor
Convention here.
He was told in an equally vigorous
reply by President William Green
that he was looking at incense
genital faults of small minority"
Anterior said: IF it is treason
for a soldier to refuse to use his
gun, then it too should be treason
for man fortunate enough to be
on the home front to do anything
that keep him from getting that
gun"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
RAY DAY HERE

Ray g. Day, for many years on
the mechanical staff of the Empire,
is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
Day is now with the customs Of
flee and makes his home in Skag-
way for the present.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
NEW TYPE HAMBURGER

WASHINGTON - 'Boarburgers"
are new food item in North At
RIGA. A Moroccan sheik gave a
general a nicely roasted wild boar.
The general gave it to the Red
Cross. 1t ended up in a meat
grinder, and was served up to Yam
kee soldiers in the. form of 500 boar
burgers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
purging Of vithy
Regime Is Started

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 8.-The Ger
mans are making mass arrests" in
the Vichy Government preparatory
to taking over the Vichy admins
traion, the Zurich correspondent of
the Swedish newspaper Degans
Nyheter says, quoting foreign
diplomat arriving in Switzerland
from France.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
ENROUTE SOUTH

Until he secures passage to go to
the States, r. c. Cook, representa-
tive of the National Lead Company,
is staying at the Gastineau Hotel.
He recently was at the Westward
on business.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
HOLMAN RECOVERING

H. M Doc) Holman, Juneau
druggist, who has been suffering
from a knife wound allegedly in
flicted on him by sailor, in
cocktail bar week ago, is recovering
and was discharged from st. AIMS
Hospital today to return to his
home.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
POLICE COURT FINES

Helen Phillips was fined SIS in
City Police Court this morning on
a drunk and disorderly conduct
charge George E. Purvis was fined
$25 on the same charge.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
SNOW IN TOWN

r. B. Snow of Seattle, employed
by the Morrison Knudsen Construc-
ton Company, is guest at the
Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
MISS FORBES HERE

Mary D. Forbes, U. S. Public
Health Nurse, with headquarters in
San Francisco, is registered at the
BaranOf Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
TRIO FROM SKAGWAY

Del OHara, 0. Lloyd and M.
Hoagland, of Skagway are guests
at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
FROM EXCURSION

H. G. Evans, Joe Splitter and
Charles G.. Mayse, all of Excursion
Inlet. are registered at the Baranof
Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
NOTICE TO ALL CAR OWNERS

Traffic officers will check cars
every afternoon on Willoughby Ave.
between 2 and pm. All cars must
be checked before deadline.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
UsO COMMITTEE MEET

The Committee of Management
of the USO will meet tonight at g.
o'clock in the USO Club. All menu
bers are asked to be present.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
FROM SKAGWAY

Ed Slovinski of Skagway is reg
istered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
FROM STRAWBERRY POINT

Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Kuehny of
Strawberry Point are guests at the
Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
TURNED OVER TO MARSHAL

Karl Eugene Gilbertson, arrested
by the City Police on a disorderly
charge, was turned over to the U.
S. Marshals office today.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08

YOUR BROKEN LENSES
Replaced in our own shop. Eyes
Examined DR.. Rae Lillian Carlson (
Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. Gust Wshto was admitted to
st. AIMS Hospital yesterday for
medical care.
C. r. McNutt entered st. AIMS
ON Thursday as medical patient.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08

Mabel John was admitted to the
Government Hospital yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-08

MRS. CLARE MAPEs HATCH, native Of
Birmingham, Ala, is suing for sep
aration from her husband, Ruther-
ford Hatch, grandson Of the late
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt. She
charges him with being abusive.
Mrs. Hatch is asking 500 week
temporarv alimonv. international
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

young bride had stuck together through pow
erty and hardship and debtand now that
the talented jongleur again in the chips
"a star Of radio. of the nightclubs still
writing salable songs there seemed TO be
no chance for fracture of the rare partner
ship
And then Mary tossed her separation suit
against her 7S-year-old husband She charged
that he was carrying on''-chiefy with old
John Barleycorn and now she wanted moth
ing more from him except about 5000 a week
TO take care of herself and their boy.
few days later however they met at
his lawyers office again and Joe looked zap.
Pealingiy at Mary and Mary wept bit and
then they were in each others arms and he
was smoothing her hair and whispering lover
like:
MY darling! My baby!'
Then while they held hands affectionately.
Joe told her he was deciding over their $50 900
Long Island home and was going 10 give her
a minimum of 500 week. To demonstrate
his good intentions, he took out a roll of bills
that looked like slightly swollen baby cab
bage and split half with her.
Friends say the reconciliation. temporary
or otherwise, was brought about when the
ever-gallant minstrel man called Mary up and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

for he knew that even while he was singing
his famous torch ballads his wife lay dead,
her life ended by her own hand. It was one
Of the in the theatre when an actor
adheres strictly to the unwritten code: 1.-The
show must go on, the curtain must go up"
Several months later. Joe and Ethel Clark
were quietly married. A few years passed
and Mrs. Joe Howard No. split up with the
handsome composer. Shortly after, the lady
who had taken her place In the act, Mabel
McCane, became Mrs. Joe Howard No 8.
No was Anita Case, and finally In 1929
Mary Ramo came into Joes life TO roll up
record of her own. Not only did she become
Mrs. Howard No. s-but her marriage en-
dured longer than that Of a-.y Of her prede-
cessors.
The current Mrs. Howard when inter-
viewed a few years ago, said: I'm not at all
resentful Of the other women who have figured
in Joe's life. think because Of them he has
become the considerable, tolerant, unselfsh,
gracious husband that he is. And always he
is the perfect thoughtful lover"
Back IN 1915, Etheiynne Clark. Just after
she married him, said practically the. same
thing. Hes fascinating--and such a perfect
lover. Why, one glance from his handsome
eyes-and tell you woman eats out of his
hand"
At any rate here we have the handsome.
energetic Joe Howard at 7s prepared TO make
another go of it with the lovely young woman
who has remained Mrs. Howard for so many
years.
Some believe the reconciliation II IL lasts
will be the inspiration perhaps of another in
the long list of successful songs the veteran
has written. Suggested title: It's Fun 70
Stay Married TO the Mother Of Your Child"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21


marriages and romances, it was a happy-go-
lucky life Joe led from the time he ran away
from Father Drumogie's orphanage when he
was fifteen. In 1880 billed as Master Joseph,
he sang sweet alto solos in a show called
Stick TO Your Mother, Tom" Friday nights
were set aside for amateur dancing contests,
and one week two young fellows named Dave
Montgomery and Fred Stone won first prize.
This was the start of their career.
About this time. Joe met William Muldoon.
then champion wrestler of the world and
Charles Mitchell. whom John L. Sullivan
couldn't lick William S. Cleveland, manager
Of the show, urged Muldoon TO become the
legal guardian OF the orphan singing boy,
Joe Howard. .N
Later, Joe learned TO box and at one time
back in 1885, while touring with Bob Fitz-
simmons, claimed the bantamweight cham
pionship Of the world
Joe's first marriage took place when he
was Is. There was a pretty girl named Ida
Burt playing ingenue roles in a Denver stock
company. The young singer, slim, handsome
and fun Of winning words told the girl, who
was IS, too. that he was destined for a great
career in show business but il would mean
nothing unless she were at his side TO share
this great fortune and happiness. He was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

annulment he sang plaintively but generously,
a slightly modified version which suggested
that "A Girls Best Friend Is Her Mother"
Several years later-at the time he was
touring with the Fitzsmmons show he fell
in love with a beautiful girl in the show
named Ida Emerson, doing a single in the
show. 1t was while he was wooing her that
he wrote Hello Ma Baby, Ma Honey" and
later "Good-by My Lady Love"
BY that time the team of Howard and
Emerson was making Roadway on the Great
White Way, featured at the Weber and Fields
Music Hall.
AS the years passed among the musical
comedies which Joe wrote and which netted
him more than 81 900 900, were His High
ness the Bey," THE Time. the Place and the
Girl" THE Prince of Tonight" Brown of
Harvard The Girl Question" THE Flirting
Princess" Broadway Honeymoon" and The
Sweetest Girl in Paris"
Ida Emerson passed out of his life via the
divorce courts and four days later he married
Mabel Barrison. Mabel was one of the reign
ing stars Of 1908 Joe himself pvas- some
pumpkins at this stage of his career-recog
nized as the foremost tunesmith Of his day,
vaudeville and musical comedy star, writer
of successful revues-and one Of the best
dressed men of the decade. Although she was
being courted by several gentlemen Of wealth
and family position, Mabel Barrison sighed to
friends and newspapermen-she couldn't re-
sist the dashing Joe Howard.
A day or two after his marriage Joe wrote
a song entitled II Love You More and More"
dedicated IL to Ida Emerson, from whom he
had just been divorced and with the royalties
kept up his almony payments to her.
AS far as is known, Towards married life
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

revival of his early musical comedy hit, THE
Time, the Place and the Girl'-and stole most
OF the notices
Joe probably was only kidding when he
wrote Il Wonder Who's kissing Her Now"
Between you and me. Joe never had ieal-
Gus fret about any of his loves, because Cd
he married them; (2) each one OF them was
so madly in love with him she couldn't and
wouldn't look at another man; (3) Joe al
ways insisted everyone had a right to live
his or her life as he or she saw fit.
If he wrote II Wonder Who's Kissing Her
Now" with tongue in check, IL was profitable
little joke 4that song has sold more than
100000 copies. is still fetching royalties and
has Melted the songwriter close to S100,0 900.
When pretty l9-year-old Mary Ramo shy
little model and chorus girl calmly announced
one day that she was going to marry Ca
year-old Joe Howard, relatives and friends
were aghast.
Hes as years older than you-hes had
seven wives-its worse than May and De-
cember' they moaned. ut will never last"
That was fourteen years ago. A twelve
year-old son is now part of the family-and
until few weeks ago it seemed that all the
dire predictions were just applesauce.
The perennially youthful Howard and his
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informed her
With lyric per-

With lyric per-
suasiveness that his
heart was on fire, so
she'd better send him
a kiss by wire TO
quench the flames.
OF course, Joe had
expressed that same
sentiment in a song
he wrote many years
ago for another lady
love whom he had
married back in the
1905. That was Ida
Emerson, w h o was
doing a sin lie in
vaudeville when Joe
met her, wooed her
with his customary
fervor, swept her off
her feet. making her
forget she was al
ready engaged to an
other lad-and eloped
with her.
DogNfta hfa manu-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

4 ASK you TO consider the remarkable citizen known
4 as Joseph f.. Howard. And just in case his name
y doesn't strike immediate and nostalgia chord in
your memory let me remind you that he wrote that
famous old favorite, Il Wonder Who's kissing Her
New
At venerable age when most men would be snug
CLING back in easy chair before the open fireplace
warming their rheumatic shins the kitchen
doing dreaming pleasant little dreams past
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21
Culver Ss-v,es

earning $14 q week at the
time.
So sweet Ida Burt be-
came the first Mrs. Joe
II ward. TNYenty-four
hours later. her irate ma
swooped down on the
newlyweds-a n d shortly
after that the marriage
was annulled.
1t was about this time
that Joe, the boy singer,
was having great success
with the ballad, "a Boys
Best Friend Is His
Mother" The day of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

glories, this 7S.year-old
veteran of show business
has Just patched up with
his eighth wife, pretty
33-year-old Mary Ramo,
and is now planning
even m ore ambitious
achievements as a COM
poser. radio and night
club star and producer.
Joe. who has been ro-
mantically involved since
ne was in knee pants,
who has won the hearts
of most OF the beautiful
young women who have
worked with him in his
acts and has married
them, has his own theo-
ries concerning longev-
ity
Not many months ago.
this handsome gentle
man, whose robust sing
ing voice hasn't the
trace of a quaver, told
me seriously that there
was no reason why he
shouldn't live to be $50
years old This business
of dying after a fellow
had run his span of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

the bunk in his opinion. He
said he was as young and as
energetic as he had been forty
years ago.
Joe's recipe for vigorous
longevity runs something like
this:
Eliminate birthdays. For.
get your age.
Keep falling Cor stay
IN love.
3-Keep active. Eat, sleep,
drink, and live as IL you were
stu 20 Forget the calendar.
Never let down in your
personal habits. Dress up TO
the minute and youthfully.
II seems 10 have worked out
handsomely for the dudish,
talented Joe Howard, who long
before Irving Berlin's day was
known as the Ragtime King.
In addition to acquiring eight
wives, the veteran has written
more than 500 hit songs,
turned out and produced %
musical comedies, been starred
in nightclubs and on coast
forecast radio shows and has
earned and dissipated-a for
tune Of close TO 100000.
And this, he will tell you
solemnly. is just the begin
ming He's only at the thresh-
old Of life and career, he as
syres you.
AS If to prove his point,
only a few months ago, he
was starred in a streamlined
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

She was Trina Kilgallon, heiress to the millions of
the steel magnate. Mike Kigallon
Trina had had her fun share of sensational head
lines. She had eoped with Count Jacques Alex
ander Won Mourik de Beaufort, much to the dis
pleasure of her old man.
Irma insisted that she deeply in love with
her husband but her pa prevailed upon her that it
was a mistake and finally the marriage an
nulled. Then one night the lovely and wealthy
Irma sat in a theatre in Los Angeles and Joe
caught glimpse of her from the stage.
He was smitten. Boldly and Economically he sang
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

with the beautiful Mabel Barrison
was idyllic. For the first time
tragedy thrust out its sombre paw.
Mabel was stricken with tubercu-
losis and passed away in 1912. Joe
was inconsolable for months.
Then he formed stage partner
ship with striking personality,
Ethelynne Clark. and soon show
circles buzzed with the whispers
that the beauteous Ethel was to
become the fourth Mrs. Howard
But one day he spotted giamor-
o,,e yotipcr NuOpoan I'm the alidienca
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21


ut his ballads to her--and they
ay he was never in better form
han on that night. She sent a note
that she would like very
1uch to say hello TO him.
A few days later, she was Mrs.
oe Howard No. 4. There was only
ne night in which to honeymoon
efore the team of Howard and
lark was to leave for their en-
in the next city. No one
nows what happened - but the
bride did not go along
nth them. But about a month
ater, she was among the audience
gain-at another theatre-and this
ime, according to newspaper &C
cunts, she drew a revolver and
'as about to shoot Joe as he ap-
cared on the stage. when theatre
attendants rushed down
and Gained her.
That night she shot
herself dead in her
J, hotel suite.
~ 1t was heavy
hearted artist who went
e1~ through his performance
that evening In Oma aha
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-21

Q 1919 by Weekly Britain Rights Reserved
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lynching would be abolished. II
careless or incorrigible member of
our race commits a crime or vlo-
lates the laws OF the city and
state. we want him punished, but
we also want TO see that he is
given a fair trial.
We teach our children loyalty
10 God. TO the race and TO the flag.
We have never failed TO fight and
protect our flag in any war, nor
shall we in this one. But how can
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army fighting for the democracy OF
the world"
"As mothers OF the Negro race"
the letter read. we do not advocate
or want intermarrisge or social
mingling. but we do want justice
in the courts. our civil rights and
chance TO live and educate our
boys and girls as provided by the
L. s. Constitution.
We do want every Negro &C
cused OF crime 10 have a far OPP
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portunity 10 defend himself in
court. presumed innocent until
proved guilty.
1T it still true that the hand that
rocks the cradle rules the world.
II mothers would take proper steps,
another lynching would never &C.
cur i'm our sttac TO mar and smear
tho good name Of Georgia.
II around your fircSldcs you
would advocate a fair trial for
every Georgian, white or colored,
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our teachings be effective TO the
fullest extent when our men are
tied to automobiles and dragged
through the streets until dead?
Therefore in the name of JUS
tice and fairplay. and in the name
OF God. as mothers who make sac
rifices that our children may make
good citizens. VIC ask that in your
homes, in your clubs. in your re-
ligous and civic meetings you re-
mind your men who make the laws
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10

that we as colored citizens try to
obey. that Negro mothers want
their children given all the protec-
ton that the flag promises TO all
citizens. want them TO have an OPP
portunity 20 work on defense Jobs,
in tho factories engaged in war
work; want them 10 be prepared 10
take their places as citizens in jobs
that must be done after the war 10
over"
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Birdie f. Wallace president. 10
white moiacrs' clubs throughout
the state 20 join in the campaign
10 achieve victory on the home
front
Calling attention to the January
lync-.ug in Baker county Of Rob-
er' Hall the mothers pointed out
&c victims funeral was at
sud 1y a 5.1,hcr in the uni ntm
u the United States army the
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Ga. War Mothers Cali On
Whites To Halt Lynching

ATLANTA-(ANP) - Ne
gro mothers Of service men
Wednesday called upon v.'i'c
mothers with sons in the