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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-12
PLANS
RSC0UT WEEK
ARE DISCUSSED


The regular meeting OF the Girl
Scout Council of Juneau and Doug
las met Monday afternoon to discuss
further plans for National Girl
Scout Week. the last week in this
month.
Movies will be sponsored by the
Council at the Capitol Theatre Oc-
tober 90 and 80 with a matinee Sat-
urday, October 80. The Girl Scouts
will make home made candy and
offer it for sale at each show. The
Scouts are to be taught to make
candy by an expert Candy dona-
lions for Girl Scout Week will be
received by Mrs. w. j. Mapthey,
Mrs. A. A. Hedges and Mrs. Ralph
Wright. at the American Legion
Dugout october, % and 20 from !
to 5 p. m. daily. The candy will
then be boxed for sale. The Girl
Scouts will sell tickets to adults
for the shows. All children will buy
their tickets at the regular window
"A public dance to be sponsored
by the Council will be held at the
Elks' Hall Saturday night, October
30. Hours of dancing will be from
10 to 1890
The Court of Awards will be held
at the Northern Light Presbyterian
Church Sunday, october 81, at 2:15
O'Clock. Immediately following this
ceremony a tea will be held for
parents and friends in the base
ment of the church. The Scouts
will make and serve the refresh
nents. g
During the Court of Awards
badges are awarded to Scouts and
Brownies who have satisfactorily
performed the right number of re-
qliirements in the following fields:
Architecture, Basketry, Bibliophile,
Bird Finder, Boating, Book Finder,
Campcraft, Child Care, Clothing,
CoIorcraft, Cooking, Cyclist, Dancer,
Dramatic Appreciation, Drawing and
Painting, Explorer, First Aid, Folk
Dancing, Foods. Foot Traveller, Fresh
Water Life Finder, Games, Garden
Flower Finder, Gardener, Glass,
Group Music, Handywoman, Home
Health, Home Nursing, Home Safe
ty.S Hostess, .Housekceper, Insect
Finder, Interior Decoration, Junior
Citizen, Land Animal Finder. Leath-
er. Life Saver, Metal, Minstrel, My
Community, My Country, My Troop,
Outdoor Cook, Personal
Health, Photography, Pioneer, Play
Director, Pottery, Prints, Public
Health. Public Safety. Reader, Rock
Finder, Salt Water Life Finder.
Scribe, Sculpture, Stagecraft, Star
Finder, Swimmer, Transportation
and Communication, Tree Finder,
Troop Dramatics. Typography
Weaving. Wide World, Wild Plant
Finder, Winter Sports. Wood, World
Gifts. World Interpreter, World
Knowledge. World :. Trefoil and
Writer
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-12
FRANK WILSON BABY is
TAKEN TO HOSPI1

Due to the effects of a bad case
of measles, "Bunte," two-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Frank
Wilson was taken to the Govern
ment hospital in Juneau last even
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson are both
employed by the Office of Indian
Affairs in connection with the Ma
tive School in Douglas.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-12
NO COUNCIL MEETING

Due to the lack Of a quorum, the
City Council meeting was unable to
do matters of business, last evening,
However, bills were paid and neces-
sary correspondence taken upas and
disposed of.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-12
WILL ROGERS OF
pRESBYTERIAN5" Is
VISITOR IN JUNEAU

The Rev A. B. Keller, D. D., Sec
etary of the Building Aid Fund,
board of National Missions of the
Presbyterian Church, with head
uarters in New York City, is in
Juneau. Known on the sermon and
Evangelist platform as the will
Rogers of the Presbyterian Church"
leswill speak twice in Juneau during
lis visit here. .1s
The Rev. Keeler arrived. here Sun
lay from Anchorage by Alaska Star
airlines after a two weeks tour
embracing Fairbanks. Palmer and
Anchorage He expects to leave to-
day for Sitka but will return in time
10 speak Friday night at the Mem
)rial' Presbyterian Church and at
The service at the Northern Light
Presbyterian Church next Sunday
morning.
The Rev. Keeler is no stranger to
Alaska Coming on his present trip
from New York, by plane to the
Pacific Coast. then to Vancouver,
coming north to Whitehorse by
plane, then to Fairbanks by the
air route, he had a good view of
the Alaska Highway and recalls how
different were his trips in 1923 and
1881 when he travelled north by
steamer. In 1923 he travelled by
steamer to Seward, train TO Fair
banks. and returned to the coast
over the highway and Copper River
and Northwestern Railroad TO Cor
dova. then back to the States by
water IN 1881, the trip was made
practically the same way as the
first. except that he visited Juneau
,olAhbound 3. As..ay - III
The Rev Keeler visited the Mata-
uska Colony on his present trip and
pronounced it as one of the finest
agricultural sections iof. the north
lards the farmers harvesting a big
crop this year and in the money.
He predicts a great future for that
section and also said that develop
ment of the Northland, after the
war, is going to be a great surprise.
The. Rev. Willis r. Booth pastor
If the Northern Light Presbyterian
Church in Juneau, is plotting the
Rev. Keeler around in juneau. The
after is making his headquarters
1t the Baranof while here. The Rev
Booth said the visit to Sitka will
come. at a time when the Rev.
Arthur Billy, of the First Presbyter-
ian Church there, will show his
church is now self-supporting, arriy-
ing at this period OF. church welfare
IN October l.. There are now four
Presbyterian churches in Alaska
disappearing, given in the order
hey reached this period, Northern
light in Juneau, the churches at
Fairbanks, Anchorage and now
Sitka.
The Rev. Keeler is. a forceful
salker, keen of wit, full of.anecdotes.
luick on the mental trigger, which
presumably is how he won the
;oubriquet of the ''Will Rogers of the
PRESBYTERIAN Church.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-12
CAPT. J. BACKLAND
IS NOW 1t. (0MDR.

SEATTLE, Oct. 12.-John Back
land, Commander of the famous
Arctic trading schooner c. S
Holmes, who was called to the
colors and given a commission with
the Naval Reserve at the start OF
the war, has been promoted to
Lieutenant Commander, in COM
mand of the ship based at Glou-
cester, Mass. This is according to
notification received by his mo-
Their, Mrs. Ellen Backland.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-12
Imitation Postponed,
Rebekdhs Will Meet

The initiation planned by the
Rebekah Lodge for tomorrow night
has been postponed, according to
and business meet
ing with nomination of officers will
be held, M
The session will begin at 8 o'clock
in the IOOF hall,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-12
INTERNATIONAL
SORORITY TO
EXTEND HERE

Mrs. Elsie Guenther OF Los An
geles, field secretary for Beta Sigma
Phi. international educational and
social sorority for young women, ar
rived in Juneau by plane Sunday
evening and is now staying at the
Baranof Hotel, where she is work
ing on organization details for the
establishment of q charter chapter
of tie sorority to be established
here
Mrs. Guenther came to Alaska In
July and has organized two chap
tiers of the sorority in Anchorage
and one in Fairbanks. She expects
to be in Juneau two or three weeks,
until this chapter is installed, and
then will go onto Sitka, where for
mer members of the sorority now at
the Naval Air Base have asked her
to organize a chapter. From Sitka
she will go to Ketchigan. to estab-
lish a chapter for former members
there
Beta Sigma Phi is nom academic
sorority, designed for the purpose
of giving women interested in par
ticipating in a constructive, cultural
program an opportunity to develop
Themselves culturally and socially.
Study outlines are furnished to each
member by the national offices in
Kansas City, Mo.
In addition to the study and So
cial activities, the international Of
fices through the sorority magazine,
the Torch, sponsor creative arts;
activities in the field of short story
and poetry writing, art. lyric and
song wriNng. They also sponsor
tours, having had three to Hawaii,
one to Old Mexico, and two through
Canada.
"A little more than ~ years old,
Beta Sigma Phi is today the largest
sorority in the world in point of
chapters" Mrs Guenther points
out. There, are 1900 chapters in
the United States, Canada, Alaska,
and Hawaii, with an active member
ship of 10000 young women"
Mrs. Guenther's first chapter in
Alaska, Alpha chapter, was install
ed in Anchorage this summer. with
81 members. Joan Anderson is
President and Mrs. Margaret Hines
is Vice President. From Anchor
age, Mrs, Guenther visited Fair
banks TO organize Beta chapter of
25 members, with Mrs Roger Bar
gelt as President and Jane Runyon
Maddox as Vice President. She was
then reca-,cd to Anchorage to es-
tablish second chapter there,
Gamma chapter, which has "a
members under the leadership of
Mrs. F. l.. O'Brien, President, and
Mrs. Betty Goodwin, Vice President.
Miss Freida Steckel, home econ
omics teacher of the University of
Alaska. is program chairman of the
Fairbanks chapter $3.50
During her stay here, Mrs. Guen-
Their will make her headquarters at
The Baranof Hotel. Membership in
the sorority is invitational.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-12
HUGHIE DOOGAN STRUTS
FISTIC STUFF AT SKAGWAY

Hughie DoOgan, former newSboy
on The Empire, who is now in Skag-
way, is strutting his fistic stuff
according to advices received from
there. Writing under date of Octo-
Der 6, correspondent says "Doogan,
the newsboy, had a fight yesterday
and won out, and he broke two
windows today"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-12
SECOND SON BORN
TO W, RASMU5SENS

Perhaps he doesn't know it, but
w. A. Rasmussen is due to hand out
cigars when be returns to Juneau
from the fishing grounds. The
young man responsible made his
appearance about 1880 this morning
to Mrs. Rasmussen at st. AIMS Hos
pital. He is husky lad, weighing
eight pounds and eight ounces.
/ Waiting impatiently6 for his moth
er and new brother to come home
is Wally, eleven years old, who
whiles away the tedious hours of
waiting in the sixth grade of the
Juneau Public School
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-12
DOUGLAS
NEWS ).
DOUGLAS FIREMEN TO
h GIVE DANCE OCT. %

Last evening the committee in
charge of the coming Fall Fire
mems dance met at Chairman Fred
Turpin's home and plans were set
forth. The dance, which has al
ways III the past, been the outstand-
ing event. of the year, is scheduled
for october %. The Douglas Soph-
omore Glass has been given the
check room rights. The dance viii.
be held in the Douglas Natatorium
which is now being groomed for
the occasion.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-12
PART OF VICTORY.
TAX MAY NOW BE
PLACED A5(REDITi

WASHINGTON, Oct. IA re-
fund through immediate tax credits
of portion of the five percent Vic
tory tax, ranging from 25 to 40
percent, has been voted by the
House without a dissenting voice,
and sent to the Senate. ~
The action is regarded by some
tax authorities as sfoperunner of
an effort to repeal the Victory Tax.
The Treasury proposed the levy
be integrated to higher income
tax rate.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-12
CASE DISMISSED BY
u. S. COMMISSIONER

After preliminary hearing held
Yesterday in the case of Richard M.
Green, the defendant was released
because of insufficient evidence and
the case was dismissed by U. S.
Commissioner Felix Gray.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-12
REV. BENTLEY IS
NAMED SUCCESSOR
TO BISHOP ROWE

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. IL. -
Rt. Rev. John Boyd Bentley, Suf-
fragan Bishop of Alaska, has been
named Bishopric of Alaska, sue
ceeding Bishop P. T. Rowe, who
died last year ~
The Episcopal convention decided
to continue negotiations on the
question of a union with the Pres
byterian Church
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-12

Passengers arriving. here from
Whitellorse yesterday with the AL
faska Coastal Airlines were O. F.
Beneckc- and Burras Smith. a..
Flying. to ,Sitka today were A.. B.
Keeler Fred Dolphin. G.. H. Whisen-
hunt, Mildred Hull and Mary Dali
Cliff L. Richards flew to Excur-
sion Inlet and J. E. Boyle to Hoonah.
A trip to Skagway took Ray O..
Nichet, w. H. Plummer, Billie Mac
Donald, G.. M. Confer and Peter
Wood
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-12
DOUGLAS TERRI. GUARD ~.
MEETS NEXT THURSDAY

The Douglas Unit of the Terri
torial Guards are to meet on Thurs
day evening at 7 o'clock at the
Natatorium. Instructions in antiair-
craft lookout practice will be given
Regular uniform and rifles are the
required dress, bssk
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-12

All Scouts will be expected to
attend the church of their choice
Sunday, october "a. Scouts TO be
IN uniform if they have one.
All Scouts are to work for their
Housekeeping Badge during the last
week in October, not only to learn
housekeeping but also to render
service.
Other activities will be announced
later.
Evening star., 1943-05-26
New Name 'Dignifies
Alley Dwelling Unit
To Facilitate Work
Now National Capital
Housing Authority to
Tenonts. Bond Buyers

Officials of what used to be known
as the Alley Dwelling Authority
expect that housing groups newly
acquired name-"N National Capital
Housing Authority'-to give 1t new
dignity with tenants, bond buyers
and the general public.
The old name, an official pointed
out today, greatly handicapped the
local housing authority by creating
public misunderstanding of its work
Originally established to clean up
alum areas through replacement of
alley dwellings. the authority has
taken on a major war job and now
Is managing or constructing numer-
Gus low-rent war housing projects
Many OF its present activities have
little or no relation with the original
program for clearance OF alley
dwellings.
Brought Protests on Deals.
Yet, because of the old name, the
official said, there remains a def
mite impression on the part of the
public that the authority should
be concerned only with inhabited
alleys"
When attempting to buy land to
erect war worker houses, the au-
fhority frequently has met with pro-
tests by nearby property owners,
who felt that erection OF an ADA
project signified that the neigh
borhood was regarded as a slum
area
The fact that the "attractive,
well-built housing managed by the
authority" should be called ALLEY
dwellings" by neighbors also has
affected the attitude of project ten
ants toward the ADA, the official
said.
Handicapped Bond Issues.
A bond syndicate, which had sub
mitted the best offer for bonds of
other local housing authorities, re-
Gently refused to bid on ADA bonds.
explaining that the name of the
authority might keep them from
selling readily.
So now it's to be the National
Capital Housing Authority. The new
name, said the official has positive
instead of negat've connotations."
1t not only uses llle accepted word
housing" he pointed out. but also
implies the national interest in what
is done here.
Evening star., 1943-05-26
Commencement Week
OPENS at Harvard
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 26.--
Harvard,s war-shortened commence
ment, rounding out the university S
307th year, opened today with ira
ditional literary exercises by the
Harvard chapter Of Phi Beta Kappa,
national honorary scholastic society.
Glass day exercises were sched-
uled for this afternoon in the Kirk
land House triangle John E. Cor
rigan of Chicago will give the class
grafton; Thomas N. Bridge, Frank
lin, Ohio, will read the class poem,
and Richard N. Swift, Bloomfield,
N. j., will deliver the class ode.
Although commencement week ex-
ercises have been compressed from
the usual five days. the traditional
color and solemn ritual will be pre-
Evening star., 1943-05-26
Gloria Baker Topping
Wins Divorce in Florida
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla. May
26.-Gloria Baker Topping, former
glamour girl of high social circles,
was awarded a divorce yesterday
from wealthy Henry J. Topping, jr.
Circuit Judge Paul E. Barns
signed the final decree, giving Mrs.
Topping custody of the couples two
young children. Sandra Emerson
Topping, 4, and Henry J. Topping,
Sd. 3.
A property settlement had been
agreed upon before the action was
completed and no alimony was
awarded. Mrs. Topping alleged
mental cruelty.
Mr.. Topping. a Reserve naval off,
Ger now on active duty abroad, did
not contest the suit.
Evening star., 1943-05-26

served in the awarding Of degrees
tomorrow. A military and naval
convocation in honor Of service
schools operating at Harvard and a
meeting Of the Harvard Alumni As
sociation also are on tomorrow,s pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1943-05-26

America, yesterday recommended
institution Of food price controls at
the source
He said that attempting to control
prices at the retail level was like
trying to dam the Mississippi River
at New Orleans"
Evening star., 1943-05-26
Control of Food Prices
At Source Is Urqed

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 26.-Maintain-
ing that price controls at retail
levels are too complex and difficult
to enforce" Paul S. Willis, president
OF the Grocery Manufacturers of
Evening star., 1943-01-19

requirement of something like
ounces per column necessary.
/ But to get on with the person
alities behind these beneflts-there S
/ Jean Dulaney of the Mayfiower
Lounge. The petite and altogether
Irish Miss Dulaney works with the
traditional energy of her ancestors.
Scarcely anything worth noting lin
the broad sense of the phrase can
/ go on in the Lounge without Miss
Dulaney'S knowing about it. If a
chronicle of the Lounge ever is to be
written, she is the one for the Job.
Moreover, Miss Dulaney possesses
one of those dispositions so aptly
known as sunny. And this alone
amazes you in its constancy, because
although the Mayfiower Lounge is
the Mayfower Lounge, it remains
night club-and you know what
that Is.
Jim Walter is the fellow who rep
reSentS The Stables and the musical
outfit of WaShie Bratcher. What
ever representa- tions he may be
making, you will invariably find the
process being aided by a spanking
big cigar. Without cigar Mr..
Walter cannot function. With one
he can pour outaangles and scheme
like scientists dream of perpetual
motion. A dali-esque portrait of
Mr.. Walter might consist of a thick
stogle wrapped in a badly type
written piece of copy paper.
Then there's Merritt Trott. who
dlssemlnates material for the Vic
tory Room, the Dubonnet, the
Irans-Lux, and Al Ehrlich, who
handles the grist of Herb Sachs
Del Rio, and Joe Deupree, out
Shoreham way. These lads have an
alert attitude regarding their call
ing, punctuality is their little brass
god. With only little prodding
they will even dig up an angle. if
you like. Proving that it can be
done.
Every one is born with some mad
urge to pun or to assay ALTERATION
but In local publicity circles no.
where is this urge so pronounced as
IN Frank Romer. 1t is Mr.. Romer s
hobby, his first love. A new band in
the Neptune Room hardly has time
to get the chill off its knuckles be-
lore Mr.. Romer has batted out a
special communique and per-
sonlfying slogan for it-every alter
nate line or word bursting with word
play. A dignified citizen of
strapping build, Mr.. Romer also
iikes to affect wing collar in public
But Paul Young's emissary is the
local arch-type of the press agent
Ihis is Ken Burgher, an ex-news-
paperman himself, who is convinced
Evening star., 1943-01-19
After Dark
News and Comment of the Night Clubs.
BY the Spectator.
Trade Registered U. S. Patent ono

Some Publicists We Have Known,
or. With Gun and Camera Through
Hotel and Agency.
The only provocatien for such a
cross-Section is the somewhat sud-
den realization that publicity agents
are after all rather necessary form
of life. Whether their job is to re-
iterate the glorious wonders OF a
night club, motion picture, sports
event or something merely super
colossal like an ice-skating revue,
these ladies and gentlemen who
megaphone the news greatly benefit
the allegedly working press. Statis-
tical experts have figured that
handouts-the 80 per cent that are
uSable-Save night club scribes an
average of 1000 miles of legwork
per week, which is one-fifth of total
mileage consumed in that period.
The reduction. in pressure pounds,
in the amount of thought exerted
per column, while not as notable
figure, still is better than negligible.
This works out to about one and
one-fourth pounds, leaving mean
Evening star., 1943-01-19

that press notices are where you
make them-and acts accordingly.
In the space of two weeks, we have
received enough releases to paper
half OF our office, with enough left
over for trimmings. What is more,
the mortality rate of the Burgher
releases is surprisingly low, and we
bow deeply in gratitude.
Ina Ray Hutton's band will leave
the Victory Room tomorrow for one
night only when it Journeys all the
way to Fort Bragg. N. c., to play
for the soldiers and over a broad
casting network This is long, If
not unprecedented haul for dance
band-at least for such a purpose
Ralph Hawkins Crossroads outfit
fills in during the blond bonn
bardier's absence.
Dolly Dawn replaces Eunice
Healey in the Troika starting
THURSDAY. Miss Dawn is a singer.
and possibly dancer, too. In fact,
II she's the Dolly Dawn we're think
ing Of, she once had band of her
own. The rest of the Troika revue
remains intact.
Up the street a way in that other
distinctive den of Cossacks and
borscht, the Balalaika revue has
undergone change. Featured now
Is a skit dealing with the Jolly hunt
ers. another Caucasian Sketches"
latter 1opolitov -IvanoV and the
Volga boatmen number, which seems
10 be favorite of Misha Bess.
Should you wonder. incidentally.
about that pickup service thorse
and wagon which the Stables was
to have inaugurated last week. the
program is at a standstill until such
Time as the new coat of paint on
the wagon dries. Coachman and
mares are ready and rarin' to strike
out for Pennsylvania avenues 6pm.
mselstrom of buses, cabs and street.
cars.
1t Is because of a VOW that Won
never hear swing or jitterbug music
in the Cosmos Room. Jose Morand
made 1t long ago. He keeps it re-
ligiously, saying, Long live Cole
Porter" and coldly turning his back
on the youthful, or frenzied, dancing
element.
X
Jerry Lester has brother and it
is he who will open at Paul Young s
tomorrow night. Buddy Lester, like
MS better-known relative, also is q
comedian; and at least one not too
casual bystander states that Buddy
is just as good as Jerry. Dancer
Diane Nelson had to leave for a
New York engagement, but that still
leaves Songstress Helene Standish
and Owen and Parker.
Evening star., 1943-01-19
MEN WANTED


Ages $3.50, to take fare box readings and
handle fare boxes. No figuring or expert
ence necessary, no money to handle Must
have legible handwriting and be active
physically as work REQUIRES climbing in and
out OF buses and streetcars An abso-
lutely clear record of past employment
essential. 54-hour, 6-day week-from 8
pm. TO = am $40 per month to start
with automatic increases
ALSO
High school graduates, ages 81 TO so.
already deferred in the draft, for inside
or outside clerical work. Experience not
needed. Must be quick and accurate at
ngures and have legible handwriting
Six-day 44-hour week; 500 to Sl3O
month to start, depending upon aualifca-
tions, with opportunity for advancement,
Apply weekday mornings
CAPITAL TRANSIT CO.,
seth and Prospect Ave NV, Georsetovn
Route No. 20, Cabin John Str.etcar
PLEASE DO NOT PHONE
Evening star., 1943-01-19
statesmen

hny one can tell you about the STABILITY
81 MS product so lets get TO the point
II you are salesman / want you So
come in and l viii take you out with me
ana prove the STABILITY of our product by
earning better than SlOO rieht in front of
you IN less than week and not more than
pours per day. Our work is permanent
and right here in Washington Don {
waste time calling unless YOU are a sales
man. man. Apply Mr.. Reid or MI. Gardiner, 95S
Evening star., 1943-01-19
Jewish Juniors Plan PROGRAM

The National Council OF Jewish
Juniors, Washington section. is
planning to sponsor quiz and con-
sequence" program Sunday evening
at the Jewish Community Center.
The audience will participate. A
dance will follow.