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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-06
4 SETKA NEWS 4

Japonski, as a surprise baby shower for Mrs. James Imlach. Only friends residing on the base were included Those invited were: Mrs. Clint Holmes, Mrs. Oliver Eldridge, Mrs. Roy Roby, Mrs. Dick John ston. Mrs. Barney Hawkins, Mrs. Pete Banner, Mrs. Don Scheibel, Mrs. Pat Blakeley, Mrs. L. J. Hig- ley, Mrs. Ray Hagerup, Mrs. Jim Ladely, Mrs. Rodney Ohlem, Mrs. Charles Reed, Mrs. Charle S Schramm, Mrs. Verne Hunkins, Mrs. John Dolene Mrs. Ernie Hiltz and Mrs. Carl Olson.
 At the regular meeting of the Rotary Club Tuesday, four new members were added to the rolls as follows Stockton Webb, Capt. A. Dietz, Frank Erickson and c harl Whittimore. Luncheon guest was Capt Paul Prouty. The time was spent in a discussion of postwar planning.
 Word has been received that Carl Berg, graduate of the Sitka High School last year, son of L. c. Berg, is a member of the University of Washington Husky cross-country track team and is now running in the Spokane Athletic Round Table meet.
 According to word received by Red Cross Chairman Ted Kettleson, the Red Cross quota for Sitka this year will be S3,O0o The annual membership drive will start in March.
 Miss Shirley Virginia Morton and Raymond w. Gunesch, U. s. Coast Guard, were married December 30 at the Presbyterian Church, the Rev A. N. Billy performing the ceremony Maid of honor was Miss Lillian Grundman and best man, Ernest Stuart. The bride arrived recently from Elkhart, Indiana The grooms home is in Mentor, Ohio Mir and Mrs Gunesch have taken an apartment in the Kettle son Building.
 Mrs, Roy Peratrovich and daugh- ter, Loretta, arrived from Juneau to visit Miss Agnes Peratrovich Last Monday evening, Miss Pera- trovich entertained at her home in honor of her house-guests. Those present were MT. and Mrs John Strand, MT. and Mrs. Rich ard Peters, Mrs. Donald Cook and Bill Camper.
 At New Years party, given by MT. and Mrs. Frank HennesSy and MT. and Mrs. Jack Calvin at the home of the former on De- cember 29, the guests arrived in costumes portraying song or book titles. The play-room was deco- rated in holiday colors and posters with song or book title puzzzles. During the evening, each guest ap- peared before the crowd to have his costume guessed and voted upon First prize was awarded jointly to Mrs Charles M Peterson and Mrs William Sarvella, who ap- peared as Raggedy Ann and Rag gedy Andy
 The guest list included MT. and Mrs. Frank Calvin, MT. .and Mrs. Charles Whittimore, Rev. and Mrs. Arthur N Billy, Mir and Mrs. E. M Goddard. MT and Mrs. Harold Veatch, MT and Mrs Neill Ander- son. MT. and Mrs. J. D. Littlepage, MT and Mrs. c. B. Hedges, MT and Mrs Robert Gaylord, MT and Mrs. William Rodenberg, MT. and Mrs. R. N. DeArmond, MT and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-06
TIDES MONDAY

Low tide 2:59 a. m, 4.o feet. High tide-9:24 a. m, 14.0 feet. Low tide-l6:06 D. m, 3.3 feet High tide-22.2l p. m, ll.6 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-06
NoTICE.

I945 l946 Territorial Drivers Licenses now due Call at room 100, Assembly Building, Juneau
 OSCAR OLSON,
 Territorial Treasurer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-06
HOSPITAL

KELVIE'S ANIMAL HOSPITAL
 sos FIFTH STREET Phone Blue l6S Phone Red ll5 Office Hours to II 80 A. M
 DR w A. KELVIE Boarding Kennels Veterinary
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-06

Oltar Johnson, an employee of the Forest Service, arrived from Juneau by plane Thursday on a brief business trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-06

Mrs. William Cook left on the North Sea enroute to California to visitrelatives and receive medical treatment. Mrs Cook has been in poor health for several months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-06

A WEAK link spells the strength of a chain. If your insurance isn't suf- ficient to wholly replace your property or business when any loss occurs. your financial security is weakened. 1t is the weak link in your insurance that may cost you hun dreds of dollars.
 Ask this Hartford Fire
 agency to review your
 insurance policies NOW. It will be too
 late to do so after a
 loss,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-06

several weeks and has now raised sufficient money to finance the project.
 MT. and Mrs. Jess McGraw left on the North Sea for Seattle, planning to spend several months vacationing in the States.
 H. O. Johnson, fo.mer butcher at the Cold Storage Store, left for Juneau on the North Sea, planning to go to Argentina on construc- ton job.
 The Army opened Harbor Noun tain to local skiers. Permission to ski on the Army reservation can be obtained by contracting Pvt. Arthur, at Army 5.
 Mrs. George Stragler, the former Dorothy Wilms, arrived recently to visit her parents, rand Mrs. Lee Wilms. M/Sgt George Stragler, now somewhere in the Pacific with the Army Air Corps, is the son of MT and Mrs Henry Stragler of Douglas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-06

The Sitka Elks Club has under taken a milk project, planning to provide fresh milk daily for first graders in school. The club has been working on a milk fund for
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-06

Mrs Al Goddard was hostess at a luncheon Friday at her home on
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-06

Mrs. Martha Kostrometinoff had open house at her home on Ca thedral Square New Years Day. Many friends called during late afternoon and evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-06

Len Peterson arrived on the North Sea from Seattle, where he spent several weeks on business mission.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-06

Word has been received of the birth of a son, Lyte Dana, to the Rev. and Mrs. Dana Johnson, in Seattle on December g. The Rev. Johnson was formerly rector of the Lutheran Church in Sitka.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

Bits of fat were animal, not human.
The police went back 10 Lobatsi
and spent weeks combing the desert
country. They searched hundreds Of
native huts, they dug in many places
but they failed to find one shred of
tangible evidence that the fliers had
been murdered.
The judge who presided at the trial
in Lobatsi-which lasted weeks be-
cause the strange gibberish of the
tribesmen had to be translated by an
interpreter-waS convinced that the
defendants were guilty. But he stuck
TO the letter of the law.
Just because we are dealing with
the most primitive people in Africa"
said the judge, 1--WE must not deny
them the justice TO which all men are
entitled. If we had one small shred
of proof that murder has been done,
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25
Ladies ofEmpiire

A AARIE JEANNE BECU was
" born in 1746, the illegitimate
ANb child Of a servant girl From
that unpromising beginning she be-
came Comtesse du Barry, mistress of
Louis XIV.
From a Paris milliner's shop she
graduated into the rank of public
courtesan, as Mademoiselle Lange.
She attracted the attention of Jean,
Comte du Barry, gentleman from
Levignac, near Toulouse, who ran
private gambling establishment. Mile.
Lange was to entertain his patrons,
he to have percentage. On the side
he collaborated with NJ. Lebel, the
Kings valet de chambre," in furnish
ing mistresses to His Majesty.
M. Lebel agreed with the Comte
that Mile. Lange might go far if prop
erly launched. She was therefore
brought to the Kings attention, and
shortly thereafter, Comte Jean ap-
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25
BY JOHN FRSKINE
Eminent Author

pcared at his family estate in tho
district of Levignac.
To his brother, Comte Guillaume
also 10 his mother and sisters, he ex
planned that a large permanent inI
come would be theirs If Comte Gull
laume would marry a beautiful YOUNG
woman whom he had never seen and
would never live with
So the Comtesse du Barry ruled
the King and ruled France, but shd
herself was in the power of Jean and
Gufilaume and their mother, who werd
terrific drain on the French tresmEyl
When Louis XIV died, Louis Il LED
The du Barry keep her small chSpeau
near Paris where she lived quietly.
When the Terror broke, the Revo1
lutionary Committee of Paris asked
why Louis XV's expensive miStresd
shouldn't pay for what she had cost
She had brief trial on December 7thl
1893, and was executed that EVENING"
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25
R-Day Rough on Rats

called kisses of death" Youngsters
and grown-ups scattered thousands of
these lethal tidbits-which are harm
less to humans, dogs and cats.
They didn't have TO wait long.
Next morning thousands of dead rats
were found all bver the city.
The sanitary engineer who planned
the attack estimates that other thou
sands died before they could get out
in the open, frantic for water.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

IT ISN'T often that primitive =
black magic can outsmart =
the white mans law when n
murder is done. But that diff W.
cult trick has been pulled off in vi
Bechuanaland, South Africa.
The stranger than fiction N
story opens several months ago, n
when a training plane rose from
a field in Rhodesia. Two young
British cadets, named Adamson
and Edwards, were in it. They \
ran out of gas and landed in Y
the bleak desert country of y
Bechuanaland, near the village =
of Lobatsi. q
Other planes flew over the y
desert for three weeks, parties ).
Of police and soldiers covered
the area on foot. But there was
no trace of the missing men
until their ship was suddenly
found undamaged not far from
LobatSi.
A note in the cockpit read:
I'VE have gone to look for food
and water. The plane is all
right"
A~bDdN9l anu lllC NdSlGldIlu
around il is the stamping
ground of a native tribe called
the MosarVa, supposed de-
sCendantS of the Stone Age
oushmen. Hundreds of these
primitive blacks were rounded
up and closely questioned.
Their chiefs and witch doctor
couldn't explain the presence of "th
big bird"-but three of their ffigh
Cned subjects talked.
They said they had seen the biz
come to the ground and two me
climb from between its wings. TT
pair had landed close TO the body {
a giraffe a party of MosarNVa tribe
men had just killed-and the whit
mans law says that giraffes must NJ
be killed.
witch doctor afraid birdmen te
about giraffe" said one of the il
formers. $50 he have the men tie
10 stake and burned with big fire"
The military and civil police gait
cred up the cold ashes of a fire clos
by the spot where the plane wa
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

/ would send them TO the gallows-
but the prosecution has been unabl|
10 show this court one chip of bond
or wisp of hair, or scrap of clothing
10 sustain its charges. Reluctantly
/ find the defendants not guilty"
When the meaning of the judge'|
words was made clear 10 the Md
Sarwa, they troopcd out of the court
room and ran yelling through thu
town, bound for tribal pow-wow.
The head of the territorial polic(
was taking no chances. He sent hi|
best men TO follow the overioyed
natives 10 make sure they got well
out of the place before starting od
their weird festivities.
Did they celebrate the brand oI
black magic that makes dead med
disappear. The white bosses of Bech|
uanaland may never know the answer
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

I'M an AInGIICdn CITY CUuIu
M take tip from Louisville, KY,
EVb by declaring an R-Day.
The requirements for such a cele-
Oration are a couple of good-sized con-
crete mixers, a lot of poison and a
determination TO knock off rats.
In Louisville the concrete mixers
went up one street and down the
other. A deadly mixture of red Squill
was wrapped up in little packages
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

Built Up Good AN'
Circumstant tial
Case That the Young Airmen Had
Been Murdered and Burned - But
Every Shred of Evidence Had
MysteriOusly Disappeared.
found. They flew these to the police
laboratory in johannesburg and ar,
rested the witch doctor and the tribal
headman, and charged them with
murder. The case looked solved.
Then the white mans law ran in
to a snag. Bones found among the
ashes turned out to be giraffe bones.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

The British
Authorities
Built Up a Good
Circum 8 tan tial
Evening star., 1945-02-09
&. A. Brockowoy Dies;
Futher of D. 6. Woman

Charles A. Brockway, u, a 33d de-
gree Mason, who was prominent in
New York Masonic circles, died
Wednesday at a physicians office in
Brooklyn. He was the father OF
Mrs. Minnie B. Casanova, 7915 Thir-
teenth street NV.
A resident of Brooklyn, Mr.. Brock
way was a former publishing execu-
tive. Publishing firms and publica-
tions with which he was connected
included the Experimenter Publish
ing Co., National Trade Journal,
Inc, and the Engineering Magazine.
He was secretary of the New York
State Council of Deliberation of the
Scottish Rite, past grand secretary
OF the Scottish Rite in New York
State and a past potentate of Kismet
Temple of the Shrine. He was a
native of Newburgh, N. Y.
Besides his daughter, he is sur
vived by his widow, Mrs. Otilia A.
Brockway, and a grandson, Army
Pvt. Arturo Casanova, Sd.
Funeral services will be held at 10
am. Monday at the Deal funeral
home here. Burial will be in Rock
Greek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-02-09
Stricken in Phone Booth,
ARLINGTON Woman Dies

Mrs Margaret G. Cameron, 81, Of
1928 North Scott street, Arlington
Va, Maritime Commission employe
died unexpectedly yesterday in Tenn.
porary Building Y, Nineteenth and
B streets, NE. She collapsed in q
telephone booth and never regaineo
consciousness.
A native of Fort Sam Houston
Tex, Mrs. Cameron had been a Fed
eral employe for 80 years. She
worked at the Post Once, War and
Commerce Departments, and had
been at the Maritime Commission
since March, 1943. She was a nurse s
aide at Georgetown Hospital.
She is survived by her mother
Mrs. Annie Quinn, Washington;
three brothers, Arthur T. Quinn
Arlington: Joseph Quinn, Washing
ton, and Col. William Quinn, JET
ferson Barracks, Mo-, and sister
Mrs. Charles Cato, Princeton, N. J.
Requiem mass has been tenta-
lively set for Monday at st. Charles
Catholic Church, Clarendon, Va
Burial will be in Columbia Gardens
Cemetery, Arlington.
Evening star., 1945-02-09
|Wi|Iiom Lynch, 50, Dies;
As Years in u. S. Service

William Thomas Lynch, So, re-
tired War Department employe and
lifelong resident of the Cabin Johr
AREA, died Wednesday at his home
in Cabin John after an illness Of
three weeks.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Dora v. Lynch; a daughter, Miss
Margaret Lynch, and a son, AlviI
ID. Lynch, in the Navy. He also
leaves seven brothers and thret
sisters. He was connected with the
War Department Is years, retiring
three years ago.
Funeral services will be held
from the home ct 2 pm. tomorrow
The Rev. Mcleod Harvey, supply
pastor OF Hermon Presbyterian
Church, will conduct the services
and burial will be in Rock Greek
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-02-09
Mrs. Mary Taylor, 80.
Native Of District, Dies

Mrs. Mary Ann Taylor, so, ma
tive Of the District, died Wednesday
lat her residence, 1882 Mckinley
street NV. after an illness Of sew
eral months. She was the widow Of
John s. Taylor. former examiner a,
the washington Navy Yard, who
died in 1885.
The daughter of Catherine and
Patrick Nelson, Mrs. Taylor attended
Holy Cross Academy. She was
member of the sodality at the
Church of the Blessed Sacrament.
Survivors include two daughters
Mrs. Grace Noone and Miss Rasolie
M. Taylor, and two sons, DR.. Paul N
Taylor and John w. Taylor, all OF
Washington.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence at 8 am. tomorrow. Re-
QUEEN mass will be offered at the
Church of the Blessed Sacrament al
10 am. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-02-09
Mrs. Grace Keefer Dies;
Retired GPO EmpIoye

Mrs. Grace II. Keefer, 64, retired
Government Pringting Once en-
ploye and a native Of Washington,
died of heart attack yesterday at
her home, 1474 Chaplin street NV.
Mrs. Keefer was the daughter OF
the late Ida Robinson and George T.
Hutchins. She was retired from the
position of bindery operator in the
GPO in 1899 after Is years service.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs
Elizabeth L. Kruger, Washington;
son, Tech. Sergt. Lee H. Keefer
with the Army in India; two sisters
Mrs. Alfred H. Sparshott, Airing
ton, and Mrs. william T. Rollins
Washington, and grandson.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow in Chambers funeral home
l40O Chaplin street NV. Burial vii
| be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-02-09
joseph N: Smith, 10, Dies;
Retired Policeman

Joseph M. Smith 10, retired Met
ropolitan policeman, died Wednes-
day at his home, 1903 Lawrence
street NE, after an illness of two
months
Funeral services were to be held
at 2 pm. today at the Hines funeral
home. Burial will be in Washington
National Cemetery.
Mr. Smith was born and educated
in Washington. He joined the po-
lice force in 1905, serving first at
No. 4 precinct and later as a
guard at the House of Detention.
Before his retirement in 1887 he
was on duty at the British Embassy.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Eva Smith: son, Joseph A. Smith;
Ia brother. Edward Smith, and a
sister, Miss Katherine Smith, all of
Washington
Evening star., 1945-02-09
Mrs. Pearl Beebe, SO, Wife
|0f Roads ENGINEER, Dies

Mrs. Pearl Latin Beebe, 60, wife of
Lawrence L. Beebe, died yesterday
at her home, Z Rosemary street,
Chevy Chase, Md, after an illness
of several months. Mr.. Beebe Is an
engineer with the Public Roads Ad-
ministration.
A resident of the Washington
area for many years, Mrs. Beebe was
member of the Chevy Chase Wom-
ems Club, the Order of the Eastern
Star and the Elmira College Alum
nae Association here. She was born
at Horseheads, N. Y.
Besides her husband she leaves
two sons, 1t. John Beebe, AAF, sta
toned in England, and Charles Lat
tin Beebe, a student at the Univer-
sity of Arizona.
Funeral services will be held al
2:30 pm. tomorrow at the Wise fu-
neral home. Burial will be in Ar
lington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-02-09
Rodney {. ShuII Dies;
Rites 10 Be Tomorrow

Rodney c. Shun, IS, of 1925 Mac
Arthur boulevard NV, District
resident for 10 years, died yesterday
in Georgetown University Hospital.
Mr.. Shull came here to join the
Shun Co., electrical manufacturing
firm operated by his brother, Frank
T. Shull. He formerly had been con-
nected with a Brockport IN. "
bank. He was born in Branchport,
N Y, where be was member of the
Monroe Masonic Lodge.
He was a trustee of the George
town Presbyterian Church.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Lillian w.
Shull, and brother, he is survived
by a daughter, Mrs. Esther Moody,
and two sisters, Mrs. Frank L. East
man and Mrs. Frank H. Farlin, all
of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 pm. tomorrow at the Hysong
funeral home. Burial will be private.
Evening star., 1945-02-09
First Revision Of Bible
Since 1901 Completed
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Feb. 9.-The first au-
thorized revision of the Bible in
nearly a half century was completed
and in publishers hands today, with
the probability that the New Testa-
ment will be ready by Christmas.
Report of completion of the re-
vision, to be published under spon-
sorship of A Protestant denomina-
ticns, was made yesterday by Dean
Luther A. Weigle of Yale Divinity
School at a meeting Of executive
and education groups of the Inter-
national Council of Religious Edu-
cation.
Dean Weigle said the revision
used straightforward English based
on the King James and American
standard editions" and that pro-
|nunciation aids would be used only
for more unusual words. "a
He explained the American stands
ard revision of 1901 was the same
as the 1881 edition. The latter re-.
quired, where new words were used,
that they be of the Elizabethan pc
riod Of the King James version.
This resulted in the American edi-
ton being more Elizabethan than
the English version, he said. =
Work was first projected in 1880,
held up by the depression, and re-
sumed in 1887 by leading scholars
named by the churches. 81
Evening star., 1945-02-09
Francis P. HedIund Dies;
|WorId Renowned Sculptor
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa, Feb. g.
Francis Peter Hedlund, information
ally known sculptor, died at his
home here Wednesday after a long
illness.
Mr.. Hedlund was graduated from
the Beaux Arts Academy and
studied under Gutzon Borglum. His
outstanding works included monu-
ments at Stone Mountain, Ca;
Rushmore Memorial in South Da-
kota and the Golden Tower of the
Fisher Building, Detroit.
He is survived by his widow
Florenz; a son, Walter Hedlund OF
Worcester, Mass; two daughters
Mrs. William Hayes, Worcester, and
Mrs. Edward Hafey, Annapolis, Md;
four brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services will be held today
at the home, after which the body
will be taken to Worcester, where
services will be conducted tomorrow
in st. Paul's Cathedral. Burial will
be in st. Johns Cemetery, Worces.
| ter
Evening star., 1945-02-09
i. Doran Mccarfy,
as Years With Star,
Dies Unexpectedly

T. Doran McCarty, 81, who was
empoyed in the composing room Of
The star for As years, died unex-
|pectedly early today at Sibley Hos
pital.
Ill health forced his retirement
In August, 1912. Three days ago his
condition took a turn for the worse
and he was taken to the hospital.
Mr.. McCarty is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Catherine Connors Nc
Carty; daughter by his first mar
riage, Mrs. Thomas l.. Vass, WASH
ington; a brother, David ]. McCarty,
assistant foreman of The Star COM
posing room; a sister, Mrs. Harold
A. Spilman, Fullerton, Calf; two
grandchildren and a niece, Sister M.
Muriel of the Holy Cross. He was a
brother of the late Mrs. Margaret
Van Doren. His first wife died IA
years ago.
The family home is at Abb Illinois
avenue NV.
Funeral services will be held at
the residence at $3.50 o'clock Monday
morning, followed by mass at st.
Gabriel's Catholic Church at
o'clock. Burial will be in Glenwood
Cemetery.
Born in Washington.
Born in Washington on March 7,
1882, Mr.. McCarty was the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas McCarty.
The father was the first stereotyper
on The Star, and had been with the
paper q years when young Doran
came to the paper as an apprentice
in 1897.
As the years passed, he became
chief makeup man-it was his duty
to see that the type moved into the
forms properly-and while he al
ways worked quietly and unhurriedly
makeup editors had little to worry
about getting the paper out on time
when he was on the job.
Mr.. McCarty always enjoyed remi-
niscing about early days on The
Star. He recalled that the paper
carried its first page streamer
when the Spanish American war
broke out. The line read: 80 Mil
lions for Defense
Helped on First Extra.
An apprentice when President
Mckinley was shot, he, with two as
sociates, got out an extra-the first
in Washington. Then the youngster
turned street salesman and disposed
of 100 copies of the paper before he
had gone as far as Ninth and F
streets.
Mr.. McCarty was an expert rifle
shot, and associates still recall a
feat Of some years ago, when hawk
was preying on the pigeons fire.
quentlng the old Post ONCE Building
tower.
From the ninth floor of The Star
Building MIR. McCarty drew bead
on the hawk and dropped it on the
steps OF the first precinct, which
then stood on the site of the new
Post Office Department Building.