THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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MARRYING IN FRANCE
“Let me give you a little advice”,
says a writer in one of Paris’ leading
journals, addressing himself to the
maidens of France. “There are
many Americans in France and you
know very well how charming they
find you. They find our women
more disposed to be fellow workers
with them than those of other coun
tries, they appreciate you highly,
but, my dear little French girls, you
must not be frivolous. Americans
are grown-up children, somewhat in
genuous, a trifle puritan, and quite
ready to marry you, and an Ameri
can husband and a French wife make '
an excellent married couple. So do
not waste the chance of that marked |
purity which is so seldom found <
among the men of ancient Europe”'
Another writer, in the Petit Jour
nal, welcomes the report that Ameri-!
can-Freneh marriages are becoming
very common, as excellent from the
idyllic and sentimental point of view
also for the fusion of the two races,;
but expresses some anxiety as to the
repopulation of France. He fears
that when the war is over- the Ameri
can husbands will carry away their;
French wives across the Atlantic and ;
France will lose that many house-1
holds, a loss that the country is not i
in condition to stand. !
The writer quotes a letter that
he has received from a French girl,
engaged to an American, in which
she says that she had laid down no
conditions in accepting the proposal
but had made her fiance understand
that after the war there would be
work for everyone in France and
so he had promised to remain in
France and if children came they
should be French citizens.
“There’s a good example,” com-;
ments the article, “Let all French j
girls follow it. America will not be ;
perceptibly poorer and France will
be enriched. It is one more kind
act that we can beg from our Allies
and one they are not likely to re
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FORDS OF THE AIR
The smallest British airplanes now
being manufactured are actually of
less span than the largest birds. The :
great albatross has been known to
measure nearly 18 feet from wing-!
tip to wing-tip. A certain type'
of “midget” airplane recently ex- i
hibited in London is only 15 feet!
in width.
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“These are the machines which
we may expect to see after the war
carrying our mails,” declared Major
Orde Lees, of the British aviation
service recently, “and they will be
almost as universal as the smart
automobile mail vans of pre-war
times. These small machines will be
largely used by the postal authori
ties on account of the existing limit
ations of storage and starting
grounds in our great cities. Postal
aerodromes, like railway stations,
must be near the postoffices, at least
in the initial stages of the develop
ment.
“Later the problem may be solved
by the use of the pneumatic tube
communication between the central
postoffices and the postal aerodromes.
In delivering letters to distances of
250 miles or more, the big types
of airplane will be used, but for
local work small machines are likely
to be much more serviceable.
“Dropping the mail bags by para
chute will be given a jjood tr#al, and
this if successful, will be of great
assistance. Bags may also be picked
up while flying, after the manner
in which mailbags are now caught
by express trains.”
The American navy is constructing
a base hospital on the grounds of
an old estate at one of the most pic
turesque spots on the Irish coast.
The ward and other buildings which
are almost completed are on a slope
that gently rises from the sea to be
topped at its crest by a fringe of
giant beech trees in front of which
is the old mansion house. The old
home is being attractively fitted as
a nurses' home to accommodate
eighteen of the thirty nurses to be
sent there.
While there has been very little
sickness among the personnel at the
American Destroyer Base, a hospital
has been needed. The buildings
were constructed on the “knocked
down” plan, shipped to the site, and
are now being pieced together.
ine nospitai will nave its own
garden, raise its own poultry and
maintain its own small dairy. Al
ready the sailors have turned farm
ers. Pastures on the estate afforded
a good hay crop. The barn has been
filled with it and there is a fair
sized stack in a feld ready for the
stock that is to some.
I* England “His Majesty the
King” and the humblest subject have
a duplicate ration card.
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AMERICAN ARMADA;
FIRST DAY IN PORT
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The Second Instalment
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American Port in Western France,
—An American armada of thirteen |
great transports bringing 36,000'
I fighting men to France had come
| quietly into port during the night'
! and the landing of this little army
' was soon to begin.
Going on board the transports,
The Associated Press correspondent
had an opportunity to see the equip
ment for this huge undertaking, and
how the men had lived and fared
on their trip across. It was a long
climb up the rope ladder to the deck
of a former Ward liner rebuilt as
a transport. Soldiers packed the
decks and were thick as flies in
every cabin, hatch and between
decks down to the very bowels of
the ship. The spacious promenade
deck has disappeared, and in its
place were long lines of “standees”,
or metal hammocks, for the men
sleep in the open on deck as well
as between decks.
The men looked well, and the re
port from the sick t,y showed only
six cases of sickness out of 3,000
men aboard,a very good showing,
said the doctor. In the mess hall!
a relief of men were taking their'
breakfast. There was no sitting ■
down at a table. The men stood
•ft high troughs, very clean and j
practical, each man with his own!
tin plate, knife, fork and spoon, j
tossing off with relish the hot coffee
and good white bread and butter.
We tasted this bread and found it
a revelation—real brea^ so differ
ent from the potato bread we are
used to as a war diet. And real
butter, a luxury for soldiers only,
which no one begrudged them.
Between decks tiny blue lights
were burning to let the men see
their way about with some degree!
of freedom. These are the only j
lights abdard, no lights ou deck of,
any kind to avoid danger of fire-!
At night the men felt their way'
about.
The living quarters between decks :
were scrupulously clean, and even :
after ten days of this crowded life
afloat there was not a trace of odo»-,
the floors were scrubbed and there
was no litter about. It would have
cheered the heart of an exacting i
housekeeper.
“The admiral says it is the clean
est transport afloat”, said the naval I
officer with as much pride in the
record as one in marksmanship.
In the wash rooms, the men were
at long porcelain wash troughs.
Everything showed the spick and
span neatness of the efficient naval
management. In the kitchen galley
savory dishes were being prepared,
and in the bread-making plant the
long line of ovens were turning out
stacks of white bread for these 3,000 ,
hearty eaters. This was a meatless ‘
day, for civilians, but one of the'
negro chefs offered us a taste of j
the steaming meat curry, which
would have done credit to a Paris'
chef.
An exciting event of the trip was ;
learned as we passed along. Most '
of the voyage had been uneventful. .
But, nearing this side a lookout had
signalled the appearance of a peri
scope. Soon the deck guns got into
action, and two depth charges were
dropped over the spot where the1
periscope was last seen. But there -
was no further sign of hostile craft.
If the depth charges took effect
they left no trace for there was no
wreckage on the water. Very soon
the incident had passed and some
of the ships did not even know any
thing unusual had occurred.
On the upper deck we saw the!
deadly depth charges and the long
tobaggan slide along which they!
are started ontheir errand The
charges were in metal cylinders the '
size of a cask, two on each side 1
ready to drop over.
Besides these the gunnery officer
was proud of the possession of guns
made for use on battleships, but
mounted here on deck.
“They will outshoot any sub
marine afloat”, said the officer, pat
ting his big weapons as though
they were pets.
In the officers’ mess hall one of
the officers summed up the results
>f the trip. Most of the men, he
said, were from the West, with a
large number of farmer boys who
tad never been on the water before,
rhis was a great experience, a great
adventure, and they were eager for
it. There was little sea-sickness
after the first few days. The men
ooked forward anxiously to getting
into the fighting front, for there
was one common impulse running
through them all, as shown by their
letters home—that there was a big
job ahead which had to be done,
and they wished to do it and have
Jone with it so as to return home.
As we came ashore two American
airplane sections were being de
barked, with their Libetry motors
and all the paraphrenalia of flight.
These arrivals, long deferred, but
now coming strong and fast, were
almost as cheering as the arrival of
troops, and together they signalled
that vital part in men and machines
that America would soon be taking
in the critical stage of the great
conflict.
EAGER FOR END;
KAISER DESPISED
AMSTERDAM.—A recent semi
offical statement published in Ger
many describing Luxemburg as a
“German town” has attracted at
, tention again to the bitter lot of
j the people of Luxemburg, whose
| princess vainly appealed to the Ger
I mans to spare her little country in
[ the early days of the German in
jcursion into Belgium.
| For four years now, the citizens
of Luxemburg have lived isolated
under the yoke of German military
domination. Three thousand Luxem
burgers have escaped into France
and joined the French army.
It is true that Luxemburg has,
not faced, as Belgium and Serbia
have, the devastation brought in de
fensive fighting on her own soil,
but war has come by air, and just
as it has been necessary for the
Entente airmen to bomb German ■
billets in Belgium and French towns,!
so they have frequently had occa
sion to bomb Luxemburg, and with
deadly effect.
German propagandists in Luxem
bur^, as in Belgium, have constantly
attempted to rouse hostiliy to the
Entente by exploiting these air raids
but their efforts have proved unsuc
cessful, and the people of Luxem
burg persist, despite all propaganda,
in regarding the German invader as
the real culprit, recognizing clearly
that Luxemburg is raided only be
cause the German army is there.
The Luxemburg parliament and
government have lodged protests at
Berlin against the action of the Ger
man army in placing anti-aircraft
guns around the city of Luxemburg.
AMERICAN CONSUL
MAKING LONG TRIP
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LONDON.—A thrve weeks’ trip
up the Congo river by a steamer is
in store for Harry A. McBride, of
Detroit, United States consul in Lon
don, who left here recently on a
government mission which will take
him to Central Africa. Mr. Me
Bride, who was formerly United
States consul in Belgian Congo, ex
pects to spend four or five months
in Central Africa on business for
the United States government.
Before departing for the Belgian i
Congo, Mr. McBride is to go to Mon- i
rovia, the capital of Liberia, having i
lately been appointed temporary re- j
ceiver-general and financial adviser i
of the Liberian government. <
NOTICE OF MARSHAL’S SALE
United States of America. Fourth
District of Alaska, ss:—
Public notice is hereby given, that
by virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias
(or execution) issued out of the Dis
trict Court of the United States for
the 4th District of Alaska on a judg
ment rendered in said court, on the
26th day of June, A. D. 1918, in favor
of Kuskokwim Commercial Co., a
corporation, and against Thomas
Robin, I have, on this 22nd day of
August, A. D. 1918, levied upon
the following described real estaV,
situated in the precinct of Innoko,
and Territory of Alaska, to wit:
All the right, title and interest
of the defendant Thomas Robin in
and to that certain mining claim
known as the "Bonanza Association”
on Little Creek, in Innoko Pre
cinct, 4th Division of Alaska, and
all of the right, title and interest
of the defendant in and to claim
Number one below on Little Creek,
aforesaid in Innoko precinct, 4th
Division of Alaska; and that I will,
accordingly, offer said real estate
for sale, at public vendue to the
highest and best bidder, for cash,
on the 4th day of November, A. D.,
1918, at 10 o’clock A. M.. at Front
door of the Marshal’s Office, at
Flat City. Alaska.
Dated. Flat City, Alaska, August
22nd, 1918.
I.. T. ERWIN
LT. S. Marshal, Fourth Dis
trict of Alaska.
By G. G. GERAGHTY,
Deputy.
CHAS. E. TAYLOR,
Plaintiff’s Attorney.
First publication Sept. 13. Last
publication Oct. 18.
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WANT ADS
LOST—A pair of gold-rimmed spec
tacles in a common black case,
on Wednesday night. Finder
please return to News office.
WANTED—Carpenters to build ad
dition to warehouse. Simson’s.
FOR SALE—Steamer trunks, trav
eling bags, suit cases- A large
; variety to choose from. Simson’s.
FOR SALE CHEAP—Business lot at
Third and Market; also shot gun.
Inquire Mrs. Lavin. 9-12
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, FOR SALE, CHEAP—Large tank
| heater and pipe drum: flush toilet,
j good as new; also sink. Inquire
Simson’s.
[FOR SALE.—Mrs. W. F. Lyons is
leaving for the Outside soon and
offers shop, fixtures and business
j in cleaning and pressing clothes,
) for sale. N'o reasonable offer re
j fused- Shop is on A street, near
blacksmith shop.
FOR RENT—LTpstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern
[FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN—Sew
ing machine, phonograph, launch
Bunny, with 2 'n h. p. Ferro en
gine, shot gun, rifle, etc. Inquire
I of J. A. Slippern.
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j FOR SALE—Beaver Board, in plain
and oak finish. Doors and win
dows, sash stock and mouldings
Inquire Simson’s.
FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern
FOR SALE CHEAP—Cook stove in
good condition. Inquire News
office.
| CHAIRS FOR SALE—Several rock
ers and dining chairs; also rug.
Inquire News office.
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