Fairbanks Daily News-Miner from Fairbanks, Alaska • Page 4

PAGE FOUR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER FAIRBANKS DAILY NEWS-MINER Urge G-Men Stationed In Anchorage Chambsr of Com- tnercs Has Adopted Stro'ng Resolution Urgently requesting the federal government to station Federal Bureau of Investigation agents in each ol the four Alaska divisions, the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce has unanimously adopted a strong resolution, citing the recent Cache Creel: murders as proof of the need You miss no trains, You're never late for work You miss no planes, FOOD AND SERVICE THE BEST Try the Ghena For Christmas Gifts Electric. and LI III AN M. ROYCE Hand-Painted Gifts Second and Laeey Air-tight heaters, stove pips ovens, camp irj new inexpensive equipment for the camp or wani- gan. See our assortment. Right now we have a set of mechanical drawing instruments that are complete and at of original cost.

An electric washing machine, also used electric sewing machine just came in. Both of these pieces are good, used machines and can be bought at half the price of new. WE BUY AND SELL MORRISON'S USED FURNITURE STORE 529 THIRD AVENUE of such officers. According to the Anchorage i Times, the resolution, drawn by a special committee on law enforcement headed by A. G.

Thompson, lolcl of unfSlvod deaths under mysterious circnmKtnriccs in territory adjacent to Anchorage. The resolution pointed cut that although the Cache Creek crime was investigated by federal officials, ncne cf them trained men in tracking criminals and many valu- able were lost. The resolution said part: "Whereas, early in October there was committed in Tnlkcetna Precinct in the Third Division. Alaska, the most, terrible and revolting crime in the history of the Territory, in which fcur people, residents of sairi precinct, came to violent death upon their mining claims in said precinct at the hands of a person, cr persons, still unknown, the circumstance's connected with the crime, committed in three different in the same vicinity, appar- ontly r.n the same day, were of such' a revolting nature, and "Whereas, the crime was immediately investigated by the Commissioner of the precinct, and by the District Attorney (neither being trained investigators) it appeared that, the crime was murder and suicide, which theory, so far as the suicide is concerned, is now admitted to entirely untenable; and -Whereas, after a long delay, an investigation was finally secured to be made by an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, stationed at Juneau. but.

in the meantime, the sncv; had come, making the discov-' cry cf evidence difficult; and it is believed that had an investigation been made immediately by this investigator, and be- fere out-of-door evidence had been obliterated, that the crime have been solved, and the guilty, brought to justice: and' "Whereas, this crime is only cne Flames Sweep Venezuela Town was said to have taKe a ton i to Kavt tK of Alaskans Will Give Thanks All For Eagles' AnnualBame Occasion of Lo'ftg Standing Will Be H'eW TrranfksgiTrmf Ere Everything is in order at the Eagle' Hall for the annual Thanksgiving 1 dance 1 slxSsoreid by the active' lodge. Even' oldest of the old- timers can scarcely remember how I long the practice' has been going on. all agree that it is an idea that The splash ol sunshine which fil- s'hotlld never end. tcred jruo Fairbanks today boosted Under the leadership of the Ea-' hcvss higv, al sourdoughs glc dance committee, the hall has been decorated in keeping with a November 23 and rio' mitlin3, several hundred fiiiSci-its of isolated Interior Alaska may escape by the skin on a turkey's tooth the necessity of celebrating Republican Thanksgiving Day. Tnar.l:"givins gccsi.

and perishable trimmings into the hundreds cf pctaids were still in Fair- lite awaiting the i-man's signal to fly away to separated festal boards already laid for business tomorrow. o'rie will be able lo teli ifom the hall of the crowd that the date came very near to being November 30. To further add festivity to the occasion there will be favors passed out to all who atterid. Billy Boot and his Ork are in fine fettle for tonight. They can be depended upon to' do their are looking forward to a fancy meal of beans and bacon some time tomorrow and want to work tip an that will do justice to- the Is It Thanksgiving? Or Is It Isn't? Your Guess Is Good As Any Thanksgiving Facts Bared from Pages of History to Cfarify Debate Over November 23 versus November 30 Scramble in the Poultry and Pumpkin Market strip this Thanksgiving cf a number of violent deaths, and (hmg IQ Us nakedness, mysterious disappearances which A1 thij to do abQUt hether to have occurred in this Division, cr turkcy on any in the vicinity of Anchorage in the sp( ia i Thursday in Mo- last 15 years, whore either no in-1 vcmb sr has a good many American vestisaticn was made, cr where the residents of Alaska spin- investi igation was long delayed, ning in circles, except for some who rcles all year 'round.

sist overdoing a good thing. Curing Ihe years of the Revolutionary- War A 7 PWA Grant Received start at 10 and contirnie nritil 'way into the morning. A brief intermission will be held during the evening creek, roadhouse, at and trapline would not have to-wait umil November 30 to tu'cft in their bibs and mutter. "May I trouble you for the cranberry satice. please?" Subscribe to the while a 14-pound tnrfceyj is given i away as a door prize-' j' "SAY IT WITH FLOWERS" Fairbanks Gardens Flowers for Every Occasion Another Installment of Money for Municipaf Projects Is Remitted to Ciry Forty-nine thousand, two hundred the Continental Congress appomtea Qf puMJc Wwks one or more Thanksgiving Days mQney has just been rece i ved each year, except 1777.

However. by Mayor Le sic Ncr and when George Washington stepped a ounces up to the presidency, he pill a stop I to this extravagance. iras, money. The fourt Washington named two Thanks- foj This is the third remittance The fourth remit-' be re-: that it proved entirely futile, which deaths and disappearances have 0 in "l62l. which fell giving Days during his term- I 0 ne munici al i never been solved; somewhere between the Fourth Gla- Thursday.

November 2fi, 1789. and 1 -Wherefore be it resolved by the Pe iod and the War of 1812. a Anchorage Charr.be" of Commerce band of very hungrj- individuals at that, in the interest of justice and piy mout looked out of their win- better law enforcement, that an i dows one morn ng ar beheld some agent representing the F. B. I.

be fancy corn ears a few furrows of another in 1795. i ity's PWA projects are completed. Completed In Summer street pav- after he was prompted by a series of resolutions from Congress. stationed in each Division, with au- kg JmeSi and an occasional unfrost-1 Madison established a date for thority. in co-operation with the pumpkin I Thanksgiving at the close of the District Attorney and the Marshal, pivmciztli Harvest tc make immediate investigations of reported capital crimes." Ccpies cf the resolution will bo to chairr.it;i of the Federal Territorial Committees.

Delegate Dlmond. Governor Troy, and Dr nlo the hi5tol book5 Th? n. all tuckered out from their the NLRB was as yet unconceived ing project will not be completed until next summer, the fourth re-; I mittance will not Y. then. This was a lovely sight for cr.e with a growling tummy to see.

i Everyone grabbed a digging krilfe i runin and lhe first sure War of By 1858 25 states and two territories were no longer shilly-shally- ing around awaiting a presidential proclamation. They wjre observing their cwn Thanksgiving Days at the Ernest Gruening rallied round the festal beard for th: first official Thanksgiving Day celebration. About nine years icaticn in those days wasn't what it I() gj folks in the Massachu- That Brings jus about up to setts Bay Colony got wind of this date For every president since then Plymouth banquet. Swelling with has vs calculated that what was I The total of sewer, school-' house, sidewalk and paving projects is 5492,000, Fifty-five per cent, or $270,600 of this amount was financed by the sale of city bonds, and 45 per cent, or S221.WO. is an absolute grant.

S181.000 of Grant Received With the receipt of the latest $49,200. the sum of S181.000 of grant money has been received by the city. unity of thought and act. Lincoln This latest remittance of erant proclaimed Thanksgiving Day for be used, like previous the last Thursday of November, Alcns Came Abe Then along came Abe Lincoln. who was always a great hand for remittances, to pay contractors who did project work, accepted by PWA engineers.

civic indignance. the Mass. Bay Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade to stage their own Thanksgiving affair. Ccminunity Rivalry Thereafter on years when the fair agricultural exhibits warranted it, the Mass. Bay residents baked up some pics, touched off a squadron- cf turkeys, and passed out napkins.

good enough for Abe was good enough for him. President Roosevelt Franklin not after an explanation that many good people, especially retailers, had asked him during the past six years to shift the annual feast day to "ah earlier date. They complained that Thanksgiving was a good deal too Mercury Takes No Thanksgiving Holiday You can't escape even oh Thanksgiving. The weather, of course. Coldest Thanksgiving season recorded by the U.S.

Weather Bureau until 1030, when they decided that, nm chr i stmas an left only a for Fairbanks was in 1909, when crops or no crops, they'd celebrate handful or of shopping days even cold storage turkeys shivered Thanksgiving Day every before lne yuletide season. i at 54 degrees below zero. This was ono of the three late November days since 1904 when temperature dipped below the minus-fifty mark. The chilliest actual Thanksgiving day figure in the books was in 1933 when turkey-laden ovens needed extra coaxing to best a 36-below out- c-r atmosphere. Incidentally, Thanksgiving day in 1533 fell on November that means anything.

It's Never Too Early fa start yotir Christmas year (6t Sddfs order office help you. For copy jtrst pfronc Eo. 328, or visit Sear's Order Office. FAIRBANKS ORDIR OFFICE fGET SEARS 603 4TH EAST 328 before the Yuletide season. Curfcfrt History So that's the Thanksgiving saga id date.

And that's why folks in Alaska and 23 States are sharpening their carving knives today. Twenty-two other states are sitting around saying "Nyah, Nyah!" Twenty-three and 22 only add to Well, Texas. Maine, and Colorado just couldn't make up as long as there was anybody left alive to say thanks. Well. in Connecticut in the year 1S39.

the word got passed around what the Mass. Bay crowd was doing, so up sprang another Thanksgiving Day celebration. The Connecticutters liked the idea so well that they have had mor; Thanksgivings than citizens of any ether United 'States locality. Since their 1647 they've bowed their heads in Sc chey dec i d2d hat the prayer over a steaming turkey every Jet cc i ebrate both days. And they year since 1675.

Even the Dutch over Hew Nttherland took to this Thanksgiv- ing idea, and in 1644 they staked out, their day of graciousness to bs giv- i en special attention each year, or whenever there were sufficient provisions in the larger. Multiple Thanksgivings Of course, some factions can't re- WAHT-ABS NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed Administrator of Estate of J. O. McLellan, deceased, by Probate Court for Fairbanks Pvecinct, Alaska. AH persons having claims against said estate should present them, wUh proper vouchers, within six months from date of this notice, to the undersigned at Fairbanks, Alaska.

Dated November 1939. E. A. Tonseth, Administrator. First Pub.

Nov. 15, 1939. Last Pub. December 13, 1939. CLOSED ALL DAY THANKSGIVING Yours for Service LOSS FORESTAHED 3 i I Wherever you go, when your travel fund's are in the form of AMETOCAN EXPRESS TRAVELERS CHEQUES DICKIE DARE you have, by a simple' protective move, forestalled the po'ssi- i bility of any acftral cash loss to you.

i They are spendable evcrjTvtere, end if lost or stolen a prbirjpt refund is made. for each $IOO purchased. iflO, First OF FAIRBANKS 6S-T LOST! WAT -TOfJSK. 16 THE KAJAU'S 'CM6S DAN ir OUT! ALL- 1 GOriA OO UeAD FEZ in.