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places in franked envelopes. When
the sorting is completed draft head
quarters will have better idea of
the actual number of Washington
men registered for the draft and
Just how large a load each draft
board must carry.
Although the draft boards will
work at odd hours of the day and
night to get the names and num-
bers posted as soon as possible, the
boards classroom Offices will remain
open every day. with clerks on duty
to answer queries and carry on the
clerical work of the boards.
Draft Board chairmen in almost
every instance reported their Offices
were easily accessible to registrants,
although one board wanted its Office
moved from the third to the first
floor of the school, The Offices are
in classrooms, most of them with
movable furniture. At Langley
Junior High School, for instance.
Draft Board No. 81 will spread its
registration cards on tables in a
domestic science laboratory.
When the board chairmen re-
ceiVed. their stacks of registration
cards at the Archives Building yes
terday. they were advised to notify
the school janltorS if they planned
to be working late SO that heat
could be maintained in the building.
The only restriction put on their
activities is a no smoking" edict.
Cards Determine Clerk Assistance.
Each board is entitled to one clerk,
but from time to time may hire as
sistant clerks. The salaries of clerks
are not to exceed S150 a month and
the salaries of assistants not to eX-
Ceed Sl00 a month. Maximum al
loWances for Office hire for any one
board depends on the number of
reglStrants, ranging from l,099 and
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4n Mrntnrtat1t

LACKEY. JOHN S. In sad but loving
remembrance of my dear husband, JOHN
S. LACKEY, who departed this life four
years ago today, october s. 1886.
Gone, but never forgotten.
WIFE.
POWELL. MARY l.. In sad and loving
remembrance of our dear, devoted mother.
NARY l.. POWELL. who departed this life
,hree years ago today. October Is. 1887.
She had smile for every one,
heart as pure as gold:
To those who knew and loved her best
Her memory VIII never grow old
HER CHILDREN, NELLIE. GUY. JACK
AND MARIE.
RANDALL, HARRY d. In loving re-
membrance of our dear husband and IA
ther, HARRY D. RANDALL. who passed
away three years ago today. October Is.
1887.
At home on the beautiful hills of God.
BY the valley of rest so fair,
Some day. some time, when our tasks are
done,
With love we shall meet again.
WIFE AND CHILDREN.
SARGENT. THEODORE F. In loving
memory of our father. THEODORE F.
SARGENT. who entered into eternal rest
eight years ago today. october Is. 1882.
Blessed in the sight Of the Lord
Is the death of His saints.
HIS L0VING SON AND DAUGHTER,
GENT.
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EMPLOYEES Draft Addresses
Here NOT Held Tax Hazard

Vernon E. West, acting Corpo-
ration Counsel of the District, today
notified national headquarters OF
the Selective Service system that,
in his opinion, Federal employees in
Washington, who gave their Dis
trict of Columbia addresses rather
than their own legal addresses in
other sections of the country when
they registered Wednesday, have
not subjected themselves to the Dis
trict income tax.
In his letter. made public by Ma
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SICKLE, HARRY. On Thursday. October
y, 1910. HARRY SICKLE, aged 20 years.
voted father OF Miss Rebecca Sickle. Mrs
William 1nof, Samuel. Morris, Henry and
Solomon Sickle.
Funeral services at the Bernard DAN
zaGsK+ q Son tlIaeral home. 35OI l4th ST.
NV. on Sunday, October 20. al 10 m.
In -erment OheV Sholom Cemetery. 19
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leader replied crisply: "1f it is not
intimidation, it is very strong
hint"
He then asserted that the Re-
publican National Committee was
restricting all its activities to a point
not only within 'the letter" of the
Hatch Act but also within "the
spirit
Mr.. Martin, himself a newspaper
publisher, Scoffed at a recent state
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Guns on Guard as Traffic
On Road Is Resumed

CHUNGKING, Oct. 18 (P.-With
anti-aircraft guns reported poking
skyward at many a vantage point
on the road from British Burma
and Mandalay, traffic is resumed
today on that Chinese lifeline.
Under the imminent threat Of
bombardment from close-a hand
Japanese air bases in French Indo-
China, supplies for Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek's war machine
started rolling in the early darkness
today after three-month closure
in a British appeasement gesture
toward Japan.
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attempt at molestation by air or
sea-"
The succinct account today of the
British success was given official
status by the Air Ministry news
service which first reported it.
The service quoted "a reliable
neutral source" as saying that ION
September l6 many German troops
we're embarked. but were later taken
off the ships because of the
sustained offensive by the Royal Air
Force
1t was the first official admis-
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ply you with a list Of the salaries
of such Government employees. :"
Mr.. Quayle's memorandum said
that, "in a few words, anybody who
is not on relief is permitted and
can be urged to contribute, within
their means and desires, toward the
reelection of President Roosevelt" "
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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON,

sion that NaN troops had tr1ed 70
cross the channel.
If the Germans attempted in
vasion on dates other than Sep
tember 16, the aviation sources said
the fact that 1t did not develop
"can only be attributed to repeat
performances of a similar nature
by the r. A. F."
These quarters kept close silence
on details of the September 16 en-
gagement, their silence left only
the r. A. F. communique for that
day to hint the place or places OF
the asserted German defeat. They
would not comment on the num-
ber of German troops involved mol
on any possible casualties.
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organized meetings and demonstra-
tions to show their appreciation OF
Britain's decision to defy Japan and
reopen the road.
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Russia's Hour of Decision
Cincinnati Enquirer)


 The Soviet Union has done remarkably skill ful job of tightrope walking in the last 13 months It did not feel strong enoughsto deal directly with Germany, and had desire to fight in defense of Britain or France Consequently it made a bargain with Germany, and for its neutrality obtained half of Poland Capitazing every opportunity Russia extended it's power around the periphery of the Baltic Later, the Kremln manufactured an incident in the Balkans and recovered Bessarabia and little more
 This is not admirable record, for it is one of Wagng cod-blooded weaker peoples But considering only the game played by Germany and Russia must conclude that Moscow has done shrewd job of strengthening its security at the expense of Germany and against possible future German attack. Russia has not only avoided war but has benefited greatly by her neutrality"
 The time is at hand however, when the Soviet leaders may have to show their hand The latest German in Rumania either direct threat to Russia else indirect threat, by way of Turkey and Greece. It now becomes the task of welfare to find the means of discouragng a Ger man advance to the Dardanelles
 The time may also be at hand when the Kremlin must choose between giving grudgng and indirect aid to Britain one hand, and accepting such Ger aggrandzement as will place the Soviet Union in position of permanent and precarious weakness vis-a-vis Germany
 Turkeys vigorous policy of self-defense suggests that Moscow is ready at long last to take the risks entailed in outright challenge to German aggres- sion Even the explosive situation in French Indo- China, of such acute interest to Americans is likely to take secondary place in the until the clash brewing in the Balkans is resolved one way or the other.
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70 YEARS AGO 4 {efr E Ei!,tl ! u prnr IRE
OCTOBER 29, 1940

OCTOBER 29 1940 within short cordng Holman the Alaska Aircraft Northwestern in port.
 George Chief the Alaska Field Division General Land Office the City Seattle it's south bound a
 William mine blacksmith A. Hogberg, miner left the Etebeh for Bay where they be employed by the Alaska Admiralty Mining Company
 Kletzng the 
 California the visiting 
 MT F. Do to- leave the City of Seattle for Seattle
 the Alaska Commission, returned the City Seattle his inspection a Alaska, in zynda Hotel
 Weather cloudy.
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| ington Merry Go Round, which tells how the Ad- mnistration has sent out in Government franked envelopes millions of copies of speech by Am bassador Bulit lauding the Roosevelt foreign policy Such disclosures are made, not for partisan pur- poses but for the edfication of the American people, It has been demonstrated over and over again in this country that Americans be told the truth. They even be trusted to determine whether the things they told the truth.
 MT Boettigers reply to Col Blethen is one which must have stung the splenetic publisher in a tender spot if he has Wrote the publisher of the P-I.:
 We who have labored most of our life in the sweat of the city room far from the counting house of newspapering gently remonstrate with MT Blethen. We think that the average newspaperman will easily understand why members of the Presi- dents own family will not suppress opinions with which they happen to disagree. We do not, how ever question MT. Blethens inability to understand It is refreshing and downright honest of him, nevertheless, to permit the obvious inference to be drawn that if a coumnist in his paper, the Times, wrote something which offended his own august dig nity or perhaps a member of his own family, such offensive matter would reach the readers of the Times. It might be noted parenthetcaly, that it pains beyond words to print Pegler. We'd like to choke himl He is the kind of guy who is willing to money by being purposely crasser and stnkier than any decent columnist could ever be- But enough people have told they want to read him, and if they stand it, can, for the duration of this campaign anyway.
 There is no mysterious reason behind our tinuing to publish Peger in The Post-Intelligencer. It's just because believe in free press, real free press. For the same gave and still give MT. Wilkie and all the Republican candidates just fair break do MT. Roosevelt and all the Democrats We believe that readers, and yes, MT Blethen's readers, too have enough, given the undoctored unrigged facts to vote intel lgenty November g."
 A free press one which will give publicity toI friend and foe alike is one of the foundations of free America. Long may the American press remain free.
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HOROSCOPE "The stdrs incline
 but do not compep
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30
 This is not an important day ir planetary direction, but there is an adverse sign indicating the thwarting of plans and the re- tarding of preparedness accom- plishments.
 Heart and Home: Women should find this a fairly fortunate day It is promising for writing and especially for contracts signed un- i der this sway. The need of rest and relaxation should be recog- nized by busy mothers. This is a day for shopping for necessary things, but luxuries should be for gotten. Cooking is an art now much to be studied. The greatest amount of nutrition for the least money will be an aim of housekeepers Ill future months.
 Business Affairs: Radical politi- clans will attack capital with pe- culiar resentment this week. The New Moon of this date is read as presaging financial changes which will cause dire results for borrow CTS and those who have a con- tempt for the importance of money conservation. Trade will be good and demands for our exports will greatly increase.
 National Issues: The stars pres age an unusually large vote for the Republican candidate for the PreSi- dency whose energetic campaign ing will have indirect influence in defeating a number of Democratic Congressmen who seek reelection. Cabinet changes in London will have an effect upon certain voters who fear close relations with the British in their gallant fight against aggression. A
 International Affairs. New Zea- land and Australia are to be large purchasers of United States ppro- ducts. The air service which brings the Antipodes into neighborly re- lations with this country is to con tribute greatly to our prosperity. The death of a leading statesman in England is prognosticated. Money problems will confront European government heads as the winter approaches. Some drastic change in international banking is prog nOsticated.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a fairly pros porous year if they continue in well-worn paths and avoid love af- fairs.
 Children born on this day will be thoughtful and reserved, sensi- tive and reticent They may Ahave remarkable talents in music sor literature.
 Copyright, 1940)
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submitted by AFL President Bill Green, the document indirectly en- dorsed Roosevelt by presenting a very laudatory account of his la bor record and only quoting some excerpts from Willkie's speeches Published in this form, there would have been no doubt in the mind of the reader as to which side the AFL favored.
 Hutcheson hotly objected. ."The AFL is supposed to be non -parti- san,' he snapped. T insist that there also be inserted Willkie's labor record as head of Commonwealth and Southern"
 But he hasn't got labor record" demurred Green. The mos we can do is to quote from hi. speeches on his promises to labor We don't know to what extent ht was responsible for the union con tracts signed by subsidiaries 0 Commonwealth and Southern, be cause he had nothing to do witt their management"
 l But Hutcheson was not to b put off, and in the end he had hi way. Including in the report Wa a list. of c & s operating com panies that have signed uniol agreements.
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POLITICAL CHAFF

Ohio's genial Representative, Tom Jenkins, is quietly grooming him. self to run for Floor Leader Joe Martins post in the event the Re- publicans capture the House, when Martin would become Speaker
 Overlooked in the surprise defeat of Arizona's veteran Senator Henry Ashurst was the fact that he was beaten despite the blessing of Dr. Francis Townsend, old-age pension czar. This is the second senatorial trouncing for Townsend this year He opposed Senator Charles An drews of Florida, who won by a humping majority E. Prominent among the names listed on the letterhead of the American Writers for Wendell Willkie is that of Her. bert Hoover. In Philadelphia, whel COP senatorial candidate Jay Cooke proposed to city leaders thai Hoover be invited to make loca campaign speech. the response Wa: a loud and emphatic No
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WINNING IsoLATIoNIsTs

Very quietly, the Administration is waging a campaign to win over Midwest isolationist sentiment. Most striking feature of this campaign is the distribution of the Bullitt speech given at Independence Hal in Philadelphia aF
 This distribution has now reached the amazing figure of 2.384,000. It was done by using the congress sional frank of certain Senators who wanted the speech circulated. The printing was done by the Gov ernment Printing Office, but the bill was not paid by the Govern ment.
 After his speech, Bullitt received no less than 5000 letters and tele- grams, with unsolicited contribu- tions totaling more than S6,000 This paid for distribution of tho speech. The mailing lists were made up largely of RED names. a tactic which met the approval of Secre.
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HOW FREE THE PRESS IN 194O?

Freedom of the press, a perennial issue in America, is coming in for it's share of discussion in connection with the 1940 presidential campaign Most of the newspapers of the country, out of the solid South supporting MT. Willkie. It is their right to support whenever they please. We they support the Republican candidate because their editors in their wisdom and majesty honestly believe in MT Willke
 We have no time for the argument that most of the papers of the country supporting Willkie because of pressure exerted by their Republican ad vertisers No such pressure has been eXerted on The Empire by either Republicans Democrats. We are sure that if any advertiser sought to ap- proach any newspaper editor with demand that the newspapers policies be turned into channel pleasing to the advertiser he would be told not too politely where he could go.
 An honest newspaper-and believe 99 percent of the newspapers of the United States are honest does not sell its policies for advertising for money, for favor, for anything else
 Sometimes, however, the members of the news paper profession, protected by this great democratic right of freedom to say what they please right which exists today only in the United States of America themselves the first to forget what is meant by freedom of the press Thus we find a newspaperman like Col. Blethen publisher of The Seattle Times, marveling that his competitor, John Boettger publisher of the Seattle Post-Ineligencer should print syndicated column viciously deroga- tory of President Roosevelt who is MT Boettigers father-in-laW.
 For reasons that far too mysterious to be understood by the average newspaper man. writes Col Blethen, "a savage attack upon the President and his family by Westbrook Pegler published orgi- nally in the New York World Telegram also ap- peared in The Seattle Post-mteligencer last Tues day"
 The reasons not too mysterious for any newspaperman we know. The the same which have led The Empire in this campaign to give more space to stories about MT. Willkie than to stories about MT Roosevelt, because MT Wikie hap pened to be making most of the speeches and most of the news The reasons those which lead us to print unchanged column such as today's Wash
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has quietly taken a walk on the Republican organization-but not on Wendell Willkie.
 Hutcheson is still strong for Willkie personally. But he is quits as acting chairman of the COP labor campaign committee.
 Cause of the blow-up was a clash with Governor Harold Stas- sen of Minnesota, close Willkie ad- wiser, who had his own ideas on how to win labor votes for the COP. Hutcheson was in complete charge of the. labor end of the Republican campaigns in 1892 and '36 and expected to occupy the same place this year. When he found he had to share authority with Willkie Clubs and other in dividuals, not directly affiliated with labor unions, whom Stasser installed in the labor committee Hutcheson laid down his tools"
 National Chairman Joe Martin tried to placate Hutcheson, but ht refused to be honeyed.
 You'll have to get someone else Joe,' he declared flatly. Tn through. I'm for Willkie as mucl as you are and want to see hin elected But the election is onl, three weeks off and I can't pos sibly set up the kind of an or ganization that is needed to cap ture the labor vote at this lat date. I mean an organization o real labor leaders, men who ar known and respected in the labo movement-not Willkie Clubs"
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EIGHTY MILLION
 REPORTED TO BE
 ENTITLED TO VOTE

WASHINGTON, Oct 28. = More than 80,0O0,000 American men and women - a record for this country will be old enough to vote next month, the Census Bureau estimated tonight.
 Officials predicted, however, that not more than 50.O0O,OO0 actually will go to the polls on November 5 Apathy in addition to various dis qualifications and state residence re- quirements, will account for the re-
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tary Hull.
 Three people saw the Bullitt speech before it was delivered. One was Stanley Hornbeck, State De- partment adviser on Far Eastern affairs, who urged without success, that Bullitt tone it down. Another was Archibald MacLeish, Librarian of Congress, who was elated with it. The third person was the Presi- dent.
 NOTE-Highlight of the Bullitt speech was the warning: "The United States is in as great peril today as was France a year ago Unless we act now, decisively to meet the threat, we shall be toe late"
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Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

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 MISPRONOUNCED: A as TT mstressed HERE, first syllable
 OFTEN NdIsSPEILED: 
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 a i s vocabulary each TodayS wod indirect hint Philip active Eliot
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tors. Thus while price is impor- tant, it is no longer all-important in making the awards.
 Procurement experts predict that the new system not only will speed up deliveries, but also will elimin- ate many bottlenecks by dispers- ing production, build up local in- dustries and raise the general level of labor standards, since plants with the best standards will be giver preference.
 On the basis of orders already granted under the new system, ex- perts say costs will be no higher than under the old procedure.
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many marriage  At surrender to Washington? g. considered the greatest s serpent S. What the leading poultry ANSWERS: l. is a 9 Yorktown, October 19
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maining 30,000,000. In 1886 there were 75,137,000 of eligible age but only 45,646,817 votes were cast.
 A significant fact in the survey, the bureau said, is that the num- Der over 21 years old has increased more than 100000 in the last ten years while total population rose but an estimated 8,7OO,0O0. Decline in the birth rate and lengthening of the life span due to increased sani- tation and medical advance is the cause of this.
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PRO-WILLKIE

Hutcheson really meant what he said in declaring himself strong for Willkie personally. This was shown forcibly at a closed-door session of the AFL executive coun- cil, of which he is a big-gun mem Der
 The board met to pass on a pamphlet presenting the labor records of the rival candidates. As
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ENROuIE TO STATES

Mrs. Walter Griffin, wife of the proprietor of Griffin's Candy Shop in Fairbanks, is passenger aboard the Aleutian for the States toI spend the winter, going first to the Mayo Clinic, then returning west to California.
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FIVDANS LiiOOLIIL ROBERTA LEE

When in the building acquaintance should A. lift his e. Is it wedding 
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BOUND FOR NEVADA

MT. and Mrs. c. F. Shield are aboard the Aleutian frcm Fair banks, bound for Virginia City, Nevada, where he will devote his attention to placer properties dur ing the winter.
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DING TO ELENA

Mrs Harry P. Sheppard is aboard the Aleutian enroute to Helena, Mont from the Hot Soriros erAa where she has been for the sum- mer with her husband. MT. Snep- pard is going south later to spend the winter Outside.
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ON STRIKE

Hefty Bill Hutcheson, veteran boss of the AFL carpenters union and for many years an influential leader in Republican campaigns
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Rumana avoided the risk of fighting Germany in order to have German officers teach her army to fight for Germany
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Washington Merry
 Go-Round

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