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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-12
WESTON E BACK
 FROM kETCHIkAN

Dr. John I. Weston, Tuberculosis Clinician for the Territorial Depart ment of Health. returning from Ket- chikan, was among those arriving in Juneau yesterday orr board the AL aska.
 Dr. Weston has been in Ketchikan for several weeks making x-ray ex- aminations at the Tubercular Test ing Clinic there. Over 75 x-rays were taken.
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FIRES 5E!!
 IN RADON
 ITALY PORT
Blaze Seen for 80 Miles After RAF Gets Through
 Bombing of Naples

CAIRO, July 12.-Fires, visible for 30 miles, were caused last night by RAF raiders on the great Italian seaport of Naples, the Middle East Command announced this forenoon.
 The RAF pilots report that bombs were seen to hit the railway sta- tions, warehouses, fuel tanks, ship ping and an airplane factory.
 The previous night, RAF raiders hit four large Axis ships in the Naples harbor.
 RAF bombers have also made suc- cessful raids on Tripoli.
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U- Boais Are
 Being Sent
 Down, Report
First Lord of Admiralty Says Campaign Against
 Subs Is Successful

LONDON, July 12.-First Lord of the Admiralty Alexander asserted today the British have been par ticularly successful in operations against submarines of the Germans in the past few weeks
 T am not going to help the en- emy by saying where or when we sunk the U-boats or how many have been sent down. said Alexander.
 The statement was made to a cheering South End audience this afternoon.
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Two viianlin Pills Daily
 For Soldiers
Troops in Alaska Are fo Be Served Tablets in Their
 Regular Rations
Radioph0fo

WASHINGTON, July 12-Troops serving in Alaska and other far northern outposts will henceforth get two vitamin pills daily, accord ing to an announcement made today by the War Department.
 The tablets are to be included in the regular rations as a safeguard against diseases of the regions where fresh meats, vegetables and dairy products are not available.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-12
Boy Movie
 Stunter Is
 Unconscious
Kefehikan Lad, Who Aeei- dentdlIy Hanged Himself
 Month Ago, Is Critical

SEATTLE, July 12-Uncorlscious since he hanged himself a month ago while showing his playynates how to do it for the movies, Ed ward Akins, aged II, of Ketchi- kan, is still in a critical condition
 The Coast Guard cutter Haida brought the boy to Seattle fol treatment. He suffered spinal in jury when a plan he was standing on with moose around his neck broke and he was suspended be- tween two stumps until rescuers arrived and cut him down.
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Territorial l Is Down $S1,o00
Olson Report Shows Pro gressive Decrease
 from 38 Peak

The net cash balance in the Ter ritorial Treasury on June 30 was $l,- 160.585.46, the smallest amount for that date in the past four years but exceeding the balance on June 30 for any year from 1881 to 1897, Ter ritorial Treasurer Oscar G. Olson re- ported today.
 The treasurer's net cash balance as of June 30 for the past II years hac haar1 O c frI1oxs,e.
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STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. July 12-Clos ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at today's short session of the New York Stock Exchange is AZ, American Can 87A, Anaconda 29A 1, Bethlehem Steel 75A, Common wealth and Southern 9/16, Curtiss Wright 9, General Motors 39, In- ternational Harvester 50A, Kenne- colt 39, New York Central 1924 Northern Pacific 7h, United States Steel 58ls, Pound $4.03h.
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JENsONs ARRIVE

MT. and Mrs. Harold Jenson, who were married recently in Sitka, re- turned last evening on the Tyee They are at the Gastineau Hotel.
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AT GAsTINEAU HOTEL

MT. and Mrs. Ernie Hiltz return ed to Juneau after an extended va cation Outside and are stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
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An estimated 1000 miles of mine tunnels weave around under the streets of Butte, Mont. a.
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Seven brothers named Patten are stationed on the U.S.S. Ne- vada.
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DOW, JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow. Jones averages: industrials 12780, rails 29.23, utilities 1861.
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Leaves swept from the streets of Lexington, Ky. are baled to trim hauling costs.
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Government Employees Using Federal Cars, May
 Now Use Taxis Instead
Radiophoio

Investigating committee with this one caution: It may work fine on sunny days, but just try to find a cab at any price during storm.
 The office space problem here is reaching the point where govern ment workers are turning loose a lot of humor on it. The most re- cent came out of the War Depart ment the other day in an office where civilian clerks already were rubbing either elbows or shoulder blades. An electrician turned up there and started chiseling square space out of the wall for an cleo tric fan. The office wag wanted to know: What are you doing, fel- low-making room for another clerk?"
 The story is that the Navy
 couldn't take it. The Army
 had it's Jimmy Stewart. The
 marine corps had it's Jimmy
 Roosevelt. And what did the
 Navy have? Just bunch of officers. So they got out the
 tContillued on Page Seven)
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WASHINGTON SOCIAL WAR

In addition to hot weather, war debates and national defense, Wash ington now has something else to worry about, social squabble over Aid to Britain vs. Aid to American Draftees.
 The first engagement in this mo- mentous struggle took place in the lobby of Washingtons fashionable Mayflower Hotel.
 Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, with all the unction of a dowager, was dis pensing stamps to buy British am- balances, while Mrs. H. Charles Spruks, wife of the Ceremonial Of- ficer of the State Department, was offering buttons for the United Service Organizations.
 The trouble was when Mrs. Spruks left her booth for a visit to USO headquarters. Returning, she found that Mrs. Tuckerman, with British colors flying, had taken her place, and the USO booth had been re- legated to a more obscure position. Promptly Mrs. Spruks appealed
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WASHINGTON-W Will kie, first generation American, came within four million votes of being elected President. William Knud- sen, born in Denmark, is Director General of the OPM; Sidney Hill man, born in Lithuania, is Associate Director of the OPM.
 But despite their fame and emin- ence, not one of these national leaders could get into Naval Intel ligence.
 Reason is that no matter what the ability, experience or proven loyalty of native-born citizen, he is barred from service in Naval Intelligence-unless he is a fourth generation American.
 There is no law or Navy regula- tion setting up such an extreme re- striction. In fact, Navy brass hats are very careful not to admit it's existence in writing But like the unwritten caste rule that bars en- listed men in the Navy from perm anent commissions, so this invisible but ironclad barrier operates to keep all but a select class out of Naval Intelligence.
 How the system works is shown in the following specific case:
 A crack Washington newSman who is a native born American with a law degree and knowledge of two foreign languages, eager to serve in the emergency, applied for re- serve commission in Naval Intelli- gence. His recommendations were of the best. But all he got was a courteous run-around.
 Finally, after writing letter di- rect to Secretary Knox, the news man was referred to It. Command CT w. L. Gates, Director of Naval Reserve activities, Washington Ma wy Yard. The Newsman called on the officer, who questioned him about his experience and back ground and then asked, Were your grandparents born in the United States?"
 "NO, they were not"
 I'm sorry replied Gates, 'but no appointments are being given in Naval Intelligence except to men whose great-grandparents were born in this country"
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-17
THE POPULAR FRONT

WITH ENGLAND AND RUSSIA allies in the
w war against Germany, the United States finds
itself with new partner-albeit an extremely
unpopular one.
The latest treaty. however, must not be con-
strued as an laid to Russia" policy but in the
light of a stop Hitler pact which must be sup
ported.
Undoubtedly the greatest break for the world
at large would be an endless struggle between
Nazism and Communism until both are complete
ly gone from the earth but it is almost certain
that Germany, despite her slight begging down
will be too well organized for the great bear.
1t cannot be expected that Russias signing q
"no separate peace clause with the British will
mean any more than the scrap of paper possessed
early in the war jointly by France and England
If things get tough, Russia will probably quit
Nevertheless, the arrangement has it's good
points
1t allows England to send strategists to Mos
which should prolong the conflict and enable
John Bull to learn few new Nazi tricks. This
information will be valuable later. Too, every
day the war to the east is prolonged, the better
chance the Axis powers have to be eventually
we have gone too far to retreat.
With the blitZ turned away from the channe
the British, with evermore aid from this c0un-
try, can send waves of planes over Germany
The effect should be revealing because the people
of that saber-rattling nation are totally unaccuS
toned to the horrors of war with the exception OF
belt-tightenng.
The last great war ended with the lands OF
Germany virtually untouched by foreign hee
prints and far in this war the Gocring air fore,
has been too superior to allow Britain to do mucl
real damage-but with the Luftwaffc turned tC
other tasks, England has its opportunity
1t remains to be seen if the German pcopl,
can stand up under a terrific pounding well as
the English. On their reactions may easily hans
the outcome of this struggle
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-17
DON'T RESTRICT TRUCK CONSTRUCTION

WHEN OUR DEFENSE program actually gets
w into full swing, by early 1912, every trans
portation facility in the country will be sWamped
We have already had some examples in the mat
ter of inadequate pipelines for petroleum products
and we are going to have more of them when the
huge flood Of raw materials and finished products
is actually on the move
There has been talk of restricting materials
necessary for the manufacture of commercial We
hicles 1t can be demonstrated that at this par
ticular stage OF our progress, steel for trucks is
even more necessary than for battleShipS. All Of
the productive facilities in the country are use
less if we do not have a corresponding volume OF
transportation equipment which can feed raw
materials to our plants and take away their fin
ished products
Equally important is the fact that in order to
finance the huge armament program, other non
military industries must also be kept on the move
The defense program cannot feed upon itself. 1t
must live upon the taxes derived from other in
dustries These other industries require trans
portaton just as much as the defense industry
does If you deprive these industries of their
Transportation, the defense program is deprived
|Of the money required to finance it.
There must be no shOrtsighted policy which
would hamper transportation in its need for mate
Trials for the construction of more vehicles to han
die our rapidly expanding tonnage Of defense and
|non-defense goods. Looking at the subject in q
broad way, there is no such thing as non-defense
materials at this moment. There is not an item
(which, through the taxes imposed on it, does not
the time to build ever-increasing transportation
capacities. Let us not attempt to gage what is
looming by current demand. If we do, we will fall
lso far short Of the mark our requirements that
1--WE will actually be thrOttlng the very dominance
(which we propose to acquire.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-17
AN EMPLOYER TESTIFIES

EMPLOYERS AND UNION MEMBERS accuS-
toned to collective bargaining processes know
that face to face meetings at the conference table
tend to dissolve prejudices, make for appreciation
of the other fellows point of view and in general
promote understanding and friendlinesS.
With the advance of collective bargaining, the
value of face to face meetings is becoming more
and more recognized. But many employers and
perhaps some labor men have been slow to see
this. One Of the employers who had to be shown
was Frank l.. Andrews, president of the Hotel AS
sociation of New York. Now Mr.. Andrews is
converted as witness his testimony at the recent
signing of a new agreement between the hotel
association and the New York Hotel Trades, A
f. of l..
''When we first sat down in negotiations with
the union" he said, there was suspicion in oul
hearts about each other, until the time when We
began to know each other better. AS a result for
the first time a large part Of the hotel industry
became unonized. The contract that was signed
turned out satisfactorily and it's commitments
were carried out by both sides. The fact that We
are extending the contract today denotes salts
faction and confidence as between employers anC
employees in the hotels covered by the agree
ment"
What Mr.. Andrews said adds up to the fact
that conferences in good faith between employ
ers and union representatives aid good feeling anC
industrial peace.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-17
UNION POSITION SUPPORTED

ORGANIZED LABOR'S stand against long hours
" of work for bus and truck drivers is supported
in the strongest possible way by recent tests
made by the National Institute of Health's indus
trial hygiene division. Physicians, after exhaus-
tive tests, concluded that tired driver is an un-
safe driver, which is exactly the position taken
by labor
The findings of the National Health Institute
a subdivision of the Public Health Service, that
continuous driving "measurably decreases the
drivers efficiency" and renders him dangerous or
the road have equal if not more significance fo1
private drivers, it is pointed out
The experiments with nearly 900 bus anc
truck drivers in 1900 test sessions in Baltimore
Nashville and Chicago are the first attempts tt
measure accurately the mental and nervous IA
tigue resulting from driving under actual roac
conditions. While reactions Of drivers to fatigue
tests varied widely, it was determined that al
showed such decrease in efficiency that it ind
Gated the desirability of a motorists limiting his
hours of driving.
"A reasonable limit on the hours of service
permitted trucks and bus drivers (now 10 hours)
'would react in the interest of highway safety
it was declared
The findings in every way back up the posi-
tion on driving hours taken by the lnternationa
Brotherhood of Teamsters and other unions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-17
FIVE CITIES OWN RADIO
STATIONS

New York City.-Five cities in the
country own and operate radio sta
tions, exclusive of police and fire ra-
dio facilities, and four of them Sc
cure revenue from the enterprise, a
survey by the International City
Managers Association shows. The
five stations are WNYC, in New
York City, WRR in Dallas, WAX in
Jacksonville, WCAM in Camden, and
WSUN in st. Petersburg. They were
all established from 1921 to 1927. All
of them operate on full-time basis,
and all except WNYC sell part of
their booadcasting time to sponsors
of commercial programs.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-17
ARMY CHIEF RAISES THE QUESTION

{ ('IIlEF OF STAFF GENENAL NARSIIALL
urgently recommends that Congress- remove
legal restrictions that now prevent the use Of the
Army outside the United States He also asks
that the War Department be given authority tc
extend the service Of drafted men. General Mar.
shall carries heavy weight in Washington where
he is best known and universally respected. New
crtheless, he has "stirred up the anmals.'
Secretary of War StmsOn and Secretary OF
Navy Knox have advocated many phases Of &C
tivity that would put our soldiers and sailors il
the European War. These advocates of war are
not going to get immediate results while Germany
and Russia are fighting it out.
But there is an unmStakablc tendency among
some of the most powerful officials OF the Gov
ernment to push the United States clear in tn,
war. On the other hand, the anti-ntevcntion
lists have the power in their keeping at this time
ANY change in the European scene or some spec
Itacuar move from Japan might force the issue
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-17
ICELAND is A HOT SPOT

II CONGRESS- WAS SHOCKED when President
~ Roosevelt told the Senate and House about
Occupying lceland-without asking permission
Congress didn't just what could be done about
the matter, so individually the members agreed
that it all right. Then the President told his
|presS conference, and the press told the world
THAT Western Hemisphere borders were out Of the
picture and that other islands and territories
would be seized by our Navy and Army when nee
|essary. Nobody can stop this Presidential def
ance of Germany except Congress.
Congress seems satisfied to have been relieved
|of it's responsibilities and right now is patting the
President on the back telling him to 'g0 after
| em''-meaning the Germans.
The sinking Of the Robin Moor by German
submarine remains an important oilense against
our country. The National Administration anC
the American Navy is prepared to shoot first il
Germany interferes with American ships, or The
delivery of American aid to England. What vii
be next? Washington doesn't know, but the
President and Congress has settled down to the
LOB of helping to crush Hitler.
At present the disposition is to refuse consent
Ito General Marshalls request to send American
troops overseas. But the United States is "in,'
and our Government is definitely in to the finish
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-17
MONEY NEEDED

The government needs money and that is one
of the reasons behind the new Defense Bonds.
They are a good buy And if you do not help out
by buying bonds, which will pay you interest on
your investment, you are quite sure to pay higher
taxes On this latter 'investment' YOU know,
there is no interest paid. One Of the purposes of
the bonds is to take some of the peoples extra
money out Of circulation and thus prevent boom
and imitation and the depression that otherwise
would surely follow. Taxes will help do this too
And the government, besides not being required
to pay interest on taxes, need not pay back the
principal either SO, better buy bonds. The gov
ernment might be all too willing to substitute ar
extra tax program if the bond idea fails-Tow1
and Country, Pennsburg, Pa.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-17
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hdtchet Out
The Truth
QUEER READINGS
. WHEELER VS.. PRESIDENT
. INFORMER
. RETIREMENT BEST

We read queer things in the papers.
Wheeler challenges the President,
for one thing.
Wheeler knows how to get himself
into print.
He challenges the President! Isn't
that rich.
He puts it right up to the
President. Heap brave man.
Wants the President to ask Con-
gress to declare war, whereupon, if
Congress agrees, Wheeler will support
war.
One can almost get suspicious Of
what Wheeler supports-unless you
agree with him, as Lindbergh does.
Time was, way back, when Wheel
er came to the Senate, rampaging
liberal, running around to ask labor
men what he could do-seeking la
boris front offices; then running with
the great Elder La Toilette on a plat
form approved and backed by labor.
X X X
And all of that was right after that
other war, in such different days.
There came along with Wheeler
group Of others-Brookhar of Iowa,
the arp-shooter-and other. They
made up rather brave band, with
Magnus Johnson in the role of some
what heavy comedian.
But come these later days and the
portents of another war for us.
Bert Wheeler, as those who are dis
fn ho Iyin {o h
or is it spelled Burt, with u?-goes
on forever, but in such different
| vein.
No barb is too sharp for Wheeler
to cast at the President; seemingly
no blast too mean to loose.
Somehow it almost seems as if a
fellow like Wheeler, with all the
venom he throws around, might feel
like porcupine sleeping on his own
Guills!
There are other SMILES, but let it
go at that.
He must, in the very nature Of
things, irritate himself, draw upon
his own juices, to exhaust and burn
them with his own heat, first having
soured them with the overplus of acid
that drips from his words.
1t doesn't seem possible that Sena-
tor Wheeler is happy man.
In his latest barrage of babble he
has said he intends to "keep the
country informed" after having
drawn Winston Churchill's fire for
telling about the landing of our forces
in Iceland; about the British moving
out.
The American people are quite we'll
informed, on all that it is safe to
talk about.
1t is a risk, indeed, for only the
brash to undertake, when one prom
ises to "keep America informed"
which can mean only that America is
to be Informed" about military Sc
crets that none should know except
those who are commissioned to carry
them into effect.
On such matters, to keep our own
people informed is to keep the Nazis
informed.
1t would be better if the Senator
and his like were to retire to the val
leys and the woodlands of the far
interior, there to contemplate the fish
and the deer which do not conscious
! ly blab their whereabouts to an en-
emy.
Thwarted ambition may have gen.
Grated this strange bitterness in the
innards of Burt Wheeler.
But it isn't fair for him to take
it out on the nation in its hour of
trial and peril. 1t can get to be a
very serious matter-CMW.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-17
FRED CROXTON,
PUBLIC SERVANT
(From the Journal of Electrical
Workers.

(From the Journal of Electrical
Workers.
Fred Croxton has retired from a
government position after so years of
public service. Few Americans know
Fred Croxton. He is a native of Ohio
and at one time was labor adviser to
Governor Cox. He was a friend of
Samuel Gompers, and has worked
with William Green. His great
strength has been in jealous devo-
tion to duty, in wisdom, and in his
remarkable skill in working with 9TH
ers, and in getting men Of different
political views and different tempera-
ments to work together. He came to
Washington at the request of Herbert
Hoover, and handled relief work in
Hoover's administration; when the ad-
ministration changed, his great tai
ents were needed and used.
Recently, he has been special labor
relations officer Of the Social Secur.
ity Board. He retired at 70, not be-
cause his powers are failing-he is
young at 70-but because civil service
rule requires retirement at 20.
Politicians have come and ne,
lesser men have played more sensa-
tional roles in the Washington drama.
and Fred CroXton has self -effacingly
stuck to his task, and done the great
good he saw to do. Of such men,
great government is fabricated. He
has asked nothing for himself, ali for
his job, and he is now virtually an un-
known man, but what Of it? OF such
as CroXton is the success of democ-
racy.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-07-17
81 YEARS OF FRIENDLY
RELATIONS

Chicago.-Announcing renewal of
the contract between the United
Press and the Commercial Telegraph
ers' union, President Frank B. Pow
ers of the union pointed out that con-
tinuous relations have been existent
between the press association and the
CTu since 1907 without a strike. The
new contract provided for wage in
creases, 5-day, 3712 hour week and
up to three-week vacation with nav.