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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-27

WASftl4NN lO4Ns Tcu. 81 - ~
claring that a paralyZing wa
psychosis is gripping the nations
capital" Senator Robert Nj. La
rollette (Pl Of Wisconsin, assaileC
the lend-leaSe aid-to-Britain bill al
''the carrier by which this paralysis
spreads"
The Young Wisconsin senator
son and namesake Of the elder
Senator LaFollette who was onC
of the six members OF the upper
branch OF Congress who voteC
against war in 1917. carried hi
message 10 the people in a nation
wide radio address.
The senator tOld his radio audi
ence:
'In a few days the Senate of
the United States vii reach the
most fsteful decision in Ameri-
can history. When We vote on
the so-called lease-lend bill, we
Win be deciding whether II shall
be peace or war for America.
~YeS, the Issue Is as clear-cut
n that. The most sacile phrase
makers that money can buy
have been busy for weeks trying
TO dress up this war bill as
measure for national defense, as
q method of staying out Of war.
But In spite of all the artful de-
oeption. the passage Of this bill
means but one thing:
GREEN LIGHT FOR WAR
1T means that Congress has
given the President the green
hight for war!
As the fafefiil- hour of de-
cisaon draws closer, the support
ors Of this sweeping legislation
grow holder In revealing their
true aims
81 have studied every sentence,
every phrase, and every word of
the bill. That study has con-
vinced me that this bill, on
which we shall vote In about .
week. authorizes the President
20 engage In operations which
win result In our becoming In
velved In the war raging over
seas.
TO understand the full I'M
paications Of this hill YOU have
10 read 10 under the light shed
hy the President In his recent
speeoAes-speeches In which he
committed tire United States to
TIE two-fcld Job of guaranteeing
q smashing British victory and
enforcing the American way Of
life On people everywhere In the
weFsd.
WANT BRITAIN TO WIN
TIE vast majorit- Of the
American people want 10 see
IT, valiant hght which Britain b
mailing against brutalitsrian ag-
gression crowned with success.
But these same Americans are
not ready 10 acknowledge that
the fate Of America rests on the
outcome Of the Battle Of Britain.
"Never before In our history
have we been asked TO grunge
and cry out 10 the whole world
that the life Of our great nation
ID dependent upon the fate Of
nations three TO six thousand
miles away. I cannot recall a
great nation IN all history that
has proclaimed by statutory en-
actment that IL could not meet
he own destiny and was unable
10 defend its own sovereignty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
PRESSURE JOB

The 203-to-2O2 House vote on the draft extension bill was not surpris- ing in view of the terrific last min- ute pressure against it.
 Not since the days of the fake utility telegrams attacking the Hold ing Company Act has Congress seen anything like it. Who financed this campaign is still secret which only a congressional investigation can un- earth. But the affair had all the earmarks of a carefully organized operation costing plenty of money.
 Here are some of the measures used to put the heat on congress- men:
 Representative Glare Hoffman, Michigan Republican who has fought most defense measures, sent mimeographed letter to all his col- leagues captioned: November 3, AZ. Will Soon Be Here" The letter warned that unless they voted against the bill your political hide, which is very near and dear to you, will be tanning on the barn door"
 In the middle of the afternoon, when the House was voting on iso- lationist amendments aimed at scut- ting the 18 months extension, riies- senger boys delivered to every con- gressional office long clipping from the letter column of a Washington morning newspaper attacking the legislation. The letter was signed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19

ing Mrs. Morrison's wealth, Reynolds launched into a colorful description of the lavish" life his opponent led in Washington. He told how Senator Morrison resided in "one of those great swanky hotels surrounded by luxury and pomp and an army of flunkies.
 Then Reynolds hit his climax:
 And when he drives to this pal atial hotel in long slinky car with a uniformed chauffeur, the flunkies run out and unroll long red carpet so that Cam won't have to put his feet on the pavement. Then his chauffeur jumps out and opens the door.
 And then, my friends, when Cam sits down to supper, do you know what he eats? He eats ka-vee-ar! Yes, sir, ka-vee-ar. And do you know what ka-vee-ar is? It's fish eggs, my friends, fish eggs!"
 That speech cost Cam Morrison his cherished Senate seat. But with the news of Bob Reynolds engage ment to an heiress, Morrison is all smiles. Prom now one" he chuckles, "even I can lick him."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
OFFICERS WITHOUT DESKS

Customs officials believe they may have saved some of the South American countries from the Hit Ter formuae of scare em then blitz en- recently, when they sized print of the German propaganda film, Victory in the West,' which Naz bundst was attempting smuggle in to the Latin American continent.
 Of course, they can't be sure that other prints of the film have not slipped past the inspec- tion service and being shown to private audiences of citizens through Brazil and Argentina.
 After watching the film at a private showing in Washington, D. o. newsmen have declared it a masterful photographic job designed to impress our neighbors to the south with the power of the Ger man war machine It is like the earlier Nazi strip of celulod propaganda, which pictured the Polish campaign and aptly entitled Baptism by Fire. .' That the film which Danish officials were shown to scare them into accepting Naz demands for occupation of Denmark.
 Particularly impressive, the newsmen reported were pictures of the German army engineers at work, clue to the reasons why the mighty rivers of western Europe, and now Russia, have been of little consequence in halting the advance of the Nazi scourge.
 The picture is a documentary film of the in- vasion of the Low Countries. Dramatic scenes show the advance of troops, with units of engineers swim ming rivers, crossing them in rubber boats and build
 
 At the end of of these tense scenes the voice of the German commentator explains:
 The led not by officers using telephones and written orders but by officers : who lay beside their troops in the same dirt"
 When the last scenes in the picture had flick cred from the screen, the news hawks and U. S. army officers who had watched the showing stood around and talked in awed voices. Said one officer who has studied German military methods at some length:
 The Germans were led by trained war
 riors, not one of whom ever had clerk e a desk
 Reports from Washington these days tell of a quiet movement, being led by General George C.. Marshall Chief of Staff of the Army, to purge the army of the officers who having difficulty trying to get along without desks to cock their feet on senographers to dictate to, clerks to keep the files straight, yes, and caddies to carry their golf bags.
 We hear, further, that measure is pending which would make it possible for the army to rid
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
A Lack of Courage
(The Cincinnati Enquirer)

tlne ClncInnatl EnQulrer)
 The administration has given to Congress an elaborate plan for the control of prices-the work of Leon Henderson and his colleagues in the Office of Price Administration. Assuming that price control in some form is necessary and will be undertaken the administrations plan is a sensible one so far as it goes. It does not attempt price fixing but would set upper limits to prevent the sprang of prices of key commodities N 8N
 Nevertheless, there is fatal flaw in the plan as it stands today. It applies to prices generally, cepting those of farm products and wages, It is nothing short of absurd to hope for success in pre- venting imitation price-control mechanism leaves all agricultural prices to soar and sets upper limit on wage levels. Britains experience confirms the extraordinary difficulty of any price-control plan; yet the administraton's project is far inferior to Brtain's because of these notorious omissions
 Without ceiling on wages, an upper limit on the products of labor becomes mockery. And agri- cultural products, which figure vitaly in the cost of living, will include price imitation in all lines if they are not checked along with other prices.
 Now it happens that farm prices and wages are being protected by two powerful lobbes representing farmers and organized industrial workers. The only conceivable for failure to include them in a control plan is the fear of political reprisals from the farm and labor lobbies This indicates a shocking lack of courage the part of the admin istration and its adherents in Congress.
 We have been told, and properly. that this is national emergency of the gravest sort, in which every individual and group must be prepared to make sacrifices Yet the government itself is set ting shameful example of discrimination and poli- tical cowardice in offering price-contro scheme destined to fail miserably because it is compromised at the outset by lopsdedness stemming from the fear of two strong Hobbies.
 We shall not prevent imitation by any price control plan so utterly inadequate. Neither shall we achieve a true national unity in time of fearful crisis by pandering to farmers and workers merely because they numerous, we'll organized and sin gularly ort-sighted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
LOOK and LEARN %sy c. GORDON

What State the first How sounds there the English Which is the the be greatest? organization Certainty Security Ceety"? ANSWERS: State n 1901, licenses.
  The bald emblem the the majesty its flight through skies.
  The U. Office Department.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
by Frank J. Murphy, president of the National Parents of Selectees,

by Frank J. Murphy, president of the National Parents of Selectees, Inc.
 During the same afternoon, several congressman reported to be wavering on the bill received long distance calls from constituents in their dis tricts, demanding that they vote with the isolationists and threaten ing political reprisal.. .,,.,a
 Delegations. of several thousand women from New York and other eastern cities tried to |. storm the House with clamors that the bill be killed This stunt alone must have cost at least $25.000.
 NOTE: Hero of the Administra- tion side was Representative Pat Roland, Pa, Democratic Whip, who worked furiously for the bill despite the toughest kind of pressure from certain religious clements. 9Ic,es Copyright. 1941, by United Feature
 Syndicate. Incl t AM
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19

Welles. In previous sessions Ad- miral Nomura and the State De- partment had discussed various plans for g cooperative program in the Orient.
 The main concession which the United States demanded was that Japan renounce the declaration of last April, made in Berlin by For eign Minister Matsuoka and Hitler, which firmly sealed Japan into the Axis.
 In return Japan demanded that the United States stop shipping war materials to China. Japan wanted definite guarantees to this effect.
 Such guarantees, of course, meant that the United States would com pletly abondon it's program of aid ing the democracies, and leave in the lurch the one democracy which has battled longer and more per- sistently even than Great Britain China. The Administration was not quite prepared to do this.
 The negotiations broke down. how ever, not so much on this point but over doubt whether Admiral Nomura really was able to deliver for the military clique which now runs the government in Tokyo. Also Secre- tary Hull became i'll about that time and left Washington for two months.
 Conversations were resumed later and continued until very recently.
 But in the interim the Japanese cabinet had become more militar- istlc than in May and June; so in these later conversations, the State Department coupled a very stiff warning with the olive branch. In fact, the warning was probably em- phasized more than the olive branch.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
FIOULNN LlluOLIIL ROBERTA LEE

a is it permissible to refuse? A. if she good reason, polite with during a meal?
 A. absolutely necessary possible try 
 O. essential thing for man to appear we'll dressed?
 No tailor make appear wel-dresed
  polished, linen immaculate, suit we'll pressed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
HOROSCOPE. "The stdrs incline
 but do not c0mpe"
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20

WEDNESDAY AUGOSI ZU '
 Benefic aspects rule today which should be fortunate to the, Navy and aviation. Labor is well direct ed. Women are subjected to ener- gizing influences
 HEART AND HOME: This is a fortunate planetary Government for whatever pertains to the fam fly. Better understanding of indi- vidual peculiarities and youthful ambitions is indicated. Women will benefit through domestic tasks. In- terior decoration as we'll as home- building will occupy many, for the United States is to be the country most developed in housing within the next decade as it becomes each year the haven for countless refu |. gees. Girls may expect the culmin- ation of summer flirtations in many marriage engagements.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: American cities will prepare for growth of commercial interests as prosperity continues. Stringent Government control of money is to prove stimu- lating to business, instead of hav- ing the reverse influence. Fear-pro- ducing events are foretold for this date or near 1t, but effects will no. be serious. Hospitals will be aided by appropriations. Owing to the position of Venus in square hto Saturn in Leo, restrictions in com merce may cause anxiety. Aii io@
 NATIONAL ISSUES: Events of the month will change minority public opinion which has opposed extreme defense expenditures and fullest aid to Britain. There is "a sign presaging a rising tide of na- tional sentiment which is more warlike and determined. Congress will give firm support to the most drastic measures for sustaining the Allies. The people will be aroused to perils menacing the Western Hemisphere. Discussion of policies affecting trade and industry will be widespread as newspapers and the radio supply sensational news.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS; Because Stalin put little faith in Nazi covenants effort to strengthen the military might of Russia was made at great; cost and man power was counted on to balance tM strength of mechanized troops. The stars presaged Russian reverses and warned of fifth column work which would undermine Communistic loy- atty. Through many tribulations a new nationalism is to be developed outside of political dictation, ! a true patriotism is to evolve after terrible upheavals it is foretold.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of av- craze good fortune. Many exciting events are indicated. Happiness and financial good luck are forecast.
 Children born on this day prob- ably will be brilliant in possibilities of mental development. but they may be individual and too much inclined toward sentiment
 Copyright, 194l)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19

mayor of Boston, heard there was a vacancy on the Maritime Commis- sion and immediately trotted out his son for the job. His son happens to be the brother-in-law of ex-Ambas- sador Joe Kennedy Once when Ken nedy was chairman of the Maritime Commission (where he made a great record) brother-in-law Fitzgerald decided he wanted job on the commission. Joe met him at the Union Station, drove him around Washington for an hour in a taxi, then put him on train back to Bos- ton. That was as near as he got to the job.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
V-fOr Vulgarity
(The Philadelphia Record)


 The New Yorker magazine in recent issue warned that Britain's "V for victory" campaign in danger of being vulgarized in this country
 We heartily agree-especially after reading an advertisement of New York jewelry firm
 It is now possible to get pin containing the Morse symbol for three dots and dash) set in ruby diamond and sapphire dots and dashes for $85 If al-damond dots and dashes are wanted, the pin costs $200 ....t If somebody wants to buy $200 pin. all right: if somebody wants to give $2O0 to British relief to the United Services Organizations. fine 9, But to spend $2OO pin that pretends sympathy with the conquered nations of Europe, and does nothing about helping them, is vulgar display.
 It means something to use the symbol in quered Europe: if you're caught, it may the firing squad concentration camp
 Let's not make fad of symbol that has blood on it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
20 YEARS AGO fME {yfm EMPIRE
AUGUST 19. 1921

19, visiting a Bay where MT Cook installing hdroelectr They Mrs. D w Yates.
 The Juneau Florists gardens the Glacier Highway varieties of flowers blooming.
 The Chat Packing of which Henry Roden Pe dent salmon despite fish A thousand packed the week before Juneau the construction Capitol Building according ballots said Mayor R. Robertson escaped reported In Switzerland
 having the question Weather High 56 51
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
CAPITAL CHAFF

Joe Carr of Tennessee is a good bet to be next national president of the Young Democrats Supreme Court Justice Bill Douglas now va cationing in the West, pays tribute to Judge Jimmy Alfred of Texas as an expert fisherman and boon com panion John F. Fitzgerald, ex-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
U. s. WARNS. JAPAN

The stiff warning Under Secretary of State Welles gave the Japanese Ambassador. that the U. s. A. WAS ready to fight if necessary, came only after a long and patient series of conferences extending back to last May. 4t
 The most important of these was a confidential session in the White House of the President himself, Jap anese Ambassador Admiral Nomura, Secretary Hull, and Under Secretary
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MISUSED Do Tt him who told about the show Say Tt HE told about the show
 OFTEN MISPRoNoUNCED Caffeine Pronounce kae-n ADD in ME unstressed in ILL accent first syllable.
 MISSPEILED: yiedng). Ca sing)
 SYNONYMS Impetuou precipiae headlong
 WORD STUDY: Use three times yours" vocabulary mastering Today violent disruption; When resulting debace eliminated the politician the office
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19

to give children the maxiE,um pro- lection against diphrheria, child should receive three injections of toxoid four weeks apart.
 It is advisable for parents to have their infants vaccinated be- tween the ages of six months and one year. This should be repeated at least one before the chiiu enters school
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
HEALTH CENTER TO HOLD IMMUNzATI0N,
 VACCINATION CLINIC

The monthly clinic for 1mmun- ization against dinhtheria :lnd vac- ciration against smallpox will be held at the Juneau Public Health Center, 108 Territorial BuilGing. to- morrow between the hours of 2 and P. M.
 Parents are again urged to avail themselves of this service. In order
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19

itself of officers young and old wiose records bear testimony of their incompetence The bill is drawn up and may be introduced in either the House Senate, but it is understood strong prejudice against the measure exists in some circles
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19

The average farmer of today is 10 times ef- fcient the farmer of 1787, says Henry Wallace. But he still hasn't learned any way of starting a baky mule.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19

The Japs have devil of time understanding western manners. It never occurred to them being anything but smart to bite the hand that has been feeding them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19

Many of Switzerland's best ho- tels have been taken over for mili- tary purposes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19

Hitler could himself great deal of trouble if he only knew language better. He would have known for instance, that in English peace" has always been synonym for victory
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19

If the non-nterventonists have anything to say about the occupation of Iceland about all they can do is to tell it to the marines.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
GOOD HOOKER.

NEWARK, Aug. 19. - George Uhle, Brooklyn scout. says Una [ Johnny Lindell, the pitcher the Yankees have on their Newark fsg club, is aa$iooDoO prospect.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19
Washington Merry
 Go-Round

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-19

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-01
Death Blame
High Sch o Of Boy Held
in Fatal Crash

A 16-year-old DENLY High School
boy was held for investigation of
negligent homicide today, accused
as the cause of an accident in
which Mrs. Carrie Padgett, So, of
14433 Promenade avenue, was run
down by the same car in which
she had been riding before the
accident.
Mrs. Padgett was riding with
her daughter, Mrs. Verna Halsted,
20, of 1876 Albany avenue, when
il collided with one driven by
George Vetter of 5S17 Eastlawn
avenue at Queen and Chelsea
avenues. The impact threw Mrs.
Padgett from her daughters auto
mobile, against light pole.
Out of control, Mrs. Padgett's
car spun around and crushed her
mother against the pole.
Police said that George admitted
10 going 30 TO 35 miles an hour
and was unable to stop when he
saw Mrs. Padgett's car. hitting the
right rear fender. He is held in
the juvenile detention home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-01
Flier'S Fate i'm Doubt
Two Others Rescued After Spendine Nearly Week
in Mountain Cabin; Once Va Mile From Aid

FRESNO, Cal. Nov. Heart
ened-hy- dramatic feseue- of
two pursuit pilots from the snowy
wiIds of the high Sierra Nevada
country, the army air corps today
secured the mountainous region
for a trace OF Lieut.. Richard n.
Long of Connellsville. Pa. whose
fighter plane was forced down
eight days ago.
tLong is the fiance of Rachel
T'homasson, 25-year-old nurse at
st. jospphiS Mercy Hospital. Mt.
Clemens. Mich. They would have
been married last Friday had
not Longs flight orders caused
postponement OF the ceremony
Recovering in Fresno army air
base hospital after a week Of eX-
posture on the two-mile high slopes
OF Barton Peak. near Mount Whit
ney were Liepts. Jack c. West and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-01
4 Seized in Raid
On Turkish Baths

Four men seized by police in an
alleged gambling raid which dis.
turbed dozen other men in their
turkish baths@and little eise-to-
day were 10 report for questioning
on gambling charges at police
headquarters.
The four, booked for investiga-
ton OF gambling. were arrested at
the Oakland Baths. 1895 Oakland
avenue. They were released 10
appear today at the request OF
William J. Cody. a Circuit Court
commissioner. ofice records
showed.
jailed until the call from Cody
were Albert Mendesohn. as, OF 1924
Blaine avenue: Gus Groth. 80. OF
20t0 Gladstone avenue; Sam Ros-
enfield, 80, Of 2308 Park avenue.
and Harry Levine, 36, OF SO Seward
avenue.
Frank Melizer, IS, Of 245l
Taylor avenue was charged with
investigation Of liquor law viola
ton after. police said. they found
several cases OF beer in the un.
licensed lunch room operated at
the baths.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-01
N WITH MATERIALS OF WAR DESTINED
Thrice Over Lea,
Driver jailed

George M. Jolliffe, u, Of 3451
Hamilton avenue, who drove three
times over the leg of a pedestrian
and then attempted TO escape
today began a sentence of so days
in the Detroit House of Correction
Police said Jolliffe' struck John
Tobin. OF 628 Brainard street
knocking him down. Jolliffe then
drove forward, over the leg
backed up, over the leg: then for
ward agair-oYer the lee.
The ieg was only bruised.
Other motorists sentenced ia
Jail were Gordon II. Steele. al. OF
1854 Turner avenue. 80 days
drunk driving: Frank NJ. Shafran,
81, of 74S1 Jordan avenue. 40 days,
drunk driving: and George Massey
of Ferndale, seven days, speeding
and no operators license