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which has come to be painted as it is now at the instance of the nations by the end of eight eenth century This is no time for us to be worry ing over split milk
 At the conclusion of MT. Shikis impressive" speech he himself writes in signed press release, warm sentiment ran high among all present"
 The remaining part of the ceremony was taken up with reading congratulatory messages including the following:
 Yosuke Matsuoka Foreign Mnister-"The old order has collapsed when the second European War took a new turn and this country is faced with
 most difficult situation unparalleled in its history. Three years have passed since the outbreak of the China incident Because of the august virtue of the Emperor the loyal and brave army and naval officers and men have achieved results unexampled history In the campaign for the settlement of the incident and now the days of anti-Japanese regime in China are numbed (sic) Nevertheless numerous obstacles still lie in the way of final disposition of the incident in view of complicated international situations"
 Inosuke Furuno President of the Domei News Agency-"Having entered the fourth year of the sno-Japanese hostility the development of our cul- tural matters should be more encourage than ever before"
 MT Shiki ends his communication to The Elm pire with the appeal that send him "al kinds of
  periodicals best-sellers and books newly ly-invented merchandise very recently, posters records or books concerning war" The Empires firm history, or a copy of our lineage our message to the future generation of Japan in 2040
 We don't think MT Shiki would be very much interested in our lineage in the history of any Empire less than 2,60O years old or in a copy of our newspaper And we think what posters, records or books concerning war we might send him would be offensive to hearted philanthropist paus- ing to build culture tower in the midst of an earth shaking reformation of Asia As to our message to the Japanese people of 100 years hence can only say we hope you have by that time found your way out of the wilderness of Shiks Matsuokas and Furunos to day when you may eat your own rather than "insipid foreign rce,' when you may jingle copper rather than aluminium coins and when you may good Japanese silks as you think back on the folly of those who squandered a nations goods in the attempt to force unwanted attentions upon your neighbors, Japanese of 204o, we wish you democracy and an end of jingoism.
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20 YEARS AGO fHE FIT EMPIRE
JANUARY l6. 1921

JANUARY 6 Alaska Aircraft and Transportation
  of Anchorage capital the Ul
 of the which was to erect Atlantic seaboard Acting President he Association. Martin ogensen Commission left on Hart travelling Juneau this day within three after business trip Seward and Anchorage. Field Division of the U S Land Office was to Petersburg business for the Land 
 Meldner operated cleaning and pressing establish leaving Spokane a Gunherbergen enlisted man in the S. Army left on the William H. Weather Highest lO lowest 1O clear
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SENATORIAL EXERCISE

Senator Theodore Francis Green Of Rhode Island, age 73, is the best congressional object lesson On the policy of keeping fit.
 He is the Senate's No. l physi- cal culture expert. Together with the high school and college boys, he is a regular patron of the YMCA gymnasium and swimming pool He sWims, dives, boxes, uses the chest weights, and in good weather plays tennis.
 But" says the Senator, the doctor has made me give up three favorite forms of eXercise-medi- cine ball. wrestling, and high div- ing. So when I go swimming now, have to content myself with the low diving board
 Green scorns the exercise room in the basement of the Senate Of- flee Building. Tt has only three types of apparatus" he says, and the swimming pool is nothing more than an oversized bathtub.'
 Of Greens old friends, all have died except one, and he is an in valid.
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HOROSCOPE "The stdrs incline
 bat do not compel"
FRIDAY, JANUARY IT

,.re>-~~,
 This is one of the days when risks should be avoided and rou- tine matters engage attention. l. is good time to plan, for the mind should be keen and well-balanced.
 Heart and Home Girls will dis cover that under this sway their appeal is to the brain rather than the heart Friends and not lovers will be won under this configura- tion Women of all ages should take serious view of life, for the pursuit of pleasure will not pre- pare them for future exigencies, social and financial. The winter will be marked by memorable en- tertainments in Washington and other cities, where banquets and receptions will be inspired by those who desire to encourage public service.
 Business Affairs; Merchants and manufacturers will continue to prosper While strictly utilitarian products will be in demand, the stars indicate for the future the establishment of many arts and handicrafts formerly pursued in Europe but neglected here Labor may be slightly on-cooperative at this time, but in the future there will be wonderful aid from organ ized workers as perils to the na- tion are recognized. C
 National Issues: Persons who have broad knowledge of existing world conditions now will gain censure by predicting the growth of socialism in Europe and it's final triumph. Warning is given that the United States must face facts and must abandon wishful thinking as the economic revolution abroad threatens trade and commerce. To- day there is sign read as presag- ing an act of treachery which will be of serious results.
 International Affairs: Hitler will have many troubles before much time has passed, for revolutions are forecast in the countries which he has so ruthlessly invaded. Among his close associates there will be serious conflicts of opinion regard ing future war policies and the Gestapo will gain power. If the stars are wisely read there will ce time when Germany appears to have conquered the world. Eventu- ally, there will be a rapid collapse of the Nazi plans. This year is threatening not only for Hitler, but also for Goering.
 Persons whose birthdate it Is have the augury of year of good luck if they escape litigation. They should avoid extravaganza. I
 Children born on this day prob ably will be endowed with good intellect and fine talents. Artistic and highstrung, they may be ex- ceedingly temperamental.
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DEFENSE LABOR PROBLEM

Defense chiefs would like tc blow the roof off this situation, bu fear a tie-up of cantonment con- struction. which already is weeks behind schedule. The AFL building unions are among the most power tul in the country and have a vlr- tual monopoly
 Meanwhile frantic pleas to the national officers of the unions nave got nowhere.
 John Coyne, head of the AFL Building Trades Department, mas been sympathetic, but has declared that he could do nothing, since the fixing Of fees was entirely a mat ter of local jurisdiction. George Mas terson, president of the plumbers, has declared himself similarly helpless.
 Meanwhile, aside from the prey ing on workers, the initiation fee shakedown is slowing up construc- ton by keeping men from jobs and by causing a tremendous labor turnover. In scores of places men work only long enough to get a stake and then quit.
 Also, the situation is causing hot interstate competition for labor An illustration was a recent quarter page ad by contractor in an At lanta, Ga, newspaper seeking 10C union plumbers for work at Camp Peay, Tullahoma, Tenn. at $50 a week.
 Another consequence is the "sloN down" on the job. Reports have come to Washington Of crude sign.
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CULTURE A LA TATESHINA

The Empire is very happy to announce today that it has received from the Snbun no Sinbun of Tokyo an eight-page press release telling us all about Culture Tower recently unveiled near Tate china, Japan.
 Though it was extremely difficult to get neces- fary materials for the construction on account Of the prevailing internal situation the authorities fin nlly agreed to help build the Tower realizing it's cultural importance of the scheme" writes Seiii shiki President of Snbun which he declares to be
 the only Japanese newspaper of the publishing world including press news. books and printing news
 The ceremony dedcating the Culture Tower began we learn "by all present with first lowing towards Imperial Palace as token of thanks for the boundess will of the Emperor and next offering silent prayers for national heroes who gave their lives to the country in the current Sino-Japanese incident"
 In delivering the address of the day MT Shiki refers the duty of the Japanese people to preserve in culture tower the various records of the present age for the edifcaton of coming generations. Tn deed" he says, what manner of social life our people leading at this time how did they cope with the difficulties accompanied with the present war, these and other things will give posterity the most interesting problems Though we were for tunate enough to be born in the land Of Rising Sun where abundant rice grows our nation is now obliged to live insipid foreign rice. Again al- though Japan is one of the richest in copper pro- duction currencies in use all being robbed of the metal with aluminium coins used as substitutes Moreover in spite of the fact that the largest amount of silk is made in this country, we cannot don the fabric without being rebuked that we are squander- ing luXuries. Why?-Because we have to sacrifice all individual wants for the greater object of coming world for prosperity That is to say the nation is forging ahead, bearing hard on their shoulders, for the establishment of high tension national defense And the reason why should put up with this without complaints is laid to the love of descen- dants generations coming after us The world is now undergoing great change. The time has come for the present map of the world should be altered
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MERRY-GO-ROUND

Sidney Hillman's first move as Associate Director of the new super defense board was to add to his advisory staff of big-gun labor leaders Daniel w. Tracy, Assistant Secretary of Labor and former head of the AFL Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers. Hillman, although a founder of CIO, is getting full CO., operation from AFL chiefs, includ- ing John P. Frey, president of the Metal Trades Department, who in the past has severely criticized Hillman One of the leaders of the Action Now Committee IS Countess Gizycka, novelist daugh- ter of Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, pub fisher of The Washington Times Herald.
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Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

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OIL BURNER PROBE

Are you paying more for oil burner fuel today than year agc2 The Defense Commission may help you out. It .s Investigating the rise Cf fuel oil prices. and believes that the onIy reason for it is the buyers capacity to pay more
 The oil companies contend that their costs have risen because of higher transportation by tanker ships from the Gulf of Mexico to Atlantic ports. But the Commis- sion points ,out that most oil com panies have tanker fleets of their
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FIOOLNN LIIuOLI1L ROBERTA LEE

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LOOK and LEARN %yy %sy c. GORDON

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COTTON EDn SMITH

Dean of the Senate Cotton Ed" Smith does not like the New Deal but, unlike some of his anti-New Deal colleagues the South Caro- linian does not pretend to the folks back home that he has any influence with the Administration
 To find out why Piedmont County wasn't getting its share of defense contracts, group Of Greenville, s. C., business leaders called a meeting and invited all the members of the states con- gressional delegation to attend. Cotton Ed" promptly sent his re- grets.
 Its nice of you to invite me-" he wrote back, but it wouldn't do any good for me to be there. When it comes to getting things out of the Administrations South Carolina has only one Senator"
 NOTE Possessed of salty sense of humor, Smith used to keep a toy doghouse on his. desk and point to it when constituents came tc him. for political favors. IA
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being posted reading, Work fast and you'll work yourself out of a job and, "Slow up or we'll slow you up downtown"
 The net result of all this has been two-fold: CD A complete de- rangement of construction sched- ules with consequent months of delay in getting men into train ing. At least Is cantonments, due for completion by January l, still are under hammer. (2) A tremen- dous increase in building costs, in some cases as much as 50 percent over estimates.
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Amazing Discoveries
Cleveland Plain Dealer)


 When scientists and statsticians get together, there is practically end to the wonderful things they give to think about.
 As result of their combined labor we know that our great-great- at-grandchidren would be lingering their boards before could drive rocket to the moon and back--or is it to the sun and back? We know how far around the world rope would stretch if made up of all the unnecessarily extracted appen- dxes laid end to end We know that the light we see coming from of the stars began its journey to the earth before the fall of Babylon, and has just arrived after trip in which it averaged 860O0 miles a second. This also gives us an idea that those stars pretty alarmed far away-almost as far away as some people wish their parents Jaw were.
 But nothing has delighted our imagination as much as the latest piece of information coming from the mouths of the scientist-statsticians. It that more babies suHer i'll effects in the United States each year from swallowing safety pins than from handling firearms.
 We don't know how we ever got along before we found that out.
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contract on the construction of a large powder plant near St. Louis. Using this as a club it is requiring sl50 initiation fees from all skilled workers and $50 from unskilled la borers. It Is estimated that 5000 wcrkmen will be needed to rush the plant to completion. At en average of Sl00 apiece the initia- ton take" will amount to around s500,000
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Miss Nahum Will
 Sail on North Coasi

Miss Marjorie Nahum of the B. M Behrends Store, will sail for the states tonight on the steamer North Coast.
 She plans to spend two weeks in. Seattle before going to her home in Montana for an indefinite stay.
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HOSPITAL NorEss..,a.. Ess..,..

Jack White underwent major operation this morning at St. Anns Hospital.
 After receiving surgical attention, Henry JuSSila was dismissed from St. Ann's today.
 John William, Alaska Juneau Mire employee, was admitted to St, Ann's last night suffering from a foot in jury. #
 Mrs. Myrtle Berg was admitted to- day at St. Ann's for surgical care.
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own and can control transportation costs.
 Though the investigation is pri- marily aimed only at protecting consumers from undue price rises resulting from heavy defense pur- chases. it may develop into a gen. eral expose of monopolistic control by the big oil companies.
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COUPLE TO SETTLE IN
 KODIAK; HARDWARE JOB

MT. and Mrs. Andrew Hutton of Gle Elums !, Washington. passed through Juneau on the Baranof. They are bound for Kodiak where Hutton will take charge of the hard-s ware department of O. Kraft and son at Kodiak.
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The Italians old gray mare nostrum aint what she used to be.
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Washington Merry Go-Round

Continued from Page Oue)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

JANUARY IS Wesley Turner
 Gladys Uggen
 E. w. Bliss Richard I. Radelet Gary Aalto Bach Mrs. Hilda Berggren Mrs. Winnifred Garcavy Arleen Godkin Henry Langfeldt Livingston Wernecke
Evening star., 1941-01-23
Form Finally Prevails
As CoIoniaIs Trim
Army Basketers
Fovorites Third Year,
Score First Victory
Over Cadets, 31-27
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DlSpdLCH 10 4Ht 0tdl
WEST POINT, N. Y, Jan. 23.-Law
the law of averageS-wlll be a pet
study of George Washington court
men henceforth. This particular bit
of mathematics overlook the Colo
mails yesterday in the nick of time
to save them from another defeat
at the hands of Army's basket ball
team.
The Colonials won, 1927. finally
living up to their role of pregame
favorites, after dropping two in a
row to the Cadets.
West Point took a commanding
1911 lead in the first half and ap-
peared we'll on the way to its third
straight victory over the Washing
ton team until the percentages be-
gan to function properly. On paper
G.. w. figured to win. 1t wasn't
playing on paper, however, but in
Armys spacious fieldhouse, and the
Cadets were running their guests
ragged in the first half.
Joe Conner, Matt zunic and Lou
Veltri led the second-half drive that
carried Bill Reinhart's men to vic
tory after slow, clumsy beginning
that saw G. w. held to three field
goals in the first half. The Colo
malls declined foul shots in the last
minute of play to retain possession
of the ball and it paid dividends.
Army left its basket wide open for
"snowbird" by Roy Mcneil and
then fouled Lou Veltri, who con-
verted for the final point.
Evening star., 1941-01-23
Brilliant Field Strives
For National Titles
In Skating Meet
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LA CROSSE. Wis, Jan. 23.-The
Nations outstanding speed blade
artists, including former Olympic
stars and men title winners in the
last three meets, will match strides
in eight divisions at the national
outdoor speed skating champion
ships Saturday and Sunday.
Two former champions are in the
field that will challenge Leo Frei-
singer, Chicago sprint star and for
!ner Olympian who puts his senior
mems crown on the block.
Ken Bartholomew, Minneapolis
speed merchant who captured the
national title in 1889, and Vic Ron
chetti of Chicago, the 1888 title
holder and former North American
champion, are listed.
The race for the women's crown
was left wide open by the retirement
OF Madeline CMaddy) Horn of
Beaver Dam, Wis. She quit compe-
tition after her marriage.
Leading aspirants for the title in
clude Louise Herou, Minneapolis;
Carmelita Landry, Fitchburg, Mass,
and Helen De Zwarte, Wisconsin
women's champion from La Crosse.
Evening star., 1941-01-23
Rink Is 10 Offer
Wednesday. and
Sunday Games
Minor Berth Bought
In Preference to
Big Loop Spot
By BURTON HAWKINS.

Michael j. Uline, owner of the
newly constructed Uline Arena at
Third and. M streets NE, has OBJ
tanned a franchise in the American
Hockey League, it was announced
today. Washington will enter the
league next season.
Uline, now attending a league
meeting in New York, rejected a
proffered franchise in the National
League to accept the minor league
opening. He estimated expenses
at Sl90000 a season for National
League team, while American
League operating expenses for a
season, according to Uline, will run
about $4,000.
The team, to be known as the
Washington Ulines, will be WASH
ington's second outfit in organized
ice hockey. The Washington Eagles
of the Eastern Amateur League, who
employ Riverside Stadium for home
games, are in their second season
here and currently are leading the
league.
Club Here Likely Major Farm.
The American League, formerly
the International American, is
step above Eastern League competi-
ton and serves as proving ground
for National League players. The
Philadelphia Ramblers. for instance.
are a farm team of the New York
Rangers and Washington likewise
may establish working agreement
with a major league club.
Washington will become a men,
ber of the Eastern Division. raising
the circuit to 10 teams with five
teams in each geographical group
The Eastern Division now includes
the New Haven Eagles. Rhode
Island Reds of Providence. Phila-
delphia Ramblers and Springfield
Indians, while teams in the Western
Division are the Buffalo Bisons. In
dianapolis CapitolS. Hershey Bars.
Pittsburgh Hornets and Cleveland
BaronS.
Negotiations have been under way
for some time, but were stymied by
Uline'S reluctance to pay $4,000 for
a franchise. Employing the Ma
tional League bid and the fact no
! other American League club paid for
franchise as persuasive points,
Ulne won his point after several
weeks of dickering.
Two Home Games Each Week.
The team will play twice a week
at the new arena, on Wednesday
and Sunday nights. The Eagles now
play home games on Tuesday and
Friday nights and thus Washington
vii, house four hockey games a
week for approximately 13 weeks
each season
Admission prices. says Uline, will
be slightly higher than the so cents,
Sl.l0 and S1.35 scale set by Riverside
Stadium for the Eagles games, since
players salaries and travelling ex-
penses will cost him more.
No players or coach are under
consideration now, but it generally
is conceded Uline will make a bid
for the Eagles Norman Burns, East
ern Leagues leading scorer, who
already has received offers from
the Cleveland Barons of the Amer
ican League and the New York
Rangers and Montreal Canadiens OF
the National League.
Uline gave the National League
opening serious consideration be.
fore reaching the opinion Wash.
ington wouldn't support major
league hockey enough to warrant
the risk of assuming heavy hnan.
cial obligations which would have
to be offset in "a home games.
Evening star., 1941-01-23
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Basket Ball,

Dewitt vs.. Georgetown Prep,
Garrett Park. $50.
Richard Montgomery at Mount
Rainier, $50.
Landon VS.. Boys Latin. Balti-
more.
Wrestling.
Weekly program of five matches.
Turner's Arena, $50.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
North Carolina VS.. Maryland,
Ritchie Coliseum. 8:15.
Tech VS.. Woodrow Wilson:
Roosevelt VS.. Western (series
ouble-header), Tech gym, 7:30
Montgomery Blair at Ana
costa, 3:30
Woodward at Coolidge. $3.50.
st. Johns VS.. Bethesda-Chevy
Chase. Bethesda, 8.
Central at Gonzaga, 8.
St. Albans VS.. Baltimore
Friends, Baltimore.
Hockey.
New York Rovers VS. Washing
ton Eagles, Riverside Stadium,
$50.
SATURDAY.
Basket Ball.
Shepherd at Wilson Teachers, 8.
Gallaudet VS.. Towson Teachers,
Towson, Md.
Georgetown Prep at st. Johns, 8.
Hill VS.. Episcopal, Alexandria,
$50.
Dewitt at Fairfax High, 8.
Hockey.
Washington Eagles VS.. Atlantic
City Sea Gulls, Atlantic City.
Swimming.
Charlotte Hall VS.. Boys Club,
Eastern Branch B. C. pool, $3.50.
Boxing.
Lock Haven VS.. Catholic u, c.
U. gym. 8:l5.
Rifle.
Georgetown VS.. Navy, small
bore match, Annapolis.