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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18

WASHINGTON-L year U. s. taxpayers shelled out total of SI,217,346 of their nard-earned money to reimburse the Post Office for handling total of 45,128,977 pieces of free mail sent by members of Congress.
 But now it develops that part of this money was spent to mail lit erature for an organization which the Justice Department charges was financed by German agents. In other words, the unknowing and innocent taxpayer joined with Hit ler's boys in helping certain isola- tionist Congressmen flood the country with propaganda.
 This was why such hot game of hide-and-go-seek was played in the America First Committee and in the basement of Congress in an effort to dispose of mail bags crammed with franked propaganda belonging to Representative Ham Fish. The bags had been whisked cut of the Make Europe Pay War Debts Committee just before the Justice Department raided it.
 Congressman Fish's franked en- velopes escaped the FBI raiders, but the mail bags of several other Con- gressmen did not. Most of these Congressmen had voted for an act requiring everyone who distributed propaganda for foreign country to register with the State Depart ment. Yet these Congressmen ap- peared to have violated the spirit of the act for which they voted by loaning their sacred free mailing privilege to an organization de- liberately in the business of for eign propaganda.
 Furthermore, they appeared to have violated another law passed by their own distinguished body in 1906: namely Title 39. Section 335, which provides:
 Tt shall be unlawful to lend said frank or permit it's use by any committee, organization, or associa-
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
TWO SOUGHT FOR ATTACK
 ON GIRL, IA
Assai|ants Assault Young Member of Wealthy
 Stockton Family

STOCKTON, Cal, Oct. 18.-Two youths, 19 and IT years old, were hunted today after two l4-year- old girls were abducted from a country club party and one of them raped after their young es- corts were robbed and tied.
 Sheriff Martin Ansbro said all members of the attacked party were from prominent and wealthy Stockton families.
 The girls and their companions attended Society Club dance and were strolling on the fairway near by when the assailants approached.
 The two youths sought as the abductors were missing from their homes today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
HeintzIeman 10 Fly
 North On Sunday

Weather permitting, B F. Heintz- leman, Regional Forester and Ad- ministrator of Agriculture in All aska, will board Pan American Airways plane in Seattle tomorrow to return to Juneau, it was an nounced today at the Juneau For est Service office.
 Heintzleman has been in Seattle Spokane. Portland and San Fran cisco the past three weeks, on business concerning agricultural development in the Territory and also consulting with military au- thorities regarding cooperation be- tween army, navy and Forest Ser vice in opening up new recreational areas in the national forests near defense bases in Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
(ify Purchase Of Utilities
 Is Proposed
Municipal ship Would Finance Building
 of Needed City Hall

City Councilman Ernest Parsons proposed a method last night to the. scity council whereby. he said, the city will be able to finance it's badly needed new city hall, library, fire station, police station and city jail.
 Such financing could be done through municipal ownership of Juneau public utilities, Parsons de- clared.
 T know for a fact he added, that we can get government money If we act promptly for the rur- chase"
 REA Money
 The government funds, he stated,
 Continued to Page Two)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
Germans Are
 "InfeFesied"
 In Torpedoing
Ndzis Amused dt Timing of Incident During Neu-
 frdIity Debdie

BERLIN, Oct. 18. Authorized German sources today found it "in- teresting" that the reported torpedo ing of the destroyer Kearny yester- day morning happened at the very moment the Neutrality Act debate was at it's height before Congress.
 The authorized Nazi spokesman said they had no information from the Admiralty on the Kearny incl dent. hence no official reaction was possible.
 Roosevelt and his party whips In Congress undoubtedly find the in- cident most welcome" the German authorities said. in order to hasten their aggressive program"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
TIk05HENk0 ARMY WIPED
 OUT, REPORT
Germans Claim 648.OOO Prisoners Taken in
 EnCirCIement


 BERLIN. oct. 18.-Annihilation of the grand army of Marshal Timo- shenko on the Russian central front was claimed here today in special war bulletin from the high com mand of the German Army.
 The communique said vast Rus sian forces. consisting of eight sep arate armies. were wiped out in huge battle in the encirclement of Bry- ansk and Vyazma.
 Reports from Hitier's field head quarters said the armies were made up of ST infantry divisions. six cav airy divisions, seven tank divisions and 36 tank brigades. altogether 648, ,l96 prisoners which were taken.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, oct. 18. II certainly takes Hollywood to cover a Senate investigation of Holly wood
 What the Hollywood journalists had to say on the findings of Sen. D. Worth Clark's committee to in- yestigate alleged movie propagan- da has some of the local talent gasping.
 Senate Investigation a Joke read one of the headlines. Senate Hearing Still Big Yawn" said a Hollywood trade paper. A third blared. Investigation in Deeper Bog"
 When the Senate's movie propa-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
Counter Movements Are Driving Ndzi Invaders
 Back, Is Report
JAPAN TOLD BLUNTlY
 TO MAKE NO ATTACKS
Combined Amerildn-Brit- ish FIeets Will Launch
 Assaults, Is Claim
oBY ASSOCIATED PREss),

tBY ASSOCIATED PRESS),
 Soviet counter attacks are reported holding the Germans at bay in the 17-day old battle fronting on Moscow.
 In the Far East, Japan is the target of . stern new British warning against assault on Russia via Siberia.
 Reuters news agency quotes Stockholm dispatches as say ing, the Red Army, by counter blows, have driven the Germans back and have recaptured the strategic town of Kalinin. 95 miles northwest of Moscow.
 British radio reports this morning quoted Moscow radio broadcast with saying the Sow jet troops have recaptured Orci, key rail center, 200 miles south of Moscow.
 A IT VI V h tiSWSRoRGAs S morning, as well as afternoon editions notified Japan that any attempt to spread the war will be met with the combined British and United States fleets.
 The kesman of The Netherlands Government. an exile in London, said that every facility of the Dutch East Indies will be placed at the disposal of the United States in event of any war that nation is forced into. He implies that all bases in the Indies have been so informed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
MARRIED AT PETERSBURG

Margaret Marie Roundtree dau- ter of MT. and Mrs. 0. T. Round tree, and Elmer c. Whitethorne. of Tacoma, South Dakota, were re- gently married at Petersburg where they will make their home.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
HARD FIST
 ADVOCATED
 FOR JAPAN
Draw Line, Tell Nippons If They Cross If, There
 Will Be Shooting

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.-Sena- torial demands for a hard listed United States policy against Japan drew various comments at the Nip ponese new and predominantly military government.
 Senator Claude Pepper, of Flor ida, said the only way to deal with Japan is to draw a line and warn the Japanese that if they cross it there will be shooting"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
CONFERENCE I5HELD0vER
 JAPAN ISSUE
State Department Officials in Long Talk with
 Nippon Minister

WASHINGTON, Oct. IS. - The State Department disclosed today that Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Undersecretary Sumner Welles had lengthy conference late yesterday with Kaname Kaka- sugi, Japanese Minister, and a general interchange of views" was made.
 The spokesman made no elabor- ation on the discussions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
U-B CA I S SEND DOWN
 10 SHIPS
Two Destroyers Are Also Destroyed According
 10 Berlin Report

BERLIN, Oct. 18. The German Supreme Command reports that U- boats have sunk 10 merchant ships and two destroyers of a strongly guarded convoy but the spot is not indicated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
HEAVY AIR MAIL

A total of 20l,330 letters flew out of Fairbanks during September on southbound PAA mail carrying planes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
The Unrepressed Film Press
 prinis Washington Edition

ganda" subcommittee opened it's hearings. Hollywood descended on Washington with 8 resounding thump. Committee members claimed that one trade paper tthe Hollywood Reporter had eight to ten reporters in town.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
FREIGHT RUSH IS ON

A fleet of about 35 large trucks are rushing freight from Valdez over the Richardson to Fairbanks before the snow falls.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
CALLED FROM INTANGIBLE

Thirteen men are called up for service at Wrangell to be inducted at Annette Island on October g.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18

MARRIED AT WRANGELL - Lyle Hibner and Lenoa Bakke, wellknown, were married recently at Wrangell.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
Cabinet of Japs Smells
 Of Powder

HONGKONG, Oct. Is. = Chinese newspapers here today all state the new Cabinet of Japan smells of powder.".
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18
SOME GUYS NAMED JOE

That remains to be proved know some of the Hollywood Re- porter gang. but the only stran- gers I saw around were Irving Hoffman, the Reporters Broad way columnist and caricaturist; Jack Moffitt, one-time movie critic of the Kansas City Star and more
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-18

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Evening star., 1941-01-01
Speech Experts Told
Emotional Upsets
Ruin Remedies
Suffering and Other
Troubles Come Back,
Dr.. Hahn Says

Their subjects divorce or loss of
the work of speech correctionists, DR..
Eugene Hahn of Wayne University
told a sectional meeting today at
the 25th annual convention of the
National Association of Teachers
of Speech in the Mayfower Hotel.
DR. Hahn pointed out that rene
dial treatments often are rendered
useless by emotional disturbances
experienced after their completion
by persons having speech defects.
Speaking on The Effect of Rene
dial Treatment on the Frequency
of Suffering on Oral Reading" DR..
Hahn said many of his subjects had
acquired unimpeded speech for all
practical purposes" but he would not
guarantee that the gains would be
preserved in the face of any OF a
number of emotional troubles.
Roberts Praises Blaine.
Speaking in a section on Amer
lean oratory, Prof. H G.. Roberts of
George Washington University said
he would not quarrel with DR.. K. G.
Hance of the University of Michigan
for having left Prof. Roberts sub
ject. James G.. Blaine, out of a list
of the Is greatest American orators.
The George Washington University
instructor explained that Blaine's
speeches were restricted to political
matters of little interest today. This,
he said. made it understandable that
the orator, regarded as one of the
greatest of his day, now is remem-
bered for but one speech, eulogy
of President Garfield.
Other notable American speakers
discussed in the section meeting in
cluded Samuel Gompers, Booker T.
Washington, Phillips Brooks and
Theodore Parker.
Dr. John R. Steelman. director of
the Department of Labor ConCilia-
ton Service, was to speak on Meth
odS and Objectives of Cancellation
Conferences in the Promotion of In
dustrial Peace" during a general ses-
sion this afternoon, which was to
follow lunCheonS OF regional speech
associations. Carl Taeusch. chief of
the Division of Program Study and
Discussion Of the Department of
Agriculture, also was to be heard
during the afternoon meeting. dis
cussing Effective Speaking as an
Index of Thought"
Lewis Is Speaker.
The convention, which has drawn
nearly 900 delegates from high
schools and colleges throughout the
Nation, will continue through to-
morrow.
An audience of more than 300
Yesterday heard Sir Willmott Lewis,
Washington correspondent OF the
London Times: Brig. Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey. assistant director Of selec-
tive service, and Senator Thomas OF
Evening star., 1941-01-01

Utah speak at the silver anniversary
luncheon.
At the luncheon, the association S
new president, DR.. w. Hayes Yeager
of George Washington University,
presided for the first time. On be-
half of the organization he pre-
sented gavels to five founders of the
association. They were J. A. Winans
of Dartmouth, H. B. Cough of Berea
College, l. M. Cochran, Carleton
College; J. M. O'Nelll, University OF
Wisconsin. and F. M. Rarig, Uniyer-
Sity Of Minnesota.
Other new officers Of the aSSOCla-
ton are Claude M Wise, Louisiana
State University. first vice president.
and ElWOod Murray, University of
Denver. second vice president.
Members of Tau Kappa Alpha,
honorary speech fraternity, yester-
day presented Secretary Of Navy
Knox fraternity key at Secretary
KnOX'S office at the Navy Depart
ment. The presentation was made
by Carney Smith of Alma College,
of which Secretary Knox is an
alumnUS.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Charts Show Boss enor Voice
Changes of Youth Go at IS

For the first time, science has a
picture of what happens when a
teen-age boy abruptly finishes in
tenor voice what he began in
deep, masculine bass and on chart
it looks like the reaching of an all
time high in the stock market.
The ups and downs of voice
changing in adolescent manhood are
reduced to an exact science by DR..
Grant Fairbanks, of the University
of Iowa. For three years, he and DR..
N. Thayer Curry, a former student,
now teaching at the University of
Oklahoma, have charted, photo
graphed and recorded the meander-
ing sound waves of the changing
voices of boys from 10 to 18 years
old.
Yesterday they talked on the sub
ject and illustrated it with pre-
Evening star., 1941-01-01

pared slides before a forum on ex-
perimental phonetics. in connection
with the convention of the Nation
al Association of Teachers of Speech
at the Mayflower Hotel.
They have found that the average
boy experiences a break in the
pitch of his voice of about an
octave-and is pretty upset by it
all.
At present there's nothing to be
done about it, and perhaps there
never will be. But the scientific
facts are being found out.
DR.. Fairbanks said the voice pitch
of young boy permanently
about full octave, on the average,
between the age of 10 and 18. From
10 to IA, he lowers the pitch about
tone, or one-SiXth of an octave.
The fifteenth year provides a lot
of material for slides and consider
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Argentina Grain Exports
Drop Heavily in 1910
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. War
closed markets caused a drop Of
more than 100000 tons In Argen-
tina's vital grain exports during
1910, the government announced
yesterday.
Against a yearly average of 12,-
114,OOO tons of grain exported in
the 10-year period from 1880
through 1889 Argentina shipped out
only 7050,000 tons in 1910.
The greatest decrease was in corn,
less essential than wheat to war
ring nations. The 1910 exports of
this grain totaled only 1.843.OOO
tons, compared with a yearly aver
age of 6,252,O0O tons in the pre-
vlous 10 years.
Evening star., 1941-01-01

able confusion for the boys, because
It's in that year, on the average,
that permanent drop Of about a
half octave is achieved. The rest
of the drop comes between then
and the eighteenth year.
Evening star., 1941-01-01

Meyers Doherty gets from his
son. DOhery, honor Tooth birthday
anniversary today On New Year Day. 84 Dohery
Chatham served in the Michigan Cavalry in
Civil wife Mary died five years ago couple
had been married 10 years. "A P Wrephoto
Evening star., 1941-01-01

Russia and Siberian furs are being
auctioned in Leipzig, Germany.
Evening star., 1941-01-01

RETIRES-Joseph T. Saylor,
70, foreman of laborers at the
National Museum, retired from
service with the Smithsonian
Institution yesterday after be-
ing in its employ since 1909.
DR.. Alexander Wetmore, as
sistant secretary of the Smith
sonian, presented him a purse
on behalf of fellow employees.
Mr.. SaylOr said he did not eX-
pect to be idle, planning to
devote more time to the work.
shop in the basement of his
home at 1914 Argonne place
NV. Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1941-07-24
President, After Busy Day,
To Leave for HYDE Park

Preparing to leave Washington
late today for a week end at Hyde
Park, N. Y, President Roosevelt
scheduled long list Of White House
engagements.
Because of his plans to be away
tomorrow, the Chief Executive
called his cabinet into session this
afternoon. Earlier in the day he
was to see Lincoln MacVeagh,
Minister to Greece. who has just
returned from German-occupied
Athens.
The first of the days appoint
ments was a brief meeting with
members of the new Volunteer Par
ticipation Committee, which is hold
ing its initial organization session
under Director La Guardia of the
Once of Civilian Defense at the
White House today.
Other engagements on the Presi-
dents schedule were with Senator
Norris. independent, of Nebraska
and Senator Lee. Democrat. of
Oklahoma, and with Vladimir Hur-
ban, Czecho- -Slovakian Minister.
Evening star., 1941-07-24
Sunset Symphony
On Radio Tonioht

A half hour of the eighth
Of the Sunset Symphonies by
the National Symphony Or
chestra at the Water Gate to-
night will be broadcast over
Station WMAL, beginning at
8 pm. The concert will feature
South American music, with
Alexander Smallens conducting
and Elsie Houston, Brazilian
soprano, as soloist.
In arranging these broadcasts,
the National Broadcasting Co.
and The Star are cooperating
with the Summer Concerts
Committee of the Symphony
Orchestra in an effort to further
appreciation and support of the
orchestra in its contribution to
the musical life of Washington.
The broadcasts are for those
who cannot take advantage of
this opportunity to attend con-
certs in a pleasantly cool setting.
Early announcement will be
made over Stations WMAL and
WRC II inclement weather
forces postponement OF the
concert.
Evening star., 1941-07-24
Russian Resistance
And Bad Roads Slow
Drive, Nazis Report
Defeat Of Large Trapped
Red Force With Capture
Of 13, 900 Claimed
BY the Associated Press.


BERLIN, July 24-Strong Red
Army resistance and bad roads are
hampering the German invasion of
Russia, the high command conceded
today, but it reported progress on
the whole eastern front nevertheless.
Again the commnnique from Adolf
Hitler's headquarters gave no detail
of the vast operations, but DNB.,
the official German news agency,
reported the defeat OF a large, trap
ped Red Army force at Newell. north
of Vitebsk, with extraordinary
heavy losses"
1t said $4,000 prisoners were taken
there and declared Russian losses
were high because Red Army polit-
ical commissars compelled their
troops to continue hopeless re-
sistance.
Another 5000 captives were said
by informed Germans to have been
taken in the Mogilev sector, on the
south side of the Smolensk salient,
after German troops had smashed
local resistance.
Booty, these sources said. included
weapons, war material and equip
ment for an entire division.
Local Resistance Strong.
Again, the communioue from
Hitler's headquarters summed up the
vast land operations in the one
sentence:
The operations of the German
armed forces and of their allies are
taking their planned course on the
entire east front in spite of dificult
and strong local resistance"
Of the Luftwaffes third successive
night assault on Moscow, the COM
munique said: Strong bomber for
nations last night again dropped
explosives of all calibers on vital
military objectives in Moscow"
Informed sources said the Soviet
air losses yesterday were Ill planes.
German losses were not stated spe-
cifically. but were described as
hardly one-tenth" of that.
Transports Declared Sunk.
Military sources said Rumanian
planes had sunk an undisclosed
number of Russian transports
carrying retreating Red Army troops
near the mouth of the Dniester
River.
While German armored units bat
tie fiercely on the road toward Mos
COW, Nazi infantry, almost 100 miles
to the rear, was said to be locked in
an equally fierce struggle with masses
of Russian troops split by the panzer
drive.
The Germans announced also that
the Luftwaffe had sunk eight Rus
sian transports filled with troops on
Lake Peipus, on the Russian Eston-
ian boundary south of Leningrad
The report said nearly all the Rus
slams drowned.
Desperately defending the ap-
(See BERLIN, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1941-07-24
S8,063,238,478 Bill.
For Defense Items
Reported 10 House
Maritime Boord, Army
And Navy Share in
Appropriation Measure

By the Associated Press.
A new s8.063, ,238.478 outlay for
the Army. Navy and Maritime Com
mission, including funds to step up
merchant ship construction to two
vessels daily by early next year, was
recommended to the House today
by its Appropriations Committee.
OF the total, S4,760 203.813 would
go to the Army TO provide equip
ment and maintenance for a land
force Of l.727,000 men-309. 900 more
than present strength-plus crit
ical items for a 5000 O00-man Army
The sum proposed for the Army
would swell to a record high OF
SIS, 1923, ,171132 the funds made
available to it in the present fiscal
year which opened July l.
The committee recommended ST.
698 $50 600 ip cash and contractua.
authority for the Maritime Commits
sion to permit construction of Sal
cargo vessels and acquisition of 35(
others to meet a serious ship short
age created at least in part by the
lease lend program.
Maritime Commission officials told
the committee, in testimony made
public today, that 100 American
merchant ships have been or shortly
will be withdrawn from domestic
service and chartered to Britain for
the hazardous Red Sea service.
Ship Deliveries Rushed.
Already 100000 tons of shipping
have been transferred to the lease
lend traffic in the North Atlantic,
they reported.
An encouraging note in the pic
ture, the committee said, was testi-
mony by the Maritime Commission
that deliveries on its new ship con-
struction were being made at the
rate of two vessels a week and
would be up to one day by No
vember and to two daily by January
or February
Every effort should be made to
build every ship that can possibly
be produced in this country" the
committee asserted, adding that on
completion of the present program
the United States merchant marine
would have grown from its present
tonnage of 100000 to 16,702 900
tons.
The Army's share of the funds.
Evening star., 1941-07-24
Two Men Lose Lives
In Powder Plant Blast
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
SOUTH ACTON, Mass, July a.
Tive men were killed today In an ex-
plosion at the American Cyanamid
Ss Chemical Co. powder mills State
police reported.
Buildings some distance away
from the closely guarded plant. To-
Gated in httle-inhabited area, were
shaken by the blast which was heard
many miles away.
The mishap was the latest in a
series of explosions at the plant
since the first of the year, in one
of which, in February, two men were
killed.
The firm, engaged in the produc-
ton of explosives under national
defense contracts, withheld any i'm
mediate statement on the explo-
sion.
Or. Raymond Hooper identified
the dead as Jacob Wirta. 81. and
Walter Kangas. 7s, both Of May
nard, Mass.