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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03
WEATHER SYNOPSIS

air rising the mountains causing rain this morning while intense storm in rainfall and the Aeuian Islands Rain had Kodiak Island the at The amount A 100 inch at Juneau The
 yesterday afternoon 50 degrees reported last night degrees light with low ceilings and prevailed this morning the JuneauKetchi airWay.
 The Friday morning indicated located with frontal trough extending north soheastwd St. Paul Island thence southwest This expected to norheastward vicinity St Island during the next "A hours causing sohw terly the Bering and Bristol Bay easey sutheasterly of high covered most of the North with high center of s05o inches at 3a degrees
 Juneau, 4-sunrise TOT sunset 628
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03
 Issue Taken
 Up, Russia
President Seeking Inform afion on Freedom of
 Worship for People

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-Presi- dent Roosevelt disclosed today he has instructed Averill Hartman, head of the American mission n Russia, to take up with Russia the question of religious freedom in Rus sia.
 The President told the newsmen at today's conference that he had previously taken the subject up with the Russian Government, leaving the impression this had been done through Ambassador Steinhardt.
 The President said he had re- ceived no report from Hartman and could not say anything as to whether the overtures had resulted in some success.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03
Brothers Arresfed
 For Illegal Fishing

Arrested on bench warrant is- sued here September 25, John and Gordon Reid were taken from their seine boat, the Neptune, in Pet ersburg yesterday and charged with violation of Alaska fishing regu- latio1s, according to wire re- ceived this morning in the U. & Marshal's office here.
 The Reid brothers were freed today under a $500 bond each.
 According to the warrant for their arrest, the Reids are charged with fishing violations on two counts. Hosea Sarber, fisheries agent for the Fish and Wildlife Service, declared they were fishing after the closing of the season and were also guilty of having two nets on their boat, a seine and a gillnet.
 Sarber reported the Neptune fished in or near the mouth of the Castle River, in Duncan Canal on September 3.
 This afternoon, word was re- ceived here from Wrangell that O.'C. Harris and s. N. Wyatt, also fishermen, were taken from theii boat on similar bench warrant from Juneau, also charged with fishing regulation violations. These two men were also released on $500 bonds each.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03
NORTH SEA FAXES CITY COUNCILMAN; BREAKS UP QUORUM

A scheduled meeting of the city council tonight was reduced in im- portance to. routine meeting of the city finance committee when the North Sea leaves this after noon.
 The Northland Transportation Company steamer took Councilman Harry Lee south on vacation, thus reducing the number Of voting council members on hand in the city to less than a quorum of the council. With Lee gone, Council man Ernest Parsons in Sitka on business, and Councilman Henry Messerschmidt now acting mayor in the absence of Harry l. Lucas, and unable to vote as a council member, the city fathers found themselves this afternoon with only thre e council votes in the city, where four are needed to transact city business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03
TOKYO GRIpED
 BECAUSE REDS GETTING OIL

TOKYO, Oct. 3.-The Japanese, unsuccessful themselves in obtain ing a greater share of the rich resources of the Netherlands East Indies, today expressed in strong terms their resentment of the col onial government shipping oil and rubber to Russia.
 Koh fshii, cabinet information bureau spokesman, told foreign press representatives that his gov- ernment would regard as evidence of an 'unfriendly attitude" large scale exports of such vital war ma terials from the Indies to Russia. inasmuch as the Japanese trade with the Indies is at a virtual standstill.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03
lAIko FAMILY
 10 GELEBl|RAI
 NEXT THURSDAY

MT. and Mrs. Paul Satko and their family are going to stage a big celebration next Thursday, the occasion having a double signifi- canoe. First of all it is to be the housewarming of the large log home which the Satko's have built, and it is also the marking of the first birthday of little North Sea Meri- dian Satko.
 North Sea Meridian is the first child of the Satko's to be born in Alaska, and she will celebrate her birthday in their new home. The house is built entirely of logs, and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03
Government Is(hanged,
 Australia
Fadden's Cabinet Resigns Labor Leader Form
 ing New One

CANBERRA, Australia, Oct. g. Labor Leader John Curtin has ac- cepted the commission from the new Australian Government to form a new cabinet.
 The acceptance was made after Prime Minister Fadden rendered the Cabinets resignation following defeat of motion, regarded by the Government. as one that should be for confidence in the Govern ment.
 Curtin said the Labor Govern ment will carry on the war whole heartedly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03
ANOTHER CZECH
 CONDEMNED FOR
 ANTI-NAzI WORK

BERLIN, Oct. 3-Otakar Klapka, mayor of Prague, today was re- ported condemned to death by the Peoples Court in Prague on charges of plotting rebellion, apparently in conspiracy with the condemned pre- mier of the Bohemia -Moravia Pro- Sectorate, General Elias.
 Dienst Aus Deutschland, Berlin newspaper, reported Elias is under a sentence of death. The only apL peal from the Peoples Court ver- dict will be to Hitler himself.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03
q v 1a 2 fk Synagogues Are Blown
 as H-8
 Upin Paris
Six Jewish Edifiees Wreck ed by Bomb Explosion
 This Morning

VICHY, Oct. 3-Six synagogues were blown up in Paris this morning according to official advices re- ceived here. sses
 z The explosions were caused by planted bombs. 2
 The interiors of the synagogues were totally destroyed and only the walls are left standing.
 Two persons are known to have been injured.
 Y Bombs were placed in a seventh synagogue but were located and re moved safely. ''s
 Observers said the bombings are apparently the work of the tn brfdled Right Wing terrorists.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03
(hlineseArnY
 Smashed, Say
 Jap,sinHorlan

SHANGHAI, Oct. 3-A Japanese spokesman today declared the army's new drive on Honan Prov ince has put it's advance units within six miles of the vital railway junction of Chenchow and smashed the Chinese 98th Army.
 About 2,000 Chinese soldiers were killed and 5000 captured, the Jap anese said. General Wu Shin Min, commander of the 98th Army, was among the dead, dispatches said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03
! NEW MEMBERS TO JOIN MOOSE
 LODGE TONIGHT

Two new members will be initiated into the Moose Lodge tonight at 6 o'clock after short regular business meeting is held by the organization. The initiates who will become mem bers of the Loyal Order of Moose are George Hansen and George Karppi
 Governor Glen Allen will meet
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03
HOLDEN MAKES
 TWO FLIGHTS
 TO NAVY CITY

Pilot Alex Holden mad e two round trips to Sitka today for AL aska Coastal Airlines, taking Tom Dyer, Ernie Whitehead, c. D. Cum mins, Jack Calvin and E. R. Mc- Grassland on the first trip and re- turning with the Rev and Mrs. Willis Booth, F. D. Kelly, Harold Utgaard and D. L. Dennard.
 On the second trip, Holden landed James Stoler at Tenakee and took R. c. Holmes, G. c. Ficklin, Julian Hill and Oscar Hart to the end of the line. He was to return with five other passengers this afternoon.
 Meanwhile, Eliot Shell Simmons .1opped to Yakobi Island with John East, U. s. Bureau of Mines engin- ger, who soon will start survey drilling operations of nickel deposits Goodwin took off for Ketchikan with Mrs. c. R. Bell, wife of a Rake merchant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03

although not completely finished, the two-story struc lre has been roofed and floored. It was built by the Satkos themselves to live in while they farm their 122 acres of ground.
 Everyone is welcome to go to the open house-birthday party in the new home, which is located on the Herbert River Road.
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THE WEATHER
(By the U. S. Weather Bureau) D. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU

FORECASTS
 light Saturday little change tonight highest Saturday gentle moderate westerly winds.
 Southeast Alaska Showers ht partly cloudy mostly cloudy with light showers the mountains Canal change emperatlre moderate westerly winds norherly
 Wind and weather along Gulf Alaska tonight Dixon Entrance Epsncer westerly northwesteri winds
 nchinbrook moderate partly moderate westerly northwestery winds southweerly Saturday fresh westerly becoming fresh to outhwesterly Saturday
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Harold DeRoux, wellknown young Gastineau- Channel boy, returned home aboard the North Sea today safter a trip. south.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03
Brandeis
 Very HI

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3-Former Associate Justice Brandeis of the Supreme Court of the United States, is reported seriously ill after an attack of the heart last Wednes- day He is 84 years old.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03
LouRING ON NORTH SEA

Kaj Louring, travelling man, is aboard the North Sea bound from Ketchikan to Sitka to call on the merchants.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03

Dale Drulinger, former we'll known basketball player of Ju- neau, is aboard the North Sea from Seattle for Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03
EARTHQUAKES
 IN CALIFORNIA

EUREKA, Calf, Oct. 3-A strong quake was felt here and vicinity this afternoon but caused no ap- pTeciable damage according to meagre reports received.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-03
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Oct. 3 - Closing quotation CT Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3ss, American Can 84M, Anaconda 26 1/2, Bethlehem Steel 66, Commonwealth and South ern B, Curtiss Wright 9as, Ihter- national Harvester 51A, Kennecott 34 7i8, New York Central 12, North ern Pacific GA, United States Steel 55 1v2 Pound $403A.
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OSCAR HART IN TOWN
 Oscar Hart, we'll known travelling man in Alaska, arrived here on the North Sea from Petersburg, where he called on the trade.
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DOW, JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 126.06, rails 29.02, utilities 1888.
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Empire Classifieds Pay!
Evening star., 1941-11-15
Race Won by Pigeon
Named for Lady Halifax

Lady Halifax" a homing pigeon
named for the wife of the British
Ambassador, is winner of Red
Cross tiieht from Montgomery, Ala,
to Washington.
She flew in yesterday, bearing in
a small capsule tied to a leg a greet
ing from Montgomery officials to
Norman Davis, Red Cross chairman.
The greeting also announced the
Montgomery Red Gross campaign.
Twenty-three pigeons were re-
leased Monday in Montgomery for
the flight of more than 700 miles.
They were young birds which never
had flown the distance before. Ac-
cording to the attaches of the Office
of Representative Grant of Alabama
Lady Halifax is the only bird known
to have come in. Others are ex-
pected soon.
Lady Halifax is owned by Will
liam Firsien of Bladensburg. who
says she flew three mile courses
this summer and one of 600 miles.
Evening star., 1941-11-15
Navy Transfers
Famed Transport
Great Britain

The World War transport George
Washington, now the Navy trans
port Catlin, has been transferred to
Great Britain, the Navy Department
announced. The transfer was made
September 26.
The George Washington, a Ger
man ship seized when the United
States entered the war. was used as
transport for American troops. 1t
also carried President Wilson to
the peace conference.
For many years after the World
War the George Washington lay
at anchor in the Patuxent River at
Solomon's Island. 1t recently was
reconditioned for service bv the
Navy and renamed the U. S. S
Catlin.
Evening star., 1941-11-15
Few Maryland Towns
Expected 10 Insure
Defense Volunteers
Stote and U. S. Plan
Not to Assume Such
Responsibility, Chief Says
E. the Associated Press.

E. the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. l5-EXecutive
Director Isaac S. George of the
Maryland Council of Defense said
today that few Maryland communi-
! ties were undertaking liability in
surance for volunteer firemen and
other volunteers for defense duty
and that the Federal Government
| likewise would not assume such re-
sponsibility.
Numerous queries or the matter
have been received by the council.
Mr.. George said the Baltimore City
fire department was having all VOL
unteers sign clauses releasing the
city from injury liability and that
many counties were following the
same plan.
Mr.. George said the Civilian Pro-
lection Board had endeavored to
induce insurance companies not to
increase premiums on policies for
volunteers because of special
hazards involved.
The executive director said like
, wise no Federal or State funds were
available to finance local defense
organizations. He suggested that
Office space could be obtained rent
free in such buildings as armories,
post offices, public libraries or court
houses.
Costs of mailing, stationery. maps
and necessary Office equipment. and
in some larger communities of
office help might be paid out of city
and county funds he said, adding
| that if these were not available
funds could be raised by volunteer
donations from citizens and large
industries, or such Embarrassing
affairs as bazaars
Evening star., 1941-11-15
Last Bar Removed
From Maine Avenue
Grade Project
Fine Arts Commission
Approves Design Of
Architect Paul Cret

The National Commission of Fine
Arts yesterday approved a design for
the Maine avenue and Fourteenth
street SW. grade separation pre-
pared by Paul P. Cret. municipal
architect. This action, coupled with
the approval of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, re-
moves the last barrier to starting of
work on the strategic highway i'm
provement.
The fine arts group also approved
designs for the three new temporary
Government Office buildings to be
erected in the Mall. The plans were
submitted by Louis A. Simon, super
vlSing architect of the Public Build
lngS Administration.
Other actions of the Fine Arts
Commission included
l. Approving designs submitted by
Nathan c. Wyeth, municipal archi-
tect, for new junior high school at
Forty-ninth street and Washington
place NE. and a municipal incin-
orator at West Virginia and Mount
Olivet avenues NE.
2. Approving the Federal Loan
A9ency'S design for the woman de-
tense workers dormitory to be
erected at Fifteenth and Euclid
streets NV, overlooking Meridian
Hill Park.
3. Recommending moving of the
statue of Dr Pepior,,i, pucb fro,,,
the Naval Hospital grounds in
Washington to the new Naval Med
lcal Center near Bethesda, Md. and
the Mcmillan fountain from McMil-
Ian Park to new site south of the
Lincoln Memorial rejecting pool.
4. Approving. with the exception
of few details. plans for compile
tion of the War Department Build
ing in the Northwest rectangle.
Evening star., 1941-11-15
Prince Georges Picks
Deputy Raid Wardens
In Election Districts
Appointees to Select
Assistants, Announces
Defense Council Head

Deputy air raid Wardens for cleo
ton districts of Prince Georges
County, Nd, have been chosen, il
was announced today by Mrs. Daisy
P La Coppidan of Mount Rainier,
chairman of the Prince Georges
County Defense Council.
Most of those named already have
accepted, said Mrs. La Coppidan,
who also announced that w. r.
Beattie of Decatur Heights had
been named chairman of the Rescue
Squad Committee Of the County
Council.
The deputy wardens will name a
few assistants and in turn sector
wardens will be appointed to serve
under the latter
Appointed district deputy air raid
Wardens are:
Evansville. John D. Smith; Blad-
ensburg, Frank H. Fierstein; Marl-
boro, George Harry Morris; Noting
ham, Charles F.. Peel: Plscataway
T. Claude Underwood; Spaldings
County Sheriff William Clifton;
Queen Anne, Stanley R Gilbert
Aquasco, w. R. c. Connick: Sur
rats, j. Frank Dent: Laurel. R. NJ
Watson, BrandyWine. Charles S
Early, jr: Oxon Hill. Pat Phillips
Kent, Chief County Deputy Sheriff
r. Earle Sheriff; Bowie, Noah Joffe
Melwood, Charles w. Brown; Hv-
attsville, Harry H. McFarlin; Chill
lum. D. R. Buckley; Seat Pleasant.
Irwin 1. Main: Riverdale. Harry l.
Casbarian: Lanham. Frank K Hal
ley, and Berwyn. County Treasurer
Harry w. McNamee.
Evening star., 1941-11-15
l0Neor Term Given
Burglar in Arlington

Chester Gesling, 81, of the 2l00
block CT North Twentieth street. Ar
lington. was yesterday sentenced in
Arlington County Circuit Court to
serve 10 years in the State peniten-
tiary after he had pleaded guilty TO
20 charges Of HOUSEKEEPING.
Judge Walter T. Mccarthy i'm
posed a sentence of 10 years on each
count. the sentences to run concur
rently. Gesling was arrested by
county police last August in connec-
ton with a series of housebreakings
in Arlington County and nearby
areas and later showed police sew
eral places he had robbed.
Evening star., 1941-11-15
Group Heads Chosen
For Maryland P.-T. A.
AT FoIIow-Up Session
1912 Congress to Sit
At Salisbury, on Bid
Of Wicomico Council

Committee chairmen for the
Maryland Congress of Parents and
Teachers were elected by the body S
Executive Committee at a meeting
yesterday at the East Silver. Spring
CMd) Elementary School.
At the same time the committee
accepted an invitation of the Wi
comico County Council to hold the
1912 convention of the congress at
Salisbury. The meeting was follow
up of the three-day convention in
Montgomery County this week.
Chairmen in charge of various
departments are Mrs Gordon A.
Fleet, Annapolis, conservation and
natural resources; Charles Stephen
son Smith, Port Tobacco. safety;
Mrs, H. Ross Coppage, Baltimore,
legislation; Miss Lillian c. Comp
ton, Cumberland, school education;
Miss Edna McNaughton, College
Park, parent education: Mrs. Fred
H. Cook, Baltimore, social hygiene.
and Mrs. Frank F. Smith, Silver
Spring, child hygiene.
Chairmen of committees-a large
are Mrs. Milton D. Moore. Hagers-
town, counselor to councils: Mrs.
G. r. Clements, Annapolis, bulletin
editor: L. H. Henry, Mount Rainier,
bylaws; Mrs. Robert G. Doty, Cum
berland, congress publications; Mrs.
S. G. Cover. Hagerstown, program
service and founders day; Mrs. L.
Warrington Carr, Edgewater, pub
licity; Mrs. Thomas w. Pyle, Be-
thesda, recreation, and William F.
Podllch, Round Bay, historian.
Elected to serve on the Executive
Committee are Mrs. Clements, Mrs.
Moore and Mrs. Carr.
Evening star., 1941-11-15
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MUSIC.
Organ musicale, w n ing o n
Chapel. Church of Jesus Christ of
the Latter Day Saints, Sixteenth
street and Columbia road NV,
o'clock tonight.
Band concert, Soldiers Home
Band, Stanley Hall, Soldiers Home
Park, $50 o'clock tonight.
EXHIBIT.
Art in American Life and Edu-
cation" a biennial exhibition of
works by pupils in District of Co.
lumbia public schools. National Gal
lery of Art. Constitution avenue at
Sixth street NV. beginning tomor.
row. Open 10 m. to pm. daily,
to 5 pm. Sundays.
OUTINGS.
Historical tour of Annapolis and
the United States Naval Academy,
sponsored by Capital Hiking Club,
buses leave 14l6 F street NV, 8
am. tomorrow.
Historical tour of Mount Vernon.
Pohick Church. National Masonic
Memorial. Christ Church, Gadsby's
Tavern and Lee Mansion. sponsored
by National Capital Parks. Meet at
main entrance to Mount Vernon
Estates. 9 am. tomorrow. special
buses leave 14l6 F street $50 am.
tomorrow
Hike. from Great Falls. Va. to
Villa Ecuador. sponsored by Wan
derbirds Hiking Club. Leave from
front of National Theater 9 a IN. to-
morrow.
"Wildlife in Color" by Cleveland
Grant, Biological Society of WASH
ington, Cosmos Club, Madison place
and H street NV, 8 o'clock tonight.
DANCES.
Filipino Executive Society, VIII
lard Hotel, 9 o'clock tonight.
Yugoslavic American Association,
Willard Hotel, 10 o'clock tonight.
Newman Club of George Washing
ton University, Annapolis Hotel,
10 o'clock tonight.
Railroad Retirement Board Rec
reation Association, Wardman Park
Hotel, 8 o'clock tonight.
Interstate Club, honoring Penn
sylvania and Ohio, Almas Temple,
1915 K street NV, $50 o'clock to-
night.
DINNER DANCE.
Variety Club, Willard Hotel. 7
o'clock tonight.
DINNER.
Education Association of the Dis
trict of Columbia, Mayflower Hotel,
O'Clock tonight.
Royal Order of the testers. May
flower Hotel, 7:13 o'clock tonight.
BREAKFAST.
Indiana University Alumni Az
Evening star., 1941-11-15


! 1890 am. tomorrow.
FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE.
Dance, sponsored by Women's
Battalion. Departmental Auditor
ium, Constitution avenue between
Twelfth and Fourteenth streets
NV: s o'clock tonight.
Dance, Soldiers, Sailors and Ma
rines Club. 8 O'Clock tonight;
/ hostesses.
Dance, Y. w. C. A., 9 o'clock to-
night.
Dance, Y. NJ. c. A., 9 o'clock to-
night: hostesses.
Dance, National Catholic Com
munity Service Club. O'Clock
tonight; hostesses, light refresh
ments
Dance. Jewish Community Gen.
ter, 8 o'clock tonight.
Dinner and dance. sponsored by
League for Men in the Service of
Covenant-First Presbyterian Church,
Fellowship House, 1868 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, 6 o'clock to-
night; transportation to Fellowship
House provided from church, Con-
necticut avenue and N street NV.
Dinner. dancing and games. spon-
sored by Foundry Methodist Church.
/ Let's Building Sixteenth and P
/ streets NV. $50 o'clock tonight.
Dinner. followed Dy square dance,
sponsored by Service Club of st.
Johns Episcopal Church, Sixteenth
and H streets NV, $50 o'clock to-
night: charge.
Open house, National Capital
Service Mems Club. 8 o'clock to-
night; music, hostesses. game facil-
tiles.
Dancing. games and refreshments,
Arlington Recreation Center Tenth
and Irving streets north. Clarendon,
Va, l pm. to midnight today.
Sightseeing tour, by Auxiliary
Group, Red Cross Motor Corps.
meet at Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club, 10 am tomorrow.
Tea dance, National Catholic
Community Service Club, 3 pm. to-
morrow
Dinner. sponsored by st. Matthews
Parish Sodality. National Catholic
Community Service Club, 6 pm. to-
morrow.
Open house, Soldiers. Sailors and
Marines Club. pm. tomorrow.
Open house, Y. M. c. A., refresh
ments. to 6 pm. tomorrow.
Buffet supper, informal recrea-
ton, Y. w. c. A., 4 to 10 pm. to-
morrow.
Open house, games and outings.
Arlington Recreation Center, l to
1890 pm.
Swimming, Y. NJ. C. A., small
charge, 8 am. to l pm. tomorrow.
For Colored Service Men.
Dance, Phyllis Wheatley Y. w.
c. A., 9O1 Rhode Island avenue
NV. 8 o'clock tonight.
Volley ball and basket ball
games, Y. M. c. A., 1916 Twelfth
street NV, o'clock tonight.
Swimming, Y. M. C. A., 2 to 10
pm. today and 2 to 6 pm. to-
morrow; all other facilities of Y. M.
c. A. also open to service men.
Forum discussion, Y. w. C. A.,
6 pm. tomorrow, followed by social
Evening star., 1941-11-15
University Honors
HyuttsviIIe Student

Gerald E. Prentice. son of Mr.. al.
Mrs. Floyd E. Prentice. 6505 Ouecr
Chapel road, Hyattsville. Nd. HI
been named to the Hall of Fame
mythical society of campus leade
selected by the Diamondback, Uni
verSity of Maryland publication.
MI. Prentice is president of tn
senior class. editor of the Terrapir
university yearbook; president 0
the Footlight Club. school dramati
group; vice president of Alpha P
Omega. dramatic honorary Societ,
and captain of I Company of tn
university R. o. T. c. unit
He also is a member of Omicrol
Delta Kappa. national LEADERSHIP
fraternity: Beta Alpha Psi. honor
airy accounting society, and Pi Delt,
Epsilon, honorary journalism grouT