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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-27
THEE GOES SOUTH

Steamer Tyee sailed south last night for Seattle via ports in Southeast Alaska. No passengers were taken aboard in Juneau.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-11-14

heard of the Seversky planes. Well they're his Here
three of his accomplishments He invented skis for
flying boats. He proposed refueng in the air. Broke
the worlds record for amphibian planes.
AT the time he lost his Leg he thought his life as an
aviator He went into another branch of it;
made a success
The number of men who have made outstanding sue
after having lost leg is most heartenng Benny
Howard research pilot for the United Air Lines but he
two ago the result of accident But recently
he took up the Douglas d. the largest land plane
er flown at that time, its trial trip.
When Herbert Marshall a young soldier in
France he planned his return to London to go the
stage-to become actor A bomb exploded. His leg
him the screen-hes one of the best actors in
Hollywood
Did you ever hear of the play What Price
Glory?" 1t written in collaboration with Laurence
Staings Laurence Stallngs ought to know good deal
about He lost a leg in one.
You may have heard of st. John Irvine the play
wright who has had several successful plays One leg
War Orrck Johns of ST. Louis who wrote The Life and
Times of My Father" has only one leg. Street car
In the United States there are $4,000 amputatons
each year. The people who lose a vital limb have to
adapt themselves to a mode of life. But they can do
it not only they adapt themselves mode of
life but they make a success of it. The important
thing is not to give up because something happens to you
Adjust yourself to a new way of life keep going.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-11-14
DO YOU KNOW THE WORDS?

God Bless America" is great song. 1t is the kind
of song that inspires fervent patriotism and makes
feel how much country 1t fits the pres
ent times 1t ought to be sung loud and often
But God Bless America" shouldn't be treated with
the and solemn respect which hold for
national anthem-"The StarSpangled Banner"
In many of the schools today children learn God
Bless America before they hear the tune to
The StarSpangled Banner The usually given is
that it's easier for the children learn And sometimes
it is added They're thinking of making it the national
anthem anyway
Who they are is matter of conjecture. but among
a large number of people, to all ntents and purposes
God Bless America already has become the national
anthem. People stand when it is played in public gath
erngs Many know every word of it by heart yet stumble
along when they try to sing The StarSpanged Banner"
Whether there is chance that God Bless America"
day be national anthem is not the question
today. Our national anthem is 'The StarSpangled Ban
ner''-and this is no time to consider change.
To those who know the words to 1.-THE Star-Spanged
Banner-who have thrilled to those words and that
all their lvest is the song. above all Others which
expresses the spirit of America. Let's all learn those
words backward and forward.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-11-14

lTOMURROW|
-
DON lOSn(SoN

CONVERSATION -. argument
Did you hear what Knox said
on the radio the other night?"
/ These days. an innocently phras-
ed question like that. dropped in
roomful of people. acts like fuse
to set off night of heated argu-
ment
Until someone mentions a sub
ject which has to do with war. the
conversation may be limited to a
calm exchange of pleasantries, but
the Knox question. or any similar
comment on the news, gradually
leads to the abandonment OF all
other topics.
Usually it warns up gradually.
In answer to the Knox question.
the man sitting quietly in the cor
ner Of the room may answer, "I'll
say that guy is really showing
the Germans we mean business!"
Someone else will pick up that
answer and remark, "You mean
he's leading us right into war!
Somebody ought to stop his talk
ing"
After a few more preliminaries
the other people in the room be-
gin to chose sides. Soon thoughts
begin tumbling out of mouths, no
one wanting to take time to listen
to the others argument: 1t has
become a question of whether we
should go to war or be isolation
lists or stay on the fence-and.
everybody wants to have his say.
SHIPS attacks
The President and his foreign
policy form and center of most
verbal conflicts about war.
Roosevelt has already broken
every pledge he made to keep us
out of war;" and anti-New Dealer
will remark.
THE heck he has," replies one
OF the interventionists. "He prom
ised he wouldn't go to war unless
attacked. Well. we've been attack
ed on the seas a dozen times"
mo, we haven't" exclaims an
isolationist. What we've done is
send our battleships out hunting
or submarines, and when they
hoot back he calls 1t an attack"
What about the merchant ships
he Nazi have sunk?'a
Most OF them weren't ever our
Ships" comes the reply. "WEy do
you suppose We put them under
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-11-14
RADIO COMES OF AGE

This month radio broadcastng comes age and
brates Its ZIst In addi.ion is
brating the 18Th anniversary of network broadcasng
Radio has made tremendous strides during its youth
since the day in November, 1920 when station KDKA
Pittsburgh first aroused public interest in radio broad
casting with program announcing the re,ur the
HardngCox presidential election.
Of course, that WASH the real beginning of radio.
which had been in experimental stages for many years
and had been successfully utilized the World War But
that the first program broadcast for the purpose of
arousng public interest in radio.
1t all is said to have started when H. p Davis, then
vice president of Westinghouse read small advertise
ment of Pittsburgh department store saying that wire
less sets to hear sent from the home of Frank
Conrad. in Williamsburg, for sale. That little ad
changed Mr. Davis whole attitude toward radio-for
him it said for the first time. Radio the pub
lie Before that had been thought of primarily for pri-
vate purposes
DR.. Conrad. who started amateur but by 1920
of the best known operators in the nation broad
cast several times week for the benefit of the few
people who had radio sets He would talk play phono-
graph records and sometimes have friends in put
show.
Mr. Davis lstened-and from then on he devoted his
effort toward plans broadcast programs of the widest
possible public interest.
Radio has its faults. There many ways in which
it must be changed and improved But all Of will ad-
NIT that for youth of 81 is to say the least
youngster who "shows real promise"
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-11-14

the performance OF this duty ii is
inevitable that some of our naval
vessels will come in contact with
the enemy and shooting will take
place; there is no advantage in
breaking off diplomatic relations
with Germany: our immediate job
is to see that the sea-lanes are
kept open and safe and we are in
the war to the extent that is neces.
sary TO perform that task.
The inference by the President
that he expects some of our ships
will be shot at in carrying out the
duty which has been assigned to
them is the first time he has ad-
mitted the inevitableness of such
attacks. There are many here who
believe his present calmer attitude
will tend to create the unity of
opinion which he has been seeking.
Ever since the first American
warship was shot at the President
has angrily declared each attack
to be a totally unwarranted act OF
piracy. But when, in each case. it
was later shown that our ships
were protecting English ships or
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-11-14

Panama registry? Because We
didn't want to be responsible for
them If they were shot at carrying
goods to England! But then. when
someone does shoot at them, the
President calls them our ships
again to try to get us excited about
war"
That's lot of boloney," IF we
can't send ships wherever We
want, it means the end of freedom
of the seas"
Freedom of the seas" says the
isolationist scornfully, 'is just a
lot of hooey. We don't want the
Germans to have freedom of the
seas, do we? What We mean by
freedom of the seas is control of
the seas"
INSULTS Roosevelt
Usually, when an argument about
war begins to reach the insulting
one-another stage, someone who
hasn't had much to say breaks in
with a remark which shifts the
tack of the conversation.
ITS not a question:" he might
venture, "of freedom of the seas or
the registry of boats. The big ques-
tion is whether we're willing to do
our part to save democracy or if
We want to be slaves to Hitler"
whats the use of making tanks
and planes if they're just going to
get sunk in the Atlantic?" another
remarks.
Well" another comments, from
what I've heard we haven't got
anything much to ship abroad yet
anyway. If Roosevelt really wants
to win the war why doesn't he stop
strikes and really get things done?"
"Listen!" shouts somebody who
has begun to lose patience. 81 get
sick and tired of everybody blam-
ing Roosevelt for everything. He's
got the toughest job any man ever
had and you just sit around and
criticize! He really knows what's
going on. We don't. Why can't
you just take his word for it that
we've got TO lick Hitler and that
he knows how it can best be
done!"
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-11-14

attacking submarines themselves,
the public has taken a what can
you expect?" viewpoint.
Now. If the President, congress
and the public all accept the fact
that our ships are going to be shot
at in our undeclared sea war, we
can go on from there to determine
| IL that Is a reason for backwater-
ing or for making stronger sea
offensive to drive off the enemy.
There Is little doubt that the ma
jority in congress now favor an
all-out sea war against Germany.
The long senate debate on the
junking of the neutrality. act was
actually a debate on war-and al
though the revision bill didn't call
for a declaration of war. it is OBJ
vious, when viewed In the light OF
the Presidents recent shoot on
sight" and pull our own oar"
statements, that war was the is
sue.
This was admirably expressed by
Senator Vandenberg, in a speech
applauded even by his opponents,
when he said:
II can understand the viewpoint
which is ready to accept, and which
even feels, with deep conviction,
that for the sake of our own de-
Tense we are not Fastening fast
enough to the 'all-out' battle-line.
can understand how such a view
point will support the pending res
olution in the most belligerent
orm into which il can be put-and
the senate committee itself has all
but sounded the battle charge.
Logic and consistency and war
thus fall into lock step. But ! can
not understand the viewpoint which
supports this pending action on thu
old shallow, transparent, exploded
theory that we are once more striv
ing to keep out of active war when
we thus drive straight ahead into
the bloody heart of it,"
Opposition to revision Of the
neutrality law, and hence to war
came from three groups: % the
isolationists, who think there is no
need for us to enter into this war;
(2) the anti-New Dealers. who op-
pose the whole philosophy of the
President; and CD a group who
thinks we may eventually have tc
60 to war but that 1t would be dis
astrous to get into it until we are
better prepared.
Speaking for the last group. Sen
ator Byrd of Virginia created ma
ional discussion with an article In
the current Readers Digest, II
which he lists our supplies and
our production accomplishments t
date and stresses the fact that
except for our navy, we haven
enough modern equipment to MAKE
a dent in the international picture
Part of our failure to produce
tanks, and planes in sufficient
Quantity is generally blamed or
labor strikes and congress still is
talking about laws to curb stoppag
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-11-14

in production. But when John L.
Lewis agreed to send the coal
miners back to work temporarily,
much of the demand for legisla-
ton cooled down, indicating that
congress only shows an active in
terest in curbing labor when public
pressure reaches a fever pitch.
There are some here who feel
that an open declaration OF war is
the only way we can create the
unity of all groups necessary to get
production into high gear. But
others feel that we should prove
our ability to produce, and greatly
increase the equipment on hand"
before we abandon our short of
war tactics. 1t is generally agreed
however, that any formal declara-
ton of war by congress, If it ever
comes. is still months off.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-11-14

Washington. ID. c. (NWNS) -
Following the recent sinking of the
United States destroyer Reuben
James. President Roosevelt clari-
fled this nations policy toward
Germany by stating that he saw
no reason why the sinking would
affect Americas foreign policy or
its diplomatic relations with Ger
many.
His statement was interpreted TO
mean: We will continue TO use
our navy as much as necessary to
protect goods and munitions being
shipped TO England and Russia; in
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-11-14
DMGAxag
Asahos Of '1iosv 10 Win FdmdS
.amd Ire~enee People"
LOSS OF A LEG DIDN'T STOP
THESE MEN

In 1915, during the World war, young aviator went
up to engage in his first air fight The enemy saw him
overhead antaircraft unlimbered and began
TO rain steel at him. shell struck his arpane and with
the speed of gravity the young aviator plunged into the
Gulf of Riga. Just his hope began to wane battle
ship steamed toward piece of floating wreckage to
which he clnging and he lifted out of the water
but with only leg The other had been shot away
There he his first trip into the air fight
er, and back with leg gone. This young man was
Alexander de Seversky He loved flying. Was he going
to give it up simply because he had lost leg? No sir
not he not with his determination and grit So he
went into the engineering end of aviation And has
factory at Farmngdale Long Island New York You've
Evening star., 1941-07-14

lowing conclusion of an armistice
with Gen. Henri Dentz, French high
commissioner in Syria and Lebanon.
BY the undisclosed terms of the
armistice, initiated Saturday night
at Acre, Palestine, British sources
said they expected to gain a bull
wark for protection of the Suez
Canal and perhaps greater Coop
Grafton from the wavering Turks.
Initiating OF the Syrian Ar
mistice was changed this morn
ing to full signature when Gen.
Fenri Dentz, Vichy Syrian COM
maIder, and Gen. Sir Henry
Maitland Wilson, chief of the
Allied forces. sealed the pact of
Acre, the British Broadcasting
Corp. said in a report heard in
Evening star., 1941-07-14
Martin Challenges
President 10 Force
Defense Speedup
6. 0. P. Leader Asserts
Preparedness Program
Isn't Being Carried Out

! President Roosevelt faced a chal-
lenge today from House Minority
Leader Martin to break the bottle
necks" and eliminate red tape" in
order to speed up the national de-
fense program Immediately.
Asserting that the lag in the pro-
duction for national preparedness is
a matter for grave worry" Repre-
sentative Martin urged that nothing
"be permitted for a moment TO
stand in the way of the immediate
economical and efficient building of
an adequate, modern military and
naval force"
He called for an end to the con-
cealment of mistakes" insisting that
the Nation be informed of the
facts concerning the real state OF
national preparedness"
Says Production Too Slow.
The Republican leader said it had
been stated by authoritative sources
and not refuted that the admin
istration in full year of armament
effort has produced a volume OF
arms which Germanys Europe could
turn out in less than two months
and England in about three months ;
In his statement issued last night
Mr. Martin asserted that although
Congress had given the adminiStra-
ton ample power and appropria-
tiOnS to carry out the national pre-
paredness program, the program
is not being adequately carried
out" adding:
I'VE demand the President take
such steps, under his present au-
thorlty and appropriations, as will
break the bottlenecks, free the log
jams, and get our national pre-
paredness program moving as it
should. The Nation expects this
to be done"
Preparedness Called First Job"
Entirely aside from any question
OF whether or not we should partici-
pate in shooting war; he asserted.
1t remains fact that it would be
a crime of ineXpressible magnitude
to send American BOYS overseas
without adequate equipment. sup
plies, or even training with which to
defend themselves, let alone to win
any battles.
Every straight thinking person
must realize our first job under any
circumstances, and in the light of
every logical consideration. is to
achieve impregnable national pre-
paredness and fully mechanical,
trained and equipped army.
We must hunt down all sub
versive elements and fifth columnists
and throw them out of the prepared
ness program. Bureaucrats cam
not be allowed to impede national
preparedness.
The Nation should be led and
guided 10 unity and slngleness OF
purpose in the building of the pre-
parednesS program. and an adequate
supply of training and fighting
equipment for our boys. Informed
Evening star., 1941-07-14

other large cities of the country,
New York for example, would de-
mand statehood
He also predicted that counties in
the States in which the Federal Gov
ernment owns considerable property
would be in a position to ask for
Federal contributions TO their up
keep if the status of the District
of Columbia were changed as pro-
posed in the bill and the District
continue to receive funds from the
Federal Treasury.
The first motion in committee
today was to postpone indefinitely
the Capper-Sumners bill. That
would have put the bill on ice in
the committee, with no possibility
of its being brought into the Senate
for consideration except by motion
to discharge the committee.
Territorial Setup.
Senator Norris of Nebraska. a
member of the subcommittee which
had considered the bill, offered a
substitute motion to report the bill
to the Senate with the recommended =
ton that it be indefinitely post
poned. He explained that in this
way the bill would be placed on the
calendar and Senators who favored
the measure would have an oppor-
tunity OF calling it up and trying TO
get some legislation through.
A written report on the bill will
be filed by Senator McCarran within
the next week, it is expected.
Senator kilgore suggested that he
would be willing to see territorial
form of government established here
with the people electing a legislature,
which in turn would make the laws
for the District and levy taxes.
Evening star., 1941-07-14
New York by Columbia Broad
casting system.

casting system.
Now in occupation of territory
adjacent to Turkey, the British
were in position to send military
aid in event their non-belligerent
ally becomes involved in the war
Some of the imperial and Free
French troops engaged for the past
five weeks in the bitter Syrian con-
fiict, it was pointed out, will be re-
leased for duty elsewhere, and the
island of Cyprus, which was in an
exposed position after the fall Of
Crete. may now be bolstered by avia-
ton bases Oh the mainland
Increased Free French activity
against other Vichy-held colonies
was forecast in some quarters.
In Vichy, French sources de-
clared Gen. Dentz had oGly ten
tativelv initiated the Acre armis-
tice and said his powers extended
only to military maters-not po-
htlcal or governmental affairs.
These sources said the British
occupation might resemble the
area of France-With the British
taking over military authority - ut
leaving the civil administration
in French hands,
No Acrimony, Wilson Says.
The armistice. announced in Cairo,
was described by Gen. Sir Henry
Maitland Wilson the British COM
mander, as painful but necessary
CEREMONY in which there was no
acrimony.
These territories were, until re-
Gently, used by our main enemy to
our detriment. Our late ally saw fit
to oppose us in preventing this.
That opposition now has come to
an end" he said.
Evening star., 1941-07-14

members of Congress know this is
not being done now
Ample Funds Available.
Remarking that mere appropria-
tions are not achievement" Mr.
Martin pointed out that funds avail
able for the national defense pro-
gram now amount to S45 900, 900 900,
including provision for aid to Brit
ain, while contracts amounting to
sl8 8,00O, 100000 have been let"
He recalled that a subcommittee
of the House Military Affairs Com
mittee, which certainly cannot be
said to be hostile to the admlnis-
tration," has reported bad man.
agement, bureaucratic interferences,
poor planning, red tape and lack of
unified control as causes of highly
dangerous delays in the building of
our military, naval and air pro-
grams"
Evening star., 1941-07-14
House Navy Group Flies
To Center Dedication
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The House Naval Affairs Commit
the dedication of a new Naval Re-
serve training center in New Orleans.
A delegation of committee men,
bers arranged to make the trip by
Navy plane, arriving late tonight
and returning to the Capital after
the ceremonies. Among them will
be Representa- tives Boggs and He
bert OF Louisiana, Blackney of
Michigan, Wheat of Illinois and
Imhoff of Ohio.
Evening star., 1941-07-14
Armistice in Syria
Bu|wark for 5uez,
British Declare
More Turk Cooperation
Expected as Result Of
French CopituIution

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July l4-Britain saw
herself in vastly strengthened po-
sltlon in the Near East today fol-
Evening star., 1941-07-14

India's glass requirements are now
being supplied by domestic produc-
ton, the Commerce Department re-
ports.
Evening star., 1941-07-14

COLUMBIA, S. C.-SUCCEEDS
BYRNES-District Judge Alva
M, Lumpkin of Columbia, who
has been appointed to the
Senate to succeed James F.
Byrnes, elevated to the Su-
preme Court. Judge Lumpkin,
who was appointed to the
Senate by Gov. Burnet May
bank, is SIS and was a member
of the South Carolina General
Assembly before his appoint
ment as district judge at
large in South Carolina by
President Roosevelt in 1899.
Wide World Photo.
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Representation

Continued From First Page.
Evening star., 1941-07-14

Soles ond Rental Agents
on Property Dolly Until 8 PM.
Evening star., 1941-07-14

BEVERLEY BEACH Dev CO.. INC.
P. o.: Mayo. A. A. Co.. Nd.
Phone: West River 22I-F-2
Evening star., 1941-07-14

A Restricted Summer Colony
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-09
Herman PERH0
FUNERAL TODAY
Services Set for This After
noon for Man Found Dead
in Fall Lake Cabin.

Funeral services for Herman Perho.
SIS years old, who was found dead in
his cabin on Fall Lake Saturday, were
scheduled for this afternoon at 2
o'clock at the Laing Mortuary, with
the Rev. E. A. Heino in charge. Burial
was to be in the Ely cemetery.
Perho's two sisters, Mrs. Chris Ola
and Mrs. Sam Jaska, Squaw Lake,
Mimi, came today to attend the fu-
neral. He is also survived by brother,
Matt Perho, Menahga, MINI.
The deceased man lived in a small
cabin about six miles up Fall lake
from Winton, reached only over the
lake. A Winton man went to the
cabin Saturday to see Perho, and
found the place locked He notified
George Carpenter, Lake county deputy
sheriff, who investigated and found the
man dead He had been dead for
several days. He was last seen alive
in Winton on New Years day.
He had lived in the Ely territory
for many years. Working through the
Itasca county sheriff's Office at Grand
Rapids, the Laing Mortuary found
relatives of the man which were be-
lieved to reside in that county.