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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-18

WASHINGTON - Of the 500- odd conoressmen" who answered Here at the opening session of the 77the. eight are women. That is a small percentage. But much more at tention is focused upon them than their smallness of numbers indicat- es.
 What part will they play in this sessicn, which is destined to be one of the most fateful in history? Are they effective? Are they eloquent? Industrious? Intelligent? Frivolous? Beautiful? In short, can they stand on their own feet as legislators, ask ing no favors in deference to their sex? Or are they merely curtsey to the principle of equal rights?
 The quickest answer is that the ladies are more industrious than decorative. Their average age is 56 years and 4 months, and they are eften too busy to go to the hair dresser.
 10eV CauSc llO among their male colleagues Two of the eight ladies are 65 Mrs. Nor ten of New Jersey and Mrs. ODay of New York and the youngest of the group, Miss Sumner of Illinois, is 42. Miss Rankin of Montana was a young thing in her thirties when she came to Washington in 19l7 Then she was the first woman ever elected to Congress. Now she is 60 years old.
 One day the legislaturesses came together for hen-party luncheon. The newest conner in the group was comely Mrs Frances P Bolton of Ohio Old Congressman Summers of Texas strolled in, looked the ladies over, and with wink at Mrs. Bolton, drawled, T knew we'd get a good locking woman in Congress if we kept on trying" Mrs. Bolton is 55.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-18
BETS E MAKING
 TERRITORY AUDIT

Archie Betts has been awarded the bid for the biennial Territorial audit. it was announced today by the Governors office.
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 CALLS FOR
 BROAD AID
Hopkins Tells Glasgow Britain Has Enough
 Men 10 Hold Line

GLASGOW, Jan. 18-Prime Min ister Winston Churchill has summed up Great Britains war need from the United States as guns. planes and ships-far, more than we'll be able to pay for. rather than large armies from overseas.
 Harry Hopkins, at Churchill's side, told the Glasgow City Councillors n an unheralded speech that Great Britain has enough fighting men of her own ito hold the front line of civilization" with American aid in credits and supplies.
 However, Hopkins warned bluntly that before us lie sufferings and tribulations' along the road to dlti- mate victory"
 Churchill introduced H Hopkins proudly as MT. Hopkins, who has come in order to put himself in closest relation with things here and will soon return to report to his famous chief the impressions he has gathered in our islands"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-18

The male ostrich often weighs 300 pounds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-18

Muslin was first made in the city Of Mosul in Mesopotamia.
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NO LADY. SHE

Hardly a tactful remark. But the lad'es tell it with a laugh. They don't pretend to be beauties. But they do pretend to be legislators.
 The classic story on this point concerns Tom Blanton of Texas and Mrs. Norton of New Jersey. Blanton was straining his vocal chords in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-18

Oxalic acid has been known to science since l776.
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DECLARATION OF WAR"

WASHINGTON, Jan. l8.-Senator Burton K Wheeler, leader of the Senate opposition to the iease-lend program for Britain, said today he had learned from several sources that Churchill has been insisting on a declaration of war" by the United States
 Wheeler said Hopkins had been sent to England to learn what i'm mediate step scould be taken short of a declaration of war"
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For Skeptical Youth
(NeW York Times)

(New York Times)
 Perhaps generation in American history has had harder time finding and ustifyng its beliefs than that which was old enough to fight in the World War and is too old to do front-ne service in any future Professor Charles R. Bagley of Dartmouth College has recently stated the case for those among them who are convinced American action against Hitler must be early and vigorous. He begins by quoting familiar argu- ment:
 This is easy to say when is comfortably sure of no personal action at the front The youth will have to do the dirty work. They know it; so do you"
 Professor Bagley, who fought through the last war as a volunteer in the infantry" and who would fight again if it necessary and he per mtted, at least speak with the exact knowledge which his youthful opponent lacked. He makes certain further points for skeptical youth to re- member Fascist and Naz boys have been taught that war is natural and glorious" American par ens have reared their children ito believe that is not natural and not glorious" but have taught them that it could be avoided by simply shutting their eyes to the facts" The most ee- mental of facts is that the fight for democracy is never ended" It must be carried by each gener ation. The best can hope is that it need not always be carried on by means of war.
 In the present generation the choice of peace not left to the democratic nations. The surrender at Munich did not check aggression. Fur ther SurrenderS would not have checked 1t. They would have made it easier for the aggressor There could have been no end to it until it was challenged by force. Pacfsm had to put on armor and draw a sword in order to have any chance to be heard It did this at almost too late date. How many lives of young all Europe" says Professor Bagley, might have been saved if they had not given Hitler those precious years in which to build up his efficient machine"
 Middle-aged Americans take small pleasure in mortgaging the economic future of this country in order to play an effective, though technically -belligerent, part in the struggle against Nazism But since they must leave their children some sort of heritage they may prefer to leave them heritage of money debt rather than of collaboration" in slave civilization Non-belligerency on the pres ent pattern does involve risk of with the Nazs A middle-aged American may believe that that risk is better assumed than later when the struggle might be hopeless. He may believe self-respect is precious inheritance than either money or security
 Youth has its grievances. But youth is not a class in society. It is passing stage for every individual Let today's dsiusoned youngsters pro- ject themselves forward few years Do they wish to hand on to their own chidren-the youth of 20 or 25 years hence-a dismal heritage of lost oppor- tunity? Do they think they could say to them with eeuanimity we might have crushed this evil and did not? One can't believe it. E.
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THE WAR WIND BLOWS

If any more indication needed to see the way the war wind blows in the States, it was fur nished yesterday.
 American Legion members in Alaska reading of the national convention of the boys of 1918 now in progress at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, could see in the news dispatches just how the old guard feels about defense effort
 In the report of the Legion's national defense committee it was strongly urged that this nation fight it's defensive outside the United States, beating the enemy before he lands on American soil so American homes can be kept intact and American families kept secure. The report was un- animously adopted by the Legionnaires.
 In another resolution adopted by the Legion, it was proposed that geographical limitations be re- moved from the use of American troops. As the convention delegates shouted their approval another resolution was passed calling for the defeat of Hit Ter and "all he stands for"
 As if this were not enough of intervention bombshen to break in day, the same 24 hours saw New York's Committee to Defend America ca- ing on the Roosevelt administration to immediately sever all diplomatic relations with the German nation.
 Not satisfied with the present arrangement whereby U & ships are taking supplies to Iceland under navy convoy, then transferring them to ships under British patrol for delivery to the British Isles the Committee to Defend America demanded that the administration adopt olicy of complete collaboration with the British navy to deliver muni- tions and other supplies all the way to ports of destination, be they in neutral or beligerent waters
 Certainly, there be no misunderstanding of the course adovacted by these citizens groups.
 They call for passive cooperation in the lifting of the Nazi scalp They demand that our national defense be aggressive defense. They want Uncle Sam to do unto others as others are probably planning to do unto him. but to do it first.
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OLD, LAME PACHYDERM

The Republican party certainly seems to have tough time convincing it's members that one of their duties is to turn out and vote
 At any rate, it certainly mangy, flea bitten COP elephant that wandered to the polls yesterday in the Republican primaries in New York City to renominate Fiorello LaGuarda for a third term as mayor of the metropolis
 Out of total of than 75sOOO Republicans registered to cast ballots in the election, only o6,O00 voted. This just about IA percent of those eligible to take part in the election
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BRITISH EMBASSY

British Toryism has not breathed its last Canadian girls working in the British Embassy in Washing ton, testify that, although picked with scrupulous care, and brought from Canada for exacting war work, they are among the lowest paid workers in the Capital.
 The going wage for these girls is $110 and $120 a month, which is far less than British girls are getting for the same type of work in the same place. But many of the British girls come from the titled families of England, and enjoy not only higher base pay (on which, however, they have to pay heavy income taxes) but they are allowed $7 a day overseas all lowance." This in itself is nearly twice the salary of the Canadian girls.
 Dissatisfaction of the Canadian workers has become a matter of concern for Embassy officials, who have still other reasons to fear their reaction. Many of the Cana dians are French Catholics, and the bombing of French cities, plus the possibility of bombing Rome, has Embassy officials worried.
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HENRY's HORROR CHAMBER

Under the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, and connected to it by private elevator, is one of the most amazing "Chambers of Horror" to be found in any government department.
 Although bright fire burns in the hearth and the sun streams in through window overlooking the White House, the walls of the room are covered with criti- cal, scathing cartoons and cari- catures of Henry Morgenthau showing him and the President garbed as high priests sacrificing the American taxpayer on the al- tar of government expenditures; or garbed as surgeons, needing the American dollar; plus others even more pointed. and unflatter- ing. tils ' , ses;.
 \ The room is used as q private dining room for Mt. Morgenthau
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MODERN ETIQUETTE 0y RoprRrA LEE

proper smoke while walking along the street a
 A. a especially if she convention allow cigarette should a right while with of letter even? usually should be should have balance
 
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HOROSCOPE "The stars inclime
 but do rot compel"
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1s

rR1OAf, DEF lEMbEFI l9
 Adverse aspects rule the morn ing of this day, but the afternoon is fortunate in its aspects. There is promising sign for advertis- ing and publicity which. will be employed more generally eventhan in the past. ers,y
 HEART AND HOME: Women are under a good direction of the stars this afternoon and evening. They will do well in the signing of contracts and in writing impor- tant letters while this configura- tion prevails. It is lucky day for lovers. Girls should be constant in their sentiments, especially where fiances are in uniform. The young Americans who now are making supreme sacrifices to serve the nation are to prove their hero ism before another year has passed.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Communi- ties should seek to become as near ly independent as possible, eco- nomically and financially. There should be efficient cooperation among persons of all classes. It IS wiser to prepare for war cohdi- tions that fail to develop than to meet them without provision for inevitable emergencies. Conserva- tion of foods has been long coun- seled by the seers who continue to preach thrift and economy.
 NATIONAL ISSUES: Unity of thought and purpose regarding war policies will be more evident each day as World War upheavals are felt in the United States. Proof of ological interpretations which indicate that it would be impossible for the nation to main- tain isolation will be seen in Nazi plans and Hitler hopes. Political lines will be erased when defense of democracy must be made with shell and shot Again surprising tactics by the Fuehrer will preface new aggressions.
 INTERNATIONAL FFAIRS Revolutionary tendencies will be apparent not only in South Amer ica but in certain groups here in the United States where intellec- tuals maintain critical views. re- garding Administration foreig n policies. Astrologers warn of fifth column methods which are more subtle and more successful than those of the past. The United States confronts enemies within as well as those without, according to the reading of the stars A
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of good luck. Health should be watched and impulsiveness avoided.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be sensitive and high strung. These Virgo natives have the elements of success, for they have outstanding talents and abil- ity to use them profitably.
 Copyright, 194D
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and intimates, and why the Sec retary of the Treasury, who is rather a sensitive person, main tains it is difficult to determine, unless to prove that he can take it."
 Centerpiece of the room is an oval table, formerly in the office of Undersecretary Gerald B. Win ston, at which the funding agreements were negotiated after the World War The table is de- scribed by one Treasury office as the table where more money was talked about and less paid over, than any other piece of furniture in the world"
 Around the rim of the table are a series of engraved silver plates, conmemorating the various nego- tiations, the amounts and person. nel involved. Poland, Austria, Yu- goslavia, Greece, Turkey, Latvia. Italy, Belgium, France, Grea t Britain, and Finland, the only one to keep its promise, are all repre- sented.
 Curiously, one plate is bare-re- served who can say for what na- tion, and negotiation yet to be consummated for what amount and under what circumstances.
 Copyright, 194l, by United Fea- ture Syndicate. IncD
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Daily Lessons in English v. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MSUSED Say shall within day" to press of We shall in day when meaning a the expiration of
 OFTEN MIsPRoNoUNCED: the in TEA, 
 OFTEN MIssPELLED: Pronounced bes-chal as in LESS).
 Unhappiness affction distress
 times and it is yours Let
  boodthrsty transforms Kind savag and makes us sanguinary.'-Broome.
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CAPITAL CHAFF

Wendell Willkies tactics in the Senate movie industry investigation are to draw questions against him. self. After one volley in which he seemed worsted, Willkie turned to newsmen and said, "As long as I can keep them trying me, they're not trying my client" Senator D. Worth Clark, Chair man of this Senate committee
 reading letter to the crowd
 stumbled on the high school word "precis," fumbled it, called it pre- ski. There are so many bright boys at Fort Bliss, Texas, that the soldiers have started a Phi Beta Kappa club =. Camp Wheel CT, Georgia, has a lawyers club
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IcKEs BATTERED

No man in history of the New Deal has taken more battering and more abuse from the public re- gently than oil administrator Har- old Ickes. fht
 His curtailment of oil has been investigated by a Senate commit tee which reported no real oil, and gas shortage, His pleadings for gasoline economy have been re- sented by motorists. His deputy administrator, Ralph Davies of Standard oil of California, 3las been severely criticized by the railroads which claim they have ample tank cars to move oil but that the big companies do not want to pay the rail rates.
 However, if there is one man who is extremely grateful to liar old Ickes for taking the rap in the oil and gas hullabaloo, he is the gentleman in the White House
 For there is one thing FD.R knows that most people don't know, namely, that another big request has just come from the British for more oil tankers. He also knows that whenever there < a submarine raid, the Nazis pick out the oil tankers and sink then first out of every convoy. Ht also knows that extended y:- s naval operations in the North At lantic which are. going to- bs greater than ever before agajr
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in series of ten lessons on motor repairs. The course is under the direction of the American. Wo- mems Voluntary Services and designed to acquaint Uncle Sam's Alaskan nieces in the intricate art of making broken-down jaloppies chug once more.
 If the ladies are called upon to drive ambu- lances, this ability might prove extremely handy, and even if there is call, girls who drive may often be glad they found out about the busi- ness end of a crescent wrench.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-18
RoND f Ii ; E QUIZ

Q Savings Stamps established
  with plans place Stamps retail throughout country. Army expected buy Defense Sav- Bonds? A. Why not? habit important the civilian Savings a civil life. small Defense Savings Stamps regularly patriotic satisfaction of owning Savings
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20 YEARS AGO frim fM E EMPIRE y
SEPTEMBER Is, 1921


 products the the floor in the Amer Mining Congress announcements made here. Gertrude passenger Seattle re-ene the um- versty of Washington.
 Henry Roden business for several oays the Chlkat fackinS Company.
 of Juneau was an aV Spokane trip of the southern part o Territory
 firm of Olson and Mherh o Spokane business trip to the southern part division
 Ried making take an extended p to h Germany, accompanied by her two children Weather High rain.
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CLEAN SPARKPLUGS, GIRLS

If Juneau laundrymen find greasy fingerprints on understands of their feminine patrons in the next few weeks they charge it up to the womens defense efforts.
 Starting next Monday night, the local girls are going to peek at crankshafts and cylinder heads
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whats going to happen to Am erican homes if we don't get steel for the manufacture of vacuum cleaners?"
 And he got down on his knees on the floor and went "poof" A cloud of dust billowed into the air, Defense officials laughed, and he won his point.
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something F.D.R. alone has req sons to know-will require much more oil than the Navy has on re- serve at present.
 In other words, the oil shortage may not be here at the moment but it is just around the corner, and Ickes has been standing the gaff for the President and tn e British. ,5
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-18
BREAKS CRANKsHAFT

One of the two propeller crank shafts of the oil tanker Despatch broke recently off Ketchikans and the craft is being lowed to Seat, tie by the salgor. A.zz..sss
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12OO0 German farm managers to move into the Ukraine immediate ly to take over Stalifl's collective farms. Hitler, incidentally, appar- ently believes in Stalin's farm sys- tenn, for his managers have been trained in collectivization.
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VACUUM CLEANERS

In Leon Henderson's OPACS of flee, in the newly-finished tenn porary building on the Mall, a meeting was held to hear griev- ances from manufacturers of con- samers goods. The head of a we'll known vacuum cleaner company r, s-.-sf -7f ssAa t. f.. : - was there i sE
 Do {. you - realize, he pleaded
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LOOK and LEARN %2yy c. GORDON

highest average 9 What scapel? How old was he 4. s E painting the Paris in 1911?
 ANSWERS: highest Delaware the lowest. g. A surgical knife years. 4 Y MNH1BWzE
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Washington Merry
 Go-Round

(Continued from Page One)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-27
Mile o. Dimes
Breakfasts

gate to Dimes Square, Fourteenth
street and New York avenue NV.
The preliminary announcers' list
of appearances during broadcast pc
riods today shows. in addition. the
Young Mems Christian Association,
Young WOmen's Christian Associa-
ton, Jewish Community Center,
American Automobile Association.
Military Order of the World War,
Rainbow Division Veterans, Column
bia Heights Business Mems Associa-
ton and the Masons of the District.
Single Dimes Also Important.
The announcers who took turns
at the public address system micro
phone today continued to emphasize
that single dimes were important,
too, and passersby continue to re-
spond to their appeal.
An increasing number of S. and
$40 bills appeared in the State bot
ties lined up on the stand and the
level of coins mounted in the con-
tanners labeled Hawaii" Alaska
and Puerto Rico" testifying to the
appreciate number of Washington
residents who call these territories
home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-27
Norman Davis 10 Receive
B'nai Birth Award

Norman H. Davis has been Sc
iected to receive the 9th anniver-
sarv award of Bnai Birth, Jewish
service and fraternal organization,
for his services as head Of the Amer
ican Red Cross, 1t was announced
today.
Mr.. Davis will receive the award.
which symbolizes honor, duty and
achievement" at a breakfast at the
Waldorf Astoria Hotel In New York
on February IS.
The Award Committee, headed by
Harry B. Epstein, recalled that Mr..
Davis had insisted that Red Cross
relief supplies in controlled
areas OF Poland be distributed on
Q completely nonsectarian basis.
The flrmness of the Red Cross
chairman in the matter, it was said,
was responsible for an agreement
by which the supplies were sent to
q central warehouse for later i'm
partial distribution to the needy, in
Guiding the Jews.
Mr.. Davis. in a letter to Mr.. Ep-
stein, who is past president Of Dis
trict Grand Lodge, No. /. said "B'nai
Birth has chosen to offer me an
award that not only honors the work
I have done but that also gives en-
phasis to elements in human re-
Iationships that cannot be encour-
aged too often. The great need for
human service regardless of race.
creed or color. the spirit of brother
hood. Of tolerance. understanding
and good will were never 50 impor-
tant as today"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-27
Peory D. Stafford
Finishes 6. A. A. Course

Peary D. Stafford, son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Stafford, 1905
Allison street NV. recently COM
pleted the civilian pilot training
primary course under the Civil
Aeronautics Administration at Bow
doin College, according to word re-
ceived here.
A grandson of the late Admiral
Robert E. Peary, young Mr.. STAFF
ford was among 10 undergraduates
at the college who completed the
course. He stood high in his class
and was commended for the man.
ner in which he made his test
flight The unit of which he was a
member is said to be the only one to
operate with seaplanes.
Mr.. Stafford, Junior at Bowdoin,
has been active in interfraternitv
athletics and is member Of Theta
Delta Chi Fraternity.