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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-09
Council Luncheon to
 Honor Dick D0Wery,
 Rotary District Gov.

pr. and Mrs. w. w. Council arc entertaining at small luncheon in honor of Rotarian District Gov ernor, w. R. Dick Dowrey, today in the Iris Room. Dr. and Mrs. w. M Whitehead are also to be present.
 pr. Whitehead is last years Presi- dent of the Juneau Rotary Club and pr. Council is taking the place of this years president, Rod Dar- nell, during the latter's absence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-09
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug. g. = Closing quotation of American Can today is 86h, Anaconda 273a, Bethlehem Steel TIE, Commonwealth and Southern B, Curtiss Wright 8a International Harvester 53A, Ken necott 379s, New York Central 1924, Northern Pacific 7A, United States Steel 57, Pound $403la.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-09
AS ROUNDTRIPPERs
 ABOARD NORTH COAST

There are 58 round trippers aboard the North Coast on the present Southeast Alaska voyage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-09
SUPPER PARTY IS
 AT COUNTRY HOME

MT. and Mrs. R. E. Robertson and MT. and Mrs. w. s Pullen were CO., hosts last night at large buffet supper party. It was given at the Robertson country home on Aux Bay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-09
 From zanlzaln
 Yet Missing
Two Americans Seriously Wounded During Sink
 ing Are Not Found

BULLETIN WASHING TON, Aug. 9-Germany late this afternoon Informed the Am erican GowerlJment that two wounded Americans, unrep0rted since their capture on the Fam Fam, are still aboard the raider Tamesis but it's whereabouts are not disclosed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-09

DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jcnes averages: industrials 12640, rails 2985, utilities 1858.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-09

New York City has five sheriffs,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-08-09

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Average Air Trdvler
Found 31-5O Yrs. OLE

The average air traveller to-
day is within the, age bracket
OF 81 to so years and men repre-
sent 20 per cent of those flying,
according TO survey made by
United Air Lines on the Chi
cago-Cleveland-New York sec
tion of its coast-to-coast route.
United reported that further
survey shows executives and
professional men account for the
largest flight group-19 per cent
Of those covered by the study
having been professional men
and Ga per cent having been
proprietors. sales managers and
other executives. Clerks and
kindred workers accounted for
II per cent and housewives, 3
per cent.
Growth of pleasure travel by
air was indicated by the show
ing that approximately 20 per
cent now are flying for other
than business reasons as against
only 10 per cent a few years ago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01

A new Leatherneck every %
miles of 50.000-miie tour via
Mercury Station Wagon through
IL middle West states is the
objective which 1t. Col. Chester
L. Fordney, in charge of central
recruiting division, United States
Marines, outlined to his old
friend II. c. Doss. sales mana
ger Of the Ford Motor Com
pany, when he visited Dearborn.
The car, finished in the Marine
colors of red, blue and gold. and
bearing the Marine insignia on
its hood, draws crowds at every
stop.
Fordney needs $4,000 men TO
bring the Marine Corps up to its
authorized enlistment of $4,000.
He is accompanied on his tour
of recruiting posts by Quarter
master Sergeant Richard
Stone. a member of his staff
who has been in the service
20 years.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Husband Wife Team
Carries Air Mail

The only husband-and-wife
team OF air mail carriers in the
United States that's the I'M
usual distinction held by Mr..
and Mrs. w. II. Patterson OF
Portland, Ore. In addition. as
far as can be determined. Mrs.
Patterson is the only woman air
mail carrier in this country.
The Pattersons have been
carrying the mali FROM the
eirfield 20 Portland's post Of
fee for the past three years.
meeting on an average of -
United Airline and Northwest
Airline planes per day. On
ordinary working day they ac-
cumulate 2S5 miles on their two
Studebaker Champions. which
amounts 10 the astounding total
of better than l03 900 miles for
the year What do the Patter-
sons do during vacation? They
motor 90 points Of interest.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01

Entitled construction of
new Nash 900" ,(above)
results in framework of
bridge-truss steel Orders
around occupants of car.
Below, new car is compared
with Nash of 10 years ago.
which is represented by
shaded area IN dotted lines.
is described by Nash engineers
as untitled An all-weldcd
framework OF bridge-tfpss seer
girders surrounds the paSSen-
gers. providing greater safety
from every angle. The car has
no conventional separate frame
TO which The body is bolted, but
instead the frame is an integral
part of the bridge-trusSes, joined
inseparably by welding.
Additional strength is derived
from the fact that the heavy
gauge sheet metal Of the body is
also welded TO the framework
Orders. and each part adds its
own strength 10 the other This
is a construction principle known
as monocoQue, the same that is
employed 10 give greater
strength and less weight 10 long
range bombing planes.
How this construction has also
added TO the size of the Nash
500, making it one of the big
geSt cars on the market is
shown in a comparison with the
Nash OF l. years ago In 1929
the front seat OF the Nash Spe-
cial six was ~ inches wide. while
the 194l Nash has front scat
thata is 10 inches wider nearly
five feet across.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
New York Sinfulness

"New York City and its en-
SlFeRS, already cosmopolitan in
population and largely 10 In
manners. and suffering fFeH mo
Calvinistic repressions, found
self-eNpression In recreations
even more extravagant than
those In Newport, in buIl-bait-
ing and band concerts, In waf-
he suppers and shoot ting
matches. I'm balls and cockfight-
ing, and I'm the theater, which
seems TO have come In Mt the
beginning of the eighteenth cen
fury and to have thrived con
sistently thereafter.
AS I'm Boston and Newport,
these advertisements were with
In the reach mainly Of the
gentry. The poor and the work
ers were automatically excluded.
although upon one occasion they
invaded n theater and broke w
the performance a. a protest
against the way In which the
gentry wasted time and money
while they themselves went
hungry.
Nowhere did gambling -four
ish as in New York at this Pc
Rod. The first of the gambling
heIls, which were to make the
metropolis a bOttOmless sink OF
iniquity In the eyes OF rural
America n century hence, was
opened there In 1882"
Then came the Declaration OF
independence and the Constitu-
ton. But still Americans were
not free. There was slavery.
There were the old blue laws in
many states ian echo Of which
we had in Delaware the other
day..
There was still the hypocriti-
cal Rrudery that prohibited the
showing Of nudes mo- usatteS.
how artistic. And. OF course.
there was always and is still
the pest who wants 10 reform"
everything and anybody-the
"uplifters, who recently put
over prohibition on US. The itch
10 do good Mr.. Hallgren calls
that which is the most virulent
OF American diseases.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Increase Speed,
Armdments of
Pursuit Planes

In 1898 Americas fastest pur'
suit airplane had a maximum
speed of 323 miles per hour. To-
day there are at least five types
of pursuit ships IN the United
States credited with top speeds
approximating 400 miles per
hour.
In 1888 tbs average armament
OF pursuit planes in this country
consisted Of from two 10 four
machine guns. Today the light
est armament carried by any
standard United States fighter
is four machine guns. Most
types carry six 10 eight guns and
some have additional armament
OF shell firing cannon which can
smash an enemy bomber at
nearly a mile.
Such was the remarkable re-
port of progress in this vital
phase of the nations aerial
strength made by the Aeronau-
teal Chamber of Commerce
through the aviation news COM
mittee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Coupe Climbs
In Popularity

The increasing demand on the
part of Chevrolet buyers has
prompted the five-passenger
coupe into second position
among all body styles, usurping
the place held by the four-door
sedan throughout most OF the
past decade. figures recently re-
leased by the divisions market
analysis department reveal.
Traditionally the leader. two
door SedanS are still the No. l
choice of the Chevrolet buying
public, the figures show. with
the always popular four-door
Sedans now in third place.
Fourth and fifth, respectively,
are the business coupe and the
cabriolet.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Nov, Rodv nocicn cood RroLoc dual Role
Cuts Dead Weight Drivers Best Bet "s f"s, "sisss
dual Role

sfi'ti1c- Singfe.scat- pursuit air.
plane has a dual purpose, that
of intercepting and smashing
enemy bombers and of providing
winged protection for bombers
of its own service. Best known
pursuits now in service with or
shortly to 60 into production for
the army air corps. the United
States Navy, (Which dcSignates
them as fighters and Brit
aims Raj include:
Army-Lockheed P-3S, Bell
P-39, CurtisS P-40, Republic
P-43 and P-47, Vultee Pas and
North American XP-51.
Navy - wster F2A-2,
Vought-Sikorsky XF4U-1 and
several Grammar models, in
Guiding the F4F-3.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
0|ds Shifts I
In Defense Work

The assignment OF two vet
eran employees 10 important new
duties under the defense pro-
gram has just been announced
by S. f. Skinner, general man.
ager of the Olds Motor Works.
Frank w. Haeger. formerly
superintendent OF the crank
shaft division. has been made
superintendent of the barrel and
bolt division OF the gun plant.
and A. II. Mohrhardt. formerly
superintendent of the motor
division, superintendent of the
body and plate division.
Haeger has been % years
with the General Motors Cor
poration, serving IN many super
visory capacities with the Michi-
gan crankshaft division at Sag
NAV.
Mohrhardt first joined the
Olds Motor Works in 1903, leav-
ing four years later 10 serve
Successfully with He0. the Nav
well-Briscoe Automobile Com
pany. the Continental Motor
Works and the Linderman Ma
chine Company. of Muskegon,
where, as plant superintendent
during the World War, he
gained his first personal expert
ence in the manufacture of war
munitions, making gun mounts
for the army. He returned TO
Olds in 1919 and has been there
ever since.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01

Buying horsepower in your
new car and taking the brak-
ing system for granted is
dangerous and all too common
buying habit, according TO Pom
tiac Motor division engineers,
For brakes really are an extern
sion of the motorists nervous
and muscular system and if they
do their job properly must re-
Spond instantly and in perfect
coordination with the drivers
impulses.
Pontiac engineers point to
what would happen if the
brakes were no more powerful
than the engine: II would take
as long to stop 1000 pounds of
car and passengers as it does
TO accelerate them. 1t requires
some 30 seconds 10 accelerate
from a dead stop 10 so miles
per hour. Actually, on A con-
crete pavement, A 194l Pontiac
can be brought TO full stop
from so m.p.h. in about $50
feet or 4l2 seconds -one-seventh
the time required to accelerate
TO so mp.h.
That is why Pontiac brakes
are several times as powerful
as the engine or approximately
ESQ horsepower.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Use Powder
in
Autos, Defense

AS old as the ancient Incas
who used it TO create rare COM
binations of metals is the fas-
cinating process know as
powder metallurgy, which is
listed as one of the great in
dustrial advances of the last
decade.
The science. or art. is now
being used extensively in De-
troit in the manufacture of mo-
tor cars and ornaments for ma
tional defense - and 10 il, ac-
Cording TO G. f.. Bleicher. vice.
president and general manager
Of the De Soto division Of
Chrysler Corporal ion, may
largely be attributed the fact
that automobiles today are run
ming more smoothly and quietly
and are longer-lived than ever
before.
Powder metallurgy in general
consists in mixing various metal
powders, combining them with
nonmetal powders, filling the
mixture into a die and subject
ing it 10 a pressure that varies
according 10 the type of re-
suit desired, Bleicher explained.
Out of the die, instead OF a
powder, comes sOlidly COM
pacted shape" he continued.
This shape, which Is then
baked like a pie or cake in
temperature below the melting
point, may be an automobile
bearing, bearing retainer, an
oil pump gear or any one Of
thousand mechanical parts"
In the 194l De Soto car, for
instance. a number of vital self
luhrieating bearings are prod
ucts of the science of powder
metallurgy. known as "oilite"
bearings, they include the clutch
throw-out bearing, and they are
found also in the water pump.
generator. starting motor n d
several other important loca-
tons where outside fabrication
is difficult to apply.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01

has been a land subject TO almost all the
intolerances and mental and moral slav-
cries that we see in Europe today.
To become conscious OF just what
il has cost us to get where we are and
how precariouS our liberties are at the
present time land have always been in
the pasD / recommend to your attention
Landscape of Freedom, by Mauritz
A. Hallgren (Howell-Soskin).
This book in spite of some curious
backslidings or purblindness on the part
of the author at the end is a continuous
story of how the American people have
evolved from incredible mental, moral
and physical tyrannies 10 our present
relatively free state.
There was originally no religious
liberty in America. Less than 300 years
ago
Catholics, Quakers. Jews, Unitar-
ians, Baptists, pagans, atheists. poiythesis
and deists were In one Province or
another deprived OF both political rights
and the rights OF public worship.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Private Flying Up,
Pilot Numbers Double

Private flying experienced
remarkable growth in the
United States during the last
year, according 10 statistics Just
released by the administrator Of
civil aelonautics. On Jan /.
1917 63.l13 individuals held
pilot certificates in tho United
States as against 3l.264 a year
ago-a gain Of 1919 per cent.
The impetus to plane manu-
iacture resulting from the
widely-increaScd interest in fly-
ING Is reflected by the number Of
additional planes licensed during
1910.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Increase R0Omineys, Satef)
BY Welded Framework
of Steel Gndcrs

In automotive history. the
year 1871 VIII probably be noted
principally for the Introduction
of a new kind of automobile
body construction that results in
a Is To 20 per cent reduction in
dead weight. while al the same
time increasing the roomineSS
and safety of the body.
This new kind of construction
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
More Gun Range

American aircraft manufac-
turers. the committee said. have
been quick TO apply the lessons
learned from Europe's aerial
war TO our own pursuit plane
armament. both as TO size and
number Of guns.
With the discovery that 80
(rifle) caliber machine guns
tended 10 be inadequate against
airplanes protected by armor
plate, more and more so caliber
guns were installed. These
weapons not only have much
greater striking power than the
lighter caliber. but have at least
100 yards more range.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Destructive PoWer

And the installation Of quick
firing cannon of 20, % and 81
millimeter caliber has given
United States warplanes ire
mendous destructive power AT
ranges up TO loo yards oG
more.
Increases in speed. range and
ceiling reported by the commit
tee have been due not only 10
improvement in aeronautical
design. but also 10 the more
powerful Wright and Pratt e.
Whitney radial and Allison
liquid cooled engines which have
been developed in recent years.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Overdrive

Hudson's overdrive is new for
1871 and represents the latest
type of simplified and improved
overdrive unit. This new Overdrive
comes into operation at lower
speeds, increasing economy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Plane Parts Statistics

Indicating the tremendous eX-
pansion under way in the air
craft parts processing industry,
tho Aircraft Parts Manufac-
turers Association recently re-
ported statistics foY the Los An,
geles area Total investment.
10000 900; employees. nearly
10000 monthly payroll. ap-
proNimstely $1,000 O0O.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Masterpiece of Ingenuity


versed, the switch defects them
directly into the plant, at the
proper level, ready for their
journey to an eventual Buick
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01

Oldsmobile's electro hardened
aluminium pistons are fitted with
four rings instead OF the custom
airy three. BY this design. COM
preston is increased and oil con-
sumption reduced.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Ceiling Rises

While speed and fire power
are perhaps the most important
qualifications of pursuit air
planes, ability to climb to high
attitudes and 10 operate over
wide range is also vital. And in
these phases. the aviation news
committee reported equally i'm
pfessire improvements
While performance figures on
individual airplanes are with
held for military reasons, the
committee found that the aver
age ceiling" of all United
States built pursuit ships has
risen from $4,000 feet in 1888
10 nearly $4,000 feet in 194l,
while the average maximum
range has increased from less
than 1000 miles TO more than
400 miles in the four-year
period.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
is NeU Designs

The report gave added en-
phasis 20 the recent disclosure
of Robert A. Lovett, assistant
secretary Of war for aviation,
that at least 10 brand new pur-
suit plane types beyond those
already in production have
been designed in this country
and that within three or four
months American aeronautical
equipment will have no equal
anywhere in the world
Lovett added that the fire
power Of these warplanes will be
more than adequate" indicat-
hfss even PEA eia-iFatf' eaSes-ln
the matter of armament for the
nations air fighters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01

owner. Me anwhile another
trailer is ready for the loader
ator, for the whole operation
takes only a few minutes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Theocratic Rule

Think of that when you
stretch your legs in your seat in
theater or attend a dance,
All these penalties against the
expression of normal human ac-
tivities, which are related vividly
and dramatically in Mr.. Hall
gren's pages, came from a form
of government that we had here
which most Of us have entirely
forgotten ever functioned on
our soil.
That form Of government was
known as Theocracy-which
is government by those who be-
Gsye theiS inJANypan, decyses- aye
inspired from On High.
The subtle transformations Of
this frightful idea may be seen
today in study of Hitler, Mus
solini and Stain, who believe
they. too, are inspired"
1t was in the middle OF the
eighteenth century that there
came the great awakening"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01

Rube Goldberg and an added
roller coaster designer, working
together on a masterpiece of
nonSence, could not have con-
trived more aweSome and
impressive gadget than the
"loaderator" that stops visitors
10 the Buick plants here dead
IN their tracks.
Two stories high and as long
rs nj get-out. The devise SiaGs
back and forth on a grand scale.
sucking bodies from both levels
Of double-decker trailerS and
sliding them onto the assembly
line in a matter Of moments.
The bodies mySteriouSly glide
off the trailer and onto travel
ing bridge, coast down an in
cline and switch themselves into
the building in a manner that
causes factory visitors to cluster
IN staring groups at the base OF
the device.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
BOOKS OF
HE WEEK
Landscape of Freedom
Tells Liberty's Growth
BY BENJAMIN DE CAssEREs

" AMERICANS, who have greatest degree Of
personal liberty of any people n world seldom
NM stop to think of "how got that way"
" " We take liberties if they
thing that dropped out of the blue something
that given to by Divine when the
Constitution and the Bill of Rights adopted
But have come the hard way"
liberties
be fought for inch by inch the
outlook deceive
1t is only itself
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Special TraiIers

The trailerS, specially de-
signed to fit the loaderator. are
drawn up on a ramp, and
two story travelling bridge
swings Snugly in place behind
them. The bodies. each on its
dolly, glide by gravity from the
truck onto both levels of the
bridge The bridge is moved
one track-width and the empty
trailer loaded with returned
dollIeS from previous patches.
which the trailer returns 10 the
body plant for another load.
Moved over still another track
width. the bridge is now lined
up with tracks leading into
the receiving room, and the bod
les are released.
Those on the lowerelevel roll
directly into the plant. Those
on the upper deck journey on
a combination roller coaster
Switchback layout very similar
TO those used in lakeside coal
loading docks. Those bodies are
lowered one by one by cogway
10 a point where their descent
by gravity would not be too
fortnight and impetuous. when
they arc released 10 continue
under their own momentum.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Automatic Switch

They Swoop down dip and
up an incline az the other side.
meanwhile tripping an auto
matte switch When the swoop
- spent and their directions re-.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01
Actors Barred

And does the following sound
like America?
ITO the very end Of the CO.
fOniaf era the theater had no
legal right TO exist In the land
OF the PuritanS. where IL was
held that plays, preludes and
other crafty science tended To
promote idleness and great mis-
pence OF time
"Strolling players were usu-
ally logged and then banlshed.
Later, Massachusetts and Con-
necticut laws provided for
Incarceration In houses OF cor
rection of all rouges, vagabonds
and idle persons using any sub
tie craft, Juggling or unlawful
games or plays
"Tbe Same Jails awaited
common pipers, fiddlers,' and
others who might by their ac-
tivity inspire the people gener-
ally to idleness. Pennsylvania
likewise frowned upon the the
alter and all its branches, but
elsewhere IL was accepted after
the first generation or 40 and
seemed especially to flourish In
Charleston and New York"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-01

Even Pennsylvania held WI be
leved I'm the Trinity could
while
pved Catholics
not treated God
drawn blinds the o
his
criminal
I'd Li iIl