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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-29
Suicides and War
Cincinnati Enquirer

Cincinnati Enquirer Although it would plausible that wartime, with all of it's emotional stresses would tend to increase suicides the reverse actually is true. One of the nations largest life companies re- ports that deaths from suicide among it's policy Ihoders this year and last have been the lowest on record with but one year excepted. There was a sharp decrease in such mortaties between 1940 and l941
 A decline in suicide has been noted by almost every country now at Available figures from Germany indicate a 30 percent decrease in suicides between l939 and 1941 The rate of self fdestruction dropped at least Is percent in England during the same period.
 This country had the same experience during World War l. As a matter of fact suicide has never been as frequent in the United States since 1916 as it was previously. The rate began to drop when America entered the war, and continued it's decline until around 1920 when the decrease amounted to fully 50 percent. Suicide mortality rates increased during the stock market crash and ensuing depres- sion, but never attained the level of the prewar period.
 There two obvious contributing to this effect. Many suicides result from money trou- bles and employment worries Most standards of income tend to increase in wartime Of greater effect on the phenomena, however, are the psycho- logical factors Good mental hygiene calls for the immersion Of an individual in issues and interests greater than himself and his personal, and sometimes petty, complaints. When comes, it supplies the means of such immersion People whose
 lives seemed to themselves to lack purpose given something to work on, something to make their lives seem important and meaningfu There is greater tendency for people to devote themselves to the tasks at hand, and worry less about the imponder- able vexatons of peacetime.
 England's experience during the days of the blitz bombings was enghtenng. Many people thought to be neurotc and emotonally unstable to find tIos,1ca o,,;I tl, ,,{1l.& haps it would be more accurate to say that they lost themselves, lost their tendency brood about personal trifles and found mental and emotional health
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-29

He entitled to his opinion and to express it. If certain of governmental officials an moved with the speech that's good
 If the time comes when the common man isn't entitled to his opinion then will longer be living in democracy
 We'll put our faith in more speeches such as the recent by Willkie, and less in such advertise ments one we-known radio company is putting before the public eye the that shows American production rolling the crnging Axis leaders in a hundred different poses
 Which of the two mediums of expression do you think will do the most toward winning this war?
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FOREIGN TROOPS IN US.

The railroads handle movements Of foreign troops as well-not to mention enemy aliens and consci- entiouS objectors. In one move ment of British troops, High lander was astonished to find himself provided with bed and bedding. After his nights rest, he rolled up the blankets and sheets for use the second night. But the porter, in making up the berth, threw the sheets in the aisle.
 Here, my friend" protested the Britisher, I'm going to be with you another night"
 You'll get clean ones, sir" re- piled the porter.
 "Oh!" said the Britisher, what a bloody waste!"
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US. TROOP TRAINS

Quietly and without fanfare, the American railroads are moving a million troops a month in tn e greatest transportation activity the country has ever known Eight mill lion men have been moved since Pearl without cancelling a single civilian train schedule.
 When a man joins the Army, he is in for a lot of travelling, even if he doesn't go overseas. Every man is moved on the average of five times during his training for an average haul of 800 miles each
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HOROSCOPE "The stdYs iascline
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FRIDAY. OCTOBER 30


 This is an unimportant day in planetary direction, but Mercury is in adverse aspect which seems to |presage disappointing news of some sort.
 HEART AND HOME: This is a favorable sway for hard work and should be stimulating to women who use hands as well as brains For many the novelty of proving efficiency in great industrial plants will be replaced by weariness. Re- creation in the form of home tasks is recommended by the seers. Deep in the feminine nature is the urge to make much of housekeeping, which brings real enjoyment to the average woman, even the girl bachelor The stars seem to en- courage cooking and interior decor ation as nerve tonics
 BUSINESS. AFFAIRS: In view of the prophesied changes in post war economics and finance, heads of big business will gradually adapt their present day programs to fu- ture needs if they have wise fore sight. The seerS foretell that the position and power of labor will undergo certain restrictions, all though a political party composed of workers will be a force with which to reckon. In the commer- cial world death will remove Sev- eral foremost bankers who will be succeeded by young men of finan- cial genius.
 NATIONAL ISSUES: Leading g thinkers of the United States will stress the importance of dominat- ing spiritual ideals in the future peace treaty to which victorious United Nations will subscribe. With belief in justice as common ground on which to build firmly for lasting peace, representatives of those who have fought and con- quered in the name of human liberty will treat their Axis enemies with impartial justice, the seers prognosticate, for they will re- member the declaration: "Venge- ance is mine," saith the Lord.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR According to certain astrologers, the United Nations are to win victory only by supreme effort. They are to face great losses again, as they have in the past, before they can bring about wholesale defeat of the Axis forces. Reverses sustained by Russia, China and the United States will merely preface sweeping successes. Pearl Harbor will be the memory that inspires superb heroism and splendid victories by our own fighters, the seers fore tell.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of busi- ness problems which will require tact in word and speech. Women should be on guard against decep- tion.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be fortunate in achieving the moderate success which is sat- lsfying. They should be active and reliable, happy and dependable.
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ORGANIZATIONS W
 BE GIVEN FRIDAY

An immunization clinic for Ju- neau children will be held tomor- row morning in the Juneau Public Health Center beginning promptly at 9:30 o'clock.
 All parents are urged to bring their children to the Center, room lo8, Territorial Building, promptly at 9:3O, as the doctor will leave at 10:30 o'clock. sharp. Smallpox and diptheria immunizations are to be given.
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NO TOURISTS

There is severe unemployment problem among the lady guides of the Capitol. Under the great dome or the Capitol Building they sit, ruminating or knitting, wishing for the good old days when high school Kids swarmed in by the thousands. Senate and House are in session
 more than usual, but the big buses no longer line up on the Capitol Plaza. Service men provide the only substantial business, but men in uniform don't have to pay
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sion that it was an Army show and the Navy resented it.
 So near the start of the Solomon Islands campaign, Gen. Macarthur announced that it was purely a naval engagement.
 NOTE: With the arrival of Army achievements in the Solomons the big hope is that the US, will not suffer repetition of the Brit lsh too little and too late"
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Daily lessons in English v. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: say, going to the country" Say, We country" OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED n OF, I syllable. OFTEN NISSPEILED Ostracize: Ostracism; prove ratify  WORD STUDY: yours"
 
  dissenting voice"
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FtODLNN IIIuOLItL ROBERTA LEE

O. Which the Mrs White this husband Mrs White, this
 A. The correct Mrs White this husband" O. Where should the A. A the of
 O. Is it for the bride the bdegrooms No The maid of the bride that the best gives the brides ring groom
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Civilians in the nation confronted by chew ing gum shortage according to dispatch from New York. Manufacturers have been forced to cut pro- of chicle
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LOOK and LEARN ss c. GORDON

l. What the first and last books 2 What branch zoology o B. of in a year?
 Which production 
 What famous victory then retired his farm?
 ANSWERS: l. 9 Ofnithology g. Estimated a pounds,
  B. Cncinnaus
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Wilbur Glenn Voliva, that religious colony leader who attained fame by insisting that the earth is flat, is dead at 72 If he could just have lived a little while longer he would have come into his own This is going to leave the world Hat
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

OCTOBER 2e < Shirley Davis
 Ed. Mcintyre
 Richard Aikens Gerry Godkins Helen Smith-Cass Laura D. Ordway Martin Lavenik Edward Stanton Mrs. p. F. Stuart Hazel D. Taylor Peter Hawkins
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-29

European cheeses are now being replaced in the United States by Argentine and other Latin American products.
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- so there isn't much profitable business.
 Copyright, 1942, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-29

A headline says that auto owners will be limited to five tires Do you suppose that if you're inclined to be portly, they'll count the spare tire around your middle too?
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Washington MeIrY- Go-Round

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BUY DEFENSE BONDS
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Afford John Bradford Post No 4, American Legion, W he comedy "The at the Coliseum Theatre during the if November Elmer A. Friend to direct the play.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04

sale. whipped out his check book
to buy it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04

AnVERTIsEMENu
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04

Other sincere steps also will
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
Rebuilt Fortune

Meanwhile. in 1910. when he
was so, another depression struck
and crumpled the Oakman hold
ings. He borrowed $500 and be-
gan buying real estate. In a few
years he had more money than
he'd ever had.
After many costly purchases OF
land and improvements which he
paid for, Oakman boulevard be-
came a reality and stretches today,
one OF his monuments, from the
Ford Rouge plant to Highland
Park. ,.N
At one time he probably held
more real estate than any other
man in Detroit. He liked 10 tell
of the time he saw an attractive
parcel and, learning il was for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
Barkley and found Inn recep-

Barley and found Inn recep-
tive.
Meanwhile, Aiken, who has
favored some New Dial meas
ures. also developed compro-
mise requiring the President to
weigh" farm labor Csts He
worked directly with the farm
bloc, and secured acceptance
from its leaders. and the ad-
ministration directors a few
days before his amendment was
publicly adopted. 4
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$4,000 Profit

But they stopped chucklins
when Bob Oakman's al a n e
sheets showed $4,000 net profit the
first year--a small fortune in those
days.
Things went we'll for. the young
real estate operator until a panic
hit Detroit and the bottom fell
out Of the real estate business.
Oakman lost his money. the first
of the several Oakman ups and
downs.
Meanwhile. young Bob. whose
swank- and immaculate attire had
caused him to be termed the best
dressed man in GriSwold street.
had courted and we'd Mamie O
Moross, the charming daughter OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
Near Collapse


to buy it.
Near Collapse
"Who owns 2" he asked the
man in charge.
Bob Oakman," was the reply.
AS the years passed the Oak
man mansion at % West Milwau'
kee avenue became a shrine Of
gracious living, preserving in ap-
pearance the aura OF the eighties
and nineties that always chung tc
its master. Oakman and the wife
he adored-the Oakman yacht
Manic was named after her
often entertained their friends
there as well as on the yacht
where he usually presided in Inn
linen suits.
Once as a young man Oakmar
came close to collapse through
overwork. He put himself in the
hands of a trainer and became
not only an excellent boxer but
also developed a rugged physique
capable of withstanding the as
Sault of prodigious, generously
wined dinners and his many cigars
White Mustache
Although his school education
ended when he was Is, Bob Oak
man possessed a command of the
English language, particularly OF
its more colorful portions, which
would have been appreciated by
Mark Twain, whom Oakman re-
sembled somewhat, especially in
dress.
AS the years passed. the ma
jestic Oakman mustache turned
silvery white and so did the
leonine Oakman head.
But the Oakman spirit remained
undampened by the years. AL
though he had technically retired,
there were still suits to be won,
political opponents to be taken
care, financial battles TO be
fought-like the one during the
years when a tempo
rary receiver had 10 be set up for
some Oakman properties.
The RFC scandalously termed
Uncle Bob "hopelessly insolvent"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
His Last Fight

The years caught up with him
only slowly. A year ago he went
to a hospital for an abdominal
operation which was feared to be
pretty serious and. among other
things. interfered with the cele-
bration of his eightieth birthday.
The hearty Oakman physique
weathered that storm and Uncle
Bob returned, still ,zestful. to his
affairs and life as he liked it.
This time the storm was a little
too heavy. even for an old sailor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
News Behind the News
By PAUL MALLON
Administrations Farm Bloc Deal
Won't Stop Advancing Prices.

have TO be taken TO stop the
advancing prices and wages, but
perhaps not until next year
when this current program has
worked its course and been
found insufficient--as was the
first price fixing bill last spring.
For the immediate future, il
seems inevitable that the COM
ing farm price increases will
stimulate the industrial workers
to seek further wage increases,
based on the increased cost of
living, thus moving farm parity
up still higher and causing
farmers to again seek retribu-
tive prices for their products.
The method prevents any ceiling
from being permanent.
THE Senate compromise for
Il mula came from non-New
Dealing hands--those of two Re-
publicans. Clyde Reed of Kansas
and George Aiken OF Vermont,
and Maryland's Democratic Mil
lard Tydipgs.
The Maryland senator had
been advocating a strong anti
initiation bill when Reed, who
was thinking of a compromise
by which FDR would be directed
10 take increased farm labor
costs into consideration in fix
ing price ceilings, walked past
Tydings' desk.
II believe we can fix this
thing up" said Reed. showing
Tydings his suggestion.
Il believe you've got some
thing" replied Tydings.
The two went TO Floor Leader
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an old French family, whose an
cestors had come to Detroit before
the American Revolution.
Meets Pingree
The Oakmans had moved mex
door to a family named Pingre'
and, although there was D year!
difference in their ages, Bob Oak
man and the head of the Pingret
household, HaZen, found they hac
much in common.
Both were filled with energy
and relished companionship
clothes and a stiff battle. Wher
Pingree was elected mayor, Bot
.Oakman became his secretary
Thus began his political career
In the years to come he was tC
OCCUPY other political posts=hf
was state tax commissioner, water
board member and city assessor
but his political positions were
of minor Importance compared
with the influence he gradually
came 10 WELD in Detroit politics
For Oakman was canny politi'
clan and a hard fighter.
AS tax commissioner he once sci
out to make 1.-The interests"-rail-
roads and other large companies
pay higher taxes. The companies
fought back and ousted Oakmar
from his commissionership.
Oakman continued the battle
anyway-and presently the COM
panies, before the Supreme Court
found themselves forced to pay
higher taxes than they would have
under the original Oakman plan.
He became real estate commits
sioner for the DSR and re-entered
the real estate business for him.
self. The Oakman fortune began
to grow. AS it did, the plan for
Oakman boulevard - anot h 7
super-boulevard like the Grand
boulevard his wife's family had
been instrumental in obtaining for
Detroit-grew in his mind.
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and Uncle Bob couldn't find the
words to express how he felt about
that, although he tried.
Two years later he had again
proved his worth and was once
again master of the Oakman
properties.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04

IT HIS is letter 10 YOUR service It's all about
Il his HOME TOWN the most important place in
the world him CLIP this letter today sign your name
al The bottom and send IL him. Wherever he IS he
warts the from HOME. It's up 10 you 10 see thar
he gets IL.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-The
w final administration farm
bloc promise on the
economic war program may save
everybody's face-for a while.
It's adoption was mainly politi-
cal success.
All political elements involved
should be more or less satisfied
that no skin will be scratched
from their hides with this legis-
lation, in the coming congress
sional elections, but no econo-
mist has arisen TO say 1t Will
stop advancing prices or wages
and none will.
Citizens, particularly business
men. therefore, had better plan
to meet a further gradually ris-
ing plane of living and operating
costs.
This sure prospect may be
retarded by stiff administration,
if Mr.. Roosevelt puts executive
direction in strong hands. But
il can hardly be avoided. be-
cause all the natural pressures
must continue 10 work that way.
THE farm bloc made out a
Il strong case in the debate
but not for what il got. 1t
proved the farm labor situation
today is desperate.
Rural work srs, attracted by
offers of SLIP an hour in war
Jobs. have been lured from
farms. Many have been drafted.
Ten thousand farm auctions
were reported impending in Min
nesota. The Hartford Courant
has carried advertisements Of
fering prize milk herds for sale
by farmers wanting TO 60 out
of business.
Fruit growers, beet diggers
said they could not get men TO
pick their crops. North Dakota
farmers wrote congressman:
"All my help Is gone"
Others told of farm workers
demanding an increase from so
TO rs cents an hour in che midst
of harvest day. whereas hired
men used to get $50 TO $50 a
month and board.
EVEN the government itself
~ was shown to be Turing. as
we'll as drafting, men from the
farms. One small National
Youth Administration school in
Kansas community OF $4,000
shipped II students east for war
| jobs last week.
This dangerous condition must
be met, but this legislation does
not propose to meet ii. All il
proposes is further gradual
increase in farm prices. whereas
the farmer needs labor at a
reasonable cost.
1t does not offer to provide
the labor, or limit its wage, or
TO freeze labor in its farm Job,
or otherwise fulfill these pri-
mary needs.
While it is supposed to stop
initiation, it directly promotes
the opposite by allowing these
rising farm wages TO continue
TO rise as well as farm prices.
| OF COURSE, the professed
" theory of the legislation is
that the increased prices will
allow the farmer to meet the
higher wages, but this is another
case of proposing to stop a
spreading fire by urging it to
spread further.
More direct steps to provide
the farmer with labor at reason
able cost will now have 10 be
taken, possibly in the coming
manpower program.
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cause of that enormous zest and
the ways in which he showed it
He loved fine clothes and fine
boats, spending much of his time
on his yacht. He loved children
and he loved his friends. He loved
the real estate business and. also
the newspaper business. He loved
getting mad. Most of all. he loved
Detroit. And he INDUCED all these
enthuSiasms exuberantly.
He was born before the Civil
War began, Aug. q, 1860, in a
house in Howard street near
Eighth. There were $4,000 people
in the "big town" of Michigan
then: today far more than that
number reside in Oakman-built
homes alone. ----
Eighth and Howard was and is
yorktown; Bob Oakmans family
was Irish Episcopalian. That may
have been where he first learned
to fight.
When he was Is he went to
work as a printers devil for the
long -defunct Detroit Post. He
saved his money and at l.
launched his own paper, the Spec
tator, of which he used to say
later Everybody read it and no.
body paid for it
The Spectator gave Bob Oak
man Whit of printers ink that
chung to him the rest of his life.
He liked the newspaper business
and he liked to tell of the time
he sent reporter on election day
to tour the saloons and learn il
any were open during voting hours.
They Were Open
"The reporter didn't get back
for four days." Oakman would
grin. Then he reported, Yes,
they were OPEN"
After a year on another paper.
Every Saturday" young Bob de-
cided he would capitalize on the
talent he had discovered in himself
for making friends and influencing
people. He entered the real estate
business--on the day Grover Cleve-
land became president, March 4,
1885.
He chose land in Pontiac" as
the area just north of remote
Grand boulevard was then known,
and his friends chuckled and called
him Balboa" OakInan.