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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-24
'"BALL OF FIRE"
 GAY COMEDY SET
 FOR CAPITOL
Gary Cooper Is Professor Barbara Stanwyek
 Sugar-Puss in Film

Mixing together with delightful effect group of serious college professors, a night club queen and a gangster mob, Samuel Goldwyn's production of Ball of Fire" offers a spectacular high in romantic comedy.
 This picture will open tomorrow at the Capitol Theatre.
 Gary Cooper and Barbara Stan wyck share stellar honors in the lavishly-mounted film, with Miss Stanwyck in the title role as Sugarpuss O'Shea, a talented sing CT, and Cooper as Professor Der tram Potts, busily engaged with seven colleagues in compiling a new encyclopedia
 The eight learned gentlemen have worked nine years at their task and have reached the letter "S." Since Professor Potts is in charge of the literary phases of the work, it is his duty to prepare an article on Slang, about which he knows little. At the suggestion of a friendly garbage man, Potts seeks first hand information amid Broadway's night life, and in this m nner encounters Sugarpuss, whose wide command of pithy re- partee intrigues him.
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Hold
 Big Session

A record attendance, the lodge rooms capacity being taxed to the limit, is the report of the Moose meeting last night. The attendance was so large that expansion of the present quarters is now being considered.
 At the meeting last night Thom- as s. Sandborn, Karl A. Carlson and Edwin w. Larson were initi- ated.
 The new Moose quartet gave two numbers shortly before the close of the session and was given a good hand by the members.
 Chairman Jim Gibson, of the entertainment committee. reported all plans have been completed for the Mooseheart celebration to be held next Friday night, October 30, and at which the Women of the Moose members will also be guests.
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SCORES OF
 GRID GAMES

The following are final scores of football games played Friday: Villanova 6; Auburn IA.
 North Carolina Preflight 34; Temple O.
 Case 0; John Carroll 12.
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TORPEDO BOAT I5
 FEATURED IN FILM
 SET AT TWENTIETH
Exciting War Picture Stars Richard ArIen and
 Jean Parker

Headline news of enemy sub marine action in American coastal waters has brought the flashing, lightning-fast Torpedo Boats of the United States Navy sharply into the news for the first time since that fateful day at Pearl Harbor. Americans little realize the part played by these tiny ocean spitfires in the defense of our coasts, nor the debt owed to the men who designed them.
 Paramount Pictures, in Torpedo Boat" opening tomorrow at the 20th Century Theatre, has gone a long way in dramatizing these frail sea fighters The exciting film, starring Richard Arlen and Jean Parker, is gripping tale of TO- nance and high adventure, telling the story behind the men who de- sign and build these hitting speedsters.
 Thrilling sequences, tingling every second with the spirit of danger, show the tiny sea hornets in test runs. How the 70-foot craft, pow cred by three motors churning up a total of 4,000 horsepower, race through the spray at more than a mile-a-minute, skittering from wave to wave and then dashing out of a smoke screen to deliver deadly, >slashing attacks upon enc my ships, is shown in the picture.
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VY%fF3711eI N0M Don AmeChe Mary Marlin AA,As0.l AAAs0l1k1aa1dII INV KISS THE BOYS GOODBYE"

New Zealand is the world S largest exporter of dairy products, frozen mutton, and lamb; 1t is the fourth largest wool exporter.
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HALLOWEEN TO
 BE QUIET FOR WAR REASONS
Students Promise to Coop erdte in Conservation by
 Eliminating Franks

Juneau children will celebrate Halloween in safe and sane way this year, eliminating all damaging pranks and even foregoing the pleasure of soaping windows, tricks and treats, if they carry out prom ises made to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce Committee which asked this as a means of conserva- tion for the war effort.
 Representatives of the various grades in the schools were invited to meeting of the Chamber of Commerce last Thursday, where the facts of the campaign for a quiet Halloween were put before them.
 Refuse Test
 The students then took back to their fellow schoolmates this news and after meeting of various grades held in the school, the stu dents themselves wrote to the Chamber of Commerce to express their spirit of cooperation. It had been suggested that the Chamber of Commerce treat the students to ice cream and cake in lieu of the Halloween celebration.
 Children in the Grade School however, took different attitude The letter they wrote said:
 We have decided that we want as a reward for not pulling pranks on Halloween, nothing more than the satisfaction of knowing we have done our bit towards shortening this war and helping our country instead of the Axis
 We shall cooperate in full with out having any organization go to the trouble or expense of furnish ing our schools with ice cream and cake.
 We thank you for your most generous offer, although we do not accept it."
 Ask Parents Help
 A similar letter was written by High School students and also sent to the Chamber of Commerc Con- mittee.
 Yesterday, to further clarify the program of conservation, the Cham Der of Commerce Committee sent to the homes of parents of all children in public, parochial and native schools of Juneau the follow ing letter above the signatures of committee members R. E. Robert son, A. B. Phillips and R. Helgesen, president of the High School Stu dent Body:
 Dear Parent:
 Yesterday at the regular Ju- neau Chamber of Commerce meet ing, the question of Halloween was brought up for discussion. The below was appointed to
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write a letter to you and ask your cooperation in the matter of say- ing property this year.
 AS you are aware, materials are hard to get Things made of tin, metal, rubber, copper, leather, and even wood are practically unobtain- able. Committing childish pranks this year that would ordinarily be done in peace year, now becomes in fact, an act of sabotage. De- stroying garbage cans, gates, walks, chains, rope, tires, is just exactly what Mir Hitler and MT. Hirohito and other saboteurs and Fifth Col umnists want US to do. The more damage we do to our own property; the more waste we make here; the less their unseen agents will have to do.
 Soaping windows seems harmless enough in peace time, but in times like these becomes a serious menace and handicap simply because it re- quires so much labor to remove. And labor is extremely scarce and hard to get Every man possible is being used to help defend this country. We do not wish to do anything that will slow up our manufacture of guns, tanks, ships, planes, and munitions. Men are fighting, and dying, to win this war Many are even now dying due to lack of equipment.
 Will you, as parents, cooperate with the Juneau citizens and see that your children do no damage during this Halloween season. Eliminate every semblance of dam age-even so called tricks and treats" Give your children little parties if you wish Neighbors can get together and provide a real party for the children with Jack oLanterns, witches, black cats, and jelly beans! Let. them have fun if you desire. But please keep then from destroying property or doing damage that will be of aid and comforts to the enemy"
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AWS DANCE E
 SET TONIGHT IN
 ELKS' BALLROOM

Enlisted ben are invited again this evening to dance in the Elks' Ballroom in another of the series of parties sponsored by the AWVS The Elks' Lodge donates the ball. room for the affairs.
 Beginning at o'clock, a group of AWVS women will be on hand to give any of the boys who desire to come early some special in- structions in ballroom dancing.
 All sponsors for the dances are urged to see that the Junior Vol unteer HoStesses under their spon-
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BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
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sorship attend, as with increasing numbers of service men attending, it is necessary that all JVH girls attend in order to promote the suc- cess of the dances.
 Since the orchestra from the Army post is not yet quite ready to play for the dances, recordings will be used this evening. However, speciality number will be put on by the boys.
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NEWLY APPOINTED
 COURT REPORTER
 ARRIVES IN JUNEAU

Mildred Maynard, of Nome, new ly appointed US. District Court Reporter for this division, replac- ing John Newman, resigned, ar rived in Juneau yesterday.
 She will leave for Ketchikan on the first available transportation to begin her duties with the court which now is in session in the First City.
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 when that spot is economic chief of staff to the President himself. Nevertheless, the move is charac- teristic of Jimmy" Byrnes.
 Small, wiry, sharp-featured, nerv- ous, energetic Byrnes is not the kind to walk out his life in the sombre robes of the supreme court justice. The story goes that he wanted the job on the court more than he wanted anything else and the President, recognizing both ability and debt for work well done, gave it to him. Perhaps the President knew then that Jim my wouldn't like it so we'll that he couldn't be called out to battle again when the need should come.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-24

Of ten to twelve million heifer calves born in the United States annually about half are kept for milk COWS and the remainder be- come beef.
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ENGLISH TOPS IN SWEDEN

STOCKHOLM English is the most popular foreign language taught in Sweden's primary schools. Last year, of 25o classes devoted to foreign languages. 23O studied English.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
The Great Game of Politics
La Guordio, Wanting to Leove O. c. D. Post,
Unable to Find Good Exit Line

After that occurs-or even before
it would also be considerable help
II the President would clearly define
which agency is charged with the
duty of promoting civilian morale
and then permit that agency to con-
centrate and control all activities on
those lines. AS recently pointed out,
the MacLeish Facts and Figures Or
ganization is partly charged with the
promotion of civilian morale by the
executive order creating it, but the
o. c. D. was specifically so charged
four months earlier. In addition, a
variety of smaller agencies have
simply assumed that civilian morale
is their job, too.
Most of the multitudinous press
bureaus and publicity divisions
which clutter up the Washington
scene look upon themselves as
civilian morale instruments. They
have their own ideas and go it alone
in their own selected directions, un-
restrained-so far-by either O. F. F.
or o. C. D. The result, of course, is
conflict and confusion. This civilian
morale business is important and it
is being managed in a scrambled and
Intellectual way. 1t needs to be con-
centrated and co-ordinated. One
thing that might be done advan-
tageously is the elimination of most
of the press agents and publicity
directors, whose name is legion and
whose cost is altogether out of pro-
portion to their worth. An instance
of the ability Of public service to
get along without them was given
here the other day in the Donovan
organization. An even better one is
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, which in its so years of ex-
istence has never had anything
resembling press agent or publicity
man.
tCopyrisht, 1e42)
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we acted and stop acting that
way, then Remember Pearl Har-
Dor" will be, like the cry Re
member the Alamo!" a slogan for
us. II not, the Japs and the
Germans can cry the same slo-
gan.
1t is ridiculous to think of Pearl
Harbor as an isolated phenome-
non. Yes, 1t. Gen. Walter c.
Short and Admiral Husband E.
Kimmel were grossly negligent.
Maybe they will be court
tailed. But that won't finish the
lesson of Pearl Harbor. Too much
Is revealed in this report; too
much that throws light on the
whole mentality of the American
nation. Fatuous optimism has not
been confined to the general and
the admiral. The same sloppi-
ness of thinking and performance
is to be observed in every walk
of life. And the same lack of CO.
operation.
Did the attack really take us
by surprise?
Obviously not. How we would
be attacked was uncertain. But
that war was imminent; that the
japanese would follow the Axis
ritual; that the attack would be
a blitz move was certain. 1t was,
for instance, great deal more
certain than the German attack
on Russia.
Blitz Attack Foreseen.
The possibility of a blitz on
the naval base of the Pacific
fleet was foreseen in a letter from
the Secretary of the Navy to the
Secretary of War on January "a.
1941, over year ago, and in this
letter every form Of the attack
was foreseen-air bombing and
air torpedoes, sabotage, and sub
marines.
So we cannot say that the dis
aster was due to a lack of imag-
ination!
But now how did we behave
because I insist on encompassing
whole pattern of American be-
havior in the behavior of the
commanding authorities?
The prophecy of the Army and
Navy Department was prophecy
made by many people-journa-
lists, for instance-for many
years. And therefore if we ask,
why didn't the authorities at
Pearl Harbor act?" we must also
ask, Why didn't the entire Ma
ton act?"
The commanding generals act
ed like nearly everybody. They
saw and still didn't believe. They
were thoroughly ''unhysterical."
Seven Warnings to Leaders.
Seven times they were warned.
For a crisis three stages of
mobilization had been planned:
Alert /, 2 and 3. When the last
warning arrived and crisis was
breaking all over our heads. dis
cussed Throughout the globe, the
commanding general took the
Evening star., 1942-01-28
Cathedral to Lounch
Special Series Sunduy

The Rev. George Buttrick of the
Madison Avenue PRESBYTERIAN
Church of New York will inaugurate
series of special services to be
held monthly at the Washington
Cathedral at 4 pm. Sunday.
Nationally known speakers, in
cluding William Lyon Phelps, will
be brought to the Cathedral pulpit
Members of the committee making
arrangements for the special serv-
ices are DR.. John R. Mott of New
York, DR.. Oscar Blackwelder of
Washington, DR.. Anson Phelps
Stokes of Lenox, Mass: George
Wharton Pepper Of Philadelphia,
DR.. William Adams Brown of New
York, Coleman Jennings of Wash
ington and the Rev. Theodore c.
Wedel, canon chancellor of the
Cathedral
q Making their annaal appearance
at the Cathedral Sunday will be the
Midshipmen's Choir from the Naval
Academy at Annapeus. n,. :.
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WlllQ 10 Sel OUT anu Wallis W SeJ
out, but he naturally does not want
to seem forced out by the criticism.
Quite clearly he is searching for the
exit line and his early withdrawal
from a post to which he never should
have been named or, named, never
should have accepted, is certain.
This being established, the question
remains as to whether Mrs. Roose-
welt, whom he appointed as associate
director and who has been subjected
to the same criticism for much the
same reasons, will retire with him.
The belief here is that she will
not For one thing it is asserted
that, unlike the Mayor, she does not
want to get out, but does want to
stay in. She greatly enjoys what
she is doing, as is evidenced almost
daily by her comment in her column
upon her own activity. For another,
despite large volume of opinion
to the contrary, she is entirely con-
vinced that she is doing fine job.
The confusion to which she adds
and the resentment she has created
altogether escape her. Her feeling
is that she is needed in this position
And the other day she said that
she would stay "as long as they want
me-"
Can't Be Told TO Quit.
1t has been pointed out by various
commentators that no one in the
organization is in position to tell
the wife of the President that she
is not wanted, and all printed sug-
gestions to that effect are ignored
by her as inspired by prejudice or
written by unworthy persons. Ger
tainly, her recent effort to have her
young friend, Mr.. Joseph Lash, made
an officer in the United States Navy
and her speech critical of the segre-
CATION of white from colored women
in the Red Cross first-aid classes.
have not increased the desire to
have her remain. However, remain
she likely will as at is even more
difficult for her to find good
exit line than for the Mayor.
Mr.. Lands. the recently appointed
70. C.'D.'e2ecutive,. naturally can do
nothing except laud the services OF
the Mayor and Mrs. Roosevelt and
express the hope that they will not
retire NevertS eless. it is too clear to
dispute that he will be able to do a
better job if there is no one over him
who can give him orders and no one
under him to whom he cannot give
orders. He is not the ideal man for
the job, but he is under the same
handicap in his present position that
Mr.. Donald Nelson was as executive
secretary of the S. p A. B. Clear
recognition of who is boss and free
dom from restrictions, either per-
sonal or official, are what is needed
here. The withdrawal of the Mayor
will help lot.
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Axis Faces 'FrightfuI
SURPRISES Jouett Says
6-the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 28-"Frightful
surprises" for Germany and Japan
in the form of new devices for
destruction are forecast by the
spokesman of Americas aviation
industry.
THE aviation that we have heard
about thus far during this war is
nothing to what we should see in
the near future" Col. John H.
Jouett, president Of the Aeronauti-
cal Chamber of Commerce, told the
Economic Club last night.
II know there are some technical
developments of great magnitude.
I know that we are not lacking in
that respect. There are better air
planes even now going into mass
production There are many new
devices of destruction. not for some
proplematical date, but now. They
are being produced in quantity
now"
Although he called Axis air power
the greatest threat to our success
in this war and our security here y
he asserted that modern United
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Boys Club Will Hold
Birthday Dance Friday

Bernard Morse, 10-year-old Wash
ington boy, whose picture will be
on the official program for the
Presidents birthday celebration,
will be guest of honor at a dance
to be held Friday night by the Gen.
tfal Branch of the Boys Club of
washington, Of which he is a mem
Der.
The dance will be held in the
clubs headquarters at 230 c street
NV. from 7:30 to $50 in honor of
the President. Entire proceeds will
90 to the Infantile Paralysis Fund.
Evening star., 1942-01-28
This Changing World
Arrival Of Americun Troops Credited
With Saving ChurchiII's Political Life

threat to the rubber and oil
sources in the Netherlands Indies
created a deep impression in the
United Kingdom.
Since the relatively weak forces
of Gen. Rommel could not be
definitely annihilated, was it
worth while risking such an i'm
portant stake like the South Pa
cific and the Indian Ocean for
the sake of paper victories?
There were feelings in British
political and newspaper circles
that the imperial and British
forces in North Africa had
achieved temporary political VIC
tories" that fsr-seeing strategy
was being sacrificed for political
expediency.
Bad news from Burma, Singa-
pore and Australia. coupled with
unpleasant news about unrest in
India, followed Mr.. Churchill's
splendid political victory in the
United States, and the situation
became more unfavorable as far
as war reports were concerned
after his return to Britain.
whispering Campaign.
Mr.. Churchill's political oppo-
nents started a whispering cam
paign against him, reminding the
British people Of 1.-The Premier's
previous military flops. Amster-
dam, Galipoli, Norway, Greece
and Crete were called back to the
minds of the British and Mr..
Churchill was described as the
sole culprit in these disasters.
This, of course, is not true. The
ideas for those expeditions were
Mr.. Churchill's, but the execution
of them was not in his hands.
nor can he be held responsible
for the lack of preparedness OF
the British forces which was the
result of years Of indifference on
the part Of both government and
people In Britain. But the man
who is entrusted with practically
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column (and who in this country was
silly enough not to have read it?) I
explained why that breed Of horse
is superior to all natural means OF
transportation. He can be ridden
by any one with a pair of legs, no
matter how young or how old. He
is-well, let me tell you about the
horse I bought and that1l explain
everything.
got him at the Harlinsdale Farm
near here. I told Alex Harlin that
my automobile was in its fifth
year, that my tires were so thin I
could look at them and tell the
pressure. and that what I wanted
was a horse as near like an auto
mobile as I could get.
So Alex showed me his latest
models in Tennessee walkers. Hon.
estly. you can come pretty close to
duplicating your automobile in these
horses.
-
What color do you prefer?" Alex
inquired.
Having driven a sorrel sedan for
years, I felt it was time for a
change; change to something
brighter and gayer. I told Alex
this.
What about something in a two
tone job?" he asked.
He brought out piebald number
in black and white, and another In
beige and white.
liked them, but my past expert
ence with light-colored automobiles
made me shy of. Id have to be
washing them or having them si-
moniZed all the time.
Il think I know what you want"
Alex said. Il have a model here
that is smart enough in daytime
and ultra-smart at night. A sort of
limousine horse. A coal black"
He brought him out. 1t was all
I could do to down force of habit
and not jump up and down on what
should have been his running
board. examine his dashboard. and
question the arrangement of gad-
gets around the steering wheel.
This Tennessee walker nearly got
me. I could see myself in evening
clothes, riding him up to the Stork
Club, his coat matching my dinner
jacket.
Still, he didn't quite capture my
fancy. There was something lack
ing
Perhaps you want sports
model" Alex said. "A horse that
will take the place of a convertible
car"
That was really what I wanted.
A horse with his top down so to
speak; a horse that urged you TO-
ward the open road, with windshield
down. cutout open. and colors that
would cause pedestrians to cape.
Alex brought one out. So help me.
this was something that a Beale
street blade would have picked out
in blackout.
Most of him was chestnut, but
his accessories were brilliant. his
hood-pardon, his mane-was flax
en-, so was his rumble seat-pardon,
again I mean his tail. He even
had the automobile counterpart of
white-wall tires. He had white socks
on all four legs.
My walking horse has three gaits
just as car has three gears. His
high is canter, low is the f1at-footed
walk, and his second Is the running
walk. He'll cost me about 81
month to operate. He'll never need
his oil changed. He won't have to
have seat covers in the summer.
He'll never freeze up in the winter.
He can be parked by nreplugs with
out getting ticket. He has no room
for back-seat drivers. His battery
never runs down. He doesn't have
to have his valves ground.
He's good for anywhere between
IS and 80 years. And, the models
don't change.
And, best of all, the finance COM
panies haven't yet invaded the horse
field.
Distributed by McNaught syndicate Incl
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unlimited power is always held
responsible in democratic regimes.
The situation Of the British
Premier and his cabinet appeared
more than shaky last week. The
timely arrival of a strong Amer
lean detachment-the vanguard
of an A. E. F. to help win the war
in Europe-has removed the dan
ger to Mr.. Churchills political
leadership for the time being.
1t is hoped that the situation
in the Pacific-after a few more
inevitable and already discounted
bits Of bad news-will improve
within the next few weeks. If it
does, the policies Of the present
! British, government will be justi-
fed. Past errors are easily for
gotten when a nation sees present