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ONE SECOND OF COURAGE
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which had risen to the seas surface
something he hadn't seen before, with
his eyes intent on the ship A black.
narrow length of steel. A submarine.
And he knew, with shock of amaze
ment. what the geySer of foam had
meant The submarines torpedo had
scored direct hit.
At two thousand feet Lieutenant
Crailee recovered his senses He saw
he didn't have to hit the Jap. She was
already destroyed.
The sea was rising in vast gray
mass to smash at him. He was down
to fifteen hundred feet before he could
think clearly enough to jerk his arm.
1t was spasmOdic movement. Why
the plane didn't burst into thousand
fragments, he never knew. He pulled
her out of the dive, all but swapping
his head off his shoulders 1t seemed
- to him that he missed the sea by
inches before he began to zoom again.
Up now, up at three hundred miles
an hour. He looked back. The cruiser
listed far over on her side He could
see tiny figures dashlng along the
decks. Nobody on her was firing guns
now. 1t was too late for guns.
Lieutenant Crailee turned a color
less face to look up into the clouds.
He felt shaken to his very soul: and
awed. too. with the knowledge that
in the end he hadn't been afraid to
die. And he'd never be afraid
again, he told himself Never. A man
could die only once. The fact that he
was still alive was sheer accident. And
having died once. if only for a few
seconds, he knew there was no longer
any need to fear it.
AN HOUR later. when he landed his
plane on the small emergency field. he
stepped out. removed his goggles.
and wiped sleeve across his face.
He had to report the sinking Of the
Jap cruiser But before he left the
plane a sergeant faced him. The
mans eyes were bright. I'VE got the
report from sub. sir" he said. "How
you dived at that Jap -"
The sergeant tone startled Crailee.
He looked at the man. What had hap
pened here at the field was evident
in the fellows eyes. He was hero.
Crailee was the pilot who'd been
ready to give his life to destroy the
Jap. The submarine had seen that.
He looked around for the mechanic
to whom he'd given the letter for
Kit When he went to the man. his
voice was husky. What did you do
with that envelope gave your"
Nothing, sir. Not yet. I've got it
here in my pocket, sir"
Crailee held out an unsteady hand.
Let's have it," He could tear it up
now. There was no longer any use
telling Kit about his cowardice of
yesterday. She'd hear soon enough
about what he had done today. 1t was
the kind of thing that wins citations.
He was about to destroy the letter
when the same feeling came over him
that he had known before diving at the
cruiser.
1t was fear. Fear that Kit would
learn he had once been afraid to die.
But Kit had the right to know
everything about him. The bad as
we'll as the good. Wasn't that what
had made him write the letter in the
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I AFRAID OFF A mans got to die some
time. NIGH as weH put death to some
use. Take the Jap with me. 1t did no
good. His fear was agony
Again he sought escape in the
thought that he could drop the bombs
from here. He'd do his best to score
hit, of course. If he failed, nobody
could ever blame him. Well, nobody
except the hundreds of Americans the
Jap might send to the bottom.
He shlvered. Then he remembered
the letter he had written to Kit.
When he told Kit what had happened
up here today she'd understand his
fear. He was confident of that. Tie
visualized her tawny hair her bright.
red-lipped smile, and he knew he could
rely on Kit to understand.
AFTER all. what was there to be
ashamed of in being unwilling to die?
Wasn't it a natural fear? Besides, in
his own case he wanted so desper-
ately to get back to her. They'd been
married only few months when he
had left the States. Those months had
been merely taste, promise OF the
future. Kit wouldn't blame him for
wanting to return.
Hundreds of Americans sunk BY a
japanese cruiser died so that Ben
Crafiee could 20 home to kiss hts Wle.
Putting it that way shocked him.
Kit might despise him. What other
feelings could she have for flier who
had let other men die because he him
self was afraid of death? 1t would be
easier to die like this. today. than to
wish he were dead every time he
looked into Kits eyes.
His body hardened The bones Of
his face were gaunt as he focused his
feverish eyes on the Jap warship.
Lieutenant Crailee sucked in
quivering breath. His features be-
came ugly with kind of brutality.
He said aloud: Let's gor
With a jerk he pointed the planes
nose at the sea- He gave her the gun.
and the bomber roared.
AS it gained speed. the roar became
a scream. He knew he must be going
better than four hundred miles an
hour. A mile every eight seconds:
this was the way he would hit the
cruiser. at four hundred an hour.
He'd blast her to hell.
A change overwhelmed Crailee as
he dived. No fear now Instead. there
was a sense of exhilaration.
f1E WAS dying; and he found dying
glorious. For to die like this was a
triumph. not only over the Japs but
over himself. Unreasonably. he want
ed to shout. Maybe he did shout. He
couldn't hear it with that screech
OF the plane IN his ears. All he knew
was that here. at the very moment of
death. he seemed reborn. He plunged
down to twelve thousand feet. To ten
thousand. Only few seconds more,
and it would be over. That the cruiser
was firing at him meant nothing. They
couldn't stop him now. In ten seconds
there would be the demolishing crash.
His bomber would hit like load of
TINT. blowing the Jap apart.
Six thousand feet. . The Jap was
growing. Every second made it larg-
er, clearer. He couldn't miss. He was
drunk with exultation. He plunged to
fhnttcool -
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HERE'S CRIscO'S OWN
PASTRY METHOD!
Eosy! Ends Z big causes
Of tough pastry!
Gvsssine hoSs much vsosss 10 use
is Arst big eovss-Crisee's
msthOd ends This!

UH0SnO0 o00S WseSs
oke-cRUsr MeASuReAENIS Sift
| 4 cups -four and 4 teaspoon
salt into bowl. Take out 4 cup of
this flour and mix with 3 table
spoons water to form a paste
Bisodins's eosy-wish Cisco
Now add Il cup Crisco to re-
manning -four ~ cups; cut
Cri~cn in until the pieces ART the
size Of small peas (NNice hOu
easily r-r-e-d-m-v CrtScO cuts IN
and biendsD
New Wsy u Mixing Oevsh
Next, add -four paste to Crisco-
-four mixture. Mix thoroughly
until the dough comes together
and can be shaped into a ball.
Roll out-bake shell in hot oven
(425o F. about II minutes.
CNNtee. Crisco dough isn't sticky
Easy 10 handle, easy to roll OUT
No danger Of 0rer handling 1.-THE
second btg cause Of tough pHarHG
DoUBle-cRUsv MEASUREMENTS:
Use cups -four. teaspoon salt.
p cup Crisco Take out u cup
flour and blend with u cup
water.
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PfCAN BUrTERSCoIU Pc: Heat
~ cups milk. Mix cup brown
sugar, 4 cup -four and 4 tea
spoon salt-stir into hot milk.
Cook in double boiler till thick.
Add > beaten eggs; cook 2 min
utes longer Add Tablespoon
butter and n teaspoon vanilla.
While warm. pour into pastry
shell-sprinkle with this mix
ture: to tablespoon melted
butter add 3 tablespoons brown
sugar and Y. cup chopped pecans
All MedyuysDleuiy Lerel
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F EA 7 U r ES

much to civilians as to the
men in the army, navy and
air force. mo one could
make a marine carefully
The worker who takes a
chance at his job, the house
holder who does not follow
all the precautions set out
by his air raid warden. the
man or woman who does
not keep healthy and ready
for work; each and every
cne of us, no matter what
our manner Of living. who
wastes material time or en-
erqies, are all sticking our
"chins out
This is not a time for ov-
er-confidence, nor for pessl-
nnism. We have a job to 90
and we can do it, II we
all get together and keep
our "chins up our courage
high and our energies coor-
dinated to the one task OF
winning the war. We can
do it--but by ''chins up
and not out.
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This summer I'm going TO do
things differently" That's what you
say =, and you mean 1t! In fact,
there are so many interests
books you want to read, friends and
places you want to see, sports you
want to take part in--not to men
tion general over-hauling job to do
on your appearance. You plan ever
SO much and then all of a sudden
/. the thermometer gets out Of
hand and You decide you have only
enough energy to drag yourself to
a shady spot TO sit and quietly melt.
There's really no excuse for your
assuming the role Of q whiting flower
You can ride that heat wave
through the summer and not only
survive but enjoy IL! We claim that
coolness is a state of mind-and
knowing what to do about the heat.
If you're ii stay-at- -home this sum-
Iner, plan to do Eight" housekeep-
ing 3. not d thing more than you
have to-! Clear your house OF all
unnecessary furniture and knick-
knacks, cover your 0verstuffed
pieces with light pastel or white
slipeoyers, and keep the shades
drawn tightly from the beating
sun. This should give you as cool
and quiet an atmosphere as you will
find anywhere.
| After n hard days work !.
walk .. don't run, home. Fix your
self a tan frosty drink and a very
light meal, dunk your weary body
Isnfo tub full Of cool water scented
ever so lightly with your favorite
cologne .., and relax! After your
bath, slip into freshly Iaundered
houseeoat !. turn the radio to
GONE soft soothing music find
Iii good hook or magazine and
forget about the hurrying world out
side. You'll not only cool Off but
calm down and by morning
/ you'll be relaxed and rested !.
ready to do your work with poise
and efficiency.
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w ith a Buckeye
In Congress.

The 1912 fiscal ar
closed and the the 1943 fis-
cal year began at midnight
last Tuesday. While exact
figures will not be available
for a few days yet, approx
innate tabulations show that
during the fiscal year just
closed the Federal govern
ment spent twenty-six bill
lion dollars for direct war
purposes and six billion five
hundred million for other
governmental actiyities--or
q total Of approximately
thirty-two billion five hun
dred million during the
year. This is the highest to-
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Racial Superiority
fyerlin D. Gorden)

The following is an inter-
esting statement that needs
no further comment. Edwin
Ross writes: Making her
title do double duty Ruth
Benedict in Race: Science
and Politics. (Modern Age
$3.50 once more tears the
last vestige Of validity from
the claims Of those who as
sert racial superiority.
With restraint and preci-
sion DR.. Benedict demon
strates quite beyond ques-
ton that there are no
scientific criteria Whatsoev-
er on which to base such
claims.
Why then she asks,
lis there race prejudice ? =
And she finds the answer
in the unequal distribution
of civil rights.
Having gone this far, her
field as a scientist ends. Tn
fortunately she prefers to
continue out OF her field in
to that Of the econmist and
suggests as a remedy a
mild, pink socialistic New
Dealism in t h q p h "a S e.,
Make Democracy w ork. It
does not seem to occur to
her that we need only let"
democracy work.
Nevertheless says Mr..
Ross, DIR. Benedict's book
is well worth reading by
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Chi1,s UpNot Out
Ruth Taylor)

Across the billboards, on
colorful posters, over the
air, and in the press-the
slogans of war vividly urge
us to do this and that-in
the catch ph ra ses t h a t
stick in the mind.
But there is difference
between the slogans of this
war and the slogans Of the
last one Remember how
then we We're all asked to
do "our bit?" We are not
being asked to do that in
this war. 1t is too clearly
realized this time that "our
bit is too little. This time
We need to do "our all.
One Of the favorite slo-
gans today is "chins up
That is excellent provid.
ed we don't make il. "chins
out as we'll
'Chins up means keep
ing our courage high and
going about our tasks with
all the energy we can bring
to the job. It means ac-
cepting handicaps and dis
comforts, keeping cheerful
In spite Of hardships, seeing
beyond present lacks to
brighter future for those
who follow.
But the morale of "chins
up must not slip into the
recklessness of "chins out
This is no time for heroics.
We haven't time to make
any more mistakes. We
haven't time to let over-con-
fidence and personal brave
ry take the place of careful
cooperative action.
And this applies just as
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After you've discovered the secre.
Of cooling off, the problem that con.
fronts you is how to stay that WAY
+. and what to wear to keep you
looking fresh as an Ice cream soda,
For this problem we've listed some
tried and true rules.
/. Forget about that shoulder
length bob that has been smothering
your neck all winter, and let your
beauty operator give 1t Il quick snip
of the scissors. Or, let her design
heat-defying hair-do for you. She
will either pile your hair on top OF
yonr head or draw it sleekIy back
to give YOU smooth, poised beauty
:. Keep your shoes white and shin.
Ing, yollr short white cotton gloves
spotless ... and that fresh cotton
dress always washed and ironed
within an inch OF its life.
3. Keep your favorite fresh
cologne In the Ice box and use it
regularly. Forget about the heavy
perfumes that made you so exotic
all winter.
4. rack away your heavy JeWe,fy
no matter how expensive and cor.
geous 1t is, and buy yourself some
light and colorful plastic pieces tiiat
are ideal for hot weather wear.
5. Dress and act us young .ls yor
can, and touch up those grey I3ilrs
that have been giving yon q ma
ternal outlook towards gaiety.
Try all Of these simple snages.
tions, and We'll bet you enjoy the
heat whether you stay at home OF
take vacation trip. You'll not
only be cool and calm .. but youth
be smart!
Wbat ore your beauty problems7
Write: Marie Downing, Lariense
Beauty Bureau, 1909 LIndeli
Bid, ST. Louis, Mo-, and she MIL
BE- glad to answer them. Be
suYe to enclose q seif-addressed.
aixmpsd enyelopr.
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ployees of Federal, State
and local gov e + n m e n t s
where a gain of eighty-six
thousand for the thirty day
period was n o t e d. T h is
should be most significant
to thinking citizens and ov-
er burdened taxpayers.
The Department of Agri-
culture has just released fig
ures showing that the total
cash income CT the farmers
Of the United States during
the year 1911 was eleven
billion eight hundred and
thirty million dollars, com
pared to a nine billion one.
hundred and forty-five mil
lion dollar income during
1910. Gross farm income
for l941. which included
products consumed on the
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Donald M. Nelson announce
es chat a new savage cam
paign will be started OH Jul
" I3 for the collecaion OF
all vital scrap materials III
cludlng rubber, steel, iron.
tin and fats. Housewives
will be asked to save waste
kitchen fats-such as bacon
and other meat drippings
id sell to meat
through appropriate cr.AIl-
nels for use in the produc-
ton Of glycerine needed in
making explosives.
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end nine million dollars.
The estimated budget for
the new fiscal year, which
began July 1st, is fixed by
Budget Director Smith at
seventy-three billion one
hundred and forty-one mil
lion dollars, which includes
siyty-seven billion dollars
for direct war purposes.
During the fiscal year
Just closed, twelve billion
| seven hundred and twenty
million dol lars was g a.
thered from the people il
taxes or little more than
five billion dollars over the
amount collected the previ-
Gus year, and six billion
dollars more than collected
IN taxes in any one year
during the first World Wr.
However, in spite OF this
high tax income, the JF S.
Treasury went into the red
by more than twenty billion
dollars during the fiscal
year Just closed. The deficit
was made up by the sale |
Of war bonds and other re-
eular securities, which had |
brought the total govern |
ment debt. including guar
anteed obligations, to 4 |
peak Of seventy six billion
dollars as the year closed
Since June of 1:,1n ap-
proxilnately tme hundrt 4 |
ten billion dollars has been
appropriated or authorized
for national defense and
war purposes, including
Iease-Lend with the great
Il
norton Of this amount be-
inr vet unexpended. altho
obligated or allocated.
All of the money appro-
printed to war aoencies is
rot always aypendad wisely
or we'll For instance. it
has inst eome to the atten-
tion Of CONGRESS- that ten
acre automobile marking
area ia Potomac park. con
sfrilcted bv the War DeDart
n'ent tn provide. parkino FOR
1903 automobiles. is actual
" taking care of an aver
age of NOT over fen motor
cars per dav. This park;no
space, which is covere
with a six inch laver of as
phalt, cost the taxpayers
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CO M M E N T S

farms, was estimated at ap-
proximately fourteen bill
lion dollarsan increase of
tWenty-six percent over the
1910 gross income. Farm
prices in mid-June, however
had dropped approximate
May 18th average.
The national drive for the
collection Of scrap rubber
has been extended for ten
days-or until midnight Ju-
" 10th-by order of the
President. The extension Of.
the campaign came in an
effort to increase the two
hundred and min ct eT
thousand ton scrap rubber
total reported at the end Ct
the original collection CAM
paign. Ia the meantime
War Product 10 n C hi G f,
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space OF time. Inc Prev
Gus one year record Tor ali
purposes was the eighteen
billion five hundred mllloll
dollars spent in the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1919,
the last year Of the first
World War. As a matter OF
comparison, the direct cost
OF World War No. | To the
United st t es t / 0 m t j e
time Of its entry III 1917 I'M
til the Peace Treaty was
signed in 1921, was twenty
FIVE billion seven hundred
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S54,786,23. and is being
guarded by two attend
ants who are paid a salary
Of $1,000 per year, each. A
similar parking area for
the Navy Dept cost $50,
5000, and has saven full
time employe e $ to t a k e
care of the average Of 500
parked cars per day.
According to the labor
Department forty-one mil
lion two hundred and one
thousand Americans were
gainfully employed on May
18th, exclusive of those en-
ployed in agricultural pur-
suits. The largest gain in
employment made by any
classification of workers
during the month ending
May 18th was in the en-
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tai Il M @ II y !
ever exnen
ed by the q.
S. 6 o u e r n
nnent, or by
any other gov
ernnent { 0 +
that matter
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A portrait of General Macarthur
with his promise of I'll Do My
Best" serves as the key poster in a
war production drive program inau-
gurated by Fisher Body. Inscribed
across the poster is the pledge of
every worker on the production line
to the man at the battle line: Me
Too, Mac" This poster has haen
erected as a permanent display IA
all Fisher BODY plants.
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BONDS Oycrncribing their pledge 10 the Delta
Theta sorority which as promised TO buy 70 WV wortn o. Ms
of
already purchased 81 900 Bond 81
shown the
pany;ng photograph Price, cashier Of the Gzcns Savings
where purchase
nadc They Miss Helen Work. cairnan judiciary
Board of president Of the Nashville chapter;
Price LOBBY Southern isegnnal Conference
Nashville chapter and Miss Minerva II john
director Of the Southern Regional Conference
Treassy Dept
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For Tired And Aching Feet
Sc
LAUGHING FOOT POWDERS
Laughing Foot Products Co.
31O5 Haverford Avenue.
Philadelphia, Pa.
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those who still maintain
lingering suspicion that the
white race, or the so-called
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EDITOR S

Aryans, or the jews are af-
ter all just a little better"
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|, .U111a1llg~ ~Iou71lna,
BEAUTY = ROMANCE
l!ll g. "a l!ll

The lorieuse Beouy Bureau wus sssoblshed by tho
Godefroy Manufacturing Company 10 study methods
OF preserving womenfs noivrol beauty. and to mcks
The results Of ihs research ovollohe 10 Tho pvblie
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-10
{. 5. RETIREMENT ACT
FOR EMPLOYEES, ARC

The employees of the Alaska Road
Commission who have not in the
past been able to secure the bene-
fits of the Civil Service Retirement
Act because Of the seasonal char
acter of their employment will be
covered into the retirement system
under the terms of the Ramspeck-
Mead Act recently enacted, which
was H. r. 3487, to amend the Civil
Service Retirement system.
Delegate Dimond, in January,
1941, introduced a bill, H. r. 1890,
to specifically cover the regular AL
aska Road Commission employees
under the retirement system. In a
letter dated January IA, 1912, adj
dressed to Chairman Ramspeck of
the House Committee on Civil Serv-
ice, Mr.. Lewis H. Fisher, Chief OF
the Retirement Division of the Unit
ed States Civil Service Commission,
stated that the enactment of the
bill H. R. 3487 would serve the same
purpose as H. r. 1890 and would
render unnecessary any action by
Congress on H. r.. 1890.
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BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
NOTICE OF HEARING ON
PETITION FOR LETTERS
OF ADMINISTRATION

In the United States Commissioner
Court for Precinct of Juneau, Di-
vision Number One, Territory of
Alaska In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of
OSCAR S. OSBORNE, Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that Will
lie Russell Osborne has filed in this
court his petition for letters of adj
ministration upon the estate of
Oscar S. Osborne, deceased, praying
that said estate be administered as a
large, insolvent, Indian estate con-
sisting only of a gas-screw vessel
and with Indian relative admins
traitor, and that the same will be
heard on the 10th day of March,
1912, at 1000 o'clock in the forenoon
of said day, at the courtroom of
said court at room 513, Federal Bldg,
Juneau, Alaska; and all persons in
terested in said estate are notified
then and there to appear and show
cause, if any they have, why the
prayer Of said petitioner should not
be granted. Assets of estate consist
only of gas-screw COLUMBIA, Of
fetal number 223, 800, of gross tons
burthen, of $1,77895 value.
Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 9th
day of February, 1912.
FELIX GRAY,
U. S. Commissioner and ex-
officio Probate Judge.
probate SeaD FELIX GRAY,
Publication dates: February to 18
inclusive, 1912.
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DR.. WESTON ENTERS
PRACTICE IN SEWARD


DR.. John Weston, who was form
erly with the Territorial Department
of Health, has gone into general
practice with DR.. Ray Banister in
Seward. according to word received
from him here. He will fill va
cancy in that city made by the
departure of DR.. l.. E. Williams.
who left following the Seward fire
DR.. Weston is a graduate of the
University of Washington and of
Harvard Medical School. Following
his graduation from the latter in
1888 he joined the staff of the Royal
Serafimer Hospital in Stockholm,
Sweden, where he made special
study of x-ray work and of diseases
of the chest. He returned to the
United States just prior to the out
break of the present war and con-
tinued his hospital training in
Boston.