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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-24
IN STORE FOR US

Now that our income taxes for 194l are out of the way at least they should be- we can start looking forward to really paying tax. This years bill was nothing compared to what lies in for us.
 The House Ways and Means Committee has been having hearings on a man-szed tax bill. drawn up to raise the additional $70o00oOo00 year that the President requested in his budget message few months ago
 Briefly about one-third of this additional sum will come from higher individual income taxes, an- other third from higher corporation the rest from miscellaneous
 The present 10 percent income tax, it is be- lieved will be increased to from 20 to 25 percent This means more than doubling of the tax you paid a few weeks ago and thought was large.
 For many persons, especially the who bor- rowed to pay taxes this year it isn't going to be an easy job to pay twice that amount year from now The Government has envisaged this problem and legislation is being considered whereby the tax would be taken out of paychecks. There is little doubt but that such system will be arranged.
 Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau has suggested 10 percent payroll tax taken out this year to pay next years taxes It may be that the system will begin July It doubt will be painful to have a sizeable portion of ones salary deducted regularly, but not nearly as painful as having it taken all in one lump.
 This siphoning off of income at regular inter- vals probably will mean that excess purchasing power will be cut down. But this may be means of pre- venting imitation.
 If going to win this and maintain our war production this money must be raised. It will be much easier to pay go than pay after it's all
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-24
20 YEARS AGO ftTb TIT EMPIRE
MARCH "A, 1922

MARCH "A, 1922
 By majority compromise Bonus passed Representatives in uncertain As by the House provided immediate cash whose adjusted service certificates with authorizing aid January settlement aid
 game played girls junior winning lineup Lundstrom Megar Krugness Koskey, Tripp L Perele A. Wilson T. Jorgensen and D. Oja.
 the play parts director receiving good cooperation from the members.
 Clarence oeddes visiting Geddes captain tender Fish Hawk which from the the Harris Company at Hawk Inlet
 steamship Company begin the excursion steamers with sailing Jefferson that Beginning with the sailing Northwestern through to Anchorage
 Preparations were being Eagles guests skagway Eagles who on the Channel juymen the session of the District Court
 CIV Superintendent Schools in South east Alaska Stka He also to visit in Kinisnoo before returning.
 Mrs J. Theodore Kleson Superintendent of the Pioneers Home city the previous at Both well known in Juneau and had many interested in their marriage
 Superintendent of the Juneau Board of Education All teachers of the schools reelected at the same meeting.
 The are open the limit" the slogan for Alaska Monte Carlo being held in the eve- ming sponsorship of the American Legion
 Weather temperature Moderate northeay temperature 34 and minimum was 2
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matter. recommended that the Housing Division exercise caution to see that split commissions do not prevail on any housing project in the future
 Also, A. R. Gas, Director of PWA housing, reported as follows regard ing Palmer:
 The report does not disclose any dishonesty on Mir. Palmers part
 but it has cast a doubt in my mind of MT. Palmers uflselfish in- terest in the projects, and thus I am not sure of his motives in urg- ing local control of the manage ment
 T have felt for some time that the Committee Gin Atlanta) as a result of MT .Palmers activities has been making no effort to reconcile the difficulties between the city and the government, but rather using the objections as a club to induce the government to turn over such profits to it. do not believe it is desirable to ask for MT Palmer's resignation at this time. although I feel the commit tee would function better without him."
 Most significant fact is that de- spite this, the reorganized Public Works Administration actually pro- noted Palmer to the vitally im- portant job of Defense Housing Coordinator where he has served until recently. Finally. however, he was eased out Of the housing pie ture by a trip to inspect housing in England
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-24
ANOTHER FIGHT PENDING

Recent dispatches from the Far East indicate that we can expect Russian attack on Japan al- most at any time now unless Japan strikes first Both sides ready but Russia at present to be in position of striking first
 Ever since the United States entered the war the situation between Russia and Japan has been of preparation for conflict. But with Pearl Harbor Russia carefully kept from declaring because she did not want to bring Jap attack and not be able to defend herself At that time Russia had weakened her Far Eastern forces con- sideraby by drawing and materials to halt the Nah drive against Moscow and Leningrad
 Russia feared then that any move on her part against Japan would bring an attack on vadivostok Red bastion with easy bombing range of Tokyo With the Japs seemingly content to let matters rest in Manchukuo while the little yellow fought south ward the Russians were willing and unable to do anything but>leave it at that.
 But with the crippling of the German march toward Moscow Russia has set to work recognizing her army in the Far East How strong the Rus sian Far Eastern Army. is today is not known, but it has been estimated that the normal force bers million and a half It to be strong enough now, at any rate, to enable Russia to adopt attitude toward Tokyo.
 Russia believes today that she can hold vladivos- tok And from vladivostok, Russia bomb every important center in Nippons island empire
 We aren't forgetting that Japan can also bomb Vladivcstok. But the size of Japans effort in the southwest Pacific and the losses of planes there have left few craft at home, either for defense attack
 If Russia declares against Japan and sends her planes, American ferried to Siberia via Alaska, against the Japs' the Japanese can either sit still and take it. they must lessen their at- tacks in the southwest Pacific order send their planes back home to protect their islands.
 The Japanese people already have been warned to expect an attack Japan by United States planes, either from the Aeutian Islands from Url- occupied China. Recent activity in Manchukuo
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Letters poured in on Congress and the Navy Department, charging that the maneuyers would be an "affront" to Russia and Japan
 "A number of the letters lambast- ed me as anti-Russian, Standley the order. However, it seemed logi- cal to me to hold maneuvers and recalls, and there was so much agitation that I finally withdrew work out tactical problems in wat CTS which we might have to fight some day
 How right his judgment was has been amply proved by recent events Also, if there were any lingering doubts about Standley's friendship for Russia, they were dispelled last year when he went there as a member of the U. s. lend lease mission
 "A week after we arrived" Stand ley relates. and while a lot of people were selling Russia short, predicted that its army would not quit fighting and would eventually lick the Nazis I'm prouder Of that prediction than any ever made"
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shows that the Japs are expecting an attack from Russia.
 The Russian minister to Tokyo has been called to Moscow for consultation" Russia is dispossessng the Japanese in the Russian portion of Sakhalin Island of which Japan owns the southern two-fifths and which part constitutes the northernmost part of Japan Large concentrations of Soviet troops have taken positions along the shores of the Sea of Ok hotsk. This position would defend the supply line from the United States by way of Alaska. Russia has mined the Gulf of Tartary, between Sakhalin Island and the mainland
 These moves would seem to indicate one thing Russia is preparing to enter the Pacific battle and soon
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-24
Sunspots
CNew York Times


 At altitude of sixty to hundred miles lies the onosphere, kind of electrical mirror which fleets radio waves to their remote destinations. If it were not for the ionosphere there would be no transat tlantic radio communication Radio waves shoot off into space like light, but the mirror in the sky reflects them back to the earth, the earth back to the ionosphere, until last they reach the ceving antenna.
 There is nothing fixed about that mirror It rises and falls it flutters and umdulates like flag in a breeze. Like mirror of glass it be broken, not by stones. but by electrons hurled from sunspots And when it breaks, the atmosphere goes wild Needles Of compass twtch erratically; auroras break out cleo trical communication is wholly partially disrupted
 From Mount Wilson Observatory comes the news that there spot the slr which is of the very type that electrical engineers dread-a spot which is starting to throw stones electrons at the mirror in the sky If there is the expected shatterng of the ionosphere the armed forces of the world will know it. Capitals unable to communicate with ships in far distant waters, the Philippines and Java cut off from Washington and London-this is indeed a totalitarian if spot the sun 93 900 900 miles away takes part in it.
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ing of First Aid chiefs and as- sistants held last night in the City Hall Holger Larsen, Assistant Chairman of First Aid on the Civ ilian Defense Board, presided
 Twelve of the 20 First Aid chiefs were present and several assistants attended the session.
 Enthusiastic reports assured de- fense workers of Juneau that the alert was useful in that it showed plainly the need for more drill. Discussion of two schools of thought on the. type of First Aid featured the first part of the round table
 Numerous Juneau citizens have taken courses in Bureau of Mines First Aid and the new crop of First Aiders are graduates of the Ameri- can Red Cross system It was de- cided that the latter is more gen. eral in type and that since there are more Red Cross trained work CTS here, that method will be fol- lowed henceforth.
 Plans were discussed for the sec- ond such alert to be held in Ju- neau on Thursday sometime be. tween the hours. of and 7;;3o pm. In order to assign all available First Aid workers to stations for such practice alerts, general mass meeting for all First Aiders is to be arranged. to be announced later, according to MT. Larsen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-24
MERRY-Go-RoUND

Inside word is that by fall mems clothing will be up 20 to 30 per- cent over current prices. .. It will take more than one billion pounds of food to feed the U. s. Navy this year Like the U. S. Army. the Navy is the best fed in the world Plans are un- der way to increase iron ore pro- duction this year to 88,0e0, 900 tons. This is ten percent more than in l940, which was the second high est production period in U. s. his tory. A postcard from mid Western town addressed to George Washington. Washington, D. C., inquiring about the color of the First Presidents hair was forward ed by postal officials to Represen- tatiye Sol Bloom of N. r., lead- ing Washington authority in the Capital
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 Feature Syndicate, Incl
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MODERN ETIQUETTE oy ROBERTA LEE

mouth with the thumb and fore finger plate from the mouth to the plate into palm of the hand
 e CARTE BLANCHE and how is pronounced?
 means paper, signature, etc, given conditions power KART-BLANSH both As as n principal last syllable
 driving night shouldn't motorist dim his lights when another is approaching?
 all shows extreme lack of courtesy to allow the glare Of your bright lights blind another motorist
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-24
WHAT'S WRONG WITH
 HOUSING?

Congressional investigators prob ing into defense housing conditions the other day ran across some in- teresting data regarding Charles F. Palmer, ex-coordinator of Defense Housing
 They discovered that in 1855, Palmer had almost been asked to resign from a local housing project in Atlanta, Georgia, because he split architects and real estate commissions of $600O0.
 Palmer was not then employed by the Government, and the split commissions were to compensate him for work he had done in pro- noting a low cost housing project, later completed by the Public Works Administration.
 However, the PWA Division of Investigation after probing the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-24
HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do. not compel"
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 25


 Adverse aspects appear to dom- mate today which may be dlsap- pointing to men in high places. The tendency to criticize statesmen and high officers in the war will be encouraged by the stars. HEART AND HOME: Women are likely to feel keenly the changes that war entails. Under this com figuration they may be depressed and anxious but care may be for gotten in hard work for the Red Cross and other organizations. It is not an suspicious date for girls to seek positions or any sort of employment. Love affairs will languish under this rule of the planets but there is a promising sign for letters. Late today good news is presaged from various war fronts Progress for the Allies is prognosticated.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Good crops that will, cause another labor prob lem and general business activity will continue to keep up the morale of all classes of Americans. It is well to prepare for unusual con- ditions at the end of the summer. The Mars Neptune conjunction on Neptune's progressed place in Sep tember seems to indicate strikes and industrial upheavals by the end of the year. All the signs fore cast great progress for the cause of organized labor through post war reconstruction activities. NATIONAL ISSUES. In the new order that is foretold as the result of the second world war there will be an equality of opportunity for all. Women will compete with men in many lines of business and in all the learned professions. Limi- tations of the present which hamp- CT women will be removed and there will be a general acceptance of the fact that both sexes bear wage earning responsibilities.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Increase of airplanes from Ameri- can factories will turn the tides of battle in islands and mainlands but through the coming summer there will be supreme perils and serious setbacks now and then. Danger of an act of treachery Ly Japanese who have continued 70 dwell in the United States has been forecast. This may be the destruction from within of water supplies or factories. General Mac Arthur's masterly defense of Luzon has added intensity to the desire of the Japanese to defeat the ! United Nations.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of ups and downs. Caution should be ex- ercised to avoid impulsive decisions and family dissensions.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be nervous and difficult ! to direct, but extremely talented and individual.
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U. s. AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA

Friends are predicting that Ad- miral William H Standley will do an outstanding job as U. S.. Am bassador to Russia, but he still can't believe it's true that he is going there.
 Russia is about the last place figured the President would send me" he confides to friends, be cause Of something that happened back in 1884"
 Standley was then Chief of Naval Operations and caused a storm of isolationist protests by ordering fleet manenvrrs in the far Pacific.
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of a cabinet job?" He indicates that the job of being Ambassador to Great Britain is much more in- teresting. However, rumors per- sist that Winant will remain in Washington and that Secretary of War Stimson will replace him in London. The blunt report on disastrous losses at Java is inter preted by some as paving the way for Frank KnoX's exit as Secretary of the Navy. Miss Marguerite Leland, longtime secretary to the President, is back in the White House after eight months illness, part of the time at Warm Springs. If the people around Roosevelt break down, imagine what kind of a constitution he has. Sum- ner Welles used to telephone the President from Rio de Janeiro ct around midnight. That meant 2 am. Washington time. The Presi- dent was still working.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-24
TIN FOIL
 CAMPAIGN l
 NEAR END

The tin foil collection campaign in Juneau is now nearing the end and last minute announcements were made today by Supt. A. B. Phillips.
 The tin foil collected will be shipped south on the first trans- portation available after April 6 so those who have tin foil are re- quested to get it in now.
 The Juneau schools are merely acting as gathering place for the foil and students will be glad to call at any house for any amount that has been saved. A house to house canvass can not be made by the students so those saving tin foil may give 1t tp any of the students or call Black 445 and col lection will be made.
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Daily lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS not "The of this bus ness depends upon depends and ME
 OFTEN MIsPRoNouNCED Alegory; in NO. Afegorc o as
 OFTEN NISSPEILED; Description DIES. Discretion; DIS
 SYNONYMS noun trial effort, attempt, striving
 WORD STUDY times and it is yours Let us mastering word day Todays word; IYPERBOLE: hipu bo-e HIGH as in ME- accent second sylabe) "T1e authors writings marked hyperboe'
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LOOK and LEARN H c. GORDON

wrote Paul RevereS Ride?
 What, in modern speech, is a thespian?
 How many floors has Empire State Building in New York many there hand when measuring horse? What insect is most destructive to the cotton plant? ANSWERS
 Henry wadsworth Longfelow u8o7-02 actor
 102 floors
 Four inches. s& Boil weevl. 4s4 5s44k
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY


 MARCH "A A. R. Edwards Martha Ann Carmichael Elaine Arnold Phillip Novel; Buddy Mogseth Mrs. Howard Day Minnie Goldstein Morris Tonsgard Henry w. Gieske Mike Kosoff Mrs. Della Boyd Everett T. Thompson Edna F. Grayson Billy Lee Turpin
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REGISTER NOW

Regardless of previous reeistra- ton, all Juneau residents wishing to vote in the April 2 election must register at the City Hall before noon, April 4. The office will be open during the noon hour each day.
 ROBERT c. RICE. -adv. , City Clerk.
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FIRST AIDERs MEET;DECUS5
 ALERT DRILLS

Both good and bad features of the practice alert held in Juneau last week were discussed at a meet
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Washington Merry
 Go-Round

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Empire cIsssffieds payl
Evening star., 1942-01-05

darity" against foreign aggression.
In all history. there never had
been anything like 1t.
In strictly military terms. no
Latin American nation is strong
enough to be rated power in the
war. The Argentine, Brazilian and
Chilean nayies, however. are size
able arms capable Of vigorous action
In conjunction with the backbone
Of hemisphere defense by seattle
United States N&vy. Paraguay has
some small ships, and Peru has
both ships and submarines. Each
could play a role in conveying the
American merchant fleet which
has been formed from interned Axis
ships. All the Americas have stand
ing armies, Argentina by far the
best. with a tremendous reservoir
Of manpower, for the North Ameri-
can arsenal to equip. Like the Latin
navies, the Latin armies could do
little alone. The same can be said
for tire air forces. although they
have produced thousands OF pros
pective pilots.
So much for the military. Wars
today are not fought by military
alone. They are fought with mate
rials, and the New World has
pledged all its materials to the
defeat Of the Axis. They are fought
with propaganda, and the grounding
of the Axis airlines has closed Hit
ler's last avenue Of propaganda into
the Americas except radio. They
are fought with internal dissensions,
stirred up in enemy territory before
the first blow is struck, and the
Evening star., 1942-01-05

senor Castillo has said, precipitate
= revolt BY pro-Nazi army on1cers.
90 Argentina, as the "breadbas-
ket" OF South America, must fall in
with the victor. TO survive. and the
United States only recently has been
making what Latin Americans con-
slider . convincing show Of deter
mination to win. =
Fear Communism.
"a Argentina is q Catholic coun-
try, fear Of Communism is too
strongly inculcated In the people
to make Naziism seem a much more
horrible threat by comparison.
Everything considered, 1t is a tri-
umph for the good neighbor" policy
that Argentina has gone as far as
she has on the United States side in
the face Of pressures from German
and Italian minorities and a Japa-
nese "fifth column" so clever that
rs real leader and real strength are
known but to a few diplomats in
the big Buenos Aires colony.
Argentinas position cannot be
considered separately from that of
Brazil, because concern over Bra
lillian influence and power is one Of
the motivating reasons behind Ar
gentine policy Collaboration with
the United States has brought Bra
I'll the first industrial development
In its history, and leading Argentine
citizens want United States aid to
keep their country apace.
Brazil declared war against the
Germans last time. This time she
has declared and shown her soli-
darity with the United States. Her
air bases have taken control of
South Atlantic air lanes from the
Axis and given them to the Amer
icas. Lati, the Italian airline from
Rome via Africa has been suspended
because Brazil would not help the
Italians get gasoline after the
United States cracked down.
The smallest countries in Latin
America went the furthest, with an
outright declaration of war-Costa
Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ell
Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Hon.
duras, Nicaragua and Panama.
Others Severed Relations.
Two Of the most vital defense
links, Mexico and Colombia, took
the next most drastic step. sever
ance Of diplomatic relations with
the Axis. So did Venezuela.
The advantages Of -belliger-
ency also were conveyed by Bolivia,
Chile and Uruguay.
without exception, the full family
Of the New World stood up to be
counted in a declaration Of soli-
Evening star., 1942-01-05
u. S.-Lotin American Bonds
Closer Than Ever in History
Approach Of Rio Conference Finds
Ronks Joined Against Aggression

Brazil and Uruguay and along the
Andes the full length Of Chile to
Bolivia.
The importance Of the naval
blockade in the Atlantic gives the
sea side of this situation the greater
attention, but 1t should be remem-
bered that the Germans considered
the air foremost. It was the Ger
man-dominated newspaper Of Bue-
nos Aires, Ell Pampero, which cam
paigned first for creation of the
coastal string Of airports.
Because OF Argentine prestige in
South America, the Buenos Aires
governments willingness to give the
United States the advantages OF
acknowledgement status strengthened
pro- United States sentiment In
these nations:
In Chile, which has been fighting
Nazi inflltration, especially along
the strategic southern coast.
In Paraguay, backdoor for air de-
Tense Of Brazil in event Of invasion
from Dakar.
Japs Strong in Peru.
In Peru, where strong italian
financial houses. large japanese
settlements and persistently- grow
ing Japanese trade make q situation
which might easily become danger
GUS for the land whose invariably
stable weather provides the ideal
jumping-on place for air maneuvers
down from Panama and across the
Andes.
No one, least Of all the Argentine
acting President, Ramon Castillo, is
pretending that Argentina and the
United States see eye-to-eye in this
war. But, In fairness ito the Ar
gentines, four things must be noted:
Cd This Is an election year in
Argentina; the Castillo opposition
has stumped for full collaboration
with the United States, and the
acting President cannot very well
swing over completely to the other
side even though the newly elected
President of his (the ConsNrvative)
party has said the country must
line up with the United States Ito
the point Of sacrifice"
ca Too sudden q swing into line
with the United States might, as