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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-11

WASHINGTON Next to the
President, Jesse Jones has long been
the most powerful official in Wash
ington. Secretary of Commerce,
head of the Federal Loan Agency,
the Defense Corporation and half
dozen other potent government
bodies, the velvet-voiced Texan on
more than one occasion even has
disregarded the White House.
But it looks like at last Jones has
met his master.
Behind the scenes, he and War
Production Chief Donald Nelson
had a. crossing of swords and Jones
definitely came off second best.
1t happened this way: In organ
izing his administrative set-up,
Nelson asked the Army, Navy Mari
time Commission and De ems e
Plant Corporation to designate an
official to act as their top produc-
ton executive. These officials deal
directly with Nelson on all pro-
duction problems of their agencies.
Lieut.. Gen. Knudsen acts in this
capacity for the Army; Admiral
Robinson for the Navy; Admiral
Vickery for the Maritime Commits
sion; and Director Charles Hender-
son for the Defense Plant Corpor-
alton.
In addition to this. Nelson also
informed the four agencies that
he was attaching one of his per-
sonal assistants to the staff OF
these four officials, to act as his
personal representative and to
keep him informed of what was
going on. The Army, Navy and
Maritime Commission readily
agreed and promised cordial coop
Grafton.
But Jones, who had secretly had
his cap set for Nelson's job, baked
on such supervision of the Defense
Plant Corporation.
According to the inside story he
declared he was not going to put
upwith any shopping Gestapo
agent" To which Nelson is re-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-11
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Feb. II Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 2ls, American Can
62A. Anaconda 26ss, Bethlehem
Steel SOS. Commonwealth and
Southern ". Curtiss Wright rs.
International Harvester 491a. Ken
necott 33A, New York Central 8.
Northern Pacific 6. United States
Steel 50%, pound $4.04.
DOW, JONES AVERAGES
The following are today's Dow,
Jones averages: industrials 1861,
rails 27.19, utilities 1885.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-11
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON. Feb. H. In
spite of all the palaver over the
Justice Roberts report on response
bility for the Pearl Harbor episode,
one of the most significant phases
Of the report has been very lightly
touched upon. namely:
If counter espionage activities
Of the United States hadn't been
hog-tied and hobbled by restric-
tions i'm the Federal C0mmuni-
tions Act there mig hit well
never have been any catastro-
phe at Pearl HarbOr. no matter
how derelict i'm duties were the
commanders Of the Army and
Navy.
Let's examine the facts: O-Al-
though it was considered positive
by our counter espionage agent
there that japanese consuls and
other spies were sending informa-
ton in code messages by commercial
cable and wireless to Tokyo, the law
forbade the Federal Bureau OF IN
vestigation or Army or Navy Intelll-
gence from obtaining copies of these
messages without a court order. To
have obtained a court order would
have been to bring our own efforts
into the open and of course kill the
goose that was laying those secret
eggs. Attempts to circumvent that
law met legal stone wall.
90 Although telephone COM
munications between Japan and Ha-
wall were maintained until AFTER
the first blows were struck, it was
impossible for the FBI, Army on
Navy to tap the wires and make
records Of the many long distance
calls that shuttled back and forth
between Tokyo and Honolulu righi
up to the morning of December Z
Why? Because Congress last sum
mer refused to pass a law to permit
overlapping even in cases OF count
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-11
Alice {. Rice
PassesAway
AfHer Home
Author Of Mrs. Wigs Of
the Cabbage Pate"
Dies at Age Of II

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 11-Mrs.
Alice Hogan Rice, 70 author of
Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch,
died at her home here last night.
The book won international recog-
milton and established the author
in the field of American literature.
Prior to the publication of Mrs.
Wigs of the Cabbage Patch" in
1901, Mrs. Rice had written many
numerous sketches. Some of them
found their way into print, but
gained for her no more than local
recognition. 1t was after her grad
uation from Hampton College, a
private school in Louisville, KY,
that she became associated with
the Louisville Authors Club, many
of the members of which later made
names for themselves as writers. 1t
was that group that first reviewed
Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch"
and urged Mrs. Rice to submit the
manuscript to publisher.
Gets Married
The immediate success of the
novel was a factor in influencing
the author to take another import
ant step, her marriage to Gale
Young Rice, a poet and dramatist.
About that time one of his early
volumes was published and their
combined literary successes pro-
vided the necessary finances for
their wedding, which took place De-
cember Is, 1902 They established
their home in Louisville, where in
adjoining studios they did most
Of their subsequent literary work.
Mrs. Rice was born in Shelby
County, KY, January IL, 1870, at
the homestead of her maternal
grandfather, Judge James Caldwell.
She was the only daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel w. Hogan, and
was niece Of Mrs. Fannie Mac
auley, author of THE Lady of the
Decoration.
Although they always maintained
their home in Louisville, Mr.. and
Mrs. Rice Travelled extensively
They made frequent trips to Europe
and two tours around the world
which provided background and
material for Mr.. Rice's poetry and
his wife's novels.
Other Writings
Mrs. Rice also wrote a sequel to
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-11
ApA PROFITS FOR
LAST YEAR BEST
IN RECENT YEARS

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. II
The Alaska Packers Association
had the best profit in recent years
last year.
The annual report shows net
profit of $977,066 as against $685.
IA the preceding year.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-11
CHINELLA FAMILY LEAVES

Frank Chinella, Juneau represent
tative of the Retail Clerks Union
and Mrs. Chinella and their young
daughter sailed south today to va
cation in the States for month.
They will visit Chinella's father,
Ralph Chinella. in Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-11
SEWARD TO GET
pRI0RITIE5 FOR
BUILDING UNITS

WASHINGTON, Feb. ALASKA
Delegate Anthony ]. Dimond an
nounced today the Defense Hous-
ing Division, Office OF Emergency
Management, has approved of pri-
critics for the building of 200 fam
lily units at Seward. Alaska, by a
private enterprise with the posi-
bility the FILA might assist with
loans.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-11

WHITE House, The Army, Navy and
Department of Justice.
AS a matter OF tact, one such
telephone message was intercepted
about "a hours before the first
bombs fell The conversation was
about flowers, the beautiful weather
and points of interest around the
islands. Now, not even the most
esthetic Japs would be paying long
distance tolls for discourse SO
trivial as that. 1t probably was one
of the hundreds of conversations
that passed in code over public
wires, with nobody able to do any
thing about it,
There is a third phase of this
counter-espionage activity that has
nothing to do with the communica-
tons act That is that there were
known to be more than 200 japanese
consular agents in Hawaii and the
Roberts report leaves no doubt that
these made UP an army of spies. The
report also makes it clear that al
! though other counter espionage
agents wished to force these agents
to register in compliance with the
law passed for that very purpose
or arrest them, the Army command
in Hawaii objected for fear of an
tagonizing the civilian japanese
population in the islands and pre-
cipitating trouble from Tokyo
This then was the situation
which led the Roberts report to
conclude I'm effect that if there
were any military or naval Sc
crets In the islands that the
japanese didn't have and make
use of in that vital zero hour
on the morning of Dec. 7, it
would be hard to discover what
Continued on Page Five
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-11
DARNELL GOES SOUTH

Rod Darnell, operator of the Tri-
angle Cleaners and President OF the
Juneau Rotary Club, left for the
south by steamer today. He plans
to be gone about six weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-11

In Sweden both employers and
workers are nationally organized
to bargain collectively on ma
tionwide scale.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-11
British Are
Thrown Back
Say Germans
England Reports African
Front Lines Are
Holding Own
CBY ASSOCIATED PREss)

On the north African front the
German communique reporte
strong enemy reconnaissance forces
have been thrown back"
The British headquarters report
ed there is mo change in the
situation
GENE LLOYD GOES SOUTH
Gene Lloyd, who has been men,
Der of The Empire mechanical force
is southbound for Seattle where he
will enlist in the armed forces.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-11
Federal Rules Hog-Tied
US. Agents al Hawaii;
New Phase Is Revealed

r-espionage refused to pass it in
spite of recommendations from the
White House, the Army, Navy and
Department of Justice.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-11
GENE LLOYD GOES SOUTH

BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
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CONTINUED on Page Three
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
HEARse ON HONEYMOON

OAKLAND, Cal Up Thomas
Gates OF Portland, Ore, and bis
bride Elmira. combined business
with pleasure on their honeymoon
trip. Immediately upon their mar
riage at Portland, they stepped
into an ambulance and made a
trip to this city. Here they traded
the ambulance for a hearse and
driving It back 10 Portland. The
business part OF the trip was on
behalf OF a Portland morticlan who
has his mortuary opposite Gates
garage He reported that the ad-
vantage OF a honeymoon trip In a
hearse is that one Is not pestered
with hitchhikers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
HEARsE NEW FIRE TRUCK

MILAN " H-TP s little
Yankee ingenuity has converted
au outmoded hcarse into A lie.
saving device Members of the
town auziI,ary fire department
OBJ aimed -urtIreabIa truck boy
taking 1888 hesrse and adding
'0 j. $3.50 Gallon pump. six pack
pumps searrhlight and TWO lad
sDr-.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
TOO wUcs JrNoLs.JAHeLE

81. LOUIS -CP-Jsmes tTexI
Emith. o. who likes 10 wear 10
gallon hats. got himself some new
spurs that I.ugloIanglod and that
proved DIS uHdoing lie robbed 4
home %. $50 and spent So OF the
loot FOR tho squire Smith vas ar
rested iu the lobby ~ a theater
when detectives decided 10 inves
iiRate the somhrero and spurs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Buy More war Bonds -
War Requires Money

The Ypsilanti Daily Press is glad
10 cooperate with the Treasury de-
partmcnt in keeping the follow ur
message before our readers
II will cost money to defeat
the Axis Nour government
GALE on YOU 10 help nov
Buy war bonds and stamps
today Buy them every dsy.
Buy them on a regular basis.
Bonds cost as little as SiS.55.
stamps come as low as 30
cents. War bonds and stamps
can be bought at all banks.
stores. post Office. the Daily
Press office and from your W.
slant Daily Press carrier bow
The Npsilanti Daily Press rrErs
al Americans 10 support your 90,
eminent With your dollars.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
TodaNS Horoscope

Todays birthday children are.
vivacious. dependable and possess
keen. absorbing minds. They are
fine takers. express their ideas
concisely, and have talent for
teaching. They arc fond OF travel
and enjoyment. Reserved and
modest they are yet very capable.
Strangers or elderly relatives viii
aid them IN the next year. and
secret business affairs. especially
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15

g. OF what South American
country Is Getgdo Vargas presi.
dent
?. Fulgcncio Bausta Is prcsi-
dent Of what country?
8 OF what country IS Ramon
S. Castillo PRESIDENT
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
GOODBYE COPPERs

GOCCD c W. N''
The kiddics savings banks viii
Jingle with a different sound as the
new copperless- penny gets into
circulation
Plans for production Of the me-"
ono cent piece are being pushed 70
relieve the penny shortage caused
by the recent stoppage Of coming
one-ccnt pieces with war-yitsi COP
per The government asks all chill
Gren To turn in the contents II
heir penny banks because all
copper pennies are TO be reclaimed
for their vital metal The coins
will be replaced with zinc.coated-
steel substitutes
Treasury Department officials
lay they hope 10 get the new penn
into production in from one to two
months. Honest Abe" Lincoln will
stll grace the new war coin. strips
OF zinc-ooated steel will be fed to
machines and pennies bearing the
same design as the present ones
win be stamped out
Steel pennies we're decided upon
after many months OF study Glass
and several types of plastics were
tried ont. but plastic was ruled 70
he too scarce and glass would have
required new machinery
The new pennies will he grey
ISL" in appearance when they come
from the mint. but will soon dark
en-
The small coins act. which was
approved by the Senate a few days
ago. also provides that the Treas
Ury, at its own DISCRETION. can be-
gin coming a three cent piece.
There is no indication that the
Treasury plans TO turn out a three
cent piece in the near future. but
II it is approved it will be the first
minting 4 so-Called silver" three
cent coin was in circulation from
1851 to 1873 and a nickel" piece
from 1865 20 1859.
Coming OF the three cent pieces
was stopped because they looked
100 much Ike dimes and store.
keepers were loath to accept them.
More practically designed, they
might be acceptable Maybe a 21a c
piece would be more practical.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15

IL concerning martial activities.
viii prosper They should, how
ever. beware Of love intrigues
which foretell disillusionment. on
the whole, children born on this
date viii be successful, old people
and those connected with the
Army proving most helpful. Pla-
tonic friendships should be avoid
ed. however
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15

with the CNcep-
ton Of early
Pearl Harbor
tiding s have
been pretty UNI
formly crafty
ing. II accurate
Yet we re con
stantly warned
BY the highest
Of higher ups
not to he pre-
m a I u el y en-
couraEed for a
continuing des-
rerate- struggle
stIu is ahead Of
Us
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15

q1ayDe. economically
That's what some OF our cautious
guys are wondering about.
But. right now. the armed forces
are slowing down on buying
II seems inconsistent
And so do some Of the other de-
tarls.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Half-Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

" NIIt 7 NdIo TNkV
hasuat.. elected r. George president. Pray.
" Ell t.s-. George Village
tee. and George Geer Lyman, directors.
Degree of Honor members elected
PRESIDENT. Mrs Tes7mer - vice PRESIDENT Gum
vice president Mrs Belle Ross recorder. Mrs Butler treas
grer, Mrs H. Davis and Mrs = Hewitt. C.
finger outside watch Mrs Olive Curice planss;
Mrs Iha Ba-se captain Of drill Mrs. Montgomery
tee three year,
Phoenix Lodge p. and t 81. have elected Leon "
strong. ~. ST.. Glenn Banks w.; L. S White j. " Glare
Conzdon. secretary Hopkins treasurer, C. J. phillips
s. u, T. z Coon. J D., p. J. Nen tyler
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Uso USES JAP cLUs

SASS FRANCISCO Up The
former Japanese YMCA mere Is
now $50 CLUB providing special
facilities FOR negro mon ~ the
armed r1feca.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Buy More war Bonds
DEBT BLOCKS

II you are a statistician who
would like 10 figure what the public
debt looked like when it hit 800
100000 coo few days ago. here is
the answer. t10O000OO9. 900 in gold.
figured az s45 an ounce. would make
a solid block slightly more than sag
feet on a side.
In silver, ar IS csnts.au ounce. #
would make a block 2Sj feet on
side.
P. S.-Those figures already are
out-of-date. The debt now exceeds
100000 100000.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15

Also we seldom are advised OF
reyerses the AXIS forces have SUI
Tered. without mention OF certain
advances they've made on various
sectors
The other day Treasury Secrc-
tary Henry Morgenthau broadcast
an interview TO the effect that we
can stand considerab bly, heavier tax
alton than we're footing the bill for
already.
This would be cheering but for
the fact that. the day previously
the treasury permitted a leak from
a confidential source tan EXPIRES
sion employed 10 guarantee reliabil-
ity without quoting anybody IN
particular voiclng the depart
ments perfect awareness that mil
lions Of Americans won't be able
20 pay their next instalment OF
levies on their incomes in March,
l943. The announcement. from its
wording, evidently was made with
& view 10 posting the public as to
permissi bilities toward stringing
out its tax payments on as much.
even. as a weekly basis, instead OF
driving II into immediate bank
ruptcy
But II IL amounts to, Pooh
pooh" merely these taxes are
mere bag o. shells compared with
what's coming. " il isn't so enticins
Conflicting Views
Statesmen Of warsme supplies are
being tipped off not to head into
Washington too rapidly, looking for
orders since Uncle Sam has, on
hand or coming shortly. about all
he can absorb at present. Such sug-
gestions have given rise to the sur
mise that the vars end is foreseen
by approximately next August, so
that an undue congestion viii be
undesira ole after about then.
No news could be pleasanter. eX-
cept for War Production Board
Chairman Donald NJ. Nelson's
simultaneous announcement that
our war production gains were
disappointing in October. A
stepping up OF the pace is essen
tial." he assures US.
Big business has been strenuous
" regulated. to prevent it from
getting TOO big And wages are
restricted
But how is big business too big
And what Go wages amount to?
Well. according to municipal pub
tic service statistics
District Of Columbia taXicabm
are scoring 800 weekly at present.
on an average. per hacker.
Why. girls in stores will have to
foot income tax bills.
Common labor may have TO-
or course Washington is abnor.
nal.
OF course the National Capitals
growth is phenomenal. Only De-
troit beats IT, And Detroit had
more elasticity to beat it initially.
Ny towns Alexandria. Va. a
suburb
The whole thing stopped over
into that area
Patriotic-Once
When I was wished into that re-
gion I wished I hadn't been. My
wife liked the looks Of II. as q
George Washingtonian district. She
liked i for patriotic purposes. Nov
can't afford to move out Of il
The place would be glad to as
simulate me but I've no accommo-
dations
What 7 mean 10 say is
There's no room for further &C.
tvity
The question arises
Are we over-stocking'
It's told both ways
In postwar years itu signify.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15

DR. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
ey n. }. SCOTT

names Nothing pleases most
people more than to be greeted
bv name
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Words Of Wisdom

The tuest wisdom. IN general.
Is a resolute ietcrm.nati0n-Na-
poleon
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
Fifty Years Ago

brape. rented Ypstaut Opera House to r. " shuc
O., saul, Ste Marie M Draper going road with his
Uncle Tom company.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15

News of W ar I'm
aShingtou Still
Conflicting

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. news
Is rather conflicting as dished out
oficially IN Washington
From our various fighting fronts.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15
-Buy Nor. war Bonds
THEY Say

,Bv International News Service
Randolph Field. Tex. - Lieu
Gen. Henry II. Arnold. commander
Of L. S. Army Air Forces we
have secret weapon or two up our
aerial sleeves that will deal para
lying blows 10 cur enemies Wei
soon put on special demoustra-
lion for Hitler and Hirohito-Re
don't think they are going 70 like
it either
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15

New York Wendell WuIkIn
speskiH- az the tooth Anniversary
OF the Congregation Rodeph Sho.
lom - want 10 SEQ all people
have the blessings Of Iibarty n
was that for which I fought more
than 20 years ago and s. is that
for which ! fght now through pub
10 advocacy.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-15

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