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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14

ceremony took place in Alexandria, Va, and later a wedding break fast was given at the Carlton Ho- tel in Washington, DC.
 The bride was accompanied to Washington, DC, by her mother, Mrs. Mullen, and her sister, Miss Beatrice Mullen. Upon their ar rival in the National Capital they were joined by the groom, who had just received his commission as a second lieutenant at the Army Ordnance Officers Training School at Aberdeen. Md, and Bernhard Mullen, brother of the bride, who is stationed near Washington with the Army.
 Lieutenant and Mrs. Durney will make their home at Fort Knox, Ky, where the groom is sta- toned.
 Prior to the brides departure for the East, the engagement of the, couple was formally announced at a luncheon at the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco. Mrs Durney is a graduate of the Dominican convent and Of San Francisco Col lege for Women and has been liv- ing in the Bay City for the last two years with her mother and sister. The groom, whose parents, MT and Mrs. Harold John Durney, reside in Alameda, Calf, is a graduate of Santa Clara Univer- I.sity. tsA
 MT Mullen was unable to leave his business interests in Juneau to attend the wedding of his daugh- ter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14
NAVY TAXES
 OVER GIRLS
 U. W. DORM
Sororifies Asked 10 House Eviefed Women
 Students

SEATTLE, Dec. 14.-The sororities of the University of Washington have been asked by the Administra- tion to take in 300 girls forced from the dorimitories after the Navy De- partment selected the university for special officer training school to start January 2.
 The Navy evidently has taken over the new girls dormitories on the edge of the campus. The overcrowd- ed organized houses have agreed to take in all they can manage. The dormitory was popular with out-of- town girl students and included many from Alaska and Hawaii
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14
MRS. LYBECK RETURNs

Mrs. Bert Lybeck, wife of the city street superintendent, has re- turned to Juneau after a visit in the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14
EYES EXAMINED

and BROKEN LENSES replaced in our own shop. pr. Rae Lillian
 Carlson, Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14

Pepper is the most widely used of vegetable spices.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14

Rheumatic fever causes more deaths in children between the ages of 10 and 4 than any other disease.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14

veit, M. McCausland, MT. Louder back, L. Reynolds, R. c. Dodson and M Ericson.
 Taking passage for Yakutat Sunday were Hollis Avery and Nyal Avery; for Cordova, Leslie H Jennings and Mrs. c. T.. Davis, and for Anchorage, Mrs. Edward Davis and twin sons; Martha Law renee, Lydia Klevjord, Mrs. Mary Langford and Hannah C. Yanke.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14

BUY DEFENSE BONDS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14
WO0DLEY PLANE IS IN SATURDAY.;
 OUT ON SUNDAY

With seven passengers from the Westward, Woodley Airways plane, piloted by Don Glass, ar rived in Juneau Saturday afternoon and left Sunday for the return flight to the company headquar- ters in Anchorage.
 Arriving here on the Woodley plane were MT. and Mrs. w Nott-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14
MISS VIRGINIA MULLEN WED0N
 DEC. 3 IN EAS1

Miss Virginia Mullen, daughter of MT and Mrs. Francis Mullen of this city, was married on De- cember to John Burke Durney, USA, of Alameda, Calf, it was announced here by Mir Mullen The
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-14
American Legion
 Auxiliary Meets

The American Legion Auxiliary wiA meet tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the Dugout, when a report on the units rehabilitation work will be given by Mrs Mattie Bixby, committee chairman.
 Plans for the combined Legion and Auxiliary Christmas party will also be completed, and Mrs. Al zenger, Auxiliary President, will preside.
Evening star., 1942-08-30

tive non-profit organization seeking
to serve the best interests of its
own members.
Yet although there can be no
such thing as a monopoly in news
and although other organizations
exist to gather and transmit news
to their clients, the Government de-
mands that the Associated Press
shall abandon the conditions of
membership that have. in the Gov
ernment's own words, made 1t
synonymous with the highest
standards of accurate, non partisan
and comprehensive news report
ing" X
Abilene tTex.} Reporter News will
say Monday: AS long as the A. P.
functions in its present form. these
rival organizations (U. P. and I. N
| S. will have no trouble selling their
wares to customers who cannot buy
A. P. The moment A. P. service be-
comes available to everybody alike
the rival organizations must perforce
go out OF business, leaving the field
to A. P. The antitrust division, by
some magic of legal thought tor
turing, calls this breaking mon
opoly :. There is no monopoly in
news with three great agencies in
the field. There will be monopoly
if the A. P. is parcelled out to every
body, for no rival could stand
against it for long.
X
Louisville Times-The publisher
Evening star., 1942-08-30
the value Of each individual publica-

the value Of each individual publica-
ton.
Take away that asset and you i'm
medlately reduce if not destroy the
earned rights of individual papers.
The Government in this move
seems to US to be so far off base
that f1atfooted, one-armed catch
er with the hives might easily throw
out the runner.
X
Charlotte IN. c. Marshall
Fields choice of the "gored OK
metaphor is an apt one. If a news
paper is an A. P. member and thus
insulated to some extent against
competition, the Governments suit
Immediately resolves itself into a
boldaceous assault on property
rights. If newspaper is on the
outside looking in the suit will be
nailed automatically as an attack
upon the entrenched interests. It
all depends.
Hartford Comm Courant: The
Associated Press, it would seem, has
as much right to be the judge of
the qualifications Of it's own mem
bers as has either branch of Con-
gress, as much right as any other
fraternity to determine admittance
to or exclusion from its membership.
as much right as a labor union to
take in or reject applicants, as much
right to make its own rules and
regulations as any other co-opera-
Evening star., 1942-08-30
of the Chicago Sun is fortunate In
having the Federal Government as


having the Federal Government as
his advocate in his effort to get the
services of the Associated Press.
The Federal Government - is
fortunate in the fact that a Wash
ington newspaper owned by the
Chicago Tribune clan failed to get
into the Associated Press.
The Associated Press is fortunate
in receiving the incalculably valu-
able publicity which the Govern
ment's petition gives it.
The Scripps- Howard press is for
tunate in being able to contend that
a newspaper served by the United
Press alone may live and that the
Chicago Sun succeeded a paper,
served by the United Press, which
died.
The public is fortunate in having
an opportunity to learn more
than it has known about news serv-
ices.
Marshall Field III is unfortunate
in revealing his ignorance by de-
Evening star., 1942-08-30
COP to Give War Bonds
As Polls Contest Prizes
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, Aug. 90
Gov. Dwight H. Green and other
State of1icials and Republican State
candidates have decided TO in
augurate a prize contest in which
several thousands dollars worth of
War bonds will 90 to COP county
chairmen and precinct committee
men whose districts produce the
highest registration of voters for the
November election under the new
Statewide voters registration law.
Details are yet to be worked out,
but officials said the prize fund
probably would exceed $500.
The plan was suggested by State
Treasurer Warren Wright as one
method Of squirting vote registra-
ton.
Evening star., 1942-08-30

| any exclusive feature. Any news
service or photo service it had
which any competitor wanted would
have to be shared with that COM
petitor. If this policy can be applied
to newspapers it can be applied to
everything else.
Texarkana (Tex.) GaZette-Should
the Government gain its OBJ
jective the effect would be to de-
preciate the value of every Asso-
ciated Press newspaper and nulhfy
the labor and effort that has gone
into the upbuilding of the organiza-
ton. There would be no more logic
in carrying out the Governments
intention in this suit than there
would be to order admittance to par
ticipating membership in success
full mercantile establishment of an
operator of a less successful estab-
lishment.
Passaic IN. j. Herald -News-Do-
mestic issues have been subordinated
u.
While our attention is thus diverted
the worst elements Of the New
Deal, intent upon remaking America
in a manner more European than
America, are busy as beavers =,
This attack upon A. P is only one
phase of a determined effort to
hamper cripple and smear the
American press.
Radio, because it must beg to be
licensed, is under the Governments
thumb.
The nastier of the New Dealers
would like to have the American
press in the same spot.
When that day comes, democracy
goes!
Fort Lauderdale Fla. Daily News:
On the surface, the suit seeks to
force the A. P. to furnish it's news
service to any and all newspapers
able to pay. Below the surface it is
an attempt to punish the great
news-gathering agency for refusing
a franchise to the recently organized
Chicago Sun, Marshall Fields pro-
administration newspaper, which
was founded in direct opposition to
the Chicago Tribune.
1t is another nail in the coffin
OF the free dissemination of news.
Waterbury Comm Republican:
This move is in keeping with the
present Washington effort to put
all things in America on a level of
equality found only in the dead.
* X
Huntington Herald Dispatch: This
Is another disturbing manifestation
OF the administrations refusal to
turn its complete attention to the
only thing that really matters now,
and until the threat of Hitlerism is
destroyed-the winning of the war.
The Governments complaint,
significantly, observes that "the
Associated Press ranks in the fore
front in public reputation and es-
teem." The newspaper readers of
this nation and of the world have
known this for many years. They
prefer to keep it so.
X X
Morgantown (W. Va.) Dominion
News-Forcing we members of the
Associated Press to open our rolls
to any person or organization desir-
Ing to become affiliated with us is
just as illogical and unfair as forcing
John Smith to share with Bill Jones
a house John Smith built and paid
for.
The Associated Press is as great
and no greater than the cumulative
efforts of it's members. The
sum total of each members work
accrues to the assets of organiza-
ton mutually held as we'll as to
Evening star., 1942-08-30
Error in Nomination

= GRAND ISLAND, Nebr. tP).-
Democratic Party leaders nominated
Sue Madden as a delegate to the
Hall County convention but her
name never got on the ballot. Some
one discovered she is Republican
precinct committeeWoman.
Evening star., 1942-08-30
! ooI Engineers Will Meet

The American Society of Tool
Engineers, Inc, Potomac Chapter,
No. 46, will hold a discussion on
uses and Abuses Of Twist Drills"
at $50 pm. Thursday at George
Washington University.
Evening star., 1942-08-30
clsring that freedom Of the press n
affected.

To save electricity, Britain has re-
stricted the lighting of store win
dows and banned the illumination of
showcases in hotel lounges.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29

II was comfortably furnished
and equipped because Ferdy
spent a great deal of his time
there, working outdoors OF
painting in the studio built onto
the house while his aunt at
tended TO the housekeeping.
He arrived there alone a day
before he expected his guests
and announced TO his aunt that
she could expect a houseful OF
guests for the weekend.
She looked at her faVorite
nephew with a quizzical smile
well, it's nice to know in adj
vance. Usually you arrive unan-
nounced bringing hordes of
strange people with you
She was a small woman, so
completely composed under all
circumstances that II seemed as
if the calm Of the Laurentian
country had become an essen
tia, part Of her nature. Conven-
icntly, too, she was thoroughly
conditioned to Fcrdy's WITNESSES
i'm the way Of guests.
do I know any Of the people
who are coming up?' she asked.
Fcrdy wandered around the
wide lounge, across TO the plate
glass window that filled an al
cove and gave an uninterrupted
view Of great sweep Of coun
try.
Yes. There is at least one you
like. Nyra Mack
"Ha", replied his aunt. "I
hope nothing is going to happen
then
what on earth do you
mean" asked Ferdy with a
grin.
You know very well. said
his aunt. she is a very nice
cir with lot of character. but
every time she comes here
something extraordinary hap.
pens. Who clSc2'
Ferdy listed the others. His
aunt listened patiently
"NIust YOU always be asking
complete stranges up here?'
Ferdy grinncd He turned
back TO his aunt and lifted a
cautioning finger at her You
know very we'll you arc as bad
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got they had lives Of their own
and were living their own
/ thoughts and feelings indepen-
IDENTIFY Of the rest Of the family.
mo" said Myra, wondering
: whether it would be wise after
/ all TO take her sister away you
you needn't worry b Il I
| clothes. The place is buried
miles away from anywhere"
THAT just shows how little
YOU know about anything" re-
piled Peggy with a toss OF the
head.
Myra's eyebrows lifted, but
she said nothing more.
The next day Myra was sent
again TO the office of MIR Ran
som. And again she saw the
copper headed girl at . desk.
There was something familiar
about her that puzzled Myra
and she could not place il.
Something that made the girl
seem out Of place at a desk
However, she greeted her with
a smile and the girl was equally
cordial.
Myra stopped on impulse.
do you remember that Off
Ger you saw me with on the
train yesterday"
The girl blushcd family and
Myra decided that. She did.
An irresistible urge toward
matchmaking was upon Nyra
and she pressed her question
1--WE arc going up 20 Fcrdy Lor
tons place this weekend The
artist. you know. | was wonder
ing if you would care 90 join
us? It's all very informal but
he has an aunt up there who
looks after the place and as an
alibi for anxious parents - il
your parents are thee anxious
kind.
Again the girl smiled slight
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
ENTER FAY RANSOM
CHAPTER "

Peggy's excitement over the
weekend suddenly faded TO dis
may, and her gamin-pretty face
melted into a pout
But MyraI she walled I've
got nothing at all to wear!"
IF you've got glamorous
ideas about this house party,
check them at the lipstic k
counter" replied her sister.
you won't need anything more
fetching than your swim suit
especially if the weather is as
cooking as it's been today
But Myra'S glance was gent
Ter than her words Here was
another baby" Of the family
suddenly grown up, just as
Michael seemed to have done.
And this no-longer child, if not
exactly beautiful, was certainly
dangerously attractive. a n d
more. She had a kind Of vital
ity that made one feel she was
charged with electricity Her
dark hair fell in natural curls
about he nape Of her neck. and
With Der blue green eyes there
was more than suggestion of
the piqUsucy OF Nlvien Leigh.
Il WAS odd, thought Myra,
the; she had never noticed that
resemblance before. II BODIED no
good for some manor men.
she wondered what went on be-
hind that lively face. One got 50
much in the habit of thinking
Of ones own family as Just a
collection OF younger brothers
and listers that one often for
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
COORDINATION

EVANSTON, ILL.-WavinE a
SIS receipt obtained for paying
federal tax on slot machine
recently seized by police, Albert
Ware, negro restaurant owner,
tod Capt. Peter GelShCCher
Here are my papers, Uncle
Sam says l can have my ma
chine back now
Your maChine?' echoed the
captain. That's all we want TO
know" and he arrested Ware on
a charge Of keeping and opcrat-
ing a gambling device.
Seems TO me- unused Ware as
ne posted bond, that you 20 ice
and the Government ought to
get cOordjuatcd'
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as l am. You always say that
nothing is so fascinating as the
latest crop of young things. I'm
merely pandering TO your curl
osity and bringing up a fair Sc
lection"
She smiled her admission Of
what he said. True. Al the
same, that Mack girl has a flair
for complications. Wen have
anything from a circus to a trip
e wedding before this weekend
is over"
(To Be Continued
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ly and again Myra wondered
what ii was about her that she
could not place.
Don't bother TO let me know
now" said Myra Telephone
Ime at the office If you would
care to join u.s.
That afternoon Myra teIe-
phoned Ferdy,
i've hooked her" she said.
she called half an hour ago
TO say she would Gomez"
Ferdy laughed. What is her
name?"
Fay Ransom, daughter Of
the stockbroker."
Fcrdy whistled at the other
end Of the telephone. Fay Ran
SOM"
DO you know herr" asked
Myra. But Fcrdy was in Puck
ish mood. He laughed aloud and
rang off
Darn you" mumbled Myra
into the buzzing te lephon e.
What are you up to, Ferdy
Lorton?' She shrugged and re
placed the receiver. Wasn't Fay
likely 10 be enough of a prob
lem, without adding mystery 10
the plot?'
Fcrdy's place in the lovely
Laurcntians was just 60 miles
from Montreal. yet as secluded
as if it had been built upon
the highest crag in the Canad-
ian wilds. Tucked away off the
beaten track in a countryside OF
dirt roads, lakes and wooded
hills, il was a fairly large cs-
tate and had a home farm com
pICtc with q French Canadian
family who did the chores for
FCrdy.
The house itself was q low,
sprawlinE affair which had
grown charmingly as extra
space had been added TO the
original cottage. II was set on
a great outcrop of rock at the
very top OF a low hill, and its
windows gazed out on every
side over the treetops of thick
ly wooded hillsides.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-29
RED TAPE

SALT LAKE CITY-Sheriff
Grant Young was about TO don
ate the County Jai's old coal
range to the salvage drive, but
Deputy County Attorney Ray
Van Colt put a damper on the
gesture.
The law, Van Colt explained,
provides that public property
must be sold at public auction,
and cant be given away.
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GREETINGS

EMMETT. UTAH-War plane
flying over the Andy Little
sheep ranch invariably dip their
wings in salute
The admonition. GIVE en-
Hell" i'm letters 100 feet long,
has been plowcd in the ground
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SERIAL STORY
FRANTIC WEEKEND
BY EDMUND FANCOTT

THE STORY: Ferdy Lorton, artist,
has invited Myra Mack, her soldier
brother, Michael, and her I5-year-old
sister, Peggy. for a weekend at his
country house near Montreal. Nigel
MonkhoUse, also a s0ldier, will be an
other guest. Myra thinks Of asking a
pretty steno-rapher whom she and
Nigel have seen on train.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-27
Hospital Operators
Ordered 10 VaCdte

Doctors Frank p. Raiford and
w. III. NJ. Johnson. operators of the
Congress Hospital AT 1921 East
Congress street. today were or
dercd 10 Vacate the premises
within 10 days on an order signed
by Circuit Judge George B. Muir,
ply
The order was issued on com
plant Of Luigi Frontera, 223l East
Congress street. and his wife. Rose.
who said that the hospital housed
insane and Predetermined patients
who frequently escaped and caused
disturbances in the neighborhood.
Doctor Raiford was one Of the doc
tors named by the grand Jury as a
contributor 10 the campaign fund
Of ouSted Auditor Ray d. Schnei-
der.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-27

WASHINGTON. Feb. u GNSl
The War Production Board to-
day moved 10 take the dazzle out
of white shirts and warned house
wives TO beware of the inroadS OF
"tattle-tale gray as II issued ar
order curtailing use of chlorine.
The restrictions are applicable
to preparation of home-bleaching
solutions, bleaching of textiles
shellac processing, laundry oper.
ations and sanitation of private
swimming pools.
Effects OF the order on civil
Ian life will he far-reaching."
the WPB said cit will not af-
feet cleanliness OF clothes, but
may take some of the dazzle
out Of white shirts. All laundry
operations must do without
chlorine. with the exception of
10 per cent OF former usage for
stain conditions"
The order curtailS use OF chic
rine in the above named cases
and prohibits its use in the bleach
ing of foodStuffs. bleaching o.
wiping rags and waste and the
manufacture OF toilet prepare
lions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-27
Tells of Gas Deaths
Swoonine Saves Daughter From Fate Taking Lives
of 4; Grandmother in Serious Condition

Horton was calling 10 mother TO
get the doctor-fOr Carmel was
coughing and gasplng 30 ter
ribly.
Horton was a Boy Scout and
he was trying To give Carmel
first aid. Mother got up and
went into the kitchen. could
see that Horton Was sick, too.
but could not move. kept
calling for mother, but she didn't
answer.
Then after while Horton
fell down by Carmel. l got up,
I remember. and went out into
the hall. l didn't smell anything
until after I opened the kitchen
door. Then / smelled the gas. l
must have fallen then, but i
don't remember"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-27
Offices Remain Open
For Auto Plate Rush

In anticipation OF that last-min-
ute rush for automobile license
plates, Offices OF the secretary OF
state will remain open from $50
a. m. until 9 p. m. today and from
$50 a. m. tomorrow until there
are no more buyers in line. John
p. Aaron, m n ger, announced
today.
Aaron estimated that more than
100000 car owners still need new
plates 10 replace their 1941 tags
which expire al midnight Saturday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-27

NEW YORK. Feb 27 GNS)-
Australia is making It's war plans
on the assumption that Java will
not be able 10 hold out Cecil
Brown. CHS correspondent, re-
ported in a broadcast from Mel
bourne today.
Brown described a meeting OF
the Australian war council which
he said was-the biggest ever held
in Australia.
THE object" he said. els TO
decide how 10 meet a possible
Japanese attack on this cOun-
try 81.
THE main subject Of the dis
cussionS is the American pro-
portions Of manpower and equip
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-27
Fear Java Will Fall
Australians Map Defense on Assumption That
Neighbor Island Can't Hold Out

ment In the Southwest Pacific.
As the result of President RoOse-
velt's speech the opinion here Is
that no effort is going to be
spared TO strengthen Australia
as springboard for n. 4. J.
operations.
1.-THE government OF this
country IL making its plans on
the assumption that Java Will
not be- able To hold out. The
government officials now take
the position that the AnZacs for
the first time i'm $50 years will
meet an enemy on home SOIL
While Brown was broadcasting
CHS said, a background of code
signals from Japanese radit
station interfered with transmits
sion. There was no indication
that the interference was de
liberaee.