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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
Cutting the Bank Rate
New York Times


 The rediscount rate of one-half of percent which has just been established by the Federal Re- serve Banks of Chicago Philadelphia and Atlanta is the lowest charge for advances to member banks in the history of Federal Reserve System. For that matter, it is undoubtedly the lowest discount rate the history of central banking. It is expect ed that the other nine regional Reserve Banks will soon follow suit, that throughout the country com mercial banks which are members of the system can be assured at any time of being able to borrow against their holdings Government securities at very easy rate.
 The is, of course intended to facilitate the very heavy borrowing program of the Government, which may, according to recent estimates Of the Budget Bureau, amount to $60000 100000 from all in this fiscal year In lowering its rediscount rates the Reserve System is apparently seeking to meet the problem of unequal distribution of excess bank reserves. The member banks whole have about $2,700000000 of which can form the basis of greatly expanded loans the Govern ment With total at this figure there is immediate need for blanket reduction Of re- requirements. But these are not evenly distributed. Relatively the banks in the big money centers of New York and Chicago have been low in reserves. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has moved to relieve this situation by three successive reductions in the reserve requirements of the member banks in these tive districts.
 This latest move will be more selective. It means that individual banks which short of reserves can have the that the discount window of the Reserve Banks is wide open and that in case of temporary pinch they can always borrow against their large holdings of Governments at a favorable rate. This should help to counteract any tendency on the part of such banks to feel that they must hold back in subscribing to issues for fear of drawing down their reserves too much. The move is timely, for member banks beginning to make of the discount privilege for the first time in many years. In the latest reporting week mem Der bank discounts secured by Government obliga- tions rose $l900000 and are now up more than $4 00o 600 from year ago They still total however, less than $6 00O oOo a negligible amount which test fies to the continued and abundance of credit
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do rot compeW
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER lo

Adverse planetary aspects rule today. There may be an attitude Of
 criticism on the part of the public who will misapprehend certain na-
 tional war policies,
 HEART AND HOME: Women are under a rule of the stars that is depressing and discouraging. Im- patience over minor matters may contrast with fortitude in major tests of courage. Application to war work is recommended by the seers who warn against the fem
 mine habit of scattering energies and overdoing. Girls should concern trate upon preparation for life vo- cations. Technical training should
 be sought by those well adapted to it. Postwar conditions will re- quire the utmost effort to main- tain the American standards of living. Marriage will not end wage earning among women but will be to certain extent a business part
 nership.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Promise ! of great quantities of synthetic rubber will relieve anxieties among
 Americans whose economic progress depends upon the use of automo- piles. New manufacturing centers for novel products of many sorts will be established The Govern ment will continue to encourage projects that will develop into big
 business because they contribute to
 the general welfare Food prices
 will soar through the next fort
 night. i,.
 NATIONAL ISSUES Draft poli- cies will be widely discussed as lack of men in industry becomes more
 apparent each month, The value
 of trained minds and skillful hands in production centers will be bal 1 anced by need of fighters at the | battle fronts. Since in this machine
 age there must be a score of me-
 chanics and other efficient work
 CTS behind each soldier and sailor
 the background of millions in uni 1 form means an industrial army
 that will be difficult to procure. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
 In the Philippines heroic patriots
 will continue to harass the invad-
 CTS The stars are read as promis- ing early restoration of the islands to the people who had earned in-
 dependence. There is a sign read
 as presaging for the United Ma
 tions an overwhelming victory over | the Japanese but it will be like a
 steadily rising tide of power that
 ebbs here and there before reach
 ing final flood heights.
 1 Persons whose birthdate it is
 have the augury of a year of ad-
 vancement. For many there should
 be success that is lasting.
 Children born on this day prob- ably will have splendid capabilities
 with power to win aid to success whenever help is needed.
 Copyright, 1942)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
RAILROAD MEN
 ON LEAVE HELP - ON ALCAN ROAD
Colonel and Major Have Roles in Northwest
 Service Command

WH1TEHORSE, Y. T., Nov. l8.- Two men on leave of absence from posts with the Burlington. Railroad Lines are filling vital roles in the operation of the Northwest Service Command, which has been. estab- lished by the American Army to supervise and maintain supply routes to the strategic Alaskan area
 Col. John w Wheeler, on leave as executive assistant to the president of the Burlington Railway, is the engineer officer in charge of the famous Alcan International High way, recently completed over l,63t miles of wilderness from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Fair banks, Alaska.
 Major John E. Ausland, also or leave from the Burlington Lines is in charge of the Army operation Of the White Pass and Yukon Rail road, the three-foot narrow-gaugt route which links the Alcan High. way with the Inside Passage a Skagway This railroad, recent, leased by the Army for the -dura. tion of the war, is the only linI between the highway and salt watel navigation.
 Both Colonel Wheeler and Majol
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18

Ausland are under the command O. Brigadier General James A. O'Con- nor, commanding general of the Northwest Service Command. Col Wheeler supervised the final work on the Alcan Highway just prior to it's dedication November 20 on the heights of Soldiers Summit over looking Kiuane Lake in the Yukon wilderness.
 Technical supervision of the White Pass and Yukon is under Brigadier General Carl R. Gray, Jr., com mander of the Military Railway Service with headquarters at St. Paul. Gen. O'Connor's headouarters are at Whitehorse, northern term minal of the narrow-gauge railroad and main supply base along the Alcan Highway.
 Col. Wheeler is also stationed at sWhitehorse, while Major Ausland's base is Skagway.
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chief menace to the Western Hemisphere.
 However, it was also known that Dakar was the most formidable fortress the French had in Africa It had resisted the British fleet when they attempted to take it in l94O. It had also received the bene- fit of Nazi specialists in increasing it's strength.
 Particularly it had mounted six teen-inch guns on railway cars for use along the African coast. A six teen-inch gun is heavier and will shoot farther than the fourteen inch guns on many U. s. battle ships, and is the equal of the six teen-inch guns on our other battle ships.
 Therefore, it was significant that while Vichy reported U. s. troops landing at Safi, north of Dakar, nc troops were landed in it's immedi- ate vicinity. Also, it had been an nounced some time before by the British that American troops were in Liberia, south of Dakar.
 Thus American strategy probably will be to isolate this all-impor- tarlt French base and capture cas- fer and more immediate bases first In other words, with Algiers and Tunis in Allied hands, the United States first could get at RommePs rear, then could tackle Dakar when psychological factors had time to sink in.
 The roads to Dakar from either Lfbya or the north are not the easiest in the world, but they are passable for mechanical troops and the pick of U. s. armored forces are in West Africa.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
EFFECTS OF CAMPAIGN

It is almost impossible to over emphasize the importance of the North African campaign if Rommel is driven completely out of the Mediterranean. First, it will mean a long line of air bases bordering the coast of North Africa from Cairo to Casa 1 blanca, from which Allied planes can bomb Italian, Greek and even Austrian objectives. Second, the old supply route tc India, through the Mediterranean and Suez, can be reopened. Or, if submarines should be too difficult supplies could be unloaded at Casa blanca on the Atlantic coast, re- loaded on the French railroad that skirts the North African coast, and shipped l,200 miles to French Tunis This would save haul through the most difficult narrows of the Mediterranean.
 Third, Russia could even be sup piled by shipping through tn e Mediterranean to Beirut, Syria, and then inland, instead of the seven or eight weeks voyage around the tip end of Africa.
 Fourth, a lot of the British fleet now conveying supplies around the tip end of Africa, could be released and used to tighten the blockade around Germany.
 Fifth, the Italian fleet would be rendered impotent, and there are some observers who think the Ital- ian fleet might even come over tc the Allied side.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
Scrapping Sentiment
Philadelphia Record)


 We Americans are a pretty sentimental lot.
 So it's no wonder there is considerable discussion whenever it is proposed to melt down for scrap ar article of sentimental value
 It's easy to favor scrapping baroque statue of Councilman P McCorny of Podunk. It's easy too to dismiss as silly proposals to melt up the Liberty Bell.
 But there are plenty of in-between cases. where we have to weigh shortage of scrap against sem timent
 The President has made such decision. He has agreed the scrapping of the old battleshir Oregon which made the famous race around Capt Horn to reach the battle of Santiago. But he has stipulated that the old cruiser Olympia, Dewey flagship at Manila Bay, now moored at the Pha- delphia Navy Yard, be spared
 The President is probably right. We should keep the Olympia unless her metal is needed in tho future to bring us another victory at Manila Bay s4aE We believe, too, that win the war with out melting up the 225 tons of bronze the Statue of Liberty.
 But maybe we'll find the Mail Bag full of let ters saying we just being sentimental
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 mentation bombs of only 25 to 50 pounds each. And since the Ital- ians and Germans did not have strong anti-aircraft, fighter planes swooped low in the desert, drop ping bombs on fleeing Axis units causing tremendous confusion
 Another disconcerting activity was that of U. s. armored scout cars usually manned by the British Equipped with machine guns and 37-millimeter guns, they skirted the fringes of the enemy, firing al- most at will If they encountered tanks, the scout cars were so fast they could scatter and run. But they met little opposition and caused great confusion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
WATCH THE JAP!

As deeper and deeper into the a- absorbing business of war, gradually realiz- ing that the Far Eastern theater of operations with Japan the enemy is of tremendous importance.
 Even at first. Alaskans knew this, but there were some in the Eastern United States and in the Mid de West who adopted "Itll-be- -over-in six months" attitude.
 But we know and all Americans cannot help but realize that the Jap is dangerous and unprnc- pied foe
 The Jap is the who has tossed all of the monkey wrenches into economic machinery.
 We face rubber shortage today, due absolutely and entirely to Japan.
 Our sources of tin, chromium and other vital metals have been cut in half by the Japs
 The lands and most of the which have lost have been lost not to Germany Italy but to Japan.
 The danger of invasion which is an actuality in the Aleutians also is from Japan, not the other Axis partners.
 Japan's warfare is geared to invasion from the sea She has perfected supply lines, almost every of them over water. Her people are island peo- fpe, familiar with problems of sea-borne traffic. fs Germany on the other hand has geared her military strategy ahd technique to land operations. Her navy is comparatively small Her people are - land-ubbers Her experience and record i'll this war has been one of land attack and supply l1
 A large-scale invasion of America by Germany would require revolutionary changes in Naz warfare sas accorded to this date.
 Our country has been quick to realize the inn portance of victory in Europe ( v v bes#
 It must also be quick to realize the danger, the great importance of the little yellow men of the EastaPhgsri gh5Eue
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

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or of Lyons and great champion of democracy
 American friends visited General Giraud some time ago and urged him to leave France and join the Fighting French forces of General De Gaulle Giraud, however, re- fused. He said that he was opposed to the Spilling of more French blood, and that when the proper time came he would say this.
 So when American troops finally landed in North Africa, General Giraud carried out his promise and urged his countrymen not to resist.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
LOOK and LEARN Sy c. GORDON

plant flies? 9 Is an alloy basic metal? American the Great Pacicaor? 4 the Hppocratic aoth? 5 Where was Abraham assassination?
 ANSWERS:
 Venuss fytrap which traps fnged g. basic metal. 8 Henry Clay. oath administered to those entering the practice of medce Tn Theatre Washington D. C.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
EVELYN GRAHAM
 LEAVES DpW HERE

Evelyn Graham, Child Welfare Service Worker in Juneau for the Department of Public Welfare, has submitted her resignation to Rus sell Maynard, Territorial Director of Public Welfare, it is announced today.
 Miss Graham, who has m n y friends in Juneau and is active in club work here, has not yet an- nounced her plans for the future.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
HUNTING PARTY E
 STORM BOUND, TAkU

MT. and Mrs. Walter Carl and Marshal Erwin and his young brother-in-law have been weather bound for the past several days somewhere on the Taku, where they went on hunting trip Mo- vember B on MT Erwin's boat.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
ALLIED INGENUITY

American British ingenuity h a s caused extra-special worry to Axis troops fleeing from Egypt. Ordi- narily bomber planes cannot waste ammunition on small combat units, must fly to main objectives, drop their expensive bomb loads and re- turn. Scattered enemy tanks or trucks in the desert are not consid- cred important enough game.
 Because of this, American and British flyers used fighter planes for bombing operations. To do this they rigged up four or five frag-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
GENERAL GIRAUD

Here is the story behind Gen. Henri Honore Giraud's early morn- ing radio broadcast on a recent Sunday, urging Frenchmen not to resist American troops. General Giraud, the only man to escape from German prison camps in both
 world wars, is close friend of ex-Premter Herriot, perpetual may
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
CAPITAL CHAFF

Some of the cabinet who don't favor Thurman Arnold's trust busting activities are pulling wires to get him out of the Justice De- partment and onto the U. s. Court Of Appeals for the District of Co., lumbia. Thurman, however, is not likely to budge.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
DOUGLAS !
 NEWS
D.H.s. SECONDS

D.H.S. SECONDS
 LOSE TO STAR HILL Coach Rustad's second string bas- keteers fell before the frisky bunch from Star Hill in Juneau last night in the first game between the two teams this season in the Douglas gym. Final score was Is to 10. Lineup and scoring for. the match was as follows:
 Star Hill DHS Seconds F-Dapcevich, 2D. Mccormick, F-Kearney, 2................ Krsul. 0 C-Grege, 2..................... Pusich. 6 G-Thibodeau, L. Bennett, 4 G-Mead, 8s. 70. FIavdahl, C
 
 The ukulele is of Portuguese ori- gin, developed and popularized by the Hawaiian.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
WUDLkN [lIuU[IlC ROBERTA LEE

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18

The process of rope making was known to nearly all primitive peo-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
NOVEMBER Is

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 Suzy Vim Margaret Abrahamson Peggy Cochrane Mrs. G. A. Fleek Adrian V. Rolf Ralph A. Reischl Jack McGinnis Evelyn DeSoto Mrs. R. T. Hartman
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-10
LOYAL SUPPORTER

congressman Lesinski arrived in
Washington the day President
Roosevelt was inaugurated for a
first term and in all of these 10
years the President has had a no
more loyal supporter in the law
making body.
Only twice did he break from
the administration program. The
first was when he voted for the
soldiers bonus. and the last was
when ne opposed Selective Service.
Lesinski explains that he took
the latter step, not because he
opposed the draft. but because he
felt the bill should include boys
10 years old.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-10
ONE OPPOSING CANDIDATE

The one candidate against the
congressman in the primary next
week is Michael T. Mohardt. for
mer deputy commissioner of the
state securities commission and
former clerk in the court of Cir
cult Judge Ira w. Jayne.
Because of his candidacy for
Congress, Mohardt was compelled
by Governor Van Wagner TO re-
sign his state post. This brought
a break with the state admins
tration.
He is graduate of Amherst
College and the University of De-
troit. Long active in Democratic
affairs, he has held various posts
in the Sixteenth District organiza-
ton and the Young Democrats.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-10
CORN ON FARM

Born IS years ago on farm In
Springwells Township. Ford has
lived in his district all OF bis life.
He has a son, daughter and two
grandchildren.
In becoming the Republican
candidate, Ford told Dearborn
voters:
THE talk about hindering the
prosecution of the war by elect
mag flrst-term congressman Ii
No much bunk. In Congress to-
day are too many political hacks
who have forgotten that they
are supposed 10 represent the
people of their districts,
I'VE can win only by q united
war effort. A war managed by
one political party does not
mean n united effort or our best
effort"
Two years ago Ford demanded
About preparedness. This was at
a time when Congress dilly-dallied
with many major defense
nnpa sire
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Michigan
Politics
Farm-Born Nephew
Of Henry Ford Is
Threat to lesinski
BY FRANK MORRIS

mo duty confronting the rot
crs in the primary elections, Sep
TENDER rs, is more important
than careful selection from
among the candidates for Com
gress. This is the fifth Of q
series describing the contests IN
the sir districts which are in
whole or IN part IN Wayne
County,.
The major battle in the Six
teenth District will develop after
the primary. for Congressman
John Lesinski. veteran Of five
terms, is. opposed by only one
candidate within his own party
and Robert w. Ford wins the Re-
publican nomination by acclama-
ton.
These two politicians squared
off in the election two years ago,
Lesinski winning by a substantial
majority. But Ford and his Re-
publican supporters are more
hopeful of victory this coming
November, inasmuch as the presi-
dental vote was an important
factor in 1910.
Ford is a nephew of Henry
Ford. but despite his relationship
to one of the worlds most wealthy
men, he climbed the hard way.
He began as an apprentice tool
maxi, he has labored in a
foundry and he has worked on an
assembly line.
Since 1888. he has operated an
automobile sales agency in Dear
born.
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COPYRIGHT, fo42. NEA SERVICE, ING.

casually on the back of chair, he reached over and began rearrang- ing the cards held in one of the players hands. Whats trump" he demanded, What tricks have been taken?"
 The furry of explanations took long time and meanwhile Peter had to stand awkwardly by. The chap who had him in tow, fel- low named Morrison, seemed to regard it all as rather a familiar joke. He smiled at Peter reas- suringly and at the first oppor- tunity he broke in. "Dr. Stacey" he said, there is the first of our summer students, Peter Frazier, just arrived. = Dr. Stacey is our Chief" he added to Peter. Peter knew that and he gulped and felt tongue-tied.
 The Chief stared, as though Peter were a specimen of a rare bug. His eyes geniality faded. I'm starting on rounds" he said severely. T want all of you with me. = You too." he parked at Peter.
 (TO Be COntinued)