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Evening star., 1942-09-06
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He didn't have to elaborate; +
had one araswer-in four words.
Scrap at British Embassy.


He didn't have to elaborate: He
had one answer-in four words.
Scrap at British Embassy.
At the British Embassy, a tall,
dignified chief steward, Sidney Mad
dams, strode into a small cubicle
off the main kitchen for his answer.
That is scrap metal" he said.
But he wasn't pointing to a rusty
iron, an old alarm clock, a chimney
elbow or an auto jack. On a table
were several well-used stove tops
and a large baking pan. That is
scrap metal, too. The chief steward
is eminently correct.
In Georgetown, a 9-year -old COL
ored boy, John Ellsworth May, son
of Charles May, 12l7 Potomac street
NV, skipped into his back yard to
answer the question.
Pointing to a discarded tool kit,
an old shovel and several wash
tubs, he said:
Mister, that is scrap metal"
Scrap metal is iron and steel and
copper and brass and aluminium and
zinc and lead.
There is Plenty of it in your
attic and basement and kitchen and
back yard, enough of it to mean the
difference between victory and de-
feat on the fighting front.
The Government must have it be.
fore winter comes to keep the wa,
production effort at top speed.
Begin Collection Now.
Now is the time to dig it out. Dis
hard and dig fast. Victory ir
Americas most crucial struggle de-
pends on your contribution of SCRAP
metal.
Collect it wherever you can find
it in your home. Pile it up in a con.
venient place. Within short time
the District Commissioners and sal
wage chiefs will announce plans fol-
increasing the efficiency of SCRAP
collections.
Plans will be drawn, in the words
of Commissioner John Russell
Young, for a concerted movement
to encourage and assist citizens OF
the District of Columbia in collect
ing scrap materials"
| You find the scrap. Others will
collect 1t. There isn't the slightest
question but that the scrap is avail.
able.
Yesterday a Star photographer
and reporter toured the District Al
random, asking the privilege Of
photograp phing salvageable SCRAP
items on private premises.
Believed What They Said.
In most cases, the Photographic
and reporter were told:
But we haven't any scrap. w.
have already collected it and tn.
Government has it."
And the persons who said tha
really believed it, partly becaus,
they thought they had salvaged al
available items, partly because they
were unaware of exactly what con.
stitutes piece Of scrap metal.
Remember this: Iron, steel, cop.
per, brass, aluminium, zinc and leae
are salvageable items The list il
almost endless. Metal kitchenware
metal house fixtures. garden imple.
ments and metal items in your ga.
rage are four general categorie,
covering many salvageable ma.
terials.
The first call made by The Eve.
ming Star yesterday uncovered 25t
pounds in scrap metal, the seconc
uncovered 100 pounds, the third lot
! pounds, the fourth Is pounds, the
Evening star., 1942-09-06

chains, license plates, parts of mo-
tors.
Bicycles and tricycles.
Garden tools-Lawn mowers, hoes
pick-axes, rakes, shovels.
What to Look For in the Yard
or on the Farm.
Farm tools.
Logging chains.
Wire fencing and fence posts.
Motors and motor parts.
Playground equipment.
Pieces of old metal-well handles
Ploughs.
Wheelbarrows.
Evening star., 1942-09-06
Scrap
s(Continued From First Page ;,

Srien Mcmahon, 1901 Woodland
drive NV, had a different idea.
Scrap metal" she said, lis this
old chandelier and the big lead pipe
and the chimney elbow"
Out at 3345 Prospect avenue NV,
Edward Chin, proprietor of a Chi
nese laundry, had special answer
TO the question. What would you
expect to find in a Chinese laundry?
One of the first things you'd find
is an iron. And Mr.. Chin held up
fonr Of them, four rust-encrusted,
old-fashioned irons. He displayed
them with a grin.
This Is scrap metal" he said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17

Furthermore, that price element is certain to be the jinx of the 1942 bootlegger. Without organ ized buying power, the bootlegger himself must pay normal prices for the goods he intends to retail, and in consequence of the risk in- volved, jacks up the price. The cus- toner who pays two or three times the value of tire is generally burned up and ready to spill the whole story to enforcement off, cials.
 Enforcement of the gasoline regu- lations in the rationed areas is gen. erally considered satisfactory. The first ration card system was full of loopholes and there was wide spread violation. The present sys- tenn, which requires garage man to show coupons for all gas sold before being able to replenish his stock, pretty well eliminates siv- ing favored customers extra gas.
 Enforcement of the gas rationing order will be pretty nearly perfect when a checkup of unlimited com mercial coupons is completed. There have been instances where unlim- tied coupon holders sold whole pages of coupons to interruptions service station men, who then had gas to take care of favorite cus- toners at above market prices.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
MtNuft Asks
 Legislation
 On Manpower
Says Present Voluntary Agreements by Labor
 Fall Short

WASHINGTON, Sept. IT. War Manpower Commission chief Paul V. McNutt told the House Migra- tion Committee today that it is my considered judgment that some type" of legislation to attain the full utilizat ton of the nations man. power is inevitable.
 He said that a subcommittee cf the War Manpower Commission is studying the problem but that no recommendation has been sent to the President
 He told the committee there lis good reason to doubt" whether voluntary agreements between the Government and labor management will long be adequate"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
VIM. CASHEN MS NOW
 COLLEGE PROFESSOR

Mrs. Sadie Cashen received word yesterday from her son, William, at Fairbanks that he has accepted a position as instructor of mathe- matics at the University of Alaska which opened for the Fall session September IA.
 For several terms of teaching, MT. Cashen was a member of the high school faculty at Anchorage. During the past summer he worked with the Army Engineers there, which position he resigned to go to the University.
 As far as is known according to present information, the young man is the first one of Douglas High School graduates to attain a degree of college professor and Douglas is proud indeed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17

Philip Oakesbuug has entered St. Ann's Hospital for medical treat ment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
OpAT0HAvE CHRISTMAS
 GIFT READY
New Ration Books Prob. ably Will Be Issued
 for Duration

WASHINGTON, Sept. IT. = The OPA announces it probably will give the nation a Christmas pres ent with the distribution of the first "all purpose" ration books to Americans for their use for the duration of the war.
 They will provide quick meth cd of rationing any article or con- modity. As shortages develop, the war ration book No. 2 can be used for coupon rationing such as now is employed in distributing sugar or the point rationing system such as that used in England, permit ting the consumer to "spend" his ration on different grades ano kinds of a general type of com modity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17

will be distributed to Alaska child ren this winter in case of emer- gency.
 Also on the quota and as yet unfinished for lack of help are mems and children's pajamas, girls bediackets and womens blouses. These garments, Mrs. Thomas stresses, are not being shipped away someplace. They are being kept in Alaska, and in case of an emer- gency this winter, will be distrib- uted to all those who need them as far as the emergency supply will go.
 Need Donations
 Any neighborhood groups inter ested in organizing home sewing clubs for the Red Cross are urged to do so. Materials may be taken home for such a purpose. Several of these groups are already suc- cessfully functioning, one headed by Mrs. Hans Berg, one in Thane, and one in Douglas. The Douglas group has already completed AT girls dresses and is now working on 80 blouses.
 The Juneau unit is especially in need of buttons at the present time, Mrs. Thomas said. Anyone who has buttons of 8 mems style, suitable for sewing on a snow-suit or coat, is asked to donate the into the Pro- duction Committee.
 Also needed are more sewing machines for the Production head quarters, and any loans would be welcomed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
NOTICE OF SALE
No. 4856-A

NO- 1OCO-A
 In the District Court for the Ter ritory of Alaska, Division Number One. at Juneau.
 CHICEAGOFF MINING COM PANY, 8 corporation, Plaintiff, ys E. LANG COBB, ARTHUR E OOGEE, and the heirs, devisees grantees and assigns of John Tup- pela, now deceased, whose names are unknown, and HILMA TUP- PELA HINTSA and SANNA SER AFIA TUMOI, Defendants.
 Notice is hereby given that by vir- tue of Judgment and Order of Sale dated the 18th day of Sept, 1942, issued out of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska. Division Number One, in the above entitled cause, in which Judgment and Order ot Sale the undersigned United States Marshal for the Territory of Alaska, Division Number One, was named referee for the purpose of selling the hereinafter described real property in the manner provided by law, the proceeds of sale to be di- vided between the plaintiff and defendants according to their re- spective interests under the pro visions of Chapter CXI, Compiled Laws of Alaska 1893, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash all the following described two patented lode mining claims situated at or near Klag Bay. Sitka Recording District, Alaska, to-wit:
 OVER THE HILL Lode Min ing Claim, described ia U. $. Survey No l046 and U. S. Patent No 657348 on record in the office of the Recorder for the Sitka Recording District at Sitka, AL aska.
 RISING SUN Lode Mining Claim, described in U. s. Survey No. 1046 and U. S. Patent No. 941732 on Record in the office of the Recorder for the Sitka Recording District at Sitka, AL aska
 The two lode mining claims will oe sold separately for cash as here inaboye set forth on the 18th day of October, l942, at 10:00 o'clock AM at the front door of the Federal and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
building at Juneau, AL

 Territorial building at Juneau, AL aska.
 The Judgment and Order of Sale provides that either of the parties to the above entitled action may become purchaser at the sale. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 18th day of Sept, 1922.
 VIM. T. MAHONEY,
 United States Marshal
 Territory of Alaska,
 Division Number One.
 By WALTER G. HELLAN
 Office Deputy. First publication, Sept IT, 1922. Last publication, Oct. 8, 1922.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
Name New Officers
 For Aurora Bored|is

New officers of the Aurora Bor- calls Club, young peoples group of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church, include Margaret Femmer, president; Beverly Leiyers, vice president; and Doris Miettinen, treasurer. A secretary is still to be elected.
 The group meets each Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
MAYOR HEARD FROM

Erwin Hachmeister Mayor of Douglas, with his wife, is now in Seattle after sojourning in Calif- ornia and are presumably on their return trip north according to word received in recent mail. Hach- meister is again feeling fine, his letter stated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
RED GROSS IN NEED OF HELP
 ON PRODUCTION
More Knitting, Sewing Aid Is Asked of All Ju-
 neau Women

As an Autumn nip entered the weather this week, boys from the Army stationed near Juneau flock ed into the new Red Cross head quarters in the First National Bank Building to ask for wool sweaters, made by the knitting committee of the Juneau Unit of the American Red Cross.
 Although Juneau women have done a fine job in turning out oyer l80 of these sweaters, it is estimated that more than 500 are going to be necessary to supply all of the boys stationed in or near 1 Juneau. A few more sweaters are coming here from Petersburg and i Skagway knitting committees, but Juneau women will have to tend closely to their knitting in order to supply all that are needed. 1 It is hoped by Red Cross officials here that all the men stationed in this vicinity may be supplied with wool sweaters before the cold win ! ter starts.
 Committee Is Named Mrs. H. L. Faulkner heads the hard-working knitting committee and is assisted by Mrs. Joe Mahern, Mrs William Manthey, Mrs. Simp- son MacKinnon and Mrs. Alice Brown. Mrs. Felix Gray is head of the Douglas knitters.
 More yarn for Army sweaters is on the way and a supply of blue yarn for Navy sweaters is also ex- pected to arrive here soon. Juneau women are urged to vol unteer to help with the knitting of sweaters so that all the men may be supplied as soon as possible be- fore the taku winds start to blow, Mrs. J. C. Thomas, production chairman of the Red Cross in Ju- neau, points out that this is a job which can be done by women who are unable to serve in other ways i because they work during the day. | Any woman who is interested in ! volunteering for the work is urged to give her name to one of the l committee members listed above and she will be notified when the knitting m terialS arrive, Mrs Thomas said. Instructions are given with the knitting materials.
 The men who have receive sweaters from the Juneau chapter aer enthusiastic about the work manship, said Mrs. Thomas. Many have said they think these are tho best made sweaters they have eve Iseen," she remarked today.
 Need Sewing Aid
 Women are still sewing all week in the Red Cross Production head quarters in the Elks' Club, all though more seamstresses are vital l ly needed.
 Any woman who can drop into the Elks' Club just for a few hours to help with the big job of pre- pairing clothing for emergency use in Alaska, is urged to do so by Mrs. Thomas.
 She suggests that anyone who is I not sure whether or not she can help drop into the production head quarters and look around some day just to see for herself what work 1 is being done. She can then decide l whether or not to volunteer heI I aid.
 l At present, the sewing committee headed by Mrs. George F. Alex ander and Mrs. William Byington has on hand materials for the mak- ing of 132 snow suits. The suits are made out of an attractive tweed like material in blue and wine, ano
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
SAIL FROM DOUGLAS

Mis- Pearl Johnson, sister of Mrs. Elroy Fleek, left yesterday for her home in Arizona after spending nearly a year in Alaska. Alex Anderson also sailed yesterday for Seattle where he will rejoin his wife.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
GUARDS TO MEET

This evening at o'clock a meet ing of the Territorial Guard IS scheduled for instructions and drill. The enrollees are expected to take their guns without bayonets.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
BLISS SELLS BOAT

Everett Bliss has sold his trolling boat Massamova preparatory to go- ing into the Army after a summer fishing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-09-17
vioIaiOrs of Retail
 Price Ceilings Going
 To Be Given Yanking
Continued from Page one)

(Contlnued from Page One)
 The prohibition law was thor oughly unpopular with great many people. It was often difficult to empanel jury that would con- vict a booze peddler. Customers of an alcohol merchant in those times not only did not snitch on their favorite bootlegger but were ex- tremely reluctant to give officers useful information.
 The situation is considerably diff ferent now. The general public is convinced of the necessity of rub Der, sugar and gas rationing. It's generally known that the measures are necessary to the war effort and there is evidence that the pub lie isn't winking at violations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
SALVAGE DRIVE.
RESUMES may 5
Willow, Cooke Street Sec.
tons Being Canvassed
By Volunteer Workers

An encouraging response during
the early hours was reported today
as junk dealers and volunteers cam
vaesed the Willow and Cooke
street sections for scrap items to
help the nations war production
effort. Today's collection marked
the fourth successive Saturday on
which the Salvage for Victory cam
paign has been carried on, other
sections Of the city having been
canvassed In previous weeks. The
drive ends next Saturday, when the
North End Is toured.
Thomas r. Bane, supervisor Of
today's collection, said that house,
holders were giving great coopera-
ton. Piles Of Junk stood on side
walks in front of many homes,
ready for the collectors to pick It
up.
Ten Junk dealers trucks were
taking part In the drive. Boy Scouts
and members Of st. Margaret's
Boys Brigade were acting as voluEl-
teers.
HOUSEHOLDER had their choice Of
selling their junk at regular mar
ket prices or contributing to the
drive. Profits from the sale Of con-
tributed Junk will be shared by the
Civilian Defense Volunteer office
and the selective Service Mems
committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
SISTER ANGLIA
IN final VOWS
Native Of Waterbury to Be
PrOfessed in Baltic
Tuesday

sister Mary Ancllla, the former
Mas Julia Donahle Of this city,
viii be one Of the u sisters taking
final vows next Tuesday IN profes.
sion ceremonies Of the Congrega~
ton Of Sisters OF Charity Of Our
Lady Mother Of Mercy Tuesday at
the Holy Family academy, Baltic.
Most Reverend Henry ]. OBrien,
Auxiliary Bishop Of Hartford, will
preside.
sister Amelia, daughter Of James
Donahue OF 81 willow street, for
naerly attended the Baltic academy,
later taking q nursing training
course ct st. RaphaelS hospital,
New Haven. She left the private
nursing profession to enter the re-
ligious life five years ago.
Until the war interviewed, Sister
Amelia planned 10 complete her
studies and take her final VOWS In
Holland.
The ceremonies, which will be at
tended by q number Of local rela-
tives and friends, will be held In the
new chapel Of the Holy Family
academy. A choir Of 80 voices will
sing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

Continued from Page u
it was an "incentdiary balloon" de.
signed TO start forest fires. But
developed later that 1t was U. s.
Weather Bureau balloon, probably
sent aloft from Albany, N. Y, or
Burlington, VT, TO measure air cur
rents. New Hampshire meteorolo-
gists said the balloon could not start
a fire because the candle In the
balloon extinguishes itself before
the balloon expands and bursts at a
altitude.
Hartford, Conn.,, May 2 - (U.P0
State police today began an i'll
vestigation into charges that a series
of large forest fires at Sterling and
Killingly, still blazing fiercely, were
"set on purpose
State Forester Austin r. Halves,
reporting the possibility of sabo-
tage in the fires, said he was
rounding up every available man in
all sections of the state to help COM
bat the fires.
Were taking every man we can
safely spare" he said, keeping in
mind that some must be reserved to
protect the rest of the state. We
never know where the next fire will
break out"
Twenty families were driven from
their homes In the Sterling Killing
~ area-bordering Rhode Island
last ngiht as the forest fires threat-
ened their homes. some families re-
turned TO their dwellings when the
fires swept into another direction,
"Soln0ne must have set the fires
on purpose Halves said, How else
can we account for the fact that
SIX or seven broke out in the same
area within Q short time Thurs
day9.
Sterling selectnan Irving y
FTlnk said the belief was genera
IN his pelghboFh00d that the tlFei
were set, AS yet, he said, I'VE have
MT had q chance 10 look around f0l
who might be doing ",
every Rblevhodied man IN fhf
town y to busy fighting the ire q
protesting bis own on MS neigh.
boris home, Were oil a0gvtiFed and
We'll welcome any relief that comes,
FEink said state police were IN
Vestlgatlng the reported sabotage.
tins biggest Gre going At tle mo-
Rlent, Pink said, q 90 the Sterling
killlngly line, . blaze which 4
creeping forward on IN sislnlle
front,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
SCHOOL SESSIONS
TO Be CURTAILED
Dr.. Condor Announces
Schedule During Sugar
Registration Week

Local grammar schools win close
ct 1l:45 on the sugar-rationing reg
istration days, May 4, 5, 8 and 2, and
high schools will remain In session
until II q. m. on those days, accord
ing to an announcement made DR..
Thomas J. Condor, school superln-
tendent, today. No steps have been
taken as yet, he said, to postpone the
spring vacation scheduled for the
week Of May II. The possibility OF
postponement arose when the plan
for gas rationing to be conducted
by school teachers during that week
was announced. No ofacial word has
been received here regarding the
gas-rationing registration and for
that reason no action has yet been
taken, Or. Condor stated.
The problem Of the, school vaca-
ton will come before the board Of
education again Monday night when
It viii hold its regular seTni-monthly
meeting.
The board postponed the vacation
originally scheduled for next week
wnen the sugar-ratoining project
was announced. The postponement
was made so that local school teach
ers who are required to assist with
the registration, would not be de-
prived Of q vacation.
In the event that the gas rationing
is held during the week of May II
and teachers are required to serve
as registrantS the purpose Of the
original postponement would be de-
feated, unless another postponement
is ordered by the board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02
MIDDLEBURY ROAD
MILITARY HIGHWAY
WPA Crew Building Shout
ders to Meet SpeciiCa.
tons of War Dept.

All part Of the Connecticut
WPAs war program, projects for
trolley rail salvage and widening Of
o strategic military highway were
started In the Waterbury area this
week and Q project TO improve an
access road viii start soon In Naug-
atuck, according to Administrator
Howard Staub.
Under q recently approved city
wide project for Waterbury, o WPA
crew started taking up abandoned
trolley rails-scrap metal badly
needed by the nations steel mills
In Robinson street. There are 1,847
tons Of tracks in waterbury streets.
Along the nine-mile stretch Of
U. s. route 6-A-the Middlebury
road-another WPA crew started
building shoulders under q state
wide project for improving high
ways in the network of roads des-
ignated by the War Department IS
Of strategic military importance.
The shoulders, 1000 feet long and
10 feet wide, are TO be on alternate
sides OF the highway and will be
built with eight inches Of gravel
mixed with bituminouS material.
Brush clearing, culvert extension,
rock excavation and fill will be ne
ceSsary parts Of the work, which is
sponsored and planned by the state
highway department.
Naugatuck's Elm street, which
leads to the new synthetic rubber
plant Of the U. s. Rubber Company
viii be widened, drained and paved
under q project scheduled to start
within q few days. All Of these pro-
jects have been certified as impor-
tant to the war program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-02

Drenk, G. r., F11titvale, CAL, en-
route to Cleveland.
Frankenburg, Lieut.. Hermen J.
U. s. Army, Wichita, Kans.
Herg, Almond D., Boston, care Of
Massachusetts, Institute Of Technol-
ogy.
Kershisnik, Julius, Cheyenne
Wyo.
Lloyd, Mrs. J. A., and infant son
J. A. Lloyd, one year old, Burlin-
game, Cal.
Palermo, Mrs. J., Del Monte, Cal.
en- route to Cleveland.
Patterson, M. L., New Jersey, con-
nected with the Sperry Gyroscope
Co.
Shapiro, Pvt. Marvin, Chicago.
Tucker, Claire s., Lieut., J. G..
USN, washington, D. G.
Vose, r. B., Brooklyn, Of the
Sperry Gyroscope Co., en- route to
New York.
The crew:
Brown, Don, San Francisco, pilot.
Miner, Harold, San Francisco, CO.
pilot.
Cantwell, Neva, San Francisco,
StewardeSS.