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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
Our Merchant Marine Heroes:
NaZi VuIfureS Wait
NJ Torpedo junction

On last Independence Day. as
1.-THE tremendous convoy nearcd
Torpedo Junction" she was at
tackled by waves of Nazi planes
and by U-boats. Some freighterS
went 10 the bottom in the endless
light OF the Arctic day. On July
5 The Axis came back 10 sink
lothers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
Fifteen days later we got
into Archangel."

But Archangei was scarcely 4
resort for tired Seamen
who had been through he'll. The
Russian port was under frequent
aerial attack during the two
Sofeld's freighter laid up
there, waiting for autumn TO bring
enough diminution of daylight for
the ship to slip around the danger
Gus Norwegian coast with a modi-
cum of safety,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
CARRYING MUNITIONS

1--WE were carrying munitions"
Soheld said, land our skipper did
not relish being hit. So when
the convoy escort broke up and
went of 10 hunt some big units
OF the German navy, which were
reported 10 he on the loose, the
Oldham Sneaked- the ship up
into the ice.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29

ADVERTIsEMENT
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08
BEER BOTTLES WORKED

Stubby beer bottles are doing their bit in war time by serving floats on soupfin shark nets used by West Coast fishermen engaged in the rapidly ex- banding shark liver oil industry These "stubbies, ' which easily obtainabe, replace Japanese glass floats and cost but one-tenth to ne-twentieth as much
 Beer bottles net floats first tested and used by J. T. Barnaby aquatic biologist of the Fish and Wdlife Service, United States Department of the Interior, in l94O while preparing gear for king crab fishing operations in the Boring Sea.
 Numerous experiments were conducted by MT. Barnaby at the Hydraulics Laboratory of the Uni versty of Washington to find the right type of float As the tange nets used in crab fishing operated on the bottom in depths ranging up to 70 fathoms, satisfactory fcat must withstand pressure at that depth without losing buoyancy.
 Cork and cedar floats discarded they be- came waterlogged Hollow rubber balls also tested but they collapsed at relatively low pressure. Finally empty "stubby" beer bottles capped with the usual beer bottle cap given extensive tests It was found that they would not break when subjected to pressures up to 200 pounds per square inch the approximate pressure in salt water at depth of about 75 fathoms.
 Further tests by Service biologists led to the adoption of the beer-bottle flcat in fabrcang some 5000 fathoms of angle net used in the crab invest- gation These nets were fished for period about months depths sometimes as great as 80 fathoms and no breakage or leakage directly attributed to pressure occurred, nor there evidence of any great amount of corrosion of the bottle caps
 When the soupfin shark fishery which used sub merged gill nets, underwent rapid expansion in l04l number of fishermen who familiar with the Services experimental use Of "stubbies' tried them, and today beer bottle floats are used univer- sally in this fishery
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08

this allowance business and give the men in the armed forces flat pay increases, officers as well as privates. It's very simple. could write a new bill in a few minutes on the back of an envelope"
 Other committee members cffal- lenged the wisdom of beginning from scratch. They reminded Vim son that it took weeks of statistical study to perfect the Senate bill; also that there might be- long de- lay in getting Senate approval of an entirely new bill.
 Finally, however, Vinson was giv- en week to produce a new bill. The next day he cockily reap peared before the committee, bill in hand. To everyone's amaze ment, it consisted mostly of the basic provisions of the Senate bill, including the $21-to-$42-a-month pay illht lOi PllFdCCo.
 The only major difference was a proposal to give officers above the rank of second lieutenant and en- sign 10 percent pay increase and to make the 20 percent extra allowance for foreign service ap- plicable to all men in the armed forces, whether they had served abroad or not.
 This scheme ran into a storm of objections. A majority of the com mittee contended that men with foreign service deserved more pay than those without it, and that if it wasn't granted in this bill arl- other would have to be passed.
 All right. all right" declared Vim son, after a long debate @If this bill doesn't suit you. III write afl- other"
 Committee members groaned The Georgian already had wasted two days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08
ABOUT CENSORSHIP

We aren't going to say that hope the isn't over before the government makes up it's mind about consistent policy regarding censorship We hope ever lasts that long. But it does seem that the further along go, the less fair censorship regulations appear and the less consistent they grow.
 Back at the beginning, tine government created the Office of Censorship and put Byron Price, the head of the Associated Press, in charge MT Price drew up set of sensible regulations which dis tributed.
 But it wasn't long after that until both the army and the navy imposed their systems of ship often directly contradiction to these of the government These latter received little publicity ex- cept in individual
 We aren't exactly opposed to the censorship reg ulations imposed by army and navy officials But we opposed to the inconsistent application which results in nfairness in many instances.
 Theoretically and practically in most instances, Alaska newspapers not supposed to print news of army and naval bases in the Territory We think that's fine
 But on the other hand there doesn't seem to be any qualms about printing articles Of strategic mi tary importance in newspapers in the States which usually find their through the mails to Alaska, much to the discomfort of Alaska newspaper pub fishers.
 recent article told of how before the war new navy bases under way at Stka. Kodiak and Dutch Harbor with army bases at Anchorage and Fairbanks. But this is only the beginning" the article points out, quoting Alaska official Plans have been formulated to greatly increase the size of these bases to create bases at Nome Seward and where The article goes to tell of how vast air field program is well under way with major airports on Annette Island at Yakutat Boundary Big Delta West Bay, Bethel and Cordova.
 That's telling the Japs
 Troop movements to the Territory guarded with the utmost secrecy by Alaska newspapers. The New York Times, however, is permitted to come out in an article and say that U. s. troops arriving in Alaska almost daily Troops planes and supplies are reinforcing Alaska almost every 24 hours"
 Numerous other articles come out with the same information Most of them, by the way, are accom- panied by maps of the Territory showing the route Of the new military highway which will be of so much strategic value. When the story first released
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08
DIES FAMILY ON THE PAYROLL

Representative Martin Dies has received a lot of publicity on his Investigation of n-Americanism but he has received no publicity regarding the fact that members of his families are on the Congress siona1 payroll.
 During last July, August and Sep tember his office force was com posed of Myrtle Dies, his wife, mak- ing $325 month, and Martin Dies, Jr., son, now in the service, mak- ing $216 month.
 On Oct. l, 194l, Myrtle Dies went off the payroll for brief spell. but Martin, Jr., continued to draw .$216 month until March 1 of this year. When the son was taken out of the lineup by Uncle Sam, Mrs. Dies went back on the payroll in his job.
 Copyright, 1942, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08
TOURIST BUSINESS BLOW

Most people don't realize it, but the tourist business of the U. s. A. runs to several billion dollars. How ever, that business now is threat ened with extinction. It's not only matter of tires and gasoline, but the possibility that all non- -essen- tial private travel by rail be banned.
 Transportation Coordmator East man has warned that increasing pressure on railroads for movement of defense materials may necessi- tate this drastic step
 Surest way to avoid it, however, is to stagger vacations. Both gov ernment agencies and private in- dustry should encourage workers to avoid the traditional holiday months of July and August. If everybody aims for a vacation in these two months, there will be no travel for anyone.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08
LOOK and LEARN z. GORDON \

What difference meaning "democratic"?
 g. What animal with the exception the widely distributed than other domestic animal? What the junction Mississippi A. What is the meaning of status quo'? 5 What great general did ancient Carthage produce?
 ANSWERS eea They both have practically the Latin and the other from the people.
 9 The
 Cairo. Illinois
 The state which anything is state existing.
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names of towns through which the highway would pass were deleted from the copy received by The Empire
 Alaska coverage isn't the only example of incon- sistency Supposedly, the production figures of the United States deep, dark secrets Then the Speaker of the House comes out in a speech in his home town in Texas and tells his listeners that the United States is producing more than $500 planes month Thus we have official suppression and at the same time, official revelation
 As long as newspapers Outside allowed to print the vital military facts about Alaska, it seems superficial for Alaska newspapers to withhold these facts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

MISUSED Do it like tell you" Say
 
 AdISPRONOUNCED: ekoo, in ATE accent first syllable. MSSPELIED Quartz ( mineaD Distinguish from QUARTS.
 Recipient, assignee beneficiary a  tempting The aluring adventures o life him."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08
HOROSCOPE "The stdrs incline
 bat do not compel"
SATURDAY, MAY g

Benefic aspects appear to dom- mate slightly today which is for tunate for constructive plans and for cooperation with powerful in- fluences but contracts should not be signed under this configuration.
 HEART AND HOME: AS war hazards are widely felt in the Unit ed States the urge toward nasty love affairs will be strong and the tendency to ignore established so- cial barriers will be apparent. As trologers stress the importance of adhering to all the standards of human relations which have gov erned nations in peacetime. The Puritan influence should extend into the period of greatest peril to the nation, they declare. Romance should be an inspiration untouched by selfisnness and stimulating to ideals of service to state and na- tion.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: AS the waste. of war continues, financiers will confer anxiously over the Mag ara of spending entaileo; upon the United States Government but in- dustry will prove its tremendous power to keep trade and commerce profitable. As the national debt grows the resources of the nation will develop amazingly in coming mcnths. Postwar probabilities arc said to promise leadership in re- building a ravaged world
 NATIONAL ISSUES: Wholesale economies in which Government employees participate will be dis cussed with increasing emphasis as vacation days draw near. Wash ington will be asked to set good example by revising the expense ac- counts and travelling costs Of those sent cut on public business. The squalizing of sacrifice among citi- zens of the United States will be- come each week a more afivocated policy.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR s: Examples of cruelty and treachery will cause Americans to increase their efforts toward the final vic- tory over the Axis powers. The success of Japanese forces in the first weeks of our participation in the Second World War will spur the enemy to added horrors that stimulate us to speed our efforts toward final victory. Emphasis on the closely interwoven interests of all the peoples on the globe will be given by the expansion of con- flict through the summer months. Isolation is more and more re- vealed as an outmoded idea which served to retard our preparedness program.
 Persons whose birthdate it is should guard against losses in the coming year. Pleasant surprises are forecast.
 Children born on this day prob- ably will be talented and tempera- mental. They should succeed, but they may have many ups and downs on the way to achievement.
 Copyright, 1942)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08
BIDS FOR BOAT HIRE

Sealed bids will be received by the Division Supervisor, Forest Ser vice, Juneau, Alaska, up to and including May 13, 1922, for the services of privately owned boat with operator which will accomo- date at least four persons and which will operate in the vicinity of Admiralty, Baranof and Chicha- gof Islands for a period of four months. Full information concern ing the conditions and submission of bids can~ be obtained from the Division Supervisor, Admiralty Di- vision, Room 4l4 Federal Building, Juneau, Alaska.
 May &. Q, II.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08
SOLDIERS PAY

The Senate approved bill to in- crease the pay and allowances of men in the armed services ran into chef trouble in the House of Rep resentatives.
 The House Military Affairs Com mittee finally approved a pay rise bill last Friday, but until then there had been considerable delay in get ting together with the Naval Al. fairs Committee on certain amend ments. relating chiefly to longevity bonuses for officers in the higher
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08
Business As Usual
Cincinnati Enquirer

There is one kind Of business usual which this year should be carried with even more effort than is usual That the greatest of all industries. agriculture. Every farm in the country has ob-
 gation to produce the limit The soldiers, sailors, and allies must be fed. Also civilian popua- tion must have bread and meat. There is not the slightest in land of unbounded fertility such why the should make tighten our belts. There may be some luxuries which unob- tanable. But we can easily spare them. Because at there is no why our fields and flocks should not bear their wonted increase. Nat uray, with many young men in our armed forces, there will be shortage of labor the farms That will be offset in great degree by modern agricultural implements. But the older and the are available No question but they will rise bravey to all occasions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08

So you'd give your shirt to help the United States win this war? Well, Baby's beaten you to it. He's already given his pants. They're wrapped around the armys telephone lines Rubber latex that used to be used for necessary articles of wearsuspenders bathing suits girdles-now goes into insulation for lightweight telephone wire which weighs 30 pounds per mile as compared with l68 pounds per mile of the old type wire. Orders have been placed for 1O0- 900 miles of the wire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08
HOOK BIIElFI5

BUFFALO, N. Y, May If the fish won't bite, John Perkins, Cur tiss-Wright Corp employee, knows what to do about it. He's invented a hook which bites the fish instead. Perkins says the hook works by springs and grabs the fish when it nudges the bait.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08
20 YEARS AGO fir EMPIRE

8, 1922
 Three taking athletic literary The athletic literary the final debate tween the team and the Wrangell team
 Edison Marshall fiction publicity had written gather articles.
 Trinity Church lower Broadway New York City special 225th granting King William III of England
 Joe Bradshaw young passed through on Annapolis where he Academy
 Capt J. H Cam, few days previously supplies
 
 F. Richard Superintendent Henry Bay mine pass through his the o with him for the seasons work
 Comeau Superintendent Packing morning the Queen He accompanied Comeau and their son Lloyd
 Ed Dakes orchestra previous employed John Spcket of the Palace Theatre
 G. Carlson, of of Carlson of Seattle westward he district inspect the Seward Kena project entering bid to the Bureau of Public Roads for work to be done there this season
 Gov Scott C. Bone was address School which complete school May IT, be held in the Congregational Church
 Margaret daughter Attorney Collins of Fairbanks who had recently completed the Fairbanks Public School position the public school at Panama Miss Collins the Fairbanks High School the previous
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08

whole bill and write another.
 You fellows have the wrong ap- proach,' Vinson told the Military Committee at a recent closed door meeting. We ought to eliminate
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08
MOOSE WILL HOLD
 MEETING TONIGHT

The regular meeting of the Loyal Order of Moose will be held tonight starting at 8 o'clock. Plans for the Mothers Day breakfast Sunday will be completed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08
MODERN ETIQUETTE 'v ROBERTA LEE

O. should a woman sign wiring reservations?
 A. Arthur Norton, Miss Helen Norton.
 should
 should the the bread.
 Isn't a person conversation repeating What person deaf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08

parity farm price level to 100 per- cent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08
CONSISTENT

CONSISTENT ANADARKO, Okla-William Best Thompson, 22, hasn't missed Sunday School in 19 years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08

brackets.
 Principal bottleneck was Naval Affairs Chairman Carl Vinson of Georgia, who wanted to scrap the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08

with moderate variable winds Maximum temperature
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08
Washington Mery-
 Go-Round

(Continued from Pass One)
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Collins daughter of Assistant District Attorney Collins Fairbanks had recently completed
 Fairbanks Public School position the public school at Panama Miss Collins was graduated previous
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08

make baccalaureate address School which complete the school May Congregational Church
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08

Historic Trinity Church, lower Broadway New Yorl with two special services the 225h anniversary of of it's charter by King William III Of England.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-08

 Three taking literary games literary place tween the Juneau team and Wrangel
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Monty Woolley,
ScOrner of Plush,
Settles Down
HOLLYWOOD.

I1oLb WOOD.
Passing up the opportunity to be-
come a comfortable Hollywood
squire. Monty Woolley will return
East after he finishes Life Begins
at Eighty at Goth Century
Fox to set up house in a small, new
home which he bought recently in
Saratoga Springs. N. Y.
Woolley has chronic disdain for
Hollywood lavishness, so he bought
himself this modest, 5-room brick
house in Saratoga Springs and will
60 there soon to supervise redecorat-
ing and furnishing this domicile in
his former home town. Woolley has
not spent any appreciable time there
for more than five years since his
big family home was sold. Now the
quiet. home town spirit has seized
him again.
THE house is inexpensive and
just what want. 1t has no SWIM
ming pool. tennis or badminton
court, and not even a rumpus room.
In fact, it hasn't a garage. When
and If the tire and gas situation
becomes better, shall make a con-
cession to modernity and figure out
one-car garage if I can figure out
how to make space for it and a
driveway"
Woolley explained that his future
plans are to live permanently in
Saratoga Springs and commute to
Hollywood or New York for what
ever screen and stage jobs come up.
Evening star., 1942-12-07

suitable replacement can be found.
For the vacant spot Harry Anger
booked in Sheilah Barrett, the satir-
ist-impersonator who is different.
Recently Sheilah was studying the
performance of Tallulah Bankhead
in Skin Of Our Teeth" and she
may perfect an impression OF Ala
bama's gift to the stage. A clever
girl and an acute individualist when
it comes to shooting her shafts Of
satire.
Lily CahilI's Accident.
Lily Cahill, a very capable actress,
last seen here with Jane CoWl in
First Lady," is pursued by hard
luck. Cast for an important role
in "The Doughgirls," opening at the
National Theater tonight, she frac-
tured bone in her leg last Thurs
day, is temporarily out Of the cast.
Tonight her role will be filled by
Muriel Hutchison, who was rehears-
ing in the part until she accepted
a role in the forthcoming play, Cry
Havoc" Miss Cahill returns to the
play when mending is completed.
Evening star., 1942-12-07

Army taking AndfeW X. Kelley.
part in the refurbishing to fit the
talents of his wife.
This play has not yet been off,
cially booked at the National The
ater-in fact, it has not yet gone
into rehearsal-but Gilbert Miller's
preference for Washington tryouts
can lead E street playgoers to ex-
pect 1t on the late January schedule.
Navy Officers at Preview.
There will be much Navy blue
and gold in the National Archives
Building tonight when Metro Gold
wyn-Mayer will sponsor q preview
of Stand BY for Action" for the
sea service, Coast Guard and Ma
rines. The film, starring Robert
Taylor. Charles Laughton and Brian
Donlevy, was selected by Navy off,
GERS as particularly significant
film to be shown the Navy on this
particularly significant day. It's
battle scenes, described as the finest
yet filmed, and the fact that the
picture is said to represent the Navy
more accurately than any service
film previously made. have been
praised by the Navy Board of Re-
view, which gave its approval to-
this production recently.
Among those expected for the
screening this evening are Admiral
and Mrs. James O. Richardson, Ad-
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Kreisler Acclaimed at First
Recital Here in Two Years
Constitution Hall Crowds Give
Violinist Ovation on Appearance;
Shows No Effect of Traffic Injury

poise, the rest of the program re-
vealed more and more the inin-
liable Kreisler style, the broad, free
delivery, the subtle shadings and
the beautifully rounded tone.
In many places in the Grieg
sonata the unquenchable fire of
Kreisler's playing was present. BY
the vigor of accent and sweep of
phrase it was. there as clearly out
lined as formerly. The Mozart
Concerto in E Flat Major. No. 6,
K. 268" found the artist more at
ease and playing with purity of
style and brilliancy of execution
and the superiority of understand
ing for which he is renowned.
Plays "Viennese Fantasie."
The program was a short one,
concluding with group of favorite
numbers which featured his own
"Viennese Fantasie' performed for
the first time in this city. Here
is the true Kreisler genre with lilt-
ing melodies, gay waltz rhythms and
the unforgettable spirit of a Vienna
of another day. While the composer
has utilized to the fullest the
many violinistic effects familiar in
his most popular works. the Fan
TASTE" will outstrip in no way the
other compositions on much of the
same material.
-Four short works preceded the
"Fantasie," Kreisler arrangement
of Rachmaninoff's Marguerite"
Tschaikowsky's "Scherzo," the
Ravel-Kreisler "Habanera" and De-
bussy's La File aux cheveau de
lin." BY this time the artist was
in splendid form and brought all
the grace and feeling of which he
is capable to the interpretations of
these beautiful numbers. The char
acter of the applause would not al
low the violinist to leave the pro-
gram without encores, although
Kreisler limited these to three, the
final one being his "Schoen Ros-
marin" Carl Lamson was at the
piano and was brought out to share
the audiences acclaim.