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Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Check Awaits Crew
Sinking Warship

NEW YORK, Feb. 3. ICpI--
Ralph NJ Leyry, President of In
ternational Looms, Inc. has sent
check for $1,000 to President
Roosevelt 10 be used as a Vic'orq
award to any crew of the armed
forces who sink any japanese bat
tIcehip or cruiser weighing 5000
tens or over
Previously Levery had offered
500 TO every naval crew sinking
an enemy submarine off the north
Atlantic coast with a bonus Of 500
10 the navy relief society Il Il ub-
marine IS destroyed within one
month.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
IS A VERY coed HOUSE

HaElH2 heard considerable CrlI-
cism CT his fathers government Of
Britain while on leave from tie
Middle East Army, &jOr Randolph
Churchill was moved to ask this
question cf his fellow-membe.s Of
the House Of Commons:
Although this might not be q
very good Government, ought We
not ask ourselves, is It very gOO0
House Of CommonS?'
There's d thought in that. While
ou own House Of Representative.
very properly exercises its right ant
duty 10 investigate the conduct Ci
the House. and Of the Senate, too
but especially Of their indivIdua.
members.
For There is an inyestigatOry
body when Is also watching the
conduct OF members Of Congress
weighing some Of the iil-considerec
statements that have been pouring
out on all occasions or on no &C
casion That IS the entire elect
crate, which l. Going 70 weigh thosc
individual lecords in the Houss
and in a third Of the Senate this
year. The public is going to insist
net merely that we have effective
conduct Of the wa
but wise legislative conduct as vel.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Fish Fight for
Aussies in Ponds

MELBOURNE, Feb. 3. CUPI -.
Gambusia Affinis was fighting sue
cessfully for Australia today on
the malaria front.
The inch-lon9 minnoWs have been
released on ponds and pools to feed
on mosquito larvae: War Minister
p M. Forde said the incidence o!
malaria among Australians IN the
northern te. ritOry was remarkably
low" ASA1A IA 4En1
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Pacific i
eet
Busy

HCNOIULU. Feb. :. tUP)-Ad-
miral Chester ". Nmitz COM
mander Of the Pacific fleet sale
To-Day in message to America
that every ship. every plane anc
every man in the ticef was in az
ton over the vast Pacific war zone
&c safeguard the country and take
the war to Japan'> front door.
Following up the communicate
in which he announced that the
fleet had done extensive damage in
bold raid on the Marshall ano
Gilbert islands with little loss TO
itself Nimitz saio.
Your feet is busy every
moment of every day and night
across the vast reaches of the
Pacific. especially in the those
areas where We can most effec-
lively harasS the enemy and con-
tribute to our oWn security"
RECALLS PROMISE
He recalled that he had said
when he assumed his command
Dec 81 in a brief war time cere-
n.Ony at Pearl Harbor: I have
just dASuIltu d great IeSpOllSlDll-
ity and obligation which I shall
do my utmost to discharge"
Pointing out the vastnesS in the
war zone entrusted to him.
nearly half way around
the world and extending from Arc
tic to Antarctic. Nimitz said ne
knew the people wanted to know
where's the fleet?"
This question was answered in
part Sunday by the splendid
achievements of our ships and
planes in attacks on enemy con-
centrationS in the Marshal and
Gilbert Islands, ne said
Nlmitz, q submarine expert whoSt
naval career has extended over 1t
1f his sc years, was called Dec
Il From It's post as chief of the
Nays Bureau of Operations tC
take charge i'll the Pacific, 10 days
after the japanese sneak attack.
He had said little while he pre-
pared his plans TO carry out the
Nays tradition of offensive war
fare.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
Willis Thonfon's
Personal
Observable ions

The country has right to expect
that the War and Navy Depart
ments will take evesy possible step
tC relieve Macarthur ard the whole
situation in the Far East that Of
fers better than a $3.50 chance O:
gaining more than it loses. ShoalG
it ever develop that less than this
was done. somebody will sweat fcl
it. But merely to jump up ant
down shouting Why dOesa't Sonle-
body DO somethingl is of no heip
Al this is better understood by
95 per cent Of the American peoplc
than by certain members of tht
Senate.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
"VOICE OF EXPERIENCE"
DIES SUDDENLY

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. g. CUPD-
Funeral services were TO be held
today for Marion Sayle Taylor,
known as The Voice of Experience
TO millions Of radio listeners. Tay-
lor 81. died Of a near; attack while
taking an afternoon stroll Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03

No situation is more trying tc
the soul of man than TO be helpless
to prevent the destruction Of some
thing one loves; to watch cata-
strophe as one sometimes does If
dreams when one cannot lift a
finger to avert it
This sort of situation requires
courage and steadfastness. We have
to show il now.
General MacArthurs men in the
Philippines are showing a courage
and skill seldom equaled in military
annals. Against heavy ODDS they
have injected SO much hope into
a hopeless situation that il seems
that help might even bring them
victory. Every instinct cries Get
them that help, somehow For
those not charged with military
responsibility, it is easy to cry out
"Why isn't something done?'
That is jumping up and down
That is hand-wringing. II does
precisely no good, and it may DO {
great deal OF harm.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
BATTLE OF CARROTS
Ours Are Better'n Anybody's

Carrots and blind flying (which;
becomes not so blind with enough
carrots, and Arizona and Califor-
mia particularly Imperial Valley
all figured Tuesday in an interna-
tional controversy over whose car
ruts can make whom see better TO
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
DESTROYER COMMISSIONED

BOSTON, Feb. 3. IUPl-IHc d.
stroyer Fitch was commits stoned at
Boston Navy Yard today Tho F!tcu
was named for a Civil war Office!
and was sponsored by Mrs Il
Walter Thomas Of Salt Lake Clt,
Utah. 1t was launched last June a.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
THE MEAN WOMAN

We're glad we're not the Depart
ment OF Agriculture
The department has just broad
cast to the world that The AmerI-
can woman is in bad shape Instead
of being a Venus five fect-Si" IL
height, with 35-inch hips and .
inches around tne waist, shes posi-
lively dunpy 4 mere fiYe feet
three in height, with 1892 hIps
and % Is inches around the waist
This dumpy-soundIug average wa
obtained from measurements Of
1868 women in seven states anG
the District Cf Columbia.
The department refers To her
as the mean woman" which viii
be an understatement when she
reads the figures.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03

One U. s. senator cries out that
IF the expedition sent 70 ireland
had only been sent across tn
Pacific" it would have been mucl
better. Does he imply that the
sending Of a few thousand troops
20 Ireland actually prevented the
War Department from sending a
many troops to the Pacific as ship
ping facilities, conveys, and Japa-
nese blockade permit?
The question answers itself
There are plenty Of troops in the
country. The number that can be
sent 10 the Pacific is limited no;
by the number sent 10 ireland, but
by factors of transport, convoy, and
the naval situation in the Pacific
Another senator cries, Il am sim
cerely hopeful that someone is
thinking of getting assistance to
the forces fighting III the Far
East"
That is really below the belt
Would the senator say outright
what he implies, namely, that no
body is thinking about it? He know
better. He knows very well that the
War Department is thinking fur
aouSly about II. One wonders II
this senator would like 10 assume
personal responsibility for sending
transports into Manila Bay through
the japanese naval screen tina,
hangs like a chain from Wake,
Guam and the japanese inundated
Islands past New Guinea. Borneo,
Sarawak and Indo-China TO Hong
Kong Probably lac would not. Yet
In implying that Army and Navy
authorities have not even consid-
cred the prospects, he suggests that
they should.
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bomb more places.
1t all started wnen Time maga-
zine assertedly misquoted the dieti-
clan expert of Arizona university,
Mrs. Margaret Cammack Smith, as
saying that Arizona carrots were
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03
DUE
The Gals Want 1t

CHICAGO. Feb. 3-CU2,-Checr
up 2als. youu pet support ever.
though there is a war, Official
spoHesmen for the corset industry
promised today.
They told the nations buyers at
ChiCago's spring corset clinic that
despite rubber shortage:
7 herel always be corset in
dustIy and there's good founda-
ton for optimism along these
lines"
BY these lines. the manufac-
tuerS added that they meant any
one OF the seven basic type figures
to which they plan to limit wartime
corset production. Manufacturers
said they were through with max
ing odd asSortments for tic dura-
ton.
WHAT Is YOURS
Henccfcrth they will concert
themselves with putting the curves
in the right places only for those
women who possess one of the fol-
lowing best selling" figures: An
average figure. Junior figure,
Misses figure" an average short.
average full" average tall, ana
snort full figure
And. there's no use in trying to
cram your way into a short full
if you're a short fullest they
added. CorsetS VIII have much
less rubber and cant be depended
upon l. stretch to the wearers pro.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-03

They tell that people buy the things they buy from the they
k"oW and 6eeve and like They tell a and and
young folks will go blocks their trade
that they know and bee IN and like They'll pass aozen
where they could buy exactly what they buy price
they're able and willing pay in order buy
the that they k~ow and beliepe in and like
You do
We do! The whole uord does!
When ko you'll again leave your selling chance
nor to circumstance You'll buia sales and IL
them with aaverng in this newspaper advertising
this work for you methodicaly, ubborny
TO and keep the good opinion of many peoples and
Keep their friendly friendships for this goes thou
H"a OF homes gives priceless opportunity make the
people OF TBS believe integrity make them prefer
TO buy the things you SELL
We think we'd like you o read it again.
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centers, were loyal American citizens. But in war
move of this kind is necessary measure. Enough
evidence has ben found in these roundups to prove
that the japanese fifth column sufficiently pre-
pared to do some real damage.
We in Alaska are told that the Territory now is
of considerable Importance a strategic military
area We also are told quite often that attack
on Alaska is probable. This pointed out even
by the President of the United States
1t seems logical, therefore, that the Territory
should be one of the first regions to be wiped clean
of alien fifth columniss. To date, there is suf-
fcient evidence that there has been any extensive
roundup.
We not saying that Japanese residents of
Alaska are not loyal to America and the land in
which they earn their bread and butter. We do say
that country is at with Japan and in war,
no chances can be taken We suggest an immediate
roundup and possible evacuation of all aliens in
Alaska.
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War in the Taft Cabinet. He had
ben Governor General of the
Philippines under Coolidge. And he
was Secretary of State under Hoov-
err.
In the latter position he did more
than any other man, alive or dead,
to block the Japanese in China.
He was the only statesman who
clearly saw the rampage of con-
quest on which Japan was bent,
and did his best to stop it-and
at that time it could have been
stopped if Stimson had had the
fullest cooperation from every
quarter. If there was any one man
who did his best to enforce the
Kellogg Pact and bring peace to
the world, it was Stimson. He came
within hairs breadth of succeed
ing, but like most accustomed
statesmen, Stimson was ahead of
his time.
Today, as Secretary of War, Slim
son has done a far better job
than most people give him credit
for He was the man who urged
the draft act on Roosevelt, even
though it came in the middle of
an embarrassing presidential cam
paign. He also has had the wis
dom to appoint young, Al execu-
tives, and to give them full scope.
Under him, the Army, which was
in the doldrums two years ago, has
come forward by leaps and bounds.
When Stimson came to office the
Army was SO short of gunpowder
that restrictions were placed on
the firing of salutes by some militia
units. But today the Army has
more powder even than at the end
Of the last war.
STIMSON CAN TAKE IT
One of the Merry CO. Founders
has known Secretary Stimson a
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Democracy MObiliZes
Cincinnati Enquirer

The message which this nation intends to con-
vey to the world by its registration of 100000
completed recently, and of 100000 men, completed
last year and the year before, is that which Captain
John Paul Jones gave when the flag of the Bon
homme Richard shot down. Have you struck?"
shouted Captain Pearson of the Scraps Every
school boy knows what Jones said.
nation with about 100000 men under arms,
close another 100000 scheduled for mobilization
during the next few months and a reservoir of
Is 100000 which it proposes to draw is not con-
templating defeat: it has not yet begun to fight.
And nation which requires a Supreme Court JUS
tice, United States Senator, Lieutenant Cover
nor, and hundreds of other eminent and influential
persons to register for military service is going at
it's in democratic fashion
One doesn't suppose that the Army intends to
call the Supreme Court building, the Capitol at
Washington the State House at Albany and else-
where in order to get few more private soldiers.
Our manpower will be employed where it will be most
useful. We shall continue to need out
of the Army and Navy than in them. But useful
is it ought to be, the test-not wealth, not
social position not political office, not pull.
The front line Of the United Nations has been
broken. Thousands of men have been wounded killed
or cut off and captured. There will be other re-
verses. But the reverses the march Millions
will take the place of the lost thousands.
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YOUR PRIVILEGE

One of the rights upon which the Government
of the United States founded, and one which
American soldiers have been called out to defend
more than once is the right of government by the
people. Every American citizen realizes that he has
that right. Too few of them are good enough citizens
to exercise it by voting.
This attitude of passive possession is a danger
GUS one to take. 1t is especially dangerous at a
time when American youths are giving their lives
in order that our right to choose our own leaders
is protected
A passive attitude is especially noticeable in Ju-
today On April 7, registered voters will go
to the polls to elect mayor and other city officials
An ordinance passed some time ago. requires that
every Juneau resident who wishes to vote on April
7 must re-register. This move was made in order
to clear the records of names which had accumulated
the last six seven years. to clear the books
of the names of many persons who longer reside
here.
Several weeks ago, it announced publicly
that the books had been opened for re-registraton
The requirements that the Juneauite has lived
in the Territory for one year, in the city for six
months prior to next April T. He must be citizen
of the United States, 81 years of age or over
There must be several thousand persons in Ju-
answering this description To date, only 1926
persons have registered.
You can reserve your right to vote by visiting
the City Clerks office in the City Hall any time
during the day, from 8 am. until pm during
will be kept open during the noon hour from now
until the books close on the Saturday before cleo
ton, April 4.
Let's swell that registration figure up into the
thousands where it should be- Register as soon as
possible
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Citizen, Third Class?
New York TimeS}

Hearings before the Presidents Committee on
Fair Employment Practices, held in this CITY, have in
dcated that private employment agencies labor
unions and employers in many cases discriminate
against individuals because of race nationality
ligion The Negro probably suffers most by this in
justice. Loyal men and women Of enemy alien"
birth or ancestry come next Some employers inquire
as to an applicants religious belief. Mayor La
Guarda, Lieutenant Governor Poletti, spokesman for
the Catholic Protestant and Jewish faiths and other
witnesses protested against these practices.
The Mayor described the problem national.
1t is SUCH of course in the degree that it touches
industries. There is reason, however, why
local communities should not attack discrimination
on their own initiative and on their own home
grounds. 1t always down to Individual
worker being denied fair deal at a certain time
and place. He gets the job or doesn't ct it, If he
fails to get it because of his race, nationality
gion, the requires investigation.
In Europe's New Order" there arc first-class,
second class and third-class ctzens-perhaps other
categories further down the Gale. We should recog
nize the Nazi infection by that arrangement if moth
ing else If recognize classes of citizenship
and this what some of labor unions and
poyers have been doing-we introduce the Nazi sys-
TEN to that extent The practice is outrageous at
any time. At the present time it is giving aid and
comfort to the enemy.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-06
FIGHT OVER BoMBERs

To illustrate what this situation
meant to present day defense, AS
sistant Secretary Johnson in 1910
recommended long range bomber
program costing $1,4O0, 100000 Long
range bombers are the weapons for
which we have the most urgent
need today. Twice the President
has doubled the bomber program and
demanded increased production,
despite which we are still woe
fully behind.
In 1910, however, Secretary of
War Woodring fatty opposed John
sons bomber program. In fact,
he opposed it so vigorously that
the two men staged a heated per-
sonal row in front Of the Presi-
dent. Finally, the President asked
Secretary OF the Treasury Morgen-
THAI to act as arbiter
BY this time, Johnson had upped
his demand and wanted the Unit
ed States to launch a bomber pro-
gram of s2,4Oo,O00,o0o However
Morgenthau scaled it down to
around $2O0,0O0,00o, and actually
wrote a memo TO the State De-
partment suggesting that in view of
the conflict between the Secretary
OF War and the Assistant Secre-
tary, the bomber program should
be in other hands-those of the
Treasury Department.
AT times Woodring and johnson,
with offices down different direc-
tons of the War Department cor
ridor, were scarcely ON speaking
terms. Yet Roosevelt would not
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long time, dating back to the Cool
idge and Hoover Administrations.
And a few months ago, Mr.. Slim
son remarked to his then military
aide, Colonel Eugene Regnier:
Whats the matter with Drew
these days? Is he getting soft?
Or is he getting old? He hasn't
criticized us lately. That acid pen
of his used to do us lot of good. y
Secretary Stimson, it should be
noted, is not getting soft. He is
rs years old, of course, and not
as strong as he was. He has to
conserve his energy, but he is put
ting every ounce Of it into his
tough job of Secretary of War.
Recently Stirnson asked a Senate
committee not to harass him with
questions, that he was worn out,
that though he went to bed at 9
o'clock, he couldn't sleep because
of worry.
Several times, Mr.. Stimson has
indicated to the President that 1t
might be best for him to step out
in favor of a younger man. He
was little reluctant to take the
appointment when it was offered to
him in the first place. But the
President insisted. and Stimson UNI
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-06
MODERN ETIQUETTE By ROBERTA LEE

How much expected spend with her guests
at the wedding receptions?
than hours She then retire to her room
with her maid change travelling costume
a. is the and final test of good breeding?
those rules conduct which make easier and
simpler for one to ngle people Bennett the noted
English playwright strongly insist that the basis
symbolism primarily meant to display regard for
feelings other people"
do when calling she finds her hostess
ready to go out? n
A. H4d to- so OUT won't keep you
hostess insists that SHE ayfor awhile i perfectly
proper
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Daily lessons in English y q. L. GORDON

I'VE are liable to tomor
express probable event. unless regarded
disastrous as he S LIABLE fall"
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED Phanthropc Pronounce fanthrop
tx both rs ON accent third syllable, and
the second
double N double S. double
SYNONYMS Economy fugaty thrift thftness prudence
WORD STUDY: use it yours" Let
increase day. Todays word
DEATH generally used adjeciyey 1T was
ante moen statement
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LOOK and LEARN y q, GORDON

the things to which human beings have an in
stinctive response?
prominent in the famous picture of
washington Crossing the Delaware?
is the oldest known alcoholic drink?
many placed side by side would it take to
the distance Of inch?
S. OF what country the native?
ANSWERS:
A loud support.
flag shown In the picture was not created until
after the event ranspred. 49, s.es. sax e
g. Beer.
a. About 1888.
Australia.