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THE PAYoFF

In the past it has been the defin-
lite policy of some Pan American
countries to be just bit anti
United States because they figured
the State Department would then
go out of its way to appease them
Thus, when they wanted an Ex-
port-Import Bank Loan or some
tariff preference, Latin Americans
sometimes found it paid to un-
cork a stiff editorial blast at the
U.S.A. Then the State Depart
ment would step in, and. in effect,
buy them off.
It is doubtful if the Argentine
Government deliberately play e d
such strategy at the Rio confer
once, but the effect seemed almost
the same. They got various con-
cessions in the past, while opposing
the U.S.A.
Knowing this, Foreign Minister
Aranha of Brazil took Under-secre-
tary Sumner Welles aside during
the period when Argentine was SO
vigorously kicking with the Axis.
Il suppose when all this is over, "
said blunt-spoken Aranha to soft
.poi1en Welles, The United States
viii try to win over Argentina by
giving her destroyers and more mill
tary equipment-all at the expense
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MERRY-GO-ROUND

The first member of Congress to
see action in this war was Repres-
entative Warren G. Magnuson OF
Washington. An officer with the
fleet, he wrote about the incident
to friend. adding Il was not
scared bit (???)-can't write
any more now because it's starting
again" Before being ad-
mitted to congressional galleries
spectators are thoroughly searched
Womens handbags are carefully
examined. However it's done del
icately. A little stick fitted with q
rubber cap is used to probe into the
bag. Perfume bottles are opened
and shifted.
Copyright, 1912, by United Fea-
ture Syndicate, Inco
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HOROSCOPE
"The stars incline
but do not compel"
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 8

SUNDAY, fEbNOANI
Conflicting planetary influences
rule today which may be mentally
disturbing. 1t is favorable to con-
structive thinking or wise teach
ing.
HEART AND HOME: Families
should be faithful in church at
tendance at this time when the
study of the Scriptures holds I'M
usual interest. Interpreters of Old
Testament prophecies foretell that
the period of world publications is
at hand and that after the most
terrible of conflicts humanity will
awaken to its spiritual possibilities.
Equality and Justice are to become
more than mere words, it is fore
told, and there will be an end Of
poverty which thwarts the devel-
opment of souls with talents great
or small
BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Vast out
lays to safeguard the public health
will stimulate the building of hos
pitfalls and the establishment of
food centers where cooking will De
taught. Possessors of wealth will
be generous in providing for the
needs of the unfortunate as the
consciousness of the universal
brotherhood becomes apparent I'M
der world war conditions. The win
ter will continue to be prosperous
to residents of the United States.
Farmers should profit as food de-
mands become more urgent
NATIONAL ISSUES: Perils due
to secret influences regarding our
part in the world conflict will re-
tard victory over the Nazis, astrolo-
gers foretell. With full cooperation
on the part of men and women OF
all shades of political faith, the
end of the war would be possible
in 1913, they prognosticate. There
is a sign read as presaging grand
crisis of some sort next year when
Hitler is to come under evil por-
tents and perhaps reach the end OF
his career. The seers emphasize
their reading OF the stars which
they believe indicates that (. the
United States could not evade the
role of deliverer of democracy. ia
pan pays terrible penalties fol
treachery.
/ INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Naval movements in the Pacific
Ocean will continue to focus worlo
attention in coming weeks, it !.
indicated Japan is to encountei
many difficulties, including earth.
quakes and storms which caus:
heavy losses. Surprises regarding
the resources of the Asiatic mem.
Der of the Axis are foretold II
ships and airplanes the japanese
will reveal amazing strength a.
well as ability in stubborn fight.
! ing Under the direction of Nazi ex.
perts the Allies may expect stub.
born conflict.
Persons whose birthdate it i.
have the augiiry of a year d
| changes and lInexnected emeroe,,.
cies. Dependence upon the advic,
of the women of the family vii
be wise.
Children born on this day prob.
ably will be fortunate in theil
professional careers, although they
may not have much business abil.
ity. They should depend upon prac.
tical folk for management of thei
finances.
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Martha Society
Given Luncheon

Mrs. Raymond Wolfe and Mrs
Fred Henning were hostesses at
the Martha Society luncheon yes
terday afternoon in the Northern
Light Presbyterian Church Parlors
Plans were discussed for the lunch
con to be held on February IL, tc
which the public is invited.
Mrs. H. G. Nordling and Mrs. j
W. LEVERS were elected as the
nominating committee for the cleo
ton of officers which will take
place next month.
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JAP SPIES

Behind Attorney General Biddle's
announcement of the mass evacua-
ton of enemy aliens from strategic
Pacific Coast areas was a, pile OF
sensational FBI evidence that just
could not be disregarded.
These m ena cling discoveries
backed by Army and Navy demands
for action, finally produced 1t.
Illustrative of the sort Of, things
the F'BI uncovered is the follow
ing item: The FBI got tip that
three Japanese servants of a Santa
Barbara, Calf, physician were
fifth columnists. A Oman was
sent to investigate.
The doctor vehemently protested
the innocence of his servants. He
insisted they were loyal to the US
and completely trustworthy.
Il know them like a book" he
declared They have been in my
employ twelve years. The suspi-
clon that they might be guilty OF
any wrongdoing is preposterous. !
vouch for these people
The doctor was so emphatic that
the investigator took his word and
did not press the matter further
But F'BI headquarters was not
satisfied and sent another agent
with orders to search the doctors
house.
In the upstairs quarters of the
Jap servants, the G-man found
secreted in a closet, a large radio
transmitter powerful binoculars and
a quantity OF signal flares. Also
documents showing that the butler
was reserve officer in the Jap
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THE ORIGINAL "BLITZ" ARMY

The idea has spread that the German army is
the original "blitz army This is not so
John j. Pershing in July 1918, reduced the
scissors salient. He spent few weeks in placing
his troops and in September, 1915 started to reduce
the st. Mihiel salient The end of four-year war
was only two months away.
The American troops ate up ground so fast that
the Germans could not retreat fast enough Novem-
Der the German army was punchdrunk November
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Daily Lessons in English e. Sy /. GORDON

write I'VE beg to advise that
we forwarded the shipment" you"
OFTEN MIsPRoNoUNCED: Pronounce UP
accent first syllable.
MISSPEII.ED: Hurricane observe the two RS
SYNONYMS Irresistible resistess, overpowering
WORD STUDY: three times and Let
increase Todays
NEFFICACY produce effect
neffcacy proved like that Of similar medicines
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WUDLKN LlIuUL1tL ROBERTA LEE

What courtesy particularly
carele
courtesy slight favo 1t is almost i'm
Thank father
the waitress who
the saleswoan who displays
fol information, the doctor the lawyer.
O. Should salt and pepper shakers match each other?
if match
r.
G. printed calling
Z IA
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of your good friend Brazil
'Excellency," replied Welles,
even if we wanted to appease Ar
gentina, we couldn't. The tide OF
newspaper opinion in the United
States has been SO critical of Ar
gentinas isolationist position, that
it would not stand for appease-
ment."
NOTE; This. while true. is un-
fortunate 1t has been the Inability
of the U.SA. to buy much Argen-
tine goods in the past, plus the
anti-Argentine speeches of our cow
senators, which had lot to dc
with Argentina's isolationist stand
at Rio de Janerio
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raiding a field already Occupied by a
CLIO union,
1t is also Indignantly pointed out
that he was engaged in these tao
tics at the very time he sprang his
surprise AFL-CIO peace scheme
Further, that he is organizing the
farmers under CHI al e ng e e
authority.
This charge is based on language
in the UNIV constitution which
open to wage earners working "in
or around coal mines"
NOTE: Initiation fee in Lewis
dairy union is ten cents a COW;
dues 8 cents a hundredweight.
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and just as soon as we get started to rolling, the
IL an Armistic ended the
How is that for "Bltz," real American one,
earth the and the sky will be one inferno for
our enemies In what we hope may be the last great
"blitz"
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Valentine Tea
Next Saturday

The Senior Trinity Guild met
yesterday at the home of Mrs. Frank
Boyle to discuss plans for the Val
entine Tea which will be held on
February IA. This is an annual
event and will be in Trinity Hall
Mrs. E. M. Policy is chairman for
the occasion.
After the regular business meet
ing the members enjoyed a social
hour during which refreshments
were served.
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army.
NOTE: Representative Harry. B.
Sheppard of Calf, militant advo-
cate of enemy alien evacuation, re-
lates that when a friend dis
charged Jap servant after Pearl
Harbor, he snapped, After the
war, you will work for me-"
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ATTENTION MAsoNs

Stated Communication of M,
Juneau Lodge No lat F. g. A. N
Monday evening, 7:3o. Labor i
M NJ Degree.
j. W. LEVERS,
adv. Secretary.
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Statisticians haven't determined yet whether the
umpires or Uncle Sam will call out more baseball
players this year.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

FEBRUARY 7
M. H. Sides
Arthur L. Riendeau
Bernard Boyle
Doris Ann Bartlett
Richard l.. Schultz
Wilbur B. Converse
H. r. Wood
FEBRUARY 8
H. I. Ingram
John E. Turner
Mrs. j. C. Patterson
Mrs. T. E. Hall
Harry Worobec
Jack Greves
Mary Sartor
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Washington
Merry.
Go-Round

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WOMEN OF THE MOOSE
Regular meeting Sat-, Feb. Z, al
8 pm.
.oERT1E OLSON,
adv. Recorder.
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Members obtained permission from
Department ship from Alaska to Moose
the institution They planned
to procure Peninsula Cook Inlet
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-07

Dry agents raided womens luncheon given by promne
members of Chicago the Casino Club and broke up the
vain search for liquor
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Announcement OF new steamship company to operat
was made s A Perkins President of the COMPANY
Alaska transportation Company, it said that
dollars would be spent in buying vessels
Evening star., 1942-04-19

tion. Gen Marshall told a press
conference that United States air
forces will be established in bases
"all over the British Isles
Here for a flying inspection OF the
United States contingents already in
Ulster. Gen Marshall said he had
conferred at length in London with
Lord Louis Mountbatten. chief of
the British Commands, as well as
with Prime Minister Churchill and
other British ,"rviCe chiefs
He pointed out that the United
States Army has long trained an
entire army corps in land co-opera-
ton such as the recent British dash
to St. Nazaire. NaH submarine base
on the occupied Brittany coast, and
against other important Nazi coastal
installations in both France and
Norway.
Gen. Marshall few here yesterday
with two Of President Roosevelt s
Evening star., 1942-04-19

were American, as Toxic declares,
Washington may be expected TO
follow its policy of withholding its
account until the planes have re-
turned TO their bases.
The attack came less than "a
hours after Secretary OF War Stim-
son in Washington said the Ameri-
can Army was getting pretty near
to the stage of being ready for an
offensive"
Toxic could not say whence the
raiders came. Chungking said they
did not come from China.
But the Official report that Toxic
was attacked first, half An hour
after noon. and Kobe. $40 miles to
the west two hours later. suggests
an east-to-weSt sweep
Such an operation could have been
carried out by a naval task force
built around one or more aircraft
carriers approaching Japan from
the northeast. where the heavy
April fogS might hide their ap-
proach LonG-range oomberS from
the AleutlanS. about $500 miles
from Toxic, might conceivsbly have
co operated with carrier borne
craft. Flights from hidden bases
CSee JAPAN. Page AS
Evening star., 1942-04-19
Planes Made Attack
From u. S. Carriers,
Toxic Paper Soys

TOXIC From japanese
BroadcastSl Sunday. April 10
The Toxic newspaper Yomiuri
intimated TO its readers today
that the planes which bombed
Toxic and other japanese cit
les came from United States air.
craft carriers, asserting Japan
must be prepared for more
raids "as long as the United
States possesses aircraft car
riers."
The paper said further; Now
that the United States has
attacked japanese territory for
the first time. the japanese
nation must resolve anew to
smash completely Britain and
the United States" Other
newspapers commented in the
same vein.
Miyako said. we have no
cause to fear enemy air raids
in the future because our de-
tense preparations are COM
plete."
Evening star., 1942-04-19
New Roting by Jops
Puts u. S. Soldiers
Ahead of Chinese

=, ,hc Associated Press
BERLIN, From German
BrosdcaStSh. April lS-The
Toxic newspaper Nichi Nichi
corrected the japanese press
today on recent statement
that OF all Japans foes the
Chinese soldiers are the tough
est.
The Americans now head
Nichi NichiS list.
Earlier the Chinese had been
ranged ahead of the Russians
twhom the japanese fought on
the Korean border in 1888 and
on the MsnchukuO border IN
1882 British, Americans, Aus
trsllanS and Indians
Nlchi Nlchi said that the
weak showing made by the
British and Americans IN the
East Asia war was the result
OF the fact that an essential
part 81 their forces consisted
Of native troops who fought un-
enthusiastically.
In more recent fighting be
tween Japanese and United
States troops, Nichl Nichi said.
the Americans proved to be
considerably tougher than the
Chinese when nghting under
comparable conditions.
Evening star., 1942-04-19

closest advisers, Harry Hopkins and
W Averell Hartman, after 10 days
Of the most intimate and satisfac-
tory discussions with the British
leaders.
He made a speedy inspection tour
and review of the bulk of the United
States troops here, and then told
officers these men are but the first
of steady flow
The first United States troops OF
this war arrived in Ulster in mid
January, a second contingent fol-
lowed in about a month.
Gen, Marshall told the unit COM
manders he was very much i'm
pressed with the apparent state of
discipline and the evidence of stren-
uouS training Of the American
forces.
Speaking to the same assembly Of
officers. Mr. Hopkins said production
tSee MARSHALL, Page A-4l
Evening star., 1942-04-19
| 900 Nurses q Month
Needed by Red Cross

By the Associated Press
The Red Cross reported yesterday
that to meet Army and Navy needs
1000 trained nurses must be re-
cruited each month during the re-
mainder of this year.
Miss Mary Beard, national di-
rector of the Red Cross Nursing
Service, disclosed that 1000 regis
tered nurses had volunteered for
war duty since Pearl HarbOr
Noting that this was more than
the total enrolment during 1910
and so per cent above the enroll
ment for the same period year ago,
she added;
Although the response from
American nurses is heartening, the
problem of supplying nurses in suf-
fcient numbers to meet the con-
stantly increasing demands of the
Army and Navy still is a serious
one"
Evening star., 1942-04-19
Fires Started by
U. S. Planes,
Toxic Reports
n, 'he Associated Press.

~ me Assoclateu Fress-
Japan announced yesterday
that her capital, her two great
est ports and the center OF her
warplane production had been
bombed by planes carrying the
bright red. white and blue in
sigma OF the United States Air
Force and that most of her home
islands had spent hours under
raid alarm.
The blow fell on the heart of the
empire Bombs dropped on Toxic,
Yokohama, Nagoya and Kobe the
high command said, and raid alarms
we're in force over all Hokkaido, all
Shikoku and most Of HonShu, the
main island, covering a span Of
more than ! 900 miles.
Thus Japan. by her own account
experienced for the first time in
her history the destruction and ter
ror of air assault which she has
visited on scores Of cities, from
Manchuria to Australia and India
these last 10 years.
The raid appears to have been the
most daring OF the war
Delay In Full Story.
The fun story. with disclosure OF
the bases from which the attack
was launched, may not come for a
day or two, or longer, II the planes
Evening star., 1942-04-19
Hershey Lists 7
Top Occupations
For Deferments
By the Associated Press.

BLYTHEVILLE, Ark, April l8-
Brig Gen. Lewis B. Hershey Ma
tIOnal Selective Service director,
tonight listed in order what he con-
sldered the seven most important
occupations on which draft defer
ments should be based. They were.
Munitions production, food pro-
duCtiOn, transportation, Communica-
tiOns, health, maintenance of each
and TO some degree education.
These supporting agencies TO war
maintenance are necessary, but TO
what degree viii depend on develop
ment Of the war, Gen Hershey said
in an interview preceding his ad-
dress before the Arkansas State
Junior Chamber of Commerce con-
vention.
We think society has to have all
Of these things and we hope we don't
have to do without any of them
but we may
The director told the delegates
that the local draft board has the
job Of seeing if each man is in the
place where he can best serve"
Evening star., 1942-04-19
Stolen Ring Revealed
In Maids Stomach
By Horoscope

Called to the home OF Mrs,
Karl Riemer. 334O University
avenue NV. to investigate the
reported theft of a valuable
ring. Precinct Detective Charles
T. Williams arrested a depart
ing servant.
En- route to a precinct station,
the maid swallowed audibly.
It gave the detective an idea
and he changed course for
Freedman Hospital.
There the suspect was placed
before a Horoscope screen. At
once, police said, the outline of
a ring was visible in the stom-
aCh.
The woman was being held at
the Woman's Bureau last night
without charge.
Evening star., 1942-04-19
New Synthetic Rubber Methods
May Double 1912 Output
0,000-To Production in Next Year Seen;
Notions Needs Eventually Nay Be Exceeded

pound. The 2O-cent price allows
nothing for amortization of plants
1t is entirely possible that the
price OF synthetic rubber will be
greatly reduced by more efficient
methods, so that the enormous in
dUstry now being built up will be
able to continue on a fair cOmpeu-
tive basis after the War-eyen if the
japanese do not destroy entirely the
Malayan rubber plantations before
abandoning them
This is the opinion of petroleum
chemists here who are providing
with constantly increasing eff
cheney. the chemical which consti-
tutes the bulk of Buna S-the syn
thetic hydrocarbon, butadiene.
Some Of the most notable progress
See RUBBER, Page A-60
Evening star., 1942-04-19
u. 5. Will Operate
All Seagoing Ships
To Cut U-Boat Toll
Several Hundred Token
Over; Navy to PIon
Safest Routes

All American-own sea going
freighterS and tankerS were
placed under direct Government
control yesterday, presumably in
an effort to make more efficient
use of them in face of the Axis
submarine warfare.
The War Shipping Administration
announced it had requisitioned
possession and use" of several hun
dred vessels-the last of the
merchant fleet not already under
Government control.
This means that in combating
the shortage of shipping space for
war-essential cargoes and in plan
ming the safest routes for the YES
sells through Submarine-infested
seas. Government officials hence
forth will be able to give orders di-
rectly to every ship in the American
merchant marine, without any delay
in negotiating with private opera
tors.
In this connection. it is recalled
that officials have said some of the
ships sunk by Axis raiders off the
Atlantic coast probably could have
avoided attack if they had followed
routes prescribed by the Navy.
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land,
head of the War Shipping Admin
istratiOn. pointed out that the Gov
eminent previously has acquired ap-
proximately Is per cent of the Ma
tion's merchant marine through
purchase, charter or requisition.
While yesterdays action affecting
the remaining 25 per cent brings to
an end all private shipping for the
duration Of the war original owners
will continue to operate the vessels
under Government order, receiving
reasonable compensation" for their
services.
Evening star., 1942-04-19
Two Youths Killed
When Train Hits
Auto al Bewyn
Wreckoee Carried Mile
From Crosh Scene
BY Locomotive
pictures on Page Al

Two Berwyn Md youths were
killed instantly late yesterday
when a truck in which they were
riding was struck by a B. & o.
express train at the BerWyn
crossing.
The boys. identified as William
Forester. 16. and Paul David Sny-
deman. II, were the sole occupants Of
the truck, parts of which were car
ried over mile to College Park by
the engine of the Capitol Limited.
They had stopped to make some
purchases at the Keefauver grocery
store, the proprietor said. and were
on their way home when the acci-
dent happened
1t is believed by police that For
roster, who was driving the truck.
stopped at the crossing while
train was passing, and then pro-
Ceeded eastward across the track.
apparently not seeing the second
train. headed south. that hit the
vehicle.
According to Mrs. r. B Miller,
See WRECK, Page A-2J