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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14
TRAITOR IS
SENTENCED,
EXECUTION
Max Stephan 10 Pay for
Crime, But Supreme
Court Stays Action

DETROIT, Mich, April IA. -
The execution of German born
Max Stephan, convicted traitor, was
today set for April 81 in the Fed
eral Correctional Institutional at
Milan. Mich, by Federal Judge
Tuttle.
Stephan, handcuffed, wept through
the proceedings.
In Washington, however, the Su-
preme Court granted a stay Of ex-
ecution to continue pending fur
Their order.
The Tribunal court on April 5
denied Stephan's request to review
his conviction but under the SUI
preme Court rules, Is days are al
lowed filing of rehearing appli-
cation.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14
PRISONER HERE
Sent TO SEATTLE
TO FACE CHARGE

U. S. District Court Judge George
F.. Alexander has signed warrant
for removal of Hartley Benton
Ciegler, wanted by U. S. Commits
sioner Harry Westfall in Seattle
on a charge of falsely swearing UNI
der oath in applying for a permit
to enter Alaska.
This is the first case of its kind
in Juneau. Warrants have been is
sued in Seattle for several other
persons who entered Alaska after
classifying their applications.
Ciegler, who has been held in
the U. S. federal Jail here on a
charge of being fugitive from JUS
tice, is accused of making false
statements in his travel permit
application concerning his GRIMM
al record.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April Ia. - Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 6is, American Can
80, Anaconda 20, Bethlehem Steel
63h, Commonwealth and Southern
*, General Motors 48A, Interna-
tional Harvester 68A, Kennecott
1925, New York Central l6&, Nor
thern Pacific l45s, United States
Steel 55, Pound $404.
Dow, Jones averages today are
as follows. industrials 13249, rails
1885, utilities 1877.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14
THE PERFECT
SN0B"

some overcutting. Shortage Of man
power, tires. trucks and gasoline
tfor hauling) necessitates this, but
in the meantime. they insist. less
accessible forest areas are being
under-cut.
The lumberman argue that even
if some small sections have been
cut out. there are
enough seed trees nearby to per-
nit mature to reforest the land
as she has done so many times In
the past to the CONSERVATION Of
the profits who said that she
wouldn't"
Tomorrow: How War Is whiting
Our Wood Supply.)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14
ALERT HELD
TOMORROW

With a first aid problem, requir-
ing ambulances assigned, there will
be a practice Alert tomorrow night
at tbs O'Clock, r. E. Robertson
Director of Civilian Defense an
nounced.
The problem is to be to furnish
first aid to a patient suffering from
simulated fractured right fore
arm and wrist.
Ambulances will be required as
the patients must be taken to cas-
aalty stations for attention by ply
sicians.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14
ALASKA MOVIES
BE SHOWN AT {.
OF {. MEET HERE

A new U. S. Forest Service sound
movie, "Alaska's Forest Arsenal
will be shown to members of the
Chamber of Commerce at their
noon meeting tomorrow in the
Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel,
Harry Sporting said today.
The films show much of South
east Alaska and include local scenes
and people.
A special guest will be Mildred
Keaton, Alaska Office of Indian
Affairs nurse from the Arctic Coast,
who will speak.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14
ANTARCTIC FILMS
SHOWN FOR SCHOOL
CHILDREN AT NOON

Introducing an innovation for
Juneau High but one that is COM
mon practice at schools in the
States, the noon hour today was
utilized for the showing of the
1000 feet of color movie film of
Admiral Richard E. Byrds trip to
the Antarctic, obtained here through
the good offices of Major r. w.
Freeman.
Attending students munched their
lunches during the film and seemed
little Handicapped by the double
ACTIVITY Necessity for the time
saving arrangement is because Of
the less of school time to date
due toe the recent close down.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14
ALASKA Terri.
GUARDS MEET
7::3O THURSDAY

Alaska Territorial Guards will
meet tomorrow night at 1880 o.
lock at Elks Hall instead of the
usual hour of o'clock, it was
announced today
Specified equipment for the reg
ular Thursday meeting which will
lake place tomorrow night is to be
raincoats, coveralls and leggings.
All members of the Guards are
requested to attend the meeting and
to be on time.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14
JUNIOR PROM DATE is
SET FOR MAY EIGHTH

Thet junior class of Douglas High
School has announced Saturday,
May g. as the date of their prom
this year TO be given in the school
gym, with Bob Tew's orchestra
furnishing the music.
Members of the class are Betty
Bennett, Alfredo Fleek, Roger Con-
nor and Doris Balog.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14
CHAMBERLAIN ROByNSC'
ARRIVES FOR SEASON

Dom Robinson, for..nal for T., =
las Fisheries Company, accom- pan
led by his wife and Mrs. Hilma
Haga, u housekeeper for the cannery
crew heads, arrived here this morn
ing for an early start towards the
seasons preparations. Elmer Grandy,
who will be warehouse foreman
under Robinson, also arrived to
assist with building operations.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14
INCOME TAX
FOR BRITISH
NOT CHANGED
Levies on Certain Commo-
dities, Also Theatre
Seats, Increased

LONDON, April 14.-The British
income taxes for the coming fiscal
year remain unchanged but leyies
on tobacco, beer, whiskey, wines
and movie theatre seats have been
increased
This is What Chancellor of the
Exchequer Sir Kingsley Wood told
the House of Commons in his an
nual budget message.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14
new MEAT PRICE
LIST POSTPONED
/ MONTH BY 0pA

WASHINGTON, April IA. - The
OPA has postponed for a month
the effective date for its newly an
nounced retail prices of beef, veal,
lamb and mutton and limited that
some prices may be cut down be-
fore the new effective date, May
Is. The new price list was to be
in effect tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14
DOUGLAS
NEWS
CLUB MEMBERS CAN
RIDE TO MEETING

There will be bus service tn S
evening for the Douglas Island
Women's Club meeting to be held
at thel home Of Mrs J. w Kirkham
on Mob Hill, according to club presi-
dent, MRS Norman Rustad
Douglas attendants to the meet
ing must be at the drug store cor
ner shortly before o'clock to make
connections.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14
MOVE TO JUNEAU

Mrs Leona Sebenico and daugh-
ter Alfredo Fleek transferred their
residence to an apartment in Jul
neau the first of this week.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14

GIL RICH LEAVES

Gil Rich, merchandise broker
who headquarters in Ketchikan, has
left for his home after an ex-
tensive business trip.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14
This Is The
Army |sNow
Being Filmed
Members ofBig Cast. How
ever Are Just Regular
Johnny DoughboYs
BY ROBIN COONs

HOLLYWOOD-This is the Ar
my. all right. It's tougher on the
boys of This Is the Army" than
it is on Johnny Doughboy in his
camps around this town.
Johnny Doughboy, when he
comes to Hollywood on leave, can
do what he pleases as long as it's
not something the M. P's might
object to. He can date a movie
star, and he can go dining and
dancing at the night spots. and he
can play around the Hollywood
Canteen and hobnob with the pic
ture crowd
But Johnny Doughboy of This
Is the Army is here to work. He's
on a military mission. He's here
only because he's part of the "This
Is the Army" Detachment, Pro-
visional Task Force, Service of
Supply, U. S. Army, He arrived,
with his fellows and commanders,
in military secrecy, and will depart
the same way-for where he doesn't
know.
Irving Berlin's production fin
ished its road showings and re-
turned to Hollywood to make the
film version-and Warner Bros,
which paid $250,OOO to Army Emel-
gency Relief. for the right to film
it, is beginning to look like a camp.
That's what it is, as far as the
soldier-actors are concerned. They
have their own orderly room, their
own military dispensary, and prob
ably will have their own mess hall.
It's a soldiers life, just as it was
during the New York run and on
the road. There the hours were
10 a. m. to midnight. Here, because
movies start earlier, the reveille is
$50. The boys are quartered in
apartments around town, meeting
the rent out of their $2.88-a-day ra-
ton for food and lodgings When
it's time for taps, there's a bed
check"-and Johnny Doughboy bet
ter be there.
The company drills on a field
which Is part of the movie lot,
about mile away from the sound
stages. They march there, on days
when they're not needed for the
camera. Each man has gun to
keep oiled, clean and shining, and
each man knows how to use it.
both in manual of arms and shoot
ing.
1t is the Army-even when
Michael Curtiz, the director, has
them on the sound stages. Men
from various branches of the serv-
ice. all now thoroughly trained as
infantrymen, are ready to snap in
to action at a directors word.
And afterward? They'll rejoin
their separate units, either at home
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Continued from Page One)
to institute wholesale enforce
ment program of this type now
would be one more splinter to all
out war production. For example,
they say, it would take from Is to
20 percent more manpower to main
tain such program, without in
creasing the present necessary war
time yields.
On the other hand, they admit
that wartime demands are forcing
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14

or on the fighting fronts, and
This Is the Army" will be no more,
except on film.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-14
Nations Wood Woes
Now Becoming Most
Serious Of Wartime

Continued from Page One)
Evening star., 1943-10-04

opment that Dorothy Thompson.
has taken place in the Soviet
Army and the Soviet state.
Emerging from this develop
ment is an outstanding fact:
The peoples army Of Russia has
militarized the Russian people.
Mr.. Stowe, who was an OBJ
server in the first Finnish war,
attributes the Russian fumbling
to bad information which 1t re-
ceived from its agents. Russia
expected to get the bases she
wanted without fight.
This misinformation from Rus
sian agents, together with SINH
lar misinformation from all
countries, may be the chief rea-
son for Stains dissolution Of
the Comintern.
Throughout the world it has
proved itself hopelessly incom-
petent as an arm of Soviet policy.
Old Institutions Abolished.
After the Finnish war, Russia
had Is months to reorganize
and she did it fully. This re-
organization affected old institu-
tions. The political commissars
with the Red Army, originally
Communist propagandists and
supervisors, became army morale
officers, and through incompar-
able opportunities for observa-
ton on the various fronts be-
came reserve officers who were
eventually put into the fighting
forces. This explains to a large
degree the capability shown by
the Red Army to put new armies
into the field with veteran cam
paigners to officer them.
The Red Army, even at the
beginning of this war still under
the leadership Of revolutionary
heroes, such as Budenny and
Voroshiiov. has become a modern
army under professional officers,
and these officers are the leading
caste in the Soviet state.
The development that Mr..
Stowe describes shows that dur
ing this war the Soviet revolu-
ton has ended and the Soviet
state has emerged and CONSOLE
dated. This state has shown itself
capable of fantastic organization
IN the civilian as we'll as the mill
tary field. It Is the instrument
OF a young and extremely vital
people. Its army is quite out Of
the Valley Forge stage. It's
foreign policy is that of a power
ful state and not of an interna-
tional revolutionary movement.
And 1t is the strongest state and
army on the Eurasian continent
at this moment.
Influenced by Last War.
Now when we consider both
our military and political policy,
1t Is clear that both have been
Influenced by a miscomprehen-
Evening star., 1943-10-04
This Changing World

bul and gain control over the i'm
portant strategic position at
Chanak in the Dardanelles.
There are about IS Nazi d.
visions IN Bulgaria alone. To
these may be added at least
10 reliable Bulgarian divisions.
There are no worthwhile fortif-
cations between the Balkan
Mountains and Istanbul; neither
is there a sufficiently strong
Turkish force to offer even a de-
laying action to Nazi-Bulgarian
attack.
The Turks have concentrated
their defenses in Anatolia and
have neglected their European
territory. Furthermore, although
lease-lend military equipment
has been sent to the Turks since
the Casablanca conference, 1t is
doubtful whether sufficient mod
ern equipment has arrived for
the Ankara government to COM
plete the modernization of its
forces.
Allies Watch Situation.
Under the circumstances, it Is
believed that the German high
command, desperately in need Of
a victory and desirous Of clos
ing the Black Sea to the Allies,
might decide To attack Istanbul
and its approaches from the
Mediterranean Sea.
There are two British armies
in the Middle East. But it is
doubtful if they can be rushed
quick enough to stop the Ger
mans.
According to military observers
the three Turkish divisions now
stationed between the Balkan
Mountains and Istanbul are not
strong enough to delay the march
of the tank and motorized units
Of Marshal Won List.
The Allied high command is
watching eagerly this new pro-
spective theater of operations.
1t is pointed out that while the
approaches to the Black Sea have
been Of no material importance
to the Nazis in the past, they
have now become vital In their
tight with the Russians.
This estimate of the situation
does not take into consideration
any political movements which
may now be in the making in
Europe. 1t is a purely military
estimate.
Evening star., 1943-10-04

President, in recent utterances, de-
liberately conveyed the impression
that these are the only kind of mis-
takes that have been made and,
naturally, that these are the only
ones that have been criticized. In
celebrating this thought he made
himself seem as noble as he indi-
Gated his critics were ignoble. OF
course, this is a totally incorrect
picture, not in the least in accord
with the facts. The fact Is that
Mr.. Roosevelt has done some fine
things in this war for which he
has been given full credit. and he
has made mistakes for which no
one has criticized him. These were
the excusable mistakes, the expected
mistakes, mistakes to avoid which
would have taken great luck and
superlative judgment.
Inexcusable Mistakes.
But Mr.. Roosevelt has made many
mistakes Of a very different class
inexcusable mistakes, mistakes i'm
possible to defend on the ground Of
pressure or speed-mistakes due to
politics, due to temperament, due
to rancor and resentment, due to
his strange refusal to accept advice
from those who know or to profit
by the lessons OF experience-mis-
takes due to personal vanity and to
bad counsel.
In this class Of mistakes can be
listed his feebleness in graphing
with the vital imitation problem: his
deplorable lack OF frmness in deal
ing with strikes and labor slackers;
his failure, after 10 months, to de-
velop either a coherent food policy
or to find competent food admins
TRAITOR; the botch he has made Of
the manpower situation and his
refusal to supply effective financial
leadership or to evolve sensible
and adequate taxation program.
These are mistakes which he had
no right to make and which cannot
be defended. What criticism he has
had on these he has deserved and If
he had not had 1t the situation
would be much worse than it is.
Criticism has forced the President
to correct-or, at least, partially
correct-some Of these indefensible
mistakes. But 1t has been futile to
move him on others.
To one of these-the appalling and
unprecedented growth of the civilian
Federal pay roll, on which there are
now more than 100000 persons
attention has again been called by
Evening star., 1943-10-04
The Great Game of Politics.

senator BYRD OF virginia. The points
Mr.. Byrd makes are that the civilian
Government payroll is now swollen
beyond all reason or sense; that
every single Federal agency is heav-
lily overmanned; that this army of
over 5000, 900 civilian jobholders con-
stitutes our greatest reservoir OF
manpower; that upward of 300, 900
could properly be dropped and in
Quoted into the armed services; that
this would be greatly in the national
interests from the standpoints Of
the Army, the Government and the
taxpayers.
There are not many detached per-
sons, unafiliated with the admins
tration, who would dispute these as
sertions. They are obvious to even
the casual observer The fact that
Senator Byrd has declared himself
as against the Wheeler bill to ex-
empt fathers from the draft and in
full support Of General Marshall
and Admiral King on this subject,
gives him every right to raise these
points noW-and again. Two weeks
ago he wrote a letter to Manpower
Commissioner Paul McNutt asking
him, on behalf of the Joint Economy
Committee, to make an investiga-
ton Of the personnel of the Federal
Government with view to finding
out to what extent this army of
5000 900 jobholders can be reduced
and released for essential war work
or for military service. He cited
that the War Department some time
ago declared its purpose to reduce
by 10000, but that no reduction has
yet been made.
No Answer to Letter.
Summing up, Mr.. Byrd tells Mr.
McNutt of his belief that the Gov
ernment, itself, is the greatest hoard
er of manpower in the country and
gives him the facts to prove it. To
this letter Senator Byrd has received
no answer. Nor is he likely to re-
ceive one. Mr.. McNutt, himself a
chronic jobholder, has played job
holding politics in Indiana most Of
his life and the idea of taking peo-
pie of public payroll is really alb
horrent to him. OF course, in this
case Mr.. McNutt could not do any,
thing, even if he wanted, without
the consent of the President. And,
until he is forced either by criti-
cism or by Congress, the President
will do nothing.
For this inaction there are two
reasons. First, after 10 years of New
Deal spending and jobholder expan-
sion, Mr. Roosevelt is Just as re-
luctant as Mr.. McNutt to reduce and
restrict; second. no matter how
sound it may be, he automatically
reacts against anything urged by
Senator Byrd.
In this the President is making a
very great mistake and one that can
not be condoned on account of war
pressure It isn't that kind OF mis-
take at all
Evening star., 1943-10-04


the long conveys with food and
war materials which are being
sent to Russia by way OF the
Persian Gulf-about 10000 miles
from the American east coast
will be able to reach the Red
armies by way Of the Black Sea,
through the Dardanelles and the
Bosporus.
The new route would save at
least 5000 miles of water trans
port and another 100 miles Of
difficult land transport.
The German high commands
hopes of holding the Red armies
and eventually starting an often
slve next winter are believed to
based on the fact that the Rus
slams are far from their principal
supply bases on the Volga River.
These hopes would be shattered
If the Allies, after the Nazis
have evacuated the Crimea, can
send their supply ships into
Sevastopol and Yalta, in the
Crimea, Novorossisk. also on the
Black Sea and the Russian ports
on the Sea Of Azov.
Might Attempt Blitz.
So long as the Mediterranean
was closed to Allied merchant
men, the Germans did not have
to worry about the Black Sea.
Neither did they care much
whether Turkey was in the Allied
camp or not.
In view of the changed situa-
ton, it is considered possible that
the Axis forces stationed in Bull
garia may attempt to bhtz Istan-
Evening star., 1943-10-04

ming OF my military career only a
week away I rigged myself up a
bundle that weighed approximately
the same as a soldiers pack, with
the idea Of practicing marching
with 1t on my shoulders.
took a counterpart, spread it
on the floor, and loaded it with
so pounds of books. 1t took exactly
IS Encyclopedia Brittanicas-or
from A to Ammo through Mary to
Music get the so pounds. Then
I tied the ends of the counterpane
together, managed to heave the
bundle over my shoulder, came as
near to attention as I could, and
cried this order to myself:
Forward march"
Foolhardy Command.
1t was the most foolhardy com.
mand any man ever gave himself
I staggered out Of the living room.
across the front porch. across tho
yard which slopes down to tiae
beach, thank goodness, and on to tho
beach itself.
Halt" I cried. AT once. Sit
down. Even lie down, if you want
to-"
This command made sense, and
had a good rest of IS or 20 minutes
before continuing on my hike. I
was determined to walk at least a
mile and, as I forward marched
once more. I tried to convince nv
self that in the Army things would
be different. The pack would be a
real pack, with the weight so dis
tributed that it would float like a
leather on my back. Too, there
would be other men walking along
with me for company, and I wouldn't
be walking along beach alone with
half Of the worlds knowledge piled
up on my back.
But as took my second rest three
and four houses away down the
beach, I had to admit to myself that
90 pounds are go pounds in any
weight and in any sort of wrapping,
be it counterpane or khaki pack. In
my exhaustion I even went so far
as to wonder what the Army's re-
action would be If a man told his
sergeant, say, that he would rather
carry smaller pack and do with
out all the little comforts that a
regular pack contains and would 1t
be all right for him to really rough
it. and take his chances on what he
could borrow from the other BOYS.
But I didn't spend too much time
wondering about this. Tired as
was. something told me there was
no future in this line OF thought.
Just Couldn't Make 1t.
After several hours of forced stag.
gering, none Of it on the double. I
completed my mile and bivouacked.
Then made ready for the return
Journey. I slung my pack across
my back, called myself to attention,
and again gave that dreaded COM
mand, Forward march"
The spirit was willing but the
flesh was weak I couldn't move a
foot. Either foot. This was when
that building-a-fre- -under-a- soldier
idea struck me.
1t would have taken that to get
me going. AS it was. I Just left Is
volumes of Encyclopedia there on the
sands and came on home. I am 90
ing to get wheelbarrow this after
noon and go back and get them.
Any more marching that do before
get in the Army will be done with
a pack filled with Is volumes of The
Readers Digest"
| distributed by McNaueht Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1943-10-04

ended, and added that unless wiser
judgment prevailed the folks with
the money will get there first"
Mr.. Morrison suggested control of
spending by taxes and public self
restraint through voluntary savings"
continuance of rationing both in
industry and in the shops so long
as shortages exist. and continuance
OF public control Of some industries