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The W ashingtUn
Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON
tAGajof Robert 9. Allen on activs duty.)

WASHINGTON. - Behind the
award Of the Congressional Medal
Of Honor to 3l-year-old Lieutenant
Commander Bruce McCandless of
the U. s. cruiser San Francisco is
q story almost without parallel in
the annals Of naval warfare.
Inside fact is that shortly before
he was cited for heroism above
and beyond the call OF duty in
the smashing November 18th Solo
mons naval victory, McCandless
wasn't sure whether he would be
decorated or hauled on the carpet
for INSTRUMENTATION.
His citation was one Of glittering
generalities, but here is the whole
story of what happened:
McCandless was on the bridge of
the San Francisco when it led
spectacular assault between two
columns Of Jap vessels, firing point
blank at both. In the roaring 35-
minute engagement, Rear Admiral
Danies ] Caiiagnan, commander of
the task force, and Captain Cassin
Young, skipper Of the San Fran
oisco, we're killed. as well as other
officers outralking McCandless.
The young lieutenant commander
did not notify superior officers on
other vessels in the task force OF
Callaghan's death. but Immediately
took command and began giving
orders to the other vessels IN
CALLAGHAN's NAME. Ordinarily,
this would constitute q rank breach
Of discipline. However, McCandless
acted as he did for two reasons:
"a He was thoroughly familiar
with the plan Of attack. having
been present at strategy pow-wows
cf Callaghan and Young when it
was mapped out, and he feared
there might be slipup in carry
ing out the daring task maneuver
Il the command passed to another
ship after Callaghan's death.
az It was vital to keep the news
OF Callaghan's death from the
laps, and they undoubtedly would
have intercepted the radio commu-
nication.
After the engagement. when
friend suggested that he might be
decorated for his brilliant lin
cognito" leadership, McCandless is
quoted as replying that he would
be lucky to get of without a
court martial However, the Navy
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LONDON HAS
BIG TINE ON
new YEAR

LONDON, Jan. IA throng as
polyglot as London has ever known,
sang, cheered and toasted the New
Year in the wee, small hours this
morning.
Hundreds of thousands packed
the old city's West End, blocking
all traffic in the street-darkened
capital from St. Paul to Hyde Park
corner.
AS famous old Big Ben chimed
away the old year, hundreds of
American soldiers thronged in Pic
cadilly Circus. The majority OF Lon
doners said it was the biggest, gay
est New Years celebration ever
seen
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-01-01
ALLIED SUBS,
PLANES OUT
ON ATTACKS!

LONDON, Jan. ALLIED subs and
planes have scored new successes on
the Tunisian supply lines as patrols
tested the battle lines.
Two more Axis supply ships and
perhaps a destroyer have been sunk
by British subs off Bizerte and also
off Tunis.
Aerial attacks have also been sue
cessfully made on Sfax port, where
docks, railway sidings. power sta
lions. warehouses and other build
ings were hit.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-01-01
RITE
RECEPTION SET
FOR AFTERNOON

The annual Fellowship Reception
of the Scottish Rite. held this
afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock in
the Scottish Rite Temple, cele-
brates New Years Day with a
brief program, jovial community
sing and refreshments.
AS an informal opportunity for
renewing familiarity with the other
orders, the Masons, Eastern Stars,
Rainbow Girls and DeMolay boys
benefit enjoyably from the exper-
fence.
Community singing is being held
between 3 and 4 o'clock, the COM
mittee in charge has decided.
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JApS DOWN
US. PLANES
OVER kI5kA
zeros Shoot Down Two
Lightnings and One
Bomber-Lose One

WASHINGTON, Jan. /. The
Navy reports that four Jap Zero
planes shot down two of our P-38
Lightning fighters and bomber
while losing only one of their own
number in a battle at Kiska in a
recent action
The communique. issued late to-
day, says ION December 30, a
force of medium Mitchell bombers,
escorted by Lightning fighters, were
intercepted by four Jap Zero float
planes while proceeding to attack
two enemy cargo ships or trans
ports in Kiska Harbor.
Two Lightnings and one Zero
were shot down during the fight.
The Mitchells attacked the enemy
ships with uncertain results. One
of our medium bombers was shot
down.
Attack Again
"On December 81, U. S. medium
bombers again attacked enemy
ships. Three hits were observed on
one of the ships and two hits on
another. No U. S. planes were
lost
The presence of Jap fighter
planes over Kiska came as a sur
prise to the Navy Department since
it has been many weeks since the
Japs have offered any resistance
over the base
The best the Japs have been
able to do there since last fall is
to oppose the repeated American
attacks on shipping and shore in
stallations by anti-aircraft fire
which was sometimes weak.
The sudden appearance of the
four Zero float planes apparently
indicated not only the determine
ton of the enemy to hold onto the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-01-01
RED GAINS
MOUNTING,
ALL FRONTS
Have Reedptured 1000
Populated Places
This Winter
BY The owl

MOSCOW, Jan. lin six weeks
Of fighting ON Stalingrad's ap-
proaches, the Soviets have killed
175.000 Nazis, Italians and Ruman-
ians and captured more than 49,
600. In addition, % divisions are
trapped in the Stalingrad area.
A special communique yesterday
also revealed that the Soviets have
liberated almost 1000 populated
places in their winter offensive
which started November 10.
The bulletin disclosed the Rus
slams have captured $40 Nazi
planes and 2,oS4 tanks, destroyed
100 planes and 1850 tanks.
New Gains
The regular Russ communique
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RAF5TART5
1913 With
AIR RAIDS

LONDON, Jan. THE ROYAL All
Force started off the New Year b.
bombing targets in western Ger
many shortly after midnight. the
British Air Ministry announces
A. railway in northern France was
also one target attacked,
There were no raids on Engl *!
last night by enemy aircraft.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-01-01
SLOW BUT SURE

SIDELL. Ill. Gas rationing
doesn't prevent Mrs Fannie Par
ker, II, from making her usual
trips around town.
She rides in a cart pulled by
her nephew's team of goats,
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AIRkEN IN
PACIFIC
IN ACTION
Long and Short Range A.
lacks Made by Allied
-Forces-Good Results

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, Jan. l.---Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's airmen, featuring the
speedy twin tailed P-38s. knocked
nine Jap Zeros out Of the air ard
destroyed IL Jap bombers and fight
ers on the ground IN series Of
smashing attacks. it was announced
7. today.
The attacks we're made on the
! Lac, New Guinea, airdrome.
On the Ground, meanwhile, Ans
tralian and American troops closed
with the enemy in violent and heavy
fighting on the trail which leads
inland from Sanananda to Buna
s'laI< p3eessxvs
heavy fighting Is taking place iii
the Sanananda sector, north II
Bltna, and widespread aerial attacks
have been made at New Britain.
Allied medium aircraft damaged
japanese schooner in Jacquinot Bay
and bombed the airport at Gas
mata.
Other Allied planes smashed ID
the airport on Bougainville Island
ia the northern SolomonS and the
Wewak airport In New Guinea. The
town of Madang, New Guinea. also
was attacked.
Meanwhile, special report made
today by Allied Headquarters dis
closed that a total of 1926 jap
planes have been destroyed or dam
aged In the Southwest Pacific since
the beginning Of the war.
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Things Thai Are Wrong
With United States in
J Present Effort 10 Win
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Jan. lone of
the Washington papers carried stor-
les the other day to the effect that
Army officers in charge of clearing
land for a new airport hereabouts
were burning cords of fine firewood
after refusing to sell it to farmers
and suburbanites shivering through
the fuel shortage.
The Army officers didn't use the
wood themselves They just heaped
it in piles and burned it on the
ground. An amazing thing in view
of the fact that it is harder to get
wood around Washington than it is
to get fuel oil or coal.
From Kansas (and similar stories
have come from other States there
was a report that dairy, serving
1900 customers in nearby town,
had been let down with a gasoline
rationing calling for six gallons OF
gasoline week to service the entire
dairy.
Out of Senate committee in
vestigating government question:
naires issued to business firms came
the report from the National As
ISOLATION of Manufacturers that 80
firms had had to fill out 3,479 long
winded requests for data on stocks,
prices, costs, etc. These question
naires, it was claimed, were costing
the companies something like half
a million man-hours a year
The point in retailing all this is
that I spent two hours the other
night with government official
who claims that these and similar
things are all that arc wrong with
the United States war effort.
AS is often the case these days, he
must remain anonymous, but he
does deserve a direct quote: II we
could just get those little cockle-
bHrrs out from under the American
public's saddle blanket. we could win
this war In a walk
However. this government official
had no solution to this problem
other than to continue exposing
these petty annoyances and forcing
the little bureaucrats who cause
them into other jobs or out OF the
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Evening star., 1943-09-10
Uncle Ruy's Corner

Years ago, while writing about
lightning, spoke OF the old saying
that lightning never strikes twice
in the same place" This saying, as
I remarked at that time. cannot be
trusted. Lightning may strike twice
in the same place. In many cases
it has hit the same building quite
a number OF times.
An excellent example OF lightning
striking in the same place is found
in the Empire State Building. That
structure. the highest In the world.
has been struck by lightning
hundreds of times.
Because 1t is the tallest object, the
Empire State Building tends to pros
tect other buildings within range
Of hundreds of yards.
Thanks to lightning rods and
steel framework, high office buildings
seldom are hurt by lightning. The
lightning Is drawn away safely and
harms neither the building nor the
people in it.
Men have spent months in study
OF lightning flashes around the
Empire State Building. Setting their
fast cameras at open windows in
another high building few hun
dred yards away, they have waited
for storms. BY taking photographs
of lightning striking the tallest Of
all buildings, they have added to
our knowledge In this field.
TheSwork of those men is only a
small part of what has been done to
learn about lightning stnce Ben
Evening star., 1943-09-10

jamin Franklin made his famous,
test with a kite In the two CEN
turtles since then many other facts
have been discovered.
The great electric sparks called
lightning may pass from cloud to
cloud or from a cloud to the earth. !.
More strokes take place between
clouds than between clouds and the
earth. The ones which reach the,
earth are more important, however.
since they can do damage to people
on the ground.
Sometimes lightning flashes across,
single cloud, starting on one side
and ending on the other. This Isl
likely to be the case when a cloud
is OF large size
When lightning flashes it heats
the air in its pathway. The heating
causes sudden expansion of air.
and this brings about the noise we
call thunder. Thunder has been
reported as being heard from a dis
tance as great as l6 or 10 miles. but
most of the thunder we hear is from
a distance of less than five miles.
Photographs of "forked Eghtning-
prove that it does not travel in the
zigzag path shown by artists in old
fashioned drawings. It does twist
and turn and branch, but the turns
are not extremely sharp angles. The
path of lightning may be compared
to the bed of a winding river.
Evening star., 1943-09-10

deeper wood, their presence is not
usually known until 1t Is too late.
The careful inspection of the
bark OF your trees may give you the
evidence you need. At the mouth
OF the tunnel there will be castings
or exudation. which indicate the
saboteurs are at work.
The two-lined oak borer is the
worst insect foe of oak trees. When
one discovers their presence, steps
must be taken to apply poisonous
sprays to the bark. Spraying the
bark with poisoned kerosene emul-
sion will control the foe. The tree
may or may not be saved. 1t de-
pends on how many borers have
been engaged in their deadly
drilling.
In the early summer, the females
seek the deep cracks in the bark.
Here they lay a goodly number of
tiny eggs. These hatch into fiat
milky or yellowish white grubs with
large heads and biting jaws.
The borers lose no time in tun-
neling through the bark, and by
late autumn each borer has to his
credit tunnel that may be 3 feet
in length diagonally and cross the
grain in the inner bark and outer
wood.
During the winter, the grubs re-
main in the outer bark awaiting
their Transformation into adult
beetles. By late spring, brownish
or black beetles from one-quarter
to three-quarters of an inch long,
with two yellow stripes down their
backs, will be stepping out intent
upon finding mate. The cycle is
then repeated.
The tunnels made by the borers
are likely to girdle the tree. Sap
cannot hurdle space. When the
flow of vital sap is cut of from the
upper part of the tree, 1t dies. With
no leaves to manufacture food and
send 1t down to the roots, they die
also. The work Of the borers. If
they do not happen to girdle the
tree, is to ruin the wood and harm
the tree.
These borers prefer trees weak
ened by disease or by attacks from
other insect foes. But they will
attack healthy tree. Their mother
makes the decision when she places
her eggs on chosen host.
Evening star., 1943-09-10

CARE BOYS United States war
slang for the driver of a tank. He
has work to do. Important busi-
ness. We have work to do. I'M
portant business, too. Buying more
and more War bonds than ever be-
fore. It's your duty to buy an
extra 500 War bond in Septem-
her
Evening star., 1943-09-10
Natures Children
TWO-LINED OAK BORER.
By LILLIAN cox ATHrY

Thousands Of our treasured oaks
have been the victims Of the two
lined oak borers. Sometimes, tree
can be saved If the owner is aware
OF the presence of the enemy. But
tree that has been the camping
grounds of these borers for some
time is doomed. If these borers
have been particularly busy, a
giant oak may be killed In one
season.
Borers are the larvae OF several
insects, especially the offspring Of
certain beetles and moths. They
Go much damage to shade trees.
As they work in the cambium or
Evening star., 1943-09-10
1~eA. la1

SIGHTS IN STRANGE INDIA is the
title of picture leanet 1t contains
10 pictures by Frank c. Pape and
several hundred words of text by Uncle
Ray. To obtain COPY send . self
addressed envelope bearing q 3-cent
stamp to Uncle Ray in care OF this
newspaper.
Evening star., 1943-09-10

Remove letter from
Tor the last Print the letter the column
which
correctly. they're in the underworld.
Answer LETTER-OUT.
Letter
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METRICAL-RECLAINI "a
(Y) PHYSICAI-CAIIPHS in Nighs"0
Askov American., 1943-10-07
GOOD OLD u. S. A.
(GlenWood Herald)

If there is one benefit that we have
received from this war more than
anything else it is that we have all
learned to appreciate our own coun-
try and our own way of living more
than we have ever done before.
We complain because we are not
allowed as much sugar as before and
there are people in other countries
who get no sugar nor have they ever
got any. The same was the case with
coffee. We are limited to three pair
of shoes year, People of some coun-
tries have no shoes at ALL We COM
plain of RECOMMENDATION. The reason
for that is that we have never been
regimented before while in other
countries they know of no other way
of living. Their every move is or
dered by their government.
When the boys all come home from
this war they will have things to
tell us that will impress us still more
with the advantages we have as citi-
zens of the United States. They also
are going to appreciate more fully
the advantages they enjoy even more
than we do.
Askov American., 1943-10-07

see this law operating in every gar
den and field. Growth of plant life
is made possible by the marvellous CO.
operation of the elements. When we
look at our human bodies what n
miracle of cooperation we observe in
the functioning of our various organs
and the harmonious working together
of millions upon millions of cells On
the other hand, when body and mind
do not cooperate purposefully, the
human being becomes insane.
"The same law of cooperation that
operates in our bodies should be ap-
piled to the body of humanity. Only
when peoples and nations cooperate
one with the other for their mutual
welfare will there be peace and eco
nomic justice and opportunity for
all.
Cooperation is way of life DEM
onstrated by creation all around Us,
and when we learn how to truly
practice it, we shall be on the road
of social and economic peace and har-
mony. Cooperation is law of the
universe. Therefore if the cooperative
movement remains true to this way
of life, I believe it will bring untold
good to mankind"
A COOPERATOR.
Askov, Mimi
Askov American., 1943-10-07

hesitate to say so, but within the
past few years that organization has
gotten more for the farmers down at
Washington than any organized group
in the interest of the grain trade.
Fought by everybody in the private
grain trade for the past 80 years, the
Union has emerged the biggest single
organization in the world and has re-
Gently purchased the two largest old
line grain handling interests in this
country. Owning as it does over 500
country elevators, 38 lumberyards, the
finest terminal elevators at all big
loading ports, makes it the outstand-
ing farmers cooperative enterprize
of all time. The fact is that these 500
farmers elevators are located in the
states where all the very best hard
milling wheat is grown. M. W..
Thatcher, manager of this organiza-
ton, has plainly out-thunk and out
generalled some of the greatest minds
in industry in putting this organiza-
ton over.
Askov American., 1943-10-07
PINE COUNTY RURAL
SCHOOL NEWS
A. E. GusrAFsoN. County supt.

School lunches. For the new plan
regarding Federal assistance, write
to this office or to Mrs. Portia Gum,
welfare office, Pine City, if you are
interested in qualifying for certain
Federal aid for school lunches. No
surplus commodities will be available
this year.
Contagious diseases. Measles are on
the march in the northeastern section
of Pine county. Whooping cough is
spreading in districts Is, 95, 125,
113 and other sections. If not prop
erly taken care of, these children's
diseases leave very serious and
sometimes fatal after effects or re-
suits. Contact your doctor for help
and advice.
Our rural teachers this year num-
ber only 80. A few years ago our
highest number of rural teachers
reached 113. Forty-seven of our
teachers are married and 80 are be-
ing given special one-year certificate
renewals.
Closed Of the 20 rural schools now
closed and transported, only eight of
these have joined the closed school
list this year for the first time. Many
of these 20 schools have been closed
for a dozen or more years. Three
districts operating schools also have
one closed school each. Two districts
have two closed schools each. In
Chisago county there are less than
20 rural schools now in session. All
the others are being transported to
nearby schools.
Teacher shortage. Pine county is
one of the few counties that this
year found enough rural teachers to
handle all schools according to plans
and schedules. Our difficulties, how
ever, will reach new height next
year if the war continues, because
our reliable Hinckley Teachers
Training department has been forced
to close this year because of a lack
of students. We understand that three
other departments in neighboring
counties also closed this year.
Askov American., 1943-10-07
Poisons Don't Belong In Kitchen!

With more of the poisonous insec-
ticides being used this year, gar
deners should remember always
that these are poisons and are So
labeled. 81 -as; =
Don't keep them around the house
in any place where they could be
mistaken for something else. Han
die the packages so that they cannot
spill around foodstuffs or kitchen
ware. Keep them away from chill
dren and pets.
Poisonous insecticides are safely
used on mass scale year after
year by large commercial grow
ers. But the beginner, particularly.
should never forget to treat them
with respect.
Askov American., 1943-10-07
A LAW OF THE UNIVERSE
Editor Askov American:

AoiSSA <AoNoS <AlAlSA1SCI.
The Cooperative is going to cele-
trate its Tooth anniversary next year
The first Coop store was opened in
Rochdale, England, in 1874.
While the word cooperation" is
familiar enough, only small per-
centage of the general public is well
acquainted with the principle on
which it is built. It is a fact that
many patrons, stockholders and even
Coop store managers, for some rea-
son, fail to understand it.
The Coop is liberal movement
which undoubtedly will play great
role in our postwar world, and every
thinking person should know the
fundamental principles of this world
wide organization.
The article below is taken from
the midland Cooperator" September
%, weekly publication, and is part
of speech made by Rev. Ellery j
Beal of the First Methodist church
of Marshfield and Spencer, Wis.,, to
gathering of Coop leaders recent
ly. Rev. Beal presents the Coop prin-
ciple in a beautiful way, and it is
hoped that it will interest the read
ers of the "Askov American. The
article follows:
Rightly interpreted, I believe the
cooperative movement can be inspired
and supported by law of the uni
verse which touches life at every
point.
Cooperation is no man-made ideal
it is q Law Of the universe. We can