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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, April l7.-If Con-
gress ever repeats q tax law, that's
news. AS far as I'm concerned, it's
news enough that a group Of Con-
gressmen are trying to-
The tax law they are trying to
repeal is the automobile use tax"
that little IS year business levied
on more than 100000 persons in
the United States.
Spearhead of the repeal movement
is Rep. James E. Van Zandt, one
time Pennsylvania railroader from
Altoona. Since Mr.. Van Zandt is a
Republican and hence on the slight
minority side of the House, it is
doubtful if his repeal move will get
anywhere, but it might. There's a
good deal more involved than part
isan politics.
No more unpopular tax ever skid
ded through Congress than the auto
use tax. Most of the battle was
waged by the opposition. Even the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
800 BRITISH
B0MBER5 in
NIGHT RAIDS
Heavy Attacks Mi de on
Germany as Far as
CzeChosIovakid

LONDON, April 17--More than
600 bombers roared out in the moon
light last night to strike heavily at
Mannheim, Ludwigshaven, Pilsen
and later German occupied Czecho-
slovakia, the home of the Skoda
Munitions Works
The British Air Ministry called IT
the biggest night operation OF the
year. Fifty-five planes are missing
in the raids.
The Air Ministry's description in
dicated the raid surpassed the 1000
ton bomb assaults ON Lorient, st.
Nazaire and Essen in February and
March. Although the loss OF 50
bombers approached 10 percent of
the raiding force, authorities view
ed the losses as not out of proper
ton to the damage done on the
important targets A 10 percent
loss has been commonly regarded as
too extravagant if sustained over a
long period for continuation OF the
offensive.
Thirty seven bombers are missing
on the Pilsen mission. Pilsen Is
also the home of the world famous
Pilsen brewery.
Mannheim and Ludwigshayen are
on the Rhine, southwestern Ger
many, and connected with a bridge
across the river.
The raid was accomplished with
great force of Lancasters and Hall
faxes, also Wellingtons and Stirl-
ines
Advices received from Moscow at
noon today indicated the Russian
planes made night operations on
German localities, including raids on
Koenigsberg and Danzig.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL
MEETS MONDAY AT 2

A meeting of considerable i'm
portance will be held Monday, April
10, by the Juneau-Douglas Girl
Scout Council, which convenes at
2 pm, in the penthouse of the
Alaska Light and Power Com
pany, Scout Commissioner Mrs. H.
l.. Faulkner announces.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
APPEAL FOR
PEACE PUT
FORTH NOW
Spanish Foreign Minister
Woried-EImer Davis
Gives His Views

BARCELONA, April IT. Adj
dressing the Hispanidad Council
and South American diplomats,
Count Francisco Gomez Jordana.
Spanish Foreign Minister, appealed
for peace before the war is pro-
longed longer than is necessary"
Jordarla said the Nations involved
are too powerful to achieve total
victory or to annihilate the other.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
PLENTY MORE APPEALS

WASHINGTON, April 17.-Elmer
Davis. Director of the Office OF
War Information, discussing the
Jordana peace appeal said I'VE are
going to get plenty more peace
feelers in the coming months, some
from genuinely worried neutrals,
and some clearly instigated by the
Axis. Europe is Uttered with wrecks
of nations that thought tn ere
could be peace with Adolf Hitler
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
BERLIN CLAIMS

BERLIN, April 1.-THE German
radio says SIS bombers we're shot
down during the night as British
planes scared over parts OF the
Reich. The radio says this is only
an incomplete list, however. The
broadcast admitted some heavy
damage is reported on raided sec
tons"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
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DIAIOUT TIMES
Dimout begins tonight

ID m out peg ms tonlgnt =
. at sunset at 8.l6 o'clock. .
Dimont ends tomorrow .
. at sunrise at 5 40 am. .
Dimout begins Sunday at .
. sunset at $40 pm. .
. Dimout ends Monday at .
0 sunrise at 5:37 am. .
. Dimout begins Monday at .
. sunset at 800 pm. .
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-29

ADVFRTIsEMENT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-29
Col. Johnson Heads
u. Of N. Army Forces

ANN ARBOR, April 29-Col
Alexander L. Johnson. Detroit
+ ROTC| commandment, today was
named head of all army forces al
THE University of Michigan, sue
Iceeding Col. William A. Canoe
who has left for an unannounced
post.
Col. Johnson, veteran OF
World War ], was the first Amer
lean soldier 10 set foot on the
Australian continent in this war
He served there as acting chief OF
staff.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-29
Expect Roosevelt
To Act in Strike
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war plant or mine closed because
1Uf a labor dispute.
Events in the pa month wage
controversy moved quickly toward
a climax during the last II hours
"a climax that has been antici-
Ipated here ever since Lewis de-
Inounced the War Labor Board and
its Little Steel wage ceiling for
mula and demanded 81 a day in
crease for his miners. Lewis and
Mr.. Roosevelt now face a show
down.
Confronted with Lewis defiance,
and with rapidly spreading wildcat
strikes in four soft coal states,
the WLB late yesterday submitted
the dispute to President Roosevelt
with what amounted TO an appeal
to prevent a shutdown when the
Ione-month extension of the wage
pact between the miners and op-
lerators expires at midnight to-
morrow.
-Four hours later, Secretary of
Labor Perkins appealed TO Lewis
and the UMW's policy committee
TO halt the wildcat strikes and to
cooperate with the WLB.
LEWIS MUM ON APPEAL
Lewis. still in New York, re-
fused 10 comment but said the
UNIV policy committee might
meet today.
Latest reports from the mines
showed that more than $1,000
miners failed to report to work
yesterday. In Pennsylvania. 68
mines were closed and $500
workers idle: West Virginia. II
mines closed and 5000 men idle;
Alabama, 10000 miners on strike;
Kentucky. u mines closed and
$500 men idle
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-29

MEMPHIS. April % INS)-
John l.. Lewis Is committing Uca-
son against the United States >, he
I crippleS the war effort by leading
his United Mine Workers out on
strike. Col Roane WarlnC ma
tisnaAComnandcr OF the American
legion, insisted today.
Col. WarinE. recently returned
from a visit 10 the Tumsian front
was scheduled 10 speak last night
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-29
Canadians in Britain

LONDON, April % ms
Britain'S high commissioner 10
Canada, Malcolm Macdonald dis
closed today that the great ma
iority of Canada'S 100000 soldiers
were now in Britain training TO be
the vanguard of the Allied spear
head in the invasion of Europe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-29
DEFINES TORTURE

what do YOU mean by the
term tOrture'?" he was asked
by Assistant Prosecutor John w.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-29
GEN. LESLEY j. McNAIR

1t. Gen. McNair, the head
of the American Army's
ground forces who was re-
Gently wounded by shrapnel
in Tunisia. pictured well on
the road ito recovery at his
African headquarters. Note
his injured arm tucked inside
his shirt, the Purple Heart
medal awarded for his wound.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-29

term torture he was asked
by Assistant Prosecutor John w.
Gilmore.
The defendant said that, at the
time he was taken TO the Quincy
address. he was under a doctors
care for a severe digestive dis
turbanCe he said had been brought
on by previous continual grilling.
During the alleged questioning
in the Quincy house. Barron said,
the threat of contempt of court
citation had been continually held
over his head.
He said he had been permitted
to phone his wife once. under the
stipulation he could not tell her
where he was.
Barron then told how the con-
slant threat of perjury and con-
tempt had been held over him and
how he had been taken TO county
Jail on the charge.
At this, defense attorney Walter
Nelson jumped up and declared
there had been no citations or
writs for the arrest and, there
for, it had been illegal.
He adjourned the days session
with the announcement that the
trial. being heard by a 14-woman
jury, would be resumed today
when proof of the writS had been
supplied.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-29
Weary Feet
Perk Up With
Ice-Mint Treat

When feet burn. csIlouses sting and even
siep Is torture. don't Just sfoan and do
nothing. Rub on a little lce-Mint. Frosty
white. cream-like. it's cooling soothing conn
fort helps drive the fire and pain right out
.. tired muscles relax in grateful relief.
A world Of difference in few minutes. See
how Ice-Mint helps soften up oorns and
onilouses too. Get foot happy today, the
Iee-Mint way. Your druggist has Iee-Mint.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-29

Dial Cherry $500 TO arrange
for The Detroit Times TO be
mailed TO your man in the
service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-29
Lewis "a Traitor.
Warning Insists

concerning his observations Of the
American forces in North Africa
but developments in The coal strike
situation caused HIM 10 devote
most Of his address 20 a hliStering
s-+7r-iz on l-UWTy-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-29
BIdnnes Story
Of Bride on
Torture Room

That he was held a prisoner for
fivedays in a secret grand jury
hideout on Quincy street where
he was;
Forced 10 cover himself with
newspapers and lie on the floor
TO save himself from freezing and
exhaustion.
Could not sleep because Of the
pounding and swearing OF jury
aides downstairs
Denied a change Of clothing and
the implements of cleanliness, de-
spite the fact he was i'll and had
been under a doctors care.
Questioned from 9 o'clock one
morning until l the following
morning, without being permitted
to rest or eat
So tortured and Inundated he
finally broke into tears and made
statements ne does not remember.
These are the dramatic charges
made suddenly yesterday by S.
Brooks Barron, defendant in the
Herman Gardens bribery trial.
Object Of the charges was the
Ferguson-Dowling grand jury,
which took testimony in the case.
Barron'S accusations resulted in
adjournment Of the trial in record
er'S court before Judge Skillman,
and are due for a Qualification
today.
Barron, d re n ling himself
against a charge he got $1,000 OF
$4,000 bride money paid eX-
Councilman John Hamilton in the
housing project negotiations, said
on the stand that testimony he
had given the grand jury had
hnnn Ohfained under torture.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-29
HOW NANkS FEEL

Tie asked
What must he the soldiers
thaught today a. he awaits the
zero hour i'm Tunisia when he
hears oi Lewis orders for the
coal strike" How does he feel 10
Il can tell YOU how he feels. I
have been over there with him.
| know. He regards this order of
John l.. Lewis n treason, and IL
il treason and should he treated
a. such.
a strike that threatens 10
shut down our plants. our mills
and our Shipyards j. more deSpic-
able than Italy's attack on
France when she was down.
STAB IN L, =. BACK
1T il stab in the back Of the
Americans hghting the war, II
also IL "a stab i'm the hack Ia the
millions of honest, patriotic
Americans who make up the
bone and sinew Of organized
labor I'm America.
The time has come when
such action should be- taken, TO
eliminate this Lewis and every
thing he stands for from public
life. Until that il done we are
not keeping faith with the Amer
lean fighting men and we are
not going 10 win this war"
Evening star., 1943-06-13
Unusual Viburnunls
Good Foundation
Paintings

There's substantial amount of
good plant material among the
Viburnums, but, unfortunately, few
gardeners seem to be familiar with
it. Common SNOWFALL a variety of
Viburnum opulus, is probably the
best known, but it is not so widely
used now as it used to be because of
its susceptibility to plant lice
Among the several other distinctive
and beautiful Viburnums are two
Chinese species and a hybrid that
are early blooming, fragrant and
handsome.
These last three are V. earliest, V.
fragrans and V. burkWoodi which is
a hybrid of earliest They bear the
common names, respectively, Of
Koreanspice Viburnum, Fragrant
Viburnum and Burkwood Viburnum
called by one dealer breath of
spring. Each of this trio bears
panicleS of terminal flowers deli
cately tinged with pink, and the
blooms of Koreanspice seem to bear
singular resemblance to those of
Trailing Arbutus. They are shapely
shrubs, with foliage that is more or
less persistent, and they do we'll in
any well-drained garden SOIL For
tunately, too, they are not nearly
so subject to lice as common snow
ball and its related species.
Koreanspice Viburnum is particu-
larly good for foundation paintings
Although it is deciduous, its foliage
lasts we'll into the fall. Burkwood
Viburnum is even more persistent
In foliage, remaining almost ever
green in sheltered places and keep
ing it's leaves at least until the hon-
days in most gardens.
Evening star., 1943-06-13
D. T.. Life Insurance
Committees Named
By 0'Donne||
High Honors Are Paid
To Retiring President,
George A. Hotzes
BY EDWARD C. STONE,

Charles w. ODonnell, president
of the District Life Underwriters
Association, yesterday announced
appointment of Is leading Washing
ton life underwriters to important
committee assignments. High hon.
or was paid the retiring president,
George A. Hatzes, who was named
national committeeman, contact man
between the local and national asso-
Citations. Other appointments in
clude:
Business Practice Committee
Paul F. Primm, chairman; Earl w.
Sapp and Paul D. Sleeper, vice
chairmen. Committee on Cooper
alton With Attorneys and Trust
Officers-T. Loehl O'Brien, chair
man; Raymond A. Du Four, vice
chairman. observation-disclosures H.
Carr, chairman; Roger L. Baldwin,
vice chairman.
Insurance advisory services for
members of armed forces Col.
Lawrence c. Crawford, chairman.
Law and legislation - Leopold v.
Freudberg, chairman. Membership
Hiram S. Hart, chairman; Will
liam B. Rumple and j. Donald
Sutherland, vice chairmen. New
Committee on Postwar Planning
John l.. McElfresh, chairman: Paul
w. Hammack and Leroy j. Myers,
vice chairmen.
Programs and meetings-George
A. Hatzes, chairman; Vernon w.
Holleman and Arthur C. Pearson.
vice chalrmen. Publicity and bulle-
tins-W. Neal McCord, chairman:
Blake Harrison, vice chairman. Red
Cross blood donors-Raymond A.
Du -Four, chairman War bond sales
Fred G. Holderman, jr., chairman.
Women underWriters-Miss Blanche
Weaver, chairman; Miss Lena
Hitchcock, vice chairman.
Roper New Association Head.
Wilfred A. Roper. president, Bank
OF Commerce & Trust, Richmond,
assumed the presidency of the Vir-
1 ~
Evening star., 1943-06-13
Harvest CROPS
At the Right
Moment

Do you serve radiSheS when young
and tender-or do you allow them to
remain in the garden until they are
pithy. bitter and inedible? Radishes
like all vegetables, must make rapid
steady growth for best quality. Be
sure the seed bed contains an ade-
quate amount of plant food. Proper
feeding is an important factor in
the growing of all types of veg
etables
Do you cut asparagus spears just
as quickly as they emerge from the
soil and make several inches of
growth-before they are flbrous?
Do you harvest spinach when
young and tender? If allowed to
continue growing too long. the
leaves are tough, bitter and inedible.
Kohlrabi becomes woody and in
edible if not harvested soon enough,
Turnips became bitter and tough
If too mature.
Peas become hard and starchy, if
not picked as soon as pods are fairly
well filed
Sweet corn should be harvested
neither too early cit is then watery
and lacks body nor should it be
allowed to remain in the garden
until it becomes tough and starchy.
Gather it for cooking at just the
right stage for true palatability. 1t
may require little trial-and-error,
but you'll soon learn the proper
stage for good roasting ears"
Learn by study, practice and ex-
perience to harvest each crop at just
the right stage for the most good
ness gastronomically and thus avoid
waste in your garden.
Evening star., 1943-06-13
American Tropics fire Source o.
Many of Our Favorite Plants

Today's most enthusiastic Victory
gardeners are decorating their prac-
tical rows of marching vegetables
with flowers, useful only for their
charm and beauty-but as irresist-
ible for these qualities as they have
been ever since explorers found them
growing wild in the American tropics.
Many Of these common flowers
which add SO much interest to our
lawns, gardens and parks are
literally and fguratively good
neighbor flowers, for beloved garden
standbys, such as nasturtium,
petunias, zinnias. cosmos, scarlet
sage and four-o'clocks are native to
the Southern Americas.
These and other cherished floral
immigrants came to us from Middle
and South America by way of the
justly renowned gardens of England
many years before either Franklin
D. Roosevelt or his good neighbor
policy was born. For more than
three centuries the gardens of Eng
land have been inspired clearing
centers for beloved flowers, much
as the wharves, shops, candy coun-
ters and restaurants of England
have served as world clearing CEN
ters OF spices, chocolate, coffee
bananas, dyes, coconuts, cashew and
many other distinguished products
OF Middle America. We are obliged
Evening star., 1943-06-13
Business Briefs

Effective June 10, several thou
sand small retailers and whole
salers are exempted from the WPB
order limiting stocks in inventory.
All dealers whose total inventory
at cost is under $4,000 is exempt
from the order.
Blueprint for winning the peace
is contained in new book by Edgar
Monsanto Queeny, chairman of the
board of the Monsanto Chemical Co.
The book, titled 1.-The Spirit of En-
terprise," will be on the stalls next
month.
The Pullman Co., sleeping car
subsidiary of Pullman, Inc, reports
operating income of $492, ,841 in April,
against $743,582 in April, 1912. Op-
Grating income for the four months
ended April 80 was $1,811,835,
against s2,106,5s3 in the comparative
1912 months.
Ihree examiners recommended
today that the Interstate Commerce
Commission refuse to permit in
creases in truck rates between points
in so-called truckline territory and
between that area and New England.
Truckline territory includes New
York, New Jersey, PENNSYLVANIA.
Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, the
District and part of West Virginia.
approximately 100000 cases of
canned applesauce, blueberries, figs,
beets, carrots and pumpkin and
squash will be available to civilians
from the 1943 pack as a result of a
reduction in Government REQUIRE
ments
Phelps Dodge Copper Products
Corp. announced plans to engage in
the manufacture of aluminium and
magnesium tubes, rods and shaped
parts, produced by the extrusion
process. These parts are required in
the airplane industry, as well as in
other essential production.
Directors of the United Gas I'm
prOvement Co. have made effective
the companys plan for divesting
itself of certain securities and other
assets in compliance with an order
of the Securities and Exchange
Commission. At the same time Will
liam w. Bodine resigned as president
and was elected chairman of the
! Executive Committee. Walter E,
Long, vice president, was named
president.
Evening star., 1943-06-13

David l.. Colby. school of COM
merce and finance, st. Louis Uni
versity
The five Washington delegates
returned from the Chicago conven-
ton yesterday, enthusiastic over the
meeting David E. Simms, retiring
president, reported a 43 per cent
increase in membership of women
bringing their total membership to
38 per cent.
Interest Payment Declared.
Directors of Washington Proper
ties, Inc, have declared an interest
payment for the fiscal period ended
April 80 at the rate of 61a per cent
on the $8,803,O0O principal amount
of the company's general mortgage
income bonds now outstanding
Humphrey Lloyd, secretary, an
nounced yesterday.
Checks will be mailed on August
l by the Central Hanover Bank &
Trust Co. of New York to bond
holders of record at the close of
business on July 10, the report
added.
The bonds are widely held by
Washington investors, being quoted
yesterday at 861a bid and 891a asked
Ford to Address Graduates.
David Ford. administrative as
sistant to the governors of the Fed
eral Home Loan Bank System, will
address the graduates of Washington
Chapter, at a dinner meeting to-
morrow evening at the Mayf1ower
Hotel, according to William E. Poul-
ton, chapter president.
Wilfred H. Blanz, president of the
District Building and Loan League,
will present the diplomas. Newly
elected officers will be inducted, in
Guiding Dom B. Thomas, president;
Evening star., 1943-06-13

eternally to the gardens and the
shops of England for having directed
or dispatched so many aesthetic
riches to our homes. But as B. Y.
Morrison, head of the United States
Department of Agricultures Divi-
sion of Plant Exploration and In
PRODUCTION, points out, praise and
thanks are likewise due the Ameri-
can tropics for having begotten so
many of our loved flowers.
According to Mr.. Morrison's
studies, the petunia was first intro
duced to the British Isles from Plata
Basin areas in 1880 by "Mr.
Tweedy of Buenos Aires" who, &C
cording to Curtis Botanical Maga-
zine of that year, gathered the
specimens along the basin of the
Rio Negro.
Scarlet sage was introduced in
England from Brazil and perhaps
from Central America during 1922.
First paintings were made in hot
houses of the Hammersmith Nursery
near London. The brilliant red
flowers materialized in the hot
houses and in due time became
adapted to open gardens. Scarlet
sage still grows wild in great areas
of the American tropics.
The first English mention Of the
nasturtium appeared in Curtis Bo-
tanical magazine of London of 1787.
just as the American Revolution was
closing. The first of the nasturium
immigrants was probably from Peru.
It was described as vermillion- in
color. During the years between
1910 and 1850 the nasturtium became
adapted to climates and soils of
England and the United States, and
became enormously popular. The
same is generally true of the common
portulaca, which was brought to
England directly from Lower Brazil
by DR.. Gillies, who noted in the
botanical magazine that he had dis
covered the bizarre "blossomer"
near the Mendoza Mountains, where
the flowers colored the whole coun-
tryside with rich purple" here and
there marked with spots Of an
orange colour"