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of Embarkation of the U. S. Army, Is enlisted men of the Headquar- ters Detachments were awarded Good Conduct medals for faithful and exact performance of duty eff ficiency through capacity to pro- duce desired results" and whose behavior has been such as to de- serve emulation" according to an announcement made by Lieut.. Col. Frederic H. Nichols.
 One year or more of continuous active Federal military service while the United States is at war, is an additional requisite for earning the award.
 The medal was awarded to the following men:
 1st Sgt. Arthur Hepp. Staff Sgts. Christopher G.. Martin, Clarence M. Rudolph, Charles w. Shore, Ches- ter M. Smith, William s. Brown.
 Sergeants Walter H.. Brazelton, Hugh F. Houseworth, and Robert Rithmire.
 Technician fourth grade Jasper N. Beakley, Cpl. Lyman l.. Godfrey, and Technicians fifth grade Virgil w. Rooster, Joseph M. Krayacic. Casimir A. Kubiak and Cyrus F. Speltz, Pvt. first class John J.. Quigley, Pvt. Arlee Caldwell, and Pvt. Russell H. Walter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-06-18
HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 bat do not conpel'
SATURDAY, JUNE is

Adverse aspects appear strongly active in their influence during thls days configuration. It is time to avoid accidents and to take no risks. H
 HEART AND HOME: Misunder- standings that lead to ouarreis are common under this direction of the stars. Members of families may be peculiarly critical of one another owing to their individual interests and changed environments due to the war. This is a time to reserve judgment regarding public or pri- vate programs of procedure. Re- lease from parental authority may bring about perilous freedom Tor thoughtless girls who are wage earners. There is sign that seems to threaten dangers that may re- suit in scandals. 1 tas 9i4t
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Financial theories will be widely discussed and Government advocacy of re- forms in international money sys- tems may cause apprehension among American bankers and busi- ness leaders. Astrologers remind the public that the world is to emerge from the war with assur- ance of better economic conditions in which there will be justice for all and equal opportunities to ac- ouire plenty through honest ln- dustry.
 NATIONAL ISSUES: Wh il e medicine and surgery are perform ing what appear to be miracles persons with vision will urge pre- ventive measures which will remove many of the causes of disease, among which malnutrition is fore most. There is a sign that prom ises war on the underworld which defiles and destroys men and wom- en, while it preys on the public In the new order drunkenness -ls to become disgrace that is rare in the postwar civilization
 INTERNATIONAL FFAIR s: Astrology which is an ancient sci ence is to gain greatly in public understanding in the next two years, the seers foretell Bible scholars who study the prophecies of the old Testament will find the key to many hitherto perplexine testimonies of Hebrew seers anc will declare that the present wal has been foretold in centuries past One of the prophecies most often discussed predicts that the end ,oi the war will take place in Pales- tine.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of greai success in extraordinary ventures They should guard against acci- dents. fG
 Children born on this day prob ably will have eventful careers They may worship perfection ant incline toward criticism. Thes' Gemini natives should be exceed ingly gifted.
 Copyright, 1943)
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Soldiers Should Vote
Cincinnati Enquirer

(Cnclnnatl Enquler)
 We'll upward of five million men alreaoy are III the armed service of the nation According to the heads of the selective service system 1t Will not pc many months before all abe-bodied men between Is and 38 will be serving in some capaclty mat VIII represent a major segment of our citlzenry Anu the fact poses a question Shall so great part ol the nations population be disfranchsed for the dua- ton of the war?
 In England, parliamentary or national elections have been discontinued for the term Of the war. Even where vacancies occur in the House ol com mons, the elections have been conducted Ill such way as to maintain political truce or preserve the status quo of the parties.
 No such cessation of the democratic election pro- cess has been undertaken in this country. Rightly or wrongly-and we think most rightly-we have proceeded with our elections in their regular course But if we are to give the maximum validity ana ef- fectiveness to our election system in wartime, the men and women in the armed servlces should nave easy access to it. Some very unrepresentatlVe ana even rnonstrous things can happen when an entire oeneraton of American manhood is in effect, denied access to the polls. During the last war, Tor m- stance prohibition adopted while some two mi- lion men were in army camps or abroad With no easy access to the polls-and the result was re- sentiment and lack of acquescence which was one ol the factors which finally proved fatal to the Noble Experiment"
 Many states now permit soldiers to vote, but even where the process is simpfied, as in Ohio, it involves more trouble and time than the average soldier can or is likely to devote to voting. In the last congressional elections, for instance, only tiny fraction of the in service voted absentee ballots
 Soldiers we believe, should be enabled to vote m major elections with no more difficulty or red tape than the ordinary civilian voter has to undergo The states or the Federal Government should so arrange it that the men and in service can vote with minimum of inconvenience to themselves and their outesA-and it should be done with rigorous avoid ance of political influence upon them. Democracy should not stop short of the firing line in to preserve it.
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Daily Lessons in English v. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN She drunk glass of water Saw She DRANK glass She HAS DRUNK
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED Pronounce si-un l as in SIGH as in (nsressed) accent first syllable
 OFTEN MISSPEIIED Amendment AMEND not AMMEND
 SYNONYMS Holy halowed saintly, divine blessed secrated.
 word three times and it is yours Let us mastering word each day Todays wod The ncle- ency o wintry skes"-Cowper.
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NIUUEKN CIIuULItL ROBERTA LEE

O. attending that familiar should one CODY congregation just 
 A. Do what the others do you be conspicuous O. giving should girl give him something less expensive gift her?
 Yes she should gift noiceaby more 
 O Is it correct to use the knife 
 should be pulled apart and conveyed to the mouth with fingers.
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LOOK and LEARN sy c. GORDON

Bible the largest printed in the English language? largest the North American Con- tinent?
 complete course offered at Yale University?
 with what the golf balls stuffed?
 What the percentage of the worlds crops that devoured by insects?
 ANSWERS: l. Pilgrims Progress" Robinson Crusoe.' 2 Gulf of Mexico and Hudson Bay.
 g. About 800 years. 4 With feathers. 5 About
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FINAL RITES FOR
 JIM MtALISIER

Rosary services for James K. McAlister, we'll liked and respected Juneau citizen who died at his home June IS, will be held this evening at T o'clock in the chapel of the Charles w. Carter Mortuary.
 Funeral services will be held to- morrow morning at o'clock in the Catholic Church of the Nativity, with interment in the Elks Plot of Evergreen Cemetery. Pail bearers for the service are Jack Kearfley, Cash Cole, Neil Moore, John Smith. Thomas Ryan and Joe Thibodeau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-06-18
20 YEARS AGO {Tfr fME EMPIRE
JUNE Is, 1923

Admiral Rogers vacation trip to Skagway vicinity.
 Keller Superintendent Public Schools, who arrived recently the South briefly Northwest school admin stration in University
 Henry Roden attorney Petersburg a business trip.
 popularity which would ride in the Fourth parade be started the following week for days
 Naval Reserve the U from Bremertoh The ship was Grths of Puyaup Nine reserve high school boys from aboard the Eagle 38 The cruise was
 Gov Mrs Scott their house guest Miss Kate Kessler were luncheon guests Grths aboard the Eagle
 passengers on the Alameda to spend the summer Chief Police T. F. Kegan The boys had then attended school in Olympia.
 Martin alwas was on way his sopho year bringing friend who was spend Douglas.
 Miss Mary Monage Michael and John P. Monage ot school in the States were passengers the Miss Monage had been attending Normal graduate College attending Gonzaga University
 Weather was cloudy temperature of 53 and a minimum of 49
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pointed out, the Navy will get only one-third of the oil, though it owns two-thirds of Elk Hills, the other fraction having been owned by Standard
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Hitler in February of 1941 proclaimed: There is nothing under the we cannot today achieve Now of the Axis debacle in North Africa, he says: !" glorious page in German war annals May he acheye-and he will-many such pages
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Secret Service men cautiously opened the door of President Roosevelts the Presidents recent visit Soldiers hastily presented bayonets The walt ing crowd was tense Out walked Faa, the Presi- dents Scottie.
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allowed, and the general cost of living advances, there will be a growing manpower shortage in essen- tial white collar jobs It is entirely possible that uncontrolled imitation could result in such deser- ton by this class of workers that the whole war production schedule would be endangered
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GOOD CONDUCT MEDALS GIVEN
 IS ENLI5TEE5

During special ceremony held yesterday afternoon at the Sub Port
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Bosford to leave the Admiral Rogers on trip Skagway and vicinity.
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BUY WAR BONDS
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attorney Petersburg short bushes trip.
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popularity which would ride in the Fourt July parade Liberty started the folown continue for days
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Gov and Mrs Scott c Bone and their house guest, lesser luncheon guests of Lieut. Comdr Griflths rape 38
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Martin Galwas his way home after spending hl more year at Whitman College. He bringing friend wh spend his vacation in Douglas
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
COMPETITION ALOFT

christian Science Monitor)
A shower of petitions recently filed
with the Aeronautics Board at Washing
ton indicates the keenest kind of cOmpeti
ton in prospect between air lines after
the war. This is a radical change from
the first decade of commercial aviation.
Heretofore, the only competition has
been between major cities tapped by
more than one line.
major lines to serve Washington (the
third largest city in volume of air traveD.
This will give the capital city added SER
vice to the West. While lines now serv-
ing the city protested, they were over
ruled on the grounds that added service
eventually would be needed, and also
that the local travel on the routes of the
present lines would increase so much
that it would offset any loss in through
business" which the new competition
would entail.
The battle for the air-rights into New
England is growing. Lines operating
from New York to the west seek to have
feeder lines into Boston, while North
east Airlines, flying from Boston to the
North, wishes to expand to New York.
into the same picture comes the New
Haven Railroad, desirous of supplement-
ing its rail line by an air route between
these two cities.
In the West, the Burlington Transpor
tation company, subsidiary of the rail
road of that name, wants to establish
helicopter freight service throughout it's
region, while Greyhound Bus has similar
ambitions
Altogether, the battle overhead may
dwarf anything which has been seen here
tofore on the ground. And it is we'll that
it should for from controlled private
competition have come progress, mechan-
ical improvements. and public service
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
TRANSFERS POWER

The Roosevelt administration is trans
ferring the power of the courts to the
administrative department so that we
now have not government of laws but
a government of arbitrary orders, exec
utive DEGREES and confusing directives,'
Spangler charged.
We could cite number of cases which
would prove that point, and many of
them are local. For instance the case
in which one of Imperial Valleys clergy
men had his gasoline rationing book
suspended for period of time on charg-
es brought by the OPA Under OPA
rules the OPA tried the case with OPA
men acting both as prosecuting attorney
and Judge. They also sentenced the min
lister.
Another local case involves an OPA
order to a local gasoline dealer to sus-
pend sales because of an alleged infrac-
ton of OPA rules. We could name many
other similar cases.
The Office of Price Administration ap-
pears to be the chief offender, at least in
the eyes of the public but the other
agencies and bureaus also take a crack
at US and attempt to regulate our living
habits, giving us no chance to think for
ourselves or enjoy the privileges once
promised us.
The hope for salvation is slowly COM
ing to light, however. One wel-known
political observer even has gone so far
AS to say that party promising to clean
out the bureaus and put the government
back on constitutional basis would have
no trouble in sweeping the present ad-
ministration from office.
The trend is growing.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
CATCHING UP WITH
Mr.. LEWIS
{ Milwaukee JournaD


Painting a pitiful picture of the coal
miner, John L. Lewis recently told the
War Labor Board his constituents slaved
in coal mines for a yearly income only
S37 above the pay of the lowest classifi-
cation of government clerical workers.
The only trouble with the Lewis state
ment is that it is not borne out by the
facts. The Federal Bureau of Labor
Statistics shows that, for the identical
period mentioned by Mr.. Lewis. the coal
miners averaged Sl,S27.0s, despite lay
offs, strikes, sitdowns, ETC., while some
government clerks earned S1,260 year
with no time and half for overtime.
And Mr.. Lewis lurid attacks on the
company stores were wonderful except
that the OPA investigated and found
that % only 20 per cent of the miners
purchases are made at company stores,
and (2) 1.-The level of compliance with
OPA price ceilings) in most of the COM
pany stores appears to be above that
maintained in the independent stores"
Otherwise, Mr.. Lewis was correct.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
JUST PEACE

The Swedish bishops, foreseeing col
lapse of the Axis, have made joint
radio plea for just peace rather than
one of vengeance. In that, on general
principles, we join. But
just, unvengeful peace can-and
must-be hard peace. We should not
punish just to salve our own acerated
feellngs-but we must punish and re-
strain. however painful to our present
enemies or even to our friends and our
selves, to prevent Or defer future wars
One reason we are fighting now is that
Germany, in 1918, didn't learn the penal
ty for starting World War. Whatever
may be the reason for World War III, it
must not be that
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
WHY NOT DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THE WEATHER?

Here's the latest bit of banter which
progresses by word of mouth from one
wartime observer to another:
THE OPA will have to do something
about Imperial Valley weather. 1t gets
little too hot here in the summer and
bit too cold in the winter. AS the OFA
is regulating everything else, why can't
it do something about the weather.?
This may not seem more than harm
less tomfoolery to some folks but to us
It's important It's important because
it indicates trend. AS soon as wartime
necessity passes there will be a whole
sale sweeping of bureaus which will put
to shame our submarines in their clean
ing up of enemy shipping in the far
Pacific.
People are sick and tired of being told
exactly what they may and what they
may not do by bunch of high-handed
bureaucrats who only hold their jobs
because of political favoritism.
Harrison Spangler, chairman of the
Republican national committee, warned
of what may happen and what the New
Deal is trying to foster when he address
ed party leaders recently.
The New Deal is promoting con
trary and reactionary philosophy of gov
ernment based upon the idea of an all
powerful centralized state with COM
plete control over our daily lives being
exercised in far-off Washington" Span
gler said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
By CONGRESSMAN JOHN
PHILLIPS
MolaSses is a sticky subject.

Molasses is a sticky subject.
There are 355,0O0000 gallons OF
molasses potentially available m
the Caribbean area; in Cuba, san
Dieqo. and Porto Rico. The office
of economic warfare made this es-
innate a few days ago and pointed
cut that this alcohol was urgenty
needed in the United states 1or
both munitions and synthetic rub
ber programs.
Consumers are interested because
this molasses. if shipped to the
United States, would release So
900 600 bushels of wheat for food
or feed. That amount OF wheat Is
enough to provide 1912 million men,
women and children with bread Tor
one year, or to provide enough feed
for the production of 375,O00,00o
pounds of pork. 1t could be trans
lated just as easily into poultry, or
beefSteakS.
In recent months about D mil
lion gallons have been shipped
monthly from Cuba, on smaller
boats. A sufficient number OF tank
ers has now been ailocated to move
all the off-shore molasses supply.
A VISA representative said in SO
MANY words THE shipping short
age is not an obstacle at this time.
FRICE is REASON
The reason is entirely one OF
| price. War agency officials nave
decided that they cannot move THIS
molasses to the United States until
it has been purchased by the de-
fense supplies corporation. The
price offered by DISC to the owners
| of the molasses in Cuba and Porto
Rico is below that prevailing for
molaSses in the mainland markets.
This decision to move the molaS-
ses only after it has been purchased
bv the DISC is an arbitrary decision.
| The current price ceiling on molas-
ses. in Louisiana and Florida is l8
cents per gallon. This is the ceiling
price set by the OPA. The DISC Is
| offering only SIS cents per gallon
for the Cuban supply and was Of
fering less than that for the Porto
Rican molasses. The farmers have
taken the position that they will
not sell, in view of the much higher
prices being paid for molaSses pro-
duced on the mainland. Their posi-
ton is understandable. In spite OF
protests, DISC refuses to yield.
AS a result of this confusion and
delay. the alcohol distilleries OF
! the United States continue to use
grain for the manufacture of alco-
hol, seriously cutting into the sup
pl3 of food stuffs for cattle, poultry
and hogs, and into the supply OF
wheat for consumers in the United
States. The release of so millior
bushel sof wheat is not a small
thing in view of the critical short
age of food in the United States.
STORAGE EXHAUSTED "
Until the DISC agrees to approxi'
mate prices between the MAINLAND
and the Caribbean areas, or unit
the Caribbean farmers give in ant
sell their moiasses for a third o
what they could get on the main
land, the molasses will remair
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21

So many folks have flown around
the world of late that only the
passengers themselves find any
thing very thrilling about such
trips, and they become pretty blase
after the second or third trip.
Because of the war, civilians, how
ever willing to pay the cost, can
not step in and buy tickets for
some far corner of the world as
matter of routine. But those with
genuine business can always ar
range to fly to any of-the-Way
corner on short notice in much
safety and relative comfort.
1t was not thus on April 6. 1924,
when eight Army flyers set out
from Seattle, Wash, in four planes
specially designed and built Tor the
venture by young man named
Donald Douglas.
There were a major, a captain,
three first lieutenants, two SER
geants, and one civilian with the
temporary rank of second lieuten-
ant. It was their assignment TO
fly something more than 25,O0O
miles around the world. Nobody,
up to that time, ever had flown
around the world.
On Sept. %, 1924-more than five
and half months later by elapsed
time, during which they had been
actually in the air 1863 flying hours
two of the planes. piloted respec-
lively by Lieut.. Erik H. Nelson and
Capt. Lowell H. Smith, landed back
at Seattle. They had covered &c.
345 miles. With Nelson was Jack
Harding, civilian. With Smith was
Lieut. Leslie P. Arnold.
The other two planes had been
forced down. one, piloted by Maj.
Frederick L. Martin, in Alaska. The
other, flown by Lieut.. Leigh Wade,
sank in the North Atlantic after
flying across the Aleutians to
Japan; across the East China Sea
to Shanghai thence by way of
French Indo- China, Siam, Ran
COON; across the Malay peninsula
to Burma; across the Indian ocean
to Calcutta; then to Bagdad, Con-
stantinople, Paris, Vienna, Stras-
bour. London, and Iceland on the
way back toward the United States.
He and Sgt. Henry Ogden, who was
with him, were rescued.
That flight was possible only
through intensive organization and
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
Rise to Remark

where it has been grown and the
alcohol distilleries will continue to
use grain. Storage facilities have
been exhausted in Porto Rico and
the molasses is being poured into
bitches for lack of suitable storage
space. Millions of other gallons are
being used for the manufacture of
gin and rum in the islands instead
of being utilized to save grain for
human consumption.
The responsibility for this muddle
rests solely on the policy in Wash.
ington of dividing the administra-
ton of the food problems between
a half dozen agencies instead of
placing it under one administrative
head. The results of the same mud
ding, in connection with milk, cit
rus fruits, vegetables. and beef are
already known to the consumers
of the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
Clarifying
Yourself
By ALICE HART
NEA Staff Writer

At least a half a dozen letters
have come to my desk in the last
couple of weeks from women who
want to know how to increase their
chest expansion without putting
on weight anywhere else.
One of the best exercises | know
happens also to be favorite one
of curvesome Evelyn Keyes, who
will soon be seen on the screen in
the picture Restless Lady" Evelyn
demonstrates it for us, and explains
here how it is done.
Stand erect, elbows at shoulder
height, and fingertips of both hands
touching. Now, press fingertips to-
gether hard-harder, HARDER. Re-
lax, and repeat several times"
If you've any doube that this
will help, stand stripped in front
of a mirror and just watch the
muscles 90 to work under this fin
gertip pressure. But don't expect
overnight results, Evelyn warns.
Only after many weeks Of unin-
terrupted exercise will you begin to
see an Improvement.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21
S. Burton Heath
Writes:

preparation. Ground men went III
advance to each projected landing
spot and arranged for supplies.
On the basis of that then spec
tacular adventure, experts say that
our astoundingly successful Air
Transport Command in this war
rests. Repair and weather bases,
established along the route blazed
by those flyers, make possible
achievements in air transport which
can hardly even be suggested until
the war is over.
To the eight intrepid flyers TINS
country and the world owes last
ing debt of gratitude.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-21

Fulfillment of your promise to Back
the Attack" is an inspiration to every
soldier on the fighting front. The sue
cess of the Third War Bond drive will be
proof of every Americans devotion to
our cause.-Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.