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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-06

CENTIIpV-14th and w. Grand Blvd. r
OLNlUhi open Gas. Park Free. Mickey
Rooney. "A YANk AT ETON," Freddie
Bartholomew WINGS FOR THE EAGLE,
with Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-06

ChDDODN-Mieh.-T Telegraph DE. Ss50 4
DLhhDUhN Open 500. Park Free. Van
Hefiin, SEVEN SWEETHEARTs," with
Kathryn Grayson. "A NIGHT TO RE-
MEMBER" Loretta Young, Brian Aherne.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-06

nIy-West Vernon Hwy. near Hubbard
OLA open 6:l5. Jean Rogers, Lee Bow
man, "PACIflC RENDEZVOUS" "lul
LIGHT On THE TRAIL" VIM. Boyd
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-06

CIUIr -DctroIt--KeIIy d.-whltiier AR. ssae
Ni'iN Open 500 "SOMENHERE
TIL. FIND NOU." SILENT WITNESS -
(SAt. Mai. VALLEY Of Vanishing Men,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-06

WLppCN-uarren at SouthHeid CT sIie 4
VhhhLN Open e.13 r. VI. Park Free.
Bette Davis. Paul Henrsid In NOW.
NOYAGER." Llcine Bah. Victor Mature in
"sEvEN DAYS LEAVE"
Latest War Neva Color Cartoon
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-06

WYhND1TTE-MAJEST..C- w oS.S = Par, :
Free. "rENpI>G TONIGHT On rHE OLD
Gasp Gf1J M" J. n. Brown. Plus r.
Dix. "EiES OF THE UNDERWORLD.
V0JJD-Fore.t nj Mt. Elliott Fl. 1860 \
IVUh Open Gas Pat. O'Brien, George
Murphy. TIKI NAVY COMES THROrGH.'
Brian Aherne and Janet Blair in "MK
SISTER. EILEEN" Rosslind Russen.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-06

ut Columbia CH. 1857
OlNLiuh Cont from 1:45 a. NJ. Daily.
Mark J.. Moody's "KANAGED EARTH
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-22
MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEMORIAL CHURCH TO
 MEET THIS EVENING

The Missionary Society of the Memorial Presbyterian Church will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the manse, according to announcement by the Rev. Walter A. Soboleff All members are requested to attend this meeting
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-22
GOOD FRIDAY BE OBSERVED
 YCATH0LI(S
Bishop Crimont Will CeIe. brate Mass at 8 A. M.
 -0ther Services

Tomorrow, Good Friday at the 8 o'clock Mass of the Pre- -Sanctified with Bishop J. R. Crimont, S.J., DD., Celebrant, assisted by the Rev William G. LeVasseur, S.J., Dea- con, and the Rev Edward C. Budde, S.J., Sub-Deacon, will be celebrated in the Church of the Nativity. Robert Thibodeau will be Master of Ceremonies; Acolytes Richard Mccormick and George Shaw; Cross Bearer, Albert Shaw. Censor Bearer, Terrence Lennon and Boat Bearer, Sidney Smith Readers of the Passion will be Ro- bert Thibodeau, Kenneth Thibodeal. and Merritt Monagle.
 From 12 o'clock noon until pm, there will be Meditation on the Three Hours Agony on the Cross. The Rev. LeVasseur and the Rev. Budde will give the meditation on the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross. Evening devotions on Good Friday will be at 7:3O O. clock. The public is cordially invit- ed to the services.
 Holy Saturday Services
 On Saturday, services will begin
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-22
kI5kA JAp5 SAY FAKE NEWCA5T
 VERY FINE STUFF
U. 5. Operator Initiates Domei Radio, Fools
 Nippons
By EUGENE BURNS Associated Press War
 Correspondent

AN ADVANCED ALASKA BASE, April p. An Army colonel tells this one:
 One of my list of fakers, (tele- grapher copier), who knows Japa- nese, practiced to initiate the send ing by the Jap Domei news radio operator
 "One evening as the Domei send CT was nearly through, our man damned the program so Kiska couldn't hear Domei signing off
 Then initiating the Tokyo man S sending he cut in with this:
 "Domei news deeply regrets that Admiral Yamamoto is discredited in Imperial circles because he lost too many ships in the defeat of our naval forces in the Coral Sea, Mid way and the Solomons, and now the 22-ship convoy at New Guinea has saddened the Imperial house. hold
 Due to lack of critical materials,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-22
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April 9. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6, American Can 8O14 Anaconda 291s, Bethlehem Steel 64h, Commonwealth and Southern 11/16. Curtiss Wright 8aa, General Motors 50, International Harvester 67fz, Kennecott 33, New York Gen. tral l7a, Northern Pacific 15ss, United States Steel 55as.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, l342o; rails, 35; utilities, 19.76.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-22

Morgan. Mrs. Lottie Spickett, who has taken an active part in the move for the realization of much needed day nursery care, also ad- dressed the meeting
 Action taken at the meeting in- cluded plans for survey to inves- tigate the needs for two possible projects-a pre-school kindergarten and a day nursery and child health center. Questionnaires since pre- pared by Miss Johnson and Miss Brandebury are now being mailed out to those mothers who might be
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-22
MACARTHUR TO RETAIN
 COMMAND
Will Rem ain in Service After Reaches Retire.
 ment Age, Jan. 26

WASHINGTON, April 22,-Doug- las MacArthur will continue his services in the field after reaching the retirement age of GA on next January 26.
 This is the announcement made today by Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson The latter made the announcement at a meeting with the reporters a n said the services of the Southwest Pacific Commander. have been of most extraordinary value to this country"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-22

and attractive conditions as pos sible
 To facilitate the brightening up of the city, the Mayor says city trucks will provide free service to Juneau residents by picking up all refuse that has been placed at the curbs in front of homes and business houses throughout thf city.
 Residents are urged to devote at- tention next Monday through Fri day to getting their properties in spic and span shape for the sum- mer season.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-22
12 MILLION TONS ALLIED
 SHIPS SUN K
Truman Committee Gives Figures for Last Year
 in Report

1 WASHINGTON, April p. = The Truman Committee discloses ap- proximately 12,0o00O0 tons of AL lied shipping were sunk last year, more than the total tonnage built in 1922 by the United States and Britain combined.
 Calling the losses ''heavy but not disastrous" the special committee Investigating war problems report ed the losses were reduced in the latter months of the year, declared confidently, "The submarine men, ace can and will be effectively met"
 The answer to the threat of underSea raiders, the committee de- clared in 75-page, 45,000-word re- port, is stepped-up production of new merchant escort vessels and the combined use of destroyers as escorts as well as the use of escort airplane carriers and land-based airplanes equipped for anti-sub- marine work along with more sub chasers.
 All of these are being provid- ed. It is only a question of time,s , the report stated
 The number of ships lost last year were not given, but the com mittee notes TAG ships, totaling B. 090,800 tons, were built in this country last year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-22

at am. with the Blessing of the New Fire, Blessing of the Paschal Candle, Blessing of the Baptismal Font, and the Reading of tn e Prophecies followed by Pontifical High Mass. This service will ter minate the Lenten Season.
 In Douglas
 In Douglas, on Good Friday there will be Stations of the Cross at ? pm, followed by confessions. On Easter Sunday mass will be at 7:30 am.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-22
NURSERY COMMITTEE
 MET YESTERDAY; TO
 CONTINUE SURVEYS

Meeting yesterday afternoon at the Governors House, members; of the Day Nursery Committee of the American Women's Volunteer Serv- ice and others interested heard per- tinent talks by social welfare worker Alice Brandebury, public health nurse Helen Johnson, and supervisor of field nurses for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Mable
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-22

interested and results will be re- ported at the next committee, set for next Wednesday. April 28, at 3 pm. at Mrs. Ernest Gruenings.
 This project in no ways con- flicts with the admirable day nurs- cry to be operated by Mrs. Donna Hubaker, whose Bethel Beach Day Nursery will serve real nee d here, but would rather augment that service and provide trained care for children who might other wise be deprived of it." a member of the committee states.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-22

baseballs in Japan now are re- duced to the size of golf balls, and golf balls to the size of peas. There are no more peas so we can't play golf any more.
 Thank you, Kiska, that is all, Kiska This is Domei signing off"
 But what's more, the colonel says Kiska acknowledged the broadcast with
 Thank you, Domei Excellent news report. This is Kiska signing off"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-22
KING SALMON I5. SOLD FOR RECORD
 PRICE IN SEATTLE

SEATTLE, April g. = With 12 firms bidding, a cargo of 1,200 pounds of king salmon, landed by the schooner Norma Jean, brought 48 cents a pound today This is the highest price ever obtained here. The salmon was sold to the Fishermen's Cooperative Association Exchange.
 Although the halibut season opened last week Friday, no units of the halibut fleet have put in.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-22
Mayor Calls Attention 10 Cleanup Week
Residents Urged 10 Gel Busy and TidY-up
 Properties

Mayor Harry l. Lucas today des- ignated Cleanup Week as starting next Monday, April 26, and ending Saturday, May l.
 The Mayor urges all citizens of Juneau to put their homes, yards and business properties in as clean
Evening star., 1943-04-29
A Rational Plan

Rationing is common enough in
this war, but can it be that the oldest
ration board Of all is about to be
inaugurated, in New Guinea? Husky
young aborigines recruited by the
United Nations for work on camps
and airports, are learning, when they
go home on furlough, that terrible
thing has happened. The girls they
left behind them are being married
by older 4-F civilians, some of the
old rascals wedding as many as four
or five at a time. The young war
workers demand that American and
Australian officers put a stop to the
practice, or they will put a stop to
their work. "Set up a wife rationing
board" they say in effect, "or we
quit"
It Is unthinkable that they be
allowed to quit, so it looks very much
as II they win get their way. The
Evening star., 1943-04-29


clean the dogwood seems In Rock
Creek Park, how gracious the double
cherry blooms are in suburban gar
dens north and south Of the Potomac,
how fair the Towering plum trees,
how delicate and fragrant the pale
lavender violets. Primroses, tulips,
periwinkles, may apples, bluets-all
these are glorious now. A few days
more. and the wistaria will be at it's
loveliest. The pageant of beauty,
bravely started, moves on from hour
to hour across the calendar, and with
it marches the instinct of apprecia-
ton which characterizes a responsive
Nation.
Evening star., 1943-04-29
Huskin's S Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hnskin

A reader can get the anstper to ann
question OF fact By ,prtting The Epe.
ring Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Hdskin, director, Washington.
D. c. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
Q. For how long time after landing
parachutist self f-suficient?-P. L. D.
A. Parachutists can be self-suficient
1of at least 48 hours because of the
equipment and food carried with them.
O. Where may \ copy of the biog.
raphy OF President Roosevelt, recentlv
issued by the Once of War information.
be obtained?-P. G. E.
A. The life Of President Roosevelt was
not distributed in the United States and
is not available to the general public.
@. What is the salary Of Generals.
simo Chang Kai-shek?-D. D.
A. John Gunther. in an article in
Current History, said that his salary is
1000 dollars a month, the value Of Chi
nese dollars In American money being
about rs cents.
Evening star., 1943-04-29
With Growing Uneosiness'
From the Victoria Times.

From the Victoria Times.
For many months Canada has watched
with growing uneasiness the somewhat
tardy approach of her neighbor toward
what is, after ALL the basic cause of in
flation-the continual increase of money
and the continual decrease of commodi-
ties on which to spend it. So far we
have done fairly well under our system.
Mr.. Donald Gordon as chairman of the
Wartime Prices and Trade Board, has
had most difhcult and thankless task.
And its ultimate success or failure, of
course, always has been dependent to a
great extent upon such Complementary
formulas as were allowed to operate in
the United States The two countries
should now be In an incomparably better
position to deal with the ever-hauntinS
menace Of runaway prices and costa.
Evening star., 1943-04-29
This Glorious Season

Spring is beautiful everywhere, but
h, Washington it is what Junior Miss
calls super" The founding fathers,
deciding upon the location of the
Capital in 179l, had the genius to
choose site where the vernal season
Is at it's best. Not even the insistent
thought of war can spoil the picture
when, as Virgil in the Eclogues says,
Nov every field is clothed with
grass, and every tree with leaves;
now the woods put forth their bios
SONS, and the year assumes its gay
attire"
Perhaps it is in some degree be-
cause of the prevailing struggle over
seas that people in the District of
Columbia and adjacent Maryland
and Virginia-far from the battle
fronts-are happy at the spectacle
now spread before their eyes. They
may feel conscience-st stricken about
their enthusiasm, but, if so, they are
privileged to argue 1t duty, as John
Milton did in 1914, when he wrote:
SIT were an injury and sullenness
against nature not to go out and
zee her riches, and partake of her
rejoicing"
With reason also it might be con-
tended that the spring is symbolic of
what America is fighting for. During
the First World War British soldier
In France, asked to explain his con-
eeption Of his country's purpose,
promptly answered: ITO keep the
Germans from disturbing the apple
blossoms in Devonshire" No man
familiar with the orchards OF the
portion of England to which he
referred could quarrel with such
sentiment.
So, too, the boys who have gone
abroad under the Stars and Stripes
are contending for the sanctity of
their own land when 1t is love-
hest In April and in May. Thinking
ef home, as they do In the random
moments Of their infrequent leisure,
they must remember how fresh and
Evening star., 1943-04-29
Truly Astonishing
m the Toronto Globe and Mail,

From the Toronto Globe and Mail.
The daily cost of the war to the British
people has risen from $22 900 900 to $685.
100000, and it will probably continue on
this scale until victory is achieved. 1t is
truly astonishing that some $4,000 900
people living on little island endowed
with comparatively meager natural re-
sources should be able to carry such
tremendous financial burdens. but they
are bearing them cheerfully for the sake
of a great cause, and it is fortunate that
they had large nest egg of accumulated
savings upon which to draw in an hour
of need. The strain upon them has been
eased by Canada's generous gifts, for
which the Chancellor appropriately
voiced the gratitude of the British gov
ernment and people.
Evening star., 1943-04-29
Mr.. Roosevelt Tukes Over

The decision by the War Labor
Board to refer the coal strike to the
President undoubtedly is proper
one. Although strike has not been
formally authorized by the United
Mine Workers, the miners are leaving
their jobs in increasing numbers.
The latest reports indicate that
nearly seventy thousand men have
walked out, and it is extremely
doubtful that any mines will be
operating by the first of the week.
In these circumstances it does not
seem that any constructive purpose
would have been served had the WLB
xone ahead with its investigation
and report. Acting for the miners,
John L. Lewis has pointedly ignored
the boards efforts to get an investi-
cation under way, and 1t is wholly
unlikely that the miners would have
accepted any findings which the
beard might have made within the
limitations imposed by the Presi-
dents "hold the line" stabilization
order. In such event, the dispute
ultimately would have to be settled
by the President anyhow, and, mean
while, a great deal Of time and coal
production would have been lost.
For these reasons it seems better to
face the fact that the long-threat-
ened showdown between the Presi-
dent and Mr.. Lewis is at hand.
The problem confronting the
Commander in Chief is an extraordi-
narily difficult one, since his efforts
TO break the strike must be consistent
with the imperative need of the
Nations war industries for coal.
This means that he cannot wait for
the strike to wear itself out. He must
And some means of getting the
miners back TO work at an early date,
and 1t seems essential to do this
without destroying the War Labor
Board and without sacrificing the
Governments own stabilization pro-
gram. These eonstraining factors
leave little room for compromise, and
point to the conclusion that the
President, and perhaps Congress, are
faced at last with the necessity OF
eolliding head-on with a powerful
labor organization.
Obviously, the best hope lies in
persuading the rank and file of the
mine workers that their loyalty to
their union and their personal aspi-
rations must be subordinated to the
paramount obligation to serve their
country. To accomplish this, ap-
parently, the President will have to
60 over the heads of Mr.. Lewis and
the local union bosses, and the sue
cess of any such effort will be meas
ured by what is in the hearts and the
minds Of the individual miners. If
this effort is made without success,
more drastic action will have to be
taken. But it seems clear that the
f1rst step should consist of direct
appeal to the miners to do their duty
Is loyal Americans.
Evening star., 1943-04-29
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trace,rell.

English sparrows and starlings, two OF
our imported species, continue to interest
friends of birds who are fair enough to
look at them carefully.
1t is only the ranter, the man or
woman who won't look, but who never
theless claims the right to criticize, who
is Indifferent to these guests.
Like most guests, they are not free
from faults, but If we look closely, and
with some sympathy, as good hosts
should, we will find many good traits,
despite their traducers.
"As constant reader Of This and
That" writes a correspondent, may I
thank you for the defense OF the starting.
a most amusing and interesting bird I
never really knew before coming to
Washington and feeding them on a hotel
window sill?".
Many a person, coming to this teeming
city, will finally go away bearing better
will toward Washington's squirrels and
birds than to some of the officials.
+ n k*
The fortunate thing for the creatures
is that they do not know what is going
on around them.
Their wants are simple, but persistent;
they need something to eat. mainly, and
this is where the nature lover comes IN.
Admiration for the things Of nature is
a Washington tradition.
1t was only the other day in way Of
speaking, that Walt Whitman. the IA
nous good gray poet who was grayer
than he was good perhaps, wrote about
the wildfowers he found on stroll
through Rock Creek Park.
Another Roosevelt, named Theodore
and what lover of nature he was!-
often walked out Sixteenth street from
the White House to spend several hours
in the Zoo grounds and Rock Creek Park.
He liked the latter the best OF the two,
because the going was rougher.
1t is interesting to note some Of the
wildfowers Whitman found on his
rambles.
They included wild azaleas, honey
suckle and wild roses; golden rod, lark
spur, crocus, flag (as they called the iris
them, trumpet flower vine, marjoram
snakeroot. Solomon's seal, sweet balm,
mint, wild geranium, wild heliotrope and
burdock.
Others were dandelions-of course
and yarrow, coreopsis sweet pea, wood
bine, elderberry, poke weed, sunflower
chamomile, violets, clematis, bloodroot
swamp magnolia, milk weed, daisy and
what he called the wild chrysanthemum
X 4
This was about 1880.
English sparyows had been introduced
into the United States in 1854, and had
spread out from New York City.
But Washington had its own importa-
ton in 1871. They were kept in cages. at
first: these cages were placed In the
parks, many of them in Franklin Square
The birds began to die In the cages, 50
the remainder were at last released.
BY 1900 they had become very abun-
dant.
Starlings were introduced into America
in 1890.
Evening star., 1943-04-29

The first ones to appear IN Washins-
ton came in 1912, after storm. This
was on January 81 OF that year.
In 1922, heavy snowstorm dro'ss
thousands Of them to the National Capi-'
tai.
They were regarded as a novelty in
those days, but since then mainly as a
nuisance, owing to their habit Of roosting
on the ledges of public and private build
ings along Pennsylvania avenue.
Catbirds, by the way, were among the
few birds mentioned by name in Whit
mans unique dedication to his "Speci-
men Days in America" published in 1881.
This dedication, for the second half of
the book, was carried simply as para
graph, but it was true dedication,
nevertheless.
1t ran as follows:
THE foregoing reminds me of some
thing. AS the individualities 1 would
mainly portray have certainly been
sighted by folks who make pictures. vol
umes. poems, out of them-as a faint
many hours OF peace and comfort in
half-sickness (and not by any means
sure but they will somehow get wind of
the compliment) I hereby dedicate the
last half of these specimen days to
the
And here he gives his list, making up
"a civility too long neglected:
Bees. blackbirds, dragon f1ies pond
turtles, mulleins, tansy, peppermint,
moths (great and little, some splendid
fellows, glow worms, water snakes,
crows, millers, mosquitoes, butterflies,
wasps and hornets, catbirds (snd all
other BIRDS, cedars, tulip trees (and all
other trees)."
Blackbirds, crows and catbirds-these
are the only birds mentioned by name,
but you may be sure that Whitman knew
them all, or most of them, and saw most
of them in and around the National
Capital in the Civil War days and there
after, when he was clerk in the Treas
ury
1t is interesting to realize that many
famous figures, both Governmental and
literary, watched squirrels and rabbits
and birds and bees. and even admired
mosquitoes hereabouts. (They didn't
know about the danger OF mosquitoes, in
those days, or realize the filth carried on
the feet of flies. Screening for windows
was just coming in.')
Today, one has to be a little bit
"choosy" in regard to what to admire
and what not to admire in nature.
The nations have acted wisely on
theory set forth by the odd peoples told
about by Lord Lytton in THE Coming
Race first published in 1871. ct was
great age) The idea incorporated in
that story was to get rid Of all animals
inimical to man. This fantastic story
Of an imaginary race with very highly
developed civilization living in the in
terror of the earth never envisioned,
however some of the bad human animals
the world would have to get rid Of some
dow