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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-11

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Evening star., 1943-10-03
UNCLE oBIE
TAKES OFF

HE most suspicious an mis-
trustful guy l know is Uncle
Obie Sharp.
Uncle Obie is sort of prominent
in his county, an he was one o the
delegates selected last week to 60,
as a guest O. the Army or maybe
Mister Sikorsky. an take demon
stration ride in a helicopter.
Now, ever since heard about
helicopters l been savin' up to
buy me one. l don't know how
much they are goin' to cost or just
what III do with it, if an when
get it, but it sure appeals to me.
Just imagine. soarin' along.
hoistin' her straight up an over
a mountain, slidln' her sidewise to
duck woman flyer. backin' her up
to read billboard - boy. do
want one of them gadgets!
WELL, like said, Uncle Obie gets
picked to come up here an 60 for
helicopter ride. Gran ma Sharp, his
wife, is all a-dither. She makes
him read over his will, put on his
long underwear, have heart-to-
heart talk with the preacher, prac-
tice deep breathin' in case of an
oxygen shortage an otherwise get
into Commando shape.
The mornin' he was supposed to
go up, he came by here on his way
to the f1yin' field.
"Wally," says Uncle Obie,
''pack me a double lunch. Four
ham sandwiches, four cheese
on rye, an two pieces o pie.
Heck, Uncle Obie," tell him,
tits only ten o'clock an you'll be
back here by noon!
60 on, do like l tell you" he
says. That windmill on bath tub
has got some funny habits. They
tell me she can hover - right up in
the air. Well, in the invitation
got it also said the helicopter is
here to stay An if the crltter
decides to stay up there hoverin'
on a cloud, don't intend to starve
- not for a day or two, anyway"
Evening star., 1943-10-03
Cover Girl tells -
Howl reoAy DO Stop
Underorm Perspirotion and Odor
land save up TO 5o%)
"GIomour is my stoek,in-trode
soys successful Rf17yMtZAUCHlfN

OIOHOuf IS my SIOSk-in-'iooC
soys successful Rf17yMzAUCHIfN
Before | became a Cover Girl
on the fashion magazines, beau
tiful Betty says, Il had to learn to
beat the heat of merciless photog-
rapher's lights. | had to find a
deodorant that really did keep my
underarms dry to safeguard
the luxury clothes | model in. |
found it in Odcrono Cream.
Il want to recommend Odorono
Cream to every girl. 1t contains
really efec'ire perspiration stop
per. 1t closes the tiny sweat glands
and keeps them closed up to 3
days.
"Odorono Cream is skin-safe.
too. 1t will not irritate; even use
it right after shaving! | proved,
too, that it won't rot dresses. |
lust follow directions and use it
as often as | need. And it is SO
economical! 1t gives you up to II
more applications for 39e than
other leading deodorant creams
"Do try my perfect Cover-Girl
way to underarm daintineSs
Odorono Cream. You'll! love it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24
Jap Cruiser or Destroyer Hit
By American Planes at RobouI
Other Allied Aircraft Blasts Enemy
Over Wide Expunse Of Southwest Pacific

fires. and strafed two schooners In
Ataliklikun Bay from low altitude.
In Portuguese Timor other heavy
bombers attacked the airdrome at
Koepang and shot down two OF 10:
Japanese fighters which attempted
to intercept. the communique said
One other enemy plane was listed
as probably destroyed.
Giving no rest to the Japanese
ground forces at Lac, New Guinea.
and in the areas to the southeast.
Allied bombers strafed the town
and nearby villages in night and
day attacks, while other aircraft
forced the Japanese to withdraw
from other villages toward Mubo
in series of low-level sweeps, It
was announced.
Farther southeast along the New
Guinea coast, Allied planes main
tanned an eight-hour shuttle attack
on four Japanese occupied villages
in the Ware River area and forced
several supply barges ashore, the
communique said.
the Japanese-occupied. town OF. local
in the Kai Islands, dropping incen-
diary and demolition bombs which
blew the roof off the main barracks
building.
Six Japanese bombers raided the
Allied base at Milne Bay, New
Guinea, but damage and casualties
were described as minor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24
Cotton Wage Dispute
Forced Use Of Troops,
Official Reveals
1,720 Loborers Were Sent
To Arizona to Pick Crop,
But Most Left, He Says

Inability of Arizona cotton grow
ers and farm laborers imported to
pick long and short staple cotton to
agree on wage contracts is primarily
responsible for the Army having to
assign troops to assist farmers in
the area of Phoenix and Eloy to
complete harvesting of this indis-
pensible war material, the Agricul-
ture Department said today.
The department recruited 1.720
laborers and moved them into the
Arizona cotton fields at the begin
ming of the picking season. accord
ing to Maj. John o. Walker, chief
of the departments labor recruiting
branch.
Today, only 500 of the workers
are in the fields, the others having
returned to their homes, he said,
because the farmers and the pickers
could not agree on contracts. He
estimated approximately $500 short
bales and about 1000 bales of long
staple remained in the field.
Wickard Ordered Rate.
Last September after the Agri-
cultural Wage Board had set
wage rate of 3 cents a pound for
long staple pickers, Secretary of
Agriculture Wickard ordered the
minimum rate for imported labor
supplied by the Government set at
4 cents pound In order to provide
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24
Gen. Larson Sees North Atlantic Air Umbrella
As Final Answer to Axis Submarine Menace

cred.sd with a "sub"-so much so,
Gen. Larson says, that it almost
amounts to bringing the shippers
hat back" Uncontrovertable evil
dence, he believes, is the appearance
Of members of the crew on life RATS.
But oil on the water can no longer
be accepted. 1t may mean far from
a fatal injury. 1t may be. and prob
ably often is, decoy
1T is no longer enough" Gen
Larson says, ito know where the
subs are in order to clean them
out"
Concentrate on Attack.
Pilots intended for this type Of
work now are being given special in
struction at an anti-submarine
training barS in the United States.
They concentrate especially on
methods of attack. They also must
learn to use special types OF equip
ment which recently have been in
troduced.
The submarine command
here works under the direction Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24
Mcclellan Bill Heads
For Showdown Today;
Democrat Split Seen
Judiciary Committee Will
Approve Job Measure,
Van Mugs Predicts
By the Associated Press

Legislation requiring Senate
confirmation of most Federal ap-
pointees receiving $4,000 or more
a year headed for a showdown
today with increasing prospects
that it would find members of
the Democratic ma ority fighting
among themselves over policy.
Revised by a Senate Judiciary
Subcommittee, but still regarded as
Objectionable to President Roose-
welt, the measure went to test
vote In the full committee with
Chairman Van Mugs predicting sup
port OF most members.
Responsibility for bringing up the
bill on the Senate floor. providing
it wins the committees approval,
appeared likely to fall to the Demo-
cratic Steering Committee. which
appeared divided on its merits.
Some Features Stricken.
Majority Leader Barley, who as
sured protesting Steering Commit
tee members in the last Congress
they would be consulted on contro-
versial matters hereafter, said only
that he had opposed legislation of
this character in the past
Completing revision of the meas
ure yesterday, Chairman McFar-
land Of the Judiciary Subcommittee
expressed belief I'VE have eliminated
many of the Objectionable sections"
Among the features stricken out
was one setting up four-year terms
for confirmed appointees, but re-
quiring confirmation of employees
receiving $4,000 or more year who
did not have a civil service rating on
January l, 1896.
Reduces Number Affected.
The subcommittee decided to re-
tain provision ending the tenure
OF higher-paid workers on June 80,
but voted that the measure should
not apply to those in the armed
forces. Committee members declared
that, II approved by Congress, the
bill probably would require Senate
confirmation of many high Govern
ment officials sucn as those heading
war agencies.
The President opposed the meas
ure as presupposing congressional
responsibility for the operation of
executive agencies and contended
that Congress had no time to
examine into the qualifications of
about 80 900 Federal employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24
Eight Plead Innocent
To Mann Act CHARGES

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. PA man
charged by the Government with
being the leader Of white slave
ring that operated out of Reading,
Pa. for several years, and seven OF
his alleged associates, including two
women, pleaded innocent in United
States District Court yesterday to
indictments charging them with vio-
lating the Mann Act.
Thomas brooklyn Tommy Akel
accused as the ringleader, pleaded
innocent to four indictments charg-
ing that he transferred women for
immoral purposes between Reading
Brooklyn, New York City, Troy,
N. Y; Havre de Grace, Md: Balti-
more, Washington, Atlantic City,
N. j.. and into the Southern and
New England States.
The other defendants are Harry
S. Todd and his wife, Virginia. of
Havre de Grace; Eddie Fell and his
wife, Alice, of Baltimore, and Frank
Santarelli, Michael Ignozzi alias
Mike Belmont" and Anthony
Fischetti alias Rudy Palmer"
Judge r. Cullen Ganey did not
set trial date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24
Roosevelt Not Keen
About Fourth Term,
Dean Of House Saws
Representative Subuth
Reports President as
Eoger to Write Peace
By the Associated Press.

Chairman SABBATH of the House
Rules Committee got in the van of
the fourth term for Roosevelt"
movement today, but said he found
the President not very keen" about
the idea.
The dean Of the House said he
discussed the fourth term PROPOSE
ton with the President yesterday
and told the Chief Executive he
owes it to the country and to the
world to run again.
II told him it would be an awful
strain on him, but that even his
enemies recognize now that there
is no other man in position to pro-
coed as he has done"
The Presidents reaction, Mr..
SABBATH said, was that he has held
the Office long enough, but would
like to help in writing the peace pro-
gram.
Otherwise, Mr. SABBATH said, he
and the President discussed Chicago
politics and what Mr.. SABBATH de-
scribed as the current reluctance of
Congress to 60 about for the ad-
ministration's program. The Presi-
dent. he added. showed no inclina-
ton to engage in a fight with Con-
gress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star STAFF Correspondent.

LONDON (By Mail An air um-
prella across the North Atlantic may
he the final answer to the subma-
rine menace.
1t is what is hoped for says
Brig. Gen. Westside T. Larson. COM
manding general of the anti-subma-
rine command of the Army Air
Forces.
He is now in England with espe-
cially trained anti-submarine fight
ers to try out on live meat" as he
puts it.
For some time the U-boats seem
70 have concentrated their packs on
this side Of the ocean. The Amer
lean fighters are paying a good deal
of attention to the Bay Of BiScay,
through which the German craft
make their way into the Atlantic
from the U-boat pens" at the
much bombed port OF Lorient.
Establishing the North Atlantic
air umbrella, furnished largely by
land-based aircraft, involves many
1dStoiSp NSpNSioiAy- Pi hSb'S"A
ranges of various types Of planes
which are necessarily military Sc
crets.
New Devices Being Tried.
Meanwhile the American pilots are
learning special techniques of fight
ing submarines developed in Eng
land and are trying out new de-
vices which, Gen. Larson says. ZAP
pear quite promising" Some of
these. he said, under normal cir
cumstances. would be considered still
in the experimental stage. but the
exigencies of war require that eff
forts be made to make use of them
at once and iron out the bugs" in
actual service.
The U-boat of today, Gen Larson
explains, can take quite a beating"
from a plane and still make good
it's escape. Rigid proof is required
Of an American pilot OF the anti
submarine command before he is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24

the equivalent Of 3O-cent-an-hour
minimum wage.
Mr.. Wickard then advanced the
Governments support" price to
the growers to 312 cents, it was ex-
planned
According to Senator Aiken. Re-
publican. of Vermont. that left the
growers with labor cost Of equiva-
lent to u cent a pound, which they
charged would not cover the costs
imposed on them by the Govern
ment's prescribed labor standards.
Senator Aiken explained these IN
cluded living standards far better
than the farmers had for their own
families"
ONeai Made Protest.
The announcement of the mini
mum wage standard resulted in
Edward A. ONeal, president of the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
charging the Agriculture Depart
ment with attempting to "socialize
the American farms"
In announcing plans for sending
fields, 1t Gen. Joseph r. McNarney,
deputy chief OF staff, yesterday in
formed the Senate Agriculture
Committee that it would be up to
the Agriculture Department to de-
termine whether farmers would be
required to pay prevailing wages"
for their use. He said the depart
ment would collect from the farm
ers whatever charges it decided to
assess for the work performed by
the troops
He explained that the soldiers
will work under their regular paw.
and would be fed and housed by
the Army.
Whatever the Agriculture De-
partment collects from the farmers
in return for the troops services
would revert to the Treasury De-
partment, according to the Army
official.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24

OF a speech by Ralph Barton Perry,
professor of philosophy at Harvard
University. The title was Plea for
an Age Movement" and the speech
evidently was delivered by the
Harvard philosopher in merry
mood after surveying the Youth
Movement that has been so widely
pushed and highly advertised.
1t smacked Of the genial Oliver
Wendell Holmes. the old autocrat,
on one of his best mornings at the
breakfast table. Consider this ex-
cerpt on Progressive Education, a
topic touched lightly in passing:
The institution of the school was
originally created in order that the
young might learn from the old.
who had when young learned from
infant was vegetable. the small
child an animal, the adult human
being, and the aged adult wise
human being with touch Of deity.
On this theory the individual
learned at each stage from a supe-
rior who had something TO give.
Progressive education Though just
why progressive is not clear re-
versed sll this. The child being
genius and the adult a fossil nobody
taught anybody anything The
child unfolded III accordance with
mis- own creative impulses and the
adult provided the tools and con-
veniences. Meanwhile as the child
grew to manhood. he himself gradu-
ally fossiliZed until he became a
dodo in his own right
One Book to Keep.
Then there was encountered a
book to read. to read over again and
to keep in handy spot on the book
shelf. It's More Day TO Dawn" by
the late Harry Lee-he died last
December as quietly AS he had lived.
It's a biography and an apprecia-
ton of Thoreau in simple prose and
moving verse. Not only the spirit
but the very words of Thoreau are
woven into it in a beautiful pattern.
And the spirit of Harry Lee-truly
a gentle mans in It, too.
It was read in manuscript and
praised by Theodore Roosevelt, jr.,
and Brooks Atkinson and fore
word for 1t was written by Brooks
Atkinson. The efforts of these two
lovers of good literature and ardent
Thoreau rooters helped to get the
book published. Now Brig Gen
Theodore Roosevelt. jr. is in COM
mand of the infantry Of a veteran
division in North Africa. Brooks
Atkinson is a war correspondent in
Chungking. China, and Harry Lee
is dead But the book is on the
bookshelf, ready at hand as treas
ured resource and a reminder.
IReleased by the Bex Syndicate, Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24


fiction best sellers have been alb
sorbed by the conductor OF this
column with considerable interest
and it is to be hoped-some profit.
But who could hope TO keep up with
contemporary literature in any de-
partment. not to think of all Ge-
partments?
To Lafcadio Hearn is awarded the
creditor shame-of having said:
Whenever a new book comes out,
! read two old ones"
A fierce frontal attack may be
launched against any reader main
tanning such position and smash
ing blows may be landed Nobody
holds rigldly 10 such position any
way, whether under fire or not. But
the great point about reading old
books is that it is a time saving
and labor saving device. The years
have Winnowed the good wheat from
the chaff. There must be merit
and mental sustenance in a book
that has stood the test of Time A
reader can't go wrong, there,
But picking up volume hot off
the press is a gamble with the odds
against him and any resultant loss
expressed in precious hours, an i'm
pOrtant item when it is considered
that. as one "brisky juyenal" mot
Juvenan botched it sadly in his
Latin class: Tempus fugit smile
Hadesl
Philosophy and Fun.
OF course. that doesn't go for
scientific books and standard refer
ence works. Discoveries and ad-
vances are always being made in
that field. But any discovery OF
advance in the field OF pure fiction
or pure reason is only occasionally
visible to the naked eye.
Still, there is fun in trying. AND
by happy chance, In trying. there
was picked up a booklet of % pages
Mat turned out to be the printing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24
Former Franco Aide Here
To Study Army Methods

Col. Juan Beigbeder, representing
the Spanish government, whose
presence in Washington was dis
closed yesterday, is here to acquaint
himself with the organization of the
United States Army, the Spanish
Embassy said.
Col. Beigbeder was foreign minis
ter under Gen. Francisco Franco
from 1889 to 1910. and from 1896 to
1889 he was high commissioner of
Spanish Morocco - a region which
has strategic implications for the Al
lied campaign in North Africa.
The embassy said he conferred
with Secretary of War Stimson. He
came here from Madrid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24

the Navy and in the closest pos
sible cooperation with the British
Coastal Command, which has be-
come efficient in hunting down the
wolf packs Meanwhile. the raids
on Lorient and st. NaZaire are be-
coming more frequent and deadlier
The U-boats are in pens" under
many feet of reinforced concrete
The raids disorganize the work of
the repair shops and thus delay
the return of the submarines to
service. The necessity of running
an air gauntlet through the Bay
OF Biscay out of Lorient makes
their situation very perilous.
Gen. Larson believes there is good
evidence of submarine mother ships
in the Atlantic for refueling and
increasing the range Of the U-boats
He Is, however, optimistic over
the way the whole picture of anti
submarine warfare is shaping up
In the face of a pessimism which
has received expression here IN the
last few weeks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24
Congress in Brief.
BY the Associated Press

by LIE ASsUcihteu fTcSSs
Senate:e
Tn recess until Thursday
Public Lands Committee. considers
nomination of Michael w. Straus as
First Assistant Secretary of Interior.
Finance Subcommittee hears Brig.
Gen. Frank T. Hines on veterans
legislation.
Judiciary Subcommittee considers
bill to require confirmation of all
Federal employees making $4,000 or
more.
House: =
Receives first regular deficiency
appropriation bill.
Military Affairs Committee starts
investigati ton of draft deferment of
Federal workers.
Ways and means Subcommittee
continues work on -you-go
tax bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24
BY the Associated Press.

bS tne Associated PreSS.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, Feb. 24.-Dodging
through intense anti-aircraft
fire, Flying Fortress crews of
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's COM
mand dropped three 500-pound
bombs on a Japanese cruiser or
large destroyer in Rabaul Har-
Dor, in New Britain, yesterday
and scored hits within Is feet of
a 7,000-ton cargo vessel, an Al
lied communique said today.
The attack was carried out Just
before dawn, touching off a series
of raids on Japanese installations
over wide area in the Southwest
Pacific.
After the successful attack on the
Japanese warship the Fortresses
bombed the water front, starting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24
OPA Allows Butter Fat
Reduction in Ice Cream
Hy tbs Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Producers and retailers of ice
cream and ice cream mixes have re-
ceived authority from the Office of
PTsce Administration to reduce but
ter fat content AS much As ~ per
cent without reducing prices.
Consumers will receive some saw
ings when the content is reduced
more than that amount.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24
Delivery by Carrier

The production Of news
print has been reduced by
10 per cent and all news
papers have been rationed.
Delivery by carrier will
insure receiving your Star
every. evening and Sunday
morning. Telephone Ma
tional 5000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24

the current fc-
ton counters in
the bookstores.
And the culprit
is feeling no pain
either, W h ! C h
probably makes
I h e confession
more brazen and
disreputable.
The record is
a little more re-
spectacle in the
non fiction de-
partment, how
ever. About half
of those listed
recently as non
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24
Pupils Swap Shoes

PHOENIX, Ariz (P).-Pupils Of
Madison School have a plan.
Whenever they outgrow their
shoes. they toss the footwear into a
bin at school-and select a better At.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24
One Small Voice BY John Kieron

1t NAV be considered shocking for
q man who makes living by writ
ing to admit that he hadn't read
single one of the 20 best sellers" of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24

Do you long to commit the perfect
crime? Murder the Axis by invest
ing in War bonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-24

Something to sell? Something to
buy? Use a Star Want Ad." Phone
Ma. 5000.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-01-05
Bing(rosby
Home Burns
Com pIeteIy
Crooner Loses $3.50, 900 in
Hollywood Blaze
Sunday Night

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 5.-Charred
framework and mass-blackened de-
bris is all that remains of crooner
Bing Crosby's 20-room colonial man
sion, his valuable collection OF
musical recordings, golf awards and
horse racing trophies.
The residence was Quilted by fire
Sunday night. The flames were
believed to have started from a
short circuit while Mrs. Crosby and
her four sons were dismantling the
Christmas tree decorations
The loss was tentatively set at
S25O.000 Mrs. Crosby and the chill
dren ran safely from the blazing
structure to a neighbours home.
Crosby, who was on golfing date
with Fred Astaire, rushed home
when notified of the fire, only to
find his home in ruins.