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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-14
TIDES TOMORROW

High tide-2:51 a. M, 1T feet.
Low tide-8:47 a. m, 0.5 feet.
High tide-2:56 p. M, 1913 feet.
Low tide-9:19 p. M, 20 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-14

AT GAsTTNEAU HOTEL
E. Carson, guest at the Gas
tineau Hotel, is here from Fair
banks wNs
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-14
Stale Department on
SPOIL; Can \ Stand Up
Under Present Strain!

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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-14
MIR. MRS. JAMES BARRis HOME

Having spent the past several
weeks on vacation At Tenakee,
Alaska, Mr. and Mrs James Barras
returned on the last Elisabeth to
their home HERE, Mr. Barras Is IN
i'll health Of late and is off from
his duties at the Alaska Juneau
Mill.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-14
FIFTH ARMY
IN CROSSING
OF y0LIuRN !
Bridgeheads Established
! Tanks Rushed Over 10
Smash Germans

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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-14
GUARD. FIREMAN'S NIGHT

The Douglas Unit of the Terri
torial Guard will meet tonight at
7 o'clock at the Natatoriurn where
they will be given training in anti.
aircraft. The meeting will termin-
ate in time SO all members of the
Douglas Fire Department may at
tend their regular meeting which
begins. at g. o'clock. ~
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-14
PLANES ARE
SHOT up IN
BIGATTA(k
Seventeen thousand Ions
y Of Shipping Sunk
RaidlsiSmnise

Continued from Page One,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
IT WAS PENCIL WORK

The way this figure of 33 or &c
bounds per person per lear cot into
circulation was perhaps excusa '.'e
though confusing. Somebody just
took a pencil and paper and divided
the total tonnage of all the canned
goods that could he produced by all
thc people that would consume
them. and the answer came IT 80
pounds.
IL was an easy figure anu il
was sOmethin" thai could be
COMPARED with the only statistics
available on what consumption OF
canned goods had been in years
previous.
But here again some additional
explaining is necessary. Per cap
ita consumption OF canned goods
varies with income as we'll as with
geography. A l94l Department of
Agriculture study indicates that
fa miles with incomes of less than
SlCC0 a year consumed on the aver
age about SIS pounds of canned
goods per capita per year, while
lamiieS in which the income was
eyer $5C00 a year consumed an
average Of about 1l2 pounds Of cam
ned goods per capita per year.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
THERE'S A BOTTOM

The average wage earning American
hasn't got the federal treasury to draw
upon. He cannot simply pass an appro-
priatiOn bill, as congress can, or issue an
executive order, as the President can, and
meet his obligations. He's got to meet
them out of the money he earns from day
to day and week to week. And what's
more, the average non-defense-WOrking
American is already stretching his pay
check for all it's worth.
Those are considerations which should
be foremost in the minds of the Washing
tonianS who are attempting TO put for
ward a new social security program in
the midst Of wartime.
We're not arguing at this time for Or
against the proposed plan in theory. 1t
might be good and it might be bad-in
peace time. One provision alone right
now is all we need to know about in order
to say, "let it drop until we've won the
war"
The one provision would take an addi-
tional five per cent out of the paychecks
Of the wage earners. With the victory
tax, that would make ten per cent in
source deductions alone.
The average pOcketbook is not a bot
tomless well-and a lot Of us are pretty
close to the bottom right now.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
Newest Yorktown
Goes Down Ways

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Jan. 2l.-
tUP)-Mrs. FRANKLIN Z. Roosevelt
returned here today and christen-
ed a new carrier, Yorktown
The new ship. a namesake for the
gallant carrier sunk in the Pacific
after she had helped win the bat
Tie of Midway, is of the Essex class
and reportedly displaces $4,000 tons.
The old Yorktown was also chris
tened by Mrs. Roosevelt ION April
4 1896.
Artemus L.Gates, Assistant Secre-
tary OF the Navy for air and prin-
cipal speaker at the launching,
said our aircraft carriers hays,
been given credit for dammine IN
raging flood of Jap aggression that
was surging SO stronglyfl last spring
and sr.nmcr, threatening Australia
and Hawaii with invasion"
Gates said that carrier planfZ
played major role in covering tho
November landing operations on the
west coast OF North Africa.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
DEMOCRACY HOLDS
ITS HEAD UP AGAIN

When house Democrats refused to AZ
prove the appointment OF Rep. Vito Mar
cantOnio TO the high ranking, vitality i'm
portant house Judiciary committee, there
transpired an event as favorable to A
mercans as any single victory ON the
worlds battlefrontS.
The tradition of American democracy,
as battered as the spirit of France but
even moe alive. lifted its head again
in the pride Of freedom and served notice
that no leaders will be allowed to fur
ther weaken the structure of America
for the sake of political eNpediency.
Marcantonio, offspring of New York's
hodgepodge So-called American Labor
Party, is an outright Communist That
he is member of congress at all is cause
for shame across the American continent
That the federal administration should
attempt to placate his political followers
by appointing him to a committee which
often holds the future in its hands, is al
most beyond understanding.
Marcantonio's deeds have shown great
er loyalty to Russia than to America. His
has been the Communist party line for all
the months he has been in congress. Be-
fore Russia threw its arms against Hit
Ter Marcantonio could not think of en-
those who wanted America to prepare for
national defense His utmost effort went
into d e f en- d ing Communist inspired
strikes, and into villifying as war mon
gers" all who suggested that America
needed more airplanes. The war, he de-
Scribed many times as a war Of "impe-
rialist conquest" in which he urged that
America should show no interest.
Then Hitler sent his legions into Rus
sia.
What of Marcantonio then?
His first reaction was q demand that
America send an eXpeditionary force i'm
mediately to Europe to blast Hitler from
the face of the earth. He would give
everything to defend Russia nothing to
defend America.
This is the man the New Deal wanted
to put on the house judiciary committee.
This is the man the rank and file Dem
ocrats could not stomach-and they were
wiser by far than their leaders.
Democracy is awake again to the dan
gers from within. as well as those from
without. 1t is thing opportunist pOliti-
clans had better remember
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
LaGuardia Asked
ToFIynn Inquiry

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2l-CUP)-
Mayor Fiorcllo H. La Guardia OF
New York and five other New
Workers have been invited" to
testify tomorrow before the Senate
Foreign Relations committee which
is investigating the qualifications
OF Edward j. Flynn to be Minister
to Australia.
The committee is in recess today.
Sen. H. Styles Bridges, r.. NJ H,
leader of the opposition to Flynn's
nomination, approved the list of
witnesses but said he was disap-
pointed that they were invited IN
stead of being subpenaed He said
La Guardia ant Some OF the others
might. not come to Washington un-
less Subpenaed.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
BIGGER THAN
THIRTY STATES
(Fullerton NewS-Tribune)


Official figures Just released show the
October total of civilian employees in the
executive branch of the Federal govern
ment to be 2,6S7 ,093. The list ranged
from the Washington area where 2S3, ,629
are employed, to Chungking. where eight
American and several Chinese tranSlat-
0rs are employed by Owl, which is about
to construct i S75.0 900 building in China'S
war capital.
Continuing the Statistics it is disclosed
that the October payroll for WaShingtOn's
civil army was $50 million, while outside
the Washington area il is reposed at a
compact 1895 million. Senator Byrd had
predicted that at the years end three
million employees would be on the Feder-
al payroll Since Octobers gain over Sep
tember was 1877 ,619, it may be seen the
various departments and agencies were
doing their utmost to make this predic-
tion come true.
The senator has described the govern
mont as the cOuntrys greatest hOarder
of man-poWer. and it is noted that even
non-War agencies have shown payroll
increases Undoubtedly. the war has nee
eSstated a great increase of civilian per
sonne in the War Department and the
Navy Department. in SelectiHc Service,
OPA, WPB and allied agencies.
Perhaps it requires Il monthly payroll
of S445 million and three million EN-.
ployes to make rationing and assorted
war services function But one may be
permitted the philosophie reflection that
the present Federal payroll is now sur
passed in population by only Is states.
Also and perhaps, that all these peop z,
are employed to better advantage at gov
ernment desks that in war industry.
But to resolve a netting doubt. it
would be advisable for Senator Byrd and
his committee to find out.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
Civilian Economy
AT Bedrock Now {

WASHINGTON. Jan. H.-CUP}-I
War Production Chairman Dona1u
M Nelson said today that very ht7
tie more can be trimmed from the
civilian economy under the war
effort, and that some experts be-
lieve it already has been trimmed
too heavily.
Nelson said the four most im-l
portant problems now facing his
agency are:
|. Increased production of
valves, heat eXchangers t(coolingI
deviceS), and other parts of war
weapons.
2 Proper distribution of avail
able materials to assure expanded
production of these parts.
g. Simplification OF consun(O
goods.
4 Concentration OF industry.
Nelson said little additional ma
telial could be saved for the war
effort through further curtail-
ment Of civilian economy. m
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
Tired Kidneys
Often Bring
SIeepIess Nights

Doctors say your Kidneys contain Is miles
OF tiny tubes or filters which help TO purify the
blood and keep you healthy. When they YET
tired and don't work right in the daytime.
many people have TO get up nights. Frequent
or scanty passages with smarting and burnine
sometimes shows there is something wrone
with your kidneys or bladder Don't neplert
this condition and lose valuable, restful sleen.
when disorder Of kidney function permit,
POISONOUS matter to remain in your blood. II
may also cause nagging backache, rheumatic
pains, leg pains, loss Of pep and enerrv
swelling. pufiness under the eyes, headaches
-. Don't waiti Ask your druggist for Doan'.
Pills, used successfully by millions for over 40
years: They give happy relief and will hello
the Is miles Of kidney tubes flush Out noirnnp'
Gus waste from your blood. Get Doans Pills.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
GL0RIFYING
YOURSELF
BY ALICE HART
NEA Service staff Writer

A home- made lemon oatmeal
pack is the latest suggestion by a
Hollywood makeup specialist to the
Girl who's troubled by freckles in
winter time. To make this, mix
one egg white with one lemons
iuice and with enough powdered
oatmeal to make thin paste. APP
ply to face, neck and arms, or any
freckled skin area. Let the paste
CRY. then rinse off with warm
water.
The lemon juice is, of course,
what fades your freckles. You
can use it plain if you prefer to.
If you have freckles now, in
winter time when you are not
sun bathing, you may find them
slow to respond, for they probably
are the sort which seem to run
in a family If that's the case,
why not be Il little philosophical
about the matter? The average
lreckled nose is pretty cute.
A beauty editors desk gets plenty
If letters from readers who are
worried about lreckles. and once
in awhile the inquirer is deSper-
ate for a wonder bleach that will
90 away with the tiny spots per-
manently. Well, there is none;
and it's mistake to keep trying
tc find strong acid bleaches. If
it's strong enough to reach the pig
ment. likely it is too strong for
your skin.
So l would advise you to stick
with lemon juice-and, of course,
makeup. You can learn TO apply
1t to the spots to make them less
conspicuous. A good foundation
cream will disguise them. Use the
shade which suits your skin
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21

Maybe this is nuts but an opin-
ion from the curbstonc would lear
in the direction that the American
nlblic at this moment has 4 great
or interest in current food short
ages and impending food ration
ing than it has III any % o;kle-
domed thinking over how many
quarts of milk everyone is to have
on his honey III the beautiful post
war b}e and bye. Fortunately,
there are some government plan
ners who have their eye on the ball
and not ON geopoliticS.
To keep il simple. say We just
stick TO one line of groceries
canned fruits and vegetables. AS
vou have no doubt read, they
are TO be rationed some time this
year, maybe by March |, maybe
not till April l. One Of the Jobs
of the government information
specialists. the newspapers and
the radio baritone spellbinderS is
TO educate the public as to how
this works and why it's neces-
sary. NOt-so- good job has been
done.
In the first place there was
rather bad official boner III an
nouncing that rationing of canned
goods would he on the basis Of an
average of 33 pounds-now unof-
tlciall5 raised to 40 poundS-of
canned goods per person per year.
It may divide up mathematically
that way, but practically, it doesn't
Canned goods aren't to be ration
ed By the pound, they ale to be
rationed By the can Can sizes
vary, the commonest being the No.
= can Of 20 on. content and the No.
-. can Of 90 or. content. But as
glass jars of different sizes are re-
placing tin cans, those figures don't
mean anything either.
Furthermore. canned goods are
TO be rationed on the point sys-
tenn. Scarce items will have nigh
point values. items which are
plentiful will have low point values.
AS an example, if your point allow
lnce for given period were 16
points worth OF canned goods and
# asparagus was fixed at two
points per can and corn was fixed
1t four points per can, the shopper
'ould buy ID eight cans Of as
or (2) four cans of corn.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
UNFAIR IN A WAY

To rule arbitrarily that con-
sumption would have TO be reduce
10 an average of 10 pounds a year
wculd therefore mean that the
loW-income families would get
about rs per cent of what they
were used to, while the upper-in-
como brackets would get only about
35 per cent of their normal con-
sumption.
The geography part of it will
fool you. City people aren't
necessarily the big consumers of
canned goods because modern
metropolitan markets give city
dwellers better variety of fresh
fruits and vegetables all the year
round than country people get.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
I Rise
To
Remark
by Congressman John Phillips


The President has sent TWO mes
SageS to congress. one OF which he
delivered in person: the other sent
10 us by his secretary and read by
The clerk When I was a boy, there
used to be a game in which we got
someone to stand on a doorstep
while we rang the bell and then
ran. Perhaps there is a suggestion
at this in the thought that the
President himself read the mes
sage in which he spoke of or in
creaseS in production, and our as
elstance to our allies in the war
while he left n secretary and the
house clerk standing on the door
step with the message which call
I'd for expenditures of more than
100 BILLIONS in the 1913 budget.
and tEe announcement that this
has risen from BILLIONS 4
month for war purposes, lust be-
fore Pearl HarbOr. to BILL ONS
II the present time, and will reach
8 BILLIONS by the end of the
year. Inis is for war pl loses
alone. and is the MONTHLY cost
! well recall the furOr when the
First budget was proposed for the
United States which reached ONE
Billion q wear.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The FOLLOWING edit
oriais are presented as interesting opin'
IONS Uoiced bu editors eiseIchere. They
10 not necessarily reflect the opinion 81
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
CHARLES KRAMER
DIES IN LA.

LOS ANGELES. Jan. 2l.-CUPD-
Former Representative Charles A.
Kramer. 64 died at his home last
Right. Kramer, a Democrat, had
represented the 18th California dis
tlict in the lower house of Congress
for the past 10 years. He was de-
ieated for reelection in November
by Republican Norris PoulSon.
State Assemblyman.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
Capital Talk
-by-
Peter Edison

or t3l four cans of asparagus and
Two cans of corn. Tho weight in
none of these three cases would
necessarily be the same so the idea
that people will get only certain
number of pounds of canned goods
is entirely misleading.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
N.iY TIE WIND Flows

The Republicans wouldn't have
to take any time talking about
these things on the floor. The
Democrats are doing the kind of
talking I expected this side OF the
Eouse to do. Would it be too much
tc suggest that more than one
member of the Democratic rarity,
Ike arr good boy scout. has stuck
? wet finger up into the breeze.
ard had found the wind blowing
from changed direction?
Understand me, I didn't say the
Republicans weren't talking; I only
ala they wouldn't need to talk.
The only quiet ones, on each side,
a!e the new members and they
Ike the younger members of any
family, are best seen and rot yet
heard.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
PASS THAT HUNK
(Ontario Daily Report)

Bread, the staff of life, went to war
today. No more frills such as special
loayes, fancy wrappers, nice thin slices.
All Of these curbs were set up in the
name Of economy so that the price of
bread need not rise, said the OPA. But
like many office-made edicts the women
see the fallacious side of the orders.
When sliced bread is taken off the mar
ket in the name Of economy, most house
wives rise up in wrath. There is no more
wasteful proceeding than home sliced
bread. Anyone who has run a kitchen
knows that
This is Just one of many confusing or
ders. We ar told we must not buy food
in any quantity because that is boarding.
Then to save tires and gasoline we are
asked to shop only twice week. How
can this be dom?
If any real plan is back Of all these
bureaucratic cdicts we would like to have
it made clear. 1t would seem that the
mon in Washington desire to spread the
utter confusion. said to prevail there,
over the rest Of the country. AS we have
said before, the sooner we have an over
all rationing plan the better. And most
housewives would allow an extra point"
to get their bread sliced. Hunks are
WaSteful and unapCetiZing.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21

One of the temptations of the aged is
to feel that they no longer amount to
much because they can no longer do the
things they once could, to feel that they
are on the shelf-Dr. Franl, II. Ferris,
Cleveland naStOr.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
NO OBJECTION

There is no thought on my part
to object to War expenditures. I
Fave discussed this point in pre-
ViOus columns. If we must have
luXuries. we must pay for them.
and while wars ma not be desir-
able nor desired luXuries never
tEeleSs they are in the luxury class.
Wars are expensive: they take the
Lest of everything we have; the
last, in fact or in hang overs"
Tor generationS-they are waste
ful. and criminal. But we are III
. war, and this is war where
VIC have no choice. We are not
defending any theory, and the
sooner we think Of it this way, the
better. There is nothing academic
about this war This is the first
act in war of survival, between
the white and the oriental races.
and we are fighting with ona ma
ton, Japan, who threw away the
Guile book before she hit rs at
Pearl Harbor.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
Is YOUR CHILD A
NOSE PICKER?

1t may be sign OF bowel wormsi And
these roundworms can cause real trouble
Other warnings are: uneasy stomach. ner-
vousness, itching parts If you even suspect
roundworms, get Jayne's Vermifuge today
JAYNES is Americas leading proprietary
worm medicine used by millions for over Il
century. Acts gently, yet drives out round
worms. Demand JAYNE'S VERMIFUGE.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21
ASSESSED VALUATION

But, in the face of this budget,
it is we'll to set up a comparison.
ONE HUNDRED BILLIONS used
TO be a lot Of money Today it is
casually banded from lip to lip
Ike the bird" in a game Of Bad
mintOn l rise to remark that it
may not be considered so casually.
I'll tell you why. l do not have
The figures here, as l write this,
but my memory is that the total
assessed valuation of all real pro-
perty in the United States is in
the neighborhOod of 333 BILLIONS.
Some reader can check me on this.
Ii that is correct, and if the aver
age assessment percentage is about
~ per cent, then the actual Valu-
alton for the country is around
COO BILLIONS, and ONE HUN
DRIED BILLIONS is pretty big by
comparison.
So We come back to what seem
tc be the important things before
congress, the war, the peace cut
ting expenses wherever possible,
the elimination Of duplicating and
unnecessary agencies, and the re-
tIIn OF its constitutional authority
and integrity TO congress.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-01-21

Here again is ample proof
that your District Power pro-
gram If fully developed -
can fulfill the purpose for
which it is destined - pay
men+ Of The All American
Canal obligation
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-06-11
New Crisis IN
French Affairs

Algiers, June II ms \ new
political crisis arose today in
Norih Africa as result OF ron
flicting ideas among members OF
the National Committee for Lib
Grafton concerning organization Of
the French African Army.
That new conflict OF views had
arisen was evident Yesterday
when the committee failed to
meet as scheduled.
Subsequently word leaked out
that Gen. Charles DeGaulle. fight.
ing French leader AMI co-presi-
dent with Gen. Henri Honore CT
raud OF the new French regime.
refused 10 attend the meeting be
cause OF the attitude OF the com.
mittee toward his conception OF
what ought 10 be done concern
ing organization OF the army
De Gaulle was said to have made
various proposals and
rhereupon declared that any com.
promise OF his suggestions was i'm
DONElDlf.
II was reported that DsGaulle
was prepared 10 offer his resig-
nation unless the committee &C
cepts his proposals.
The basic difficulty was seen
centered on who is 10 be the real
leader OF the French until the
Liberation OF Metropolitan France
Apparently the plan of alternate
chairmanshiD Of the committee by
DeGaulle and Giraud has proved
unsatisfactory and neither side is
willing TO give way
Hope il held out that a Solu-
ton TO the army problem may he
found a. meeting scheduled to-
day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-06-11
Hannah Says
Jack Rough

White Plains. n. Y, June Il
INS-Hannah Williams Dempsey,
the former cheerful little earful"
of musical comedy fame. was 10
continue her testimony today in
the divorce action she has filed
against the former heavyweight
champion. Mrs. Dempseys suit
against Jack and Jacks suit
against Hannah are being, heard
at the same time by Supreme
Court Referee J. Addison Young.
Hannah occupied the spotlight
at the double divorce trial yester.
day. She said that although she
and Jack has been married ten
years we have been together only
three years
Jack was pushed all around
the country on referee tours.
Mrs. Dempsey testified. "and when
he was in town he spent most OF
him time at his restaurant. When
he was home he always accused
me OF going out with other men.
Hannah then recounted in de
tail how Jack allegedly beat up
three boys who we're guests OF
her and her sister Mrs. Dorothy
Gomez declaring he had a good
time kicking them out-including
my sister Dorothy"
Another time. Hannah said. Jack
lifted her ND by the neck and
tossed her into a clothes closet
She also said he had threatened
her with a pistol.
Mrs Dempsey took the stand
after Benny Woodall. Texas fight
promoter and named as co.respon-
dent by Jack had maintained
throughout lengthy cross exsmina-
tion that he was only a dear per
sonsl friend" OF both Mr.. and Mrs
Dempsey.