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MILLIONS ABROAD

Byt the end of 1914 two thirds of Americas Army
will be serving in foreign ports That was the an
nouncemen made public recently by Secretary of War
Stmson The statement reflects in an amazing fash
on the present ability of the Allies to move troops
swiftly 1t also indicates the extent to which prepare
tons have been made to receive those troops. Only
a few months ago there observers in Washington
who insisted that it would be impossible for the
United States to 100000 troops to foreign posi-
tons over period of years. Secretary Stimson says
we'll move more than 100000 abroad in the
next IL months!
At the end of 1943 foreign units comprised
something less than 100000 soldiers. The majority
of them had been carried abroad during that year for
at the end of 1912 expedtonary forces still
pitifully small BY the end of 1914 with Army
which will number in the neighborhood of 100000,
we will have than 100000 uniformed men at
their battle stations That tremendous operation in
that short a time will be possible only because
facilities for transport have been doubled and
doubled in the months since Pearl Harbor.
The transfer of men is not the only task All their
equipment, their supplies and their ammunition must
also be shipped During the last year or more the
Allies have been building tremendous depots of
erals in thousands of faroff places But while those
reserves meet immediate needs, they must be
plenshed constantly. And that task will be even
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SOmervell and CanOl
Cincinnati Enquirer

tCincinnati Enquirer
From reports which are available it would appear
that the Cano project the Northwestern Territories
and the Yukon, in Canada is complete and dismal
failure We know that it has been tremendously
expensive; that the Army has employed thousands
of men, quantities of material and months of time.
The possible returns seem small; the probable ones
even smaller. There is greater clamor from the
public from government heads and from investigating
agencies that the work Strange enough the
work seems to be continuing in spite of all this
opposition
The Army man who is bearing the brunt of the
criticism is Lieutenant General Brehon B. Somervell
United States Armys chief of supply There is little
need to speak here of General Somervels overall
record. His job has been of the toughest
assignments ever given to any man. 1t was par
ticularly early in the conflict when ships were
vital. Few will deny that the supply chief did an
few and far between and needs we're tremendous and
excellent job with the tools available; that he is
tinung to do good job. He is, in short man on
which the nation is relying for of the most
important of its military operations Among those
operations is the Cano undertaking.
If accept General Somerve in that light
must wonder how he appraises the Canol project.
That he considers it worth the time and effort his
men devotng to it seems obvious Otherwise it is
hardly possible he would be continuing it. Army
officers like the rest of they do not look for
extra tasks particularly when those tasks so
unpopular that they raise great storms OF public
protest.
In all the maze of information" which has been
printed and broadcast on the Canol oil program
have found no explanation from the man who knows
most about it. Is General Somervells reticence
necessary part of military secrecy? Or does he realize
that he has Numbered and hesitate to say so?
If the latter is the case, General Somervell
would be wise to admit the mistake and take the
consequences. nation which has trusted him to
spend hundreds of billions will hardly expect him
to complete the task without error-even if that
error runs into millions
That's possibility The other is that there
certain phases of the Canol project which cannot
be made public that General Somerve must sit tight
and take the criticism confident that when the whole
truth be told his judgments will be Justified
In either case it appears that the nation should
wait before going about for General Somerves scalp
certain individuals inclined to do His general
record has been good 1t still takes than
swallow to make summer.
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Gus mission, every man at the post
responded. Death was better than
dread monotony.
Poker is the favorite pastime
The men have plenty of money be-
cause there is no way to spend it,
but even the money is depressing
because it is tattered and torn from
changing hands in so many poker
games. Hardly a bill in the Aleu-
tians does not depend on scotch
tape, for there are stories of fab
ulous winnings. One story tells of
a man who won $4,000 but this is
denied by one of his buddies who
says, Il know, because l lived in
the same tent with him. He won
only $25,OO0."
One card shark is reported to
have paid another soldier ten dol
lars an hour to substitute for him
on duty, while he was having
lucky streak, and to have paid an
other $50 an evening to watch the
lights SO they wouldn't be turned
off during the game.
One enterprising group of soldiers
turned to distilling liquor from dried
apricots and sugar. Their product
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greater when offensives begin taking as they
must their tolls of materiel well as of lives
Many factors have contributed to the almost I'M
believable American naval and military accomplish
ments of the last two years The tremendous produc-
ton of ships has been the defeat of the German
submarine campaign has been another. But greater
than either of these-although included in both-has
been the production record of civilian United States
With all the strikes, with all the pickering and con-
fusion, mills and factories, our mines and rail-
roads have turned into tremendously efficient war
time machine. Democratic processes in two short
years have been able to far excel the records of
the relationships that victory probably will come much
sooner than dared hope few months ago.
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20 YEARS AGO f yfMrE EMPIRE
FEBRUARY Ia, 1924

FEBRUARY Ia,
Wheeler Human Hearst visiting the Pacific Coast
ntelgencer could created
with Alaska becoming the
most especially
1922
figures the annual
Collector of actual imports S425599
Exports
their daughter Helen
Alaska.
Devighne Territorial the
Admiral Watson
trip He expected to be about two weeks
Burfod
disposed
California returned He brought with him Chevrolet
the its kind
Earle Blossom well this
In
the spring
Weather report: High, IT. low, II; clear.
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LOOK and LEARN %sy G. GORDON

many capitals
3 What is troglodyte?
g. what the human body is the pinea gland?
a. By what the prongs anchor known?
What country the first recognize Russia?
ANSWERS:
l. Three York Philadelphia Washington.
2. cave-dweller.
3. At cavity
A. F1ukes.
5.
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HOROSCOPE
"The stars incline
but do not compel"
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY is


Delays and Illustrations m a
mark the morning hours but later
in the day benefic aspects rule.
HEART AND HOME: National
liquor problems will be discussed
at home as we'll as hotels and res
taurants. Old-fashioned ways are
to return when women are able to
discard uniforms and again enjoy
home tasks.
BUSINES SIS AFFAIRS: This
should be a fairly active day for
trade and commerce. The stars in
dictate that some friendly power will
attempt a diplomatic coup.
NATIONAL ISSUES: Appease-
ment of conciliatory m easures
preached by well-meaning persons
will arouse more and more resent
ment. The stars have again been
read as presaging another Japan
csc abomination.
INTERNATIONAL FAIRS ::
World leadership for the United
States has been predicted as the
legitimate result of our part in the
World War A portent warns Of
diplomatic efforts to prevent our es-
Enlistment of democratic ideals in
reconstructed Europe.
Persons whose birthdate it is
should avoid sudden changes. At
fections may be unstable In the
coming year. Financial gains are
foretold.
Children born on this day will
probably have artistic ambitions
along the lines of music or writing
Hasty tempers may develop early
(COpVripht 1Q44)
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dumped into radio hook-ups, road
side billboards and parish-workers
throughout the state. 1t Is COM
monty reported that he spent $780,
900, which is nothing to sneeze at,
even in Louisiana.
How Jimmy raised 100000 or
even half of that in view OF the
fact that he had trouble even in
paying his own hotel bill in Wash
ington, and the fact that Standard
Oil is suing him for payment
of $1,000 worth of gasoline from
previous campaign, has everybody
in the state guessing.
One answer to the mystery is re-
ported to be certain gentleman
who sits in the lobby of the Heidel-
berg Hotel in Baton Rouge and who
was one of Morrison's mysterious
outside hackers. He is William
Baldwin Shearer, self-styled big
Bass Drum" because of his ten
dency toward self advertisement.
He is the man who was paid by the
big steel companies to break up the
Geneva Naval Conference in 1927.
Shearer is one of Washington's
most mysterious lobbyists. During
the more peaceful days when
Presidents Coolidge and Hoover
were trying to stabilize the navies
of the world, he received large
amounts of money from Bethlehem,
Newport News Shipbuilding Com
pany, Brown Boveri and others to
stir up trouble between the United
States and England and sabotage
armament agreements.
At one time Shearer felt that the
big shipbuilding companies had not
lived up to their lobbying agreement
and sued them for 100000 for back
pay due him for breaking UP the
Geneva Conference
Later this suit became the sub
ject of Senate investigation IN
1929 and there was inserted into
the record Scotland Yard report
on Shearer which had considerable
to say about his detective story past,
describing him as notorious as
sociate of international crooks. and
swell mobsfnenp
The contents of the Scotland
Yard report were vigorously denied
by Shearer on the witness stand
After bobbing up from time to
time in Washington. he appeared
in Louisiana as the friend, adviser,
and some people believe, the fl
nancial go-between for certain mon
led interests in the North willing
to gamble on setting up a new and
budding young dictator in Louis
lana
Who it is that is willing to risk
a sizeable fortune on backing Nor
rison to be Kingfish is anybody
guess, and under Louisiana law the
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KINY PROGRAM
SCHEDULE

Tuesday
12.00-Song Parade.
12:15-Treasury Salute.
1890 Bert Alaska Federal News.
Musical Bon Bons.
1:0O-Spotlight Bands.
Melody Roundup.
80 Show Time.
LAS -Personal Album.
2:O0-News Rebroadcast.
2:15-Hymns from Home.
2:30-Front Line Theatre.
2:45-One Night Stand.
3:00-Kay Kyser.
3:15-Kay Kyser
.3:3O-Are You a Genius?
3:45-Marching Along.
400 News Rebroadcast.
4:15-Gospel Reb: oadcast.
4::3O-Program Resume
4:45-v esper Service.
5:00-News Rebroadcast.
5:15-Sound Off.
5:30--Afternoor Musicale.
5:45- Behind the Headlines.
6:00-Music from America.
6.15-Milsic from America.
$50 Treasury Song for Today.
6:35 Easy Listening.
ca Coca Cola Show.
TOO Talking Drums.
7:15 Standard OIL News.
7:3o Bob Hope.
7:45-Bcb Hope.
8:00-Yarlls for Yanks.
S:l5-Fred Warning Orchestra.
8:3o-Quiz Program. USO.
8:45-Quiz Program, USO.
900 Village Store.
9;15-Village Store.
9:30---Capitol Three.
9:45-Alaska Line News.
l0:O0-Sign Off.
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NOTICE OF HEARING ON
PETITION FOR LETTERS.
Of AnNfINJSTRA TJnN

In the United States Commission
er's Court for Precinct of Juneau
Division Number One, Territory
of Alaska. IN PROBATE.
In the Matter of the Estate OF
Drawn BENSON also known as
BROWN BENSON, Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that
JOHN B. BENSON has filed in this
court his petition for letters of adj
ministration upon the estate of
Drawn BENSON, deceased, pray
ing that said estate be administered
as large, solvent. and that the
same will be heard on the 22nd day
of February, 1914, at 1000 o'clock
in the forenoon OF said day, at the
courtroom of said court at Room
513, Federal Building, Juneau, Alas
ka; and all persons interested in
said estate are notified then and
there to appear and show cause, if
any they have, why the prayer of
said petitioner should not be grant
ed.
Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 10th
day of February, 1914.
(Probate SeaD FELIX GRAY,
U. S. Commissioner and ex-officio
Probate Judge, Juneau Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.
First publication, Feb. II, 1914.
Last publication, Feb. 81, 1914.
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ALEUTIAN Ex1LEs

Mere hant seamen who have
touched at the Aleutian Islands
bring back grim stories about the
morale of u S. soldiers
Some men have been on the
Aleutians since 1941, with no idea
when they might get home-if ever.
When Washington official said
the war might last for several years,
hopes in the dismal darkness of the
Aleutians sank lower and lower.
Hardest to bear is the lack of ac-
ton. In one case, when an officer
called for volunteers for a danger
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Dai|yLessons in English S %. !. GORDON

He is better player than
1ntricacy Pronounce ntrika-si all
rs mstressed first syllable
MISSPEILED: Crisis singular. Crises plural
scholarly scholastic pedantc
word and yours Let
each Todys word
destruction especially by fire Pronounce
third o
syllable claimed hundreds of lives"
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candidate doesn't have to reveal
the source of his income or the
amount spent.
Whoever it was, Louisiana has
decided that it will stick to the well
worn and only partially banished
ramnants of Huey Longism instead
of trying a new and untried po-
litical soothsayer. Almost anything
can happen in Louisiana politics,
but apparently the miracle of Min
now" Morrison becoming Kingfish
isn't in the cards yet.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

FEBRUARY IA
Lloyd Winter
Mrs. Olaf Bedding
Mrs. Edward Bach
Nathyla Macdonald
Mildred Bryson
Gary Aalto Bach
John A. Larson
Austin Brown
Axel Nelson
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sold for fabulous sums
News of the new Army system
of rotating men who have been in
service two years will be welcomed
nowhere more joyfully than in the
Aleutian Islands. 81
B Copyright, 1914, by United
Z Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
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VIUDLKN LIlVULll- ROBERTA LEE

invitation addressed both husband
acquainted with of them?
neither the husband the wife should be omitted
small wedding
brides instead of church?
A. brides brdegrooms wishes
Either
take his when they walk
the dance floor?
A suddenly ill.,
requires assistance
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Washington
Merry
6o-Round

CONTINUED from Page one)
Evening star., 1944-01-15

ment into living quarters, 1l02 Ken
ilworth avenue NE: to cost $500.
Terminal Refrigerating and Hous-
Ing Corp, Ills r street S.W.. owner;
Lee T. Turner, 36l6 Fourteenth
street NV, builder: Fred Ofuls and
Association, liz West Forty second
street, New York, architect; to erect
loading platform, Ills F street s.W.;
to cost $700.
Edwin Farley, 1880 Fifth street
NE. owner: William M. Ernst, 410
Bond Building, builder; to make re-
pairs, 1880 Fifth street NE; to cost
$400.
r. B. Coleman, N. H. Gaery, 1908
New Jersey avenue Sc, owner; !;
Bruno Bros, Inc, 40 K street NV,
builder and architect; to erect fire
escape, 1901 Eighteenth street NV; ;
to cost $3.50.
James E. Taylor, 1923 S street
NV, owner; Bruno Bros, Inc, 49
K street NV, builder and architect;
to erect fire escape, 1923 S street
NV; to cost $500.
| David Dervaditz, 1923 Connecticut
avenue NV, owner; William M.
Ernst, 40 Bond Building. builder;
to make repairs, 5021 Connecticut
avenue NV: to cost $500.
Evening star., 1944-01-15
Effect Of New Paint
On Home Front Cited

How paint is doing ! noble job
on the home front" was told III re-
cent statement by Mary M. ODon-
nell. sanitary inspector. Welfare and
Recreational Association Of Public
Buildings and Grounds, Inc, here
based on her own experience.
The psychological effect Of an at
tractively painted dining room, par
ticularly II 1t Is q cafeteria where
workers Of the Army or Navy per-
sonnel are obliged to eat one to
three times q day, is tangible.
when bright colors greet them
on entering a room they smile un-
consciously. You can't hold a dour
mood II you SMILE" she added.
Evening star., 1944-01-15
MOVE IN-$33 TO SIS PER MONTH FHl
$3,805 to $4,o50-785 PURCHASED

DIRECTIONS
Out Bladensburg Rd. to the Peace
Cross, bear right on, Defense highway,
lett on Edn1onston Rd. to Riuerdale
Rd, right tour-tenths of mile to
Eastptnes.
BY bus-Take East Rtuerdale bus from
nth and Penna. S. E. to Riuerddle Rd.
and Ednaonston Rd., right tonr-tenths
OF mile to Eastptnes.
Evening star., 1944-01-15
Mahogany Scarce
due 10 Use in War

II you md you can't match youI
living room furniture with fine ma
hogany this year-be Of good cheer!
You have made one more contribu-
ton to the war effort.
Mahogany has proved itself one
Of the most valuable fine woods fos
aircraft and small-boat construc-
ton. One example cited is the
fine performance Of the PIT boats
This speedy craft owed much Of il
success to the toughness Of its ma
hogany plywood decks. without Z
plate Of armor for protection, the
PIT boats were able to zig and gag
with remarkable maneuverability
keep out of trouble and make their
destination, their tough little hulls
battered, but still seaworthy.
Mahogany also goes into glider
and airplane wings when fashioned
into plywood which Is as tough and
pliable as aluminium sheets.
Its fine texture and immovable
quality under various atmospheric
conditions also make 1t Invaluable
for pattern material. The castings
for guns, ships and tanks, as well
as the tiny parts Of machinery which
make them 60" are first made in
mahogany. Fine precision is pos
sible from this close e-grained hard
wood which makes the pattern fua
the casting and the finished product
in steel.
Evening star., 1944-01-15

lstreet Me-, owner; M. q. Yost. e53
East Capitol street, builder; q. T.
|santmeyers, 1910 H street NV,
architect; to repair, 1916 Eighteenth
street NE; to cost $400.
william @. Martin, 1854 Wisconsin
avenue NV, owner and builder
Maurice S. May. 1928 Connecticut
Iavenue NV, architect; to make re-
pairs, 1236-1238 wisconsin avenue
NV; to cost $500.
Calvin A. Houk, 1881 p street NV.
owner; Harry Passett, rear 1926
K street NV, builder; to make re.
Ipairs, 1881 P street NV; to cost
5000.
Maurice I. Schlein, owner and
builder; to make repairs, 208 F street
NE; to cost $1,000.
D. L. Holden, 1415 P street NV.
owner and builder; M. G. Lepley
$3.50 Nebraska avenue NV, archi.
tect; to erect one two-story brick
addition, 14l5 P street NV; to cost
5000.
Osborne Spriggs, 5000 G street
Sc, owner and builder; L. w. Giles
4428 Hunt place NE, architect; te
erect one 1-story frame dwelling
5000 G street>s.e.; to cost $500.
Carl Prehn, 3005 Thirtieth street
Sc, owner, builder and architect
to erect one cinder block private ga
rage, rear, 3005 Thirtieth street Sc;
to cost $500.
T. Claggett, 1904 o street NV.
owner; Jaffe Dove, constructor, 911
Thirteenth street NV, builder; tt
repair, 1904 o street NV; to cost
$500.
Frank S. Greene, 1102 Kenilwortf
avenue NE, owner and builder
Leslie Bransom, 1923 Eighth stree,
NV, architect; to convert base
Evening star., 1944-01-15
|Al Properly Owners
Advised 10 Estimate
Needed Repairs Now

Owners Of homes, stores. ONCE
buildings and other commercial
properties needing major repairs
were advised to make prompt ar
rangements for starting the work
as soon as the supply of building
products for non military use be-
comes more plentiful, according to
a statement issued today by Russell
G. Creviston, general chairman of
the postwar committee of the Pro-
ducers' Council, the national organ
ization Of manufacturers OF building
materials and equipment.
AS soon as materials become
available for civilian use, the de-
mand for repair. work will be the
greatest in history, MIR. Creviston
said. Some estimates Of the volume
of repairs run as high as $4,000
100000 for the first year after
the scope Of the war production
program is reduced, as against q
normal peacetime average of about
s., 3,000, ,000, 900, he said.
In addition to the huge volume
Of badly needed repair and remodel
ing work, several million families
will be eager to build new homes
during this period, there will be q
rush Of farm, industrial, commercial
and public construction and there
also will be large demand for ma
terials and labor on the part OF
property owners who plan repairs
which, while not acutely neces-
sary, are nevertheless desirable" he
pointed out.
Estimates Prepared.
Though most contractors spe-
cializing in repair and maintenance
work are operating with reduced
forces at the present time, most of
them have ample time to prepare
estimates and work out complete
details for repair jobs, large or
small, with greater care and atten-
ton than will be possible after the
rush Of peacetime construction be-
gins. In addition, making advance
arrangements for urgent repair jobs
will help make certain that there
will be no unnecessary period of
unemployment during the early
post-armistice period.
Wartime restrictions on civilian
construction do not apply to main
tenance and repair work. In fact,
it is essential that buildings Of all
kinds be kept in good condition and
operating efficiency to support the
war effort. The difficulty has been
in providing all the needed kinds of
building material while the huge
war construction program was in
progress. And in many localities
manpower needed for repair work
hasn't been available.
Repairs Can Be Started.
"In areas where the supply of
labor is more plentiful, many types
Of repair and maintenance can be
started Immediately without retard-
ing the war program. Although the
situation with respect to some build
ing products, such as lumber, elec-
trical and plumbing equipment,
steel and hardware, remains criti-
cal, there are no restrictions on
painting and decorating. repairs to
brick and masonry construction, in
sulating or reroofing. Getting this