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New Emancipation

General Eisenhower has issued two "enan-
cipation proclamations' since our armies en-
tered Germany. One was his appeal to the
impressed foreign workers in the Reich to
begin their fight against the Nazis. The other
was his statement of the conditions of mill
tary government in conquered German terri
tory
Both Of these proclaim release from sla-
very. And. both give promise of slow and
painful fulfillment For the slave labor seized
and transported from occupied nations, Gen.
eral Eisenhower's summons brings the pros
pect of suffering and death to many. But sui
fering and death are not new to these I'M
happy victims of war.
Now these sacrifices will be for the sake
Of an open blow, if not a strong one. Before
their weapons were the showdown and sabotage
for them to rise up, and to harass and divert
the Gestapo. After ALL there are an estimated
II million foreign workers in Germany. Their
very number, and the scores they have to
settle, must strike fear to many Nazi hearts.
The generals other proclamation offers free
dom to a nation of apparently willing slaves.
II is severe document, as it should be. 1t
offers stern justice and swift action against
any arrangements of military regulations. 1t
demands discipline and prompt obedience.
It remains to be seen whether the occupa-
ton will invite spying and sabotage, and wheth-
er the enforcement of this proclamation will
effectively prevent it. After all, we are not
many. However, the Germans are not the
French.
guess based past performance and
made far from the scene, is that there will be
no such resistance from the German popu-
lation as the Nazis encountered in the occupied
lands. If the ordinary German had a frerce
will to defend his way of life under Hitler,
The Esienhouser proclamation would only
make him more cautiously determined But it is
doubtful that the Fuehrer's way of life looks
as inviting as it did even year ago.
So it may be that these rules of military
occupation will turn out to be less defensive
weapon than psychological one. Strict regu-
are things that the acquiescent Germans have
been used to.
Only this time their dictated behavior is a
preliminary to responsible self-government-
eircumscribed, carefully watched government
but their responsibility nevertheless. The days
Of disastrous paternalisn1 are ending.
And there must be some Germans who are
exhilarated at the prospect II General Eisen
hover can find and trust them, the first ster
toward the future Germany may perhaps be
taken.
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tics; Raymond Cox, painting and
woodwork; Roderick Eason, dog
care and farm mechanics; and
Frederick Streuber, dog care, farm
mechanics, woodwork and poultry
keeping.
Troop 10 - Bronze Eagle palm,
Francis Chadwick; Star, Sidney
Trundle. Merit Badges: Sidney
Trundle, stamp collecting and read
ing. Civic service. Sidney Trundle,
Is hours.
Troop 14EGold Eagle palm, John
Brown and Elwood Penny. First
Class, Clifton Dixon and David An
drews. Second Glass, Randolph
Lewis and Linwood Taylor. Merit
badges: Elwood Penny, AUTOMOBILE
ing; Randolph Lewis, painting, fire
manship, handicraft, and reading;
Clifton Dixon, painting, fireman
ship, handicraft; Norwood Skipper,
painting, handicraft; Jimmy Kraus,
reading. Civic service: Clifton Dix
on, Is hours; Hampton Sewell, 25
hours. q
Troop 17-Second Glass, Charles
Radcliffe and Billy Radcliff- Civic
service: John Hinson, Is hours;
Glenn Cook, rs hours; Herbert
York, 100 hours; Billy Lyerly, 50
hours; and James Wilkinson, 100
hours.
Troop Silver combination Ea-
gle palm, c. E. Goodykoontz, Star.
Carson Boone. First Class, Oliver
Shipper and Bill Gordon. Merit
Badges: c: E Goodykoontz, cleo
tricity, stamp collecting, painting,
angling, automobiling, and leather.
craft Bill Gordon, painting. Civic
service hours: Carl Zellers, $50;
Carson Boone, 100; Bill Gordon, IS;
James Hyler, Is Ray Spencer.
Troop 23-Merit badges Hamp-
ton Frady, camping and bird stu
dy, Stanley Knot, pa.hfinding.
Troop 34-First Class, Billy Grit
fin. Merit badges: Billy Griffin,
reading, painting, and firemanship;
Jesse Hardwick, painting and fire.
manship. Civic service hours: Billy
Griffin, 200; Jesse Hardwick, $50;
Jerry Hardwick. ITS.
Troop 36-Eagle, Hickey Hintze.
Star. Ralph Goodwin. Second Class,
Tommy MacRae. Merit Badges:
Hickey Hintze. aeronautics; Donald
Lee. firemanship, handicraft; Fritz
Stelljes, automobiling.
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Under The Oaks

Pointing out that the first Dumbarton Oaks
portance unsettled, Carlyle Morgan, writing in
the Christian Science Monitor, deals with Ger
attitude of Russian and Chinese delegations,
present at separate times, which, will interest
thoughtful readers. We quote:
SIT is interesting that the Russians, who look
so sweeping, positive, and even dashing in
their execution of foreign policy these days.
should have left behind them at Dumbarton
Oaks an impression of careful slowness.
think this increased rather than diminished
their prestige with the other experts assem-
bled at the Oaks. But the combination Of
fast time table and slow discussions resulted
in embarrassed feelings in Washington as the
polite Chinese stood patiently by awaiting their
turn.
This embarrassment could hardly be re-
lieved by consciousness that, while proprie-
ties of international conduct were sufficient
nese toward each other, there were in the
background unresolved problems in Chinese
Russian relations, such as the Sinkiang ques-
ton and the ramifications Of Communist in
fluence in China.
sIn the United States a strong China has
been regarded as a postwar check on resur-
gence of Japanese aggression. Moreover, a
peace imposed in close cooperation with
China, and in which China publicly took the
initiative, would avoid the danger of the other
Allies seeming to impose white mans peace
in Asia. But the Sinkiang question had raised
some doubts as to whether the Big Three see
eye to eye on China. Do the Russians con-
cede as large a postwar role for China as
is foreseen by other of the United Nations?
If so, do the Russians envisage somewhat
different China from that which is contem-
plated in London and Washington? These
doubts unfortunately could not be lessened
by the conference at Dumbarton Oaks.
Another conference is shaping up, probably
for December. And, incidentally, it seems
likely that the American delegation to the
Oaks will undergo some alterations in per-
sonnet before then Of course, one change is
already forecast in the Presidents non1ina-
ton Of Stanley K. Hornbeck as Ambassador
to the Netherlands. But aside from changes
necessitated by new duties for some of the
delegates there may be other changes de-
signed Ito prthe the delegation of dead wood
before December.
''Should the war in Europe be concluded by
then, the Russians will have less reason for
concern over Japanese sensibilities. Even if
Russia has not come into the war against
Japan, Russian statesmen may be willing to
risk comforting with the United States, Brit
ain, and yes, China, on Ear Eastern problems
1t is plain that not all the Far Eastern prob
LENS to be discussed between China and Rus
STA concern Japan directly, in any case"
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BALLOTS CENSORED

TOPEKA, Kans., Oct. 7.-RA
OF 81 war ballots received here,
one definitely had been opened,
then closed with staples and many
others bore censors' markings. W.
H. RACER, Shawnee county clerk,
said today. When asked to COM
ment on the legal right of censors
to open war ballots, ragged refused
to comment, saying he didn't want
to stir UP a hornets nest"
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interpreting
The War '
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Ana,r..

AhdlyN II
The first light snow of the Ga.
son are reported from the vos,,.
segment of the tight-locked Alrs,
Nazi battlefront. Their fall him.
ominously at an early winter !.
western Europe which might A.;
Allied hopes of knocking out Cs4 4
man defenses on the Rhine befo..
a weather stalemate develops
Snow in early October is not II,
usual in the Alpine mountain sm~
jutting northward to flank the IN
per Rhine. There have been otbs,
inconclusive portents, however :,
suggest that the time factor is rM
ming heavily against the probabT
ty of decisive action in the We,
in the weeks of possible maneuvs,
weather that remain.
Even so, it would be risky IA
write off the Allied offensive
against the Siegfried line, partic,
larly against its northern sector
at this stage. It still falls far Short
of the full scale operation ns
General Eisenhower had the men
and equipment at hand to o.
ganize.
COULD TIP BALANCE
The Allied commander has vct
to reveal his full hand. Rain So.
verely handicapped close suppor
air operations during the first five
create the Ubach dent in enemv
days of the First army drive 10
defenses north of Aachen As The
sun broke through again, Allied
planes came sWarming over The
battle zones anew. Given only a
few days of suitable flying condi,
tons and they could conceiaby
tip the scales decisively in Allied
favor and open the way for a full
dress offensive.
In the 1918 victory OF the World
war one the battles in France that
led up to German surrender began
late in September and were still
going in early November when the
Armistice ended hostilities. The
Franco-American thrusts on the
Meuse-Argonne front in that war
opened September 26; the British
drive through the Hinderburg line
in the north seven days later. They
ended only on November II
within the Armistice, and Allied
armies in this war are better
equipped for winter warfare in
western Europe than were those
of 1918.
While the outlook in the wes
remains uncertain, there seems
every prospect that in the Balkan!
and on the great plains of Hungary
and northeastern Yugoslavia fresi
disaster is stalking close at MAJ
heels. German retreat from Greece
and the whole southern arc Of TN
Balkan peninsula is in full progress
to escape the deadly Russian driv
up the Danube valley that omi
nously threatens Budapest an
even Vienna. In Italy the last Goth
ic line defenses of the Pc vale
are bending almost the the break
ing point. Neutral sources repor
that the Germans are franticall
ripping out war plant machiner
in northwestern Italy for shipmen
north of the Alps.
There seems no fear in MoSco,
Or in Rome of a weather-stalG
mated campaign in the south an
southeast for many weeks to come
Nor do Russian observers appea
to doubt that the collapse of Hur
gary is close at hand to strip Hi
Ter of his last satellite support an
probably shake the allegiance c
his native Austria to his lost cause
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TOP O. THE MORNING

TOP O. THE MORNING
When we look up at the wonderful pagean-
try of the starlit skies, feeling of our In
Significance fill the heart. "Astr0micauy
speaking" said scientist. Man is I'M
IMPRESSIVE. To which another thinker
replied. "Astronmically speaking-although
there are mu.titudes of worlds, as Tar
as science can tell, this is the only world
where human personalities dwell. 1t is
the world that God loved enough to give
His Son for its redemption.,, That answers
the question of mans Importance. We be-
long to- God-created, loved, redeemed.
DIR. J. w. G. Ward.
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The Pacific is the largest and
deepest of the oceans. and vita
dependent seas has an re of
about 100000 square m l s.
equal to the entire land surface
of the globe.
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The Road To Berlin
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
l. WESTERN FRONT. So2 Miles From
North of Venlo).
2. RUSSIAN FRONT: $40 Miles From
Warsaw.
3. ITALIAN FRONT: 5e4 Miles F'rom
Loiano).
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Super Solution

A Japanese magazine has called on the Japs
for 'super-efforts" to step up war production.
The Pacific command will undoubtedly pro-
vide an antidote for the new super-efforts
with bombs from those new Superforts-the
B-29's.
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Sweet potatoes are among the
driest OF common vegetables. con.
tainNg only twice as much water
az bone-dry material
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Quilts are known to have been
used for writing as early as the
seventh century A. D.
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Fair Enough

Editors Note.-Ths Star and the News accept NO
responsibility for the personal views Of Mr. Pagler
and often disagree with them much many Of
his readers. His articles the good purpose Of
making pesple think.
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Our Chief Aim

To aid in every way the prosecution OK the
var to complete Victory.
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IS Years Ago
Today
(FROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)
OCTOBER 8. 1919

George L. Tillery, for several
years assistant general freight
agent of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad, has been appointed trat..
fic representative of the South At.
lantic Maritime corporation, ana
will assume his new duties OF d.
verting tonnage to the port next
week.
Ground will be broken on Decenl'
Der l, for construction of the Caro-
lima Beach Electric railroad, con-
Meeting the city with the popular
mainland beach south of the city
according to an announcement BY
E. T. Burton, vice-president and
treasurer Of the corporation yester'
day.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-02

Knox's talents as manager of newspapers at
racted the interest of Hearst in 1927 and Knox be-
came publisher Of the Boston American. year later
Hearst made him general manager of the Hearst
newspaper system at a salary reputedy of Sl500Oo
year
All during his newspaper career Knox was active
in Republican politics From 1910 to 1912 he was state
chairman of Michigan In 1912 he followed Theodore
Roosevelt in the Bull Moose" bolt from the Repub-
lican ranks, and managed ct. RS" western head
quarters in that turbulent political year.
Knox was an important figure in succeeding ma
tional conventions. He ran for office only once, in
1924 when he was defeated in for governor of
New Hampshire s.
Knox had reported political news, published polit-
ical news and made political news when in 1885 he
became page political news himself. AS editor and
publisher of the Chicago Daily News he had made
himself one of the range-fi finders of Republican OPP
position the new deal" of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt beginning in 1888 to challenge administra
ton policies with blunt VIGOROUS ront-page editorials
His critical fire initiated many lines of Republican
attack against Excessive spending and bureaucracy
and called for recovery before reform
Through 1884 and 1885 Col. Knox hammered his
militant views before audiences all over the country.
AS of his partys important spokesman he was
invited to take part in congressional and state
paigns, to make hundreds of addresses
When discussion of possible Republican Presi-
dental candidates began in earnest in 1885, there
increasing mention of the energetic Chicagoan With
out having held elective office, his name
high on all lists of potential nominees
Knox called the modern newspaper 1.-THE greatest
educational force the world has ever known and
expressed its duty unfnching pursuit of the facts
To manage a newspaper in keeping with the best
traditions of the craft "ony seems to require cour
age Knox said declaring that actually dealism
the most profitable policy
Given good clean paper honestly edited, and
efficiently distributed. and follows surely
as night follows day. he said FL
newspaper techncian whose opinions were given
respectful attention Knox believed that papers
gagged in much idotic and wasteful combat over
He thought the metropolitan papers is
sued too many editions. His ideal "a good
newspaper suitable its community circulated in the
proper field
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fic). 1t read as follows:
Unless urgency demands, vessels
this squadron will not use speeds
in EXCESS of IS knots in-Strait. II
has been observed that wake from
this speed gives Army privies built
out over the water good flushing
without DAMAGING them Practice OF
painting a hash-mark under picture
of privy on the bridge for each one
knocked down will be discontinued
The order is signed Commander
Mansfield. Commander Lindley
Commander Outerbridge and Com
mander Eliot"
NOTE-the name of the Strait is
omitted here for security reasons
Copyright, 1914, by United Fea-
ture Syndicate, IncD.
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NEWSP APERMAN, TOO

With the passing of Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox went of the most important figures in
American journalism.
His career took him from Grand Rapids, Mich,
to Saulte Ste. Marie, Mich, where he became pub
Usher at the age of 81; then to Manchester N. H.,
to Boston and ON to William Randolph Hearst's gem
era staff as manager OF the entire Hearst newspaper
system Then in 1881 he and Theodore 7. Ellis of
Worcester Mass bought the controlling interest in
the Chicago Daily News Throughout these later
changes he retained his interest in the Manchester
papers
war twice interposed in his career In 1898, fresh
ly graduated from Alma College at Alma, Mich,
he enlisted in the Rough Riders and private fol-
lowed Theodore Roosevelt in the historic charge up
San Juan Hill. The Cuban sun and dysentery ended
his service before the short-lived war ended.
In 1917 Knox, then 43 and publishing papers in
Manchester enlisted for the World War in the first
New Hampshire infantry. He sent to an officers
training school, commissioned a captain and went
overseas with the 18th division The following De-
cer1lber he was promoted to major and assigned to
the l53rd artillery of the 18th division. He served
with that outfit until February TO- 1919 when he was
mustered out as lieutenant colonel, rank which
he continued to hold with the 365th reserve field
artillery
Knoxs publishing success followed traditional
pattern He started at the OF "a just after the
Spanish American War, as a reporter the Grand
Rapids, Mich. Telegram. Backed by its publishers,
he bought small weekly in Sault Ste. Marie and,
with his partner made pay enough to found daily
in Manchester
Knox moved East in 1872 and when his Man.
chester Leader flourished, he and his partner, John
A. Muehling bought out two opposition papers. They
were then in both morning and evening fields, with
the Leader tmorning) and the Union evening"
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creased.
1t reached a boiling point recent
" over the question Of the main
tenance OF membership clause IN
labor contracts. sf
This is compromise whereby
employers agree that, If a worker
Joins the union. he must remain in
the union for the period OF the Ia
Dor contract, or one year. However,
there is nothing to compel him to
join the. union. He may work indie
finitely as a non-union man, and
he is even given two weeks to re-
sign from the union before the
union maintenance agree m n t
takes effect.
Previously, industry WLB MEM
beers have voted for this as a fair
war time compromise. But recently
a hot fight has developed over the
case of the Humble Oil Company,
a subsidiary of Standard of New
JClS tN. f1ltQ All tlAC AZ b eAAAAS, AAi
dustry members have deviated from
their previous desire to cooperate
with labor on union maintenance.
This time, obviously acting on in
structions from the new joint COM
.mittee of the Manufacturers Asso-
citation and the u S. Chamber, the
industry members have prepared a
clustering minority report urging
Humble Oil to defy the War Labor
Board and go to court. Their min
GRITTY decision hasn't been made
public yet. But unless they change
their minds, the WLB will be pref
ty much in open warfare when it
is.
NOTE-Considered significant is
the fact that James Tanham, Tex
as Oil Company executive, is an
alternate industry member of the
WLB.
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20 YEARS AGO FIR fTE EMPIRE
May 2. 1a24


Major F. Martin and 1t
Harvey
paoed in search of the missing
globe filters
operating to the
daily
the Juneau Cold Storage Company
s. Seattle and H. Thompson
Kechikan.
labor
shrimp Earl dinner Petersburg
Gamer announced
public recreation grounds and
public that
Glacier Highway The sites
another Mcons Creek I'm
made possibly of these
sites during the season n
Seattle
Mt months
the in Alaska
formerly Anchorage
Anchorage Times He enoute to
Charleston Virginia. a
Weather High, Al; low, 35; cloudy
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strait between two islands with
such speed that the waves thrown
up by the warships almost upset
the Army's wooden outhouses built
on stills along the shoreline.
In fact. destroyer captains got
such kick out of knocking over
Army privies with the swell kicked
up by the 5hio's wake that they
would paint hash-marks on the
bridge, like notches cut in rifle,
to show how many outhouses had
been decapitated.
Then along came an official or
der, with the notation at the top:
"Cincpac" tcommander-in-chief in
Pacific), "Comsopac" commander
in-South Pacific, and "Comdespac"
commander of destroyers in Paci-
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New Horizon
Cincinnati Enquirer)

new concept of transcontinental air travel was
established with the hours flight from
Los Angeles to Washington by the new Lockheed Con-
stellation 57passenger transport plane powered by
four engines. ''
The Acton craft, designed to fly above the
weather" at altitude great as 10000 feet has
been under construction for two years With the trend
toward larger mult-engned planes, the Constellation
should prove its worth both military transport
and later cross country arliner Because OF its
greater cruising range (the plane carries enough gas
to take it the continent nonstop, the transport
fly great circle course. thereby clipping some
miles and minutes off its course between the coasts
Supervised planes already have demonstrated their
practcablity The problems which attend their con-
Struction mainly aerodynamic-a matter of de-
sign which can be worked out the drafting board
and in the wind tunnel, The Constellation four
Wright engines of 1900 horsepower each-in other
words each of its engines develops more power than
great freight locomotive 1t long has been an axiom
of aircraft design that given enough power, a
barn could be made to fly.
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CALL FOR REPUBLICAN, TERRI
TORIAL MASS CONVENTION

CALL FOR REPUBLICAN, TERRI
TORIAL MASS CONVENTION
In conformity with the CALL for
the 1914 Republican National Con-
vention and the rules Of the Re&
publican National Committee. and
in compliance with the rules of the
Republican Central Committee of
Alaska, the governing committee of
the Republican Party in Alaska. it
is hereby directed that a Territorial
Mass Convention of the Republican
Party be held at Skagway, Alaska
at 10 O'Clock a.. M, May Is, 1914, for
the purpose Of: b sfN 81
tD adopting a Territorial Re-
publican platform; .
t2) Electine a Chairman. Secre-
tary. and fotrt4l Divisional Mem
bers of the Republican Central Com
naittee Of Alaska :se e. III -
e, Ratifying the Republican
Central Committee of Alaska selec-
tion OF three 80 Delegates-at-Large
and three 80 Alternate Delegates
at-Large to the Republican National
Convention instructed to vote for
the nomination Of Governor Thomas
E. Dewey for President;
(4} and for the transaction OF
suchrother business as may properly
come before the convention.
Qualified voters who are bona fide
Republicans are invited to partici-
pate.
ELTON E. ENGSTROM,
Chairman, Republican Central
Committee of Alaska. f'',f
May /, 1914 Juneau, Alaska.