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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-03
How Many
Summers?

ual to hear the age ofwhiskey rated b.
the number of summer" it had lain
in the wood. A man making a nose
and taste-test of sample of whiskey
might have been heard to inquire,
How many summers old?' He would
think in terms of summer" rather
than in years. And, generally speak
ing, he knew what he was talking
about.
1t is conceded by most distillers
that the development of whiskey
proceeds more rapidly in the barrels
when the temperature in the storage
or rack house is at summer heat.
There still are those who believe that
little or no change in whiskey occurs
during the winter months. This opin-
ion is not shared by some very we'll
posted modern distiliers, who. while
they admit of greater acceleration of
the aging process in warm tempera-
ture, still believe that some change re-
sultsfrom thechangesin temperatures.
However, our most advanced dis
tillery rack houses are models of sci
entifc construction. The temperature
is ENTHUSIASTICALLY controlled. Really,
it is summertime all year around
inside. Since the amount of moisture
in the air is also important-the hu-
nudity is constantly tested and con-
trolled. And this reminds US that we
recently told you that the barrel is
considered one of the raw materials
out of which whiskey is made. Re-
member? Whiskey extracts certain
flavor elements while it is stored in
the wood. And these favorelements
are variable because there is no exact
uniformity in natures raw materials.
The oak from which the barrels are
made varies according to the differ
ence in soil where it was grown.
So, by the same token, difference
in temperature likewise creates varia-
bles in whiskey. For instance, in an
old-fashioned rack-house there were
many tiers of barrels-from the floor
to the under side of the roof. Distillery
men discovered that the whiskey in
the top-tier barrels, directly under
the roof, took on different character
istics from that in the middle or bot
tom tiers. The hot sun ON the roof, of
course, was the answer. If you visit
one of our whiskey-aging warehouses,
YOU will see only few tiers from the
floor up. A thermometer test will
prove the near uniformity of tenn
perature, above and below.
How many of our fellow Americans
have any idea of the care and precision
that are exercised in present-day
American whiskey production-to
produce what we sincerely believe to
be the worlds finest whiskey? Yes,
we'll say it again
America Makes the Best of Epery-
thing!
MARK MERIT
P.S. The whiskey you are able to buy
(, today, in moderate quantities, comes
out of reserves. There is none made
today. Distillers are making alcohol
for war purposes-today and every
day. First things come first!
FREE Would you like q booklet contain
! ing the first ten articles in this series? JUS
Write your name and address on the back
Of a penny postal and send ir to me. care o.
Schenley International Corporation, $3.50
Fifth Avenue, New York J, ~. Y. It's
yours for the asking.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-03
KATHERINE ELLIS

Worlds Famous Psychic is giving
private interviews at the Baranoi
Hotel, answering all questions per-
tanning to Health. Love Affairs and
advice on Finances. Phone 800 fol
appointment. adv
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-03
WILCOX RETURNS

H. G. Wilcox, with the University
of Alaska, is in Juneau again and
has registered at the Gastineau
Hotel.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-02
Glasgow Sergeant
Now Has z Years
OF Oversee Duty

18TH ARMY AIR FORCE IN
ITALY-Staff Serg. Arthur L. john
son of Glasgow, Mont, recently COM
pleted his second year of overseas
duty with this 18th AAF P-38
Lightning fighter-bomber group,
now based in Italy.
Activated in May 1912 and sent
into action in Africa late in Deem
Der 1912, the group was among the
frs, long range fighter units in the
Mediterranean Theatre of Opera
tons. Since its first mission flown
from African soil on Christmas day
1912, the group has achieved an out
standing combat record. rolling up
the top score of any fighter unit in
the Mediterranean Theatre of over
$50 enemy aircraft shot down in
aerial combat.
Hampered by adverse weather and
trying living conditions, frequent
shortages of vital parts and supplies,
the men of this group. serving
through the African, Sicilian, Ital-
ian. and European aerial offensives,
formed themselves into a hard hit
ting, smooth working combat team
that won for them two presidential
and n distinguished unit citations.
The third citation, recently pre-
scented to the group by Maj. Gen.
Nathan F. Twining 18th air force
commander, was awarded for the
historic long-range fighter-bomber
attack made June 10, 1914, against
the Romano Americana oil refinery,
Ploesti, Rumania, then a high pri-
GRITTY target in Europe.
Sergeant johnson has been
awarded the Good Conduct medal,
e three stars on his European,
African, Middle Eastern campaign
ribbon, and the distinguished unit
bar with two clusters.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-02

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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-02
Officer Of dist
Is Reassigned to
Another Division

CAPE GLOUCESTER - Second
Lieut.. Aaron A. Hanson, formerly
of Glasgow, Mont, has been assigned
to the 10th infantry division in
action on New Britain island in the
southwest Pacific.
Lieutenant Hanson, a platoon
leader in a rifle company, who en-
tered the army Sept. 6, 1910 as an
enlisted man, was commissioned
last May %, following graduation
from an infantry officers candidate
school in Australia.
During almost two years in the
southwest Pacific, Lieutenant Han
o has participated in two major
campaigns against the Japanese in
New Guinea, including the battle of
Sanananda.
For his service in 1943 with the
41st division, he is authorized to
ear two bronze stars, the presi-
dental unit citation ribbon and the
good conduct medal.
Lieutenant Hanson is a former
student of Glasgow high school, and
before entering federal service with
Montana national guard he was
engaged in farming and ranching.
He is a son of Mrs. Nora Davis of
Bremerton, Wash.
Drr.v that MO-. D@..I k@1A-
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-02
Rev. Carries from
Spain Will Speak
Here Coming Week

The Rev. Zacarias P. Carries, field
missionary of the Spanish Christian
mission, will speak on missionary
work in Spain in the American
Legion room of the civic center next
wednesday night at 8. His appear
ance here is under auspices of the
Christian Fellowship. Rev. Carries
now makes his headquarters in
Toronto. Ont.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-02
Montana Stock Is
Sold i'm Chicago

CHICAGO.-.A shipment of stock
that included several Valley owners
was sold here last week. A. c. Vertz
and David Rice received $3.50 for
7OO-pound steers. Others selling cat
tie from S12 to $3.50 were Norris
Braaten. Lars E. Rogne, Charles
Rice and E. DeAIessemaker.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-02
Sheldon Reports
Successful Sale
Held in Billings

very successful" was the COM
ment of L. H. Sheldon, Nashua
Aberdeen-Angus breeder, who re-
turned Friday from Billings, where
he attended an Aberdeen-Angus
sale and show. He reported 103
head sold, including so bulls. The
grand champion from the Hoover
herd at Bozeman brought 81 1900.
Mr.. Sheldon sold a bull at the
auction and brought back two
heifers, which had placed second
and third in their classes at the
show. One is from the Blackbird
strain while the other, Brandon
Missile, represents SO years of
McGregor breeding from the fam
GUS herd at Brandon, Man.
Then there was the married
man who came home late, and as
he pulled out the key, wondered
what he was letting himself in for.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-02
AT CHURCH MEETING

The Rev. and Mrs. H. F.. Widen
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clint Halliday
left Saturday morning for Great
Falls to attend a regional visitation
evangelistic training school for
members of all churches. They will
return Friday.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-02
Now Many Wear
FALSE TEETH
WELL w.
With Little Worr,

Eat. talk. laugh or sneeze without
fear of Insecure false teeth dropping.
slipping or wabbling. FASTEETH
holds plates firmer and more comfort
ably. This pleasant powder has no
gunmy, goOey, pasty taste or feeling.
Doesn't cause nausea It's alkaline
mon acid. Checks plate Odor' (den-
ture BREATH Get FASTEETH at any
drug store. ~
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-02

Buy that War Bond today.
Evening star., 1944-08-08
George Washington u,
Church Benefit Under Will

George Washington University sfd
the Covenant First PRESBYTERIAN
Church are to, be the principal
beneficiaries from the estate of
Harry Cassell Davis, who died July
l8 at the age of 81, leaving property
valued at $80,650. A native WASH
ingtonian, Mr.. Davis was secretary
OF the university's board of trustees.
A petition for probate of his will
was filed yesterday at the Register
Of Wills ofiice at District Court.
The will, which designates the
Washington Loan & Trust Co. as
executors of the estate, orders that
the residue be divided equally be-
tween the university and church,
after certain other specific bequests
are taken care of. The fund for the
church is designated as a memorial
TO his wife, Mrs. Ida j. Davis, and
sister, Miss Mollie E. Davis, both
deceased.
Specific bequests to individuals
run as high as $500. The will also
provides for 500 each for the Ma
tional Lutheran Home, Children's
Hospital and the Presbyterian Home.
Mr.. Davis estate includes q sum-
mer home at Braddock Heights, Md,
valued at $500 and personal prop
erty valued at $76,150.
Evening star., 1944-08-08
Murder
Continued From First Page.)

Rosenberg, who performed an au-
topSy yesterday, aaid death was
caused by the thrust of a 3l2 Inch
knife, the blade of which pierced
her heart
Miss Erickson was stabbed on a
path leading from the Twenty third
street end of the @ Street Bridge to
Rock Creek parkway below.
Described Her Slayer.
She staggered down the path a
short distance and collapsed in the
arms of 1t. Leland l.. Parker, of the
Ordnance Research Center, Aber-
deem. Md, who was walking in the
park with a friend, Miss Lucy St.
Lawrence, 2230 Massachusetts ave-
nue. NV.
Police, summoned by Miss st.
Lawrence, arrived a few minutes
later and, as she lay dying, Miss
Erickson described the killer as a
dark-skinned heavy-set colored man
about 25. She lapsed into uncon-
sciousness and died a short time
later.
Miss Erickson came here two
months ago from Birmingham,
Mich, where she worked in the main
office of the Saarinen & Swanson
firm. She had previously been here
in the firms interest last October.
Working On Housing Project.
Officials of the firm said she was
working on architectural designs for
a modern Negro housing develop
ment sponsored by the National
Capital Housing Administration. In
the Michigan Office of the firm,
where she had worked for the last
six years, she had done important
work on war housing designs for
the Willow Run, Mich, defense
plant.
Miss Erickson was a graduate of
the University of Montana and the
Cranbrook Institute, near Detroit,
where she took advanced architec-
tural courses.
In addition to her parents, she is
survived by two brothers, both mem
bers of the Army Air Forces. One,
Andrew c. Erickson, is stationed in
Chicago, and the other, John l..
Erickson, at Keesler Field, Miss. A
sister, Mrs. Erwin Lachenmaier,
lives in Detroit.
Evening star., 1944-08-08
Government Moves
Swiftly 10 Settle
Renewed 6. N. Strike
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT. Aug. IA strike halted
war production a second time today
In five Chevrolet gear and axle
division plants Of General Motors
and Government representatives
moved swiftly In efforts to effect
q resumption of work.
With 1000 day shift workers idle
in protest at the firing OF seven
CIO-United Auto Workers men,
bers the regional War Labor Board
summoned corporation and union
officials to a show-cause hearing
this afternoon to explain why work
should not resume.
A total Of 1000 employees would be
involved If the strike were main-
tanned into the night shifts at the
plants.
Corporation and union laid the
blame upon one another for the
walkout.
Calls Strikes Industrial Crimes.
General Motors, in statement
declaring strikes like this are in
dustrial crimes" said the seven men
were fired for their leadership" of
last weeks strike, which had closed
the plants.
Those responsible" General
Motors said, must be held account
able or our country faces industrial
anarchy"
Walter P. Reuther, UAW-CIO
president and the unions GIN direc-
tor, charged General Motors with
using every pretext to weaken and
undermine the UAW-CIO in the
hope of destroying its power in the
postwar period"
AS spokesman for the unions
international leadership, Reuther
asked the strikers to return to work
so that, he said, they would demon
strate that they have more genuine
concern for the war effort than do
the heads of General Motors Corp"
Pickets Dispersed
Spokesman for Local 235 of the
UAW said strike meeting was held
last midnight Pickets surrounded
the plants at 6:l5 am, but dispersed
after about an hour, the company
reported.
The original strike, which involved
all 1000 employees of the five plants,
was precipitated by the layoffs of
six men in dispute over production
rates. The plants. which make parts
for Pratt & Whitney aircraft en-
gines, were down for a week.
Union officials said the seven dis
charged men included all the orig
inally penalized group and that the |
company declared it was taking its
action because of the mems "partic-
ipation and leadership in the strike.
One of the discharged men was
Nestor Dessy, Local 235 president
who, with co-oficials of the local.
was suspended from office by the In
ternational Executive Board of the
Auto Workers Union last week. The
board said the locals leadership was
unable to control the membership.
Evening star., 1944-08-08

examination of dogs tied to trees
in Mrs. McCracken's yard had re-
vealed no evidence of malnutrition
or rickets.
Harold L. Baker, Fairfax County
sanitation engineer, said he had
inspected Mrs. McCrackens prop
erty on August l and had found
% dogs, 18 of them confined in a
7x8-foot room in the house. He
said the floor was dirty and de-
scribed the ventilation as very
poor"
Mrs. McCracken said that she
had attempted to build proper ken
nels for her pets but had been
prevented by her landlord.
In his order Judge Carrico re-
quested the Welfare League to assist
in the disposition of the dogs. 1t is
the first court action brought by
the league, which was incorporated
last June.
Evening star., 1944-08-08
Baltimore Case Held
Murder and Suicide
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. "a vsrdict of
murder and suicide" was returned
today by DR.. Henry Wollenweber
city medical examiner, in the deaths
of 29-year-old man and his wom-
an companion, who were found shot
to death early Sunday in a parked
car.
Dr. Wollenweber found that Nor
man E. Bosley, 20, father of two
children, shot Mrs. Virginia Nighan,
80, mother of son in the Navy
and estranged wife of Joseph Mig
han, then killed himself.
Police spent yesterday investigat-
ing the possibility of double murder,
after their original theory of mur-
der and suicide on the part of the
man had been discounted by med
ical report saying Bosley died of a
fractured skull caused by blow on
the head.
DR.. Wollenweber, after performing
a second autopsy last night, said,
however, that the skull fracture was
induced when a bullet struck Bosley
on the right temple. A 22-caliber
rifle was clutched in Bosley's hand.
Police Commissioner Hamilton R.
Atkinson said he ordered the second
examination because all other cir
cumstances In the case pointed to
murder and suicide. This theory
had been shaken with Dr. Wollen-
webers report of his original in
Ivestigation, which disclosed no trace
of bullet wound on Bosley.
Evening star., 1944-08-08
Mother Of Six Given
Year in Prison for
Assault on Employer

Mrs Martha Bowie. 80, colored
mother of six children, who lives
near Laytonsville, was sentenced to
one year in the Maryland Women's
Prison in Rockville Police Court yes
terday on a charge of assaulting her
employer, Mrs. Clarence Small, Lay
louisville.
Mrs. Bowie told Trial Magistrate
Emma Waldrop that she struck
Mrs. Small in the chest and ribs
with her fists because her employer
called her very bad name" as
Mrs. Small was driving her home.
Judge Waldrop termed the as
sault very reprehensible one"
and asserted the colored woman had
mo legal provocation" for the at
tack.
Mrs. Bowie has been employed as
cook by Mrs Small for about
eight years. Although she was not
represented by counsel at the trial
she later filed an appeal through
Sumner Wood, Rockville attorney.
Mr.. Wood said he believed there
was some justification" for the
assault, but that Mrs. Bowie should
not have struck her employer while
she was driving.
Mrs. Small's husband, a retired
contractor, was an unsuccessful can
didate for the State Senate two
years ago on the Independent ticket.
Evening star., 1944-08-08
7 riiuIs
Continued From First Page

mitted in court he had been "in-
volved in this matter
Admitted Visiting Beck.
He admitted visiting Gen Beck
In February, 1943, at which they
agreed that men heading the mill
tary strategy under Hitler were
mo good while good ones" were
eliminated.
The President asked who would
have been more fitted to head the
military.
Marshal Witzleben answered
quietly: I'VE two-Beck and t.
Marshal Witzleben told of discus
sions last October or November" at
which a plan was Matched to seize
Hitler and force their decisions on
him, adding:
Il know nothing of politics in
general and questions of interna
politics. In the first place, of course
we want to seize the Fuehrer. Al
the time of the action we proposed
to await trip of the Fuehrer with
the smallest possible entourage. We
believed living Fuehrer would be
more useful than a dead Fuehrer."
He testified that the men to carry
out this earlier plot were still tc
be picked"
Evening star., 1944-08-08
Engineer Wins PBA
Victory Garden
Exhibit Honors

Clarence A. Peterson. 4345 v street
NV, an electrical engineer, won
first place, and $25 War Bond prize
yesterday in the second annual Vic
tory Garden Contest of the Public
Buildings Administration of the Fed
eral Works Agency.
Mr.. Peterson's prize winning ex-
hibit, which was grown on a half
acre victory garden near his home,
was one of As exhibits of vegetables
which competed for several prizes in
War Bonds and Stamps.
The garden show in the lobby of
the FWA building, Nineteenth and
F. streets NV. was laid out on six
long tables which were decorated
further by elaborate displays of
flowers.
'Farmerettes' Aid Judges.
Six pretty PBA girls dressed as
"farmettes' assisted the judges, ex-
perts from the Department of Agri-
culture, in recording the point
system used.
Mr.. Peterson's prize-winning ex-
hibit included tomatoes, black-eyed
peas, corn, three kinds of squash,
peppers, onions and eight pints of
canned goods. At an auction later,
conducted by F. w Gathof, the
ize-winning exhibit was sold for
So to Public Buildings Commissioner
w. E. Reynolds, who awarded the
prizes. A total of s49.25 was rea-
lized from the auction. The fund
went to the American Red Cross.
The other prizes, in war stamps,
went to engineers and architects,
and one woman personnel classifica-
tom investigator. They were as
follows: Armin Roman, Paul Nord-
quist, J. r. Harrison, A. D. Werner,
A. r. Emo, Arthur Beauverd, j. P.
Hayes, Henry Roettiger, S. G. Wetzel,
John Ratrie, E. H Lund, E. r. Koth,
and Mrs. Lillian M. Amos.
Reynolds Praises Group.
Commissioner Reynolds praised
the participants for their patriotic
endeavors and the quality of their
products. The contest was originated
by Mr.. Reynolds, and Assistant Com
missioner Harry G. Hunter
Chairman of the committee In
charge was Joseph Sabacky. who
presented four large baskets of
vegetables from his own garden to
four persons selected from the list
Of sponsors who furnished the prizes
The judges were DR.. and Mrs. Roy
Evening star., 1944-08-08
.BiddIe Assures Dies
Clio Political Group :.
Is Being Investigated. .
nv the Axsoeiated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
Attorney General Biddle assured
Representative Dies, Democrat Of
Texas, yesterday that the Justice
Department is investigating ACTIVE
ties Of the CIO Political Action
Committee but not, he said, alleged
violations of the Hatch Act by Gov.
ernment employees.
Cases involving the Hatch Act,
restricting political activity of Fed
eral employees, Mr.. Biddle said, are
handled by the Government agen-
cies hiring them.
Mr.. Dies, chairman of the House
Committee Investigating Un-Ameri-
can Activities, had called on Mr..
Biddle to take immediate steps to
correct" what the Texan called
political abuses practiced by the
PAC. He also urged the Attorney
General to ascertain If Government
officials who he said had been active
in PAC work, had violated tho
Hatch Act.
Mr.. Biddle replied, in . letter to
Mr.. Dies, that the Federal. Bureau
Of Investigation and the criminal
division of the Justice Department
already were investigating charges
tnat election laws had been vio-
lated by PAC and its associates.
But, he added, neither the FBI nor
the Justice Department has author
ity to investigate Hatch Act cases
which. he said, are not criminal
offenses.
Asserting he is sending Mr.. Dies
letter to the Commission, Mr.. Bid.
die added that it is well to remem-
Der that the Hatch Act excepts from
its provisions persons whose COM
pensation is paid from the appro-
priation of the President: heads and
assistant heads of executive depart
ments; officers who are appointed
by the President =" and who de-
termine policies to be pursued by
the United States ="
A Dies Committee investigator
recently made public a report of
telephone conversations between
Government officials and employees
and the New York headquarters
Of the PAC, which is backing Presi.
cent Roosevelt for fourth term,
Evening star., 1944-08-08
WPB
Continued From First Page. }

distributed. He directed that the
offending section be deleted, it was
said, and in this decision had the
backing OF Charles E. Wilson, WPB
executive vice chairman, who nor
mally presents the report to board
meetings.
Gen. Somervell said shortages
existed in 800 categories of supplies
in June and said the Army lacked
even half of minimum require
ments." WPB's regular production
report for June showed some items
tagging, but no wholesale slump.
Based on the military showing of
lag5 caused by labor shortages, War
Mobilization Director Byrnes issued
his directive tightening manpower
controls and putting curbs on WPB's
program for limited increases in
civilian production, The civilian
production increases we're heatedly
opposed by the Army, Navy and
War Manpower Commission. They
are to become effective August Is,
but Mr.. Byrnes gave VINO a veto
over any incyrease in civilian manu-
facture proposed by WPB.