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Lend-Lease

There are reasons to complain OF Lend
Lease For one thing it is costing American
taxpayers great deal of money. And al
though it is in part two-way arrangement
the strong probability is that much of the
money not going into it will never come back
But there is another side to it, Critics of
the system should in fairness view it care.
fully before condemning Lend-Lease out of
hand. 1t has to do with the supplies and credits
the United States has set up for the benefit of
cur Allies. The Allies may never meet the
bill in full, but without the goods they have
obtained from this country they could not
have carried on particularly to the point of
hating Hitler's conquests and putting him on
the defensive
Lend-LeaSe aid to Russia is case in point.
The Russians were not capable of producing
war tools in the quantities needed to stem
the Nazi tide of i~~osion. Stain had trained
army OF rare and unexpected strength but he
lacked equipment, munitions, supplies and
food He could not have withstood the Ger
man assault if solely dependent upon Russia's
production. 1t was American tanks and planes
and guns and general supplies that enabled
him to halt the Nazi advance and launch
the counter-offensive that has all but driven
Hitler out of Russia.
To large extent, Lend-Lease has also en-.
abled Great Britain to build up her armament
and feed her stricken people since Dunkerque,
to keep her fleet at sea, to maintain her
blockade.
Some observers believe that bat for Lend.
Lease We would now be fighting Hitler single.
handed. This may be far fetched By the same
token, it may be true. Whether it is or not
it is certain that American aid administered
through Lend-Lease has provided our Allies
with the sinews of war, and sustenance with
out which they could not have done SO well
however limited that 'welr' has been.
Here at the same time, and acknowledging
the benefits Lend-Lease has created, it is not te
be overlooked that the United States has
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.heLiterary
Guidepost
BY JOHN SELBY

BY JOHN SELbY
"Crazy Weather." by Charles
Longstreth McNichols (MacMil-
Ion; S2).
Charles L. McNichols's Crazy
Weather. is the only book about
Indians this calloused reviewer
ever has really enjoyed. In pass.
ing flush of literary snobbishness
I hay have though otherwise. be.
cause some good writing has been
spent on our red brothers. But NJ.
McNichols has honestly done the
trick. . -. =
Down in the valley of the Col
orado they sometimes have a
brief spell of weather that does in
everybody and every beast; even
the insects die by the billion. It is
caused by movement of hot hui
mid air up from Mexico. and it
ends, usually, with terrific storm
that fills the arroyos and some
times browns hundreds of people.
We meet South Boy just at the
beginning of one of these spells,
worrying because his mother wants
to send him away to school, and
he wants to stay on the ranch. His
mother is away, and he decides
to 60 away too.
He teams up with Havek; both
boys are around the dangerous age
of fourteen. Havek is a Mojave
Indian, about to start his name
travelling" This merely means that
he will 60 on journey, distinguish
himself somehow or other, and
come back with an Indian name
such as Hawk Dreamer or sone-
thing similar. Havek has heard of
an Indian war, up north among the
Piutes; at least it is a war in his
young mind. The white and the
red boy start off to the war.
The spell of crazy weather af-
fects all men and all beasts. Be-
fore the boys return, thew have
learned wisdom from Indians and
from the Mormonhater: have chas-
ed a crazy Indian; have watched
a great Indian die; have done so
many things and learned so much
that I have no room to list il all
But the author does remarkah1e
thing, which is to make it clear
at the outset that his Southwestern
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
are merely living out a delusion
Inc weather is responsible, and
because it is crazy, any crazy thing
seems normal.
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interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. sINpco,.
Associated Press War ooN

Racing against impending sss ''
thaws' Red armies on the R,,,,i Ds
Baltic flank are on the VERGE ' >.
victory that will do more tb 81 o. a
the last Nazi invaders from ~ aY0'
sian al. soil in the northwest. Tbev A VI
within sight of wrestling j i+tss ar a
tonia from Hitler's grip as the H.; h'
German conquered country in al.
tinental Europe to be freed ~ III It, CON-
domination NalI
With both the Narva
gateways to Estonia and l ~. Pskov
base base at viteDsk virtu aa NE Ma Maj
cled by the Russians, onl,, enciE.
Gle could prevent earlv oo,, Mira.
the German nh Fl. front over 5I4 4o9ni Of
particularly Pskov, nns. VI them,
way for Russian incursiops? G ie ,t the
Estonia and Latvia that ' co,, IN both
vert Estonia into tran 't toa ), con,
forces cut off there, ''' Naa
1t is questionable whetbo,
man retreat from Esto ls yer,
northern and northeastern S : a. ana
is not already in progress Is'Vla
The Narova River, Crossed l.
the Russians, was a stron s'[ Gs.t oy
sive front. 1t is fringed with r ostsn'
es on both sides. Yet the PnsSi tsll'
drove through on a 22,mil s', mias
front to outflank Narva sna "iue
but cut its westward commune pllr al
tons. '''O'i-Va'
The implication is that onlv N,,;
rear guards, posted to delsv ' tha
Russian advance across the N.w WY
lsthmus, manned that front If +hos
is true, it must mean that N. w.;
evacuation of all Estonia has bson
ordered in anticipation Of a R,s'
sian breakthrough at Pskov which
could trap German forces north n
the Pskov Walk Riga railroad
and highway or the Pskov . Riga
trunk line below it.
There have been significant re-.
ports from Moscow that German
traffic on those routes has been
west bound for several days,
There are even reports of Na,i
execution of German generals WIN
failed to stall off the Russian triple.
pronged drive on Pskov. Red forces
already have driven the Nazis from
all Russia in the north except for
a narrow wedge-shaped segment
between the Latvia Estonian Dor.
ders and the Pskov Polotsk rail.
way with its apex at Pskov.
That further indicates that Ger.
man withdrawal from EStonia and
much of Latvia for a stand on the
Rig-Dvins-Polish Bug River line
may be in progress. 1t would short.
en- the German defensive front in
the east by hundreds of miles, re,
leasing many divisions for Nazi
use elsewhere. That is the explans.
ton of the retreat from Russia Of.
fered the Nazi home front by Hit.
ler's propaganda spokesmen = The
need for shortening the front.
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nv ERNIE PYLE

IN ITALY, - (by wireless) -
The Mediterranean Allied A ir
Force. under the command Of
Lieut.. Gen. Ira Eaker, covers eve
rything in this whole Mediterrane.
an theater all the way from Casa
blanca on the Atlantic almost to
Cairo at the edge Of Asia.
It is a gigantic force. Although
there are many British planes and
pilots in it, and even a few squad
rons of Frenchmen, still 1t is pre-
dominantly an American air thea
ter.
The main geographical objec-
tive of our push into Italy was to
get heavy bomber bases near
enough to start pounding Germany
from the eol,th. The great plains
around Foggia are capable, they
say,of basiag all the air forces
in the world.
Our heavy-bomber force is still
being built up, and has not yet
really begun on its program OF
blasting Germany proper, but
planes have been flowing across
the South Atlantic all winter.
Soon good weather will be here,
and then woe upon Germany from
south as well as west.
In the meantime, the 18th Air
Support Command bears the bur-
den of the close-in fighting here
in Italy, and that's what I'm deal
ing with now. The 18th Air Support
Command is composed of fighters,
dive bonbers and light bombers,
which wock over the front line,
helping our ground troops, bomb
ing supply dumps and strafing
roads just back Of the enemy lines.
Right now I'm living with a light
bomber group-the Nth - which
flies the fast twin-engined Douglas.
built plane known as the A-20Bos.
ton.
The Nth is a veteran outfit. 1t
fought through Tunisia. I helped
beat the Germans back at Kas-
seri1e year ago. It flew from
Soaked Arba and Cape Bon and
Malta and Sicily, and now it is on
the front in Italy.
Like most air groups of long
service. it has almost no flying
personnel left who came overseas
with it. It's casualty rate has been
low, but the crew men have all
reached or passed their allotted
number of missions and gone
home.
In fact, some Of its members
went home so long ago that they
are now back overseas on their
second tour of combat duty, fight
ing out of England or in the South
Pacific. The ground-crew men get
letters from them sometimes.
I've been living with a certain
squadron of the 47th. It has
changed commanders while I've
beer. with it. The previous com.
mander was Maj. Cy Stafford. a
brilliant young pilot-engineer from
Oak Park, Ill.
Major Stafford has been promot.
ed to the group staff, and his place
as squadron commander has been
taken by Maj. Reginald Clizbe, Of
Centralia, Wash.
Major Clizbe is veteran in com.
bat, but for several months has
been on staff duty. He is pleased
to get back to the small and in.
innate familiarity Of a squadron
AS he says:
"Squuadron commander is the
best job in the air corps"
On his first day, Major Clizbe
got a plane and went out and prac
ticed while the rest went on theil
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BY S. BURTON HEATH
NEA Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, M arch I'm
place Of the present personal ex'
emption Of $1,000 and credit of $3.50
for each dependent, I suggest that
we adopt a simpler, fai-er per.
sonal credit" For illustrative pur.
poses, let's consider $500 per per-
son, the figure now in the mind
of some members of the Ways
and Means Committee.
Under this plan, there would be
allowed $500 for the taxpayer, $500
for his spouse-if he is married
and $500 for each legal dependent.
This would mean that a couple,
living together, would have only
$1,000 of exemption instead of theil
present $1,000. A couple with one
dependent would have $500 in
stead of the present $3.50. With
more dependents the exemption
or personal credits" would be
greater than they are now.
There is nothing sacred about
the $500 figure used in this sug.
gestion. 1t merely happens to CO.
incide rather closely with the
present exemption-plus credit sit
uation.
The virtue of the principle is
it's combination of simplicity with
justice. 1t recognizes that two can
live together at least as cheaply
as two can live apart, and that
no dependent can be supported fo-
$3.50 year either in the home
or outside of it.
The amount of the credit can
be changed. But if $500 is used,
one point should be clarified here.
The fixing of the exemption for a
couple at $1,000 need not mean
an increase in the tax on couples
with low incomes. That can be
cared for in the tax rate, permit.
ting us to get simplicity and flex.
Utility without adding to the tax
burden on persons with small in.
comes.
With such a system as I have
outlined, it would be possible for
Congressional and Treasury ex.
perts to prepare withholding ia.
bles on a graduated basis so that
all salary and wage income could
be withheld by the employer.
With such system, it would
be possible to use, for those who
do have to file a return, a simple
form.
Unless the taxpayer has one Of
these rather uncommon items oil
income, he need neve. look at the
back of his tax return except tt
consult the tax table or to read
the simple instructions printed
there.
The tax table itself calls fol
more discussion than is feasible
in today's article, and so it viii
be considered tomorrow.
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OPA HEARINGS SET

RALEIGH, March 2. - P) -
Hearings on Office of Price Ad-
,ninistration price violation char
ges lodged against five Durham
restaurants will be held before U.
S District Court Judge johnson
Z. Hayes in Durham March 10.
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tEdiotr's Note The Star and the News accept no
for the personal views Of Mr. Pesler
and often disagree with them much as many OF
his readers His articles the good purpose of
making people think.
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POLICEMAN nYrs

RALEIGH, March 2. -(F)- W.
3. Jones. 81, a member of the
Eatelgh Police Department for
'ne last nine years, died in a hos
pltal here today after short i'll
hess.
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Our Chief Aim
TOP OF THE MORNING

General Marshall wrote a letter to
famous clinic that made it possible for a
soldiers crippled child to visit that clinic;
this act resulted in the child's eventual
cure. When he was thanked, General Mar
shall blushed a little, and said shyly, 81
never forget that our Master once took
little children into His arms, blessed them
and said of such is the Kingdom of
heaven" From "War Crvn
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Strea1nlining
Income Tax

In q series Of five articles,
of which this is the third, 8.
Burton Heath offers q plan for
streamlining income taxation
as it applies to the great ma
jority of individual taxpayers,
The Heath plan, presented
through NEA Service, is not
proposed as final and unde-
batable. It is intended rather
to stimulate thought and dis
cussion-and perhaps action
among 50,000,O0o taxpayers
for fundamental simpplification
of the impossibly complex tax
system.
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A San Francisco man offered a case OF
Bourbon for the privilege of renting an apart
ment. That's living it up instead of drinking
it down.
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Some blame absenteeism on workers feel
ing too tough at the end Of week - and
others on too tough a weekend.
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Large selection of lovely, washable cotton
dresses--styles for house and street. in seer
suckers, chambrays, percales and pique; all
pretty as picture-sizes IL to 20 and SO to S.
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New Shapes New Colors! Straws. Felts.
Fabrics. Styles for misses, youthful matrons
and matrons Get that Spring Feeling NEW
HAT GIVES
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-21
ERWIN COMEDY IS SHOWING AT
 10TH CENTURY

Paced by some fast-moving action and scoring laughs at every turn goth Century-Fox's He Hired the Boss" which opened yesterday at the goth Century Theatre, is good picture all the way through.
 Featuring soft-spoken Stuart Err win as a meek bookkeeper and lovely Evelyn Venable as his sweet heart. the film is an hilarious com edy drama of modern American life. Incidentally, it is Hollywood's s first story of the air raid warden service.
 Stu" Erwin has one of his fun niest roles as the bookkeeper who postponed marriage from year to year hoping for raise that never comes. At night he is an air raid warden and, until you see him in action, you have no idea what functions an air raid warden can perform.
 While on duty Stu finds time to capture a gang of silk parachute thieves and also to indulge in a little romance with lovely Evelyn Venable.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-21
DURBIN FILM IS SHOWING AT
 CAPITOL NOW

His Buffers Sister" Universals gay new comedy drama that is now at the Capitol definitely proves that Director Frank Borzage still has the delft touch that has long made him known as one of Holly woods top film masters.
 Lovely Deanna Durbin carries the feminine lead with a quality of charm that seems to improve in each one of her pictures.
 Believing her brother Pat O'Brien) to be wealthy and in a position to help her ambitions for a singing career, Ann Garter (Deanna Durbin) from a small h. diana city, arrives in New York to find her brother, a butler. His employer, Charles Gerard (Fran- chot Tone) is noted composer, and Ann upsets her brother by staying on in the household as new maid, hoping the composer will eavesdrop on her singing sometime.
 Meanwhile society friends, in cluding Evelyn Ankers, try to in duce Gerard, the composer, to visit Maine, where Evelyn has romantic intentions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-21
 DROP TWO
 10 BOSTON
(By Associated Press)


 The American Leagues leading St. Louis Browns saw their margin cut drastically to three and one half games Sunday as they dropped two games to Washington, while the Boston Red Sox swept a pair from Cleveland.
 Boston took the opener from the Indians to in a free hitting contest in which Boston outslugged IA hits to 10. The Sox put on a l6 hit barrage, including seven doubles, triple and homer in the nightcap
 Washington nicked Denny Gale house and Fred Hollingsworth for l2 hits winning the opener from St. Louis, and Dutch Leonard hurled the Senators a 4-hitter in the second.
 Dizzy Trout joined his teammate Hao Newhouser as the only 20 game winners in the majors as Detroit swept a twin bill from the Yanks.
 Chicago and Philadelphia split a doubleheader Sunday.
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CARDS GIVE BIG WALL0p
 TO BRAVES
(By Associated Press)

The National League champions and leaders, the St. Louis Cards cracked 21 hits defeating Boston l5 to 5 in the first game Sunday and then relaxed in the nightcap and lost to g.
 The Pittsburgh Pirates made it IA victories in the last 15 games taking both ends of doubleheader from Brooklyn Sunday
 The Reds and Phillies exchanged honors in a doubleheader Sunday. The Reds took the first game as Buc1y Walters recorded his 18th
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-21
UNKNOWN BEATS NELSON IN p.G.A.
 TOURNEY SUNDAY

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 21.-ln one of the most spectacular upsets in tournament history, Bob Ham ilton of Evansville, Indiana, defeat ed Byron Nelson one-up yesterday on 36 holes to win the 1944 PGA golf championship. Nelson was rated as a 10 to 1 favorite to vanquish Hamilton, a comparative tourna- ment unknown.
 Nelson's butter was very sour. He lost three holes on putting, one of them a five-footer. Nelson was miles ahead with field medal score of 30 under par for 196 holes, but Hamilton clung to his small lead Sunday and refused to be shak- en off.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 Washington PETITION OF INDIANS OF HAMMOCK, ALASKA
NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEAftlNlI
 In the matter of the petition of the Indians of Klawock, pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 201.21b of the Regulations for Protection of the Commercial Fisheries of Alaska, 1944, for hearing upon the claims of the said Indians.
 Notice is hereby given that a hearing in the above described pro- ceeding is assigned to be held on September 20, 1914, at Il am, in the Federal School House at Kla wock, Alaska, and that pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 201.2lb of the Regulations for Protection of the Commercial Fisheries of Alaska, 1944 (8 F. R. 2890D, promulgated by the Department of the Interior, any interested parties desiring to appear in opposition to such claim shall have an opportunity to be heard.
 In the aforesaid petition the h. dians of Klawock assert present claim to the exclusive use and oc- cupancy of lands and waters de- scribed as follows:
 1. The western shore of Prince of Wales Island from Point Baker on the north to Waterfall on the south; the shores of all islands to the sea- ward including Baker Island, Suemez Island, and Kuiu Island south of Point Ellis on the west shore and south of Three Mile Arm on the east shore; and the names of the large islands in this area are Baker Island, Suemez Island, San Fernando Island, Lulu Island, Moves Island, St. Joseph Island group, Anguella group, Tim bered Island, Coronation Island, Spanish Island, Warren Island, Hazy Island. and Kosciusko Island.
 2. The waters and submerged lands for a distance of three thou sand C3,000) feet from said shores;
 3. The lakes and streams empty ing into said waters; and
 4. The unpatented lands drained thereby.
 Dated Washington, D. C., July 26, 1944.
 Sgd. OSCAR L. CHAPMAN, First publication, Aug. 21, 1944. Last publication, Aug. 26, 1944. Assistant Secretary.
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PORTLAND
 (REEp5 UP
 END PLACE
(By Associated Press)

Portland crept closer to second place in the Pacific Coast League Sunday by taking doubleheader from Seattle while Hollywood, cur rently the leagues runnerup could do no better than split with San Francisco.
 San Diego crept within half a game of seventh place defeating Sacramento at both ends of a doubleheader.
 Frankie .Dasso, leagues strike-out king, pitched seven inning night cap to shut out Los Angeles. The Angels won the opener.
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victory of the year. The Phils be- hind the 5-hit pitching of Charles Schanz grabbed the nightcap.
 The Chicago Cubs and New York Giants split a doubleheader, the Cubs grabbing the opener which extended the Giants losing streak to IA straight. Len Merullo's four run homer and Bill Voiselle's pitch ing snapped the Giants losing streak in the nightcap. It was Vol Iselle's 18th win.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-21
16 PERSONS ARRIVE
 VIA ALASKA AlRLlNES

in from Anchorage on Saturday, via Alaska Airlines, were the fol- lowing passenger: Frank Brooks, MT. and Mrs. Morris Dyer and infant, MT. and Mrs. John Hitler, MT and Mrs. H. K Coffey, L. E. Kennedy, Phoebe Mcdonald, Infant McDon- aid, s. F. Boone, Mrs. William Luopa, and MT and Mrs. Bill Wine brenner and infant. Flahart and Silver were pilots for the fight.
 Out yesterday afternoon to An chorage were Mary Allshouse, Vir- ginia Stahr, T. M. Davis, Mrs. Lana Morelander, w. Davidson, B. Fitz- gerald, and Mrs. H. w. Robinson. Long piloted the ship.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-21
REPUBLICAN DINNER,
 GEL TOGETHER, BIG EVENT THIS EVENING

At 6::30 o'clock tonight in the din- ing room of the Resurrection Luth- eran Church, Republicans will gath CT at dinner and talk things over. Speakers will include John E. Mand- CTS, candidate for Delegate to Con- gress; Harry G. Mccain, candidate for Attorney General, and Attorney R. E. Robertson.
 Legislative candidates present will also make remarks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-21
FOUR TO KETCHlkAN
 VIA ALASKA COASTAL

A flight was made to Ketchikan this afternoon by an Alaska Coastal plane, carrying Larry Hagen, Dr. Gabrielson, M. Henretta, and H. B. Largent.
 A charter flight carried M. Gull bertson to Hood Bay, while a flight to Hoonah took Mrs, Rose, Lawrence Kerr, Leonard Taylor, and Mrs. Isom to that point, and Mrs, Pege to Peli- can.
 J. Schagel was flown to Tenakee this morning on the flight that took w. R. Rickette and Mrs, Jacobsen to Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-21
SEVEN ARRIVE ON
 S0UTHB0UND SHIP

An incoming ship last night brought to Juneau the following per sons: John F. Peterson, MT. and Mrs. Lester Wingard, Beverley Win gard Edna Isom, Fred Orme, and Donald Pegues.
 Boarding the vessel here for Se- atrle were Hilda Runquist, s F.. Boone, and Jack Gucker.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-21
NINE pER50N5 OUT
 VIA PAN AMERICAN

R. L. Barber was flown to Fair banks on Saturday by a Pan Am erican plane. Sunday passengers were Clara Ahl, Charles Goldstein, Louis Kausek, and Ann Kausek to Whitehorse, and Julie Gromtzeff to Fairbanks. James P. Davis was flown to Fairbanks today, and Tony Marsh and F. Barlow to Whitehorse.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-21
GAMES SATURDAY Pacific Coast League

Los Angeles 4, Oakland 3. San Francisco T, Hollywood 4. Sacramento 4, San Diego 3. Seattle 5, Portland l.
 National League Brooklyn 3, Cincinnati 2. Boston 4, Chicago 2. New York 4, St. Louis 8. Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 5.
 American League Detroit l, Boston g. Cleveland 3, New York 9. St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 4. Washington 3, Chicago 1.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-21
HERE FROM FAIRBANKS

MT. and Mrs. V. More are here from Fairbanks, enroute to Seattle. More is with the Morrison-Knudsen Company, and while here he and his wife are guests at the Gastineau Hotel.