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Evening star., 1944-11-19

rowing the myriad lights of the street.
Business jumped 30 per cent.
Jake received his early training in
Russia. got two dollars a week on his
first American job. He was looking
for work as a blacksmith when he
met his partner. Ben Strauss. Jake
was II and the hammer weighed
almost as much as he did. Strauss was
50 amused that ne hired him.
Jake Starr was born on Christmas
Eve. Maybe that's why electric lights
fascinate him. He wouldn't give two
cents for the Main Stem without its
bright lights. He says: Just look at
it in the daytime" HENRY CAPE
Evening star., 1944-11-19

same hat for two years. They say it
just goes to show what little disci-
pline can do for womanhood.
SURPAISE. Talking about age,
soldier friend of ours was on his way
through a railroad station. He
brushed by Navy Chief Petty Off
Ger. noticed with shock the 10 or IL
hash marks" on his sleeve which in
dicated 30 or 33 years service Holy
smoke" came his stunned exclama-
ton. II didn't know our Navy was
THAT Old
REPORT: From two Air Force cor
respondents comes report about
big, burly sergeant with broad Irish
grin, a waist gunner on BIZ. He told
them what happened when his plane
was shot up over Northern Italy:
They got hit and then every
thing seemed to fall apart The plane
went to pieces. said to myself, It's
time you got the hell out of here. and
started to jump out Then realized
l didn't have my chute
Il ran back and grabbed the chute
and jumped out Then l realized
didn't have the damned thing on
and figured it would be better may
be if it was hooked on before l
yanked it"
Falling downward, the sergeant
snapped on the chest chute - which
has two hooks that catch in the har-
ness suspenders and then he yanked
the rip-cord.
81 got down all right" he said.
Evening star., 1944-11-19

Names and descriptions o all Aeou stories
and semi6ction articles in this magazine wholly
imaginary. Any name which happens 70 be the s
Evening star., 1944-11-19
The Good Men DO
BY DARYL F. ZANUCK

carry him. He might have compromised. If
he had, he probably would have escaped
agony of heart and mind. He might even
have been spared martyrs death. But his
simple nobility, devoid of self, kept him to
his great task. He held the Union together
and freed the slaves. Has the good he
wrought been forgotten? Go to Washington
and watch people standing reverenty be-
fore his statue to find solace and courage.
IHEsE men won through. But success is
not the measure of greatness Many great
men did not attain their goal. Some fall
tered on the way. Some failed greatly and
tragically Yet it is what they tried to do
that counts. For example. have had occa-
sion in the last two years to familiarize
myself thoroughly with the career Of
Woodrow Wilson. In one sense, he too was
a failure. He failed at crucial time in the
history of his country and the world. He
went out of Office broken man. The ideal
for which he had fought, a world organized
for peace, lay in the dust. His countrymen
had turned against him. But his spirit did
not waver. And he did not fight and die in
vain. Today another world war is raging.
as he foresaw and attempted to forestall.
The leaders of the world and the great
mass of humankind have come to realize
the greatness of his spirit and the immen-
sity of his dream for a peaceful world.
Though he failed temporarily: he has
joined the gallery of the world immortals.
GOODNESS is never lost - no matter who
performs it, or where. Your name may not
live in history books - but your influence
can live in the memories of your family,
your friends and your community. Success
or failure, every man has the opportunity
to leave that great heritage. He can be
flaming spirit who lights the way to better
and more decent world. Your immortality
lies in you - and in the things you do
now. For the good you do lives after you.
Evening star., 1944-11-19
A thoughtful and timely
message from the famous
producer of ''WilsOn'' ..

TTOw often have you heard the saying.
THE evil that men do lives after
them; the good is oft inferred with their
bones?
1t is not for me, working in the field
of drama, to quarrel with Shakespeare.
But it has always seemed to me that
Shakespeare went wide of the mark when
he penned that cold and somber line For
the philosophy it expresses denies the very
history of mans hong and agonizing climb
out of darkness 1t is also at variance with
the personal stories of the devoted men
and women who have led US in that climb
You need but to run down the list. The
names that sing from history's pages are
the names of men of good will who, forget
full of themselves. dedicated their lives to
worthwhile ideals They live in their good
deeds, which. like benediction, remain to
inspire and give us heart for what is ahead.
George Washington had little to gain
when he threw in his lot with the Revolu-
ton. He was of the Colonial aristocracy.
He had assured position, respect and
money enough for his needs. The Revolu-
ton could not advance his personal for
tune, but might well destroy it. Defeat -
and the odds often seemed insurmountable
- would bring ostracism and contempt,
the loss of all he held dear and perhaps
death. He did not hold back. He threw it
all in the scales. In 50 doing. he brought a
great nation into being. The sflrines and
monuments reared to his memory are only
outward symbols of esteem. The centuries
may erase them. But 50 long as Americans
survive, his memory will remain fresh and
alive. The good he did lives after him.
Abraham Lincoln could have let the tide
Evening star., 1944-11-19

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Evening star., 1944-11-19
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
REPLACES ORDINARY LAMP svLss

Your eyes those Of children and the
age worn eyes Of the old folks de.
serve the best possible substitute for
daylight. Use and recommend the
new color corrected verd. A Ray.
There are excellent scientific reasons
for believing it will bring new eye
comfort TO you, while performing
your home or Office duties when ar
ti6ciai light is necessary.
Verd A Ray is a new kind Of light
bulb. No new or expensive fixtures
are required. Prove TO yourself the
value of Verd. Array. Try just one
bulb in a reading lamp or, your kit
chen or, your bathroom TO-DAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

YHE title of miracle
baby" bestowed on two
i year-old Enrol Turkey"
Bannister last November,
has found a new holder in
eight-months-old Bryce L.
Taylor, Jr.
Turkey won the crown
when he fell four stories,
nearly SO feet, from an Am
arillo, Tex, hotel window,
landed headfirst on the
sidewalk-and lived.
And now Baby Taylor has
done Turkey one better-by
plunging eight floors from
a Miami Beach, Fla, hotel,
and escaping with only mi
nor injuries.
That both tots should be
alive today is nothing short
of amazing. Their chances
of survival were one in a
million.
OF THE two accidents,
~ that of the Taylor
youngster was the most
startling. Picked up from
the hard ground after the
100-foot fall, the baby had
only a broken bone in his
right foot and a Slight neck
injury.
Oddly enough, both blood
chilling mishaps occurred in
the same manner, the young
sters falling out when win
dow screens gave way.
Young Taylor, whose Army
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

flier father is a veteran OF
so combat missions over
Italy and France, had been
placed near the window by
his parents who were not
aware that the screen was
loose.
The baby, according to
doctors, probably would not
have survived except for
the fact that before hitting
the ground he struck some
bushes, which broke the
force of his fall.
ALTHOUGH Turkey"
~ Bannister's drop to the
ground was a short one by
comparison with Baby Tay.
lor's, the youngster landed
squarely on his head on the
concrete. His skull was
badly crushed and his tiny
left wrist fractured.
Not only did a Providen-
tial freak of nature allow
Turkey TO survive the four
story plunge but a miracle
of modern surgery saved
the tots life when skilled
surgeons successfully re-
moved bone fragments from
the delicate brain tissue.
The accident occurred
when Tukey's parents. Mr..
and Mrs. James BanniSter.
Of Los Angeles, stopped off
at an Amarillo hotel last
November while returning
TO their home from a trip TO
the East Coast.
The active youngster
stepped up onto the win
dow-sill while his mothers
attention was momentarily
distracted and fell before
she could reach him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

The We,imofe. --Pere. Melly and I.
Bud not only make up The Hollywood
s,ors but hove octvoty created The
moke-up with which they do 10. And u 10
thot very moke-Up YOU get when you buy
House OF Westmore's lipsiiek, rouge,
foee powder and foundation ereom.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-12
SPINE TINGLER
0ND0UBlE BILL
AT CAPITOL

Dealing with the native Carib-
bean belief that the dead can be
brought back to an automaton-like
life, RKO Radios II Walked With
a Zombie' offers novel and spine
chilling type of entertainment to
picture-goers enacted by notable
cast headed by James Ellison,
Frances Dee and Tom Conway. The
picture opens tonight at the Capt.
toll Theatre.
Most of the action of the UNI
usual film is laid on little island
in the West Indies, where Paul
Holland, sugar planter, lives with
his wife, Jessica, and his half
brother, Wesley. Jessica is supposed
to be a victim of an unusual tropic
fever which has left her unable
to speak or think; she is virtually
a robot. And it is to take care Of
her that nurse, Betsy Connell comes
to the island, only to plunge into
a maelstrom of hidden jealousies
and furtive epchantments.
Conway enacts the role of the
repressed planter and Ellison that
Of his reckless brother, with Miss
Dee as the loyal nurse. Christine
Gordon as Jessica, the zombie, and
Edith Barrett as the mother of the
two men and the real influence be-
hind all the drama, head the sup
porting cast of this unique enter
tainment.
Bright comedy drama st d d d
with gay music is promised in Uni
versal's "All BY Myself also on
the double bill. The new picture,
co-starring Rosemary Lane, Patric
Knowles and Evelyn Ankers, deals
merrily with marital mixups, honey
moons and divorce threats.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-12
RI0T0uS COMEDY
IS CURRENT HIT
AT 10Th CENTURY

Uncle Sam has imposed no pri-
critics on laughter, as you are slated
TO discover if you see George
Washington Slept Here" now show
ing at the goth Century Theatre.
AS a play it kept New Workers
Laughing, and reports indicate that
the motion picture, boasting one of
the finest casts of this seasons crop
of laugh hits, will carry on that
reputation.
In the leading roles are Jack
Benny and Ann Sheridan. Benny
is cast as the average American big
city dweller, reared in comfortable
apartment houses. whose wife, an
avid antique hunter, carries mat
tiers too far when she buys a house
where George Washington was sup
posed to have slept.
Against Benny's protests, they
move in to find the house in a
state of dilapidation so advanced
that it leads Benny to wonder
what's holding it up.
Fun is provided when they are
informed by the lugubrious care
taker, played by Percy Kilbride,
that the we'll is dry, and it will be
necessary to dig a new one.
When matters close in on the
couple and there's no quarter in
sight, Rommie the dog, saves the
situation in provoking
climax.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-12
Surprise Shower
Given Last Night
For Mrs. 6. Shaw

A surprise stork shower was given
last evening at the home of Mrs.
William Biggs for Mrs. George Shaw,
with Mrs George Messerschmidt and
Mrs. Jack Schmitz as co-hostesses.
Many lovely gifts were presented the
honor guest, and the evening was
spent playing games, awards being
won by the Mesdames Lloyd Hill
dinger, Evan Wruck, Fred Schmitz,
Russell Hopkins, Bert Flotre, and
Mary Rhodes.
Attending the affair were the
Mesdames Nick Bavard, Fred
Schmitz, Lloyd Hildinger, Herman
Porter, Bert Flotre, Arthur Geyer,
Evan Wruck, Walter Hellan, Nor
man Buoy, John Hermle, Dan LIVE,
Arthur Burke, John Walmer, Rus
sell Hopkins Robert Tew, Tom Ru-
dolph, Maynard Peterson, Forrest
Bates, Ralph Martin, Harry Lea,
Mary Rhodes, Evelyn Brown, and
the Misses Eileen Hellan and Mary
Scherer.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-12
DEWEY WIRES
PROTEST TO
POLL TAXES

ALBANY, N. Y, May 12.-Gov.
Thomas A. Dewey has asserted OPP
position to poll taxes and every
other device to deprive the free
people of their votes" In tele-
gram to Walter White, Secretary
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, in
Washington, he said: II have your
telegram concerning the fight
against the poll tax now pending
in the Senate and my views on
the subject are well known, that
I have always fought against it,"
White telegraphed Dewey asking
him to use his strategic position
in the REPUBLICAN, party" to influ-
ence Republican Senators to sup
port the cloture motion which would
forestall the Senate filibuster on
the anti-poll tax measure now
pending, which has already passed
the House
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-12

to showdown in the Senate,
which will vote next week on the
poll tax, by filing debate, limit
ing cloture petition, bearing 20 sig
natures, including his own.
Under the Senate rules, two
thirds of the voting Senators are
required to put the cloture into
effect, thus forstalling the filibus-
ter by southern Democrats against
the final vote on the anti-poll tax
bill itself.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-12

LONDON, May 12-An armed
German trawler was torpedoed AMI
sunk. and two others were damaged
off the Dutch Coast by light British
Coastal forces which were attacked
by strong force of enemy patrol
vessels while on preinvasion
sweep on the English Channel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-12
USO COMMITTEE
OF MANAGEMENT TO
MEET THIS EVENING

Members of the USO Commit
tee of Management will meet to-
night at 8 O'Clock in the USO
headquarters to attend to business
matters.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-12
DONALDSON HERE

W. E. Donaldson of the Upjohn
Company has arrived here from
Seattle and is registered at the
Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-12
TIDES TOMORROW

High tide 4:42 a. M, 1871 feet.
Low tide-11:32 a. M, -O,2 feet.
High tide 500 p. M, 1875 feet.
Low tide-11:46 p. M, So feet.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-12
o'HEAsNE HERE

Stephen O'Heasne arrived here
yesterday and is guest at the Bar
anof Hotel, registering from New
York City.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-12

WASHINGTON, May 12.-Major-
ity Leader Barley paved the way
The union times., 1944-06-03
LITTLE LUTHER

"EOURTH term! Fourth term growled Mr. Dlworth 'sIs
 everyone going mad?"
 No, Pop, said Little Luther Looks like the Republicans are the only ones that really mad.'
 Wel they have lots be about Mr. Dworth snap. ped Nobody else but them give hang about what happens to the constitution The whole country is going to the dogs ''
 ts better than going the elephant" murmured Little Luther.
 "Why should Roosevelt think he's better than anyone else!" Mir. Dilworth insisted. 'It's unfair.'
 Sure after a Hoover had enough with term didn't he, Pop?"
 "Let not discuss such base ingratude as the people displayed then, Luher Mr. Dworth said sternly it's not too late. We still '
 Close the warp
 Luther! The war is not issue in this eection.'
 Then why does Coebbels vessel every time Roosevelt makes speech? He way to Dewey
 q" just prove how popular Dewey is, said Mr. worth with superior smie The poor can't help him. self from being liked.''
 But the people help themselves portion of Roosevelt"
 Roosevelt again!" shrieked MT. DiwOrth sI tell yOu Luther, what this country needs face White House,
 And what you nee said Little Luther some points buy brand of banana oil. You slipped the kind you're using twice before Good night Pop!'
The union times., 1944-06-03

edly opposed to his plan, turned to his "big brother,'' Congress, to help him do by law what Reilly may be unable to persuade his fellow NLRB members to adopt as board policy.
 Here is what Reilly said to the congressman:
 ''Faced with a problem of avoid ing the placing of employers in such a dilemma Gas Ward was in, Reilly means) as well as the prob lem of avoiding delays in wartime disputes, which mark the history of the Montgomery Ward case, this Board, two weeks ago, formulated a proposed rule which gave em- plOyers with respect to whom the WLB had taken jurisdiction, the right to file petition for an cleo ton with our Board in five days if they entertained a bona fide doubt with regard to the legal right of the union to be recognized as bargaining representative for the purpose of negotiating new contract.
 While under ouf procedures we do not hold elections except where a real showing is made that a genuine ques- tlon of representation exists. this pro- posal was hotly opposed at public hearing by all the labor representa- tlves present.
 None of them, however, was able to offer any solution as to how the problem of avoiding possible conflicts between WLB orders and the provi- sions of the Wagner act could be met except by the adoption of such rule. The ClO has even gone so far as to issue a public statement urging its affiliated unions and local agents to protest to the ordnance officers of the War and Navy departments that the adoption of such a rule would mean stoppages and interruptions of pro- duction, although it would seem on the face of it that unions which really do command the support of major ity of workers need have no fear of the results of secret ballot.
 ''The problem as you see is not unrelated to the subject matter of the case before you. Therefore, if the purpose of this investigation is to make certain recommendations to Congress, it might very we'll be that the committee would care to examine further into this prob lem.''
The union times., 1944-06-03
As We See 1t

PAGE MIR. DIES: Rep. Hamilton Fish (R, ND admitted recently on the floor of Congress that he is 8 member of the Red Men.
 EMPLOYERS were given the ''green light" this week by the National War Labor Board to pay bonuses to their workers who enter the armed forces. Unions in many instances have negotiated such bu. nuses, and the board announced that no VILE. approval is needed to make such payments legitimate. Restrictions, however, were laid down concerning introduction of new bonus plans to boost produc. tion. They will be ''okayed,'' the board said, only if they do not result in any 'sappreciable i'm crease" in production cost, or if they conform to prevailing bonus practices in the particular industry or area.
 HAVING been ''stuck'' with building, savings and loan shares which lost value after the depres. sion, we are intrigued by the frank. ness of this want ad from the Mil. ,Uaukee Sentinel:
 Stocks and Bonds INSURED B & l. shares, $l and up. Peoples Saving Loan Assn. l2Ol E. Brady.
 WHO ever heard of a girl being anything else but female?
 Classified ad in Albany (N. Y.) 1imesUniOn:
 FEMALE cOuntergirl wanted. Post Office Cafeteria, 434 Broadway. THE WEAKER SEX: The only man who dared enter the primary race against an all-woman slate of Democratic candidates in Bedford. Ind. (pop. 3,2O8) went down to a humping defeat.
 GETTING pretty fresh. ehi From the Des MOines Register: FEEL HIGHWAY
 PATROL AFFAIR
 UP TO KNEE
 DURING World War I 10000 new milliOnaires were made. In World War II the US is spending IO times as much as in the last. Wed better do something quick to avoid a new crop of 100000 mill liOnaires!
The union times., 1944-06-03
On TheScene
 In Washington
By Travis K. Hedrick


 In everyone's schooldays there was the kid who'd get his nose blOOdied in fair fight and then, while running home utter this dar- ing challenge over his shoulder:
 "Wait till my big brother gets done with yOu!"
 That, gentle reader, is exactly what Gerard D. Reilly, a member of the Natl. Labor Relations Board, did this week.
 Board Member Reilly's ample nose was bloodied in an encounter with the united representatives of all organ lzed labor at public hearing called by the NLRB in Washington
 The AFL, the CIO, the unaffii- ated COnfederated Unions of Am erica, United Mine Workers, Dis tric 50, and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, all took turns at that hearing condemning Reil- ly's proposal to sabotage the prac- tices of the NLRB and permit employers to file petitions for cleo tions in their plants. All agreed it would hurt the war effort.
 Reilly didn't exactly cotton to the treatment he got from AFL Pres William Greens official representative Atty. Herbert S. Thatcher and from ClO Pres. Philip Murray and CIO Gen. Counsel Lee Pressman.
 So when the Special House Com mittee investigating the seizure of Montgomery Wards Company plant called for a NLRB representative Reilly was selected to appear because Chairman H. A. Mills was indis- posed.
 In addition to appearing to be a rather vague and confused wit. ness, Reilly used the Congressional committee as vehicle to get his pet scheme against labor unions be- fore wider public and, he hoped. before a sympathetic audience.
 Reilly, knowing that labor was unit
The union times., 1944-06-03
LABOR VIEWS THE NEWS

another progressive decision, the Supreme Court has
 ruled that newsboys who give full work employees of the paper they work for, and lecve bargaining under the Wagner Act The pointed out that large majority of these newsboys grown The newspaper enraged by the decson feeling that opens the doors unionzaton all employees which is correct Undoubtedly the claim will be courts decision is violation of freedom press
 Let's remember that when attempt was made to censor fake patent medicine advertising the same was made And s despite the fact that medicines only do not but actually harm the people use hem
 We repeat observation: If the Supreme Court continues to hand down liberal decisions drive made to enlarge the court with Congress being given power make the appointments.
The union times., 1944-06-03

STATISTICS LOUDER THAN ANTI-LABOR BRICKBATS ROM Admiral Ernest J. Kng commanderin-chief of the
 US feet the message that the American worker is doing than tell you win this war;. The raculous growth of the navy within the past year. King said constitutes in itself lasting tribute the American work man.'
 Since July l94O, King revealed he navy has increased the number of warshps in fleet by 13O; have built the greatest fleet of supporting vessels and landing craft that the world has have rped the epower of fleet; have multiplied air force by l4 and have expanded personnel almost Is mes-he greatest shang of and materials the world has wtnessed