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lished. Two schemes are being
worked out. The subsistence pro-
duction is an undertaking for the
benefit of those who are and may
always remain on the dole. The
other, a land settlement policy, aims
at turning the ex-wage Garner into
a small holder who lives by the
produce of his land.
England also has large housing
projects in congested areas. The
projects are financed by the gov
eminent.
AS early at 1897 northern areas
were classified as Special" Those
areas were situated towards the
west and would be less exposed to
air attacks in war and were there
fore suitable for locations of NUM-
ton plants. Measures were being
studied at that time on "what to do
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Drive Wedge in Italy

Having driven a wedge into the
Germans main defense line by lev
cling Casino with a devastating
aerial attack by heavy bombers, AL
lied forces fought hard to advance
up the road to Rome and get at the
rear of the enemy hemming in U. S.
and British troops on the Anzio
beachhead.
Although the t~hunderous leveling
of Casino left that ~once-fortified
village standing directly on the road
to Rome a pile of jumbled mortar,
Nazi guns established in the sur-
rounding hills continued to rake Al
lied troops, making progress slow.
Preliminary to the big showdown
in the west, Allied bombers contin-
ued to roar over Axis Europe, rip
ping at Nazi channel defenses,
Frances network of rails over which
the enemy plans to shuttle troops to
meet invasion armies, and German
industries turning out the weapons
of war. To counter the raids, the
Nazis sent up swarms of fighter
planes, and great sky battles ragged.
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Seasons Prizes Are
Awarded Tuesday At
Royal NeighbOr Party

The concluding number Of the
series of card parties which were
sponsored by the Royal Neighbors
during the season was held Tues
day at the l.. L. club. Grand prizes
were awarded in addition to those
given for the evenings scores.
The winners of the women's
awards for the highest total scored
during the series were Mrs. w. P.
Sexton in bridge, and Mrs. A. F.
Elliot, in five hundred. The mems
grand prizes went to M. o. Skille-
stad in bridge, and to C. E. Rod
gers in five hundred.
Honors in bridge during the eve
ming were received by Mrs. H. ].
Cook and Mrs. V. j. Daniels of
Billings for the women, while Mr..
and j. o. Speare Won for
the men. At the tables of five
hundred the winners were Mrs. Bud
Roberts and Mrs. George Fahy, first
and second; A. j. Motzko, first,
and DR.. r. j. Rosselot, second.
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WOman's Club Has
Program Relating
To English People

Mrs. Joe Marcure was hostess tc
the Laurel Woman's club Monday
The president, Mrs. Marion Craw-
ford, presided at the session. Roll
/ call were quotations OF
English authors. Mrs. c. l.. Nor
ris, Mrs. S. S. Bliss and Mrs. G. C.
Ferguson were reelected to the
topic committee for the club year
of 1944-45
Topic of the program Monday
was England, and Mrs. R. A. Nc
Cracker read an interesting paper
that described the development and
rogress of England from the time
it was a part of the mainland of
France to the present, when it
teens with war activity.
Queen Victoria's reign was out
standing because of many reforms,
among which was the removal of
women and girl workers from the
coal mines. Another was the plac-
ing of limits on the number of
hours children could be worked in
factories, although at that time six
hours were not considered too long
for a 7-year-old to work in a day.
Provision was also made for part
time education of working children.
Early in the twentieth century the
labor party established itself as an
active force in politics. The con-
flicts between capital and labor led
TO the desire to improve standards
of living for all classes, and trade
unions fought for more equitable
conditions.
One of the most significant
changes came in the position of
who were admitted to col
Ieges and entered professions pre-
forbidden to them. In 1918
they won the right to vote-two
years before American women OBJ
tained equal suffrage.
AS a result of the depression fol-
owing World war I, a system of
unemployment insurance was estab- |
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SOLDIER VOTE:
President Gets Bill

Passed by congress, the compro-
mise soldier vote bill, allowing use
of the short federal ballot if GER
titled by the governor and state bal
lots are unobtainable, found its way
to President R~oosevelt's desk for sig
nature or veto.
Once outspoken in his opposition
to a bill limiting soldier voting to
state ballots alone, the President
took up the compromise measure
with caution before acting, wiring
all 48 governors to report to him
whether they would permit use of
the short federal ballot, which only
lists the presidential and congress
sional Offices without including the
names of the candidates.
If the governors OK. the short
federal ballot, servicemen will only
be able to use it if their states have
no absentee voting laws, or if they
have applied for state ballots but
have not received them.
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RUSSIA:
Free Ukraine

Germany's remaining foothold in
the Ukraine was loosened as Rus
sian troops smashed into Nazi lines
along the Bug river, and as the en-
emy's forces fell back toward Ru-
mania, the Reds regained the rich
farm and mineral land.
AS Russia scored its military sue
cess in the south, Finland in the
north turned down Moscow's armis-
tice offer, based OF restoration of
the 1910 borders and internment of
German troops entrenched in the
little country.
Russia's southern drive carried
Red troops to within 80 miles of the
prewar Rumanian border, while far
Their to the northwest, they were
within 100 miles of the old Czech
and Hungarian frontiers.
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Auxiliary Is
Visited By Burdett;
Candidates Received

A class of five candidates was
initiated when the Veterans of For
eign Wars Auxiliary met Wednes-
day evening of last week at the
l.. l.. club. Mrs. B. V. Friedman
presided. Mrs. o. R. Burdett, de-
partment president, made her Off
cial visit and gave a talk on her
work. Mrs. C.. M. Brenden, legis-
lative chairman, gave a report on
what the auxiliary is doing in that
direction. Mrs. S. S. Bliss, district
president, was introduced. Refresh
ments were served and a gift was
presented to Mrs. Burdett.
Announcement has been made
that the next meeting will be pre-
coded by a pot-luck supper, We'd
nesday, March 20, at the home of
E. L. Fenton.
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dispensable employees, regardless of
family status, are to be deferred,
and only the state draft head or ma
tional headquarters is to pass on
any deferments for the Is to Is year
age group.
Only farm workers producing 16
units will be eligible for deferment,
and careful consideration will be
given to the cases of 100000 farm
workers under 26.
While Selective Service pressed for
more men, General Hershey said few
of the 3,485, 900 4Fs will be found &C
ceptable for military service. Only
about IL per cent of those with de-
pendents, including fathers, have
been taken thus far, he said, and
only about l in 10 will pass physicals.
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Wednesday, March 20.
Use Of Dry Ice to
Cut Firing Costs
NeW Principle for Shooting
Guns Is fnUeRted.

DENVER.-Have you heard about
the new gas-ired pistols, rifles and
shotGuns? If you're a sportsman, jot
down in your notebook to look into
this right after the war.
Ray Monner of Denver, a college
professor who invented this new fir
ing principle, says the ammunition
for the new gun will cost about
one-tenth as much as the gunpoW-
der type and will weigh only one-
third as much.
Guns never heat with the gas ex-
plosive and barrels never have to be
cleaned because there are no pow
der fumes or smokes. The recoil is
as gentle as a kittens purring and
noise is negligible.
"This gun fires carbon dioxide gas,
otherwise known as COZ or dry ice"
says Monner, who is blonde, has a
pleasant smile and has spent months
in Washington attempting to adapt
the new invention to the U. S. army's
needs.
Il discovered the firing principle
when l was fooling around in my
home workshop trying to make a
toy he says. "The first gun l
made was just a toy that fired
common BIB shot, similar to COM
pressed air rifles.
"The COZ is carried in a small
cartridge that will hold four ounces
and will sell for around tx cents.
This will fire about 1000 lead pei
lets of % caliber that cost about 50
cents a thousand. The pellets are
not mounted in a cartridge, as a
gunpowder-propelled slug is, but in
stead are placed in a magazine be-
side the barrel of the weapon.
1.-THE explosion of each shot of gas
propels the pellet through the barrel
at about the same velocity as if it
was fired by gunpowder. The re-
coil is g~entler than that of gunpow-
der because the impact is applied
to the slug throughout the entire
length of the barrel of the weapon,
Gunpowder applies its impact in viz
tually n instantaneous blow.
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br1ng military
strength to H.
100000, local draft
boards have been
directed to tight
en- up on all de-
ferments, particu-
larly for those in
the Is Is age
group.
Under the new
d~irectives issued
by Selective Serv-
ice Chief Lewis B.
oD1v in
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HICHLICHTS. -. In the weeks ne~.
FOOD Professors: There will

FOOD Professors: There will
be a need for at least zoe, 900 sea-
sonal workers in canneries and 9TH
er food processing plants this year,
Paul McNutt, manpower commits
sioner, says. This is 100, 900 more
than were needed last year. Stu
dents, women, and part-time work
r will be the only source, he be-
lieves, though prisoners of war and
soldiers or leave can be called upon.
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PENNIES: Since the copper stu
alton has improved considerably,
the War Production board has de-
cided to permit addition of enough
of the red metal to pennies to re-
store the old c%opper-zinc ratio OF %
parts copper to S parts zinc. Pro
auction rate currently is at $50 mil
lion one-cent pieces per month. 1t
4 expected that the annual output
-,lI exceed a billion steel pennies.
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level of World War l.,
Price Administrator
Chester Bowles APP
peared before the
senate banking COM
mittee to testify for
continuation of the
agency for another
year.
Following early in
creases to iron out
prewar depression
prices, the cost of liv-
ing has been held abb
~Solutely stable during
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The Outlook Saws:

Miss Betty Mees of Billings was
a guest Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Nicholas.
Mrs. C.. l.. Morris was hostess at
dessert luncheon Tuesday for her
contract club and Mrs. H. T. Smart,
a guest. The afternoons awards
were won by Mrs. J.. A. Spencer
and Mrs. Joseph Gehrett.
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in event of war; also, the removal
of inhabitants from bombed vii
lagos" Schools of instruction were
being operated for Red Cross res
cue work and damage from gas and
bombs.
The next meeting of the Laurel
club will be April 3, with Mrs. S.
S. Bliss as hostess.
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DRAFT:
Tighten Deferments

In order to meet the services de-
mands for 1,16O, 900 men by July to
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OPA:
Renewal Sought

Claiming that OPA has held war
time price increases to half the
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CALENDAR
JOINING Events. :.
Friday, March "a.

iiiuoy, uudiCi ~.
A meeting of the Episcopal Guild
will be held at 7:45 at the home of
Mrs. George Graves. U. T. o.
boxes will be turned in.
Monday, March 81.
The Rotana club will meet for
election of officers at the home of
Miss Stellavee Wooters.
Tuesday, March 20.
Past Noble Grands of Evergreen
Rebekah lodge No. sc will meet at
the home of Mrs. Lynne Galloway
at 2 p. m.
Wednesday, March 20.
A pot-luck supper at $3.50 will
precede the meeting of the Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary at
the f. l.. Fenton home.
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Cattle Subsidy

To bring cattle off the range and
prevent a market glut in the fall,
OPA considered increasing packers
subsidies by 30 cents to enable them
to offer higher prices for the stock
during spring and summer.
At the same time, government Of
fcials considered placing a floor I'M
der medium and lower grade cattle
whose quality may be affected by
the tight feed situation, with floors
for the spring and summer above
those for the fall.
While increased subsidies were be-
ing considered for cattle, lower sub
sides were being studied for hogs,
in line with government policy for
decreased pig production. Now $1.30
a hundred pounds, the hog subsidy
may be cut by 30 cents.
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Building Bomber

Building Bomber
The building of a single bomber
involves approximately $4,000 tele-
phone calls.
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EDITORS NOTE: When opinions are, expressed in these coluMns hey are those Of
Released by Western Newspaper Union -
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the last II months, Bowles said.
Asking for retention of present
powers, Bowles said OPA would con-
tinue with present techniques for
keeping down prices, including sub
sides, which he called essential.
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS

.Vazi Forces Retreat Toward Rumania
As Russians Regain Rich Farm Lands;
Allied Troops Drive New Wedge Into
Germans Main Defense Line in Italy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-04
GEN. ARNOLD REPORTS ON
 AIR FORCES
Primary Aim of His Com mand Is 10 Make h.
 ydsion Economical

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The pri- mary aim of his command is to make the coming invasion of Eur ope as economical as possible by an aerial knocking out of the Reich, Gen Henry H. Arnold said in his report of operations and his- tory of the Air Forces.
 Gen. Arnold said the United States has the worlds largest air force with 2,385,0O0 officers and men. He said that l45,000 planes are scheduled for production in the next Is months.
 Gen. Arnold cautioned that the defeat of Germany will not spell the blasting of Japan out of the war, for those who think so do not yet understand the need for vast sup ply lines, well-equipped bases and planes built to fight under entirely different conditions from those over Europe
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-04
KNOX SAYS NIpp0NS0N
 DEFENSIVE
American Air Forces Con. tinuing to Soften Up
 Marshall Islands

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. -- Navy Secretary Frank Knox reported that American air forces are continuing to soften up" the Marshall Islands, and are encountering weak opposi- tion from the air. He referred to the continuing raids on enemy bases at Wotje, Kwajalein, Mile, Jaluit and other bases.
 We are putting the enemy ofl the defensive throughout that region" Knox said at news conference. There have been several engage ments, he said, but the American forces suffered few losses.
 In retaliation, the Japs made two raids on American positions at Tarawe and one on Maxim Island. Asked about the raid by American bombers on Paramashiro, Knox said the bombs hit the target area, but weather conditions were so bad 1t was hard to observe the results. He declared the attack, however, as most successful"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-04
(onqresslnan Comes
 Forfh as Republican
 Candidate, Presidency

that the Mackinac Island Charter should open the door to Republican participation in postwar collabora- tion of nations to maintain world peace.
 He supported Lend-Lease when 1t was far from popular measure in Republican ranks, but he introduced and put over an amendment that provided that it could be terminated at any time by concurrent resolu- tion of the House and Senate His pre- Pearl Harbor moratorium on hate speech was a sensation in his own party ranks and earned him many friend on the Democratic side of the House. Generally he advo- cated backing the President to the hilt on his foreign policy.
 So much for Dirksen's record. There are other reasons why his entry into the national political pie ture has caused more than passing comment. It's the first time since ls32, when Speaker Cactus Jack" Garner stepped into the arena, that a member of the House has sought the presidency. It doesn't take much jogging of memories to recall what came out of that the Roosevelt Garner ticket.
 Dirksen protests publicly and pri-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-04
U. ;. TO TRY PEACE MOVES,
 REDS, POLISH

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull indicated the United States may make an ef- fort to bring Poland and Russia to- gether automatically, and thus pre- vent any flareup, now that the Red troops have crossed the old Polish frontier
 Asked at the news conference about the forthcoming visit of Stan islaw Mikolajczyk, President of the Polish government in exile, Hull said the purpose of the visit could be inferred from the situation in Europe.
 London reported that President Mikolajczyk is coming to Washing ton shortly to discuss Polish-Rus- sian questions.
 Secretary Hull said, "The United States turns it's attention to all matters rising in connection with the Allied situation when it is prac- tical and feasible, and we do it in a friendly spirit he added.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-04
U. S. HEAVY B0kBER50N
 RAID! TODAY
Run Into LittIe Air 0pposi lion but Flax Bdd-18
 Planes Missing

LONDON, Jan. A. United States heavy bombers early today attacked obiectives in northwest Germany, Eighteen bombers are missing. The heavies were supported by Royal Air Force fighters, two Qf which failed to return.
 Few enemy fighters were encount- cred but flax was intense.
 A Nazi- controlled Danish radio said a force of American bombers flew over Denmark at noon today and four of them were downed by German anti-aircraft fire and by fighter planes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-04
HEAVY RAID
 TODAY HITS
 CALAIS AREA
RAF Mosquitoes in Fordys Over Western Germany
 Radios Off Air

LONDON. Jan. 4.--United States Marauder medium bombers heavily attacked military objectives in the Pas de Calais area of France today in the wake of Royal Air Force Mosquito forays on western Ger many. All planes returned from both operations. The Marauders were escorted by RAF and Dominion Allied fighters
 As the day advanced, the Ger man. controlled Danish radio left the air. followed by the Norwegian long, range transmitters at Oslo and Tromsoe. This is sometimes an in- dication that British or American aircraft are overhead.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-04
The W ashington Merry Co., Round
By DREW PEARSON tMa,or Robert g. Allen on sctivs dutyJ

WASHINGTON - Young Nelson Rockefeller is son and heir of the wealthiest man in the U. s. A. His fathers fortune is tied up in var ious Standard oil companies. One of these has had extremely rough treatment at the hands of Bolivia, which cancelled outright it's conces- sion in that country.
 Yet, in the present Bolivian rev. olution, young Rockefeller. as U. s. Coordinator of Latin American Re- lations, has taken stand in favor of the revolutionary government, despite the fact that a member of the new Bolivian Cabinet, Carlos Montenegro, is author of Standard oils Gold Against Bolivia's Jus tice."
 Rockefeller takes this position de- spite the further fact that the State Department frowns on the new Be- livian Government; also despite the fact that the revolutionaries. ac- cording to their statements, are re- volting against the tin barons of Bolivia who ordinarily would have lot in common with Standard Oil millions.
 Inside the Diplomatic Corps, the Bolivian revolution is considered one of the most significant in years and of deep-rooted interest to the American public. There are two reasons:
 l. The Bolivian revolt may be the forerunner of others in other Latin American countries.
 9. The U. s. Government is split -the State Department taking an unfavorable, position; the Rockefel- Ter office and Vice President Wal lace taking favorable one. This is the first time the State Depart ment has found itself with another Government agency to counter check it's moves.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-04
Prohibition Is Going 10
 BeDiscussed

WASHINGTON, Jan 4-Bowing to the demand of more than 100000 individual petitioners for immediate legislative action. the House Judi ciary Subcommittee will begin pulp lie hearings next week on national prohibition legislation.
 Chairman Sam Hobbs. of Ala bama. said the hearings will prob- ably start next "Wednesday, two days after Congress convenes. and pro- hibition advocates will be the first witnesses.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-04
UPRISING AGAINST TIN BARONS

The State Department claims that a gang of self-seeking anti American opportunists have seized power, in Bolivia. But the Rocke- feller- Wallace group claim that this is 'deep-rooted social economic uprising which springs from the manner in which Bolivian tin miners have been ground down by the big tin barons.
 When Vice President Wallace was in charge of the Bureau of Economic Warfare and the pur- chase of strategic war materials such as tin, he argued that the United States had a right to make sure that a certain percentage of the high price the U. s. A. was pay ing for tin was passed on to Bo- livian workers, not pocketed by the tin barons.
 He was not very successful Last year, Bolivian tin strike culmin-
 <Nov1ffrr,oA m Duun Hosvv,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-04
ENEMY SHIPS
 ATTACKED IN
 EARLY MORN
Allied Troops Landed al Sdidor-Ja Intercept
 ors Are Shot Down

ADVANCED. ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA Tuesday, Jan. A. - Bombers and fighters from carrier force in the South Pacific command hit two heavy Japanese cruisers and two Japanese destroyers at Kavieng, New Ireland, with New Years Day calling cards in the form of bombs, torpedoes and machine gun fire.
 The enemy warships were at tackled early in the morning just as they attempted to enter the harbor to strengthen the depleted Japan csc forces there.
 Both cruisers were set afire and one of the destroyers was hit by both bombs and torpedoes,
 Today's communique also an-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-04
HEDGES RETURNS FROM
 TRIP TO KETCHIKAN

Arthur Hedges, Director for AL aska, U. s. Employment Service. is back after a two weeks business trip to Ketchikan MT Hedges also conducted business matters at Pet ersburg while his ship was in port
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-04
BOB JERNBERG HERE
 FOR TERM OF COURT

Robert Jernberg, Assistant U. s. District Attorney at Ketchikan, has arrived here to prepare for the open ing of the coming term of the Dis trict Court. The January, 1944, term is scheduled to begin the 18th.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-04
POLISH LINE (R055EDBY
 REDF0R(E5
Russians Now AdvdnlinQ- Are Now 300 Miles
 from Warsaw

BULLETIN-LONDON, Jan. 4.
 The Russians have captured
 Belaya TserkOv, 40 miles south
 west of kiev on the Smela-
 RastOv rail line, Premier Josef
 Stalin announced tonight. He
 further stated that the German
 garrison holding out in this town
 was only recently reported re- inforced in desperate effort to
 save the Nazi bastion, which has
 been by-passed, virtually cut off
 by the advance of the right
 flank of Gen. Vatutin's armies to the southwest toward Vim
 nitsa.
 The announcement was made
 in Stalin's Order of the Day and
 broadcast by the Moscow radio.
 MOSCOW, Jan. I. Red Army forces under General Vatutin, lib orator of Kiev, are rolling over the flat terrain of old Poland, after cap- turing the former frontier town oi Olevsk and smashing their way across the prewar Russian-Po Polish border.
 The fall of Olevsk and Novograd- Volynski, 42 miles south, was an nounced last night in a Russian communique which declared that ITO villages were recaptured in the swift Soviet advance.
 Frontline dispatches disclosed the Russian vanguards, pushing on rap- idly from Olevsk along the Kiev- Warsaw railway, crossed the old frontier a short time later. A spear head of the Russian forces, advanc- ing from Olevsk, former customs station, 135 miles northwest of Kiev supported on the left by another column, encircled Emichino, 2s miles to the southeast.
 The point at which the Russians crossed the old prewar Polish border is approximately 150 miles east of the frontier from which the Ger mans launched the invasion of Rus sia after the partition of Poland, and is about 300 miles from Warsaw.