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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-04
The W ashington
Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON
t1ajor Robert Z. Allen ON active dutyJ

WASHINGTON hasn't leaked
out out of the State Department,
but Myron Taylor, U. S. Ambassador
to the Vatican and former head of
the U. S. Steel Corporation, has been
wringing his hands over the sloth-
full way we are working out post
war plans for preserving peace.
Two months ago, with great
blast of trumpets, Secretary Hull
announced committee headed by
Ambassador Taylor to make plans
for permanent peace machinery to
avoid the mistakes made after the
last war. Since then, Ambassador
Taylor has been sitting around
Washington waiting for action. But
there has been none.
This is not the fault of energetic
Undersecretary of State E. Stet-
tinius, who succeeded Taylor as head
of U. S. Steel. More and more,
Stettinius impresses people with the
way he is struggling to revamp
creaking, crusted diplomatic ma
chinery. But the work of postwar
planning is beyond Stettinius scope.
HULL'S LACKADAISICAL LEO
Inside the State Department, it is
referred to as the Sacred Cow" of
Secretary Hull himself and of the
man who has come to be his closest
confidant, Leo Pasvolsky. Russian
born Pasvolsky was secretary to the
last Czarist ambassador to Wash
ington, later edited various Russian
newspapers in this country, and has
written an imposing list of books on
Russia, the Balkans and European
economics.
To scholarly, owl eyed, White
Russian Pavolsky, Secretary Hull has
taken strange fancy. To him he
has entrusted the vitality important
work OF postwar planning. Probably
one reason Hull likes him is because
Pasvolsky is even more cautious than
the Secretary of State himself. Hull
can be absolutely sure that Leo will
make no mistakes because Leo al
most never moves.
This may be all right in regard to
delicate diplomatic policy, but when
it comes to planning for peace, men
like Ambassador Taylor and Hulps
fellow members of the Cabinet chafe
at the delay. The European war is
nearing probable end this year, yet
the inert hand Of Leo Pavolsky still
stacks up reams of reports on this
and that problem of peace, or refers
them to this and that sub-com-
mittee.
POSTWAR COMMUNICATIONS
Meanwhile other countries are
pressing the State Department for
action. For instance, nothing has
been done about a U. S. policy on
radio Geographic communications
after the war
The British have a close-knit. all
embracing system by which they can
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-04
SALVATION
ARMY UNDER
new REGIME
Brig. Chester 0. Taylor Is
Coming 10 Take Charge
Under Americans

SEATTLE, March 4.-The Saliva
ton Army officials here announce
transfer of Alaskan work from the
jurisdiction of the Canadian Sal
walton Army to the American Sal
yation Army in command Of Brig
Chester 0. Taylor. former Alaskan
resident, and who will be the first
American Divisional Commander in
Alaska
Brigadier Taylor will soon leave
for Wrangell where the Alaskan Di-
visional headquarters may be es-
tablished, although Juneau is con-
sidered.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-04
RABAUL SHIELDED

GUADALCANAL. March AID
miral Halsey's South Pacific destroy
ers shelled and bombed Rabaul for
the third time on February 49,
swinging boldly into the harbor to
drop explosives into the remaining
defenses Rain obscured results.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-04
U50 DANCE
ON TONIGHT.

The March formal dance will be
held tonight in the Scottish Rite
Temple, beginning at 9 o'clock A
servicemen's orchestra will furnish
the music for the affair.
Last evening at the USO the Skag-
way team won the quiz contest from
the Juneau experts by a narrow
margin During the program, to
which the public was invited. Serv-
ice Bars were presented TO several
ESQ girls who had contributed
stipulated number OF hours to the
USO.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-04
Used Cars Take 0pA
For a Ride; Ceiling
Prices Knocked Out
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, March 4. - At
the Office of Price Administration,
they're wrestling with one of the
toughest problems in months-how
to stop skyrocketing prices OF used
cars.
Already there have been reports
from some areas that the high
prices of used cars are slowing up
the war effort. Workers who must
travel long distances to their jobs
and can't afford this high-priced
transportation are finding work
nearer home, regardless of whether
it is essential.
According 70 information received
here, three year-old used cars in
some sections are selling rs to 80
percent over the cost of the car
when it was new. In some instan-
ces, this has brought the cost Of
some of the least expensive cars
to around $500.
3 $3.50 W
What is the answer? Price CELL
ings and maybe rationing Why
hasn't OPA done something about
if before? The resistance Of indus
try. Dealers say ceiling prices would
force many of them out of bust
ness, necessitating the closing of
many repair shops. carried as a
sideline. These repair shops are bad
ly needed to keep the nation rolling.
It is estimated that at least TO-
100000 cars must be kept moving
if wartime transportation is to be
maintained adequately.
A second factor is the fear of
creating new black market that
could be worked between individ-
uals. 1t would be almost impos-
sible to prove that premium
was paid over the ceiling price.
The third problem is one OF pric-
ing. Although a base value can be
established for used cars, it is i'm
possible to establish the value Of a
used car by the make, the year it
was turned out, and the number OF
miles on the speedometer.
The talk now is that there might
have to be two types of ceilings
one on guaranteed reconditioned
cars sold by dealers and another on
cars sold by individuals.
Also there is no assurance that
ceilings can be established that will
keep used cars rolling into the mar
ket-an essential factor if war work
is to be maintained Serious short
ages of used cars in the big war
industrial centers would affect the
whole war program.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-04

Registered from Ketchikan, w
Stuart Is at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-04
CALIFORNIAN HERE

From Oakland. Calf. Jerome j
Moore is at the Gastineau.
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POSTWAR COMMUNICATIONS

CONTINUED on Page Four,
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WITH CAA, YAKuTAT

With the CAA at Yakutat, Robert
A, Miller is at the Hotel Juneau.
Evening star., 1944-06-14
SCHLEGEL & GOLDEN,
257- Carroll St., Takoma Park, D. c.
Georgia 1902.
AUTOMOBILES WANTED.

BANTAM OR CROSLEY convertible coupe;
hsve buyer waiting; will pay top dollar
Parkway Motor Co, 3051 NJ st. NV. MI
BUICK is our specially. th. top cash
pEice sdto at Wheeler Inc: 4Sio ,s WISCONSIN
Stuck 1883 special 4"door sedan; will
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pay top cash prices. Brown Pontiac, Inc
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PLYMOUTH 1888 or 1889 business coupe;
have immediate sale. Parkway Motor
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OR 1920. Cbrysler Plymouth Dealer:
PONTIACS-1939, 1910, I941. Will pay
top cash prices. Brown Pontiac. Inc.
PONTIAC wANTED-5euote your price, vs v
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FULL RETAIL PRICE paid in cash fol
Milii.ms Auto Sales 1929 L ave ne
4 PRf9hTE PARTY with a good cal, cal
NO: s3ls; I win pay you high cash
a's Be SURE sni To sEE Aqso IovIso before you sci
TO get the most cash. All makes urgentl!
WANT BEST PRICE for your car? Sc
Loving before you sell. We pay the higl
sash p price; Loving Motors. 1919 M st. NV
Ssss psFty ko coGfE Seie, vanSsd from
price. Phone Mr.. Dietz. Wo. 9662 afte
WILL PAY Cash for good late model car
must have good tires; private party: M
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Evening star., 1944-06-14
Winning Contract
By THE FOUR ACES.

Winning Contract
~ THE FOUR ACES.
Crime Doesn't Poy, No. 706
North dealer.
Neither side Vulnerable.
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The bidding:
North East South West
|1o Pass 10 Pass
INT Pass 80 Pass
I40 Pass Pass Pass
There are frequently times when
declarer is certain . play viii lose.
Even so Ii he risks nothing by try
| ing it the suggestions Of his SUBJ
conscious should be put down and
the attempt made.
Against four hearts West led the
jack OF spades. Declarer knew"
that the king was with East and
therefore played dumny's ace. When
the hearts failed to break he lost
two clubs, diamond and . heart
and was down one.
There was no risk In passing the
jack Of spades, . club could always
be discarded on the spade ace. AS
iit happened West had actually
chosen the dangerous lead from
Ik-J-lo And by ducking In dummy
South would have made his con-
tract.
Yesterday you were Howard
Schenken's partner, and With botf,
sides vulnerable you held:
A02
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The bidding:
Lightner Schenken Jacoby You
IA Double Pass ~
~ Pass Pass q,
Answer-Pass. Schenken would
have raised or doubled II he could
have. At flve hearts you are slnost
sure to 60 down; with your single
ton club you may defeat four spades.
Score 100 per cent for pass, 30
per cent for five hearts.
Question No. 1,723.
Today you are Theodore Light
ner's partner. You have 30 on score
and both sides are vulnerable. You
deal and hold:
| 4 A J2
| KISS
/ . ACT
| = AXIS
What do you bid? tAnswer to-
morrow
released by the Bell Syndicate. 1ne.) ~
Evening star., 1944-06-14

pumps kept their place for a long
time.
In a magazine dated January,
1891, / have found an article tell
ing about the ways of fire fighting
in the larger cities of that time.
The writer was proud OF the fire.
men. Here Is the way he told about
fire which started in the base
ment of an Office building:
"The policeman runs to the little
red box set in red lamp post He
opens door and give a hook a
pull.
"a minute passes and then, away
up the street, drawn by a gallop-
ing team, comes the first steam fire
engine.
"A tender with roll of hose is
close behind, and from another
street truck piled high with lad
ders swings in.
"Other engines reach the scene
to find that the fire has gone roar
ing up the stairway and elevator
shaft. It has burst through % the
Evening star., 1944-06-14
Uncle Ruy's Corner

In 1880, steam fire engine was
used in London for the first time.
This engine pumped water faster
than hand pumps which had been
used before that time.
London's success with the steam
fire engine led some other cities to
fight fires with power machines.
Yet the progress was slow. In many
places the fashioned hand
Evening star., 1944-06-14

BY now all their paratroop rations were exhausted
and they had nothing left but rice The Burma Rines
picked jungle roots which they chewed made into SOUP
but it was poor stun to march on.
Every man was haunted by the fear of falling sick
Usually the stricken just crumped In their tracks and
there the grim business of making them comfort
able as possible and leaving them behind to die.
One British lieutenant just couldn't march another
STEP He dropped, mutterng "Well had it," Wingate
halted and talked to him gently When he turned to CO.
the lieutenant shakily his and saluted with
CHEEKY smile.
Then he lay down and the dust settled over him as
the column marched on.
Continued Tomorrow
Evening star., 1944-06-14

more riyer-the Chindwn-then home. Wngate whs
pered softly Here co. Bunched closely together,
they stole swiftly the gap and disappeared into the
jungle on the other side The railway behind them.
. Inc OrsaoieT urged them ioIWaro az top Speeu anu
did not say word until they had put five miles between
themselves and the line. Then he halted for breather
thank the Japanese for thing he said THAT
was disgustngy bad patrol work. We should have
got through" =
The Chndits marched for several days through
the Mngin Mountains At point they had to make
ropes of their rife sings to get down 20-foot drop.
They tired they stumbled stones and bouders
and most of them were badly bruised.
Evening star., 1944-06-14

The ghostly torch crept forward unbearaby slowly.
Then the Chindits could the bearer. He Bur-
with party of natives Those Burmese had idea
how they to being rddled with bullets Every
of Wingates had taken first his rife
The Chindits reformed and moved off along the
jungle track. two days march brought them to the
next great hazard-the railway. BY it heavily
parolled by Japs. Thick jungle extended to within 10
yards of the railway either side. Somehow other
they would have 20 yards of open ground
the railway without being spotted Scouts reported the
aps stationed 400 yards to their right and to their
left
At the edge of the jungle they halted Again,it was
like getting the top Beyond the railway lay
Evening star., 1944-06-14


ventilator and is filing the air with
flame and sparks.
"As the front door is opened. the
men are met by gush OF ire and
smoke.
Lime after line of hose Is laid.
Stream after stream is directed into
the basement. Ladders are reared
and other streams are carried to
the floor above.
"An iron pipe Is raised SO feet
in the air. From the nozzle at the
top Of the pipe, water is hurled
through windows of the highest
floor"
The writer went on to tell that
in a short time the fire was put
out. He said that ''the roaring fur
mace" became "a steaming. soggy
mass"
Fire fighting Of that kind went
on well into the present century.
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contributed so bountifully to the de-
velopment of the Middle West are
now little more than memories. Al
though some old growth chiefly
hardwood - still remains, the most
significant aspect is the large pro-
portion of inferior species, notably
jack pine and aspen, in the second
growth.
Having looked in vain for timber
SURPRISES in other important forest
regions, we turn at last to the West
coast.
The timber of Idaho and Montana
was almost untouched up to 1900.
But the wave of depletion is rolling
through this country with startling
speed. In Idaho the five northern
counties were opened up first and
were soon pretty thoroughly ex-
plotted. Output reached a peak of
705 million board feet in 1925. In 1887
it was only 1872 million. Obviously
payrolls in these northern counties
declined in about the same ration as
lumber production Towns like Sand
point and Occur d'Alene were hard
hit and Spokane turned its eyes
from the panhandle of Idaho to the
Grand Coulee dam.
The increased output now coming
from the five counties farther south
rests on precarious base. Only one
tenth of the 10 million acres of for
est in North Idaho is in white pine
sawtimber-yet this tenth is bearing
the brunt of current cut. White pine
output is now az times what the for
eStS can sustain.
But even within this region, the
apparent surplus is local in charac-
ter. The only area still largely un-
developed is a portion of southern
Oregon. In the older districts,
notably around Puget Sound, the
bulk of the readily accessible saw
timber has been removed. Sawmills
have shut down and pulp mills have
assumed greater Importance. The
available stand is no longer as large
as the growing stock needed to sus-
tain cut commensurate with the
growth capacity of the land.
The lower Columbia river district
with ITO large mills and 40 billion
feet of sawtimber is already feeling
the pinch of scarcity. About half of
the private sawtimber belongs to
two large companies. Most of the
other mills face difficulty in getting
the timber they need for longtime
operation.
I want to close by stating my con-
viction that a comprehensive legisla-
tive charter is needed to give effect
to a well-rounded national forest
policy and to strengthen the founda-
ton for timely postwar action in the
| forestry field.
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National Var Fund Driue:
Almost Half of Money to Go
Toward Cheering U. S. Fighters

rine who see that the vital car
of war get through to the fight
ing fronts; War Prisoners aid,
which provides recreational,
educational and cultural mate
rails for prisoners of war to af-
ford an antidote for the boredom
SO APPLY termed "barbed wire
disease"
Approximately 80 cents out of ev-
cry national war fund dollar will be
spent to provide emergency relief
for civilian victims of war in the
nations of our Allies, overrun and
occupied by the Nazi invaders.
Assistance for the peoples of the
Axis dominated nations includes:
food and clothing for Chinese war
orphans; medical kits and medicine
for the Yugoslavs; subsistence
rations for millions of starving
Greeks; seeds to replant the
scorched earth of Russia; dried milk
for undernourished Norwegian
school children; food packages for
Belgian refugees; seed packets for
British Victory gardens to ease the
critical food shortage; aid for mil
lions of Polish refugees scattered
throughout the world; care in this
country for child evacuees from
Europe; food and clothing for needy
people of France; and aid of various
kinds for war victims of Czechoslo-
vakia, Luxembourg, Denmark, Hol-
land and Italy.
The remainder of the war fund
dollar, including two-thirds for adj
miniStration, will be held in contin-
gent fund for emergency needs and
unforeseen developments resulting
from the liberation of occupied ma
tionS.
The "home-front' army will
take to its task with the follow
ing message of inspiration from
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
supreme commander of the
Allied expeditionary force: "All
Americans know it is a privi-
lege to contribute to the national
and community war funds in this
year of liberation. Complement
ing our military campaigns, the
services which flow from these
funds reach out to friends and
neighbors at home and abroad
and to the oppressed peoples Of
the world.
(Signed) Dwight d. Eisenhow-
er."
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Sees Forest Conservation Need:
Vast Areas Of Spent Timberland
Attest to Careless Practices

example, were built of yellow pop
lar. Yellow poplar grows almost as
fast as any of our softwoods and is
just as easily worked. But today it
is far too precious to put into barns.
1t is no longer a significant part of
the stock of the local lumber yards.
All the big pine operations are now
gone from the Missouri Ozarks. Out
put of softwood lumber in Missouri
in 1912 was only 80 million board
feet. Yet in 1899 most of the three
fourths billion board feet of lumber
cut in that state was softwood.
Throughout the hill country from
eastern Ohio to western Missouri,
millions of acres of once magnificent
hardwood forests have degenerated
into mere brush cover. Many of the
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Euen in Nei0 England, ,ohere this huge
red oak to,pering 100 feet up and measur.
ing almost 20 feet in circumference ,Uas
cut, there is no real timber surplus.
hardwood industries of the Ohio and
Mississippi valleys must now pay
heavy transportation charges for
raw material from other regions in
order to continue operation. Some of
them face extinction.
The lake states affords one of
the most serious chapters of our
forest history. Here are some So
million acres of generally level
forest land, favOrably located
with reference to important in
dustrial and agricultural Sec
tions. Extensive clear cutting
and uncontrolled forest fire have
made a large part of this area
an economic liability.
The white pine and red pine which
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Usually, the cut in the woodlot
should be no more than 80 per cent
in any one year, and the sooner
another cut can be made from the
same woodland. Cutters should keep
in mind that a well-formed hardwood
tree 10 inches on the stump is prob
ably SO years old, but would yield
only a six-inch log containing four
board feet, Doyle scale, or 0.09
standard cord of wood. In eight
years more this tree would be IL
inches, would contain 16 board feet
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(four times as much lumber), or
OF cord of wood. If left fifteen years
this tree would be IA inches on the
stump, would contain SO board feet
in the first log and 8 in the second
log, or one-quarter cord of wood.
Green wood will burn, but sea-
soned wood is preferred, as it is
lighter to handle, has more heat
value, and forms less creosote in
the chimney. Most of the seasoning
takes place during the first six
months after the tree is cut.
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Wood from poorly formed trees
burns just as well as wood from
future saw-log trees. Wood from
such weed trees as ironwood, shad-
bush, and even beech, has a high
heating value.
The temptation is to strip the
woodlot when firewood is cut, there
by destroying local and national re-
sources for the future. 1.-The Winter
Fuel and A Better Woodlot," is one
slogan that has been used by many
woodland owners in this state.
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The Answers

l. Thirty-three.
2. A turbulent woman.
3. Virginia.
4. The coastal cities of the state
of Washington.
S. Sherman, Marshall, Coolidge,
Dawes, Curtis, Garner, Wallace.
6. Florida (St. Augustine was
founded in 1865 by the SPANISH.
7. Mt. Logan yukon province,
10, $50 feet high).
8. Chop, amputate, trim, slash,
slit, shear, sever, slice, carve,
cleave, cash, pare, hack, bob,
NOV, curtail, hew, sunder, white.
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ASK Me q
El N,.:-
A General Quiz

l. How many men have served
as vice president of the United
States?
2. What is virago?
3. The Bill of Rights of which
state was used as model when
the Bill of Rights of the U. S. Con-
stitution was drawn up?
4. What are the cloudiest spots
in the United States?
5. Can you name the last seven
vice presidents?
6. In what state is the oldest
city in the United States?
7. What is the highest mountain
in Canada?
8. Can you name 10 synonyms
for the word "cut"?
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Asbestos Not New; Known
And Used by the Ancients

Asbestos was known to the an
clients. They discovered that 1t
was heatproof, and used it to make
funeral wrappings for people Of
rank. When they resorted to Gre
nation they clothed their dead in
such garments in order to be able
to remove the ashes for preserva-
ton.
Asbestos almost suffered obhv-
ion during the Dark Ages, when
the art of weaving its long silky
fibers was lost. Asbestos is really
a mineral fax, and the fbers can
be spun and woven on looms in
much the same way as cotton and
wool. In 1871 the art of asbestos
weaving was rediscovered and
commercialized.