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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
Alaska $ Needs and Desires
 Are pIaled Before Four
 (ongressmen Now on Tour

KETCHIKAN, Alaska. July 19.- Four congressman making tour of Alaska were told the Territory's na- tives had an estimated 4,0O0 active cases of tuberculosis and heard a suggestion that Army hospital at Nome, Seward and Anchorage be used eventually to help combat the menact to Native health.
 The four, Reps. Johnson tD-Okla) !, Rooney tD-NY), Jenson tR-Iowa) and Dworshak (R-Idaho), heard tes- timony for three hours concerning Alaska's reeds and desires. Includ- ed was a request for more home rule, with. the right for Alaska to elect its own Governor.
 Alaskans at the hearing also ask ed that homestead and homesite titles be made easier to obtain, urg- cd more funds be earmarked for fisheries research, asked the inclu- sion of Alaska in tte Federal High way program and that experts be loaned to the Alaska Development Board by the Federal Government.
 A, H. Ziegler, chairman of the Territorial Board, told of the tuber- ct'losis cares among the Natives. He asked that this situation be cleaned uE' and that the Territory then be given the Alaska Native Services education facilities.
 ziegler said 26 percent of tke Na- i've population at Hoonah. Hooper C1y and Barrow were tubercular.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
x ROCKED BY
 BIG BLASTS
Canadian Navy Munitions Set 0ff-fires Rage in
 Screwed Wretkdge

HALIFAX, N. S., July 19.-Cana- dian Navy munitions set off by a jetty fire rocked the Halifax area overnight with four huge explosions and a series of lesser discharges which ended only after dawn today.
 Damaging and crippling blasts persisted for more than 13 hours at the depot, in nearby Dartmouth. One was felt in Saint John, N. B., 125 miles away. hs
 Fear had been expressed that the main magazines containing 50000 depth charges, would go up but the explosions dwindlad and the flames died down this morning, A dull thud about 8 a. m. Eastern War Time appeared to tbe the last of the series.
 There were. 13 known casualties, 12 persons were injured and one was missing. Fsssf
 The whole civilian population of Dartmouth, approximately 1000 persons, and others living in the north end of Halifax were evacuated on. official orders.
 Fireworks dotted the sky. Win dow glass was shattered. Buildings were rocked on their foundations. A veteran naval officer said the intensity of the explosion was worse than anything he had ever seen in battle.
 The fire ragged beyond control as the blasts strewed wreckage over Halifax and Dartmouth and shook buildings miles away.
 There was no immediate official explanation of the cause of the in itiai explosion, which was believed to have consumed hundreds of tons of explosives. One unconfirmed re- port said it was touched off when a barge caught fire while unloadingS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
k0RALE0 JApANE5E
 E SHAKEN
Tokyo Radio Admits Air, Sea Bombdrdments
 Raising Hob IT sss,

SAN FRANCISCO, July l9--Tokyo radio admitted today that air and sea bcnbardments have shaken the Japanese morale. and unofficial spckesmen debated whether the AL lied fleet was readying for quick in- vasion CT merely making 'spasmod- ic" attacks unworthy of being met.
 Che analyist saw in the fleet ac- tion merely an insane" effort to rep up the American home front. Dcmei agency speculated that the warships might be feeling out the coast defenses for an invasion that might come sooner than expected.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
Don Foster Says
 More Agenfs for
 ANS Are Needed

KETCHIKAN. Alaska. July 19.-- The Alaska Native Service is taking steps to augment existing police, correctional and welfare services throughout the Territory, Don c. Foster, General Superintendent, said here
 Increased Federal appropriations for the present fiscal year, he said, makes possible the hiring of agents for additional communities.
 He indicated there was current need in larger communities for bet ter enforcement Of liquor laws, par ticularly to stop bootlegging to minors.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
TRUMAN PUTS PACIFIC WAR
 T0FR0NT NOW
Winning of Quick Victory Will Speed Relonstru1-
 lion of Europe
By DANIEL DE LUCE and
 ERNEST B. VACCARO A Drocc 1 a [,

POTSDAM, July 19. = President Truman was believed emphasizing to his Russian and British Allies today the necessity of winning a quick victory in the Pacific in order to speed the reconstruction of Eur ope and allow the world economy the benefit of global peace.
 The third meeting of the Big Three presumably was scheduled for this afternoon The President will give state dinner tonight at the Little White House for Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Church ill and five other representatives of each government.
 An official announcement said the Big Three were meeting reg ularly with an agenda prepared each morning at Il o'clock by the three foreign secretaries. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes presided at the first foreign secretaries meeting Monday, with Anthony Eden and V. M. Molotov rotating the chairmanship on succeeding days The agenda they prepared was a top secret.
 Russian and British proposals at Potsdam were believed to be much more numerous than those offered by the United States, in view of the more detailed policies of the two countries regarding Europe.
 Soviet controlled Berlin news papers gave front page prominence to dispatch in Red Star of Mos COW on the urgency of clinching postwar interAllied cooperation at the Potsdam conference.
 The momentous conference swung into it's third day to all appearances on note of harmony. Chief Am erican interest centered in what steps the three statesmen might take to expedite the unconditional surrender ,of. Japan, and if the. re- port of the Presidents offer is true, much has been accomplished to speed the work of the conference.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, July 19. = Closing quotations of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7ls, American Can 95s., Anaconda 33e, Curtiss Wright eA, International Harvester 84 Kennecott 37S, New York Central 26ss, Northern Pacific 29A, U. S. Steel 67ss, pound S403A.
 Sales today totalled 780,000 shares.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrial 162.81, rails 5772, utilities 32.9l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
NO CEILING ON RYE

The story begins in the winter of 1942. when ceiling prices were put on all grains except rye. Off, ficial explanation for this excep- tion is that rye was way below parity around 52 cents a bushel- and the ceiling price was left off for the benefit of the farmer who deserved to get parity, which is over a dollar a bushel.
 However, this left rye sticking up like sore thumb as the one grain in which spectators could trade, and General Foods immediately went into the market, working throug well-known Chicago grain operator-Dan Rice. General Foods excuse is that they were hedging against imitation. At any rate, they began to buy rye in tre- mendous quantities until, by Nov. 29, 1943, they had so much jammed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
NUMBER ONE PEACE. TIME DRAFTEE NOW HOME WITH H0N0R5

WASHINGTON July 19 Ex- Sergeant Harry Robert Hall. 26, who made newspaper headlines when his mother screamed, over the radio at the first draft drawing nearly five years ago, is back in civilian clothes.
 It was when Secretary of War Stimson drew out the number 15s from the big fish bowl back or October 19, l940 that his mother Mrs. Harry s. Bell of Washington cried out. That was his number.
 Bell saw action in Sicily, Italy Southern France and Germany Wounded twice, he returned with seven tattle stars. the soldiers medal bronze star, and the purple heart with oak leaf clusters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
Flames Destroy Big Hollywood Studio Sef

HOLL WOOD, July 19.-Six acres of film sets on the back lot at Universal motion picture studio, including the historic barn used by the late Tom Mix for western thrillers, has been destroyed by flames. Studio officials estimated the damage at $250,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
First Foreigner
 In (hungking ls
 5iritken, Cholera

CHUNGKING, July 19.--Norweg- ian Ambassador Ali Hassel, 60, was stricken with cholera last night and rushed to a U. s. Army hospital early today.
 He is the first foreigner in Chungking to develop cholera dur ing the current epidemic.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
Ali, Sea Bditering of Mix
 ado's Capital City in Third Day .-s -s'
ENEMY WAR5HIp5 IN.
 HIDING ARE Lo(ATfD
Challenges 10 Come 0ui
 and Fight Receive Reconsideration

BULLETIN = GUAM, Friday, July 2O.-A force of more than 500 B-2Ss, the greatest Super fart fleet ever sent out against Japan, put the torch early to- day to four more Nipponese cities.
 The targets included Hitachi, shclled recently by American and Hritish warships, and ans oil refinery. the latter blasted with demolition bombs.
 Striking In the morning dark ness, the siant bombers carried load of nearly 1000 tons Of expIosissss ln sths b5th Of 1hsir inccndiary attacks, which have charrcd 4e cities to date on the Japanese mainland.
 Most of the Marianas- based planes pouiiced on the Honshu Island cities of Choshi, pri- mary source of protein for Tckyo, Yokohama and other large population ccntcrs; Fukul. ono of, the most important in- dustrial cities on the west side cf Hcnshu; Okazaki. which tock tho industrial overflow from nearby Nagoya, and Hi- tachi 'sk
 A smaller fierce hit the Anna gasaki Lranch of the Nippon oil Company just north of, Osaka. It was the tenth oil target sineiad out for dcstruc1 tien by tho 2Oth Air Force.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
Chuck Wagon Is Picked Up by Gale; Blown 400 Feet

GLASGOW, Mont, July 19.-A ranch chuck wagon was plucked from the prairie like a tumble weed by a windstorm last night md blown 400 feet into a ravine, killing its lone occupant.
 Coroner J. A. Holland said the body of the victim, Guy Vidal, about SO, was found by cowboy Harry Hill, who was rounding up scattered stock. Vidal died of a broken neck.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
By HAMILTON w. FAREON
 tAssoclatcd Press War
Correspontient1

ja
 GUAM. JEly 19 The relentlsss U. S Third Fleet pounded the en- trance to Tokyo Bay today to Garry the air and sea battcring of~ the Mikado's capital into its third straight day. M
 tJapanese hroadcasts said. sthe great Allied fleet lis believed to be still roaming off cur Pacific CoaSt' hunting for potential invasion beaches, but 1t sent no carrier planss over Nippon today
 American cruisers and destr04ers went within less than five miles. 0ff shore to lombard coastal instalA- ticns on jutting Chiba Peninsula eastern entrance to Tokyo Bay.
 One large explosion was seen. But
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
BEE HERE

Nick Beg. cannery man of Todd, is guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19

WILSON IN TOWN Jack Wilson, of Seattle, is guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19

MARTELLA IN JUNEAU
 Arthur Martella, of Hawk Inlet, $ guest at the Gastineau Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
Too Simple, Maybe

An article in the War and the Working Class reprinted by the Russian Embassy in Washington, admits and discusses the obvious difference between the Russian and Anglo American definitions of ''dem- ocracy." This difference, the article holds, should not serve as an obstacle to firm, endurable cooperation among the Allies" But in view of this difference, "it would be hopeless to demand that democracy should be built up in all coun- tries of Europe on British or American model"
 The obvious solution, of course, should be to let the citizens of Europe's various countries decide for themselves what type of democracy they want. Such a solution was implicit in the Atlantic Charter (to which the Soviet Union sub- scribed) and explicit in the Yalta Agree ment in regard to Poland. But Poland's problem can't seem to get started toward settlement. And now an official Russian publication qualities it's original agree ment on the matter by way of four ex- plantations. Well, maybe that is the trou- ble with simple solutions-they are too simple. However, we hope that all con- cerned will get used to the idea of sim plicity as time goes on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
A Touch of Bureaucracy

The brief history of OWI's proposed news blackout of Germany offers an ex- cellent starting point for another eX- ploration of the bureaucratic mind, in case anyone feels in the mood for such an expedition. The central figure in the story is OWI Director Elmer Davis, who apparently forgot to consult the right members of the military before giving out what he said was military order" banning circulation of all outside news papers and periodicals in Germany, and turning the news dispensing job eXclus- lively over to OWL MT. Davis explained that Germany would get only such news as would best serve the Allied govern ments and occuping armies. And he added his own observation that the Germans, if left free to read uncensored news from America, would get too much impression of divided policies" and that after 12 years of Nazism, they were "out of the habit of understanding what free press means"
 President Truman promptly lifted MT. Davis ban. And in so doing he revealed that General Eisenhower had never iS- sued the order which MT Davis attrib- uted to the military. In fact, Mr. Tru man quoted the general as saying that "a free press and a free flow of informa ton and ideas should prevail in Germany in a manner consistent with military security" The President then modified his rebuke of MT. Davis by saying that the OWI director had acted in good faith, but had conferred at too low a level. MT. Davis, when he profeSSed fear that the Germans would get an impress sion of our divided policies, apparently forgot that we have been letting Ger man war prisoners in this country read any English language publication of gen. eral circulation. And he apparently for got that those prisoners would go home some day, and that if they carried with them any impression of divided policies, their account of it would surely be as damaging as anything straight from the printed page.
 Why are we suddenly so afraid of "div- ided policies" anyway? Wasn't it our proud boast to the world last fall that we could hold an election, with all the old name-calling and airing of bitter diff ferences, and still preserve our national unity? Why did MT. Davis want to con- ceal from the long-Nazified Germans the facts of American life and continuing example of the four freedoms in action? We're rather afraid that MT. Davis, the Hoosier Rhodes scholar and distinguished journalist, finally has come down with Potomac fever but bad
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

World War II is that everybody agrees that, except for them, Germany would have won the war. Britain could have been defeated before American weight could be made fully effective. By this time an Axis new order" would have ruled the world.
 Put it another way Germany and Japan were strong enough, in the opinion of informed critics, to have conquered the remainder of the world. They failed only because of a series of errors. It seems far from impossible that they could have won in spite of several of their mistakes, but they could not over come all of them. If they had invaded England in 1940 they would have found less than one fully equipped division available for defense. If they had not turned on Russia they could have de- voted to western enemies the entire strength that almost conquered the con- tinent. If they had not forced the United States into premature belliger- ency they might still have won.
 The more those ifs are emphasized the better. We can not remind ourselves too often of the narrow escape we had. We must realize and never forget that the Nazis are beaten today and the JapS will be beaten eventually by their own mistakes-not by our foresightedness.
 Twice, now-each time by a narrow margin-We have retrieved victory from defeat! A third time, led by military technician more competent than Cor poral Hitler, Germany probably would conquer us before we could take two or three years to build and equip an army and navy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
Suicidal Stupidity

The Jap war machine teaches a young student the rudiments of flying, seals him in plane and sends him on a sui eide mission against American ships It hops up young soldier with crackpot patriotism, straps his body with eXplo- sives, and sends him hurtling into the American lines. This country, on the other hand, is constantly improving equipment with d view toward saving more lives and planes and ships.
 The Jap suicide pilots cause serious damage-When they hit The suicide in- fantrymen do likeWise-When they reach our lines. But whether they succeed or fail a life is expended in both instances and, in the first plane is lost as well.
 American pilots sink ships, too. Amer ican infantrymen have wiped out half dozens and dozens of Japs single-handed. And in the majority of such cases thy have lived to fly to fight another day. The Jap is not only innuman, he is also inefficient
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
Second Guessing

Now that Germany has capitulated, the military experts are revising the second guessing that began long ago, and are revanping their lists of the errors by which the Nazis beat themselves. Most such lists continue to include at
 least two fatal mistakes-one, Hitler's failure to invade Britain in 1940, another, his treacherous attack on Russia. Mon day-morning quarterbacking is often justly derided. It is much easier to de- eide correctly after decision has been tested by an event. And Hanson Bald win, the New York Times capable military writer, points out that wars never do go according to plan, notwith- standing claims made in official com muniques. The best of generals make mistakes. The importance of current second-guessing on German errors in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

llclals who nave negotiated With the Russians on economic matters n Washington say that when things strike a snag you can feel 1t all along the line. Not only is the top negotiator difficult, but his assistants start throwing mon- key wrenches, his clerks won't deliver messages, and even his chauffeur bangs the door ill your face. They all sabotage as a team On the other hand, when the negotiations are going well, every body on the Russian front smil- ingly cooperates. There is noth- ing they won't do, from the chauf- feur up.
 Unfortunately since the Yalta Conference. very big monkey wrench has been thrown into American Soviet relations. Ap- parently word has gone down the line all the way from the Russian Commander in Ber- lin, who won't admit American neWspapcrmen into the ruined capital of Germany, to Yugo- slav leader Tito who is embar- rassing the British at Trieste that there is to be no more CO., operation with the British and Americans. Why is a mystery which will be diagnosed in a fu- ture column.
 Copyright, l945, by
 The Bell Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
Views Of The Press
THE POLANDS OF ASIA
Hartford Times


 The greater danger to the enemies of Japan is not the strength of the Japanese Army, strong as it is. It rests in the possibility that there will be failure in unity in Asia among the nations which won the victory in Europe. This might lengthen the time it will take to de- feat Japan and, far more important, might bring about postwar settle ment that would create chronic ir- ritations. Th2se could grow into the cancer of war at some time in the future
 The disputes over Poland have in dicated how threatening to unity even one major issue can be. In the Far East there are many potential Polands. One is Manchuria. Chinese in population but of intereS5 to Rus Sia for both economic and strategic reasons. Another is Corea, which should be independent eventually but probably will not be prepared for self-government when the long dominant Japanese are expelled from the country. A third is Hong kong, British citadel of commerce, built by British enterprise and cap ital, which is inhabited by Chinese and thrives on Chinese trade A fourth is ChinaS Sinkiang Province, which holds parts of several races, of which other parts live in Russia.
 The list of potential Polands might be extended considerably, but those named indicate the extent of the problem. Americas relation to the situation lies in it's desire, for security and commercial reasons as we'll as reasons of friendship, to en- courage the development of a strong
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
IT'S AN OLD SPANISH CUSTOM

If this premise-that obstruction of breathing and impairment o1 hearing are the only good reasons for subiecting the child with en- larged tonsils and/or adenoids to surgical theatment-is correct, as contend. the medical profession is still pretty much at sea in regard to the question of enlarged tonslis.
 Aside from tacit acceptance or the idea that lympholo tlssue' which composes the fauclal tonSlis, the pharyngeal tonsll taoeiloiu bodv) the lingual tonsllC masses OH the root of the tongue), the lympli nodes in the nerS (called "kernels when enlarged), the lymph nooeS around the roots of the lungs ana behind the deep bronchial tuoes' the mesenteric lymph nodes 'ln tIie abdomen), the ring Of lympholo tissue around the base of the ap- nendix. etc. etc. - where situated ivmnhoid tissue is directly concern ed with the defense ot the oooy against infection, partlcularly III childhood, aside from admitting that this may be the function or purpose of the tonsils mad adenoluS in growing children, the rank anu file of the medical profession thirty years ago regarded and some prac- titioners today regard enlarged ton, sils as pathological or aonormai and on this arbit@-- pnd unsuo- stantial theory the" 'Tse or prac- tice the atrocity called ''tonslllec- tomy''-which serious n.ajor opera ton, I would remind the world ana the backward portion of the meol- cal profession. seldom gets quite all of the tonsil.
 If any self-constituted spokesman of the ground and lofty surgical performers of the nineteenth cen tury school feels impelled to chal- lenge my statement. I'll be obliged to repeat some statistics and re- ports by qualified pathologists who examined what some representative operators removed from the throat in routine tonsillectomies.
 Twenty years ago Dr. R. B. Can- field pointed out tAnn. Clinical Med. 26 4105O that children de- prived of their tonsils before the age of five years are more suscep- tible to the acute infectious dlseas- es than are children whose tonsils are not demoved. Fifteen years ago Dr. Albert D. Kaiser concluded from his studies on thousands Of school children in Rochester. N. Y,
 (Children's TonSilS In and Out, Lippincott Co.,, 32), and twenty years ago Dr. J. A. Doull Public Health Reports, Aug. '24, concluded from similar studies among Baltl- more children, that children whose tonsils have been removed are just about as susceptible, or as immune, as you prefer. to scarlet fever as are children whose tonsils have not been removed.
 From these and many similar observations by physicians who still seem to approve the more or less indiscriminate removal of tonsils, l, infer that, aside from obstruction of breathing and impairment Of hearing, either of which warrants surgical, diathermy or X-ray trea- ment of enlarged tonsils and Or adenoids, the old timers still in practice continue perpetrating the tonsillectomy atrocity on children mainly because they don't know any better.