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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17
Accidents Are Still Too High
(NeW York Times


 Despite decrease of four per cent in accidental deaths during 1914 reported in the 1945 edition of Accident Facts" just issued by the National Safety Council the toll still 95,000 fatalities through accident and 98OOOOO disabling injuries. Of these, some 34OO0O resulted in a permanent disability of varying degree. Such record leaves no room what ever for complacency, though we can take some measure of encouragement from the fact that the accident frequency rate has shown a decline of 51 per cent from 1930 through 1944, and the severity rate decline of 43 per cent in the same period in so far as industrial accidents concerned.
 One part of the er-all picture which is thor oughy discouragng is that of motor vehicle accidents During 1944 with registration of 30,100000 motor vehicles 24 300 persons killed and 800000 injured accidents In the previous year, when the regstra tion was 305O0000 motor vehicles, 33,820 were killed and 100000 injured Thus, deaths increased per cent while registration decreased per cent Based upon 1941 experience and exposure indices, motor vehicle deaths last year 13 cent higher than should have been expected in cities and per cent higher in rural areas
 It is difficult to translate the cold language of statistics into the human agony which the figures represent But must try to do and realize that the casualties from accidents scale commen- surate with that of great They be reduced by the simple and necessary process of taking thought and maintaining mental attitude which always lays stress upon due precauton at work or at play, and
 decent spirit of sportsmanship toward our fellow man
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17

Hospital, has returned to her home.
 Charles Birdsell, Ed McCord and Joe McNallen are all medical pa- tiefts at St. Ann's Hospital, enter ing yesterday.
 Sherwood Jones entered St. Anns Hospital this morning for surgical care
 Maxine Hayes and Rachel Dick both of Juneau, and Lila Lois Dalton, of Hoonah, have been dis charged from the Government Hos pital after receiving medical care
 Jack Fletcher is a surgical pa tient at St. Ann's Hospital, enter ing yesterday.
 Roy Daniels, who was flown in from Pelican City by the Alaska Coastal Airlines on a special trip after falling from the dock, is a medical patient at St. Ann's Hos- pital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17
FIFTY-FIFTY

North Carolina's new Senator, Clyde Hoey already has won a reputation as a teller of dialect stories overshadowing ex-Senator Tom Heflin of Alabama. One of his latest, told in the Senate Lobby the other day, was inspired by Republican efforts to gain equal representation on the Special Com mittee to Investigate Pearl Harbor.
 T was driving through my state" :" Hoey said, when I stopped in a little town and noticed the colored church there. Standing in front of 1t was man who told me he was the preacher.
 How many members do you have in your church?' I asked him.
 Fifty he replied.
 How many active members do you haye?'
 Fifty
 Fifty members and fifty active! That sounds like you must be a good preacher.
 "Yes, sir-Fifty members, 25 active for me and 25 active against me-"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17
UNANIMOUS COMMITTEE

Chairman Thomas had no come back to this and said that he would proceed to call members of the General Staff the next day.
 There's no use sending Gen. Henry up here,' urged Senator Chan Gurney of South Dakota, who usually believes in giving the Army all it wants. Let's have Gen. Marshall. He's Cne only man the country will be satisfied with who can testify to the real facts"
 Let's bring him up this after noon,' seconded Senator Rever- comb of West Virginia.
 However, Gen. Marshall was out of the city, so his subordinates were called for the following day.
 Meanwhile, continued off-the- record discussion showed that every member of the Senate Military Af- fairs Committee was either critical or worried over the Army's do- nothing policy on discharging men.
 Careful Senator Warren Austin of Vermont, generally friendly to the Army, remarked: Its dis graceful that material demobiliza- tion should be planned and pushed long before human demobilization. 9
 Senator Lister Hill of Alabama, usually a great supporter of the War Department, also sounded a critical note.
 This committee had great deal to do with mobilizing the Army, he said, and it's only right that we should now examine the im- portant problem of demobilization.
 Senator Harley Kilgore of West Virginia hit the nail on the head when he said: The Army's got to do ! something about these local commanding officers who are afraid of losing rank. That's one of the biggest troubles-the refusal of local commanders to follow either the letter or the spirit of the regula- tions."
 Finally, Senator Johnson insisted that the hearings be open to the public.
 The war is oYer," he said. We've had enough wartime secrecy. The discharge of men is something the country is entitled to know about.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17
HOSPITAL NOTES

Medical patients who were dis charged from St. Ann'S Hospital over the weekend included Jim Smith, Samuel Coronado, Matt Hahn and Osborn Brandos.
 Master George Dalton, Rita Dal- ton and Master Robert Sadler have been admitted to St. Ann's Hos- pital for medical care.
 Sharon Rude, who underwent a tonsillectomy at St. Anns Hos pital, has returned home.
 Mrs. James H. Stone and baby boy went home yesterday. from St. Ann's Hospital.
 Mrs. M D. Williams, who has been a medical patient at St. Ann's
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17
This was agreed.
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 GI CHAFF


 On Sept. 10, this column told how Col. Richard T. Knight, com- mander at Morrison Field, Palm Beach, Fla, was not discharging 80-point men but was arguing with Washington against discharging them. At ? p. m., Sept. To-. eight hours following the columns pub lication in the West Palm Beach Post, the transportation office of Morrison Field was told to prepare for a rush of men for discharge. Before the rush was over, 200 men had been processed and sent on to the discharges to which they were John A. Thompson, commander at Barlow Field, Fla: Is it necessary to require troops under you, many of them with sufficient points to be discharged, to construct simulated horse-race equipment for enter tainment use in the Officers Club? Despite an official announce ment by the War Department that all men of 35 with two years service would be eligible for dis charge, the commanders of mili- tary government companies at the Presidio, Monterey, Calf, told 35- year-oldS with two years service that they are not eligible for dis charge but would be required to work in separation centers in the LISA. Gen. Harry Lewis Twaddle, commander of the Ninety Fifth Division, Camp Shelby, Miss, called together his troops the other day to explain occupation duty in Japan. The boos from the troops were so prolonged and so frequent that it took him 40 minutes to de- liver 15-minute speech. Meanwhile, at Camp Shelby, men report that an attempt is being made to keep them busy using up equipment that is brand new, ve- hicles that are brand new, shooting ammunition on the range, and gen. erally wasting government time and money
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17
CIVILIAN TRIPLETTE HERE

S/Sgt. Holly Triplette is back in Juneau, and out of the Army. Dis charged at Anchorage several days ago, Sgt. Triplette had difficulty in securing plane seat, but finally arrived back home yesterday. He wasted no time in getting back into civilian garb, but is indefinite re- garding his future plans.
 In Juneau he has rejoined his wife, Nadia, who is employed in the FILA office here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17
DOUGLAS
DEMOS-EDWARDS MARRY

Mrs. A. R. Edwards and MT. Alex Demos were married Saturday eve ming at 8 o'clock in a simple cere- mony, at the home of MT. and Mrs. Harry Worobec U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray performed the ceremony, with Mrs. Harry Worobec as matron of honor and MT. Wm. F. Snyder as best man. Relatives and close friends were invited to be present at the ceremony. Both MT. Demos and Mrs. Edwards are very well known on the channel and have resided here for many years. Mrs Edwards is a daughter of MT, and Mrs. August Aalto of Douglas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17
HOROSCOPE "The stdrs incline
 bat do not c0mpeP'
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER l8

Conflicting planetary aspects pre- vail today which should be faVoraple to merchants and manufacturers who launch new projects. Caution in money matters is enjoined' HEART AND HOME Under this sway there should be clear vision regarding human rela- tions. It is an suspicious date for girls to consider with logic the ex- act characteristics of fianceS or Sult- orS.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS
 Although new inventions promise many labor saving postwar gadgets, manufacturers must concentrate up- on products of ordinary necessity Large profits are indicated for those who are the first to supply the de- pleted markets
 NATIONAL ISSUES
 Uncle Sam's share in feeding of the Germans will cause many head aches and even serious crises in the coming winter, it is forecast. Ef- fleets of Nazi theology will vanish more rapidly than has been pre- dicted
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
 Russia and Britain may disagree with the United States concerning the United Nations attitude toward Japan. Because more citizens Of the United States have suffered than those of any other country, we may be accused of harboring a spirit of revenge, the seers prophecy.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of preparation for advancement in business or pro- feSsional work. They may expect success in 1946.
 Children born on this day pro- bably will be unusually attractive and lovable They will have dis tinct talents which assure good for tune in shosen careers.
 Copyright, 1945)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Steamer Columbia, of the Alaska Steamship Company, from Seattle, bound west, is scheduled to arrive at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon.
 Steamer North Sea is scheduled to return from Sitka, southbound, Tuesday night or Wednesday morn ing.
 The Princess Louise sails from Vancouver Wednesday night and is due in Juneau Saturday afternoon or evening.
 Steamer Denali, to the westward, deos not call at Juneau southbound.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17
The W ashington Merry Go Round
(Continued from Page One)

what they've got to say now. The sooner the better"
 What the public is interested in," seconded Senator Ed Johnson of Colorado, who has been one of the most fearless critics of Army manpower hoarding, lis the mil lions of men already in this country who are marking time, doing noth- ing in Army camps. waiting to get out I'm not talking about the men in Europe or Japan at the mo- ment I can understand that the Army needs a little time to make plans for them. But what I think this committee needs to examine is why men already in this country aren't being discharged"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17
BABY BOY

A baby boy, weighing 7l2 pounds, was born yesterday to MT, and Mrs. Val Poor, at St. Ann's Hospital in Juneau. The boy joins two other brothers and baby sister. The name chosen is Richard Allen. Moth CT and baby are both doing well.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17
OE.S. MEETING

A regular meeting of Nugget Chap ter No. 2, Order of Eastern Star, is for Tuesday evening. Sep- tenber IS, at 8 o'clock, in the Eagles Hall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17
20 YEARS AGO TIT f TIE .EMr1RE R
SEPTEMBER IT, 1925


 opened the previous day With much fanfare in the all three floors of which were m use The attention was the exhibit much o wh sent from Skagway
 Miss daughter of Mrs T. M Reed left this day on Seattle to complete her senior year at the Washington.
 Tn the Home Canning Department the Southeast Alaska Fair number of points Tn first premium awards winning five Other premiums were awarded +o 'Ntre House Mrs Radele Whittier
 J. Neherin of Olson and Meheri arrived in Juneau on the steamer Alameda from the south t.
 Knight local business returned the Admiral Rogers trip to Haines Department at the Far were water coos by drawing by Miss Wmnd Carlson and cooed photographs E. C. Adams
 William Gucker returning passengers on the Seward Etk Five Juneau students the following day for school in the States Ruth Krgness Clayton Policy John Monag The three men were all Miss Lundsrom was to attend Halls Business College University Washington Weather Highest 66; lowest, 54; clear
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17

William Reck w. Gucksr were returning passenge teamer Alaska from Seward.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17

Miss Veneta daughter of Mrs T. M Reed left thS the steamer Admiral Rogers for Seattle to compete ner Se at the University of Washington
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17

Weather Highest, 6e; lowest, 54; clear
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17

J Meherin the brokerage firm of Olson ana Meher , Juneau on the steamer Alameda from the south
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17

Among exhibits Department at the Fair were coors crayon drawing py MISS Whreo o' and colored photographs by E. C. Adams
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17

A. F Knight business returned on the Admra after a trip to Haines. +.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-17

Tho Southeast opened the previous day WlIn fanfare in the A. B Ha three floors of which were ln s agricultural exhibit attracting much attention as was the exhbt much of which sent from Skagway
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-11-24
STAGE and SCREEN

To begin with. the weeks script
Is blocked out in rough. A plot
line is established; the guest stars
spot is blended into the proceedings
and the direction the guests banter
will take is indicated: spots for
the shows character comedians are
drawn into the outline. All this
might be compared 10 the dummy.
ing up OF the newspaper. Then
your only problem is to I'LL in the
outline with gufiaw-grabbliug lines.
AMI here is wheer the comedian
must utili his talent as an editor.
Out OF the depths OF his exper-
fence before all types OF audiences,
-burlcsque, vaudeville. studio.
muslca lcomedy-and throug his
feeling for that intangible commo-
dity. humor. the comedian must
he able 70 thresh out the wit from
the chaff.
Often a dull line can be polished
into a bright one by the mere shift
ing or substitution OF a simple
word or phrase. Often a mediocre
bit II dialogue can be frightened
into Noel Cowardesque hrilliance
through expert cutting. Too. Il Is
the comics responsibility TO see
that nis humor is pitched in the
hight key, that corn and sophistica.
ton are mixed in the proper proror-
lions for the audience he attracts.
Then there's the business Of
stooges, characters. supporting
players, or whatever you choose to
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-11-24

which he paid rent, taxes, statesmen
and other employees. electric light
bills. including neon signs, adver-
Using, kickbacks, eac. Maybe. he
made an extra dollar or two chisel-
ing on used cars, but any business
man. even the smallest, will be
able to prove that a "a per cent
mark-up will produce a compare.
lively small profit. OF course. IL
the volume is large, the small pro-
fit may develop large gross-but
II there are no cars, the overhead
Will eat up everything.
/ would suggest as practical
proposition that Mr.. Bowles re-
sign from the OPA and attempt,
under the terms OF his ukase, to
operato as an automobile dealer in
Springfield, Mass. whence he
came. l know Springfield well,
owning farm not TO far from It,
In the first place. Mr.. Bowles would
have to work himself because labor
Of any kind. even white collar sales
men is hard to get. He would
have 10 give his salesman n sal
airy and commission and maybe he
would have to dust off and oil his
cars because the customer wants a
demonstration on Sunday morning,
which Is the only time he has to
see n car demonstrated In the
Berkshire hills. That is Just one
little example Of what Mr.. Bowles
would not like.
I could pile II up, but what's the
use7 Every small businessman
knows what ! mean and he knows
| even better than | do that II was n
snide and heartless trick for Mr..
| Bowles 10 give the impression that
| these small men, even in 1911.
made a profit OF "a per cent per
car when even an independent,
side-street grocer could tell him
that figure includes mostly over.
head and what remains is a COM
paratively spall amount added to
by such labors as (selling parts,
running a service station and re-
pair shop and dealing in second.
hand cars. Or doesn't the OPA
know how business Is done in the
United States?
Copyright, 1945. for Daily Press
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-11-24
Sentence Not Right
Looking at Life

Is tat the best we have learned
about human beings-to throw
them into a garbage can when they
have gone wrong?
What will that boy be when he
gets out OF prison In about IS or 40
years?
He will have gone through the
university OF crime.
He will have learned nothing but
evil.
Whatever good there was in him
will have been killed by the Grimm
ais with whom he will have been
forced to associate.
What can he be when he gets out
but menace to society or at
least an object OF charity!
That boy should be taken in hand
and HIS mind and his character ex.
plored and diagnosed Just as a ply.
stefan would explore and diagnose
the Judge II he had a pain in his
heart or in HIS stomach.
The kid said he got mad at the
old woman" and beat her with a
piece of pipe. He didn't mean to
kill her.
II man or woman has shown
that treatment cannot cure the
criminal impulse. then prison is
the proper place for them.
But thousands and thousands Of
prisoners now rottlng away in jails
could be cured" II we had a penal
syster headed by psychiatrists and
physicians rather than by polite
ians.
Every prison in America is
shameful monument TO the terribly
long distance we still have to trav.
el before we are human enough to
deserve the peace about which we
pirate so much and about which TO
win we do so little.
Copyright. 1915, for Daily Press)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-11-24

call tksm. Just as the editor must
choose the right feature writers 20
liven up his paper. so the comedian
must ind or create, radio person.
alities To liyen up his program.
Such personalities have sometimes
meant the difference between a
Hooper rating and a Hooper roast.
ing
Naturally. no one can get by with.
out a personality that reaches out
over the air waves. without a
knock for timing and delivery.
Many a poor gag comes out OF the
speaker a great deal funnier than
IL has any right to. because a
shrewd comic knows enough 10
trick UP the lines. But lasting sue
cess can result only from consist.
emily humorous material, and hum
orous material can only result from
rigorous rewriting and expert edit
ing.
Jack Benny, Fred Allen. Bob
Hope. Milto Berle. Ed Gardner and
most OF the top-flight comedians on
the air hire two or more unsung
(but definitely not unpaidl writer's.
To minimize the contribution OF
these writer's would be both i'm.
pertinent and stupid. But in the
last analysis, the success OF those
names" mentioned above stems
from their ability to 'okay' OF
'ergee every line in the script and
hit the public's funny bone with
far from monotonous regularity.
And then I'm asked What would
I do for a column, IL those wonder
ful people didn't ask me ques-
tions7) whether | prefer working
in movies or in radio? Now that's
a rough one. (Three years ago,
would have written tough one.
Now yLu must use rough for every.
thing In movies you must love
your assistant director. your direc-
tor, the cameraman (yeah. even
he), the producer, the executive
producer, the head OF the board of
directors (this guy directs the
money into neat little piles) and
the Hays Office. In radio, you must
love your sponsor. your advertis-
ing agency. your director, the en-
glneer, who can ruin the program
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-11-24
Wanted: Automobiles
heseDayss%y ; sso I' Z: yoz0ns27

Do YOU want a new car or an
argument?
In all this sea of OPA dicta and
strikes and statements back and
fourth, there are no new cars. And
the OPA labored for six months
and produced a formula which kids
the manufacturer, puts the dealer
out OF business, eliminates the
spare tire and leave US without
cars. And the cars are the crux OF
the proposition.
The OPA has always been a
queer among governmental agen.
cies but in this automobile bust
ness 1t would seem as though this
pricefxing. price-controlling agen-
cy does not care at all whether we
get cars or not but is more con-
cerned with the proposition that II,
the OPP, shall exercise authority
TO the fullest. But what matters,
so far as the American consumer
is concerned, Is that his aged jail
lopy has one or more wheels in
the grave; that II sneezes and
AuAACb oAu AOADp n
death rattle. The ODT keeps us
of the railroads and the OPA pre-
vents US from getting new cars.
And the. call that RECEIVERS
The dealer Is told:
''In setting retail ceilings on
new automobiles. we have applied
our normal policy OF requiring that
wholesalers and retailers absorb
all or part OF the increase in fac.
tory prices within specified limi-
tatlons without passing It on to
the public.
Despite this requirement, deal
ers will actually realize consider
ably higher margins than they did
before the war. The retail lis.
price, for automobiles in 1871 pc
mitted dealers a theoretical dis.
count averaging about "a per cent"
In other words, the dealer is the
sucker That Is how these great
minds in Washington solve the
problem OF the row between the
great automobile companies and
the great labor unions. And all
that Mr.. Bowles' statement means
is that the dealer in 1941 had a
mark'up Of "a per cent, out OF
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-11-24

II you 20 much as shake . nnger at
him. the network. all Its vice and
senior grade presidents. and l6--or
Is II 667 different eensors. After a
while. in either business. the love
starts sticking out all over you like
priekly heat, and you start scratch.
ing ynlr wa" from here TO the near.
est sanatorium (show biz term for
BOBBY hatch)
In movies you're thrown up
aaginst screwballs, meat balls.
curve tails and balls OF fire. In ra.
do YOU run into temperament.
temperature. temptation and TEN.
pus 'ugit. But with all their faults.
| love them both. (After all, I'm
too old TO go into Jet propulsion.l
Loot at this. Dorothy! A whole
column and / didn't mention Ida
and the Ave girls once!
Copyright. l945, for Daily Press)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-11-24
THEY SA y

Washington-General Dwight d.
Eisenhower: The United States
is the only nation in the world that
is trusted universally in Europe"
London Anthony Eden. former
British foreign secretary: Every
new scientific discovery makes
nonsense out OF oldtime concep-
tons CT sovereignty"
Long Beach. Calif-Admiral F.
Halsey. retires as skipper OF the
famous Third Fleet: IT'S like cut
ting OF my right arm. But | asked
for retirement, I'm too old. Young
er men should carry on"
Warrington - Herbert II. Leh.
man. oirector-general OF UNRRA:
This month. the month In which
we celebrate Thanksgiving in
America, 10000 people. in Warsaw
alone will die OF starvation and
disease"