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Veteran Benefits
Washington Post)


 It is good to know as Bernard M Baruch has reported to Senator Edwin c. Johnson that "in the main the provisions enacted by Congress for American veterans are liberal than comparable programs In the other countries" They ought to be- The United States is the weathes of the nations considered in the Baruch survey and has probably suffered least economically, from participation in the war. Mr Baruch report another in the series of useful studies he has made respecting veterans problems in the reconversion period compares the benefits accorded veterans under seven major programs in six Allied countries-Australia, Canada, Britain. New Zealand, the Union of South Africa and the United States.
 The American benefits are by no means the most liberal in all categories In respect to mastering -out for example, stand at the bottom of the list. We give discharged servicemen who have had more than six months service flat sum ot $500 Ii portion of their time has been spent overseas. S200 if they served only in his country All the other countries studied by MT Baruch maintain graduated scale of discharge payments based upon length oi service and to some extent upon dependency In Canada and New Zealand, these payments average more than double the sums granted over here.
 It does not seem to us, however, that the com parative snalness of our mastering pay necessarily any nggardiness even any deficiency Tn cur veterans program. As MT Baruch warns none o1 facets of the program can be appraised 1ndepend ently; each merges into the others. We do rather better than allies when it comes to unemployment benefits and to educational allowances And We provide the most generous arrangements for disqualification and pensioning of disabled veterans.
 But to most servicemen, doubt the principal benefit desired fair economic opportunity Job re- instatement laws of other countries" MT. Baruch observes seem explicit than ours Most countries assure the veteran the same rights that would have been his had he stayed on the job and not entered the service It seems we have noted on other occasions that this is all that can reasonably ana justly be assured to servicemen And the attempt of our own Seclectve Service director to give them the illusory advantage of supersenory can lead only to illustration and needless friction with fellow workers who stayed at home.
 The test of all these guarantees to veterans lies ol course their application They must be lmpemented bv vigorous administration by real will to give them practical effect The key to such administration, as MT Baruch himself pointed out long ago, must be the single unforgetfu mind" under which he envisaged the coordination of all effects to integrate veterans into the social and economic life of the country We have had no such mind at work. It remains the veterans greatest need.
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TAXES

The first reduction in Federal income taxes since 1929 is going to hit Tuesday and no one seems the least bit excited Yes sSecretary of the Treasury Vinson was the first in his position to propose and get tax reduction since Andrew Mellon went before Congress with such plan l6 years ago.
 Reducing taxes is very hard thing to accomplish It is easy to point that low tax rates fine for bringing about great amount of industrial activity to put American business back into the normal groove And this is objective of the plan.
 On the other hand, in order to sustain industrial activity on a sound basis, the government must be solvent cease to borrow money cease to increase the national debt the spread between what spends and what collects And for this purpose higher taxes would at first seem the best
 However by repeating the excess profits tax on corporations which enacted as necessary war time measure reducing corporation taxes corpora tions are given greater incentive which will result in larger volume of business and more taxes in the long run because of more income for corporations larger payrolls and larger gross business for the country.
 Also, by reducing taxes on individual taxpayers
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20 YEARS AGO fME TIT EMPIRE
DECEMBER 29, 1925

DECEMBER 20 1925
 The Juneau iqh School defeated Wange High 5 to in Wrangel to play the listed Gordon and L.. Johnson and R. Smith returning to Juneau including visit with his daughter Mrs J T. Cass Angeles.
 MT and Mrs Sam Cuyo fol Seattle the Alaska Fipnos R@ Day with an appropriate program in he Nasons plans New Years Day Presbyerians building after their church had beenvi virtually destroyed by fire.
 Claus the previous night The affair il Hall
 Douglas Eagles give a Years Eve Party Weather report: g.
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on fire by invading Poland and after Hull had appealed against the sale of even "airplane ma terials" or technical information to the Japs.
 Tt is possible that we may be able to obtain the release of the complete radio installation from the airlines and the Western Electric Company This radio in- stallation has been built especially for the DC-4, and considerable ex- perimental money has been spent in it's development. It proved very successful during it's test flights and has many new features. The development cost was approXi- mately $25,000 and I am of the opinion that we could obtain this radio installation in the neighbor- hood of S13,50O or $14,000. I can not confirm this price to you at the moment.
 We also have available two @ new Pratt and Whitney 2180 en- zines, same as installed in the airplane, that can be purchased for immediate delivery. The net price on these two @ engines will be $16,200 each. It would necessi- tate our obtaining an export permit for these engines, which we would apply for if same could be done for shipment with the airplane.
 The prices quoted above on radio installation and engines are without discount for you.
 'The same question arises with regard to propellers. We can ob-
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tain two @ to four (4) Hamilton standard Hydromatic' dull-feath- ering) propellers, which would also neeessitate an export permit, for delivery approximately l20 days from receipt of order. We quote $4,175 each, including 5 per cent discount for you.
 We also have available in stock for immediate shipment with air planes, one CD each main landing gear wheel at $49999 and nose wheel at S483 Qess tires and tubes) Also two 62) brake drums at S355 each. These prices include per cent discount for you
 If the questions of propellers, engines and radio are of interest to your clients, please advise as soon as possible, We also suggest that the question of propellerS and engines be handled direct between your firm and Douglas and not with United in order to avoid complication regarding the possi- bility of obtaining export permits ,
 (Note the adriot way Douglas in each case approaches the delicate question of export permits, the im- plication being that it can handle this delicate matter)
 Unfortunately, Douglas was not the only U. s. company which made money at the expense of the nations security. Other revelations regarding these prePearl Harbor sales will follow in this column later.
 Copyright, i9l5, By Bell Syndicate. Incl
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 31

As the year ends kindly stars smile on the planet Earth which has sur vived the most terrible period in world history.
 HEART AND HOME
 Families which celebrate the arriv- al of 1946 come under a fortunate sway if they realize the sacred meanings indicated by the stars and conform to the spiritual influences.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS
 The coming week will be time for conferences and preparations for great business progress. and read justments. Early Illustrations or de- lays are forecast, resulting from slow procedures in Washington.
 NATIONAL ISSUES
 Whether to accept opportunities for careers in Europe or Asia will be of paramount concern to our most brilliant men and women. The seers prophecy early returns are probably for those who go abroad
 FOREIGN AFFAIRS
 Rivalries of ambitious Army per- sonnel may he serious in their cen sequences, astrologers warn, since they may cause misunderstanding in the United Nations.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of most important year in their achievements. Sue cess and happiness are forecast.
 Children born on this day may be talented but more anxious to make a good impression than to work hard. Personal appearance means too much to many Capicorn adoles- cents.
 Copyright, 1945)
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Daily lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: say, T bound to year everything Say T RESOLVED to to college year.
 OFTEN Cuneiform he shape ancient caiptions Pronounce i CUBE KNEE I as in o as n accent second syllable MISSPELLED: Indct, although pronounced INDITE speed swiftne quickness dispatch rapdiy
 WORD STUDY: a three times yours Let
  While his party in Johnson in every instance a determinate factor"
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to feel the lash of public opinion. He knew that Cordell Hull had just appealed to all patriotic U. $. plane manufacturers not to sell planes to Japan and if there was to be any publicity, presumably he wanted it to come later.
 But what Douglas did not req lize was the possibility that his company's letters to the Japs later would be seized by the U. s. Government.
 I have now read and photostated much of that correspondence. It shows that Douglas not only sold the DC-4, but the DC-3, and 1t shows that Douglas was anxious to do all sorts of favors for the Japs, despite Hulls appeal for no cooperation. Douglas was just an eager beaver as far as the Japs were concerned.
 For instance, here is letter from Douglas Vice-President V. E.. Bertrandias, dated May l2, 1888, just as the Japs were shocking the civilized world by unmercifully bombing defenseless Chinese cities. The letter shows that the Douglas firm was even giving the Japs confidential" information which would permit the manufacture of U. s. planes in Japanese plants.
 The letter, addressed to Chief Engineer Nakagawa of ShoWa Air craft, who had just been inspect ing the Douglas plant, said:
 During your visit to the factory, you inquired as to the shop man. hours necessary to build a DC-3. We are pleased to transmit, here with. a section list of the DC-3 and copy of form 62-l2, giving the actual hours for the construc- tion of 9 DC-3's. We believe you will find this information of very definite interest. Our only request is that you consider this informa : ton confidential as we are not in the habit of supplying such data to anyone. The only reason that an exception was made ln your particular case is that we felt it would be of definite assist ance to you in setting up your production program"
 The author of the letter, Vice. President Bertrandias, was later made a major general by the U. s. Air Forces, always intimate with Douglas. As Bertrandias makes only, too clear, this "confi- dential" information was to en- able the Japs to "set up their own production program"
 Again on Aug 2l, 1889, the Douglas firm wrote Mitsui. which was acting for the Jap Government in the purchase of the DC-4, giving helpful hints on other supplies they could and should buy, especially two Pratt Whitney engines. Pratt Whitney engines were considered the ultimate in aircraft engines and could be used for either con- mercial or military planes
 Here are the helpful suggestions which Douglas made to Mitsui in late August l939, just as Hitler was getting ready to set the world
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FIOpLNN Lsi0OLstl ROBERTA LEE

o guest give little gift when should he present it?
 along and after his arrival at opportunity while her after his departure
 Q flowers teaable at afternoon tea?
 A. s customary to do though not imperative.
 O. proper color stationery for a to use?
 A. White stationery preferable
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NATIONAL ISSUES

In the struggle for adequate pay persons who labor with their hands and brains will fail to estimate the cost of technical training and pro- fessional education. Lack Of under standing will create conflict between both classes of earners.
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especially groups is available to spend for goods to increase purchasing power and likewise increase production of goods
 In other words taxes being reduced in order to bring more taxes into the treasury.
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Failure of Japanese and Germans to acknowledge their defeat will be more and more evident, the seers predict. This means it will take at least fifty years to eradicate their influence and teachings.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of hard work with good rewards. Women will be fortunate in home matters.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be brilliant and affection ate but inclined to selfishness and self -distrust. They will win high place by persistence.
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BUSINESS AFFAIRS

Great promise is seen in the horo- scope for 1946 which will bring amaz- ing commercial opportunities and advantages to the nation. There IS an evil sign, however, which warns of envy and jealousy among form er leading maritime powers.
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HEART AND HOME

Older members of the family are under the best planetary influences. Aquarian influences which mark the close of older careers will favor those near the end of their journey.
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30

Benefic aspects dominate today. The morning hours are favorable to retrospection. Churches should bene- fit on this last Sunday of an event. ful year.
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W NOTICE.

The Dew Drop Inn will be closed indefinitely for repairs and re- modelling after New Years. We wish to express out sincere grati- tude to all our many friends and wish you all very Merry Christi mas and a Happy New Year
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As the year ends kindly stars smile on the planet Earth which has sur vived the most terrible period in world history.
Evening star., 1945-01-13
Warmers Makes It Official.
Smoky Miss Bacall a Star
BY JAY CARMODY.

This Lauren Bacal have reading girl who has
peakng has finally reaped the inevitable
Win which the public greeted
Have o0N o. 49, ~
Miss Bacall S a
1t indirectly driving the customers mad with
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accept that wager. The talk is that
the play may never even reach New
York.
To Louise Bernays: We feel the
same kind of dudgeon, but the ex-
hibitors say booking arrangements
make such delays inevitable.
X X X
Biggest stag soiree in Variety
Clubs history will be Monday
nights affair in honor of Hardie
Meakin, former Keith manager, now
an RKO executive in Cincinnati.
Virtually every human being in local
show business Except the critics,
who will be working) will attend the
affair, as will national executives
of RKO from New York to Holly
wood and way stations. Mr..
Meakin, who will perform his usual
Notwithstanding functions in con-
nection with the Presidents birth
day celebration, will keep that job
for the duration. He will take the
last two weeks of January away
from his Cincinnati duties to ham
Evening star., 1945-01-13
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

HOLLY WOOD.
Dennis OKeefe informs me that
wife Stefh Duna is in acute agony
70 per cent of the time with nerve
racking sciatica. There seems to
be nothing we can do about it," says
Dennis. The ailment is an offshoot
OF an injury suffered when Stefi was
the toast of London, dancing in a
Noel Coward show. After THE At
fairs of Susan" Dennis moves back
to Ed Small for the male lead In
Getting Gertie's Garter" I agree
with Dennis that the title is OBJ
noxious, but" he comments philo-
sophically, whether I enjoy it de-
pends on who is Gertie!" Dennis,
who has made five pictures in year,
plus going on bond tour, concludes
with I'm exhausted"
Veronica Lake Is sure she Is get
ting fat because she now tips the
scales at lis pounds. TITS because
I'm happy" says 'Ronnie, "but I'll
have to reduce all the same" When
I ask her, What sort of honeymoon
did you have?" with Andre De
Toth she replies, They gave me
time off for walk around the
block!" Actually Miss Lake and her
hubby had one day for the honey
moon, during which time, according
to Veronica, they unpacked crates
for the new house.
X X
When I tell Joseph Gotten that
his "Dawning" was shelved because
the fans objected to Ingrid Berg
man playing a blind girl, he says,
First time heard that. I thought
the picture was thrown out because
1 was supposed to dislike Fritz
Lang (the director). I saw Fritz
at party and I said. Hello, hear
I don't like you He was surprised
and SO was l."
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Clark, who played opposite Miss
emerson in the secondary male role
In the same picture.
Cynics, however, no doubt will
insist that it is just matter of pro-
tocol.
incidentally, reverting to Miss Ba-
call, the Earle soon will atone for
its remissness in letting Washington
have a look at her smoky facade
and personality ITO Have and to
Have Not" the Hemingway piece,
will be an early exhibit at that
theater.
We are too fond of this typewriter,
however to throw it in the air.
Star Bacall, or just plain one.
Hollywood may have come to the
conclusion that it has too thoroughly
covered the subject of Nazi theology
and what it has meant in the way
of medieval brutality. Not so Orson
Welles.
Welles will take it up as his sub
Ject on lecture tour which will
bring him to Constitution Hall here
on February 3. The title of his talk
will be THE Nature of the Enemy"
upon the conclusion of which he will
answer questions from the audience.
Mrs. Dorsey has the tickets.
Accompanying Welles on his lee
ture tour will be Mrs. Welles, pro-
fessionally Rita Hayworth, whose
spare time in Washington will be
spent with her aunt, Mrs. Angus
Ferguson, who has lived here many
years.
X X X X
1t was something like establishing
a beachhead, the shooting of that
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Dennis O'Keefe BrOOds on Life

Gene Kelly is at boot camp In
San Diego, and like everyone else,
he washes his own underwear, but
unlike the rest, when Gene settles
down at the wash-tub, all the other
guys form ring around him and
make statements about how nice it
is to see a film star doing some
real work for a change. I'm told
that Gene already has been cor
rallied for an entertainment unit.
He didn't want this. He wanted
to fight.
Groucho Marx is using the new
v1tamin compound that restores
gray hair to its original color. And
not only is the grayness disappear
ing, but new hair is growing on the
bald patch! The suspension of
racing at Santa Anita came after
track authorities and horse owners
had spent $1,000, 900 preparing for
the annual meet. The most dis
appointed horse racers in town are
George Raft, who was complaining
only last month that he'd had to
work all during the Hollywood Park
season but he'd make it up at Santa
Anita, and David Butler, who had
several good horses ready to run
for the bigger stakes. Since the
racing Ban, life on the sets, Incl
dentally, is back to normal. You
no longer hear, Dye want a good
thing for the fourth?"
4 4
Maria Montez's 16-year-old sis
fnr Ynifo fa11e
ing boy friends now, one by one.
and soon we will have a lot"
Dorothy Mcclure has made only
three pictures and two of these,
"The Enchanted Cottage" and "A
Tree Grows in Brooklyn" will be
released at the same time next
month and Dotty will be in COM
petition with herself. The cute star
OF Claudia" is still in New York
with husband John Swope and
shows no indication of coming back
here to make picture. More and
more movie stars are putting love
and a husband before a career.
They are finally getting wise.
On the set of "A Bell for Adano."
Gene Tierney Gin blond wig) is
figuratively licking her chops as she
tells me this story. Gene found q
dog wandering near her home and
Kept 1t until a newspaper advertise
ment appeared with the name and
address of the owner with a reward
offered the person returning the pet.
Gene answered the ad and a boy
about IL called on her and was SO
habbergasted to see the actress that
he grabbed his dog and fed. He
came back next day with the re-
ward, a beautifully wrapped package
containing four still more beautiful
steaks! His father is a butcher.
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final scene in Winged Victory" we
are told by one of our favorite in
formants, Sergt. Bill Doll, formerly
an employe of Producer Michael
Todd.
"The scene" he says, was filmed
on one of the largest outdoor sets
ever to be used in a movie-a strip
OF battle-scarred beach front a mile
and quarter long. To solve the
problem Of directing thousands of
GIs scattered over SO much terri
tory, Air Forces technicians brought
m walkie-talkie radios through
which Director George Cukor and
his assistants were able to co-ordi-
nate the action in every area"
Sergt Doll, a cautious man, dares
the prediction that the idea will be-
come standard practice from now on
At least in the case of De Mile,
we bet.
X
Asides department: To w. w. Hus-
bands (our favorite correspondent !:
We're sorry you disagree, but well
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ueliSlG results IN Such a rating.
Actually 1t must await the solemn
decision of the studio heads. In
Miss Bacall's case the studio head
was Jack L. Warner who, this very
day, issued the proclamation which
establishes Miss Bacall in stardom.
Another player on the Warner
roster to join Miss Bacall on her
flight to the cinemas canopy of
stars is Faye Emerson. Her ad-
vancement may or may not have had
some relationship to her recent mar
riage to Col. Elliot Roosevelt. The
studio says nothing about that, how
ever. 1t merely mentions that Miss
Emerson's new rating is the result of
her excellent work in the recent
The Very Thought of You" In
support Of the logic of that state
ment, Mr.. Warner could-but does
hotpoint out that third new star
on the studios directory is Dane
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Fielding Satire
c.. Us Next Play

1t was written as a theater
joke 212 years ago by Henry
Fielding. Tom Thumb the
Great" he called this satire on
the drama Of his day which
begins a two weeks engage
ment at Catholic University to-
morrow night. It comes as
breather in the midst Of the
heavier works produced re-
Gently by the university.
Fielding wrote the play in
his younger days and ran
theater on the side-in fact,
very much on the side. since
he didn't have license to run
1t the whole thing was highly
illegal. Eventually the poll
ticians caught UP with him ana
threw him out of the theater,
at which point Fielding turned
to writing.
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Where and Whenl
Current Theoter Attractions |
and Time of Showino

Stage.
Catholic University-"Tom Thumb
the Great: $3.50 pm.
National-"Star in the Window:
2:30 and $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Dark Waters: $50 m,
1925, 3:20, 6:15, 9:10 pm. and 1905
am. Stage shows: 11:35 am, 2:35,
$50, 8:25 and 11:20 pm.
Earle - Hollywood Canteen":
1890 am, 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:55 pm.
and 1880 am. Stage shows: 1910,
$3.50, $40, 9:15 pm. and 1910 am.
Columbia Thirty Seconds Over
Tokyo: 10:30 am, 1885, 3:45, $50
and $3.50 pm.
Keith's-"Princess and the Pi-
rate: 11:35 am, 2:05, 4:40, 7:10 and
9:45 pm.
Little-"Three Russian Girls: Ii
am. 1880, 2:30, 4:l5, 5:55, 1855 and
$3.50 pm.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Blues:
1l:4o am, l:4o, $40, $40, TAO and
9:40 pm.
Palace-"Winged Victory. 1o:45
am, lilo, 4, $50 and $40 pm.
Pix-"Night Monster: 2:2O. 4:55.
7:25, $50 pm. and 1918 am.
Trans-Lux-NewS and shorts, con-
tinuous from 10 am.