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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
ALASKA'S COST OF LIVING

Preliminary results of a recent survey conducted in Alaska by the Bureau of Labor Statistics have been released indicating that increases for the two-year period from March 15 1s43 to March 15, 1945 have been very small.
 Comparative figures for Anchorage Fairbanks and Juneau given, showing that living costs in Fair banks rose the leas-22 percent and those in Anchor age the most-4.3 percent Juneau was only slightly higher than Fairbanks-26 percent.
 These figures nothing as basis for com ing living between any of the two cities however because they show only increases in prices paid for various goods and services. Wages have not been compared other living costsnor have the differ ences between the various cities been set forth yet
 It is interesting to note, however, that during this same two-year period the same prices increased 35 percent in Seattle and average of 33 percent in other large cities in the States This should indicate that Alaskans Anchorage excepted resisting the inflatonary tendencies little vigorously than those in the States and, that Alaskas OPA office is doing better job.
 One queer item in the report
 Soda crackers sell for cents less per two-pound package in Anchorage than they do in Juneau accord ing to this survey
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06

courage and his "unwavering loyalty to the cause we share" M
 China has come in for much criticism in the United States, and for a variety of reasons one group in this nation, sympathetic toward the Com munist Chinese provinces in the north have accused the Chungking government of dictatoral designs. Others have insisted the Chinese not anxious or willing to fight few have held that America is giving too much aid to the Central Government get ting too little in return. There are those In thls country who-faiing utterly to understand the prob lens involved-fee that Chinese nationals robbne American troops of everything which isn't heavily guarded These views have been expressed often and loudly from one end of the United States to the other.
 To say that the majority of these criticisms are unjust is to put it mildly In virtually every instance they are based either in reports which either are entirely false or truths which often can be more damaging than actual falsehood
 The Central Government has it's fault, certainly. There are points at which any government is vul- nerable to charges of But generally speaking China and Chiangs government are assisting us nightly in the prosecution of the war against Japan That is the inportant-the all important-fact which should be considered by every citizen of the United States.
 Without the resistance which China offered to Japan Nippon years ago would have overrun the Orient Had Chang and his followers been pegulleo by Tokyo's offer of a New East, our task in that part of the world would have been so tremendous that it might have been impossible
 Even today China is making a priceless contrlou- ton toward the defeat of the Japanese She IS carrying on successful war, against great odds, on her mainland She is holding millions of fierce Japanese soldiers from the fronts which American lads arc fighting
 We must agree completely and whoeheartedly with General Chennaults closing statement:
 T think it's time for us to remember that we owe China an immense debt"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 bat do not compel"
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2


 This is a promising day in plane tary direction. Both the Army ano Navy should benefit
 HEART AND HOME
 Women of all ages are under stim- ulating aspects which presage unex- pected blessings. This is an aus picious date for reunions and we'd dings. Girls should realize that they belong to new world requiring sac rifice and service to degree not pre- viously demanded.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS
 Fall buying will be generous and merchants will profit. Thousands released from war industries will continue to spend hard-earned dol lars. Thrift, so long preached by the seers, will not be general.
 NATIONAL ISSUES
 For many returning servicemen and women the old home town will not satisfy expanded needs. The stars presage increasing interest Ill opportunities offered in the rebuild ing of European cities.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS The phase systematic chaos will continue to apply to Japan as our armed forces speed the obliteration of enemy cities. There is a sign read as indicating surprise that will end the Pacific war suddenly. Despite prophecies that 1947 will be the year of final and complete yic- tory, the power of the United Ma tions is to contradict these prognos- ticationS.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of greater pres tige and general progress. Humility should be cultivated.
 Children born on this day probab- ly will be talented and individual. These Leo folk have splendid poten- tialities.
 (Copyright 1945)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
Copyright 19i5)

In fact, 25 years ago the same Cupid flew in Resa's window, and flew out again. Then ne was not Congressman and Cupid didn't finger. Now he is. Thereby hangs story.
 Twenty-Five years ago, Resa, a struggling young law clerk and teacher at the John Marshall Law School, was paying court to Irene Deegan of Chicago. However, it looked as if he would never be able to support wife. They 6rifted apart.
 Then last year, Resa ran on the Democratic ticket against COP Con- gressman Charles Dewey, the man who became famous for champion | ing Montgomery Ward in it's fight with the government. Apparently, Charles Dewey was on the un- popular side of that fight, for he lost, and Resa went to Congress. About that time, the new Con- gressman received a note of con- gratulations. It was signed Irene i Deegan." He replied. They got re- acquainted. On their first date, Resa found that Irene, during all those 25 years, had never married. Neither had he.
 So now Miss Deegan will become Mrs. Congressman Alexander J, Resa sometime before October 8.
 Copyright 1915, by Bell Syndicate. Incl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
The W ashing ion Merry -Go- Round
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as a clerk for the Office of War Information.
 Gen. Mcclure works in close and intimate cooperation with OWL
 An official cable hiring Mrs. Mcclure as an OWI clerk follows: Effective commencing July l5, Marjory Mcclure will be paid S75 every 28 days at post. Balance of her base pay oi s200 plus overtime minus usual deductions will be paid power of attorney United States. Annual living allowances effective on arrival, sl,980."
 Accordingly, Mrs. Mcclure de- parted for Europe on July IA.
 This neat little scheme for gen. erals to get what CHS can't was set in motion at the very same time OWI was laying off clerks and other personnel due to drastic cut in funds by Congress. So, while some clerks are fired, gen. erals wives are hired.
 (Note-OWI officials state that Mrs. Mcclure will serve as re- ceptionist in Paris: that she has ability in meeting people; and that they have long needed someone in Paris who could act in this ca pacity)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
BIG BUSINESS WIPE

Today, the War Production o n Board, under Chairman Cap" Krug, is more big-business-con- trolled than ever, so the automobile boys may get their way.
 Their fight inside WIPE is being led by Vice Chairman Harold Boes- chenstein, whose glass company sells headlights to auto manufac- turers. He and other WIPE moguls argue that the present Controlled Materials Plan" should be open ended" in other words, after a steel mill has completed its must government orders, it can sell what ever steel is left over to anyone 1t wishes.
 Hitherto, farm machinery, hard ware, the railroads and various war-supported industries got defi- mite steel allocations from the gov- ernment. They were always assured some steel. Under the new proposal, however, they would have. to scramble for it in competition with the automobile companies.
 While the railroads, farm imple- ment companies, ct al, doubtless can look after themselves, a long list of small manufacturers also would be affected-those making ha ardUare electric irons washing machines, etc. Hitherto, they have
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MISUSED HENCE means from this place" THENCE from that place."
 OFTEN Goulash Pronounce gooash % as in TOOL, A in first syllable
 OFTEN Appropriate Observe the three Ps and the l. not APPROPIATE.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
NO DUKE CHURCHILL

When Winston Churchill turned down a knighthood last week, his son Randolph Churchill probably heaved a big sigh of relief.
 For it meant that his father, in turning down this lesser honor, probably would not accept duke dom or any other high reward. Should the elder Churchill accept 9 peerage, he would move into the House Of Lords, which would mean that his son, Randolph, upon his fathers death, automatically would become a lord, thereby forfeiting the chance of fighting political career as a commoner.
 To inherit a title is the last thing young Churchill wants. His future career lies in the House of commons, like his father.
 Knowing his sons ambition, the Prime Minister used to hold a sword of Damocles over Randolph's head. When the mercurial Ran dolph got out of hand, his father half -jokingly, would warn.
 Tut, tut Be careful or I'll take a peerage."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06

whole hot history of the War Pro- duction Board has been raging backstage regarding the future al- location of steel to. industry.
 It is fight affecting almost i every business in the country large and small-and if the big industry boys get their way, civilian manufacturers will get less material even than during the third quarter of this year, when we were still fighting a two-tront war.
 The fight is over how sheet steel shall be allocated.
 Basically, this boils down to whether the big automobile con- panies will get it all, or whether other manufacturers will be given at least little.
 It is exactly the same fight, in reverse, which occurred before Pearl Harbor At that time, the automobile industry was using up most of the sheet steel. War Pro- duction was held up until their output could be curtailed, and the auto boys pulled all sorts of wires ] to keep on producing cars. 1 Now, the same wires are being pulled to let steel be completely free, and not allocated to anyone This is just another way of saying that the automobile companies will get it all, because they are the biggest peacetime buyers of steel and the steel companies naturally like to please their best customers
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
MODERN ETIQUETTE 'y ysoRrRrA LEE

I a and girl who are engaged to be married to hold present?
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
Debt to China
Cincinnati Enquirer)

Cincinnati Enquirer
 Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault one of the most qualified of all American experts on China has come out with strong rebuff for those Americans who have been making irresponsible statements about Chiang Kai-sheks central Chinese government. The General declares that he has great respect for Chiang, his
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06

been able to get certain amount of steel allocated to them by WIPE. But under the proposed plan, they would have to scramble for it. And in any battle with the auto con- panies, it is not difficult to guess where they would come out.
 Actually, there will be very little steel to scramble for. After war needs and war-Supporting needs are met, it is estimated only about 100000 tons of sheet steel will be left over. If WIPE moguls have their way, however, the scramble will begin in the fourth quarter of this year.
 (Note-It will be up to new War Mobilizer John Snyder to make the final decision)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
LOOK and LEARN %sy c. C GORDON .1s N

l. Is Zurich Belgium Austria, Switzerland? What jurisprudence? Hathaway? What are the first three of
 truth always stranger than fiction?
 ANSWERS: Switzerland. g. The philosophy of law. of William Shakespeare Genesis Exodus and Levicus
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06

CUPID IN CONGRESS
 Cupid has flown in the window of 57-year-old bachelor Congress man Alexander Resa of Chicago
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06

BATTLE OVER STEEL One of the hottest fights in tht
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06

Mrs and her mother Mrs C. Rosenberg ret h Juneau on the Rogers making the Triangle Rou
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06

A. Parks returned home from his first trip since ing office travelled five days with Gen Harry Taylor Engineers making inspection trip in this district
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09
Two Suicides For Weekend
By United Press

There were ten violent deaths in Connecticut over the weekend, in- cluding four drownings, two Sui- cides, one diving accident, two au- tomobile fatalities and an accident al shooting.
 At Hartford, police were at- tempting to identify the body of woman found hanging from a tree limb in Keney Park. The medical examiner said the women, about 55, had committed suicide.
 At Bridgeport, Francis M. Wynne, 19, home on his first pass after less than a week in the army, took his own life with a .45 calbre pistol.
 Bruce La Pointe, 3, son of MT. and Mrs. Raymond E. La Pointe, Hartford. drowned Sunday in Ma nitook Lake, Granby. The child was believed to have fallen from 8 pier.
 George Clark, IS, drowned Satur- day in Pennington River, Rainbow, where he had been camping with a group of Boy Scouts. He was the son of Mrs. Bernard s. Clark, West Hartford.
 At Windsor Locks, George D. Jenkins, e2, drowned in a canal while bathing Sunday.
 Alfred Wilkinson, 13, of the Pro- testant Poster Home, Newark, N. J., drowned in Bantam Lake, Litch- field. He disappeared under the water while swimming to float.
 Oswald Baehr, 60, New Haven, died Sunday night from injuries suffered July when he was struck by an automobile operated by Mrs. Mary M. Bockwith, Elizabeth, N. J., at New Haven, Mrs. Bockwith was being held on technical charge pending the coroner's iaves- tigation.
 At Holland, James Whitney, 25, Willimantic, was killed when a truck he was driving ran off the road, crashed through fence and down an embankment. The truck, which belonged to Ovilia Kelley, Willimantic, had been taken with out permission. police said.
 Diving into the channel at West Beach, Stamford, Harry Cellotto, 16, broke his neck. His brother, Ralph, now a corporal stationed in Texas, survived a similar accident at the same place nine years ago today.
 An accidental bullet wound caus- ed the death of George Carter, B, Stamford. The wound was in- flicted Friday while the Carter boy and David Haynes. IA, were exam ing .22 rifle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09
8 War Prisoners
 Killed In Sleep

previous trouble with the prisoners.
 The colonel said Bertucci, vet- eran of four and half years in the army, twice had been before . summary court martial.
 On one occasion, he was fined $50 and sentenced to three months hard labor for refusing to 90 on guard duty and another time was restricted to company limits for breaking rules.
 In New Orleans, members Of Bertuccis family were shocked to learn of the shooting. They ia- sisted Bertucci had never haxbcred animosity for Germans. A brother. James, said Bertucci had been iI during the past year and had been a patient in several army fospitals)
 Eriscsson said partially recon structed story of the incident show ed that Bertucci was alone in q guard tower overlooking the pow tents at the time of the shooting. He surrendered calmly to the of- ficer of the day when others Of the camp personnel rushed to the scene upon hearing the staccato shots.
 The prisoners, part of a group of 25O working on nearby farms, formed a model unit doing its work well, the pow commandant said. He also credited the Salina Camps of fice1s with a "very good job" Of administration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09
BY CARL WELTI

Salina, Utah, July 9-CUP)-A 23-year-old private, who had never aimed a shot at the enemy during eight months overseas, was in mili- tary custody today after he fired a 30 caliber machine gun into a tentful of sleeping German prison CTS of war, killing eight and injur- ing 20 others.
 Col Arthur J. Ericsson, com- mander of the base camp at Ogden, Utah, of which the Salina Camp is a branch, said Pvt. Clarence V Bertucci, New Orleans, flor no ap- parent reason" sprayed full felt of machine gun bullets on the slumbering prisoners.
 Eight died almost immediately and six of the wounded were in critical condition.
 The sl.ooting occurred about 12:3o a. m. yesterday. some two after the prisoners normally retire.
 Col. Ericsson said Bertucci was taken into immediate custody and given an opportunity to explain his action His statements were expected to be released today with the filing of a formal charge against him.
 Ericsson said the young privates army record, while not exemplary indicated he had experienced nc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09

Automotive scientists, for instance, are sure that racing fans who att tend the next Indianapolis Speed way auto races, which will probably be held on Memorial Day in 1946, will see jet-propelled automobiles that will set new records in the 500- mile event.
 ,, Aeronautical engineers forsee a whole new aviation industry. They predict that he type of aircraft which defeated the Luftwaffe will become extinct, as new gas turbine propelled aircraft supersede the planes powered by standard recip- rocal engines of today.
 Trains will travel across the country at speeds which today seem unbelievable, engineers are convinced Gas turbine powered {, Locomotives will be able to op- crate at greater efficiency, more economically, with adaptations of jet propulsion.
 One turbo-jet motor of the type now used on the P18o Shooting Star generates enough power to run 50 heavy trucks, at, hgih speed and with heavy loads, at reduced cost. Only limitations would be those en- forced by the need for super-high- ways of . type that would insure safety for long distance deliveries.
 Similarly, speeds in ocean travel would be limited chiefly by wave compressibility," which would dam age vessels hull because of the terrific force of the impact against the water. Engine-builde have al- ready developed both marine and automotive engines for jet-propul- sion, but are saying little about them until researchers have time to iron out the bugs
 ECONOMICAL POWER PLANT
 The economy with which jet power plants could produce elec- tricity opens up new vistas for greater development in such fields as air conditioning and refrigera- tion.
 Research men lifted the veil on the future of jet propulsion at re- cent conference co-sponsoxed by the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09

less than half the weight of con ventional aircraft engines.
 Aircraft engineers plan transport and cargo planes, equipped with turbo- jet engines, in which gas tur- pines will power propellers to take full advantage of excess energy Propeller-jet propulsion combina- tions permit greater efficiency, more enonomy, and longer range, while pure jet would provide greater speeds.
 VAST POSSIBILITIES
 Increasing the horsepower to be developed is simply a matter of add ing compression and combustion chambers. Since the primary aim of engineers is the development of power, they see vast possibilities in jet propulsion which would far out distance present-day motors.
 Jet propulsion has so gripped the imaginations of American inventive geniuses that everyone with a hammer and a piece of steel" as one engineer expressed it, is work ing on new developments. Because heat-resisting metals of quality hitherto unknown are needed, met allurgists are experimenting with new alloys. Similarly, oil research laboratories arc bending their ef- forts toward discovering new fuels suitable for jet propulsion.
 Metal alloys now used in GE turbo-jet motors, for instance, have times the heat-resisting qualities of previously developed steels. To- morrow's gasoline will not even know it's own grandparents" Will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-09
Patent Office Files
 Offer Solace, Quiet

all the inventors care. They just sit in their laboratories producing wondrous things with which to make a better world. It's soothing to look over their shoulders. You want to be soothed? Read on, my harried friends:
 The worlds best double twist twister now is in the works: Engi- neers such as Joseph J. Kispert of Brantord, Conn, are plotting fem mine underwear designed to change the shapes of ladies into something more pleasing to them. And then there is-I say this with a huzZah- William Dixon, the genius of Hen- derson, Ky.
 He has invented and patented (number 2,378,47D the first me- chanical backwasher ever to lave the human shoulder blades.
 It consists of a tripod which stands. over the bath. From this dangles the machinery controlling an arrangement of roller towels, against which you lean while seated in the tub. All you have to do is turn the crank and gratefully say, a-h-h-h-h-h-.
 There also is available, as of to- day, the six-fingered glove for To- fingered people, but I beg you to reserve judgment for minute upon it's inventor, Norman B. Frost of Washington, D. C., a golfer of note
 You put your right hand into the glove before grasping the golf club. This obviously leaves a place for place for an extra finger. So you also clutch the club with your left, simultaneously sticking one finger from it into the vacant hole. Now your hands are locked together and no matter how deep you dig the turf, you're not going to drop your stick. You might even hit the ball.
 mentioned while back the fe- male underwear, an ever popular subject for inventors, but I am no expert on curves and angles q also am prone to blush) and with your permission we'll skip to the some what allied product of Roy T. Healy, who produced in his Clin- ton, Mass, workshop the first sure- shot, ever-stay shirt tails. For men.
 Healy's shirt tails, front and back, are little longer than usual. They snap together in the stride and who could ask for more prac- tical invention than that?
 Miss Alice M. Mcfarland of Cin- cinnati, O., undoubtedly the first lady Cor man, either) to see inside rose. has patended process for making X-rays of flowers. She didn't say why. but she did send along a picture of the innards of an orchid. Pretty, too, in a shad- owy sort of way.
 Miss Edith Fromm of New York has designed an ejector fork, use- full for weary eaters. Spear piece of meat on Fromm fork, convey lsame to your mouth and you think you have to bite of the meat? No sir. You push a button, the ma chinery whirs, a widget crawls down the fork and the meat drops off automatically between your choppers.
 That's only the beginning, but I've got to get back to work, feeling much better. I'll pause only to ex- plain that the double-twist twister, of Glen Rock, N. J., is a compli- cated device for twisting double- twists in woolen threads.
 The result? Double-twist pants, as contrived by Frederick J. Kent properly twisted. don't lose their crease.