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WEATHER REPORT

Temperatures for 2i-Hour Period Ending 7:3O O'Clock This Morning In Juneau-Maximum, 55; minimum, A; precipitation .01 inch.
 At Airport-Maximum, 58; minimum, 40; trace.
 Forecast Increasing cloudiness this afternoon with rain by eve ming. Rain and cooler Sun day.
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EVELYN GRAHAM HERE

Evelyn Graham, of Fairbanks, i guest at the Baranof Hotel.
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(. B. Lindeman New Publisher of Seattle
 Post lnlelIigenter

SEATTLE, yune i6.-C. B. Linde- man, acting publisher has become publisher of the Seattle Post -Intelli- gencer, following the resignation as publisher yesterday of It. Col John Bcettiger
 Boettiger and his wife, the for mer Anna Roosevelt, associate edi- tor of the St-Intelligencer, said they were resigning because of "irre- ooncilable differences" with William Randolph Hearst concerning pub fishing policies.
 Both have been on leave of ab- sence from the paper since April, l943, when Boettiser joined the Army.
 NOTICE.
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HUFF IN TOWN

Perry Huff, of Seattle, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
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War Correspondents

| Richard Harding Davis established quite a
reputation war correspondent So did Sill
Philip Gibbs and Floyd Gibbons. These three
are singled out because of their sartorial &c.
centric:es. Davis, for example, was in the
habit of wandering forth from wherever he
might be quartered fourishing cane and sport
ing spats. However heavy the thunder Of dis
tant guns, he was always impeccably attired.
the perfect dandy Sir Philip was a good
example of how the English gentleman should
dress. Gibbons was stern advocate of rugged
ndividualism, but his raiment, however un.
familiar, was the neatest in sight.
In reading the accounts Of correspondents
concerning their activities in this latest war,
and looking at pictures of them in the midst
of campaign or upon their return to quarters,
the contrast between their habiliments and
the natty trio above is striking.
The boys who have covered this war, both
in Europe and the Pacific, have had rough
going and if they were wearing any clothes at
all when they got back to their headquarters,
they were in shreds They went unshaven for
weeks on end. And when they were out with
the troops they certainly were among the
worlds worst unwashed. No field Of battle in
this war was a good place for dude cores
pondent.
The contrast is not restricted to clothes
either The dispatches and special articles this
wars correspondents have been sending home
are as much above the standard of the More.
said trio as their sartorial effect was be-
meath it. Davis and Gibbs used their war ex'
periences for weaving some fine fiction, and
Gibbons had book or two that was readable.
But these boys have been and some OF them
still are turning out classics as regularly as
the days follow each other. Dirt and all, they
have been giving the public a finer Kind
of war reporting than ever was produced be-
fore.
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Wainwright To Be There

With Halsey in Manila bay aboard his flag.
ship, the Missouri, and Macarthur on his
way to receive Japan's surrender on it, we
believe that Americans throughout the coun.
try are more pleased, next to the defeat Of
the Japanese, to learn that Wainwright will
be among those present at the ceremony
Certainly no one better deserves to witness
the final and complete humiliation OF the Pac-
ific enemy than he.
A prayer of gratitude went up from millions
of hearts when news Of his deliverance from
"a Japanese prison camp came in. Assigned
to hopeless task when Macarthur went to
Australia, Wainwrights conduct OF the last
terrible stand at Corregidor won not only
high official praise but the affection OF Ameri-
cans everywhere and although word has come
that he was getting along fairly well at the
hands of the japanese, most OF the public
have inclined to think the messages, whether
radioed or written, were exaggerations inspir-
ed and enforced by enemy propaganda. Now
we know that except for loss of weight he is
well and fit and when the surrender is COM
pleted probably will come home to rejoin the
brave wife who throughout the bitter years
has never lost faith in his ultimate return.
Now the arrogant Japs who practiced every
indignity and barbarism in the Philippines
as in all their conquered territory, are to sign
surrender terms which will prevent their re.
organization for war for many year, and
Wainwright will be right there to watch the
pens Of their leaders trace strange characters
which will represent their ultimate disgrace
and loss of face.
His presence will be the equivalent Of the
last straw that breaks the camel's back
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same officials, would not furnish spot news to
foreign countries, but would make available
background information on America and
American policies, texts of official documents
and the speeches of public officials, steering
clear Of propaganda.
The White House decision on Owls dissolu
ton has not been announced, probably be-
cause the State Department has made nc
specific recommendations. We may be sure
however, that Mr.. Truman will gladly dis
continue the bureau and wipe its big payroll
off the treasury's slate, if he is convinced its
demise will not place the nation at a disad
vantage in its relations with the rest of the
world The President has given repeated proof
of his intention to do away with all branches
of the war bureaucracy as rapidly as he car
do so.
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Men Going Home From Okinawa Beach
Have Only Smiles of Anticipation

them. They're from an anti-air.
craft gun battalion, which shot
down Al japanese planes during
t h Okinawa campaign - II of
them in one night MAY 24-25) for
what may be an Army record.
The grin in the eyes of T-Sgt.
E. w. Boyer of Worthington. Mimi,
was homecoming grin too -
homecoming to his outfit on Okina-
wa. 1t wasn't the caliber of grin
he could muster for Worthington,
but until then it would do.
know what happens to me?
he said. II come to Oki as crew.
man for Marine Ale group. Two
days after 1 get here there's a
little air raid and I trip over a
tent-rope running to a shelter.
hurt my leg"
$50 they send me back to Guam
to a hospital. And while I'm there
they rattle off War Bond. I buy
just one ticket -, sets me back
one buck. And who wins the bono
$500 worth? I do"
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owl Wants To Quit

The Office Of War Information wants to
dissolve It would like to be out of existence
rs a bureau witAin ninety days. Its own idea
is to have the State Department absorb as
much of its 5,OO0-man personnel as it deems
valuable as a United States information serv-
vice abroad. Such service. a restricted
scale probably would be worth while, in as
much as this country cannot escape much
larger part in world affairs than it ever
had in the past.
Some State Department officials suggest that
some units from owl could be put Under a
reorganized and expanded division of public
and cultural relations in that department. Skel:
eton stats of owl outposts, from London Il
Beirut to Cnungking and Moscow could b
attached to our embassies and legations. II
this case the government, according to thu
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Se1ective Service

Continuation or determination of selective
service by means of the draft promises to be
among the first and the hottest subjects Com.
2ress will have to settle when it reconvenes
There is some sentiment for its abolition or
the grounds that requirements for the armed
services during occupation in Europe and the
Orient can be obtained by voluntary enlist.
ments. Sentiment is as strong on the other
side and is supported by the belief that volun.
tary recruitment will not meet the need and
that if the draft is done away with thousands
of men who have had long combat service
and are entitled to be discharged will have
to continue in one or the other occupation
areas indefinitely.
If this should prove true, and it can be
learned only by experimentation which would
take much time these men will get raw
deal.
Then, too, there is the question whether
teen-agers should still be drafted because they
make the best soldiers in combat. This aspect
of selective service will make the sparks + y
when Congress gets down to work. If Congress
decides that the younger age brackets should
be omitted, if the draft is continued, and
given chance to finish their education with
out interruption, large majority Of American
households will give members voting against
the teen-age draft three rousing cheers.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
FIRST HAIR CUT

Something about it tugs at the heart strings.
Such little teller to be sitting there on the
big BARRIERS throne waiting for the ruthless
shears to clip off the hair. Not that it's the
first time the very young, young man has had
his locks clipped. Usually Mother and Father
have done some shearing Of the lamb before he
goes to a real BARRIERS shop.
But the first honest-to-goodness hair cut is
a major event. In a sense it's the end OF the
first period OF life; it is also the beginning o.
mans estate. No wonder a five-year-old mar
squirms and turns, wiggles and twists on tne
dinky little seat hung between the two arm a
of the chair. Perhaps something tells him Una
this is turning point in his career
It's hard. on Mother, he's been her oaps
But when boy starts going to the parOe
shop, he's on the way to manhood Many any am a.
mysterious the steps from cnilanoou !; !.
adult life and high on the list in Important. -;
the first haircut at the barber's.-St. Louis
Star-Times
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DailyPrayer
A Daily Prayer in War Time
For Mothers of Service Men


In the name of the Christ, who
loved and was loved by Mother
Mary, we bring Thee today, o
Heavenly Father, the needs of the
mothers of our men in service
They are the ones who have made
the uttermost sacrifice. They have
given to our Cause and to our
Country that which is more preci.
Gus to them than their own Lives.
Day by day and hour by hour
they bear in their hearts unutter-
able desires for the welfare of their
sons. Their cry goes ceaselessly
up to Thee and to Thy father heart.
Hear their prayers, spoken and un-
spoken. Comfort them with the as
surance that Thy love is greater
than their own; and Thy care far
beyond their understanding. Stir
in all mother hearts new pride and
patriotism and purpose, that they
may be fortifiers and inspirers to
their dear ones. And to those who
must make the supreme sacrifice,
grant the comfort Of Calvary.
Amen.-W.T.E.
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Fair Deal Needed

Merchandise passes through several hands
before it reaches the consumer.
In its new program, the OPA declares that
between factory and buyer the higher price
the manufacturer is to be permitted to charge
must be absorbed so that the purchaser will
have to pay no more than in 1912.
Obviously the jobber, or wholesaler. and the
merchant. retailer, must get along on
a lower percentage of profit.
The OPA does not believe that sauce for
the goose is also sauce for the gander.
The OPA apparently realizes the manufa c.
turers cost Of production is higher than in
1912, and comedies he should get higher
price for his product Materials and labor have
advanced, and with fine perception OPA con.
cludes he should not be expected to sell at a
loss. If he piles up deficit he must close
out his business.
With its customary nyopia, the OPA does
not see that the cost Of labor and of handling
have also advanced for the wholesaler and the
retailer, and that # they are required to cut
normal profits or strike them OFT altogether,
they TOO must shut up shop.
We hold no briet FOR the wholesalers or the
retail merchants, but We cannot find any fair.
ness IN the OPA plan by which they would
be compelled 10 absorb the higher costs OF
production to be granted manufacturers.
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wide, 80 long - on D-Day at Nor,
mandy, then transferred to the Pa
cific. At 48, he's been mustered
out.
His other two wars were on the
Army side-in the Mexican trout
BILE and the First World War. And
things military have changed bit
since he enlisted August 8, 1915, to
serve until 1921.
eve went down to Mexico with
donkey and combat wagons" he
recalled, keeping an ear cooked to
the loudspeaker which would cal
his plane. 1--WE didn't have tanks
or walkie-talkies, but we got wire
less in 1916. I remember We go1
the election returns that year over
the wireless.
Another group with homefires
lighting up their grins was Maj
R. G. King of Dodge City, Kans.
Capt. Robert Cannon Portland
Ark, and Capt. Albert F. Maldeis
of Baltimore, Md. They'd all beer
overseas nearly 40 months, anc
this was a first leave for each oil
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TWO YOUTHS HELD
in STORE THEFTS

Another Maffitt Village youth.
repeatedly trapped into an admis-
sion of guilt by a cast of foot
print was charged by authorities
with completely in the attempted
robbery of the Atlantic Paint and
Varnish company and had his case
continued until today when he went
before Recorders court yester-
day.
Tracked down by officers and
arrested early yesterday morning
because of his close association
with Edward Duval Mobiles, II, who
already was charged with store
breaking when the suspicious o:
Detective E. B. "Red'' Murray
were aroused by a loose steel
plate on one of his shoes, Robert
Franklin Suggs, II, admitted not
only to breaking into the Atlantic
Paint and Varnish Co., in com
pany with Mobiles, but also con
fessed to Maffitt Village theft,
officers said.
Mobiles connection with the case
was established by comparing his
shoes with casts of the footprints
officers reported, disclosing also
that the two boys had admitted
wearing gloves in an effort to
eliminate any fingerprint evidence
when entering the Paint and Var
nish Co. on August 10.
Detective Murray and Harry
Fales, superintendent Of the Bu-
reau Of Investigation, said yester-
day that, upon discovering Suggs
was one of Mobiles closest pals,
they set out to find him. The chase
continued until about early morn.
ing, when they found the youth
on a tugboat locked at Market
and Water streets.
A former employe of the Atlantic
Co., Suggs, officers reported, also
told them that, about two weeks
prior to breaking into the paint
company, he and Mobiles broke
into a bowling alley at Maffitt
Village and robbed the piccolo Of
about $40 in nickels.
Murray said an additional war
lant charging them with the Maj
fit Village robbery would be
taken out.
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MANY WILMINGTON
BUSINESS PLACES
TO CLOSE MONDAY

Most of Wilmington business
firms got ready today to close
down Monday in observance OF
Labor Day while bus companies
prepared for the expected crowds
that will travel to Wrightsville and
Carolina Beaches.
The North Carolina Shipbuilding
company plans to keep only a
skeleton crew of guards on duty
during the national holiday.
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By w. G. ROGERS

With No Regrets, by Krishna.
Nehru John Day-Asia Press; ST.
Going in and out of Jail has be-
come an incurable habit with most
of the members of my family"
says this author.
She is the wife of Raja HUtheeS-
ing. imprisoned while this book
was being written; daughter of Mo
tial Nehru, early associate Of
Gandhi in India's nonresistance
movement and of RAM Nehru
sister of Jawaharlal, like his father
president of the India Congress and
sister of Swarup.
They are probably the most self
less, inspiring Jail birds" of the
Goth century; the freedom of their
country is their goal, and the Eng
fish have been, and are, their Jail
ers. Krishna Nehru, who has
travelled widely in the western
world, liked Switzerland and
France, particularly Paris, but
says that Il never did take to Eng.
land"
Once a family of great wealth,
the Nehrus lived in luxury in An.
and BhaWan, the great Allahabac
house since presented to the ma.
ton. A successful lawyer, the ia
Their Joined the son in a course OIL
political action which meant de.
fiance of the British empire. Java
harlal has spent almost half his
life behind bars; the two sisters
as well as the frail mother, aban
doned life of ease with no re
grets," stood up to lathi charges
and were themselves imprisoned
! several times.
Krishna's account, written witt
unaffected simplicity. is more
personal than political; these are
the intimac:es about Nehru fam
lily ties and customs, part of tn,
background of the historic strug
gle. 1t is stirring document, diff
ferent though in some ways no
less than her famed brothers ITO
ward Freedom" While there ar,
politics enough to furnish the Ike,
to the story, the emphasis is OF
persons. The authors last farewell
to her stricken father, and hi.
y
ly moving pages.
Perhaps England's creates
need is some writer, or family O
writer's, to match the honest emo
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By ROBIN COONS

Substituting for Kenneth L.Dixon)
OKINAWA, Aug. Battle-Ground
Yontan airfield, in the passenger
terminal tent, you could feel the
smiling excitement yards away.
Most of the waiting men sat silent.
ly, with the patient resignation OF
those who know that the mills OF
military transportation grind slow
ly and who, besides, are travelling
to places they don't particularly
crave to 60. But the faces Of a
few Of them told the whole story:
they were going home.
The Chief of Police of Shelby.
vile, Ind, veteran of three wars,
had one of those faces. Chief
Boatswain's Mate Walter M. Win
tin, after three years in the Navy,
in this war was waiting for mis-
first airplane ride-back home to
Indiana.
Mot sure I'm going to like it, -
he said. More used to ships"
In the Seabees, Wintin operated
Landing Barge 10 - six pontoons
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WAR end ANSWERS
GIVE CLUB LAUGH

Members of the Kiwanis cllo oaa
good chuckle yesterday dulH5
their luncheon and business nee'
ing at the Friendly Ca1e'ei "a,
listening to the answers gwen III
recent QUESTIONABLE, H.,
Fred Little, in charge OF us
missionaries, read the anS" .,.,,
to the questions, when =, DO 9.d ~
think the European war will END. II,
"When do you think the war 9 wiz
1anan will end?" and, Twill Russia
help fight the Japs?' .,rod
Most of the members anS%e .s;s
the war in Europe would emu ';,,
summer. but the answers vafi fa
from 1945 to 1947 on guessing I'M N
date when the war would EN- 49, -
J sara One member predicted d t5s
wa- with Japan would end IN !, l .sst
Most of the members agreed 7s srs'
Russia Russ would help fight the Jap .
Several o,her members % ;I.isn
across the QUESTIONABLE ! WIS.,
7 o knew" and II don't know y,
Also appearing on the pr0 go5cs
was Miss Virginia FRANK a ' ,'IFo
student of Mrs. j, B. Fe4ieN y, W." q,
sang the ever-favorite melodies ID w., .,
Claudia" and always Oh, by
accompanied at the piano "
Eugene Mooney. ,;oe IRE
Special guests attendln n15.y Of
luncheon were W. K. Na1 Tar,1ls
Kings Noun ain, and j. s'''
Gobbel of Chapel Hill. .sort
20 E. H. Switzerland, presidgs sr
Water VvelaaeG Freed gave the devofi o[sg
About 60 members "ele
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ROPS DICTATORS

BUENos AIRES, Aug. 2s' n,.d.
u. S. Ambassador sprullep 0sEe
en-, who succeeds Nelson a. INV. NV 0!
Teller as an Assistant oecre s:so%+oJrial
State Bluntly criticized G'I Inch.
governments at fa-e"eH ~ ~ t1e
con given him YESTERDAY ,ral in.
Argentina-Amerlcan c'u''
stitute. 4
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The Literary Guidepost

tional appeal of the Nehrus.
Rooster Crows For A Day, by Ben
Lucien Burman (Dutton; $2.5V.
An Old Mississippi steamboat
paddle-wheels up and down Afri-
can waters, with Little Doc as cap
tain. This will not, it seems to me.
add much to Burman's reputation.
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Natural gas production in Cali
fornia during 1914 was 499, 500, 0c0
cubic feet, valued at $31, 468, 900.
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TOP o. THE MORNING

Someone like you makes the sun shine
brighter,
Someone like you makes q sigh half
smile
Someone like you makes my troubles much
lighter
Someone like you makes life seem worth
while.
For Lies an odd problem of briar and
Clouds sometimes darken, no sun shining
through,
And then the clouds lift and the sunshine
discloses
Near to me, dear to me, someone like you.
Foley.
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Fair Enough

Editors no.e-The Star and the News
accept no esponsibility for the personal
views of Mr.. Pegler, and often disagree
with them as much as many of his read
ers. His articles serve the good purpose
of making people think.)
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IA suggestion Tor the postwar auto: one tina
WIN STOP and count 10 before hitting a pedec
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May we suggest that the Alias ,o
least one spot in Japan where the next nis
Three meeting can be held, 0'e
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~ 49, people can blame being disappointed
On being disappointing. 0''A'e0
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BY WEsTBROOK PEGLER


had won his world series game from the
Yankees and took on a colossal snootful at
night, figuring that for him the season. and
MS career, were over. Then, next day, in the
ninth, they called the old guy in from bench
against the left field wall and with just a
couple OF Warm-up throws he struck out Lag
zerl and saved a ball game that seemed as
hopeless as the cause that Churchill took up
But MIR. Truman won't be impressed by
any accent and, while I suppose he will have
to do some kind of business to keep Britain
going, it is good for all concerned that the
world be put on notice that it is time for them
to think about getting weaned
And, whatever hstory's opinion may be of
Mr.. Roosevelt as orator, for change. at
least like Mr.. Tru1nan's style better thouoh
il reminds me of sophomore tackle address.
ing rally in memorial hall at old Siwash tho
night before the big game. Quail is real nice
on occasion but am told that no man ever
ate a quail day for 30 days. though MANY
one tried it for side-bet in the ash oht er
and l know quite lot of people wbo 49, y. a,
absolutely fed up on Mr.. Roosevelt's corn
Do you know who Mr.. Truman really isl
He is George spelvin, American.
May we suggest that the Allies leave :.
least one spot in Japan where the nex+ pia
Three meeting can be held?
"a "a suggestion Tor the postwar auto. one u,
win s'op and count 10 before hittne 80
trian. -A''ns peace
s' people can blame being disanno;nted
! On being disappointing. ff0''A' e0