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to get free ride" while they dump the burden o1 taxation heavily upon the fisheries.
 Why should Alaskans tax themselves ii they can collect the necessary funds from the fisheries and few other sources?
 What Territory in the history of the United States did more than Alaska is doing to develop hel government before it became State?
 It seems elementary that Congressman shoulo know that the current structure is purely tenn porary affair.
 Instead of measuring the ability of Alaska to the responsibilities of statehood on the basis of the current tax structure, wouldn't it be wise to look into the wealth and potential development of tht Territory?
 Isn't Alaska in a better position for additional responsibilities if her potentialtias great and hel present utilization of the resources is little?
 The Congressman need to be reminded again that under the American system the Federal government is vested with full responsibility for the welfare Of her Territories and the people residing therein.
 Any attempt to criticize Alaska for failure to levy additional and provide for her own problems is evasive proposition at best Members of Congress cannot meet their responsibilities by verbal thrashngS any than parents meet their responsibilities for the welfare of their children by scoldng and punishment.
 This committees stand against statehood is based facts that potent arguments in favor of it.
 If we can run Territorial government with little revenue, could certainly take on responsibilities by extending the taxes to new fields.
 If we are smart enough to tap others for our revenues and avoid taxes otherwise, certainly we should be smart enough to our own government as State.
 The committees thinking to be mixed up It will be recalled that they experienced railroad accident while in Alaska Their bodies tangled up Maybe their minds still are.
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TRUMAN'S PRIZE PHOTO

When President Truman arrived at the dinner given him by the White House photographers on Saturday, he was greeted by a photographic surprise.
 Supposedly, he was to inspect the prize winning picture-a candid camera shot of his aged mother snapped by the Washington Stars Randolph Routt just as she was remarking "Fiddle-sticks," on her first airplane trip to Washington.
 But in addition to the prize photo, the President also was greeted by several very leggy en- largements of movie actress Lauren Bacall atop piano while he strumed the worries below.
 The picture was shot in the Press Club shortly after Truman became Vice President, and it is still a mystery as to who was the most surprised, MT Truman or Miss Bacall.
 The lady, who has now become Mrs. Humphrey Bogart. says
 MT. Truman was very nice,
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the story, according to the five American UNRRA workers is the excellent job of the U. s. Army in that area in speeding return of homeless Europeans, and in strictly observing all international agree mentS.
 But on the black side are Scan- dals involving the sale of UNRRA and Army supplies. especially in France. The situation was so bad that U. s. Army sleuths finally were called in. They discovered the theft of 197 UNRRA trucks, several tons of Army food and more than 2,O0O gallons of Army gasoline in the Granville, Normandy area.
 The five Americans who were rushed out of Germany insist that the British officials who control this area did little to stop this thieyery.
 (Note 1.-Two other members of the American team, It. Melvin H. Warhaftig of Hillside, N. J., a doctor, and It. Dorothy Johnson of Oklahoma City, a nurse, shared these views but could not be sent home by UNRRA because they were loaned by the U. s. Public Health Service. They demanded to return, however, in protest over their treatment. The Army had re- ported them doing an excellent job, but they were reassigned for no apparent reason.
 (Note 2-This is not the first time British have used UNRRA for political purposes. Last year a British colonel working for UNRRA was killed in Athens. In his hotel room was found list of Greek rightist leaders who had been paid by the British to work against the Greek left.
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Taxes and Statehood
(Anchorage Times)

Anchorage Times)
 Members of the House Appropriations Committee who visited Alaska this seem to have drawn a rather definite conclusion on matter that was not before them, and about which they did not inquire.
 They came out yesterday with a statement that Alaska is not yet ready for statehood They visited the Territory for the purpose of learning what the Federal government planned to do with certain funds for which an appropriation had been asked-an item that the committee killed before they investigated. But they made up their minds about statehood At the same time another committee in whose jurisdic- tion that subject properly falls was conducting more realistic study of that problem.
 It seems strange that committee should know so much about subject which is of it's business. It seems strange that vested with the responsibility of guiding the Federal government should jump to a conclusion on a subject that they neither studied nor learned much about while visiting the Territory
 If all Federal matters handled as haphazardly and casually as this committee handled the state hood matter perhaps Alaska should envy it's present position under which it is not ful-fledged member of the family.
 The committees stand on statehood for Alaska is apparently based entirely it's dsapproval of the present tax structure Taxes certainly no con- elusive evidence the Territorys ability to undertake statehood The Congressmen just as far off base as the man who tried to tell the depth of well by the length of the handle on the pump.
 If we were to engage in such tomfoolery, we could very well produce facts and figures Federal reve- nues and expenditures to prove that the Congress is not ready to undertake the affairs of sovereign nation.
 If the Congressmen devoted thought to the sub feet they would marvel at the adeptness of Alaskans
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BRITISH TORMENT POLES

The American group was assigned to work in the Stuttgart area of Germany, which is under the UNRRA's European Regional Of- flee. which in turn is dominated by the British.
 UNRRA policy in that area, the Americans soon discovered, was to build up and support the efforts of the die-hard Polish aristocrats to create a Polish Army for even- tual use against the present Polish government. At the Omund Camp, for instance, 750 Poles and other East Europeans who enlisted for training under Polish Army leaders were rewarded by UNRRA workers. They got a double ration of food and cigarettes. The Polish lialson officer with credentials from the London GovernmenD was even conducting a school for non-com- missioned officers in Stuttgart to train this Polish Army.
 In addition, the British hired hundreds of London Poles from the former Polish -Government-in in- Exile and placed them in respon- sible UNRRA jobs in preference to other nationals. These London Poles then worked night and day to persuade the slave laborers, drafted by the Nazis from Russia, the Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic, not to go back to their homes.
 While waging this campaign under British UNRRA blessing-a Russian repatriation officer was actually refused admission to the Ludwigsburg Camp to interview these displ a d persons. Finally, the U. s. Army, which has been maintaining a strictly impartial position, had to intervene It ordered the transfer of the Ukrani- ans to Stuttgart, away from British London Pole influence
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20 YEARS AGO fME fyf1n EMPIRE
OCTOBER 23, 1925


 guests at cards the previous n included Miss Minnie Field and Mrs Sanworth.
 annual meeting the Juneau Chapter American eo cross was Ninth Annual Roll Cal to start report on her worK Tn oc community health and M Berends Chana ao s results entirely satisfactory.
 Tokyo the report that proceedings or the e the general Japanese pupc "ouo oe gwen the plans roadcastng company eceVeo approval
 The American Legion plans cooperating with local National Education Week The Am Chairman to secure speakers to appear daily at the schools citizenship school which was to l.
 eighth grade had been elected TOT the st " " Junior new puohcaon m cued wnnied Carlson Edward Mz Earle Lager pn Harry Fory Richard Donald Williams Dagny Hagerup Lloyd Byers Daniel Ve Phyllis BayerS andX
 Weather Highest 48 lowest, 42; rain
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HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do not compel"
WEDNESDAY,, OCTOBER "A

Benefic aspects rule in the early hours today but later adverse plane tary influences are active. It IS q mcl,v time for starting ambitious projects.
 HEART AND HOME Aged persons should be careful of their health. The procession of hu- manitv toward the end of Earth eX- periences moves rapidly in this per iod when the old make place for the young. The star sseem to warn ol discord when two generations try to live under one roof. Grand mothers will be happiest in thelr own homes.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS
 According to the stars a slump III business is inevitable before postwar reconversions are completed, but there will be nothing like panic. Government safeguards will protect the nation from a serious depres- sion.
 NATIONAL ISSUES
 Education comes under sign that seems to promise benefits for teachers. Smaller classes and pres sure on parents who neglect to train or discipline their offspring are m dicated.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
 Before the next year the careers ot many prominent men and women will close. it is foretold Among the casualties of war will be leading statesmen and officers of the arm- ed forces who have made notable contributions in the greatest conflict of all history
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of good 1or- tune. Travel and change are 1ndl- cated
 Children born on this day pro- bably will be endowed with unusual intelligence. They will expect to be humored and amused, but should be carefully disciplined. Copyright, 1945)
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/ CAPITAL CHAFF.

Judge Samuel Rosenman, one of Franklin Roosevelt's closest friends, has become a staunch defender of Mississippi's George Allen, who holds a similar position with Harry Truman. To his skeptical New Deal friends, Judge Rosenman protests, But George is Liberal" Allen, a protege of the late Senator Pat Harrison and an insurance execu- tive, spends part of every morning with Truman going over his prob lems. Friends of dynamic Su- preme Court Justice William O.
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Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN She pied with her hus- band" Say" with her husband"
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: the OU co in SHOOT
 OFTEN MISSPEIIED Hero Singular (pluraD.
 SYNONYMS Appease alleviate soohe quiet calm mol ify, pacify.
 three times and it is yours Let us each day Toays word LOQUACOUS given garrlou "Th loquacous and tresome"
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MODERN ETIQUETTE
by
 ROBERTA LEE

O things to observe when setting the dinner table? the chairs of the guests exactly opposite each other.
 a self control in public?
 Probably way already acquired perspective.
 invitation for motor drive?
 usually verbally by telephone
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U. $. ARMY IMPARTIAL

One Polish liaison officer, Capt. Krivicki, has been selling Polish citizenship certificates to bewildered displaced persons for about 30 marks. His idea was to register as many displaced persons as possible as Polish citizens, even though they were born in Nose iKev, or Odessa.
 One of the brightest chapters in
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though I hardly exchanged a word with him. At first I hardly knew who he was. Someone just asked me to sit on the piano while they took a picture, so did. That was all :"
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duty is to be impartial, if it is to function at all, finally have agreed to publication of their story. Here it is:
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The W ashingt ion Merry -Go- Round

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ebekahs entertained 60 guests at cards the previous Hall included Miss Minnie fleio ano Steve StanWoh.
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Weather; Highest, 48; lowest, 42; rain
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Tokyo the report that proceedings or the De omethng of mystery to the general Japanese public would people by radio if plans of Tokyo broadcasng company
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tion level Is nearly three times
the normal peactime manufac-
turing rate.
Because Of the virtually COM
plete conversion to war output
the return to capacity peacetime
production will require up to l8
months say authoritative indus
try sources. At the same time,
they point out that reconversion
has been going on slowly for
many weeks as war contracts
were cancelled.
Most of the plants, set up 10
produce their quota of the 24l,-
900 passenger cars this year. can
easily double that number" said
one industry expert. Getting
back to the pre-war level of A.
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MOUNT CLEMENS. MIcH.-I5

600, 900 cars . year. however,
requires the re-establishment Of
. large and steady flow Of ma
terials from supplies throughout
the country. We should be back
at that level in 1947."
r. J. Thomas, president Of the
United Automobile Workers
(CIO), said today that between
100000 and 100000 Detroiters
would be thrown out Of work in
war plants within a week after
capitulation of Japan. He did
not estimate the period OF I'M
employment.
Industry leaders agreed some
unemployment would be ''inevi-
table at the end of the war"
Generally, however. they indie
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other essential materials are
freed.
The car makers have been au-
thorized to turn out 241 900 such
vehicles during the period end
ing December 81. Some have
protested that limitation. assert
ing il was hardly an economical
level. Production of twice that
number, industry experts as
sert. would present no assembly
If the material were m d e
available.
Since the United States entry
into the war the Automobile In
dustry has produced more than
s26, 900, 100000 worth Of war
goods including components OF
the atomic bomb. That produce
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island. Okinawa, 3e2 miles from
main islands. invaded. April 5
Soviet denounces neutrality
pact with Japan-and Jap cabi-
net quits.
May l-Aussies invade Tara
kan Island, Borneo. May B.
Fall Of Rangoon marks substan-
tial reconQuest of Burma by
British. May S-Rumors at San
Francisco that US. has reject
ed or ignored Jap peace bids.
May l3-Chinese begin drive to
clear landing area along coast
north of Honkong. May 1s -
Macarthur says Mindanao 90
per cent liberated. May II -
Japs mobilize all school chill
dren and farm workers against
invasion. May 21-Tokyo ad-
mits agitation for peace. May
26-Tokyo, 81 square miles de.
molished, written off ~ Jap
military asset. May So Japs
shake up naval command that
lost Okinawa and couldn't pro-
tect home islands from carrier
bombings.
June laps announce all
naval branches, including sur
face ships. now on Suicide basis.
June 3 Chinese pursue Japs
across Indo-C China border. June
10 - Aussies land on Borneo
mainland. June 19-Aussies rs
miles inland on Borneo. June FL
-Aussies capture oil fields. Nj
mitz announces formal capture
of Okinawa. June &c Luzon
Liberation completed at cost to
US. of 1919 casualties and to
Japs of 1888 counted dead
plus a few more known but un-
counted thousands and many
many prisoners June so -
American occupy Kume island,
so miles west of Okinawa and
345 miles off China Coast.
July l-Aussies third major
landing on Borneo, ut oil refin-
ing center of Balikpapan. July
2-MacArthur moves air base
to Okinawa. July Army
bombers from Okinawa start
raiding Japan and Korea; Navy
and Marine planes also based on
island. July S-30th Jap home
island city fire-bombed; 126
square miles of ascertained dew
astation in rs cities. July s.
British carriers in Pacific ac-
ton against Japs announced.
July 10-Chinese have cleared
southern Kwangsi.
AUG G. FIRST ATOMIC
BOMB HITS HIROSHIMA.
Throughout May and June B.
20 attacks with four to five
hundred planes two or three
times q week, on major cities
until June ID when bombers
start working over secondary
industrial targets.
Latest announced Jap losses:
May 28-U. S. subs have sunk
4 100000 tons of shipping in
war; June 1-bombers have
sunk 2,117,482 tons shipping In
five months. June 1S-Japs lost
402, 1898 dead in Philippines.
June II --Japs lost 81, 401 on
Owinawa, 24,282 on Two, 29,747
On Sainan
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ated Q belief that The period q
unemployment would not b On
extended one.
Thomas' figures recalled that
when the industry began con-
verting 10 about war produe.
ton early In 1e43 some union
sources predicted that up 10 500.
600 workers would b made Idle
for six months or more. The Pc
Rod Of idleness lasted only .
few weeks.
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The Chinese now have clean
ed up the invasion coastal area
from Annoy mort hto Wenchow,
about 800 miles.
Aug. = Japanese cabinet
meets in extraordinary session.
Aug. 8-Russia throws might
into war with Japan.
Aug. Second atomic bomb
accompanies President Truman 5
warning: Surrender or be des-
troyed."
Aug. 10-Japanese offer sur
render conditional upon Emper-
or's sovereignty.
Aug. 11-Allies accept ENr-
render but refuse sovereignty
condition. Emperor must take
orders from Allied military
government.
Aug. 11-12-World awaits o.
fetal Japanese decision.
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Empire

sContinued from Page Fourtsen
May-Attu recaptured.
July-Landing ut Salamaua,
New Guinea.
Aur.-Kiska reoccupied and
Nunda in Solomons taken.
Sspt.-Salaman and Lac, In
New Guinea, falls to US.
Nov.-Tarawa and Maxim In
Gilberts reconquered.
1914. Japan's sphere shrinks
rapidly toward normal.
Feb.-Kwajalein in inundated
Marshalls is taken, the first loss
to Japan of territory held prior
to this war. Attacks on Admir-
alties begin with landing on
Green Island.
June-Saipan in inundated
Marianas invaded.
July-Saipan falls; Guam,
only American island in Mari
anas, invaded: Tinian captured.
Superforts bomb home Jap is
land, Kyushu. first time.
Aug. Guam falls to u. 8. once
more.
Sept.-We invade Morotai In
HalmaheraS and Peleliu in Pa
laus Inundated western Caro-
J lines.)
Oct. Peleliu taken. our troops
land in Leyte to begin recon
quest Of Philippines.
Dec. Leyte recapture COM
pleted; landing on Mindoro Is
land in Philippines; British fleet
joins ours In Pacific.
1S45-The net begins to close
on Japan.
Jan. 10-Americans land on
Luzony main Philippine island.
Jan. 13-British land in Burma.
Jan. 14-Stillwell Lido road
completed, opened the 2lst by
capture of Wanting from Japs,
and first convoy TO China goes
through the 28th. Jan. "a -
Clark Field, outside Manila, re.
captured. Jan. al Superforts
bomb Tokyo.
Feb. l. Superforts bomb
Singapore.
Feb. 4-Americans enter Ma
Mia, free first Of Jap-held cap
tives from Santo Tomas. Feb. 5
- Liberation of Manila an
nounced, but some resistance re-
mains. Feb. 1o-Japs reshuffle
cabinet. Feb. 13-Cavite Naval
Base retaken. Feb. 15-Carrier
task force sends more than 1900
planes over Tokyo. Feb. Is
Bataan recaptured. Feb. II -
Americans land on Corregidor.
Feb. 1S-Jap home soil invaded
for first time by Marines land
ing on Two Jima. Feb. FL Jap
cabinet reshuffled second time
IN IL days. Feb. 24-Superforts
and carrier planes combine to
bomb Tokyo.
March 10-Whils 800 Super
forts devastats IS square miles
of Tokyo's heart, Americans
land on Mindanao, second larg-
est Philippine island. March l6
Organized resistance ends on
Two Jima.
April Another Jap home
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Light Splitting
Device Helps Us
Down jap filters

CAMDEN, N. ]. W.D - The
same principle that makes you
see bright spots of color In oil
floating on water spelled death
for Japanese pilots when our 40
nm. anti-aircraft gunners drew
a bead on them.
The process was applied to the
new u. s. Army MILO rams c
finder by the RCA Victor Divi-
sion of the Radio Corporation of
America. RCA developed 4 rec
tangular glass plate about two
ty four inches In size. which
Is nicknamed the light splitter"
When the element splits"
light striking It. transmitting
band with one color predominant
ing and reflecting q band with
the complementary olor pre-
dominating, the visibility Of the
target to the gunner 10 doubled.
The light splitter 10 known
technically as q color-selective
reflector. It Is one-ouarter Of IN
inch thick and has q microscopic
ally thin chemical coating.
Here Is the optical phenomen-
on that gives our gunners 4
deadly bead on enemy planes:
when viewed obliquely the re-
Hector appear to be one OF
color; when viewed by looking
through it, 1t appears to have .
completely different color. It's
the difference between light re-
Elected by 1t and light passing
through it.
The gunner manipulates con-
trolls on the finder to superim-
pose the two m ges until a
sharp natural-colored image ap-
pears.
The operation of the light
splitter, RCA explained, depends
on the change imposed in the
speed of q light ray when 1t en-
counters q different material.
When a ray of light encounters
a material through which 1t must
pass at 4 different speed, some
part is reflected at the interface
of the two media.
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In defeat he winston Church.
ilD remains, ~ he will always,
a great statesman and q valiant
leader Britain at war. - Ak.
ron, O., Beaeon-Journal.
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Stepup Seen
in Production
Of New Cars
BY DAVID ]. wILKIE

BY DAVID j. WILKIE
Associated Press AutOmotive
Editor
DETROIT, MICH.-tR-The
Nations Automobile Industry
with some weeks of approved
preparation behind it, will ee
able to step up sharply the pro-
duction Of new passenger cars
il 4 large volume of steel and
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Championships. Among the missing will be Billy Talbert of Wilmington, Del, who finished second best in national singles play this year, and Alejo Russell, Argen- tine swatter. <. Both arc on the sick list with leg injuries AL ready early-round play in the coast meet has started, and yesterday John Murio eliminated Ben Gnu, the Pacific Coast Chinese singles champion, 6-1, 6-3.
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B FLOWN SOUTH
 BY PAN AMERICAN

Pan American World Airways flew 35 to Seattle yesterday and an in- coming clipper brought the follow Ing seven to Juneau from Seattle :: Adele Easley, Alice Fast, Ralph Baker, John Sawyer, Chris Jacob sen, Loyder Jarman and Winifred Morehouse.
 These flying to Seattle were. Gertrude Naylor, Harry Boornazian, Malcolm Stockwell, George Williams, Toy Clifford, Ida Odom, David King.
 Major Louis Arbogast. Doris Det- tering, Arthur Kane, Elsie Kane, Ava Anderson, Marion Gardner. Freda Reid, Ed Green.
 Marion Herod, Pedro Taylor, Bill Gilbert, Norman Hostetler, Jean Gibson.
 Esther Harri, Ralph Bagg, Carl Esaakson. Ray Smith, Bob Holfton, Wilfred Rice.
 Opt. James Johnson, It. Raffaels Ascione, Tom Morgan, Sandro Albagini, Florence Primavera, Alice Oskolkoff, Blanche Montgomery August Palm and Warner Paulson.
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HOSPITAL NOTES

Sherwood Jones, who has been a medical patient at St. Ann's Hospital, has returned to his home.
 Mrs. M. D. Plum has been dis charged from St. Anns Hospital after receiving medical care.
 Master Gene A. Creager, R. C. Afford and Bron E. Graham have been admitted to St. Ann's Hos pital for medical attention.
 Miss Lee Ellenwood went home yesterday from St. Ann's Hospital where she had been medical pa- tient.
 Mrs. Pearl Slagle has entered St Anns Hospital for surgical care.
 James w. Cannon is a surgical patient at St. Ann's Hospital, en- tering yesterday.