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Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15

How can you expect to win war when
you have no gasoline and no horses? 1t
will all be over within four months-five
months at the latest-German Lt.-Gen.
Graf Won Rothkirk, captured near Cob
lenz.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15

To be remote was once to be lnVulner-
able. But no country can be confident
of standing aloof from war today because
no country is now remote-British Am
bassador Lord Halifax.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15

We have done you no harm-do not
harm our little home-Sign in vacated
German home on Western Front.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-15
WHEN WORDS FAIL
Riverside Daily PreSS)

IkINtTSIUt Dd!Iy ItooT
The attempt to describe adequately
Nazi and japanese atrocities has made
many writer's despair They might do
worse than to borrow the words of the
thirteenth century Arab historian, des-
scribing the sack of Bagdad by the Mon
gols. who were Nazis of the time: Then
happened what happened of things | like
not to mention; therefore ask me not OF
them. but imagine what you will.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-31
WELFARE CASES
UP DURING YEAR
BY MABEL ROGERS
Star Staff Writer

'"There are two reasons why we
have more welfare cases now thar
we had last year" j. Robert Hol
lis, superintendent, County Public
Welfare department, said after
checking the highlights of his de
partment's work for 1945.
Hollis stressed the reasons fol
the new cases as follows: first
allotments have been stopped be
cause a supportina relative in the
armed forces had left the service;
and second, men passed IS years
Of age have been relieved of their
work because of returning veter.
ans taking over their JOBS.
During the year 1915 the depart.
ment added 100 cases to be helped
and the amount of money given to
each case was increased because
OF higher living cost, especially the
food quota, explained Hollis.
A tabulation Of the department S
1945 expenditures include the fol.
lowing figures:
The number of old age cases
given aid was 6,098 with a total
amount of $107, ,230.5O given; aid
given to 3,079 dependent children
which included 1,130 families
amounted to $4O,32C; and 800 cases
aiding the blind amounted to $8,.
473.84.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-31

controls abolished. Navy cancels
S6 billion prime contracts.
Is. Rationing ends on gasoline
and fuel oil. All war shipments
except food stopped.
16. Army service forces cancel
$4,000 contracts. President an.
nounces relaxation of wage con.
trolls on voluntary increases which
do not affect prices, and asks re.
neWal of no-strike pledge. Bans
on conventions lifted.
18. President orders current cost
of living level to be held with price
increases at certain output levels
to be absorbed to prevent rises al
consumer level. WLR to allow in.
creaSeS but not as basis for price
rise.
10. President orders most war
agencies iquidated as fast as pos
sible; WPB and OPA to remain
for reconversion.
20. WPB revokes 210 controls,
including radios, refrigerators, do
mestic stoves and trucks. Cutbacks
in construction of 1876 ships an
nounced.
Il. President orders end of lend
lease. Industrial construction curbs
eased.
"a. Curbs lifted from passenger
automobile output and use of paper
in printing and publishing, except
newspapers.
%. OPA allows profits on new
automobiles to be figured on unit
basis.
80. OPA suspends price controls
on mercury, primary aluminium
and magnesium. Revised govern
ment budget for fisc:-l year 1916
nearly "a billion below 1915.
81. Owl is abolished.
SEPTEMBER
l. World coal deficit estimated
at SO million tons this year. Curbs
revoked on heavy creams and on
butter fat ice cream.
.. Import controls removed from
~ raw materials. Restrictions re.
moved from output of passenger
automobile, small truck, motor.
cycle and bicycle tires.
3. President in message to Con.
gress asks limited tax reduction in
1876, higher minimum wage. in.
creased unemployment benefits
passage of full employment bill
stock plling of strategic materials
renewa! OF government war pow
ers legislation, continued controls
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-31

basic wage rates.
%. OPA raises prices on IA basic
steel mill products 81 to 81 ton.
26. Army announces 1900
plane cutback.
81. Farm machinery controls
eased.
l. Government war contracts to
be Cancelled at monthly rate of 81
billion for next six months.
2. First 1916 automobile ex-
hibited.
6. WLB approves $1.375 a day
wage rise for anthracite miners.
8. ODT asks 1900 Pullman cars
and unrevealed number of coaches
to move troops.
IA. Military cutbacks since May
l total $8.5 billion. Government
returns 200 soft coal mines to pri-
vate ownership. Restrictions on
zinc lifted.
Is. Copper controls relaxed.
q. Worst lumber shortage since
1941 threatens to delay contruc-
ton reconversion.
26. World security charter signed
by United Nations. President signs
bill extending RFC subsidies on
food products and strategic ma
terials for one year.
20. ODT cuts train reservation
limit to five days.
July
I. President signs bill extending
OPA until June 30, 1916.
3. Federal Reserve raises mar
gins on securities from so per cent
to IS per cent, effective July s..
6. ODT bans civilian sleeping
car service on trips o. $50 miles
or less.
II. All railroad passenger coach.
es placed at army's disposal.
81. WPB predicts 1000, 900 unem'
ployed by Aug. l.
81. Army to release some rail
road workers and allot planes anc
pilots to fly $4,000 troops monthly
across country.
AUGUST
1. Federal expenditures for fisca
year ending next June 80 esti
mated at 85.3 billion with $40 bill
lion for war.
6. First atomic bomb dropped OF
Japan.
i 13. Navy stops work on 95 ship
and cancels many contracts no
yet started.
IA. Japan surrenders. Manpowe
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-31
Stock Market Advances
Dispite Margin Raises

along by reports from high sources
that the reconversion program wa:
doing much better than had beer
anticipated.
Best prices for the year were
attained in December. These rep
resented wide gains for the veal
and almost sensational gains ir
some instances from April %, 1912
the end of the latest bear market
and the beginning of the current
bull phase.
Values Up $40 Billions
It was estimated that the mar
ket rose $40, 900, 900, 900 in valuation
of all listed issues. Bonds had
rise almost as great, but that came
only because of addition to the
list of many new government is
sues which increased the tota.
value without necessarily raising
the price of the markets rea.
value.
Stocks transactions were around
the 400, 900, 900, 900 share mark, the
best since the 400, 464, ,57O-share
turnover of 1897 Bond valuation o1
less than $4,000, 100000 was some
what above 1914 but under 1943
Curb volume rose sharply late ir
the year, and for a few sessions
the Curb Exchange turnover ex
ceeded that for stocks on the Big
Board.
Market leadership lacked the cal
iber of former bull markets. Low
priced stocks topped the list. Some
of the group graduated from the
penny class to the dollar class ano
some of these low-priced issue:
registered gains of several thou
sand per cent. Much Of the deal
ings in these low-priced shares
was for cash early in the year;
all of it later because of margin
requirements.
January Dip Forecast
Top issues in volume included
several in the cheap utility and au'
tomobile groups, with a few air.
crafts tossed in for good measure.
Traders rotated groups, however,
and kept buying the issues believed
behind the market so that the
whole list profited by the demand
for popular stocks. For a time
stocks of companies with relatively
easy reconversion prospects were
in demand. Then came a drive tc
buy commodity stocks, then store
stocks, and from time to time the
rails were given boost.
Experts late in the year were
trying to measure the markets fu
ture. Many felt there would be q
substantial decline in January, but
a majority felt this only would be
temporary, followed by new rise
for year, perhaps two years. Il
was pointed out that the market
initiation might follow the course
of World War I days when the
list outstripped real estate anc
commodities.
With the small traders on the
buying side, the market analysts
admitted that predictions were diff
ficult to make since the little fel
lows did not follow sound market
practice but bought on emotional
urge and sold just as rapidly il
they became badly frightened. A
genuine fright might well stampede
the traders into dumping tneir
holdings, with a resultant break
from which the market might not
recover for years. AS the year
ended, however, the experts did
not visualize any outstanding event
that would cal1se S,1ch q Staronede
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-31
By ELMER C. WALLER
United Press Financial Editor

United Press Financial Editor
NEW YORK, Des. 30.-W.H-In'
flation psychology bred of Fed
eral debt approaching $500 billions
and no balanced budget in sight
plus vast amounts of investable
capital sent the stock market to
new highs since 1880 during the
past year on the heaviest volume
since 1887.
Rising tendencies were almost
continuous through the year and
they accelerated as time passed
and more of the small traders who
made the giant markets of the
nineteen-twenties got into action.
A small technical reaction came
late in January. A peace scare
brought a decline in March and
another one sent prices down in
July. Late in the year traders
took profits on such excuses as
strike news and fear of govern
ment action to stem the market S
swift advance.
Margins Raised Twice
As Washington viewed the mar
ket, it was an inflationary device
instead of result of imitation al
ready here or to come. Several
efforts to check the rise failed ut
terly. Two of them involved in
creased margins-the first to SO
per cent on February 5, and the
second to IS per cent on July 3.
Neither was effective to check the
rise, although some believed vol
ume might have been greater If the
margins had not been tampered
with.
While initiation was regarded as
the top reason for the advance,
there were several others. 1t was
pointed out that traders were at
tracted to stocks because they
gave a higher return than most
other investments. Then, too,
many persons looked ahead to
bright days for industry with taxes
down, labor troubles 'over, and
profits high, factors which would
enhance market values.
Taxes already have been cut for
1916, especially the excess profits
tax, which had rates ranging to 95
per cent. Next tax cuts are due
next year for 1947, according to
Washington tax lawmakers.
Individuals also will receive tax
cuts through broadening of exemp-
tions for the normal tax levy. This
factor kept many from realizing
profits in late 1915, and led to pre-
dictions that considerable selling
to establish tax profits would come
in January.
Taxes Aid Utilities
Many stocks were bid up be-
cause of news affecting them only,
such as higher earnings, better
dividends, splitups and the like.
Groups profited by some news. For
example, the utility SnareS were
carried higher on prospects of more
profits through lower taxes. And
their very rise in turn brought
new gains because it was reasoned
that new plans for breakup of hold
ing companies would have to be re-
vised to grant more equity for
holders of common and preferred
stocks than originally calculated.
Action of the market confounded
the experts many times during the
year. They, in many instances,
had anticipated considerable sell
ing after We day. 1t failed to ma
terialize. Instead the rise gained
momentum. 1t picked up still more
after VI day. And it was helped
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-31

sHelium was discovered on the
sun many years before it was
found on earth.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-19
WE ARE CRITICIZED

We understand that among other things several members of the House of Representatives Saturday afternoon took time off to take few whacks at The Empire
 Following up an attack by Rep. Warren Taylor against the remarks made the other day by President Ed Coffey of the Senate, Rep. Joe Krause took the opportunity to accuse The Empire of practcing low type of journalism Krause, of course probably is pretty much disgusted with newspapers generally after the shellackng he has taken at the hands of Editor Sid Charles in the Alaska Fishing News in Krause's own stamping grounds. Charles seems to think that Krause double his Kechikan mates by his actions on the blanket primary bill.
 Rep. Taylor was probably more concerned with what Senator Coffey said than with The Empire. Taylor accused Coffey of introducing memorial for building road which would enable the canned salmon industry to get out of some taxes Coffeys memorial would provide for road from the Hot Creek arfield to Naknek and asking that the Tertiary put up S1OO 900 for the road providing the people residing in the area put up $25OO0 Taylor said deal had been made whereby the canned salmon industry would put up the s25 OOO in order to reduce taxes.
 Coffey had aroused Taylor's ire by accusing Taylor and Rep. Stanley McCutcheon of attempting to butcher his memorial because he had voted against one of the proposed fish trap bills.
 Taylor mentioned that he hoped The Empire would give his remarks as much publicity as we had Coffeys.
 Meanwhile, Rep Krause seemed to think that here was good place to take crack at The Empire and proceeded to fire away
 Altogether, it seems to us, the afternoon was pretty we'll wasted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-19
THREE-H0UR SERVICE
 AT EPISCOPAL CHURCH
 DURING GOOD FRIDAY

To give the church people of Ju- neau and Douglas an opportunity of commemorating the three hours that Christ hung on the cross, on Good Friday, the Episcopal Church. of the Holy Trinity will hold three hour service of prayer and meditation.
 The Rev. w. Robert Webb will give a series of seven meditations during the three hours based upon the seven last words of Christ from the cross. .
 The service will be held from twelve noon on Good Friday until 3 o'clock in the afternoon. How ever, the meditations are arranged to that it will be impossible fol those persons who cannot stay the entire three hours to attend fol shorter periods of time. A con- plete schedule of addresses and the time of presentation will appear al later date.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-19
it is loaded on Argentine ships.

it is loaded on Argentine ships.
 The State Departments explana- ton is that this is cheap grade of coal not needed in the imme- diate vicinity of either Illinois or Alabama, and that in return the United States gets important ma- terials from Argentina, among them flaxseed, necessary to the manufac- ture of paint. Argentina, it is ex- plained, is absolutely without coal, and if we did not ship these amounts, the Argentine Govern ment would cut off shipments of flaxseed and other strategic ma terials from us.
 With a coal strike in the offing, however, this explanation may not go down too well with some people Already folks in Pensacola say they would like to be shipping some thing to friendly nations instead of coal to Fascist Argentina. Note-Betore the war, Minnesota and Dakota farmers were waging a campaign to keep Argentine flax seed out of the United States be- cause it competed with their pro- duct.
 l (Copyright 1945, Bels Syndicate Inc J
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-19
BOTH POLITICAL HORSES

One of the first jobs of new Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace will be either to pick a new Undersecretary of Commerce or let old sUndersecretary, William A. M Burden remain on.
 When Wallace digs into the matter he will find an interesting situation. Burden, a member of a Democratic Administration in a hot Presidential race, contributed sl ,00C to the Dewey campaign fund. Tn fact, to make things absolutely equal he contributed s1,000 to both the Republicans and the Democrats
 Burden wanted to show himself absolutely neutral However. wher you are in the middle of one of the hottest Presidential campaigns il history, and you are member O. the Administration in power, i isn't smart politics to remain ab solutely neutral-unless you do si as Secretary of War Stimson did by contributing no money to eithe
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-19
EAGLE BOUNTY

Former Representative Eagle Bounty Bill Egan
 now in the U S. Army probably will be grinding his teeth when reads about the Territorial Legislature passing bill repeating the bounty on eagles Egan put up quite battle the last two sessions attempting to get some money appropriated to pay off the bounties. Until the action taken this year. Alaska has had eagle bounty law on the books but the appropriation pay the bounty has never been forth coming Last session Egan introduced letters showing evidence of the eagles destroying bearing animals
 and in the Senate last session. the late Senator A.
 "Cohoe' Walker joined him in an attempt to get some bounty money, claiming the birds destroyed the fish
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-19

party.
 However, there is another unique angle to the Burden contribution He explains that before he made the COP gift he consulted his boss Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones and that Jesse advised him to make the contribution.
 To White House insiders this con- firms what the President suspected all during the last campaign, that Jones was riding both political horses. Jesse's cousin, George Butler, was Chairman of the Demo- cratic Convention in Texas which put an anti-Roosevelt slate of electors on the Texas ticket. Mean- while, Jesse was telling the White House that he couldn't control his nephew.
 F.D.R. never believed Jones pro- testations about his nephew, and today Jesse's advice to Burden now makes it look as if the President was right.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-19
SWEDISH MUNITIONS KING

Apropos of Swedish Industrial ist Axel Werner Grens attempts to get off the black list, report by U. s. Ambassador George s. Messersmith is significant. Messer- smith, when U. s. Consul to Berlin, later Minister to Austria, was the first U s. diplomat to warn the State Department of what the Nazis were up to-though for a long time they wouldn't believe him.
 Regarding Axel Werner Gren, Ambassador Messersmith later re- ported from Mexico City in 1943:
 T had known MT Werner Gren's close connection with the Nazi Government in Germany as early as 1883.
 Undoubtedly he had this close connection with several of the highest officials of the Nazi Gov ernment. including Air Marshal Goering. It was notorious at that time that Werner Gren was play ing with these people His associa- tion with high officials of the Nazi Government was well known and there was no endeavor to make any concealment.
 There is no doubt whatever that WpDOer Cren UaS convinced that the Nazi Government would be able to carry through the domination of at least eastern and southeastern Europe"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-19

elected by the people and responsible to the people Here, in Alaska, the Governor need not answer to the people of Alaska--he is appointed from Wash ington and responsible to Washington. There is a difference.
 For many years the Democratic Party in Alaska has developed the idea of home rule for Alaska, yet it seems to that the trend has been backward for several years.
 This years House of Representatives seems more representative of the office than anything else credit to the machine that in action during the last election.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-19
POOR EXHIBITION

The supposedly liberal House of Representatives put on a poor exhibition of representation Saturday when its members killed by reconsideration vote a measure which would have replaced appointive member of the Territory's Board of Administration with an elective member and also given the labor element voice the Board
 The bill would have taken the Commissioner of Education from the Board and placed the Comms- sioner of Labor in his place.
 The bill was endorsed by the Board of Education, and Commissioner of Education Ryan has felt for some time that for the best interests of the Depart ment of Education and the schools he should not be member of the Board of Administration.
 The House had passed the bill with only one dissenting vote on Friday, but Rep. Stanley Mo Cutcheon had asked for reconsideration of his vote on Saturday. Overnight Il votes changed.
 The truth of the matter was, of course, that personalities taken into consideration by those who changed their votes something which should not enter any legislative session. The votes against the measure rather votes against the present in cumbent Commissioner of Labor than against the bill
 In the discussion in the House Saturday, good for the defeat of the bill given. A few very weak statements were made
 One representative seemed to think that it would be good idea to have all members of the Board of Administration (which he compared with the Presi- dents Cabinet apparently named by the Governor and not the people. The President of course, il
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-19
20 YEARS AGO FIT ffME EMPIRE
MARCH 19, 1925


 of Pioneers onened in the Rohenburg President presiding Grand Treasurer H. H. Ross also at their posts There were32 delegate attending
 succeeding Gov Scott C. June Washington after absence Of two months Keeper at the National Alaska would be allowed until after July Mendenha Glacier the present loop road repaired from hull to top Of masts steamer the South the first trip of the year Mrs Ray G. Day the Princess Mary Mir and left Ketchikan the Alameda They've to residence in the First City
 Mrs Agnes Ads staff of the House the Legislature.
 An invitation extended to President Charles appear the needs of the Alaska Agr College and School of Mines
 High school announced March Douglas Naatorum
 Weather report: High, low 34 cloudy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-19
HOROSCOPE "The stdrs incline
 but do not compel"
TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1945

TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1945
 Adverse planetary aspects slightly overbalance today's benefic influ- ences. There is a sign of great promise for merchants; spring trade should be extraordinarily good.
 HEART AND HOME
 The spring birthdate is to be unusually high, it is forecast. Ac- cording to old time superstitition this would mean that nature is preparing for another war. The seers, however, declare that peace when achieved should extend over several decades and may be pro- longed by wise international agree ments, political and economic.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS Preparation for the greatest era in business yet recorded is en- joined by astrologers who forecast the quick rebuilding of European cities and industries with the aid of American brains and capital This is year for planning on gigantic scale.
 NATIONAL ISSUES
 Proper management of the thous- ands of prisoners of war will be growing problem for the United Nations. Surrenders of Nazis will increase overwhelmingly within a month, the seers predict.
 Persons whose birthdate 1t is will benefit through changes in the next half year. New opportunities are foretold.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be thoughtful and serious. Many Pisces folk have great love for the arts and are aided through psychic gifts.
 Copyright, 1945)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-19
CLUSTERS CARRY ON

One of the great jobs of this war, though little appreciated by the public, has been that of older men on the home front. Some of them, even though over 60, have jumped in to take any jobs that could help keep the country going from telegraph messengers to war plant workers.
 The coal mines, for instance, could hardly have continued top output were it not for older men. Before the war, the average age of coal miners was around 30. Now it is much higher.
 John Pillsbury of the famous flour mills by that name, is among those who pays tribute to what older men are doing on the home front. Some of his mills, Pillsbury says, are being run entirely by older men. And despite seven-day week, which wears them out, they are doing fine, patriotic job. Inside the Army and Navy also, the job being done by men over 3s is probably not appreciated. Now too old for commissions as lieu tenants, many of them have been detailed to menial work despite college educations and skilled pre- war training.
 After the war with Germany first thought should be given tc the demobilization of older men who, when they do get back to civilian life, will buck the handicap of age in getting peacetime jobs.