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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-24
BUTTER FINGERS!

recent issue of the Congressional Record contains one little item that should have resulted in rather astounded gasps from any housewife readers of the Record within the Continental United States-where housewives have necessarily become well acquainted with the intricscies of wartime rationing
 Fortunately their colleagues in Alaska were not forced to deal with the blue and red tckettape of acquiring scarce articles, they would be less likely 10 grasp the irrational aspect of the item However it would be unfortunate the deeper significance of that little report were to escape recognition by any of the citizens of nation; Alaskans included.
 For the Senate of the United States on the day reported passed resolution, No 185, declaring that W is the sense of the Senate of the United States that the Department of Agriculture should order the Office of Price Administration to rationing of butter, oleomargarine fats and oils and meat prac- ticabe, but in case later than December l, 1945"
 How this resolution to be introduced and approved story shrouded in mystery If it were not for that December deadlne it might be legitimate 10 play with the idea that Senators having occasion 10 jcin the queques of weary shoppers in search of bitter and edible meat, simply did not know that
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rationng had ceased month before As it is, one is almost forced to conclude that the Senators who hap pened to the floor when the resolution up were th1nAng 1al more Of the holidays ahead than of the business in hand.
 No harm was done this time The incident merely provoked a few rueful laughs
 The mistake should, however. serve warning against the practice of hurrying through a mass of unfinished business toward the end of a legislative session Some other time little matter of busi- ness not at all mirth- provoking might be slipped through in similar by Senators who are not above taking advantage of their careless fellow law makers
 It is a lesson that should be taken to heart by our own Alaska lawmakers they approach the brief busness-crammed special session expected soon, as well as by those who sit in the halls of national assembly.
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Army vs. Navy
Washington post)

When the President disclamed any intention of "muzzling" the armed services the subject of his unification message to Congress he showed Christ mas charity but the fact remains that the unseemly battle between Army ana Navy the issue of his message has been conducted in violation of the law That battle has not been waged without funds Bro- chures have been printed speeches delivered through out the country, and other expenditures entaied The cost must have been pretty szable According to the criminal code this is misuse of public funds. Section POI says.
 No part of the money appropriated by any
 Act shall, in the absence of express authorza-
 ton by Congress be used directly or indirectly
 to pay for any personal service, advertisement,
 telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written
 matter or other device, intended or designed to
 influence in any manner Member of Congress,
 to favor or oppose, by vote otherwise, any
 legislation or appropriation by Congress,
 whether before or after the introduction of any
 bill or resolution proposing such legislation or
 appropriation.
 This section of our Criminal Code, which passed July II, 1919, appears to us to duplicate good many of the hgherups both military and civilian in the War and Navy Departments. single depart ment is the object of several bills before Congress Since their introduction both of the armed services have laid down barrage of propaganda for against, yet without the express authorization of Congress It has been a spectacle which should give the American people pause But for the immense powers vested in the military in wartime, it could not have been pos sble The fighting is over but the military appears not to realize that the civilian again is king What have witnessed of late undernes the grave reminder in the presidential message that civilian supremacy is next to equality before the law among the pillars of our American institutions The propagandizng with which the people have been assailed constitutes a mis- demeanor punishable by fine imprisonment and , removal from office.
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Navy, sometimes with the State Department.
 One man they never affected was Harold Ickes. As Secretary of the Interior he controls the export of helium gas, and at exactly the same month the above report was written, the Germans were trying to buy helium from the USA for their zeppelins.
 The Army, the Navy and Secre- tary of State Hull gave their okay. But Ickes said not-unless Ameri- can inspectors were stationed in Germany to see how the helium was used. Finally the question came up in Cabinet meeting. Secre- tary Hull gave a long speech tell ing why it was perfectly safe to sell helium to Germany without inspection. As the vote went round the table, every Cabinet member voted against Ickes.
 But Ickes still said no. Under the law, the Secretary of the Interior mas absolute control over the ex- port of helium No one can over rule him. So finally FDR turned to Ickes and said:
 Well, Harold, you're the boss. You win'
 (coPYRIGET, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. l946)
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20 YEARS AGO TIT fnr EMPIRE
JANUARY 24, 1926

24 1926
 Setting sngle-game R. VanderIees bowd 27e pins upsetng the record of 28 pins previously held by L. Schulman stood for three Conplmenng Helmi surprise party was of friends
 R C. representative Washington Mrs Wakelm the Admiral Watson the Admiral Watson after being n for time
 visitor from ska arriving the passenger Esebeth.
 passengers Admiral were Carl and Satire Hall L. M. Carrgan.
 T. E. Riggs Chichagof Althorp Highest 49 lowest, 3o; rain.
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TIDE TABLE
NOTICE
JANUARY 25

Tn the Commissioners Court for
 Juneau Precinct, First Division,
 Territory of Alaska. ill Probate. In the Matter of the Estate of
 HARRY J. YURMAN, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that Eva Ail has petitioned the court to be appointed executriX, or administrator of the estate of Harry J. Yurman, deceased; and the court has set Monday, the 4th day of Feb. 1946, at ten o'clock of the forenoon of said day as the date and time for hearing said petition. At which time any person interested may contest the petition on the ground of incompet- ency of the petitioner or assert his own right to the administration and pray that letters be issued to him.
 Dated this 21st day of Jan, 1946.
 (SEAL) FELIX CRAY,
 Commissioner for Juneau Precinct. First publication, Jan. 2l, 1946.
 Last publication, Jan. 3l, 1946.
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The W ashingto ion Merry to Round

fContinued from Page One) n Government files, seized from ll.e Japanese, and proves to be nc great mystery. The Japs bought the original Zero from an American company, Chance Vought, a divi- sion of United Aircraft. They modi- lied it a lot, and the Chance Fought people now piously claim it is not their plane; but aviation experts say that unquestionably is gave the Japs big lift toward de- veloping their Zero.
 At the date of purchase, there was no embargo. moral or other wise, against selling planes to Ja- pan, and Chance Vought violated no law, though Secretary Hull in- voked his moral embargo shortly thereafter. However, it is import ant to remember that Japan was then at war with China, that Bar on Tanaka and other Jap leaders were bragging about plans to con- quer all Asia, and that Henry L. Stimson, as early as 1881, had tried 10 rally the League of Nations to prevent Japan's conquest of Man churia.
 The official policy Of this Gov ernment was to refuse recognition of Japanese conquest in China. We had also signed the Kellogg Pact outlawing war. Finally, we had aigned the Nine-Power Pact guar anteeing China from outside inva- sion. Nevertheless, our munitions makers rot only sold important war goods to nation which vicla cd all of the above-but they did 50 with the okay Of cur Army and Navy
 Thus the '. s. Army and Navy not only pat themselves in opposi- ion 10 the foreign policy of the United States but they built up more death and destruction for themsa,ves-and the rest of the Natior-when the Japs finally struck Pearl Harbor.
 If the Pearl HaIbor Committee is sincere about getting tt those re- sponsible for this war. and pre- venting war in the future, this is something they might well investi- gate.
 All the Jap files. now seized
 now that the Japs were interested not in commercial. but military planes. The files also show that American munitions makers were oager 10 get this business, actually sent experts to help the Japs man utacture our planes, and curriec favor with the laps in every pos sible way. For instance. in the Jal report quoted below. the manager of United Aircraft talks about 8 price reduction to the Japs if the1 finally decided 10 buy what Iatei became the Zero.
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the European airplane is remark able but American make is best.
 "2. The main reason for the
 Japanese Navy spending from
 2 10 3 million dollars in Amer
 ica yearly is to promote the
 continuous technical coopera-
 ton between American manu-
 facturers and Japanese com
 panies.
 8. About Wright Aeronautical Corp. which has continually ex- tended good will toward Japan. He thinks Japan can make about 100 Cyclone engines yearly at least and she can pay it's royalty to the com pany.
 A. If epy American private com pany gets release for new ma chine, he wants us to recommend it to the Japanese Navy promptly"
 In the meantime, attracting Cap- tain Wata's interest is Chance Vought V-143 single seat fighter. The reasons are as follows:
 "A. When, in Europe, the Captain met the arms broker, Mir Gasda, who highly recommended this ma chine to him-it is the most su- perior single-seat fighter in the world especially if both wings are furnished with Aerlikan Wing can- ron. There is plenty of space for its equipment.
 "B. In his judgment, even this machine can't win in the Army's competition, but it is not inferior 10 the winner
 70. It is necessary for the Jap- anese) Navy to import fighter planes sooner or later despite the fact that we bought all kinds of big and small bombers and ainphi- bian flying boats for research from them, but the fighter was neglect cd"
 "5. Following up Captain Watss request, we asked Chance Vought Co. for a demonstration of V-143 machine when Captain Wata party came out to Hartford on April 26th. That Company had MT. Allen, a first-class American pilot, demonstrate the machine for us, and our party contacted the com pany's president, MT. Wilson fEu- gene E. Wilson, an Annapolis grad uate and ex-commander' U. S. Navy) and the engineering director, MT. McArthy. We heard their ex- pianation as follows:
 This plane should be furnished with Aerlikan wing cannon. It will be simple matter for Aerlikan Co. to mount the cannon because they ! are very skillful and the intensity If the wings will not change be- cause of this work. If Japan wants 10 import Aerlikan, Chance Vought %. will supply it..
 United Aircraft export manager, MT. Hamilton would like to ar range for us price reduction if Japan actually wants to buy the machine We told him that we will confer with Captain Wata for his suggestion"
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HOROSCOPE ''The st0rs incline
 but do not compel"
FRIDAY. JANUARY g
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 Benefic aspects are active in the morning of this lucky day but later adverse planetary influences are strong. This should be a lucky date for planning and making good con tracts.
 HEART AND HOME
 Science and system in the home will be fortunate for American fam flies this year when many women continue to work Many new de- vices will save time in the kitchen and cooking will be recognized as one of the home important arts.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS
 Agriculture has the forecast of profit this year when certain Gov ernment aids will be removed. Farm CTS will become technical experts who work together successfully through organization and political strength.
 NATIONAL ISSUES
 Reforms to safeguard children that extend to reading matter and motion pictures are forecast
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Cooperation of the United Nations must be complete, if future wars are to be prevented. There is a sign read as promising full partnership in secrets and new inventions of all sorts.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of hard work which should be profitable. Con- .centration is important.
 Children born on this day prob- ably will be extremely clever and in dividual. They may like ease too much and should be trained to be industrious.
 (coPYRIGHT, 1946)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-24

Setting snglegame score record H. R VanderLees 27e pins on alleys upsetng the record of 278 pins held by L. Schulman which stood for three years.
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Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MSUSED say We then drove the Say we then drove ACROSS the bridge" OFTEN N1IsPRoNoUNCED: in
 
 though pronounced MAYLAY. SYNONYdS tint, tnge, shade color STUDY: use times and Let us vocabulary PANEGYRIST; euogzer Pronounce paner-ist in PAN mstressed, third sylable)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-24

Complmenting Bach Miss TIelmi Aato party last night in the Odd Fellows Hall Douglas by
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MODERN ETIQUETTE 'g RoRrprA rrr

a visiting should host
  being entertained? hostess proper had awfully good time Marys party? No Awful inspire with fear Say We had exceptionally good time Marys a prefix visiting cards? A
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MENTIONS LoBpIES

One thing the Pearl Harbor Committee might well investigate $ the way Hobbies developed in Washington to put ppressure on the Government to sell war goods 10 Japan. These lobbies, represent Ing oil, gasoline. scrap iron, air planes. machine tools, made a lot of headway with the. Army and
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JArs SECRET REPORT

The report, translated from the Japanese text, was written by Jap agents in New York to Tokyo and IS captioned: Re Negotiations Chance vought v-l43 Pursuit Air craft by Navy Captain Wata. Dat ed May i, '3S. the report says
 "l. The recent development Of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-24

Now a decentralized traffic control system extending across the lake has put Midlake in the same outdated category as link -and-pin couplings and wood-burning locomotives.
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LOOK and LEARN z GORDON

Il. l. On how islands is New York City situated? matches there a standard of matches? a1E What kind of acid found vinegar? 4. What t Mexicos principal industry? the elected State Mississippi ANSWERS: l. Three; Manhattan, Staten Long 2. Twenty 3.
 4. Mining
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-20

Francois Finlay is credited with
the first discovery Of gold in Mon
tana.
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PURPOSE EXPLAINED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. - R -
A war department spokesman said
today that the Allied soldiers who
fell in the battle of the Rapido riv-
er helped make successful landing
on Italy's Anzio beachhead in jan
uary, 1914.
The spokesman, designated to an
swer reporters questions about a
demand for a congressional investl-
cation of the engagement, said one
of the purposes of the Rapido as
sault was to keep German pressure
off the initial beach operations al
Anzio.
This diversionary result was oo-
tanned, the spokesman said, adding
that the men who fell in the three
day battle Ibid not die in vain"
About 1000 casualties occurred If
the operations, he said, with ap
proximately half of these killed OF
wounded and half taken prisoners.
If the German command had not
been forced to deal with the Ra-
pido operation, the spokesman SAID
it would have stripped its Rapido
line to skeleton personnel and d.
verified major strength to cope with
the Anzio attack.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-20

DR.. Franklin H. McNutt, head OF
the Department of Education, Wo-
mems College, Greensboro, who
will be the principal speaker in a
Family Life Institute scheduled
to be held in Wilmington Jan. q
to 30. He will open the institute with
an address in New Hanover high
school auditorium the afternoon oil
the 9th at three o'clock.
emphasizes that every person, at
all times, requires:
The feeling that they are loved,
wanted and valued even without
regard for worth.
Materials and conditions neces-
sary for physical growth.
.periences which, after reflect
ing upon them, promote growing
understanding and the develop
ment of the individual as a per-
sonality.
Family life education, Miss
Ward explained, to be fruitful
must:
Continuously affirm the spdri-
ual importance that quite natur-
a. attaches to each Individual S
place in the group.
Reveal to family members ways
to appraise relative values which
effect well-being.
Teach the art of living together.
Cooperative community effort is
necessary to family life education,
the Wilmington coordinator ex-
planned, because:
Many of the satisfa ctions of
home life depend upon organized
community services, and, certain
family difficulties arise out of
community malajustment which
must be cured.
! Miss Ward, in summing the work
Of the program. stressed the in
dividual must not lose his in
dividualism but, as person,
a larger group.
| Working with their combined
resources towards the develop
ment of family life in the COM
munity are members of the Par
ent-Teachers' ASSOCIATE ton, North
Carolina Sorosis, Young Women's
Christian association, Girl Scouts
Of America, American Legion
auxiliary, Boy Scouts of Americas
Young Mems Christian associa-
ton, Ministerial association,
churches, City Recreation depart
ment, Consolidated Board of
Health, Council of Social Agen-
cies, American Red Cross. Asso-
ciated Charities, Community Chest,
Department of Public Welfare.
Brigade Boys club, Home De-
monstration clubs, the American
Legion; Business and Professional
Women's club, North Carolina
Education association, Board of
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-20

Helium is the hardest gss
1t can be seen, tasted
Snelled.
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Wilmington Pastors Assistant
Hailed For BTU Work Ouerseas
36th Diuisi0n Veterans
Demand Probe OfBattle

cal destruction of our troops. The
division suffered heavy casualties,
amounting to approximately 1900
men. Isl.
sit was such a colossal failure
that one of the regimental COM
manders commented as follows:
The river, was strongly defended
by German force superior in
numbers to our attacking force.
The first attack was made at night
and was not successful. On the
night before, the British attack Of
the south had failed. The last at
tack by my regiment was made in
daylight and was more decisively
unsuccessful than. the first.
Losses from attacks of this sort
are tremendous in manpower and
material and have a devastating
effect upon those few troops who
survive them. Officers and men lost
in the Rapido river crossing ca
not be replaced and the combat
efficiency of regiment is destroy
ed"
Captain Fisher, arguing against
the resolution, said: 1.-THE seth was
outnumbered from Salerno through
Rome"
Maj. Gen. Fred L. Walker, divi-
sion commander at the time OF the
Rapido engagement, was in s'ten-
dance at the reunion. He refused
comment on the resolution itself,
but defended the light of the men
to ask the congressional inquiry.
He said he had not taken part, in
preparing the resolution.
Hundreds of 36th members, vet
Grams of both world wars, attended
the reunion.
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CAMERA And Clg1
STORE ANN0UNClD

Announcement was mad. .
day OF the opening of 10y eses
Camera III Market street. tta'o.a,
featuring camera supplies a. a shy
items, by William H. EsnaAd Ii
and ]. W. LoughIin, two 1WSa wan.
ton T1 veterans of World War " II i
Hancammon, secretarv H.
Mayor of Wilmington befor. . y
cred the Army in Sept. IA lald 1' q
placed on inactive dutv Nv ~. Va
,9A5, with the rank of nSa;as ,
80 months he served wiz; aiVF y, Ep
Artillery in the British Vice. :, eo''
Loughlin entered the Serving ,a-''
April, 1912, as an aviation VIZ, 1T,
After he earned his wings .. ' . I
field, Texas, he went to Ind; a. L., AsI
he flew the hump" He cornr Sas'
81 missions and was awarda pF !,
Distinguished Flying Cross NV! !, !,
Medal with oak leaf cluster D., a
he entered the service. ToD.s oi
was employed by local Armo,,.s 81, "
company offices. d.
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Want Congress To Investi.
gate lll-Fated Rapido
: River Engagement

BRENTWOOD, Tex, Jan. 10
(P-Members of the 36th Division
in reunion here toda. adopted al
most unanimously a resolution call.
ing for a congressional investiga-
ton of the divisions Inflated Rapido
river engagement Jan. 20 and 81,
1914.
The resolution was read by Car
Phinney, Dallas attorney and for
mer transportation officer of the
division, and seconded by Claude
C. Birkhead of San Antonio, a for
nner division commander.
Capt. A. F. Fisher of Wichita
Falls, who was with the 142nd In
fantry Regiment, was the only man
to speak against adoption of the
resolution, calling it wrong"
BE it resolved" the resolution
concluded, that the men of the
Seth Division association Xxx petit
ton the congress of the United
States to investigate the Rapido
ricer fiasco and take the necessary
steps to correct a military system
that will permit an inefficient and
inexperienced officer, such as Gen
eral Mark W. Clark, in high COM
mand to destroy the young man.
hood of this country and to prevent
future soldiers being sacrificed
wastefully and uselessly."
The resolution further claimed
the division lost approximately o.
900 men in the engagement.
Thirtysixth members jumped to
their feet and passed the resolution
with rebel yell. The Brownwood
bulletin said it counted only one
dissenting voice when a mo" vote
was called for.
This is the eve," the resolution
began, "of the second anniversary
of the crossing of the Rapido river,
military undertaking that will go
down in history as one of the colos-
sal blunders of the second world
war.
The 141st and 143rd Infantry
Regimental combat teams caught
the brunt of this holocaust. Every
man connected with this under
taking knew it was doomed to fail
ure because it was an impossible
situation.
I "This Rapido river was the main
line of resistance. The German ell
ements opposing the division had
every foot of ground covered with
fire. The high ground was all held
by Germans, and observation was
perfect for them in directing the ar
tillery fire.
Patrols had reported that these
enemy positions were strongly held,
that the area was heavily mined on
both sides of the river, and the
German positions were wired and
strongly fortified, and that the
crossing was not tenable.
Notwithstanding this informa.
ton (Which was in the possession
of the Fifth army commander)
contrary to the repeated recommen
dations of the subordinate com.
manders, General Mark w. CLARK
ordered the crossing of the Rapide
at several points.
'The results of this blunder are
well known. The crossings were
made under the most adverse con
ditions and required two nights to
get elements of the two combat
teams across.
cat daylight, the Germans shot
the bridges out behind the 36th Di
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Army And Navy Airmen
Stage Race With Death

HONOLULU, Jan. 19.@R-Army
and Navv airmen raced with death
today in an effort to save the
Australian-born infant daughter OF
an American sailor.
Officers at Hickam Field said
that Mrs. Robert J. Robson and
eipht-weeks-old Cherylene were
due here by plane this afternoon
en- route to San Francisco. They
left Brisbane yesterday.
Doctors say that the infant,
daughter of Robert J. Robson,
motor machinist's mate first class,
of Virgil, Kans., could not live
without a delicate brain operation.