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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-12
BUD FOSTER IGNORED,
 APPRECIATION NIGHT

Bud Foster, announcer for the Oakland Oaks, was guest of honor at Radio Appreciation Night over the Oakland station recent ly. By way of saying thank you for Buds announcing for the Oaks this season, he was presented with many gifts, which included a golf bag, radio, wristwatch, an over coat, a check, as well as many small gifts.
 Following the broadcast, party was given in Fosters honor. Eos ter is now on temporary as- signment as sports announcer for a Chicago station. He is the son-in-law ol MT. and Mrs. Gud- mund Jensen of Juneau and was 8 sports announcer on KINY soon after the station was opened here
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GIVEAWAY POLICY

We have had our fingers crossed on the outcome of the effort of the radio networks to free themselves from the clutches of the "giyeaway show" However the National Broadcastng Co.-which, incidentally has shown much greater of public responsibility than any of the others-has announced a new code which should handle giveaways in very effective tand very reasonable, manner. NEG will go step beyond the code agreed upon by the National Association of Broadcasters and will impose form of economic sanc- tions upon giveaways
 This will be done in simple form Each men ton of giveaway products will be regarded as part of the sponsors commercial time allowance In other words if the whooss doodad company sponsors give away show in which the announcer spends 10 minutes mentioning all of the brands of goods to be given the listener who answers question identifies tune, there will be no commercial time left for the mention of whoosis doodads
 This strikes to the very heart of the problem The giveaways have ourshed the sponsors of the shows have gotten great volume of products free or rather free provided they advertised by name which in some instances represented very cheap form of adversing Networks with very low listener rat ing at given periods found that by indulging the giveaway show they could buy an audience. seemed in some respects to be good as perfected perpetual motion machine.
 The inevitable result sooner or later, of course, to conglomerate radio programs with direct and n-
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kicked around until the two na- tions are near the brink of war
 Behind the idea for such an ap- peal is the belief that our Rus sian problems must be lifted above the heads of the diplomats if they are to get anywhere.
 The diplomats can keep on. ar guing about Russian currency, zones of Germany, and bizonal problems for weeks and months. And. with each passing week, the worlds hope for peace sinks deep CT into the slough of world de- spond.
 The minuary may be able to keep up their miraculous job of flying food into Berlin all winter and yet when the winter is over we still won't he anywhere near CT an understanding with Russia
 We can also keep on pouring money into Western Europe un- der the Marshall Plan. Yet at the end of five years we will stil be in a dangerous stalemate witt the Kremlin if there continues tt be an alright, ironclad curtain preventing all friendship betWeei the American and Russian people
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-12
U. s. ARMY'S OWN PRISONERS

Unfortunately, several thousand U. s. prisoners still remain in U. s. prisons for desertion, crime, or violation of discipline during the recent war. Even more tragic, some prisoners have suffered per manent physical impairment" in solitary confinement. This was confessed in a recent circular issu- ed by the Air Force Inspector General.
 Meant only for the eyes of the top brass, the circular warned grimly that regulations governing the treatment of these prisoners were mot being complied with"
 Tt is essential" the Air Inspect or General stressed, that prison CTS in solitary confinement on bread and water be given one full meal every three days and that medical authorities examine them daily.
 Failure of medical authorities to perform the prescribed exam ination has, in the past. led to permanent physical impairment
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-12
GOA SEWING CIRCLE
 SET FOR WEDNESDAY

All the women in the parish of the Catholic Church of the Na- tivity are urged to attend the sewing meetings each Wednesday afternoon between 1:30 and 4:30 o'clock in the Parish Hall.
 These sewing meetings are to make articles for the fancy work booth which will be part of the day of entertainment to be held November 3.
 It is suggested that women un- able to attend the sewing meetings ask for something to work on at home. All are welcome to bring their children to the meetings.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-12
WHAT HAPPENED re MINIMUM WAGES

Buried deep in a recent Con- gressional report is a neglected item affecting the wages of about 3o,OO0 OO0 Americans. It is a sentence brush-off which the Republican Congress gives to its l946 campaign promise to raise minimum wages to above 40 cents an hour.
 The story is buried deep in the inner pages of Senate Labor Committee report, just off the press.
 In 1946, both parties made the same pledge to labor to boost min- imum wages. Carrying out this pledge for the Democrats, Utah's Senator Ebert Thomas, introduced a bill in the 80th Congress, lift ing the minimum hourly wage to 75 cents Several Republicans complained that 60 cents was enough, but they did nothing even to raise the minimum that much The bill was stymied in Senator i Taft'S Labor Committee.
 Even when Pennsylvania Demo- cratic Senator Francis Myers tried 1 to put through compromise amendment using the 60-cent fig ure, the Republicans voted it down Taft explained that they needed more time for consideration, but added:
 T can only say that the Com mittee will take the matter up al the earliest possible moment anc give full consideration to tho amendment"
 That was more than year ago
 Last week the Senate Labol Committee explained what hap. pened to the minimum wage legis lation: Due to the far-reachini and complex problems involved il the pending legislation" it said the Subcommittee was not able t. complete a final draft of the pro posed bill before Congress ad journed."
 Meanwhile the minimum wag
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-12
20 YEARS AGO TIT fHr EMPIRE s.,,
OCTOBER 12, 1928

12 1928
 Sally Indian given benefit dance the commmoration of her who killed in the mine years previous.
 The first of the the Garden Club held F. Anderson to a talk fall planting bulbs
 Sigd Wasted of the Loyal Order of Ndoose left for Wrangel on official Moose business
 voge Haines canneryman was in Juneau Tor short time while the Admiral Rogers was in port John Price Harry Clnky and Fred Jones returned from successful hunting Sitkoh They reported the number Of deer were seen on the beach The party with two bucks each Naylor who had been Mrs R. P Nelson left on the Nelsons absence the managed by James Morrison weknown local
 
 Weather: High, low, AT; rain.
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ROAD TO BANKRUPTCY

Take for instance, the new lend lease military budget for Western Europe revealed in this column on Monday U. s. National Defense chiefs are now planning to ask Congress for about five billions to arm England, France and the Benelux countries against attack by the Red Army.
 This five billion is for one year alone. And it will be on top of live billion for the Marshall Plan, plus twelve billion for U. $. mfll- tary defense, plus all domestic ex- penditures, making a budget which must eventually throw American economy dangerously out of bal ance.
 This, of course, is just what the Russians are aiming at 4 depres- sion, bankrupt USA Is just as good to them as an American de- feat in war. in fact, better. be- cause in depression Russia would not have to do any fighting.
 All Of which is why White House advisers at long last are warning that the country has reached a diplomatic dead-end. and that somehow or other we must pene- trate the Iron Curtain to win a permanent safeguard for peace - friendship with the Russian peo- pie.
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Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN M1sUsED say would like hot of coffee" Say HOT COFFEE placing the adj qualities.
 OFTEN MISpRONOUNCED: preferred pronuncia ton of syllable LEE
 OFTEN MISSPEILED (not curved) Strait Ca
 
 SYNONYNdS Rigid, firm, stiff, inflexible unyielding
 three times and is yours Let us mastering each Tody word qucknes discriminating Discern understanding which few excelGrevle
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direct commercials to the point where the medium has lost its sales effectiveness well in large part, it's real entertainment value. The heads of the NEG evidently realize that Whether the other networks share in their foresight remains to be
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VOTE-THIS IS OUR DAY

This is our day to express our opinion by the secret ballot This is the Alaska Territorial General Election Day and it is individual right to cast ballot as think is right, without fear of ntmida- tion. We are in free country. We should all vote. The polls close at ' o'clock tonight
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-12
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA Sy LEE

Should a they dining public restaurant, their table talk minute?
 A. should but the should remain seated
 e. bridegroom provide his best ushers church wedding?
 gloves usually gift a small piece of jewery to each
 a always correct when being introduced?
 A. do" always in good taste.
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Scientists monkeying around with the cosmic ray believed to be 1000 times powerful than the atom. Any day shouldn't be surprised to learn that "a cosmic ray split scientist.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-12

Time and space are at war" asserts reativist. Well, we hope space will win, believe could get along without time easier than without somewhere to keep ourselves and other things
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-12

If the government rules that it is illegal for sponsors of radio programs to give away almost thing they get their hands on, would that prove that the New Deal was illegal?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-12

Reports to the contrary Dixiecrats not using Confederate money. They're still using U. S. currency which is yet worth little more than Confederate notes.
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. ll7 SECOND and FOURTH
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NO LUTHERAN SENIOR
 CHOIR ON WEDNEDAY

There will be no rehearsal of the Senior Choir of the Lutheran Church on Wednesday, the session being cancelled because of the con- cert being given by Carol Brice at the 20th Century Theatre.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-12
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS

Taku Post No. S559 Meets first and third Thursdays. Post Hall, Seward Street. Visiting Comra des welcome.
 VERN METCALFE, Commander; WILLIAM H. SHERLOCK. Adjut- ant.
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in the United States is still s16 for a 40-hour week
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-12
The Washington Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON

fContirued from Page Cne'
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REAL U. $. FRIENDSHIP
 In the past the American peo- pie have sent the Friendship Train
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There's big news in Empire ads.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-12

FIT. WILLIAMS VISITOR Frank Wood of Fort Williams is at the Juneau Hotel.
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Weather: High, 48; low, 47; rain.
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PoIls close at ! pm. Vote!
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 in the Iibrv Hall in Douglas of wh killed in the years previous
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annual fall meetings o the Juneau Cara I w Leives President held J. F. Anderson was a talk fall planting of bulbs
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-13
Midnig ht Dining In Torrid Madrid
Makes Life Almost Worth Living

MADRID U.P.-Madrid may
rank below Paris as center
of fine cuisine but its restau-
rants unquestionable hold the
distinction of serving the latest
dirNers in the world.
The traveller who strolls in
to his hotel dining room for
dinner at 8 pm. should be pre-
pared to eat alone under the
disappearing stare of the head
waiter.
During the hot summer month
no one here eats before 1890
pm, and the fashionable restau
rants only begin to fill up after
IL o'clock.
AS the sun goes down, Ma
drid comes to life. Office work
ers in the Spanish capital take
a long siesta and finish their
day at 7 or 8 pm.
Soon afterwards the broad
tree lined Paseo Castellano is
filled with girls in frilly sum-
mer frocks and men in white
linen jackets, promenading arm
in arm or taking refreshment
at sidewalk cafes. By nine o.
clock there are more people in
the streets than at noon.
Late Dinner Welcomed
Foreigners soon find the late
dinner hour most agreeable
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-13

custom. By mid-evening the
temperature, which rises well
has dropped to refresh
ing sixty-fipe.
Summer dining and night
life here are outdoor affairs,
and eating a meal under the tree
is one of Marid's many
a memorable experience.
Many Americans seem to ex-
pect tamales, beans and chile
con carne to be staples of the
Spanish diet. Actually, they
are never seen on local menues.
Spanish specialties are the ia
nous polio con arroz open par
ems and rice and a variety of sea
food which is trucked into the
capital daily by a fleet of refr-
igerated vans. These days al
most every table bears a big
connection of iced red wine and
lemon juice. Prices are high,
but on par with those in A
merica.
After coffee, which is to say
after midnight, one can 60 to
a variety of outdoor night clubs
for dancing under the trees,
where continuous entertainment
is offered as late as 6 a. m.
After all Of this, this siesta
is not a luxury, but a necessity.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-13
Cat.Killing Cander Of Cezira Acts
AS Executioner In Defense Of Food

ground with deep bite through
the back of its head.
THE gander must have been
carrying on his murderous cam
paign against the cats for quite
a time. Originally there were
twelve cats which frequented the
Gezira stable. Today there arc
only two
The two are now being careful
" guarded by the club officials.
But when this correspondent
saw the gander this week, it
seemed to him that the animal
had a murderous CLINT on its
eyes. The club would like to get
rid of the gander but there are
difficulties in the way.
The gander was presented two
wears ago to CAPTAIN Eric Pilley
the clubs secretary, by Alphonss
Griess. a leading Coptic land
own. Griess is at present absent
from Cairo, but cat lovers ara
demanding that the gander sho-
uld be expelled from. the club.
Their view is strongly endorsed
by the club carpenter.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-13

CAIRO UP}-One by one the
cats at Gezira Sporting Club.
Cairo, are being murdered and
the slayer is a three-year-old
white gander.
The gander has half a dozen
wives and every day the latter S
food was put on a large platter In
the Gezirt clubs stable. The
clubs carpenter owned II cats
which had the habit of trying to
eat the geese's food before the
latter could get at it.
That did not please the gander
An eyewitness, who was perturb-
ed at the way the cats were dis
appering, gave the following &C
count of what happened:
Through a hole in the stable
WALL" he said, Il watched the
cats trying to eat the geese's
food. Suddenly the gander ap-
peared and seized one of the cats,
which he slowed under one of
his voluminous wings. Then l
saw the gander lower his beak
There was a squeal and minute
later a dead cat was lying on the
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-13
Many Ways To Earn
Living; Here's One

CINCINNATI, o. (U.P)-Capt.
Leo Simon, who makes his liv-
ing by twice daily crawling into
packing case with stick Of
dynamite set to go off, has the
Coney Island amusement PARK
superintendent worried.
Twice in one week Capt, ST.
non blew himself unconscious.
Each of the episodes was fol-
Il wed by the sight of stretcher-
bearers and that's bad publicity,
the park superintendent be-
lleves.
Simon says it's not the con-
cussion which knocks him cold.
He works on a platform and &C.
casionally the blast rips a board
loose and he gets hit.
The captain doesn't see any
thing particularly dangerous
about his stunt and freely gives
away its secret.
My head" he says, "is only
six inches from the dynamite
That's why I'm safe. I'm in tn;
center of vacuum. If l were
three feet away, the blast would
main me-"
After six months of playing
around with explosive dynamite
he says the blast is still ter
rifle shock"
Simon, who is deaf and nevel
hears the explosions, is also AZ
accomplished high diver, para
cilutist and wing walker.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-13
Wife Upset To Find
Home A Burial Vault

COLUMBUS, o. CUP j. A
Columbia housewife has just
learned that her home was a
one-time funeral establishment
and the last resting place for
the "a past years of Pittsburg
salesman.
b The discovery came when
Mrs. Evelyn Palmore opened a
small metal box she found in
her basement.
The box contained a samll
mound of ashes and a death
certificate which read, Henry
Hoeflich, 68, Pittsburgh, Pen
ma, died Sept. 26, 1924. Oc-
cupation, salesman"
The distraught woman called
police who took the box to head
quarters. Pittsburgh police have
been asked to help locate Hoe
flich's relatives.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-13
FBI Men Again Are Checking
On Draft Evasion Attempts

WASHINGTON U.P)-Feder-
al Bureau of Investigation
agents have begun checking on
draft-age youths trying to- dodge
uncle Sans call to duty.
Prospective draftees will find
that the FBI already knows viz
tpally all the angles from past
experience. The bureau handled
more than 100000 reported vio-
lations of the World War II draft
act.
The cases included everything
from posing as bearded lady"
to deliberately blowing off a
hand with a shotgun. Of the 49,
745 persons brought to trial, 49,
173 were convicted.
Convictions through June 30,
1947, brought sentences totaling
almost 10000 years and fines
a5gregat,ng almost $1,50O,O0O.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-13
Wabash Cannonball
Get Modern Touch

COLUMBIA, Mo. (U.P9--Tae
modern era has caught Up with
the Wabash Cannonball, that
perambuiating Centralia Col
uymbia train which many Uni.
versity of Missouri graduate re-
members, although not with af.
lection.
An overhauled replacement
coach and full length baggage
car replaced the old combination
car on the 2l-mile link between
the university town and the
main line of the Wabash.
Gone is the old bellies
stove which belched sulphurous
coal smoke into the car at the
slightest cross current Of air.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-13

Most Of the cases not brought
to trial were closed when the
accused complied with terms of
the selective service act.
Many Strange Cases
FBI agents handled many
strange cases under the act.
And many odd excuses were Of
fered for failure to answer the
call to arms.
A side-show bearded lady in
Detoit was found to be a man
who had not registered for the
draft and a Staten Island, N. Y,
man said he didn't know war
was being fought.
One of the most amazing at
tempts to dodge service was
made by 40-year-old Knoxville,
Tenn, insurance man. The night
he was classified as Ia, his left
hand was shot off by a blast
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-13

from an automatic shotgun. He
claimed it was a horrible acct
dent, adding, well, I guess I'm
AT now"
FBI agents checked to find he
had just taken out an insurance
policy which paid $500 for the
loss of hand. Laboratory ex-
perts found the shotgun would
not discharge without touching
the trigger. something the Ten
nessee man said he had not done.
He was sent to prison.
Drowning Faxed
Still another draftee was con-
victed of trying to induce a ply
sician to puncture his ear-drums
to make him At.
One youth went to great trou-
BILE to fake a drowning. When
Fbl agents found him year lat
er, it turned out he was physical
ly unqualified for service. He
was fined $500 and given a five
year suspended sentence.
FBI agents were panstaklng
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-13
Slain Giant Turtles
Litter s. C. Beach

CHARLESTON, S. C. U.PD-
1t is against the South Carolina
law to kill loggerhead turtles
but pilots flying along th=
beach south of here have count
ed as many as 100 dead ones on
the sand in one day.
Their heads are Dashed Ill
One conservationist believed
crews on shrimp trawlers were
killing the huge turtles with
axes and throwing them over
board if they were hauled
abroad in nets.
Some loggerheads have grown
to weigh half a ton. The state
civil code provides a $500 fine
or 30 days in Jail or both for
killing the turtles, which have
suarmed to South Carolina
beaches in the past to lay theu
eggs.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-13
THE ROANOKE RAPIDS IN. CO.

in their search for evaders. One
pursuit led to Alaska, where
agents followed two men through
wild country for three days In
small airplane. They finally
caught both men because moose,
which fear man, kept watching
them.
The claim of an Alabama fam
ily that three boys were too
young fer the draft was shatter-
ed by FBI laboratory experts
The parents submitted the fam
lily Bible as proof of the birth
dates Of the three boys. But the
experts proved it had been artl,
ticially aged and could not
have been published before 1889
The whole family received four
wear sentences.