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il Daily ;Husim Empire {dent and Business Manager n gunean as Second Class Matter. CRIPTION RATES: as for §1.25 per month owing rates iths, in advance, $6.00 suB 1t they will promptly notify fatlure or irregularity in the de- W 602; Business Office, 374. : OF ASSOCIAT! S8 to the use for d to it or Dot other e local news publishec e teely ) TO BE LARGER LICATION. \l Newspaper Representa cisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Ecattle A rk and Bosgon. Dunning. VE Frank J 101 18 MONTHS MORE SERVICE? vaiian Islands, 1 Represent e H was debates relative which jonal Reserve men hold vital, front- are be defense pictures, ible m the States and would draft army be year of ser- army, with two- fourths of all fter completing 12 months men in ind Alaska, forces one-year in Hawaii Marshall to this: | George C Aluska was stationed in the Territory first of this are near- to the The must come in turn, will be a half months expiration Gener period, army ce 1 the ziment pace right now, hip space is Gen- tandpoint, would “cer- an efficient move pment of of important region 10 to Hawaii, where an anti- return to tl - States, if the adherred In in army person- be to. turn-over iwr of service would badly dis- organized for yposed extension of service America’s young men who only, one year it is not the - President | the | ment of men on | immediate | General | In- | 500 planes a month is not going to Britain. But|rn |told the Senate committee on military affairs. “We would prefer to release a certain number of the se- | lectees and replace them with the three-months | product of our training centers, but we must not be compelled to release a particular group at a certain | time. We must be able to handle the matter to meet existing conditions as to time and place, and with regard to the particular unit.” Then he went on to specify cases in which re- lease of the selectees is expected to take place: ‘Specifically, we wish to release the older men, hose 28 years old and over, on the completion of heir 12 months, and even earlier, and I think that n the large majority of cases we can do so without oo serious an effect on organizational efficiency. Jen on whom an undue hardship would be imposed ould also be released, as many are now being re- eased—that is, transferred to the Reserve.” But release of selectees promptly as they com- | plete their year in training would be military suicide, | General Marshall demonstrated to the Senators, when showed them that with the exception of two divisions, percentage of selectees in units of the | regular army of this country range from 40 to 85 | percent. | The Nazi nation, which threatens our security, has had its men in strict training from boyhood through terms in labor battalions, then in the army and now through a succession of campaigns. While they are all veterans, Americans have been placing emphasis on development of a strong army only since last fall. he | Senator Wheeler Accommodates (The Cincinnati Enquirer) The very touching testimonial accorded Senator Burton K. Wheeler by his fellow isolationists in the United States Senate recently yielded the conclusions that the Montanan is “courageous,” “sincere,” and | “has not been guilty of near treason.” But these, it | might be noted, are matters a little beside the point 'of present controversy. Attention was neatly diverted from the question of Senator Wheeler’s abuse of the franking privilege |by the discussion of his courage, sincerity, and patriotism. And, as a part of the process, Senator | Wheeler asserted that “with deliberate cunning, Sec- | retary Stimson created the utterly false and spuri- ! ous impression that I had circulated this franked | card principally among selectees.” | The facts, of course, remain. | Senator Wheeler used his franking privilege as a | member of Congress to send out 1,000,000 of the America First Committee’s post cards. Indeed, Sena- | tor Wheeler is on record, in a letter dated July 7, as | sta- | asserting that “the only material that has ever gone out under my frank is my own speeches.” July 7 was the date that many of the America First post | cards bearing Senator Wheeler's frank were being | delivered. | The use of Senator Wheeler's frank saved the America First Committee $10,000 in postage, and, of course, imposed the expense upon the general tax- paying public. There are 531 members of Congress. It would not be correct to say that each has as much right as Senator Wheeler to permit a propaganda or- ganization to use his frank to save postage—for Senator Wheeler had no such right—but if all abused ‘ths privilege as Senator Wheeler did, the Post Office Department would be called upon to handle 531,000,- 000 pieces of mail, at an aggregate expense to the | taxpayers of $5,310,000. This would, Indeed, be a bocn to the nation’s propaganda organizations on both sides of public issues. But it would also be rough indeed upon the already heavily burdened | taxpayers. i Encouraging Figures | (The Cleveland Plain Dealer) An estimate by the magazine American Machin- | ist that the United States and Britain together are | producing 3,300 planes a month, compared with a production of 2,500 a month in Germany, indicates that the time is not far distant when the Royal Air Force will be able to blast German industry and Ecommunicatlox\s with devastating effect. Of course, all of the American production of | the time is coming soon when American plane pro- | duction will be stepped up sharply. If the peak of | our production can be reached before Hitler con- They are that| 9 W to keep all selec- | tee ¢ € entire additional I 1se the are allowed to, do = \ to hold in service all ex y “in this a mnjonty of the et persuaded t to embargo all oil (not gasoline and lubricating oil, Washingfon Merry- Go-Round ” Japanese Navy). Roosevelt was up (Continued 1rom Page One) i Hyde Park at the time, and the 5 | cnubargo was put over by Secretary she will not | | Morgenthau, who lives next door » him in Dutchess County. Roosevelt actually signed the oil mbargo order. But when it got cown to the Secretary of State, who fficially promulgates all executive orders, he protested so vigorously that President changed his mind. Only aviation gasoline was em- CHAFY bareded CAPITAL Howe or, the Japanese merely set own refineries and added tetracthyl to ordinary gasoline. Thus t plenty of aviation gas. plus other kinds of oil not affected he embargo, Foreign oil com- in Japan were required to year’s supply on hand, and use was severely rationed. a lot of aviation gas was boot- and U. S. officials did al- nothing to stop it. lap on the wrist Japan ; ) vear ago merely warned her I € 19 st up refineries and lay in extra € for the slap she got last In the imterim, she had im- ed not merely one year's supply id oll, but nearly twb mer al panie keep a nestic o the plies ago, the U. S. Navy | that it would take Japan © months to conquer the Indies. But Japan at had oil on hand to last wnd 2 half months. Today take Japan even longer, ¥ months, to conauer the | wal time UNSCARED JAPANESE Lae jess as to why the Jap- been by | perhs Dutch ve no elt's embargo on gasoline and East Indies—but she has ating oil is that this embargo nearly two year's supply of oil witn n 3 what he put into which to do it £t o. Being slapped NOTE:—This illustrates one es- n the same wrist doesn't!sen : al difference between the Ro- ; csevelt and Churchill cabinets. When cludes his Russian campaign, for the first time in 100 years will experience the destrucnvene&s of war on their own soil. him | majority decision but even crude oil burned by thej the German people the British cabinet decides & major policy, a vote is taken, and the is carried out even if the Prime Minister happens to be on the minority side. But in ‘Washington, if one cabinet member mn charge of a certain policy says No, and if the President backs him up, the entire cabinet cannot overrule trem, Thus with Cordell Hull opposing an oil embargo against Japan last year, the entire cabinet could not overrule him. Also with Ickes op- posing the sale of helium to Nazi zepplins four years ago, the entire cabinet could not and did not budge him, WAR NOTES Eugene Grace of Bethlehem Steel warns that steel production will be retarded by the serious shortage of scrap iron. Last August, Secretary Morgenthau also persuaded Roose- velt to embargo all shipments of scrap iron to Japan, I“n the State Department changed it to apply only to No. 1 grade of scrap. Other grades still could be shipped and it was not for some months that the cabinet finally persuaded the State Department to place an embargo on all scrap iron to Japan . . . . Despite the latest Japanese oil em- bargo, the Tatuta Maru carried 1,557 barrels of lubricating oil back to Tokyo by special U. 8. dispensa- tion. No wonder the Japanese have their fingers crossed as to whether we really mean it . . . . Few people realize the extent of Russian supplies. | They have been requisitioning wool | for ten years, have enough uniforms o clothe 10,000,000 men . . . . They also have the men to wear the uniforms. Ten years ago they had | last four years it has been 1,500,000. | By calling all reservists up to . the age of 30, Russia would have about 10,000,000 men .. . Russian women do not work in the front lines. They {this is a fortunate date for sign- an army of 1,300,000 and for the)etc. AUGUST 194 HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUGUST 9 H. M. Porter Jr. Donald Thomas Dull William Cashen George S. Baroumes Henry Shanklin AUGUST 10 Michael Wade Lila Sinclair | Herbert J. Gilligan Leroy West Genevieve Van Dugteren Hiram Wadsworth Mrs. Steven Kane Mrs. Oscar Sorensen — HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” | o—o } SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 Adverse planetary aspects dom- inate through the morning hours | today, but later benefic influences are active. Bad news due to Mars in evil portent is indicated. | HEART AND HOME: Girls may find this an auspicious time for meeting young men who wear uni- forms. Aviators today are under a sway of good luck and may be most romantic suitors. For older women this Sunday should be a time for serious thought and wise planning. The counsel of grand-| mothers should be sought, since; age teaches caution and encourages foresight. Readjustments in house-I hold routine will be necessary in| many families that have sons in| the service of the nation. Young| women will secure employment this month when trained minds and| skillful hands will be needed. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Perplexi- ties attending the speeding of pro- duction in mills and factories may | be disturbing to men today, if they | have time to think. There is an evil portent affecting shipping, and | Labor again comes under a con- figuration which causes troubles. Wise diplomacy will be more im- perative than ever before. The souls of American workmen can be counted as loyal to the nation and subversive secret domination | can be overcome. NATIONAL ISSUES: Discussion of Government operation of private plants will arouse resentment and there are omens of disaster if ex- periments in operating factories are attempted. The stars are read as presaging success in wartime con- tracts only where experts of exper- jence direct manufacturing and employees of careful training per- form the work. Heads of great cor- porations must not surrender au- thority, according to astrologers. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: his sudden attack upon Russia in June Hitler took advantage of planetary aspects that were prom- ising for Nazi success. Haste was necessary because this summer marks the apex of power for the German dictator and a Russian winter campaign would mean de- feat. The stars seem to presage Stalin’s desperate need of aid from the United States as well as Brit- ain*and it is indicated that this county will offer men, with its planes, tanks, munitions and ma- chinery, in the conflict against Nazism. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of good fortune to which relatives con- tribute. Unexpected profits will come to many. Children born on this day prob- ably will be successful and popu- lar all through their lives. They should have keen minds and strong personalities, MONDAY, AUGUST 11 After the early morning when there may be a sense of develop- ing energy, the aspects today are adverse or at least discouraging. Neptune presages trouble relating to shipping. - HEART AND HOME: Although ing leases or contracts there may be -misapprehensions and disap- pointments connected with business initiative for women. There i§ & good sign for writers who should prosper by contributions to perfodi-' cals which will be much read in coming months. Fame for foreign correspondents who risk their lives in obtaining news is forecast. Girls need not expect to win devot.on 0 2 - - -+ - - S S 0 visiting at Goddard Hot on the Estebeth. 20 YEARS AGO ¥ empire P et 4 AUGUST 9, 1921 Mr. and Mrs. H. R. VanderLeest and two children who have been Springs for the preceding weeks returned home Mrs. T. Hagerup and children of Douglas left for a two weeks’ outing at Strawberry Point to gather berries for canning. It was announced that the Alaska headquarters of the Bureau of Public Roads would be moved from Ketchikan and Juneau. A lovely millinery creation of orchid colored horsehair trimmed with orchids was advertised in The Empire. The Southeast Alaska Shrine Club was to present its comedy, “Are You a Mason?” within the next few days. Weather: High, 56; low, 50; cloudy. o - - - s+ S DS 4 Daily Lessons in English . 1. corpon - D e - < D e s WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Isn’t this elegant weather?” Say, “Isn't this FINE weather?” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Inherent. Pronounce in-her-ent, first E as in HERE, second.E as in WENT. accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Lorgnette (eyeglass). Observe the GN and the TTE. SYNONYMS: Motive, inducement, incentive, impulse. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: SLOVENLY; lazy and slipshod in any way. in UP). (Pronounce sluv-en-li, U as “His slovenly habits made him unpopular.” e e - - D R S - | MODERN ETIQUETTE ** gosrrra LEE Q. If a man has “junior” engraved on his calling cards should his wife’s cards be the same? A. Yes, his wife uses the form “Mrs. James Wilson, Jr.” Q. What is the proper length of a social call? A. About twenty minutes. Less than ten minutes is to short and more than thirty is too long a time to stay. it Q. If a guest brings a box of candy to his hostess should she pass around to the other guests? A. Yes, always. i+ e e - e e S - e e &+ I.OOK and I.EARNA C. GORDON What words follow: “Where ignorance is bliss .. e What city is the world's greatest cotton port? What are “junks”? Where is the world’s most famous ruin? What had Jane Seymour, Catherine of Aragon, and Anne Boleyn EE SR n cummon? ANSWERS: “'Tis folly to be wise.” New Orleans, La. % Chinese boats. The Colosseum of Rome. All were divorced wives of Henry VIIL DEFENSE sonn =~ QUIL Can the Treasury Department’s Tax Savings Notes be purchased on a monthly basis? Yes; they were designed for that very purpose, so that the taxpayer can save a specified amount each month and invest it in these notes, which can later be turned in to the Collector of Internal Revenue in payment of Federal income taxes. Who can buy notes under the Treasury's new Tax Savings Plan? Only those who pay Federal income taxes should buy these notes. The Series A notes, however, are designed for the small taxpayer. Series B notes are designed for larger taxpayers, either individual *or corporate. P WP BUSINESS AFFAIRS: and selling continue under a rule of the stars which presages tre- mendous trade and great prosper- 5| Wanted Film Carcer fTAm —| DR. H. VANCE ity. This should be a fairly fortu- nate day for banking interests. The average man’s income will be good and workers’ wages generous. This may be a date noteworthy for a new Labor misunderstanding. There is an evil portent:believed to pres- age serious conflict between manu- facturers and employees. An event of grave potentialities may increase national anxiety as autumn draws near. NATIONAL ISSUES: Loyalty in word as well as deed will be of first importance as war's shadows lengthen. The mention of rumors of false reports will be sternly re- buked by persons in authority. Al- though much will be told about measures to curb fifth column work | there will be laxity in certain civil vocations which enable agents of the Axis to gather facts and spread propaganda. The seers point out that careless ways of persons be- longing to a democracy, also the mention of leaks possible through native born citizens of foreign par- entage. ' INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Hawail will focus more and more attention as world war programs change. The fortifications at Pearl Harbor may be tested by an enemy, but they will prove invulnerable. Internal perils will be serious in the Islands which long have been havens for the Japanese. Astrolo- gers again foretell that islands in the Pacific will continue to focus attention and to keep the United States Navy active in patrolling the high seas. from eligible young men while this configuration continues. are in the army, but in quartermaster jobs—distributing uniforms, cooking, . The U. 8. Army is laying out, a winter camp in the Rockies /for training ski troops. The site is in the northern tip of Idaho. (Copyright, 1941, by United Fea~ ture Syndicate, Inc.) Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of many interests. Unusual opportunities in business are forecast. Women will have much to occupy minds and fame. 2 there. hearts. was from Children born on this day will| €losed she be strong mentally and physically. Many successful persons will be- gm life now. (Copyright, 1941) Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Directory Second ‘and four Drs. 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