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FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1944.
EUROPE'S FOOD SUPPLY
The food situation in Europe is not as
bad as represented, asserts the American
Institute of Food Distribution, which is
a non-profit cooperative, research agen
cy, whose membership includes a cross
section of the food trades, as well as
banks, newspapers and advertising
agencies.
The Institute says that Europe will be j
able to stand alone agriculturally, after)
she has harvested her first food crop fol
lowing the end of hostilities. It is not in
complete agreement with the League of
Nations’ report of last September, which
indicated that help for three to eight
years would be required. It also dis
counted appeals for American aid ad
vanced by various Governments-in-exile
through their propaganda.
According to the Institute, Germany is
in a pretty good condition in regard to
food, “being approximately fifty per cent
better off than in 1918, on the basis of:
daily calories.”
The food shortage in Russia is termed
“grave”, with the shortage of meats and
fats being the most critical. The “scorch-!
ed earth" policy of both Russians and
Germans in the Ukraine left little food. |
“In Great Britain, there has been no’
change in the ‘drab’ diet, although sub
stantial quantities of meat have come
from Australia, New Zealand and thej
Argentine.
Among the Axis satellites, Rumania
is “better off than almost any other coun
try in Europe.” Hungary is “slightly
worse” than Rumania. Bulgarian crops
have been normal and Finland is “in
bad shape”.
The Institute says that conditions in
Belgium are “worse than almost any
where else, except Greece and Poland,”
and added that civilians are on “starva
tion diet” and that the “Germans don’t
care.’’
The Dutch are better off than the Bel
gians, but conditions are “far from
good.” Denmark is “better off than any
other occupied country.” 9
True conditions in Norway are uncer
tain, but fishing continues. In Poland,
the Germans have used starvation sys
tematically in an effort to exterminate
the population.—(Fairbanks News
Miner.)
MINORITY PARTIES DWINDLE
In 1940, four minority groups or par
tis were on the tickets in a number of
states—the Socialists in 20 states, the
Prohibitionists in 27, the Communists in
23, and the Socalists-Laborites in 14.
This year, according to Dewey L.
Fleming, the “passing of minority parties
and their candidates from the ballots
may be among the distinguishing fea
tures of the wartime presidential elec
tion.”
The Communist Party has taken itself
out of the political picture. Minnesota’s
Farmer-Labor Party appears ready to
give up the ghost. The Socialists are
said to be having difficulties in qualify
ing for a place on state tickets.
The Prohibition Party is not regarded
as the champion of economic and politi
cal views, being interested almost ex
clusively in the liquor question.—(Fair
banks News-Miner).
MacARTHUR
TOUTED FOR
PRESIDENCY
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WASHINGTON. Apr. 14.—(AP)
—The appointment of General
Douglas MacArthur as secretary
of war was proposed by demo-:
cratic and republican senators as
politicians calculated the effect of
correspondence, most of which in
terpretated the situation as indi
cating MacArthur would be
drafted, and accept the GOP
presidential nomination, chiefly
by what was left unsaid in the
exchanged letters which were
made public by Representative
Miller,
MacArthur apparently left the
way open for a draft movement,
and heartened his supporters, i
who declared they would canvass
the convention delegates in an ef
fort to persuade them to nomi
nate the general.
In replying to questions from
Mr. Miller, the general said he
would hold himself ready for the
nomination, which the Nebraskan
had predicted MacAr4hur would
take every state.
The general wrote: “I do not
anticipate the fulfillment of these
flattering predictions.”
MacArthur’s letter continued.
“I do not say that I will not
accept such nomination.”
Meanwhile Miller sent a third
letter to the general urging him ,
to state his availability for the I
republican nomination but an
answer would probably not be re
ceived within three weeks.
Senator Thomas of Idaho said,
‘‘I think MacArthur would make
a good secretary of war".
STARDARD OIL TO
SINK DEEP WELL
Standard Oil Co. of California
is about to start drilling what may
prove to be the deepest oil well
in the world.
This well, Ethel D S-l, on the
‘‘thirty-five” anticline in the
Midway-Sunset field near Taft,
California, is expected to go at
least 15,000 feet. The company
will use one of its heaviest and
largest pieces of drilling equip
ment, termed “Mr. Big”.
Deepest well in the world thus
far is Continental Oil’s KCL A-2
in the Wasco, California, area,
drilled to 15,004 feet and now pro
ducing from 12,000 feet.
Ethel D is less than three
quar‘ers of a mile from the site
of the famous Lakeview gusher,
which came in with a roar March
14, 1914, and rained 18-degree
gravity for a mile radius. The well
was 2260 feet deep.
At one time the gusher’s output
reached 68000 barrels daily. It
produced a total of 9,000,000 bar
rels during its one-year life.
The Etchegoin formation at 2000
to 4000 feet to date has been the
production zone in the Sunset
field. The company’s new deep
test well will explore below this
formation through the Monterey
shales to the Tembler zone.
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MISSION
Circle No. 3 meets with Miss
Erickson Saturday afternoon at
2-00 o’clock.
Sunday, April 16:—
Sunday School, 11:00 a. m.
Intermediate Fellowship Group
meets at 4:30 p. m.
7:00 p. m. Evening service.
Thursday, 7:30 p. m. Commun
ion service.
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholie
Church
Edmund A. Anable, S. J.
Pastor
Sunday Masses, 8 and 10 a. m.
Week-day Mass’ 7:00 a. m.
Religious instruction for the
children: Monday afternoon, pri
mer class; Tuesday afternoon,
advanced class.
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RETURNS
TRUE BILLS
The grand jury closed its ses-!
sion for the spring term Wednes-!
day afternoon, submitting the fol
lowing report as summaiton of
their findings:
‘‘We, the undersigned, members
of the grand jury sitting during
April, 1944, were presented with
I two matters by the U. S. attor
new, both of which are hereby
returned as true bills.
One other matter involvir g two 1
defendants was investigated and
a secret indictment brought.
The following offices were in- j
vestigated: U. S. jail, offices of the
U. S. judge, clerk of the court,
marshal and district attorney, and
from our investigations we repor41
i the following recommendations: |
1. Additional storage space for
! the U. S. jail.
2. A fireproof cabinet for the
i dockets and related papers to be
installed in the office of the U. S.
marshal.
3. That due to the noise from
the jail through the ceiling of
the U. S. court room, it should be
soundproofed.
4. For the commissioner’s office;
the ceiling should be soundproof
ed; that It be repaired to pre
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vent leaking and water damage to
the records; that additional vault
space or other fireproof space be
provided for storage and safekeep
ing of old records and indices.
5. That a full-time U. S. dis
trict attorney be stationed at
Nome; and that he, in addition to
his duties as such, supervise and
conduct the prosecution of cases
before the commissioner; it being
the feeling of the grand jury that
these cases need the attention of
a prosecuting offficia^ and that
no officer other than a U. S. dis
trict attorney has the authority to
act.
Dated this 12th day of April,
1944.
Lettuce, that likeable salad in
gredient, is often hard to separ
ate. Best way is to remove the
core, hen let water from the fau
cet flow into the head where the
core was until the pressure forces
the leaves apart.
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