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With a view to raising a bil
lion dollars additional revenue
®nd with an avowed purpose of
preventing the creation of mil
lionaires as an incident of war,
Congress has passed the war pro
fits tax bill. Notwithstanding
majority approval, there was
grumbling and uneasiness, even
among some of those whose vot
es aided in stepping the bill
along to the President.
It was faintly praised by some
who could not give whole-heart
ed approval. Others of the same
mind saw no occasion to be too
precise as to details, alleging
that the bill was merely an at
tempt to accomplish something
by a method of trial and error,
and that the program never
would reach the stage of practic
al operation. The White House at
titude is awaited with interest.
The excess profits tax bill re
presented almost the last item on
the “must” calendar. The re
maining imperative legislation
can be disposed of within a week
it is said. That however does
nbt mean adjournment at an
early date since members of the
Senate and House are not inclin
ed to disregard the general view
that w'ith events thronging in so
fast and so furiously, it will be
a good thing to have the capitol
filled with law makers rather
than tourists.
Aid to Britain continues to be
a topic for hot debate, the ex
pressed views being various. An
outspoken Senator would have
aid continued even to the extent
of sending soldiers, especially if
either of the American contin
ents is attacked. The more rad
ical of the middle grounders
would not hold a substantial cash
loan, a suggestion to which the
Pr sident is reported to be de
finitely opposed.
Italian newspapers outgerman
Germany and declare aid to Eng
land by the United States to be
an act of war. In some respects,
Italy reminds one of an infirm
spectator who, having a seat re
mote from the struggle roars ad
vice to the strong men who are
taking the beating.
The Nazis do not approve of
American aid to England, and
are likely to continue to be of
that mind. They will be slow in
fo’lowing Italy’s suggestion to
“make something out if it.’ Eng
land has done pretty well with
out help from the United States
that is worth mention. To goad
this country into a real partici
pation in the scrimmage, is the
last thing that so clever a man
as Mr. Hitler would do.
Shakespeare has several refer
ences to England as being safe
because she is “sea walled,” “sea
girt'” and so on. At the begin
ning of the war. most persons
were inclined to think that such
claims were good Sixteenth Cen
tury stage stuff. calculated to
get an actor a round of applause
but not of much value so far as
i military tactics are concerned, es
I pecially in view of what airplan
es can do.
The fact remains that tanks
cannot cross a stretch of water
twenty miles wide. For a month,
bomb dropping planes have come
I and gone. Current report has it
! that the field of conflict will be
shifted to Africa. The German
air activity is said to have been
carried on in part with a view
to breaking down English mor
ale. Hitler appears to have been
stopped for the first time in his
career as an invading pest. The
effect on German morale may
not be good.
Having read over the forego
ing, it seems that perhaps the
impression is given that England
and the United States are bound
together by a tie no strand of
which should be severed. Such
is by no means the case. Con
gress has just discovered on the
statute 4books and has repealed,
an ancient statute which gives
residents of the District of Col
umbia a right to appeal to the
King in certain instances.
The wires were kept busy, a
few days ago, in an effort to lo
cate a Senator who had left
Washington. He had departed for
a midwest city, leaving on his
desk the manuscript of a speech
which he was to deliver. In a
pinch, an auto can be operated
without tires; a man can walk
barefooted in the snow if neces
sary; but what can be done for
a Senator without a speech?
British youngsters who have
come to the United States are
being taught baseball. This may
be the wrong way to strengthen
our relations with the English,
who are apt to think it is not
cricket.
NOTICE
Write to your friends and rela
fives on the ‘Outside’, using Sour
ough Stationery. They’ll get a big
kick out of it.
BACK TO MIDDLE ACES ?—To protect his eyes.
Britain's 1940 soldier wears a visor that suggests the helmets and
suits ol mail worn by warriors of darker ages. British sources say
this device may help prevent many eye injuries.
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THE "DOUBLE-RICH" BOURBON
STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY, 90 PROOF • SCHENIEY DISTILLERS CORP., N. Y. C.
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To Inspect
Salmon Pack
Studies of the hardness of the
bones in canned salmon are lead
ing to new information that will
improve the uniformity of Al
aska’s canned salmon pack, Dr.
Ray W. Clough of the National
Canners Association, Northwest
Branch told assembled salmon
packers and others at the recent
convention of the Association of
Pacific Fisheries.
Dr. Clough said that the Nation
al Canners laboratory was con
ducting studies of the hardness
of the salmon bones using a new
| instrument especially developed
for tliis purpose by Mr. O. E.
i Shostrom.
“The most valuable application
of this bone hardness determina
tion will be a check up on the
efficiency of the retort, and the
uniformity of the cooking which
the salmon receive,” Dr. Clough
explained. “By determination of
the hardn ss of the bones, it
will be possible to obtain inform
I ation leading to a uniform cook
j for all salmon cooked in a given
retort.”
Exprimental packs for carry
j ing on this study were put up in
Bristol Bay and other sections
'of Alaska last summer.
Another interesting use of the
hardness determination is to re
cognize the various species of sal
, mon after canning. "There is |
usually little difficulty in telling j
one species from another,” Dr.
Clough said “but the immature
king salmon can be mistaken for
the pink salmon. A determina
tion of bone hardness has helped
in recognizing these species re
cently since there is a noticeable
difference in the bone hardness j
of these two salmon.” ,
He also outlined the inspection j
activities of the National Can
ners Association which each year I
inspects samples covering virtual j
ly the entire Alaska canned sal {
mon pack.
Samples for inspection are sel j
ected by code marks to cover fish [
caught and canned in the same
lot by each cannery. In this man
ner, each code mark includes fish
of generally uniform character.
This is bh; eighth year, the Na
tional Canners Association has
inspected the Alaska salmon
pack, he said. During the past
three years, the inspection has
covered well over eighty percent
of the Alaska canned salmon out
put. He reported that this year,
the laboratory expected to in
spect a larger number of parcels
than in any previous year.
Last year, up to November first
4,173,000 cases were covered by
the inspection. This year up to
October 5 the inspection account
■:d for approximately 3,500,000
cases.
PILOT LANDS SANS
WHEELS; TEN ABOARD
OAKLAND —Thirteen persons
aboard a big United Air Lines
p’ane escaped injury when Pilot j
A1 Schmidt brought it down for1
a wheelless landing at the Oak
land airport.
The plane’s retractable landing
gear failed to operate when ]
Schmidt brought the plane into
the airport. He advised ground
crews of the trouble, and ambul
ances were summoned to stand
by. The plane made a rather
rough landing but remained up
right. The 10 passengers and
Clew of three were transferred I
to another ship.
RUSS-TURK ALLIANCE IN OFFING?
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Reports that Turkey and Russia were near agreement on a military
alliance (1) spread through the nervous Balkans as massed Russian
(2) and German (3) troops faced one another on the Russo-Ruman-1
ian frontier, concentrated at Galati. Turkey w'as said to have chart
ered three ships to remove nationals from Rumania (4). Reported
landing of German troops in Albania (5) caused speculation on
the possibility of an intended Axis thrlust at the Dardanelles
through Greece.
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