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Censorship
We're still crossing our fingers and knocking on wood
even after the beautiful announcement made by the Of
fice of Facts and Figures the other day. This announce
ment indicated that all war news, unless it is believed
to be of benefit to the enemy, will be presented to the
American people.
This is simply a reiteration of the basic principles
upon which the censors have been acting since the be
ginning. If the Office of Facts and Figures was at
tempting to answer any of the criticism which has been
directed at the censors, it failed.
Nevertheless, step by step, we seem to be nearing a
more sensible application of news censorship. But we
still do not have the uniformity of rules of censorship
that we should have. Rules applied in Washington,
D. C., frequently differ greatly from those applied by
censors in remote areas in ruling on what is and what
isn’t publishable. These differences result in the sup
pression of publishable news in many instances, news
that a publication 100 miles away prints without any
qualms. When the publication 100 miles away finds its
way to the commulity where a newspaper has been
told not to print eel ain things, and these things are
flaunted in the oblJ^g publisher’s face, it results in
unfair competition tip hard feelings.
The censorship organization, if it is an organization,
seems to be composed of numerous censors, each of
whom makes his own rules, often directly in eontradic
tion with the practice followed elsewhere
Recently, The Empire was requested to do away
with the practice of printing tide tables, a service that
has been performed to relieve readers of the bother of
looking into any of the numerous tide tables which
may be purchased openly by any Jap spy who wishes.
This seems like a senseless ruling. We were under the
impression that most naval vessels, enemy or otherwise
have at least one expert navigator who can figure out
his own tide table in a short time without any diffi
culty. Yet we Complied with the rfrder, as we have on
all such requests.
Newspapers to the south continue to publish the nam
es of vessels in port, directly against the censorship
regulations, long after The Empire complied, and also
tide tables.
There seems to be an insufficient liaison between the
Office of Censorship and the men who are sent any
great distance from Washington as service censors.
Censors seem to be laboring under the illusion that
newspapers are attempting to publish vital military
secrets that would aid the enemy. That is a mistake.
Censors also seem to think that newspaper editors
are incompetent to judge the value of certain stories
to the enemy. That is another mistake. Certainly, a
newspaper man who knows news is more likely to
sense its value to the enemy than a person who has
spent a short training spell in a censorship school, a
men who is interested primarily in the practice of
arms.
There seems to be an entire lack of expert censors
in Alaska, a situation which should be remedied at
once. News communicated and originated in Alaska
must now travel all the way to San Francisco to the
headquarters of the Western Defense Command, and
all the way back to be released. Certainly there are
enough newspapers in Alaska to warrant the appoint
or nt of some person able to pass judgement on these
stories in Alaska and eliminate this awkward delay
If .ill the news is to be sent to .San Francisco and re
leased there, why have any censors in Alaska at all?
Back to the general policy, we still fail to see why we
should not give our enemy credit for observing scenes
of general knowledge. They should be able to appraise
accomplished facts as well as ourselves. It seems like
ly that the Japanese would get information from battle
areas in the Far Pacific much speedier than we get
them in Washington, D. C. We are inclined to believe
that the censors are laying too much importance on
things in the past.
There is every reason to conceal future actions on
the part of our armed forces, but to pull a screen over
the past seems illogical. We also believe that there
are occasions when to risk the chance of informing
the enemy in order to inform the American public is
wise. Keeping up the morale is vitally important in
this war.
Some lessons should have been learned by this new
organization of censorship by now. We are looking for
some changes.—Daily Alaska Empire.
The Department of Agriculture is urging city farm
ers to raise kale- It’s a good idea to diversify our crops
some. Too many people now are spending all their
time raising h-1.
“Treasury Star Pa
Feature Stars o
The brightest stars of Ameri
can stage, screen and radio firm
ament shortly will be heard over
radio stations throughout Alaska
as the Defense Savings Staff of
i fice in Juneau makes available a
' series of transcribed programs
! known us the “Treasury Star
Parade.’’ Each program compris
: es a well-balanced 15-minute on
! tertainment of musical back
j grounds, songs, dramat c sketch
' es and patriotic talks to which
. the leading stars of the American
! show world have contributed
their time and talents.
Among those participating in
the first twelve of the series —
which are now available to Al
i aska broadcasting stations — are
Maurice Evans, Judith Anderson,
Lt. Robert Montgomery, U. S. N.,
Igor Gorin, A1 Goodman’s Or
' chestra, Ella Logan. Carmen Mi
randa, Olsen and Johnson, Fred
eric March, Florence Eldredge,
Walter Huston, Izena Gonzales.
William Hargraves, Danny Kaye,
Mary Jane Walsh, Paul Lukas
and Mady Christians.
The series will run for an in
definite time, the Treasury De
partment has announced, and it
is hoped that radio stations ev
erywhere will make these pro
grams, dedicated to the Defense
Savings program, available to
their listeners. They not only are
first-class entertainment, but, as
well, are calcuated to ’rouse the
highest patriotic instincts of our
citizens.
A summary of each of the pro
grams follows:
Program No. 1—
Maurice Evans, Judith Anderson,
Lt. Robert Montgomery, U. S. N.,
Igor Gorin. A1 Goodman’s Or
chestra and Chorus- “Pledge of
Allegiance” (sung by Igor Gorin)
“The Statue of Liberty” (Mr.
Evans and Miss Anderson in a
dramatic vignette by John La
Touche); Lt. Montgomery gives
a brief talk.
Program No. 2—
Maurice Evans, Judith Ander
son. Lt. Robert Montgomery. U.
S. N., A1 Goodman's Orchestra
and Chnrus, Igor Gorin— “Rus
sian Gypsy Medley” (sung by
Igor Gorin); excerpts from “Mac
beth” (Mr. Evans and Miss An
derson); “The Average Ameri
can'’ (dramatic monologue by Lt.
Montgomery).
Program No. :(—
Lt. Robert Montgomery U.S.N.,
Maurice Evans. Judith Anderson,
Igor Gorin. A1 Goodman’s Or
chestra and Chorus — “Figaro”
(sung by Igor Gorin and Good
man Chorus); “The Fog” a dram
atic poem by John LaTouche (re
cited by Miss Anderson).
Program No. 4 —
! Lt. Robert Montgomery, Ella.
Logan. Carmen Miranda, Olsen
and Johnson, A1 Goodman’s Or
chestra and Chorus—“I Paid My
Income Tax Today” (sung by
Ella Logan); “Suns O'Fun" (with
those zanies, Olsen and Johnson);.
Rraz lian song (Carmen Miranda)
“The Average American" (dram
atic monologue by Lt. Montgom
ery).
Program No. 5 —
Lt. Robert Mongnmery, Ella
Logan, Carmen Miranda, Olsen
and Johnson, A1 Goodman’s Or
chestra and Chorus —“Mama yo
quiero” (sung by Carmen Mir
anda); “Suns O'Fun" (with Ol
#sen and Johnson and Ella Lo
gan): “A Sonneit” (read by Lt.
Mongomery.)
Program No. G —
Lt. Montgomery, Olsen and
Johnson, Carmen Miranda, Ella
Logan, A1 Goodman's Orchestra
and Chorus —“Tipperary” (sung
by Ella Logan); “Sons O'Fun”
(with Olsen and Johnson and
Carmen Miranda); “Mrs. Murga
troyd's Dime" (written by John
LaTouche and x’oeited by Lt.
Montgomery.)
Program No. 7 —
Walter Huston, Frederic March
Florence Eldredge, A1 Goodman’s
Orchestra and Chorus, Yzania
Gonzales —“FilUpino Folk Song”
(Yzania Gonzales); “Picture of
America" (dramatic poem by
Thomas Wolfe, enacted by Mr.
; March and Miss Edredge.)
Program No. 8 —
Frederic March, Florence El
dTedge, Walter Huston, Yzania
Gonzales, A1 Goodman’s Orches
tra and Chorus —“Our Constitu
tion” (Frederic March). This
speech which is applicable to our
nide" Programs
r
f Stage and Screen
present crisis and sounds as if it
' had been written only yesterday,!
actually is Demosthenes’ speech;
to the Athenians, delivered more
than 3,000 years ago.
Program No. 9 —
Frederic March. Florence El
dredge, Walter Huston, William
j Hargraves, A1 Goodman’s Orches
tra and Chorus — "Old Time
Vaudeville" (Huston and March)
"Calling America” (written by
Meredith Wilson and sung by
William Hargraves and the Good
man Chorus); “The American
Woman” (drama, wih Huston and
Miss Eldredge.)
Program No. 19—
Frederic March and AJ Good-j
mans Orchestra and Chorus —t
"For Americans Oonlv’ ( A fable j
about a great nation: with Fred-1
eric March.)
Program No. 11 —
Frederic March, A! Goodman's
Orchestra and Chorus, and Broad '
way’s Newest Comedy star —
Danny Kaye! — "The Stanislav- j
1 ,-ky M< thod” (written and sung
by Danny Kaye); "Molly Ma
lone" (Irish Folk Song; sung by
Danny Kaye); "The Average Am
erican” (dramatic sketch by
Frederic March.)
Program No. 12 —
Frederic March, Mary Jane
Walsh, Paul Lukas. Mady Christ
ians, A1 Goodman’s Orchestra and
Chorus—"This Time” (Sensation
al new war song by Irving Ber
lin; sung by Mary Jane Walsh);
excerpts from the smash Broad
way stage play, “The Watch on
the Rhine" with its two stars,
Paul Lukas, Mady Christians.)
NORTHWEST SEEKS
TOURIST TRADE
SEATTLE Plan-- to spend
almost $90,000 for newspa
per advertising through
out the country to attract
tourists to the Pacific i
Northwest have been ag-,
reed to by the four leading
tourist promotion organiz
ations of Washington, Ore
gon and British Columbia.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
—
To GEORGE H. THOMAS, <
HENRY MEEGAN. JAMES H.
KENNEDY. PETER McINTOSH.
WILLIAM H. PACKWOOD, W.
J. SOMERVILLE J. G. GALVIN.
W. A. BOWLES. KNUTE
ORANGE, and ALASKA HOME
STAKE GOLD MJNTNG COM
PANY, A Corporation, and to
your and each of your heirs, re
presentatives and assigns:
You and each of you are here
by notified that the undersigned
CHARLES V. OLSON is a Co
owner of each of the following;
gold mining claims located in the!
vicinity of Bluff, Alaska, bb-wit: j
Esquimo Chief, Eskimo Chief!
No. 1. Eskimo Chief No. 2. Es- j
quimeaux No. 3. Idaho, Idaho No.*
1. Idaho No. 2, Idaho No. 3, Sea [
Gull, Sea Gull No. 1, Sea Gull i
No. 2. Sea Gull No. 3.
That for and during each of the
annual mming assessment years!
ending respectively July 1st, I
years 1935, 1936. 1941. the saidj
Charles V. Olson expended in I
work, labor, improvements and
money at least $100.90 on and for1
the benefit of each of said min-1
ing claims. That said expendi- j
tures were made for Ihe purpose I
of complying with the mining ass'
essment laws relative to said
claims and for the years herein
stated.
And you and each of you are
further notified that if within
ninety days of the completion of
the publication of this notice
(said publication Seing for as
period of ninety days) you fail!
or refuse to contribute to the j
undersigned Charles V. Olson |
your proportionate share of said
expenditures, as a co-owner, your
interest in said claims and each
of said edaims will become the!
property of Charles V. Olson co-^
o-wner, who has made said ex- j
penditures.
DATED at Nome, Alaska, this
14th day of March, 1942.
CHARLES V. OLSON,
Co-owner, j
Bluff. Alaska, i
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6, 13, 20, 27, May 4 11 18 25;
June J, 8, 1042.
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Excerpt From the Law
section 140.4 01 the new
Federal Insurance Contri
butions Act reads as fol
lows:
“(a) Every employer shall
furnish to each of his cm-,
ployees a written statement
or statement, in a form suit,
able for retention by thej
employee, showing the wag
es paid by him to the en j
ployee after December 31.
1930. Each statement shall
cover a calendar year, or
one, two, three, or four cal
endar quarters whether or
not within the same calen
dar year, and shall show
the name of the employer,
the name of the employee, i
the period covered by the
statement, the total amount1
of wages paid within such
period, and the amount of
the tax (Old-Age) imposed
by Section 1400 with re-1
spect to such wages. Each
statement shall be furnish
ed to the employee not. lat
er than the last day of the
second calendar month fol-:
lowing the period covered
by the statement, except
that, if the empoyce leaves
lhe employ of the employer,
‘he final statement shall be
furnished on the day on
which the last payment of
pastes is made to the em
Dloyee. The employer may,
at his option, furnish such a
tatement to any employee
at the time of each pay
vhich is made to the em
doyee during any calendar
quarter, in lieu of a state
ment covering such a quar
ter; and, in such case, the
statement may show the
date of payment of the wag
es- in lieu of the period cov
ered .by the statement.’
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willfully fails to furnish a
statement to an employee
in the manner, at the time,
and showing the informa
tion required under sub
section (a) shall for each
failure be subject to a civil
penalty of not more than
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