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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-12
LIEUTENANTS RECEIVE
 FEDERAL RECOGNITION

Federal recognitions of William N. Redling as First Lieutenant, and Gerald F. Mclaughlin as Sec ond Lieutenant in Company A, 297th Infantry of the Alaska Ma tional Guard have been received at the office of the Adjutant Gen. eral.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-12
BARAN0F BARBER E TO OPEN SHOP AT AIR
 BASE FOR OFFICERS

Phil Gordon, local barber in the Baranof Hotel, anncuncd today that he will sail On the northbound Bar anof Saturday for Anchorage where he will open a shop in the Officers Club at Elmendorf Field.
 Gordon said that he will have two shops at the Army Air Base, one at the Post Exchange and another at the Officers Club. At least three chairs will be in the Officers Club shop, he said. Gordon intends to keep his lease on the Baranof shop and hire another barber during his absence.
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Bible Class Association
Plans Bunquet April q

The annual banquet of the Or
ganized Bible Glass Association OF
Washington will be held at $50
pm. April % in Calvary Baptist
Church, Eighth and H streets NV.
The Rev. T. Guthrie Speers. pas
tor of Brown Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Baltimore, and president OF
the Council of Churches and Christ
ian Education OF Maryland and Del
aware, will be principal speaker.
About 400 are expected to attend
the banquet, which is to include
musical entertainment features.
Reservations are being accepted
by Harold S. King. chairman Of the
committee on tickets and tables,
6142 Thirty-first place NV.
The mems Bible class and the
L. w. Slater Bible class (women) Of
the Lutheran Church OF the Re-
formation and the mems Bible class
of North Washington Baptist
Church have joined the associati ation,
bringing the total membership to
1873 classes, it has been announced.
Evening star., 1941-04-13

Washington will begin its spring
housecleaning' tomorrow.
During the two-week period, pro-
claimed as cleanup time" by the
District Commissioners, residents OF
the District will be asked to Coop
crate in a city-wide effort to make
the city Spotless.
Spade work for the campaign al
ready has been done by the Clean
Streets Committee OF the Washing
ton Board of Trade. Posters have
sone up on all trash receptacles and
similar placards will be placed in
streetcars.
pledge cards" explaining how
good neighbors cooperate have
gone out by the thousands to citl-
zens' associations, business organ
izations. luncheon clubs. the Wash
ington Real Estate Board, the per-
sonnel Of the District government
and others.
Letters TO School Teachers.
A few days before the school va
cation more than 5000 letters and
pledge cards were sent to school
teachers. suggesting that "the cam
paisn will be a splendid lesson for
our boys and girls in cleanliness
and in following the democratic way
Of cooperation in solving commu-
nifty problems"
Foremen in the City Refuse Divi-
sion have also been given supplies
Of the pledge cards to distribute to
householders where they might be
helpful"
Dumont Beerbower, chairman OF
the Clean Streets Committee, and
members of his group plan to crowd
as many talks to civic groups as
possible into the campaign and spot
announcements will be made at
regular intervals on all local radio
stations to serve as reminders OF
cleanup time.
To Be Taken to Capitol Hill.
The Board OF Trade disclosed that
H. plans to carry the campaign to
Capitol Hill, where chairmen of the
House and Senate District Commit
tees as we'll as the District subcom-
mittees Of the appropriations COM
mittees will be presented with pledge
cards. They will be reminded that
the work TO do and half the labor
10 do it than it had two decades
ago.
While the Clean Streets Commit
tee is publicizing the campaign,
carrying the message of the Com
missioners to householders and pc
destrians alike, the City Refuse Di-
vision plans to accelerate its own
work to clean up Washington.
William A. Xanten, supervisor of
the City Refuse Division, explained
yesterday that more men would be
put on the job ito impress on the
public the value of clean streets"
Visitors Add to Job.
Through the combined efforts Of
the public and the City Refuse Divi-
sion, people will see what a clean
city looks like" he said.
Not only will the visitors fiocking
to Washington mean bigger job
for the street cleaners, but spring
cleaning of homes and yards usually
brings a 25 per cent increase in the
work of his division, he said,
Householders, he added, could help
the city authorities by putting up
their refuse in proper receptacles.
The most trying cleanup prob
lem, he said, was created by the
people who put household garbage
In public trash receptacles and in
the streets. If something could be
done on that score alone, he main
Evening star., 1941-04-13

tanned. the campaign would be
worthwhile.
An intensive bad alley" cleaning
program will be launched tomorrow,
he announced. Householders who
dump their trash in more than 400
bad alleys have already been noti-
fed that if they will do little
spring housekeeping the alley crews
will collect the refuse. Cooperating
in the alley program, the Health
Department is sending inspectors
to give warnings where household
ers refuse to remove health menaces.
Mr.. Xanten, who represents the
local authorities on the Board Of
Trade committee, said he was also
working with other branches Of
the District and Federal Govern
ment on long-ranse planning to
keep the city clean.
Pledge Card Suggestions
The pledge cards make these
suggestions for neighborly co-opera-
ton:
Don't litter streets and sidewalks.
Clean your sidewalks and yards
frequently. Do not sweep debris into
the streets or alleys. Procure sum-
cient and proper refuse receptacles.
Sweep up and pick up.
Keep your receptacles, crates,
boxes, etc, of public streets and
alleys.
Assign responsibility for clesn-
illness Of your rented apartments,
stores and tenements to some one
on the premises.
If your business causes litter
control it.
Urge your children and neighbors
to join with us all In following these
simple rules to make Washington
the worlds cleanest city.
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Poser Draws
Jail Term for
BORROWINGS
sy the Associated Press.


SALT LAKE CITY, April 12.-
James r. Barrett. Al, pleaded guilty
today to:
Posing as an Army captain last
August 20 and borrowing $3.50 from
q Provo CUtah) woman.
Posing as a Government surveyor
Aug,lst IS and borrowing several
boats and horses from Manti
(Utah) woman.
Posing as an Army officer Sep
tember II and obtaining $3.50 from
another Utah woman.
Posing as a mine inspector Octo-
Der 3 and borrowing $400 from a
Lark CUtah) woman.
Posing as a Federal surveyor and
borrowing IS from young man,
Had quite few Government
Jobs, haven't you?" asked Federal
Judge Tiltman D. johnson as he
sentenced Barrett to three years
In Mcneil Island penitentiary.
Just what is your business"
Replied Barrett:
II am q cold storage expert"
Evening star., 1941-04-13

Ex0tic South Sea
Island Fantasy...
from Bali and ia Oa!
Evening star., 1941-03-31
Violent Axis Protest
On Ship Seizures
By U. 5. Expected
Most Italian Vessels
sobotoeed; Two Fired
At Costa Ricon Port

tConUinued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1941-03-31

tons. steering apparatus and gears
all smashed.
Observation-Disclosures of all
four Italian ships damaged. some
quite badly" Comdr. L. E. Wells of
the Coast Guard reported. The
damage was OF a nature that could
be accomplished In a short time by
men experienced with machinery"
In taking possession OF some
boats, Coast Guardsmen lowered the
axis flags and hoisted the Stars
and Stripes instead. This procedure,
however. apparently was not fol-
lowed in every case.
The Italian captain who called
the Governments seizure of his
ship IAN act of war" was Capt.
Giovanni Polonio of the Italion
motorship Leme, taken into custody
at Portland, Greg.
AS Coast Guardsmen took the
officers and crew to Jail. Capt.
Polonio told neWsmen that war
likely will come" as a result of the
seizure.
Il never expected to have an
experience like this in this coun-
try" he said. 1T is really inhuman
what they are doing-really i'm
proper. Even prisoners of war we
do not treat like this in Italy"
Capt. Polonio admitted his men
had damaged the ship because she
was going to be seized by your
country"
He shrugged his shoulders when
asked who gave the order.
In Baltimore, newspapermen and
Evening star., 1941-03-31

damaged" by their crews. Further
more. if it could be shown that all
the Italian shipmasters had inStruc-
tions to sabotage their vessels, a
right probably could be established
to take title to all the ships.
Began at Midnight.
The Italian ships were the first
taken over. The process started
shortly before midnight Saturday
and continued throughout Sunday
forenoon. Then the two German
merchantmen were Unexpectedly
added to the list and flnally-after
nightfall-the Coast Guard took
possession of the Danish ships.
The large-scale operation was
carried out virtually without Incl
dent. In the case of one Italian
ship at Jacksonville, Fla, resistance
was reported encountered, but ap-
parently it was promptly overcome.
Coast Guardsmen, wearing side
arms, did most of the work. In
one instance, however, they were
accompanied by Marines with rifles
and fixed bayonetS. and in the
Canal Zone some regular troops
| figured in the taking over of ship.
A machine gun was displayed only
once-by the boarding party which
took possession of the German
] freighter Arauca at Port Everglades,
Fla. This is the ship that displayed
the swastika ensign last week when
President Roosevelt's vacation yacht
was anchored near by.
Crews in Custody.
In most cases the crews of the
ships were removed at once and
placed in the custody of Federal or
local officials. The belief here was
that they would be subject to the
same restrictions imposed on crew
members of the scuttled German
liner Columbus, who have been de-
tained by Federal authorities since
they came ashore.
No Sabotage on Danish Ships.
In New York, Comdr John S.
Baylis of the Coast Guard said the
IS Danish ships taken over were in
| SSiAd41AOlls Will ilO olSllo VI
| sabotage in any respect"
He said the Danish sailors would
be housed at the Coast Guard unit
at Ellis Island and not in the regu-
lar immigration barracks. Their
transfer started this morning.
The Danes were given special
treatment, Comdr. Baylis said, be-
cause they co-operated 100 per
cent"
Nine Italian sailors who were away
when their vessels were taken over
were apprehended this morning,
raising the total of men sent to
Ellis Island to 1888
Italian Line officials said they
were investigating the difference
in the treatment given the sailors
but that thus far they had received
little or no information from Federal
officials.
Navy and Coast Guard oficiaIs
were expected to confer this after
noon on the methods of handling and
caring for crew members.
1t is understood one of the matters
under consideration is the use OF
marines or Navy men to augment
the Coast Guard forces now on
Evening star., 1941-03-31

photographers saw smashed engines
and machinery on one of two Ital-
ian freighters seized in the harbor
by coast guardsmen, who refused
comment on the possibility their
crews may have planned to fire the
vessels.
During the tour through the
6,l40-ton Pietro Campanella. a
Coast Guard officer picked up a
small can stuffed with kerosene
soaked waste and threw it into the
bay. Similar pieces of waste were
observed in other parts of the ship.
A sledge hammer lay on top of the
still-warm engines of the Pietro
Campanella, and cylinder heads had
been unbolted and smashed, along
with pistons. One cylinder block was
filled with cinders and fire clay, a
guardsman said.
The steam steering apparatus like
wise was smashed, with another
sledge hammer lying nearby. Gears
were broken, axle-rods bent, with the
steam intake pipe knocked loose
from the machine
Evidence of the hurried departure
(See SHIPS, Page A-12D
Evening star., 1941-03-31

police duty. 1t was explained the
Coast Guard could not spare more
men.
Under consideration also is the
problem of which branch of the
service would be charged with feed
ing and housing of the crew men,
bers should they be moved ashore.
In all cases, however, blue -jacketed
Coast Guards took up armed sentry
duty, while others searched the ships
and Investigated the extent of
damage.
AS far as could be learned. all
the reported instances of sabotage
were confined TO Italian ships. On
some vessels the damage was quite
extensive and investigating authori-
ties said the destruction must have
taken days if not weeks to accom-
plish One official used the word
'methodical" to describe the wreck
age caused by acetylene torches,
axes and chisels.
An Official version of the burning
of the refuged vessels said Costa
Rican officials and 40 armed police
went to place "a special guard
aboard the ships in order to avoid
sabotage" this morning. An ex-
plosion occurred and fire rapidly
enveloped the entire Eisenach."
The Eisenach was considered a
total loss, it said, but strenuous ef-
forts were being made to control the
fire aboard the Fella."
"One hundred twenty Italian and
German members of the crews were
detained, charged with committing
the acts of sabotage" the statement
announced.
Samples Of Damage.
Samples of the damage reported
New Orleans-Propeller shafts of
the hardest steel, IA inches thick,
cut through with hacksaws.
Newark-Holes bored in bottom
of boilers, pistons cut, generators
chopped and hacked, bearings dam
aged beyond repair.
Wilmington Diesel engines
smashed with sledge hammers.
Portland, Oreg-Navigation in
struments, generators and engines
damaged.
Houston.-Engine and auxiliary
machinery completely destroyed"
Baltimors-Cylinder heads, pis-
Evening star., 1941-03-31

The 60-odd ships seized by the
Omitted States in American ports
totol approximately 100000 tons.
The % Italian and two German
vessels totaled 178.030 tons. The New
York Maritime Register listed IS
Danish ships in United States ports
Total tonnage for SO of them was
given by Lloyds Register as 110,550D
The % Italian ships totaled 168,-
e44 gross tons-approximately per
eent of the pre-war Italian merchant
marine.
The tonnage represented more
than so per cent of Italian merchant
ships lost through capture and sink
ing since the war began-latest fig-
ures show Italy had lost SO ships OF
S17551 tons.
The German vessels seized were
the freighter Arauca docked at Port
Everglades, Fla. and the tanker
Pauline Frederick, at Boston.
Here are the ports, Italian ships
and gross tonnage of each ship
taken into custody:
Boston-Dino, 5,592.
New York-Alberta, 6,131: Arsa
SAL: Aussa. SAL; Brennero, 1876;
San Leonardo, 4,657.
Philadelphia - Belvedere, $3.50;
Antonietta, 4,423; Santarosa, 3,027;
Mar Glauco, 1890.
Baltimore Pietro Campanella
6l40; Euro, 4.867.
Newport News-Laconia, 6.932;
vtttorin, 3.349.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
List of Seized Vessels
Foreign Ships Taken Over by U.S..
In American Ports TotuI 300 900 Tons

Norfolk, Va.-Guidonia, $3.50; San
Giuseppe, 5,074; Giuan, 5,473.
Wilmington, N. C-Villarpeross,
6,255.
Savannah-Clara, 6,l31.
Observation-Disclosures, 1915; Con-
fidenza, 6,458
New Orleans-Ada O.. 1894; Mon
fore, 5,498.
Houston-Mongioia, 6,113.
Mobile, Ala.-Ida 2. O., 1885.
San Juan, Puerto Rico-Colorado,
5,039.
Portland, Oreg.-Leme, 8,059.
Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone
Conte Biancamano, $4,000.
Danish ships in the various ports
and their tonnages follow:
New York-AuStralian Refer, q
321; Broholm, 1874; Georgia, 2,272;
Gertrude, 2,282; Jonna, 1,517; Lund-
by, 4,150; Maria, 1869; Nora, 1887;
Olympia, 4,488; Paula, 1,549; Sessa,
1.70O; Tanja, 1892; Tunis, 1,64l;
Sicilien, 1854; Marina, 1,700.
Baltimore-Alssund, 1922; Anna
Maersk, $3.50; Brosund, 2,939; Laura
Maersk, $500; Lexa Maersk. 5,614;
Mel Maersk, 5.086; Ragnhild, 2,252;
Columbia, 6,049.
Portland, Oreg.-Jutta, 1.549.
Grays Harbor, Wash.-Nordvest,
ATOP.
Boston-Emma Maersk, SITS; Rita
Maersk, s53; Hertha Maersk, I'M
listed in Lloyds Register.
Philadelphia. N. Damn, 1882
Norden, unlisted IN Lloyds Register
Norfolk, Va.-E. M. Dalgas. 7,S4S;
Erode, 7,140.
Jacksonville - Caroline Maersk
1881.
Los Angeles - Nordhval. 4,&73;
! Mordpol, <AsA
Evening star., 1941-03-31

to nave acted primarily because OF
the reported discovery OF sabotage
but the decision may also have been
Influenced by the indications of a
concerted German-Italian attempt
to get as many axis ships as possible
out of hemisphere ports.
Some axis ships put out to sea
from South American ports during
the week end to try to break through
the British blockade, and others ap-
parently were getting ready to de-
part.
1t was the discovery of systematic
sabotage-as reported by the Navy S
intelligence service-that started the
swift march of week -end events.
The freighter Villaperosa. an
chored for many months at Will
mington, N. c., was the ship that
touched off the surprising train OF
events, it was learned. Saturday
naval officials decided that it was
more desirable to have her moored
some distance up the river from her
anchorage. When they boarded her
they found her machinery complete
ly dismantled.
Acting promptly upon this discoy-
cry the Navy intelligence found
other evidence which strengthened
the suspicion that widespread, sys-
tematic sabotage was in progress, 1t
was said.
The informati ton was laid at once
before President Roosevelt and 1t
was with his approval that the
Coast Guard got its orders for the
abrupt and surprising rush of ac-
tivity which put the axis and Danish
shipping in Federal custody.
Authority for Seizures.
The Government acted under a
World War anti-sabotage statute
which authorizes the Coast Guard
to assume custody of foreign ships
and remove their crews when a
captain permits wilful damage to
the vessel. This law also provides
that any ship that actually has been
sabotaged may be declared forfeited
to the United States.
Herbert CASTOR, Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury, said that the
action of taking control of the ships
was purely protective" and de
signed to prevent the further
wreaking of damage which would
constitute a menace to American
ships and traffic being carried on
in the harbors of the United States.
Mr.. CASTOR disclosed that the or
ders had been issued to the Coast
Guard one of the Treasury s
branches-"as a result of discovery
that wholesale damage, including
the destruction of machines and
boilers, had been done to many OF
the ships by their crews"
Reason for Sabotage.
There was much specula ton as
to the explanation for the reported
sabotage. In some quarters it wal
believed the damage might have
been committed to forestall any pos
sible development under which the
ships might 60 into the hands Of the
British.
There was no official comment on
the possibility that some of the ships
might be declared forfeited to the
United tSates. A high Treasury OH
cial, however, said informally that
the legal situation appeared to be
this:
The United States has clear right
to take title TO any of the vessels
Evening star., 1941-03-31
INDIGESTION
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Evening star., 1941-03-31
Battle Losses
British Claim Three
Cruisers, Z Destroyers

D, the Associated Press.
The British claim this bag as GER
tain in the weekend battle OF the
Ionian Sea:
Sunk.
The Pola, cara and Fiume, 10000
ton sistership Italian cruisers.
The Vincenzo Gioberto, 1,729-ton
destroyer.
The Maestrale, Aston destroyer.
Damaged.
The IS, ,OOO-ton battleship Littorio.
Possible Fascist Losses.
The 5,069-ton cruiser Giovanni
celle Banda Mere.
A third destroyer.
Here, according to British statis-
tics, is the summary, of Italy's naval
situation so far:
Had Lost
BattleShips ------- 8 4tX)
DeStroyers -----------l27 II
Submarines s-125 20
x)-The battleships are listed by
the British as damaged; the others
as sunk.
Evening star., 1941-03-31
FRATERNAL NOTICE.

WEBSTER LODGE, NO. =, KNIGHTS OF
PYTHIAS: Business meetinr
W#A N Tuesday night, O'Clock.
WEN April l. in our Castle Hall,
1912 9th st. NV. third floor
" rear Visiting brothers well
" come.
w. X BENNETT
Acting Ch. Com.
AAoeau& 4. NksA. K, od =. 3 &sel.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-02-13
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, le4I
otinaally, Let God be magnified.'
(Rco Inn ~. AZ

-tinaally, Let God be magnified."
! psalms 70: A..
Among the citations which
comprise the Lesson-Sermon Is
the following from the Bible:
"For they that are after the
flesh do mind the things of
the flesh; but they that are
after the Spirit, the things of
the Spirit. For to be carnally
minded is death; but to be
spiritually minded is life and
peace. Because the carnal mind
is enmity against God: for it is
not subject to the law of God,
neither indeed can be-" (Ro-
mans 8: SD.
The Lesson-Sermon also in
cludes the following passage
from the Christian Science
textbook, Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures" by
Mary Baker Eddy: when once
destroyed by divine Science, the
false evidence before the cor
poreal senses disappears. Hence
the opposition of sensuous man
to the Science of Soul and the
significance of the Scripture,
The carnal mind is enmity
against Cod" Up. 1919.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-02-13

Mr.. ana MIS-. AVE.. hOcl
left Saturday morning for {
six weeks trip through NebraS
ka.
Miss Bette Mann and Mis-
Cora Curry were in Billings OF
business Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. R. Cool ant
Mrs. L. S. McAlliSter were din
ner guests of Mrs. H. M. Stranc
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Root anc
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Dorrigan 0.
Sheridan, Wyo., were guests "a
the Harry Ross home Sunday.
Lloyd Huss of Laurel was il
Hardin Tuesday visiting friend.
and relatives. - s....
Miss Geraldine Westwooc
spent the weekend with hel
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G
WestWood, in Lodge Grass.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. J. Buzzett
and Mrs. M. F. Emmett fo1
Fromberg visited at the Frank
and Anthony Buzzetti homes
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence John
son of McRae were in Hardin
on business Monday. -
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. j. S.
Simmons, a daughter, Monday
at the st. Vincent's hospital in
Billings.
Miss Eileen Plumb left Satur-
day for LeWistown, Idaho, where
she. will visit relatives for a
month.
Joe Turner, who has been a
patient at St. Vincent's hospital
in Billings, was released Satur-
day.
Miss Mary Lou Frailey of
Grow Agency was a dinner
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Buzz Pat
tison Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Rainfall
went to Miles City today to
bring their daughter, Patsy,
home to recuperate from an APP
pendectomy.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Shirley,
George and Viva Ann Shirley,
visited at the home of Mrs.
Shirley's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. L. Hewitt, in Billings Sunday
L. S. McAllister left Saturday
morning for a vacation in the
southern states. MIR. McAllister
expects to be gone about a
month.
DR.. and Mrs. J. w. Schubert
were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Atkins Wednesday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Swindle
left Sunday for Denver, Colo.
and Omaha, Nebr, to visit about
10 days. Miss Gretchen Swindle
is staying with Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Rhinehart during theil
absence.
Mrs. J. B. Quest has been il
the past week.
! Mrs. Clyde Cordrey of Sheri-