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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-25
Huskies Win poughkeepsie
 Varsity Race

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, June 25 Washington Huskies won the mile varsity race in the In- tercollegiate Regatta here today for the second straight year.
 The Huskies finished with two
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-25
BIRD OF BIRDIE

ALVA, Okla, June 25-Literally it was birdie Clifford Mann knocked down on the Ava goli course the other day. He aimed for a distant green but the ball went straight into a tree and struck a bird sitting on a limb.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-25

Here is way to shape a spin ach or rice ring, when you're short on time: Press hot seasoned food into buttered ring mold. Cover the mold with lid and let stand 5 minutes in a pan of water over low heat. Unmold into heated platter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-25
WEATHER SYNOPSIS

Partly evaled most of Alaska h the previous "A hours at most stations portion and the Aeuh S lands The greatest precipitation A hndredths or highest temperature Fairbanks and lowest Mostly overcast skes "lth o ceilings far good Vl ISetchkan tn
 indicated center ol 10" 52 degrees north and 6l oe expected 500 miles eastward prevailed over te interior of frontal trough extendlhg souIh outheastwad Southeast Aaska and along the Washington Coast 3033 inches was To- west and hlgh crest this center to Cape spencer
 Juneau June = m, sunset 1O:08 pm
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-25
CHARMED FIGURE

DENVER-Colorado won the Big Seven track championship with 801a Points on the same day that Greeley, Colo, State captured the Rocky Mountain Conference title with 80 5/6.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-25
HELP AN ALASKAN
Telephone 713 or write The Alaska Territorial
 Employment Service for this qualified worker.

OFFICE WORKER Young lady, age 27, wishes office job Has taught physical education and cooking for 1 years, has had some office experi- ence, is interested in aviation and has student pilot certificate. ES-324.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-25
BRANT DUE IN

Assistant Fishery Management Supervisor J. Steele Culbertson IS to return to Juneau on the Brant this evening from patrol.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-25
THE WEATHER
(By II. Weather Bureau) II S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU

vicin beginning 4:30 June zo' Partly cloudy slightly Thursday low 50 degrees highest lhoV o ~ variable winds.
 Partly cloudy tonight ana IuS Thursday; gentle to moderate varape "o ep' mode souherly in Lynn Canal
 Forecast of winG along of the Gulf of Aiasks westerly northwest Spencer to Cape iichorook Nou showers Cape outery souheasterV wnos local showers Kodiak moderate aserV to notheasterly winds local rain
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-25
LOCAL STRAWBERRIES
 ON JUNEAU MARKETS

Local strawberries are appearing in the Juneau grocery stores and are selling rapidly, in fact the de- mand is greater than the supply.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-25

The Daily Alaska Empire has th largest paid circulation of any Al aSka newspaper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-25

lengths to spare over California. Cornell came in third in a field of nine.
Evening star., 1941-12-19

sessions would constitute a menace
in the far-fung United States de-
fenSes guarding a vital link, the
Panama Canal.
Martinique was the stepping stone
for material started from the United
States in answer to the desperate
appeal of Paul Reynaud, pre-armis-
tice premier of France. for clouds
OF warplanes" from across the ocean.
AS evidence of this, nearly 100
American-made planes, stranded
while en- route to collapsing France.
still stand on Martinique, deterio-
rating under the tropical sun and
lashing winds and seasonal rains
useless now.
AS further evidence of former
American collaboration with France,
hundreds of millions in gold lie
cached in Martinique, apparently a
war purchase reserve fund spirited
out Of France ahead of the Nazis
and moved to safekeeping through
Canada and the United States be-
fore France surrenderd.
The most potent units OF Frances
defense of Martinique throughout
the uncertain period of Nazi pres
sure on Vichy were the cruiser
Emile Bertin and the aircraft car
rier Bearn
Behind these were the harbor
fortress, a stronghold of undeter-
mined potentialities. and small
garrison of colonial troops officered
by the French
Evening star., 1941-12-19
MocArthurNumedFuvG General,
Second in Active Army Service

1t. Gen. Douglas Macarthur, di-
rector of the defense of the Philip
pines, was nominated today by Pres
ident Roosevelt for the full rank of
general in the Army of the United
States. His present title is COM
mander of the United States Army
of the Far East.
A War Department announcement
of the promotion of Gen. Macarthur
and Is other Army officers. said the
President acted in recognition of
their service in the Philippines.
At present the only other full gen.
erals in the American forces are
Gen. George C. Marshall, Army chief
of staff, and Gen. John j. Pershing,
first World War commander, whose
name was never placed on the re-
tired list.
There has been speculation that
Gen. Macarthur might be named
commander of all American armies
in the field, or perhaps be designated
As American generalisslmo for The
Allied land forces.
Along with the proposed elevation
of Gen. Macarthur, whose direction
of the Philippine defense already
Evening star., 1941-12-19
More Volunteers
iodine Service
| Men Sought

Additional volunteers to take a
service man into their homes for
Christmas dinner were called for
today by the Recreation Committee
Of the District Defense Council.
Names Of men who will be in the
city from nearby camps are being
obtained in advance and will be as
signed to particular homes and
churches. Residents who wish to
entertain one or more service men
are requested to call Executive 1927.
Others may send money to be used
for a group dinner for men not as
signed to homes.
In its plans for the holiday en-
tertainment, the Recreation Com
mittee is working in cooperation
with several local groups, including
the Federation of Churches, Jewish
Community Center, University
Women's Club, Junior League and
Catholic Churches.
The Most Rev. Michael j. Curley,
Archbishop of Baltimore and Wash
ington, yesterday directed that all
midnight masses for Christmas be
celebrated for the spiritual and ma
terial welfare of the armed forces.
He urged all Catholics to receive
communion at the masses and pray
for this special intention.
The archbishop also suggested
that Catholics entertain soldiers on
leave Christmas Day. The Rev.
Thomas B. Dade, assistant pastor of
st. Patrick's Church, was named
director Of the local arrangements.
Evening star., 1941-12-19
MuIuyo
Continued From First Page.)

territory" in the Tmor Sea. between
the Island Of Timor and Australia.
The Portuguese half Of Timor,
where the Japanese had an air sta
ton, was occupied yesterday by
Dutch and Australian forces.
The Dutch-Australian force In
Portuguese Timor has interned all
Japanese subjects, Aneta, Dutch
news agency, reported
An earlier communique said the
japanese in Malaga seemed to have
been stopped by sheer exhaustion
and heavy casualties.
A communique said the night was
quiet all along the Northern Ma
layan front and that the Japanese
had been inactive for "a hours. But
weIl-informed sources here expected
a new thrust from the northwest
across the Krian River when the
japanese have rested and reinforced
their spearhead, this probably to be
paralleled by a push from Kirk, 18
miles within the border with Thai
land.
The chief immediate objective Of
the Japanese probably is Ipoh, the
heart of Malay's tin industry, about
300 airline miles northwest of Singa-
pore, on the main railway. jap
anese planes were active over the
area yesterday.
There were radio reports that
Rangoon, capital of British Burma,
was bombed again this afternoon
and a Rangoon communique. ap-
parently issued earlier, said British
air patrol activity had increased in
the last "a hours.
The British Empire forces found
in the Malayan respite a chance to
solidify their Krian River line In
anticipation of the next Japanese
move.
Evening star., 1941-12-19
quered, was only matter Of hours.
The Domei broadcast declared

quereo, was only matter OF hours,
The Domei broadcast declared
that japanese forces which gained
foothold on Hong Kong Island
under cover of darkness last night
had kept up a driving offensive
with aerial and artillery protection.
Jardines Hill, an observation post
rising 1920 feet in the center of the
2-square-mile island, was captured
in two and half hours of fighting,
the news agency said, and "Japa-
nese guns and planes are furiously
battering the enemy"
Week of Bombardment.
Domei's report followed an an
nouncement by imperial headquar-
ters that landings had been effected
after more than a week of bom-
bardment of British positions from
artillery and air bases on the main
land and naval vessels at sea.
The Japanese drove in, it said, at
10 pm. g am. E. S. IT, Thursday
and, within 13 hours, had overrun
numerous defense positions on Hong
Kong. the heart OF the British crown
colony at the mouth of the Canton
River, which China ceded TO Britain
100 years ago.
A communique acknowledged a
fierce defense Of the naval base and
business center, but declared the
invaders were rapidly carrying out
further operations" Hong Kong
had twice rejected japanese ulti-
matums for surrender.
Troops Reinforced.
Japanese Army forces were said
to have received important REIN
forcement in all theaters of opera
tions." New territorial gains-their
extent unspecified-were claimed in
the Philippines
The Mikado'S troops were declared
to have destroyed British frontier
Notifications on the Malay PENN
sula and to have annihilated some
British motorized forces.
The aviation" the imperial head
quarters statement said, bombed
air fields in Burma and Malaga"
Barrage Precedes Landing.
The newspaper Nichi Nichi said
l2-hour barrage preceded the night
landing thrusts at Hong Kong.
japanese forces stormed pillboxes
in the darkness and won them in
bitter hand-to-hand fighting, it re-
ported.
Then flares were set off by the
landing parties and reinforcements
moved across the one-mile- wide
strait separating Hong Kong from
Kowloon, a mainland section already
held by the japanese.
Japanese forces" it said, ARE
now pushing the enemy in a noun
famous region in the southern part
Of the island"
Domei acknowledged that 10 di-
visions Of Chinese troops were con-
centrated near Canton, at the rear
of Japanese forces besieging Hong
Kong, but declared that they
seemed to be unprepared for q
strong offensive.
Even If they should start attack
ing, the agency asserted, it was
doubted whether they could have
any major effectiveness.
Evening star., 1941-12-19
Axis Force May Be Getting
Oil From French Tunisia
Earlier Story on Page A-4)

Earlier Story on Page A-4)
BY the Associated Press.
An announcement In London that
r. A. F. planes had bombed and
destroyed part of an oil tank train
near Zuara in Western Libya to-
day gave rise to q belief that the
Axis forces may be obtaining vital
fuel and supplies from neighboring
French Tunisia.
Zuara Is only about 40 miles from
the French border.
Meanwhile, Gen. Sir Claude j. Z.
Auchinleck, Britain's Middle East
commander, told his troops pursuing
the Axis forces in Libya that the
enemy's position was desperate
and he will be destroyed"
The statement was contained in an
order of the day broadcast by B.
B. c. and heard here by c. B. S.
The British radio also said Allied
forces in Libya have seized more
than ITO Axis planes, 70 of them
German, and captured more thansa
dozen airdromes in the current Of
fensive.
Evening star., 1941-12-19
Two Workers Hurt
In Blast al I n 7
Plant in Ohio
Explosion DemoIishes
Three-Story Building;
Termed Accident
By the Associated Press.


SANDUSKY, Ohio, Dec 1.-Two
men were known today to have been
injured in an explosion at the INT
producing Plum Brook ordnance
plant near here.
Austin James. %, of Oberlin, and
Louis Harlan, 81, of Sanousky, were
brought to Providence, Hospital
shortly after the blast had sent am
balances racing toward the $40
100000 works last night.
Mr.. james was reported suffering
a leg injury, possibly fracture, and
shock. Mr.. Harlan was treated for
burns.
Physicians were reported by an
attendant at Good Samaritan Hos
pital to have treated several" in
jured at the hospital on the ord
nance grounds.
State highway patrolmen said
they were told five men were hurt
when an explosion demolished a
three-story building on a production
line.
Army ordnance executives were
silent on the cause or extent of the
blast, although one spokesman de-
scribed as mot serious" what he
termed an accident.
The plant still is incomplete, with
only one production line reported in
operation. The project is scheduled
to be completed by next May IS.
Evening star., 1941-12-19
Nicely Names Bachmann
States Defense Chief
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Dec. 19-
Gov. Neely announced last night
the appointment of Liquor Com
missioner Carl G.. Bachmann as
West Virginia State co-ordinator Of
defense, to direct new organiza-
tion whose duties will include for
nation of a West Virginia State
guard.
Mr.. Bachmann, Wheeling Repub-
hcan and former member of Con-
gress, will serve without pay and
will continue his duties as minority
member of the Liquor Control Com
mission.
He will take over civilian defense
duties which have been handled by
Carlton c. Pierce of Kingwood, who
will continue as State selective serv-
ice officer and acting adjutant gen.
eral.
Gov. Neely said Mr.. Pierce was
relieved of the defense duties be-
cause of "the graf increase in the
work of selective service in the State
as result of the new draft legis-
lation."
Evening star., 1941-12-19

has drawn the personal commenda-
ton of the President, the Chief
Executive nominated four brigadier
generals for the rank of major
general.
These are Brig. Gen. Edward P.
King, jr.; Brig. Gen. George F..
Moore, Brig. Gen. George M. Parker,
jr., and Brig. Gen. Richard K.
Sutherland. Gen. Sutherland and
Gen. Moore are from Washington.
In a single Navy promotion the
President nominated Capt. John F.
Shafroth, jr, to be rear admiral
Twelve Army colonels likewise
were proposed for promotion to brig
adler generals. They are Clifford
Bluemal, James r. N. Weaver, Will
liam E. Brougher, Albert NJ Jones,
Joseph P. Vachon, Bradford c.
Chynoweth, William F. Sharp, Allan
c. Mcbride, Clyde A. Sellecx, Spen-
Ger B. Akin, Charles c. Drake and
Richard j. Marshall.
Today's advancement marked the
completion of full comeback cycle
for Gen. Macarthur, who retired
from active Army service December
81. 1887, after SO years as soldier.
Evening star., 1941-12-19
Woman Is First American
Casualty at Hong Kong
BY the Associated Prexs

BY the Associated Press
CHUNGKING, Dec. 19.-Word
was received here today Of the first
American casualty in the Japanese
attack on Hong Kong-Mrs. Florence
Webb Of Shanghai, who was
killed by shrapnel. The United
States Embassy here was advised of
her death.
Where she came from in the
United States was not learned. Pre-
sumably she had lived for some
time at Shanghai before moving to
the British crown colony.
The Embassy said it had received
a radio message from the consul
general in Hong Kong stating that
the consulate was intact but that
his residence on Victoria Peak was
badly damaged by shell fire.
Evening star., 1941-12-19
Penetration by Reds
Admitted by Nozis

BERN, Dec. 10 R).-The Germans
admitted today that Russian forces
had penetrated their eastern de-
fenses at several points, but said
they were quickly dislodged by
strong counterattacks. This came
from DNB., official news agency.
Fighting was extremely violent,
the agency said Much of it was
waged in snowstorms with tempera-
lures near zero.
D.N.B. bluntly acknowledged the
Russians continued their pressure all
along the line, supported by power
full forces of artillery and armored
units.
Russian losses were considerable, ="
DNB. said, reporting the death of
more than 600 in a sector held by
one German battalion.
Five hundred Russians fell at
tacking lines held by an armored
division" DNB. added. The at
tack failed"
German artillery was said to have
shelled Leningrad heavily. damaging
an automobile factory and NUM-
tions depot.
Evening star., 1941-12-19

air force attacked troop concentra-
tions. artillery positions, tank forces
and lines of communication despite
bad weather.
In another section the COM
munique apparently referring to a
raid by the British planes on the
occupied port of Brest) said a raid
by strong British bomber fighter
force on a port in occupied territory
was repulsed with heavy losses TO
the enemy"
Twelve British planes in all, in
Guiding five four-engined bombers,
were shot down, it said.
In the Arctic Kola Bay region,
the high command reported. a me-
dium-sized merchant ship was
damaged seriously by bomb hits.
Evening star., 1941-12-19
Red Attacks RepuIsed,
Nozi Command Reports

BERLIN, Dec. 10 (official broad
cast P).-Russian attacks on the
Eastern front are being repulsed at
several points at heavy cost to the
Russians, the German high COM
mand reported today.
Hard fighting developed at sew
eral points on the eastern front as
enemy attacks were being repulsed,"
the communique said. THE enemy
suffered heavy losses"
The Germans added that the NaZi
Evening star., 1941-12-19
Russian
Continued From First Page)

Bureau said in a communique broad
cast by the Moscow radio.
"On December II our aviation de-
stroyed or damaged about 750
trucks with troops and supplies" the
communique said, destroyed . a
number Of buses, set 10 railroad
trains on fire and annihilated or dis
persed three regiments perhaps
5000 mem of enemy infantry"
Destruction of LOG German trucks,
an ammunition dump and military
supply depot was credited to units
of Gen. Vlasov in one day of opera
tions on the central front.
Other Red Army men counted 80
trucks in the booty of a day in which
they dislodged the Germans from "a
villages before Moscow.
Rate Of Offensive Growing.
Seven German divisions in the
MozhaiSk sector south of Ruza were
said to have put up stiff resistance,
but the newspaper declared that the
rate of our offensive is growing
noticeably."
The British radio said reports
from Helsinki this Friday morn
ing say that all German troops
have been withdrawn from Fin
land in a great hurry this fol-
lowing an avowal that Finnish
lines had been broken between
Lakes Omega and Ladoga by
Red Army drive in the vicinity of
the Leningrad- -Murmansk Rail-
way
The Finnish high command
said the Russians had launched
numerous weak attacks on the
Svir River front between the two
lakes, but that all of them had
been repulsed with heavy losSes)
Red Star, the offlcial army news
paper. urged Soviet commanders to
increase the use of speed troops to
spear into the German lines and cut
off detachments, unit by unit, for
destruction. The general plan, it
said, is to "encircle and exterminate
the enemy"
This method already has been
used brilliantly, Red Star reported,
in the recapture of Shekino and
Aleksin, in the Tula zone.
Evening star., 1941-12-19
Long Decentralization
LIST Under Study,
President Reveals
Won't Identify Agencies
Considered for Moving
To Avoid Pressure

President Roosevelt told a press
conference today that long list of
Government bureaus and agencies is
being studied with a view to further
decentralization Of the Federal ac-
tivities in Washington.
Explaining that he desires to
avoid advance pressure against. in
diNdual transfers, the Chief Exec
utive declined to identify any of the
agencies or to give any estimate on
the number Of individuals who may
be affected.
The list under study already has
been trimmed once, he said, and will
be reviewed further before final de-
cisions are made. Likewise, he said
that consideration is being given to
moving the organizations to various
points inside the continental United
States, some to the South, others to
the West, and some to New York
City.
Questioned on Patent Office.
The Presidents discussion Of this
decentralization program followed
questioning about reports that the
Patent Office would be moved to New
York City.
Without giving any clue as to the
truth of this particular possibility,
Mr. Roosevelt pointed out first that
more space is essential for the war
time activities Of the Government.
To obtain this space. he continued,
there has been submitted to him a
long list Of individuals and bureaus
that might be moved.
At this point, he remarked that
if he identified any Of those under
consideration there would be con-
centrated drive against the move by
persons affected.
Hardship for Some.
The change is going to be diff
cult for some, he acknowledged, par
ticularly on Government families
who own homes in this area. The
necessity, however, is a wartime
one, and is a sacrifice which some
persons will be called upon to make,
he pointed out.
In discussing the reduction Of the
list now under consideration, the
President indicated some further de-
cisions would be made within
week.
Commerce Department oficials are
said to be exploring the possibility
of moving the Patent Office out OF
Washington, or at least out OF the
Commerce Building, to make room
for immediate expansion OF the
Maritime Commission and the Board
of Economic Warfare.
Functions Are Decreased.
Functions of the latter agencies,
both of which have quarters in the
Commerce Building, have been great
" increased by entry of the United
States into the World War. Malcolm
Kerlin, administrative assistant to
Secretary of Commerce Jones, has
been comforting on the proposed
move with Patent Commissioner
Conway P. Coe.
Mr.. Kerlin said no decision has
been reached and that any recon-
mendation made on the question
probably will be passed on to Sec
retary Jones and the President.
Mr.. Kerlin said he knew nothing of
any plans to move the Patent Office
to New York.
The Patent ONCE has about l,400
employees and up to 800 patent at
torneys maintain Offices here to
keep in touch with the Office. For
years the Office was located at
Seventh and F streets NV. and q
vast volume Of records had to be
moved when the shift was made into
the Commerce Building
Evening star., 1941-12-19
Jops Reossure Americas

BERLIN, Dec. 10 Official broad
cast recorded by A. PA dispatch
from Toxic said today that Foreign
Minister Shigenori Togo has sent
messages to Argentina, Brazil, Chile
and Peru in which he undertook to
refute accusations by the United
States and Great Britain that Japan
had any intentions against South
America.
Evening star., 1941-12-19
Navy Launches Another
Sister Ship Of Kearny
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-Another
sister ship of the torpedoed destroy
er Kearny, the 1,630-ton U. S. S
Bailey, costing $6000,000,. was
launched today at the Bethlehem
shipyard, Staten Island. Workers
Immediately began work on new
vessel
Named for the late Rear Admiral
Theodorus Bailey the ship was
christened by his granddaughter,
Mrs. Mary De Peyster Charles.
Three submarine chasers will be
launched tomorroW-tWo in Brook
lyn and one in the Bronx.
Evening star., 1941-12-19
Hong Kong
Continued From First Page

was comparatively small with a
considerable area to defend"
The colonial Office promptly spiked
German rumors that the British
governor and commander in chief
Of Hong Kong had fled the be-
sieged crown colony.
Not the slightest credence should
be attached to the report that Sir
Mark Young. governor of Hong
Kong, has left the colony" state
ment said. The colonial office has
been in telegraphic communication
with the governor this morning"
Evening star., 1941-12-19
Fall of Colony Matter
OF Hours, Joponese Soy

TOXIC, Dec. 10 (Off1cial Radio
P.-Domei News Agency broadcast
Japanese reports today which de-
clared that British resistance in
Hong Kong was collapsing and that
capture Of the crown colony, which
they described as already haf-con-
Evening star., 1941-12-19
kenwood Club Elects

r. E. Joyce has been elected chair
man of the Board of Governors of
the Kenwood Golf and Country
Club. Other officers named were
r. H. Fuchs. vice chairman, and
Milton A. Smith, secretary.