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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-09
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTONs

auction OF regular SQSOIlTleI
while the output is increased
for 100 octone ovation gas,
fuel oils and heating oils.
These changes involve O mo-
jor industrial revolution, but
they ore only O beginning.
Also TO be considered is the
increased production Of Petro-
Ieum products from which,,
synthetic rubber can be mode
- butodiene and styrene,
which in rotios Of so per cent
and 20 per cent respectively,
60 TO make the Buno S rubber
which the government is fin
oncing to be produced at the
rote Of 100000 tons q year,
by the end Of l943. To do this
il will be necessary to use less
thon 10000 barrels Of crude
q doy. Fortunately, the oil is
there, though the equipment
TO do il with is not.
One phose Of this conversion
which hos not been pushed as
much as it might be is the
emergency temporary use Of
existing refinery equipment for
the production Of synthetic
rubber components. Refinery
experts say that both buto-
diene and styrene can be pro-
duced in high temperature
thermal cracking units. Half
the country's normal gasoline
supply comes from this Their
nal cracking process, where
temperatures Of from 500 70
100 degrees ore employed TO
break down the crude petro-
Ieum. When the temperature
is roised to 300, O 4 per cent
yield Of butodiene and styrene
con be obtained, but this con
be done only in the best re-
tinery equipment thot will
stand this extro high tempero-
ture. Costs may be higher,
yields lower, by this moke-
shift production, but imnedi-
ote production can be obtain
ed.
CALLS FOR PLAN
Here is where q demand
comes in for national program
planning on q vost scale. Re-
tneries that can make only
gasoline would have to be oiv-
en- that job. Other refineries
would have to be oIIocoted to
100 octone gas production,
and those rhot can proudce the
materials for synthetic rubber
would be given that ossign-
ment.
If you please, this is social
izotion Of the petroleum in
dustrY, though another name
for it is droftine the industry
fer war. Whatever you coll it,
IL goes beyond the regular
competitive fields Of the oil
companies. The oil companies
themselves, or the Petroleum
Co-ordinotor's office, or the
War Production Board or
SO for has seemed re-
Iuctont TO force the petroleum
industry into this step, putting
It in competition with the
chemical industries. But it may
have 70 be done.
Ny ACLtkIrTNkI DIpCI lAIcC
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-09
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
N FED UNITY OF COMMAND, SAYS 50L0N
Mon WdI|gren in Anchor. age Calls for One Head
 for Alaska Defense

ANCHORAGE Alaska, Aug. 19.- Senator Mon c. Wallgren of Wash ington State, now in Anchorage with other members of the Senate Sub Committee Investigating Alaskan defenses, says he believes a unified command is the Territory's most ur- gent military need.
 After visiting various posts and talking with commanders of pilots and ground troops, as well as civil ians, Wallgren declared himself con- fused at the division of duties be- tween Army and Navy in the job of busting the Japs from the Aleu- tians.
 He praised the progress made in building the Alaskan highway and said Seattle and the Northwest have realized the commercial and tourist considerations are outweigh ed by the military needs at this time.
 The commercial highway follow ing the West Coast route can be built after the war"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
air Raid" in Senate Caf(hes Members Who
 5taifer 10 Shelters
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. Air raid in the Senate:
 It is one of those off days and there is only scattering of Senators in their seats or wandering in and out of the cloakrooms. There is a handful of newsmen in the press gallery. The public galleries hold perhaps l50 persons.
 So faint that it almost is no noise at all, the sound of siren drifts down through the skylight. Business drones on. Senator Smathers, in the presiding officers chair, is calling for reconsideration of bill already passed. An assistant sergeant-at- arms runs in and whispers in the ear of Majority Leader Barkley.
 The Senator is on his feet so quickly he scatters papers on his desk: MT. President. if there is nothing further. as in legislative session, I move that the Senate ad- journ until Monday next"
 That faint siren round was the second and final air raid alert. It is 2:59. The Senate is three min
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
BRAZIL NOW
 PREPARING
 FOR BATTLE
Recall Soldiers from Leave as Country dt "Gdfes
 of War"

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 19.-All Brazilian soldiers on leave were re- called urgently to duty today and the navy forbade furloughs of regulars and reserves as Brazil, at the gates of war" hastened steps to meet the threat of the Axis.
 Axis submarines recently sank five Brazilian ships. One submar- inc lurking off these coasts has been destroyed by United States plane, a Brazilian official an- nounced.
 A merchant marine spokesman said that all Brazilian coastal waters are clear of shipping and that 13 ships in the submarine zone had reached port safely.
 It was learned authoritatively here, meanwhile, that two submar- ines have been located in widely separated positions, one of them being of enormous size. It is be- lieved that the large sub may be one similar to those which have been reported officially to have been operating off the South Afri- can coast, so large that they carry midget submarines within them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
Commando Raid Staged; Fierce Fight Rages
Japs Have No AirfieId
 On kiska, Army Says;
 Using Small 5eapIanes
(BY WILLIAM WORDEN)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug 19.- American bomber pilots failure to encounter land-based aerial oppo- sition over Kiska and the other Jap-held outer Aleutians, has led to the belief that the enemy has been unable as yet to establish landing fields in any part of the islands.
 An Army Air Force officer said that the Japs are using single float seaplane fighters based nei- ther from carriers nor land, but that this is apparently the extent of their present air defense.
 Japs Surprised
 The reasons for the enemy's fail ure to create usable runways on Kiska beaches or the rocky up- lands are in doubt, inasmuch as it is known such an attempt has been made.
 Army sources believe that the Japs are surprised at the strength Of American bombing in the face of the long distances, fogs, high winds, and almost impossible flying conditions.
 May Never Succeed
 Some persons familiar with the Aleutians' peculiar geological for nation say that Kiska rock is ex- tremely hard and glasslike and may have proved too much for excavation, forcing runway build. CTS to fill in the depressions for their projected airfield rather than knocking off the humps.
 This would be a long and labor ious process, and it is barely pos- sible that the enemy may never be able under war conditions to create runway long and smooth enough for bombers even if able to hold the islands indefinitely.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON tMajor Robert S. Allen on active duty)

WASHINGTON-Real fact about the plans of dynamic Henry F Kaiser, the miracle shipbuilder, is that at first he was given the green light on building cargo planes with a great big IF attached.
 That IF was-provided he could find the critical materials to build his flying freighters.
 In other words, the brass hats gave their OK. with their tongues in their cheeks. For they knew that with plants closing down all over the country for lack of steel and other materials, Kaiser, nc matter what kind of miracle man, would not have much chance
 They did not realize, however whom they were up against. Kaiser immediately hired the best minerals expert he could find, Herbert G, Moulton, and began digging into the metals bottleneck. One of these is chrome, used for harden ing steel. especially in such vital parts of an airplane as the pro- peller collar.
 And Kaiser found that a ferro- silica furnace he was building on the West Coast, by changing its lining, could refine all the chrome he needed.
 He also dug up figures showing that between the United States, Canada and Great Britain, the United Nations produce 90 percent of the worlds nickel or about 165,- GOO tons annually, while Germany and the Axis produce only about 13,0O0 tons.
 So Kaiser, determined to carry out his plan of producing giant
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
Full Scale Drive Against StdIingrdd Expected
 MomenfdriIy
DRAINS WESTERN
 EUROPE FOR MEN
Soyiets Fall Back in Don Bend Area Toward
 Great Steel City
(By Associated Press)

The Germans are pouring strong reserves into the Don River Beno area and the Caucasus battles from south of Voronezh to the high plains of Pyatigorsk.
 The bolstered onslaught presaged full scale drive against Stalin- grad along the Baku rail line on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
 The Russians are fighting back fiercely, according to today's com munique. The dispatch declared that Nazi gains since May Is have cost 1.25O,O00 casualties, twice those of Russia.
 Hitler is draining western Europe for new fighting men required in the East, the Soviet dispatch says
 Russians fell back slightly in the Don Bend, where the counter of fensive started the first of this week appears to be spent They also are giving ground in the reg ion of Pyatigorsk, ITO miles south- east of the destroyed and aband- oned Maikop oil fields.
 In London, a British source said that the Germans have made some progress toward Stalingrad. reach- ing but not crossing the Don River at it's bend. It was declared, how ever, that Russian resistance has stiffened in the Caucasus, slowing the Germans progress considerably
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
JAP SHIP I5
 SENT DOWN,
 ALEUTIAN5
Either Enemy Cruiser or Destroyer Sunk by
 U. ,. Sub

BULLETIN-WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.--A United States sub marine has sunk Jap cruiser or destroyer in the western Aleutians. This is according to Navy Department announce ment.
 The Navy statement further said that weather conditions made it impossible to determine the exact Identification of the ship destroyed.
 The sinking brings to g the total enemy ships sunk or dam aged in that area, the Navy De- partment says.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
Muniiion Dump Blown Up as Combined Opera
 lions Progress BERLIN IS MAKING CLAIMS OF REPULSE
Germ an Announcement, However, Does Not Ad-
 nit Raiders Driven Off
(By Associated Press)

At 5:30 o'clock this afternoon, a Nazi broadcast reported that "The German counter attack against the British troops land ed at Dieppe is taking a suc- cessful course. Advancing Ger man troops have repelled the enemy with hourly increasing British losses of men and mat erial."
 It is significant that the broadcast did not claim that the Allied raiders had been driven off.
 II. S. BULLETIN
 A commnnique from United States Army headquarters for the European Theater of War dispatched from London at AIS q. m. Pacific War Time, an- nounced "In combined opera tions. raid is being made in the Dieppe Area by detach- ment of U. s. Ranger Battal- ion, taking part with the Cam adian forces, British Special Service troops, and a small de- tachment of Fighting French
 Operations are still in prog ress. Tanks have been landed in the center operation and heavy fighting is proceeding
 BATTERY DESTROYED
 The communique said that Allied troops are attacking the right flank, have destroyed a six gun German battery and blew up munition dump, then reembarked.
 The landing party on the left flank was initially repulsed but later carried the beach by as- sault, the bulletin said.
 MAJOR AIR FIGHT
 Dispatches from Folkestone, oil the English Channel, said that air activity on a major scale continued to swirl over the channel this afternoon as the Commandos pressed the at- tack. Big formations of RAF planes flashed through the skies toward Dieppe and the roll of gunfire continued.
 The German announcement said that the assault was led by tanks and backed up by strong air and naval forces.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
U. S. TAXES
 UPPER HAND
 IN 50L0M0N5
Naval Victories Enable Re. inforeing, Supplying
 of Land Forces

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Aug Extremely bitter land fighting in the Solomons may continue' for weeks or months, it was reported today by New Zealand correspond ents dispatch under South Pa cific Port" dateline.
 United States forces "have won sufficient success in sea engage ments to enable the reinforcing and supplying of land forces
 The dispatch added Japanese naval units in the Solomons' opening operations have either been sunk or have fled to the Caroline Islands y it said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
NIGHT BULLETIN

LONDON, Aug. 19. - Reem- barcation of the Allied forces taking part in the Commando raid on Dieppe has been com pleted the night communique of the British Government states.
 The announcement added that casualties on both sides of the all-day battle are likely to be heavy.
 The announcement also states that a German radio location station has been destroyed. anti aircraft battery wiped cut, 95 British aircraft are missing and 72 enemy planes are known tO have been destroyed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
utes behind the air raid schedule.

The exodus begins. The Capitol elevators already have stopped run ming. The stairs are damned as wardens and deputy wardens Gall Capitol or Senate employees guide the lines of Senators, pages, clerks, sightseers newsmen and Capitol spielers through the north door and out across the plaza.
 The line wavers as it emerges from the air-cooled Capitol into surging wall of Washington heat, but the wardens hustle it along. It's a city block to the basement of the Senate Office Building.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
Seletied Military Units Re- ported Landing
 Near Dieppe CANADIAN TROOPS ARE MAKING MAIN ASSAULT
Hundreds of Planes Are Thrown Into Action
 Protecting Advance
tBY ASSOCIATED PREss)


 Tank-led United States troops, British Commandos, Canadians and Fighting French stormed the Nazi- zi-occupied French "in- vasion" coast near Dieppe before dawn today, carrying at least one beach by assault.
 Heavy fighting still ragged this afternoon.
 It was announced that the troops taking part in the raid and landed at all points include selected military forces, consist ing mainly of Canadian troops"
 United States Army bombers and fighters are joining in form- ing a protective umbrella" over the land assault forces. Bitter German aerial opposition is re- ported.
 MANY PLANES ATTACK
 Observers on the English shore said that more planes than have ever been seen or heard over the Channel shuttled across to at- tack the enemy or to reload, indicating that perhaps a thou sand or more Allied aircraft are in action.
 As the battle developed. with the Germans c0nceding that AL lied forces are attacking from both sides of Dieppe, there is still no official indication as to whether it is an attempt at op- ening second front or not.
 The British Broadcasting Company told the French people many hours earlier that this Is not an invasion, presumably to forestaIl popular revolt.
 HAVE RESERVES
 However. military strategy would indicate that the British have strong reserves massed in southern England ready to take advantage of any soft spot the commandos might find in Nazi coastal defenses.
 The first word that reinforce ments are being sent will indi- cate strongly a full fledged in- vasion attempt is now under way.
 The BEG warned the French not to rise in support of the Allies until they have been given the word, in order to prevent a repetition of the tragic St. Max aire battle, when French patriots fought the Nazis for days after British commando raiders had withdrawn.
 Bloody reprisals were exacted by the Germans in that i'm stance.
 Taking part in today's spec tacular assault are American Rangers, named Tor the Rogers Rangers of Indian fighter fame in American Colonial history and chosen from among an avalanche of volunteers for com mando training in the British Isles"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
HABITUAL DRUNKARD LIST

A list of 31 names, described by the Ketchikan City Police as ha- bitual drunkards. has been issued by Chief of Police Daniels to all Ketchikan. bars and liquor stores and they must be denied any in- toxicants.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
J. B. CARLISLE RETURNS
 FROM TRIP TO SITKA

J. B. Carlisle, Liquor Enforcement officer for the Territorial Treas urer's office, returned yesterday from business trip to Sitka. He was away for several days on of ficial work.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19

Across the Capitol Plaza to the east, there is no sign of activity in the U. s. Supreme Court Building. We wonder why for We know that the Supreme Court is sitting. We find out later. The Supreme Court, deep within the thick walls of it's marble edifice, was unable to hear the alarm. They probably wouldn't
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
HOONAH COUPLE MARRIED

Wallace Howard Ross, and Anna Lawrence, both of Hoonah, Alaska, were married this morning by U. 2. Commissioner Felix Gray in Juneau. Witnesses were Priscilla Morgan and R. T. Monagle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
FRANCES HAMLIN NOW
 IN INDIAN OFFICE

Mrs. Frances M Ham-in has been employed with the Fiscal Division of the Alaska Office of Indian Af- fairs, General Superintendent Claude M. Hirst, announces.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19
FAILURE IN
 INVASION
 SAY NAYS
DNB News Agency Claims All Allied Forces Turn
 ed Off Continent

BERLIN, Aug. l9--The German D.N.B. news agency reported this afternoon that the large scale Allied attempt to land on the French coast near Dieppe ended in debacle late today.
 Not single armed British. Am erican or Canadian is left on the European continent" D.N.B. said. adding that more than 1900 prison-
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-19

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Kodiak mirror., 1942-04-18
rhannel W ork
 Scheduled Soon

Army engineers are expected b begin dredging operations hon designed to deepen and dden the channel adjacent to he Erskine dock so it may ac- immediate larger vessels of the hbska fleet. Large vessels of the lsska Steamship company do bt dock at Erskine's, as under paitime law captains may not k brequired to take their ships through water ways considered bOhazardous for safe navigation pd the waterway to Erskine's is considered, officials say.
 Until a navigable channel is lNnpleted, officials declare Epdsk will have to depend on Egices of two-yessels, the Cor bVs and the Lakina.
 The Lakina is now undergoing Fnual overhaul in Seattle Based hpsst performances, the Cor bTs can be expected to touch hn at about 3-week intervals turn of the Lakina should in- Fse service to twice monthly.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-04-18

in Hawaii or on the coasts of the country, will not bear any higher premium than property situated in a less hazardous location.
 Under this bill real and per sonal property may be insured against war loss as to property situated in the United States (including the several states and the District of Columbia), the Philippine Islands, the Canal Zone and the territories and possessions.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-04-18
News Hishlighfs

Continued from page ?
 Ethat 1t may be $1. per 5000. Ehe value of the property in- bed.
 facilities will probably be ar hged through commercial in- fnce companies to write the Fdamage insurance as a part lGdinary insurance policies, or barately. and the loss will pDably be adjusted through Fh private insurance com fnles However, if the property fner does not take out the Ery and pay the premium Fer the date fixed by the Sec Faly of Commerce he will not fslglble to receive any com Fation for property destroyed
 Sar hazards. The date after peA premiums must be paid Oegiven plenty of publicity persons can act according
 Under this bill, as finally Fd, it is provided that the faance premiums shall be plOrm, which means that pro- FIy Tn a particularly exposed paOn, for example property
Kodiak mirror., 1942-04-18

A little over 290O natives have registered for military service, according to figures of the Select i've Service.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-04-18

Births, deaths and marriages in Alaska were first required to be registered by law after 1913.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-04-18

There are IA territorial and 4 national banks doing business in the territory.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-04-18
Rurnors Denied
 Governor Out

Washington tP)- Official Washington failed tonight to yield any information to substan tiate the Anchorage Times story that Governor Giuening is to e replaced. Delegate Dimond in- vestigated similar reports two weeks ago and found them with out substantiation and said he doubted them because Gruening's appointment was a personal one. of the President
 Gruenil g declined to comment, but said he would leave Wash ington next week after several weeks work on mining and ire ight rate matters. We fear be- fore long gold mining will be sus- pended largely We hope to tra- nsfer operations to obtaining strategic minerals" Both Gruen- ing and Dimond are seeking to obtain priorities for the placer mining industry.
 Washington (P)- Secretary Ickes said that reports circulated here and in Alaska that Gruening is to be replaced as governor are without foundation He said that Gruening, who has been appear ing before congressional commit tees as usual each year will de- part this week to resume his post at Juneau.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-28
Duprey Tosses
2-HHer; Halls
Schwdrzk0H

Having won its first game of
the season in the last trip to the
post, against Nesbitt's, the
Schwarzkoff team returned to its
evil habits last night, bowling
before the Eagles, II, at Cover
cd Wagon.
The victory for the Eagles as
sured them of tie for a play
off berth in the Twilight Soft
ball Leagues Red Division.
The two teams battled on
scorelesS, hitless terms through
the first two frames, but the
Eagles capitalized on walk,
single by Art Godfrey and an
infield out to score two runs in
the third for lead which was
never threatened. In the fifth,
three hits - all singles - and
four errors led to five runs for
the winners.
TWO-HIT GAME
Bob Larrabee, losing hurler,
allowed but four hits, his best
mark of the season, but
SchwarZkoff was facing two-hit
pitching in the person of Harold
Duprey. The first hit off Duprey
was by third-baseman Dave In
man in the third and the second
and last by Phil O'Dell in the
fifth, a hit which scored Ken
Mcpherson and robbed Duprey
Of a Shutout.
None of the players on either
team were able to get two hits.
In six innings, Duprey faced only
three men each frame but five
came to the plate in the fifth.
SchwarzkOff 900 01O o. 2 5
Eagles 49,. OO2 $50 x-7 1
Batteries: Eagles-Duprey and
Rachow. Schwarzkoff - LARA
bee and NORTH, Trombley.