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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
Staggering Losses Hit
 Japanese in BaitIe of
 Midway, Declares Navy

PEARL HARBOR, June 29-The Navy announces that staggering losses were inflicted on the Japanese fleet in the Battle of Midway.
 The losses included four aircraft carriers that were sunk with their aircraft totalling about PTS planes, together with the crews of the planes and the enemy ships.
 The Navy also announced that other ships sunk were two heavy cruisers, three destroyers, one or more transports or cargo vessels. A fouth destroyer is listed as prob ably sunk.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29

In addition to the sinkings, the following ships were badly damaged and may have been lost attempting to return to their bases:
 Two or three battleships, one damaged particularly severely; two heavy cruisers, four transports or cargo ships, hit by bombs or tor- pedoes. One of the latter is listed as probably sunk.
 The personnel losses on the ships sunk are known to have been ex- tremely heavy as the ships receiving bomb hits probably suffered heavy losses in this respect.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
The W ashlngtOn Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s. ALLEN

WASHINGTON - Inside reaction of Administration advisers to the political tribulations of Winston Churchill is mixed Roughly there are two groups. CD the inner White House circle which knows Churchill well and has become a greater rooter for him politically, and t2) some of the Army and Navy officials who are inclined to think he is a little too debonair to be a hard-boiled, thorough-going military executive.
 All, however, pay great tribute to his morale-building genius and the great service he did England in pulling it out of the slough inn mediately after the Chamberlain fiaSco.
 His administration critics, how ever-and they are very sympathetic critics-point out that morale in England is now tops, and what she needs is a ruthless wedding out of inefficiency, and tough executive
 Most interesting sidelight on the current Churchill debates in the House of Commons is the reaction on the Inner Circle here. Some of them view the problem of keep ing Churchill in office almost as the second front" They have come to know and like Churchill so well that perhaps unconsciously they regard each problem in the light of what effect will this have on Churchill politically?"
 Some U. s. strategists in the Army and Navy were quite frank in their criticism of Churchill's House of Commons speech after his last visit here, and felt that he had made political capital out oi Roosevelt's promise of tanks ano planes for Libya.
 Whatever Churchill takes back with him this time will have beer won with more difficulty. However those close to the picture are moi greatly worried about his political future They point out that al. though the majority of Churchills own party dislike him and person ally would like to get rid of him they don't dare have general el- ection, because most of them fact
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, June 29-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2, American Can 67A, i. Anaconda 24H, Bethlehem Steel 5l, Commonwealth and South ern A, Curtiss Wright 61s, Inter national Harvester 455s, Kennecott 285s, New York Central 8, Nor thern Pacific 5A, United States Steel 46as, Pound $404
 DOW, JONES AVERAGES
 The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials l0317, rails 24.29 utilities 11.74.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
RECEIVED
 FROM ]. CHENEY
 AT DUTCH HARB0R

Mrs. Nina Cheney of Juneau has received letter from her son, John, from Dutch Harbor, dated June 8. The letter was form issued by the Navy and said her son was all right following the attack on the Aleutian Islands base June 3.
 John formerly worked at the AL aska Juneau for seven years, and went to Dutch Harbor about year ago to operate a compressor at the defense base. He has sister, Kath- ryn, in Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
E. I. YARBR0UGH IS PROMOTED TO RANK
 OF MAJOR IN ARMY

Capt. E. T. Yarbrough, U. s. Army Air Corps. has received his appointment to the rank of Major within the last few days, according to word received by Mrs. Stella Young, mother of Mrs. Yarbrough.
 The promotion to the rank of Major was received by Major Var brcugh just five weeks after his appointment as a Captain, Mrs. Young said
 The marriage of Major Yarbrough to the former Miss Blythe Young. of Juneau, was social event of the early spring here. Mrs Yar- brough left several weeks ago for Fairbanks to make her home.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
WAKE ISLAND
 IS RAIDED BY U. 5. B0MBERS
Defense Reported Weak According to Return
 ing Plane Pilots

WASHINGTON, June 29 - The Navy announced that United States bombers attacked the Japanese oc- cupied Wake Island last Saturday night, damaging the enemy's air fields and various shore installa- tions. The communique said enemy antiaircraft fire and defense was weak.
 One U. s. bomber suffered minor damage in the attack but all planes returned safely toltheir bases.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
Raid Made On Nippons,
 New Guinea
Allied Bonn bers Make Sweep of Troop Dis
 positions, 2 Places

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN June 29-Allied borlb- CTS made a prolonged raid today on Japanese troop dispositions at Lac and Salamaua on the island of New Guinea, northeast of Australia with good results. This is accord ing to bulletin issued by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
Many Returning 10
 Homes from Far East

SHANGHAI, June 29-Carrying 636 North and South American citi- zens. the Italian liner Conte Verde has sailed for various ports, the first repatriation of the war in the Far East. The trip is expected to take three weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
SAN TACO I5 ROCKED BY
 EARTHQUAKE

SANTIAGO, Chile, June 29 - A severe earthquake was felt at 11:30 o'clock last night Pacific Wartime) and communications interrup- ted. Electric service was cut by the shocks. Thirty persons were injured, some seriously
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
HAzEBR0U(k
 R. R. SECTION
 ISAIR RAIDED
Bombers Make Daylight Aftaek Following Night
 Assault on Ndzi Base

LONDON, June 29-British fight CT planes raided the railway yards at Hazebrouck, sharply following up last nights assault on the German submarine base at St. Nazaire.
 Five British and three German planes were downed in the raid, an authoritative source said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29

 OF YOUTHS E
 ON TOMORROW

WASHINGTON, June 29-Uncle Sam will tomorrow register some three million youths in the 1920 year group possible for military service.
 When this registration is com pleted, the Government will have on record about 43000,000 men from every walk in the country from 1S to 65 years.
 NO ALASKA REGISTRATION
 Owing to forms not arriving, the registration in Alaska has been postponed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
FORMER U. OF IDAHO ATHLETE NOW WITH
 FRA IN SKAGWAY

Robert Laute, former University of Idaho athlete, and now ar en- gineers aid with the Public Roads Administration, made a short trip to Juneau and expects to return today to Skagway.
 MT. Leute, an outstanding basket ball and football player, was referee for the Pacific Coast Conferences for those two sports last year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
 RIOTS HELD
 IN SWEDEN
Break Up Attempt to Hold German Meeting al
 Rdeftyik

STOCKHOLM, June 29 In the second anti-Nazi riot within week in Sweden, more than 1000 persons broke up an attempt to hold Nazi meeting yesterday at Raettvik, 150 miles northeast of Stockholm.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
SAM SHUCKLIN LEAVES
 BY PLANE FOR SOUTH

Sam Shucklin,. merchandise brok- CT, arrived in Juneau over the weekend from the Interior and left by plane for the south,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
MILES PRICE HERE

Miles Price, Internal Revenue rep resentative, arrived in Juneau from Petersburg over the weekend and is staying at the Gastineau Hotel while in Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
Thousands of Women Now Employed in US.
 War produdion p|anfs
BY LACE srINNETT

WASHINGTON, June 29-Mary Anderson, director of the Women's Bureau of the Department of La Dor. is Seginning to see some of her wishfui thinking of year or so ago become reality.
 Until recently, the chatter about women in war industry was mostly chatter. At the time of Pearl Harbor. the number of women act ually employed in war production was negligible. By early spring it was no more than 500,000. But in the last two months, that number has more than doubled, soon will be quadrupled.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29


 The spade work that Mary An- derson and her bureau did in sur veys and the urging of women to train for skilled labor and enlist in the army of war workers is be- ginning to sprout crop.
 From reveille to taps, soldiers, sailors and marines now are using weapons and supplies produced and inspected by women.
 The aircraft industry is an ex- ample of the recent rapid expansion of women workers. In October, l94l. there were 2,000 women employed in the whole industry When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, there were 4,O00. Now there are more than 10000 women in aircraft plants and before peak production is reached. present employment rates will have carried this to more than 100000. Three plants employ more than 1000 women each. One has already more than 3,60o. An other is now employing women at the rate of 1000 month.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-06-29
First Defense of British on Road f0 Rich Nile VdI-
 ley Falls to Axis
EIGHTH ARMY BELIEVED
 TAKING NEW POSITIONS
Desperate Search Being Made for Locations 10
 Stop Juggernduf
tBy Associated Press)

The Axis announced this morning that It's forces in Egypt have cap tured Matruh, thus reducing the first defense strongholds on the road of the rich valley of the Nile to Alexandria and the Suez Canal
 The British do not deny the claim, but indications are that the Allied forces making up the eighth British Army have withdrawn to take an- other stand in a desperate search for positions at which the Axis jug gernaut could be halted
 After the impairment of isolated engagements, reinforcement defense tactics seemed to call for avoidance of full scale clash of Rommels columns so long as the defenders stood under the handicap of infer iority in tanks.
 By-Passed Defenses
 On one point of the Axis claims there is official British agreement. That is the fact that Rommels forces successfully by-passed Mat ruh's western and southern defense positions for two days and the bat tie reached around to the south eastern section of the Nile Valley.
 Sid Matruh is a prized railhead 160 miles from Alexandria. That area vas raided this morning by Axis planes, but they caused little damage and no casualties, accord ing to the official Egyptian report.
 Take 5000 Prisoners
 Berlin and Rome said that at Matruh. Rommel captured more than 5000 prisoners and he is con- tinuing his eastward drive. The 5000 figure suggested that the bulk of Matruhs defenders had with drawn. The Axis claimed a much larger prisoner haul of 33,000 at Tobruk
 The Royal Air Force communique from Cairo contained no hint of the course of the land battle and mere ly reported that Axis truck and tank concentrations had been att tackled throughout Saturday and Sunday nights and that large fires were springing up between Matruh and Salum on the Libyan border.
 During Sunday, fighters recon- noitered the foes positions and pro- yided cover for the defense forces.
 MATRUH EVACUATED
 LONDON, June 29-The British defenders in Egypt have evacuated Matruh, the British Military of ficially announced tonight
 The coTmunique further statcs the bitterly fighting Eighth Army fell back in the third day of the great tank battle which sought to stem the drive of Rommel's ar- T.II
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Evening star., 1942-02-15

miration on numerous occasions,
Nazi Germany.
Miss ingalls, endeavored to con-
vince the jury that, having been
turned down as volunteer F. B. I.
agent, she had decided to do some
counterespionage work of her own
for America. The jury was not i'm
pressed by the curious story which
she unfolded on the stand. however,
especially after hearing Miss ingalls,
testify that she thought Hitler had
done fine things for the German
people. The woman flyer and former
America First campaigner was con-
victed not of espionage, but of fail
ing to register as a Nazi agent. She
has reason to be thankful that this
is the United States, not Hitler's
Germany, for 1t is certain that, under
similar circumstances, she would not
have been entitled, as a matter Of
right, to the fair trial in open court,
before a jury of fellow citizens, that
she received here. All in all, this
self-styled Mata Hari Of World War
II has proved to be dismal, unex-
citing counterpart of her exotic pred
ecessor, whose notorious career ended
before a firing squad in France.
Evening star., 1942-02-15
Second Mutu Huri

A Jury III District Court, by its
verdict of guilty, has put an effective
end to the dangerous game Of in
trigue which Laura ingalls,, erstwhile
noted flyer, ventured to play behind
the scenes in washington. It was a
game in which Miss ingalls,, accord
ing to her own admission on the
witness stand, imagined herself as
another Mata Hari. But Miss ingalls,
and the Federal Bureau Of Investiga-
ton differed sharply as to which side
she was serving-her native United
States or the country for which she
openly had professed 70 much ad-
Evening star., 1942-02-15

provided, where in prayer and medita-
ton and quiet reflection and with their
fellowmen, they may gain more Of self
possession, self-conndence and . better
understanding Of the will Of God con-
cerning them. Too often as q substitute
for such quiet reflection and worship
we have substituted puerile and cheap
self-imposed disciplines, with the result
that this holy season has come and
gone without effecting in US any salutary
or refreshing changes.
While we need at all times to recognize
the designs and needs Of the spirit and
of the things of our better natures,
the protracted period of Lent, climaxing
with Holy Week with its story Of the
trial and crucinxion Of Christ, followed
by the glowing message Of Easter, af-
fords an opportunity to all Of us to re-
adjust our lives and prepare them to
meet any exacting claims that may be
laid upon us.
The need for this season has never
been greater in the life Of living men
than it is today. Much Is being said
now concerning morale and the stif1en-
ing OF our lives to meet any emergency
that may come to U.s. Every public
utterance that comes from our leaders
emphasizes the need Of greater de-
pendence upon God. How shall this
dependence be made manifest to US?
How shall we know that we are fulfilling
His high purpose, unless in quiet hours
of meditation and worship we can dis
cover what His will is? The months
that lie ahead may bring to us in
creasing perils and we must be prepared
to meet them
Let US hope that in this approaching
season Of Lent our people generally will
turn away from frivolities and social
excesses. from ways and habits that
speak Of sef-indulgence and that bring
little Of peace and repose Of mind, and
give themselves more wholly to the con-
temptation Of life's real and more sat-
isfying values. While we resort to
physical and material means for the
preservation and security Of the Nation,
let us not forget that the will to victory
Is sustained by an unfaltertns and un-
changing faith in God and His eternal
purposes.
Evening star., 1942-02-15

large numbers Of American airplanes,
but were unable to get delivery because
this country gave priority to others. If
the Dutch now had the planes they had
purchased with their own dollars they
would be in far stronger position
In the case of the Middle East, all of
the American material piled up over
the past five months apparently didn't
suffice to enable the British to wipe out
the German Army in Africa. The Ger
mans came back and retook the area
that the British had captured with the
aid Of American planes and tanks. That
investment In precious American mate
rials apparently was not a profitable one.
Japan has succeeded in upsetting the
whole war picture by her successful at
tacks In the Pacific. She Is forcing
Britain and this country to face two
ocean war with battle fronts that range
over the whole surface of the earth. An
official estimate is that the Japanese
Army, Navy and air forces are using
material go per cent of which came
from the United States and IS per cent
of which came from the British and
Americans together.
1t looks like this country worked to
arm Japan during the last 10 years and
then picked fight with her at time
when American forces were divided and
weakened.
Todays problem Is one of how best
to make up for those past mistakes and
how best to regain . lost initiative In
. war that depends on holding the In
itfative.
Evening star., 1942-02-15

feel that they are acquainted with
"the Road to Mandalay" which leads
to the Burma Road which in turn
leads to Chungking. Kipling's soldier,
apparently, made the trip to the
ancient Burmese capital by river
steamer, up the Irrawaddy, but traf11c
now moves from Rangoon more
rapidly and conveniently by rail. It
is this route, this vital artery, that
must be kept open at whatever cost,
If the Chinese armies are to be sup
piled with the weapons and the
munitions they require.
Evening star., 1942-02-15
EASING THE STRAIN
BY the Right Rep. James Freeman, D. d. ILL., D., D. c. L.,
Bishop Of Washington.

The means and agencies we have hith-
erto employed to ease the strain of LIES
pressures have largely proved futile and
unsatisfying. To vary the monotony
Of life we seek release through recrea-
ton, entertainment and diversion of one
kind and another These, doubtless,
prove valuable and serve a good pur-
pose, but they do not satisfy the deeper
yearnings of our spiritual nature. They
help us physically and serve to ease the
strain of our daily occupational life.
Men snd women are finding today
that to meet the new tests and trials
that have come upon them they must
find some means or agency that will
make them more At to face the j--
creasing problems that come to them
day by day. To have some means Of
escape from the exactions Of life, to
gain greater mental poise and more
Of serenity Of mind, 1t is indispensable
that We plan . period when We. can
be still and away from the crowd and
get . true perspective Of life and our
relation to 1t.
Even the Master Of men, in the brief
years Of His earthly ministry. felt COM
PEELED to resort to places where He could
be detached and alone and where in
the silences He could measure more
fully the meaning of His great service
to men. 1t is recorded that on one
occasion He spent 40 days in reflec-
ton and that out of 1t He emerged
upon the greatest ministry the world
has ever known. Following His example
the good and the great Of earth have
on repeated occasions and before their
participation In moving events gone
apart and alone, where they have meas
ured their capacities to meet any strain
that might be put upon them.
For centuries each year in early
spring period has been universally
observed, known as the season of Lent,
when the church has called its people
to the contemplation Of life's realities
and the larger meaning and purpose
of spiritual culture. 1t is urged that
those who seek for more of composure
and quiet Of mind should recognize
the corporate ofices of religion by
attending frequently the many services
Evening star., 1942-02-15
MondoIoy Rood

The war in the East now is moving
into the part of the world made
famous by Rudyard Kipling. He was
born at Bombay, December 80, 1865.
His father, an artist, was curator OF
the Lahore Museum and it was as
sub-editor of the Lahore Civil and
Military Gazette that the boy at
seventeen, began his literary career.
The background of all his earlier
suceesses-"Plain Tales From the
Hills" Under the Deodars" and "The
Phantom Rickshaw" most notably
was India and the British colony
there. At first they were printed as
pamphlets to sell at rupee apiece.
The publishers of the Wheeler Rail-
way Library, with headquarters at
Allahabad, we're the sponsors.
Read principally by travellers, Kip
ling was legendary among them be-
fore he had reached his twenty-flfth
year. But he had not attained his
literary maturity at that time. To
his original endowment Of imagina-
ton, he realized that he must add
experience. So he toured not merely
the farther provinces Of India; he
also made pilgrimages to China,
Japan and America. BY 1900 he was
an acknowledged master of English
prose-with an intimate working
knowledge Of all those portions of
the earth in which he chose to be
interested.
Meanwhile, he had achieved un-
qualified distinction as a poet. de-
partmental Ditties," 1885, and Bar
rack Room Ballads" 1892, brought
him celebrity not only among pro-
fessional critics but, more Signifl-
cantly, among ordinary men and
women not accustomed to appre-
eiating verse. The impact OF his
music upon the masses was phe-
nomenal. It still remains 20. Hence
\ n that vast numbers Of people
Evening star., 1942-02-15
Poll Tax Controversy

Like so many other developments
in Washington, the controversy as to
whether the Farm Security Admin
istration should make loans for the
payment of poll taxes is significant
chiefly as a symptom Of a state of
mind.
Last Tuesday the President said he
disapproved the use of F. S. A. funds
to pay poll taxes. On Friday he
changed this statement, declaring
the premise on which his original
statement was based had been erron-
eously presented. The F. S. A. plan,
he said, consists of household bud
get loan which includes funds for
paying poll taxes. Thus, the Presi-
dent made a distinction. He would
disapprove direct payment of poll
taxes with F. s. A. funds; he does not
disapprove the lending of these funds
for payment of poll taxes along with
a variety of household items.
LIS 4OOho SuSpAIlOQSly Inc d OlS"
tinction without a difference, espe-
cially in view of the fact that some
20 per cent Of F. S. A. loans are re-
ported to be in arrears. 1t is one
thing to lend impoverished farmers
public funds for seed, stock, equip
ment and similar purposes, but it is
quite different matter to use money
paid in taxes by one citizen to enable
some other citizen to pay his poll tax
and vote, even though it be assumed
that there is not the slightest inten-
ton to influence the political prefer
ence Of the recipient Of the loan.
To the President, who says he has
always been opposed to poll taxes
anyhow, there may be a pronounced
and obvious difference between the
direct and indirect use of public funds
to pay these levies. But it is a dis
tinction which will not be so readily
apparent to the taxpayers, who must
foot the bill for the type Of govern
mental activity Of which this Is a
sample.