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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
THRUST |S INDICATED
 BY NIpp0N5
New Drive in China Areas Indicated, Declares
 0ffiidI Spokesman

CHUNGKING, Nov. 19. = The Chinese Army spokesman reported indications are the Japanese are preparing a drive in the Yunnan Province, southwest China, from French Indo-C China, making a di- rect thrust.
 The spokesman declared tn e thrust will be coordinated in sec ions of Yunnan Province adjacent o Burma which the Japs occupied asst spring and have been station ary there since May.
 The spokesman said the Japs re- gently increased their strength in ;he Yunnan area by l2,000 men, bringing their total to 30,000 At the same time the Japs have bol- stered their air forces and made airfields in the occupied border regions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
Unidentified Poison \ llo. 8f. Takes Lives of Stores,gI
 Oregon Insane Hospital

SALEM, Ore, Nov. 19. = Forty insane inmates of the Oregon State Hospital are dead, stricken by an unidentified poison.
 A corps of physicians are strug- gling to save the lives of more than 400 other men and women.
 The poison was possibly con tained in frozen eggs.
 This poison struck swiftly with in 15 minutes after dinner last night.
 Within an hour the poison had caused the first death and by 10 o'clock, five hours after the meal had been served, ten persons had died.
 By midnight 32 persons had died and at o'clock this morning the death toll reached 40 inmates.
 The eggs, believed to have con tained the poison, were obtained rom the Federal Surplus Commo- lities Corporation.
 Dr. J. c. Evans, Hospital Super intendent, said: The victims had lausea, followed by vomiting. Their blood shows evidence of an acute toxic condition, respiratory paraly- sis. violent cramps which preceded death"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.)


 WASHINGTON-Thoughd dwarfed by all the war news, the Federal Power Commission has called a significant hearing to be held in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a secret as to what the hearing is all about, but it concerns an important prin ciple. &
 The power commission has un- earthed information that Jesse Jones, builder of the huge new aluminium plant at Lake Catherine, Ark, is buying electric power from private companies at the rate of 9.95 mills per kilowatt hour, then turning round and selling the same power to the Aluminium Company of America at the much lower rate of 3 mills. The Aluminium Company is the operator of the governments plant.
 Why Jesse Jones, who is head of Defense Plants Corporation, should buy power at such high rate and then sell it to Alcoa at such a low rate is something which the Fed eral Power Commission wants to investigate.
 Another item it will probe is the fact that Jones's Defense Plants failed to make use of all the gov- ernment power obtainable from the EVA Grand River Dam in Okla homa, for sale at the low rate of 5.5 mills.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
ADMIRAL. FREEMAN
 RETIRING
Thirteenth Naval District to Have Vice Adm. Frank
 Fletcher as Chief

SEATTLE, Nov 19-1he Thir- teenth Naval District announced today that Vice Admiral c. s. Free man, Commandant of the district and the Northwest Sea Frontier, IS to retire Saturday, having reached the age of GA.
 He will be succeeded by Vice Ad- miral Frank Fletcher, 57, who commanded the United States task force tduring the Navy's victories in the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway.
 The command will be transferred in brief ceremony on Saturday.
 Freeman is ending 46 years of service in the Navy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
ALCAN ROAD CEREMONIES
 ARE FRIDAY
Opening tomorrow Will Mark Epo1hdI Feat
 of Building

WHITEHORSE, VT, Nov. 19.- A ribbon of red, white and blue will be slashed and flung to the Arctic winds in the opening of the Alcan Highway tomorrow, and be- tween the fluttering colors of the United States and Canada will roll an Army truck manned by two proud soldiers from the ranks.
 < They will be followed by cars bearing the civil and military of ficials of the two nations.
 This will be the vanguard of a series of mighty conveys conveys safe from submarines and all but immune from air attack which will move northward toward Ja- pan.
 Dignitaries of Canada and Alas ka will join the jubilant North west Service corps in celebrating his epochal engineering feat of she war.
 The road was pushed 1881 miles through one of the worlds great wildernesses in seven months and IT days.
 Last March IT., the final agree ment for the project was reached between the United States an d Canada.
 On November 3, Cornoral Re- fines Sims, Jr., Philadelphia ne. gro, and Alfred JalufKa oI Ken nedy, Texas, almost drove their bulldozers into one another near he Alaska Yukon border.
 Like two needles threading their way through a vast haystack of jackpine and spruce, they met head on and nearly "beaned" each other with crashing trees. na
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
TURIN HIT 7 BY RAIDERS
 OF BRITISH
Fifth Attack, Successful 0ne,, Made on Italy
 This Month

LONDON, Nov. 19-Great Brit aims four-motored bombers streaked across the Alps last night and de- livered another heavy blow on Italy. choosing the big Fiat Works at Turin as the chief target, the Air Ministry announced.
 With clear skies aiding them, the RAF bombers accomplished good results" on the fifth big raid on Italy this month and without the loss of a single plane. the official announcement said
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
RED ARMY 1a
 ATTACKING,
 SAY NAYS
German Communique Ad. mits Russians Have
 Come 10 Life

NEW YORK, Nov 19.-A German radio broadcast picked up here this afternoon declared the resurgent Red Army has gone from defensive warfare to violent attacks in the Caucasus, along the Don and south of Leningrad on the Rybachi Pen .nsula, the northernmost end of the Russian Finnish frontier,
 The Berlin radio broadcast was l communique and claimed that Ill new attacks of the Russians were repulsed and suggested they might be a prelude to new win ter comeback drive of the Soviet Army.
 The only advantage the German Army claims in the communiqut is in the Tuapse sector along the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus where the Russian force has beer cut off by air forces and suffer ing heavy losses.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
THREE TOUGH ALLIED ARMY
 UNITS READY
Conveying in Triangle on Bizerie, Tripoli, Ben
 gasi 10 Mop Up Axis

LONDON, Nov. 19.--Three of the toughest armies assembled by the United Nations since the start of the war are converging on Bizerte, Tripoli and Bengasi in a triangle, fighting to contact the Axis forces, which are digging in for a last stand.
 Meanwhile. Allied planes an d parachute troopers are continuing to build up air power in prepara- ton for the final assault to wipe out the Germans and Italians in North Africa.
 French Are Aiding
 As the Americans and British squeezed into the last Axis foot hold from east and west, motor ized column of Fighting French is reported driving up from the Lake Chad base, 1900 miles to the south, to put the Lorraine cross of the Fighting French into battle along with the tricolor of the French North African garrisons.
 Some of these groups have joined with the Allies in sweeping back outlying Axis patrols.
 Axis Digging In, c, as.s s E Lieut.. Gen. Kenneth Anderson's First Army, veterans of Flanders. drove on toward Tunisia from AL geria at several points in sweep intended to crush the German and Italian air borne army which is reported digging in in Tunis,. and Bizerte against the pro Allied French resistance
 Leaping ahead of Anderson's ground forces are British and American parachutists seizine vital airfields for use by the follow-up units
 The U. S. Army air forces and Royal Air Force already are gum ming their way through the Axis aerial screen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
SkAGWAY PIONEER
 HAS PASSED AWAY

SKAGWAY, Alaska, Nov 9.-Mrs. Margaret Webster, one of the early
 pioneers of Skagway and men Der of the Eastern Star, has passed away at the White Pass Hospital after lingering illness.
 The deceased is survived by a daughter -in-law, Mrs Frank Web ster, residing in Portland, Ore.
 Mrs Webster came to Skagway during the construction days of the White Pass and Yukon Route when the Klondike gold rush was on. Mir Webster was one of the engineers and he hauled the first passenger train over White Pass Summit when the railroad was completed Her son was also an engineer on the railroad until his death several years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
SCHOOL BAND TO APPEAR FRIDAY
 AT B. B. GAMES

At a special basketball game to- morrow night in the Juneau High School gym the High School Band will make it's first appearance this season and play before the game and during intermissions.
 The schedule calls for a double header starting at 7.30 o'clock. the first game between the WAACS and Malamutes and the second between the Juneau High School and Doug las High School Alumni.
 There will also be two games at Douglas tomorrow night, Waves vs. Hillcrest and Bruins vs. Beavers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
LAPS EXPECT
 MORE FIGHTS
 INSOL0M0N5
Nipponese Admiral Quot. ed by Germans as Ex-
 peefing Offensive
(By Associated Press)

German broadcasts heard in Lon don last night quoted Admiral Takahashi, former Commander in Chief of the Jap Navy, as saying We must reckon on further heavy fighting in the Solomons.
 The broadcast added that he de- clared Americans are obviously planning to use the Solomons as a springboard for an offensive with the view of regaining the is lands of the Dutch East Indies"
 The radio report was based on DNB dispatch and conflicts with 'epeated declarations of the Tokyo radio saying that heavy losses in the Pacific naval battles have re- iuced the American fleet to im- potency.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
Women 10 Register
 For Work
Conference Between Labor Chiefs, FOR Deals with
 U. 5. WomanpoWer

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19-Predic- tion that an announcement Will be made within a fortnight for steps to be taken before the first of the year toward registering of Amer ican woman power was made today by President William Green, of the American Federation of Labor.
 The prediction followed a con- ference of AFL and CIO men with the War Labor Board and President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 At the conference, the problem of determining the available supply of women for war work was dis cussed, Green said.
 Registration would cover between 40 and 30 million women.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
GREAT BASE OF N|pp0N5
 NEARING FALL
Heavy Bombers Attack En. emy Destroyers Mak-
 ing "Mdneuvers"

ALLIED HEADQUARTER SIN AUSTRALIA, Nov. 19. = United States and Australian troops have closed in on the Japanese New Guinea base of Buna, as heavy bombers streaked ahead to attack eight enemy destroyers 'maneuver- ing off the north coast, apparently in support of enemy ground forces. "
 There is also a possibility that there are Japanese destroyers at Buna, attempting to evacuate the remaining Japanese there.
 Gen. Douglas MacArthur is now in the field in New Guinea direct ing the Buna cleanup.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
CARl-ERWIN PARTY
 RETURN HERE TODAY

MT. and Mrs. Walter Carl and Marshall Erwin and his young brother-in-law, who have been stormbound at Divers Inlet since Sunday, arrived back in Juneau at 2 o'clock this afternoon on Erwin's boat, the Sea Otter.
 They reported that although var iety of food became rather limited, they are all well and happy to be back home. The party left here last Friday, intending to return Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
BASE FOR SECOND FRONT

Tn the last war the city of Bizerte, on the French Tunisian coast. was a refugee camp for the Serbian army, after it fled it's own land in 1915. For months the Serbs sat looking out over the Mediterranean toward Sicily, only stones throw away, waiting for the day when they could begin the advance back to Serbia
 Today, the same city of Bizerte promises to be the most important key, first for throwing Rommel out of Africa, second for the invasion of Italy.
 It is toward Bizerte that U. 5. troops are racing today. And 1t IS to fall back on areas around Bizerte, especially the French African Mag inot Line, that Rommel is racing from the other direction.
 One glance at the map will show why Bizerte is all-important- It JutS out into the Mediterranean, the nearest point of Africa to Sicily, even nearer to the Italian Island
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
ALASkA COASTAL MAKES CHARTER
 FLIGHTS TODAY

On a charter flight to Hoonah passengers with Alaska Coastal Air lines today were Leonard Tate, Ernest c. Stewart and Faith Stew art
 Arriving in Juneau from Excur- sion Inlet on a charter flight today were M L, Evans, Curtis Fowler Afford Waites, Arthur E. Hill and Curtis Fowler, Jr.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
RED5LAUN(H NEW DRIVES
 IN CAUCASUS
Russians lake Initiative in Attacking German
 Armies

MOSCOW, Nov. 19.- Extending their job of bleeding and block ing the German armies, the Rus sians have taken the initiative in the Stalingrad and Cascasus re- gions.
 Today's battle reports show no major changes anywhere, but said that during the night Our troops launched active operations and cap tured several enemy Notifications in southern Stalingrad.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
E. E. WOOD FAKES
 p0SITI0N HERE

F. E. Wood has accepted po- sition as accountant for the Un- employment Compensation Com mission, it was announced today
 MT. and Mrs Wood, formerly of Sitka, are now established in Ju- neau, having taken a house on Seward Street.
 They have two sons, Lowell, who IS attending Juneau High School and Douglas, who is also in school here. A daughter, Doreen, IT, is now visiting her grandparents in Nebraska, but expects to join hel family in Juneau soon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
NO ALERT TONIGHT

No practice alert will be held this evening but it is now planned to hold one next Tuesday evening, R. E. Robertson, Civilian Defense Di- rector, said today.
 Residents are requested to be prepared for dimout, with blinds or coverings provided for all win dows of lighted rooms before Tues day as it is possible that dimout will be called at that time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19
MISS LILLIAN SL0ATE
 TO BE ASST. MECHANIC
 FOR pAA, FAIRBANKS

To join the mechanical staff of 'an American Airways' Alaska Di- ision in Fairbanks, Miss Lillian sloate left today for the interior. Hiss Sloate worked as assistant mechanic for PAA for short time n Seattle before leaving for the North.
 Miss Sloate is the second wo- nan to be employed by PAA in Alaska in the mechanical depart .nent. The first, Miss Corinne Jenne, formerly of Juneau, joined he PA staff early last summer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19

Colorado has more than 5000 miles of fishing streams.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-19

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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-10
Jobs
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NNVhbAu0Cu u
clerks, typists, craftsmen, air
craft mechanics, aircraft inspec-
tors, aircraft sheet-metal work
ers, aircraft painters, aircraft
woodWorkers, e ectrici a n S,
blacksmiths, truck drivers, leath-
er and canvas workers, machin-
lists, and junior positions in the
above named crafts and trades.
NEED HELPERS
Right now we need 80 gen.
eral mechanics helpers whose
pay will range from $3.50 to
81, $50 a year." Major Kumpfcr
stated. Civilian job workers
should apply at the Air Corps
Supply Office at Selfridge Field.
Eventually, all employees will
be placed on Civil Service rat
ing which permits promotion, "
the major said. "A large num-
Der of qualified personnel will
be placed on duty at once, and
will be certified to Civil Service
later"
In addition to Major Kumpfer,
officers assigned to the Sub
epot are Lieut.. Joseph De
Wees, in charge of Air Corps
supply, and Lieut.. John A. Benz
ell, engineering officer.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-10
Far East

CONTINUED from Page ~
rvs appointment to command
all Allied forces In the Anzac
area.
The Monitors correspondent
said he travelled part Of the way
from Pearl Harbor with the
forces that attacked the Japan
csc inundated Gilbert and Mar
shall islands. Then he changed
to another unit by breeches
buoy in mid-Pacific.
Thereafter, he said, he spent
many days among the tropic is
lands where ships we'll known to
the luxury trade poured Amer
lean reinforcements into way
stations" along the 1000 mile
route from Hawaii to New Zca-
land. After describing the wav-
ing Of hats and flags as the de-
stroyer came into Wellington
harbor at % knots, Harsch add
ed:
Behind the color of this little
act in a great drama lay a SYM
Dol Of an important American
victory. The battle Of the Sup
ply line from Americas factor
les to the far Pacific battle front
has been won. Japan has suffer-
ed its first serious reverse. An
American admiral commands the
terminus of the supply route.
The way stations have been Sc
cured. Bluejackets are here.
And the way is open for REIN
forcements and the vital weap-
ons of war;"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-10
BEARS ON THE MARKET

OMAHA - With meat prices
what they are park commission
er Roy FOWL has concluded the
best way to reduce operating
costs of the Riverview Park Zoo
is to get rid of the heaviest meat
eaters.
fowl says he's ready to con-
slider any reasonable PROPOSE
ton" for the disposal of some
of the black bears and an Afri-
can lion. He says three lions eat
AZ pounds Of meat daily and Is
pounds Is needed for the six
bears. 4,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-10
l|D D(lsIldant
6Ivea 81 Days


After Floyd Pearl, UPW
(CIO) vice-president had brand
ed Anthony Cargnino, 35-year-
old Detroiter . "poor CIO men,
her," Cargnino was sentenced
to 90 days In the county Jail
by Circuit Judge Neil E. Reid
this morning for his attack on
Ross Fox, non-striking Mount
Clemens Pottery compa any
worker on Dec. 2.
Taking the stand shortly be
fore Cargnino was sentenced,
Pearl said the CIO does not
condone violence. "Cargnino is
q poor member" he added.
Cargnino was found guilty
Wednesday by a jury in Judge
Reds courtroom of aggravated
assault. The jury found he
broke the nose of Fox in a riot
on North Rose street near the
plant.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-10
Ship
Continued from Page u

A big hole was cut in the
ships starboard side to allow
water to be pumped into tanks
amidships, he explained, in an
attempt at a list to port by set
ting the ship mr. q firmly on the
bottom, but the pressure of the
tide counteracted this emergen-
cy measure.
Thus was written another
chapter in the seven-year history
of the erstwhile blue-ribbon
Normandie. She gliStened once
with smart black and white
paint; this gave way to war
time gray. Then the fire turned
this to shroud-like black; now
red mud swirls about half her
hull and innards.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-10
Fumes
Continued from Page ~


into the home, they found the
body Of O'Brien, said a visitor,
sitting upright in a chair in the
kitchen.
BODIES ON FLOOR
Further investigation dis
closed the bodies of the Loores
in the bedroom. The husbands
body was lying on the bed. his
wife's sprawled on the floor.
The condition of the bodies
indicated they had been dead
for many hours.
The intensity and strength of
the fumes was indicated in the
fact that O'Brien's body was sit
ting upright in .he chair, as if
still alive.
1t was O'Brien's body that
the sister, not Immediately iden-
titled, saw from a window when
she attempted to arouse the fam
lily shortly after $50 am. She
said she raped several times on
a window near the chairs &C.
cupant, and when she received
no answer notified the Warren
township police department.
At first it was believed that
they had been the victims of
gas fumes, but investigation dis
closed that the only three jets
on the stove were turned on and
were still ignited under the
boiler.
A dog, identified as the fam
lily pet, was found dead on the
kitchen floor.
Hemlinger, the first to view
the bodies, said that they
looked very lifelike, as if they
were sleeping"
There were no indications that
that victims had suffered pain,
and as no windows or doors had
been opened, police believe
that the trio was overcome
slowly.
An afternoon newspaper deliv-
cred at $3.50 pm. yesterday, was
found still laying on the front
porch of the home.
The bodies were taken to the
Sperlich Funeral Home pending
the post-mortem this afternoon.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-10
McGtlee SeIecis
Coneert SoIoIsis
Civic Chorus eostsv
Presentation Plonned

Soloists for the annual Civic
Chorus Easter Concert to be pre-
sented March 20 In the Mount
Clemens High school auditori.
UNI were selected today by Di.
rector Charles Bernard McGhee
They are: Betty Baxter Cou-
Ion, Grace Mackenzie, Amelia
Deneweth Tryloff, Doris Quack-
enbush, Walter Burgan, Leland
Coulon, w. Glenn Lewark and
G. H. r. Mackenzie.
At least six church choirs will
Join the Civic Chorus In present.
ing the concert. Margaret Allies
Ullrich is the accompanist.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-10
Supervisors
CONTINUED from Page ~

expense allotment as a separate
item, the opinion stated.
The present yearly car allow
ances for officials are: Drain
commissioner, $480; friend of
the court, $240; probation Of
ficer, $500; county nurse, $500;
director of social welfare, $500;
director of social welfare, $500;
social welfare Investigators, five
at $500 each; chief clerk, social
welfare, $500; members, board
of road commissioners, three at
$500 each.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-10
RETIRED BUT NOT IDLE

ELGlN, Ill. - Five youths
pooled an assortment of tires and
rims, bid rationing worries good
bye, and left in a rumble seat
roadster for a Florida vacation
Bob Mason provided the car;
each of the others gave one tire
and one wheel.
For officers who might be-
come suspicious of the odd as
sortment of wheels, the boys
have letter from Mayor M.
Lehman, who couched for their
honesty.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-10
Popular Numbers
Feature Concert
Long. Boring 0vertures
TO be Replaced

Popular numbers will replace
"long, boring ovetures" on the
program to be presented Sunday
at 400 pm. by Clare A. Wigelps
Concert Band In the Mount
Clemens High school audi
torium.
Novelty features planned in
clude "Sinbad the Sailor" and
There's Something About a
Soldier" In the latter num-
Der, the band will present a
descriptive patrol portraying the
life of a soldier.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-02-10
10, 1912
Street is Named
after Macarthur

WASHINGTON. Feb. 10-(R
Unanimously. the House voted
today to change the name of
Conduit Road in the nations
capital to Macarthur Boulevard
lin honor of the gallant defense
of the Philippines by General
Macarthur and his men,"
But, observed Rep. Rich
(R-Pa):
81 bet il we knew what was
in General MacArthur's mind,
he would rather have planes
and men and guns instead of
this honor"