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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
PENETRATE
 CAUCASUS
 20 MILES
Claims Armies Marching Along Rail Route
 to Oil Fields
(By Associated Press)

Berlin announced today a 20-mile penetration has been made into the Caucasus south of Rostov on the main rail route to the Russians greatest oil fields.
 But the dispatches received today from Moscow say that farther up the Don in the Tsimlyansk area, where the invaders have forced at least two crossings, the Germans have been halted.
 The Nazi communique described how south of Rostov the German troops have stormed Bataisk and after one day of fighting with a terrific aerial assault combined with land attacks, have broken path.
 Without further details, the Ger mans said that farther east along the Don, mechanized attachments continue their southward drive. It is there, however, that the Russians said they had checked the enemy tide in the Tsimlyonsk area in the northeast.
 German and Rumanian infantry division, the Nazis said, are threat ening Stalingrad on a broad front, having reached the Don Bend area about 50 miles from their goal. Stalingrad, the industrial capital of the lower Volga, lies near the elbow of that river within 50 miles of the Don Bend.
 A vast area of steppe lands within the big bend is overhung with the smoke of the battle through which German planes and the Red Air Force, using numbers of U. s. bomb- CTS and fighters, are plunging with their bomb loads.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
BATTLE IN EGYPT NOW
 AIR FIGHT
RAF Bombers Back Attack on 1obruk, Sink Ships
 dt Sidi Bdrrdni
(By Associated Press)

The battle in Egypt has shifted almost wholly to the air.
 An RAF bomber force, following up the joint British American bonn bardment of Saturday night. made another heavy attack and blasted the Libyan supply port of Tobruk again last night, hitting enemy ships.
 Royal Air Force fighters also at tackled barges off Sidi Barrani, Axis held port.
 German and Italian forces on the Fl Alamein front are digging in after last weeks minor rectification of positions in favor of the British.
 Ground action is consisting large ly of skirmishing.
 The Italians claim some British have been taken prisoners.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
TINY CRAFT I5 VICTIM
 OF U-B0AT
Small Fishing Schooner Is SheIIed by Ndzi Sub
 Off Nova Scotia
(By Associated Press)

The tiniest craft yet sunk by an Axis submarine, 30ton Canadian fishing schooner, was disclosed today to be number 399 among Allied or neutral war victims of the Western Atlantic, tabulated unofficially by the Associated Press.
 The crew of II, all of whom sur vived the attack, rowed 100 miles to an Eastern Canadian port, and re- ported that their schooner, the Lucille M, was shelled and peppered with machine gun fire by an enemy sub off the Nova Scotia coast.
 A total of 108 seamen have been killed and 548 passengers and crew men have been rescued in l5 mer- chant ship sinkings, 1t was an- nounced last week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
Congressman Says Air Atfatks Net Enough fo
 Rid AIeufians of Japs

WASHINGTON, July 27. = Men, not air attacks alone, must be used if the Japs are to be busted from the Aleutians, Representative John M. Coffee told the House. Coffee is from Washington State.
 "The weather should impede the Japs as well as our own armed men" he said. Tt seems to me that the United Nations defer too much on adverse weather conditions. The enemy does not allow the United States to wait for convenient and favorable climatic atmosphere
 Coffee explained that he did not wish his remarks to be construed as "belaboring the courageous men of the Army and Navy who are per forming such heroic work in at tacking the Japanese in the Aleu- tians." but added, mo results can be obtained without adequate num- bers of men and equipment
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
TRADE BOARD OF NEW YORK opp05E5 TAX
Urges Sales Levy Instead of Removal of Per-
 sondI Exemptions

WASHINGTON, July 27 - Rep resentatives of the New York Board of Trade have proposed that the Senate Finance Committee amend the tax bill removing personal in come tax exemptions to raise an additional $5O00, 900 900 in revenue, suggesting sales tax as an altern- atiye.
 M L. Seidman, chairman of the Boards Taxation Committee, urges the imposition of a flat 10 percent war tax on all net income now free from Federal levies because of per- sonal exemptions or credits for de- pendents
 The New York Board of Trade is businessmen's organization formed to promote trade and com merce.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
Nipponese Announce G. 0000-ton Is Vessel Hit
 Near Dutch Harbor EIGHT IS TOTAL OF
 PACIFIC SINkINGS
Only Three Claimed to Be Torpedoed by Subs
 Near US. Mainland

TOKYO, July 27.--Military head quarters in Japan announced today that Japanese submarines sank eight enemy ships, totaling 7I,000 tons, between June and July 16.
 The communique said that one 6000-ton vessel was sunk off Seattle on June 8 and another, about 1000 tons. in the same area on June 20.
 CThe loss of one Allied ship off Washington on June ' was reported by Senator Homer T. Bone on June 0.
 Five others were reported sunk in Australian waters. including one of 10000 tons.
 The dispatch also claimed that 6,000-ton vessel was sunk not far from Dutch Harbor on July 16
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
HAMBURG I5 RAIDED BY
 BRIT. FORCE
Offensive Being Prepared for Participation of
 U. ]. Airmen
(By Associated Press)

The Royal Air Force offensive against Germany that has regained momentum in the last few days, has been further marked preparatory to the participation of United States airmen in actual combat.
 Powerful overnight assaults were made on Hamburg following up raids made on Saturday night.
 Hamburg, Germany's second larg- est city, and its greatest submarine building center, was hit hard dur ing the night in the heaviest assault by the RAF on the Reich since the thousand plane bombing of Brem- en late in June.
 Weather Was Perfect
 Although the number of planes lsed was less than the thousand plane standard set in June the Royal Canadian Air Force Head quarters quoted member of one of squadrons as saying the results were squadrons a ssaying the results were better than the bomber job on Bremen"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
Nippons Fake Wretkage of U. 5. Plane 10 Satisfy
 False Claim
RETURNING WRITERS
 TELL OF TREATMENT
Prisoner Exchange Boat Leaves Africa for New
 York Tomorrow
cBY ASSOCIATED PREss)

Accounts of how a Jap face sav- ing effort backfired, of the vast web of Oriental intrigue which Japan used in preparing for con- quest, and the bitter suffering of Americans and other nationals who fell into Jap hands were given over the weekend by Associated Press correspondents who have just been freed from Jap detention camps.
 The dispatches came from Lour- enco Marques in Portugese East Africa where an exchange of some HOO citizens of the United States and other American nations for similar number of Japs and ms .ionals has just taken place.
 Coming Home
 The liner Gripsholm will sail for New York tomorrow with American diplomats, newspapermen, mission aries and others.
 How the face saving effort Topped was related by Max Hill, chief of the Associated Press bureau in Tokyo. He said that after first trumpetlng to the world that nine of the American bombers which raided Tokyo had been knocked down, the Japs reduced their claim to one, and put the "wreckage' on display in Tokyo to prove it. But the Japs who came to gape at the wreck smelled paint Sure enough, Hill said, they found that the red, white and blue of the U. s. Air Force had been freshly daubed on.
 Hill told of the long weeks spent in solitary confinement in freezing weather, bereft of shoes and with little food. The taunt, sullen guard told him. American, this Japan"
 Oriental Intrigue Relnran Morin, Associated Press chief of bureau at Tokyo from 1897 to 1940, who travelled through south- east Asia on a pre-war assignment, told of the workings of the JapS there and of the intrigue and fifth column activities there. Morin said the Japs fifth col umnists laid the groundwork for
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
US. Britain AreGoing 10
 BeDestroYed
Gen. Tojo Makes Delldra- lion = Talks on Aleu-
 fidn Occupation

BERLIN, July 27-Japan's Prime Minister, General Tojo. told an audience of 10000 in Osaka that Japan is determined to destroy the United States and Britain"
 A Transocean News Agency re- ported in dispatch from Tokyo that in addressing a meeting of league to support the throne, Tojo said that Japanese occupation of some of the Aleutians has greatly strengthened Japan's strategical po- sition."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
Report Five
 Jap Vessels
 Sunk byU.S.
Navy Announces Damage Done by Subs in
 Western Pacific

WASHINGTON, July 27. The Navy Department announces that subs in the Western Pacific are reported to have sunk five Jap ships, including one modern destroyer, and have damaged and possibly sunk a sixth vessel
 In communioue No. 100, listed as others sunk were medium sized tanker and three cargo ships, and a medium-size cargo ship is listed as possibly sunk in the first report in many weeks of operations in the Far Pacific.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
HOUSE GOES
 INTO SHIP
 CONTRACTS
Com m itfee Investigating Higgins Corporation
 Cancellation

WASHINGTON, July 27 - The House Mercnant Marine Committee shelved a resolution calling on the Maritime Commission to stay its cancellation of contract with Hig- gins Shipbuilding Corporation of New Orleans, pending completion of the Committees investigation.
 Chairman s. O. Bland announced after a closed session that the committee felt more good could be accomplished in proceeding with the investigation without assuming the responsibility of the action con- tenplated in the resolution.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
F BI' SEIzES ARMS, RADIOS IN ROUNDUP
Enemy Aliens in Detroit Area Raided by Fed-
 eraI Agents

DETROIT, Mich, July 27.-FBI agents, in swift raids in the Detroit Benton Harbor area, have confis- cated a number of guns, cameras, radios and ammunition held illegal ly by German and Italian aliens in 120 different places.
 Agent-in- Charge, John Bugas, said that all but one of the owners detained were questioned and re- leased, but that the possession of the illegal articles might make them liable to custodial detention for the duration of the war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
DICK SURATT E ON
 OFFICIAL TRIP HERE

R. J. Suratt, known to scores cf Juneau residents as Dick, when he was a newsman on the Empire, ar rived in Juneau Sunday on official business. Suratt is now and has been for several years, United States
 Commissioner at Wrangel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
RIGGS RETURNS FROM
 BUSINESS IN NORTH

John R. Riggs, accountant for the Unemployment Compensation Commission, has returned from an official. routine business trip for the Department in Anchorage and Fairbanks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
DIR. NEvEL IS BACK
 FROM BUSINESS TRIP

Dr. Harry s. Nevel, U. s. Pub- lie Health Service, has returned from ten days trip to the Vest ward where he was visiting centers of evacuation for Aleut natives. He nas been inoculating the natives against various communicable dis eases and making inspections of bealth facilities for the Territorial Department of Health.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27

N. A. MCEACHRAN LEAVES
 N. A. McEachran, merchandise broker, left this morning for business trip to Petersburg.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert S. Allen on active duty)

WASHINGTON-Few people real ize how totally different this war is from the last in regard to di- versity of war fronts. In the last war American troops fought on vir- tually only one front-France. But today U. s. troops are fighting or stationed in the amazing total of 31 foreign countries or territories.
 This is one thing which has to be carefully considered when it comes to setting up Second Front in Europe. For actually it would be not a second front, but the 32nd Front.
 The troops scattered over these 31 different fronts are not numerous, except in some areas such as Aus tralia and Ireland; so multiplicity of fronts is not a drain on man power. But it is a drain on ship .ping-still the Achilles heel of Sec ond Front plans. As long as ships are engaged in supplying U. S. troops in 31 different areas, it is difficult, in view of submarine loss es. to send heavy shipping across the North Atlantic for major front.
 The 31 different war fronts cover only the army. The list is even more impressive when the Navy is included, too. But here is sum mary of the battle stations of the AEF of 1942:
 Largest forces are in AUSTRALIA and IRELAND. which incidentally, are about as far apart as any two points on the globe. The size of these forces is a military secret, but they are large. NEW GUINEA and NEW CALEDONIA supplement the Australian front.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-27
SUN NEVER SETS ON FLAG

U. s. troops also are located at nine British bases in the Western Hemisphere = NEWFOUNDLAND, LABRADOR. BERMUDA, THE BA-i HAMAS, ANTIGUA, SANTA LUCIA. TRINIDAD, JAMAICA, BRITISH GUYANA.
 There are also eight U. s. Army outposts in Latin America. thanks to the Good Neighbor policy GUATEMALA, NICARAGUA, cos
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
Luyden Lists 80 Pro AI|-Sturs
To Meet Redskins in Bowl Tilt

Left tackles-Chet Adams. Cleve-
land; AL Blozis, New York Giants;
Vic Sears, Philadelphia.
Left ends-Perry Schwartz, Brook
lyn; Don Hutson, Green Bay; George
Wilson, Chicago Bears.
Quarterbacks-Tommy Thompson,
Philadelphia: Larry Craig. Green
Bay; Sid Luckman, Chicago Bears.
Left halfbacks-Billy Dudley,
Pittsburgh: Cecil Isbell, Green Bay.
Right halfbacks-Danti Magnani,
Cleveland: Bosh Pritchard, Phila-
delphia: Merlyn Condit, Brooklyn.
Fullbacks-Harry Hopp, Detroit;
Dick Rifle, Pittsburgh; Gary Fami-
glietti, Chicago Bears; Marshall
Goldberg, Chicago Cardinals.
Coaches-Hunk Anderson and
Luke Johnsos, Chicago Bears.
Layden said the only players on
the doubtful list" were Goldberg
and Hutson, both injured during the
regular season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14

AN EAST COAST PORT, Dec.
IA GA large British ship car
rying more than $500 persons,
including 1900 Italian prisoners
of war, was torpedoed and sunk
off West Africa last September,
survivors reported on arrival
here.
Crewmen said present known
survivors" among the passengers
and crew totaled 1,O40 and that
some $50 Italian prisoners were
rescued by six or seven" subma-
rines which surfaced after the at
tack. One of the subs was Italian,
the others German.
Loss of the ship previously was
announced by the British but with
out any details.
On Voyage From Suez.
The Navy released the survivors
accounts today. The sinking took
place as the transport was on the
last lap of a voyage from Suez
where the Italians had been taken
aboard.
Among the ships 688 passengers
were about so wives and children
Of British servicemen who were re-
turning home on leave or for hos
pitalization. Most of the women
and children and 1879 of the crew
members were saved, survivors
reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
British Ship, With /, 800 Italian
Prisoners, Sunk Off Africa
= Survivors Tell Of Rescue by French
Worship, Nuz and Fascist Submarines

Eighteen lifeboats were launched,
and the occupants of IA of the
boats were picked up after five days
by a French warship. The warship
landed the survivors eight days
later at Casablanca, where they
were placed in internment camps,
they said, until set free by the
American Expeditionary Force in
Africa early in November.
Survivors brought here said they
did not know the fate of the oc-
cupants of the other four lifeboats
Blasted BY Two Torpedoes.
The attack came without warn
ing in the evening, said the senior
first officer of Liverpool. England
Two torpedoes, two minutes apart
struck squarely in the section of
the transport where the Italian
prisoners were quartered. Many
prisoners tried to rush the lifeboats
but were driven back by guards
armed with bayonets, the senior
first officer related, adding that
other Italians smashed portfolios
squeezed through them and leaped
into the sea.
The submarine pack had stalked
the transport since noon, the COM
mander of one of them told a crew.
man who was taken aboard the un-
dersea raider after the sinking. The
senior second engineer, of Meols
Cheshire. England, said the sub
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
Roosevelt Refuses
To Make Up Dealers
Profit Lost by War
Cites Establishment of
Undesirable Precedent in
Veto Message on Bill
BY the Associated presx

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt, in a veto
message, questioned today the
advisability of the Governments
paying individuals profits they
might have realized had they re-
ceived materials which instead
were requisitioned for war pur-
poses.
On grounds it would establish IAN
undesirable precedent" for similar
cases arising from requisitioning,
priorities and ALLEGATIONS, Mr.. Roose-
welt rejected bill which would have
let the Court of Claims handle a
$4,000 claim by John L. Alcock Of
Baltimore, dating back to the World
War.
The Government in 1918 directed
Mr.. Alcock's suppliers to discontinue
shipments to him of lumber he had
contracted to sell and deliver in
Scotland. Mr.. Alcock contended he
should be reimbursed for the profits
he would have realized.
I'm the conduct of war - =" the
President said in a message to the
House, "the Government is fire.
quently constrained to requisition
and allocate material. In case it
acquisitions material, it pays just
compensation. There is neither a
legal nor a moral obligation on it's
part, however, to reimburse persons
who would have purchased the ma
terial so requisitioned and would
have realized profits on its resale.
Moreover, it should be observed
that the approval of this bill may
create an undesirable precedent for
numberless similar bills in behalf
of individuals whose contracts have
been or may be frustrated during
the present war by reason of requi-
sitioning of materials from their
suppliers, priorities and ALLEGATIONS.
The financial burden that would
result is one that the Government
should not in equity and good con-
science be required to undertake"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
Max and Buddy Baer Join
Air Forces as Privates
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Calf, Dec. IA
From now on, mo more funny bust
ness" said Max and his brother,
Buddy Baer when they completed
enlistment proceedings today and
became privates in the United
States Army Air Force.
Max is former worlds heavy
weight boxing champion and clown
prince of the ring. Buddy Baer
until recently was a front line con-
tender for Joe Louis world heavy
weight crown.
mo more funny stuff" said Max.
From now on I'm going to be the
hardest working soldier in this
mans Army"
That goes for me too," agreed
Buddy.
Both men will undergo a basic
training course and return to the
4th Air Service Area Command
headquarters here to receive as
signment as physical training in
structors for Army Air Force ground
crews.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
Race Track Bets Soar
$33,OOO,OOO in Year

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-In spite
of the loss of the rich California
trade" wagering at United States
racetracks increased by about $3c,-
100000 in 1912 as compared with
prewar days.
The annual Associated Press sur
vey showed the Nations aggregate
betting in 10 States leaped to $685.
375, $50, as compared with $526,277,-
1886 in 1941.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
Mary Astor Wins Divorce
And Custody Of Son, 7
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. l4.-Mary
Astor, screen actress, obtained a
divorce today from Manuel Del
Campo, officer In the Royal Cana
dian Air Force.
Her allegations that Del Campo
would become intoxicated and stay
out late nights were corroborated
by her friend, Mrs. Herbert Mar
shall, wife of the actor.
Custody of their son, Anthony
Paul Del Campo, 2, was given Miss
Aston. She agreed to support thu
child while the father Is at war.
| At Miss Astor's last appearance II
court she waged q sensational anC
winning battle with her former hus.
band, Dr.. Franklin Thorpe, to Oh.
tain custody Of their daughter, Mari.
lyn, IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
Eden and De Gau||e
Aqree on Return Of
Madagascar Control
Fighting French Official
In Africa to Take
Over From British
By the Associated Press.

oS Inc hSSOClateQ fIGS6.
LONDON, Dec. 14.-Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden and
Gen. Charles de Gaulle signed an
agreement today for re-estab-
fishing French sovereignty over
Madagascar.
The agreement provided that the
provisional military administration
set up by the British after the oc-
cupation of the huge island of
Southeast Africa would end with
the arrival there of Gen. Paul LIE
Gentilhomme, commander in chief
Of Fighting French forces in Africa
A high commissioner is to be
appointed by the French National
Committee and he will reorganize
the French military forces for de-
tense of external operations against
the common enemy" it was an
nounced.
Seeking to eliminate Madagascar
as a potential base for Axis sub
marines and espionage, British
troops first landed on the island last
May S. They completed the &C.
cupation November 6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-14
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The following 80 players, selected
from everv team in the league, were
named today by Commissioner
Elmer Layden to make up the Ma
tional Football Leagues all-star
squad in the pro bowl" game
against the championship Redskins
in Philadelphia December 81.
Right ends-George Wilson. Chi
cago Bears; Edduie Rucinski, Brook
lyn; Frank Ivy, Chicago Cardinals;
John Siegal, Chicago Bears.
Right tackles-John Woudenberg
Pittsburgh; Frank Cope, New York !;
Lee Artoe, Chicago Bears; Edward
holman, Chicago Bears.
Right guards-Augie Lilo, Detroit;
EMO Cont, Philadelphia.
Centers-Clyde Turner, Chicago
Bears; Chuck Cherundolo, Pitts
burgh; Charlie Brock, Green Bay.
Left gards-Milt Simington, Pitts
burgh: Danny Fortmann, Chicago
Bears.