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tSOHIulucu lOIll rage o-A'
Only in case these experiments succeed
will the 1e43 goal of 100000 tons Of
capacity be attained at the end of 1914
or beginning of 1945.
Meanwhile, from the farms OF Kansas
and Missouri are pouring hundreds OF
thousands of men and women into the
giant aircraft industry building in that
area. In cities like Cleveland factories
are thronged with workers who nor
mally would enter white-collar jobs or
professions Because of rapid depletion
Of white labor reservoirs by selective
service, colored men are being advanced
in many areas from common laborers to
machine operators, in numbers already
considerable and bound to grow impress
sive
The point is that millions of these new
recruits are without trade union con-
sciousness and are either Indifferent or
frankly hostile to organized labor. They
prefer no unions at all, or, at most, in
dependent ones. Even where unionism
has gained foothold, they insist on the
open shop. AS the program continues to
expand, it is not unreasonable to foresee
a future in which trade union members
may sink into a minority even in their
particular breeding ground, the factory.
Some observers behold ominous impli-
cations, social and political, in the all
out mechanical civilization now being
forced to maturity in the hot-house of
the war. At the top is relative hand
full of executives and engineers who are
creators and masters of the machine.
Beneath them are small groups of skilled
mechanics and foremen who maintain
and repair the apparatus, or understand
one sector of total assembly line.
But there are hordes of apparent hu-
man automatons attached to single-pur-
pose machines which supply nearly all
the brain work. The word apparent"
is used advisedly. A girl worker in Kan
sas. who was seen repeating over and
over the same trivial operation, was
asked whether she found the task mo-
notonous. Not at ALL" was the reply.
ri keep saying to myself: Snap, snap,
snap; another for the Jap!'"
Evening star., 1942-06-14
By Harold B. Butler.
Director General, British Information Services.

III VI % e tlthS ItOtOs
entangled and they make pretty COM
pllcated problem To provide the ma
ter1als for solving it is the task of the
survey.
Under the direction of G. D. H. Cole,
one of our leading social economists, a
team is at work all over the country
collecting the facts, finding out what
has actually happened as the result OF
this vast upheaval of the population and
of industry, how far they are likely to
flow back into the old channels. what
is the extent of the damage, what will
be required in the shape of labor and
materials for its repair, and what are
the future pursuits and expectations of
the various trades and the various parts
of the country.
Some Conclusions Emerge.
There is mass of information al
ready in the hands of Government de-
partments, which has been placed at our
disposal, and great deal more is being
obtained by direct approach to the in
dividuals concerned. 1t is a big under
taking, but already some conclusions are
beginning to emerge The first outline
of what Britain will look like at the
end of the war is beginning to appear,
like negative gradually taking shape
in developing dish. AS they come in,
the results are sent to the Government,
which is partly financing the inquiry,
and it will be for the cabinet to decide
in the light of all the facts so gathered
how each branch of the reconstruction
problem is to be tackled-how industry
is to be turned back to peace uses, how
the cities are to be rebuilt, and how the
whole intricate mechanism of our ma
tional life is to be cleaned, oiled and set
running smoothly again.
That then is one side of the work, and
1t is being carried out on the assumption
that we are not going back to the 1899
state of things, but are going on to
construct better balanced society than
we had before. But for that we depend
not only upon ourselves, but upon our
relations with the outside world. Our
recovery and our future prosperity are
bound up with that of the rest of Eu-
rope and the rest of the world. In these
days there is no such thing as economic
isolationism, except for those who choose
the path Of perpetual poverty. There is
little prospect for the recovery of British
industry II the rest of the world Is too
poor to buy its products or hedged about
Evening star., 1942-06-14
PACIFIC BATTLES MAY CHANGE WAR PLANS
U. S. Naval Victories Severe Setback for Jopon

Admiral Chester w. Nimitz's defeat
of the japanese task force which at
tackled Midway Island is likely to have
powerful influence on the develop
ment of strategy in this war.
The trainers of Americas war plans do
not exaggerate the Importance of that
battle, but facts speak for themselves,
demonstrating clearly that the enemys
principal weapon, aircraft carriers, was
badly blunted in both the Midway and
Coral Sea battles.
At present Japan has not more than
five, or possibly six, such units in serv-
ice The rest are either at the bottom
of the sea or so badly damaged that
even if they make port it will be months
before they will be able to go into action
again.
Ever since it was reported that the
japanese fleet was preparing an expe-
dition it was clear to American naval
strategists that its destination must be
Midway The perceptible slowing OF
japanese naval operations in the Indian
Ocean was definite proof that the en-
cI1ly UluSI W pun llOili LID olNC
the thorn which was Australia.
The reinforcements which Gen. Doug
las Macarthur received from the mo-
ment he set foot on Australian soil were
strong enough to make japanese at
tempt to invade Eastern Australia-the
only part of the island continent which
is of real mportance-more than per-
ilous.
Australia Represents Peril.
Since early May it has been obvious
to Toxic that an invasion of Australia
required a heavy effort. 1t was equally
obvious that as time went on Australia
would become impregnable. Under the
protection of Vice Admiral Robert Lee
Ghormley's task forces American trans
ports were landing military equipment,
and probably soldiers, in Australia and
the principal strategic islands covering
that line of communication.
The Japanese general staff saw clearly
that unless that voluminous flow of
manpower and materials was stopped
Gen. MacArthurs prediction that he
soon would be in position to win back
what we lost in the South Pacific would
become reality.
The Pacific is a great expanse of
water. greater than any other ocean. and
Japanese naval and air bases were at
too great distances to control ef1ec-
lively the sea lanes from the United
States to Australia. New bases, closer
to our lines of communications, were
essential for the Japs if they were to
exploit to the full the cheap victories
they have won since December 7.
Toxic decided to attack the islands
which lie like stepping stones along the
line of our communications with Aus
tralia. The Coral Sea battle followed
with disastrous results for the Japanese
Their larger naval force was defeated by
q numerically inferior American fleet
thanks to carriers and land based avia-
tion. 1t became obvious in TOXIC that
to cut of American lines of communica-
ton in that area would REQUIRE an ex-
pedition of many wsrships, especially
Evening star., 1942-06-14

thousands but still advancing, are press
ing for the completion of pincers op-
Grafton in Southeastern China that will
mean the isolation and capture of many
Chinese troops. Japanese forces in the
maritime province of Chekiang march
westward to join Jap forces in neighbor-
ing Kiangsi Province who are based on
the town of Nanchang. The junction
would establish a wall behind which the
Chinese defending the province would
be trapped.
The Japs won Chekiang with difficulty.
First, there was the long, bloody en-
gagement of Kinfwa, de-
Chinos scribed here last Sunday.
Crisis The last week brought the
battle for Chuhsien and its
airfield-from which Toxic could be
bombed. The town and the airfield be-
came japanese after they lost 1000 dead
From Chuhsien Japan went west, their
troops taking Changshan and Kiangshan
in Western Chekiang. The Chinese en-
gagged the japanese in heavy fighting
near Tsungjen, go miles south Of Nam
chang.
The Japs tried In vain to lombard
Foochow. port on the Min River in the
maritime province of Fukien. which is
south of Chekiang and Kiangsi Far in
the North China province of Shansi the
Chinese and the invaders fought count
less skirmishes. In Southwest China
Chinese troops that withdrew from
Burma established a contact with the
main Chinese Army in Yunnan Province.
In all it's five years the war in China
has not been fought on so many fronts.
Evening star., 1942-06-14
By Constantine Brown.

His Midway Uictory may hare
fdtetul results, says Constantine
BrOUn. A. P. Photo.
aircraft carriers and large transports
with troops.
The japanese, who hitherto had suf-
fered only minor losses. were in position
to undertake such an operation, but the
high command was worried lest United
States naval and air forces concentrated
in the North Pacific attack Japan herself
in the absence of the bulk of the Jap
anese fleet in the South Pacific.
The raid led by Brig. Gen. James H.
Doolittle gave the Jap leaders food for
thought. The near-panic which this
attack created among the civilian popu-
lation was clear warning of what might
happen if a larger force, backed by naval
units, should approach Japan.
1t appears, then, that the japanese
high command decided that the next
best thing would be to capture Midway
Island and, after establishing themselves
there, raid American lines of communi-
cation to the south.
Permits Breathing Spell.
The operation appeared simple, but for
the first time in this war the Japanese
information service went wrong. The
strength of our forces around Midway
was seriously underestimated. On the
other hand. we had accurate information
about the approximate number and
strength of the enemy force. And victory
came to U.s.
The Midway battle does not mean the
defeat of the enemy in the Orient. The
japanese will give us many more head
aches before we are through with this
war At the same time, 1t is not likely
that they will seriously threaten our lines
of communication with Australia again
soon. and we shall be able to carry on
cur work of reinforcement with greater
ease than in the past.
The British will have long breathing
spell in the Indian Ocean and Australia
will be able to organize itself fully In the
next few months, both against invasion
Evening star., 1942-06-14

they could take all Russia in two months.
To dominate Crimea, the Germans must
have Sevastopol 10 gain the Caucasus
and its Oil. the Germans must dominate
Crimea. To hold the Caucasus, the Ger
mans must control the Black Sea. To
Evening star., 1942-06-14
European Front

Needless of losses in men, the Ger
mans last week made their goal the
capture of Sevastapol. the great Russian
naval center on the Crimean peninsula's
Black Sea shore 1t has withstood the
siege during fall, winter and spring
by the Germans who year ago thought
Evening star., 1942-06-14

gentleman's broken leg. The flyers of
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, commander in
the Southwest Pacific, raided japanese
installations at Ermera, Portuguese
Timor. and on New Guinea. The return
ing flyers reported that Jap Zero planes
crumple quickly under machine-gun fire
bursts in vulnerable spots.
Evening star., 1942-06-14
Asiotic Front

Toxic got some cheering news from the
great battlefield it has been fighting
over for almost five years, China.
Whether the current Chinese difficulties
have dour meanings for the future We
cannot yet tell.
The Japanese armies, losing men by the
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Is Million
To0ne Shot


CANTON, O., Feb. 23-No wonder
burglars use explosives to open
safes! Unless they are lucky it
might take them 142 years to work
the combination of just one strong
box.
Paul Hawkins, head of safe
company, explained that combina-
ton lock consist of four little wheels
or tumblers arranged on spindle.
These are connected wit ha bolt and
notches in the tumblers must be
coordinated before the lock can be
opened.
There are 100 numbers on the
dial so that each tumbler can be set
for any of hundred numbers" ne
said. This makes 100000 COM
binations and if a hard working
thief tried one combination every
minute, ne could run throIgn tAe
whole list in only 142 years"
The old idea of a crook with
super hearing Or sandpapel ca 4.4i-
gertips SO sensitive they could feel
the tumblers fall is the "malarkey,
Hawkins says.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-23
RED CROSS FILM
WILL BE ON ALA
SHOW WEDNESDAY

The American Legion Auxiliary
slow, which will he given Wcdnes-
day and Thursday nights at the
Coliseum, was previewed yesterday
by Mrs. Waino Hendrickson, Aux
iliary President and Mrs. John
Neate, chairman of the American
SIN program.
TIRE fNn, Flag of Humanity,
which tells a gripping story in gor-
geous technicolor of the American
Red Cross, is an added attraction
On the program which has as its
feature the film Might Train"
The Juneau School Band will APP
pear and a program OF music is
choduled at 9:l5 p.ns between the
NO shows which will be given each
night
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u. s., Dutch Planes Smash
Big Invasion Sea
Force
AIRFIELD SEIZED
BY NIPPON FORCES
American and Australian
Troops May Recover
Air Base

Having teamed up with warships
in smashing the invasion armada
in the Battle of Bali, United States
and Dutch planes, operating alone.
dealt heavy blows against the Jap
anese offensive toward the other end
Of the island stronghold of Java
and warplanes set fire to a big Jap
transport and strafed other ships in
Banka Strait.
Dive Bombers Attack
The new attack was delivered
mainly by dive be nbers, about ESQ
miles northwest Of Batavia, off of
southern Sumatra.
The stricken enemy transport ship
was reported to have been of more
than 10000 tons, according to
United Nations announcement,
which also said that four Jap planes
were. downed In yesterdays attack
on Java airfields at the same time
the dive bomber assault was made
by United Nations forces and the
Allied pilots machine-punned other
Jap ships at cost OF all but one
ship Of the invasion armada.
Gaps Seize Airport
The Dutch reported that the Japs
had overrun part Of the island
Of Bali on the east flank OF Java.
Selling an airdrome there within 200
bombing miles of Soerabaja, the new
number one naval base for the Nde-
tenders. But this tenuous foothold
Is one which might readily be wiped
out If enough military strength can
be mustered from Java where Dutch
colonial troops are bolstered by AUS
tralian and American expeditions
who could safely be diverted for the
task.
1t is possible, too. that there are
enough troops already on Bali to do
the job. They have been in action
there since Friday, when the in
casion started
Second Jap Invasion
No one could say whether or not
second Jap invasion was under
way either as support of the in
vaders' Bali position or as a feint
to strike another blow at Java and
other quarters.
Undoubtedly. the Japs will try to
capitalize on their airdrome position
by landing troops from the air, but
it seemed unlikely that the field
would be left intact for such immed-
late use.
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FIGHTING
ON BAIAN
DIES DOWN
Duel Between Manila Bay
Forts, japanese Batter
les Also Ceases

WASHINGTON, Feb. % - The
ofyiciaI War Department commu-
nique today reports fighting has
diesl down in the Philippines. both
on Batan Peninsula and the duel
between the Manila Bay forts and
the Japanese land batteries.
The communique this morning
said practically no enemy air or
ground action has taken place in
the last "a hours.
Peninsula firing has temporarily
ceased and also that of the harbor
defense siege.
No explanation for the cessation
Of the hostilities during the brief
time is made by the military Of
ficials. 80
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John J. Gilmore
Joins Coast Guard

John J. Gilmore, a member of
the First District Court Clerks
staff for the past three years, left
Juneau today to report to Coast
Guard headquarters in Ketchikan,
where he will be sworn into the
service for the duration.
After several weeks of sea duty
as an apprentice. Gilmore will be
eligible for assignment to the
Coast Guard Academy at New Lon
don, Conn, where college gradu-
ates are given a three-month Off
GERS training course. After COM
pleting the course, he will be COM
missioned an ensign and assigned
to active duty.
Gilmore was the guest of honor
at cocktail party given by his
cousin, Peter Gilmore, Jr., and Jay
Bailey Saturday night at their
apartments in the Sommers Build
ing.
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USSR Ar N
(ELEBRA ATE
ANNIVERSARY
Stain Says Reds viii Re-
gain All Of Lost
Ground
pRAVDA SAYS NAzT
LOSE 6,o0o. 900 ME
Claim Spirit Of Inyadin
German Iroopsls
Broken

MOSCOW, Feb. 23-Premier Joz
seph Stain today told the Rc<
army ON the oath anniversary q
the UsSR. I'VE shall throw the
enemy from the gates Of Leningra(
liberate White Russia, the Ukr4(I
and the Crimea. and the red bd|
ner of Russia will fly eyerywl1c
it has flown before. The enemy
not yet beaten. There Is a ~
struggle ahead Of US
Stain pointed out that Geru1
has allies fighting by her side
added that Russia has not
in that position yet but has 81
ceeded in Holding her own
In the preamble Of his addT
the Red leader said that ,the +
slams have been preparing
since tfE last war for just ~
an attack as launched BY f3Itie An
Isaid shat this Is not the fifst On
ltssi:scS ft0ss!stfs q rae 'Sll
|countered the German one.
Pravda, official Communist Party
newspaper, set the keynote for the
great celebration by announcing
that 100000 Germans had been
killed between December 6 and
January is. The report said that
the spirit of Hitler's army is brok-
en-, that German losses in the first
five months of the war reached
the staggering total of 100000.
Everywhere in Russia on the
night before Christmas, the report
pointed out, newspaper correspon-
dents were allowed to explore the
vast snow-piled areas liberated by
the fleeing Germans, to see huge
stores of Nazi instruments n d
bodies where death marked tn e
route of the Nazi retreat.
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CAPTAIN OF PRINCESS
N0RAH GETS BAD NEWS

Capt. W. @. Palmer, of the Can
adam Pacific steamer Princess
Norah is commanding his ship with
a heavy heart. Previous to leaving
Vancouver he received information
that his only son, in service over
seas, lost his life in combat. Capt.
Palmer said that he is only one OF
thousands of fathers who will I'M
doubtedly receive the same sad in
formation before the present con-
flict Is over
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-23
JUNEAU BOY WILL
TRAIN in TEXAS

Kenneth Webster. Juneau High
School graduate, who has been TAX
ing preliminary flight training at
Sand Point Naval Air Station. Sc
attic, has been ordered to a fly
Ing field in Texas for advanced
training. according to word received
today by his mother, Mrs. Helen
Webster.
IL webster HiH be couamiA Toned an
ensign in the Navy Air Corps when
he completes his training.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-23
COAST GUARD
CUTTER IS HIT
BY TORPEDO
American Graft Victim oil
Enemy Ship Off Iceland
is Sent Down

WASHINGTON. Feb. % The
Coast Guard cutter Alexander Ham
ilton has been torpedoed by an
enemy submarine off Iceland, the
Navy announces.
While being towed to port, the
Navy said. the ship capsized and
had to be sunk by gun fire.
The Navy said the loss of life
was moderate but gave no figures.
The cutter Alexander Hamilton
was built in 1887 in New York. The
craft was 327 feet long and 2,100
gross tons.
Wartime complement is given as
202 officers and men.
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doom RITES THURSDAY

Funeral services for Gerald Odom.
who died suddenly last week from a
kidney infection. will be held on
Thursday morning at o'clock in
the Catholic Church Of the Nativ-
ity, following instructions received
from relatives by c. w. Carter. Bur-
ial will take place in the American
Legion plot of Evergreen Cemetery
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-23
ROUNDUP
7. OF ENEMY
ALIENS ON
Widespread Raids N ade
by FBI in Northern
California

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. %
Fifty-four enemy aliens, some of
them members of organizations
rooted in enemy countries, have
been seized by FBI widespread
raids in Northern California.
Hundreds of local officers. sher-
ifs, deputies and State Highway
Patrolmen participated in the
raids conducted by more than 100
FBI agents.
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Coast Guard Cutler
Haida Returns Here

After being absent from Juneau
for five months. the United States
Coast Guard cutter Haida. Com
mander Norman H. Leslie, returned
to Juneau Saturday to await Or
ders.
The Haida left here last Sep
tember for Seattle for its annual
General overhaul Since October,
when Coast Guard vessels were
transferred to Naval jurisdiction the
Haida has been operating under
naval orders.
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WASHINGTON-Ever since the
escape Of the German battieships
Gneisenau and Scharnhorst. with
the cruiser Prince Eugen, the U. S
and British high commands have
been studying the strength OF the
Allied fleet in the Atlantic.
.Battleships are like kings in 9
game of checkers. They can move
backwards or forwards with more
IMMUNITY than larger vessels; anc
they can take" smaller warships
Therefore, compact, powerful
body of battleships, making surprise
raids on the enemy can prove dis
astrouS in the extreme especially
when the antagonist has long sup
ply lines spread out over 5000 miles
Of the North Atlantic, guarded on
" by destroyers and cruisers.
Surveying the new Nazi naval
strength, Allied commanders are
preparing for the worst. For this
is what they figure the Nazis have:
The Gneisenau and Scharnhorst
$4,000 tons each.
The new battleship Tirpitz, 49,
600 tons.
The Friedrich der Crosse and
Hindenburg, $4,000 tons each. I'M
der construction for some time and
probably IS per cent completed.
Two airplane carriers, the
Deutschland and Graf Zeppelin, OF
1880 tons carrying $50 planes
each.
Eight cruisers of the Prince Eu-
gen class.
To match this. the United States
must have a battle fleet of equal
strength capable of getting to var
ious parts of the Atlantic in a
hurry. The size of our fleet in
the Atlantic is a military secret
but it was no secret before the wal
and is therefore known to the en-
envy that many of our battleships
were built as far back as 1911 and
1912, making them thirty years old
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ROOSEVELT
IS ON AIR
I TONIGHT
viii Discuss War Up TO
Date : Tokyo Radio
Starts Propaganda

WASHINGTON. Feb. 23-The
State Department this morning
said the japanese radio station at
Tokyo is putting on the biggest
Of propaganda campaigns for the
purpose of tearing down the adj
dress President Roosevelt will de-
liver tonight on the war"
Following this statement, Steph-
en- Early. Presidential secretary,
read to the reporters a memo of
the Governments information
Early said the Tokyo radio re-
ports that the President is lodging
ell questions at his press confer
cnces and also places responsibility
Of the American entry into the war
directly on the Chief Executive of
the United States.
The Presidents speech will be
broadcast tonight at o'clock. Pa
cific wartime.
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New Draft Lottery Is Set
For March 17;;Nulmbersof
9MiIIion Men Be Drawn

drawn are these who registered on
FEBRUARY IL when all those from 20
to A inclusive, not previously regis
tered, were signed up with local
draft boards.
The new registrants will not be
called for until about two months
after the lottery.