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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-27
ACTION ON ROAD
TO ALASKA HELD
up BY WAR DEPT.
President Says He Is Wait
ina for Recommended
ti0ns 10 Be Made

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27-Presi-
dent Roosevelt told the newsmen
at conference today that he is
awaiting definite recommendation
of the War Department before
taking any action on the projected
highway from the United States,
through Canada, to Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-27
TANKER SUNK
BY SUB OFF
new JERSEY
Two Survivors Land : Tell
How Others May Have
Escaped Alive

MANASQUAN, N. j., Feb. 81
The American tanker r. p. Resor
burned at sea after it was tor
pedoed just before midnight about
20 miles southeast of here, two
survivors who landed here said
They said they saw a motor life
boat bearing about 80 men clear
away from the ship. Flaming oil
surrounded the sinking craft, but
the survivors expressed hope that
the boats and occupants we're res
cued by another ship.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-27
FISH PRODUCTS co.
TO OPERATE HERE

The Alaska Fish Oil Extractors,
Inc, an Illinois corporation, was
qualified today to do business in the
Territory after filing the proper
papers in the office of Frank A..
Boyle, Territorial Auditor.
The statutory agent in Alaska is
Lester O. Gore, Of Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-27
COLISEM-Lust Times Tonight
RICHARD DIX in
CHEROKEE STRIP"

comic strip.
We have operated both at Kun
friends in an authentic aviation
ming, China and Rangoon. A bull
let scraped my neck on operations
January A. My radio earphones
we're knocked off and I had to
land with a bullet-punctured tire.
Wy plane slowed around on the
runway but stayed right side up,
Doctor Sam Prevo of AVG took
care of me in no time at all. !.
Between patrols the favorite AVG
topic of conversation seems to be
when the next letter will come
from home. AvG'ers spend quite
bit of money on cables back to
the States. They say they don't
expect responses of six-inch long
words with flowers growing on
them, but certainly like to heat
often from their families.
Regards,
Bert, \
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-27
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. j. j. Brown was admitted
to st. AIMS Hospital last evening
for surgical treatment.
Mrs. Mary Hclmquist. who UNI
derwent a minor operation at st.
AIMS Hospital, left the hospital
today.
Mrs. P. w. Garfield, who has
been surgical patient al st. AIMS
Hospital.
Charles Clayton had minor OPP
Grafton at the Government Hos
pital this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-27
COSTLY MISTAKE

CADIZ, O., Feb. 25-Mrs. Joseph
Cape got 40 miles away before she
found she had tossed away an ole
pocketbook containing five SIC
bills, three diamond rings and a
ruby ring, neglecting to transfer
her valuables to new purse she
had purchased.
Mrs. Cape drove back ano
searched the street where the purse
was discarded. Then she made
house-to-house calls until she
reached the home of A. w. AL.
bright, who returned the purse
He found it in the street.
Evening star., 1942-10-02
Army Private Killed
By Robber After
Fiqht in New York
Soldier Believed Victim
Of 'Mueeine' Attack
In Harlem District
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. Am Army
private was stabbed to death early
today and thrown into a Harlem
.areaway in what police described as
another "mugging" attack-seizure
of the victim by the throat from
behind.
The soldier was Edwin Berkowitz,
%, attached to the medical division
at Fort Monmouth, N. j., who was
found knitted through the chest. his
face battered and blue, in 15-foot
deep cellar depression next to the
rectory Of the Church of the
Miraculous Medal, Hath street and
st. Nicholas avenue.
One Other Fatality.
Since early summer there have
been frequent "mugging' incidents.
at least one other of which was
fatal. Some of the attacks-always
with intent to rob-have occurred
on lonely pathways of Central Park
and others in murky doorways of
crowded Harlem to the north,
Pvt. Berkowitz, too, had been
robbed.
Two priests who had Just finished
an early mass reported discovery
OF the body after a woman ran into
the church and told them of a SOL
dler lying near the rectory.
A squad of 40 detectives searched
the neighborhood. Authorities said
a delivery man reported seeing
colored man dragging a soldier
across st. Nicholas avenue shortly
before the body was found, while
a colored woman reported hearing
hight in the street at about $50
am.
Put Up Battle.
Ihe condition of Pvt. Berkowitz's
body indicated he had put up
terrific struggle. Pvt. Berkowitz had
lived in the Bronx before his Ma
tlonal Guard outfit was federalized
and only recently had been trans
terred to the medical division.
In August, patrolmen in Harlem
where the normal police forces had
been strengthened-shot three COL
ored men in as many days as they
sought to break up terrorizing gangs
OF thieves and holdup men.
IN July, Stanley Kolbusz 19-year-
old Holyoke (Mass.) war worker.
died of a stab wound in the heart
lnlllcted after a woman lured him
into hallway where three men
companions sought to rob him.
One suspected "mugger' trying to
lure two British sailors into the
same hallway in August was shot
and killed by patrolman.
Evening star., 1942-10-02
called for q general increase OF
cents an hour.

called for q general increase Of Z
cents an hour.
The board said the company and
union agreed that general increases
between January / and May exceed
ed the Is per cent living cost In
crease. However, the parties con-
tended rates at the plant were lower
than in competing plants.
The board found that "this in
crease conflicts with its wage stabil-
ization policy" which limits wage
adjustments to Is per cent above
levels in January ,1941.
The board also upheld the rec
ommendation of q referee that no
general wage increase be granted
employees of the Rhode Island Malle-
able Iron Works, Hillsgrove, r. I.
The United Steel Workers OF
America, CIO. had requected the
wage >increase, but the referee re-
ported he found no substandard
wages aud that employees had re-
ceiVed increases of more than the
Is per cent living costs increase.
The board also denied an increase
of S cents an hour asked by the
International Hod Carriers and
Building Laborers' Union, AFL. for
employees of the Metals Process
Ing Co, PhilipSdale, r. I.
Evening star., 1942-10-02
Brotherhood's S Chief
Urges Government
To Run Railroads
Head of Truinmen Saws
Transportation Breakdown
Is Imminent
B! tie Associated Press.

| By tie Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 2.-The
Government should take over
operation of the railroads imme-
diately to avert a prospective
breakdown of the Nations trans
portation system, A. F. Whitney,
president of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, said today.
The quicker the railroads are
taken over, the better it will be, in
my opinion, for the whole country" :"
Mr.. Whitney declared in comment
ing on an article titled Railroads
the Next Bottleneck." in the Octo-
Der issue of the Brotherhood's mag
| aZine.
"The President should put in
charge not only an expert in financ-
ing, but one who is capable of seeing
that they're operated efficiently and
for the people-not in the interests
of the manipulators," Mr.. Whitney
asserted.
Noting WPB Chief Donald M.
Nelson's report that war production
increased per cent in August over
July, the Brotherhood president said
further increases, which the coun-
try wants, will hasten a breakdown
OF carriers by rail. The question
OF when that might happen is prob
lematical"
Cars Move Empty.
There is bound to be a shortage
OF motive power and rolling stock"
due partly to increased business and
partly to 'the fact each railroad is
operating as unit. Many cars are
being moved empty under their in
dividual operation, when they should
be carrying load"
"Government operation" Mr..
Whitney continued, "is not only ad-
visable but imperative. There is a
shortage of manpoWer on many
railroads due to their aristocratic
attitude in refraining from employ
ing brakemen, firemen and yardmen
who are over q years of age unless
they have college or university edu-
cation.
The railroad managements are
carrying on under the same philos-
ophy of the past so years, failing to
recognize the need of innovations
not only in financing but opera
tions," he said, and "the carriers
have practically abandoned safety
regulations and sacrificed speed of
war materials in their abandon
ment of carload-limit legislation.
Manifestations of Breakdown.
He expressed agreement with the
article, written by Wellington Roe,
which concluded "only immediate
governmental action can prevent a
transportation breakdown"
Mr.. Whitney said "the first mani
festation of a breakdown is delay.
Then confusion follows, and every
delay contributes an increase in
effort, which further slows up the
movement of freight and pas
sengers"
Under Government operation
there probably would be unifica-
ton of equipment and facilities"
employment of "old-time railroad
men who are capable, but have been
denied employment because they
have reached the ages of As, so or
IS; a uniform policy with respect
to employment" and elimination "of
competition, at which some railroad
Evening star., 1942-10-02
Laundry Head Complains
Drink Trucks Get Recaps
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 2.-Edward L,
Rich, president of laundry owners
association, said drastic curtailment
OF laundry and cleaner services was
threatened because beer and soft
drink trucks were getting retreaded
tires needed to keep the laundry
trucks going.
Addressing association delegates
from Maryland, Virginia and the
District of Columbia at a meeting
here, Mr.. Rich asserted yesterday
the industry is fast running short
Of rubber"
He said beer and soft-drink trucks
had prior rights to available stocks
OF retreads over the laundries and
cleaners and added there's never
any rubber left of quotas when it
comes our turn to get retreads."
Large-scale disruption of laundry
operations would present serious
health hazard in cities such as Bal
tlmore which are crowded with war
workers, Mr.. Rich contended.
Evening star., 1942-10-02
WASHINGTON FRIDAY OCTOBER . 1912
managements are working over

managements are working over
time," he said.
Urges Bond Retirements.
Declaring the President has power
to take over the railroads and ap-
point director general as in the
First World War, the brotherhood
executive added:
Il doubt If the roads would be
placed under jurisdiction of any
existing department of government,
but it is possible they might be
operated by the Office of Defense
Transportation, whose authority
could be. broadened by executive
order"
One of the first things, he said,
should be retirement of "all bonds
and securities that carry prohibitive
rates, and the Government should
make loans through the RFC or
some other agency at prevailing
interest rates."
This would eliminate the railroad
banker from the picture and con-
serve unto the railroads the mil
lions of dollars they are constantly
paying in commissions" Mr.. Whit
ney asserted.
Evening star., 1942-10-02
Voluntary Increase
In War Plant Pay
Is Vetoed by WLB
Proposed Rise Would
Exceed Living Costs
Advance, Boord Rules

The War Labor Board, applying
the wage ceiling set by its Little
Steel' stabilization formula, yester-
day vetoed a voluntary wage in
crease agreement between the man
agement and employees of a war
plant, and rejected the demands OF
two unions for increases.
This was the first time the board
blocked an increase arrived at on a
voluntary basis. In several previous
cases the board ruled in favor OF
the increases.
The agreement was between Gen.
eral Gable Corp and the Gable Guild,
an Independent union at the COM
pany's Rome On. " plant, and
Evening star., 1942-10-02
a loss yesterday Of 1874 Red Army

loss yesterday OF ia Red Army
tanks.
The comnIunique said German at
tacks were progressing southeast of
Lake linen, on the Leningrad front
war to the north, and that "the an
Inhalation of Soviet divisions en-
circled in fighting during recent days
is about to be completed" south of
Lake Ladoga.
Heavy activity by combined Axis
air forces also was repeatedly Ger
mans defending the Nazi flank be-
tween the Don and Volga Rivers, by
Germans and Rumanians pounding
railway lines along the lower Volga
and by Germans, Italians and Hun
garianS who were said to have
smashed large amounts Of railroad
equipment and heavy weapons on
the Don front.
New penetrations into the north
west Caucasus also was reported In
the communique.
Evening star., 1942-10-02
Northwest StaIingrad
Suburb Is Captured,
Germans Declare
Major Russion Group
Also EncircIed,
High Command Says
By, the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, Oct. 2.-The German high
command announced today the
capture Of Orlovka, suburb in the
northwestern section of Stalin-
grad, and the encirclement OF a
major Soviet group to the west
of this center.
The communique said Orlovka had
been converted into strong Rus
sian defense position.
New Soviet thrusts against the
German barrier to the north of Stall
ingrad were .repulsed, it said, with
Evening star., 1942-10-02
La Plata Hospital Annex
Opening to Be DELAYED

BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.
LA PLATA, Md, Oct. 2.-Opening
OF the annex to the Physicians
Memorial Hospital here, scheduled
for yesterday. has been delayed until
October Is because construction is
incomplete.
The 20-bed addition will increase
the normal capacity of the struc-
ture 100 per cent and will be made
up exclusively of patients private
rooms and wards. At present the
hospital Is forced to turn away
many patients each week, despite
the fact that some are now sleeping
IN halls partitioned by folding doors.
Evening star., 1942-10-02
Pupils Spur Scrop Drive

WINCHESTER, Va, Oct. 2 (Spe-
ciaD.-Headed by the Handley High
School Band, the boys and girls of
Winchester schools paraded today to
stimulate interest in the collection
OF scrap metal and rubber. The
pupils have collected around 10000
pounds since the drive opened.
Evening star., 1942-10-02
Draft Registront Dies
After CoIIopsing
At Physical Test

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Oct. LAW
renee j. Hanley, 40. advertising
manager Of the Jeffersonian.
Baltimore County weekly news
paper. died Wednesday night
shortly after a physical examin-
alton for induction into the
Army.
He collapsed during a phys
ical examination for selectees
at the 5th Regiment Armory,
but recovered. Two soldiers
were detailed to drive him
home, and Mr.. Hanley told
them he felt fine"
Shortly afterward he suf-
fered another attack, and died.
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Evening star., 1942-08-23

is known to only very few men in this coun-
try and in Germany.
The known device is, of course the infiltra-
ton of German workers, or workers of Ger
man descent, into the greatest possible num-
Der of factories, plants, ports and public utii-
ties - workers who were willing or who were
forced to give detailed information about
their places of employment. Ever since the
first trial of Nazi spies in this country
- in the fall of 1888 - we have known of the
astonishing number of German workers and
foremen in places vital to our defense.
But Herr Won Puttkammer did not de-
pend entirely upon this kind of information.
In 1885, when he first started mapping out
industrial sabotage against the United States.
he devised second, more secretive plan. He
sent one of his assistants, Captain Heinichen
to this country. They called it General Staff
Evening star., 1942-08-23


For there is the FBI. And there is the Coast
Guard, and there are the volunteer police
forces, home guards and other organizations
for defense against sabotage. And finally,
there are the Army and Navy Intelligence
departments.
But while we have reason to be proud
and happy about the results thus far achieved
in this fight, we must not forget that there
may be reverses. This is war. None of us ex-
pect that our men or ships or planes will go
through this war without suffering setbacks
or even defeats. The same goes for the war
against sabotage. There may be cases in
which Nazi saboteurs will achieve partial sue
cesses. But there Is no reason for US to become
hysterical - as long as our numerous we'll
organized counter-sabotage agencies remain
resourceful and vigilant.
The End
Evening star., 1942-08-23

eACIldllSC III SCANiSSo
he had rendered to Great Britain by betray-
ing Germany's most closely guarded military
secret: the gigantic scheme of its sabotage
plot. He told me how his agency operated in
the old days. Though Rintelen's agents were
carefully hand-picked, they were unframed
They were allowed to improvise - they were
even supposed to. The trained saboteurs of
the Third Reich, on the other hand, must
follow precise instructions Everything must
move in accordance with carefully worked
out strategic plan. Every step is carried out
according to detailed schedule
Established in an unassuming five-story
building on the Luetzow Ufer in Berlin are
the headquarters of German sabotage war
fare. 1t is there that Captain Won Puttkammer
member of an old-line naval family -
works and plans
Won Puttkammer was on the Fuehrer own
Evening star., 1942-08-23

staff from August, 1884. till early in 1898,
when he was made head of the sabotage bu
reau, which in Germany is considered job
second to none in its ultimate importance.
Herr Won Puttkammer has two depart
ments working under him. One is called
Ab,cehrabteilung: We1ksesbtonage defense
Department. Industrial Espionage) This
department is engaged in collecting informa-
ton about factories, docks. ports, airfields,
ETC., in other countries where the Germans
intend to commit acts of sabotage.
The second department consists of the
sabotage schools that we've already men
toned. The sabotage students who are to be
employed in this country are almost all so
Evening star., 1942-08-23

called Rackwanderer (Re-immigrants) who
were persuaded between 1895 and 1910, by
German consuls running migration offices in
New York. Los Angeles, Madison, Wis, etc,
to return to the Fatherland
Axmy-TTained
WHEN these men first arrived in Germany
they were sent to the Army. After l6 months
of military training, they were usually trans
ferred to the Engineers Corps for short
three-month course of training. And then if
the authorities felt that the men were trust
worthy and able to do the job, they were
finally transferred to one of the sabotage
schools.
Once the student of sabotage has gone
through his courses and satisfied his teachers,
he is destined to be smuggled into the United
States or whatever other country he may
Evening star., 1942-08-23

have come FROM Transportation by means of
U-boats is the most spectacular method, but
it is not the only one
After his arrival in the country of his des-
tination, the would-be saboteur is instructed
to get in touch with sympathizing organiza-
tions on the spot. Nazi organizations were, of
course, created here and in other countries
almost Immediately after Hitler came to
power While the Bund got the greatest pub
licity in our country, it was never important
as possible base for saboteurs. Other, less
conspicuous organizations were supposed to
play decisive role. Most important among
them were the so-called Deutsche Techntker-
rerbande German Technicians' Associa-
tions), which existed in New York, Pitts
burgh, Detroit and Los Angeles - key cities
for sabotage activity. They had branch Offices
in practically every industrial town, in all
strategic areas throughout the United
States. The members were engineers. fore
men, patent attorneys, and all sorts of spe-
cialized workers of German descent. They
were supposed to provide the sabotage agents
with the latest information, such as schedules
of production, of work shifts, changes in per-
sonnel, new installations of alarm systems
and other warning devices, etc. They were to
provide the saboteurs with necessary
tools and with means of escape after the
work had been accomplished.
But Berlin headquarters by no means de-
pended entirely upon these Nazi organiza-
tiopc That ic fhece organizations were To
assist wherever possible - but the saboteurs
themselves were supposed to know, before
they came into the country, where they had
to do their jobs, exactly what they had to do,
and when they were to do it.
Herr Won Puttkammer achieved this sys-
TEN by two means. One has been known to us
for some time The other one, up to this day,
Evening star., 1942-08-23

in neutral countries and in countries not yet
invaded.
The more important role of Admiral Rae
der's Navy is one of long standing. 1t started
sabotage warfare back in World War l. At
that time its envoy for sabotage warfare
against the United States was Lieutenant
Commander Franz von Rintelen. He came to
the United States on a Danish passport, and
after getting in touch with Captain Franz Won
Papen, who had detailed instructions for
blowing up our munitions factories. ne organ
lied his crew of saboteurs
All this, of course, is history. 1t is we'll
known now that 81 German agents tried to
sabotage the whole United States war effort