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Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1942-11-01
Shipworkers Take
Lead In War
Chest Drive

A new "E' flag is being earned
by shipworkers today. 1t is the
War Chest banner of excellence
for going over-the-top in the
Seattle-King County War Chest
campaign now in full swing. And
more and more employee groups are
flying that flag as labor swings
its full backing behind the drive
for war and welfare services.
Virtually all unions in this area
not only have endorsed but are
taking leading parts in the War
Chest drive which started October
Is and expects to reach the goal
of $1,3S5, 425. Their response will
tip the balance between success
and failure.
With War Chest drives Endorsed
by national presidents and local
councils of both CLIO and AT of
L, each union is working out its
own plan of giving.
The Industrial Union Council, in
accordance with recommendation
made at the national CLIO conven-
ton, has recommended a plan of
one hours pay per month through
out the year.
The Harbor Island shipyards
have held twelve War Chest raj
lies, one 70 reach of the different
shifts; highest percentage of re-
Spouse wins a 6-foot totem pole,
lowest gets a dog house.
The Building Trades Council adj
opted two-check plan; the first
for one days pay, which (if in
dividual circumstances permit
can be Endorsed to the War Chest,
the rest to go into the family sock.
Big unions will have their own
day at the War Chest report lunch
cons held at the Senator auditor
ium where &c" flags are awarded.
In the larger plants, shop stew
ards and leadmen are captains for
the War Chest. In all firms, and
all departments, popular employees
are taking the responsibility of
contracting fellow workers for the
drive.
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1942-11-01
Fishermen Will Not Be
Frozen In Lumber
Industry

Fishermen returned from Alaska
for the winter and men in similar
occupations with periods of slack
employment may go to work in
the frozen industries, the lumber
camps and non-ferrous mines of
the Pacific Northwest without fear
of being frozen" announced A. l..
Hardy, State United States EN-
ployment Service Director.
Anyone whose prime occupation
was other than logging, numbering
or mining will be provided a GER
tificate of separation prior to his
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1942-11-01

entrance into a frozen industry"
Hardy said. This will enable him
to quit and return to his original
job anytime he pleases."
After all our salmon pack is
as important as lumber" Hardy
stated. Although fishermen do not
work at their trade IL months out
of the year, fishing is still their
prime occupation, and will be so
considered. Many make ideal log
gers and sawmill workers and by
enabling them to work during the
months they are home we hope to
step up our lumber production"
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1942-11-01
"PrOductiOn Record
Sblendid"- Roosevelt

"Our production record" said
President Roosevelt in a message
to A. F. L. President William
Green at the A. F. of L. conven-
ton in Toronto, speaks for it.
self and for the working people;
1t is splendid.
Everywhere during my recent
inspection of war activities,
found the workers doing all that
was laid out for them and more,
At every turn they gave assur-
ance that they are not afraid of
hard, continuous, precise and dan,
gerous work. They are walking up
to it as their duty and part in
the war. They are proud of it.
"The various groups which COM
prise the Federation will, | hope,
make available at this time their
most statesmanlike leadership. Of
ficers and delegates of the trade
union movement, consecrated to
preserve the freedom of humanity,
can serve today the whole people
of this country, as well as the
loyal membership.
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1942-11-01
+. W. A. Regional
Office O.K.'s Request
Of Morningside

A new hospital for tubercular
patients in King County comes
nearer, step by step. The project
has the o. K. of the regional Of
flee of the Federal Works Agency
and is awaiting a report from the
regional division of the U. S.
Public Health Service before being
forwarded to Washington, d. C.
for final action. rsupp.r
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1942-11-01
Labor S Right Aid
To Production
-Lund

Labor's gains in the last so years
will help to win the war" Wen
dell Lund, Director of the Labor
Production Division, WPB, said in
an address to the A. F. of L. con-
vention in Toronto, Canada.
"Some of these" he pointed out,
ARE the right to organize the
right to a fair share of the ma
tional income, the right to the rest
and change that all human beings
must have if they are to work at
maximum efficiency.
"The privileges that labor will
give up for the duration are not
to be confused with these and
other fundamental rights which
are a part of the very heritage
for which we are fighting.
1.-THE War Production Board will
continue to stand against any.Who
would use the exigencies of the
war to break down these basic
rights because the WPB knows
that these rights are an aid and
not a hindrance to production.
THE same thing holds for man
agement. Traditional habits that
retard production must be cast
aside. While it is the solemn OBJ
legation of labor not to slow down
or strike, it equally is the solemn
obligation of management not to
take advantage of labor's pledge
not to strike by permitting intol-
cradle conditions to develop that
put an impossible strain On the
good faith of labor
Labor stands ready to accept
whatever measures must be taken
to solve such basic problems as
the ALLEGATION of manpower for the
maximum war effort know that
labor is in favor of whatever steps
are necessary and insists only that
legislation and administration be
soundly conceived and calculated
to obtain the greatest participa-
ton, consultation, and cooperation
from the persons who Will be
affected.
This is a war which needs
leadership from every village or
township, city or county. You in
the American Federation Of Labor
have long operated on a basis of
maximum local initiative and re-
sponsibility by your local union
officials. You have succeeded be-
cause you have shown your people
why it is to their advantage to
accept local responsibility for all
local operations to carry out your
national policies and programs &c.
$50 in conclusion, l ask your
wholehearted help to enable the
WPB to have the complete support
of all your people. If you have
anything to suggest or to criti-
CHE, come to our field representa-
tives or to our Washington staff
and tell us. No one in the Labor
Production Division has right to
the extravaganza of being thin
skinned.
IF We are wrong in any issue,
we want to know about it. If we
can do something better, we want
to know it. If we are right on
an issue, it helps our people to
be told so.
AT the same time, when a pol
icy has been thrashed over with
you, and decided upon, ask your
loyal cooperation in making it
work"
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1942-11-01

OF every pound of meat being
produced in the U. S. about II
ounces will go to the civilian pop
ulation, the remaining four ounces
will be distributed among our
fighting men and the armed forces
and civilians of our Lend-Lease
allies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
WAT(HMAN''5 BODY FOUND
 IN CHANNEL
John E. Johnson Believed to Have Been Dead
 Two 10 Four Days

A body, identified as that of John E. Johnson, about 60 years old, was discovered this morning floating in the channel waters near Douglas Island by Alex Misoff, who lives in a small house close to the shore. Misoff secured the body and re- ported it to the U, S. Marshals of flee shortly before 10 o'clock. Deputy U s. Marshal Sid Thompson and U. s Commissioner Felix Gray went to the scene where Identification took place An investigation is being made by the U. s. Marshals office.
 Identification was established by E. M. Policy. of the U. S.. Forest Service. by whom Johnson had been employed as watchman until shortly after the first of January, and by rental receipts found in the dead mans pocket. The receipts were from the Martin Apartments on lower Front Street.
 It is believed that the man had been in the water from two to four days, Don Skuse. mortician, said. The presence of rusted keys in the mans pocket also indicated the time of death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
RECAP TOOLS NOW REQUIRE pRI0RITIE5
Machine Manufacturers Ordered 10 Half Sale of
 Tire Retreaders

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 - The War Production Board has prohib- ited manufacturers of tire retread- ing and recapping machinery to fill any further orders except those accompanied by preference rating certificates, it was learned author itatiyely today.
 The order follows complaints from small tire dealers that the larger companies have bought up all the available molds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
Chief Executive of us.
 Proves 10 Be One of inc
 Major Prophets, This War

that and more way back last
 summer. They are wondering
 now if he didn't anticipate
 himself by more than four
 months-and If he didn't thus
 say in August what the United
 States would come 10 full
 awareness of in January.
 It was at a sweltering Tuesday afternoon press conference. The President, lolling back in shir.- sleeves, began what at first seemed a rambling discourse on the state of the nation and the world. H; used, as he often does, that in- direct method - drawing parallel from other days and other crises He talked of World War II, con tinuing through 1943 and saic plainly that the people of th' United States were not yet awar; of the staggering task ahead O them
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
OLD STORY HERE

Although the search for Col. Har- old H. Carr and Corporal Richard Pompeo has been common know ledge in Juneau in recent days, The Daily Alaska Empire refrained from printing any details until the Asso- ciated Press acted upon The En- pire's suggestion to obtain an official release from Army head quarters in San Francisco.
 Colonel Carr is well known here having visited Juneau many times on military matters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
Troops Cross from Main'
 land Ohio Island s @ Great Fortress
TO WITHSTAND SIEGE
 UNTIL HELP ARRIVES
Tile Cdusewdy Is Partially Destroyed by Re-
 treating Forces
tBY ASSOCIATED pREss)

Weary Malay Peninsula defend- CTS have withdrawn onto Singapore Island and have destroyed half of the tile causway from the mainland to the island and are ready to with stand Japan's siege armies until help can come"
 Thrown back $50 miles in two months of blood fighting and out bered, the Australian and British Imperial troops retired to the $400. 100000 island fortress un- der cover of darkness last night.
 Lieut.. Gen. A. E. Percival, Britt ish Commander of Malaga Penin- sula fighting, said the Battle of Malaga has come to an end and the battle for Singapore has started"
 Simultaneous with the announce ment, Japan struck a new barb into the Indies as seaborne troops landed at Amboina Island, the site of the big Dutch Naval base. A furious battle is reported in pro- gress.
 Japan dispatches said the Mix ado's armies have seized control of the mainland water reservoir serv- ing Singapore but the island has two large impounding reservoirs but there seems little danger of the Singapore Island defenders being forced to surrender like at Hong- kong
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
ARMY FINALLY TELLS ABOUT ! LOST PLIERS
Colonel Carr, We'll Known Here, in Fairbanks
 Alter Mishap
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. Jan. 3

SAN FRANClSCO, Call1.. Jan. 3l Aided by Indian trappers, Lieut.. Col Harold H. Carr and Corporal Richard Pompeo have returned safe- ly to Fairbanks after being lost ai- most two weeks in the Alaska wilderness north of the Arctic Circle, the Army disclosed today. Col. Carr's plane was forced down January IT about 250 miles north of Fairbanks, after Carr had encount- cred thick weather during flight to Whitehorse and became completely lost. Whitehorse is more than 300 miles southeast of Fairbanks
 Lieut.. Gen. Dewitt. Commanding General of the Western Defense Command, commended the men for their resourcefulness and soldierly qualities.
 The Army said the pair landed on a frozen river unhurt. The plane was damaged. out of gasoline and the radio was out of commission.
 Carr and Pompeo waited two days. then started down the river on foot, carrying packs of bedding, food. camping equipment and firearms. After long trek they were relayed by successive trappers and finally reached Fort Yukon, where they obtained transportation to Fair banks.
 Both men apparently are in ex- cellent physical condition. While they were lost, Army airmen scan ned thousands of miles in searches, but because of fogs and storms they were unable to make an effective searcht
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
Richardson Highway 10
 Be improved
President Asks for Over Two Million Dollars
 for Beiterment

WASHINGTON, Jan 31-Presi- dent Roosevelt has asked Congress in a supplemental budget estimate to appropriate an additional $2,- 100000 to improve the Richardson Highway from Valdez.
 The Budget Bureau said the work will include realignment, widening, surfacing and reconstruction of bridges to provide for additional transportation facilities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
ARTHUR B0GUE GIVEN
 PoSITI0N, KET(HIkAN
 U. S. COMMISSIONER

Arthur Bogue, formerly United States Deputy Marshal in Craig. was appointed United States Com missioner in Ketchikan by Judge George F, Alexander in the United States District Court this morning. He will succeed E. c. Austin who served as U. s. Commissioner since September l, 1881, until his recent resignation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
ARMY LEAVES
 VITAL BURMA
 RIVER T0WN N
British Announce EvdCua- lion of M0ulmein After
 Stores Removed

ABINGDON, Burma, Jan. 3l - Evacuation of strategic Moulmein, across the bay from Rangoon, was announced officially today by the British, who said our troops have withdrawn over the Salween River after removing all stores and equip ment."
 The British declared heavy cas- ualties have been inflicted on the Japs in Burma, the one gateway to India and vital to China as the back door of the Burma road.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
STORM SAVES CONVOY FROM
 JAP ATTACK
Tropical CIoudburst Hides Singapore Bound
 Ships from Planes

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31 A tropical rainstorm saved large convoy of troops. planes and war supplies headed for Singapore from a heavy Jap aerial attack, Aus tralian Army authorities revealed today in a broadcast picked up by the C.B.S. listening post here.
 Sixty enemy planes were circling about and dropping bombs," the broadcast said, but when the storm broke it completely bloted out our ships
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
Bum Shooting
 ByGerl1lan5 Sub Story Told
Takes Two Torpedoes, B Shells fo Send Tanker
 Down, East Coast

NORFOLK, Virginia. Jan. 3l.- The story of bum shooting" on the part of unusually polite German U- boat crewmen, was told today by 30 survivors of the tanker Rochester when they landed at the naval op- erating base here.
 The 6.800-ton tanker was riding light and was sunk yesterday in broad daylight off the coast.
 Two torpedoes first hit the tanker and then l3 shells were fired into the hulk.
 Capt. A. L Clark said three men of the black gang" were killed when the engine room was hit by one of the torpedoes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
Ma(Arihur Resisting
 Attackers
Defenders Drive Off Re- peaied Assaults : Take
 Some Jap Prisoners

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l. = Gen. Douglas MacArthur's hard-hitting defenders have driven off repeated new Japanese attacks in the 29-day- old siege, is the official announce ment today by the War Department.
 The communique says "determin- ed attempts at the infiltration of our lines have been frustrated and some Japanese have been taken prisoners.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
BERLIN CLAIMS MANY VESSELS
 ARE T0RpED0ED
Asserts 43 Ships Vieiims oi U-B0ats Off U. 5. and
 Canada Coasts

BERLIN, Jan. 3l--A special com munique. preceded by German radio fanfare of trumpets reported that U-boats operating off the United States and Canada haze sunk 43 ships totalling 302,000 tons since. the peginning of the war with the United States
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31

WASHINGTON-M Roosevelt's days as Assistant Civil Defense Di- rector are numbered.
 She doesn't want to get out; sincerely believes that she is mak- ing an important contribution to this vital war work. But others, among them some of her best friends, think otherwise and. under certain plans quietly in the works, she will depart.
 Friends of the First Lady have felt for some time that her pres enoe at CD headquarters was not helping the agency, or doing her any good. She works earnestly and unstintingly, and during the pre- war period, when CD was chiefly a promotional body. she performed real service.
 But under war conditions, CD has become functional organiza- tion and the public is demanding that this crucial war work be di- rected by experts. Members Of Congress have received numerous letters complaining about Mrs. Roosevelt's continuance as a CD executive and urging that she and other amateurs" be replaced.
 NOTE: Since the first of the year, Mrs. Roosevelt has doubled her already considerable monthly contribution to the Red Cross.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
Tanker Is
 Sent Down

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l = The Navy Department announced last night that the tanker Rochester had been torpedoed by an enemy submarine in an attack off the At lantic coast.
 The announcement further said the tanker was abandoned and survivors picked up.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
"ToRpED0ED" SHIP
 SAFELY IN HARB0R

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l The Navy announces that the 7,200-ton tanker Panmaine, reported to have been attacked by an enemy sub marine, has reached an Atlantic harbor safely.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
FORMER ANCHORAGE
 MAYOR ON WAY SOUTH

George Vaara, mer h a nj and former Mayor of Anchorage arrived in Juneau this week by plane and will continue south on two months business trip. He is staying at the Baranof Hotel while here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31

Profiting by experience of World War l in the importance of beer to morale of the troops, Army of- ficials now make it regular part of rations for armies in the East and in Northern Africa.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
ROYAL NEIGHBoR

Handsome, young Archduke Otto of Austria created quite furry tespecially among the ladies' when he appeared in the House restaur- ant recently and shook hands with many congressman, among them John Sparkman of Alabama.
 T know all about you, Congress- man." said the refugee would-be ruler. T noticed that one of the neighbors in my apartment build ing had congressional license. tags on his automobile. So I looked him up and found it was you"
 Yes" said Sparkman, we live on the same floor"
 Nov that we've met formally, I would feel highly honored if you would drop in some evening"" said the Archduke.
 That will be a pleasure" re-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. 3l. - Alaska Juneau mine stock closed today at 2ss at the short session and last one in January. Other closing prices were American Gan 63hs. Anaconda 27, Bethlehem Steel 63A, Common mealth and Southern 9/30, Curtiss Wright 8, International Harvester 49%, Kennecott 34sl, New York Gen. trad 9as, Northern Pacific 6ss, Unit ed States Steel 521a, Pound $404.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31

The Swedish Tobacco Monopoly is buying substantial quantities oi American tobacco for future de- livery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31

Then, he shifted to quotation from Carl Sandburg's great bio- graphy of Lincoln. The time was 1862, September. The Union had suffered some of it's severest re- verses. The Battle of Antietam- the bloodiest singe day of fight ing of the war'-was just over, Lincoln was talking to a delega-
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31

The Army bought 1,5o0,000 pounds of Turkey for Thanksgiv- ing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31-In the in Washington these days around in Washington these days around the luncheon tables, over cocktails, or on of evenings" a visitor would be impressed by the great number of times President Roose- welt is quoted as one of the major prophets of this war who has been almost invariably right.
 It is something that mas nothing to do with politics, with factional fights, with approval or disap- proval of domestic policies. It is an expression of confidence by friend and foe. alike, that in the theater of world affairs and in ternational conflict, the President has done neat piece of turn calling.
 When Winston Churchill stood in the Senate chamber not so long ago and said that by l943 the de- mocracies would be able to take the initiative, those words were considered throughout the world and rightly so--with special grav- ity.
 But in the days since then,
 there are many in those small
 Washington circles who remem-
 Der President Roosevelt said all
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
DOW. JONEsA vERAGEs

The following are today's Dow Jones averages: Industrials, l09l1; rails, 28.24. utilities, l402.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31
Washington
 Just Noses Out Oregon

The following are final scores of games played last night in both Northern and Southern Divisions of the Pacific Coast Basketball Con- ference:
 University of Washington 40; Ore- gon 39.
 Oregon State 36; Washington State 34.
 Stanford 54, UCLA 43.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31

CANDLE STARTS BLAZE
 An upset candle at the Harry Olds residence on Main and Fourth Streets last night caused a small blaze which was promptly extinguished by the Juneau Fire Department.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-01-31

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tContinued on Page Two)
Evening star., 1942-09-27
'FeeP Is Most Important
In Building Army Tanks

been married since 1929 to Ruth Thomp-
son of Lima, Ohio. They have one son.
Goodman maintains that many other
workers and executives figured in the
amazing job of producing the MA all
welded tank in record time. Yet it was
Bud Goodman who converted the big
automobile body plant into temporary
tank arsenal. directed the production Of
the first vehicle and the subsequent
volume output and worked out much Of
the machine-too problem involved.
So, much of the credit belongs to him
whether he admits it or not-snd most
of his associates and workers will agree
to that
Goodman's interest in tools and ma
chinetool equipment amounts almost to
a passion. He looks upon manpower as
perhaps the biggest problem in the war
production job.
You can't work a man 80 hours a
week for very long and get real results
he maintains. I'm the first place you
wear the worker out, and Of course, err
rors creep into your product"
Goodman is particularly proud OF the
fact that virtually every Fisher employe
now working on tank units formerly
worked in the same factory on auto
mobile body production. Each was Civ
en- training course that started as soon
as the tank assignment for Fisher be-
came certainty.
Right now Goodman Is looking upon
all machine tools in the light Of their
possible application to the job Of making
tanks. 'The first thing you think Of
when you look at a production job," he
says, "is How can do 1t better?'"-and
by better" he means both from the
standpoint of improving the product and
reducing the labor involved.
you've got to take as much labor as
possible out of all these jobs as matter
OF Representatives, you can't
depend upon getting all the manpower
you need indefinitely" he asserts.
Goodman and I visited the plant Of
another manufacturer where anti aircraft
and tank guns are being produced. Good
man gave little time to the finished
product; he was interested wholly In the
machine tools.
Il could use that one," he said, point
ing to one temporarily idle; that one
could be changed to horizontal opera
ton and fit in nicely on tank job"
there's a honey over there" and SO on
through the factory.
Accused of coveting some of the gun
factory equipment, Goodman explained:
"Of course, I do, but naturally these
have their allotted tasks. Tools are
always critical. If I can't find them
somewhere, I'll make them myself"