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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
MEET JOHN DOE" BRINGS C. COOPER
 TO 10TH CENTURY
Moving, Human Story of Man in Street Will
 Open Tonight

Meet John Doe, the moving, human story of Mir. Everyman in the United States, will open to- night at the goth Century Theatre, being hailed by critics as the pie ture of the year.
 Gary Cooper takes the part of John Doe, forgotten man, with a great soul and high ideals, who is buffeted around by the cynicism of the public. Standing beside him to ward off a few of the blows is Barbara Stanwyck
 Cooper, as John Doe, is a man who has lost his means of liveli- hood and is classified as migrant. Frank Capra directs the portrayal of Cooper in the role, making this man, who is the essence of anony- mity, unforgettable.
 The picture is a worthy success sor to Capra's direction of MT Smith Goes to Washington. al though the story is entirely diff ferent.
 Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan, Spring Byington, James Gleason and Gene Lockhart are among the great players who support Cooper
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
FREDDY MARTINS ORCHESTRA STARS IN CAPITOL FILM
Mayor of 44th Street. Is Musical with Gang
 land Twist

Torn between his admiring awe of a hardened criminal and grau- tude toward the man who has given him a chance in life, the career oi a tough young leader of a juvenile gang in midtown Manhattan pro vides the basis of a starkly excit- ing modern melodrama in the Capi- tol Theatres new film offering The Mayor of 44th Street"
 George Murphy for the first time, giving full rein to his fast developing histrionic talents, plays the s romantic lead in this picture teamed with Anne Shirley.
 Rex Downing plays the budding gang chieftain Other top support ing parts are enacted by William Gargan, Richard Barthelmess and Joan Merrill
 Murphy, an ex-hoofer, falls heir to a dance band booking agency which Barthelmess, as a scheming gangster, has turned into a shake down racket. With Miss Shirley as his confidential aide, Murphy is making a legitimate success ot the business, when young Downing threatens to muscle in with his predatory street gamins.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
FORMER JUNEAUITE
 INJURED IN SEATTLE

William Wakeham, TO, of 2652 West 57th Street in Seattle, was injured recently when he was struck by a car driven by former Seattle fire chief Claude w. Corn ing, it was reported in a recent Post st-Intelligencer received here
 MT. Wakeham, who is thought to be the William Wakeham who formerly resided in Juneau and for years was with the Alaska Meat Company here, suffered a fractured left ankle when the ex-fire chiefs car ran over his foot. He was treated at the emergency hospi- tai. Corning was arrested on a charge of reckless driving.
 MT. Wakeham left here about three years ago to make his home in Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
ALASKA TERR. GUARDS MEET
 THURSDAY PM.

All members of the Alaska Ter ritorial Guard are urged to make an especial effort to be present at the grade school building Thurs day night at 7:15 o'clock. it was announced today.
 Arms and equipment are not required at this meeting as it will begin a series of lectures. These lectures should be heard by all members as they will furnish the foundation for spring training, it was stressed.
 The meeting is being held at such an early hour in order that those who wish may attend the service mems smoker to be held in the AB Hall.
 Promptness of all Guards is ur- gently requested.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
BART SHATTERED
 IN BATTLE
By HAROLD V. BOYLE

CASABLANCA, Nov. 12.-tDelay- ed)-The great French battleship Jean Bart, stricken by American naval might, lies at her pier here like discarded tomato can blown open at both ends. 4
 A tour of the Casablanca harbor showed that the three day bonn bardment of the fort by United States Navy planes and light and heavy fleet units wrought fearful havoc to the outgunned French navy.
 Mass of Wreckage
 The aft starboard section of the giant yellow-topped battlewagon had been blown into. mass of twisted wreckage. Her great steel deck plates were buckled like card board and severed steel communi- cations cables trailed like vines in the water eddying into her shattered side.
 Beginning fifty feet from the star board bow another great hole seven ty-five feet long extended clear through the ship, which had been struck ten times by sixteen-inch American naval shells and aerial torpedoes.
 A sailor, helping to clear the wreckage of the Jean Bart, said the greatest damage was suffered when twenty-four United States navy planes dive-bombed her Tuesday in continuous attack. -'~
 Twenty sailors manning the anti aircraft guns on the Jean Bart were killed during the ive-bombing, he added, saying these were practically the only casualties among the ships personnel which otherwise was well protected by steel chambers in the central structure of the ship.
 French Bravery Praised
 Rear Admiral H. K. Hewitt, com mander of the amphibious forces of the Atlantic Fleet, praised the bray cry and skill of the French against a superior force. They made very effective use of smokescreens in making daylight escapes, he said in an interview.
 Hewitt said the Jean Bart, which reopened fire several times in the | long battle after she had been ! thought silenced,i at one point shot entirely too close for comfort. 1 Shells All Around 't3i le'
 The Jean Bart dropped fifteen inch shells all around us and got near misses. In fact Il got splasheo when shell landed in the water alongside the bridge while was watching. our shellfire. We all were drenched when the shell shot up 2 column of water high into the air Although several warehouses ane i sheds were blasted by the heavy fire and shell holes pitted the piers, the main facilities of the, port were left 1 in working order. 4
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
JUNEAU BOYS
 NOW IN ARMY.

Lee Lucas, Paul Coke and Alex Miller. University boys who arrived here few days ago, enlisted in the Army yesterday and received ti.eir uniforms today.
 Lee. son of Mayor and Mrs. H, l. Lucas, and Paul Coke, whose father was at one time an official of the Juneau Mine, have been in attendance at UCLA. Alex, son of MT and Mrs. Charles Miller of Juneau, was registered at the University of Washington.
 All the boys entered the Air Corps, Lee and Alex being accept ed for ground crew training.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
ALASkA COASTAL
 MAKES FLIGHTS
 TO SITKA TODAY

Passengers leaving for Sitka with Alaska Coastal Airlines today were Albert Brotherton, Kenneth H. Donnely, D. Limpreat, Charles Shrewsbury Peter E. shannon, Lee Cannon, B. Comes, C. R. Rich mond, MT. and Mrs. Jack Short, MT. and Mrs. Reece, H. Murray and William c. Jarig.
 Arrivals from Sitka were the following: Frank H Yarnot, P. J. Sweeney and c. " Kay. On a charter flight to Hoonah return ing passengers were Robert Grant, Katherine Grant and Mrs. Dean Goodwin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
TROOP ONE OF GIRL SCOUTS
 HAS ELECTION

Girl Scouts. of Juneau Troop l held election of officers last week, according to an announcement by their acting leader, Mrs Earl Mo Ginty.
 New officers are Sharon Sharpe Secretary; Katherine Bavard, Trea- surer, and Flag Bearers Helen Dap cevich, Donna Olds. Lois Fossum and Jean Boddy
 Patrol leaders will be Mae Dap- cevich, Peggy Forward, Jacquelint Martin, Alice Jean Davis and Jear Boddy.
 ,. The troops regular leader. Mrs P J. Gilmore, is still in Ketchikai with, the court party. astiIs
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
DR. POWERS LEAVING
 SOON FOR SOUTH 10
 ENLIST, WAR SERVICE

Dr. H. J. Powers, in charge of the Government Hospital here for the past several months, plans to leave with his wife for Los An geles the first week of December, where he will wind up his busi- ness affairs prior to going into active service in the Army Medi- cal Corps.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18

the Italians reported the sinking of the Idaho, B miles off the coast of West Africa.
 As a prelude to the Jap commit nique today, the Tokyo radio de- clared that it's Headquarters would tell the world of "a Jap naval vic torytas SO overwhelming that any United States attempt at a counter offensive in the south Pacific is a thing of the past
 Nimitz Statement
 By contrast, informed quarters in Pearl Harbor pointed out the comment of Admiral Chester Ni- mitz, who said that future action in the south seas theater may be of our choosing and not of their
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18

choosing" s8lHs s4l
 Upward of 6oooo laps already have been killed since the attack on Pearl Harbor, survey disclosed. These include 5000 in the battle of Coral Sea, more than 10000 at Midway and between 10000 and 40,000 in the latest sea battle off Guadalcanal, as well as more than 5000 on Guadalcanal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
DRAFT BOARD MEETS

The local Draft Board held it's regular Tuesday evening meeting in the Kraft Building last night in preparation for the compilation of an induction list for November 27
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Nov. Is, Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2a,, American Can TOE, Anaconda 259s, Bethlehem Steel 56b, Commonwealth an d Southern 9y30 Curtiss Wright 8lA International Harvester 53A, Ken necott 299s, New York Central II F Northern Pacific TBS, United States Steel 48A, Pound $404
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
MR. AND MRS. DEAN
 GOODWIN BACK FROM 9 SUCCESSFUL HUNT

Reporting a, most successful hunt in the Mud Bay district, MT, and Mrs. Dean Goodwin returned to Juneau today after an absence of a week. MT. Goodwin, pilot with Alaska Coastal Airlines, brought in one of the largest deer ever re- ported in the Mud Bay vicinity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
FOOD SALE

Catholic Daughters will hold food sale at Bert's Grocery Satur- day, November 21, g am. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18

Squeezed Into Strip
 The use of the word captured seemed to refute the Nazi propa- ganda line that they moved in to defend their French compatriots in Tunisia,p and met only coopera- tion from the French.
 The Germans are squeezed into an 820-mile strip of the north African coast and Allied armies are closing in from either side.
 However, the Germans choose to regard the occupation of Bizerte as a victory and said following the occupation of Bizerte. the initia- tive is now in the hands of Ger mans and Italians in Tunisia."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
TIDES TOMORROW

Low tide-5.13 am, 22 feet. High tide-ll:36 am, TIP feet. Low tide-5 55 pm, or feet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18

The highest point in the Western Hemisphere is at Mount Aconcagua in Argentine, 22,834 feet above sea level
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
EYES ExAMIEED

and BROKEN LENSES replaced in
 our own shop. Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson, Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18

DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are todays Dow Jones averages: industrials ll464 rails 2780, utilities 1885.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
LAPS ADMIT HEAVY L0SS
 IN SEA FIGHT
Acknowledge Sinking of BattIeship, Destroyer
 Downing of Al Planes

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18
pARA(HUTER5 BEING lU5EDI TN NORTH AFRICA
British Are Already Taking Ports by New Mili-
 tdry Methods
Squeezed Into Strip

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-18

-. or extra fank, or extra gun, or sxtra tbit complstea tom0rOw m9y, ID z few mosfbJ, ta,n tbe ride or soae di5taat battiefeld. # ma1 maks tbs aiferenee befwem life and deatb fer ssms q ow fgbting men.
 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT,
 February B, l942
Evening star., 1942-12-13
Congress 10 Adjourn
This Week in Mood
To Reclaim Powers
Spirit Of independence
Blocks Administration
Drive for New Bills
BY the Associated Press.

A Congress which began the
first year of war by granting
sweeping powers to President
Roosevelt and delegating un-
precedented authority to execu-
tive agencies, adjourns this week
in a mood portending action in
January to reclaim some of it's
controls.
A new spirit of independence fol-
lowing the November elections
baked last-minute administration
efforts to push through legislation,
and Majority Leader Barkky said
yesterday Congress probably would
adjourn Wednesday without trying
to pass any more bills.
Major Bills Stalled.
A half dozen important measures
were stalled on the calendars. These
included administ alton proposals
to boost the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. borrowing and lending au-
thority by $4,000, ,oOo, 900 to approx
mately $4,000 900. 900: a bill per-
mitting the Treasury to sell non.
monetary silver for war industry use
and measure authorizing the good
neighbor'' transfer OF American
uahty properties 20 Panama.
= The House Ways ana Means Com
mittee pigeonholed Until next session
proposal empowering the Presi-
Evening star., 1942-12-13

ample. while Birmingham and Mont
gomery have surpluses.
New York's Buffalo, Elmira and
Massena. the commission cited. are
begging for help when New York
City, Yonkers and central Long
Island are faced with considerable
Unemployment The automobile
cities" of Michigan-Detroit, Pom
tiac Flint and Lansing-were said
by the commission to be beating
the bushes for skilled labor. while
men haunt the employment Offices
in the furniture centers of Grand
Rapids
The commission emphasized, how
ever. that the situation cannot be
met by migrations of workers from
Birmingham to Mobile. or New York
to Buffalo. Almost every major war
center is crowded-houses are i'm
possible to find. transportation sys-
TENS are loaded to the breaking
point. and sanitation facilities are
becoming inadequate.
Evening star., 1942-12-13
Wallace Says Air Power
Is Needed 10 Keep Peace
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG. Pa. Dec IL
Vice President Wallace, speaking at
the Army Air Force Intelligence
School graduation exercises here to-
day, stressed the importance Of air
power in keeping the peace after
the war is won.
Mr.. Wallace told several hundred
members of the class:
Air power is one Of our greatest
hopes for assuring the continued
peace of the world when victory is
won.
The possibility of enforcing
peace upon the world by air power
consists of adequate numbers OF
planes and strategically located
bases will make the task an easier
one than might be possible other
wise
Evening star., 1942-12-13
DarIan Asks MosIen,s
To Assist Allies in. =,
Driving Out Axis
=
Coils for Deliverunce
Of TripoIi From =
30-Yeor Domination
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Admiral
Jean Darlan in a statement broad
cast by the Algiers radio today
urged the Moslems of North and
West Africa to join the Allies to
drive into the sea the despicable
Italians and their German masters
and deliver the Moslems in Tripoli
from the yoke of merciless 30
year domination" $780,
Then, the admiral said, the Allies
must take our arms to the main
land of Italy ITSELF The broadcast
was recorded by the Federal Com
munications Commission
Tomorrow, Admiral Darlan con-
tinued lin period of peace and
prosperity we shall build together a
better world in which the weak will
be protected, in which there will
be room for large and small nations.
in which sacred tenets of religion
will be respected"
The admiral said he spoke to the
MoSlems with the authority Of my
office Of high commissioner Of
France in North Africa and in
French West Africa"
He urged Moslems not to believe
lying propaganda which is de
signed only to create in your minds
uncertainty regarding the future
Understand this. Moslem peoples
France has never done anything
with which you can reproach her
No single interest of yours will be
sacrificed by us The past assures
you on this point.
we were together in days of ad-
versity. We are again together In
war, resolved to win as did your
fathers and our brothers IS years
ago"
Admiral Darlan asserted ''the
whole of Islam is on our side From
far away India through Syria and
Egypt, all the Moslem peoples of the
world desire the crushing of those
who have willed and engineered. this
war. You know, as we'll as I, their
plan to drive you into the desert.
taking as slaves thousands Of
Moslems who would be herded
across the earth in starving migra-
ton"
Evening star., 1942-12-13

President Coolidge, Navy men. ex-
pressing great satisfaction at the
small loss OF life, speculated on va
rlous factors which may have con-
trlbuted materially to the saving
OF all but four of the approximately
1000 crew members and troops
aboard
One was the fact that the ship
may have been operating fairly close
to land. since mines ordinarily are
sown only in Of shore waters. An
other is that theG probably were
many vessels in the vicinity when
the mine went off. and that these
joined fully and promptly in the
rescue work. The President Cool
ldge, travelling in dangerous waters
and heavily loaded with troops and
equipment, was almost certainly
part of convoy.
The Navy said that among the
survivors was the master of the
former liner. Henry Nelson of San
Francisco. The names of the four
men who were lost were not given.
The President Coolidge belonged
to the American President Lines of
San Francisco. but had been placed
under charter by the War Shipping
Administration. which operated the
ship as transport for the Army.
The vessel was completed in 1881
at Newport News (VaD Shipbuild-
ing and Dry Dock Co. 1t is the
tenth troop transport announced by
the Navy as sunk by enemy action.
Five transports were lost in the
operations off North Africa early
last month and four in the Solomons
area.
Evening star., 1942-12-13

friend Ludendorff in the last war to
wrest victory from defeat. The Ger
man machine functions perfectly
SO long as there are no formidable
obstacles Once it has been success
fully arrested it seems to go to
pieces That was the story in 1918,
it is likely to be that of l943.
The high command shake-up cam
not but help have a cold water ef-
feet on the morale of the German
people. They trust the old-time
generals; distrust the Nazi political
generals Also they realize that the
infiltration of party generals more
and more into pivotal positions re-
duces their hope of liberation from
Naziism in the event of German
victory.
Conversely, as the present regime
of military yes men" and their
self-appointed corporal-generalis-
simo are debunked by some smash
ing United Nations victory, the ele-
ments in Germany working toward
revolution are likely to take heart
and support from within what our
armed forces are doing from with
out.
Evening star., 1942-12-13

They asked for a scrap-now let
EN- have It. Collect yours now.
Evening star., 1942-12-13
Nozi High Command Shoke-up
Laid to HtIer|s Case of Nerves
Can Stond Only
Yes Men Around,
lochner Believes

Louis P. Lochner, ueterdn OF
Is years in Berlin, iDhere he ,Gds
Associated Press correspondent
until Germany declared ,par a
year ago, analyzes the changes in
Adolf Hitler's high command in
the tolloUing article.
Evening star., 1942-12-13
Carrying
1900 Sinks With
Loss Of Only 4Lives
Former Liner Coolidge
Victim Of Mine in
South Pacific Area
BY The Associated Press.

''''SNA'''NN
! A huge troop transport with
1000 men aboard, the former
liner President Coolidge, hit a
mine and sank in the South Pa
cific, but all except four were
saved. the Navy disclosed yes
terday.
The amazing rescue prevented
what might have been one of the
worst marine disasters in the Navy's
history as the 2l.936-ton Army
transport, the biggest lost so far in
this war, went down The only
detail made public, however, was
a terse statement that the ship was
lost in recent weeks in the South
Pacific"
The South Pacific includes the
Solomon Islands area, but there was
no indication whether the vessel
was operating in that battle zone
when it hit the mine.
Meanwhile, latest reports from
the Solomons told of new damage
dealt Japanese shipping by Army
planes, disclosed that the Japs had
succeeded in constructing an air
field only $50 miles west of the
American field at Guadalcanal, and
said Japanese artillery position on
Guadalcanal had been sHenced. q :.
Ia Tn, ~ D. l. e..% I'D
A communique covering activities
Wednesday, Guadalcanal time. re-
lated that an enemy tanker in Fasi
Harbor had been hit by three
bombs and that another had been
probably damaged by near misses
when II Flying Fortresses. escorted
by Lockheed P-38 Lightning Fight
ers, attacked the enemy base near
Shorthand Island.
Jap Zeros attempted to intercept
the American planes, but the P-38s
shot down five and the Fortresses
got a sixth. All Army planes re-
turned undamaged to their base.
Fasi Harbor is about 275 miles
northwest of Guadalcanal airfeld
and is one of the places the jap
anese have long used for concen-
trating ships, men and supplies for
attacks on the American position.
Only about $50 miles from Gualal-
canal. however, is the second enemy
operation center which Flying For
tresses attacked Wednesday. That
Is the Munda Bay sector Of New
Georgia Island. where evidences of
Japanese activity have been observed
for several weeks.
Yesterdays communioue reported
that the Army bombers blasted a
flying field there, revealing for the
first time that the Japs had been
able to construct an airport so near
Guadalcanal What they are able
10 do with it, however, will depend
on their success in warding off
American attacks until they can
equip the field with its own protec-
tifN anu hiS ~ llbO
operation.
It had been suspected for some
time that the Japs we're attempt
ing to set up strong base at Munda
because of its value, both defen-
sively and extensively, in relation to
the American base on Guadalcanal
Of ground activity on Guadal-
canal, the commurique reported that
there were patrol contacts with
small enemy groups 1t was appar-
emily in the course of these opera
tions that the Japanese artillery
position, containing mortars and
machine guns, was put out of ac-
ton.
In regard to the sinking of the