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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-06
Raid Made on Three Trans ports, Eslorting Vessels
 Off Agattu Island INSTALLATIONS ON
 KI5kA ISLAND HIT
Communique Tells of 0p- erations in North Pa-
 (ifiC-Weather Bad

BULLETIN, Washington, July 6EThe Navy announces United States submarines sunk three Japanese destroyers in the AL eutians on July 4th and left fourth destroyer burning fiercely."
 Three destroyers were at tackled at Kiska where two were sunk and third left burning.
 The fourth destroyer was tor pedced and sunk at Agattu Is- land where enemy transports and escOrting vessels were To- cated on July ? and attacked by Army bombcrs.
 Today's Navy report raised Japan's losses in efforts to es- tablish occupation forces on the western Aleutians to five ships sunk, three destrOyers, one cruiser, one transport and nine damaged including an aircraft carrier.
 All attacks, prior to the In- dependence Day submarine Of- fensive, were made by Army and Navy aircraft.
 WASHINGTON, July 6. Four new attacks on the Japanese forces in the Aleutians are announced by the Navy Department. The attacks include one bombing raid on three transports and escorting vessels off the island of Agattu, 30 miles south of .Attu, on which the Japs made their first landing on June l2.
 The Navy said other bombing att tacks were on enemy shore install lations at Kiska, also occupied by the Japs.
 The island of Agattu is 145 miles west of Kiska.
 The telling attacks, the Navy De- partment said, were made on July 2, when a patrol plane observed the transports off Agattu. Army bomb CTS made the attack that afternoon. including damage, the extent of which the Navy said could not be observed.
 Under Anti-Aircraft Fire
 "Our aircraft returned safely, having suffered only minor damage from anti-aircraft fire" the Navy said.
 The Navy communique further said: Tn the North Pacific area. since issuing communique number 90 on June 2l, the situation in the Aleutians has not changed mater tally Long range Army and Navy aircraft have engaged in recon naissance and attack missions whenever the weather permitted. "On June 2l, planes dropped bombs on shore installations at Kis- ka but due to fog, results could not be observed
 On June 25, the Navy made reconnaissance flight over the klS- ka area and observed one large cruiser and three deStroyers in the harbor and also the bow of a Jap anese transport which had been sunk by an Army aircraft on June IS. clearly visible near the center of the harbor
 During the operations a Navy patrol plane was attacked and dam aged by enemy aircraft but the plane returned safely to it's base.
 Attack Shore Installations
 On June 26, two Army planes attacked shore installations at Kis- ka again but fog did not permit the results to be observed.
 "On June 28, Army bombers att tackled Kiska. doing further dam age to shore installations.
 From June 28 to July 2, weather was such as to render flight ob- servations inadyisable.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-07-06

Houses on the island of Malta are mostly of stone.
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Evening star., 1942-10-08

Van Haur and me both to handle
the ship.
with Dardens navigating we
got over the island base about 8 pm.
We could see the shoreline, but no
lights because of the heavy overcast.
We circled and kept calling for
searchlights without success. We
were afraid to try landing because
you haven't got praying chance
in those dangerous mountains. At
ii pm. we had only 20 minutes
gasoline supply remaining and knew
we would be forced down.
TT was sorta sick feeling not to
pick up any lignt, but we were not
afraid OF a sea landing. The water
looked rough.
Van Haur made a honey Of a
crash landing. Most planes break
IN two, but ours neld together, prob
ably because 1t dropped nat.
There was q big. binding crash,
Ike some one hitting you over the
head, and great white fash or
water.
Van Haur's window jammed and
he and 7 went out my window. The
others used the radio escape hatch.
IAN nine were forced to crowd on
(See FORTRESS, Pare A-3.)
Evening star., 1942-10-08
Resignation Of President
OF Serb Council Reported
By the Associated Press.

8! the Associated Press.
BERN, Switzerland, Oct. 8.-Field
Marshal Milan Medic, president OF
the Serb council set up by the Axis
after the invasion of Yugoslavia
has resigned. according to a Buda-
pest dispatch today to the Swiss
Telegraph Agency.
The dispatch quoted the Hun
garian newspaper Magyar Nemzed
which said the resignation had been
handed to German authorities and
that Marshal Medic wished to step
down because of poor health.
CHS heard British broadcast
linking Marshal Nedics action to
crisis in the. Balkans, marked
also by the recent announcement
that the defense minister of the
puppet Croatian government, Mar
shall Eugene Kvaternik, had gone
on prolonged sick leave and that
the chief of the Croat general staff
had been retired at his own request
BIC said Nedic's resignation had
not yet been accepted land the
Nazis hope to persuade him to
carry on for the time being"
Yugoslavia, broken up by the Axis
with establishment of the Serb
council and the puppet state OF
Croatia, is, with the possible ex-
ception of conquered Russian ter
ritory, the most active zone of anti
Axis guerrilla activities in Europe.
Evening star., 1942-10-08
Reports Of Bribery
In FEC Investigated
BY the Associated Press.

oS tiS ASsOClhGcu FTCS9.
The Federal Communications
Commission, Congress learned today,
has pending" for disposition reports
Of alleged wrongdoings of commits
sion personnel. including one that a
licensee had turned over some 81, 900
worth of Government bonds "in order
to acquire certain facilities which he
had asked the commission for"
The disclosure was made by FEC
Chairman James L. Fly during hear
ings on an appropriation bill sent
to the House floor today.
Asked by Representative Wiggles-
worth, Republican, of Massachusetts,,
whether the commission had taken
any steps to run down the reported
bond transaction. Mr.. Fly replied:
That is one Of the phases of the
matter that is now outstanding"
When Mr. Wigglesworth asked If
charges had been made against "a
former member of your commission
of receiving financial gratuities from
icensee or licensees" Mr.. Fly re-
piled:
well, rather than a charge I
think that was just rumor, and the
matter is still pending"
Evening star., 1942-10-08
Scrap Collection 10 Meet
War Need, Patterson Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated Press.
Undersecretary of War Patterson
predicted today that the Nation
wide collection of scrap metal would
meet the war needs of the steel in
dustry IF the drive is continued
at its present momentum"
Mr. Patterson stressed, however,
that the campaign must not slacken
before winter interferes.
He told his press conference that
Army arsenals had made heavy con-
tributions and were cleaned out
now"
"At the Aberdeen (Md.) Proving
Ground you won't see any more
World War tanks and obsolete
guns" he said.
The War Department and other
war agencies, Mr.. Patterson report
ed, are doing everything possible to
increase the labor supply of copper
mines, where, he said, definite
shortage existed.
Evening star., 1942-10-08
Nozis Garry Out
Threat to Chain
Dieppe Prisoners
Britain Responds
Quickly With Promise
OF Similar Action
BY the Associated Press,


LONDON, Oct. 8.-Britain, in a
quick reply to the German ac-
ton of binding the hands OF
British prisoners captured at
Dieppe, threatened to take SINH
lar measures against an equal
number of German prisoners in
British hands.
The government announced that
manacles will be placed on German
prisoners at noon Saturday unless
the Germans remove the bonds from
British captives.
The decision was announced in
a War Office communique, which
said:
The German government hav-
ing put into operation the illegal
action threatened in their COM
munique, the War Office announces
that unless the German government
releases prisoners captured at
Dieppe from their chains. an equal
number of German prisoners of
war will be manacled and chained
as from II noon Saturday."
Only few hours had elapsed
since the Berlin radio announced
that the British captives - mostly
Canadians-were manacled at noon
today. The announcement called it
reprisal for similar treatment of
captured Nazis, claim which the
British have vigorously denied.
The German action of lettering
prisoners lis expressly forbidden by
Article II of the Geneva Convention
governing humane treatment OF
(See PRISONERS, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1942-10-08
Gen. U|io Says Army
Wants and Needs
Youths Is and 19
Their Physical Stamina
Called Necessary
To Win War
BY the Associated Press.

Maj. Gen. James A. Ulio, adju-
tant general of the Army, said
today the Army wants and
needs" for immediate training
every available young Ameri-
can 18 and 19 years of age"
In radio speech, Gen. Ulio said
young men of this age have "the
superior physical stamina necessary
to win this war"
I'm raising our Army" he said
we're depending mainly on the
selective service system. which is de-
veloping truly democratic Army
But these young Americans 18 and
l9 years Of age who are being ig-
nored represent prime recruits who
can relieve the strain of inducing
men with dependents and skilled
workers in our war factories who
are necessary here at home"
Concurrently it was disclosed that
while the House Military Affairs
Committee blamed the War and
Navy Departments and selective SER
vice for inaction on a bill by Repre-
sentative Wadsworth, Republican, of
New York, to lower the draft age
from 20 to 18, the measure is before
the Budget Bureau for a ruling as to
whether it is in harmony with the
Presidents financial program. The
bureau expects an announcement no
later than tomorrow.
The measure went to the bureau
with the War Departments approv-
al. The Navy. it was said, is non
committal. While the Navy is not
now affected by the Selective Serv-
ice Act, the new legisla ton would
embrace both services.
Presumably irked by suggestions
that action on the bill was being de-
layed until after the November elec-
tins, members of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee said yes
terday that hearings would be held
as soon as the views of the depart
ments were obtained. Chairman
May asked for recommendations
soon after the bill was introduced.
Evening star., 1942-10-08
BY the Associated Fress.

BY the Associated FreSS.
WITH THE PACIFIC FLEET,
Sept. ~ Delayed Seven Army
flyers, rescued from the South Pa
cific after drifting on a four man
raft for seven days, told thrilling
story today of how they fought of
sharks and saw two members of
their Bit bomber crew die after
their gruelling ordeal.
IT we had to lose bomber, we
were damn well glad to get rid Of
that one" the survivors said today.
I'VE called 1t Spider because it was
hung together with thread. 1t was
one of the first Flying Fortresses." I"
The men existed on sip Of
water rationed morning and night,
and q bite of chocolate daily. Twice
they saw airplanes, but were un-
able to attract attention either with
flares or their frantically-waved
shirts. They fought OF three sharks
and shot two Of them.
They were surprised to learn later
from . news correspondent that q
shark had ripped the bottom, Of
the rubber raft end to end, but for
tuntely had not pierced the air COM
partment. The flyers knew the bot
tom was torn, but had no idea Of
the extent Of the damage.
Evening star., 1942-10-08
byrnes Assumes Post
As Economics Chief
With Cabinet Status
Roosevelt Completes
Boord Appointments;
Cohen Named Counsel
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
James F. Byrnes, who gave up
a place on the Supreme Court to
become director of economic
stabilization, today assumed a
status equivalent to that of a
cabinet member.
Mr.. Byrnes took the oath of Office
for his new position at the White
House late yesterday and learned
then for the first time that his SAL
ary would be $4,000 a year. That
is $4,000 less than he received as an
associate justice. but as much as
any cabinet member makes.
Like Donald NJ Nelson, chairman
OF the War Production Board, Mr.
Byrnes expects to attend cabinet
meetings. He was sworn in just
after announcing that President
Roosevelt had appointed the last six
members of 14-man board which
will help him control the economy
of the Nation for the duration of
the war, with the objective of hold
ing down living costs and preventing
imitation
Six Named on Board.
Two Representatives each from
labor, agriculture and management
accepted membership on the board.
They are:
Labor: Philip Murray. president
of the CIO, and William Green,
president of the AFI.
Agriculture. Edward A. O'Neal.
Evening star., 1942-10-08
'WLB Ruling Approve!
Wage Raises Made
Before October ;
Way Cleared to Stort
Jurisdiction Under
Anti-Inf|otion Order
BY the Associated Press.

by lNe Associated fTeSS.
The War Labor Board yester-
day affirmed all it's past wage
increases and gave provisional
approval to any voluntary wage
raises between September IS and
October 3, thus clearing the way
to start from scratch as of Mon
day under the Presidents new
anti-inhation order.
The order enlarged the board S
jurisdiction to include labor disputes
in all industries. The number OF
cases which now will come before
the board for settlement could not
be estimated Immediately. The Presi-
dent froze prices and wages. gen.
orally speaking, as of September Is,
with provision for tine correction of
inequities.
The boards ruling of approving all
increases put into effect before
October 3 reserved the right for the
board to order discontinuance of
such increases which 1t later finds
to be inconsistent with the policy Of
Saturdays executive order or any
policy formulated by James F.
Byrnes, economic sterilization direc-
tor.
Chairman William H. Davis of the
board said it would make no formal
request to be notified of raises
granted between September Is and
october 3, but ne added. I'VE have
little birds to tell us" of such in
creases.
Mr.. Davis said the board lacked
jurisdiction over salaries less than
S. 900, and that it would be up to
Director Byrnes to deal with "exces-
sive increases" to employees in salary
brackets below 5000.
The board also ruled that its pro-
cedures for handling disputes in
the past we're reaf1irmed and would
be continued under the Presidents
executive order, and that the re-
quirement for giving notice to all
parties in a dispute would be con-
sidered as complied with when the
board entered a case.
Mr.. Davis said he regarded the
new Anti-Inflation Act and the
Presidents order as IAN indorse-
ment of the policy that has been
followed by the War Labor Board"
He said the board in the near
future would hand down additional
orders covering its treatment of ex-
emptionS under the Presidents or
der and the increases due to en-
ployes under contracts calling for
automatic upgrading at given In
tervals.
Evening star., 1942-10-08
7 Of 9 Army Flyers Are Rescued From Pacific
After Drifting for 7 Days on 4-Mon Roft

Survivors of the bomber's crew
are First 1t. James P. Van Haur
"a. pilot, Missoula, Mont; Arvid w.
(Bud Anderson, Is, co-pilot, Brem-
erton. Wash, and Sidney L. Darden,
26. navigator, Waco, Tex: Sergt Joe
Gagnon, %, bombardier, Tupper
Lake, N. Y; Richard Paul Ander-
son, q. radioman, Brookline, Mass. !;
Constantine Rusesky, %, engineer,
Shenandoah. Pa. and Pvt. Virgil
L. Murray. rs, side-gunner, st. Re-
gis, Mont.
Gunner Leaps Into Water.
Corpl. Lucien de Amour, gunner,
Of Beverly, Mass, crazed by his suf-
fering, leaped from the raft the sixth
night and persisted. Corpl. James
Hosegood, 50. assistant gunner, died
Of exposure and illness three hours
later.
The old Flying Fortress left its
Southwest Pacific base September
IL with two other bombers, and 1T
the turning point in Its mission, the
cylinder head of the port engine
blew out.
with only three engines we fell
behind the forma ation," Bud Ander-
son said. THE radio compass failed
next. Then thundeFheads bounced
" up and down to beat hell. It took
Evening star., 1942-10-08
Mars Flying Boat
Already Obsolete,
Towers Asserts
BY the Associated p,ess

BY the Associated Press.
Congress was told today that
the Navy's giant 70-ton flying
boat, the Martin Mars, already
was obsolete insofar as per-
formance is concerned" but
would be used upon delivery lin
a few weeks" as a Navy cargo
transport plane.
In testimony made public by
the House Appropriations Com
mittee, Vice Admiral J. H.
Towers, until recently chief of
the Nays Bureau of Aero
nautics, intimated strongly,
however, there was little likeli-
hood that more planes of the
same type would be built in the
near future.
He said the Mars has been a
long time building, and to pro-
duce it in quantity would re-
quire establishment of very eX-
tensive facilities, and absorb an
enormous amount of critical
material and equipment"
There would be an adverse
effect on production of the COM
bat type" he added.
Admiral Towers declared,
however, that construction of
the ship had been worthwhile
in proving what would happen
when you expanded all your
dimensions"
Evening star., 1942-10-08
Nazi Aim Seen 10 Force
i. ). Prisoners 10 Work
By the Associated Press

oS inc hSSOClaleQ freSS.
MOSCOW, Oct. 8.-The Germans
are hoping to use American prison.
ers for forced labor, the Communist
party newspaper Pravda deduced to-
day from letter found on the body
of German officer.
The officers fiancee, Anna Lebert,
had written him:
Last week we got five Russian
girls to harvest the crop. In our
village there are now Poles, French,
Russians, Ukrainians and Serbs.
ITO them. of course, will be added
English and Americans"
Pravda italicized the final para
graph and published another article
referring to the Americans arrested
in France and to reports the Ger
mans may soon send their Ameri-
can captives together with captive
Poles, British, Russians and Ukrain-
ians to the German slave market to
use them as serfs for Fascist forced
labor on the estates of German land
owners"
Evening star., 1942-10-08

$9,510, 900 900 for the building Of the
carriers and hundreds of other sur
face craft.
Previous legislation authorized the
fleet additions, but did not set aside
any funds for them, or permit con-
tract obligations to be assumed by
the Navy for them.
simultaneously. the bill would
furnish fresh financial reserves for
the war projects of a dozen differ
eEt Government agencies-rubber
for the war machine to roll on, air
lanes to carry the Allies message
of victory, homes for war workers.
30 Billion for Navy in 1943.
The $500 ,974, ,3Os set apart for
the Navy would raise it's spending
credits for the fiscal year of 1943 to
$50, ,827 1892 ,282, while the measure as
a whole would increase the total
(See TATI0NC Do A-EI
Evening star., 1942-10-08
Jap Gain Reported Scored
AGAINST j. 5. in SoIomons
r~th. A..,.,...A p,...

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. "a German
broadcast, quoting what the an
nouncer said was Toxic dispatch,
reported today that Japanese troops
had made an advance against stin
American resistance on Guadal-
canal, In the Solomon Islands.
There was nothing from any other
source to confirm this report and no
broadcast from Toxic itself has been
heard to make any similar claim.
Evening star., 1942-10-08
New Supply Bill
Boosts War Cost
To 220 Billion
S6,236,956,62l House
Measure Authorizes
1851 Navy Planes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A s6,236,956.621 appropriation
bill, swelling the country's cost
of arms to more than six times
the bill for the World War, was
sent to the House floor today
with approximately 90 per cent
OF the new expenditures ear
marked for the Navy.
In approving the omnibus sec
ond supplementary national de-
Tense bill, the House Appropria-
tions Committee authorized 1851
new naval planes to complement an
unprecedented aircraft carrier build
ing program now under way.
The. measure granted the Navy
authority to enter into contract OBJ
legations estimated at approximately
Evening star., 1942-10-08
Pearl Harbor's S Full Story
May Come on Anniversary
By the Associated Press

SEATTLE. Oct. 8.-Capt. Leland
p. Lovette. the Nays public rela-
tions director, hopes the full story
OF the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor
can be told next December 7. first
anniversary OF the attack.
Had the full extent of the losses
been disclosed immediately. he told
q seattle civic club yesterday, the
oase might have been subjected to
. fatal second assault.
Bad as 1t was. 1t could have be.n
worse. 10ei'
There have been hundred. of
rumors about Pearl Harbor. but in
the light OF history, I believe secrc-
tary Knox's original statement viii
oe accepted - the whole truth--ex.
cept Tor the damage 70 certain shins
which. y made known. mirht haye
leo 70 the loss pf the whole base.
Evening star., 1942-10-08
Roosevelt Gives Seaman First
Merchant Marine Hero Medal

OF valor that Is just as essential as
valor on a fighting ship"
He added that "there Is q lot Of
such valor in the merchant marine.
The ceremony was interrupted rs
the President had difficulty opening
the clasp by which the medal Is at
fixed to the wearer's coat. He
handed 1t to Rear Admiral Emory s.
Land, Maritime Commission chair
man, who was standing beside him,
but Admiral Land could not open It
either and passed 1t on to Vice Ad-
miral Arthur P. Fairchild, chairman
Of the Award Committee, who finally
got the clasp open. He handed 1t
back to the President. who then
pinned 1t on Mr.. Cheneys coat.
Mr.. Cheney was silent except for
(see SEAMAN, Page A-iso
Evening star., 1942-10-08

Testitying at House Appropria-
tions Committee hearings on a sup
Elemental national defense appro-
priations bill, which was reported to
the House today, the plain spoken
Owl director, in discussing the pub
lie confusion over the rubber situa-
ton, said with respect to man
power:
That is another thing that is 60
ing to get away from us if all the
revelant agencies do not agree on a
policy pretty soon."
He declared that he had made a
Evening star., 1942-10-08
ID More Czechs Killed
In Prague and Bruenn
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Oct. 8.-The Czecho-
Slovak government in exile said to-
day that IA more executions by
Nazi occupation authorities had oc-
CURED in Prague and Bruenn.
Two Czechs were shot on charges
Of possessing firearms and listening
to foreign broadcasts, three for al
legged black market dealings and
nine were accused Of crimes COM
mitted in a blackout, it said.
Evening star., 1942-10-08

Edwin r. Cheney, jr., 25-year-
old seaman from Yeadon, Pa, was
summoned to the White House 1T
noon today to receive from Presi-
dent Roosevelt the first Merchant
Marine Distinguished Service Medal.
The medal authorized by = recent
act of Congress, went to the young
seaman for outstanding courage and
resourcefulness when . tanker was
torpedoed.
This is really an historic occca-
sion" Mr.. Roosevelt remarked as he
pinned the medal on Mr.. Cheney's
breast.
The President remarked that
many more such medals would be
awarded IN recognition Of = form
Evening star., 1942-10-08

strong representation to the COM
mission, and added that it was not
the duty Of his Office to make man.
power policy, but we have got to
explain it, and we are doing our best
to persuade the agencies that they
have got to get something which we
can make intelligent"
Mr.. Davis said his statement was
based on public opinion survey
made by his Bureau of Intelligence
Evening star., 1942-10-08
Elmer Davis Seeks Qualification
Of Policies on Monpower
owl Chief Calls for Steps to End
Confusion in Testimony at Hearing
By JESSE O. IRWIN.

The Nation becoming manpower prob
lens as it the rubber situation three
Elmer Davis, director of the Office Information on
informing Congress of this condition. conferred with
the War Manpower Commission
Of policy that Owl necessary to
confusion from the public 1920
Evening star., 1942-10-08
GUIDE FOR READERS.
A Message
To Every Driver

You can save rubber and
help win the war If you will
do these things:
l. Drive only when abso-
solutely necessary.
2. Keep under IS miles an
hour.
3. Keep your tires properly
inflated.
4. Have them inspected
regularly.
S. Share your car with
others.
WILLIAM M. JEFFERS,
Rubber Director.
Evening star., 1942-10-08

(See MANPOWER, Page A-l8J
Evening star., 1942-10-08

Continued on Page AS, Column l.
Evening star., 1942-10-08

(See PRISONERS, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1942-10-08

(See RUSSIA, Page A-4)