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Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
Germans Desperate
Under DO or Die
Order by Chief:ans
BY NJ. s. HANDLER

MOSCOW Feb. 4-tUP) - Ger
man rear guards were reported
resisting desperately today under
a stand or die order Russian
drives on three main fronts, north
west and west of Moscow and i'll
the south. tThe London radio re
ported that the Germans had lost
400 men and had been thrown back
l8 miles south of LeningradD
A dispatch to the army news
paper Red Star said that the Rus
slams were driving ahead steadily,
attempting TO prevent the Germans
from establishing strong defensive
positions at any point.
Other dispatches said that the
Germans were resisting with in
creasing desperation, and that Their
rear guards were fighting until
their ammunition had given out.
MAJOR OFFENSIVE
Non military informantS here
said that the Russian offensive IL
the Ukraine he'd become one of th'
first magnitude, especially III the
drive for the Dnieper river.
These sources said the rctrcatin-
Germans were badly equipped and
their morale was low.
Red Star asserted the Russians
had captured secret German staff
documents. ordering all soldiers TO
stand or die"
The order presumably was issued
before the Russian drives of the
last few weeks. Since then th'
Russians have made importm,
gains, though German resistance
has Stiffened.
ORDER QUOTED
One order, purporting TO have
been issued by one Gen. Rueit, IN
iantry division commander, said:
Il categorically forbid the Sill
render of any positions whatever
they may be. ! will execute amy
commander on the spot who suI-
renders any village without M
permission. Die but Go not retreat
l order you to stand until the laSi
man.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
Macarthur Gets
Reinforcements

WASHINGTON. Feb up -
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces
fought valiantly today to retain
their foothold on Luzon. the prh.-
cipal island of the Philippines
hearteled and bolstered by a new
ly-organized battalion of American
sailors and marines sent TO their
aid and a torpedo boats attack ON
q japanese Warship in Manila bay
Their backs to big guns of Fort
COrregidOr, the ou,numbered de
tenders ON Bataan peninsula We're
said to be taking terrible toll of
crack japanese shock troops being
thrown reckleSSly into battle
A swift, 77-fOOt torpedo boat of
Admiral Thomas C. Hart'S ASiatic
fleet is "believed' to have tOrpedoed
and damaged a japanese WarShip
which may have Slipped past Cor
regidor'S guns and into Manila bay
at night time in emulatlCn Of Ad-
miral DeWey's feat Of "A years ago.
ATTACKER ESCAPES
A naval communique describing
the torpedo attack said the moSqui-
to beat managed to hurl two tor
pedoeS at the enemy War,hip and
escape although under heavy fire
OF the WarShip'S guns and IN the
full glare Of her StarchlehtS."
The communicate did not make
clear whether the Japanese war
ship had been lying bottled up in
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
Sinsop pores Guns
Blast at Enemy

times in smaller formations than
is usually the case. returned to the
attack on Singapore this morning
and bombed the city area.
Despite the dive bomberS which
had now Joined the japanese raid
ing fleet. it was said officially
that cauSaltieS in Yesterdays raids
bad totaled only % killed and 80
wounded.
FIRES IN CITY
Singapore city was now more ac-
tive than the fighting front, where
Imperial forces and volunteers
faced the japanese across the mar
low strait
curing my tours of the city
late yesterday aided firemen at
three differene places where fires
We're burning.
At OH point volunteers were dig
sing in ruins for bodies while am
balances took away the wounded.
Japanese troops were taking up
position along Il 30-milt stretch
of the Johore Sultanate shore line
opposite Singapore in apparent
Preparation Tor attack.
Japanese engineers were report
ed working on q fleet of invasion
barges and other craft but there
was as yet no sign that a direct
attack by ground troops was i'm
minent.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
Burmd Invasion
Prepurotions Hit

American fighters of the Ameri-
can volunteer group, British fight
ters and British Blenheim bombers
made the attack, concentrating on
the japanese who are taking up po-
SitionS on the tiny islands at the
confluence of the SalWeen and
GYaing rivers.
AS the fighter planes watched fer
Japanese air force opposition, the
Blenheims, called here the hardest
working unit in the while Royal
Air Force, bombed and machine
gunned the Japanese troops.
The japanese were taken COM
plctely by surprise. it was indicat-
ed and the confusion caused in
their ranks was indicated by pilots
reports that the allied planes met
only impotent fire from few
scattered machine guns as they
raincd bombs and machine gun bui-
lets on the invasion troops.
All planes returned safe.
An army conmunique reported
that Imperial troops were III con-
tact early yesterday with small
force of Japanese troops at Paan,
on the Salween river 40 miles north
of MOulmein.
1t was not specified whether at
this point the japanese had ef-
tected a foothold on the west bank
of the broad river which they seek
TO cross.
The communique said that after
this contact there was a little
shelling later in the morn
my but that no casualties or dam
aet were reported.
TWO British Imperial officers,
cut off when Moulmein was eVacu-
atcd, have arrived safe in the Brit
ish lines, the ccmmunique said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

Japaneac planes. It was SAID.
Casualties and damage were held
to a minimum because there had
been ample warning of the raid and
fighter planes and guns were ready
for action
Damage TO military installations
was negligible, it was asserted
1t was disclosed that japanese
planes also attacked Netherlands
warships at various places but 1t
was said that they failed to score
any hits
In addition to raiding Soerabai ia
and ardro.nes ws,nn q 1875 mile
radius Of Il! the japanese planes
also machine Punned native viii
lageS in eastern Java, the eonmun-
ique said. and succeeded in killing
four persons, including woman
and a chlld and in wounding three
children
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
BY JOHN r. MORRIS

BATAVIA, Feb. 4-tUPD-Neth-
erlands Indies forces are fighting
strongly and successfully in fierce
battle with Japanese forces on Am
boina island, the eastern Neither
lands Indies naval and air force
base, a Netherlands Indies COM
munique said today.
Dutch forces also are resisting IN
the region OF Balik Papan, on the
east coast of BOrneO. where Meth
erlandS and United States air
planes and WarshipS were reported
launching n new hunt for japanese
invasion ships in the MacaSSar
strait,
The eommuniquc released through
the Netherlands Indies news agency,
said eight Japanese fighter planes
and two bombers were believed shot
down out of a fleet of between 70
and 30 japanese planes which yes
terday attacked Soerabaja. the
great Indies naval and air force
base on Java island.
DUTCH LOSSES HEAVY
1t was admitted that Netherlands
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
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that success in the fighting on Am
boina island between Celebes and
new Guinea, was going first to one
side and then to the other.
1t was indicated that the Japa-
nese were meeting unexpectedly
heavy resistance and that they had
failed completely to gam their
hoped for quick victory
AS regards the Dutch plane les
ses in the Soerabaia raid, the COM
munique said that more planes
than pilots were lost Some pilots
landed at other fields than those
from which they took eff, it was
said so that exact losses Of the
h9 -herl2ndS air force could not
Immediately be fixed
WARNING GIVEN
-Four persons were killed and
three wounded. all civilians. bv tbe
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
BY DARRELL BERRIGAN

RANGOON, Burma, Feb. 4-tUPJ
American and British fighter and
bombing planes nave maze a de
vastating attack on Japanese inva-
sion groups at the mouth Of the
SalWeen river immediately north
cast of Moulmein, unofficial adviccs
said TODAY.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
WARNING GIVEN

-Four persons were killed and
three wounded, all civilians, BY the
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04

side Manila bay for some time or
whether it had succeeded in pene-
trating the eight-mile-W wide bay
mouth, past U. S. forts.
The torpedo bOa;. capable of 10
mile-an-hour speed, drove direct
ly into the warships heavy gunfire.
looSed its two torpedoes and skim
med away over the water unScath-
ed, 1t was stated
LANDING SEEN
If the enemy warship actually
penetrated the entrance to the bay.
it was Speculated that it may have
been trying to cover Japanese
landing ON the eastern shore OF
ConegidorS l2-inch guns; or it
may have been seeking TO attack
the bays harbor defenSeS.
The navy also reported that the
5,40C-ton U. S. naval tanker Neches,
built % years ago, had been tor
pedoed and sunk by an enemy sub
marine with the probable loss of So
men. The navy, without revealing
where the tanker went down. said
1876 members of the crew had reach
ed port safely.
The NerheS was the first naval
tanker reported lost thus far in
the war Earlier the tanker Sa-
linaS was torpedoed off Iceland but
managed to reach port.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
kNUDSEN ANNOUNCES
BOMBER CONTRACT

CHICAGO, Feb. +-tUP)-L Lieut..
Gen. William Knudsen announced
today that a contract had been
awarded the Chrysler Motor cor
poratlon for construction of .
$iOO'ooO,oOO bomber engine plant at
Chicago.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
Battle Raging i'm Indies

losses were very considerable.
AT Soerabaja 81 persons were re-
ported killed, 83 seriously wounded
and 56 slightly wounded.
Reports indicated the Japanese
planes had come from one of three
aircraft car:s.5 recently sighted
near the Bismarck islands north
east of Australia.
The japanese also attacked sev-
eral places on the island of Mad
rua, Just off Soerabaja, and wound
ed four perao.l.,. IL the naval base
attack, Aneta said. - houses were
demolished, 4 workshop was dam
eyed and five naval aircraft. used
for trainers, were machine canned
and set afirc.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-04
NATIVES KILLED

At Tuban, 4 city oil $4,000 ON the
north coast of Borneo and about
60 miles from Soerabaja. l8 per
sons, mostly natives, were killed At
Madden 10 were killed and y
wounded.
On the basis of new adPiCeS. the
Netherlands command reported
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29
These Bottles 6uy Bullets

Or put another Based these Carvings mammoth
brewery works 1917 days every weeks
take and federal treasures
helping fight both battle
And hundreds enlisted dollars
the we'll payroll All of
month aafof
No. nothing dramatic about the
satisfying botng
the bottles marching off by the thousands while say
These bottles buying bullets
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-29

there's nothing dramatic about the part brewery
plays winning during t
element civilian morale And all read about how
eagerly fighting faof lands shipment of beer from home
Yet you hardly call that of thing essential victory.
But day. the radio and the keep telling and
dollars buctsthat helps the On that basis
least, surely carrying share of the load.
the ending this week. CARING has paid total of
dollars that helping tanks and planes and guns and
bullets That's every every day and night
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-09

able progress In the improvement
OF wage and working conditions,
including q general 10c hourly in
crease.
The United Furniture Workers,
although confronted with curtailed
production due to material short
ages, signed up many new men,
bers. won 81 elections and negoti-
ated - new contracts. Member
ship Of the international Wood
workers Of America also increased
while 1t wrestled with stabiliza-
ton and manpower problems arIs-
ing out Of the war.
METAL MINERS UP 6OI
The Mine, Mill & Shelter Work.
ers grew by so per cent making
marked gains in the Tri-State Sec
ton Of Arkansas Missouri Okla
homa. long the bulwark of anti
unionism in the industry The
United Shoe Workers won 81 out
of u elections involving 1909 and
succeeded In obtaining many I'M
provements In its contracts.
or the National Maritime
Union the report declares that It
els serving our nation and the
United Nations gloriously, with
its membership delivering vital
war materials to all parts Of the
world" and that several thousand
Of It's members "have given their
lives 30 that liberty will be MAIN
tanned and the forces Of destruc-
ton and despotism crushed"
The Farm Equipment Workers
which took on the status of q ma
tional union at a convention held
in September doubled its member
ship and won Is NLRB elections
during the year.
The State. County G. Municipal
Workers. the Packinghouse Work.
ers' Organizing Committee. the
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-09

organization Department dur
ing the past year, stated the
Presidents report to the con-
vention.
Headed by Allan s. Haywood.
director of organization, the de-
partment has q staff Of "a regional
directors, 3 sub-regional directors
and "a field representatives work
ing directly under the national Of
fee. in addition to 81 others paid
by the CLIO and assigned to various
affiliated unions.
Declaring that "the CLIO has
demonstrated Its ability to as
sumo leadership In the prOsecu-
tion Of the war effort" the report
called for q great unified organ
izing campaign among the mill
lions Of workers still morgan
lied so that industrial demOc-
racy will stride ahead with p0liti-
cal democracy rs the great ire
slstible force Of . free people
fighting to make q free world"
International and national unions
and organizing committees now af-
fillated with the CLIO number 80.
states the report. There are 260
Industrial union councils, 80 Of
which are state councils, and BOT
local Industrial unions affiliated
directly with the CLIO, 142 Of them
issued during the past year.
MORE CONTRACTS
Sweeping gains in membership.
elections won and innumerable new
contracts signed by affiliated ma
tional and international unions In
1871 were reported.
In May, 1912. the United Steel
workers of America was born out of
the Steel Workers Organizing Com
mittee and continued Its spectacular
progress.
Since October, 1871, It has won
~ National Labor Relations
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-09

United Paper, Novelty & Toy Work.
ers. the American Newsp p r
Guild, the Utility Workers Organ
izing Committee and the other CLIO
unions all made substantial pro-
gress during the war and contin-
ued to increase in membership.
NEW CHEMICAL UNION
During the summer of 1912,
number of local unions Of gas. coke
and chemical workers decided that
they wanted to have a union of
their own and to be directly affili-
ated with the CO." states the re-
port.
The ensuing action resulted in
the formation of the United Gas,
Coke & Chemical Workers. This
union has held a convention and
elected officers. At the present time
its membership Is composed prin-
cipally Of former members of Dis
trict so, United Mine Workers Of
America. at one time affiliated with
the CLIO.
This new union 10 seeking q
charter Of utilization from the CLIO.
Its plans include the organizing
Of thousands Of workers in the
great chemical industry of America
who sorely need the benefits of In
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-09
Go Leases Buildinq

Boston, Nov. 7-cIO is leasing
Its new headquarters building In
Washington from the United Steel
workers of America. owners Of the
property, Pres. Murray reported.
Terms Of the lease on the build
ing. which once housed the Repub-
lican Natl. Committee, were APP
proved by the CLIO Executive
Board, Murray said.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-09
iustrial unionism."
ACTIVITY IN SOUTH

In the concluding section on
the Organization Department, the
report points out that "the
South still remains one Of our
main problems" and tells Of plans
formed at q conference held in
Chattanooga, Tenn, to intensity
organizing activities In major
southern industries.
The report also comments on the
progress made by the steel and
automobile unions In Canada during
the year, and mentions the address
made by President Murray at the
Canadian Congress of Labor con-
vention in September.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-09
Sweeping New Gains
Won BY Go In AZ

BOSTON, Nov 7-Expanded activities member
ship Of all Clio and dument made
by the changover from wartime production
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-09

Board elections and won sole bar
gaining rights for some 170,5O0
additional workers, bringing their
total membership beyond 500, 900.
2S2 WINS FOR JAW
The United Automobile Workers
scored 232 victories in NLRB cleo
lions. carrying total Of more than
5000 votes and giving the union
bargaining rights for more than
100000 workers.
The United Electrical, Radio &
Machine Workers increased Its
membership by 10000 and now has
about 435,000 workers under con-
tract. The Textile Workers Union
won IA elections involving $1,000
workers during the year and now
has 1,250 signed contracts covering
more than 100000 workers.
RUBBER, OIL
The United Rubber Workers, al
though faced with tremendous
war problems reached its peak
In dues paying members and won
10 out Of 90 NLRB elections. The
Oil Workers international Union.
engaged In an intensive drive on
the Standard Oil Co., increased
It's membership by 80 per cent,
and now represents some 10000
workers.
New contracts covering 1850
members including the employees Of
and Kresgs are
among the gains made by the
United Retail. Wholesale and De-
partment Store Employees.
SHIPBUILDERS GROW
The Industrial Union Of Marine
& Shipbuilding Workers doubled In
membership and won 16 NLRB
elections by a total of 26,265 votes.
The Amalgamated Clothing Work.
ers consolidated gains made in
previous years and made consider
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-19

flag was slowly lowered from the staff; immediately following, our band struck up our own National Anthem, and General RosSeau's son stepped forward and attached Old Glory to the halyards of the flag staff, and ran that grand old Flag up to the truck. So ended the transfer, and so simple were the ceremonies that Rosseau was back on his ship by 5 o'clock.
 By this transfer we found our selves in possession of vast ter ritory, almost totally uninhabited. There was a total population of slightly over 29,000 people ;l50 of whom were citizens of our own country, 800 Russians, 200 alien white citizens, 14OO half breed Rus sians, and about 27,O00 natives all of whom were chiefly domiciled at Sitka, Kodiak, and Unalaska.
 We are not going into the early history of the occupation. It seems almost too ridiculous to speak of in light of today's history, but poor old Alaska had hard time those first few years. First, our wise men in Washington wanted tc abandon it. Then they tried to wish it off on to the then Terri tory of Washington as a county This measure passed the House but failed in the Senate; which body decided it would be unfair to Washington to saddle such g dead-horse on to it.
 Called Old Toy
 Then there was the genius (alsC member of the House) who re- marked, We took Alaska nearly ten years ago just like a boy take' a new and strange toy-full of sat isfaction and fixed with a desire to investigate it's inner workings and, like the boy, we have made the examination and are now read!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-19
"SUSpICI0N", FINE NEW FILM, IS BILL
 kTCAplT0L THEATRE
Cary Grant, Joan Fontdine, Stars in Character
 Drama Here

One of the strangest romances ever filmed comes to the screen in suspicion" an unusual type Of mystery picture starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. It was direct ed by Alfred Hitchcock and is the feature now showing at the Capi- tol Theatre.
 The unique story revolves about the lives of Johnnie Aysgarth, an attractive young ne'er-do-well, and of Lima McLaidlaw, an unsophisti- cated but beautiful heiress whom Johnnie woos and wins in tempes- tuous style, inducing her to elope with him against the wishes of her strait-laced father.
 Not until after the honeymoon does Lima discover that her charming husband hasn't shil- ling to his name, and is heavily in debt. She makes him go to work managing an estate for a wealthy cousin, but he neglects his work in favor of playing the races, "borrows" money from the estate to cover his losses, and is finally discharged, under a cloud
 New developments pile on top of each other in thrilling sequences.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-19
t|l1E1Yv\| hxnaRl THEATRE "
 Moon Over Miami"
SUNR!5ES

The following are sunrises and sunsets for duck hunters:
 Tuesday, Oct. 20 Sunrise TIA am. Sunset 5:4l p.r1-
 Wednesday, Oct. 21 Sunrise TAG am. Sunset 5.38 pm.
 Thursday, Oct. 22 Sunrise 7:49 am. Sunset 5:35 pm.
 Friday, Oct. 23 M Sunrise 7;5l am. Sunset 5:33 pm.
 Saturday, Oct. "A Sunrise 7:53 am Sunset 5:30 pm.
 Sunday, Oct.25 .s Sunrise 7:55 am. Sunset 5:28 pm.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-10-19
HOVE" EXPERT IS
 FOOLED IN FEATURE
 NOW AT TWENTIETH
Moon Over Her Shoulder Clever Comedy Now
 Showing Here

The audience at the 20th Gen. tury Theatre yesterday howled at the marital problems of the love" doctor who thought he knew every thing about marriage. It was the first performance of 20th Century Foxs Moon Over Her Shoulder" ," and a clever comedy it is.
 Lynn Bari, fresh from her fine performance in Sun Valley Sere- made" gives one of the best DOT trayals of her career. John Sut- ton, whose work in "A Tank in the R.AF.' received such wide acclaim, again does an excellent job. Dan Daley, Jr., is fine in a difficult part.
 The unusual story tells of Sut- ton, an expert on marital problems, who is so engrossed in his business affairs that he neglects Lynn, his wife She tries to get him to pay more attention to her, but she is unsuccessful. He suggests that she resume her hobby of painting.
 Lynn is about to follow his ad- vice, when crowd mistakenly thinks she is trying to kill herself She escapes from them with Dan Daley, Jr.'s help. Dan is attracted to her, but she does not tell him she is married. Then Sutton and Daley meet and fight over her. IT hilarious finish, Lynn learns which man she really loves.