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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06
ALASKA }. S. co. REDUCES
 RATES TODAY
Surehdrges on Freight and Passenger Traffic Now
 20 and $ Percent

Effective today, April 6, emer- gency surcharges on all freight and passenger traffic between Seattle and all ports in Southeast Alaska, as well as locally between ports in Southeast Alaska, on Alaska Steam ship Company vessels, is reduced to twenty percent it was announced today by H o. Adams, Juneau agent for the company
 Emergency surcharge on Ill freight and passenger charges be- tween Seattle and all other ports in Alaska as well as locally between ports in Southeast Alaska and ports West of Cape Spencer, is reduced to twenty five percent, MT. Adams also announced.
 These reductions in the emer- gency surcharges from 45 percent to 20 and 25 percent respectively. are made in accordance with the order issued by the U. s. Maritime i Commission on April l substitute ing the 20 percent surcharge for Southeast Alaska to replace the AS percent which previously existed. The order followed hearings on rate charges held both in Wash ingtcn. D, C., and Seattle and con- tained the statement that condi- tions that maintained at the time the 45 percent surcharge was in- stituted. no longer existed.
 The Maritime Commission had previously authorized the institution of the 45 percent surcharge on all 1 freight and passenger rates on vessels operating to Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06
R. F.. LEWIS ON HIS WAY SOUTH FROM
 ANNUAL VISIT

R. F. Lewis, owner or t,le Juneau Water Company left yesterday to return to his home in Piedmont California, after making his an nual trip to Juneau to inspect the company properties. He arrived here on March 23 While he was here he conferred with John Reck Manager, and Minard Mill, Super intendent of the company.
 Among the improvements to the company properties that he in- spected while in Juneau was the construction of chlorinizatior plant which is being added to the company building on the Seventh Street hill Construction on this concrete addition is now underway and it is expected that the plant will have arrived and be installed within month The plant is being installed only for emergency ust and is never needed in Juneau ex- cept for short periods in the winter when it is necessary to augment the water supply with surface water
 Another improvement to the Jun eau Water Company property which has recently been completed is the construction of a new pipeline bridge over Gold Creek. This worf has been done by the regular force of the water company.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06
British fIiers RepuIse At- tempted Raid on
 CeyIon Island
25 OTHER ENEMY
 GRAFT ARE DAMAGED
Defenders Roar in Action QuiekIy-Anfi-AirUa
 Guns Are Effective

COLOMBO, Island of Ceylon, April 6. Twenty-seven Japanese planes, and probably five more, crashed in destruction Sunday from the fiery back-lash of British aerial and anti-aircraft defense in Cey- Ions first raid of the war.
 Still another 25 enemy planes were damaged.
 Twenty-Five enemy planes were first met by the British fighter planes that roared into action and 25 Japanese pilots were shot down.
 Two other planes were shot down by anti-aircraft gunners when they swooped low and attempted ma- chine gun firing.
 Twenty-Five planes were also dam aged in the raid and as all enemy planes were operating from an air. craft carrier. it is doubtful if any got back to the ship.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06
Don't pul MatArthur on
 The Spoi" Is Now Heard;
 GeneraIin Tough Position
By JACK sTINNETT
WASHINGTON, April 6. = \

WASHINGTON, April 6. = Notes from a capital cuff.
 You can't credit it to the admin istratiOn, the Army, the Navy or anybody, but one of the frequently heard phrases around here these days is: Don't put Macarthur on the spot What is meant by this is simply, don't expect the miracle man of Batan to turn the tide of battle in the southwest Pacific.
 Given an army, an air force and naval support, General MacArthur might be able to take the offensive from Australia. But the well de- served laurels he has earned so far were based on just the opposite. With an inferior Gin numbersl ground force, practically no air sup port at all, and nothing in the way of a navy, he fought great de- fensive action. Australia's vast area dwarfs the Philippines, but it's total population is only 100000 persons; our endorsements there may be considerable, but still far short of the necessary Army to take the of fensive: Japan now has bases nearby and unbroken supply lines to the home front. Anything that Mac Arthur can do more than beating the Japs off the vital beach-heads of Australia will be as great a miracle as he performed on Batan
 Not since the Supreme Court re- organization fight have Congress men received so much irate mail as
 
 lC1,.ft,,paI D,, Dona Gfxl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06
SUNDAY FINDS MANY AT
 HOTEL TO DINE

Choosing a beautiful Easter Sun day as the opportunity for small dinner parties in the Baranof Ho- tel were many Juneau residents and the dining rooms were crowd ed yesterday afternoon as the groups gathered for gay time.
 Olaf Larson entertained at dln- ner for eight guests and Jack Kristian had six at his party Ralph Vogel entertained group of four, Jack Garrett a party of six Judge and Mrs. George AL exander were hosts a dinner party for four and George Simpkins en- tertained three guests.
 John Doyle Bishop also was seen in the dining room with a group of four at his table. Four persons also were dining with Southall Pfund.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06
Submarines InfIitI losses
 On Japanese Sea Forte;Navy
 Announces Just Whaf Is Done

WASHINGTON, April 6. = Sub marines sunk or damaged four Jap anese Warships in recent actions in the Java Sea or Indian Ocean. the Navy Department announces.
 One light cruiser is reported to have been sunk in the vicinity of Christmas Island, south of Java, and another was damaged by two tor pedo hits in successive days by a submarine which trailed it through the waters off Christmas Island.
 Two seaplane tenders were dam aged near the East Indies Island of Bali and in addition one Japanese
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06
WAR CARRIED ITO IN DIA IS
 REPORT NOW
Japanese Bombers Raid Two Towns on Coast
 MdnddIdy Attacked


 NEW DELHI, India, April 6 + Japanese bombers today carried the war to India proper by raids on two coastal cities, the British Headquarters announces.
 Planes believed operating from an aircraft carrier in the Bay of Bengal. raided Nizampatam, with a population of 5000, and twice at tackled Concanda, town of 40.- 900 population.
 Nizampatam is situated at the mouth of the Kistna River and Concanda is on the coast. Both attacked places lie between Madras and Calcutta.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06
U. S., Australian Airnen Smash Jap Base.
RAID MADE
 BY ALLIES
Large Japanese Vessels Hit in Harbor at Ra-
 bauI, Also 6dsmdtd

SYDNEY, April 6.-Large Japan csc vessels in the harbor at Rabaul were hit by United States and Aus tralian bombers, the Sydney Herald, afternoon newspaper, reports.
 The raiders also damaged the air. dromes at Rabaul and Gasmata, both on New Britain Island.
 The Herald says the raids are de- scribed as among the heaviest yet made by the Allies
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06

navy supply ship was damaged near Lombox Island
 In the vicinity of Bali, barge transport, and one unidentified ship were damaged by torpedo hits.
 The actions brought total of 48 Japanese vessels of all types as sunk or put out of action by submarines.
 The Navy Department also says the losses now inflicted on the Jap- anese sea forces since the Pearl Harbor raid by all naval forces af fected totals 56 Warships and 76 combatant ships.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06

WASHINGTON-The Washington Merry Co., Round wishes to correct an earlier statement that John l. Lewis had three relatives on union payrolls whose salaries, plus his own. gave the family an annual take" of $48,5O0 from the collec- tions of union dues.
 We regret to say that on further investigation we find we erred grievously. We apologize to MT Lewis for understanding his ca pacities and print below the full Lewis family payroll showing that the miner czar has not three but nine relatives in cushy jobs and that the family take" is not $48,- 500 but $7O,5OO:
 John L. Lewis, president,
 United Mine Workers .. $25 000 Kathryn Lewis, daughter,
 sec. treas, Dis trict 50,
 UNIV. ................................. 7,50o Denny Lewis, brother,
 head of United Construc-
 tion Workers Organizing
 Committee .............-....--..-..-. 10000 J. R. Bell. brother-in-law,
 c1o controller ...................... 5000 Orin Miller, brother in-law,
 superintendent of the JIM
 w office building in In-
 dianapolis, Ind. .........--.....-.- 5000 Dan Collins, brother-in-law,
 CIO organizer .-...--.-...-.----,-.- $500 William Thomas, cousin,
 superintendent of UNIV
 building in Washington 5000 Margaret Lindig, sister-in-
 law of Denny, UNIV stem
 ographer .-.....-.-.--....--..-,-.--...-- z'4oo Ann Miller, daughter of
 brother-in-law Orin Mill
 Ter, UNIV stenographer 2,4O0 Son-in-law of Floyd Bell,
 another Lewis brother-in-
 law, District 50 organizer $500 Total Lewis family payroll $7O'5oo dn addition to their big salaries Lewis, his daughter and brother also have fat expense accounts What they spend is their secret No figures have ever been revealed even to union memherSO
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06
} LARGE SHIPS
 ESCAPE AT SEA
 FROM U-B0AT5

WASHINGTON, April 6.-Three merchant ships put into port safely following incidents with enemy submarines at sea-" the Navy De- partment announced this after noon.
 The Navy identified the ships only as one large Panamanian vessel, a large American ship and medium sized American ship.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06
RANG00N IS ATTACKED BY U. 5. B0kBER5
Three Large Fires Started Says Official Bril-
 ish Report

LONDON, April 6-Heavy Ameri- can bombers attacked the docks of Japanese held Rangoon last Fri day night and started three large fires. This announcement is made by the British Admiralty
 All of the American bombers and their personnel returned safely to their bases.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today Is, American Can GA Anaconda 257s, Bethlehem Steel 597s, Commonwealth and South ern 7/30, Curtiss Wright 7i9, Inter- national Harvester 44ls, Kennecott 32h, New York Central IFS, United States Steel SOL, Pound $4Q3A.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06
AND STILL MORE

Imposing as is this payroll list, it still does not tell the whole story.
 There is one Lewis relative who is not on union payroll but who gamers high-bracket income from. unions controlled by John L.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06
MRS. WORTMAN IS
 HERE FROM SITKA

Mrs. Charles Wortman of Sitka arrived in Juneau Saturday for a visit and is staying in the Gastineau Hotel while here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06

The Pacific end of the Panama Canal is 27 miles farther east than is the Atlantic end.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06

The electric eel found i'll the rivers of Brazil. attains a length of six feet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06
TW0DAY50F RAIDS DOWN
 1S JAP SHIPS
Planes of United Nations Also Damage Twenty
 Other Nippon Graft

UNITED NATIONS HEAD QUARTERS, Australia, April - American and Australian airmen smashing devastating blows into the Japanese bases on Australia's outer islands, now occupied, are official ly credited with destroying at least Is Japanese planes and damaging 20 others in two days of fierce fighting in the air.
 Japanese bombers, escorted by fighters, also attacked Darwin for the 18th time and Port Moresby for the 22nd time
 The American and Australians attacked Koepang, on the Dutch Island of Timor twice and also struck surprise blows on Lac on the northeast coast of New Guinea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06
DOW, JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow Jones averages. industrials 10250 rails 25.50, utilities 11.58.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06

The musical pitch standard broad cast by the Bureau of Standards IS accurate to one part in ten million.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-04-06

The United States grows about three -fourths of the worlds corn. It is grown i'll every State, about 100 million acres being planted each year
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BUY DEFENSE BONDS
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Evening star., 1942-01-08
Ensign and Girl Face
Grand Jury as Joint
Death Car Drivers
Coroner. Jury Returns
Unusuul Verdict in D. G.
New Year Doy Crosh

Ayouns woman and a Navy ensign
today faced grand Jury action in a
New Year Day accident after a
eoroners jury had held them "joint
operators" Of the car that caused
fatal injuries to Charles Finley, 90
Of Arlington.
The defendants are Miss Marion
l.. Robinson, 23, Capitol Heights,
Nd. now free under 81 900 bail. and
Ensign Robert l.. Read, 1923 Car
penter street Sc. assigned to WASH
ington Navy Yard and now at liberty
In custody of Navy authorities.
They were ordered held yesterday
IN decision without local precedent.
given by 4 jury after an hour and
as minutes dehberation, concluding
An inquest that began Monday be-
fore Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald. Charges of manslaughter
were filed against them after the
hearing.
Auto Hit in Rear.
Young Finley was passenger in
car driven by John B. Sans, 2l,
Of 6a7 E street Sc, when it was
struck from behind at Pennsylvania
and Branch avenues Sc. by Ensign
Reads automobile, driven by Miss
Robinson. Finley died of a fractured
akull in Gallinger Hospital jan
uAry 2.
Policemen Carlton T. Stein OF
Eleventh Precinct, one Of the first
omcers to reach the scene of the
accident, testified at the inquest
Monday Ensign Read had told him
he had reached over and attempted
TO steer the car and apply the
brakes when he saw the accident
could not be avoided.
DR.. Macdonald stopped the inquest
At this point and asked Ensign
Read If he desired counsel because
Of the possibility he might also be
named 4 defendant. The ofYicer
said he wanted counsel The coroner
reconvened the inquest yesterday
With David A. Hart, former assistant
Omitted States district attorney here
representing Ensign Read
Visited Night Club.
Ensign Elmer Hoyt, %. OF 340O
Carpenter street Sc, passenger in
the coupe with Ensign Read and
Miss Robinson. said they had been
to 4 night club in Prince Georges
County, Nd, New Year eve and had
had -four or five rounds Of drinks.
He told the jury he was unable to
estimate the speed of the car at the
time Of the accident. Police testified
1t was travelling well over the speed
limit"
On advice of counsel. both Miss
Robinson and Ensign Read refused
to take the witness stand at the
inquest
Evening star., 1942-10-12
Charles H. Taylor
Funeral Services
Will Be Held Today
Assistant Director Of CCC
Will Be Buried in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery

+ Funeral services were to be held
at l o'clock this afternoon at the
Hines funeral home, 29O1 Four
teenth street NV, for Charles Hart
land Taylor, 81, assistant director
of the Civilian Conservation Corps,
who died Thursday. He will be
buried in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will be Fed
eral Security Administrator McNutt,
Senator Truman of Missouri, Sen
ator Pepper of Florida, Maj. Gen.
James Ulio, Brig. Gen. Frank T.
Hines, James ]. McEntee, Col. C. c.
Coobes, Maj. Omar w. Clark, EN-
NETT S. Davidson, Noble D. Larner,
Frank w. Lee, l.. Whiting Estes,
Paul A. Maddox, j. Claude KEEPER,
Carl H. Claudy, Edward W.. Libby,
Charles E. Baldwin, William M.
Wales, Vernon G. Owen. Quintas
E. Camp, Harry Plankinton, Will
liam E. Albee, w. S. Abernethy,
Ernest H. Fulton, Col. George E.
1jmas, Capt. Victor Blanc, Capt.
Harold Bean, Maj William Mosley
Brown, Albert S. Sylk, Arvid Swan
lngson, Edward E. Berney, C. Ver-
non Eddy, Joseph Montgomery,
Daniel E. Smith, John Stowell and
Jerome F. Ker1nelly.
Active pallbearers will be Lynn
Troutman, representing the National
League of Masonic Clubs; William
Mehler, Mount Pleasant Chapter,
No. 13, RAM; Frank Fellow, Krafts-
man Club; Harry Chandler, Advisory
Board, NLMC; Melville D. Hensey,
33d degree Scottish Rite, and Harry
S. LIE Velle, La Fayette Lodge.
Mr.. Taylor had attained a number
OF Masonic honors. He was a mem
ber of the Albert Pike Consistory,
Scottish Rite, 32d degree; Almas
Temple, Shrine: La Fayette Lodge,
No. 10. FAAM; Columbia Command
cry, Knights Templar.
At the time of his~death, Mr..
Taylor was national director of the
1zaak Walton League; deputy grand
high griest, Grand Chapter, Royal
Arch Masons; grand steward, Grand
Council, Royal and Select Masters;
past high priest, Mount Pleasant
Chapter; past president OF the Ma
tional League of Masonic Clubs;
past president of the craftsman
Masonic Club, and past president of
Masonic Club Boosters.
He also was member of the Odd
Fellows.
He is survived by his widow. three
sons. Charles, chief petty officer,
United States Navy; Frank, master
sergeant. United States Army. and
Frederick of Washington. and two
daughters, Mrs. William Wright and
Miss Ruth Taylor, also of Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
Mrs. 4. D. Hayworih Dies;
Grandmother Of Film Star

Mrs. A. d. Hayworth, u, grand
mother Of Rita Hayworth. screen
star, died Saturday at her home,
1912 Fourteenth street NV.
Funeral services will be held at
10:30 am. tomorrow at the home.
followed by requiem mass at Sacred
Heart Church. Burial will be in
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Hayworth, a native of Wash.
ington, was the daughter Of Patrick
O'Hare, Civil War defender of
Washington, and Mrs. O,Hare.
Allyn D. Hayworth, her late hus-
band, who died four years ago, was
president of the Hayworth PUBLISH
ing Co., now headed by their son.
Vernon j. Hayworth.
Mrs. Hayworth Is also survived
by another son, Vinton, known as
Jack Arnold, motion picture actor.
and two daughters, Mrs. Eduordo
Cansino Of Los Angeles, the film
stars mother, and Mrs. George
Howell of Washington.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
Funeral Rites Tomorrow
For Mrs. Allie F. Crown

Mrs. Attic Frazier Crown. 81, a
resident of Seat Pleasant, Nd, for
3 years, died yesterday after a short
illness at her home, 305 Sixty-eighth
street, in Seat Pleasant.
She was a native of Washington
and was the widow of John Curtis
Crown, who died in 1888. She had
celebrated her 61st birthday on
October 2.
Surviving are a son, j. Theodore
Crown of Seat Pleasant, a reporter
for The Evening Star; two sisters,
Mrs. Margaret Thompson of Cap
itol Heights, Md, and Mrs. Ida
De Ment of Washington and two
grandchildren, Theodore and Rom
aid Crown.
Funeral services will be held at
2::30 pm. tomorrow in st. Matthews
Episcopal Church in Seat Pleasant.
Burial will be in the church GEM
etery.
Evening star., 1942-10-12

the smith11eld ham: he searched
the world over for q decent pam
cake" and finally found 1t In New
Jersey. He believed that any man
who married = good cook was a
genius.
He was an author of these plays:
The Family" "The Welcher,"
Efficiency and Laughter with
Perley Poore Sheehan. He wrote a
number of books: Ruby Robert,
alias Bob Fitzsimmons";; "Over My
Left Shoulder; Tree Toad; Auto
biography of Small Boy" and a
series of volumes on his travels
abroad.
He interviewed Benito Mussolini
in Rome, September 13, 1926, for
the Associated Press and was made
an honorary life member of the staff
Of that newsgathering organization,
an honor he highly priced.
He married Madge Lee Hutchinson
OF New York in 1899. She accom-
panied him on his worldwide jaunts.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
UNIV 10 Admit Women,
Workers Outside Mines

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 12.-The United
Mine Workers amended their con-
stltution today to permit member
ship of women and persons from
industries outside coal-mining.
On the heels of the UMW's divorce
from the CIO, the organization's
37th convention voted unanimously
and without discussion to add to its
official objective of uniting workers
IN coal industries, the phrase land
IN such other industry as may be
designated by the International
Executive Board on the American
continent
The 1890 delegates also enlarged
UNIV jurisdiction by substituting
workers" for ''workmen."
UNIV officials said this would take
cognlzance of the possibility of
women replacing drafted men on
lighter tasks.
Evening star., 1942-10-12
Davis, Rowing Reporter, Dies;
Was Discoverer ofO. Henry
One-Time Editor Of
Munsey's Magazine
Was 73, Years Old
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
MONTREAL, Oct. 12.-Robert H.
(Bob) Davis, rowing reporter, author,
dramatist and editorial executive Of
the New York Sun, died yesterday
in Royal Victoria Hospital. He
was 73.
AS a war correspondent, he COW
cred much Of Europe in the World
War and reported the earlier events
OF the present conflict until the
German occupation of France. He
then went into the South Pacific
and wrote his last book, "The Story
of the Hawaiian Islands," just in
time to miss the bombs of Pearl
Harbor.
Since then he had travelled in the
United States and in Canada, reg
ularly turning Out his column
Bob Davis Reveals" - for which
he perhaps was best known to mil
lions OF newspaper readers.
Bob Davis was given an assign
ment in 1926 that newspaperman
dream about-to roam the world,
not stop until he had seen all Of
1t and to write about it In his own
way. For many years he did that,
chronicling for the New York Sun
the curious and odd bits of news in
many lands. meetings the high and
the low, enjoying life immensely in
the meanwhile.
Discovered O. Henry.
But before becoming a rowing re-
porter he had established himself
as an editor; the "discoverer" of
o. Henry; friend and adviser of
scores OF writer's; a dramatist, and a
distinguished amateur photogra-
pher. More than $500 prominent
persons were snapped by his camera
and the book he made OF the pho
tographs sold at 500 a copy.
O. Henry was only one of the
literary lights whose writings passed
over his desk when he was editor
of Munsey's magazine. For years
he turned thubs up or down on a
million words week intended for
publication in Munsey's, Argosy, ALL
Story, Detective Literature, Live
Wire and other magazines.
He had a sure touch of literary
Judgment and the ability to pick
out fine writing instinctively.
He got his start as a writer in
an odd way. As a type setter on
the San Francisco Examiner in 1894
he was printing an account of a
baseball game when the copy" was
blown out the window by the wind.
Wrote Own Version.
He had witnessed the game so
he wrote and typed his own version.
The result was so amusing that the
reporter who was assigned to the
story got $25 bonus, but he was
so indignant at what happened to
his copy that the typesetter's role
was discovered. Mr.. Davis was hired
at once as a writer and made good.
New York finally attracted him.
In his varied experience as a met
ropolitan reporter and editor he
had two important scoops-the ex-
posure of the Spanish American