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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
British Admit
Burma Retreat
Ry DARRELL BERRIGAN
Inited Press stan Correspondent

RANGOON, Burma, Jan. %
Well informed quarters announced
today that imperial troops were
Withdrawing to better positions
from frontier outpostS east OF
Moulmein, the main objective OF
hammering Japanese-Thai Of.
fensive from Thailand.
The statement said it was un.
likely that major engagement
would be fought in the frontier
area whore the invaders are press.
ing through a wild. humid region
toward the Gulf of Martaban and
Moulmen. only 45 miles to the
west.
"The policy OF the high COM
mand seems to he opposed to
frontal contacts. \ withdrawal
to positions where transport and
communications are better than
in the mountain tracts is taking
place" they said
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.DaDS Invade Islands
Off Australia Coast

inGs were reported in New Guinea
and the BiSmarckS.
a broadcast by f. NJ. Forde
Australian war minister. said
Australian militia was believed
70 he battling the Japanese in
vaders. but that bombing attacks
and invasion thrustS against
Australia must be cNpectedD
Official communication lin 10 5
with the Australian island out
posts in the MclaneSia group were
disrupted and the government said
there was no definite word regard
ing opposition TO the enemy, but
defense preparations had been
made as far a possible in the out
lying territory and officials said il
was presumed that defense action
was automatic.
There was no definite word
from the fighting zone. however
and Forde said that the KIeta
landing was the only one on which
a definite official report had been
received. kieta is in the Bismarck
Archipelago. about 80 miles from
Rabaul. on New Britain Island.
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Quick Jap Victory
I'm Philippines FOiled
By FRANK HEWLETT
United Press stan Correspondent

WITH THE UNITED STATES
FORCES IN THE BATAAN
PENINSULA, Jan. % 49, The
United States and Philippines
have smashed Japan'S hope OF
winning a lightning victory IN the
Philippines campaign and they
have completed digging in for a
long fight.
Men. guns, supplies, materials
have been concentrated on this
peninsula, 1000 miles from the
American mainland. from ports.
docks and warehouses all over the
Philippines in one of the most
brilliant tactical maneuvers on
record.
The American and Philippine
forces are superior for the moment
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
Union Votes
To Call Off
City Strike
Mail BaIIotine Next
as Workers Yield
TO u. S. Warning
BY HARRY TAYLOR

The threatened strike Of city
employees. scheduled for today, has
been indefinitely postponed.
Fifteen hundred workers meet
ing in Northern High School voted
to delay action after hearing a
telegram from Under Secretary Of
War Robert +. Patterson, In
structing them 10 negotiate, med
late and arbitrate. resorting TO the
war labor board if necessary"
because OF the importance OF De-
troit TO armament production.
A second telegram was received
from Arnold lander Of Madison.
Wis. president Of the American
Federation Of State, County and
Municipal Employees 'AFL'. OF
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at least in artillery and they are
fighting downhIll in the steep
jungle.
They are under constant attack
by Japanese planes. which rule the
air and are Overwhelmingly out
numbered But the morale Of the
sun-tanned defenders Of Americas
most remote outpost is soaring
noncthelesS.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur has
succeeded in concentrating his
men, his artillery and his supplies
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81 American Pilots
Bomb lndO-CIlina

Gen Ho Ylng Chin Chinese war
minister and chief of staff dis
closed that China has troops
maSSed for attacks from the north
into Indo-China and Thailand.
One force is concentrated on the
KwangSi-Yunnan province border
and a second is stationed inside
Yunnan proper. the official was
quoted.
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HAVE : MILLION MEN

IIo said China now has 800 dlvi.
SionS- about 100000 men.
The dispatch quoted him that
China would make no peace viii
Japan. nor lapse into passive de-
Tense, regardless Of developments
in the general war.
tThe London Daily Herald. in
a dispatch from Chungking
quoted a traveller that the
French governor general OF
Indo-China was training an
army secretly in the mountains
in anticipation of japanese de-
feat The traveller had the inn
preston that if Chinese forces
invade Indo-China the French
would not resist.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
BY BRNDON TANES
nitrd Press stan Correspondent

MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan.
%. Australia sent outlying de-
Tense forces INTO action and aP-
pealed urgently today for Amcri-
can and British reinforcements
against Japanese invaders strik-
ing in force at strategic Melane-
sian Islands. northeast Of this en-
battlcd continent.
Seeking control Of vital supply
lines in the Southwest Pacific and
a base for invasion of Australia,
the Japanese sent big air and naval
fleets into the New Guinea, Bis
marck and Solomon Island areas
commanding the approaches TO the
whole East Indies defense front.
LANDING ADMITTED
4 definite report of a landing at
Kieta. harbor on Bougainville
Island in the Solomons, was an
nounced officially and other land
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CHUNGkING. China. Jan. %
CUPD A feet of 81 American and
Chinese pilots rained 20 tons Of
bombs on the big Japanese air
and military base al Hanoi in
IndO-China. causing extensive
damage and starting fires. official
said today.
The mass attack blasted Japa-
neSe barracks and the main enemy
airfeld with such fury that not a
single enemy plane was able 10
take the air against the allied
force
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PLAN THAILAND DRIVE

1t was the first joint operation
of American voluntary group pilots
with units of the Chinese air
force. American Curtis P-40
fighter planes as well as Chinese
fighters provided a strong escort
for the Chinese bombers. which
caught the enemy completely un-
prepared.
The attack was the first Chinese
b o IN bling raid on Indo- China.
While The bombers unloaded the
American fighter pilots heavily
strafed the japanese barracks in
llow-level attacks.
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Z Hits
Scored
BY Dutch
Raiders Damage
Four Warships
and 4 Transports

BATAVIA, Jan. %
QNS). = In one of the
greatest aerial offensives
of the Pacific war,
NetherIand East Indies
bombing and fighting
planes today scored Il
direct hits on four Japa-
nese warships and four
transport vessels without
suffering a single loss.
On the heels Of Washing
tons announcement that huge
reinforce m e n t s of heavy
bombers are being poured"
by the United States into the
theater of combat, a formid-
able Dutch war squadron
roared out of the N. E. 1. base
to strike at the aggressor In
the Straits of Macassar, be-
tween Borneo and the Island
of Celebes.
The attack was an over
.whelming success.
VICTIMS LISTED
a brief communique describing
the operation, designed to pre-
vent the enemy from reinforcing
detachments landed in the Dutch
East Indies, listed the victims as
follows:
One large warship (which might
be battleship, battle cruiser or
an aircraft carrier
One heavy cruiser.
One additional cruiser.
One large transport,
One destroyer.
Two large transport ships.
One smaller transport.
CA battleShip and a cruiser
were among four japanese war
ships bit directly in an AL out"
Dutch aerial attack on a convoy
in the Straits of Macassar to-
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23

ALL. CIO
Reach
Accord

WASHINGTON. Jan. % CUP)
President William Green Of tho
ALL and Philip Murray Of the
Go today accepted a labor peace
proposal advanced by President
Roosevelt
Under the Presidents proposal
a Joint committee Will he eStab-
liShed comprising three represent
tativeS from each Of the labor
10 maintain peace
for duration Of the war.
The plan does not provide FOR
uniting the rival organizations as
did the proposal put forward by
John /. Lewis. a week ago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
IN THE
NEWS
DRIME MINISTER
CHURCHILL'S return

w
historic conversations with
President Roosevelt was an
occasion for enthusiastic and
affectiOnate celebration.
The English people are in
Ordinately fond of Mr.. Church
i'll, and they gave him a royal
welcome home.
But he had not been home
very long before he was made
aware that criticism as well
as affection was i'm the hearts
of BritOns.
The British have one great
advantage over Americans in
this war.
We have been i'm the war
such a short while that when
we see things i'm the develop
ing war program we do not
understand or do not like, we
subdue both questions and
criticism.
But the more experienced
and more democratic British
are under no similar restraints
or inhibitiOns.
So, when Mr.. Churchill
came home, they showed their
pleasure over his safe arrival;
and they also very frankly
and sharply showed their
considerable displeasure over
the way the war is going
particularly the important
war i'm the Pacific.
Said the London Daily
Express:
Here is thegrcot Tragedy
Of MoIogo "a pack Of
rhiSky SiciiliHg planters
and nuitofa birds Of pas
sage hare forgotten this
side Of the Moioyoa popu-
iotioa. Thoy hare honded
II orcr Ia the Japanese
Said the London Daily
Mirror:
Ne jrogt sHft and sure
decisions for the present,
wot rosy prophesies about
the tutUC.
Said the London Daily
Mail:
1T is hCoytbre0kiag 10
rCtiect 50 much might hare
been sorod BIZ so little
Americans may be thinking
the same things about the
war in the Pacific, but they
are not saying them-at least
not very loud.
The British have learned
something we have not Yet
learned-but will surely learn
\ as the war prOlOngs itself;
} that a democratic nation does
not necessarily have 10 fOregO
its right to criticize bungling
leaders in order to be a united
nation.
If Americans are impatient
with or critical of the con-
duct of the war i'm the Pacific.
their silence may be excused
by the small time elapsed
since the beginning of the
war.
But the British need no
such excuse, and accept none.
They are impatient and
critical, and are saying So
as Mr.. Churchill Is gravely
aware.
The British are not the
only impatient people in this
respect.
Sixteen leading Chinese or
CARNATIONS in the United
States have sent a telegram
10 President Roosevelt saying
there is "a limit to Chinese
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
33,QOO-P|dne Bill
Sent 10 House

WASHINGTON, Jan. % up
The House appropriations COM
mittee today placed before the
House for immediate action a
SD 500 100000 bill 10 PROVE c
$1,000 now military planes. bat
warned that much more money
VIII be needed 10 achieve Prcsl-
dent RooSevelt'S goal of $4,000
new planes in 1912 and 1919
The committee accompanied il.
report on the huge measure the
largest single war spending bill IN
history with publication of teSti-
mony by Lieut.. Cen. Henry-H
Arnold that American air forces
defending the Burma road II
China have lost only three planes
and three men since December Z
while shooting down 90 10 10C
japanese planes
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FUNDS FOR 100000

The war department already is
working on further supplemental
requests 10 carry cat Mr. -Reese.
vcIrS objective Of $4,000. planes
this year and $4,000 in 1913, the
committee reported.
The $4,000 aircraft contemplated
under The bill would bring the total
number of planes appropriated for
since the start of World War ii
TO about 100000, including those
financed from lend-leaSe funds.
Arnold told the committee that
American planes are outfighting
AXIS planes on the Russian. Afri-
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which the workers are members,
also urging them to call off the
strike.
VOTE To DELAY STRIKE
BY vote Of 1920 TO 2lS, the
CITY workers voted to withhold
action until a new strike vote Is
takcn-this time by mail ballots
Of city employes-and results OF
the vote are announced al another
meeting. Ballots are to be clrcu-
lated within a week.
The membership instructed It's
leaders 10 continue their confer
enceS with Mayor JefrieS and a
meeting was held today among the
mayor. Arthur Stringari. militant
leader Of Local II. and 10 leaders
Of affiliated locals.
STRINGARI FLARES
The conference was Of short
duration and was progressing
peaceably until the mayor said:
~ cannot be threatened"
Stringent hared up.
Were not pushing you
around" he SAID. we have
only two requests to make of
YOU. First. TO set a time for
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ENJOY HEALIHFIL DANCING
- Charming HosteSSes Furnished
Hollywood-Woodward at Willis.
For Private Lessons-TE. 2-8972.
Adv
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
MURRAY ACCEPTS

Murray was said by &C
officials TO have advised Mr.
Roosevelt Of his acceptance, al
though formal announcement may
he withheld until after the GiC
executive board meets tomorrow
IN New York
Green Likewise advised Mr.
Roosevelt that the AFL would co.
operate in the plan Green anc
George Meany. AFL secretary
treasurer. made an unannounceC
call at the White House late yes
terday.
Labor officials said Mr. Roose
Welt probably viii announce terms
Of the agreement in day or two
However he made no mention 81
~ at his press conference tins
morning
II i understood that the AFT.
Go committee will work witt
Mr.. Roosevelt toward formulating
agreements 10 prevent jurlSdic
iional disputes for duration Of the
war. Mr. Roosevelt would, in ef
feet. be seventh member OF the
committee
The Presidents plan which ap
parently stymIed Lewis CIO-AFi
Accomplishment proposal. was salC
TO stem from his belief that any
merger of tho two rival labor or
carnations Al thiS time woulC
create too much lntra-labor poll
ties a. various factions jockcyeC
for top positions in unified or
ganlZation
Lewis, meantime. was reported
in labor circles TO be "abou
ready" 10 lead his 100000 UNIV
members out Of the Go possibly
because his peace plan was re
ieCted
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Who Is Stringari2
See Page 4

which the workers are members.
also urging them to call off the
strike.
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TODAY-!n The Times

BUY a Bonl.
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STRINGARI ELNRES

The conference was Of short
duration and was progressing
peaceably until the mayor said:
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-01-30
NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER
 FOR SALE

Sealed bids will be received by the Regional Forester. Juneau, Al- aska, up to and including February 9, 1942, for all the live timber marked or designated for cutting. and all merchantable dead timber located on an area embracing about 30 acres located on the Southeast shore Of Zarembo Island and approx imately midway between Point Nes- bitt and Round Point, Latitude 56 degrees 15 minutes. Longitude I33 degrees 46 minutes, Tongass Nation al Forest, Alaska, estimated to be 81,200 linear feet Hemlock saw tim Der. No bid of less than 1c for pil- ing up to and including 95 foot lengths, l 15e for piling over 95 foot lengths, $1.50 per M for Spruce saw timber. $1.00 per N for Hemlock saw timber, will be considered. 5000 must be deposited with each bid, to be applied on the purchase price, refunded. or retained in part as Ii,
 quidated damages. according to con- ditions of sale. The right to reject any and all bids reserved. Before
 bids are submitted, full information
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UNIVERSITY GIVES
 INFORMATION FOR
 VICTORY GARDENS

With Alaskans pointing toward Victory gardens this spring. the University of Alaska has compiled the following list of vegetables which it recommends for Alaska gardens:
 Cabbage. Early variety--Golden Acre, Jersey Wakefield. Medium early--Copenhagen Market Late Danish Roundhead.
 Beets: Detroit Red.
 Caulflower: Snowfall.
 Parsnips. Yellow Crowned
 Brussel Sprouts: Long Irish Im- proved.
 Turnips: Purple Top, Bortfelt.
 Carrots: Chantenay, Danvers Half Long.
 Onions: sets--YeIlow. Seeds White Queen.
 Kohlrabi: Early White Vienna.
 Peas: Tau--Telephone. Medium TaIl--Gradus Dwarf--Laxton's Car ter's Six Weeks.
 Celery: Golden Plume. Utah
 Swiss Chard: Lucullus.
 hdQlSleS. tTeQgu BIeahAdSlH Q Sparkler, White Ieicle.
 Parsley: Curled Dwarf
 Broccoli. Calabrese.
 Vegetable Marrow: Bush Black Zuccini.
 Potatoes: Early--Irish Cobbler. Bliss Triumph. Medium early--Amer- ican Wonder. Swiss.
 Tomatoes: Bison Careful atten- tion is required 10 ripen tomatoes in the garden)
 String Beans. Bountiful, Golden Wax. (Under favorable conditions string beans will usually reach the canning stage
 Rutabagas: Purple Top.
 Spinach King of Denmark, New Zealand.
 Lettuce: Head--New York, Ice berg. Leaf--Grand Repids
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PASSENGER CARGO.
 TANK VESSELS MUST
 CARRY LIFE, RE

All passenger, cargo and tank yes sels sailing over ocean and coast wise routes are now required to carry life rafts to accommodate all persons on board in addition to the regularly installed nfeboats. accord ing to Capt. John M. Clark and Chief John Newmarket, steamboat inspectors with headquarters in Ju- neau. On small vessels no greater number of life rafts are required than are necessary to accommodate all persons on board. Life rafts shall be provided as soon as possible. and pending provisions of rafts yes sels concerned shall immediately be furnished ample floating equipment, improYised if necessary.
 All masters are hereby advised that while at sea they shall require all hands to wear life preseryers or have them immediately at hand.
 For any additional information or explanations contact the U. S. Lo- cal Inspectors. Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, Juneau.
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Auto Use Tax
 Stamps Now
 At POstOffiCe

Effective Sunday. February 1 your automobile must bear a Fed eral Motor Vehicle Use Stamp 1T the lower right hand corner of tn, windshield. The stamps can be ob tained at the Post Office at a eosf of $2.09 and will be good until Jun, 30. After that date they will be good for one year and will be S each.
 Postmaster 3. r. Grant announced this week that the stamps had ar. rived at the Post Office and are now on sale. Motor vehicle" means all of those used chiefly for highway transportation, including automo. piles, trucks, motorcycles. and the term use" means operation on the public highways. according to Inter nal Revenue Commissioner Guy T. HelYering. who has issued the fol- lowing statement relative to the tax:
 The first stamp to be purchased by owners Of motor vehicles will cover the period from February l to June 30, 1942. and will cost but S2.09 because of the fact that only a fractional part of the fiscal year is involved" said the statement. However, during the month of June, I942, owners of motor vehicles must purchase stamps valued at $5 to evidence the payment of the tax for the entire fiscal year beginning July l, 1942, and ending June 30, 1s43. Stamps of appropriate denom- nations have been provided to evil denee the payment Of the use" tax on vehicles purchased and first put into use on the highways during months subsequent to February, 1942.
 Commissioner Helvering stated that the use" tax affects more in diYiduals than all other classes of Federal taxes combined. The pay ment of this tax will give to each motor vehicle owner a conscious ness that he is contributing to the defense of his country in a time of emergency. The display of these stamps on automobiles, trucks, etc, will be evidence that the owners have met this tax obligation.
 The various post offices will sell the stamps over the counter for cash only and no mail order business with respect thereto will be con- dueted by the post office. Collectors of Internal Revenue are authorized to accept cash, post office money or- ders and certified checks in payment Of the use tax stamps.
 Use taxes also go into effect Feb ruary l for all motorboats, The tax is $5 annually for boats of 16 feet
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REMEMBER - Firemen's masquer- ade Ball February 21.
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SOUGHT BY SON

Inquiries have been received by the office of the Governor. Juneau, Alaska. regarding the following per son, supposed to be in Alaska.
 WELLESLEY, Carl-Last heard from in 1902 when he was in the Klondike with his friends Charlie and Peter Wellesley and Walter Tuckes. Any information as to the
 whereabouts of either Carl Wellis- ley. or of any one of his three com panions above mentioned. would be very much appreciated by his son, Arthur Wellesley of Rhodes. Michi- gan
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RICHARD sURATT.
 U. s. Commissioner. First publication. Jan. g, 1922. Last publication, Jan. 30, 1922.
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CEASED

CEASED. 4 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned was duly appointed administratrix with will annexed of the estate Of Donald Sinclair. de- ceased, on January 26. 1942, and that letters of administration ". W. A. were issued on that date.
 All persons having claims against the said estate of Donald Sinclair. deceased; are hereby required to present them to the undersigned, at the City Store. Wrangell, Alaska. within six months from the date of publication hereof
 Elizabeth Sinclair
 Administratrix with Win
 Annexed of the Estate of
 Donald Sinclair. deceased. First Publication January 30, 1922 Last Publication February 20. 1922
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and ranges upward for bigger boats Postmaster Grant said he had not yet received the boat stamps but ex- poets to get them on the next boat from the south.
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concerning the timber. the conditions of sale. and the submission of bids should be obtained from the Division Superior. at Petersburg. or Regional Forester. at Juneau. Alaska First Publication, Jan. g, 1942. Last Publication. January 30. 1942. IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
 THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
 WRANGELL PRECINCT, FIRST DIVISION.
 Notice To Creditors And Heirs
 laE MATTER OF THE ES- TATE OF OLIVER FORESTER. DECEASED. Sometimes known as DUFFY.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the above entitled estate of Oliver Forester, Sometimes known as DUFFY) deceased. will be admins tered by the undersigned United States Commissioner for Wrangell Precinct, First Division of Alaska. as provided in Sec. 450l C. l.. A. 1883. Persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to resent them, with the necessary vouchers, to the undersigned. at his office in the Federal Building. Wrangell. Alaska. within sixty l60l days from publication hereof
 Persons claiming 10 be heirs of said decedent. are admonished to present proof of heirship within sixty (60) days from publication hereof.
 Dated, Wrangell. Alaska. January 5. 1942.
 RICHARD SURATT.
 U. S. Commissioner. First publication. Jan. g, 1922. Last publication. Jan. 30, 1922.
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JEFFREYS N TOWN

Mir. and Mrs. J. s. Jeffreys, we'll known Alaska sales people arrived in Wrangell during the week and are calling on trade.
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MRS. KEENEY SnuTH

Mrs. Oryille, and small daughter, Patty sailed this week for the south were she will visit her people in Aberdeen, Wash.
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REMEMBER - Firemens masquer- ade Ball February 21.