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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
New Hearing, Steamship
Rate Case, Is Now Sci for
February ;; Order Issued

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. = The
Maritime Commission has ordered
new hearings on the question OF
steamship rates between Washing
ton State and Alaska ports to start
in Washington February 3 but that
the emergency surcharge on freights
and passenger rates will continue in
effect pending the outcome of the
investigation.
The Maritime Commissions order
directed the three companies involv-
ed to file by February 2 balance
sheets of income and accounts of
operating revenues for the year that
ended December 81 and also directed
statements regarding the cargo and
passenger trade during the last year
Gov Ernest Gruening testified be-
fore the commission at the hearing
Friday that since the establishment
of the surcharge on January 6, many
Alaskans had told him they intend
ed to leave for the States because OF
increased living costs.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
HOUSE GETS
STAGGERING
NAVY BILL
Appropriation, Largest in
History, Expected TO
Pass Quickly

WASHINGTON, Jan. ~ - Con-
gress today received the $17,722 ,0OO,-
600 Appropriations Bill, the largest
in the nations history, to finance
the Nays war objective of attain
ing unquest:oned supremacy above,
below and on the seas through a
gigantic ship and plane building
program.
In sending the huge proposed
outlay to the House for debate,
the Appropriations Committee dealt
in the superlatives, "stupendous
and staggering" to describe its
aims but expressed full confidence
that the aims will be accomplished
with unbelievable dispatch"
The bill was accompanied by a
3l6-page transcript of testimony be-
fore the committee in which Sec
rotary of the Navy Frank Knox
and high ranking Navy officers
disclosed their conviction that 1912
will prove a critical year in the
battle for victory.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
PEARL HARB0R
REPORT CAUSES
RARE BITTERNESS
Demands Made for Expul
sion Of 'Ineompefents
Also Courtmdrtidls

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26-Angry
demands came to Congress MEM
bers today for expulsion of in
competents" holding responsible po-
sitions in the Army and Navy and
courtmartial to mete out punish
ment to those responsible for the
Pearl Harbor debacle.
A furore of rare bitterness on
both sides of Capitol Hill followed
the weekend report of the Presi-
Dental investigating commission
blaming non-cooperation and der
ELECTION of DUTY" of the Hawaii area
commanders of the Army and Navy
for success of the japanese sneak
attack
Senators and Representatives as
serted that the Commissions con-
clusions pointed to the pressing
need of Super Command over
operations of both armed services
of this nation.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26

UNITS ARE
ON RETREAT
Driven Back Still Further
on Libyd Front by
RommeI's Forces

CAIRO, Jan. 26 The British
headquarters acknowledged today
the Imperial forces have been
driven still farther back in Libya
by Axis forces under Gen. Rommel.
Gen. Ronimel is counter attack
ing armored columns ard the Axis
forces apparently aiming at by
pass on Bengasi as the major come
back against Great Brit.,ins Eighth
Army.
The center of the new desert
battle is placed by the communicate
northeast Of Zouietmsus While h
means that Rommel has advanced
more than 40 miles from the Ag-
edabia Antelat Sauna triangle
where big tank battle waged dur
ing the weekend.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
u. 5. Dutch Sea and Air
Forces Engage Nippon
Invasion Armada
FOUR DAY RUNNING
FIGHT VICTORIOUS
Enemy Graft Bombed, Tor
pedoed in Engagement
in Mdcassar Strait
tBY ASSOCIATED PRESS

The United States and Dutch
sea and air forces, locked in q
great running battle with the jap
anese invasion armada in the
straits of Macassar, have already
sunk or damaged at least 81 trans
ports and warships in four days
of fighting and may have shat
tered the Japanese attempt to in
wade Java, the heart of the Unit
ed Nations defense in the south
west Pacific.
The next few days will tell of
what strength, If any, the Japa-
nese armada will be able to ne
gotiate on the narrow shortcut Of
the inner arc of the Netherlands
East Indies.
The japanese, however, won at
least one foothold in this sea road
to Java, the Dutch oil port of Ba-
lik Papan on the strait side Of
the island of Borneo.
Shoot at High Stakes
The size of the invasion fleet In
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
RUSSIANS
M0pINGUp
ON NAILS
Take Advantage Of Coolest
Weather in Decades
Hitler in Flight
(By Associated Press

The winter toughened Russian
soldiers, taking full advantage of
the coolest weather in recent de-
cades. are reported hopping up vast
areas on the long Russian
front after virtually wiping out Hit
ler's winter line.
Hitler Flees
A broadcast report from Stock
holm picked up by the British radio
said Hitler himself had fled west
ward from his personal headquarters
at Smolensk. now endangered by
the Russian attacks.
Cleanup Operations
Dispatches from Moscow report
cleanup operations are in full swing
in the area from Smolensk to $50
miles west to Orel Kursk.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
AXIS RAIDER
GETS VESSEL,
EAST COAST
Torpedoes Ore Carrier Off
NorfoIk-22 Members
Of Crew Missing


NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 26 An
Axis undersea raider attacked the
American ore carrier Venore off
the North Carolina coast late last
Friday and % members Of the crew
are unaccounted for. the Fifth
Naval District announces.
Twenty-one members Of the crew
were brought ashore last night and
landed here.
The ship was owned by the Ore
Steamship Company and was hit
twice by torpedoes last Friday
night and sank in the Atlantic
Saturday morning, the Fifth Naval
District said.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
ENEMY SUB
SINKS SHIP,
N. J. COAST
Makes Pre-dawn Attack
Only IS Miles from
Shore-Crew Saved

SEA ISLE CITY. New Jersey. Jan
26-Striking without any warning.
an enemy submarine sunk the Nor
wegian tanker Varager in pre-
dawn attack only IS miles off the
Atlantic coast Sunday but the crew
of AZ members were saved
Three torpedoes rammed the $500
ton motorship within IL minutes.
The attack was one Of the closest
to the United States Atlantic coast
but for the first time since this
nation entered the war, no lives
were lost in the Atlantic waters.
The explosions of the torpedoes
shook houses in several south New
Jersey communities including At
lantic CITY,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26

Observation-Disclosures Angus
tus Lindbergh will remember for a
long time his talk with Secretary
of War Henry Stimson on the
question of re-entering the Army.
It was that kind of interview.
When the America First cham
pion wrote to Lt.-Gen. Hap" Ar
mold, Army air chief, offering his
services to the Army, he was very
hopeful of regaining the colonelcy
he had angrily discarded in the
heat of his isolationist crusade. He
wrote this letter, instead of for
mally applying for reinstatement
of his commission, on the advice
of certain friendsl some of them
in the Air Corps.
They counselled Lindbergh that
he first feel out his prospects be-
fore going on record as asking for
a commission.
The reason for this advice was
that they had good reason to be-
lieye that the Army did not care
to re-commission Lindbergh in the
Air Corps.
That was why no formal appn-
cation was ever received from him.
also why he did not discuss the
matter of a commission in his IN
terview with Secretary Stimson.
Lndbergh was expressly cautioned
not to mention the subject.
The talk took place in Stimsons
office, where the balding flier, hat
in hand, sat across the desk from
the veteran cabinet member, who
has grown white in the unstinting
service of his country. Stimson
opened the conversation.
For fifteen minutes. in precise,
cutting words. he outlined his con-
cept of Americanism.
Stimson never mentioned Lind
bergh. When he finished, the flier
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
American
Forces in
N. ireland
First Units 10 Land in Brit.
ish Isles Since War
Started, Reported

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 - The
arrival of American Army forces IN
Northern Ireland is announced to-
day by Secretary of War Henry l..
StimSon.
Major General Russell Hartle is
in command but the size OF the
force and other details is with
held.
This is the first to reach the
British Isles SINCE the war started
aside from groups of technicians
and staff officers, War Department
official indicated.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
Death Penalty DeGeed
For Trivial 0ffenseS in
Philippines by Japanese

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-It is re-
vealed that a confidential report
received from Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur by the War Department dis
closes that japanese Lieutenant
General Mashaharu Homma in the
Philippines has decreed the death
penalty for numerous trivial Of
lenses not only in rebellion, but for
the tearing down Of military no.
tees. concealing fuel and clothing
to avoid confiscation and for de-
clining to accept worthless shin
platter currency of the invaders.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
FOUR AXIS
CRAFT ARE
T0RpED0ED
British Submarines Send
Down 7 Tdnkers, Trans
port, Salvage Ship

LONDON, JAN 26-Four more
Axis ships nave been sunk in the
Mediterranean by British submar-
ines the Admiralty announced to-
day.
The British Communique an
nounced the ships sent down were
two large July laden tankers, one
medium sized transport and the
Italian salvage ship Rampino.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
UNIDENTIFIED
CRAFT APPEAR
OVER SO. CALF
All BrOddedsfing Stations
Are Si|enled for Nearly
Four Hours Today

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. JAN 26.
Southern California radio stations
were silenced for nearly four hours
while unidentified planes cruised
over the area.
The alert warning was given and
all stations were called off the air
at GAS O'Clock this mcrning when
the planes were frs heard APP
preaching the Los Angeles and Long
Beach area.
Radio station broadcasters did not
return to the air until 1920 o'clock
after unidentified craft left the area
and the Interceptor Command gave
the all clear signal.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
DIR. AND MRS. ANDERSON
STOP HERE SOUTHBOUND

DR.. and Mrs d. v. Anderson, Of
Nome, are spending week in Ju-
neau on their way south from the
Seward Peninsula community. DR..
Anderson, who has practiced medi-
cine in Nome for. the last six
months, is leaving the city PEI
manently.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
Mrs. NIX. Cauihorne
To Leave on Trip

Mrs Mary Keith Cauthorne, Adj
visory Public Health Nurse for the
Territorial Department of Health
will leave this week for trip to
towns of Southeast Alaska. includ-
ing Petersburg, Ketchikan and
Wrangell. She expects to be away
for about two weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
Nomination Of
Knudsen Given
Committee OK.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. = The
Senate Military Affairs Subcommit-
tee has approved of the Presidents
nomination of William S. Knudsen
to be Lieutenant General and in
charge of production for the Army
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
WAGE BOOST
DEMANDED BY
C.I. 0. BOARD

NEW YORK, Jan. 25-The CLIO.
Executive Board today adopted a
resolution recommending the de-
mand by affiliated CLIO, unions in
current wage negotiations for sub
stantial wage increases"
The board decided that higher
wages shoul doffset increases in
the cost of living and higher taxes.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
MANY JAP SHIPS SENT DOWN IN BATTLE
Navy, Army Commands
Blamed for DereIidi0n
0fDuty al Pearl Harbor

suit and confer with one another
about warnings that appropriate
measures of defense were required
by the imminence of hostilities.'
Showed Lack of Interest
The report further said that the
attitude of each commander
showed that he had not required
to inform himself and also he had
showed lack of interest in meas
ures to be undertaken by the other
to carry out responsibility assigned
to each other under provisions CT
plans then in effect and to have
been demonstrated"
The report said that ION the part
of each there was a lack of appre-
citation of responsibilities vested in
them and inherent in their posi-
TONS"
Warning Was Given
The. special commission noted in
the report that on November 81.
ten days before the Japanese sur
prise attack, the Chief of the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
LIEUT. GEORGE A. LINGO
HERE FROM SITKA SATURDAY

Lieut.. George A. Lingo was in Ju-
neau over the weekend from the
Naval Air Station in Sitka where he
is stationed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26
British Capture
Big Italian Ship

LONDON, Jan. 26.-The British
Admiralty announces that warships
intercepted and captured the g.
O0O-ton italian ship Daosta.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26

Few industrial processes have ex-
perienced a more rapid growth
than rayon fiber manufacturing.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26

BUY DEFENSE BONDS
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26

Continued on Page Three,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-26

BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
Evening star., 1942-08-28
BY JOHN A. MOROSO, Sd,
Press War Correspondent

WITH THE ATLANTIC FLEET,
Aug. 20 Delayed 1T takes tough
men with brave hearts to man the
Coast Guard ships operating in the
iceberg laden waters of the North
Atlantic.
One Of the toughest OF them all
Is the skipper of the Coast Guard
cutter I have been sailing on
Comdr. Harley Evans Grogan, Al, a
salty seaman from a family long
identified with the ocean and with
war.
For years before the war, the Coast
Guard sailed in these waters-be-
yond the Arctic Circle, to Greenland,
to Hudson Bay-long voyages on
iceberg and weather patrols
voyages fit to try the patience Of
any man who likes civilization and
its comforts.
With the war the danger doubled,
for submarines became an added
menace and there were slow, broken
down freighters to convoy.
Comdr. Grogan was born in Wash
ington and his father, H. H. Grogan
is a technical aide with the Coast
Guard there, After living in Wood
bury. N. j., and Washington, the
son went to the Coast sGuard
Academy graduating in 1922. sssl-.et
His work has taken him through
heroic rescues, hurricanes, snow
storms and the risky job of dodging
bergs in thick fog He has served
up and down the East and West
coasts, in Cuba, Alaska, Hawaii, the
Evening star., 1942-08-28
Young Would Put
Surplus Defense
Funds in Bonds
Civilian defense committees with

Civilian defense committees with
surplus funds should invest in war
bonds, where the money can be held
In reserve against, future develop
ments," Co-ordinator John Russell
Young said today.
He said he made the recon-
mendation in response to frequent
inquiries on the proper disposal
of surplus funds. He advised pur-
chasing war bonds where the funds
were not required for use in the
immediate future
Commissioner Young did not an
nounce how many civilian defense
committees had been able to raise
enough to worry about surpluses,
although previously many areas
have complained that they could
not equip their areas because of
lack OF funds.
One civilian defense committee,
caring for the east central area,
announced today 1t had raised only
per cent of its goal OF $4,000
after conducting a campaign since
May !.
A report Of the fund raising
campaign will be given residents
Of the area at q mass meeting at
Dunbar High School at 8 pm
Monday.
Commissioner Young also an
nounced he had confirmed the ap-
pointment Of three men as assistant
chief air raid wardens. They are
Thurston N. Barlow, Sylvan King
and Rufus Lusk.
Evening star., 1942-08-28
William McGrath, Jr.,
10 Be Buried Tomorrow

Funeral services for William H
McGrath, jr., II, who was tackle on
the Central High School football
team, will be held at 10 am. tomor-
row in Chambers Funeral Home
SIS 1lth street, Sc. McGrath, the
son of Capt. and Mrs. William H
McGrath of Seat Pleasant, Md
drowned Monday in Chesapeake
Bay. His body was recovered We'd
nesday night.
Members Of the Central football
squad will act as pallbearers and
burial will be in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Besides his parents, McGrath is
survived by brother, Paul L. Nc
Grath. and sister. Mrs. Jean Hart
ley. Capt. McGrath is now overseas
with the United States Army.
Evening star., 1942-08-28
Senate Hearing Slated
Soon on u. 5. Worker
Overtime Pay Bills
One Of Two Measures
Receives Support Of
Civil Service Commission

Senator Mead, Democrat, of New
York announced last night he will
arrange to start hearings soon after
Labor Day on proposed legislation
to pay per annum employees Of the
Government for overtime work.
He made the announcement after
receiving a report from the Civil
Service Commission on two pending
bills on the subject. One bill pro-
vides for such overtime compensa-
ton, or 10 per cent raise for en-
ployes not eligible for overtime, but
not to exceed $500 a year. The sec
ond bill follows the same general
lines, together with separate pay
increase provisions for certain field
employees in the postal service.
The Civil Service Commission IA
vored the first bill. Its report was
not unexpected, since the commits
sion originally proposed the over
time method of adjusting Govern
ment pay levels at this time.
"The Civil Service Commission
proposed that legislation be enacted
to bring about a greater degree OF
uniformity and equity in compensa-
ton for per annum employees of the
Government for overtime work." the
report stated.
The House Civil Service Commit
tee held it's hearings earlier in the
summer on the overtime proposal,
but postponed action until the cur
rent period of informal three-day
congressional recesses is over about
September Is.
The holding Of Senate hearings
before the House acts will expedite
final action on the measure.
Evening star., 1942-08-28

household already in the Coast
Guard, Sergeant thought it his duty
to get into the fight.
The Coast Guard, Mrs. Winter
says, is photographing and number
ing rookie" dogs for postwar
Identification so they can, be re-
turned to their owners.
Hasn't Told Daughter.
Mrs. Winter, Is. who operates a
switchboard at the International
Telephone g. Radio Manufacturing
Co., 1919 Connecticut avenue NV,
hadn't told her daughter Sergeant
is leaving for the service up to the
time he was scheduled to be shipped
North by train this morning.
TT will break Patsys heart said
the mother She added: "As
matter Of. fact, it is breaking my
heart, too"
About that name: Sergeant" isn't
exactly appropriate for the Coast
Guard.
= Maybe he'll return as Gunner"
or Admiral"
Evening star., 1942-08-28
Boys Brigade Officers
Receive Commissions

Oficers OF the Boys Brigade Of
Silver Spring, composed OF about so
boys ranging in age from IL to Is,
last night received their commits
sions in ceremonies in front OF the
Silver Spring Armory.
Conducted by Cissel-Saxon Post,
American Legion, the commissions
were awarded by Comdr. Walter
Davis OF the Legion post and Capt.
w. MEG. Harlow of the Silver
Spring Minute Men.
Gordon r. Kindness, II, Mont
gomery Blair High School student,
was commissioned as captain. Others
receiving commissions were First 1t.
Dwight Sapp. Second 1t. Lendell
Eastment and Second 1t. Mitchell
Fletcher.
commissioned officers receiv-
Ing chevrons were First Sergt. Paul
Smith, Corpls. John Colston, Ronald
Kindness, Jackson wager and Bud
Gammie and First Glass Pvts
Charles Marston, Donald Cook and
Frank Van Hoy.
Evening star., 1942-08-28
0DT Group Would Ent
Express Service by
w., N. & A. Buses
Change Is Suggested
To Benefit Federal
Workers at SuitIond

Elimination Of all express bus
service Of the Washington, Marlboro
& Annapolis Motor Lines was seen
today by the Washington Regional
Committee Of Defense Transporta-
ton Administrators as probably
necessary" to assure adequate trans
portation for workers at the new
Federal ofices at Suitland, Md.
The committee recommends dis
continuance as soon as possible" Of
the express service Of the w. M. 81 A.
from Eleventh street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV. through to Suit
land, and use by Census workers
going to the Suitland Offices of
Capital Transit Co. streetcars as far
as Barney Circle on the first leg
of the trip.
Recommendations Filed,
Buses taken of the suburban ex-
press run would be shifted to the Bar
ney Circle -Suitland route to augment
its carrying capacity. These and
other suggestions by the committee
are being filed with the ODT. the
District Public Utilities Commission
(Which today will hold hearing on
free transfers between the Capital
Transit Co. and the w. M. g. A.
the Maryland Public Service Com
mission and the two affected utilities
The program is based on the need
to conserve tires, gas and vehicle,
and the necessity OF furnishing
transportation to some 5000 war
workers at the Suitland Offices. The
committee recommends that the
ODT allocate eight new buses to the
w., M. G A. by early October ano
suggests that when 5000 workers
are assigned to Suitland at least 16
buses and possibly as many as 20
will be needed.
Big Mileage Seen Saved.
In suggesting that it will prob
ably be necessary for the w., M. &
A. to discontinue all of its express
service. including that to Seat
Pleasant, the committee estimated
the result would be saving of 498,-
600 bus miles year.
The committee also recommend,
abolition of the present 2-cent
transfer charge between the trans.
fer company and the W., M. g. A., a
Barney Circle.
Members of the committee art
Milton E. Diehl, for the Virgins
Metropolitan Area; District Tram
Director William A. Van Duzer, Bel
G. Wilkinson, for suburban Mary.
land, and F. W. Lovejoy, executive
secretary, who represents the Public
Roads Administration.
Evening star., 1942-08-28
Registration for Courses
In War Production 0pen

Registration for vocational train
ing courses in two nearby high
schools is open this week, it was an
nounced today.
A new class In bench metal work
which will meet from Z to II pm
Mondays through Fridays at the
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
is now open for registration.
At the Montgomery Blair High
School, Silver Spring, Md, both
men and women may register today
at the school for course In aircraft
sheet metal and bench metal train
ing. The classes will be held be-
tween 1880 am. and $50 pm. Mon
day through Friday.
Both courses are offered through
the Federal Governments program
Of vocational training for war pro-
duction, under the direction Of the
Montgomery County Board Of Edu-
cation. Tuition Is free.
Evening star., 1942-08-28
Advertising Exhibit
Stresses War Effort

Described by Undersecretary
Wayne Chatfield Taylor as "a fit-
ting means of focusing attention on
the truly patriotic part being played
by many business interests In keep
ing the public informed on how to
win the war" an exhibit of in
formative advertising used by Amer
lean industry and business to aid
the war effort was opened by the
Commerce Department today.
The exhibit, set up in the main
lobby of the Commerce Building.
contains posters, car cards and
newspaper and magazine advertis-
ing submitted by nearly 100 ad-
vertising agencies throughout the
country.
The display shows how industry
is using advertising to urge the
American people to increase war
production, purchase War bonds and
stamps, conserve materials. and
foodstuffs, improve national Health
and relations with its employees, pro-
mote salvage campaigns and ex-
plain the mechanics of price con-
troll. --.-..