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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
JAP ATTACKS
 BURMA CHECKED
British Invasion Drive May Be BrOadened; Counter
 Attacks By Enemy
By DARRELL BERRIGAN United Press stan COrrespondeu


 New Helhi, India. Dee. 26 - (U p - The British Indian Com. mand announced today that its forces in Burma had beaten of two Japanese attempts 10 retake posi | tions in the Chin Hills. well north Of the area where the spearhead of the British drive southward was along the Bay Of Bengal Coast is established.
 (This might indicate that / the British had broadened their drive, and were now pushing east, as well as south.)
 The Japanese counter.attacks were on Thursday British com- munique said. Only the Japanese suffered losses,
 "Patrolling activity in the Arakan District (along the border above Akyab) continued without further incident" the communique said.
 It reported that Royal Air Force fighters yesterday made several low. level attacks on enemy objectives in the Toungoo area Of South Central Burma, and damaged Japanese planes on the ground at Toungoo airdrome. inflicted casualties on personnel, damaged railway trucks on the siding at Kyaukpadaung, and an oil tank at Chauk.
 Other RAF fighters shot up gun posts and buildings at Akyab, machine -gunned locomotives and a train near Monywa and damaged a large river steamer and other craft on the Chindwin river.
 The Japanese counter attacks in the Chin Hills were the first reportd since the British began their drive. The Japanese previously had offer- ed practically no resistance, and in the southwestern part of Burma were believed to have holed up at Akyab.
 Lieutenant General N. M. S. IT, win. Inian-born commander of the eastern army in India, told his command in @ Christmas message that be was preparing the day to set in motion great armies" agains. Burma. We've assured the integ- rity Of India's eastern frontier. and our advanced forces are steadily, if slowly as yet, moving forward in Burma. It's a satisfactory first step.'
 The Japanese raid on Calcutta Christmas Eve was the fourth in a week. and observers had no doubt
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
Minimum Gas Sales Profit Established

Washington, Dec. 26-(UP)- The Office Of Price Administra- ton, moving to protect oil deal- CTS and filling stations, estab- lished . minimum profit 0n gaso- lire sales today and granted an increase in the price of fuel oil.
 A regulation establishing . minimum margin of three cents ' gallon for retail gasoline sales wns extended to the filling sta- tlons. Officials said the order was part of OPAs program to aid small business establishments to withstand the impact of war necessities.
 At the same time, Price Ad- ministrator Leon Henderson au- thorlzed an increase of three- tents cents per gallon in the price of fuel oil delivered to coupon holders In the 90 east and mid- west rationed states.
 The price advance, which be- comes effective Dec. 29, is in- tended to defray added costs to dealers resulting from "emerg- ency contingencies" Henderson said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
BOYS PRESENTS
 ARE UNOPENED

Cambridge, Mass. Dec. 26.-(UP) -Sevea-year-old CaicI.m (Buckyl Harris, Jr., who disappeared two weeks ago after going to Boston to see Santa Claus, was still missing today and his Christmas presents remained unopened.
 His parents and sisters had bought him all the things they knew he wanted, hoping that he might come home by Christmas. but the holiday passed with no clue to his fate.
 The boys sister, Irene, i8, nearly collapsed yesterday while broadcast ing a Christmas radio appeal for aid in finding him.
 "If anyone, anywhere, is holding him against his will-please don't keep him from us any longer" she said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
Imperial Council To Name Successor Some Time Today
GEN. GIRAUD MAY
 SUCCEED DARLAN
Would Be Temporary As. signment; Political Pic.
 ture Remains Unsettled

Washington, December %, - (UP) Appointment of General Henri Giraud as successor to Ad- miral Jean Francois Darlan was be- lieved here today to be planned as a temporary eSpedient, and the queS- ton of who will take over the aSSas- sinated French leaders political power in Africa was Still open.
 Giraud is acceptable to the light ing French organization and to some Of the Vichy-appointed col onial officials who swung to the Allied side with Darlan, But oth- CTS of these latter officials have never proclaimed their allegiance to Giraud, although they apparently did not protest his military leader ship,
 Fighting French headquarters here remained silent on the de- velopments in the confused North African picture since Darlan was killed, But fighting French leaders were expected to protest if any of the Vichy appointees = such as resident Commissioner General August Nogues of Morocco or Gen. eral Pierre BoiSson of French West Africa - bid for the post of high commissioner,
 The only statement from e French source on the situation came from the Dakar radio, heard here by the federal communications commission. by Darlan only e few days before The radio quoted a statement mace he was killed, in which he said;
 Tt is to be hoped that all French men will unite for liberation of France. No one is my enemy who fights against Germany .. whether this unity be achieved under my leadership is unimportant. That this union be achieved immediately Is now essential
 The Dakar radio called the state- inent Q political will" and added;
 That message will be heard; the blood of Admiral Darlan will not have been shed in vain; he will unify ourselves and carry on the war of liberation"
 Some quarters believed this might indicate Q willingness on the part of French colonial officials to arbi- trate differences with the fighting French under Gen. Charles De Gaulle. It might possibly mean, they said. that commission includ- Ing members of both factions would be worked out to exercise political powers in the colonies.
 Giraud. who is known and loved by millions Of Fren:hmen for his neither a De Gaullist nor a Vichyite, unceasing fight against Germany, is But he prefers military command to political control.
 The state department, in accord ance with its policy of treating North African affairs at this stage of operations as largely military matters remained silent on develop ments.
 Tn Congress, the few members re- maining here between sessions ex- pressed regret at Darlan's assassina- tion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
BY c. K. CUNNINGHAM United Press Staff Correspondent

Allied Headquarters, North Africa December %. CUPl Admiral Jean Francois Darlan's murderer Q French citizen whose Italian mother lives in Italy, dies at dawn today before a French Army firing squad, approximately 70 hours after the No. political assassination oS World War No. 2,
 The French Imperial Council oz which Darlan was High ConamS- siorer announced that the assassin had been convicted and sentenced by a court martial of the 10th French military district which met at c D, n. yesterday.
 Today the council meets to name a successor to Darlan.
 Glraud Man of Hour
 General Henri Hcrnore Giraud. Commander in Chief of the French African fighting forces, was the man Of the hour and 1t was ac- cepted that all he had to do to take leadership - in which he umdougt- edly would have the full support of General Charles De Gaulle's fieht- ing French Who considered Darlan a traitor to France - was to say the word.
 But there were str0ng indica- tions that Giraud, soldier with an abhorrence of politics, would elect to retain military leadership with out the complications of other cffice.
 Most prominent among others mentioned for leadership were Gen. eral AuguSte Nogues, Governor Gen. eral of Morocco, one or the earliest North African adherents to the Allied cause, and Governor General Pierre Boisson of French West Africa, the Dagar area. who was a close associate of Darlan.
 Allied authorities ordered Dar- lan's body taken during the night from the government general build ing at Algiers, where it lay in state yesterday, to the Cathedral for a state funeral after which it will be taken, probably this afternoon, to the summer palace to remain until a decision has been made on a final burial place.
 File Past Coffin
 Thousands of Frenchmeu, whose Christmas had been turned into a day of mourning, filed past Darlan'a casket throughout yesterday along with thousands of American and British soldiers.
 The French Imperial Council. whose members including Giraua. assembled at Algiers 5y aarplanD from all over French Africa, held q meeting last night on the succession problem as the court martial condemned Darlan's as- sassin to death.
 In its communique annosincinR the sentence the council said text ually:
 "A court martial of the 18th mil- itary district met today (Friday) at 6 ?. m. to try the assassin of Ad- niral Darlan.
 .''The court martial condemned the assassin to death and the sem tence will be carried out tomorrow 
 The assassin, who was caught in the act, made a complete comics sion. He insisted he acted withoat
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26

Boston. Dec. 2e.-(UPl-Seventy- five WAVES will enter the Navy supply school at Harvard Jan. IS after completing the indoctrination course ct Smith College, Northamp- ton. The young women will Dc gia- toned at Radcliffe College while lin- |6MR immAmnAAmm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
LEARNS HE'S FATHER

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 26.-1UPl Returning for a Christmas day re- union with his wife after an eight month tour of duty in foreign waters, Seaman Rufus Day learned for the first time that he was father ak . t~A.a@~@4kesa 1nEahtaE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
WORLD WAR BABIES

Medford, Mass. Wee. 26.--(UP)-- Howard V. Hennigar. Andover higE school teacher, was World War l baby born on Christmas day 1917. At q hospital here yesterday his wife lenmm aiHlA aD \ son H0Eax4 1k.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
Gen. Giraud's Name Most Frequently Mentioned
 for Post
DARLAN TO HAVE
 STATE FUNERAL
Court Martial Condemned Youth, Who Shot Darlan,
 to Die By Firing Squad

New York, December %. - (UP) - CBS reported to- day in a broadcast from ita North African correspondent that the assassin of Admiral Jean Francois Darlan had been executed by a firing squad this morning. CBS heard the Rome rauio give the same report.
 London, December Be- (UP) - Radio AlgierS said today that the aSscSsin Of Admiral Jean Francois Darlan had been exe- cuted at dawn today by q firing squad.
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WAVES AT HARVARD

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-07
Democracy Wins Philadelphia RecordD

Uruguay has shown that Axis forces have nc monopoly on quick action when the need arises President Alfredo Badonir, stanch friend of the United States has assumed. full personal control his country to prevent Senator Luis Alberto dc Herrera-eading foe of inter American cooperation from maneuvering himself into power a.
 Unlike Axis coups, General Baldomirs action is in accord with the wishes of the people. He had the courage to take step he called unconstitutiona but necessary in order to preserve democracy.
 His action made necessary by strange quirk in Uruguay's Constitution Although the followers of De Herrera represent an estimated one-sxth ot the electorate, the Constitution gave thn half of the members of the Senate and three out of nine places in the Cabinet, s.s ss>
 This gave the pro totalitarian Herreristas power to block many proposals by General Baldcmr for hemisphere cooperation e..
 Uruguay is the smallest of South American re- publics-with a population little more than that of Philadelphia, in size about equal to the State of Missouri. But it is one of the most progressive and one of the most friendly in the United States.
 Last June snt cruiser to Uruguay to back up Baldomir his successful efforts to block at tempted Nazi putsch., s.s.,
 If the Uruguay Nazis now join hands with, the busted Herrerisas should again offer any assist ance needed. -
 We are glad to see our friend have the courage to strike first against totaitarisn forces. -
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-07

or care of the consequences. According to one rep resentative Of the American Red Gross. The Nazis take everything they want whether they need it or not"
 If I talked for a year" she said T could never tell how frightful conditions are in Greece at this time Athens is crowded with wounded men legless and armess and the whole of Greece is being delib- erately starved part of the patterp of the Naz conquest" From the International Red Cross head quarters in Berne Switzerland, come estimates that hundreds are dying daily of starvation in Greece with people reduced to eating grass and weeds in their eliot to find nourishment in land stripped bare by inhuman conquerors. q.
 If is possible to prevent it, through the aid of Turkish medium otherwise, the United Nations must not permit brave little Greece to die of star vation under the heel Of conqueror she offended only in her love of independence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-07
RUMBLINGS IN CANADA

United Nations defeats in the Southwest Pacific have had more intensive effect in Canada, our neighbor to the south and west, than in the United States and England according the apparently &C., curate reports received of late
 Canada is not and never has had dominion unity On the The amount of direct Axis influence there is not strong But the resistance to conscrip tion for overseas duty powerful among the people of Quebec
 The present Government pledged itself against sending draftees to other countries It seeks to be released from that pledge by a national plebisce of all voters
 But it was noted recently that the debate in Ottawa showed that those against conscription are growing bolder They are pointing out that the Australians find themselves with their own country menaced while many of their best troops overseas. New zealanders are in similar plight.
 To this Canadian opponents of a greater war effort abroad add charges that Canadas coasts es- pecaly the west coast, remain ill defended by too few troops, inadequatey equipped. a.
 These reactions natural, suppose. But the debate has reached amentabe state of bitter and factional strife.
 There of many, probably majority of Canadians who realize that Australia would not be defensibe at all except as part of the British Commonwealth, and that defeating the Axis is a great deal more important than the defense of any country #t
 The United States may be able to ease the Canadian situation.
 Let outline clearly policy of worldwide war. Let emphasize that our rapidly expanding military and naval establishments and war produc- tion assure the Canadians that we do not mean to choose between defending this hemisphere and send ing forces abroad
 We mean to do both
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-07

posed to keep an eye on the New York waterfront. among them the special agents of the Treasury. U. S. Customs Intelligence. FBI, Mill tary Intelligence, Harbor Police, the agents of the New York Port Au- thority. and, last of all, Naval In- telligence {s N3
 Formerly the Coast Guard did a fairly good job. but now it has been taken over by the Navy so that Captain Bayless of the Coast Guard is directly under Admiral Adolphus Andrews. Andrews is fa- nous in Washington for his beau tifully- tailored clothes and for hav- ing been aide to Presidents of the United States. He was aide to Teddy Roosevelt. to President Hard ing. escorted Harding on his trag- ic trip to Alaska, aide to Coolidge, and commanded the presidential yacnt May1ioWer.
 But how much he may know about the disagreeable and dirty job of cleaning up waterfront is problematical However. with the Government virtually the only ship per out of New York, all of the information picked up from stool pigeons, the underworld, worried citizens and the newspapers, event. ually finds it's way to Naval Intel ligence.
 Naval Intelligence has an ex- tremely high standard in selecting its men. They have to be college graduates and third or fourth gen. eration Americans-though what a college degre has to do with smell ing out sabotaging wharf rats no one knows. If you enter the of- flee of Naval Intelligence, you will find group of fine looking, alert young men, all of them at desks and typewriters, apparently compil- ing data which could be done by older men or female stenographers.
 Most of them look too fresh out of Harvard or Annapolis to know anything about hanging around a waterfront saloon or dive where the real naval intelligence of the waterfront is picked up
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-07
GEETTING LOW

The Japs evidently are; running little low or the material needed to stuff bombs with. This, wal indicated recently in a grimly humorous dispatch from Brisbane, Australia. .
 It told of how bombs dropped by the Japanes' pilots on New Guinea were found to have con taned Australian beer bottle caps, used razor blades and rusty nails
 That doesn't mean Japan is about to collapse from lack of raw materials
 It does mean Japan is using every last ounce of her material resources
 It means further that the overwhelmingly super or resources of this country won't mean thing unless they are put to work
 High grade scrap iron lying unused in junk yard. won't beat nation that has figured out a way tt use old bottle caps
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-07
SEvfNTY-FlvE
 REPORT. HERE; HIItl
 BL00D TYpING

With seventy five people report ing to have their blood typed at the Department of Health offices in the Territorial Building on the first day the program was put into effect, Health Department officials feel encouraged at, the cooperation of the public in working toward the blood typing of 100 per cent of the residents of this area,
 Blood typing is now done be- tween e:3o and lo:sO o'clock in the morning and between 1 o'clock and ? o'clock in the afternoon at the laboratories of the Territorial Department of Health. Appoint fnents can also be made at other times in special cases, Each in- dividual typed is given card stat ing his blood type which should be carried at all times.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-07
20 YEARS AGO FImr IFir .,,a EMPIRE
MARCH 2. 1922

sfHs. MARCH T. 1922
 Burdette Winn making Evening mining claim Bohemia working according to prominent attorney had returned 
 Dunk Guggenheim interests Kechkan Bradield pulp paper project in which the Guggenhems
 Mrs John ptack had 
 Charles Miller and Mike Pu leased the Alaskan Hotel for three according McCloskey John McCokey and pany, i P. L.. Geme
 William enter general election
 candidate for the Territorial House of Represen aves independent candidate n of the word
 Lieut. King Seattle Juneau to be stationed which D. succeeding Capt B L. Brockway Commander.
 Griffin dog the Interior while probably gold to the coast by dog team than any other
 Weathe EJal,40. ov a4a acloud
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-07
MODERN ETIQUETTE Ss ROBERTA LEE

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-07
MONDAY, MARCH g

Adverse aspects dominate today Difficulties threaten in factories engaged in defense work. Labos leaders may clash with the Gov ernment as well as with heads. oi industries.
 E HEART AND HOME: This is e fortunate day for women who are wage -earners, but members of un- ions vii face trying poblems. Laws that discriminate against women will be widely discussed and the equal rights movement will gain, Special protective legislation. long a boomerang for girl-workers, will interfere with vital defense jobs in which there will be an increased demand for skillful hands. In American homes sewing and knit ting will be speeded as house. wives become experts. .-,.s.~.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Severe storms will cause losses for farm CTS, but tremendous crops are prog nosticated. Spring freshets., will damage certain valley cities, retard- ing factory efficiency. The stars appear to indicate that nature will reflect the cruelty of humanity and add to the death rolls in many countries. Earthquakes and tor. nadoes are forecast. It will be
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-07
HOW ABOUT THE BUDGET?

In one case NaVal. intelligence was informed that workmen, sling ing ,DeGaussin cable around a ship to nullify magnetic mines, were purposely throwing materials into the water, thus losing yards of expensive cable. It was sus- gested to Naval Intelligence, that it. would be easy, to hide a motion picture camera in nearby ware house and, take pictures which would prove deliberate sabotage. Whereupon, naval officers en- gagged in a debate as to whether their budget permitted them to buy a camera. and whether they ought to take the initiative in investi- gating the reported sabotage.
 On another occasion, Gordon Pyke, crack special agent of the Treasury. caught the Spanish lin CT Isla de Teneriffa surreptitiously loading 50, radio sets, 100 drums of lubricating oil and quantity of raw silk-all without export permits. And although the Treasury had ar- ranged to requisition the ship as a penalty, the State Department, all ways friendly to Franco, intervened and let the vessel sail after plead ing Nolo Coritendere and paying a fine.
 Chief move of Naval Intelligence so far is to require office workers along the waterfront, plus ferryboat and tug boat crews, to have cre-- dentials. .Stevedores and longshore- men have been ordered to obtain Identification cards. but there have been delays in enforcing this mea- sure.
 At present there are two police agencies doing a good job on the New York waterfront The. special Treasury agents and U. s. Gus toms Intelligence have made a life work of knowing all the crim- inals and shady characters along the waterfront. ~
 Suggestion to Uncle sam: Why not let Naval Intelligence men stick to data on guns, armour plate, etc, on which they are experts; and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-03-07
JUNIOR MIER5
 GIVEN! :! | CHANCE. ]! '
 SUNDAY EvENT5

Junior skiers will be given a chance for ski prowess tomorrow afternoon when the Junior Champ ionship Race, will be held at the Ski Bowliat l p.m. A fresh pow der snowfall has put the slopes in first class condition for tomorrqw's events. Any junior skier. is quail fled for this race which will be set. on the gradual slopes used for the sandard races.
 The Silver and Gold ski runs will be open immediately after the junior race for. all skiers wishing to attempt the time runs, The tow will be in operation during the. en-. tire day with regular admission prices prevailing.