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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20
Jap transports
are Blasted
Allied Airmen
Losh Enemy
ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS

ALL1LD II Z "A ~ GUAM End
Australia, May 20-(P-Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's a ir m n
were credited today with the
probable destruction of two Jap
anese transports yesterday al
Koepang, Dutch Timor, while
damage from a raid by "a Japa-
nese bombers and Is fighters on
Port Moresby, New Guinea, was
dismissed as insignificant.
The transports received direct
hits in aerial blows against en-
envy shipping in Japanese-occu-
pied Koepang Bay, a communi-
que said.
Although "minor damage to
runways" was the only effect
officially noted from the Japa-
nese assault on Port Moresby,
military observers said the raid
indicated clearly that the aerial
invasion forces based north OF
Australia were by no means
knocked out.
The attack was the heaviest
on any Australian base since the
thrusts against Fort Darwin in
February. Despite heavy Allied
raids upon Lac, New Guinea
and Rabaul, New Britain, the
japanese still are able to replace
losses.
A communique, however, said
Port Moresby interceptors shot
down one heavy bomber, prob
ably destroyed three others and
damaged three of the fighters
One Allied plane was reported
missing.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20

pective soldiers ever called
here will be leaving the club
at 8 am. in chartered buses for
Detroit where all face possible
induction into the u. S. Army.
The men will report at z am.
and leaders Of the farewell par
ty are hopeful that part of the
crowd will be on hand then to
greet them.
BAND TO MARCH
Clare A. Wigell said today
that members of his Mount
Clemens High schpol. band will
meet promptE al Til. in front
Of the high school. The band
will march down Cass to Broad
way and thence to the Club.
Persons 50 desiring may fall in
line behind the band.
Lindsey heartily endorsed the
farewell which is being sponsor
ed by Harry OIlrich post,
American Legion. He urged as
many civilian defense workers
as possible to attend while re-
vealing the auxiliary police will
form at 7:l5 am. in the lot
behind the post office to march
to the USO Club.
e OF c SUPPORT
Early this week the farewell
was endorsed by Ernest Cope
land, president of the Board
of Commerce, by l.. Wade Fast,
superintendent of schools, and
by Mrs. Howard Fenton, regent
of the Alexander Macomb Chap
ter Of Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution.
Copeland urged that at least
one representative from each
Mount Clemens business at
tend, Fast said school students
will turn out and Mrs. Fenton
stated that OAR members are
making cookies and doughnuts
for the selectees.
Late last week the idea was
praised by Mayor Westendorf,
Circuit Judge James E. Spier,
draft board officials and The
Daily Monitor-Leader.
John Bannow, Jr., druggist
and son of Postmaster John c.
See SENDOFF-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20
Maj. Harris Becomes
lieui.-(oIonel
Ex-SeIfridse Man
heods Air School

Maj. Lester S. Harris, COM
mandant of the u. S. Army Air
Corps Training detachment at
Cal-Aero Academy ear Oxnard,
Calf, has been promoted to the
rank of Lieut.. colonel, it became
known here today.
Lieut.. Col. Harris was sta
ton at Selfridse Field until 1888
and is married to the former
Olwen Williams, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. David T. Williams,
8 Washington.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20
Move on Africa?

VICHY, France, May 20 -
(UP)- Reports that Britain
might move against French So
maitland reached Vichy today
as government leaders confer
red on a clash between British
and Vichy air and naval forces
off Algeria, on the Fl ench North
African coast.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20
Massed Battle

MOSCOW, May 20 -(UP)--
Thousands of tanks and hum
dreds of thousands of m e n
fought in an Internal cauldrOn
of destruction before kharkOv
today as the German High Com
mand threw new masses Of ma
chimes and men into battle in a
vain attempt to stop the Rus
sian advance.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20
DamageUnknown

LONDON, May 20 - (P) -
An authoritative source said to-
day the British had no evidence
at present of the extent of dam
age caused to the German cruis-
er Prinz Eugen in the torpedo
plane and bomber attack Sun
day night nor was there infor-
nation about her whereabouts.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20
Japs Held Up

CHUNGKING, May 2O-CUP)
- Chinese demolition squads,
operating over a 350-mile area
on the lower fringcs of Yunnan
Province, have blocked further
Japanese thrusts into southwest
,ern China for the time being By
1ittering the enemy's invasion
route with blasted bridges, dy-
namited railroads and impaSs-
able highways, an official report
disclosed today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20
MoreArmsAsked

MELBOURNE, May 20-(UP)
Australia renewed its de-
mand for more planes, men,
guns and ships today as Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's Allied Air
tFOrce continued its wide recon-
naissance flights i'm search of an
enemy invasion fleet.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20
LeafIet Raid

VICHY, France, May 20 -
CUP)-- British planes dropped
American printed leaflets over
unoccupied France during the
night, containing a promise by
President Roosevelt that all Oc-
cupied French possessions would
be restored after the war.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20

LANSING, May 20 -- (P) -
The State Defense Council
pointed out today the manufac-
ture of "demOnstratOr" incen-
diary bombs by factories, pri-
vate chemists or schools for
training civilian defense work
ers is forbidden by war prOduc-
ton board orders due to scare
ity Of materials.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20
added Power

LONDON, May 20 - PD -
Heinrich Himmler, head Of Ger
many's Gestapo, has taken COM
mand Of Dutch Nazi S torn
Troopers in addition to his con-
tinued control of the German
Storm Troopers and police in
the Netherlands, the Stockholm
newspaper Tidnigen said today
in a dispatch relayed to the
Aneta News Agency.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20

Maj. Paul V. EngstrOm, d.
rector of selective service in
the Detroit area, and Lieut..
III. G. Gram will attend the
gala farewell, Chef Kroner,
chief clerk of Draft Board No.
/, said today.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20
Public to Accord Draftees Rousing Farewell Salute
ate X X X
bulletins
yFire-R Raiders

LONDON, May 20-(P)--One
detachment of fOur-mOtOred
Stirling bombers carried 10000
fire bombs to Mannheim and at
tackled that southwestern Ger
man city last night, air ministry
sources said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20
Rank-and-Fi|e
Citizens 10
Pay Tribute
Buses Leave from
USO Club Thursday
Morning at Eight

Civilian Defense Corps Com
Harold Lindsey today
joined Mayor Donald r. West
endorf and civic and fraternal
leaders in urging that a record
crowd gather at the USO Club
tomorrow morning to wave fare
well to departing draftees.
The largest number of pros
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-20

Importiol Covsross
OF All loeol News
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
REDS STILL
PUSH NAzI
foes BACK
$4,000 More Germans Die
in Northwestern
Front Fight

MOSCOW, March IA special
Russian announcement listed 140O0
Germans killed on the Northwestern
Front in the last Is days, making the
grand total of Nazis officially re-
ported slain between Leningrad and
Moscow within month, 63,7O0.
Meanwhile, London sources re-
ported that the neck of the sack the
Russians are drawing around the
Germans in the Rzhev WANNA area
on the Central Front between MOS
COW and Smolensk is growing stead
lily narrower.
A military commentator said that
an unofficial Stockholm report has
it that the German areaway REIN
forcement or retreat has been cut to
20 miles at the peak. The German
offensive last fall was estimated at
between 100000 and million Ger
mans in the area.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
B. {. CAN /
CON Meet TO
ALASKA ROAD
Works Ministers Says Can
adam Province Lacks
Necessary Funds

VICTORIA, B. c., March IA -
Public Works Minister Bruhn told
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
delegation that the Provincial Gov
crnment lacks funds with which to
build a road which would link the
Provincial road system with the
Alaska highway. He estimated the
cost at approximately s3.000O00.
The Seattle organization had
gone on record as opposing the con-
ytruction of the highway via the
inland route instead of the coast.
because most of the Alaska popula-
Ion is concentrated in the South
asst Alaska section.
Work was begun on the highway
early this week, however. for the
inland route. Reason given was
that it would serve its military pur-
pose of supplying northern airfields.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
Alaska s Governor Wants
Offensive on Japan 10 Be
Launched from Territory
BY FRANK 1. WELLER
Writer for Wide World

WASHINGTON = Maybe all the
Americas are lucky that Ernest
Gruening is Governor of Alaska.
President Roosevelt says Japan
may try to capture Islands and
harbors of the vast, thinly populat-
ed territory as a possible bridge
head against the western hemi-
sphere-but Gruening is determined
to be ready instead for an Amerl-
can attack on Japan.
The 55-year-old New Yorker, who
talks straight out about things, has
Just left Washington for Juneau
after a trip here for assurance that
Alaska will get adequate defense
if not actual offense, bases and
garrisons and a brand new highway
from Seattle up through Canada
to Fairbanks to supply them.
Defense is obsolete" he says,
lets smash hell out of Japan. Of
Tense is the best defense, and what
we need is some fast and furious
American-style war.
Is Triple Threat
alaska is a triple threat to the
Japs, for we can strike north, west
and south. We can put in bomber
bases that would be nearer the en-
envy (due to earth curvature) than
Honolulu or Auckland, New zea-
land We are a near and natural
spearhead Of aid to both Russia
and China
Gruening is a White House po-
litical appointee and does not pre-
sumo to speak for the Army or
Navy high commands. His views
are entirely civilian.
Gruening is a fighter, and per-
sonal friend OF every nation from
the Arctic Circle to the South
Pole. He is devoted to Alaska and
to her future role of military inn
portance to the Pacific Coast.
He is a 1911 Harvard graduate
in medicine, but he chose rather
than practice in the celebrated foot
steps of his father to go to bat as
a newsman on the Boston Ameri-
can. Subsequently he flourishec
as crusading editor of the Boston
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
DEFENDERS
IN INDIES
RESISTING
LARGE Scale Encounters Re.
ported Japanese Re-
ports Are Denied

MELBOURNE, Australia, March
14-Lieut. Gov. Hubertus Van Nook
today said Dutch troops are still
staging large scale fights against
the japanese invaders on the is
lands of Java, Sumatra and Celebes.
Van Nook said this resistance
might continue indefinitely.
I'VE are still in radio contact
with Sumatra and hope to estab-
lish additional communication with
Java" Van Nook said. THE Jap
anese claims of capturing our en-
tire forces are absolutely false. Our
men are fighting in the hills now"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
IS
AIR RAIDED;
FIRES RAGE
Royal Air Force Drops High
Explosives on Rhine
land City

LONDON, March 14.-Royal Air
Force bombers dropped great
weight" of high explosives on the
Rhineland City of Cologne last night
in continuation of the pre-spring
aerial offensive according to an an
nouncement today by the British
Air Ministry.
Many large fires were started in
the center of the city, which Is a
maze of water, highway and rail
lines, 40 miles from the Belgian
border
Four British bombers failed to re-
turn to their bases.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14

WASHINGTON - Plans are
quietly under way for consollda-
ton of the various government war
information agencies into a single
body similar to the British Ministry
of Information.
The agencies to be affected are
the Office of Facts and Figures,
headed by brilliant Librarian OF
Congress Archibald MacLeish; Of
flee of the o-ordinator of Infor-
nation, headed by hard-hitting
Colonel wild Bill" Donovan; the
office of Government Reports,
headed by lackadaisical White
House Secretary Lowell Mellett;
and several branches of the Rock
efeller's Committee on Latin Am
erica.
The press bureaus of the War and
Navy Departments and the War
Production Board will remain in
dependent, but would be required
to work in close cooperation with
the new central information agency.
No name has yet been decided
upon; also the director is still I'M
der discussion.
Most favored for the job is Mac
Leish. who has made strenuous
efforts to eliminate the overlap
ping and cross-purposing OF the
existing patchwork set-up. Under a
recent White House order, all
speeches and other announcements
by cabinet members and war chiefs
must clear first through him.
Very hot after the proposed new
post is Mellett-despite the fact
that his record as Government Re-
ports boss is one of the sourest
in the Administration. Mellett's
method of coping with problem
is to hold long conferences and
then do nothing.
NOTE: Government authorities
are greatly concerned over the re-
vival of facist propaganda in re-
cent weeks. For a while after Pearl
Harbor these elements submerged
but they are again becoming in
creasingly vocal. Among the most
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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
AXIS RUM0R
CIRCULATED
FROM ROME
Claims Queen Mary Has
Been Torpedoed and
Badly Damaged

ROME, March IA. The Italian
radio broadcast today quotes Ar
gentine maritime circles as saying
the British liner Queen Mary was
torpedoed and badly damaged sew
eral days ago shortly after leaving
Rio de Janeiro with 10000 North
American soldiers aboard the vessel
attempting to each the British base
on the Falkland Islands"
WASHINGTON, March 14.-The
Navy Department has no informa-
ton on the report broadcast from
Rome. Axis nations frequently
broadcast calims of this nature in
an attempt to obtain information.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
ROOSEVELT
RITES TO
GOVERNORS
Asks Cooperation in Con-
seryation Of Auto
Rubber

WASHINGTON, March 14-Pres-
ident Roosevelt has written to all
state governors, asking them to aid
in conserving rubber by limiting the
maximum speed of all motor We
hicles to 40 miles an hour, and
issuing regulations requiring as fire.
quent checking of tires as possible
for repair and retreading.
The White House announced that
identical letters had been sent to
all governors and that the ster
constitutes another porta n t
means of Federal-State cooperation
in the war effort"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
DETAILS OF
NAVY BATTLE
MADE PUBLIC
Furious Sea Engagement
Off Java Between Allied
Nations and Japanese

WASHINGTON, March IA - The
Navy Department disclosed today
that the United Nations lost twelve
warships in the furious sea battle
off Java last month.
Against superior enemy sea forces
the United Nations took toll OF
eight Japanese warships.
Losses announced include Dutch,
British, Australian and United
States cruisers and destroyers which
attempted on February % to block
landing on Java of japanese troop
ships and conveys.
The action occurred between Ba-
wean Island and Soerabaja
A thirteenth warship listed as
presumed to be lost is reported
beached.
Allied Losses
The Allies losses were made pub
lie by a joint announcement OF
the British Admiralty and United
States Navy Department in a COM
munique which listed allied losses
as:
Cruisers: U. S. S. Houston: Brit
ish cruiser Exeter; Australian
Perth; Dutch, Java and DeRuyter.
Destroyers; United States, Pope;
British, Electra, Jupiter, Encounter
and Stronghold; Dutch, Electra.
Also listed as lost was the Aus
tralian sloop Yarda.
The British destroyer Evertsen
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
0. 5. LOSES
FIRST TILT
T05TANF0RD
Division Champs Battle for
Coast Championship
Crown

PAIO ALTO, Calf, March "A
Stanford's Southern Division Coast
Conference basketball champions
swamped Oregon State College,
Northern Division winners, Al to 20
last night in the first of the cham
pionship series for the Coast Cham
pionship.
The Indians had four reserves on
the floor when the final gun sound
ed. The teams play again tonight,
the winner of two out of three games
taking the championship.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
DOROTHY FORS' RETURNS
TO TAKE POSITION HERE

Dorothy Fors, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. j. Fors, returned on the
Princess Norah from Seattle where
she has been attending business
college since last July,
Miss Fors. who is graduate OF
the Juneau High School, has ac-
cepted a position in the Governors
office here.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
7 WORKERS
AREINJURED
BY 5ENTRIES
Men, Absent MindendIy
Drive Through Barri-
Cades : Are Shot

SEATTLE, Mar-h a. Sentries
shot two Boeing airplane workers
when they absent mindedly drove
their auto through the barricades
at Plant No. 2 at $3.50 O'Clock this
morning.
Jack Vandelaar, 10, of Woodin-
vile, mechanic. and driver of the
car, was shot in the neck, and
George Smith, 25, laborer, was shot
in the back Of the head.
Neither of the men are in serious
condition.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14

ISLASTLINE
OF Defense
Prime Minister Curtin Says
His Land Between
laps, U. S.

CANBERRA, Australia, March IA.
Prime Minister John Curtin today
warned the United States in broad
cast that Australia is the last
bastion between the west coast OF
America and the Japanese. If Aus
tralia goes, the Americas are wide
open to attack"
Stressing that attack is the best
defense, Curtis asserted Il say to
YOU: saving Australia is saving the
Americas west coast. If you believe
anything to the contrary you are
deluding yourselves.
''The tide OF war flows madly for
you in America. For us in Australia
it is flowing badly. Let me address
you as comrades 1t is to the people
of America I now am speaking"
Curtin also announced that it is
presumed the cruiser Perth and the
sloop Yarra have been lost with 1888
lives. He gave no further par
ticulars.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
Defense Stamps to
Be Bought at Tea

Patriotic in its motif, the Ju-
neau Woman's Club will sponsor a
Defense Stamp Tea on st. Pat
rick's Day, next Tuesday, to be
given in the home of Mrs. Ray
Day during the hours of 2:30 to
$50 O'Clock.
Defense Savings Stamps in rs
cent amounts will DE purchased by
those attending the tea, ACCORDING,
to Mrs. Ruth Noble, chairman.
A st. Patrick's Day decoration
,heme is being planned by mem
bers Of the committee including
Mrs. Raymond Wolfe. Mrs. Ray
Day and Mrs. William Cooper.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
ZERO UNITS
IN ASSAULT,
pT. M0RESBY
Nippon Planes Also in Ae-
tion Along Coast Of
New Guinea Island

SYDNEY, March IA Japanese
zero fighters attacked. Port Nor
esby, New Guinea, with machine
guns today. according to the cor
respondent of the Sydney Herald.
Japanese planes also attacked at
a point 60 miles west along the
coast near Yule Island Mission.
1t Is reported that one member
of the Raj was wounded during
the attack.
The attack is believed another
move toward possible invasion of
Australia.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
PROMINENT MINING MAN
RETURNS TO INTERIOR

Arriving on the Princess Moran
from the south, Gustavus Uotila,
prominent mining man from the
Ophir district, is in Juneau waiting
transportation to the Interior.
Uotila, who is part owner OF sew
eral producing mines in the Ophir
district, has been in the south since
seasonal operations closed down last
fall.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
400 Nippon
Aliens in
Detention
II Car Train Transports
Party from Coast 10
Santa Fe

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March
14-More than 400 japanese aliens
arrived here this afternoon and were
hustled off to detention station at
a CCC camp where they will be
informed.
The aliens were brought here on a
12-car train from San Francisco and
Los Angeles.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
DIVORCE ASKED

Suit has been filed in the United
States District Court by Cathryn
Wilson, who asks legal separation
from her husband, Oren Wilson. on
the grounds of non-support. Both
are Sitka residents.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
COM. TATE, MAYOR CONWAY
AND PARTY RETURN TO
SITKA AFTER SHORT STAY

Commander J. r. Tate, command
ant of the Sitka Naval Air Station,
Mayor J. j. Conway, of Sitka, and
Lieut.. Com. E. C. Renfro, returned
TO Sitka after short stay in Juneau.
1t jig. r. e. Schoettler accom-
panied the party to Sitka for short
visit on business.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
IRVING w. KRAUSE HERE
ON WAY TO ANCHORAGE
TO ENLIST IN u. S. ARMY

Irving W. Krause, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Emil Krause of Juneau, re-
turned home on the Princess Norah
from a months vacation in Cali
fornia and Washington. He will
leave Juneau on the first transpor-
tation for Anchorage where he will
enlist in the United States Army.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
MUTINY OF
NAzI UNITS

LONDON, March 14.-Free French
headquarters here said reports have
been received Of serious mutinies
in the German occupational troops
at Chalon-Sursaone, Dion, and
Cosne in France.
The reports claim that some Ger
man soldiers have shot their Of
ficers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14

1t is a federal offense to re-
move game or fur from one prov
ince into another or out of Can
ada, without authorization from
the province in which the game
was taken.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14

While Mexicos area is roughly
that of Texas, New Mexico, Arr
IONA, California, and Utah COM
bined, its population is so percent
greater than that of those states.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, March IA. - Closing
quotation of American Can today is
So, Anaconda 257s, Bethlehem Steel
SO, Commonwealth and Southern
7/30, Curtiss Wright 7al, Interna-
tional Harvester 45A. Kennecott
31ai, New York Central 8, Northern
Pacific 5a4, United States Steel so.
Pound $4.04
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-14
DOW. JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow,
Jones averages: Industrials, 1864:
rails, 26; utilities, 11.98.
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