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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
REDS PUSH
 NAYS BACK
 INADvANCE
Claim Germans Are Now Back 10 Lines of
 Last Winter

MOSCOW, Dec. 18-Red Army shock troops smashed another vil- lage on the vital Rzhev-Vyazma railway line west of Moscow dur ing last nights fighting, beating off German dive bomber attacks and destroying battalion of Ger man infantry.
 Soviet anti-aircraft fire brought down three planes in the battle.
 The news of the engagement fol- lowed reports that the counter attacking Nazis had suffered an- other severe setback west of Rzhev, vital communications base, losing more than company.
 The Reds issued strong de- nial today to Nazi claims that they had trapped Russian force a short distance northeast of Velikie Luki. In their denial, the Russians hinted strongly that Red Army force is moving southward toward Smolensk, which is one of the an chor points on the German line to Russia.
 They placed the Russian advanc- ing columns about 40 miles west and 50 miles south of Toropets where the Nazis had claimed Rus sians were trapped yesterday.
 A Russian official statement de- clared the Nazis have been hurled back as far as in the winter of I941-42."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON Major Robert S. Allen on active duty.)

WASHINGTON. = The nation may face a shortage of manpower, but here is some of the Army and Navy wastage which seems to in dicate that they have manpower to burn.
 Guards are kept on duty, day and night, in front of the dormi- tories in the Harvard Yard, Cam bridge, Mass, to protect the young men now taking courses in naval science. These guards are trained fighting men, equipped with arms supposedly needed at the front. The students inside the dormitories presumably are in no greater dan ger than their predecessors during more than century of Harvard study.
 Parking lots for officers around Army-Navy buildings are guarded by young MP. soldiers. Non-mili- tary departments of the govern nent use older guards, veterans of the last war.
 The fall planting of grass seed around Boiling Field, Air Corps base for the capital, was done by uniformed enlisted men, who thought, when they joined the Ali Corps, they might have some con- nection with airplanes. They were disappointed and disillusioned by this experience.
 At the same air field, trained pharmacist, who has an advanced college degree in science, is being employed as an ambulance driver A taxi driver could do the job just as well.
 Naval yeomen carrying radio messages from one officer to an other inside the Navy Depart ment must wait thirty minutes to an hour, or even more, while each officer reads the message, confers with his associates and acts. The yeoman cannot come back later, he has to wait. Able-bodied and intelligent, sometimes they are able to deliver only three or four mes sages in day.
 The former president of an ord nance plant, now a private in the
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
5. S. AIRMEN IN BIGGEST
 AFRICA RAID
Launch Double Attack on Both Tunis and Bizerfe,
 Held by Germans

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Dec. Is. - United States bombers and fighters, spear heading the growing Allied offensive by air in Tunisia, spread flame and destruction today in the Axis-held ports of Tunis and Bizerte.
 The American pilot sank one ship and shot down five enemy planes, damaging three others.
 According to official dispatches. Maj. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle's air force in North Africa has sent aloft one of the strongest forces yet em- ployed on that front.
 Axis efforts to block the slashing air armada have failed dismally.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
ITALIANS
 HIT OUT
 AT NAzlS
Staue Demonstrations Against Germans in
 Parts of Nation

LONDON, Dec. 18--The Russian News Agency Tass. in a Geneva dispatch, says Italian demonstrators in Naples have smashed windows in the German Consulate and other anti German outbreaks have occur red in various parts of the Italian nation during the past 10 days.
 The Italians are tired of the los ing war" and are most bitter against German domination. It is claimed there is now one German to every 10 Italians in Italy and the Germans are sort of gestapo, hated ex- tremely because of their inhuman practices, duplicity and treachery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
GREAT DEFENSE HIGHWAY TO BE
 PROPOSED NOW
Would Link Alaska Road 10 Inter American High
 way al Mexican Border

WASHINGTON, Dec 18.-Con- struction. after the war, of a de- fense highway circling the coun- try and linking the Alaska High way with the Inter-American high way at the Mexican border, is en- visioned by Representative Butler B. Hare, Democrat of South Caro- lima.
 Hare said he is drafting a bill to introduce at the opening of the next Congress to authorize the Secretary of War to construct Such super road. The cost is not esti- mated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
EIGHTH ARMY CLEANING UP R0NMEL RAYS
British Forces Slash al Re- treating Enemy
 Rearguards

LONDON, Dec. l8.--Vanguards of the British Eighth Army are report ed to be slasting at the retreating Germans more than 100 miles west of Fl Agheila.
 Meanwhile, other heavy units of the British force are staying behind to attempt to wipe out the trapped force of perhaps 10000 of Field Mar shal Erwin Rommels best desert fighters and half of his tanks.
 At the same time, the plight of other Axis troops in French North Africa was serious American air units lashed out at Axis bases in Tunisia in one of the biggest aerial assaults seen there. Also announced was the probable sinking of three more Axis supply ships by British undersea raiders policing the en- emy's Mediterranean supply lines.
 Drive I25 Miles
 As measured by the road winding around the Gulf of Sirte, Gen. Montgomery's Eighth Army prob ably has advanced about l25 miles from the former Nazi line at Ell Agheila. The advance was set at 100 air miles.
 A Cairo communique said that the British forces were fighting the enemy rearguards throughout yes- terday beyond zauta en Nofila, which until recently has been German air base site.
 Further behind the lines, Rommel pulled back his remaining forces and wider grew the gap which sep arates his force The British bit into his fleeing column Wednesday in Wadi Matratin Gulch with flanking sweep across the desert sands. pocketing the forces off.
 Abandon Trapped Men
 Rommel apparently has aband- oned those forces. leaving them to fight their way out if they can rather than to risk any more strength which he is attempting to save by flight.
 Presumably, he is attempting to join the western armies of the Axis in their last stand in Tunisia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
SAYS HITLER I5 FINISHED
 0FFEN5IvELY

CHICAGO, Dec 18-Gen. Wla- dyslaw Sikorski, Premier and Com mander- in- Chief of the Polish gov- ernment in exile, stated "as far as offensive warfare goes, Hitler now is finished. For Hitler to continue the war now means that he must use up all of his materi- als, all of the slaves of conquered countries, all available supplies Then he will have nothing left For the first time he is forced on the defensive"
 Sikorski regarded the American invasion of North Africa. as the turning point of the war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
LAPS STILL
 DIGGING IN
 ON kISk A
Army Bombers and Fight. CTS Bring Report After
 Attack on Kiska
By WILLIAM l.. WORDEN Associated Press
 War Correspondent

HEADQUARTERS OF ALASKA COMMAND. Dec. 17.-Delayed)- Army Air Corps officers revealed today that the latest raids on Kis- ka showed the Japanese still try ing to dig in on the unfriendly island, apparently trying to sup plement their slender food supply with fish.
 Bombers and fighters going over December II, attacked a refloated ship in Kiska harbor again, hitting the vessel which previously had been grounded by American air at tacks on Gertrude Cove. Returning pilots also reported they saw and strafed two Japs apparently try ing to fish from rowboat. They also strafed a few dozen troops visible ashore, apparently working parties.
 Pilots taking part in the attack included fighter fliers 1st Lieut.. Harley s. Tawlks, Everett, Wash, who also figured in the Thanks giving Day raid toward Attu; Lieu tenants Delynn Anderson, of Stearns, Ky; Frederick Moore, 1920 Vail Ave, Charlotte, N.C.; Richard B. Gardner, 330 NE. Will der Ave, Portland, Ore.
 Tue bombers piloted by Capt. c. Dempster, 562 Forty-first St., Oak land, Calf, were Lieutenants Mi chael Peinovich. Kinney, Ariz.; and John P. Nealon, 764 Vermont St., Gary, Ind.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
American Legion And AuxiliaryWiI
 Have Xmas Party

A combined American Legion and Legion Auxiliary Christmas party will be held Monday, December 21, at 8 o'clock in the Odd Fellows Hall, with all Legionnaires and their wives and all Auxiliary mem bers and their husbands, invited to attend.
 Any veterans of World War l who may be in town, and any Spanish-American War veterans and their wives, will be particularly welcome. Entertainment, eats and Santa Claus are scheduled.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
HENDERSON QUIT AS
 0pAlHIEF
Resignation Is Effective as Soon as Successor
 Is Appointed

WASHINGTON, Dec. Is. = Presi- dent Roosevelt has accepted the resignation of Price Administrator Leon Henderson to be effective upon the appointment of an unannounced successor.
 Henderson resigned on the grounds of a "recurrent physical difficulty and rather bad impairment of my eyesight."
 Reports are current that the posi- ton of Price Administrator will go to Senator Prentiss Brown, of Michigan, Democrat, defeated for reelection in November.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
COL. AND MRS. c. F. BAISH
 ARE PARENTS OF GIRL

Col. and Mrs. Charles F. Baish are the parents of baby girl born two weeks ago in Tacoma. Wash, according to word received in Juneau.
 Col Baish, who was formerly stationed in Juneau, is on short leave of absence from his head quarters at ADO, Fort Richard son.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Dec. 18. Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3A, American Can 74k, Anaconda 25is. Bethlehem Steel 56 Commonwealth and South ern 9/3o, Curtiss Wright SIS, Inter national Harvester 59la. Kennecott 28ss, New York Central 10ss, North ern Pacific 7lk, United States Steel 48&
 DOW, JONES AVERAGES
 The following are todays Dow Jones averages: Industrials, 1887 rails, 27.29; utilities. l435.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
RAF L0SES
 f8 B0MBER5
 LAST NIGHT

LONDON, Dec 18-The Royal Air Force bombed targets in north west Germany last night and Is bombers failed to return, it is stat ed authoritatively The Germans reported that they shot down 2l bombers. Low clouds were encoun- tered over objectives and the re- suits of the bombings were not seen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
REGISTRATION
 FOR YOUTHS TO
 CONTINUE HERE

Registration for youths born on or after September l. 1924. but not after October 31, 1924, began at the local Draft Board office in the Kraft Building and the Selective Service Headquarters in the Marine Building this morning at o'clock
 Registration for this group will continue between the hours of 6 am. and pm. through the week ending December 24.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
Navy tissues
 Correction

WASHINGTON, Dec. Is. The Navy Department today issued the following statement.
 Navy Department communique announced that 12 Jap Zero fight CTS were shot down in the vicinity of New Georgia Island on Decem- Der Is. A correction has been re- ceived from the South Pacific an- nouncing that the number downed was three instead of 12'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
COLONEL W. 4. SWIFT E HERE TO INSPECT
 MILITARY ACTIVITIES

Col. w. A. Swift, from the In spector Generals department at ADO headquarters at Fort Rich ardson, arrived in Juneau this week.
 Col. Swift will be in the city for several days inspecting all mili- tary activities in the city. During his stay here he is a guest at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
JAP THRUST5 BEATEN BACK, NEW GUINEA
Kill 20 Nippons, Capture One Along Allied
 Bund Line

SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Dec. IS. = Allied troops in New Guinea beat off local Japanese counter attacks at two points along their line at Buna yesterday.
 The hard working Southwest Pa cific Commands air force helped the ground troops tighen their ring around the enemy's shallow beach, hold. Twenty Japs were killed and one captured in the ounter-thrusts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
Game Commission
 Party Tomorrow

Employees of the Alaska Game Commission will have their annual Christmas party tomorrow evening starting at ' o'clock in Percys Cafe
 After dinner, a program will be carried out by members of the Commission.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
 DISH TOWELS
 ARE WANTED

. Listen women, dish towels . are wanted at the USO and { if you are going to the open . house Sunday afternoon, just . take one along You know you can't get a flour sack for love
 . or money now, and if you
 . have a spare one or anything
 Q that will answer the purpose, (
 . take it to the USO.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
PLANE CRASH SURv vIv0RS
 RECOVERING

FAIRFIELD Utah, Dec. 18.-- There is increased hope for the recovery of both survivors of Tues days Western Airlines plane crash which killed IT.
 Robert V. Mallett, of Springfield, Ark, is reported somewhat improv- ed. He is a clerk with the United States Engineers and has been serv- ing in Ketchikan for the past two years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
Confirm Conviction
 Of Silver Shirt Head

CHICAGO, H., Dec 18 The United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals has affirmed the conviction of William Dudley Pelley, former leader of the Silver Shirts of Am erica, on charge of criminal sedition.
 Pelley was sentenced to 15 years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
MAKES TRIP TO sITKA

James Larsen, wellknown car- penter contractor, returned to Ju- neau this morning after making the round trip on the steamer to Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
RETURNS FROM sITKA

A. Van Mavern. merchandise broker, has returned to his Juneau headouarters from a business trip to Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
T. A. MORGAN RETURNS
 FROM TRIP TO SITKA

T. A. Morgan, President of the Co., lumbia Lumber Company, has re- tu4ned to Juneau by steamer from a business trip to his branch in Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18
BA5kETBALL
 ON TONIGHT

In Douglas tonight, according to, schedule, there will be a basketball game. The Bruins will meet the St. Louis Blues and the Cheechakos go against the Malamutes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18

BUY DEFENSE BONDS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-18

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Evening star., 1942-05-15

destroyer Perry, reported sunk on
Darwin, Australia, in February. A
native of Silver Hill, he attended
the Surrattsville High School and
joined the Navy in 1899. His other
relatives include three sisters, Mrs.
Martha Caputo Of this city; Mrs.
Mary Caputo, Bradbury Heights,
Md, and Mrs. Anna Stanford Of
Kenilworth, and brother, Richard.
Robert Messenger Sprague. 80, 4
native of Madison, Wis, served in
the Navy IA years. He was edu-
Gated in New York and made
hobby of building lamps from old
shell cases. He was trained at
Hampton Roads and held the rank
Of chief matchinist's mate.
His brother, Howard Dayton
Sprague, and mother, Mrs. Grace
Messenger Sprague, live in Purcell
vile, Va.
Landover Boy on Cargo Ship.
Chief Pharmacists Mate Thomas
Wetherell, 36, Of Gaithersburg, Nd,
has been in the Navy for 16 years.
He was at Floyd Bennett Field in
New York before leaving for sea duty
in September. Previous stations in
clude the naval hospitals in the Dis
trict and at Annapolis. His wife
lives in Gaithersburg with their
three children-Betty Jane. s:
Thomas Lorenzo, 3, and Barbara
Anne, IS months.
Roy Willis Lanham, 70. son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Eugene Lanham Of
Landover, Md, was seaman, second
class. He was gunner on a mer-
chant ship sunk en- route to South
America. having enlisted in the Navy
November 10, 1941. He attended the
Bladensburg Elementary School and
Eastern High School in Washington,
where he was cadet. He is the
youngest among four children.
Paul Eugene Phillips, 80, is the
son Of Magistrate and Mrs. George
S. Phillips of Berwyn, Md He was
a storekeeper, first class, aboard the
Aircraft Carrier Langley, sunk near
Java, and then was transferred to
the oil tanker Pecos, which also
was sunk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips have talked
to a companion who saw him, un-
injured. on the Pecos. The oldest of
six children. he attended Hyattsville
High School and then enlisted In
the Navy
Evening star., 1942-05-15

sofa In 1884. He was graduated in
1888. His next of kin is his mother.
Mrs. Rady o. Rogers of IS T street
NE.
1t. Spears also is native of Ten
nessee, and entered the academy
on an appointment at large in 1884,
also graduating in 1888. Although
the son of Rear Admiral Spears.
who is on duty here, 1t. Spears
usual address is Chattanooga, Tenn.
1t. Woodruff, 26, one of those
missing, is the husband of Mrs.
Marjorie D. Woodruff, Navy De-
partment employe, who lives at 3519
Prospect avenue NV. The son of
Capt. j. w. Woodruff, U. S. N, and
Mrs. Woodruff of Long Beach, Calf,
1t. Woodruff was graduated from
the Naval Academy in 1888. He
was born in New York City.
&c. C. Commissioners Son.
1t. Rogers, 26, one of those miss
ing In action, is the son of John l..
Rogers, a commissioner of the In
terstate Commerce Commission. and
Mrs Rogers, who live at As T
street NE. His wife is Mrs. Vir-
ginia B. Rogers, who is at present
in Long Beach, Calf. 1t. Rogers,
a native of Knoxville, Tenn, came
to Washington with his parents
when a small child. He was gradu-
ated from the Naval Academy in
1898.
1t. Gulliver, a native OF Port
land, Me, entered the academy
from Glouchester High School. He
was graduated in 1886 and served
on the D. S. S. Raleigh with the
European squadron during part of
the Spanish civil war.
Two Washington enlisted men
among the group were Elmer Ward
and Robert Thomas Sheldon, both
Evening star., 1942-05-15
Seven Naval Officers
From Washington
Listed as Missing
Two Enlisted Men
Also Unuccounted For;
Some May Be Prisoners

Names prominent in American
naval history are included in the
list of seven officers and two enlisted
men from the District classified by
the Navy today as missing.
Today's list covers the claSSif1ca-
ton of those officers and men who
cannot be accounted for, some Of
whom may be prisoners, some Of
whom might have been rescued at
sea and landed at isolated ports.
The missing officers include 1t.
Edwin DENLY, jr., son Of the former
Secretary of the Navy from March
S, 1921. to March 10. 1924; 1t. Roscoe
Franklin Dil,en, whose father. Capt.
Roscoe Dillen, is attached to the
18th Naval District, and 1t. q. g.
William Oscar Spears, son OF Rear
Admiral w. o. Spears. chief Of the
Pan-American Division of the once
Of the Chief Of Naval Operations.
Two Maryland Officers.
The list also includes 1t. John
Francis Fairbanks, jr.; 1t. Robert
Burwell Fulton, I'd; 1t. q. g. Leon
William Rogers and 1t. q. g. John
Ford Woodruff.
The Maryland list Of missing car
ries the names of 1t. Comdr. We'll
ford Charles Blinn and 1t. Joseph
Gulliver, jr., both Of Annapolis.
Enlisted men from nearby Mary
land include Fillmore Ernest Bur-
ton. fireman first class; Roy Will
lis Lanham, seaman (second class !;
Paul Eugene Phillips, storekeeper;
Max Newton Schuler, fireman (sec-
ond class, and Thomas Addison
Wetherell, chief pharmacists mate.
A Purcellville (Va) enlisted man
In the list Is Robert Messenger
Sprague, a chief machinist's mate.
1t. DENLY was born May 81, 1912,
in Detroit, Mich. He attended the
Severn School and Detroit Univer-
sity before entering the Naval
Academy in 1880. At the academy
he was active in dramatics and was
stage manager one term. He was
president of the Trident Society.
literary organization Of the acad-
emy.
He married Miss Elizabeth Bis
sell Lyster of Washington In 1887.
and had made his shore home at
2o29 Connecticut avenue NV. He
served five years on the battleship
Oklahoma and saw duty in Spain
during the early days Of the civil
war in that country.
Native Of Washington
1t. Dillen Is a native OF Wash
ington. He attended the Brent
School In the Philippines before
entering the Naval Academy. He
was graduated from Annapolis in
1885. His wife, Mrs. Roscoe Frank
lin Dillen, jr., lives at 2l26 Con-
necticut avenue.
1t. Fairbanks IS native Of
Springfield, Mass, and attended =
preparatory school In Norfolk be-
fore entering the Naval Academy.
He was graduated with the class
Of 1882. He participated In class
football and wrestling. He was
commander Of the platoon that won
the infantry drill competition one
year. He had served on the q. s.
S. Lexington, various destroyers and
on the U. S. s. Minneapolis. His sis
ter, Mrs. Dora L. Lambert, lives at
6805 Georgia avenue NV.
A native of Burlington. VT, 1t.
Fulton had attended Central High
School in Washington before go
ing to the Naval Academy. His
father, w. L. Fulton, lives at $50
Thirty-third street NV.
Son Of Rear Admiral.
1t Rogers was born in Tennes-
see on August 8, 1915, and entered
the Naval Academy from Mime
Evening star., 1942-05-15

OF specioI importance is the Chos.
Schwartz 6 Son CERTIFIED PER-
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Evening star., 1942-05-15

was graduated from the Hyattsville
High School. He has been in the
Navy az years.
Max Newton Schuler, 21, a Navy
fireman, is the son Of Gustav M.
Schuler, a Washington Navy Yard
employe. who lives in Silver Hill,
Nd. Fireman Schuler was on the
Evening star., 1942-05-15

seamen, first class, but relatives Of
neither could be located
Seaman Sheldon's next of kin was
listed as Willard G. Sheldon, an
Army man, whose address was
given as the War Department.
Seaman Ward was at one time a
charge of the Board OF Public We'll
fare, whose records show he last
lived with a brother, Alfred Ward,
Hillside, Md. Seaman Ward was
Evening star., 1942-05-15
HyattSyilje YOuth Listed.
Hor now and forever

reeolIy expressive. significant
symbols Of your oourtship and
marriage. The CERTIFIED PER-
Feet DIAMOND becomes the
guiding factor of continued hop
piness. Remembronces Of the
post and devotion for the future
sealed in everlasting tenderness.
Evening star., 1942-05-15

born here January 18, 1922, the son
of Effice CLANCY and Burton M
Ward.
Hyattsville Youth Listed.
Fillmore Ernest Burton. %, of Hy-
attsville, among those missing, was
on the U. S. S. Houston which was
lost in the battle for Java A fire
man first class, he is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Burton, 5508
Forty-third street in Hyattsville
He was born in Washington and
The Valley settler., 1942-06-12

Mrs. c. E. Albrecht
spent last weekend in An
chorage with her husband,
Major A1brecht Of the Army
Medical Corps.
Miss Dorothy Buchanan Of
the General office visited
in Anchorage over the week.
end.
Miss Terrie Hitler is
spending part of her vaca-
ton in Anchorage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry DeLand
IRE parent of daughter
born June g.. They have
named her eileen Marie.
Mrs. E. N. King and two
small sons, Neal and Dennis |
will spend the summer in
Palmer in apartment Three
on Featheredge lane.
Mt. King is travelling
engineer for the CHA.
Kris. Carl Ra smu sen and
Mrs. John Phieff drove to
Anchorage today. Mrs .aes-
mu ESSEN to visit her son REX
Ehrhart and Mrs. Phieff to
visit Mr.. Phieff.
Oscar Kertul1a went to
Anchorage today to adjust
the new boiler at the Anch-
orege creamery.
So that everyone will be
sure to know where to find
the First Aid Station near
est mis- home we are repub-
fishing the list:
l-Pa1mer Health Center
2nd floor Of Recreati on
Hall.
2-Bi1l Curtis home.
3-Harry Campbell farm.
&C. o. Hunt ley farm
5-mllace Eberts at Exper-
iment Station.
6-Arno1d Carson farm.
7-Joe Lentz farm.
8-W sille --Caduu llader'
Roadhouse.