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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
EIks Lodge, Re0eationa| Buildings al Skagway Are
 Destroyed, Saturday Fire

SKAGWAY, Alaska. Nov. 30.--
 Especial Correspondence) = Fire of unknown origin completely destroy ed the Elks Lodge Building, home of No. 43l, and the Elks' Recrea- tional Building, both two story struc- lures, Saturday afternoon. The loss is estimated at $25,000 with insur- ance of only $5,000.
 The Elks Lodge Building was one of the landmarks of Skagway and was one of the big entertainment places, the first of the kind, in Skagway, erected soon after the rush to the Klondike, in 1900 The build ing included large auditorium cap- able of seating 450 persons with large balcony seating 150 persons. The auditorium had hardwood dance floor. There was large up-to-date theatrical stage, with all kinds of scenery and electrical equipment. In the front of the building was large room used in the early days as the secretary's office and reception room. Tn the early days, in fact up to the present time, the auditorium was the dancing pavilion of the town and many full-dress affair took place in the auditorium. The was also used as the early day lodge room.
 In the early days practically every show company travelling to and from the interior gave productions in the Elks Hall and always drew crowd ed houses.
 The Skagway Stock Company pre- sented plays from drama to musical comedy every two weeks and every show" called for special trains to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
British -Ameriean Air Pow CT Keeps Up Africa
 Attacks
  OUR FORCES AIMING TOWARD NORTH COAST
Enemy Strongholds Now Are Isolated by Ldf-
 est Campaign

LONDON, Nov 30-British and American forces, supported by a rising tide of aerial blows at the enemy on both sides of the boiling Mediterranean battle area, stormed forward today to within l2 miles of Tunis.
 The slashing drive all but iso- lated that city and left Bizerte as the main Axis-held strong point in Tunisia. and Bizerte is another goal of the Allied advance.
 A communique said that fighting is progressing east of Djedeida, less than l2 miles north of Tunis on the Tunis- Bizerte railroad.
 This indicated that the Allies are driving wedge straight toward the coast to separate the Axis strongholds.
 At the same time, however, Bi- zerte was a target of an attack by Allied planes which scored direct hits on the naval base.
 Allied fighter pilots also were credited today with the destruction of four more enemy planes in op- erations over the forward areas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
JAp(AMpS DESTROYED,
 50L0M0N5

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.--Amer- lcan ground patrols on Guadal- canal still are raiding Jap camps and have destroyed considerable amount of enemy arms and ammu-' hilton in recent raid, the Navy reported today.
 At the same time, Army bombers, ranging north of the island. dam aged a Jap cargo ship and shot down three Jap Zero fighters
 The Navy said that both the land action and the aerial attack were carried out Saturday.
 The land patrols scored their suc- cesses in the upper Lunga River region on the island. The Lunga uns through Americana held terri ory around the airfield at the northern edge of the island, so the damage apparently was inflicted n the enemy south of the Ameri- ean flank in the Guadalcanal hill country.
 The enemy cargo ship was hit oy five bombs dropped from our huge Flying Fortresses which at tackled a convoy, part of which consisted of two cargo vessels and three destroyers.
 Ten Jap Zero fighters tried to protect the convoy from attack, md in destroying three of them, the Navy said. the American bomb- ers received no serious damage"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
LAPS SINK OUR SHIPS
 ON PAPER
Give Out Another Version of Third Battle in
 1SoI0mOns

NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-The Japs have changed their story of the third battle of the Solomons, adding only to the confusion of this mid November sea battle into which the enemy apparently threw all of their sea strength available in an attempt to reinforce their forces on Guad- alcanal
 The Japs suffered a loss of 28 ships sunk, including the battleship which Japan admitted was lost, in the greatest naval battle since the Jutland.
 AS broadcast from the Berlin radio, the latest paper broadside from Tokyo sank one United States battleship and three cruisers not previously reported, and said that another battleship was so crippled that her loss was a certainty.
 The new announcement gave back to the United States a destroyer previously announced as sunk, per haps to add touch of credibility on the home front.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
LAUNCH NEW DRIVE ON
 0pA HEAD
Congressmen Abandon Ef- fort 10 Block Gas Ration-
 ing After Henderson

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-Aban- doning the effort to block nation wide gas rationing, growing group of Congressmen launched a new fight Saturday against Price Ad- ministrator Leon Henderson.
 Their announced aim is to force his removal from the Federal serv- ice through the medium of appro- priations.
 The futility of carrying on the fight against rationing is conceded by the group. Rep. Lyle H. Boren, of Oklahoma, said that any legisla- ton to stop it would draw certain veto and thus waste time.
 But Boren and others who have joined him in the fight rallied around with a new battle cry which sounded Friday in the House.
 The cry, coined by the belligerent' Oklahoman, is "Trillions for De- fense, but Is cents for Leon Tender son-15 cents too much
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
Jap Vessel Bombed, Set Afre Of Attu Isle
Hundreds Die in Early
 Sunday Fire When Big
 Boston Night Club Burns

under the name of Vaughn; Kath- erine Woods, daughter of a pro- minent Boston manufacturer and Mary Ellen Mccormack, niece of Representative John w McCor- mack, House majority leader arc missing
 The death list grew slowly name by name. as grim -visaged fire of- ficials opened an inquest.
 Inquest Started
 The inquest is attended by rep resentatives of the United States Army and Navy and many service men are among the dead, and by two representatives of the FBI.
 District Fire Chief Mahoney said he found bodies tangled and in piles of four or five deep, most frightfully burned
 Clawing Panic
 There is definite evidence the crowd was thrown into a fight ing. clawing panic. Chairs an d tables were scattered and tipped among the bodies.
 A youngster, who is reported to have started the fire in the Melody Room of the Cocoanut Club, a new addition opened recently. has been as Stanley F. Tomaszew- ski.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30

BOSTON, Mass, Nov. 30.-Early Sunday morning the police esti- mated that over 400 were dead after a fire, at first believed to have started in the basement kit chen, swept Cocoanut Grove, night club, which was damned by more than 1000 merrymakers. The ori- gin of the fire was later attributed as being started by a boy in the Melody Room.
 All the bodies were believed to have been removed three hours after the alarm had been sounded and the flames extinguished.
 Injured Jam Hospitals
 All available hospitals in the Bos- ton Bay area were damned with the injured, estimated at upwards of 300.
 Soldiers, sailors and coast guards men rushed to aid the police and firemen in pulling bodies from the club building.
 All possible vehicles were quickly converted into ambulances, taking he injured to hospitals.
 Most of the dead are believed to have died from smoke suffoca- tion or in jumping off the roof, some with their clothes afire. The majority of bodies recovered were burned.
 Prominent Victims
 Grace McDermott, entertainer at the club and known on the stage
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
Earth Opens Over Mine, Houses Twisted, Scores
 Of Families Evacuated

PITTSON, Pa, Nov. 30 The earth split open, houses cracked, pavements buckled and scores of families quickly evacuated from a disastrous mine subsistence here. the worst in the eastern Pennsylvania hard coal fields in several years.
 The subsistence was gradual. a settling of the surface of the earth over mine that spread ruin through the residential section cov- ering half square mile.
 Yawning cracks appeared in the streets and lawns, the largest five feet wide and 150 feet long and so deep the bottom was not visible.
 Two hundreds homes were twisted, cracked or sprung from theiir foun- dations.
 Sidewalks were torn up, gas and water mains snapped in several places.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
Italian Arsenal City Is Left Seeihing as Though
 Struck by lava
FIRES ARE STILL RAGING
 "A HOURS AFTER ATTACK One Broadcast Claims Over
Half of Population of
 City Fleeing
By Associated Press)

Home -based British bombers at tackled Turin last night for the sec ond night in succession and found fires started 24 hours earlier still raging in the arsenal city.
 The British Air Ministry said the Sunday night attack was made des- pite bad weather.
 The raiding force is reported small in comparison to the strong forma- ton that previously made the l,500- mile round trip swing across the Alps and cut the foundations of Mussolini's war economy.
 "Other bombers attacked railway Communications in Belgium the Air Ministry also announced.
 Damage Not Heavy"
 The Italian Command acknow- ledged in a communique that was broadcast from Rome that Turin was the target of British air raid but said the damage was not heavy" Another radio broadcast from the Italian frontier reported that 100000 of Turin's 626,000 pop ulation had fled the city under re- peated air attacks.
 The British Air Ministry said that 100000 incendaries, in addition to 8 ,000 block busters" were dropped on Turin Saturday night and &C., cording to a Canadian pilot who took part in the raid, Turin was left seething as though bubbling with lava from volcano"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30

run from Whitehorse and along the White Pass and Yukon Route load ed with those who patronized the productions. Elmer A. Friend, now with The Empire in Juneau, and then agent for the Alaska Steam ship Company, was the show man" of Skagway and had full charge of the theatrical productions. both local and of travelling organizations. The stage was so equipped it could handle any road show"
 Recreation Building
 The Recreational Building adjoin- ing the Elks Lodge Building, was erected several years ago. This con- tained the bowling alleys, cocktail lounge and the second floor was used as the lodge room. A large tennis court, maintained by the Elks, was on the grounds adjoining the building.
 The destruction of the two build ings by fire leaves Skagway without any large ballroom or recreation place as the White Pass Club long ago was discarded and dismantling had begun when it was suddenly turned into vast warehouse and is now packed from foundation to roof with materials of all kinds.
 The Skagway Elks Lodge has members scattered all over the world and hundreds of oldtimers still retain their membership, never admitting Fornle. officers of tine lodge in various capacities, now residents of Juneau, include M S. Whittier, V. w. Mulvihill and Elmer A. Friend. One of the life members, residing in Juneau, is John Morrison.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
Block Axis
 In Ceiling
 Africa
Nine More Supply Ships Sent Down by British
 in Mediterranean

LONDON, Nov 30.-British sub marines have sunk nine more Axis supply ships and damaged three others attempting to cross the Mediterranean from Italy to rein force and provision Germans and Italians in Tripolitania and Tuni- sia, the Admiralty announced late Saturday night
 An Italian destroyer, of the 855-ton Orine class, was damaged and got away in the submarine at tack, as attention was paid to the large troop and supply ships. the British Admiralty announced.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
BEACH AREA
 I5 CAPTURED,
 COMA REGION
Australians Make Decided Advance Following Air
 Attdek-Trdp Japs

SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Nov. 30.-Australian ground troops, supported by plane sand artillery, have captured a beach area about 900 yards east of Coma and pushed on toward Sananda, it is disclosed this afternoon.
 The Australian attack was launch ed after well coordinated all-day air attacks over the Buna -Gona area.
 Some of the beleaguered Jap posi- tions are believed ito be cut off and this pocket at Coma is holding several hundred Nippons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
WORK ST0ppED
 ON BIG PLAN!
 FOR MUNITIONS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. - The War Production Board has ordered immediate stoppage of all work on the $45, 100000 expansion of the giant Midwest munitions plant in line with it's policy of curtailing the use of materials on construction projects.
 Work was started in August and the WIPE estimates the value of the construction already done is about $1, ,000,000
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
F0RTRE55ES
 OF U. S. GET
 GOOD DATTA(k
Fighter Planes Strafe En- emy Anti-Airuaft
 Installations

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.--A Navy Department communique issued Sunday said that on No vember 26, Army flying fortress es attacked a small enemy cargo vessel off Attu Island, Aleutian group. Three bombs hit and set the vessel on fire. When last seen, the vessel appeared to be sinking.
 Fighters accompanying the fortresses strafed enemy anti aircraft installations on the island. No United States planes were lost"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
YOUTH lN H0SpITAL
 WITH FRACTURED LEG

One Juneau youth is in the hos pital with a fractured leg as the result of a sliding accident Author ities give warning that children sliding on the two streets set aside should be careful and especially should keep a clear track.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
First Wounded from African Front Arrive,
 Washington Hospital

WASHINGTON. Nov. 30. - The first wounded American soldiers to return from North Africa arrived at the Walter Reid Hospital here Saturday, the War Department an- nounced late Saturday.
 Most of the men were walking and in good spirits.
 The names of the eight officers and 107 enlisted men who returned were not immediately disclosed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
AMERICAN LEGION TONIGHT WILL HAVE
 CHILLI CON CARVE

The American Legion meeting to be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Dugout will feature E. L. Kei- thahn, who will give snappy talk on some of the curious and inter- esting finds now on view in the Territorial Museum
 At 9:30 sharp, the Pribilof Is- land pictures will be shown by Capt. L. c. McMillin, Fisheries Agent.
 A chilli con carne feed will round out the evening for the Legion naires.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
REP. HARVEY ]. SMITH
 HERE ON WAY SOUTH

Harvey J. Smith, who was re- elected to the House of Represen- tatives of the Territorial Legisla- ture from the Third Division this year, passed through Juneau Sat urday on his way to California.
 MT. Smith will remain south un- til January when he will. return to Juneau to attend the session here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
TWO NIPPON
 SHIPS SUNK,
 AUSTRALIA
German Auxiliary Craft Is Also Trapped fo West
 -78 Nazis Taken

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, AUS TRALIA, Nov. 30.-The Allied High Command announces that two de- stroyers attempting to reinforce the trapped Japanese at Buna are be- lieved to have been sunk by Allied bombers yesterday.
 Another Allied gain was reported far to the west where an 8,000-ton German auxiliary ship was trapped and 78 Germans captured.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
TIRE CERTIFICATES
 ISSUED LAST WEEK

Certificates for tires and tubes were issued to the following dur ing the last week in November:
 William V. Graves, 2 tires; Earl Vending, 2 tires; Yellow Cab Co.,, tire; Royal Blue Cab Co., tire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
Arnisiite Gang Of Germans Are J. ,. War Prisoners

WITH THE U. s. ARMY IN FEDHALA. French Morocco. Nov. 24.-Delayed) German members of an Axis Armistice Commission have been captured by the United States Army in Morocco and are now on their way to the United States as prisoners of war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
APPALLING HOLocAST;
 FLASH FIRE" STARTER

BOSTON, Nov. 30.-The terrific flash fire that caused more than 400 casualties among the 1000 u d enly panic-stricken merry makers in Bostons Cocoanut Grove in the Nations worst night club holocast was traced last night to tiny match flame in the hands of a l6-year-old bus boy while Deputy Police Superintendent James R. Claffin quoted the youngster as saying he accidentally
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
SEASON STILL OPEN,
 PTARMIGAN. GROUSE

With the closing yesterday of the season on ducks and geese, the only hunting TOW available will be for grouse and ptarmigan. the sea- son on the latter remaining open until January 31, 1943.
 Limit on grouse and ptarmigan is 10 in the aggregate, the Alaska Game Commission announces.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
LEGION
 AUXILIARY MEETING

The American Legion Auxiliary will hold business meeting tomor- row night at 8 o'clock in the Dugout and all members are requested to attend
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30

BULLETIN - BOSTON, Nov. 30.-The death toll in the Cocoa nut Grove Night Club holocaust reached 479 this afternoon, ac- cording to an official announce ment, nearly half of those in the merrymaking place at the time. It is also announced that Ellen McC Cormack, niece of House Majority Leader John w. Me Cormack. is a victim of the fire and her name has been removed from those missing"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
ALBERT VILE IS
 OPERATED UPON;
 CONDITION GOOD

Postmaster Albert Vile under went major operation in St. Ann's Hospital today and his condition is reported as excellent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30
HERE FROM GUsTAvUS

Leslie F Parker well known resi- dent of Gustavus, is in Juneau and is staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-30

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Evening star., 1942-11-11
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-04
Sergeant Coleman
Types Us q Letter

Co. H and S, 354th Engr. Regt.
Camp Maxey, Texas
Nov. II, 1912
Dear Editor:
After reading in several of your
publications about different home
town soldiers sending in letters
from various parts of the country,
I decided to type out few lines
to your paper, too. Will you please
publish this letter as it might en-
Tighten some of your readers a
little more about the army.
There were six of US who left
Fort Smelling about the 21st of
June for Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
When we arrived we found that
we were the first Minnesotans to
ever come there. Joe Patterson,
Harvey Nash, Harold Jackson,
Kenneth Sandwich from Minneapo-
lis and Ed Debner and yours truly
from st. Paul. We had ten weeks
basic training there and when we
finished the other boys were
shipped to various parts of the
South and 1 was detained there to
go to clerical school" to learn gov
eminent, or the army way of of
flee work. After five weeks in
school 1 was sent to this camp
Camp Maxey, Texas) as a nom
commissioned officer to help acti-
vate new camp. There were six
students who graduated with me
and when we arrived we found
nothing but a lot of empty build
ings waiting for a cadre of SOL
diers to come and start getting
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-04
Cay Nineties in
Rehearsal

I dropped in at Halle last Mon
day night and to my surprise the
rehearsal for a swell show was I'M
derway for the much talked about
Gay Nineties show to be given at
Halle @. Brown House. The show
was being directed by that genial
master show producer Gladys Har-
ris who has perhaps directed more
shows in and around St. Paul than
any other single individual. AS l
watched the rehearsal it was my
opinion that even the rehearsals
were worthy of an audience be-
cause the cast was getting as much
fun out of the rehearsals as you
will be sure to get when you attend
the finished show on Saturday, De-
cember IL at $3.50 p. m. Gladys
Harris tells me Saturday was Sc
lected particularly so that Defense
workers who never get chance to
go anywhere will have an oppor-
tunity to take it in.
The show carried me back to the
days of the beautiful Lillian Russell
and Diamond Jim Brady who gilt
tered with diamonds. Oh, yes, they
are in the show and you will be
thrilled to see them. Ed Hall calls
the figures and he calls them per-
fectly for the quadrille and can
they step. To let you in on secret
the Flora Dora Girls will be there
in their usual beauty and elegance
of dress. The traditional Barber
Shop Quartette and the bicycle
built for two are included in this
show of shows. Carrie Nation will
be on hand to do her bit for tenn
perance which of necessity brings
in the white aproned bartender of
those good old days. What show
would be complete without its mel
lerdrammer and Marie Bashears
handles this portion of the show
with real showmanship.
At the Gay Nineties rehearsal I
noted among those participating
Louise Hargrave, Eddie Crump and
her Aeolian Singers, Mable Brown,
Alice Manning, Eva Neal, Hazel
Butler, Minnie Robertson, Leila
Mundell, Heloise Tabor, Laurene
Tabor, w. B. Walker, Frank
Slaughter, J. E. johnson, Carrie
Ailep, ]. E. jackson, Charlie Mil
Ter, Hortense (Boots) Brown, Hat
tie Oliver, Arthur White, Freda
Harris, DR.. Earl Weber, A. V.
Hall, Gloria Williams, Dolly Alsup
and Beneta Edwards McKie at the
piano.
Iwould suggest that with cast
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-04
Thanksgiving Services
Net $50 for Attucks

The community Thanksgiving
service held in the Camphor Mem
orial Methodist Church on No
vember 26, proved to be one of the
most inspiring services of it's kind
in many years. The service was well
attended by members of all of the
Negro churches in the community
and a score or more members of
the Aurora Methodist Church
(white). The sermon was delivered
by Rev. Victor E. Holly for six
years rector of the st. Phillips
Episcopal Church, St. Paul. The
sermon was thought provoking and
spirit filled.
It was a fitting farewell
sermon for Father Holly, who goes
to Syracuse, N. Y, to become the
rector of the st. Phillips Episcopal
Church there. Rev. David Helix
son, pastor of the Aurora Metho-
dist Church, gave the Thanksgiving
prayer and Rev. James Phelps of