davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25

lot downtown on a Santa Claus
trip in 1943.
Edna Russell-Several more or
CARNATIONS to do good in.
Winnie Crouch-A job at New
Brighton.
The Eli Hickmans-The promise of
a fat baby girl to add to their
family.
Minnie Hill-A school to teach peo-
pie how to be a friend.
Pvt. Dwight T. Reed-An officers
certificate.
Elnore and Esther Byars-An al
bum of hot tunes for their morn
ing jam session.
Betty Crawford-A chance to sit
on a jury panel again and have
at least one case day.
Alverta Coram-A congratulatory
scroll for the efficient pilotship
of the Mckinley P. T. A. this
fall and winter.
Elizabeth Moore-An ace high posi-
ton when she graduates in June.
Mr.. DR.. Hill-A &c" gas ration
book for the Wilder Nursery
special.
Pvt. Sam Reed-The assurance
that JUSTICE will be done.
j. W. Pate-A sheet iron back.
Hattie Lyght-A beauty shop of
her own in the East.
Christine Johnson-Just one more
pair of Stacks.
Dorothy and John Scotia chance
for Butch" to be as big a boy
as he thinks he is.
Robert Alexander - Someone to
beat him playing 500 Rummy.
Nettie Shepherd-More than "a
hours a day to devote to Gene.
Bill Bowen and Irene Harvey-An-
other room for the Sumner Co.
OPP Store.
Ida Moseley-Another collection of
Music Masters Autographs.
Rev. Robert Kelly-Much fellow
ship as exemplified by inter-de-
nominational meetings.
Robert Jones-Someone more vul-
= nerable to live" besides the Of
fee force.
rhe Boys Overseas A furlough
for New Years Eve.
The Boys in Camps Everywhere
A joyous holiday season.
The Gels Left Behind-Some pleas,
ant diversions for the duration
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25

Bertha Turner - Additional new
customers for the New Year.
Bobbie Carlyle - A bleached ma
hogany piano.
Hobart Mitchell and Talmadge
Carey-A vocabulary like Web
ster and the euphony of poets.
James T. Logan-The time to pub
lish a book of poems.
Helen Smith-More babies so she
can live up to more schedules.
Al Harris-An airplane for faster
trips between here and Jackson.
And in closing, Merry Christmas to
all, and to all a good night, May
your New Year be happy, but
don't get too tight.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25
SEASONS

Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Chambers,
1915 Clinton Ave, wish for all their
friends all the happiness and cheer
that the Holiday Season and the
New Year can bring.
MIR. and Mrs. Jonas G. Schwartz
and family, 1892 Aldrich Ave. So,
extend to all their friends a very
Merry Christmas and very joyous
and prosperous New Year.
Rev. A. W. Wilson, pastor Of the
Fourth Street Church of God in
Christ and Mrs. Wilson and family
extend holiday greetings to their
many friends and wish for all a
very Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year.
May all our friends enjoy the
gladness and cheer of a Happy
Holiday Season and may that glad
ness and cheer last through the
New Year. The Clark Sisters, 2742
Pleasant Ave.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25

ment.
Robert Edward Hill-A speedy re-
covery.
Muriel and Pem-Twin baby bug
gieS TO roll around this spring.
The Andrew Brents-A successful
marital adventure.
Olga Anderson-A secretarial po-
Sition when she graduates next
year.
Pvt. Ollie A. Griffin-Several pro-
motions in the Medical Corps
with which he is now stationed.
Gladys Lewis Harris-Plans for an
other successful production like
The Gay Nineties Revue"
Virginia Mitchell-An interesting
adventure on the West Coast.
Carrie B. Lindsay-A much needed
vacation trip with all expenses
paid, for so much help during
the year to a lazy columnist.
Mayme Stewart-A chance to study
to become a nurse.
Marjorie Beasley-Someone to pi-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25

Sgt. William Strader-As much
success at Camp Breckenridge as
he had at Fort Huachucha.
The Household of Ruth-Another
eventful year in the fraternal
world.
Idelle Patton-A vendor to play
that fine record on.
Jerry Hargrave-That commission
check with which to purchase a
garbage can for his cross the
alley neighbor.
ChOirmaster, Robert Mitchell -
Some additional members in
l943.
Dad" Walker and Ted" Allen
Their own insurance company.
Zula Tandy-A complete recovery.
Jeanne Marie Hyde A glorious
vacation trip while in st. Paul.
DR.. H. P. Jones-To be able to re-
turn to the pulpit in 1913.
Rev. S. E. Neutrality-suspicious.
on being the best dressed minis
ter in Twin Cities this year.
Matte A. King-Lots of luck in
1943 for being so thoughtful of
others.
Cameo Social Club-Some sort of
new inspiration next year.
S. Vincent Owens-Lots of jobs to
give out to what remains of the
unemployed.
Charles L. Horn of the Federal
Cartridge Co. - The thanks of
over 600 employees and their fam
lilies for a we'll filled Christmas
stocking in 1912.
AL North-An attractive furnished
bungalow with wife waiting to
greet him when he comes home.
George Brooks, Jr.-Continued sue
cess in his present business ven
ture.
Myrtle Polka marching unit and
some majorettes and mere oppor-
tunities to make others happy.
Dorothy Randall-An opportunity
to be a winnah just once in Po-
keno.
Zephyr Turner-One Sunday with
out someone seeking an appoint
ment.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-25
"

Wishing happiness to all through
the Holiday Season and throughout
the New Year. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Palms and daughter. JAG
oueHne, 1851 North Bryant Ave.
Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year to all. Rev. E. G. Harris,
9 Second st. No.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07
CARRIERS
JAp5
ANNOUNCE
Two Aircraft Vessels Struck
by Nipponese Bombs,
Tokyo Says

TOKYO, March 7 Imperial
headquarters today claimed naval
planes score six direct hits on a
specially converted enemy air.
craft carrier before the Java sea
battle this month.
Thirty aircraft aboard the car
ried were destroyed and the vessel
was seriously crippled and later seen
listing to starboard.
The communique said aerial pho
tographs also confirmed the sinking
of a medium sized enemy aircraft
carrier in waters northwest of New
Guinea.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07
BoiiIenefks Are Broken
By Nelson in System Of
Getting War Production

that A.BM. is keeping tae pachy-
derm on the track.
It's what is known as the Prog
ress Reporting Division. + sounds
dull. Most of the work in IL IS.
But the results obtained aren't.
The PRD has a list of more than
300 principal military items now
in production. Almost every minute
of the day, progress sheets on
each one OF those items drops on
the desk of one Of PRD's officials.
1t shows to the day, almost to
the hour. exactly what the pro-
duction status of that article is,
and the minute lag shows up,
the Division reports to the proper
WPB executive who takes steps to
pick up the slack
For example there are dozens
of units that go into tank. There
are tank bulls. motors. transmits
neck in any one of these will stop
sions, guns, treads, etc. A bottle
one whole section of the entire
tank program.
Almost as soon as there is a
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07

WASHINGTON - Regardless Of
whether the U. S. naval inquiry
really gets to the bottom of what
happened to the Normandie, it re-
mains a fact that abota e
of Allied shipping in New York
Harbor has been rampant.
In fact, operating under the very
nose of the U. S. Government and
the police of the biggest city in
the world, New York shipping has
come to be one of the most ex-
plosive war problems inside the
United States.
1t hasn't leaked out, but many
times ships loaded with war sup
plies have left New York, only to
put back into port because of faulty
loading of cargo. Saboteurs achieve
this objective in various ways. One
is to open a hose or cock in the
hold of vessel carrying wheat
(tons of wheat are being shipped
to BRITAIN. The wet wheat then
swellS and has been known to crack
open the seams of the ship.
Another common form of sab
otage is to drive two small holes
in drums of oil loaded on one
side Of the bottom Of the ship. One
hole lets the air in, the other hole
lets the oil out. After the oil has
leaked out of the drums, they are
crushed by the pressure of the full
drums above. This shifts the en-
tire cargo and can cause the ship
to list.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07
city MOVES
TO PROVIDE
RECREATION
Council Votes 10 Aid Serv-
ice Men, Provide
Building

The City Council last night threw
its support behind the Juneau Ser
vice Leagues efforts to secure adj
equate recreational facilities for
service men and authorized Mayor
Harry Lucas and City Attorney
Grover c. VIM to take preliminary
steps in securing a recreation CEN
ter for Juneau
In the meantime. 1t was sug-
gested that the city provide funds
for the expansion of facilities for
service men in the Salvation Army,s
Red Shield Reading Room. The
Finance Committee will consider
this request and report back at
special meeting next Tuesday
evening
1t was decided that the city
would apply for $4,000 appro-
priation under the Community Fa-
cilities Act for the construction of
"a recreation building Under this
plan, the city would be required to
furnish a site for the structure
before making application to WASH
ington Mayor Lucas and Mr.. VIM
were given authority to prepare the
application and take options on any
lot which might be considered suit
able for the purpose. They will re-
port back at the meeting Tuesday
night.
Representatives of the Juneau
Service League who spoke on behalf
OF the plan were Joe Flakne, Ro-
tary Club representative and Harry
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07
Tokyo Broadcast Claims
Bandoeng Almost
En(irtIed
COUNTER OFFENSIVE
HEARTENS AUSTRALIA
Report American Forces
Reddying for Big
Pacific Push
oBy ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Tokyo broadcast asserted to-
day that Bandoeng, Allied military
headquarters on Java, are within
"a few kilometers of encirclement,"
and that the collapse of the entire
Java defense is a matter of a few
days.
All dispatches broadcast FIR 0 m
Japan said that the Jap troops
have advanced to within little
more than three miles of Band
ceng and that Jap forces also are
closely besieging the big naval base
at Soerabaja.
Reports from Tokyo broadcast
over the German radio, however,
said that the Jap troops seeking
the capture of Soeabaja have run
into heavy Allied tank forces mas
sed in the immediate vicinity.
The invaders now are reported
overrunning almost the entire 620
miles of the northern coastal planes,
driving deep into the interior as
the battle stained Dutch, British
and American troops, outnumbered
five to one, fell back into the
mountains.
Facing this grim picture, heart
ening information reached the Aus
tralian government from Washing
ton and London of activities for the
assembling of maximum Allie d
strength in the Pacific for big
counter offensive to be carried out
as soon as possible.
Australian Supply Minister John
Beasley, peaking from Sydney,
said within the past week the
complete organization for Allied
strategy in the Pacific has been
worked out. Time is the only factor
we have to deal with. Given time,
we can drive the enemy back to
Tokyo and Yokhama."
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07
BREAK
DEFENDERS
JAVA Lines
Report Enemy Troops Have
Thrust Through Ban
doeng Defense
fBY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jap troops broke through Ban
doeng's northern defenses today
and the situation in western Java
grew critical
ANETA, Dutch news agency, said
the breach in the Allied defense
lines occurred yesterday on the
northern slope of the famous vol
cano, Tangkuban Prahu. The dis
patch timed the break at $50 pm,
Pacific War Time, Friday.
The Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tenn has been advised by the Radio
Corporation of America that Ameri-
can telephone. telegraph, and all
communications have been cut off
from Java.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07
Soldiers, Pilots, Planes,
Tanks, Guns Heading
for Offensive
CONCENTRATED HITTING
POWER ON HIGH SEAS
Naval, Air Battles Said 10
Be Developing in
New Movement

LONDON, March 7--Walter Farr,
London Daily Mail correspondent,
assigned to the United States Pa
cific Fleet. said in a dispatch, date
lined at sea Friday, that great
conveys of ships carrying American
troops, pilots, planes. tanks and
guns are heading through the
Southwest Pacific.
He said that naval and air
battles without parallel are develop
ing. These forces will not only
help defend Australia but are TAX
ing large quantities of materials to
be used in building foundations for
a great offensive against the jap
aneSe.
Every ship in the convoy Is
loaded with concentrated hitting
power. is carrying hundreds Of the
finest American pilots America can
produce. powerful trained units to
be used in landing operations. and
hardy infantry from the american
plains.
You will not hear the immediate
details OF some of these engage
~ments." ne said, because to an
nounce them would help the enemy.
1t is a strange kind Of war in
which the superiority of American
cruisers. destroyers. aircraft car
riers and personnel are slowly be-
ginning to tell
When the war began, the enemy
sent many of its best submarines
into the area through which we
are moving They failed to cut the
Pacific lifeline"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07

10OHURT
IN BLAST
Heavy Loaded Ammuni-
tion Truck ExpIodes
After Fire

SMITHFIELD North Carolina,
March TAT least five persons were
killed and more than 100
injured here today In delayed
explosion of fire-ridden ammuni-
ton truck. The blast was heard
within a 50-mile radius in the east
ern part of the state.
A hotel, filling station and tav-
ern were leveled to the ground
when the vehicles huge load of
explosives blew up. The casual
ties were bystanders who watched
the truck burn for almost two hours
before the explosion.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, March 7 = Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock at today's short session is 2,
American Can 60s, Anaconda 26h
Bethlehem Steel 59A, Common
wealth and Southern u, Curtiss
Wright tn, International Harvester
As 1l2, Kennecott 321a, New York
Central 8ss, Northern Pacific 6,
United States Steel SOS, Pound
S4.04
DOW, JONES AVERAGES
The following are today's Dow,
Jones averages: Industrials 1921,
rails 26.35, utilities 1926,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07
NAzI.
SOLDIERS ARE
KILLED, FRONT
Soviets Claim Wholesale
Slaughter on Central
Fighting Sector

MOSCOW, March T. The Rus
sian Army killed 10000 Germans
on the Central Front west of Mos
COW between February and March
a special Soviet Communique says
this morning.
The Red Army is also reported
pursuing two Nazi Divisions, rem
nants of the big Third Army, and
claims recapture of Kukhnov, a
major blow aimed at disrupting
the German time table for the
spring offensive.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07
Official Announcement
Made that Reeommen-
dations Approved
PRIME MINISTER OF
CANADA GIVES FACTS
First Objection Is Made
Roosevelt Asked 10
Make Changes


OTTAWA, March 7-Announcing
that the Canadian Cabinet has ap-
proved recommendation of the
United States and Canadian Joint
Defense Board for completion OF
the projected overland route from
the United States to Alaska, Prime
Minister Mackenzie King announces
that construction will start i'm
mediately.
The Prime Minister said the
route will follow approximately the
new air route to Fort st. John
thence to Fairbanks and connect
with, the existing Canadian and
United States highways. The cost
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07
WORLDS BIGGEST WATER
FRONT

However, to get the inside story
of what is going on, it is neces-
sary to have the full picture. First,
New York Harbor, including adj
jacent New Jersey and Long Island,
has 994 piers, of which about 1874
are now in use, scattered over a
total of TIL miles.
This waterfront has been a hap
Ply hunting ground for thugs and
hoodlums; sort of foreign le-
gion" for anyone who was in
trouble in another city. If he pays
for it, he can always get union
card and no questions asked.
The Brooklyn side of the water
font has been in the grip of an
italian gang, while the Manhattan
front is ruled by the Irish. Never
have racket-busting Tom Dewey OF
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07
GOODBYE"

NEW YORK, March IA message
received this afternoon from the
News Agency officially
says the Java Radio Service at
Bandoeng is going off the air.
I'VE are now shutting down.
Goodbye until better times. Long
live the Queen
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07
new ORDER
ISSUED BY
WAR DEPT.
No More Radios or Phone.
graphs for Civilians
After April u

WASHINGTON, March 7 The
War Department today ordered
that the manufacture of radios
and monographs for use OF civil
ians be discontinued by April ".
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07

The average production record in
the larger Hollywood studios is
three minutes OF finished film in an
eight hour day.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07

There are no snakes or toads on
the Isle of. Man in the Irish Sea.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, March 7 - In
spite of all the complaints and
calumny heaped on the head OF
the American business man for
our halting, jerky progress military
preparation, some pretty astute OBJ
servers here are already beginning
to say that he probably Will en-
erge as one of the wars real heroes.
Putting the United States IN
dustrial machine into high gear
is like trying to get an elephant
away from the barrier in time to
keep up with the field at the Ken
lucky Derby. The point is that the
only jockey that could ride hero on
brute at all is that aforementioned
American business man.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-03-07

What brought all this on was
that wandering around the marble
halls of the War Production Board
building recently, I got look-see
into Chairman Donald M. Nelson's
system of breaking bottle necks.
Just who is the real author OF the
system. nobody seems to know, but
it's beautiful example of how
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-30
SUPPLY BOSS
MAN TAKES RAP
FOR SHORTAGES
GENERAL .SoMERvELL HAS
MANY MATTERS OF MUCH
IMPORT COMING UP AT
EVERY TURN
By JACK sTINNETT
ZAP Features Service Writer

WASHINGTON Oct. 28.7-If a
soldier in Iceland is short of a
razor blade to scrape his frost
bitten chin; if the boys in the
Egyptian desert go thirsty for
want of waterbag; if the SOL
diers on Guadalcanal run out of
ammunition, the man who takes
the rap is 1t. Gen. Brehon B. (for
Burke) Somervell.
1t has been said that this is a
war of machines and supplies
and every important victory thus
far seems to bear that out. If that
is true, then there is no more i'm
portant man in the Army than
General Someryell. s.s
, There can bemo Esecond fronts
until be. is, ready. There can be
not evenany,nnihbr. cffehsiVes uri1
til he sayss sItican sbeSdope. "
The reorganization Of the Army
in March, 1912, attrSete6s little at
tention. It's trnect there were
stories about "streamlihing," etc.,
but such things hardly make
headlines. The story wasn't in the
presidential order, anyway. The
story was whether it would work.
So far as the services of supply is
concerned, it's beginning to ap-
pear that it mas.
What the President did, so far
as supply is concerned, was to lop
off a few heads and set up one. In
that one stroke, a comparatively
young lieutenant general, who
less than two years before had
been only a lieutenant colonel,
became the overall chief of ord
nance, the crops of engineers, the
quartermaster, signal, medical
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-30
PROPOSED GAS TAX AMENDMENT
WOULD WORK To GREAT BENEFIT
In REVENUE FOR MONROE COUNTY

taxes for road bond indebtedness
even if war rationing of gasoline
cuts down consunptiopO Thy as
much as SO per cent for AZ fong as
four years. Because of the re-
strictions, he says, nany counties
are likely to be forced to refund
their present road and bridge
bonds, and, unless the amend
ment passes, their situations will
become increasingly serious. I'm
der the amendment the Board of
Administration will have authority
to refund any of the old bonds and
the authority to issue, sell or ex-
change gasoline tax anticipation
certificates for a particular coun-
ty for the sole purpose of retir-
ing bonds, thus escaping high in
terest rates regardless of the credit
situation in any county.
Findings of the Commissioners
Association as to the practical eff
feet of the proposed amendment
have been supported by an in
depreciation by Attorney General
]. Tom Watson.
The amendment has also been
endorsed by the State Association
of County Attorneys, the in
dividual County Commissions Of
GA of the 81 counties of the state,
most of the daily newspapers,
scores of weekly newspapers and
individual citizens prominent for
their public spiritedness and in
terest in the states future well
fare.
Regardless of the almost unani-
nous approval of the amendment
in all parts of the state, we cannot
receive its benefits unless we go
to the polls and give the measure
our approval" said Governor Hol-
land recently. at must be rati-
fled by majority of those par
ticipating in the general election
of November 3.
1t presents the first opportunity
Florida taxpayers have had to re-
duce public debt and existing
taxes at the same time"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-30

and chaplain corps, and the chem
ical war service.
There has been lot of stuff
written and whispered, about
General Somervell's battle" with
Donald Nelson and the War Pro-
duction Board. Most of it is just
Washington chatter. There have
been clashes between Army sup
ply forces and WPB chiefs, but it
was never any struggle for power.
Soniervell has it.
A comparatively slim fellow,
serious of face, and grayer than
his so yaers warrant, General
Somervell has been adding good
marks to his Army record for
more than 80 years.
Strangely, it probably can be
attributed to a non-Army man
and the New Deal that Somervell
is where he is. Six or seven years
ago, Harry Hopkins knew and ad-
mired Somervell. The story goes
that it was through his suggestion
that the Army engineer was given