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Evening star., 1942-12-12
Gas Ration Books
Are Recalled for
Traffic Violations
Alexandra Board Head
Says Owners May Apply
Again After 30 Days

Six gasoline ration books we're
recalled yesterday by the Alexandria
War Price and Ration Board for
traffic violations, according to
Charles M. Jones, chairman Of the
board.
Mr.. Jones said the cases all were
speeding and reckless driving Of
fenses and that the books had been
recalled for an indefinite period.
The owners must apply to the board
after 80 days in order to have the
books returned.
Tire inspection forms are being
sent out by the board and the work
is expected to be completed next
week.
BALTIMORE, Dec. IL tP).-State
rationing officials said yesterday
that thousands of Maryland motor
lists will not receive their tire regis
tration blanks from local rationing
boards by the deadline tomorrow
night.
Under present regulations, it will
be illegal to operate passenger car
after tomorrow midnight unless the
driver has his tire registration blank
with him.
Oil rationing held UP the job OF
returning the tire registration
forms, the rationing officials said.
They also indicated there would be
no immediate attempt to enforce
the deadline.
Help win the war by saving waste
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Welfare Group Elects
HoIcombe Vice President

G. A. Holcombe of the Veterans
Bureau Administration, solicitors s
office, has been elected vice presi-
lent of the Welfare Recreational AS
sociation, replacing c. l.. Gable, it
was announced today by President
Arthur j. williams. The latter's
office has been transferred from
Washington.
A. E. Demaray, associate director
of the National Park Association,
has been elected to the associa-
tons Board of Trustees.
Evening star., 1942-12-12

in the presentation of material and
a maximum of academic freedom.
The councils proposal is also in
line with recommendation made by
special War Manpower Commits
sion Committee last August, which
called for the ton" of
American colleges through direct
money grants to students. This
method, the committee held, would
assure an adequate supply of Army
and Navy officer material and other
trained personnel for the general
war program.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
ADVERTISEMENT.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
Timely Warning for Every
One To Heed

Don't get so busy doing your
Christmas shopping that you will neg
lect the cold which you are very likely
to take among the crowds and hurry
ing from heated interiors to outdoors.
For IS years, Father Johns Medi-
cine has been in use to relieve coughs
due to colds by soothing the throat
It also builds resistance to colds when
vitamin A is needed, because it is rich
in Wtamin A-also Ntamin D. Its
reputation Is built on merit-S5 years
of success.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Powder Mil Explosion
Kills 7 Men, Hurts )
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KINGS MILL, Ohio, Dec. H.
Two men were killed and three in.
jured-one seriously-when a sepa-
rator and corning mill at the Kings
Powder Co. exploded yesterday.
Coroner Hershel williams of War.
rem County identified the dead ten
tatively as Hugh Abner, 80, of South
Lebanon and Henry Hacker, %, Of
Kings Mills.
Turner Harrison, so, of Kings
Mills was outside the separator
when 1t exploded and a piece Of
debris ignited his powder-sprinkled
clothes, causing severe burns.
The blast was felt in Washington
Courthouse, about 40 miles from this
community near Cincinnati. Its
cause was not announced.
Three days ago approximately 600
pounds of powder exploded at the
plant but no one was injured.
pnnIc mr. hnnHooo W,s fLoro >y~s
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Postal Stations Open
Until 8 PM. Tomorrow

All the main postal stations will
open from noon until pm. tomor-
row to facilitate the mailing of
Christmas gifts, District Postmaster
Vincent Burke announced today.
He urged that the public mail their
parcels as early as possible.
Evening star., 1942-12-12

formation of Southern Democratic
party, the election of unpledged rep
resentatives to the electoral college.
Ways and means are being discussed
daily to break our chains. We will
find some way, and find it regardless
of the effect Of national elections, If
this senseless attack keeps up. =" ="
Declaring that efforts at reform
by various bureaus and groups since
Pearl Harbor had created "illimit-
able confusion and the diversion of
the energies of many of us to efforts
to retain our American democracy
at a time of dire national peril"
Gov. Dixon said:
ut was the national impatience
with this type of confusion which,
In my opinion, caused the over
whelming defeat of the Democratic
candidates in the last election"
Gov. Dixon charged that the un-
successful attempt to abolish the
poll tax and the operation of the
United States Employment Service
and the Fair Employment Practice
Committee were efforts to change
the social structure of the South.
Referring to an executive order
against discrimination by reason of
race in any defense work, he said:
"The announced policy of the
Employment Service and the actions
of the committee indicate
that, however fervently the claim
may be made that the purpose was
not to interfere with the social
structure OF the South, in practical
effect the abolition of segregation
was exactly the result sought to be
achieved by the majority of the
committee"
South's Position Outlined.
Mr.. Dixon said the social structure
of the South was built and could
endure only on the principle of
segregation meaning separation Of
the races, not mistreatment of any
one"
The position of the Southern peo-
pie has always been a difficult one"
he said. To-day their position is
anomalous in the extreme. 1t is
their party which is dynamiting
their socia! structure, which is
arousing bitterness and recrimina-
ton, which is attempting to force
crackpot reforms on them in a time
of national crisis.
I'VE cannot abandon the great
and essential reforms of the New
Deal, return to unbridled competi-
tive license, release the controls on
accumulated and accumulating
wealth, abandon the weak and the
helpless, achieve the great measure
Of personal freedom which, after all,
brought with it the inevitable evils
and the inevita BILE measures of con-
| troll
How can we bring the essential
balance? BY turning back, as
far as present day society will per-
init us, to crossroads democracy"
Gov. Dixon was elected to Office
four years ago and leaves his present
post January Is. He is chairman of
the Southern Governors Conference,
representing II Southern States.
The Southern Society is made up
of former residents of States below
the Mason-Dixon line who now live
in the New York area.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Politics
Continued From First Page

TCOnUnUed FTOln FIISl PHgt.1
will pout,' but that the 1910 presi-
Dental nominee would join forces
later with President Roosevelt to
establish a liberal party in 1948.
Mr.. Woodring served as SecretarS
Of War during President Roosevelt's
second term.
Gov. Dixon in his new York
speech said:
Suggestions are rife as to the
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Classy Stomach
Relieved
OR MONEY BACK

Every person who is troubled With
excessive gas in the stomach and
bowels should get package Of oaal.
nnann's Gas Tablets and try them for
quick relief Of the distress.
Sharp pains in the abdomen are oft.
en- due entirely TO gas pressure. Many
sufferers occasionally have an upset or
distressed stomach. heartburn. palpi-
taticn. sour risings. nausea. bloatinR.
drowsiness after meals. headache. diz.
ziness. labored breathing or other
symptoms due to accumulated gas in
stomach or bowels.
6aalmann's Gas Tablets are made
especially for the relief Of excess gas
and discomfort resulting from gas
on positive guarantee OF money back
II they fail to give satisfaction with
results: Get q package At any good
drug store.
Evening star., 1942-12-12

Bonds or bondage. Was there ever
an easier choice? Get yours now.
Evening star., 1942-12-12

Help win the war by saving waste
kitchen fats.
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Tiny5Gew
Holding Up
Production
Businessman Inventor Al-
(used of Withholding
Vital Aircraft Part

WASHINGTON, April 24-Assist-
ant Attorney General Thurman
Arnold told the Senate. Committee
that the patent on small screw
or fastener about the size of mans
little finger is seriously impeding
production of military aircraft.
Aincld said that at one plant
30 planes are being delayed and
at another the same thing happened
TO 20 flying fortresses. In still an
other plant, the entire assembly
line has shut down for the lack Of
q single item
He said the patent is held by
William DEUS, a small business man
inventor who is trying to exercise
what he thinks are his legitimate
rights and Arnold urged the COM
mittee not TO be too hard on him
compared to big offenders.
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new DRAFT
CLASS NOW
ANNOUNCED
Classification BIB Given 10
Men with Dependents
in War Work

CHICAGO, April 25-The Selec-
tive Service System has set up a
new draft classification for the last
group which might be sought foI
military service among men who
have dependents or are engaged in
work essential to war production
and the war effort.
The new classification of BIB also
will be set for the men who have
acquired dependents since the ma
ton went to war, and who will not
be deferred because of them.
The revision was announced by
Col. Paul Armstrong, Selective Ser
vice Director on word received from
Washington.
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War Production Facts
Are Handed 10 Nelson
Daily by 5e|eded Men

ing in terms of what the bettlenecks
are-how are the components fit
ting into the picture, have all of
the orders been placed?
I'm other words, do we have guns
for the tanks, are they meeting to-
gether, will they come out together
and be an efficient tank as 1t
comes off the line?"
The Office of Progress Reports
was assigned to Stacy May.
To hulking Robert Nathan, a
black browed young man who
smokes a corn cob pipe, may be
assigned the job of keeping tab on
ornaments.
If production falls down in a
tank factory, it doesn't take Nath-
an long to find out about it.
We're digesters for Mr. Nelson. "
Nathan explains. Hes the man
who should know more about ev-
erything in war production than
anybody else in Washington-and
at the same time he should know
the least.
I'VE get all the reports here =
Continued on Page Two
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
Raj MAKES
B|GATTACK,
DAY, NIGHT
Aircraft Factories Bombed,
left in Ruins-Rostoek
Again Air Raided

LONDON, April 25-The largest
force of Royal Air Force fighters
ever sent against single objec-
tive, escorted bombers attacking
The Netherlands port of Flushing
in daylight following predawn as
sault on the Heinkel Aircraft fac
tories and the German Baltic port
of Rostock which the British Air
Ministry said the massed bombers
loosed the greatest weight of bombs
IN the history of the Raj. 1t is
believed the aircraft factory was
left in a mass of ruins.
Later today the Air Ministry is
sued a oommunique stating Rostock
was battered fiercely overnight by
the RATS second 1000 mile round
trip against the big war plant and
shipping center where the British
claim more than 400 tons of eX-
plosives were dropped in two at
tacks and smashes
The raid surpassed anything the
German air force dealt Great Brit
ain in one. series of night opera
tons, Squadrons again took the
air at daylight today to strike bases
across the English Channel
The docks OF Dunquerque were
raided anew
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
nab WOMAN
GERMAN spy
In MEXICO
DislIoses Cache Of Gas for
Submarines in Mex
leo Gulf

MEXICO CITY, Mexico, April %
The newspaper Novedades reports
that an attractive woman spy, ar
rested by Gen. Baptiste Merida,
gave a clue to a cache of aviation
gasoline for submarine fuel on the
island OF Mujeres off the tip of
the Yucutan Peninsula.
The woman was Identified as a
member of the German American
Bund in the United States. 1t is
said that she was arrested on a
tip from United States officials and
has been returned to the States for
further questioning.
Mexican tankers were summoned
and the cache of gasoline has been
pumped dry.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
JAp5 NOW
PRESS ON
MANDALAY
Chinese in Imminent DAN
Qer as Result Of Fur
ious Onslaught

NEW DELHI, India, April Is
Burma's defenders today faced q
sudden new peril as the japanese,
with also spendthrift use of man
power, pushed swiftly forward 10
within 100 miles of Mandalay in
furious and confused fighting.
The communlque indicates that
the Chinese left flank has either
been rolled back or is in imminent
danger of being turned back.
The communique said over 5000
Japanese have been killed in the
fighting.
1t is announced this afternoon in
a special communique that another
air raid has been made by the jap
anese on Mandalay. The capture
of Mandalay would cut off the last
Allied held link with the great
Burma Road
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
CHINA BASES
ARE BOMBED
BYJApANE5E
Nippons Believe Rdiding
American Planes MAY
Be Located

TOKYO, April 25-Successive aer-
ial attacks during the past three
days on the Chinese bases nearest
Japan are reported today in the
japanese Fleet communique from
the China waters.
The Naval and Army bombers
have destroyed planes and hangers
at Chuhsien, Lishui and Yushan
bases, says the communique. These
bases have been attacked repeat
edly since the Imperial Headquart-
ers announced that it is believed
that American bombing planes that
raided Japan a week ago, continued
on to China from their unknown
take-off.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
new MOVE
BY S0vIET5,
ONE SECTOR
Red Army Reported 10
Have Cut 0reI- Kursk
Railroad

LONDON, April, % = A violent
Russian thrust northeast Of Kursk
has cut the Orel-Kursk railroad at
one point, a Reuters dispatch says,
quoting Istanbul dispat h IS to
Vichy.
The Russians apparently are
to outflank the defenses Of
the city.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
ALERT DRILL IS
SET FOR MONDAY

An air raid "alert" drill will b.
held in juneau on Monday after
noon, according to an announce
ment by Director Of Civilian De-
Tense Frank A. Metcalf Although
no definite time has been set for
the drill, residents and members
of the Civilian Defense Unit are
asked to cooperate when the alarm
sounds.
All persons except members of
the Defense Unit are TO seek shelter
as soon as the alarm sounds. Traffic
must stop and drivers also must
seek shelter inside. This drill will
be held during the busy afternoon
shopping hours, Mr.. Metcalf said,
in answer to requests to determine
how fast the streets can be cleared
during such hours,
1t is expected that the drill will
last approximately Is minutes.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
AMERICAN LEGION
COMMANDER HERE

j. c. Morris, Department Com
mander of the American Legion.
with his headquarters in Anchor
age, is visiting in Juneau on his
way to the states. This noon a no.
host luncheon was given the visitor
by Am erican Legionnaries, the
gathering taking place in the Iris
Room at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
UNDE:R(.0vED
ALLY WORK
IN BELGIUM

LONDON, April 25-The Germans
are reported to be shooting from
20 to 25 Belgian patriots a month
in vain effort to stem the ris-
ing tide of British effort of the
Belgian Government in exile.
The information service giving
this report said that the workers
in one cartridge FACTORY left the
powder out Of a million and a half
cartridges.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
5 KILLED
AT DRILL
IN SOUTH
Pre- m AZURE Explosion Of
She'll in Training Wounds
Sixteen Other Soldiers

LOS ANGELES, Calf, April Is
Five soldiers were killed and l6
wounded in the premature explosion
of a mortar shell near La Mesa, it
was announced today.
The Headquarters of the South
ern California sector said that the
shell was being fired from 60
millimeter mortar during drill and
that it exploded before it had
cleared the guns muzzle.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
N ARTHUR
IN ASSUIE
CEREMONY
Allied Officers Decorate
Australian War
Memorial

MELBOURNE, Australia, April IS
Gen. Douglas Macarthur today
led procession of Allied officers
to the Shrine of Remembrance in
a ceremony marking the first
American participation in Anzac
Day, Australians Memorial Day.
Several thousand persons watched
in silence as the general and his
taft stood with bowed heads in
silent homage and placed wreath
on the memorial in the first such
public appearance since Gen. Mac
Arthur's arrival in Australia.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
CANADA ASKS
RELEASE TO
SHIP SOLDIERS

OTTAWA, April 25-Prime Minis
ter Mackenzie King, warning that
only total effort will bring victory,
urged Canadians last night to vote
Yes on the plebiscite Monday on
releasing the government from pre-
vious commitments not to draft
men for overseas service.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
ESCAPES IN
BATTLE OFF
EA5T(0A5T
Norwegian Ship,D Damaged
by She'll Fire Of Sub,
Makes Port

WASHINGTON. April Is = A
small Norwegian ship. damaged by
shell fire in running battle with
a submarine off the Atlantic Coast.
has reached port safely under her
own power This is the announce
ment made here today by the Navy,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
LOUISE SHEPPARD NOW
WITH ALASKA DOCK

Louise Shepard, formerly with the
Weather Bureau in Juneau, is now
with the Alaska Dock and Storage
Company doing general office work.
She has taken over the place re-
Gently vacated by Mrs. Dwight I.
Brown, who has gone to the States.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
GERMANS RETALIATE

BERLIN, April 25-The German
High Command announces that
Nazi bombers loosed heavy explos-
ives on Devonshire, town in Exeter
sector, England, as reprisal for re-
peated attacks on German cities.
The German communique admits
the latest attacks on Rostock
caused heavy casualties among the
civilian population and also con-
siderable property damage was
done
The German statement says two
British bombers were shot down.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
EUR0pEAN5T0
PREPARE FOR
GREAT BATTLE
Colonel Brition Suggests
Conquered Residents
Do Sabotage Work

NEW YORK, April rs The
British radios mysterious Colonel
Britton told his v for Victory army
in n-occupied Europe TO
make ready for large scale sabotage
because within six weeks from now,
there may open what may prove to
be the greatest battle in the history
of the world
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25

Most fish are either dead or dy-
ing when found on their back, the
catfish Of the African swamps IS
an exception as it will swim upside
down.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
ROOSEVELT AND WALLACE
HORS D'OEUvRES

There is bitter personal hatred
between Laval and Admiral Darlan.
Some Frenchmen hope this will re-
tard Darlan's handing over of the
Fleet. Probably wishful thinking.
In the first World War,
Laval was a pacifist; he went to
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, April Is = On
the third floor of the five-story
War Production Board building, half
way down the main corridor, is a
modest two-room office housing
eight or 10 executives and a like
number of secretaries
Here all the important things
that the War Production Board
knows are brought together, shaken
up and then passed on to the boss
himself-Donald Nelson.
1t is the Office Of Progress Re-
ports.
One Of the biggest criticisms of
the old OPM was that nobody ever
knew just how much the arsenal of
democracy was producing, where it
was falling down and why.
When Nelson set up the WPB
last JANUARY 20, one of the first
things he told reporters was this:
This agency (Office of Progress
Reports) will view production not
alone from the statistical point Of
view, but from the point of view
of projecting into the future, think
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25

Surveying is believed to have or
iginated in ancient Egypt.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-04-25

There are more than 5000 miles
of streets in New York City.
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The W ashingt ton
Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
and ROBERT S. ALLEN

WASHINGTON - There was a
very good reason for the hot crack
of Attorney General Francis Biddle
that Martin Dies is muddling
amateur" investigator.
Biddle believes the Justice De-
partment has the Texas congress
sional sleuth over barrel, and
the surprise crack was the opening
shot of fusillade soon to be fired.
In a long series of reports, Dies
has charged that more than 1000
Communists and fellow travellers
have jobs in government agencies
in Washington. Recently their
names plus Dies evidence were
turned over to super sleuth j. Edgar
Hoover for a further probe, be-
fore dismissing all those actually
found to be Reds. The FBI in
vestigation has now been completed
and the report is in Biddles hands.
The report declares that Dies
charges are unfounded in all but
few instances. And even most of
these are borderline.
But to remove all possibility of
controversy, Biddle has taken still
another precaution, by appointing
Undersecretary of the Interior
Dempsey, Undersecretary of Com
MERGE Taylor, and Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury CASTOR to go
over the FBI report and make a
report on the report.
ROOSEVELT AND WALLACE
When Biddle got the FBI report
he showed it to the President and
remarked: 1--WE really got Dies on
the run this time"
To which the President is re-
ported to have replied:
you mean he had you on the
run until Henry, kicked him into
your corner"
The Presidents reference was 10
Henry Wallace's scathing denuncl-
alton of Dies when Dies claimed
IS employees of the Board OF Econ
omic Warfare are leftists
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CONTINUED on Page Four
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Continued on Page TWO
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-12-04
The First Day = Eli. % n-

ton ready for use at a given date
without unfinished portions. In the
case of an airfield. the flyers can move
in and begin their work without In
convenience or delay.
Officers and men engaged in these
engineering projects must observe
rules laid down by military censor
ship which requires the keeping secret
Of details Of the job.
In the office of nearly every one Of
the area engineers of the Missouri
river division hangs a cartoon depict
ing an engineer receiving orders to
build war effort project on a piece
Of marshland. Orders from the su-
perior officer read. I'VE are in no
hurry for this project, you may take
your time, Just so it is ready for &C.
cupancy in 10 days"
The Missouri river division is COM
manded by Colonel Lewis A. Pick, who
has built up a smoothly functioning
war organization. Motto of the divi-
sion, devised by Colonel Pick, Is
Make no decision that will not speed
to successful and efficient end, the
job you are assigned"