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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Jan II - 1t
would be inconceiyable in this war
for the United States not to have
sabotage and espionage, for those
are twin activities considered vital
to the effective operation OF any
war effort.
But the spy and saboteur are
going to be up against something
now with which they never had
to cope in World War 1.-The most
complete scientific crime laboratory
in the world.
Over at the Federal Bureau OF
Investigation, group of IS scien-
lists, every one OF them specialists
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
PROTEST TO
RATE RAISE
Official .. S. Navy Photo

Joining the other residents of Al
aska who are protesting the As
percent increase in freight n d
passenger rates recently put into
effect by steamship companies op-
Grating in the Territory with the
sanction of the United States Mari
time Commission, officials of the
Territorial Department of Health,
both as a group and individually
have sent wires to Washington, D.
c., asking representation at the
hearing to be held on January 81
The increased rates will serious
ly cripple our entire public health
program Throughout the Territory.
1t will severely curtail the aid given
to tuberculosis cases and crippled
children as funds for the purpose
of sending urgent cases to the
States for treatment are definitely
limited. All other branches of the
public health program, including
the venereal disease department,
will be necessarily be cut in like
manner due to the added expense
of bringing needed drugs into the
country and travel expenses OF
personnel who conduct treatments
Dr.. w. S. Ramsey of the Territor-
ial Department of Health stated
Soday. Wires sent by the Depart
nent follow:
To Katharine Lenroot, Chief
;hildren's Bureau, U. S. Depart
nent of Labor: We beg you pro-
est forty-five percent increase in
reight and passenger rates grant,
ID Alaska steamship companies by
Maritime Commission stop Many
ave inadequate diets at present
rices stop Many more will be
creed below safety line If food
osts are increased Maternal and
Child Health and Crippled Chill
drens programs jeopardized stop
Hearing in Washington January
twenty first. (Signed) Wayne S
Ramsey MD, Director, Director OF
MICH and &C Territorial Depart
ment of Health.
To Mrs. Franklin d. Roosevelt:
Please help us stop Health of our
children jeopardized if forty-five
percent increase in rates granted
Alaska steamship companies by
Maritime Commission is not re-
voked stop Hearing in Washington
January twentyfirst (Signed
Members Nutrition Glass, Juneau
Woman's Club.
To Thomas Parran, Surgeon
General, U. S. Public Health Serv-
ice: We beg you protest forty-five
percent increase in passenger and
freight rates granted Alaska steam
ship companies by Maritime Com
mission stop Many have inadequate
diets at present prices stop Many
more will be forced below safety
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
Hearing on 5itka
harbor Scheduled

Improvements of Sitka Harbor
now going forward will be the topic
of discussion at a public hearing
to be held at the City of SItka Of
flee at 1890 a. m, January 20, it
was announced today.
Purpose of the hearing, it is I'M
derstood, will be to ascertain
whether any notifications in the
present harbors improvement project
are desired by local interests. The
hearing will be held by the War
Department.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
Sabotage, Espionage Is
Inevitable But FBI Is
Right On The Job Now

in some particular field. will be
working day and night If necessary
to make life hard for the sabo-
tours and spies. j. Edgar Hoover
director. started the FBI crime de-
lection laboratory in 1882, not with
out little derisive shifting from
some government officials, law
makers. and particularly the police
of the land.
In nine years, the sniffers
have quit il and the police OF
the land now send about 1000
specimens a month TO the
Continued on Page Three
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
Twenty-one Others Victims
on Luxury Liner Ex-
pIosion Last Night
BIG PLANE GOES
DOWN IN FLAMES
Fifteen Army Ferry Filters
Are Among Those Re-
ported Persisted
Los ANGELES. Cal. Jan. II

Los ANGELES, Cal, Jan. II
-Carole Lombard, star movie
actress and wife Of Clark
Gable, and II others, including
Miss Lombard's mother and Is
Army filters, apparently persisted
last night in an explosive crash
Of q TWA luxury liner near
Las Vegas, Nevada.
The flames Of the crashed
plane were sighted from the
air soon after the accident.
There Is no indication Of life
on the ground.
Parties struggling with diff
Guilty today through the rugged
mountains abandoned attempts
to travel afoot and have taken
TO horses.
The Army Corps Ferry Com
mand at Long Beach, CAL,
said the Army men are menu
bers Of . Ferry Command re-
turning to the coast for new
assignments and they boarded
the plane at Albuquerque, N.
M, where four other passen-
gers were put off to make room
for the filters.
The luxury liner took off
from Las Vegas at TOT o'clock
last night and about 1880 o.
clock workers ut the Blue
Mountain mine saw a flare and
then heard an explosion.
A few minutes later, West
ern Airlines pilot. Art Cheney.
radioed he. saw . fire on Table
Mountain near the scene Of
the explosion and crash.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
CHURCHILL
FLIES HOME
OVER OCEAN
Prime Minister Returns
After History Making
Visit 10 America

LONDON, Jan. 17-British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill stepped
prosaically from train this morn
ing at his home town from his
history making visit to the United
States and Canada.
The British official flew across
the Atlantic from Bermuda to
Plymouth. -Four chief lieutenants
accompanied the Prime Minister on
his flight
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
Free French
Desiroyerin
Big5eizure
Craft Enters Harbor on
Spanish Islands Grabs
Three Merchantmen

MADRID. Jan. II The news
paper Arriba, in an article today,
says a Free French destroyer en-
tered the harbor of San Isabel, on
the Spanish Island of Fernando
Poo, off the West Coast of Africa,
and seized three merchantmen.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
a,----sas5ss : $780, s5@---s--|-
JApS KILL
(HURCHMEN
ON HAINAN
American Missionaries Re-
ported Slain by Jap
dnese Forces

CHUNGKING. Jan. IT. = An
Army communique today declared
that Japanese slew all American
missionaries on Hainan Island after
the outbreak of war in the Pacific.
The message mentioned the
names of Rev. and Mrs. D. r.
Thomas and Miss M. Burkwall
nurse, among those slain.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
Japanese Report They
Have Broken Through
Australian Defense
new F00TH0LD IS
GAINED BY NIPp0MS
MALAGA, Capital City, Is
Reported 10 Be 0leu-
pied by Invaders

TOKYO. Jan. 1.-THE Imperial
Headquarters assert the Japanese
invasion armies have broke n
through the Australian Defense
lines in the Batu Pahat sector.
which is SO miles northeast of Sing
apore and it is apparent that a
crisis is near regarding the fate of
Great Britain's $4OO,O00,OO0 strong
hold
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17

Lord Beaverbrook, England's
Minister of Aircraft Production,
Canadian born, worked his way
up from newsboy to publisher of
one of the worlds largest news
papers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
GARRISON,
UNITS,
SURRENDER

CAIRO. Jan. 1.-THE Middle
East British Headquarters an
nounced this forenoon that the
Axis garrison at Halfaya has sur
rendered Internationally
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17

line If food costs are increased all
public health programs jeopardized
stop Hearing in Washington Janu-
airy twenty first. (Signed) w. W.
Council, MD, Commissioner Of
Health.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
Wars Oil Shortage
Now Met by Swiss

BERN, Switzerland, Jan. II -
Switzerland has stepped back to
the Paleolithic age in an effort to
solve its wartime fat and oil proc
lem.
In those long ago days the prim-
tive people who inhabited pile
huts in the Lake of zurock got
most of their edible oil from pop
pyseed. Switzerland now is again
encouraging raising of poppyseed
for that purpose. as well as mus
tard. rapeseed. chestnuts. maize.
soya beans and even tobacco.
Eddie Cantor in his youth was
a singing waiter in Coney Island
beer garden.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. II Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is "a. American Can
GA, Anaconda 27sl. Bethlehem Steel
SO, Commonwealth and Southern
SIG. International Harvester 487s,
Kennecott So, New York Central
9ls, United States Steel 53la, Pound
s404
DOW. JONES AVERAGES
The following are todays Dow,
Jones averages: industrials 1908.
rails 280l. utilities i458.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
Batt|eship and Artillery
Fire Aimed at PENN
suIa Defenders
"0UR SOLDIERS" ARE
CALAMITY FIGHTING
Tokyo Headquarters Claim
Americans, Filipinos
Are Reiredfing

WASHINGTON, Jan. II = The
War Department bulletin issued at
noon today says heavy japanese
attack is now in progress against
the right flank of Gen. MacAr-
thurs forces on Batan Peninsula.
The bulletin adds: This attack
is well supported by aircraft and also
battleship and artillery. Although
the assailant greatly outnumber the
defenders, our soldiers are stub
bornly contesting the attempted
advance
JAPS CLAIM RETREAT
TOKYO, Jan. 17-Military dis
patches received here state that
Japanese observation planes report
that American and Filipino artn-
lerymen are abandoning their bat
terry positions and large columns
OF supporting forces are in gen.
eral retreat to Manila Bay from
the west coast of Batan Peninsula.
1t is officially reported that Jap
anese warships bombarded the
western coast of the Peninsula for
SO hours continuously and under
the fire Of guns landed some
forces on the peninsula.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
MAJOR BATTLE RAGING

SINGAPORE, jan. 1.-THE Brit
ish headquarters acknowledge that
Japanese troops have gained a foot
hold on the south bank OF the
strategic Muar River 80 miles
north OF Johore Strait which sep
arates Singapore Island from the
mainland.
The British headquarters admit
major battle is developing in the
Malayan jungles.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
JAPS IN MALAGA

TOKYO, Jan. ia military dis
patch received here says reports
from the front lines claim the Jap
anese forces have completely oc-
cupied" Malacca. Capital City OF
Malacca Straits Settlement
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
BANKRUPT DISCHARGED

Elmer LaChance. of Juneau, was
discharged as bankrupt in Fed
eral District Court here today.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17

Plums are generally used as
pickle in Japan and almost every
household has them
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
TICKETS ON SALE

Tickets for both the Birthday
Ball to be held at the Elks Hall on
the evening of January 81 and for
the bridge and pinochle parties to
be given in the Gold Room at cho
Baranof the same evening for the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis will go on sale today, it
was announced by Mrs. Charles G.
Burdick, Juneau Chairman. Funds
received through this drive are di-
vided with part of them remaining
In the Territory for use in fighting
miantile paralysis and the cure
OF those crippled by it. Mrs. Bur-
dick stated.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17
GOVERNOR WILL
GIVE BIRTHDAY
BALL ADDRESS

Gov. Ernest Gruening will open
the radio program for the Presi-
dents Diamond Jubilee Birthray
Ball to be held on January 81, with
an address over KINY on Monday
evening at 7:30 o'clock.
The radio program for the ma
tional drive to raise funds for
fighting infantile paralysis will be
continued throughout the next two
weeks according to DR.. Courtney
Smith. Chairman of radio public
ity in Juneau.
Dr. w. w. Council, Territorial
Health Commissioner will talk over
KINY to the public on Wednesday
evening at $50 O'Clock and on Fri
day the Presidents Birthday Ball
address will be given by D. w S.
Ramsey of the Territorial Depart
ment of Health at $50 o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-01-17

BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
Evening star., 1942-12-02
Arroyo Is Honored
At Military Academy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WEST POINT, N. Y. Dec. a.
President Carlos A. Arroyo del
Rio of Ecuador said yesterday that
President Roosevelt's magnificent
wartime job may be better under
stood after seeing the backing he
has in the Military Academy.
He expressed assurance that with
the welding of the civilian element
in the United States as exemplified
by Mr.. Roosevelt, and the military
element as represented by West
Point, America will win the war and
the peace that follows.
The Ecuadorian chief executive,
greeted by a 2l-gun salute upon his
arrival here, was met by Major Gen
Francis B. Wiltby uperintendent
of the Military Academy. Later he
dined with II other high-ranking
officers of the institution.
President Arroyo marked his four
hour visit with a toast ito the
illustrious President of the United
States"
Evening star., 1942-12-02

mercial article. a short piece for
which Ladies Home Journal paid
him IS.
L was just one Of many who
contributed these articles and got
the same amount" he recalled, but
I was mighty proud of it,"
He chuckled to himself.
Il jolly we'll needed it then"
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27
HIGH PRICE FOR
MARYLAND BONDS

Deep qualification at the favor
able prices accorded Maryland
Construction Loan Bonds offered
for sale by the Board of Public
Works, has been expressed by
Governor Herbert r. O'Conor.
The unusually nigh price at
which Maryland bonds sold is an
other indication CT the splendid fl
nancial condition of the State" he
said.
"Considering all factors involved
the bid was surprisingly attractive.
1t represents a better yield than is
quoted today on other Government
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27
Maryland Merry
GO-ROund
Continued From Page u

Continued From Page u
drus, of Crisfield, president of the
American Water Foods Association
who has conferred with the COVER
nor about the need for such an
agency, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service in Washington, is working
out the details preliminary to the
Andrus group presenting its pro-
pOsal to the White House
The idea of a special war control
board grew out of an interchange
of correspondence between Mr.. An
drus and Governor O'COnor who
first was impOrtuned, merely to
urge the President not to move the
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service to
Chicago. If there is one bureau in
the capitals vast bureaucracy
which is popular with the Eastern
Shore and the Chesapeake Bay, it
is this bureau which has done q
magnificent job in keeping the fish
industrys head above water.
A principal reason for the need
for a national war fisheries board
is that while the war and lend
lease programs of the government
are calling on the fishing industry
for Herculean production, the ma
tional war effort is taking over
the industry's vessels and man
power to such a degree that even
normal production of fish products
and by-products is threatened.
In urging establishment of the
Board. Mr.. Andrus has pointed out
to Governor O'COn0r that while
the government is in the market for
hundreds of thousands of tons of
canned fish. yitamin A oils, and
other sea products, the armed SER
vices have already taken over fifty
per cent of the California sardine
fishing fleet and prepOnderant
tonnage OF the Alaskan steamship
fleet, including a number or can
nery-owned vessels. And In the
New England area for instance, the
Navy has thus far taken over ten
trawlers and four draggers and
probably will seize many more, un-
less some definite policy for the
fisheries industry is decided upon.
With growing scarcities of such
materials as burlap. cellophane,
cordage. rubber, tin, paint and
other commodities, the Maryland
fishing industry believes some one
agency should be empowered to
determine the Importance OF the
fisheries in the war economy and
the extent to which their needs
should be met.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27

issues of similar maturity. I'M
doubtedly, the success of the poll
cies under which we have been
working is reflected in this high
price. These include a balanced
budget, the absence of borrowing
to meet current expenses and the
non-diversion of gasoline tax reye-
nues I intend to continue the
practice of economy under which
Maryland bonds have reached an
'all-time high during the present
administration"
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27

Rev. William NJ Norment, South
Potomac street, attended a trustee
meeting at Lynchburg College. lie
rs accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry Porterfield who visited their
son, Joseph, student at Lynch
burg College.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27
CAMPAIGN TO
PROTECT CHILDREN
NOW UNDER WAY

Health forces in Maryland. ac-
cording to an announcement by Dr.
: R. H. Riley, Director of the State
Department of Health, are cooper
ating actively in the nationwide
campaign now under way. for the
protection Of all young children
not already immunized against
diphtheria and smallpox.
The campaign was started in re-
sponse to the urgent request in
President Roosevelt's Child Health
Day Proclamation, asking that
these special services be carried
on during the period between now
and the first day of May. which
has been officially designated by
an Act Of Congress, as Child
Health Day.
The campaign is sponsored. DR..
Riley said, by the Conference of
State and Provincial Health Au-
thorities Of North America which
includes the directors Of all State
and Territorial Health Depart
ments of the United States, Mexi-
co and Canada, and by the u. S.
Children's Bureau. The U. S. De-
partment Of Education, the U. S.
Public Health Service, State and
local health departments and the
public schools are also cooperating
Diphtheria is particularly hard
on young children, and experience
has shown. DR.. Riley explained,
that the most favorable time for
child to be protected against the
disease is when it is between six
months and year old. Nearly all
young children are very susceptible
to it and there salways danger
that the child who has not been
protected against diphtheria will
take it from some other child or
from somebody who has had the
Consequently while the current
campaign aims especially to reach
children under a year old, who
have not yet been safeguarded
against diphtheria, it is being ar
ranged for the benefit of all young
children for whom the service has
been neglected.
THE desirability of vaccinating
children against smallpox before
they are year old, or soon after,
holds good" DR.. Riley continued,
with regard to smallpox, as we'll
as to diphtheria. Owing to the
fact that Maryland has a law which
requires children to be vaccinated,
and which prohibits children from
being enrolled in any public school
in the State, if they have not been
vaccinated, there is less chance Of
finding young children in Maryland
who have not been protected
against that disease than there is
Of finding those for whom protec-
ton against diphtheria has been
neglected.
1t is strongly hoped that the
attention that is being attracted by
the Presidents Proclamation to
the Importance of having the chill
dren protected against both of
these diseases, will remind par
ents who have neglected to have
it done, to take thier children to
their doctors and have them safe
guarded against both diseases
without further delay.
Information as to hours and
places for public clinics for these
services fer children who cannot
get them otherwise can be obtained
from the health officers and public
health nurses in Baltimore City
and the counties"
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27

Mrs. Frances Gaylor has re-
turned to her home after under
going an operation at the local hos
pital.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27

Bring the Axis to their knees!
Support Our Sailors on the Seas!
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27

Miss Helen Foreman has entered
the local hospital where she Will
undergo treatment.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27

Your money is lent to make Axis
repent,
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27

Remove the Axis blight! Join
Americas Fight!
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27

This campaign coming up is
quite confusing, not only to the
voters but to the candidates them
selves.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-02-27
HANGOVERS

CONTINUED From Page u
fact he assumed these duties Of
placing his OK. on appointments
with such ease that it was months
later before the fiedging poIiti-
clans realized that they were just
a couple Of more voters.
And so I'm told the b'hoys are
making goo-goo eyes at any can
didate who has a State rep and
the least bit of ambish to become
Governor. And that also goes for
other prospective candidates for
State or County offices. But it is
also interesting to note that
there are several candidates al
ready in the field who are carry
ina on double campaigns - one
for the office they hope to win,
and the other denying that they
are hooked up with the Sweeney
Wade outfit.
Evening star., 1942-09-03

"The dignity OF no well-meaning
state would be harmfully impaired
even by a requirement that 1t sub
nit justifable grievances 70 the
World Court and others to arbitra-
ton"
Also Meets Tonight.
Today's program for the student
assembly included:
ais pm, round table discussions
on the question of the end of i'm
perialism; 6:l5 pm, dinner in the
Labor-ICC cafeteria: pm, plenary
session on "the Peoples Century
Japanese, German, Italian, Bull
garian and Hungarian students-all
opposed to the course their countries
are taking-are among the accred-
tied observers at the sessions. The
other countries represented, besides
the United States, are:
Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia,
Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bur-
ma, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Czecho-Slovakia.
Dutch Guina, Ecuador, Egypt, Ell
Salvador, England, France, Greece,
Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras. Ice
land, India, Iran, Korea, Liberia.
Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Nor
way. Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Phil
| ippine Commonwealth, Poland, Swe-
den, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey.
Union of South Africa, Union Of So
Wet Socialist Republics, Uruguay and
| Yugoslavia.
Trude w. Pratt of the Interna-
tional Student Service is acting as
general secretary of the assembly.
The International Student Service ID
the principal inspirer OF the meet
ings.
Evening star., 1942-09-03
Two Men Sentenced
In Traffic Deaths;
Third Is Convicted
One Driver Fined 500,
Second Placed on
Probation for Yeor

Two drivers involved in negligent
homicide cases were sentenced yes
terday by Judge Nathan r Margold
in Municipal Court and jury re
turned a verdict of guilty in third
case.
Charles Joseph Di Virgilio. 28,
of Marshalltown. Del, was fined
500 after he pleaded guilty to a
charge of causing the death of Allen
Mitchell Kennedy, l3, of 243A
Franklin street NE, on october
81, 1941.
Di Virgilio's car struck pole on
Bladensburg road, about 100 feet
from the District line. then hit the
boy, throwing him more than a
feet. into vacant lot.
Styles E. Woodruff, jr., who was
convicted August "a OF negligent
homicide in the death of Harry J
Bender, 73, of 1910 Douglas street
NE, was sentenced to one years
probation by Judge Margold. Mr.
Bender died December 81, 1910, al
Casualty Hospital, the day after ht
was hit by Woodruff's car at Twelfth
and Franklin streets NE.
The jury's guilty verdict was re-
turned against Walter E. Basye, IS
of 3239 North Washington boule.
ward, Arlington, Va, who was triec
in the traffic death of a 70-year-
old woman on May Is, 194l. Tht
woman, Maria Herndon, 14l4 Twen-
ty-seventh street NV, was struck
at Pennsylvania avenue and Twen-
ty-sixth street NV.
The cases were handled by Johr
B. Diamond, assistant United State.
attorney.