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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12
Report Violations

Air raid sergeants, through thei1 wardens, should collect and report the number of observed violations of the alert in their respective dis tricts. Wardens should urge the full observation of the alert by all persons.
 They should also report the number of dogs and other animals running at large during each alert. In actual raids dogs and other animals, running loose, are a ser ious menace to human beings. Owners should keep their dogs and animals confined during alerts.
 Need Volunteers
 Director Robertson stressed the urgency of the need for volunteers for civilian defense. The present personnel of auxiliary firemen has dropped to eleven. Fire Chief Null vihill. who is Chairman of the Fire Fighting Section of the Defense Council, needs volunteers for his section.
 More auxiliary police are needed to fill the vacancies caused by for mer members joining The Home Guard. The Guard and the Civ ilian Defense are two separate or ganizations, each created by Act of Congress. Both are important, but a member of the Civilian De- fense cannot very well also perform the duties of 4 Home Guardsman.
 Director Robertson stated the auxiliary police force will be promptly brought back to it's nec- essary numbers.
 Insufficient Wardens
 A number of air raid districts do not have a sufficient quota of wardens. Sergeants and wardens are urged to solicit new members among their neighbors and resi- dents of their respective distr; $. Names of persons who would be competent for civilian defense work should be turned in to the Di- rector who will personally solicit them to join.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12
22,ooo-ToN BRIT. SHIP
 T0RpED0ED
Aircraft Carrier Eagle Sent Down by Axis Sub in
 Mediterranean

LONDON, Aug. 12-The British aircraft carrier Eagle was sunk as the result of U-boat action in the Mediterranean but a large part of the 22,O00-ton crafts crew was saved. This is the official an- nouncement made by the British Admiralty
 A German broadcast, heard here, indicated. the Eagle went down at the start of a battle that may be continuing today between British convoy and Axis subs and war planes. (
 The broadcast, quoting the DNB, German news agency, said that British Capital Convoy" escorted by the bulk of the Mediterranean fleet, has been engaged since last evening with Axis sea and air forces The action is in the western Mediterranean.
 The original German broadcast said the Eagle was sunk at mid day, adding that the Italian Com mand said one of it's subs scored two torpedo hits at dawn yesterday on a large warship' but had not ascertained the type. The Italian Command claimed the convoy was a large one and heavily protected"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12
E PASSED
 CENSOR

Censors in the States, especially Seattle, get busy and clip out items Alaskans are not entitled" to read from mailed newspapers but allow propa ganda postcards to come through the mails.
 One postcard Passed by Censor as indicated by the stamp, has been received from Birmingham, Ala bama. The postcard has the follow ing written upon it: Unless Mo- thers, no others, rule the world, there is no peace, no freedom. Get my Book, $2' On the face of the card, also scrubbed, is Morality, not insane religion The name of the author is also given
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12
ARMY CHARGE ON
 INVADERS S
One Nippon Cargo Ship Is Sunk in Kiskd Harbor-
 Others Damaged
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bor area with unobserved results.
 On August 4, Army pursuit planes shot down two Kawanishi-97 Seaplane bombers and on August 8, Pacific Fleet task force, pro- tected by Naval Patrol planes, hea- vily bombarded the group of enemy ships, camp facilities and shore in- stallations at Kiska.
 The attack was complete sur prise to the enemy, who, mistaking the first salvos of shells for bombs opened fire with anti-aircraft bat teries on what they imagined to be planes.
 Sight Sunken Ship
 The intensive bombardment from the cruiser and destroyer guns soon silenced shore batteries and started fires, inflicting severe dam age on the camp area.
 In the only enemy resistance from aircraft our loss was one ob- servation plane.
 On August 9, Naval patrol planes followed up the bombardment by an attack on two cargo ships in Kiska Harbor. Two bomb hits were scored on each ship, resulting in severe damage. Observers sighted a sunken cargo ship believed to have been sunk near the beach during the previous days bom- bardment by surface forces.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12
PRACTICE ALERT
 TO BE HELD AT
 7p.M. THURSDAY
Civilian Defense Members Given Instructions
 by Director

Tomorrow evening at o'clock there will be a practice alert held in Juneau, according to R. E. Rob- ertson, Director of Civilian De- fense.
 All air raid wardens, first aiders, auxiliary firemen, and auxiliary police are urged to respond promp- tly to the alarm.
 The sergeant of each air raid district should detail one air rad warden, for each first aid station in his district, to immediately visit, after first reporting to the ser eeant. the first aid station and list the personnel and number of first aiders present. This infor- nation should be reported back to the sergeant who in tuin should report it to the Central Control Station.
 First Aid Problem
 The problem for first aiders at each first aid station will be to properly bandage a simulated hand injury. Instead of using a Boy Scout as the victim, the air raid warden visiting the first aid sta ton will act as the injured person. The solution of the problem viii require about five minutes.
 Mrs Jessie McCrary and Miss Alma Olson, who are in charge of the First Aid Section during the absence of Holger Larson, will fur nish instructions to each first aid section as to the simulated injury.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12

Civilian Defense has a place for every able bodied man who $ not already performing duties either in The Home Guard or the Amer1can Red Cross. And in either the Red Cross or the Civilian Defense lies opportunity for able bodied women to help.
 To Take Oath of Office
 In the near future each member of Civilian Defense will be re- quested to take the formal oath of office which has been prescribed in accordance with the Act of Congress creating Civilian Defense.
 Following the alert tomorrow night, a meeting of the Defense Council will be held in the City Hall
 Appointments Made
 Tom Dyer and John Kennedy, Defense Councilmen, have been ap- pointed as assistants to Ben Stew art, Chairman of the Evacuation Section, who will make a report on his plans.
 Defense Councilmen H. Wander Leest and Walter P. Scott have been appointed to report a suit able plan of warning, in case of actual raid, to citizens congregated in theatres, churches, and other public places
 Mrs. Florine HouSel. Chairman of the American Red Cross Canteen Service, Till inform the Defense Council of the preparations she and her aids are making to serve the community.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. Evelyn Hollmann underwent an operation Monday in St. Ann's Hospital and is now convalescing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12

Holgar Larson. entered St. Ann's Hospital yesterday and this morn- ing was to have an operation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12
GREEN BACK FROM
 TRIP TO WRAkGElL

Richard s. Green, Sanitary En- gineer for the Territorial Depart ment of Health, arrived back in Juneau last night after a trip to Wrangell and Ketchikan, where he assisted E. A. Heiss in the install lation of a chlorinator system in the water supplies, similar to that recently installed in the Juneau system.
 MT. Heiss has now returned to the South after completing his work in the Territory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12
U.5.M MARINES ENGAGED IN
 NEW FIGHTS
Trained in Latest Twists of Dealing Out Dedth-
 Making Progress
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other shock troops have apparent ly firmly established themselves in the counter invasion footholds.
 The Tokyo broadcast, quoting Capt. Kamada, Japanese Naval spokesman in Shanghai, persisted the invasion is only a fiction battle and termed the engagement as one night encounter.
 The broadcast pictured the sea battle off the islands as fought at such close quarters that the United States and Japanese war ships actually collided.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12

Fred Heldman has entered St. Ann's Hospital for medical treat ment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12

The Rev. w G. LeVasseur of the Catholic Church of the Nativity has been in St. Ann's Hospital this week suffering from a severe cold.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12

Private motor cars in Ireland may not be used for sports meetings, for holiday driving, social calls, shop ping and other nonessential uses.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-12
Former Official of U.
 }. 10 Germany Dies

NEW YORK, Aug. 12. Jacob Gould Schurman, 38, former United States Ambassador to Germany and former President of Cornell Uni versity, died today in the Memorial Hospital after an illness of several months.
Nogales international., 1942-09-25
Wally Smith
Coach At
San Luis Obispo

A letter received this week by the
Nogales international from Wally
Smith, former coach at Nogales
High School, announced that he
has accepted the job with San Luis
Obispo, California, Junior College
as director of their coaching and
physical education department.
Mrs. Smith and I miss our
friends in Nogales and especially
ali CT the boys who were SO gener-
Gus with their time and energy. ]
hope you forward my best wishes tc
all of the town folks ard if you
ever have an occasion to be up this
way be sure to step over for good
visit" he wrote, and added eve
certainly enjoy the Nogales Inter
natl jcnal and l2ok forward to C1cN
pul, ication.
Nogales international., 1942-09-25
Lieut.. Col.
Waterbury.
Visitor Here

Enroute to his headquarters at
Camp Croft, near Spartansburg, S.
c., from a trip to San Francisco
and Los Angeles, 1t. Col. Ben
Waterbury, former resident of No
gales, was a guest Tuesday at the
hcIre of his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Julia Farrior, 1877 Smelter street,
leaving for the East on the ITO a.
m. stage Wednesday.
Waterbury, formerly stationed
with the 25th Infantry at Nogales.
left here III 1924 and while living
in this city married Miss Mary
Beam, a daughter of Mrs. Maude
Beam and the late A. R. Beam.
They have a 15-year-old son and a
13-year-old daughter and reside at
Spartansburg.
At the time of his departure from
Nogales 18 years ago Waterbury was
a first lieutenant. During the years
since he left here he was stationed
in Hawaii, Muncie, Indiana, and
other places before going to South
Carolina He was veteran in
World War I and served in France.
The Lieutenant Colonel on his
trip this week, his first to Nogales
in six years. looked as handsome
and as young as he did on the day
he moved away from here in 1924
Nogales international., 1942-09-25
Joe Anderson
One Of Champs
In Navy Class

Joseph A. Anderson, 10, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Anderson
of Patagonia, was one of the %
champions Of the 600 members of
Glass B13-43 of the naval ordnance
school graduating at San Diego last
Friday.
The % champs passed through
Fairbanks Tuesday enoute east. Joe
phoned his parents that he did not
know their exact destination but
understood it was a naval school in
an eastern state. The % champs
were the navy men who made the
highest grades in the class of 600.
Joe, an enlisted man in the navy
left here on April for San Diego
after working for the General
Petroleum Corporation in this city
about a year. He is graduate of
Patagonia Union High School and
was born in Nogales April 26, 1923
Nogales international., 1942-09-25
CaliSthenics
Proposed By
HI School Coach

Calisthenics and classes in first
aid at the high school are planned
by Glenn Mari, the new high
school coach, he told Rotarians at
their meeting Friday.
Marr, who succeeded Wally
Smith, resigned, as coach here, said
four or five new candidates for
places on the football team are
reporting daily and that Nogales
should win some of the games this
fall He invited the public to come
out t~and watch the boys practice.
Owen Clark, new English teacher
at the high school, was also a
speaker at the meeting. He made
a splendid talk.
A. j. Mitchell was program chair
man and guests included Oscar
Soto, president of the high schoo,
student body. who is an honorary
member of the club.
Nogales international., 1942-09-25
Health Of Army
Better Than
Euer Before

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24-War
Secretary Stimson told his press
conference that the health Of the
Amy in training in the U. S. is
better than ever before during war
time, and it is expected the general
hospital admission rate will be
about ten percent lower in 1892
than in 1941.
Throughout 1941 and so far this
year, the death rate has been the
lowest in the history of the Army.
Throughout the Army administra-
tion Officer Candidate School, en-
listed men who have been accepted
for limited service and enlisted men
between the ages of As and so may
receive commissions and if they have
equal qualifications, they will be
given preference oven men eligible
for combat duty, the War Depart
ment said.
Nogales international., 1942-09-25
Size Of Army
Increased From
1912 Objective

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24-Selec-
tive Service Director Hershey said
the size CT the Army, this year has
been increased from the 4,500, 600
total announced as the 1912 objec-
tive by Chief of Staff Marshall in
June.
Gen. Hershey said he expected
married men with children would
be called "the last quarter of 1943
at the very earliest, but I would
like to hedge to the extent that the
Army's requirements may &c up
18 and 19 year olds must be drafted
next year, or 1000, 900 or 1,500,0
family men" will be taken; and it
is expected unmarried men with de-
pendents will be called this year.
Nogales international., 1942-09-25
No Word From
Col. Quesenberry
Since March

Reports in circulation that the
Red Cross has advised Mrs. Mary
Quesenberry her husband, Col.
Marshall Quesenberry. is held by
the Japanese as a prisoner in the
Philippine Islands, were denied
yesterday by Mrs. Quesenberry,
daughter of Senator and Mrs.
James A. Harrison.
II have never had official notifi-
cation that the Colonel was dead,
alive or a prisoner" she said, and
added that the last letter received
from her husband was dated March
% and came from Bataan PENN
sula where Gel. Quesenberry and
his troops went following the Jap
attack on Fort Mckinley, near
Manila, in December.
Col. Quesenberry went to the
Philippines a year ago last May.
Nogales international., 1942-09-25
Life In Jap
Project At
Sacaton Told

Numerous high Salaried and
weIl-trained business people are
amCng American japanese resi-
dents at the War Relocation
Authority's Cila River project
at SacatOn, Is miles north of
Casa Grande and approximate
Iy 20 miles northwest of Tucson,
an inspection of the center re-
veaIed this week.
Located on the fertile bottonland
near the Gila River, the camp, di-
vided into three units about mile
apart, is built in Army-barrack
style to accommodate and COM
pletely supply $4,000 Japanese, the
second largest of such relocation
projects. The largest is at Poston
Ariz, near Parker on the Colorado
River, which will accommodate 90,
600 American-born Japanese.
ONLY FEW ALIENS
The center is not an internmen
camp for suspected enemies. Com
paratively few are aliens. The per-
centage OF Nisei, Amemcan-born, i:
estimated by E. R. Smith, project
director, and John Henderson, il
charge of housing and employment
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Nogales international., 1942-09-25
Drilling Day
And Night For
Oil Near SonOita

An all steel 130-foot derrick i.
professional drillers from California
working day and night . never a
letup in operations.
That's what you see on trip to
the oil well on the mesa 1900 feet
from the r. c. Larimore home near
Sonoita.
It is said to be the first steel
derrick and most complete and up
to date dnilling equipment ever
brought into Arizona and apparent
ly the first real test ever made to
see if there is oil in Arizona.
Drilling up to Sunday morning
was down OF 134O feet-an average
of about 700 feet a week having
been made the first two weeks at
the Larimore we'll Depth Wednes-
day of this week was 154O, the
drillers having been slowed up fer
a few days because of rock forma-
ton.
The equipment which T. NJ Pet
tierew and associates have brought
to the Sonoita district is said to
have cost between $4,000 and $75,-
900. Two shifts of five men each
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Nogales international., 1942-09-25
General Gil[ent
Given Special
Mention By Time

Major General Alvin Gillem, SON.
in-laW of Senator and Mrs. James
A. Harrison CT this city, is given
special mention in the current issue
of Time magazine. dated Sept. 21.
After devoting much space to the
'gai7ing in desert warfare on the
California desert, Time carried the
following about General Gillem,
WHO is commander of the desert
troops with headquarters at Indio,
California:
Tough, spidery Major General
Alvin Gillem says there isn't tank
man alive who could operate a tank
by himself, and there isn't tank
crew that could keep tank oper-
ating without the help of the last
little man with the last little mon
key wrench.
Before his quarters at Camp
Young, General Gillem has a pri-
vate ghower. But his lips are as
cracked as those of his tankers, his
face is as raw and weathered from
the sand-laden wind, his uniform
is a p-ir of overalls. Like his men,
Gillem is maneuvering with one
thought in mind
General Gillem was formerly sta
toned in Nogales and while here
Miss Virginia Harrison.
Nogales international., 1942-09-25
WORLDS CHAMPION COWGIRL
TEACHING HERE; CHEERED BY
$4,000 AT NEW YORK in 1910
Cherrie Osborne Blair Chooses Nogales For Her First
School; Awarded Trophy By Noted Author
At Worlds Championship Rodeo

pictures and publicity telling of her
life. She was shown in IA pictures
On the five pages.
Headed "CherTie Osborne, Worlds
Champion Cowgirl" the magazine
in its opening paragraphs, said:
I'm Madison Square Garden, New
York, the lights were ablaze one
night last fall 194O). Thirty thous-
and people were cheering the cham
pions in the closing ceremonies of
the annual Madison Square Garden
Rodeo, the biggest cowshow on
earth.
"A girl rode in the arena. She
rode like a person long accustomed
to riding, with easy grace but proud
bearing, black, battered cowboy
hat holding blonde curls in place,
strong shapely hands holding the
reins firunly, as reins should be held.
Anyone could tell that there was a
girl who knew how to ride.
And one thing no rider can ever
fool, the horse, knew it too and the
horse stepped along proud and i'm
portant, into the bright lights in
the center of the arena of Madison
Square Garden.
THE girl had ridden out to
laG
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Nogales international., 1942-09-25
Herbert Starker
Now A Major

Herbert H. (Henry) Starker. for
merly Of Elgin. has been promoted
by the War Department to Major.
he advised the Nogales Interna-
tional in a recent letter.
In his letter he said, in part, as
follows:
Have been stationed at the
Florence Internment Camp at Flon-
ence, Arizona, as quartermaster
since last March.
"A short time ago I had the
plasure of seeing Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Harrison of Elgin and we
had quite g visit. I can recall with
pleasure the good times and friends
I made while living in Santa Cruz
County,
Nogales international., 1942-09-25

Few people know it but it's
fact neverthelesS-the worlds
champion cowgirl - young
bride-is a teacher in Nogales.
She's Mrs. Cherrie Osborne
Blair, a guest at the MOntezuma
Hotel, and she's teaching the
9Th grade in the high school
building. Her husband is in the
army. She became a teacher
this month and chose NogaleS
for her first school.
Read the February 1941 issue o
Arizona Highways magazine ant
you'll learn just how famous thi
young girl is. The magazine carried
her picture on it's front cover pag'
and devoted five inside pages tt
Nogales international., 1942-09-25
Community Scrap
Pile Growing

Ben Wilde, A. j. Mitchell, r. T.
Frazier, Jake Rochlin, Fred Kem-
meries, j. H. Barbee, and others,
who are taking much interest in
the scrap metal drive here met
Tuesday evening at the Citizen
Auto Stage depot and reported
good progress being made.
It was decided that from now on
the scrap at Morley avenue and
East street will be put into one pile
and the one big pile will be known
as the community scrap pile.
Among persons greatly assisting
in building up the pile are high
school boys.
Nogales international., 1942-09-25
Volunteers As
Officer Candidate

Having volunteered as an officer
candidate, Andrew Kux is leaving
for Fort Huachuca to take an eX-
animation.
If, he passes there he will go to
Phoenix to be accepted into the
army and then will have nine
months to qualify as an officer.
KuX ought to be valuable man
in the army since he speaks seven
languages.
Nogales international., 1942-09-25
Dogs-For-D r-Defense, Organized By
Dog Owners After Pearl
Harbor, Taken Over By Government

was a boy on a Wyoming horse
ranch.
Before they were half through
the eight weeks course, the Army
was asking for 1000 dogs, and the
quartermaster general, Maj. Gen.
Edmund B. Gregory, finished a sur
vey showing the armed forces could
use 125,000.
PROJECT WIDENS
Dogs for Defense, Inc, a non
profit organization, was formed
after Pearl Harbor by dog owners,
breeders and trainers, with the ap-
proval of the American Kennel
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Nogales international., 1942-09-25

DALLAS, Sept. "a "A white
fanged. snarling dog, SIS pounds of
fighting fury, lunged at the half
cnouched man who menaced him.
The dogs mouth was aoape. his
teeth we're reaching for his enemy.
Only the tight leash in the tight
grasp of a soldier held him off. He
was white -furred. devil
Six weeks ago. that same white
collie dog was considered something
of a sissy
But that was before he became a
war dog, while he sMll was pet
named Billy, living in a Dallas
apartment with his owner, Miss
Elma Love
LEARNS TO FIGHT
Then he came to the Texas Re
cruiting Station Of Dogs for De-
fense, Inc, and, in group includ-
ing at least eight other breeds went
to school to learn how to help lick
the Nazis and Japs.
Now, after tutelage by Sergt.
Lionel Turcotte of Rumford, Me.
and Private Sidney Grossman of
New York, whose role was usually
that Of the well-padded antagonist,
he's real Army attack dog.
Billy and the others started their
lessons under Civilian Forest Hall
who has been handling dogs more
than 40 years since he trained stag
hounds to chase wolves while he
Nogales international., 1942-09-25
Last Rites For
Frank Fimbres

Last rites were held at the Car
rCon Mortuary Wednesday for
Frank Fimbres, 81, member of the
Southern Pacific switching crew,
who succumbed a week ago yester-
day to injuries sustained when he
was struck by a box car near the
Court street crossing.
He is survived by his wife and a
one year old child, and his mother
and a brother, Daniel, who arrived
this week from New York where he
is in the army.
Nogales international., 1942-09-25
Ten Reporting I
At Fort
Macarthur Today

A group of ten selective service
men from Santa Cruz County, who
have been on a tWo-week furlough
since their induction into the army
at Phoenix two weeks ago, will re-
pert for duty at Fort Macarthur,
San Pedro, California, this morn
ing.
They are Former State Senator
Harold RoeSner. Edward j. Cham
berlain, Lucio M Campos, Valente
M. Leal, Ernesto R. Duarte, Julio
NJ Montoya, Bias R. Lopez, John
Bichama, Arturo r. Corrales, Jr.,
and Juan Chavarria.
Nogales international., 1942-09-25
Bookkeeper
Shoots Self

While seated in a swivel chair in
the NogaleS, Sonora, office Of the
Sonora Brewery, Juanito Urquidez,
about 65, for many years a book
keeper for the brewery, committed
suicide about 915 am. yesterday.
He is said to have placed the
barrel of a revolver in his mouth
and pulled the trigger.
Nogales international., 1942-09-25
Lions To Meet
Once A Month

Because of a cut in membership
rolls and a scarcity of cooks, due to
the war, the Nogales Lions Club
voted on Tuesday to meet hereafter
monthly instead of weekly. Future
meetings will be held at various
places.
Tuesdays meeting was addressed
by Harry V. Bene Of Phoenix, state
supervisor of vocational rehabilita-
ton.