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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-26
M'ARTKUR'5
MEN FORCE
JApS BACK
Gallant Troops in Surprise.
Attack, Smash
Invaders
NIpp0NS FALL BACK
IN BATAN FIGHTING
U. 5. : Filipino Guerilla
Bands Score Victories
on Luzon Island

WASHINGTON, Feb, 26 = The
War Department today reported
that Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
troops. in a surprise thrust, have
forced the japanese back several
kilometers on Batan Peninsula in
the Philippines at $50 am. Pacific
Wartime. The communique said
the fighting is still in progress with
continued local successes, but that
the main enemy positions had not
yet been penetrated.
The report said the a tia C k
brought the first substantial adj
vance for the American Filipino de-
tenders since they we're forced to
withdraw to the narrow peninsula
nearly two months ago.
Meanwhile, small bodies of
American and Philippine groups
were reported harassing the jap
anese in guerilla fighting in central
Luzon, scoring considerable sue
cesses'. Luzon is the main Philip
pine island on which Manila is To-
Gated.
A War Department spokesman,
in delivering the communique to
reporters this morning, told them
make your own Interpretation
and emphasizes that reversal had
been inflicted on the Jap invaders
on Batan Peninsula.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-26
Two En- envy Troopships,
Navy Auxiliary Freight
er Are Sent Down
DIRECT HIT MADE ON
JAP CRUISER, BELIEF
Dutch Forces Keep Fighting
and Sailing Off At
tack on Java

BATAVIA, Feb. rs = United
States submarines. carrying on. an
intensive Allied naval offensive
touched off by the Japanese inva-
sion forces. are credited today with
officially torpedoing and sinking
two enemy troopships, a naval aux
iliary freighter and probably scor-
ing a direct hit on a Japanese
cruiser within the past two days.
One submarine attacked the. jap
anese warship but was formed to
submerge before the commander
could observe the effect OF the
torpedo.
The located OF the action Is not
specified in the official commu-
niqne regarding the fighting now
progressing in the Dutch East In
dies.
Last night the Allied Command
issued a communique that Allied
bombing planes sunk threes .Japa-
nese transports In the waters off
Macassar. southwest OF the Cele-
hes Island and at the same time
said the Dutch defense forces in
the outlying portions of the East
Indies Archipelago were still fight
ing "vitally delaying actions Of the
expected all out offensive of the
Japanese against the Island of
Java"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-26
BAITTLE5HIp5,
BIG CRUISER
CLAIMED HIT
Commons Hears First Lord
Of Admiralty Report
on German Fleet

LONDON, Feb. 26-The 10000
ton battleship Scharnhorst and
Gneisenau and the 10,000-ton heavy
cruiser Prinz Eugen apparently
have been knocked out of the war
for some time to come, according
to naval review presented to the
House of Commons today by First
Lord of the Admiralty Alexander.
Moreover, he said. the British
submarine Trident sent torpedo
into the stern of cruiser OF the
Prinz Eugen class, probably the
Prinz herself.
The Trident also may have hit
an escorting destroyer.
A simultaneous com u ia Il e
from the Admiralty said the ocean
going Rident, 10000 tons, was dog
ging Germany's Norwegian sea route
and 1t was there she nailed a heavy
cruiser on November 80.
The Trident also was credited
with successful attacks on seven
German transport and supply ships,
three OF which we're seen to sink
and four we're SO damaged their
loss was considered probable.
The Gneisenau, Scharnhorst and
Prinz Eugen escaped from Brest
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-26
ANCHORAGE
MERCHANT
IS SUICIDE
Alex Simpson Leaps TO His
Death from Window
Of Seattle Hotel

SEATTLE, Feb. 26.-Alex Simp-
son, merchant at Anchorage, Alaska,
is dead as the result OF plunge
from the ninth story window of a
hotel here.
Coroner Mittelstadt called the in
cident case of suicide.
In Simpsons room in the hotel,
the police found note addressed
to his wife explaining that he dis
liked Anchorage and did not want to
return there. The note stated that
ne wished to be buried beside his
children in Reno, Nevada.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-26

WASHINGTON REPRESENTATIVE
Lane Powers, Republican OF New
Jersey, launched a presidential
boom for General Macarthur on
Capitol Hill the other day, although
1t must be said he chose a strange
place to do it-a closed-door meet
ing of the House Appropriations
Committee.
The Committee was considering
the new $23-billion Army appropri-
alton, to provide thousands of adj
ditional tanks and other equipment
for the war against the Axis. One
of the first topics of discussion
hinged on how much of the huge
war fund would go for needed sup
plies in the Philippines. This was
Powers cue.
THANK you, gentlemen he said
with bow while we're on this
subject, I wish to announce that
my candidate for the Presidency
in .lp44 is that great soldier, famous
American and outstanding Republic
can, General Douglas Macarthur"
Democratic committee members
applauded as vociferously as the
Republicans Later, Powers was
asked why he picked a closed-door
meeting to sound the keynote for
Macarthur.
sesfnat's. part of the strategy"
grinned the popular New Jersey
tie. do you think I want to jinx
the man by coming out for him
publicly at this early date?"
Note: Among the nations out
standing military heroes who have
been elected president were: George
Washington, Andrew Jackson, Will
liam Henry Harrison, Zachary Tay-
lor, Ulysses S. Grant and Theodore
Roosevelt. On the other hand,
General Mcclellan failed in his race
against Lincoln; General Leonard
Wood failed after the World War;
Admiral Dewey was talked about
but made no real attempt after
the Spanish American War; and
General Winfield Scott was defeat
ed after the Mexican War of 1848.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-26
Will
Soon Be Tough Issue;
Viewed with Alarm

Access to one of the larger tank
plants is ENTIRELY by passenger
cars. Here, 1900 workers drive an
average of 20 miles a day now and
by midsummer $500 additional
workers will be employed.
At one of the navy yards, 5000
workers travel more than go miles
round trip daily to get to and from
work.
At one of the largest aircraft
engine plants, "a per cent Of en-
ployees commute by automobile and
under no circumstances could more
than half of these get there by
other means.
This same survey reports that
there are 1920 cities and towns in
the country, with 12,500.000 persons
without any form of mass trans
portation and solely dependent up
on passenger automobiles for get
ting about.
AS for defense plants seryiced
by buses. one that now is receiy-
ing 23l regular bus trips ana 80
special ones at peak hours daily,
is typical.
To go into the vast increases In
truck and trailer uses because of
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-26
(HICHAG0F
Mine STOPS
OPERATIONS
Big Industry Closes Down.
Wage Hour Law Civ
en- as One Reason

j. D. Littlepage, Manager OF the
Chichagof Mine, returned few
days ago from Seattle and expects
to go over to Chichagof today by
plane. Mr. Littlepage reports that
the operations of the company are
at present closed down. This Is
due to two reasons; first, shortage
of labor, and, second. uncertainty
of the company's status under the
Wage Hour Law.
Mr.. Littlepage says that the COM
pany has never at any time claimed
that the Wage Hour law was not
applicable to gold mining in Al
aska, but under the conflicting and
changing interpretations of the VAR
ious Wage Hour Administrators. Of
whom there have been four since
the Act went into effect, it is I'M
possible to know just where an en-
ployer stands. The law appears
fairly simple. but the Administered
or has built up such a system OF
interpretations. re-interpretations
revised and amended interpreta-
tons that one does not know just
what contingent liability he might
be piling up under some of these
interpretations. at least until the
Supreme Court passes upon all mat
tiers involved.
Bad Interpretation
Mr.. Littlepage said the trouble
was not with the law. but with its
administration and Interpretation.
He referred to a recent circular
issued by the Bureau of National
Affairs which is tire publisher of
the textbooks on the Wage-Hour
Continued Oh Page SIX
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-26
(orsefs, GirdIes Are 10
Be RubberIess;; Men Are
Also Hit by New Order

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. = After
a month of indecision, the War
Production Board has made up its
mind and today officially announced
that the use of rubber is prohibited
in the making of corsets and girdleS
for women and carriers and sus-
penders for men.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-26
Is
Confirmed

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. = The
Senate has confirmed the renom-
nation of Benjamin B. Mozee to be
United States Marshal of the Sec
ond Division of Alaska with his
headquarters at Nome,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-26
PARLOR PINK

The press conference at which
James M. Lands, executive direc-
tor of the Office OF Civilian De-
tense, announced the appointment
of Melvyn Douglas as head of an
OCD arts council, was informal to
say the least.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-26
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26-Whilc
some folks are fiddling around
making jokes about tire and auto
mobile rationing and the prospec-
tive shortage of motor fuel along
the northeastern seaboard, a lot OF
federal officials and leaders in the
industries are real:
ly viewing with alarm
There are, they say, several
phases of national defense that the
priorities boys seemed to have ov-
CROOKED when they knocked auto
production down to zero and made
tires more precious than diamonds.
It's only question of days when
retreads and recaps will also drop
into the ration box, and it's only
a question of months before these
shortages are going to be ham
mered home with vengeance.
What is going to happen then in
some vital defense centers is not
pure conjecture, but matter Of
facts and figures that on the sur
face seem almost undeniable.
Lff.x 49, Il
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-26
JUNEAU Will
GET BIG NEW
BOAT HARB0R
Dufresne Reports $780,;
600 Job Here Is Now
Sure Thing"

Creation of a 100000 boat har-
Dor In Juneau under the Fish and
Wildlife Service is sure thing"
fer post war development, Frank
Dufresne, executive officer Of the
Alaska Game Commission, told
members of Juneau Chamber of
Commerce at their noon meeting
today in the Baranof Hotel. Du-
fresno added that the commission
is trying to get the construction
started Immediately
Dufresne returned to Juneau yes
terday from Washington, where he
had been for six weeks in connec-
ton with the drafting Of new
fish and wildlife bill for Alaska.
The act, as introduced recently by
Alaska Delegate Anthony ]. Di-
mond, would liberalize the laws to
permit sailors and soldiers to en-
joy resident privileges after one
years residence in the Territory.
To Limit Hunting
Dufresne stated that hunting will
not be as free in the Territory this
year as it has been in the past.
He said also that Army and Navy
officials had agreed to make GER
tain restrictions regarding hunt
ing by service men.
The game commission chief said
he was disappointed in the atti-
tude OF pessimism that he noticed
among Juneauites upon returning.
He said there is more pessimism
here regarding the war than in
any part of the United States.
America is much nearer being
ready for everything than most
persons think" he said. Many
things are being accomplished that
are not mentioned in the news
papers. The real outlook should be
very optimistic
Waste Drive
b. Frank Heintzleman, Regional
Forester and chairman of the
Chamber OF Commerce Juneau
Waste Salvage Project, reported on
arrangements for the drive and
suggested that an advisory commit
tee be formed to work in con-
junction with the Salvation Army
and Adjutant Stanley Jackson. Rep
resentatives on the advisory board
would come from all Juneau SER
vice agencies. jackson said that
he is now conducting a survey and
will announce the materials that
are to be collected as soon as pos
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-26

For example. a preliminary sur
vey by one national organization
discloses that;
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To go into the vast increases in
truck and trailer uses because of
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Waste Drive

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Kodiak mirror., 1942-07-04
The Life Of Ursus Middendorfii

and still nursing during the summer months The Kodiak
 bear however, is like any other
 bear on the food question eating anything or everything that is
 edible when he is hungry. They
 have killed sheep and cattle,
 they eat kelp and alder buds
 and they will eat decayed meat
 of any kind and are even can.
 nibalistic if hungry enough
 As stated before, they mature
 when 8 years old but will con-
 tinue to fill out as they grow
 older The life span of these
 bears is estimated at 35 to 40 years, but in some instances it is believed that they reach the half century mark or even more.
 A full grown bear will weigh ap- prcximately 1900 to 1900 pounds and will have a skin that will square 10 feet or better In some cases, like human beings, they grow to extra large sizes and weigh almost ton and have a pelt twelve feet square. The fe males seldom grow larger than g to 9 1 2 feet, but most skins will square 8 1-2 feet and there weight run from 900 to 1900 pounds. The muscular develop ment of these animals is amaz ing, and 1t is no wonder that they can climb up the mountain sides without much effort. Their sense of smell and hearing is exceptionally fine, but their eye sight IS very poor as they have very small eyes for an animal of such an enormous size.
 In the spring of the year the first to emerge from their winter hlbernating quarters are the yearlings and two year olds that have been in hbernation by themselves. These are followed by the females with large cubs and the older bears Last to show up are old males and fe- males with cubs just born in the den that spring. After a mild winter they usually come out early and spend a period of un- usual travelling, no doubt glad to nave an opportunity of limber- ng up from their long winter 'iesta No food of any kind is 5aken for two to three days, and then very gradually of certain
Kodiak mirror., 1942-07-04
(continued from last week.


 During the latter part of April and during the month of May the spring thawing of the snow usually drives the females and the cubs out of their dens, when water from the melting snow begins dripping on their com fortable bed of grass Consider able time is then spent near their home where the mother finds an abundance of various kinds of roots and young grass to feed on while the cubs are continually playing and growing As the weather gets warmer and the cubs larger, the mother starts out in search of new feeding grounds and eventually reaches the great salmon streams, below her mountain home, and where the youngsters soon learn the art of catching salmon. The de- licious Alaska red salmon and other species of salmon are the main diet of the Kodiak bear until-the berries start growing on the hillsides and lower reach- es. Berries by the billions and of many varieties cover the hills and banks of the winding streams Here we see patch of salmon berries. Higher up in the pla- teaus in the mountains you find the mossberries on which the bears feed later in the season.
 Var alton of fish and berry diet adds tremendously to the growth of the nursing cubs and when fall sets in it is hard to believe that those husky youngsters, which are now almost the size of 1 a small full grown black bear, are the same little weddings that were born six to seven months earlier in the den. Oct ober and November finds the bears looking for the late run of Silver Salmon along the banks of the rivers and spawning ] streams and this, mixed with a | little berries and grass, forms their diet until they are ready to go into Information with their in December. Cubs will usually stay with their mother year or two, but if she has not cubs are sometimes seen with the mother when they are three and even&four years old,
Kodiak mirror., 1942-07-04

roots which seem to act as a spring laxative and tonic for conditioning the delicate and almost mummified stomach; a tonic juice which seems to bring it back to normalcy after sever- al months of inactivity. As soon as the grass begins to grow on the hillsides, the bears can be found nibbling away, in that the grass is young and tender on the southern slopes. Just below the snowlina they may be seen brows- ing and digging roots in the early morning hours and also in the afternoons, after they have had their daily nap, and they may then be stalked with comparative ease if the wind is favorable. The mating season now begins and the male bear will cover con- siderable territory in a days travel and keep on going until 'hesfnds his mate. When a male finds his mate the pair will sell dom move more than 500 yards away for several days but con tinue to feed in that particular locality until the mating season is over, unless disturbed by hunters.
 The bear is the roadmaker of Alaska, and not only are the swampy plains intersected with paths made by him in all direc- tions, leading generally to the easiest fording places on streams aud rivers but the hills and rid ges of mountains to the very top show the trails of this omnipre- sent traveller. On Kodiak Island, particularly, the hills above the salmon streams are like a giant checkerboard with the well-trod- den trails of these huge beasts. In June the great schools of salmon begin to enter the streams and rivers on their way to the great spawning grounds at the head of the inland lakes. Here MT. Kodiak feeds to his hearts content and accumuIates enough surplus fat to keep him in good shape during hiberna- tion. That is not all he gathers from his raw fish diet because 1t also gives him a lot of tape worms which Nature again re- moves with remarkable efficiency
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Nogales international., 1942-10-09
LEGAL NOTICE

hereby proclaim general election
to be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in Novem-
ber, 1912, which shall be Tuesday,
November 3, 1912, for the election
of the following officials:
Two Representatives in Congress,
a Judge of the Supreme Court, a
Governor, "a Secretary of State, an
Auditor, a Treasurer, an Attorney
General, a Mine Inspector, a Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction,
Corporation Commissioner, a Tax
Commissioner, and such Judges and
Clerks of the Superior Court of the
State of Arizona in and for the
several counties OF the state, as are
authorized by law, and such state
senators and representatives as are
authorized by Section l, Subdivision
2, Article 4, of the Constitution of
the State of Arizona, as amended
by initiative petition of the people
adopted at the general election,
November 5, 1918; and which be-
came law by proclamation of the
governor Dec. 5, 1918; and further
amended by initiative petition of
the people adopted at the general
election held November 8, 1882, and
which became a law by proclama-
Nogales international., 1942-10-09
NOTICE OF DRAWING
OF TRIAL JURY

An Order having been made by
the Judge of the Superior Court of
the State of Arizona, in and for the
County of Santa Cruz, that there be
drawn in the manner prescribed by
law the names of sixty 900 persons
qualified to act as trial jurors in
and for the County Of Santa Cruz,
State of Arizona, to be in attend
ance upon said Superior Court on
Tuesday, October 9th, 1912, at
nine o'clock am.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the said drawing will take
place on Saturday, October 18th,
1912, at ten O'clock am, in the
forenoon of said day, in open
Court, in the Courtroom of the
Superior Court, in the Court house
in Nogales, Santa Cruz County,
Arizona, as prescribed by law.
Dated at Nogales, Arizona, this
9th day of October, 1912.
DOROTHY TITCOMB,
Clerk.
publish Oct. g, 1942)
Nogales international., 1942-10-09
As Important As War Work

The best refutation Of the claim by some rumor
mongers that an effort would be made to suspend the
elections during the emergency, is found in the atti-
tude of high Washington authorities.
The men who head the military organization
and the war production effort gave every encourage
men me G and s drng ri the recent to
his ballot The policy prevails toward the gen
eral elections Soldiers and sailors and avators and
war workers of all kinds are being urged to vote.
Casting Of their ballots is held to be important
war work
This policy is based on recognition of the neces-
sty for free citizens of this free country to exercise
their fundamental right of casting their ballots in
order that democratic institutions and principles shall
be maintained
Nogales international., 1942-10-09
Nogales, Sonora
May Be Sunday
Oasis For Arizona

PHOENIX, Oct. ga resolution
was adopted at the closing session
of the Arizona Pharmaceutical AS
sociation convention in Phoenix
Monday asking the state depart
ment of liquor licenses and control
to prohibit all Sunday liquor sales
because it seems essential to the
war effort"
Recently such Sunday sales were
banned in Pinal county, Globe and
Miami in Gila county and Kingman
in Mohave county.
If this movement becomes
statewide there will be big
increase in Sunday traffic to
Nogales, Sonora, at least until
gasoline rationing goes into ef-
feet about Nov. 22.
During the days Cf prohibition in
the United States, hundreds of Arl-
zonans flocked to Nogales on week
ends. There they could put their
feet on brass rails and obtain
drinks prohibited in the United
States.
Nogales international., 1942-10-09
Contract Let
For Airfield
At Hereford

kilograms this week from Sen
ator Carl Hayden and Congressman
John R. Murdock advised that the
War Department has awarded a
contract to A. Teichert and Sons,
Inc, and John c. Gist of Sacra-
mentc, for construction of an air
field at Hereford, Arizona, to cost
in excess Of $1,000, 900.
Hayden's telegram read:
''Believe you may be interest
ed in knowing 1 have just been
advised by War Department
that contract has been awarded
providing for construction of
Army Air Forces installation at
Hereford, Arizona. This field
will cost in excess of one million
dollars and is programmed as
Air Support Command Base"
Hereford is about 100 miles east
of Nogales and approximately half
way between Bisbee and Fort Hua-
chuca.
Nogales international., 1942-10-09
Worlds Largest Magnesium Plant
Opens At Vegas; To Treble Al Output

plant at Las Vegas, Nevada, the
latest of five important magnesium
plants that have entered produc-
ton in recent weeks. The others
are the New Dow Chemical Co.
plant in Texas; the Ford. Motor Co.
plant in Michigan, the Permanente
Metals Corp, Manteca, California
plant and the New England Lime
Co.'S Connecticut plant.
Of these, the Basic and Dow
plants use standard electrolytic
processes. The other three use the
new ferro-silicon process developed
within the past year. All five plants
were financed and are owned by the
government through the Defense
Plant Corporation The total cost
approximates $175, 600, 900.