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The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
ELLI(E ISLE GROUP TAKEN
 OVER BY U. 5.
More Revealed by Navy Telling of Jap A.
 tdck There

WASHINGTON, April B. = Oc- cupation of the islands in the FL lice group in the South Pacific by U. s. forces is revealed in a Navy communique telling of an enemy bombing raid on American install lations there.
 The Ellice group, approximately HOO miles east of the Solomons, lie on the supply lines of the South Pacific to Australia.
 The little island group of nine atolls was last mentioned in a Navy communique last October 4, when it told of a surface engage ment there. It was assumed then that the Japanese moved in, pos- sibly with land positions.
 Today's communique said that light casualties among the Am- erican personnel were suffered and minor damage was inflicted in the bombing of Funafuti, scene of the bombing on the largest island of the group, the width of which varies from 50 to 150 yards. The island is about six and 8l10 miles long.
 The Navy spokesman said that occupation of the island by U. s. forces was unopposed. Date of the occupation was not given.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
kiska Japs Build Shrine
 Out Of Mountainside; Is
 Revealed by Photographs
By EUGENE BURNS Associated Press War Correspondent

FAR WESTERN BASE ON AN DREANOF ISLANDS, April l.- 6Delayed) The Japanese have com- pleted shrine on Kiska to wor- ship their ancestors and Emperor, according to a study of enlarged photographs taken by low flying Army planes.
 The shrine is built on the noun tainside and the worshippers are protected by heavy. stone earth works.
 The shrine faces toward Tokyo and was erected with two levels, laboriously dug out of the noun tain There are IT steps from the first level to the second level. Wor- shippers pass through an arch and climb 15 more step to the open air altars. These altars are at a level with the shrine at Guadalcanal where the Japanese built a temple but did not complete all of the buildings. The Guadalcanal Temple is now used by the American Air Command as headquarters.
 The Kiska shrine is well policed, if it follows the usual pattern Of altars, and should contain three relics of the first Emperor, sac- red mirror, sacred sword and a sacred scroll
 The worshippers approach with reverance. As they approach, they clap their hands to drive away evil spirits, bow low and reyerently. They do not tarry long and after they complete their worship, they bow again, then go back strength ening their Qualifications and gun positions, awaiting the next raid of the United States bornbcrs
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
RALPH V0GEL E T0TAkE CHARGE
 OF NEW OFFICE
FBI Chief for Alaska Trans ferred 10 Omaha,
 Nebraska

Ralph c. Vogel, Special Agent-in- Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Alaska, has been notified of his transfer to Omaha, Nebraska, where he will assume charge of the FBI office there, it was learned today.
 Vogel came to Juneau in the sum- mer of 1889, assuming the position in charge of the FBI in Alaska, a job he has held continuously since then
 Previously, Vogel had served with the FBI in Buffalo, Boston, Char lotte, N. O., Washington, D. O., Chi cago and Des Moines, Iowa. This is his ninth year with the bureau
 Clinton w. Stein, now Special Agent-in- Charge of the FBI office in St. Paul, Minnesota, will arrive in Juneau in the near future to take charge of the FBI in Alaska.
 Vogel also has held the position of Department of Justice represen- tative on the Alaska War Council since it was formed last year under an executive order of the President.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
NEGRO MUST
 DIE, OREGON
 MURDER RAP
Train Worker Guilty of SIdshing Young
 Bride s Throat

ALBANY, Ore, April 23-Robert Folkes, 20, Negro, must die for the bizarre lower 13" knife staying of comedy Mrs. Martha Virginia James, circuit court jury of eight women and four men decided in a verdict convicting the Southern Pacific cook on a first degree mur- der charge.
 The verdict carried no recon mendation of leniency and t h c death sentence is mandatory for execution in Oregon's gas chamber
 The jury deliberated IT hours and 23 minutes. The jurors, most of them farmers, found Folkes guilty of sneaking into the lower berth in which the 21-year-old Navy ensigns bride was sleeping, n d slashing her throat when she re- sisted him, as the train thun- dered through Oregon before dawn January 23.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
PRICE CONTROL OF
 ALASKAN GROWN
 5pUD5ANN0UNCED

SEATTLE, April 23.-By OWL Price control of Alaskan grown po- tatoes will start immediately, ac- cording to the OPA. This is caused by the rapidly rising cost Of this most popular of vegetables that caused many farmers to abapdon other lines of farming to concen- trate on spuds.
 One farmer is reported to have begun slaughtering his dairy herd to devote all of his attention to the growing of potatoes.
 Costs of freight on potatoes shipped to Alaska from the out side and under maximum price regulations and control makes it necessary to establish control over Alaska grown potatoes and this will be just as vigorously enforced as in any part of continental United States, the OPA says.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
CEILING
 PLACID ON
 MEATS, ETC.

ATLANTA, Ga, April g. The regional office of the OPA has placed ceiling prices effective April 26 on all meals and food items, m- cluding wines and other alcoholic beverages sold at eating places in the Southeastern states of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Flor ida, Mississippi. Tennessee. Vir. ginia and Alabama. 7
 In these states affected by the order, maximum prices are to be limited to the highest price charged for meal or for a food or drink item during the week of April 4 to 10.
 Subject to the order are all res taurants, hotels, cafes, delicatessen stores. soda fountains, boarding houses and "any other drinking or eating place
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
JAP THREAT
 UPS SALES,
 WAR BONDS
Many Eastern Communities 0vershoot Quotas
 Already

WASHINGTON, April 23.-Stirred by the Jap executions of captured American airmen, many cities and states overshot their quotas in the $13, ,000, 100000 Second War Loan Drive
 New York over-subscribed by $475 100000 over the $3,000,000, ,000 quota. Non banking buyers declared a new quota for the state of h. diana and went over this $4,000,- 100000 mark by S2,000.000.
 Iowa raised it's goal by $10,000, ,000, and Chicago reported bond sales in Lake and Cook counties have leaped from $6,000,000 a day to s15,00o,000 a day.
 The West Coast area, however, is still tagging behind.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
SIX M0T0RED TRANSPORTS ARE RAGGED
New Gains Reported on Ground on RommeI's
 Defenses

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, April 23. The charging British Eighth Army has captured the village of Takrouna and is driving on north of Enfi- daville toward Bou Fischa on the coastal road in twin drives
 The British First Army, mean while stabbed ahead for three miles in fierce fighting against stubborn resistance in the Bou Arada sector in western Tunisia.
 The gains on the ground were coupled with aerial action as Kit tyhawks and Spitfires downed every one of 20 six-engined Messer- schmitt 323's, some carrying troops and others laden with freight. Ten of the air mammoths' escorting fighters were sent down in flames
 Carry 120 Men
 The battle came off over the Gulf of Tunis The giant Messer- schmitt transports, which dwarf such carriers as the big Junkers 52s on which Rommel has relied largely for endorsements and sup plies. are designed to carry l20 soldiers or almost 10 tons of cargo
 These were carrying gasoline and personnel to Tunisia. The entire formationv was destroyed, an of licial communique said, adding that 33 planes were downed by Allied fighters for the day against loss of five of our craft.
 The battle with the air trans ports here is regarded as the most important strike against enemy supply lines since the start of the war.
 Short Fight
 The air fight lasted less than 10 minutes. Flames burst from many of the great carriers as they ran into fighter bursts, and all Of them, along with the 10 fighters, dropped, sparkling and smoking into the Gulf of Tunis, sea approach to the Axis base.
 The troops who broke clear Of the wreckage were seen struggling in the water by our fighter pilots.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
U. S. LEGATI0N
 OFFICIALS IN
 FINLAND LEAVE

WASHINGTON, April 23. = The State Department officials con- firmed this afternoon reports from Eelsinki that the personnel of the United States Legation has left there.
 The action is described as an "ad- ministration move" and this was the only answer to questions if such a move meant anything important in the relations between the Unit ed States and Finland. The State Department officials insisted they had nothing Lew on the subject. .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
LANDLORD WINS
 SUIT 10 EvICT
 JUNEAU TENANT

U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray issued today judgment in favor of Mrs. John F. Morrison who brought suit to evict R. Hanson from quarters which he rented from her at 848 Basin Road, holding that the tenant had no right in the quarters if there against the wishes of the landlord.
 The defendant had argued that under OPA regulations, he could not be removed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
STATEHOOD FOR ALASKA
 FAVORABLE

WASHINGTON, April 23.-Senti- ment of Congress concerning state hood for Alaska is distinctly fa- vorable" said Alaska Delegate An thony J. Dimond today.
 There is more than fair like lihood Alaska can be state just as soon after the present war as the people of the Territory want it. said Delegate Dimond in a statement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
NEED TRIP T0T0kY0,
 SAYS ACE

WASHINGTON, April 23. - Capt Joe Foss, ranking American ace with 26 Jap planes to his credit, said he would like to pay "a short visit to Tokyo to help settle &C., counts for the execution of United States airmen who participated in the little raid of year ago.
 In the first press conference after returning home from the South Pacific, the Marine captain said "Everyone's ambition is to actually get to Tokyo, then maybe we could talk it over and see about this
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
GOSH DARN

A U. s. ARMY AIR FOR c E BOMBER STATION IN ENGLAND, Staff Sergeant Joseph Uhor of Follansbee, w. Va, Fly ing Fortress gunner, has been on six raids over Europe without re- ceiying an injury. Today he is in a hospital with a dislocated shoul- der, suffered when he fell off a bicycle while riding around the bomber station.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
FORTRESS HAS
 BATTLE WITH JAP FIGHTERS
Engagement Extends for 150 MiIes-New Enemy
 Positions Strafed
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, April 23.--The U. s. fliers of a Flying Fortress over Kavieng, New Ireland, fought off four Jap fighters yesterday. The battle extended over 150 miles, the High Command announces.
 Jap positions near New Salama- ua have also been heavily bombed and strafed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
CAPT. BoAz ON FuRLouGH

Capt. R. A. Boaz, Chief of the Juneau Traffic Control Office, has left here on a short furlough for a visit to Hot Springs, Arkansas. This is his first leave in twenty months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
JOHNSON : MARSHALL
 WEDDING YESTERDAY
 IN MEMORIAL CHURCH

Miss Lucille E. Johnson and Frank Thomas Marshall were mar ried yesterday in ceremony per- formed by the Rev Walter A. So- boleff in the Memorial Presby- terian Church.
 Both are residents of Juneau and will make their home here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
. . . . . . DIMOUT TIMES

. Dimout begins tonight { . at sunset at 8:27 o'clock. { . Dimout ends tomorrow {
 Q at sunrise at 5:24 am. {
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
DIVORCE GRANTED

A final decree of divorce has been granted in U. s. District Court n the case of Athena Vali- son vs. Milton Valison.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
The Washinqton Merry -Go Round
By DREW PEARSON (Mator Robert S. Allen on active duty.)


 WASHINGTON-I won't be an. nounced, and may even be denied but for all practical purposes we now have new Secretary of State Cordell Hull over 70, having given 40 valiant and fruitful years to public service, gradually is step- ping aside.
 Looking out of his window upon the magnolia trees, gorgeous 1T the spring, Hull thinks back te the days when he was circuit judge in Tennessee, then mem- Der of Congress; to the days when he helped pioneer the first income tax law; to the fight he made against the sky-high, disastrous tariffs of the Smoot- Hawley days, and to his briefer career in the Senate.
 Looking back over that vista, Hull has thought many times he might retire. But two chief things have held him on. One is his ambition to see his trade treaties continued and renegotiated (this bill is now pending in Congress). The other is Mrs. Hull, who, nursing his strength carefully, is determined that he not resign.
 Hull frequently finds, however that he simply does not have the physical strength to carry on. The daily grind is too much and ne absents himself a part o1 each week. Last year he was forced to spend a total of six months away from Washington.
 THE NEW SECRETARY OF
 STATE
 As a result of these absences ana the fact that MT. Hull moves more
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-23
Government Experts Do Figuring; Shadows
 Of Things Coming Up
By JACK STINNETT

weeks of off, record talks here with military and civilian officials have produced some interesting shadows of things to come" Take them for what they are worth, but they are the well-sifted consensus of some of your government ex- perts. Here goes:
 That there isn't possibility of knocking Germany out of the pie ture before 1944. The Nazis, prey ing upon the nationalistic fear of what will happen to Germany if they are defeated now, are going to get more cooperation, not less, in the months of waning militaris- tic power. The Russians, even with U. s. and British lend-lease aids, can't do the job alone. The Axis campaign in North Africa has had but one major objective-upsetting the Allied time -table-and it has accomplished that That doesn't mean a United Nations defeat It does mean delay
 That it is unlikely that major aid in airpower, manpower or sup plies will be diverted to the South Pacific and China immediately. Re- duced to it's elementary terms, the United States still is fighting a two-f front war, with one-front men and equipment. In spite of the un- publicized appeals of Gen. Douglas Macarthur, and the open appeals of Madame Chiang Kai-shek and Lieut.. Gen. George c. Kenney, strategists broadly consider tn e Pacific theater a Navy problem of holding the Japs at bay, while one or more fronts are opened against the Germans and Italians in Europe Briefly, they contend that is the only way to take ad- vantage of the magnificent mili- tary accomplishment of the Rus sians To fail to take advantage of that, they argue, would be to bungle the war
 That very shortly the U. s. sub- marine war in the Pacific will be- come a greater thorn in the side of the Japs than the German sub marine war is against the United Nations in the Atlantic Gay 'Nineties" strategists in the Navy, who considered the submarine no more than a reconnaissance unit attached to a task force, have either been weeded out or whipped into line by our submarine records. Figures are not available but I would be surprised if our sub marines, which probably didn't number more than 60 or 70 effec- tives when the Japs hit Pearl liar Dor, haven't by now piled up an official record of 200 Jap ships sunk, and an actual record of nearly twice that. In numbers. that doesn't tie the Nazi Atlantic record. In effect, it may exceed it.
 That the next big inconvenience" Americans will have to take on the. .home front will be the ration ing of train and bus travel.
 That the "inflationary spiral'- just plain high cost of living-is in its most critical period, and that events of the next few weeks may
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THE NEW SECRETARY OF

As result of these absences and the fact that MT. Hull moves more
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Bituminous Output
Reduced by Holiday

The National Coal Association,
from incomplete loading reports
from the railroads, estimates btu
minous coal production in the
United States for the wcc's ended
December 26 as about 8.J25,0 net
tons. Production in the correspond
ing week of 1941 was 8.422 900 tons.
Thus the week ending December 26
shows an increase of IL per cent
above the comparable week of last
year.
The report of the Bituminous Coal
Division of the Department of the
Interior shows production of 1861
600 tons for the week ended Decem-
ber II and ll,480 900 tons for the
week ended December 10.
Production January IL through
December 26, 1912, about 563,978, 900
tons: January through December
27. 1941. 5o4 ,939 900 tons; an increase
of 1927 per cent.
Evening star., 1943-01-03
glance to Vichy, from which, fol-
practical purposes, he is cut off.
Military Organization.

The United States maintains that
the National Committee is purely a
military organization. but it has
recognized the committees political
acts. For one thing. the committee
declared the freedom of Syria and
Lebanon, and the United States ap-
pointed minister to the two neigh
boring countries on the strength of
the declaration.
Recognition or not. the political
administration of the far-flung
French regions must go on. The
administrators responsible to Gen.
Giraud are .Auguste Nogues, the
resident general in the protectorate
of Morocco, whose sovereign is the
sultan: Yves Chatel, the governor
general of Algeria, and Pierre Bois-
son, the governor general of West
Africa. The resident general Of
Tunisia, Gustave Esteva. is thought
to be within the Tunisian area held
by the Axis.
Twelve high commissioners and
dlC W tliS
French National Committee for the
administration or military protec-
ton of the region controlled by the
De Gaullists.
Regions in Africa.
In Africa, the French National
Committee regions are Equatorial
Africa, Philippe ,Eboue, governor;
Cameroons, Gov. Cournarie; Tchad,
Gov. Lapie; Gabon, Gov. de Pom
pigna, and Somaliland, Gov. Andre
Bayardelle. 80 .,ss 7ov
Madagascar has high commits
sioner, Paul de Gentilhomme. Re-
union, in the Indian Ocean, the
small island which has more white
people living in it than any other
French National Committee region,
is administered by Gov. Capagorry.
The scattered bits of French India
are under Gov. Bonvin. French
India includes Pondicherry, Karikal
Maize and Chandernagor.
The Pacific regions are all under
the administration of the high COM
missioner. Admiral Georges Thierry
D'Argenlieu, and Gov. Montchamp
of New Caledonia is responsible to
him. Admiral D'Argenlieu has voice
over wide sweep of volcanic islands
and atolls-New Caledonia, New
Hebrides, the Society Islands, Mar
quesas Islands, Tubuai Islands and
Tuamotu Islands.
New Caledonia and the New Heb
rides are the principle backstops for
the Allied operation in Guadalcanal
and the waters of the Solomons.
Andre Savary is the governor of
the fishing islands of st. Pierre and
Miquelon. which went under the
French National Committee banner
a year ago after the bold invasion
of the islands by Admiral Muselier
then the commander of the Free
French feet.
Evening star., 1943-01-03

An exhibition of 16 original paint
ings by Thornton Oakley. reproduc-
tions of which appeared in the
December issue of the National
Geographical Magazine under the
title. American Industries Geared
for War" and the original works of
five other prominent artists whose
paintings have or will appear in the
magazine will open here tomorrow
to last through Sunday.
The striking paintings, for the
most part stimulated by current
world happenings, may be seen by
the public in Explorers Hall at
headquarters Of the National Geo.
graphic Society, Sixteenth and M
streets NV. Men Of the armed
forces are especially invited to
attend, DR.. Gilbert Grosvener, presi-
dent of the society, stated.
d. c. Artists Work Shown.
Aside from the war works OF Mr..
Oakley. original paintings Of Charles
Bittinger. Washington-born artist,
and Walter A. Weber, assistant
curator of birds at the National
Museum. are included, along with
the works of Edward Herbert Miner,
Else Bestelmann and Arthur Beau
mont. ~0N
Mr.. Oakley, student of Howard
Pyle. outstanding American illus
TRAITOR in color. undertook an assign
ment from the National Geographic
Society to make q coast-to-coast
trip and record the high lights of
Americas vast war production effort.
The results Of his observations are
set down powerfully in l6 tempera
paintings, each of which tell a
dynamic story. With uncanny COM
bination of color and arresting per-
spective, his pictures, such as The
Battleship," record an insight into
the heart of this Nations war pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1943-01-03
National Geographic Society
Opens Art Exhibit Tomorrow
American War Industry, Several
Nature Subjects Treated in Works

With but one exception. the paint
ings OF the other artists in the
exhibit are all in breath taking
water colors.
After extensive study with the
permission of the Army and Navy,
Arthur Beaumont. British born art
ist, contributed to recent issues of
the National Geographic Magazine
his Army on Maneuvers" and
Ships of Our Navy" paintings. In
their story of the military side of
the war, and in their artistry. they
rank alongside the impressive hang
ings Of Mr.. Oakley.
Solar Theme Used.
Mr.. Bittinger's Solar Systems
Eternal Show" records colorfully
mysterious forces at work in the
solar spheres. Connected with the
camouflage section of the Army
during the last war. he is at present
engaged In the same type of work
as a lieutenant commander in the
Navy.
Miss Bestelmann's paintings are
titled Whales. Porpoises, and Dol
phins." Well known for her paint
ings on deep-sea subjects, she &C
companied DR.. william Beebe on a
Geographic Society expedition to
the West Indies when he descended
to the lowest depths of the sea ever
reached by man.
Works of Mr.. Weber which are
shown in the exhibit are "Antlered
Majesties of Many Lands" and a
preview Of his newest series, king
of Cats and His Court" reproduc-
tions of which will appear in the
February issue of the National Geo.
graphic. Mr.. Weber has Travelled
extensively in the South Pacific,
recording on canvas animal and
bird life of the area.
Franklin L. Fisher, chief of the
illustrations division of the National
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Cotton Textile Trade lags
In Final Week Of Year

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Cotton tex
tile trading was at q minimum in
the final week of 1912 because of
the holiday atmosphere, year end
inventory taking and reduced Offer
ings by mills.
Mill offerings, even by priorities,
were on q small scale because many
sources felt present ratings might
be superseded by higher priorities
at later date.
Nothing definite has been worked
out in respect to reports that ON
cial quarters have urged mills to
convert print looms to sheeting
numbers.
Class C sheetings, including 40
inch 56 by 60, $50 yard, and 40
inch 64 by 68, $50 yard, were in
keen demand but deliveries were
difficult because mills generally were
sold out through the first quarter.
Little progress was reported in
the bag trades attempts to OBJ
tain higher than the current rating
on bagging materials.
Fine goods business was slow rs
traders awaited revised Once of
Price Administration maximum
ceilings.
In wool a backlog of mill or
ders was reported. Recent improved
demand was said to have Swelled
untitled orders to near peak levels
of last June. Unified orders for
all types of woolens and worsteds
we're estimated at about O,OOO, 900
yards, or about 20 weeks production.
Little activity was reported In
rayon textile trading.