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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Allies Big Guns
Pound JdpBdses
In New Guinea

UNITED NATIONS HEAD
QUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA,
Fea. > lNS) Allied artillery
flown into the Niubo-Nau area Of
New Guinea went into action
Yesterday against japanese 20
SltionS m that SECTOR, about III
miles below the important enemy
base AT SALAMANCA. IL WAS revealed
today.
Allied 0Icrs supported groutd
patrols pushing SLOWLY forward
IN the TTEIe While Other air
men manning hlC homhcrS, rained
destruction once more on the
JapancSG- port az Rahaul, north
east new Britain
BATTALION or JAPS
4 commurique issued at the
Headquarters OF Gen. Douglas
Macarthur disclosed the opening
Of the artillery barrage even as
il was learned that Japanese
forces around Mubo-Wau probably
number about one battalion.
Allied ground forces, which
drove the japanese back from
within a short distance Of Wau,
Stlil are In contact with the enemy
although only patrol activities
were mentioned IN todays COM
munlQue.
II was revealed that the origi-
mai enemy landings in the Lac
Salamaua area constituted about
$500 Officers and men. This
garrison T. is believed. since has
been reinforced 10 total strength
of some 5000 electives.
TARGETS LIGHTED
The newest raid on oft-bombed
Rabaul was carried out IN two
sections. with the earlier planes
showermg the target area with
flaming flares and powerful m
cendiaries. These kindled fires
served as heacons for other planes
carrying demolition and frag-
mentation bombs.
Fuel dumps were blasted and
grounded aircraft were destroyed
or damaged.
Nearby. at the Rapalo Field.
two large fires which were visible
IS miles. testified to heavy damage
among important installations.
Heavy bombers then turned
their attention to eamoufiaged
and stationary merchantmen nj
Open Bay. where the vessel 40
parently was serving as a supply
base in the harbor.
Finschafen. far on the northern
coast of New Guinea, was bombed
and strafed. and the airdrome at
Cape Gloucester on the NORTH
western edge of New Britain also
was attacked
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were Sl1 a week for single per-
sons, SIG forsa married couple and
So additional for each dependent.
"These amounts" he said, ARE
made somewhat larger than the
prOrated annual exemption i'm
order 10 incorporate an allow
ance for average deductions :.
from the gross tax payment"
Thus if a single mans taxes
TO SIS a week the actual
deduction from his paycheck would
be that sum less S11, or $4.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
Red Artillery Scaffers
Germans at StaIinSrad

MOSCOW, Feb. 2 (UP).-Rus-
sian artillery opened a merciless
bombardment at dawn today on
the German remnants holding out
at Stalingrad. and assault parties
of the guards, advancing under
cover of the guns, destroyed a
series of pillboXeS and dugouts
and came back with more Shiver-
ing. starving German prisoners.
The noon communique reported
that the few remaining German
troops had now been scattered
into individual groups.
Fifteen hundred enemy troops
had been killed yesterday and
many more taken prisoner.
THE German high command
admitted I h a [ Russian troops
have reached the last German
defenses in the factory district
of Stalingrad)
GAIN ON OTHER FRONTS
On three other offensive fronts
the Russians reported new gains
after driving yesterday 10 within
65 miles of Kursk, on the Voro-
neZh front; "a miles of the vital
Kupyansk railroad junction, on
the southwestern front and AZ
miles of Rostov, gateway TO the
Caucasus, on the southern front.
On the west VoroneZh front,
1.-THE noon Communique reported
-. IL
were taken during the night and
this morning and an entire Ger
man battalion, 1000 men, was
wiped out.
Tanks pursuing fleeing enemy
GROUPS destroyed IL field guns and
many infantry and supply trucks
and captured 129 prisoners.
In another sector Is guns, $50
trucks and 400 prisoners were
taken
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-02
CHURCHILL SUMMARY

Churchill summarized the two
chief war theaters as follows:
AFRICA -- Very considerable
fighting must be expected in the
next few months and weeks
He was confident that the Ger
mans and Italians would be re-
moved speedily from the entire
African continent and, thus, the
menace in the South, so grave
when he was last in Cairo in
August, 1912. would be removed.
RUSSIA=''The situation there
may we'll prove permanent and
fatal for the Axis. The menace
from the North has been re-
moved by RuSsia's spectacular
victories. "the tremendous feats
OF arms performed by the Rus
slams under Stain, a great
warrior whose name will rank
with those most honored in the
history OF the Russian peoples
OF his conference with the
Turks, Churchill pointed 10 the
Joint com munique which an
nounced agreements on the pres
ent situation in Europe, and
particularly those regions in which
Turkey was directly interested. the
manner in which Great Britain
and the United States would be
able 20 help Turkey materially
10 consolidate her own general
defensive security ~ and on post
war problems.
Il ann sure the communique
will show We had an important
conference which undoubtedly
had a relation To general world
conditions" he said ut would
not he wise To try 10 read I'm II
anything other than what IL
SAYS.
He cautioned newspapers against
'audaciOuS speculation INTO the
OF the future.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
R SIAN
MOVING up
ON kHARk0v
Soviet Forces Coneentraf
ing in Various Areas
Keep Advancing

MOSCOW, Aug. 9.-Russian tank
forces, crashing back toward the
gates of Kharkov from the north,
have encountered stubborn resist
ance of fresh German reserves
rushed to the battles raging near
Dolzhik, front line dispatches re-
port.
Soviet infantry is reported, how
ever, moving up through the path
of German wreckage left by their
big armored units and are moping
up and consolidating their gains in
preparation for renewed advances.
The capture of the Bogodukhov
railway towns of Bolshayapisarevka
and Tarasovka, northwest of Khar-
kov, on the upper reaches of the
Vorskla River, is considered to have
reduced the German chances of
rushing further reinforcements to
that area.
Russian forces have also captur-
ed Krasnoopolye and another col
umn of Soviet forces is driving in
from the north and are. within 81
miles of Sunny, rich Ukrainian agri-
culture center which lies about 80
miles northwest of Kharkov. Soviet
columns are also crashing westward
from fallen Orel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
PRESIDENT
is BACK IN
WASHINGTON
Returns from Vacation Trip
in Canada, Announce
menf Today Says

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. = The
White House announced the Presi-
dent has returned here after a
short vacation in Canada"
The Presidents secretary, Steph-
en- Early, told the reporters the
President did not see anybody to
my knowledge" on his vacation.
The official statement said
1.-The President has returned to
Washington after a short vacation
in Canada on the north shore Of
Lake Huron near the McGregor
and White Fish bays.
THE President was accompanied
by his Chief of Staff, Admiral Will
liam D. Leahy, Rear Admiral Will
son Brown, Major General Edwin
M. Watson, Rear Admiral Ross Nc
Intire, James Byrnes, and Harry
Hopkins"
Rear Admiral McIntire is the
Presidents personal physician, the
Navy Surgeon General.
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WAR TO BE
CARRIED TO
JAPAN NOW

NAVAL HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Aug. o.
Vice Admiral William Frederick
Halsey, on the first anniversary of
the beginning of the battle in the
south Pacific, promised the United
States will carry the war to Japan
itself
Admiral Halsey told the news
men at conference: we will de-
stroy the enemy. We shall push
forward until the battle in the
South Pacific becomes the Battle
of Japan. We have learned by a
grim and bloody experience the
best manner to deal with the crafty
foe. who appears desperately de-
termined to resist, is to totally de-
stroy him"
The inevitable question came up
at the conference regarding Adj
miral Halsey's predictions last New
Years Day that Japan will be de-
feated by the end of 1913. The
question brought a broad ear to
ear grin and he said: Il refuse to
gaze in the crystal ball anymore. +"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
new REGIME
is Indie GATED
FOR GERMANS
Military Dictatorship, in
September, Is Most
Persistent Rumor

BERN, Aug. 9.-The Neue Zuer-
cher Nachrichten reporting tray
eler Just returned from Germany
as saying that rumors are sweep
ing the Reich and the most per-
sistent one" is that military die
tatorship might be set up in Sep
tember
This report is given support by
hints recently made by Spanish
correspondents in Berlin that mo-
mentous developments are shaping
inside Germany
The traveller stated there is eX-
pectation that Hitler will be re-
placed by military dictatorship
in September but this may be more
"wishful thinking than truth"
The traveller added there is GER
tainly much speculation reported
among the people of the possibility
of ending the devastating battles
and returning to peace which with
human wisdom will again have the
upper hand"
The traveller said that when he
reached Berlin he was "bombarded
with questions considering the war
but mostly when will the war
end?"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
AIR ATTACK
is MADE ON
NIPPON BASE
Villa, on KoIom b angara
Island, Rdided by Two
Hundred Planes

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug.
9.-Allied victories in the South
west Pacific have been decisive of
the final results in the Pacific
Gen. Douglas Macarthur said and
added that Japan on the Pacific
fronts has exhausted The fullest re-
sources and concentrated attacks
have failed and she is now on the
defensive"
The optimistic report of Gen.
Macarthur accompanied a report
of a heavy attack by dive bombers
on the Jap base at Villa, Kolom-
bangara Island Villa is II miles
northwest of Munda, New Georgia
and the next in line in the CEN
trail Solomons of stepping stones
leading to Rabaul, the enemy's
strong air and sea base in New
Britain.
Bombs dropped on Villa included
one tonners. Two hundred planes
were in the attack and all returned
safely.
I'VE are doing what we can and
with what we have. Our resouces
are limited, results are modest, but
continuous successes are cumula-
tive to point of being vital,7 said
Gen. Macarthur.
The statements are interpreted
to mean the final outcome of the
war on the Pacific is now clear"
Gen. Macarthur sent congratula-
lions to Vice Admiral William F..
Halsey for his naval victory over
the japanese in Vella Gulf in
which one cruiser and two destroy
ers were sunk and one other de-
stroyed and believed TO have been
sunk. The Americans suffered no
losses.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
G0ERING IS
BIG CHIEF
in GERMANY
Powers OF ENORMOUSLY Mag
niiude Reported in
Marshal S Hands

MADRID, Aug. 8. = Dispatches
from Berlin, received by Spanish
newspapers. report that powers OF
enormous magnitude are centered
in the hands of REICH Marshall
Hermann Goering.
This was accomplished, the news
paper dispatches state, at a meet
ing of Army leaders and Nazi Party
chieftains at Hitler's headquarters.
1t is considered this is in con-
firmation of a general military taxi
ing over of the Reich's long war
defense by triumvirate composed
of Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
Chief OF the German High Com
mand. Grand Admiral Karl Doe
nitz, Commander-In-Ch Chief of the
Navy, and Goering.
Go9ring is real head now in
Germany with Keitel and Doenitz
representing the armed forces. He
will be middleman between the
Army and Navy but Hitler as head
of the Nazi Party.
If reports are true, the Army now
controls the press, production. RAJ
tioning, foreign affairs and trans
port.
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End Front
Issue IS
UpAgain
Soviet Magazine Takes
Rap al Both Great Brit
ain and United States

MOSCOW. Aug 9.--The Soviet
publication war and Working
Glass" asserts that Great Britain
the United States and Russia
agreed in June, 1912 that one q
the urgent problems was the Great
ing of second front but more
than one year has passed without
action in western Europe.
Referring to agreements reached
both in Washington and London by
Molotoy in 1912, the magazine said ::
1t was plain at that time that in
any case. a second front in western
Europe would be opened in the
spring of l943.'
The magazine further asserted
that only few German and Italian
Divisions fought against the Brit
ish and Americans in Africa and
Sicily while The Russians are faced
by more than 200 German Divisions
and about 80 associated Divisions.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
AkpHIBI0US
UNITS MAKE
GREAT MOVE
American Forces in Land
ina at Torrenova : HAL
ian Mainland Bombed
BY JOSEPH MORTON
Associated Press War
Correspondent

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
SOUTH AFRICA. Aug. 9.-Ameri-
can amphibious forces, made up OF
Third Division units, made a land
ing Saturday night at Torrenova,
three miles up the coast from
Sanagata.
American manned Warhawks and
Spitfires provided the air coverage
as the troops cut the coastal road
and took positions in the hills,
pocketing the Germans to the west.
The daring amphibious ground
operations were coupled with the
aerial blows ON railways. roads and
bridges in Southern Italy and fresh
raids on Italian communications
and enemy shipping.
Enemy traffic is under constant
attack in Messina Strait
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
CATHOLICS ARE
URGED TO PRAY,
RESTORE PEACE

LONDON, Aug. 9.-Roman Cath
olics throughout the world, and
the people of Italy in particular,
are called upon by the Pope to
turn to God lin penitence an d
prayer" that peace might be brought
to the world.
In a letter to Cardinal Magluoni,
Papal Secretary of State, the Pom
tiff said: I'VE who carry in our
souls the sorrow and anxiety of
all shall not leave anything I'M
tried to substitute hatred will
charity in the struggle for victory
with serenity and peace"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
EYE WITNESS
Tells ABOUT
SEA BATTLE
Associated Press War
Writer Aboard Am
eritan Flagship
BY ART BURGESS
ASSOCIATED Press War
Corresnoudentl

ABOARD FLAGSHIP OF U. S.
NAVAL TASK FORCE, Aug. IT,
delayed, e-IAghtss American naval
forces of Jack, The Giant Killers, .
sank at least -four Japanese war
ships today in one of the most
daring attacks of the war
The United States ships steamed
right into the enemys stronghold
in Vella Gulf in the Solomons and
destroyed one cruiser and three
destroyers.
/ was the only war correspondent
aboard the American flagship with
the task force.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Aug
ust 8 communiqye said one cruiser
and two destroyers were definitely
sunk and a fourth vessel prob
ably sunk"
The battle started shortly be-
fore midnight August 6. From the
bridge and the direction platform
above I had an unopposed view Of
the entire battle in the narrow
gulf between the strong Japanese
bases of Kolombangara and Vella
Lavella islands
saw a Nipponese cruiser. a
three-stacker with an airplane
hoist, explode soon after 1t was
hit by torpedoes and shells from
our ships in the waters northwest
and broadside to us.
At first she caught fire at her
bow and when our guns opened up
on her l saw additional fire break
out followed by terrifying ex-
plosion as if a l00-watt lamp of
fire in sheets of yellow, orange and
red spread over the water, lighting
up the channel from shore to
shore despite the overcast weather.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
The W ashi.ngton
Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON
tMajor Robert g. Allen on active dutyl

WASHINGTON. = One amusing
sidelight on Congress was its sud-
den loss of interest in legislation
broadening the powers of the War
Food Administrator the minute
Judge Marvin Jones, then ex-col-
league, was named to the job.
Farm blocers in both Houses
were clamoring for action on leg
islation giving the food administra-
tor supervisory authority over
prices as well as the production
and distribution of farm commo-
dities. This was while Chester Da-
Wis, secretly in league with farm
bloc efforts to rig price ceilings at
inflationary levels, still held the
job.
Representative Hampton P. Full
mer of South Carolina, chairman
of the Agriculture Committee, had
the stage all set for the bill en-
larging Davis powers. He even an
nounced, after unsuccessful efforts
to get White House approval, that
he was going before the Rules
Committee and demand a rule
to bring his measure to the House
floor.
Events at the other end of Penn
sylvania Avenue, however, caused
Fulmer to drop his bill like hot
potato. The President abruptly fired
Davis and replaced him with
Jones.
Jones was Fulmer's predecessor
as chairman of the Agriculture
Committee, and everyone in Con-
gresS knew he was tough hon.
bre So the last thing the farm
bloc wanted was for Jones, stall
wart supporter of the Presidents
anti-inflation policies, to have the
powers which had been tailor-made
for Davis in the Fulmer bill.
Also, there may have been a
personal motive in Fulmer's case
Friends say he never has quite
forgiven Jones for holding on tc
the Agriculture Committee chair
manship for six months after his
appointment to the Court of Claims
in 1910.
Fulmer withdrew his request fol
a Rules Committee hearing ano
HE'D himself to Myrtle Beach, S
S., for a summer vacation a week
before Congress recessed. To Capt.
tol newsmen, he ducked comment
on his about-face but said frankly
to colleagues: whats the use OF
pressing for action on my bill
now?"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
JUNE SHIP
OUTPUT IS
ANNOUNCED
Was Greater than All AL
lied, NeutrdLLosses
This Year
By Associated Press

Americas June shipyard produc-
ton was 158 new ships higher than
the unofficial tabulation announced
for Allied and neutral shipping
losses in the western. Atlantic for
the first seven months of the year
Against that figure, Axis subs
took toll Of 98 ships from Janu-
airy to July. A total of 1,046 new
ships was delivered for the first
seven months of the year. Three
sinkings were announced last week
raising the total to 679 in the
western Atlantic since Pearl Har-
Dor.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
BY IRVING PERLMETER

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. The
man who won the Henry Wallace
Jesse Jones feud didn't even muss
his silvery hair. His name-and
this is news-is Cordell Hull, the
venerable Secretary of State.
All the kudos are going at the
moment to another white-haired
POLITICAL and quiet-spoken Leo
T. Crowley, who became director
of the new Office of Economic
Warfare, replacing both Vice Presi-
dent Wallace's Board of Economic
Warfare and Secretary of Com
merce Jones foreign-purchasing
corporations.
Not taking anything away from
Crowley, for whom the appoint
ment was a tribute to the rare
Washington knack of doing things
as quietly as possible, the real
victory goes to Hull on points be-
cause the State Department is
going to dictate the policy in the
new operation--and that's what all
the fighting was about.
Hull's name never appeared in
the controversy at all, but behind
the scenes the State Department
was embroiled as much as any
body else over such questions as
how much rubber or mercury
shall we buy where at what price
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug.
"a special communique issued
Sunday said American naval forces
in brilliant hour battle on Aug
ust 6 Friday sank a Japanese
cruiser, two destroyers and proba-
oily sank a third destroyer after
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
5000 LOSE
L|vE5,FL00D

AMER, Rajputna, India, Aug. 9
Six thousand persons are offici-
ally reported to have lost their
lives in the recent floods in the
state of Rajputna.
The rainfall was the worst ever
recorded Some sections reported
30 inches of rain fell in one day.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
Hammer Blows Hit Three Large Italian Cit
One Japanese Cruiser,
2Desfroyers Sent Down
By Forces Of u. ). Navy

intercepting the war vessels carry
ing supplies to the enemy garrison
ON Kolombangara Island
Gen Douglas Macarthur said
there were no American losses.
This raised the Jap warship loss
es in the current Solomons often
sive at least to % and possibly &c.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
Big Toll Of
Axis Vessels
Is Reported

LONDON, Aug. 9.-During the
46 months of the war, up to June
30, total of 9.450.683 gross tons
OF German and italian shipping
was captured, sunk or damaged by
surface ships, submarines. aircraft
or mines, the Allied Nayies Adj
miralty announces.
This total does not include losses
inflicted by the Russian Navy or
Air Force.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
Two third Of Italy S War
Industries Under At
tack by Raj
EISENH0WER'5 THREAT
Is NOW CARRIED OUT
Factories, Royal Arsenal,
Shipping Given Ter
rifle Pounding

LONDON, Aug. 9-Large areas
of Milan, Turin and Genoa, three
cities that contain two-thirds of
Italy's war industries, are reported
in ruins under the hammer blows
of British based Lancasters.
The Raj blasted all three cities
Saturday night in triple attack,
the heaviest since Italy was warned
more than a week ago by Gen.
(Contipi,ad IN paon TmOl
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
. . . . . .
DlMOUT TIMES

Dim out begins tonight
, at sunset at 9:0l O'Clock.
, Dimout ends tomorrow
, at sunrise at 5:07 am.
Dimout begins Tuesday at
; sunset at 8.59 pm
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
Allied Right Wing Within
AZ Airline Miles from
Messina
FORTRESS TOWN OF
TRI0MA CAPTURED
American Naval Forces o.
tupy Another Island
North Of Palermo

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 8. - Gen.
Dwigh d. Eisenhower's armies
slashed huge chunk of the Ger
man defense lines across the SicIl-
ian bridgehead over the weekend.
The attack of the Allied right
wing poised within AZ airline miles
Of MesSina.
Detachments of the United States
Seventh Army, starting the attack
from the sea behind the German
strong positions on the north coast
of Sicily, captured San Fratellom
and Sanagata. the latter but so
miles from the Axis escape port.
Another American force seized
Cesar In an eight-mile advance
from the captured inland citadel
of Triona.
The British Eighth Army sweet
through Acireale port in nine
mile drive up the east coast from
Catania and also captured San
Marina de Licodia high on the
southern slopes of Mount Etna
where the British armored charges
knocked out the Nazi tanks.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
MARINE MAVERICK

Maury Maverick, the fighting
Texan, has waged lot of battles
in his life, including one at the
Argonne in 1918 when part OF his
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
Economic War Taken
Up by Secretary OF
State, Is Disclosure

During Jack Stinnett's vaca-
ton, his column is being con-
Quoted by various members of
the Washington staff of The
Associated Press. Today's col
umn is by Irving Perlmeter.)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-08-09
FORTRESS TOWN CAPTURED

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 9.-An Of
fetal communique issued late last
Saturday said the American first
division of troops stormed and
captured the vital mountain fort
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