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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-27
RUML PLAN BEING
HOTLY DEBATED BY
MEMBERS In HOUSE
PROPOSED MEASURE REACH
ING CLIMAX WITH GIVE
AND TAKE ARGUMENTS
BEING PRESENTED

WASHINGTON. Mar. 27.-The
Ruml plan is reaching its climax
this afternoon in the House of
Representatives. with give-and-
take arguments going on be-
tween its proponents and oppon-
ents.
Representatives opposing the
plan. declare that in the event
of its adoption. il will not help
any American. except the rich
man. while other assert it will
benefit every taxpayer regard
less of the amount of his pay.
mens.
The only thing the bill will ac-
complish. one opponent stated.
would be to fill the country
with war millionaire.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-27
PHILLIP ORTA VISITS
FATHER HERE WHILE
ON I2-DAY FURLOUGH

Phillip Orta, SON of Frank
Orta of 1923 Whitehead street.
is spending part of a 12-day fur
Tough with his father in Key
West.
Orta joined the U. S. hospital
corps June %, 1912, since which
time he has been advanced two
ratings, his present rating being
pharmacists mate sc. He is sta
toned at the new naval hospital,
Norfolk, Va.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-27

STOCKHOLM. Mr.. III
SWEDISH government has azFf1ar-
lied the letting e cantTscts e. tis
Gotsverken. and TIE Era her-s
shipyardz. bof5 ~ Gotnen1glr-- f,r
the construction Of ere new z.'a'i-
ton cruiser each for tne SEe-ls.a
navy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-27

bombing AXIS positions in that
area. American pilots continued
their raids until all the bombs had
been dropped and then engaged
the Messerschmitts in the most
spectacular air battle that has oc-
CURED in this theatre of the war.
AT the end of 35 minutes, eight
German planes had been destroy
ed and three American planes
were shot down. The remaining
Messerschmitts then withdrew
from the action.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-27
ARMY OF GHOSTS I'M NORWAY"

LONDON-Rado Stockholm today army
ghosts is being organized Norway strike
the Allies begin their attacks to
fully armed stated
places in Norway The radio
wegian men have fled from Norway Sweden.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-27
NAME OMITTED

In the program that appeared
in The Citizen yesterday, relative
to the Lions Club meeting. the
name of Mary Ann Matchett was
omitted. Miss Matchett rendered
three vocal solos. the titles of
which were given in the write-up.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-27
NOntgOIneIy's ShOGk Troops
Stage Raid On harGthIint
AwMw 49, " ~ 49,
LOCAL AQUARIUM TO
BE CONVERTED INTO
INDOOR RIFLE RANGE

The Key West Aquarium is
10 be converted into a rifle
range. according to telegram
received this afternoon by
The Citizen. from Congress
msn-at-Large Lex Green. The
message follows:
THE secretary of Navy
has just approved project
in the amount of $l.500.00
for alteration and equipping
of the Key West Aquarium.
leased by the Navy. Key
West. for an indoor rifle
range"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-27
ANNOUNCE DEATH
OF SEFERINA FABAL

News has been received in the
city announcing the death of
Seferina Fabal yesterday in
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The body will be brought here
Tor burial, with funeral arrange
ments to be announced later.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-27
AMERICAN AND GERMAN PLANES
BATTLE In AIR OVER TUNISiA;
NAILS LOSE 8. PLANES, US 3

ALGIERS, Mar. 27.-An official
report was issued today of 35-
minute fight in the air over Tuni-
STA between a squadron of Amer
lean fighter bombers and SQUAD
ron of l0s Messerschmitts. Ger
many's latest. fastest and most
powerful fighters.
Messerschmitt pilots took to the
air near Bizerte to challenge the
American planes, which were
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-27

Observation-Disclosures Roosevelt has hand IN try
relieve shortages types
the country The most acute shortage
80 of its 5000 butchers and
of those who did closed shortly
the sale of all the they had.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-27
LAVAL ORGANIZING PROTECTION
LONDON

MISUNDERSTANDING to radio recorded the BIC
Pierre Laval the German puppet in VichY organizing
TO protect his government and TO rePel attempted Allied
vasion Laval reported and his
lin radio that Marshal Petsn has called on
with their protecting
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-27
LAW ON SHOES

LONDON. "A. law prohibiting
shoes which extend more than
two inches beyond normal foot
length was passed in England
during the reign of Edward ~.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-27
Russian Troops Break Through
Nal FOrd6CatjOnS Built LID
In Outer Districts Of SnlO|GnSk
LATE BULLETINS
RAIDS ON JAP BASES CONTINUE
tBy Associates PressI

DAHWlN-AIed planes continuing their daily bombing
OF Jap positions
tons OF bombs were dropped Jap base along
OF New Guinea and 4ooon Jap point
direct hits that left her flames Rabau
Nunda on New Georgia Islands other
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-27
Raj RAID RuHR VALLEY
LONDON.--RAl

LoNDoN-HAF planes carried fullscale
the Huhr valley of Germany
almost as severe the made Essen
tons of bombs dropped city aons
to return their bases.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-03-27

Key West, Florida. has tnc
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fshrenk It
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
NEXT MOVE N0.pACIFI(
 INDICATED
Taking of Kiskd Gives An. other Stepping Stone
 Toward Tokyo

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23-Japan's s most ambitious scheme has been liquidated on the rocky shores of the bomb -pocketed beaches of Kiska and one more base from which the enemy hoped to use in crushing the United States, has become in- stead a stepping stone for the bloody backward path of his own defeat.
 The swarming ashore of the Am erican and Canadian troops up the rugged slopes of Kiska has won a position from which to carry the war powerfully to Japanese terri tory.
 Eventually it is expected that Tokyo itself will be raided by long range bombers from the Aleutians.
 The American forces are already dominant in the North Pacific and may strike the enemy bases from the sea as the strategy dictates.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
SALERN0 IN
 RUINS FROM
 BOMB RAIDS
Allied Forces Leave Rail- way Yards Sea of Flame
 -Cortona Is Hit
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 23. -- The might of the Allied aerial jugger- naut rolled over Salerno, another important point in the Italian mainland railroad system, virtually smashing the city in day and night raids and leaving the marshalline yards a sea of flames.
 Headquarters said that Salerno is on the coast south of Naples around which Allied heavy bombers left trail of ruin on the railway centers in raids on Friday and Sat- urday. The Germans, determined to defend the key points of their lifeline, threw in about 100 fighters to battle the marauders and their escort.
 Although today's Allied commun- ique said 28 enemy fighters were downed at Salerno, later reports place the number at 33.
 While Northwest African forces were slashing Salerno, British Lib- orators and Halifaxes from the Middle East bombed Italian rail switching yards Saturday at Cor tone, a port on the arch of the Ital- ian boot. The British fliers observed explosions and fires, some near a chemical factory, Cairo announce ment said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
When or Where Japs Went from kiSkd Is
 veryMoof Question

SEATTLE, Aug. There are several schools for thought about that" said Lieut.. fjg1 James Miller, of Los Angeles. Naval Air Opera tions Officer, back from Adak, Aleu- tians, told interviewers when asked what happened to the Japanese at Kiska?"
 He added: Frankly, I think mo- body knows when or where they went.
 One theory is that the Japanese force at Kiska, officially estimated at close to 10000. was evacuated piecemeal under cover of recent very foul weather Another is that much of the Kiska force went to reinforce Attu and was wiped out"
 Lieut.. Miller continued: T can't say much about the activity up there except that it has been won derful show. There have been big operations of amphibious forces, in which large number of Canadian soldiers were included with the U. s. soldiers. Marines and Navy, for weeks at Adak and some at Am chitka. Rehearsals for landing op- erations have been going on for six or seven weeks and we were all set to go. None of the men who took part in the Kiska landings have returned here. Many men were due for leaves for weeks but were de- tained in Alaska to prevent any word of the intended Kiska assault from leaking out"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
Kharkou Falls 10 Souiets; Nazis In Retreat
kiska Occupation 5trangest Maneuver
 Of Modern Warfare

anywhere, nothing but abandoned artillery pieces in the midst of wreckage caused by the months of American bombing.
 What could have been one of the bloodiest battles of the Aleutians became a simple landing job, be- cause the enemy preferred not to try and save the island.
 It is not known precisely how the Japanese escaped nor how many were on the island. Official esti- mates of the garrison less than one month ago was between 1000 and 10000 men although officials ad- mitted there could have been con- siderably fewer.
 Several possibilities exist regard ing the escape of the Japs as a number of Japanese landing barges were seen here early in July but they disappeared after the last na- val bombardment two weeks ago. A considerable portion of the garrison could have put to sea in them al- though that would have been horrible trip even if Japanese sub marines or surface craft were wait ing for them somewhere at sea.
 Also, it is possible the Japanese may have been reducing the garri- son few men at time for months and so gradually that it was not noticed by. the observers on aerial reconnaissance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
By WILLIAM l.. WORDEN Associated Press War
 Correspondent

BAMBOO BAY, Kiska, Aug. l8.- tDelayed = American and Cana dian troops completed occupation of Kiska without finding a single Japanese defender nor having a shot fired at one of them.
 It is the strangest anti-climax of military campaign in the history of modern warfare.
 The occupation of Kiska Island began Sunday morning, August l5, when the first units hit the quisling cover on the west side of Kiska.
 Rubber boats established a beach, head while the Naval artillery pounded the Gertrude Cove area from the south.
 These units were followed by re- gular landing forces shortly after dawn and before dawn on Monday morning. August 16, thousands of troops poured ashore at the two principal landing points.
 Patrols penetrated all important parts of the former Japanese island fortress also across to Little Kiska, and found nothing except gear the Japanese abandoned in their nasty flights. apparently about one week or 10 days ago.
 There was no living Japanese
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
MAJ. FLEMING WILL INSPECT
 ALASKA ROAD
He and FRA Chief Mac Donald 10 Meet Sen-
 ate Committee

WASHINGTON, Aug. B. - The Federal Works Administration an nounced that Administrator Maj Gen. Phillip D. Fleming and Public Roads Administration Commissioner Thomas H. Macdonald will meet the Senate delegation August 26 at Great Falls to inspect the Alaska Highway.
 The group is expected to travel in via Edmonton to attend the dedi- cation of the Peace River bridge at Taylor Flats in Canada August 30 and then go to Fort St. John.
 Among the Senators intending to make the trip are James G. Scrug- ham, William Langer and Douglass c. Buck.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
SEC. KNOX, STIM
 IN QUEBEC
Canadian Prime Minister King Announces New
 War Board

QUEBEC Aug. B. = Secretary of War Henry Stimson arrived here yesterday for the Quebec military conference along with T. V. Soong, Chinese foreign minister. Secretary of the Navy, rank Knox is expected momentarily from Washington.
 At the same time, Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the creation of a joint war air commit tee to study lease-lend problems involving the United States and Canada.
 Mai. Gen. J. H. Burns, executive of the Munitions Assignment Board for the United States and Great Britain, was named chairman Of the United States section.
 E.. P. Taylor, Canadian production official, was named to represent Canada.
 The committee will study prob lens of lend-lease operations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5la, American Can 8l7, Anaconda 259s, Bethlehem Steel SITS, Commonwealth an d Southern x, Curtiss Wright 7ls, International Harvester 67, Kenne- colt 30A, New York Central l5A Northern Pacific 13A, Republic Steel l6lz, United States Steel 50M, Pound $404.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials l35.07, rails 3369, utilities 2042.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
JApSON RUN IN PACIFIC.
 DEWITT SAYS
Halls Kiska Occupation on Highway io Japan
 csc Empire

AN ADVANCED ALEUTIAN BASE. Aug. 23.- Commenting on | the capture of Kiska, It. Gen. John L. Dewitt. commander of the Vest ein Defense Command, said we are now on the offensive in the Pacific and the Jap is on the run.
 The occupation of Kiska cleared our shortest highway to the Japan csc empire"
 Gen. Dewitt expressed the belief that the Japs completed the with drawal from Kiska August 8, es- caping in subs or barges. He added that it is doubtful if many of the Japs ever reached land.
 He tauntingly asked, Where is the Japanese fleet?"
 Then answering his own question, said. the Japanese Navy now is in hiding on the ocean floor"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
Landing Reported by Navy Toddy-No Japanese
 Are Found
MARINE RAILWAY AT
 KISKA SUB BASE FOUND
North Pacific Forces Are Consolidating Siraie-
 git Positions

WASHINGTON, Aug. g. - Spreading out from recaptured Kiska, Canadian and American trops have seized the little island of Segula and are now consolidating positions on Kiska and in the ad- jacent Aleutian area.
 Segula is 20 miles east of Kiska and could have been used by the Japanese as an outpost for the main base.
 The only information available, the Navy said this morning, is that the landing on Segula was made. mo Japanese being found"
 The communique in telling of the landings on Kiska and Segula also reported that three Jap midget sub marines apparently attempted to destroy bombs before fleeing from Kiska.
 The landing forces at Kiska also found marine railway at the sub marine base there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23

 AirIines in
 Quick Move

WASHINGTON, Aug. g. The Northwest Airlines have asked the Civil Aeronautics Board for author ity to establish the first postwar air route to Tokyo via Alaska.
 President Croil Hunter said the proposed air route will start either from Seattle or Anchorage, touch ing at Dutch Harbor, Kiska, Attu. Paramushiro, Tokyo, Shanghai and Manila.
 "The Northwest Airlines has set the pace for postwar planning in the air transportation industry" said Hunter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
CENTER IN UKRAINE
 CAPTURED
DNB Broadcast Claims Ev. dtuation : lnstaIla-
 lions Destroyed
(By Associated Press)

The Germans today admitted the loss of Kharkov, the greatest posi- ton in all of South Russia.
 What appears to be a general re- treat from the fallen city is pre- sented in a DNB broadcast however as an evacuation and the Russian pressure takes no part in the radio announcement from Berlin.
 The broadcast announcing the withdrawal said briefly that Khar- kov is mo longer a valuable center of traffic and supply and further declared that all important install lations there were destroyed by the Nazi forces before they pulled out. No mention is made however of the fierce fighting between the Red Army and the Germans.
 Kharkov, the great industrial center of the Ukraine, was last re- captured by the Russians in Feb ruary and lost by them again in March The city has changed hands four times in less than two years.
 Kharkov represented the major Nazi position east of the Dneiper River and has been the base salient from which the Germans could thrust tout and menace the Rus sians anywhere from Moscow to the Caucasus.
 Russian broadcaSts reports the Germans indicated themselves tl4aO fighting west of the city is now ris- ing toward perhaps some fateful conclusions.
 The Nazis in broadcast from
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
0pA Hits
 HaIibut
 Market
Am eritan Ships Sell d Prince Rupert Instead
 of at Seattle

PRINCE RUPERT, B. C.. Aug. 23. Large vessels of the Puget Sound halibut fleet are continuing to sell their catches here instead of mak- ing the additional 500-mile run to their home port in Seattle where the price ceilings prev ent receiving additional remuneration.
 During the week of August APO, inclusive, 1,258,000 pounds of hali- but were landed at Prince Rupert, of which l,123,00O pounds were from American boats.
 The price was 171z and 16 cents for American fish and 1892, IT, and 16 cents for Canadian.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
PRICES SATURDAY

Closing quotation of Alaska Ju- neau mine stock last Saturday was 5h, American Can 82A, Anaconda 253l, Bethlehem Steel 58R, Com monwealth and Southern 11/16, Curtiss Wright T, International Harvester 60%, Kennecott 3l, New York Central l5&, Northern Pa .cific 1873, Republic Steel l6%. Unit ed States Steel 5lA, Pound $4.04.
 Dow. Jones averages Saturday were as follows: industrials l36.l6 rails 3401, utilities 2065.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
By EUGENE BURNS Associated Press War
 COrresuandent

ADAK, Aleutians, August 19 = Delayed -"Our recapture of Kis- ka, without opposition, means we have completed the northern road to Japan" said Vice Admiral the North Pacific, adding: Our Thomas Kincaid, Commander of completed chain of air and naval bases also will protect surface ves- sels and shipping units two thirds of the way to Tokyo"
 Kincaid declared the Kiska battle was actually fought on Attu for
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
The w aShington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON tMaior Robert 8. Allen on active duty)

WASHINGTON-The Spa nj s n and Nazi radio blared forth mes sage recently, which, if true, sounos very suspicious for supposedly neu- tral Spain On the basis o1 the Axis Spanish announcement, IL would appear that Germany hao established a secret bomber base III the Spanish Balearic Islands or somewhere in Spain.
 What the German radio claimed was that squadron of Nazi torpedo planes con Friday, Aug. lS) sank 10000 tons of Allied shipping in cluding two destroyers and four large merchant ships, just East o1 Gibraltar, as big convoy was en- tering the Mediterranean.
 The interesting thing about the Nazi communique was that the ralo was reported made by torpeao planes. It happens that torpedo planes have very limited radius between 300 and 400 miles. Because of the tremendous weight of the tor pedo they cannot fly far; cannot spare much time lowering around in the air looking for their target. In fact some of the torpedo planes which went out to get the Bismarck were purely sacrifice planes never expected to come back.
 Compared to this 300-400 mile ra- dius, it is a full 800 miles from Gib- raltar to the nearest base in France.
 Big mystery, therefore, is where the Nazi torpedo planes came from. Was it the nearby Balearic Isles, or a hidden point on the coast of Spain? This is the first case in a long, long time that Axis torpedo planes have been able to penetrate anywhere near Gibraltar.
 The Spanish radio gave further corroborating details, told how the Allied convoy was composed of TO ships bound for Africa and how German pilots had been picked up by Spanish ships, while German plane made an emergency landing at Aguilas.
 But there was nothing to explain how German torpedo planes were able to make this record-breaking flight. So, either the Nazis have developed new long-range torpedo plane or else Franco has given the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
CLARENCE RHODE TO ss
 BE STATIONED HERE

Executive Officer Frank Dufresne of the Alaska Game Commission said today that Wildlife Agent Clarence Rhode is to be stationed in Juneau soon along with his two- place pontoon plane. Rhode is now in Fairbanks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
BROKERS RETURN HERE

A. Van Mavern and N. A. Me- Eachran, brokers with headquarters in Juneau, have returned from trips in Southeast Alaska ports where they called on the trade.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
ROBERT PAsoUAN BACK

Robert Pasquan, son of MT. and Mrs John Pasquan of Juneau, has returned from Fairbanks for school after spending the summer driv- ing a truck on war job. He ar rived by PAA plane last night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
Chain of Bases Now Completed 10 Strike,
 Break Japan's Back

by the capture of Attu we obtained means of preventing supplies from reaching Kiska and the means of bombing Kiska from bases to the westward, thereby insuring the fall of Kiska itself. That we could not kill more Japs was disappointing to everyone. however, had the Japs chosen to stay and fight from their entrenched strongholds and fox holes, our casualties would have been heavy.
 Northern Route Cleared
 "The northern route - shortest
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
LAPS CLAIM REpULSE OF NEW ADVANCE.
Says Our Forces Thrown Back in Attempt to
 Take Island
tBy Associated Press)

The Tokyo radio broadcast an unconfirmed report claiming dead ly fire by Japanese land units de- lending Kolombangara Island foil ed landing attempts of United States forces at dawn yesterday"
 Kolombangara Island is probably the next American objective after the capture of Munda.
 The Jap broadcast said the land- ing was attempted with about l5 barges and torpedo boats.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
MINING MAN SAILS
 SOUTH THIS MORNING

William Stoll, with the Independ- ence Mine, sailed south this morn ing after spending a few days in Juneau on business. He will spend month in the States before return ing north.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
IKE TAYLOR RETURNS
 FROM SEATTLE MEET

Ike Taylor, Acting War Man. power Commissioner for Alaska. re- turned to Juneau via Pan Ameri- can Airways last night after spend- ing several days in Seattle on War Manpower Commission business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
DIR. HENDRICKSoN IS
 BACK FROM INTERIOR

Dr. R. R Hendrickson. Tubercu- losis Consultant for the Territorial Department of Health. returned yesterday by PAA. He has been in the Interior on business for the past 10 days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
WING OFFICIAL HERE
 FROM WHITEHORSE

Ernest E. Lincoln of the War Manpower Commission, returned to Juneau from Whitehorse last night by PA plane.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23
DIM0UT TIMES

Dimout begins tonight (
 at sunset at SPA o'clock. ( Dimout ends tomorrow (
 } at sunrise at 5:38 a. m. } Dimout begins Tuesday at (
 } sunset at 8;2i D. m. . |.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23

Hans Floe. canneryman. is in Ju- neau from Hawk Inlet. He Is at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-08-23

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10
Reds Seek To Organize
u. =. SIaVS Behind Soviet

Washington i sending my state
ments ny radio 10 Yugoslavia
and generally tO Europe.
personally wrote baskets
of letters and addressed them
10 important people In America,
in England and i'm Africa. l sent
countless kilograms and cables.
III remember well, we spent,
in the last three months, al
most $500 only for kilograms,
cables and telephone.
Long live America-the
country of modern peoples
revolution long live America,
this country of birth of the
paTtiSanS."