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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
AMERICAN
PRISONERS
GET HOME
One Tells Of Being Threat.
ened by German Civil
idns : Tough Time

NEW YORK. Oct. 27.-The Her.
aid Tribune in a copyrighted story
today from Liverpool says that
wounded Americans who were
among the exchanged prisoners, tell
of being threatened and spat upon
by German civilians, some OF whom
thought the American bombers had
flown all the way from the United
States.
Pvt. Herbert Enrich of Brooklyn
one OF the exchange prisoners
wounded in Sicily ON July 81, re-
ported he had "a tough time OF 1t
until he reached the prison camp
at Memmingen, about ten miles
from Munich. Along the way he re-
ceived only casual medical treat
ment, although he suffered serious
head and chest wounds from an
exploding mortar shell. He said he
received excellent medical treat
ment in the Serbian doctors hos
pital
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
NIpp0N5 IN
BLOODY LOSS,
FIN5(HHAFEN
Make Desperate Attempt
10 Reach Coast 1000
Ton Ship Crippled

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS In
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Oct.
27.-Constant bombing by hundreds
of American planes have compelled
the Japs to quit Kahili and Kara
airfields at Bougainville, two OF the
most important bases in the north
ern Solomons. The Japs have also
quit Ballale in the Shortlands.
Allied bombers crippled 1000 ton
Jap ship off Wewak and also
strafed positions north of Finschaf-
en- where the Japs were bloodily
repulsed in new attacks to try ana
hack their way to the coast.
MacArthurs spokesman said ne"
reports received regarding the Sat
urday and Sunday raids on Rapaui
increased the total lumber OF Jap
planes destroyed to 1873 and between
As and SIS probably destroyed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
Draft Bill
0fFathers
Sent Back
House Action Puts Prewdr
Dads al Bottom OF
Induction Pool

ASKING TON, Oct. 27.--Ar
overwhelming House voice vote sent
back to the Senate the legislation
putting prewar fathers at the bot
tom OF the draft pool and strength
ening the authority OF Gen. Lewis
B. Hershey in administration OF the
Selective Service Act.
The bill passed on october by
the Senate is in a different form
and puts the draft quotas on a
nationwide basis and requires avail
able single men and married men
without children be called for in
duction before fathers are taker
regardless of occupation.
The bill restates the principles OF
the Kilday bill passed last April BY
the House which emphasizes that
dependency shall be considered il
granting deferments.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
U. 5. B0kBER5
HELP CHINESE.
IN TWO AREAS

CHUNGKING, Oct 27-Ameri-
can bombers based in China have
struck heavy blows at the japanese
in Burma and Indo- in sup
port OF the Chinese ground troops.
This is the substance Of COM
munique from General StilwilIs
headquarters.
China based Liberators dropped
many bombs on Htawgway, rs miles
northeast of the Jap base at Myitk-
yina in Southern Burma, TO help the
Chinese hold the front along the
Salween River
The Japs are trying to push the
Chinese across the river to mini
mize the danger of Allied counter
attacks. Possession of Myitkyina is
considered essential for the OPEN
ing OF the land supply route to
China.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
BILL Upp|NG
DEPENDENCY
PAY SIGNED

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt has signed legisla-
ton increasing servicemen's de-
tendency allowances all along the
line, providing monthly payments
of $50 for the first child and $40
for each additional child.
The new law is effective immed-
lately, and does not change the
present allowance of $50 monthly
for a wife, nor does it require any
additional contribution from SER
vicemen, who continue to pay s22
toward the monthly total if he has
wife or child, and sgt if he has a
wife. child and collateral depend
entS.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
WILLk|E TAKES
HARD SLAM AT
U.s.. president

NEW YORK, Oct. 81. - Wendell
L. Willkie, writing in the current
Readers Digest, says mismanage-
ment prevails throughout the Gov
eminent because the President is
jealous of accuculation of power and
is loathe to disburse"
Unless this condition is corrected,
Willkie said, the war may be pro-
longed and peace may be lost.
"A good manager does not give
two men the same job or overlap
ping parts of the same job the
COP leader added.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
Advertising Of
War Bonds Goes
To Newspapers

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81. - The
Senate Banking Committee has
approved by a vote of IL to 5 the
Bankhead bill authorizing the
Treasury Department to spend up
to 100000 in annual war bond
advertising in newspapers.
There was only one minor amend
ment to the bill and that is the
advertising be placed at the pre-
vailing rates.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
STOCK QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, Oct. 81. - Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 81, American Can
86h. Anaconda 267s, Bethlehem
Steel Co.'s, Curtiss Wright n. In
ternational Harvester $685.. Kenne-
colt 1924, New York Central 1875,
Northern Pacific l5l2, United States
Steel 557s.
Dow, Jones averages today are
as follows industrials 1898, rails
1858, utilities 2l.94.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
laps Bombed Out of 7wo Solomon AirfieLds
JaDS Fear Attack from
North Pacific; Attempt
Raids on AIeuiian Bases

October Is bombing at Attu al
which high-flying bombers inflicted
no damage and escaped at fall Of
night.
The Japanese are believed to be
frantically building defenses in the
home lands on the Kurile Islands
against danger of any new Ameri-
can thrust along the northern short
cut to Tokyo.
Paramushiro and Shimushu, nor
thernmost of the Kuriles, and less
than 800 miles from Attu, have al
ready been raided four times by
the Army's 18th Air Force since
July.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
Pacific Sub
Reportedto
Be Missing

WASHINGTON, Oct. IA SUBJ
marine runner is lost, the navy
announces.
Presumably it was operating IN
the Pacific area, where sumner
sibles are taking a heavy TOLL o.
Japanese shipping and cutting into
the enemy supply lines behind theli
scattered bases.
Fourteen subs have been lost since
the war started.
The runner, 1,525 tons, command
ed by Lieut.. Comdr, Joseph Bour'
land, SO, was sub-size runner
carrying a crew of approximatel,
IS.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27

pER(ApITA
TAX LARGE
Smelling Out This Fiscal
Year More than Brit
ishers, Canadians

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.--Ameri-
cans, who have been paying an esti-
mated Forty Nine Million dollars
in Federal state and local taxes
this fiscal year, will be Smelling out
more per capita than either British
or Canadians.
Comparable figures given by the,
Treasury place the tax OF each
American individual at 1857 COM
pared to 1921 paid by Britisher
and $26l by a Canadian.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
Strike Vote
Now0rdered,
RaiIroaders

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Chiefs
of fifteen incorporating unions Of
railroaders have ordered a strike
vote among more than 100000
members, the vote to be returnable
by November 25.
The official statement issued says
the chiefs see no other way to OBJ
tain a satisfactory wage increase. .
Operating unions last week or
dered taking of strike ballot.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
President Improves;
Makes Appointments

WASHINGTON, Oct 27.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt has nearly recovered
from his attack of the grippe and
for the first time since last Thurs
day made formal appointments. At
noon today he met group of busi-
ness leaders.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
BY NORMAN BELL

Associated Press War Correspondent
ADAK IN THE ALEUTIANS, Oct.
27.-Resumption o. Japanese air &C
tivities in the Aleutian area may
indicate increasing nervousness OF
Tokyo war-makers over what new
trouble is brewing for them in the
stormy North Pacific.
The presence of enemy planes,
probably for reconnaissance, in
Alaska was disclosed in Navy an
nouncement that two japanese craft
we're encountered and driven off in
the past week near Attu.
These air contacts followed the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27

BABY CONFERENCE TOMORROW
The Well Baby Conference in Ju-
ncau will be held tomorrow from
1880 to o'clock In the Health
Council room in the Territorial
Building.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
FROM SAN FRANCISCO

Mr. and Mrs. p. ID. Kavanagh, of
San Francisco, are guests at the
Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
FROM THE INLET

Registered at the Baranof Hotel
from Excursion Inlet are Joe Lembo.
Lelan Morley and Ralph Thurman.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27

FROM THE INLET

Arthur johnson and Barney Hun
ter, both of Excursion Inlet, are
registered at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
FROM OKLAHOMA

C. c. Cissna. of Seminole, Okla
homa. is guest at the Baranof
Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
PLANTED" QUESTION

"One of the questions Mr.. Queeny
has requested that ! be asked is
Will support whoever is nomin-
ated by the party, if do not win
MYSELF" Willkie asserted, glancing
pugnaciously from right to left.
His listeners turned questioning
ewes on the Missouri Congressman
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
Manpower Situation
Takes on Queer CURT
Especially with Navy
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81 - The
manpower situation here has pro-
duced some queer quirks but none
stranger than the fact that al
though the Navy doesn't recruit for
uniformed duty any more, it is con-
Quoting a virtually nationwide re-
cruitment of civilian employees. In
SO states, the Navy is urging civilian
employees mostly girls to take jobs
with the department in Washing
ton. While no effort is made to
glamorize Washington, the recruit
ing officials go in heavily for de-
bunking a lot of adverse publicity
that has flowed out of here about
the towns bad working and living
conditions.
The truth of the matter is that
Washington is getting such a bad
name as a place to work and live
that not only the Navy but many
other federal agencies are finding
it an aggravation of the manpower
shortage. In spite of Nays re-
cruiting campaign, it is having diff
ficulty keeping its personnel up to
the 10000 employment that it now
has here. One Navy officer tells
me that there are numerous reports
from the field that girls have re-
| fused to join the WAVES and wo-
men Marines unless they are prom
ised that they won't be shipped to
Washington.
The invasion of italy has got one
of the agricultural agencies burning
the midnight oil. 1t is trying to
develop super-dooper spaghetti
that will contain all the vitamins,
proteins, etc, needed for a balanced
diet. If it works out, we may be
shipping Italy spaghetti that will
be meat, potatoes, salad, fruit and
a dish of ice cream.
AS matter of fact, some agricul-
tural chemists are toying with the
idea of putting all the essentials of
a balanced diet into the basic food
of each of the nations which will
have to be fed as this war pro-
crosses.
Whether it had anything to do
with it or not, the shake-up in the
State Department and other agen-
cies concerned with foreign rela-
tons was certainly triumph for
Harold D. Smiths Budget Bureau.
Smiths bureau for a long time
has been urging consolidation of
all these agencies and much along
the same lines that brought lend
lease, the Office of Economic War
fare, the Office of Foreign Relief
and Rehabilitation, and the State
Departments old Economic Coor-
dination division, all under Director
Leo T. Crowley's new Office of For
eign Economic Administration.
liz WAeSi-iiuAiI AOl plOlCSSOIS III
key government jobs probably
reached its climax the other day
when one of the anti -administra.
ton congressman referred to James
P. Mitchell, civilian personnel di-
rector of the Army service forces,
as a Harvard graduate and protege
of Supreme Court Justice Felix
Frankfurter
AS matter of fact, Mitchell is
graduate of New York University's
night school courses in personnel
and labor relations. Much of the
time he took the courses, he was
working in the shops of Western
Electric Co.. of which he eventually
became personnel chief.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-10-27
FROM SEATTLE

H. E. Biodstrup, of Seattle. is a
guest at the Baranof Hotel.
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CONTINUED on Page Four
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-12

stuck back with adhesive tape Then strip off my pack
bandoier everything work up bird seye and
the bullets from of 50caber machine guns kicking
dust around the German emplacement."
He mumbles something about Kaserine Pass They threw
there before daylight morning Just at dawn
riding down this gag muddy road packed with trucks and
guns It's dark and foggy.
Suddenly machine guns open up and the fog lifts and
there before us four whole enemy dvsonwo German
two Itaan-rght up against two divisions the First
Armored and the First Infantry.
What scrambled! It's race to see who can retreat
into position fastest and win That's where pick up
mortar fragments my elbow here and my knee Those
Germans wonderful with mortars-so good call their
mortar fire artillery 80.
Up till then the enemy has the air support We take
terrible strafng everywhere Then dayI forget
it-some planes over-we they re ours-a whole
cloud OF planes Eveybodys eyes fill with tears and jump
around hugg each other and the guys start handing out
their cigarets What a moment
After Kasserine 60 back for rest and then come up
Casa This Is major battle he points of the five
stars the ribbon sewed to his civilian coatbu for it's
nothing. We fire only 90 rounds
Then comes FL Guear The boy swallows hard before
10 one bright sunny morning and reach this ridge miles
from the town.
Before can get into position they 90 for us We haven't
even got the trails off the trucks yet when the JU86 and
Tour motored Messerschms swarm and then
the Stukas
Our outfit takes in dry creek up against the ridge
and we can look down masses of artillery spread
between and the town which is burning now
The Stukas don't bother much because they're after
our heavy stuff out there the big 1876 rifles But the
Stuba shrek heads low that could touch their
wheels by standing truck The enemy
twice that day, but no one in outfit gets hit
For week and half stay there and take il npht
and day Finally comesthe time when battery has to 90
out the plain beyond the ridge away from FL Guearfo
bait. evidently. They pick our battery
At m we start moving out miles into the plain
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-12

he meanhat the regiment wiped that Kraut artillery
and we both bust out crying. 81.
For two days can't stop crying For days
hardly remember my My head is plenty sore.
They fly back to Tebesa and then oran where they
keep three weeks before boarding hospital ship The
confusion begins leave my mind slowly but after
week at Haloran General Hospital and five weeks at White
Sulphur Springs the bad moments keep coming back They
give my honorable discharge.
But the slightest things still bring it back occasionally
and its hard for to sleep The only time completely forget
there the stand when the band starts Jumping Then
feel real good And when I'm singing forget everything
You know music is my life
The bands fast tempo smoothes into ballad beat and
Dave Allyn stands up for his number Absenty he fingers
the ribbons his and he strides aunty the stand
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-12

advancing behind kind of rock ledge. At daylight enemy
artillery of 1865 and 1865 open up and the morning
goes it becomes unbearable
With great effort he concludes Il stand long
six hours think Twice take wounded back the Aid
Station. Finally I'm crouchng during barrage behind
rock the command car.
can hear somebody the radio shouting Have located
enemy baterywe need artillery frerepeaed and
Everybody around getting hit can't toward the
for flying hrapne the conclusions suck the blood from
my and and everything inside drop in
my abdomen and grow deaf Then something expodes
on the rock my head and that's all remember -.
Il to with Freddy Fischer leaning the Aid
Sationhes the kid who used to the lyrics for songs
composed back in campand Fred is repeating Dave
Dave The regiment accomplished the misson what
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-25
DoohHLe Filters Raid Sardinia
Russia Needs Food For Army
Blunt Warning to Conference

good will. For the past decade or
more, the British explained, Russia
has asked for credit strictly on a
very short term basis and paid off
In full when the note came due.
Return 10 Amity
81 sincerely believe that this re.
quest OF the Soviets for long.term
credits Is a definite sign that they
wish TO reintroduce ard cooperate
in a return 10 the comparative inter
national amity blasted by the last
war and mlserably ground under
heel during the past twenty years"
a spokesman for the British dele
CATION stated.
Other delegations attending the
conference with or without inten-
tons OF taking home something for
their national cupboards. appeared
10 be amused and little aNed by
the Soviet honesty in admitting
that not all the problems under con
siderstion at the Hot Springs par
ley interest the USSR.
Want Food Now
Great believers In keeping the
light fantastic confined to the bal
let, the Russians have nullified the
hectic efforts OF the United States
and Great Britain 10 keep this frs
International Conference on the
trolley leading directly to long
range postwar planning. Vile
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-25
Men Refuse to Report For
Work in Ohio Rubber Plants

Akrc1. o., May 25-INS-Produc-
ton neared a complete standstill
today in three Of the nations major
rubber companies as most OF 5000
men in one shift at the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company refused
to return TO work.
The strike. which started Satur-
day and spread rapidly throughout
Akron's vast war-yital rubber in
dustry, had thrown an estimated
$4,000 or more out OF work today.
Goodyear Company officials said
that only scattering few Of 5000
on last nights late shift showed up
for work. Free for all fist fights
developed at the previous shit, at
2 p. m, between pickets and en-
ployes attempting TO report for
work at the Goodyear No. plant.
Some OF the pickets said thai
none of the workers got through
the line, but company officials re-
ported that "a few" succeeded in
getting back TO work. The strikers
are members Of the United Rubber
Workers OF America (CIO). Inter
national officers declared the walk
out unauthorized.
The three Goodyear plants were
estimated to be operating with only
about 1000 of their usual $4,000
workers on the job. Sixteen thou
sand were out at the three Fire
stone Tire and Rubber Company
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-25
Edsel Ford
Critically Ill

Detroit, Mich. May 25 -AP-Ed-
sci Ford, i9.year.old president OF
the Ford Motor Company. was re-
ported today as still I'm critical
condition.
Ford. the only son OF Henry Ford
founder OF the vast industrial EN-
pire. is suffering from undulaDt
fever at his home on Lake ST. Clair.
He has been chief executive OF the
company Tor y years.
Unduisnt fever. a longpersisting
and painful disease. characterized
by an undulating or remittent fever.
is contracted from animals and
espe eially transmitted through
milk
Officer Candidate Benson Ford,
son o. Edsel. was granted a Today
leave yesterday TO go TO the bed
side OF his father. Benson II sched-
uled to receive a commission June
IS from studies az the Army Ad.
ministratiye officer Candidate
school al the North Dakota State
College A. Fargo.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-25

plants and another $4,000 at the
three B. F. Goodrich Company
plants.
In spite OF the fact that the men
seemed in no mood to return to
work, Mayor George ]. Harter said
he was hopeful that the paralyz-
ing strike might end today. He dld
not say on what he based his op-
timism.
The disgruntled workers leI.
their jobs on learning that the War
Labor Board had granted them a
raise OF only three cents an hour
after WLB panel had recommend
ed a wage hike of eight cents an
hour.
The full board explained its &C
ton with the statement that the
larger increase would be higher
than that permitted under the Little
Steel formula.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-25
Chinese Soldier
Adrift l3l Days

Miami. Fla. May 25-AP-stoical
Poon Linn. who spent 1871 days
adrift on the Atlantic aboard life
raft. disclosed here that his long
lonely and aimless voyage made
him dizzy several times.
The torpedoing OF his ship, a
British merchantmen on which the
25.year.old Chinese was steward,
launched him on his one-man Odys-
sey on Nov. %. 1912. The old year
ended and three months o. the rev
year passed before his rescue on
April off the coast OF Brazil by
fishing boat.
This was IS days longer than men
ever before were known 10 survive
on a raft or lfeboat. Basil D. lzzL
Of South Barre, Mass. and two
Netherlanders survived 50 days on
a raft IN the South Atlantic in 1912
after their ship was sunk.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-25
Delivery Service on Seaboard Curtailed

Fresh milk or cream; ice cream
or ices.
Magazines and periodicals.;
Laundry or dry cleaning.
Parts or supplies for repairs.
Cut flowers except for funerals
ShrUbbery:
Toys. novelties, jewelry. furs, ra-
dos. Photographs. antiques.
Exemptions include deliveries
10 farms and ships. and deliveries
Of newspapers. certain mine prod
nets and explosives. medicines.
kilograms and the mail.
Emphasis was made that eXemp-
tons 10 the ban. such as Sunday
deliveries OF newspapers. were
only with respect 10 the number Of
deliveries permitted and did no
grant waiver Of the 40 per cent
mileage cur'ailment.
The ODT also announced a scale
OF deliveries for both wholesale
and retail trades. fixing the mum.
Ger OF deliveries which may be
made each week
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-25
Conpletiionof
Strategy Plan
.BeHevedN
Policy of Beat
Hitler First on
Five Point List

Washington. May 55-INs-Pres-
ident Roosevelt and British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill today
are believed to be putting the Tin.
ishing touches to a five-point grand
strategy plan for worldwide often
sive action against the Axis this
year.
Diplomatic observers in Washing
ton believe the five main points OF
the strategy plan that is now near
ing completion in the White House
conferences are:
!. Continuance OF the Beat Hitler
First policy;
.. Intensification OF the aerial war
in Europe with a view TO ascertain
ing whether air power alone can
bring about a collapse OF the Italian
and German war efforts:
5. A limited invasion OF the
fringes OF the European continent
this summer, with the main knock
out land drive against Germany de-
yeloping next spring il air power
fails to bring about a collapse OF
the Nazi war effort in the mean
time;
4. A powerful aerial offensive
against Japan this year, including
direct attacks on the Japanese
mainland;
5. Tentative preparations for a
possible fall campaign TO retake
Burma and open the overland sup
ply route to China.
Occupation OF the Mediterranean
islands OF Pantelleria, Sicily, Sardi'
MIA and Crete also is foreseen this
summer as part OF the plan for a
limited invasion Of Europe.