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Corpl. Dusinberre Is a graduate
of Valley Forge Military Academy
and the Wharton School Of Com
merce and Finance of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania where he
was member Of Sigma Chi Fra
ternity. He is now stationed at
Camp Wheeler, Ga.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
The engagement of Miss Rose
Mary Ramsay to 1t. joseph w
Whitaker, jr. U. s. N. R., of
Norton, Mass, has been an
nounced by her mother, Mrs.
William w. Ramsay.
Miss Ramsay is the daughter
OF the late Mr.. Ramsay and Is
a graduate of st. Patricks
Academy.
1t. Whitaker Is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Whitaker of Norton.
He was graduated from the Hill
School and Worcester Polytech-
mic Institute and Is a member
OF Phi Gamma Delta.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Mrs. w. Evard Hirtle OF New
Haven announces the engage
ment Of her daughter, Miss Alice
Louise Hirtle, to Sergt. Robert
Travis Surine, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank A. Surine of this
city.
Miss Hirtle Is the daughter
OF the late Mr.. Hirtle OF New
Haven and Is q graduate Of
Green Mountain Junior College
in Poultney. Vt.
Sergt. Surine also Is an alum
nus OF Green Mountain Junior
College and attended the UNI
versity Of Michigan at Ann Ar
Dor before entering the Army.
Continued on Page D-3, Column /.
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orary Committee are the Under
secretary Of War, Mr.. Robert p.
Patterson: the Assistant Secre-
tary of War, Mr.. John j. McCloy:
the Assistant Secretary of War
for Air. Mr.. Robert A. Lovett;
Gen. Henry A. Arnold, 1t. Gen.
Joseph T. McNarney, 1t. Gen.
Lesley l.. McNair, 1t. Gen. Bre-
hon Somervell. Maj. Gen. Edwin
M. Watson, Maj. Gen. Alexander
D. Surles, Maj. Gen. Irving J.
Phillipson, Maj. Gen. John T.
Lewis. Col. Oveta Culp Hobby
Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower, Mrs.
Carl Spaatz, Mrs. James Doolitle,
Mrs ira c. Eaker and Mrs. Delos
G. Emmo1s.
The Secretary Of the Navy and
(see BENEFIT SHOW, Page DIS.
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Central American Freedom ANNIVERSARIES
Enjoys Here to Mark
Birth of Independence
By Katharine Brooks.

The first day OF the spring
season in Central America also
Is the independence day of those
five republics. When those in
the North American continent
mark the beginning Of the
autumn our neighbors south of
the Isthmus are looking toward
spring and summer weather.
The start Of the fight for free
dom was made in San Salvador,
the capital of Ell Salvador, by a
priest, the Rev. Jose Matias Del
gado, on November 5, 1911. Free
dom Of these five states which
were part of the Kingdom of
Guatemala under the domina-
ton Of Spain was not accom-
plished until almost II years
later. After the liberation from
Spanish rule the states set up
their own republics patterned
after that of the United States.
The heads of diplomatic mis-
sions from those republics joined
in celebrating the Tooth ami
versary back in 1921 when they
gave a reception at the Pam
American Union. Since then the
individual ENJOYS of Costa Rica,
Ell Salvador, Guatemala, Hon
duras and Nicaragua have had
their own, much smaller observ-
ances each year.
The celebrating Of indepen-
dence In 1943 carries even more
significance than in the years
through the 1920s, for the free
dom OF so many peoples, taken
from them, seems now a possi-
bility again in the not too distant
future.
The Costa Rican Ambassador
and Sonora de Escalante prob
ably will have a joint celebra-
ton Of the independence ami
versary and the establishment
OF their new Embassy. The
Costa Rican government has
purchased the house at 2112 S
street, which is the former home
Of the late Mrs. S. Stokes Hal
kett, prominent for many years
in Capital resident society, who
died in February.
When the Ambassador and his
family will move from the apart
ment at 2400 Sixteenth street,
where the Legation was estab-
lished for some years before its
recent elevation to an Embassy,
is not known. There probably
will be some changes made in
the house before the diplomats
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termed after that of the BROOKLYN
Ch1ldren's Museum, which was
founded in 1899.
Mrs. Robert M. La Toilette,
wife Of the Senator from Wis
consin, is one of the trustees of
the Museum and has been one
OF its enthusiastic supporters.
Others serving on the Board of
Trustees are Mr.. Leander Nc
Cormick- -Goodhart, former Com
mercial Attache of the British
Embassy; Mr.. Huston Thompson,
DR.. Alexander Wetmore, acting
president of the District of CO.
Continued on Page D-7, Column O.
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Residential Washington Briefs

Mrs. Edward Everett Gam has
as her guest in her Cleveland
Park home Mrs. McFadden,
widow of Representative Louis A.
McFadden, who will be with her
several weeks.
Mrs. McFadden is spending
much time with her son-in-law
and daughter, 1t. Henry Luykx,
U. S. N, and Mrs. Luykx, who
formerly was Miss Barbara Nc
Fadden. 1t. Luykx is on duty
here and with his wife has a
house in nearby Virginia.
Mrs. Gam will leave next
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month for Providence, where she
will visit her nephew and niece,
Mr.. and Mrs. Webster Knight,
II. Mrs. Knight formerly was
Miss Leona Curtis, daughter of
Mrs, Cams brother, the late
former Vice President Charles
Curtis.
Mrs. Beck, widow of Repre-
sentative James M. Beck, has
returned from short stay in
Atlantic City. She probably will
remain here through the greater
part OF the remainder Of ths
summer.
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DAILY SIGHTS AT cHILDREN's MUSEUM.

DAILY SIGHTS AT CHILDRENS MUSEUM.
The seaCing class is tauorte at Villa Rosa.
In the picture at the left Jean Williams, Eleanor
Loudon Patricia Franklin, Mrs Richard Eaton the Dol
unteer instructor Peter Eaton Susan MarloW Paige and
John Raymond. The has much to offer and
the young students faithful in their attendance.
LITTLE HANDS MAKE GARDENS FLOURISH
Dean Greger and his sister GaOendolyn in the
photograph at the right faithful 1oorkers in the
plot assigned to them at the Boys and girls
betWeen the ages of 6 and IS gears haze planted
their oOn seeds and the alert to bring
doom to peed insect in their gardens. The chill
dren permitted to take their crops home, one OF
the retoardS for task 1UeH DONE
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MAKEUP FAScINATES YOUNGSTERS
Miss Nanya MiKoy displays the art of theater
makeup at the John CONQUER Is the rnanikn
The class matches Dith keen interest looking for
ioard to when 1t ,oiu be permitted to sho,p its
skill along this line.
YOUNG MUSIC LOVERS AT WORK.
Recording music for OF the plays at the educa-
tional institution is looked tcroard to Dith pleasure
By the young musicians. In the picture on the let
Mrs. Julian Berla plays the piano for the youthful
recorders, John Mengers and Annie Hunt Angsana
Chntakananda holds the mike.
PONY PET OF ALL AT CENTER.
The care OF pets is another phase of the splendid
guidance gUen children at the museum The POM In
the picture belo1D is being fed by Elizabeth Rita QUINN
Others In the photograph Lloyd v Hinton Donald
r. Hinton and Albert A. Hinton.
-Hdrrts-E -ECing Photos.
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SNUB GIVEN
TO Il DU(E
BY HUNGARY

STOCKHOLM, April l6.--Hun-
gary has refused Axis requests fol
troops to help defend the Balkans
and is withdrawing soldiers from
Russia, usually reliable sources said
today.
According to these quarters
Mussolini asked Premier Nicholas
Kallay of Hungary for troops DUR
ing the latter's recent Rome visit
but Kallay was reported to have
chung to the official line announced
weeks ago that no Hungarian fore
es would be sent across the south
ern borders.
These same sources said Hun
gary's Second Army is being with.
drawn from Russia as well as the
remnants of the First Army, an
estimated 10000 men.
The First Army, stationed on the
Russian front line, was reported
shattered during the Soviet winter
offensive. The Second Army was
held in reserve and served as oc-
cupation troops. The two armies
are estimated to total 100000 men
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ARMY JEEp
MAKING
COON NOW
Strike of Axle Makers al
End-0ver $500 Men
Back 10 Work

TOLEDO, Ohio, April 16. The
strike which halted assembly line
production of Army jeeps has
ended, Frank Rossiter, Unit Chair
man of the CLIO United Automobile
Workers of the Spicer Manufac-
turing Company said.
One hundred and fifty OF the
strikers voted last night to return
to work and vote later whether to
ask the international to authorize
a strike.
The firm manufactures axles for
jeeps that are assembled at the
WHY'S Overland plant whose $500
workers were kept idle yesterday.
The union spokesman said the
strike followed an attempt of the
production workers to enforce
the bonus demands.
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YOU'RE OUT OF
LUCK" IS COMING
TO 10Th CENTURY
frankie Darro and Mdntdr
More!and o-Stars in
Mystery-Comedy

Ninth in a series of mystery
comedies, is Monogram's You're
Out of Luck" starring frankie
Darro and MAINTAIN Moreland at
The Goth Century tonight and to-
morrow.
In this hilarious feature. frankie
and MAINTAIN are elevator boy and
porter, respectively at the Carlton
Arms apartment hotel When Man.
tan becomes the unwilling witness
to the murder of Hal Dayton, one
Of the hotels guests, Frankie's bro
Their Tom. played by Richard Bond
is the police detective assigned to
the case. Frankie determines to help
Tom. and since MAINTAIN is the only
one who witnessed the murder
frankie insists that he help too
They make tour OF the city's
gambling dens and night clubs be-
fore they find the killers, The
gangsters discover frankie and
MAINTAIN at about the same time,
and there is plenty of trouble. for
the pair. But these intrepid sleuths
get out of all their difficulties, and
brother Tom gets his promotion in
time to marry the girl, Kay Sutton.
The screen play is peppered with
laughs, and Darro is once again ca
pably complemented in the comedy
end by MAINTAIN, one of the screens
funniest Negro actors.
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high ground remains in our hands. +"
A report yesterday said Rommel
had thrown heavy artillery into ac-
ton and was able to halt the Eighth
Army advance by controlling the
coastal road, but today's report says
Allied activity by the Eighth Army
continued on the Enfidaville line
French troops at the same time,
although meeting stiffening opposi-
ton, held fast to gains in the Djebel
Sefsouf region on the southwest rim
of the Tunis-B izerte defenses and
captured more prisoners.
A French communique reported by
Reuters, said Gen. Giraud's men
have captured 1000 more Axis pris-
oners and killed the same number
in attacks on Rommel's west flank.
Allied bombers and fighters con-
tinued their attacks on Axis air.
fields, but no details of late raids
were reported.
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MOTHER TELLS
OF STRANGLING
BABY DAUGHTER

PORTLAND, Ore, April 16.-Ar-
rested on a petty larceny COM
plant. Mrs. Evelyn Lovelady, %
of Oklahoma, calmly told police
how she throttled her 17-months-
old daughter last November with
the hem strip torn from bed
sheet because she cried to accom-
pany her father, Eugene Lovelady
to work
Sheriff Forest Hudnut said she
signed a confession, adding, the
husband didn't know she had
strangled the baby
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ITALY IS
AFRAID0F
INVASION
Taking Precautions Now in
Island South Of
Italian Boot

LONDON, April 16.-The Berlin
radio reports that Premier Benito
Mussolini has declared Sicily and
Sardinia, and smaller islands on
Italy's southern flank an area of
military operations.
The move is interpreted here as
meaning that Mussolini is throwing
up hastily erected defenses against
an expected attack.
At the same time, a shakeup in
the Italian police is taken to mean
an attempt to deal with potential
slackers and saboteurs who might
impair the defense of the country.
The Moscow radio said a state Of
emergency has been declared in Sar-
DINA following discovery that an
"anti-government organization is
working to disrupt military measures
of the Italian and German COM
mand."
Much bombed Naples also is re-
ported to have been partly eyacu-
ated.
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LARGE LIST OF
PASSENGERS OFF
SOUTH LAST NIGHT

Southbound passengers sailing
from Juneau last night were, for
Wrangell, Sergio A. Tutiakoff, Nick
5. Lekanoff, P. j. Sweeney, Victor
j. Gordaiff, William ~ Dyakanoff
Nick Galakrianoff, Rodeon r.
5hangin, and for Ketchikan, Ro-
BERT E. Sheldon, John T. Nc
laughlin and Lucille Fay Larsen.
Passengers for Seattle were Mi
;hael j. Haas, Henry N. Mygatt,
Edith Marie Gabbard, Donald
Kuitz, Gladys E. Wahto, George
4. Fields, Tommy A. WEIGH, Ralph
Y. Nicholson, Jerry John Kohout,
Jerry James Day, Arthur Harrison,
Raymond Edwin Lee, Billy T.
ioines, Clark L. Lydell, Gene G.
eomine. George NJ Redding.
Thomas Enos Willis, Edward w.
Jeffrey, Leo " Winkes, Richard K.
Oelameter, Julius McGraishan, Will
lam w. Gahan, Mildred w. An
ierson, Kenneth E. Northfield, Pa
ricia j. Free, Tulio j. Brignole
iarold U. Stephenson, Orville j.
Graham, John j. Boyle, Eric A
1elsing, Robert E. Marcy, Mr.. and
Yrs. Rod Darnell, Fern Emma
Froychak, Francis Edward Berger
Mae Frances McFall, Carl Sidney
Mcclure, Paul A. Emo, Harry Ru-
benack, Anne Rubenaek, Andrew NJ
Hodges.
For Vancouver-Michael Gawry-
luls and Pin COrredip
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CONVICT
I5F0UND

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, April
l6.--Floyd Hamilton, 36, Southwest
desperate, who tried with three
other prisoners to escape from AL
catraz Prison this week, was found
hiding in a cave on the island
prison. He is the last of the quar-
tet accounted for One prisoner lost
his life and the others were recap
tured.
Hamilton said he never got far
in the waters of San Francisco Bay
because he knew he could not make
the swim to safety. He said he
was sick, sore, wet and hungry.
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SINGLE FIRE

Members of Juneau Volunteer
Fire Department answered a call
near the Johnson Apartments on
Gastineau Avenue yesterday AFTER
noon, putting out shingle fire
which caused little damage.
MRS. FRANCES REDMAN is
SOUTHBOUND FROM SITKA
Mrs. Frances Redman, prominent
Sitka businesswoman, was a pas
senger south aboard the North Sea
yesterday. 8
While the ship was in port, Mrs.
Redman visited friends in Juneau.
She plans to continue her trip
to California before returning north,
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k|5kA JApS
STRONGER
Than EVER
Correspondent Gives Fine
Report on A|euiidn
Problem
Continued from Page One)


times that day, raining SO tons of
bombs on the small island On that
day, the Japs huddled in shelters
from GAS a. m. until 6:45 p. m.
could count 81 star-spangled planes
overhead. cThe War Department
announced yesterday new single
days record was set last Tuesday
with 10 raids over Kiska).
The weather was SO bad that the
pilots could not drop their bombs
on II days out of the month. And
on the remaining days they seldom
knew how they would find their
way home to their fields
Yesterdays bombing, the last for
March, ended thus:
Remarks
The men at this airdrome ran to
the hut windows as the last flight
of Liberators roared overhead. Snow
was streaking horizontally.
Somebody asked, do you suppose
they'll make it DOWN."
What the HE'LL" said another
you could pitch a mad cat through
the hole in that bomber's wing end
Say, where's the sixth heavy?
Who's missing" somebody asked.
They're Juggling a man out of
Ramputi's plane. Capt. Frederick
Ramputi of New York; His face is
all bloody
Said Maj. Gen. William Butler,
Commanding General of the Elev-
enth Bomber Command, IF I could
only have seven days of flying
weather I'd go after every strong
spot on Kiska and Attu and blast
them to kindom come. AS it is we
bomb the devil out of them one
day, and after four days rest they're
stronger than ever"
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WOMAN-HATERS,
GL00M~ChASERS
HERE AT CAPITOL
Not a Lady's Man" and
Zone Born Every Min
ute" Show Tonight

Along with Columbia's woman
hating scramble, mot Lady'S
Man." comes Hugh Herbert and II
whole corps of other comedians III
There's One Born Every Minute, ''
a laugh film produced by Universal
Studios. Both amusing gloom chas-
ers appear for the Friday-Saturday
double feature billing at the Capt.
tol Theatre.
There's One Born Every Min
ute" is a hilarious hodge-podge of
hokum. II tells about what hap
pens in the sleeping little village
Of Witumpka Falls when one of
the local lights, played by Herbert,
invents patent prepared pudding
with treasure of Vitamin q.
It's a plot and counterpart of
nonsense, with the thread, too, of
boy-and-girl theme enacted by
pretty Peggy Moran and Tom
Brown.
Others featured in the cast are
Guy Kibbee, recently the hit of the
Durbin picture, 1T Started With
Eve" and Edgar Kennedy, Gus
Schilling, Catherine Doucet and lit
tie Elizabeth Taylor.
Like his roles in many other
films, Herbert, who most recently
was seen in "Hellzapoppin'," plays
a triple character part in There's
One Born Every Minute He APP
pears as a befuddled candidate for
Mayor of Witumpka Falls, his
father and his grandfather.
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H.YT73T1 MIGHT OF
1afzTsx ~ JANUARY 18th"
RUSS FORCES !.
AMOUNTING
AIR ATTACKS

MOSCOW, April l6 The Red
Army is throwing a mounting force
into the bombing of German mill
tary detectives and cities.
The latest feat is the raid on the
German airdrome on the Leningrad
front Thirteen German planes
were destroyed on the ground
This raid came on the heels Of
Russian long-range attack on
Koenigsberg, the third bombing Of
that East Prussian city, and also
an assault ON Danzig, the first one
this year.
Land fighting continued with
troops of the Red Army struggling
ahead in the Kuban area in the
Caucasus, capturing another Nazi
stronghold
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15OW!MEN
QUIT OVER
FOOD DEAL
Writer'S Believe Statement
Issued Not Strong
Enough

WASHINGTON, April Is. = The
Office of War Information predic-
ton that Americans face various
shortages in the serious food stu
alton" is underscored by the re-
cent resignation of IS Owl writer's
who indicated they felt the food
report is either not strong enough
or issued soon enough.
After an extensive survey of pros
poets, the Owl reported "conserva-
lively and roughly estimated, that
assuming average weather, civilians
will have about three percent more
food this year than in prewar years
but about six percent less than
last year." although stating more
will be produced.
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Nurses Cited
ForBraveryai
Dutch Harbor

WASHINGTON, April 16.--Let-
tiers of commentator for bravery
from Rear Admiral Louis Denfield,
Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel,
have been received by five civilian
nurses who worked first aid sta
tions when the Japs attacked Dutch
Harbor last June.
They are Veronica Janastock,
Fern Tillifson, Mary Kahn. Lucille
Dewell and Mrs Margaret Saklan.
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LONDON, April 16.--A great force
of four-engined Allied bombers FLEW
high over the southeast coast In
a fighter escort shortly after noon
today and returned more than two
hours later. During the day there
was almost continuous activity over
the French Channel coast.
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DE5TR0YERS
SENT DOWN

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, April Is. Two
British destroyers sank two Italian
destroyers off Sicily last night This
is according to report tonight
issued by British Admiral of the
Fleet, Sir Andrew Cunningham.
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ewGuinea
Casualties
Announced
Many Americans, AustraI.
idns KiIled-Jdp Loss
es Estimated

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, April l6.-The Off
cial spokesman estimates the Am
erican and Australian casualties in
New Guinea to April totalled TO-
53l to the Japanese total of $4,000.
The breakdown is Americans A.
319 and Australians 6,212
Better than one-third of the Jap
anese losses occurred among the
troops aboard the % ships sunk
in the Bismarck Sea battle.
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AS soon as the oven Is cool
enough, clean up any run over or
burned food. This will help pre-
vent stale odors. Leave the door
open until oven is well dried and
aired. A well cared for oven will
do efficient work.
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TRINITY GUILD MEETS

Trinity Senior Guild will meet
at 7:30 o'clock this evening with
Mrs. Lucretia Botsford in the Eel
don Apartments. All members are
urged to attend.
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GARsTER LEAVES

William r. Garster, for som e
time steward at the Elks Club and
wellknown oldtimer of Juneau,
left last night for California. Mr..
Garster recently sold his house
here. He may locate in the south.
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STAFF SERGEANT M. A.
McCORKLE VISITS HERE

Staff Sergeant M A. McCorkle.
Signal Corps, United States Army.
is now in Juneau on a visit He
was for some time on the staff
of the Signal Corps in Juneau UNI
til transferred.
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ATTORNEY BATES is
IN JUNEAU AT BARANOF

Harold H. Bates, attorney, is here
from his home in Sitka. Mr.. Bates,
who formerly lived in Juneau, is
at the Baranof Hotel while in
town.
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DAVIS GOES SOUTH

Capt. James v. Davis, represen.
tative from the First Division at
the recent Territorial Legislature,
left for the south last night to
rejoin his family.
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McEACHRAN TO PETERSBURG
N. A. McHachran, travelling man
and broker Of Juneau, left last
night for Petersburg.
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nulheod wolns
wfn
cotum This wTlm W mnedt ne
in
the
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in the
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TENAKEE CHAMBERLAIN HERE
Sam Asp, canneryman from Ten
akee, is in Juneau and staying at
the Baranof Hotel. He is accom-
panied by Mrs. Asp.
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FIRST Army
in ADVANCE
ON TEB0URBA
French Smashing at Ger
man West Flank, Kill
1000 Nazis

Continued from Page One)
Evening star., 1943-01-28

vitamin B source that may revolu-
tionize the health of the world.
The big Mississippi flood in 1927
brought the American Red Cross to
that pellagra area, and with it Dr.
De Kleine. For two months a huge
staff worked day and night in the
refugee camps, fighting disease. pro-
viding food, clothing and shelter
and returning the area to normal
Because it was the doctors habit
to explore every town they visited
after order had been restored, he
had an opportunity to witness the
widespread pellagra in all its
stages. Until that time he never
had seen an actual case of this red
plague. whose symptoms are a red
rash on the hands and neck. weak
ness and continuous loss of weight.
Haunting the poverty stricken,
whose diet was mainly salt pork,
white bread, a few collardS. mo-
lasseS coffee and lard, pellagra had
laid low the labor power of the
South. 1t was hard to believe that
the cure for the disease lay in
simple diet Of milk, lean meat and
vegetables. A small amount of yeast
could accomplish the same results.
DR.. De Kleine remembered the
statement of his distinguished
friend, the late DR.. Joseph Gold
berger of the United States Public
Health Service, that two teaspoon
fuls of powdered pure yeast taken
three times daily would cure the
red plague. With a $4,000 appro-
priation from the Red Cross. the
doctor went to work. On foot, by
motor, on horseback, he and Red