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The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-08
HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 bat do not compel"
TIJEsDAY NOVEMBER g

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9
 Benefic aspects rule today which should be especially fortunate for our air forces. The planetary in fluences favor the power of de- mccracy and encourage the United Nations
 HEART AND HOME: Women come under the most favorable di- rection of the stars today. Minds should be alert and desire for pub lie service should be directed along practical lines. General stability will encourage employers in need of aid in war industries After per iod in which girls have shown de- ficiencies in certain types of work high standard of success is pre- saged Careful planning for the smooth working of domestic ma ohinery now will solve problems which have contributed to absen- teeism.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Although manpower limitations have caused heavy losses in crops since early harvesting, plenty of food will be available at the beginning of Win ter if the signs are correctly in- terpreted. Farmers should enjoy prosperity, stimulating wise invest ments in land and encouraging say ings for the purchase of agricul- tural machinery when available. The stars indicate nationwide in- terest in real estate and presage a rise in values after peacetime ad- justments.
 NATIONAL ISSUES: Employ ment suitable and lucrative for men handicapped by war injuries will be provided by industries to be estab- lished as the result of recent novel discoveries in chemistry which are to contribute greatly to human vel fare. Inventors alsUwill provide vo- cations for large numbers of re- turning soldiers and sailors in the new order which is to emerge from Wold conflict. In the next decade astrologers foresee amazing com forts and luxuries which metamor- phose everyday life. st i INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Although evil portents for Japan have. been read in aspects at times of the New Moon and the Full Moon in recent months, astrologers foresee stubborn resistance for a long time There is sign believed to presage overwhelming and bril- liant offensives by United Nations sea and air forces in which our American men win lasting fame by their splendid courage and resource fitness
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of many bene- fits. Men will advance in the arm cd forces and women will gain in war industries.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be determined, ambitious and successful They should be trained in discipline for the domineering spirit may be evident.
 Copyright, 1943)
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BASKET BALL HIGHLIGHTs

The Douglas Hi Huskies play their last practice game with the Signacs on Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock in final preparation for their first league game on Friday, November l2. The Huskies have shown in- creasing defensive strength in their last three games, holding their op- ponents to less than 9 points in the last two games Their offensive has also improved, and the game tomorrow evening should be ar in dication of what the Huskies may do in the League Series. The Illus kie schedule provides league game each week and allows for more practice games on Tuesdays if the players need heavier schedule.
 The game schedule follows:
 Tuesday, November 9-Signacs at Douglas,
 Friday, November 12-Dolphins at Douglas;
 Tuesday, November -Chechakos at Douglas;
 Friday, December 3-Gremlins at Douglas;
 Friday, December 10-Coppers at Douglas:
 Tuesday, December l4-Juneau Iii and Reserves at Juneau
 Friday, January = Bankers at Juneau:
 Friday, January n Juneal Hi
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Junior Officers
 Initiation Work

Junior officers of the Order of Rainbow for Girls exemplified the initiatory work at an afternoon meeting held Saturday at the Scot tish Rite Temple Miss Helen Isaac presided as Junior Worthy Advisor for the ceremony
 During the business session, bal loting was held, and six candidates were voted to be initiated at the meeting, November 20
 Yesterday, forty six Rainbow Girls attended the II o'clock ser vices of the Northern Light Pres byterian Church and special Rainbow choir sang two anthems during the worship hour.
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Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

the bravest soldier ever knew" Say KNOWN" OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Exchange syllable 
 Observe the FER and the OR SYNONYMS: Protection, preservation. safety security a times it is Let
  surrounding An aromatic perfume filled the
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LOOK and LEARN 1sy c. GORDON

Indian Horse? manufactured? By S proper penny" cent?
 
 ANSWERS: Sitting Bull the occupancy the Black Hills.  "The Eldorado S coloquaL Pacific, Indian
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NOTICE

After November 10 no tele- phone rentals for the month of November will be accepted at discount. All remittances must bear pOstmark of not later than discount day. Please be prompt.
 JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS adv. TELEPHONE co.
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D. [. ". CLUB MEETING

On next Wednesday evening the Douglas Islands Woman's Club will meet at the home of Mrs Norman Rustad. Mrs. L. s. Graft will serve as cohostess during the evening.
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FlUULKN LIluULllL ROBERTA LEE

O. necessary tip staying a pressed?
 A. i o the O. a small that a boy?
 A. other than Miss
 wedding 
 invitation is received
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SENIOR BALL SUCCESSFUL

The Senior Ball which took place in the Douglas Gym last Saturday evening was large success. A large attendance gathered to dance with the music of the All Girl Orchestra on the highly polished floors. During intermission, accor- dion numbers were played by an eight year old Juneau girl. The hall was decorated with streamers and colored lighting, making it gay affair.
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and Reserves at Douglas;
 Friday, January 28- Juneau Hi and Reserves at Juneau,
 Tuesday, February l-SparlIs at Juneau.
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EASTERN STAR

Roll Call Night, November 9, at 8 o'clock. It is urged that all mem bers be present, Refreshments
 ALICE BROWN, adv. Secretary
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The Bad Lands area of South Dakota contains numerous fossils of prehistoric alligators.
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CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT

The Douglas City Council meets tonight for the transaction of rou- tine business.
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Vultures and woodpeckers were sacred in ancient Rome.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

NOVEMBER 8 Ike P. Taylor
 John Livie Mrs. Leona McKinnon M. V. Manville Herman Hanson Mrs. Betty Morrison Clyde Sanders Mrs. R. s. Vail Kathleen Martin
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election the question of the division of the very quiet ended with 4o in the question against it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-30
Scramble For Power In Bulgaria
To Set Balkans Ablaze Is Seen

LONDON, Aug. 29.-tRHA mad
scramble for power sufficient to
set the Balkans ablaze following
the mysterious death of King Bor-
is of Bulgaria was predicted today
by London morning newspapers
as Germany faced collaboration
problems 1,10O miles apart across
subjugated Europe.
In addition to keeping sharp
watch on Bulgaria, bomb shaken
Germany had to crush people s
revolt in Denmark thereby end
ing the fiction that the little Scan
dinaviaa country was a collabora-
tor and a happy example of the
model Nazi vassal state.
The Moscow radio asserted that
Hitler had called conference OF
the heads of all satellite states
Sin order to discuss the interna-
tional situation possibly as a re-
suit of the Danish-Balkan maaifes-
tations.
(The British radio said crowds
had demonstrated for peace on the
streets of Sofia and that the Nazl
embassy in the Bulgarian capital
had been stoned.
(The broadcast, recorded by U.
S, government monitors, declared
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-30

afternoon taking cross country
run "just to keep in trim" He is
an excellent marksman with all
types of firearms and holds the
pistol record for his group. He
is an engineering enthusiast and
spends much time designing labor
saving devices to further his first
The colonel is I'm.
married.
When questioned about his flock
of fliers, he waxed, eloquent over
the ability of American pilots.
"They are the finest in the world
and they're willing to fight
"I have been anxious for some
time to take fighter group into
the theater Of combat" he said,
and I am fully aware of the big
task ahead in training such a
group. However, when I take this
group to meet the enemy, I hope
to have every pilot well trained in
fighter tactics and every enlisted
man thoroughly prepared to do his
job. hope to have my men in per-
feet physical condition, familiar
with the weapons of war and train
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FATHERS UNDER
RECLASSlFICATION
State Draft Official Gives
Order To Check Those
In Non-War Jobs

RALEIGH, Aug. 29.-lR-Brig.
Gen. J. V. B. Metts, state selec-
tive service officer, today issued
directives to all local draft boards
to begin reclassifying il la all
fathers who are not in essential
work, or whose service in the
armed forces would not work un-
due hardship on the registrant's S
family.
General Nets said that recent
orders of national draft headquar-
ters require the reclassification OF
pre-Pearl Harbor fathers without
regard to their eligibility for 3-A
classification"
He added that Selective Service
considers it has given fair warn
ing to fathers who have depend
ent children to remove them
selves from non deferrable activ-
tiles or face the prospect of early
induction.
In his directive to the local
boards, General Nets said that
''registrants not in essential war
work should not be surprised if
they receive notice that they have
been reclassified in class la"
Essential farmers, war workers,
or fathers whose work is in sup
port of the war effort are in no
danger of reclassification, he said.
The fact that a pre-Pearl Har-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-30
Save Your Tin Cans
To Save A Soldiers
Lie,' Is New Slogan

ATLANTA, Aug. 29.-R-"Save
your tin cans to save soldier
life"
This was the call today from the
regional salvage office OF the Wa1
Production Board to housewives
throughout the eight-state area.
L. F. Walters, regional salvage
manager, said the Southeastern
states were saving only a small
portion of the tin cans used and
called attention to the new use
found for tin on the battlefield.
In addition to being used in max
ing containers for blood plasma,
the government has begun using
tin in production of "syrettes,' - a
tin contalner that goes in to the
first aid kit Of every soldier on
the battlefield.
Two average tin cans contain
enough tin to make syrette, said
Walters, ''and the housewife
should remember when she starts
to throw away tin can she has
just emptied, that it could be half
the means of saving a soldier S
life."
The "syrette" contains dose OF
morphine, sufficient to deaden pain
in case of serious wound from
10 to IA hours.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-30
Soldiers Having Holiday
Helping Local Farmers

Pitching in on the home front with all they've got SOL
ds from Camp Davis have been rendering vital service
New Hanover county dairy farmers by helping them har
vest their feed crop. And the G. Is on brief respite
Farm boys and city boys alike have been going about
their work with vengeance For boys who have spent their
lives on farms it means the satisfying of their nosta gla
for rustic sounds and sights and for the city boys 1t IS
new and interesting adventure.
The soldiers work eight hours day and receive the
rpona rate of nav for such kind of work. The maximum
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and that all communications with
foreign countries had been sus-
pended. The peace demonstrators
were reported to have shouted de-
maads for the resignation of Pre-
mier Bogdan Pillow
Mourning was displayed in Axis
capitals for Boris, but Radio
France reported from an unstated
source that there were anti-Fas.
cist demonstrations when the
kings death was announced in So
fla.
Balkan dispatches to the Stock
holm newspaper Svenska Dagblad.
ct reported that drastic switch
In Bulgarian foreign policy from
collaboration with Germany to
friendship with Russia was ex.
pected.
King Boris death raised the
question of whether there was any,
one in the Bulgar royal family
who would be able to hold the ma
tion together, and whether Pre-
mier Philov or the royal council
were strong enough to keep the
country's German policy going.
King Boris, once described by
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GEN. BLAMEY OUT
FOR JAP DEATH
American And Australian
Troops Now At Edge
Of Salamaua Airbase

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug.
29-(P)-Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey,
commanding the Allied land fore
es in New Guinea, is in the field
for the "kill'' at Salamaua, Gener-
al Macarthur headquarters dis
closed today.
General Blamey's American and
Australian troops now stand at the
southwestern edge of the airdrome
and are cautiously infiltrating the
Japanese positions.
Having driven the enemy out OF
difficult mountain positions, the Il
lied troops are fighting on both
sides of the Francisco river which
flows just south of the airfield. Its
capture, which would enable Allied
bombers to be escorted by fighters
on daylight raids against japanese
bases on nearby New Britain, is
believed imminent.
Today's communique from Cen
eral Macarthur dealt almost en-
tirely with air action both in the
New Guinea sector and over the
Solomons. The biggest action,
which occurred Thursday, was a
strong raid by Liberators, Corsairs
and Kittihawks on the enemy air
base of Kahili, on southern Cougar
vile. During a raid on the air.
drome, 30 Japanese interceptors
took on the Americans in running
battles. Fourteen enemy planes
were downed. There was no men,
ton of any American losses.
On the day of that raid, other
bombers blasted barges along the
Kula gulf which might supply ia
pans air base at Villa on Kolom-
bangara. Barges are Villas main
source of supply now that Ameri-
cans occupy Vella Lavella above
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-30
1he Army's Nev '7hunderbolt
Fighters Come To Wilmington

Of wig WIZ The past week, residents
g1ir," "llfnlngton had their first
e. pse n1S Oh the Army's latest fight.
as = s'sne' fal's the P-47 "Thunderbolt," /"
Me city. '''Ve roareo over
un5ar atl Army tl Air Force fighter group
DvIa me command of Colonel
Bi,ios. SAe F. Meyer, has arrived at
0IcuelIhenthal field.
vSose rvionel Meyer, a tall, lean man
fIer Keen eyes stamp him for
AND llef' is a regular Command nilot
ing S ne NE may be seen any day elm
derbo1t,, S l1Io the cockpit of a "Thun-
A e-uoll us for flight with his pilots.
fjelSs lSssoaate of Brooks and Kelly
Corns ne ne entered the Army Air
1eao pS as a second lieutenant in
sino. o and n has served in active d,,tv
since nc. that time. '''' o"''
cl,aS nlS more recent activities in.
msue ue outy in Newfoundland as a
staff ei OF General Gerald Brant's
men+ ana Inc prior to this new assign
car ns y. mere, he was executive Off
~ VI 'lle First Fighter Command.
10 al1o' colonel is a man who refuses
deS5 snI" HI himself to become tied to
eSA While his boys fight in the
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-30
DANES SCU77ZE FLEET UNITS
AS MAZZS IMPOSE MILITARY
DICTATORSHIP OVER COUNTRY
5000 NaZiS Are Killed
AsRedArmy PlungesOn

LONDON, Monday, Aug. 30
F-Russia's southern armies
plunging toward the Dnieper
river killed 5000 Germans and
captured nearly 100 villages
yesterday in gains of four to
nine miles, Moscow anmounc-
ed early today, amid strong in
dicatiOns that Axis lines were
cracking in the huge Donets
basin.
Soviet airmen reported the
Germans were blowing up am
munition dumps and stores
southwest of Voroshilovgrad in
the Donets basin preparatory to
retreat. A communique also an
nOunced that one Russian form
alton alone had killed 1000 Ger
mans and was Forging ahead,
crushing enemy manpower
and equipment" in that area.
Hundreds of Germans were
surrendering en- masse on the
45O-mile front between Bry-
ansk and Voroshilovgrad, Mos
COW said, as the Red army con-
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-30
ALLIED SEA LOSS
DROPPING IN '43
Weekly Average Just Over
3 Ships During First IS
Weeks In Year
(By The Associated Press)

Announcing sinkings of United
Nations and neutral shipping in
the Wester Atlantic in the first 81
weeks of 1943 were slightly more
than three week, in contrast to
the average of 10 weekly in the
first year of the war.
An Associated Press tabu1ation
showed merchant ship losses of
non-Axis powers. in these waters
have aggregated 686 ships since
Pearl Harbor. Last week the Navy
announced no new sinkings in the
Western Atlantic, the first time
since June that such a weekly re-
port has been issued.
Indicative of the stepped-up de-
fense of the sea lanes was the re-
port by the Army Air Forces anti
submarine command, claiming the
almost certain destruction of five
submarines and heavy damage to
five others in recent Atlantic bat
ties between U-Boats and B-24 Lib
orators.
Marine underwriters pointed to
current war risk insurance rates
in some cases only about seven
per cent as high as the charges in
August, 1942-as corroboration of
the military and naval estimate of
the improvement in the shipping
situation"
E. R. King, secretary of the
American Cargo War Risk Rein
surance Exchange, said the lower
rates in the groups latest sched-
ule, the 93rd issued since its form
alton in 1899, represent our idea
of present shipping risks"
King cited as evidence of the
present status of the battle of the
Atlantic the premium rate on car
goes bound from Port Everglades,
Fla, to Havana, now rs cents for
each $100 of insurance, or about Z
percent of the $40 rate in effect a
year ago.
Similarly, he said premiums on
New Orleans to Chile cargoes have
been reduced from 1875 per cent to
two per cent of value and on New
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NO GAS INCREASE
FOR EAST COAST
September l Will Not See
Extra Quota; May Come
Later, Says OPA

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-(R-
Gasoline rations in the East def
aitely will not De increased Sept.
/. the government director of mo-
tor fuel rationing said today.
The bigger allotment is still
hopefully planned, he added, but
it may take weeks-it may even
be months.
He said he could not answer a
question whether the prohibition
against pleasure driving would be
lifted, but by specifying that his
inability to ripiy Was matter OF
"today" he lent implied support
to expectations that the ban would
be raised Wednesday.
The information came from
Richard C. Harrison, chief of the
gasoline rationing section Of the
Office of Price Administration in
a broadcast interview on the Blue
network (This Is OfficiaD.
Harrison told his interlocutor
that "B" and Co ration card
holders woud fare no better il the
matter of an increase September
l than motorists on "a" rations.
"Gas stocks in the East are
low" he explained, las matter
of fact, over period OF fouz
weeks, the stocks have declined. -
He said the two-weeks-old cut
from four to three gallons per "a
ton in the Middle West and cou-
pom in the Middlewest and South.
vest was saving $4,000 barrels OF
fuel a day and as the decrease OF
gas consumption in those states
creates surplus of gasoline
stocks, which can at last be
moved east for civilian use, we
hope most certainly to increase
the A ration in the east.
Harrison restated Friday night
announcement that the special
allowance of five gallons for fur
Tough driving by service men
would be reinstated Sept. l, and
reminded "B" and "C'' book hold
ers that they have only two days
left in which to exchange them for
new type books.
It was generally expected here
that a formal order ending the
ban on pleasure driving in the
East would be delayed until the
last practicable moment, probab-
ly Monday, to head off any ten
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Toe Of Italy
Is Apparently
Free Of Naziis
Allied Air Units Increase
Intensity OF Round-
The-Clock Raids
TARANTO IS BLASTED
Airforce Officials Reluc-
tant To Comment On
Evacuation Story

A L L E D HEADQUAR-
TIERS IN NORTH AFRICA,
Aug. 29.-P)-Allied air un-
its increased the intensity of
their d-the-clock blows
against southern and central
Italy yesterday and last night
with bombing raids extend
ing to the north of Rome and
returning fliers said the Ita-
ian toe appeared to have been
deserted by the enemy.
Heavy and medium bomb
ers from North African bases
again concentrated on vital
'ail centers along the western
side of the mainland while
American four-eneined Liber-
ators from the Middle East
Joined in the offensive by at
|tacking shipping and rail in
|stallations at laramie, impor-
tant naval base on the Italian
heel.
Large Cruiser Hit
The Liberators. which attacked
in two waves, scored a direct hit
on a large cruiser, from which
heavy black smoke was seen to
rise. and a near miss on a me-
dunn sized vessel believed to be
a transport.
A U. S. Ninth Air Force COM
munique from Cairo said ''par-
ticularly heavy damage was done
to railway installations" at Taran-
to, with one direct hit on the
,lnain station and another on a
freight train in the yards which
exploded and burned. Other bursts
were seen on sidings, repair shops
and freight depots and in the
main barracks area. The Cairo
bulletin said smoke rising from
the target could be seen for Is
miles.
The laramie raid followed a
night attack from the Middle East
by RAF Liberators and Halifaxes,
which pounded Crotone on the sole
of the Italian boot, hitting a chem
ical works, starting fires and re-
without 1ncS
American Flying Fortresses from
North Africa made the days deep
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CCA Unit NAMES
DIVISION HEADS
New Roster OF Officers
Approved At Supper
Meeting Saturday

More than 100 members OF the
Cape Fear division of the Coast
Guard auxiliary, meeting for buf'
fet supper at Stacy's tavern on the
Carolina Beach road Saturday
night, approved by acclaim a new
roster of officers for the division
which is composed of the Whining
ton and Wrightsville flotillas.
Lieut.. Louis Hanson, head OF the
auxiliary for the Sixth Naval dis
trict, also revealed at the meet
ing that John C. Vessel, Jr., a
member of the auxiliary in addl.
ton to his duties as lawyer ano
as municipal juvenile judge, has
been commissioned as lieutenant
junior grade, in the Coast Guarc
reserve and will leave for duty
shortly.
The new division officers, ap
proved at the meeting, are Tom
Murrell, captain; Earl Goodwin, vice
captain; and Albert Perry, junior
commander.
Officers for Flotilla I are BOZ
Williams, commander; Walter
Webb, vice-commander; and Gar
land S. Palmer, Junior commander
For -,lotina II, Julian Taylor, Jr
commander; Bruce Poisson, wee
commander; and knight Davis
Junior commander.
Speakers at the meeting, the
first supper meeting held by tne
auxiliary in recent months, lncluo'
ed Lieut.. Hanson, who headed the
division prior to taking over as dl'
rector of the auxiliary for the dis
trict: Lieut.. Commander Il. W.
Thresher, captain of the port Of
Wilmington; Lieut.. S. Bun Frlnk,
assistant captain of the port; and
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tinued to display an unparal-
leled summer punch.
A great wheeling movement
west and south of Kharkov
threatened perhaps SOC, 900 Ger
mans in the extended Donets
basin-Kuban salient southeast
of KharkOv.
The Germans were throwing
construction battalions and 9TH
er rearguard units into des-
perate fighting to hold their
Donets lines. If they are forc-
ed to withdraw they face 200
mile retreat westward to the
Dnieper river bend.
Fifty villages fell to the Rus
slams west and south Of Khar-
kov, where gains up to ! 1-2
miles were made, the Russians
said. Among the towns captur-
ed was Lyubotin, a rail juno
ton rs miles due west of Khar-
kov. Other Russian units that
had swung to the northwest,
however, were driving down
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