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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
INDIAN TROOPS
CRACK CENTER,
NAzI DEFEN5E5
Number Of Prisoners Taken
on italian Front-Bomb-
ers Hit YugosIdv Port

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS, Dec. 14.-Indian troops
attacking in the center of the Bri-
fish Eighth Army front in Italy
crashed through the German de-
lenses and captured a number OF
prisoners.
Canadians along the Adriatic
Coast hurled back Nazi armored
attacks, wrecking tanks and inflict-
ing casualties.
Activity OH the Fifth Army front
is confined to artillery duels and
patroling, particularly in the Liri
Valley.
Nazi prisoners taken by patrols
said sthe German Tenth Army suf-
fered heavy losses in the recent
mountain fighting against the Brt-
tish and American troops when they
captured the heighths west of Mig
nano. & r
In the war in the air. American
Mitchells attacked the German oil
depot in the Yugoslav port and also
blasted warehouses at Subenik, far
ther up the coast.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
WESTERN
GERMANY
BON BED
Raj Makes lightning At.
tack al Night Following
Daylight Assault

LONDON, Dec. IA. - Royal Air
Force Mosquito bombers stabbed
western Germany last night on the
fourth successive night, the British
Air Ministry said, skipping through
Nazi defenses and returning to bases
without any loss.
The raid followed daylight att
tack on unspecified detectives in
western Germany yesterday by
waves of United States Liberators
and Flying Fortresses.
The American airmen downed Is
Nazi fighters to bring to 1877 the
total number oof German planes
downed by the Eighth Air Force this
month
Official figures show that u S.
heavy bombers downed 257 enemy
planes on at least Is missions since
last October 20.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
AU55IE5 ARE
CLEARING OUT
NIPPON UNITS
Make Gains on Huon Pen.
insuLa Bombers Are
Agdin'in Action

- Il =
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. Dec,
14-Aussie ground forces main
tanned steady pressure in clearing
the Japs from Huon Peninsula, New
Guinea, gaining two miles and
pushing across the Sowi river, sup
ported by tanks.
The Aussies today are nearing
Lakona on the coast, IL miles north
Of Finschafen.
Other Aussie forces continued
pressure on the Jap rear guards
north of Wareo, the important en-
envy base captured on December g.
Bombers, freed from inclement
weather, again are heavily pasting
Jap positions on Bougainville.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
BRITAIN IS
PLEDGED TO
FIGHT JAPAN
Foreign Minister Discusses
Recent Conferences
in Commons

LONDON. Dec. l4.--British For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden. re-
porting to the House Of Commons
today on the Teheran and Cairo
conferences. declared the war will
be shortened" by decisions reached
with Stain Eden again pledged
Britain will battle to final destruc-
ton of Japan.
Eden told the House of Commons
that Prime Minister Churchill has
still more work TO do in the sphere
where he is now Churchill stayed
ON after the Cairo meeting last
week to confer with leaders of
smaller nations.
A quicker defeat Of the Axis,
Eden said, is insured BY the close
cooperation OF our military plans
at the Teheran meeting between
Roosevelt, Stain and Churchill.
Agreed On Timing
Eden declared that every plan
is agreed as to timing and III due
course decisions reached at Teheran
viii be u M s4 !. or ". the faela Pt
Eden also said the military mis-
sions in Cairo at the British, Amer
lean and Chinese session. agreed
on future military operations
against Japan
Japan Is Menace
Eden termed Japan as much q
menace to Britain as she Is to the
United States and China and said
Britain is still principal in the
Far Eastern war because to destroy
Germany. then make compromise
peace with Japan is only to sow
seeds for third World War
Eden also said that the confer
ence with Turkish President Inonu
gave good hopes of sound basis
for future cooperation between our
selves, Soviet Russia. America and
Turkey"
Z. Postwar Cooperation
Eden also said he. could not go
further than that postwar coCper-
atoms between Britain, Russia, and
the United States Is assured and
I'VE three can work together 50
that a recurrent threat of war can
only be met by an international
order firmer in strength and unity
than any enemy can challenge.
Eden said there is British Mill
tary Mission In the Balkans and
has been there for sometime with
the forces Of Marshal Tito and the
British are doing everything pos
sible in supplying them with muni-
tions and other help and the Mis-
sion is working to unite the dissi-
dent groups In Jugoslavia and have
promised that after the war both
King Peters government and Tito
have agreed to let the country
choose their own form of Govern
ment
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
The " ashington
Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON
(lss,or robert .. Alien % active dutyJ

WASHINGTON - Diplomatic ap-
praisals of the Teheran Conference
have gone much deeper than the
brief communique issued by Stain,
Roosevelt and Churchill. In the
view Of the Diplomatic Corps who
know some of the inside things that
happened before Teheran, there will
be one all-important but little-no-
ticed result:
From now on Russia will domin
ate the Gulf of Persia, the Red Sea,
the Indian Ocean, and can have. il
she wishes, a vital eventual infiu-
ence in freeing India.
To get the full significance, re-
member that, for more than CEN
fury, Teheran has been symbol OF
rivalry between Britain and Russia.
It has been the meeting point OF
the spheres of influence OF the two
nations in Iran. The British for
years have controlled Iran south
of Teheran; the Russians have con-
trolled Iran I'd the north.
jealousy and vigorously. the Bri-
fish have guarded the Gulf of Per-
STA to prevent Russian influence
from creeping down toward India.
Likewise, they have supported the
buffer state Of Afghanistan to keep
the Russians from encroaching
south.
But now, stony, stolid Stain has
secured the most important Rus
sian political triumph in 100 years
Of battling with the suave, astute
British. He forced the Prime Min
lister Of Great Britain (who once
vowed not to liquidate the British
Empire) to come TO Teheran to
meet him. He also forced the Presi-
dent Of the United States to DO
likewise.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
PATTON NOW
ON Mystery
CAIRO
May Be Given Command Of
Consolidated Forces
Speculation

CAIRO. Dec. l4.--Lt. Gen. George
S. Patton, Jr.. Commander of the
Seventh Army, with staff members
appeared unexpectedly here in an
unexplained mission.
Patton made no effort to conceal
his driving around in 3-star car,
the only one of that rank in the
area.
His appearance comes at a time
when there is talk Of consolidating
the Middle East and Mediterranean
Commands and speculation is aris-
ng as to what his next assignment
will be.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
Vazi Bastion Captured By Russian Forces
Shortage Of Goods
For Civilians 10 Be
Fe|tin Coming Year
BY ALEXANDER r. GEORGE

DA hLLAhANDCM ~. oEOROE
WASHINGTON, Dec. l4.-Don't
be surprised if you really feel the
pinch of merchandise shortages in
the coming year.
This years 80 billion dollar buy
ling spree of a prosperous popu-
lation, combined with reduced pro-
duction of civilian goods, is cut
ting SO heavily into supplies that
stocks are nearing depletion in a
number of important but unname-
able articles. Many shortages have
been postponed only because in
ventories were at record levels
shortly after we entered the war.
The public is familiar with the
shortage of metal products, their
manufacture for civilian use having
been stopped or sharply curtailed.
Buyers also know about the scar
city of rayon, paper and paper nov
elites, alcoholic beverages and cloth
ing for record crop of babies.
Reduction In Supplies
WPB and OPA authorities aren't
telling the public about coming
shortages in many specific items
because they fear such information
might touch off waves of panic
buying. A general Indicator, how
ever, Of the reduction in supplies
lis the Department OF Commerca es-,
innate that stocks OF durable home
furnishings in department stores
declined by 500, 100000 in the year
ending last June.
WPB plans to have the produc-
ton of certain civilian articles
stepped up from time to time to
meet minimum essential require
ments." The use of more steel was
authorized for the manufacture
this fall of kitchen utensils, bed
springs, cooking stoves, hot water
heaters, pins and needles and simil-
ar articles. Refrigerators. washing
machines and electric irons may be
produced in limited amounts during
1914.
More To Disappear
Other articles, however, will dis
appear from the market as the war
goes on. WPB's Office of Civilian
Requirements says that, owing to
the need Of materials in war pro-
auction, it probably will be impos-
sible to reopen substantial manufac-
ture of many items formerly turn
ed out for civilians.
The manpower shortage is an
other reason for the reduction in
output of civilian goods. Workers
are being drawn away from less
vital industries into key war plants.
For example, the cotton textile in
dustry has had to curtail produc-
ton although cotton supplies are
large. The shift of workers also IS
hurting the metal goods repair and
replacement business.
Distribution of goods from fac
tory to consumer is becoming a
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
Women Filters Making
Good; Are in Toughest
Combat Flying known
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA. - Just
why the Army Air Force has kept
it's women flyers under, censorship
wraps for so long is one of those
minor capital mysteries.
More than a year ago, the Wo-
mems Auxiliary Ferrying Service
(WAAFS) was active but very little
was said about it. At Camp Davis,
Y. c., nearly 200 WASPS tWo-
mems Airforce Service Pilots, an
outgrowth of the WAAFS) are do
ing some of the toughest combat
flying known--all women trained
under the direction of well-known
Aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran
Before many weeks. there will be
at least 500 women flyers in the
WASPS. About 900 more will be in
training at Sweetwater and Hou-
ston, Texas, and 1000 additional
will be awaiting training assign
ments. That accounts for more than
che half of the estimated 1000 ell
gible women flyers in the country
and constitutes one of the most
surprising service records in the
war.
After a lot of off-the- record
queries, I've come to the conclusion
that the reluctance to give flying
Games their due was.
"a Fear that they wouldn't make
good and that the. Army Air Force
would get the bird for even sinau-
gurating the program;
90 An innate reluctance on the
part of the men, both pilots and
ground crews, to concede that w0-
men flyers were capable of handling
the Air Forces gruelling non-com-
tatant assignments.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
{ N IDJI IS
BOMBED BY
LIBERAT0R5

PEARL HARBOR, Dec. 14.-Army
Liberators continued their month
long series of raids on the Marshall
Islands last Saturday by bombing
Jap cargo ship and shore install
lations at Emidji in Jaluit atoll.
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz an
nounces that Emidji is the south
ermost air base of the Japs in the
Marshalls and is only 300 miles
north of the Gilberts.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
Chewing Tobacco
Business Booming

RICHMOND, Van B. Bowles,
secretary of a tobacco warehouse
company, claims the chewing tobac-
co business is on the up grade.
"A lot of soldiers are learning to
chew he said, lust as they did
lin the last war, and thousands of
defense plant workers are chewing
on the job because they can't
smoke
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
RUSSIA CAN FREE INDIA

And sitting in the Russian En-
bassy "a building which the Bril-
fish for years have watched so care
fully in the very center OF ancient
Russian British rivalries, Stain
and Churchill agreed on joint pol
icies.
Even If the Gulf of Persia and
Russia's long-coveted outlet to the
sea were not even mentioned i'll
their conversations. the mere selec-
ton of Tcheran for this meeting
was far more important, !, frpm a
long-range viewpoint tfa1 tie
communique about s-1ay drive
against Hitler.
For it meant that. after We war
Russia will be sitting astride the
Indian Ocean, where She can reac6,
out and touch India. It also meant
that, no matter hoy STRONGLY
Churchill feels about India now
the question of its future independ-
<~-.xs.>a - n~aA Re,ssrl
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14

Singing screen star Deanna Dur
bin, tabove), ri, scarcely raising her
voice above 3 whisper, today testi-
fled in Los Angeles, according to
Associated Press dispatch to the
Empire, that contant criticism of
her film and radio work by her
husband, 1t. G-go Vaughn Paul,
USNR, 3d. kept her in a state of
nervous distraction. The proceed
ings took less than 10 minutes and
the little actress was granted di-
vorce. The Naval Lieutenant and
Deanna were married almost two
years ago and thus tumbles what
was considered Hollywood's most
successful marriage. They met on
a major film company lot in 1910.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
Mass 5poiIage Of
Government Goods
win Be Ayertet

WASHINGTON, Dec. l4.-iAction
will be taken soon by the War Food
Administration, the spokesman said,
to relieve the tight cold storage and
warehouse situation and prevent
mass spoilage OF government-held
foods.
The order will be issued soon, he
said, adding that more items on the
list of commodities that cannot be
kept in refrigerated storage will be
released for civilian consumption.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
BIG GERMAN
BASE TAKEN
BY 50vIETs
Strategic River Port Taken
in Bloody Battle for
Kiey Bulge

LONDON, Dec. IL. ~ Cherkasy,
the last remaining Nazi bastion in
the middle Of the Dnieper River
between Kremenchug and Kiev, has
been lost to the charging Red Army,
the Berlin radio says, as vatutin's
First Ukrainian Army turned the
die against Won Mannstein in a
bloody battle for the Kicv bulge.
Cherkasy is strategic river port
and main rail line. linking Minsk
and Gomel with the Odessa sea and
Black Sea. Capture Of Cherkasy
paves the way for junction of the
Russian forces operating out of the
Kremenchug bridgehead with those
on the southern edge of the Kiev
salient.
Earlier reports said the Russian
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
1SkI55ING,
NAVY PLANE

NORFOLK. Va. Dec. i4.-Four
Naval officers and IA enlisted men
are missing as Naval patrol plane
failed to return yesterday from q
routine training flight to sea- This
is the announcement made by the
Fifth Naval District.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
HARD BLOWS
TO BE AIMED
AT JAPANESE

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA Secre-
tary of Navy Frank Knox predicted
hard blows" against the japanese
in the Pacific in the near future.
AT a conference this afternoon
with the newsmen, Secretary Knox
said I'VE are getting ready to drive
home some hard blows"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
FRED PAUL is DEAD

Fred Paul, resident of Cosdova
, for is years passed away there re
, Gently as the, result OF coronary
, thrombosis He is survived by his
, wife, the former Edith McPrewitt
, Paul was Cordova agent for the
, Alaska Distributors and also did
, a considerable amount of auditing
!, work.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14

In view of this, Jacqueline Coch-
ran and Nancy Hardness Love, di-
rector Of the WASPS, said not a
word. However, it is now safe 10
talk little. The girls have proved
themselves; the men have accepted
them.
A few days ago talked to a
veteran fighter pilot back from the
South Pacific. He had been down
to Camp Davis on lecture mission.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-14
> . . . . .
WEATHER REPORT
III. s. Bureau

Temp. Monday, Dec. 10.
Maximum 40; Minimum IS
Rain .02
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-03
Mercury Hits
Zero for Record

Detroit's March weather equalec
a 6S-year record low today as the
mercury plummeted Ia degrees
between midnight and 8 a. m, &c
reach zero.
The cold was accompanied by
an 18-mile wind of the Great
Lakes and a dry, powdery snow
The forecast was continued cold
today.
The temperature remained al
the zero mark for three hours
rising at IL o'clock TO one above.
Weather officials predicted q
high of Is degrees for the day.
While the wind was expected
TO continue between Is and n
miles an hour, little if any add
tional snow was forecast.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-03
Gandhi'S
3-Week
Fast Ends

POONA. India. March 3 (UP).
Wizened, bespeetacled Mohandas
K Gandhi, spiritual leader of tens
iof millions of Indian nationalist,
drank a glass OF orange juice
diluted with water at 9 a. m.
today, ending his 2l-dsy fast in
protest against imprisonment.
A government bulletin said that
the 73-year-old Gandhi was weak
and showed signs OF strain, but
cheerful.
The fast. outwardly al least,
was a failure. for il didn't bring
Gandhi either OF the two things
he Sought-his freedom and vindi-
cation from the British charge
that he was an inStigator OF last
summers bloody Quit India
riots.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-03
Italy Cancels ENJOYS
Job; Nazi Hand Seen

ANKARA. March 3 (UP).-Can-
collation. of the appointment of
Augusta Rosso as Italian ambaS-
sador 10 Turkey, was understood
today TO have resulted from a
protest by German foreign minis
ter. Won Ribbentrop
RoSso's wife is American-born
and has two sons in the American
forces. Rosso's friendship with
United States Ambassador Stein
hardt also was said to have af-
fected his appointment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-03

RUSSIA-Nazis announce evac-
uation of strategic center of
RZhev in oscow sector.
page ID
LONDON - With Berlin with
out water, gas or electricity
after smashing Raj raid,
Nazis are reported. 10 have
asked Pope Plus TO seek truce
ending bombings of open
cities" page ID
CAIRO-Allied medium bomb
ers blast harbor at Palermo,
Sicily. page %
TUNISIA-Allied push perils
Axis at Faid Pass. Three
enemy thrusts in north re-
PEELED. page D.
BERN, SWITZERLAND-Mus-
solini reported to have re-
called II divisions from Rus
sian front for rest" Page %
NEW DELHI-RAF bombers
attack Jap rail and COM
munications center in Central
Burma. page Sd
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC-Mae-
Arthur's bombers hdnt down
remnants of big Jap convoy
near New Guinea after sink
ing or badly damaging al
least four ships page -;
Navy announces sinking of
five more Jap ships by United
States submarines operating
in the Pacific. page Sd
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-03
Measles Battle Cupid
Suitor Courts Bride-to-Be Through Window
Ceremony Indefinitely Postponed

Love may laugh at locksmiths.
but a case of measles provokes
nary a smoker.
This explains today why Walter
Howard Kresge of Arden Park, is
seeing his bride-to-be, Georgia
Rowley of Farrand avenue. High
land Park, through q window.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-03
New Cruiser Astoria
Down Ways Saturday

PHIL A d ELPH1A, March 3
tUP).-The U.S.S. Astoria, named
for one Of three heavy cruisers
sunk of, the Savo Islands in the
Solomons last August. will be
launched Saturday.
ATLANTA. March 3 (UP).--A
committee formed January IL, only
a few minutes after word reached
here that the cruiser Atlanta had
been sunk in the southwest Pacific,
announced today that its drive to
sell S35, 10000 in war bonds to
build new cruiser Atlanta had
gone over the top.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-03
Portrait Of Murphy
Headed for CITY Hall

The portrait of Justice Frank
Murphy soon will be hung in the
city hall beside paintings of other
former mayors, Mayor Jeffries
revealed today.
The oil painting. done by the
Polish artist +. Kanarek. was
shipped from Washington Satur-
day. 1t will be hung in the may
lor's office.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-03
Dime Dogs Go to War
You'll Find Red Hots in City Parks This Summer.
but They'll Cost You 5 Cents

The familiar cry of Red hots,
10 cents" will no longer be heard
IN Detroit parks.
With an eye toward rising
prices and scarcity of meat. the
parks and recreation commission
reluctantly decreed today that hot
dogs will cost IS cents this year
in public parks.
I'VE fought against II, but
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-03
Ydnks in Egypt Get
LEGAL Immunities

CAIRO, March 3 (UP).-
American forces in Egypt will
have jurisdictional immunities
similar 10 those accorded to
United States troops in Great
Britain, Australia, India land
Brazil under an agreement signed
today by Premier Mustspha Nahas
Pasha and United States Ambas-
sador Alexander c. Kirk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-03
Report Toxic Votes
II Billions for War

LONDON, March 3 UP).-
Radio Paris broadcast a Toxic
dispatch that the upper legisla-
tive house had unanimously passed
the largest budget in history, call
ing for expenditures of Az
100000 yen Approximately
Sl1 .OOO. OOO.OOOl.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-03

Young Kresge has never had the
measles.
Families of the young socialites'
Mr.. and Mrs. George /. Rowley
and Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley s.
Kresge, were making final plans
for the nuptials when Miss Row
ley came down with the measles.
Consequently, the ceremony has
been indefinitely postponed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-03
AIvino Rey Takes
Job in War Plant

HOLLYWOOD, March 8 (UP)
Band leader Alvino Rey and u
members of his orchestra reported
to the Vega Aircraft Corp. plant
today, where they will help build
BIZ Flying Fortress bombers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-03

AVON PARK. Fla. March
(UP).-A medium bomber crashed
at the bombing range here yester-
day, killing five crew members
and injuring the sixth.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-03
Karen Morley Wins Divorce

LOS ANGELES. March 3 (INS)
Film actress Karen Morley was
granted a divorce today in Los
Angeles superior court from
director Charles Vidor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-03

Germans
Admit Fall
of Rzhev

LONDON, March 3 (UP).-The
German high command today an
nounced the evacuation of Rzhev,
Axis stronghold 100 miles west
northwest of Moscow, and Allied
observers believed that the Red
army now would roll German
forces back as far as Smolensk
lao miles to the southwest.
Adolf Hitler warned his army
last fall that the loss of Rzhey
would be equal TO the loss of hall
of Berlin" the Russian military
organ Red Star reported last De.
.eember !, indicating the tremen.
dous significance of the heavily
fortified Nazi bastion.
The evacuation was in line with
a planned shortening of the
'front.' DNB. official Nazi news
agency, said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-03

increased wages and costs made
IL necessary" explained Acting
Park Supt. j. J. Considine.
Such embellishments as mus
tard, pickle relish and onions vii
be included in the new price.