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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-01
MONS WAR. roo

PEORIA. ILL., Mrs Fred AZ
Jacobs is doing her bit
on Tuesdays. she helps ~
cruit nurses for the Army and
Navy; on Wednesdays. she meets
with The Navy Mothers Club 10
make quilts for Navy hospitals:
every evening. she knits sweat
crS for the Red Cross - she's
now on her eleventh sweater,
and almost daily. she writes
ncwsy letters TO her five sons
in the armed services.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-01
PACIFIC IMPERIALISM

Almost without exceptions Americans soy truth
fuIy and proudIy that we do not seek any new ter
rtory out Of this war; WoyneW Parrish challenges
this assumption in the magazine American Aviation,
Of which he is editor, ond discusses different view
point.
WHY not foce the issue fronklyo" he osks. THE
United Stotes not only should want more territory,
but should make no apologies for going out ond in
sistine upon securing thot additional land.
Acquisitions urged by Mr.. Perish include every
-non-Amereon islead ia the Peeitie Les far south
New Zealand and the Eost Indies" which ore vitol
os air boes for future defense against attack from the
Far Eost.
There should be no exceptions" soys Mr. Par
rsh "for he who insists upon compromise in the Pa
cific has uhderstondn1 Of orpower or the romltl-
ootions Of world dir commerce"
y
Insofar os this argument rests upon commercial
ambitions we do not believe thot fhe American peo-
pile will agree With Mr.. Parrish. Right or wrong,
are committed to the thesis that nation is big
enough, rich enough diversified enough thot we
need not seek territorial expansion Many would pre-
fer to contract the oreo that must defend in time
Of war; rather than spreod out further
But from the mitoy standpoint the suoton is
different. Already huge loneronge aircraft with
enormous carrying eePee4 have brought US too close
to peoples who hate philosophy and eovet our
riches.
We have planes building thot n1oke Fortresses
and liberotors look like pyonnes 1t is reasonable to
assume that nations which hate now, and may con-
tinue to dislike US for generations not for behind
This war is going to cost dearly before It is won
Another like it might wreck economy. We ore
entitled to do anything within reason which might
help to assure against repetition. American posses
sion and fortifooton Of unsuitable oorriers-sIonds
japanese oeression from it's beonnng-nneht be in
valuable.
Are we going to permit japan to keep islands
she now is using against us2 Or should we toke Mr.
Ponrish's odvce and make them American?
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-01
BALD EXCUSE

BALD EXCUSE
NEW YORK - Special Agent
Edward E. Conroy Of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation
claims to have heard the best so
far as alibis among draft Ndelin-
quents, go.
This, Conroy related, was the
explanation of Queens resi-
dent arrested on charge of
failing TO report for induction:
Worried over his thinning
hair, the man declared he felt
the Army would not give him
hair treatments. He added that
he planned TO stay out Of the
service until he had a chance TO
grow some new hair.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-01

rather ruefully, thai, she was in
terested.
Then she did a little invest
igating on her own. What did
her husband think of William
Cagney as producer? Well,
there was Yankee Doodle DAN
dy,' one of the years biggest
money-makers. and number of
other hits. Yes, he'd do.
II only she were sure of -.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-01
PCNCTURE-PROO LOOT

KANSAS CITY - Identifying
his stolen bicycle Viii be easy,
Dale kingcadc told police
The tires don hold air, They
hold llcngths Of garden hose.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-01
THE OSCAR HELPED

And then came the announce
ment that Jimmy Cagney had
won the Academy Award for the
best performance of the year.
That cinched it. No one could
ask for anything better than
Hollywood's most distinguished
male star.
Three days after the Academy
banquet Grace George wired her
acceptance of the role in NC
Leod's Folly.
After 90 years, a great stage
actress had capitulated 10 Holly
Wood-an actress of whom a
New York critic once wrote,
She makes everyone in the
audience feel pleasantly crude
and awkward by the lightness
Of her walk, the grace Of her
manners, the sweetness Of her
voice and the wit Of her acting"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-01

At. a bonc?- --------.----------.--.-----
Eight times the dogs dug Gag
erly. making nice large holes
for the rose bushes.
JOB GETS BOY
ALBUQUERQUE, ~ M-Gil-
bert Lopez, IL. blinked back,
tears as he told his story 10 po-
lice.
A man offered him a job help
ing to unload fertilizer.
Let me keep your watch so
III know how long you work
ed" he added.
Then he refused TO pay Gill
bert - and kept the watch, too.
HELPFUL HINTS DEPT.
DENVER - Emergency sur
gerry was ordered for convict
ed burglar who lay handcuffed
TO his hospital bed
The key broke while attend
ants were trying TO unlock the
handcuff so the man could be
taken to the operating room.
Undershcriff Tom Mainland S
skilled hands opened the lock-
with q borrowed bobby pin.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-01
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY The Associated Press
FULL DRESS BLAZE

LITCHFIELD, Me. - When
Roger Leet awakened 10 find
the roof of the house on fire
he jumped out of the window.
Then he discovered he was
not clothed so he jumped back
into the house.
Leet was suffering minor face
and arm cuts when he finally
emerged clothed, but the flames
levelled the one story house.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-01
EFFICIENCY EXPERT

KANSAS CITY,. E Brooks
had eight new rose bushes to
plant.
He called his dog and his
neighbours dog. Eight times he
pointed at the ground.
Az q hopcD
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-04-01

Eight times the dogs dug Gag
erly. making nice large holes
for the rose bushes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
NEW ANGLE IN FL YNN
 RAPE CASE
Former RCAF FIier Admits Night Club Girl Went
 10 His Apartments

LOS ANGELES, Calf. Jan. 23- Capt. Owen c. Jones, former Royal Canadian Air Force Squadron Lead CT, admitted in Errol Hymns trial cn statutory rape charges, that he accompanied Peggy Larue Satter- lee to various places even a nor tuary where he said Peggy played hide and seek with the corpses.
 The dapper flier said he was 42 and told on defense cross-examin- aton, that Peggy, l6, had been a frequent visitor to his Hollywood apartment, alone sometimes, in the evening. She is a night club enter tainer and complaining witness of two or three counts against Flynn.
 Capt Jones admitted also that he had accompanied the girl to night clubs, vacation spots, restau- rants and out-of town trips. how ever. he said, they were always ac- companied by the girls mother, sister or someone else.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
US0 Dance On Tonight,
 Union Hall

The second formal dance spon- ored by USO hostesses is to be leld tonight in the Union Hall in stead of in the Elks Ballroom as previously planned it is announced by Director Sid Cowgirl today
 Beginning at 9 D. rn., the Duck Greek band will provide sweet rhythm for dancing feet, with Lieut. Lagle directing.
 Chaperones for the gala even ing will be Mrs. C. E. Rice, Mrs Harry Stonehouse, Mrs. William By ington Mrs. Fred Geeslin will con- tinue her competent supervision of refreshments.
 All GSO girls are urged to attend and are reminded to wear their pins or carry their membership cards with them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
Winq Commander Tells Of Heroism in Alaska
 By Navy Flying Force

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Jan. 2S.-An outfit of U. s. Navy fliers, making missions in which every flight was described by their wing commander as "one the crew should not have returned from" has made an excel lent record in the Alaska battle area.
 Every man knew this, yet none wavered," said Capt. Leslie Gehres of Coronado. California, command CT of Patrol Wing APO
 Five officers of the Wing were awarded decorations by the Presi- dent
 Gehres mentioned the tenacity and bravery of Lieut. Lucius Camp bell of Seattle as typical of the per sonnel of the Wing.
 Typical Case
 Campbell, flying in a snowstorm over the bleak Alaskan waters, con- tacted heavy enemy fleet con- centration. He maintained con- tact until his ship was riddled with Jap bullets and forced down at sea and he received the Navy Cross for this action," Gehres related
 Gehres' command maintained a constant patrol over thousands ot miles of the cold Alaskan waters returning to bases e-deep iil mud only long enough to refuel and rearm.
 The American fliers constantly were confronting adverse weather conditions, but kept an accurate tab on the Jap positions and strength.
 The fliers used CatalinaS. Gehres said, bombing Jap invasion force at Kiska for three days through sheets of anti-aircraft fire.
 Also included in the Wings list of destruction are many Jap air craft, radio station, ammunition dump, and 65000 tons of shipping damaged, including direct hits on a large transport, a destroyer and three cruisers. In addition, many near misses were scored.
 Many Hardships
 Members of the Wing were in Alaska only a few days before the Japs attacked Ground plane crews stood long watches. Gehres said, re- lieved only by the frigid, black beauty of the aurora borealis.
 "The men worked until they drop ped from exhaustion" he said. "The entire crew of one seaplane tender once labored without rest for 36 hours to service and refuel Cata- linas.
 Often the men waded up to their waists in icy water to steer the big boats, and the fliers many times fought and patrolled until their fuel was gone, knowing they would be forced down at sea, but unwilling to break off contact with the enemy"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
15, 900 Japs Blasted From Nelv Guineo Are
BIG KILLING
 I5 MADE BY
 ALLIED

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, Jan. 23-The Japan csc in all of the Sanananda Sector, New Guinea, have been overwhelm- ed and the Allied forces are now in control of the entire Papuan Pen insula.
 The High Command also an nounces the destruction of 24,000 tons of Japanese shipping at Ra- bau, New Britain.
 The triumph at Sanananda means the elimination of the last three pockets of resistance held by the Jap Army that once totaled 15,000.
 In the last stages of the battle, 750 bodies of Japs have been count ed and the counting continues.
 American and Australian troops carried out most brilliant offen- sive while the Allied planes blasted all attempts of the Japs to send endorsements from nearby islands.
 The Papuan Peninsula thus be- comes the first complete geograph- ical unit to be won back from the Japanese. The Peninsula consists of about 90,o00 square miles with a population of 300.00o natives. The natives proved of great assistance to the Allied forces in the long battle. 'ss
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
NAVY PLANE,
 19 ABOARD,
 I5 MISSING
Huge Graft Disappeared in Fog Out of San
 Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23-The search by sea and air for signs of naval transport plane with l9 aboard which vanished in the fog during a storm near here on a flight to Honolulu is being pushed today.
 The four-engined seaplane car- lied a crew of nine and 10 naval officers as passengers. It already was more than "A hours overdue when the Navy announced yester- day that it was missing.
 There has been no radio con- tact with the plane since it circled in the vicinity of San Francisco Thursday morning, a Navy state ment said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
BRITISH 9TH
 ARMY ENTERS
 FALLEN CITY
Troops Move Into Former Axis Metropolis
 Through Shdmbles
(By Associated Press)

Fire -blackened Tripoli, pride of Mussolini's vanquished African En- pire fell today before the assault of the British troops. At 5 a. m. today the vanguards of the triumphant British Eighth Army pursued Rom mel's columns retreating in Tunisia and "our forward troops entered Tripoli early this morning" the British Headquarters communique says.
 This was coincident with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's 1940 pledge that the Fascist Empire in Africa will be torn into "tatters and shreds."
 Shambles greeted the entering forces into Tripoli everywhere. Some fires were still raging and the har- bor is filled with sunken ships, blasted down by American Flying F'ortresses,
 The Italian communique admit ted that the Axis troops have evacuated Tripoli after bitter fight ing" as .s-l a
 Berlin has likewise conceded the loss of the Libyan capital.
 Part of Rommel's forces, esti- mated at approximately 63,000 sol diers, have already fled across the Libyan frontier and are reported to have contacted Gen. Jurden's arm ies behind the Mareth line, 65 miles inside Tunisia.
 The dispatches received said the British troops storming Tripoli at dawn today found the city, the once stronghold of the Barbary pirates, in flames. Axis demolition squads had added havoc to that wrought by the Allied bombs and shells.
 The entry into Triopli climaxed a 1,30O- mile sweep across the desert and left the Axis bottled up on a mile coast strip.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. -Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull, when told of the great British victory, said the fall of Tripoli constituted one of the most overwhelming outstanding and important victories of the war and the people of the United States rejoice at the achievements of the British Eighth Army.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
WAR NARROWER
 OFFICIAL NOT
 HERE FOR MEET

Due to the fact that William G. Hopkins, Regional Director of the l2th Manpower Region. has not yet been able to get transporta- ton from the south, the Governors Office announced today that the meeting scheduled for today will now not be held any earlier than Monday.
 War Manpower officials, along with representatives of labor and industry will assemble in the Gold Room of the Baranof as soon as Hopkins arrives to talk over plans fer setting up War Manpower Area in Alaska and for naming a local representative.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
ROME ADMITS DEFEAT IN
 NO. AFRICA

LONDON, Jan, 23.-A Rome ra- dio dispatch picked up here stated The great struggle which Italy has been waging for 23 months in North Africa is coming to an end"
 Mourning the loss of Tripoli, the dispatch further admitted enormous losses in the desert campaign and attributed the Axis retreat to Brit ish superiority of men and equip ment.
 TO sacrifice so much territory is painful when it has been de- fended with so much valor and with the loss of so much blood, but in war loss of territory is not the end of the maneuver." the ra- dio announcement concluded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
RED ARMIES ROLLING ON
 ALL FRONTS
Announce Capture Of Salsk -Advante 10 Ten
 Miles of Rostov
tBy Associated Press)

The Red Armies of Russia hailed fresh triumphs all along the 1,200-mile front today. In swift succession, the Russians reported the capture of the rail hub and German air base of Salsk, 100 miles southeast of Moscow, h e storming to within 10 miles of Rostov, and the near capture of the great Donets Basin industrial town of Vorshilovgrad.
 The Soviets reported that after l0-mile advance they had cap- tured nine more towns southwest of Vepikne Wuki.
 On the Moscow front, the fall of Salsk rubbed out the main base for the Nazis' plane ferrying serv- ice to supply the remnants of the 9 German divisions trapped be- fore Stalingrad.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
Second of Two Articles on the
 New Congress)
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23-A little over ten years ago, the Governor of the state of New York had to deal with a recalcitrant legislature The Governor was Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 In the interim, no President has ever had less trouble with his Con- gress. F. D. R. has had trouble certainly, and on occasion, he had been beaten down by the legisla-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
SAlvAGING OF PLANE DELAYED BY WEATHER

Salvage work for the Woodley Airways plane which crashed in Gastineau Channel last Monday was unable to be carried out this morning due to local weather con- ditions, according to officials in charge of the operations
 Efforts to raise the plane will be inaugurated by the salvage ship and divers as soon as is possible. The salvage ship and divers arrived in Juneau yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
Farm parify Fight Begins
 In Congress
Agricultural Committee of House Calls for Re-
 vision Measure

WASHINGTON, Jan. g A bill calling for upward revisition of the farm parity price levels, to include the cost of farm labor, has been approved unanimously by the House Agriculture Committee.
 This opens the farm bloc drive the Administration successfully op- posed last year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
SET OPENING
 HOURS FOR
 BOTH HOUSES

Secretary of Alaska E. L. Bartlett said today that the House will be called to order at o'clock Monday afternoon, and the Senate at 3 o'clock.
 After Bartlett calls the Legislators to order, Temporary Speaker of the House and President of the Senate will take over and the heads of the two houses will be elected.
 Chaplains of the opening sessions will be the Rev. Walter Soboleff in the House, and the Rev. w. c. Le- Vasseur in the Senate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
NINE HUNDRED GERMANS DIE,
 BERLIN RAIDS
.DipIom atie Sources in Stockholm Get Dope
 as to Casualties

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 23-Infor- nation reaching diplomatic sourc- es here said it is estimated the Royal Air Forces have killed near ly 900 Germans in bombing raids on Berlin.
 Officially the Germans have ad- mitted that only 11O persons were killed by bombs. This is the high est score the German capital has given out since the war began.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
RUHR AREA RAIDED BY
 RAF AGAIN

LONDON, Jan B = Royal Aii Force bombers roared over the channel again today to smash at Hitlers great war foundries in the German Ruhr region. striking foi the second time in 24 hours, the 18th time ths month.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
ODD NAMES

ATLANTA. Ga. - The State Health Department here can pro- vide unusual names for anybody who wants to write novel. It's yi- tai statistics division reports these names as listed in it's records:
 Fuller Booze, Wash Saturday, Be Careful McGee. Georgia Possum, Asia Minor and Extra White.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23

Congress has tasted blood in getting" Leon Henderson. Other New Dealers and bureaucrats could follow, even to the extent of knock ing out some cabinet members who have been under Congressional fire.
 A good many executive depart ment heads, New Deal brass hats have considered Congress fair game. It's not likely that Congress will be forgetting or forgiving now.
 Che thing more is pretty cer- tain. There will be no more of those ultimatums ordering Con gress to pass some legislation by such date or else. It's apparent that those ultimatums will get only an
 -right-it t's-or-else' answer
 Tn other words, the President will return to the lessons he learned 10 years ago in dealing with an anti Roosevelt legislature in New York state. And it may make for-on the surface at least--a much fliendliei relationship between the White House and the Hill' than ever has existed in the years when the ad- ministration was in the saddle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON cMa,or Robert g. Alien on active duty)

WASHINGTON Lease Ad- ministrator Ed Stetinius is head ed for a stormy reception when he testifies before the House Ap- propriations Committee on the new $11 ,000, 100000 budget for lend lease aid to our allies.
 The hearing will be behind closed doors. and Republican com mitteemen are preparing to fire some hot questions about alleged irregularities in lend-lease opera tions, including a charge that we purchased several merchant ships from Canada which were later given to the British.
 Chairman Emory s. Land of the. Maritime Commission has ad- mitted this at a closed-door meet ing. of the House Merchant Marine Committee. Another charge to be fired at Stettinius is that we sent scarce farm implements to Britain while our own farmers were minus.
 The meeting, however, will not be a one-way session. For the Lend Lease boss has surprise of his own in store for the committee. He plans to present details on "reci- procal' nd-lease-namely services we are getting from the British.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
Byrnes Going 10 Aid
 President in Requests
 ToBe Made on Congress

tive branch, but not often.
 There is no greater proof of the fact that the President realizes what he will be up against than that he recalled James F. ByrneS from his lifetime post on the Su- preme Court to take over the job of Director of Economic Stabiliza- ticn.
 Those who know are betting that Byrnes' chief job for some time to come will be that of pouring oil on the troubled Congressional waters Few men are so well thought of "on the Hill" as Jimmy Brynes He's one of the boys And he under stands what they are up against with the folks back home.
 If any one can smooth out the wrinkles that have been piling up for the last ten years and finally reached an apex in election in No vember of a Republican House and a Senate with sadly depleted Democratic majority, it probably is Jimmy Byrnes.
 That, however, is just part of the picture. For ten years, the President has been dealing with Congress through his lieutenants House and Senate Majority Lead- CTS, respectively, John w. McCor- mack and Alben Barkley; Speaker Sam Reyburn and Vice President Wallace have been the only fre- Quent visitors at the White House. Some Democratic stalwarts have never been inside the White House except at those pre-war formal receptions. On the Republican side, the President has occasionally called in Minority Leaders Charles L. McNary and Joseph Martin, but few others.
 It's almost a cinch that Congress sicpal leaders from now on will get more hearings and confidential sessions at 1900 Pennsylvania.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
THE OTHER SIDE

The American public has heard little about this phase. but we have received considerable free aid from tbS British. including ships, ship repairs, barrage balloons for our coastal cities, anti aircraft guns and several. large naval bases in the war zone, completely built, equipped and paid for by the Brit ish.
 The British also have turned over to our forces in England, without cost, huge air depot and an ad- jacent airdrome with an operating personnel of 5000 workers paid by the British government.
 In addition, Great Britain has built several large cantonments, storage buildings and other facili- ties for our troops-all without cost to Uncle Sam.
 NOTE: The President once com pared lend-lease to supplying a hose to put out a fire in your neighbours house. If the fire is ex- tinguished, but the hose is de- stroyed, it is still good investment because you prevent your own home from burning down.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23
OFFICIALS SAVE GAS

Some few Washington bigwigs are careless about gasoline ration
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-01-23

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