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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
SUB TRITON
REPORTED
A5MIS5ING
Vessel D Destroyed More
than Il Jap Ships
in Pacific

WASHINGTON, July %. - The
Navy announced the sub Triton,
bold raider of Jap shipping, is 'apre-
sumed lost"
The Triton destroyed more than a
dozen Jap ships, was mmanded
by Lieut.. Commdr. George McK.en-
zie, Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y.
The vessel carried a normal com-
plement of about so men. 1t is the
tenth undersea boat lost by the
United States in this war, including
eight lost in combat in the Pacific
and two on-combat accidents in
the Atlantic.
United States subs have account
ed for total of 263 Jap ships sunk
or damaged, including 200 sunk.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
MEAT FOR
ALASKA IS
| CURTA|LED
Dealer in South Says New
0PA Regulation
Responsible

The result of a recent OPA or
der which requires that dealers III
the States supply Alaska retailers
out of their domestic quotas already
is being felt by Juneau butchers
who have been informed that be-
cause of this no more meat viii
be shipped north in July and Aug
ust's shipments will be drastically
curtailed
This news came from the Car
stems Packing Company of Tacoma
which supplies about half of AL
aska's meat supply.
The meat restriction order be-
came effective as of July l, and
cancels the exemption previously
in effect for Alaska in spite OF re-
peated assurances from Washington
that there would be no rationing in
Alaska.
Due to the difficulties in obtain
ing shipping space and the scarcity
of meat in the States, Alaskan i'm
porters have been on a strict quota
basis for the past two or three
months, and have been obtaining
no more than enough meat to sup
ply customers.
This was pointed out by Roald
Copstead at the c h m Der of
Commerce meeting this noon, and
he said that in addition to supply
ing regular resident Alaskans, new
war agencies and war contractors
look to local butchers for obtaining
their supplies. He also said that
the fishing industry calls upon To-
cal butchers to supply their fish
ing boats with fresh meat.
Copstead, proprietor of the goth
Century Meat Market, was appoint
ed chairman of committee to
discuss the problem with the AL
aska OPA office Wallis George was
named another member of the COM
mittee and they will choose the
third member.
A forecast of today's news came
from Seattle last week with the
information that all manufacturers
exporting to Alaska would have to
deduct such shipments from their
domestic quotas.
The Seattle Chamber of Com
merce at that time protested to
Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
YANkS NEAR
CAPTURE OF
MUNDA BASE
Spokesman Says Amer
leans Few thousand
Yards from Field
SOUTH PACIFIC HEADQUART-

SOUTH PACIFIC HEADQUART-
ERS, July 22.-United States ground
troops are within "few thousand
yards of Munda airfield and now
are within reach of capture" of the
big Jap air base.
The beleaguered Japs are clinging
tenaciously to this key to the New
Georgia Island positions and are
situated behind strong defensive
positions ringing the field, spokes-
man for Rear Admiral Halsey says,
but the Americans are making very
satisfactory progress"
The spokesman said the majority
of the enemy's artillery has been
knocked out of commission and the
Japs are fighting chiefly with NOR
tars, machine guns and small
weapons.
He said there is no sign the enemy
can break through our ground, sea
and air blockade of Munda and no
important Jap forces have gotten
through to relieve or reinforce the
Jap bastion.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
DAVIS
NOW BOUND
FOR LONDON
Has Double Purpose for
1rip-Propdgdndd 10
Axis Planned

NEW YORK, July %. - Elmer
Davis, Director of the Office of
War Information, is reported en-
route to London to coordinate the
news service from the fighting
fronts.
London sources said Davis will
work out joint British and Am
erican propaganda policy paving the
way for the invasion of Europe
and these sources also assert that
Washington has devised a scheme
to inform the Axis countries of
precise terms for any peace they
might expect" and according to
the London Daily Sketch, the terms
might shorten the war
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
WAR5HIp5
H|TITALIAN
MAINLAND

LONDON, July %. A Reuters
dispatch from Allied Headquarters
in North Africa says the Royal Navy
has bombarded the italian mainland
at Crotone in the Gulf of laramie
on the sole of the italian boot
across from Greece.
Desmond Tighe, Reuters cores
pendent, reported cruisers hurled
shells at the harbor area for five
minutes in the early hours yesterday
causing a number of fires.
The British warships suffered no
damage. Tighe said the object of
the raid apparently was to cut one
of the routes by which the Axis
might send reinforcements to the
toe of the italian boot for trans
shipment to Sicily.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
MINERS IN
CONTRACT
FOR WORK
Make Agreement with ILL.,
nois Operators, Is
Report

WASHINGTON, July 20 = The
United Mine Workers announce the
signing of a contract with the IL
linois Coal Operators Association
calling for heightened work days
and a portal pay agreement sub
ject to the approval of the WPB.
The contract runs from April l.
1913, to March 81, l945. There is
no direct increase in wages but
the work day is heightened from
seven to eight hours and time
and -a-half will be paid for the
extra hour.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
MANY FLIGHTS
ARE MADE BY
ALASKA COASTAL

Flights yesterday OF the Alaska
Coastal Always took P. B. Villa
gancia and Edward Ances to Hawk
Inlet and Sid Thompson to Todd.
On one trip to Excursion Inlet
were William McNabb, S. Martini
son, and James johnson. The return
flight brought in r. O. Shumate,
Harry G. Dempsey, H. G. Casteel,
E. A. Galbraith, and S. Hawkins.
Later passengers for the Inlet were
H. w. Stout, LIE. E. Love, r. Roemer,
Bill Connally Ray Higgins, and re-
turning to Juneau were Lee Swift,
Donald Oppegard, George Leace,
Harvey Crooks, Howard Crooks, and
Frank Yarnot.
Today's first trip to the Inlet took
as passengers K. Kiger, F. X. Hen
shaw, F. E. VanArden, and Cecil
Dajakanoff. Returning were N.
Moron, Dennis A. Sheppard, Mr..
Hudson, Sgt. F. N. Pitts, G. M.
Sheppar, and F. P. Rice.
Those flying TO Sitka yesterday
with the Alaska Coastal Always
were j. E. Salmon, Ernest E. Lin
soln, Palmer w. Holmes, Capt. A.
M. Ledbetter, and from Sitka to
Juneau X. C. Nordb9, A. u. oeiger,
June Conroy, and E. Roy.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
g PASSENGERS
ARRIVE HERE
This MORNING

Passengers arriving from the
south this morning were as fol-
lows:
From Seattle: Richard r. Rob-
inson, Robert o. Duval,g Pierce
Muckelson, Joseph Caron, j. V
Hawkins, Mrs. j. v. Hawkins, +
C. Melang, c. B. Michael, Stanley
Wright, Mrs. Sylvia Murphy, Henry
Roy, Martin l.. Bryant, Robert
johnson.
Ellis Bellanger, William E. Dolan
Frank Galbreath, Bernard Garran
Eugene Ballinger, John Harris
Walter Ralph, Mrs. Constance H
Dickman, Alvin H. Dickman, Mis-
Constance Dickman, Lima M. Owe
son, Mary T. Barnes, Louis r
Barnes, Mrs. Wayne Taylor, FREQ
Spaulding, A. M. Uggen, and Peter
Schneider.
From Ketchikan = Bernard J
Traeger, r. M. Griffin, E. Wright
and George Englerth.
From observation-disclosures L
Morris.
From Tyee-H. T. Evans.
Booked for Sitka are Arlene Do
lenc, Mrs. j. L. Dolenc, George A
Collette, Mrs. Lille F. Cease Mrs
Elizabeth Copernall and baby, Mrs
E. Lindquist, and Mrs. Mary Nc
Kallick.
Leaving Juneau for Sitka were
Lilly Hooles, Ernest Wright, George
Englerth, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
johnson, H. A. Murphy and Mr.
and Mrs. P. Troutman.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
US. Forces Make Extensive
Sweep Taking Many
Important Cities
COLUMNS REPORTED
NEARING PALERMO
British Fighting Near Ca
tania-0ne Italian Force
Surrendering
LIED HEADQUARTERS IN

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, June o. The
American Seventh Army has cap
tured Castelvetrano and Sciacca, on
the Sicilian south coast, both with
major Axis airports.
The capture was the result of a
thunderbolt drive that placed the
American Seventh Army nearly 20
miles from the western tip of Sicily.
The Allied Headquarters COM
munique also said these two major
bases were captured in coordinated
sweep in which other U. S. forces
took San Stefano and Ouisquina,
about 80 miles south of Palermo on
the north coast and 40 miles west
of Emma.
San Caterina, seven miles north
west of Caltanissetta and % miles
south of the north coast and Menfi,
midway between Castelvetrano and
Sciacca, have also been captured by
the Americans.
Nearing Palermo
The American columns are now
approaching Palermo and are cross
ing the northern side of the noun
tain range which guards the Axis
supply port and military camp.
The communique also reveals the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
DESPERATE
BATTLE ON
RUSS FRONT
Soviets { lain Smashing
Through Ndzi Lines in
0rel Fighting
(By Associated Press

German reinforcementS are being
rushed to the Orel breaches by
forced marches and are counter
attacking viciously in desperate eff
forts to halt the Russian onslaught
of yesterday, but all have been
smashed back as the Soviet offensive
rolled on within nine miles of the
German stronghold the M o S C W
communicate announces.
Soviet advices from the front lines
state the battle is increasing in
violence and RACES 200 miles south
of Moscow.
The Russians claim they have
beaten though the masses of enemy
tanks and infantry for gains of four
to nine miles and have overrun 80
villages.
A London radio says Hitler has
ordered the Orel hinge and the
entire Nazi south and central line
to be held at "all costs"
The German communique says the
Russians are attacking along the
450-mile front from the Sea Of Azov
to Orel the heaviest thrusts in the
Orel sector being made north of
Belforod, at Kuibeshovo in the
Donets River basin and also at
LZyum.
The Nazi communique asserts all
Russian attacks have collapsed in
defensive fire and that halls OF
bombs have arrested the main fight
ing, much of which is at the point
of bayonets.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
AMERICANS
BEAT JApS
ON GROUND
Nippons Lose 10 zeros in
Dogfight Over New
Guinea

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. July
22.-Allied bombers poured 1873 tons
of bombs on Bairoko Harbor, New
Georgia, in the heaviest air raid OF
the Southwest Pacific war, while
American troops sent Japanese
Jungle fighters Keeling back after
unsuccessful counterattacks n +
Munda.
A total of $50 bombers, with
strong fighter plane support, as
saulted Bairoko in a raid that lasted
throughout all of yesterday, sup
porting the ground troops moving
against this harbor from the north
ern tip of New Georgia Island.
Bairoko is eight miles north OF
Munda.
Meanwhile, the Japs got second
setback over Madang, New Guinea,
in a swirling dogfight as a small
force of American Lightnings de-
stroyed 10 Jap Zeros and probably
shot down IL more at cost OF two
of our planes. One American pilot
was saved.
AT the other end of the 700-mile
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
STATE DEPT.
GIVEN MORE
POLICY SAY
Byrnes Announces Change
in War Agency Or
gdnizdtion

WASHINGTON, July %. = OWN
Director James F. Byrnes said the
State Department has been given
complete control Of the foreign
economic activities of the office
after the recent shakeup which fol-
lowed the dispute between Vice
President Henry Wallace and Sec
rotary of Commerce Jesse Jones
over foreign purchases.
Byrnes said Leo T. Crowley, new
director of the Board of Economic
Welfare, must consult with the
State Department in every field to
determine what the foreign policy
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
AIRDR0kE
AT ROME
ATTACKED
Italians Report Several
New Raids by Al
lied Planes

LONDON, July o. An Italian
communique reports British aircraft
attempted to machinegun an air.
drome in Rome this morning.
The Italians said casualties from
Mondays American raid were LIT
killed and 1899 injured.
The report also said Allied air
craft raided Naples and Gresseto,
the latter 80 miles north of Rome
and Salerno, south of Naples.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
FIFTEEN
BILLION,
3RDL0AN

WASHINGTON, July %. = Dig
ging deeper than ever into tn
pockets of the average citizen
Uncle Sam will set out in Septem-
Der to break his own worlds record
for financing the war.
Starting September 9, the Ma
TONS third war loan drive will be-
gin and the goal is to seek fifteen
billion dollars, all of which is to
come from banking sources.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
50Frenthmen
Executed for
Killing Nazi
One Man Escapes During
March : Innocent By
SANDER Seized, Shot

BERN, July % Fifty French
citizens were executed in Paris last
week in retaliation for the shoot
ing of German Lieutenant ac-
cording to information coming
across the German frontier.
One of the fifty selected to be
executed made his escape during
the march to the execution grounds
and members of the German firing
squad seized bystander and exc
cuted him with the other 40.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
ANGELEN05
STRANDED;
CAR TIE-Up

LOS ANGELES, Calf, July o.
Cars and buses of the Los Angeles
Railway that carry one million
Angelenos to and from work daily
ceased operating at 3 a. m. today.
The stoppage resulted from vote
of 5000 members of the local Am
erican Federation of Labor Drivers
and Motormen Union as a protest
to the WPB refusal to approve a
10-cent an hour increase over the
present wage scale which ranges
from 80 to 80 cents.
Thousands of workers stood on
street corners awaiting cars or walk
ed in the direction of their jobs.
Aircraft plants sent out trucks and
trailers equipped with makeshift
seats to round up workers.
The radio appealed to motorists
to fill their cars with workers.
1t is understood the tie-up will
only last "a hours
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22

SALT LAKE CITY - Maybe the U
S. soldier won't get rich on his pay
but he's rolling in wealth compared
with the Turkish fighting man.
Corp. Robert L. Alertson, who was
interned in Turkey for IL months
after an Army bomber was forced
down, said the Turkish soldiers
monthly pay is 80 kurus, or about
As cents in American money.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
NEW ATTACK LAUNCHED

LONDON, July 22.-The Russians
launched a strong attack near Len
ingrad and fighting has been raging
since dawn, according to German
radio broadcast this afternoon and
recorded here by the Associated
Press.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22

CHUNGKING, July %. In a
three-day offensive action the Unit
ed States Fourteenth Air Force at
tackled targets in the vicinity of
Haiphone and Hongay, French Indo-
China, to make a sweep of the
Hankow area in central China and
also bombed the Jap advance base
at TengchungIn Yunnan Province.
Direct hits( were scored in the
attacks in French Indo-China on
floating docks and also large
cement plant,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
The W ashington
Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
major Robert g. Allen on active dutyo

WASHINGTON.-With the inva-
sion of Sicily, the question Oh
whether Germany and Italy can
pull together as team now pc
comes something much more than
a subject of amusing wisecracKs.
The basic hostility always existing
between them-both the armies ana
the people-may now prove to be
the fatal fault in the Axis.
United States diplomats and
newsmen WHO lived informed In
Italy until May, 1912, recall many
an expression OF italian resentment
against the Germans
On the night before the interned
Americans left Rome to return TO
the u. S., a group of newspaper
men, including Richard G. Massock
of the Associated Press, visited a
restaurant called Bibliotecd, which
had been a favorite haunt for most
of them before the days OF intern
ment. The place was packed
largely with Germans, but when
the head waiter recognized them'
he hustled some diners of, to make
room for his old American friends.
An Italian at the next table
mumbled something about Ger
mans intruding, whereupon APPS
Massock spoke up, I'VE are not
German!" Excuse me-" said tne
Italian, indicating clearly that TO
call a man a German is fighting
word.
This prompted another Italian to
come to Massock. the first Ameri-
can he had seen for months. Win
an affectionate embrace he said,
please give my kind regards 10
President ROOSEVELT"
BLACK HAND FIFTH COLUMN
United States officials who know
Sicily suspect there may have been
a Sicilian fifth column operating in
favor of the Allied invasion forces.
They base this suspicion on the
fact that Sicily has always been
an insurgent area-"the unrecon-
structed south" of Italy.
Sicily was the scene OF the Malta
Society. known in the United States
as the Black Hand. 1t was more
respectable there than here, how
oyer heino bitterly anti -MuSSolini
as the result of II Duce's successful
efforts to drive the Society under
ground. Members Of Malta were
the vigilantes of Sicily, undertaking
to settle family feuds and personal
problems outside the realm OF the
law.
The people of Sicily have always
f|.o,,+;,,,od nv, Pavp Foffrl
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
. . . . . .
DIsiOUT TINES

. Dimout begins tonight .
. at sunset at $40 o'clock. .
. Dimout ends tomorrow .
. at sunrise at 4:30 am. .
. Dimout begins Friday at .
. sunset at 9:38 pm. :
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22

The biggest subject around Wash
ihgton today among Uncle Sam
nephews and nieces is how to get
IA halliday off week for shopping
visits to doctors and dentists, etc
without disrupting the 48-hour
week.
If it sounds like such a little
thing, note that the President has
concerned himself with it consid-
erably. He slapped down the idea
of Federal employees working nine
hours a day five days week, and
closing after three-hour session
on Saturdays.
Apparently the President as well
as many other officials feel that
the wheels of government should
be kept turning full six days a
week to avoid the long delays that
often result from the 5ia schedule
However, the President did signify
his approval of the half day a
week off. 1t probably will be worked
out on a stagger schedule SO that
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
WAGE BOOST DENIED
FOR MILLION MEN

WASHINGTON, July %. - The
War Labor Board has refused the
Nations shipbuilding workers a re-
quest for a general wage increase
to offset the rise in the cost OF
living.
The decision is based in the Lit
tie Steel Formula.
More than one million workers
are involved.
An average daily play of 81 1884,
299 brought in $33.434,081 to the
Jamaica race track in 27 days.
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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22

The stories about the officiousness
of guards on public buildings here
are numerous but the prize Of all
is that one about Vice President
Wallace, who was also chairman of
the Board of Economic Warfare
After Senate adjournment the
other day, the V-P hurried over to
the BEW offices at 18th and Con-
stitution for conference. The
guard on the door wouldn't let him
by until he had obtained a "Visi-
tors Pass Mr.. Wallace is ordinar-
lily a most even-tempered man but
that repeatedly was one occasion
when he wasn't.
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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-07-22
l5OU.S. Bonnbers Hit Japanese Pacific Base
Congress Is NotS
s. Slow IfIi Really
~
y Wants 10 Speed Up
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, July % The
Capital in wartime:
Anytime your neighbors tell you
that Congress is a slow. unwieldy
body that gets nothing done with
out days of harangue, tell them
this little story:
The Naval Appropriations bill for
1943-44 was called up before the
Senate. The amount was for more
than SGT, 6O0OOo,OO0 - the largest
,one-year appropriation ever voted
the Navy and more than "a billion
of it in cash.
Sen. John H. Overton D.-La)
subcommittee chairman, arose and
said almost alphabetically that he
would like the Senate's indulgence
for Is or 20 minutes" while he
explained the bill 1t didn't take
that long. Fourteen minutes after
he started talking the Senate had
placed its stamp of approval on
the 81 billion expenditure, sent ii
back to the House for minor con-
currences, and had recessed for the
day with as little furry as if it
hadn't spent a nickel.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-09

NC VAA VAC WGSNAA Ava AVs
Lead poisoning and its character
istic colic-indeed, nearly all the
clinical picture Of "plumbism"-is
described by Hippocrates, and Tan
querel des Planches made the pic
ture complete in 1889. But the pre-
vention Of lead poisoning owes most
Of Its development to presentday
figure, DR.. Alice Hamilton. In in
dustry, engineering has played big
role. Proper control OF ventilation,
the use Of respirators, good washing
facilities, and frequent change OF
clothing all contribute to the avoid
ance Of lead poisoning. A check
up on the health Of workers Is ex-
tremely important, for lead Is dam
gerous In inverse proportion TO the
health OF those exposed to 1t. Fa-
tigue, infection, alcoholism, or diet
faulty In calcium and Vitamin D
increase the severity OF lead poison
Ing
SYMPTOMS
The body passes most ingested
lead out through the Intestinal
tract. Some absorbed lead gets into
the circulation by way OF the liver
and bile. Inhaled lead gets directly
into the circulation from the res
piratory tract. Such lead Is stored
In the bones and Is relatively HARM
less. Small amounts Of lead are con-
SANITY being excreted by the kid
nays and Intestinal tract. II f.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-11-09
: HONE NJ 7slil3sE&d1
New Chinaware Stoves
Will Be Gay In Color
BY ANN STEvICK
NEA Staff Correspondent

Washington, Nov. 8 Future
kitchen stoves may outshine the
great American bathroom In splen-
dor Of color and decoration. The
first glazed ceramic cook stoves, ex-
pected to appear some time after
the first Of the year, will be In ira
ditional cream, white and black.
However, there is no reason why
they can't blossom out later in shiny
green, yellow or blue. Swedish GER
annie stoves have been trimmed
with gay designs for years.
Factories In various sections OF
the country are being sought to
make them, to save shipping space.
The stoves will weigh only 300
pounds, replacing a model weighing
1885 pounds. They are said to be
proof against normal shock. The
exterior Is made of transite board, a
composition of cement and asbestos,
which Is not brittle. The glazed
finished, however, Is slightly softer
than enamel.
There Is only one model so far. 1t
Is Of trim modern design, with two
large round clay lids which let down
when the burners are not in use.
BUXOM TURKEYS
If the new turkey prices terrify
you, you may be encouraged to look
forward to more meat per pound in
the future. A national turkey i'm