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The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-12-30
ALL FORCES
 BE SHIFTED TO PACIFIC
Plans of Allied Nations Announced by Fleet
 Commander King

WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.--Admir- al Ernest King, Commander Chief of the United States Fleet, said plans are ready to shift the full strength of the United Nations into the war against Japan, prob- ably sometime during the next year.
 Preparation of the plans have been underway for several months and this concentration of the all- out war on Japan may not wait un- til the defeat of Germany, which IS agreed with Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. and maybe expected within the next few months or later.
 Shift or Power
 T am in hopeful expectancy Ger many will be defeated in 1914, and I am expectant that the unremit- ting pressure on Japan will be con- tinued and increased do not know whether anyone else announc- ed it, but it is obvious that studies have been underway for several months looking to a shift of power from the European theatre to the Pacific theatre of war not only when Germany is defeated but as her defeat seems near at hand" said King
 Attack Lines
 Asked when the shift in power will be made, Admiral King said:s. The main lines of attack on Japan have already been determined and additional means will be used to implement the general strategy of defeat
 Referring to recently reported att tempts of the Carrier Saratoga and supporting vessels to lure the Jap fleet from Truk in showdown fight. Adm. King said such a battle will be welcomed. We have done several things to get them out and We are going to do several more" said the Admiral.
 To the Jap assertions they may launch offensive operations next year, Adm King said. T do not see how they are going to go on an offensive in the Pacific. What they may do in China. Manchuria or even Burma, is something else"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-12-30
TWO OFFICERS, MEN, PLANE OF
 NAVY MISSING

SEATTLE, Dec 30-The Thir- teenth Naval District announces two officers and four men on large Naval plane are missing after talk ing off from the Naval Air Station on Whidby Island last Sunday. Search has been abandoned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-12-30
IS GERMAN ROUT

LONDON, Dec. BOA German rout on the whole front before Zhitomir was announced by Stalin tonight in a triumphant order of the day, reporting Russian advance up to 50 miles in five days of bitter fighting which widened the breach more than 180 miles to Kazatin Fifteen miles southeast, Berdichev which dominates one of the main escape routes. of the German forces fighting in the Dnieper bend, fell before the rolling Russian advance toward the old Polish border.
 The broadcast announcement said the defenses of Zhitomir, greatest prize of the Nazis' disastrous autumn offensive was broken, and eight Nazi tank divisions and IA infantry diyi- sions were routed.
 In his message, Marshal Stalin sent congratulations to General Vatutin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-12-30
GOLD IN HEAD KEEPS FOR OUT
 OF HIS OFFICE

WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.-Presi- dent Roosevelt stayed away from his office again today. He still has cold in the head but no fever No appointments were made for the day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-12-30
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON (Aaajor Robert .. Allen on active dutyJ

WASHINGTON-W handsome John D. M Hamilton, ex-GOP Chairman was touring the West on his stop -Willkie trip, the indomi- table MT. Willkie was on tour of his own, determined not to be stopped. At Denver, Colorado, their paths almost crossed.
 Willkie missed Hamilton by just one day. But though he didn't see John, he heard all about his giles talk. John had addressed group of business men and had suddenly shifted his argument against Willkie to this new line:
 Russia will make such fierce de- mands on Poland" Hamilton said, in effect, that there will be a strong reaction against Russia. Therefore, we must not nominate anyone like Willkie who has been friendly to Russia"
 What interested Willkie was the fact that exactly this same argu- ment has suddenly cropped up in other quarters, and his friends have traced it right to one spot-New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel and the apartment of Herbert Hoover.
 Hoover, who bitterly opposed Rus sia's recognition while he was in the White House, has been passing out word that the reaction against Russia would come soon and that the Republican Party must not get encountered with anyone like Will kie who is pro-Russian.
 Meanwhile, Governor Tom Dewey is reported as having remarked to friends that he had been seeing quite a bit of Polish leaders re- gently.
 Also, Ali Landon conferred with Hoover before making his draft Dewey statement. Shortly thereaf- ter, Hamilton, returning from his long trek, came out for Dewey, which means that Pennsylvania S Joe Pew is also for Dewey.
 Those who have talked to Her bert Hoover say they are convinced he does not want to run again him. self, but that they have never seen him so determined to pick the can- didate and guide the destinies (f the Republican Party.
 CLASH OVER SOLDIERS VOTE
 Debonair, dashing Senator Bur net Maybank of South Carolina rushed to the telephone the other night, demanded that the Federal
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-12-30

It has been estimated that the average pet dog understands as many as SO words.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-12-30
Two Pills for Income TaxHeadathe;; Jusf2
 Notices, Moi Just One
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON - Within a few weeks some 37 million Americans will begin receiving two little mo- tices. These notices will be un- pleasant reminders, no doubt, of an upcoming headache but my advice is not to part with them, either in disgust or carelessness. They'll be a tidy bit of help in alleviating said headache.
 Early in the new year employers will start distributing statements to employees listing their wages and Victory tax withheld from those wages in 1943 About the same time the collector of internal revenue will mail to income taxpayers state ments specifying their tax on 1922 income and the portion of the tax they paid in l943.
 Federal income taxpayers = and they now include the vast majority of wage earners-will need those notices for filling out l943 income reports, due on or before March IS. This looks like the toughest tax reporting job in U. s. history, what with new complications such as ti- guring whether you owe Uncle Sam more money or he owes you some after 1943 withholdings and other payments, and computing that un- forgiven part of the 1942 or 1943 tax whichever is larger.
 The collectors statement of your l942 tax. and your payments on it, will be in the same envelop as the income tax form. Hold on to both of em. After using the 1942 state ment in making out your report for 1943, you will be expected to return it with the report to the collector. He needs it in checking your re- turn.
 The statement from your em- ployer on withholdings will help you get full credit for taxes already paid.
 Another new angle which will complicate the return will be the computation of your Victory tax due for 1943, together with figur- ing the Victory tax credit. That credit varies with your marital sta- tus and the number of dependents you had during 1943.
 And that isn't all Besides the complete 1943 return, there is also due on March Is another one of those pesky declarations introduced last September much to the discom- future of affected taxpayers and the internal revenue workers. who ham dled their "guesses" on income.
 The dither over the declaration
 tContipIied on rJape TsuOl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-12-30
 WEATHER REPORT
 (U. s. Bureau)

Temp Wednesday Dec. 29 Maximum 43; Minimum 38 Rain l.5l
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BUY WAR BONDS
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tContinued on Page Four,
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Continued on rage Two,
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CLASH OVER SOLDIERS VOTE
 Debonair, dashing Senator Bur net Maybank of South Carolina rushed to the telephone the other night, demanded that the Federal Communications Commission take
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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20
Americas Grand Old Man

Secretary Hulrs address before Congress
was for the most part reiteration Of informa-
ton already before the public but enjoyed
the advantage over all printed reports of
coming directly from his lips. America has
come to love the man personally, as leader
and sound thinker. 1t now loves his voice too.
What he seemed most anxious to impress
upon his hearers, not only in the Capitol but
everyone who listened in at the RADIO is that
the Declaration of Moscow was not merely
temporary device to bind the four signatory
powers together for the duration, but actually
laid the foundation for lasting peace. 1t is
in the safeguards against furthe.' wars through
cooperation of the leading nations, as pro-
vided in this historic oocument that the world
may hope, at last, &c achieve state of peace
as nearly permanent as is humanity possible.
It is to be noted, because it offers evidence
of Mr.. Hulrs recognition of the realities of
life and of nations, that the Moscow Decla-
ration. drafted under his supervision in Wash
ington through months of earnest work by
committees chiefly of his choosing, that this
formula for peace does not involve disarma-
ment but instead provides for adequate polio
ing of trouble zones by tne nations which
have suffered the tremendous strain OF wiping
out the Axis-a task now approaching an end,
however slowly.
Mr.. Hull has gone long ways from the
theory that the world car maintain peace
without arms which prevailed after the for
mer World war and resulted in a formula
which helped as much as anything to clear
the way for this global upheaval
Mr. Hulls fine voice showed signs of Weari-
ness as he neared the end of his address.
But his spirit was as strong as ever, even
in the earlier days of his service in the House
as much younger man.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20
Raymond Clapper Says:
Congress Near Trouble
With Rail Wage Dispute

be boWled over. He has no more
hope than Wainwright had on Ba-
taan.
Congress, the year before gen.
eral election, is driven by every
kind of pressure group-business,
labor and farm. You know that
when Senators and Congressman
resist them they are likely to be
driven from public life as was
Prentiss Brown, former Senator,
and price administrator. Still there
is no harm IN praying for the kind
of men J. G. Holland prayed for
in his celebrated lines, for mer
who have strong minds. true faith,
whom the lust of office does not
kill, who possess opinions and a
will, who will stand before a dem.
agogue and damn his treacherous
batteries without wlnking.
That involves political risk, and
man must have deep faith ir
the ultimate good judgment of the
people ~ stick his neck out like
that.
Which is why things are as they
are in Congress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20
Berlin Bombed Again

With the battle on the Italian front at a
virtual standstill and the Germans blocking the
entrance to the Aegean with the recapture OF
Cos and Leros in the Dodacanese and h e
probable capture of Samos some twenty miles
to the north, the Raj timed its air assault
on Berlin and Ludwigshaven Thursday night
almost as if to steady the quivering lips Of
Allied peoples, whom the war news in recent
Gays had brought to the verge OF tears
The actual damage done by the hundreds
OF oombers participating IN the raid is no,
YET appraised, but the fact that the Reich
capital has again been subjected to whitening
lire from the sky, after so long a lapse Of
tlne, IS heartening and stimulating Coupled
with previous heavy air attacks in Norway
and yesterdays lids in western Germany
by American Air Forces there is some ground
for the belief in London that Allied air powe,
Is launching an intensive campaign to knock
Germany out, or at least cut it's resistance
to the irreducible minimum before other lane
invasions are started
While it must be remembered that such {
raid as Thursday nights on Berlin cannot be
repeated nightly, or even at frequent period.
Of time, it is still possible, in view of the
superiority of the Allies air strength owe,
Germany's to think that there will be quick
enlng in air attack from the many major
bases now available for Allied operations.
Mr. Churchill seems to have spoken from
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20
Plan For Another War

Recognizing the inevltability OF defeat, the
German war-making element is busy with two
campaigns to turn defeat into victory for
them. These crusudeS are directed toward a
negotiated peace and to continuing the battle
by Nazi underground organization.
In the former, the effort is to so disarrange
Europe's internal situation that the Reich will
when the fighting ceases To this end, there
is going forward a propaganda movement for
convincing the German people and any others
that will swallow it that, despite the pledges
at Moscow, there is still hope that the Army
will make separate peace with Russia, and
also that the party "envisages'' a settlement
with the United States aid Great Britain.
What both the army and the party are chiefly
concerned in achieving is not only to avoid
unconditional surrender but to retain some of
their conquests. This is why they are so de-
termined to start peace negotiations while
they are in possession of so large part OF
Europe. If this could be done they would
be in an advantageous position for bargaining
at the peace table.
AS for the campa gn involving a Nazi I'm
derground,' it has become known that pre-
liminary steps have been rakep for its for
nation. Sites for future secret radio stations
are already selected Secret ammunition de-
pots have been picked out, as have clandestine
printing plants. Gestapo forces have en-
assigned to adapt the methods of underground
organizations encountered IN other countries
to German conditions. Other Germans of the
SS-storm trooper type are receiving training
in sabotage, with the purpose OF destroying
factories and dsrupting vital communications
With these tasks they are being taught to
lie believably for the spreading of alarming
rumors and slandering officials and parties
who work with former enemies.
Clearly it is as necessary for the future
security of the world that Prussianism be Grad
icated and that no party or group capable
of spreading its vicious principles be left above
ground when this war ends as that the war
makers of Japan be exiernninated before any
negotiations for peace are opened
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20
LaGuardia On Immigration

New York's Mayor LaGua1dia has proposed
a new immigration policy for the coming DAYS
of peace. He thinks that, if we continue orr
splendid course" OF education, we shall soon
give our citizens so much book LEARNING that
there will be practically no ur.skilled labor
or farm labor left IN the country. So he nro.
poses importing such labor And after thew
had done their jobs, we could let them 90
back at the end Of the season.
MIR. LaGuardias faith in the overnight mir
acles of our free school system seems little
startling in a country where illiteracy is a
problem that is far from conquered. His con.
fldence that education can elevate minds of
all capacity to a level where lowly toll prac.
tically disappears is an assumption to be
hoped for, but still open to question
AS for importing Unskilled workers, it seems
like transplanting the potential headache of
migratory labor without curing it. We hope
that in the future the Okes of John Stein
beck's Grapes of Wrath" will not reapnear
But that does not guarantee that Mr.La
Guardia's scheme would not involve disruption
OF the imported workers lives at best. or
that, at worst it might not set the stage for
economic problems of International, rather
than regional, proportions
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20
Rail Wage Demands

f the action of a Senate subcommittee IA
voring an 8 cent an nonr increase in the pay
of non-operat ting railroad employees is adopted,
the nations rail lines will have to find the
money to pay it, AS 100000 workers are
involved the cost will be S36, 600 an hour,
big money in any mans country. The only
way the railroads may raise the cash will
De bv increasing freight and passenger rates.
AS always, the people will pay
Nor is this the most grievous issue in the
proposed wage increase With this much more
money for employees &c spend and consumer
goods shrinking daily. there will inevitably
result further advance in prices, and infla-
ton, already we'll entrenched, gain firmer
foothold.
In view of the present nigh cost of living,
the railway workers are not to be blamed
for demanding a raise in pay Only by Sc.
curing it can they hope to keep going The
situation is the same with other thousands
of workers, chiefly in the so-called white collar
group who struggle along from payday to
payday unable to save a penny.
The blame stems from another source By
writing blank checks for war industries and
encouraging high wages and, while restrict
lng the manufacture Of consumer goods, buy.
ing up practically all stocks Or hand, until
warehouses are bullying with supplies in ex
cess of Army and Navy needs the govern
nent itself started the trend toward initiation
which it processes to be controlling by arti
Ecial means.
Now, having bowed the knee to John L
Lewis in the matter of miners pay, and thu
artificial controls having failed, the govern
ment cannot claim to be consistent if it reject
the demands for more pay Of railroad workers
nor, for that matter, Of any group of work
.rs. Let the responsibility for initiation res
where it properly belongs-upon faulty finan
eial planning at Washington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20
The Literary Guidepost

paper that the printing or the other
side is visible in reverse. 1t does
sow through a bit, but I did not
find reading difficult, and the type
is large enough for the average
eye to follow it comfortably.
The division is most logical. In
one volume the IA comedies are
segregated; in another the IS trag-
edies. and in the third are the
seyen histories and the delicious
oddments. Each volume is ammo
tated and furnished with a CLOS
sary-it seems little strange to
me that there is no indication in
the books of the source of the
notes, but they are scholarly
enough for average use, and not
so copious as to be distraction.
Minor details are happily work.
ed out. The margins are wide
enough SO that the page looks COM
Portable, for one thing. The scenes
are not damned too closely to-
gether, although to be truthful,
tnere IS no great amount of white
space wasted. And the k S
themselves are chunky, but sur
prlslngly light. The three volumes
might make a considerable weight
In a soldiers pack. but one vol
ame could be managed without too
much trouble.
! suspect this is the book bar
gain Of the xxa1
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20

the heart rather than the mind when he fore
cast thousand planes every twenty -four hours
over Germany. But it is probable that as
long as weather permits there will be no let
up in Allied bombing raids on one or another
major enemy objective.
The point to emphasize now is that not
withstanding temporary stalenate in Italy
and despite the showing of unsupported enemy
air power in the Aegean theate,. there is M
justification for fear of a major setback. There
are minor reverses only. They could delay
certain phases of Allied strategy; they cannot
adversely affect the outcome or of them
selves, long delay the victory
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20
Daily Praye,
FOR THOUGHTS THAT SUSTAIN

when l remember Thee Upon
my bed, and mediate upon Thee
in the night watches, my soul is
satisfied with Thy goodness and
greatness, G Father-God. I recall
Thy past providences; the dark
valleys through which Thou hast
led me to auplnds of peace: Thy
ways that were once obscure, but
became clear with b e passing
years, SO now, in Gays of diff
Guilty and darkness. pray for Thy
sustaining power; tina: my thoughts
may be thoughts Of faith, of pa
tience and of sure victory r
whatever pertains to Thy King
dom. Grant me d huoyant soul.
Let me move amidst my fellows
with serenity and with smiles. Be-
stow upon me the gift of being
an inspirer n an encourager.
May my own faith in our Cause
be so clear and strong that it will
increase the morale OF every life
that I may by any means touch
With infectious loyalty, let me dc
a patriots part in this war, es
pecially by quickening the faith o.
others in the God Of cur Fathers
Amen.-W. 7. E.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20
Bosses Move Out

When the Senior Fraternity entertained the
bosses at dinner, as the annual custom is
to the delight of all, shadow fell across the
table at the announcement that there will be
no more Bosses Nights for the duration.
Even though the decision was foreseen and
recognized as inevitable, the final announce
ment brought a shock. not wholly for the
temporary discontinuance itself as for the rea-
son behind it. Fourteen members of the Fra
ternity are already in the armed forces. Ten
more are scheduled for induction at Fort
Bragg shortly. Probably ali members eligible
for service will be called up before peace
returns.
The war has moved in The bosses neces-
sarily must move out And that. for all who
have shared the hospitality and entertainment
of the organization on Bosses Night, consti-
tuteE real sacrifice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20

A smart Nazi would stop trying
to think up new secret weapons
and begin to concentrate on a
workable space ship.
Hitler's astrologers are having
a tough time studying the stars
they are so frequently obscured
by Allied bombers.
If the rest of the world
adopts Basic English, it's going
to be tough OH the radio announ-
certifying 10 keep his CONNER.
cial vocabulary down to a mere
1000 adjectives.
!
An Oklahoma store plans a post
war delivery service by helicop-
ter. will you take it with you
or have it dropped down your
chimney"
!
Grandpappy Jenkins think S
hackers of the prohibition move
ment might modernize their drive
by announcing they are for ma
tlOnal dehydration
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20
BY JOHN sELBY
"The Complete Works of Shakes
peare," in three volumes Modern
Library: each S.95).

"The Complete Works of Shakes
peare," in three volumes Modern
Library; each $3.50.
For a long time this country
has needed o h er complete
Shakespeare" There are good
many of these in existence, but
they mostly have one or another
of two bad faults-they are either
too expensive, or they are to o
cheap in all senses OF the term.
This year the eager gentlemen
who run the Modern Library on
Fifty-seventh street. far from Pub
fishers Row in New York, have
outdone themselves. 1t seems to
me that the publication of their
three-volunne Shakespeare is pub
fishing event of importance, and
pretty competent service to the
general public. 1t comes, too, at
a good time because the woods
are full of a great many useless
books these days III spite of the
paper shortage and the seriousness
OF the world situation.
In order to present the va t
sweep of Shakespeare genius
they have eliminated a number of
possible pub.ica tions-only so much
paper was available. But some
how, enough paper was found, and
by good luck it is not such thin