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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
INAzI FORCE,
! G0MEL AREA
IS cut OFF
Southern Anchor of Ger
man Line Virtually
Isolated

The Red Army swung north
along the eastern edge of the Pri-
pet Marshes. ripping out another
important section of the German
communications system covering the
flank of the great Russian bulge
west of Kiev.
The general line of attack shift
ed at least temporarily from the
former westward thrust to a new
drive north, apparently designed to
eliminate any possibility of a Ger
man counterattack in White Russia
The most immediate effect of the
newest turn of the campaign is
the cutting of the railroad and
highway running west from Gomel
the southern anchor of the Ger
mans White Russian line to Kali
inkovich, where a strong German
garrison has been holding out. Co
mel is thus virtually isolated, and
that White Russian city east of the
sDnieper River appeared ON the
verge of falling to the victorious
Russians.
The swapping of the Gomel-Ka-
linkovichi communication lines was
accomplished by Red Army forces
who broke through the enemy lines
south of Rechitsa and pushed on
southwest of that city.
Massed Russian attacks dented
the German lines in eight sectors
of the long Soviet front, the Berlin
radio asserted in reports attempting
to minimize Red Army successes.
Russian gains were acknowledged
by Transocean Agency in the great
Dnieper bend, southwest of Dnepro-
petrovsk, north of Krivoi Rog, and
north of Cherkassy. Other Russian
gains were reported in the zhito-
mir area and southwest of Kiev,
near Rechitsa in the Gomel area,
in Smolensk,, and in the Orsha
area in the frozen north.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
MRS. HELLENTHAL
PASSES AWAY AT
HOME LAST NIGHT
Pioneer Juneau Woman
Wife Of Federal Judge,
Dies After Long Illness

Mrs. Simon Hellenthal, wife of
Judge Hellenthal of the Third Judi
cial Division of Alaska, with head
quarters at Anchorage, passed away
at the family home on Calhoun Ave-
nue. and Gold Belt Avenue last night
shortly before IL o'clock, following
a lingering illness. The remains are
at the Charles w. Carter Mortuary
and funeral services will be held at
9 o'clock Thursday morning at the
Catholic Church of the Nativity, the
Rev. w. G. LeVasseur, saying the
mass. Prayers will also be said at
the mortuary at o'clock Wednesday
evening. No flowers.
Pallbearers at the last rites will
be j. F. Mullen, H. r. VanderLeest,
B. d. Stewart, Robert Simpson, Lee
Smith and Joe Thibodeau Inter-
ment will be in the Catholic plot
in Evergreen Cemetery
Mrs. Hellenthal was born in Wi
IiOltd, IWllillCoOtd, ilCI Pal DCiiiS
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cunningham.
Mrs. Hellenthal came west then to
Juneau and was a teacher of the
fifth and sixth grades in the public
school for four years, starting in
1906. She and Judge Hellenthal
were married in st. Paul, Mimi,
october 3, 1911, and they returned
to Juneau, residing here since then.
Survivors are Judge Hellenthal, a
daughter, Mrs. Fred Aver, living
in Juneau. son John, now at the
front in the armed services; two
sisters, Mrs. Rose O'Connor, who
has been here for several months,
and Mrs. Ellis Kelley, residing in
Chicago. Fred Aver, now in the
armed services, stationed at White
horse. has been in Juneau for the
past ten days.
Mrs. Hellenthal was a prominent
and active member of the Altar
Society, and although i'll, was also
active in various war organizations.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
DIRECT BOMB
HIT SCORED,
JAP CRUISER
Merchantmen Damaged in
Raid Off RdbauI-Bukd
Is Under Attack

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Nov,
16.-Another Jap cruiser was hit
directly and badly damaged and a
large merchantmen hit, headquar-
tiers announced
The cruiser was hit in the stern
by a 1000 FOUNDER and the mer-
chairman by 500 FOUNDER amid
ships. Both were bombed by Cat
alinas off Rabaul. New Britain
Ground fighting continued at
Empress Augusta Bay, where Mar
ines and soldiers clashed with en-
envy patrols on both flanks.
Jap planes attacked American po-
sitions with minor damage.
Allied planes dropped 81 tons of
bombs on the Jap air base at Buka,
at the northern tip of Bougainville
Island and destroyed four Zeros.
The hit on the Jap cruiser
brought to ten the number damaged
since the big raid on Rabaul on
October IL. when two cruisers were
sunk.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
PRISONERS
ARE KILLED
BY GERMANS
Italian Partisdns Executed
as Well as Wounded Re-
moved from Hospitals


BERN, Nov. 16.--German occupa-
ton troops this morning carried out
a series of mass executions Of pri-
soners captured in an all-day battle
with Italian partisans near Domo-
dossola according to dispatches re-
ceived from Brigue by the news
paper Lasuisse.
The bulk of Italians escaped to
the northern Italian hills the report
further states.
Prisoners taken as we'll as wound
ed removed from hospitals, were
marched into a neighboring village
and were shot down without any
mercy being shown
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
COUNCIL SERVICE
THURSDAY AT 7
WITH ELk5' RITES

Final rites for DR. w. w. Council,
eminent physician and civic leader,
who died Saturday evening. will be
held in the Elks Hall on Thursday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock. The Elks'
ritualistic service will be given and
the Rev. William Forbes Of Holy
Trinity Cathedral, will read the
committal service at the graveside
Interment will be in the Elks plot
at Evergreen Cemetery.
The casket will not be opened at
the Elks Hall during the ceremonies,
but friends may call to pay their
respects at the Charles w. Carter
Chapel on Wednesday evening from
to $50 O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Elkins, sister
and brother-in- law of Mrs. Council
arrived Sunday by plane from Pet
ersburg
All offices Of the Territorial De-
partment of Health throughout AL
aska will be closed Thursday after
noon in respect to the deceased Ter
ritorial Health Commissioner
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
DRAFTING0F
FATHERS TO
Be DELAYED
Senate, House Conferees
Clear Way for Pass
ing Of Legislation

WASHINGTON, Nov. Is. - The
Senate and House conferees have
cleared the way for quick passage
of legislation placing pre-Pearl
Harbor fathers from the draft list
and stripping the War Manpowe1
Commission, Chairman Paul v
McNutt, authority over the Selec-
tive Service System.
The conferees, representing the
Senate and House Military Affairs
Committee, agreed to compromise
bill under which the Gilday proce-
dure inductions will apply. This
will be a nationwide basis by cate
gories by which fathers will be the
last taken.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
BLOWS HIT
ON NORWAY,
ALSO ATHENS
American Bombers Make
Wide Range Attacks,
North and South

LONDON, Nov. 16.--Bringing Hit
lers ramparts under attack both
in the north and south, American
bombers struck at targets in Nor
way after another heavy blow at
the Athens airfields.
The Norwegian targets are not
disclosed Immediately but it is
known the Nazis have been har-
boring number of big warships
in Norway's deep fjords.
Today's attack was the second
by American heavy bombers on
Norway, the other being on July
"a when heavy forces hit the u
boat base and other installations
at Trondheim while others wrecked
the important metal plant at Her.
oya.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
H I'LL W i'll
MAKE REPORT,
MOSCOW PACT
Secretary Of State Will Ad-
dress Congress on Con-
ference Results

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 Secre-
tary OF State Cordell Hull broke a
precedent by travelling 10000 miles
to the Moscow conference, and he
will break it again Thursday by a
two-mile trip from the State Depart
ment to Capitol Hill
Secretary Hull will be the first
Cabinet member ever to speak be-
fore a joint session OF Congress,
which wants to hear first hand
account of the historic Moscow pact.
Arrangements have been made by
the principal networks for broad
casting the Secretary's address, be-
ginning at $50 a. m, Pacific War
Time.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
Liberators Raid Jap Base on Pacific Isle
Eighth Army Making
Gains; Fifth Army Is
Pushed Back in Italy

Liberators of the reorganized Yu-
goslav Air Force, smashed at Elevsis
Airfield at Athens yesterday, and
American medium bombers ham
mered Kalamaki airdrome in the
Athens area.
Resistance remained strong along
the length of the Fifth Army front.
Gen Montgomery's Eighth Army
won new high ground north Of
Atesfa, IA miles inland from the
Adriatic Sea. Eighth Army patrols
made new sorties across the Sangro
River OH the east flank, feeling out
the German strength.
Land operations generally were
held near standstill by mud and
bad weather as the opposing forces
girded for showdown battle.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16

LIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, Nov. Is. Two
Nazi counteraUuacks drove the AM
erican troops of Gen. Mark Clark S
Fifth Army from the high ground
north of Venafro, Allied Headquar-
tiers announced today. but the
Eighth Army won new hilltops in
the eastern sector in Italy.
The German onslaughts pushed
the United States troops out of the
areas previously occupied on Monte
Santa Croce above Venafro, where
the Fifth Army wedge seriously
threatens the enemys powerful
winter line.
In the air war. Liberators of the
18th Air Force joined by lend-lease
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
SOUTHWEST
ENClANDY
ATTACKED
German Raiders Swarm
Over Section Along Coast
First Time in Months
(By Associated Press

For the first time in months,
German raiders last night attacked
southwest England in the general
areas referred to by 1t. Gen. De-
yers as the scene Of the American
rehearsal for the greatest military
undertaking of all time.
The raiders hit the coastal towns
with incendaries and high explo-
siyes.
The Berlin radio says Plymouth
was attacked, the heaviest damage
done in the residential section and
fires we're started in the industrial
area.
Some persons are reported to have
been killed.
Only yesterday. Devers paid tri-
butte to 5000 farmers who with
their families are leaving their
homes in southwest England next
month to make room for American
troops. The evacuation. said Devers.
is necessary for master plan to
be set in notion
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
The W ashington
Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON
tnajor Robert Q. Allen on active duty.)

WASHINGTON = Shortly before
the Vice President of the United
States visited Dallas last month,
his secretary, bulky, two-fisted
Texan Harold Young, wrote to the
swank Craftsmanship Club in Dallas
suggesting they invite the Vice
President to lunch with them and
deliver a talk on october 81.
Young, who lives in Dallas, knew
Craftsmanship Club members as
Jesse Jones sympathizers, but fig
ured his chief, the VP." should
beard the lion in his den. Also he
figured the invitation would cause
Craftsmanship Clubsters to throw
a, fit.
Apparently it did. Soon Young
received a letter from the Club
President Dick Brown which polite
ly declined to listen to the Vice
President of the United States on
october 81.
Considerable opposition exists on
some of the speakers (Wallace's)
recently expressed views wrote
Brown. And though he might not
express those views, the Salesman
ship Club would be identified with
having sponsored his trip to Dallas.
I'VE would be most pleased
concluded Brown to his fellow Tex
an, ito have you address the Club
on some Thursday when your bust
ness or pleasure throws you 70
Dallas"
In reply, Vice Presidential Secre-
tary Young wrote: Il am accepting
your invitation rendered by the
Board of Directors of the Sales
manship Club and shall be in Dali
las on both business and pleasure
October 81, l943. Will it be con-
venient for me to bring a guest?
Again the high-hat members OF
the Craftsmanship Club writhed with
worry. clustered President Brown
wrote back:
Your appearance on october 81
in view of the discussion already
raised and the divergence of opin-
ion on Mr.. Wallace's views, would
surely create embarrassment and
might endanger the unity that has
always been so characteristic of the
Club So let's have cooling
off period and hold the meeting
at some time when it would not
be identified with Mr. Wallace"
Finally Jokester Young relieved
worried Clubster Brown by telling
him he was only having fun" with
the solemn directors" Intimating
that Brown should go out to Caddo
Lake and get back his sense of
humor. Young added: You forgot
that l am a pixie at heart"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
$4,000 FIRE
AT FAIRBANKS
ON SATURDAY

A fire in the heart Of Fairbanks
early last Saturday wrecked two
frame business buildings and caused
a loss of over $4,000, partly in
sured, according to passengers from
the interior metropolis and arriving
in Juneau today.
The buildings destroyed housed
the Rays Fur Shop, Jess Landers
pool hall. barber shop and Quilted
the living quarters above both and
damaged the Vein Airline office
and liquor store adjoining.
The fire started in the Morrison
Knudsen Company sleeping rooms
above the fur shop.
The fire was controlled after a
two hour fight but blazed up again
later for two more hours.
Hose at the scene was not re-
moved until yesterday as pre-
caution against further outbursts
OF flame.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
War Prisoners May
Ease Present Pulp
Crisis, United States
First of Two Articles
By JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-When
all is said and done, it may be the
prisoners of war and particularly
the German prisoners of war who
will save this country from a more
drastic pulpwood shortage.
On the surface, that may seem
a r-fetched prediction, but the
Forest Service is saying here now
that if certain prejudices can be
broken down (and it appears that
they cam the United States can
avoid that margin for error which
would deprive us of the minimum
of newsprint, magazine, pamphlet
and writing paper.
The background of the story must
be told first. On July l, the War
Production Board turned over to the
Forest Service $1,000,000 with the
directive: Produce more timber or
else 1t was decided that this
development program should be con-
fined to lumber producing states
east of the Great Plains. That in
cludes II southern states: the Lake
States, including Ohio, Illinois, In
diana and Missouri as well as those
bordering on the Lakes farther
west; and the eastern states, which
include Maine, New Hampshire, Yer
mont, Maryland, Virginia and West
Virginia.
Within the Forest Service, the
program was divided into three
parts: logging, milling and labor
In charge of the last was placed
comparatively young forester, DON
aid M. Rochester, the Forest Serv-
ices chief training officer Don
looks like he might have once play
ed halfback for his native Michigan
football team, but making holes in
yesteryear's Minnesota line would
have been childs play to bucking
the play they called for him this
time
The lumber industry has been out
OF labor for months and still is
losing steadily. Surveying the whole
field Rochester could find only two
possible sources of new labor-a
negligible amount which could be
imported from the Caribbean and
Mexico and that in the Army prison
camps. Since the former was almost
completely spoken for, Rochester de-
cided to go to work on the prisoners
of war.
lcontinued on Page Three
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
NAVY SENDS
SUPPLIES TO
"a FRONTS
Preparations Being Made
for Major Offensive
Battle Against Japan

LONDON, Nov. 16-The United
States Navy, after overcoming the
greatest transportation and hand
ling problems ever presented in any
war. is now pouring supplies in the
Southwest Pacific ON scale large
enough to support major Often
siye against the Japanese, Rear Adj
miral william Brent Young dis
closed today.
The chief of the Navy Bureau
of Supplies told newsmen at con-
ference that in the past six months
virtually 100 percent of the supplies
sent, were getting through to Gen
MacArthur's headquarters.
To illustrate the completely OF
the supply problem in this global
war, he said. SO far. as the supplies
are concerned, I'VE have "a fronts
all over the world, to which literally
millions of different items must be
delivered.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
EXPLOSION, NAVAL
MINE DEPOT, KILLS
SIX, MANY INJURED

YORKTOWN, Virginia, Nov. 49,
An explosion early this morning in
the warehouse of the Naval Mine
Depot killed an estimated six civ
ilian employees and injured between
20 and 80 others, two of them SER
iously.
The blast awakened thousands of
residents in Norfolk, Portsmouth
|and Newport News some 80 miles
distant.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
Raj BLASTS
BURMA AREA,
HEAVY RAID

CALCUTTA, Nov. l6.-Royal Air
Force medium and heavy bombers
carried out the heaviest and most
concentrated attack on Burma since
the war in the East began. The
target was the railway, station and
the freight yards and barracks at
Pegu, as miles northeast of Ran
COON.
A large number of aircraft drop
ped heavy tonnage of high ex-
plosives, shattering the target.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
PAYS HULL TRIBUTE

MOSCOW, Nov. 16.-As Secretary
of State Hull prepared to address a
joint session of Congress, the official
Soviet government newspaper, IL
vestia, paid him front page edi-
torial tribute for his contributions
to the conference.
The American Secretary of State
played "a particularly big role in
the collaboration between the Union
OF Socialist Soviet Republics and
the United States of America" said
the editorial, marking the 10th an
niversary OF the establishment of
diplomatic relations between the two
countries.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
Roosevelt Asks for
New Appropriations

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16-Presi-
dent Roosevelt has asked Congress
to authorize appropriations for the
United States participation and ac-
tivities in the United Nations re-
lief and rehabilitation administra-
ton.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16
TWO SECTIONS
ARE ATTACKED
BY U. 5. UNITS
Large Fires Are Started at
Tarawa-MiIIe AtolI
Is Bombed

PEARL HARBOR, Nov. l6.-Army
Liberators started large fires at Ia
rawa, strong Jap base in the Gilbert
Islands and also raided Mile Atoll
in the southern Marshalls on raids
on November IS and IA, the Navy
Department announced today.
No Japanese planes were en-
countered and all Liberators re-
turned unchanged despite anti-air-
craft fire.
The raids were directed by Maj.
Gen. Willis H. Hale, Commander OF
the Seventh Air Force.
The attacks are thought to be
diversionary or retaliatory for the
Jap raids on Funafuti and Naumea,
southwest MARSHALL Gilbert sectors,
on last Thursday and Friday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16

Platinum is a poor conductor
lof heat and electricity.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-16

FROM FIRST CITY
In Juneau, guest at the Baranof
Hotel, is r. A. Bartholomew OF
Ketchikan.
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Continued on Page Three
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-08-20
~ See Here,
Z0} Private HufgrOve! ~
~ By Merton Hdrqrove .s%SA. X "a
W.h.O.
Q G awe z

Snow, you take Private Hargrove,
for instance. First came here, he
griped about me telling him he was
carrying his rifle wrong. Now he
gripes when I tell him he's carrying
1t right. He might have something
there. He still carries 1t like 1t was
75-millimeter gun. He's getting so
shiftless, even at gripping, that he
can't find anything to beef about ex-
cept not getting any mail. I'm going
to write all his creditors, so he won't
even be able to grippe about the
mail"
Somewhere on the wild coast Of
South Carolina, the battalion in
which l cook is being treated to q
weekend to combine business with
pleasure. We can romp in the At
lantic while we get a ''taste Of the
field" With the wind blowing the
sand into kitchens and pup tents
alike, 1t will be nice to get back to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-08-20
CHAPTER VII

One Of the incest things about
working in the kitchen in Battery c
Of the 18th Battalion has been the
knowledge that it's number-one chow
hound, Buster Charnley, would drop
around after supper and the CONVEX
sational fat. It's like letter from
home to listen to Busters slow and
mournful drawl, and his refreshing
ly dry humor is a pick-me-up at the
end Of long, hot afternoon.
Buster came prancing up the chow
line, the other evening with a grin
that started at the back Of his head
and enveloped his face from the
nose down.
whats eating you, Walter" I
asked him, besides that egg-suck-
ing GRIM"
Leaving here, boy!" he sang.
"You won't see me around for three
months. And when you see me,
son, you'll see stripes on my sleeves
and q look of prosperity on my
clean-cut Tarheel facet"
The man behind him wanted to get
10 the mashed potatoes, so Buster
had to move on down the line, / got
the whole story from one Of the
&aypees while waited for him to
make his evening call.
OF the 200-odd men in Battery c,
two men had been selected for three
months training at Fort Sill, Okla
homa. At the end Of their three
months, they will come back as gun
merry instructors, with a non-com-
missioned officers rating and spe-
cialist's extra pay on top Of that.
Mrs. Walter Charnley's little boy
Buster was one Of the two men
selected.
One Of the sergeants near here
came back from a recent leave with
one of the most glorious sinners that
ever darkened the human eye.
"Run into door?'. asked him.
"Gave a guy the wrong answer, "
he replied simply, "or rather, the
answer he didn't want"
r looked at his face; his teeth were
all there and his jaw was still in
one piece. I looked at his hands;
the knuckles showed the marks Of
service.
81 was at a party" he went on,
@'when this fellow who lives next
door to my folks wants to know
-how's the morale in the Army?'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-08-20
Blast That Brought Down
100000 Tons Of Granite

One Of the biggest man-made ex-
plosions on record was set off in
the Bonawe quarries in Argyll
shire, Scotland, on May 81, 1885,
says Golfers. Eighteen months
of preparation were required for
this blast, which brought down
$4,000 tons of granite, enough to
provide five years work.
Before the explosion, household
ers in the nearby towns Of Tay-
multi removed their pictures, mir
rors and crockery to a place Of
safety. hi
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-08-20
By Marion Hurqrove

THE STORY SO FAR: Private Marion
Hargrove, former newspaper feature
editor has been indicted into the army
and has spent some time in training at
Fort Bragg. In his advice to prospec-
tive selectees, Private Hargrove had
advocated q pre-induction period of
"painting the town red" Once in the
army he thinks can open mind" 10 the
best policy for the ''lrst three weeks
are the hardest" Some Of the more
fundamental phases Of army life have
gone over Private Hargrove's head and
his conduct has landed him often on
KIP duty. He has been classified ~ q
cook. Between his KIP duty and his
regular cook assignment he has spent
considerable time In the kitchen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-08-20

now herding
stampeded
Axis armies
from Paler-
mo to Mes
("Barney'')
that's my