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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-15
War Is Whift|ing Into
Nations Wood Supply;
Demands Are Outlined
Second of Two Articles)
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, April Is. - Ac-
cording to the lumber industry, no
termites-not even the white ants
of Australia, one colony of which
can take two-room house apart
oveinight-are as voraciouS Tor
wood as the Army, Navy and War
Production Board.
The lumbermen quote the Army
in saying that in actual tonnage,
food is the only product in greater
demand than wood. This years call
on the industry is l20,000,000 tons,
while the peak estimates of war
time needs for steel run in the nei-
borhood of 1O0,000,000 tons.
Where does it all go?
When we were only preparing
for war, lumber was needed for
barracks mess-halls, hospitals, and
housing. Other vast quantities were
demanded for scaffolds on the ship
ways.
Wood is also one of the chief
materials in our now-famous PIT
boats, in mine trawlers, patrol
boats, barges and training planes.
One of Britain's well-known bomb
ers, the Mosquito" is made most
ly of wood.
Aside from this, much of our
domestic and foreign shipping of
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-15
BIG ATTACK
ON JAP BASE
LAST TUESDAY
One thousand Bombs Have
Been Dropped Since
March |, Says Navy

WASHINGTON, April Is. - The
Aleutians Air Force Command
broke all previous records in the
number of attacks made on Kiska
in a single day.
The Navy reported today the is
land was bombed 10 times Tuesday
by both heavy and medium bomb
ers.
The ten raids exceeded the total
attacks on Kiska for the entire
month of February when the is
land base of the Japs was raided
nine times.
The planes have dropped a total
of 1000 bombs since March l on
Kiska and the base has been at
tackled 70 times, the Navy report
says.
Army Liberators heavy bombers,
Mitchell light bombers. Warhawks
and Lightnings looks part in the
raid Tuesday, many hits were
scored, fires started and the run
way and main camp area suffered
from blasts.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-15
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April Is. = Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 6, American Can 81,
Anaconda 287s, Bethlehem Stee !
"a, Commonwealth and Southern y,
Curtiss Wright 87s, General Motors
1915, international Harvester 68%
Kennecott 32A, New York Central
IT, Northern Pacific 1874, United
States Steel 55h, Pound s404.
Dow, Jones averages today are as
follows: industrials 133.49 rails
34.27, utilities 1880.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-15
WARNING GIVEN
BY GOV. LANGLIE
ON FOREST fires
Public CareIessness Fear
ed More than Bombs
Of Our Enemy

SEATTLE, April Is. = Gov. Ar
thur B. Langlie has issued warn
ing to citizens of the state of Wash
ington that more bombs may fall
on the Northwest Pacific forests
this year if the Japs can drop them
there" but, appealing for greater
vigilance against starting of fires,
he added that forest guardians fear
public carelessness more than en-
envy threat.
Last year thousands of acres
were threatened by forest fires,
started either by careless throwing
away of cigarette stubs or leaving
ashes still glowing from camp fires.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-15
AIR FIGHTS
CONTINUE,
RUSS FRONT
Red Army Filters Concen.
trating Attack on Nazi
Supply Lines

MOSCOW, April 15-Air battles
are increasing over the Russian
front and Red Army filters are con-
centrating again on the Nazi sup
ply columns. Their fighter planes
are successfully battling OIL the
German raiders.
The land armies are jabbing one
another in various sectors and new
fighting has broken out north OF
Chuguev and south OF Izyum on
the long Donets River battle line.
Several Red Army divisions, sup
ported by tanks. have struck at the
Nazi defense again in the Kuban
River sector of the Caucasus and
are reported to have been fairly
successful.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-15
The W ashinqton
Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
major Robert s. Allen on active dutyJ

WASHINGTON. = The Congress
of the United States, one OF the
few parliamentary systems left in
the world, is now conducting a
unique exhibition of how to lose
the confidence of the nation.
1t is staging an investigation OF
the Federal Communications Com
mission solely because that Com
mission voted unanimously to rec
ommend criminal action against a
member of Congress, Representative
Gene Cox of Georgia. To defend
him, his brother Congressman not
only voted to spend the taxpayers
money on an investigation of the
FEC, but they also placed the
Congressman who is under fire at
the head of the committee investi-
eating his accusers.
This threat of investigation is
the time honored method by which
Congressmen defend themselves
whenever they get in jam. They
may rant and rave against some
insignificant government bureau
which spends a little extra on
paper, or which hires $4,000 clerk
beyond its budget. But should the
Justice Department begin a Grim
inal probe of certain shady Con-
gressional practices, the cry OF
"INVESTIGATE THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT. goes up from the
Capitol Dome, and the hounds are
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-15
ICkE5 GETS
INTERNEE5,
FARM JOBS
Secretary Of Interior Sc
cures American born
laps 10 Do His Work


WASHINGTON, April l5.-Sec-
rotary of Interior Harold l.. Ickes
today said he has negotiated for
the release of three American born
internees to work on his
Olney, Maryland, farm, because he
wants to help ease their lot and
because we need competent farm
help badly
Secretary Ickes also said he has
arranged for the release of four
other internees at the Poston, Ar
iona, camp.
Three married couples and an
other man will make up the seven
for Ickes.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-15
5TR0NGH0LD5
IN MOUNTAIN
ZONE TAKEN
Air Offensive Continues
70 Allied Planes Are
Reported Lost

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, April l5.-French
md British infantry forces sue
cessfully stormed two important
hills on the south and western
fronts of Field Marshal Erwin ROM
mels defenses yesterday, capturing
500 prisoners and bringing to 3d.
900 the number of Axis prisoners in
he Allied bag since the opening
Of the offensive on the Mareth
Line.
Attacking Djebel Sefsouf, the
French rounded up 400 Germans
and took possession of that Axis
mountain height which had been
the western anchor of Rommels
new Enfidayille line.
Djebel Sefsouf lies about 80 miles
due west of Enfidaville. SO miles
southwest of Tllnis and seven miles
northeast of the village of Der
Kararhoum
Halt Montgomery
Field dispatches, meanwhile, said
further advances by the British
Eighth Army in the Enfidaville
sector have been halted by heavy
artillery with which the Germans
are commanding the coastal road
through the mountains to Tunis.
But Lieut.. Gen, Anderson's vet
eran British First Army infantry
men have captured the mountain
top of Djebel Ang, eight miles
above Medjez ell Bah, and some 80
miles west OF Tunis. itself. The
height was taken in fierce fight
ing in which the British rounded
up more than 200 Nazi Alpine
troops
Premature reports from the AL
giers radio, not confirmed, today
repeated an assertion that the
Allies have captured. Enfidaville, SO
miles south OF Tunis, and Djebel
Mansour, 38 miles to the west. Al
lied headquarters issued an official
denial OF this report.
Aerial operations continued apace,
boosting to more than 200 the num-
Der of Axis planes downed IN the
Mediterranean theater in the last
five days, an average of 40 a day.
We Lose Planes
Yesterday, however, % Allied air.
craft failed to return as Flying
F'ortresses again paced the Allied
air assault with heavy raids on
Axis landing fields at Ell Aouina
near Tunis, and Ell Mas Monferra-
ton, Sardinia.
Some official observers in Lon
don predict that the next Allied
stroke might well be smash north
eastward toward the Gulf of Tunis
from Medjez ell Bah or the Bcu
ARABIA sectors TO cut the remaining
Axis forces In Tunisia in two.
Such drives presumably would be
coordinated with heavy pressure
from the south by the Eighth.
Army, thanked by the First Army.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-15
Yes, Lucky
Proves He Has
Correct Name

CAMP HALE, Colo, April Is.
Lucky" first lived up to his
name when a fire destroyed
the blubber house in Byrd's
Antarctic camp in 1910. The
newly-bOrn Alaskan malamute
pup was inside, but survived.
Two weeks later, he fell into
deep pit, breaking both his
forelcgs. and that's when he
acquired the name. "He's lucky
to be alive" the scientists con-
cluded.
Later he was separated from
his adopted master, Malcolm
Douglas, meteorolOgist with
Byrd, and now Lucky's serving
the Army at Camp Hale as
veteran on dog team.
His last luck was when Doug
las turned up as a private at
Camp Hale. 1t was joyful re-
union,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-15

IS BOMBED
BY BRITISH
Allied Planes, Believed 10
Be Russians, Hit Ber-
lin, East Prussia

LONDON, April 15.--Great Bri-
tain's powerful 4.engined bombers
raced 400 miles across Nazi held
Europe last night to strike the Ger
man industrial city of Stuttgart IN
a highly concentrated raid in which
% bombers failed to return.
simultaneously other Allie d
planes, presumed here to be Rus
slams, hit Berlin and East Prussia.
The attack on Stuttgart was
very heavy" the British Air Min
istry reports.
The raid was aided by clear wea-
ther
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-15
May BOOST
HOME FRONT
MORALE NOW
Rubber Director LETTERS
Proposes Plan for Gov
eminent Agency

WASHINGTON, April 15.-Rub-
Der Director william M. Jeffers has
recommended the creation Of a sep
arate Government Agency under a
"two-f listed" administrator to see
that essential civilian needs are
supplied to bolster the home front
morale"
letters told the Senate Banking
Committee that he has reached this
conclusion as the result Of his ex-
periences as Rubber Administrator,
although a little more than two
months ago he opposed such pro-
posal.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-15
SECOND WAR
LOAN DRIVE
REACHES UP

WASHINGTON, April l5.--Secre-
tary of Treasury Henry Morgen-
thau reports that already there
has been raised more than one
third of the thirteen Billion dol
lars sought in the second war loan
campaign which opened last Mon
day.
Morgenthau told the newsmen at
a conference this afternoon that
subscriptions up to last night both
from banking and non-banking
sources totaled Five Billion, Two
Hundred and Fifty Three Million
dollars,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-15
Deferment Move
Is Now Proposed

WASHINGTON, April Is. = The
House Military Committee has re-
commended to Selective Service Di-
rector Lewis B. Hershey to issue di-
receives to all draft boards to re-
view their files with view OF
eliminating all deferments Of gov
eminent employees not thoroughly
justified in supporting evidence
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-15
HARRY DAVIDSON RETURNS

Harry Davidson, oldtimer, night
Waterman for years at the Alaska
Juneau, has returned here after
visit of several weeks at Hayward,
Calf. and other coast sections. He
says it is warm in Juneau to what
it is in California where he visited.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-15
SWEDISH COAST
BEING 5pIED ON
Two German Bombers
Near KarIskrona
Driven Off

STOCKHOLM April l5 = Swe-
dish Fighter planes and antiair-
craft drove of two German bomber
planes flying in the vicinity of
on the south coast.
This is the second such incident
from the area OF the ma
val base in recent weeks.
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. . . . . .
DIMOUT TINES

} Dimout begins tonight .
. at sunset at 500 O'Clock. .
, Dimout ends tomorrow
. at sunrise at 5:45 am. .
; Dimout begins Friday at .
} sunset at 8.l2 pm.
. =
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-15
BIG FORCE OF
Men PLANNED
FOR OVERSEAS
Quarfermaster General Of
Army Announces Pro-
posed Food Delivery

WASHINGTON, April Is. = Ma
jor General E. B. Gregory, Quarter
master General, told the Senate
War Investigating Committee, the
Army plans call for delivery of food
this year "for an average of 2,000,-
900 men overseas and 100000 men
in this country"
In ancient Egypt, slaves and the
poorer people usually had no shoes.
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Evening star., 1943-07-27
War Department Commends
Wake Island Hero's Mother

The sacrifice and courage shown
by Mrs. John R. DevereuX, l West
Bradley lane, Chevy Chase, Nd,
mother of 1t. Col James P. S. Dev-
ereux, heroic commander of marines
on Wake Island, has been COM
mended in letter from the War
Department, it was announced to-
day. Mrs. Devereux has three other
sons in the service.
Col Devereux now is in q Jap
prison camp near Shanghai. The
other sons are Capt. John R. Dev-
ereuX. stationed at Montgomery,
Ala; Capt ]. Ashton Devereux, sta
toned at Newark Airport, Newark,
N. j., and Flight Officer Tristram
Devereux of the Royal Canadian Air
Force.
The letter, signed by Acting Sec
retary of War Robert P. Patterson,
reads:
Dear Mrs. Devereux:
Il have the honor to extend to you
the commentator of the War De-
partment as we'll as my persona.
congratulations, on the fact that you
have serving in our Nations and
Canadas armed forces four sons as
follows:
James P. S. Devereux, John r.
Evening star., 1943-07-27
Bio Seasonal Decline
In Milk Production
Seen in U. 5. Survey
By the Associated Press.


The Agriculture Department esti-
mates total milk production of
$4,000, 100000 pounds this year, or
250,000,000 less than 1912.
Several factors point to greater
than-usual seasonal decline this fall
and winter" said a review prepared
by the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics and disclosed yesterday
rAs demand has been strong
enough to maintain prices at the
constant ceiling levels during the
spring and summer months, the
lack of the usual seasonal decline
in milk and butterfat prices has
tended to stimulate production.
In contrast, the lack of the usual
seasonal increase in prices in the
fan and winter months will tend
to discourage production. Increased
production during the spring and
summer resulting from this price
policy probably will offset the de-
creased production in the fall and
winter, but the seasonal pattern of
production will be affected"
Other factors entering into the
s situation, the bureau said, are the
possibility of a feed shortage in the
Eastern and Southern feed deficit
areas and reduced supply of high
protein feeds.
Evening star., 1943-07-27
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, July ~ LP, (WFA.-salable
hogs. 17,000l. total. $4,000; fairly active.
weights under $50 pounds, 1915 higher;
heavier weights and sows strong to 10
hishsr;; good and choice 1s0-27O pounds,
14.0O-25; few good and choice 14O-16O
pounds, 13.OO-14.0O: good and choice
350-550-pound sows, 12 .9O-13.35; few
choice sows, under $50 pounds, up to
1880.
salable cattle. $500; salable calves,
500: fat steers and yearlings steady;
opened fairly active closed SLOW; with
medium grades under pressure; mostly
14.50-1625 fed steer trade: early top,
1870: some held higher; best yearlings,
16 90: stock cattle without reliable outlet.
although supply. strong: bulk turning at
lsoo.l4; LOO 80; heifers mostly steady; strictly
cows strong, bulls strong to 25 higher:
down; good beef cows, 1875; heavy saus-
age bulls reached 1880: most good and
choice vealers brought 10000.
Salable sheep. 1,5OO; total, $500: late
Monday. fat lambs slow, 25-35 spots so
lower low than Friday: medium 70 choice ma
for short deck choice SO-pound weights;
packer top, 1900; yearlings scarce: sheep
steady; good and choice shorn native ewes,
!.75,s.OO: small lots good 91-pound white
faced .yearling ewes, 1880: part deck
choice black faced yearling ewes, 1928 per
head. Today's trade, early sales native
orins nsose sSs sess to = ssnts
higher: culls to medium native throughouts
eligible around 9.OO-12 90; nothing done
on yearline sheep about steady: shorn ma
tive slaughter ewes, 7.00-S.0O.
Evening star., 1943-07-27
Births Reported

Emil and Vivian Andusko. girl
Lewis. and Mary Bond. girl.
Joseph and Blanche Cheseldine, boy,
Charles AND Mary Cousins, girl.
Jesse and Sylvia Folette, girl.
Wliliam and Alease Gray, boy.
Norman and Eleanor Kerbel, ejrl,
James and Aileen Kessineer, boy.
James and Grace LOTUS, eirl.
Lewis and Mary McInnis, boy.
Meyer and Anne Rather, sirl,
Joseph and Freda Fentwis. boy,
BENJAMIN and Amelia Swami, boy.
Louis and Dora Wiener, boy.
Eopert and Elizabeth Barker. boy.
haroId haroId and Edith Britton. girl;
Oak and Helen De Berg. boy.
Beauford and Irene Gabriel, girl.
Robert and Carol Hammons, girl.
Georse and Ruth Keneipp, girl.
James and Dora Kerr, boy
Donald and Elizabeth Lathram, Eirl,
John and Germaine Mason, girl
Riohard and Lois Nachazel, boy.
raui and Sara schulman, girl.
CARLYLE and Theresa Warner, boy.
Ralph and Pauline Zimmerman, boy.
Nose and Sally Brooks, girl.
lnomaS and Mary Brown, girl.
Leonard and Bernice Hatton, girl.
William and Susie Knox, boy.
Thomas and jamie Long, boy.
yIehherson Iehe sI. and nc n Marion M Payne; girl.
Beamon and Evelyn Brown, girl.
John and Mildred Green. girl.
Earl and Ruth King, boy.
Brantley and Lucille Linder, pcy.
Henry and Mamie Mahoney, cir.
Francis and Virginia Thomp son, boy.
Moses and Cora Wright, girl.
Evening star., 1943-07-27

Devereux, j. Ashton Devereux and
Tristram Devereux.
These young men, your sons,
exemplify that high type of man
hood which will make the cause of
freedom prevail. You may feel Just
as proud of these, your sons, as they
must be of you for your sacrifice and
courage.
Very sincerely yours,
ROBERT P. PATTERSON,
Acting Secretary of War"
Mrs. Devereux has grown up with
the Army. Her father, Joseph F..
Sinnott, served in the Civil War.
She stayed in Cuba with her hus-
band when he served there with the
American Army of Occupation. Mrs.
Devereux's two older sons, John and
James, were born there.
There are II stars on her service
flag. Four are for her sons and the
others represent three grandsons.
three sons -in-law and one grand
Son-in-laW.
Six OF the men are in the Marine
Corps and seventh, Joseph S.
Devereux, jr., a grandson, expects
to be transferred to the marines as
soon as mis- training as an air cadet
in the Navy is completed.
Evening star., 1943-07-27
Butter
Continued From First Page.)

necessary in the latter part Of the
ueust-September ALLEGATION
quarter.
Production of butter already las
started tapering off from the spring
and early summer peak and will
reach a seasonal low point in late
fall and winter. To offset this Crop
the amount of creamery butter set
aside for Government purchase was
reduced from so per cent in July to
40 per cent in August.
Most of the other fats and oils
have not been moving from process
sors as rapidly as expected, so the
point value of those products was
lowered.
In meats, the point values of
plates, Jowls and fatbacks, pork cuts
used in making lard were reduced
l point to match the point cut in
lard.
Fresh and cured pigs feet and
pork backbones may be purchased
polnt-tree, beginning August /. Ra-
tlon values of those cuts were re-
duced from l point a pound to
zero. OPA said there is an unusual
ly large supply of the pork cuts on
hand which Government agencies
do not purchase. Canned pigs feet,
bone In, was reduced to one point
pound, while the value of homeless
canned pigs feet will remain at 3
points.
The only other changes were made
In canned meats with meat spreads
reduced from to points a pound.
OPA declared that, while the sup
ply OF beef is expected to increase.
it IS necessary to keep beef and pork
point values in the current relation
ship because of continued consumer
preference for beef.
Evening star., 1943-07-27
Russia
Continued From First Page }

troops, supported by strong for
nations Of aircraft, repulsed sew
eral enemy attempts to break
through, south, east and north of
Orel after "fuctuating fighting.')
German losses were reported run
ming high as the Nazis counter
attacked desperately to hold Orel
and to relieve the pressure already
being felt at Bryansk, an important
rail base to the west. The Soviet
midnight communique said that
5000 Germans were killed in the
days fighting.
The war bulletin disclosed that
Russian troops had crossed the Okla
River north of Orel and were cut
ting In behind the city to threaten
The Orel-Bryansk Railway, only
avenue of escape for the Germans.
One Soviet column of the northern
spearhead has reached Berestna, As
miles to the northwest, the Russians
said.
The southern flank of the Rus
sian army is following the line of
the kursk Railway and has taken
several towns in an advance rea CHI
ing to Yeropkina, only II miles from
Orel, the bulletin added.
The communique told of furious
fighting, especially in the Glazun-
oyskaya area where the Nazis we're
said to have counterattacked five
times before they yielded, leaving
600 dead on the field. In another
sector Russian armored units were
forced to come to the aid of infan-
trymen who were attempting to
capture a German-held village, the
communique said.
Capture Supplies.
Elsewhere on the Russian front the
Red Army conducted scouting and
reconnaissance activities. In the
Belgorod area fighting "of local i'm
portance" resulted in the Red Army
improving its positions, the bulletin
said. Similar operations also took
place in the Donets Basin area south
of Izyum and southwest of Voro-
shilovgrad
In the latter area, the Russians
eoio, tlley SdpIuIeu d idISe QudHllIy
of arms and ammunition and other
war material
South of Izyum four Russian
planes we're reported to have broken
up a fighter escorted formation of
25 German bombers, knocking down
four of the raiders and causing the
rest to jettison their bombs and flee.
Other Russian aircraft operating
over the Barents Sea above the
Arctic Circle attacked a German
convoy consisting of five transports
and several trawlers and patrol
ships. A direct hit was reported
scored on 12,000-ton ship
Evening star., 1943-07-27
S2.32 a Share Earned
By Du Pont in Half
BY the Associated Press

WILMINGTON, Del, July 27.-E.
I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. and
wholly owned subsidiaries reported
today consolidated net income of
s29, ,555.500 for six months ended
June 30, compared with s25,953, ,444
for the corresponding period in 1912.
Dividends on preferred stock to-
tailed s3,799,913, leaving a balance
of s25,755, ,587 applicable to common
stock, or $2.32 share on II ,109 .292
shares outstanding The amount
earned per share in the first half of
1912 was s199.
Net income during the three
months ended June 80 totaled sl4.-
8l6.166, or S1.16 on 11.1O8,495 COM
mon shares, compared with sl1.643.-
2S7. or S0.87 on l1,lOS.712 shares, in
the second quarter of 1912.
Evening star., 1943-07-27
owl
Continued From First Page.)

wave output Of yesterday would
show that such is not the case.
Owl pointed out in its broadcast,
the official continued, that Marshal
Pietro Badoglio, Immediately on as
suming control by direction of the
King. announced that Italy would
continue the fight. thus renewing
the country's ties with Germany,
References were made to both Ba-
doslio and the King as "Fascists."
An Italian language broadcast by
Owl carried unofficial comments OF
a John Durfee," which owl said
was the pen name of one of its COM
mentators. According to "Durfee. {"
it was announced, the United States
would continue the war irrespective
of whether Mussolini, Badoglio or
the Fascist King himself" rules
Italy.
Fhe broadcast said Badoglio had
maintained effective membership"
in the Fastest party, and that on
October 2S, 1899. he had assured
Mussolini that he believed Italy
would become greater under your
hfallible leadership"