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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-31
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
NUISANCE AIR RAIDS
 MAY COME
Secretary of Navy Knox, However, Discounts
 Any Possibility

WASHINGTON, April 27.-Secre tary of Navy Frank Knox today said there is always chance" of enemy nuisance air raids either on the west or east coasts of the Unit ed States. but he considers the pos- sibility of such raids as remote.
 Secretary Knox was asked at to- days conference with the news men whether the Japs might em- ploy the air base at Kiska, in the Aleutians, from which to attack the west coast by air and he re- piled there is always danger. but I think it is very remote possi- bility, rather than a danger"
 The Navy Secretary said he con- sidered 1t remote he explained. be- cause of the improved American defenses and the fact we are en- gazing the enemy elsewhere and the Japs are already spread pretty thin"
 BUY WAR BONDS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
1000 TONS OF EXPLOSIVES ARE DROPPED
Seventeen Allied Bombers Fail 10 Return
 After Foray

LONDON, April 27. - Britain's biggest bombers blasted the great German inland port of Duisberg last night in "one of the heaviest raids" ever carried out against the Reich, a British announcement declared. ~& &
 Seventeen bombers are reported missing. The communique indicat- ed that at least thousand tons of bombs were dropped on the city, the weight of explosives probably approaching that of the first l,000- bomber raid on Cologne May 30 Of last year when 1,500 tons of bombs were dropped.
 The night raid followed swift blows by Mosquito bombers late yesterday on railway centers north west of Germany in the Rhineland near the Loire River.
 It was the 59th raid on Duisberg.
 The Germans said Is planes were shot down.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
Congress Providing War Work for Those Who Are
 Physically Handicapped
By JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, April 27.-Con- gress has spread on the statutes provisions for taking care of the physically handicapped who will emerge from this war.
 Private industry, in some sections, has been doing an excellent job of tapping this potential manpower lode. Some war plants are being manned almost entirely by the lame, halt and blind" According to the American Federation of the Physically Handicapped, Inc, with headquarters here, approximately 92,c00 physically handicapped per sons have been placed by the War Manpower Commission since it opened for business. That sounds swell, but wait.
 Paul A. Strachan, president of the federation, and himself deaf, says there are 23,000,0 900 physically handicapped persons in this coun- try and that large portion of them are employable. If that is true, the 92.000 figure becomes pretty insignificant and it looks as
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
kiska Japs Will Be Hard 10 0ust from
 Base, Wrifer Says

ported: T had the Zeros in my sights as I saw my tracers go into three Of them"
 He was shooting with cannon machine guns.
 One Plane Lost
 Lieut.. Royal Mccarthy, 27, of Eureka, Calf, saw his left wing mans plane slip, slow up, then crash into the cold Bering Sea waters. The fighters circled for Is minutes, watching the tell-tale oil slick growing. Their flying mate apparently rode the plane to the oceans floor.
 It was the only American plane lost. The Army will announce the flier's name later.
 Japanese anti-aircraft fire was heavy today The enemy used white bursts with black The white bursts might have been spotter fire. Pre- viously the Japs used green ana
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
5 ' K TX E IS
 THREATENED,
 GOAL MINERS

WASHINGTON, April 27.-Strike reports came this morning from two sectors of the bituminous coal fields as President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers con- tinued to ignore the War Labor Boards efforts to settle the con- tract disputes affecting 45o,000 min CTS.
 Lewis allowed to express, without word from him, the WLB's 9:30 a. m. today deadline at which time he was to submit the nomination of a labor member to the three man fact finding board.
 The Board. it is announced, will now use its own common sense in selecting a board.
 Some $500 miners are reported on a strike in southwestern Kentucky and southwestern Pennsylvania and warning is given that walk outs might spread because of dis satisfaction among the men as to the progress of increased wage ne- gotiations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
MOTORIZED
 UNITS KEEP
 ADVANCING
Big Scale Battle Is Raging Near Tunis, Bizerte-
 Americans Moving

l ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, April 27--Allied armored forces have driven to with in four miles of the Tunis-Pont du Fans road, and destroyed 80 Ger man tanks in big scale battle that has ragged since last Sunday.
 Farther north. the British First Army infantry has cleared II miles of the road from Medjez el Bab to Tunis.
 Frontline dispatchs report for the first time since last November that the Allies are again on the thres- hold of the Tunis Plain.
 The same reports said the French are skirting the Mediterranean and have penetrated within six miles of Lake Achkel that almost ad- joins Lake Bizerte. Apparently this has placed the British and French within 23 miles of the twin cities of Bizerte and Tunis.
 In the sector between Medjez el Bab and the Mediterranean Lieut. Gen. George Patton, Jr.. and his American forces continue to ad~ vance So rapidly that the German rearguards are unable to bury their dead. The Americans have assaulted two strategic knobs. Green. Hill and Bald Hill. two of the most heavily fortified mountains in the northern sector There the Allied thrusts have been accompanied by gains all along the l00-mile front and fighting, according to the offi- cial communique, continues with "unabated ferocity."
 Allied Air Forces have flown more than 1000 sorties in air offen- sives and these are now increasing in intensity"
 The armored spearheads of the British are jabbing southeast of Goubellat and threaten to cut of the big supply base of Pont du Fans.
 Tank battles are raging and they seem to be the key to the great fight raging all along the front.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
Juneau Lumber Mill Ask Women 10 Work
 To Speed War Effort

Faced by.a serious shortage Of labor, the Juneau Lumber Mills, me, let down the bars today and announced that from now on out, women, as well as men, will be sought for jobs in the mill.
 For some time women have popped up in Juneau as taxi driv- CTS, to run elevators, and in other lines of work easily adaptable to the feminine touch, but the idea of women in the lumber industry is new one.
 George Schmidt, Assistant Mama ger of the mill, says that all of the large sawmills Outside have been using women for some time, that women now make up about 25 per cent of the payroll in many mills.
 He said that Juneau Lumber Mills will pay the women the same scale as men, that they will be used i'll the lighter jobs.
 The company now is awaiting word on an application for per mission to pay 7ls cents an hour more than last year. and if this comes through it will make the base pay Sl an hour When the raise is granted. it will be made retroactive.
 Practically the entire output of the mill is being taken by the Government for war purposes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
Heavy Losses
 For Enemy in
 North Africa
Allied Headquarters Re- lease Figures from Jan-
 uary 1 10 April IS

ALLIED. HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, April 27.-H IS announced the Germans lost 66,ooo men killed, wounded or taken pri- soners from January l to April l5.
 In the same period the Germans lost 250 tanks, 5000 motor vehicles, 425 guns and 34 ships were sunk by land based aircraft alone.
 IL is certain, from all reports, 36,000 Germans have been taken prisoners and the others were killed or wounded.
 In air combat, United Nation planes destroyed 9l8 enemy planes and probably destroyed PTS more and damaged another 596
 Land based aircraft also sank II U-boatS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
TWO KILLED ' IN(RASH0F
 PLANE HERE
Absolutely No Details of Accident May Be
 Released

Two persons were killed in a plane crash shortly before noon today in an accident at the Juneau airport
 Censorship regulations prevent the publication of the names of these killed until the next of kin have been notified.
 In spite of the fact that censor ship regulations prohibit publica- tion of the details of such crashes only when they are a result of war causes, local authorities refused this afternoon to release. any in- olmation.
 Late this afternoon, The Empire received wire from the Ketchi- kan Chronicle asking for informa- tion concerning the crash and naming one of the victims.
 It is not known whether or not the next of kin have been notified or how information concerning the accident reached Ketchikan.
 The bodies have been taken to the Charles w Carter Mortuary. v Because newspapers have been asked to print only information from official sources on such mat ters, The Empire regrets that de- tails which have reached tn is newspaper from other sources may not be printed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
INDIAN OFFICE
 LAND OFFICIAL
 NOW IN JUNEAU

T. w. Wheat, Assistant Director of Lands in the Office of Indian Affairs headquarters in Chicago, has been detailed to the Alaska Office and is now in Juneau, Gen. eral Superintendent Claude M Hirst announced today
 Wheat has been assigned here for a year to work out land matters re- garding the Indian office property and also to assist Indians in Alas ka in matters pertaining to their lands.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
 BIC BLASTING,
 U. ]. B0MBER5
Enemy Base Attacked B Times During Easier
 Sunday, Says Navy

WASHINGTON, April 27-Army bombers broke a 4-day lull in raids On Kiska, the Navy reports, blast ing the enemy 13 times on Easter Sunday. Results were not observed because of poor visibility. The Navy communique says that at the same time heavy bombers struck Attu and scored hits on the runway
 A release by Associated Press War Correspondent Eugene Burns, from base in the Andreanofs, dated April Is (delayed says Army fighter planes kept a hurricane death dealing appointment with the Japs at Kiska unloading Is 1I2 tons of bombs between 6:45 a. m. and 6:4o D m.
 There was heavy antiaircraft fire but machine gunners did good work. Three beached enemy air craft afforded excellent targets.
 Four RCAF pilots participated in the raid.
 Two of the Americans planes re- ceived battle damage from anti-air- craft fire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
By EUGENE BURNS Associated Press War
 Correspondent

AN ADVANCE BOMBER BASE IN THE ANDREANOFS, April 13- Delayed planes released 63A tons of demolition and frag- mentation bombs on Kiska's nearly completed Jap fighter plane run way and on North Head gun in stallations and barracks today.
 The Eleventh Bomber Command announced that in tonnage, it was the heaviest jolt dealt the Japs in the Aleutian campaign.
 Eight float-type Japanese Zero fighters which had been in hiding the past two weeks were spotted by eagle-eyed Lieut.. H CT m Il Humphrey, g, of Parker, Idaho, three on the beach and five others in well-concealed revetments.
 Humphrey and two other fighter pilots strafed them. Humphrey re-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert s. Allen on active dutyJ

WASHINGTON-With American planes increasing their bombing tempo over Europe, it is now per- missable to lift the curtain and reveal the true picture of British versus American bombing methods; also to answer the question, "Where is the Luftwaffe?"
 It is generally known that the British send out their bombing missions at night, and the Ameri- cans operate in the daytime. But It is not generally known that the British still think their methods superior, in the face of highly suc- tessful American performance. Also il is not known that as recently as the conference at CaSablanca, Churchill argued with Major Gen. Ira Baker for two hours in an eff fort to convert him to night bomb- ing.
 Churchill used all his persuasive magnetism to press home the point that American bombers require fighter escort for daylight protec- ton, that they need such heavy armor and armament that their tomb load is only third or a fourth of the British, and that bad weather prevents precision bomb- ing large part of the time.
 But Gen. Baker held his ground. He has been fully supported by Gen. H. H. Hap" Arnold. Chief of the Air Forces, with the result that American methods will not be changed.
 Inside fact about this friendly Allied argument is that American methods are rapidly proving super for to British. Key to the whole question is the damage done to the enemy. American planes are not only hitting their targets with re- markable precision, but they are drawing into action so many Nazi fighters, and knocking so many out
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27

SEATTLE, April 27. - Miss Ella Westra. blonde from Ketchikan, Alaska, is on her way to New York for training in the Seaman Waves at Hunter College.
 Miss Westra applied for enlist ment last summer. was notified there was no provision for enlisting Tn Alaska, when she wrote to a Naval officer in the procurement office here She was told she might be eligible if she came here to take an examination but suggested she pass a physical examination at
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27

WASHINGTON, April 27 The Senate has completed congressional legislation providing for suspension of annual assessment work on min ing claims in the United States, in- oluding Alaska.
 The suspension, in event the President signs the bill, will be un- til l2 o'clock noon of the first day
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
ketehikan. Girl EnIists
 nWAvE5 Affer Energetic Efforts;; Now N. Y. Bound

Ketclikan. which she did. She then had to get an Army permit to leave Alaska and finally reached Vancouver, B. c. When she left the steamer she found no rooms available. She slept in a hotel lobby that night.
 Miss Westra arrived last We'd nesday, passed tests, found her ton- sils were affected, had Dr. A. c. Jordan remove them, then she be- came Wave and left Saturday for the east.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
JUNEAU 0DDFELL0WS OBSERvE BIRTHDAY
 WITH BIG DINNER

Commemorating the 124th anni- versary of the founding of Odd Fellowship in America, tonight's Odd Fellows dinner will entertain a guest for each year of the historic organizations existence, since l2o reservations have been made Tor the event, it was reported today
 With subordinate, Rebekah ana encampment branches as invited guests, members of Silver Bow Lodge No. A-2 will stage one or their memorable entertainments this evening. when an informal pro- gram will follow the dinner and dancing will be enjoyed for the re- mainder of the evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
COUPLE WED HERE

Melchor P. Padilla, of Juneau, and Fannie J. Mckinley, of Hoo- nah, were married in Douglas last night by U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray. Witnesses were Mrs. Ruth McMeyers and Ismael Vosotres.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
Blasted Ln British Mass Air Raid
Mine Assessment Work To Be Suspended; Bills
 Up 10 Roosevelt 10 Sign

cf July after cessation of hostilities of the present war,
 The general laws of the United States have been in force more than 70 years and requires $100 worth of labor must be performed ol improvements made upon or for the benefit of each unpatented mining claim during each year
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
PIONEER JACOBSON
 BACK FROM SKAGWAH

T. J. Jacobson. pioneer, is back in Juneau to visit for a short time He has just finished nine month contract as Skagway With the Betchel, Price and Callahan Company
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27

John B. Schetze, new shop in- structor for the Alaska Office of Indian Affairs school at Eklutna, now is in Juneau on his way to the school.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
VIRGIL BAKER HERE

Virgil Baker, with the Sunset Electrical Company of Seattle, is in Juneau and staying at the Bar anof Hctel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-04-27
BUY WAR BONDS
. . . . . . .
 DIMOUT TIMES

Q Dimout begins tonight , Q at sunset at 3:37 o'clock. { . Diniout ends tomorrow { . at sunrise at 5:l4 am. { . Dimout begins Wednesday { . at sunset at S:39 pm. {
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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-18
TURKEY NEAR
OPEN BREAK
With REICH
BY WILLIAM b. KING
ASSOCIATED Press CORRESPONDENT

ANKARA, Nov. 10. - Turkey i.
now moving toward war with the
Axis.
! Turkeys sub-rosa assistance te
the Allied forces, which closely APP
proximates that which the United
States gave to Britain before Pearl
Harbor is rapidly carrying the ma
ton toward a war footing.
Details of the help already being
given naturally cannot be disclosed
but this correspondent is convinced
that what was only a friendly neu-
trality few months ago is rapidly
approaching genuine cooperation
and that this cooperation may grow
into Turkish participation in the
war on an about scale. This is
recognized by the Turkish govern
ment which is making plans for that
eventGality.
Real war may not become Tur-
keys lot for severol months, because
the man in the street still is con-
WINGED Turkey will not enter the
war soon and entrance to the war
won't come until the government
has prepared the Turks for ap-
preaching participation.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-18
.ELk5 initiate
BIG CLASS OF
CANDIDATES

Twenty-one candidates of the ION
to Victory" Glass were initiated into
Juneau Lodge No. APO, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks last
night at the regular session. There
was large attendance of members
to see the antlers were placed on
the baby deers Following the in
itiation and regular business session,
buffet luncheon was served.
The initiates last night were Frank
L. Garnick. Thomas F. Rudolph,
Robert G. Rice, John Pastl, Erick
Sunsten, Howard Solloway, Lloyd
Press. Richard K. Bernstein, Robert
M. Akervick, Ernest M Davis, F.
S. Laughlin, Perry E. Beebe, H. M
Mcclellan, Alex Geiger, Clarence
Rudolph, Richard M. Hoyez, Joseph
E. Turcano, W. M. Triplette, Frank
H. Slime. Howard S. Henrietta and
Maynard E. Peterson
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-18
Mail Christmas Gifts
Now Is Warning Given
By Juneau Postmaster

A last warning is given to mail
Christmas gifts now, this month, to
prevent a pile-up of deliveries dur
ing the rush days of December.
Acting Postmaster Lillian Mill says
early mailing will insure delivery
ahead of the Yuletide and it is adj
vised that packages so mailed can
be marked do not open until
Christmas" Early mailing will re-
lieve the transportation lines of the
usual jam during the last one or
two weeks before Christmas. Late
mailing will test the facilities OF
transportation and there will be
hundreds of gifts that will go UNI
delivered and result in disappoint-
ment both for civilians and for
members of the armed forces who
are still in this country.
Another suggestion is made-send
holiday greetings at the first class
rate of postage Such greetings are
dispatched and delivered first, and If
necessary forwarded without any
additional charge, also if undelivered
they are returned without charge
provided the sender's return card is
shown on the envelope. Greetings
mailed at the third class rate are
not entitled to free forwarding priv
ileges and consequently, the senders
in many cases never know that the
greetings were not received by the
addresses.
Anyway mail now, this month and
you are certain your gifts and greet
ings will be delivered.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-18
JOHN SIEZlVBECK
ABLES FRO M L Q Nd O N

did not come back and the empty hunks,
the blankets thrown aside as they threw
them, and the framed photographs on the
steel lockers.
s'The men have gone up the gangway
again to go into action and they jump from
landing barges to a beach, strewn with the
bodies of their own people, and they claw
their way like animals into hostile coast.
81 have seen the hospitals with the
mauled men, the legless and blind, the
fingerless hands and the burned faces-all
the destruction that steel and fire can do to
a mans body and mind. In Gods name,
what is it for except to get this horrible
thing over with as quickly and as thor
oughly as possible? And if this is true, it
should not be matter of who will lend his
money! but sWho dares not fo?''
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-18

= HAVE SEEN the soldiers come down
from the ships and stand i'm long lines
on the docks, their 'B' bags on their
backs and their rifles slung over their
shoulders
81 have seen the supplies come in by
the hundred shiploads, locomotives and
tanks and trucks--acres of boxed food and
great mounds of hams, shiploads of bombs
stacked in from keel to hatch and all ma
terials that we need at home-steel for
bridges and buildings, food for our own
people, material enough to make all Amer
lea well fed and well housed and we'll
clothed. Uses
IL have seen the men climb into the
Fortress in the early morning and fly away
waving with elaborate nOnchalance and [
have seen the gap in the mess when they
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-18
RAIDS IN
CENTRAL
PACIFIC
Army ators Attack
Jap Positions Marshall
and Gilbert Islands

PEARL HARBOR, Nov. 18.-Con-
tinuing the aerial offensive in the
Central Pacific, Army Liberators
raided Jaluit and Mile atolls in the
Marshall Islands, and Maxim in the
Gilberts on last Monday, Admiral
Chester w. Nimitz announces.
One enemy ship was set afire and
probably three others were hit at
Jaluit.
Many fires were also started at
both Jaluit and Mile atolls.
Hangers, shops and fuel dumps
were also smashed at Juluit.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-18
Story OF
SEA FIGHT
T0LDN0W
Three U.S.. Destroyers Sink
Jap Cruiser, Z Destroy
ers : Others Flee

WASHINGTON. Nov 18.-Fight-
ing against long odds in battle
against nine japanese warships,
three United States destroyers sent
one enemy cruiser and two enemy
destroyers to the bottom and fore
ed the others to flee in disorder
in an engagement off Vella Lavella,
in the Solomons on October 6. the
Navy reported today commenting
on the earlier communique, brief
in its contents.
Today's statement says that
aware and outnumbered in waters
controlled by the enemy, the three
United States destroyers closed in
with the Japs until less than 1000
yards and then binding gun flash
es split the silence and blackness
of the Solomons and the battle was
on.
The destroyers fired torpedoes
just before the gun flashes and
every five inch gun was brought
to bear. The first salvos hit the
cruiser and fire quickly raced
along the topsides."
Capt. Franck Walker of Long
Beach, Calf, commanded the group
which composed. the Selfridge,
Obannon and Chevalier The last
named was lost but the skipper and
most of the personnel was rescued
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-18
FATHERS GO
! TO BOTTOM,
DRAFT LIST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.-By un-
animous voice vote, the House to-
day passed and sent to the Senate
the compromise legislation putting
prewar fathers at the bottom of the
list of draft eligibles.