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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-16


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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-16
NOT BINDING ON ALLIES

Qualified observers, meanwhile.
believed that Rome would con-
tlnue 10 he regarded as a military
target until the United Nations
satisfy themselves, through neu-
trail inspection, that tho city no
longer IS being used for military
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
ESQ ENEMY
PLANES HIT
IN BIG RAID
Three Airdromes Bombed
Terrific Attack Made on
Nippon Naval Base

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, March "a - Allied
bombers plastered the Jap air base
at Rabaul. New Britain, in two
hour raid yesterday, aiming 81 tons
of bombs upon the three airdromes
there and the $50 enemy planes
clustered on them. striking a heavy
blow at the Nipponese air power.
The Allied command announced
that one of the heaviest raids of
the war was launched on the Jap
South Pacific base after reconnais-
sance disclosed the largest concen-
tration Of Jap aircraft ever observ-
ed in this sector
The Allied bombers showered the
airdromes with incendiary, frag-
mentation and 2,000-pound bombs,
destroying or damaging "substan-
tial proportion" of the grounded
planes
Rabaul is Jap naval base as
well as an air base. 1t lies some
500 miles northeast Of Port Mores-
by, New Guinea.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
S0VIET5 ARE DAY, NIGHT.
HOLDING NAzI|RAIDS OVER.
FORCES BACK ENG. CHANNEL
Allies Hit Nazi- Occupied
France-6ermans Crash
Back on England

LONDON, March "a. Trading
punches with the Germans across
the English Channel, Allied airmen
struck again this morning at enemy
targets in northern France as Nazi
warplanes resumed hit and run
raids on the coastal sections of
England.
Heavy explosions west of Bou-
logne rocked houses across the
channel at Folkestone. The explo-
sions were caused by the bombs
dropped by formations of Allied
planes that streaked across the
channel at the burst of daylight.
This activity followed up night
attacks of the German raiders along
the English coast. German raiders
early today hit a southeast inland
town and blasted a boarding school
but the alert had sounded and the
800 children were aroused and had
gone to shelters before the first
bombs dropped.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
vIERECk
INDICTED
6(0UNT5
Another Net Is Thrown
Around Nazi Agent for
German Foreign Office

WASHINGTON. March "a. -
George Sylvester Viereck, German
propagandist since the first World
War, has been indicted on six
counts charging violation of the
Foreign Agent Registration Act
with the specification he failed to
disclose he was acting as a Nazi
agent for the German Foreign Of
flee in this country.
Recently, Viereck was freed from
the District of Columbia Jail after
serving one year fro previous con-
viction of violating the Foreign
Agent Act. when the Supreme Court
ordered a retrial on the ground
there was an error in the Judges
instruction to the jury.
1t is indicated the step taken by
the Department in securing new
indictments is to eliminate any pos
sible weaknesses that might be en-
countered in a. retrial on the old
charges.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
u. :. filters
DOWN ENEMY
Al, RECORD
American Operations Over
Europe Now Number
51-Reporf Made

AT THE U. S. EIGHTH AIR
FORCE HEADQUARTERS SOME
WHERE IN ENGLAND. March "a.
u. S. heavy bombers knocked
down So German fighters positively
IN last weeks raid on vegesack
near Bremen, plus 20 probably
downed and % damaged, it was
disclosed today by Maj. Gen. Ira
Eaker
The total of positive victims is
equal to the highest previously
scored, which was a raid over
France October T. Eaker disclosed
that the German fighter victims in
Mondays raid over Wilhelmshaven
totaled % positively downed, and
nine probably damaged. This brings
to a total of 81 the American OPP
erations over Europe to date. with
a record of 356 victims against the
loss of 80 American bombers.
The Vegesack raid, Air Force
Commander said, marked the end
Of the experimental period for
high altitude daylight precision
bombing, which is now definitely
established as being practical and
without uneconomical losses.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
BRITISH SAY
JAp5BALkED
FROM INDIA

CALCUTTA, India. March "a
British troops have failed in four
attempts to crush the Jap defenses
at the tip Of the Mayu Peninsula
and are holding their own positions
between the Ahakan and Mayu fiv-
ers in Burma, but qualified observ-
ers say the British have accomplish
ed the following three detectives.
They have killed some Japs,
gained valuable experience in jungle
warfare, and frustrated any plans
the Japs may have had for in
yading India before the monsoon
period
Now the British must readjust
their forces positions which can be
supplied during the monsoon period
when upwards OF 300 inches of rain
flood the hundreds of square miles
N Burma. Only few weeks re-
main before the monsoon breaks.
The campaign down the Mayu
Peninsula, with Donbaik as one OF
the chief detectives, marked peak
when the British intensified opera
tons in the Arakan area in Burma
where they had greater fire power
than the Japs.
On one front, the Japs had ex-
tended their positions eastward
without Jap opposition, but were
unable to capitalize on their gains.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
Buster Bombs Landed
On Japs al Kiska in
Raid; New Runway Hill
BY EUGENE BURNS
Associated Press War
Correspondent

FROM AN ADVANCED ALAS
KA BASE, March 15-l Delayed -
United states Army airmen
dropped Jap Busters for the first
time today in the heaviest aerial
smash of the war against Kiska.
Big one-ton bombs made tn G T
Aleutian debut III a death cargo of
~ tons which rained on the Japs'
island base in day-long operations.
The Eleventh Air Force Head
quarters reported the exact figure
Of 94.540 pounds, as light-heavy
bombers shared honors with the
bomb-carrying fighter planes.
The heaviest previous bomb to-
tai reported in single days oper-
atoms was 80 tons. Today's. pun
ishing raid kept the Japs ducking
under cover internationally for nine
hours, one minute after the first
attack opened at Gas am.
One Long Day
Six groups of raiders swept over
Kiska through the day, which must
have seemed longer to Tojo's CO.
horts than the coolest, foggiest
Aleutian days.
New Record Set
The six raids set new record
in the course of which the Kiska
Japs got glimpse-if any of them
kept their heads out of the bat
tered shelters long enough of at
least 70 U. S. planes, more than
they had ever had chance to see
in a single Kiska raid before.
The u S. Air Force report list
ed only one fighter pilot missing,
while a second lieutenant met death
in a forced landing in the water.
Only three Zero fighting planes
were seen in the air all day and
they weren't looking for a fight
They jumped the weather obser-
Walton patrol plane first sent out,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
GOVERNORS
CRITICAL OF
SCHOOL. TAX
Allows Measure 10 Become
Law Without His
Signature

Vigorously -criticizing Rep. Andy
Gundersen's new school tax bill as
striking example of defective
craftsmanship" a masterpiece Of
confusion" Gov. Ernest Gruening
this afternoon informed the Legis-
lature that he has allowed the bill
to become a law without his sigma
ture.
Said the chief executive, There
would be ample justification for
vetoing HB. Ia, but since it is a
revenue measure and one sane
toned by long years in the Terri
tory, which moreover broadens the
hitherto restricted base upon which
the tax has been applied, it will,
with all its grave defects, become
law without my signature"
The Governor said that the title
Of the bill calls it a school tax, but
nowhere in the body of the bill
does it say that the funds shall be
deposited with the Treasurer in
the school fund
Therefore, he continued, it is in
correct to call it school tax.
Rather, he said, it is head tax"
Gov. Gruening said the bill would
lead to great confusion and much
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
II. COM. H. MUNTER
RETURNING FROM
BRIEF TRIP. SOUTH

Lieut.. Commander Herbert Mum
ter is in Juneau today on his way
back to his station from the south
where he has been on brief leave.
Commander Munter went south
following the death of his son, Lieu
tenant ]. g. Herbert Munter, Jr.,
in an airplane accident on March
6 when the plane in which he was
being checked out crashed in Pu-
get Sound near WILDLY Island.
Commander Munter and his son,
both filters, received their commits
sion for active duty in the Navy
on the same day, over year ago.
Lieutenant Munter had been on
duty in the Aleutians for some
time and was in the south for adj
ditional training at the time of his
death. He had been married just
three weeks when the crash &C.
Cured.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24

The House yesterday afternoon
passed the teachers pay raise bill
by a 1910 vote. and the measure
now goes TO the Governor for con-
sideration.
The bill provides for 25 percent
increase as follows: First Division,
from an 81 300 minimum to $2,250
a year; Third Division, 81 $50 to
f2.475; Second and Fourth Divi-
sions, $1,000 to $2,625.
The bill originated in the SEN
ate where Senator Edward d. Cof-
fey was the author.
Also passed by the House was
Coffey's memorial urging Congress
TO take favorable action on pend
ing bill TO bring defense workers in
Alaska back under the Alaska I'm
employment Compensation Law.
The Senate yesterday afternoon
killed Rep. Harvey ]. Smiths bill
TO allow any non-profit benefit so
ciety to admit to beneficial mem
bership insurance. any person be-
tween the ages OF 10 and IS with
out a physical examination.
A move by the Senate to re-
consider its vote on the liquor tax
bill was futile when the House
voted 8-8 to refuse to send the bill
back to the Senate which killed
it by A vote earlier. Senator
Senator Ed Coffey asked for the
reconsideration.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
SIR EDWARD
BEATTY HAS
PASSED AWAY
President Of Canadian Pa
eifit for Many Years
Dies in Montreal

MONTREAL, March 24.-Sir Ed
ward w. Beatty, President of the
Canadian Pacific Railway from
1918 to 1912, is dead here.
Edward Wentworth Beatty, first
Canadian born president of the
Canadian Pacific Railway and
when selected for the post in 1913
one of the youngest railroad execu-
tives in dominion history, guided
the trans continental system
through the world depression OF
the late '20's and early sos, after
having built up its steamship lines,
hotels and other travel auxiliaries
in the more prosperous years i'm
mediately following the world war
A lawyer by profession, he
worked up through the legal de-
partment of the road in the face
of a tradition that the head OF
the system should be a practical
operating officer. But it was point
ed out that by 1918 the construc-
ton problems of the system had
virtually all been overcome and a
phase of administrative conserva-
ton had been entered for which
Beatty's experience was especially
valuable.
Goes Up Fast
Beatty started with the railroad
July /, 1901, few weeks after fin
ishing his studies In 1905 he was
made assistant solicitor, in 1910
general solicitor, in 1914 vice presi-
dent and chief counsel and in 1913
president. In 1924 he was elected
chairman of the board while still
retaining his executive duties.
He was born in Thorold, Ont,
October 16, 1877, the son of Henry
Beatty, who came from Ireland
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
Germans Unable 10 Make
Gain on Doneis Front
Reds Near SmoIensk
lRy Associated Press

The Red Army clings tenaciously
to its position on the northern Don
cts River, beating back every effort
of the Germans to establish them
selves on the eastern bank.
On the Central Front Soviet
troops have plunged toward Smo-
lensk, capturing more settlements
in their advance.
The Germans crossed the Donets
east OF Belgorod during the night,
but the Soviet morning communique
reports that they have been driven
back There are no indications Of
much mass crossing being repeated
Turing the past few hours, although
there have been more attempts.
A German communique told of
the battle in the Leningrad area
and said: The defensive battle
south of Lake Lagoda is continuing
with undated violence. The Soviet
onslaught is supported by numer-
Gus battle planes which strong ar
tillery fire has repulsed. Embittered
fighting at close quarters has re-
suited in high casualties inflicted on
the enemy"
The Soviet noon communique
stated that the Red Army of the
Western Front-When being de-
scribed as the Central Front before
the concerted drive on Smolensk
developed-has continued its often
sive by capturing several villages
and wiping out of force of Ger
man rapid fire riflemen who were
surrounded in the forest north of
Dukhovschino.
The Russian Army's arrival in
the area about Dukhowchino mark
ed one of the most significant
marches to date in this area. The
dispatches carefully stated that
the fighting was actually in the
sector north of this Smolensk Pro-
vince town, which puts the Rus
sian force in an area about two
score miles from the German base
of Smolensk.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
CHANGES IN
RATI0NING
ANNOUNCED

WASHINGTON, March "a. = A
disclosure of coupon values for
meat today in the States showed
Americans that starting Monday
they will be allowed to buy max
imum of two pounds of popular
type steak or 3l5 pounds of ham
burger per person.
Under rationing most people will
buy less because they Will
want the use of some Of the same
coupons for butter, lard, cheese
and canned fish, and they have
only 16 points to spend per week,
with the average coupon cost of
eight points pound.
Typical Budget
A whole group of foods on the
typical budget will probably con-
sist per person of two pounds OF
meat, plus a quarter of pound
of butter and a quarter of pound
of cheese, while an entire pound
of butter alone would take eight
points.
The government announcement
said that the new rationing was
necessary in order to divide up the
curtailed civilian supply because
of the heavy diversion of these
foods to the armed forces and to
lend lease. Some packers and stock
men blamed the shortage to govern
ment interference with normal pro-
ducing and marketing procedures
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
MRS. Waller 6. HELLAN
AND FATHER, IL. RYAN,
RETURN FROM SOUTH

Mrs. Walter CT. Hellan and her
father, Thomas j. Ryan returned
today from six week trip to the
States Mr. Ryan visited friends in
Seattle, Spokane, Portland and Ia
coma, while Mrs. Hellan spent her
time between Seattle and Tacoma.
In Tacoma, Mrs. Hellan visited
her son, Tom, who expects to enter
the armed forces within short
time. Thomas Hellan, who was
graduated last June from st. Mar
tins College, has been in the ac-
attle-Tacoma shipyards at Ia
coma, since his graduation.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
U. 5. AIRMEN
ATTACK JAP
BURMA LINE

NEW DELHI, India, March "a
The American Air Force has again
slashed out at the long Kokteik
viaduct on the railway between
Mandalay and Lashio in Burma,
the Myitnge bridge in North Ran
COON and the Thl railroad juno
ton in attempts to cripple t h e
Japs' supply lines.
Hits were reported on the My
inge bridge and it's approaches
which have already prevented any
railway movements over the struc-
ture for several weeks.
Damage also has been reported
en- the Gokteik yiaduct.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
American Tank Forces Advancing To Sea
Superiority Of U. ).
Planes Revealed in
Stories OF US. Filters
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, March "a. If
GU have been gasping over the
number of Army and Navy airplane
accidents and wondering if a lot
Of them aren't the result of sab
1tage. you can stop right now.
Congressional concern over these
accidents resulted in some inves-
igating and Robert A. Lovett. as
iistant secretary of war in charge
Of the air force, has spread on
the record a pretty thorough anal
ysis of the situation.
So far as the Air Transport Com
mand is concerned tthey deliver
planes and manpower to the 10
theaters of war all over the globe) :.
In IL months, the ATC established
a record of losing only one plane
out of 1893 delivered; but in the
last six months, only one plane has
been lost out of each 500 delivered
AS for the Army itself: In the
first eight months of last year (the
latest period for which figures have
been totalled) the army few TAB
per cent more hours and 93.5 more
miles than in the whole ten-year
period from 1930-4O The rate OF
accidents per thousand hours flown
was lower than in the previous ten
years.
Warplanes of today are faster,
heavier and some carry numbers
of persons that only few years
ago would have been thought fan
tastic When big plane goes
down now, it is likely to carry with
it Is or 20 men, Yet actual deaths
per flying hours have increased
only five -hundredth over the
l930-40 period.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
DIR. STANLEY JORGENSEN
ARRIVES FROM SOUTH

DR.. Stanley Jorgensen arrived in
Juneau from the south this morn
ing. He has practiced dentistry in
Fairbanks and other communities
of Alaska as well as in Seattle.
Dr. Jorgepsen was reared in Ju-
neau and attended the public
schools here before leaving for the
south to attend dental college.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
EXPLOSION
AT DEPOT
KILLS TEN

RAVENNA, Ohio, March 24-An
explosion today spread death among
the loading crew of the govern
ment's 100000 portage ordinance
depot, killing possibly as many as
ten workers.
Two bodies have been recovered
Cause of the explosion is not
learned as yet. The blast was felt
as far as Youngstown, 80 miles
distant.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
GuadaItanaI
AirfieId Is
Under Attack

WASHINGTON, March 24-Jap
planes caused some material DAM
age" to the American airfield in
an attack on Guadalcanal Tuesday
night, the Navy disclosed this af-
ternoon. However there were no
casualties to the personnel of the
force
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
ALL GERMAN
ATTACKS
FORCED BACK
Situation Regarding Mar
eth Line Battling
Confusing
(By Associated Press

There is confused situation on
the southern front in Tunisia III
the North African campaign where
it is said the Germans have count
er-smashed with Axis armored in
fantry the invaders of the Mareth
Line but on the other side it is
said the British Eighth Army,
which rammed the line yesterday,
has withstood all attacks and still
maintain a foothold.
Prime Minister Winston Church
i'll told the House of Commons this
morning the British have pene-
trated the Mareth line and are
slowly progressing.
The German Military spokesman
quoted in Berlin broadcasts ad-
mitted that Montgomerys. Army
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
TEACHERS PAY
RAISE PASSES
HOUSE TUESDAY

The House conceded today to
the Senate's request TO return
the liquor tax bill to the Senate
for reconsideration, and the
Senate passed the bill with a
6-2 vote, adding an amendment
which makes the increase on
the liquor excise taxes 100 per-
cent IN all cases except whis-
key, for which the increase will
be so percent.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24

WASHINGTON, March 24-The
Navy announces U. S. Army fight
ers strafed the enemy seaplane base
at Rekata Bay on Santaisable Is
land yesterday. All planes returned
safely. Rekata Bay is 1875 nautical
miles from Guadalcanal.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
The W ashington
Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
Major Robert s. Allen on active duty)

WASHINGTON. = In September
1899, just a week after war broke
in Europe. the Washington Merry
Go-Round went to the War De-
partment to check on a ''rumor'
that the Army had plans for draft
ing American youth for military
service. We were referred to red
headed major, who said, with an
apologize air:
Yes, we have a plan, but we
don't call it draft; we call it Sc
lective service It's nothing new.
It's Just carry-over from the last
war. Besides" he added, "if l have
my way, we will never use this
glass bowl and these pellets. I am
a Hoosier and an isolationist, and
I believe we should stay out OF
other peoples troubles"
The red-headed major is now a
major general, who presides over
the destinies of millions of Ameri-
can men. The name is Lewis B.
Hershey.
But if we do have to get into
it," Hershey added, leaving the
thought incomplete.
Hershey mentioned the figure of
100000 men as the strength of
the u. s. Army. This is the figure
the President is insisting on today
The record now reveals that it has
been basic figure in War De-
partment planning for years.
Hershey said at that time, more
than three years ago, that the first
draft would take men between 81
and 80, which. after deferments,
would provide an army OF about
100000 men. This should be
enough to make a powerful army, =
he said, but if it isn't, other age
groups will be called, until total
Of 100000 men are in uniform
The War Department is still
sticking to these plans made sew
eral years in advance.
NOTE: The figure 10000 900 men
for the total armed forces is made
up by Navy and Marine Corps per-
sonnet in addition to the Army.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
MIR. AND MRS. J. E. BOYLE
RETURN FROM SOUTH

James E. Boyle, Union OIL rep
resentative, and Mrs. Boyle, re-
turned today from a trip of sew
eral weeks to the States.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24

WASHINGTON, March 24--Pre-
sident Phil Murray of the CLIO,
and President William Green of the
AFL have half agreed to reopen
negotiations in behalf of jurisdic-
tional labor disputes and raids Oh
union membership
The half agreement was arrived
at a 4-hour closed session with the
Special War Investigating COM
n1ittee during which Green pro-
posed signing pact outlawing jur-
isdictional disputes for the duration.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-03-24
Continued on Page Two

Since 1906 the British infant NOR
tality rate has fallen from 154 to
So per thousand.