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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
MANY LARGE pARIlES AT BETA SIGMA PHI
 CABARET DANCE HERE

At the opening celebration Of this years holiday season, more than 60 couples crowded the Gold and Bubble Rooms of the Baranof Hotel last Saturday night, when Beta Sigma Phi Sorority spon- sored it's Thanksgiving dance.
 Tables were placed together for many large parties and the dance floor was thronged throughout the evening.
 The tables were lighted with candles of the sorority colors, black and gold, and the sorority crest was used on the mirrors and the bandstand.
 Among the many large groups attending were those in the party entertained before the dance by Mrs. T. R. Danielson, the tableful who were in the party of MT. and Mrs. J. H. Williams. and group entertained by MT. and Mrs. L. c. Peters.
 Another large party was that of nine men of the Air Corps, en route through Juneau to their Westward base, who were enabled to attend through the assistance of the AWVS, which arranged dates. An other large group found six couples gathered around the corner table of MT. and Mrs. Art Martin and MT. and Mrs. Bill Carter.
 During the intermission, Albert Peterson, playing lively group of Swedish dances on his accordion, was called back for encores. The trio of Juneau High School stu dents, which included Joanne Novel;, vocalist; Joan Wolf, pian- ist, and Doug Greg, guitarist, was enthusiastically received. They pre- sented "The Dreamer" and My Mama Done Tole' Me" with the crowd demanding a return on the latter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
45,oooJAp CASUALTIES,
 LEYTE|5LAND
Nips Still Battle Furiously on 0rmoC Corrisdor De-
 spite Huge losses
By MURLIN SPENCER "A. P. War Correspondent

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD QUARTERS IN THE PHILIP P- PINES, Nov. 20-Gen. Douglas Macarthur has announced that Japanese dead and wounded on Leyte Island have exceeded 45,o0o since A-Day, October 20, compared with American casualties of 5,69l dead, wounded or missing.
 The latest figures were released as new reports told of bloody fight ing around Limon, on the northern end of the Ormoc corridor Ameri- can ground forces broke the vicious Japanese comterattack and held firmly the road block across the Ormoc highway, as tank-led Nip ponese attempted to send rem forcements to remnants of the regiment surrounded at Limon.
 Figures estimated indicate that Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita still has 25,00O first-class troops in the narrow corridor extending south ward from the Limon vicinity to Ormoc, distance of 25 miles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
GERMAN LINES SHOW SIGN OF CRACKING
Jap Fleet Played Info Hands of Americans; Did
 Regular Suicide Stunt

PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR- TIERS, PEARL HARBOR, Nov. 20-- The Skipper of one of the United States elderly battleships planes the Jap defeat in Suriago Straits, when eight enemy vessels came through and eight were sunk, as due to the incredible cooperation of the Jap commanders.
 The Jap Naval chiefs brought their ships exactly where the Am orleans thought they would bring them.
 Capt. John Hefferman, of Wash ington, Indiana, Commander of the Tennessee, was one of the six Am erican vessels which sank the en- emy fleet with the aid of smaller vessels in just Is minutes.
 The Jap force, in effect. trapped itself, Hefferman said in an in terview, and If we had told them just what to do, we could not have improved their disposition. .'
 For days the American fleet had been lying east of the straits sep arating Leyte from Mindanao and Dinagat Islands.
 "The Japs must have known how big our force was," said Heffer- man, "as observation planes were over us constantly Nevertheless, the Japs brought their fleet in from the Sulu Sea. They put two battleships in front as they en- tered the narrow waters of the straits. The Americans were wait- ing. The Tennessee alone fired 13 salvoes from her 14-inch guns and scored 12 hits
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
Sixth War Loan Drive
 Gefs Start

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. = The Sixth War Loan drive began today with the Government asking Ameri- cans to dig down in their pockets for another fourteen billion dollars to keep the attack rolling.
 The President pointedly reminded the Nation last night "the war is not over and many costly battles will yet be fought"
 Navy Secretary James V. Torres tai told a Minneapolis war bond rally among other things the Navy used the money from the bonds to sink 1400 enemy ships and destroy 10000 enemy planes and have driven the Japs out of over eight million square miles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
NAzI LINES
 SAG BEFORE
 ALLIED PUSH
French Troops Reach Rhine River = ThirdArmy
 Crushing Metz

LONDON, Nov 20.--French troops broke through the historic Burgundy Gap at Belfort and reached the Rhine, it was announced today, as five other Allied armies hit sagging German defenses along all the other historic routes in the invasion of Germany. It is week of the great est promise since the Normandy break through.
 French troops and armor un- hinged the entire German southern flank at the Swiss border and surged into the outskirts of the by-passed fortress city of Belfort. The break through was announced by Gen. Jean De Lattre De Tassigny, of the First French Army.
 The Rhine was reached by night fall yesterday, he said. American and French forces seized four of the six main passes through the vosges to the Rhine. They are now battling 37 miles from Strasbourg. 21 from Colmar and 10 from Null house, all important cities on the French side of the Rhine.
 Crushing Metz
 Third Army forces, crushing Metz in grip that seized a third of that blocked-off old Roman fortress city. drew up to the Saar border on a ten-mile front and punched out q five-mile square block of German territory, northwest of the Saar and least of Luxembourg border. This thrust asarg the western fringe of the Saar Valley, just east of the Moselle River, assumed the proportions of drive up the fla nous Moselle gate toward Trier and Coblenz on the Rhine.
 Eight miles northeast on the Col ogne plain, three Allied armies are fighting. Eisenhower's most con- centrated front has bulged approxi- mately five miles northeast of Aachen since the start of their of fensive through the Germans most formidable, determined defense.
 Naxi Line Cracking
 Losing village after village, sthe German stand is at last showing signs of a crackup in spots, as the British Second and the U s. First and Ninth Armies threw armored artillery. infantry and aerial power in punch which might break through to Cologne, 26 miles away, and Dusseldorf, in the Ruhr Valley to the northeast.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
N0RTHlAND IN FROM
 5ITkA ON SATURDAY

The Northland arrived from .Sitka Saturday with the following passengers: Mrs. Julia Widmark Miss Annette Widmark, Gus R. An derson, The Rev. w. A. Thomas J. L. McNamara.
 Harold R. Smith, Ernest E Lincoln, Marcy R idy, Harolc Thomas, Mrs. Annette Penfield.
 Mrs. Ray Hagerup, Ray Hagerup Cecil Cook, Miss Lillian E. Grund- man.
 The Northland took the follow ing passengers to Petersburg: Bill Anderson
 To Ketchikan-Mrs. w. Sanders Gail Sanders, Sandra Levin.
 To Seattle = George Whitley Lloyd Capp, Gail Jahnke, Leslie Anderson, Stella Parker, E. k Smith, R. Notar, Ole Overby, Mrs Minnie Hoffmeister.
 R. Mortenson, Charles Viland Mrs. Viland, Ann Woodring, R. II Whitmore, H. R. Holmsley.
 Benn Bum, s. Whitley, Mrs. s Whitley, c. A. Anderson, D. D. Thigceult, w. w. Heiny, A. A Doecher.
 A. c. Olson, F. R. Gentry, G. R Buchanan, F. A. Fjerstad, c. M Rudolph and K. Voss.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
 SPECIAL
 ELECTION
First Division Vacancy o. CUTS in Senate as
 Walker Dies

A special election for the First Division will probably be called by Acting Governor Lew Williams for the purpose of filling the vacancy in the Territorial Senate caused by the death yesterday of Senator Arthur P. Walker. Since 30 days notice must be given before such an' elec- ton is held it is believed that the announcement will be made soon.
 The law provides that when a vacancy occurs the Governor of Alaska shall call special election to fill the vacancy. If the vacancy occurs less than Al days before the Legislature is to convene, the Gov ernor may rely upon his own judg- ment as to calling the election. In this case, however, the calling for a special election apparently is man. datory. The Legislature will con- vene in 65 days.
 Williams, who acts as Governor when Gov Gruening is outside of the Territory, has the power to call the special election. Williams said this morning that he would contact Gov. Gruening but was of the opin- ion that although the law seemed ambiguous on the subject, apparently the calling of the election is man. datory.
 The law states that official bal lots are not necessary for such an election and that the voters may supply their own ballots.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
TWO ISLAND
 ATTA(kEDBY
 TANK SHIPS
Bombardment Starts Big Fires-Ngeregong Re-
 fured by us. Troops
By CHARLES H. McMURTRY Associated Press War
 CorrespondenD


 U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS AT PEARL HARBOR, Nov. 19.-(Delayed) -Dashing with in 57O miles of Tokyo, American warships bombarded Two Island on November 10, causing several ex- plosions and large fires visible for 35 miles, Admiral Chester w. Nimitz announced.
 The Japanese were apparently so surprised they put only one plane into the air and shore batteries re- piled lightly and effectually. There were no American casualties or dam age sustained.
 Nimitz also announced the recap ture of Ngeregong, an islet in the Palau group eight miles northeast of American held Peleliu, which about 200 Japanese occupied on No yember T. Elements of the 8lst Army Division retook the islet with out opposition.
 There is no explanation of the nine-day delay in the announcement of the Two bombardment. Two has been shelled before in task force raids and bombed repeatedly.
 The Nimitz communique also did not confirm the recent Tokyo radio announcement that United States ships had sunk one Japanese gum boat and another small vessel, ap- parently in separate engagements off the Bonin Islands.
 Two is also part of the extensive Bonins. The presumably brief com munique reported the attack was before dawn"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
NORTH SEA BRINGS
 MANY PASSENGERS

The North Sea arrived in port early Sunday with the following passengers for Juneau:
 From Petersburg-Leonard Tay- Tor. Mrs. Bessie Quinto, Mercedes Quinto, Marcello Quinto, George Quinto, Mrs. Edna Nauska. Ken meth Nauska, Marybell Nauska, Phyllis Nauska, N. A. MacEachron, Dr. J. Rude, Mrs. J. Rude, Marcelo R. Quinto and Barney Kane.
 From Wrangell-C. P. MacCreary Mrs. c. P. MacCreary, Mrs. o. H. Person. M
 From Ketchikan-Mrs.N Nyla Hall, Herschel Tebble, Mrs. c. J. Waters, Murray Waters.
 From Seattle = Virgil Anderson, Paul Raymond, Mrs. Paul Ray mond, Eline Shutta, Mrs. Adelaide Collen, John Benson, Mrs. Mary Ward
 Donna Mae Carver, Mrs. Carrie Carver, Mrs. Myrtle Dunn, Mrs Margaret Dunn, c. LaRose, Mrs c. LaRoSe.
 Mrs. Berna West, Betty West John Ewing, Mrs. John Ewing, Jack Lund.
 Leaving for Sitka were-Lestel Groves, Charles Tuengel, Nick Palayo, Mary Palayo, Rosie Pa layo, The Rev. William Thomas Mrs. w. Wanamaker, Mrs. w Johns, Eunice Wanamaker, Walter Johns.
 R. A. Tudor, Mrs. William Jack Lois Jack, c. Bailey, Tom Santos Charles Kasakan and H. Kitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
LEGISLATIVE TALK
 TUESDAY AFTERNOON

All members of the Juneau Wom- ans Club and all other women of the community are invited to attend a legislative discussion Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company's penthouse. Mrs. c. L. Popejoy will lead the discussion.
 This is the third in series of discussions sponsored by the legis- lative department of the woman's club for the purpose of studying progressive legislative trends.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
MANY S0UTHB0UND ON
 CPR STEAMER SUNDAY

The Princess Norah arrived in Juneau from Skagway early ycs- terday with the following passen- gers:
 c. J. Bailey, R. Bailie, Alexander Brown, M. Dwyer. Hazel Forde, I. E. Hendrickson, Miss I. Hodge. Ella Lee, Elmer Jones, Donald Klopfen- stein, J. Marin, Mrs, J. St. Martin. Samuel Opich, James Reed, Peter Sopoff, Fred Turpin, w. White, R. L. Williams.
 Leaving for Wrangell--J. Walmer
 For Ketchikan-V. D. Stone, Lor- raine Holden, Alex Holden, G. Winther, Marie Christiansen, Mar garet Hawkins. Mary McNallen, Evelyn Carpenter.
 w. E. Hinkle, William T. Ma honey, O. F. Benecke, Raymond w Slough, V. R. Guendman, William R. Benton, w. R. Brown, Alex B. Geigee, w. L. Brown.
 FOi pOito SOuil--Gtilil OOItllSOiif Anna Sorenson, Selma Sorenson. Ralph Sorenson, Emil Sorenson. Jr.,. Arthur E. Glover, Rubie R. Glover. Al Anderson, Mildred Anderson
 Arthur s. Martin. Lucille K. Martin. Frank S. Martin. David B. Peterson, Thomas J. McCaul. Ann McCaul.
 Mrs Carol Goldstein, Harold E. Floss. Helen Fl. Foss. Margaret R. Cutler. Olive T. Bredt.
 Louis Jacobsen, George Ingram, John Hooper. Homer w. Robinson, Isabelle Robinson, James E. Boyle. Beulah J. Doyle, Robert Totter, Virginia Snyder, Bernice Hornor.
 Mrs Neva Whaley. Browney Whaley, Eugene Torkelsen and Don 'C. Foster.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
ClERGYMENC0kE NORTH FOR TOUR
 OF ARMY CAMpS

SEATTLE, Nov. 20-Three clergy men. including the Rev. Dr. We're V. Loper, of Berkeley, California Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, of Los Angeles, and The Rev. Joseph Ca shan of Duluth, Minnesota, ar rived in Seattle today on thelr way to Alaska for a tour of mill tary centers.
 The clergymen represent the Ma tional Conference of Christians and Jews, and on the invitation of the Commander of the Army's Alaskan Department will travel far into the Aleutian Islands. They will be gone until December IT.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
RUSSIANS IN
 MORE GAINS
 IN HUNGARY
Also Advancing Along h. vasion Routes To-
 ward Austria

LONDON, Nov. 20. - Russian manned American made tanks to- day deepened the Soviet sweep around besieged Budapest and the armies on the invasion routes to Austria and Czechoslovakia were re- ported advancing toward Lucenc, key Nazi communications hub on the Slovak- Hungarian frontier.
 Tanks sprang forward along the hard-surfaced highway from captured Gyongos, seven- way road junction, 23 miles from the border and 40 miles northwest of Budapest.
 Gyongyos was seized by Russian shock troops yesterday in a thrust across the vital Budapest -Miskolc railway.
 On the upepr end of the 85-mile front, moving on to Southern Slo- vakia, General Malinovsky's Second Ukrainian Army drove to within two miles of Miskolc, Hungary's fifth city.
 In the Baltic, the Russians, re- ported Berlin, had thrown three di- visions of 30,000 men and strong tank forces against the Sworbe Pen insula on the Southwestern tip ot Saare Island, which dominates the entrance to the Gulf of Riga.
 A German communique said the Russians had started strong of- fensive against the 30 divisions trap ped in Latvia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
JAMES {. RYAN TO SPEAK ATp-TA MEETING TONIGHT

The Juneau Parent Teacher As- sociation will hold its second meet ing this evening at o'clock in the high school auditorium.
 Dr. James c. Ryan will be the main speaker of the evening, re- placing Don Foster who is now en- route South. Mrs. Pharobee Oliver and Richard Peter will also con- tribute to the program, which will be followed by refreshments.
 The meeting is open to the public and anyone interested is cordially invited to attend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
PURPOSE OF HEARING5I5
 QUESTIONED
Letter from !lkes' Assistant Says Indian Reservd-
 lions Assured

SEATTLE, Nov. 20-A letter, by an assistant of Secretary of the h. terior Harold L. Ickes, concerning establishment of Indian reserva- tions in Southeast Alaska, was read into the record at the Federal hearings here on the Indian claims and it immediately precipitated an argument as to the exact purpose of the hearings.
 The letter, from Oscar L. Chap man, Ickes' assistant, said in part Tt is true Congress has not made public hearings a prerequisite for the establishment of reservations in Southeast Alaska. The hearings are being held prior to the establish ment of such reservations in order to permit persons with adverse in- terests to present reasons against such reservations or against inclu- sion of particular areas in such reservations.
 The letter was introduced by Theodore Haas, Interior Depart ment Attorney, to show that the property of a Ketchikan woman, Mrs. K. M Nelson, would not be endangered.
 Only A Prelude
 w. c. Arnold, Attorney for the canners and packers opposing the Indian claims, immediately sought to show he believed the hearings were a prelude to establishment of new Indian reservations in the areas covered by the proceedings
 Haas objected and Examiner Richard H. Hanna, Department At torney and judge, repeated previous statements to the effect the hear ings were being held to determine the validity of the Indian claims to unpatented lands only. The ar gument then developed as to whe- ther the claims would cover pat ented lands, during which it was pointed out that canneries proper on patented lands would have shoreline operations extending into unpatented areas.
 Hearing Is Closing 1 The conclusion of the hearing in Seattle of the Indian claims to abor- iginal fishing rights approaches, as the last government witness and others representing the fishermen and packers are called to testify Judge Hanna said he would rule later today on the issue raised be- tween Federal and private attorneys. w c. Arnold, Alaska attorney, urged the oral arguments be conducted today, but this was opposed by Ken meth Simmons, Bureau of Indian Affairs attorney from Billings, Mon tana. Simmons objected on the grounds the transcript of the testi- mony is not completed and thus the government is not ready to argue its case.
 1 overnmen witness, Charles Demmert of the Thinglet tribe, tes- tified the Indians of his tribe ob- jected to the white man fishing in that area, but they ceased to pro- test at the turn of the century be- cause when our race protested the government said they owned the land and we would be thrown into jail"
 He said that when salmon traps were installed in that area members of his tribe went on strike" When cross examined by Arnold, Demmert said white men as well as Indians participated in the strike. The cause was over fish prices and not salmon traps.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
ASSISTANT BUDGET
 DIRECTOR RESIGNS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. - Paul Appleby, Assistant Director of the Budget, is resigning to become President and General Manager Of the Queen City Broadcasting Com pany in Seattle, operating K1RO.
 The White House announced the resignation was effective December 1 on President Roosevelt's accept ance.
 Appleby joined the Government Service in 1883 as Executive Assist ant to the Secretary of Agriculture and earlier edited weekly news papers in Montana, Minnesota, Iowa and Virginia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
TO DISCUSS H00NAH
 PROJECT IN SEATTLE

Don Foster, General Superintend- ent of the Office of Indian Affairs, and Harold F'oss of the HB Foss Co, have left for Seattle on short business trip. While there, they will confer with Federal Housing Administration officials ill regard to the Hoonah housing project.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
ON FIELD TRIP

Miss Alice Brandebury, Super visor of Social Service for the Department of Public Welfare, left Sunday on field trip to Ketchi- kan and Petersburg. She expects to return to her headquarters here in about 10 days, following investiga- ton into numerous child welfare problems in the southern section of the Division.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
THREE LOCAL BOYS
 SPENDING SHORT
 FURl0UGH IN CITY

Staff Sgt. Alex Miller, Tech. Sgt. Bill Geddes and Sgt. Harry Sper- ling, Jr., are visiting in Juneau. They are in the Crash Boat Service of the AAF and after short visit here they are going to the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
Meat Markets Closing Shops On Wednesday

dCCOuilt Ol lllt ilSW DCCl oSilCuuiCo ordered by the OPA through Ad- ministrator Mildred Hermann. The meat dealers have been selling no beef since that date.
 It has now been found impos- sible to operate the stores on the sales of other types of meat alone, and, therefore, all meat stores in Juneau and Douglas are closing at 5:3O D. m, Wednesday, November 22.
 In the meantime, the dealers have requested the OPA to have cutting test made of a side of beef, for the purpose of determin- ing the effect of the new schedules on the cuts of beef sold in AL aska.
 The OPA has agreed to have test made, but this will not be done until next Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 Cutting Test
 "In the meantime" the spokes- man for the Gastineau Channel meat dealers said, We have re- ceived telegrams from all towns in Alaska, except Ketchikan, pro- testing against the new schedule as applied to other towns and we have been informed that sales of beef have been discontinued in these towns also. We hope some relief may be obtained after the beef-cutting test, for we are not particularly desirous of going out of business
 < Nome Markets Closing 1 The following telegram, signed by A. Polet, Bon Marche Store and Northern Commercial Company of Nome was received yesterday, dated November 19, by the Juneau Douglas meat dealers: Tn meeting held by us today
 have agreed to support your l plea to OPA as we feel it im-
 possible to operate on price l schedule of November seventh tStop) OPA has given us no
 consideration on diti ional freight charges and fact that
 we have to buy and store for l period of eight months (Stop) l We are closing our markets on | November 27 and so informing
 public Stop Letter following
 Anchorage Situation l Beef sales were immediately suspended at Anchorage by the meat dealers on receiving the OPA ceiling prices, which they claimed were arbitrarily set, and on Mo- vember issued the following statement.
 Anchorage markets will with draw from sale all cuts of beef, effective Monday morning, Novem- Der 13, unless upward revision of prices is made by that date, This will give Anchorage shoppers an opportunity to stock up until some settlement is made and beef sales are resumed
 The meat dealers of Anchorage are all patriotic citizens, and are doing their part, as is everyone else, in the furthering of the war effort, but we are unable to sec where our making sales at a loss can aid in attaining this end.
 We ask the people of Anchorage to bear with us at this time, and assure them that our action is not taken selfishly, but feel that it will be better for the community"
 At Cordova
 Two meat markets at Cordoya stopped beef sales immediately upon receipt of the new OPA price schedules and will suspend entirely unless the OPA makes upward revisions.
 The new prices, as announced through the Cordova War Price and Rationing Board, replaced the former ceilings established by the individual markets on the basis of the mark-up during the month pre- ceding Pearl Harbor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
FROM ANCHORAGE

Ira McGraw, Wallace Tykward and Jack Hines, who are with the CAA, are in town and are staying at the Hotel Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
PATTERSON TRANSFERRED

Dave Patterson, Office Manager Tor Morrison-Knudsen Company, which closed its Juneau office Sat- urday, left for Seattle on the Princess Norah.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
NARROWER OFFICIAL BACK

E. E. Lincoln of the War Man power Commission, returned from Sitka over the weekend after an official trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
FROM MISSOURI

George c. Perry is registered at the Baranof Hotel from Kansas City, Missouri.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
McCAULs LEAVE

MT. and Mrs. Tom McCaul left Sunday to spend the holidays in the states.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-20
MRS. GOLDsTEIN OUT

Mrs. l. Goldstein left on the Princess Norah to visit relatives in California.