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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-09
ON
CONVOY IS
REpULSED
Five German Planes Are
Knocked Down in Raid
Off North Africa

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS, March "a strong force
OF German aircraft attacked an
Allied convoy off the coast of North
Africa but Allied airmen knocked
down five attackers and damaged
two others.
The Allied spokesman also said
about go German planes took part
in the attack but failed to damage
any of the conveyed ships.
Two Allied planes were lost in the
engagement.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-09
VOTE
COMPROMISE
WORKED OUT

WASHINGTON, March 9.-Speak-
er Sam Rayburn today announced
his support of the compromise on
the Soldier Service Vote Bill as
worked out by the Senate and House
conferees.
The Senate's decision on the COM
promise bill was delayed further
when Senator Tom Connally an
nounced he win not call up the bill
until Monday because so many
members interested are away.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-09
FOUR INITIATED
BY ELkS LODGE

-Four candidates were initiated
last night at meeting of the Elks
Lodge.
Inc new members include Fred
L. Salyus, John r. WHITTIER, Gordon
.. johnson and Kenneth L. Kihl-
man.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-09
GEN. H0LC0MB
NOMINATED FOR
MINISTER POST

WASHINGTON, March 8. = Gen.
Thomas Holcomb, retired. recently
Commandment Of the Marine Corps,
has been nominated by the Presi-
dent to be American Minister to the
Union OF South Africa.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-09
WAKE Isle
IS RAIDED,
SAYS TOKYO

NEW YORK, March 9. - The
Tokyo radio said formation of four
American bombers attacked Japa-
nese positions on Wake Island and
one of the raiders was downed. The
broadcast failed to give the date of
the raid.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-09
CHAPLIN, SIX
OTHERS LOSE
OUT, COURT
Judge D Denies Motion 10
Set Aside Indictments
in Girl Case

LOS ANGELES, Calf, March o.
United States District Court Judge
O'Connor today denied motions Of
Charlie Chaplin and six other de-
PENDANTS in their attempt to set
aside Federal indictments charging
them with conspiracy to deprive
Joan Berry. the actors former pro-
tege, Of her civil rights.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-09
The W ashington
Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
ut Col. Robert S. Allen now on active
service with the Army

WASHINGTON = 1t didn't leak
out but Wendell Willkie had a re-
volt among his supporters over his
recent statement supporting Roose-
welt and going him one better on
higher taxes. The issue was be-
tween WILKES publicity rig h
bower, Russell Davenport, former
editor of Fortune Magazine, and
WILKES fiscal right bower, John
Hanes, former Undersecretary OF
the Treasury for FDR.
Hanes, whose father helped found
the Reynolds tobacco empire, and
who is one of the most successful
brokers in Wall Street, has been de-
voting his time and money helping
to nominate Willkie. But Hanes is
a low-tax man. AS Undersecretary
of the Treasury, he fought higher
taxes and, in the end, resigned.
Last year, he even had session
with Treasury tax expert Randolph
Paul in which he virtually laid down
an ulJimatum that the Ruml plan
would have to be adopted.
With this background. it is easy
to understand how Willkie higher
tax statement was about as easy for
Hanes to swallow as a rattlesnake
In making his decision, Willkie
had Hanes on one side and Russell
Davenport on the other. Davenport
had resigned from Fortune to de-
vote all his time to wilkes cam
paign. Also he had prepared a
careful study on taxes showing how
the cost of the war was being post
poned and would fall on the
shoulders of the men now fighting
the war.
Hanes, on the other hand, argued
that business couldn't stand higher
taxes now. He virtually served
warming on Wlllkie that he would
withdraw his support if Willkie
came out for higher taxes.
WILKES reply was: IN be
damned if I'm going to let these
kids pay for this war"
And he issued the statement.
NOTE-Don't be surprised if you
see Johnny Hanes bowling out of
the Willkie picture soon.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-09
JESSE JONES DENIES

Exactly one year ago this month,
Secretary OF Commerce Jesse Jones
sent a letter to all Washington
erry-Go-Round subscribers deny
ing the Shipshaw aluminium deal
in Canada.
BY this deal, the Merry-Go-
Round reported, Jones would en-
able the Aluminium Corporation to
build giant power project in the
wilds of Quebec rivaling Boulder
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-09
FAIRBANKS FIRE CHIEF

S. H. Huxley has been appointed
fire chief at Fairbanks and he i'm
mediately presented to the City
Council a list of needed equipment
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-09

The Administration did get over a
partial war contract renegotiation
law but that was tied to the tax
bill and was small sop compared
to what the White House had asked
for.
The soldiers vote bill is third
major Administration request at
which Congress baked and if it
isn't dead, it certainly appears mort
bund at this writing. The Presidents
call for national service legislation
seemed to me half-hearted, but
Congress so far hasn't even given
it that much consideration.
There are only two things in the
major Administration program: ex-
tension of price-wage sterilization
(which is threatened with amend
ments that will kick a lot of its
teeth OUT; and the Baruch de-
mobilization program, which hasn't
been the subject yet of specific
White House recommendations, but
which has caused comment ION the
hill" that it's just another basis for
handing over more power to the
chief executive.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-09

The situation has caused a tense
ness in official Washington that is
difficult to imagine. One doesn't
need to take sides to appreciate the
seriousness of the situation. In the
midst of global war in which Am
erican lives are being sacrificed
every minute, the executive and leg
islative branches of our government
are at odds as they never have been
since the Congress of 1919 fought
with President Wilson. At that time
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03
WAR COSTS"
Cut by Army

Because of industry's speed In de-
veloping production efficiency, and
also because Of the army's insistence
that savings be reflected in reduced
prices, costs of military goods have
been cut by 20 per cent since 194l,
Brig. Gen. Albert j. Browning, d.
rector of purchases, declared.
In all, savings have amounted to
about $4,000, 0O0,0 900, and an addi-
tional $4, zoe, OOO,O 600 will be saved in
the first half of 1914, General Brown
ing said.
Because the army has worked for
lower costs through price analysts
in the purchasing departments, bet
ter ways have been found to pro-
duce goods more efficiently and with
less material to assure profit mar
gins, General Browning said. In
cases where costs were not trimmed
there was no incentive on the part
of management to cut prices, the
general revealed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03
FARM WORKERS.:
Draft Shakeup

Only those farmers who can pro-
duce 16 war units a year will be
eligible for agricultural deferment,
and the 100000 farmers now in &C
for dependency as well as occupa-
tional reasons, also will be reclassi-
fled and put into &C only If their
work is essential.
More than 100000 farmers are in
&C, of which 400, 1000 are said to be
single and under % years of age.
With the 100000 presently In &C,
1,700,0 900 farmers considered essen
tial win be put into &c and given
six-month deferments, with their
cases again reopened at the end Of
that time.
Action on farm workers cases fol-
lowed general tightening up of draft
regulations in the face Of military
demands for about 100000 more
men by July l, with city dads no
longer deferrable for dependencies
and industrial deferments subject to
stricter standards.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03
EUROPE:
Bedchhedd Battle

With the sea at their backs, U. S.
and British troops traded heavy
blows with the Germans on the An
zio beachhead below Rome, as the
Dig battle for the Eternal City ragged.
While other Allied troops crawled
forward up rugged mountain slopes
about Casino, the forces at Anzio
fought with tanks on leveler ter
rain, countering the full weight Of
the eneny's famed panzer units.
In assaulting the beachhead, the
Germans concentrated on the north
ern sector, 10 miles above the port
of Anzio, through which supplies
were streaming to Allied forces.
With the area under fire Of enemy
artillery and bombers, Allied troops
fought hard to keep the port open.
Bloody fighting continued on the
Casino front, with doughboys TAX
ing one by one concrete houses
made into fortified pillboxes by the
Germans, and other Yanks strug-
Cling up monastery hill to gain COM
mand over Nazi positions and the
supply road leading to Rome, which
lay below.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03
CONGRESS-.
Ban Subsidies

With congress voting against con-
tinuance of subsidy payments to re-
duce retail prices Of meat, butter,
milk and other food items, COP
house members served notice that
if the President vetoed the bill they
would attempt to make it part OF
the measure to extend price control
after June 30, thus forcing the Presi-
dent to accept it or kill his whole
anti-inflation program.
To assure continued existence OF
the Commodity Credit corporation in
the event of a presidential veto of
the subsidy clause, congress wrote
in an emergency provision extend
ing it's life until permanent legisla-
ton could be passed.
In voting against consumer SUBJ
sides, congressional foes of such
payments said they could only save
the average family about II cents a
day, during a time when national
income was at an all-time level. Ad-
vocates of subsidies, however, said
abolition of such payments would
bring about z per cent increase in
the price of the foods affected, and
8 per cent rise in the general cost
of living, leading to clamor for
higher wages.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03
RUSSIA:
Firms Talk Peace

Russian troops made further gains
along the Estonian border on the
north end Of the 800 mile eastern
front, while reports indicated that
the Firms were sounding gut Mos
cow for peace terms.
As the Russ continued to chew
into Nazi defenses below Leningrad,
the Germans fell back to avoid en-
circlement from the rear, and each
step backward found them closer to
Estonia and the other Baltic states
Of Latvia and Lithuania.
Russo-Finnish peace repeatedly
hung on terms Moscow might offer,
with the Firms receptive to proposals
based on the 1910 border, but OPP
posed to occupation Of their military
and naval strongholds by the Reds.
With the Russ again in possession
of much Of the mining region Of the
southern Ukraine, Finland remained
one of the last sources of nickel for
the Germans, and Hitler repeatedly
sought to prevent Finland's deser-
ton of the Axis to protect these de-
posts. 'sAess
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03
FUEL:
Gas From, Coal

With government officials warning
of only a 14-year U. S. oil reserve
at the present rate of consumption,
Rep. Jennings Randolph wv. Va.)
introduced a bill which the house
speedily passed, calling for an ex-
penditure of $50, 1000, 900 on the con-
struction of experimental fuel plants
to obtain gas from coal, oil, shale
and agricultural and forest prod
ucts.
The U. S. bureau of mines labora-
tory at Pittsburgh, Pa, already has
developed oil from coal through a
chemical process utilizing hydrogen,
but costs have amounted to 16 cents
a gallon, compared with costs of
only 5 cents for getting fuel from
oil.
Whereas U. S. oil reserves have
been estimated as sufficient for IA
years, the bureau of mines said U. S.
coal resources could furnish materi-
al for gas for 5000 years.
Ask Foreign Sources
Americas Allies should recipro-
cate for our heavy drain upon do
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03
PACIFIC:
Strike Westward

Two years and two months after
the Japs' assault on Pearl Harbor,
u. S. air and sea forces struck back
at the enemy's own big Pacific base
of Truk in the Caroline islands, CEN
trail hub of Jap naval operations for
their extended empire reaching into
the Philippines and Indies.
Preceding the attack on Truk by
several hundred planes operating
from carriers shielded by a strong
armada of battleships, cruisers and
destroyers, long-range Liberator
bombers plastered the other big Jap
bastion of Ponape in the Carolines.
Centrally located in Japan's Pa
cific empire, both Truk and Ponape
serve as radiating point for enemy
naval and air forces to operate
against an attacking force while
close to home stations. Loss Of the
Carolines to the Japs would mean
loss of their advantage Of operating
close to defensive bases, and, vice
versa, give the Allies the advantage.
As the Liberators took to their
wings to plaster the Carolines, U. S.
ground forces were putting the fin
ishing touches to fighting in the Mar
shalls where small islet garrisons
were being rooted out, and in the
Solomons, where Allied landings to
the north trapped $4,000 Japs hold
ing out on Bougainville, Buka and
ChoiselIl.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03

Although 1914 food production in
the United States is expected to be
greater than in 1913, military and
lend-lease requirements in 1914 also
will be greater so that the total food
supply for civilians may even be
smaller in 1914 than last year, ac-
cording to the department of agri-
culture. However, civilian stocks
may be, upped if conditions permit
tapping the government reserve.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03

Today an apple day keeps the
doctor away, but in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries, cocoa was
considered the proper tonic.
"Dress fashions for girls-Japa-
nese style, 1944-are to be stream
lined in new styling of graceful,
wartime uniform, according to the
Jap education ministry" What? No
pin-I ps? re-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03

Nearly 10000 men were in on
the RATS record $500 tom bomb
ing raid ON smouldering Berlin,
which matched the shattering
aerial blow at Hamburg, Septem-
Der %, 1913.
OF the 10000 men, 1000 were
flying personnel. About 1900 men
were required to load the planes
with bombs.
The LOCO planes used LOCO, 900
gallons Of gas and thousands of
gallons Of oil. Machine guns on
the planes were loaded with $780,
900 rounds of ammunition. n
About 43 planes were lost on
the mission, the 18th heavy as
sault ON the German capital.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03
COP Candidate

A 76-year-old Los Angeles,
Calf, housemaid has filed formal
declaration Of intention to become
a candidate for the Republican
presidential nomination. Though
she has never held political Of
fee, she said: 81 want to see the
Presidents job better done, and
/ can do it better"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03

HICCUPS: A 21-year-old New York
city girl, hiccuping for A days, APP
pealed to the President to obtain a
furlough for her physician, who is q
captain in the army. She said that
the doctor saved her life two years
ago by q delicate operation when
she was suffering from another pro-
longed attack Of hiccups. The Pres
ident granted a leave for the officer
TO treat her. sFlA #
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03

W0y w PASNCA
strikes is through upward revision of
wage rates, or even more effective
ly, by rigid reduction and control
of prices of the necessities of life. -
While Senator Austin (Vt.) con-
tended that labor draft would re-
duce turnover in war plants and al
low the War Manpower commission
tighter control over job placements,
Green said the act would amount to
involuntary servitude, since civilian
workers would have to take jobs in
plants operating at private profit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03
HICHLICHTs -. !. 81. sssk. nss.

CENTENARIAN: George w. Cam
erer, q veteran Of the Civil war,
who now lives in Jerseyville, ILL.,,
has just reached his Tooth birthday.
He said he wouldn't mind joining
the army and going to Africa if his
feet would hold up" He has 10
grandsons, two great grandsons, and
a granddaughter serving in the
armed forces in the present World
War II.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03

long before the Revolution. and the web
tailored canvas lined valance used with
floor length chintz draperies also seem
modern to thenA. Yet these were the cur.
tain styles when ladies and gentlemen
wore powdered wigs. Valances were made
just as we make them today and were
tackled to valance board In pretty much
the same manner as Is shown here.
NOTE-This Is the second Of series on
modern adaptations OF period curtain
fashions. Another version Of the shaped
type Of valance Is given In BOOK S Of
the series Of ten booklets on sewing for
the home. To get copy Of Book send
is cents direct to:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03
ARGENTINA:
Political battle-ground

Having broken diplomatic reIa-
tons with the Axis, President Pedro
Ramirez of Argentina moved slow
ly before declaring war on Germany
and Japan, since the country's mill
tary caste opposed such action.
Hints that Ramirez foreign min
lister was considering a declaration
of war against the Axis infiamed the
military caste, known as the "Colo-
nels' Lodge" and forced the presi-
dent to dismiss his foreign chief and
reorganize his cabinet to hold the
different elements together.
AS Argentina's internal situation
boiled, pro-Ally General Arturo Raw
son, who led the revolt against pro-
Axis President Castillo last June,
watched developments from Brazil,
where he was reported under sur
vigilance of Argentine agents for
expressing strong pro-Ally sympa-
thies, in opposition to Ramirez pol
icy Of strict nationalism.
SCHOOLS
If a choice must be made, the
country child should receive a bet
ter education than the city child, be-
cause his future is more vital to the
national life, DR.. Floyd Reeves of the
University of Chicago told delegates
to the Great Lakes Conference on
Rural Education.
DR.. Reeves pointed out that mi
grafton from rural areas with high
birth rates to cities with low birth
rates maintains the population Of the
big centers. Cities would dwindle
and die without this migration.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03

ident William Green
told a senate mill
tary committee
holding hearings on
the Austin : Wads-
worth labor draft
that wage stabiliza-
ton in the face of
increasing living
costs was the prin-
clip al C ause of
strikes.
Said Green: "The
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03
Typical Window Of
Eighteenth Century
WE KNOW that the Eighteenth

aXNE KNOW that the Eighteenth
w Century Is often called the
golden age of the cabinet makers.
The English cabinet makers, Chip
pendale, Heppelwhite, Sheraton
and the Adam brothers, flourished
then. The furniture types of their
day have become standard with us.
visitors to the reconstructed village Of
Williamsburg. Va, are often surprised to
find that Venetian blinds were the fashion,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03

IIleStlC Oil EeSOuTCeS
for providing petro-
leum for the Allied
war machine by
transferring a cor
responding volume
of proven reserves
from their fields to
the U. S. after the
war, the Truman in
vestigating commit
tee declared.
Although the COM
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03

Senator Harry Truman (Mo.) said
the development of foreign petrole-
UNI fields should be left to private
interests, it recommended that U. S.
diplomacy be directed toward sup
porting such a program.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03
Bucks Labor Draft

While congress was voting down
consumer food subsidies, AFL Pres
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03

opinions these sy are noss
Newspaper Union
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-03
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS

American Fleet, Planes Strike Truk,
Major Japanese Naval Base in Pacific;
Tighten Deferment of Farm Workers;
Allies, Nazis Trade Blows at Anzio
Bradley beam., 1944-09-23
Best of Luck, Marty Write to Us Often

SSgt. Marty Ringer, popular non-com who worked in the Air In- spector's Office, has been furnish ed his one-way ticket by the Traf- fife Section and is now enjoying a delay en route at his home in Brooklyn. His departure for parts unknown has brought the former Terrible Threesome down to a very Gruesome, Twosome.
 The first night that Stan Fur man and Al Evans were without Marty the room was so quiet that the aforementioned characters couldn't sleep a wink" With the addition of a Stork in that haven of refuge, we may be expected to hear the batter of little feet en- anating from upper POP any eve ming. Not only they, but all who knew Marty, will miss him. Keep us posted, honored member-at- large.
Bradley beam., 1944-09-23
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The old adage that accidents will happen" is just so much prop wash. Accidents don't just "hap- pen"-they are caused. And the chief cause is the act of the indiv idual. He does not observe the saf- ety rules. But they are essential safeguards. They are like para chutes. The person who disregards them is like the pilot who flies his plane without protective equip ment.
 Safety is not KID STUFF for personnel of the AAF. It may be possible to go along for some time without using safety devices or observing safety rules, but event ually serious accidents and injur- ies accidents and injuries will oc- cur. So often one hears the re- mark: "Why, I've been doing it this way for years and nothing ever happened" To which alibi the only answer is: "Yes-you are one day nearer to the accident await ing you."
 ACCIDENT PREVENTION PAYS DIVIDENDS TO THE THOUGHTFUL INVESTOR. IN VEST WISELY.
Bradley beam., 1944-09-23
Somewhere in England
 Eighth Air Force

Hi Jim:
 Another few lines let know getting along fine and hope doing the Sorry haven't have been busy the week flying supplies the front Flew Paris the other day and low could the people the looking And flew all around the Ei Tower Paris beautiful would you City? You Jim the have been moving fast that they can't enough this where the Box Car they call us boys who flies in B-24 in.
 souvenirs of German ME 09 that Field landed There German planes all shot he'll What this all that did the job of bombing this tcular ai6eld by day and the RAF finished off by night
 We did hell of good job this Air Field. And the French people treated whey bottles of take back with Some of the boys back with German guns helmets things for these things.
 It interesting flying all the battlefield of France what the English B24 doing this? Chasing the field? What have made If this back the would the Red School House by nowi
 Jim, these missions have been the best thrills rides B24 You know aren't being shot by the Germans won't be long and will be dropping bombs Jerry again Will close these few lines and again reals
 Your Pal PS How does every one think of the War at home?