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Evening star., 1944-12-06

d. November air shipments handled
by Washington set another new
monthly record, 1884 comparing
with 1873 a year ago, an increase
of 646 shipments or 8.3 per cent.
Bonds Highest in IL Years.
The average price of 200 real
estate bonds, including several
Washington issues. is now at the
highest point in - years, Amott,
Baker g. Co. reports Prices moved
upward again in November by "a
per cent, the 29th consecutive
monthly rise.
Last months increase carried the
average price per $1,000 bond to
s50s, compared with $496 in October,
s409 at the end of 1943 and $307 on
July 81, 1912, when the advance
started. The Amott-Baker index has
gained "a per cent this year and IS
per cent since July, 1912. The sharp
est November gains were in hotel
issues.
Store Stocks Holding Up.
Stocks of goods on hand in Wash
ington department stores on Octo-
Der 81 were per cent ahead of the
same date year ago, the Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond re-
ported today. Outstanding orders
for merchandise were 2 per cent
above October 81, 1943.
Receivables on October 81. 1914
were per cent higher than on the
same date in the preceding year
Collections on open accounts were
56 per cent of amounts due at the
beginning of the month and collec-
tlonS on inStalments were 20 per
cent. Sales were up per cent in
the first 10 months of the year.
Loan Associations Expand.
The recent annual report made in
Chicago shows % building and loan
associations in the District of CO.
lumbia at the end of 1943, with
172,500 members, an increase of
1888, and assets of $205, ,752,023, a
gain of S14,776,393
The Washington Office announces
that Theodore Larson, vice presi-
dent and general manager of Trans
Canada Airiines, will return to Unit
ed Air Lines January l as assistant
to j. A. Herlihy, operations vice
president. He was with the United
from 1929 to 1887 in fine positions.
The bid for Norfolk & Washington
Steamboat Co, stock on the Wash
ington Stock Exchange has climbed
to 185 with none offered for sale.
The sale of Mergenthaler Linotype
at 6512 yesterday was close to The
new 1914 peak. The sharp rise in
Peoples Drug common has caused
wide interest.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
D. {. Express Volume
Al New High Mark
In Eleven Months
By EDWARD c. STONE,

:
Express shipments in and out of
Washington in November set an
other all-time record and lifted the
total for IL months to new high
levels, rejecting extra-heavy war
time business, as well as early
Christmas buying, Supt, w. o. r.
Hannah of the Railway Express
Agency reported today.
November shipments totaled 278,-
50S against 258,149 in the same
month last year, a sharp gain OF
2o,359 pieces, or 79 per cent, Mr.
Hannah said.
In the II months, shipments num-
bered 2,74s,156 against 2,567 1858 in
the like 1943 period, an impressive
increase of 180,488. The monthly
shipments compare as follows with
last wear.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Market AVERAGES
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Dec LP-Cotton flu.
lures were quiet today as traders awaited
further Developments on the cotton con.
Terence in Washinston Light hedge SELL
ing and liquidation were offset by mill
buying. There was further svitchins
from December into later months infiu-
enced by the circulation of additional
transferable notices issued today
Late afternoon prices were 5 to 35 cents
a bale higher. December, 81 6S: March,
81 81: Nav. o1 70
Evening star., 1944-12-06

United Chemicals, Inc, declared a
dividend OF 81 a common share, pay
able December n, in common stock
of Westvaco Chlorine Porducts Corp.
at the market price on December Is.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Washington Exchange

SALES.
Garfinckel common-1O0 at 20Ie.
Garfinekel 5hG pfd.-bO at 27sA.
Mersenthaler Linotype-12 at IS.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
Siena Taken
By Units Of
Fifth Army
Rapid Progress Made by
Eighth Army Now Near
ing City Of An6ona

ROME, July 3.-French troops and
an American artillery tank force
occupied the medieval metropolis
of Siena, 81 miles below Florence,
after more than a week Of heavy
fighting through tough German de-
lenses. The occupation touched oil
a wild demonstration by the popu-
lation of $4,000.
The Eighth Army made rapid prog
ress west of Lake Teasimeno in the
center of the line and gained on
the Adriatic coast where, they cap
tured Osimo, only nine miles from
Ancona.
Only a few hours earlier, Amer
leans on Italy's west coast crushed
German resistance at Cecina, after
some of the most vicious fighting
since the fall of Rome.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
RAILWAY AT
LEIYANG cut
BY JAP ARMY
laps Succeed in S!iling SYs-
tenn in Drive TO
Split China

CHUNGKING, July "a COM
munique from General Joseph Still
wells headquarters indicated that
Jap troops have cut the Canton
Hankow railway at Leiyang, "a air.
line miles southeast of Hengyang,
in their drive to split China
The announcement said that two
missions of Warhawks struck at
Le4y ang, destroying pontoon bridge
and strafing supply compounds and
troops.
II the Japs have by-passed Heng-
yang, strategic Human Province rail-
way junction, 95 miles south of
Changsha, and reached Leiyang,
they are only Is miles from Ku-
wong, the provisional capital of
China's southern province of Kwang-
tung.
Other Jap forces are attacking
northward from Canton, in Kwang-
tung, in an effort to join southwark
moving forces in Human.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
HIDDEN inlet
CANNERY HELD
up BY INDIAN

William G. Stevens, Canadian
Indian, has been taken in custody
by the Canadian Coast Guard fol-
lowing his escape last Saturday
from Hidden Inlet, where he held
up the Naket Packing Corporation.
In addition to the robbery he will
probably be charged with the at
tempted killing of the bookkeeper,
whom he shot through the ear
while making his escape.
Stevens, whose residence is at
Kincolitn, Canada, boarded the
boat Ulloa at Hidden Inlet and
was sighted yesterday by George
Fader, U. S. Deputy Marshal at
Ketchikan, and Ray Renshaw,
pilot, as they flew over the vicinity
of Pierce Island, Canada. The
Canadian Coast Guard was notified
and they Immediately took the In
dian in custody.
According to word received here
by U. S. Marshal William t. Ma
honey, Stevens is said to have had
no accomplice in the robbery.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
GARApAN IS|NURSES ARE
SURROUNDED, RETURNED TO
THREE SIDES NAz| LINES
Gains Made by Americans
All Along Front on
Sdipdn Island
UNITED STATES PACIFIC

UNITED STATES PAC1FIC
FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL
HARBOR, July 3.-American troops
have surrounded Garapan, peace
time capital of the Marianas Islands,
on three sides, and have captured
the heights overlooking Tanapag
Harbor, three miles beyond Garapan
on the northwest coast of Saipan.
On the east coast other units
pushed to within five and half
miles of the islands northern tip,
where Marpi, the. points airdrome,
is still in japanese hands.
United States forces have cap
tured the mountain village of Char
an Tabute, and advances ranged
from 500 yards to a mile along the
entire American front, Admiral
Chester w. Nimitz announced in a
midafternoon communique.
The Admiral's morning commune
que announced the capture of more
than 200 prisoners, presumably mill
tary personnel, the destruction or
capture of 80 tanks, and the burial
of 6015 enemy dead.
Admiral Nimitz reported the Japa-
nese made futile aerial counter
attack, the tenth in the Saipan
campaign. this time against trans
ports and screening vessels before
dawn on Saturday, but these at
tacks caused no damage" the COM
munique said, and two of the at
lacking planes were shot down.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
Strange Scene Takes Place
in No Mans Land as
Firing Stops
BY DON WHITEHEAD

WI t H 7 H E A NJ E r / & A N
FORCES AT BALLEROY, France,
July 3-One of the strangest
battlefield scenes of the invasion of
France occurred Sunday in no
mans land when eight German
nurses, captured at Cherbourg were
returned to the enemy lines and
for 80 minutes guns stopped roar
ing, snipers held their fire and
mortarS were silent when two am
balances and ieep rolled on the
lonely road between the line a few
hundred yards beyond Caumont.
Officers Meet
The procession was stopped.
Capt. Quentin Roosevelt and
Capt. Fred Ghercke stepped out
and they were met by two Ger
man officers and enlisted men as
we'll
The German officers saluted
stiffiy and one, in English said:
lV ID d NCly AlOl ody.
Eyes, it is" said Capt. Roosevelt.
Then the German nurses climb
ed out of the ambulances and
walked down the road toward the
German lines. The German Off
GERS saluted, wheeled, then walked
away, and a few minutes later the
guns began firing again.
First Such Incident
So far as known this is the first
time in a world war German wo-
men have been returned to the
enemy No effort was made for an
exchange as the Germans have
never captured any A m r. n
nurses.
The act was not one of chivalry
on the part of the Americans, and
as q matter of fact they are glad
to be rid of the eight German wo-
men, as they would only be minor
nuisance if held. None saw any
reason why they should be detain-
ed, since they are noncombatants.
They were most tearfully happy
when informed they would not be
held prisoners but would be re-
turned TO their own lines.
1 talked with one nurse who
could speak English.
You want to go back to Ger
many" said.
ooh yes, yes, want to go back,
after all l am a German"
when do you think the war will
be over" I asked.
when do you think the war will
be over" came back.
I said: Il hope the war will be
over very SOON"
Il hope it too" said the nurse.
Wouldn't you feel safer in Eng
land than Germany" 1 asked.
The nurse shrugged her should
ers and said Everybody would
rather be at home. Everybody in
Germany talked of war and bomb
ing. We are tired OF fighting.
They hope the war will be finished
soon in Germany and France"
1 asked: You think Germany
will win?"
She shrugged her shoulders and
said: Il don't know"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
AIRDR0ME ON
N0EMF00R IS.
GIVEN BLOWS.
Intensity Of Attack Indi-
Gates Pre-invdsiOn
Sofiening Up

ADVANCED ALI ED HEAD
QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, July
3.-More than $50 planes cascaded
230 tons of bombs on Noemfoor
Island, off northern Dutch New
Guinea, in the heaviest air assault
on the already battered islet, head
quarters announced today. The day
light raid on Saturday was followed
by a night PIT boat Smelling of
Japanese shore installations.
The intensity of this attack indi-
Gated a possible preinvasion soften
ing of Noemfoor, which is so miles
west of the American invaded Biak
Island.
The smashing raid left the air.
drome's bicouav and supply areas
blanketed with smoke.
The oval-shaped island has three
large airfields, two of which could
be heightened to accommodate heavy
American bombers.
Other assaults were made Satur-
day with a heavy force of Liberators
ranging westward to Boerce Island
in the Banda Sea, where So tons of
bombs We're dropped on the air.
drome shops and barracks.
A reconnaissance unit sank l.
000-ton cargo vessel, headquarters
announced
Five hundred and twenty-four
more Japs have been killed in re-
cent fighting in the Maffin Bay area
on Biak Island.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
The W ashington
Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
OF Col. Robert S. Allen now on active
service with the Army

Observation-Disclosures Dewey
forces guarded the secret closely
they were so confident of victory
in Chicago that they completed a
detailed blueprint of the New York
Governors entire political program
for the summer and fall well be-
fore the convention convened.
Here's the strategy drawn up for
the go-getting mustachioed gentle
man from Albany: Spend the bIlk
of the summer in Albany prepar-
ing a series of six major addresses
in which he will state his position
on all questions. In these Dewey
will assume the role he likes best,
that of the peoples district attor-
ney, and will put the Roosevelt Ad-
ministration on trial.
Dewey and Herbert Brownell, his
personal campaign manager, have
ruled out the traditional campaign
train with it's stamping OF the
country from end to end, visiting
small towns and greeting the folks
on their doorsteps. They point out
that the country is so large, the
candidate wears himself out t:y-
ing to see and greet everyone, and
ends up as Wendell Willkie did,
meeting only a fraction of the
folks.
Important Republican politics.
will have a chance to see Dewey
this summer, but many will trek
to Albany for the opportunity.
This does not mean Dewey will 90
no travelling. He plans to deliver
his six speeches in carefully spotted
cities around the country.
One major speech will take place
in Michigan, another in California,
a third in Minnesota, a fourth
either Ii pivotal Kentucky or Ten
ressee. The last major speech will
probably be delivered in New York
City. On all these trips, Dewey
will make a few back-platfornl
appearances but, unlike Willkie S
patient, Flooding tours through the
country, he will make no great
circle swings. of four or five weeks
duration.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
BALLER0Y FRENCH
GIVE CONCERT FOR
ALLIED SOLDIERS
BY HAL BOYLE

BALLEROY, France, July "a
month ago only German movies were
shown at the little theatre here, and
no Frenchman worthy of the name
would be seen there.
Yesterday a strange assemblage OF
soldiers and villagers, dressed in
their Sabbath best, crowded the tiny
room to attend the benefit concert
for war victims.
Cannonading, a few miles away,
shook the old grey stone building,
but no lines of fear showed on the
faces of those in the audience.
Grandmothers and little girls We'd
for the honor of sitting on the laps
of the gum and candy wealthy Am
erican soldiers.
Though we are still within the
reach of German artillery we are
glad to show our appreciation for
your coming to this concert" said
Mayor Gauthier. I'VE waited four
years for you to arrive and are very
happy that you are here"
French workmen and their wives
who passed the ticket window paid
forty francs $50 cents) for the bene-
fit tickets, and that is sizable
chunk of their income.
DR.. Pierre Couedic said that the
town escaped being caught in a bat
tie such as leveled many of the
Normandy towns in recent weeks.
The stage was thanked with flags
of France, United States, and Eng
land. The hush was broken only by
the rumble Of guns and the cracks OF
shellbursts. Girls and children of
Balleroy sang to honor their friends
and Allies, the soldiers of Britain
and America. They sang light songs,
French concert numbers, and re-
ligious pieces, and no group of en-
tertainers ever had a more enthus-
iastic audience than that of the
American troops in the front rows.
Last month the Germans couldn't
get a Frenchman here for free
show, and look at this turnout" said
Capt. Ralph w. Bell
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
FOURTH OF JULY
PARADE STARTS,
1915 TOMORROW

Led by color guard from the
United States Coast Guard, Juneau's
traditional Fourth of July parade
will get under way promptly at 1918
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Marching units representing var
ious service branches stationed here
will follow the color guard, and next
in line will be the floats. led by the
one bearing Miss Liberty and the
-Four Freedoms. Other floats spon-
sored by local organizations will also
be in the parade, as well as the
Juneau Volunteer Fire Department
The foregoing entries in the parade
will assemble and form on the street
leading from the Alaska Dock to
lower Franklin Street, and are to be
in position not later than 10 o'clock.
The parade will proceed up lower
Franklin to Front Street to Main
Street, and then along Willoughby
to Firemen's Recreation Park.
The childrens novelty entries will
assemble south of Winter and Ponds
on lower Franklin Street.
In the reviewing stand located in
front of the First National Bank
will be Major Carl Scheibner, Mill
tary Aide to Gov. Ernest Gruening;
Maj. William T. Fisher, representing
the Support; Capt. A. A. Boaz. Com
handing Officer at Duck Creek;
Col. j. P. Williams, Territorial
Guard; 1t. Warren Caro-, Coast
Guard; E. L. Keithahn, Commander
of the American Legion, and A. B.
Hayes, Mayor OF Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
JUNEAU ALL SET
FOR 4TH HOLIDAY

Turn off the faucet, let the sun
shine and Juneau is all set for the
Fourth, starting tonight with the
coronation of Miss Liberty and hon.
oring of the four Miss Freedoms at
the ball park, and dance starting at
10 o'clock in the Elks' Ballroom.
Tomorrow there will be the parade
and other events for which see the
official program in this issue OF
The Empire.
City and Territorial offices will be
closed, in fact many were closed to-
day and others enjoyed half holi-
day this afternoon.
The majority of the Federal Of
fees will be open tomorrow
OF course, all stores are closed
tomorrow.
The Empire will not publish, be-
ing one of the few holidays observed
but any important news will be bull
letined on the office windows.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
Big Surprise
Assault Made
OnNormandy
Heavy Artillery Barrdge
Laid Down, then Sec
ond Offensive Starts

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF
THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, July 3.--American dough-
boys, turning from the mop-up of
Cherbourg, burst southwark on Nor
mandy Peninsula in dawn attack
after a heavy artillery barrage, and
are fighting in the mud begged
French battlefields reminiscent of
World War l.
The assault jumped off near the
point on the west coast of the pen
insula from which line flung across
it just two weeks ago sealed off the
upper half of the land neck.
A front line dispatch said the
drive pushed from the area below
Barneville Sur Mer on the coast
east to st. Sauveur lie Vicomte. The
doughboy line dips below and be-
tween these towns to st. Lo and
Dourville.
The assault opened after local adj
vances which headquarters said, won
favorable 'jumpoff" positions south
of st. Lo and Dourville. The dough-
boys also had pressed toward La
Haye de Puts, six miles southeast
of st. Lo and Dourville.
The American infantrymen were
supported by heavy artillery, includ-
ing some of the most powerful guns
yet used In the French campaign,
but rain and cloudy skies hampered
Allied aerial aid.
British Hold Firm
Even as this assault thrust for
ward, other Americans maintained
pressure against the big road town
of st. Lo toward the center of the
Normandy front. and the British
held firm southwest of Caen.
On the eastern flank there are
indications that General Erwin
Rommel is regrouping his forces
there, after being beaten back from
rs thrusts against the British wedge
across the Odon River.
The new offensive came after
Omar Bradley hailed the
victory as an "indica-
ton to the enemy as to what he can
expect from now on to the end
More Prisoners Taken
In the Cherbourg area the Amer
can First Army units are in the
process of reorganization for of
fensive action after hopping up the
asst German resistance on Cape de
"a Hague over the weekend. Between
1000 and 5000 more prisoners were
AIKEN in the process. An Associated
Press dispatch from Cherbourg said
he American bag of prisoners has
cached 10000. which indicates that
he total since D-Day has reached
more than $1,000 men.
Last night the London radio
broadcast declared gigantic Allied
anding operations" took place Sun
lay on the coast behind British
orces, while armored vehicles, tanks,
roops, and ammunition were also
anded on the southeastern side of
he Cherbourg Peninsula. Head
quarters disclosed that Gen. Brad
ey's command, the United States
first Army, and the British Second
Irmy, under the command of Cen
raj Miles Dempsey, form the 21st
lrmy group which Gen. Montgom-
~ commands under Eisenhower.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
NORMAN DAVIS,
CHAIRMAN RED
CROSS, IS DEAD

HOT SPRINGS, Virginia, July 3.
Norman H. Davis, &c, Chairman
of the American Red Cross and
former diplomat, died early yester-
day as the result Of cerebral hem
orrhage He had been in ill-health
for sometime and had been resting
at his home here from the duties as
supervisor of the expanded wartime
Red Cross program.
Before he became Red Cross
Chairman in 1888. he had served
in various diplomatic posts under
Presidents Wilson, H DOVER and
Roosevelt.
He was born in Tennessee. He
entered the banking business early
in life and at the age Of 35 had
amassed nearly million dollars
and then withdrew from active bust
ness to enter public service.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
CAPTURE OF
UKHRUL next
FOR ALLIES

HANDY, July 3.--An Allied raid
ing party, driving ahead of the
main force, has penetrated the Jap
stronghold of Ukhrul, "a miles
northeast of Imphal, in an often
sive to clear the enemy out OF In
dia and southeast Asia.
Command Headquarters said the
main body was last reported to be
within about four miles of Ukhrul.
In North Burma, a Jap force
made a suicidal attack against the
American held airfield of Myitk-
yina and were wiped out.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
ROBOT BLITz MADE
ON SOUTH ENGLAND

LONDON, July 3.-Flying bombs
killed Maj. Gen. Sir Arthur Scott
80, retired, his wife Aimee Byng
novelist, and Sir Percy Alden, for
many years prominent in cam
paign against slums, it is disclosed
as the Germans resumed rocket
bomb attacks on southern England
One flying bomb hit a house
killing a mother and five OF her
nine children.
The Paris controlled radio iden-
titles Plymouth and Portsmouth as
the principal targets of the robot
blitz.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
BOND SALES
NOW OVER
30 per CENT

Bond purchases in Juneau have
reached 81 per cent of the total
all series quota which is $435 900.
Sales tabulated today are $3.50. 1925.
The series E quota for Juneau is
$4,000 and sales are tabulated at
sl24,349.75, which is 500 per cent
Of the prescribed total.
A huge boost is expected when the
payroll savings sales have been
counted, as well as other purchases
which have been pledged. but for
which bonds have not yet been
made out.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
CORONATION
ON TONIGHT

Tonight the coronation of Miss
Liberty, represented by Miss Betty
Nordling, will take place at cere-
mony at Firemen's Park, and tribute
will also be paid Che Misses Betty
Mill, Lois Allen, Ruth Kunnas and
Mary Mccormack in the role of the
-Four Freedoms. Lieut.. Warren Caro-
will be the master of ceremonies,
and Miss Liberty will be crowned by
A. b. Hayes, Mayor of Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
Bulletins

LONDON-From 500 to $50 Fort
resses and Liberators flew from
England in shuttle flight today
and bombed Nazi oil storages and
refineries and transportation ia
cilities in Rumania, Hungary and
Yugoslavia. The Budapest area
was also bombed.
ROME-Secretary of War Slim
son has arrived in Italy after fly
ing from the United States via
Africa to inspect hospitals and
front line installations.
WASHINGTON-Gen. H. H. Ar
mold reports that Allied bombers
have cut German gasoline produc-
ton SO it is not one-third of the
normal output.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03
RYAN INSPECTS NEW
SCHOOL AT PELICAN

DR.. j. C. Ryan, Commissioner OF
Education, has returned from Peli-
can City, where he went on Friday
to inspect the new school building
and teachers quarters. While there
he also conferred with members Of
the school board.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-07-03

MOSCOW, July 3.-Soviet tanks
and cavalry struck to within 10
miles of Minsk, and another column,
carving deep beyond Minsk, ham
mered to within IS miles of Wilno,
which is only 100 miles east of
Prussia.
Pounding at the front gates OF
Minsk, Red Army men captured Slo-
boda, IL and one-half miles north
east, then pushed to within 10 miles
of the White Russian capital, but
passing columns are alr e d
sweeping around the city in the
northwest and southwest, cutting the
Germans escape railways to Wilno