davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1944-06-06
Every Aid of Military Science
Used in Selection of D-Duy

British and American weather ex-
perts studied reports for the last
quarter of century over every foot
OF coast. They figured the exact
hours of darkness and light. Cana
dian, British and American air force
chiefs were given specified objec-
tives and estimated how long it was
going to take to beat the German
air force to pulp.
Then these men walked down the
long corridors, heavily guarded by
MPS. and presented their invasion
date to Gen. Eisenhower.
Allied supply chiefs estimated how
many guns and tanks were required
and by what date they could be
assembled at designated points
Navy men made their estimates.
Russians Study Problems.
In Moscow, Russians studied their
problems and how best to correlate
operations on both east and west
fronts. In the Mediterranean, the
Allied staff these sent in their data
With all this before him, the su-
preme commander spent long hours
in his Office selecting and rejecting
finally hitting on one date. 1t
probably didn't coincide with any
submitted but was the best possible
compromise.
"A general needs luck" Gen
Eisenhower once said in North AZ
rica.
And Gen. Eisenhower is a "lucky''
general. He picked D-day for the
African invasion so days ahead OF
time, with the scientific odds 0 to
against him that French Morocco's
iron coast would be swept by tides
and waves that would make land
ings impossible except for three days
of the month. But D-day found
the waters fairly calm.
He picked the Sicily invasion date
more than a month in advance and
except for high wind early in the
night the time was almost perfect
The same happened at Salerno.
Gen. Eisenhower cannot be called
superstitious but he carries a small
purse on tough" days. It contains
his lucky" coins which he rubbed
before the African, Sicilian and
Italian invasions. And there was
no doubt he was rubbing them last
| niGht.
Evening star., 1944-06-06

Of = century. It Is our sincere hope
that after victory the United Ma
tions will have such courageous
leadership that it will save the next
generation from war"
House Minority Leader Martin
said: The Allied armies landing
In France carry with them the
hopes of liberty-loving people all
over the world. The invading forces
will, we feel ,sure, meet with COM
plete success and win an early and
decisive victory"
Navy Department employees paused
in their work to pay tribute to the
invasion forces and to listen to a
prayer by Capt. Stanton w. Sails
bury, assistant director of the Navy
Chaplain Corps. A brief statement
by Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Ralph A. Bard was read over the
public address system throughout all
the Navy buildings.
"On this historic D-day," said Mr.
Bard. I'VE pause in our work to pay
tribute to our own armed forces
and to our Allies who are carrying
on our fight for freedom. I ask all
hands to join me in Is seconds of
silent mediation, following which
Capt. Salisbury will offer a prayer
Typical Comment.
Early today reporter for The
Star asked number of people on
the street what news of the in
vasion meant to them. Typical
comment:
Mrs. U. H. Miller, 1912 Sixteenth
street NV. auditor, Internal Reve-
nue Department pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Twelfth street-"Natural-
ly, when the President said in his
radio speech that there were two
other enemy capitals to be taken
soon. you would naturally conclude
that he meant Berlin and Paris
next. It's awfully fine news and
hope too many Of the boys weren't
hurt in making the landing"
James D, Ray, 6615 Thirteenth
street NV, General Accounting
Once, war contract audit division
Pennsylvania avenue and Twelfth
Street-"My son, Charlie, is a mas
ter sergeant in Commando outfit
now in England. He's been over
there % months and from what he
has written me of the training his
outfit was given this thing is not
going to be too tough in my opinion.
I believe they'll run those Heinies a
merry chase. It's great news"
Looks Like Curtains"
Donald o. Coins, 55l7 Third street
NV. Capital Transit Co. operator
Twelfth and E streets)-"It looks
like the final curtain for those guys.
l figured that gal on the teletype
last Saturday wasn't kidding. I
hope it's not too tough on the kids
who had to make the landing"
Miss Joan Humbert, 3206 South
Glebe road, Arlington. Va, clerk
National Housing Agency Twelfth
and F streets)-'I figure this brings
the end OF the war little nearer
We've been keyed up these last two
! i
don't think the war has great deal
longer TO go and | hope not too
many of the fellows were hurt in
the landing"
Proclamation Issued.
The District Commissioners TODAY
| called on Washingtonisns t6 re-
double their efforts on the home
front as result of the invasion
Many OF our citizens" theil
proclamation said, have husbands
sons, fathers and relatives engaged
In this mighty effort We In Wash
ington as in the homes Of all Amer
lean families. will be Watching and
waiting further Developments. You
Evening star., 1944-06-06
House Votes to Extend
Suqur Control z Years
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Over the protests of Florida men,
bers the House passed and sent to
the Senate yesterday legislation con-
tinuing the Sugar Control Act an
other two years.
The law regulates both domestic
crops and imports and provides
grower quotas which, however, have
been in suspension since the war
broke out.
Evening star., 1944-06-06
Canned ArmyStories
Released 10 Describe
Drama Of Invasion
BY NELSON M. SHEPARD.

Canned" drama of the Allied in
vasion, prepared at headquarters Of
the European theater of operations
well in advance Of D-day to give the
American public a realistic idea Of
take-off operations and fighting
along the beachheads in France and
Belgium, was issued by the War
Department today.
Within 6 minutes after announce
ment OF the official communique. a
stack Of press releases, some describ-
ing scenes Of fighting, were distrib-
uted by the Bureau Of Public Rela-
tions. They came from London, it
was explained, obviously some time
ago.
Typical was one headed: Front
line towns, on the coast of England,
May 80 delayed by censorship -
The Jump of of Allied troops for the
invasion over Europe began In a
small way today. It was not very
dramatic, but it was the beginning. .
"Action" Described.
As the piece progressed, intense
drama crept into the lines. The
men Learned" that the battle of the
second front had actually began.
While enemy planes were over
head, hundreds of guns were in ac-
ton and for An hour or so the din
was terrific, and the night was ter
rible with the combined noise OF
Bofors guns, 50-caliber AA machine
guns, Comm, 20-mm. cannon fired
from diving planes, and the dull
roar of the bombs.
One soldier said: This is worse
than Salerno."
Another release slugged Fighter
Bombers" started with this realistic
description:
"A staff car full Of German Off
GERS speeding along a highway in
bslgfnm, nfidge at HerrenthAla
and barges moving up the river tr
1t, locomotives idling along track
sidings at Bethune, munition trains
drawing into the busy yards ai
Namur, German army truck conyoyl
bound for the West Wall and the
beaches-
80 No target is too small OF
too fast moving for the fighte,
bombers and .warplanes which
descend to within a few feet OF
their aiming points before releasing
bombs"
Movements Revealed"
The movement of mass equipment
was described in detail from head
quarters. The release went on:
London before the invasion was a
scene OF peaceful quiet. The day of
invasion stole upon Londoners as
quietly as the spring blossoms in
Hyde Park the headquarters re-
lease said. There were both alarms
and rumors that blew first hot, then
cold, but unmistakable as the ripine
grass were the signs that appeared,
one by one, in the capital of empire. "
In some 800 words of descriptive
writing, scenes inacted in Hyde Park
nlgnt clupS, pups and other meeting
places were detailed. Sorry, sir, no
spirits sorry, sir not enough
Sco5ch to serve doubles" was q
typical barman's response.
Other releases gave detailed ex-
plantations of assault tactics, the
period of waiting for D-day and
scenes along the coast with signs
reading civilians are forbidden to
loiter or talk to troops"
Waiting for H-hour was the
toughest part of the invasion" one
release stated.
Still another release, which start
ed Follow me- the platoon SER
geant yelled in the traditional battle
cry OF infantry detailed the work
involved in issuing 125 900 maps that
went with the invasion attack,
Evening star., 1944-06-06
'Yank Chutisis Fiji
Skies Over France
By the Associated Press.


A UNITED STATES FIGHTER
BASE IN BRITAIN, June s.-In the
dawn dozens of American transport
planes and gliders carrying para
chute and air-borne troops flew
from British bases toward the
French Coast. 1t was about 5 am.
01 pm. Monday, Eastern War
Time)
They're going over as thick as
flies said an American fighter pilot
just before he. too, flew off on a
different assignment-patroling the
French Coast to protect Allied land,
sea and air operations.
"The sky was black with them as
they headed for France above
scattered Clouds" 1t. Ralph Santa
siero, Bellerose, N. Y, Thunder
bolt pilot reported.
big red flares and flashes" were
spotted in the distance by 1t.
Duane Bunce. Minneapolis, Mimi,
who figured they came from she'll
ings on the French coast.
Squadrons of fighter pilots pa
troled the French Coast in endless
relays to run interference" for the
big bombers - RAF Halifaxes and
Whitneys and United States Liber-
ators-which were searching for
Nazi submarines off shore to keep
the Channel open for Allied naval
craft.
1--WE were acting as buffer" 1t.
Thomas Hamilton, Miami, Fla,
fighter pilot, said But we didn't
see thing except bad weather. I
don't think the Huns could get off
the ground. If they had there would
have been general rat-race
through the clouds for there was
thick overcast up to 1000 feet"
Evening star., 1944-06-06
Capital
Continued From First paae,)

'NHIVIIIUCU r IUIII F1ISG Pape1
Bond buyers increased their flow of
money into the Golfers OF war.
President Got News Early.
Details OF how the President re-
setved news Of the great military as
sAalt, which has weighed on his
mind through many long months
Evening star., 1944-06-06

One pound of waste cooking fats
makes enough glycerin to manu-
facture one-third pound gun.
powder.
Evening star., 1944-06-06

Want to send a note to Hitler?
Save waste kitchen fats to make
explosives.
Evening star., 1944-06-06

Help win the war ~ saving vaste
kitchen fats.
Evening star., 1944-06-06

House Leader Mccormack com
mented: The final phase-the in
vasion-is now on. We have had
two terrible wars within q quarter
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08
zIEGLER TO
COME HERE
SATURDAY
Demo Candidate for Dele.
gate to Congress
Starts Campaign

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, March g.
A. H. Ziegler. Democratic candid
ate for Delegate to Alaska, plans
to arrive in Juneau Saturday to
start an extensive campaign tour
He says he will go to the West
ward from Juneau and then to
the Interior, visiting as many COM
munities as possible.
The Ketchikan Fishing News,
strong labor newspaper, said Of
Ziegler yesterday:
1T can be said of A. H. Ziegler,
that he has a good background
for Delegate to Congress He knows
the score and does not trim to
meet the demands of any pressure
groups"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08
R0DEN
LEAVES FOR
FIRST CITY
Demo Candidate for Dele
gate 10 Congress
on Campaign

Henry Roden, Democratic CAN
didate for Delegate to Congress,
left last night for Ketchikan where
he will open his campaign for the
primary election.
Roden, recently serving as At
torney General of Alaska, said he
will also visit Petersburg, Wrangell
and other points in Southeast Alas
ka before returning to Juneau and
then will go to the Westward and
the Interior
Roden is veteran of many cam
paign in Alaska, having served five
terms in the Senate and is now
concluding his term as Attorney
General.
He was member of the first
Territorial Legislature in 1918, being
elected from Fairbanks. He came
to Juneau in 1920 and was engaged
in the law business as well as in
mining and fishing enterprises
In 1885 he again entered the pol
itical field and was elected to the
Senate in that year and in 1887,
1899 and 1941 he served in the
Senate. In the fall of 1910 he was
elected Attorney General
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08
LUCKY VET;
GETS REAL
81 THRILL
Three MiIIionth Threshold
Passer of Club Civ
en- Paradise

CHICAGO, ILL.,, March s. - Sgt.
Francis Murphy, 26, convalescing
veteran from Guadalcanal, found a
super deluxe Gil paradise when he
walked into the Chicago Service
Mems Center No. l as the three
millionth service man to cross the
threshold.
This Melted him the following
week of free lunches, dinners and
suppers at the sWankiest hotels and
night spots and tickets to popular
stage plays, hockey game, prize
fight, circus rodeo, roller skating
arena, ice carnival, dance and
luncheon with Mayor Edward Kelly
and introduction to actress Joan
Blondell
All tickets are good for two.
II do not have a girl friend here
but expect to have some bids when
the news gets around Murphy
commented.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08
GERMANS IN
new ATTACK,
ANzI0 SECTOR
Observers Spot Movements
Behind Lines : Bad
Weather Prevails

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NAPLES, March 8--Gun fire, NOR
tar and grenade ragged for the sec
ond straight night on torn Casino
on the main Fifth Army front,
Headquarters announces.
Observers spotted movements be-
hind the German lines below Rome
as possibly indicating regrouping
of forces for fourth about push
against the Allied beachhead.
New zealanders with seige guns
hammered the German held rail
station about one mile south of
Casino while American troops east
of Cisterna on the beachhead en-
gagged in fierce machine gun and
mortar duels with the Nazis but no
change in positions took place. The
Germans made futile effort to
infiltrate British positions near
Carroceto on the Rome side of the
beachhead.
Discussing the German move
ments behind the lines. Headquarter
officials said the Nazis appear to
be on the watch for any opening OF
our forward positions
Foul weather however continued
to hamper ground fighting and the
Wednesday coinmunique declared
that heavy snow in the mountains
and deep mud in the valleys made
all movements difficult
Allied planes flew about 1900
sorties yesterday and heavy bombers
blasted the Toalon naval base III
southern France.
Medium bombers struck the rail
yards in Rome.
Five Nazi planes were shot down
during the past "a hours and the
Allies also lost five craft.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08

IN(0NTR0L
LOS NEGR05
Marines Also Reported
Landed on Peninsula
BurYing 1900 laps

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHW ST PACIFIC,
March 8.-American troops are in
complete control of Los Negros is
land in the Admiralties and United
States Marines have landed near
Talasea on Willaumez Peninsula,
midway on the north coast of New
Guinea, Gen. Douglas Macarthur
announces in his Wednesday COM
munique.
The Los Negros successes give the
Americans possession of the beach
on the west coast, Seadler harbor
and clinches possession of the Mo-
mote airdrome which the commun-
ique said is now ready to receive
Allied planes, made disable by Sea-
bees.
The troops making the conquest
had to bury 1000 Jap dead.
The Marine advance frightened the
moose around the Rabaul garrison
and the Gasmata base.
Rabaul was again the air target
for SO tons of bombs Two ships
in the harbor were hit. Six barges
were beached as result of Gam
ages from bombs.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08
REPUBLICAN
ELECTED IN
COLORADO
Business Man Is Going 10
Congress : Various
Opinions Given

DENVER, Colo, March 8.-Dean
Gillespie, SO, a Republican and bus
mess man, defeated Maj Carl
Wuertele, 80 world war hero for
two OF Denver's vacant congression-
al seats in Tuesdays special cleo
ton. Gillespie is a truck dealer and
oil man. He received margin of
2978 votes over his Democratic OPP
ponent on the basis Of unofficial
tabulations. He will be the first
Republican Congressman from Den
yer since 1882.
The vote was heavier than ex-
pected, Gillespie receiving 4l,418
and Wuertele 38,440
Il think the results of the cleo
ton proves the people are tired OF
the Democratic new deal stuff and
business men are now coming
awake" said Gillespie
Wuertele, holder of the silver star
and Distinguished Flying Cross who
was wounded and retired, said ::
Although / have lost / will keep
on fighting for the American ideals
and institutions and our way of life
for our boys and girls in uniform. .
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08
SNEAK RAID
FACTS Being
A5(ERTAINED
Fec Being Investigated
Alaska Incident Gets
Brief Questioning

WASHINGTON, March 8-Japa-
nese naval forces, lurking off Pearl
Harbor just before the sneak attack,
probably got military and weather
information through the regular
cable channels not censored at the
time, Chairman Fly, of the Federal
Communications Commission, testi-
fled today. He said the commission
maintained constant surveillance for
many weeks before the attack with
out finding any Illicit short wave
radio stations, Fly told the House
committee investigating the FEC.
Representative Magnuson said Jap
workmen were employed in the navy
yard at Pearl Harbor until the at
tack and Fly added that any one
of the Japs could have kept the Jap
Consul at Honolulu informed on all
details.
Magnuson disclosed the Navy is
now checking" all angles and ex-
pecJS 10 make a report on what
they find out about the whole mat
ter as soon as possible.
Representative Miller asked Fly
wha the knew about what hap
pened to the American force of
destroyers and light cruisers in Al
askan waters as the result of
information sent out by the FEC"
and Fly said he had no knowledge
of such an incident
No further development was made
as to what Miller meant.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08
Allied Moose Now frightened Around Rabau
Berlin Again Attacked
By American Air Forces
For ThirdRai One Week

about half an hour after the Am
erican armada crossed the German
frontier at Woodworking.
German radio stations blacked out
to avoid giving the American arm
ada direction beam.
The raid today kept the Allies
on the round the clock bombing
campaign going uninterruptedly
after the Royal Air Force night
attack on Nazi railroad centers in
France.
During today swift United States
Marauders and medium bombers
joined in the attack on the contin-
ent flying to Holland and striking
unspecified targets in areas where
German airfields have been bombed
in the past.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08
MUD(0vERS
LARGE AREA,
EAST FRONT
Red Army Rolls on Taking
Firm Hold Of Import
ant Rail Line

MOSCOW, March 8. Marshal
zhukov's First Ukrainian Army
fought against some of the worst
ground conditions in the Russian-
German conflict and what the Red
Star frontline reporter called grow
ing resistance of the enemy" but
still the Red Army rolled on, seizing
firm hold on the Odessa Warsaw
railway, and moving to within 10
miles of the important industrial
and rail city of Lwow.
The landscape is becoming ex-
ceedingly more complicated the
report from Captain Andrea Belaiey,
Red Star correspondent said. Many
small lakes have overlooked over
large areas of the countryside, as
we'll as numerous streams.
In this battle with mud, Belaiev
reported, the Russians resorted to
the use of long lines of sledges
hitched behind tanks, and tommy
gunners are piled on the sledges
and tanks which cut through the
muddy Ukrainian fields to reach the
roads behind the enemy lines.
Frontline dispatches said the Ger
mans have congregated large forces
of infantry and tanks, seeking to
hold their communication lines in
the Ukraine. The dispatch said it is
too early to say whether the German
counterattacks were from an estab-
lished line which the Nazis intend
to hold.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08

LONDON, March 8. - Stron g
forces of United States bombers
today attacked Berlin for the third
American attack of the week
against the German Capital City.
Liberator and Fortress formations
bombed Berlin with more than
$4,000 incendiary bombs and TO-
900 explosive bombs.
1t was the American heavy bomb
ers eighth big assault in ten days
and came after only one days in
terval since the last heavy raid.
The German radio in Berlin re-
ported heavy air battles in progress
over northwestern Germany and
west of Hanover.
The radio broadcaster said the
aerial combat started about pm.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08
SWEDISH EDITOR
AIDING FINLAND,
ARMISTICE TERMS

STOCKHOLM, March 8. The
newspaper Aftonbladet reports that
Richard Lindstrom. Swedish Editor
OF Tidningen, conferred with Rus
sian legation officials on Finnish
armistice terms and is expected to
leave shortly for Helsinki
Lindstrom's newspaper, organ of
the Social Democratic Party, is in
close ties with the Social Democrat
ic Party Of Finland, but he was
unavailable for comment.
The Russian Legation spokesman
would neither deny nor confirm the
report, referring questioners direct
ly to Lindstrom.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08
20|NDI(TED
ON CHARGES
OF p0LYGAMY

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March
"a federal Grand Jury indicted
20 persons on 10 true bills involv-
ing, government attorneys said. al
legged polygamous practices.
Seven of the indictments charged
Mann Act violation; one, use of the
United States mails for sending
alleged obscene matter. one, con-
spiracy; and the tenth was violation
OF the Lindbergh kidnapping law.
In connection with the Federal
indictments, the State Government
went into action against persons
suspected Of polygamy, filing charg-
es of illegal cohabitation against
ten individuals and conspiracy
against the public morals against
80 persons.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08
CHAPLIN MUST
FACE TRIAL ON
PATERNITY CASE

LOS ANGELES, Calf. March g.
Superior Judge Stanley Mosck today
denied the motion of Charlie Chap
Inns counsel to dismiss the pater-
nifty suit Of Joan Berry.
The Judge said he is convinced
the ENDS of justice will be best
served at full trial on the issues
involved" and ordered Chaplin to
plead to the civil complaint in 10
days.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08
GOPERs JUBILANT

WASHINGTON, March 8-Na-
tional Republican leaders hailed ju-
bilantly the victory of Gillespie and
the Democratic spokesman made no
effort to minimize his Party's loss
but said local factors were involved
in the contest that made it difficult
to detect general trends in the
victory.
House Democratic Campaig n
Committee Secretary Harding said
the heavy vote indicated the people
are thinking rather than letting
elections go by default and this in
itself is encouraging.
Congressman Halleck, Chairman
of the National Republican Con-
gressional Committee said the AM
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08
ANCHORAGE ASSOCIATION
FILES CORPORATION PAPERS

Articles of incorporation have been
filed at the Territorial Auditors Of
flee here by the Anchorage Mer-
chants Co operative Association,
Inc, non-profit organization. In
corporators are William j. Wagner.
Louis Odsather Ed McEllligott, Jack
M. Barrett and Edwin NJ. Suddock.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08
SCREEN STAR IS
TO SEEK DIVORCE

NEW YORK, March Smyrna
10y, screen star, will soon divorce
her wealthy hubby, John d. Hertz,
Jr., and return to Hollywood to
make another Thin Man" picture.
This is according to the MGM
publicity Department.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-08
Jap Base at
paran1ushiro
Is Attacked

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
March 8.-Navy bombers flying
through heavy anti-aircraft fire,
attacked the Japanese base at
Paramashiro and returned safe
ly to their bases, the Navy De-
partment reported this after
noon.
The attack was made on the
evening of March Sc.