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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26
PLANES FROM ITALY R AID VIENNA AREA
Bad Weather CurtaiIs 0p. erations from Britain
 Budapest Pounded

LONDON, June 26.--Between 800 and 750 American heavy bombers battled their way from Italian bases through the heaviest opposition in recent weeks and slammed explo- sives on six oil refineries, an air. craft factory and railyard in the Vienna area.
 Bad weather greately curtailed operations from Britain and brought letup in the steady pound ing of German rail, highway, and airfield facilities ofter night in which Royal Air Force Mosquitos maintained pressure on both Nor mandy and the German homeland
 Medium and heavy bombers from Italy struck Budapest, continuing the Allied operations that on Sun day kept five air armadas, four from Britain and one from Italy, drumming at German installations in France virtually all day.
 The Mosquitoes last night attack ed German troop concentrations, railroads and supply dumps near the French battle front, and in- dustrial objectives in the German city of Homberg, northwest of Duisberg.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26
LOSE
 747 PLANES
 IN 7 WEEKS
Futile Attack on Task Force Off Guam Cost Nips
 402 Aircraft

UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR TIERS AT PEARL HARBOR, June 25.-(De- layed) -Japan's futile defense of the Marianas and Bonins have cost the Nippon Empire TAT planes destroyed, 30 ships sunk, 51 damaged, two prob ably sunk, and 13 barges destroyed. Admiral Chester w. Nimitz issued a communique revising the losses in- flicted on the enemy in the two weeks from June 10 to 23.
 He added that 109 planes were shot down, three ships damaged light cruiser, a heavy cruiser and a light cruiser-and transferred a tanker previous reported as sunk to damaged.
 At the same time, Adm. Nimitz said, American plane losses from Admiral Marc A. Mitscher's carrier force which sank or damaged nearly score of Japanese ships on June 19. increased to 95 but only 9 pilots and 27 crewmen were lost.
 The first report of U. S. carrier planes lost by enemy aircraft and by landing in the water because of fuel shortage was 49
 Suicidal Defense
 Saipan Island Marines advanced 500 to 300 yards on the western flank in the attack on the entrench- ed Japanese on Mount Tapotchau, and strong enemy opposition con- tinues. Nimitz said the bulk of the original 10000 or more enemy de- lenders remain in the sector be- ginning at Tapochau and extending northward and are well prepared for suicidal defense. The Japs con- tinue fighting desperately with ar- tillery and mortars from caves and crevices which are difficult either to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26
DEATH TOLL Ih EASTERN STATES
 STILL MOUNTING

PITTSBURGH, June 26 = Re- mobilization efforts, spearheaded by the Red Cross, continues among t housa made homeless in Pennsylvania. West Virginia, and Maryland by the devastating tor nado which took toll of at least 151 lives and injured more than 2 thousand last Friday night.
 The first official estimates of property damage is being made Jerry Wakefield, As- sistant National Building Advisor of the Red Cross, said that at Clarksburg, West Virginia, "abodt s3. 100000 is a conservative esti- mate"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26
NEW HALIBUT ORDER ISSUED; HITS BUYERS

SEATTLE, June 26.-Strict control of marketing of all halibut landed on the coast and at Alaska ports went into effect last Friday on orders of Fish Coordinator Ickes.
 The order allocates fish among the dealers on the basis of past purchases and no one may buy from a fishing vessel without permit.
 V. J. Sampson, administrator, has appointed William J. Maddock as Port Supervisor here and Samuel Hutchinson, Field Supervisor in AL aska, will name supervisors at var ious ports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, June 26. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6la, American Can 89. Anaconda 26ai. Beech Aircraft SIS. Bethlehem Steel 62. Curtiss- Wright 5z. International Harvester 78%, Kennecott g. North American Avia- tion 8ss. New York Central l8ss, Northern Pacific l7A. United States Steel STA. Pound $4.04
 Dow. Jons averages today are as follows. Industrials. 148.12; rails. 41.73; utilities. 2399.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26
MURDER ORDER ISSUED BY NAYS;
 BR0ADCA5T MADE
Ten American Soldiers 10 Be Shot for Every
 German Killed

LONDON, June 26.--Hitler's head quarters announced last Saturday night that German prisoners are re- ported to have been murdered" in Normandy and declared that ZIG American soldiers will be shot for every German" if reports prove true.
 The broadcast statement was fol- lowed by previous reports that Ann erican and Canadian soldiers have been shot by the German forces when taken prisoners.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26
THREE GR0UpS0F ISLES ARE BOMBED
 BY PACIFIC FLEET

PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUART- FRS AT PEARL HARBOR, June 26. Tn a hard hitting series of strikes at Nina, Jima and Kazan islands and also on Tinian, Pagan and Rota in the Marianas, carrier based planes sank five small Japanese ships and destroyed 72 planes. Am erican losses were five planes.
 Venturas bombed Shumishu Island in the Kuriles before dawn last Friday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26
FOURTH OF JULY
 FUNDS ARE NEEDED

A call has been issued for funds for the Fourth of July celebration in Juneau and those wishing to make contributions are requested to mail their checks to Jemes Me- Naughton, Treasurer for the Fourth of July fund.
 If contributors desire, they may phone the Mayors office and con- tributions will be called for and a receipt will be given for all money collected.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26
INDIAN BUPEAU OFFICIALS
 GO TO EXCURSION INLET

Ralph Mize, Construction En- gineer for the Indian Service; Will Hard Beatty, Chicago official; pr. George Dale, Supervisor of Educa- tion; and George Morlander, Prin- cipal of the Juneau and Douglas Native Schools, have left for Ex- cursion Inlet. They will return in several days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED ONARY FORGE, June 26.--American troops have broken the backbone of the enemy opposition in Cherbourg and are now cleaning up knots of re- sistance in the center of the port city. front-line dispatches declared, while the British forces smashed out powerfully at the opposite end of Normandy Peninsula. Remnants of the Nazi troops are fleeing from Cherbourg to the narrow Cape de La Hague, the last jutting finger ol land northwest of the prize port.
 Associated Press Correspondent Don Whitehead in dispatch from Cherbourg said the Americans took 3340 prisoners in 24 hours and hum dreds more are being rounded up. At least 10000 Nazis have been cap- tured in the 20 days of the invasion fighting.
 Patrols pushing into the central part of Cherbourg met small arms fire from few snipers and small knots of resistance said White head in his dispatch.
 As Correspondent Whitehead re- ported the Americans were clean- ing up Cherbourg, the British on the eastern Normandy front smash ed into the Nazi defenses between Caen and lilly sur Seulles. They seized Fontenay Lepresnel, two miles east of lilly sur Seulles. and are threatening Tessel and Brette- vile, two and one-half to three miles to the southeast.
 Artillery at eight-yard placements is supporting the British forces. Tank units are also employed.
 This mornings communique said fighting is everywhere" in Cher bourg and full liberation cannot be long delayed
 American doughboys are routing suicide squads of Germans as the end of the fierce five-day battle to free Cherbourg hears. The Am- ericans have been fighting in the smoking city since yesterday after noon. when they entered by crushing three-way assault.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26
I. A. THATCHER HERE

T. A. Thatcher, widely known salesman. is in town and is staying at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26

Julia Gromtzeff, Field Nurse for the Office of Indian Affairs, has been detailed to Juneau on tem- porary duty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26

For the first time since the start of the Miss Liberty contest there is no change in the position of the contestants. With an even gain of 1 300, Mary Mccormack made the largest increase, but still remains in sixth place. All entries excepting Betty Nordling showed slight ad- vance since Saturday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26
NAzIARMY I5TRAppED
 AT vITEB5k
New Russian Drive Direct. ed at 0strov Raises
 Alarm in Reich

BULLET N LONDON, June 26.-In an Order of the Day, Stalin tonight announced the capture of Vitebsk, one of the last big German bases east of the prewar Polish- Baltic border States stormed by troops com manded by Gen. Ivan Bagram- ian of the First Baltic Front, and Third White Russian Front commanded by Ovan Chernyak- h0vsky. t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26

MOSCOW, June 26.-Red Army men, fighting their way through the streets of Vitebsk where five di- visions are encircled, are reported to have driven the Germans across the western Dyina River to the cen tral part of the city. The Red Flag is flying over that part of Vitebsk on the east bank of the river, Soviet dispatches said, on one of the main buildings of the city taken as the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26
The w ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON Gt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active
 service with the Army.)
PREDICTED ,DEWEY-FOR-
 PRESIDENT-1938

PRESIDENT-1938
 Exactly six years ago. the
 Washington Merry Go : Round
 stepped forth with political
 prediction regarding Thomas E. Dewey which this week seems
 on the verge of coming true.
 On August 13, 1888. the Merry
 Go-Round said: Thomas E.
 Dewey probably has greater po-
 litical potentialities than any
 other youngster in the U. s. A.
 He is about to drive a gigantic
 spike into the coffin of Tam
 many. He has New York Demo-
 crats more worried than at any
 time in years. He probably can
 be Governor of New York and,
 if this takes place, he is not
 bad bet as Republican nominee
 for the White House"
 CH1CAGO-Things you may not know about the man who may bt the next President: Dewey has now got over most of the traits which once caused Mrs. Kenneth Simpson, wife of his earliest polit- ical booster, to say: You've really got to know Tom Dewey to dislike him." On the eve of the big gest week of his life, Dewey is poised, calm, self-assured, drove te his 3OO-acre farm at Pawling, N. Y. to rest Only photographer would disagree that Dewey has changed. Recently he told in great detail how he posed for the N. Y Daily News, carefully showed the photographer how to get the pre- else angle to show him oil best # * In Albany last week Dewey posed with his press con- ference, told the photogs how tt light it up, suggested to each re- porter how to get the best profile results One pciture he re. grets was of himself walking through an AFL picket line.
 Dewey peaks Ex-Presiden Hoover listened to Dewey speal some years ago, later told him Pardon me for being so blunt, but you have all it takes to be tht next President, except you simply must do something to improve you public speaking" On advice ol neighbor Lowell Thomas, Dewey then took lessons from public speaking lecturer Richard Border of New York University *' George Gallup of the Gallup polls also advises Dewey on his speeches Dewey watches the polls minutely after each speech or public state ment to gauge public reaction Friends tell him Willkie made toe
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26
AMERICANS
 HOPPING UP
 0NGERMAN5
Liberation of Great Port Near Fighing, How
 ever, Everywhere

BULLETIN SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED OF ExPEDITIONARY FORCES, June 26.-American troops have reach Cherbourg's vital docks and tonight hold one-third of the city but the Germans are smelling the city from the final refuge on the cape to the nOrth- west. The Germans are falling back on Cape de La Hagur and they still hold the Maupertis airfield east of Cherbourg.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-26
S133,47|8IN ALL SERIES
 BONDS

With less than two weeks to go, the total in the Fifth War Loan drive for bonds of all series is $l33,- 478. Of this, $78.82800 are in ser ies E purchases.
 Booths in the downtown section of Juneau were operating Saturday night by the Woman's Club, Town send Club and Pioneers of Alaska. This was the last evening that local organizations were asked to take over the booth sales.
 The following are the standings i,, tha Mice ihartit contest.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-22
The Right Track at Last

The political censorship section of the soldier vote bill was good for some laughs, but the joke was beginning to wear thin. So now the inevitable modification of the measure has been voted by Congress. The Senate amendments do just what should have been done in the first place. They make certain that the soldier or sailor will get the same sort of reading matter available to him at home, limited only by the eXigencles of war. They are going to let him see what movies and plays are available, listen to the radio, and receive his private mail-including political 5iterature-without interference. And they are going to dispel some unflatter- ing and undemocratic inferences that existed in the original measure as drafted by Senator Robert A. Taft. It was hard to escape the conclusion, under Army execution of the original law, that Con- gress regarded a citizen as radically changed when he put on the uniform of his country
 Congress seemed to think that he aban- doned all independence of judgment with his civilian clothes. It appeared, at least under the laws application, that the man fighting his country's battles should be protected from any writing inclined to excite discussion. Congress apparently felt that the seryiceman'S diet of informa- ton should be extremely bland - no FouRhage, no condiments, and not much quantity. Senator Taft consented to and co-cperated in the Senate amendments to the political censorship law. which is to his credit But in doing so he blamed the War Department for failure of the first measure, and suggested that the Arny's over-literal application of the law had been deliberately ridiculous, designed to discredit Congress and sway the election.
 This seems unlikely. If the original law had not been vague, flexible and ill- advised, its interpretation would not have been so silly. If the original law had not carried some stiff penalties for violation, the Army probably would not have been so jealous. Senator Taft also voiced some doubts about the War Departments po- litical impartiality. This also seems un- likely. The War Department is headed by distinguished, respected Republican statesman The Army's chief of staff has never voted Its officers are drawn from men of both parties. No, the sad truth seems to be that Congress pulled legis' Iatiye boner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-22
Wrong Tactics

Several thousand workers at the Elec- trio Boat Go. in Groton, Conn, where sub marines are built for the Navy, turned down a strike vote by 4-to-l majority So their union called the strike anyway The union is the Shipbuilders and Marine Union, an independent.
 The independents have been asking for membership on the National War Labor Board and greater consideration gener- ally. The request is a just one. But they can scarcely hope for public or gov ernmental sympathy by impeding war production against the wishes of the workers
 The union officials should realize that responsibility and good will are often the prerequisites of privilege.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-22

boys of the next generation rest partly in this hands.
 landmanried c sparrfingdplomatis ooUorpsum hionat
 To many Berle's interest in the outward trappings of diplosn- acy seems more important to him than the main objective of a con- Structive peace. For instance, Berle recently spent considerable time planning a dinner for Lord Beaverbrook. Beaverbrook handles British negotiations for air, and when Berle was in London, his l0rdship gave him a dinner. It was done in "the Beavers" best las done in "the Beavers" best manner. which meant that he dug into his pre-war cellar and brought out his rarest vintages.
 Recently, when Berle returned the honors and dined Lord Beav- erbrook in Washington. the As- sistant Secretary of State was worried. He was up against the difficulty Of equalling "the beav- er's'' wine. in the U. s. A. where wines are now scarce. it Is not easy to produce a vintage wine, especially Rhine wine, which no longer can be imported from Ger many.
 However. when Heney Is net a consideration In ordering . dinner, you can dc wonders. In this case, Mr. and MTs. ReFle secured the wine cellars of several cities, flnsily pro- dueea a vintage equal io besv' eFbreOk's.
 Very proudly. when the big night came, and Beayerbrook and General Harold George Of the Air Transport Command arrived for dinner. Rerie held up the wine to the light.
 It was a real triumph for old. fashioned diplomacy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-22
Freedom of the Press

A recent survey by the Christian Science Monitor reveals that 50 percent Of the public reasonably understood and believed in freedom of the press. The remaining 50 percent were reported con fused or believing freedom desirable but absent because of control" by authorl' ties.
 This latter group may not be guilty Of iRnorance of facts so much as they nave fallen into the human fraility of accept ing without erudition that which be- comes a part of their daily life, such as newspaper. As result many daily reader has accepted his newspaper as something not worthy of analysis as to the slgnlfl' cence of news dissemination
 A newspaper is not a gossip sheet u is the intermediary between the average citizens home and these properties ana possessions of holdings of public trust which he has entrusted to authorities, who in turn he has placed into office. lt IS in these days a daily "lettef" recountlng what is taking place on the scene of loea,, ton of some loved one now in the armed forces. It is the disseminating source of vital information for home-front aetlW' ties,
 People everywhere share a mutual ln' terest in news which is readily translat. able into every language and dialect. OI primary importance also is that news dlspels rum0rs which might lead to sus' plclon, confusion and strike. News pro- FIdes basis for mutual understanding and intercourse, News - is the universal form of communication.
 Thought of in such manner the daily newspaper becomes vision of might and as . dependable weapon Of each citizen of Waterbury, vital to his or her civic welfare and security,
 Public debate and reflection are eonl' ponents Of healthy America. It Is only Through a free press that they can be 3osteFed. Certainly fl the public realized this 1t will actively campaign for the Elimination Of mandatory censorship and tho prohibiting Of propaganda.
 Freedom of the press means the maxl' mum of free access to vital news sources and the unpreludiced transmission Of the obtained information with fair attention to ell sides of the question. lt means the obtaining of true Information as best it can be secured and the freedom of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-22
The Underground Emerges

The French Underground, which went into open action with the Normandy landings, is now in a position to play a decisive part in the liberation of France. For the two great Allied drives are aimed at the interior where Underground re- sistance apparently has been fiercer and organization more elaborte than in the coastal regions. If the Underground did nothing more than cooperate with Allied troops in each city and village that they reached, the help would be of tremendous value. For these trained Underpround soldiers - many of them army men who chose to battle the Nazis at home when escape to Africa might have been pos sible- form ready-made espionage and reconnaissance unit. They can advise AL lied commanders of enemy strengths and weaknesses. They can warn of snipers and mine fields, and very possibly can assist in keeping the enemy off balance in the event of rapid retreat. These things alone would mean much. But the Underground can also give much help in the quick reorganization of civil government, thus saving the advancing armies time and personnel.
 Nor does the help end there. For the MaquiS control much territory in the hills of central France. This will be on the escape route both for the Nazi forces facing the new advance from the south and for those evacuating southwestern France. If the partisans can be supplied with rifles and machine guns by air, they could well make the Nazis retreats slow and costly. The campaign in France already has shown the difference between the French and Italians under similar cir cumstances. The Italians were disheart- ened and disillusioned, sick of war and faScism, more torn by factional disputes than were the residents of metropolitan France.
 But for the French Underground the was is only now approaching it's climax. The Underground fighters have reached the last mile on their road to liberation, a road down which they have labored through humiliation and tragedy, but with infinite patience and cunning. for four years These labors did much to pave the way for the successful invasion. But they are not finished. and will not be finished until the Underground has completed its work, and with it one of the noblest chapters in French history.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-22
Minor Revolution

There are those among us who fear our Russian ally means to change the face and political structure of postwar Europe. It may comfort these fearful ones to learn of some changes that the Russians have begun at home:
 Several recaptured cities in the Ukraine have been given new names. TarnopoI' for instance, has been changed to Tefno- pol. And Czertkow (pronounced Chert. kov) has become Chortkov (pronounced Chortkov).
 The revolution may be under way. But it certainly is proceeding in low gear
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-22
ALL WOUND UP
Christian Science Monitorl

fGhfistlan belence MollloFl
 Americans. who iH the early le30s spoke Of being down to their last yacht. know in the i040s what t is to be down to their last alarm clock. And they are wondering if the clock isn't pretty nearly down to Us last alarm, It has been knocked oil the bedside table by a beautiful dreamer who still needed more Of the prompting of the famous steps hen Poster song, Its faeeis cracked lthe clocks not the dreamer'sl and It's tick is about as steady as tbs motor in the old jal0py that is try Ing to endure the duration,
 But haTkl What is that9 4 tipkle Of pristine bellsP 4 whispered heat- Ing of the Teyiying pulse Of tmeY No less, And the tinkling shall bs Q tintinnabulati0ni the tick shall become took,
 For among 70 items Of home goods from which the WPR ban has been lifted, We Gee--n0 let's look again; yes We were right -lt is alarm clocks We are overwhelmed, As ll all moments of high emotional ln' tenslty we want to emit appBopriats a0uDds of sentiment, But under stress, all we can think 0f IS "cprs few shall not ring tonight" when the point really is that alarm clocks will more surely ring tomog' row,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-22
DRV SUMMER

lNew Haven JouTpalsc0uFieT)
 Recent reports on rainfall show that even in . small area like Con. neetieut there has been great deal Of variation this summer, HaFtt0rd's moisture deficiency Is much less than New HaYen's while the LltebS field region has suffered little, The WeatheV statistics from other parts 0g the country tell g story Of drought that most nearly resembles New Hayeng experience,
 The Ohio Valley has had one Of the dFiest summers on record, Teng nRssee has had only lS per cent normal Talpfnll, Kentucky 4 per cent, Illinois 70 per cent, Indiana B2 per cent, and Ohio q per cent,
 The Great Lakes region has had subn0Fmal rainlell, as have parts 0f Missouri, 0kl0hama and Texas, The Rocky Mountain region and the North Pacific area are calling gog moisture,
 Back on our eastern seaboard, portions Of New York, Pennsylvania,