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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
THREE CITIES
0FJApAN IN
RAIDATTA(k
Premier Tojo Gives Out
New Information
Korea Bombed

NEW YORK, June 16.-The Am
erican Super Fortresses that raided
the Jap mainland yesterday are
presumed to have taken off from
Sian,' Shensi Province, in northern
China, the Tokyo radio said.
Another Tokyo broadcast acknow-
lodged the raiders hit the Yawata
plant, lapan's great manufacturing
company, but declared that hits
were made by only few bomb
fragments" and caused no dam
age"
Apparently the succession OF
broadcasts from the Japanese CAPT.
tai attempted to minimize effects OF
the attack yesterday, but at meet
ing of the Japanese Cabinet, hur-
riedly called this morning, Premier
Toto said there were 20 planes In
the raiding group and eight were
shot down, but he also stated tar
gets we're also hit in the cities Of
Moi, Yawama. and Kurura.
Moi Is an important communica-
tons center.
Korea Is Raided
Another japanese broadcast pick
ed up here reports that enemy
planes have raided points on Korea
on the Asiatic mainland immed-
lately opposite the Kyushu section.
The broadcasts failed to give any
definite time regarding the Korean
raid but this may have been part of
the attack on greater Japan.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
Director for Girl
SeoutCampA Arrives

To take over the duties as Dr.
rector for the Girl Scout Camp for
the second consecutive year, Miss
Pauline Roach has arrived in Ju-
neau and is already completing
plans for the Eagle River encamp-
ment.
Miss Roach is a teacher in the
Junior High School at Minot, North
Dakota. She has had considerable
experience at directing camps, hay
ing been director of Girl Scout
camps at Havre, Montana; Billings,
and Spokane, Washing
ton. She also took special courses
in camp direction at both Spokane
and st. Paul, Minnesota.
After the close of the Scout Camp
here, Miss Roach will go to Ketchi-
kan to direct camp activities there.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
INDIAN BUREAU
Will OPERATE
ARMY HOSPITAL
Ndgwdy Institution Turn.
ed Over 10 Care for
I. B. Patients

WASHINGTON, June 16. - Tu-
berculosis among the natives of
Alaska has become SO serious the
Army is turning over its temper
airy hospital at Skagway to help
meet the problem, officials of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs testify
ing before House Appropriation
Committee, said
The Skagway hospital, with $50
beds, is no longer needed by the
Army, the officials said, and about
1000 Alaska natives are suffering
with tuberculosis, due chiefly TO
poor housing. At present the In
dian Service is only able to care
for 70. Plans for a new hospital
for Alaska were deferred when war
broke out.
The Committee recommended a
100000 appropriation for the OPP
Grafton of the Skagway hospital
for the next fiscal year, the money
to be spent in two years if the
project does not get under way
promptly this year.
Willard Beatty, Director of Edu-
cation Of the Indian Bureau, testi-
fled that the Interior Department
is also negotiating with the Army
for its entire hospital setup at
Excursion Inlet, consisting of a
200-bed hospital with facilities for
caring for 400-pupil boarding
school.
Betty said the Bureau is oper-
ating six hospitals in Alaska; the
seventh was bombed at Unalaska.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
CEILINGS ON FUR
REDUCED. 0pA

WASHINGTON, June 16. = The
Office of Price Administration has
ordered a substantial reduction"
in the ceiling prices on domestic and
imported fur skins, and said the
savings will be passed on to the
public.
The regulation. effective June 10,
fixes prices on sales of skins through
auction houses and brokers. The
OPA said the specific savings at re-
tail will not be determined until a
revision of the fur garment price
regulation is completed.
Prices announced are on some 30
types of skins and are based on the
highest prices in effect october l..
1941 through April 30, 1912. The base
period heretofore was March, 1912.
Sales on ranch mink and ranch
silver fox are exempt from the regu-
lations as are breeder, trapper,
farmer, rancher and hunter sales
not exceeding $75 month.
Dyed and dressed Alaska sealskins
and raw or dressed blue or white
Alaska fox pelts continue to be COW
cred by separate regulation.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
LAND BASED
PLANES HIT
TRUk AT0LL
Liberators from Admiralty
Blast Jap Bdstion in
Heaviest Raid

ADVAN CED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA.
June l6-The two-day l86-ton
bombing raid ON Truk, the heav-
lest assault by land-based planes
on that naval base, and the wars
first Liberator attack on zap are
reported by headquarters. Large
formations of Admiralty based Lib
orators blasted Truk by daylight
on Monday and Tuesday in con-
certed attack exceeded in the mid
Pacific only by carrier planes.
In the first assault the raiders
dropped 80 tons of bombs on Dub
lon Island. destroying buildings
causing fires, repelling is to 20 in
terceptors, and downing six
The second flight unloaded sc
tons on Dublon and Eten Islets
downing three japanese planes
Other planes bombed Nomoi atoll
$50 miles to the southeast of Truk
There is no report of American
losses.
Truk was attacked 20 times in the
two way intensified bombing be-
tween the central and southwest
Pacific in a little more than two
weeks.
zap Base Hit
Land based bolnbers opened the
assault on zap in day and night
attack Tuesday in an apparent pre-
lude to the Marianas landings
zap, former cable station, about
$50 miles northwest of Palau, and
less than 600 miles southwest oi
Guam, is heavily fortified sea-
plane and landplane base. Large
fires were started during the at
tack aimed at the airdrome.
No further progress is reported
ON the stalemated land fighting OIL
Biak Island in the Schouten group
Americans hold Mokmer, but have
been halted in their advance to-
ward the two other airfields.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
5AIpAN LANDINGS
NOW CONFIRMED
BY ADM. NIMITz

PEARL HARBOR, June lad
miral Chester Nimitz, Commander
in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, has
confirmed the American landings
on Saipan, Jap air and naval base
in the Marianas, following an in
tensive four-day naval and air
bombardment.
The communique said that initial
reports indicate that our casualties
are moderate.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
Koonah Fire
Victims Are
Al Ex. Inlet
Col. Norris Provides lem
porary Fdlilities-Red
Cross Cooperating

The emergency situation arising
from the disastrous fire at Hoonah
Wednesday night which left $50
persons homeless, has been immed-
itely solved by Col. George B. Nor
ris, Commander at Excursion Inlet.
who apprised OF the conditions ex-
listing by Fred Geeslin, Acting
General Superintendent of the Of
flee of Indian Affairs, quickly
placed barracks in readiness for
temporary shelter and sent power
barges to Hoonah to carry fire suf-
ferers to the Inlet.
1t is estimated that at least 200
persons have bee ntaken from
Hoonah to Excursion Inlet, where
temporary feeding and housing
conditions are available
The Medical Dispensary is also
opened for any relief required and
the Public Health Service has sent
a nurse to Excursion Inlet
Tents are not available and this
is given as the reason for remov-
ing fire victims to Excursion Inlet
instead of attempting, to take care
of them at the destroyed town.
At any time the refugees desire
to return to Hoonah from Excur-
sion Inlet for business purposes,
transportation will be furnished
either by power barges or by the
many fishing craft that are avail
able.
Seventy EIGHT natives houses were
destroyed in the Wednesday night
fire and these housed from two to
four families under the tribal rela-
lions plans.
The Red Cross headquarters at
San Francisco has radioed that all
assistance necessary will be given.
Don Foster, General Superintend-
ent of the Office of Indian At
fairs, will arrive here tomorrow
from Anchorage, postponing his
projected trip to the interior and
Nome.
This in a nutshell is the Hoonah
fire situation up to noon today
According to John Newmarket,
President of the Juneau Red Cross
Chapter 1000 pounds of food sup
plies and blankets were taken To
Hoonah by Ted Kettleson, Chair
man of the Sitka Red Cross Chap
ter. The juneau Chapter is pro-
viding blankets and the Red Cross
at Ketchikan has wired its offer
to help.
More details regarding the fire
at Hoonah were given by U. s.
Deputy Marshal Walter Hellan, yes
terday afternoon following his re-
turn from the scene of the dis
aster.
Hellan stated that the fire re-
portedly started from bonfire be-
meath one of the stilt-supported
houses, which had been built by
one of the Indian women of the
village for the purpose of drying
fish. The fire flared up when she
threw can of gasoline over the
slow burning embers instead OF
kerosene, which she had asked one
of her children to bring.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
GREAT Steel
W0Rk5(HIEF
OBJECT HIT
Raid Believed 10 Have
Knocked Out One Fifth
Empire S Production
BY CLYDE A. FARNswoRTH

BY CLYDE A. FARNSWORTH
Associated Press War Correspondent
UNITED STATES SUPER FORT
RESS BASE IN WESTERN CHINA.
June 16.--American B-29s, new Sup
err Fortresses, struck a terrific body
blow at Japans war industry and
may have knocked out one-fifth of
the Nippon Empires steel produc-
lion In yesterdays raid on Yawata,
the Pittsburgh of Japan.
Tho worlds most powerful war
planes made the longest bombing
flight in history and left trains of
demolition bombs bursting on the
Imperial Iron and Steel Works at
Yawata, northern Kyushu.
This is but the beginning of our
organized destruction of the Japa-
nese industrial empire" comment
ed Brig. Gen. Kenneth Wolfe, who
is chiefly responsible for the pro-
duction Of the B-29.
The Imperial Steel Works. the
largest in the Jap empire, is credited
with 20 percent Of Jap steel produce
ton.
Yesterdays mission combined a
psychological and strategical stroke
at maximum power Of the long BE-
cret Goth Bomber Command Two
B-20's failed to return.
Interrupts Swing
The raid came on the heels OF
Jap Premier Tojo's declaration that
the Japs themselves are preparing
surprise. Jap stations were broad
casting English versions Of the Pre-
mier's declaration and playing pirat-
ed American swing music when
Wolfe's raider pack came In on their
silvery l51-foot wings.
The first target attacked In Japan
with the new weapon was one Of the
most strongly defended on the Jap
home islands. Wolfe. aground by
War Department order. was sweat
ing out the mission in his ward room
with Maj. Gen. George Stratemeyer.
second in command of all Allied air
forces In southeast Asia.
Congratulations
When the first Super Fortress
flashed the code word Betty
meaning bombs away at 1888 p. m.
local time, 1858 a. m. Thursday. r.
w. T., or 1880 a. m. Friday, Jap
time, said Stratemeyer to Wolfe,
Congratulations this is the start Of
the finish"
The Super Fortress, which can
carry more explosives faster. higher
and farther than any other plane,
flew from network Of bases labor
iously carved out of the western
China plains by 100000 conscript
and contract Chinese laborers. men.
women and children.
Is Second Raid
Actually this Is the second Super
Fortress raid. These planes bombed
Makasan railway shops at Bangkok
ON June 5 in a great shakedown
operation.
The communique, June 8. called
this the heaviest blow of the war"
The Bangkok communique said:
BLACK smoke rose to great heights
through the clouds as the bombcrs.
despite bad weather. pressed home
widespread attacks on the railway
shops and marshalling yards
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
JAPANESE STATEMENT

NEW YORK, June 16.-The Japa-
nese Imperial Headquarters ac-
knowledged in a broadcast COM
munique that about 20 B-29s and
B-24s from the China area" raided
northern Kyushu.
The deral Communications
Commission picked up the broadcast
here and the communique further
said.
Our western air defenses immed-
lately intercepted and repulsed
them, shooting down several and our
losses we're negligible
An earlier broadcast, the first
from Tokyo, confirmed the bomb
ings and claimed six American
planes we're downed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
Miss Liberty Standing.

Betty Mill is still number one
in the Miss Liberty contest, adding
Its votes bringing her total up to
1880 Joyce Smith and Kath-
leen McAlister are unchanged in
their totals. Betty Bennett, al
though still in eighth place, almost
doubled her total since yesterday,
and Lois Allen and Lila Sinclair
made substantial gains but remain
in the same position.
Bond sales are steadily increas-
ing, and each participant in what
is frequently referred to as the
queen" contest is urging her sup
porters to purchase more bonds
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
Frank Bingham Is
Nominated as Atty.
OF Second Division

WASHINGTON, June l6.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt has minated
Frank Bingham to be United States
Attorney for the Second Division
of Alaska, succeeding Charles Clas-
by, resigned.
Bingham was a former Montana
educator and has been United
States Commissioner at Nome.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
The w ashington
Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
CIT Col Robert S. Allen now on active
service with the Army

WASHINGTON-Adlai Stevenson,
civilian assistant to the late Secre-
tary of the Navy Knox, is leaving
the Navy to try to buy Knoxs
newspaper, the Chicago Daily News
steve nson, most up-and-coming
young executive in the Navy, went
to Italy last fall recommended i'm
mediate ousting of the King and
Badoglio, putting in democratic
regime. Now, six months late, his
ideas are carried out. Grandson u
Vice President Adlai Stevenson of
the second Grover Cleveland Adj
ministration, Adlai was FDR S
choice to be the new UnderSecre-
tary of the Navy, but Forrestal
said no.
UNION JACK British limies de-
serve a good share of the credit
for the blasting of Hitler's Allan
tic Wall before. the Allies waded
ashore. The British Navy has the
chief command in Channel waters,
steamed in close and demolished
Nazi pillboxes, forts and everything
else within twelve miles of shore.
It was the job which Navy guns
should have done on the bloody
island of Tarawa. We learned our
lesson there namely, that air
bombing can't do everything. U. S,
warships also did a good job along
the Channel, except that Admiral
Alan Kirk, either because he got
his signals mixed or because the
weather was bad,. failed to blast
one Nazi beach. That was where
U. S. troops got caught in muir
derous cross-fire and were slaugh-
tered
HOLLYWOOD AMBASSADOR :
Eris Johnston, who has been tell
ing it to the Soviets as U. 5
Chamber of Commerce, has new
job virtually cinched when he
comes home: Hollywood's ambas-
sador to Washington The movie
industry long has wanted an out
standing figure to represent it ir
the capital, and the moguls have
decided on Johnston, except fol
Warner Brothers. They don't seem
so sure that fortnight Eric is the
man.
GOOD NEWS-The Pacific fight
ing is ahead of schedule That is
why lights have been burning late
in FEA's office of Economic War
fare recently. The war chiefs sud-
denly decided they needed certain
information regarding the location
of buildings inside Japan and call
ed on Economic Warfare to pro-
duce it in a hurry. This means
<C1,,t;nuad IN paOo EoIIrl
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
(HERB0URG
ISOLATION
NOW LOOMS
Campaign 10 Cut Off Ger.
mans on Peninsula
Nearing Success

BULLETIN SUPREME
HEADQUARTERS OF ALLIED :
EVOLUTIONARY FORCES,
July 16.-Commander Bradley's
American troops, ramming home
another blow to cut off Cher
bOurg, have advanced to within
two and one-half miles east of
the st. Sauveur junction, con-
trolling two of the three roads
leading to the nearly beleaguer-
ed port.
The Americans have marked
up gain of two and one-half
to three miles west of Carentan,
after previously reaching Reigne-
vile, three miles northeast of
st. Sauveur, and are plugging
away on the 10-mile front, rap
ping out repeated gains despite
stubborn resistance.
SUP RENE HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITION A R
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
MRS. stage RETURNS HOME
AFTER VISIT IN JUNEAU

Mrs. G.. Lee Stage, wife OF DR..
Stage OF Ketchikan left for her
home on the last boat. She, with
her little son Jimmie. have been
spending a week with her mother,
Mrs. H. l.. Wood of Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
WAR BOND
TOTAL IS
$S7,453
Almost One fifth Of Quota
Reached on Fourth
Day Of Drive

Results from the first four days
of bond sales in the Fifth War
Loan Drive show a total of $87,453,
with $47,253 of this in Series e.
bonds
Juneaus quota is $453,00O in all
series, with $4,000 of it to be in
Series E purchases.
Tonight the Chamber of Com
merce boys will be out in full
force to take charge of one booth,
while the Catholic Daughters OF
America will operate the other.
Last night the booths were taken
over by the Elks and Emblem Club
and the Central Labor Council
Miss Liberty Standings
c.tanJi,,oc in tho Miss liberty
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
sITKA PEOPLE HERE

Josephine Dawson, Irene Rey-
holds, and Mrs. Jack Conway are
all registered at the Baranof from
Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
IN FROM sITKA

Mrs. w. X. Grassley, of Sitka,
registered last evening at the Ju-
neau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
IN FROM HAINES

Virginia Kingsbury and Josephine
Paulson are in from Haines and are
guests at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, June 16. = Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 6ss, American Can
89A, Anaconda 26ss, Beech Aircraft
81, Bethlehem Steel 81, Curtiss-
Wright SIS, International Harvester
75i2, Kennecott 31h, North Amer
lean Aviation 81, New York Central
1874, Northern Pacific 1914, United
States Steel Sc.
Dow, Jones averages today are as
follows: Industrials 1866; rails,
4O82; utilities, 1888.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16
DOYLE. IN TOWN

James Doyle of Seattle is in
town and is registered at the Cas-
tineau.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-16

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

We hope so And if so-don't lose your
dream at the breakfast tablet
Sit your Ever-Lovin' down to two
listed breakfast he'll really go forl Serve
up a hp-smackin' bowlful of honey
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05
FIakes!)

NUtrItIonists soy, An adequate
breakfast includes both fruit and
a whole-grain cereal.
We soy, All General Foods cere-
ais provide whole-grain nourish-
ment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05
How do you rute with the experts?

Government authorities soy; Most
of us don't eat an adequate
breakfast.
Doctors ond dIstitions soy; All Of
US should get at least "a of our
daily nourishment at breakfast.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

Lody, if the Office boy sharpens every
body's pencils but yours-maybe it's
cause you've lost that old up-and-at-
'em come-hitheri
Ask yourself: Are you getting at least
one Quarter of your ddiiynourtshnient at
The Apache sentinel., 1944-02-18
406th Ordnance on Moneuvers

the windows in the direction of the
young lady. Of the soldiers, 199 were
unknown to her. But, of No. 2OC',
she said, 81 know that soldier" That
soldier was Pvt. Edward Lawrence
of New York. Pvt. Lawrence said
that he has never seen the young
lady before, but he was unable to
make the other soldiers believe him.
RumOr Started: There comes a
time when a group travelling on a
long trip becomes very quiet. MANY
of them will fall asleep. Others,
after reading for long period, will
just sit and say nothing.
This happened when T/3rd CIR.
Richard j. Whitman of Shelbyville.
Tenn, thought that he would break
the wave of silence. The rumor was
that maneuvers had been trans
ferred.
T/3rd CIR. Whitman told Pvt.
Cassius Sanders of Frankfort, XIV.
Then the rumor passed on to Pvt.
Ernest F'ifer of New Orleans, La.
who passed it on to Pvt. James H
Bates of fernando, Miss.
The rumor had the greatest ef-
feet upon Pvt. Bates. He jumped
out OF his seat and gave loud.
joyful yell, because the point of the
transfer was near his home.
Suddenly he noticed the expression
on the other soldiers faces. and
realized that he was the goat. PVT
Bates was very angry soldier.
Dig You Later: Until we roach
the mellow, mushy mud of the
maneuVer area, as the Hep-cat told
the Jive-cat, I'll leave you now, but
I'll dig you later.
The Apache sentinel., 1944-02-18
Two New Units Arrive In
Huachuca for Activation

The 3551st Ordnance company.
Medium Automotive and Mainte-
nance, arrived in Fort Huachuca.
February IL, from Fort Clark, Texas.
where it was activated August 81,
1943. This company is attached to
the 333rd Ordnance Bn., and is in
Huachuca on a temporary change
Of stations.
The following are the company's
officers. Captain A. c.. Winkler.
c. O., Cincinnati, Ohio; 1st 1t. Hur-
bert D. McClain, automotive and
staff, Texas; 1st 1t. Paul F. Grabbe,
shop officer, Indiana; and 1st Lit.
Jack Mcdaniel, supply and mess Of
f1cer, Admission, Alabama.
The lSt sergeant is Fortune F..
Harris, Asbury Park, New Jersey.
26th ON. Mobile
The 26th ON. (Mobile) Head
quarters Battalion arrived in Fort
Huachuca January 27, from Pre-
Sidio of San Francisco, California.
for combat. training.
This unit was activated December
81, 1941, in Fort Francis E. Warren
Wyo.
The. headquarters personnel is
made up of the following men:
1t. Col. Hugh F. Evans, CO., Los
Angeles, Calf. Capt. Joseph A.
johnson, Jr., executive officer, Mary
land; 1t. Peter j. Wiesen, adjutant,
Pennsylvania; Capt. Herbert G.
Barber, Bn. Surgeon, Kansas; W.O.
Jr, Gr., Clifton P. Walker, Bn S-4.
Los Angeles, California; w. o. Jr.,
Herbert Cheatham, personnel, Mich
lgan; and Sgt. Major, M/Sgt. Will
liam Blunt, Jr.