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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
Need Workers In Synthetic
 Rubber pIanfs

WASHINGTON, March 22.-The production of synthetic rubber is being held up by shortage of workers, Rubber Director Dewey re- ported in plea for retention of the industry's young key technicians.
 Dewey voiced the first official complaint of the industries likely to be hit by the plan to take into the armed forces practically all of the quarter of a million men under 26 deferred for occupation reasons.
 Tt would be impossible to oper- ate some of the plans satisfactorily or carry forward the completion of some of the vital researches" Dewey said.
 About 22,000,000 synthetic rubber tires will be built for passenger cars this year instead of the 30O0O 900 previously estimated as necessary to replace the worn rubber on civilian automobiles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
FIVE MISSING IN
 EXPLOSION IN
 BOMB STORAGE

HERMISTON, Oregon, March 22 Five men are, missing is an ex- plosion of a bomb storage igloo on a l0-mile square of the Umatilla Ammunition Depot near here, Col. Buyers, commanding officer, said.
 Those missing were working in the igloo when the bombs detonated from an undetermined cause at 9:30 o'clock Pacific War Time. last night, and were undoubtedly killed.
 There were no casualties outside the igloo and no other major prop erty damage, the commandant said. However, windows were shattered here in a six-mile reservation and Pendeleton, 30 miles southwest, was jared.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
SAYS 4TH TERM
 SPELLS DEFEAT
 FOR DEM0CRAT5

CHICAGO, H., March 22.-Unit- ed States Senator Edwin c. John son, Democrat of Colorado, saying the Presidents influence with Con- gress is already beyond repair, declared history would record a fourth term, if it materializes, as a term of defeat and illustration"
 Addressing the North Park Col lege, Senator Johnson, who opposed a third term, noted the fourth nom ination is accepted as matter of course but the once powerful Dem- ocratic Party, with one man con- trol, will be reduced to helpless im- potency
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
PATTON GIVEN
 NEW COMMAND

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NAPLES, March P. It. Gen. George s. Patton, Jr., known to troops as "Old Blood and Cuts, " has been replaced as Commander of the Seventh Army by Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch, Pacific fight ing veteran.
 In Washington, the War Depart ment said Patton had been given command of another army" but declined to identify the unit or whereabouts. It is assumed the new assignment is in connection with the expected western front invasion.
 Patton handled the final mopping up at Guadalcanal and led the Sev- enth to the victory in Sicily He got lot of publicity by skipping sol- dier for which he apologized.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
HULL GIVES 0UTp0LICY;;
 Y POINTS
Calls for International Co operation in Post
 war Setup

WASHINGTON, March 22.-Sec- retary of State Cordell Hull laid down l7-point program of Am erican foriegn policy, aimed at post war world international cooperation, and called on all liberty-loving peo- pie to show themselves worthy of freedom by fighting for it.
 The statement appeared designed as both as call to the peoples of occupied lands to be ready to help with the invasion and likewise to answer criticism that the admins tration has no definite foreign policy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
GerlnansNow Demand Help
 Of Bulgaria
Balkan State Moi at War with Russia Cabinet
 Meets to Decide

LONDON, March p. - German troops are already in control ot Hungary and are reported moving to extend full military occupation of Bulgaria and Rumania.
 The Turkish radio expressed the view that Hitler will soon place all three countries under one command to "intensify tho German war effort in southeast Europe"
 Advices from neutral capitals in dicated the Nazi divisions are seiz- ing strategic military and civil ad- ministration centers with all speed, and with the ruthlessness which characterized the German troop movements at the start of the war. Except in minor cases, there was no resistance to the occupying fore es, who apparently are having things their own way
 The Bulgarian Cabinet, the An kara radio said, met in prolonged session yesterday to discuss the German demands for active help in the Nazi war against Russia. Bull garia is at war with Britain and the United States, but never inter- rupted her relations with Russia, long her friend .snd champion.
 London newspapers published An kara dispatches saying it is re- ported there that Premier Anton cscu of Rumania is planning to seek an armistice with Russia whose troops are already surging deeply into Bessarabia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
Many Ships Are Handed
 To Britain
38 Escort Aircraft Carriers. Built in U. S., Are
 Delivered

WASHINGTON, March 22.-Sec- retary of Navy Frank Knox an- nounces that 38 escort aircraft car- riers built in the United States have been delivered to Britain under the lend-lease program and this fleet will be part of the anti submarine fleet of Allied Nations.
 Knox said the escort carriers are approximately of 10000 tons dis placement each and have been one of the most potent weapons against German submarines in the Atlantic
 Knox said 50 escort carriers re- main in operation with the United States Fleet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
sLUGGJNG IT OUT

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NAPLES, March 22--New Zealand roops of the Fifth Army are slug ing it out with the enemy in sav- age hand to hand fighting, and arc making slow but steady progress in he southern section of Cassino, AL lied headquarters said. and fighting ,qually bloody ragged in the hills to he west from which an estimated 90 pieces of German artillery and many mortars continued to rain shells on the ruined town.
 Our efforts to clear the town of Cassino and occupy the eastern slopes of dominating Monte Cassino. have been pushed energetically against bitter enemy opposition and .errain difficulties on Monday and Tuesday, a headquarters commen- .ator said.
 German Achievements
 The German defense forces at JaSSlnO were reinforced on Monday by young Nazi parachute troops and lnits of the armored Grenadier Division. Official reports of the lighting in the towns southern sec ion indicated they may have re- gained some ground there after re- capturing the Continental Hotel greckage.
 Allied troops are holding one point on the Monte Casino slopes ,nly four to seven hundred yards rom two strong German artillery points just west of the town which Ire making it particularly difficult or the Allied gunners firing from he valley or the hills beyond to ieutralize the enemy fire without endangering their own men.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, March 22.--Closine quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6, American Can 859s Anaconda 26sl, Beech Aircraft 8aI Bethlehem Steel 60A Curtiss Wright Kennecott 31A, North American Kenncott 31si, North American Aviation 87s, New York Central 203s Northern Pacific 1873, United States Steel 53.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows; Industrials, 138.98; rails 40.25; utilities, 23.57.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
FIRST WAC5 REACH BA5E,.
 CEN. PACIFIC

HEADQUARTERS OF PACIFIC WING OF AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND, March 22.-The arrival of the first group of WACS assign ed to active duty in the Central Pacific area is announced by Brig Gen. William Ord Ryan, Commando ing General
 The. detachment caused a furore at Headquarters where most of the officers and enlisted men had never seen a WAC before except in pic lures.
 The WACS will take over the duties of enlisted men at Hawaiian ATC stations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
pAvIENG |5
 BATTEREDBY
 U. 5. FORCES
Emirau Island Is Seized Big Endrllement in
 SoIomons Made

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, March g. Marines from the Solomons have seized Emirau Island, overcoming light Japanese resistance, to com plete an American circle around Bismarck Sea, Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur's communique announces.
 United States battleships, in the first action in Bismarck Sea, pounded the Jap naval base at Pavieng, New Ireland. In a three and one half hour bombardment, the town was destroyed. The old one-two punch put additional bar riers across the enemy north and south communication lines and add ed to the bottling up of both Bis martk and Solomons bases, the Headquarters spokesman says.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
BATTLE IN
 CITY RUINS
 NOW FIERCE
Nazis Make Two Counter attacks New Zealand
 CTS SIugging If Out
BY LYNN HEINzERLING

BY LYNN HEINZERLING Associated Press War Correspondent
 WITH THE FIFTH ARMY AT CASSINO, March 22s-The fight in the ruins of Cassino has developed into the widest battle of the Ital- ian campaign.
 The Germans have made two counter attacks against Castle Hill behind the town
 The New Zealanders are slugging it out in the streets with the Ger mans.
 Allied and German mortar and artillery shells are landing within few hundred yards of each other.
 Allied guns brought up, fire at direct range at the Continental Hotel in which the Germans have managed to install themselves after once having been driven out of the hotel area.
 The entire south end of the town held by the enemy, has also been brought under this Allied gun fire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
ManyArresis Made by FBI;;
 Fraud Cases

BALTIMORE, March 22 = The FBI has arrested 34 shipyard work CTS charged with defrauding the Bethlehem Steel Company, over . period of years of more than s1.- 100000 through Justification of work records, FBI agent John Vincent said
 All the workers arrested are in the welding department where checkers, for a fee, certified the in- dividuals turnd out more work than was actually done.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
Oh. Baby!
 Some Baby, And Much

RALEIGH. North Carolina, March 22.-A 25-pound baby girl has been born to MT. and Mrs. Smos Harris, negro couple. parents of II other children.
 pr. Thomas Cathcart, physician, said the baby is 32 inches long, and has a full set of teeth.
 Mother and babe are in excellent condition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
LONDON UNDER
 HEAVY ATTACK

LONDON, March 22.--About 100 German war planes subjected Lon don to sharp attack last night, causing casualties and large damage in a number of sections. It was the heaviest assault since the raid of March IT. Nine raiders were shot down
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
President Improves;
 Cold Has Broken Up

WASHINGTON. March 22.-Pres- ldent Roosevelt, who has had a severe cold in the head for several days is reported improved although he coptinued to work in the White House Presidential quarters today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
Fund Approved for
 Alaska Agricultural
 5ervice and Station

WASHINGTON, March 22.-The House Appropriations Committee has recommended $23,95O for the Agricultural Extension Service in Alaska and $37,500 for an Agricul- tural Experiment Station in Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
The w ashington
 Merry Co., Round
By DREW PEARSON Gt. Col Robert s. Allen now on active service with the Armyo

WASHINGTON Much-loved oc- togenarian Senator Carter Glass received visit recently from his old friend Jim Farley. The Vir- einia statesman, who has served in the House, the Senate and as Secretary of the Treasury for all most half century, is not in good health but, in pajamas and bath robe, received Farley.
 In the Senator's lap, as he talked, was a letter on White House sta- tionery. Jim Farley could not help but notice the stationery, but nat urally did not try to pry into the contents of the letter.
 It was from Jim's one-time friend and chief, Franklin Roosevelt. And it was on a subject regarding which Jim and Carter Glass vigorously disagree--the tax veto.
 After the President had vetoed the tax bill, with consequent Bark ley fireworks, Senator Glass phoned the White House.
 Tell the President he told Jimmy Byrnes, that he not only had the Constitutional right to veto the tax bill, but it was his constitutional duty to veto bill as inadequate as this one"
 In reply, the President wrote a warm letter of thanks to the 84- year-old Senator. This was the letter which lay in Glass's lap when Jim Farley called.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
POLICE COURT FINES

The following were fined in City Police Court this morning: Edgar Mahoney. $25 and five days sus- pended, charged with being drunk and disorderly Brick Eickel, five days in jail on a drunkenness charge.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
WEEKLY CHILD HEALTH
 CONFERENCE TOMORROW

The regular weekly Child Health Conference will be held tomorrow afternoon between and 4 o'clock in the Health Center of the Terri torial Building.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
AT GASTINEAU HOTE

At the Gastineau Hotel, E. H Edmonds is here from Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
SALESMAN HERE

H. B. Crewson, well known travel ing man, is at the Gastineau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
HERE FROM ANCHORAGE

Here from Anchorage, William c Burns is at the Gastineau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
DIVORCE GRANTED

A divorce was granted in the U. s. District Court to Barbara K Gar rett from Jack A. Garrett.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
R. c. COOK HERE

R. C. Cook, salesman. is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
ARRIVALS HERE

!. Arriving here from Seattle, Sandy Nolan and Mary Espeland are guests at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
NELSON FROM MONTEREY

From Monterey, California, Rus sell O. Nelson is at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
. . WEATHER REPORT
 (U. s. Bureau)

Temp Tuesday, March 21 Maximum 37; Minimum 32 Rain .35
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
RED ARMY IS {. NEAR LW0W
 IN POLAND
Russian Flag Raised Above 300 More Recap
 tured Towns

BULLETIN LON DON, March 22.-The capture of Per vomaisk on the Bug River, northwest of Nikolaev, is an nounced by Stalin tonight in an Order of the Day. This capture has punched segment out of the German line directly north of Odessa.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22
PARACHUTE INVESTIGATION

ldSI WtCk IIlC w dSiilIlSIOLl MtTTy- Go-Round revealed that the para chute now being used by American fliers was dangerous compared with the British single-release type and that Brigadier General Newt o Il Longfellow of the U S. Eighth Air Force in England had cabled Wash ington that anything but quick release harness is murderous'
 Today, this column can further reveal that the Justice Department and Army Air Forces are moving in on this situation rapidly, and that one employee at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, who was connected with the procurement of para chutes, is under investigation. He has resigned from Wright Field under pressure.
 Also the Air Forces have recently ordered 25O0 of the single-release British type of parachute. This permits the flier to free himself of the chute immediately after he lands. thus avoiding. the danger of being dragged along the ground or if he lands in water, of drowning
 The parachute used in most Army planes has three release points. This means that, when a para trooper hits the ground, he has to release the harness at three differ ent points and, if he fumbles on one of them, he cannot get free at all.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-03-22

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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
Power Saw Cuts
WOrknlan'S Arm

VAN DYKE-Alexander An
drzejewski, 80, of 1888 Prospect
avenue, Van Dyke, was taken to
Saratoga hospital in Detroit
Wednesday by township police,
after he had cut his left arm
above the elbow, and severed
a vein, while sharpening a knife
on an emery wheel in his home.
After AndrzejeWski sharpencd
the knife, he reached over to
pull the plug from the wall,
township police stated, and a
saw that was mounted along
side the emery wheel and pow
cred by the same motor, caught
his left arm, cutting the vein. He
was taken to the police station
by neighbors, who applied a
tourniquet TO his arm. Upon
arrival at the hospital, Andre
zewski passed into unconscious
ness, township police said.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
Duck Law violators
Wind Up in Court
Center Line Hunter
Denies His Guilt

Four men were charged in
Mount Clemens Justice Court
Wednesday with having loaded
firearms in a boat powered by
a motor. Three of the men plead
ed guilty, and the fourth had
his trial set for Sept. q.
The men who pleaded guilty
were Vance Wray, 35, of East
Milton street, Hazel Park; Ed
ward Leslie, 80, of 1859 Way
burn avenue, Detroit, and Ray
nond c. Gordon, 48, of Route
3, Hazel Park. They paid fines
and costs totaling $52.05. Thorn
as KozloWski, 10, of 26O16 Ryan
road, Center Line, pleaded not
guilty. The complaint was filed
by Carl Herman, district conser-
vat:on officer.
Another hunter, Paul Hack
er, SO, of 1890 Maiden avenue,
Detroit, pleaded guilty to a
charge of hunting migratory
water fowl with a gun capable
of holding more than three
shells.
He paid a fine and costs of
1886. The complaint was also
signed by the conservation Of
ficer.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
Abandoned Doq
Nets Humane
Woman $35

UTICA-A woman who feels
kindly toward dumb animals to-
day is richer by S35 because OF
her interest in the welfare of q
dog.
The woman, Agnes Robinson,
of Utica, reported to the Sher-
ifs office that on July % a
woman abandoned a dog in the
City of Utica. For her effort,
Macomb county has made her an
award of SIS, and Walter Fen
ton, county humane officer,
made her a reward of $40 from
his personal funds.
Jennie Schaffer, of 5431 Run
yam road, Washington, the wo-
man who abandoned the ami
NAL, was arraigncd before JUS
tlce of the Peace Frank E. jean
nette on Aug. %. She pleaded
guilty, and was released upon
payment of fine and costs of
Sl5.65, and placed on probation
for one year. 70
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21

er but was now painted an ob-
scure gray. The name on the
bow had been painted over and
now she lay there, not a giiSten-
ing queen of the seas, but
mighty servant of a nation at
war.
Bleak lights lit the wharfs,
military police moved with
swift sureness and more BUSES
filled with men in uniforms pull
ed up. Against the panes their
faces were pressed, some eager,
some grimly determined, others
deliberate and calm, but all
staring out Of their.WindoWs for
a last look at their country.
What thoughts must they have?
No one knows of their depart
ure, all is yelled in utmost Sc
crecy -. and the rain still
comes down like a dreary cur
tain.
Then whistles in the night,
curt orders and the sound of
many marching feet be-
yond the gateway their uniform
ed backs disappear some
glance back, all are somber now,
few talk.
Later as if beckoned by an
unseen messenger the vessel ST.
lently slips out to sea a dark
mysterious ship, dWarfing the
small escort boats by her might.
We stand, awed at the sight e..
and humble then wave
through the mist a gesture of
hCga to those aboard men
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
Cratiot Paving
Plans Completed
in East Detroit

EAST DETROIT-Plans for
the paving of Gratiot avenue
from Eight Mile road to Nine
Mile road were completed by
the City Council at their week
ly meeting in the municipal
building Monday night.
The paving, which has long
been requested by the Board
of Commerce and the City Coun-
Gil, will be done by the State
Highway department and paid
for by the State, according to
Stephen Henderson, city clerk.
The paving is to be started with
in 10 days, and completed by
Dec, first.
A resolution for the construc-
ton of street between Toepfer
road and CrescentWood avenue,
was passed by the Council, and
sent to Circuit Court for review.
The new road would be con-
tinuance of ElmWood road on
one end and Hayes avenue on
the other end.
1t was also agreed upon by
the council to erect traffic sig
nal lat Erin school on Grove
avenue, according to Henderson.
This signal would be operated
only when children would be
going to and coming from
school. Delayed until next
weeks meeting were plans for
the installation of a stoker type
furnace in the municipal build
ing. A contract for another
years maintenance by the State
Highway Department Of Gratiot
avenue from Eigt Mile to 10
Mile road was signed by the
Council.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
Grave YOungster
INDEPENDENCE. Mo

iANbbI biNDIANSG, IhO' -NO'To
Many varied EXPLANATIONS,
no doubt, met Sen. Harry S.
Truman's nomination for the
Democratic candidate for vice
president, but probably one of
the most deadly came from g.
year-old Ann Hunt, daughter of
the pastor Of the First Baptist
Church here. When Ann, who
lives across the street from
the Truman home in Independ-
ence, heard the news of the
neighbours nomination, she ran
to her mother and exclaimed:
"Oh, Mother, Cemetery Tru-
man has been nominated"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
BY NANCY GURNEY

Outside on the docks was d
slow drilling rain which made
little rivulets on the car win.
dows and blurred the faces of
men peering out into the night.
There, anchored at an East
coast pier, lay a huge vessel, one
that had once been luxury lin
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
Wild Drivers
Now Down
Postal Boxes

EAST DETROIT-Postmaster
Fred w. Schroeder is sick of
having his curbside postal boxes
kicked around.
And Fred is, ordinarily, a pa
tient man.
In fact the first five times
! that careless motorists locked
tenders with the postal box i'm
mediately in front of the post
office building here, he consid-
cred the situation lust one of
those things"
Now that it has happened for
the sixth time he is beginning to
wonder if it hasn't become a
habit.
Therefore Fred has asked that
anyone knowing who the latest
offender is (the box was COM
pletely moved down from its
moorings by a hit-run motorist
early Sunday morning) report
that fact to him promptly.
In fact, the postmaster indi-
Gated, if such information is not
forthcoming and the offender
tagged with the damages, he
fears that the urb-box, design
ed for the convenience of driv-
ers who want to deposit mail
without troubling to climb out
Of their cars, may have TO be
abandoned. .-=---===
While, Schroeder said, East
Detroit police gathered together
all of the mail spilled from the
broken box Sunday morning, he
is getting a bit impatient.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
GRIM SCENE AT EAST COAST PIER
A Troop Ship Slips Its Cables

who are now A p. o. numbers.
My cheeks are damp, but it is
not the rain for that had ceased.
and weep unashamed as
take a last look at the troop
ship gliding out into the night
destination unknown-but
purpose clear.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21
Traps 81 Foxes

BRAIDWOOD, Ill. - U.P) -
Albert Matthias, a shovel oper-
ator at a strip mine, goes trap
ping in his spare time. Last win
ter he accumulate 81 fox pelts
and one wolf hide.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-21

There are now q certificated
airlines operating in Mexico, Of
which three are United States
COmpanies.