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Evening star., 1944-05-19

Army.
Groves, Ellwood M. Widener, John P
Hepner. Leonard E. Galloway, Earl
Jamison, William r. Dickson. Clarence
O'Brien, John T. Banks, Robert L.
OZier, Leslie G. Dupee, William E.
Porter, Clarence Lewis. William H.
Slattery. William r. Simms. Emmet H.
Souder. Paul W Drye, Roland
Vessels, Warren G. Hinton, Willie E.
Graham, Marvin H. Stanley. Robert
Counts, Stanley Surratt, Thomas
Martin, Richard c. Tefford, Charlie
Uhlmer, Antoine G.
Navy.
Baker, John L. Mucci. Michael
Ciampo, John KatZ. Joseph P.
Cranston. James Crupi, Joseph S.
Del Borren. Theodore Dolan. Bernard j.
Dellinger, M l.. Edutis, Vitold L.
Denman, Joseph A Smoot, John M.
Donnelly, Daniel NJ. Swennes. Ordway s.
Farrand, Robert L. Winnie, William e.
Frank, Norman E. Hopkins, James
Freeman. Allen r OdomS, Edward A.
Green, Victor Robinson, Cleveland
Hanback,. Warren E. Staples, Keith p
| Sparacino, A. j. Turner. Charles M
Ward. De Nelson Warfield Harry A.
4 Yates, James F.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-23
BURMA ROAD
BREAK MADE
BY CHINE

CHUNGK1NG, May %. = The
Chinese command announced that
Chinese forces are striking for the
Burma border from the Salween
River and have cut the old Burma
road at Chefang, only % miles from
the Burma frontier.
The Chinese victory isolated the
main enemy Burma road base of
Lunling, 35 miles northeast, by cut
ting its supply route from Mandalay.
The communique said the Jap
garrison at Chefang was encircled
and wiped out by the advancing
Chinese. These forces are driving
westward across Yunnan Province
in western China and now stand
less than 100 airline miles from the
American and Chinese forces in
north Burma who are engaging the
Japs in hand-to-hand combat for
Myitkyina.
Heavy rains are continuing to de-
lay operations around Myitkyina.
and there has been no material
change in the battle for that base,
already one-third occupied by Allied
troops.
The communique from Stilwell's
headquarters said, 1.-THE slow work
of eliminating the savagely re-
sisting pockets of Japanese, who
evidently are prepared to die in their
dugouts behind log entertainments,
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YANk5M0vE
ON 2DR0kE5
new GUINEA
Wadke Airstrip Being Put
in Shape for Allied
Planes

ADVANCED ALI d HEAD
QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA. May
23.-American troop carrier planes
began landing on Wadke airstrip
within 48 hours after the Sixth
Army drove ashore on Thursday to
establish the base which is ITO miles
closer to the Philippines than con-
quered Hollandia.
General Macarthur, in announc-
ing the operation, said the Amer
leans had little trouble wiping out
Jap opposition there, but were hit
ting stubborn resistance on the near
by mainland in their drives to
Maffin Bay and Sarmi, each of
which has an airstrip.
Revised American casualty figures
are Al killed, 1876 wounded and one
missing, compared with 1888 enemy
dead.
Yank bombers continued their
assaults on three Jap airdromes on
the western tip of New Guinea, and
again plastered Biak Island in the
Schouten group with 80 tons of
bombs.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-23

TERRA(ITA
ARE TAKEN
Full Reserve Strength Of
Ndzis Thrown Into
Hitler Line Battle

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NAPLES, May 23-Allied troops,
fighting agains-. German reinforce
ments hastily flung into the battle,
struck deeper into the Germans
mountain barrier and are only %
miles from the Anzio beachhead,
and are Selling more mountain
heights northeast of Terracina.
The German High Command de-
clared the Nazis launched strong
infantry and tank assaults on the
Fifth Army beachhead, supported
by planes and fighting is in full
swing"
The Berlin broadcast said the
beachhead of the Fifth Army was
attacked after intensive artillery
fire, hitting southwest and west of
Aprilia in the Cisterna and Lit
toria sector.
Nazi Reserves in Line
Headquarters declared the Ger
mans have thrown their full reserve
strength south of Rome in the Hit
Ter Line battle, and the Allied main
beachhead armies are engaging II
Mani divisions, some of them badly
mauled already.
Besides the Fifth Army advances
northwest of Terracina, the Eighth
Army has penetrated the Nazi de-
lenses farther northeast in the Liri
Valley
In London, Minister of Informa-
ton Bracken said: THE Germans
are receiving one of the greatest
thrashings of their history from
forces under Gen. Alexander"
Enemy Hangs On
In the town of Piedimonte, four
miles west of Casino, the enemy is
still clinging to strong points while
Eighth Army troops. including Poles,
are on three sides of this strong
natural position. Street fighting is
raging in some parts of the town.
While American patrols which en-
tered Terracina yesterday later
withdrew, other American units adj
vanced to Monte Groce, important
hill overlooking the town.
Americans are also in the process
of occupying various other high
points in the mountain mass rum
ming inland from Terracina. These
include Monte Capiccio, Monte Ad-
tone, Monte Calvo, and Monte
Marine.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-23
WALLACE IN
FAIRBANKS
ON PLANE
Vice President Flies Over
Alaska Enroufe 10
chungking

FAIRBANKS, Alaska. May 23.--
Henry A. Wallace, Vice-President
of the United States, enroute to
Chungking, China, as special ennis
sary of President Roosevelt, made
overnight stops at Edmonton and
Fairbanks, it is permitted to be
disclosed
The Vice President and his party
of three, left Washington by plane
last Saturday.
The ship landed at Edmonton the
same evening after a brief stop at
Minneapolis, then came to Fair
banks.
Wallace was greeted by Brig Gen.
Dale Gaffney, Commanding Gen
eral of the Alaskan Wing Air Trans
port Command, and spent the night
in Gaffney's quarters.
Wallace left Edmonton on Sunday
morning, and on his arrival at Laid
Field was greeted by Col. Russell
Keillor, Commanding Officer of the
field.
Wallace spent part of the day at
the University OF Alaska, where he
was greatly interested in the Uni
versity Agricultural Research, and
spent some time discussing the
problems of Arctic farming with
Dr.. C. E. Bunnell and Dean George
Gasser.
Wallace continued his China jour-
ney after expressing confidepce in
the ability of Alaska to coordinate
its expanding economy in the United
States on a basis of mutual adj
vantage.
The Vice President is being flown
by Col. Richard Right, Command
ing Officer at Morrison Field, Flor
ida. Others in the party are John
Carter Vincent, Chief Of the State
Department Division on Chinese
Affairs; Owen baltimore, Deputy
Director of the Office of War In
formation, overseas branch; and
John Hazard, New York Chief Liai-
son Officer OF the Foreign Economic
Administration, division of Soviet
supply.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-23
kURDER0F
PRISONERS
EXPLAINED
Guards Shot Al Inmates Of
Camp Because They
Lost Their Heads

LONDON, May GA Stockholm
dispatch to the Daily Express said
detailed account of the March
killing of AZ British and Allied
prisoners by the Nazis showed the
massacre did not take place in a
clash between prisoners and guards
but was carried out by groups Of
guards who lost their heads and
shot the prisoners haphazardly in
the barracks. coutryards and work.
shops"
The Express correspondent said
that British officers who escaped
and reached Sweden gave eyewitness
accounts and will issue official re-
ports which Il understand will be
one of the most shocking stories of
the war"
The dispatch reported that the
"shootings lasted several days and
they were apparently due to break
down Of German discipline and
morale. Witnesses state that during
past months most of the guards
at the prison camps behaved like
lunatics.'
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-23
AERIAL w AR
Is INVASION
SAYS ARNOLD

CHICAGO, MAY 23-The aerial
pounding of Hitler-held territory
constitutes the invasion lin the
deadliest sense of the word" Gen.
Henry H. Arnold asserted in a
speech delivered before an economic
club, adding the German fighter
aircraft industry has been at the
top of the bombing list, and more
than 10000 enemy planes have been
destroyed.
What is happening in the skies
over Europe Is not a prelude to in
vision, it is invasion-in the dead
Hest sense of the word. Numeri-
cally we send over an equivalent
OF an infantry division on our daily
routine MISSIONS" Arnold asserted.
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Hurrah! New
Tax Measure
Up 10 T. D. r.
Simplified Income Tax Re-
turns Will Now Relieve
Many Headaches

WASHINGTON, May 23.-In an
emphatic answer to the annual
March tax howl over decimals and
digits, Congress today sent to the
White House legislation simplifying
income tax returns affecting 50.-
100000 payers
Leaders said the President will
certainly sign the "streamIiner."
The law passed unanimously in
the House by a voice vote and then
in the Senate, set up a popularity
record for major tax measure.
The bill will relieve some 10000
600 persons Of the necessity OF ever
computing another Feedral tax re-
turn and in addition sinplifies tax
paying for another 20,000,C10.
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ARNOLD SAYS
NAILS HOPE.
FOR ORA W
Defeat Inevita BILE, But
Warns Of Determined
Opposition D-DdY

CHICAGO, May 23.-Allied in
vasion forces must expect determ-
med opposition in the air on D-day
despite the steady slashing of Ger
man air strength, Gen. Henry H.
Arnold declared in an address to
10000 persons at an Il Am An
American Day. observance.
Asserting that both Germany and
Japan have underestimate Ameri-
cas- power and determination, Gen.
Arnold added:
1T seems safe to guess that plenty
Of highly placed people in Berlin
and Tokyo are now kicking them
selves for that little misca1culation
they made. Their bets lost and now
they are making more bets. They
are endeavoring to conjure up a
procedure by which they hope to
turn almost certain defeat into a
draw
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-23
Military Targets Near Rome Are Bombed
New Invasion 1enseness
Grips Troops in Brain
As Farewe|Is Being Said

LONDON, May 23.-A new in
vasion tenseness gripped troop pack
ed Britain as further drastic cuts
were made in main line passenger
train schedules and left thousands
Of civilians stranded in stations.
Train timetables throughout the
country have been put virtually on
a day-to-day basis and troops are
given priority on trains still run
ming.
Farewells between soldiers and
their wives and sweethearts are
more poignant than ever before.
At some stations more than so
trains have been cancelled without
forewarning on some busy suburban
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-23
MAIL ORDER PLANT
SEIZURE IS BEING
INVESTIGATED NOW

WASHINGTON, May %. Will
liam H. Davis, Chairman OF the
War Labor Board, told the special
House committee that his agency
had to act in the Montgomery,
Ward labor dispute or admit that
100000 people in various indus
tries would ."be free to strike"
Davis was the first witness in
the House investigation Of the mail
order plant seizure and he asserted
the WLB intends to step in wher-
ever there is work stoppage until
Congress tells us clearly there are
segments in national economy not
concerned in war.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-23
The W ashington
Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON
ct Col. Robert s. Allen now on active
service with the Army.)

WASHINGTON - Civilians may
not understand it but, inside the
Army and Navy, the top-heavy
awarding of medals to Army heroes
is causing unfortunate bitterness
and rancor.
You don't hear so much about 1t
on the home front but, in the Of
ficers' clubs in Hawaii or Australia,
YOU will see Naval airman come
up to a bemedalled Army airman
and say, Hi, hero" Sometimes
this is almost a fighting salutation
Sometimes it results in a long and
heated argument about how little
the Army has done compared with
the Navy to deserve decorations.
Sometimes brawls have resulted
all from the fact that the Army has
given more than 100000 air medals
since the war started as against
only about 700 for the Navy. While
the Navy is smaller-about one
fifth-the ratio of medals is about
7 to 1000.
There is no disposition here to de-
tract from the valor Of Army heroes.
They deserve every ribbon they get
and then some. But somehow or
other, Navy awards should be stand
ardized with the Army's, so that a
Navy man who has shot down just
as many enemy planes doesn't come
home only to find that his neigh
Dor in the Army is hero while he,
in the Navy, hasn't one single dec
orotion rihfOn on his tIlnic
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routes.
I'VE are in the hands of the au-
thorities,' is the only explanation
officials of one large London sta
ton give.
Appearance of German air scouts
over Britain early today, apparently
seeking to spot military prepara-
lions, added to the sense of the
imminency of the invasion. Six
enemy planes we're downed.
The Nazi radio again warned OF
the impending invasion and the
broadcasts included an estimate that
100000 troops are poised in south
England for the thrust on the con-
tinent.
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CONTRAST IN AWARDS

What particularly riled Navy men
was the Army's award of the Dis
tinguished Service, the Silver Star
and the Purple Heart to dog.
Meanwhile, some Naval airmen who
had been flying for two years
hadn't been decorated.
For instance, when Naval filters
operated from Guadalcanal for four
long months, scarcely able to hold
Henderson Field and living only on
Jap food, they got no reward. But
when the Army came into Guadal-
canal, the men of ground crew
who remained there only one week
got the Legion of Merit. The Navy
fliers who had fought on Guadal-
canal for four months were almost
ignored
Again, while Brig. Gen. Oliver r.
Germann received seven citations
in one day for participating in II
missions over Europe, Marine Corps
Maj Gregory Boyington had to
shoot down 26 Jap planes before
being awarded medal Not until
last month (three months after he
had been reported missing in ac-
tion) was he finally given the Medal
of Honor. General Germann GER
tainly deserved his awards and then
some, but the Marine Corps and
Navy can't help feeling that their
men with equal or greater records
also deserve recognition.
Again, Corp. Henry j. Bonura
was awarded the Legion of Merit
by General Eisenhower for estab-
fishing twenty baseball fields in
North Africa. Without detracting
nxzr Ey<x.x~ ~
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-23
AMENDMENTS 10
FCA SUBMITTED
TO U. 5. SENATE

WASHINGTON, May ga ban
against commercial sponsorship of
news broadcasts is included in a
series of sweeping amendments to
the Federal Communications Act,
presented for the consideration of
the Senate by the Interstate Com
merce Committee.
Chairman Burton X. Wheeler,
who said the proposal evoked plenty
of controversy in the committee
session, described the tentative bill
draft as the handiwork of himself
and Senator White.
yxtro
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-23

LONDON, May % =. An aerial
armada, up to $50 United States
Fortresses and Liberators, escorted
by more than 1000 fighters, smash
ed airfields and rail yards in France
and other undiselosed detectives IN
western Germany in daylight
blow today, continuing for the fifth
straight day the renewed Allied aer-
ial offensive, cracking Hitler's vest
ern defenses.
Todays attack came after more
than 1000 British night bo,nbers
Eraincd AN estimated 1850 sffort tons
of explosives on Dortmund and
Brunswick. Germany, and four
other continental detectives.
Thirty-five Royal Air Forces
planes failed to return from the
operation last night. but many ene-
my fighters were destroyed. the
British Air Ministry reports
At the first crack of dawn today.
the attackers went out over the
channel and began unloading their
cargoes on wide assortment of
installations.
Mustangs, Things and
Thunderbolts. an unusually strong
fighter escort, probably swooped
low and shot up other detectives ON
today's raid.
The night and dav assaults saw
approximately 5000 planes roar out
from British bases to hurl and esti-
mated 5000 short tons of explosives
on continental targets.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-23
BIG ARMADA
R0ARS OUT
EARLY TODAY
Daylight Raid Follows
Great Attack by Raj
During Night

BULLETIN - LONDON, May
23.--Approximately $500 Allied
planes battered Hitler's Europe
i'm a day-long assault and more
than 5000 tons of explosives
were loosened on German air.
dromes, freight yards and other
military detectives, il is declared
tonight.
The vichy radio network left
the air again early tonight, sig
mailing perhaps last minute
warnings of greater attacks for
tonight.
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WHAT'S This!

WASHINGTON. May % Sem
ator Styles Bridges. Republican of
New Hampshire, told the Senate he
had been informed an American
cruiser has been transferred to
Russia.
The Senator demanded to know
the truth of such reports,
The Navy Department had no
comment.
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ALLEN TO wRANGELL

Leonard G. Allen, Supervisor of
Social Welfare for the Office of
Indian Affairs. left for Wrangell
with student for the wrangell
Institute. While there he will also
carry on a supervisory visit.
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Storm Now Brewing
()njnified Command
Lid Blow Off Is Due
(First of THO Articles On a UNIFIED
MILITARY Command
(By JACK sTINNETT)

WASHINGTON, May 23.-Almost
any day now the lid is going to
blow off-verbally at least-on the
fight for unification of the armed
forces under one command.
Rep. Clifton Woodrum's postwar
military policy subcommittee was
doing a routine job when the thing
popped into the open. Secretary OF
War Stimson, himself, exploded it
by out-and-out backing of unfit
cation.
The idea of a unified command
Of the Army and Navy is nothing
new. But when 1t. Gen. Joseph T.
McNarney, deputy chief of staff,
followed Sec. Stimson before the
committee and laid down virtual
blueprint for it, it proved that think
ing along these lines had gone much
further than any one realized Gen.
McNarney's blueprint was so buried
in the story of that day, it got very
little attention.
Briefly, the proposed set-up would
call for a chief of staff to the COM
mander n-chief (the PRESIDENT
He would be the supreme profess
sional commander of all military
forces on land, sea and air. Under
him would be three deputy chiefs
of staff, one each for the Army,
Navy and Air Force. Separate and
responsible to all of these would be
the Services of Supply. There would
be in the cabinet one secretary of
military affairs and his staff would
do all the civilian work for all three
branches.
The reason why the Navy doesn't
like the idea is rather obvious. Be-
hind the scenes is an even better
reason than those in the Navy who
have or will testify against it would
admit publicly.
Regardless of what opposing ar
guments Navy men put forth, many
OF them agree privately that unfit
cation at some future date is in
evitable. Their strategy will be to
put it off as long as possible. Even
with the greatest fleet afloat today,
the Navy has not nearly reached its
full strength. This year and next
will see it increase and then the
Navy will be ready for its big show
in the Pacific.
BY the size of its personnel and
Its tasks ahead in Europe for a
year or two to come, the Army
would be top dog" if the forces
were consolidated now. But sup
pose the unification can be delayed
until the European war is over. The
Nays big show will be on and the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-23
Author H. 6. Wells
Is Seriously III

LONDON, May 23.-H. G. Wells,
author, n, is seriously i'll at his
home here. He has been in failing
health and has kept to his home
since last February.
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ANzI0 BREAK
LAUN(HEDBY
FIFTH ARMY
Germans Evaeudte Pilo,
Pivot Stronghold on
Hitler Line

BULLETIN-ALLI HEAD
QUARTERS IN NAPLES, May
%. = The Allies are tonight
smashing toward the Anzio
beachhead and the Eighth Army
drove against the Hitler line
from the east, opening a new
phase of the battle in Italy TO
crush the German armies. At
the same time other Fifth Army
forces keep hammering the Nazi
defenses i'm the coastal sector,
only 20 miles below the beach
head.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS /
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NAPLES, May 23-Allied troops at
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The Nome nugget., 1944-11-29
RUSSIA SERVES NOTICE ON
 POLE LEADERS

MOSCOW, Nov. 29.-(AP)- Russia today served notice through the columns of Pravda, official newspaper of the Red government, that the Polish gov- ernment in exile became a hos tile political force which could not possibly make future nego- tiations, and also accused the Polish reactionaries of trying to split the allies and to foster new war.
 Pravda added that it looked upon the withdrawal of Stanis- law Mikolojczyk as premier, as destroying the last hope of re- approachment to the exiled gov ernment.
The Nome nugget., 1944-11-29
RED ARMY SAID CLEARING NAZIS IN SLOVAKIA

LONDON, Nov. 29.-tAP)- Fording flooded streams which are pouring down from the Car pathians, the Red Army surged westward along the full breadth of eastern Slovakia today, and captured more than SO communi- ties, Moscow reported.
 In northern Hungary the Rus sians cleared the enemy from the right bank of the Risza river and are now occupying an additional 14 populated places. /
 Advances have been measured to 14 miles on the two closely linked fronts which total more than no miles.
 The Soviets said that 400 Ger mans have been killed and 150 captured, while fighting in the Slovak town of Vysni Svidnik.
 Another 500 Germans were captured on the highway junction of the Hungarian border.
 The German high command declared the new Soviet offensive west of the Danube in Numvary, reached the coal mining city of Pecs and carried g miles be- yond to Mohacs, which is about 100 miles south of Budapest.
 Moscow made no announce ment confirming this.
 Elsewhere along the eastern front, which is widening from the Baltic to the Balkans, there is tenseness as the Germans await ed the first blows of Stalin's promised winter offensive.
The Nome nugget., 1944-11-29
NOME TAVERN OWNERS SEND OPA PROTEST

Under pressure of specific cell ing prices that will bring prices down as low as 40c for as'shot' , Nome bar and tavern owners have appealed for an adjustment of the OPA ruling that went into effect November 18th.
 The OPA ruling sets prices that are the same throughout Alaska, for all establishments do- ing similar business. Fairbanks advices state that bar owners of that city have appealed the rul- ing on the grounds that insuffi- cient operating margin is allowed by the reductions.
 Nome OPA manager, Miss Jenner has stated that she has no choice but to enforce the rul- ing, although she thought it pos sible that some adjustment of prices may be allowed when ap- peals are considered by the OPA office at Juneau.
The Nome nugget., 1944-11-29
QUARANTINE
 IS LIFTED BY LOCAL BOARD

Although three new cases have been isolated, the quarantine on the diphtheria epidemic has been lifted, it has been announced.
 A committee appointed by the City Council, made 1t known that all places of business will be all lowed to reopen, but that one restriction would remain in ef- feet: children under the age of IF years would not be permitted to go to the theater or other places of public gatherings.
 It was also learned the post quarantine would not be lifted for a few days.
 School is scheduled to start to- morrow.