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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-09
SAILORS oUTMoDED UNIFORM

Now that A dmiral Ern e cClothes Horse'D King has finally relented and w;l let naval officers shed their jackets under certain conditions in hot weather, a lot of sailors wish he would also examine the uniform of the enlisted man.
 Most enlisted men would whoop with joy if their present, long-out- moded uniform was discarded. What most people don't realize is that the sailors uniform was designed by the British ebout two hundred years ago and is now just as out moded as the sailing ship.
 Take, for instance. the broad col lar warn over the shoulders. It was designed for vermin-i infested ships of tie l700's when sailors had to be deloused and a broad collar was practical to catch the tar oils used in a sailors hair.
 Again, the bell-shaped trousers, which flap around the ankles and nearly trip the wearer when he runs, were designed for days when sailors rolled their trousers up over their legs to scrub decks. Today dungarees are provided for this sort of work.
 Again the drop-front, l3-button trousers were designed for a day two cepturies ago when tidiness was nothing like what it is today.
 One thing which particularly gripes the enlisted man is the fitting waist Of his blouse which has to be slipped on and off over his head If sailor is dumped into the water and has to swim for any length of time, 1t IS almost impossible to get this blouse off It is tight, sticks to the body and you can't very well swim and at the same time hold two arms above your head while you wriggle
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-09
HOROSCOPE E "The stars incline
 but do not compel"
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

This is not day of compelling planetary influences but there is an ill omen for shipping.
 HEART AND HOME: The clergy and their churches will benefit greatly through the Autumn when great numbers of men and women turn to religion for solace. There is a sign activating spiritual under standing which may reveal new vision of life after death.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: This week in the world of trade should be profitable. Fall shopping will be brisk. Homemaking will be of major interest to young folk. Hous- ing difficulties will be overcome when invalided soldiers return to war brides.
 NATIONAL ISSUES: Despite the great influence of women this year, reformers will be unable to change long established methods of cleo tioneering. Devices for influencing voters will be as varied and as devious as in the past, for there are aspects that encourage clever de- ception and misrepresentation.
 INTERNATIONAL A F F A I R s Russia continues under planetary rule which presages the greatest achievements in defeating the Nazis and she will demand a decisive voice at the peace table. Stalin will be a force in meting out punishment to hated foes and may meet with strong opposition among the United Nations.
 Persons whose birthdate 1t is have the augury of year of changes and perplexities. Danger of domestic discontent is foreseen. Children born on this day prob ably will be talented but tempera- mental. They should be wisely di- !rected and carefully disciplined.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-09
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER Il

Conflicting planetary influences mark this day which should be for tunate for bankers and merchants. Good news from battlefronts is in- dicated
 HEART AND HOME: Women are under rather uncertain aspects. The day may bring them first-rate prospects for employment that will be declined Indecision should be overcome and positive plans worked out It is not lucky day for TO- nance. Girls should concentrate on their jobs.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: The stock market will be variable but indus trials will be in demand. Invest ments in War Bonds will increase lamong persons of limited means. At last, responsibility in financing the war will be felt by all the peo- pie of the nation.
 NATIONAL ISS ES: Pursuit of recreation will be widespread throughout the month. Baseball games and horse races will attract l crowds that are unmindful of gaso- line restrictions. But many persons will pay for their reckless pursuit of pleasure in wartime. Uncle Sam will cease to be forgiving.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS s :: Appeasement and temporizing poli- cies in South American affairs will prove so unsatisfactory that the United States Government will re- verse it's good neighbor tactics, as- trologers predict. Friendly overtures will be succeeded by stern decrees that prove effective in breaking Nazi connections.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of un- expected good fortune but there may be periods of seeming bad luck. Children born on this day prob ably will be intelligent and talented but they may be too temperamental to make the most of their ability.
 Copyright, 1944
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-09

Although it is not clear at this time just what action will be by the Department of the Interior after hearings scheduled to begin in few weeks on native petitions requesting the reservation of huge land and water areas in Southeastern Alaska, many Alaskans are beginning realize that the results may be far-reaching
 The Juneau Chamber of Commerce, in recent resolution directed some attention to the fact that
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-09
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS "The judges will select the hest two stories will select the TWO BEST stories
 OFTEN NISPRONOUNCED: Debauch Pronounce deboch as n ME accent last syllable.
 Difference reverence) Difference (dssim- 
 SYNONYMS Portrait photograph painting picture likeness mina- 
 a word three times and IS yours Let us word each Todas word descending direct line from an ancestor The prince is inealy the conquero.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-09
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

SEPTEMBER 9 A. F. McKinnon John P. Monagle Mrs. Edward Butler Jean Johnson SEPTEMBER 10 B. o. Havdahl
 Thais Bayers Mrs. w. R. Spain Mrs. Thomas L. George Gladys Gray Thelma Thompson
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-09
out of your middy.

out of your middy.
 Some of the boys wish that Ad- miral King would take off his new grey-green uniform, designed for him by His Majesty's tailor in Lon don, long enough to experiment with a middy-blouse in the water. They think that, despite a century'S delay, he would then design for them a new uniform overnight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-09
TIDES TOMORROW
MEN WANTED
EASTERN STARS

Regular business meeting Tues, Sept. 12, pm, preceded by Home Coming Dinner for members, their escorts and visiting members. Res ervations must be in by noon, Sept. g. Phone Worthy Matron or Secre- tary. ALICE BROWN,
 adv. Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-09
LOOK and LEARN sHy c. GORDON

 What stadium has the largest seating capacity in the E2 The Ganges empies what body of water? Is the pointed? generally the worlds greatest epic poet? 5. country the production of silver? ANSWERS: 1. Soldiers Field Chicago Q50000). 2. Bengal g. I.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-09

Weather report: High, 50; low, 48; cloudy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-09
20 YEARS AGO faE fyfm EMPIRE
SEPTEMBER 9, 1924

all Canal north of the 59th parallel to Assistant Fisheries Agent immediately It designed to fish Ckat Inlet the Chkoot and Chka rivers ando othe stream n
 than attendance at the opening meeting of the School Audi
 
 
 Defense which to be an the and expected followed throughout the neither regular military organizations according o Mayor |. Godtein
 Hunter L. Hunter of this city, left Corvallis the Oregon Agricultural the Junau High School the previous year.
 Cedric the tender Chchagon for several months left on Peninsula points fol a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-09-09

as a youngster, made pro-Com- munist speeches and said a good many uncomplimentary things about the political views of his father Chiang doesn't particularly care for him. and it's mutual. He does care for his second son.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-08
Helen The Riveter


Labor relations and public re-
iaNnr> were al sAOtdS points
-den nat Bell AHer444fh-s-tltt!t.-.zf
Atlanta Ga plant last week..
The trouble started when
Bells press relations staff
poured out raam, OF publicity
about. the FHUrE' As 4 rteler Of
aged but active fri fiCteU -.
Longs'rcct. widow Of Confod-
crate Gen Jamc, Lun-,treef
AftTod i'm Stacks tim Mrs.
L0nrSlrect even landed as guest
star on = national radio pro-
gram
Now ATLANTA papeTS arc 70.
turing >tnLGS "Hich charge that
FT-I Is lying 70 ease hcI out by
means OF departmental trans
fer which would involve the
medical examination which vas
waived Whcas she was hired
N0t ufrc lrilcd hy Mrs
Long,treof un'ayorable rc-
marks about unions The CIO
charge, that She WAS hired
purely for publicity purposes
impcrwrbahIy the widow SITS
H-ht threatening q suit against
f1e CO. meanwhile compaul
Official, per-plre and union Off
Cia l. sweat
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-08
Auto
Graphs
Engineers TO Gather
Here for 5-Oay
Annual Meet
BY SILER FREEMAN

Top engineers Of the nation
will head tor Detroit this week
end for the annual meeting Of
the Society of Automotive En-
gineerS. whic h opens at the
Book-Cadlllac Hotel on Monday.
The meeting VIII continue
through Friday win p tech-
meal sessions on the long pro-
gram
Design details of wartime and
postwar aircraft and engines
VIII dominate the discussions.
Seven of the b sessions Will be
devoted TO these subjects a Spe-
cial session viii be devoted TO
postwar flying and privately
owned planes
The hIghhght viii be the an
nual dinner on Wednesday night
Al Whl-ch MaI--Gen- -.
Barnes army ordnance, VIII be
The principal speaker A new
Wrinkle for the annual meeting
Will be- private rehearsal oi
special banquet ceremonies the
morning OF The dlnneT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-08
May Free TooIing

Fine machine tool industry is
due for Il shot m the arm soon.
With the prediction made tins
week that automobile pioduc-
non for CIVILIAN use would be
permitted bctUrC me end of Tire
year rs an even earlier prcdIc--
+on thar Tho War Production
B1a.d Nil LLLL ---l-Z-t-4- - FRI --r-
bar, down on machine tool pro-
ducuon for the automOtlVe com
panlc>
The larger companies have
for MANY months h..d-t+F-'ta
orders placed on an n and
Whom permitted bass AlL-the
companies are planning good
>lcd axpar-iors 10 lakg care of
The swollen postwar market
sr'ri wit VTTUd WUIUnS pn Ma
Chre tool
The machine tool industry
AFTER = -ou~atlora. expansion
due % 'no War orders has lately
been or fre lookout 'or work
u the WFE Open, thc door, -
films some OF me order> lhlA-
alLl-l-l4 -L4lc-lt .'I.be r great
boon 20 them
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-08
On the
Business
front
BY WARD SCHULTZ
DeIIan Timt, riaancIaI EDITOR

a financial paper points out
that efficiency OF the various
aircraft builders is a cluc 70
postwar competition and looks
10 The WpB ratings based on
plant equipment and man
power for a clue 10 the future
n discovered that ConSoli-
datcd-Nultce topped The entire
li,' and that Grammar was
highest Of the fighter builders.
mp 10 investors is Tho recent
announcement, by WPB that the
Ford Willow Run plant which
turns ou1 thc Consolidated B-24
had "a higher efficiency rating
than any plant iu the aircraft
InuuSlrA'
And on mi, latter score it's
Interesting 10 note that eff
cheney n the Detroit plant IS
sun definitely on the ascend
ancy
tord officials have long
looked forward 10 tnc day that
they could START wedding out
their production force getting
r.d Of 0oator. and lncompftenl>-
That day mas arrived and the
WaStrcl who was welcomed "a
Neu ago as hll-.n is no longer
huod
Latest reports arc that women
ar not hcng trca an massc
our There any more being taken
ON only Tor jobs 10 which they
acc particularly suited
a, % result of constant i'm
prntcmcnt ln personnel! phIs
mechanical and production m
-trrtation> pitts considerable
-7-rTrTTU-TTE- VV'Tfi0W Run
potentai wanpoWcr require
mcn'> have been revised down
ward nut output is stu
climbing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-08
REGRET DEL AN

THE defaN in obtaining such
approval il regretted, and il j.
hoped that your current oper-
atiOns under the contract have
not been adversely affected.
New that the situation has
been cleared mp, you are urged
10 proceed vigorously with the
prosecution Of the wort 10 the
end that your work contract
schedule viii he met
Rockwell asserted rrar Woo
contract Is so drawn that rcither
Fmhen mo-, any firm or person
associated with n could make
a doitar OF cXorbiiant profit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-08
Market Mixed;
Rail Shares
Extend Gains
-NEW YORK. Jan I INsl-

NEW YORK. Jan 7 ms
,owly irregular trends pre-
~d in todays. stock market
session, with most issues holding
within fractions of last nights
close.
Rails, however, firm yesterday
continue 10 advance on the belief
that governmental control OF the
carriers is only temporary in view
OF the firm stand the admniStra-
ton is taking against the unions
The advance was led by Union
Pacific. up more than point,
.at one time
Trading ran a. a moderately
active pace with sales holding
below yesterdays S43,670 shares
SteelS we're firm Aircraft
manufacturing issues had fair
support while most cOmmunlCa-
tions oils motor and foods were
steady
Farm equipments were mixed
and narrow DupOnt was off more
than d point IN r1c CncmlcdI
group rejecting T. {. Cartel SUIT
4 m q e. mn c.ntS were niue
changed with Warner Bros hold
ing steady despite lower earn
|ingS report
FCtilitlcS caecd under leadership
OF North American Rubbcrs had
gains ranging 10 large fractions
while electrical equipments and
liquors were Sfc1dY
Curb stocks were FINN in mod
crate dealings Bonds sicadico
after early Irrcgulau'y. Trad
inc Was UUIpf
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-08
u. :. Contract
Approved for
Tinnken Axle

WASHINGTON, Jan z fUP1
Col Willard F. Rockwell ooaf0
chairman Of The Tmkop DoraH
Axle Co and production director
Of the maritime commission saudi
today he had been informed frt
government has approved q Cor
tract which was the subject of
controversy between hlm ana
Undcr>ccretary Of War Robert o.
Patterson
The information, Rockwell SAID
was IN the form nj - letter FROM
Brig Gen A. 3 Quin'on Dcttot
district ordnance chief winch ttD
Tinker Executive .R44ff.e-
rated m statement 10 tho Senate
finance committee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-08

Dividends m the tore golns table are the
amounts declared or paid far TINS year
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Allied Military Jea|ousies
CHARGED by Rickenbacker
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. 29.-Capt. Ed
ward V. Rickenbacker yesterday &C
cused Allied military commanders
Of petty jealousies" and said that
after witnessing the suffering of
Americans on fighting fronts ne
could not help but marvel at the
greed, the selfishness and the in
difference on the home front"
THE fretting over insignificant
incidentals, like getting a little more
gas. sugar or butter, is hard to un-
derstand," the World War ace told
the Alumni Federation of Columbia
University.
Differences over spheres of in
fuence," specifically in Greece, Po-
land and Italy, were evidences of
greed and selfishness among Allied
Nations, he said, adding:
I'VE have recently seen examples
Iof petty jealousies among Allied
military commanders. Why, only
the other day We had to give some
of our generals an extra star to
balance the decorations of other
Allied commanders.
Capt Rickenbacker said Ameri-
cans lack "a fundamental interest
and sympathy for the other fel-
lows welfare" and the instilling of
this interest ''is something for our
institutions of learning to give
thought to-"
Evening star., 1944-12-29

lets in the initial stages, but the
British quickly threw the Germans
out and took 10 prisoners.
British flyers spotted German road
movements over wide area in
Northern Holland, but the direction
was not clear. British planes sank
II small German boats off the
Dutch island of Schouwen, north of
Allied held Beveland and Walcheren
Islands.
German patrols also stabbed at
Canadian positions at scattered
spots in Holland.
Pressure Tapers OF.
The Germans pressed with re-
newed vigor against the northern
hinge of their Belgian penetration,
in the Monschau sector, but their
pressure northwest along the Stave-
lot -Hotton stretch tapered off.
| In a dispatch last night Asso-
ciated Press Correspondent Wes
Gallagher quoted a high staff Off
Ger as saying that "the enemy has
Withdrawn behind defensive posi-
tions in the break-through area to
rest and refit in the lull before the
next storm. This lull may last two
or three days"
Mr.. Gallagher said that in the
United States staff officers view
Won Rundstedt now has two choices
either to commit all reserves he
has to a further attempt to cut
his way westward or to fight a rear
guard action while pulling back into
Germany.
Evening star., 1944-12-29

Law School graduate who lives in
CincinnatiD. He lost only one gun
and the turret of one tank. I am
going to recommend a medal fol-
that boy"
Slept With Nazis.
The tank commander told Of one
humorous incident that occurred
during the battle:
Last night some Of my boys were
dog tired and went to sleep on the
ground floor of a building without
searching it. In the morning one
woke up early and got curious. He
climbed to the second floor and
there were seven Germans asleep
They're prisoners now-but it makes
me feel bad because my boys were
so careless. It's good one Of them
was an early riser
They're really worn out-my boys
been fighting hard for days
and by God, they can keep on for
days more If they have to-
The commander was dull-eyed
with fatigue himself But a gleam
lit his weary eyes and he grinned
through his frazzled gray mustache
as he said:
We'll, all in all, I guess we did a
pretty good job on those krauts.
My boss just sent me over a bottle
of whisky"
Evening star., 1944-12-29

ers inflicted minor damage at both
Saipan and Tinian during attacks
December 26, the same day that
American warships teamed up with
planes in an assault on Two Jima
Five enemy planes dealt the first
blow. Two more followed them in.
Two raiders were shot down.
Two Jima Raided.
Admiral NimitZ also reported that
Liberator bombers, escorted by
Lightning fighters, bombed and
strafed Two Jima that day, after the
previously announced plane -warship
assault. An enemy fighter was shot
down. Two more were wiped out on
the ground and two damaged. Two
has been pounded daily by such at
tacks for 20 days.
In the Marianas, Maj. Gen. Robert
w. Douglass, deputy commander of
the Pacific Strategic Air Force, told
Vern Haugland, Associated Press
war correspondent, the japanese are
able to repair the airfelds at Two as
fast as they are bombed.
1T would take thousands of planes.
dropping bombs every hour, to keep
Two Jima knocked out all the time, >
he said.
In the Philippines. Brig. Gen. Will
liam C. Dunckel, commander of the
Yanks' Mindoro garrison, directed
the search which determined the
enemy warship bombardment-made
at a cost of three destroyers sunk,
battleship and cruiser damaged
did not cover an amphibious
operation.
Gen. MacArthurs communique to-
day, in a recapitulation. added 20
more enemy planes to the total shot
down from December 26 over Clark
Field, Manila, making total of IA
bagged in three consecutive strikes
there by land-based bombers and
fighters.
The communique for the third
straight day reported heavy at
tack on Halmahera, the enemy po-
sition 300 miles southwest of the
which is close by the
Yank air base of Morotai The 180
tons dropped made a total of more
than 400 in three days. Among the
,argets were bivouacs. The enemy
las been reported attempting to
move troops by barge from Halma-
lera to Morotai to menace the air
)ase.
Evening star., 1944-12-29

Nazi field marshal might yet lash
out with vicious new attempts to
extend the bulge or attack in en-
tirely different sectors.
Tanks Pulled Out Of Dillingen.
The German commander already
had achieved one of his objectives,
however. bringing Gen. Pattonis
Saar drive to a stop and obliging
the American general to pull his
tanks out of hard-Won Dillingen.
The Sd Army still held bridge
heads across the Saar between Saar-
lautern and Saarbrucken, however
Typical of Nazi probings else
where in their constant efforts to
feel out Allied lines was a strong
assault by two enemy companies
at dawn Wednesday against British
I'd Army troops in the Gangelt area
S miles north Of Geilenkirchen,
Germany.
The Germans captured two ham,
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Boyle
Continued From First Page.1

tains and said: Son. get to hell up
there near Ciney Village with what
tanks you've got and start kicking
hell out of them. Well be along soon
to back you up"
That was the way it started, and
it hasn't let up for four days and
four nights-but the morale Of my
boys has picked up 200 per cent be-
cause they know they're doing fine
It's like they were making a break
through again themselves.
That first night we were moving
up with infantry ahead of us Ehen
We ran into German column head
on. Our doughboys just pulled off
the road and our tanks let 60 at
40 yards and butchered up the Ger
mans.
I'VE knocked out rs vehicles and
there were dead krauts lying all
over the place"
| The closest German vehicles to the
Meuse were three tanks which Al
lied armor caught and destroyed just
east OF the river town Of Dinant.
Germans Surrounded.
"At Celles," the commander con-
tinued, we surrounded big bunch
of krauts and fought them all night
and all the next day-the damnedest
Christmas week I ever spent We
hit them with everything artillery,
lghter-bombers, tanks and dough-
boys
They Just wouldn't surrender. We
really had the draWstring around
them, too, and were going after
them hammer and tongs from three
directions. That was when their
relieving column of eight tanks and
infantry came up behind us. And
that was where those British
Typhoons came in, too.
I'VE could have turned around
and dealt with those tanks, all right,
but some of the Germans in the
moose in front of us might have
slipped out. But the Typhoons got
rid of seven of the tanks and their
infantry scattered for home.
Later We cornered what was left
of the Germans around Celles in a
woods east of the town. They still
wouldn't quit, SO we wiped them out
Now there are dead krauts all over
the ground-thrown all over the
woods for miles"
Fierce Fighting in Streets.
Some of the fiercest fighting
ragged in the streets of the village
of Human, miles southwest of the
Marche road junction, where seven
Panther tanks kept firing even after
they were plastered by five heavy
American artillery serenades.
Il got two of my tank destroyers
working on one Panther" said the
commander. He was sneaking back
down the street away from one
when my other sneaked up behind
him. He let the Panther get within
6 feet of him before he let go.
That shell blew the rear end of
the Panther up in the air and
knocked of the turret.
Some more krauts holed up in
an old chateau and we couldn't blow
them out with anything. They
wouldn't bulge, so I sent back for
f1amethrowers. AS soon as they
came up the Germans came out
with their hands up. 1t broke the
heart of my flamethrowers.
I'm one village one of my captains
who had only IL tanks with him at
the time stopped 16 Panthers and
knocked out Of them. That was
Capt. Henry Chatf1eld 70 Harvard