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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
OF TWO SUpERF0RT5
 ARE RESCUED

THE TWENTY-FIRST BOMBER COMMAND, SATAN, Dec. 18-Ten happy men survived a B-29 water landing while returning from a raid on Tokyo on December 3.
 They spent II days afloat on three rafts joined together. The co-pilot was knocked out in the landing and went down with the ship. The others were uninjured and did not require disqualification. "A destroyer picked them up 800 miles north of here at the same time another destroyer was picking up II survivors from another B-29 crash, 300 miles away This plane was returning from the Nagoya raid
 The II were brought here yester- day Survivors of the Tokyo plane included Capt. Francis Murphy, Brooklyn, and Elec Spec. Cpl Ed ward Yaeger, battle-ground, Wash ington.
 Murphy said the defrosting equipment of the plane was shot out or failed, and they landed in the sea at night. They saw five planes in 10 days and then an- other. Two rockets were fired and the third rocket, which was dud when they attempted to fire it the first time, went off when the last plane was sighted. Every one of us cried We are not ashamed to admit it."
 Rations and flares were then dropped to them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
GIFT BOX WILL BE AWARDED TOMORROW
 AT AUXILIARY MEETING

A social meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary will be held at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening in the Dugout.
 Main event of the evening will be the awarding of the gift box, now on display in the window of the Needlecraft Shop. The box is filled with hundreds Of, articles, most of them handmade Sheets. pillow cases, luncheon sets, potholders, doi- lies, delicate china, and many other items will be awarded.
 Those on the committee for the affair are Esther Gullufsen, chair man, Agnes Kiefer, and Mabel Ly- beck.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
bourq Is Crossed by German Army

LONDON, Dec. IS. The Berlin radio said tonight the Germans have crossed the northern part of Luxembourg on broad front and are nearing the Luxembourg Bell gium border.
 An Allied controlled radio station at Eindhoyen, Holland. went abrupt ly off the air without explanation
 The northern tip of Luxembourg is at least eight miles across, Ger man penetration there will place the Nazis about 50 miles from Namlp, in position to threaten com- munication links between the First Army and other Allied armies to the south.
 Fast German units and arnored battle groups on the northern wing reached the Malmedy area. Berlin declared. Many bitter battles were fought inside towns and villages and some United States tank forces were wiped out, the broadcast added.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
TANKS MAKE NEW GAINS
 0NkIND0R0
American Troops il Miles Inland from Bedlh-
 head Landings
By DEAN SCHEDLER A. P, War Correspondent

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD QUARTERS IN THE PHILIP PINES, Dec. 18-The United States forces which landed against weak opposition Friday on Mindoro Is- land are pressing inland, Gen. Douglas MacArthurs headquarters announced today. They have showed their outer defense six miles be- yond the town of San Jose.
 Americans Saturday seized com mand of strategic high ground and established an arc of defenses reaching, at the farthest point, II miles from the beachhead where dawn landings were made. Only scant resistance was encountered in the advance securing airfield positions, Macarthur said
 The southern end of Mindoro Island, which lies less than 1855 miles from Manila, is now se- cure" the General reported.
 The sanguinary struggle for Leyte Island continued unabated with First Cavalry and 32nd Division pressure from the north end of Ormoc corridor and the 77th Divi- sion pushing from the south.
 Japanese casualties are mounting apace, the communique reported. An additional 20l2 enemy were slain up to last Wednesday These are Japanese dead not previously reported.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
LUTHERAN SUNDAY
 SCHOOL CHRISTMAS
 PROGRAM TONIGHT

The Lutheran Sunday School will hold it's Christmas program tonight at the church at 7:30 D. m. Be- cause tomorrow is a school day, the program will begin promptly at 7:3O and will be completed with in the hour.
 Children of the Sunday School are asked to be at the church at least five minutes before time for the program to start.
 Visitors will be cordially well come.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
ALL CIVILIAN
 PRODUCTION IS
 FROZEN BY WLB
By STERLING GREEN IA. F. COrreSnondentl

WASHINGTON, Dec. Is - The WIPE, in a drastic new move to meet vital needs, has ordered all civilian production frozen indefi- nitely at the present levels. An order, dated December T, circu- lated within WIPE was not an nounced then.
 It was designed to discourage the movement of labor from war plants to peace-time activity while heavy demand continues for some vital weapons and material. In eff feet it is a hold the line" order on production rulings
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
ALLEN SKATTUCk BACK FROM TRIP
 10 KETCHIKAN

Allen Shattuck, Juneau candidate for the Senate in the special elec- tion which will be held two days after Christmas, returned to Juneau last night after brief campaign trip to Petersburg and Ketchikan, during which he discussed local problems with the townspeople.
 Shattuck spent four days in Ket- chikan renewing old acquaintances and spoke at the Chamber of Com merce meeting. He was in Peters burg one day, during which he spoke at the Chamber of Commerce meet ing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
HUNDREDS GO HUNTING
 ON SUNDAY FOR TREE5

Hundreds of Juneauites went hunting yesterday for Christmas trees, up the Basin Road, down to- wards Thane, over the bridge to Douglas Island and out Glacier Highway. And hundreds of trees were either dragged home or taken home in autos, while the smaller ones were carried in on shoulders. One spotter reports many table trees available up the Basin Road.
 Trees in houses and also out-of- doors are beginning to appear.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
BEGINS DUTIES

David Scott, oldtime CPR purser on the Alaska run, began his duties this morning as acting agent in the CPR office. Harry Godson, accom- panied by Mrs. Godson and dog, Duke, are to leave in the morning for Vancouver and Victoria, B. C., to spend the holidays. Scott is stay ing at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT q. ANN'S SCHOOL
 E TOMORROW NIGHT

Tomorrow night at o'clock, at the Parish Hall, the Sisters and pupils of St. Ann's School are to present the annual concert.
 The program includes two fes- tive choruses, military drill, a pajama action song, Christmas dance, patriotic remembrance for the boys over there" and the last number on the program is Mar ietta's Christmas Gift"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
ARMY SHIP GOES
 AGROUND, ALASKA

HEADQUARTERS ALASKA DE- APARTMENT, ANCHORAGE, Dec. 18-A 3700-ton Army supply ship. out of Seattle, was driven aground at Cold Bay, Alaska, yesterday as terrific storms and heavy seas buf- feted the Aleutian chain.
 There is no report here of loss of life aboard the vessel, which was abandoned.
 Heavy seas and high winds tied up shipping and grounded aircraft along the entire Aleutian chain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
GA,STINEAU CHANNEL
 HEALTH COUNCIL

The regular monthly meeting of the Gastineau Channel Health Council will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in Room 108, Territorial Building.
 All members are urged to attend the meeting. The preliminary draft of the proposed bill for the legal ization of the Health Department will be discussed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
MRS. KENYON MacLEAN
 AND CHILDREN ARRIVE
 HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

Mrs. Kenyon MacLean, Bonnie and Linda Gay, returned to Juneau on the last steamer from Seattle, where they have been visiting MT. MacLean's mother, Mrs. Clara Mac Lean, and his sister, Mrs. Starr Calvert.
 While searching for a home, they will be located temporarily at the Percy Reynolds residence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
0vERHEATED STOVE
 IS CAUSE OF BLAZE

At 8.45 o'clock this morning, the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department was called out to Box 27, home of V. J. Lewis, next door to the As sembly Apartments, where an overloaded oil range had set fire to the wall between the kitchen and bedroom.
 Chemicals were used to extin- guish the blaze. Damage is esti- mated to be in excess of $100.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
WOMAN ACCUSED OF
 THEFT BY FATHER

Margaret Wheaton of Juneau, ar rested Saturday and charged with grand larceny, has been arraigned and committed to the custody of the U s. Marshal. Bond has been set at $l.000
 The defendant is alleged to have stolen s200 from her father, Robert zuboff of Angoon, who ordered the arrest after arriving here Friday evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
LIBBY, MtNEilL AND LIBBY HAS
 JUNEAU OFFICE

Libby, McNeill and Libby, food products company, has established a Juneau office for their salmon de- partment at 119 Seward Street The office opens today and Sally Barn. hill is the Juneau agent.
 Office hours will be from 10 a. m. to 4 D. m. daily The office will be in the same building as the Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Associa- ton office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
ROTARIAN CHRISTMAS
 PARTY IS TOMORROW

Juneau's Rotary Club will hold it's annual Christmas party for children of Rotarians when the club meets at noon tomorrow in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. Ellis Reynolds is chairman of the event.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
Couple Club Meeting Postponed to January

The monthly meeting of the Couple Club previously scheduled for December, has been postponed until January, it was announced to- day. The same committee will be in charge of the affair on that date.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18

places where German columns are smashing through or how far they advanced, but First Army head quarters dispatches said the Ger mans gained several miles and the penetration apparently had been at least four miles in one area, ten miles east of Malmedy, a Belgian town just north of the Luxembourg border.
 This was the push by strong German armored column, supported overnight by artillery and bombing and strafing warplanes on seven- mile front.
 Several German armored divisions and infantry divisions are striking savagely, bending back lines of doughboys elsewhere along the 80- mile front. The Germans are de- liyering stiff punches, aimed at seeking soft spots. There are indi- cations that the supreme German effort may mount in intensity before it subsidies.
 on many other army fronts there are signs of impending German blows, U. s. Third Army dispatches said. The heaviest enemy rail move ment ever seen behind the Third Army front was observed yesterday,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
SANDY HOLDEN HOME
 FOR XMAS VACATION

Sandy Holden arrived on the Princess Norah to spend Christmas vacation with his parents, MT. and Mrs A. B. Holden Sandy is a stu dent at Glenlyon School in Vic toria, B. C,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
GEYERs RETURN

pr. John H. Geyer, accompanied by Mrs. Geyer, returned on the Princess Norah from a short visit in the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
PURCHASE BOND

At the last meeting of the Juneau v9iun Sire Department, the ladseA 1 ased a $500 war bond, sae shla light by the depart ,aeas announced today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
NEW SIGN UP

The Filipino Community Club headquarters in the Northern Hotel boast a new sign on the window, painted the latter part of last week,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
BELGIUM IS
 REINvADED,
 NAzIF0RCES
Surprising Counter 0ffens. i've Launched by Con-
 served EnemyForees

BULLETIN - WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN GERMANY, Dec. 1S.--The Ger mans have launched new "y'' weapon on the western front. bombing reat areas with 1t night and day. tThe dispatches give no details concerning this weapon. The Germans have used both Vi and Va weapons, robot bombs and telegraph pole bombs against the areas behind the front.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
HERE FROM SITKA

Mrs. Ray and Mir and Mrs. Nick Kasakan, from Sitka, are regis tered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18
DIVORCE ACTION

A suit for divorce has hee'' 4i'rf by Sally Fgngcls XQNng a Rober 2 Eenas casi @re 70 fn- patibii'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-18

PARIS, Dec. 18 Gen. Hodges First Army fought today to blunt the greatest enemy blow against Ann erican troops in Europe, throwing hundreds of carefully conserved planes, hundreds of tanks and many divisions, even parachutists, into surprising winter counter offensive.
 Field Marshal von Rundstedt achieved penetration of several miles of American lines. reinvaded Bell gium and the Monschau area, l6 miles south of Aachen, and reenter- ed Luxembourg and two other points today.
 The Germans are pushing their advance along an 80-mile front from the Monschau area to the southern
 n t# ts sfsss tar1r~ i-,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-19

OSll1l W1Hul, East RUSSIAN Dor
der town, and other villages inside
Germany's imperilled province
were reported by Soviet naval fliers
to be in flames, and Berlin said
the Russians had hurled more than
$50, 600 men into the battle on an 30
mile front from Augustow in north
ern Poland and the Niemen river
in western Lithuania.
Both Moscow and Berlin dis :
patches suggested great events
were imminent, and Axis broad
casts said Soviet troops on the
long-dormant Romanian front had
attempted to cross the lower Dnes-
ter river-suggesting the emerg-
ence soon of another offensive di-
rected toward the Ploesti oil fields,
last big German fuel reservoir.
The Russian daily communique
said Marshal Konstantin K. Rokos-
sovsky's First White Russian army
also had gone over to the often
sive in some sectors just east Of
Praga, east bank suburb of War
saw, after absorbing the impact of
savage German counterattackS.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-19
INCENERATOR WORK
STARTS NEXT MONTH

Construction on Wilmington's
proposed $125,000 incinerator which
was approved by the War Prduc-
ton Board last Monday, is slated
to begin early next month, City
Engineer ]. A. Loughlin announc.
ed yesterday.
Loughlin stated that the War
Production Board has authorized
the start of construction on the
building 20 days after approval,
and the start of construction on in
itial equipment installation go days
after approval.
He said that the architect plans
are progressing rapidly and the
call for bids will be issued soon."
The entire project is expected
to be completed late in February,
with actual construction of the
building requiring 100 days and
equipment installation go days.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-19
Onslo1p, Pender Remove
Polio Ban On Children

from others for a period Of
two weeks, he said.
DR.. Stevens stated that he
wished to thank the military
authorities of Camp Lejeune
and Camp Davis and the city
administration of Midway Park,
Jacksonville, BurgaW, Rich
lands, Holly Ridge and Swans
boro for their cooperation in
the recent publication of re-
strictions.
The polio ban that prevented
civilians under 10 years of age
from entering Camp Davis
was lifted yesterday by orders
of Col. Alex P. Kelly, chief
surgeon at this station hospi-
tai, the posts public relations
officer announced.
Similarly, Camp Lejeune Of
ficials announced the infantile
paralysis ban at the military
installation would be raised to-
day. The ban there affected
civilians under II years of age.
Continued on Page Three; Col.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-19
OPA INVESTIGATING
SUGAR COUPON USE

RALEIGH, Aug. 10 -(RH T. S.
johnson, Raleigh district OPA di-
rector, said today that an investi-
cation was underway in eastern
North Carolina to determine the
extent of illega practices
in sugar distribution and in the
use of illegal sugar coupons.
mo Wilmington firms were in
volved, Johnson told the Whining
ton Star last night.)
The Raleigh and Philadelphia,
Pa, district offices we're chosen
by the national OPA office to con-
duct surveys and draw up a pat
tern for the rest of the nation, John
son said.
The investigation is designed to
determine the extent of illegal
practices in the transfer of coupons
from the public to sugar retailers,
to the wholesalers, and to bring
charges against wholesalers and
others found in possession OF
counterfeit sugar coupons.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-19
GERMAN PEOPLE
TOLD OF FLIGHT

LONDON, Aug. 10 Up Nazi
propaganda agencies began pre-
pairing the German people for the
shock of wholesale flight-on the
eastern front pattern-from large
sections of France today and an.
nounced that 1t Gen. George S.
Patton's armored spearheads had
already reached within II miles OF
Paris.
The early removal Of the puppet
French government to some place
safer than Vichy was limited at by
the German foreign office.
The German agency Transocean
said Patton's main thrust was
alog the thigh road leading tc
Versailles" a western suburb oil
Paris.
The war of movement in the
greater area neighboring Paris has
led to a series of heavy battles
during the last "a hours" it re.
ported.
Hitler's personal newspaper Vo-
elkischer Beobachter frankly said
the German army would pull out
whenever necessary to maintain
operational freedom and to keep
the forces in being until miracle
weapons could change the whole
aspect of the war"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-19
GALE WINDS MOVING
WEST BY NORTHWEST

MIAMI, FLA, Aug. IS -(RNGale
winds whipped the Caribbean sea
today as a tropical disturbance,
which by-passed Puerto Rico,
moved steadily over an area far
from land.
The weather bureau station at
San Juan reported the storm was
conferred at 4 pm. about 300 miles
south southeast Of Ciudad Trujillo,
Dominican Republic. 1t was NOV.
ing west northwestward about Il
miles an hour.
"Al danger to Puerto Rico has
passed." the bureau said.
The center, about 1000 miles
southeast of Miami, was in one Of
the broadest parts of the Caribbean
being west of the Lesser Antilles
and south of the Greater Antilles
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-19

But nothing will be done about
it, he said at a news conference,
until after the war.
The presidents remarks were
made while commenting on a
magazine article in which his vice
presidential running mate, Senator
Harry S. Truman, urged unifica-
ton of the services.
The president dio not elaborate,
but his comment indicated that
opposition to the idea, largely With
in the Navy, has been overruled
at the top command level.
At hearings before special
House committee several months
ago, Navy witnesses were gener-
ally skeptical of the value of merg-
er, while the Army witnesses sup
ported the idea.
Truman, in an article in Collier S
magazine, said evidence obtained
by the special Senate committee
of which he was chairman showed
a division of power and function
in the field, competition in procure
ment of essential materials, rival
ry in claiming credit for new devel-
opments and wastage and conflict
ininical to efficient conduct of the
war,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-19
Brilliant Meteor
In Early Morning
Startles People

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 1S-
IA fiery object believed to
have been a meteor ,nurtled
brilliantly across middle west
ern skies this morning and re-
ports of its landing" in q hum
dred places plagued news
papers, police, radio stations
and military officials.
Startled witnesses from West
ern Ohio, all over Indiana.
eastern Illinois and northern
Kentucky, variously describing
the phenomenon as big ex-
plosion, a silvery flash in the
sky, plume of black smoke.
were agreed generally that
the objects direction was west
ward and its occurrence about
8:15 am.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-19
PLANT COMPLETION
AT BEACH DELAYED

obstruction of the Wrightsville
Beach sewage disposal system and
plant, which was 80 per cent COM
pleted at the time of the tropical
storm which struck in this vicinity
August 1, will not be finished until
approximately six weeks after the
original contract expiration date,
September II, James P. Callan,
treasurer and project manager OF
the Calnaught Contracting Corpora
ton, announced yesterday.
Callan stated that the damage
incurred on the 1854, 614 project by
the storm was $4,000.
The plant, on which construction
was started on January "a OF this
year, is located 1850 feet north
of the Surf club
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-19

Effective today, the banning
of children under Is years of
age from theaters, churches
and other public places, due to
the infantile paralysis epidemic
will be lifted in Onslow. and
Fender counties, DR.. H. w.
Stevens, district health officer
of the two counties, announc-
ed last night. -
There are no active cases
OF infantile paralysis in eth
er Onslow or Fender counties;
the one recent polyomyelitis
victim from outside this state
visiting in Onslow county is
now completely recovered DR..
Stevens said.
1.-The warning that families
and particularly children
should not visit in the Pied
mont or Western part of North
Carolina is still in effect, and
all families moving into On
slow and Fender counties from
other sections of the country
are requested to keep their
children at home and isolated
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-19
JEFFORDS Gets
new ACL POST

Appointment of Lawrence S. JET,
fords, general superintendent of the
Charleston and Western Carolina
Railway company, to the newly
created position of chief of person
mel of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road company, with headquarters
at Wilmington, was announced
yesterday by F. W. Brown, ACI
vice president. The appointment is
effective September 1.
Jeffords entered railroad service
March /, 1910, in the engineering
department of the ACL, and served
in various capacities in that de
partment until January, 1921, wher
he became engineer, maintenance
of way, of the Charleston and Wesa
ern Carolina railway at Augusta
Ga.
In January, 1925, Jeffords wa.
made superintendent of that line
and later, in July, 1910, he became
general superintendent, a, position
he now occupies.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-19
Is Pretty French Girls
Shaved On Town Square

ket as, she was made to walk
through lane of people after
the hair cutting, but otherwise
the crowd did not touch the
girls and, unlike the Corsican
precedent, none Of the girls
stripped. rr
One well-dressed woman with
large golden brown tressse
crossed her knees and tilted
her head coyly as the clippers
slid over her skull, but the
others wept, buried their heads
in their hands.
One girl fought, screamed and
protected her. innocence until
she was taken back into the
town hall for further ques-
tioning.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-19
Wilmington Pilot Aids
In Rescue Of Marines

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Aug. 49,
R)-Rescue of three Marine filters
within IS minutes after they were
forced down at sea off Santa Cruz
island, 10 miles west of Santa Bar
bara, was reported today by the
18th Naval district.
A Coast Guard crash boat pick
ed up the trio after being directed
to the men, floating in life raft,
by a Coast Guard plane piloted by
1t. David Oliver, Wilmington, N. c.
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ST. RAPHAEL. SOU T H
ERN FRANCE, Aug. 18-lRE
Twenty-Five pretty girls had
their heads shaved by the
towns leading barber in front
of the town hall today as pun.
ishment for having been too
friendly with the Germans.
While jeering townspeople
and embarrassed American sill
diers crowded about, the girls
were plunked one by one into.
the chair, in the center OF the
square.
They had been condemned
to the punishment by a seven
man committee of liberation.
An old woman nit one of the
girls over the head with bas-