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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
PASSENGERS LEAVE
 VIA ALA5KA LINES

Ten passengers flew down from Fairbanks via Alaska Air Lines yesterday. They were A. L. Foss, R. Muellner, Mrs. R. Muellner, H. Jack Kelly. R. D. Womeck, Al King, Edith Homberg. R. D. Johnson, H. o. Collins and Fred Gruhlke.
 A plane came in from Anchorage yesterday with l2 passengers, in- cluding Vite Geroni, Cpl. Teddy Baker, Mary Taug, E. Strouse, R. c. Remington, Joe Keller, w. E, Hinkle, John Mover, Thyme Erling MT. and Mrs. H. w. Robinson, Mrs. M. s. Burnham and A. M. Nelson.
 A plane left for Anchorage this morning carrying 10 passengers. Four passengers flew to Gustavus, T. w. Bryan, John P Allen, D. L. Wright, and J. L. Lipscomb; two went to Yakutat, Susie Abraham and Mary Ann Chapman. while Capt. R. L. Newell, It. w. H. Rere. Mrs. Paul Gagonon and Helen swarm went to Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
U. 5. FORCES
 TAKE MA|pA' ISLANDS NOW.
Invasion Protective Meas ure for Important
 Biak Airbase

UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR, Nov. 16-A small force of American troops invaded the Mapia Islands, less than l50 miles north of western New Guinea, to- day.
 This was purely a protective move to knock out Japanese coast watchers and warning stations. The Tanks went ashore in the face of light resistance and under cover of naval bombardment that, after two days of preliminary bombings left the enemy installations in flames.
 A headquarters spokesman said the primary reason for this offen-- sive, far behind Gen. Douglas Mac AYthur's lines in the Philippines was to protect the important United States airbase on Biak Is- land in the Schouten groupp.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16

Day Proclamation

In keeping with the traditions of America since Colonial days the President of the United States has proclaimed Thursday, the wenty-third day of November, l944 -as day of thanksgiving for the nation, and has designated it as Thanksgiving Day.
 THEREFORE, I, Lew M Will Hams, Acting Governor of the Territory of Alaska, in conformity herewith, name November 23, l944, as a day of Thanksgiving, and recommend that upon that day all people of the Territory of Alaska unite in returning thanks to God for His gracious gifts, for the ever present opportunities for service, and for the priceless good fortune of United States citizenship which we all enjoy.
 LEW M. WILLIAMS, tSigned) Acting Governor, Territory of Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
REDS CRACK NAzI LINES
 AT BUDAPEST
Battle for Control of h. vasion Routes to Austria
 Imminent-Gdins Made

OSCOW, Nov. 16. - The Red Army has crasked the German flank east of Budapest, hurling its arm ored might through the breach within twelve miles of the Hungar- ian capital, front dispatches said to- day. A decisive battle for the con trol of. invasion routes to Austria appeared imminent.
 Pounding wave after wave oi Malinovsky's assault forces forced the enemy's damaging withdrawal from more than 50 towns and viii lages, including the large railway junction of Jaszbereny, target of 6 four day attack.
 The German withdrawal extended along a hundred mile front from Mende, twelve miles southeast oi Budapest, to Lorom and other towns ten miles below the north Hungar- ian rail junction of Miskolc.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
CHAMBER WILL
 LOOK INTO NEW
 LAND pR0p05AL

Members of the Juneau Chamber lof Commerce today authorized the sending of letter to Alaska Dele gate Anthony Dimond, requesting full information on a Department of the Interior proposal to secure passage of a bill authorizing the Department to lease or grant re- vokable permits for public land in Alaska.
 Nominations were opened today for new Chamber officers for 1945, and names submitted for the Board of Directors included Ava Black erby, Jack Fletcher, Henry Hogue, Bruce Kendall, Paul Monroe and Pete Warner
 Guests included Raymond w. Slough and " Rock Grundman of CAB, the Rev. H. L. Foss of Seattle, Perry Huff, Seattle insurance ad- justor, Ems. Norman Hahn of the U. $. Navy. L. T. Swason of Pet ersburg and J. E. Blezek of Ket- chikan
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
NINTH YEAR OF
 COMMONWEALTH
 CELEBRATED HERE

With the return of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his men to Leyte and the prospect of speedy libera- tion of the Philippines, it was a happy crowd of members of the Filipino Community and guests who participated in the banquet given last night in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel on the occa- sion of the Ninth Anniversary of the Philippine Commonwealth.
 Approximately 150 people were present. at the banquet and the dance which followed
 Andres Cadiente opened the pro- gram, saying the Filipinos were going to have happy celebration this year because Macarthur had kept his promise and returned to the Philippines.
 Juanita Diaz sang a soio, fol- lowing which, E. A. Belarde of the Filipino Community gave an ad- dress. He said there could be no separating the ashes of those Am- erican and Filipino soldiers who died and were buried on Bataan. Belarde added that through this sacrifice, in the face of hopeless odds, the Filipinos had proven they were capable of the coming self government.
 Guest of honor, Lew Williams, Secretary of Alaska, recounted in his address the misfortunes of the early days of the Pacific war and then told of the changing tide of battle, saying there would be soon a Filipino Republic
 At the conclusion of the banquet, the audience rose and sang God Bless America" and the Philip pine National Anthem.
 Postmaster Cadiente then called upon Delegate-elect Bob Bartlett, Major c. F. Scheibner and Mrs. John Mccormick for few re- marks.
 During the evening the Islander String Ensemble played two selec- tions, Under the Double Eagle" and Black and White"
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MINING COURSE
 TO START HERE
 FRIDAY NIGHT

To be held on the second floor of the USO Club, the extension mining course sponsored by the University of Alaska, to be taught by c. R. Burley, will begin classes at ' o'clock tomorrow night.
 Classes will be held Monday through Friday for the next three weeks.
 The course is public service and is offered without charge or educational requirements and is open to all adult of either sex, Burley said.
 Among the subjects treated will be general mining geology, the identification of minerals by means of the blow-pipe. placer and quartz mining practices, mining laws and the use of the ultra violet ray mineral light in prospecting.
 The University has carried on this work for a number of years and the course has proved to be of value to prospectors and others interested in mining and kindred subjects, Burley stated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
JACKSON REPORTS
 ON ALASKA FIRMS

SEATTLE, Nov. 16.-More than $200,000 in income tax disallowances against firms in Alaska have been recommended by the Enforcement Division of the Twelfth Regional War Labor Board, Roy E. Jackson, Chief Enforcement Attorney, dis closed today upon his. return. from Ia four months investigation of wage violations in the Territory. Approximately 65 firms were in- cludeti. Many voluntarily made stipulations as to the amount of illegal wage payments.
 Jack said: We are now back on the right track, cooperating with the War Labor Board wage stab- ilization program
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON Ct. Col Robert S. Allen now on active service with the Army)

WASHINGTON - One of the great unsolved mysteries in Louisi- ana and, in fact, the nation, con- tinues to be who shot Senator Huey Long. Huey was the only ap- proach to dictatorship in this country. His murder has been the only political assassination in the United States in many years.
 Many persons still do not believe he was actually killed by the meek and mild little surgeon, Dr. Carl Weiss, whose body was riddled by Huey's bodyguards and who was officially considered the assassin.
 Recently, this coIumnist men, toned the fact that J. Fred Odom, District Attorney at the time of Huey's death, had never completed an autopsy. Subsequently, this writer met MT Odom, who is chair man of the Democratic State Con- mittee in Louisiana and one of the foremost members of the bar, and asked him about the incident.
 MT Odom informed me that in his opinion the true facts sur- rounding the murder still had not been brought out and that he wasn't prepared to say that Dr. Weiss killed Huey Long.
 MT. Odom has graciously pre- pared a state ment regarding Senator Longs assassination, which may prove historic document. It follows:
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REV. F0RBE5E TO BE ORDAINED
 HERE ON SUNDAY

The Rt Rev. John B. Bentley, Episcopal Bishop of Alaska. will ordain to the Holy Priesthood the Rev. William Forbes of St. Phillips Church, Wrangell, Sunday, Novem- Der 19, at Il a. m. The service will be held in the Church of the Holy Trinity Cathedral.
 The Rev. Forbes is graduate of the University of Pennsylvania holding the AB. and MA. de- grees. He attended the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts from which he re- ceived the BID. degree in 1942. For the past two years he has been Minister in- Charge of the Episco- pal Church in Wrangell, during which time he also acted as Min ister- -in- Charge cf Holy Trinity Cathedral in Juneau during the absence of Dean c. E. Rice. Many persons in Juneau will remember MT. Forbes interim here last year In June of 1914 he was married to the former Miss Genora Waters of Wrangell. The Rev. Forbes and his wife are expected in Juneau on the next northbound Cana dian boat
 Other persons taking part in the service are the Very Rev. Charles lE. Rice, formerly of Holy Trinity Church; the Rev. William A Thomas of the Church of St Peter's-By-The-Sea in Sitka, and the Rev w. Robert Webb, rector of the Parish. The Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir is planning special music for this occasion.
 It is expected that large con- gregation of persons will attend this beautiful and impressive ser vice. Seldom does an Ordination Service take place in Alaska and this is one of the rare occasions when Alaskans can share in, the great heritage of historic and Ap- ostolic Church by giving consent to this act.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
CAB HEARING TO BE
 HELD HERE TOMORROW

A hearing of the Civil Aero nautics Board will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning in the Federal Building. Raymond Slough, Examiner for the CAB, will con- duct the session, assisted by V. Rock Grundman, Public Counsel. Both men arrived here recently from their Anchorage headquarters and are guests at the Baranof Hotel. The hearing is on the appli- cation of the Alaska Coastal Air ways for regular routes to Skag- way and Gustavus.
 In addition to the hearing, a meeting of the CAB will also take place in Juneau, with a similar hearing scheduled next week at Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
TRAP SLOWLY CLOSING ON .0RM0(-JAp5
MalArthur s Troops Cutting in Behind Enemy
 on Corridor
By MURLIN SPENCER "A. F. War Correspondent

GEN. MacARTHUR'S H E A D. QUARTERS IN THE PHILIP PINES, Nov 1.-Two units of the American 24th Division have "prac- tically severed the Ormoc road" behind the trapped Japanese regi- ment as the battle of Leyte famed with bitter fighting.
 Macarthur announced that in- fantrymen, in a double enveloping move, had thrust behind the Japa- nese, near Limon, an American held village, four miles south of Carigara Bay.
 Headlong Combat
 The main body of the 24th was meanwhile engaged with units of the Japanese First Division in headlong combat on a road near Limon which stands at the gate way to the Ormoc corridor.
 Some 30 miles southward, the United States Seventh Division "bloodily" repulsed Japanese counter attack at Balogo, 10 miles south of the Ormoc coastal road This means the Seventh has ad vanced four miles northward in it's drive to apply the southern lever of the American squeeze against Ormoc.
 Another Pincers Arm
 The third arm of the American pincers is pushing westw d through the mountains and the trap was closed tighter as elements of the First Cavalry Division seized new hill positions, overrunning sev- eral enemy strong points forward of elements of the Twenty Fourth.
 Two outflanking units were re- ported to be close to the vital Ormoc road late yesterday. The Nipponese are fighting bitterly, however, and showed no signs of withdrawing.
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BIG ATTACK I50pENEDBY
 TWO ARMIES
tong Awaited Drive or Reich Started-Y
 Nearing Metz

LONDON, Nov. 16.-American First and Ninth Armies opened heavy attacks in Germany today, while U. s. Third Army troops were tightening their grip on Metz.
 It. Gen. Hodges First Army, which drove across France from the Cherbourg Peninsula and conquered Aachen, went on an offensive at Il A. M behind heavy aerial and ar tillery bombardment, presumably in the Aachen sector.
 At 12:45 P. M, the Ninth Army under It. Gen. William H. Simpson attacked in Germany near the Hol- land border. It was the first action announced in two months of the mystery army" which seized Brest.
 The aerial bombardment which preceded the Ninths attack, contin- ued after it began with more than 1900 Fortresse and Liberators, which battered the Duren- -ESch- weller arc, just in front of the First
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
KIMBAlL GUILTY ON
 HIT AND RUN CHARGE

Edward Ross Kimball, Of Ketchi- kan. was found guilty in the Fed eral Court there today on hit and run charge. The victim was Iss- belle Chuck, who died of injuries recently received when the defend- ant allegedly struck her with his car.
 Kimball and his wife are the op- orators of the Homestead, road house five miles out of Ketchikan Mrs. Kimball was apprehended last week for selling liquor without a license. She plead guilty. was fined $500 and was given a six month suspended sentence, providing she was out of business within ten days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
EDITOR OF EMPIRE I5
 REPLIED 10
Secretary Itkes Ranked al Assertions Made in Car
 fer's Open Letter

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Secre- tary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes has issued a reply to William R Carter, editor and manager of The Daily Alaska Empire, who last month wrote an open letter in which he asserted that the "wrecking gang of the Department of the Interior is running wild" and giving Alaska to the Indians"
 Carter also said the Federal Gov ernment's policy discouraged the Crown -zellerbach Company which planned to invest $l0,000,000 in a pulp and paper plant near Ketchi- kan, Alaska.
 Secretary Ickes, replying in the Washington, D. c. Post, which pub- lished Carter's letter, described the Crown-zeilerbach incident as an old wives tale" Ickes said neither this concern nor any other reput- able lumber company had ever had any difficulty in buying timber be- longing to the Indians when it was ready to pay a reasonable price for the timber"
 No Gift In Making"
 u Ickes said no gift" of Alaska is in the making. He cited the law oi land titles in Alaska of May IT. 1884, which he noted provides the Indians of Alaska like other human beings should be protected in the possession of lands which they used or occupied or claimed as their own. ,
 The Secretary said further that the hearings in dispute over Indian land and fishing rights in Alaska are an attempt to find out what lands do belong to the Indians and Eskimos of Alaska
 Waits For Evidence
 He added: T don't know whether the evidence will establish Indian ownership of vast areas or small homesteads or no lands at all, if Indian ownership will be establish ed in any areas. don't know whether the best interest of all con- cerned will require the establish ment of Indian reservations in such areas or the alternative procedure which has been followed in more than 90 percent of our. public do- main outside of Alaska will be fol- lowed-namely, paying the Indians for surplus lands they are willing to cede, dedicating the sums so paid to the betterment of education, san- itary and economic conditions of the Indians concerned.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
HUEY LONGS STRANGE DEATH

hO1 AOANO o V AsAA&">SAN AIAA = A~
 "It was developed by unimpeach- able testimony that only one bullet entered Longs body, and it entered from the front and made its exit through the back. An autopsy could have thrown no light on the caliber of the bullet which en- tered his body, since it was not in the body, and the bullet could not be secured or identified. I think the statement will be borne out by any ballistic expert, that the caliber of a bullet cannot be determined by the bullet hole alone.
 The spot where the encounter occurred was seouestered sad guarded by the then ate pc3t , locally known as 'Ct aes hev secured all the bulle la5 Eers found at the scene. ar atesoo e surrender them. It ws aoEltA4ig established that the doz o ni~ let holes in the body of -ir Neiss were made from bullets b rsss in the hands of Longs bt 1ggUerts I have never heard that 1s- puted.
 All the witnesses to the actual shooting were either mem 1er of Longs bodyguard, or wele hls active partisans. Their test 1rV
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Nov. 16 - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is 6, American Can 871z, Anaconda 27, Beech Aircraft 1874, Bethlehem Steel 61A, Curtiss- Wright 6N, International Har- vester TITS, Kennecott 34k, North American Aviation 9aS, U. s. Steel 56, Pound 4.04.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 145.67; rails 41.58: utilities, 25l5,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
TABLE RESERVATIONS
 FOR BETA SIGMA PHI
 EVENT CLOSE FRIDAY

Table reservations for the cabaret semi-formal dance which Beta Sigma Phi Sorority is sponsoring Saturday evening in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel, will be closed Friday evening, it was announced today.
 The affair, the only dance scheduled in Juneau until after the Thanksgiving holiday, will bring many large parties together for e-holiday festivities. Party res- ervations, therefore, should be made in advance, by telephoning Mrs. Fred Paul, Red 180.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
CHAIRMEN ANNOUNCED
 FOR MARTHA BAZAAR

Those in charge of the bazaar to be sponsored by the Martha Society tomorrow evening are Mrs. Clarence Warfield, President; Mrs, George Rice, Bazaar Chairman; Mrs. Tom Morgan, Chairman of the dining room committee; Mrs. Chris Bailey, service chairman;
 Mrs. Fred Henning, candy booth Chairman, and Mrs. Carl Hardin, chairman of the fish pond. Other members of the society will assist at the bazaar, which will be from 7.l5 to 10 o'clock in the Northern Light Presbyterian Church Parlors
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
SET FREE YESTERDAY;;
 BACK IN JAIL TODAY

Frank Zamora, who at Ketchikan yesterday was found not guilty on charge of assault with a danger ous weapon, was back in Federal Jail again today. He was arrested this time on charge of endeavor- ing to procure another to commit perjury.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
B0WLER5 AT ELkS
 ROLL HIGH SCORES

The Elks bowling team hit the big stride on the alleys last night, making a score of 2306 in match in which the Engineers, Support and Finance teams participated.
 Holmquist of the Elks bowled 567, and there were two other high scores, Anderson of the Engineers rolling 531, and Blum of Finance bowling 528.
 The various scnres fnllnhu
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BROWN SERVICES TO
 BE HELD AT ANG00N

Funeral services for Lillian Brown gho died November in the Govern nent Hospital, will be held at An g on. The remains will be shipped
 that point this evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16
ETHEL ROSE ARRIVES

Miss Ethel Rose has arrived here by boat from the south to enter her new position as clerk-stenog- rapher with the Indian Affairs Office. She will be employed in the Reindeer Department.
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LEAVE VIA PA

Si passengers left for Seattle to- i ria PAA. They were Edward rhsming, Wallis George, Frank |aaley, Corrinne Jenne, Ruth Pihl
 md rar daughter, Judith.
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AVERSION RETURNS

L. E. Iverson, Fiscal Agent with the Forest Service, has returned from Petersburg after a short busi- ness trip.
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FROM SEATTLE

Joseph Keller, A. w. Nelson and IS. H. Varnes are in town from Seattle and are registered at the Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-16

John Roman of Fairbanks is in town and is staying at the Cas-
 tineau Hotel.
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CLAIMS TO
 HIT HALIBUT
 FISHING TOO
Necessary Bdif Has 10 Be Caught in Waters Now
 Claimed by Indians

SEATTLE, Nov 16. = Claims of Southeast Alaska Indians to abor- iginal rights to the lands and re- sources of the Territory threaten the livelihood of thousands of fish ermen and shore workers besides wiping out $650,000 worth of fishing gear
 At the Interior Department claims hearing, these assertions were made in the testimony presented by let ter from J. F. Jurich, President of the International Fishermen and Allied Workers Union, and Oscar Roden, Business Agent of the United Fishermans Union, who said they represented the combined member ship of 22.000.
 Their testimony was called in sup port of opposition to the Indian claims also opposed by the Alaska Fishing Industry.
 Herring Industry Hit
 Many Alaskan canneries would be forced to close, and the rapidly prc~sirfe .'7r'-. ,-~--'~~ s->i,,e.-,, well aaa a be v @ fls
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ask Tor exclusIye IisnIng up to z,vUU feet from the shore along approxi- mately 2,000 miles of Southeast Alaska shoreline and exclusive rights to the public lands in that area.
 If such claims are granted" Jur- ich asked, lis it not obvious that claims then will be filed for all the rest of Alaska?"
 Halibut Industry Struck
 H. E. Lokken, Manager of the Fishing Vessel owners Association here. testified the claims would like wise present serious threat to the North Pacific halibut industry, in asmuch as approximately 90 per cent of the halibut caught in Alaska is taken in inland waters. and if the claims were granted, would be lost. The amount of such loss would be about 4500,000 pounds a year. Another 30,Ooo ,000- pound loss would be threatened, because although taken in outside waters, the bait comes from the inland waters in- volved.
 Lokken said: The total loss would be about 34.O0o,oO0 pounds out of the annual catch of 50,000.000 pounds"
 Explodes One Point
 After Lokken testified, J. " Davis, Juneau salmon trap operator, and Harold Grote, Secretary of the Deep Sea Fishermen's Union, denied, from the stand, that salmon traps set by white men, frightened halibut off the banks.
 Dr. Ernest D. Clark. Secretary of the Pacific Fisheries, said canneries have paid large percentage of Territorial taxes and have provided employment for thousands of per- sons and were an important factor in blocking the Japanese invasion when they turned their boats over to the government at the beginning of the war.
 CONTRADICTIONS
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CONTRADICTIONS SEATTLE, Nov. 16.--Thc conten- tion of the Indians, who are claim
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
'B'CdrdsUpped
7 In Gas Shakeup

WASHINGTON. Aug II up
Driving allowances Of certain
classes Of "B" gasoline ration
card holders will be increased
from $50 miles 10 500 miles a
month throughout the country
under new gasoline ration plan
now under consideration by the
Office OF Price Administration, II
was learned today.
simultaneously n in order Ia
meet the increase. the OPA was
expected 10 order cuts for certain
less essential classes Of &C. card
holders, reducing the formerly I'M
limited allowances for these mo-
soFss.s ID s2a miles month.
"A" rations will not ne affected
in any way by the plan.
The projected plan for relieving
hardship cases among "B' card
holders would not constitute =
widespread increase in rations and
would result in little II any in
crease In total usage. u was under
stood. The increase in gasoline
consumed by the preferred class
OF B users would be balanced
by the cuts made in C rationS,
II was believed