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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
WAR FUND ISB005TED
 TO S6,176
Jump of Nearly S1,OOO Is Reported in One Day.
 Speed Is Needed

Weather clear - track fast. When that's the word, racing fans can expect fine performances, and perhaps some broken records. But in the race for the wire in the National War Fund campaign, it just doesn't seem to make any diff ference wh t those atmospheric conditions are. The report keeps on, day after day, being. Weather anything but clear-track very muddy" and still they keep on breaking those recordsl
 By they, is meant the workers in the Juneau drive toward it's goal of a minimum of $10,500. There are 50 of these men and women; and, according to Jack Fletcher, Chairman of the Cam paign Committee, almost without exception they are doing a re- markedly efficient job and are doing it quickly, too.
 Yesterday it was announced that the total contributions up to noon amounted to $5,02880 Today Flet- cher has reported that more than thousand dollars has been added making the present total $6,176 .00
 Especially encouraging is the speed with which the ladies who are soliciting the residential dis tricts are completing their assign ments," said Fletcher. And they are doing their work thoroughly and carefully, too Otherwise, they would not be turning in those gratifying totals. Today I'm happy to announce that three more of these ladies = Mrs. Fred Geeslin, Mrs. George Hayes and Mrs. Bur- rus Smith-have finished the so- licitation of their districts. The whole community owes these ladies and the many other campaign WOlh hClo d blclilCilQOuo QCDJ LII thanks"
 Another group with a splendid record to date is the recently formed Lions Club. In the matter of service to the community in this all-important drive, they seem determined to be second to none
 Though the record to date is excellent" the chairman empha- sized, "a note of caution must be sounded. We still have a long way to go to reach our goal We still need the gifts, large and small, of every person in Juneau. And in view of the heart-touching appeal that is inherent in each of the agencies that need our help,-the War Prisoners Aid, the Allied War Relief, the USO and the Merchant Seamen's Seryice-I believe that each person here will give some thing to the Fund"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
FOR T0TALk IN CHICAGO
 SATURDAY
Balls Bolt Adding Fuel fo Already Hot PoIit-
 iCdI Bdtte
(By Associated Press)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt has decided to carry his campaign for the fourth term to Chicago as the political air continued turbulent over the issue of foreign policy.
 White House Press Secretary Stephen Early, told reporters the President is to deliver major ad- dress in the Windy City sometime after his Friday appearance in Philadelphia's Shibe Park.
 Early said he didn't have the date but Mayor Kelly of Chicago, an nounced last week there would be a Democratic rally at sprawline Soldier Field on Saturday night.
 Roosevelt supporters, now with Republican Senator Ball in theil ranks, plugged the foreign policy hard, while Gov. Thomas E. Dewey set out to expound on the same question. There is dispute over it in Balls home state.
 Dewey In Minneapolis
 Dewey, who speaks in Minneapolis at 7:30 o'clock CPacific War Time) said in advance he will "fill in the gaps of the Presidents New York address on Americas part in the peacetime world.
 Awaiting Dewey in Minneapolis is the challenge from Senator Harry $. Truman who said in a statement there last night that if Dewey sin cerely fayors "a strong foreign pol icy" he would ask for the defeat of eight isolationists who were nom- mated by the Republicans for the Senate.
 Publisher Mccormick, whose Chi cago Tribune is listed by Roosevelt
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
By SISGT. HY HURWITZ (Marine Corps Combat Core

spondent of Boston, Mass.)
 AN ADVANCED PACIFIC BASE
 (Delayed) For braving constant enemy fire to render badly needed medical aid to wounded Marines on Tarawa, It. John E. Stewart Navy Doctor from Juneau, Alaska recently was awarded a Legion of Merit Medal by Admiral Chester w. Nimitz. Commander in Chief oi the Pacific Fleet.
 Landing with a unit of the Second Marine Division on D-Day It. Stewart treated scores of wounded while exposed to Jap sniper, mortar and machine gun fire during nearly the entire 76 hours of the bloody battle.
 He also participated in the land ings on Saipan and Tinian with the Second Marine Division. On the second night of the battle for Saipan, he went through enemy shell fire to treat wounded men of a Marine unit whose own doctor had been injured.
 It. Stewart is the son of Ben D. Stewart, the first American Territorial Commissioner of Mines to Alaska, where the medical of ficer was born 31 years ago. After his graduation from the University of Washington in 1886, he entered Harvard Medical School. where he received his medical degree in 194l
 Before joining the Navy in Sep tember, 1942, he interned at the Alameda County Hospital, Alameda California.
 The citation accompanying his award reads as follows.
 For exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of out standing services to the Govern ment of the United States as a Medical Officer during action against enemy Japanese forces on 1arawa atoll, Gilbert Islands, Mo- vember 20, l943. Although ham pered by heavy enemy anti-boat gun, machine gun and sniper fire, at extreme risk of his own life, he made his way to the wounded men and administered aid to them and displayed marked ingenuity in utilizing rubber boats to convoy the wounded men through the surf.
 On November g, he volunteered to take six corpsmen to an area of heavy fighting, and under heavy enemy machine gun fire main tained an aid station under ex- tremely difficult and dangerous conditions. Through his resource fulness in the use of an amphibian tractor for the evacuation of wounded, and through his courage, endurance and devotion to duty many lives were saved that might otherwise have been lost. His con- duct throughout was in keeping with the highest traditions of the Naval services"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
The W WaShinqton Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON Gt. Col Robert Q. Allen now on activ service with the Army)

WASHINGTON-Judging by the type of mollycoddle investigation now being done by certain Senate committees, another Teapot Dome oil scandal could be pulled right under the nose of the Senate and no one would know the difference.
 There doesn't seem to be Tom Walsh or a Hugo Black or Fer dinand Pecora in the entire Con- gress.
 Most pathetic example of alleged investigation took place before IT. year-old Senator Greens commit tee for the probing of campaign expenditures. The Rhode Island Senator's docile do-nothing be- havior was excellent corroboration of Dewey's thesis that old men can't run the government.
 Senator Green and colleagues let witnesses blandly admit to tacit violations of the Corrupt Practices Act, admit the hiding of campaign contributions, with no action and little moral indignation expressed by the committee.
 William J. Goodwin, treasurer of the American Democratic National Committee, Ga Roosevelt = hating group, not to be confused with the Democratic National Committed admitted a hidden contribution of several thousand dollars from -Roebuck's Gen. Robert E. Wood, America First Organizer, also from Wall Street Broker Ed Hut ton; also from various corporations, despite the fact that it is against the law for corporations to con- tribute and for contributions of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24

Mrs. Mary Kast, a former resi- dent of Skagway, whose husband, CPO Edward Kast, has been miss ing in action in the South Pacific for almost a year, is now civilian war worker at the 840th specialized depot at Pinedale, California, under the Sacramento Air Service Com mand with headquarters at Mo- Clellan Field, near Sacramento, California.
 Mrs. Kast is supervisor of the message center at the sub-depot, which is one of many huge storage depots maintained throughout the nation by the Air Service Com mand to expedite shipment of mil lions of tons of Air Force supplies to fliers and ground crews the world over
 The Sacramento Air Service Command, in which Pinedale is situated, comprises one of 12 con- trol areas in the United States from which planes fly directly to combat areas in the South Pacific, Alaska, Europe or other world battle fronts. These control areas carry on the huge task of supply, maintenance and repair in the vast air wing program. AS a member of the 840th, Mrs Kast is among thousands of civilians who are con- centrating their war time efforts on the Keep Elm Flying" activi- ties of the nation.
 She began her civilian service at Pinedale last March and was one of the leaders in war bond buying in the recent drive. Mrs. Kast also has three brothers in the service It. Mytell Holden, "a pilot on a B-29, Pvt. John Holden at a camp in Texas, and Pvt. Everett Holden, in Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
UPRISING IN SPAIN
 REPORTED
Strong Mdquis Forces Be. Iieved COIIdbordted
 with GuerriIIas

LONDON, Oct. "A = Conflicting reports of armed clashes in Spain have reached London, but it is not yet clear whether action involved only frontier skirmishes or organ ized and formidable revolt against Francois Falangist regime.
 Authoritative sources cautioned against overestimating the extent of hostilities.
 Official quarters said they have no information confirming reports of the general uprising. It was pointed out, however, that strong well equipped Marquis forces, in- cluding a high percentage of Span- ish Republicans, are in southwest ern France, near the Spanish bor- der, a responsible source stated.
 It is not learned how many oi these Spanish Marquis have been crossing the border into Spain ol to what extent they are in contact with or are collaborating with guerilla forces under a Spanish Re publican junta. Spanish Republican headquarters here said the guerrilas are active in three major provinces of Spain; Galicia in the northwest, Estre- madura in the southwest, and An dalusia in the south.
 Franco's Spanish National radio told of clashes between regular Spanish troops guarding the from tier and several groups of Spanish Reds" from France, but sought tC create the impression that the sit uation is well in hand Most rebels are surrendering or fleeing back across the border" the radio said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
AMERICANS
 MAKE GAIN
 IN ITALY
Tanks Now Within Four Miles of Important Pc
 vaIIe Junction Town

ROME, Oct. 24-American troops of the Fifth Army are battling down the northern slopes of the Appennines and have approached within four miles of Castel San Pietro Largo, a Pc Valley junction town on the Rimini highway, Is miles southeast of Bologna, Head quarters announced today.
 This American column captured the village of Frassineto, south- east of Castel San Pietro, after a heavy battle.
 Rough terrain still lay ahead of British forces, battling along High way 67, who pushed beyond the road junction of Portico on the way to Forli.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
MARTIAL LAW IN
 HAWAII IS LIFTED

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-Presi- dent Roosevelt lifted martial law and restored the privilege of habeas corpus to Hawaii today, ending al- most three years of military law that began with the Pearl Harbor attack.
 The President issued proclama- tion terminating martial law, and at the same time the White House made public the proclamation that Gov Stainback also was restoring the writ of habeas corpus.
 The President also issued an Ex- ecutive Order directing Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson to designate a Military Commander for Hawaii and authorizing military areas so precautions can be taken against attacks on that Territory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
DAYLIGHT
 RAID ON
 kURILE5
American Bombing Planes Atta(k Two Islands, Says
 Broadcast from Tokyo

SAN FIR CISCO, Oct. 24.-A daylight raid on Paramushiro and Onnekotan Islands in the Kuriles by American bombing planes is re- ported by the Tokyo radio in a broadcast recorded here by the Fed eral Communication Commission
 The Tokyo broadcast said six B. 24s made the raids and Jap fight CTS intercepted heavily and dam aged two of the enemy aircraft, but no damage was sustained on our side"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Oct. 24. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6ss, American Can 89, Anaconda 271s, Beech Aircraft 9A. Bethlehem Steel 62Hs. Common wealth and Southern 15/16. Curtiss- Wright 6. International Harvester 79. Kennecott 35is. North American Aviation II, New York Central 18ss. Northern Pacific 1874. United States Steel 574s, Pound $404
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials. l46.58; rails. 4l.62; utilities. 2565.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
NAzI NIGHT
 FIGHTERS IN
 NEW ACTION
Swarm Over German Tar qets for Protection-
 RAF Makes Raid

LONDON, Oct. 24-Strong forces of German night fighters, saved for defense of prize targets, swarm ed over Essen last night and chal- lenged fleet of 1000 Royal Air Force heavy bombers that attacked the great armament center in the heart of the Ruhr.
 Eight bombers failed to return.
 Fast Mosquitos attacked Berlin last night and report good results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
LAMA OCCUPIED BY BRITISH UNITS,
 GREECE INVASION

ROME, Oct. 24.-British patrols in Greece have occupied Lamia, about s3 miles northwest of Athens, and pushed north of the town. Allied Headquarters announces in today's communique.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
EVACUATION 0FBUDApE5T
 IS ORDERED

LONDON, Oct. 24-The Rome radio this afternoon says the Ger mans have ordered evacuation. of Budapest, capital city of Hungary.
 The Russian troops were last re- ported within 50 miles of the city
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
BASKETBALL GAME
 TOMORROW NIGHT

The opening game of the local casaba season will be held tomor- row night at 7:30 o'clock in the Juneau High School gymnasium.
 The game will be between the Juneau High School Crimson Bears and an alumni team. The usual price of admission will be charged
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
FLYING BOMBS
 LAND, BELGIUM

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 24- German flying bombs have landed in Belgium. This is stated in a Belgian Government communique this afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24

LONDON, Oct. 24-British troops today stormed the outskirts of the Dutch communications center of Shertogenbosch while Canadian forces, to the west, plunged closer to Roosendaal.
 In a blazing battle to clear the Germans from the vicinity of Ant werp, dispatch from Allied Head quarters in Paris said, Canadian units were fighting to clear the south bank of the Schelde Estuary and now held the ferry port of Breskens firmly and were along on across the road all the way to Schoondijke, three miles south of Breskens. The Germans had been
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
sITKA GUEST

H. Dare, of Sitka, is staying at the Gastineau, where he registered last evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
FROM ANGOON

Fred Brandes is in town from Angoon and is guest at the Gas tineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
HERE FROM WALES

Emma Stauffer from Wales is registered at the Gastineau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24

No English home is more than 70 miles from the sea coast.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-24
APPROACHES
 TO ANTWERP
 ARE(LEARED
First Winter Show Hdmp- CTS Allied Operations
 on Entire Front

BULLETIN-LONDON, Oct. "A British troops fought into the streets of the key Dutch road center of ShertOgenb0sch tonight and the German defenses are apparently crumbling on the TO- mile front. South of the ancient fortress town, the British offen- sive is in one phase a squeeze drive, in concert with the First Canadian Army, against some 10000 Germans fighting to hold southwestern Holland and deny the Allies the use of Antwerp.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-30

More than 1880 women are serv-
ing as postmasters in the United
States and more than 800 as rural
carriers.
Some statisticians are figuring
what the government will be able to
realize on it's war plants, forgetting
that victory itself is hundred per
cent return.
The cafe in the Pentagon, Wash
ington, serves 10000 meals a day.
the Pentagon 81 the worlds largest
pfhee building.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-30
NaZi Petroleum

Germany's output of natural petro-
leum in 1887, two years before the
start of the war, practically doubled
that of 1888, National Geographic
Society bulletin points out. By 1887
more than 100 new wells had been
sunk, with the government paying
as much as half the costs. One Ger
man well in the Heide producing
area is over two miles down, re-
putedly the deepest in Europe.
The Reich Geological survey was
given about half million dollars
for a survey of German oil posi-
bilities. Fifteen new fields were dis
covered. The Nazi regime produced
as much petroleum in prewar Ger
many as in all the previous history
of the German industry, which began
in 1872.
United States reports showed Ger
many's 1899 production at nearly Az
million barrels, with Austria, Hun
gary and Poland together yielding
that same year more than 51s mil
lion barrels. But in the aggregate
the four countries produced less than
a quarter that of Rumania.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-30

Road signs in Normandy. showing
the speed limit, may be intended to
check the Nazi retreat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-30
40 FROM PRISONS IN ARMED
FORCES

A total of ITO inmates of the var
ious penal institutions of the State
have been accepted into the Armed
Forces of the United States as the
result of combinations of sentences
recommended by the Special Selective
Service Panel Board Number 8,
named by him for this purpose, Gov
ernor Herbert r. O'Conor has made
known, following a report covering
the activities of the Special Panel
Board.
In the handling of the cases of
prison inmates who wish to do their
part in the Armed Forces during this
war, Governor O'Conor pointed out,
Maryland has been among the fore
most States of the Nation in the
number of men actually indicted.
Appointed by the Governor ON
April 26, 1913, the Special Panel
Board has interviewed 1872 white
and 281 colored prisoners, of which
number a total of 262 were forward
ed to the induction station. In addi-
ton to the 80 white applicants and
80 colored men accepted for induc-
ton, Al white and 81 colored men
were rejected for physical or other
reasons
The largest contribution made by
any single institution was at the
State Penal Farm. Out of total reg
istration of 457, 1877 were given ply
steal examinations, 104 were for
ordn cd 10
sc were accepted.
The House of Correction with
total population of 1882 was sec
ond in number of inductees, with b5
acceptances out of SO forwarded for
induction.
In third place in numbers accept
ed, with 38, was the Maryland Pehi-
Tertiary, out of whose total prison
population of $1,000, So were con-
sidered fit for induction by the
State and 3S were actually accepted.
Other institutions represented now
in the Armed Forces are the Balti-
more City Jail, with 8 inductees;
the Bel Air Jail, with L; and the
Maryland Training School for Boys,
with l..
Among the most heartening as
poets of the Special Panel Boards
activities, Governor O'Conor declar-
ed, are the number of commenda-
tory letters received from the Com
handing Officers of the men. Several
of them have won special awards for
extra-meritorious service. and almost
uniformly the reports received have
been that the men sent from the
Maryland prisons have, adjus tie d
themselves to Army or Navy life and
have made excellent 'servicemen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-30

New York (Special)-An aircraft de-
signer in New York has just finished
an elaborate set of blueprints for huge
new trans-oceanic plane. The blueprints
must be at the manufacturing plant in
California tomorrow. How can 1t be
done? BY telegraph, of course. VI
That is one of the things the COM
munications industry will be prepared
to do not many years from now, when
the war is over and the latest marvels
stemming from an invention just cen
tury old will be used to tie the nation
together in building a new era OF peace
time prosperity.
It was in 1874 that the artist-inventor.
Samuel F. B. Morse, sat down at his
telegraph key in the Capitol at Wash
ington and sent the first telegram
What Hath God Wrought" The mes
sage was received in Baltimore forty
miles away.
The nation is observing this year the
centennial of Morse's invention by spe-
cial Congressional exercises, including
a re-enactment of the scene in which
the first telegram was sent: by unveil-
ing a plaque in honor of the scientist;
by naming a Liberty ship for him and
by issuing a telegraph centennial post
age stamp. Civic, educational. scientific
and other organizations are holding spe-
cial gatherings.
On the threshold of its second century,
the telegraph industry is ready to offer
many new devices and services to Amer
can business as well as to the indi-
vidual. Only the war an. the need for
turning over much of this new equip
ment to wartime tasks have kept these
devices from more general use.
The Telefax is one of the latest and
most remarkable additions to the tele-
graph family. An electric eye rapidly
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-30
SprOuting SOybeans

For sprouting, wash and sort soy
beans, which will terminate readily,
and soak them overnight, using
three cups water for one cup dry
beans. Place beans in sprouting
container, allowing enough room for
the growth of the sprouts (three-
fourths cup soaked beans is suf-
ficient for container with one quart
capacity. Place container in dark
place and cover. Wash beans thor
oughly three or four times each day,
taking care not to injure the sprouts.
For the last washing on the first
day, use solution containing one
half teaspoon chlorinated lime per
gallon of water. Allow the sprouting
to continue, washing three or four
times daily, until the sprouts are
two to three inches long. The en-
tire sprouting period takes from four
to six days. Store sprouts in the
refrigerator until they are to be
used. Sprouted beans should be
treated as any fresh vegetable and
should be used as soon as possible.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-06-30
v. M. G. A. AIDS WAR PRISONERS

Other than the International Red
Cross there is only one organization
authorized to provide aid to prison.
ers of war and that is the Young
Mems Christian Association. Work
is done under the 1929 Geneva Con-
vention and, in a way, supplements
the Red Cross supplies and contacts
by attention to educational, recrea-
tional, and religious needs of men,
both military and civilian, who are
confined to prison camps of the en-
envy. Y. M. c. A. representatives with
headquarters in Switzerland visit the
prison camps. Among articles given
captured Americans are Testaments,
athletic equipment, pencils and paper
games and mouth organs.
This year, 1914, the Y. M. G. A. is
celebrating it's Tooth anniversary as
an international body. On June 6,
1914, a young diapers apprentice in
London called together few of his
fellows to read the Bible in an effort
to combat, through such meetings,
a growing tendency of young men to
frequent taverns for amusement.
There are over 10000 associations
in SIS countries today with about o.
100000 members. The first United
States branch was founded in Boston
seven years after the initial meeting.