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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
 IN HANDS
 OF ALLIES
Strategic City Now Com pIeteIy Occupied by
 Eighth Army Forces

ROME, Aug. 22 - Florence has been completely occupied by Allied troops and Eighth Army patrols are now pushing out beyond the famous art center's northern out skirts, Alexander's headquarters an- nounced
 Explaining the delay in busting the enemy opposition in the north ern edges of Florence, the Allied Command said that troops of the Eighth Army forced their way into the city before the enemy was com pelled to withdraw from the town by our continuous pressure on his Hanks. Street fighting inevitably had broken out, but by skill and patience the city has fallen into our hands and extensive damage avoided, apart from demolitions eff fected by the enemy"
 The German communique said that the Allies in mounting new offensive in the Adriatic sector Of Italy captured several heights.
 The Alliest are near eastern out posts of the Gothic line south of Rimini.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
WIDE AREA S.W.pA(IFIC
 I5 BOMBED
Jdps Apparently Abandon MoIueas : Path Being
 Cleared 10 Philippines

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug. 22-It is announced the heaviest bombing attacks yet on Moluccas and the nearby Boeroe Island have been made. Shortly after, Gen. Douglas Macarthur asserted that the disappearance of the Jap air strength from Moluccas will facili- tate the advance to the Philippines without the necessity of costly frontal attacks to clear the way"
 Eight Jap planes were caught on the ground and destroyed on the Boeroe Island.
 Other attacks were made on the dwindling shipping supply lanes of the Japs and nine Jap freighters, transports and coastal vessels were sunk or badly damaged
 Ten barges were also probably destroyed in raids that ranged over an area from the Dutch East h. dies to the Philippines.
 The Japs offered no aerial re- sistance at any point. Liberators dropped no tons of bombs on Hal mahera and 95 tons on Boeroe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
FILIPINO CANNERY WORKER ATTEMPTS
 DOUBLE SUICIDE

In a double attempt to end his life, Adriano Cabarloc, 40-year-old Filipino cannery worker at Taku, this morning slashed his abdomen and a few hours later made an ef- fort to drown himself by attempting to jump from the Libby, McNeill and Libby tender when it docked in Juneau.
 The victim was taken to St. Ann's Hospital, where he underwent an operation, and his condition this afternoon is not satisfactory.
 Apparently in i'll health, Cabarloc left Seattle for the Taku cannery about May g, and is reported to have been suffering from cold and insomnia since his arrival there. About 3 o'clock this morning he slashed his abdomen in an attempt to take his life and was immediately brought to Juneau on the cannery tender Maira. Upon arriving here, he again attempted suicide but fall ed when he was stopped by the boat crew as he tried to jump from the vessel into the channel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
ALLIES MAKE
 GAINS;pU5H
 ON 10 MILES
Belgian and Dutch Units Are Now Reported in
 Fighting in France

LODON, Aug. 22.-Late afternoon advices from the French front state that American, British and Can adian armies have enveloped de- cided push and gained up to lO miles and are reported in the Paris area. The Americans met heavy resistance at Etampes, then the Berlin radio announced Etampes has been evacuated.
 The Allies have also established a bridgehead across the Seine at Fon- tainebleau.
 Belgian units, for the first time announced as on the French front engaged. with the Allies, have taken Cabourg.
 Dutchmen are also in the fighting and are reported fighting on the outskirts of Houlgate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
RED TROOPS
 5T0RM0VER BUG RIVER
Russians Capture 50 Vil- laqes in Furious Bdf-
 file for Warsaw

MOSCOW, Aug. g. - Russian troops stormed across the Bug River, northeast of Warsaw, in grave new flanking threat to the prolonged siege of the Polish capital and bat tied the hastily mustered German reserves on the west bank of the river. The forcing of the Bug which flows into the Vistula, 28 miles above Warsaw, posed as threat to cross the larger river.
 Rokossovsky's regrouped and re- inforced armies pushed two Russian columns toward the confluence of the streams. He pushed against furious German counterattacks and recaptured 50 villages in what ap- peared to be the most serious threat to Warsaw in nearly two weeks.
 Another retreat around Warsaw was in the Sandomierz region across the Vistula, 100 to 110 miles south east. There was a survival of only 1900 prisoners in the final killing of 12000 in the Sandomierz trap where three divisions were encircled. This was considered confirmation of the great shrinkage of Hitler's divisions.
 The Germans won back the land connection where two battered Bal- ! tic armies have been isolated for three weeks between Estonia and Latvia, but from advices it is indi- cated that the enemy may use the corridor for an escape attempt to East Prussia, rather than for rein forcement.
 The enemy's Baltic breakthrough was announced by the Russian mid night communique and said that under a hail of German tank and infantry attacks, Bagramian's troops withdrew to more favorable posi- tions," after abandoning Tukums, where they plunged to the sea, 33 miles west of Riga, on August l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
pETAIN IS
 ARRESTED
 BY GE5TAp0
Hero of verdun, Head of viehy Government, Is
 Seized, Spirited Away

GENEVA, Aug. p. - German secret police have arrested Marshal Petain, 88-year-old "Ch of State" at his residence headquar- ters in the Hotel du Pare, Vichy.
 Marshal Petain, hero of Verdun in the first World War, and head of the German dominated Vichy Government in France since 1940, is reported to have been seized Monday morning along with a number of associates, Gen. Bridoux, Vichy War Secretary; Admiral Ble- haut, General Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and Bernard Minetrel, Sec retary to Petain.
 Reports from the French under ground said the Mauis were attack ing Vichy about the time the arrests of Petain and others were made.
 The action of the Gestapo seem-
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
D0UGHB0Y5
 CATCH NAzIS
 BY SURPRISE
Americans Use Commando Tdctits-Dedth Blows
 Before Breakfast
By HAL BOYLE

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SEINE RIVER, Aug. 21.-(Delayed) American doughboys, in an opera tion which caught the Nazis com- pletely by surprise, have established a solidified bridgehead across the vital Seine River, 25 miles northwest of Paris.
 The first troops crossed by ferry assault boats Saturday night in the vicinity of Nantes and Glassincourt, and are now so firmly entrenched that there is no fear of a Nazi counterattack.
 We are all set and waiting for the dash with plenty of the same artillery that they met before" as, serted It. Col. A. c. Dorhman of Seward, Nebraska, who related that eight German 88's, overlooking the landings, were outflanked and cap- tured in the first hours of the at tack. Capture of the German guns was accomplished quickly by the doughboys, who slipped through the night and surprised the Germans at breakfast, killing all but few who fled on bicycles and in stolen civilian autos, realizing that the spearhead had threatened thelr re- treat at all except by hodgepooge clements by which the Nazis have been ecaping across the Seine.
 The Nazis began to move in troops on Sunday but American artillery took them under fire and the counterattack did not develop. One German who surrendered said that 75 per cent of his company had been slain.
 The Seine crossing was made on the largest bridge of it's type-a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
NAzI5 SURRENDER,
 BORDEAUX SECTION
American Motorized Col umns Indicated South
 of Loire River

RUN, Spain, Aug. 22.-One thou sand German troops are surrender ing to the expanding French Vol unteer Army surrounding the Bor- deaux area as American motorized columns are closing in from the north, according to advices received here this afternoon at this bor- der town.
 This is the first word reaching neutral Spain tbat the Americans have penetrated south of the Loire River.
 French Volunteer Forces are also reported to have liberated Bayonne.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
AWVS Meeting Will
 Be Held Tomorrow

The regular monthly meeting of the American Women's Voluntary Services will be held tomorrow after noon beginning at 2 o'clock at the Governors House.
 All contributions of homemade cookies which are to be sent to seryicemen in the remote Aleutian bases will be accepted at this time, it was announced.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
FRENCH IN p0RT,Hou5E,
 HOUSE FIGHT
Isolation of Marseille Is Nearly CompIeted-Am-
 eri(ans Move Inland

ROME, Aug. 22.-French troops of the Seventh Army have fully en- circled Toulon by land, cutting the last escape route of the German garrison forces still resisting inside the fixed Qualifications of the big Mediterranean naval base.
 The Allied naval armada offshore and land batteries on the north are hurling shells against the enemy strong points.
 The French infantry advanced through the outskirts of the south
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
GABRIELsON ON TRIP

Dr. Ira Gabrielson, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska, flew to Ketchikan yesterday on an official trip. He is expected to re- turn here before the end of the week,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
RUMANIAN CITY
 NOW EVACUATED

LONDON, Aug. 22. = Iasi, the fourth largest city in Rumania, has been evacuated before the fresh Russian offensive in the south.
 The Russians are plunging north ward making large areas of the Balkans untenable,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
SALVATION ARMY IN
 NEED, OLD CLOTHING

The Salvation Army is making an appeal for old clothing and anyone having articles may leave them at the barracks on Willoughby Ave.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
ABSENTEE BALLOTS
 ARE AVAILABLE NOW

People leaving Juneau and who will not return before September F are reminded that ahrentee hsl'"ts for the General Election now arc available in the office of U. s. Com missioner Felix Gray.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON Gt. Col. Robert s. Allen now on active service with the Armyo

WASHINGTON The four-power conference that opened at Dunn barton Oaks yesterday holds more promise for making this "the war to end wars" than any event since Versailles. But it starts with two strikes against it; will have very tough sleeding.
 Strike No. l is Dewey's blast against the conference.
 Cordell Hull, it is true, has not sufficiently consulted smaller na- tions. But conscientiously, sincere ly, though belatedly, he is trying to carve out an international ma- chine to keep the peace after this war.
 He began late, was pushed into it by men like Sumner Welles, Rep. Fulbright and the B2 and H2 Sen- ators. Nevertheless, MT. Hull is now in deadly earnest, should be given chance to do his best with out too much political boat-rocking.
 Strike No. is old-fashioned su- perficial diplomacy, which puts more emphasis on picayune for malities than on heading off the possibility that the youth of the world may go to war again.
 Already the old-fashioned diplo- mats have begun jockeying. Rus sia had felt that a conference of this kind was so important, it should be handled by the top men of the world-Roosevelt, Churchill Stalin Secretary Hull, however, wanted it to be conference of Foreign Ministers, somewhat like that which he attended in Moscow last fall In the end, since Stalin, Roosevelt, ct al., are not doing the job, the Russians are represented by a virtual diplomatic messenger, Soviet Ambassador Gromyko, al- ready stationed in Washington.
 Prior to this, the Chinese were to be represented by one of their leading diplomats, Victor Hu, long time Chinese delegate to the Lea que of Nations. But when they heard the Russians would only be represented by Gromyko, the Chi nese decided also to be represented by their Ambassador in Washing ton. In other words, they didn't want to play the conference up one diplomatic notch higher than the Russians.
 As result of this jockeying, the State Department feels that Secre- tary Hull, being Foreign Minister should not deal with lesser lights across the same table, that this should be done by Undersecretary of State Ed Stettinius Hull, there fore, will make speeches at the opening and closing of the con- ference but will not be active ir the day-to-day sessiones, where the real peace plan will be born.
 NOTE-On the desk which the Undersecretary of State will use at Dumbarton Oaks, home of Am bassador Robert Woods Bliss. young Stettinius found this card: Trust dred and Robert w. Bliss"
 RUSSIAN PEACE PLAN
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
WISCONSIN MAN HERE

M. O. Ewald, of Milwaukee, Wis consin, has registered at the Cas- tineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-22
AMERICANS
 IN SWEEPS
 IN FRANCE
Gigantic Pinlers Trap Is Nearly CompIeied-En-
 emY Tanks Destroyed

BULLETI N LONDON, Aug.
 22.-French forces in the inter-
 for have rolled up light artillery
 into battle inside Paris and
 attacked the Germans on de la
 Republique boulevard. according
 to a report from the Algiers
 radio and Marquis and Germans
 are locked in fierce fighting in-
 side the old Maginot Line at
 Belfort where Laval scurried
 from vichy with unarrested
 Ministers to establish seat for the Nazi-c controlled French Gov
 ernment.
 Algiers radio also reports the
 Germans are moving 10000 to
 3OO0O troops from interior
 France to Belfort to defend that
 gateway to the RhineIand, now
 threatened by the Americans
 from southern France.
 More than half of all France,
 212,00O square miles, is now
 under control of the Allies or
 Pari0ts.
 SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF THE ALLIED ExPEDITIONARY FORCES, Aug. 22.--American col- umns struck powerfully down the Seine River and three other Allied armies wheeled inland from the west in a gigantic new pincers trap on the battered and disorganized Ger mans fleeing over the bridgeless river. This new cutoff is revealed by headquarters.
 Twelve hundred enemy tanks have been destroyed or damaged since D-Day. Field dispatches indicate that more than 300.000 Germans have been put out of action in western France since June 6. the Argentan- Falaise pocket yielding at least 100000 Germans killed, cap tured or wounded.
 According to the best available information, the American Third Army in 21 days of the vast speedy flanking operations have accounted for more than 100000 more.
 The American Third Army has nounded northwestward along the looping Seine from the bridgehead at Nantes. 25 miles from Paris, bringing in the eastern arm of the pincers upon the German Seventh Army remnants stumbling back to the Seine and seeking to escape by ferries, small boats or even swim ming.
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Kodiak mirror., 1944-05-20

Sixteen students, comprising the 7th Grade, entertained the members of the Rotary Club Tuesday with series of choral readings as a review of poems learned by them during the year under the direction of their teacher, Mrs. Forest c. Ayers.
 Numbers recited in unison following the flag salute included the Golden Rule, Quality of Mercy, Our Future, Alaska's Flag, Flanders Field, in honor of Memorial Day, Americas Creed, Day, and the class poem.
 Students participating in the effective presentation were Nola Fure, announcer; Jackie Nelson, flag bearer; Gladys Pagano, Freda Bent, Edward Sandstrom, Bill Hartman, Billy Gerald, Anna Jean Peterson, Sidney Hubley, Mary Jean Metrokln, Rosabel Morrison, Marie Chris toffersen, Jack Tofte, Vernon Holland and Jimmy Pearson.
 Guests at the luncheon were It. Roy F. Downing and It. Donald B. Mccormick.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-05-20
Beware Coughs
 1 from common colds That Hang On

..,nic bronchitis may develop IT
 oorSh. @ chest cold, or acute bron-
 2. 'js js not treated and you cannot
 lsio t5 take a chance with anymedi~
 IsSs potent than Creomulsion ,'.s M 0oes right to the seat of the
 .Sia fo help loosen and expel germ I..S ~ phlegrn and aid nature to ySe and heal raw, tender, inflamed e..bial mucous membranes. 'ssomulsion blends beechwood !.Ste byspecial process with other
 tested medicines for coughs. s.uiains no narcotics.
 |S natter how many medicines Y lave tried, tell your druggist to 1rr a bottle of Creomulsion with LSnderStanding you must like the {, ' quickly allays the cough, per- |sre rest and sleep, or you are to |s your money back. (AdV)
Kodiak mirror., 1944-05-20
Infanl-chiIdren
 Clinic Thursday

An immunization clinic for infants, pre-school and school children will be held at the office of pr. A, Holmes Johnson at 2 pm on Thursday, May 25.
 Smallpox vaccination, diph- theria immunization, and whoop- ing cough immunization are be- ing offered. Those who wish may also have typhoid vaccine.
 Parents are urged particularly to be sure that pre-school child- ren and older infants have been immunized. It is generally re- commended that whooping cough vaccine be given at the age oi 6 months, diphtheria immuniza- tion at g months, and smallpox vaccination at one year of age Diphtheria and smallpox i'm. munizations should be repeated before the child enters school.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-05-20

Mrs Steve Harvey and It. Harvey's mother arrived in An
 chorage a week ago Sunday and are busy making a home now that the family is together a. gain after It Harvey's recent transfer from the ACS station here to Anchorage. They just purchased a house in that city.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-05-20

Mir and Mrs. Don Rogers stopped over briefly in Kodiak this week on their way to Bris- tai Bay for the fishing season. They came here from Ketchi- kan, where, because of the fish, ing strike, they gave a 200O- pound catch of halibut to the Red Cross.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
B. '"THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. C.
Pork Ration Chances
Prove Simp|ification
Needed, Wiley Says

Citing recent changes in point
values for pork, Senator Wiley, Re-
publican, of Wisconsin today de-
manded simplif1cation of price fix
ing and food rationing.
In a letter to Price Administrator
Chester Bowles, Senator Wiley
pointed out that after giving house.
wives Christmas bonus of pork
points, OPA Immediately raised the
point value of fresh ham.
why is it not possible for us to
know from at least month to month
what point rationing is planned2''
Senator Wiley inquired. Certainly
your administration must be aware
of the produce at hand, the produce
to come and the produce that could
be availables for civilian use, with
out withholding the announcement
for 24-hour notice"
Recently we corresponded con-
corning the pork situation. That, to
me, was a ridiculous situation. You
protested that the packers could not
dress meat because there was no
place to store it. The farmer pros
tested because he had no market for
his hogs and was wasting feed. The
Evening star., 1944-01-03

public patiently accepted the fact
that the meat diet was restricted.
AL Of this could have been obviated
by removing pork rationing for a
short time. as I suggested, giving
you wide leeway of Is, 80 and so
days.
"Magnanimously it was announced
that spare coupon No. would be
released, allowing 5 points or ap-
proximately l pound of increased
pork-purchasing power per person.
This certainly did not alleviate the
Nationwide difficulty. What was
my amazement a few days later to
note that your Office had announced
another pork-rationing revision, this
time increasing the point ration for
fresh ham from to points per
pound. Now, Mr.. Bowles, you must
know that even a small ham would
more than destroy the value of your
Christmas present pork points You
must know that an average family
purchasing ham, far from doing it
with your additional points, actually
paid a point dividend"
Evening star., 1944-01-03
AaHT 6F ~
Old M n
AsHl0NEDGIY
When Colds Cause
Sore Throats and
Night Coughs

Take q swallow Of new, improved,
pleasant-tasting Thoxine for quick
palliative relief. Not gargle. Soothes
as you swallow, also works internally.
Thoxine eases raw throats and stops
night coughs almost at once. Can be
given to children 1907 satisfaction of
none back 35c, soc and s100. Get
Thoxine now and stay on the Job!
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Nye Would Reform
Senate Committee Sefup

B. the Associated Press.
Estimating the Republicans have
a $3.50" chance of taking over
control of the Senate after the 1914
elections, Senator Nye, Republican,
of North Dakota, expressed hope
today they would make reorganiza-
ton of committee setups a major
policy.
If the committees were reduced
in size, and each Senator had fewer
committee responsibilities, Senator
Nye declared, "a much more ef-
fective check could be maintained
over Government operations and ex-
penditures."
While in the House, members of
major committees do not sit on
other standing committees, the aver
age Senator is member of four
or five important legislative groups,
he pointed out.
Senator Nye, ranking minority
member of the Appropriations Com
mittee. added:
AS it stands now, all members of
the Senate carry, as l do, four or
five important committee assign
ments. They are quite unable to
Evening star., 1944-01-03
5 D. {. Area Officers
Win Army Promotions

Temporary promotions for five
officers from the Washington and
Virginia area were announced by
the War Department today.
Maj. Creighton E. Hays, who
formerly lived at 1923 G street NV,
was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
He is stationed with the Western
Defense Command at San Francisco.
Advanced from captain to major
were Walter S. Abernathy, 1901 Con-
necticut avenue NV; Joseph M.
Santoro of 305 Fontaine street, Alex
andria, and Dun Green, jr., Of
Fredericksburg. Va; First 1t. Frank
Fortunate of 212 South Ivy street,
Evening star., 1944-01-03

Arlington, was advanced to captain.
Mai. Abernathy, So, was q trans
portation oficial with the Commerce
Department before entering the
Army last year. He is stationed
in the Pentagon Building with the
Transportation Corps.
Maj. Green, IS, is stationed at Fort
architect in civilian life and is in
the Army's marine design branch.
Maj. Green, IS Is stationed at Fort
Sill, Okla. He was formerly an
insurance agent.
Capt. Fortunate, 80, is a former
instructor at George Washington
University. He is stationed over
seas with the intelligence division
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Lone Wins Promotion
In Treasury Department

Thomas H. Lane. former New
York advertising man, has been ad-
vanced to director of advertising,
press and radio in the War Finance
Division of the Treasury Depart
ment, according to an announce
ment of Ted R. Gamble, director of
the division.
Mr.. Lane has. been chief of the
advertising section of the division
for the past year and half. He
was formerly with the Young 81
Rubicam agency.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Temperature.
DeTrees.

Record for Last "a Hours
From noon yesterday to noon today.
Highest, 3s, at noon. Year ago, 40.
Lowest, 80, at . am. Year ago, %.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, Al, on January l.
Lowest, 25, on January 2.
Humidity for Last RI Hours
(From noon yesterday to noon today.
Highest, a6 per cent, at $50 Am.
Lowest, 55 per cent, at 2:30 pm.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Dumont Love Dies

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 3 (P).-Dumont
Love, II, chief mechanical inspector
of the Florida East Coast Railway,
died yesterday in hospital here.
He came to Miami last week from
ST. Augustine for medical treat
ment. Mr.. Love was nationally
known as an authority on railroad
eouipment.
Evening star., 1944-01-03
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Rain and
windy today and tonight. Tomorrow
clearing and continued rather windy;
little change in temperature.
Maryland and Virginia-Windy
and rain tonight. Tomorrow clear
ing and continued rather windy;
little change in temperature.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
muddy at Great Falls.
Report for Last 4S Hours.