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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
ALLIES PUSH ON IN ITALY, NEAR AN(0NA
Troops Nearing Prize Hal. ian Port in Spite of
 Bad Weather

ROME, June 22.-Allied and Ital- ian troops are within g miles of Ancona, the prize Italian port on the Adriatic coast, while Eighth Army troops are approaching Cam erino, approximately 39 miles east and little north of Perugia.
 Allied Headquarters said that Am erican forces to the west pushed on Is airline miles northwest of Gros- seto in all land operations. Although the weather improved, misty con- ditions gre preventing cross country movements on large scale.
 The communique said that an ad- vance toward Ancona ranking next to the Venice port in facilities for that coastal sector, was made by troops which reached Fermo, only 65 airline miles below Rimini, the east ern anchor on the so-called Pisa Florence -Rimini Line, where fleeing Germans may offer stiff resistance against the Allied drive.
 Eighth Army troops also ap- preached Nocero Umbra, fourteen miles west of Camerino.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
DeGauiIe Forces
 Normandy
Coup d Etat Places Pro- visi0naI Government in
 Liberated Areas
By DON WHITEHEAD

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN FRANCE, June 19.-tDelayed)- Representatives of General Charles DeGaulle's Provisional Government have already moved into the lib- erated sections of Normandy and set up political control of civil af- fairs, although the Provisional Gov ernment has not yet been recognized by the United States.
 Francois Coulet, who was Secre- tary General of Corsica and Under prefect in that area, has arrived in Bayeux to take over the duties of the commission of republic for the Rouen region.
 Obviously, this is a coup d etat for DeGaulle, who simply brought men into the beachhead when he came ashore last week and set them to work as the rightful directors of French political affairs.
 Under present plans, DeGaullists will occupy the key political post in each region as it is liberated.
 well probably keep the districts as they have been set up by Vichy,' said Coulet, They are economic for our administrative purposes"
 In addition to directing civil af- fairs, Coulet's organization intends to enlist a territorial army as small token tO heln the Allied rnili- tary keep order.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
TRUk AT0LL' HAMMERED IN. RECORD RAID.
Attack Coordinafed with
 ! Marianas Invasion 10 l Immobi|ize Big Base
By ROBERT EUNsON

{ ADVANCED ALLIE D HEAD QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, June 22.-Liberator bombers from the New Guinea sector made a record breaking attack on Truk Monday, coordinated with the Am erican invasion of Saipan in the Marianas. @.
 Headquarters announced that the B-24s from the Admiraity's dropped l08 tons of explosives on Dublon and Eten Islands in the heaviest single days attack by the Thir- teenth Air Force Liberators, For the second day in row the Jap anese made no attempt at inter- .ccption. This contrasts with the four raids of last week, each of which stirred up Is to g fighters
 It is possible the Japanese are conserving their fighters for use in the Marianas. Seventh Air Force bombers from the Central Pacific have been pounding the Qarolines. preventing Truk from figuring i'll the Navy air fighting Between the Marianas and the rfIlippines.
 The Americans on Biak advanced steadily along the coast of the island where three airdromes were captured, and cleaned out pockets of resistance in the hills north of Mokmer airfield.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
NEW. DRIVES LAUNCHED BY
 RED F0R(E5
Russian Thrust Aims 10 Eliminate FinIand-He!-
 sinki Cabinet 1otters

LONDON, June 22. = The Red Army hurled masses of men and equipment into two new drives on the broad front at Lake Ladoga in an effort to make quick end to the war in Finland, already reported in the throes of a government up- heaval which may be a prelude to a bid for peace.
 The launching of the drives was announced last night in Moscow communique which also disclosed the Soviet forces are advancing from captured Viipuri on the Karelian Isthmus south of Lake Ladoga, and are within 20 miles of the border fixed at the end of the 1939-40 Rus sian Finnish war.
 Crisis in Finland
 The political situation at Helsinki remained obscure but strong indica- tions are that the Finnish govern ment is facing a crisis. A Reuters dispatch from Stockholm said the Finnish peace cabinet has already been selected.
 The new Russian offensive was launched on the third anniversary of the German invasion of the So- viet Union, and is apparently aimed at clearing the Murmansk- -Lenin- .grad Railway of Finnish forces.
 One of the thrusts was launched along the Svir River between Lakes Ladoga and Omega, approximately 150 to 200 miles north and east of Viipuri The other started about 100 miles farther north above Lake Omega and cracked the Finnish lines east of Medvezherorsk at the north western tip of the lake.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
STRONG AIR
 SUPPORT FOR TANK TROOPS
Americans Hammering Into Cherbourg Covered
 with Umbrella ofPIdnes

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, June 22-Fleets of light and medium bombers carried out a crushing offensive in support of American troops hammering into Cherbourg, while big forces of Am erican heavy bombers, blowing through flax barrages, attacked the Pas de Calais rocket bomb install lations.
 Marauders, Havocs, and Thunder bolts swooped down to within 100 feet of the German cannon to drive home the closest support yet given Gen. Omar Bradley's dough- boys, and Fortresses and Liberators gave the rocket launching ground it's fourth. pounding in less than 24 hours.
 The daylight blow followed night farflung aerial attacks extending from France to Germany's indus trial Ruhr and Berlin, dwarfing the Germans cross Channel bar rage of rocket bombs, which they asserted today now come over with incendiary loads.
 The Germans also said, without Allied confirmation, that American planes bombed Berlin yesterday and flew on to Russia, and used the airbase at Poltava in the Ukraine, 1,500 miles from London. The AL lies announced that some of the fighter planes escorting the Berlin bombers also flew to Russia.
 A Moscow communique from the U. s. Air Force said that three bombers and two escorting fighters were lost on the flight to Russia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22

ALGIERS-T forded the icy stream in darkness, and slogged for ward in the treacherous sucking mud of the uncharted minefields. As their own supporting artillery fire died, the enemy's resistance be- came desperate, and intense orange tracers licked out like serpents' tongues. Mortars blew the mud into geysers
 When daylight came, the United States Fourth Division had driven nearly half mile.
 Do you remember how last winter every half-mile seemed potentially decisive in opening up the mountain route to Rome?
 Some of the wounded of the lead- ing battalion could walk. Others came on stretchers, blood soaking through the canvas and dripping like leaky faucet. Mud-snleared medics set them down gently on the stone floor of the stable with a sagging roof.
 The chest cases made dry gasping noises. The others were silent--eyes closed, or staring frantically at the busy surgeon.
 A boy with his khaki blanket pull ed up to his chin spoke without a tremor when the surgeon drew 1t aside. How is it, Doc?"
 The face of Captain Leon Fill of Detroit was as impassive as marble. "OK," he said, as his surgical scis- sors shipped off two tattered strings of flesh which had been the boys left foot. Fragments of German mine had ripped both legs to the hip The groin was mass of torn flesh crusted with blood
 T had IS mine wounded in four hours" the surgeon said later. God, they were men destroyed-all but their spirit. can't stand to sec many more just now Why is it that those who suffer most complain the least? How can you describe their sacrifice?s
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
INFORMATION FOR
 ALL NATIONS N
 URGED BY BERLE

NEW YORK, June 22.-A free ex- change of information among na- tions is "a major necessity" in the successful operation of World Se- curity Organization after the war, Adolf A. Berle. Jr., Assistant Secre- tar of State, declared before meet ing of the Foreign Press Association.
 With freedom of information there is a possibility of understand ing between peoples. Without it the way is always open to build up mis- understanding, suspicion, fear, and finally hatred" said Berle,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
30 MINUTE BARRAGE I5
 LAID DOWN
Assaults De- signed to Crack Last De-
 lenses of Great Port

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, June 22.--General Dwight D. Eisenhower's forces unlimbered this afternoon the greatest assault since the storming of the beaches of Normandy with combined land and sea attack intended to crack the last of the defenses of Cherbourg.
 80-Minute Barrage
 The attack began when waves of British and American planes swept in with a terrific barrage lasting 80 minutes. A field dispatch from Associated Press correspondent Don Whitehead reported he was rocked back on his heels by the weight of this assault, in which light and medium bombers dropped down to almost cannon mouth level to drop their explosive charges.
 The Germans were immediately beset by thunderous artillery pounding which left smoke and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
CAN0L PROJECT I5 RIDICULOUS
 SAYS FERGUSON

WASHINGTON, June 22. n The Senate has passed unanimously the $49. .000,0 War Department appro- priation bill after Senator Fergu- son had abandoned his effort to delete funds for the United States financed Canol Oil development.
 The measure now goes to the House for action on minor amend ments. Ferguson, although an- nouncing he had given up the fight. termed the oil project as utterly fantastic and ridiculous on it's face"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
SOVIET AND NAzI
 LOSSES DURING }
 YEAR WAR GIVEN

LONDON, June 22 The Soviet Information Bureau, in review of today's third anniversary of the German attack on Russia. reported that more than 7,800000 Germans have been killed or captured in three years of fighting. During the same period Russian losses totalled 5,300,- 900 killed, missing, or captured.
 The bureau said that the Germans lost 10000 tanks, 60,000 airplanes, and more than 90.000 pieces of ar tillery. compared with Russian loss es of 49,000 tanks, 30,000 planes. and 1000 guns,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
LABOR UNIONS TO BE pR0BED ABOUT
 CAMPAIGN FUNDS

WASHINGTON, June 22 - The House has set up machinery for in- vestigation of any suspected cleo ton frauds and for the first time wrote labor unions into the scope for investigation.
 The House rewrote the resolution to make susceptible to investigation all contributions from individuals, partnerships, corporations, commit tees or labor unions,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
5ILvER STAR TO ANCHORAGE MAN
 FOR GALLANTRY

WASHINGTON, June g. = The War Department announces the award of silver star to Maj. Clar- ence c. Reid, Quartermaster Corps, resident of Anchorage, Alaska, for gallantry at Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea, April 22 to April 24,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
PARTIAL GOLD BRAID

But the most irksome ruling per- tains to the winter blues. It has been ordered that the dark Navy blue uniform, used as the work uni form during winter months, shall have gold braid extending only two- thirds of the distance around the sleeve at the cuff. But blue uni forms worn in the evening must have stripes running completely around the cuff. Result: Officers must carry at least two sets of blues-one for evening and one for work, very difficult when airplane baggage must be light.
 Here are some other dos and don'ts which the well-dressed Naval officer must obey:
 1-In Washington you can't wear aviation green uniforms except in arriving at the airport or in de- parting from the airport. Admiral King has thrown his weight with the battleship school and ruled that Naval aviation officers should not be too conspicuous.
 2-Except for a few favored of -----------------
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
ENROUTE TO ANCHORAGE

Leaving today for Anchorage on an Alaska Airliner are A. DeParyien and wife, MT. and Mrs. M. c. Woods, F. Holt, " G. Rowe, A. c. Schienker, Mabel Willis. James Bowling. and s. Faulkner,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
BIG SURPRISE
 ATTACK MADE ON NIpp0NE5E
Many Enemy Ships Dam aged in Aerial Fight
 40 U. 5. Planes Lost

United States carrier based planes sank one Japanese aircraft carrier and three tankers Monday in the third smashing blow on the Jap anese fleet as follow up of last Sundays battle off the Marianas in which 353 enemy planes were destroyed. The combined Sunday and Monday blows were the hard est on the Japanese Navy since Pearl Harbor, the communique of Admiral Chester w. Nimitz said.
 The communique also said that possibly fifth enemy vessel-a destroyer--was sunk Monday in the battle between the Marianas and the Philippines. and nine or ten enemy vessels in addition were damaged
 Enemy Flces
 Stunned by the surprise attack. the enemy fleet offered no counter attack and fled.
 These is no sign whatever that Tthe two big fleets joined in. sur face battle.
 The Fifth United States Fleet suffered no ship losses and only 49 of It's planes were lost in the Sunday air battle.
 This represented the attempt of Japanese carrier-based planes to break up the Saipan invasion. prin- cipal enemy stronghold in the Marianas which lies 1900 miles from Japan.
 Some of the American pilots downed may have been rescued, said Admiral Nimitz
 Mondays Action
 The action last Monday ended at nightfall, the Japs fleeing and there is no indication the battle was resumed.
 Two United States carriers and one battleship suffered "superfic- ial damage" The combat fleet spokesman said superficial dam age' means the ships capacity for battle has not been impaired, in dicating the three ships named probably participated in Mondays action.
 Attack Is Surprise The attack of the Fifth Fleet. under command of Admiral Ray mond Spruance, was such a com plete surprise the Japs apparently made no counter-attack against any of our surface units.
 Admiral Nimitz, who stayed at his headquarters here long after midnight receiving battle reports. still appeared bright eyed despite his 60 years.
 Size of Jap Force
 Admiral Nimitz said the Japan csc force consisted of four or more battleships, five or six carriers. five fleet tankers and unspecified num- bers of cruisers and destroyers.
 Lists Casualties
 Admiral Nimitz lists the follow ing casualties inflicted on the enemy
 One carrier. believed to be the zuikan. l7000 tons: received three 1,000-pound bomb hits.
 One Hayataka class carrier was sunk
 One Hayataka class carried was severely damaged and left burning furiously.
 One light carrier, prob bly around 10000 tons. of the Ztiiho Taiho class, received at least one bomb hit.
 One Kongo class battleship. 29.- 900 tons, was damaged.
 One other cruiser was damaged. and three destroyers were damag- ed, one of which is believed to have sunk.
 Three tankers were sunk and two tankers were severely damaged ana left burning.
 Fifteen or 20 defending aircraft were shot down.
 Summary of Actions
 The battle summary of Sundays and Mondays action shows why Admiral Nimitz. at Mondays con- feernce with newsmen. stated he
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON tLt. Col Robert s. Allen now on active service with the Army)

WASHINGTON the tough est battle of the war now raging in Normandy, the Naval battle of the Potomac continues-over the question of uniforms.
 It may seem fantastic, but what a young Naval officer should wear has become a real problem. In Washington, for instance, the standard summer uniform is gray, especially selected by Admiral Er- nie King, who went over the head of the late Secretary of the Navy Knox to the White House to get the summer grays adopted.
 But if an officer is flying to the West Coast, he finds that tan sum- mer khakis are standard. Then if he moves on to Pearl Harbor, he finds that Admiral Nimitz has bowed to Admiral King and grays, not khakis, are what the we'll dressed Naval officer should wear.
 But when he goes on to Nou- mea, New Caledonia, headquarters of the Southwest Pacific, khakis, not grays, are in vogue again. What is to be worn all depends on the Naval commander of each area.
 Meanwhile, the laundry bills, the baggage space and the extra shirts, cap covers and, in some cases, dif- ferent buttons and insignia are enough to keep young ensign in poverty, or drive his wife to dis traction. Different cOlored shirts must be carried for each different type of uniform Tan shirts for the khakis, gray. shirts for the grays, white shirts for the blues.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
Crystal Jenne k
 Confirmed 10 Be
 Juneau Postmaster

WASHINGTON, June 22 The Senate has confirmed the nomina- tion of Crystal Jenne to be Post master at Juneau, Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
By DANIEL DE LUCE

(This is the fifth of six stories by Associated Press correspond ents who have seen war at first hand and tell the vital part the equipment bought by war bonds has played in Allied victories and defeats. De Luce has cOv- cred four years of war in Poland, Greece, Burma and Africa. He went to Poland at the start of hnstilities. In the Greek cam paign lie escaped to Turkey in n fishing boat. He won a Pulitzer prize this year for international reporting.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22

Tn today's count Betty Nordling, who is in the coveted position of No, 1, increases her lead over Betty Mill. now in second place. Lois Allen emerged from the cellar and is now eighth. Kathleen McAlister has a stronger grip on number three post, and has 4,177 more votes than Betty Bennett who climbed from seventh to fourth. Ruth Kunnas dropped from fourth to fifth. Mary Mccormack is still sixth. Joyce Smith went down from fifth to sev- enth. Lila Sinclair dropped one and is now at the bottoom. Betty Bon- nett with ATS more votes made the largest gain since yesterday, and Kathleen McAlister with an addi- tional 2,275 is crowding Betty Mill for number two position.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-06-22
BONDS SOLD AMOUNT 10
 $1 10,5 72
Betty NordIing Jumps fo Top of Contest for
 Miss Liberty

With still long way to go be- fore Juneau's quota is reached in the Fifth War Loan drive, the total today shows fairly good gain over yesterdays figures. Series E bond sales are now at $66,922.75, and the all series total (which in cludes the E sales is tabulated at $110,57275.
 The Rotary Club and Business and Professional Women's Club, along with the A. W. V. s. will pre- side at the bond booths tonight. Last evening bonds were sold by the Juneau Masons and the Order of Eastern Star.
 Tonight's big event . Juneau's first Little World Series baseball game--will be played at ' o'clock between picked teams representing the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club.
 Given in cooperation with the Fifth War Loan drive, the game promises to be the only one of it's kind ever to be witnessed in the Territory. and admission to the ball park is by purchase of bond. Children will be admitted through purchase of war savings stamps in lieu of a bond.
 Miss Liberty Contest
 The following is the Miss Liberty
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-23
Fine Tournaments

Charley Escoe. boss Of OlvTn-
pia's ticket office, viii play in
next Mondays MICA Open
Amateur tournament at Rack
ham EScoe is a good golfer
and we'd like 10 have some of
those scores in the seventies
that he shoots.
The colfng fellows tell me the
Open-Amateur is quite a tour
nament. While it's also open 10
private club golfers, public
course players naturally make
UP the bulk Of the entries
Most Of them work in war
plants and welcome this oppor-
tunity 10 test their skill It's
about the only actual COMPETE
tive golf most Of them get 10
play during these busy days
As 10 their interest in this
event il is only necessary 10
report that Boz Sutherland. I'd
Atlas and the other MGA Off
Gals had 10 limit the entry this
time 10 l3S players. Otherwise
Il would be impossible TO COM
plcle the 36-hole event in a
single day
Speaking Of golf. don't forget
tho match between Sam Byrd
and Craig Wood next Saturday
and Sunday AZ Plum Hollow.
Proceeds viii 60 10 the Rcd
Cross. and golfers here should
back The match - the limit.
especially with an opportunity
70 see TWO such great golfers
as Byrd and Wood in action.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-23
Bob Tales
Amerlcan League
Has Best Race
n Many Seasons
By BOB MURPHY
sports Editor

Surprises are coming fast IN
ne American League and any
,r.rC can. ant probably VIII
happen between noW and the
end Of the stretch drive for the
1914 penrani
Cleveland has received a new
shot IN the arm With the re-
torn Of jim B.ghy Jr, right
rand pitcher recently released
from maritime service Baghy
started of with fve-hit VIC
tory for the Tribe
Dick Wakefeld's banging bat
has revived new pennant talk
around Briggs Stadium.
The Yankees. counted out OF
The running some weeks ago,
are knocking on the frSt-place
door which IN, 81 LOUIS Browns
have guarded practically all
season long
II III adds up 10 what looks
Ike one Of the closest, most
interesting finishes in the whole
history Of the American League.
Almost every series VIII be a
Crucial series now.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-23
Ouimet Plays
at Crosse lie

DR.. Harold r. Nichols, chairman
CT the committee which direct tha
Crosse lie invitational golf tour
nament. Aug. 1890, has a sur.
prise announcement.
Francis Ouimet of Boston. on
OF COILS all-time greats, will com
pete, teaming with Paul jackson
Of Oakland Hills.
Ouimets victory over those tw,
mighty Britons-Harry Vardoi
and Ted Ray-in the playoff o
the 1913 National Open at Brook
line still ranks as one of golf
top achievements.
The East will have anothe
strong representative in the tour
nament in Bill Holt OF Syracuse
His partner is Blaine Eynon o.
Oakland Hills. Chicago will b.
represented by 1t. George Victor
now at For Wayne. runnerup I,
Bud Ward in the Western ANA
teur several years ago, wha i
paired with Hrgo Krave.
Against these invading s,ari
will be such formidable Detroi
combinations as Frank Connoll.
and DR.. p. II. Cornell, the defend
ing champions: Chuch Kocsis an,
Ellis Berry. Bob Howell and IT
Funston and Chuck Holderby AM
Cliff Rugg, 10 name a few.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-23
List "A Gaps
In Relief Meet

With the $4,000 Eclipse a
the richest event, the Detroi
Racing Association will run 2
handicaps of $4,000 or more dur
ing the 33-day war relief meet
ing at the Fair Grounds, Aug. /.
TO Sept 20. A total of 1888 90
has been posted
The Eclipse is 10 he AT mil
and a sixteenth for horses O
three year olds and up. Two yea
oldS viii have their big race Aus
rs in tho Moslem Temple. one o
five $4,000 handicaps listed.
Also at a mile and a Sixteent'
for horses Of three and up are III
Gen. Eisenhower, Aug. 10, an
the Admiral King. Sept. 4. tn
six furlong races for SO 900 ar
the Gen. Marshall. Sept. 2, an
the Admiral Nimitz. Sept. 9.
Outstanding candidate for III
Eclipse al the present time is tn
Brown Hotel Stables SIEVE.
Hearts, winner Of the Governor
Handicap.