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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-21
The W ashingto
Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
CIT. Col Robert s. Allen now on active
service with the Army.)


Observation-Disclosures the ma
ton was shocked at the news OF
the death of 400 U. s. paratroopers
shot down by our own naval gun
ners over Sicily, unfortunately all
of that tragic story was not then
told.
Still untold was the fact that,
after losing % transport planes
loaded with 400 men on August IL,
we lost second wave of 81 planes
with almost another 400 men three
DAYS later-also shot down by AL
lied naval gunners.
But perhaps even more import
ant is the fact that eight months
have now passed, and with thou
sands of paratfoopers poised to be-
gin the invasion Of Europe, no step
has been taken to provide anything
but ordinary transport planes to
carry paratroopers over the second
front.
The inside story of what hap
pened over Sicily and the failures
since is set forth here only with
the hope that it may still move the
high command to side with the
younger officers who have fought
a losing battle to give better pro-
lection to paratroop- carrying trans
ports. Here is the story:
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-21

Continued on Page Two)
Evening star., 1944-11-27
By LELAND STOWE.

First OF series on postwar
problems OF Europe.
LONDON-The American observer
finds in London a greater awarenes.
of political realities and OF tomor'
rows numerous hazards than he en-.
counters in most circles at home
Having lost their island when all
power and buzz bombs dried up the
English Channel, the British art
looking out at the world.
They know they have at least five
gigantic problems on their hands.
They are:
l. How to achieve security with
their next-door continental neigh.
bors.
2. How to get on politically ano
economically with the United States
without becoming the tail to Uncle
Sans kite.
3. How to do likewise with the
Soviet Union.
4. How to regain British trade ano
put Britain's millions into full EN-.
ployment.
5. How to maintain the British
Commonwealth of Nations Whereor
Britain's prestige as we'll as much ol
her prosperity depends.
Conservatives Sound Radical.
The British understand that the
world has changed. That is why
their conservatives-in politics and
In business-often talk like radicals
in language that would send shud-
ders through many of our indus
trialists and manufacturers
Imagine factory manager in the
United States saying, as a British
manager said to me the other day
We've got to have governmental
controls. We've got to adopt meas
ures which you might call national
tstically communistic.
What this means is that the
British are prepared to accept rad
tcal departureS-Where necessary
British businessmen, I gather, are
not going to be martyrs-they are
preparing themselves to accept
small profits rather than be mar
tyrs for 100 per cent free enter
prise and nothing less than that.
Ready for Compromises
I do not mean Britain is neces-
sarily going socialistic overnight,
or revolutionary in big way. I
mean the British have vast expert
ence in making compromises when
they see that compromises are nee
essary. That is an aWfully useful
attitude to have in the present world
we all must live in. Perhaps the
British will end up by saving more
of their free enterprise than we will
in America.
But the British are worried be-
cause they do not know what Amer
lea is going to do next. They are
anxious because Britain can not get
along without considering the
United States, and she is not at all
certain she can get along with us
We are terribly unpredictable Ma
ton, and we do not always realized
how powerfully far our actions carry
Evening star., 1944-11-27
British Prepare Realistically
ForPeuce, but Worry AboutU.S

around the world. A British govern
ment official said to me:
I'm wartime we British have rec
ognized the common end. It is there
and capital and labor haven't the
slightest doubt about it. In peace
time people tend to forget the COM
mon end still exists. I'd like to &C
a bit further, and say the common
end Is also the root basis of Anglo.
American relations. We're capable
of taking the broad view in wartime
But afterward? Will our common
interests tend to recede? That's the
danger. But my belief is that
Americas and Britain's national in
terests are not conflicting, but COM
Elementary. What we really want
is the greatest amount of worlo
trade for everybody. If we concen-
trate on expanding world trade
there will be plenty for everybody
Isolation a Dead Issue.
In this war Britain has ceased
being an island, and the United
States is in serious danger of be-
coming one.
The difference is that the British
people all know that their isolation
is forever ended, but millions OF
Americans still think Uncle Sam can
60 it pretty much alone as he
pleases, on his own terms. At q
terrific price the British have
learned better. Few of them believe
that America. however powerful, car
reap anything but trouble as an
Evening star., 1944-11-27
Gen. Mcclure Named
To Post in China
BY theAssociated Press.

BY thesAssociated Press.
CHUNGKING, Nov. 27.-Maj. Gen
Robert B. Mcclure, Palo Alto, Calf.
whe commanded an American di.
vision in the Southwest Pacific, has
been appointed chief of staff oil
American forces in the China thea
ter. it was announced yesterday.
He succeeds Maj. Gen. Thomas G
Hearn, who is leaving for the United
States to take up new assignment
Maj. Gen. Claire l.. Chennault has
been made adviser to the command
ing general OF American forces ir
China in addition to his duties as
commander of the 14th Air Force.
Evening star., 1944-11-27
4 Chesapeake Oyster Bar,
Open for Commercial Use
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Nov. 27.-The
opening of four upper Chesapeake
Bay oyster bars to commercial har-
vesters was announced yesterday by
the Commission of Tidewater
Fisheries.
Mitchells Bluff, COLCHESTER Bar,
Coal Lump and Hodges Bar, COM
prising GAL acres of the total STA
in the area, were opened.
Two of the bay bars known as
Man-o-War Shoals and Tea Tables
will not be opened. Examinations
showed that live oysters over those
bars were sufficiently numerous to
allow reproduction, but not harvest
ing curing the present season.
During the last two years the
commission transplanted more than
80, 900 bushels of oysters from head
of the bay bars to serve as spawners
For this season Flat Rock or Deep
Shoal will remain closed to COM
mercial operations: Although cur
rent studies show that additional
Evening star., 1944-11-27
|Dr. Hooking to Speak
In Church Forum Series

DR.. William E. Hooking, former
professor Of philosophy at Harvard
University, will speak on the
Church and America Face Tomor-
rows World" forum series, sponsored
by the Washington Federation OF
Churches, at pm. tomorrow at the
First Congregational Church. Tenth
and G streets NV. DR.. Hooking will
talk on The Destiny of East Asia. =
DR.. Paul Douglass, president OF
American University, will preside.
Evening star., 1944-11-27
Men Who
GET Up Nights
Often Lose Their PEP

II you have to get up or more times Q
night. your rest is broken and IT'S no wonder
you feel old and rundown before your
Bladder Weakness, Painful Passages, Back
ache. Leg Pains, Nervousness Rheumatic
Pains. or Swollen Ankles, due to non-organie
and non-systemic Kidney and Bladder frou-
prescription). Usually, the very nrst dose Of
Oyster goes right to work helping the Kid
neys nush out excess acids and wastes which
cystsxsexactly as directed and watch for
quick help and rapid increase in pep, more
youthful feeling and Joy in living. cystex
must surprise and delight you, and satisfy
completely or you simply return the empty
package and your money back Is guaranteed
Don't suffer another night without tryins
eystsx-enly 3Se. Tear this out: ,tdke to voS:
oruccist: be sxrs to get guaranteed cystsx
Evening star., 1944-11-27
Island - political or economic - In
this fast-shrinking rocket-warned

Island - political or economic - ir
this fast-shrinking rocket-warnec
world.
1t Is easy, too easy, to see Amer
Iica's postwar advantages. We have
gigantic sea and air fleets, the
worlds biggest industrial plant
| most of the worlds gold. With al
this, If we don't tame unemployment
we must be pretty stupid. If big
business and labor will make real
effort to work together, it would
seem we ought to emerge well ahead
of most Of our less fortunate
neighbors.
But here in England you discover
the British-despite being fright
fully in debt, nearly broke, and in an
awfully tough spot-also face the
future with some definite advantages
of their own. The British see much
clearer than we do the kind of world
we all are going to be living in
No British industrialists make
speeches about Britain recapturing
the good old days of the 1930s. The
British know better than that.
distributed by New York Post Syndicate J
Evening star., 1944-11-27

Toes got the house too hot by careless
j firing of the furnace, so he's trying to
heat all outdoors by opening the windows.
Through wasteful practices, he isn't
being fair to his own family, or to other
families using coal. He isn't helping
America.
This winter it's vital to conserve coal
as never before. This isn't because less
coal is being produced. Actually, millions
more tons are being mined this year than
last = by fewer men. Quite tribute to
mine owners and miners alike! There are
Evening star., 1944-11-27

lspawners are not necessary In most
areas. the commission thought 1t
wise to retain the Flat Rock oysters
for Use in any area where they
would prove beneficial.
Evening star., 1944-11-27
Mm-but moi fair!

adequate facilities for hauling coal to your
city. But certain grades and sizes of coal
are needed for war production. And, in
addition, your local coal dealer is handi-
capped by a shortage Of manpower, trucks
and tires. So be patient with him. Order
before you're down to your last shovelful.
And conserve the coal he is able to
deliver to you through firing carefully,
closing off unused rooms, pulling down
shades at night and through other simple
precautions. For other suggestions see
your coal dealer.
The Valley settler., 1944-09-01
HOSPITAL NEmS NOTES

HOSPITAL NEmS NOTES Pvt. and Mrs. Bernard Niemann announce the bt .'th of seven pound four ounce Terry Lu-
 c He at noon on August 3lst. Her father
 Is ii ghting for Uncle Sam on the Al cut ians
 Etta Bell Of chitina had ma jor surgery on Thursday morning.
 On Sunday morning Mrs. Ed DuRand was taken
 suddenly i'll vi tn pneumonia but thanks to
 peni cillin, she made rapid recov9 cry.
 Mrs. Clyde Thorpe who lives at Lucky Shot
 Mine mas been hospi talized for medical treatu1nt.
 Gladys Lukln of Eklutna received medical car.
 Ma ie Van Hosse of Anchorage and Jennie St nan of Tasilla are new pat Tents in the T. Ward.
 Lulu Evans. of Eklutna had minor surgery.
 Larry Hunri chs of Eklutna was brought in
 for observation. His father Is connected wi th the Anchorage Light and Power Co.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Births Reported

Charles and Marian Goodsbeed, girl.
Robert and Frances Major, boy.
Clarence and Hilda Thompson. boy.
Cary and Rosa Abney, boy.
Welmore and Cecilia Braxton, boy.
Willie and Anna Freeman, boy.
Robert and Alice Green, boy.
John and Dorothy Holmes, boy.
Andrew and Ruth Lewis, boy.
william and Agnes Reese, boy.
Roland and Rosetta Scott, girl.
Melville and Ruth Turner, boy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27

There are no new-fanged electrical inventions
to 90 wrong here If the officer sees torpedo COM
ing there are no receivers or buzzers.
He Just holers hard a-port or starboard or
order his judgment dictates and the COM
mand is quickly executed.
Use is made of Don Ameches invention, how
ever The crows-nest lookouts fore and aft and all
gun crews, are hooked by telephone to the petty
officer standing directly behind the officer of the
day
This lad has ealphones on at all times and the
gadget into which he talks hangs around his neck
like that of phone operator
A hand switch enables him to talk to lookouts or
gun crews or over the public address system, which
carries his voice throughout the ship.
All Passengers Ordered Below
We had boat drills which Dere more fun
Matching from, the bridge than participating in.
AT the sound of general quarters all passengers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27
Allies Smash
At India Jdps

ALLIED SOUTHEAST ASIA
HQ.. HANDY Ceylon April p
CUP)-Allied land and air forces
have opened a coordinated attack
on the tenuouS japanese supply
lines leading TO Imphal and
Kohlma, a communique said to-
day, and official reports indicated
a major counteroffenSive TO drive
the invaders back across the
Burma frontiers is imminent
Only sporadic fighting was re-
ported around Kohima yesterday,
but British and Indian armored
columns ranged over Jungle tracks
leading 10 that stronghold and TO
Imphal so miles 10 the south. IN
an effort 10 choke off the flow
Of enemy supplies and reinforce
ments and isolate the two Japa-
neSe forces
Allied dive bombcrS and fighter
bombers swarmed IN over roads
leading TO both cities. bombing
and machine cunning en- 2 m y
ground forces from dawn 10 dark.
One British unit was reported
driving -WeSt%aTd from kang1a-
tongi village. y miles northwest
of Imphal in an apparent enVel-
opment sweep around japanese
forces in the Ikhrul area
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27
Sweden Fears
Ndzi Invasion

LONDON April q up
Large-Scale reinforcement of the
German garrison in Denmark
brought increasing concern in
Stockholm today that Germany
may he planning 10 invade neutral
Sweden.
British broadcasts said the
Germans had put their troops
in Denmark in state of
alert and had reinforced
strongly their garrisons on the
SWcdish-Norwegian frontier)
Swedish reports said that luft-
waite pilots, ground crews, air.
borne infantry and paratreopers
were among the relniorcementS
into Denmark on a scale
suitable for offensive action.
A London Daily Mail dispatch
from Stockholm said Sweden be-
lieved herself in graver danger of
invasion than al the time Ger
many occupied Norway and Den
mark IN 1910.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27
Reds Gain
Inn Poland

MOSCOW. April q CUP)-A
Russian tank detachment has cap
tured a Strategically important
hill southeast OF Stanislawow. in
old Poland, after killing nearly
200 Germans on the slopes, the
high command revealed today.
Moscow still failed 10 con-
firm German and ROmanian
reports of new Russian offensives
north of Iasi and southeast OF
the BeSsarabian city of ChiSinau
A Romanlan communique said
local Russian penetrationS
southeast Of ChiSnau had been
"liquidated or considerably COM
pressed yesterday
On the second Ukrainian armyS
front, presumably m Bcssarania
or northern ROmania a German
infantry and tank regiment at
tackled but lost 500 dead and 300
wounded twenty German tanks
were knocked out
Nearly 1000 Germans We're
killed in a neiEhbering sector,
where a company Of Romanlan
soldiers surrendered
Russian planes and ships be-
sieging SevaStopol sank five trans
ports Red air force planes raided
SeVaStopOl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27
crossing) Capt Coyle / believe is the senior
guard officer in the area.
old Man Popular With Crew

He is gruf, ruddy, rather portly and typical
salt now, and the crew and the coast guardsmen all
think the world of the "Old Man"
He gave me the run of the ship which included
permission to roam the bridge and the flying bridge
above at will.
The latter particularly holds lot of interest
While at sea the ship is operated from here.
On each tping stands officer and perched
on a little srOiUel high chair next to him sits
member peering through binoculars (set tri-
pod arrangement in front of the seat and con-
stantly scanning the Uater for submarines.
The ship is not actually steered from the fly
ing bridge, but the officer in charge, knouUn the
officer of the day, calls instructions to the helms
man on the bridge belotD through speaking tube.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27
dVomR u Hears M r8p
24-EIOur Watch Subs Provides Plenty Of Excitement

on the deck stood against the wall giving the crew
room to run to their stations.
Then followed the order that all passengers go
below. You were supposed to go to your cabin and
stay there until the command came to abandon ship
when you went to your assigned lifeboat position.
One day. while everybody was below, there was
gun drill
One u S. navy patrol plane was buzzng around
and pretending it the enemy.
The gun crelOs Uent through all the motions
of passing ammunition loading and firing, all the
rOhiIe following the plane about the sky Dith gun
barrels
The gunnery officer stood on raised platform
in the center of the bridge believing instructions on
the range, altitude and speed of the plane ecetera
all repeated to the gunners by yOungster with
ear receivers and telephone standing alongside
Granted that it was just dress rehearsal-yet
you never knew when the curtain would actually 90
up on the real show
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27
US. Filters Pound
Japanese Bases

PEARL HARBOR, April 27
GNSl Air assaults against the
japanese over thousands of miles
OF the Pacific including strikes at
the Kurile Islands, the Carolines
and MarshallS bases still in enemy
hands we're disclosed today.
Libcrators from the AlcutianS
pounded MatSuwa Island in the
Kurles chain north Of Japan on
the night Of April 24-25.
Navy bomberS of Fleet Arriving
-Four Stru k simultaneously al
ParamuShiro and Shumushu.
On the same night -LiheratnrS
of the Seventh Army Air Force
bombed Eten. Param, Moen. Tol
and Dublon islands IN the TTuk
Atoll.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27
Fights Jap
M. Move

NEW YORK, April 27 GNS)-
Mayor LaGuardia was reported
today 10 have lodged a protest
with military authorities over the
proposal 10 send some TOO Japa-
nese-Americans from western re-
location camps To the New York
area
The mayor refused 10 confirm
or deny the report but IT was
learned that he had pointed out
that the eastern area has military
installations as vital 20 national
security as those on the West
Coast
LaGuardia repeatedly told the
authorities he feared the first 700
evacuees would be only the fore
runners Of many more.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27
Escaped German
SOUGHT Here by FBL

Detroiters were asked today by
FBl Chief Guorin 10 be on the
lookout for a 22-year-old German
who escaped April 10 from an
internment camp al New Toronto.
ont, where he was held as a
civilian prisoner Of war.
Guerin said the prisoner, Wer-
ner Winterfeldt may have come
TO Detroit WiRterfeidt- has a
half-inch scar on his left cheek,
is five feet II inches tall, weighs
l76 pounds and has brown eyes
and hair.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27
Hearst, Junior, on Transport:
BY WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST JUNIOR
Publisher, ReU orb Journdt-Ariericdn

This is the fouti Of q series Of articles by
William Randolph Hearst JWior, nolC IN AlgIcrS)
ALGIERS, April 28-Tvo lucky breaks made
the trip on the transport a lot more pleasant and
interesting for me.
The first was being assigned to a cabin with
only one other persona very pleasant Frenchman
connected with the economic mission in Washington
The second break was knowing the captain
We had met in Newport the year Sir Thomas
Upton last raced the Shamrock against Harold
Vanderbilt Uainly trying to take to England the
America cup symbolizing yachting supremacy.
At that time, Capt. Coyle, then lieutenant
commander, had command of one of trUo destroy
ers from Uhich the press matched and reported
the races
Now So, Che had a birthday ON the present
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27
SchooIcraft Controls Roads

LANSING, April q up
Maintenance of state trunkline
highways in Schoolcraft County
will be assumed today by the
Schoolcraft County Road Com
mission, it was announced by Com
missioner Ziegler. II is the 49th
county 70 take over state trunk
line maintenance
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27
Honor Michigan Soldier

WASHINGTON, April q CUP)
The war department announced
today that Pfc Elton G. Her Of
Marion, Mich. has been awarded
the Silver Star for gallantry IN
action al Nassau Bay, New
Guinea
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27
Democrats 10 Elect

SAGINAW April Z7-HnnuaT
election Of officers VIII be held by
the Saginaw County Democrat
Club tomorrow evening al 3
O'Clock az Pulaski Hall
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27
RUSSIAN REPORT

OF the vessels sunk, the Russian
communique said. four were sup
ply ships aggregating about 10000
tons; two were naval patrol boats
and the seventh vas a coaStguard
launch.
The convoy was described by
the Russians as large, including
German destroyers in its escort.
and the bombing and aerial tor
pedo attacks were stated 10 have
been executed "a few days ago.
II was believed possible that
one big German convoy was IN
volved in both the Russian and
Allied attacks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27

order War Stamps delivered
TO your home by your Detroit
Times carrier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27
Potion Talk on His Own
Map hy TIms. stan Aril.L AnrI q. laa

ton Jr IN London in which he
declared that Britain. the United
States and Russia are destined 10
rule the world
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27

WASHINGTON, April II INS)
The war department today dis
claimed any responsibility for a
speech by 1t Gen. George 6. Pat
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27
BATTLE OFF NORWAY

A German convoy off the north
ern port Of Bodo was attacked by
Allied csrrier-borne planes which.
according 10 preliminary re-
port. scored hits on four German
merchantmen and an eScortinC
warship. the British admiralty
announced.
Berlin claimed that nine OF the
attacking British planes were
downed.
A broadcast from Moscow said
Russian boR4hers and torpedo
planes had sunk seven German
ships and damaged four others in
five consecutive assaults" on an
enemy convey in the BaFents Sea
of upper Norway.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-27
P| lanes Blast
Ndzi Convoy

LONDON. April y ms
Britain and Russia. IN separate
announcements. told today Of The
sinking Of seven enemy ships and
hits on nine other vessels IA at
tsckS by carrier horne and other
planes on German conNets-eF
convoy--in far northern waters
These announcements followed
a London communiquc which sand
British and Canadian warShipS.
including al least one cruiser. had
sunk one of four German destroy
ers intercepted of the northwest
French coast yesterday morning
The Nome nugget., 1944-09-22
PLANES SpEEDYER WITH SLICK PAINT

AKRON -(AP)--- Engineers q the Goodyear Aircraft Corpora tion are dressing the speedy Cor said fighters, flown by Navy and Marine D lots, in a glossy coat of paint and say that the Corsair. rated at better han 400 miles an hour, steps Up it's speed by al. least five knots with the new paint job. he glossy paint is said to create less surface resistance than a dull finish.