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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
LONDON COMPLAINS
ION SLOW REPAIRS

LONDON, Sept. 21-(N-Grum-
bles about slow progress in repair
ing bombed houses grew louder in
London today with chill winter
nights only a month away.
After hearing robot bomb alerts
for four straight nights, most Lon
doners have given up hope of light
ing up even as much as the law
allows. The principal concern has
become not how to let light out of
windows but how to keep wind
from coming in.
It is legal for windows to glow
with 'half light until the siren
sounds and the general feeling is
that it is less trouble to black out
entirely as usual. The require
ment for total blackout in an alert
stands in spite of press comments
that robots haven't eyes and can't
aim.
The great sigh of relief, prompt
ed by the official statement nearly
two weeks ago that the battle Of
the robots was largely thing Of
the past has been effectively
erased by recent raids. The latest
attacks have been comparatively
minor, however.
Seventy-five thousand enhe avn
minor, however.
Seventy-five thousand men have
been busy repairing bombed
homes but it has been officially
acknowledged that nearly half OF
the 100000 dwellings damaged in
the first two weeks of the robot
campaign haven't even been given
field dressing"
The London Star reported grow
ing public anger over delay and
muddle'' and said it was "scan.
dalous" that so many were still
homeless.
Children recently brought back
from the safety of the country were
among the casualties last night.
This is a grim and unhappy
lesson" said one man whose home
was badly damaged. ''My house
was empty but for myself, but
several of my neighbors had
brought back their children and
were at home when the bomb fell -
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
Toni St. John Claims
Bergen Snapper Her

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21.-R-
Toni St. John, who is suing actor
Rod Cameron for support, pending
birth of her expected child, testi-
field today h t Edgar Bergen,
ventriloquist, had paid her $1,000
damages after he slapped her in
his office during dispute over
final payment as his secretary.
did he hurt you or was it a
playful smack" asked superior
Judge Goodwin J. knight.
1T wasn't playful" said Berg
ems former secretary. HE had a
cigaret in his hand at the time.
There were people around and it
was embarrassing. I got hystaical
and grabbed phone and he said,
go ahead and call your lawyer. :"
She said she did and the $1,000
payment resulted, half of which
she paid the attorney.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
to deal with the development of

to deal with the development OF
certain river basins where several
states were involved" and the gen
eral functions of the iva might
well serve as pattern.
IT have heretofore suggested the
creation of similar authority for
the development Of the Arkansas
river watershed from the Missls'
sippi all the way west to its source
in Colorado" the President said.
81 have also suggested the crea-
ton of an authority to render
similar service in tn Columbia
river watershed, including the
states of Washington, Oregon, Ida
no and Montana.
81 now make a similar recon-
for the Missouri river
basin.''
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
Two Killed, Six Injured
In Carrier Plane Crash

MAIDEN ARMY AIR FIELD,
Mo-, Sept. 81. -P)- Two men
were killed and six injured when a
CAT troop carrier plane crashed
a quarter Of a mile north of the
Maiden Amy air field of the First
Troop Carrier command today.
The plane crashed, according to
1t. Col. Charles A. Cowing, base
commanding officer, when return
ing from a routine combat training
flight.
Those killed were Second Lieut..
Keith A. Taylor Of Charlotte, NC,
and Pvt. Walter D. Campana, Will
mette, III.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
CAKE, SWEETS OUT
FOR GERMAN ADULTS

LONDON, Sept. 81. -R- Ger
man adults will get no cake or
sweets and less beer unde- new
DEGREES published today.
DR.. Paul Joseph Goebbels' Das
Reich announced that sweets will
be distributed only occasionally and
only to children, that barley will
be increasingly used for bread, and
that there will be certain chan
ses'' in meat and fat supplies.
The restrictions were laid to
"discontinuance of supplies from
France and the Ukraine which was
followed by discontinuance Of sup
plies from Finland, Belgium and
Greece"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22

route would be reopened late to-
morrow barring further heavy
rains.
State Highway No. SOL between
Roxboro and South Boston, Va,
also was closed temporarily.
Ross said that Highway No. 20
leading into Virginia from Weldon
had not been closed and probably
would not be.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
REAFFIRMS PLEDGE

NEW YORK, Sept. 21-R-The
United Rubber Workers of Ameri-
ca (CIO) voted two to one at its
national convention today to re-
affirm its no strike pledge for the
duration of the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22

The saxophone, an octave instru-
ment, is a modern hybrid musical
instrument invented by Adolphe
Sax.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-22
sTIMsON ~

WASHINGTON, Sept. I'll Up -
Secretary of War Stimson, the
elder of the cabinet, was II years
old today.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14

PROTESTED
BY 5EAMEN

WASHINGTON, April l4-Mari-
time Unions have protested to the
Maritime War Emergency Board
against its recent change in war
seamen.
Officers of the board announced
today they are making no chang
Ges in the rates, but would consider
any information submitted concern
ing war hazards in various waters
and the net effect of the rates.
According to estimates by the
Maritime Commission officials, there
will be a reduction of about two
percent of the total earnings for
unlicensed seamen. Officers reduc-
lions will be particularly heavy,
however, for coastal operations
along the Pacific.
The Alaska voyage bonus Of $50
a month for unlicensed seamen on
the West Coast was reduced to $50
a month, while 100 percent voyage
bonus paid monthly to masters ard
licensed officers In those waters was
reduced to Is percent.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
MILLION SOUGHT
FOR EXPLOITATION
ALASKA Oil AREA
Vermont Congressm an
Predicts North Pole 10 Be
Crossroads Of World

WASHINGTON, April IA. - The
regional North Pole may become the
crossroads of the world" Repre-
sentative Charles A. Plumley, YER
mont Republican, told the House
urging approval of a $1,Oo0,000 APP
preparation for exploration of the
petroleum reserves of Alaska.
Plumley said international COM
MERGE of the future promises to
depend on direct transport between
Canada, the United States, Russia
and China, using the North Pole
region.
The Vermont congressman fur
Their said: Evidence is convincing
that Indigenous oil sources Ut
great value await only to be de-
veloped."
The appropriation is included in
the thirty two billion dollar Naval
Supply Bill before the House.
The area to be surveyed embraces
about $4,000 square miles bordering
the Arctic in the vicinity of Point
Barrow and extending inland about
1870 miles.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
ODD FELLOWS HALL
AT NOME DESTROYED
IN FIERCE BLAZE.

NOME, Alaska, April IA fire
of unknown origin early yesterday
morning, completely destroyed the
Odd Fellows Hall, one Of Nome's
oldest and largest buildings, origin
ally the Nome High School
Part of the second sfloor has been
used by lodges and other fraternal
organizations, but the balance Of
the building has been vacant.
The building was recently leased
by the Sommers Construction Com
pany and the foundation and inter-
ior was being repaired for the hous-
ing of the employees of the COM
pany.
Firemen fought the blaze for six
hours but could not combat the
heavy smoke. The fire started under
the main floor and spread through
out the building giving out terrific
heat.
Robert Ledgerwood, %, caretaker,
was led from the smoking hallway
by George Madsen, who lives across
the street and discovered the fire
at 2:3o o'clock yesterday morning.
The loss is estimated at $4,000
partially covered by insurance.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
TWICE REPORTED
LOST, But He IS
VERY MUCH ALIVE

LOS ANGELES, April l4.-Twice
reported lost overseas in combat,
the 22-year-old son of former
President of Mexico went about his
business as test pilot here, jocular-
ly assuring friends there is no basis
to the report that he is dead.
1t all is "a huge mistake" Abel
adro Luis Rodriguez, Jr., said, with
a grin when he was informed by an
Associated Press dispatch that Lon
don proclaimed him missing in an
air raid over Germany with the
U. S. Eighth Air Force.
Rodriguez, whose father, now Gov
ernor Of Sonora. said his mother was
notified about month ago he was
killed in action In Europe. The re-
port, he said. probably referred to
the same person mentioned yes
terday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
Japanese Make Advances in India lnuasion
RUM0RS OF
INVASION IN
AIR. AGAIN

NEW YORK, April IA brief
furry of invasion rumors were set
off last night by Canadian reports
of a German broadcast that an
Invasion force headed by Cana
dams" had landed in France south
of Calais, but this was apparently
simply a garbled version of a Nazi
I'VE dare YOU warning.
In London the broadcast was de-
scribed as entirely untrue from
beginning to end.
The Canadian report, sent out
from Toronto, was as follows:
A purported German short wave
broadcast heard by at least three
Canadian stations, said IAN inva-
sion force headed by Canadians
are making a landing on the Nazi
occupied French Coast south of
Calais.
Receivers at the Toronto Weather
Bureau Airfield, near Toronto, and
the London, Ontario, station, re-
ported picking up the broadcast.
Such transmissions have not been
heard regular from German sta
tions.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
FLIGHTS MADE 70
HAINE5, 5kAGWAy
AND SITkA TODAY

Alaska Coastal Airlines planes were
kept busy flying to and from Sitka,
Haines and Skagway and the
Woodley Air Service made one
flight to Anchorage today.
Passengers to Sitka, flying with
Clarence Rhodes we're Helen Nc
Clure Lucille Burnett, Lucille Lane,
Peggy Lynn and Eddie Burnett.
Flying with C. E. Walters we're
Jack Lund, Carl Calvert, William
Spain, George Satko, A. Van Ma
vern, Stanley Erickson and John
Milias.
Shell Simmons piloted the Haines-
Skagway plane. His passengers to
Haines from Juneau were Zedoc De
Parvien, T. w. Shaw, and John p.
Coleman Returning to Juneau were
Mrs. Dave Fenton, Victor w. Por-
lier, T. w. Shaw and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Williams from Haines and
Julian w. McClawrock from Skag-
way.
Art Woodley flew the following
from Juneau to Anchorage: Nor
man Shines, Mrs. Allen, Frank Deg
nan, H. L. Mcconnell, H. E. Bod
strup, Paul Miller and Helen Mar
shall.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
HOW GERMANY TO
BE GOVERNED AT
END PRESENT WAR

LONDON, April IA. - Defeated
Germany may be governed by a
jointed American. British and Rus
sian "Allied military government"
a reliable source in close touch with
Allied Armistice proposals declared
today.
1t is added that Gen. Dwight
Eisenhower. as Supreme Comman-
der of the Allied Western front
forces. would be given the greatest
authority in history, even greater
than that exercised by the old Ro-
man generals.
Besides commanding all the AL
lied land, sea and air forces he
would direct control over civilian
life for most of liberated Europe.
The plan concerning Germany
was disclosed in broad outline after
it was learned last night that no
Allied military government was in
tended for France. Instead the De-
Gaulle Committee of National Lib
Grafton would be given control of
the civil administration of liberat-
ed France receiving military re-
cognition" as the official authority.
but not being granted diplomatic
recognition as the French Gov
eminent
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
TOP FIGHTER
ECRA5HE5
OWN PLANE

U. S. FIGHTER BASE IN BRIT
AIN, April l4.--Capt. Don Gentle,
top fighter ace in the European
theatre with 80 planes destroyed In
the air and on the ground, was
badly shaken when he was forced
to crash on the land with his fast
fighter at his home base after a
recent mission He has been brought
to the base hospital for few days
Of observation.
A crash wagon crew found Capt.
Gentle seated on the wing Of his
plane. He had been escorting bomb
ers and tangled with several Ger
man fighters. He made no claims
of any kills during the flight, how
ever.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
TWO SOVIET
ARMIES PUSH
TO SEAPORT
Germans and Rumdnidns
Throw Weapons Away
Surrender by Bditdlions

MOSCOW, April 14.--The prospect
of the fall of Sevastopol today, the
Russian Orthodox Good Friday,
gripped the imagination Of the Rus
sian people as the Red Army slashed
through disorganized groups of Ger
mans and Rumanians, many of
whom are surrendering by bat
talions.
The Red Stars correspondent says
Maj. Vastly Ignatiev declares the
enemy is cracked at the seams"
and fleeing Axis troops are out of
control and in great confusion as
Tolbukhin's Fourth Ukrainian Army
and Yeremenko's Maritime Army
bore down on the naval base that
resisted the enemy for nine months
in l941 and 1912.
Scores of German and Rumanian
battalions. deserted by their COM
manders, raced for the Baltic Sea
port, but it appeared even II they
reached the base before the Red
Army tanks. their escape will be
impossible although q German, 1t.
Wolfgang Rost, said "Your tanks
made sheep of us and we are racing
to the sea bat even II we get there.
we have no place to go and those
Of us who do not surrender will be
killed"
The plain-speaking officer was
captured on the road between Sim
feropol and Sevastopol and he made
the statement to Red Army officers
in the present of the Investia, Red
Star correspondent.
Yeremenko's Maritime Army Is
driving down the highway that
skirts the southern coast Of Crimea
from Feodosiya.
The Germans and Rumanians are
retreating in such hurry they have
no time to destroy food or supply
dumps
The retreat Is covered by dead
Hitlerites, arms and other weapons
Of all kind being abandoned. Pris-
oners are counted by the thousands"
the Red Star correspondent reports
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
M'ARTHUR NOT
INTERESTED IN
POLITICS NOW
Makes Straight Cut Reply
Regarding Presiden-
tiaI Nomination

WASHINGTON, April IA. - Gen.
Douglas Macarthur replied to a
Congressmans request that he hold
himself available for the Republic
can Presidential nomination, with
the assertion the United States
must not inadvertently slip into
the same condition internally as
the one we fight externally"
In the exchange of correspon-
dence with Representative A. l.
Miller, Nebraska Republican, the
Southwest Commander wrote that
he did not anticipate in any way
fulfillment of the "flattering pre-
dictions" the House member had
made that Macarthur could win
the nomination, and as Miller put
it carry every state in the Union
Miller said he has met MacAr-
thur only once but has been active
in the Draft Macarthur" cam
paign which has netted Macarthur
three convention delegates and seen
him win the preferential primary
in Illinois, politically unknown.
In a letter dated February H.
Macarthur wrote Miller he appre-
ciated very much the scholarly
letter" the House member address
ed to him on January 81 In which
Miller said there is more than a
political revolution against the cen
tralization of power of the Federal
Government, under way" and add
ed 'if this system of Left Wingers
and New Dealism continues another
four years, / am certain this Mon
archy is being established in Amer
lea to destroy the rights of the
common people
Gen. Macarthur replied "Out
here we are doing what we car
with what we have. I will be glac
however when more substantial
forces are placed at my DISPOSE
ton"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
new CONNECTIONS,
ALASKA HIGHWAY,
ARE NOW PLANNED
Chairman Mdgnuson, Of
Commission, Has Con-
ference with War Dept.

WASHINGTON, April 14.--Repre-
sentative Warren Magnuson, DEM
ocrat of Washington, Chairman of
the Alaska international Highway
Commission, said after confer
ence with the War Department Of
ficials, he will introduce bill to
extend the life of the Commission
which expires next June 80.
He said the officers told him they
see no reason for conflict be-
tween the commission and the
Army in the construction of addi-
tional highway outlets in Alaska.
Magnuson said after Congress
extends the life of the Commission,
Delegate Anthony j. Dimond will
introduce a bill to authorize pay
ment of the United States share
of the proposed $12,OOO,OO0 connect
ing link in the Alaska Military
Highway.
He said the link will run from
Prince George, Canada. to the
Whitehorse area. British Columbia
already has authorized payment OF
her $6,000,000 share.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
Jap-Ameritans Are
Put Back, Govt. Fed
Following Protests

PHILADELPHIA, April a. Sad,
but resigned, five Japanese-Amer-
leans faced the prospects of becom-
ing government charges. their New
Jersey farm jobs gone because Of
neighbors' protests
George Yamamoto. spokesman OF
the group said, 1T looks as If well
have to go back to letting the gov
eminent feed us. We have no
money. We have no income. But
those people didn't want US to earn
our own living"
They were brought here by George
Kowalick, 23-year-old farmer, who
employed them after protest signs
were posted and the shack on his
farm was burned by neighbors who
held INDICATION meetings.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
"Discoyerer Of
KIondike" Dies
In London

LONDON, April 14.-Hugh Cecil
Lowther, 81, Fifth Earl Of Lonsdale,
prominent sportsman, died here to-
day. He was fond of proclaiming
himself as the discoverer of the
Klondike and told of how in De-
cember, 1888, he set out from Win
nipeg up the Athabasca. down the
Mackenzie to its estuary and how he
then sailed a whaler among the
Arctic islands, visiting Lfwther
and discovered one of his ancestors
was connected with the Hidsen's
Bay Company He told of now he
then crossed the Yukon AMI reach
ed the coast by dog sleigh snd snow
shoes and narrowly escared being
frozen to death.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
H0LLANDIA
IS POUNDED
BY B0MBER5
Jap Base HitHdrd-Freigh
er Sunk, Many YES
sells Set Attire

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, April
14.-More than 200 American bomb
ers and fighters hit Hollandia,
Dutch New Guinea, Wednesday,
with 322 tons of bombs and $4,000
rounds of machine-gun and cannon
fire, sinking one 2,000-ton freighter
and setting fire to nine smaller
vessels.
Lightnings, which covered the for
midable force of Liberators, Nit
chells and Bostons, shot down eight
enemy planes and damaged ten out
of 20 Japanese fighters that gave
battle over the badly battered base.
The presence of the enemy planes
and ships at Hollandia indicated
the Japanese have pushed replace
ments there after the 400-ton oblit-
Grating bombing of April 2 that
completely destroyed the air fleet
there.
Explosives dropped recently on
Hollandia are known to have de-
stroyed 88 planes, made three air.
fields unserviceable and sections Of
the town and harbor demolished.
Today's communicate also reported
Liberator on Monday bombed Truls
in the Carolines. and hitting the
warehouse area on Dublon Island
on Tuesday.
In raids ON Wewak, three Allied
fighters were lost but the raiders
destroyed an equal number of the
enemy.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
BULLETINS

- ~. Z 5
WASHINGTON Gen. Douglas
Macarthur for Secretary of War if
he does not secure the Republican
nomination for President is being
urged by hackers of Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey.
WESTINGHOUSE Unanimous vote
of the House sends to the Senate
the record thirty-two billion dollar
Navy appropriation bill. Passage
came after roll call following debate
of one day.
WASHINGTON-Fifty billion dol
lar supply bill for the Army is
scheduled to reach the House within
a couple of days.
NEW YORK-Today marks the
fiftieth anniversary of the motion
picture industry. On the night OF
April IA, 80 years ago, Edisons
kaleidoscope was shown to the pub
lie for the first time in con-
verted shoe store on Broadway.
STOCKHOLM- Swedish gov
eminent has been asked to stop ex-
porting ball bearings ito Germany
The British american demand has
been handed the government by
U. S. Minister Herschel johnson and
British Minister Mallett.
TOKYO-The DNB reports Jap
forces have penetrated to within 10
miles of Dimapur in India, on the
Bengal Assam railroad, operated by
the Americans as supply line.
ArKARA Foreign Minister Men,
emensioglu told newsmen today that
Turkey will aid the Allies within
the limits of her material pos
sibilities.v
LONDON = Swooping out of a
cloud bank, the Ninth Air Force
bombers and fighters, have destroy
ed score of planes on German
airfield in northeast France and set
fires to fuel dumps and hangers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
MISTAKE CAUSES
DEATH, 4 BABIES;
SIX OTHERS ILL

NEW LONDON, Conn, April IA
A boric acid powder mistakenly
substituted in a dextrose feeding
formula caused the death OF four
babies born to Naval mems wives
in recent days at the Lawrence
Memorial Associated Hospitals, 1t
is disclosed.
All Of the little victims were less
than one week old.
Six other infants are seriously LII.
at least one extremely critical.
The Hospital Administrator said
the mistake was made by woman
pharmacy school graduate who is
now a patient in the hospital suf-
fering a nervous collapse.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
PLANTS AND FIELDS
IN HUNGARY ARE
HEAVILY ATTACKED
Activity by Patrols, Artil-
Iery Reported from
italian Front

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NAPLES, April l4.-Thirty Nazi
planes were downed yesterday by
the Allied Mediterranean Air Forces
at a cost of 10 ships including 16
heavy bombers.
Widespread operations included
attacks on airplane plants and
fields in Hungary.
On the land front, patrols and
artillery are active in all sectors.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
MILITARY Law
In HAWAII IS
GIVEN KNOCKOUT

HONOLULU, April 14.-Martial
law in Hawaii, at the starting point
of the Pacific war, was ruled in
valid by Federal Judge Metzger, but
military leaders proclaimed it was
still in force and said violations of
the general orders will be subject
to provost court trials.
The War Department prepared to
appeal the decision yesterday thai
the provost court was without
authority to try Navy yard work.
er or sentence him to prison. He
was convicted for assaulting two
Marine Sentries.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
BERLIN IS
AGAIN HIT,
NIGHT RAID
Attacks on Western Ger
many Follows Terrific
Daylight Assault

LONDON, April IA. = Royal Air
Force Mosquito bombers struck Ber-
lin and western Germany last night
in a climax of the double headed
daylight assaults yesterday on air.
craft and rail targets by nearly
3 1000 American bombers and Fight
ers that bagged 1873 German planes
Forty-four planes, SO of them
bombers were lost.
This morning the Berlin radio
broadcast a report that Allied air.
craft bombed the Rome area last
night but there is no Allied con-
firmation.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-14
Father Daughter
Banquet tomorrow

The annual ther-Daughter BAN
quet of the Order of Rainbow for
Girls will be held tomorrow night
at $50 o'clock in the banquet room
of the Scottish Rite Temple.
The affair will be in charge of
the majority members and follow
ing the dinner there will be meet
ing in the lodge room.