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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-05
R.R. HERMANN
PASSES TODAY
AT ST. AIMS
Death Comes Early This
Morningfor Well Known
Juneau Druggist

Russell r. Hermann, So, Juneau
druggist, and one Of the foremost
business men Of the Territory,
passed away this morning at TAG
o'clock at ST. AIMS Hospital after
an extended illness. He went south
for surgical care in the autumn, but
upon his return to Juneau, grew
steadily worse, entering the hos
pital several weeks ago.
Mr. Hermann was born June rs
1891. in Seattle. one OF a family OF
five brothers, four of them drug
gists. and two sisters. The four
surviving brothers are William G
Hermann and George Hermann OF
Seattle; Harry E. Hermann, Wen
atchee; and Frank M. Hermann.
who is now in Juneau managing the
Juneau Drug Store. Sisters OF Mr..
Hermann are Martha and Minnie
Hermann. both of Seattle.
Also surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Mildred r. Hermann and
daughter Barbara Ann. OF this city.
and son Russell tChee) Hermann,
in the United States Army, station
ed at Camp Hone. Utah.
Coming to Alaska in 1913, Mr.
Hermann located at Valdez. where
he operated the Valdez Drug Store
for seven years. Later he spent
four years at Anchorage. where in
May, 1920, he married Mildred
Robinson. He served in the last
war, and was a charter member of
the Valdez Post of the American
Legion. later transferring here.
The family came to Juneau in
1925, where Mr.. Hermann was first
associated with the Butler Mauro
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AIR ASSAULT
0NGERMANY
CONTINUING
Mass Raid on Airfields in
France Carried
Out Today

LONDON, Feb. 5-A great ar
mazda of American heavy bomberS
and fighting planes smashed at the
Nazi plane nests in Central France
today in the eighth shattering blow
against Hitler's war machine in nine
DAYS of battering day-to-day assault
against German occupied territor-
les.
The offensive was kept rolling
through last night by Raj Mos
quito bonbers which raided West
ern Germany.
Today's American foray was the
fourth straight daylight assault by
the giant American bombers, and
the airfields attacked were not spec
flied.
The preliminary announcement
made it appear as If the RAID was
even on a greater scale than the
ones of the last two days which
left fires raging at the U-boat bases
of Wilhelmshaven and Frankfurt.
Wilhelmshaven was hit by hoo
bombers and fighters Thursday, and
yesterdays blow at industrial Frank
furt was carried out at the cost OF
81 Allied bombers by Fortresses and
Liberators, escorted by hundreds OF
fighter planes. One Allied fighter
plane was lost.
The Germans lost IL Of their in
terceptors, knocked down by the
gunners of the American bombers
as the big ships numbered through
flaming fields of anti-aircraft fire.
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The W ashington
Merry-Go-R Round
BY DREW PEARSON
fn.,or Robert 9. Ailsn ON active dutyJ

WASHINGTON Not long ago
the Justice Department brought an
antitrust suit against two members
of the British House OF Lords ana
one of Britain's biggest companies
Imperial Chemical Industries. NOW
the Justice Department is lnvesu-
eating another British group OF
companies in connection with an
alleged monopoly of a vital war
material-mica.
Most people don't realize it, but
today mica probably is the most
important single material OF the
entire war. without it there would
be no radar, no radio, no electric
gun controls and no detector de-
vices.
Yet there are indications that
the U. S. Government has allowed
itself to be restricted in the pro-
duction and importation OF mica
by a British trust The trust has
been operating right under the noses
of American officials.
What the Justice Department Is
interested in is why production OF
mica is low, and whether monopoly
tactics are to blame.
Today, despite the vital role mica
plays in the war, we aresforced To
use paper dielectric devices as a
substitute for mica. This is not
satisfactory, and General Electric
has spent 100000 trying to find a
better substitute, without success.
In order to get out from under
the British control of mica, the
War Production Board some time
ago urged the production OF mica
in the United States. To this end
Jesse Jones set up special sub
sidiary of his Metals Reserve Com
pany, called the Colonial Mica Cor
poration.
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Dimond, GemmiII
Nominations Held
Up Until Monday

ASHIN TON, Feb. 5.-The
Senate Judiciary subcommittee de-
layed until Monday final action in
approval of the nominations of An
thony j. Dimond to be Judge of
the Third Judicial Division in
Alaska and Lynn j. Gemmill to be
United States Attorney in the First
Division.
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STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Feb. 5. Closing
quotation Of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 6, Anaconda PAS
Beech Aircraft ga, Bethlehem Steel
59A, Curtiss Wright So, Interna-
tional Harvester 70, Kennecott 30ss,
New York Central 1873, Northern
Pacific 141a, United States Steel 81.
Dow, Jones averages today are
as follows: industrials 1858, rails
1910, utilities 2232.
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BIG LOSSES
AS GERMANS !:
IN ATTACKS
Desperate Struggle for
Casino Which Ndzis
Holding

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ITALY, Feb. 5.-The Germans haze
launched a new attack in deter
mined offensive smash at the Allied
beachhead, this time striking at
British troops in the area north
of Aprilia, 20 miles southeast OF
Rome, but the Nazis have been
lepulsed with heavy losses on the
main Fifth Army front.
Desperate fighting ragged today
in the streets of Casino. and in
the mountains north Of the town
the Germans were holding on, de-
spite sledgehammer attacks by Am
erican infantry, artillery and arm
ored divisions.
The Germans are still in posses
sion of the main part OF Casino,
holding the Americans to outskirt
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BRITISH CONNECTIONS

However, it doesn't look as II ne
had done much about escaping the
British control. The Justice De-
partment finds that the man Jones
has placed in charge is George A.
Purcell, who in private life used TO
head a mica company known as
Colonial Mica Company. Now ne
is running, for Jesse Jones, the Col
onial Mica Corporation. Further
more, it is. considered Significant
that Purcell was recommended Tor
this Jesse Jones job by Howard Z.
Sykes, who is intimately connected
with the British mica interests, ana
heads one company affiliated with
the British group.
Significant also is the fact that
Purcell is a neighbor of another
big British mica official. Purcell
lives at 81 Collins Ave-, Bloomfield
N. j., next door to J. P. French,
Vice President of Eugene Munsell
& Company. which is part of the
British trust. sykes, who put Pur-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-05
SOLDIER VOTE
(. SHOWDOWN IS
AGAIN DELAYED

WASHINGTON, Feb. Slack OF
a quorum forced the Senate to re-
cess today and postponed until next
week showdown on the soldier
vote legislation.
Only 43 Senators answered the
roll at an unusual Saturday ses-
sion
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HILDA KASHEVAROFF
MARRIED YESTERDAY
TO EDWARD JAMES

Hilda Kashevaroff, of Funter Bay,
and Edward James, of Douglas, were
married yesterday by Capt. T. j.
Dyck Of the Salvation Army. Attend
ants were Frank and Annie James.
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LIVES UP TO NAME

DANVILLE, Va. Mrs. c. A.
Brumfield, of Gretna. reported TO
police the loss of her purse con-
tanning $500 in cash. 1t was safely
returned to her by service station
attendant. His name-Dan Algood.
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DEMOCRATS OF
IDAHO ENDORSE
FDR Attn TERM

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 5.--The Idaho
Democratic leaders meeting at a
Jackson Day dinner last night,
unanimously endorsed fourth
term for Roosevelt by a standing
vote.
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NAzI AIRMEN
TRY RESCUE
OF GENERALS
Attempt frustrated by Red
Air Force-73 German
Planes Destroyed

MOSCOW, Feb 5.--Major deci-
sions are being won all along the
Russian front, and the onslaught
against Hitler's battered armies is
continuing in the Baltic and Middle
Ukraine.
General Govorov's Leningrad
army has reached the mouth OF the
Narova River nine miles inside the
Estonia border on the Gulf OF Fin.
land, and advanced to Lake Peipus
35 miles south, thereby sealing the
land gap which forms the Gate
way TO the Baltic. The Nerovl
River, running across this bottle,
neck parallel to the border offered
the Germans a natural defense
line There is no information yet
whether the railway and highway
running parallel to the Gulf and
from the Reval to Riga was cut,
General Govorov's army, in con-
junction with the Baltic army of
General Meretskov are squeezing
the Germans tighter against Lake
Peipus on the Latvian border.
To the south in the Dnieper
bend, Red Army groups drew closer
the moose thrown arund 10 Ger
man divisions believed to number
more than 100000 men between
Cherkasy and Kinev. The German
Airforce sought to extricate Hitiers
best generals and officers as the
determination of the Nazis within
the encjrclement fnplinted
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NOES FROM sKAGWAY

Mr.. and Mrs NJ A. Moe, Skagway
are guests at the Baranof.
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Although / am not authorized
to quote official sources. do know
that the Army and Navy are working
hard on this problem and that in
a small way something will be done.
That small way" will be just about
the maximum that can be done
The Army is trying TO work out
a general policy OF at least 30
day furloughs for men who have
served 10 months in particularly
hazardous or isolated posts. This
won't, however, mean that these
men will be brought home The
shipping situation, though not as
acute as year ago, still prevents
shuttle ferTying. Such ships. too,
would have to be conveyed and,
aside from the hazard of losing
men and boats to submarines, there
is tremendous cost and loss in man
hours in such non-fighting ven
ture.
There is also the problem of re-
placing attle-experienced men
with green hands and this prob
lem is insurmountable. To replace
veterans with lads who have had
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furIoughs for Home
And Fireside Sought
ByMen Long at War
BY JACK sTrNNETT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The agi-
tation for home-furloughing men
who have long been overseas has
the Army and Navy worried, simr-
ly because failure to do anything
about it is likely to become NOR
ale factor on the home front and
in the service. yet there isn't much
they can do about it.
The agitation seems two-fold. At
home, parents, wives and sweet
hearts can't understand why men
who have been in far places a
year or two can't be brought back
for a short vacation. Abroad, hun
dreds Of thousands Of men who
have fought bloody battles or spent
monotonous months in lonely out
posts feel that it is time they were
relieved by some of the youngsters
in training who are keen to see
action
Several men back from the Med
iterranean theater told me that
troops in North Africa felt GER
tain that when the Battle of Tuni-
STA was over, they would be fur
Laughed home. The same was true
at Sicily and now the boys in Italy
ares wondering why they aren't sent
home for a rest and a visit with
family and loved ones.
However, the greatest dissatis-
faction seems to come from the
men and families of those in the
Arctic. In the South Pacific, too,
however, there is a strong feeling
that once troops have served their
stretch under fire, it should mean
Rome and fireside for awhile.
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LONDON, Feb. 5.-The Germans
are rushing big Junkers transport
planes to rescue 10 trapped divi-
sions in the Ukraine The Red Air.
force shot down Is and destroyed
60 on the landing grounds in the
area of entrapment, Russian
bulletin reported.
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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13
Lodge Pole Pine
May Be Used
To Produce Pulp

MSSOULA, Jan 8.--(SpeciaD
Commercial use Of Montana lodge
pole pine in the production of pulp
looms as a future development of
the states timber industry.
1t is estimated that western Mon
tana counties have no less than
720,00O00 board feet Of lodgepole
stands. The forest service for some
time has been making experiments
wit hthe use Of this particular tree
for pulp purposes and has announced
willingness to cooperate with
pulp producers interested in fur
Their experiments
Recently representatives of the
Crown-Zellerbach Corp, one of the
VESTS biggest wood products firms,
spent considerable time in western
Montana to investigate the feasibil-
ity Of extending operations into
this area.
Experiments indicate that lodge
pole pine from the higher Montana
and northern Idaho country has
longer fibre and less pitch than
many other trees native to the
northwest and, with comparatively
few changes in present procedure
may soon find market previously
denied it.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13
Pep Rally
VIII Open
Bond Drive
Lively Program Planned
For Meeting Night
OF January Is.
EVERYONE INVITED AND
URGED TO ATTEND

Plans for the big Pep Rally next
Tuesday night in the Junior High
School auditorium, at 8 p m, spon-
sored by the Libby Woman's Club
to start off the 4th War Bond Drive,
are taking shape splendidly. Mrs.
Max Sturm, Mrs. George Smith, and
Mrs. r. w. EeDuc have charge of
this phase OF the Drive and are hop
ing the community will turn out in
full force and in good humor.
On the program for the evening
will be band numbers by the school
band under the direction of Mr..
Skakoon; community singing, ac-
companied by the Wollastons; song
and dance numbers by the Pepto-
mists; songs by the girls chorus and
q trio; and good time In general.
One, of the big features Of the
rally is the personal appearance Of
some celebrities, among them Mrs.
D. Gust Gotrocks, ST Hil1billy, Lit
tie Nancy Coop, and Willy Fatz-
burger. They are making it point
to attend this splendid affair to buy
bonds. The privilege of seeing
them will be well worth the price
OF a bond!
Mrs. G. w. Gildea, general chair
man OF the drive, announces that
the Kootenai Theatra--has set aside
one show to be shown only to those
persons buying bonds in the Drive
from January 18th until the time
OF the picture, Jan. 80. The picture
is "Bataan" and all seats for the
four showings Of this timely film
will be saved for purchasers of
bonds, no tickets will be sold at
the window. Tickets will be at the
Pep Rally so it is hoped number
Of people will get them then.
At the pep rally R. w. Smith
berger will preside over the type
writer and gladly make out bonds
for those with the proper amount
at hand. In another booth the Jun
ior Women's Club will sell stamps
for those not able to buy complete
bonds or who wish to finish up
books in order to get bond A lit
tie fun is expected from their cor
ner too, so watch out!
Plan to attend whether or not
you buy bond This program is
planned as community affair and
q large attendance is hoped for.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13
Red Cross Elects
Officers; Appoints
Committees

At the annual election of officers
Of the South Lincoln County Chap
ter Of the Red Cross, the following
were reelected, Miss Isabel Nc
Grade, chairman. Lloyd Burpee,
vice chairman, Mrs. Chas. Gildea,
treasurer; A. A. Wood, secretary.
On the executive board from the
outlying districts, ]. B. Farris, A. v.
Dunkle, and D. F. FeWkes of Troy,
Mrs. E. N. Woodward and Mrs. l..
Peterson 4of Warland, and Harry
Waylett from the Fisher River dis
trict were appointed and accepted
On the regular committees, Mrs.
3. Schlumm was appointed produc-
ton chairman, Mrs. Marvin Kessel
sewing chairman; for shipping and
packing, Mrs. Kessel and Mrs. D. O.
Mount; knitting, Mrs. O. G. Gompf;
nutrition, Mrs Dexter Shaurette;
nurse recruitment, Mrs. j. Meyers;
first aid, Miss Inez Ratekin; home
nursing, Mrs. Frank Baney, dis
aster preparedness, Donald Har-
greaves; Junior Red Cross, Miss
Carolyn Westvelt; war fund, Mrs.
A1dy al mel, IlOlllE SElNlIC, N1lc. y.
Noel, accident prevention, Mrs. Jes-
sic Fagerberg; publicity, Mrs. ]. A.
Krall.
Bylaws of the Chapter were dis
cussed and accepted These were
compiled by A. A. Wood, Mrs. O.
G. Gompf and Mrs. ]. A. Krall.
In Miss Ratekin's report for First
Aid, she said 10 had received First
Aid certificates from the standard
course under Miss Angela Huchela,
"a had received certificates in adj
vanced First Aid which class was
led by DR.. Dixon of Troy, and IL
received instructors certificates in
First Aid. There are now Ia in the
chapter who are qualified to give
instruction in First Aid. Miss West
welt reported that the Junior Red
Cross had made 100 favors for
Thanksgiving and sent them tc
Camp Carson in Colorado. Al
Christmas $50 table favors and 8
center pieces were sent. She re-
ported a fund of $28.55 from the
Juniors which is to be turned over
to the Chapter fund. The Junior
Red Cross of Warland sent a check
of $3.50 to the Chapter. This was
done under the sponsorship of Mrs
+ T.. T.. Lake.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13
Lions Club Hos
Lively Meeting

RURAL PRESS sEcTloN-oWi

A large and enthusiastic number
OF Lions gathered Monday evening
to enjoy the program prepared for
the occasion. Three guests were
present Kermit Miller, Bill Nittle
and H. B. Wallace. Mr.. Wallace as
secretary OF the local ration board
ard two other Lion members, Paul
Church and f. ]. Driear, were vel
coined and given special honors be-
cause of the second anniversary of
the rationing program.
Two new members were properly
indicted into the order, with a rit-
ual that changes for each candidate
and that is always a combination
Of both seriousness and comedy. The
two taken into membership were
Ray Wollaston and Henry Ness,
who came through the ordeal with
flying colors.
# is reported that the club had
|presented = lovely plant to Harry
Hough, faithful club member who
is now in q Spokane hospital.
Mrs. Ray Wollaston, who has gem
erously assisted In the musical pro-
grams on several occasions, was
present and was presented with a
box of candy.
President Harris reported that
the club is receiving a number Of
acknowledgements from overseas
men who have received cigarettes
from the club. Many wrote inter-
esting notes. One captain facetious-
ly remarked, Wish you could be
here with us" ALI expressed deep
thanks for the cigarettes. Twenty
five Acknowledgements have been re-
ceived.
The remainder of the evening was
spent in singing and in having a
good time.
:. The next meeting Of the club will
be on the night of January "a, when
the annual banquet for the high
school football team will be given,
this time honoring the champions
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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13
Infontile Paralysis
Fund Drive Nov
Under Woy

The annual drive for funds fol
the Infantile Paralysis Foundation
is now under way and will continue
until some time in February. Fifty
per cent of all money contributed
to this fund will remain. In Libby
and will be used for taking care o1
local cases OF infantile paralysis
The other fifty per cent will be
sent to the National Foundation to
be used for research purposes and
for maintenance of the sanitarium
at Warm Springs, Ga.
At the present time there are nc
funds on hand in Libby to assist in
the care of local cases OF infantile
paralysis. But it is our desire to
build up a fund and to have it on
hand to assist when such cases oc-
cur. When local funds are exhaust
ed, funds will be provided from
the National Foundation to assist
in the care and treatment OF local
cases of fnfantile paralysis. Local
cases can also be placed in the SAN
itarium at Warm Springs, Ga, for
treatment il they so desire.
All organizations in Libby have
been contacted and have been asked
to contribute to this fund The mem
bers OF the Four l. Study Club are
assisting to make this drive a sue
cess. Because OF present conditions,
however, a Presidents Birthday
Ball will not be given this year
but March OF Dimes is being
sponsored through the Libby
schools.
Contribution boxes will be placed
in various business houses through
out the town and all business places
will be contacted for contributions.
Greer Carson will appear in the
appeal trailer for our 1914 March
Of Dimes. Frank Whitbeck has pro-
duced the trailer at M-G-M Studio.
The Nation Screen again is dis
tributing it gratis. This short-short
will appear at the Kootenai Thea
tire on January 81. A poster and
contribution box will also be placed
in the lobby of the theatre to re-
ceive your contributions to this
fund.
1t is hoped that the entire COM
munity will cooperate in. making
this drive success.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13
Search For Waste
Poper Uneorths
old Minute Book

The search of attics and similar
seldom frequented places for old
paper in the waste paper drive may
unearth numerous things Of inter-
est. One such find" has already
been reported by Supt. Wood who,
with his crew OF boys, is collecting
waste paper throughout the city
this week. He reports that Mrs
John S. Peay found the first min
utes OF the organizing of the local
Red Cross for war work back in
1917. The minutes are neatly bound
and Mr. Wood has placed them in
the cabinet at the court house con-
tanning other articles OF historical
interest concerning the early days
of this section.
1t is interesting to run through
the minutes and note the names OF
those who were active in those
days, and the various undertakings
that occupied their time.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-13
Air Corps Ace
Once Visited
In Libby

Probably not many Libby people
are aware Of the fact that Major
Gregory Boyington, air corps ace
who recently shot down his 18th
Jap plane and who was reported
missing following his last raid, had
visited Libby several years ago and
was guest of the James Harris
family. He was shown over this dis
trict at that time and later said he
liked ii so well here that it was one
Of the few places to which he would
like to return. A nephew Of the
senior Mr.. Harris married Major
Boyington's mother.
Major Boyington was q resident
of Okanogan, Wash. He had won
much fame BY his exploits in the air,
his 26th and last victory having
equalled the highest record held by
any other fighter. 1t is said that re-
Gently he flew over and bombed
and straffed Jap base when the
Japs, speaking English, had dared
him to come down. Later he circled
around above the base and dared
the Japs to come up and fight. None
Of them accepted his challenge.