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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-14
FOURTH FORT I5 CAPTURED BY 3RD ARMY.
Inner Ring of Defenses Are Under Atfd(k-Freez-
 ing Temperatures

LONDON, Nov. 14-American in- fantry today captured the fourth fortress outside besieged Metz as the United States Third Army brought all of the forts that girt the clty's roads of reinforcement or retreat within artillery range.
 The Fifth Division captured Fort Orny and drove to within three and a half miles south of Metz, in Hos pital Woods. In the closest Tank approach to the city, the assault arc from the south has now been ex- tended nine miles from Fort Orny to the town of Ctrny on the east bank of the Moselle River, due east of Fort Driant. A corner, four and a half miles southwest of Metz, fell yesterday.
 On the northern flank of the Third Arrny's 7o-mile offensive. the Ninetieth Division expanded its Mo- selle bridgehead in the Koenigs- macher area to two and a half miles, fighting to within two and a half miles of Germany in the Luxem- bourg corner.
 Outer sDefenses Cracked
 These gains came after the Third Army cracked the outer defenses of Metz and came almost without a fight. This gain places them square Fly behind Fort Driant, which some weeks ago withstood frontal as- sault, while Fort Laisne, five miles south of the city, along with two flanking bastions, toppled.
 Laisne and Driant are among nine main forts in the Metz defense sys- tenn which contains g in all Both consist of a series of subterranean Notifications.
 Riddle Appears The advance posed the riddle as to whether the strongest fortified city in Western Europe might fall without fight. A Headquarters dispatch said the answer might come within AS hours.
 The first indication that the Ger
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-14
 CLAIMS ARE
 TO RE5UME E
Petitions of Indians for Southeast Alaska Areas
 Come Up Tomorrow

SEATTLE, Nov. 14-"The battle of Southeast Alaska" is to resume here at 10 a. m. tomorrow. It will be battle of words, not weapons, but one of vital interest to Alas kans
 It is another step toward reach- ing a decision on the petition of Alaska Indians for exclusive rights for development and exploitation of the natural resources of about one-third of Southeast Alaska.
 The hearings are being conducted by the Interior Department and resume tomorrow in the Federal Office Building before Judge Richard Hanna.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-14
TWO WAVES
 OF RAIDERS
 MAKE SWEEP
Targets Are Blasted Mon : day, Today, Says Jap-
 nese Broadcast
(By Associated Press)

Waves of American planes hit Manila and nearby airfields yester- day and today, Manila time, doing "slight damage" to warships, in- ssallations and shipping.
 The Tokyo radio, from an enemy controlled Manila broadcast sta tion, said 400 planes blasted Ma nila, Cavitc and Clark Field yes- terday.
 Four Hundred sorties were flown over Manila targets today. said the broadcasts, heard by EGG.
 The enemy claimed 75 raiders were downed or damaged by Japa- nese intercep.ors in the two-day period.
 There has been no confirmation of the raids.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-14
The w ashinqton Merry -Go Round
By DREW PEARSON Ct. Col. Robert s. Allen now on active service with the Army.)

WASHINGTON-O one of the last days of the campaign, Vice President Wallace walked several miles through the streets of poli- tically important Harlem with Negro Congressional Candidate Adam Clayton Powell, Jr Thous- ands of Negroes crowded the line of march, looked down from will dows, cheered Wallace, who has fought their battles.
 Wallace continued to walk through the black-lined streets for 50 blocks. Remarked Powell: This walk, MT. Vice President, is picking up 50,000 votes for Roosevelt" If I thought that was true," countered Wallace, I'd walk all the way to the Canadian border" '"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-14
WHAT REWARD FOR WALLACE?

After Wallace's speech in Madi- son Square Garden, where he stood alongside Senator Truman and urged Truman's election, Wallace got the following telegram from Roosevelt:
 If your prediction that I'll win by 100 electoral votes comes true, then I'll make my prediction. of 6OOO0,00 jobs come true, and don't forget that I'll have one important job for you.'
 This raises one question which intrigues a lot of people, including some very close to the White House-what reward will the Presi- dent give to the Vice President, who was definitely squeezed out at Chicago on FDR's own com mand, but who came through with out rancor and, in a 30,000-mile
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-14
TANKS RUIN
 JAP PLANS
 FOR ATTACK
Enemy Troops Now Con- mitted 10 Defense of {
 Yamashitd Line
By MURLIN SPENCER tA. P. War CorrcspOndef

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAP QUARTERS IN THE PH1LIP F. PINE ISLANDS, Nov. 1.-The ar- tillery- backed American offensive on Leyte, which made short gains today, has dislocated JapaneSe preparations for counter attacks with the five divisions they are known to have committed to this pivotal Philippine battle.
 The communique reported that five Imperial divisions have been identified without specifying wbe- ther they are estimated to be at their full strength, which would mean probably more than 6GteO men.
 The Japanese First Division Li s been thrown into the battle liz and other divisions are known IS the 18th, 18th, 30th and 102nd
 "The American offensive dtivp the communique said, "penetrue I his (the enemy's) posential S E sembiy areas, compelling niin to premature piecemeal commitments of forces for defense of the main bastion of the Yamashita line"
 Advance elements of the U. s. First Cavalry are consolidating their positions. They have seized Mount Catabaran and Mount Cas- uncangan, east of the Pinampo- loan on the Ormoc highway.
 The Seventh Division is ap- preaching Ormoc from the south, along the coastal road.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-14
DEER SEASON ENDS
 TOMORROW EVENING

Tomorrow at midnight will mark the closing of the deer season throughout Southeast Alaska, and cold, weary hunters will return to their firesides until next year.
 Much yenison has gone into fan fly larders this season, according to reports. and since there are no e. strictions on the length of time it may be kept, it will no doubt eBe the meat situation in many hones this winter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-14
SEWARD WILL HAVE U. 5. PHONE SERVICE

WASHINGTON, Nov. IA. - The Federal Communications Commis- sion has granted authority to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company to amend its tariff on one days notice to provide public toll telephone service between the United States with Seward and Whittier, Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-14
ketthikan Is vofinq
 On Bond Issue Today

KETCHIKAN, Nov. IA Tax payers who registered are today voting on the question whether the city shall issue bonds up to Sl50,000 to expand the present power system, which means de- velopment of the Beaver Falls project.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-14
FRANK WHALEYS HERE

Frank H. Whaley, Democrat Sen- ' tor-elect for the two-year term frdn the Second Division, and Ms Whaley are at the Gastineau d. route South. They will return n time for the next session of te Legislature in January.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-14
HERMAN IN JUNEAU

Johnny Herman, who is a sales man for the Seattle Hardware Com pany, is in town and is registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-14
DE CHAMPLAIN IN TOWN

J. w. De Champlain is in town for a few days, and is staying at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-14
sEATTLEITE HERE

A. Sheridan is in Juneau from Seattle, and is staying at the Cas- tineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-11-14
Mushrooming Pension Plans; Hundreds of
 Firms Adopt System
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON. Nov IA. = The excess profits tax and growing consciousness of the need for old age security, have produced one of the great industrial phenomena of recent years-the amazing growth of retirement and pension plans for workers in private industry.
 The story comes from the com missioner of Internal venue, through whom all such plans must be cleared if they are to be taken into consideration on tax returns.
 Before the war fewer than 500 companies had private pension plans for retiring workers. Since then more than 4,50O companies have filed applications with the commis- sioner for approval Between 1000 and 2000 of these have been clear ed, but review procedure has been stepped up to point where all probably will be approved or reject ed by the end of the year.
 Tn 1922. virtually unnoticed, Con- gress set up standards for these pen sion plans. Tn the debate it was asserted that some companies were attempting to salt away funds for high officials of the firms. To off, cot tbat Copnrocc e,Nacifiad tbat if these funds were to be deductible from federal taxes, they must be on a basis of share and share-alike for workers and officers of the com- panies. They also stuck in the very important specification that if at any time the plan was abandoned, any contribution the employer had made would belong to the employees.
 The whole set of standards is too complicated to go into, but in general they are designed to sty- mic tax dodgers. It should be point ed out here that thres no law against any retirement-pay-plan. But those employers who wish to deduct their contributions from the Excess Profits tax must meet gov- ernment standards.
 As to why there has been such a phenomenal growth in these plans, government officials give two req sons: CD the desire of employers to make the future secure for loyal workers; @ the realization that employe goodwill can be obtained at the cheapest rate in industrial
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-02-04

This question revealed a quite
sharp division Of opinion, largely
along sectional lines. AS might be
expected, many more people in the
South than in the North oppose al
lowing Negro servicemen to vote.
In many cases, however, almost
identical comments come from both
sides of the Mason-Dixon line.
For example, a packing house
clerk in Chicago answered the ques-
ton: eyes. Some people are pref
udiced, but if man is good enough
to fight for his country, he should
be allowed to vote" In Louisiana
a sales engineers wife replied:
eyes. If Negroes are good enough
to fight they are good enough to
vote"
A number of respondents in both
North and South said they think
that regulations governing soldiers
voting should conform to precedents
established in the respective states.
A contractors wife in Oak Park,
Illinois, and a physicians wife in
Houston, Texas, made the same
word-for-word comment: eyes, if
they are allowed to vote in their
own states" A Mississippi farmers
wife said: eyes, if they can quail
ify," while a retired army officer
in Texas put it this way: "Only if
they are allowed to vote at home"
A few of those interviewed
sought to make further distinctions
between practices in different Sec
tons of the country. A woman
drug store clerk in Alabama said:
"No-not down South" A machine
operator in Chicago expressed this
opinion: 81 don't know. The north
ern Negroes that go to our schools
have got sense enough to vote.
Those from the South are such an
ignorant class they don't really
know for what they are voting"
Some typical comments from
Northern respondents are: eyes.
The 14th Amendment says NO dis
elimination" (woman personnel
research worker, New York City);
Eyes. Even over IS they should vote
regardless of color or creed" (real
estate broker, Chicago; eyes. Ne
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-02-04
Five st. Paul +
Churches Join
i'm Revival

Ministers of five St. Paul churches
unanimously agreed to unite with
their congregations in a pre-Easter
Union Revival at the bi-monthly
meeting of the st. Paul Interdenom-
national Ministerial Alliance, We'd
nesday at the Ober Boys Club. The
union meeting will be held at the
st. James A. NJ. E. Church, Dale
and Central, for ten nights begin
ming March 81 and ending on April
7; preceded by a mass meeting in
the st. James Church, Sunday after
noon, March &c.
This union meeting has been
planned after a large number of
laymen of the churches indicated on
questionnaires distributed by the
Alliance, that they desired such a
meeting of the churches. Churches
and ministers cooperating include
Pilgrim Baptist, Rev. S. E. Ware;
Mt. Olivet Baptist, Rev. C. B.
Wheeler; Apostolic Faith Mission,
Elder John A. Nelson; Camphor
Memorial Methodist, Rev. C. T. R.
Nelson; st. James A. M. E., Rev.
B. N. Moore.
The order of the day of the We'd
nesday meeting of the Alliance, of
which Rev. Ware is the president,
was an address by Rev. C. B.
Wheeler on "Faltering in Our Task
of Happiness"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-02-04
Scheiner HOnOred
BY Citizens as He
Enters u. S. Service

Representatives from all walks
of life gathered Tuesday at the
Gymal Doled Club, Minneapolis, at
a banquet in honor of Samuel L,
Scheiner, executive secretary of the
Minnesota Jewish Council, who has
been indicted into the army.
The affair was sponsored by the
B'nai Birth lodges of the two cities.
Speakers praised Scheiner for
his five years work in the in
terest of unity and understanding
between the various races and re-
ligions.
Among those who spoke were:
Ed Ryan, Judge Edward Waite,
Representative Robert Fitzsim-
mons, Arthur Brin, Orlen Folwick,
s. Vincent Owens, Rev. Carl Ziet-
low, Milton Firestone, George
Murk, Hubert Humphrey, Cecil
Newman, Judge W. C. Larson,
Frank Collins, Leonard Lageman,
Arthur Phillips, Jack McCay and
others.
Louis Gross served as toast
master.
Mr.. Scheiner was presented with
several gifts.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-02-04
F. d. r. Board on
r. r. Case Meets

Washington. - President Roose-
velt's three-man board named to
break the deadlock between the
Fair Employment Practices Com
mittee and the Southern railroads
over employment of Negroes met
Monday for the first time.
p After a call on the President in
which they discussed the situation
with him and his assistant, jana
than Daniels, for half hour, the
three-man group headed by Judge
Walter Stacy met by itself to or
ganize its work. Other members are
Mayor Frank Lausche of Cleveland
and Judge William H. Holly of
Chicago.
When queried, Judge Stacy re-
fused to comment on whether the
three-man board will attempt to
work out a plan for the railroads
and unions to comply with the FEP
order or whether they would COM
pletely review the FEPC order with
the idea of revising it.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-02-04
Army Buddies
Finally Separated
After Two Years

Three Minneapolis boys, who
Joined up with Uncle Sans army
two years ago and have been to-
gether ever since, taking part in a
North African campaign and the
Sicilian push, have been separated
with the transfer from the outfit
of Cpl. Carl Wade, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Wade, ST., 2S19 Elliot
Ave.
The other two boys, Cpl. James
Clardy, son of Mr.. and Mrs. F. C..
Clardy, and Sgt. Richard Session,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Session,
are still together but have ex-
pressed regret at the loss of their
pal though Clardy wrote his par
ents that it was "better" for Wade.
Hope a promotion is coming up,
Wade"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-02-04

Perry Glennon MCGEE, son of Mr..
and Mrs. G. o. McGee, 671 RondO,
st. Paul, is one of the "a petty Of
fcers who graduated from the U. s.
Naval Training School, Hampton
Institute, Hampton, Virginia, on
Jan. 26.
To become a petty officer a man
must have course grades which put
him in the first tenth of his class in
the division in which he is enrolled
and must be outstanding in con-
duct, attitude and leadership. Nc
Gee, after entering the Navy in
Minneapolis in June, 1943, took his
basic training at Great Lakes, Ill,
and then was selected for training
at Hampton His brother, Lafayette
MCGEE, Seaman Second Class, is in
the Machinists Mates School in
Memphis, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. MCGEE went to Chi
cagO early this week to spend a
few hours with their son, Perry,
who was en- route to San Francisco,
Calf. he has been transferred
since his graduation.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-02-04

Mr.. Woodson was well known in
Chicago political circles. He re-
sided at 149 W. Chicago Ave. At
the time of his death he was G. o. P.
senatorial committeeman, 29th dis
trict, from the And Ward, N. W.
Chicago.
He had been active in both ma
tional and state politics. Born in
Burnside, Louisiana, he came to
Chicago in the year of 1900. Wood
son served in the Spanish American
war.
Recent Visitor Here
Mr.. Woodson was a visitor here
in August, 1913. He was house
guest of his brother who lives at
TIT 7th st. N, Minneapolis. He
was one of the first visitors in the
new office of the Minneapolis
Spokesman and one of its out-of-
town subscribers.
Besides his widow he leaves a
daughter, Miss Elma Woodson, and
a son, Emanuel ]. Woodson, all of
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-02-04
Negro Soldiers Should
Vote Saw Most Americans

Denver, Feb. A Especial almost
eight out of every ten Americans
think Negro servicemen should be
allowed to vote on a basis of equal
ity with other members of the
armed forces, according to a ma
tion-wide spot-check survey just
conducted by the National Opinion
Research Center, University of
Denver.
On the same survey in which
representative adult civilians ex-
pressed themselves overwhelming
ly (92%0) in favor of permitting
men and women over 81 in the
armed services stationed overseas
to vote in the 1914 Presidential
election, trained interviewers also
asked:
"Do you think Negroes over 81
in the armed forces should be al
lowed to vote or not Tin the Presi-
Dental election of November,
1944)?"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-02-04
Southern Born
Methodist Bishop
Scores Supremacy

Theories and ideas of racial su-
periority were scored by Bishop
William B. G. Martin of Omaha,
Neb., in an address at the youth
banquet in the Central Park Meth
odist Church, Wednesday. Speak
ing before more than two hundred
young people and ministers this
Southern born bishop of the largest
Protestant group in America was
outspoken in his denunciation of the
spurious theories of white or Nordic
superiority.
No Superior Race
There is absolutely no real basis
for the assumption that we are a
superior race .. it isn't true from
the findings of the anthropologists;
neither is it true from an intellec-
tual or spiritual point of view {.
whatever gave US the idea that we
are superior" the bishop asked
of his audience composed of repre-
sentatives from scores of Methodist
churches in the Minnesota Confer
ence, who were in attendance at the
st. Paul meeting of the Bishops
Crusade for World Order.
Bishop Martin told his audience
that we need not point the finger
of scorn at a'certain man in Europe
for his ideas of racial superiority,
because we evidently have some of
the same ideas when we consider
our own actions toward minority
groups here in America.
Problem Is Nationwide
"You can doubtless tell by my
accent that / am from the South
and / admit that we have not done
too much about solving the race
problem in the South, but for the
past four years I have lived in
Nebraska and / observe that this
problem is there and in Kansas.
1t is not a sectional problem" the
Bishop declared. He reminded his
audience of the fact that it was in
the North, in Chicago, East st.
Louis, Washington, D. c., that the
worst outbreak of racial conflicts
occurred after the first world war
and in Detroit during this war.
Patience and forbearance will be
needed on one hand and courage
on the other in solving this difficult
problem" Bishop Martin said.
Race Question Needs Priority
The solution of the race question
must be given priority in this Cru
SADIE for World Order, asserted Miss
Mural Day, of New York City, in
one of the major addresses of the
meeting. The four other leading
speakers for the meeting, Bishop
Ivan Lee Holt, Dallas, Texas; Bish-
op Raymond D. Wade, Bishop Ralph
s. Cushman, st. Paul, and President
Walter Coffey of the University of
Minnesota, all made mention of the
race problem and the need for cou-
rageous action on the part of white
people in this country if we are to
have just and durable peace.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-02-04
Race Relations
Sunday, Feb. IL,
i'm St. Paul

Race relations Sunday will be
observed in st. Paul with a public
meeting at Halle Q. Brown House,
Sunday, Feb. Is at 4 p. m. The
subject to be discussed is "What are
the Rights and Responsibilities of
Minorities ?" Rev. Theodore will
act as moderator for the speakers
representing Negro, Mexican, Jap
anese-American, Catholic and Jew
ish minorities. Music will be fur
nished by the Temple of Aaron
choir.
"In the interest of national
unity" the public is invited to at
tend this meeting, sponsored by a
city-wide committee composed of
the st. Paul Urban League, Y. W.
C. A., Halle Q. Brown House, St.
Paul Council of Ministers, and St.
Paul Council on Human Relations.
BOARD MEETING
Minneapolis NAACP Executive
Board meets Monday night, Feb. z,
at 1880 p. m. at Phyllis Wheatley
House,
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-02-04
Negro Flyers Finally Get
Chance, Down II Planes;
Captain Gets Two Nazis
Crack Pilots Get First Chance for Combat Over
Beachhead

Allied Headquarters, Al
giers. - Smashing right into
the heart of Rome itself, dar-
ing pilots of the all-Negro
goth Pursuit Squadron scored
their biggest air victory of the
war last week in downing an even
dozen Nazi planes.
Probably destroyed were two
more Luftwaffe craft while four
ferries were damaged.
1t was the proudest accomplish
ment of the crack 99th fiers in their
nine months overseas in the Medi-
terranean theatre.
The break that finally gave the
Negro pilots a chance to quit their
strafng and bombing work to take
off in combat missions was the need
for the P-40's to cover the Allied
beachhead landings south of Rome.
For five days last week the outfit
commanded by Major George s.
Roberts of Fairmont, W. Va, pa
trolled the convoy lanes and the
assault beaches without encounter
ing a single enemy craft.
Capt. Hall Gets Two
Then Thursday the Nazis at
tackled.
The 99th was there and eight
Luftwaffe men were felled.
The ferries came back Friday.
Four fascists failed to return
after the 99th engaged them in dog
fights.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-02-04
Jose Ell. Sherwood
UndergOes Knife,
Condition Good

Jose H. Sherwood, OIL St. An
thony Ave-, postal foreman, is re-
ported improving satisfactorily
after an operation performed at st.
Joseph hospital, last Friday. Mrs.
Sherwood, convalescing after an
accident few months ago, is at the
home of friends, the Richard L.
Stokes, 757 St. Anthony.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-02-04
Southern Senator
Admits white
Supremacy" Issue

Washington, ID. C.-ln the torrld
debate on the soldiers vote bill,
Southern Democratic Senators have
finally come out in the open with
the admission that white suprem-
acy" was an important issue.
Senator Eastland dem. Miss.)
admitted, Monday, that is the rea-
son Southerners are fighting the
enactment of the Federal soldiers
voting law. Eastland said that by
allowing Negro soldiers to vote, the
Federal ballot as set up by the
Green-Lucas bill would upset the
white supremacy" and cherished
institutions of the South!
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-02-04
Ames Lodge
Initiation
February Il

Ames Lodge No. log will hold
initiation on Sunday, Feb. Is, A
p. m. at the Elks Rest, 148 Hy-
land Ave. N.
Charles De La Compson, secre-
tary of the lodge, stated that all
members having applications for
initiation reinstatement should have
them in by Saturday, Feb. IL, as
Feb. Is is the final date of dispensa-
ton.