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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-04
pICkETING IS
SPREADING; Is
GREAT THREAT
WLB Wants Government 10
Take Over Two Wash
ington State Plants

SEATTLE, Feb. prompted by
the spread of picketing in the Grays
Harbor lumber industry with
threat vital to war production, the
Twelfth Regional War Labor Board
has appealed for the second time
that the Government order the
Army to take over the Rayonier
Pulp and Paper plant and the Ho-
quiam plant producing nitrates
which have been picketed for two
months by the CLIO International
Woodworkers of America in a dis
pute over the company's wide BAR
gaining contract with two AFL
unions.
Partial production was resumed
recently but picketing has now
spread to log booms.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-04
MANY AT0LLS
5UBJE(TEDT0
AIR ATTACKS
Bdftering by Bombs Con-
tinues-Admirdl Turner
Makes His Report

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Renew-
ing aerial attacks on the north and
south extremities of the battered
Marshall Islands, the Seventh Army
Air Force bombed Rongelap and
Mill atolls, the Navy Department
reports.
The latest aerial assault occurred
Wednesday. Liberators dropped
nearly eight tons of bombs on in
stallations at Rongelap ON the
southern fringe of the islands and
Dauntless dive bombers and escort
ing fighters dropped more than 10
tons of bombs on the airdrome and
gun emplacements on Mill atoll.
The Navy describes anti-aircraft
fire as moderate in both attacks
No enemy fighters we're encount-
cred and all United States planes
returned safely,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-04
BODY OF 0lDTIMER
IS FOUND ON BEACH

The body of Ben Borsen, rs year
old pioneer of this district was found
this morning near his cabin on the
beach one and a quarter miles
north of the Douglas bridge. The
oldtime fisherman was found by
Emmett Bothelo, John Cashen and
Harry Murray. He had evidently
died from natural causes, sometime
prior to the first of February.
The remains were taken to the
Charles w. Carter Mortuary, and
funeral arrangements are pending.
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Western Man Putting
Over Big Campaign in
Fourth War Loan Drive
BY JACK sTrNNETT

WASHINGTON, Feb. A. About
80 per cent of the dollar-a-year ex-
ecutiyes and big business bigwigs
who come to Washington to take
over war jobs arrive with banners
flying, 21-gun salute from press
and radio, and predictions that VIC
tory on their particular sectors of
the home front is now a foregone
conclusion. From there on gen.
erous number of them flop miser-
ably.
Theodore Roosevelt Gamble, 81,
however, is one young man who has
reversed the order of things. He
acquired his handle because Papa
Gamble had an intense admiration
for the man who was president
when Ted was born in Nevada, Mo-
He's Uncle Sans No. bond
salesman--the man who put over
the immensely successful Third War
Loan Drive and launched the
Fourth, with predictions in govern
ment and financial circles here that
it will go over the top, too, by
couple of billion or SO.
What is more important, Gam
BILE is concentrating on individual
investors and institutions. In the
Third War Loan Drive, CANDLES
war finance division, in which his
official title is national director
sold two billion more to individuals,
partnerships and personal trusts
than was sold to these groups in the
Second Drive.
This is something, if you will
bark back to June of last year.
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen-
THAI had just taken the National
War Loan drives away from the
Victory Fund committees and the
War Savings staffs. Up to that
time, the drives had been admins
tered on basis of Federal Reserve
Districts and the board of governors
and presidents of the Federal Re-
serve Banks were the guiding lights.
surrounded by volunteers who had
worked hard in the first and second
campaigns. n was no secret here
that they were sore about the re-
organization.
On July 2, the Secretary an
nounced that Ted r. Gamble would
be the new national director. Many
of the Federal Reserve officials had
never heard Of him. In CANDLES
presence, when he came here for
his first conference. number de-
clared fatty they. didn't believe he
would prove capable of handling
the job.
They should have taken a look
at the record. Gamble worked his
way through Washington State Uni
versity by managing a little movie.
Ten years later, he owned a whole
string, centering around Portland,
Ore. In 1889. he was named Port
lands first citizen" and in 1912
was picked by the Junior Chamber
Of Commerce as one Of the ten
outstanding young men in the
country. Moreover he had been
running the Oregon bond drives
with great success.
One Of his district directors who
formerly stormed at his appoint
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SOVIET UNIONS
Is REPUBLICS TO
BE GIVEN POWERS

MOSCOW, Feb. 4.-The official
Soviet newspapers say the Soviet
Unions sixteen Republics will estab-
lish relationships with foreign coun-
tries and have power to conclude
agreements with them as the result
of the reorganization of the Foreign
Affairs Commissaria.
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The W ashington
Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
tMa,or Robert O. Allen on active DUTY

WASHINGTON u. S. Military
Intelligence. the step-child OF the
ARMY. is getting a new chief. He
is Mai. Gen. Clayton L. Bissen, VINO
has been shunted around to various
posts and now is to head one OF the
most important but least efficient
branches of the service, Intelligence
Bissell chiefly distinguished him
self recently by tangling with Cen
eral Chennault, spectacular former
head of the Flying Tigers in China,
now head of American air forces
in China. Bissell was in command
of the 10th Air Force in the India
Burma China. area last year but,
after a one-too-brilliant tour OF
duty. was transferred.
Now he is replacing Maj Gen,
George Strong, who retires for age.
This means that, i'm the two years
since Pearl Harbor, Military In
telligence will have had four differ
ent chiefs none of them in long
enough to get acclimated and some
of them totally unsuited for the
job. General Strong had got into
the groove. and was batting hard
when he retired)
In the Army, CO or Military In
telligence has never lived down
three major bonehead plays. They
were:
Boner No 1.-The prediction, in
1910, that France would hold. She
folded in a few weeks.
Boner No. 1.-THE prediction, in
the summer of 1910, that England
would be taken. She hasn't been
taken yet.
Boner No. 3.--The prediction, in
June, 1941, that Moscow would fall
in a few weeks. The Nazis are now
retreating from Moscow.
Another boner credited to G2 is
that of not knowing that three
German divisions were lying in wait
for Allied forces when we landed
at Salerno.
Reason for G2's bush-league bat
ting record is attributed by many
to the closed-shop policy of Military
Intelligence before Pearl Harbor,
the commissioning of blueblood
stockholders and bankers since
Pearl Harbor, and the fact that the
best Intelligence men have left
Washington for active duty service
elsewhere.
NOTE = Colonel Philip Faymon-
vile, the man who knew Russia best
and didn't go wrong on the question
of the taking of Moscow, was trans
ferred out of Russia chiefly because
of jealousy from the blue-blood G2
clique. He was absolutely right, but
he didn't belong to the inner circle.
LADIES OF DEMOCRACY
Are the Democratic ladies mad!
Almost as mad as certain high
placed Republican ladies were dur
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

The following were issued mar
rage licenses at the u. S. Commits
sioner's Office Edward David
James and Hilda Kashevaroff;
Hardy j. Leonard and Florence
Collins.
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R0kkEL IS
IN R0kEA5
51RATEGI5T
Allies Beat Back Four Ter.
rifle German Counter
blows al Anzio

BULLET N LONDON, Feb.
4.-The German High Command
in a Berlin broadcast tonight
said the Allied forces have been
encircled at Nettuno by counter
attacks and relief attacks have
been repulsed.
There is no confirmation from
Allied sources, however.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-04
T0UL0N NAVAL
BASE ATTACKED

LONDON, Feb. A. The Vichy
radio says Toulon Naval Base on
the southern coast of France was
raided at Q o'clock this afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-04
MATHEWS HERE

William Mathews is a guest ut
the Hotel Juneau having registered
from Skagway.
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NEW COMMANDER

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ITALY, Feb. 4. Marshal Erwin
Rommel, master of don't get trap
ped" tactics, is reported to be back
in Italy directing Nazi strategy, Al
lied headquarters disclosed.
The Germans have launched the
expected big offensive against the
Anzio beachhead below Rome, sup
(Continued on Page Six
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- SLETS ARE CAPTURED IN MARSHALLS
Vazis Launch New Offensive, Italian Front
soNcs1REss, OLD SOL HAVE SESSION

WEARING one of 1944's new
bathing suits. Lima Roman.
vocalist with Xavier Cugat's
orchestra, absorbs California
sunshine. (InternatfonaD
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LADIES OF DEMOCRACY
Are the Democratic ladies mad!
Almost as mad as certain high
placed Republican ladies were dur
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CONTINUED on Page Six
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06

islands the Marines moved with it.
At Guadalcanal they flew from the
field named after Major Henderson.
1t was here that Major Joe FosS tied
the record Of planes shot down by
Eddie Rickenbacker in World War
1 when he made 26 kills. Though
the casualties were high the Ma
rine Flyers did their part in taking
over Guadalcanal
Still driving the enemy towards
their own shores in the Pacific the
Marine Air Corps today has grown
frcm Cunningham's little group of
five officers and 80 enlisted men
into an organization which now
comprises almost One-fourth of the
Corps entire personnel. The quail
ity and record OF the Marine air arm
compares favorably with the fines
traditions cf the Corps.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Marfair West Coast Shows Rapid
EXPANSION I'm Active Year

jor Gregory (Pappy) Boyington,
who tied Foss for the previous
American record of 26 dcwned en-
emy planes, have passed through its
portals. LtCol L. P Pennebaker,
whose photograph squadron made
the bombing of Truk possible,
trained under MarFair until re-
Gently.
Under command of the West
Coast Marine activities are. or have
been, all CT the Corps nearly 1OO
pilots with the rank Of ace. Many
such as LtCol John Smith, wkc
wears the Congressional Medal of
Honor and who has shot down 1e
Jap planes: Capt. James SWEET, an
other Medal of Homer winner with
14l2 planes to his credit, and 1t.
Wilbur Thomas with 1872, are pass
ing their deadly technique onto The
newly formed squadrons OF the
MarFair command in training.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
MaiGen. Francis P. MuIcahy
Commands Marian West

Mulcahy'S chief Of staff in the Sec
ond Marine Aircraft Wing.
Col. Salzman graduated from the
Naval Academy in 1925 and served
as a ground officer in Nicaragua i'll
1928 and was awarded the Navy
Cross. He won his wings at PenSa-
cola, Florida, in 1929.
Stationed in Haiti the following
year, Col. Salzman served with an
observation squadron for two and
one-half years followed by one ana
one-half years at Quantico. Va
This tour of duty was followed by
a three-year postgraduate course
in ordinance at Annapolis from
1884 to 1887. Upon completion OF
his training, he spent two years
aboard the USS Indianapolis as
commanding officer of the Marine
Detachment
In 1889 Col. Salzman became an
instructor at the Naval Academy
where he taught for two years and
in 1871 he was assigned to COM
mand the 18th Provisional Company
at Quonset, r. l. Returning to
Marine Aviation in February. 1912
he joined the Second Marine Air
craft Wing as intelligence officer
and in June, 1943. became chief OF
staff. For his outstanding services
he received a letter of commenda-
tiCn from the Secretary of the Navy.
Col. Salzman is married and lives
with his wife and three children
at Coronado, Calf
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06

Marine Fleet Air. West Coast.
better known as MarfairWest, in
the past year has grown from a
handful to thousands of men ready
ing themselves for future combat
with the enemy.
Now under the command Of Ma
jor General Francis P. Mulcahy
MarFairWeet is commonly known
as Marine AviatiCn'S Gateway to
Tokyo" Last March l MarFairWest
was one year old and it has grown
in is months from the paper stage
to a command that stretches from
Oregon to southern California. 1t
has tactical units scattered all over
southern California with the largest
base, El Toro, known as the 'busi-
est field" on the West Coast.
Responsible not only for keeping
the widespread Pacific fronts sup
piled with men and material, Mar
Fair also gives final training to
squadrons and individuals. many OF
whom, in a few shCrt weeks, may
be in headlines. II is the huge
ready-room of Marine pilots and
ground crewmen awaiting the signal
to ''scramble.
Four large Marine air stations at
FL Centro. Ell Toro, Mojave, Santa
Barbara. a smaller one at Corvallis
Oregon. and an air depot at Mira
mar prepare personnel for combat
Through the vast organization. in
ward and outward bound. pass al
those men who have been and vii
be making aerial history over Jap.
held islands.
Trained Famous Fighters
Major Joe FcSS and his squadron
now in the Pacific had training un.
der MarFair Flying mates anC
+ ground crewmsn of the famous Ma.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06

Commanding general OF Marine
Fleet Air. West Coast since May of
this year is Major General Francis
P Mulcahy who recently returned
from overseas where he was COM
mandin2 general Of the Second
Marine Aircraft Wing.
General Mulcahy's service record
dates back to World War I when
he was 4 flyer in France with the
first unit of Marine Flyers. 1t was
in France where he won his first
Distinguished Service medal Rec
emily he was awarded the Gold Star
in lieu OF a second Distinguished
Service Medal for his skillful leader
ship and outstanding initiative as
commander of the United Nations
air forces on Guadalcanal During
the crucial period Of the initial
SolcmonS campaign, his strategy and
determination against superior en-
emy forces contributed immeaSur-
ably to the successful occupation
of Guadalcanal and accounted FOR
the destruction Of numerous enemy
surface vessels. aircraft and shore
installations.
General Mulcahy also wears the
Army Legion of Merit for his serv-
ices as commander OF the New
eorgia air force from June &c
August. 1913.
Served in Many Places
After graduating from Notre
Dame University, General Mulcahy
received his appointment as a sec
ond lieutenant in the Marine Corps
in june, 1917. He has seen duty
at numerous posts in this country
as we'll as in Haiti, Santo Domingo,
Nicaragua, and the Virgin Islands
He received the Second Nicaraguan
campaign medal for his services
there in 1927 and three letters OF
commendation from the secretary
of the navy for his accomplishments
there in 1881 and 1882. He also
holds the Nicaraguan Medal OF
Distinction and the Nicaraguar
Cross Of Valor.
For duty in Haiti in l920-21 anC
1924-25. he received the Expedition
airy Medal The General attained hi;
present rank in February CT this
year He is a native of Rochester
N. Y. and he and his wife and two
children now reside in Coronado
California.
Chief Of staff to General Mulcahy
is Col. Elmer H. Salzman. who alsc
recently returned from duty in the
South Pacific where he was Genera
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Laguna Dam

Its "aP1on' stretches for a mile
across the Colorado river Resting
on quicksands Of the river, it rivals
the great Assouan dam on the Nile
as one of the two largest floating
dams in the world Laguna dam is
located IA miles above Winterhaven.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Marine Aviation Began To
Spread lfs Wings In 1911
Air Arm Larger Now Than Whole Corps in 1917
First Air Force Had 30 Enlisted, Officers

Marine Aviation is at the prese. l
time larger than the whole Corps
was in 1917. Tie organization got
its start in 1911 when a Marine
lieutenant named Alfred A. Cum
ningham rented plane and began
flying around the Philadelphia
Navy Yard. He called his plane
NOISY Nan" and according to the
best authority it was well named.
He was far from satisfied with Just
this, however, and so began agi-
tating among local politicians for a
Marine flying field. In order to
quiet him down the Navy sent him
to school for flight training and
thus in 1912 Marine Aviation began
to spread its wings.
Cunningham headed 4 Marine
air force Of 80 enlisted men and
five officers when World War I
came One of his officers was Roy
S. Geiger, now q major general.
who was in command of the first
Marines to fly overseas.
The tiny Marine air corps grew
during the war and they kept at it
after the war. Later in Haiti the
Marine flyers developed dive bomb
ing. Their technique improved con-
siderably against the bandits" in
Nicaragua They flew in China dur
ing the civil war in 1927. Finally,
four days after Pearl Harbor. De-
cember IL, 1941, the Marine Air
Corps made its entrance into World
War II
Marine Flying Heroes
1t was at Wake Island that the
Marines took their first crack at
the enemy in this war. Fighter
Squadron 211 sent four old Grum-
mans up against whole Jap naval
force that was heading towards the
island In that now famous last
stand the Marine Flyers sank a
cruiser and set fire to one enemy
ship A presidential citation of this
action said: The courageous con-
duct will not be forgotten as
long as gallantry and heroism are
respected and honored."
The Marine Flyers fought at Mid
way. 1t was there that Major Loften
R. Henderson dived his flaming
bomber into a Jap carrier while at
the same time another squadron
was being led against another car
rier by Captain Richard E. Flem-
ing, whose plane was also in flames
Captain Fleming was last seer
crashing into the sea. Thirty-eight
out of eighty-four Marine Flyers
were killed in battle against the
Japs at Midway. Admiral Chester
NimitZ later said to their command
ing officer: The sacrifices of youl
heroic men have not been in vain
They dealt the enemy carriers the
first blow and they spearheaded oul
great victory"
AS the Pacific war moved to othel
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06

Captain: Have you cleaned the
deck and polished the brass?"
Sailor: Yes. sir. and I've swept
the horizon with my telescope
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Numerous All-Marine
Weddings Take Place
Here Since WRS Came

In the six months the girls have
been on the station, there have been
many all-Marine weddings. First
of these was the double wedding
ceremony of Pfc. Katharine Mac
Clack to MTSgt. William o. Wood
and Pfc. Marge Gebbhard to TSgt
William Barter. The weddings took
place in the station chapel Feb
ruary 10, with Chaplain J. NJ
Lynch officiating.
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Navy operating under the command
Of Vice Admiral Jonas Ingram,
u. S. N. ..'..
.. The enemy ships sunk were
the Burgenland, Rio Grande and
Weserland, en- route from Far East ;
en Japanese-held ports. Their.
holds were filled with thousands OF
tons of rubber. tins, fats and stra-
tegic ores. -,
"3. The blockade runners were
sunk by the sUSS Somers, DESTROYER
the light cruiser Omaha and the
destroyer Jouett. A large number
Of prisoners were picked up fellow
ing the sinkings. In two Of the
sinkings, Navy search planes found
the enemy ships and called for the
surface force to complete their de-
struction. The Weserland fell. to the
Somers alone, while the other two
were scuttled by their crews and
their sinking hastened by gunfire
from the Omaha and the Jouett.
4. Summoned by planes, the
Somers found her target in the
darkness of early morning and, on
Identifying the vessel as hostile,
opened fire with her main battery
OF 5-inch guns. The first salvo hit
the Weserland, forcing the crew to
abandon ship. The destroyer then
sank the vessel after internal .ex-
plosions were set OF by the crew Is
they left. Survivors were picked up
at daylight. -
5. A scouting plane from the
Omaha and a lockout in the shin,s
foretop were the first to sight the
Rio Grande. AS the Omaha and
the Jouett closed to investigate the
stranger, she burst into smoke and
Evening star., 1944-02-04
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