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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
Big Plane Crashes;
 Are Killed

SAN CARLOS, Calif., March 15- The crash of big transport plane on a storm-lashed hillside killed seven men and injured Is others, the Navy said, in an accident which occurred last night few miles southwest of here.
 Twelfth District Naval Head quarters said all the injured lived through the night. All aboard the plane were Navy and Marine per- sonnel.
 The plane, flying from Olathe, Kansas, via San Pedro to Oakland, pancaked in high winds and heavy rain on a steep, grassy hillside at $40 o'clock last night, breaking in half. One of it's two engines was shorn off in the crash, in which the pilot was killed and the co-pilot sustained a broken leg.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
FIVE CITIES OFF JAPAN ARE T0| BE EVACUATED
Bombs of u. 5. Forts Too Much Populations,
 Supplies Be Moved

LONDON, March 15-In a swift aftermath of the powerful raids made by American Superforts, the Tokyo radio today said, the Japa- nese government has decided to evacuate the five major cities, among them the fire -blitzed Capi- tai, of all persons except war work CTS.
 The decision was reached at a cabinet meeting this morning. Sup plies will be transferred from the affected areas at the same time as the population is moved, Tokyo said.
 The Trans-Ocean dispatch, broad cast from Berlin. named the cities of Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe as the cities af- fected by this decision.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
ABANDONING OF HIGH w AY U NIGER TAIN
Stimson Says He Knows of No Plans of Diseoniinu-
 dnte by Army

WASHINGTON, March 15-Secre- tary of War Henry L. Stimson to- day said he knew of no plans to abandon the Alaska Highway. This was his reply to question asked at conference with newsmen re- ferring to statement made by Senator Warren G. Magnuson that the highway was to be abandoned by the Army.
 Likewise, Stimson said he had no information regarding another re- port made by Chairman James w. Mead, of the Senate War Investi- gating Committee, that the date for the closing of the Canol develop ment had been moved from pre- viously announced June 30 to April 1.
 Told of Stimson's comment, Sen- ator Magnuson said: "If the War Department doesn't know about abandonment of the Highway it ought to for it has virtually been abandoned, as there wasn't over 1000 tons moved over it last year. Practically everything going to AL aska is going by barge, which is cheaper in the first place.
 "Of course, some parts of the highway between airports are get ting considerable use, but other parts have been out of mainten- ance much of the time"
 In Edmonton, Brig. Gen. Strong said there is no truth in the re- port the highway is to be aban- doned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
U. S. FLAG RAISED ON
 TWO LIMA
Event, However, Does Not Signify Tactical Con-
 quest of Island
By VERNE HAUGLAND

U. s. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, GUAM, March 15 = The American flag was raised over Two Jima Island, which is 750 miles from Tokyo. on Wednesday, signi- flying tactical conquest of it's bloody eight square miles, although the Japs are still resisting to the death.
 More than 10000 Nipponese have already died on Two Jima.
 The Navy communique reports that a gain of from 200 to 100 yards has further compressed the Japs toward the sea at the north ernmost end of the island.
 The flag raising was on the twenty fourth day of the invasion, but no claim is mace that the island has been entirely secured because of Japs still fighting from caves.
 In a proclamation read today by Marine Col. D. A. Stafford, of Spokane, Washington, "all powers of the Japanese Empire Govern ment vested in Two Jima are sus- pended"
 His words were almost drowned out by the continuous roar of ar tillery as he read the official proc lamation issued by Admiral Chester w. Nimitz.
 The air base won on Two Jima is already in use and Navy, Marine and Army planes have begun to fly from the isle. Fighters will also te able to fly from the base as escorts to the Supers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
The W ashing ion Merry Go Round
Bv DREW PEARSON fIt. Col. Robert s. Allen now on active service with the Army

WASHINGTON Those whose business it is to study the intricate nroblem of German politics have now come to the conclusion that if it hadn't been for the July 70 putsch against Hitler, we might have been saved six months or so of fighting.
 The attempt on Hitler's life gave him the excuse to clean out every military man not in sympathy with the war, and his military leaders since then have lacked the courage to suggest an armistice even though they knew the war was hopeless.
 Here is the inside story of what happened:
 The Hitler plot had been cleverly arranged by the British. They had been working for months with a small secret segment of anti-Hitler officers inside the German Army Actually, their pipelines into Ger many had been laid even before the war started. Weeks and weeks of the most minute planning had gone into the plot.
 However, as in anything as dan gerous as an attempt to assassinate the worlds chief madman, some thing went wrong at the last min- ute. A high-up German officer on the general staff had agreed to place a briefcase containing a time-bonb alongside Hitler's chair during meeting of the general staff.
 He did SO. But either Hitler moved away or else did not sit where expected. At any rate when the bomb went off. it killed several officers, but Hitler was only wound ed in the hand by a bomb frag- ment.
 That incident, however, touched off the bloodiest blood purge in history. Neutral sources estimate that 100000 German officers and other high-up officials suspected of anti-Hitler bias were killed. Any German leader who had grown cool regarding the. war or was slightly critical of Hitler was included.
 In the last war, .t was the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
INCOME TAX FOR LAST YEAR COMES
 TO $100,000,0
Since War Started More Taxes Paid thdn from
 1863 to 1941

WASHINGTON, March l5-Am- erica's 50,000,0o0 taxpayers tossed in at least s1OO,OO0,Ooo for their l944 taxes, boosting the wartime revenue past the 100 billion dollar figure and surpassing all prior col lections in American history.
 Tax experts estimated the gov- ernment collections in 1944 at 43 billion dollars, the highest on record, compared to prewar reve- nues of five billion year or less A check of figures, compiled by the Congressional tax staff, showed from 1863, as far back as the fig ures go, through the fiscal year, 1941, tax payments were almost 98 billion dollars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
Germans Claim Reds Thrust Across Ode,
MYs. Wilkins Defendant in
 $2o,ooo(ase

SEATTLE, March 15-Mrs. Cleo Patricia Wilkins, star witness for the Government at the trial of Lynn J. Gemmill, is made defend- ant in a $20,O00 civil case filed in the King County Superior Court.
 Ruby Hazlewood, of Sitka, AL aska, charges in the suit that Mrs. Wilkins took $l2,000 in cash and negotiable securities worth $8,000 from her.
 Mrs. Wilkins, another woman and two military policemen are under Federal indictment in Alaska for the theft of trunk containing the cash and securities.
 Mrs. Wilkins will be arraigned in Juneau next week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
NEW ARMY
 IN ACTION,
 EAST RHINE
Germans Claim 100000 Tanks Are on Front
 SuperhighwayCut

PARIS, March 15-The German radio said today the new U. $. Fifteenth Army had gone into action on the east Rhine bridge head at Remagen to swell the assault force to 100000 men, and that American troops have virtual ly cut the Ruhr-F Frankfurt Super highway, placing it under machine gun fire from half a mile away. The bridgehead has been extended to an area II miles by six.
 To the south, Gen. Patton's Third Army crossed the lower Moselle on a nine-mile front. within eight miles of besieged Coblenz, and had won domination of another 10-mile strip on the west bank of the Rhine from positions less than three miles from the ancient walled Rhine town of Boppard.
 Bombers Rip Barrier
 Still farther to the south, Ameri- can medium bombers ripped up barriers and pillboxes on the Sieg- fried Line on the. Saar Front where the U. s. Seventh Army advance carried almost to the edges of voelklingen and Saarbrucken.
 The Third Army. moving south down the middle of the Moselle Valley, 12 miles southeast of Saar- burg and within 24 miles of Saar- bfucken, is threatening to roll up the Siegfried Line along the Saar River from the rear.
 A Brussels report said the six lane Super highway Hitler had built for his armies through the Rhine-Saar district had been cut northeast of Honnef, on the ncr- thern end of the slowly expanding Rhine footing.
 New Force In Battle
 German reports said some 10 divisions between 100000 and 140,- 900 Americans. have been thrown into the bridgehead, and added, Gen. Eisenhower had thrown the new American Fifteenth Army into this battle"
 The American Fifteenth Army. under 1t. Gen. Leonard Gerow, was announced only last week by Allied Headquarters. The troops of this army are mostly new. with some divisions of seasoned veterans. wearing the Purple Heart.
 Actions ShrOuded
 The bridgehead battle at Rema- gin. in its eighth day. is still shrouded for the most part for security reasons. The blackout of news lays emphasis on the building up of overpowering assault forces making sure no German counter attacks could dislodge the con- querors from their positions near the Super-highway.
 It was reported at 9:30 o'clock. battle front time, this morning. there were clear skies. and prelimi- nary reports of sorties indicated the whole Western Reich was in for one of its worst days of aerial attacks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, March 15-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is T, American Can 937s, Anaconda 32M, Beech Air craft 11% Bethlehem Steel 74H Curtiss Wright SIS, International Harvester 79h, Kennecott 38A, North American Aviation 10h, New York Central 24is, Northern Pacific PTS, U. s. Steel 637s, Pound $4.04.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 158.53; rails, 52.54; utilities, 28.05.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
GOVERNOR URGES TRAP TAX PASSAGE TO TAKE
 HEAT OFF OPPOSITION

By the narrowest of mar gins, the status quo on opera ton of fish traps in Alaskan waters was maintained for an- other two years, when the Ter ritorial Senate this morning split, 8 to 8, on passage of House Bill No. 35.
 The roll call showed: Voting yea owneIl, Butrovich, Gordon, Green, Gundersen, Lyng, McCutcheon and Nerland. Opposed Cochran, Collins, Coffey, ROgge, Scott, Shattuck, Walker and Whaley.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
British Subs Sink
 HEnemy Vessels,
 Damage Others

LONDON, March 15-British sub marines sunk "A enemy vessels and damaged 25 others in Far Eastern waters recently, the Admiralty said today.
 Vessels destroyed included a small tanker, a minelayer, an armed trawler, an anti-submarine trawler, and a navy auxiliary ship, as well as junks, landing craft, coastal vessels and motor lighters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
"I Am An American Day. Designated

WASHINGTON. March 15-Presi- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt has set aside Sunday, May 20. as T Am An American Day." in honor of those who became citizens in the past year, through naturalization and by reaching majority.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
Duke Windsor
 Has Resigned

LONDON. March l5-The Duke of Windsor has resigned as Cover nor and Commander In- Chief of the Bahamas, the Colonial Office announced in brief bulletin to- night, with no explanation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
CAA MEN HERE

Burleigh Putnam, Jr. and N. J. O'Bryan, of the Anchorage CAA office, are in town and staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15

MT. and Mrs. Glenn Huff, regis tering from Benton. Washington, are guests at the Gastineau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15
FROM sKAGwAY

Mrs. Malcolm Mae, of Skagway, is visiting in Juneau, and a guest at the Baranof Hotel,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-15

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HOLLYWOOD
GOSSIP
ORCHIDS FOR sTARLEr

Screen Starlet Frances Rafferty's
husband is a believer IN the slogan,
Say it with flowers"
Since she was wed to Major John
Horton of the U. S. Army, now
overseas, the Metro Goldwyn-Ma
actress has received a sorsage OF
orchids each week from her hus-
band.
Frances is now in Abbott and
Costello in Hollywood" which IL
being directed by s. Sylvan Simon
and produced by Martin GoSch.
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-four teeth" scene.
The RiM brothers probably will do
a Broadway show come fall. They're
now playing Army camps and hos
pitfalls :. Most of the Connie Ben
net-George Rigaud romantic stills
from "Paris-Undergro landed
on the Hays Office cutting room floor
. Barbara Stanwyck has a new
variation of an old theme: "A gen.
tleman is just wolf with patience.
HOGGING THE SHOW
There will be plenty of ham on
hand when Fox premieres its new
musical, State Fair" Two prize
hogs, Blue Boy and Esmeralda, will
make a personal appearance tour of
the country.
Don Prindle:: IT picked up my tel
ephine the other night and Hitler's
voice was on the wire" Wendell
Niles: you were either hearing
things or your phone was on the
bum" Prindle: The bum was on
the phone"
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in a party dress.
Miss Turner, whose popularity on
the screen has increased by leaps
and bounds since her first picture,
They Won't Forget" made in 1887
was born in the mining town of
Wallace, Idaho. Her parents travel
ed a great deal during her early
life. When she was ten, her father
died and her mother settled in Hol-
lyWood, and it was while she was at
tending high school there that she
was signed for pictures.
A talent scout noticed the pretty
girl as she sat slipping an ice cream
soda between classes at the drug
store across from Hollywood High.
He asked her if she would care to
take a screen test. After consulting
her mother, Lana took the test and
is John Raitt, and his Julie is
played by Jan Clayton. Both are
was given small part in They
Won't Forget"
AS soon as the picture was re-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-02

venile delinquency Jane With
ers and Ross Hunter were a two
some at Tom Breneman's Holly
wood A new South American
importation, singer Chucho Mar
tinez, is now billed at the Troca-
dero Paulett Goddard likes her
honey-blonde tresses so well she's
going to keep them that color per-
manently. Says she: I'm definitely
an ex-brunet trying to acquire a
blonde personality"
Hollywood's fat man, Sidney
Greenstreet, purchased a friends
car-one of the smaller models.
Watching Sidney having difficulty
getting in, Humphrey Bogart
cracked: Sidney, you bought car
that doesn't fit you"
Ingrid Ber1nan didn't like a scene
she had just done for The Bells of
st. Mary" Il did too much smiling"
she said. 81 would like to DO it
again, with only four teeth show
ing instead of eight" They shot the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-02
In The Local
TheaterS
POLLS

Playing for the last times today
at the Loew-Poli theater is the
latest hit from Metro-G Goodwin
Mayer, Keep Your Powder Dry.
Co-starring Lana Turner, LARAMIE
Day, and Susan Peters it is the
story Of three girls who join the
Women's Army Corps and how 1t
effects their lives. It is a picture
that you will enjoy with its inter-
esting theme of the WAC's, with
plenty of drama and comedy
thrown in.
On the same program is Jack
London's thrilling story of the
frozen north, Alaska, Kent Tay-
lor and Margaret Lindsay are CO.
starred in this exciting film.
Starting Thursday at the Poll
Theater is the gay musical extra
vaganza Belle of the Yukon"
starring superb cast including
Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee,
Dinah Shore, and Bob Burns. 1t
is the story of the rip-roaring town
of Malemute in Alaska and what
happens to its inhabitants when a
troupe of dancehall girls, headed
by Gypsy Rose Lee, arrive. Filmed
in beautiful Technicolor with gor-
geous costumes, tuneful melodies;
sung by the incompatible Dinah
Shore; hilariously funny situations,
and beautiful girls: what more can
one ask fort has everything to
entertain you. With Randolph
Scott and Gypsy Rose Lee hand
ling the dramatic department; Di-
nah Shore the sparkling musical
numbers, Bob Burns the comedy,
and with a host of Hollywoods
most beautiful girls, handling the
pulchritudinou department; you
can see that International Pictures
has put before you a group of high
ly capable performers.
The supporting cast is headed by
Charles Winninger, and includes
such fine character actors as
Quinn Big Boy" Williams, Rob-
ert. Armstrong, Florence Bates
Victor Kilian, and Edward Field
ing. The music was composed by
two of the nations outstanding
songwriters, Jimmy Van Heusen
and Johnny Burke.
Companion feature on this great
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-02
In
Hollywood.
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

Hollywood - E K G l. U S " ELY
YOURS: Several studios are plan
ming to approach the Roosevelt
family for possible filming of an F.
D. R. memorial biography. The
proposed picture will be docu-
mentary, assembled from newsreel
clips, with a Hollywood cast enact
ing only his boyhood life. All pro-
ceeds of the film will go to the
Warm Springs Foundation.
Lieut. Comdr. Douglas Fairbanks
Jr., is wearing the Legion of Honor
presented to him by the French
government for his service in the
invasion of southern France.
Harry James was watching his
wife, Betty Cradle, go through some
torrid romantic interludes with
John Payne for a scene in 1.-THE
Dolly Sisters" After one particu-
larly ardent sequence, Betty asked
Harry how he liked it. do you
really want to know" said James.
"Of course" said Betty. well,
honey" replied the grinning James,
you were underplaying it." Ros-
zicka Dolly, who made theatrical
history with her sister a generation
ago, also has been a visitor on the
same set, seeing what the movies
are making of her life. Her only
comment SO far: Hollywood is GER
tainly flattering."
Time, observes George F. Phair,
flies like a rocket plane. Jackie
Coogan is bald-headed and Shirley
Temple is engaged to be married.
NAMESAKES
q. Two white mice do a waltz in Alb
bott and Costello's Naughty Nine
ties" They're named Fred and Gin
ger . Nesto Paiva, who played the
vile villain in The Drunkard" for
nine years, is making a series OF
radio recordings OF helm fight ILL
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-02

Richard Rodgers for the Theater CT
The Gunild, with its other record
smashing musical, oklahoma"
tooling along in its third year on
one side Of West 44th ST., has in
stalled the new one on the opposite
side OF the thoroughfare. Shops
in the vicinity are properly appre-
ciative Of this prosperity in their
midst, for even one hit always helps
out neighborhood.
In tabbing "Carousep as the
seasons best tune show, I do not
wish to convey that it is perfect.
Inevitably there is missing some
of that jewel-hke perfection of
the original "Liliom,' a fault that
probably could not be avoided be-
cause Of the necessity Of adding
music and which, in fact, will not
be fault at all to those who have
never fallen under the spell of
Molnar's play.
Comparison with oklahoma"
is inevitable, however odious, be-
cause the Guild not only produced
both shows, but they have the
same author, composer, director
and photographer. For my money,
"Oklahoma!" is the better all
round entertainment, but "Carou-
SEP has some special qualities that
will endear 1t to many.
Rodgers music is fine job OF
production indignation and there
is scarcely moment when you
are not hearing it, either in full
blown song or dance number or
as background music. The lyrics
OF Hammerstein are excellent for
the most part, at least on par
with those of Oklahoma" if a
little below those he did for Scar
men Jones'" In adapting the play
Hammerstein stuck closely to the
original for the first quarter of it,
injecting only American colloquial-
lism into the lines. After that he
went pretty much his own way,
although retaining the general
theme OF an unregenerate soul who
has to come back to earth to do a
good deed before he can enter
Heaven
In Americanilng the Budapest
story, Hammerstein has laid the
action in New England, time 1873
1885, Liliom has become Billy
Bigelow, but the character is still
a braggart and woman chasing
merry-go-round barker. is partner
in crime, Sparrow, becomes Jigger
Craigin and the owner of the car
ousel is Mrs. Mullin instead of
Mrs. Muskrat. The holdup scene
is staged along the waterfront in
stead Of under a railroad trestle
and Liliom, or Bigelow, commits
suicide by jumping into the water
when the plot is frustrated.
Following the lead of okla
homa!' the Guild has not used any
name" players. AS Bigelow there
brand new to Broadway and good.
Others in important roles are Jean
Darling, Jean Casio, Franklyn Fox,
Christine Johnson. Eric Mattson,
Murvyn Wye, Peter Birch, Russell
Collins and Bambi Linn.
The production was directed by
Reuben Mamoulian and the dances
are the creations of Agnes de Mile,
who again uses ballet to carry for
ward the story Among the songs
that stand out are June is Dustin
Out All Over" When I Marry Mr..
Snow" IF I Loved You," This Was
a Real Nice Clambake" and You'll
Never Walk Alone"
ONE of the seasons costliest
f1ops was THE Firebrand of Flo
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-02
STRAND

Closing it's engagement at the
Strand tonight is Pres production
'Bluebeard' starring John Cara
dine and Jean Parker. The COM
panion feature is Roy Rogers in
Song OF Nevada"
Despite the fact that she is in
uniform in most scenes, Lana Tur-
ner plays in her usual glamorous
style the part Of a WAC in Keep
Your Powder Dry M-G-M picture
which starts a second week in Wa
terbury tomorrow at the Strand
Cast as Valerie Parks, social
butterfly who joins the Corps to in
herit fortune and then return to
her gay. shallow life, Lana has a
role which gives her wide range,
and her talents prove a girl can be
as glamorous in uniform as she can
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-02
IDEA CLICKS

An original radio show, written
for the picture, People Are Funny"
won so many laughs from the $50
extras who formed the studio audi
ence that producers Pine and
Thomas made a transcription OF
the program and have an agency
marketing it.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-02
WRIGLEY WASSAIL

June Allyson, who has been
looming nearer to stardom with
each of her M-G-M pictures, has
Just been given a regular studio
dressing room, after two years OF
using portable ones! She celebrated
by passing out chewing gum to the
cast and crew OF For Better, For
Worse"
Editors Note: The gum was from
a Navy fan in the South Pacific
who sent her three cartonsl
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INJURED, ACTOR RECoCERNG

Kenan Wynn returned to his
home from the Hollywood Hospital
over the weekend, and will con-
valesce there, under nurses care.
for approximately two months be-
fore returning to Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer studios to complete his role
in early To Wed" His jaw, frac-
tured in three places, will have to
remain wired for another thirty
days.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-02

show is the laugh-packed comedy
What A Blonde. Starring Leon
Enrol and featuring Elaine Riley,
Richard Lane, and Michael ST..
Ange, this feature farce comedy
gives smart cast a big workout in
series of mounting, hilarious
complicati tons.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-02
INSTRUCTOR

Gail Russell, who is seen with
Diana Lynn in Our Hearts Were
Growing Up" has been devoting
time away from the studio to teach
ing her co-star how to drive an au-
tomobile.
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Up And Down Broadway
BY JACK GAvER
United Press Drama Editor

NEW
best musical show Of the 1914 As
Carouse Americanized
drama which has been fashioned by Oscar Hammerste
Richard Rodgers Theater Guild.