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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-21

his place. Forrestal called Denfeld in, showed him the memo.
 What have you got to say about that?" Forrestal asked with a grin.
 ''Nothing," replied Admiral Den field.
 Whereupon, Forrestal imnedi- ately appointed Denfeld Chief of the Bureau of Personnel. This, in- cidentally, is not the first time Forrestal has overridden Admiral King recently.
 Admiral Denfeld, however, will have hard time changing the Navy's discharge system materially as long as Admiral Kings and other Annapolis policies prevail.
 Inside fact is that the Japanese surrender caught Admiral King with four different discharge plans in his desk. He had done nothing about any of them. One plan would not have discharged any man from the Navy until six months after V-J Day. It was rejected by Sec retary Forrestal as completely in adequate.
 In Kings much-ballyhooed sec ond report, "U. s. Navy at War, " he went on record very clearly regarding discharges.
 For more than year. he said on page A, we have worked on demobilization methods and have completed tentative plans. We are considering priority for severance and intend when the time comes to give due consideration to length ot service, service outside the con tinental limits, combat service ano parenthood.'
 That report was dated March 27 I945, but apparently King forgot all about it. For demobilization plans were still q tumble of indecisior on V-J Day However the men who fought in the Pacific have not for gotten it, and many of them are blazing mad that his promises, es- pecially regarding combat service and parenthood, have not been kept.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-21
BIC PEACETIME NAVY

While the Nays original dis charge system has now been modi- fled to give one-fourth of point per month for sea duty, thousands of men still consider 1t inadequate, still feel it is designed to force men to remain in a big peace-time Navy.
 They also point out that the re- yised plan still has plenty of jokers.
 For instance, a commander can keep any man for l20 days if he says he needs him, so that six months can easily pass by the time he gets through the separation center. Also combat men generally are aged IT to 28. And they get no credit for the gruelling punish ment they took off Two Jima or Okinawa. These are the young men Admiral Jacobs accidentally ad
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-21
MODERN ETIQUETTE 'y RoRrRrA LEE

the married to sign her name
 
 A her married should social correspondence Jane Smith 
  carry The should
 What the the engagement and the wedding rings? I4~-a-sssss.lss .~ss.-5 Both should be the third finger of the left hand with the wedding below
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-21
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

NSUSED Do My manuscript identical to yours" Say. yours
 MISPRONOUNCED: Intestine Pronounce second as Tn TIN not as in TIME syllable
 Decoee though pronounced day kol-ay
 Friendship ndlness devotion esteem regard love- will, affection, attachment.
 word three times and it is yours Let us vocabulary mastering word each day Todas word qualities Let nuse this lives
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-21
Rebekahs Observe
 Anniversary Next
 Week with Dinner

The Rebekahs will hold their pot luck dinner Wednesday evening, Sep tember 26, at o'clock in the LOOP Hall, commemorating the 94th an- niversary of the Rebekah Degree.
 The Odd Fellows will be guests of the Rebekahs at the dinner as well as all Rebekahs and their families.
 Members are reminded to phone in their reservations for the dinner not later than Monday, Sept. 24, by calling Mrs. Edward Dull, Green 100, or Mrs. Frank Olson, Red 462.
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Some are ready to call it quits and go back to the States if they can't find place to live. ts
 A good many Juneau families must have rooms which could be let to the educators. Any person having space available will be doing not only the homeless teachers a favor, but will be aiding the futherance of the youngsters education if he she will notify Superintendent of Schools A. B Phillips as soon as possible.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-21
HOROSCOPE "The stdrs incline
 bat do not compel"
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER p

Variable planetary aspects rule this day which may be changeable in weather as well as in human moods.
 HEART AND HOME As the higher attributes of Libra are perception and inspiration, home with it's responsibilities is most im- portant to families whose members belong to the Sign of the Scales. There are many dreamers in these domestic circles whose futures de- pend greatly upon proper guidance in early years.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS
 Autumn business now should show great impetus. History will mark this as a most extraordinary year and 1946 will demonstrate how much has been learned regarding trade and commerce.
 NATIONAL ISSUES
 There will be more awareness of menaces to health and the nation will pay great attention to physical well-being This should increase efforts to curb vice in all it's forms.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
 Although the United Nations Charter represents the aspirations cf the peoples of many lands it's enemies will be numerous and the most dangerous will operate secretly. Tn the United States undercover work will progress.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of fair sue cess. Foundations for future sue cess will be laid by the wise.
 Children born on this day probab- ly will be exceedingly clever but lacking In caution. They will be emotional and enthusiastic.
 Copyright. 1945)
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mitted the admirals wanted kept in the Navy-apparently regardless of length of combat duty. His excuse for not giving combat credit was that the records were lost
 How the system works was illus trated the other day on a certain battleship, now on the west coast. The Navy recently issued an "ALLPAC" Gall Pacific directive authorizing all ships to reduce their complement by 10 per cent. This was to give shore duty to deserving personnel who had served a long tour of duty on board and were close to a discharge
 But the order did not have that effect. The majority of those trans ferred were not men who had been overseas, but those who had not been attached to the ship long enough to become necessary" to it's operation Two of the officers had been on board less than three months, but had accumulated points as a result of college train ing and recent marriage They had never been i'll a combat zone on any ship, yet they are receiving discharges ahead of men who made the mistake of becoming valuable" to the Navy and showing interest and efficiency in carrying out their duties.
 Thus the very men who should have been kept on board and trained to relieve experienced of ficers, left the ship.
 (Note-Navy men say that if the brass hats had taken the time and trouble to accompany their demobilization plans with a frank public explanation of the problem, l there would have been less hard i feeling. Instead, the brass hats seem to do things backwards. For 1 instance, the latest ALNAV order
 about wearing civilian clothes on
 the beach met with great rejoicing
 but was cancelled few days later
 when the brass hats thought out
 the problem and realized the con-
 sequent drain on civilian clothing
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-21
SHELDON REAPPOINTED

At a meeting of the Territorial Unemployment Compensation Con- mission at Fairbanks last week, Robert E. Sheldon was reappointed as Executive Director. His present term expires in November, then the reappointment becomes effect- i've.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-21
HOMES FOR TEACHERS

Seems to us the government would be supplying much more vital need if it were building homes for school teachers in Juneau instead of homes for workers The wars over but school is just starting
 The housing situation is causing no end of trouble for number of Juneau school teachers who are here to teach school but haven't place to live
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-21
CAPITAL CHAFF

A vest-pocket edition of the Con- Stitution of the Soviet Russian States is being carried around by ultra conservative Senator Bob Taft of Ohio, who quotes from the Russians every chance he gets. The walters in the Senate Restau- rant are still wearing badges marked USSR, which stand for "U. s. Senate Restaurant" and Union of Soviet Socialist Re- publics." Senator Homer Fer guson of Michigan received a letter from young sailor last week which concluded, T will be watch ing from now on to see if you work as hard to get me out of the Navy as the Navy does to keep me in" Ferguson replied: Although I'll do what I can to help you, you should know that no one man has the energy to put into getting you out of the Navy that the Navy will spend in trying to keep you in" Representative Bill Stew enson of Wisconsin has offered a bill providing $500 100000 for fed orally sponsored research on cancer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-21
YAKUTAT MEN HERE

w. J. Mazailiea and o. s. Aleson, of Yakutat, are registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-21
BYRAM HERE

Fred Byram, of Sitka, has ar rived here and is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-21
HOOK and LEARN %sy c. GORDON

United States John he purchase United Bach Festival celebrated? people it? oysters eggs? ANSWERS:
 Calvin Coolidge Charles G. Dawes, and Charles Curtis. From g. Bethlehem, Chinese
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Empire Want-adS bring results
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The W ashing ion Merry Go Round

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Weather; Highest, 54; lowest, 51; rain.
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Variable planetary aspects rule this day which may be changeable in weather as well as in human moods
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18
Helps
To Block
Suicide

Although he attempted 10 COM
NIT suicide, Andrew Demeter, 50.
Of 1905 Marion, Lincoln Park, ap-
parently took sufficient precau-
tions TO insure failure of his at
tempt.
Last night he called the Lincoln
Park fire department, announcing
he was going 70 take poison. The
firemen phoned the police, who
sped 10 Demeter'S home within a
few minutes.
Police rushed the unconscious
man 20 Wyandotte General Hos
pitsl. Doctors were unable 10
determine what antidote 10 ad-
minister because they did not
know what type Of poison he had
taken
While they were debating this,
a policeman going through Deme-
ter's clothes found A suicide note
which conveniently named the
poison used.
Doctors Immediately admin
istered the proper antidote and
later reported Demeter probably
would live
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18
Jews Observe
Yon1 Kippur

Today is the Day Of Atonement
when the Jewish people remember
their martyrs.
Celebrated by the Jews as Yom
kippur, II is the most holy day in
the Jewish calendar
Ushering in Yom Kippur with
prayer and melody. members OF
the Jewish community met yester-
day in special Kol Nidre services
in which they asked forgiveness
for their sins.
Al Temple Israel, Rabbi Leon
Fran chose Faith OF Our
Fathers" as the theme OF his Kol
Nidre sermon.
At Shaarey Zedek Synsgog serv-
ices. Cantor J. II. Sonenklar and a
male choir chant traditional Kol
Nidre melodies. Cantor David
katzmsn chanted services al
B'nsi MoShe.
David Sckolnick directed the
choir al Bnai David with Cantor
Hyman J. Adler. RABBI Herman
RoSenwasser conducted Kol Nidre
services az the Downtown Syna-
cog, while Rabbi Abraham F.. Mil
ligram officiated a. the Northwest
Hebrew Congregation meeting in
the Bsgley School.
Today's Yom Kippur services
will memorialize especially tho
war dead Of all nations and all
Crppdg
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-18
Disarm Singapore Japs

SHANGHAI. Sept Il GNSJ-
Disarmins of 10000 Jap troops in
the Singapore area continued 10
pIoGresS smoothlY today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-10-08
HESS FLYING T0GERMANY,
 STAND TRIAL
Number Two Nazi War Criminal Has Been in
 SeUefGuarded Place

LONDON, Oct. 8.-The British Air Ministry announced today that Rudolf Hess had left England in an RAF plane this morning for Frank furt on the first leg of journey to Nuremberg, where he will stand trial as Nazo war criminal
 The erstwhile Number Two Nazi, who parachuted down on the Scot tish moors in May of 1941, was driv- en from his place of detention to the airfield in British army car with the blinds drawn.
 Unshaven and impassive, Hess ap- peared much thinner than his most recent photographs. He was wearing gray civilian suit and a gray slouch hat.
 Hess was accompanied by one Army guard, a medical officer and attendant and an official of the Allied War Crimes Commission.
 Hess whereabout had been slose- ly guarded secret throughout the war During the past six months, at least, he had been living under guard near the little Welsh village of Ab- ergaVenny.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-10-08
LAVAL IN DUNGEON
 IN PARIS
Former French Permier Refuses to Stand Trial
 for His Life

PARIS, Oct. 6.-Pierre Laval IS reported by court attendants to be locked in dungeon beneath the Palais de Justice today as the fourth day of this treason trial started late without the swarthy defendant on hand.
 The former Premier's lawyers con- suited Judge Paul Mongibeaux and told him Laval refused to associate myself with a judicial crime. Thus, the former Vichy chief of govern ment was maintaining a decision he reached Saturday not to attend the trial for his life.
 Part of the hour and B minutes delay was caused by the absence of one of the resistance jurors, Jean Gelminal. He was replaced by one of the two remaining substitute jurors.
 Twelve of the jurors are from the Parliament; the other 12 are from the resistance movement which op- posed Germany and the Vichy gov- ernment during the occupation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-10-08
U. S. MARINES
 HAVE EL.ANDED, CHINA PORTS
Troubled Spots Are Taken Over 10 Give Aid
 to Chidng
By SPENCER DAVIS Associated Press Correspondent

TIENTSIN, China, Oct. 8.-U. $. Marines landed in force at three points on the shores Of troubled North China yesterday to assist Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek re- gain control over the last major area still dominated by Japanese.
 While a force of 200 U. s. 7th Fleet transports and warships stood off the Taku River bar, veterans Of the First Marine Division, accustom- ed to pay as you go" jungle warfare from Guadalcanal to Okinawa, took possession of Taku and nearby Tangku port facilities and moved progressively inland toward the fa- nous treaty port and railroad hub of Tientsin.
 Another Landing Team
 At the same time, a smaller land ing team from the 9th Division swept inshore at Chinwangtao, an all weather port and outlet for the rich Kailan coal mines on the gulf of ChiSli
 Third Amphibious Corps head quarters, commanded by Maj. Gen. Keller E. Rockey. Washington, D. C., made is plain that return of the Marines to China was for the pur- pose of maintaining law and order and not to participate in internal disputes
 Tension Mounts
 Tension has mounted in this area of North China, where the Japa- nese have more than 250,000 troops, supported by puppet forces who have been under their domination since the Marco Polo bridge incident touched off the Sino-Japanese war eight years ago.
 Chinese Communists Eighth Route army forces, while not in control of any major cities, have more than 35000 troops camped in the coun- try outside Peking and Tientsin.
 These elements have continued de- site the cessation of hostilities else where.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-10-08
The W ashingto ion
 Merry Co., Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON-Now that Presi-' dent Truman is having his troubles with Gen. MacArthur, he probably looks back on an off-the-record session of his Truman Committee where Macarthur was hot topic of discussion.
 The question was whether Mac Arthur should be publicly spanked in a Truman Committee report for his negligence in losing 300 planes on the ground in Manila, after the Pearl Harbor attack had warned him tn be prepared.
 A brief reference to this was contained in the Truman Commit tee report scheduled for release on March 4, 1914. Copies of the report were in type and circulated con- fidentially to all committee mem bers. The criticism of MacArthur read as follows:
 Censorship is an insult to the patriotism and intelligence of the American people. In the past, it has led to many unwise acts such as the concealing of facts known to the enemy, and even the dissemi- nation of distorted information. For example, the Japanese knew perfectly well the destruction they had wrecked upon our airplanes in the Philippines, but for two years the War Department re- quested that it be kept secret from the public that 300 planes were de- stroyed on Philippine airfields a number of hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor was known.
 ''The loss was only recently made public, and there is at least sus- picion that part of the reason for requesting the committee to con- snler the information secret was the desire to avoid resentment by the public of the loss of 300 planes which would have been so valuable to the defense of the Philippines.
 When this came before the full Truman Committee, however, two Democrats, Hatch of New Mexico and Connally of Texas, objected, together with one Republican, Ball of Minnesota. They did not believe the committee should criticize Mac Arthur.
 Truman, on the other hand. felt that MacArthur's being caught with
 1Cont;pyed m pooe Fourl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-10-08
BRITISH WAR BRIDES STAGE
 DEMONSTRATION
Demand Shipping Com pdnies Supply Passages
 10 U. 5. and Canada

LONDON, Oct 8-Thousands of war brides, left behind in the British Isles when their CT hus- bands were shipped home, are planning a demonstration aimed at stirring shipping authorities to ac- tion in getting them to the United States.
 A parade of protest-planned by the brides for Thursday-was called off today by police. So, the girls are now looking for large hall since 10000 women are expected to attend. They will represent the wives of 54,000 Americans, 34,o0O Canadians and enough others from British Dominions to bring the total to about 100000.
 At Edinburgh, more than l0O banded into a League of Angry Wives
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-10-08
CUBS BEAT TIGERS IN l2 INNINGS TODAY
Magnuson Presents Broad Program for
 Alaska Development

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.-Senator Warren G. Magnuson CD.-Wash) advocates a broad development pro- gram for Alaska to match Russia s enterprise in Siberia, the Post-In- telligencer's Washington correspond ent reported today.
 Magnuson said Russia is building some roads in the maritime prov inces Of eastern Siberia now and plans to build an extensive inter- connecting system in the near fu- ture.
 In contrast, he said, Alaska re- ceives no funds whatever under the Federal Highway Act. The United States Department of Agriculture, Magnuson continued, has done nothing in Alaska.
 He declared there is an immediate need for hospitals there both for veterans and for the treatment of Alaska's alarming tuberculosis program.
 Senator's Program
 The Senator's program calls for:
 l. Immediate construction of both Public Health Service and Veterans Administration hospital facilities.
 2. Establishment of Federal agri- cultural research stations with a comprehensive survey to determine farm possibilities for veterans.
 3. Inclusion of Alaska in the Fed eral-aid highway program with rec ognition given it's wide area.
 A. Construction of coast highway link to Alaska.
 Fishing Developments
 5. Development of fishing areas along the continental shelf, over which President Truman recently declared American jurisdiction, and permanent exclusion of all aliens ffoin fishing those waters.
 G. Improvement of water trans portation.
 War has worn out the ships form erly employed in Alaskan trade, Magnuson said, and none of the ships now in the hands of the Maritime Commission or under con- struction by it are adaptable to that trade. The Senator said he will sub init an amendment to the ship dis posal act in the Senate to allow the Maritime Commission to construct or modify ships to meet Alaska s needs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-10-08
SCORE BY INNINGS
TIGERS
CUBS

WRIGLEY GELD. CHICAGO. Oct. 8-Stanley Hack plastered hit into left with two out and man on second in the twelfth inning today to drive in a run and give the Chicago Cubs an to victory over the Detroit Tigers in the sixth game of the world series, and knot the set-up at 3 victories each.
 It was great game, perhaps the best of all World Series classics
 Despite chilly weather. crowd of 4l,708 turned out, contributing to a gross gate of $204.53l, which made this the richest series in his tory.
 With today's receipts, the first six games have drawn $l,288.277 into the cash register, which. with the $100,000 radio rights, eclipses the previous high mark of $l,322,- 3282l set in the l940 series be- tween the Tigers and Cincinnati Reds.
 The two clubs will take tomorrow off, and the final game will be played here "Wednesday.
 The more than 35,000 box and grandstand tickets will go on sale at Wrigley Field box offices at 6 a. m, tEST) Tuesday.
 No more than four reserved seats will be sold to customer. Bleacher tickets will go on sale at 8 a. m. Wednesday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-10-08
Labor Parliament
 Of British Faced
 Win Big Problem

LONDON, Oct. 8 -- An untried Labor Parliament embarks tomor- row on the gigantic task of con- verting Britain's r-geare d economy to a peacetime basis and providing homes for 100000 bombed-out persons--a job which will be the supreme test of the Socialist reform program sponsored by the new Peoples Government" ,"
 Naturalization of the country's major industries will be the key note of the session.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-10-08
YAMISH|TA ENTERS PLEA
 NOT GUILTY
Blatant Japanese Officer Makes Usual State-
 menf on Charges

MANILA, Oct. 8-Big blatant It. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, who swaggered to victory for Japan in Malaga then hid in the hills when the Americans came back for the Philippines, pleaded innocent to war criminal charges today, and his trial was set for Oct. 29.
 The six-foot, paunchy Yamashita was the first of a long list of Japa- nese war-criminal suspects to be hauled into court for arraignment.
 Clicking his spurred bootheels to- gether, he responded brisk Not Guilty" to charges that he per- mitted brutal atrocities against Americans and Filipinos while he commanded Japanese forces in the Philippines.
 A United States Military Com mission of five generals heard his plea, immediately fixed the date of the trial and directed that it be held in the war-scarred former residence of the Philippine High Commissioner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-10-08
NAzIkRAMER DECLARES HE
 I5 INNOCENT
What Atrocities Were Com : mitted Were Orders
 from Higher-ups

LUENEBURG, Germany, Oct. 8 Josef Kramer swore on the Bible today that he was innocent of war crimes and that atrocities com- mitted at the Oswiecim and Belsen Concentration Camps he com manded were on orders from higher placed Nazis.
 Kramer said he was a loyal Nazi and member of the SS and as such only carried out obediently the orders of the Hitler Hierachy.
 While the other A SS Guards and camp attendants jointly on trial with Kramer before British military court, listened intently,. he told of a riot in a concentra ton camp just a year and a day ago:
 "There was a revolt. Prisoners tried to escape and there was firing near crematoriums one and three. I was in the garden of my home about four kilometers away. My driver came and asked me if I knew crematorium three was in flames. When I arrived, it was burned out already. All the prison CTS who took part in the mutiny were shot when I got there"
 Eyes to the floor, Kramer in- sisted he did not know who ordered the prisoners shot.
 He described the Polish camp at Oswiecim as "a camp which did not wish to enter"