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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-11
CONGRESS
 SPLIT ON
 STATEHOOD
Representatives Have Diff. fering Opinions on
 Alaska
(Continued from Page One)

population of 42,491 in 1870 Idaho, admitted in 1890, was credited by the 1880 census with 88,548 people. Montana, admitted in 1889, was given only 39,159 population by the 1880 census, but had climbed to l42,924 10 years later. Washing ton State, also admitted in 1889, had only 75,116 population in the 1880 census but was credited with 357 7,232 10 years later. Wyoming's population, the year of her admis- sion, 1890, was 62,555. Alaska had 72,524 as of 194o.
 The people of Alaska are going to vote next year on whether they want statehood; the HawaiianS all ready have said they do.
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MonsOn- -Burford
 Wedding Tonight

Miss Mabel Monson will become the bride of J. B. Burford this eve- ming at 7.30 o'clock in the Resurrec- ton Lutheran Church, the Rev. G H. Hilerman officiating. After the ceremony reception will be held from 8:30 to 10:30 o'clock in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel All friends of the couple are invited to attend.
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TOLLEFSON OUT

Assistant United States Attorney Robert L. Tollefson, acting head of the First Division District Attor- ney's office, left here by plane for Ketchikan this morning, to be gone several days. He will look into matters that have piled up for his attention at Ketchikan since the resignation of R. L. Jernberg as Assistant U. s. Attorney at the First City
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MARINE M0VEMENTS

SEATTLE, Sept II = Ship ar rivals yesterday: Clarence King, from Alaska; Sea Partridge, from Ulithi; Frank A. Munsey, from Eniwetok; North Pacific, from AL aska; Morton E. McCary, from Ulithi.
 Departures: Northbound for AL aska Lamar, for Tinian; c. Wa shakie, for Alaska
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BONNIE kEITHAHN
 10 ENTER w. S. {.

Miss Yvonne (Bonnie) Keithahn, daughter of Museum Curator and Mrs. E. L. Keithahn, left by plane yesterday for Seattle, enroute to Pullman, Wash, where she will enter Washington State College as a freshman. She plans to major in Home Economics and Art.
 For the past 15 months, since her graduation from Juneau High School, Bonnie has been employed in the Alaska Road Commission office.
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W. SC. 5. Sewing CireIe Meeting
 Wed. Afternoon

The w. s. c. s. Sewing Circle of the Methodist Church will meet to- morrow afternoon at o'clock at the home of Mrs. George Martin, 1919 West Tenth Street.
 The top of discussion will be Family Loyalty" based on Genesis, Chapters 43 and A.
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GETS 60 DAYS

Elizabeth Rusk, native, who had pleaded guilty to disorderly con- duct charge, late yesterday was sentenced to serve 50 days in the federal jail here, by U. s. Com missioner Felix Gray. A grand larceny count that had been filed against her was dismissed.
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PATRICK J. LYNCH
 DIES IN SEATTLE
Patrick

SEATTLE, Sept. II Patrick Joseph Lynch, 60, who founded the Lynch Brothers Diamond Drill Corp, which helped in the con- struction of many Pacific North west dams, died late yesterday at his home here.
 He founded the company 34 years ago at Juneau, Alaska, where he lived many years. He had lived here the past 27 years.
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Constance Elder Frank Stima( Are
 Welded Last Niqht

Miss Constance Elder, of Salem, Mass, and Frank Stimac, USCG, of Nokomis, H., were united in mar riage last evening by the Rev. Wm Robert Webb at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Episcopal.
 Miss Joyce Mitchell and MT. Kirwin Phillips were their only attendants.
 The young couple are making their home in Juneau for the present.. # 4
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hour trip back to their Aleutian bases.
 All the Kurile missions were car Tied out without fighter support and in the face of enemy fighter attacks and heavy and accurate anti-air- craft fire.
 During the two years operations against the Kuriles, casualties due tosenemy aircraft and ground fire were comparatively low, principally because many crippled ships-unable to return the long distances to the Aleutians-found havens in neutral Russian Kamchatka. It is only a few miles across the first Kurilo Strait from Shimushi Island.
 It is now revealed that B bombers and their crews were saved by this means Water landings in the North Pacific means death by exposure, in a short sometimes within 20 minutes.
 Tn addition to harassing the en- emy troops in the Kurile garrisons, pounding their huge Kataoka Naval Base on Shimushu, and tieing up considerable of their air force, the AIeutian Air Task Force continually bombed and straffed shipping and the Kurile fish canneries and fish eries-one of the principal sources of enemy food production.
 On shipping sweeps, folir-en- gined and two-engined bombers went in at attitudes under 50 feet and often sank small ships with machine gun fire after all bombs were ex- pended
 Both Navy and Army air units saw as much combat time ovrseas as any United States aerial unit.
 zThe 404th Squadron was patrolling the Boring Sea from the Nome sec tor when war was declared, and the 77th was the first Army Air Forces combat unit to go overseas after the declaration The 77tla was alerted for shipment two days after Pearl Harbor.
 In addition to bring the first to bomb the Japanese homeland from land bases, the 77th Squadron had a record of many ''firsts"
 It was the squadron, operating from secret Aleutian bases, which located and surprised and helped tltrh back the Japanese carrier task fierce attacking Dutch Harbor, AL aska, on June and 4, l942.
 Taking off from steel mating run ways in Marauders, with improvised racks that gave the torpedoes only four inches clearance, the squadron sank at least one heavy cruiser and damaged others of the enemy task force
 The squadron carried out 90 bomb ing missions against Japanese in- stailations, but it's principal duty was sweeps against shipping. Dur ing the two years its medium bomb- CTS sank 21 enemy cargo vessels, transports and warships; probably sank seven more, and damaged 30.
 In so doing, the 77th virtually was wiped out four times, as, during the two years, the squadron lost 49 bombers l3 going to Kamchatka. A medium bomber squadron opera tional strength usually is 12 oombers.
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OMINATO, Japan, Sept. 1l.-Lt Col. James P. Devereux, heroic Ma rine commander on Wake Island, is alive and in charge of one of the prisoner of war camps in the Bibai area of Hokkaido Island, five prison- CTS of war from the district reported here today.
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SEATTLE CHAMBER COMMERCE
 TURNS DEAF EAR TO VIEWS OF ANCHORAGE NEWSPAPERMAN
(Continued from Page One)

joy greater business with Alaska made no impression. Thomas had no answer to my contention that an Oriental air route from Seattle would touch Adak or Kiska but no other point, thus leaving all of Alaska entirely out of the picture
 While tomorrow's meeting remains closed to Alaska, Thomas said I would be permitted to attend. He also granted me 10 minutes to give the Alaska point of view at Fridays Seattle Chamber meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-11
VAL HAGGERTY DIES

Val Haggerty, former wellknown Al employee, passed away in Spo- kane, Wash, on Sept. 2, according to advices received here.
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NORTHLAND COMING

The Motorship Northland, from Seattle, is scheduled to arrive to- morrow night or Thursday morning
 The Steamer Aleutian, from the Westward, south bound, is sched uled to arrive early tomorrow evening.
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JESSIE WEIGH ARRIVES

Jessie E. Welch flew here yes terday from Anchorage via Alaska Airlines, and is guest at the Baranof Hotel.
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MRS. WEsTER HONORED

Mrs. John Mclaughlin enter tained friends at her home. with an informal tea yesterday after noon in honor of Mrs. Wilbur Wester, of Anchorage, former Juneau resident, who is visiting here.
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SCHROEDER IN JUNEAU

Leo Schroeder, Port Angeles, Wash, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
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MRS. SLOAN HERE

Mrs. Faye E. Sloan, of Anchorage, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel
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BIG SECRET OF PACIFIC
 WAR TOLD
ser AIeutian Based Task Force Was Small But Tied
 Up Japanese

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Evening star., 1945-08-06
Dutch Indies Airmen
Join Homeland Raids
Ry the Associated Press.


MANILA, Aug. 6.-The Royal
Netherlands Indies Air Force, re-
built from scattered units snatched
from Japanese-conquered Indies
Islands, is hitting a new morale
peak as 1t joins the new Allied Of
fensive against its former homeland
Although only small part 6f the
vast Allied Air Forces in the Pacific
some units already are operating at
Balikpapan, a strategic base for the
bombing of Java. Another unit
based in Northern Dutch New
Guinea has been striking Japanese
installations in Netherlands terri
tory for months.
Air force personnel comprised the
only large group allowed by the
Netherlands Indies command to
leave as the japanese invaded the
Indies in darkest 1912. Hundreds
of them went to Australia-and later
to the United States-as the Air
Force began to reorganize and re-
build, explained 1st 1t. Anthony de
Vos, assistant Netherlands liaison
officer at Gen. MacArthur's head
quarters.
Personnel at first was acutely
short; even now, most tail gunners
Of Netherlands planes are Austrail-
ians, because their aren't enough
Dutch flyers to replace them. Dozens
Of Netherlands bomber, fighter and
Navy patrol-plane pilots already
have joined the Allied offensive,
however.
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Tito Grants Amnesty
Ito Former Chetniks
Py the Associated Press.

ny Inc AsSOClaltu
Yugoslavia's provisional parlia-
ment granted wide amnesty yester-
day to former Chetniks and other
persons who served, without COM
mitting any specific crime, in Naz
puppet or collaborationist ranks
during the occupation, the Belgrade
radio said.
The broadcast, reported by the
Owl, said the action was taken at
the request of Marshal Tito.
No mercy was decreed, however
for Gestapo agents, members of the
armed Croatian pro-Nazi force,
leaders of collaborationistg groups and
exiled fugutives, as well as persons
sentenced or awaiting sentence as
war criminals.
The Chetniks, followers of Gen.
Draja Mihailovich, onetime minister
of war in the Yugoslav government
in exile, were accused by Tito's fol-
lowers of aiding the Germans, and
feeling between the two factions ran
high during the war.
Emphasis in granting the amnesty
was placed on whether or not the
person receiving it had campaigned
actively against his country's well
fare or had been forced into a COL
laborationist role.
Among those receiving amnesty
were army deserters, persons who
slandered the Yugoslav Army or the
peoples administration, draft dodg-
ers and certain military personnel.
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Veterans
| Pulled OFT in
lFreuk Accident
u the Associated Press.


TOWANDA, Pa, Aug. 6.-David
r. Wood, 20, of nearby Liberty Cor
ners. discharged from thes Army
June rs after service In Italy, France
and Germany, was decapitated Sat-
urday night in a freak accident
while Glowing" with his brother
in-law, State Patrolman Michael
Ryan reported today.
Patrolman Ryan said Mr.. Wood
was killed in this manner:
The veteran and his brother-in-
law, Francis johnson, were joking
as they rode in truck. Mr.. john
son playfully picked up chain and
put it around Mr.. Woods neck,
hooking the links.
The end of the chain dropped out
of the truck window, caught in the
rear wheel and pulled Mr.. Woods
head from his body, hurting it is
feet in front of the vehicle. AS the
chain frightened, 1t struck Mr.. john
son in the face, breaking his jaw
and cutting his neck and chest. He
is in a serious condition In Sayre
(Pa.) hospital.
Mr.. Wood was uninjured during
his entire service overseas.
Evening star., 1945-08-06
U.S.. Completes Agreement
For Swiss Airline Routes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The State Department yesterday
announced conclusion of five
freedoms" airline agreement with
Switzerland, based on the agree
ments reached at the international
Aviation Conference in Chicago last
year.
The agreement gives United
States airlineS the right to fly over
Switzerland, to make nontraffic
stops, and to pick up and discharge
cargo, passengers and mail at &C.
neva or another suitable airport.
The Swiss gain reciprocal rights
to New York, although as yet they
have no airline established for the
route.
The agreement completes another
link in the planned American air.
lines routes over the North Atlantic
to Ireland, Paris, Switzerland, italy,
Greece and the Near and Middle
East.
Similar pacts have been made
with Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Ice
land and Ireland.
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Badog|io Confirms
.LavaI's Secret Treaty.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, Aug. 6-Rome newspapers
yesterday carried story distributed
by the Italian News Agency Orbis in
Which Former Premier Marshal
Pietro Badoglio confirmed the ex-
istence of a secret French-I italian
military pact signed in June, 1885.
Former Vichy Premier Pierre La
val testified at the trial Of Marshal
Petain Friday that he had concluded
such a secret alliance with Musso-
linis italy in 1885.
Orbis' story quoted Badoglio a.
saying that 1t would have been more
correct to speak Of "the aid France
would have given Italy and Italy
would have given France in case Of
a German attack" than "the Petain
trial declaration that the military
agreement was for the protection OF
France in case Of German attack
against Austria"
Laval had testified that the treaty
was negotiated Ito bind Italy and
France together against German ag-
gression which had already started
in Austria"
The story said that Badoglio, asked
for an estimation Of Petain. replied,
For me Petain is a great soldier.
I could not say more"
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Universal Training
Advocates Abandon
Hope for Passage
Ry the Associated Press.

81 the hssoelateo ieSss
Congressional hackers of universe
military training said privately to.
day they have all but abandoned
hope of winning their fight.
They plan to make an effort
when Congress reconvenes in Octo.
Der, to put through a program ol
compulsory training for all able
bodied youths, but they don't ex-
pect to get far.
The House Postwar Military Policy
Committee, headed by Representa-.
tive Woodrum, Democrat, of Vir.
ginia, has recommended the pro.
gram. 1t has the solid backing oi
the Army, Navy and veterans
groups, but is opposed by most
churchmen, educators and organized
labor.
Proponents, who contend a peace.
time draft is necessary as a future
defense measure, blame delay ir
action and the current low ebb OF
Army sentiment on Capitol Hill fol-
the dark outlook.
Another factor involved is Presi-
dent Truman's attitude. Pending q
promised message to Congress this
fall, the Chief Executive has re-
fused to state his views on the SUBJ
ject.
Some Capitol Hill friends Of the
President, however, say Mr.. Truman
is much more likely to suggest an
enlarged and modernized National
Guard rather than universal train
ing legislation.
I'VE had a fighting chance up to
about a month ago." one of the most
ardent hackers Of postwar conscrip-
ton said, "but recent actions of the
Army have just about ruined that
chance"
Evening star., 1945-08-06

Rice prices in Kweiyang. China,
increased 500 per cent in three
months of this year.
Evening star., 1945-08-06

Southern Rhodesia expects to
produce 5000 900 pounds of Turkish
type tobacco this year.
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Huge Wave Damages
Hornet, Unhit by laps
In "A Months Action
BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY.


without even an enemy inflicted
scratch during IA months of de-
structiye activity, the 27,000-ton Es-
sex class carrier Hornet is home for
repairs, the Navy announced today.
But 1t was the elements and not the
enemy that sent her back.
In the second of two typhoons
through which she ploughed of
Okinawa, gigantic wave let her
down with such force that the for
ward end Of her flight deck was
folded down over her prov.
The miShap occurred June 5. The
big ship steamed through the Gold
en- Gate at San Francisco July Z
for overhaul and reconstruction of
the damaged flight deck.
Launches Planes From Stern.
Although the damage precluded
launching of planes in the normal
manner, after the blow she backed
into the wind to launch her search
planes off the rear of the flight
deck. After they had assisted in
assembling the task force, they re-
turned to the ship and the Hornet
retired from the battle area.
Successor to the earlier Hornet,
which launched the Doolittle attack
on Tokyo, the present carrier rolled
up an impressive record. In IA
months of almost continuous action
her flyers and gunners shot down
668 enemy planes, destroyed 742
more on the ground, sank cruiser,
a large Jap carrier, 10 destroyers
and AZ cargo ships and was the first
to hit the battleship Yamoto, later
sunk.
First to Hit Philippines
The Hornet also struck the first
blow for liberation of the Philip
pines and was the first to hit Tokyo
with a full-scale carrier attack.
Other places where she saw action
in the Pacific included the Marianas,
Guam, the Bonins, the Volcanos,
Eniwetok and Truk.
The Hornets men became so con-
temptuous of enemy forces that they
formed the "Jocko Jima Development
Corp" for the purposes of ''devel-
oping and selling shares in real
estate within 500 miles of downtown
Tokyo"
Evening star., 1945-08-06
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Evening star., 1945-08-06

Cote Owner Fishes
OKLAHOMA CITY R.-Sign or
the door of a seafood restaurant;
"Closed-gone fishing"
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Sufficient Winter Coal
Forecast in France
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 6.-The Paris ra-
dio quoted Finance Minister Rene
Pleven as saying yesterday that
France had now won the battle of
winter"
M. Pleven said the United States
would deliver to France 400, 900 tons
Of coal monthly, and Germany
must deliver us 10000, 900 tons," the
broadcast added.
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Brenda will
You Step Out
With Me Tonight?

know I've been an awful Crouch not tax
ing you any place lately. But after standing
ali day at my new job. my feet darn near
killed me with callouses and burning. Now
I've reformed -or rather my feet have -
thanks to the medicinal Ice-Mint you ad-
vised. Never tried anything that seemed to
draw the pain and fire right out % fast
and the way IL helps soften caIlouses is mo-
body's businessi Been able to get some ex-
trs overtime money-so what do you say.
let's 20 dancing tonight. You en- step on
my Ice-Mint fss4 sI you want
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Queen EIizubeth Is As

LONDON, Aug. s (R).-Queer
Elizabeth celebrated her 18th BIRTH
day anniversary with dinner party
at Windsor Castle Saturday night
1t was attended by % members Of
the royal family, largest such gath
ering since the war began. The
dance which followed was attended
by 100 guests.
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Sir Robert Lynn Dies

BELFAST, Aug. 6 P).-Sir Rob-
ert Lynn, 72, chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee and deputy
speaker in the Ulster Parliament
since 1929, died last night of heart
ailment.
Evening star., 1945-08-06
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
Jackie Robinson
Pacing Monarchs

strong pitching staff, paced by
Verdel Mathis, sterling young
SouthpaW of 10 bad start at
the first Of the season, Mathis
has been coming along rapidly in
recent weeks In 80 innings Ma
this has yielded 80 hits. 38 runs
and 81 base on balls. Al the same
time he has famed 54, just one
behind Gentry Jessup Of Chicago
who is leading the league
To get more hitting in his line
up. Manager Larry Brown has
shifted jim Ford from third TO
second, putting Longley at the hot
corner.
Both Frank Duncan, manager OF
the Kansas City Monarchs, and
Larry Brown are we'll known to
Detroit baseball fans. Duncan first
played here in 1920 when he came
here with Joe Green's Chicago
Giants to play the Detroit Stars a
series OF games al Mack Park. He
was traded to the Monarchs the
same year, and has been there ever
since.
Brown was a member OF the De-
troit Stars catching staff in 1926,
alternating with Leon Daniels in
handling the pitchers. He has also
served with the Chicago American
Giants and Homestead Grays.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-14
Col. Davis Takes
Full Charge As
SelwayLeaDes

WASHINGTON. D. c. (NNPA)
Finally, Col. Robert SelWay, ex-
ponent and practitioner of the
Jim-Crow policies OF Maj. Gen.
Frank Cd Hunter OF the First
Air Force, has been removed en-
tirely from Goldman Field, base OF
the 477th Composite Group Fight
r-Bomber). His complete re-
moval is the Gu m n ION OF a
struggle lasting over year.
Col B. O. Davis Jr., made group
commander on June %. is now
base commander, also. The entire
field is now under the supervision
and control OF Col. Davis. 1t is
the first time in the history of the
Air Force that this situation has
been true
Under Col. SelWay. the entire
headquarters staff was white.
Now. these positions. ranging up
10 lieutenant colonies, will be
filed by qualified Negro officers.
Although there has been some
urging that a few white officers
be kept TO make an integrated
SldH, IL IL DVIltNtu tndt tIlc val
Department would not condone
such procedure. Such officers
would be under command OF a
Negro colonel. and the War De-
partment. though progressing in
many ways, has not come that far
yet. il is pointed out
Col. Davis has already indicated
he intends 10 make the post strict
~ military The first group OF
WACS arrived on the post last
Sunday. and another unit OF WACs
is 10 follow shortly. They will
handle the bulk OF the clerical
work formerly handled in large
measure by white women civil
ianS.
The new commander is rapidly
filing the administrative posi-
tons II is known that a large
number OF his men are being OBJ
,ained by transfers from the Tus-
kegee Army Air Field. where pro-
motional opportunities are almost
nil for them Many Goldman Field
officers are being likewise pro-
noted