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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
JAMES PRIMAvERA PASSES AWAY IN
 HOSPITAL TODAY
Member of Empire Staff for t6 Years Dies Fol-
 lowing Operation

James Primavera, 54, passed away early this morning in St. Ann's Hospital as the result of pulmonary embolism following a double opera tion, and today there is sadness among the members of the staff of The Daily Alaska Empire, where Jimmy" as he was known to his legion of friends, had been one of them for the past l6 years as shop foreman.
 Jimmy" went to St. Ann's Hos pital and was operated upon Sat urday, September 8. He rallied splendidly, then relapsed, gradually improved again until early last eve- ming when he relapsed again and passed away about 1 o'clock this morning. The remains are at the Charles w. Garter Mortuary, pend ing funeral arrangements.
 Jimmy was born in Butte, Mon tana. He came west to Seattle when youth, became interested in the printing business and started his profession as a pressman.
 He came north during 1917 and joined The Empire staff as press man. In 1918, he and Florence AL lison, of Haines, were married in Juneau. Later Jimmy" and his bride went to Cordova and for a time he was employed on the Cor dova Times, on which Art Bringdale was linotyper. Primavera returned to Juneau and again became asso- ciated on The Empire. Tn the fall of 1919, Primavera went south to Seattle, taking the plant of the Alaska Dispatch, and became asso- ciated with E. c. Russell, former publisher in Juneau, who started the Alaska Weekly in Seattle.
 Jimmy" came north several years later and joined the staff of the Ketchikan Chronicle. Accompanied by his wife and daughter, Primavera returned to Juneau ill 1929 and Jimmy joined the staff of The Empire, remaining as member up to the time of his death, except for the years l933-l936 when he was a part owner of the Alaska Press.
 He is survived by Mrs. Primavera, who has lately been in Seattle to be with their daughter, Mrs. Jay tBeatrice) Adams, and also brother in Seattle.
 Jimmy was one of the likeable fellow swho made and kept friends. He was member of the Ketchikan Lodge of Elks and of the United Pressmen of America. Seattle Local.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
GIFTS FROM BRAZIL

Just five days by air mail from Brazil to Juneau is all it took for a gift-package containing a beau- tiful alligator handbag to reach Mrs. Dick Dalziel, from her hus- band, Pfc. Dick Dalziel, who is now stationed at Recise, Brazil. Also in the package were some beautifully sheer silk hose, of the type which have been practically impossible to find here or in the States the past two or three years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
SPAR Has Situation In Hand Here

Juneau is no longer to be ignored by the fair sex personnel of the Coast Guard service.
 A SPAR has finally been assigned to duty here-even if only on tenn porary status.
 Yeoman 1/c Agnes Schieder is now blooming alone but not unappreciat- ed among just lot of men in the office of the Captain of the Port tere. She has been assigned from Ketchikan District Coast Guard Headquarters to take over the du- ties of Mrs. Dorothy Ulery, civilian employee of the Marine Inspection Service, recently resigned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
"tHUCk" PORTER HOME FROM WAR;
 GOING TO REMAIN

It. Charles Porter, local boy who has returned home to stay, he says, ito get in some hunting just as quickly as possible" is another of Juneau's many veterans who have seen as much of this world as they care to and who find the thrill of lifetime in returning to their old home.
 Chuck" as he is known to his friends. was graduated from the Juneau High School in l94l. and joined the Army Air Corps in March, 1943. He was commissioned early in l943 as bombardier-nav gator and instructed for a year in Texas. He then went overseas, where he was based with B-29 squadron in Ireland and England, which, when wars tempo increased, was sent to France and then to Belgium, which was the incest, cleanest country of them all," he said. "The people are more cordial and their steaks were wonderful . [. even if they were horsemeat."
 In Belgium, It. Porter was transferred from the Marauder B-26, to which he had been as- signed, meanwhile, to the new A-26 Invader, which. to quote It. Porter, "is a sweet ship"
 Tn flying to the European theatre, Porter crossed by way of the northern route, and after complet- ing Al missions before the wars end in Germany, he flew the southern route back, stopping at a base in Brazil
 Chuck" wears the Presidential Unit Citation During the mission for which the Unit Citation was re- ceived, over half of the planes were lost This mission was also the first and only time that he clashed with German fighter planes. He also wears the Air Medal with seven clusters, and ETC ribbon with four campaign stars: Northern France, Ardennes, Central Germany and the Rhineland.
 Sometime in early November he expects to be joined here by his wife and two children and will settle in Juneau and raise his family. The only difficulty now ir "Chuck's" life is Ito find house to raise my family in"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
COASTAL AIRLINES
 ON MANY FLIGHTS

Alaska Coastal Airlines brought the following incoming people to Juneau yesterday, from Ketchikan; w. L. Smith, A. w. Almquist, Abe Lokke and c. Purdy.
 From Petersburg: G. E. Bigelow and Thcs. J. Dawson.
 From Tenakee: Bernard Ordova and E. T. Andrada.
 From Sitka: Clyde Bigley and D. A. Hope.
 From Hoonah: John Mancell and Roy Jewell.
 From Excursion Inlet: M. D. Mo- Kay and Wm. A. Stevens.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
WRANGELL MAN DIES

Melvin Skelton, wellknown young man of Wrangell, succumbed sud- denly yesterday afternoon to a heart attack in a taxicab while on his way to a small boat at the city float.
 The remains are at the Charles w. Carter Mortuary, from which funeral arrangements will be an- nounced, pending word from his mother in Wraneen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
Shirley Temple Will. Wed Tomorrow Niqhf

GLENDALE, csifgf Sept. la.-A bystander asked Shirley Temple for her autograph a6hEslpe complied, re- marking, "1-sguess sFthat's the last time I'll sign by name this way
 The 17-year-old veteran movie &C., tress and Army Sgt. John George Agar. Jr., 24, had just obtained a marriage license when she gave the autograph yesterday The ceremony will be performed tomorrow eve ming. ,4s -9q
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
FLEET CHANCES II! IN
 ARE ANNOUNCED
\,

tE.I5xFt
 PEARL HARBCR, Sept. 18.-Navy Headquarters announces that all United States avafforces in Japa- nese waters Soon would be assign ed to the Fifth Fleet under Adm. Raymond A. Spruance.
 Spruance will relieve Adm. Will lian F. Halsey. commander of the Third Fleet, who is scheduled to de- part from Japan Sept. 20, for the United States.
 Vice Adm. Frank F. Fletcher, who commanded the North Pacific forces during the establishment of Ameri- can Naval Occupation of Northern Japanese ports, also will leave Japa- nese waters soon for his Aleutian Headquarters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
PREMIER STALIN
 MAY REL|NQUISH
 HIS PRESIDENCY

PARIS, Sept. Is. = The Paris Presse said in a copyright article today that Generalissimo Stalin was likely to relinquish the Presidency of the Council of Peoples Commis- sars Premiership this winter and retire from all political activity because of ill health.
 The newspaper described Stalin as suffering from a liver ailment in conjunction with fatigue. This, it said, was the explanation of Stalin's delay in arriving for the Potsdam Conference with President Truman and Winston Churchill.
 LINDAHL IN TOWN
 John C. Lindahl, of Seattle, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
HERE FROM SITKA

MT. and Mrs A. w. Johnson, of Sitka, are guests at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
GEESE IN TOWN

Henry A. Giese arrived in Ju- neau yesterday on Pan American Clipper from Seattle and is regis tered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
ANCHORAGE MEN HERE

Pete Brown and w. J. Pegee, of Anchorage, have arrived in town and are guests at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
MIR MRS. KRuZE HERE

MT. and Mrs. Louis Kruze, of Fairbanks, are guests at the Bar anof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
FROM WHITEHORSE

Mir. and Mrs Douglas Bradley, of Whitehorse, are guests at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
SJTKA MEN HERE

A. c. Kuehl, Ben Miller and Lowell Colby, of Sitka, are regis tered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
KETCHIKAN MEN HERE

Abe Lokke, C. Purdy and A. w.. Almquist, of Ketchikan, are guests at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
MRS. HENDERSON ARRIVES

Mrs. Harriet Henderson, Brem- erton, Wash, is guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18
MR.. MRS. FLETCHER HERE

MT and Mrs. Elliott Fletcher. of Sitka, are guests at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-09-18

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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-11
AMERICAN TOBACCO
COMPANIES BIDDING !.
FOR MACEDONIAN LEAF

ATHENS. Aug. W.-(P)e---Ciga-
rette.staryed Americans soon may
taste the preWar blend in their
tavorite: brands if SUCCESS yer owns
thes efforts of ..repres atives, Of
the three largest Americ an toF
hacco, companies who are, dfcker
ing with tthe.sGreek government t tooz
of huge lots Of accumu.
lated choice. Mac edonian tobacco.
! Buyers for, R. J. Reynolds, Zig
.gett, and Myers, land the American
Tobacco Company ares negotia ting
for. 1890, oOe pounds Of high grade
taken over by the gov GOV,
ernrnert after. Gre ece's LIBERATION
II stheyF. sue cged,s the shipment Will
be- HE first Mac edonian tobacco
sent to,:thea United States since the
German; invasion. =, -. -.
.s.2PreWasa- Mac donian tobacco was
an important element in all popu,
lar American cigarette blends, bu'
in war years, the companies nave
had to, depend on accumulated
stocks, reduction Of Oriental to,
bacco, content or heavier use g
Turkish varieties. ),
The tobacco, part of the ls4z
and 1913 CROP, was collected
graded, and stored by the Ger
mans !. and Bulgarians, but aoan'
-doned when they left Greece.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-11
ACL Seeks Authority
To Purchase Atlanta,
Birmingham & Coast

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Up
The Atlantic Coastline Railroad to-
day asked Interstate Commerce
Commission authority to purchase
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast
Railroad. 49,. ~
A. B. C. operates about 637 miles
Of trackage in Georgia and Ala
bama.
The Atlantic Coast Line owns all
the no.par common stock and, in
effect, asked authority to dissolve
the A B.. C. Company and to op-
crate its lines as a division of the
Atlantic. Coast. Z
The Atlantic Coast Line would
take over all employees Of the A. B.
and C.. s..
The application said the A. B. C.
plans to redeem on January /,
1916 notwithstanding preferred stock
at the. full redemption price of
$105. so.
Redemption of the preferred stock
will relieve A. B. and c. of annual
interest charges of per cent on
S., 18D, 800, the par value of this
stock, the application said.
The A. B. and c. line extends
from Brunswick, Ga, to Atlanta,
Ga, and from Manchester, Ca to
Birmingham, Ala, with branches
in Georgia from Seasons to Way
cross and from Fitzgerald to Tho
masville. = ~
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Londoners Let Hair Down
While American CT.
Have Big Time

NEW YORK, Aug. 1o.-WD-
With shrieks' and shouts, and
laughter and tears the world today
greeted what it hoped was the
dawn Of peace and from London to
Chungking through Honolulu and
Okinawa millions of JOY crazed
men and women rent the skies
with their happy voices.
But as the afternoon of what
had promised to be VI Day waned
into dusk, ithe United States gen
orally wash proving to be the one
exception. Ticker,tape and tori
newspapers fluttered into the
streets spasmodically and hall
heartedly here and there, yet nc
genuine, whole-hearted celebration
of the kind for which Americans
are noted, developed anywhere
Even Broadway and Times Square
here, where celebrations usually
are riotous, was calm. 1t seemed
Americans, having been pushed
into a premature celebration Of
We Day, were not going to lei
themselves go until they were
certain the war was over.
Americans in Okinawa ane
Hawaii felt no. such re.icence
These mainly were America
fighting men who have been killing
the enemy and getting killed, who
have taken the. risks, who know
definitely what war is like Those
on Okinawa got the news afte-
dark. They streaked the night sky
with trace bullets. They fired off
heir rifles, pistols, and flare guns.
They Rugged one another, slapped
enc another laughing and shout
ing: 1.-The Wars Over" Those in
Hawaii awoke to the news and
within hours, were giving Homo.
lulu, where the Japs started this
war, the widest day it has ever
known, early risers canr eened
through the; streets in their speed.
ing cars. Bands off, sailors rat
along the sidewalks, throwing
confetti. <t,!.s a1asi
The fighting men in the Philip.
pines, Americans and Fiiipinos
were not backward about express.
Continued on Page Three Col A
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a KNOWN KILLED
IN TRAIN WRECK
Is Recovered Bodies Are
Service Men And
Women

MICHIGAN, N. D., Aug. 10 -
up - Thirty-four persons were
known dead today in the Great
Northern Railway collision caused
when the first section Of the West
bound Empire Builder stopped to
cool hotbox last night and was
telescoped by the second section.
Approximately so others were
injured, 10 seriously.
Wrecking crews digging into the
debris recovered 80 bodies and
could see that Of the Saith in the
tangle of tirnbers and twisted steel.
Eighteen of the recovered bodies
were those of service people. in
GLIDING two Navy nurses; ten
women; two children; two male
civilians, and the porter on the
INSTRUMENTATION car Of the first
section in which the heaviest toll
occurred. ,
Military authorities from Fort
Smelling, Mimi, took charge OF the
servicemen's bodies and said
identities would not be reported TN
til next Of kin had been notified
Railway officials said that be
CAUSE of current travel conditions
difficulty was being experienced
in, identifying the civilians. One
WAS identified by Ensign L. H.
Lofthus Of Lowell WASH as thai
Of his wife. A train porter said
another was That Of Lloyd S. Bur
dick of Great Falls, Mont. A third
was J. Pearson of Chicago; porter
on the sleeper-observation car.
A bracelet on the body of young
woman clad in the seersuckel
summer uni 'orm of the Waves bore
the name, Adelaide F. McManrs
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. g.
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So;y,iiets Hit
Enemy
Wide Front
JAPs FALLING BACK
Tanks, Cavalry Follow In
fantrymen In Mass At
tacks Near Dalai
By HENRY B. JAMESON

LONDON, Aug. 10.-(P)-Rus-
sian mobile columns ripped 106
miles into Japan's stolen Man
churian Empire today in a spec
tacular sweep from the West along
the Chinese Eastern railroad. the
Soviet High Command said tonight.
Four mighty Soviet forces were
pouring in growing masses across
the 2,00O-mile Observation-Disclosures
frontier from outer Mongolia to
the border area /. IS miles North
west, of the great Russian port
of Vladivostok, Moscow's second
war communique. said.
Tokyo said the huge Russian
drive also had invaded the Japa-
nese-conquered land of Korea and
had smashed into the, southern
half of -Sakhalin Karafutol Island,
which lies only 80 miles from the
Northernmost Island-Hokkaido-
Of the japanese homeland. :
The Soviet Far Eastern armies
were rolling back japanese de-
lenses with the, same. fierce as
saults which collapsed the Ger
mans on the European Eastern
front, cracking japanese border
ratification with power-packed
artillery and tank blows.
The Russians, the Moscow war
bulletin reported, made two new
crossings of the Amur river and
drove along both the Western and
Eastern ends of the Chinese East.
ern railroad, which stretches $50
miles across Manchuria and feeds
the japanese city of Hardin.
Using tactics proved in the war
against H it l. err, Generaissimo
Joseph Stalin's armies made their
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
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ALLIED LEADERSHIP
LONG HAS DISAGREED
OVER HIROHlTO FATE
Nv The Associated Press

Allied leaders long have dis
agreed over the treatment to be
accorded Emperor Hirohito aftel
the war.
The differences Of opinion have
been reported among groups with
in the United States government
The British, however, have beer
reported as following the line tina
Hirohito should be preserved as
means of preventing chaos in post
war Japan.
sfOn the other hand, the Peoples
Political Council of China, repre-
senting millions of Chinese, ha!
recommended to the. Chinese gov
eminent that Hirohito be branded
a war criminal.
Russia's position. has not beer
officially announced. A Moscow ra
dio commentator, heard by NBC
said last (Friday) night. however
after referring to Japan's offer tc
surrender on condition that Hiro.
hito: be retained, that:
''Unconditional surrender means
Just that - unconditional surren.
der .
Australia, in rejecting the Amer.
ican-3ritish- Chinese .'Potsdam sur
render ultirnaturn, said the terms
proposed were too alenient toward
japan. a, H.
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CHURCHES OF CITY
WILL BE OPEN ALL
DAY ON W DAY

wilningtonians yesterday &C
CELEBRATED plans for the observance
of VI Day, as hurried news re.
ports indicated the long-awalteo
moment might not be so far away
Regardless of how. much OF q
celebration is anticipated by indl,
vidua1s, it is expected that W
Day. itself, when finally proclaim
ed by, President Truman, will fine
the majority: Of Wilningt onians
offering prayers Of = thanksgiving.
When the first wave of excitement
settles about the City following the
vail of air. raids sirens sounding
their last notes during the creates
war the, world has ever known,
the !. quiet that follows probably
will find, most OF the -citizenry
making their, way toward their
churches. i ~; '-e- :, :. 'i'.-.-
The Rev. CD; 4Barclift, president
Of the Wilmington Ministerial AS
sciation, announced yesterday that
The City's churches will be opened
that day TO all Services of'thanks-
giving will be held at 1890 p m.
if the announcement is: father COM
ing before noon, and at; ~ p. m.
f1ynrti, ;,,oj. ~, po 20 rhr.e. Cal u
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PETAIN WITNESS
CAUSES UPROAR

PARIS, Aug. 10.-U.H-A blind.
69-year-old general created a sem
sation at the trial Of Marshal
Henri Philippe Petain today when
his charge that the trial would ele-
vate Petain to martrydom brought
shouts Of Civil War" from mem.
bers Of the jury.
With tears streaming from his
blind eyes, Gen. Emile De
E. Armurier, former director OF
the French War School, shouted
dramatically:
If the court goes through with
the travesty of justice of condemn
ing this great man to military deg.
tradition, Petain will become all
the greater and we Frenchmen
would feel we and France were
the ones dragged into the mire -
The whole court except the judge
and jurors applauded and a juror
jumped up and yelled this is civil
war"
Judge Pierre Mongibeaux
brought the court to order, Peta n.
his face chalk white, arose and
walked over to the old general who
had fought under him at Verhcn
and was four times wounded there.
For once I would like to speak,"
he said. II would ike to make
clear that l. did not know the gen.
eral was coming here. This was
done without my knowledge or. con.
sent.''
Gen. L'Armurier was the And
defense witness and probably the
last in this trial.
Earlier, Gen. Georges Catrocs,
French Ambassador to Russia.
testified by letter that Petain'a
Vichy government had refused .
Japanese offer OF defense alliance
because it would provoke inter
vention by third power" -
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U.S.. SUBS SINKS
JAPANESE SHIPS

PEARL HARBOR, Aug. 18.-R-
American submarines in daring TO-
rays inside. the. Sea of Japan sank
more than so ships, the Navy, dis
closed today.
Attacking in "the Imporor's owr
back yard the U. S. subs struck
against the enemy's last unnolest'
ed sea lanes between China and
Japan.
Submarine commanders who car.
ried out what the Navy described
as some of the most daring deeds
OF the. Pacific war related how they
penetrated heavily-mined ap'
proa ches to Japan's inner harbors
to- smash at his dwindling mer'
chant fleet.
They reported finding only old,
small ships plying between the
ports Z of .Gensan, Fusan and Sci
shin: on Korea and the main Jap,
anese ports on Honshu. The shipS
were. heavily loaded with raw ma,
terials and food destined for ia
pan and finished goods bound fo1
China. ~; IL ! W. s. +: n. ~ t
& The: commanders: found nothing
to substantiste the Japanese claim
that they were successfully trans
serring much OF their industry tc
Asanchuria to- evade the attacks o.
bonnbers. ~ 4 T, &,
! :sPatrolling' in a sea which had
been entered, only once before BY
Amer: can submarines, they search
ed enemy harbors, stood off break
waters and sank ships as they came
out, watched transport planes LAND
ofsl lighted fields and cruised among
fishing boats. waving ITO the {as,
;tonished fishermen. They picked
up several victims of their torpe..
does. and, brought them back as
prisoners Of war. $50.
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Long Missing Doue Fails
ToMake CapitalLanding

cred floor, demanding news, re.
ceiving grins, and slumping again
So many of the head-men- Of ~gev
eminent walked through the ex
ecutive. offices that the reporters
looked like jumping jacks. Ul
and down and up again.
. Came a. succession Of Senators
O'Mahoney said Congress should
be reconvened at once. Somebody
else said there was no reason. The
harried representative of a big
railroad walked in; he wanted te
know about his trains Of soldiers
and guns heading West. Should
he turn s'em around? J.
:, Nobody could give him the an
swer-yet. ~F.
At lunch time, no one ate ex'
cept President Truman. The news
men dared not leave that sea.
Continued ON Page Three; Col. s.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-R-|
A state department employee a.
New York editor and Naval Re
serve Lieutenant were charged by
District > Of Columbia Federal
grand jury today with conspi-ing
sto. remove government records
and files unlawfully. = - X
The defendants are Emmanuel
Sigurd Larsen of Washington, D.
c., former State Department
specialist in Far Eastern affairs
Andrew Roth, of Arlington, Va,
formerly on active duty as Naval
Lieutenant in the office of Naval
Intelhgence,s and :. Philip Jacob
Jaffe Of New York, editor and
publishe- of the magazine Amer
asia. =: =: = ! (.
At the time Of their arrest on
June s the FBI said some OF the
information allegedly taken from
government files had been used IN