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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
MEN OF ALLIES ENTER IN HOLY
 LAND SERVICES

JERUSALEM, Palestine, March 31
 American and other Allied sol- diers will be among the thousands who tomorrow pay Easter morn ing homage before the Holy Sep hulchre.
 With at least part of the world. for the first time in years, on the threshhold of peace, many sol- diers walked in the historic process sion Via Dolorsa procession and oined in Coed Friday services. Among them was Rep. Everett Dirksen, who is on tour checking Government bureau operations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
COASTAL AIRLINES OFF TO KILLISNOO
 SITKA WESTERLY

Tn a charter flight to Excursion Inlet yesterday an Alaska Coastal Airlines plane took John B. Hamm there and returned with Hamm and George w. Pequisse.
 Juneau to Killisnoo-C. O. Bebbe.
 Juneau to Sitka-Mrs. Dale Stew art.
 Sitka to Juneau-Nick Peters, w. c. Cassell, J. w. Gucker.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31

President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.
 Conclusions Cited
 Analysis of such disclosures as have been made recently, however, justjfies the. conclusion fhat:-,.
 l. German U-boats are more in evidence than they were. say a year ago.
 2. In recent months, an undeter- mined but probably small number have managed to approach closer to American shores and convoy rendezvous points. After 1922 and early in 1943, when countermeas- ures were organized and strength ened, the rowing 'wolf-packs" were driven back closer to their bases.
 3. Increased activity of the raiders is, in a sense. confirmed by official disclosure that anti-s u m ari n e forces succeeded in destroying more of them in February than in Janu- ary. Further evidence is that AL lied ship losses in January were of ficially described as very small' and in February as moderate"
 4. While estimates of Germany's pre-war submarine fleet varied so widely as to mean nothing, and no figures have been released on the number sunk, official disclosures have described the still available force as large"
 Bases Restricted
 Developments in the European war in the past year, particularly since the invasion, have materially affected the submarine situation, both directly and indirectly. Some operating bases have been lost to the enemy, and others have been rendered materially less usable.
 Loss of the rich Balkan oil re- sources has intensified the German fuel problem, and observers here speculate that in a tug-of-war be- tween the Wehrmacht for short the hard-pressed land army would be likely to come out victor.
 The "hushhush" manner in which the subject of submarines is ap- preached hereaboutS was best illus trated in a recent news conference held by Admiral Sir James Somer- vile, head of the British Admiralty delegation.
 No Comment
 Asked to comment about the sub marine situation in the Atlantic, he said: Whenever it comes to a question of submarines or sub marine losses, the President or the Prime Minister might be able to talk about it. I might be Prime Minister one day, but I'm not at present. Sorry, I shall have to say mo-"
 You will admit they have some submarines?" reported pressed.
 T believe you are quite right, Sir James replied amid laughter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
MOTHER SHOT WHILE BABY SON WATCHES
Evening Quarrel Ends in
 Tragedy as Another : Boy Goes for Help

SEATTLE, Wash. March 31 - Odas Lee Young. 49, last night shot and killed his wife Winifred, 38, as she held her baby daughter to her breast, then killed himself when Deputy Sheriffs sought en- trance.
 The killing was the climax of an evening-long quarrel and occurred while a son Bobby, six. looked on and another son was on his way to neighbors for help.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
LARGE PACKING
 PLANT IS SHUT
 DOWN BY STRIKE

KANSAS CITY, March 31-The huge Armor and Company packing plant enploving. $500 persons ens gagged largely in filling orders for the armed forces, shut down yes terday
 The work stoppage followed a strike of 10 employees in the power plant. The plant immediately cut in on municipal power lines and ser vice was resumed. Tickets are at all gates.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
BRITISH TROOPS
 MAKE GAINS IN
 CENTRAL BURMA

CALCUTTA, March 3l. - British Fourteenth Army troops, driving south in Central Burma, captured Kyaukse and establish contact with forces heading north from the Meiktila area, trapping the Japa- nese hemmed in between that area and Allied position along the Irra- waddy River to the west.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
By POPE HALEY

WASHINGTON, March 31.-While German submarines are no longer the serious problem they were in the dark days of the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942, they are by no sIeasls a iiegligfbie factor in the war.
 German U-boat operations, and Allied countermeasures still rank near the top of top secret" Such information as is given the public comes only from the highest level, issued jointly in the names of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON ut. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active service with the ArmyS

WASHINGTON-I has now been over a year since this column ex- posed Army tardiness in ordering the quick-release parachute, but unfortunately the old fashioned triple-release harness is still drag ging some victims to death.
 Latest tragedy was Lieut.. Joseph H. Burton Jr. of Los Angeles, drowned in the Warwick River, Virginia, after he was unable to unbuckle his parachute. The body, when found last week, showed that Lieutenant Burton had been able to unfasten one buckle, but not the other two. The parachute was wrapped around his legs and had dragged him under the water.
 The quick-release parachute fea- lures little metal box worn on the chest, permitting the para chutist to get out of his harness in ten seconds, instead of laboriously unfastening three buckles under the thighs and over the shoulder. Though the Army at first denied statements in this column that quick-releases are necessary, they have now been ordered. But pro- duction has been slow, and men on the home front are not yet sufficiently equipped.
 { BRETON WOODS VETO 1 Despite the overwhelming vote of the people last November for international cooperation, a ma- jority of the House Banking and Currency Committee is preparing to report u1favorably on the Breton Woods Agreement-first test of the willingness of Congress to par- ticipate in international organiza- tions.
 There has been overwhelming support of Breton Woods from church, labor and business groups, but the l2. Republicans on the Committee and two Democrats are ready to vote against the agree ment as it now stands. The Demo- crats are Barry of New York and Baldwin of Maryland.
 Lobbying against Breton Woods has been conducted by the top layer of the American Bankers Associa- tion-which wants bankers free to make long and short-term loans abroad without any government
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31

Major Carl F. Scheibner, of the Alaska Territorial Guard, has re- turned to his headquarters in Ju- neau, following an inspection trip to Fairbanks and Anchorage and intermediate points.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
BRONZE STAR AWARD

The Office of Indian Affairs re- portes that the Yakutat soldier who was awarded the Bronze Star for bravery in Holland is Pfc Herbert Bremner, rather than Harold, as originally reported,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
MANY VOTERS REGISTER
 FOR CITY ELE(TI0N

With registration for next Tues days municipal election closing at noon today total of 1865 voters had been registered, 62 more than last year. Right up to the deadline a steady stream of Juneau residents came into the City Clerks office to declare their intention to vote
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
SPEND VACATION HERE

MT. and Mrs. John Gellatly arr rived in Juneau yesterday from Seattle. Gellatly is co-pilot for Pan American Airways and he and his wife will spend a short vaca- tion in Juneau. They are guests at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
GERMANS, JAp5
 IN CONFERENCE

LONDON, March 31.-The Ger man Ambassador conferred yester- day with the Japanese Foreign Min ister on important matters, the Tokyo radio said, but gave no de- tails.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
FROM SEATTLE

Andrew J. Julian, E. LaRoche and Roy C. Shines, all registered from Seattle, are at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
BLYBERG HERE

Dale Blyberg, of Pelican City. is visiting in Juneau and while here is guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
SUPPORT FIRE CHIEF
 IS TO ATTEND SCHOOL

Support Fire Chief Bill Neider- hauser will leave Juneau over the weekend for San Francisco to at tend the Army Fire School there. He will be gone for several weeks learning all the new fire-fighting techniques. During his absence George O'Brien, on leave from the Juneau Fire Department, will take his place.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31

Coast Guard ice breakers blow ice by breaking it with the weigth of specially designed hulls
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
FROM HAYNES

J. C. Paddock and c. M. Pad- dock. of Haines. are staying at the Hotel Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
COOPER HERE

Earl Cooper, of Anchorage, is a
 guest at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31
FROM ANCHORAGE

MT. and Mrs. Ralph Walker, of Anchorage, are staying at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-31

Mrs. Cornelia Baas, of Yakutat, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel,
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tcontinued on Page Fou)
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President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-06-27
SOVIET TO SEEK
STRAIT ENTRANCE

LONDON, June 26.-UP)-Rus-
STA is likely to take before the
Big Three meeting in Berlin next
month her desire to gain free en-
try into the Mediterranean from
the Black Sea by breaking Turk
ish control of the Dardanelles
Strait, diplomatic quarters believed
today.
Turkish sources said that Tur.
key has declined to discuss the
question directly with Russia on
the ground that the Montreaux
Convention of 1886 applies and it
is an international matter.
It was understood that Turkey
probably would be willing to have
the Big Three as a whole tackle
the problem, which has been one
of the great trouble breeders of
Europe for generations.
A United Press Ankara dispatch
reported that Turkey had receiv-
ed a note outlining Russia's ideas
for new friendship treaty to re-
place the one Russia denounced
last March on the ground that it
was outdated.
A London Times dispatch from
Istanbul reported that in the note
Russia asked revision of control
of the Straits and return to Rus
STA of the Kars and Ardahn dis
tricts which Russia coded to Tu~-
key in 1921.
1t was believed here that Rus
sian interest centered on the
Dardanelles question in order that
her economic and political position
in the Eastern Mediterranean
might be strengthened.
Russia dominates the Black Sea
but her entry to the Mediterranean
through the narrow Strait is re-
stricted by the powers given Tu--
key under the Montreux conven-
ton to fortify and control it.
The Montreux treaty gave mer-
chant ships of all nations free pass
age through the Dardanelles in
peace and war even it Turkey was
belligerent. provided the mer-
chantmen did not aid the fighting
powers. However, Turkey was
given the right to fortify the
Strait and to close it to warships
when she was at war or should
she consider herself to be threaten
ed with imminent danger of war"
Thus any Turkish administration
hostile to Russia might restrict
Russian movements into the
Mediterranean from the Black Sea.
Britain, France, Russia, Turkey,
Greece, Yugoslavia, Romania,
Bulgaria and japan signed the
Montreaux convention.
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OAK LEAF CLUSTER

First Lieutenant Dirk Swart,
pilot with the 18th AAF, has re-
Gently been presented another Oak
Leaf cluster for his Air Medal for
meritorious achievement in aerial
combat at an advanced Philippine
airbase.
A member of the Bomber Bar
ons," B-24 Liberator outfit of the
jungle Airforce," Swart is a vet
eran of A combat strikes. His
most recent forays over enemy
held territory include missions
over the Halmaheras, Borneo and
the Philippines.
He is the husband of Mrs. Vivian
Swart of 100 Keaton avenue. Prior
to entering the service in October
1912, he received his education in
Holland and after coming to the
United States was employed as an
assistant manager for the North
Carolina Bulb company.
Upon completion of his pilot
training at Frederick, Okla, he
received his wings and was com
nissioned a second lieutenant in
March, 1913. He departed for over
seas duty in September, 1914.
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WASHINGTON CAL LING s
by M!.M
MARQUIS CHILDS w....3

WASHINGTON - The muddle of
our German policy-or lack of pol
icy-is much that it is sometimes
hard to see how any sense C n
ever be made of it.
The latest complication grows
out of the effort to determine the
extent to which German labor un-
ions can be revived. and whether
political leadership can be expect
ed from trade unionists and social
democrats in Germany. The desire
is to explore the non-communist
left" to use a State department
phrase, in order to find groups
untainted with either communism
or NaZism.
To help carry out this policy,
American trade unionists have
been sent to Germany to work
with 1t. Gen. Lucius Clay, who
has been named top American Of
ficer in the zone in Germany to
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Simmer SESSION
MAY Be ANNUAL

HENDERSONVILLE, June 70 -
Wp-Ihe possibility that the North
Carolina senate's summer get-to'
eether may become an annual al
fair was advance here yesterday py
members of the body.
Taking cue from Judge John
]. Parker's report on similar meet
ings held by the judges Of the
Fourth U. S. Circuit Court OF Ap.
peals. many senators expressed
approval of such an annual meet
ing
Judge Parker suggested that
srch meetings be held annually
in order that the legislators may
be able to do a better job at their
regular sessions
Referring to annual meetings
held by the judges of his circuit.
Parker said that these sessions
have been of "immeasurable
value" in improving administra-
ton of justice in this state.
These judicial meetings, he ad.
ded. were begun IS years ago and
have given both the judges and
the people themselves better I'm
Outstanding of the job before the
courts
Judge Parker described this
meeting of the solons as school
for legislators.
The first business meeting of the
body got underway at 10 am. at
which time the solons heard ad-
dresses by George W. Taylor, Jr.,
chairman of the National War La
Dor Board, and Maj. Gen. Edward
G. Brooks, commanding general Of
the Fourth Service Command, At
lanta, Ga.
Gen. Brooks told the senators
that 1--WE must maintain some sort
of system of defense'' in the post
war era that isn't an idle ges-
ture.'
He said he didn't mean a large
standing army, but one sufficiently
large to train the youth of the
country in military discipline. He
added that American youth can be
trained and prepared in such a
manner as to ward off another at
tack by ou- enemies.
In such a program of training
of American youth, he said he saw
the best peace insurance plan that
could be obtained.
eve won the war with Ger
many" he declared, land we must
win the peace Such meetings as
this, he added. will help to keep
the people informed of what is
happening in the world.
He predicted that 1--WE may not
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be so lucky should another war
come" and added that I'VE had a
close call in the present war"
Gen. Brooks said that the tough
est fighting was yet to be done in
the Pacific, and pointed out that
many thought the main Jap force
had not yet been encountered by
our armies.
1--WE must storm the Jap main
land" he said, land do it swiftly
In his address, Taylor described
the work being done by the War
Labor Board, and said labor and
industry needed a charter on the
home front as well as peace
charter on the world front.
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RATION ROUNDUP
By The Associated Press

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Red Stamps E-2 through J-2 good
through June 30; K-2 Through P-2
good through July 81; o. through
u-2 good through Aug. 81; W.
through Z-2 good through Sept. 80.
PROGRESSED FOODS B6ok Four
Blue Stamps NJ through So good
through June 30; To through x
good through July 81; Y-2, 70 and
Al through CT good through Aug.
81; d. through HI good through
Sept. 30.
SUGAR - Book Four Stamp sc
good for five pounds through Aug. 81.
Next stamp valid Sept. /.
SHOES Book Three Airplane
Stamps l. 2 and 3 good indefinitely
OPA says no plans to cancle any.
Next Stamp valid Aug. |.
GASOLINE 16-A coupons good
for six gallons each through Sept 81
IS, BIT. BIS, C-6 CT. and C-8
coupons good for five gallons each.
B-6 and C-6 coupons expire June 30.
FUEL OIL Period one through
five coupons good through Aug 81.
Last years period four and five
coupons also expire Aug. 81.
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DIT banana R1Ver, ria.
A member of the Third Marine
division for over % months, 49,
year-old Ward participated in the
Bougainville and Guam campaigns.
Attached to mortar outfit he
made assault landings in both op-
erations.
In his two Pacific offensives,
Leatherneck Ward saw over two
months of front line duty, So days
at Bougainville and three days at
Guam. He was wounded by Jap
mortar sh-apnel while fighting at
Agana, the capital city of Guam.
Private Ward has been in the
corps since August, 1912. Prior
to enlistment he attended New
Hanover High school.
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In The Service

the Pacific after an 18-month tour
of duty as engineer gunner on a
Navy search plane flying on the
China Sea patrol routes.
Harrison and members of the
unit flew long, unescorted patrols
in a Coronado seaplane over the
heart of enemy territory along the
Japanese, Korean, and China
coast, bombing and stcafing JAP
shipping and other enemy targets
They were credited with sinking
a tanker-freighter and, on their
final patrol, they attacked and de.
stroyed Jap fighter that tried to
intercept their search.
The 21-year-old combat aircrew.
man, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Dannie
M. Harrison, of New Bern, is mar.
ried to the former Josephine Page
of the Wilmington address.
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OF and seaman can nfi+a Albert A. kovscs. 4,
G eao the witness witness. was Police Lieut. IT.
Stevens, "a, a policemans ~. sFas
ter who married into connsctis su,
society," admittedly the vonts' 9'
slayer, listened calmly tbo,,.'
twice before the hearing was on 81
she exploded emotionally to G ins;
Ga cate hd9,,, the genesis of her "bo ra''
Goroner Theodore f. steib.,
withheld a verdict after hss s.1ef
kovacs' brother, James, te.ti,s
that Mrs. Stevens had killed ~I si
without provocation and Pan nilA
tell of his investigation el'ef
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TEXAS B0MBSHELL,
UNDER BIG BOND

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, June 26.
-WD-A high spirited young wo-
man known to her friends as "the
Texas bombshell" had at least 10
lonesome beers last Saturday
night and shortly thereafter in
vaded her neighbours home and
killed the boy friend of the nurse
maid, a coroner's inquest heard
today.
The inquest was into the Staying
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TRAINING IN RHODE ISLAND

Alexander Waller, 81, signalman,
third class, USN, of Fair Bluff,
is at the Naval Training Station,
Newport, R. l., preparing for duty
aboard a heavy cruiser.
Waller enlisted in September,
1910, and was assigned to a ship
in the Atlantic. He will be at
tached to the commune di-
vision of his new ship.
Son of Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Wal
Ter, 1904 Sewell's Point road, Nor
folk, Va. Waller is a graduate of
Fair Bluff High school, where he
played baseball, football and bask-
etball.
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WILL DISCHARGE WAVES

WASHINGTON, June 60 WH =
The Navy said today that it will
discharge on request Waves who
are married to disabled veterans
or disabled servicemen. In the
case of those married to able
bodied servicemen who have been
discharged, Waves will be released
on request only if they have served
one year of active duty.
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PURPLE HEART

M r S. Pauline
Tienken Riggs, of
Wilmington, has
received the Pur-
pie Heart medal
awarded to her
husband, William
Clyde Riggs, Jr.,
for wounds re-
ceived in action
in the Pacific.
S nc Riggs is
now in a Naval
hospital in Oak
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RETURNS

Marine Private
F i r S t CT a S S
George C. Ward,
son of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. P. Ward
of 1T South Mon
roe street, who
was recalled to
the States after
two Pacific cam.
paigns, has join
ed the Marine
guard at the Ma
val Air Station
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land, Calf. A graduate Of New
Hanover High school, he entered
the service in August, 1913, and
has served Is months in the Pa
cific area. He was employed by
the W. J. Sloane company before
going into the Navy.
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Life-as a Hollywood actor-be-
gan at so for George Pritchard,
slim, grey-haired and sffable man
ager of civilian housing at Carp
Davis. And during his activities in
Gone With the Wind he also got
interested in what has become his
principal hobby - the building of
model carriages, wagons, and other
vehicles.
Oddly enough, Mr.. Pritchard S
part in the tremendously popular
film version of Margaret Mitchell S
novel, a role which brought him
into contact with the types of old
fashioned vehicles he was later to
reproduce in miniature, is traceable
to his greatest personal misfortune,
the loss of his entire left arm from
an Infection in 1881. In Gone With
the Wind he was cast as Con-
federate soldier who also carried
with notable realism, an empty
sleeve
A resident of Wilmington since
1920, with the exception of the two
Hollywood years, 1899 and 1910,
the housing expert now lives at
313 North Fifth street with mis-
wife, Ms. Bessie Prftchard. He
has been continuously in the same
position at Camp Davis since
October, 1912.
II just about finished getting
people connected with the former
command out of their housing"
Mr.. Pritchard explained, When
had to start helping people with
the present command find places
to live"
Occasionally visitor to the Will
mington mans desk in Station
Headquarters building will linger
for conversation after housing
problems are discussed. The visi-
tor may then be shown some
stills" from the famous movie
which Mr.. Pritchard keeps in his
desk and which cnow him with
group of tattered and exhausted
Confederate men as well as proud
ly neat and straight attending a
social function. In all scenes he
wears impressive and non unbe-
coming side whiskers which con-
trast strangely with his present
clean-shaven and remarkably
youthful face. He is now Sc years
old.
Mr.. Pritchard has been making
his model vehicles since the time
he lived in Hollywood. He does not
work directly from a larger model
or from pictures, but from
memory and what l have seen in
the movies. The buggy was de-
signed largely from his memory
of the family buggy he had known
when a child.
The model builder believes in
sturdiness of construction in adj
dition to authenticity.
II threw the first ox-cart I built
across the room,'' Mr.. Pritchard
recalled, ito see if I'd made it
strong enough. It held up, SO
figured I'd done a good job"
-V-
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If the unusual weather con.
tinues We'll be getting frozen
vegetables right out of our own
garden.