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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
FRANKFURT
 HAMMERED
 BY 50vIETS
Fortress City Under Terrific Siege Russians Keep
 Advancing

| BULLETIN LONDON, Feb.
 2l-The Red Army has cap-
 tured the Polish town of Czersk, 17 miles northwest of
 Chotnice, 45 miles from Dan-
 zig. Stalin announced tonight.
 The city is on the main Dan-
 xig-Stettin railroad.
 LONDON, Feb. 21 = Marshal zhukov's troops, fighting to en- circle Frankfurt on the Oder River, 38 miles east of Berlin. temper arily slashed the city's lifeline to the Capital City" the German commentator said in this mornings broadcast.
 1 The commentator further said the fortress town on the west bank of the Oder River has been under siege and constant hammering by Russian artillery and bombers for 36 hours. He said this report from inside the city, by Trans-Ocean War Reporter Hans Arnt,z. coin- cided with the military review.
 34 Miles From Berlin Tn Moscow, the newspaper Pravda said the Red Army is 34 miles from Berlin. This report is the closest the Russian newspapers have placed the Soviet forces.
 Berlin did not give the point of penetration, but indicated it is in zhukov's sector, possibly west oi the Oder.
 The German broadcast said the bulk of Frankfurt,s 76,0O0 popula- ton has fled, and the city is stripped for a death stand in de- fense of the bastion and defense of Berlin.
 First Army Drives On
 The Russian First Ukranian Army drove steadily on westward toward the Neisse River stronghold of Guben, the southern end of Berlin's eastern defense wall along the Oder, advancing as much as 10 miles through a heavily fortified region and in the face of persistent German counter-attacks.
 Marshal Konev's Army captured the hamlet of Schegeln, eight miles east of Gupen, and last nights communique said northern and southern Hanks are converging.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
vioIafor, SeIelfive
 Service from North,
 IsArresied, Tacoma

TACOMA, Wash, Feb. 21-Robert Orr Freeman has been arrested for Selective Service violation, accord ing to an announcement made by the FBI.
 Freeman, 26, registered for the draft at Anchorage, Alaska, and failed to keep the local board ad- vised ,as to his whereabouts. The FBI said Freeman was indicted by the Federal Grand Jury in An chorage last April. He will be re. turned to Alaska for prosecution.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
THIRD OF
 ISLE HELD
 BY MARINES
Nippons Fighting Fiereely as Leatherneeks Ad-
 vance Slowly

U. s. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, GUAM, Feb. 21-Ap- proximately 3,650 Marines have been killed or wounded in the first 48 hours of the battle for Two lima, Admiral Chester L. Nimitz announced.
 As reported, the Leathernecks maue general advances ranging up to 1000 yards on the islands cen tral airfield. Admiral Nimitz listed approximately $500 enlisted men and 150 officers as casualties; killed, wounded or missing, and said 3,083 wounded were evacuated, in dicating about 500 were killed or missing. There is no estimate of Japanese losses.
 Tank-led Marines are holding firm control of more than a third of the island and began an en- veloping drive against the fighter plane field known as Motoyama No. 2.
 Thanking Move
 The Fifth Marine Division by passed the southern tip of the field in a flanking move prepara- tory to striking at it from the west, while the Fourth Division pushed directly toward the center of the airdrome. Every yard of ad- vance was made under steady hail of Japanese machine-gun and mortar fire over the wet, rocky slopes, criss-crossed with revet- ments, pillboxes, blockhouses, rein forced sniper holes, mines, and tank
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
ARGENTINE
 CASE NOW
 POSTPONED

CHAPULTEPEC, CASTLE MEXICO CITY, Feb. 21-Despite the protest of Paraguay, the Ar genuine issue was relegated to the end of the Inter-American Con- ference, opening here today.
 Paraguay demanded the issue be given immediate consideration. Il would have meant that the ex- Hplosive Argentine case would have taken precedence over security economic and political issues.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21

PARIS, Feb. 21.--Gen. George s Patton hurled his armored division through a hole gouged in the cen tral German front, in the Moselle- Saar triangle. His tanks smashed five and half miles forward tow ard the Thier, thorough disorganiz- ed resistance.
 Gotch, the strongly-fortified road center, between the Rhine and Mouse rivers, and to the north, was finally captured by the Scots of the Canadian First Army, which gather ed momentum in it's offensive toward the Ruhr Valley, 16 miles away.
 The United States Seventh Army advanced within plain sight of Saarbruecken. Less than three miles away General Patch's shock troops invading the Saar, captured half a dozen border towns and broke into Forback, large French rail center almost suburb of devastated Saar- bruecken. The Americans seized heights overlooking historic Spicher- en and the Siegfried Line fortifica- tions.
 General Patton swiftly capitalizing on the breach in the German de- lenses charged ahead laboriously Maj. Gen. Harry Maloney's Ninety Fourth Division sent his tanks clanking within seven miles of Trier and within two of Saarburg, both keystones of the German defense system in the Moselle Valley, and leading to Coblenz and Mainz, on the Rhine.
 Dispirited Germans surrendered by the hundreds all along the 55- mile assault front. The Third Army is slamming the Germans back on their heels.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Feb. 21. - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7A, American Can 94A. Anaconda 33A. Beech Aircraft 121s, Bethlehem Steel 721s, Curtiss- Wright 6as, International Harvester 81, Kennecott 39h, North American Aviation 10s, New York Central 241s, Northern Pacific 21A, U. s. Steel 627s, Pound $4.04. /. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 159.66; rails, 51 .96; utilities, 28.28.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
TERRITORIAL GUARDS
 TO MEET TOMORROW

Tomorrow night at o'clock the Juneau units, Alaska Territorial Guard will gather in the sAB Hall for their regular weekly drill. Mem bers have been requested to appear in full uniform.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
RATI0N5 CUT FOR GERMANS

LONDON, Feb. 21. The Berlin radio tonight announced 12A per- cent cut in food rations for all Ger mans.
 The German broadcast said the reduction is due as an emergency measure to help create reserves and provide better basis on which ra- tions can be worked out for a new period beginning in April"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
ANGOON DEATH

Certificate of death has been filed here in the office of the U. S. Commissioner setting forth the death, at Angoon, on February 8. of Miss Harriet Jackson, Is. school girl. The girls parents, MT. and Mrs. Samuel E. Jackson, formerly resided at Douglas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
GARDEN SCHOOL
 MEETING TONIGHT

The Garden School. in charge of Ted Garter, will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in the Grade School audi torium, and the public is invited.
 There will be round-robin dis cussion of all subjects taken up at previous Garden School sessions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
HOUSE COM.
 MAY. VISIT
 N0RTHLAND

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 V The House Territories Committee is con- sidering visiting territorial possess sions after request from Alaskan and Hawaiian delegates.
 Delegate Harrington of Hawaii said he and Delegate Bartlett of Alaska made the requests at the first meeting this year under new Chairman Representative Peterson, Democrat, Georgia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
MRS. PHILLIPS HERE

Mrs. Vance w. Phillips and child are registered at Hotel Juneau. They arrived in town this morning on the Princess Norah from Skag- way.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
pATT0N'5
 ARM0R IN NEWGAIN1
Gouges Hole in German Defense Positions in
 MoseIIe Sddr Seicor

BULLETIN LONDON, Feb. 21-Patton's Third Army, ad- vancing three miles at some points, on a 50-mile front, has captured I6 towns and entered four more, including the im- pOrtant one of Saarburg, which straddles the Saar River and guards the city of Trier on the MOsells, on the historic route of Moselle Gap.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
FROM SKAGWAY

Mrs. Chris Larsen and Mrs. c. E.. Feight, both of Skagway, are visit ing in Juneau. While here they are guests at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
FROM ANCHORAGE

MT. and Mrs. A. Barton, of An- chdrage. are staying at the Bar anof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-21
Marihuana Traifi(Is On Increase; Heroinls
 Also Reapparing
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-Tucked away in the reports of the Treas ury Department is something that is causing new creases in the brow of Treasury Enforcement Chief El- mer L. Trey: the traffic in marih- uana is increasing.
 Trey admitted that in 1914 it be- came one of the serious problems of his departments. Seizures were greater than in previous years and there were positive indications that the marihuana business now is big time, with well-financed national and even international gangs oper- ating.
 ' New York City, says Trey, is the focal point of the illicit traffic now land four major gangs peddling marihuana have been broken up there in the last year. Where pre- viously Treasury agents took over ounces of the smoke weed, they seiz- ed pounds last year..
 Traffic in opium and it's deriva- tives apparently has declined some, says Trey, but heroin--one of the most vicious of all drugs--has made it's appearance again in the United States for the first time in several years.
 Treasury Enforcement officials are particularly perturbed about the spread of marihuana because it so cften leads to violence. Drugs, however, haven't been the only headache that Treasury De- partment enforcement agents have had in the last year. Secret Ser vice has embarked on an entirely new sea in the last year or SO black market dealers. More than 1000 persons actually were arrest ed and charged.
 Treasury claims the black market in liquor has virtually been smash ed, but other major activities in this
 
 field included arrests for the count erfeiting of ration stamps, illegal di- version of sugar and attempts to ex- port or import controlled conlmod- ities.
 One fifth of the thousand arrests for black marget operations were for the counterfeiting of ration stamps, principally gasoline and su- gar stamps. In some cases printing plants and thousands of counterfeit stamps were taken by the opera tives
 The number three headache of the department last year was the forgery of government checks. In this comparatively new field, the department made 1900 arrests.
 Often these cases are so local in nature that they never make head lines. Measured in toto, they are almost new fields of crime that have spread throughout the country. There are dozens of minor rack cts resulting from the war that
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The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18

Mrs. Ruth Towle of 1925 No. 24th,
the attractive little wife Of Mr.. Nat
Towle will leave our city within 2
weeks to visit her brother, then to
Chicago, then to other eastern cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Towle were very much
grieved over Maj. Kammy's death
which resulted in an accident at Goth
and Douglas on Saturday, Aug. 18th.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18

Mrs. Lille Sharp Of 1884 Miami
St. who is now operating the Miami
Den. Mrs. Sharp had the misfortune
of falling which resulted in a broken
arm. When you are hungry you can
always find something to eat at Mrs.
Sharp's place. She always has on
hand a nice lot of fried chicken and
coffee. chickens and fish and other
fine food.
Mrs. Sharp is the mother Of Mrs.
Nat Towle. We wish for her a speedy
recovery. Let us all hope.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18
Comfort Wounded

One of the duties of the air trans
port command chaplains is meeting
the many hospital planes that fly
from the b%attlefronts to hospitals
and rest camps back in the United
States. In all kinds of weather and
at all hours of the day and night,
the ATC chaplain is on hand with
the flight surgeon and nurse to serve
the spiritV Il needs of the wounded
men and wish them Godspeed to
the mex stop on their journey
homeWard.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18
Milky Dishes

If milky dishes and fabrics are
rinsed with clear cold water before
coming in contact with warm,
soapy water much of the calcium
and protein will be carried away so
that the washing may be done salts
factorily, say the home economists.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18
Plastic

In 1880, the industry produced
about 37,500,O 900 pounds Of plastics
valued at about SIS. O0O, 900, or 81 a
pound. In 1910. the industry had been
multiplied by 8. with an output of
SUI. OOO. 600 pounds averaging about
81 2 pound in value. Estimated pro-
duction in 1914 indicates a doubling
since 1910 with an output Of about
700. 900, 900 pounds valued at ST, 800,-
600, 900 OF about $3.50 a pound.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18

Mrs. Daisy Williams, 11-13th Ave,
Council Bluffs, has a nice lot Of
chickens and eleven hogs. Mrs. vii
liamS says her COWS are now giving
lots of milk. She says she has pur-
chased four more lots, and expects to
purchase eight more. l am a member
Of the Seventh Day Adventist Church,
but on account Of m ~ychickens and
hogs, she says she can't attend as she
desires, but is a strong believer in the
Lord, and in doing right. She is try
ing to live a consistent life at all
times.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18
QUOTES
OF THE WEEK

@The workingman is not salts
ned with . lettuce-and-tomato
sandwich" reported
to Congress By OPA Investigator.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Othello Roundtree of
2319 N. 18th left this morning on
their vacation. Their first stop will be
at Rock Island, ILL.,, where they will
visit their uncle, Mr.. Harry Teeters,
who has been a resident Of that city
since 1906. He is now retired from
his duties as brakeman for the Rock
Island railroad. They will also stop
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18

There's plenty of meat it's
hard to explain why the people
can't get it" Sen. Kenneth
Wherry, Neb.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18

"All they want is a square
break, and they're going to get
it.-Pres. Truman, after talk
fng to CTS IN Europe.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18


STATEMENT OF CONDITION
Of The
CApvrD c.v1Ncc Ann
o1 Omaha, Nebraska, at the close
Of business June 80, 1915.
RESOURCES
ore. ,
~ Due
1ro~ Banks --- S1,9O3.S0
Utner ASSET, $3.50
Total Assets ......... .S4,539.69
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The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18
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Do you blame exhausted, wom-out
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OStrex Tonic Tablets for new pep,
younger feeling, this very day. For
sale at all drug stores everywhere
in Omaha, at Walgreen's & Smiths.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18

Why not a ten-year postw-.-
plan for America, planned /
business leaders, to reach a =
high in earned prosperity"
Pres. Ira Mosher, Natl. As.
Manufacturers.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18

without basis attacked the Wagner
Labor Relations Act, now exposes
Peglers unfounded assertion that the
British will have an invisible govern
ment as a result of the Labor Party
victory. Mr.. Pegler's anti-semitic atti-
tude, evident in his attack on Mr..
Laski, chairman Of the British Labor
Party, and his support Of Franco die
tatorship in Spain, are also roundly
scored by Mr.. Lewis.
Lewis declared, The British La
Dor Party's policies are determined at
annual conventions by democraticaIly
elected delegates from unions and To-
cal labor parties" with newspaper re-
porters present and debates and votes
open.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18

Mr.. VIM. Station of 321I U Street
has a family of four, wife and two
boys. MI. Station moved here from
Oklahoma in 1912 and reports that
he likes Omaha very much. Since
coming here he has worked at Cud-
ahy Packing Plant and both of his
boys attend West Side school.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18

Unless the manufacturers
take the bull by the horns, OF
congress revolts and slaps down
the OPA, we r going to have
a serious defiation and unneces-
sary unemployment" - Oreqog
Clty (Ore.) Banner-C Courier.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18

For sale at all drug stores every-
wherein Omaha. at SMITHS &
WALGREEN'S.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18

Il hope I don't shrink
Donald Dunn, Spokane, Wash,
5 it.. S, sCho stretched self for q
month to make the Marine CORPS.
The Omaha guide., 1945-08-18
BOWELS SLUGGISH?

. Feeling like you lost your best frienL-
headachy-dull-all because of sluggish bow
els? Why put up with constipation miseryr
Chew modern FEEN-A-MINT, the pleasant
tasting ch~ewing-gum laxative. Chew FEEN-
A-M1NT tonight at bedtime, taking only IN
accordance with package directions. Next
morning-thorough, gentle relief, helping YOU
teel swell again. Millions rely on FEEN-A-
MINT. Chew like your ~favorite gum. Tastes
good: Try FEEN-A-MINT-a whole family
supply costs only lOc.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-03-15
COSTLY MUD PUDDLES

! The postwar political planning
program calls for tax-exempt Twas
TO be built all over the United
States at a cost Of billions of dol
lors in public funds. Whether the
nlans are feasible and necessary
seems TO be irrelevant.
Nevertheless, Luther Nash, in the
New York Herald Tribune of Feb
ruary II, l945, raises some points
j that are worth considering He
shows how sitting in muddy streams
will, in due time, destroy the stor-
age capacity of reservoirs intended
for flood control or electric power
production. He cites series of dams
built over a period Of years or d
sizeable river in a Southern state,
Ito snow that storage capacity may
disappear in SO years. One Of those
dams has been filled to the forebay
for moro than ten years. The dams
begin to fill steadily in the upper
end and work down the same as
muddy rivers like the Mississippi
keep extending their deltas farther
and farther beyond their original
mouths.
| While considering a gigantic gov
ernment-oWned, tax-exempt Mis-
souri, Valley project for power de-
/ vclopment on one Of the muddiest
rivers in the world, it might be
we'll to consider such obvious facts
as the above. A dam full of mud is
10 good for either flood control
or power development If there is
an honest desire for flood control
instead Of merely using that term
/ to camouflagc d 2overnment-nwn.
power development, Mr. Nasl
points out that the answer 10 The
silt question is a relatively large
number Of small dams located neal
the sources of run off, and eacl
having permanent opening
| through which normal or SAFE
stream flow can pass without OBJ
struction, along with the mud il
solution
During flood periods, the exces,
water is impoundcd and later re
leased gradually. But dams fol
flood control are not Of much ust
for power production. The publ,
!, should know these facts before ii
money is wasted A roadside drain
age ditch soon fills with silt AM
mud if blocked with an obstruc
/ ton. The same thing illustrates wha
happens when costly hydroelectri
dams block muddy streams.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-03-15

only with the aid of some species
of what we call planning.
I'VE all recognize the dangers OF
uncontrolled individualistic COM
petition in business. Nevertheless
we have to recognize that planning
when planned by the state, involves
the power Of the state to control
the individual, including the most
minute details of his life.
What many people do not realize
is that when government plans run
into difficulties, the only way gov
eminent has to deal with these diff
ficulties is to ask for more power.
1t is this process by which the
state seeks to increase its power
that eventually brings us to the
place where all the power is cont
trolled by the state. Then you have
totalitarian state.
THE churches Of Europe woke
up to this situation, but not until
the totalitarian government was
there | hope in this country
we have the foresight to zee this
danger early and stand for the
freedom of the individual"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-03-15
THE HARVEST

theoretically, government can
control the cost Of living by setting
prices. BY various makeshifts, in
GLIDING subsidies to producers, 1t
can be made to work for while.
but the ultimate result is inevitable
--cost Of production. including in
creased taxes and wages and rea-
sonable profit, must be recognized,
OF there will be no production. We
are witnessing Sat today in butter,
ham, bacon, beef, etc.
The fundamental reason for the
butter shortage is the price farmers
are allowed for milk going into
butter. Their returns on such milk
are 50 low that they are forced to
market the milk III other outlets n
order To meet high production
costs. So we might as we'll learn to
get al0ng without butter and all
ether products where prices are set
which are out of joint with the
cost OF prcductit 4.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-03-15
THE CHURCH SPEAKS FOR
FREEDOM

The steady expansion of govern
mental authority over the individ-
ual in this country is alarming
Spokesman for American churches.
One of them, DR.. Paul Hutchinson
of Chicago, for 20 years managing
editor Of the Christian Century,
warns: I'VE are going to have a
more tense situation between the
church and the state after the war
than before.
"The constantly growing powers
of the state have to be challenged
by the church in the interests of
freedom.
qe have period of economic
.sturbance and uncertainty after
the war, in which the state is
pledged to supply 60 million jobs
we will discover that the attain
ment of such goal will be possible
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-03-15

Lloyd Eugene Peterson, sac
writes us under date Of Feb. 20 rs
follows.
Well I guess I'll write you few
lines to let you know that | am
fine and still like the navy and my
ship. The Gillian, the ship I'm on
is the best transport in the navy
out here. Well | wonder if you will
put something in the paper for me.
/ am in the South Pacific 1t is pref
ty nice out here; the only thing,
one day it will be hot and the next
it will either be cloudy or it will
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-03-15
Views on the
Passing Parade
itl
Comments on Matters
Important and Unimportant,
Wise and UnWise
BY Chas. ID. Rowe

Today is the Ides of March. A
day that carries a slight significance
inZthe pages of history because
was on that day that Julius Caesar
was murdered. According to ira
dition, a soothsayer had predicted
that Caesar would be assassinated
on the Ides of March. And when
his prophecy came true his reputa-
ton as reader of the future must
have grown remarkably.
Caesar is said to have been the
greatest Roman that ever lived.
He was an outstanding military
strategist, was writer Of no mean
ability, and struggled to improve
the welfare of the common man.
Born -blooded patrician,
much of his political life was given
over to opposing the aristocrat and
fighting to better the condition OF
the submerged classes" The fight
today to improve the lot of the
common man. is an age-old strug-
gle and was really old in Caesar S
time. Someone has said that when
Moses stood before Pharoah and
said, Let my people co." from that
utterance sprang the American re-
public.
In his struggle against opposing
forces, Caesar saw it necessary for
him to seize the scepter. He did SC
and then turned himself to the prob
lens Of equal privilege-equality
under the law for all parts Of the