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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19
BUCkNER DIED AS HE WISHED, KILLING JAp5
Human Interest Fatts 6iv- en Out by War Editor
 Who Was in Alaska
By EUGENE BURNS Associated Press War EditOr)

SAN FRANCISCO, June 19.- Count on it. It. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., died as he would have wished it. Up front, with his men, killing Japs."
 Killing Japs" was his particular passion.
 He hated the enemy because he loved America as a man does his rod, gun and dog, and family
 When I first met Buckner in the Aleutians, before Attu. the Army driver had trouble locating his ad- vance headquarters. Finally in cluster of Quonset huts, above the noise of the motor we heard a roar of laughter There, that's Buckner," ," said the private.
 The roar fit the size of his barrel chest through which entered the shell fragment that killed him up front in Okinawa, Monday. He was stocky, of ruddy complexion topped with a striking shock of silver hair
 Wore c. I. Wool Shirt
 I never saw the man wear blouse it was always G. I. wool shirt, freezing or melting.
 Among the first things Buckner did after Pearl Harbor was to secure all Japanese in Alaska, his com mand. An influential Alaskan wrote him for permission to keep my trusted Japanese servant" Replied Buckner: The only Japanese who can harm us are those we trust" That strict suppression paid divi- dends in secrecy six months later. After Pearl Harbor the United States was committed to defeat Ger many first. Little material was avail for the Pacific, With the little Buckner could get, he built air bases including two fighter fields west of Dutch Harbor. He did it secretly having the merchandise consigned to mythical "Blair Packing Co.," The secret kept.
 Japs Surprised
 When the Japanese steamed into Alaskan waters with a sizeable car rier and troops transport force, June B. 1942, to attack Dutch Har- bor, they themselves were attacked from the rear by land-based fighter planes. Surprised, the enemy fled contenting himself wit hthe heel of the loaf, Attu and Kiska.
 Buckner was soldiers general. After a particularly tough airplane flight, he arrived at Adak late one evening. Rather than "to bother" the mess personnel the Commander General went to his bare Quonset and asked me to share his supper of can of cold sardines, soda crack CTS and Kentucky bourbon with puddle water" The sardines were fer Flight, his blue-ribbon springer spaniel.
 Buckner knew his bible. He out quoted me, Congregational preach CTS son, until wired the Associated Press for a bible with concordance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19
EISENHOWER
 GIVEN MORE
 WARAWARD
Carries Second Oak Leaf Cluster Leaving Wash-
 ington for New York

WASHINGTON, June 19. Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower moved on to- day to new fields of conquest after taking his Nations Capital by storm with a devastating grin.
 The White House and its presiding magistrate fell before the General. ingratiating personality in the last frontal assault upon a city which yielded willingly to his presence.
 The, sun-tanned General from Kansas and the smiling President from Missouri indulged in an old fashioned Mid- Western talkfest last night at a White House dinner cli- making Eisenhower Day in Wash. ington.
 Throughout the dinner, the Presi- dent and the General kept up an animated conversation.
 Before going in for dinner, the President and the General moved about among the guests, autograph ing for the G. Is and making them selves agreeable.
 After leaving the White House Eisenhower went back to this hotel to rest up for another celebration today in New York. ss-
 He carried with him a second Oak Leaf Cluster to add to his Dis tinguished Service medal, an honol presented in the Rose Garden at the White House following a city, wide parade and joint reception by the two Houses of Congress.
 Eisenhower left with Congress what he said was the feeling of Tanks everywhere, that the peace can and must be worked out SC that their children need never face another war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19
TRUMAN IS BOUND WEST
 IN AIRpLANE
President Flying to 0IYm- pia, Wash., Before Co.,
 ing to San Francisco

WASHINGTON, June 19.-Presi- dent Truman left by plane at 8:20 a. m. Eastern War Time, today for a West Coast visit he will climax by attending the San Francisco United Nations Security Conference.
 The President planned an 11-hour nonstop flight to Olympia, Wash, where he will pay social visit" to Gov. Mon O. Wallgren before go- ing to San Francisco to address the closing session of the Security Con- ference.
 The President was given a cheery sendoff by General Dwight w. Eisen- hover, Americas returned hero, whose plane rested just behind the Presidents special C-54 waiting to take the General to big New York welcoming.
 So far as Olympia is concerned MT. Truman is determined to make it a holiday. Governor Wallgren has said he wants the President to do just as he pleases."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19
Tanks Find
 Second Huge
 Gold Cache
Stolen Treasures of Ba- varia, Austria Found
 in Regensburg

PARIS, June 19.-American troops of the 18th Corps have found securities, gold and jewelry valued at more than $5,O00, 0,OoO,OoO hidden by the Germans at Regensburg, Communications Zone Headquarters announced today.
 Included in the capture in hidden vaults of the Regened Reichsbank was the national wealth of Bavaria and Austria. The cache was more valuable than that found April ' in the Merken Salt Mine, which in- cluded 200 tons of gold.
 The treasure was in gold bullion, stolen jewelry and securities. Some was known to have been taken from victims of Nazi death camps.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19
MEXICO ASKS
 CHARTER BAN
 FRANCO GOVT.
General Assembly 10 Hold Purse Strings for World
 Security League
By John M. Hightower Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor)


 SAN FRANCISCO, June 19-Mex- ico came forward today with a pro- posal that the Uni6ed Nations per- manently bar the Franco Govern ment of Spain from membership in their world league.
 Luis Quintanilla, former Mexican Ambassador to Moscow, planned to put the proposition formally before public session of one of the Uni ted Nations conference commissions, which are driving toward comple- tion of a world charter this week.
 His proposal invited argument as to whether the conference should attempt to write any specific mem bership limitations when it is assign ing to a world assembly the task of admitting outside nations.
 Quintanilla said he would ask the commission to adopt a declaration stating that no government should be admitted which came to power with the aid of military forces of countries which have fought against the United Nations.
 End Still Set Saturday
 The final session of the confer 'ence, with President Truman making the closing address, still is scheduled for next Saturday. But it also is still uncertain whether that date can be kept. even with every effort of conference leaders.
 Much depends on possible Russian acceptance of a compromise for linn iting the field of subjects which the assembly may debate and on which it may make recommendations to member nations and the security council which would be the peace enforcing agency.
 Yesterday Gromyko indicated in a meeting of the Big Five that it might be acceptable and leaders hoped for final word today. Un- less it is received, they saw little prospects for a windup Saturday. Committees at Work Committees, however, were hard at
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19
GREETED IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, June 19.-Generai of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower. flushed and breathless from the greatest welcome New York ever had accorded a returning hero, told a vast crowd that overflowed City Hall Park today:
 If we are going to live the years of peace, we must be strong and we must be ready to cooperate in the spirit Of true tolerance and forbear- ance"
 Police estimated that 100000 persons were damned into the bunt- ing -draped park and surrounding streets. Four million others, by far the largest crowd in the city's his tory, were said officially to have cheered the General earlier on his tour of the city.
 Receiving special city medal and accepting honorary citizenship in New York City, the tanned, balding Supreme Allied Commander told the throng before City Hall
 Tt isn't enough that we devise every kind of international machin- cry to keep the peace. We must also be strong ourselves"
 Great cheers punctuated his talk after almost every sentence, espec- ially when he said grimly, "The Nazi has been placed where he won't harm us for a little while"
 A l7-gun salute boomed out at La Guardia Field after the Supreme Allied Commanders silver C-54 transport, bringing him from Wash ington, swooped out of the overcast sky and taxied to a stop.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19
The W Washington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON It. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active service with the Army)

WASHINGTON top insid- CTS who watched the closeup of our diplomatic discussions with Russia realize how great was Harry Hopkins achievements in Moscow.
 US-USSR relations were at a most serious impasse. Not only was American public opinion aroused over the whole Polish ques- ton, but, Russian generals were becoming high-handed and almost ready to throw aside Allied CO., operation.
 This column carried series of articles describing our relations with Russia at the time, emphasiz- ing the dangerous deadlock and at tributing it partly to Red-baiting by anti-Russian diplomats, plus Churchills policy of keeping the United States and the Soviet at swords points, plus the State De- partment's old-fashioned policy Of note writing instead of talking things out face-to-face.
 Writing notes was the worn-out method Joe Grew used when he got into hot water with Mexico and Nicaragua when he was Under Secretary of State in the Coolidge Administration. However, as with Mexico and Nicaragua, hurling written notes at Moscow only got Stalin's back up.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19
SPECIAL MESSAGE

Wi SHTNGTON. June l9.- Presi- dent Trman, embarking on the first of long series of plane flights, today asked Congress to make the Speaker of the House his successor if anything untoward should happen to him.
 As the House is now organized, thisyw would throw the succession to 3-year-old Sam Rayburn of Texas.
 Under present procedure, MT. Tru- man would be replaced in the White House by the Secretary of State, the post now held by Edward R. Stet- tinius, Jr., should he be unable to complete his term.
 In a special message to both Houses of Congress sent shortly after he took off on nonstop flight to Olympia, Wash, the Presi- dent said the question of succession lis of great importance now because there will be no elected Vice-Presi- dent for almost four years
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19
BARTLETT BACK;
 HE'S 5pEE(HLES5

WASHINGTON, June 19.-Alas- ka's Delegate to Congress is back from Europe, speeches..
 Delegate E. L. Bartlett went over as a member of a committee to view the battlefields.
 He returned Saturday but has been unable to resume his office work because of a throat ailment which has deprived him of his speech.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19
KING LEOPOLD E
 NOT TO ABDICATE

SALZBURG, Austria, June 19.- King Leopold of Belgoum declared today that he had reassumed his full constitutional prerogatives and there was no question of his abdication, despite the resignation of Premier Achille Van Acher's government.
 The Kings statement was issued through an official spokesman.
 Dispatches from Brussels said strikes in protest against the Kings return to Belgium had spread to numerous coal mines in the Liege district.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, June 19. - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 8, American Can 97lk, Anaconda 35a, Curtiss- Wright 69s International Harvester 871a, Ken necott 39la, New York Central 30, Northern Pacific 327s, U. s. Steel 69A. Sales today were 1,560,0O shares.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials, l67.25; rails, 6l.41; utilities, 32.50.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19
Releases of
 5ervitemen
 To Be5Iow

WASHINGTON, June 19. = The War Department told Congress to- day that many servicemen who rate discharge under the point system cannot be released before next June.
 And, it advised the House Mili- tary Committee, 1t has no intention of lowering the age for automatic discharges. now 40.
 The information was furnished the committee by Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Henry, Assistant Chief of Staff.
 Considering all factors, such as available replacements and trans portation facilities, General Henry said, the program for rapid dis charges is operating smoothly, with indications that 100000 men will be separated from service this month.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19
DAVID GARvIN HERE

David Garvin. seven-year-old grandson of Homer Garvin, Capitol Theatre Manager, arrived in Ju- neau from Seattle via Pan Ameri- can last Sunday to join his sister Irene. three years old, and to spend the summer with his grandparents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19
B BULLETINS }

WASHINGTON - President Tru- man today directed the Secretary of War to seize and operate the plants of the Diamond Alkali Company at Gainesville, Ohio, where 2,000 work CTS have been on strike since Friday
 PARIS-Marcel Deat, Minister of Labor and Internal Solidarity under the Vichy Government. was con- demned to death today by Court of Justice which tried him in ab- sentia. A former professor of phil osophy, the 51-year-old Deat was regarded as one of the most pro- Nazi journalists and politicians in France.
 BRUSSELS-Prem Achille van Acker announced tonight he had refused a request by King Leopold to form a new government, and that the King himself was now trying to do so, with a view to returning to his throne as soon as cabinet was organized.
 WASHINGTON Dispatches from the Pacific during the past 24 hours seem to give the impression that there may be a weakening in the will of Japanese troops to fight.
 WASHINGTON - Secretary For restal was on Capitol Hill today to urge both Senate and House Naval Affairs Committees not to freeze the postwar Navy at any fixed size.
 GUAM--On Okinawa, American troops under new commander are grimly pressing the fanatic Japs back on the cliffs of the islands southern shores. Major General Roy Geiger is giving the enemy no time to reorganize his lines.
 'VyASHINGTON-On the Senate floor. vote of AT to B has given the President power to cut tariff rates by as much as fifty per cent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19

Tungsten puts a stiff backbone in softer metals, is anti-acid. anc resists corrosion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19

The Germans were the first to keep medical histories of persons transported by air.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19
sTALIN WRITES TRUMAN

For instance, here is one reply which Stalin threw back at Presi- dent Truman regarding Poland just q little over month ago, at the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19

It. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., the successful defender of Alaska, was born near Munf0rd- viIIc, Ky, July IS, 1886. Bearish, Buckner has been commandant of West Point, executive officer of the Army War College. Last war saw him command air training at Kelly Field; between wars he headed recruiting in Colorado, taugh at West Point, commanded infantry, went to Alaska in l94O, a Brigadier Gen. cral.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19

'W'ASHINGTON-On the Senate 'loors a vote of 47 to B has given he President power to cut tariff ates by as much as fifty per cent.
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WASHINGTON-Di Dispatches from the Pacific during the past "A hours seem to give the impression that there may be weakening in the will of Japanese troops to fight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-19

WASHINGTON = Secretary For restal was on Capitol Hill today to urge both Senate and House Naval Affairs Committees not to freeze the postwar Navy at any fixed size.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-03-09

individual or the group call for
greater vision and greater ability,
greater duties as we'll as greater
opportunities.
The words for crisis and oppor-
tunity are the same in Chinese. Let
every crisis be an opportunity to
forge ahead. Prove that you merit
your gains and you will keep them.
Make virtue of necessity and use
this time to prove that Negroes
can and will make the most of
every opportunity given them, that
as workers they can not only do
their jobs, but are cheerful, coop
erative and pleasant to work with.
In that way can new gateways be
opened and the old gains made Sc
cure.
The time of reconversion will
be difficult for every one. Now is
the time to prepare ourselves
first by doing to the best Of our
ability the jobs we now hold; Sec
ond, by learning all we possibly
can to prepare us for a better job,
and lastly, by cultivating a sense
of responsibility that will make us
dependable, wanted workers.
In this way, may the gains al
ready won be held and merited and
new ones earned.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-03-09
HOLD THE line!
By RUTH TAYLOR


The other night l heard a story
which impressed me so much l
should like to share it with you.
A>teacher friend of mine had asked
the members of her class to give
their individual wishes for post
war. One Negro girl said: "That
my people may hold and merit the
gains they haze wom."
To me that was one of the finest
and most expressive lines l have
heard on this important subject
for it went straight to the heart
of the problem.
Not in any way does it minimize
the right to those gains and yet it
does emphasize the responsibility
that comes with increased oppor-
tunity. The leader is more to be
censured than the follower when
he leads astray, the scholar when
he misuses knowledge. 1t is by the
acceptance of responsibility that
progress can be made.
Rousseau said: "Never exceed
your rights and they will soon be-
come unlimited" Or as Milton put
it: "They who seek nothing but
their own just liberty have always
the right to win it.
Yes, this is precisely what the
Negro editors have been preach
ing. They have done a splendid job
in stressing the fact that the way
to hold your gains is to prove your
self not only capable in the posi-.
tions you now hold but ready for
advancement. Gains for either the
Nogales international., 1945-09-14
Major Shannon E
Sailing For
Home Sept: 18th


Mrs. Glenna Karns Shannon and
son Terry were among the happiest
people in the world Wednesday.
They had just received a letter
from their husband and father,
Major I. H. (Eddie) Shannon stat
ing he was sailing from Rheims,
France, September 18th and would
be home the latter part of this
month or the first week in October.
Overseas two years next Christ
mas, Shannon served with the 35th
Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade and
was in the fighting from D-Day to
VE-Day, being in Germany when
the European war ended. He has
five battle stars, the Purple Heart,
and the Bronze Star.
A reserve officer, he was called
for active duty Immediately after
the Jap attack on Pearl Harbor in
December 1941.
It is believed he will be discharged
from the Army shortly and will re-
enter the tomato business at No
gales.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14
From, Alaska
To Nogales
In Three Days

Leaving Adak, Alaska, at 9 am,
Sunday, George Mestijian, photo
grapher's mate &c in the Navy, ar
rived in Nogales Tuesday morning,
making the 1000 mile trip in u
hours.
He flew rom Adak Oh a Navy
transport plane, arriving in Seattle,
Wash, at A am, Monday, and
Phoenix at l am, Tuesday. From
here, following Today leave, he
will go to Washington, DC, for re-
assignment. He has been in the
Navy about one and one-half years
Speaking of Adak, Alaska; he said
there's no mice, no rats, no mos
quitoes, no trees, lots of ferns and
wild flowers, wonderful fishing, and
never cold enough during his six
months stay there to put on heavy
coat.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14
JUDGE THOMAS OF COCHISE
COUNTY WILL PRESIDE AT
RE-TRIAL OF NJ. CALIXTRO
Second Trial OF Manuel Calixtro, Charged With
Murder OF Herman Bender, Opening Here
At 10 AM. Monday

Superior Court at 10 am, Monday.
Judge Gordon Farley, who pre-
sided at the first trial and which
resulted in a deadlocked jury, has
been disqualified for the re-trial
and he appointed Judge Thomas to
preside. Farley was disqualified on
affidavit of defense attorney Nasib
Karam.
Bender's bruised and battered body
was found in the abandoned Big
Jim mine shaft near Harshaw early
in May. Calixtro is accused with
Bender's wife, who "was convicted
and sentenced to life imprisonment
for the crime. She is expected to
be brought here from the state peni-
tentiary at Florence to testify at
the forthcoming trial.
Judge Thomas will be accompan-
led here from Bisbee by his court
reporter, Mrs. Harris, who will re-
port the trial. The first trial was
reported by Mrs. Vicenta Davenport
who is moving to Santa Barbara.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14
Mexican Envoy
To Visit
Sonora Sept. Is

DR.. Francisco Castillo Najera,
Mexican ambassador to the United
States, one of Mexico's most illus
trious statesmen, will visit Hermo-
sillo Sept. 18th, going there from
Los Angeles where he is to speak
tomorrow evening at a Mexican In
dependence Day celebration.
He is on his way from Washington
to Mexico City to become his ma
tons foreign minister.
A physician and surgeon by pro-
fession, DR.. Najera has had bril-
liant career in medicine, military
life, national office and diplomacy.
He has represented his country in
the United States, Austria, France,
Sweden, The Netherlands, Belgium
and China.
He has been ambassador to the
United States since February, 1885,
and as foreign minister will succeed
DR.. Ezequiel Padilla, who is a can
didate for President.
Among persons who will greet the
distinguished statesman at Hermo-
sillo is Miss Carmen Gonzalez, act
ing Mexican consul at Nogales.
Nogales international., 1945-09-14
Legion Opening
Membership
Drive Sept. l6

Next week was proclaimed yester-
day by Mayor James v. Robins as
American Legion Membership Ac-
celeration Week" in the following
proclamation:
WHEREAS, the discharged mem
bers of our Armed forces are now
returning to their homes and most
of them will become members of
one of the ex-service organizations;
and,
WHEREAS, the American Legion
has for the past twenty-five years
worked diligently and incessantly for
ex-service men and women and the
results of it's efforts are reflected in
the legislation which now requires
the disqualification, care and COM
pensation of veterans and members
of their families; and,
WHEREAS, the week of Septem-
Der 16, 1945, has been designated by
National Commander Scheiberling
as the time for an intensive drive
for membership by the American
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Nogales international., 1945-09-14
2 Letters From
Col. Quesenberry

Mrs. Mary Harrison Quesenberry
had two letters this week from her
husband, Col. Marshall Quesenber-
ry, who was captured by the JapS
three years ago last spring.
They came from Camp Hoten,
Mukden, Manchuria. One was writ
ten on August 18th and the other
the 10Th.
Col. Quesenberry said there are
1900 persons in the camp and that
the sick are being brought out first,
then will come the generals, colon
els. and others according to rank.
He said be is fairly well and was
rescued by American paratrooperS
and Russian troops and that he had
been awfully hungry for several
weeks but was now getting every
thing he needed, and that he is very
anxious to get home.
He also said some letters were re-
Gently received at the camp dated
as far back as 1912.