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Laurel outlook., 1945-03-21
Seabees Three Years Old;
Navy Lauds Heroic Work

WASHINGTON.--The navy's Sea-
bees recently celebrated their third
anniversary with a record of hav-
ing participated in every major am
phibious invasion in both hemi-
spheres.
Since December %, 1941, the Sea-
bees have licked what the navy calls
the toughest military construction
job in history-building of advanced
naval bases fast enough to keep
pace with the needs of our expand
ing fleet. The Seabees are the navy's
construction battalions.
Drawn from some of 60 differ
ent trades, the Seabees, says the
navy, care not only the worlds fast
est and most skillful construction
men, but are able to substitute guns
for tools and put up q irst-class
fight"
Laurel outlook., 1945-03-21

Thanks to all who help get the
paper to US in the service, and
hello, to my friends.
An Eighth Air Force Fighter
Station, England-The good con-
duct medal has been awarded to
Sgt. Leslie E. Kucera, son of M.
and Mrs. James Kucera, of Bridger.
Mont, for exemplary behavior, eff
ficiency, and fidelity"
The ~31-year-old soldier, a former
diversion clerk for the Northern
Pacific railway, at Laurel, Mont, is
a supply clerk with the 4th Fighter
group, a Psi Mustang fighter Or
ganization in the Eighth Air Force.
Sgt. Kucera, whose wife, Mrs. /.
L. Kucera, lives at Laurel, has
served with the AAF in England
since November, 1912.
Laurel outlook., 1945-03-21

First Lieut.. Don. L. Nave, Philip
pine Islands, Feb. "a, 1915:
Just a few lines to let you know
that | have changed addresses again.
This has been my APO. for some
time, but l haven't had time to
write.
l spent two months in New
Guinea as a combat APO instruc-
tor. l am sure glad to be with my
outfit again. In my absence | was
promoted to LIST Lieutenant.
l have Al missions now, from Ra-
baul, New Britain, through New
Guinea and in the Philippines.
1t is really nice here. 1t is much
like flying over the States. There
are farms all over the islands, and
nice towns, and highways and rail-
roads. The Filipinos are very nice
people, and very friendly. Many of
them talk English. They have suf-
fered under Jap domination and are
glad of Allied liberation.
There are many horses and cara
bao in the islands. They are very
gentle and are used for work. Lit
tie children ride the carabao all the
time. 1t looks funny to go into a
target and see carabao running
around in the fields.
The weather here is much nicer
than it is in New Guinea, and I
am relieved to get away from fly
ing over all that jungle there. That
was the thing l worried most about
while on missions. 1t is very hard
to get out of the jungle when you
go down in it. However, l have
been very lucky. I've been shot
up a little, but always got back.
I have seer several Billings boys
over here. 1t is good to see some
one from home.
l would enjoy getting the Outlook
again. l haven't received one for
several months
/ send my regards to all my
friends in and around Laurel.
Pfc. John J.. Stanley, San Fran
cisco, Calf, March 8:
Hello! Just a couple of lines to
notify you of my new address.
l have been getting the paper
pretty good considering the many
times I've moved in the past few
months. J
Laurel outlook., 1945-03-21
Letters
From Our Boys
and Girls

CONTINUED from Page Three
Northern Pacific car shops. His
mother is Mrs. Catherine Frank.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
CHURCHILL
 ON VISIT
 TO FRONT

LONDON, Marcii 6-Prime Min ister Winston Churchill has re- turned to London after visit to the battle front, where he con- ferred with Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hover and Field Marshal Mont- gomery, and covered considerable part of German territory in his tour.
 Churchill, with his chief mili- tary adviser, Gen. Sir Hastings Is- may, spent the weekend at Allied Headquarters with Eisenhower and Montgomery flor the purpose of discussing with them and other Allied Commanders wide field of military matters the announce ment said.
 The Premier also visited troops of the First Canadian Army units and the United States Ninth Army taking part in the drive on the Rhine.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06

LONDON, March 6.-The Russian troops are closing in on Stettin and have reached the Oder River near Greifenhagen, Il miles south of the port, Moscow dispatches state.
 The Germans declared the Soviets have thrust to within 13 miles of Stettin and 35 miles of the U-boat base at Swinemuende.
 The Red Army artillery is shelling Stettin port.
 The German communique says Marshal Zhukov's army is wheeling westward on a 40-mile front from Stargard to Greifenhagen. the latter town IA miles from the Baltic coast
 Naugard has been captured, the German Command states, and also says Zhukov's spearhead has been stopped northeast of Gollnow.
 The Berlin radio asserts Khukov has massed five infantry and two tank armies in the central sector for a push westward of Berlin.
 Zhukov's and Rokossovsky's arm ies seized total of 230 towns and villages yesterday and gains aver aged 10 miles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
FORCES OF NIp5 BEING
 BOTTLED UP
Remnants on luzon Attack ed from Ground, Air
 9O,OOO Jdps Killed
By c. YATES MCDANIEL CAP War Correspondent

MANILA. March 6-Six Japanese divisions, perhaps 9O.000 troops. of 10 divisions defending Luzon, have been destroyed. together with con- siderable war material, and. the re- maining forces are bottled up in the mountains and are under con- tinuous attack by forces and from the air, Gen. Douglas Macarthur announces.
 It. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita's forces are still on this largest is land of the Philippines. but are split into a number of different groups and all of their positions are critical.
 Only yesterday, Macarthur an- nounced, thousands of Japs have been cleaned out of Ilocos Norte Province. in Luzon's northwest corner by guerrillas operating under American Army Officer Col. R. W. Volckman.
 On bloody Leyte, south of Luzon, more than l25,000 Japs were killed and this makes a total on the two islands alone of more than 2l50O0 Japanese troops killed. including some of the Japanese Empires best.
 The largest single engagement in which the enemy sustained heavy losses, was the week-old battle of Manila.
 Slow enveloping movements against the Japanese mountain positions are reported
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
The W ashing ion Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active
 service with the Army. f

WASHINGTON- President Roose- welt got back from his notable achievements at Yalta to find seri- ous problems awaiting him at home particularly on the labor front Some of his advisers felt, however that these problems, especially the coal crisis, could have been averted by beginning to prepare for it earlier and by appointing a new Secretary of Labor.
 The President left for Yalta al most immediately after his in- auguration. And, up until a day or two before his inauguration, he had not made up his mind what to do about appointing a new Sec retary of Labor. In the end, he did nothing and Miss Perkins con- tinued, despite her very firm desire to resign
 Meanwhile, various moves could have been made to head off the coal crisis One of them, discussed in the background but never brought forward, is an annual wage for miners If the miners knew they would be able to work all the year around, especially in peace times when they have been laid off for about one-third of the time, they might forego wage in- creases now.
 Another move, proposed back stage, was to appoint coal mine representatives on local OF boards to make sure the cost of living did not go up, or if so, under circumstances they understood.
 But the most important move was to have appointed a new Secretary of Labor. with new. fresh out look, untarnished prestige, who could have tackled the job first hand, and, if necessary, gone out to the mining areas to meet with
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
GEMMILL
 TRIAL IS
 UNDERWAY
Jury of Ten Men and Two Women Is SeIe(ted-
 Testimony Starts

SEATTLE, March 6-tSpecial to Empire) The Lynn J. Gemmill trial opened at 10 a. m. today in the court of District Judge John c. Bowen
 U. s. Prosecuting Attorney J.. Charles Dennis and Defense At torney Will G. Beardslee selected a jury of 10 men and two women to hear the testimony, which starts this afternoon.
 Gemmill, United States Attorney for the First Division, Alaska, is charged with soliciting S3,000 and accepting $500 from Cleo Patricia Wilkins, one of the defendants in a larceny case pending in the District Court in Juneau.
 FBI agents who were connected with the arrest of Gemmill in a Seattle hotel room November of last year, have resigned. United States Attorney Dennis asserted at the opening of the trial | that Gemmill is charged with bribery, that he told Mrs. Wilkins he would recommend a suspended sentence in her grand larceny case if she would pay him $3,0o0. The conversation took place over -four i bottles of beer in Gemmils hotel room here last November. 1 Dennis said Gemmill former i Wenatchee, Washington attorney, was indicted on charges of solicit ing a $3,000 bribe and accepting S1 500.
 Dennis, in relating the case said , in December, 1943, a trunk con taining money and jewelry was stolen from the owner of a house of ill-fame in Sitka, Alaska.
 Mrs. Wilkins was identified by Dennis as the woman employed in the house, and was subpoenaed last October to appear before a grand jury She, another girl and two soldiers were indicted. Her bail was set at $3,000, which she deposited in cash.
 Dennis said the Government will prove that when she learned she had been indicted, she talked with Gemmill and he said he would recommend suspended sentence ]. if she would testify against the others and she would have nothing to worry about"
 Subsequently, Dennis said, she came here and met Gemmill. She notified the Secret Service, who in turn notified the FBI agents and they were in nearby room when the money transaction occurred. The FBI agents entered the room and arrested Gemmill
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, March 6.-When we finally get down to the business of "streamlining Congress if we ever dol give hand to Rep. Robert F. Rich, of Pennsylvania. Con gressman Rich would like to see the Congressional Record, supposedly the accurate report of everything that goes on verbally in Congress be just exactly that and nothing more. Few people who see the Congressional Record ever realize it, but there of ten are occasions when the Record is about as accurate as a kinder gartner's blueprint for skyscraper.
 The reason is that somewhere along the line, members of Congress got in the habit of asking 'unani-. nous consent to revise and extend my remarks Students of legislative procedure say this was started as a time-saver. so that colleagues of long -winded members who were making speeches purely for the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
FOUR BLASTS SHAKE SHIP,
 VANCOUVER
Several Believed Dead and Scores Injured-
 Windows Broken

r VANCOUVER, B. C., March G. Several men are believed to have been killed and scores were injured at noon today when four heavy blasts shook a ship at the CPR docks near Vancouvers downtown district.
 The Vancouver Sun said it learn ed about 150 men were aboard the vessel, Greenhill Park, 10O00-ton freighter, when the explosions ioc- cured. About 45 minutes after the blast the ship, operated by the Do- minion Government and owned by Park Steamship Ltd, was lowed to Burradd Inlet. It was reported there were fears there might be other ex- { plosions if the flames reached other holqs.
 Michael Giraud, Canadian Press reporter, said a guard told him several men were still trapped in the vessel. including the chef and the chief engineer He added it is not known immediately how many are still in the ship.
 The outlines of the freighter could be seen through the dense smcke and haze. It is several hun dred yards out in the inlet. A small CT vessel, possibly about 2000 tons. is burning nearby. It appeared it is planned to let the smaller vessel burn and sink.
 The other, a 10000 tonner, was hauled into the inlet from the CPR docks and appeared out of danger.
 Hundreds of plate glass windows and thousands of office windows were broken in the downtown busi- ness section as the explosions rocked the central section of Vancouver about the time the streets began to get crowded in the noon hour. Officials of the Canada Shipping Company, agents for the vessel, said it was not an ammunition ship. They did not know what caused the blasts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
JAP LINES IN INDIA
 CUT NOW
Entire Enemy Position Is Threatened by Decisive
 Move of British
By FRANK L. MARTIN CAP War Correspondent

 CALCUTTA, March 6 - British armored units, cutting across the IIrrawaddy River Valley in an 85- mile dash. have severed the main Japanese land, air and water lines between Mandalay and Rangoon, and have seriously threatened the entire enemy position, Allied Head quarters said.
 With the aid of British air. borne infantry flown in at the climax of the operation, the ar- mored column seized the airdromes intact, killed more than 1900 Japs, captured 40 guns and destroyed enough enemy supplies to feed a l Japanese division for 10 days. The important communications center of Meiktila, TO miles south of Man dalay, was also captured.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
BIG BLOW <. ls.s.s N <. ~ Asi ssg gs-sa p0I5ED Al
 TWO LIMA
Marines Are Preparing for Final Assault as Sup-
 lies Landed

BULLETIN = NEW YORK,
 March 6. = A Tokyo broadcast
 picked up here by the EGG de-
 cIares the American Marines on
 Two Jima launched a violent
 attack on the Japanese lines and
 fighting has reached a most de-
 cisive stage
 U. s. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD. QUARTERS, GUAM, March 6 = clincher blow in the 16-day-olt battle for little Two Jima, wher, hundreds of Marines have diet while killing more than 12,00' Japs, poised today while more power from supplies poured ashore on the east and west coasts.
 There were no apprecia b lt changes in the lines yesterday a! the Leathernecks. holding more than two-thirds of the island, bull up positions for a grand-scale as. sault on the defenses of the rocky north end.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, March 6 = Closing quotation of Alaska-Juneau Mine stock today is 7ss, American Can 93a4, Anaconda 34A, Beech Air craft 12s4, Bethlehem Steel 76ls Curtiss- Wright 6as, International Harvester 8l14, Kennecott 39A North American Aviation II, New York Central 247s, Northern Pacific 227s, U. s. Steel 661a.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 161. 50; rails 5251; utilities, 28.38.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
Rich Takes Hard Rap AtConqressmenW Who
 Change Record Talk

Record could be spared some bore dom. Members discovered, however, that they could virtually re-write their speeches.
 Rich says: T believe that when a man stands on the floor of the House Che might have added that the same thing is true in the Senate) and makes a statement condemning a measure as being unsound and un- sensible, and then adds that he is going to vote for 1t, he should not be permitted to delete those remarks from the Record
 If we make an error, correct it, but I personally want my people to know just how I talk, want them to know exactly how I feel about legislation.
 It may be appended right here that Rich has about as much chance of getting his suggestion into the
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
MARINES PRAISED

WASHINGTON, March 6-James V. Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy who returned yesterday after trip in the Pacific war zone, said the loss of Marine lives on the island is not out of proportion to the importance of taking Two Jima, as it is needed to put the American fighter planes and Liberator bomb CTS within range of Japan.
 Forrestal gave no figures on the wounded and missing in the Two Jima campaign, but praised the three Marine Divisions. He said the Japs on the island were much stronger than was expected, and made good use of their weapons
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
NOMINATION OF
 VIN50N 0kEHED

WASHINGTON, March G. The Presidents nomination of Judge Fred Vinson, to be Federal Loan Ad- ministrator, has been approved un- animously by the Senate Banking Committee without any hearings.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
DEFENDERS OF COLOGNE
 FORCED BACK
Three Other American Di. visions Are Closing in
 on Rhine Areas

BULLETIN =. PARIS, March
 6.--American forces fought their
 way through Cologne to the
 Rhine tonight and in the south
 the U. s. Third Army spurted 25
 miles toward the Rhine In the
 Coblenz area.
 The American First Army
 tanks and troops fought their way past the the famous Cologne
 Cathedral.
 A front line dispatch tonight
 declared that Cologne, to all
 military purposes, has fallen"
 PARIS, March 6.-The American troops captured at least one-third of Cologne by mid -anorning and forced the German defenders back to the old city section around the heart of the devastated metropolis. Three divisions, the Thrd Armor- ed. Eighth and l04th Infantry have reached Ringstrasse against surpris- ingly little opposition.
 The Germens fought in what was once the walled section of cologne, by far the greatest traffic center in western Germany.
 To the north, Simpsons Ninth Army wiped out all but one small pocket on the Rhine south of Dues- seldorf, in the suburb of Neuss.
 The Canadians have driven into Wesel, pocket farther down the Rhine.
 The First Army has driven swiftly to the middle of the Rhine and have struck within six miles of the river center city of Bonn.
 Patton's Third Army, according to a German communique broadcast, has made a deep breach in the Nazi lines northeast of Kyllburg.
 Patton's movements are largely blacked out, similar to the great secrecy prevailing during the great Rhine breakthrough. His nearest official reported distance from Cob lenz is A miles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
RED ARMY CLOSES IN
 ON 5TETT|N
Ndugdrd Reported Capfur ed. Also Greifenhdgen
 Taken by Soviets

BULLETIN-LONDON, March 6.--Stalin announces the capture of Grudziadz, and the town has been cleared of the Germans in block to block fighting. The cap ture of the town, 55 miles south of Danzig, clears the road for communica tions and feeding of troops with military require ments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
'BARANOF GUEST

Jeannette T. Davenport, register ing from Anchorage, is guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
FAIRBANKS MAN DIES SUDDENLY
 ON SEATTLE TRIP

SEATTLE. March - Peter S. Malone, Fairbanks store owner. aged about 50, collapsed and died Monday a few blocks from the hotel at which he was a guest. Malone only arrived here Saturday via Panair.
 The coroner said apparently Ma lone suffered sudden heart at tack.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06
FROM HOONAH

M. Hegeberg, registering from Hoonah. is now at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-06

SEATTLE, March 6-tSpecial to Empire) The Lynn J. Gemmill trial opened at 10 a. m. today in the court of District Judge John C Pomep
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30

lators or other valuable property. Ii you want to try your gun or improve your markmanship, select something of no value and blaze away at that Be sure there is good backStop fol your bullets.
 After spotting your game, plan or placing your shot where it will be effective and will destroy the least meat. A head or neck shot is recommended fcr deer, goat, or moose. If you do not feel equal to this test, try the lung shot, spot just behind the shoulder. Never just shoot at the animal. Choose vital spot and aim at that. This is highly important with a bear. Careless shooting usually results in wasted meat, wounded animal and occa- sionally mauled hunter. If you lack experience in dressing and caring for meat, the Forest Service will gladly furnish you liter ature on that subject.
 There is only slight difference in methods of approach to good and bad, yet the two have widely diver gent possibilities. The difference between pop gun and a good rifle might easily turn impending trag- edy into sure victory in an encoun- ter with a bear. Attention to such <l h. ing might save a mans life in case he is forced to stay out over night. man properly prepared can easily survive a night or two in the woods, whereas one not so prepared might perish.
 Following is a summary of the inn portant points:
 l. Make your hunting plans known to your friends.
 2. Go well prepared.
 3. Keep calm and use your head if lost.
 4. Oserve game laws.
 5. Fire only when you know what you are shooting at and then shoot to kill.
 6. Kill only what you need and save what you kill.
 T. Do your practice shooting at targets and not at useful property
 8. Do not overtaX your strength by overdoing
 By following these rules you should derive both profit and satisfaction from your hunting trip. It will also help you maintain place of respect and confidence in your community.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-30
COMPLETION OF , HOUSING UNITS
 HERE ASSURED
Governor Informed ProjeCl on WiIIoughby Avenue
 Is Not Terminated

Juneau's 30-unit Federal Public Housing Project on Willoughby Avenue will go through to comple- tion-though just when work will be resumed on the job is not yet dis closed. Word to that effect has been received here by the Governors office from the national hadquart- CTS of the housing agency.
 On August 24, Coy. Gruening sent the following wire to John B. Bland ford, Jr., Administrator National Housing Agency, Washington, D. C., "Greatly shocked to hear of suspen- sion of Juneau Housing Project; this and other Alaskan projects are in response to a desperate housing shortage brought about by the war and not relieved by the termination of the war. Housing shortage in Juneau particularly due to presence of such agencies as OPA, United States Signal Corps, the new and expanding veterans administration and other agencies whose functions will not diminish, but will increase. Strongly urge that this project, on which considerable money has al ready been expended including pur- chase of building and filling of ground, be continued
 In response to this telegram the Governor received the following ans wer from MT. Blandford, Juneau housing project not terminated but will proceed to completion