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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09

GOVERNOR HOME FROM TRIP OUT
 TO WASHINGTON
Norfhward Urge of People in States Is Alaska
 Problem

Alaskas Governor, Ernest Gruen- ing and Mrs. Gruening returned to the city yesterday after two months in the States.
 Wading into his coming message to the Territorial Legislature, con- vening here January p, Gruening declared one of the things this ses- sion must discuss is the increasing desire of many in the States to come to Alaska.
 What we will do with these peo- pie is problem we must face,' Gruening declared. There will be people coming to live and people coming as tourists. We cannot as- sume all who hope to make their homes here, and it is likely trans portation facilities in the near fu- ture will not be equipped to bring all who hope for an Alaskan tour out of these groups that will in- evitably come here Alaskans have the opportunity Of creating great economic assets"
 The Alaska urge is greater than ever in the States, Gruening said, and T found many poor deluded persons who hoped to drive to the Territory after V-Day. I told them to come via the Inside Passage7
 While in Seattle, Gov. Gruening met with the Alaska Committee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and discussed the proposed "A'' route Alaska highway which would bring that artery much closer to the coast.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09
American Legion Is Now Planning for Big
 Work Ahead Tomorrow
First of Two Articles on the
 American Legion)
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The An1- erican Legion is putting its house in order for as many of the Il ,000, 900 veterans of World War II as can be interested in Legion objectives.
 Under ordinary circumstances, the expansion of any national organiza- ton hardly would be worth men, tioning. But since World War I, it has been generally conceded that only the farm and labor blocS com- pare with the war veterans as a closely knit group that sees to pro- lection of their interests and ideals in Congressional, State and local legislation.
 In view of that, it may be inn portant to follow the progress of the newly shaping veterans groups, to know what they stand for, and to understand their methods in ex- banding to a membership that may control eventually 20 to 30 million voters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09
NAVY PLANES POUND LUz0N
 DAY
Targets Scarce as Nips Send Ships Fleeing and
 Hide Air Force

ABOARD VICE ADMIRAL JOHN McCAIN'S FLAGSHIP, OFF THE PHILIPPINES, Jan. Delayed - Carrier-based planes pounded Lu- zon Island for the second straight day as jittery Japanese sent ships fleeing to sea and hid most of their air force. CThis report is the first one from any Allied source of, the second carrier strike on in- vasion- -menaced LuzonJ
 American Navy planes found a scarcity of targets, catching only Al planes in the air throughout the first two days and nights of the around-the- -clock attack.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. 9 - Closing quotation of Alaska-Juneau Mine stock today is T, American Can 92A, Anaccnda 31h, Curtiss- Wright 6ss, International Harvester 80A, Kennecott 38B, North American Aviation 10A, New York Central 255s, Northern Pacific 21is, U. $. Steel 62l2, Pound, $4.04, Beech Air craft 14A, Bethlehem Steel 70is.
 Dow, Jones averages are as fol- lows: Industrials, 155.02; rails, 506S; utilities, 26.48.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09
The Washinqton Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON nt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active
 service with the Army.)

WASHINGTON-H important efficient Military Intelligence is to victory or defeat is illustrated by some of the inside facts on the recent Germ n counter-attackS both in Italy and Belgium.
 In Belgium, it is now recognized, the U. s. Command was not suffi- ciently aware of the massing of German troops ready for the counter attack The result was tragic
 But in Italy, Military Intelligence spotted Nazi preparations against the all-Negro Ninety-second Division in advance So when the enemy attacked, the Ninety second was prepared. They had thrown up strong defenses to fall back on, withdrew to these and then held firm
 It had been figured both is Washington and at Gen. Clark's
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09
FIX RIA
INVASION
 OF LUz0N
 START

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD QUARTERS IN THE PHILIP PINES, Jan. 10 - Huge Tank forces have opened the invasion of Luzon Island in the Philip pines.
 Gen. Douglas Macarthur an- nounces the showdown move in the Archipelago has started, the way being paved by warships, land and navy planes, hitting everything, including Japan, from the KuriIes to the Philippines.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09
COAST AUXILIARY
 TO MEET THURSDAY

Jack Burford, ce-Commodore of the Coast Guard Auxiliary for AL aska, announced today that anybody desiring to become a member of the auxiliary or an associate member could come to the City Council Chambers Thursday nigh ht at o'clock to participate in the in- structions to be held that night and every Thursday night.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09
ED KIETHAHN IS ROTARY SPEAKER
 Al NOON TODAY

Assembling at noon today, Juneau Rotarians heard Ed Keithahn speak on Why Am a MuSeumator, and heard another talk by Ray Adams, cub scout leader, on his activities with the cubs.
 A report was read on the New Years party and committee was appointed to make plans for Val entine party next month.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09
TWO BA5kETBAlL GAMESSCHEDULED
 TONIGHT IN GYM

The second half of the 1944-45 basketball season opens tonight on the maple court of the Juneau High School at 7:30 o'clock when the Beavers meet the Support and the Signacs meet Juneau High Schools Crimson Bears in the second and main event.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09
GERMANS MAKE
 STAND IN ITALY

ROME, Jan. 9-After withdraw ing five miles from San Alberto in the past two days, the German forces have made a stand along the southern bank of the river Reno, east of the Valli di Com. macchio Lagoon, Allied Headquar- ters announced today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09
ALASKAN PRINTER
 HITS LAST TRAIL

Charley Scheffler oldtime printer with the Fairbanks Daily News Miner, passed away recently in the Golden Heart City.
 Scheffler was well known in the Territory and worked in many Alaskan printing plants. Before be- coming a printer he was one of the Territory's pioneer travelling men,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09
SCOUT COUNCIL MEETS

Meeting yesterday in the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company's penthouse the Girl Scout Council discussed plans for the coming sum- mer encampment after the new of- ficers took charge of the meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09
HIGHWAY WAS ICY

The warning given yesterday by the Weather Bureau of icy condi- tions to prevail on Glacier Highway this morning proved to be correct. Glare ice covered the highway in all places where the wind did not sweep and trafficking was hazard ous. Vehicles operated with cau- ton and no mishaps have been re- ported.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09
OPA MAN HERE

E. H. Toothaker of the OPA is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. He is registered from Hoxie, Kansas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09

Back in the days that followed the Armistice, the late Brig. Gen. Theo- dore Roosevelt, Jr, and handful of other men who had met in a Paris cafe one night. were selling their idea of the American Legion to all who would listen. In a few months, more than 200 veterans or ganizations were in operation. Most of these faded out or were incor- porated into other groups Out of the confusion, the Legion emerged the most powerful of all.
 It now has a claimed membership of 100000 Legionnaires and aux diaries in more than 12,000 posts. It has real estate. cash, securities, bonds and equipment valued at more than $l00,000.000. And while the Legion doesn't fear much competi- tion from infant veterans organiza- tions that will spring out of this war, therein begins the story of how the Legion is putting it's house in order.
 Recognizing that the veterans of this war may have other interests than their dads of 25 years ago, and may not be interested in stringing along with oldsters in the saddle, the Legion has adopted four expansion programs:
 D The estapnsment of World War II posts in all Legion areas. These are and will be composed en- tirely of World II veterans with no putting in at all.
 @ The recognition of World War II veterans by giving them im- portant elective jobs in existing Le- zion posts. Already the Legion has youngsters holding down dominant jobs both in local and State depart ments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09

3. The assumption of the prob lems of World War II veterans. The new Legion objectiyes are being streamlined to take up the problems of rehabilitation and security.
 C4) The recognition of ether
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-09

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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06
Japs Stop Yank
Advance in
0kinawa Fighting

GUAM, April 6. UP)-Japanese
defenders OF OkinaWa opered their
biggest counterattack of the cam
paign Friday, bringing the American
invasion forces to virtual stand
still in the west and central sectors
of the island battlefront.
A United Press correspondent re-
ported the Japanese counterblow in
a dispatch from Okinawa. 1t COIN
cided with numerous signs that the
walkover phase of the invasion was
finished and bloody fighting lay
ahead.
Resistance was reported stiffening
all along the Okinawa front. The
stalemate in the west and central
parts came as 10th Army forces
stormed the slopes of three hills
anchoring the defenses of Naha,
smouldering and deserted capital
city some four miles to the south.
The hills before Naha blocked the
United States passage down the
isthmus to the southern part of
the island.
Late reports from Okinawa dis
closing the Japanese counterattack
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06
Roaring Mississippi Floods
Makes 85. 1000 Homeless

NEW ORLEANS, April 6.
(UP)-Disaster agencie e S
prepared for their most ex-
tensive flood relief opera
tions in 18 years Friday, speeding
the evacuation of more than $4,000
persons along the banks of the Mis-
sisSippi river and its tributaries
from Kairo, Illinois, south to the
Gulf of Mexico
American Red Cross workers,
doctors and nurses we're dispatched
to the critical lower Mississippi
region where Louisiana residents
barricaded their levies to meet the
worst flood threat in the states his
tory
Temporary disaster headquarters
were set up at Alexandria, Louisi-
ana, on the banks CT the Red river,
whose overflow already had mum
dated several hundred thousand
acres of farmland, closed scores of
ttate highways and isolated many
cities.
Army engineers awaited orders to
blast five-mile levee blocking the
head of the huge Morganza flood
way at Morgan City, Louisiana,
which is capable of diverting $4,000
cubic feet of water per second from
the Mississippi into the gulf
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06
Thompson Named
Marshal of
Roundup Parade

LON Thompson, Ell Centro buSi-
ness man, has been named grand
marshal of the Imperial Valley
Roundup parade to be held in Ell
Centro April 20, heralding opening
day of the three day rodeo April 20,
81 and %.
Thompson will ride at the head
Of the parade with Queen Lois Rel
mer. The parade will form at Fourth
and Main streets and will traverse
Main to Eighth street.
The Mexicali Charros lave been
invited to appear at the county
fairgrounds for the opening day
program and to participate in the
grand entry of the queen and her
retinue and the performers.
The general committee has auth
orized President Brankamp of the
Chamber of Commerce to appoint
parking -uShering committee. A
dance committee comprised of Bert
Fawcett, chairman; William Schen-
imam and Earle G.. Davis has been
authorized to investigate the advis-
ability of holding a cowhands'
dance on April 20 and 81.
Because of the California law,
the general committee has decided
to allow only those minors with
legally appointed guardians to par
t1cipate in The rodeo. The guardian
must produce the court order show
ing appointment before being al
lowed to sign for the contestant.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06
Macarthur Gets
Full Command

WASHINGTON, April 6. CUP)-
Gen. Douglas Macarthur will lead
the march on Tokyo.
He was picked for the job by the
joint chiefs of staff.
The dashing, 65-year old hero of
Bataan, who made good his promise
to return to the Philippines, will
command all army forces in the
Pacific.
Adm. Chester w. Nimitz, who
stopped the once arrogant Japanese
fleet and then battered it into vir-
tual insignificance, was assigned
command of all naval forces.
is KEY FIGURE
While Macarthur and Nimitz os-
tensibly are on a par in the new
command set-up, the general actual
ly emerges as the key figure in the
war on Japan. AS army commander,
it will be MacArthur's task to in
wade the enemy homeland, the I'LL
innate objective of the American
high command Nimitz' role then
will be largely to transport and
protect MacArthur's troops and sup
plies and to support the landings.
The new command arrangement
accomplishes these changes:
l. Removes from MacArthur's s
control the naval forces which have
helped him cover the long journey
from Australia back to the Philip
pines. These forces comprise the
Seventh Fleet, under the immediate
command of vice admiral Thomas c.
Kinkaid. Henceforth. they will be
at Nimitz' disposition.
2. Removes from Nimitz' command
all army troops which have served
under him in the central and north
Pacific. They will serve under Mac
Arthur. The directive from the
joint chiefs of staff does not men,
ton it, but marine troops would be
available to Macarthur whenever
he needed them.
3. Eliminates the lines of demar-
cation which had existed between
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06
HimmIer Admits
Near Collapse
OF German Arms

LONDON, April 6. (UP)-Das
Schwartze Korps, organ Of Heinrich
Himmler's SIS Elite Storm Troops,
confessed Friday that Germany was
perhaps only few days or weeks"
from complete collapse.
The remarkably frank article was
quoted in Berlin dispatch to the
Stockholm newspaper Dagens Ny
heter. 1t added the implied warn
ing, however, that SIS troops would
fight on to the death despite the
impending collapse.
1--WE feel we should give the world
last warning" Das SchWartze
Korps said. 1--WE might be defeated
militarily, but we shall never lose
faith in our task"
Nazi propaganda Minister Paul
Joseph Goebbels, writing in his
newspaper Das Reich, said Germans
already were beginning to look
around for someone to blame for
their plight.
1T is a cheap method to look
for scapegoatS at this moment"
Goebbels said. 1--WE must face this
war in complete unity. the kernel
of the German war effort is to pre-
vent the Allies under all circum-
stances and by the use of our ma
tional strength from distributing
Germany between them as their
booty"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06
Worried Mother
Kills Three
Children, Self

MARENGO, Ia, April 6. OUP)--
Worry that her husband might be
called for military service caused
Mrs. Elsie Krakow to pour gasoline
on herself and three children and
set a match to it, police said Friday.
Carol Krakow told police that his
@ive-year old daughter, Mary, rush.
ed out of the house Thursday, her
clothing in flames, shrieking, Mama
poured gasoline on us and set us
on fire"
inside, Krakow found his wife,
two-months old son, Michael, and
another daughter, Carline, 2, burned
to death on the kitchen floor. Mary
died later in a Marengo hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06
StettiniuS Gets
s. +. Meet Honor

WASHINGTON, April 6. (UP)-
President Roosevelt Friday desig-
mated Secretary of State Edward r.
Stettinius, Jr., as temporary presi-
dent of the United Nations Secur-
ity conference which begins April
25 in San Francisco.
White House Press Secretary JON
athan Daniels explained that it was
customary for the host nation at
an international parley to make its
delegation chief temporary presi-
dent. A permanent conference pres
ioent will be elected at the start
Of the security meeting.
The President also named Alcer
Hiss, director of the state depart
ment's office of special political af-
fairs, to be permanent secretary gen.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06
Plans Finished
For Annual
CabaIIeros Trek

Ancient history in modern trap
pings will be rewritten next week
when ANA Trail Caballeros take
their annual ride along the trail
traced across desert and hills by
Captain Juan Bautista de ANA in
1774.
Before the war this annual ride
between Calexico and Riverside
was a popular feature of the Cav
alcade of Imperial Valley at CAL
exico and the pioneer celebration
il. Riverside. Wartime conditions
made it impossible to have all the
usual features of the two celebra-
tons, linked together by the ride of
the ANA Trail Caballeros, but the
ride and big dance are held each
year to keep the celebrations alive
in the minds of residents of the two
areas.
Saturday night the riders, doz-
en- of them from Imperial Valley,
will camp out at Plaster City after
q chuck wagon feed and leave early
Sunday morning on the first days
ride.
A week later the riders will arrive
il Riverside and that night will be
entertained at the Fuller rancho
near that city.
Reports from the committee in
dicated Friday that the valley con-
tingent will be composed of the CAL
exico group, Les Dove, Jimmie
Dove, DR.. Karl Kortheuer, Dan
Bump, Eric Rice, Jimmy Mullenaux,
Carl Spears, Charles Lakin, and
Marvin Gardner; LON Thompson
and Russell G.. Smith of Ell Centre;
and Charles L. Wigg of Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06
Jurors Convict
f. +. Woman on
Forgery Charge

A superior court jury late Thurs
day found Norma Wood guilty Of
forgery. The verdict was returned
after celebrating the evidence more
than seven hours.
She will be sentenced Monday.
She was found guilty of forging
checks passed in Imperial county
by Bert and Clay Crawford. The
Crawford brothers are serving terms
in San Quentin penitentiary after
being sentenced in Imperial county
superior court.
First testimony ever given on the
west coast by an FBI agent assigned
to examination of questionable doc
uments was given at the trial of
the Norma Wood case.
GIVES EXPERT TESTIMONY
George F. MeSnig the agent, ex-
planned huge enlargements of
checks introduced in the case and
explained what his laboratory tests
and deductions were, in testimony
for the state.
In discussing the testimony given
by Messing, Sheriff Robert w. Ware
said that similar service is avail
able free of charge to all law en-
forcement agencies in the United
States, thus providing the small
agencies in outlying districts with
the same facilities and experts
available to those in larger places.
Messing said as far as he knows
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06
100 Film.Crew
Leaves Jobs

HOLLYWOOD, April 6. UP)-
approximately 100 remaining lab
oratory electricians working on army
and government films left their jobs
Friday in retaliation for the voiding
of contracts between striking craft
unions and nine major studios.
Studio officials said, however, that
the non-s striking AFL International
Alliance of Theatrical Stage En-
ployes had agreed to furnish re-
placements for the electricians,
members of the rival AFL confer
ence of studio unions. The four
week long move industry walkout
was the result of a dispute between
the two union groups over repres-
entation of 78 set decorators.
When the strike was not termi-
mated by Wednesday deadline, $500
full time employees were discharged.
The studios also notified union Of
ficials that their contracts with the
companies had beep cancelled.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06
Food ProberS
Ask Showdown

WASHINGTON, April 6. CUP) -
Congressional Investigators sum-
moned four top government Off
cials to a white house meeting Fri
day in an attempt to end buck
passing" about responsibility for the
food shortage.
Chairman Clinton P. Anderson,
Cd, New Mexico, of the house food
investigating committee said the
closed door session would be held In
the white house office of war mo-
bilization director Fred M. Vinson.
Some committee members indicated
1t would be turbulent.
They planned to put the food
problem squarely up to Vinson, war
food administrator Marvin Jones,
foreign economic administrator Leo
Crowley,and Chester Bowles, head
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06

MOSCOW Sald assault units OF Mar
shal Fecdor I. Tolbukhin's Third
Ukrainian Army had penetrated an
industrial settlement on the eastern
edge of the city.
STIFFER RESISTANCE
Resistance at Vienna apparently
was considerably SITTER than that
at Bratislava, which sfell two days
ago after one-day battle. Front re-
ports said, however, the Russians
were driving with all possible force
in an attempt to capture tie city
before it suffered the disastrous
fate that befell Budapest.
While powerful tank and artillery
forces hammered at the capital from
three sides, mobile columns raced
around the outer flanks in converg-
ing drives that threatened to COM
pletely envelope the city.
Tolbukhin's armored forces were
stretched along 33-mile front
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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06
Hong Kong Left Blazing
After u. s. Air Raids

The heaviest assault was centered
on pert installations and shipping
at Hong Kong, where more than so
Liberators of the Fifth Air Force
stocked huge fires Tuesday with 168
tons of high explosives.
Nine merchant ships were sunk in
the harbor, while destroyer and
two other cargo vessels we're dam
aged. Smoke from the burning ship
yards and blasted oil storage tanks
soared nearly mile and a half
into the air
The raid brought the two-day
naturalization bomb load piled on
Hong Kcng's great port to nearly
900 tons. Not a single American
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06

MANILA, April 6. (UP)-
U. S. aerial forces from the
Philippines left Hong Kong
heaped with wreckage Fri
day after two straight days of at
tacks and accounted for 33 more
Japanese ships through the South
west Pacific.
Every type of bomber and fighter
was thrown into the widespread at
tacks that ranged from the China
coast to French Indo-China as Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's fliers MAIN
tanned firm blockade of Japan's
lifeline to the south.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06

of the office of price administration.
Some of the committeeman said
the main reason for the high
strategy confab was that their in
quiry to date has led mostly to in
ter-agency lt-finding. They said
they believed the session would elm
mate buck-passing and lead them to
the real source" of the country's
food troubles.
The senate food investigating
committee took the day off after
being told by VITA director of sup
ply, 1t. Col. Ralph w. Olmstead,
that the food squeeze is united
nations wide.
American civilians must eat less,
he explained, because members of
the armed forces and liberated
civilians in Europ have to eat, too.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06

eral of the conference
Daniels said this appointment also
followed precedent.
Hiss will head the international
secretariat, whose personnel will
be selected by him between now and
the opening date of the parley The
secretariat comprises interpI eters,
translators, secretaries, stenograph-
ers and other technicians vino work
for the delegates and advisers to
a conference.
The size of the San Francisco Sec
retariat has not been determined.
but officials estimated that 300 per-
sons would be needed. For the inter-
national aviation conference at Chi
cago last fall, the United States pro-
vided a secretariat of 253 persons.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-06
Coal Mines Waqe
Farley Faces
Final Collapse
WASHINGTON. Al

WASHINGTON, April 6. (UP)--
The soft coal wage conference vir-
tually collapsed Friday when the op-
orators negotiators announced they
would not attend a session scheduled
for 10 a. m. Saturday.
Neither side would describe the
situation as an end of negotiations,
but it appeared increasingly prob
able that the war labor board would
have to take over the job of writ
ing a new contract.