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The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-25

PFC. IVAN THOMPSON re
turned Sunday from the China
Burma-India theater of operation
TO visit his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
| Joseph Thompson of Casas Blanca
and his brother and sister-in-law
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Thompson
seas service. Pfc. Thompson en-
tered service in May 1912 and went
overseas in April of 1914, where ht
served as flight engineer on Cat
transport plane the flew cover the
hump" The motto of his grouE
was, Either we make it, or we
don't" Pfc. Thompson wears the
Good Conduct bar, Asiatic Pacific
bar, and the Air Medal. He is
home on two months furlough,
most of which he will spend here.
PAUL 3. HANNAH, RIM 2/c,
serving somewhere in the Pacific,
broke long silence recently to let
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. B.
Hannah, know that he is o. k.
when | wrote you last l had no
idea that it would be so long till
| could write again. Even now,
it will be several days before l can
mail this, as we are still at sea.
We have been trying for two weeks
to get back to our home ship and
are finally on the way" They
have certainly been in a mess,
Hannah says. When they left their
ship they were told it would only
be for a week or more, but it turned
out to be over a month, "and man
are we broke, Gosh, but I'm
hungry for some news from home
its been so long since we've
had any MALL" They slept on deck
during the time they've been "at
sea" Hannah says, and he found
out the are places on the human
anatomy that don't fit on a flat
surface. He knows his parents
have been wondering at his long
silence, but everything is all right
now, Hannah assures them.
CAPTAIN 3. L. STEWARD
writes his mother, Mrs. Rosa Stew
ard, from the European theater OF
operations to let her know he is
all right. He has been stationed
for some time in Italy. This coun-
try is really pretty in the spring,
all the fruit trees are in bloom and
there is a great amount of wisteria
on houses and fences. This makes
the second blooming of the stuff
since | came and l hope the last
that l see here" Things are rather
quiet at present, he says. He went
on a tour of the shops recently, but
bought nothing. 81 noticed some
shabby women's dress goods in the
window and it was $25 a meter,
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-25
SIM MON S

PVT. JULIUS &. SIMMONS
arrived home Thursday from Camp
Pinedale, California, on 20-day fur
Tough to visit his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. J. Simmons and family.
He expects to be sent overseas in
the near future.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-25

PFC. DELAINE kETCHUM, who
has been overseas since the sum-
mer of 1914, is now serving in the
Philippine Islands, according to
word received this week. Pfc.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-25

Ketchum is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. D. Ketchum. He and Pvt.
Richard Clemans, who were to-
gether during most of their train
ing, are still together.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-25
CPL. NAOMI HILL las recent

CPL. NAOMI HILL las recently
received a medical discharge from
the WACs and returned home from
Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, to
resume civilian life. She is the
first Coolidge woman who entered
the service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-25

Dan Mascon's cousin, an honest
to-goodness artist, came to our
town. And when he heard we
were having vicente roast, he
asked could he come and bring
his pSints.
After he got through working
on his canvas -. he had as nice
a picture of us enjoying our
selves as you could ask for. ..
complete to the last little detail
-. from Molly Burtle's dimples
to the foam on Ed Carey's glass
of beer.
"I'm calling 1t a portrait of
America" Dams cousin says.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-25

An Infantry automatic rifle team
is ready to go into action as part of
the Army Ground Forces demOnStra-
ton Here's Your Infantry" Twenty
five of these demonstration units will
tour over 600 cities during the 7th
War Loan to boost the sale of WAR
BONDS. Shown in the trench are
left to right, Private First Class
James w. Taylor, Spartanburg,
South Carolina, with Garand rifle;
Staff Sergeant Erval j. Jenkins,
Bogalusa, louisiana, with automatic
rifle, and Private First Glass John E.
Dollar, of Ventura, California. Ser
geant jenkins holds the Legion of
Merit and Combat Infantryman
Badge, awarded for exemplary con-
duct in action.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-25
You Can Install II Yourself!

Make your home cool and comfort
able. Insulate with Kimsul. It's ex-
fremeIy light and flexible won'+
sag won't settle /. won't sift.
1t comes in widths to fit stand ard ioisf
spacing. If you can handle hammer.
you can install Kimsul.
Don't live in "hot-house" this sum-
mer, when you can install Kimsul so
easily. Do it now. before your attic
gets foo hot to work in. Get Kimsul
insulation at O'Malley's tomorrow!
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-25
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America Has its
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And from where sit, he
couldn't have a better title.
Whether it's a vicente roast in
our town or a square dance on a
Wisconsin farm, it's all part of
America-a part of our neigh
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Because our right to enjoy a
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a part of our American heritage
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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
Victories OF
Red Army Are
Related Today
Millions on Enemy Troops
Killed or Captured
Man Hunt Continues
tBy Associated Press

Moscow announced today that
the Red Army slew or captured
12,770000 enemy troops in almost
four years of war on the Eastern
Front and had taken more than
l,230,O00 prisoners since Germany
unconditional surrender.
The announcement did not say
whether the Russians had captured
Field Marshal Ferdinand Schoernor
or Col. Gen. Otto Woehler, COM
manders Of troops in Czechoslo-
vakia and northern Austria, who
fought on after Germany's sur
render.
Yesterdays roundup of 10000
Germans brought to 100000 the
total killed or captured by the Red
Army since it launched its offensive
January IL, Moscow said.
British Security Police and in
telligence officers are leading an
intensive search for Gestapo Chief
Heinrich Himmler in the Flens-
burg area of Germany, dispatch
from Flensburg said
The unconditional surrender OF
the German forces on the Channel
Islands yielded to the Allies large
quantities of arms and equipment
including 15-inch coastal batteries
field pieces, anti-aircraft weapons
and several small vessels.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
bALETE PASS
FALLS;YANkS
WIN BATTLE
SeyenThousand Dead Japs
Counted in Narrow IS
Foot DefiIe, Luzon
By Fred Hampson
ASSOCIATED Press war Correspondent

ASSOCIATED Press War COrresDOndenD
MANILA, May 15-Bloody Balete
Pass fell to Americans of the
Twenty Fifth and Thirty Seventh
Divisions Sunday after weeks of
bitter fighting, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur announced today. Dough-
boys were fighting down the 30
mile mountain road leading to the
extensive Cagayan Valley of north
ern Luzon, Japanese stronghold.
Yanks counted 1000 enemy dead
in the narrow 75-foot defile be-
tween towering mountains, Asso-
ciated Press Correspondent James
Hutchinson reported from the field.
The toll is expected to mount to
10000 when Japanese dead sealed
in the network of caves interlacing
the pass walls are counted.
Soldering Losses"
The enemy exacted SOLDERING
losses" on our troops, Maj. Gen.
Charles L. Mullins, Jr, reported.
The Twenty-Fifth and Thirty
Seventh were driving toward Santa
Fe and juncture with the Thirty
Second Division, pushing along the
Villa Verde Trail from the west.
They were two miles apart.
East of Manila, the Forty Third
Division, preparing for the final
assault, frightened its ring around
Japanese near Ipo Dam, which
supplies one-third of Manila's
water.
On Mindanao, japanese fiercely
resisted the Yank drive near Davao
City, between the Talomo and
Davao Rivers. Americans hurled
back six Banzai charges in company
strength Saturday and Sunday
The Thirty First Division liqui-
dated reinforced company OF by
passed Japanese between Kibawe
and Maramag in north central
Mindanao Sixty miles up Sayre
Highway, near the north coast, the
Fortieth Division consolidated the
captured Del Monte air center.
Guerrilla forces seized Cagayan
Port, bringing the entire north
coast under American control.
The three divisions are fighting
to bisect Mindanao and break up
an estimated $4,000 Japanese troops.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
NAG0YA IS
BLA(kENED
BY ATTACK
Third Largest City Of Japan
in Ruins-Smoke Rises
More than 3 Miles

s.. GUAM, May 15-Newly SCARED
stretches of Japan's third largest
city, burned and blackened by more
than million jellied gasoline fire
bombs, testified today to the power
of yesterdays unprecedented raid
on Nagoya by 500 Superforts.
Huge columns of black smoke
with dense clouds prevented accur-
ate observation of the full extent
of damage from the greatest of
the multiple blows rained on Japan
by Army, Navy and Marine airmen.
Perfect Bombing
Returning pilots described it as
aperfect bombing" Two B-29's were
shot down eTer The target, and a
third lost near Two Jima, but its
crew perachuted and was picked
up.
There is no American confirma-
ton of Tokyo reports of raids on
southern Japanese airdromeS by
500 carrier planes Sunday and 500
Monday. Admiral Chester w. Nimitz
did announce one major u. S.
safship in fast carrier task force
was damaged by Japanese aerial
attacks.
Japanese propaganda dispatches
claimed persistent attacks were
pressed against two fast U. S.
carrier forces which shot the planes
over Kyushu Shikoku and southern
Honshu Islands.
Jap Planes Shot Down
A total of as attacking Nipponese
planes were shot down Sunday
night and Monday morning as they
attacked the carrier force and fleet
units off Okinawa, where two light
U. S. Fleet units were damaged
Eleven more enemy aircraft were
brought down by Marine Corsairs
sweeping across the China Sea.
B-29 spokesman anticipated heavy
casualties from the Nagoya raid,
directed at densely populated
nine square-mile area in the nor
thern section of the city.
AS the great parade OF Super
forts loosed $500 tons of incendi-
aries on the area, airmen said
the entire city was covered by
smoke" with some columns rising
more than three miles.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
The W ashington
Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
ut. Col. Robert s. Alien now on active
service with the Army.

Observation-Disclosures the fami-
lies and friends of G.I.'s in the
European Theatre are worrying
about who will come home and who
will go on to the Pacific, Gen.
Marshall is worrying about SINH
lar problem in regard to the of
ficers now in Europe. Marshall
explained this problem recently at
a secret meeting of the Senate
Military Affairs Committee.
The trouble is that too many
high-ranking officers who have
been in on the job of knocking
out Germany are demanding that
they be sent to the Pacific. They
don't want to stop fighting. While
most of these men are officers of
the regular Army and of very high
rank, a number of reservists and
newly commissioned men are also
anxious to get to the Pacific. Of
ficers who have had behind the
lines jobs in supply. communica-
tions and other fields in France
are especially anxious to get combat
assignments against the Japs.
While Marshall is tickled by
their attitude, it is adding to his
already huge headache regarding
re-deployment of forces in the
European Theatre.
The Chief of Staff told Senators
that a number of top-rank Of
ficers have declared their willing
ness to accept reduction in rank in
order to go to the Pacific. He
named colorful Blood and Cuts
Patton-now a four-star general
as one of those who have been most
insistent about being reassigned to
combat work. Patton told Marshall
when they met in Europe several
weeks ago that he would be willing
to lose a good deal Of rank" if he
could only be kept in the war.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
MIDWAY STORM
LACE5 Midwest
(By Associated Press

Winter made belated swing at
western states today, scattering
snow and cold rains and worrying
farmers with threats of CROP
damaging frost.
Touched off by a mass OF cold
air waited down from Canada
east of the mountains, the mid
May storm spread into the plains
states. The Weather Bureau re-
ported broad band of precipita-
ton" stretching from Colorado and
Wyoming northeastward to the New
England States, with storms as far
south as Arkansas and northern
Kentucky.
Colorado seemed to be getting
the brunt of the post-season snow
Six inches were reported at Ruxton
Park, on the slope of Pixies Peak,
and at Cripple Creek, high in the
Rockies.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
PRESIDENT
GIVES OUT
STATEMENT
Expresses His View on
Many Subjects Inelud-
ina Domestic Affairs

WASHINGTON, May is The
international situation etook the
spotlight at President Truman's
news conference today
On international subjects, Mr..
Truman:
1-Said he hopes to meet soon
with Prime Minister Churchill and
Premier Stain.
2-Announced he favored repeal
of the johnson Act placing re-
strictions on private loans 10 coun-
tries in default on World War I
obligations.
3-Declared that absolute insur-
ance against German and Japanese
rearmament" is the first considera-
ton in working out PREPARATIONS.
4-Said he and Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower were in agreement that
a free press should prevail in Ger
many ''in a manner consistent with
military security'-a reversal Of the
position taken last week by Elmer
Davis, Director Of the office of
War Information, who had an
nounced that information to the
Germans should be strictly con-
trolled.
5--Said Associate Justice Robert
Jackson Of the Supreme Court
would determine American policy
in the handling of the Nazi High
Command and other German war
leaders. Jackson is chief counsel of
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
REPORT ON
HORRORS OF
ATROCITIES
Nazis Perfected Organized
Crime Against Civilizd-
lion and Humanity

WASHINGTON, May IS A
Congressional Mission reported to-
day its inspection of German con-
centration camps forced the con-
clusion the Nazis carried out a
calculated and diabolical program
of planned torture and extermina-
ton"
The mission, composed OF six
Senators and six Members of the
House of Representatives, flew to
Europe April % and spent most
OF fortnight looking over the no
torious camps at Dachau, Buchen-
valid and Nordhausen, Germany.
Organized Crime
In their report, the group termed
the Nazi program of starvation,
torture and unhonored death for
slave laborers and political prison.
ers mo less than organized crime
against civilization and humanity.
Those who were responsible
should have melted out TO them
swift, certain and adequate punish
ment," the report advocated.
In view, however, OF the exist
ence of the Allied War Crimes
Commission, the committee said it
did not believe any additional
agency need be created.
Shocking Story
In general, 1t recounted the same
shocking story of calculated misery
and degradation made familiar by
scores OF articles from the scene.
Treating in detail on the estab-
lishment at Buchenwald, the law
makers said:
Pictures and descriptions OF the
conditions at this camp cannot ade-
quately portray what we saw there,
and it is only when the stencil OF
the camp is smelled that anyone
can have complete appreciation OF
the depths of degradation to which
the German Nazi Government and
those responsible for it had
dropped in their treatment of those
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
One Jap Official
Says Japanese Are
MOI About for Wal

SAN FRANCISCO, May Is = The
President of the Political Associa-
ton of Great Japan has come up
with an explanation why the war is
going against the Japs.
The head OF the political or
ganization. Gen. Jiro Minami, comes
right out and says that Japan's
about might is actually not only
far from being about but cannot
even be considered fair.
Gen. Minami's statement was
broadcast by the Tokyo radio.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
CONFERENCE
ISSUES put
TO KREMLIN
Delegates Keep Ears 1un-
ed 10 Moscow on Zone
Defense, 1rusteeship
By John M. Hightower
ssociated Press Diplomatic News Editor)

SAN FRANCISCO, May 15.-
Secretary of State Stettinius propos-
ed today that drafting of an inter-
national bill of rights based on the
four freedoms become the first task
of new world organization OF
United Nations.
At news conference, the leader
of the American delegation declared
that the issue of human rights may
well be the most important raised
in the San Francisco conference.
Explaining that the Big -Four
had agreed that the enumeration
of individual and collective human
rights could not be attempted at
this conference, Stettinius said a
Commission on Human Rights" I'M
der a social and economic council
should draft code which could be
accepted by member nations and
made IAN integral part of their own
systems of law"
SAN FRANCIS SEQ, May 15-
United Nations officials looked to
Moscow today for word that may
hasten final agreement among the
big Five" powers on two OF the
. most critical issues thus far met in
charting a world security organiza-
ton.
Russia, it developed, holds the key
to settlement of both the interna-
tional trusteeship and the regional
defense system questions.
Up To Kremlin
Ambassador Andrea Gromyko
who succeeded Foreign Commissar
Molotov as chief Russian delegate
to the United Nations Conference
has referred proposals on both OF
these to the Kremlin.
Officials hope that replies on
both of these will be received in a
day or SO.
The United States and Britain
have ironed out virtually all OF
their differences on both issues and
France and China were reported in
substantial agreement with them
Continued ON Pare TIlree)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
BIG DRIVE
FOR 5HURI
IS STARTED
Yonabaru AirfieId on 0ki-
ndwa Captured Fight
ingin Northern Ndha
BY Left Erickson
ASSOCIATED Press War Correspondent

BULLETIN-GUAM. May 49,
Some of the widest fighting of the
whole Pacific War is taking place
on the eastern end and center of
the four mile line on Okinawa
American soldiers and Marines
are battling to widen their wedge
into the enemy defenses guarding
the Shuri Fortress in the center
1t is touch and go with the Japs
making repeated suicide counter
attacks. Equally fierce fighting is
taking place in the outskirts Of the
city of Naha where the Marines
face the costly task of getting across
Asato River.
The battle for the Chinese port
Of Foochow has taken savage turn.
Instead of abandoning the city,
as some thought the japanese were
doing, the enemy now is putting up
terrific battle in the streets. The
Chungking High Command says
both sides are suffering heavy cas-
ualties.
sa
GUAM, May l5-American forces
captured the strongly defended
Yonabaru Airfield yesterday and
squared away today for the final
drive on Okinawas inner Shuri
defense area.
Yonabaru and Conical Hill. chief
remaining Japanese observation
point. fell to Maj. Gen. James L.
Bradley's Ninety-Sixth Infantry Di-
vision.
Two rifle companies which gained
its 480-foot summit late Sunday,
held tenaciously to their position
despite Japanese counter-attacks.
Yesterday. the 383rd Regiment OF
the Ninety-Sixth Division completed
the hills capture and paved the
way for the mile-and-a-half gain
to Yonabaru, fourth airfield to fall
to the Americans in the Okinawa
campaign.
Fighting At Naha
Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Lemuel
Shepherd Jr.'s Sixth Marine Divi-
sion was fighting in northern Naha,
Okinawa's capital city, which has
been leveled by weeks Of Naval
gunfire and artillery. The Yanks
still have to cross the Asato River
to reach the main part of Naha.
Looking across the muddy Asato
Estuary. Commanding Officer Col.
Merlin F.. Schneider. Of the Twenty
Second Marine Regiment, said.
We'll take her, but the cost may
be high"
Tanks, Planes Used
Tanks and planes are being used
to supply American troops in the
rugged center where enemy ar
tillery and wild terrain are ham,
pering truck lines to the bloody
front.
Since the first wave of 1t Gen.
Simon Bolivar Buckner's Tenth
Army hit Okinawa's beaches, April
l. Yanks have captured or de-
stroyed 1856 enemy guns of 10
millimeter calibre or larger.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
HEINTZLEMAN OUT

B. Frank Heintzleman, Regional
Forester for Alaska, flew south
from here today to spend two weeks
in the Pacific Northwest further
ing postwar plans for forest de-
velopment. He will confer with in
terested persons in Seattle, Ia
coma and Portland,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
Pierre Laval 10
FACE Trial, France

PARIS, May l5-The Paris radio
says that Pierre Laval will go back
to France within few days on a
British warship to face trial as a
war criminal. The former Vichy
Government Chief was interned
in Spain after his arrival aboard
a German plane.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
Treaty Abrogation
Announced by Japan

MOSCOW, May 15-Foreign Com
missar Vyacheslav Molotov has re-
turned from the United Nations
Conference in San Francisco. The
United States crew OF Molotoys
special plane Immediately went
sightseeing in the Russian capital
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
REPUBLICANS
MEET SECRETLY

AFL President Bill Green was the
speaker when the "78-79 Club"
first and second term Republican
congressman held its last meeting.
Green didn't say anything of great
importance, but good politician
that he is-he made an excellent
impression.
Only time the AFL President
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
LANDRE ARRIVES

Roy Landre, of Anchorage. has
arrived in Juneau and is a guest
at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-15
DANIELS IN JUNEAU

G. J. Daniels, of San Pedro,
California, has arrived in Juneau
and is registered at the Baranof
Hotel.