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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
ALLIED AIR MIGHT HITS
 AIRDR0kE5
Campaign Under Way for Four Days Now to EIim-
 inate Luftwaffe

LONDON, April 1l.-Approximate- ly 2,150 U. s. heavy bombers and fighters in massive sweep across Southern Germany attacked string of Nazi airfields, railroad yards, oil and ammunition depots in the Nuremberg, Regensburg and Munich areas.
 In continuation of the biggest airfield wrecking campaign in his tory, fighters flew low seeking Ger man planes and nearly 300 have been destroyed in the past four days, and 63 German airdromes have been heavily bombed, many beaten up and practically destroyed.
 Germany's once feared Luftwaffe appears to be well on the road to obliteration.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
GOA PLAN EVENTS
 INCOMING MONTHS

The Catholic Daughtesr of Ameri- ca met last evening in the Parish Hall. with Mrs. Felix Toner presid- ing. Plans were made for the social meeting to be held Tuesday eyen- ing, April g, and the committee in charge of the meeting, composed of Mesdames A. M. Geyer. A. J. Good man, A. V. Astone. Mary Giovanetti and Miss Jane English, were ap- pointed.
 On May ', the National Commun- ion for Catholic Daughters is to bs held, with the following committed in charge, Mesdames Miles Godkins T. J. Jacobsen. Arnot Hendrickson George Gullufson, Mary Haydon. w G. Hennen, Henry Harmon and the Misses Eileen Hellan, and Kathleen Johnson. Further plans for the day will be announced later.
 A beautiful cutwork linen table cloth will be awarded at card party to be held May g, in charge of the following committee mem bers. Mesdames M, E. Monagle Olay Lillegraven, A V. Astone George Simpkins and Zola Devlin.
 The Catholic Daughters Society is also assisting the Parochial School in purchasing a scale to be used by the Public Health nurse in weighing the school students weekly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
PAN AMERICAN IN
 WITH FARES TODAY

A Pan American plane brought the following passengers to Juneau from Fairbanks Tuesday afternoon Leslie Mcconnell and Mrs. Florence Holton.
 Passengers from Seattle to Ju- neau were: Patricia Kirschbaum Walter Kirschbaum, Allen Kirsch- baum, Ellen Calyiness, Leo Seiden- verg, Katie Lee Foster, Kara Lee Foster, George Sargent.
 Leaving for Fairbanks today were the following passengers: Wilbur Wester, Antone Polet, Mary Polet Walter Fisher, Isaac Anderson.
 Juneau to Seattle-William Dar- lin, Victoria McGillis, John Mullen Miss Zella Mae Miller, Dean Kay Ter, Mrs. Elizabeth LaBrash, Kath- crime Dunnigan, Mrs. H. V. Kittle- man.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
J0L0 I5LE, AIRF|ELD5
 ARE SEIZED
Veteran U. 5. Infanirymen Make lnvdsion-Crdlk
 Jap Troops Trapped
By FRED HAMPSON
 ZAP Way CC-respOndeut ]

MANILA, April 11-Veteran h. fantrymen of the Forty-First Di- vision invaded Jolo Island on Mon- day and quickly seized the Capital City and the airfields, taking "com- plete control of Sulu Archipelago
 Gen. Douglas MacArthur also an- nounces that all organized resist ance on southern Luzon has ceased and that the American invasion forces have liberated hundreds of Filipino lepers in the Culion Colony by occupying Coron Bay.
 A fleet is at anchor between Busianga and Culion Islands.
 Thousands of crack Japanese troops are believed trapped on the long southeastern tail" of Luzon as the Eleventh Airborne Division reached Antimonan on the east coast in a swift drive of 20 miles from Lucena.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
Tanks Land On Strategic Isle Of Oki1alua
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE
 ALL REELECTED
Phillips Continues as Sup. erintendent = Harmon
 Heads High School

The Juneau School Board con- vened last night For the usual monthly meeting.
 R. E. Robertson, after presenting his oath of office, was reelected President of the Board; Dr. J. O Rude was elected Clerk, and Mrs Ruth Popejoy was ele ted as Treasurer.
 A. B. Phillips was reelected Su- perintendent of Schools for the school year 1945-46.
 All teachers in the Grade School were reelected as follows:
 Marian Lange, Kindergarten; Dalma Hanson, Patricia Goodell and Mrs. M Steuart, First Grade; Margaret Maland and Mrs. Lovgren Second Grade; Mabel Monson and Pat Murphy, Third Grade; Mrs Williamson and Mrs. Arlowe, Fourth Grade; Helen Webster and Margaret Case, Fifth Grade; Ruth Brooks and Elma Olson, Sixth Grade; Ruth Holbrook and Ralph Wright. Seventh Grade; Alice John- son, Eighth Grade; T. F. Dryden, Eighth Grade and Principal.
 In the High School, all teachers were reelected except Henry Har- mon and Miss Berg. Miss Berg has resigned and M--. Harmon was elected the new High School Prin- cipal. Mrs. Cook, a half-time teacher will return as a part-time teacher if necessary. Other teachers are:
 c. L. Anderson, Coach; R. H. Byrns and Emily Dean, English; A. N Eide, Science; Phyllis Grant, Home Economies, Henry Harmon, Manual Arts and Principal.
 Mary Morris, History; Evelyn Ohlson, Commercial; Mrs. Phillips, Languages; Marjorie Tillotson. Mathematics: Mrs. Monagle, School Nurse; Mrs. F. N Pitts, Vocal Music and Art; G. E. Pancheau, Instrumental Music.
 A general discussion was held relative to various changes about the school building.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
THREE TOWNS ITALY FRONT
 ARE TAKEN
Allied Offensive Breaches
 Defenses of Enemy ] Along River

ROME, April 11-British Eighth Army troops, paced by flame tanks, captured Lugo, Fusignano and Cotignola in the opening phase of an offensive across the Senio River on the eastern flank of the Italian front.
 Allied Headquarters said the fall of these towns represented ad- vances on the front of at least seven miles in the eastern Pc Val ley, astride the highway running from Ravenna to Bologna.
 Lugo lies a mile west of Senio, on the highway to Bologna, some 30 airline miles ahead.
 Tn western Italy, American troops of the Fifth Army cleared the enemy from the road hub of MaSsa and pushed on in the di- rection of Laspezia, major Italian naval base, a dozen miles away, "Our troops have preached the enemy defenses of the Senio River on broad front" an Allied con- munique said.
 Tn the early hours of the new latts8k. Eighth Army infantry was moving up behind heavy air bonn bardment and captured more than 1,200 Germans. Veteran New zea- flanders took prominent part in the assault.
 Massa was captured by the 442nd Infantry Regiment, composed of Japanese-American troops, and the 473rd Regiment and the Ninety Second Infantry Division of Negro troops.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
WEN IS EN(IR(LED;
 DOOM NAzI5
Slave Laborers of Germans Are Liberated from
 City Cellars

LONDON, April 1l.-Russian for ces completed the encirclement of Vienna, and compressed the doom- ed Nazi garrison into the eastern one-ten utehtof hvindaNYTenhJon tenth of the tottering Austrian capital, front dispatches of the Mos COW press said.
 These accounts also said the right wing of Marshal Malinovskys Sec ond Ukrainian Army invaded the central Czechoslovak province of Moravia at points less than 35 miles from the great city of Bruenn.
 Farther to the north, German reports said other Soviet forces in an all out assault to reduce the Oder River fortress of Breslau, stormed into Richthofen Square in that city.
 There is no indication that Ger mans have yet blown the four bridges over the Danube, one of which is probably already in Rus sian hands, the Mosow dispatch said.
 The Germans caught in Vienna could still fight their way eastward across the Danube on two main bridges but. once on the other side the Nazis would face the gun muzzles of Malinovskys men who have al- ready closed on the only escape road to Bruenn.
 Ukrainians, Russians, and White Russians, brought to Vienna as slave laborers by the Germans were liber- ated from the city's cellars as Rus sian troops took possession of the city.
 In Slovakia, units of Malinovsky's army slashed ahead northeast and north of Bratislava, captured Tren- cin on the east bank of the Yah River, barely 80 miles from General Yeremenko's Fourth Ukrainians, who are driving down from the north.
 Recapitulating losses inflicted on the enemy in the capture of the East Prussian capital of Koenigsberg, Moscow announced 42,000 Germans killed and 92,00O captured in the five day final assault. :.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
The Washington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col. Robert 8. Allen now on active service with the Army

WASHINGTON-Here is how the Army will determine what men are to be discharged after the war in Europe is over. Special forms have been quietly sent to commanding officers in all theatres. They are to be distributed to the CTS who will fill them out, try to figure out the number of credits they have earned to give them quick return home. The one thing still undecided by the Army is the number of credits necessary for immediate release This columnist is able to reveal, however, that:
 1.-All credits will be determined as of the date the war in Europe is over.
 Especial credits will be given for overseas service, and overseas service will mean any service out side the continental limits of the United States, including Alaska. Thousands of men who served in Alaska will receive overseas credit. Overseas service will be determined from the day man leaves a port of embarkation.
 3-Combat credit will be given only for those receiving the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Legion of Merit, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Soldiers Medal, Bronze Star, Air Medal,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
TENTH ARMY TAKES OVER ON T5UGEN
Most Furious Artillery Duel of Pacific War Continues
By MURLIN SPENCER
ZAP War Ccyrespondent)

GUAM, April II The Tenth Army troops landed on little Tsugen Island, off Okinawa's east coast, yesterday, while on the main is land, the Twenty Fourth Corps of Doughboys battered at the Little Siegfried Line" on the south for the sixth straight day without ap- preciable gains.
 Some opposition was encountered on Tsugen Island, only mile and a quarter long and about 10 miles off Makagusuku Harbor. The is- land is important because in Am erican hands it completes American control of the one-time Japanese fleet anchorage.
 Casualties
 The Navy announced that 5,009 Japanese have been killed and 222 taken prisoner in the eight days battle for Okinawa. There are no late estimates of American casual ties, but field reports said they are running high in the bitterly contested southern sector, where the most furious artillery duel of the Pacific war is underway. The last official report of U., s. cas- ualties covered only up to midnight last Wednesday and at that time ITS Marines and Soldiers had been killed and 798 wounded
 Intense Fighting
 Intense fighting continues in the southern sector along the entire four and one-half mile line running from Ucliitomari on the west coast to Tsuwa on the east coast.
 The Japanese are attacking the American tanks with Molotov cock tails and are using 500-pound bombs as mines. While the Americans have been temporarily checked in their advance toward the capital city of Naha, the Japs have been unable to shove the invaders back.
 Admiral Chester w. Nimitz re- ports that all Japanese counter attacks in both northern and southern sectors on the American lines have been beaten off. Marines of the Third Amphibious Corps are reported to have scored gains up to 2,500 yards in the north, over running enemy submarine pens and other installations
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
HAYS GOES EAST

Dr. George Hays, Senior tR) Executive Officer of the Territorial Department of Health, has left for Washington, D. C., to attend the annual meeting of the State and Territorial Health Officers. to be held in Washington this week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
WILLIAMS IN TOWN

MT. and Mrs. Henry Williams, Skagway residents. arrived in Ju- neau from Tenakee where they have been enjoying their vacation They are guests at the Gastineau during their stay here and will return to Skagway in the near fu- ture, where MT. Williams is em- ployed with the White Pass and Yukon Route.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
Under Secretary
 Commerce Resigns

WASHINGTON, April 11-Presi- dent Roosevelt accepted the resig- nation of Wayne Taylor, Under Secretary of Commerce ,and nomi- mated Alfred Schindler, businessman of St. Louis, to succeed him.
 Taylor informed the President he wanted to transfer to a govern ment agency in which he could concentrate his public service in international economic and social fields"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
Admiral Scheer
 Sunk, RAF Atfatk

LONDON, April 11-Reconnais- sance shows the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer was sunk in the RAF attack on the Kiel naval base the night of April g, the British Air Ministry said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
EITHER GEORGE NOW
 FULL-FLEDGED NURSE

Esther George, daughter of Tom George, is now a full-fledged nurse and wears cap and uniform. Miss George was graduated April 4 from the Cadet Nurses Corps at Provi- dence Hospital in Seattle. She is also graduate of Juneau High School.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
OFFICE HEADS
 WON'T GET PAY
 INCREASES NOW
Merit System Employees and Teachers Are EX-
 eIuded Says Rivers

Territorial officials, whose sal aries were increased to $500 by act of the recent Legislature, must wait until 90 days after approval of the act, or June 23, 1945, before they begin collecting their boosted pay, according to an opinion by Attorney General Ralph J. Rivers, analyzing Chapter A of the Sessions Laws of Alaska, 1945, which went through the two houses of the Legislature as Substitute for Senate Bill fl.
 The only exception to the pro- visions regarding department heads is Labor Commissioner Walter Sharpe, whose salary increase to s5,60O a year was additionally set by law in a separate bill which carried an emergency clause, mak- ing it immediately effective. The bill giving the Labor Commissioner his raise right away was Senate Substitute for House Bill II, re- defining the powers, organization and duties of the Department of Labor
 Accordinng to the opinion by the newly Attorney General of Alaska, Territorial de- partment chiefs will still have powers of discretion with regard to salaries of their subordinate em- ployees. The language of the bill stated the salaries of such subordi- nate employees shall be fixed at Is per cent over their respective salaries in force April 1, l943." The Attorney Generals opinion states:
 Since no classification of jobs into particular ratings is involved, only individuals who were person. ally employed by the Territory on April l, 1943, would be included .
 The Attorney General also opines that employees who, since April l, 1943, have received raises aggre- gating Is per cent or more will not suffer cuts, but also, will not be raised further. Department heads may still hire new help at starting salaries of less than the maximum and give their own raises as they see fit
 The provisions of Chapter A, the opinion states, are applicable to the personnel of the offices of the Governor, the Attorney General, the Auditor, the Treasurer, the Commissioner of Education (ad- ministrative personnel only), the Commissioner of Mines, the Com missioner of Labor, the Librarian and Curator, the Supervisor of Aeronautics and Communications, and the Adjutant General of the Territorial Guard.
 School teachers, members of the faculty of the University of Alaska, the Department of Health, Depart ment of Public Welfare and the Unemployment Compensation Com mission, are not effected by the act, as their pay is determined either by contracts or by the AL aska Merit System. However, the Attorney General states that heads of the departments where the per sonnel is excluded from the benefits of the act, including the Merit System Supervisor, would be "justi- fled in treating the act as applying to them in an advisory way" as would be the Trustees of the Pio- neers' Home and the Road Con- missioners with regard to highway patrolmen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April Il = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is 6%, American Can 95A, Anaconda 321s, Bethlehem Steel 747s, Curtiss Wright 5A, h. ternational Harvester 78, Kennecott 38as, New York Central 23A, Nor thern Pacific 22A, U. s. Steel 647s {. . Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials l58.05; rails, 52.91; utilities, 28.28.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
REMUNERATION CLINIC AT
 GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL

pr. James Smith will be at the Government School on Willoughby Avenue tomorrow afternoon, from 1 to 3 o'clock, to administer innocu- lations against whooping cough Mothers with infants and pre- school children are invited to att tend.
 This is the first in a series of three innoculation clinics to be held at the Government School
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
CANNERYMAN HERE

Dean Taylor, Petersburg cannery operator, arrived in Juneau today on brief business trip. Among others, he visited in Juneau was Lew M. Williams, Secretary of Alaska. MT. Taylor is making plans for the coming canning season.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
Nazi Pliers Revolt;
 Members Executed
By TOM YARBROUGH CAP War COrresDondent)

TWELFTH ARMY GROUP HEAD QUARTERS, April 11.-Reliable in- formation reaching this headquart- CTS said 102 members of the German Air Force were executed by the Ger mans. March 3l, in an effort to stop a revolt by officers.
 Named among those executed was Gen. Baber.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
ED. MCCORMICK DIES

Edward Mccormick passed away early this morning at St. Ann's Hos- pital, following a three-month's ill., ness. Born in Bangor, Maine, he was 78 years old at the time of his death, and leaves no known surviv- ors.
 Funeral arrangements are being made by the Charles w. Carter Mortuary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
WALTER FISHER HERE

Walter Fisher. owner of mine below Panama. has arrived in Ju- neau from a vacation in Tenakee. He is guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
PETERSON IN TOWN

D. A. Peterson, Portland, Oregon, has arrived in Juneau and is a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
MRS. HERMANN GOES WEST

Mrs. Mildred Hermann, Terri torial OPA Director, left yesterday via Woodley Airways for Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
CLIPPER EXPRESS RATES0N ALASKA
 FURS REDUCED


 A 50 per cent reduction in the poundage rates on furs shipped by Clipper express from Alaska to Seattle has been made by Pan Americans Alaska Sector, in keep ing with its policy of providing transportation fitted to the needs of the area it serves.
 Reductions of eight per cent in valuation charges and IT per cent in insurance premiums were an- nounced by the airline last month.
 The history of Alaska from the coming of the Russians in the late eighteenth century to the present day. has proved the important role that fur has played in the economy and romance of the Territory Mink, beaver, marten, otter and muskrat are among the rich AL aska furs which are manufactured into the finest quality fur coats worn by American women.
 Yearly shipments of furs from Alaska average 100000 to 100000 pounds, depending upon the trap ping and market conditions. Speed in shipping undressed furs is of prime importance. Air-expressing furs to Seattle by Clipper cuts to less than day the transit time from Nome, Bethel, Galena, Mo- Grath, Fairbanks and Juneau.
 The new reduced rates should greatly increase the value of Pan Americas Clipper express service to shippers of undressed skins. The new rates are as follows:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
SARGENT IN JUNEAU

George H. Sargent, registered from Coalville. Utah, is in Juneau and is guest at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11


 troops have crashed into Brunswick, l05 miles from Berlin, while the First Army moved within 120 miles of Russian lines. in supreme ef- fort to bisect Germany. [ The Old Hickory Thirtieth Divis- ion. fought into southern Brufls- wick, as the Hell-on- Wheels Diyis- ion crossed the Oker River in force south of Brunswick, and the Fifth Armored Division crossed in strength to the north,
 Maj Gen Leland Hobbs, Com mander of the Thirtieth Division, is- sued an ultimatum of surrender to the city of Brunswick. then ordered the attack when the German com mander asked for 24 hours in which to remove his troops.
 Steel Town Taken
 Five miles due south of Bruns- wick. the Second Arrnored Division encountered heavy opposition in the Hermann Goering steel works. but CdRtulCQ titC GOWA VI 0uAn8AbbCA, where the plant is located.
 The nearest approach to the Rus sian lines is at an unspecified point l9 miles southeast of the supply base of Nordhausen. 115 miles from Ber- lin.
 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said "German resistance in the west has collapsed.'
 Now inside the city of Brunswick. the Ninth HTmy is 46 miles from the Elbe River. last barrier before Berlin and the city of Magdeburg The Ninth Army is also within 156 miles of Russian lines on the Oder River. northeast of Berlin, while General Bradley's armies are within 56 miles of the great Saxony city of Leipzig. which is also menaced by the Russians.
 Ruhr Trap Broken
 A German communique said the U. s. Ninth Army had broken into Bochum, coal, steel and rail center of the Ruhr trap. Enemy reports as- serted also the Seventh Army had driven from Crailsheim to within 94 miles of Munich and 42 miles of the Danube. s w. TdinsFohewM t-0Hulerp
 Meantime. the British Second Army. beating toward Hamburg. is beseiging Bremen. 123 miles from Berlin. from the outskirts of the Aller River town of Celle.
 Hanover, twelfth largest German city, fell to the Ninth Army, while Deventer, last Dutch strongpoint on the Issel River between Arnheim and zwolle. toppled to the Canad- ian First Army.
 Nazi Front Shattered
 The center of the German front has been shattered, and the north and south Hanks laid open to annih- Hating attack. The Germans plan of withdrawal to the mountains in Southern Germany has been im- perilled by the swift drive across the waist of Germany toward the Russian lines. The Canadians are within 10 miles of the North Sea, driving hard to spring new trap on 100000 Germans in Holland and northwest Germany.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
WRIGHT IN JUNEAU

Howard H. Wright, registered from Seattle, is guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11
NINTHARMY HAS TAKEN
 BRUNSWICK
First Army Is Within 120 Miles of Russian Lines
 -Hdnnoyer Falls

BULLETIN-PARIS, April II -Spearhcading the U. s. Ninth Army dash across the Ruhr, Gen. Simpsons Hell-on-W Wheels Division reached the Elbe River at Magdeburg, following the capture of Essen, Brunswick, and the towns of Wolfenbuttei, Wufferstedt and Slenstedt.
 Seventh Army troops in the South are inside Schweinfurt. While First Army forces con- tinued their advance eastward to the town of Koelleda. 4s miles from Leipzig. Elements of three armored divisions and at least six infantry divisions of the Third Army have accepted the surrender of Coburg, 49 miles from the Czechoslovak border.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11

Harry Bostow and Ben Engdahl, both of Wrangell, are guests at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-11

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