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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-13
RUSSIAN VODKA

War Mobilizer Jimmy ByrneS has been regaling friends with stories of his mission to Yalta. Byrnes said he sampled Russian vodka for the first time, found that it speaks a strong language and has lots of authority
 This recalled to Byrnes' friends the first time the late Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, came to visit former Ambassador Litvinov at the Soviet Embassy. Litvinov proposed a toast to the United States. Knox was a little reluctant to down the potent vodka, tried to sip it. Litvinov stopped him and said Drink the stuff down in a hurry and you will kill the awful taste
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SAVE THE PIECES

Of your broken lenses and send them to Box 468, Ketchikan. Alaska They will be replaced promptly in our large and well-equipped labora- tory. Drs. c. M. and R. L. Carlson Optometrists.
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GARAND RIFLE ON TOP

If you ask It. Gen George Patton, famous for his tank at tacks, what weapon he considers the most important in the entire war, you would naturally expect the answer to be tanks"
 Patton used tanks to make his meteoric charge across France, and he used them when he went to the rescue of hard-pressed forces in the Belgian bulge.
 But the other day Mai. Gen. Levin Campbell, efficient chief of ordnance, asked Patton that ques- tion while on tour of the war fronts, and got surprising answer. Patton didn't think the tanks was the most important weapon of the war, but rather the Garand rifle. After considering the matter care fully, Patton replied to Gen Camp bell as follows:
 Tn my opinion. the Nil rifle (Garand) is the greatest battle implement ever devised.
 However" Patton continued. my admiration for ordnance products does not stop with the M-1 rifle. Our machine guns, mortars, artil- lery and tanks are without equal on the battlefields of the world"
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Tof sight. Great Britain reported that the biggest hurdle in the program of utilizing the blind was in overcoming the disbelief of employers that it would work out all right
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porated in. the agreements signed between Stalin and de Gaulle m Moscow last fall Strangely enough it parallels another Russo-Franco pact signed in 1913 when the Czar, not Stalin, ruled Russia. And al- though Stalin has now overthrown the Czar, he has signed the same thing
 The secret clause approves a free hand for France in the West, and free hand for Russia in the East. Also, it pledges Russia to help de- velop a strong independent Poland, friendly to both France and the Soviet Union.
 But the amazing fact about the secret clause is that the wording is identical with pact signed by the French Ambassador to the Czars government in 1913 A member of de Gaulles en- tourage thought the wording was so strikingly similar to something he had seen before that he asked Foreign Minister Molotov where the Russians got the wording Molotov investigated and explained that when the Bolshevist Govern ment had cleaned out the old Czarist Foreign Office after the revolution, they found a copy of the old Franco-Russian pact with the same clause in it. They had pre- served it ever since as model of basic Russian foreign policy.
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COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS

For the first time in four years, the Democrats now control the im- portant Council of State Govern ments, and Democratic National Committee Chairman Bob Hanne- gan is quietly maneuvering to put Gov. J. Howard McGrath of Rhode Island in as the next presi- dent.
 Leverett Saltonstall of Massa- chusettS, now senator, was presi- dent of the council last year-the fourth in a line of Republicans For the first time since l940 there is majority of Democratic gov ernors, with Democrat Herbert Nav of Utah president this year. Custom, in the council is to elect a new chief executive each year, and young McGrath, the only gov- Iernor now serving his third suc- cessive term, is in line for the honor.
 When Hannegan and the Rhode Island Governor lunched here last week, Hannegan refused to discuss any details of their meeting, but what actually happened was that Hannegan gave McGrath his final assurance that the party will sup port him for head of the council next year.
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20 YEARS AGO fME TIT EMPIRE
MARCH 13, 1925

13,
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STALIN de GAULLE AGREEMENT

It hasn't been published, but a significant secret clause was incor-
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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-03-01
Guerilla Fighting In
Eostern Norway

Force is met by force. when tns
Gestapo interferes with everydaT
life out in the country. No ore
knows how many weapons are t.
be found in Norway, but obviously
people are not completely unarn--
ed. Thus a regular battle was
fought in a small community in
Eastern Norway late in November
last year The people here had
been left alone since the invasion
until the Gestapo for some reason
staged a raid with large forces. As
one man, the community arose and
fighting broke out. 1t lasted be
tween and days and at least ,
Germans were killed before the
NorWegians were forced to retrea-
into the mountains. A new rail-
was staged early this year. but
the people were on guard. Fight
ing broke out anew, some NOR
Germans were killed and the Nor
wegians g ain disappeared int
the mountains. Now only women
and children are left down in the
valley.
AS a result of German attempts
to forcefully mobilize Norwegian
youth for service against the A
lies. great numbers of NorWegians
have left their homes and are llN-
ing in the forests and up in tn
mountains. Thus four young men
had esta blished themselves in q
small cottage in Ostlandet. Their
hiding place was detected by al
informer who got away without
being seen by the boys. The TO-
lowing day 10 German Gestapo
men arrived to arrest them. The
Germans managed to overpower
the boy who was on guard duty,
and bringing him with them four
of them plus the informer broke
into the cottage. A fight started,
the four Germans and the inform
er were killed and three of the
boys escaped through a window.
The fourth boy was caught in the
window frame and was shot to
death.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-03-01

Late last year a Nazi meeting
was called at Oslo for the purpose
of discussing what could be done
to put an end to the ever growing
sabotage activities of the Norwe-
gian home front One Nazi pres
ent-a Mr.. Svendsen Moe - sug-
gested mass executions as a means
of discouraging the saboteurs. Be-
fore voting on the proposal the
delegates adjourned for a healthy
luncheon and upon returning to
the auditorium, Mr.. Svendsen Moe
found a note in his chair saying:
You are going to be the first
Around Christmas time Mr.
Svendsen Moe departed this life
in a rather unpleasant way, He
had work as an informer.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-03-01
Died In Germany

Miss Johanna Mathesen, librar-
ian at the Public Library in Trond-
helm, is reported dead in a prison
in Germany at the age of Al. Miss
Mathesen was arrested in the fall
of 1912, was first interned at the
concentration camp at Falstad,
later transferred to the notorious
camp at Grim and finally sent to
Germany. Her sister was arrested
around New Years, 1913.
Harald Giaever of Tromso is
also dead as a German prisoner.
He was arrested in September
1914, was imprisoned in his home
town and later transferred to the
concentration camp at Falstad. He
was suffering from a heart all
ment and broke down under the
harsh German treatment Mr. Gia-
ever was sc.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-03-01

ably is the busiest embarkation
port used by.the Germans in Nor
way. Ships are coming and going
every day, taking German soldiers
and loot out of the country, bring
ing munitions and supplies in. Be-
cause of the narroWness of the
harbor the Nazis had assembled
ten tugboats there to take care of
the traffic.
On this particular day every
thing seemed to be going on as
usual. Sturdy, powerful tugboats
were buzZing back and forth tow
ing barges and larger ships, and
several German Warships saw to
it that the enemy did not inter-
fere with the activities of the
master race" Then between 4
and 5 in the afternoon one by one
the tugboats started out the ship
ping lane, some of them with sew
eral barges in tow. By the time
Illc 1eIlildlIS CiOoSu CliC Poi GIL
trance for the night all ten Of
them were out in ford. At the
same time the salvage steamer
"Uredd" left the City of Moss,
further up the ford, and another
tugboat that had been busy all
day towing targets for German
warships training gun crews dis
appeared into the night. A few
hours later all twelve ships turned
up at a Swedish port.
The coup was carried out, ac-
cording to the Swedish paper At
tonbladet, upon orders from Nor
wegian m | tary authorities in
Great Britain who had received
word that the Germans were plan
ming to transfer troops to the Con-
tinent in large barges towed by
Just these tugboats. Because of
growing transportation difficulties
some time will probably pass now
before these German troops can be
used against the American, Brit
ish and Russian forces on the
Eastern Fronts.
Armed members of the Norwe-
gian underground boarded the
ships, took over command and
carried out the caref lly laid
plans. But it is still secret
particularly to the Germans-how
they managed to sneak past the
guards and bring their Tommy
guns and the m C h ne guns
aboard.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-03-01
Coal Crisis In Norway

The speedy Russian advance on
the Eastern FIR n t has created
grave problems for the Germans
in Norway. It seems that the So
Wet capture of the coal mines in
Silesia may put a complete stop
to important German war indus
tries far from the Reich. 1t may
also make it, if not impossible, at
least extremely difficult for the
Nazis to transfer sorely needed
troops to the Continent. What is
not so important from the German
point of view: The Norwegian civ
ilian population is going through
extra hardships because of
steadily growing crisis in the fuel
situation. According to experts the
lack of coal in Norway will be-
come acute in the very near fu-
ture. An immediate result of this
is the closing down of a number
of very important industries work
ing for the German war effort all
over the country. Some factories
discontinued work as early as the
middle of January simultaneously
all passenger traffic on railroads
using steam driven locomotives
has been forbidden. This means
that no passenger trains are run
ming on the Bergen, Sorlands, Val
dres, Rauma, Dovre, Roros and
Norlands railways. Connections to
Sweden are maintained with only
one railway. The transfer of Ger
man troops southwards also is
strongly hampered by this. and
reinforcements that hight help the
Germans stem the Allied on
slaughts in the East and West are
effectively delayed. Norwegian sa-
boteurs add to the confusion by
keeping the railways under steady
attack. AS Allied air and naval
power almost completely control
the Norwegian coastal waters the
situation is slowly becoming cri-
teal for the Germans. But the
lack of coal also has repercussions
for the Norwegian civilian popula-
ion. The fuel situation is desperate
in most cities. In Oslo for instance
there won't be any fuel for heat
ing purposes after March 1. In
Trondheim the gas works have
discontinued operations, and in
many parts of the country cleo
tricity has been severely rationed.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-03-01

all theatres, movies and restaur-
ants were closed on Thursday and
Friday, but rumors to the effect
that a state of civil emergency
had been declared lack confirma-
ton. The Oslo Radio was busy all
day Thursday and Friday announ-
cling DEGREES on the maintenance
of peace and order" in the city,
and Reichskommissar Josef Ter
bowen established sum m airy
court martial-for the first time
during the occupation.
Increasing Sabotage
In the Nazi lingo those executed
were not called hostages. They
were all accused of underground
activities or sabotage in one form
or another. In some cases the
charges were specified.
1t is quite clear that this con-
stitutes the German answer to the
ever-growing sabotage activities
of the Norwegian home front.
Hardly a day has gone by since
early last fall without reports of
coups staged by the underground.
A large number of factories work.
ing for the Germans have been
put out of action temporarily or
permanently, ships have been
sunk, ammunition dumps blown
up, large fuel stores destroyed and
railway lines cut-such as was
done on Jan. 10, when a troop
train was derailed and $50 Ger
man soldiers were killed. Further
more the underground has syste-
matically liquidated informers and
officials of the Nazi police, about
thirty during recent months. Most
of these sabotage activities have
been reported in recent issues of
News of Norway. Following are a
few more examples picked at ran
dom for the month of January
showing the efficiency of the sa-
botage groups:
Around am. on Jan. 4 a power
plant at Porsgrunn Mekaniske
Verksted was blown up. Several
German ships awaiting repair will
have to go on waiting. Early next
morning a railway bridge at Alv-
dial in Osterdalen was destroyed
while the railway line miles
south and miles north of the
bridge was blown up. Around 10
pm. the same day building be-
to the Nazi authorities at
Lillestrom was badly damaged by
saboteurs. At 800 pm. on jan
uary 10 part of fuel train was
destroyed at Lysaker near Oslo.
One hour later a German con-
trolled Dutch barge was sunk in
the Porsgrunn harbor. The next
morning large stores of gasoline
together with nine boxes of rifles
were destroyed through explosion
and fire at Skoyen station just
outside Oslo. At pm. on January
~ armed members of the under
ground forced their way into
Nazi office building at Skipperga-
ten 33 in Oslo and destroyed the
files. During the night between
January IL and 10, large auto
mobile garage at Lier near Dram
men was completely wrecked. The
garage had been kept busy re-
building German cars. Around 8
pm. on January II building at
rallak Nielsens Street at Larvik
was seriously damaged through an
explosion. The building served as
headquarters for the local Costa
pc. One Gestapo officer was badly
wounded.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-03-01
Anchors Aweish!

The City of Fredrikstad, located
on the east shore of the Oslo
ford. on Thursday, January 2,
witnessed one of the most amaz-
ing kidnapping" affairs of the
war. Fredrikstad at present prob
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-03-01
News from NORWAY
Issued by the Royal Norwegian Information
Service, Washington, D. c.


In the early morning of Thursday, February g. Karl A.
Marthnsen chief of Vdkun Qusngs third" and security
police shot to death the Norwegian underground
his way his office in OSLO The avengers did thorough
job employing both machine guns and Tommy guns. With
Marthnsen in his his chauffeur who seriously
wounded
This liquidation of of the most hated in Nor
way Immediately started reign of in the Norwegian
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-03-01
Escaped from the Jops

Two Norwegians, Bjarne P. Le-
ira from Aalesund and Aksel A.
SvendSen from Fredrikstad, are
reported to h a We escaped from
Japanese prison camp at Luzon.
Another Norwegian so far uniden-
titled was set free when American
commands raided a Jap prison
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-03-01

capital. A great number of ar
rests were made, and on Friday
and Saturday "a hostages-among
them some of Norw US best
known men were sentenced to
death and executed. Following are
their names as reported by the
German-contfolled Oslo Radio:
Haakon Saethre, 81, chief physi-
clan, psychiatric section, Ullevaal
Hospital. DR.. Saethre was Nor
ways foremost psychiatrist. Kaare
Sundby, 40, business man, head of
the Oslo branch of the Swedish
film Elektriska Svetsings Aktie-
bolag; Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum,
46, Supreme Court Attorney; Jon
Asbjorn Vislie, 4S, Attorney;
Frans o. j. S. Aubert, 80, Attor-
ney; AISLE Holland Grepp, 80, me-
deal student; Aksel Henry Hans
son, 27, auditor; Ivar Noun, "a,
clerk; Thorvald Onaes, 81, work.
err; Gunnar Svein Anklev, %,
worker; Bjorn Hansen-Engenes,
%, student; Erik Larsen Bye, 81,
worker; Thor Odvar Halvorsen, %
(born at KristiansundD Kaare
Andersen, 20; Aake Ludwig Han
sen, 10 (born at Kristiansund)
Hans Andersen, %, Vestre Aker;
Sverre Nielsen, %; Aage Martin
sen, 20; Aage Serum Cor Sverud,
10; Ragnar Armand Sollie, 80,
Grorud; ALT Berg, Fl; Frank Kris
Hansen, "a; Arne Nielsen, "a (born
at Serum; Einar w. N. Englund,
81; John Schau, SO; Karl Nielsen,
SO; Hans Petersen. q, Honefoss
(born in Valdres); Erland Hovde,
20, Vikesund (born at Modum)
Armand Stang, Al; Aage Tilpin-
rud, %, Drammen; Rolf Kristian
Johansen, %, Drammen; Reidar
Jchansen, 21, Drammen; Borgar
Arne Knudsen, % and Frank j.
Werner Stensrud, %, Oslo.
Arrested On Thursday, Executed
On Friday
Most of those executed had been
kept imprisoned by the Germans
from one to several months on
different charges, but Mr.. Saethre,
Mr.. Gjerdrum, Mr.. Sundby and
Mr.. Vislie were seized by the Ger
mans in their homes on Thursday
afternoon. AS late as 2:30 pm. on
that day Mr.. Sundby spoke to the
main office of his firm in Sweden
over the phone. The families of
these men did not know anything
about the executions until they
read about them in the papers
Friday morning.
The Germans themselves admit |
frankly that the executions repre-
sent German reaction" to the
liquidation of police general
Marthinsen. At a press conference
in Oslo on Friday the head of the
German Security Police in Nor
way, Fehlis, mad a speech,
threatening by implication the nu-
merous Norwegian prisoners in
German concentration camps who
because of their acts We're liable
to death sentences. Therefore we
don't have to wait for the arrest
of one or more of the many sa-
boteurs," he said. He also pointed
out that 1.-THE reserve shown by
the authorities so far while faced
with increasing sabotage activities
must not be looked upon as sign
of weakness"
Reward of 100000 Crowns
Tax Exempt
At the same time the Germans
offered reward of 100. 900 crowns
to anyone who renders informa-
ton leading to the arrest of "sa-
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camp near Cabanatuan at Luzoy
on January 81.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-03-01

reinforcements that might help the
even seen the water rationed.
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Reward of 100000 Crowns
Tax Exempt

At the same time the Germans
offered reward Of 10O. 900 crowns
to anyone who renders informa-
ton leading to the arrest of "sa-
boteurs, murderers and their help
ers" or the prevention of future
sabotage or killing of Nazis. The
reward has been made tax-eXempt.
So far the reports from Oslo are
rather scanty and The information
given above originates mostly
from the German-eontrolled Oslo
Radio. The Germans also say that
Evening star., 1945-11-23
Philippines High Court
Studies Move 10 Gain
Custody Of Yamashita
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANILA, Nov. 23.-The Philip
pines Supreme Court today reserved
decision on an argument that Jap
anese 1t. Gen. Tomoyuki Yama-
shia is being illegally "blitzed be-
fore a firing squad in his current
war crimes trial before an Amer
lean Military Commission.
Defense counsel asked for a writ
of habeas corpus on the grounds
that the American Military Com
mission is without jurisdiction and
that Yamashita should be tried, If
at all, by Philippine courts.
The court withheld decision on
the plea that it take custody of
Yamashita, however, despite the fact
that the American Army did not
answer at the hearing. Army off,
cials have taken the position that
Philippine courts have no jurisdic-
ton over Army procedure.
Story Called Confusing.
Col. Hiroshi Hashimoto, chief of
staff to the Japanese Manila de-
fense group, unfolded before the
military commission a story which
prosecutors termed self -contradic-
tory and highly confusing.
Under direct examination Hashi-
moto said Yamashita had no power
to make Manila an open city,, be-
cause Count Tisaichi Terauchi was
the only onefwho could issue such
an order. Ut was during the fierce
fight for Manila that many of the
atrocities for which Yamashita is
blamed occurred)
He also testified, however, that
posters and newspaper proclama-
tions published in japanese, Eng
lish and native dialect earlier had
informed Manila residents that the
city would not be battlefield.
Later plans to eyacuate Manila
civilians were stymied by lack of
transportation facilities, he said.
japanese Army forces in Manila
assisted military police in raids and
arrests of suspected guerrillas in and
around Manila" Hashimoto also told
the commission. In prior testimony
he had stressed the defense conten-
ton that Japanese naval forces COM
prised the bulk of the defenders in
South Manila, where greatest de-
struction was wrought. There were
only 1900 Army personnel in the
city, he said.
Second Trial Begins.
Meanwhile, trial before another
commission, of seven Japanese Of
ficers on charges that they killed
two American airmen and five Fill