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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10
TANKS BEAT BACK EVERY
 NAzI BLOW
Germans RepuIsed in Al tempt to Counferaftaek
 at Bridgehedd

s PARIS, March 10.-Tank support ed German infantry struck at the 50-square-mile American brigehead over the Rhine at Remagen, but were stopped cold as more thousands of doughboys and hundreds of tons of supplies sped over the bridge in the race against Nazi columns, nov ing the battle farther upstream.
 Third Army tanks smashed withv in two miles of Coblenz, and have trapped some 10000 Nazis northwest of that city, at the juncture of the First and Third armies.
 A front line dispatch said several hundred Germans, buttressed with armor, were halted in their thrust at the America bridgehead. German conveys are desperately using head lights for night travel.
 A major, perhaps decisive, battle impended but initial German count erlashes failed to stop massive Am erican power rolling over the bridge.
 One correspondent declared "the Germans have already lost the race as the Third Army's Fourth Armored Division seized Ruebenach on the main road northwest of tot tering Coblenz, a city with a popula- tion of 80,000, and Bonn, with it's 1Ol 900 inhabitants, and joined hands with First Army units.
 On the north flank, British, Can adian and American troops chewed the German pocket at Wesel on the Rhine down to width of five miles and depth of three miles, captur- ing four towns. The Allies now hold the whole Rhine bank for stretch of 150 miles from just north Of Coblenz into Holland, except for the Wesel bend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10
REDS GAIN
 F00TH0LD
 AT5TETT|N
Shells Being Lobbed Into Ddnzig Defenses-Ae-
 lion Is Shrouded

LONDON, March 10.-Russian for ces apparently won some streets in Altdamm, on the east bank of this suburb of Stettin, and may have gained foothold on the west side of Dammscher Lake, just north of Berlir's Baltic port.
 Moscow dispatches reported today that Stettin itself is under artillery fire for the first time. The Russ ians are also lobbing shells into de- lenses of Danzig, where the war started in 1889.
 Altdamm is three and one-half miles east of Stettin on the east bank of the Oder, while Dammscher Lake is northeast of Stettin.
 German accounts said Russian troops are pouring endorsements across the Oder on both sides of embattled Kuestrin.
 The Paris radio said one Russian column driving toward Danzig broke into the city and street fighting is under way.
 Enemy broadcasts declared Mar shal Zhukov's First White Russian Army is consolidating on the west bank of the Oder River bridgehead in a frontal assault aimed at Ber- lin, although thrown back from See low after penetrating the town 25 miles from Berlin on Thursday.
 The Russian drive from Kuestrin, which Berlin claimed was partly overwhelmed, from all accounts ap- peared to be at least the initial stages of a grand scale offensive in- to the heart of the Reich, although the Russian High Command has shrouded this action in military secrecy.
 North of Stettin, Moscow said, Russian troops took Woldshorst, a mile from the narrow channel lead ing from Dammscher Lake to Stet- tin. The Germans are said to have abandoned Greifenhagen on the east bank of the Oder.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10
5EMI-FINAL5
 REACHED IN
 4-BALL GOLF

MIAMI, Fla, March 10. Y Byron Nelson and Harold McSpaden led the four top-seeded teams into the semi finals round here of the $7,500 International Four-ball links tour ney The former Gold Dust Twins" defeated Ben Hogan and Ed Dudley, 4 and 3.
 Sammy Snead and his partner Bob Hamilton downed Craig Wood and Tony Penna, also by a and 3 count. Henry Picard and Johnny Revolta came through over Chick Rutan and Claude Harmon, 4 and 3, and will meet Nelson and McSpaden next week.
 Sam Byrd and Denny eliminated the Frank Strazza . Joe Zarhardt combine and will meet Snead and Hamilton today
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10
JUNEAU MAN, H. R.
 BLOOD AT TWO LIMA

Mrs. Amy Lou Blood has just re- ceived word by airmail, dated March 2, from her husband, Chief Petty Officer H. R. Blood, U. s. Coast Guard. that he was on one of the first two ships to land Marines on Two lima. There wasn't much he could tell except that the bom- bardment was terrific, and the Japs were too close for comfort when they landed the Marines on the beach, but none of the men taking part in the action were "a bit nervous"
 Chief Petty Officer Blood was sta- tioned in Alaska, and was in Ju- neau about year ago, when he was transferred to Florida,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10
The w ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON Ct Col. Robert S. Allen now on active
 service with the Army.S

WASHINGTON-OPA, never fa- nous for its tact, recently hit a new low when officials threw three CongreSsmen out of meeting of the Strawberry Growers Industry Advisory Committee. Present at the meeting, besides the growers, were Representatives Jimmy Morrison of the Louisiana strawberry district, Harold Earthman, Democrat. and John Jennings, ,Jr., Republican, both of Tennessee.
 The three Congressmen had been asked by the strawberry growers to attend their meeting with OPA. The strawberry people have been having OPA difficulties-the Florida and Louisiana growers feeling that the ceiling prices imposed last year are not high enough to cover crop loss through poor weather, while growers in other states now ready for planting don't know what their ceiling prices will be.
 Some are convinced that OPA price heads Godfrey Baker, form erly of General Foods, and John Gismond, formerly of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, are out to protect the profits of the pro- cessors and handlers of straw berries, rather than the growers. They point to the high retail price for both canned and frozen berries, although the ceiling price they have been working under was 32 cents per quart for most of the season.
 North Carolina farmers were so angry about the ceiling last year that they let about a third of their crop rot in the fields. Most grow CTS are willing to let the 32-cent price stand, but they have no as-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10
 HANGS Tk0
 ON ARNOLD

NEW YORK, March 10-Rocky Graziano, sensational New York 1892 pounder, scored one of the most startling form reversals of this box ing season when he stopped Billy Arnold in the third round of their scheduled eight-rounder at Madison Square Garden.
 Arnold was floored three times, for counts of nine, six and seven, before the referee stopped the fight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10

A fire alarm rom Box 3-9 at 10 o'clock this morning called the Ju- neau Volunteer Fire Department to Irma Nowell's residence on Fifth and Kennedy streets. A chimney fire was quickly put out. No dam age is reported,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10
MARTHA SOCIETk GIVES ! S25 TO RED CROSS DRIVE

The Martha Society at their meet
 ing yesterday voted to make dona- tion of $25 to the Red Cross in the present drive. They also made plans to hold a rummage sale in the parlors of the Northern Light Pres byterian Church, Friday, March g.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10
PUMP DEMONSTRATION
 IS POSTPONED WEEK

The demonstration oT the handy billy pump that is to be placed in the small boat harbor will not be held tomorrow, but on March l8, it was announced today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10
1900 TONS OF BOMBS
 HIT TOKYO
Three Hundred Superforf- resses Make Terrific
 Raid, Nip Capital

TWENTY FIRST BOM R COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, i GUAM, March 10-A record force of more than 300 Super -Fortresses spilled an estimated 1900 tons of incendiary bombs on the l0-square- mile congested area of Tokyo today.
 One returning flier said "hellish ! fires spread across the whole town"
 Tokyo radio acknowledged flames set by raiders shortly after mid- night were still unchecked at dawn.
 The. first incendiaries dropped touched off an inferno that sent smoke as higs as 10000 feet. T saw two three square miles all aflame before we left" Col. Carl Storrie, observer with one B-29, said.
 Target Area
 The target is rectanoular sec- tion extending roughly four miles north and south, and three miles east and west. with the Tokyo railroad station, just east of the Imperial Palace. in the area att tackled. The average population within the 10-square-mile area is l03,0 to the square mile.
 Gathering reports of the raid. Brig. Gen. Lauris Norstad, Chief of Staff of the Twentieth Air Force, said a fleet of 1000 B-2g's could be put over the Japanese homeland if necessary to win the war.
 The huge bombers struck from bases on Guam, Saipan and Tinian For an hour and half, the giant planes poured incendiary bombs over sections of the city selected for destruction.
 First Night Attack
 This was the largest force of Superforts ever put into the air, and the first large night attack on the Japanese homeland, as well as the first announced all-incendi- ary strike at Tokyo.
 The weather was clear, and bom- bardiers could see their targets.
 After hearing the initial reports. Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay said, T can say with conservatism that it looks good from our point of view and grim from the enemy's point of view, and there is conflagration in Tokyo tonight" Later, after interviewing returning pilots, Gen. LeMay said. t'this is much the most successful operation to date. However, we are always conserva- tive and will await photographs for final determination. Flight reports are very good, exceptionally good"
 IMPERIAL PALACE AFIRE GUAM, March 10--A Jap coni- munique asserted fires broke out in the Imperial Palace but were put out before 3 o'clock this morning Tokyo radio had previously said flames reached the Emperor's stables, but the communique claim ed all fires were under control by o'clock this morning.
 Only two B-29 Superforts were lost in this raid, which Brig. Gen. ] Thomas Power said caused fifty times more damage" than the record February 26 raid, which devastated 24o city blocks in Tokyo.
 NO NEWSPAPERS | NEW YORK, March 10-A Soviet Tass News Agency report said Tokyo newspapers did not publish today
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10
UPS TAKE
 (ONTR0L0 OF
 IND0-(HINA
Charge French in Colony with Plotting with
 U. 5. Air Force

LONDON, March 10.-The Japan iese took over full administration of Indo- China today after charging that French officers had tried sec retly to join hands with the Allies, the movc causing clashes through out the colony.
 A Tokyo broadcast said the Japan csc Army seized all key installations and facilities from resisting" French forces. The broadcast charged that French officials cooperated with the United States Air Force and with American submarines. It declared American planes had dropped sup plies to the French forces.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10

In recent months, France ex- perienced it's worst floods in fifty years,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10

o'clock this forenoon, Seattle
 time.
 Cemmill shook hands with
 the members of the jury, and
 thanked them, as friends, in-
 cluding Former Gov. Martin,
 of Washington, crowded around
 him.
 The two charges were solicit
 ing S3,OO0 and accepting Sl,500.
 SEATTLE, March 10-Lynn J. Gemmill, U. s. Attorney for the First Division, Alaska, charged by the Gcverliment with soliciting and accepting a bribe from Mrs. Cleo Patricia Wilkins, admitted on cross examination yesterday that after his arrest on November 4, tele- gram was sent at his request to Mrs. Ruby Hazlewood, operator of a Sitka house of prostitution, ask ing for $5,000 The question was asked by U. s. Attorney J. Charles Dennis.
 DO you mean to say that, knowing Mrs. Hazlewood was a colored wo- man and running a house of prosti- tuition, you wired her for $5,000 bail?"
 Gemmill replied: If you were in the same position, dragged out of hotel room before District Attorney, surround d ed by FBI Agents, you might not have used as good judgment" his voice raised for the first time.
 Pleads For Release
 Gemmill said he pleaded with District Attorney lille to release him at least over the weekend to raise the money. He said he knew Mrs. Hazlewood would understand the situation after reading the newspapers.
 Gemmill said also he wired a Juneau man hoping that from some source he could raise bail money, "so I would not have to stay in jail"
 Gemmill was on the stand for nearly five hours yesterday and told without hesitation his story of the circumstances leading to his arrest, and assured the court of his sincerity when telling the girls he would recommend suspended sen tences if they helped to convict two military policemen. He personally realized the recommendation would carry more weight if the girls made some restitution, and said that dur ing his conversation with Mrs. Wilkins he suggested she contact Mrs. Hazlewood. In this regard, Gemmill said, there, was the first indication that Mrs. Wilkins might kick over the traces. She made a scene in the lobby of the Ingersol Hotel at Ketchikan, saying Gemmill was Mrs. Hazlewood's attorney.
 Tollefson, assistant to Gemmill. was present at the time, and re- her that anything done was for the best
 Talks With FBI Agent
 Gemmill said the attitude of Mrs. Wilkins alarmed him, and said he discussed the matter with FB1 Agent Anderson, who said: lynn, if you are going to Seattle, you ought to contact her there and maybe you can calm her down to keep her in line for the case"
 Anderson was recalled to the stand late Friday and denied ask ing Gemmill to see Mrs. Wilkins in Seattle.
 Gemmill said that when he tele- phoned Mrs. Wilkins in Seattle, she rushed to his hotel, worried about the case, also possible suit
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10
ANCHORAGE pEOtlE
 H0MEWARD BOUND

Visiting in Juneau while the boat is in port are Elmer A. Rasmuson, wife and two children, of Anchorage who are returning home after sew eral months spent travelling in the States.
 Also on the boat is Mayor Ray Wolfe of Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10
LAPS REPORT

TOKYO, March 10.-The Japan csc news agency Domei said in a broadcast some French troops are still putting up resistance" in Indo- China after, Japanese occupation forces, in quick move last night, took over full administration from the French.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10

The study of the art and science of perspective did not interest peo- pie particularly until 18th century.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10
Re(apfure of islands
 Means Raw Materials
 Will Soon Be Released

drain on other sources.
 Luzon and Negros islands raise about four-fifths of the Philippine sugar. According to early and rather sketchy reports, the Japanese haven't done much rth-scorching in the Philippines outside of the cit ies. That's probably because Mac Arthur didn't give them time.
 First reports indicate that near ly all Philippine crops in growth have good stand, and there's no reason to believe that plantings and harvests won't be substantial once the Japanese are wiped out.
 The expects here think that by the end of 1945 the U. s. will get hall. million tons of Philippine sugar. Lend-lease, the military and UNR- RIA will ge the rest.
 Coconuts and their by-products (mainly copra) are the islands sec ond largest export crop and these should start moving out as soon as the harbors are cleared and ship ping is available. This would make the soap-makers happy. Coconut oil is an important ingredient in many sudsy soaps; it's also used in shortcomings, margarine, paints, con- fections and other products. The shortage of coconut oil is one of the principal reasons for the collection
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10

The Japs claim they use machine tools made of wood-but then they hey claim to be sons of Heaven
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, March 10.-While the War and Navy Departments are moving pins about on the Philip pine map and thinking what recap ture of the islands will mean in the war against Japan, the Department of Commerce is rubbing it's hands over the same conquest for an en- tirely different reason.
 Part of Manila may be sham bles. Other cities in the path of the Second Battle of the Philippines may be rubble. But once the is lands are reasonably clear of Japan csc, Manila Bay is reopened and the crops are in, the United Nations are going to have access to some needed raw material and the Filipinos will receive sorely needed foods and cash for them.
 Before the war, raw and refined sugar was the leading money crop of the Philippines. About million tons a year was Shipped to the United States alone, representing nearly one third of the islands total export trade of something less than $2OO,000,O00
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10

The fall of the Philippines hasten ed the rationing of sugar in this country. Their recapture won't im- mediately relax it, but it will con- tribute importantly to the United Nations stockpile and lessen the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-10
GEM MILL
 ACQUITTED
 AT SEATTLE
Jury Out Only 12 Minutes Testimony Com
 pIeted Yesterday

BULLETIN-SEATTLE, March 10-Lynn James Gemmill has been acquitted on charges on both counts by the jury of 10 men and two women. The jury was out a scant 12 minutes and returned the verdict at 11:47 o'clock this forenoon, Seattle time.
 Cemmill shook hands with the members of the jury, and thanked them, as friends, in- cluding Former Gov. Martin, of Washington, crowded around him. k
 The two charges were solicit ing S3,OO0 and accepting Sl,500.
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M NEWSPAPERS

NO NEWSPAPERS NEW YORK, March 10--A Soviet Tass News Agency report said Tokyo newspapers did not publish today.
Evening star., 1945-10-20

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prize from newly arrived colIec-
tion. Approximate sizes, 3 feet by
5---$l4e.5o; 4 feet by 7--S295
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b. From q group Of oneof-o-kind
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ror top, hand decorated with wreath
design. Its base, black and dull
finished hardwood. Eye-focus-
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{. For mellow potino, for distln-
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brass pulls s----------$360
W&L-Bedrooan Furniture, Fifth Floor
d. Royal Doulton's enchontineIy col
ored figurines, in new shipment
from England. include "Lody Choir
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Others TO $50
WAk-0hinA mn Floor.
Evening star., 1945-10-20

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Groszort glass vase, signed by the
ortist, Fronz Grosz---------$zo
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q. Lenox china lamp, exquisitely
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h. Miriom Moore Prinee hos q poir
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Jackson advocate., 1945-09-15

able until "the next bi-monthly re-
port he said.
Jackson advocate., 1945-09-15
President Lays
CONTINUED from Page II

fecticc was not reached, of course,
he said but substantial progress
was made In the Reconversion
Period and thereafter we should
make every effort to continue this
American ideal. 1t is one Of the
fundamentals of our political philo-
sophy and it should be an integral
part of our economy.
He also called on Congress for
enactment of tful1 employment
legislation and Federal employment
henefit payments to provide weekly
unemployment compensation I'D ia
q maximum of $25 throughout the
country
President Truman requested that
the Fair Labor Standard Act be
amended to substantially increase
| the minimum wage level of 40 cents
an hour, which he said was now
Obsolete and asked that the pro-
visions of the Second War Powers
Act be extended to perserve "the
powers necessary" to keep the
economy stabilized and permit us
TO enter into the difficult period of
readjustment without the threat of
q disastrous price collapse"
Jackson advocate., 1945-09-15
Southern State
Continued from Page u

representative of High Point, NJ. c.,
who spoke on the subject, THE OO-
portunity and Power of Organized
Labor. In his speech Mr.. Garland
pointed up some of the conditions
existing in organized labor, as re-
CARDS to the Negro worker, as well
as the condition existing in the
south and throughout the nation
that have kept the Negro in a con-
dition of second class citizenship.
which has had an adverse affect
upon the progress and economic
life Of the south as we'll as that Of
the entire nation.
In selecting Mississippi as til e
meeting place Of the conference It
was pointed out that the. state is
recognized as the most ..'cottserva :
tive in its labor views. and a chang
ed with respect to organized labor
IN the state would go loing way
in the state would go a long way
of the organization through the
Jackson advocate., 1945-09-15

democracy and world freedoms, In
the meanwhile winking at intoler-
able conditions at home.
The Atlantans were Haunting a
supreme Court decision which ruled
in the Texas case that the white
primary is illegal.
A few minutes after the polling
places opened at. seven o'clock Wed
nesday morning, Atlantans of color
began reporting fer the ballot and
were consistently refused until the
voting was ended at seven O'Clock
in the evening.
VOTERS NAMES AVAILABLE
Significantly, the list of registered
voters as sent by Fulton County
Registrar .5uttles to the election
managers contained the names Of
Negro voters. Suttles had told 2
comm1ttee Of leaders which ap-
preached him last week that he was
going to send the list of all voters
Negro and white, to the polls. 4
suit fled by Wallace Van jackson
Jackson advocate., 1945-09-15

entire south.
During the Conference Banquet
Friday night, Mr.. Googe, praised
the spirit of the members Of the
meeting and upon the subject of
its being and inter-racial meeting
stated that everything had gone
ahead in such a spirit of harmony
and goodwill that the question of
it being an interracial meeting
need never have been publicly or
otherwise mentioned.
3 A number representatives sche-
duled to attend the conference were
unable to get here during the ses-
sion.
Jackson advocate., 1945-09-15
Troops Wonder
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in the big Japanese warehouses
near the docks or the even more
serious consideration OF what
America has in store for them
when they return long after the
first crop of conquering heroes that
make them the tempered, unenthu-
siastic group I visited the day after
the historic ceremony.
DOUBTFUL OF FUTURE
In reporting America that these
men are doubtful Of the future OF
race relations after the war. This is
not suggestion but accurate report
ing; not the opinion of illiterate,
unlettered men but of ex-collegians,
clerks. newspaper men, business
men, BARRIERS, bakers, cooks. and
laborers who are about to return
from necessarily regimented lives to
their own individualities.
They read the papers over here
and get enough Of them to know
that we still tolerate the Bilbos
and Rankins, that we couldn't mus
ter support for the FEPC and that,
millions of those they left behind
are still without the franchise.
They were hoping that VI Day
would also be FEPC and Ell Equa-
lity-Justice) Day. They're a little
disappointed.