Conquered Japanese bases now used by US planes
American air strikes on Ponape and Kusaie indicate newly conquered Marshall Islands airfields are in use. Navy says 23 tons of bombs dropped on Ponape, 440 miles east of Truk. bomber aircraft likely launched from Kwajalein or Eniwetok to strike Ponape and nearby targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rember James
Associated Press
Pacific
Carolina Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Marshall Islands
Navy
Ponape
Truk
Kusaie
Kwajalein
Eniwetok
Roosevelt Splits Over Labor Draft Plan Amid Cabinet Debate
The president pushes a universal labor draft despite Cabinet misgivings. McNutt, Vinson, and Rosenman shift drafts and officials clash with Byrnes and other aides. Backstage meetings show industry opposition and concerns about production impact. Continued on Page Four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Patterson
Trapped Italian Civilians Die in Tunnel Train Crash
In Naples on a March Saturday morning five hundred nine Italian civilians were suffocated when a freight train stalled in a tunnel. Officials call it a rare rail accident as civilians boarded the 45 car train and most died as the train halted on a four percent grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Russians Threaten Odessa Lwow Rail Line From Ukraine Drive
Soviet forces advance toward Volochisk on the Odessa Lwow railway cutting the line north of the Romanian frontier. Moscow reports 15 000 Germans killed over the weekend as 224 guns thunder in celebration of new victories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Odesa-Slow
Dnieper
Ukraine
Moscow
Volochisk
Stalin
Gregory Zhukov
Nikolai Vatutin
Poland
Derobrovitsi
Lutsk
Belozerka
Berlin
Volochsk
Odessa- Lwow
Russia
Jurleau Woman's Club Holds Tomorrow Business Meeting
The Jurleau Woman's Club will hold its regular monthly business meeting tomorrow at 2 PM in the penthouse of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company. President Mrs Betty Mc Cormick will preside after returning from a trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jurleau Woman's Club
Alaska Electric Light and Power Company
Betty McCormick
Vessel brings 61 passengers from the South
A vessel arrived from the South yesterday morning disembarking 61 passengers including Mrs. Bernice Tudor Captain Richard Williams and Maj. R. W. MacClamont. The boat then departed for Sitka with local residents and other travelers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Bernice Tudor
Virginia "Tudor
Richard Williams
Sidney C. Paige
Elsie E. Cole
Thomas Cole
Robert Seaman
Frank Seaman
John Seaman
Lyle Hebert
Harry I. Lucas
Henry Sully
Betty McCormick
Nancy McVay
Harry Burnoff
Claude M. Hirst
R. W
John Fee
Dale Stewart
Wrangell
Willam Lippman
G. Dybhagen
Dewey Young
N. Harvie
Petersburg
A. Ask
G. Prederickson
Sitka
Sid Thompson
L. M. Carrigan
Stan Grummett
L. F. H. Forbes
James Royset
John Royset
E. Pettigrew
E. Lighter
K. Holm
Ray Johnson
Juanetta Lopez
Eva Beiley
D. W. Such
Clifford Holm
Manders Campaign Visit Highlights Juneau Trip
John E. Manders a Anchorage attorney and Republican delegate candidate visited Juneau with his son-in-law and daughter aboard a Woodley Airways plane. He stayed at the Baranof Hotel and planned to return to handle district court cases before resuming campaign efforts in ten days or two weeks. Manders recently joined Statehood for Alaska and his son Captain John M Manders was killed in action in New Guinea on January 31. Seattle couple F R Perron also arrived in Juneau and stayed at the Baranof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Mangers
Anchorage
Congress
Juneau
Art Woodley
Woodley Airways
Baranof
Manders
John M
Jack) Manders
New Guinea
Alask
Mayor Lucas Back After Trip South
Mayor Harry S. Lucas returns to Juneau after five weeks in Washington and other U.S. sites. He reports the Alaska Juneau Mining Company wage talks are unresolved and warns a mine shutdown would hurt Juneau and Douglas. He pressed for government aid to keep operations, and outlined postwar plans for a marine ways and better Pan American Airways service through regional cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Lucas
Juneau
Washington
D. C
Alaska Juneau
Lucas
Douglas
National War Labor Board
Pan American Airways Company
Southeast
Blizzard Ties Up White Pass Route For 15 Days
A severe blizzard halted the White Pass and Yukon Route between Skagway and Whitehorse for 15 days and caused over 30 derailments. Rail traffic stalled as locomotives, cars, and two rotary plows were blocked by snow depths reaching 20 feet in places. Rotary plows and other equipment eventually broke through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
White Pass
Yukon
Skagway
Whitehorse
U.S. Northwest Service Command
Most Remarkable Man Now Wanted for Most Remarkable Position
Washington March 6 The Library of Congress seeks a successor to Dr Israel Schapiro head of the Semitic division He must know Hebrew Yiddish Arabic Aramaic and related languages a skilled bibliographer and Mediterranean scholar He should be an accomplished writer and administrator able to work with leaders and staff A lifetime job he should be about 30 and older Born in 61 years ago in Sejny Russia Schapiro rose to prominence and advised cabinet officers and diplomats before joining the library Continued on Page Two
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Baruch
Capitol Hill
Byrnes
Vinson
McNutt
Sam Rosenman
Oscar Cox
Leo Crowley
Jack Stinnett
Washington
Library of Congress
Israel Schapiro
Doctor Schapiro
Near East
Med-terranean
Congress
Sejny
Russia
Berlin
Strassburg
Jerusalem
United States
Europe
Alaskans Exceed War Bond Quota by 202 Percent
Alaskan residents purchased 202 percent of their quota in the Fourth War Bond Drive, Treasury Department report shows. Mississippi led states with lm percent, Washington Bite recorded 122 percent, and Oregon 130 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Mississippi
Washington Bite
Oregon
Hirst Transferred From Alaska Office of Indian Affairs
Claude M. Hirst, General Superintendent of the Alaska Office of Indian Affairs, announces he is being transferred and will likely leave Juneau in April. Don Foster will replace him and assume duties as superintendent in Carson City before Hirst moves to Minneapolis as Superintendent of Education for the Lake States Area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude M. Hirst
Alaska
Office of Indian Affairs
Juneau
Chicago
Washington
Hirst
Don ©. Foster
Carson City
Nevada
Minneapolis
Lake States
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
State Department of Education
California
Arkansas
Great Blow Struck Upon Nazi Capital
Allied air forces launched a heavy bomb raid on Berlin as part of a sustained campaign. The Americans reported targets in the Berlin area hit during a long round trip from British bases, with heavy fighter escorts joining the operation. Berlin and German broadcasts described a major air battle ongoing over northwest and central Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doolittle
Hanover
Braunschweig
Bremen
Associated Press
United
Kammer
Berlin
Germany
Zuider Zee
Berelin
France
Windton Churchill
Lepke Buchalter Dies as Gangster Refuses To Talk
Lewd details show Lepke Buchalter chose death over informing which could have saved him from the Bing Sing prison electric chair. Bertram Wegman, his lawyer, said Buchalter had two keys, choosing the one that opened eternity. Mayor LaGuardia hinted others feared exposure from a potential confession and narcotics angle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louly
Lepke Buchalter
Brooklyn
Bing Sing
Bertram Wegman
The
Dead Murder, Inc
Alaska Airlines Flight Arrives From Anchorage
On Saturday an Alaska Airlines plane landed from Anchorage piloted by Bill Lavery and CHIT Everts. Passengers arriving included Violet Hoar Mrs June Hawking and child W Tosch James Ble vine Walter Hodge and Mrs Balmer. Departing for the Westward were Ken Johnston Dave Lesko ML fekes and Col Furleye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska Airlines
Anchorage
Bill Lavery
Chit Everts
Violet Hoar
June Hawking
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U.S
Central Pacific
Caroline Island
Drew Pearson
Robert @. Allen
Paul McNutt
FDR
JWC
Rebekah
Odd Fellows
F. R. Perron
Mayor Lucas
A. J. Wage
Blizzard
Rous Tog
Kas
Italy
Escara
Carroceto
Mt. Abate
Cassino
Arieill
Anzlo-Nettuno
Don C. Foster
Lepke
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