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Aussies Advance
Yard By Yard
On Borneo
BORNEO, July 18— </P) — Aus
tralian combat patrols felt out en
emy strongpoints along the high
way in Samarinda and in Sam
bodja area where diggers are con
solidating for a drive through to
the derricks and oil installations.
General MacArthur’s communi
que said they advanced yard by
yard to a point seven miles north
east of Balikpapan, Samarinda is
sixty miles distant.
The Sepingang airfield near
Balikpapan meanwhile has been
put to use two weeks after cap
ture.
Resistance continued on north
ern Luzon where desperate rem
nants of the Jap garrison are re
sorting to makeshift weapons and
mines in an effort to halt the
Sixth Division’s drive on Kiangan.
The Sixth Division are counting
an average of sixty dead Japs a
day.
A. S. Fowlie
Faces Perjury,
Polygamy Charges
NEW YORK, July 18—(£>)—U.
S. Commissioner Garrett W. Cot
ter today postponed until July
twenty-fourth the removal pro
ceedings under which Alexander
S. Fowlie, 50, is held in five hun
dred dollars bail to face polygamy
and perjury charges in Juneau,
Alaska.
Assistant U. S. Attorney Gerald
V. Clark requested the postpone
ment. Clark said Fowlie was
charged with violation of Alaska
Territorial laws rather than viola
tion of Federal statutes. It prob
ably will be necessary to dismiss
the federal complaint and have
Fowlie rearrested by the U. S.
Marshal now enroute from Alaska.
Clark said Fowlie, former New
Jersey policeman and prison
guard, falsely represented himself
in Alaska as a brigadier general
and married Mrs. A equina Barn
hill, wealthy bank executive and
representative in Alaska of large
U. S. packing house.
MOUNTAIN RIDERS —. Igor Gorin, concert baritone,
accompanied by Mrs. Gorin, enjoys a horseback ride through the
picturesque Garden of the Gods country, near Manitou, on a re*
cent visit to Colorado.
Seventh, Greatest
War Loan
Over The Top
WASHINGTON, July 18—</P>—
The twenty-six billion, three
hundred thirteen million Seventh
War Loan has gone down in his
tory as the biggest financing op
eration of this or any other war.
There will be another bond
drive this year, starting perhaps
in November, but future drives
are not likely to equal the one just
ended. Final figures announced
last night and Secretary of Treas
ury Morgenthau said that although
sales of E bonds fell twenty-four
million short of making the four
billion quota American people
reached ninety-nine and four
tenths percent of their goal in
those low cost securities drives.
JUNEAU, July 17—The follow
ing wire was received this morn
ing by Katherine Nordale, direc
tor of War Bonds sales in Alaska,
from Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Sec
retary of the Treasury: “I wish to
recognize with deep appreciation
of the record made by Alaska In
reaching its E Bond quota, and all
other Seventh war loan quotas.
Franco Says Spain
Must Return To
Monarchy
MADRID, July 18—Last night
j
Franco proclaimed he was only
acting as head of the Spanish gov
ernment pending the return of a
monarchy, and perpetuated Fal
ange ideals of the Nationalist
Syndicalist State in a thirty-five
minute speech to members of the
Falange National Council.
Franco said that Spain was en
tering the preparatory period to
return to a monarchy, but didn't
say when the changeover would
be made. He declared the mon
archy must guarantee “essentials”
of the Falange movement.
Franco’s speech apparently con
stituted an offer to Don Juan, son
of Alfonso the Thirteenth to ac
cept the throne. In Washington
diplomats regarded Franco’s state
ment as a move designed to main
tain himself in power and at the
same time ride out criticism of the
Allied world, particularly Russia.
“You and your co-workers and
all of the people of your Territory
have fulfilled a covenant with our
fighting men and re-affirmed your
faith in American freedom.”
OPA Releases
All 1942 Cars From
From Rationing
JUNEAU, July 18—Amendment
22 to WB Automobile Ration Or
der used in the states has been
issued and effective July 18 it
removes all new 1942 cars from
rationing controls and begins the
rationing of new cars produced or
imported on and after Juiy 1,
1945,also effective for Alaska.
Outstanding certificates void
after July 18. Quotas on new pro
duction will be established *vhen
production makes it possible. It
is possible that the certificates
will again be issued from the Ter
ritorial office after applications
are approved by boards.
Gen. DeGaulle
To Visit
United States
WASHINGTON, July 18—</P)—
A definite agreement has been
reached between United States
and France, and General DeGaulle
will visit this country shortly af
ter the Big Three meeting was
confirmed by American officials
today, although it still withheld
an official statement because the
exact date of the French leader’s
return remains to be fixed.
Gen. DeGaulle announced sev
eral weeks ago he had accepted
an invitation from President Tru
man for the visit.
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Ships And Planes
Bomb And Blast
Helpless Japan
• GUAM, July 18—(!■P)—Through
smoke-spiraled shattered war
plants in north Tokyo, Japan
watched for the next blows to be
loosed against the home islands by
lhe combined might of American
and British warships.
Tokyo made no effort to conceal
its fears of a new bombardment
by Adrimal Halsey’s Third Fleet
and its companion British ships.
Radio silence concealed the?r
course since they broke off shell
ing Honshu’s east coast at 12:05
a.m. today. In the sky Nipponese
watched for a return of carrier
based planes sent out by McCain’s
prowling task force Thirty-Eight.
The Jap radio said new attacks
has already come. London report
ed hearing a broadcast that the
Honshu east coast was bombarded
fo ran hour at noon today by six
teen Allied warships. Tokyo said
American and British carriers sent
five hundred planes back over the
Tokyo area today and followed up
yesterday’s raid of fifteen hun
dred carrier aircraft.
The enemy admitted Jap help
lessness by stating the Allied fleet
is “liable to attack us at any
chosen time or place.” More than
two thousand tons of explosives
were showered on targets for
twenty miles along the Honshu
coast in a midnight bombardment.
The fleet went about the job lei
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Conference In Session; Russia Probably
Will Secure Open Ocean Outlets
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WASHNGTON, July 18—</P)—
Russia’s age old quest for her own
trade outlets to the open ocean
may come close to fulfillment in
the Berlin conference diplomatic
authorities here believe.
The question of ocean traffic
bottlenecks which allow other
countries to control all the best
passages to the Soviet Union may
occupy a prominent position in the
Potsdam discussions. These bottle
necks include Yellow Sea ap
proaches to Russia’s Siberian
backdoor are in prospect, regard
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less of talk or lack of talk about
Soviet participation in the war
against Japan.
There will be fairly full explor
ation of Russia’s political inten
tions in eastern Asia. These in
ten4 ion are believed to be domin
ated to a considerable eytent by
Russia’s commercial aspirations in
the Pacific and involved directly
with the question, of Port Arthur.
Russia once took a ninety-nine
year lease on that North China
port. Stalin is generally expected
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