The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 13, 1941, Page 1

4 VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8904. HE DAILY AL “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1941 SKA EMPIRLK - MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT) JAP UNIT IS WIPED OUT IN PHILIPPINE HOLDS OUT, SAYS JAPAN Imperial Hea_dquarlers Ad- mifs Litfle Garrison Has | Not Been Captured TOKYO, Dec. 13—The Imperial Tokyo headquarters obliquely con- ceded today that American forces | are still holding out at Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean when it said military objectives there were se- verely damaged in an attack by Jap- anese naval units, especially on Thursday, and also admitted some Josses caused by the defenders. B i — Russians Smashing Nazi Unifs MOSCOW, Dec. 13—In an offi- cial communique it is declared that several German divisions have been| utterly smashed on the Central front at Stalinogrosk and Venev has | been recaptured. The early morning communique | told of a continuing advance in sev- | eral sectors west and southwest of | Moscow with the Germans in quick | retreat although fighting stubborn- | ingly in the intense cold. il | While World War I airplanes | had to be overhauled every 50| hours, today’s planes go 600 hours without overhauling. — - WAKE ISLE | | v an WASHINGTON—Six months ago| the Naticnal Conference of the| Soviet Communist Party met in/ Moscow. For nearly a year Russia‘ hacd played. Hitler's game. Anti-| Hitler Communists were in bad odor. In especially bad odor was| Maxim Maximovich Litvinoff, one-| time foreign minister, | Of Jewish parentage, Litvinoff| was thoroughly out of sympnthyi with the Nazi regime. Married to| a British wife, he also favored co—} operation with Great Britain, not Germany. So his wife was in exile| in Siberia, and he himself had been | stripped of his duties in the for-| eign office and relegated to an ob-| scure membership on the Central| Communist Committee. | At this meeting of the Nntional‘ Party Conference, however, Lit- vinoff was stripped even of his! committee ,membership. He was| ousted on the grounds of “inability | to_discharge obligations.” i Probably it is typical of the ups| and downs of Russian politics that six months after this lowest point in Litvinoff’s career, he should be- come Ambassador to the nation upon whose future policy the fate of Russia largely depends. TOUGH PARTY WORKER Maxim Litvinoff was born 65 years ago in Bialystok, a town in| Russian Poland, now occupied by Germany. His real name was Meer ‘Genokh Vallakh, but he has' adopted a long row of “Party” nick- | rames—Papasha, Luvinye, Felike,| and Nits—together with an equal| assortment of assumed names—Da- | vid Morecai Kinklestein, Litvinoff| Harrison, M. G. Harrison, Buckman and Gustav Graf. | Japanese Several sccre Japanese were taken from Terminal Island on which are located a number of naval establis to a wire enclosure for questioning and were guarded by troops from nearby Fort Mac- jated Press telemat airmailed to The Empire, Answer to U-Boat Threat They were herded Arthur. This Ass Detained B af Terminal Island | ! A i i, A s i into custody by Fcderali Bureau of Investigation officers when a ferry ments, decked at San Pedro, Calif. NOBLACKOUTS! ONLY IN CASE OF EMERGENCY Official Statement Issued | | This Morning - Usual | Life Again Resumed | | Mayor Harry I Lucas and Frank A. Metcalf, Director of Juneau Civ- ilian Defense, today Stated the two | regent partial blackouts on Thurs- | day and Friday nights were held | | upon advices from the military | services. 1 i They added: ‘“No blackouts or | special emergencies are or will be \declared unless imminent danger is | feared to threaten the town.” “The information upon which we aet necessarily is confidential until released by military authorities, and cannot be divulged without military . permission; but, every attempt is being made not to declare any un- necessary special emergencies or blackouts. “The power to declare blackouts and special emergencies is vested in | the Mayor by the ordinance enacted by the Common Counci] last Mon- day night. We are informed the ' Council has that authority by virtue of its police power. “Civilian defense activities of all The above photo of the Sea Otter 2nd, new-type cargo ship designed along revolutionary lines, being flat bottomed and powered by standard gasoline automobile engines, was released by the Navy Department in Washington. The vessel draws only ten feet of water, making it a difficult target for subs. The Navy caption sent with the picture GERMANS IN RETREAT ON WIDE FRONT Red Arm;—Drives Nazi Forces Back from Mos- cow Over 200 Miles LONDON, Dec. 13.—German set- backs in Russia are announced in an official statement. It is claimed that the three quarter of a million manned Nazi army before Moscow is gradually being defeated. The Pravda, in a broadcast picked up here, says the Red Army has re- | taken another 30 villages and is pur- suing the retreating Germans who are now 200 miles south of Moscow. | It is said that 85,000 Germans have been killed and that 23 of the orig- | inal 51 divisions have been smashed or surrounded. i - | NAZI DIVISION | "Hifler Gang' To Be Ousted Before Peace | Russian Ne;l;;aperWriter DEFENSE LINES OF BRITISH IN MALAY DENTED SINGAPORE, Dec. 13—The Brit- ish communique late last night admitted that strong Japanese at- tacks have dented defense lines in the jungles along the Malay-Thai- land frontier. ot e 8, 12| Gives Jerse Yiew Re- escrined as purely localrv‘ | gflfdlflg A"ieS | KUIBYSHEV, Dec. 13— Ousting |of the “Hitler Gang” is the joint | Moscow-London-Washington agree- | ment ‘listed as prerequisites to any Speace between Russia and Germany which feelers have already re- sorted from Berlin. David Zaslavsky of the Russian newspaper Pravda cited these con- ditions editorially saying the “Hil- ler gang is now ready today to sign with Russia if only our Gov- ernment will talk with them.” STOCK QUOTATIONS Closing quotation of Alaska Jun- Roosevelf, King George Felicitate WASHINGTON, Dec. 13—Pre dent Roosevelt yesterday cabled to| King George that the “forces which | plunged the world into war, how- | ever strong, cannot prevail against| the indomitable strength of a free| peoples fighting a just cause.” ! kinds are under the directorship of Mr. Metealf, who is the Director of | Civilian Defense for Juneau. The power to appoint such director is in Gov. Ernest Gruening, who is head of Civilian Defense for Alaska, and who appointed James Ryan as As- sistant Territorial Director. Mayor Lucas through his power coming to him from Gov. Gruening in turn ap- pointed Mr. Metcalf as Director of Juneau Civilian Defense. | “These activities are dutiorized by an Act of Congress under which the President appointed Mayor F. La- Guardia of New York the head of Civilian Defense activities for the entire nation.” Mr. Metcalf has also appointed as a council to act with him: Mayor Lucas, Walter P. Scott, Thomas Dyer, Robert Schoettler, Dan Ral- ston, H. R. VanderLeest, R. E. Rob- ertson, Harold Knight, V. W. Mul- vihill, Dr. George F. Freeburger, John Kennedy and the Rev. W. H. Matthews, Jr., as secretary. This council acts as an advisory board to Mr. Metcalf, who has charge of all Civilian Defense activ- ities in Juneau. Coordination of all of these various activities is being rapidly made under competent di- recting heads, so as to follow the plan set up by National Director LaGuardia so far as it is applicable to local conditions. | “No special emergency or blackout is declared except after mature con- sideration of all the information then available to the director and his council, but such information necessarily must be treated con- fidentially and furthermore its di- vulgence would undoubtedly lead to many wild rumors,” Mayor Lucas said today. “The public, however, is urged to bear in mind neither we nor the Defgnse Council act without careful consideration, and only in an at- tempt to take such precautions as may he necessary for the safety of the people of the town. “Naturally a little time is required to place in smooth running opera- tion all of these activities, which became suddenly necessary by Japan starting war upon the nation, but if the public will be a little patient they may rest assured so far as (Continued on Page Two) BRITISH | WITHDRAWAL AT HONGKONG Japanese Claim Defenders "LITTLE JOE e Joseph DiMaggio, 3rd, got some refreshment from a bottle held by his father, the New York Yankee slugger, at their home in New York. LANDING FORCE IS DEFEATED Official Commun ique from Manila Says Air Dog- fights Over City (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) The seaborne Japanese troops which gained a foothold at Lingayen on the west coast of Luzon Island, 100 miles north of Manila have been wiped out, the United States Military communique at Manila reported this forénoon. American fighter planes have also pitched into waves of Jap- anese bombers in spectacular dogfights over the Philippine capital city of Manila and the invaders routed, the commu- nique further states. 4,000 JAP SOLDIERS nf:igbeor’ iI\‘;husel“nunr;:e:shl'!.'pres'ems{ |S DESIROYED The President’s declaration|¢au mine stook Friday on the NP;J a life which has been| [} | brought a quick reply from Kin | York Stock Exchange was 17/8, | as tough and colorful as any man'’s Gecrge in which the British Mon%fAmcrican Can n‘&‘.‘glxn&conda 25, Have GOI‘le Ba(k ffom | in Russia. Like everyone who has NORIH AFRI(A arch declared that the British Em-|Bethlehem Steel 56%, Common- Fi'st lineS | forged to the front of the Soviet pire is “proud indeed to be fight- Wealth and Southern 5/30, Curtlss Government, Litvinoff came up the - ing your side against a common Wright 8%, International Harvesier —_ hard way—every inch of it. After| CAIRO, Dec. 13—Brilish roops epepy» l4515, Kennecott 33'¢, New York TOKYO, Dec. 13—The Japanese a typical Russian high school ed.}l:;:_e destroyed the ‘German 36ist | TS ) | Central 8, Noethern ‘Pacific 4%. news sgency Dmel. today broadcast ucation, he joined the army at the ican regiment numbering some * United States Steel 49%, Pound a dispatch from Saigon, French age of 17 and served for five yea“';lm men. The force was surround- | Only three States now provide It was during his military service ed at Gazala in the drive through regular open seasons'for trapping that he became interested in social- | & WO day sand storm that has beaver, once common in America. | ism. And when he got out, he im- placed the British forces 50 miles - More than 8000 separate pieces beyond Tobruk. This is official war of metal go into a single large air- | statement. lpluue engine, | " (Continued on Page Four) $4.04. DOW, JONES AVERAGES Friday’s Dow, Jones averages were industrials 11058, rails 24.62, utilities 14.17, Indo-China, which asserts British troops in Hongkong have withdrawn from the first line of defense and the Japanese have captured Kow- loon, on the mainland facing the great British naval base. J Little Joe was born October 23. (LAIMED BY JAPANHDOS. Admit 'Some Planes Have | Been Shot Down by U.S. Forces in Aarial Attacks TOKYO, Dec. 13—The Imperial headquarters claims the sinking of a third United States battleship, the Arizona, in action last Sunday at Hawaii. The Imperial headquarters also claims that eight American planes have been shot down in aerial at- tacks over the Philippines and 14 others destroved on the ground, also that 11 American flying boats have been destroyed. The Japanese statement admits that “our forces have lost some planes in action with the American bombing and dog fighting forces in the Philippine warfare.” GEN. DEWITT PROMOTED, BIG CHIEF Will Have Cfigr_ge of Army, Land and Air Units of Entire Pacific Coast SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 13. —Lieut. General John L. DeWitt, Commander Area with headquarters at the Presidio here, has become comman- der of the newly created Western| japanese origin, that Honolulu has Defense Command. General DeWitt’s new appoint-|gince the arrival of American Sec- |~ ment, which places him in charge |retary of the Navy Frank Knox. of the largest military unit in the nation, was made known last night. All of the Pacific Coast, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada anua all units of the army land and air forces are included in the new Wesiern Defense Com- m: Crews of French Vessels_keplaced WASHINGTON, Dec, 13 — The State Department announces, that crews of all French vessels in Am- erican ports will be removed from the vessels. of the Ninth C()r)nJ LOSSES ARE ARE SILENT | | | ARE LOST Submarines of The Nether- lands Go Into Action in East Indies Area ! BATAVIA, Dutch Easi-Indies, Dec. ..& 13—1It is officlally announced that 4,000 Japanese troops were lost when The Netherlands submarines sank four troop transports off southern Thailand, near Malaya, and another naval force liquidated a Japanese settlement on the east coast of Borneo. el Compensafion Case Brought - Aqgainst Mine Claim $7,27!fin Overtime and Unfair Wage Deduc- IS NO' Taken tions at Chichagof - An action to recover $7,278.83 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec.13 from the Chichagof Mining Comp- —The Postal Telegraph Cable De- any alleged to have been due in partment announces it is “working” overtime payments and deducted with Midway Island without inter- from wages, was filed in Federal ruption. | District Court here today by R. H. This indicates the island is still Cameron, former employe of the in American hands and not those of company, the Japanese. | The suit brought by Cameron also The Company refused to elab- includes money alleged to be due orate. | other former employes of the comp- YA o L A e |any. Andy Running, Ed Melvin, H. O. Hansen, Jim Ed Reeves, Floyd Trueblood and Eno Kain- ¥ | Sherry, { { Ho“olulu IS lainen, all of whom are. declared 1 |to have assigned their wage claims to Cameron. The action was filed | through William L. Paul, attorney. | The action claimis to be brought | under the Fair Labor Standards A |Act of 1938 and states its purpose LONDON, Dec_—la. — Reuters, '© ‘recover from the defendant British news agency, quotes a Shang- | ‘Chichagof Mining Company) un- hai dispatch today, claiming it is of | Pald overtime compensation and deduction from wages of unreason- able cost of other facilities cust- marily furnished by defendant.” - eee—— CASE DISMISSED ' The action of George W. Stinson zainst the Northland Transporta- tion Company for $1,030 'alleged lue because of loss of baggage and was in Federal rict Court here today. S/nufl/’l(ru} Da ABOUT THAT ESCAPE ACT fapanese Headquarters Perfectly Mum on U. S. Admiral’s Charge TOKYO, Dec. 13—The Tokyo Im- serial headouarters remains silent on the official report of the United States Navy that a Japanese fleet fled to avoid a battle with the U. 8. Asiatic fleet. The Imperial headquarters admits picking up the statement issued from U. S. Admiral Hart's head- quarters but makes no rejoiner. ——————— Midway Isle undergone six air raids in nine hours | MORE CASH | wag FOR CAAIN, ALASKA AREA WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 — The| Senate Appropriations Committee has recommended $7,792,000 addi- tional for air navigation facilities for the CAA and $6,500,000 is ear- marked to be spent in Alaska. —,e 9 | ) | | BUY DEFENSE BONDS