The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE Sm——— VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8913. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, [)LCPMB}R 23, 1941 MI:MBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE 1 [3 N CEN PHILIPPINE SIEGE FOUGHT TO STANDSTILL New Axis Thrust Looms As Germans Retreat BULGARIANS | MOBILIZING NEAR TURKEY Spain, Gibraltar, French Africa or British Isles May Be Target BERSERK DRIVE BY CENSOR CHIEF | | | | FASCISTS FORESEEN, News Commentators in Rome and Berlin Hint New Operations (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) arp new in Russta and North Africa today e world speculated on the pos- sibility of a sudden berserk thrust by the Fuehrer in an attempt to re- trive European observers predicted Hit- ler in his new role as supreme war rd o1 the German armies soon would try to open a new front in regions hestile to blitzkreig campaigning than winter-frozen lest Likely Targets key, the Middle East, Gibralter, French Africa or the British Isles appeared the likeliest for an attack. A Soviet broadcast said German- ' dominated Bulgaria was speeding war preparations along the Turkish frontier and that Bulgarian mobil- ization was expected shortly. The broadcast declared the Bul- arian port of Varna and the Ru- Spmn. target <(‘ununued on Page Seven) WASHINGTON. — CIO President Phil Murray was chief author of the labor-management conference called by Roosevelt to formulate a voluntary system for industrial peace during the war. Murray proposed the volunl.a)y plan as a substitute for the dras- tic Smith anti-strike bill. Until the House, inflamed by John L. Lewis’s captive mine strike, passed xhh measure, Murray had not been e active in promoting labor peace. In fact, he irately quit the National Defense Mediation Board because it vetoed Lewis’s demands for a closed shop in the captive coal mines. But Roosevelt, anxious for maxi- mum national unity and opposed to the principle of restrictive labor laws, decided to give Murray’s con- ference proposal a chance. So at the President’s private behest, the Senate Labor Committee agreed to hold up action on the drastic Smith bill until the conference had a chance to see what it could pro- duce. The President invited manage- ment, the AFL and CIO to pick their top men for the conference The employers selected are among the outstanding leaders of indus- try. The delegation named by Wil- liam Green consists of the ablest and most influential chiefs of th AFL. Like the employer group, they represent the key defense indus- tries covered by the AFL. But the delegation named by Murray is another story. Not onl; is it dominated by John L. Lewis, but it omits a number of the ab- lest leaders in the CIO. Further- more, it lacks representatives from several key defense industries. Of the six CIO conferees named supporters. The exception is Emil his tattered military fortunes. | reverses jarred HlL-j wasion armies on two fronts Byron Price (above), Executive News Editor of The Associated Press, has been granted a leave of absence to become the na- tion’s Director of Censorship, it | was announced by President i l'umw\ell. BOARD URGES LIGHT CURFEW AT MIDNIGHT — | Civilian Defense Group | Asks City Council fo Pass | Ordinance Immediately Director of Civilian Defense Frank Metcalf 4nd the members cf the Civilian Defense Board held a meeting last evening in the City Hall. Also present were Gov. Er- nest Gruening and heads of the |various divisions of the Juneau | Civilian Defense Unit. In view of official information laid before the Board, the observa- |tion that the glare of the lights of Juneau at night could be dis- tinctly seen as far away as Point | Retreat, the Civilian Defense Board requested the City Council to enact immediately an ordinance requir- ing all neon, advertising, Christ- mas tree and other lights to be extinguished at midnight of each night, and also immediately to in- stall shades over street lights to prevent them from casting their glare into the sky. Christmas Day Watch While no practice blackout will be held until afier Christmas, the seneral opinion was expressed that | people should be particularly alert throughout the holidays and real- ize, from the disastrous experience | at Pearl Harbor, the enemy might select Christmas Eve or mornin3 as a suitable time to find us un- srepared to meet a raid. The Civilian Defense Board urges | all citizens to bear in mind the| necessity of precaution and coop- | eration. Each householder should prepare a dark room from which no light will be radiated to the ex- terior and in all blackouts whether practice or actual. Householders, throughout holidays, when absenting them- elves from their homes, should ex- nguish all Christmas and other ights so if Juneau should be so nfortunate as to be attacked we 7ill be in position to go promptly | nto a blackout. Reports Made Reports of the various organi- zations were made by former Gov. George A, Parks, supervisor of air raid wardens; Dr. George F. Free- burger, supervisor of auxiliary po- lice; utilities; Minard Mill, in charge by Murray, five are strong LewlsJor electric light and public power «Continued on Page Four) (Contix{uéd o}{ -Pnfié Two) which should be used | the| .{for a distance of 150 miles. The Ralph B. Martin, in charge| TANKER OFF CALIFORNIA ATTACKED Residents Reporl llfeboals with Survivors Are Landing on Coast FRANCISCO, Dec. 23—The today confirmed that an en- emy ship fired on the tanker Larry Doheny six miles off Esteros Bay and since then there has been no | communication from the tanker, | owned by the Richfield Oil Com- pany. The Larry Doheny has cf 4300 net tons. Reports from residents of Esteros Bay, which the Navy did not con-} firm, were that lifeboats bearing survivors were being landed on the coast. Sounds of gunfire and a shau.(‘r- ing explosion were heard at Fsterm Bay and Morro Bay on the coast' of San Luis Obispo before dawn and flashes from guns were seen on shore. | The attack is the sixth made| in four days on vessels off the California Coast. SAN a tonnage ANOTHER TANKER ATTACKED SAN FRANCISCO, Calif,, Dec. 23. | ™ —The 440-foot - tanker Montebello was attacked and sunk at 4 o'clock this morning off the California coast, the Twelfth Naval District headquarters announces. Four lifeboats carrying survivors have been landed safely. No casualties resulted, the Navy Department says. While the Montebello was being attacked, the Richfield tanker Larry Doheney reported encountering trouble from an undersea raider in the same locality but escaped. The Navy, it is said, has not been in | communication with the Larry Do- heny since the attack. 1 HONGKONG DEFENDERS HOLD OUT 'Not Surren&ér—ing, But Arer Counter - attacking- Chinese Advance (BY ASSOCIATED ' PRESS) In the seige of Hongkong, dis: patches indicate the defenders, far from surrendering, are actually |counter attacking and have netted | !small gains. | The Chinese troops on the main- land are attacking the rear Japan-| | ese siege armies and are reported to| have advanced to within 14 miles oi{ the beleaguered island while other ‘Chuxeue forces are reported all the |way from 26 to 40 miles away and advancing rapidly. American airmen today are flying |American planes and supporting the Chinese armies. i .- | | PRIVATE PLANES GROUNDED BY CAA {Coast Section Hit and as| Far Inland as 150 Miles | ~Schools to Move | | SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23—The| CAA has issued instructions| grounding all private planes on the Pacific coast from the Mexican to |the Canadian boundary and inland |order hits all flying schools and ‘managers intimated they will at once move to inland localities be- Iyond the 150 mile deadline. Commercial planes continue to operate. e ‘There are 86' plastic parts in a 1941 automobile. WINGED DESTRUCTION STRIKES HICKAM FIELD A major chject of the Jap: destruction refeased by the Submarine of Japs Which Didn't Gt Away U. 5., ERITISK -~ T e R T CHIEFS HOLD =32 AR MEETING Leaders of Allied Nafionsl ' Upper picture shows view of Japanese two-man submarine which was beached on the Ha and of Oahu during the Japanese attack on the U. S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Lower picture shows a close-up view of the same submarine. The Navy said the midget ships are approximately 41 fect long with a five-foot beam and propelied by electric motors, capable of traveling a radius of about 200 miles. The pictures were released by the Army or Navy, nese hembing raid on Honolulu, Hickam Field wa Army and shows one of the damaged hangars. Titt «ith wreckage. This Wake Isian Landing Made By Invaders Fourteemh Japanese At- | fack Successful-Marines May Be Holdmg Out WASHINGTON, De(‘ 23—A Jap- anese force has landed on Wake | Island. The Navy said enemy units of un- specified strength landed on Wake this morning where the Marines have beaten off repeated onslaughts by enemy aircraft and naval units The small garrison underwent a |strong air attack yesterdey |ing and the communique several enemy planes were & { down in the thirteenth Japane |attack on Wake since the start of | hostilities. Like the others, the |attack apparently was beaten off by the Marine garrison, assisted by laborers on the island, but no an- | nouncement was made as to whether the detachment of Devil ‘l)ogx still was resisting the landing | force which set foot on the island deay - {dent’s confidential advisor. R i S - BUY DEFENSE BONDS DEFENDERS OF ISLANDS BATTLING | American - Flllpmo Forces Are Resisting Powerful Sea Borne Invaders LANDING OPERATIONS SUPPORTED BY PLANES Dukh Naval Aircraft Re- | ported on Scene-Large | | | | is one of the first pictures of the ¥ Meet at White House with Roosevelt 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—Presi- | dent Roosevelt called a conference (for 2 o'clock this afternoon (PST) iof American Army and Navy offi- cials and Prime Minister Winston | Churchill and his staff. The White House said the group| might be called a “war council.” The American group invited in- ciuded Secretary of War Stimson, General Marshal, chief of staff; General Arnold, chief of the Army Air Forces; Secretary of the Navy | Knox; Admiral Stark, chief of staff of the Navy; Admiral King, new jcommander of the United States | Fleet and Harry Hopkins, the Presi- | With Churchill were invited Lord | Beaverbrook, British Supply Min- |ister; Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, 1ccmmander of the British fleet; Air |Marshal Bir Charles Portal; Gen- ernl Sir John Dill, former chief of the Imperial Staff and now Gov- 1emor of Bombay. | This is the first conference be- |tween Roosevelt and the entire British mission. — - ‘Alaskan Family Is Now at Singapore b | Alaskan family is now at| war-torn Singapore, it was recalled |here today by E. L. Bartlett, Sec- retary of Alaska. I'ney are Mr. and Mrs, Charles O mpson and their two sons. tpeon, a graduate of the Uni- * ol Alaska, is with the U. S. k [ Poreign and Domestic Vot g tment of Com- m ithe for. Wilon. > THAT'S REALLY LOSING WARSAW, N. Y.—Erest D, Olin will wash dishes for 75 guests at ia Iun(hmn He was captain of a fch lost an Azricultural C(nv ation Service attendance contest, D BUY OEFENSE »TAMPS Tanker Bombed, Fired (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Good news came today from three main theatres of the Battle of the Pacific as President Frank- lin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill con- ferred in Washington for a master “Victory Program” for destruction the Axis Powers. Tn the Philippines hilippines, the United bulletin this forenoon the American-Filipino de- fighters have fought to =& till the vanguard of the tiul sea-borne. Japanese forces. have, however, been landings Japanese in small detach- Santo Tomas, 125 miles Department communi- Japanese invaders are in on the Lingayen wheie the main strug- weing and lighilng s by increasing intensity.” Bombing Attacks I war communique further the hostile landing operations Lewg supported by increasing vmuers of bombing attack planes.™ Fight from Jungles The American and native Pili- pino troops are hidden in the ;reen jungles and are reported Liking a heavy toll of the Japanese (m land while United States avia- tors are hacking the invaders from the air. The war communique still he War d the ing (Continued on Page Six) MANY KILLED AS BOMBERS HIT MANILA Crowded Evacuation Cen- fer Struck by Missiles Intended for Depot MANILA, Dec. 23.—Heavy casualties resulted this after- noon when three Japanese planes bombed a center which had been reserved for persons evacuated to Manila from other towns. The planes apparently were aiming at nearby gasoline stores owned by a private com- pany. The attack was the first af- fecting any of the numerous evacuation centers to which residents of crowded districts have been taken under Red (ress supervision.