The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 10, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8928. NEW DRIVE ON LUZON ISLAND INDI ““Green Hell’’ Jungles Oiawa (ilizns fer W Japanese Advance In eamsAboulay(are DIVISIONS OF TANKS IN ATTACK Nippon Soldiers Follow Quickly-Make Gain of 50 Miles in 24 Hours KUALA LUMPUR IS UNDER BIG ASSAULT World's (rlee Rubber Capital Left fo Mercy of Invasion Forces (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Japanese troops, led by monster tanks, have advanced almost 50 miles during the past 24 hours in| the Malayan “Green Hell' jungles, according to an official broadcast from Tokyo this morning. The Japanese, according to the Tokyo broadcast, have driven to within two and one-half miles of Kuala Lumpur, the world’s crude rubber capital city and early this afternoon started a general assault on the city. The British Far East headquar- ters tersely acknowledged that the battle-wearied British Imperial troops, made up almost wholly ef | soldiers from Australia and the In- dies, have withdrawn “farther south” from the latest series of defense lines, 50 miles north of the city. No further details are given. ORI~ 0. ek WASHINGTON — The powerful farm lobby, whose log rolling deal“ with labor elements mutilated to ineffectualness the anti-inflation price control bill in the House, is again gunning for the price con- ; trol measure. This time the lobby boys are op- erating in the Senate where the legislation is pending before the Banking Committee. Thanks to the able and courag- eous leadership of Senator Prentiss Brown of Michigan, his subcom- mittee put all the House pulled teeth back into the bill and rec- omemended that it be approved by the full committee. With such an endorsement, favorable action is practically certain. Further, the restored bill has the || strong backing of Senator Charles McNary, potent and astute Repub- lican Floor Leader. ‘These factors greatly strengthen chances of passage by the Senate. And that would mean that the log- rolling combine in the House would have to back down. But to forestall this p()&sibilll)fll the farm lobbyists have cooked up a neat scheme. They have started a vigorous undercover pressure drive to re- move control of farm prices from the Office of Price Administration, headed by independent Leon Hend- erson, and place it in the Agricul- ture Department, where the lobby wields powerful inside political in- fluence. If this is done, the practical effect would be to destroy the effective- ness of preventing run-away food prices. It would be comparavle to turning over the fixing of industrial prices to manufacturers. The country may be at war, but the “gimmie” boys are still riding the gravy train. MORE DE-RUBBERING Further restriction on the use of rubber is in the offing. Likely to be banned are raincoats, overshoes, (Continued of* Page Four) “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” PRICE TEN CENT) JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS | Ernie Bonham, who pitched the Yankees in the World Series, got Sacramento, Calif., on the feeding NIFTY SUIT — LOOK ATIT! In a Los Angeles pre-view show- ing of 1942-model swim suits, Lu- with white front, blue back and a red stripe down the side. It hints patriotic colors on the bathing beaches the coming season. It is a nifty suit not to mention the nifty figure it is on. NORMANDIE IS NOW LAFAYETTE WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. — The former French luxury liner Nor- mandie, now being converted into a naval auxiliary, has been given the name U.8.S. Lafayette. The huge passenger liner, seizerl by the Coast Guard on December 12, is the first American naval vessel to be named i: honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of America’s Revolutionary War. - e— - There have been recent numer- ous convictions in TItaly for hoard- ing or “bootlegging” food. ing a visit there. The Bonhams live at Ione, Calif. y HARD cille Lambert wore a satin suit | winning game for the New York instructions drom Mrs, Bonham in of their newest baby daughter dur- KETCHIKAN [ PROTESTING RATE RAISE Mass Meeting of Business i Men Results in Wire to Maritime Com. l‘ KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. 10— Following a mass meeting of Ket- chikan businessmen a6 protest was wired to the Maritime Commission against the 45 per cent passenger and freight increase. The protest deplrzes that a lack ,of notice or explanation was given. The protest 8lso declares that the jump in the freight and pass- enger rates will accelerate inflation. The protest request§ reconsidera- tion during which Alaskans can be heard on the subject, BT 5 R RAILROAD | HIT BY BLAZE SUPERIOR, Wisconsin, Jan. 10.— Two explosions and ‘a fire destroyed [ | the Great Northern Railroad’s ele- ,vator and giant grain storage plant today with a loss estimated at $2,- 225,000. Seven persons, includihg two fire- men, were injured in fighting the blaze which theatened to spread to other elevators, oil storage and the | coal docks in the heart of the city's vital lake front defense production | section. — s STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Jan. 10. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at today’s short session of the | New York Stock Exchange is 2%, | American Can 61%, Anaconda 27, Bethlehem Steel 63%, Common- | wealth and Southern 5/16, Curtiss | Wright 8%, International Harvester | 46, Kennecott 35%, New York Cen- tral 9%, Northern Paclfie 5%, United States Steel 53'%, Pound $4.04. | pow, JONES AVERAGES | The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 110.54; | rails, 27.66; utilities, 14.50. . —— ! Shipbuilding costs in Sweden are 60 percent above the pre-war level CATED GERMANS RECEIVE BAD JOLT Told that I\Hlitéry Opera- tions Are Extremely Serious, Critical RUSSIANS CONTINUE | 10 MAKE ADVANCES| Revolution in Reichland Is Denied During Night by Foreign Office (By Associated Press) Hitler's press chief, Dr. Otto Diet- rich, today prepared the German| Nation for a jolt. | Dr. Dietrich solemnly acknow-| ledged that Nazi military operations have “reached an extremely serinus: and indeed critical phase” as the! Russians swept on to new triumphs.| | Soviet frontline dispatches said| ithe Red Army is advancing over| the wintry battlefields at a pace of | more than four miles a day and| have recaptured Mosalsk, 47 miles west of Kaluga and also further| tightened the vise on 100,000 GerJ mans still holding out in that sec-| tor. ¢! Advices to the Associated Press from “somewhere on the German frontier” said there are persistent reports of an incipient revolution | in Germany. | The report impelled the German | | Foreigny Office to issue, in the | middle of the night, a denial. All| foreign correspondents were sum-| moned and requested to announcel a denial of any revolution in the| i Reichland. | ! R Lives of 8 MinersAre- Choked Out Men Make Futile Attempt fo Escape from Smoke | from Entrance Fire | SILVERTON, Colo, Jan. 10— Smoke choked out the lives of eight |miners who retreated in the long |tunnels of the Pride of the West gold and silver mine in a futile |attempt to escape yesterday. The bodies were recovered early this morning after flames which burned the compressor house at the | mine entrance subsided. Other structures were also de- ! stroyed. The body of one miner who had | been suffocated by the smoke was found 3,000 feet back in one tunnel, | |showing how far he had traveled in an attempt to escape from the | smoke. upen their arrival President Roosevelt. bt 2 O RS COLORED CLOTH By JACK. STINNETT FoR BlA(KouTS WASHINGTON, Jan. 10—For the |first time in the history of our government, the Post Office De- WASHINGTON, Jan. 10—Black-| partment is going to become a tax ?:et g;llr‘tainsr r;:eed not b:/[ black,| collection agency unless— ice - meat nata T Eoncy, MADSRSY| mhe' tax o be cobected is the $5 “It may be any dark color that ::m;"x v‘:;‘. :he nauzm xr.(mn,xru;: will screen the light. The British| = 1_‘ l"j““l.".‘} "L" e have found dark blue, brown, dark |, o Zt.atm unbc;s nm;h ;,n nto green, wine and other shades to be| ement, ause ere is a successful.” possibility that the tax will be re- Principal test, the statement add- :’lf;*:leg ‘bbfioml it becomes opera- ed, is to hold the cloth in front of | PR an electric bulb. If no light passes) NO item in the tax bill has through it at all and if it com- c3used the Treasury Department pletely covers a window, it will be More grief than this comparative- acceptable. |ly minor one, designed to raise | Women are urged to scour their N1y $160,000,000. attics, cellars and closets for goods suitable for blackout curtains be-' ''Treasury officials burned mid- fore they purchase cloth, so as not night oll for weeks trying to fig- “to overtax the economy by sudden ure out a method of collecting jt Four German prisoners, their hands raised, and one of them away to a transpert after their capture in the British “C ly. British soldiers are escorting them. This picture was ez That $5 Tax on Autos Is Trouble Maker, ThatIs, if Collection Is Enforced ] Prime Minister Winston Churchill (left), and Prime Minister MacKenzie King received a hearty welcome t Ottawa, followng a trip from Washington, D. C., where Churchill had conferred with Nalls (apiur&l by ommando;’ ando” raid ers from of the law, After almost every method had been explered, the department selected | considered the least objection- | able—making every post office. | window a collection agency. | The Post Office estimates that ‘[ | i | | escaping ‘the penalties | i 4 | possible | 1 | what was it will cost them $1,500,000 in And this the new supplemental appropriations increased personnel. | has been allowed in large demands for blackout cloth.” and preventing the use-tax dod-| bill. It’s about one-third the total amouni the T ury asked for overall collection costs on this pestiferous item. The collection method, as now | worked out, is to sell stickers at post office ‘windows. Motorists and motor boat owners will be expect- ed to go to the post office, plank lownr their $5 and pick up their Ttickers. At the same time, they| | | insion Churchill (right) carrying a white flag, are marched d from London. J‘Hlld return to the internal revenue| | collector. DEFENDERS NOW FACING NEW ATTACK Intensive Pfialling, Arfile; 2 lery Duels Take Place in Philippines ENEMY VESSELS ARE NOW OFF MINDANAO Additional Landings on Southernmost Island Reporfed Looming WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. — The War Department today reports in- tensive patrolling and artillery duels between the defenders of the Philippines and the Japanese in- vaders. The Department’s official com- munique said heavy enemy rein- forcements are being brought up in preparations, apparently, for a renewed Japanese offensive drive on Luzon Island. The communique further states that a number of enemy vessels have appeared off the coast of southernmost island Mindanao, in- dicating the probabllity of addition- | al landings there. The enemy ships " appear to be surrounded by sub- marines and destroyers to prevent an attack from the Asiatic fleet. MASONS BUY BIG BLOCK U. 5. BONDS Immediate Purchase of $3.500 Authorized—An- nual Election Held At a regular meeting of the Scottish Rite Masonic Bodies last evening immediate purchase was authorized of $3500 for defense bonds, it was announced by Edwin Sutton, Treasurer of the Bodies. At the same meeting the annual election of officers in the Consis- tory (31st and 32nd degree) was held and the following were chos- en: James W. Leivers, Master; John J. Fargher, Prior; Vergne L. Hoke, Preceptor; Samuel Feldon, Chancellor; Howard D. Stabler, Minister of State; Herbert L. Faulkner, Almoner; Edwin Sutton, Treasurer; Walter B. Heisel, Reg- istrar, . .’ on Vaagso Island, Norway, recent- will be given a card to fill out — o CLASSIFICATION OF JUNEAU MEN OVER 28 STARTS | Former I-Hné;)up Aband- oned-Men Classified 1-A fo Be Called ' All Juneau Selective Service | registrants previously classified 1+ |H, because they were more than |28 years old, are being reclassified |and notices mailed to chem, the | Juneau Local Draft Board said to- These be checked| against a master list of car own- ers obtaired from state highway departments,, In time, of course, the non-payers will show up as un- checked whereupon the Treasury will launch its follow up collec-| tion system. This won’t differ much from that used by any high-pressure mail collection agency. Al- though no threats will be' used, of course, I wouldn’t be sur- prised if it weren't pointed out to the persistent dodgers that refusal to pay the tax could get a man in the hoosegow for a short while as well as put him out of pocket in fines a good deal more than §5. day. Where mail collection ~fails to work, the coMector’s statf Wil oo :g (i:“m:‘:b;:“; "m; have to stop hounding the income class will be sent into the it tax evaders and turn policemen ""they are reclassified as l-Al “.M get in this chicken feed. It's precty‘an, able to pass the physical ex= certain that the proportion of |, inations dodgers will run fairly high. The| However, many of the 1-H Ol owners of $50 jaloppies are not| ... married, have dependents or going to be happy about paying 10| ,iner reasons which will prevent percent of the cost of their car, in their being classified for immedi- (Continued on Page Three) até duty. cards will