The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1942, Page 1

» L4 2 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8940. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRICE TEN CENTS “JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1942 AUSTRALIANS POUR SHELLS INTO JAPS ordes Of Japs Battling Gen. MacArthur DEFENDERS | ARE FORCED FALL BACK American-Filipino Forces, Batan Peninsula, Are | Under Heavy Fire | WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—Hordes of Japanese invasion forces, sup- ported by barrages of warship guns off the coast, have forced Gen. Mac- Arthur’s American and Filipino de- “fenders to fall back in bloody fight- ing on the west coast of Batan Pen- insula but fierce counter sttncks' have hurled the Japanese back at other points. The War Department bulletin this morning said the MacArthur de- fenders, although fatigued as the result of six weeks' incessant fight- ing, are still battling with undim- inished enthusiasm and courage. The bulletin says further: “There | have been heavy losses on both | sides” as the result of the terrific | battling on Batan Peninsula. | RATIONING OF SUGAR _mamno s oo Orienfal Super-Salesman Doesn't Go for Fol-De-Rol compel the Government to begin rationing within a month or less. The Office of Price Administra-| would have to be put up to Con- gress, What he said would hardly tion said that because of the “runs”| rationing books have been drawn up and are now being printed. e C bear repeating. This was a busines: m‘ transaction. Take it or leave it. S | WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—At &|1he y, s government agencies |small gathering the other dav,|gig_and so did Congress. The Jesse Jones, who has a firm hold|)oan was approved a year ago. on at least some of the purs_c- Dr. T. V. (the initials are 1] strings of America’s wartime bil-| gyrther proof of his American- Wanis fo Gef at Japs Walter Bromley, 51, for whom the Navy waived its age limits, is pic- tured in Seattle as he received his enlistment papers from Commander H. J. McNulty, U. S. N. Bromley Jost two sons when the battleship U. S. 8. Arizona was sunk in Pearl Harbor, December 7. “I want to get into action as soon as T can against the Japs” sald Bromley when handed his papers. (Second of Two A!’ti('ks) By JACK STINNETT u-m lions, was preparing to depart. ism; in the old Chinese tradi- «d i “You better not leave,” said Sen.| gijon his name should be Dr. ww ‘Tom Connally, “Dr. (T.V.) Soong is Soong Tsu-ven). Soong is tall % going to give us a little lecture on | gor 3 Chinese. He is stocky. His China.” fecretary of Commerce Jones grinned. “All the more reason I should go. I've heard Dr. ot e L g Do IR oot e Cipa Al ad re i f th war job in the works for Wendelli :::‘:‘:;::ry one of them cost me willkie. " i | That, of course, was facetious llkl:s v;unxd l}:ru:mgrmlizeois v;z;l:xcss‘b“‘ it wasn't off the mark at all. larly fitted {Dr. T. V. Soong is probrbly the Bne matter was nob discussed Ereatest high pressure salesman went to the that ever came out of the Orient ghen. the GOR osl his sole stock of goods is’ hair is roached back from his forehead. He wears horn- rimmed glasses. All of that gives him an imposing, intellectual air. Sometimes I think he con- sciously tries to heighten this impression by his terrible seri- ousness. I think that until he starts punning, wise - cracking and telling stories in the best U. 8. manner. 60 White House last week because the —and President’s plans were still lncom-IChfina. ‘Salary ou“ay or plete. Willkie's visit was for another —_ ! " purpose, which cannot be disclosed; In an intimate, off-the-record Ahska Mon“or'ng That purpose had nothing t0 dO mgre than an hour, pausing only| . with naming him to a ;t'nnel of for questions. His answers are lu- S'ahon Anno"nced War Labor Board “umpires,” a SU8- ¢jq qirect, and backed by a bewil- | gestion he indignantly rejected ”‘dering array of facts and figures. IThe sum and substance of it is, icati Commissi told hite House secretar: Steve 3 > ‘ cmmunications on tol Ea‘zy ;as responslbley(or this When he is through, you are China yhe House Appropriations Com- boner, which enabled enemies of PlUS- The guerrillas are magnifi-|mittee that it IS planned during poth Willkie and Roosevelt to make Cent: the regulars, with nothing|ihe fiscal year beginning July 1 to between them. Early told newsmen Suns and hand grenades, are giv- the Alaska Radio Monitoring Sta- that Willkie would be named an ing the Japanese fits. The Burma tion \ umpire, although Willkie did not road will never be closed as long| The station overhears Siberian discuss the matter with the Presi- as the British hold their portion and Japanese broadcasts and the dent. A The inside fact is that thé panel and the occupied areal of China, sion (o lake guard against any of umpires is a subject of bitter the Japs already have lost mc‘altrmpL at communications with inner Administration dispute. |econemic battle. the enemy through the air. retary Frances Perkins and is being than a gesture before “T. V.” 513‘2‘00‘;9{ :r\lenging:;r and 53:!00 for hotly opposed by OPM labor chlef‘ had talked Uncle Sam out of | '€ editor f‘ Vmo;u b Sidney Hillman and Wur ljubor‘ $100,000,000. It was called a o Tmo ISL,\NTN Board Chairman William Davis. | “lean” but the only collateral S plan in the executive order creat-' an Alaska Coastal Airlines trip to R Sitka today, pilgted by Shell Sim- i ;‘fflm‘ i mdond e had Dr. Soong s the antithesis of mons, They 6 iy oA ; : Orientalism. It is true that oves Thompson, G. L. Hughes, Theo- later revived it at the White House 11y the 0T iee @ibase - 1 s fida pson, 3 ghes, first he knew her scheme was kick- N | Flying to Chicagof Island with ing around ngain was when he read that he can brew his own tea, but|Alex Holden were L. Cannon, W. news accounts of the story put out the new Foreign Minister of China| McElroy and M. Wanamaker to by Early. doesn’t use the tea-time approach.'Hirst and Pearl Atkinson and Mary MEDDLING FANNY China before the President, Treas- D The umpire scheme was only one ury Secretary Morgenthau, the fed-' Construction contracts'are at a several hot ideas orked by eral banking officials, and Jesse record level for this season of the of unc y the bungling Labor Secretary dur-‘Jonus‘ he was told that the matter Year, for military reasons. igroup, T have heard him talk for: too inconsequential to consider. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 — The it appear that a rift had developed more than small arms, machine spend $14,420 on the personnel of jof it. In Manchuokuo, in Formosa, Navy recen‘ly asked the Commis- It's a scheme cooked up by Sec-| Lend-lease was hardly more ! The expenditures listed include Hillman blocked inclusion of the W, tne word of T. V. Boies '} Five persons were passengers oh : . The dore Austerman and T. W. Bryan. Withows 2limatts oquienss a stove moved into his room <o Y ,When he had laid his case for Lee Atkinson to Chichagof. . They were Lee Scott, | JAPBOMBER FORMATION WIPED OUT American - British Pilots Engage Enemy in Suc- cessful Dogfight RANGOON, Jan. 24 — United States and British pilots have en- tirely wiped out a formation of seven bik engined Japanese bomb- ers in a wild dogfight on 'the out- skirts of Rangoon. Four Japanese pursuit ships are also reported to have been shot down. All Allied planes returneg safely to their base. > Defenes Base WorkersMust Stayon Jobsi War's Wreckage in Singapore Bombs wrought this damage in an air raid on Singapere, Britain’s defense bastion in the Far East, and target of the Japanese push into Malaya. This picture, cabled from London te New York, is from a Brit- ish news reel. . Headache This Year GRUEN'NG - Bigger sEmponees-l_ta;lving Alas- kan Work to Be Barred from Employment | Workers on Alaskan defense pro- jects are expected to remain for the duration of the war and will ibe refused employment on all other American - defense work if they leave without permission, Major B. B. Talley, area engineer for U. S.| Corps of Engineers, announced here | today. | In a memorandum addressed to |resident engineers, Major Talley/| aid that under instructions by Lhc: | Secretary of War and in conforma- tion with uniform Navy policy, all civil service, contract, and tempor- ary workers on defense bases, who resign or quit work while their ser- vices are still needed, will be “dis-| charged with prejudice for leaving | the job.” { Only contract employes who lmvv‘, fulfilled their original contract will| be exempted from the ruling, Major Talley said, and in such cases, the| resident engineers ‘“should point out to such employes his palriuhci duty to stay on the job. 1. PROTESTS ATHEARING Dimond, OPA, Planning Board Among Those Op- posing Steamer Raise WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 — Three steamship companies operating in Alaska sought yesterday before Maritime Commission Examiner R Furnish to show why emer- gency surcharges, amounting to a 45 per cent increase in rates, should |be retained. 5 | Representatives of the steamer s suid the rate raise is justified wee of increased marine in- nce, war risk rates, crew bon- This |uses, the entering of the war zone and increased costs du€ to shipping delays. i Belladonna Villines Income tax payment time, always a headache, again is near. year, with increased rates affecting the middle-class wage earner, lower exemptions and greater taxes to come, Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public are really digging down, and doing it early as is Belladonna Villines, a Chicago Mwyer, who is studying the latest information Authorization of the rate increase On the other hand, it was pointed out, employment on defense work | will not necessarily exempt workers | |trom Army service under the Selec- tive Service Act. Major Talley directed particular; attention to the full meaning of | the phrase “discharge with preju-| dice for leaving the job while his| service is needed and not to be em- | ployed elsewhere on defense work.”| lalley declared: | “This means that any employe| who, without just cause acceptable; ‘lto the area office, leaves the job |in Alaska when his service is re- quired will not be employed by any other _government defense agency in Alaska, in the United States or clsewhere, or by a contractor en-| gaged in defense work. This should | be clearly understood before an cmploye allows himself to be dis- charged. This is far reaching in its effect, and all eoncerned should be| governed accordingly.” Major Talley pointed out that| { with the nation at war, the defense | |of the United States requires per-| ‘rcnal sacrifice, the first pon- | sibility of all workers being to na- tional defense. | This Dog Had Diet Very Rich in lron | GENESEO, 1L, Jan. 24—The diet| | ,uf Jimmy Doering’s pet puppy has| been rich with iron. | { Jimmy wondered where the nuts jand screws from his toy mechan-| ical sets were going—until his fa-! | ther, Dr, P. J. Doering, put the pup- | py under X-ray. | They were inside the dog—thir- ty-two burrs, thirty screws and five ,emall brads. e BUY UEFENSE STAMPS | were rescued and taken prisoners. on income tax payments—with a bottle of aspirins handy. | Alaska's delegate in Congress, and lof the Office of Price Administra- OF JAPAN Havor;Make .y lagencies. Among those whose ques- the U. 8. Smelting and . \cny. Utah. . | Depth Bombs Bring Craft| : Gruening questioned closely the I_iner Is Caps'zed |the Alacka Steamship Company, = | Gov. Ernest Gruening, who flew Ition, National Resources Planning | | tions indicated opposition to the Company of Salt Lake o R Question Witnesses Big Japanese Iransport,f fo Suffa(e, Gunf"e cpening witnesses, C. M. Mitchell, and Ira Ewers, Washington coufisel 24—The British (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) | was opposed by Anthony J. Dimond, | H |here from Juneau to be present at u ( a'se . [the hearing. Also opposing the | rate increase were representatives |Board and other governmental | . raise Omar Victor, representa- omb Hits - : | Refining Dzlegate Dimond and Gov. Destroyer Smashed- g lof Seattle, secretary and auditor of Finishes Job {for the other two Alaska carrier LONDON, Jan. a g v Dutch bombers have slashed the lines. i Admiralty today announced UhAt|neq construction of Japanese in-| Mitchell said his line normally 8 Jith sbip. apersting in vasion ships off Balik Papan on the cperated four vessels in Alaska dur- Far East has destroyed one large Japanese submarine. A depth charge brought the sub- marine to the surface and gunfire then sank the craft Some of the crew of east coast of Isorneo scoring direct|ing the winter season but is now hits on a big transport and also cperating 15 and will operate two a destroyer and capsizing a large more as soon as possible, Ewers Japanese passenger liner, troop said three ships of the Northland laden. % I'ransportation Company have been The Dutch bombers have already|taken over by the Army and Navy destroyed the rich Balik Papan oil and that the war is increasing the fields on the “scorched earth” pol-|costs of operation for other equip- icy. ment, consisting of two combination the sub - —— H P 15-cent Taxicabs e |l ana pusenger vl i Dimond’s attempt Most British Columbia pulp and| Dimonds attempt to have the paper producers have arranged for "¢0rd show the 1941 operating SladE) it B since the begih- statements of the companies was 7 unsuccessful, Examiner PFurnish ning of the war, the Department aid he thought them immaterial of Commerc s 't 5 TCe reports | The companies’ counsel declined to jfubmit the operating statements ex- e o 00 0i0 0 0 0 cept on Maritime C NO WEATHER orders. ; ki b FORECASTS Quotes Railroad Profits T Gov. Gruening asked that the As a matter of precaution, cord show that returns of the ® there will be no more weather ka Railroad were $2,500,000 net ® forecasts, This is an order is- Lt year, but the request was o sued today by the Alaska De- otested because of its inference | ® fense Council, VanisI! E Spokane | SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 24—The 15-cent hack has left Spokane. Clyde Oakes to the Taxicab Owner’s| o Assoclation announced a rawe in-| e crease from 15 to 25 cents for the| o ° . first mile of travel, but said rates remained the lowest of on the Pacific Coast. A S B any city Z Glass pipe is being used in some European countries to conserve strategic materials. L " (Continued ;f’m Two) ARTILLERY FIRE HITS INVADERS New Battle s Reported on Singapore Front-Other Conquests Continue SINGAPORE, Jan. 24 —Australian gunners, dragging up field pieces, today poured a torrent of shells into the Japanese columns attempting to drive south on the main highway here. { Large numbers of tanks and trucks have been smashed. This new battle has joined with that raging north of Yong Pang, ;abou: 67 miles above Singapore on | the British Imperial Army's left flank. Severe fighting continued near Batu Pahat. v (CRIPPS HINTS RUSSIA MAY - FIGHT JAPAN 'Retiring British Amibassa- i dor fo Moscow Fore- | sees Nazi Defeat fi (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) " 8ir Stafford Cripps, retiring Brit- (ish Ambassador: to Moscow, hirted broadly at a press conference today | that Russia, with 9,000,000 men now, under arms, may join the battle against Japan. After 18 months in Moscow, Cripps said Russia and Japan have longstanding difficulities which only force could settle. “The Russians,” he added, “in- tend to make their conquest of Ger- many absolutey complete and thorough, AXIS SUBS, " JAP PLANES DESTROYED | WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 — An official spokesman today tersely announced the destruction of an unspecified number of Axis sub- marines preying on ships off the Atlantic Coast. i In Burma, the announcement inddod. American and British flyers shot down a record bag of 21 out of 60 Jap planes attacking Ran- goon, ~ STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Jan. 24, — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 63. Anaconda 27'%, Commonweaith and Southern %, Curtiss Wright 8%, International Harvester 49%, Ken- necott 35%, New York Central 9%, Northern Pacific 6%, United States Steel 53%, Pound $4.04. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 109.42; rails, 28.71; utilities, 14.05. ,ee BLACK BEAR HERE The patrol boat Rlack Bear of the Alaska Game Commission re- turned to Juneau last night fol- lowing a post-season trapping pa- trol trip. In charge is Wildlifs Agent Hosea Sarber. A on the boat from Petersburg was Lance Hendrickson, senior admin- istrative assistant. e e | Subscribe to The Empire.