The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 9, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8953. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME™ JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1942 PRICE TEN CENTY " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS JAPANESE LAND ON SINGAPORE ISLAND New FORCES OF ENEMY ARE BEATEN OFF Heavy Inal?ryfighting Taking Place on | Batan Peninsula HOSTILE DIVE BOMBERS ALSO MAKE ATTACKS Corregidor’s Guns Silence Hidden Japanese Guns on Shore WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—General Douglas MacArthur today reported his troops on Batan Peninsula re- pulsed new attacks by the Japanese while his Manila Bay fortifications silenced several hig gun siege bat- teries on the Cavite shore. The War Department said heavy infantry fighting occurred at several points on the peninsula. Hostile dive bombers were active overhead, but all attacks were repulsed’ by the American-Filipino defenders. In a duel between Corregiodr's strong fortifications at the entrance to Manila Bay and hidden Japanese guns,which have been bombarding the farts for several days, the fort’s gun stored several direct hits on | enemy batteries. i - BUY DEFENSE STAMPS C“,. Draw Pearsos. ) Aobert S Alles RIO DE JANEIRO—It was 2 o'~ clock in the morning. The Pan- American Conference was wind- ing up its last tough day. The Foreign Ministers of the Western Hemisphere had knocked the heads of Pern and Ecuador together un- til at long last they promised to settle their century-old boundary dispute, thus ending aggression in the Americas. Moonlight played on the palm trees outside. White swans glided in the ancient reflecting pool of the -Foreign Office. But Pan- American diplomats, = dog - tired,| cared naught about moon, swans or palm trees, as they waited for the translators to whip the Peruvian- Ecuadorian treaty into Spanish, English and Portuguese. Only man still exuding vivacious- ness was Brazil's indefatigable For- eign Minister Oswaldo Aranha. While waiting, he expounded to his colleagues on the evils of Hitler. “Hitler,” said Aranha, “has stact- ed two things which he will live to regret. One is his persecution of the Jews. That will come back to haunt Germany for years. “The other is forcing the Unit-| ed States to hecome a great mili- tary nation. Before Hitler, the United States was one of the least militaristic countries in the worid.| It 'did not want to arm. But now | that it is armed, its people will not permit it to be caught napping again. So it will suffer all the evils| of militarism."” “But, Dr. Aranha,” interrupted Sumner Welles with a twinkle in his eye, “Brazil will suffer from; the same evils; for all that we have | in the way of military supplies | dent Roosevelt, | Order, has called into active mili- tary service all organized reserves units of the Army not already in active duty. Attacks Are Repulsed [ i GROWING UP_gGrown up enough to sponsor the U.8. survey ship, Pathfinder, at Seattle launching, Anna Eleanor “Sistie” Dall Boettiger (above), is now 14 years old She is the daughter of Mrs. John Boettiger and a granddaughter of FDR. RESERVES 10 BECALLED UP FOR SERVICE Executive Order lIssued by President for More Men for Duty WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, — Presi- by an Executive The order said the Secretary of Brazil will have also. We intend | War, will announce the dates ef- to send you tanks, airplanes, ar-; tillery until we have made you the! fective. Like those already ordered into strongest nation in South Amer- the active service of the Army, the ica.” “That remark,” interrupted A:-| gentina’s Foreign Minister Ruiz! Ginazu, who had refused o break | S271I°T I (Continued on Page Four) | units now called up will serve for ithe duration of the war and six months after, unless subject to elief discharge. e BUY DEFENSE ‘STAMPS W AR BOSS—This is Donald M. Nelson, 54, who as chief of the new war production-board is vested with absolute authority over wartime procurement of materials, and production. He was born in Hannibal, Mo., was merchandising chief-of Sears. | | | | | | 1of OCD, told her press conference |said she did not appoint Douglas Guardia, who also is director of the | | OCD, said he blocked the assign-|Shipping Administration today wis CLOCKS OF NATIONON Ahead of Standard Time Early Today WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 — The |Naticn put its clocks on war duty today, moving them an hour ahead 'of Standard Time to save elec- | tricity for war factories and give more daylight for outdoor tasks. | The war time designation "of moving the ' clocks ahead came ‘Whl‘m most of the Nation slept at |2 o'clock thi$ morning. Clocks in each zcne across the country were ! moved ahead. | Hawaii tions moved their clocks ahéad about two years ago to be on Pa< cific Coast time. Other sections uf Alaska probably moved their clocks ahead at 2 o'clock this morning. Canada war time, NT's | SENTDOWN PRESIDENT'S WIFEDEFENDS EAST COAST (IV“_ DEFENS 'U-Boat Commander Allows ; Crew to Make Escgpe, Mrs. Roosevelt “Delight- Then Shells Ship ed”’ to Explain to Criti- cizing Congressmen light sinking of the 8430-ton |tanker China Arrow, the.22nd vi tim of the Axis submarine dr |against the Atlantic coast ship. L AsERicTON S M;;Se“ping, was disclosed with the safe al n D. Roosevelt sal ay s v would be “perfectly delighted,” “‘landmg here of the entire crew Congressmen, who criticized certain Office of Civilian Defense activities | ‘The survivors were picked up by and moved to strip it of its authority | C":SL Guard patrol boat and to direct morale building activities, | Prought here. ; Capt. Paul Browne, skipper of would allow her to explain the| situation. the China Arrow, said two torpe- The Office of Civilian Defense has ; does were fired without warning| been under Congressional fire since jbut they failed to sink the vessel.| the appointment of Melvyn Doug-! The submarine commander the las, movie actor, and Mayris Chaney, | waited until all lifeboats were dancer friend of Mrs. Roosevelt, to |clear of the flaming vessel before high-paying OCD jobs. Ifiring 15 or 20 shells from the New Congressional criticism de- veloped as the House took up the $100,000,000 OCD appropriation bill again. Mrs. Roosevelt, Assistant Director -~ JOINT SHIP ' BOARD NOW she did not directly appoint Miss Chaney but suggested her name. She and that the question should be directed at James Landis, OCD ex- ecutive officer, concerning Douglas, and at John Kelly, director of the Physical Fitness Division at Phila- delphia, concening Miss Chaney. In New York, Mayor Fiorella La- WASHINGTON, Feb. 9—A war ment of Miss Chaney to the Morale Division last December, > STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 8 — Closing guotation of Alaska Juneau mine steck today is 2%, American Can 62%, Anaconda 26%, Bethlehem Steel 61':, Commonwealth and created by presidential order to “control the operation, purchase, charter, requisition and use” of all ocean -vessels under the flag or the control of the United States.” Only exemptions from the ad- ministration’s authority will be fighting ships and, those engaged in coastwise, intercoastal and in- land transportation. The transportation agency will WAR TIME Hands Moved One Hour The new time does not affest but applies technically to | Alaska. However, many Alaska sec- also went on universal '’ | LEWES, Dela, Feb. 9—The day-| Esub’s deck guns to sink the tanker.| AUTHORIZED Y g O TR | | | | | | HERRING ON AXIS PATH_First submarine launched at the Portsmouth, N.H., navy yard since Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor is above U.S.S. Herring, riding the Piscataque river. i | ADDITIONS FOR UNCLE SAM—_oOwners of these two private yachts, anchored at Philadelphia, have turned the craft over to Uncle Sam’s navy. The Ronaele (left) was owned by Mrs. By Mac Eleanor Widener Dixon of Elkins Park, Pa., while the Scout (right) had belonged to Hugh L. Adams HEADED FOR BIG VICTORY Likely to En_d-War by Sit- ting in Berlin, De- clares Britisher (BY ASBOCI | Sir gtafford Cripps, former Brii- {ishAmbassador to Moscow, told an |audienee of United Nations today that the' victorious Soviet Union! will be the strongest European power and “will likely end the war sitting in Berlin.” There is a great deal to be ad- mired in Communism, Sir Stafford |Cripps further stated, but as “much ‘as I admire many policies of the Soviet Union, I think we will make | much better job of reconstruction in Burope if we have a share in Jit as well.” | | The Britisher 'said he is con- {vinced the Russians have no desire to interfere with other European Governments as “they will have an immense task of their own with “devnstauon of millions of acres and hundreds of their towns.” R A S | Northern Southern 'i, Curtiss Wright 7%, International Harvestew 50, Kenne- olt 33%, New York Central 9%, acific 6%, United States Steel 515%, pound $4.04. DOW, JONES AVERAG The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 108.12, rails 2830, utilities 14.08. e ———— R. C. COOK HERE R. C. Cook, 'salesman National Lead Company has arrived n Juneau and is staying at the + JGastineau Hotel. 'for the be headed by Admiral Emory 8.| Land, Chairman of the Maritim: O (ENEMY ALIENS The administration was estab-! lished in line with the recently| To BE REMOVED announced agreement between the| } United States and Great Britain to create a joint shipping board.! (ERTAI“ AREAS Vessels under the jurisdiction of th inistration will eyt wfmi"::‘;"‘:‘ p(fo‘:"‘t‘f," s allocatea| SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, Feb. 9 Sov i s -of the Any, Navy ~Formal removal orders for the first 4 * group of 10,000 enemy aliens from and other agencies of the ‘goveny prohibited .areas in California have ment and the United Nations, in peen placed in ‘the mall as Federal compliance with “strategic military Agents began the campaign to safe- requirements.” |guard National Defense activities. of Haverford, Pa. Both vessels will be converted to some naval wartime use. SOVIETS ARE Lowly Privafe in Army Now Coming Info Own; Best Soldier in World By JACK STINNETT WAEHIN .TON‘ Peb, 9. — The capital in wartime: coming into his own. I the House of Representatives, they are point- ing with pride to Pvt. Frank C. Osmers of Haworth, N. J. Private Osmers was serving his third year | in the House when he voted for war on December 8 and immediately went out and enlisted. The 34-year- old representative is now at Camp Lee, Va, and according to proud cronies here, he wouldn't turn a po- litical finger to get a commission Down at Fort Knox, Ky., the other day they mamed the main parade ground Brooks Field. The honor was for Pvt. Robert H. Brooks, a Negro and the first member of the armored forces killed in the present war Private Brooks was killed in the Philippines the day after Pearl Harbor. And, now along comes Sen. Henry S. Truman of Missouri to write an- other epic of a private in the Con- gressional Record. In this instance, the private was in the scuthern army in the Civil War. The memento to Pvt. Johnny Allen, of Mississippi, gave the Senator an opportunity te quote a newspaper from his bailiwick which said: “Let’s not forget the private. He Is the gentleman who bears the brunt of the bat- tle; he is the hero of every Am- erican war . . . the best soldier in the worl2,” Pvt. Johnny Allen made consid- erable use of his lack of commission, too, when he was running for Con- eress avainst the Confederate Gen- eral Tucker. The doughty general closed one of his speeches by saying: ,“Seventeen years ago last night, my fellow citizens, after a hard-fought battle on yonder hill, I bivouacked | under yonder clump of trees. Those The lowly" private seems to be| of you who remember, as I do ,the times that tried men's souls, will not forget their humble servant when the primaries shall be held.” In those days, that was potent political medicine, but Private Allen had some that was stronger. After praising the brave general and say- ing that what he said was very true about his having slept in yon clump of trees, Private Allen added: “It is also true, my fellow citizens, that I was vidette picket, and stood guard over him while he slept. Now then, fellow citizens, all of you who were generals, and had privates to stand guard over you while you slept, vote for General Tuck- er; and all of you who were privates and stood guard over the generals while they slept, vote for Pvt. John Allen.” That election marked the begin- ning of Private Allen's 16 years in Congress, For the sake of the record, Wash- | ington ought to make a volume out | of its civilian defense trials and tribulations. The latest: For weeks, | the District of Columbia, OCD has | been drumming into the populace ‘ the formula for its air raid alarms five short blasts at half-second intervals. reneated three times. The fact that we had no sirens didn't keep the OCD from pub- licizing its formula. Now we've got sirens, 24 bright new electric ones, the first of the batch that " (Continued on Page Six) can history book. It's reassuring. Arthur NIPPONS ON GREAT BASE OF BRITISH Tanks, Therfiifianlry Units Ferried Across Open Water fo Land: INVADERS REPORTED | HELD ATBEACH HEADS |Parachutists Dumped Upon Defenders - Advices z Not Confirmed (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) | The Japanese fought their way |to the fortress isle of Singapore cn a 10-mile front, threatening to |overrun the once-powerful British | base, but after several hours of | bloody fighting the situation is | reported officially “well in hand.” | This word came from Major Gen- eral Bennett, Commander of the Australian forces whose zone is the swamps and rubber plantations on the northwestern shore of Singa- |vore where the invaders first struck. {“we have taken our stand on a |strong line whereby it is hoped we will recover much of the lost ter- rain.” The Commander, however, indi- cated a slim hope of eventually | dislodging the Japanese completely. Hand-to-Hand Fight The strong Japanese landing , lurned Singapore's ordeal of shell fire and bombs of the siege of the past week from the opposite shore of Johore Strait into a man to man and weapon to weapon strug- gle. ThLe Japanese declare their beach (heads are well consolidated with itn‘nkn, already ferried across to | bolster the shock troops. | Tanks, Infantry Landed The landing of the Japanese was (Continued on Page Six) TOEXPAND AIR FORCE " THIS YEAR Million Officers and Men Is Goal Set - To Be Doubled WASHINGTON, Feb. 9—The War | Department announces that the Army Air Corps force will be ex- panded to 1,000,000 officers and men this year and “double that number later on.” As part of the plan, a number of | cadets at the Military Academy at West Point will be graduated as pilots to save a year air training which is now required after gradua- tion. TODAY'S BLOW Xfie LIBERTY, I war jittery, read your Ameri-