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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8958. JAPS “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” PRICE TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MAKE NEW Th UST IN EANT INDIES Cruiser Juneau Goes Into Commission Today NEWEST OF NAVY (RAFTIS WAR PAINTED First VesseI—Named After AMlaskan Town Now Ready fo Fight NEW YORK, Feb. 14—The $13- 000.000 light cruiser Juneau, 6.000- ton sister ship of the Atlanta, which was commissioned last December, | teday joined Uncle Sam's fleet in| commmionmg ceremonies. | ‘The first ship ever to start actlvn service in war paint, the Navy said, | “reveals the fine art to which cam- ouflage has advanced.” | The Juneau is the first navai vessel to bear the name of an Al- askan city or town. “It embodies some of the mosi | advance designs brought out in| recent war operations,” the Navy declared. The craft was christened late 1941 by Mrs. H. I. Lucas, wife the Juneau mayor, at Kearny, N. Commander of the Juneau is Capt. L. K. Swenson, a native of Utah. Executive officer is Comdr. W. E. Moore, Los Angeles. PROBE INTO RUBBER SET FOR TUESDAY Senafor Brewster Says Ihat; Jesse Jones’ Method Is Under Fire AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 14—The Tru-' man Committee next Tuesday “will launch an investigation that will tear the lid off the rubber situation mn tnis country,” Senator Ralph Brewster, committee member, de- clared today. | “I know Donald Nelson and his associates on the War Production Board are far from satisfied with the way Jesse Jones handles the synthetic situation,” Brewster said. AUSTRALIA SENDS ARMY TO INDIES in of J. | Imperials Arnvmg, Com- munique from Ba- favia Declares SYDNEY, Feb. 14—Reports from Batavia today said Australian forces are pouring into the Netherlands East Indies defenses to stand along- ! side the fighting Dutch. The communique said it was not | permissable to reveal the number of the reinforcements but declared ' other Allied troops and Empire forces were arnving ARTIllERY DUELING ON BATAN FRONT WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 — The ‘War Department reported heavy artillery dueling on Batan Penin- sula and resumption of the Jap fir- ing siege on Corregidor fortifica- tions with Jap war planes active. No material change in the situa- tion is reported, however, in official dispatches from Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur. "’Pearl Harbor” Investiga-! lONG FRONT‘ HEAR I-EADER Imembcr of parliament declared. ( Shes a Real %Etind DEFENDERS STILL HOLD SINGAPORE {Imperial Forces Have Not | Retreated Further- Hordes Swarming | "BATAVIA, Feb. 14—The Singa- | pore Radio reports tonight the de- | fenders are still holding their own and have not retreated further. | There is an official report the; British Naval Base on the shore of | ¢ Johore strait, not far from the re- i paired causeway from the mainland |to the Island, has been captured. Tt is said the Japanese hordes are i | pouring over the causeway onto lhe f | island. ! The Singapore radio also |epolts‘ | tonight the reservoirs on the island are still in Bril hands on the L |battle lines although it is indi-| f |cated at least part of the central |basins of fresh water are in Jap- |anese control. | | | STAVE OFF ATTACKS | LONDON, Feb. 14—The battle- |grimed Imperial defenders of Sing- apore hold both of the city’s big reservoirs tonight according to of- Jessica Dragonette When it came time to select a girl to pose for a Valentine's Day | photo, radio publicists picked Jessica Dragonnette, the popular singer | —and for good reason! Ps-s-sl_! Jessica was born on Valentine's ficial advices | DIy Feb e g Oalcutta, Thdlg. | The defenders are staving off the " bard driven attacks from two di- >mcuons Bitish tdfes re now 1 action \ln the open country ‘around th’ lcity. A broadcast picked up here to- night, claims the British for the third time have blasted the cause- |wey from the mainland to the is- land and temporarily halted the annnesa invasion forces, ————————— By JACK STINNETT 14 — The vernment aff were Roden’s Questions Go Un'SOlofl WARNS answered by Company | OF G AS BOMB Auditor af Seaitle SEATTLE, Feb. 14 — Certain| DA"GER HERE questions put to witnesses at Lhe hearing here into increased Alabkal | freight and passenger rates went| unanswered yesterday because they might have divulged mformanon‘says Japs Could Use Al- which would benefit the enemy. | | Attorney General Henry Roden; aSka Pos's '0 At' of Alaska, questioning C. M. Mit- chell, Alaska Steamship Company 'a(k Sh'es | auditor, looked over an exhibit by‘ ‘the company which recited prornq‘ WASHINGTON, Feb. 14—Sena- and losses for certain voyages and |tor Scott W. Lucas, Tllinois Demo- asked fot specific answers as to crat, today denounced the arm- June Millard | why profits were made on a certain| chair complacency of the Ameri- Girl Scout June Millard, a direct VOYAB and a loss shown for an-ican people and grimly warned the descendant of President Millard Other. nation that poison gas attacks on Fillmore, holds the $500-bill she | Examiner Furniss instructed Mit- ' jts great cities would be in the off- found last June in a New York de- chell not to answer and informed jng jf the Axis reached a point GTON, Fob. partment store. No one called for | Rcden he, “could obtain the infor-|yhere it need fear no reprisal ac- é S | the bill so it’s all hers now. She’s mat'ion but that it could not be tions on the part of the United C in War-time: going to buy defense bonds and & made part iof the ‘rebord.” | states R:d String —When a g new Scout uniform, she said. .XP"E;‘L‘W“"““‘“‘ f’t’"‘f" R°l§"‘"‘ ‘:'llrs;lapan masters the Far East,” olficial ,;n; ail bound up in the 1 ’ulnI d tell my pe?)plee?s:u:nn,gvo aCk‘L“C” said, “the next move may be government’s own red tape, that's j‘ Mitchel then testified briefly con_‘agamst Russia, the Aleutian Is- ,,.ws Take the case of James V. all ars Ip {erning the increased costs. |lands and Alaska, and with air Beppett, director of the Federal ibnses in Alaska, Chicago would be only four hours away for bombers, Surea of Prisons. and New York could be attacked Mr. Bennett and his stafl sca pe "ngs RED ARMY by gas bombs" caught in that shift of offices d 4 signed to relieve crowded condi- tions in the Department of Justice building. Mr. M u (h ("husm NATION W||-l to the former quarters of the Homne |Owners’ Loan Corporation, now transferred cut of Waskington. Mr. Bennett’'s new office is spacious, nicely appointed, with a southern exposure. But there was no buzz syctem for Mr. Bennett to call his secretary. He put in a rush order. Nothing pappened. Finally the Director of Prisons rigged his own call system. Tt consists of a string that stretches rom his desk tnrough the wall, nypasses a sub-secretary; winds through a screw-eye and fastens to a paper weight thai rests on the floor. N his s The tion Demanded by | Newspapers LONDON, Feb. 14—Reorganiza- tion of Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s War Cabinet in increase | Moscow Report | fighting cooperation ' among the army, navy and royal air force t0 MOSCOW, Feb. 14 — The Red| Will Give Radio Talk avoid further British failures such Army forces are driving west mile| February 23 as the escape of three German war- after mile on the front between| eb u_aj ships was forecast today in in- here and Leningrad and | WASHINGTON, Feb. 14—Presi- formed parliaxrnen:;a_:y 'c:rcle.sm ported to have stormed the fortified | gent Roosevelt will make a radio A storm of editorial criticism nositions the Germans built in 8 coupled with a strong demand for preparation for a stand until spring. !“?:"”: '; et "“;f’: ‘;; ;wp s an official inquiry similar to the 1t is reported the German re. | L\ Pacific ime) on Fel P! American investigation ‘after Pearl serves thrown into the battle on|CP [Eafly, Presidential Secretary, Harbor, was raging. ‘Fe Kalinin f:onl s “melting rapid-|53d todsy that the President’s .o.uty of the U. 8. Supreme Court “It would be the best possible jy» speech will last about a half hour, - ,iging is somethnig that no visit- thing to show the people that mi and that Mr. Roosevelt is expected ., forgets. Its marble halls beget takes do not go unpunished, to report on the progress of the yijspers. Until a few days ago, it war_effort. would have been hard to believe - TELL OF WAR President Announces He Fortified Positions of Ger- mans Stormed, Says when Mr. Bennett wants retary. he yanks the cord paper weight goes thump- hump on the floor and the secre- ary comes a-runnin’. Helter-shelter ‘The mposing are re- LA SN AN a BUY DEFENSE STAMPS Fliers Safe Altes Bennett was moved | that they were any part of a world |at war. | Now, when one enters about, he is greeted by big wall signs: “To Air Raid £ te: Ac- companying each is a long arrow. Following the arrows, you come {at last to a sign on the wall read- [ing: “Air Raid Shelter.” It's just (2 wide place in the hall. There !isn’t even a bench for Chief Justice | Harlan F. Stone and his associates to sit on while they wait for the | “all-clear.” d walks Add Webster—If you are accused of “rum bumbling” In connection with war activities. you can blame Rep. John M. Vorys for the derisive phrase. The representative from Ohio has put it into the Record and alveady it is catching on. the war gling.” of “Rum bumbling” is counterpart of WPA ‘boondog It's the - American equivalent British “muddling.” Here’s how it came about: Mr Vorys was in the Navy in World War I. He has an affection for that branch of our armed forces and perhaps for that very reason he watches it with a critical ey When the Navy came t other day with a veoluminous pr release about favorite recipes of +Navy wives, Mr. Va took it to sk for concerning it with such trivia in wartime. He noted that the first recipe on the list we “Rum Bumble.” a puddinz snd am assured, a delicious one ~wr((}(mtll:med on Page Six) out Drmmg on Sea Twenty men and a dog, passengers and crew of a hug ¢ Kritish Sunderland fiying boat, were safe after the’ plane was forced down in a batile over the Mediterranean. Upper photo shows some of the men sitting on a wing as the plane drifted toward land. Lower, two and a half hours later the men are safély ashore with only one member of the erew; the gunner, injured. The huge flying boat soon began to break up under the peunding of the surf near Apollonia, in Cyrenaica. Poetic Justice: Red Tape Snags Federal Official; "Rum Bumblmg"(omed TO REGISTER NEW MEN IN DRAFT GROUP All men from 1 20 to 44 years of inclusive, who have not regis- |age, |tered previously under the Selec- | Act, must report to| tive Service either the City Hall or the Ameri- lcan Legzion Dugout between 8 am. and 9 pm. Monday to have their names recorded for possible service with armed forces, Selective the Service Director John McCormick reminded them today. E. Martin will be in charge of registration at the City Hall, The Rev. C. E. Rice will be in charge at the Dugout. Volunteer civilian clerks will assist registrants in nswering the questions. All registrants must answer nine | e registrant has| questions. After a answered the questions and signed the registration card, he will given a registation certificate ;i signed by the registrar. The regis-| tration certificate is green. Previ- ous cards issued to men signing in the other two registration periods were melon and white. The following information be supplied by registrants: Name of registrant, place of resi- dence, mailing address (if other than place of residence), telephone, age in years and date of birth, place of birth, name and address of person who will always know registrant’'s address, employer's name and address, and place of employment or business. — . ,——— must White Sands National Monu-| T ment in southeastern New Mexico embraces 176,000 pure gypsum, J acres of neas PARACHUTE " UNITS ON SUMATRA Transport Planes, Guarded by Fighters, Land Jap Forces on Island FIERCE FIGHTING IS 'REPORTED IN PROGRESS Australions, Other Imper- ial Troops, Landed * on Java Island (BY mocum PRESS) Japanese parachute troops today struck into southern Sumatra with a menacing thrust toward the Is- land of Java, the heart of the rich Dutch East Indies. In the siege of Singapore, Jap- |anese troops are reported to have iptured the $150,000,000 Naval e on the shore of Johore strait across from the Malayan Peninsula, | Allied Reinforcements | “imultaneously with these reports |the Australian Radio broadeast | “that Australian and other British ‘mperial troops have landed at Bat- wvit, on the Island of Java,” taking Yop po’ftions for the defense of the island. Big Scale . Attack. Dispatches early this morning [rom Batavia, the Capital Oity of A Jidand of Java, said the Jap- ancce parachutists dropped near Polemang and swiftly launched a bl seale attack on that vital Is- of Sumatra oil. eenter and 250 miles from Batavia. official communique from Batavia says the defense forces of Sumatra are putting up furious reristance killing Japs by the dozen. More than 100 Japanese trans- povt planes, guarded by fighter planes, have also landed and joined the parachutists in the big attack. 1,000-Mile Front | ' According to early afternoon ad- vices, the fight is still progressing furfously on the first land inva- slon of the 1,000 mile long island of Sumatra with a thrust being at- tempted into lower Sumatra. ‘The Japanese now have three gun muzzles pointed directly at the Heart of the East Indies on an arc extending through Bandjermasin, ‘Southern Borneo, to Makassar, chief i)or'. of the Southern Celebes Is- and. [mperial Army onl; An Drives Nazis BackinLibya CATRO, Feb. 14—German mobile s have been driven back by tish Imperials west of Ainel- wala in Libya, it aanounced of- ficially today. The battle took place 40 miles est of Tobruk. | be| fTovay's BLOw *forr LIBERTY, Keep your sense of humor. And i help others keep theirs. i