The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 17, 1942, Page 1

D LHINGTON 13 WAS VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8960. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS U.S. BOMBERS SMASHING AT ENEMY SUBS Japanese Blast New Invasion Path South Nation Gefs Biggest Bill in History of War; Cost Now Reaches 142 Billion PREPARE rom FINAL ATTACK JAVA ISLAND Bombs, Ma(hme Guns Re- | move Obstacles in Nar- row Sunda Strait | WILL MOVE ON BARRIER PROTECTING AUSTRALIA| Dufch Planes Strike Batk at Invaders - Jap ‘ Transports Hit ; g | (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) [ Blasting open a path for the in-| vasion, Japanese war planes have bombed and machine gunned sev-| eral islands in the narrow Sunda Strait which separates Java from | Sumatra. i Meanwhile, a bulletin from the | headquarters of the Dutch East | Indies said that Dutch bombers were striking back at the invaders and scored a direct hit on one Jap- anese transport and probably hit! ahother. The attack presumably | (Confinued on Fagc Five) qhe | Gunners “somewhere WASHINGTON — The visit of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to the capital of India is one of the most significant in the history of ancient Asia. Perhaps not since the days of Kubla Khan has the Rad-| er of one great Asiatic race total- ling 400 million people visited the capital of another great Asiatic race, numbering 300 million peo-| ple. | A few years ago, the British would have viewed such a visit with misgiving, even horror. For in| the past they have desired no un- 1 ity between the brown and yellow‘ races of Asia. { However, there is extremely sig-! nificant diplomacy behind the trip ' of the Chinese generalissimo to In-, dia. Pirst, it foreshadows a new | route for Chinese supplies through | India; for if the Burma Road) should be closed, China must have | 4 new supply route or quit ngm-’ CHINESE IN DEFENSE OF BURMAROAD High Command Seeks Full| Military Power-Brit- ish Withdrawing (By Associated Press) i Second, it means that China is going to play a greater part in the Far Eastern war. i It hasn’'t leaked out yet, but Chiang Kai-shek had to use hard- boiled diplomacy to win all this. In fact he almost threatened to| Dull. a0 \ggubigldo: and, Jofn the New British withdrawals in the | Sannen, ‘critical battle for the Burma Road‘ | is announced and atop of this comes OHINA 1§ ‘RERUFFED the demand from the Chinese High | Here is the inside story of what Command for the British to com- happened. Shortly after General pietely retire and the Chinese arm- Wavell was appointed commander- jes of seasoned fighters will take in-chief of the Far Eastern forces, over the defense, aided by the scores Chiang Kai-shek offered him three of daring American volunteer air Chinese army corps to fight in fighters, either Burma or Singapore or_both. | However, Wavell turned a’ cold shoulder. No explanation was given, but the Chinese got the impression | that the British Indian Govern-| ment had political reasons for not | wanting Chinese troops involved. (ompasallon Laws May Apply fo North After this rebuff, Foreign Mini: ‘ WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. — The ter T. V. Soong, stationed in Wash- House has passed and sent to the ington, slyly suggested that it Senate the bill applying the Work- might be good strategy for the men’s Compensation Laws to Alaska and Puerto Rico. :’;;zd sm:: "‘; employ “‘el“"l“" This applies td workmen employed €y as the British—namely, let o priyate contractors working on :’;:: lxl:eot:l: E’:t the fighting for projects on Federal land. i i ol TR x ';“‘::l ‘;‘": English were using| «pe american Bible Society dis- ;: alay and Anzac troops, yiputes 3,700,000 volumes of Scrip- (Continued on Page Four) ‘g:u:“every year in the United "The White House Says” Is Noted Around World; Is Roosevelt Personality Army on Alertin PacificNorthwest AUSTRALIA The American Army is on the alert throughout the Pacific Northwest as these pictures in the Pacific Northwest, point the muzzle of their gun seaward “just in case.” Bottom: A lesson on how to make a road difficult to negotiate, This crew has constructed a series of | barbed wire e lanxlemenh at the approach to a bridge. By JACK STINNETT | WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—One of the great phenomenon of the United | States government is the peculiar quality of the White House and the way it fits into the American scheme of things. For generations, it has almost been a living personality in the minds of the American people, but in recent years it has become a world personality as never before. “The White House says . . . the White House believes , . . the White House reports.” And all the world listens. . This is something that transcends the men who have lived there, for although President Roosevelt has contributed much to the power and personality of the White House, it had assumed this air of personal | entity before he was born. i Washington, Jefferson, Hoban and L’Eneant, the men who planned and located “the man- sion or palace of the Presidents” as it was always thought of in those days, would be amazed to find that it has become a force in world affairs. They visioned it as a quiet re- treat where the President might re- | tire from the hurly-burly of politics | | raging at the other end of Penn-| sylvania Avenue on Capitol Hill. They saw it as a peaceful dignified | home, given over to pleasant living. They counted it as the center of that | gay, social life in which they pre- sumed Washington would duplicate the pattern of other great capitals. | When the cornerstone was laid 150 years ago this October, the future of the President’s mansion was con- sidered in those terms. When dour John Adams and sharp-tongued Abigail arrived (Continued on Page Five) g |High Command |east of Vyazma. | wiped out after | Baranof Hotel. |continue to - MOBILIZES - ALLFORCES "Every Human Being"'- Also All Resources Are Pressed Info Service | MPLBOURNF F(‘b 175~ Prime Minister Curtin today diregted the | Australian War Cabinet $o'mobilize contpletely this continent’s man- power and resources to meet the | Japanese pril as the resulf#of the *mu of Singapore. The Prime Minister ordered the {mobilization of “every human being" in Australia as Japan's invasion | hordes also pressed a direct threat| yon the island of Java, the heart of the Dutch East Indies, and forced | new British withdrawa e TWO FORCES | ATIACK GEN. ~ MacARTHUR Enemy Air wnly Increas- | es-Also Bombardments - on Batan Reporied ; WASHINGTON Feb. 17 — In- creasing enemy air activity over Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s line in Batan Peninsula and also heavy |artillery bombardments are today reported by the War Department in the daily communique. The communique said 23 women and children were killed and 22 others wounded in a bombing at- tack on Cabcaban at the south- LA ca«l tip of the Peninsula. The Department statement says all killed or wounded were Fili- pinos so far as known as no Am- erican women or children are in WALSH SAYS :<iiessE OUR COASTS = UNPROTECTED Alaskaline Anficipates Redudions Baker Ho;é; Operating| Economies Will Permit | Cut in July | i | indicate. ‘Top: | May Be Necessary fo Call Navy Home for De- fense, Senate Told WASHINGTON, Feb, 17—Chair- man Walsh (D-Mass.) of the Sen- ite Naval Committee today told Ll e 3enate that the coasts of U United States “are almost defen: less’ and as a result, the day mighi ;ome when it would be necessary | ‘o bring the Navy home to prolou‘ SEATTLE, Feb, 17. General | them. | Manager T. W. Baker late yesterday | Walsh made the assertion during |testifled that the Alaska Steamship | debate on the $100,000,000 Civilian Company hoped operating economies Defense appropriation after Sena- would enable to to reduce the 45| tor Hiram Johnson (D.-Calif.) said Per cent freight-passenger sur- “there is no_adequate defense on|Charges by July. the Pacific Coast.” He also declared the company is R o 1ehmlmmng many of the delays ‘whlch increase expenses. | In cross-examination of James GERMANS ADMII Curtin, representative of the Ofllcc) SOVIE'I'S | of Price Administration, a company | attorney gained the admission that | BERLIN, Feb. | Curtin’s figures were derived “with- out sufficient time for consideration |of the distance and other factors 1 affecting operating costs.” Curtin testified last week that the 17—The Gflman company’s revenues were adequate. ‘ acknowledged a|The Maritime Commission examin- | break through its lines by Rm.sun»er. however, rejected a motion to | forces in the area 50 miles south-|strike Curtin’s figures from the i record. The communique however says; Soviet troops in counter attacks on an encirclement movement were heavy llgl ting | Socvww | ITALIAN CRAFT COL. GAFFNEY HERE ’ Col. and Mrs. D. V. Gaffney ar- rived in Juneau on Saturday from| CAIRO, Feb. 17 — The British Fairbanks and are staying at the naval and aircraft have scored hits Mrs. Gaffney willion two Italian cruisers and also Seattle and Lt. Col.| dem.ruyers in the Central Mediter- return to his Fair-|ranean. This is the official an- Gaffney will ‘Lank.s headquarters within a short nouncement made here today by + time, \:e British Headquarters. |“for some time to come,” SCOREHMSON WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 — The | precedent-shattering $32,070,000,00 appropriations bill for arms, Lend- Lease Aid and construction of merchant ships at the rate of two |8 a day went to Congress today with | this message: “Never in all history has a na- | tion faced war costs of the magni- tude which confront us.” In itself, almost equal to the na- tion's outlay for World War I, the colossal mew omnibus measure boosts the total of defense program MacArthur Taken in France in September, the Philippines, General Douglas expenditures laid down thus far for the fiscal years of 1041, 1942 and 1943 to the staggering sum of $142,000,000,000 The House Appropriations Com- mittee held out some hope the war would end before all the money is expended and bluntly declared: “The United States has embarked on the largest production of war materials any nation has ever un- dertaken.” The committee asked immediate action on the appropriation. Hero in 1918 0 1918, this picture shows General John J. Pershing, left, decorating the present U. 8. army “chief in MacArthur, for bravery in action at Chaton* Thierry. General MacArthur then commanded the 84th hrigado CHURCHILL SAYS NAZI SHIPS HURT \Prime Minister Braves Commons - Refuses fo Report on Smgapore LONDON, Feb. l'] —Germany lost the use of her 26,000-ton battleships, the Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, while Britain strengthened her command of the seas in last week’s battle on the English Channel, Prime Minister | Winstan Churchill declared today | in accounting to the House of Com- | mons. The damage inflicted on the Ger- man ships during their dash for freedom will lay them up for re- | pairs, he said, before they are sea- worthy again. U. 8. Is Challenger “The Royal Navy has been re- inforced with important units of the highest quality.” he said, and big, new ships are joining the United | States Navy to meet the challenge f the Germans. Churchill, facing his Parliament- ary critics for the first time since the naval episode and the fall of Singapore, stirred demands for a change which for a time appeared to threaten his government, but his report was confident and optimistic. He yielded nothing to his opponents’ demands. To an exhortation that he re- linquish the extra burden of the (Continued on 'Pafie Five) FISHERMEN TOGETWAR RISK FUNDS ‘Rep. JacksFSays Mari- time Commission fo Allow Procedure | WASHINGEON, Feb. 17.—After a conference between the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee and officials of the Maritime Com- mission, Representative Henry M. Jackson, Washington Democrat, said f " RAIDERSIN CARIBBEAN' SENT DOWN Commander of D efense Forces Reports Attack by Air Forces CRAFT OF ASSAULTING PACK PAY PENALTY 0il Found on Barracuda Infested Waters Tell Result of Fight (BY AISOCIA'I‘ED PRESS) American bombers today were believed to have inflicted a swift and deadly vengeance on some Ger- man subs reported to have sunk or torpedo-damaged seven tankers and left 59 sailors dead or missing in the flaming, barracuda - infested waters along the Venezuelan coast yesterday. Lieut. Gen. Prank Andres, chief of the United States Caribbean De- fense Command, came under fire during the surprise shelling of a huge: Standard Oil Company re- finery late yesterday on Aruba Is- land in the "Dutch West Indies. A “'Ndzi U-boat suifaced 18§ than a mile off the port where General Andres reported his ar- rival last night. American planes took to the air trom both Aruba and Curacao as con as the attacks. began. Ofil, found on the waters later, indicat- ed some of the subs in the. pack paid for the raid. It was officially reported no damage was done to the refinery, Lut members of the party with Andres brought terrible tales of tuging flames which reached mountainous proportions over Ru- ba Harbor and despairing crews of men doomed to die there. Tracer bullets and shells screamed over= lead as the party watched the raid, DIMOND ASKS CHANGES IN LAND SYSTEM Alaska DeTe—gaie Infro- duces Reorganization Proposal WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. — Alasks, Delegate Anthony J. Dimond intro- duced a bill today which for the reorganization of the used by land officers of land dis- tricts in Alaska and would authors ize the Secretary of the Interior to change - boundaries or discontinue any land district and change the location of any land office. —— - Children in Grand Rapids, Mich., he was confident that the commis- sion would provide for war ri insurance for the crews of flshmgl boats operating off the West Coast. | Juckson also said that he believed | a way would be found to permit the | fishing of Bristol Bay this summer. | Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di-| mond is a member of the commit- tee appeinted to draw up a plan for immediate aid to the fishing in- dustry. U. WASHINGTON LOSES GAME 10 GREAT LAKES FIVE SEATTLE, Feb. 17-—The Great Lakes basketball team defeated the University of Washington’s five las night by a score of 58 to 42 in a thrilling game. - BUY DEFENSE STAMPS T L R, | primary schools direct their own | study periods. 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