The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 19, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8962. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS CHINESE TO STRIKE BLOW AT JAPANESE First Raid Of War Is Made 15 ATTACKED BY JAPANESE Over One Hfired Nippon Planes Move on Vital Naval Base SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. 19 More than 100 Japanese bombers and escorting fighter planes have| attacked the north coast city, Port | Darwin, a potentially vital United | Nations naval supply base. Two raids were made in the first | direct assaults on the Austrauaa mainland. This is the official announce-’ ment made today by Austml‘mn} Prime Minister John Curtin from his sick bed in a local hospital. The official announcement says| 72 Japanese bombers, with pro- tecting fighters, participated in the | first raid in the morning and an- other wave of over 30 bombers re- | turned to the attack in the after- noon. Four of the bombers in the second group are said to have been &hot down. | —_————— | MRS. WALMER HOME | Mrs. John Walmer, wife of the operator of the Baranof Liquor Store, returned to Juneau today by steamship after vacationing LA the States. e — The. floor area of the Library of Congress is more than 13 acres. - - CThe WASHINGTON — The President has finally cracked down on high members of his official family who run at the mouth with monkey wrench-throwing statements. In recent weeks there have been several. One was Navy Secretary Knox’s pronunciamento that the first U. S. war job was to defeat Hitler and then we would take care of the Japs. This brilliant eman- ation created a tremendous furor in Chungking. i The Chinese government made | vehement = formal representations | and the $500000,000 loan hurriedly | rushed through Congress last week was one aftermath of this unfor-| tunate incident. Another embarrassing pronounce-‘ ment was Secretary Jesse Jones’ bland claim of a $400,000,000 syn-| . thetic rubber producing program-—| most of the contracts of which have | not even been awarded yet. EXx-| perts caustically assailed this state- | ment as misleading and designed to cover up Jones' bungling of the rubber situation. The President has now decided to| end these outpourings from mem- bers of his officlal family. To this, end he has directed that henceforth high officials must submit all state- ments and speeches to the Office of Facts and Figures, headed by able Librarian of Congress Archi- bald MacLeish. H Secret instructions to this effect| were transmitted in a letter, signed | by White House Secretary Steve! Early, to all cabinet members, their- assistants and heads of all govern- ment agencies. | Under the order, Office of Facts and Figures will not act as a cen- sor, but the practical effect will amount to that. OFF will check| the statements and speeches with other interested government agen- cies and ‘“recommend” deletions and changes to avert incidents. CAPITAL CHAFF Joe Kennedy, former U. S. Am- bassador to Britain who had strong isolationist leanings, is quietly try- ing to wanglé a wartime job. Ken- (Continued on Page Four) ‘simp]e stories about dogs won him n Australia _RAIDS MAY BE PUSHED TO COASTS Secrefary o?War Makes Statement Preparing People of U. §. | WASHINGTON, Feb. 19—Secre- tary of War Henry L. Stimson to- !day said the nation should expect \attacks “all along our coasts and {other places” like the raids made |by submarines on the Netherlands 3 icarribcan island of Aruba. Stimson also urged at a press |conference that the nation be pre- | pared also for pressure “from ! thoughtless persons” to scatter the defensive forces to meet such at- tacks. | Victory will be won, he declared, by massing our forces to carry the |war to the enemy and the War | Secretary gave assurance that ur- |gent preparations are being made incw for ffcnsc AllIES SINK, DAMAGE282 —U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo Private Joseph L. Lockard at his station From this radio station on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, Private Joseph L. Lockard, of Williamsport, Pa., pictured, detected the pres- ence of Japanese planes almost an hour before they attacked Pearl Harbor that fateful December Sunday. Lockard had stayed at his listening post to practice with the listening device. Some authori- ties say that if his warning had been heeded, perhaps the result might have been different. Representative Forest A. Harness of Indiana has asked congress that appropriate recognition be awarded Private Lockard. Setting Trap for Pacific Rattlesnakes ,W" Here is one end of a submarine net, set at the entrance to a strategic waterway, somewhere on the north- west eoast. The buoys support the submarine net. In the foreground ie the gate vessel which perm ts First in _JAPS SMASH HARDER AT 14 - U. S. Credited with 84 Kills % ] 1 Ma(ARTHUR BATAVIA, Dutch East Indies, Feb. 119—A total of 282 Japanese ships| |have been sunk or damaged by United Nations forces up to Febru- ary 14, according to an authoritative compilation published today by ANETA, Dutch News Agency. Of !that total, the report said, 109 were Enemy Shells Corregidor But Fail to Do Any Damage sunk, 28 were probably sent to the 4 | bottom, and 45 were damaged That number didn't include the WAS[I){en-KiTorl;‘f rf}:ehlvted g;::;;heavv losses known to have been o5 w.“ : P p: increasing 'Dflicted against the enemy in its $hat ;the Japences an % invasion of Southern Sumatra re against Gen. Douglas Mac- defense lines on Batan Peninsula, and that troop move- ments indicated a resumption of an +3 enemy offensive. The communigue said that sev- eral flame throwers, three pieces of artillery and other Japanese equipment were captured in rela- tively minor local action. Meanwhile, Japanese batteries on the south shore of Manila Bay con- tinued to pour shells at the CO\‘- regidor string of (mtmcanons‘ “without accomplishing a great| deal of damage,” the report said. The Jap fire was concentrated on outlying Fort Fank, the southern- most fortification of the island bastion. ————— | which started last Saturday. | American ships and planes are credited with 84 known sinkings, 15 ‘probable sinkings, and 28 damaged ships. 250 Enemy Aliens in Bl Hands Big Roundu—p—of Japanese | ARTILERY SERS ~ RUSS FRONT Bettye Tineg Probably the first bathing beauty queen of 1942, Bettye Tiner was selected “Miss 1942” in a contest |More than 250 enemy anem cmer-‘ ly Japanese, have been seized by FBI agents in raids in five Cali- |fornia counties. More than 200 Jap- | anese have béen arrested near here staged at Venice, Cal. Bettye, who hails from Long Beach, Cal,, | was given defense bonds instead of the usual cup. | |and guns, cameras and radios seized. No details are given out. PRI G NG | BUY DEFENSE - BONDS | H Ihlrty five German Planes Shot Down in One Day, Moscow Reports MOSCOW, Feb. 19—The Russian High Command today announces! 35 German planes were downed in; a single day on a “front alive wich, heavy artillery action.” The communique says some o!; the fire is directed by radio re- ports from guerillas who are out- |pointing the Germans at scores of weak points. The “front” where the artillery fire is raging is not designated. — e Nofed Author 0fDog Stories | Passes Away POMPTON LAKES, N. J,, Feb. 19 —Albert Payson Terhune, 70, whose LAUGH CRUSADE! The funniest men in America have started a crusade against war- time blues. They're laughing priorities and shortages and taxes and communiques right l out the window. Eddie Cantor starts it off to- morrow in The Empire. BUY DEFENSE STAMPS —_—_— international fame, is dead at his estate here. He had been in ill- health for two year: He called| (Continued on Page Two) - JAP-VESSELS This Is Total to February' Kenneth Maynard, hero of the Arrow, sent to the bottom by a shown at Lewis, Del.,, seated bes tain Paul Hoffman Browne of Ne aboard the vessél, stuck to his post as two torpedoes struck the He rigged up an emergency transmitter and kept sending Before ordered to abandon ship, he placed a book eover the key of his set so that a continuous si, tanker. distress signals. until the vessel sank. lifeboats by a co; Curfew for Government | Sfenogs in Washinglon (alISing an Awlul S!ew%U. 5. Government Not Sat- By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Feb. 19— The capital in wartime: Uncle Sam's nieces are in a stew. Rep. Earl Wilson (R.-Ind.) |has gone all out for a 11 p.m. cur-| {few for girls in the government service. The congressman argues that if| |the girls tucked themselves in an hour before midnight, they could be up for a good hearty breakfast the next am., would have their make-up in place, would be at work on time, and do their full eight- hours without once murmuring: “Jeeminee, am 1 dead!” In the interests of national de- fense, Representative Wilson says, very effort must be made to see ihat the girls working for the gov- ernment are at the peak of their ~fficiency. The idea of an 11 pM. curfew checked and double-checked by the landlord or landlady, who will re- port directly to thd employing agency, has the girls aming. They say: “Fm always in before 11 on week nights but if it’s lights out at that time, how am I going to get my hair washed; how am I |going to get letters written to the family; how nQI ever going to Kenneth N!aynnrd and Captain Paul H. Browne The entire 37-man crew was rescued from the passage of bona-fide craft. R ) torpedoing of the tanker, China | U-boat off the Atlantic coast, is ide the captain of the ship, Cap- w York. Maynard, radio operdtor al would be sent ast guard cutter. manicure my nails; how am I go- ing to get in mending, bathing, fa-! cials, reading, my table tennis, mu- sic lessons, Spanish, etc.?” 8o far as I'm concerned, the an- swer to all that is: “I don’t know.” If Congressman Wilson does, he | may get some votes for his curfew law. If he pz2ts enough, we would | iike to nominate him for the most unpopular man in Washington —the ballot by Uncle Sam’s nicces Things happen funny in govern- ment. For instance, just when { Washington 'vas beginning to fret again about another rat epidemic, out pops a WPA item from Cleve- land, O, telling all and sundry what a magnificent job the WPA boys | had done on Cieveland rats ! Federal health officials estimate that a rat does $2 worth of damage to a community a year. In Cleve- land, the WPA boys set out 350,-! 000 poison baits—cost about $9,000. Result, according to Clevelan health officials, 100,000 dead rats,| Net profit, $191,000. Some experts are willing Lc that Washington is the worst rat- !infested city in the United State but so far Congress has shown no stify | (Covmi—nued on Page %‘;o) l ber | Welle: ALLIED ARMY REACHES JAVA T0 AID DUTCH Americans Mded in Ex- peditionary Force Sentfo Island BATAVIA, Feb. 19—Expedition- ary forces of the United Nations, including “a relatively small num- of Americans,” both ground troops and bomber pilots from the United States, ar- rived in Java today to help defend the island stronghold against in- evitable Japanese assault. It was announced the combined expeditionary forces were known previously to include Australians, Authorities said “it by no means is large enough yet, but the arrival serves as an indication the Nether; lands Indies don't fight alone.” Dutch forces, meanwhile, rought stubborn delaying, actions in the | outhern parts of Sumatra, Borneo and southern Celebes. Wary Eye New (ast On Vichy isfied with Explana- tion to Axis Aid WASHINGTON, Feb. 19—Sumner Undersecretary of State, said today the United States is not wtisfied with the explanation so far offered by the Vichy Govern- ment regarding French aid to the| Axis forces in Libya, and added that further instructions have been| sent to Ambassador Admiral Leuhy for further information. Welles disclosed that Admiral Leahy said he has been informed that no demands have been re- ceived by the Vichy Government from the Axis to use their naval bases or other facilities at gascar. - e e OPICH CASBE TO JURY A U. S District Court jury re- ceived its instructions this after- noon to deliberate and retired Smith and others, a out of an versus Robert damage action growing automobile accident. ———— FIRE AT KETCHIKAN Fire, apparently caused by an| erheated chimney, recently ‘|caused damage in excess of $1000 |at the residence of Dr. R. M. Mac- Kenzie in Ketehikan, and fighter| Mada- | al (verdict in the case of Sam Opich T0 ATTACK IN BURMA ROAD AREA Land Roule from India fo Take Supplies to Gen. Chiang Kai Shek CHUNGKING, Feb. 19—An Army spokesman today predicted Chinese forces soon would strike into Thai- {land in a counter-offensive to flank the Japanese, but said the only en- gagement so far was a minor ac- !tion in which the Jap forces were hurled back from their foothold in northeastern Burma. | The engagement occurred Febru- |ary 5 at Tkayld on a small, shal- low tributary in the upper reaches of the Mekong River, where Jap and Thai units took up a position Just inside Burma near the Thai- land-French Indo-China frontier, A Reuters dispatch from Chung- king describing the same border foray quoted the spokesman as saying Chinese troops are advanc- ing into Thailand from Chungking. War supplies for China will be moved by a new land route from India, replacing the Jap-menaced Burma Road, Chinese officials sald. It was reported Rangoon has been given up as a port of entry for' consignments to China and its ap- proaches have been mined. The spokesman said the problem: | | | India to China was worked out as a result of Genefal Chiang Kai- shek’s meeting with Indian leaders this week. e — TOMS PUSH JAP FORCES INTO RIVER Enemy Shoa(_lroops Run Gauntlet — Establish Shore Positions s RANGOON, Feb. 19—British |troops drove Japanese forces at- tempting to cross to the Bilin “in- |to the river,” army headquarters an- nounced today, reporting that vio- lent fighting with heavy casualties on both sides raged all along thii front, about 50 miles east of Ran~ goon's railway link with the Burma Road, in the past 48 hours. .Some parties of Japanese shock troops, running a gauntlet of fire in hand-to-hand shore fighting, reached several precarious positions along the shoreline where the Brit- ish forces are defending the next to the last natural barrier vital rallwuy. | Malanuska Eledric Assn. fo Get $45, 000 WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 — Rural Electrification Adminmrn- tion announces allocation of $47,000 ‘(or the Matanuska Electric Associa- tion at Palmer, Alaska. § r004y's BLOW *frr LIBERTY, GIVE ME 1 OUNCE OF SPINACH/ | b L2 a5 HAWN Buy only what you need — hel prevent shortage, inflation, of transportation of supplies from- 4 to the"