The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 23, 1942, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8965 Peninsula and the duel Manila Bay forts and land batteries. The communique this morning | tically no enemy air or| ground action has taken place in the last 24 hours. Peninsula firing has temporarily ceased and also that of the harbor defense siege. No explanation for the cessation of the hostilities during the brief time is made by the military of- JONEAU BOY WILL " TRAIN IN TEXAS, Kenneth Webster, Juneau High graduate, who has been tak- | flight training at/ Point Naval Air Station, Se-| , has been ordered to a fly-! field in Texas for advanced according to word received today ‘by his mother, Mrs. Helen'; v, e . 0 ¥ ensign. in Navy Air Corps when he completes his training. | e———— LITTLEPAGE RETURNS ! Jack Littlepage, superintendent of . the Hirst-Chichagoff Mining Ogmpany, arrived in Juneau yes- terday after a brief business trip to, Beattle and Portland. He plans to go to the mine as sobn as possible. He is staying at the Gastineau Hotel. £ they can shut off the Burma Road ./ GIL RICH IN TOWN | “*Gil Rich is in Juneau after a trip to Sitka calling on the trade there. | el ! | WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—Selec- tive Service Headquarters has set ia new draft lottery for March 17. It is announced that numbers to |determine the order of liability of {service of some 9,000,000 will be en- Burma from Thailand, penetration of which may preve one of the decisive factors in the Pacific struggle. iassing forces to combat the Japanese. “ALL THE JUNEAU, ALASKA, MO The Chinese are reported If the Japanese cut across, and win bases for a drive on India. ‘New Draft Lotfery Is Set ForMarch 17:Numbers of 9 Million Men Be Drawn drawn are those who registered on February 16 when all those from 20 ‘to 44 inclusive, not previously regis- tered, were signed up' with local draft boards. | The new registrants will not be |called for until about two months after the lottery. m iclosed in.green capsules. h‘ The men whose numbers will be "60" N—Ever since the! German battleships and Scharnhorst, with the cruiser Prince Eugen, the U. S. anl British high commands have been studying the strength of the Allied fleet in the Atlantic. | .Battleships are like kings in a game of checkers. They can move backwards or forwards with more W, John J. Gilmore - nity than larger vessels; and| y can “take” smaller warships.| Therefore, a compact, powerful | body of battleships, making eurprlse“ rdids. on the enémy can prove dis- Joins (_oasl Guard John J. Gilmore, a member of the First District Court Clerk's asitous in the extremjo—especially three years, left when the antagonist has long s“hfv':;;fim;ah:ypzt report yw Coast ply lines spread out over 3,000 miles i),y peadquarters in Ketchikan of the North Atlantic, guarded on-| G e ly by destroyers and cruisers. ;where he will be sworn in Surveying the new Nazi naval |Service for the duration. strength, Allied commanders are! ! for the worst. fe 3:3"3” figure the Nazis have: |eligible for assignment to The Gneiserau and Scharnhorst, | Coast Guard Academy at New Lon- 26,000 tons each, don, Conn. where college gradu- The new battleship Tirpitz, 40,- ates are given a three-month offi- 000 tons, cers’ training course. After com- The Friedrich der Grosse and pleting the course, he will be com- Hindenburg, 45,000 tons each, un- missioned an ensign and assigned der construction for some time and to acfive duty. probably 95 per cent completed. | Gilmore was the guest of honor Two airplane carriers, the at a cocktail party given by his Deutschland and Graf Zeppelin, of |cousin, Peter Gilmore, Jr., and Jay 19,500 tons carrying 250 planes Bajley Saturday night at their After several weeks of sea duty| For this|8S an apprentice, Gilmore will be| the | each, Enpanmem.s in the Sommers Build- Eight cruisers of the Prince Eu- jpg gen class. | S ‘To match this, the United States must have a battle fleet of equul[ PAT GILMORE HERE strength capable of getting to var-| X { fous parts of the Atlantic in a| Patrick J. Gilhore, assistant hurry. The size of our fleet in| the Atlantic is a military secret,’ but it was no secret before the war and is therefore known to the en- émy that many of our battleships United States attorney from Ket- chikan, who came here for the re- cent court term, visited in Juneau briefly today while en route to his home city. He visited in Sitka with ‘were bullt as far back as 1911 and |Attorney Robert L. Jernberg. 1912, making them thirty years old. e .— LEGION AUXILIARY SHOW 20th Century, Feb, 25-26. adv. Last Report Received from Wake Island Before Atfack Of Japs; Writer Is Missing By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—It may seem a little old now, but the let- |ter was late arriving, has never ]be;n made public and probably nev- er will be. It came from a gov- ernment official who had gone to Wake Island to inspect the con- struction work going on there. He is a civiian who has never had "more than a speaking acquaintance with either the Army or the Navy. In a brief ten lines he men- tacking the island intermittently from the air and from the sea; | that there had been some casual- ties. Then, for more than 300 words, he detailed. his findings in con- nection with the construction work. He was all at odds with the Navy for the way some of the work had been done. The window casings particularly perturbed him. The specifications and materials weren’t made to stand up in the tropical sea air. He had explained to the Navy that they had been very foolish; that their buildings were not being built to last in that clim- ate. His last line was to the effect that he didn't think the Navy would do any more 'construction work like that on Wake Island in the near future. The report wa$ dated Dec. 21, 1941—one day before Wake Island fell to the Japs—and that’s the (Continued on Page Two) tioned that the Japs had been at-| countered the German one, | Pravda, official Communist Party | newspaper, set the keynote for the great celebration by announcing that 300,000 Germans had been killed between December 6 and January 15. The report said that the spirit of Hitler's army is brok- en, that German losses in the first five months of the war reached the staggering total of 6,000,000. Everywhere in Russia on the night before Christmas, the report pointed out, newspaper correspon- dents were allowed to explore the vast snow-piled areas liberated by the fleeing Germans, to see huge |stores of Nazi instruments and {bodies where death marked the route of the Nazi retreat. - COASTGUARD CUTTER IS HIT BY TORPEDO American Craft Victim of Enemy Ship Off Iceland ~Is Sent Down WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 — The Coast Guard cutter Alexander Ham- ilton has been torpedoed by an enemy submarine off Iceland, the Navy announces. While being towed to port, the Navy said, the ship capsized and had to be sunk by gun fire. The Navy said the loss of life was moderate but gave no figures. The cutter Alexander Hamilton was built in 1937 in New York. The craft was 327 feet long and 2,100 gross tons. Wartime complement is given as 202 officers and men. | | |CAPTAIN OF PRINCESS | NORAH GETS BAD NEWS | Capt. W. Q. Palmer, of the Can- adian Pacific steamer Princess Norah is commanding his ship with a heavy heart. Previous to leaving Vancouver he received information that his only son, in service over- seas, lost his life in combat. Capt. Palmer said that he is only one of } thousands of fathers who will un-| doubtedly receive the same sad in- formation before the present con- | flict is over. i e el el THOMPSON TO KETCHIKAN Deputy Marshal S8id Thompson left for Ketchikan this morning on | an official business trip. He will be gone indefinitely. | LL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS o Pacific coast command. 3 Apparently hit by a well-aimed Russian shell, this German tank rests ‘Barricades Protect Pacific Patrol Planes The Pacific coast has become a theatre of war. Armed forces “somewhere along the Pacific coast” are con- »stantly on the alert for the enemy, This patrol plane in a sandbagged barricade is one of the eyes of the : Rusans i Nazi Iank Upide 0own | e w—— I upside down in the snow of the Soviet front and advancing Red soldiers examine it. In background at left is another disabled tank. This picture was radioed to New York from Moscow. Waihihglbn State Now Protective Defense Area; & P!qcla!n_alion Is Issued 15Million To One Shot CANTON, O., Feb. 23.—No wonder burglars use explosives to ppen safes! Unless they are lucky it might take them 142 years to work the combination of just one strong OLYMPIA, Wash.,, Feb. 23—Gov. Arthur B. Langlie has ‘Wu.»mngwn State a Protective De- |fense Area and ordered all Japa- nese to immediately surrender to Yhe State Patrol all firearms, am- munition, explosives and other in- struments which might be used to damage property or life The proclamation was i Lanzlie sfter conferences with military authorities. - (oast Guard Cutfer Haida Returns Here box. Paul Hawkins, head of a safe company, explained that a combina- tion lock consist of four little wheels or tumblers arranged on a spindle. These are connected wit ha bolt and notches in the tumblers must be declared | coordinated before the lock can be opened. “There are 100 numbers on the dial so that each tumbler can be set for any of a hundred numbers,” he After being absent from Juneau for five months, the United States | Coast Guard cutter Haida, Com- to Juneau Saturday to await or- ROUND-UP - OF ENEMY ~ ALIENS ON ?Widespreamids Made | | by FBI in Northern ' California | Fifty-four enemy aliens, some of them .members of organizations rooted in enemy countries, have been seized by FBI widespread raids in Northern California., Hundreds of local officers, sher- iffs, deputies and State Highway Patrolmen participated in the raids conducted by more than 100 FBI agents, RED (ROSS FIM WILL BE ON ALA | ders. mander Norman H. Leslie, ret uruedi SHow wmm AY said. “This makes 75,000,000 com- ' s ’ g 2 pinations and if a hard working| 7The Haida left here iast Sep-) 7y, Legion Auxiliary thief tried one combination every |‘ember for Beattle for its annuall, Le given Wedn £ reneral overhaul. Since October,| rsday nio minute, he couid g L whole list in qnly 142 years.” The old idea of a crook with | when Coast Guard vessels were ansferred to Naval jurisdiction the ) um, was previe ¢ Y rs. Waino Hendrickson, Aux- super-hearing or sauupapescd “Api'hl 3 has been operating under sident and Mrs. John gertips so sensitive they could feel | V41 orders | Néate, chalrman of the American- the tumblers fall is the “malarkey,” | | ¢ "’“"" m program. Hawkins says CONRAD ANDERSON IS f\a, “Flag of Humanity,” PATIENT IN HOSPITAL o> — WHITTIER RETURNS Conrad Anxnson. emplovee of the Alacka June; mine, entered St. ¥ Hospital this morning to re- treatment for a lacerated face nffered in a fall R ONDOM RITES THURSDAY M. S. Whittier, Assistant Collector of Customs for the Territory, arrived yesterday from Sitka where he nad been on an official business trip B LT. COL. RLINN, CAPT, GILKES LEAVE JUNEAU idnev infection, will he held on Funeral services for Gerald Odom, | vho died suddenly last week from a Lt. Col. 8. F. Blinn and Capt. C. | Thursday morning at 9 o’clock in | e which tells a gripping story in gor- | gzeous technicolor of the American |Red Cross, is an added attraction on the program which has as its |feature the film “Night Train.” The Juneau School Band will ap- |pear and a program of music is | whoduled at 9:15 psn., between the which will be given each .- ABLAZE, OTHERS ALLIES DEAL HEAVYBLOW ATINVADERS U. S., Dutch Planes Smash Big Invasion Sea Force AIRFIELD SEIZED | BY NIPPON FORCES' American and Australian Troops May.Recover | Air Base (By Associated Press) Having teamed up with warships : in smashing the invasion armada - /in the Battls of Bali, United States and Dutch planes, operating alome, - dealt heavy blows against the Jap- | anese offensive toward the other end of the island stronghold of Java and_warplanes set fire to a big Jap | transport and strafed other ships in Banka Strait. 1 Dive Bombers Attack The new attack was deliveréd mainly by dive bc abers, about 250 miles northwest of Batavia, off of southern Sumatra. The stricken enemy transport ship was reported to have been of more than 10,000 tons, according to & United Nations announcement, which also said that four Jap planes mwmd in yesterday's attack: . on” Java.alrfialds at;the same_f the dive bomber assault was made by United Nations forces and the Allled pllots machine-gunned other Jap ships at a cost of all but one hip of the invasion armada. Faps Seize Airport The Dutch reported that the Japs had overrun a part of the island of Ball on the east flank of Java, . seizing an airdrome there within 200 bombing miles of Soerabaja, the new number one naval base for the\de- fenders. But this tenuous foothold is one which might readily be wiped* out if enough military strength can be mustered from Java where Dutch colonial troops are bolstered by Aus- tralian and American expeditions who could safely be diverted for the task. It is possible, too, that there are enough troops already on Ball to do the job. They have been in action there since Friday, when the in- casion started. Second Jap Invasion No one could say whether or not" a second Jap invasion was under way either as a support of the ine vaders’ Bali position or as a'feint to strike another blow at Javik and SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb, 23— Other quarters. Undoubtedly, the Japs will try to capitalize on their airdrome position | by landing troops from the air, but it seemed unlikely that the field would be left intact for such immed~ * | iate use. ROOSEVELT 1S ON AIR _ 7 TONIGHT Will Discuss War Upto Date - Tokyo Radio Starts Propaganda % G WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—The tate Department this morning = 1id the Japanese radio station at o is “putting on the biggest propaganda campaigns for the purpose of tearing down the ad- dress President Roosevelt will de- iiver tonight on the war.” Following this statement, Steph- ¢ Early, Presidential secretary, cad to the reporters a memo of e Government’s information Early said the Tokyo radio re- the Catholic Church of the Nativ- ity, following instructions received | from relatives by C. W. Carter, Bur- |ial will take place in the American Legion plot of Evergreen Cemetery. — e ‘ WHITESIDE SOUTH Gilkes, who spent several days in Juneau left for Fort Richardson over the weekend. While in town they were at the Baranof Hotel. ———————— TROPICAL WONDERS ZEBALLOS, B. C. — Commercial | ports that the President is dodging 21l questions at his press confer- cnces and also places responsibility of the American entry into the war directly on the Chief Executive of the United States. The President’s speech will be Lroadeast tonight at 7 o'clock, Pa~ EHlen McKechnie ? Goes to Seattle Ellen McKechnie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry McKechnie, left Juncau yesterday to spend a fishermen were surprised recently | at bringing up many kinds of semi- T. C. (Bud) Whiteside, represen- | tative for the J. J. Meherin interests month’s vacation in Seattle. tropical fish in their nets. They |in Southeast Alaska, visited in Ju- were believed to have been swept heau today while enroute to his northward by strong gales. Jhendqunmrs at Ketchikan, - Miss McKechnie is a clerk in the cific wartime. e LEGION AUXILIARY SHOW Territoricl Unemployment Commis- L Century, Feb. 25-26. adv. len offices.