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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1942 MEMEERWI'\S'SOCIATED PRESS | PRICE 1EN RN S VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8977. JAVA FORCES SURRENDER, TOKIO CLAIMS anese Make Thrust Against Australia Army Opens First Glider chol Jap ISLAND OF NEW GUINEA IS INVADED Nippon Forces Make Two Landings Under Cov- er of Guns CAPITAL CITY ENTERED; 'ANOTHER TOWN BOMBED Nippon Forces Make Two | Landings Under Cov- er of Guns MELBOURNE, Australia, March | 9—Seven hours after landing an initial invasion force on Australian mandated New Guinea Sunday, the Japanese started a second landing | attempt on the same island only‘ 400 miles from the nearest point from the Northern Australia coast. The invaders landed under pro- tection of warships and bombing planes. Matries Info Forfune | Lightning Thrusts | The official Australian statement | says. that strong Japanese landing forces engaged in consolidating two footholds and won the northeast| coast of New Guinca yesterday by lightning thrusts and under cover of big guns from warships. The landings were made at Sala- | maua Lea, Capital of New Guinea, and forged another link in the chain of potential invasion bases threatening Australia. The Commonwealth of Australia Cabinet has been summoned hastily for an emergency session to decide Mrs. Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, former wife of James Roosevelt, eldest son of President and Mrs. Roosevelt, and John Hay Whitney, owner of one of the country’s largest fortunes, are shown leaving the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Harvey Cushing, after their marriage in BOMBER IN :NAZIS ON CRASH,EIGHT DEFENSIVE MEN KILLED |Accident Occurs at Tongue German War Machine Point on Columbia Again Slowed Down River in Oregon in Africa Battle »FATTLE March 9 Lieut. | (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) les J. Reimann, of Shelbyville, |Indiana, and seven enlisted men aska and Siberia. 4 : .. were killed in the crash of a Cat- 2. To use China to cut JApans ), pomper into the Columbia long supply line extending down | piye; ot Tongue Point. below the equator to Java. This is the official announcement Regarding the latter strategy, the mage by the Thirteenth Naval dis- Japanese, if not careful, will get tric; headquarters here themselves in the same dmicult‘ Others killed in the crash in- and extended position of ourselves cluded Ray. T. Campbell, aviation and the British—sending supplies|radioman of Portland, and Robert thousands of miles to battle fronts|H. Bryant, aviation metalsmith, of half way round the world. |san Jose, California. (Continued on Page Five) 60 WASHINGTON—Anycne with map—and the Japanese have good maps—can figure out future U. S. offensive strategy against the would-be rulers of the Pacific. 1. To strike at the heart of Japan with bombing planes via Al- a Pending materialization of rival war plans for spring, the conflict in Eastern Europe remained gen- Russians, and defensive on the part of the Germans by their own ad- mission. But in Western Europe a flurry of German bombing, if to overtake the Royal Air Force in the African War, marked time once more as the Nazi no fresh word of last week’s Free IN RUSSIA erally offensive on the part of the’ That is why U. S. munitions are| being rushed to China by air, in- stead of by the old Burma Road, so that China may be used as a base against the extended Japanese supply line. This, however, will take time. For supplies by trans- port planes can only go in drib- lets. Regarding the first strategy — bombing attacks via Siberia — the Russians have made their position quite clear to us, and both Roose- velt and Churchill agree with them. | ‘They point out: 1. Vladivostok is surrounded on two sides by Japanese, could be cut off rather quickly, used as a bombing base. . The Russians have sent some| of their best troops and planes from Siberia to Moscow. . Russia will join us in any real bomber attack against Japan. but it has to be a sustained and continued attack lasting for months. In other words, if we are merely going to send a few bombers over Japan, then say to Moscow: “Gen- | (Continued on Page Four) French’ sortie smashed three forti- fied positions in the Fezzan oasis, 500 miles south of Tripoli. From the main front in Eastern Libya, both the British and the Axis reported patrol clashes, each/ side claiming successes. As for thc Mediterranean Battle, the Germans reported continued day and night bombardment of Malta and other British fortresses off Italy. The Italians admitted new British altacks on the Axis held islands in the Agean Sea between Greece and Turkey which Hitler commands. The report of the war in Russia told of “further heavy defensive nattles” on tne southern part of the front with continued Russian attacks. In other places, the Reds claimed only “local successes” ag- ainst German positions. The Germans reported they had ! struck heavy aerial blows, not enly against the Russians, such as the night attack on the aircraft works at Rybinsk, but against British har- ber areas along the Tyne and Hum- ker rivers. E.M.Easiman, ' Gold Rusher, . Dies in South 'Man Who Came North in '98 Stakes Marble In- stead Yellow Mefal SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 9—George M. Eastman, 69, who |joined the '98 gold rush to Alaska and astonished sourdoughs by stak- ing marble claims instead of gold claims, died here last Saturday. Eastman returned to San Fran- cisco and entered the marble busi- ness and became the foremost con- tractor on the Pacific Coast. R e BUY DEFENSE - BONDS BUY DEFENSE _.s"l'AMPh‘ JAP CHIEFS SHIFTED IN PHILIPPINES Conqueror of Singaporei Replaes Gen. Homma, Who Takes Own Life | WASHINGTON, March 9 — The War Department announced t,odny that the | Malaya, Japanese conqueror General of Yamashita, has| |been transferred to command the | invader’s forces in the Philippines. | !He succeeds General Homma, who| ve his is reported to hq |suicide because of committed failure to |destroy Gen. Douglas MacArthur's | | |defending forces. The shift of commanders is re-| ported in a communique which said ! that in the past 24 hours, fight-| ling has ceased altogether on Batan| | Peninsula. Some 600 miles | however, brisk | ported Davao Gulf and the Philippine island of Mindanao. The at have extended their south, skirmishes are re- in the vicinity of Digos on southern | nature of the developments Mindanao, where the Japaness occupation ] | | | i from the area around the city of|’ Davao to Zambaonga, closed. The War Department's munigque also announces that ambushed and suffered heavy c ualties as the result of fire by MmAnhul S l’orr INDUSTRIES OF GERMANS AIR RAIDED British R;y;I Air Force Makes Second Attack in Paris Sections LONDON, March 9—Smashing at German industries in the Paris re- gion for the second time in six day. the Royal Air Force bombed a /motor truck factory at Poissy and heavily atttacked other industrial targets in occupied Northern France, on Sunday. Fliers easily found their targets in the bright sunlight and related that flames and clouds of dust fol- lowing the explosions shot into the high altitudes. One pilot of a plane, who flew low, said Frenchmen waved cherry greetings from many villages. The RAF also hammered Essen. the home of Germany's great Krupp munitions works last night The raiders spread over the indust- rial Ruhr District and Nazi air- fields in occupied Holland and the docks at Ostend and LeHavre. machine stalléd. There was| Trains (rash; GRANDBY, Mflssourl, March Six persons were killed and 45 were injured in a head on collision of | trains here. The dead include four soldiers and two trainmen. Twenty five sol- is not dis- TEL | people of Alaska. diers were injured and also 20 oth-| er passengers. Railroad officials said the col- lision was caused by a mix-up in signals., ———— Tony Sarg, Famous Arfist, Passes Away NEW YORK Mnrch 9—Tony Sarg, famed artist and marionet- ter, died here late last Saturday following an operation. s i P BUY DEFEnsE BONDS com- | al artillery \ | ‘The Army has opened its first glider training scheul i1-the desert near Twenty-nine Palms, Calif. Army aviation cadets receive instructions beside their gliders before being towed into the air. LARGE UNITS (OF DEFENDERS R S Top: Bottom: The glidérs axe off oni a practice spin, being towed into the air by a plane. Aims at Axis Solar-Plexus Joseph H. Young, Jr., typical fighting Marine, sights for precise range, takes a firm puff on his cigar and levels his rugged fists at the Axis. Joe was one of the guests of the Boston police department at one of the nation’s biggest affairs for soldiers and sailors, with 1,500 pretty Hub girls for dancing partners, and Boston’s notables serving ice cream and cake. Boy, those Marines live the life of Riley! AlASKA RATE HEARING ticle written by Attorney Gen- eral Henry Roden on the recent | Alaska rate hearings. It is the Attorney General's report to the The conclud- be ing half of the report will printed tomorrow. On May 20, 1940, the Alaska car- riers filed new schedules with the United States Maritime Commis- sion under which they proposed to increase their freight rates between Seattle and Alaska ports. Increased passenger fares, effect since Jan- uary 2, 1940, were not intended to be affected by these new schedules. On May 14, 1940, the Maritime Commission made its order sus- pending the imposition of the new freight rates pending an investiga- tion into the lawfulness of the rates |as well as the passenger fares, reg-‘ ulations and general practices of the| carriers. On May 28, 1940, ‘m'(lor was vacated and the suspension the riers permitted to impose the new | rates but were required to keep a | detailed record showing incre |in freight rates collected and | subsequently ordered to do so refund to shippers the amount such increases. fective as of January 2, 1940, were not affected by this Order and re- mained payable as of that date. Early Hearings Poor The Maritime Commission hearings at Seattle, Ketchikan, Ju- neau, Anchorage and other plac in Alaska. These proved a disap- pointment. TIn its decision, Commission statés: “There is no evidence of general public dissatis- faction in so far as the carriers — anued on Page car- if to of Three) ases | Passenger fares, ef-| held | the| PERCYLUCHA 'LOSES LIFE IN ACCIDENT Juneauite Shot Through Head While Clean- ing @Ie Percy Lucha, well-known Juneau resident, was killed instantly yes- terday morning when a 33 calibre rifle he was cleaning went off and |shot him through the head. He was cleaning the gun, prepara- | tory to going target friends. Investigating officers sald | the shooting was “purely accident- al.” ager of the Juneau office of the | United States Employment Servige. |He first came to Juneau in 1930, and was a graduate of the Univer-| isxly of Alaska, Class of 1938. | The body was found in the room| {he occupied in the Rod Darnell | hmmc. by Mrs. Darnell who notified the police. The barrel of the rifle |evidently was so close to Lucha's | head when it went off that the x- plosion was muffled. Mrs. Darnell | |said that she heard a noise hut thought he was moving something | {in the room. She saw ‘the body a | few hours later when she happened to glance in the open door of the room | Officers who investigated the ac- umnm are Chief of Police Ken |Junge and Police Officer Cleo | Commens, and U. S. Deputy Mar-| wal Sid Thompson | No Inquest U. 8. Commissioner Felix Gray aid that no inquest would be held | Lucha had returned only recently from a trip to the States where he| had gone for medical treatment land had been told that his ailment | was minor and that he was well on| |the road to complete recovery. Only | Saturday he was told that he would a promotion in his work When the tragic accident oc- | curred, Lucha was getting ready to | keep a late breakfast -appointment vith friends, after which he had nlanned to hike to the Basin for shooting practice. He had already 7ot cleaned a re- (Continued on Page Four) shooting with | | Lucha was 33 years old, was man- | QUIT BATTLES | Japanese m 93,000 | Duich Troops Have Thrown Down Arms BRITISH, AMERICANS ARE ALSO PRISONERS |Former Governor General Admits War Capital of Bandoeng Has Fallen TOKYO, March 9—The Japanese Imperial Headquarters claims that 93,000 Dutch troops and 5000 Brit- ish and Americans,” in the vicinity of Soerabaja and Bandoeng” have surrendered unconditionally to the Japanese armies. This announcement was made at 6:20 a.m. Pacific Wartime and said the Allied forces surrendered at 11 p.m., Pacific Wartime, last night.. The announcement said the troops surrendering “are the main enemy forces on Java Island.” AXIS MAKES REPORT Late Sunday Axis broadcasting stations, following roundabout re- ports, claimed the United Nation, deféridérs on Java had surrendered. The Netherlands East Indies and the command had asked for cessa- tion of hostilities. At that time there had been no official con- firmation from either Tokyo or London. BANDOENG CAPTURED ADELAIDE, Australia, March 9— Bandoeng, the war capital city of’ The Netherlands East Indies has fallen, Gov. Gen! Van Mook said here in an interview and added “our people are battling on with the resources left, We are here to carry on the fight and not to sit and mope.” Van Mook, who escaped in an airplane with 14 other Dutch of- ficials, said a large number of Naval personnel has also escaped from Java, RANGOON IS NOW BEING ABANDONED | Japanese Claim Capture of Big Port - London in Touch LONDON, March 9—The British | War Office, late this afternoon, is still in° communications with Ran- goon which' the Japanese report has been captured. No announcement of the fall of Rangoon is made, here but it is expected shortly. It is said Japanese columns are | plunging on the left flank of the British in a desperate conflict, ARE WITHDRAWING NEW DELHI, March 9—The Brit- |ish announced tonight their forces yare withdrawing from Rangoon af- |ter carrying out the demolition of | essentials. A radio broadcast | picked up here claims the Japanese have f~up(ured R.angoou FINAL S(ORES AT BASKETBALL The following are final scores of basketball games played last Sat- urday night: Stanford 82 California 30. Scuthern California 49; UCLA 35,