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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8984. MACARTHUR IN COMMAND IN NAZIS MASS FORCES FOR BIG BATILE Germans R@y Warships —~More Troops for New Assault TWO ATTACKS NOW REPORTED LOOMING All Ports inWway Closed Tirpifz May Be on High Seas DRAWING | IN DRAFT STARTED Numbers for Nine Million | or More Men for Military [ Duty Pulled from Box WASHINGTON, March 17—Clas- sification of nine million or more | American men for possible military | | duty started this afternoon in the southern | first draft lottery of the present late yesterday and killed war, | The first number was drawn be-} ginning at 3 o'clock this after- noon and will be continued|] JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1942 ~MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS . PRICE TEN CENTS Tornadoes | Takelarge Death Toll Terrific Winds Sweep Sev- en States-Nearly 1 - 000 Injured (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Striking through the warm spring air, tornadoes tore through seven | and midwestern states 145 or! more persons, injuring around 1,000 and smashing property worth mil lions of dollars. The terrific winds cut across the | {der of calling up 1,650,000 young—’where 59 are known to have been throughout the night to fix the or- northwestern section of Mississipni| AMERICAN SHIP SENT TOBOTTOM Fourteen Survivors Landed ~Twenty-six Men Missing NEW YORK, Ma 17.—Fourteen survivors of an American merchant ship torpedoed last Saturday off Atlantic City were landed today at | Staten Island. Twenty-six men are still missing, the Third Naval District reports. Six of the survivors were taken to | hospitals upon arrival for treatment of bruises, exposure and shock. Capt. Gardner Clark, 57, said he was in his cabin when the New Eng- Australia Is on All-Out War Footing AUSTRALIA U.5.GENERAL TAKES CHARGE NEW DEFENSE Defender in Philippines Is - Flown South with His Staff Officers APPROVAL OF MOVE GIVEN BY ROOSEVELT Action Followed Emphatic Demand Made by Aus- tralian Government sters of 22 and up and 7,350,000 killed. | older men from 36 to 45. i The drawing is expected to last for at least 12 hours. {land steamer was attacked without | warning at 1:45 o'clock Saturday | morning. Three torpedoes struck | the ship, he said. | ———eo——— LONDON, March 17.—The closing by German authorities of all Nor- wegian ports from North Cape to Aalesund, a responsible source said, > oo WASHINGTON, March 17. — The arrival of Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Australia to assume Supreme United Nations Command in that re- makes “it appear as though the Nazis are getting ready either for an assault on the American-British supply lines to Russia, or a move against Iceland.” New Northern Campaign ‘The source cited these and other German naval and military moves as indicating the likelihood of a | new major campaign in the north. Today's announcement from the Nazi command reported intensified | fighting in Lapland, the extremel 'Ad ls in Reprisal for Tor- northern area which at the Russian frontier is only 50 miles from the Saoviet Arctic supply base of Mur- mansk. Get Reinforcements Authoritative information has it that the Germans have sent strong reinforcements to the Nprwegian garrisons and are massing Nazi warships at Trondheim,including the (Continued on Page Four) ~he WASHINGTON—Japan’s sub rosa propaganda campaign among the Negroes is not expected to get any- where in this country. Colored citizens have been among the most patriotic in joining up. However, it is another matter in the Philip- \ pines, where Jap propaganda seems to be having some effect. That is why MacArthur ordered a lot of | propaganda leaflets. | Reports received here are that Is Seized By Uruguay pedoing of Merchant ' Ship Montevideo MONTEVIDEO, March 17—An- nouncing the 5700 ton Uruguayan merchantship Montevideo has been torpedoed off Haiti with the loss of 17 men, the Government has ordered seizure of the interned German ship Tacoma in veprisal. ‘The Tacoma, 8200 tons, was the supply ship of the Graf Spee which was destroyed in Montivideo's har- bor by Hitler’s orders after de- feated by the British cruisers in! December, 1939. | The Montevideo was formerly the | Italian Adamello and was sunk off | Jeremie, Haiti. Only 32 of her crew of 29 are accounted for. SALE OF BONDS 10 BUY BOMBER " GOES OVER TOP éAIaskans Purchase $436,-" 522 Worth in Five- high Filipino officials have gone over to the puppet Japanese Gov- | Week Drive When the United Nations, under | the Italian island of Rhodes in the POUR ON BIG ISLE. OF ITALIANS British Light Naval Forces, RAF in Joint Atfack | on Rhodes ALEXANDRIA, March 17.—Brit- ish light naval forces sailed tp to eastern Mediterranean early Sunday morning and poured shells into the harbor, on the docks and manufact- uring facilities. The rain of shells struck as the Royal Air Force closed in with co- ordinated bombing of the airdromes on the larger island of the Dode- canese group off the Turkish coast. A N Canada Says 0.K.foRoad To Northland War DeparTm;m Issues Statement Regarding Building of Highway WASHINGTON, March 17—The War Department announces the Canadian Government has given final approval for the construction of the new highway to Alaska. The War Department said: “Con- INTERN ALL BRITISHERS. IN MOROCCO French in lie_p;isal Meas- | ure for RAF Bombings of France LONDON, March 17. — Reuters, March of Time from “Far East Command” With the Japanese advance bases now stretched to within 400, miles of the Australian mainland, the island continent has gone on an all-out war-footing. Above, a scené at the Garden Island naval base in Sydney, showing some of the warships of the Royal Australian Navy. Main base of operations against the Japs, however, is Darwin. most northern port, which was bombed last week. British news agency, reports from | Tangier that French authorities in Morocco have ordered the intern- | ment of all British subjects between 18 and 50 years. of age residing in | coast towns i The number involved is believed to be about 2,000. Reliable sources said the step has been taken as a reprisal measure for the Royal Air Force’s bonbing attacks on occupied France. | Last summer, the Vichy govern- ment ordered British nationals in uncccupied France to the south to move inland at all points, at the Riviera and elsewhere along the Mediterranean Coast. | — - | SAYS JAPAN PLANS MOVE United Sfafes Must Gel ON-RUSSIA Chinese AI’EI; Spokesman " Gen MacAtthur AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING CENTER—_Acrial view of Syd warbor wharves gives idea of city's industrial and commercial character. Tough, Very Tough, fo Rid | ney, Australia, and Darling Circular Quay is in center, WPBHEAD WILL TALK - TO NATION glon was announced by the War Department this morning in a spec- lal communique. The assignment of MacArthur to the command was emphatically re- quested by the Australian Govern- ment, the ¢communique stated, sev- eral weeks ago. Acting upon the request, President Roosevelt directed Gen. MacArthur on February 22 to transfer his head- juarters from Batan Peninsula, in the Philippines, which he so bril- lfantly defended, as soon as neces- ary arrangements could be made. Gen. MacArthur requested delay until he could perfect arrangements within the Philippines command. This delay was approved by Presi- dent Roosevelt. Takes Supreme Command accompanied on his plane trip from the Philip~ pines to Australia by Mrs. Mac- Arthur, thelr son, Chief-of-Staff eneral Richard Sutherland, Brigadier General Harpld George of the Alr Force, and eral other staff officers. ¥ Gen, MacArthur's eemmand in the Southwest Pacific will also include the Philippines, *the War Departd ment communique stated. Among the men under Gen. Mac- Arthur in Australia are those mak- ing up the American Expeditionary Force of ground troops and Air Corps units. U. 8. Expeditionary Forces Secretary of War Henry L. Stim- on last night reported that United States troops and American aviators in Australia were there in consid- erable numbers, an answer appar- ently to the frantic calls from Aus- tralia for aid against the expected invasion attempt southward of the surging Japanese. Secretary Stimson said he had no information as to the strength of the American forces, designation of units nor location at present avail- able for publication. Wainwright in Command Gen. MacArthur’s direct com- mand of the forces in the Philip- Nation of Fifth Columnisis emment‘ much more than the pub-| Supreme Command - of Gen. lic realizes. 3 | Douglas MacArthur, unleash their Among them are the following: |general offensive against the Axis Claro Recto, formerly a Supreme in the southwest Pacific, India and trary to published reports, at no time have negotiations been hamp- ered by lack of cooperation with the Canadian Government.” Restates Contention of Nippon Aftack " (Continued on ‘Donald Nelson Will An- hills as if signalling a ship at sea. O R An employe of the Navy Maga- By JACK STINNETT Court Justice, and former counsel for foreign gold mines, now new puppet Minister of Education. Jose Yulo, former Minister of Jus- tice, and speaker of the House, now Chief Justice of the Philippines. Antonio de las Alas, a Harvard graduate who was former Minister of the Interior, now Minister of Interior in the puppet cabinet. Speaker Paredes of the House of Representatives and former Com- missioner in Washington, now re- ported in the cabinet. While some of these may have been motivated by necessity and| a desire to protect the Filipino people by cooperation, nevertheless the Jap's chief appeal has been oh social grounds. The Japs have rubbed home the fact that Fili- pinos were not admitted to Ameri- can clubs, and this caste distinc- tion, at least with some Filipinos, has erased all of the excellent colonization, the prosperity and the virtual independence which the United States had given the Fili- pinos for years. Note: Intelligence reports from the Orient indicate that in some areas almost as much damage has been done by Japanese social prop- aganda as by Japanese bullets. It had something to do with the fact that the British could not make a last ditch stand at Singapore. And it had a great deal to do with the speedy Japanese successes in Burma. Burmese even staged dis- | Asia sometime this spring, the “Spirit of Alaska”—a heavy four- motored bomber—well may be in the vanguard of the attacking forces. Last week the designation of a| Flying Fortress to bear the name |of America’s far-flung northland | iterritory was made possible when Alaskans went to their banks and post offices in the final week of a five-week campaign and turned in 18150,369 for purchases of Series E Defense Savings Bonds. Passes Goal These purchases, in the final week of the five-week campaign for the “Spirit of Alaska,” brought the total campaign sales, to $436,552—a figure which would permit the pur- chase of a pursuit plane and a light tank, beyond the minimum pur- chase price of the heavy bomber. “As I said at the beginning of _thk campaign, the ‘Spirjt of Alaska’ |will be but one of many thousand (Such planes that will be in service |before this year is over, but it |will represent in powerful terms lour belief in the things for which ! America stands,” Acting Gov. E. L. iBnruen said today. “The campaign !'was not so much a ‘stunt’ as it was a carefully planned and well ex- |ccuted drive to put impetus into the |general picture and to make the |objectives of the United States Treasury Department’s program tangible and real to the average | person. “The tremendous effort of the many volunteer workers throughout (Contizued on Page Four) (Continued on r;age“'?‘wo) | ———————— Colombia, U. S. Sign New Pact lend-leaseTgreemeni Is Negotiated Between Two Governments WASHINGTON, March 17—The United States and Colombia have| signed a lend-lease agreement pro-| | viding for a reported twenty to thirty million dollars worth of war material for Colombia. Colombia is strategically | portant because of its proximity to the Panama Canal. | | ———— HITCHING POST? RICHMOND, Ind, March 17 Norma Jane Slifer and John Evans ' were married yesterday—on horse- back. Evans a rodeo performer for sev- eral years, said he had done many | important things in his life while on | horseback and he wanted to be mar- im- ried that way. The minister stood | mon commercial fur animal in the| submarine J Barbara, lights flashed from the between the two steeds. | ' planes dropped 15 bombs in the CHUNGKING, March 17. — The Chinese Army spokesman today, re- | stating the Chinese contention of an early Japanese attack on Russia, said probably two Japanese divisions will start. These divisions have been transferred recently from Korea and Manchoukuo. | The Chinese spokesman also said Japanese troops in the south and from the island of Sakhalin have | moved northward toward the Rus- sian border. The spokesman also expressed confidence that Russia is fully alert to the dangers of a Japanese assault. DROP BOMBS ON AREAIN TUR LONDON, March 17. KEY LAND | — A radio| | broadcast from Berlin, picked up | arrested German | here, said an official anhouncement iens with short wave receiving sets, Spy | at Ankara, Turkey, reported two persons had been killed and several | injured when three unidentified Milas area, near the Turkish coast. | A e \ The muskrat is the most cor United States. WASHINGTON. March 17—It 15 becoming more and more likely that scme drastic—and I mean drastic— corgressienal action will be taken soon to provide government agen- cies with new weapons to combat fifth columnists and spie There is no serious criticism of the work being done by existing agencies. But ever since Pearl Harbor, there has been a growing list of discovered fifth column ac- tivities. FBI agents more than 50 recently picked up suspects in Dallas County, Texas, with cameras, ra- dics, weapons. Thirteen German and Italian afens, all purportedly in possession of munitions and oth- er suspicious equipment, were picked up near an important air- plane factory in New Jersey. There was a series of similar ar- rests in New Orleans. tonio, suspects were caught with code books, mn;’s of vital military establishments, binoculars, weapons and gas masks. In Norfolk, Va. federal agents and Italian al- cameras and ammunition. trials in New York and Washing- ton have brought out alarming | testimony as to pre-war activily | without of enemy agents. On the West Coast, civilian obs | servers stated that just before that shelling near Santa In San An-| zine at Bellevue, District of Colum- bia, was arrgsted on a traffic charge and through an error was searched. Police said they found secret bomb mechanisms, a list of consignments of ammunition to | several defense posts. ! The deluge has given Washing- ton officials the jitters. Already the necessity for a search and seiz- ure warrant in spy cases has been | removed. By executive order and justice department rulings, other restrictions against counter-espion- | age work have been lifted. From the West Coast particularly come complaints that existing measures are inadequate, I asked a high counter-espionag official wheré he thought the res sroblem lies, “Espionage can be fought effec- | tively,” he said. “Tt the | zalled fifth column that is the real | problem. “A good fifth columnist is a model citizen. His very ef- | fectiveniess depends on it. He may | even be contributing to OUR war | effert while waiting to give aid sistance to the enemy ‘With existing laws, we can deal | with the spies and saboteurs, but how to handle the fifth columnists starting a nation-wide | witch-hunt is another problem.” A lot of Washington observers jare saying now that thé United is 50- and (Continued on Page Five) ' | swer Axis Propagan- da Charges WASHINGTON, March 17.—War Production Board chief Donald Nel- son will make a special statement to the nation at 6:37 pm. (Pacific War Time) tonight in a broadcast designated to counteract Axis pro- paganda which officials said de- seribed the produetion speed-up drive here as an attempt to “Soviet- ize” American industry. e ek <ot NEW YORK, March 17—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 1%, American Can 59%, Anaconda 26%, Bethlehem Steel 61':, Commonwealth and Southern 7/30, Curtiss Wright 8%, International Harvester #%, Ken- necott 32%, New York Central 8%, Northern Pacific 6, United States Steel 51'%, Pound $4.04. DOW, JOI AVERAGES The following are teday's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 10254, rails 26.53, utilities 12.19. D BROUGHT IN thousand pounds of sable fish were brought in to Juneau by the Tundra, Capt. Pete Oswell to- day. - >-oo BUY DEFENSE STAMPS FLEET OF JAP SHIPS GATHERING Na‘val Forces that Aided In- vasion of Java Prepar- ing for Some Move LONDON, March 17—Dispatches from Australia received by several | London newspapers do not confirm onclusively that the Japanese iaval forces participating in the |invasion of Java are now moving | southward to Australia. | The force of the Japanese fleet |1s however given as including cruisers, airplane carriers and scores of destroyers. | Dispatches do assert the Japan- |ese are massing heavy air reinforce- |ments in New Guinea, possibly on |2 large scale for air attacks to |clear the way for the naval of- | fensive directed first against Port |Moresby, on New Guinea’s south coast. Pilots on RAF reconnaissance | lights report that Japan is mass- ing naval forces for “some move= ments unkuown.”