The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 20, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIREK VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8987. Y e e e E AGAINST JAPANE OFFENSIY Men 4510 64 Inclusive Ordered fo Register for KHARKOV IS UNDERBLAST BY GERMANS City Is Bein;D_esIroyed byf Nazis as Occupation Nears End r LONDON, March 20.—A dispatch received here from Stockholm says | German troops at Kharkov are ex- | owin, i , 4 | ploding oil tanks and. bl g UD lion men compared to seventeen |ary 16 and who have not reached| . ... " iienc observing such other equipment there, “apparently realizing that occupation is at an end,” as the Russians press toward the industrial city. { The Stockholm dispatch also says great fires are raging and “tanks, guns and ammunition depots are be- ing dynamited, the Germans destroy- ing what they and hordes of forced labor have recreated during the six months of precarious occupation.” RETREAT FROM KHARKOV STOCKHOLM, March 20 —Hitler’s Ukraine armies are reported in dis- patches received here as making hasty preparations to retreat from Kharkov. The city is a mass of flames, ac- cording to the dispatches ,as Nazi demolition squads blasted military stores and oil supplies. New Reverse Against this picture of the major reverse of the German Armies, Hit- ler's headquarters asserted the Rus- sian troops driving in the Donets River Basin east of Kharkov “have been thrown back after a new attack (Continued on Page Five) Oren [ Paarsn ) Robert S Alles WASHINGTON —- Several smart Democratic leaders, whose business | it is to know the political pulse of the country, have returned to Wash- ington from quiet look-see trips with | | “Draf: April 27 Date et “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” e JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS WASHINGTON, March 20—The | July and nine million on Febru- Government has ordered men 45 to | ary draft service to register. for noncombatant 64 inclusive in possible on April 27. The new announcement leaves | only 18 and 19 year olds unrecord- ed. | Officials predicted the April 27| registration will total fifteen m\l-‘ draft, seven million in the first 16. NOTICE RECEIVED HERE Acting Gov. E. L. Bartlett has received a radio that President Roosevelt has called for new reg- istration and this applies to men who were 45 on or before Febru- the age of 65 on or before April { hundred and fifty thousand last!27, the date for the registration. EACH FIGURE EQUALS JANUARY 1 S SHIFTS MANPOWER i 942 DECEMBER 1942 ONE MILLION MEN ARMED - FORCES WAR INDUSTRY WORKERS CIVILIAN INDUSTRY WORKERS | AGRI- ! CULTURAL WORKERS SELF- EMPLOYED (PROFES- SIONAL, ETC) i i ARNNRT i i Bonng|anonn i | annin B T ibibibi i Rhanh|ahhAh RARRA |Ahh?: fbh R | RARAA / : i i ) i FLARESAT | SEA, ASHORE REPORTED | Request Made fo Citizens by Headquarters, 13th Naval District i Lt | SEATTLE, March 20—The Thir- | teenth Naval District Headquarters | today revealed “continuing of re- {ports of flares at sea and on shore” Fighting Of ‘phcnonmm to note particularly the | “pattern, color and apparent dis- | tance of such flares or signal | lights and report immediately to | the nearest military authorities” to lexpedne investigation. | The statement added: “Surface {and air patrols offshore are cons | tinuing vigilance and no enemy | contacts have been made to date !in the reports released.” The statement further declaréd Yas false certain rumors of damaged | ships in this area and said: “Cer- [tain vessels rumored heading to | the Navy yard for repair to dam- |age are in reality vessels coming |in the harbors for unloading of | supplies.” ONTOTOKYO 1S KEY PLAN | OF STILWELL New Commander of Forces| | of Americans, Chinese, Makes Statement CHUNGKINK, March 20—United States Army Lieut. Gen. Joseph Stilwell, who it is announced has been placed in command of all U. S. and Chinese forces in India |and Burma, states that “we won't| | be satistied until we see American !and Chinese troops on Tokyo streets | together.” | | Lieut. Gen. Stilwell was recently | made Chief of Staff by Chiang Kai | Shek. The latter states that “every- | . | f Japanese Plan SPRiING TRAINING_soldier Mickey Harris (right), es at Darwin Anti-aircrnft_gunners at Darwin, Australia, man their weapon as they scour the sky for attacking enemy planes. This is one of the many units protecting the north Australian port which has been heavily bombed by Japanese planes in what is seen as a prelude to invasion. There was considerable property damage. Port Darwin is one of the chief United Nations naval bases in the southwest Pacific. ISUCCESSFUL ALERT HELD Defects Noted - Another Drill Is Slated for Next Week Juneau was quiet between 7 and 7:15 o'clock last night. Residents and members of Juneau Civilian Defense Unit were carrying out an “alert.” It was the first such drill in two months. By the time the 1-2 blast of the fire alarm had announced the driil practically all persons except those who were members of the various defense divisions were indoors. Air rald wardens and members of the auxiliary police took their LAST NIGHT SE PLANNED M’ARTHUR GIVING OUT HIS ORDERS Move on Japfi at Once fo Relieve Pressure on Philippines STING OF BLOWS OF ALLIES FELT BY JAPS Nippons Crfiut Interna- tional Law Violafed- Forget Pearl Harbor (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Gen. Douglas MacArthur has de- clared that the President ordered. him to organize an American of- fensive against Japan for the pri- mary purpose of relieving pressure on the Philippines. | Meanwhile, on the action front, opening shots were fired in the battle of lower New Guinea, and the Japanese, reacting to the sting of Allied counter blows, some of which may not be-mentioned be- cause of military secrecy, showed they are beginning to feel the ef- fect already.. First Jap Yelp The Japanese navy bitterly ac- cused the United States and Great Britain of waging “extreme warfare |based on ‘retaliation and hatred,” |and declared that Japan will re~ ciprocate. A Tokyo broadcast said the Al- lies are employing tactics in, dis- regard of International Law, and | consequently, the Japanese navy is | “revising” its warfare regulations. No | details were given. But thus, Japan showed she is beginning to. feel the bite of the United Nations’ slowly-gathering offensive force. At the same time, the War De= partmént announced from Wash= ington that two United States Ar- my bombers had scored a direct hit on a large Japanese cruiser 2t Rabaul, New Britain, the island northeast of Australia. Presumably this was the same attack report- | ed yesterday. ! Timor Again Bombed ‘The Royal Australian Air Force, a very gloomy report on the party’s Bosion Red Sox hurler who's in the army’s special brand of spring |posts a few minutes before the in a British broadcast, sald that prospects in the coming crucial Con- | gressional elections. Naturally they are not broadcast- i ing this, but privately they are bluntly warning White House mas- terminds that unless they get busy, the President stands a good chance of waking up the morning after el-| ection next November to find him- | self in the same unhappy predica- ment of Woodrow Wilson in 1918— with the Republicans in control of Congress. In fact, one of the surveyors ex- pressed the opinion that if the elec- tion were held this spring the GOP‘ would be certain to win the House. | A number of factors were reported | as responsible for the widespread | undercurrent of dissatisfaction with the Administration. One was the appointment of Mrs. Roosevelt’s dancer-protege to a $4,- 600 Civil Defense job. This is said to have cut very deep. Another was - the sensational disclosures of enor- mous profits on war contracts. A third, Jesse Jones’ failure to take adequate measures to prevent a rub- ber shortage. Still another the ap- parent bungling of the Southwest Pacific battle. But the chief causes were laid di- rectly on the President’s own door- step: (1) His failure to compel a complete halt of labor stoppages in war production, promised by both the AFL and CIO and not fulfilled; (2) His stubborn refusal to replace the “Four Old Men” and Secretary Perkins in his Cabinet with young, able and vigorous executives. The inquiring Democratic leaders reported that everywhere they found people angry and mystified over _me President’s reluctance to take a firm stand on labor stoppages and to clean out the deadwood in his Cab- | inet. | ISOLATED The mystery is just as great wl inner Administrationists, because privately he has evinced much con- cern over the continuance of labor disturbances and a definitely critical attitude toward some of his Cabinet. The President’s failure to act on these, and many other domestic problems crying for attention, is UN- EMPLOYED (11 | | By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE Wide World Features Writer ‘WASHINGTON—Putting 10,000,- 000 more workers into war pro- duction is the nation’s big “home front” job for 1942. This increase from 5,000,000 to 15,000,000 workers in war industries is considered necessary if we are able to translate into actual weap- ons Uncle Sam’s blueprint for vic- tory—60,000 planes, 45,000 tanks, 20,000 anti-aircraft guns and 8,000,- 000 tons of shipping this year. The great bulk of these 1,000,000 new war workers will be men and | women shifted from civilian indus- tries, The others will be drawn from the rasks of old workers, wom- | en, young workers just out of school and the unemployed. Conversion of plants will enable many workers—probably a ma- | jority of those now in civilian in- | dustries—to get into war work with- out leaving their homes. Many | thousands, however, will have to| move to other communities or from | one part of a city to another. A labor shortage—the biggest the country has ever seen—is believed | inevitable later in the year. The automobile industry, for example, plans to use approximately twice | as many men in war production at peak output as it used in mak- ing cars. ‘Women, incidentally, are the big- gest reservoir of potential workers. Labor statisticians figure some 5,- 000,000 or more could handily be drawn into the nation’s working force. s | | - e - ARREST KETCHIKAN MAN Terry Wayne, alias Oliver Ter- rell Wine, was arrested in Ketchi- kan yesterday on a telegraphic warrant issued by U. S. Commis- sioner Felix Gray, the Marshal's Office reported here today. Wayne is charged with larceny in con- attributed by some Administration- e (Continued on Page Four) J nection with the theft of an over- I, C f thing China needs to help her war | effort will be furnished without res- ' | ervation.” - OM. JACOB BRITT REPORTED 10 BE MISSING Word Received Regarding Former Juneau Boy on Duty with Asiafic Fleet Tragedy of war struck home in Juneau last night when word was received by Mrs. William E. Britt | that her son, Lieut. Commander Jacob Britt, United Stites Navy, was reported missing. He was on duty with the Asiatic fleet with which he had been stationed for the last two years. The wire, stating “Jake reported among the missing no further news will keep you advised,” was sent by Mrs. Jacob Britt to Mrs. Harry I. Lucas, close friend of the family, last night, the eve of Mrs. Britt| senior’s birthday. Mrs. Jacob Britt |and her nine-year-old son, Dicky, have beén living with her relatives in Maryland since they were evac- uated from Manila a year ago. Lieut. Commander Britt was plac- ed in command of his vessel the day war was declared and was on duty somewhere in the South Pacific. The last letter received from him by Mrs. Britt was dated January 10. He was unable to tell his mother where he was on duty but stated | that he would have many interest- ing things to tell her when it was all over. Alaska Born Born in Skagway, May 1, 1905, Jacob Britt moved to Juneau with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William iE' Britt, in the spring of 1913 and attended the Juneau schools. He was graduated from the Juneau High School in 1923 and the fall of the same year he attended the Uni- coat. <Con;.inued_~on— -P.Ase_ Three) NAVY SAYS SHIP SUNK OFF COAST Nine Loves Losi-38 Crew- men Rescued - Tofal Losses Reported NEW YORK, March 20 — The Navy announces that a medium sized merchantman has been sunk off the Atlantic Coast with a loss of nine lives. The sinking of the vessel has raised to 41 the total number of ships officially anhounced as at- tacked off the United States coast. Thirty-eight of the crewmen were rescued in the sinking reported to- day by the Navy. ALL FORCES T0 OBSERVE ARMY DAY WASHINGTON, March 20—Presi- dent Roosevelt has proclaimed April 6 as Army Day but an- nounced that all armed services will participate in observance as was done on Navy Day last fall. >oo—— The bodies of some seabirds are s0 oily that a wick threaded through them will burn llke a candle, { | | | catup, studles a rifle along with Austin Hawxharst of New York . City. They're at a jungle outpost tuardlns the Panama Canal. Selective Servic | Politics By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, March wering the mail orders: H. C. 8, Keene, N. H. — Brig. Gen, Lewis B. Hershey had an an- |swer all ready when I asked him “why the 6,500 members of selective service local boards are asked to | serve without pay. It is simply |that men who have studied draft stems from the beginning of time found that it was successfully pros- |ecuted only when it was as nearly as possible purged of all politics. iHad these 6,500 jobs been paying propositions, it would have been | impossible to keep the appointments |out of the political patronage col- jumn, Even small salaries would have been sought and fought for by political hangers-on. Then what happens? Political pressure is brought to bear to keep this man out of the draft, to force that one in. Selective service officials are 20—An- i [s | | members of local boards are mak- ing a big sacrifice in, time and energy, withouf any remuneration | whatever, and very little thanks, to serve their country. They wish it could be otherwise, they say, but {no plan has been advanced yet | which would make remuneration possible without opening the door to evils which might make the draft a political shambles. |among the first to admit that the| e Board Members Receive No Pay; Is Thus Purae jed States, compared with about 63,000 at the end of 1940. The vast increase this last year was attribut- ed to the.Civil Aercnautics As- sociaticn's eivilian pilot training program. Last year more than 4. 500,000 passengers were carried by domestic airlines, . This was an in- crease of 1,300,000 over 1940. Grow- |ing confidence in airline safety and the necessity for more rapid trans- Iportat.km in the national defense | effort are the explanations given for the great increase by the air- lines. The War Production Board already has taken precautions to see that priorities do not affect the efficient operation of the com- mercial airlines. Similar p u- tions are being taken to prevent impairment of service in all trans- portation other than that by pri- vate automobile. K. A, P, Jacksonville, Fla The new army regulations regard- | | (Continued on Page Six) | 00PSISORRY: | DRAIN, Ore., March 20—Citizens | ot this little southern Oregon village | wish the Douglas County rogk guar- ry powdermen would please be more | careful. | An undetected seam in the rock | diverted a blast straight et the town lalert was sounded.. Shortly after |7 o'clock, the three trucks of Ju- " |neaw’s Volunteer Fire Department screamed through the empty streets on practice runs. Ambulances, de- |livery trucks manned by defense | squad members, roared out after persons who were supposedly in- |jured in the “raid” These were |rushed to one or more of the 20 | First Aid stations for treatment. What traffic that was on the | streets, other than vehicles manned |by civilian defenders, was ordered Ito stop. [ Smooth Drill | _Chiefs of the various defense divisions said last night that the drill was carried out much more |smoothly than the one held sev- eral months ago. There were a few !indications of confusion, however. |Some of the leaders reported that veral of their men had been “stol- en” by other divisions. Immediately after the drill, the Civilian Defense Board met and decided that another alert will be |held next Thursday. A definite time, however, will not be set for this drill, It will be held “some- time between 6 and 7:30 o'clock.” The Board also decided that be- cause of the difficulty in identify- ing civilian defense vehicles, stick- ers will be obtained to label these cars. Auxiliary Firemen Fire Chief V. W. Mulvihill re- " portgd that his men are ready to train auxiliary firemen as soon as they volunteer, submit an outline of the train- ing program to the Board. It was decided that some con- and that he will| Allied bombers again blasted at the Japanese occupied Dutch island of Timor, one of the main bases frém which the Japs threaten an in- vasion of Australia. Few details were available regarding the de- veloping of the conflict of the is- land of New Guinea. Dispatches said that Australian forces had begun sniping tactics on Japanese columns driving down toward Port ! Moresby, only 300 miles from the Australian mainland. Japanese |'planes twice raided Port Moresby again today but were driven off’ after strafing an airdvome. PRESIDENT DISCUSSES 50. PAC. WAR | WASHINGTON, March 20.—Presi- . dent Roosevelt reiterated that “we | are doing everything we possibly can in regards to the war in the South- west Pacific,” but he called atten- tion anew to what he termed the | little old lesson of geography. That ‘lemn, the President observed, is that to get anything into the South- west Pacific area takes an awful long time, and furthermore, he said, |there is a world shortage of ship- ping. President Roosevelt repeated his | previous declarations that all pos- sible is being done when the news- men, at the conference today, asked fusion was apparent last night con- | if he could elaborate, without going cerning which defense division was beyond the limits of military se- to handle the direction of traf- crecy and strategy, dispatches from It was pointed out that this' Australia that Gen. Douglas Mac- should come under the auxs | Arthur was considering plans for an who are under the 6Ventual offensive for relief of the fic. work iliary police regular police department. - Robertson’s Statement | Supplementing this article, R. E. American and Filipino forces in the Philippines. S eee The winter home of the chimney | Boulders fell through roofs. smashed W. F. Santa Monica, Calif. — ! parked cars, shattered windows and There now are more than 100,000 knocked over communication lines. Jcivmxn airplane pilots in the IJm:-1 Nobody was hurt. Robertson, Chairman of Publelty .oiee one of our most Division, Juneau Civilian De!enée summer birds, is absolutely un- " (Continued on Page Two) known.