The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 27, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8993. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1942 _ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS MANILA BAY BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES ' Bomber Night Raid Batters Krupp Works | 250 PLANES . MAKE RAID [ Draws Last Number ALLIES BEAT 7 SUCCESSIVE ATTACKS ON ONGERMANY Nazi Warf—oundries in Ruhr Valley Are Hit Terrific Blow ENEMY AIRDROMES, OIL | REFINERY POUNDED. Daylight Thrust Beaten Off | Over Southeast Eng- | land Section (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Giant four engined British bomb- | ers, perhaps 250 strong and each | carrying two tons of explosives, smashed Germany's great Krupp | Munitions Works and other Nazi| war foundries in the Ruhr las night pressing the spring aerial of- fensive in one of the heaviest as- saults of the war. By daylight today, the Royal Air‘ Force fighter planes beat off a re-| tallatory German thrust, turning| the raiders back after a brief fight high over the English southeast coast. The Air Ministry, referring to| the attack last night of the bomb- | er squadrons, said the huge force| concentrated on Essen, the home | | drawing. lective Service chicf. after it started. (Continued on Page Two) Standing beside him is N6%, JOE E. BROWN 7 S LEAVING HERE S FOR STATES -~ WASHINGTON—Now that Gen. MacArthur has left the Philippines, Albert Carter (left), sailor from Albany, Ga., smiled as he drew last number from the bowl at Washington in the war's first 1 OFF RAIDERS, - PT.MORESBY |One Japanese Plane Shof| Down in Flames, Offic- ial Report Says AUSTRALIAN BOMBERS | ' MAKE ATTACK, KOEPANG | 'Raid Is Successfully Made | | Notwithstanding Ex- treme Weather ‘ CANBERRA, March 27 — Two | Japanese bombers gave Port Mores- | ‘by the twentieth raid today but; |one of the attacking planes was| | downed in flames by, Allied fighter | | planes and the other was driven | off before causing damage. 1 | Today’s nl&gck on the Allied out- |post on the south coast of New | | Guinea is announced in a .specml‘ }commumque which also said that Australian bomiber: struck anew at | | Koepang ‘"'t Jc ese seized base jor © ’ of Timor. ud the attack | rite extremely Lt e - sup SHIPS Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Se- | it The draw ended in a little more than 13 hours | ENDANGER AmoldAsks CALCUTTA Registering ~ chinese forcesprty OfCartels. ~mate ma Battle NEW DELHI, India, March 27— | The presence of surface units of the | Smilingly toting all his worldly goods in baskets slung over his shoulders, this Chinese refugee joins the vast horde of humanity streaming into China before the advancing Japanese invaders in Burma. More than one million refugees have fled into China from Malaya, Burma, Thailand and Jap-occupied territory during the last two months, adding greatly to that nation’s relief burden, swelled by five long years of war. ’ Honor eail Ior Joe FORTS MADE | Japanese IZée_p Up Raids from Early Morning Until Midnight LITTLE DAMAGE DONE, CORREGIDOR REPORTS Activity Exp;aéd on Batan | Peninsula - Quezon in Australia WASHINGTON, March 27-—The War Department reported today tha'._l,he Japanese are increasing their aerial bombardment of Man- ila Bay harbor defenses and have made seven successive attacks on Corregidor in the last 24 hours. The island fortress was under bom- bardment almost continuously from early morning until midnight Thursday, The aerial attacks were resumed early today, the War Department reported, but said that most of the bombs fell into the bay, and those that hit the island caused little damage, Anti-aircraft fire from the defenders is believed to have hit several enemy planes. Batan Sector On Batan Peninsula, a number ia 11 Believed | Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean | =4 G0 | Famous (I_o;n—edian Hew‘Wanis Protection Against| some of the secret facts about moves to get him out can be dis- closed. Around the middle of February, the General Staff in Washington suggested to MacArthur that he leave the Batan Peninsula. They “suggested” because MacArthur is a full general, and there is only one other full general in the Army, the Chief of Staff, Gen. Marshall. Generals do not usually order each other, especially when one is in the field and is considered the best judge of what he is to do, un-| less he comes to long range strat- egy. The proposal of the General Staff had the full sanction of the President, and a submarine actual- ly was ready to take MacArthur and his family from Batan. However, MacArthur replied that he was not ready to leave yet. So the only way to transfer him was 8,000 Miles to Entertain Service Men in North After completing over 8,000 miles of airplane travel through Alasks during the last four weeks, visiting such outposts as the far end of | the Aleutians and St. Lawrence Is- land, Joe E. Brown, world famous film comedian, was in Juneau over- night waiting for commercial trans- | portation back to the States. Soldiers and sailors at {lonely stations throughout the Terri- {tory are happier for the visit of Mr. Brown, who made the trip solely for the purpose of bringing some fun into the lives of the men who are serving their country lin the “last frontier.” | Thanks U. S. 0. While Mr. Brown made his Al- | is disclosed today in a British com- | lmunique from Burma, where Jap | | troops are said to be continuing to | Reptition of Stand- ard Oll Deal |put pressure against the Chinese | | forces. which are cut off but are| WASHINGTON, March 27—Thur- | stjl] holding Toungoo on the Ran- many | by a direct order from the com-|aska trip solely on his own, he mander-in-chief, namely Roosevelt. | expressed appreciation to the U. At that time Gen. Wavell was|S. O. who helped arrange the trip still the supreme commander of and, through its personnel and fa- Allied forces in the Southwest Pa- |cilities, assisted him in putting on cific, and the defense of Australia | his entertainment program at the had not yet started. Moreover“"”ious posts. there were few American troops in| “I hope that my trip will just Australia to command. ‘be the forerunner of such trips by Later, however, the President un”other entertainers from the enter- word to MacArthur to prepare to|tainment world who will come 1o leave the Philippines as soon as Alaska to bring cheer and color he could readily do so, and take into the lives of the service men command of all the Allied forces Up here” Mr. Brown said. in Australia. Need Entertainment Note—Meanwhile, certain anti-| “Men stationed in Alaska need Roosevelt Senators were berating the President for allegedly keep- |entertainment programs far mcre |than those in the States where man Arnold, Assistant United | ! States Attorney General, proposed1 |to the Senate Defense Investigat-| |ing Committee today that a re-| ) Quirement be made in the future :that all agreements between Ameri- | {can and foreign industries be regis- !tered and a full explanation of their purposes set forth. Arnold was continuing his testi- | mony concerning the rubber short- | age in this country. Prevent Cartels He recommended this registration program to the Committee as one| means of preventing such carcell‘ |arrangements as that between the Standard Oil Company of New Jer- sey and the I. G, Farben Company of Germany, which he previously had testified as having frustrated the development of the synthetic rubber industry in the United States. Yesterday Arnold accused the United States company of having held back even in this -rubber shortage in making patents on the" " (Continued omr PaafiEWo? Consumption 0f TeaIs fo Be Restricted goon to Mandalay road. ‘The British report said a Japanese cruiser and several destroyers were seen operating in the waters around the Japanese-seized Andaman Is- lands within striking distance of the sealanes to Calcutta. The Irwaddy Front still is quiet, with the Chinese at Toungoo ap- parently bearing the brunt of the land assault 'PRINCE RUPERT BE CONNECTED T0 ALASKA HIGHWAY EDMONTON, March 27. — Dean Wilson, of the University of Alberta, Engineering Department, said he has received word the Dominion Gov- | ernment will build a highway from Prince Rupert to connect with the Alaska Highway in northeastern British Columbia. Wilson said the information came ing for the services of every avail- able’ junior and senior engineering student in the university. Prince Rupert is now without con- nection by highway with the re- mainder of British Columbia, al- though it is the western terminus of the branch Canadian National Railway. Wi Two M. P's es at Fert Di; J. feilow-seldiers (bac he begar says he’s in better shape than ever—and credits the Army\with some of the reason for it. Washingfon; Room for Help fo Live In By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, March 27—It's in a letter from the government ask- hard to say which Washmqtnn}quota system as it applies to jobs lacks most—office help, or room for the office help to live. The Civil Service Commission has taken steps toward meeting both shortages, On the one hand, for Two Shorfages Exist in Dead; Plane I | | No' Repo"ed‘m sharp clashes between American ; patrols and the enemy, and troop +qy (and truck movements behind Jap- Iokyo Bound Crafi, w"h |anese lines, indicated that increased b |activity is expected.*. Yhe Ameri- |ndlall Delega'es, ;'cnn-F‘fliplno troops made a success- I PR ful raid .against a strong enemy s Missing | position. | Quezon in Australia TOKYO, March 27—Eleven per-| The arrival of Philippines Presi- sons, including four Indians, en- dent Manuel Quezon and members route to Tokyo to attend an “In-|of the Philippine War Cabinet in 1 dian Independence” conference ure;Auernlh also is reported in a com- | feared dead as it is announced that munique, which said that since the lan Army chartered passenger plane |war started, Quezon has occupied has not been reported since Tues- joint headquarters with Gen. Doug: day. |las MacArthur and has been co- The Japanese news agency Domei ! operating with the American leader said the plane was bringing dele- | gates to the Southeastern Asia- Tokyo Conference, scheduled to start Sunday. The plane was last reported battling a severe wind storm over the bay southwest of Tokyo. The Indian conferencg is part of the Japapnese campaign to en- list the Indians living in the new- ly conquered Asiatic territories in SPY RING OF NAZIS ning for his benefit fight with Abe kground), witch the champ who Office Help, (Two Hundr;&_Operatives, Four Radio Stations under White House in Rlo Seized has suspended the| RIO DE JANEIRO, March 27—A gigantic” Nazi spy ring has been | which pay less than $1440 a year|smashed here with the arrest of |to start and higher-paid 51200 operatives and the seizure of | which couldn’t be filled otherwise.|four powerful radio stations, ac- This would cover about 90 percentcording to an official report issyed of the federal appointments in by the Chief of Police. , proceeding authorization, agitating the overthrow of British SMASHED The report states the Nazis have| the duration of the war it has let | Washington and in the nation at down some of the bars regulating |large, appointment to civil service jobs.|apply to federal employes every-| house for war secrets The new rulings, of course,!been using this city as a clearing | from the| closely. This arrangement, it was reported, is being continued with the approval of the American and Australian governments. e BULGARIA BREAKING WITH RUSS !King Boris mpply Hitler with 200,000 Soldiers | Is Berlin Report LONDON, March 27. — Europe is stirred uneasily in anticipation of Hitler's next move. The London Daily Malil, quoting | reports from Berlin, said King Boris | of Bulgaria has agreed to break off | relations with Russia, under Ger- man pressure, and supply Hitler with | 200,000 troops. Dispatches claim that “Bulgarian | divisions are moving toward the | southern frontier, particularly in the lower Maritze Valley.” The dispatches said the Bulgarian move indicates a threat on the Brit- | ish Allies and still neutral Turkey, the latter’s role in the war drama not exactly known for a certainty. -, - MR. AND MRS. BELLAMY ing MacArthur in the PmuPpincs‘the,v are close to cities and amuse- because, they said, he feared thc‘ment centers, I am going back general as a political opponent. One to urge as strongly as is possible Democratic Senator, whose re-nom- | that other motion picture folk take ination Roosevelt vigorously opposed |time to come up here and also in the famous purge of 1938, ac-"thav, greups of entertainers be sent i tually remarked at a dinner table: up to put on shows at the bases,” - | “We are demanding that Roosevelt he declared. t’"“ order:) I ntendod to | bring MacArthur back, but I hope| Asked if he felt his trip had been oacpry the Stock of (5 P ‘ / Shojeenle ren he keeps him there and MacArthur | worthwhile, Mr. Brown sald, “In-| T ould "fi'::’ un‘ly ol ;’::’;‘:x::n ;o:khui:::e Y is taken prisoner. Then the re-|deed it has. Everywhere we went oo o Lol ol etell, it is (Continved on Page Four) said, BUY DEFENSE STAMPS —_————— On the other, it has virtually sus-|where. fUnnel! States and Great Britain. STAN GRUMMETT LEAVES | pended the state quota system, un-| Here is a brief of the new tem-| o gt Stan Grummett, insurance man,der which civil service appoint-|porary procedure that went into| HOWARD SKIPPERS {of Juneau, left today for a short ments were portioned out among|gperation March 16: HAVE BABY N business trip to Petersburg. |the states according to population.| 4 Mr. and Mrs. Howard Skipper this 3 ———————— Suspending the state quota SYS-|..iiiive examinations usually are|MOrDing became the parents of ‘a KEN EDWARDS LEAVES |tem means that while the war lasts held, the Commission will laccept!s‘""' Coman Giles; welgll}n;t 7 Ken Edwards, wholesale repre-| the government can draw on quuli-;u many applications as it lis;urrs,pc'""ds' 10 ounces. Mrs. Skipper ‘fled_workf:rs who live within com- | e win be jobs to fill, with a|is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, | muting distance in Maryland a\ncl‘“me lee-way. Walter Petnucci. | Virginia. - AR e L S The Civil (Continued on Page Three) BUY DEFENSE BO! WASHINGTON, March 27— | The War Production Board to- | day ordered the Nation's tea | consumpticn to be cut in half to conserve the dwindling tea supplies. RETURN FROM SITKA Mr. rived and Mrs. Ben Bellamy ar- last night in Juneau from a trip to Sitka where Mr. Bel- lamy had gonme on business. He is one of the well known whole- sale representatives who head- quarters in Juneau. > BUY DEFENSE STAMPS For positions for which com-! NDS Service Cominission, | (Continued on Page Two)