The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 2, 1942, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS AL L THE T I.’llh"’ "THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIIL, NO. 8998. Ml MBI R \S()UAH D PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SKIRMISHES | REPORTEDIN BATAN AREA Japs Big Dfi%—, However, . Seems fo Have Been Halted WASHINGTON, April 2— Sharp| skirmishes on Batan Peninsula are reported by the War Department today in the wake of the latest large scale attack by the Japanese on the American and Filipino de- fenders' positions but no general action followed yesterday’s' battle in which the troops of Gen. Jona- | than Wainwright brought a Jep-‘ anese attack to an abrupt halt in| a fierce hand-to-hand combat | Meanwhile, intermittent air at-| tacks continued around the clock | on the Manila Bay harbor de- fenses, but the War Department said that the Jap bombers were| forced to fly at such high alti- tudes that the bombing was made/ ineffective. | At the same time, the big guns | of Fort Mills on Corregidor Island engaged in a duel with the Jap batteries on the south shore of Lhe‘ bay. The War Department com- | munique said that neither the Jap bombing or shelling inflicted any damage on the defenders’ forts. Even while the big batteries on Corregidor Island roared out at the (Continued on Page Three) ”lhei & (The Brass Ring, good for a free ride on the Washington Merry-Go-Round—and in this case a bumpy one—goes to Jo- seph W. Powell, Assistant to Secretary of thé Navy Knox.) WASHINGTON — Shortly after Frank Knox became Secretary of the Navy, he brought to‘Washing- + ton Joseph W. Powell, former vice- | president of the Bethlehem Ship- building Company. Since then Mr. .Powell has been | severely criticized by the Supreme | Court and put on the grill befcrei the Naval Affairs Committee in| connection with the construction | of the Sea Otter. And last week, the President of the United States, after admitting » that the Sea Otter had not been given a fair trial, icily remarked to Senators Gillette of Iowa and Brewster of Maine: | “Apparently the Secretary of the‘ Navy has lots of confidence in the judgment of Mr. Powell.” i POWELL'S RECORD ! To get the background, you have | to begin with the last war when| Powell in_1917 was vice- plesident of the Bethlehem Shtpbuildm,{ Company and when the Govern-| ment, desperately in need of ships,‘ asked Bethlehem to build them. Powell at that time made a bid | of 5119750000 on troopships and | tankers which the U. S. Smppinfll Board protested as “arbitrary” and| upon which his company subse- | quently made a profit of $24,000,- | 000 or 22 percent, with, as Justicc, Frankfurter expressed it, ‘“abso- lutely no risk of loss.” | Justice Frankfurter also took no- tice of Powell's friendship with Charles Piez, manager of the U. 8. Fleet Corporation. “Relations between Powell and: Piez were very close” Justice| Frankfurter said. “Piez, as Pow ell knew, had had no shipbuilding experience whatsoever, had implicic ¥ confidence in Powell's integrity and was accustomed to look to him for information and assistance with re-| spect to matters of shipbuilding.” | | e g | (Continued on Page Four) NEW TACKS |Congress Leader Nehur JAPS MASS FOR ATTACK ON AUSTRALIA THEORETIC - AIRATTACK ~ HITS CITY Low - Zoonfih& Seaplane | Makes Air Raid Drill Most Realistic | shortly before 11:30 o'clock. this forenoon, a lone plane zoomed low:l | over Juneau and theoretically emp-} | tied bombs on the city. Tmmedi-{, ately the air raid alarm blasted out its warning. People on the | streets scurried for cover and mem- |bers of Juneau Civilian Defense Unit hurried to their posts. Chil- dren evacuated the public schools and ran for shelter. The plane, piloted by Alex Hold- en, zoomed over the city twice. First aid stations were manned } to care for the theoretically wound- {ed and ambuiances roared up andj |down the streets holding up their end of the practice drill. Members of the auxiliary police [} i | division, rifles in hand, occupmd | posts protecting the docks and business houses. Air raid wardvns"w mok up their stands. | It was a touch of what the real | thing could be like and Juneau | residents were given a chance Iu” see just how fast death and de- | struction can strike from the air. ¢ It was Juneaws third Vab~ raid | rdrilt in as many weeks, the first Dressed for Iceland Weather Phoncpicio of the series carried out during | business and sehool hou | Soldiers of the United States Army stationed in Iceland are | A meeting of the Civilian De- | |fense Beard will be held in the| City Hall tonight at 8 o'clock fo May Confer on Defense with Gen. Wavell LONDON, April 2—Pandit waharlal Nehru, Mohandas Gandhi's partner in leadership of the In- maj conferred at Canberra, (right). This picture, sent out of Tok showing British officers at Singapore on their way to meet Japanese Lieut. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita to talk surrender terms. Machrthur Confers with Curfin This picture radioed from Melbourne to London, and then to New York. Here' sSmgaporeSurrenderScene JapsSay » by radio and made av: ble through a neutral country, was described Man at extreme right was identified as British Commander, I Perciv; n in center as a Japancse officer. Matzis (Ialm 105 Sinkings Last Month dian National Congress, is reported to be arranging a meeting with General Sir Archibald Waveli, Commander-in-Chief of the Asiatic forces, to discuss Indian defense The Daily Herald's correspondent in India saw in the meeting the ‘COn“l\ut‘d on Page “Three) INDIA MAY (OMPROMISE WITH CRIPPS {Congress Party Expeded fo| Submit Rejection and wearing the heavy clothing issued to protect them from the rigors of the hard winter in that frigid outpost. discuss the drill and determine its | NEw RATE effectiveness. pupils 1n the lower grades looked ! in momentary bewilderment, but with little indication of any ter- took their wraps and without any commotion marched to the out- doors and then hurried to homes Surcharge Reduction Only 7%, %, "o, e alarm naturally brought out some - | for Sokl"h;asl Al | defects which will be ccrrected. He |signed to them in Juneau in per- WASHINGTON, April 2 — The | fect order. Maritime Commission order fixing pany’s basic rate so as nm 'o‘ yield a return of more percent applies to Alaska s}nppmg which the Commission ordered re- iuced from 45 percent to 20 per-| cent, applies to Southeast Alaska | dered the surcharge reduction be effective by next Monday. revision of basic rates to fix the Teachers report that at the firet zoom of the plane the eyes of the S 0 | u 'ror, and at the sound of the alarm IND'A plAN 1 ExplAINED went stoically to their cloak rooms, or other shelters. Supl A. B. Phillips announced said that a checkup showed that bus pupils went to the homes as- Alaska Steamship Company and the Northland Transportation Com- zenerally, it was disclosed today. The surcharges reduction, however,; only. “ The Commission yesterday or-| return rate to 6 percent was or-| dered to be brought about by May | 646,000 Tons Allied Shipping Destroyed BERLIN, April 2 — The German Navy Air Force has sunk 105 mer- Royal Not Unreasonable The Commission said it found| “the existing 45 percent surcharge‘ able on rates for Alaska ports ing March, the Nazi command has and other than in Southeast Alaska, reported. and we further find that the sur-/ The communique asserts that 91 jectives and communic: ations. . , COllnler Pro osa| harge is unreasonable to the ex-|ships totaling 584,000 tons ha In the far ranging raids effected PAA traffic department stalf in the A:‘x}f,\ is going p tent that it exceeds 20 percent on|been sent to the bottom by U- during the night, says the British | that city. V-mail” the photographing of let- ST ters on small film, NEW DELHI, April 2—Both Sir| o Gommission reported that it chantmen said to have suffered ! repor inet member so desires. | 4 * German Command Asserts Blows in Batfle of Russia MISS HEDWIG HUMM hasn’t been shown to be unreason- chant ships, totaling 646,000 tons dur- bombed again last night arountl Paris against industrial ob- rates for Southeast Alaska ports.”|boats alone, in addition to 39 mer- Air Ministry, fifteen bombers are RAFBOMB Mail Mus! Go fo Army; PARISIAN FACTORIES New System Is Planned By JACK STINNETT Division office here since last De- cember, will leave' this week for Fairbanks where. she will join the and Northwest yermany need for supplies, the problel an easy one to solve. According to Brig.-Gen ted .missing. CORDOVA ATTORNEY General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of the United Nations' forees in the southwest Pacific, Australia’s seat of government, with the continent’s Prime Minister, John Curtin as al; For Special Speedy Move num- | troops, WASHINGTON, April 2—There| Struck at Communica- ISTO JOINPAA STAFF ac naray any lensins the Am| { won't go to see that the mail goes tion I.mes fo East IN FAIRBANKS OFFICE tiouh o the boys, no matter | where they are. LONDON, April 2—The British| Miss Hedwig Humm, who has| But with ever-increasing Air Force k«m its word and | been in the traffic department of bers of troops in far places such| in West the Pan American Airw Alaska as Treland, Iceland and Australia, and every inch of space on ships Burma, m isn'y Bay of Bengal from Calcutta. That's why | to inaugurate east of the India-Burma boundary. " pe | oilfields, ,f the Irrawaddy River town of Prome, Manila Bay Harbor Defenses Under Attack '8 DIVISIONS - OFINVADERS AREONJAVA 'Nippons Rébdr'ted Await- | ing Signal fo Start Next Offensive MUST HIT QUICKLY:; U. 5. IS MOVING FAST \New Guiea Campaign ls | Halted by Torrential | Rains, Air Losses SYDNEY, April 2—The Sun's cor- respondent in the United Nation's ! headquarters reports that eight | fully equipped Japanese Divisions, |from 125,000 to 150,000 men, are |now believed to be massed on the Island of Java and especially at | Singapore, awaiting the starting of | the signal for Japan's next major offensive. { The forces on Java are said to include large numbers of parachute | troops. ! The Sun’s correspondent said the growing flow of aid to Australia from the United States is con- | sidered likely-to speed- Japan's-next move, implying am attempted in< vasion of Australia. OVERLAND DRIVE HALTED MELBOURNE, April 2—The Jap- ;.’meae are believed to have halted | their attempted overland driye «in !New Guinea on account of tor- rential rains and because of the | fact they have been robbed tem- | porarily of air superiority by the | rising Allied strength, | Recent movements indicate now an attack may be made on Aus- }uunu from the sea. This is seen bv concentrating of enemy ships espvdully at Lae and Salamaua, It is also reported aircraft car- | riers have been seen south of Java | from which bombers have made | raids on northern Australia. An attack was made today on Darwin, the eleventh raid so far but it is reported there was no damage, no casualties. " JAPANESE ~ TROOPERS IN AKYAB 'Force Landed af West Bur- | ma Port, Covered by Naval Vessels CHUNGKING, April 2 — The Chinese spokesman says Japanese covered by a force of cruisers and destroyers, have land- ed at Akyab, chief port in West only 350 miles across the Akyab is only. 100 miles south- | The landing of the Japanese | forces at Akyab represents a direct William | threat to the rear British Imperial lines guarding the Central Burman These lines are based on 180 miles southeast of Akyab. e — + | meyer, LIEUTENANT TO BE BURIED TOMORROW Lieutenant Charles W. From- who died some weeks ago from aboard a ship, will be buried at 2 g"‘"‘"d Cripps and the All-Indialy i found the Alaska Steamship heavy damage by torpedo and| The British interpretation on AND FAMILY RETURN C. Rose, the Army’s No. 1 mailman ongress Party of Mohandas Gand- | ¢o5any had made a 1941 return bomb hits. |these attacks sces them as new HOME FROM OU’ ;!“"“’”‘1 hundred letters can :‘ and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru|,¢ j;5 percent on its investment. e [ blows in the battle of Russia, since| Walter H. Hodge, attorne photographed on a small roll | ':‘eu":mmwd their willingness 1| ,,4 the Northland Cmpany, 687 (hey were directed primarily against | Cordova, with Mrs, Hodge md'hlm Hundreds of rolls can be negotfaie. o compoherie solution on | oo previously, the commission FJREMEN TO ELECT railway. lines carrying munitions|thetr daughters, Margaret and Pa- | Famsported to our distant theatres (o ndian Independence problew lnag set 7.5 percent, a5 the fair from the Ruhr to the Eastern front | tricta. 'are rebiFitig home aftec|Of WAr :operations and there en- . waitingicaha g, rate of return on the companies’ OFFICERS TONIGHT «nc ‘against a truck making fac- |4 visit in the States. |larged photostatic copies made for The Executive committee of che properties. tory eight miles outside of Paris. s 2 | delivery.. Not only will the mail| i party, India’s most powerful politi- | |go through but it will go through ik - e rev 3 order followed . 7 ———— - v ‘ - 4 cal organiztion, s, expested to|, 0o revised m\ewv e -"m .|, Flection of officers will take place MR, AND MRS.GRAF | taster and much more safely deliver tonight a detailed rejection g“‘““g" held "‘1 o R " O.|ionight when the members of the ANCHORAGE MATRONS | ON WAY HOME TO | 2 3 i cattle after Alaskans wro Ié : T SE R 3 4 lof the British offer of posf b"”h;.;dm‘]v?;icz:j .S(mx‘l’t‘:L ;\U (t]m 15“1)01'~ Juneau anunbeer Fire Department IN SOUTH | SEWARD H.(),\I‘ SOUTH | Navt (o decent and regular food dominion. &latus in’ retirn for m“‘"cem vl 'n'}:e S :{Old their regular meeting at the | .Mr and Mrs, J. H. Graif, of [gho Army considers mail |war participation now under Brit-| K (.l( ge. B ire hall vn_t 8 o'clock. Mrs. Arthur Burston, wife of an|Seward, are refurning to thelr | yome the most important moral ish guidance. {1 8aid Gov. Bries: Omenine In addition to election, othet Anchorage druggist and Mrs. Lloyd |heme in the Westward city after piiger for troops. So far, It is understood, however, that 2::«1ir‘i:\{im’:mc}l"ht:s:l&t:;‘ \\":mt 'u) l;::"::it(’(wi‘]'l""br:’t‘I;“’.“"h:. ,“:fi ‘:,‘,_ Hinds, whose husband is an op- &n extended, visif in the States.| General Rose, only one ship carti- |the committee is also drafting| ... Mfl_k; th O e o o] I b e 4 i 0- | tometrist in Anchorage, with the |Mr. Graff is owner of the telephone |0 majl to Army forces abroad| | counter proposals to be submitted | anor e 5% g sl 5 . X e [1atter’s small child passed through company in Seward and formerly 'y, peen sunk. - Since, - Obone IF e Britlli war cab| TOROTAnt_ Fiolong i O e | Juneau this week on their way to| owned the power company in that| ot | 7 Continued on Bage Three) BUY DEFENSE STAMPS Seattle to visit with relatives. |city. (Continued on Page Three o'clock tomorrow afternoon with military services arranged by .the American Legion. = Services will be held in Charles most of the|W. Carter's Chapel and burial ‘will be in the American Legion plot of (e Evergreen Cemetery. &