The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 3, 1942, Page 1

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LVIIL, NO. 8999. “ALL THF, NEWS ALL THE TIME” " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JAPANESE UNITS MOPPED UP ON BATAN Air Blows Are Struck By British, Germans RAFMAKES | BIGATTACK NEAR PARIS English Coa?—iHard Hit in| New German Bomb- ing Raid l | | BULLETIN—London, April 3 | —The RAF in continuation of | the most extensive two-sided daylight aerial operations in many months, sent squadrons of fighters and bembers roaring across the English Channel | late today in blasting attacks on the Nazi bases at Boulogne, Calzis and other enemy occu- | pied areas farther north. | LONDON, April 3—In the fierc-| est exchange of air blows in many months, Royal Air Force planes nayy can't have all the roads they | last night inflicted heavy damage on the Matford truck plant out- side Paris, raided the docks at LeHavre and carried out Iighter\ (Continued on Page Three) “The WASHINGTON—The decision 1o} give up double pay for Sunday and | holiday work in war plants wasn't| the only thing that happened at the closed-door meeting of the| CIO executive board. There was| a lot more that wasn't released to the press. | One sensational item was the| | the Highway Construdtion in States Halted Until Roads Found fo Be of Necessity By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, April 3—Appar- |ently road builders and planners in some states have failed to under- stand that “highways-as-usual” are out for the duration just as posi- tively as “business as usual.” The trek of persons to Washi ton demanding that roads be built as usual or even faster and the volume of mail to congressmen with same request not only con- tinues but seems to be growing. Rep. Wilburn Cartwright, of Ok- lahoma, chairman of the House roads committee, says: “Often the roads these people seek have some military value as indeed almost ev- ery road has in the final analysis But,” he adds, “even the army and like.| Only the most urgent con- structicn is possible.” Not so very long ago, congress | appropriated $150,000,000 for na- | tional defense highways—but only after a lot of fiddling round ,and the passage of one measure which the President vetoed on the grounds Standard Ol Sold Gas fo Axis Airline Nazi PIanesFfing Spies to South America Sup- plied, Says Berle that too many of the road-build- lers in congress still were thinking lin terms of ‘“political” allocation of highway money. | On the basis of first war needs | tirst, $100,000,000 of this appropri- |ation has already been many of the projects. cles, it is considered positive that | new appropriations will have to | be made soon. But let's see what “first war needs first” consist of. | Aside from the access roads to | new military encampments, there |are such vital needs as—let us say | —the new Ford bomber plant at | Ypsilanti, Mich. This new fac- | tory will employ around 50,000 per- |sons. A pre-survey indicates that 22,000 private cars will be used m getting labor to and from work. by truck; products will move out that way. This is only one of 750 plants in Michigan supplying war materials, says Cartwright, and according to (Continued on Page Three) LA FOLLETTE ASKS BILL ~ FOR LABOR | A Profecion Against Op-| | pressive Practices In- WASHINGTON, April 3 — With allocated | and construction is under way on| In some cir- Plant officials say that 25 percent| of the raw materials will come in| 60 percent of finished| ' duded in Measure | { WASHINGTON, April 3—Adolf DEFENSEOF TANKS, MEN ALLIESNOW | BATTLE AT LENINGRAD Heavy Figh}ifi Reported- 25,000 Germans Re- porfed Killed (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) A heavy battle in which tanks and men are in combat with the tempo “rising every hour that passes” is reported raging on the Leningrad front. The Russians declare that 25,000 | - IN REVERSE [Right Wing_ Is Cracked at’ Prome-Indians Still | ‘ Squabbling (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) ! Grave new reverses mark the Al- |lied defense in Burma. | The British Headquarters ac-| knowledges the Japanese have cracked the right wing anchor at |Prome, key to Burma's vital oil fields. Germans have been killed and huge ! With the Japanese invasion ! war supplies have been captured threatening next ‘door in Burma [in 13 days of fighting around the leaders of India’s millions still{old Czarist Capital City and the wrangled bitterly over the Brit-|neighboring Staraya sector, also n ish proposal to grant India self-|the Kalinin sector. e rule after the,K war in return for| It is not immediately clear as fighting now against the Japan-|ito whether the Russians are mak- ese. ling a major attempt to break out Chiang Kai Shek’s Plea of Leningrad or the Germans are Chiang Kai Shek advocates war on the offensive hoping to knock “noticeable lessening” of the great Russian winter drive on the third said he has intervened in the ne- gotiations, urging India to accept | the British proposals. | successive day and stressed German Chiang Kai Shek has sent a|offensive operations asserting that |special messenger to convey his|Nazi troops have captured a “fair- views to Pandit Jawaharal Nehru,|ly large number of villages.” Mohandas Gandhi’s partner in lead-| -3 z | ership of the Indian-“National Con-{ Burma Situation Critical In Burma, the situation is criti-| cal at both ends of the British- Chinese defense lines guarding the Burmese oil fields and major source (10 FIGHTS DISMISSAL of China’s gasoline and oil sp- plies. The British - acknowledge they| OF SEAMEN have been forced to retire north of Prome, less than 100 miles south of Yenangyaung, falling "back af-| 3 TRpey ter night longz fighting in the| Unlons Ask Trials for Men ungles south of the Irrawaddy| iver. town. | Allegedly Dismissed However, the British Headquarters | deny reports of tne landing of| | collaboration between China’s four |out the stubbornly resisting bar- hundred million and India’s throerier. hundred and ninety million. It is Hitler's Headquarters report a| demand of left-wing leaders that perle, Assistant Secretary of State, prices and wages be frozen. Be- lieve it or not, but the hottest| clamorers for freezing prices andi wages were Harry Bridges, Austral-/ jan-born longshoreman leader, and | Joe Curran, radical head of the| seamen. | CIO and AFL leaders have vig- orously opposed this. The ]eftis(s,’\ however, once turbulent isolation-| ists but now redhot all-outers since the Russo-Nazi war, loudly demand- ed a CIO stand in favor of drastic regulation. | “It's time we formulated a con-| structive war policy,” shouted Har-| ry Bridges. “We ought to take the lead instead of being pushed to| do things. We should declare for freezing prices and wages, the pay- | ment of overtime in defense bonds, and against slowdowns. Let's put an end to this petty squabbling among ourselves and concentrate 21l our efforts on winning the war.” Joe Curran, burly head of the Greater New York Industrial Un- testified tcday before the Senate Defense Investigating Committee that Standard Oil Company of New Jersey refused to stop selling avia- tion gasoline to German and Ital- ian airlines in South America untii its Brazilian subsidiary was placed on the black list. Berle said “in fairness” that the Standard Oil Company has cooper- ated wholeheartedly with the State Department since then. Senator James M. Mead of New York declared it was regrettable that the State Department had to use so mmuch force to bring about cooperation and said Berle's tes- timony did not bear out the senti-| ment expressed by Standard Oil officials who had appeared before the committee. The black list was prepared by the State Department showing firms trading with United States companies on forbidden grounds. Those blacklisted had dealings with enemy powers. Earlier Wiiliam LaVarre, Com- merce Department official, had the assertion that labor needs to| be assured that the War Emergency is not being used to deprive it of its right, Senator Bob LaFollette of Wisconsin has introduced a biil fixing criminal penalties for “op-| | pressive labor practices.” These include, according to La-| Follette’s bill, the use of strik | breakers, private armed guards, possession or use of firearms and |tear gas during labor disputes and interference with peaceful picket- ing. THREE SINKINGS BY AXIS U-BOATS (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Three new sinkings in the Axis submarine campaign against Am- erican shipping are announced by are missing. 1 Maritime sources in Havana say a fourth U. S. ship, a freighter has - | !law giving Knox dismissal powers. {the Navy and 17 men of their crews| Under Knox Japanese sea borne troops at the| E west Burma port of Akyab, only NEW YORK, April 3—Two CIO 100 miles from the Indian frontier|,njons protesting which would have been an even | ing of 1,000 merchant seamen since greater setback. Pearl Harbor by Secretary of the g | Navy Frank Knox, are planning (o | contest the constitutionality of the | operators and 600 shipyard workers |said by President Joseph Curran lof the National Maritime Union to have been discharged by Knox are !also demanded by Curran and Jo- seph Seely, president of the Ameri- can Communications Association. R - Army Goes Info Crash T 'W. 5. OLSON WILL ficers, Three Enlisted 4 ; ‘ AT BRISTOL BAY Men Are Killed i ‘1 W. S. Olson, superintendent of WEST GREENWICH, Rhode Is-jthe Wood River cannery operated iland, April 3—A medium Army/by the Red Salmon Packers in bomber crashed in the woodlands|Bristol Bay, passed through Juneau Japanese in Alaska fo BeRounded Up, Sentfo | State Defenfion Camps All persons of Japanese blood,|the Act of November 30, 1940, 54 | whether American citizens or other- | gyat. 1220, and the Act of August wise, are to be excluded from Al {21, 1941, 55 Sta 55 E aska and must report on April . A1; 86 B U8, CHEE e 0, Sec. 104), from which all pér- 50 that* they may be transported | to the continental limits of the | sons being of the Japanese race of United States. This is according | greater degree than half blood and to an Executive Order of the Presi- |all males of the Japanese race over dent and by a proclamation issued 16 years of age, of half blood, 'shall by Maj. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, be excluded, Jr., Commander of Alaska Defense,| “Now, therefore, it is ordered received by The Empire from head- and directed that all persons of quarters at Fort Richardson, with|Japanese blood as aforesaid wheth- the request that the widest pos- er American citizens or otherwise sible publicity be given, The do, on April 20, 1942, report to the proclamation is as follows: Commanding Officer of the Army “By authority of the Executive |Post most convenient to them, in Order 9066 of the President of the|order that they may be transportad United States, dated February 20,|to the Continental limits of the 1942, and as an Army Commander | United States. designated thereunder by the Sec-| “In accordance with the above retary of War, I, S8imon B. Buuk«iExocutlve Order of the President ner, Jr, Commanding General of |of the United States, it is requested the Alaska Defense Command do|that all Executive Departments, in- hereby declare the Territory of Al-|dependent establishments and oth- aska to be a military area which |er Federal Agencies and other civil requires every possible protection |authorities give aid and assistance | against espionage and against sab-|to said persons and the military otage to National Defense material, authorities designated to the end National Defense premises, and that this order may be carried out National Defense utilities as de- | effectively and with a minimum of tined in Section 4, Act of April 20, hardships to persons affected here- | 1918, 40 Stat. 533, as amended by by.” Forces of - Stilwell Beat Japs ?Chinese Troops Under U S. Command Drive In- | | vadersfrom !(yongon (CHILE BALKS IN BREAKING AXIS HOLDS PresidenTS;ys Parting with U. S. Enemies Not Immediate the alleged fir-| CHUNGKING, April 3 — LieuL} Gen. Joseph Stilwell's Chinese’ |troops have attacked the Japanese at Kyongon and driven the in- vaders from the town they cap- tured several days ago. Large quan- tities of war booty were also taken,| says the Chinese communique is- sued late this afternoon. Kyongon blocked the road to | Mandalay and is 10 miles north of Toungoo. y The battle between the Chinese and Japanese is said to have been the fiercest so far in the Burma | campaign. i ALASKA COASTAL © MAKES FUGHTS | 10 SITKA, TAKU On the first flight of the day to Sitka this morning, outgoing pa: engers on the Alaska Coastal Air-| lines plane were Sophie Harris,| | | | SANTIAGO, Chile, April 3 | Chilean President Juan Antonio Rios, in an inaugural address, indi- cated that his administration is not | planning an immediate break with | the Axis in diplomatic relations. Rios hinted that Chile break “only if his nation would call for it.” However, the new President also promised that Chlle would | “faithfully carry out its duties in continental solidarity.” ,e-— — CANADIANBOATS | MAY CARRY U.S. | GOODS PART WAY Allow Shipments from' » Prince Rupertfo | would | Alaska Ports | INVADERS CAUGHT N BIG TRAP Defenders Counfer Attack After Lines Enfered- Isolate Nippons WASHINGTON, April 3 — The War Department reported today that a savage Japanese attack yes- terday penetrated the American- Filipino - defense lines on Batan Peninsula, but that an equally sav- age counter attack soon closed the gap and isolated several Japanese units which Gen. Jonathan Wain- | wright's troops now are mopping up. Two days ago, the invaders had attempted to penetrate the defend- ing lines but were halted and thrown back in fierce hand-to- hand fighting, There was no further report to- day on the Jap aerial attack on Corregidor Island and other Ameri- can Manila Bay harbor defenses, but yesterday, the War Depart- ment announced that no serious damage had been done by the Jap warplanes which flew at such high altitudes that the bombing was in- effective. The defenders’ big guns on Cor- regidor were still replying 0 fire of Jap batteries on the sot the same time that the Japanese radio announced that many of the island defenses on Corregidor had been damaged beyond repair, e OPA TALK " OVER PRICE FREEZING All Consumer Goods, Re- tail, Wholesale Ceilings May Be Affected WASHINGTON, April 3—An ors der freezing prices of all consumer goods not already under ceiling or- ders is under discussion between high officials of the OPA of the War Production Board, it was |learned today. Such a blanket freezing order ta be applied both to retail and wholesale levels has been discussed for some time according to respon- sible OPA sources. The meetings, said the spokes- man, have been “more frequent re- cently,” but he added that no defin~ ite decision has yet been reached. Ereéméie shore of Manila Bay yesterday at” = jon Council, echoed Bridges’ de- b mands, alss demanded @ bare.|testified the oil company provided|Peen ternadaed 3": sunk some- |, oo hore this afternoon then ex- |this week on his way to the West-| it B0l B0 S Bob M- ‘ knuckle stand toward John L.|fue! supplies to German and Ital-|¥ 6To. NOTER> GF SN . _|ploded Killing all five occupants,|ward to prepare for the season’s : { g Gov.* Ernest Gruening has in- | i fan airlines which served as the| It is understood T e sink- {5 officers and three enlisted men. |operations. | Mo AT ;fa'ri'hxfi'“: R | formed Acting Governor E, L. Bart H | b 5 % i ‘ona. iNgs announced by the Navy oc- s sec or Sitke . L. n “Lewis 8ad’ his [ gabg feoently ;;a;;s sOxres(:?:g;.:nger:i:lsheg?:d‘r‘urred several weeks ago and in- Wil the annCURSIARL. by zhe‘ Onel cncl:'wry»ur me.CO(TprEl?ylwuyM”" Kenyon MacLean and herjlett that Secretary of the Trea-| |(y( es ‘ pies D! | First Corps Area. operate this season and all local| .. opier “Bonnie MacLean made|sury Henry Morgenthau has waived | ) withdrew the charter of a big New York Local,” Curran declared, “for no other reason than that the Local wouldn't kowtow to him. I'm for the CIO giving this Local a charter and defying Lewis and his crew.” Note: Neither Lewis nor any of his henchmen attended the board meeting. LEWIS’ DUN Lewis' dun for $1,650,000, which he claims the CIO owes the United Mine Workers, also came in for returning valuable commodities to Axis countries. —————— DIMOND PUTS TRAVEL BILL T0 CONGRESS cluded two medium sized merchant | |vessels in the Caribbean Sea and |a small tug towing three barges off |the Atlantic Coast. War lfisk Insurance * Rates Are Increased LONDON, April 3—Underwriters \announced today sharp increases in | | war risk insurance rates of ship-| ! ping lines because of recent in-| labor is to be employed, Mr. Olson |said while in Juneau. He visited ‘wiLh his many friends while he | was in town. Mr. Olson was form- erly superintendent of the Narnak ‘Lanncr)’ of Pacific American Fish- | eries. | e | MRS. GEORGE FOLTA AND (HILDREN TO LEAVE FOR SOUTH The bomber was on a routine flight at the time of the crash. — .- GERMANS CLAIM 36 WAR VESSELS ARE SENT DOWN BERLIN, April 3—German Mil-| itary Headquarters claim the Nazi, the trip. Airmail was also carried | Four round trips were made to | Taku by the Alaskan Coastal this ‘morning to bring in passengers from | the Taku-Polaris mine. | MRS. KENYON MacLEAN AND DAUGHTER LEAVE | FOR SITKA TO VISIT| Mrs. Kenyon MacLean, who re- compliance with provisions of the so-called Jones Act to permit the transportation of merchandise on Canadian vessels between Prince Rupert and Alaska points, and be- lween points in Alaska, ment of goods from the Eastern United States to Prince Rupert by rail, and thence to Alaska ports via Canadian vessels, thus allow- ing a cheaper shipping rate on any goods which Alaska could obtain |from the East. The waiver, how- This would open the way for ship- | Immediately |War Production Board Will Ration Them Where Needed WASHINGTON, April 3 — The sale, shipment and delivery of the new adult bicycles have been fro- bitter words. st 5o incl v T Y J. R. Bell, his brother-in-law and! | tensiication of the war ‘at sea. The| 'y subk 86 war ":;Z"‘*fl;"l::““g“}: Mrs, George Folta, whose hus-|cently suffered & broken ankle,|ever, still does not permit Can- zen by the War Department Board CIO controller, was forced to admit| WASHINGTON, April 3—Alaska increase includes seven percent,| .. ... g ine pebruary and band is Councillor-at-Large for the|left today by plane for Sitka and|adian vessels to carry perishables efiective immediately, it was an- 3 that until Lewis demanded repay-|Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has formerly six percent on shipping March, | Department of the Interior in Al-|will visit with her mother, Mrs. A.|or other materials from Vancouver | nounced today. ‘ ment the sum had not been carried |introduced a bill to Congress which | t© Pacific ports via the Pacific. | e P R |1ska, is leaving this week for the| Lindegard at the defense city while where their trips begin The afinouncement said the ra- i on the CIO books as a debt. Also,|would authorize the head of any! VERET kg ar <l S ! south. .She will be accompanicd|she recuperates. She was accom-| The waiver does allow Canadian tioning will be used in distributing CIO president Phil Murray bluntly |government agency to pay the ac- MRS. HARRY HANSON AND | VIRGINIA ANDERSON by her two children, Claire and penied by her small daughter, ships to carry goods between Al-|the velocipedes so that defense questioned the validity of the debt|tual transportation and subsistence DAUGHTER TO GO SOUTH| JOINS A. 8. C. STAFF Dicky. | Bonnie. |aska ports. | workers and other persons needing and pointed out that most of it|eXpenses for employes to and from| Mrs. Harry Hanson and her| — | They are going to Pennsylvania| R - o . e e | bicycles will be able to buy them was incurred while Lewis was head | their homes when assigned to ser-|daughter Judy, will leave this week| Miss Virginia Anderson has|to visit Mrs. Folta’s family until| Canada is planning to manufact- | |instead of the present buyers, who | of the CIO. vice beyend the limits of the con- | for the south on their way to San | joined the office staff of the Alaska | next fall. ure synthetic rubber from petroleum | At uw. close of the first World don't need the bikes, and are snap- E Murray also indicated that he tinental United States. | Prancisco where they will visit| Steamship Company in Juneau suc- e e i pipe-lined from the mid-continent K War, U. S. Marines had been award~ iping them up on the market. b | fields of the United States, the De- |ed 1,660 decorations by nine allied | = >oo - o There are six Philadelphia’s in the United States. | Mrs. Hanson's mother, Mrs. K. J.|ceeding Mrs. F. T. Sterling who lNclson for some time. recently resigned. — - BUY DEFENSE STAMPS partment of Commerce reports. BUY DEFENSE BONDS | | j countries. 1 (Continued on Page Four)