The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 9, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ———pe e — VOL LVIIL, NO. 9004. / JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1942 DEFENSE OF BATAAN PENINSULA FALLS ¢ 4 4 & L4 4 4 & S 4 4 American-Filipino Forces Are Exhausted 2 CRUISERS ‘Mm?dM":flfiszw HOUSES | DawnPairols Take fo irfor Their Dufies HEROIC COUNTER ATTACKS OFBRISH =~ &Y AREBANNED [ ¢ ~ OF WAINWRIGHT'S FORCES SENT DOWN &4 2R DURINGWAR 468 . wcuuwy VIRTUALLY CEASE, BELIEF WASHINGTON, April 9—Overwhelming Jdlldni.'se fore: comwa", 10,000 Tofls and‘ W o ‘war Pmduchon Bola.rd Is- in the Philippines, the War Department communique says Dorse'Shlre 9 900 TO“S \ Y g 5 . sues Order cuna”mg 4 is mo rning, have made advances and indicated the pmh- ’ 1 - % i 5 ¥ f y that the “defense of Bataan Peninsula has been over- Sunk by Jap Bombs L4 e Construction i o : 3 3 This situation exists despite the heroic counter attack attempt by the physically exhausted defenders. RE R | % 2 3 WASHINGTON, April 9 — The | ) ) ) 1.100 (REW MEMBERS : 9 I |war Production Board has pro- ey . ) | Informed quarters here expressed the growing belief ARE REPORTED SAVED . I | hibited new construction of non-| ey L R !that the stubborn resistance of the American-Filipino troops, % { | essential residences, roads and com- | > TR | who have held part of Bataan Peninsula since early in Janu- BRI i i mercial buildings, and also has in- : " ; | ary against all Japanese attacks, has virtually ceased. Several Allied Merchant | L : 3}:3‘“:1“;:;;“ h“;‘c’;r;;"i"bll‘:‘;: :‘f“"fi‘w . £ T | Army men also express a doubt that the large numbers i . . > g s S | of the surviving troops could be evacuated under fire across . : materials being used are needed in| ¥ » Shl S Also Re ofled g . It s » Itwo miles of cpen water between the southern tip of the p p i T SIES W prugTRGREELe oraRs ) o R PG Peninsula and the island fortress of Corregidor which is still H \ v 4 3 ¥ effective today. ommpam e ” LOS', Ind|an ofeafl 4 ] | The new ruling specifically bans 3 | held by the American forces. —_— o < any residential constructicn of $500 | | Such evacuation operation for the defeated forces, these LONDON, April 9—Two British | 3 % or more other than maintenance army men noted, would be notoriously one of the most dif- ficult of all actions. 8-inch gun cruisers, the 10,000 ton 5 i . | repairs without government per-| Cornwall and 9,000 ton Dorsetshire, mission. . It bars agricultural con-| The army men pointed to the last report of Lieut. Gen. whose torpedoes finished off the | Attractive lrmxnrdODle"r‘S do- | struction, such as barns, if the cost| | : Wainwright stating that the counter attack of his First Corps German battleship Bismarck little | ’M“;!a:’;”é:;c;“"gfl'"%,';:?::,Ubr;zfif is over $1,000. Other types of con- | . [failed “due to the complete physical exhaustion of the less than a year ago, have been ' struction are limited to $5,000 i [troeps.” This “exhaustion condition” is given as another M[MBF R ASSOUA l"f D PRlbb PRICE TEN (‘.ENTS sunk by Japanese bombers rang- ing suit she wears a gray-blue mon- ing over the Bay of Bengal and battering at the thinly stretched British Naval communication in India. The British Admiralty announces that 1100 crew members have been saved. Dispatches from New Delhi, In- dia, announced also that the com- | bined enemy naval and air at- tacks have resulted in the sinking of several allied merchant ships in the Indian Ocean area The British Admiralty reports that 400 to 500 survivors have been landed on the Orissa Coast. The shock of the loss of the twc British powerful ships rubbed the gilt off the Admiralty’s announce- ment a few hours earlier that a British submarine had sent a 10,000 (Continued on Page Six) Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON— and ROBERT S. ALLEN WASHINGTON—There 1s a. lot more in the wind at the special executive board meeting of the key fur coat with flawless sleeves and no collar. JOHNSON IS HERO, NEW AGREEMENT Unifed States Emlssary Is Credited with Bringing Anglo-India Accord NEW DELHI, April 9—A general| | understanding on the main points between the British and politically |articulate Hindus appeared to be The WashihgtonT at hand with the reported assent of leaders of the All India Con- gress party and the Hindu Ma- hasabha to the establishment of national government for India. Such a government would serve |the Indians pending post war do- minion status offered by Britain as a result of reports by the British| The order applies to both private | and public construction. Exemp-| | ticns include army and government | jobs, replacements for recent fires |and similar losses, and houses un- |der $6,000 which came under the |rccent order regarding construc- tion in specified critical defense |areas, such as Seatll\‘ AFRICAN (AMPAIGN | OPENING Desert Armies Shifting Into Position for Fierce Eastern Drives (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) | Britain’s desert armies are swift- ly countering the threat of a new drive of 125,000 troops under Gen- |eral Rommel and are reported to e S. Navy blimp (top picture) prepares to take off from Moffett Sunrise was still forty-five minutes off at the time of lhulll (Photo approved by the U. S. N: mewhere in the F on its daily protective missi do not return until after dusk. ( The first of the dawn patrol ships gossamer streaks of dawn light appear in the sky. mlelv at nlghl becaust the bomb crews kfl'p ceaseless waleh over Klu coast, Los Angeles, Surroundmg Area, Goes Under Blackout fic Northwest” takes to the air as the first Because of the Army’s dawn patrol, Seattleites s‘lfl'p M’ARTHUR, AIDES HEAR | reason and a factor mitigating against evacuation of many Anf the defending forces. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson reports that Wain- wright’s force in the Philippines numbered 36,853 effective | troops when resistance apparently collapsed. The War Secretary indicated at a conference with the |newsmen that the bulk of this force has either been killed 'or captured. President Roosevelt has authorized the Commander in the Philippines to make any decision deemed necessary in \the light of events. Secretary Stimson said the figure of 36,000 in the Bataan force was received yesterday frem Gen. Wamwrlght but he stressed the ure included only men fighting on Bataan at that time and excluded Americans and Filipino |troops guarding the defenses of Corregidor and other islands. (umhdl.ml foru-s mclude some 6,000 Filipino laborers. —— For several days, Japanese hordes, swollen by fresh reserves and bul- 1s the epic battle on the narrow raged on with unabated | warked with bombers, tanks and | beavy artillery, plunged deeper into i”“ American position ofi Balaan | I “Both sides suffered terrible losses |in the bloody combat. The Japanese | gave no quarter to the heavily out- ‘numbvu'd defending army. Attack Without Pause The Japanese juggernaut, seek- [Secrefary of War Gwes ing o drive the flercely fighting ‘Amt-r an and Filipino soldiers into Defails on Supplies |ihe sea, made “adaitional progress” wav(' after wave of assault troops i i Gatsrament Shab the (ONfigeds paj: v t[):d;eu;:[, a:m n;:ll;ia:ve ‘;,:,L:“:‘-‘ Rea(hmg Ph|||pplfles ‘sturmed the defending lines without G T | £ va; xis ns . powerful United AutoWorkers this % _has finally come to terms. Fin Mo, g or on erlo as i s S pause. k | . | . WASHINGTON, Aprii 9— Secre- Enemy dive bombers roared over Roosevelt's personal minister to veek than the announced purpose r:edecide o i g o thep union | I#dia, Louis Johnson, was charac- | Mussolini's command has ac- l-n'v of War Henry L. Stimson dis- the battlefield, hurling explosives terized by the commentators on the | knowledged that the British are closed today that under direction 2nd pumping machine gun bullets for Sun- < po g 5 " 4 gl “;fli‘;le]g:‘fb;emll:ay Jor Sun-| onference as the *hero of the|counter-attacking on the Libyan Tll;OSnANG;‘"‘E(’ (";“ AR G l'Headqua”efS Staff Deep lof Brig, Gen. Robert Hurley, for-/at General Walnwright's men. By e \hour Y front, but asserted they have been' R mer Secretary of War, now United During the recent days, the o blackout trom 0.0 to 1054 |y Affected-Statement S minister to New zeaana, enemy's grand-scale offensive push- dications are that approval of this ‘ . Johnson, who arrived last week,|Peaten off. = L] 3 * AtEDLIs cer Al | 2 o'clock last night gent offorts were made bigin-ed back the defending army slowly A Usdiscitesd ftem on - thd) ook an Increastgly proninentpart| A Biliah hesdguaeters - in Cairo ls DEAD IN The Western Defense Commarnd |s Expe(ted Soon ning last January 11, to reinforce but steadily. g 5 s s G . agenda is the question of the UA\‘V‘;:‘ednoif“;La":;' q‘::ile‘:s bz‘:’gh:::: Z:fin;heth?",:l;:: ;::ggf :’:;e en said the blackout was caused by : {the besieged Philippine forces from | Without regard to the huge cost declaring open war on John Bl e S meatatod to‘wm‘d setn: Breaish abadtA TR oum the presence of unidentified planc MELBOURNE, Aprii 9—On re-|, pace in Australia. in dead and wounded, the Japanese Lewis and embarking on a cam- Peer A7 n'km'- i i e; et Oh% ; Ry | which later were identified a5 ceipt of the news of the fall of T} - Secretary said that sev- continued their advance, plugging paign to drive his cohorts out of m:-‘ b g Bo“eb 2 4 e :1 A o L o ‘e‘(‘i* friendly. Bataan, General Douglas MacAr- | eral ship loads of supplies were sent gaps in their forward wall with a Michigan. 1l x;u ad,sul.vag; & e mhm_ n- oube§ almAw o caphired. A half hour of radio silence pre- (hur went into conference with his|to the Philippines and part of never-ending stream of reinforce- T racint Gaiths Tawis ‘elomahte] 0], (described. him g8 BeIng. 8| Bumber. Of LA SOV betwoen ceded the blackout which was aides and was expected to issue!these reached Corrigedor an dBat- ments. have been very achive in the state.| Super Cripps. Tmimi and Elgazala. | caused effective after the first a statement later. - aan “but for every ship that ar- The focal point for the attack ——————— | ——— pratoee 1975 i The headquarte Aff was deep- |vived, we lost two ships.” was along the center flank of the Hand-picked henchmen have been| i ‘Forme[ Ul‘llfed S'afes AI- The blackout was the first here ly aifected by the news, because as| Secretary Stimson said that be- defending positions, a short dis- conducting an organizing drive| ) 0 among dairy farmers, signing them GAS DE[IVERY since February 25 when antiaircraft one officer said, “all our friends cause of these supplies the defend- tance from M‘{:”‘ Bay. torney at Juneau Pass- i s were never short of ammunition e T up as members of the United Mine | guns fired at unidentified objects are thes | . but they had been on short rations. Workers. ~Other henchmen have| A (U]‘ ORDERED | over the city. | Officers abpeared surprised that been active among utility, transpor- | 8 Away a' Age Of 61 — eee -~ * 'the end had Gome so soon, saying| The Secretary also said that more tation and construction workers. ATTA(K IS | . that military operations reports re- than half of the area of the Phil- BHll others, have ‘Rebn busy umder BY wp BOARD; flvE I ONERS ceived from Major-Gen. Jonathan |!PPIRes, composed of some 17,000 cover within the UAW itself. | SAN JOSE, Calif. April 9—Ar-| L WalwHght during the last 2¢|\12nds, still remained in American It was these last operations th\l‘ thur G. .Shoup, 61, once U. S otirs AHagast adleated Ay aud-‘“"" Filipino control but he be- decided UAW chiefs to call for a Su((ESSFUl WASHINGTON, April 9 — The Deputy Marshal and United States ARE Flowu HERE D I e e B s | eved - the, dalenke. wis relatively bare-knuckle showdown with the| War Production Board has ordered Attorney in Alaska, and former [ Artierioen Degiiton. aithongh it “"Sr\\wk' the forces being mostly Phil- gty iy ! | gasoline deliveries to service sta- Sitka mayor, died here last night — s e (e R o reservists armed ‘with) Privately they have been sore at| b o |tions in 17 Eastern states, Wash- after a long {llness. U. 8. Deputy Marshal Waller Hel- g e q'mx ,...-'ufu-n.n.- W“.n-‘;_tr Vi s i i i i ingtcn, Oregon and the District of s lan flew to Sitka and hack yes-|® g : 8 1e principal islands on which on him for a long time. But until| Rald Made On Japanese 8! eg of \ Shoup came here to practice law terday, bringing the following pris- 1.mmlu~4.1 last week. |landings have been reported in- g i in the affairs Columbia, cut one-third in compari- | g n ‘ 6 & ' he started meddling in t in 1926, and until recently, was 3|0 0 Mpae 1o serve seritences in o el clude Negrogs, Panay, Cebu Samar,’ WASHINGTON, April. 9—Secre- i ) 31 H % |son with average deliveries of last | a S o anion - they-- keph-/ibeir Oaumed Port of Ra i 8 |U. 5. Commissioner. He was a U.| L S8 0 EARTHQUAKE Leyte and Palawan tary of War Henty L. Stimson told rievances to themselves. NOWw. L | December, January and February.|s Deputy Marshal in Alaska from e AR i o fowever, they are determined 1o baul, New Britain | The curtailment campares to the 1902 until 1910, was admitted to w]‘::““f(f;l:;‘]‘t““;‘l‘l:‘“‘l"‘“"l"' bt DR H ARRY‘ WEBER ‘t:,fnNll:?:::'s..e?ofw“;‘r‘g:e?; i ave with him, and the ex-; 120 percent cut already in effect the bar in 1913, and was a mem- 5 24 e, . 5 :cuuv:: s;‘atrd lwmhbe asked to ap-| LONDON, April 5—A Reuters dis- | resulting from tanker sinkings and per of the Tflrr;‘,:lml Legislature | SAUIary, held on: 85,000 bond;| 2’9’"‘; 'l"d‘_“m‘d that the Corrige- prove such action. patch from Port Moresby, New ' lnnspmtauon shortages. . from 1913 to 1915. i‘:?:llfm) ;‘“lefl” i‘l ml:‘“”; l‘“f Is DEIA"'ED To “‘"""“ 0‘:‘::‘5“":ndm":m:;"f‘n“r::na; If the board does give the green|Guinea, said many aircraft were | | He was mayor of Sitka for three pope BY0 1 Qi R (8 Manila B:av were still holdin light, the stage will be set for |destroyed on the ground and othen‘ terms, beuamryv_ S. Attorney of the ‘});r‘:fi:gau ,L;““d.:“;., .(;m”:: ¢ (HJ“:]II‘\ JUHEAU “osp|‘Al ie declined to make any pl:digli::: momentous labor history. [wers: ‘dhmaged - Faida. by ' the! FAIR WARNING Pk DIvistan. wittt haadAuarters atlce sihirme Aot T S e "] BOMBAY, Aptl) 9—A quake of how long they could hold out. It will mean that Lewis faces a|Allies this afterncon on Japanese Sunberitn 1L e 1 riived by b ic dock and with larceny, great intensity, apparently center-| pr. Harry 3 Weber, formerly| - “The loas of Bathan Penineula i head-on battle with another CIO|held port of Rabaul, New Britain.| d e e ek . s whall 370, dave: James jng jn the Yellow Sea between|connected with the Ketchikan only a temporary loss and we shall union as big as his own. It also| The dispatch says all Allied| MOBILE, Ala, Apr. 9—A negro/ W and three children. |Lemon, fo serve 120 days on &ijapan and the China coasts, Was|neadquarters of the Alaska Officeinot stop uniil we drive the invaders will mean that the other CIO lead- Planes returned safely to bases. !maid in the home of Howard J. |charge of being drunk and dis-|recorded here last night and two of Indian Affairs, has been de lcut of the islands,” said the Wat gy e | Curtis was followed into the house! ~ JACK MOLYNEUX HERE orderly; Asa Suiter, also to serve more shocks of lesser intensity were tailéd to se at the Office of Secretary. TWO ARRESTEED |by a small dog. | 1120 days for the same charge recorded today. | Indiane Affairs Hospital in Juneau, | ——a— against Lewis. Jennie Harry and John Casco' She turned to the animal and| Jack Molyneux, representative of | el IR & | General Superintendent Claude M., The first American warship reg= were lodged in the Federal jail to-|said: “What are you doing in here?” Swilt and Company, arrived in Ju- MARSHAL TO SITKA i SYDNEY Apnl 9—A heavy quake Hirst said todey. ularly commission by George Wash- CIO insiders say there can ve| only one outcome of such a bat- day on a charge of drunk and dLs- At that remark, a burglar broke neau from the Interior by plane. U. 8. Marshal William Mahoney xlu-huml to be centered in the From Ketehikan, Dr. Weber ington on September 2, 1775 was the - is staying at the Gastineau flew to Sitka this morning on mluunu Sea, southwest of Luzon; was served the communities of Klawak, schooner Hannah, manned and fit= of ers and unions will have to take| sides and declare themselves for or| e b - bk i (Continued on Page Four) Office reported mroppmg his loot, JHotcl while in the city. l“m“n] business trip. recorded here early today. 1nvd.nbung, Kasaan and Metlakahtla' ' ted at Marblehead, Mass. .