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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVIIL, NO. 9013, ] AY, APRIL 20, 1942 BOMBER RAID HITS JAPAN HARD JOLT - Allies Make Slashing Air Raid On Rabaul o SMASH40 AIR FOR(ES ‘ & ‘A'n-lcrvi‘c‘a.Lo‘oks to Her Isl;md Defenses ATTACK IS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JAP SHIPS ONGROUND Daring Attacks Made from Australia Through “Rain Storm U. S. ARMY HEADQUARTERS‘\ logg ARMY BUILDINGS " DESTROYED BY | IN AUSTRALIA, April 20—Allied | F lRE I “ S|IKA L airmen, racing through troplcali Between eleven and sixteen build- rainstorms in one of their attacks,|ing; of the army station at Sitka are reported to have destroyed 40 yere burned in a fire which broke Japanese bombing and fighting}out at midnight last night in the planes on the ground in two raids/army hospital, according to plane on Rabaul, Jap post on the island|arrivals from the defense city late of New Britain. | this afternoon While these continuing attacks| The fire, said to have started) indicated American and Australian|from several portions of the hnxpl-! determination to press the Japan-|tal simultancous s reported to ese sorely in their outer rim bases | have been caused by the explosion and perhaps force them to relax |0f a gasoline tank their grip, Gen. Douglas MacAr- Flames shot to the skies for a thur’s new High Command of the period of two hours before the fire Southwest Pacific began swiftly :Y::m:l‘°(‘:{“‘:qm‘f‘;fl'3;v m:(ol;mkn:fi:): mapping plans to carry out in- : R ,' % 7 |were no casualties. As an initial step in these prep-| pujldings reported destroyed in- arations, Prime Minister John CUr-|gjuqed the hospital, warehouses, tin met with MacArthur and other|power plant, mess hall and bar- allied service chiefs in a conference | yacks on a “highly confidential subject” The slashing attacks on Rabaul were made Saturday and Sunday. Thousands of pounds of high ex- plosives were said to have been dropped on Lakunia airdrome Sat-| urday, wrecking runways, blasting at least four navy zero fighters with direct hits and wrecking many other Jap ships with the flying| w. R Case, Genera: Sales Man- S‘;f:‘~ s L e for the Seattle Steel Company, ere was no report of any 10Sses and ¢, D. Davis, District Sales Man- on the part of the attacking forces|ager for the Northwest for the Tim- which carried out the raids in ex- kin Roller Bearing Company with tremely disagreeable weather. | headquairters in Seattle, arrived in The washington itka where they splent last week Merry - Go- Round on busines Both Mr .Case and Mr. Davis By DREW PEARSON— and ROBERT S. ALLEN | Officials from Steel and Roller Bearing Co. Here are interested in various rock pro- jects in the Territory and are visiting Alaska for the first time to get acquainted with their customers in the First Division- . Mr. Case is acquainting the cust- omers of the Seattle Steel Com- pany with a new hot milling service | that has been introduced in the West for the first time by his company for the purpose of con- serving steel. The hot milling machine that provides this service was recently installed by the Seattle Steel Com- pany is equipped for the milling of detachable bits, that for practical purposes, makes a new bitt out of one that has become dulled in use. It will result in considerable econ- omy in service, Mr. Case said. The Seattle Steel Company handles Timkin Roller Bearing pro- ducts and Mr. Case and Mr. Davis! | | | | WASHINGTON—Federal Security Administrator Paul McNutt has the inside track for head of the War Manpower agency that will shortly be established. The tall, handsome Indianan is the choice of the four-member com- mittee to whom the President turned | over the job of picking a man and | drafting the set-up for the agency. | The four are Justice William O Douglas, Judge Sam Roserman of the New York Supreme Court, Bud- | get Director Harold Smith, and Mrs. Anne Rosenberg, White House labor adviser. Smith and Mrs. Roseriberg were | | | (Central Coast Region ~ 0f California Under [started Saturday night in supplies; TALASKA (OASTAL .|Davis, W. R. Case, Lawrence Free- the big McNutt rooters. Both have personal peeves against Sidney Hill- man, who has been Roosevelt's labor chief since the days of the original National Defense Commission in 1940. Smith is sore at Hillman because the latter slapped him down when Smith tried to sidetrack Hillman when OPM was set up. Mrs. Rosen- berg is anti-Hillman because he didn’t bring her into the defense picture. Personally, Hillman is not a can- didate for the Manpower post. It has not been revealed but he has twice offered his resignation to the President since OPM was disbanded. On both occasions Roosevelt warmly praised Hillman’s work and loyalty and insisted that he had to remain in Washington. NOTE: When the presidential committee asked War Production Chief Donald Nelson whom he fav- ored for. the Manpower job, he re- plied that he had no choice. His only recommendation was that the new agency be made a part of his organization. CAMERA SHY 1t is & rare event when a Con- gressman refuses to pose for a news picture, but one did the other day. Furthermore the balker was one of the most photogenic members of Congress — tall, dark and hand- some Representative George H. Ma- hon of Texas. Chairman .of the District of Co- lumbia subcommittee of the Appro- bl g indl iy s S sl (Continued on Page Four) are making the trip together. Mr. Davis is interested also in acquaint- ing customers of his company with Timkin rock bitts and the improve- ment in the service offered and also with Timkin roller bearings. They expect to leave Juneau wi&h«! in a few days to return to their; Scattle offices and are staying at‘ the Baranof Hotel while here. E. 5. JACKSON HERE AS (ONCILIATOR, U. 5. LABOR DEPT. E. S. Jackson, Federal Concil-| iator with the Conciliation Depart- | ment of the U. S. Department of Labor arrived in Juneau Saturday“ cn an Alaska Coastal Airlines plane from Ketchikan where he spent a| few days upon his arrival there’ from the Statés. Mr. Jackson comes to Alaska from Great Falls, Montana where he has been stationed for his department. Returning on the same plane | was Steve McCutcheon, supervisor with the Territorial Department of Labor who had spent a week in Ketchikan with M. J. Haas, Terri- torial Commissioner of Labor, to ist the Ketchikan Merchants’ As- sociation and the Retail Clerks union in reaching a satisfactory’ agreement. .- Prices on practically all goods, rents, and a variety of services have been frozen in Canada. OF NAZIS IN BIG ATTACKS ' Hitler Celebrates Birthday | by Attempted Blitz Against Russians (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Adolf Hitler, observing his fifty- third birthday in his Eastern Front headquarters, is reported by the Russians to be trying to put the old blitz back into air warfare by throwing as many as 50 planes ainst single secret objectives. The Russian communiques, how- ever, declare that these attacks show signs that Hitler has mar- shaled the bulk of his air force on that front to the expense of his air strength in Western Eur- | ope | Period of Alert SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 20—California’s central coast 1 gion was held in a state of alert for 3 hours and 15 minutes early ) terday by an “unidentified tar off the coast The alert was the longest of the present war in the San Francisco region but there was no blackout. The Fourth Interceptor Command first flashed the alert at 1:15 o'clock and then extended it to Monterey, 125 miles south of San Francisco, at 1:32 o'clock The all clear signal was sounded 4:30 o'clock. -e GENERAL MARSHALL at Smash Airdromes German bombers ranged across | the vast Russian front over the | weekend, smashing railway stations, R EI u R N S}nirdrome and front line positions. | The Fuhrer’s activity evidently was | impelled by improving weather and | A |his hope of starting a general of- WASHINGTON, April 20 — Gen.|fensive sometime soon. | George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff| Also reported was the w)dcnm;‘ of the United States Army, is back |of the breach the Russians are ex- again in Washington after two ploiting against the weeks in England and Northern Leningrad. Ireland. While abroad, Gen. Mar-| On the southern front, the Ger- shall conferred with the war lead- mans are said to be making a show ers. of action with tank and plane Harry Hopkins also returned by teams, but the Russians claim they ! aiy but he remained in New York have failed to restore the positions while Gen. Marshall hurried to pierced by the Red Army. | Washington. ’ Germans Claim Success | , | The German command’s com-| | munique said its bombers have hit | again at harbor installations and utilities on the Caucasian coast of the Black Sea and that one big‘ Russian tanker was damaged. German fighters were credited in the dispatch with the destruction of 22 planes without loss to their own ranks. In the southern sector, the Ger- mans said that local Russian at- tacks had collapsed. In the cen-| tral and northern sectors above Karelia, Germans and Finns are said to have exacted heavy Rus- sian losses in ‘“defensive battles.” e — | Finns above | + Pt Bty FORMER FRENC SHIP NORMANDIE CATCHES ABLAZE NEW YCxiK, April 20—Fire that salvagers are removing from the| lower hold of the former French liner Normandie, did no damage to the vessel’s structure it is of- ficially said after the blaze was brought under control. | Defenses on the U. 8. island of Puerto Rico, one of the fortresses gui the Panama Canal, are being strengthened as America prepares for on Puerto Rico. i Madonna to China’s Millions maxes keicikan — RED ARMY AND SITKA FLIGHTS LAUNCHING NEW DRIVE Passengers arriving in Juneau Saturday from Sitka with Alaska Coastal Airlines planes were C. D. burn, Herman F. Granel, T. J. Cooney, Tom Morgan, J. C. Gilkey, Loren Hancock and Vern Dick. | i silent about the precise situation jin the Smolensk region but Reuters| |said Russian troops are advancing | from the northwest and this after-| noon were within 13 miles from the city. g et ASKS DIVORCE Leaving here for Sitka Saturday : £ g % e e, oo . Ba 11l e Imminent Around| Juny, R. L. Bernard, . E. Mon- e and M. . Coone, Smolensk — Encounters Arriving here on the return H flight from Ketohikan Saturday Rage at I.enlngrad were E. S. Jackson, Steve McCutch- | ( eon, Capt. A. M. Ledbetter, Major| LONDON, April 20—Soviet long| W. J. Verbeck, and Frank Wright, range artillery is reported drawn! Jr. |up within range of Smolensk, 230 Passengers this morning with ACA miles west of Moscow. | for Sitka were Albert Savikko, C. F., Purious new Russian attacks are Thurness, James A. Johnson, Frank also reported launched along the Signorellr, Major Verbeck and Lor- gyir River between Lakes Ladoga| gr‘av?a;?:ll;ym;r:fi:“lehg‘ec:m:gg and Onega in the Finn-Leningrad| ;}e.m'ge E Backr uwr:n.oe !free-"s‘e;!':: Germans are reported throw- cl::; was a passenger for Pelican|i . o) available might of their air NIl s cutning Nolls 4 aind Frgen | SOV00 10 SUpPEL OF SRR Aftecks Ketchikan and Sitka. ‘to prevent the Red Army gaining LR a solid foothold west of Volkhov JOINS HOTEL STAFF . The 'Russians glmm an advance Frank Gourley has joined lhe!o‘ two bmxles against the Finns in stafr of the BarannfiFiotelias night|i1S Leuingrad sector.aftar battering | clerkc taking the’ Alift from 'mid- | O3 BeW. detqnse, works. night to 8 am. Mr. Gourley wznfi formerly with J. B. Burford and Company. - — T. A. MORGAN KETURNS T. A. Morgan, President of the; Columbia Lumper Company re-, turned to Juneau Saturday with| ACA after spending a few .days in Sitka on business. | Suit has been filed in U. S. Dis- —_—— trict Court by Charlotte Clausen The Department of Commerce Haglund, who asks a divorce from recommends that autoists preserve|Hilding Haglund on the grounds of this season’s antifreeze mixture for incompatability and non-support. | use next season when supplies m;xy] ——————— — | be short. BUY DEFENSE STAMPS \Berlin Broadcast Says Both Russians and Germans are ysually accompanying the announ Madame Chiang Kai-shek comforts a shy newcomer to a war orphanage in Chungking, China’s war capital. Childless her: , Madame Chiang is “mother” to the thousands of homeless waifs being provided for under her care with the aid of funds from the United China Relief, NAZIS CLAIM KEW SIEGE DESTRUCTION BEGINS ON OF 18 SHIPS CORREGIDOR Infense NevTEf_lort Opened in Philippines with Dive Bombers 131,000 Tons Sunk-0il Refineries Burned BERLIN, April 20 — A special| WASHINGTON, April 20 announcement on the radio here| .o o an mtense today said that 18 enemy shiDS,|ogqory jn the battle of Corregidor, totaling 131,000 tons, have been sunk in the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic off the American Coast. | The bulletin the Berlin radio with the Thie Japanese is reported in a War Department communique today The helplessness of | siege guns up till now has forced the enemy into new positions on | Bataan on the south shore of Man- |ila Bay, whence they began an ir said | tense artillery bombardment y had | terday. For the first time. raids were made on Corregidor and |in addition Jap light bhombers at- tacked the island fortress and Fort Hughes several times from high ai- bombs and was broadcast over fanfs ment of a great victory. The radio broadcas that a German submarine shelled and set afire the oil re- fineries at Curd D. titudes. Anchorage Man fo SEATTLE, April 20—A mari miles south, an American and Fili- license has been issued to G. L. pino patrol ambusbed two bus loa As McKinley, of Anchorage, Alaska, of Japanesc troops and inflicted and Anna Martin, of Sealtle. | numerous casualties. also dive bombing the vital waterway. Here is a heavy machine gun manned by U. S. 8o N —News of the Day Newsreel arding the eastern approaches te a possible large-scale attack om Idiers guarding a skrip of beach CHINESE IN NEW ACTION WESTBURMA Recapture Yanéng Yaung, Releasing Britishers from Encirclement CHUNGKING, April 20 West Burma oilfields after two days of bitter fighting.. ) This swoop releas force of several caught in an thousand encirciement by - MYSTIFYING 70 NIPPONS ;Enemy Nerves Are Jangled | as Planes Sweep Over Coastal Shores | {UNITED NATIONS KEEP | MUM REGARDING BASES Communiques af Variance Regarding Damage, Other Particulars (BY .ASSOCIATED PRESS) Air raids which bore home the meaning of total war to Japan for the first time in history last | Saturday, dealt her a jolting blow |both materially and spiritually, as it became increasingly evident di | pite her efforts to belittle the at- tacks that at least they were high- ly effective in jangling the enemy's nerves. The mystery of how the bombers there no doubt is what Japan hoping to learn by provoking n announcement from the United Nations saying whether or not they |are back aboard aircraft carriers, |hurrying at top speed out of fly- |ing range, or came from land bases. | Say U. S. Bombers | The Japanese said luter yester- |day that the planes were “Martin | bombers,” sweeping thousands of |miles of their shores. This pre- | sumably meant that they were Ar- |my and not Navy planes and too |large to be launched from aircraft carriers A Reuters dispatch from Chung- |king said that the planes had | “reached their destination,” evi- dently meaning that they had re- |turned to land bases somewhere, Chinese | but this was the only word from | troops swooped down in the north- | United Nations powers. st section and have recaptured| Yenang Yaung in the heart of the| Communiques Disagree A new Japanese communique last Inigt was at sharp variances with | earlier Tokyo bulletins, putting the *d the British|number of planes at 10 in all and men | saying the that some had escaped Previously the Japs had asserted Japanese, the official Chinese com-|that § planes' had been downed and munique says. R PLANTS 0 LARGE FIRM . TAKEN OVER {one was forced to land, but this | would leave none to have escaped. The new communique added that | it was “understood the planes had |fled to the Chinese mainland.” Thi | was the announcement which iden- | tified the raiders as American | medium bomber One version previously picked up |by Columbia Broadcasting System short wave had reported that one of the bombers was forced down and five crew members captured. The Italian paper, La Gazzetta {Del Popolo, of Turin, expressed the | belief that the raiders started from | bases in Soviet Russia secretly ced- Navy in Charge of Brew- ster Aeronautical Cor- |ea™% ‘the Unitea states. Pl T | ALASKA JAPS T0 FOR EVACUATION dent Roosevelt, today took over| the plants of the Brewster Aero-| nautical Corporation at Long eadline Is Today - Order Effects 200 Nippons in Northland Is- land, N. Y. Newark, N Johnsville, Pa. The action is explained by White |[) House officials taken because ‘dissatisfaction with the man- Throughout Alaska today, accord- ing to an order issued several weeks ago by Major Gen. Simon B. Buck- ner, Jr., Commander of the Alaska Defense Command, all Japanese of agement.” R. J. Thomas, President of the half-blood or better, including all males 16 years of age or more, Auto Workers Union, after a con- ference at the White House last Friday, said he had informed the FBI there were ge numbers of aliens in the Brewslter manage- ment | - TENAKE 'AURAN whether American citizens or not, must report to their nearest army post pending evacuation from the Territory. In Juneau, most Japanese already had reported to military authorities, and all who had not reported were urged to do so at once. It is esti- mated that not more than 20 Jap- MAN TO BE EVACUAT Henry Dorkee, restaurant man at anese are residents of Juneau, and w. Navy, as of Tenakee for the past 20 years, will join other Japanese countrymen in being evacuated from Alaska this week, it was learned today Mr. Dorkee arrived in Juneau over the weekend to, report today with ot of his race who must leave tne Territory which has been declared military area. | her a (Continued on Page Six)