The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 22, 1942, Page 1

' THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” TMPII VOL. LVIIL.. NO. 9015. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1942 “MEMBER 'ASSOCIAT! ED PRESS °E TEN CENTS ALLIED SKY FIGHTERS SCORE VICTORY DEFENDERS | WITHDRAW, PANAYISLE Fierce Resistance, How- ever Offered — Enemy | Plans New Attacks ‘ WASHINGTON, April War Department reports | ingly heavy Japanese attacks on the island of Panay have forced American and Filipino troops to withdraw to Lambunao, town in the interior of the little Philippine is- land where the enemy drive is be- ing held up for the time being.. Fierce resistance is being offered by the defenders in Antique, west coast province of Panay Island, where enemy troops are attacking, from San Jose and rushing defense | positions near San Remigio “and Valderrama, small towns on the is- land's west coast. Indications that the enemy in- tends to extend its attack on the central group of islands in the Philippines is seen in reports that the Japs are making air recon-! naissance flights over Negros, is- land lying between Panay and Cebu. Enemy attacks on Manila Bay harbor forts were limited, a com- munique says, to a few dive bomo- | er raids on Fort Hughes and Fortl Drum. No casualties or damages | resulted, the communique reports. | —————— | HOLBROOK BACK | Wellman Holbrook, Assistant Re- gional Forester, returned to Ju- neau from Sitka today by plane. He visited the island city on an official business trip. 22— The increas- 3¢, ceived can speci REPORT NEW ' PEACE TALK The Washington CIRCULATES Merry 'EO_' Round Say lfaly Secretly Sues for By DREW PEARSON— 1 e gy O Separate Cessation of War WASHINGTON For many months hard-boiled Assistant At- ASSOCIATED dispatches, PRESS) received torney General Thurman Arnold has made headline news with his (BY Roundabout he first English and Swedi ations, built a five-acre Anti-Aircraft Gun Mounts in Mass Production tory in 50 wor) sensational anti-trust exposes and in London, quoting sources in con-' prosecutions of the biggest indus- tact with TItaly, today disclosed trial giants in the country. The what may prove to be a new phase latest was the case of Standard Oil in the Axis peace offensive. of New Jersey and its synthetic, News from the London Chronicle's rubber deal with the Nazi-con-|Ankara correspondent said that ac- trolled I. G. Farbenindustrie. cordi; to “some diplomatic mes- This amazing record has won Ar- sage’ secret negotiations are bein nold the title, “the greatest trust- undertaken in Italy for a separ: buster in history.” It is highly de- peace. served. The Lisbon correspondent of the Arnold’s service to his country in same paper quoted a South Ameri- smashing key monopolies is With- can diplomat who had just arrived out equal, and incalculable in ec- from Rome as saying “if the coun- onomic and military consequences. try of Italy is not occupied by Ger It is a safe bet that when the his- | mans, a separate peace with the tory of this period is written, Thur- | Allies is the easiest thing that could man Arnold, the former Yale lflw‘ha])pvu' professor, will be credited with some | Yesterday, the Tokyo radio quot- of the most far-reaching economic|ed Toyohiko Kagawa, most famous reforms of the New Deal. of the Japanese Christian leaders, For without the enactment of a as saying that Japan's Christians single new law, and often despite are praying for “an early conclusion the strenuous undercover resistance|to the war.” of Administration big-shots, Arnoid| Meanwhile, has forced more fundamental clean- | matic quarters ups in big business than all the|any knowledge violently controversial New Deal\tions with Italy measures combined. - —— Arnold has struck directly at the . heart of monopolistic control—pat- ent domination. He has smashad i NOME AlASKA 4 some of the most powerful patent authoritative diplo- in London denied of secret negotia- empires in existence and brought the light and life of free compe- tition to thousands of independent business men. It is accurate to say that he has literally unshackled a number of the major industries of the U. S. from the crushing rule of interna- tional monopoly. BUSTED CARTELS Few really understand how great; are Arnold’s extraordinary achieve- ments in accomplishing this result.. | The average newspaper reader| visualizes Arnold’s trust-busting tri-| umphs in terms of their effect in the United States. Actually they Supplies, Equipment from United States EDMONTON, April 22—Loaded | with medical supplies and hospital are a great deal more rar—reachmg“‘"“ipmem from the United States, than that. |two planes passed through here, T avety’ ong of -his major at-|Toaring Nomeward to replace sup- tacks Arnold not merely destroyedvp"es lost there when the Nome hos- ___ |pital was destroyed by fire, burn- ing to the ground, T (Goptioued on Page Four) 'Two Planes Rush Medical e FE GUESS WHERE! _First entrant for the amateur photog- raphers’ camera field day at Long Beach, Calif., is this en- thusiastic beauty, complete with animation and shape. Her name is Ann Ulmanek, and she’ll probably focus pretty well. PRODUCTION OF WAR MATERIAL SOON OVER HUMP Will Offset-Eauipmeni of | Reserves Built Up by Axis Nations WASHTNGT(’)VP: A;rfl 22.—Don; M. Nelson testified that the U States will be “over the hump” i military production within a few months will offset the equipment of the reserves built up by the Axis nations. “America, England and Russia ari 'ncw producing greater ouantities of | war materials than the Axis ene jmies.” Nelson told the Senate De fense Investigating Committee, o % ’ Scores of Bofors 40-mm. anti-aircraft gun mounts and carriages roll along to final assembly at the Firestone Tire & Rubber company plant at Akron, O. It was just a year ago that blueprints for several hundred pa company re= Wbly into Ameri- L ¢ zcd a siilled force of 1.5, TROOPS N INDIA IS REPORT NOW i\l.ouis Johnis?ofi, Head of Advisory Mission, Says More Are "to Come™ NEW DELHI, India, April 22—Be- cause defense of India is vital to the United States, “troops the United States are already India and more are to come,” Louis Johnson, head of the United States Advisory Mission here, told the newsmen at a conference today. imably meant the Air Force un Maj. Gen Brereton, which has already struck effective blows on the Japanese. Of Sir Stafford Cripps’ unsuc- cessful mission to seek Indian ap- proval of Great Britain's plans for future status, Johnson said only: “There is going to be a John- son version story, but the time for that version has not arrived yet -e e SUGAR STAMP ISSUES SET FOR MAY 5 First Rationing Will Start ' Throughout U. S. Next Month WASHINGTON, April 22 — The Nation's first rationing of food hy stamps will start on May 5, the {OPA announced today The first stamps issued will be |good for the purchase of one pound lof sugar between May 5 and May 116. 4| OPA disclosed that the allotments n o restaurants and hotels will be cut 50 percent under the amount used last year. Bakers, confectio; ers, beverage bottlers, ice cream ar | dairy product producers are to be e ' limited to 70 percent of the past -1 - >-eo— DEFENSE her BUY BONDS from | in { George o Japanese Are Making Big Drive In Philippines A. J. OPERATIONS WILL CONTINUE . SAYS WILLIAMS Superinte;d ent Slatesj’ Mine Will Carry on Despite Shortages 20.5.TorpedoB Night &ftack WASHINGTON, April 22 ed States Navy officlal communique ' reports that two United States tor- business | pedo boats in a night attack near “On my trip to the quarters in I' conferred return from a Alaska Juneau head- San Francisco, where with P. R. Bradley President of the Company, I can repert that the Alaska Juneau in- tends to continue its operations in spite of the fact that it is now 300 men short of its normal crew,” J. A, Williams, General Superin- tendent of the Alaska Juneau Gold the besieged Island of Cebu in the Philippines, cruiser The Uniforms for Women in Army\ Japanese | F |} to b engaged a four destroyers torpedo said and beats are |Mining Company, said today “The mine, most of the population of Gas- tineau Channel either directly or| indirectly, produces a substantial| tonnage of much needed lead and the Company is also arranging to { handle another essential mineral. Besides this, its shops, foundry and other facilities are very important to the surrounding community at | this particular time,” Mr. Williams said. “For these main reasons, it is the Gempany's policy to carry on to the |best of its api Physically our ! mine is in as good shape as it was d year ago, but operating condi- tions, concerning principally labor |and supplies, have changed great- ly. It is, therefore, reasonable to {§epect that our operations be ad- | | justed to meet the available supply! |of labor It is well known, of course, that our margin of profi’ has never been large and that any resulting profit has always been| dependent on the handling of a large tonnage of ore. How far we can have our tonnage reduced still carry on operations re- to be seen,” Mr. Williams besides supporting and mains said. - RED ARMY - ADVANCING, will have to be regulation attire. are similar in styling to those them. Miss Patricia Raypart (left Two HolesWe;dged Open in Defenses Northwest of Leningrad front report open KUIBYSHEV, April patches from the war the Red Army has 1 seccnd hole through the Finnish o T TWELVE BILLION BY U. . TREASURY local Commitfee fo Map! Plans for Pledge Campaign Voluntary wedged This penetration has further the original gap driven into the PFinnish defense line and the Red Army reserves are doggedly |pushing ahead in small but steady advances despite repeated Finnish counter attacks. The Russian dispatches do disclose the exact location of penetrations but said they are neighboring sectors. Fighting is described as violent The Finns are reported massing troops in an attempt to check the Soviet pressure.. ——— ———— AUSTRALIAN DESTROYER SAID LOST MELBOURNE, April 22--Premier John Curtin announced today that the Australian destroyer Vampire has been iost in the Bay of Bengal to enemy action. Of the 13¢ mem- bers of the crew, it was announced ,that seven are dead and two miss- ing. not the in Pledge with that be- with that be- Plans for a campaign—ilentical campaign—identical tien by the Treasury Department’s War Savings Staff—will be made on Friday afternoon when the Juneau War Savings Committee holds its initial meeting at 3 o'clock in the Governor's Office in the Federal Building The fundamental purpose of the drive, it was explained today, will be to secure the written pledge of every man, woman and child having some form .of regular income to purchase War Sa¥ings Bonds on a systematic basis for the duration of the war xet Into Fight ernment expects nual minimum revenue from <ale of War Savings Bonds of twelve billion dollars,” Fred Ayer, Deputy Administrator of War Savings for Alaska, said. “Every Alaskan com- munity, from Ketchikan to Point Barrow now is being called upon “The € an an- - - e BUY DEFENSE STAMPS (Continued on Page Two) If women working with the U. S. Army decide to wear uniforms, they In the above photo the girls’ uniforms worn by the Army officer shown with the overcoats, designed and adopted by girl employees of the delphia ordnance headquarters. FINN LINES (ommunicalionsiol 5 Government Roasted:; "Federalese” Obscure LEROPLANES OF JAPANESE calsin Near (ehu Sink Japanese Cruiser AREDOWNED A Unit- | he !1‘ .-‘ ,“iyli‘,\‘mu[ and possibly \""k‘Nippon l nvas ‘ on POinfS Hammered in “Hell- PT forced 41 The >T 35 previously was destroyed to srevent its falling into enemy ands f Torpedo boat 34 was ashore, but PT escaped (BY ASSOCIAT Allied sky fighters defe approaches of Australia fted officially with to nothing 'victory over Japanese zero planes in a battle at Port Moresby, New Guinea, while United States Navy torpedo boats |ported to have seriously ds |or sunk a Japanese light |in the Philippines. | Lieut. Gen. Edward J. Brett United States Chief of the com- |bined air forces in the Southwest | Pacific, praised the aerial defend- jers as “doing a Hell-fire job,” in ‘l\mnmennu the potential Japanese are scoring a four ‘e re- maged cruiser invasion points north of Australia On Burma Front On the critical Burma war front, |the British today announced that joutnumbered British and Chinese | troops again scorched the Yenang i Yaung oil fields in western Burma. A communique from New Delhi said the Allies have completed fighting in the sector and have | withdrawn across the Pinchaung | River “but not without Josses . personnel and equipment.” PRESIDENT SILENT ON WAR ACTION No Comment on Recent Developments, Not Even Bombing of Tokvo WASHINGTON, April dent Roosevelt has refrainec ommenting cn the recent develop- ments of the war in the Pacl reports of the bombing of Tokyo cther important Japanese of Phonephoto ) and Lucille Allensandroni wear hila- Presi- from und cities | The President told at a conference yesterday afternoon that he could not go as far to confirm reports though the Chilean Ambassador in Tokyo re- perted to his Government that the |city had been bombed -ee HOSTAGES IN FRANCE ARE SHOT Germans Retaliate for At tacks on Soldiers-Re- volt Smouldering CIA l‘lfili PRESS) s in Vict ution of the newsmen as even By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, April 22 A cheer for the American University's public relations department and Prof. W. D. Boutwell. They have placed on the President’s desk a vipping ten-point indiciment of the writing in government communica- tions. It is the result of five years of study by the department under direction of Boutwell and B. P Brodinsky The worst fault of all, says the report, is that sentences in govern- ment pronouncements are too long They average from 65 to 80 words. In good government writing (the Office of Facts and Figures “Report to the Nation” and the President’s own speeches are cited) length of sentences is 15 to 18 words. ‘The next worst fault is “too much hedging; too many modifications and conditional clauses and phrases.” Ah, there is the fine hand of the politician and bureaucrat the fellow who always wants leave a loophole, just in case (BY German ASSOC authe announced the more French e regime reported seeking a 20 hostages held on a death sentence Na where the towns- aided exe France's be hostages, even as 1o reprieve for of the ire Br ctacular raid on March 28 An announcement from Paris said that the victims Communists and J were t come the weak, ineffective verbs: “‘Point out,’ ‘indicate reveal’ are the weak reeds on which many a government sentence leans.” Too many sente s begin the same way, especially with “the.” At hat point, the authors tossed off a nifty: “A beginnir he' is lik fog.” To and occupied bases on are ¢ s sentence it o a day bezinning ve it, they cited an abstruse paragraph of five sentences, four beginning with “the.” Other | faults included use of passive tenses and indirect phrases in the attemp! to' be impersonal; overabundance of on Page ccomplices shot in reprisals th a o0 alleged against German s Advices reaching land said that hostages include all assassination attempt ldiers on Apri Switzer- the residents, sentenced Continued (Continned on Page Three)