The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 1, 1942, Page 1

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LiX., NO. 9023. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ¥ JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1942 s MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS —— PRICE TEN CENTS ICEBREAKS, MOVESOUT OFNENANARIVER Rumored Nazis Crying Quits In Air Battle MUSSOLINI, | HITLER IN CONFERENCE Allies Claim Adolf Gave Benito Pep Talk ' in Meeting j RAF RAIDS HITTING = | GERMAN TOWNS HARD ‘We're Going_ifier Blight- ‘ ers — That's Final!” | Say British ; (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, | whose meetings in the past fre-| auently have signalled the approach | of momentous events, met in a two-| aay conterence ending yesterday in‘ Salzburg, Austria, it is announced | officially. { Meanwhile, the London Daily| Mail hinted that Germany is seek-| ing to cry quits in aerial warfare with England as a climax to the; thunderous blows which Royal Air| Force warplanes have been striking in Nazi-dominated Europe. | The Daily Mail quoted a dispatch | from Berlin in the Swiss paper, Journal De Geneve as saying “it is e.that et many will call off its bombing of English towns if the RAF wil change its methods of bombing | German cities. The present bomb- | ing duel is very unpopular with the | German people.” | British Won't Quit But authoritative sources in Brit- ish headquarters, commenting on| the purported offer, declared “we arc going after these blighters| wherever they are. That's final!™ British Home Minister Morrison referred scornfully to the alleged| peace offer as being “the cry of (Continued from !;nge Two) | 5 | The Washihgioni Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON— and ROBERT S. ALLEN {ter Paul V. McNutt, in charge of' | mobilizing man power, reported ghat Film Actress Jean Crawford terbug when she went through the Jenkins as a partner for a scene in Highest Priced Jitterbug [ became Hollywood's highest-priced vigorous dance routine with Allen her newest picture. She’s getting $125,000—the meney's to go to charity—for the film, and observers figured the pay for the dance came to some $10,000. Registering All Women DroppedNow [N BURMA Plan fo Enlist Female Sex| for Wartime Activities Is Called Off WASHINGTON, May 1—Presi-| dent Roosevelt today announced that plans for a voluntary registra- | tion of women for wartime activi-| ties has been dropped. | The announcement was made af- after consulting women members DEFENDERS WITHDRAW Retreat "S;;c;ssfully" fo North Bank of Irra- waddy River EW DELHI, India, May 1—Brit- ish troops fighting a delayed action against Jap attacks towards Man- dalay are reported to have aban- doned their positions on the Irra- waddy River bend west of that city, and to be withdrawing “successfully” to the north bank of the stream. the Allied right flank failed. | Explains Diiéppearance of | , ltralia is imminent ,.'APS GA“‘IER Convoy Takes‘ Men and Maté@ to ‘NAVAL UNITS | FOR BATTLE 8 ‘Repori Huaé Force Con-é cenfrating in Mar- | shall Islands ‘ 'MAY TRY T0 CUT | OUR SUPPLY LINE Nippon Fleet from Bengal Bay WASHINGTON, May 1—Reports of a concentration of Japanese warships and troop transports among the Marshall Islands in the Scuth Central Pacific gave rise to- day to speculation in informed | quarters that a major thrust against | the American supply line to Aus- The island of Jaluit in the center | of the area is where the Japanese| apparently are concentrating, only 1,500 hundred miles north of New | Caledonia, where Americans land- | ed rece in e iderable force to join with Free French units, An equal distanee to the south- poant, o Hue vt dlichican el Samoa, and 2100 miles to the 1rtheast is Hawail. # | Because of this strategic position, | the Japs could move in any of three | directions, or could try a series of feints in an effort to test the American strength, then strike in full force wherever conditions ap-j pear the most favorable. The first indications of what | seems to be the latest development |in Japanese strategy are given in 'dispfltches from Australia, saying! | the enemy is gathering ships and imen in mandated islands area.| These reports are linked here with | | the disappearance of powerful Jap {naval units from the Bay of Bengal | off India about a week ago. | ->-o—— | 30 PLANES MacArthur - A large convoy of men and materials arrives safely after a Pacific crossing under Navy escort. Top, a U. 8. Aircobra fighter plane is unloaded from a U, 8. transport in an Australian port. These planes are pouring into the island continent to meet the Jap invasion threat. Bottom, guns strapped to their shoulders, their steel helmets on, a company of U, S. soldiers lines up for inspection after disembarking in an Aussie port. |BELGIAN ... FACTORY BLOWS UP Berlin Reports 250 Per- sons Killed, About 1,000 Injured LONDON, May 1-The chemical factory at Tessenderloo, in the new industrial district of northern Bel- gium, a particular zone of activity of the anti-German “White Brig- ade” of conquered Belgians, has been destroyed by an explosion, ac- | cording to a broadcast from Berlin and picked up here. ICE MOVING "AT1:28P.M. Many Alaskans Are on Exact Minute - Also Date of Classic SIZE OF BIG AWARD IS ESTIMATED AT $80,000 Five Made Separate | Guessing While Others ' Included in Groups FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Muddy ice inched downstream in the Tanana River at Nenana at 1:28 p. m. yesterday, (April 30, Pair- banks time), pulling the string that tripped the elaborate timing device and bringing young fortunes to numerous players in Alaska's an- nual guessing game. The total value of the winnings is estimated at about $80,000. The winners includled about 15 or 20 persons, five with individual tickets and the others in group pools Among the individuals who won are J. W, Mutch of Sitka, Adolph Ochauer of Anchorage, R. D. Oland- May 1.— |chorage and Warran Klocke of the Naval Air Station at Kodiak. The group tickets include A. Kles- inger, Joe Johnson and Mary Olin, of Fairbanks; Leslie J. Kelm and Otto Huggins of Anchorage; Tom Winn, Bo Namur and Mary Sharpe of Anchorage; Mrs. M. Lofness and P. L. Heitmyer of Anchorage; and Johanna Van Zanlen and a group of Anchorage. In the huge green book are listed thousands of names in offices all over Alaska, whose ideas when the ice would move varied from March 3 to July 4. The July 4 guess was hazarded by one Gandolpho Q. Mc~ Duff, not further identified, and Joe Carroll, also unidentfied, headed the early guessers with a March 3 sug- gestion, J. W. Mutch, one of the individual (Continued on Page Three) WASHINGTON — When Harry Hopkins and Averell Harriman ar- rived in Russia several months ago, one thing Stalin told them was that he didn’t want any American observers at the front. “Our, regime is different from yours,” Stalin said in effect. I know you have foreign observers and newspapermen at the front, but we run things differently. So please don't ask us for this.” ‘Therefore, at no time have Ameri- can or British observers been on the Russian front.. A few U. S. of- ficers have made trips behind the lines, but only for a short time. This is why U. S. official knowledge of the exact condition of the Rus- sian army is either second-hand or deduction. . However, according to the best sources available, here is an ap- proximate estimate of strength and her chances of hold- ing out against Germany this spring and summer. The picture is neith- er black nor white. It is mixed. Pirst, it is an inescapable fact that the German retreat during the winter was not so important as generally featured in Moscow cables. Actually, the Nazis executed a bril- liant maneuver in straightening their lines, and an examination of the map shows that their retreat was not very substantial. However, the Russian army has shown itself to be of much tough- er stuff than anyone expected. . Its manpower seems unlimited.. Morale is high, while German morale is re- ported poor, with troops tired and depending on Bulgaria, Hungaryy Rumania and Italy. Russia’s greatest lack is tanks and airplanes. These have be:n going from the United States and Russia’s | |of the Social Security Boards and Federal Advisory Councils all over | |the country, more women want | waddy makes a big bend to the west, | ijobs than there are openings for|nd where earlier attempts to uuard[ I g {the Allied right fuank failed. | — e | Meanwhile, the Allied defense continued on the Southern Front near Kyaukse, less than 30 miles from Mandalay; where a communi | | | |que described how ‘@ brilliant suc- | | pRovED Bv‘lmsml fight with tanks by the Ap | Ghurka Brigade inflicted 500 cas-| ualties on the Japs and only 10 on| their own forces. ! | | ® 5 Fighting Is - Progress On " Burma Seclor Japanese fing New At- facks as Chinese Threat- en Rear Actions WASHINGTON, May 1 — The House Ways and Means Committee has agreed to a flat 94 percent excess profits tax rate for corpora- tions, it is announced today. Chairman Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina, announced thut the committee also has agreed to retain the present 24 percent nor- | mal tax on corporations of incomes of more than $25,000. - 'MOVIE MAGNATE ; |S SE“TE"(ED To CHUNGKING, h;fly 1—Fighting | is in progress this afternoon at i o“E YEAR I" JAIl Hsenwi, 25 miles northeast of the Japanese captured Lashio, according | NEW YORK, May 1 — Joseph to a Chinese communique. |Schenck, former chairman of the The communique added that Japanese troops are also attackin, iboard of Twentieth Century-Fox 2 motion picture company, was sen- 20 miles south of Mandalay on the tenced today to a year in prison | Irrawaddy River. jon a plea of guilty to perjury after Chinese forces however in the Taungyi and Loilem Ssectors, below |the Federal Court had suspended previous threg-year sentence for Lashio, are still threatening the la Japanese rear having made raids }income tax evasion. ———e———— that cost the Japs heavy casual- ties. ‘ i [ apparently has left Japan the area o F JA p A N wround Myingyan where the Irra-| PLASTERED Allied Bombers Made Great Surprise Raid on New Guinea Airdrome ALLIED HI;I;EUARTERS 1N AUSTRALIA, May 1—Thirty Jap- anese warplanes, lined up at an |airdrome at Lae, northeast coast of New Guinea, were plastered by bombs and ms aine gun fire yester- day by dari Allied air raiders The Japs were caught asleep. Three other Jap planes, all fight- ers, that later attempted to fight the raiders, were also shot down. The official bulletin also states that simultaneously with the air raid on Lae, an made on Salamaua, 20 miles south, and several Japanese interceptor planes were shot out of the air by the Allied bombers which went on and unloaded explosives on ground installations. “Our losses were slight,” the of- ficial bulletin states. — .o — His War Sacrifice Lasied Long Time CHICAGO, May 1.—Seven months ago Fred Shook, Chicago Cardinals lineman, tried to join the Army Air Corps but was turned down because of his 240 pounds. After seven months of two meals air assault was | ew York F Payne Alice, D. and John Pitts to a Caribbeah port, whe, . Murein Daie, a member of the British Navy Army Air Force In- e, 1¢ the first member of that group to be assigned to duty outside s hatting with a group of British offic Left to right ers at the Union R W Martin Dale. her father, Alice and her father are en route re she will run a canteen, Americans, Both Civilians, Soldiers in Foreign Lands, KeptInformed, Home News WASHINGTON, May 1 Eddy Gilmore, the Associated Press war correspondent, writing from Moscow the other day about Americans in far places being cut off from news said {rom home “Suppose you didn’t know whether American sidewalks are filled with niforms; what the folks are talking about; whether the Rose Bowl zame | was played; whether there’ll be ! baseball this year; whether there’s rationing at home; do jazz band till play; do the factories hum by | night; what’s happened to the dol- lar; are there blackouts raids?"” Down at the War Department two separate agencies are working ight and day to see that Americans 1 far places in general and the oldier boys in particular get their nswers to all those questions and . alr thousands more as regularly as the clock rolls around. In the Army radio division, under | hours | everything from the lullabies of Bea Wain and Dinah Shore to sportcast by ich as John Kieran and Ted Husing, are being sent from seven directional beam short wave radio stations to every army base we have outside the country. The shows are built around one of the big name shows on the air. Eddie Cantor, Fred Waring, Kate Smith, Tallulah Bankhead, Fred the Hit Pa- rade and Kay Kyser already have starred 1 a host of supporting talent. 1 ringside recordings of he two Louis-Baer and Louis-Simon fights. From the Caribbean foundland, letters already are com- ing in from the boys with commands | al rounds each of the pledged that Russia has not any and New- | countries and further declared the A | lands from the “German and Fascist for this and that and the shows are | piackguards.” being revamped weekly to meet the | demand. In the army morale division, under | against the Germans. the direction of Maj. Gordon Hit- tenmark, they are “plattering” 50 J RED FLEET The Berlin broadcast says that 1250 persons were killed and about 11,000 persons were injured | The broac t also says that not jonly ihe factory, but also a tech- ZI | nical school and a number of near- by houses were destroyed and | many other houses damaged The blast occurred two days ago {but the cause is not given The broadcast emphasized thut} d “artificial fer- kinds and wash- for the Belgian the factory pro: 'Report Russians Have De- stroyed 447 German Ships in War Stalin Says Russia Has No Territorial Ambitions -Aims Given MOSCOW, May 1—Joseph Stalin, | in a May Day order of the day, tilizers of variou ing preparations - > | So v I ET i MOSCOW, May 1—The Musua iradio reports that a. German bat- Baltic fleet. This is the first claim | by Russia of the destruction of one "fl‘lncn have resumed operations in | the Baltic i is said to | have sunk 447 German ships, pre- | war. The Nazi battleship was not ',ldennh(‘d Cther German warships, destroyed, include a cruiser, 16 de- | stroyers, 18 U-boats and 18 tov- | market only.” |tleship has been sunk by Russia’s p l E D G E |of Germany’s few capital shins The Red Baltic fleet | sumably in the course of the whole which the Russians claim to have ipcdu boats. SRS THURSDAY PRICES Alaska Juneau mine stock closed Thursday at 17, American Can 59%, Anaconda 24%, Bethlehem Steel 55':, Commonwealth and Southern 3/16, Curtiss Wright 6%, Interna- tional Harvester 42, Kennecott 28%, and Great Britain for increasing New York Central 7%, Northern Pa- assistance they were giving Russia | cific 5'%, United States Steel 46%, | Pound $4.04. - 1 i DOW, JON territorial ambitions upon foreign | Soviet’s sole aim is to liberate its Stalin praised the United States S AVERAGES The first national billiard mateh | England as fast as we can ship' them—but not fast enough. On the (Continued on Page Four) more than 2,600 federal fugil Special FBI agents apprehended { i from justice in the last fiscal year. | R BUY DEFENSE BONDS a day, without pptatoes, or bread 'he supervision of Capt. Ed Curtin 60 pounds and was accepted. | half-hour variety show that includes J % and butter, Shook trimmed away “Command Performance,” a weekly | of special entertainment, ' . sporteasts, ete., which arewbenownim the Unted Stales -was. Dipvadi The stake was| |at Detroit in 1859, «ontinued on Page Three) “sls.ooo l ‘The following are Thursday’s Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 95.35; rails, 24.30; utilities, 10.28, “ for or Valdez, Olso Bikliand of Afiswi 4