The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 7, 1942, Page 1

THE / ¢ L) L VOLLIGGROEOM, .. 0 | oo 0o “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1942 MEMBER AbeClA I‘l'l) PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS MANILA BAY FORTS SURRENDER T0 JAPS British Occu STRONG (OUP TAKES PORT OF ISLAND Losses Heavy as landing | Forees Meet Determ- ined Resistance FRENCH TELL LOSS OF TWO CRUISERS Key Point of India Supply Roufe Defended by Vichy Loyalists LONDON, 'May 7.—Strong Brit- ish land and naval forces have cap- tured Diego Suarez, the naval base surrounding the territory of the strategic northern tip of Madagascar | Island, according to today's com- | munique. At the cost of something more than a 1,000 men, the occupation of the key point on the Indian Ocean supply route to prevent its falling into Axis hands was accomplished 48 hoyrs after British commandos, marines and soldiers landed at dawn on Tuesday. But the occupation was accom- plished only after the assault had been thrown back on Wednesday | morning by hard fighting of the | Colonial Troops and seamen loyal to i the Vichy regime. Winston Churchill, reporting on the action in the House of Com- | mons, declared that the coup had been planned for three months in order to prevent bloodshed “as far as possible.” | Heavy British Force He said that “very strong forces and all arms were employed.” The | French said that the British force included 23 warships of heavy ton- | nage, sigmlyxng Lhev were battle- ‘Oonnnued on Paue Three) The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON— | cxnd ROBERT S. ALLEN WASHINGTON—Up to a few hours before the President made his tough anti-inflation broadcast | CIO president Phil Murray tried to | pressure him to soft-pedal a cell- ing on wages. Murray approved the other six points of the President’s program, | but wanted him to lay off the one applying to labor. With the vigorous support of AFL _ moguls, Murray had -been trying to get him to do this for weeks. But when several earnest! efforts to talk the matter out with Murray proved unavailing, Roose- | velt turned a deaf ear. U. 5. Infantry’s Big Punch AUSTRMIA SELF-LOADING, SEMI-AUTOMATIC PEEP SIGHT ON _BREECH PISTOL GRIP WEIGHT: 9.4 POUNDS CLIP OF "EIGHT SHELLS | §9 PARTS (SPRINGFIELD || | HAS 96 PARTS) || | N It's bad news for the Axis, but American production lines daily | are rolling out hundreds of these modern, semi-automatic Garand ; rifles to give the American soldier more arms superiority wherever he may engage enemy infantry. The Garand has numerous advantages over the old Springfield: 60 shots a minute compared to 1 5 for the Springfield; holds a clip of eight shells (five for the Springfield) and is self-loading. The Springfield has a bolt action. SKYWAYS SYMBOL Wide World Features Here’s the newest addition to fighting force insignia — the American Air Force shoulder patch. The insignia consists of a white star with red center, flanked by stylized gold wings on a circular background of ul- tra marine blue. Members of AAF may wear, in addition. the uvmbnl of their own units. AGREE ON RAILROAD T0 ALASKA .S Armyfigineers Will| Make Survey - No Details Given GERMANYTO FREE FRENCH ~ AIR (REWS: Will Be Sent fo Fight Brit- - ish Over Their Home Territory LONDON, May 7—A Lisbon dis- patch to the London Daily Express | sald today that betyeen 30 and 35 thousand French airmen, includ- | pilots, gunners and ground | ing | crews, are to be released from war| pusr)n camps by Germany on June Their primary aim is to be fight- ing over French territory against the British air attacks. - - JAPANESE ARE PENETRATING INDIA, CHINA |Today's DispTIthes Report New Advances by En- emy from Burma | (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) THEATENED NEW MOVE Japanese Increasing Nav- | al Adivities Around Island Groups ' FOOTHOLDS ARE MADE BY FORCES OF ENEMY {Warships in n New Concen fration Attacked by Allied Bombers ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN | AUSTRALIA, May 7.—Ominous in- | crease in Japanese naval activity around New Britain and the Solo- | mon Islands is reported today by | | the Allied Bomber Command which | \15 countering with high explosives. This is a developing threat to the tall important American-Australian | supply routes. The communique from this head- | quarters, noting the strengthening |of the Japanese in these two north land northeast groups where they have alrealy established footholds, sald Jay ce_warships near Bou ain, were “attacked vuwmuny yesterday but no de- tails arve given out. Obviously headquarters is alive to | these impl .mom that any strength- (n)u;, of th forces in those .‘ as indicates a direct attack on Australia or an encircling move to sereen and seize the islands east of this continent. CREDIT PLAN BUYING IS ABOLISHED WASHINGTON, May 7 — Stiff regulations controlling the install- ment purchasing of nearly ever) article in common use in the Ameri- can home have been promulgated by the Pederal Reserve Board in response to the President’s demand last week for measures to prevent inflation. The Board said that in addition to the regulation of installment purchasing, ordinary charge counts on such articles must be paid by the tenth of the second month after the purchase of the articles The orders are to go into effect immediately. On the new list of restricted; articles are Belonons, 300 miles Navy Roll Call---1f Axis Get French Fleet "UNITED NATIONS POTENTIAL TOTAL 3 15 13 UNITED STATES CREAT BRITAIN ] AvAiLABLE s | FRENCH UNITS UNITED STATES 39 GREAT BRITAIN 65 AVAWLABLE 1 | FRENCH UNITS rfl - | UNITED STATES 7 GREAT BRITAIN 6 Wide World Features ,fo the United Nations—but it sti BXIS FRENCH UNITS (2 More JAPAN GERMANY ITALY POTENTIAL TOTAL 10 5 7 FRENCH UNITS More Build JAPAN CERMANY ITALY CRUISERS 2 FRENCH CARRIERS BUILDING JAPAN CERMANY ITALY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS scattered units of the French fleet would be a matter of grave concern 1l wouldn't give the Axis naval superiority, according to available figures. This chart shows how the navies would compare if France turned over to Germany the portion of the | | | Nazi acquisition of the widely | | | | fleet stationed in French ports, an | surveillance. | Thyee battleships and two cru; | rier and twa The figures do not take into | small Dutch units and the Russian navy d if the United States and Great Britain seized units now under Allied isers were in British ports when France quit the war. An aircraft car- ruisers were stranded in Caribbean ports, and are under U. S. and British surveillance. consideration destroyers, submarine and smaller units, nor available The latter is chiefly active in the Black Sea and has no large role at present in the battle of the oceans. Jap Milifary Allatk U.S. SHIP MAKES EPIC TRIP HOME Cruiser Claimed Sunk by Japs Arrives Safe at East Coast WASHINGTON, May 7—The U. S. light cruiser Marblehead, which the Japs have claimed several times to have sunk, has arrived at an East Coast port, the Navy Depart- ment announces "he ship is badly torn and dam- aged by bombs, but “very much afloat,” the navy says. The 7,000~ ton cruiser steamed half way arcund the world, making a por- tion of the trip with the steering sear disabled, sometimes barely naging to keep afloat her wounds of war home for heal- Testifying to the grim struggle of . SaysU.S.Cannot Make “to bring| RAF KEEPS UP ATTACK Writer Yetfrom Alaska TOKYO, May 17 well known military S(hhhiu 1to, e din Bomb Stuttgart for Second, Alrdromes ary Times” that the season of | melting ice in the Northern Pacific | has brought to the fore the pos-| pONDON, May 7 — Industrial Sfl)l!l(\' of an American offensive plants at Stuttgart in Southern| against Japan from Alaska and Germany again were bombed by the | “‘;‘l”/“:““'”‘h{:‘i’*‘e';‘l‘; that various Y8l Al Force for the second! faciars Gscount e presbity sod | DSR¢ A guccestion, I was ropertad that it is not Japan but the United ! R States which should fear operations| ** Reidico. hige "L,‘Mk"d IR in the Northern Pacific. | BE!S in the.epihe sackpr The distance belween Alaska and|Sdme time. the United States, poor transporta-| The British reported the raids as tion facilities in Alaska and the| !the third in a row against Ger- | vulnerability of Alaska to puraq"‘“‘“y since the start of the new chute attack because of its sparse | !series of aerial assaults last Sun- population make the Territory the day against Hitler’s war industrial weakest point in United States de-|machines fense, he said. Four British bombers were He declared that naval bases in|missing after the raid, the Air Min- Alaska are not completed and that istry reported, and said that the the only large enough harbor tuldmks at Nantes again were bombed, take small auxiliary ships, sub- and airdromes in Northern France marines and destroyers is not suf-jand the Low Countries attacked. icient!lv big to replentish any car- |rier striking force sent against Japan. LONDON, May 7. — Royal Air He added that heavy fog and|Force bombers, continuing smash- other weather factors limit United|ing attacks on industries feeding States naval operations until mid-| Hitler's war machine, hammered June or carly August and that the|Stuttgart last night for the third United States is unable to transfer | successive night and roared France- all remaining ecapital ships homw ward at daylight today. (the Atlantic to operations against| The raiders last night was a large | {Japan. | force and they smashed the German SMASHING ATTACKS ON NAZIS at the| y North Tip Or Madagascar CORREGIDOR, * OTHER BASES HAVE FALLEN Occupat ion of Fortified Island by Nippon Forces, Announced by Tokyo WAINWRIGHT TAKEN CAPTIVE WITH MEN Official Wflepartment | Communique Tells of Hopeless Defense (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) A communique issued by the Im- | perial Military Headquarters at Tokyo this morning said the Jap- anese forces completed the occupa- |tion of Corregidor and the other | fortified islands in Manila Bay at ‘;4 p.m. Wednesday, Pacific Wartime, | The communique also said Lient. | Gen. Jonathan Wainwright and his | staff surrendered to the Japanese lon Malinta Hill, central part of | fortified Corregidor Island. | Early Wednesday morning, com- | muniques from the Alliled Head- wqu.uurs in Australia announced the punmder of the Fortress of Cor- \regidor and the other Manila Bay bases of Fort Mills, Fort Hughes, Fort Drum and Fort Frank. Later in the day, the War De- 'pnrtmcm in Washington corrobor- 'n.ed this announcement, saying the Japs had assaulted the Island | Fortress of Corregidor and that a {landing attack was in progress there |at midnight on Tuesday, Manila | time, | Against heroic American resist- ance, the Jap landing attack was disclosed in a brief report by Lieut.- |tien. Jonathan Wainwright on Tuesday to have been started across |the narrow stretch of water sep- “m'uxmg the fortified rock from Batean Peninsula. | 28-Day Siege | There has been no estimate of |the number of troops holding out ‘ugmnxv. the continual aerial and | artillery bombardment since fight- ing ed on Bataan a month ago. Atter being pounded mercilessly into helplessness by the unceasing |artillery fire and bombardment of the Japs, the guardian fortress of ‘M.uuh\ Bay surrendered after a 28- day siege, climaxed by a day of |constant firing which swept away |the beach defenses and made it | possible for the invaders to pour ashore from steel barges. The derenders had long been cut (Continued on Faue Three) 11,574 ARE | icked i included all civilian|the { the ¢ keep | A Tokyo dispatch picked up in w”“ captain and the crew to ”P | manufacturing city that produces | ONBAWES s, Siay 1o 0an- clothing, kitchen articles, dishes,|ihe ship afloat, it was repor ‘ aviation engines, Murray made his last-minute ef- | Berlin today said that Japanese ada and the United States have! fort by trying to call Roosevelt on | the phone. But the answer came | that he was busy putting the fin-|States Army Engineers to determine | ishing touches on his speech, could | not be interrupted. In this undercover pressure at-, tempt an intimation was made to| the White House that in retali-| ation, the AFL and CIO might withdraw their representatives on | the War Labor Board, which has| jurisdiction over the wage ques-; tion. The CIO did this once before | when the old National Defense| Labor Board turned down John L.| Lewis' demand for a closed shop in the “captive” mines. This walk-out smashed the NDLB and forced the President to reor-| ganize it into the WLB. i ‘The latest walk-out threat drew a swift and blunt counter-challenge. Word has been sent the laborites that if they quit the WLB, the President will bar them complct,el,v:' from the agency. He will reconsti- | agreed upon a survey by United the possibilities of a railway con- necting Canada and Alaska, it was learned in official quarters here today. Plans for the survey are in the preliminary stage. No details are | being made public immediately. However, it was indicated some | time ago in official circles in Wash- mglon that a railroad connecting the | Territory and the Continental Unit- ed States, instead of a road, “is an assured fact.” The opinion that a road, -alone, would be unable to furnish Alaska troops with neces- sary supplies also was expressed. Some officials pointed out that the construction of the present road- way is being held to a “grade” suit- able to railroad use, indicating that the railroad might be constructed on the same route. Reports vary on the route, but it | is believed that the northern term- tute it into a body of five or seven | i vi laska Railroad. members representing only the pub- ing with the Al ~ J linus will be at Pairbanks, connect- | forces in Burma have crossed the Indian border at West Paletwa ‘and penetrated 62 miles from Chitta- | gong. Paletwa is about 80 miles north- west of the Burma port of Akyab on the Kaladan River on the Ind- ian-Burmese frontier. The town of Paletwa is little more than 70 miles in an airline {from Chittagong. March Into China Dispatches yesterday elaborating on the serious situation in Burma, where Japanese forces had broken | through the frontier defenses to start marching along the Burma Road into the Yunaan Province of China, said that Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek had arrived in the Province to take personal com- mand of his Chinese forces follow- ing the break through. Dispatches from Chungking today said that the Jap spearhead with warplane support had swept along the Burma Road into the town of Chefang in Chinese territory. linens, jewelry, auto accessories, 211|that sometimes water poured in mr- electrical appliances, luggage, um-|rents through the holes in her sides, brellas, sports equipment, used Im»‘m\ the ship was kept going. niture and yard goods. rhe epic journey covered ap- |pr ximately 13,000 miles after the »‘ iser was bombed twice. It was| directly once, and damaged un- der water by a near miss during | preliminary phases of the battle in |ihe Dutch East Indies when the| Japs were advancing '\()ullm‘url j hrough Macassar su'm ON BIG lIST*BRnuH | WASHINGTON, May 7. — Thr‘ DESTROYER | War Production Board today pro-| | hibited the use of copper, brass or | bronze after May 31 on more than | ! 100 additional civilian commodities | N K including pins, Christmas tree buibs, | neon and fluorescent lizhtine for | sive | trical equipment. Other targets in jOH" WE'R IROY |the vicinity were also hit, the of- MILITARY HONOR GAS DElIVERV Hundreds Crowd Eiks Hatt NOW 15 CUT. 50 PERCENT to Pay Tribute to Great Man War Production Board In a ceremony that was impres-| lim“S Fl.lel i" EaSi- ern States by 1ts simplicity, John Weir| Troy was buried yesierday after- noon. The funeral service was held | in the Elks' Hall, the Elks ritual] WASHINGTON, May 7—The War service being spoken. Graveside ser-,l’rodncuon Board, on the recom- vices and interment were in the|mendation of Harold Ickes, has or- Elks' Plot in Evergreen Cemetery. |dered deliveries on gasoline and Hundreds of the late Governor's light fuel oil reduced 50 percent friends packed the hall, Alaskans|below last year's, beginning with | tanks and elec- | LONDON, May 7—The advertising signs, musical instru- ments, cooking utensils and electric | |fram all walks of life. And it was|May 16 in 17 Ea British '@ ceremony that all could under-! ithe District of Columbia astern states and lic at large. Note: Insiders say the real rea-| son for Murray’s agitated efforts to | One report is that the railroad| They added that the lightening razors, tons, has | stand. ! de Lroyer Jaguar, 1690 - e e —— would follow the route of the pro- | posed International Highway, be- tween Fort St. George and Watson blecck a wage ceiling is fear that'yake and then continue along what John L. Lewis will use this in hlA is known as the “B” route up the (CQfitmued on Puge smx) (Continued on Page Four) drive 25 miles up the road was sq| rapid that the Chinese had no time 0 destroy the Burma highway. It is not clear, the dispatch said, how far the Japs intend to penetrate The order means the stoppage of | boen sunk with its complement m‘ production on many commodities t-n‘ 183 men, the Admiralty announces A military guard of honor st00d| GEORGE HOLLINGSWORTH |watch over the casket until the! CAVES F ) 4 o 'S FOR ANCHORAGE actual service began. The honorary | JEAYS the list for which no copper sub-| iclally, George Hollingsworth, CAA of- s A | vallbearers came in and took their stitutes can be found. l .- — . Continued on Page Three) | places o side e . rhe Romans introduced the bag-|_ e elthc_l:q*ol_til: "mf‘: . BUY DEFENSE BONDS J';.:‘,« into the British isles, (Conl.mued on Page Six) CAPTURED ON - MANILA BAY |Estimates Issued Today by War Department Do Not Include Losses | WASHINGTON, May 7. — The | War Department today announced | that approximately 11,574 soldiers, sailors, marines and civilians are presumably captured by the Jaos on Corregidor and other Manila Bay forts. The estimate is based on reports received up to April 15, the com- munique said. ‘The announcement declared, how- ever, this does not take into con- sideration the casualties which might have been suffered in the last three weeks. The totals included 2275 Naval personnel, 1,570 Marines, 3,734 Am-~ erican soldiers, 1280 Philippine |ficial, left Juneau this morning for |Scouts, 1,269 casuals, including civ- the CAA headquarters in Anchor- age. ilians and individuals not otherwise classified.