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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIX., NO. 9039. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIAT ED PRESS TEN CENIS — PRICE ——— e OUTH PACIFIC WAR THREAT INCREASING Red Army Is Nearing Recapture Of Kharkov RUSSIAN ADVANCES CLAIMED Monster Tat?sl.ead Attack on Important So- viet City FIELD LITTERED | WITH NAZI DEAD Germans Try Diversional | Attack fo Draw Enemy South (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) ( | | | | | | i Russia’s Ukraine armies, led 17,\"l monster 52-ton tanks, are advanc- ing over fields littered with many hundreds of German dead in the nine-day-old battle of Kharkov. Meanwhile, the Nazis are seeking desperately to ease the pressure by a diversional attack 80 miles south | of the battlefront. Apparently, however, the Russians refuse to be| decoyed away from their real pur- pose of recapturing the “Pittsburgh | of the Ukraine,” around which the spring fighting has been concen- trated. ! A bulletin received early today from Red Army headquarters said, “Our troops have waged offensive battles and have beat off enemy attacks to advance our positions.” | At midday, the Russians reported they are smashing ever closer to Kharkov, despite stiffened German resistance and declared that fight- ing is spreading like wildfire along the entire southern flank of a 125 mile front. On the Kharkov front, the Rus- sians claim, German tank losses have risen to nearly 600, counting the 400 previously reported. To say that Morris B. Sachs of Victory Caravan performance in Navy rel Grant, left, and DAVIS, GUFFEY LOSE OUT IN PENNSYLVANIA Primary Refurns Show Martin, Rose Nomin- ated for Governor ENTERS DEFENSES LONDON, May 20 Marshal r Timoshenkos power drive on Khar- PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 20 — kov is this afternoon reported in Both Republican and Democ Russian sources to have penetrat, State organizations nominated can- ed the “heart of the city's de- didates for governor today while fenses.” two veteran Democratic congress- e men lost chances to stand for re- | election, unofficial returns for Pennsylvania's primary election shows. Major General Edward Martin, Pew-Grundy organization candidate, handed U. S. Senator James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor under | three Presidents, his first defeat in his long public career, to cap- ture the Republican gubernatorial The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON— and ROBERT S. ALLEN WASHINGTON — Even Washing- ton, where congressional boodling 2 is an old story, was startled when | POmination. some 300 senators and representa- F: OClair Ross, state auditor, tives took “X rationing cards giv- backed by national committeeman ing them an unlimited supply of David Lawrence and the Democrat- gasoline. ic State Commiitee, won out over The Capital well knows that few Senator Joseph F. Guffey's candi- members of Congress have suffi- | date, Judge Ralph Smith, of Pitts- cient “official business” to warrant|burgh, for the Democratic nomin- an “X" rating. Also, after the way ation for Governor. 4 the boys got iheir fingers burned Representative Charles Faddis, in the attempted crude “bundles oyspoken chairman of the House for Congress” pension grab, it Was gupcommittee on military affairs, P oNB .. |nomination by Dr. Grant Furlong, But it seems they haven't, for»}“_h0 e » 4 ;i the gas grab is only part of the| A, PRDE. SUPRAES . HeW rationing ducking story. | Washington and Allegheny counties. | District labor leaders contended |that Faddis gave support to pro- OPA has said nothing about it, but the inside fact is that a num- ber of the congressional .statesmen!p’*‘e" legislation to curb the un- have privately demanded that the|ions. Representative Guy Mose: drastic tire restrictions be lifted who represented the Reading dis- for them so that they can get tires|trict six years, lost out to Daniel for campaigning purposes. Hoch. Further, none of these politicos e said snything about extending such | a concession to their opponents.| SIO(K OUOTAIIONS They want tires for themselves, but| their rivals ;‘nust. abide by the reg-i NEW YORK, May 20 — Closing ulust;mr\:rwgp(:lthaxs)yt:pec:l f:’“émsf‘qumauon of American Can today ear to the tive demand - - 9°*'lis 62, Anaconda 221, Bethlehem Steel NOTE: One reason why “X” cards‘\“' Commonwea_lth and Southern were dished out so freely on Cap-| 3/16. Curtiss-Wright 6, Internation- ftol Hill was that a number of con- al Harvester 437%, Kennecott 267%, gressional wives acted as registrars |New York Central 7, Northern Pa- |cific 5%, United States Steel 447, FAST THINKER (Pound $4.04. Popular pastime at Selective Ser- —_— vice is swapping stories about DOW, JONES AVERAGES ?;fm-nzen Is the latest making| Tne following are today’s Dow, founds: s: industrials 98.1 A prospective draftes was tak- ‘r’:;sesz:a;;,er:fi:;i 11.64 i ing his physical examination nxf . ) 3 (Continued on Page Four) BUY DEFENSE BONDS “Grand” Kiss! he kissed Claudette Colbert, the mo Sachs pald $1,000 for the privilege. lief, for which the tour is being made. Screen Players Cary ic | ’PI_AN SMASH, Graduation Day for Reserve Midshipmen 'WAR PLANTS | P OF GERMANY e Samne Thousand Planes of Allies ‘, | to Make Raids at Chicago had a “grand” time when vie actress, during the Hollywood that city is putting it mildl The morney goes 10 Aify Bob Hope look on. Japanese ~ LyingLike, | Y‘E Say Ii :American Bombers Raid- ing Tokyo All Arrived at Destinations WASHINGTON, May 20— Thosc nine American bombers the Japan- ese claim were downed in last, month’s sensational raid on Tokyo ihas turned out to be as mythical |as Shangrila which the President said they came from. Brig. Gen. James Doolittle, who was in command of the raid on the Japanese cities, revealed today that all of the bombers reached | their destinations safely. Told that the Japanese claimed to have one of the American planes on display. Dooliitle rooted and| said: “The Japs do not have one| of our planes on display. They may | have painted up one of their own to look like ours or may have gotten | an American plane somewhere else but not from us.” - GERMANY RESUMED First Attack in Eleven Days| Made on Mannheim | : Last Night ’ | LONDON, May 20—One detach-| ment of four-motored Sterling] bombers carried 40,000 fire bombs to Mannheim and attacked it last night, the Air Ministry said today. ‘This flight resumed the major air attacks on German industrial centers after an 11 day lull. The Air Ministry said that other large forces of Halifaxes, Lancast- 'ers, Manchesters and Willingtons attacked Mannheim also with ‘great loads of fire missles and the heav- iest high explosive bombs.” Fourteen British planes were re- | ported missing after the raid, g Night Is Predicted LONDON, May disclosed today that the Commands are prepar- quarters Allied Air ing to send 1,000 bombers at night | against German targets in a gigan- tic campaign to support Russia in a knockout of Germany's war in- dustries These quarters declared that “ehe! thousand planes is not a fantastic figure. At present, we are sending {800 planes in night raids and this | force can be expanded.” CHURCHILL 20— Authoritative ' IS READY TO ~ STAND VOTE - Cripps Says_Gc;Ieers:-. Ready fo Go fo Coun- fry If Desired LONDON, May 20—Pombing of Germany is the best way of assist- ing Russia “until such time as we | are able to make a carefuily planned |attack on the continent of Europe, which we intend to do,” Sir Staf- | ford Cripps told the Ho of Com- mons today in answering criticism on the second day of the War de- bate, in which Winston Churchill is not participating. Cripps, the Government leader in the House, declared that the gevernment is ready to face a vote of confidence “if any substantial body of members” desired it. Leslie Hore-Belisha, former War , and a sharp critic of Britain's War leadersh ip, has urged the establishment of a sep- arate Ministry of Defense, which is now under Churchill. Cripps re- plied, “If the War Cabinet desires the advice- of a first class defense minisier, no one has a wider or longer experience in defense prob- lems than the Prime Minister.” OFFENSIVE IN ARCTIC IS HALTED Out Shipping Loss- es of Germans MOSCOW, May 20—The Russian Command declares the German of- fensive agaisst the Arctic port of Murmans port of entry of sup plies from the United States, ha been thwarted. The communique says 95,000 tons of German shipping in Barents Sea has been sent down. The com- munique says the Nazi losses during April and so far in May are listed as 22 ships including two dest. and in addition a submarine and = three transports are reported dam- aged. - .o - MRS. HENRY MOY JOINS HER HUSBAND IN SITKA Mrs. Henry Moy left late Tues- day afternoon for Sitka with Al- aska Coastal Airlines to join her husband in that city. Mr. Moy “e- cently opened a restaurant special- izing in Chinese foods in the Bara- nof Island city. B BUY DEFENSE STAMPS i As part of the U. S. Navy's broad program of training officers for active service, ensign commilssions in the Naval Reserve are passed out to 574 reserve midshipmen at the U. navolis, Md., following completion of a four-month training course. The Princess Grows Up Princess Elizabeth (left) is shown as she posed for he» sfxteenth birth- day picture with her mother, the queen, and her younger sister, Mar- garet Rose. The princess chose a garden as the setting for the picture. "Quickie” Commissions In Army, Navy, Marine Corps Are fo Be Scarce RA'DS ON 1Russ Communique Gives]l N ( 0 M E TAX UP PLANNED House Ways and Me Committee Decides on Big Increase VASHINGTON, ay 20 1se Ways and Means Comm ided today to ise the ividual income tax rate r to six percent - MEHERIN MAKE SHORT TRIP J. Meherin, prominent iness man and Alaska re tative of Hills Brothers' Co Tuesday morning for a iness trip to Sitka. -e BUY DEFENSE BONDS J. TO SI ans nitt normal from TKA local ' nffee, short BY JACK STINN WASHINGTON, May 20 “quickie” commissions in my, Navy and Marine oing to be scarcer From now ing to find impossible Tho the Ar Corp: on, the bo it pretty to become hard—mayh haveta or b hat captains, colonel without doin right shoulder hit deck h For a long time men have been sniping hoys who got their bat by pulling traps. But often the than their 11l quota o quads oblig find your fox- the now, cong t th tripes Away and boot- Re- turn someone else sniping more incere. cently political it has taken a reverse Donald loose A week or so ago, Rep. O'Toole of Brooklyn let blast against heroes and near-her- of the sports world who were being handed commissions as Ar- my, Navy and Marine physical edu cation instructors, that echoed in sports columns clear across the land. Mr. O'Toole wanted to know why these lads, most of whom had gath- ered in many a f{ine dollar from a oes (Continued on Page Five) NEW ATTACK - AUSTRALIA, IMMINENT Prime Minister John Curtin Warns Supreme Test Hourly Awaited HINT OF JAPANESE ATTEMPTED INVASION American and Aussie Air Forces Keep Scouting Northern Islands (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Although great b overshadov ) Ru Pacitic took ominous new tralia’s Prime warned today the struggle is “Our fighting the supreme test ment said, possibly new Japanese | mminent, follo A China's w preparing a crusht C hiang Chinese armies out of the war, Curtin said: “You have that the next few week with grave possibilitis peated the warning in th est terms Gen. Douglas MacArthur signifi Minister that t} iner men Cu hinting ion John Curtin mpo that . Naval academy at An- threat is z upon the heel ning that major off Kali and pan 1 i ta main China n HEAVY RAIN IS DRENCHING quarters meanwhile thdt 1 to make scouting — northern Islands ;No Changes Reported in s« revortes ! new armadas for ‘ POS”IOHS 0[ Jap5, \gainst Australia British, Chinese ————— NEW DELHI, May 20-On Burma front, British headquarters have repor no change: as the NEEDS MORE British rearguards await contact with the Jap troops driving up the Chindwin River Valley toward In- Minister Emphasizes Need for Planes, Fliers, Immediately dia Heavy monsoon rains drench the CANBERRA, Australia Australian Air Minister Yunnan front and the desolate mountains of southern China jus Drakeford today emphasized thas Australia needs more beer Ameri are o v over t wh the to be ible ntinuin Jap- maseing a po thrusi May 20— Arthur 8. planes “a to counter Ar u Japanese invasion above Burma where Lieut.-Gen anese- advance up the Burma Road F R E N ( H quickly as possible” Minister John Curtin’s imminent Jonathan Stilwell's Chinese armies are attempting to check the Jap- - Japan in the Pacitic His appeal came following Prime was | Short Gun Batfle Further ! Sharpens Vichy's 0f- ficial Temper VICHY May forces ¢ battle Monday Medit today It ative opr Unitec e ma s Conference Tr: n o in ning Ott Afr wa that ar men training fter abroad be sent hame ) 4 completing their training French and ¥ - ~ TWO MORE the side airplane official dispatch disclosed this mor- it 500 miles east of Gibralta ¥ pparently i of military im- TORPEDQED La Victims of Nézi U-boats land in Eastern (anadian Port and put out a minor TERN CANADIAN PORT in a refrigerator. The motor May 20—Sixty survivors of two ship. was overworked during Which were tc ved and sunk in e anil the Western Atlantic by Axis sub - marines have arrived here. .- - BUY DEFENSE STAMPS Each lost an not portance except sharpened Vichy's already aroused by Madagascar - ure of ANSWER CALL, REFRIGERATOR FIRE FIREMEN DOUSE of Juneau Volunteer ment a call iangle Apartments late Members Fire Depa from the yesterday answered blaze evidently last week's BUY DEFENSE BONDS