The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 21, 1942, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY. N VOL. LIX., NO. 9040. 4 U.S. TROOPS REPORTED AT GIBRALTAR Fierce Fighting Still Continues At Kharkou RED ARMY ! IJAPS TAKE ., Su[?pliés for United Na‘tiovns Flow Into Af.rica 4 AXIS SAYS (RUSHING CEASTPORT = pay 5,000 MEN DEFENSE OF CHINA PSS Tl ~ NEARROCK Storms Forward Six More ‘Closing off All Supply Controlled Broadcasts Dif- fer on Details of Miles in Ten-Day | W OB | Routes fo Beleagued ' Nation of Orient Landing 0ld Battle TO ENTER STRAIT > 1 % troops have landed near Foocholv, No Confirmation of Dis- paiches Given by Al- Coast of China directly opposite | lied Nations in a dozen transports, which made | ; : A g NEW YORK, May 21—Axis-dom- pe B ‘l‘l?‘:_"“h(\“"‘::‘““‘“F vt ’ . el % : : |inated radio broadeasts picked up b deseent on Foschow, @ city |~ The long arm of American production reaches out to East Africa and dumps cargoes of vital supplies for b o ‘]‘::"(',‘f:l,”'\’,‘.;l‘ ”:’"L’}Ll"‘)" German stronghold, crushing re- Equipped with infra-red bulbs and blackout film, the roving cameraman of 400,000 population and the larg- the United Nations at the base established somewhere in Eritrea. Trucks are uncrated as soon as unloaded v P Daye. b iy 5 ¢ {ttacks to| caught this bit of romance right on Times Square during the blackout est port between Shanghai and | and after assembly by American mechanics are rushed to where the nced for them is the greatest. This | A’I o At N peated German tank _attacks fo] which darkened the Great White Way. This sailor AUNI Friend | Hongkong, both captured By thedd §8 ® scene at & unloading depol. Soon the trucks unloaded here will be working against the Axis in the though the broadcasts differ R B o e e miles 10| Jogkas i they are enjoying the proceedings. Note girl at SO 6om: | encmy, - smeinle 1o 'be n. A Migite St e i, e the ten-day-old battle o el lctely unaware of what's going on. e serie o J8 e h & : b : P y going in the series of the Japanese at-|¢ seem to have emanated from Al- Romance in a Blackout " £ Poo : from the Japanese Island of For- Recapture of Important _ r , ; 1 : : The troops are reported to bej ¥ ; 1 b Chinese Defense forces. 51 — : 3 invading force was carvied abroad| (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Russia’s armies are reported to- day driving over fields littered with wreckage and have engulfed a key IRACOBRA, top left, carries a 37-mm. cannon, six machine guns to the Zero's two 20-mm. cannon, two machine guns; has 1,150-horsepower liquid cooled motor behind pilot for 400 m.p.h. top speed, to Zero's 344 m.p.h. Both are heavily armored, carry extra belly tanks” to boost flying range. War Department record shows that War D o at nome. a1 Showdown in Cl0 Between aska, an 3 ere when eight . ¥ sk, ond e wagtabn o Nome) ~ PreSidnf, Lowis Expected by his parents during the gold rush at the age of three years, started school there and returned to San CLEVELAND, May 21 — United Soviet dispatches say that Rus- ey i % sian troops wiped out Nazi strong- l?‘k\ ; \'\Iur[h’ gl b % ¢ o gociras In Hpein \aracter of a major offensive per- : Vichy broadcasts that one trans- haps intended to knock China out DBA TTiE ABOVE THE CLOUDS port carrying 5000 troops followed o oomitunigiis Akl ik nive iy by an aircraft carrier and two villages were captured in the bat- on the east coast of the great ATE of the southwest Pacitic stend o Skairastny i an tle area with “enormous losses” in- D I Chinese scaboard closed and the The German “eyncyg D'NB said flicted on the enemy. apa"' ermany e( ares ffii’“g:«:sfl:l"mff;)c:‘!::"\t!;’wmmilr::" 7 degree on fighter planes of the | that 5,000 soldiers, escorted by three side ] e | 5 q { ‘o v | British destrs . had (ias "ttt IR hve TosD- A Vol the only “RRply YUl o e U d Japan. Here's how oyers. arrived near tured an important city of several left open to the beleagured Chinese . 4 America's Airacobra and Japan's not debarked, so that it was not thousand inhabitants deep in White a' I n g is in the north through Siberia. :: g Zcro f‘g r stack up. > known whether they stayed. Russia, forcing out the Germans R ST T s ' X ARG L R A strong Nazi fcrce attempted to W[ HOOVER SAYS regain the stronghold in a dawn About to ed |led the raid on Toky;:) aan other i ‘ to dusk battle. Dispatches of Red me——moos L - | Japanese cities several weeks ago, | Star, the Russian Army newspap- i { promised in a broadcast last night | p w er, indicate that this recaptured | that there are “many more gun | prises for both Japan and Ger- link in Kharkov's immediate de- 4 @ || Alaska is entitled to part of the fense ring. claim to the hero of the raid. The Hitler's Field Headquarters, how- T ever, plotured the Russians as suf- Former President Recom- planes ranged over the Kharkov § ‘ mendS Dl('af()l ngh'S battlefield in great numbers, straf- T | for ROOS e" Francisco five years later. 3 NEW VORK._‘MA; 21—-To win a « [ The waShlngton to support the suspicion held at today told CIO's United Steel Work- FIF 1] H dictatortal economic powers must be . Anchorage ,that Doolittle might €IS of America that the two unions are- our- ar ove e w ( I o n vested in the President Merry_Go_Round . | have been a fireman by the same should unite to “battle the forces The former President declared 4 : 4 | name on the Alaska Railroad in|trying to break up the labor move- 2 last night there “must be no hesi- —_— % 1920 on Army duty there or w ment from within or without.” _ tation in giving the President econ- By DREW PEARSON— | ; flion the Copper River and North-' Thomas lauded CIO President or ra nspor a lon s s n no u n(e :’I"‘“ D‘;/‘[Nt'l's and upholding him in em oreover, we must exert a holds and garrisons in a fierce " forty-minute struggle. ore urprlses or o of the War. With most of the important ports | cruisers entered the Gibraltar road- may depend to a considerable Far behind the lines, Soviet gucr- | Gibraltar on Wednesday but had who have held the point for four | Lk mont] | WASHINGTON, May 21—Brigad- | ier General Jimmy Doolittle, who [l German stronghold one that ! the Nazis have sought to hold at T o many.” any cost and apparently is a major 5 4 Doolittle’s background shows that i fering heavy losses as German war- ing and bombing the Red Armies. The War Department thus fails Auto Workers President R. J. Thom- total war, says Herbert Hoover, Phil Murray as a man who “is not steady decrease in economic free- and ROBERT §. ALLEN | western Railroad. e sitting in Washington in a grouch griping and nursing his sores,” evi- E\ A ? 1] <8 " dom as the war goes on. We musi able cold fact that economic meas« ures will win the total war, just \icrgenthau’s proposal to collect up | e visited while in Juneau e - WASHINGTON—John L. Lewis| s set the stage for his long ex- h:zu:d blaw-upgwlt.h Pt:il :d?n'rav dently taking a slap at John L ;)nd the CIO X | Lewis, who is expected to try ‘c 2 & : | \break up Murray’s power before ? That's the real pirgose behind | the PollS}' Colnmil\teep Sesbiie. i By INETT | . . Plaln Fapsks sfetiomics. the special United Mine Worker | ‘ Shes Fputy Domimites Jnsshpe. | ISC'G(“VC Serw(e System Hoover made his statements in an Policy Committee meeting ‘mext = Rt V HINGTON, Just | f address before - the National In- v 'S n H 2, | how s s the Sl 0! g- | dustrial Board, researc W Mondey. Lewis's announcement , Thomas’ speech came as many of | how. 15 the shoriaze of tran Must Not Draft Men dustrial Board, & reseatch organ said the pow-wow would consider : Pl b i E o portation for individials is becom . baiion, vacation and other war problems F 1 ARGy, convandon:: dele- ing is indicated by the fact tha on Sk|”ed JObS THE A e affecting the union. But that was {Eaten pHbeRRTL ilg ARTEMY | 18 0% i President Roosevelf himself paused only window dressing. | pected to draw his backing unions {in his many other duties to call for BB ot S T Lewls secretly has far more im- | jup for a showdown with Lewis |an immeadiate “share-your-cax 'WASHINGTON, May 21 The ;3 15 Meove. Hew ! — |chief of the United Mine Workers movement . War Manpower Commission today portant business up Rinoyp. Rt HOMESTEAD, Florida, May 20— and Murray’s predecessor as CIO Lo R ! directed the Selective Service Sys- bent on venting his fury on Mur-| | Two men were killed today as two|president, \“'I\\‘ll( ":'r"‘ H‘l'!»“"_ "'_"" e ° tem to instruct the local boards to ray and the CIO. | 4 B | (rucks which were carrying dyna-| 22, 1 St A i it ”’:“””“:"{ or even 10 Wal'|consult the Federal Employment Inside word is that charges of o mite from Birmingham to Key West —_— i) ‘_“" M“m“_" 3 '“‘,‘\':"; ¢ Service offices before drafting any aisruption, diloyalty, ete. vill be| g I e and sib attts terrific e,HJ Barr more ’ [Amenions Muftaipa! Asscciation | ndividuali i a- “wiciied erbion] was v T e re = i . e y Wi e ation.” placed. against Murray before th ; plosion near here Ja Y House Committee Suggests i’ w5 S oo vers | ccupation” ‘ URIN w Policy Committee—which is made Agtractive Mrs. Consuelo Morgan | Both trucks were torn to bits but/ ¢ity in the country and thus o ¢ The directions are included in ar up overwhelmingly of hand-picked | Thaw, sister of well-known Lady ' the driver of another and the oc- Insta"men' Paymems_ s e arives s brok., | ERFINE um announced by Lewis henchmen. . Also that a long| Furness and Mrs. Reginald Vander- | cypant of cne of them escaped. . en-down jalopy. or the last special Manpower Cc fon Chairman g i list of complaints will be made| bilt, has announced in Los Angeles |rye plast was heard for miles and Hlf Pay Che(ks built streamline job to roll through MeNuy to prosiote ghe ttullest util- Slghiseemg Out n Emer against the CIO. that she will marry Alfons Beau- | (' craer in the highway which | fdenirs oy v ization of the manpower of thi 2 Purpose of the two moves will mont Landa, attorney. ::]’:ie“ ti\l: s nmpass;ble.. | . Sy { il nation.” gen(y_hm"ed 'o ES' be toJay the foundation for oust-| 1 k... s NeUMONI Jasmeron s o = e o 1w om0 el 2 : ing Muray 2 UMW vic: presldex‘ll(\ ! House Wn:(.vs and Means Commit-|war effort thal is going to have to | EUGENE . SMITH TO sential Work and for withdrawing the UMW | | l I '"GERS 3 se is seeking to work out a sys-|pe yoluntary. Laws can draft men | JOIN SIGNAL CORP: froor: e G10. \F Y N ‘Acilgljyl;:ygg?\} Gplil, May Zl_y- tem of installment payment of in-linto the Army and rationing can | IN CORDOVA OFFICE WASHINGTON, May 21 — All ‘ 3 Son iy amc;,:;o:e:s y -w“; ome taxes to soften the blow of |curtail the use of everything that'’s | Eugene Stanley Smith, who has sight-seeing bus services are pro- MURRAY SUPPORTERS DESIROY 41 | Siototan o s preumonia, bls | iné doeply Increassd rate n the|turning up short, But it would be |been attending the U. S. Signal Dibited by the Office of Defense Murray plans to attend the meet- | A 0 N g Aniz . rsten, dis- jow income brackets impossible to police the whole na- [orps School 1t Seattle for the last| XAusPOrtation “effective June 1 ing. So does Van A. Bittner, head ; i JAP plANEs i Lo eor dnpoor healtn | BSRGN-Dag the comities com. fon to s ||“ «l\“xl“:‘.ll' owner 1t | o months, passed through Juneau :xrqdunrie-ed bus services are or- of UMW District 17, and Pat Fag- 10x Seiioehl Teard Fid was temoved | PSCUENENEw. [pdividys 143 pro= ] i 'y 8 his CAT lon his way to Cordova where he dered to cut to such essential oper- in head of UMW District 5, both + |10 the Hollywaod Presbyterian Hos- S8 by raising the range of .sur- | With U A€ 00 and fellow Work” | will be stationed with the ations gs TEANsSPEMpE WPROPN, . Wi staunch Murray friends. KUNMING, China, May 21—The pital last Tuesday. taxes from 6 and 771 percent to 12|°'s: The appea will have fto.De . . ciqre workers and school children. Bittner has been in Lewls's bad United States American Volunteer The regular Thursday radio ap- ¢nd 81 percent than it turned to "{;’m :”fl a vir:;vhmnf I;:;«”u‘n;:‘.x"x‘x‘x :;!:5{ Mr. Binith is the younger brother| The action is expected to save books since the West Virginian re- Group, known as the Flying Tig- pearances of Barrymore were C Snend: o tH A “lof Everett E. Smith, Office Man- hundreds of thousands of pounds fused to knuckle ¢cwn and go alon: ers, destroyed 47 Japanese planes celled early this afternoon on ac- '¢ 10 percent of taxable income| 7 ager for United States Em- °f €rude rubber yearly. with Lewis when he tioltd to Wer-| WASHINGTON, May 21 — The and also blew up 31 enemy trucks count of the condition of the actor on a salaries and wages plan. Transportation officls esti- | ) vment service here with whom - dell Willkie. Several months ago | House Ways and Means Commit-| during April. . This is according to 2 > The new plan may authorize the ,“mf‘.d that She sbammiyous 2 HESSE BACK FROM ool UMW Executive Board meet. | e¢ has agreed on a new individual an official AVG communique. IBACH IN JUNEAU Ireasury Department, perhaps in | Could easily rach broportione et KETCHIKAN TRIP ing, Lewis instigated an Investirg.- | SUrtax, ranging from 12 to 81 per- ot R s 1 Horace H. Ibach arrived in Ju September, to make regular deduc- ,'1’ g gl In'h\:' y “\:’l‘l "y"‘; v William A. Wesse, Territorial > % cent as compared to the present| The khamsin is 4 sandstorm Deau last evening from DundasBay lions from paychecks to be used | oy ghways withoul | paggeed, one of the traditional Highway Engineer, returned b; tion of Bittner bv n hand-picked! s pay {mpairing the war effort. Think i ¥ i, bok oec e | hay fever causes, provides food for today from an official business trip ey s DR S RS ZASE R SN rates of from 6 to 77 percent, it which usually sweeps North Africa and is staying at the Baranof Hu- as credits against the tax bill due (Conitinued on Page Four) is announced today. Jm early summer, ‘Lel while in the city. on March 15, 1 (Continued from Page Two) r““ NG POERSALLS, to Ketchikan,