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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” f—————— VOL. LIX., NO. 9049. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1942. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JAPANESE MIDGET SUB RAID BEATEN OFF Terrific Air Attack Is Made on Nazi Center Doolitfle Decorated | COLOGNE 1S SET AFLAME BY BOMBERS Three-fourths of iy, Rhineland Metropolis Is Flattened REPORTED 1250 PLANES MAKE EXTENSIVE RAID [+ Five Thousand and Aircrat Ex pected to Soon Sweep Reichland LONDON, June 1.—Three-fourths of the city of Cologne was set afire and a great area of the German Rhineland metropolis of three- fourths of a million population was flattened by the tremendous weights of explosives dropped by 1,250 Royal Air Force planes Saturday night in the greatest' air raid in all aerial warfare. The British announced officially that reconnaissance aircraft report- ed that a plume of smoke towering over the ruins wrought by the de- vastating force of nearly 6,000,000 pounds of bombs, was still visible throughout Sunday from the Euro- pean coast. Air officials emphasized that the raid was carried out entirely by | British aircraft. 90-Minute Raid English newspapers predicted that | the raids will be three times as large when the United States Air‘ Forces get into action here. For 90 minutes ,the bombs crash- ed and the hellish flare of incen- diaries was sprinkled over Rhineland city, leaving it a flam- ing ruin. Prime Minister chill, Winston Chur- (Continued on Page Two) The Washinglon Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON— and ROBERT S. ALLEN the old | in a congratulatory message | WASHINGTON—As the tires on| your car wear smoother, you are wondering what has happened to| the ambitious plans for production of synthetic rubber announced so reassuringly by Jesse Jones months ago. Well the unfortunate answer is: “There just ain't going to be more| rubber for civilian use until 1944.”| Reason is the big war program, the long time required to build fac- | tories, but also the inexcusable bickering of rubber experts over contracts and processes—especially over the use of alcohol or petroleum as a base for synthetic rubber. And behind this is a basic three- way struggle among (1) companies, (2) the farm belt, which wants to turn its surplus grain into | alcohol, and (3) the big eastern alcohol companies which don't want to jeopardize their investments in Cuban molasses as a source of al- cohol. To get the full picture, examine the background of the Govern- ment’s two leading rubber experts. E. R. Weidlein, advisor to Jesse| Jones and the Rubber Reserve Cor- | poration, comes from the Mellon Institute of Pittsburgh, with a bigw business viewpoint and an oil-com- pany bias as to whether petroleum or alcohol is the better raw mater- jal for synthetic rubber. The other chief rubber expert is Arthur Newhall, Coordinator of | Rubber for the WPB, formerly with | B. F. Goodrich, and indoctrinated with the viewpoint of the big rubber companies. Newhall was polntedly criticized by the Truman Committee this week. Now take a specific example of delays in rubber. SMUGGLING A POLISH INVENTOR A Polish inventor, Stanislaus Szuckiewicz, invented process for making butadiene (ingredient for synthetic rubber( from alcohol and had a plant in full scale operation tCBnTi;wed on Page Four) the oil| | | | | Several President Rooseveit at Washingto of Honer on Brig. Gen. James H .| | | i Hitler Will Soon Attempt n pinned the Congressional Medal Doolittle for leading the American bombing raid on Tokyo several weeks ago. Behind them are Lt. Gen. H. H. Arnold, Air Force Commander, Mrs, Doolittle, who witnes the White House ceremony. Industrial Subu ths of Paris Under Atfack at CANTERBURY AIR RAIDED BY GERMANS Reprisal Attack Made-25 Planes Drop Explosives and Incendaries CANTERBURY, England, June 1 —Three waves of German air raid- ers, totaling some 25 planes, attack- | ed this ancient cathedral town with high explosives and incendaries. historic buildings were wrecked by bombs or by fire The raid is apparently in X't’pri:-;\l for the Royal Air Force's devastat- ing attack on Cologne. The British report does not reveal | whether the Canterbury CaLehdmL | was hit, Pirst official reports said 12 per- sons are known to have been kille and other bodies might be found among the buildings hit, which in- cluded two churches, two schools | and a newapspex office. 0. 5. PILOT GETS SUB, MARTINIQUE Naval Plane Drops Four Bombs on Axis Under- sea Craft SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June 1— | The Tenth Naval District announces | a1} types of planes and added: | |the sinking of an enemy submarine | off the French Island of Martin- | by RAF Raiders | LONDON, June 1.—Striking heav- | ily for the third time in two months at the same target ,a strong force of British bombers night-raided an | important group of factories at Gen- nevilleirs, 10 miles from the heart | of Paris. | Another strike was made by bomb- 'els on an enemy convoy off the Frisian Islands, north of the Dutch German coast, and a number of sup- ply ships wera hit and set afire. GREAT DAMAGE DONE PARIS, June 1. — Eighty-eight persons are known to have been killed and some 200 wounded by the Royal Air Force raid on the Paris industrial suburbs, according to of- ficial statements. Two hundred houses were destroyed in one sub- | urb aloue AIR ATTACK ON GERMANY NOW NEARING’ Lieut, Gen. Arnold Com- pletes Conferences with | Brifish Leaders | ! | \ LONDON, June 1l.—Lieut. Gen IH. H. Arnold, head of the United | | States Air Forces, announced today | what he has “practically completed” i | conferences with British le&dt’ls‘ |amid the developing “maximum im- i | pact of our combined air strength” ‘on Germany. Arnold declared: “It is obvious that no offensive against Nazi dom- | ‘inated Europe will succeed without ;alr superiority. We mean to have\ i it.” | } Arnold said the American nlrl forces to be sent against Nazi Gom- | ‘imwd Europe will be balanced by (units of fighters and bombers of “It is agreed that the best resulns‘r will be achieved if American crews | HUGE NAIZI OFFENSIVE IS PENDING to Deal Death Blow in Russia (Editor’s Note: The following dispatch was written by Louis Lochner, veteran correspondent and chief of the Associated Press Berlin bureau during Hit- ler's preparations for war. Loch- ner wrote the story on his way to New York from Lisbon, Spain, on the repatriation ship Drot- tingholm, which reached New York today.) By LOUIS LOCHNER NEW YORK, June 1.—Some time in June and possibly even as late as July, Hitler plans to give the com- | mand for a general offensive along the entire Russian front. More than that, he hopes to march into Turkey and Iran, in order to execute one of his famous pincer movements. | This information came to me on | the last day of my stay in Lisbon | from a German source so well in the know of things that I cannot i doubt its veracity. The recent see-saw struggle on the southern Russian front, my in- ! formant pointed out, was merely the | preparatory action of cleaning the | boards for the major action which | is impending unless the United Na-{" ticns spoil Hitler's game by really erecting a second front on the west —quickly and efficiently — thereby compelling Hitler to take large con- tingents of his troops and air force away from Russia Hitler intends to “finish” Russia by a dramatic general assault along the whole line and from every pos- sible angle, He intends to put all of his eggs into one basket — to concentrate on this one military problem. NAZIFORCE IN DESERT IS TRAPPED British Com_manique Says Tank Divisions Try- ing to Escape CAIRO, June 1. — The bulk of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's two German tank divisions, the back- bone of his African corps, is reported trapped, attempting to escape ihe Bfltlsh forces of Lt. Gen. Ritchie. Aceording to British dispatches, a nerce battle is being waged on all es and from the air in an effort t,o wipe them out. The Germans only hope, the com- ! munlque indicated, is to win “a bat- | tle of gaps,” by holding open two nanow passageways through the | British mine fields to the westward cleared by the Germans where they concentrated their anti-tank artil- | lery to protect their route of escape. The British declared that Gen Ludwige Cruewell, in direct com- "mand of the African corps under | Rommel, has been captured. He is the former commander of an armored division in Yugoslavia and is said to have been taken pris- oner when his reconnaissance plane was downed in the desert. 'Name New Gibraltar Commander LONDON, June 1—Major Gen- ique by a naval plane piloted by fly American planes as American |eral Mason MacFarlane, head of the G. Binning. The statement says he dropped ‘four bombs within four minutes on| the undersea boat from an altitude of only 50 to 100 feet. units when emergency conditions dictate any course.” ——,,——— The Island of Malta is 122 square| miles in area, British Military Mission in Moscow | has been named Governor and Com- mnnder in Chief at Gibraltar ac- cording to an official announce ‘ment, MacArthur's Airmen Hammer al Enemy \ o ol ® ® 3 P I N\, on== O Sma, MEDIUM BOMBER 800 MILES p' 1500 MILES HEAVY BOMBER A communique from General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters in Australia said that Allied airmen had island, northwest of Australia, and probably had destroyed two Japanese transports at Kcepang, on the Dutch end of the island. An attack by Japs on Port Moresby was dismissed Map indicates effective range of heavy bombers that could strike into Java, the Phil- Medium bombers could fly their bombs to a Pursuit planes can put up a protective screen around Australia’s shores, and pick off any Struck anew at Timor ,East In as insignificant. ippines, and the Indian Ocean approaches to Australia. middle zone. (‘.QNIN *MARCUS f MARIANAS | o s GuAM ~ oy 8 DRI NN CAROLINE IS * N, Pacitic PR, W w S eNAURY THRUST AT SYDNEY IS REPULSED Shellfire and Depth Bombs Used Successfully in AMempted Attack * WAKE Ocean ‘ MAIIIIM.I. bl ® ,GILBERT | s | | | 1 N NE BRITAIN Y, ¥ : | Sea x \Nw nraval or aerial craft thu m{xht shp lhmu(h the ontcr derenses Blshop Pefer Trimble Rowe Dies in Vicloria After SEATTLE, June 1—The Rt. Rev. ‘(’D““” Peter Trimble Rowe, 85, head of the Episcopal diocese of Alaska since 1895, and called “The Bishop of all outdoors,” died at his home n Victoria at 7:15 o'clock this morning the Biocesan office here announces. When he went to the far north sea, the great open spaces became his church and he was obliged to adapt himself to the conditions ex- isting in that undeveloped country. A pioneer among teachers of Christianity in that region, he had to travel by canoe in the summer and on foot over the frozen track- less wastes in winter, to reach the Eskimos, Indians, adventurers and other trail blazers. His aptitude for carpentry served ! married Miss the bishop well in his early days. He made his own lumber and built his beats and various missions that| dot the northern country bear test- imeny to his handiwork. The great gold rushes only ser- ved to make | James Bishop Rowe's tack| Colorful Career Ontario, then a ploneer country. In November of that year | he was made a deacon of the Church of England and was ordained to the priesthood two years later. | The Episcopal Church of St. at Sault Ste Marie called him as rector in 1882 and he re- mained nearly 14 years when he was made bishop of the Alaska diocese. On June 5, 1882, just as he be- came rector of the parish at Sault Ste. Marie, Bishop Rowe married Dora H. Caryy. After he husband was consecrated bishop on Novem- ber 30, 1895, Mrs. Rowe went to Alaska with him and for 18 years shared the trials of frontier life. in the north. They had two sons. She died May 22, 1914. On October 21, 1915, Bishop Rowe Rose Fullerton of Three sons were born to Winnipeg, them. Bishop Rowe made his first air- plane flight in August, 1926, being piloled from Nome to Tigara by| Noel Wiern. The bishop was inclined |more difficult. In addition to teach-|to apologize for his flight, explain- |ing Christianity he was to peddle it among the people in competition with interests other than religion which brought them there. Builds Churches With his own hands the first church at Nome during cne of the rushes, then continued on to Fairbanks where another church was erected. In a rush at Cordova | planes he built|rounds and covered as much of his {diocese in 5 months as he formerly |did in | There were only three churches in ()h])gpdl‘nil that an urgent call from an Esklma village led him to under- take it But after aviation became an ac- cepted fact in the north he used almost exclusively for his three years by dog team his terrifory when he started, but the bishop followed and there be-,by 1939 there were 37 and three came a competitor with saloon men | in bidding for the only lumber| available. built a clubhouse for destined to be the only counter at- traction to 14 saloons. Following the trail in the wilder- ness, traveling by canoe and snow- | hospitals. At 82, on a brief vacation in New The bishop got it and| York, he looked back to his 43| the men,|Yyears in the north, recalled gold {rush friendships with Jack London \Rex Beach and Tex Rickard and remembered preaching several ser-| mons in Rickard's gambling place shoe and camping under the open|in Nome ky even in severe winters were Hale and hearty, bpink-cheeked only part of Bishop Rowe's every-|and with an habitual appetite for day life. He was admittedly the|beans and tea, his customary field best musher in Alaska in the early diet in the north, he said he never days and was conspicious for his\’“‘d been Il a day. courage in a land of brave men.| Having gone into Alaska before the “Oh you have to know how to! take care of yourself,” he said. “But sold rushes, Bishop Rowe became!il’s a great life.” a familiar figure to those who were lured there in quest of the precious metal. Bishop Rowe was born at Meadow- ville; Ontario, November 20, 1856. He was graduated from the Univer-| ity of Trinity College, Ontario, and | ization certificates in 1910; 235260 tribute the word caucus to the Am- ballot on several ) erican language. early in 1878 went to Algomah Benjamin Stoddert of Maryland |was the first U. 8. Secretary of the | Navy. - The U. S. isued 39,448 natural- in 1940, NIPPON BASES ARE FIRED, DOCKS WRECKED 3Before Dawn Assaults Are } Made on Timor, Also \ - lCALEDONIA at Lae Quarters (By Associated Press) Successfully parrying a thrust in | the harbor of Sydney, Australia, by a force of Japan's midget sub- marines; successful Allled raids on ananesv island bases facing Aus- NEW | tralia, and the valiant efforts of the ZEALAND ‘Chlnefle to check Japan's offensive |in Chekiang Province, are reported |as the major developments in the | Far Pacific war. { Midget subs, apparently the two- | man type the Japs used fruitlessly {at Pearl Harbor, ran into thunder- | | AUCKLAND WELLINGT ing shellfire and depth charges in the Sydney harbor Sunday night and three of them were probably de- Istroyed. This may have been the |entire force. Apparently they stole qnto the harbor from a mother ship | lying off southeastern Australia. Be- | fore destroyed, the subs sank an old ship used as ferry. Allied air forces from bases on D American | Australian soil started large IN BRUTA[ and wrecked docks, airdromes .md | also enemy logdments at Timor and | northeastern New Guinea | Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head- quarters also report that just be- fore dawn yesterday, Japanese es- tablishments at Lae, New Guinen, were bombed so suddenly that only S P one fighter got off to oppose the raiders. Sea Rald.er BIaSh l:lfeboa' Last Saturday night the Allies struck Koepang airdrome, doing carrylng 'Ame”(an heavy damage, it is said. Survivors r NEW ORLEANS, June 1. — An lull SEEN Axis submarine, whose officers ap- | parently knew the victim was un- | armed, sank a medium sized Am- erican cargo ship in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 22 men. The dead were all aboard a single lifeboat and were blown to bits ! Seventeen others of the crew es- caped in a second lifeboat and were picked up the day after the tor- (% pedoing and brought to New Or- B A Germans, However, Re- 10 ooo N all | porfed Massing Tanks ! for Big Attack ! MOSCOW, June 1-—The three a e S ’e | weeks of battles in the Crimea and | Ukraine districts which opened the {spring campaigns on the Eastern Front have ended in a calm which ew I(er flnd; new lines established on noth des. Both the Germans and the ‘me‘u\.s apparently are preparing NEW YORK, June 1.—A German |for new, and perhaps more violent radio broadcast, picked up here by | assaults. the Columbia Broadcasting System,| As a result of their early May says Hitler addressed 10,000 cadets offensives, the Germans now are recently, all having been promoted ' holding advanced lines. Kerch Strait as officers in the Army, Navy and |separates them from the Caucasus Air Force. The address was made | where the rich oil fields lie. The at the hng Berlin sponu neld | Russians, meanwhile, are occupying | deep wedges about Kharkov | The Ukrine fighting Ilull was Alaska Boy | signalized in a Soviet communique which said there was nothing at all to report from the front. The Germans, however, are re- | ported to be massing a vast cen- s asua centration of tanks behind the | southern front. Russian reconnais- | sance pilots said that in one sector I“ N v they saw an armored column which sdn stretched through the streets of one | city and on through the suburbs as | far as the horizon, WASHINGTON, June 1. — The! ety Navy Department’s fourth casualty e ot war iuges as micany ELKS MEET TONIGHT Edward Simpson, Jr., Ensign in the Noval Reserves. He 15 4 son of IN SPECIAL SESSION Lipman Simpson, of Fairbanks, Al- aska. A special meeting of the Juneaus | Elks wil be held tonight at 8 o'clock. North Indians con- IThe purpose of the meeting is to candidates for special initiation Wednesday night.