The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 3, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIX., NO. 9051. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WH)N \I)/\\ jb B3 PRICE TEN CENTS _ MEMBER ASSOC lM ‘l) I’thb DUTCH HARBOR IS ATTACKED (4 4 4 & (4 L4 4 4 S 4 S s & 4 S (4 (4 JAPANESE MAKE FIRST ALASKA ASSAULT ESSEN AGAIN BATTERED BY RAF BOMBERS Second Time in 24 Hours Finds Raiders Over German City 400 PLANES TAKE PART IN ATTACK; British Sp&;sman Says, Ruhr Objectives Achieved (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Royal Air Force bombers, per- haps 400 strong last night again battered the great German war foundries of the City of Essen for the second time in 24 hours. Huge fires are said to have been left raging in the city of 65,000 population. In London, a spokesman said that the objectives of the terrific as- saults on Cologhe and the Ruhr already have been substantially achieved, and he declared that a total of 30,000 RAF planes bomb- ing Germany each month is “not a fantastic figure.” Tells of Secret Gas i Phonephoto | ' 1f Hitler plans to introduce gas in | unity : judgment on what Roosevelt Gives Verbal Spanking fo Washingfon Regarding "Loose Talk" BY JACK thhNETl‘ WASHINGTON, June 3 President the other da set foot down on “loose tall matters. It isn't the first time, but never before has he been so em- | phatic in declaring that there too much of it afloat and I don’t, believe ever before has he de- nounced Washington as being a worse offender than all the rest of the country put together. There’s a good - reason for his warning. Washington has become the last free news center of the world on stories dealing with the war. Yet Washington, for all its unprecedented demonstration of of war effort (the records the Civil and even World War I are far less admirable than the present war in the matter of na- tional capital unity) still is & dem- o‘racy operating on political basis. There still are.poiitical jealousies and ambitions, petty personal quar- rels, and men in high places whose the ould o shouldn't divulge is swuyed by in- dividual feelings, or the ne ossity for self-justification, Of the major nations involved in the war, this is the iast culpost | of the democratic principles of un- trammeled speech, with Canada, The | his on war of a thusly: Trio Wins While the RAF was blasting Es-' the present war, Uncle Sam is ready | Australia and England close be- sen last night, German night raiders acain attacked the cathedral town (Conunued on Page Sxx) The Washmgion Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON—— and ROBERT S. ALLEN (The Pearson-Allen brass ring and a free ride on the Wash- ington Merry-Go-Round this week goes to those who are “First to Fight"—the United States Marine.) WASHINGTON — Joscphus Dan- jels, Secretary of the Navy under Woodrow Wilson, may have started something when he exposed the fact that enlisted men who were good enough to die for their country were not considered good enough to dance with army nurses. .Only of-| sfcers, mitted, can dance with nurses. This happens to be the first time Josephus has turned his scrutin- jzing eye on the Army. But long ago the Navy was a target for his, critical gaze. And because Josephus abolished wine from the Naval of- ficers’ mess and set up schools for; enlisted men to become officers, he still is considered by the Navy as a rank heretic. However, if you examine the of- ficer - enlisted man relationship (sometimes called ‘“caste” syslemr of the U. S. Army and Navy, and | compare it with the most successful armies of Europe, it may be that heretical Josephus Daniels has u point. Obviously the most sian and German. No matter what we may think of their political sys-' tems at home, we have to admit that in the field there is more dem- ocracy and equality between the German officers and men, and Rus- | sian officers and men, than among even the| so called democratic army of France. | the British, ourselves, or PRUSSIANIZED U. S. ARMY Real fact is that the U. S. Army took over the old caste system of the Prussians and has partially hung on to it, whereas the Germans junk- ed it long ago. It was Baron Von Steuben who came over from Germany in 1777, to drill George Washington's armyr and who set the standrd for U. 8.' Army discipline. Von Steuben was ‘Washington's Inspector (Continued on Page Four) the War Department ad-' l successful ; armies in Europe today are the Ru.\w Genernl,‘ to retaliate with Lewisite, says its inventor, Prof. W. Lee Lewis of — | Evanston, Ill. Lewisite gas has been , in the hands of our War Depart- | ment for twenty-five years. Lewis | adds that his gas is more humane than mustard gas because it is more deadly and acts more quickly. HOUSE ADDS '3 MORE T0 ' ENEMY LIST Bulgana Hungary Ru- mania War Resolutions Are Sent fo Senate WASHINGTON, June 3 — The /House of Representatives voted to- day, without opposition, to add Bul- ,gaxia Hungary and Rumania to the 'list of countries with which the U. 8, is at war. The resolutions declaring war will ‘be acted upon tomorrow by the Senate, which is in recess today and is having no debate or discussion. JAPBASES - ON TIMOR HIT AGAIN Destroy Wa—r;Souses, Bar-| racks, Tranports in Allied Raid i } ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, June 3—Allied bomb- ers destroyed Japanese warehouses, barracks and road transports in heavy attacks yesterday on Timor and the Florida Islands, above the! continent, MacArthur's heddqu.\rl- ers announced today. | - RYDER CONVERSE HERE Ryder Converse arrived in Juneau today from Ketchikan. — e ——— BUY DEFENSE BON i i new neau for several days. is manager hind. In the Axis nations, manufactured to suit the propaganda machines. Still, all the important informa-, tion available to the United Nations flows through Washington. The news is war and (Continued on Page Three) BRITISH IN BIG THRUST IN AFRICA Lask Out for 30 Miles' Aqgainst Axis Near Tobruk Sector LONDON, June 3—Britain’s des- ert armies are lashing out in an of- fensive 30-mile thrust against the Axis in North Africa, London mili- tary quarters acknowledged today. The sources admitted that the Axis troops have mopped up Brit- ish forces in a nine mile sector of | the 50-mile British defense line in Libya, but declared that the Axis, supply line is seriously endangered ! by a thrust at Rotunda Segnali, major Axis base 30 miles west of the advanced Axis positions. | Front line dispatches say tod:\_\" that the Germans have now estab- | lished new alignment after with-| drawing westward in a violent tank |battle at Knightbridge, 25 miles 'from the air? Will the United State: southwest of Tobluk |be bombed? A The first question vered flatly: Yes. The second calls for qualifications {8 definite purpose. The purpose oF BR'IISH ARE |aerial bombardment of Americ SHOI Dow" RAID struetion of war plants. i The first objective might oag gA;’lnf,gZ Tut‘sda‘ylx:.lght‘ m‘d plane tender past the Allunt raids on western Ger- | patrols. !would be: (1) Disruption of civiliar BERLIN, June, 3—The German ‘embted with light, many. Eleanor Holm, BY JOHN GROVER can e of be at morale and effectiveness; (2) news agency DNB says the British planes carried by submarines. Th Nuisance Value Only B ‘ The weight of bombs these plan MR. AND MRS, HAGAN icould ecarry would be insignifican RETURN TO S“K'flnme is grave doubt that the objec Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hagan re- tive could be attained. Experienc [turnea by plane Monday to their|in this war has shown that home in Sitka after usmng in Ju-|sprinkling of light bombs is ine . Hagan fectual in destroying civil of the Bxlver Foam | Indeed, it an mo; Can the United States be bombed f A 1 De- Axis also might attempt to sneik has had .the effect of Tlvw picture, taken from a German magazine, shows wha altic port, during the March 28 raid on that city : “The British wireless announced on Wednesday that the R. A. F. .h»vnxla(mg of the v\.;r. nglund may be assured that we xemember it 300-Yard Medley Gloria Callen as Gloria’s teammates Mnll)_yn Sahner and F leok on. The trio representing the Women's Swimming won the 300 yard medley relay in 3:28.7. Can Unifed Stafes Be Bombed from Air? Will America Be Air Raided! knockdown 3 ux.kl:ul lounge in the Island city. ,umlymv the populace and actually former swimming champion, is pinning a medal on {elen Rains Association, increasing the war effort. As for the bombing second objective, the techniques proved are: (1) Pulver- as Rostock; and vitally two nost successful ing a whole city, Destruction of specific important fuctories, as the die engine plant at Augsburg. Both re juire action by the biggest bombe in force. It's Narvik, line (closer ¥rom Brest ,150 miles. 3,700 miles, 2) miles from Norway, Seattle, air than from Tokyo) to Boston is around Bergen-Detroit is These distinces to the north Pacific, northeast coast and midlands industrial centers are within the total range tored bombers. Conceivably, L planes could fly to the target a but they couldn't get back Expense Is An Item Every plane starting the mi would have to be written off total loss, and bombers like that hit the till for $250000 a copy. All the 4,000 to roughly 1S 'Cuntmu««;l on Page Turee) at Royal Air Force bombers did to Lubeck, The caption in the German magazine read v Clifton Leach, T life about | of four-mo-! | the ‘Eighl Billion Dollar Meas-‘,,,,' ure Will Go Before House Soon ‘WASHINGTON, June $8,300,000,000 measure ATNORTHLAND; BOMBS ARE REPORTED BEING DROPPED Four Bombers, About Fiffeen F Fighters Officially Re- porfed Making Raid on Western Port — Navy Makes Statement at Washinglon — Governor Is- sues Statement Which Is Dispatched fo All News- papers, Civilian Defense Organizations BULLETIN—Washington, June 3—The Navy officially ‘anmtum-ed this afternoon that four Japanese bombers and (about 15 fighter planes attacked Dutch Harbor, Alaska, at approximately 6 o’clock this morning. ! The attack lasted 15 minutes, the official communique iilable at this time. sued late this afternoon, Wash- No other details are. a This communique was ington time. The attack today was the first bombing attack on the North American continent. The action on the Ameri positions is far north of the Japanese islands and they con- ['un a potential menace to them. The raiders might have come from an aireraft carrier "although the small number of hombers and fighter planes hit out mainly in an-effort to offsel the recent raid on Tokyo and other cities. Naval authorities said a naval station is located at Dutch Harbor but otherwise litle is known of the defense in- stallaticn work which has been carried on for many months in the strictest secrecy. Only a few days agoe Secretary of War Stimson warned lhe nation that Japanese atiacks on the west coast were in- ble because the Japs must attempt to save their face by m: ;ng a complete reply possible to the Tokyo bombard- men e o, il » e S St | —I. I. N. Phonephoto raid was one of the most BIll DRAWN -T0 DOUBLE ~ NAVYSIZE: SEATTLE, June 3—Rear Admiral Freeman, command- of the Thirteenth Naval District, commenting on the Jap attack on Dutch Harbor said that “this attack is not a surprise. The staion was prepared to meet it. Further re- ports may be expected by the Navy Department when fur- ther news as to the extent and severity of the attack is re- 3 — An ceived.” authorizing e the construction of approximately Japanese warplanes slashed at Alaska this morning, 500 fig ships in a gigantic pro- striking at Dutch Harbor. gram which comes close to doubling The first official announcement of this the size of the U. S. fleet has been aftermoon frem Gov. Ernest Gruening, who drafted by €Chairman Carl Yinson, lowing statement to the people of Alaska: of the House l:‘”f'“l ‘C""“‘;““‘"‘ : 'he anticipated air raid on Alaska began this morning nil‘x“”(?;:‘l‘;n;fmxn‘;( n?,](.“ I::Qi:‘uc:;:\?:l with an attack by .lnp:l_nuse planes on Dutch Harbor. Our % AR i Army and Navy were fully prepared and are rendering an construction program ever author- o Tooid Bb ORI excelk-nl account of themselv He said today “a two ocean Navy “All (‘"f'h'"‘ Defense Uni will probably be finished in the alert. Details as are deemed advisable will be released im next 24 months” The bill win lime by the military authorities.” call for a half million tons of air- Dutch Harbor, one of Alaska’s vital defense outposts, craft and a half milion lies off the western tip of the Alaska Peninsula, 1,700 miles tons of cruisers, both light and from the nearest Japanese naval base at Paramushiro. Tokyo heavy, and 900,000 tons of destroy- is 2,835 miles from Dutch Harbor. ers, d yer escort vessels and 800 Details concerning how the atack was carried out have small vessels for patrol work, mine- pot heen given, other than it was carried out by planes. laying and tending duty. Whether the warplanes were carrier-based, or whether they i s were long-range bombers is also not known here. . No infor- G ( lEA(H matien as to the damages inflicted in the raid has been wIlDuFE HEAD giv"‘lw‘leun“hile. the realization that war had finally been L] PASSES AWAY ed on the Territory with all of its grim reality sent cities and military bases throughout Alaska on the alert for Fish Culture Chief Was Formerly Stationed any follow-up to the Dutch Harbor assault. The first indication that enemy planes were near came shortly after 8 o’clock this merning when radio station KINY was ordered off the air by authorities. A few min- utes later, Director of Civilian Defense Frank A. Metcalf was in Alaska WASHINGTON, June 0, 24 yes Division of the died here loday fact came this issued the fol- s should remain fully on the teld that there w “enemy planes might be in the vicinit Immediately ,air raid wardens were stationed around Glen and throughout Juneau to act as spotters. Soldiers stationed here also have been on the alert ce early morning, Director Metcalf announced that all members of the Ju- neau Civilian Defense Unit should be prepared at all times to go into action. He said it is especially important that civ- ilian defense volunteers make arrangewents so that they may be reached at all times by telephone. Today, air raid wardens who were called to duty were staioned as spotters as a precautionary measure. No enemy ' planes have officially been reported in this area. Dedlares U. 5. Nol fighfing "al. ns. |<‘||tr|h.¢l~r details of the Dutch Harbor raid are expected Ia ’ momentarily. A e W ubera"on |s Aim e Late this afterncon, Director of Civilian Defense Frank etcalfl announced that all air raid wardens who have WASHINGTON, June 3 Assist- volunteered for observation watchmen should report in per- ant Secretary of State Dean son at the City Hall for assignments to duty. If volunteers Acheson in an address here said are not able to report in person they should telephone Mr. the United States is not fighting Metcalf at 712, Italian people but aims only He said that a 24-hour patrol will be arranged, with to liberate them from Mussolini. |workers taking two-hour shifts all during the night. 3 s chief of Wild- after ish Culture Service, 2 long illness. He had served ul ognak and Yesbay e A N stations in Af« .