The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 9, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIX., NO. 9056. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIA D PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JAP FLEET ESCAPES; LIMPING HOMEWARD May Soon Bomb SAYS 10,000 | PLANES MAY PARTICIPATE Japan NexiTHeavy Air | Attack Yet to Start, | Harris Declares | LONDON, June 9—The startling prediction that 10,000 Allied bomb-| ers might soon fly over Germany, | and that many of them might fly | directly from America with “for- | midable bomb loads™ was voiced here today by Air Chief Marshal Harris. | Speaking for a news reel, the| Commander-in-Chief of the Bomb- | er Command declared that the pres- | ent massive raids on Germany are but preliminary warmups for the terrific punishment that is in store | for Japan. Said Harris: “Some people may argue that heavy bombing won't win wars. To them the answer is| {hat it hasn’t been tried yet. When | it is, Germany will be the experi-| ment, and Japan will be the con- | firmation.” Mrs. Smith Iski(Y Leave for Skagway Mrs. Everett Smith, whose hus-| band ' is office manager of the United States Employment Service, | is leaving tonight for Skagway. She | will meet her daughter, Gail Smith, there and bring her back. Gail has been visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Gene Smith, for a few Wweeks. ———.——— GREEN FOR SKAGWAY Joe Green, Tax Collector con- nected with the Territorial Trea- surer’s office, intends to leave to- night on a business trip to Skag- way. Mrs. Green will accompany | her | The Washington| Merry -Go- Round| By DREW PEARSON— and ROBERT S. ALLEN WASHINGTON—Strictest secrecy has shrouded the conversations which have been taking place be- tween the Russians, the United States and the British. The Soviet Government has asked that no mention be made of any of the personnel taking part in the dis- cussions, and this has been rigidly observed. However, it can be revealed that, U. S. officials are highly pleased, have found the Russians very rea- sonable, and that some of the most important discussions of the en-| tire war—involving even peacetime boundaries—have been taking place. Two possible stumbling blocks were feared. One was the Russian request for a U. S. declaration of war against Finland. The other was the Russian desire to map out her frontiers after the war is over. However, neither proved difficult. WAR AGAINST FINLAND The Russians long ago had asked the United States to declare war on Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria and Finland—all of which, except Fin- land, had declared war on us. Sec- retary Hull, however, said that these were mere puppet governments doing the bidding cf Hitler. So no action was taken. But the Russians came back with some very pointed observations as to how well these “puppet” sol- diers were fighting at Odessa and Kerch and asked us if we still con- sidered them puppets. During the recent conversations, therefore, Roosevelt yielded to the Soviet and sent his message to Congress asking for a declaration of war against Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria, and Congess acted promptly. In regard to war with Finland, however, we told the Russians that it had not declared war against us, (Continued on Page Four) demurred, | ‘Two Navy Blimps Collide In Midair On Flight Off East Coast; One Survivor LAKEHURST, N. J, June 9 — The Coast Guard has recovered three bodies from the wreckage of one of two Navy training blimps lost in what apparently was a mid- air collision over the Atlantic while on an unexplained “experimental mission.” There is only one survivor known and still missing are nine of the 13 naval and civilian occypants aboard the two blimps when they set out last night from the Naval Air Station here. The airships Bridges Orde plunged into the ocean about four miles off Man- asquan, 16 miles northeast of Lake- hurst Among is Frank famous as those missing Trotter, internationally a free balloon racer. Ensign Howard Fahey was cued from the blimp wreckage and brought ashore by the Coast Guard early toda The Na res- officials here decline to discuss the purpose of the blimp flight except to say it was an “ex- perimental mission involving some hazard.” s CHINA WAR SWINGING FAVORABLY ChungkiIG_Spokesman- Says Jap Force in Che- kiang Reversed (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) On the China war front today. Chiang Kai Shek’s Chinese armies are said to have thrown into re- verse the strategic Jap victory drive. Developments on the East Coast of China momentarily seem to be swinging a little more to the favor 'of Chiang's armies, but the Chinese acknowledge that reinforced Jap in- vasion columns are again advanc- ing along the Burma road in the| far southwest. | In Chungking a military spokes- man said that Chinese troops have wiped out thé Jap invasion force| | which gained its foothold at Chuch- sien, key rail center in western| | Chekiang province and that Chin-| |ese have regained possession of the| !mty of Chekiang, on China's En.\l.1 Coast, an important potential bmse | for allied air attacks on Japan | U. 5. ENVOY CALLS ON - GEN.FRANCO | MADRID, Spain, June 9—Saluted |by picked troops of cavalry units with lowered standards on the par- jade grounds here, as a military band played The Star Spangled | |Banner, United States Ambassador Harry Bridges, Australia-born West Coast labor leader, is pictured in his San Francisco office, where he was interviewed following the announcement by Attorney Genreal Francis Biddle in Washington, D. C., that the CIO chieftain must leave the country at once. The deportation order was issued on grounds that Bridges had belonged to the Communist Party of the U. overthrow of the government by force and violence. that Bridges would exercise his righ Circuit and Supreme Courts. “It S., and that that party advocates Biddle forecast t to appeal to the Federal District, probably will take about a year,” Biddle said. Bridges smiled and laughed, as shown above, but made ne specific comment on the expulsion order. Bridges was served with a warrant for his appeal of the order. Pilo| Downedfi D uring Midway Battle Sees Jap Ships Destroyed PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, June 9 —A strange tale of heroism and the might of the United States Pa- cific forces was unfolded here as an aftermath of the Midway Island | naval battle. \ It concerns Ensign G. H. Gay, 25- | year-old U. 8. torpedo plane pilot, who when he first volunteered for service in the U. 8. Army, was turned down because of a weak heart, and then went on to make a place for himself in the torpedo and diving plane squadron, one of the most dangerous branches of the services. Ensign Gay was shot down in the Midway Island battle. Before his wrecked plane went under, he salvaged a seat cushion and the boat bag from the craft. To pro- rubber boat from the bag, patch- ing it to keep it afloat. When he was shot down, he had been wound- ed in the leg. He was picked up the next day after being spotted by a U. S. plane. He had been afloat for more than 10 hours. ITALIAN VESSELS SENT DOWN tect himself from Jap planes dur- ing the daylight [Ensign Gay kept his head under the seat cushion, while his boat bag kept him afloat, - During the day and night he saw a long line of burning Jap ships pass by, watched American dive bombers and torpedo planes successfully attack Jap aircraft cae- riers as the bombs fell in the wat- when American bombs home on the decks of Jap war- craft in the huge battle. When night came, he inflated his British Subgn_ks Destroy- er, Supply Ships in Mediterranean LONDON, June 9—-The British Admiralty announces that the British submarine Turbulent has Mediterranean waters. — .- BUY DEFENSE BONDS | Carlton Hayes today presented his | credentials to General Francisco | Franco in the throne room of the royal palace. | Hays told Franco in a short j.speech that the respect of the sov- jereignty of other nations is the ‘baf‘,il: tenet of United States policy D | SHATTUCK LOSES - BY SEVEN VOTES - INSENATOR RACE Complete official returns on the | Primary Election for the First Di- | vision showed today that Arthur P. ! Walker defeated Allen Shattuck in ithe race for Democratic nomins tion as Territorial Senator by ¢ en votes. Walter P, Sharpe polled 265 votes more than Michael J Haas in this division in the con- test for Commissioner of Labor Following are the returns for all | candidates: Delegate to Congress Anthony J. Dimond 2,685, Oscar G. Olson 2,343 for Territorial Treasurer in unop- | posed running. | Divisional Senator Arthur P. Walker 1,326, Allen Shattuck 1319, | Labor Commissioner Walter P. Sharpe 1478, Michacl J. Haas 1213. Divisional Representatives (Democratic) | Crystal Snow Jenne 1215, Andy Gundersen 1196, R. E. Hardcastle 1,190, James V. Davis 1,171, J. F. | Krause 949, W. C. Stump 870, Frank Peratrovich. 844, Harold H. Bates {721, John L. Covich 643, Carroll | Clausen 501, J. B. Christensen 432, A. Doelker 169, Frank Chinella ;(‘L 1163, i i (Republican) | Ralph A. Bartholomew 310, Frank L. Garnick 295, Grant A. Baldwin| 288, Edmund J. Krause 284 | There were 2888 total votes cast 'by Democr 349 by Republican | The precinct of Revilla has no Ibeen heard from by election olfi- er all around him. He said he|sunk one Italian destroyer, threeCials who have certified that voles heard numerous explosions made |medium sized supply ships and a from this precinct cannot mate tion. | i A BUY DEFE BONDS Four Jap bombers, ac morning of June now a Naval Air Station. WAKE i ‘Guam | Here is Dutch Harbor (circled) showing distances from Japan to various Pacl s e 1 A iy This picture was taken last September when the M mpanied by 15 fighters, attacked Dutch avy Department announced. al e 3850 fvind mm%_x.fi & FHDuUTCH b S e 2 _HARBOR Pacific Ocean JMIDWAY HAWAIIAN ISLANDS \‘Q@ Gl LES N\~~ at Commander W. N. Updegraff (right of pole) is raising the colors. HAAS LEADS FOR | THIRD DIVISION, OFFICIAL COUNT i Incumbent Labor Commis- | sioner Has Edge | Over Sharpe ; o | Complete official returns from the Third Division Primary were smashed | small merchant ship in Central lally change the results of the clec-|received this morning by Territorial Auditor Prank A. Boyle, and gave Michael Haas a lead of more than| 100 votes over Walter Sharpe inl the race for Commissioner of Labor The returns follow Anthony J. Dimond, aska Delegate. Oscar G. Olson, 1,948 for Territor- ial Treasurer. For Labor Commissioner 1,155, Sharpe 1,021 For the Senaie (Democrats) Don carlos Brownell 773; Karl Drager 658; H. H. McCutcheon 806. For the House (Democtats)—Jo- eph W. Kehoe 1348; Stanley J McCutcheon 1,327; William A, Egan 297; Harvey J. Smith 1,26 2 2,248 for Al- Huas There was no contest for Re- publican candidates for the House with Maufitz A. Andresen and Al- mer J. Petersen being unopposed ! on the slate. BUY DEFENSE STAMPS Harbor, This is a general view of the small community, R for 15 mi tes early on the | was the | Germany From America Dulch Harbor Is Bombed by Japs BIGARMADA RETREATING; NO CONTACT ;Remnanls of Nippon At tackers Seeking Safety from U. S. Force TOKYO PREPARING T0 GIVE SAD NEWS Pearl Harbor Observers Believe Reinforcements Will Be Sent Back (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) The Japanese fleet has escaped after a terrific pounding in the battle of Midway and is reported limping westward to refuge in home waters, Without specifically mentioning the Japanese naval disaster at Midway Island, Tokyo dispatches quoted by Berlin radio broadcasts suggested that Japan may be pre- paring her people for bad news. One dispatch, broadcast by the Berlin station said “one cannot al= ways expect victories but we. nust be able also to stand losses.” This a quote by the Berlin radio made by an unnamed Japanese Ad< miral. Tokyo silence fight. While Japan’s battered sea ar= mada retreated from the Midway battle, it is admitted contact was lost Saturday night. Pearl Harbor observers predicted that enemy fleet reinforcements probably will return and another face saving" attack will be made on the American defenses in the Pacific, Official reports said that before ontact was lost, the enemy suf- fercd at least three warships sunk, eleven more heavily damaged and accompanying air arm was practically wiped out. Losses listed by the United States a maintain Midway sea stations the radio regarding | fleet include one destroyer sun, cne carrier damaged and an unspecified number of planes de- stroyed in the sea battle, D GERMANS ARE REPULSED AT SEBASTOPOL Russians Announce Two Victories in Black Sea Sector MOSCOW, June 9 German atrplane Dutch Harbor was commissioned. TIRE NUMBERS ARE WANTED BY CHIEF Chief of Police B. H quests that -auto owners who want Manery re- protection on tires, send to the Po- lice Department the make, size and serial number. There is no charg made for this and in case of theft the Police Department will thus Le| able to more readily find the own- er when- tires are recovered being pilfered The U. S. Navy, through its Bur- eau of Supplies and Aceounts, erates (pffee roasting plants at Mare Island, Cal. and Brooklyn, New York. after| op-! | troops, tanks and planes pressing | the offensive against Sebastobol, are |reported to have been repulsed in | tierce battles in two sectors where | they attempted to deal death blows ito the Soviet Black Sea fortress. The Russian Army paper, Red | Star, gave the first detailed dis- | patch from Sebastopol since the Istart of the offensive on June 5. | It is said that the Russians have | broken the wedge the Germans suc- ceeded in driving into one sector and had hurled the Germans back in another sector, improving the Soviet positions. | e INDIAN OFFICE OFFIC RETURN FROM A TRIP Ralph Mize, in charge of con- | struction, and Raymond L. Wolfe, lcredit agent for the Alaska Office |of Indian Affairs, returned to Ju- neau yesterday afternoon after a short business trip to Sitka by plane - BUY DEFENSE STAMPS