The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 12, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1942 ME MBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS VOL. LIX., NO. 9059. U. S.-RUSSIA SIGN 2ND FRONT AGREEMENT Big U.S. Aircraft Carrier Lost I LEXINGTON ISSUNKIN CORAL SEA Tanker, Destroyer, Carrier Only U. S. Losses- Men Saved 35 JAP SHIPS ON NAVY REPORTLST Review of?ght Says 15| Enemy Vessels Destroy- ed, Others Damaged WASHINGTON, June 12 — The Navy today officially announced the loss of the aircraft carrier Lexing- ton as a result of the battle of Coral Sea, which prevented the Japs from either invading or iso- lating Australia. The loss was disclosed in con- nection with an official review of the Navy's part in the entire Cor- al Sea Campaign, starting March 10 in New Guinea and running through May 8, when enemy air- craft inflicted such damage on the Lexington that several hours later she exploded and sank. Titled Lady Rides in Army Jeep During a visit to U. S. troops in northern Ireland, the dowager Mar- chioness of Reading (in front seat), wearing her service uniform, went for a ride in a jeep. At the wheel is Corp. Leo Voga of Ellsworth, Iowa, and in the rear seat are Pauline Fenno (left), of Boston, Mass.. and Lady Stronge, of the Woman'’s Voluntary Service in North Ireland. Loss of Life.Small The loss of life was relatively light and the Navy said that aboul 92 percent of the personnel was rescued. The review showed that the Cor- al Sea campaign ended disastrously to the enemy It cost the Japs! more than 15 ships sunk, two prob- ably sunk and 20 damaged. The only American losses were the Lexington, the tanker: Neosho and the destroyer Sims. A large part of the personnel of the Ne- osho and Sims was rescued and reached port, as previously an- nounced. BRITISH BATTLING Jap Losses As against these losses, the Navy announced that the Japs suffered Campaign for Collecion O0f Rubber Announced by President, June 1510 30 WASHINGTON, June 12—Presi- dent Roosevelt today announced an intensive campaign for collection of the nation’s old scrap rubber. The campaign will start June and last through June 30. Individuals are urged by the ISLAND AIR 'COMMANDER IS MISSING Maj. Gen. Clarence Tinker Lost in Adion in | Midway Battle \ WASHINGTON, June 12 — The War Department today reported Maj. Gen. Claience Tinker, Com RAF Pounds Mannheim, Nazi Industrial mander of the Hawaiian Air Forcg, missing after the battle of Mid- way Tinker left Midway June 7 lead- ing flight of his Army bomber: to attack the Jap fleet His plane when last seen by the men aboard tne other aircraft in| the same formation was descend-| ing rapidly toward the sea The area where the plane wa last observed was thoroughly searched by air and by surface craft for several days, but no trace has been found of the missing bomber Tinker is the first American Ar- my Air General Officer to be re- ported missing in action. Two other Major Generals, Herbert Dargue and Harold George, met their deaths by accidents. - JOINS CPR STAFF Miss Norma Burford, daughter .f Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Burford, has joined the Canadian Pacifc Railway cffice staff as ¢lerk for the sum- mer months. SR MAYOR ISSUES - PROCLAMATION ~ FOR FLAG DAY Residents Uae—d to Display Emblems - Attend the sinking of one aircraft carrier, three heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, two destroyers, several transports, and small supply ves- sels, One cruiser, one destroyer were damaged and probably sunk and a total of more than 20 ships, including anotner aircraft carrier, GERMANS Tanks Are Lo?ed in BiHerE Program Mayor Harry I. Lucas today |issued the following proclamation filling calling Juneau residents’ attention stations will serve as collection de-|to Flag Day on Sunday, June 14: pots and will pay one cent a pound| “For many years it has been the for rublfer brought in and the Gov- | American custom to set aside June them at 14 in honor of the Flag, the em- President to scarch basements, at- tics, backyards for all items of rub- ber that have been discarded or can be discarded. Four hundred thousand ernment will reimburse Fight with Armored En- | emy, Tobruk Sector | three cruisers, two aircaft tend- es and three destroyers, were dam- aged. ——————— LT. ——————— The Navy soon will' begin con- struction on 1950 low-cost house units for married enlisted and civilian personnel, | CAIRO, June 12—British tanks lare locked in a bitter battle with | German armored forces about 30 |effort to block the drive of three | strong columns | These columns turned northe: |ward toward Tobruk after forcing (Hl“A Now eim, the southern anchor of the British line, at Harmat, six miles south of the desert track and the crossing at Knights Bridge around lof the German offensive and the fl’OI'll Bl.lrma Road igeneral scene of the present en- = H H | gagement. Aiding Allies Gice i CHUNGKING, June 12—Ameri- can Flying Tigers have entered the nounced today, with the report that| DISplAYED HERE these veteran American Volunteer| Group fliers of the Burma Road| have shot down half of a force| Kwangsi province. | A lan ? 1 ) 3 ge spot map, showing the The Chinese conceded in the dis-| 0.0, of all air raid shelters, portant rail town and air station b 5 ; Vi pfens istricts in the in Wt ‘hel . but si they |and civilian defense di h Wengra CUSFRDS, Bl sl ey‘cny has been prepared by Frank from the Japs. i A The communique also says an-|b€ placed on aisplay today in the window of the Juneau-Young Hard- Chekiang province has been re- captured. ‘ All residents are urged to ac- quaint themseives with this map R. 8. HALL BREAKS ARM 1IN ACCIDENT |will enable them to protect them- selves in the event of an air raid Lieutenant R, S. Hall suffered a painful break of his right arm in fined to his quarters. >, | miles southeast of Tobruk in an |the Free French out of Bir-Hach- American Volunteer Group which nas centerea much battling iy | 'SPOT MAP TO BE battle of China proper, it was an- of 18 Jap planes over Kweilin inl patch the loss of Chuchsien, Im-|p, 4 a4 stations, casualty stations 1 ted a i hac. pac Rppendous - pr €| A. Metcalf, Ci:v Engineer, and will other point behind the Jap lines in ware. ——.———— and thereby secure information that on Juneau. an accident this week and is con- BUY DEFENSE BONDS | ber situation is extremely |again and he urged the people to COmgress. the scene. | The President declares the rub- serious cut down pleasure driving and re- duce auto speed and mileage. British Air Force May Be | Off fo Turkey German Radio Says Fliers| blem of the United States of America, adopted 165 years ago on June 14, 1777 by the Continental “Today we are fighting, along with other democratic nations, to free the peoples of this earth from one of the most ruthless and sav age enemies the world has seen We are fighting to preserve the principles that the American Flag represents. And we are not fight- ing alone. “For these reasons, it is fitting that on Sunday, June 14, 1942, we honor not only our own Flag, but the flags of all of the United Na- tions who are fighting with us 1 this conflict. It is also fitting this time that on this day we ex- press our devotion to the courageous Alaskan mothers, many of whom are sending out their sons to o at Arrive in Ankara-No [battle with the enemy. English Word LONDON, June 12—The German radio reported today that British pilots, air mechanics and engineers have arrived in Ankara, but author- itative quarters in London refused to commen. - STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 12 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 68'%, Anaconda 23%, Bethlehem Steel 51%, Commonwealth and Southern 7/30, Curtiss Wright 6, In- ternational Harvester 46, Kenne- cott 27% Northern Pacific 5, United States‘ Steel 46';, Pound $4.04. DOW, JO$ES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 103.77, 'ruil.s 23.40, utilivies 1210, New York Central T,/ | “Now, therefore, I, Harry I. Lucas, {|Mayor of the City of Juneau, do | hereby ask that on Flag Day, June |14, 1942, the people of Juneau hon- lor our Flag, and those of Uni | Nations, by displaying these em- {blems in front of their homes, busi- |ness houses and on the streets “And I further urge that |people of Juneau express their pat- <‘rioflc devotion to the principles for which our Flag stands by a'- |tending the Flag Day program in ‘the Juneau Elks’ Hall at 2 p.m. on iLhal day.” | ———.—— all RAY PETERMAN GOES | TO SITKA BY PLANE ! Ray Peterman, Sitka contractor left with Alaska Coastal \Airlines |today for his home after being In |Juneau for a few days. Mr. Peter- |man returned to Alaska this week {from a business trip south. - BUY DEFENSE BONDS ‘the pre-war period was marked by i leaders, the war so far hasn't pro- View along the waterfront at Mannheim, Germany Here is a view of the waterfront at Mannheim, great German industrial city, which was pounded by Hundreds of tons of bombs were Mannheim, chief commercial town on the upper Rhine, is of vital importance Much war material flows from there to the Nazi armies scattered Royal Air Force bombers in one dropped in the assault. to the German war machine. Hansom Gestun With the accent on gas rationing, e 17)' My, Ickes of the heaviest raids of the war. throughout Europe. Harold L. Ickes, secretary of the interior and federal petroleum co-ordinator, used an old-type hansom coach in driving to a New York hotel to speak at a USO luncheon. Congress [s as lJittery As Mofher Hen Covering Breod from Flying Hawk (Third in a Series) By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, June 11. — Any constant visitor to Congress in the six months since we were blasted into World War II would certainly | have noticed two things: (1) That | Congress is as jittery as a mother hen with the shadow of a hawk fly- ing over her brood; (2) That while the energetic activities of more than a fistful of fire-eating factional duced one outstanding Congression- al leader. To take the second matter up first, I have no intention of detract- ing from the efforts put forth by Sen. Harry 8. Truman and his com- mittee’s investigation of the con- duct of the war; of Sen. Harry F. Byrd, and his special committee’s fight to keep down non-war expen- ditures; of Rep. Carl Vinson and his House Naval Affairs Committee; of Rep. Clarence Cannon, of Missouri, who, as Chairman of the House Ap- propriatibns Committee, has in- variably given a thorough analysis of all proposed legislation; of young Rep. Albert Gore, of Tennessee, whux fought so hard for the Baruch anti- inflation program. These men and others have work- ed hard, but none has emerged with | Conj jonal laurels that would cause him to be pointed to as new wartime leader on Capitol Hill As for the jitters, they are easily explainable and may almost entively be attributed to the fact that this is election year, with a third of the Senate and all of the House having to face the voters in summer pri- maries and a general election in| November. j I think most observers on the | Hill are sympathetic to the plight of | Congress. Six months after Harbor, the Congressmen are facing 1 legislative log-jam, composed of | rearly all the regular appropriation | bills, that all-important tax bill, the | 36 billion dollar or more War De- partment appropriation, the WPA ppropriation, the final deficiency appropriations bill, the small busi- | ness relief measure, to mention just he outstanding. That ordinarily would keep Congress busy for more | than a regular session, yet all of | (Continyed on Page Five) City ALASKAWAR | COUNCILIS| ESTABLISHED Gov, Gruefiiha Is Named| ; Chairman - Created ' by President | task of preparing for n Battle WIPEDOLLAR SIGN OFF AID 10 SOVIETS 'Pact Siresses Help on Bal- tlefield as Well as Supplies 'INCLUDES POST-WAR ASSISTANCE CLAUSE | | | LSS | | China, Britain, America, USSR, to Make Better World WASHINGTON, June 12 — ‘The United States and Russia, once poles apart in most questions af- | fecting human welfare, have pro- claimed themselves as close part: ners in two momentous undertaks ings. First is the urgent task of “cre- ating a second front in Europe in 1942” and second is the enormous “a better world hereafter.” Sign Agreement The disclosure that V. M. Molo- tov, Russia’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs, has been in Washington and reached “full understandings™ with President Roosevelt and hig advisers In the creation of a secs ond front in Europe came simul- taneously with the announcement from London that England and Russia have signed a 20-Year Mu- tual Assistance Pact. A few hours later, Maxim Litvin- off, Soviet Ambassador to Wash~ ington, and Secretary of State Cor- dell Hull signed a mutual aid agree- ment wiping the dollar sign off United States aid to Russia and pledging both countries to a co- operative effort with Britain, China and other like-minded countries o ‘create a better world hereafter.” Like Lend-Lease The agreement signed by Litvin- WASHINGTON, June 12—Presl-|ofy and Hull 15 in.all essential dent Roosevelt, by an Executive Or-| respects similar to the Lend-Lease der, has created an Alaska War|,greements already concluded be- Council which will be primarily a'tween the U. S., Britain and China, civilian defense agency with GOV.| ¢ goes beyond these in emphasiz- Ernest Gruening as chairman, |ing the importance of assistance The council is directed to main-| .ontriputed to the battlefield as tain close liaion with military au-|.ompared to assistance in the form thorities so that the conduct of|or money, ships, tanks, planes and | “the clcsest po: Pearl Lconstant PFederal and civil activities will be sible in conforming ! to military requirements,” and, to| make recommendations on “the| safety and security of the civilian| population of Alaska.” i R FIGHTING VIOLENT, 2 FRONTS BERLIN, June 12—German forces east of Kharkov have carried out successful attacks with an increas- ing volume the German Command reports. | On the Senastopol front, the | communique says, attacks around numerous defense works of the Russians have “gained ground in| stubborn fighting and repeated en- emy counter attacks have collapsed | with heavy i | i losses.” RUSSIAN COMMUNIQUE | MOSCOW, June 12—After beat- ing off for one week of virtually German onslaughts, the| defenders of Sebastopol have count- er attacked end improved some of their positions, Russian Army dis- natches state. No further details are given re- garding the Ukraine situation al- though the midnight communique sald the Russian forces are putting up a violent defensive fight against the advance of German tanks and infantry east of Kharkov. -, BUY DEFENSE BONDS J | Lewis B. Hershey of vital raw materials. The new agreement emphasizes the determination that the precise terms of settlement will be deférred “until the extent of defense aid is known” and specifies that the aid rendered by the United States and Russia be taken in full account. e, — Draft Chief To Tigthen Requlations Men with D;E);ndenis May Be Called to Service Next Is Indication FORT WAYNE, Indiana, June 12 —Selective Service chief Maj. Gen. predicts a gen- eral tightening of regulotions gov- erning men deferred because of de- pendents, asserting that the frirzes of so-called dependency will be touched soon. Speaking at a Medical Society, Hershcy told the doctors they myst expezt (o be called into the service of the armed forces soon, but will be used only professionally. LN ) WEATHER REPORT Temperature Thursday, June 11 e Maximum 55, Minimum 52 e Rain—.13 of an inch . eecs e e 0000 meeting of the