The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 18, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXX., NO. 9064. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THL‘R\I)A\ JUNE | IR I‘)-U MEMBER ASSO( IATED PRESS _ PRICE TEN CENTS ATTACK ON SIBERIA PLANNED BY JAPS Threat Of Pacific Coast Attack Lessening HEAVY LOSS 'Japs Losses 10 IS HANDED T0 NIPPONS North Pacif}c;ld Aleutian Island Combats Disas- frous fo Enemy Tops in Field Over U. S. in Midway, Coral Sea Engagemenis fo One | PEARL HARBOR. June 18—Am- erican air power exacted a stun- ning toll of ten Japanese men and planes lost in the Coral Sea and Midway battles to every one the United States lost, and we are rap-| U.S. Amrafl i;amgr lexn glon Seni Down During Batile NIPPONS IN NEW ACTION 2 SECTIONS Rushing Air Force Rein- forcements fo Both China, Burma . idly being bulwarked for even WASHINGTON, June 18—Secre- | greater sledgehammer blows, Ad- CHUNGKING, June 18. — While tary of War Henry L. Stimson said miral Chestar W, Nimits discloses ! |informed sources here belleve the the losses inflicted on the Japanese i o chestied WIS ghnard his | Japanese may attack Russian Si- | beria before the summer is over, ‘he forces in the Pacific have tempor- arily but substantially reduced the threat of an attack on the Pacific Coast. fighting ship to his Pacific Fleet. | Admiral Nimitz urged the heroic veterans of the two titanic sea gnd enemy is now concentrating rein- fercements to his air strength in the China and Burma theatres of The War Secretary, however, has air fights to “hold the line until | warfare. repeatedly said this attack might be our reinforcements are ready to The Chinese Army Intelligence expected and this is the opinion of take over.” | Bureau says reports received here both the War and Navy depart- Opening Loss Heavy | indicate the Japanese now have 500 ments. He acknowledges that losses of planes in Burma and have increased Secretary Stimson said informa- U. S. carrier and air groups have | vne number actually in China to 300 tion received shows the Japanese been heavy since the war opened, planes. thus far have made only “very small due to the initial Jap air super- A fresh influx of planes in Canton landings” in the Aleutians, but stressed that fog and unfavorable weather have obscured develop- ments in the North Pacific and in the Aleutians. The War Secretary added that the American and Japanese forces thus far have had only fleeting glimpses Official U, 8. Army Signal Corps Photoy jority. But Admiral Nimitz strong- ly hinted that the picture is chang-{ « ing rapidly. | Whereas the personnel of the aircraft carriers had to fight on with little rest or relief in the first | stages of the War, the Admial said of each other through the eves of the airmen, but admits there have been combats. - EDUCATION COMMISSIONER TAKES TRIP. TO TENAKEE Dr. James C. Ryan, Territorial Commissioner of Educnlion. lert by Burt L. Richards, 25, of Dallas, Tex., who has been seven years in the U. S. Army, has reached the point where he can go no higher in non- commissioned rank, He is a warrant officer stationed with the Caribbean Defense Command in the Panama Canal Zone. Richards has been sec- remry to five generalu. “soon it will be possible to or ize addilional carrier groups rotate them.” Ten To One Ratio Admiral Nimitz added: “We can take satisfaction in the knowle.ue, that in every méeting with the c emy since December 7, his I have greatly exceeded ours. In the Coral Sea and Midway actions, his The U. S. 8. ington, U. 8. Navy airera loes were fired into the Lexington by U, aft earvier, was blasted by Japanese Coral Sea battle, and was flaming and smokirg. the hig explosion pianes in the S. torpedo boats to destrey the eraft and this picture was taken just as Sovaniyefie hundred. pounds o | SEEEERE e SEBASTOPOL New England Fish Company pur- | “AZI (lAIM The Washingtun Hitler S.aysfiége. Armies Merry " Go sl Round; WI}'{hm Two M'|8§ of e g R R | arbor Enfrance chased the fish for 13.80 and 11.70 and ROBERT S. ALLEN | cents. (Today, the hrau ring, good for one free ride on the Wash- ington Merry-Go-Round, is awarded to a great American patriot, Manuel Quezon, Presi- dent of the Philippine Common- |trance of the harbor. wealth.) | | However, this Nazi claim of hav- ling knifed into Sebastopol’s ring of WAiHIN?Tg:J—A Iey lxe:drs ;;Horlmcauons is still unconfirmed e &) m‘;]‘ % we}}'d "filma |elsewhere and the Russians declare Spanish fleet in Al i, ‘Loday that they have beaten off a (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Hitler’s Field Headquarters assert that the German siege armies storming Sebastopol have captured |Fort Maxim Gorky and have driv- len within twc miles of the en- urred. personnel losses were at least ten | times greater than ours and his plane losses in almost the same) muo." | ! 'The Admiral praised the team- work of the Army, Navy and Mai-/ ines in achieving the Midway vie- | tory and announced medal awards for personnel of the aviation corps Amd submarme | MORESBY IS 'RAIDED BY 18 BOMBERS Lero Fightefic(ompany— Two Attackers Are | Shot Down | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN| This is an official Navy photo made on the spot. Torpedo Strikes Jap &lrcfail (amer Ryukaku 'NAZIS HAVE 4 'SURROUNDED FORTTOBRUK Engllsh Hole In fo Defend Coast Town Against Long Siege (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) | On. the North African front | day, the German s | bruk is reaching the critical stage. | The British acknowledge that their troops have withdrawn from two key defense points, Sidi Resegh and El Adem. The German command says that the British forces have split into | | | | | | to- sault on To-| young Filipino patriot came to live in Washington. He was a very| unobtrusive figure, sleeping in Rock | |series_of savage new attacks. BEAT OFF ATTACK AUSTRALIA, June 18 — Eighteen Jap bombers attacked Port Moresby two parts, one at Sidi Resegh, only 25 miles southeast of Tobruk and| |50 miles from the Egyptian fron- Creek Park when the summer| yogoow, June 18—With point nights were hot and attracting no| jany artillery five, infantrymen are more attention that the “er‘ge‘smndlng against tank-led waves of Filipino_citizen. ‘amsckers and the Red Army and Few who knew him then, ever| Navy defense forces of Sebastopol dreamed that some day he would | have beaten back every German at- become the first President of the tempt to smash through the shell- Philippine Commonwealth. Even |scarred fortifications which guard fewer dreamad that some day he|the Black Sea port. would be forced to lead a pilgrim- ' Pravda, Russian news agency, re- age out of the Philippines at the |ported that since yesterday the Harbor yesterday, but caused little damage, the Allied communique| said today. The bombers were escorted by nine Zero fignters and were met by Allied interceptor planes which shot down. one Japanese bomber and one fighter. photo. Repeated torpedo hits scored by U Sea battle sent up plumes cf smcke and spray like this cz All-Out Etforfs of U. §. Are Now Told fo Sisfer [tier and the other at El Adem, 18 miles due south of Tobruk. | Will Defend Tobruk | Today's Italian War bulletin ns- serts that aerial reconnaissance dis- closed that the British are begin- ning a general withdrawal from the Egyptian frontier. l)).spuu-!u-a from Cairo say that British armies have apparent- split into two force: 1ese aireraft The ¢ artier Ryukaku, in the Coral Official U. 8. Navy §. Navy planes oa the rier sank later. APOLOGIES ARE ~ MADE BY AXIS the one falling | {and Hankow and other aerial prep- | arations of the foe give weight to |indications the Japanese are mak- | ing intensified efforts to tighten the | cordon around the still free China | parts In Southern China and there- by strangle Chungking. | The present nutcracker offensive in the eastern China provinces of Clmkmnx and Kiansgi are important pm ts of these efforts, it is said. Dispatch of Japanese troops to Manchuria is given as another be- lief an attack is expected soon on Russian Gibelll * US.BOMBER FORCE IS IN CHINA AREA Ready to Strike Soon Undes . Col. Caleb Haynes, ‘ New Leader CHUNGKING June 18—Col, Cal- eb Haynes, 46, has been appointed |Chief of the American Bomber Command in China. Just where and when the.new American force will go into action Is naturally a military secret. Col. Haynes recently led person- ally the aerial cvacuaticn from Bur- ma., RIS ASPNERGIE WIS S PREDICTION OF CHANGES INWPBOARD Senate Deal—se Investi- gating Committee | steadily reinforced German shock anese bayonets. # y po::'cl o{h:apmher day President troops have battered almost unceas- i |ingly along the cliff-lined road- :’::“‘:Z‘st?m’;_‘::e fl(‘}::tefi s[m::: 2 stead, disregarding losses of a tmal of 1500 killed in a single d Senate and delivered a speech RPDEN. ARy, which probably touched more hearts | T0 ARGENTINA : Germany Admns Torpedo- ing of Ship Off Coast back to fortified positions near Lhe‘ Egyptian border and the other re- maining to defend Tobruk. Coast Fert Surrounded (riticizes Workers \ | WASHINGTON, June 18.—A War Production Board spokesman pre- Last year, ihe British wnlhstoud|d"u,d that there will be &R eke an eight wmonths' viclent siege OIL PIPELINE BILL PASSED Republics, S. Americq USE U. S. BOMBERS | than Churchill. Clemenceau and| [ONDON, June 18—A Stockholm | ’ 5 i | tensive - reor: t J g N g B (Second "of Two Articles) | tnd white color photegraphy that i e 4 - reorganizational realign- other famous Senate visitors. Que-| dispatch received here said that | BY JACK STINNETT HeaBHIY and” deuikkic! 8 Acy: -Was Error that Meduegmugan Comt fortress;|ment within the WPB. willifli o aatdl | Consolidated Liberator bombers, P L Stk e Fi i g i P ”“;fl lmlll‘ relieved ‘h_\ a new, expedition- month and that it is “inevitable “] gaw the Stars and Stripes’ built in the United States, are re- i Nl i e “glicks.” e e ary force, striting out from Egypi. | that it will bring abolition of some pulled’ down.” | ported unofficially to be operating *S:;‘l':‘fl;m::‘;l [ ebepenis. [ B | BUENOS ARES, june 18—Gei-| The Reuters correspondent in fobs.” It was the first time the Stars|as part of the Red Air Force in the S gy 1 have talked to the men behind yyany has informed Argentina that Cairo said today that Tobruk is' At the same time he emphasized ouse ays @asUle American News Letter,” a four-page ne jdea, its editors and ils au- " e 9 and Stripes ever has been pulled defense of Sebastopol. It is not | twice. ménghiy ‘offahoot, both: pub-| (1icors. Tte d 4 and s au-iy German submarine torpedoed the “practically surrounded” and that that the changes probably will not down by force of arms in the en- stated whether the crews are Brit- S | Ira“s o"a_ ]mhed Ao e e bors. Tts dominant objective and | Argentine tanker Victoria, damaged the coastal rcad is the only route be based upon the latest Congress- tire history of the United States.|ish, American or Russian. . 0 Vlflg p e e R oLt | U i ;m[li_v“m..-ln“uv;'v“‘ 10 ltwo months ago off the coast of left open o the East. jonal criticlsm against dollar-a-year g Sauand 1 . he other nations c he estern P) v " And President Quezon has now | ! tlon Troubles charge, have the laudable ambition femisphere a ‘A'l('.n’l)l(‘lu!'(' e tha|the United States, but added that| Despite the armored superiority '}'{‘f‘:_‘ry'egfl-‘;drux:‘odfiy rb)momlrm:: come back to Washington, back w | lof giving our sister republics O, Upited States at war. This doesn't the attack was an error of Axis troops, the British claim Q‘:“. b A ?" ‘.)“. e spec ! ot It was announced that the Ger- that they stil maintain superiority | SChate Defense Investigating Com- the scene of his youth, determined to pull the flag up again. Is Killed In Adion LONDON, June 18—Lewis Mase- field, 32, scn of Poet Laureate John Masefield, has been “killed, far from home, in recent fighting.” This was the official announcement made here today. IRKED AT U. 8. FAILURE When you meet this nervous, rest- less dynamo of energy, you can un- derstand why ke was elected first President of the Philippines and why 16 million now look confidently to his Government-in-exile to lead them back to freedom. “The Vice-President will il PR . it S T (Continued on Page Four) et | the south a better understanding of WASHINGTON, Juna 18 — The ypcle Sam and his all-out effort House has passed and sent to the iy world War II. Senate a bill authorizing the cor Are they succeeding? That's sctruction of a barge canal and oil question for historians, but if popu- pipeline across Florida, a pipeline'larity, measured by demand for from Savannah, Ga., to Tlnsley.ihoth publications is any ecriterion Miss., and en!wrgement of the Gulf the answer is already here. Intracoastal Waterway. — | “En Guardia,” published in Port- The Medal of Honor, highest uguese for Brazil and in Spanish honor given by the Navy, has been for the rest of the Latin-American awarded to 783 mcn since the Civil republics, is a 40-page magazine (no War. advertising) . It contains some bluck i mean merely in a military sense. | h man admission of responsibility was in the ai It means the life and spirit of the || people of the E.U.A, as we are| D reply to ap Argentine note of R S a nown down there, as well as the | Protest. A omplishments of our armed The 12,000 ton ship was hil on industries behing |APril 17 off Cape Hatteras and abandoned by the crew, which later reboarded her and brought her Lo port. forces them. It means stories about our farms and dairies, our blood banks, our schools and religion and culture, well as the building and plloting of ur Flying Fortresses, the training and the "DIES IN EAST WEST LON" BRANLH N. J, June 18—Arthur Pryor, 71, noted bandmaster, died at his home here today. He was an artist on every instrument of a band. e as New York Zoological Park (il {Bronx Zoo) has 4,000,000 visitors | annually. (Coniinued on Page Five) mittee. Donald Nelson declined to eom- ment on Truman'’s demand for changes of men and methods in the WPB, but sources close to Nel- son indicated that the realignment might effect some changes. Truman was asked if the com- mi!.tee had criticized the “damaging delay” in conversion of major civ- ilian industries to war work, and he declared that “WPB has not {fully measured up to this respons- 1!bllity % »