The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 24, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIX., NO. 9069. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIAT, ED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT_S AXIS SHELLING BRITISH DEFENSE LINE Furious Attack Rages, One RAINBOW GIRLS FROM ALASKA NAZIS MASS TO HIT REDS AT KHARKOV Russians Admit Wedge Is, Driven Info Defenses | on Southern Front MOSCOW, June 24—For the sec- pnd day thc Red Army has con- teded that the Germans have driv- en a wedge into the Russian de- fenses on the Kharkov front, using | a massed force of 200 tanks at a| single point. | The onslaught is constantly in-‘ creasing in its fury and power and | the Germans ave apparently obliv-| lous to immense losses as they throw | in ever greater numbers of tanks,| planes and Infantry. H They still have not managed to| achieve any real success, however, declared the Red Star, official Ar- my paper. TAXESIN CANADATO BE BIGGER Income Levies Wil Bel Taken Out of Weekly Pay Checks OTTAWA, June 24—Advised Fi- nance Minister Ilsley of Canada “We have far to go before victory is in sight” as he warned that Can-| adians face a sharp increase in in- come taxes in which the Govern- ment purposes to take the money from weekly pay checks and refund part of it with two percent interest after the war. The Washingtun Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON— and ROBERT S. ALLEN WASHINGTON — To help patrol Hawaiian waters, the Navy, after| Pearl Harbor, ordered requisition-| ing of many private craft, includ- ing yachts and cabin cruisers owned by wealthy Americans who have| vacation residences in Hawaii. | Yacht owners were informed they| would receive fair compensation, to be fixed by the U. S. Maritime Com- | mission. This was readily agreed to by most owners, some of whom patriotically offered even to give, their boats to the government, ont- right. But there was one notable exception. i Among the craft ordered taken| over was the sumptuous yacht,' Kailani, owned by Doris Duke: Cromwell, the tobacco and utility | heiress, famed before her marriage | as “the richest girl in America.”| Naval officers were startled to re-| ceive a letter from R. W. Swear-| ingen, Mrs. Cromwell’s Honolulu| agent, asking $35,000 for the Kail- ani. | This price, Swearingen added, did not include Mrs. Cromwell’s| “sport fishing outfits and a few/ personal articles now on board.” i ‘The original cost of this vessel,” he wrote, ‘was in excess of $50,000 and approximately $15,000 has been| expended in making alterations and | fmprovements for her use in Hawa-| jian waters. Mrs. Cromwell offers| to dock the vesel to permit your ex- amination of the underwater struc-‘\ | | | | Female Life Guard | D. C., ardent swimming fans will never miss the male life guard at the Ambassador Hotel swimming pool, because—Ilook— Carol Fredder, former sity of Idahe swimming coach, has taken his place. She finds time from her government job to serve as a life guard. Measufe InIroduced For Coasfal Highway To Supply Terrilory% Washington, WASHINGTON, June 24—Alaska in Congress directing the President to order the construction of a coast- | al highway to Alaska with the| greatest possivie speed in view of the Jap invasion of the Aleutian| Islands, “several” of which the| delegate said are occupied. | | He said the danger of invasion |of Alaska may be extended and| lexpressed a grave doubt as to; whether the supply highway for Al-| |aska is feasible over the route pres-| |ently under ccnstruction and he| |said that the success of ilitary | operations in Alaska may depend Regaining Eyesight —Casnuo Ads |upon prompt construction of a “real |highway to Alaska and not just a BUENOS AIRES, June 24.—ROb-|ppmitive roac built mainly to sup- | erto Ortiz, Argenmna's_mhng ::nd‘ply airports in Canada.” inactive President, has signed a let- | A proposed appropriation of $23,- be;freslgnn:gdhi: olgce, <. which |000.000 for construction of the accepted by Congress, WRICR|p., .0 George to White Horse route two years ago rejected a similar = b P i resignation, it will hand over the S recommenced by the Alaskan In-| £ ternational Highway Commission. executive power of Argentina in| name as well as in fact to Acting! TR e President Ramcn Castillo, whose | A R G E N TINA policy of “prudent neutrality” has | maintained Argentina’s relations two years of political uncertainty. SIO(K OUOTA'"o"s BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, June 24—Foreign Minister Guinazu an- with the Axis. NEW YORK, June 24. — Closing {nounced today that Argentina has | | Delegate to Congress Anthony J.| ! Dimond has introduced legislation | PRESIDENT T0 RESIGN Roberfo Ortiz Despairs of Reconciled to the views of his per- sonal physicians, as well as United States doctors who have observed him, that his eyesight cannot be remedied, Ortiz has acted to end | ' ROOSEVELT CALLS FOR BIG MEET Pacific War—a)un(il Con-| venes Tomorrow—Chur- chill, King fo Attend WASHINGTON, June 24—Presi- dent Roosevelt today called a spe- cial meeting for tomorrow of the Pacific War Council. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Mackenzie King of the Dominion of Canada, will attend. The President did not say what the purpose of the meeting is but special importonce is attached to | it because of the planned attend- | ance of Premier King. Usually | Canada is represented at the war | Council meetings by its War Mlll-{ ister Leighten McCarthy. ; e DEPENDENTS OF FIGHTERS 10 GET PAY President Signs Allowance -Bill fo Enlarge Se- lective Service WASHINGTON, June 24 — The President has signed the Service Men’s Pay Allotment Bill, paving the way to financial aid for de- pendents of fighting men and re- classification married men for the draft. The bill provides for Federal pay- ments to supp’ement the allotments from service men’s pay checks to support their dependents. The legislation also contains a provision enunciating the Congres- sional policy that selective service should “not preak up the institution of the home. Second Class Postal Rates i | | | of ToBeRaised Ways and Means Commil- tee Says Deficit Must Be Made Up WASHINGTON, June 24. — The House Ways and Means Committee has voted to require the Post Office Department to raise the rates on third class postage, periodicals and | advertising matter, enough to pay the cost of handling them. . Rep. Jere Cooper, of Tennessee said that it is estimated the depart- ment is suffering a two to six mil- lion dollar annual loss on the deliv- | ery of this type of mail. Second class rates affecting news- papers will raise a total of $78,000- 000 under the committee’s decision this week, and said that this is the amount of the annual deficit for handling second class matter. Severe Quake, CHINESE | here describe the new thrust as a |c. . PA ture and to conduct any trial opera- quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | ‘.&.ank today is 2, American Can 68%, tions considered necessary.” | The “offer” was bluntly rejected.' Anaconda 24', Bethlehem Steel The lawyer was told to inform|50%, Commonwealth and Southern | Mrs. Cromwell to hand over her!S/lG, Curtiss Wright 57%. Interna- yacht immediately, do her price|tional Harvester 45%, Kennecott dickering later with the Maritime 27%, New York Central 6%, North- | Commission. |ern Pacific 5, United States Steel SUPPLIES TO RUSSIA |45%, Pound $4.04. The fates and the weather were good to the Russians last wlm.er,i But now another twist of fate and| (Continued on Page Four) * DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, | Jones averages: Industrjals, 102.67; ‘rails, 23.51; utilities, 11.65. i | the protested to Germany against “ag- gresion” committed in the sub- marine sinking of the' Argentina vessel Rio Tercero off the coast of United States. ->oe— J. W. GUCKER LEAVES TODAY FOR SITKA J. W. Gucker, well known mer- chandise broker, left this morning with Alaska Coastal Airlines, for a business trip o Sitka. North Island, New Zealand WELLINGTON, New Zealand ‘ June 24. — A severe quake shock North Island, New Zealand, in the Wellington district today. It was the worst shock felt here in many 'YEflrS. J Caming out of the Far North to attend the 16th annual session, Grand Assembly, Oyder of Rainhow Girls In Seatiie June 16, these four girls were-among 25 delegates attending from Alaska. They were: Marilyn Jessen, Ketchikan, and Barbara left to rizht, Astrid Holm, Junea Irene Jorgensen, Fairbanks; Barrack, Fairbanks, (Associated Press Photo.) BEATBACK ~ JAP (LAW Recapture Kweiki - Push Invaders in One Seclor | -New Thrust Starfed | CHUNGKIN%, June 24 The Chinese High Command announced tonight that the Chinese armies in the Kiangsi Province have re- captured Kweiki thus pushing back the western claw of the Jap pincer that has come within 50 miles of closing in on the strategic Che- kiang-Kiangsi railway The official communique 5,000 Japanee troops have sta a new dil.e in Chekiang Prov- , east of Kiangsi, aimed towa ui, important hizhway center, miles south of Hangshow, mid- way between ine st and the rail line where fighting previously cen- tered. Jopanese 1 broadcasts picked up strong offensive and said Lishui is the last auport still in the hands of the Chinese' in Chekiang Prov- ince, —,- (LAIRBORNE BUCKNER | IS GIVEN HONORS AT | MILITARY ACADEMY Claiborne Buckper, son of Major General Simon B. Buckner, com- manding officer of the Alaska De-| fense Command, and Mrs. Buckner was honored recently at the grad-| uation ceremonies at San Rafael| Military Academy at San Rafael,| California, | CANNERY OWNEEK OF KETCHIKAN HERE ON WAY WE C. D, Payne Ketchikan cann man, arrive! in Juneau last night ind plans to continue to Cordova by plane on 2 business trip. OLSON LEAVES ON TRIP TO WESTWARD Clarence Olcon, Bureau of Fish- eries Supervisor, left by plane this tween May 11 and June 6, cnverh\gi'““g from \fternoon for an inspection trip to the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast|Sitka. Ke! Cordova, Anchorage and Kodiak, . 10,000N 1000 men with the rel Allies Out In Front in Production Brifish Minister Says Unit- ed Nations Surpass Axis at Present LONDON, June 24. Production Minister Oliver Lyttel- ton said today that United States war production passed that of Brit- ain “forty or fiMy days before we thought it would.” Just back from the United States, he told a conference of newsmen that the production of planes in the United States and Britain has exceeded “by a substantial margin” the total aireraft production output of Germany, Italy and Japan. He told the House of Commons earlier that henceforth British and United States troops will be operat- ing in the same theatre of war with equal priority on supplies from the United States. avy Men Listed as Casualties Fifth Report Made — Army Death Tofal 796 During War WASHINGTON, June 24. — The announced total dead, wounded and | | missing from the Navy since the war started stood at more than 10, i ase today of | casualty list number five. | The list today contains the names of 98 recorded dead, eight wounded, ,and 2,001 missing. In addition, the Army reports 796 | |deaths in battle and 930 wounded among American soldiers. { The new Navy list covered casual- ties reported to the next of kin be- | | Guard, — Britain's | MATERIEL IS NEEDED FOR - U.S. DEFENSE | e |Senator Suggests Supplies Better Here than Lost in Libya WASHINGTON, June 24 — The | Japanese incursions into the Al- eutians and the continued Axis sub {depredations along the Atlantic {coastline have prompted sugges- jtions from some Congr onal quarters that some military equip- 'ment now beig produced be divert- ed to Cefense of American shores. Senator Allen J. Ellender, of Louisiana, a member of the Naval Affairs Committee, declared he is “sick and tiicd” of having such .materiel lost as taken by the Nazs in the fall of Tobruk. Senator Homer T, Bone of Wash- ington described the enemy shelling |of sections of the Oregon Coast land Vancouver island as “inescap- able incidents of the war.” Ellender asserted that Britain is wasting so many months in the in- | vasion attempt that “it never may | made” and suggested that “as |few as a hundred thousand men lcoud be spared to help drive the | Germans out of Libya.” NAVY GETS - MONEY FOR MORE SHIPS WASHINGTON, June 24— Presi- dent Roosevelt today signed the bill making $655,000000 available for the Navy for the building of half million tons of auxiliary vessels, such as tender, tankers and service ships, the be a —a—— GEORGE ANDERSON BACK George And-rson, of the Ander- son' Music Soop, returned last eve- n & two weeks' trip w tehivan, and other com- munities in Southeast Alaska. Soviet Sector DRIVE IN EGYPT IS STARTING Enemy Columns Race Along Border o Open New Offensive BOMBARDMENT IS - SIGNAL OF ATTACK Rommel'May—Try Invasion from Southern Point in Flank Raid (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Violent all-night bombardment by Axis artillery last night indicates that the Baitle of Egypt may al- ready have started. The British today report that “very strong” enemy columns of _ tanks and motorized infantry are racing along the coast near the Egyptian-Lioyan border, While definite word is lacking as to whether Marshal Erwin Rommel has launched his offensive, mili- tary observers pointed out thut heavy artillery barrages are usual- |y signals for an imminent land at- lack. . : Troops Swing South Threughout the night, the dis- patches say, big Axis fleld guns shelled the Biitish defense lines and enemy pa‘'rols stabbed repeat- edly at “soft spots.” A communique from Cairo savs that the Axis armored forces are swinging southward on the Libyan side of the trontier, apparently in- tending to strike at Egypt many miles below the Mediterranean cedst in a hove of outflanking the British, Light German and Italian forces have engaged the British in the West Salum coastal area in an evi- dent attempt to mask Rommel’s (lanking schcme, . May Attack In South It is expected that Rommel’s main attack wili be launched below and around Fort Maddalena, 50 miles southwest of Salum and at Brel- shegga, 20 miles farther south. An Italian war bulletin claimed the seizure of 33,000 British pris- oners in the fall of Tobruk. Other releases hinted that Brit- ish warships are maneuvering off the coast prepared to turn their fire on Axis invasion armies. R 42 BILLION DOLLAR BILL GETS BOOST House Passes Gigantic Fund Measure for Army in Five Hours | WASHINGTON, June 2¢ — The House passod the 42 billion dollar Army supply bill in five hours by 1 vote of 352 to 0. The bill provides for 12 billion | dollars for financing war material for the Unite 1 Nations, bringing to almost $63 billion the total lend lease aid thus far approved by Con- gress, It also includes $11 billion for 23,350 plane: and spare parts. The Army Chief’s committee in recommending the bill joined in issuring Congress that the allot- ment will conplete the War De- partment’s part in the President’s production program calling for 60,- 1200 planes this year and 125,000 in 1943, BB I NS About 9,000 siars, the sun, moon, Milky Way and the planets are contained in the Hayden Planetar- jum mechanism in New York.