The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 30, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1942, VOL. LIX., NO. 9074. MEM BER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SOVIETS HOLDING OFF NAZIS IN SOUTH Strict Travel Rules MOST COSTLY FISCAL YEAR ENDS TODAY Treasury —D;—parimenli Spent Approximately | $32,500,000,000 WASHINGTON. June 30—Hav- ing spent in 12 months more than the entire cost of the first World War, the United States Treasury Department today closes its books on the costliest fiscal year in its history, ac- cording to the temporary rec- ords. Although the budget for the new fiscal year beginning to- morrow will be more than double that of the old year's, exact figures will not be avail- able for a Tew days. But temporary tabulations show that the Treasury spent in the past year some 26 bil- lion dollars for direct war pur- | poses, plus enough more for other governmental aetivities, some of which were related to the war effort, which will make expenditures total approximate- ly thirty-twe and a half billion. DetroitMan Is Irled for ( 1] | beat Germany. Mitchell’s Kin Refurns From Europe Ruth Mifchell Advocafes! Bombing from Planes for Victory JERSEY CITY, N. J.,, June 30— Ruth Mitchell, sister of the late MAKE CHANGE IN AFRICAN 'COMMANDERS General Auchinleck Senl fo Relieve Lt. Gen. Ritchie | LONDON, June 30—British primo’ Minister Winston Churchill an-j nounced today that General Auch-| AXIS FORCES MOVEDEEPER INTO EGYPT Rommel’ sUmis 140 Miles West of Alexandria- British Reinforced (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Heavy air raids, augmented by United States Army bomber forcgs, | | Brig.-Gen. Billy Mitchell, early ad-|inleck, Commander - in - Chief of pave struck against German anid {vocate of the use of air power, de- pritish forces in the Middle East,|Ttalian tanks in the Egyptian des- clared on her return from Nazi- has taken command of the British ert battle, which came from the dominated Europe that the way to Eighth Army in North Africa, start-| . cioeq Tobruk area, the British beat Germany is by continued bombing from airplanes. She joined the Yugoslavian Chet- nik Guerilla Army in April, 1941 and later spent almost a year in twelve different concentration lcnmps following her arrest by the | German Gestapo. She was among the first of 949 :passengers to disembark from the idlplomanc exchange liner Drott- ningholm She told interviewe:s, “Bombing by planes is the way to They can’t take it.” She said the Chetniks are still fighting magnificently in the moun- tains of Yugoslavia “keeping five SHIPS ARE 47 BILLION ing June 25, and superceding Lt.| Gen. Neil Ritchie. | Ritchie has' commanded since| December 11, when he took over |announced today. The dispatch indicates that {$ enemy has thrust eastward in vicinity of Fuka, 140 miles west Qf from Lt. Gen. 8ir Alan Cunning- ham. Charchill, who spoke in his first appearance in the House of Com-| | Alexandria and 45 miles southeast jof Matruh. i Both the German and Italign Announced 4 | ! | by DeWitt SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 30. —Gen. John L. DeWitt, Western Defense Command Commander, to- day announced the establishment of a strict military control over all civ- ilian travel to and from Alaska. Effective July 11, a. military pass will be required for any civilian entering or leaving the Territory This pass will be available only for official government business, def- initely arranged legitimate employ- ment business reasons, and for the return of bona fide Alaska residents to their homes. Close domestic re- lationships and school interests also | will be legitimate reasons for travel A permit from Gen. DeWitt will be necessary to enter rAlaska, and | one from Maj. Gen. Simon B. Buck- | ner must be acquired in order to leave Alaska. mons since his return from the communiques asserted that Rom- United States, was received tumult- (mel’s men have already reached an | ously in the Chamber. |area east of Fuka. The Italla‘s The Prime Minister, who faces n|<a|d thiat * several thousand mm challenge in his war leagership,|British troops have been captundr gave no accounting of his confer- near Matruh. F ences with President Roosevelt. British headquarters said I.h“l.i He declined to allow publication |large forces of Axis tanks and ve-| of any reports criticising Gen. Sir|hicles were met and forced bagk ' Ar(rhbgld Wavell, Commander-in- | on Sunday west of Fuka, but theéy Chief in India, for the losses Dl}acknowledged that the enemy again Malaya and Singapore. Churchill|aqyanced yesterday and that fighte | snidtt:eyl v;o‘lfld mclearly CaUSe A ing j5 jn progress in thé same areq. gBrrei:mh egmglre l-will throughout the | gyesy New Zealand troops were | f fighting with bayonets at close quarters, bolstering British defenge, | while strengthened United States air | power drupped bombs steadily on | ! Axis vehicles and bases. i | United States military observers Just back frem the front said that| he situation is somewhat improviif. | Only children under 16 years of age will be exempted from the regu- lations, and they must be accom- | | panied by their parents or guard- ians. Passes may be obtained through | the Alaska Travel Control, a new |agency created by Gen. DeWitt in | !the Exchange Building in Seattle. Information and application blanks, | obtainable in Seattle, must be re- turned at least 15 days before the | permit can be issued. Every person applying for a per- | mit will be carefully investigated, ‘photogxaphed and fingerprinted, | and must supply a complete personal ! history. Both the fingerprints and photo- ! graph will be attached to the per-| | mit and a copy of the fingerprints SARONG SU | 'l'__ | will be sent to 'he Pederal Burnu Mifter: wears m-cam:gtffl”‘ W sarong luu on |he strand at Long | Civilians again will’ Se nnxer- | 'NEW DRIVE FOR RUBBER Ickes Pulls bfi’smm, then President Issues Im- portant Order WASHINGTON, June 30—Through Budget Director Smith, President Roosevelt today ordered all Govern- ment departments and agencies In Washington, D, C. and through- out the country, to turn in every possible ounce of rubber scrap in the collection campaign which has been extended to July 10. The President’s action to obtain rubber from the Government itself came after Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes walked out of the | |White House with a huge rubber mat found at the entrance of the Executive offices. Ickes has been having some trouble with the Public Building Administration over contributing similar mats in the Interior De- partment’s rubber drive. ALEXANDER (ONFIRMED FOR JUDGE Mahoney, McDonald Giv- e NEW FIGHT RAGINGIN For To, From Northland IS STARTED KURSK AREA Front Line Dispatches Say 200 Axis Tanks Are Smashed SEBASTOPOL BEATS OFF ANOTHER RAID Heavy, Imflfisive Battle Continues on Khar- kov Front MOSCOW, June 30—Soviet forces on the Kursk front above Kharkov |have cut off German infantry for- ces and pierced their lines in sev- eral sectors, according to accounts published today in the Soviet Ar- /my newspaper Red Star. More than 200 Nazi tanks have been smashed in two days, the Red Star said, in reporting the first detailed account of the massive new battle raging in that area. The front line account said that Marshal Timoshenko's defenders closed in quickly behind wedges driven by the Nazis before the sup- porting tanks could be brought up. This battle perhaps represents the |bealnnlng of Hitler's general of- fensive up and down the front with enormous tank losses inflict- ed on the Nazis. The Red Star said that much of the sting has beon drained from the German at- o sntig The Red defendef§ hurled back Beach, Calif. Material is South | i SENTDOWN pojLAR BILL Escaped Prisoner Tesfifies Against Man Who | Helped Him 1 { DETROIT, June 30 — Nazi Air| Force Lieut. Peter Krug testified in the Federal Court today that he escaped from a prison camp in April in order “to return to duty.” Krug was the first Government witness against Max Stephan, Ger- man born Detroit restaurant pro- prietor, on trial charged with trea- son because the Government charges he gave Krug aid when he, arrived in Detroit after his escape. — The Washingtun Merry-Go-Round By DREW / PEARSON— and ROBERT S. ALLEN (The brass ring, goed for one free ride on the Washington | Merry-Go-Round is awarded to- day to Miles Sherover.) | | WASHINGTON—While ' the na- tion has been contributing gardeni hose, baby nipples and auto mats to the rubber salvage campaign, some Washington bureaucrats seem only hali awake in trying to de- velop sources of new natural rub- ber. 8ix months now have passed since Pearl Harbor, and priceless time has been frittered away in getting rubber workers started in the jun- gles of the Amazon. One of the] Merry-Go-Rounders was in Rio de Janeiro during the Pan American | Conference last January when U. S. experts dickered over prices but‘ did almost nothing toward starting| an army of rubber workers up the| Amazon. | And after the Rio conference,} more precious time was wuted' while the State Department and, the Bureau of Economic Wnrfure haggled over who should handle\ the rubber program in South America. As a result of all these delays,| coupled with Brazilian ship sink-| ings, the unfortunate fact is that only 500 tons of rubber were im- ported from Brazil in April, nndl only 10,000 tons are expected dur- ing the whole of 1942, And the| armed forces, plus bare civilian | needs, will require around 800,000 tons. g Finally, a hybrid working ar- rangement has been patched up between Jesse Jones, the Sfate De- partment and the BEW, which still (Continyed op Page Fou) t |of Bengal; BERLIN, June 30 — Seventeen | United Nation’s war and merchant ships were sunk during the past 24 hours the German radio an- nounced tonight, The sinkings, included one Brit- ish warship, sent down in the Bay one Soviet motor tor- pedo boat sunk in the Gulf of Fin- land, and the other 15 were sunk in the western Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Roy Nerion Passes Away In New York MINZOLA, New York, June 30.— Roy Norton, 75, author and adven- turer, who as a friend of Rex Beach, | followed the gold rush to Alaska and wrote the novel, “The Plunderers,” 1 in 1911, telling of his experiences in Alaska, died today. FORMS RECEIVED FOR REGISTERING ENEMY ALIENS Postmaster Albert Wile announced today that forms for the registra-! tion of enemy aliens were received | this afternoon by air mail and that i aliens may now register at the post so ey severe injuries which includ- office. Four photographs are required, one for each of the three forms which must be filled out, and the other for the files. All enemy aliens are warned to complete this regis- tration as soon as possible, B.B.GAME TONIGHT Weather .permitting, the Joisey | Joiks will tangle with the Spare | { Parts on Firemen's Field in a base- | ball game starting at 6:30 o'clock this evening. A postponed game, set for last GIVEN'BOOST Senafe Pas;e—s—Army Sup- | ply Measure, Returns it fo House-31 Minutes WASHINGTON, June 30 — Fol- lowing a diseussion of only 31 min- | utes, the Senate today passed and returned to the House the 42 billion | dollar Army supply bill, the larg- est appropriation measure ever sub- mitted to Congress. i The Senate approved the bill with the _exception of only a minor am- endment prohibiting the carrying of advertisements in Army camp newspspers. BOBBY TUROFF IS RECOVERING FROM SEVERE INJURIES Bobby Turoff, young son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Turoff, former Ju- neau residents, is making a sat- isfactory recovery from an automo- bile accident he suffered in Moni- gomery, Ala. several months ago, accordlng to word received by M. E. Monagie. ‘While crossing a street in Mont- gomery, where the family now live, Bobby was struck by a car which | drove through a stop light-and suf- ed a break in one leg, above the He has been released from the hospital recently and is able to walk with crutches, though he limps | badly, according to word received. It is believed, however, that in three or four more months he will be ‘as good as new,’ Mr. Turoff wrote. Mr. Turoff was formerly assist- |ant district engineer with the Pub- lic Roads Administration in Ju- LOSE SECOND STRONGHOLD Take Eldaba, 75 Miles Past Matruh CAIRO, June 30—German mored columns have advanced past Eldaba, and 100 miles from Alexandria. El- daba is the second strong position in Egypt at which the British Eighth Army had expected to make a stand. At that point the bottleneck uf hard desert floor between the Med- iterranean and Quattara depression, narrowed to about 45 miles. The announcement did not indi- cate whether the Axis advance is in force or only in isolated units breaking through. It is appa however, that the swift progress and even advance of the enemy units is posing a grave peril for the great naval base at Alexandria and the rich Nile valley. ar- Russiain -NewPad Sign Agreemem for Mili-| tary Supplies on Lend- neau and the family moved to | Montgomery when he was trans- ferred to Alabama. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 30 — Closing lease Plan MOSCOW. June 30—The Russiall| radio announced today that Great Britain and Russia have signed an agreement providing that British | military supplies be sent to Russia night, was cancelled. The Joiks hnve*quotation of American Can today|on a lend-lease bill. won three and lost four in the Gas- | tineau Channel League while ‘the is 67%, Anaconda 24%, Bethlehem {Steel 50%, Commonwealth and Spare Parts are on the bottom |Southern 3/16, Curtiss Wright 6%, with one win and five losses. B S0 0eoe 00000000 . WEATHER REPORT . . % (U. 8. Bureau) ° ® Temperalure Monday, June 29 o e Maximum 67, Minimum 48 e ‘f..‘.....O.. necott 28%, New York Central 8, Northern Pacific 5%, United States Steel 45%, Pound $4.04. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, ones averages: industrials 103.34, 1ails 24 17, utilities 11.73. i International Harvester 45%, Ken- | s> ALLISON PROMOTED NEW YORK—Because his of knowledge of amateur radio Wilmer| Allison, former Davis Cup tennis star, has been promoted from cap- tair to 'major in the Army signal | corps. —_————— BUY DEFENSE STAMFS FOR EGYPT British FaII—B:xk as Nazis| 75 miles east of Matruh,, Sea flowered batik. Guatemalan | dul‘n hat and cape lon it off. | I - 'DYER REPORTS PROGRESS OF RUBBER DRIVE| Tom Dyer, chairman of Juneau's| current rubber salvage campaign, told members of Juneau Rotary Club at their noon luncheon meet- ing today in Pércy's Cafe that a| total of 21,000 pounds of the scrap | has been turned in at Juneau Mot- | ors and Cowling and Davlin Co. to date. Dyer said that this amount com- pares very favorably with the piles being formed in other Alaska cities and tMat Juneau is doing a fine job in the campaign which' has been extended until July 10. | Dyer said that Ben “Dutch” Rode= baugh of the Economy Garage has| offered to donate the old rubber tires on his old autos if volunteers will take the tires off. . Rotary | Club members volunteered and will| do the work tomorrow evening starting at 6:30 p.m. | Juneau Boy Scouts, meanwhile, turned in over a ton of rubber in their troop collection contest, Rotary Clubbers discussed plans for entering their float in the Fourth of July parade and will.dec- orate it on the evening of July 3.| Lu Liston is chairman of the Float | Committee. Don Skuse and Lu Liston, co-! chairmen of the USO Cummlnee,' discussed plans for the cnmpuigm which will begin soon. Rotary Club | will attempt to raise $2,500 for the | worthwhile organization. George Sundborg, new president of Rotary, along with other new | officers will preside at the next | meeting. | e — 'SCOUTS COLLECT - ALMOSTTWOTONS - OF SCRAP RUBBER Three Juneau Boy Scout Troops, ‘pameipnnng in the rubber sllvagnl campaign in a contest among thel troops have turned in nearly two‘ | tons of the scrap, it was learned | today. r | Troop 612, sponsored by the Nor- | thern Light Presbyterian Church, has turned in 2,205 pounds to lead the rest. Troop 613, American Le- gion group, has collected 1,206 | pounds, and Troop 614, Salvation Army Troov, has rounded up 583 | pounds of the vital war scrap. | 1 printed on arrival in Alaska. No, permits will be issued to enemv aliens, persons of Japanese an- | | cestry, or anyone whose presence in | | Alaska military authorities believe might be’detrimental to the Terri- tory's security. JAPANESE ADVANCING - ALONGR.R Domei Claims Pincer Points of Nippons Will Make Contact Soon TOKYO, June 30—In strong drives from the east and west, an- nounced for the purpose of clear- ling the Chinese from the remain- ing portions along the Chekiang- Kjangsi Railway, the Japanese have thrown three of the Chungking ar- mies in a retreat to the south- ward, The 10 heayiest rain storm in \years is reported. Domei reports that the points of the Japanese pincers are expect- ted to make contact soon. ADMIT ADVANCES CHUNGKING, June 30—The Jap- anese forces are attacking in the region 80 miles south of Nan- chang, Province of Kiangsi, and have made some advances, the Chinese Command reports. ————— ARMYBOMBS FALL AGAIN ONWAKEISLE Hawaiian Air Force Says Jap-held Base Struck Last Night HONOLULU, June 30.—Hawailan ! Air Force Headquarters said today that Army bombers last night struck at Jap-held Wake Island in the bril- liant light of the full moon and “leveled everything on the surface.” iy L GG TRD BB, BUY DEFENSE BONDS en Official Marshalship Reappoiniments WASHINGTON, June 30 — The| Senate has confirmed the reap- pointment of George F. Alexander as Judge of the First Judicial Di-; vision in Alaska with his head- |quarters at Juneau. | The Senate has also confirmed 'the reappcintment of William Ma- honey, as United States Marshal of | 'the Pirst Judicial Division of Al- 'aska, headquarters at Juneau, and | Joseph McDonald as United States Marshal of the Fourth Judicial Di-| vision with headquarters at Fair- banks. ISR SH AP HOUSEVOTES T0 END CCC ACTIVITIES WASHINGTON, June 30 — The House voted a second time to end the CCC program late today. The action came when'memberni of the House refused on a roll call | vote of 229 to 121 to instruct its| conferees on the billion dollar labor | Federal Security bill to agree with the Senate decision which approved Secretary Henry Wallace's request to continue activity In the new fis- cal year starting tomorrow with a $76,000,000 appropriation. (A N SO TS ALASKA COASTAL MAKES TRIPSTO | SITKA, HAINES| Passengers from Juneau to Sitka | yesterday afternoon with Alaska | Coastal Airlines were Col. John L.| Farley, Lt. Col. John Harry and | from Sitka to Juneau returning passengers were Jack Gucker, Pete| A. Geverico, Mike Maters, Leonard G. Huale, David H. Whyte, ar,| Charles Trumbler and Sgt. G. H.| Pifer. ! Today those leaving here were, for | Tenakee, Leonard McFarland and for Sitka, J. .Driscoll, E. Clayton, | Kenneth McGill, Jim Bertelsen. Re- turning here from Sitka were H. D, | Stabler, F. A. Grainger, Jr, E.| Parsons, D. S. Hartzell ard J. J. Meherin. | Passengers from Ketchikan to| Haines with ACA were Terrill J. Anderson, William Lattin, Clifford | { | R. Phillips, Donald E. McGillivray, | Joe Diamond, and Ernest M, Eich- | ren, | | e subsequent German attacks in two other viglently active battle sec- tors. Sebastopol's war weary de- fenders rallied to beat back the reinforced German shock troops’ po- sitions which had launched a 48 hour assault. On the Kharkov front, heavy but indecisive fighting still raged. — e MORE JAPS 10 GET OFF COASTAREA SAN FRANCISCO, June 30 — All Japanese have been ordered re- | moved from 20 northern Califorma counties in the first mass evacu- ation of that military area. Only about 2,180 persons are affected and they will be evacuated directly to the Tile Lake Relocation Cen- ter at Newhall. JUNEAU MEN AT DUTCH HARBOR ARE ALL "OKAY' All Juneau men who are at Dutch Harbor are ‘okey’ according ito a wire received from Bud Brown by Elwood McLain, Executive Vices President of the First National Bank on June 26. Bud Brown who has lived in Jue neau the greater part of his life, was employed by the First National Bank here before leaving to de defense work nz Dutch Harbor. FISH STORY SUN VALLEY, Ida, June 30 — Here's Sun Valley's first fish story of the season, and it's a good one. |It's a story about a trout who hooked a girl. Dolores Hegstrom, fishing at Mag~ Dam, pulled in a trout and dis~ covered that her hook had never touched the fish. It had been |hooked by a previous angler, had |swallowed one hook, and still had - |another hook and plece of leader dangling from its mouth. The free hook caught on to the girl's hook, and that’s how the “catch” was made. RIEPATRSTN ik .0, In 12 years a blue whale may reach a length of 100 feet. B B PR BUY DEFENSE BONDS