The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 2, 1942, Page 1

- = THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIX.. NO. 9076. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1942. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS —— -~ PRICE TEN CENTS RUSSIAN FORTRESS CAPTURED BY NAZI CONFIDENCE VOTEGIVEN | Crash; 21 CHURCHILL Prime Minisfer Upheld as Explanations Given to Commons LONDON, July 2 — Winston Churchill won an overwhelming vote of confidence in the House of Commons today after he gravely as- sessed the Allied position in the Mediterranean and Middle East war zones as near disaster, that the hope for victory is pinned on “very considerable” reinforce- ments now in progress. By a vote of 475 to 25, Parlia- mentary victory came at the end of the speech, which was an hour and 28 minutes long. Picture Dark Churchill stuanchly defended his direction of the war as the best possible under the circumstaces. He sketched a dark picture of the battle in Egypt and said it develoved a “recession in our hopes for prospects of the Middle East and Mediterranean, unequalled since the fall of France.” To this he added without elabor- ation the statement “any moment we may receive news of grave im- portance.” Send Reinforcements The Prime Minister's somber por- trayal of the war in Africa was relieved only by his statement that “very considerable” reinforcements have reached or “are approaching” the battlefield. Tremendous cheering greeted the announcement and the vote follow- ing squelched the most serioas (Continued on Page Two) The Washinéiufi Merry -Eq -Round By DREW PEARSON-— and ROBERT S. ALLEN WASHINGTON—Only one thing is standing in the way of lowering the draft age to 18 years—Congress. The Army, Navy, Selective Ser- vice and the War Man Power Board all favor taking the step. But Congress, already jittery over the coming elections, stalls. In private conferences, floor leaders have vig- orously warned against doing any- thing; even have told the President and the war chiefs that if an age- lowering bill is introduced it is sure to be killed. That is the inside reason why the President has held off, despite strong pressure from his military advisers. They have presented two princi- pal aiguments: (1) that youths be- tween the ages of 18 and 21 make the best fighters, particularly in the air; (2) that lowering the draft age to 18 will eliminate a lot of head- aches resulting from the induction of large numbers of married men. With its Air Corps headed for million-man strength, the Army i anxious to get as many 18-to-21 year-olds as possible. War experi- ence has proven that youths in these age groups make the bes fighter pilots, gunners and bom- bardiers. Most of Britain’s ablest squadron leaders now are men between the ages of 21 and 23, who began air fighting before they were 20. But with the scared congressional eye fixed on the ballot boxes, the military leaders have made abso- lutely no headway. And if the floor | bosses can help it, they won’t un- til after November. That is the inside situation or}‘ the issue today, which under cove! is one of the hottest in the Capi- tal. Congress wants no more head- aches, and the draft law can't be changed without Congress. Note:— Meanwhile the military and said| Plane in Are Dead Invesiigafo}fii nd Only Mefal Debris Scat- teredon Ground | WELCH, W. Va., July 2 — Only | splintered metal and debris remains today for investigators hunting the cause of the flaming Army trans- port plane which crashed and killed |21 persons yesterday. The transport lost a wing' at about 500 feet and plunged in a garden at Premier. The former | American Airlines Flagship w :plloled by Second Lt. Walter Baugh. | 1,000 Men of “Ship Houston MayEe Safe Japanese Broadcast Says - All Survivors Are in Internment Camp | WASHINGTON, July 2—A Naval spokesman today reports that a Japanese propaganda broadcast de- clared the 1,000 survivors missing from the cruiser, Houston and the Australian cruiser Perth are saf® in | an interment camp in Batavia, in Java. | The spokesman said, “While all Americans understand that the | broadcast originating from enemy sources can't be regarded as au- thentic, there appears no reason for | issuance of false information on this subject by the Japanese.” | .- — BIRD SPECIALIST OF GAME OFFICE NOW IN JUNEAU Charles E. Gillham, bird special- ist for the Alaska Game Commission who takes the duck and geese cen- sus upon which game regulations are based, arrived in Juneau today from Hooper Bay for a visit with Executive Officer Frank Dufresne of the Alaska Game Commission before going on to Washington, D. C. Gillham has been in the Hooper Bay area for several months to| check the waterfowl breeding grounds which form the basis for game regulations for seasons Out- side, especially for Pacific Coast states. The key area for the breed- ing grounds are around Hooper Bay. Gillham’s recent trip was made mainly for the purpose of determin-| ling how waterfowl life has been building up through the enforce- ment of wise game regulations. | While the results are not startling, Gillham said that they are sat- isfactory. A gradual increase in the size of the flocks has been borne out lover a period of seven years since |the new game laws have been in-| |stigated and the upward trend is| continuing. The birds have béen | built up from 35,000,000 in 1935 to over 85,000,000, nearing the winter-| ing grounds capacity of approx- imatgly 100,000,000. Gillham says that Alaska is im- portant to the States, especially the | | West Coast, because Alaska breed- ing grounds produce most of the waterfowl. When funds for such in- | vestigations are turned down for |Alaska in Washington, he said,| !Congressmen from the Paciic |Coast states are hurting the supply iror these states when hunting sea- |sons open. & 518 coastal village, and were pursu- | defended | the pay increase to $50 a month is at-| tracting thousands of under-draft age youngsters to the colors. 'ALERT IS SETFOR A policeman guarding the House Juneau wili undergo another alert entrance to the Capitol fixed a sul-'tonlght, at about 7 o'clock, accord- picious eye on a neatly-dressed man |ing to Civilian Defense Director who said he had an appointment|Frank A. Metcalf. There Will be no with Representative Sol Bloom of |special problem, but all Civilian De- New York, chairman of the For-|fense workers are to feport to their eign Afiairs Committee. posts and traffic should cease when e e o Ithe alert sounds. The alert will " (Continued on Page Five) probably be a short one. ! J BATTLE OF EGYPTNEAR | NILE DELTA Fighting Infense as Axis Troops Drive Toward Alexandria (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Fighting in the battle of Egypt through a desert sandstorm, the British announced the repulse of powerful Axis armored infantry at- tacks at El Alamein, 70 miles west of Alexandria, yesterday. The Germans and Italians, how- ever, asserted they had seized Darb, ing the British headlong toward the Delta of the Nile River. All sources agreed as to the in- tensity of the conflict, but on nothing else. . | “The results are not unfavorable to us,” the British headquarters in Cairo declared, reporting that the battle continued all day yesterday. The communique acknowledged that the armored forces of Rommel had made temporary break in one locality but were on'y out again by Brituih cel- a driven umns, HENDERSON ASKS MORE OPA MONEY Argues Staff Will Be Cut if Appropriation Only $75 Million WASHINGTON, July 2 — Price Administrator Leon Henderson told Senate Appropriations Sub-| committee that he could not carry out what he regarded as Congress’ directions for contrelling prices, rents and rationing, with the 34,- 576 employees now on his staff, ar-| guing for restoration by the Senate of the full $161 million approved by the Budget Bureau for the year's| operation of OPA. Henderson said that he gave the committee figures showing that the House action in cutting his fund to $75 milion will reduce his staff to about 32,500 persons. - SENATE OK WOMEN FOR NAVY (ORPS WASHINGTON, July 2 The Senate has passed the House Bill creating a Women's Naval Reserve to take over many shore duties and release male enlisted commissioned | personnel for duty at sea. | - et —— | MATERIAL FOR - REGISTRATION IS NOW HERE Material for the registration of men between the ages of 18 and| 20, scheduled for June 30, has been received by John McCormick, Direc- tor of Selective Service. | The necessary forms and other material must be distributed to all| of the twenty-four draft boards lo- cated in the Territory and from them to the outlying districts each area. When word has been received| from all of the draft boards that/ the material has been received, the date for this registration will be an-| nounced, Mr. McCormick said to-| day. ny D, s a0 ene el { 0 cec 0000000 0 L4 WEATHER REPORT L L4 (U. 8. Bureau) e ® Temperature Wednesday, July 1 e e Maximum 58, Minimum 52 e . 189 inch rain . ooooc..'oooon} TRAVEL PERMITS NEEDED BETWEEN ALASKA PORTS| New Militafiegulaiionsf to Affect All Civilians in Territory Traffic regulations requiring civil-} ians entering or leaving Alaska to) obtain travel permits which were announced June 30 by the Wartime | Civil Control Administration of the Western Defense Command and| Fourth Army headquarters in San| Francisco to night, July 10. will also apply to civilians travelling by water be- tween Alaska ports or by air into Canada and back to a town in Al-| aska, according to information re- ceived today from Major General S. B. Buckner, Jr., Alaska Defense Command. For the issuance of travel permits, | required ander these regulations, a Civilian Traffic Control office will be opened in Juneau by July 6, under the direction of Capt. C. F. Scheibner. The office will be lo- cated on Second Street between Main and Seward Streets, according | to Capt. Scheibner, who will have a clerical’ staff to assist him. Ap- plication forms for travel permits will be issued and passed through this office, it was nounced. an- Instructions Instructions for guidance in com- plying with Public Proclamation No. , issued by the Alaska Defense Command which covers the traffic| be effective at mid-|to | der T0 TRY SPY RING OF 8 Death PeanExpeded in { Case-To Start on July 9 WASHINGTON, July 2 The President has created a military commission of seven Army generals try eight persons accused of | |landing in Florida and New York 1t try to commit sabotage. The commission was set up by mweans of Presidential Military Or- | and it will begin deliberations | lin Washington July 9. | The accompanying proclamation, {denied the accused men access toj divil courts. The Military Order said that two Colonels, Cassius Dowell and Kenneth Royal, will act as counsel for the defense. The aeath penalty is expected to be sought by the government. D 25 Percent upon | i Of Incomes Was for War regulations have been received by Capt. Scheibner from Maj Gen- | eral Buckner and are as follows: | 1. Obtain three blank Departure | Permit Forms from the nearest | 2cst Office, from an_office of thed Military Police, AD.C. or from an ffice of a steamship company or| air line. | 2. Obtain three photographs of vourself, with light background, | 2 by 2 inches in size on thin paper.) These must be taken not more than thirty days prior to presenting| your application and must clearly | out hat. 3. Mail all copies of the pt-rmil! to the Military Police, A.D.C. at the port you select for departure, pro- vided it is one of the following; Ketchikan, Sitka, Petersburg, Ju- neau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, | Seward, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kodiak. Naknek, Bethel, Nome Upon receipt of your completed de- | parture permit, the Military Police, | ADC. will notify you whether or| not your departure has been ap- proved. If so, by calling upon the| Military Police AD.C., or the ap-| Propriate port authority, at ’.hP[ time you desire to leave, and iden-| tifying yourself as the person to| whom permission to depart has been granted, you will be furnished | one copy of your permit and per- mitted to depart. If you select ! port other than one listed above, send your permit to the Military| Police, AD.C. at one of the above ports most convenient to you, wh(fre af‘ter approval, the Military Police will send one copy to the appropriate port authority at the po_rt selected by you, who will per- mit you to depart. 4. You should: allow fifteen days from‘ the time you submit your application until time for your de- parture. 5. If you travel by water between Alaskan ports you will be required to obtain a permit. 6. If you travel by air into Can- ada and back to a town in Alaska, you will likewise be required to obtain a permit. 7. Children under sixteen years old, who are accompanied by par- ent or guardian, will' not be re- qu]r_ed to have a permit, but will be included on the permit of the person whom they accompany. Added Regulations New regulations in regard to civilian travel will be made public as they are received, Capt. Scheib- ner said. {MISS ELLENWOOD IS BACKFROM VACATION Record Tofal of Almost $30 Billion Spent in 1942 WASHINGTON, July 2—Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau announced today that the Treasury has spent a record total of 963,000,000 in cash for war expenses in the fiscal year which ended '’ | i<how a front view of the face with- | Tuesday night He said in.that period, the Unit- ed States expended approximately 25 percent of its national income for the war effort. In the fiscal year of 1943, he con- templated that war expenditures will represent approximately 55 per- cent of the national income RESIGNATION OF F. SAYRE IS ACCEPTED : WASHINGTON, July 2 The White House announced today that the President has accepted the res- ignation of Francis B. Sayre, Am- erican High Commissioner of the Philippines. The President said that in the letter which released Sayre from his post “This is merely ommutation, since we have a mu- tual understanding you will be available for any call made on you by the war effort.” - GOVERNOR WARNS 10 BE ON ALERT OVER HOLIDAYS ® | Gov. Ernest Gruening, who heads, When Henning r¢furned here he the Territory’s Office of Civilian | Defense, today issued a statement | warning all civilian defense organi- | zations in Alaska to be on the alert | over the coming Fourth of July holidays for any signs of the en-! emy. | All members of civilian defense | units are asked not to be far from| the‘r posts of duty, and those who will be absent should see that a Is Issued ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 2 Maj. Gen. Simon B. Buckner manding General of the Alas fense Command, has proclaimed a “mobile zone, dangerous to navi- |gation,” all Alaskan coastal waters west of Cape St. Elias and within 20 miles of the shore. NAB LARGE SPY RING N PANAMA Arrest 20 Persons from Business Men fo Canal Workers U. S. ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE, July 2-Lt. Gen. Frank Andrews, Defense Commander of the Carib- bean area, today announced the arrest of 20 persons, whom the Ar- my charges formed spy rings en- gaged in fueling Axis submarines, and disclosed informaticn about United - States shipping. The enemy roundup wad com- plete June 25, including arrests ex- tending from British Honduras o Panama, and involved prominent busihess ‘men," laborefs, night club hostesses, Coast Guard and shipping employees as well as trusted Pan- ama Canal Zone workers, - e SHIPYARDS SET RECORD FOR MONTH Sixty-six V_e—s_s‘els Launch- ed in June, Compared to 58 for May WASHINGTON, July 2—For the second month in succession, Ameri- g shipyards established a new world record for June completion of steel cargo ships, putting 66 freighters and tankers into service. Rear Adm. Howard L. Vickery, vice chairman ‘of the Maritime Comimission, said that there were 66 v ls of 731,000 deadweight tens, compared to the May record of 58 ships of 632,000 tons. - BOB HENNING HAS - RETURNED TO CITY AFTER LONG ABSENCE Bob Henning, who has been on a fur buying trip for Charles Gold- stein, returned to his Juneau home by Woodley Airlines plane last night. Henning left on his buying trip December 12 and has been to the Barrow, Kotzebue, Wainwright and various sections in West Al- aska and the Arctic greeted his baby daughter born during his absence. BT A R CERTAIN RADIO RECEIVERS ARE WANTED; SELL 'EM The Alaska Communication Sys- ARMY COURT 'Western Alaskan Waters - Dangerous Zone;Warning fo Navigafors this warned to enter | zone only under Naval direction. | Vessels are The zone extends from 144 degrees west longitude and includes all is- lands in 20 the shore. Southeast Alaska is not affected the zone miles from SEVASTOPOL “HAS FALLEN T0 GERMANS Full Possession of Great Naval Base Claimed- New Drive (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Germany claims to be in full pos- JAP FIELD SMASHED IN ~ NEW ATTACK Kendari Airdrohe inDutch session of Sevastopol, the great naval base of the Russians. Military authorities declare that Hitler's mainland armies have com- pleted line straightening operations preparatory to the second greal phase of the war against Russia. Mobilization for an allut of- fensive is implied in Hitler's news- paper, Voelkischer Beobachter which says the successful Sevastopol cam- paign and other operations on the Russian front “initiates a new phase of the fight with greater developments to come.” Celebes Hit by Al- | | Dispatches from neutral Switzer- |land indicate that every available lied Bombers ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, July 2—Allied bomb- | ers in a long overwater hop poured | explosives on packed Jap aircraft| at Kendari Airdrome in the Dutch| Celebes yesterday, Gen. Douglas| MacArthur's headquarters an- nounced today Pilots reported direct hits wol’cd;’ on buildings and grounded planes. They met no opposition. | | NEW RULES FOR DOCKS RELATED | BY PORT CAPTAIN Chamber of Commerce Members Hear Regu- lations Explained Lt. T. B. McKinstry, Juneau Port Captain, told members of Juneau Chamber of Commerce at their noon wmeeting in the Baranof Hotel today of the new port regulations for this city brought about by war conditions. These include: | 1—No smoking shall be permittad ' on any pier or wharf except in approved rest rooms. | 2—-No loitering or visiting will be permitted on the docks at any time. 3—Only properly identified persons shall be permitted on the water- front or aboard vessels. 4—All boats when arriving or de- parting must report to the captain of the port in person. 5—No small boat, fishing or plea- !’.~m-e-. shall be painted any shade of |man of war grey. Several times small boats have been endangered due to mistaken identity by planes or ships. Some have mistakenly been reported as submarines. | 6—Small boats mooring at the| city dock shall not tie up outside the line of the face of the cold storage dock. This is to give larg-| er boats room to maneuver. | Charles R. McGee, Indian Affairs teacher from Atka, gave a talk. Amby Frederick, Scout Executive, reported on the activities of the Boy Scouts and ‘announced that a drive for funds will begin next week It was announced that the Cham- ber has agreed to donate $300 for| |the Fourth of July celebration pro- viding merchant members of the Chamber are not solicited for funds. Bert Faulkner introduced a reso- {luton in memory of John W. Jones, former Chamber president who died here recently, and the members ap- proved the resolution unanimously. Guests included Frank Grange:, city engineer from Sitka; Charles E Gillham of the Alaska Game Com- mission; H. B. Hansen, of the U 8. Chamber of Commerce; John G Gordon, Indian Office teacher from weapor is being utilized in drives intended to consolidate invasion po- sitions against Russia and the Med- iterranean basin before the end of this year and before the institution of the Allied action which the Axis newspapers refer to as the “coming seige of Europe.” ‘The German communique says it was known yesterday noon that the “most powerful land and sea fort- ress. in the world weuld be cap- tured and the garrison annihilated by the driving Nazi and Rumanian forces.” EVACUATE NEWSMEN OF CAIRO CAIRO, July 2 — Non-essential workers on the staffs of the English and French language newspapers are being evacuated starting to- day or tomorrow. The editorial staffs will receive’ three months salary in advance. Many members will take part in de- fense work. WOODLEY PLANE MAKES FLIGHT FROM ANCHORAGE At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon a Woodley Airways plane, piloted by A. G. Woodley, owner of the company, arrived here from Anchor- age with eight passengers for Ju- neau. The plane left Juneau this afternoon for the return flight 10 Anchorage. Those arriving with Woodley were Robert Henning, Mr. and Mrs. E. Parent, R. Keeler, E. M. Ander- son, G. Filly, H. Hansen and L. C. Robbins. Leaving here with Woodley this afternoon were Ens. Bud Bedding, W. Olson, C. L. Turnbull and W G. Mayer, B TOM HUTCHINGS 1S BACK AT HIS MARKET After “laid up” for many months with an injury to his lez, Tom Hutchings is back at his Economy Meat Market operated in conjunc- tionwith George Brothers. Hutchings is now able to slice those tender cuts of steaks and prepare roasts, etc., for his cus- tomers and he is thankful to all for continued patronage during his absence from the market. - eee STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 2 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine SPE" m "on"’w[“ ubstitute will be available. tem, the Signal Corps, is now in- The Governor‘said that it was terested in procuring radio receiv- it possibie that the enemy might take | ers of certain types, especially from Miss Lee Ellenwood, housekeeper advantage of such a holiday for amateurs. 3 at the Baranof Hotel, returned this an attack, thinking we would relax| The official announcement says week from a vacation in the North- cur vigilance. that all amateurs or owners of west. During the six weeks she e Hammarlund radio receivers, either was ‘absent, Miss Ellenwood visited| COUNCIL MEETS TOMORROW |super pro model or HQ 120 X who in Seattle, Portland, and Spokanc. Juneaws Cjty Council is sched-|are interested in selling théir re- While in Spokane she underwént a 'uled to meet in the Council Cham- ceivers to the Government are surgical operation for the removil bers tomorrow evening at 8 o'(:lock\asked to call at the Juneau Signal of a goitre from which she made to dis"uss routine affairs of city Corps office in the Federal Build- Newhalen in the Bristol Bay re- stock today is 3, American Can gion, 160%, Anaconda 25, Bethlehem Steel Bob Cowling was welcomed back‘sl'., Commonwealth and Southern from his trip to the States uudjv 30,,Curtiss Wright 6, Internation- gave a brief talk al Harvester 46%, Kennecott 20'%, — eee - — |New York Central 8':, Northern FIREMEN T0 MEET | Paeitic 5'¢, United States Steel Juneau Volunteer Fire Depart-|46%, Pound $4.04. ment will hold its regular month- DOW, JONES AVERAGES ly meeting tonight in the Fire Hali.| The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 103.73, rails 24.66, utilities 11.63, -~ | BUY DEFENSE BONDS an_excellent recovery. | administration, |ing at the earliest possible time, | J l