The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 3, 1942, Page 1

| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIX.. NO. 9077. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1942. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS BRITISH SMASHING AXIS SPEARHEAD Great Tank KURSK AREA |1941 Price Levels Are Setfor Alaska;Formula Made by OPA for North NOW SCENE OF CONFLICT Hundreds of Machines on| Both Sides Engaged- Sevastopol Fight MOSCOW, July 3—The greatest tank battle of the current German offensive hundreds of machines be- ing engaged on both sides, is in progress east of Kursk while from 75 to 100 miles to the south Nazi shock troops are attempting to out- flank the separate Russian Central and Southern Armies. Military dispatches report the battle on the Kursk front began Weduesday morning. GERMAN STATEMENT BERLIN, July 3—German and other Axis troops have broken through the Russian front for a width of nearly 185 miles, the High Comunand announces, The com- munique does not locate what sec- tion of the front is involved. Of the fighting in the Sevastopol region, the communique says 50,000 prisoners have been taken, 21 tanks, 503 field guns and 662 grenade throwers captured or destroyed. HARRY L. HOPKINS, MRS. LYISE MACY T0 BE MARRIED NEW YORK, July 3—Mrs. Lyise Macy, attractive fashion authority , and former Paris Editor of Harpers Bazaar, said she and Harry L. Hop- kins, Presidential Aide, will be mar- ried in about a month. They met six months ago. Hopkins is 52 and has been mar- ried twice before. Mrs. Macy is 36. BUY DEFENSE BONDS The Washinfigiun Merry '_Gfl' Round By DREW PEARSON— and ROBERT S. ALLEN (Editor’s Note: Today, Robert 8. Allen, one-half of the Merry- Go-Round team which has been covering Washington for ten years, has joined the U. S. Army. Drew Pearson will carry on. And today, he hands the brass ring to his partner, with this tribute.) | | By DREW REARSON WASHINGTON—The first time I met Bob Allen, he was fighting. It was at a press conference in the logg, then Secretary of State under Calvin Coolidee, stood at one end | of the long, blue, baize table in the Diplomatic Ante-Room, and at the | other end stood a red-headed, bEl'i ligerent newspaperman who pepper- ed Kellogg with a barrage of ques-| tions as to why he had sent U. S. Marines to Nicaragua, why he was | bulldozing Mexico, why he was pick- ing on little nations. That was the first time I saw Bob Allen, and we have been work- ing together almost ever since. WASHINGTON, July 3—Declaring that Alaska's economic stability and security is being threatened by price increases, Price Administrator Leon Henderson established a special price tixing formula for the Terri- tory today The maximum prices will cover all sales and deliveries to Alaskan purchasers of any commodity not produced there. Henderson said that | special treatment is necessary be- cause of Alaska’s relative isolation and because of transportation diffi- culties. Under the formula, retail, whole- sale and distributors’ maximum prices must be based on the direct cost, plus the markup which the seller included in his highest price . for the commodity involved between November 7 and December 6, 1941, The OPA Administrator in charge of fTerritories and Possessions Is| empowered to make any adjust-| ments necessary, after the applica-| tion of this formula and to fix| prices on items which the formula fails to cover, Henderson said that the current commodity demand in Alaska, re-| sulting from wartime population in- creases “is out of all relation to the supply constantly available ;\nd‘ pricec have been steadily rising to| a point where the inflationary pre: | sure is so great that the disrup- tion of the economic stability and| security of this Territory is threat- ened.” WalerGames Set Sunday For Juniors Special Events Planned as Part of Fourth of July Celebration Special events of swimming and} water sports have been arranged by the sports committee for the big| Fourth of July celebration and wiil take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday in| the Evergreen Bowl Swimming Pool. | Competitions arranged include the following: For boys 6 years and under, 20 foot free style, prize 10 cents for| each entrant. For girls 6 years and | under, 20 foot free style, prize 10 cents for each entrant. For boys, 7 to 8 years, 35 foot free style, 50 cenis first prize, 25 cent second, 10 cents third. Same for girls from | 7 to 8 years. For boys 9 to 11 years, 35 footi free style, 50 cents first, 256 cents| second and 10 cents third. Same| contest for girls 9 to 11 years, For' boys 12 years and under, 50 foot free style, 75 cents first, 50 cents | second, 25 cents third. Same con- | test for girls 12 years and under. For boys 13 to 15, 75 foot free style, | 75 cents first, 50 cents second and | 25 cents third. Same contest for | girls, 13 to 15. For boys 16 to 18, 50 yards free | style, $1.00 first, 75 cents second and | 50 cents third. Same contest for | girls, 16 to 18. Boys free for all, 100 yards free style, $1 first, 75i cents second, 50 cents third. Same | contest for girls. first, 75 cents second and 50 cents| third, Same contest for girls. | ial Civilian Defense Director: | throughout the Territory bf Alaska | are requested by Gov. Gruening to State Department. Frank B. Kel-| Underwater swimming for boys, 81 pal'?.iculnrly BT art i | SIXTH NAVY CASUALTIES LIST GIVEN From Junerfl Includes 886 Officers; Men- No Alaskans : | | | | | { WASHINGTON, July S—Casuul-‘ ties of United States Naval Forces | reported to the next of kin by the Navy for the period of June 7 to| 17, inclusive, are announced today as 886 officers and men, of which| 190 are known dead, 54 wmxndcdl‘ and 640 missing This includes personnel of the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corp. It raises to approximately 11,000 the number of Navy casualties, most of them having resulted from direct acticn of the enemy, according to the statement accompanying this sixth Navy casualty list of the war. No Alaska names were on the list. ALASKANS ASKED TO BE ON ALERT OVER HOLIDAYS In cooperation with civilian de- fense authorities, The Empire today repeats a statement made yesterday by Gov. Ernest Gruening, Territor- | “The Civilian Defense authorities coming Fourth of July weekend. “They are specifically urged to| make arrangements to see that their | | wardens and others sssential to the | organization will be readily avail- |able and that adequate substitutes | are provided should any of the key | personnel be making plans to be| absent over the weekend. | “The likelihood of the enemy tak- | ing advantage of our holidays, when |it is believed that vigilance may be | relaxed and that men are likely to The Fourth of July dance will be ), ™" 0" from their usual posts, Today he leaves me to continue |given in the Elks' Ballroom Satur- fighting—to continue the crusade day night, starting at 10 o'clock, he has been fighting all his life— | according to the announcement by | for the little fellow, the small busi- | the American Legion, in charge | nessman, the unemployed, the public | of the event. 4 | which sometimes gets it in the neck.| The public is invited to attend Only in this case, Bob will be!this affair at the usual prices. crusading as an officer in the Unit- —— st whicn, atier nao tramples | MRS, JOYCE WILLIAMS ] LEAVES FOR SOUTH| in the dust. should be costantliy borne in mind.” i iz MISS MARY JOYCE ARRIVES HERE FROM TAKU LODGE THURSDAY | Miss Mary Joyce, owner of the Taku Lodge arrived in Juneau from WITH PERSHING IN 1916 It was exactly 26 years ago that Bob Allen enlisted in the Army, just before the First World War. He was sixteen years old then, and served with Pershing along the Mexican border; then went to France, came out of the war as a First Lieutenant, but still had a hankering for the Army, and was graduated from the Cavalry School at Ft. Riley, Kansas, first in his class. After that he re- fAed in the W oty liams at the Baranof Hotel has |tion south where he hopes to enter been taken by Mrs. Sexie Metcalfe, |the Army. Air Corps, " (Continued on Page Five) N |Taku River last night on her river Mrs. Joyce Williams, who huslboat. Mary J, She expects to re- been accountant and bookkeeper for 'turn to the lodge tonight taking the Baranof Hotel since its opening with her vacationists who-will spend three years ago, left this morning thé weekend at the Lodge. for the south to make her home.| Arriving with Miss Joyce on the Mrs. Williams will join her hus- Maiy J last night was William Lan- band in Seattle where he has been'aha:n, who has been employed on engaged in defense work sirce leav- the Taku Chief, river boat of the ing Alaska three months ago. Polaris-Taku Mine. Mr. Lanahan/ The position vacated by Mrs. Wil- is in Juneau awaiting transporta- | 1B CLASSES SLATED FOR INDUCTION Minor Physical Defeds Will Not Defer Men from Service WASHINGTON, July 3 — The Army today announced the inten- tion of starting induction of regu- lar quotas of men placed in the de- ferred 1B selective service class be- cause of minor physical defects. Beginning August 1, men with only one eye or complete deafness in one ear, among others, will be inducted for limited military ser- vice, provided they otherwise meet requirements. They will be assigned to duty of corps or Area Service Commands and the War Department overhead organization, thereby releasing al- most an equal number of fully qualified soldiers for service in task forces. Helper of Nazi Flier (On'i('edfi‘fuge' Flying Force Hilsf Max Stephan_,fieiroit Man, fo Be Sentenced for Treason DETROIT, July 3—German born Max Stephan, 49, cafe operator, has been convicted of treason by a jury which deliberated for one hour and 23 minutes yesterday. Stephan was accused of harboring Hans Peter Krug, German flier, who escaped 1rom a Canadian prison camp. Government attorneys said this is the first such conviction in the na- tion's history. FPederal Judge Ar- thur Tuttie will impose the penalty, which could be execution. SCOUTS TO HAVE SWIMMING CLASS IN JUNEAU POOL Juneau Boy Scouts Monday will begin .2 10-day swimming istruction and life saving class, working to- ward merit badges in each class Amby Fi®ierick, Scout Executive, annouuced today. Classes will be held in the Ever- green Bowl pool daily from July 6 to 15, and from 10 to 11:30 am. each cay. All Scouts wishing to get in on the course should register at once with their scoutmasters. On days when the weather will not permit swimming in the pool, indoor cl: will be held. MISS BEATRICE FRYER BOUND FOR SELDOVIA TO WED EARL FOSSE Miss. Beatrice Fryer, of Petersburg, passed. through Juneau last night on her way to Seldovia where her marriage to Earl Fosse will take place. Miss Fryer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Fryer of Petersburg completed a business course in Por’ land, Oregon, a year ago and since then has been employed in that city. The couple will make their home in Seldovia where Mr. Fosse is con- nected with mining interests. Mr Fosse is the son of Mrs. Erick Ness of Petersburg and was graduated two years ago from the University of Alaska with a degree in min- ing engineering. e BUY DEFENSE BONDS Rosters of ~ Essential - WorkMade {Employment Service Is fo Publish Lists for , Deferments | ! WASHINGTON, July 3 War {manpower sources said that rosters {of essential civilian activities and | “critical war occupations” will be publsied about July 15 to establish a deinite guide to military defer- ment Tle United States Employment Service is preparing the lists in col- | laboration with the war labor board, the War, Navy and Agriculture De- iparlmnm.\ and other agencies as | part of the general program to keep men with critical skills at their {work benches. RAF BOMBS BREMEN IN NIGHT RAID German City-Left Flaming LONDON, July 3.—The Air Min- istry announces that Bremen, huge German industrial city, has been attacked three times this week and blasted over again last night by a powerful force of bombers. Thirteen planes failed to return. Said the announcement: “The weather was good. Many fires were left burning. One of the enemy night fighters was shot down” in the last raid. Scores of Canadian pilots joined the British bombardiers in saying it was the most satisfying of recent raids. e FORTY-THREE LEAVE TODAY FOR SOUTH Taking passage for the south this morning were the following pas- sengers R. Woods, Mrs. A. Arnold, H. Scarr, C. W. Farland, L. Swap, L. Rathburn, A. Olsen, Mrs. E. Me, ers, Herbert Shevers, Miss B. Fely- grebber, George Verteorn, H. W Keeler, Mrs. J. A. Anderson, J. A. Anderson, Mrs. L. Kelly, T. Dahle, J. Gibbins, W. Stashn, F. W. Felley, J. W. Secrest, L. O. Sheara, H. Han- sen, Miss M. Benedict, Miss F. Huff, J. Grahek, B. Tuléau, Miss J. Stead- man, Miss D. McDonald, Mrs. E. ' Behrends, Mrs. Vernan. Miss C. Vernan, A. Lamb, G. Dawson, G. T. Barrett, C. S. Ande son, J. C. B. Hawks, Miss G. Long, Miss S. Long, Miss D. Hansen, J. W. Bishop, G. Brunk, Jemin Long and M. A. Arnold FOURTEEN IN GIVE LOSS, - FIVE SHIPS BY BRITISH One Cruiser?;m Down in | Mediterranean Con- voy Operations LONDON, July 3—The British cruiser Hermione, 5400 tons, was lost in recent Mediterranean con- voy operations it is announced of- ficially The loss of the destroyers Bed- ouin, Hasty Grove and Airedale, and the Polish destroyer Kujawiak, all comparatively new, several complet- ed since the war began, also is an- nounced. PRLA20 T AR STRIKE AT JAPS NEAR AUST 1Double Nigfl-Bombing of DHli Reported by - Allied Forces ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Aus- |tralia, July 3—A double night bomb- ling of Jap-held Dili on Portuguese Timor Island is reported to have |been concentrated on enemy occu- pied buildings, the wireless station and airdrome. | It is announced that two build- ings were hit directly and several fires were started. A communique |issued yesterday also announced an attack on Dili which is 500 miles acr the Timor Sea from Dar- win, . OPERATIONS BEGIN TODAY AT YAKUTAT Libby Plant Starts Salmon ' Canning as Price Agree- ment Is Reached Question of whether or not the yakutat plant of Libby, McNeill and Libby would operate this season was ended today when operations at the cannery began following an agree- ment on the price of fish between the company and seine fishermen, according to word received this morning by R. E. Robertson from Capt. J. A. Rasmussen, Assistant : Manager of the Salmon Department 1 of the company. | Capt. Rasmussen has been in | Yakutat for the last two weeks in lan effort to settle the question of prices for fish and get cannery op-+ erations underway. | Prices finally agreed on were 40%; | cents for reds; 32': cents for cohoes | and nine cents for pinks and chums, according to word received here. This is approximately a 20 percent | increase over the price paid - year | ago for red salmon at Yakuta' when 133% cents was the price for red | | Battle Rages on Russian Front AYG Fliers Join China Air Forces Dissolve Flying Tigers Group Today Affer Great Record CHUNGKING, July 3. —The epic story of the Flving Ticers fhrilling tales of the achievements of a hande ful of brave men agaiis. OVerwaal= ing odds ended with the dissolution of the American Volunteer Group today. The sequel begins tomorrow when the daredevil corps joins its wings with the regular United States Army Air Force in China. From the first battle of last De- cember, they have shot down or burned on the ground, 284 Jap planes definitely and probably have destroyed almost as many more. The force never had more than 250 men, of whom 15 were lost in action and nine in accidents. Flight Leader R. L. Little, of Spokane, killed in action, is credited with 12 planes. BIG ALL-STAR CONTEST SET * FOR TONIGHT Soldiers Will Meet at 6 P. (.M. in Fight Between ! Two Camps Get out to the Firemen's Field early this evening if you want to hold a seat for one of the best base- ball battles ever scheduled for this area. Promptly at 6 o'clock, two soldier teams, both All-Star outfits with a grudge in every glove, will take the field to decide which one will have the honor of meeting a pepped-up Juneau team tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. The game tonight will be between Upper and Lower camps. And the boys aren’t too fond of each other, | even when it comes to baseball | Bill Pavlidge, who has pitched good ball all season for the St. Louis | Blues, will be out to show the boys | from the Lower Camp that he can set down the combined strength of their teams just as handily. the boys from the Lower Camp will be out to prove that he's wrong. The winner of tonight’s game will meet Juneau in another fancy con- test tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Following are the lineups for to- night's All-Star clash: Upper Camp Pos. Pavlige p. Puttin [ Davis. 1b. Clay 2b. R. Nelson 8. Fowler 3b. Lower Camp Fleming Cook C. Miller Yost Mondoker Greco And | DRIVE ON ALEXANDRIA 15 STOPPED {Counter Atfacks in Assault | on El Alamein Force Axis to Retreat CAIRO, July 3—Counter attack- ing British armored forces smash- ing the flanks of the Axis spear- head poinung to Alexandria are re- ‘poru-d to have crushed the general assault on El Alamein and forced the invaders to retreat to the west. This is the first reverse to Mar- shal Rommel's German and Italian army since the forces surged across the Egyptian border following the capture of Tobruk on June 21. | The British Headquarters said the lenemy has suffered sharp losses and further declared the Imperial Defense positions at El Alamein, 65 miles from Alexandria are holding firm, BATTLE OF EGYPT CATRO, July 3—The battle of Egypt is raging with unrelenting fury tonight west of El Alamein, the bottleneck of the coastal approach to the Nile Valley. The British Eighth Army is striv- ing to exploit the first successful counter-stroke of the battle. The RAF buttressed by the South African and U. 8. Army forces have struck out anew at the enemy’s im- mediate rear and also vital ports of supplies and reinforcements. The American planes are manned {by American crews and they have taken part in one of the heaviest bombardments of Tobruk since the itall. American dive bombers have |also shuttled over the enemy land forces. i GERMANS CLAIM “WIN” BERN, Switzerland, July 3—Dis- | patclies from Berlin late today said the German and Italian troops are within 15 or 20 miles of Alexandria and the battle of Al Alamein has already been won and the British are retreating down the Nile Delta. | There is no substantiation of |this report from any other source ind nothing to this effect has been | broadcast over the Axis radios up to early tonight. R STORES, OFFICES 10 CLOSE OVER FOURTH OF JULY | | | Juneauites prepared today for a rare two-holiday weekend with practically all offices, stores, banks and other establishments ready to close their doors at 5 p.m. today, not to open them until Monday morn= ing. | Onlya few vital offices will work | staffs in the Federal Building. The | stores were crowded most of today | as shoppers stocked up for picnics. Hollenbach 44 Bystrek Jakubowicz cf Dombrosky J. Nelson rf. Hale Upper Camp Reserves—Connell, p.; Snediger, c.; Mierjewskl, infield; Barton, outfield; Lieut. “Joe” Mauze, Manager. Lower Camp Reserves—Cox, Dav- id. Carlson, p.; McKnight, ¢; Irace, Stafford, Santoro, infield; E. Mill outfield; Sgt. “Scotty” Bystrek, | Wwith a baseball game starting the | celebration off this evening, other | évents are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. | MOOSE 10 MEET 10 PLAN PARADE ‘ salmon, - i 1 COUPLE MARRIED lAST “IGH | HERE YESTERDAY ‘ In a ceremony performed at 4 Passengers arriving here from the [0¢lock yesterday dfternoon, Oscar south last night were John D. Col- 'Weston, logger, and Mrs. Louise lins, Jr., Louis Rapuzzi, Mrs. Louis | Glover, were married here. Wit- Rapuzzi, Edgar G. Rembusch, Irene | Desses for the rites, performed by E. Richards, P, C. Cabarloc, U. §.|U. 8. Commissioner Felix Gray, Manager. RS S TIME GIVEN FOR JUDGING ROTARY OUTDOORDISPLAY Members of the Moose Lodge will hold their regular meeting at 8 o'clock tonight in the Moose Club | rooms. Women of the Moose are also invited. The business of the evening will | be to make final arrangements for the Fourth of July parade tomor- | row. According to the Moose chair- | men, many floats are expected to | be entered, and several units of DeLaCruz, F. 8. Illarde, A. L. Sar- ceda, and F. J. Valdez. Those arriving here from Peters- burg were Jay Haggerty, P. J. Swee- ney, John Covich and E. White- head. Leaving here Yor Seward were Mrs. J. J. Brown, Mrs. John Lamp- rech, Juanita Kay, Doris Brown, Julia Garside, S. B. Renn. John Limprech, Gordon Heitch and Jay Brown. e BUY DEFENSE STAMPS |were Mrs. Jack Dunn and G. A ! Schumacher. Following the wed- |ding, about 15 guests were invited to a supper in the Baranof Hotel. ., STREETS DECORATED The crew from the Alaska Elec- tric Light and Power Company got busy late yesterday afternoon and flags were hung over various inter- | sections of streets and other places. Late this afteynoon, stores are to make displays ‘in their windows; All residents who are preparing |soldiers, with a drum and bugle outdoor displays for competition for | COTpS, are also scheduled to march the Juneau Rotary Club’s John W, |as well as Girl Scouts and other Jones Memorial Bond should make |Organizations. arrangements to have their exhibi- | Those participating in the parade tions at the peak of perfeetion dur- |are to meet at the City Dock not ing the early afternoon tomorrow. later than 10 a. m. The parade will A Rotary Club committee of ‘stnrl at 10:30 and will march up judges will make the rounds shortly | Lower Franklin Street to Front after noon to determine who will be | Street to Main and along Willough- awarded the $25 War Bond. by to the ball park. - All members of the Moose should BUY DEFENSE BONDS be at the City Dock by 9:30 a.m.