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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIX., NO. 9094. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIATE D PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS RUSSIANS TAKE UP LAST Kiska Under Attack Dail Advice for Yanks in Australia | BROADCAST FROMTOKYO GIVES NEWS Nippon Newsman Says| Bombs Are Dropped Through Fog 1 NEW YORK, July 24—A Tokyo radio broadcast, quoting a Domei aispatch which a Japanese corres- pondent sent from the Island of Kiska in the Aleutians, has been picked ap here. It reported that United States bombers are attack- ing the Japanese forces on Kiska | two or three times a day and drop- ping bo.nbs through the foe. The oroadcast guoled the cor- respondent as saying the Japanese forces have moved their barra inland and are suffering loneline: and hardships and are facing bitter cold winter which is expected | to set in in September. The correspondent reported that | smce the Japs have landed, they | al have changed the name-of the is- | land to Narukami, that roads are | Leing built across the bleak treeless | stretch of land to the hills.. i The dispatch also said: “We are! having the hest weather here now, temperature about the same as in Februaty in Japan proper. The foothills are covered “with a pro- | fusicn of beautiful black lilies and mountain violets, The loneliness in | this remote rorthern base is hard | Advices received by i | | | i [ | ‘ | [ i This Australian girl met a bunch of American doughboys as they dis- embarked from their transport at a a sign. It is reported that the Yanks and Australian girls have plenty of non-military ma 'NoMore Tollsto Be | port somewhere Down Under, with tters to talk about. Collecied for Use of 2 today revealed that tolls on the o, imigipd T"ftk homg. ;”et l;avelRichard.son Highway have been received no letters or comfort bags| . engeq This action came July yet. We only hear the latest news | from home from the sailors on the warships that call at this port. Eat- | ing is our only pleasure.” | The Washingtun} Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON ! (Major Robert §. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON—"Price Asphyx- i jator” Leon Henderson, with a long and deserved reputation for cham- pioning the little fellow, got in the | opposite corner the other day OVer|were ruinous. Some truckers at- forces continued today to stab at deliveries of gasoline. His decision, tempted to evade payment openly,!Axis forces west of El Alamein, together with that of War Produc- and others once openly defied and|while consolidating tion Board moguls, probably means| manhandled a U. S. Marshal who won in the northern central sector that a lot of little gas stations will| go to the wall for good. i What happened was that Oil Co-| ordinator Ickes proposed continu- | ance of the present system of de—‘ livering only 50 percent of gas to| all stations. Thus if a filling sta-| tion was buying 4,000 gallons a week normally, it’ would get 2,000 gallons. Ickes argued that this was the fairest system for all concerned, that it was favored by oil and gas men, that it should continue. However, the WPB and Leoa| Henderson said no. Under Hender- son's new gas rationing plan, a filling station can buy gas only ac- cording to the number of rationing coupons it turns in. Thus, the| more rationing coupons it collects, the more gas it can buy. Ickes contended that this would mean cutthroat price wars, with one stat:on trying to take business away from another. . The filling station that had one of the big oil companies behind it would have a better chance of getting the busi- ness, while the independent would be out of luck and-forced to close.| However, some of the WPB mo- guls argaed that a lot of business firms were going to close anyway and some of the filling stations would have to be among them. PROTECTING ARMY OFFICERS The Washington Branch of the American Women's Voluntary Ser- vices is doing a great job in pro- viding a convenient, moderate-priced lunching place for War Department workers under the trees adjoining| the Munitions Building. . But the good ladies of the AWVS 15 in an order from Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. The order suspends two of the previous order 1588 of July 18, 1941, under which tolls were charged on the Richardson Highway, and has been approved by President Roosevelt The necessary orders have been given to the Alaska Road Com- mission to cease collecting the charges for moving freight on the road. The tolls have been effective since 1935 and figured at about $9.31 per ton. The vlacing of the toll was| battled strongly by the truckers who claimed that the assessments paragraph was attempting to make the collec- tions. Shipbuilder - Ordered fo | Slow Work New Orleaflan Says U. S. Maritime Commission Put Soft Pedal On WASHINGTON, July 24—Andrew J. Higgirs, New Orleans shipbuilder, charged today that employes of the Maritime Commission ordered him to put a soft pedal on his work in order that they could “build up Bethlehem Shipbuilding.” He added In testimony given be- fore the House Committee studying cancellation of his contract for construction of Liberty cargo ships, that his plant’s order to “soft ped- al” also applied to production in shipyards operated by Henry Kaiser, West Coast builder. ” Word instructions, he told the committee, came from a member of volunteered to testify before the { comittee if subpoenaed. Higgins was asked if anyone in- dicated to him that the Commis- sion’s order of cancellation was giv- en “reluctantly” and he replied that Richardson Hi_ghwayy \emplacements, concentrations, motor the Commission staff, who, he said, { BRITISH IN EGYPT STAB AT GERMANS | Consolidate Gains of Last| Few Days-Australians Are Now in Control CAIRUL, July 25—British armored | the pasmmxs} after two days of sharp fighting,! the British announced today. The cispatch said that the enemy has been subjected to steady bom- bardment by artillery and RAF planes, which have blasted Axis gun vehicles and comunication lines. Most ot the action, the com- munique said, is ceatered on the central front, where the British nave driven the enemy to the west-| ern end of El Ruweisat Ridge in lh(-; coastal area where the Australians| are reported in control of the “Hill | of Jesus and neighboring ridges. NAZIS BOMB BRITAIN IN NIGHT RAID Heaviest Affack for Many ! Weeks Sustainedon | East Coast ‘ 24—Seven Ger-| nian planes were shot down last| night during the heaviest night/ bombing attack on Britain in weeks. Nazi raiders flying through in-| tense antiaireraft fire, scattered bombs along the East Coast and over the Eastern midlands and some | areas further West. { ‘They dropped flares to light up | (Continued on Pnge’ Four) he was told “yes sir, they were forced to do it.” their targets before loosing the ombs. HULL CALLS ALLPEOPLES, FIGHT AXIS Those Who Want Freedom Must Joint in World . Wide Baftle Now | WASHINGTON, July 24 — The United States is calling all peoples | who hope to keep their freedom, t0 regain lost freedom, or to win new | freedom, to help defeat the Axis| now. : Secretary of State Cordell Hull| sounded this call last night in an| address shortwaved to all countries, friend, foe, defeated nations, those still listed as rigidly neutral, | He stressed that the conflict now raging “is not a war of nation ag- ainst nation” but a worldwide fight between those who love freedom! against the would-be conquerors who seek to enslave all mankind. Characterizing professions of neu- ality in such a conflict as “absurd and suicidal,” he pictured this world wide war to test the caliber of nations and individuals. | Hull asserted that in this vast conflict, the whole hearted support Americans is dedicated to those who are; 1. Fighting for preserva- tion of th#ir freedom; 2. Fighting to regain the freedom of which they have been brutally deprived; 3. Fighting for the opportunity to achieve freedom, " ALLIES HIT NEW GUINEA JAP TOEHOLDS Fighters Atfack New In- stallations of Nippon- ese Near Australia GENEI’AL MacARTHUR’S HEAD- QUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, July 24—Allied bombers made five attacks yesterday on new Japanese instal- lations near Buna and Papua, leav- ing a 5,000-ton Jap transport burn- ing. The Headquarters announced that buildings and barges at Gona Mis- sion settlement, on the .northein coast of New Guinea, where the Japanese succeeded in disembari- mg troops, has also been raided by Allied dive bombers, All bombs fell in the target area. The fighters also attacked Gonn toehold, where antiaircraft batterics were silenced. Poindexter Ends Reign Over Hawaii Ingram Stainbuck, U. S. Attorney, Nominated as New Governor WASHINGTON, July 24—Ingram Stainbuck, United States Attorney in the District of Hawaii, has been nominated by President Roosevell for the position of Governor of the Territory of Hawaii. The term of Joseph D. Poindexter present Governor, expired in ch 1942, Stainbuck has practiced law in Honolulu since 1912. >, Mrs. Josephine Goenett entered the Government Hospital last night and this morning became the mother of a daughter, weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces. 4 DITCH DEFENSE . Wide World Fea Increasingly important because of recent naval action in their waters in line of possible attack by the U control a U. S. supply line to Russi via Bering Strait. INDICT 27 NoLabor Draft Now Being Considered But Preparations Are Made FOR MORALE CONSPIRACY e oms bt s RAF WHACK OBJECTIVES IN GERMANY feating War Effort {Raids by Strong Force of Bombers Hit Ruhr and Rhineland men ana one woman from te: LONDON, July 24—A strong force states for conspiring to break down the morale of the armed forces ana thus spiring to defeat the war effort.” The indictment was returned se- cretly on Tuesday after a nine months’ investigation and was an- nounced by Attorney General Fran- cis Biddle as he opened the Federal Court here. The lone woman defendant ‘s{>f RAF hombers attacked objectives Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling of Chicago. n western Germany’s industrial it it Ruhr and Rhineland last night, ac- cording to an announcement by the Air Ministry. The communique also said Nazi secupied airdromes in the low coun- | lries were also bombed and other targets in invaded territory were attacked by fighters. The Air Ministry admits that ‘w\-vn British bombers are missing. Injunction - Granfedon Musicians Anti-frust I?ws fo Be In- ASK CURBS PUT ON WAR PROFITEERS Naval Committee Says 95 Percent of Contract- ors Honest WASHINGTON, July 24—Laws 'uf curb proliteering on the fringe of war contractors have been demand- | ¢d as a result of a year-long in- vestigation by the House Naval [¢/ ittee, 1 H (il:mal summation of its inquiry, VOked Agalns' Pe’l’l”o, the committee said that 95 percent of the contractors are doing an| honest job but the “other five per- cent appear to be taking advantage the, war situation.” On the basis of the study of 39,- 000 Navol contracts of a total value | . A of $4,589,000,000, the committee l.(‘_“Petnllo. President. of the Ameri- ¥ can PFederation of Musicians, ported that profits average 8 /104 4ne ynjon members from mak- percent of cost. W Ahay HEACOR i | radio and other figure as “reasonable |ing recordings for ! non-private use. The committee said that 3:230| Lo W Naval ships are building as of June| 30, compared to 697 a year ago. | red i w1+ s oz, BARTLETT RETURNS GOVERNOR RETURNS | FROM WASHINGTON FROM TRIP NORTH, Gov. Ernest Gruening returned to!,. Juneau by plane after a trip of| more than a week to points as far north as Nome in connection with business relating to the de- s 55 “‘r; i |tett took up routine matters of ad- Shikif A ministration with Washington of- private Wiley has been dismissed ficials, devoting much time to 1 from St. Ann's Hospital after re- Glscussion of the new OPA office celving medical treatment. for Alaska and policy questions. I A. F. M. Union Czar WASHINGTON, July 24—Attorney | General Francjs Biddle has author- of the anti-trust laws against James pro- Secretary of Alaska E. L. Bart- tt returned to Juneau by boat last aight after a trip of several weeks 1o Washington, D. C In the nation's capital Mr, Bart- (ROSS ROADS OF NORTH PACIFIC o — on Japan, or by the Japs on our West Coast. ized an injunction in a suit under| BUSINESS JOURNEY \ | POSSIBLE LINES | | OF ATTACK | are the Aleutian Islan Also, i , directly ands would | BY JACK STINNETT | WASHINGTON, July 24-Assum- | ing that there are a few direct | { questions “and snhswers which “will | reduce the manpower problem to lits A-B-C's, the War Manpower commission has attempted to do same by giving the following replies Q. How many men will be re- | quired in the labor army-—on and | off the farms? “ A. By the end of 1943 and early in 1944, we must have 20,000,000 workers in direct war production; | 12,000,000 more on the farms. ’ | Q. How many men will be taken| by the armed forces? A. There are slightly over| 2,000,000 now under arms; there| may be 4,500,000 by the end of the| year; perhaps 6,000,000 to 7,000,000 by next year end; and if the wad continues, at least 10,000,000, Q. How many war workers will be women? A. There now are close to a million and a half women doing war work. Probably 4,000,000 more will be needed in the next two years. Q. Where is this war labor force coming from? A. Conversion and suspension of peacetime industries will provide | approximately 8,000,000; a half mil- lion more will come from the farms; around 400,000 from the profess- jonal ranks; a million and a nalf from the presently unemployed; |and some 2,000,000 from the present TANK PLANT 15 COMPLETE Trainloads of Land Dread-! naughts, All Welded, | to Roll Qut Daily DETROIT, July 24—General Mot~ | ors Corporation has disclosed it |has War Department approval on the KW Army Tank plant, built by its Fisher Body Division and now completed | The plant is rolling out an all- |welded M-4 type of land dread- naught in trainload quantities ani ines of freight cars with tanks wrapped in protective dov- ering leave the plant on a special | track almost daily, it was an-| nounced. [ When the U. S. entered the war, | the welded tank was only in the blueprint stage, loaded By U.S. Bombers REDS RETIRE TO STAND ON LOWER DON U. . Built Bombers Being Thrown in fo Save Caucasus MOSCOW, July 24—The Red Ar- my is luking up its stand on the banks of the lower Don River in a iast ditch defense of the Northern Caucasus against a still further re- inforced Axis onslaught which has overrun the Donets Basin to beal Rostov, heightening the menace Stalingrad. U. S. built planes, especially two- motor Douglas Boston bombers, are being thrown into the fight for the Caucasus in greater numbers than ver before on the Russian front. The Soviets report they are hold- ng as best they can the positions at from which they withdrew in Novo- cherkassi, 20 miles northeast of Rostov and said they have de- veloped a flank attack against the right wing of the Nazis on the Don River front. At Tsimylansk, midway between Rostov and Stalingrad, the Red Ar- my counter-attack bespoke the Rus- slan’s determination at any cost to keep the Caucasus from isolation by holding the Tikhoretsk-Stalin- grad ral:way link to the far south- ern front, ROSTOV IN NAZI HANDS, IS CLAIMED Slovak, German Troops Move Through For- tified Positions BERLIN, July 24 — Rostov has been taken by storm against the resistance of fresh Russian troops, Lroken into the big bend region of the Don, the German Command re- | ported, The fall of Rostov on the Don River, 25 miles from the Sea of Azov, was announced in a special communique which said that “troovs from the German Army and troops from the Elita Eguard of Slovak units, were supported in splendid manner by the air force in break- ing through the entire front of strongly fortified and deeply eche- loned positions in the defense of Rostov. After hard fighting, they have captured the town by storm.” - - SMALL FIRE CALLS DEPARTMENT AT 2:05 O'CLOCK THIS P. M. Slight damage was caused by a small fire at 229 Franklin Street which called out the Juneau Vol- unteer Fire Department at 2:05 o'clock this afternoon. The alarm f 1-3 was followed in less than ten minutes by the signal that the small blaze was out. o </ / There are too many people who figure that the price of eternal vigilance is the loss of sleep and that liberty isn't worth it.