The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 31, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIREK “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIX., NO. 9100. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1942 MEMBER ASSOC IATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS U. S. AIRMEN DOWN JAPANESE BOMBERS Nazi Agents Are Denied Civil Court Trial HIGH COURT HANDS DOWN ITS RULING Holds that S_aa)feurs Must Be Tried by Military Commission WASHINGTON, July 31 —8even alleged Nazi saboteurs today lost 16 Sloven | | | LONDON, July 31—The Yugo- slav Government has reported that |16 villages in German-occupied Slo- venia have been obliterated and all of the mhabitants shot in violation WASHINGTON—The question of | preparing and defending San Fran- cisco agninst Jap air raids has been | the subject of a hot behind-the-| scenes debate between the War| Departiment and straight-from-the- | shoulder Judge William Denman of the U. 8. Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Denman, who served 85, Woodrow Wilson's Shipping Board Chairman, has been hounding Lhe; War Department regarding the| failure of Lieut. Gen. John L. De- | Witt tc train residents of San| Francisco in the evacuation of the city in case of a bombing attack. |of the occupation rules. | Vice-Premier Krek said that the | Governiuent is unable to obtain an | estimate of the number of persons an effort to escape the jurisdiction slain, but declared the “Germans of President Roosevelt’s military [recently deported 160,000 Slovenes, commission by appealing to the including most of the prominent Supreme Court of the United scientists, teachers and physicians States. of Poland, Serbia and Crotia after Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone|shooting 1064 as hostages.” announced thaat the High Tribunal A s o T had denied the prisoners’ motion| for writs of habeas corpus. Only jApANESE seven of the eight who are ac-| cused sought the writs. | The court’s opinion found that the charges of the alleged offense | or offenves upon which the Pres‘x-i [} dent was authorized to order the| accused saboteurs to be tried be-! fore a military commission were | valid, and that the commission was lawfully constituted and the pris- oners are being held in lawful cus- t0ay. \U. 5. Forces Shot Down The rwitary commission had re-| sumed the trial today for final| Seven P|aneS on A" argument without waiting to hear| . . the Supreme Court’s decision. | h(kS In Chlna The Nazi agents’ appeal to the} Supreme Court was the first chal-| CHUNGKING, Jjuly 3l-—Japanese, lenge of President Roosevelt's war-|in two separate attempts to raid time powers. the Hengyang airdrome yesterday, The Counsel for the men had de- | lost four bombers and three new clared ti:at only one of them had|zero type of fighters under guns any inlention of cummunicalinr;"df fighters of the United States with Geimany. 'Air Force. That one was named by Col| Kennetl: Royall, one of the omcers!mumqw issued by the headquarters assigneq to the defense of the eight of Lieut. Gen. Joseph Stilwell. (Continued on Page Four) The communique also reports s - —|that very probably an additional - Inumber of Jap aircraft were lost The washlng‘tun'lmm extensive damages to them i — e Merry - Go-Round "GHOST" | | By DREW PEARSON i (Major Robert . Allen on active duty.) | MURDERER I ' v Haunted House' Reveals 0ld Man Hidden in Attic for 9 Months DENVFR, Colorado, July 31— ‘Trapped in the tiny attic of a house that the children believed to Nazis Have Wiped Out ia Villages AndMurdered Peasanis NAZI UNITS CEILING PRICES MUST BE POSTED - HERETOMORROW OPA Regul‘;%ns Go Into Effect in Alaska August 1 Ceiling prices on cost-of-living | commodities are being generally post- | ed in Juneau and the first reports on the same commodities are coming RED ARMY TURNS BACK - \Novel Hyifi?Wedge, in | Powerful Assault, Re- ported Frustrated B FOUR HIGH AIR HEADS INLONDON U. S. Officers Arrive in| R. E. ROBERTSON “Oow kv | APPOINTED NEW | MOSCOW, July 31—Soviet 1roonl’ LONDON, July 31—United States | |are repurted beating off Germah |Air Force Headquarters here have | |attacks in the Kletskaya area @t been strengthened by the arrival of | the Don River bend after turnii four hizh ranking officers and| back powerful assault mrmanolz hummed with activity today, be {which included a novel flying [speaking an eventual full scale Am- | |wedge of massed infantry walled | erican participation in an aerial of- | | by tanks. ' | tensive against Germany. | | The Soviet Information Bureai| The arrival of staff officers, in-| |s in one sector 120 enemy tanks|cluding Brig. Gen. Frank Hunter, ave been destroyed and more than |Commander of American fighting plane wnits in this theater, and de- barkation of a big new contingent of Canadian troops stirred fresh| 12,000 officers and men killed. | Fresh Soviet gains are also rex ported in the bitter battle at Vors | into the Office of Price Administra- | tion in substantial numbers, it was [onezh but it is admitted the Red speculation on an Allied invasion | DEFENSE HEAD Juneau Attorney Replaces! Frank Mefcalf as Director R. E. Robertson, Juneau attorney, last night was appointed as Di- rector of the Juneau Civilian De- fense Board by Mayor Harry I. Lucas to replace Frank A. Metcalf who has resigned to accept a posi- tion at Sitka. This according to an official com- ¢ During the summer, Judge Den- be haunted, a wispy, half-starved man poinits out, a blanket of fog sweeps in on San Francisco from|captain James Childers that he| the Pacific, providing exactly the haq beaten to death the aged home | same type of screen which Jap,owner and lived furtively in the| planes used in bombing Dutch Has- |cubbyhole attic for nine months, | bor, Aluska. And the War Des ! Childers said. partment has admitted that even| Gaunt and one Jap plane could carry three or|tied together four thousand phosphorus wafers|said that he is Mathew Cornish, which could start fires equal ©0{59, once an advertising salesman those caused by the San Francisco|of Tonavanda, N, Y. earthquake. | Philip Peters, 73, was found beat With zero visibility at night be-len to death in his blood spattered clad in old clothes with rope, the man | announced today by Mildred R. Her- mann, Alaska Director of the Office |of Price Administration. August 1 is the final date for posting ceiling prices in Alaska, and cost-of-living | reports are due on that day also, | she stated. Ceiling prices must be clearly marked as such and must be plainly .Vislbll} at the point of purchase. | This is what is known as the “eye- | test” and means that it should not | be necessary for the customer to 'look for the prices. They should | meet his eye and challenge his at- ~tention even when he is not actually | seeking information on price ceil- ings. Cover Six Points Cost-of-living reports cover separate points, Mrs. Hermann ex- | plained. These are as follows: [$8) ‘name and brief description of ' the commodity, (2) present ceiling price, | (3) present direct cost, (4) present mark-up in dollars and cents, (5) the maximum price in base period which in Alaska is from November 7 to December 6, 1941, (6) the dollar | and cents mark-up during the base six period. Since the present mark-up is de- termined by the dollar and cents mark-up during the same period, it is evident that numbers (4) and | (6) will be the same, she pointed ' out. | Forms may be secured locally that | will greatly simplify the task of | making out the reports, Mrs. Her- | mann said . Information concerning | these is available a tthe office of the local War Price and Rationing | Board at the City Hall, or the OPA {office in the Valentine Building. Merchants desiring further informa- tion in regard to the preparation of the report may apply either at the local rationing board officeeor the OPA office. e FISHING PART | | man today admitted to Detective | MAKES TRIP Io Army s lest some ground below | Rostov. THRUSTING SPEARHEADS BERLIN, July 31—German-Rum= | anian-Siovak troops have crossed the lower Don on. a 120 mile front and already thrust spearheads 120 miles scuth of the stream. The German High Command de- clares that fighting is now raging for possession of the town of Salsk, junction point cf the railways from the Cauveasus to Stalingrad, 100! miles scutheast of Rostov "? 4 | Federal income tax levies' on| department store earnings were about three times greater in 1941 | than in 1940. e WPB BEHIND CARGO PLANE PRODUCTION —_— | Henry Kaiser Says Nelson| Favors Building of | Big Air Ships WASHINGTON, July 31—anr_v‘ Kaiser, West Coast Shipbuilder, told | a Senate Committee today thut Dcenald Nelson, chairman of tne War Procuction Board, had prom- | ised “full support” for his program | to build giant troop and cargo carrying planes in his shipyards. } Nelso: “wants to know of course | if it is possible to get men and| materials to do the job,” said. i SITY-FOUR | Kaiser | | | persons were injured of the Continent socn. | Mr. Robertson has been a member Soviet Ambassador Kaisky spoke | of the board since its origin and has to a closed session of members of | taken an active part in the organi- Parliament yesterday. | zation’s activities. Included among the contingent of The board members presented Mr. American offieers landing here | Metcalf with a letter, thanking him were Ma). Gen. W. H. Frank, of the | for his services, and Mayor Lucas 13 The raiders caused slight dam- to property. | NO RECORDS 10 BE MADE age Air Force Command; Brig. Gen. also expr ssed his appreciation in Robert Candee, Commander in gen- behalf of the city for the job done eral of ground and air support; and | by the retiring director. Chief of Staff, besides Brig. Gen|that 100 air raid wardens turned out Hunter. il L b ‘fm' last night's alert, and 53 mem- PRI % | bers of the Auxiliary Police Unit | “‘Holger ‘Larsen reported for the | Pirst Aid Unit that all kits and also practice Kits have been placed and [ H take parp in next week's practice | pision s RS { S Last Night SOURDOUGH ast Night sives - Resulls Fatal, | SET AUG 14 | Property Damaged | . L | CAIRO, July 31—Axis bombers & . ust nene. ) Alaska - Yukon Pioneers is officially reported by the Inter-| . Planning Fourteenth killed oy exploding s and SEATTLE, July 31—Alaska-Yukon pioneers are planning their four- |dough rcunion here for August 14 {to 16 it was announced today. | Robert W. Service will be the | President Charles O. Sivertsen of |Oaklana will head the Califorma | delegaticn, Lee Loomis of Portlanc, Brig. Gen. Asa Duncan, Air Force| Tom Dyer reported to the board » ! also were at their stations, Alexandria | announced that the First Aiders will Axis Bombers Drop Explo- | R E u N ION IS raided Alexandria for Ministry that four persons w Meet in Seattle | teenth ¢nnual international sour- | cenvention guest and International Oregon will head his group and HASSELBORG LAKE | on a fishing trip to Hasselborg | Lake on Admiralty Island a party of | | four left Juneau this afternoon with | (HA""EL AREA | | Alaska Coastal Airlines. Those mak- | | ing the flight to the lake were Mr. ‘ and Mrs. Sheldon -Simmons, Miss | Sixty-four men, between the ages | Bobby Dooley and Burleigh Put- of 18 and 21 years, registered in | nam, Jr. Juneau and Douglas yesterday it was | | The group plans to return to Ju- announced at the Draft Office this cause of fog, Judge Denman con- tends, evacuation would be extreme- bedroom last October 17. The old peau either this evening or tomor- man has foraged for food in the |yow morning. Fishing at Lake Has- ly difiicult unless planned for in|neighbos iceboxes and has prowled advance around stores. “Our ictters have not suggested —_————— o desioywssatiog supanese|Rs A WELSH HERE ON WAY TO HOONAH Judge Denman wrote to the War| Department. “We are concerned | with his plan, by which our women | and children and sick and aged may | be purned alive by action by Jap- anese before they (the attackers) are destroyed.” SIMILAR TO TOKYO After reminding Assistant Secre- { man, arrived in Juneau from Ket- chikan yesterday afternoon with Alaska Coastal Airlines after spend- ing some: time at the Bellingham | Canning Company plant at Kla- wock. R. A. Welsh, prominent cannery- | selborg has been reported to be ex- cellent by previous parties who have gone to the nearby resort this summer. ——er———— 'R, E. SHELDON BACK FROM TRIP R. E. Sheldon, director of the Unemployment Compensation Com- !mission returned to his headquar- ters in Juneau yesterday after a month’s trip during which he made tary of War McCloy that San Francisco was built of frame houses and had the highest fire insurance rate in “the white world, Judge Denman warned: “What for seven months Gen De- Witt has contemplated doing is (Continued on Page Four) Mr. Welsh expects to leave today |3 general survey of conditions in or tomorrow for Hoonah to look | after affairs at the Icy Straits Packing Company cannery of which he is Vice-President. —eo—— | Storage at Pelican, has entered St. ’the Territory pertaining to the | Commission work He found the situation favorable as far as employment is concerned morning. Records of the Glacier Highway registration are not included in this number, but are not expected to greatly increase it. | With this registration, records of | all men from 18 to 85 years of age are on hand at the Selective Service | | offices. H Registration went slowly in Ju- | neau yesterday and at 3 o'clock in ! the afternoon less than half of the | total number of 64 had called at the posts in the City Hall and Legion Dugout. Nazis Claim Sinking . Of 35 Allied Ships | BERLIN, July 31—A special an- | nouncement tonight by the German I. Kaarbo, of the Pelican Cold nd repcrted that there is much|High Command said U-boats have activity in all parts of the Terri- sunk 24 Allied merchant ships and #d released on $100 bond pending Ann’s Hospital for treatment of an | tory. He returned from Fairbanks 10 sailing vessels, also one escort injured ankle. by plane. ship totaling 167,000 tons. AFTER TODAY:Luurunm De Leon, President of the ! vancouver Yukoners Association Musicians Union Orders Ban on Making Discs Starting Tonight NEW YORK, July 31. — Neville Miller, President of the National Association of Broadcasters, charged today that James Petrillo, Presi- dent of the AFL American Federa- tion of Musicians, is seeking to de- prive the public of recorged music in order “To get at a few establish~ ments he believes should employ | union musicians.” { Through. Petrillo, the musicians | union has ordered a ban on making | recordings for radio and other pub- | lic use, which Petrillo says comprises 95 percent of the music heard in the United States and Canada. The ban becomes effective at mid- night tonight. Petrillo told newsmen that the| half million juke boxes of the coun- try had thrown 8,000 musicians out conventin went on record as favor- will aceompany the Canadian con- tingent. e UNION MEMBERS ARE T0 DECIDE ON HOME RULE HERE At a special mass meeting of American Federation of Labor unionists scheduled for this ev:- ning at 8 o'clock in Juneau in the AFL Hali cn Second Street, the membership will decide whether or not Alaska labor unionists are to have home rule. The meeting has been called by Beatrice Murphy, Secretary of the Juneau Central Labor Council, and main speaker for the session will be | Frank Marshall, AFL organizer for the Tesvitory. At the last AFL convention which was helc in Seattle last year, the Forces of Japanese Massing for Atack On Soviet Frontier LONDON, July 31-British Mili- tary sources declare that Japanese | fol nearly 400,000 strong, are concentrating in Manchukuo, oppo- site the 1,000 mile Soviet frontier | from Lake Baikal to the Pacific. | “Ther» is little doubt that the ! military sources declare ! It is also said that Japanese en- gines nave used large numbers of | | Chinese prisoners to construct and | develop ioad and rail communica- | tions to the present concentration areas CAPTAINIS PRISONER ON NAZI U-BOAT U. S. Ship Sunk July 9 in Atlantic-Officer Tak- en by Germans (By Associated Press) The (%t reported seizure by a German :ubmarine of an American ship Cuptain as a prisoner of war is disclosed today by the Navy, |announemg the sinking of anoth merchartman in the Western At- lantic and the loss also of the Bra- Alian [Lieighter Tamandare. This brings the AP's unofficial ally of sub sinkings to 404, . “You ure a prisoner of war. I want you to come aboard. I am very sorry,” survivors of the Ameri- can vessci quoted the English speak- ing U-hoat commander as saying o the Captain the ship was sunk on July 9. “He'll be aboard only days,” the commander said of the crew were Killed saved in lifeboats. -es B.B. GAME TONIGHT Juneau takes the field tonight against the Beavers, tough soldie) team which needs a victory in order to keep pace with the St. Lou. Blues, who lead the Gastineau Channel League with three wins and a loss The game will start at 6:30 o'clock, as about 11 Three and 43 BIG AERIAL ATTACKIS - - BEATEN OFF Outburst of Air Warfare | TakesPlace Off Aus- 1 fralian Coast | Japanes: are planning an attack,” | NI"E RAIDERS oF NIPPONS SHOT DOWN Brilliant Inferception Re- ported - Transport Is Set Afire GENERAL MACARTHU'RS HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, July 31—In the biggest outburst of aerial warfare in the . Australian area since the battle of Coral Sea, American fliers in Curtiss and Kit- tyhawks, yesterday shot down nine Japanese raiders over Darwin, downed one and possibly two over New Guinea, set a raging fire ‘nbunrd a Japanese transport and |shot up one destroyer of the es- {corting fleet, One American plane was shot down but the pilot parachuted to safety. In the fighting qver Darwin, the official communique says American fighter' planes tore into the attack- ling force of T heavy Japanese |bombers ‘and * 22 escorting planes |getting nine of the raiders. The communique calls it a “bril- |Hant interception.” NAVY ADMITS 10,000 JAPS IN ALEUTIANS BULLUTIN—-WASHINGTON, July ‘:ll A naval spokesman said this afternoon there are about 10,000 |Japs in the Western Aleutians, but {that aerial reconnaissance has |failed to show any on the Pribilof Islands. His remarks were made in re- ‘apolls(' to inquiries prompted by jreports that the enemy had occu- Ipled the Pribilofs. “We are not in a position to say that the Japs aren’'t there,” ne id, “but we have no evidence that |they are” Asked whether the Navy had in- | vestigated the area recently, the official, who declined to be quoted will be a seven-inning contest. Ju- by name, sald: “Yes, we have by neau has one win in two starts. |aerial reconnaissance, but we have A victory tonight would give Juneau |seen no Japs.” second spot in the standings. | When asked about the number - - of Japs in the Aleutians, he sald: JUNEAU BRANCH OF TERRITORIAL GUARD IN MAKING Members ofTuxiliary Po- lice Will Enroll as One Unit Dr. G. F. Freeburger, present chief of the Aaxiliary Police Unit of the Juneau Civillan Defense, announced last night that Juneau soon will have a unit of the Alaska Terri- torial Guard and that all members of the police group have agreed to enroll as a unit. Members of the Guard will ceive guns, ammunition and uni- forms from the Government, and re- of work, RS lg e oy |ing a Territorial Federation of La- JUNEAU MAN ARRAIGNED ON CHARGE OF ASSAULT! | Hans J. Gunderson was arraigned | yesterday on a charge of assault| a hearing in the case, the U. S.! Marshals Office announced toda’.| | bor for Alaska. The rank and file will decide on this question tonight. Refreshments will be served after the business meeting e The Lassen volcano, in northerp ‘alifornia, is the only recently-ac- tive volcano in the United States. although enrolled in the Territorial organization will continue to func- tion primarily as a local guard, not being required to perform duties out- side of the immediate locality The Alaska Territorial Guard is | not attached to the Army - BUY DEFENSE BONDS “We believe that not more than /10,000, probably about half of them lcn shore and one-half afloat, ara jon the idands” The islands said to be occupied are stili stated as Attu, Kiska and Agattu, -ee - TIh% 2 24, 8 Doodlebird aettndad N With gardening season on, it’s & good thing to remember that seeds of doubt have no place in 8 war garden.