The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 1, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME VOL. LIX., NO. 9101. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1942 ~ MEMBER A SSOCI D PRESS @ EN _PRICET GERMAN INDUSIRI @ @ L4 azi Forces Drive Deeper Into the U. 5. FLIERS ARE BUSY IN MIDDLE EAST Report of Week's Adiv- ities Announced To- . day from Cairo W | CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 1—Numerous Axis herbor facilities in several areas of the Middle East war zone, as well es Axis Mediterranean con- voys, were targets of U. S. Army Air Force planes during the week ending today. 4 An angouncement said that in- cluded in the operations were the following : | A dajlight attack on a large transport under convoy of seven destroyers and one cruiser off sou- thern Greece when at least one bomber scored hits on the trans- port; | The setting of medium fires in | the Totiuk dock area; | The smashing of several ships in | raids on Suda Bay, Crete. i OCEANIC BRIN 6§ OF HALIBUT Bring'ng in 23,000 pounds of hali- but, the Oceanic, Capt. Ole Westby, | arrived in port yesterday from Area 111. B. E. Eng“rom purchased the load for 14.15 and 14 cents a pound. IN 23,000 LBS. { The Wéshingiuné Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Msjor Robert 5. Allen on active duty.) WASFINGTON—On many occas- | jons President Roosevelt has sum- | moned labor and capital to the, | White Fouse and demanded that | they iron out disastrous disputes. But when business and labor lead- | ers called on him last week with| a pledge of “cooperation to win| the war,” the President had abso- | ! lutely nothing to do with inaugur- | ating the move. The unprecedented step was! worked out in a behind-the-scenes conference held in the private din- ing room of a Washington hotel a few days before the labor and busi- ness leaders called on the Presi-| dent. Even before this, however, Eric Johnston, new, refreshing president of the U. S. Chamber of Comirerce, had warmed up the AFL | and CIO, as exclusively reported ic | this column. After this advance work, Johnston summoned to the secret hotel meet- ing AFL President William Green, CIO Secretary James B. Carey, AFL Secretary George Meany, Wil-| liam P. Witherow, president of the National Association of Manufac-| : turers, and all the others who later called on the President, except CIO | } @ (4 @ @ COING PLACES _Lucille Lambert, named “Miss Califor- unia,” holds her trophy aloft as sl he walks at a Los Angeles pool, Two Juneau Service Men Injured in Aufo Accid VALDEZ, Alaska, Aug. 1.—Major} T. Gordon, Capt. Judson Whittier, of Juneau; Lieut. Ralph Moreau, | also of Juneau, an expert skier, and driver Peschel were slightly injured when soft shoulders of a road near Valdez Summit gave way and the car in which the four were riding rolled over several times. Held as Spy ! President Phil Murray who was out | } of uhe rity. Elaborate precautions were taken to insure secrecy, so that no one in the administration, not even the President, knew about the get-to- gether. Those present met with one thought in mind—to wipe out completely all barriers between capi- tal and labor for the duration of | the war, and to work shoulder to shoulder for victory. Eric Johnston sounded the key- note of the meeting. “I guess this is the first time in history,” he said, “that the AFL,| the *CIO, the NAM and the U. .S. Chamber—the four great organiza- tions representing employees and employers—have ever sat down vol- untarily to adjust their own differ- ences without government help. “We sare all intelligent enough w realize what's at stake in this war.” Johnston continued, “and if we don’t work together, free labor and free maoagement will be washed (Continued on Page Four) A native of Berlin, Washington Glendale. Spiegelberg, 35, former U. 8. Coast Guardsman, has been arrested in Hempstead, L. I, on espionage charges. The F. B. 1. said Spiegelberg had in his pos- session 18 plans, diagrams, draw-, ings ar blueprints of essential parts of the B-24 bomber. It was said Spiegelberg formerly worked for the Donelly Engineering com- pany of Detroit which has de- signed machinery for Ford bomb- er censtructlon, enfon !Iighv;ay The four men are in the hospital here. Gordon, Whittier and Peschel are only bruised and shaken up but Moreau suffered lacerations about the head. The Juneau men send regards to Juneauites. e AT 'PAA OFFICIALS ~ AREHERE FROM NORTH TODAY Royal Sundell, Operations Man- ager for the Brownsville Division of Pan American Airways, and N. H. McDowell, Superintendent of Main- tenance for the Alaska Division with headquarters in Seattle, arrived in Juneau yesterday. Mr. Sundell, who is making his first trip to Alaska, has been look- ing over the PAA system in Alaska and, with Mr. McDowell, who is | | | | | making a routine inspection, is on | his way south after visiting PAA stations in the Territory. BRI/ R R. N. MacGREGOR, HEINZ REPRESENTATIVE, GOES SOUTH THIS MORNING' R. N. MacGregor, Heinz repre- sentative in Alaska, has left for the | south after spending the last six weeks in the Territory on business |completed his inspection of can- change Officer of for his firm. This was Mr. MacGregor’s first trip to the Territory as represen- tative for Heinz 57 Varieties since | he succeeded K. B, Eqwards follow- ing the latter’s entrance into the service. e L 4 BUY DEFENSE BONDS @ 4 (4 NEW BASE OF NIPPONS IS BOMBED Recent Installations of Japs L T i { { { i CITY AIR RAIDED s & & S 4 4 4 Raided by Allied Forces ~Ships Damaged GEN. MACARTHUR'S HEAD-'} QUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, Aug. | 1— The Japanese have extended | | their hold on the Solomon Islands, | east of New Guinea, and established - | themselves on a Guadal Canal Is-, land which is suitable for an air; | base. i The «*ficial communique says the | | Japs have put up installations on Kukum, a north shore island. 1 The island was attacked late vesterday by Allied planes and be- | sides dropping explosives on the in-' | stallations they also damaged 2 large cargo ship off shore. | Other Allied bombers, operating |far to the northwest of Australia, | probably hit a Japanese cruiser at | | Bandasea, South Amboina, Dutch! | East Ina | ELECTRICAL STORM KILLS NINE PERSONS i g Single Bolt of Lightning in East Strikes Four PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 1 - ‘Euhl men were Killed by lightning, |a six-year-old boy was drowned and transpor. ation systems were dis- |rupted L:mporarily yesterday when |a shatiering electrical storm hit |the meuropolitan area of Phila- delphia. j A smgle bolt killed four garden- lers on the estate of Alfred Dupont |of Rockiand, Delaware, huddled |under a marble arch | RS DISPUTE IN WARPLANTS STOPS WORK Pontiac, Michigan, Scene of Quarrel Between Union Organizers DETROIT, August 1.—Gov. M. D. | Van Wagoner of Michigan an- nounced last night the settlement of a dispute which closed two war plants in Pontiac yesterday. He said that pickets were being | withdrawn from retail grocery stores | which were the center of contention between the CIO and AFL unijons which was attempting to organize the clerks. s AT 'JOHN COVICH MAKING | INSPECTION OF ALL SOUTHERN CANNERIES | Territorial Department of Labor. has | neries at Craig, Klawock and other | localities on the West Coast and is | now in Ketchikan, according to word received by M. J. Haas, Commis | sioner of Labor. On his way back to Juneau, M: iCovh:h will make inspections of ‘canneries at. Wrangell and Peter: burg. I3 %, k A QUATIC PAGEANTRY_Elyse Knox (center) appears with some of representatives from 48 states holding ribbons in a ceremony opening a new swimming pool in Los Angeles, Calif. Wallace Salutes Capitol Senti;y g From March of Time's *'Men In Washington™ A vigorous salute is given to a C apitol sentry in Washingfon as Vice President Henry A, Wallace passes him on his way to his chambers, Although the vice president of the U. 8. is generally thought of as a man who plays just an understudy’s role, Wallace is one of the busiest men in the capital. As head of the Board of Economie Warfare he is in charge of the program to acquire essential and critical materials for AIREXPERT IS DEAD IN PLANE CRASH Lieut. Col. George Smith, Autogiro Builder, Vic- fim of Accident NEWARK, N. J., August 1.—An Army plane plunged down over the rooftops last night to crash with a terrific impact in a parking lot, killing Lieut. Col. George Smith, autogiro and meteorologist expert of Assistant Post Ex- J. J. Simandl, Washington. LEAV UTH George Rivard, who has been em- ployed by Rice and Ahlers as burner mechanic for the last year, left for the south this morning to remain indefinitely. Bolling Field, | our armies abroad. 152 TONS OF BOMBS FALL ONGERMANS Fires Still Burning in Dus- seldorf at 11 A. M. Today LONDON, August 1 - The Air Ministry announces that the. Royal Air Force dropped 152 tons of bombs and “hundreds of thousands of incendiaries on Dusseldorf in 50 minutes early this morning in prob- John Covieh, Inspector for the Mitchell Pield, New York, and Major | gbly the most concentrated attack the Bomber Command has yet made. Reconnaissance planes confirmed the fact that many fires were still burning throughout the huge Nazi steel center at 11 a. m. today. Official cir¢les in London said that the RAF bombers shot down four German fighters which sought to beat them off from Dusseldorf. ‘GERMAN (ONVOY IS HIT |Russian Torpedo Planes in | Aftack Sink 15,000- ‘ fon Nazi Vessel MOSCOW, Aug. 1—Two Russian torpedo planes raided a German | convoy early today mn a Norwegian | Fiord and sank a 15,000 ton ship | despite a heavy from the | escorting warships. | { Th is according to a dispatch | | received this afternoon by the Rus- :»iun Navy Red Fleet newspaper. barrage - Big Packers i Will Refund To Cusfomers (Charges Over Price Ceil-| ings Will Be Straight- | ened Out 1—The| WASHINGTON, Aug. | three b meat packers of the na- |tion, Armour, Swift and Wilson,| have agreed to audit the records of their 800 branch houses and to refund te customers all above-ceil- | |ing chaiges for dressed beef and perk since the ceilings were set up, |the Office of Price Administration announced today, ! i announcement The climaxed a | broad investigation of the industry The investigation of other packer | will continue. | Price Administrator Leon Hen- derson said “unintentional errors” for the most part appeared to be responsibie for the illegal charges The refuads will be made to whole salers and retailers. - - GET FIRE TRCKS Two new Ford trucks, resplendent with shiny nozzles, fire extinguish- | ers, ladders and other fire fighting | equipmer.t have arrived at Kodiak and been given a satisfactory Lwti out. | R e — | ; BUY DEFENSE BONDS 1‘ L4 & 4 Caucasus 600 PLANES SMASHED AT DUSSELDORF Thirty-one Allied Raiders Fail fo Return from Bombing | INVADERS CAPTURE RED RAIL JUNCTION Soviet Reinforcements Come Up Under Heavy Aerial Attack (By Associated Press) Brita.n's campaign for a scourge of Germany, city by city, soared ahead woday as the Royal Air Force smashed at the big war foundries in the center of Dussel- dorf in the heart of the Rhineland in a rmd carried out before dawn. But a* the same time, the Ger- mans surged ever deeper into the vital Caucasus area. A bulletin from tbe Nazi field headquarters reports that the Germans have captured the vital Caucasian rail junction of Salsk, 100 miies south- cast of Rostov, tompleting’ the sec- |ond cut in the line from the great ull field; of Stalingrad to the Don River bend in the northwest. Violent Battle From Stalingrad, the command reports that a ceaseless and violent battle is raging, indi- cating that the Russians are send- ing up huge scale reinforcements, Suid the communique, ir units attacked day and night the Russian troops being unloaded frem traing as well as those being sent by roads and waterways. But while the Germans are en- ging (e Russians, Britain’s mas- slve air ralds are continuing against the Naz homeland BRITISH BLAST Reporting on .this morning's Brii- ish blast at Dusseldorf, a com- munique says thata a “very strong force” o! RAF bombers, presum- ably at least 600, pounded Dussel- dorf for an hour and the raid was very successful, The size of the attacking force is indicated by the announcement that 31 of the British planes failed to return. At the same time, other raiding warplanes attacked the Nazi-occu- pled invasion coast, blasting aws at airdrcmes in the low countr and at the railway yards at Caens. Dusseidorf is Germany's third largest inland port, and the ad- ministravion center for the German steel industry. i i METCALF BECOMES MEMBER OF MOOSE During the regular meeting last night of the Loyal Order of Moose, held in the clubrooms in the Seward Building, initiation ceremonies were held. with Frank Metcalf as the oniy candidate. Tip to fifth columnists: Uncle m gets more obstinate as he grows older. He just won't listen fe treason.