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

THE DAILY ALASKA EM PIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL, LIX., NO. 9102. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDM AUGUST 3, 1942 RUSSIANS LASH Decision Is Reac RESULTS ARE TURNED OVER TOPRESIDENT No Announcement Will Be | Made Unfil Roosevelt Reviews Case | follows: WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. — The Military Commission which tried the eight alleged Nazi saboteurs has reached a decision on the Germans’ guilt or innocence, but the outcome | of the trial has not yet been an- nounced. Maj. Gen Frank McCoy took the commission’s findings to the Presi- dent today so that Mr. Roosevelt | may review the findings. He is ex- pected to take his time and go through the case thoroughly. | The commission’s recommenda- | tions probably will not be made public until the President has com- pleted the review. The commission’s announcement that it had adjourned to meet at the call of the President aroused specu- lation here that it meant that it ! would meet to sign the death war- rants of the last seven defendants if the President approved of the findings. ———.——— First Bahy Born At Funier Bay Aleut Seftiement The first Southeast Aleut came into the world on June 29 at the 8t. Gesrge Island seftlement at Funter Bay, U. S. Commissioner Felix G.ay reported today. The new arrival, a baby boy, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Con- stantine Lestenkof. The Washmgiun Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Major naben 5. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON — To apprediate the difficulty of establishing a sec- ond front in Europe, it is necessary to understand the mental fears of the man who has to make the main decision for Britain—Winston __ Churchill. Important background fact is that for years Winston Churchill has been haunted by the memories of Gallipoli, the disastrous second front to aid Russia in the last war. For vears, when Churchill ap- peared at political gatherings wom- | en would fling the derisive word | “Gallipo!i” "at him. Sometimes Britain’s equivalent of the Gold Star Mothers even stood dressed | in black, picketing the functions which he visited, reminding him of the thoisands of British boys lost | at the base of Gallipoli’s cliffs. Events leading up to Galnpox were similar to those of today. In 1915, Russia was fighting a Losinv‘ war. If she did not get help, Ger- | many seemed sure to knock her out, after which the Kaiser could concentrate all his forces on the‘ West. Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, led the impatient min- | ority in the British cabinet which | demanded action immediately. So an army was sent to take the Dardan:lies from Turkey, then use| the Black Sea to reach Russia. “ After nine months of terrific losses, the British withdrew. Gal-| lpoli was chalked up as one of the worst defeats in British histocy | and a scar was left on the mind | of Winston Churchill which power- fly affects his war decigions today. CHURCHILL AND TOBRUK It is no secret that Churchill never has been enthusiastic over a second front; always hoped that the North African front might de- velop &s a stepping stone into Ttaly. (Continued on Page Four) U.S. ICELAND OUTPOST IS’ AIR RAIDED Aleutian Occupation By Japs Brings Out Comment by Senafors 3 —The there | | to us than it is of military value | to the Japanese since air bases are not possible.” Senator Elbert D. Thomas of | Utah said he regarded with mis-| givings the fact the Japs have been | Repofled | permitted to establish themselves | i “That is 10,000 Japs too many, | on the Aleutians but that g!obal REYKAJAVIK, Aug. 3;A Ger- however, the occupation of these strategy might be such no move man piane bombed and e rocky islinds is more of a nuisance | could be made to oust them. | gunned the remote United ,w.. T T ST military installation in, soul |ern Iceland yesterday. This )l lu- | cording to an announcemefit made by the United States military | authorities. There were no | ties and damage was negl This is the fifth instance of Ger- | man air activity over the Tceland | garrisoned U. 8. troops wlthln two weeks. | The island lies about 800 miles | from the nearest German held ter- ritory in Norway. | The attacking plane was a Focke- } wulf. WASHINGTON, Aug. Navy's report that possibly are only 10,000 Japs on the western from Planes in Two Weeks Aleutiang, brought comment Senator C. Johnson of Colorado as PRSI <57 5 v, JAPS TRYING T0 WIPE OUT - US. 0UTPOST: Large Scale Air Aftacks on’ China Airdrome Reported | | | Fifth - Atack by German | | CHUNGKING, Aug. 3.—The scale | Ship Japs Blasled ai Duich Harbor e e and inwke pouring from her entire length, the station ship 8.'S. Nt?rlhwutem. is already ted after the Jap bombing of Duteh Harbor, Alaska. _Fire swept the lhlp after the bomb hit. hhotn) E A i, # T gam e e T e Wamng forfip‘s’ | of the recént Jap attacks on the | | U. 8. Army airdrome at Hengyark | indicates that the enemy has as sembled a special force of improved | | fighter planes with highly trained | pilots for the express purpose of | | wiping out this American outpost in Hunan Province. Gen. Joseph Stilwell's headquart- | ers said that a total of 119 Jap planes participated in a 36-hour attack on the airfield which began | before daylight last Thursday. A bulletin from these headquart- ers confirmed a previous official | report that 17 of the attacking ,planes were shot down and four | more probnbly destroyed NIPPONS IN NEW ACTION, SOUTHFRONT Adding fo “Garrison Near Moresby - Reinforce- | ments Bemg Moved | e | SITTING PRETT Y_Helene F: who weon 2 movie eonluc:.'l':ls ::':'cl:; map::wh Fire Causes Damage of $21,000af Cordovaas School Bulldmg Blazes Beaches ol England Are AirRaided | CORDOVA, Alaska, Aug. 3.—Fire | | thought to have been caused by | spontaneous combustion in the | | chemistry laboratory, last Friday | | night gutted the upper floor of the :old part of the public school build- ing and caused extensive damage to | both the old and new parts of the | | building. The old part of the building fs | of frame construction and the new | part is concrete, The total damage is estimated at | $21,000. German Planes Swoop Qut| oitricuity in securing materials of Clouds, Drop Bombs | o tne ity and-sehoot ofricials 10| on Holiday Crowds get ready for the opening of the fall LONDON, Aug. 3.—Britons, spend- term of school only a month away. ing the August bank holiday today There is a possibility the muni- | cipal puilding may be pressed into | at the seaside resorts or enjoying the day at their beach homes, were service to meet the emergency. targets of German air raiders that swooped out of the clouds and EIGHI lEAVE bombed scattered towns in England FOR SlIKA this afternoon. SATURDAY The bombers left a trail of dam- age across the southwest seaside towns but casualties are believed slight and up to an early hour this evening no reports of casualties Passengers leaving here for sitka | had been received. Saturday night were H. E. Sadler, Fred Spaulding, Alfred Hedman, | Katherine Herring, Carey Street, Temp. Sunday, Aug. 2 Ora Bjornstad, V. N. Webb, Steve ® Mavximum 77, Minimum 53 Vukovich. ® 0 000000 00 0 0 GEN MacARTHUR"* HEAD- QUARTERS IM AUSTRALIA, Aug. | 3—The possibility that the Japanese may have reinforced the garrison at Buna has been acknowledged by an Allied spokesman as Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters reported savage fighting in the New Guinea jungles midway between that new enemy base and Port Moresby. | ‘Today’s communique declares that Allied troops have routed Jap out- posts near Kokodg, 60 miles east of | Port Moresby, and said that AHluH bombers have set fire to enemy | supply dumps in that area. | That is the first reference to the | ‘exiswnce of such supply bases and the Allied spokesman said it is not impossible that the Japs are moving men and equipment from Lae, some 165 miles north of Buna. —— e 0020000000 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. Bureau) Termp. Saturday, Aug. 1 Maximum 80, Minimum 53 + Crowds watched a Spitfire pursue one of the raiders. - ee—— BUY DEFENSE BONDS SEARAIDER U.S. WRITER Jap bombing planes had been there once when this picture of the attack on the U. 8. Naval Base at Dutch Harbor, June 3 and 4, were made, witness the burning oil tank in background. But these Marines were alert in llwlr trl-u('hee for :umlhex altack.—(l!. 8. wa photo). i taken to protect the publicity man, ged 53, after the declaration Jlast | Saturday that he become persona | non grata with the government. Frank was attacked yesterday in the apartment where he had lived since coming to Argentina 11 weeks ago on the invitation of various uni- | versities and cultural socleties. | According to Jose Stanek, purler | in the house, some unidentified men who were armed gained entry to the house posing as agents sent to ex- amine Frank’s papers. Frank’s physician suffer BEATEN IN ARGENTINA Waldo Frank Is Attacked After Being Told to Leave Country BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Aug. 3-The painful beating which six assailants dealt Waldo Frank within 24 hours after the Argentine Gov- OF AXIS IS NAVY VICTIM Plane Dives Within 10 Fee of Water fo Drop Depth Charges on U-Boat AN EAST COAST PORT, Aug. 3. Diving within 10 feet of the ocean, a United States Navy plane scored two direct hits with depth charges on an Axis submarine immediately after the raider torpedoed a Pan- amanian ship off the Atlantic Coast more than two weeks ago. Survivors of the merchantmen made this report when landed here. The survivors said a big oil slick and a mass of debris appeared on the surface of the water following the depth charges. said that he today. — e WHITTiE® MAKES TRIP W T TO VISIT SON Assistant Collector of Customs, M. S. Whittier left Saturday by V- | plane for Valdez to visit his son, ernment had promounced the Unit-!cune judson Whittier, who re- "’x“‘ ‘1“'““)“"'}“;"';‘:‘""'r;“;'l:::;lL‘x“:&‘cewed winor injuries in an auto- welcome ened | e s today to provoke a political after- Motile acciqent. thare last wee math, Deputy Araujo said teday that he | Brazil is the only American coun- | will offer a motion to the lower try which has produced silk com-| house, demanding that the govern- |mercially for a _relatively hmr', | ment explain what means were ' period. e hed In Sabotage Trial OFFENSIVEOF HITLER NOW SLOWING UP Soviels Arerghtening De- fenses at Don River Bend Near Stalingrad 'RED ARMY BRACING UP OVER LONG-ARCH Nazis Claimfieper Pene- fration Info Section in Caucasus (By Associated Press) Hitler's Russian offensive appear- ed today to be losing impetus against the slowly tighening Rus- sian defenses at the Don River Bend approach to Stalingrad along the last rail line to the oll fields of the Caucasus. The Red Army lashed back to show new strength along the whole 300-mile arc. At Kletskaya, 80 miles northwest of bhlmzmg to miles south of were still on the strengthening their stand, it Was indicated by counterattacks réport- { ed to have thrown hundreds of Ger- mans back, with losses of 6,000 dead in a single day in the Don and Kuban areas. Cossacks in Fight Cossacks led counterattacks at the critical salients of Kushchevka and Salsk, 100 miles southeast of Rostov and this is the first intima- tion that the big garrison north of the Caucasus may have been thrown into the fight. Is is in this sector that the Ger- mans have made their deepest pene- tration into the northern Cauchsus and the German command said that one of its tank columns “is nearing the upper course of the Kuban River.” Nazis' Position in Dark How far the Nazis are from the northern curve of the river is not specified. The Kuban rises from the western glaciers of Elborus, high- est peak in Europe, and curves to the north within 70 miles of Salsk before turning to the west to empty through the broad marshy flats into the Black Sea, just south of the Strait of Kerch. 'ROTARY CLUB T0 HEAR STORY OF DUTCH HARBOR Claude Smith, who was an eye | witness when the Japs raided Duteh | Harbor June 3, will be the main | speaker tomorrow noon when the \Junenu Rotary Club meets in Per- | cy's Cafe, | Lu Liston, who just returned from ln trip to the States where he at- tended the Presidents’ and Seere- | taries’ Assembly of Rotary at Bel- | lingam, Wash., will be welcomed | buck | The d a brain concussion of some | severity. He was to have left llu'rv; Your word may be as good as a bond, but will your word pay off 29 per cent compound interest | o the end of 10 years?