The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 4, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIX., NO. 9103. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGLST 4, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NAZIS BLAZE DEEPER INTO SOUTH RUSSIA Japs REPORT NEW TROOPS AT GONA BUNA | Belween 1,500 fo 2,500 Men Originally Landed at New Guinea Base GENERAL MacARTHUR' | HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, | Aug. 4—The Japanese have sent more ships down the New Guinea | coast to the Papuan Peninsula, pre- | sumaby as reinforcements for the | Gona-Buna area, it was repcrted | here today. i These ships eluded Allied bombers | but are believed to have carried only ; small numbers of men and supplies. | The original force pui ashore on | the peninsula is estimated to be | between 1500 and 2500 troops. the | communique said. Today's reports | say that the situation remains un- | changed at Kokoda, about half way | across Papua to the Allied base of Port Moresby. i Allied planes strafed positions of | Jap patrols in that sector yester- | day, starting numerous fires 1 It was also announced from head- quarters today that a small British | trawler escaped attack from & sub | in the first reported enemy sub activity in this region since mid- | June. “Two crewmen were killed. i | | e ARRIVES IN JUNEAU Hans Floe, Superintendent of the P. E. Harris cannery at Hawk Inlet, | was in Juneau today on a short business trip. \ The Was‘hih’g%tun} Merry - Go-Round. By DREW-PEARSON i E | (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty) | | | WASHINGTON—Friends of Jim | Parley tell of a private political conference they had with him and Jim’s close political friend Vincent Dailey over the New York guberna- torial race. They knew that Jim | was irked at Roosevelt for putting Senator James Mead of Buffalo into | the race aaginst Farley's candidate, Attorney General Bennett, but they | did not know how bitter he really was. | The former Postmaster General, | who had served with Roosevelt for seven years and who had done so | much to organize his campaign in | 1932, paced the floor vowing there | would be no compromise. He' would | fight the President to the end, Jim | said, and Attorney General Ben- nett, not Mead, would be nominated as Democratic candidate for Gov Adding To Forces Near Port Moresb Time Out from Links A o ! | Kansas, Missouri, Virginia and West While their husbands battle par over the Tom O’Shanter golf course in Chicago in the $15,000 open, these three women get out the oil to soften the effects of the sun as they relax at the country club pool. Left to right: Ronnie Williams, Detroit; Mrs. Ralph. Guldabl, Raucho Santa Fe, Calif., and Mrs. Jimmy Sea ffle's Womanpower Johnson of Detroit. Being Mobilized for Jobs; Regisfration SIarIs_ Today Latest Air Raid Coat | ernor of New York. | Some of those who attended the | closed-door session had hoped that ! a compromise could be worked out which would avoid the danger of smashing the Democratic Party in New York and thus insuring Tom ! Dewey’s election. However, after Jim Farley unburdened himself of his Roosevelt resentment, he told this story about a man who was being examined for a job as a railroad trainman. “What would you do if you saw | two trains coming together, head on?” the prospetcive trainman was asked. “I'd grab a red flag and wave 'em to a stop.” “And what would you do if it were night time ‘and they couldn’t see your flag?” “I'd grab a lantern and wave 'em to a stop.” “But suppose: there were no ofl in your lantern, what would you do?” | “Then I'd call my brother and tell him to come and see the damndest smash-up in his life.” 'In%,‘ inferred Jim Farley, is what will happen to the Farlep-Roosevelt factions in the -goverporship race in New York. NOTE: Republicans are increas- | ingly gleeful over the split. | & | CAPITAL CHAFF | Justice Frank Murphy is getting . 4 big laugh from a headline which' appearéd in a South Carolina news- paper: “JUSTICE MURPHY GETS Pl LA Vo s B (Continued on Page Four) | e ¥ Mrs. Sonia Heinemann is shown pulling down the blackout shades in her Woodside, N. Y., home as s.he wears her “kangaroo coat” with her baby in the “pouch.” The coat designed by Betty Nemitoff of the Cooper Union Art School in New York, is intended for mothers who wish to keep baby right with them, no matter what happens. When not in use the “pouch” folds into & breast pocket. Coat mly be worn as an ordinary street jacket. BASEBALL GAME IS CALLED OF The scheduled -baseball game be- tween the Beavers and the St. Loais Blues has been called off on ac- | count of a wet field, Art MacKinnon, | Castineau Channel Baseball League | o wos 10 the President yesterday President, announced this afterncon. In addition to tonight’s postponed contest and two other games that were called off near the beginning of the second half schedule, only one more game is scheduled for this year. Weather permitting, that game between the Missouri Mules and Juneau is scheduled for Friday evening. — BUY DEFENSE BGND® l SEATTLE, Aug. 4—Seattle today began mobilizing womanpower to fill 100,000 war jobs in a hurry in shipyards and aireraft factories. Every woman capable of doing any sort of work is asked to reg- | ister during the next three days at the city’s nine high schools and throughout King County. | The Civilian War Commission and ! United States Employment Service is sponsoring the registration and has set the goal at 25,000 applicants immediately but it is said that four times that many jobs will have to be filled here eventually this year. | Immediate employment is not guaranteed but the registration is planned to serve as a survey of Jpotential employees SABOTEURS' FATEUPTO ~ PRESIDENT Roosevelt Studyihg Find- ings, Senfence of Mili- fary C(flr_nission WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—Presi- dent Roosevelt gave over virtually {the entire day to what his aides | termed a ‘“very careful review” | the findings and sentences of the Military Commission that tried eight Nazis, on charges of entering the United States for sabotage ac- | tivities. | No indications of the President’s | decision will come today because | he must go through a tall stack of | documents. The findings and sentences were by the Military Commission ‘which has ended the trial. — NEW POLICE CHIEF Jim Pierce, councilman and chair- 8 (By Associated Press) § of | FOUR STATES POLL TODAY IN PRIMARY | | Kansas, Viran—ia Have Bit- ter Fights on Labor, | Foreign Questions | | | | Four States joined the August primary parade of voters today i selecting party candidates for &' total of 37 Congressional seats In | | the year's biggest primary month,’ during which a total of 16 States | | will designate their nominees for | State and Federal offices. | | The spotlight today is turned om | virginia, where the chief issues are | } labor and the pre-war foreign poli= l | cies of candidates. ! In Kansas £ In Kansas, Senator Reed, whe | opposed the closed shop on defensé | ‘constmctiun projects, is seeking the i Republican nomination for Gov= ernor. His opponents are Lieut, Gov. Carl Friend, Andrew Schoep-’ pel, former Corporation Commission head, and State Senator Skovard, a foe of the Federal farm program. Seeking renomination for a fifth |term as Senator is Arthur Capper, | Republican, who is opposed by John Allison and C. €. Isley. The Democratic nomination. for the Senatorial seat is being sought (Continued on Page Six) INDIA CIVIL| DISOBEDIENCE ISEXPECTED Resolution Now Up Before | Congress Party for ' | Swift Campaign \ LONDON, Aug. 4. — Thé British | Government for India, releasing the | text of Gandhi's draft of a resolu- | tion for calling a civil disobedience | campaign for Indian freedom, de- clared “If India is freed, her first step will be to negotiate with Japan.” Reuters News Agency reported | from Delhi that the draft of the | | resolution already has been.rejected | | by the working committee of the All- India Congress Party. | It is said that after vigorous op- position by Pandit Nehru, the more moderate leader, the draft had been | replaced by a more moderate versior | which is now up for party consid- | | eration. | PARTY TO VOTE JUBBULPORE, India, Aug. 4— Pandit Nehru said today not only that ratification of the proposed | civil disobedience campaign in India | should be voted upon this week by ‘the All-India Congress Party, but that a detailed program will be |drawn up for the campaign, which | probably will start in about two | weeks. | He predicted that the campaign ’wlll be “short, swift and effective, ‘wlll last about three months and will decide the country’s fate.” Dissent came in a statement from the India Communist Party, saying: | “We Indian Communists are trying .’ | | patriots that the course of action | suggested by Congress leadership does not lead to freedom, but will cut our nation away from freedor | battle and will divide the progr sive forces of Britain and India, onl i helping to strengthen the obstinacy {of the Imperialists, who refuse to | move with the times.” e 1 J. T. TENNESON AND ! MRS. TENNESON HERE ‘Jap_ Bombs that MissedvflIhe‘ir Mark T ———— Whnen Jap bombers attacked Dutch Harbor, U. S, Naval Base in Alaska, they were met with anti-aircraft fire that kept many of their bombs falling wide of the mark These geysers represent bombs falling wide of the mark, and harmlessly in the harbor. staved off attack with continued machine gun fire. (U 8. Navy photo). N i i »Convoy of Allied Merchant Ships Gets Over Safely The ship in the background behind the geyser at the left Seamen aboard a U. S. Coast Guard cutter keep watchful eyes on this convoy of Allied merchant ships negotiating a safe crossing of the submarine-infested Atlantic ocean. The Coast Guard boats watch (Official U, S. Coast Guard Photo) for mines and submarines. (CARGO SUBS HINTED AS FREIGHTERS Too Advanced for This War WASHING’I‘ON_._Aug. 4 — Simon Lake, inventor of the submarine, smaller U-hoats sinking ships ouf the American coast. It has been recommended O 'Fire Sweeps I | | FAIRBANKS Circus Tent | BOY GIVEN n (Iflleland Before Thousands of Persons on Grounds CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 4—Fire swept the menagerie tent of the | said that he believed Gen]nan €ar- great Ringling Brothers Circus this |go-carrying subs are supplying th ggiepmoon, destroying at least 50 wild and trained elephants. Terrified animals were burned | | | DFCHONOR S J e — Il Duce Calls Speculati 'War Office Fears Air Ships Animals Perish in Cages Lieut. James McAuley Re- | o g ceives Flying Cross for Brave Action | Aug. 4-—The| that Lieut. | WASHINGTON, Navy reported today James McCauley, of Alaska, has received the Distin- gnvslwd Flying Cross for his ex- ploits or January 31 in the raid on Marshall Islands. Fairbanks, | , Senatots that the United States alive in their cages before the eyes| He cited for action in which [build undersea freighters. He pro- of thousands of persons on the cir- several seaplanes in a hangar and| posed building of cargo subs to other buildings were destroyed and | elude enemy torpedoes instead .f trying to build surface ships faster +han the U-boats can sink them. cus grounds. Other ‘animals, including an ele- , fluing field was damaged. phant and several giraffes, tore lose from their manacles and the police were forced to use riot guns to de- jour hardest to convince our fellow Col. Hugh Knerr, retired, told [the committee he thought thet| ™y ynimal death toll includes 10 | shipyards - will be able to handle’ . . 3 elephants, 3 giraffes, sev- the cargn airplane during the next gn) jjons, gigers:and leopards and war but that it will take t00 10Dg many small animals. for them to produce aircraft dur-' The menagerie tent was de-, ng this war. This was his answer gtroyed, ! to Henry Kaiser, west coast ship- b builder who has been suggesting | | the development of huge cargo air- | ships to be built in shipyards. S R | | g | D stroy the giraffes. " STOCK CUOTATIONS NEW YORK. Aug. 4. *— Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine |~ gAN FRANCISCO, Au ~The ' . | N g. 4-The [ 54%, Commonweaith and Southery /Posed 0 have myseriously landag ‘7,30” Curtiss Wright 6%, Interna- in the interfor of California last| tlonal Harvester 47, Kennecots 295, | Weok have fimed out fo be no- New York Central 87¢, Northern Pa- thing 1ore than meteorological t balloons. A thorough search has cific 57, United States Steel 47, man of the police committee of the J. T. Tenneson, Superintendent of Kodiak City Council has been ap-|the guperior Packing C an- inted to the position of Police' Sching psany - poi ynery at Tenakee, arrived in Juneal Chief following the resignation of | on business last aight. He was ac Roy Hoffman, formerly of Juneau. companied to Juneau by Mrs. Ten- The salary is $400 a month. neson. Pound $4.04. |revealed no signs of anything else.’' Bl et DOW, JONES AVERAGES Small business has been the foun- The following are today’s Dow, dation and structure of our free Jones averages: Industrials, 105.55; enterprise system, says the Depart- rails, 26.01; utilities, 11.55, ment of Commerce. ———,———— 550-POUND BOMBS HIT | JAP CENTER CHUNGKING, Aug. 4.—While the | United States Army Air planes hurled 550-pound bombs on center in Kiangsl Province, Chinese | forces have recaptured Hunan, 12 miles southeast. Chinese dispatches said one o!i the 550-pound bombs exploded | squarely in the headauarters of the | invaders's army and heavy casual- ties are indicated } Hunan was recaptured last night and the Japanese forces suffered heavy casualties. Hundreds were also taken prisoners. e —— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS | INVADERS ~ SURGING FORWARD |Germans Claiming Capture | of Towns Far Be- | low Rostov ' ADVANCE NEARLY THIRD T0 GREAT CAUCASUS OIL - Soviet Mountain Army Not | Yet in Action ~ Re- i mains on Guard (By Associated Press) i Soviet dispatches today declared that Marshal Semion Timoshenko's armies are sweeping around the German flanks to cut off Nazi forces in “the battle of the Don River | bend,” 80 miles northwest of Stal- | ingrad. | But the invaders continue to | surge forward on the Lower Don | and Caucasus. A bulletin from Hit- ler's headquarters asserted that sev- | eral points have been captured, in- cluding the town of Voroshilovsk, 180 miles southeast of Rostov. If true, this means that the Germans have already advanced nearly one« third of the distance to the great { Caucasus ofl fields and far beyond the sectors noted in Soviet com- muniques, The Kuban River, which crosses the Rostov to Batu rail line, emptieg into the Black Sea just below the Kerch Peninsula and the German communique said that Voroshilovsk is an important industrial sector of that region which fell to Nazi shock (Continued on Page Six), NO SECOND FRONT SAYS ~ MUSSOLINI On New Offensive an Idle Dream (By Associated Press) Mussoiini, speaking from north- east Italy near the border of Slo- vena, sounded a warning against idle rieams” about a second front. Said 1' Duce: “The law in Italy must be applied in an unrelenting manner against those who nourish this idle dream on this or that side of the frontier. There wil not be a second front here any- more than elsewhere in the world.” Mussolnf gave the speech after |a trip to conter with his officers on measures to keep the order -f |the Axis in conquered Yugoslavia. Force | Poor Germany is running out of ersatz. Soon it will need ersatz ersatz, which if carried far enough produces an optical illu- sion,