The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 11, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LIX., NO. 9109. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS U. S. MARINES HIT JAPS IN S0LOMONS Nazis Are Penetrating Far Into Caucasus Eleven Killed in Easfern Flash Floods BLACK SEA NAVY BASES IMPERILLED Vichy Says Fighting Is In- | side Stalingrad’s De- fense Zones ENEMY ONLY 300 MILES FROM BAKU Invaders Are Scattering Through Foothills of Mountain Division (By Associated Press) Tank-led German troops are re- | ported imperilling the Red Fleet’s Black Sea Naval base of Novoris- sisk and Tuapse deep on the west- | ern coast of the Caucasus, while in the north of Russia, a Vichy broadcast asserted that fighting is in progress within Stalingrad’s de- fense zone. The broadcast said that indica- tions are that the Germans will shortly launch a general assault on the great Volga River industrial city. Another Vichy report. declared that Nazi columns are striking through the mire halfway down the | Caucasus on the road to the vast | Baku oil fields and are advancing | on Mozdok and Ordzhonikidze. Mozdok lies about 380 miles| northwest of Baku and 70 miles | above the important Grozny oili center. Ordzhonikidze is 50 miles southwest of Mozdok and lies in| The Washingtun Merry - Go-Round | By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 5. Allen on active duty.) damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes, business establishments and ford’s main street stores. Best Tanks in the World! (Continued on Page Six) (Ed. Note—This is the first of a series of MERRY-GO-ROUND col- umns on the submarine menace and the reasons why Hitler has been able to establish his Second Front at our front door.) . U. 8. Army’s new M-4 medium tanks, 28-ton variety, are shown at Fort Knox, Ky., lined up for maneuvers. The M-4, said to be tlLe most powerful tanks in the world, have a 75-mm. cannon mounted | onm a revolving turret. These tanks are welded, instead of riveted. Plane Crashes at Takeoff On Lake Near Naknek; Six Persons Inj}l_red, 2 (ritical brain concussion. George G. Suddock, of Seattle, WASHINGTON —Much as we may hate to admit it, any candid appraisal of the war must recog- nize that the Second Front wday,‘ instead of being in France, Belgium | or Holland, actually is off the Vir- ginia Capes. It stretches just a few miles off | our coast from New York and the| oil-stained Jersey beach resorts to| Cape Hatteras, Miami,* the Gulf| of Mexico and the Caribbean — | :e}zesu::n?nn‘:;e ‘;lreni::r s"mt;nmvee‘ ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 11— graveyard in history. Along this A commercial airplane, taking off | 5ficia) of the American Can Com- Second Front one part of our Navy ‘ at a lake near Naknek crashed at | pany at Naknek, suffered a leg frac- is held “frozen” thus preventing| 4 p. m. last Saturday, injuring six | ture and head injuries. Both are in its participation in the convoying aboard. They were ferried by scow | a series condition. of troops and supplies to Britain.| and speedboat to a nearby hospxtf.ll Others hurt are €larence M. Witt, And along that front so many mer- | then brought to Anchorage where | of portland, American Can Company chant ships have been sunk that tWo are reported to be in a critical | employee, arm and forehead in- the problem of sending an Am-| condition. | juries; Mrs. Vern Savage, of An- erican army to England is doubled! Robert Claypool, 24, of Anchorage, | chorage, arm and shoulder injur!es and quadrupled. | the pilot has a leg fracture and gmd g)mse who susta_ined superficial Thus, we cannot escape the fact tinjuries are Mrs. Sigrid Walthers, that u‘ to —and even though former beauty shop operator at Ju- o gone g neau, now residing at Anchorage, :.',:ezh:m:ff_fi,‘fs;; hl:v:u:::;:i;@' and Douglas Kerr, of Anchorage. < ——————— prevented us from establishing our! Second Front in Europe by estab-| i . 5 lishing his second front at our; : NAZIS Kll front door. 3 1 " i | It is to get at the root of these| | submarine disasters, and try 1o ' . | 93 p ARISI AN 'TERRORISTS help remove Hitler's Second Front from our own coastal waters thai| these articles are written. First let it be said that though| : the Navy has made plenty of mis-| i takes, it faces thousands of miles| of coast line, deep water and a| * tougher job than the British. Also| ——rr, DISORDERS SPREADING | IN INDIA i British Troops Armed with Machine Guns Give Aid fo Police | Violent flash floods rolling through north central Pennsylvania and New York took at least 11 lives and (abeve), merchants lashed a 20-foot telephone pole to a lamp post to keep debris from swirling into Brad- CASUALTIES MOUNT IN BOMBAY RIOTING Dread Communal Conflicts| Between Hindus and Moslem Now Feared BOMBAY, India, Aug. 11.—Brit- ish troops, some armed with mach- ine guns, came to the aid (f police today as thirteen more persons were killed and 30 injured in ten #nstances in which gunfir: was used to break up mobs pafticipat- 1ing in Mohandas K. Ghandi: Civil Disobedience campaign. The toll of casuaities since the {outbreak began Sunday is thus| | brought to 28 dead and more than| 1200 injured in Bombay alone. .| Disorders and mill stoppages are » apfendmg ider oyer India and in- IN EUROP " " dications “are - that the dreaded| | Communal rioting between the INDI(AIEDJHMW and Moslems might break | out. The Bombay Government an- nounces that troops have partici- J !pated in firing on mobs and also Conquered Nations In- crease Talk of Second Front - Reprisals marched in formation with the through various lislurbcd‘ (By Associated Press) Second Front talk increased to- day in Europe's conquered Nations as Nazi firing squads took nearly 100 more lives as the Germans| clamped down by ruthless measures to prevent an uprising in event of the Allied invasion in Europe. Ninety-three Frenchmen were executed in Pafis and at least six Czechs in old Czechoslovakia, the latter on charges of “high treason CHUNGKING, Aug. 11.—Fighter- in favoring the enemy.” | escorted American bombers made a France seethed with bitter un- low altitude attack in the Hankow | vicinity and bombed newly con- structed warehouses and other ob- jectives yesterday, Lt. Gen. Joseph Stilwell’s headquarters announced in today's bulletin. The dispatch said that there was no anti-aircraft fire and no air| oppesition. ! industrial plants. At Bradford, Pa., | | ! police sections. - U. S. Fliers Bemb Hankow Objectives rest. Roundabout reports from Vichy said Pro-German Premier Laval has called for police and troop re- inforcements to protect the hated Vichy regime against a rumwrid coup detat. Simultaneously, the Dutch News it faces a problem which few peo- VICHY, Aug. 11.—German author- ple realize—the expert espionage, §IGNAL CHIE F —MaJ. |ities in Paris have announced the Gen. Dawson Olmstead (above) is commander of the Unites States Army Signal Corps. information supplied to Nazi sub—’ (Continued on Page Four) execution of 93 “terrorists in British pay” as a result of a series of anti- German attacks. Agency Aneta quotes Swiss reports that the Germans have seized 200 more Dutch hostages to be “held responsible with their lives for ton- duct ~f the Netherlands people in event of a British invasion of Hol- land.” FDRIsS BY JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—There imay be a good deal more to the appointment of Admral William D Leahy as President Roosevelt's per- sonal “chief of staff” than meets the eye. Consider these factors: (1) No President in the history of the na- |tion has ever had a personal chief lof staff, yet constitutionally every | President is commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy. | (2) Many Navy officers I have| talked to consider Admiral Leahy | 'the greatest naval strategist this country has _developed, | (3) The talk has been goin: around that the United Nation: Appointment of Leahy o As "Chief of Staff” fo |dent have said frankly, “Incendiary as well as high ex-| plosive bombs were dropped and 1 number of hits were scored on the| town and newly constructed ware- | houses. At least two large fires were started,” the communique said. ignificant Move might solve the problem of an| yverall commander-in-chief by des- ignating President Roosevelt. (This it is argued, would avoid jealousies between Army and Navy officers in this country and in allied nations. Of the four great national leaders.| Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin and| Chiang Kaishek, it is contended| that Roosevelt is the only loglcul‘ choice for such a post. (4) Close advisers to the Presi-} and the| President has admitted, that he) actually is taking a big part in the| strategy of this war so far as the United States is concerned. iContln‘ued’ :;n Page Pive) 'First Front in Alaska Demanded by Dimond; Is More Important than Second Front in Europe WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Alaska Delegate ‘Anthony J. Dimond, in a “Pirst Front” in the Aleutians and immediate eviction of the Japan- ese from Alaskan territory. Delegate Dimond said: “I suggest this as a part of wisdom to bring to that front ample forces to win a victory there on our first fight- ing front before we undertake the prodigious effort necessary to set up and establish and carry forward !a second battle front some thous- ands of miles away from our shores in another continent. “A Pirst Front n the Territory of Alaska demands immediate at- tention.” Delegate Dimond said possession by the Japs of Alaskan territory gives them access to the North American Continent. Drive Foe Out Here “It is just as important to drive the foe out of the Alaska terri- tory as to keep the same enemy trom occupying any part of that continent some 7,000 miles away,” said the Delegate. The Alaska Delegate said the United States has not' yet provided {enough power to drive the enemy out and added: “Whatever forces are necessary should be used to drive the Japs out of the Aleutia.s and send them reeling back at least as far as the Islands that have been traditionally theirs, It will be still better to mass a full scale force against them and take over their base on Paramushiro Island and thus give some sort of a guarantee against finding the Japanese eventually in Bering ‘Senale Investigafors Scheduled fo Arrive In Alaska Wedn DR. ELLIS PASSES ON, KETCHIKAN ProminentS_ur]:eon of Al- aska, Formerly of Ju- neau, Dies Suddenly KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 11.— Dr. R. V. Ellis, 53, died here at his home as the result of an attack of the heart. The death of Dr. Ellis removes one of Alaska’s prominent surgeons who practiced in Ketchikan for 22 years after a few years as mine’s doctor in Juneau. Dr. Ellis was Past President cf the Territorial Board of Medical Examiners, a fellow of thc Ameri- can College of Surgeons. He had been in charge of the Public Health Service in Alaska from 1924 to 1936. He was a Thirty Third Degree Ma- son. Survivors include the widow and sons, Robert and John in Keteln- kan and Vinton now in the states. A brother Hiram is now visiting the mother in Salem, Oregon. B CHANGE OF NAME I8 GRANTED BY COURT The petition in U. 8. District | Court here for William James Wul- |lace to change his name to Willlam |James Darlin has been granted by ’Judge George P. Alexander. speech in the House, called for a| Strait, just 54 miles from the main- land of Alaska. i | Strategic Consideration “This view ought to be in accord | FIGHTING IS FURIOUSON PACIFIC ISLE All Communications Busy- Short Report Received Today, Washington ALLIED OFFENSIVE with high strategic considerations ‘l)mz:lnse it is in harmony with the plain concepts of common sense.” Delegate Dimond said the latest offical information indicated the Japanese still hold possession of Attu, Agattu and Kiska islands in| the Aleutians with 10,000 men and ! 2 substantial Air Force. Unofficial | timates, the Delegate added,| placed the number of Japs in the Aleutians however at 25,000 men.| In these five words, the United on’ Plaka’ Tatknft ¢ ing that American Marines are Delegate Dimond sad the latest bF.nling REE Eubmue. depshase: oK Navy Department information ls"fié.n;:a C::ems:’rmr‘:‘b(:;i:;: b;;; unable to give any positive assur-|p e northeast of Australia, ance as to whvthe_r the Japs have As Allled Naval Air Forces cov- occupied ‘the Petetiof . Tslands, |ered the long range invasion to Big Rally Demanded ! dislodge the Nipponese occupation Delegate - Dimond called for a!forces on the Islands, Australia’s “rally of unified command of all Prime Minister John Curtin today our forces in Alaska” and said a @nnounced that with at least an recent announcement of such a €ven break, the struggle may marc command in the Aleutians was ad- the turning point in the Far Pac. Fmirable bt only-vone-of those half ific contlict... He. said that. Allisd | measures, that might give ~false B8ins so far have apparently great- confidence without really remedy- !y Outweighed the losses. {ing thé evil aimed at. The Australian Government | citing the location of the Aleu- Spokesman disclosed that shipments | tians on the Great Circle Route, ©f supplies of the “highest possible | Delegate Dimond said this route is Value which will revolutionize the the shortest between Seattle, the Offensive operations in the North™ U. 8. mainland, and Yokohama have arrived in Australia. and he added: “It must be obvious Axis Propaganda | that Alaska and its Aleutians are Mcanwhile, in typical Axis propa- the most vital and strategic area %anda broadcasts surpassing even in this war between the United Japan’s extravagant . claims, the ON SEVERAL FRONTS Land Batfle Also Raging in New Guinea Against Enemy Occupation (By Associated Press) “We are holding our own.” States and Japan.” Berlin radio today asserted that g5 (Continued on Page Three) WARFAREIS CARRIED TO nesday jap FORCES WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. — Four members of the Senate Military Af- fairs Subcommittee who will in- vestigate Alaskan defenses left Spokane yesterday by plane on the first leg of their hop to Fairbanks. They are expected to arrive at Fairbanks tomorrow and will be the guests of Maj. Gen. Simon B. Buck- American Fo_r(es Battling in Solomon Islands- Losses Reported ner, Commander of the Alaska De- fense Command at Fort Richardson. The party, including Senators Al- bert B. Chandler of Kentucky, Ru- fus C. Holman of New Mexico, Har- old H. Burton of Ohio and Mon C. Wallgren of Washington, was ex- pected to stay last night in Edmon- ton and take-off for Fairbanks today. REDS WON'T QUIT, SAYS. U.S. ENVOY Ambassador Sfandley Ad- mifs People Are Disap- pointed in Allies MOSCOW, Aug. 11.—United States Ambassador William Stanley said today that he had found disappoint- ment'among the Russian people be- cause the Allies haven't established a second front in western Europe. “But no such sentiment has been encountered among the Soviet of- ficials. T have not found the slight- est indication that the Russia‘ns: have any idea of quitting,” he said. . WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.— (De- layed)—Admiral Ernest J. King an- nounced that American forces have landed in the southeastern Solo- mon Islands for the purpose of driving out the Japanese perman- ently and occupying this strategic area in the southern Pacific. The announcement was made with a statement which said “heavy fighting is still in progress.” Amercan units engaged so far have at least one cruiser sunk, two cruisers, two ‘destroyers and one transport damaged. Informa- tion as to damage inflicted on the enemy is incomplete, King reported, but includes “a large numbcr of planes” as well as surface units put out ef action. Gives Statement The statement follows: “Offensive "operations by United States Naval and other forces, looking to the occupation of the islands in the Tulagi area in tke southeasterly Solomon Islands, have now been underway for abous four days. Operations are under the immediate command of Admiral Ghormley, under the general con- trol of Admiral Chester Nimitz. “Certain forces under Gen. Doug- las MacArthur are cooperating in E)IE objective of current operations expel the Japanese from the Tu- lagi area to make use of that area for .our own purposes. (Continued on Page Three) ;