The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 14, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIX., NO. 9112. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS DOUGLAS MAN IS SHOT DOWN IN HOLD-UP Majo WARSHIPS ON WAY 10 HELP JAPS RAIDED Allies Bomlfi;gnsport Con- voy of Reinforcements | —Results Unknown MARINES NOW HAVE SECURE FOOTHOLDS United, Stafes Devil Dogs Fighting Fiercely on Islands GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEAD- QUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, Aug. 14.—Japanese warships and trans- ports, apparently intended to rein- | force the Solomon Island garrisons, were attacked three times yesterday by Allied bombers “in the New Guinea area,” today's commumque‘ said. i The dispatch indicated that the Solomon battle is spreading rapidly in scope now that American Marines have gained secure footholds on three islands, 600 miles east of New Guinea. ‘What began merely as an import- ant task problem has now widened into a battle of major proportions. It is likely its influence will heavily | turn the war on the whole Pacific war scene. ! Three Japanese fighter planes | were shot down and three damaged (Continued on Page Four) The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert . Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON—The other night U. S. infantry troops were swim- ming a river in North Carolina in a practice commando raid. As they reached the other side, one| officer remarked: | “I'l bet this is .the first time! in history that a Justice of the| United States Supreme Court ever' swam a river at night with a pack | on his back.” | He was referring to Lt. Col.! Frank Murphy, now on temporary vacation from the Supreme Court | S i Answers Nalion’s (all ON DUTY—While women in the United States are fll'l;lh’lg a wom- en’s auxiliary branch of the U. S. Navy to be known as the “WAVES,” it is little known that women in uniform are already assisting the Navy’s London office. Mrs. Pamela Rank, pictured in this Sound- photo, is one of the comely drivers attached to the U. 8, Navy De- partment in the British capital. uniform. Note arm insignia on her smart Ruthless Vengeance . Exacled by Germans Along Terror Fronf’ (By Associated Press) On the “Terror Front” in the in- tegral part of Europes vast battle- field, German firing squads are pre- pared to exact rathless vengeance who turned up in Washington for |on a number of Dutch hostages un- the spy trial last week looking very | bronzed, and singing the praises of the U. S. Army. Justice Murphy, has been living in ;the field for, seven weeks, going on long march- es, once spg.ndlng three days anj; two nights without sleep, and com- | ing to know intimately the Ameri- can soldier. As a result, he reported to high Washington officials .that in his opinion the American soldier was the best-looking in the world, the best fed, and with the best hygiene. He also paid tribute to the type! of young officers the army has; been putting in high positions. “In this war,” Murphy said, “our tough young generals will be giv- ing orders from the field, not the background. They are out lead- ing their troops with knives at their sides and Tommy guns stmp-} ped on their shoulders. We are developing some great young offi- cers.” Murphy also praised Secretary of | War Stimson and Chief of Staff| Marshall for the vastness of the| war program and the way it had been energized. Note: Justice Murphy went to| Ft. Knox Aug. 10 for five weeks of | tank training. He is paying Ior‘ his own transportation and food. | i QUEEN WILHELMINA'S PANCAKES Queen Wilhelmina of the Neth- erlands, has learned the joys of American pancakes. Coming south through New Eng- | land on her special car, she went (Continued on Page Foun) ' less patriotic who wrecked a Neth- 1N o Plans for the first convention of & third national labor union, to be known as the Conference of Inde- pendent Unions, are being com- | pleted in Chicagd under the lead- ership of Matthew Smith, national seeretary of the Mechanics Edu- cational Society of America. Smith, shown above, told a pre- liminary conference of 108 dele- gates ‘'in Chicago that “you are here because you object to the policies and practices of the A. F. of L. and the C. L O. and want to form an independent federation of iabor.”” ‘The convention will be held in Chicago Oct. 2-4. Ak s erlands train last week are surrend- ered by midnight tonight. The Germans hold 1,600 hostages who must pay the penalty of Reich “jus- tice.” In London, the Dutch Government !in exile expressed fear that a “ter- rible slaughter” is impending, but even as the deadline drew near, { there are repcits of new sabotage of sturdy Dutch rebels against the Nazi yoke. The German authorities announce that four persons have been arrested in an attempt to blow up a Nazi controlled radio station. Across Europe terror spread through France and Yugoslavia Dispatches from Vichy said three opponents of France's policy of col- laboraticn with Germany have been condemned to death. Sixty-two “Communists” have | been arrested in Yugoslavia and will | | | | | | | | probably be condemned to die before the firing squad. ALIANS SHELLING VILLAGES (By Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 14. — A Reuters dispatch said the Italians have hombed the little village of Ravnik, SENATORS INSPECTING | LADD FIELD Invesiigafin—g— Committee | in Fairbanks-Will Con- tinue Trip Today FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug: 14.— Installations and equipment at-Ladd Field were inspected yesterday after- ncon by Senators Albert B. Chand- | ler, Mon C. Wallgren, Harold H.| Burton and Rufus C. Holman, short- | {ly after, their arrival here by plane | from Edmonton. | The party left Spokane last Mon- | day. | Conferences were held here with | the Commanding Officer at Ladd | Field and others. Although the Sem- ators were silent as to when théy would leave Fairbanks or where they would go from here, it is expected they will continue to Anchorage where they will be guests of Maj. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, Commander | of Alaska Defense Forces. RUSSIANS " RESISTING -~ FIERCELY ?German Communique | Makes Admissions Re- garding Caucasus | BERLIN, Aug. 14—The German High Command issued a communi- que today saying the Russians are resisting fiercely in the Caucasus imounl,aln passes guarding the way | to the Black Sea coast. The official statement admits the |Red Army is attacking heavily at Voronezh and also northeast and southwest of Moscow. “In the Caucasus district the en- enmy is exploiting the mountain- | ous sections and a terrain which is particularly favorable for defense 'and putting up resistance in order to cover his'retreat on the sea route from north of the Caucasus (o | various ports, bt nevertheless ihe | German troops are progressing.” says the communique. The official bulletin makes no | mention of land operations in the Don River Bend area. —_— e STALINGRAD - 'DEFENSE IS HOLDING OUT Russians Stave Off Ger- mans-Admit Retreat- ing in Caucasus MOSCOW, Aug. i4. —- The Red {Army held stoutly today on the | approaches to Stalingrad and claims |impressive successes northwest of Moscow, but, the Soviet Information | | Bureau acknowledges Russian troops |in the Caucasus have fallen back i before the Nazi columns driving to- | ward the Black Sea port of Novoros- \sisk and the Grozny oil fields | In the communigue issued at noon ‘lodny it is stated the Russian ar- (tillery is pounding away steadily al INVADED?—Scundphoto shows U. St group in the Bering 250 miles northwest of the U, S. Gt ;’éz@m - %é' north of the Aleutians, ed that he had received “several reports” that the Japanese have occuipied naval base at Dutch Harbor. his cffice in Washington by persons who said they had heard from Alaska. nuson of Washington revealed that he had received similar “completely unconfirmed” reports from fisher- men of the Pribilef area. The Navy Department neilher confirmed nor denied the reports. Ready to Divorce Comedian Filing suit for divorce in Los Angeles, Lois Andrews Jessel, 18, charged ber 44-year-old husband, George Jessel, stage comedian, with “cruel and inhuman treatment.” Her complaint said a property settlement had been arranged. The couple was married two years ago in Detroit, Mich, Capital Is Madhouse; Talk About Confusion, Just Glimpsé This One By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—Capital madhouse : A few months ago, he was making nearly $100,000 a year as a Wall Street executive and director of sev- ‘cril corporations. Now he is 4 gov- ernment official, laboring in the war effort. “I used to think all those stories about confusion on the Potomac were just flights of reportoridl fancy,” he said as he sat down at the table. “But, man, did I find out. “Three weeks after I arrived in town and had been given an office, a push-button, two secretaries and nothing to do, a friend arrived from New York and tried to find me. He ‘Yugoslavia, off the map because gt | the attacking German forces on (he¢ caneq the WPB, the OEM, Lowell a patriotic activity. The Italians have death to any residents of a neigh- boring village to give shelter to the homeless of Ravnik. — - Canada is the fifth greatest trad- ing nation in the world. iflanks near Stalingrad and have tanks and 34 armored cars. “All enemy assaults have been repulsed with heavy losses and (.0 |complete German companies have (Continued B;;’:xe Two? i Bt I Mellett’s information bureau, the tijreatened knocked out more than 100 enemy | white House and the Treasury. They all said, ‘I'm sorry but he doesn’t work here.' They were right, in a way. “I never have learned the names of my secretaries. It's not worth the effort. I'come to work in the morn- ing and there's a nge young lady at one of the desks. T look at the number to be certain I'm in the right office. Then I look at the young woman again. ‘I'm the new secretary,’ she says. #And when I ask what became of the old one, nchody knows. One day I came back from lunch and had two new ones. “One morning, I came to work early—I couldn't sleep—and I had a new office. The only trouble was nobody could tell me where it was located. 1t was four o'clock in the afternoon before I found it. “Man, when you call up a govern- ment official and his girl says, ‘T'm sorry, he's in conference,’ you believe her. This is a eonference govern- ment, “They are easy to describe, because | they are all alike. One offjcial says, | ‘Joe, what do you think about the price of tenpenny nails in Timbuc- too?” H “Joe doesn’t think anything about | anything, but he’ll take it up in the conference that is going to be held | "~ (Continued &i.Page ‘Three) Anthony Dimond, Alaskan Delegate to Congre he reports, Dimond said, were brought to oy . disclos- lie about Pribilofs, whic Representative Warren Mag- NAVY TAKES OVER PLANT ~ ATBAYONNE Strikeboun&?adory Seiz- ed-Strikers, However, ‘ Vote fo Return BAYONNE, New Jersey, Aug. 14— The Navy Department this morning seized the strikebound plant of the General Cable Corporation and an- nounced the factory was to be op- ened during this afternoon. “Any interference in the opera- tions of the plant will be an offense against the United States” sald the notice posted at various points fol- lowing the seizure, Rear Admiral Harold Brown, Navy spokeman, however, said there are no present intentions of bringing in | sailors or soldiers to enforce the order because compliante appeared a foregone conclusfon. A short time after the Navy took over the plant over 800 strikers vot- ed unanimously to end the unauth- orized strike and return to work. The vote was on the thotion of Daniel Usland, machine operator, who said: “Let’s return to work for Uncle Sam and redouble our ef- torts.” e RS R AXIS LIES " REACHNEW EXTREMES Japs, Germ;rETrv fo Make | Their Home Folks Feel Happy (By Associated’ Press) For comfort at home, Tokyo headquarters have issued fantastic| claims of Allled naval losses in the | battle of the Solomons, but the Jap propagandists significantly | omitted any mention of gains made | by the United States Marines. The Jap command reported the! sinking of 13 British and American cruisers, nine déstroyers, three sub- marines and 10 transports in the Solomons. In addition, the com- munique said, a cruiser and threc| destroyers and a transport wece damaged in attacks by Jap war- | | { | | | | IVICTIM IDENTIFIES r Battle Now Raging In Solomon Isles _Re'porl Ngw JapLanding, Alaska (ovasl‘_ g NEAR DEATH, IN HOSPITAL William Pafi?y, 31-Year- 0ld Native, Held in Federal Jail HIM AS ASSAILANT Storekeep;r Wounded Twice, Is Left for Dead by Lone Bandit Victim of a holdup bandit’s gun, ‘Tony Simin, veteran Douglas store- keeper, lay near death in St. Ann’s Hospital this afternoon after iden- tifying Willlam Paddy, 31-year-old native as his agsailant. Simin, about 50 years of age and a resident of Douglas since 1914, was shot twice last night with a .38 calibre revolver as he served a “customer” in his store. His alleged assailant is being held in .the Federal Jail on an open charge, pending further develop- ments in the case. Paddy, an hab- itual offender, has been charged with a number of crimes since 1931 in this aréa; the U. 8. Marshal's Office reported. Find Body Simin was discovered lying wound- ed behind the counter of his store an hour before midnight last night by Ray McCormick, Douglas resident who went to the shop to make a purchase McCormick noticed that the lights were out but that the door was open. He heard groans and investigated, ‘finding Simin on the floor behind the counter. He notified the authorities. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Balog, who also appeared on the scene at that time, went in to help and took an oral statement from the wounded man in which he said that Paddy had done the shoot~ ing and also requested that in the event that his wounds proved fatal, his property be given to his brother, Peter Simin. U. S. Deputy Marshal Walter Hel- lan, who investigated the shooting along with special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with the cooperation of Juneau city police, said that the shooting oc- curred at approximately 10:30 p.m. Ordered Whiskey Paddy went into the store, Hellen said, and ordered several bottles of whiskey and some mixer. Paddy then left, saying he was going out to get the monéy to pay for his purchases. When he returned, he also asked for a can of pineapple. As Simin turned to reach for the pineapple, the Deputy Marshal re- lated, Paddy pulled out a revolver and fired twice. The first shot passed entirely through the storekeeper’s body, en- tering at the right of the back and emerging near the left breast, pierc- ing both lungs.. This slug was found by hospital attendants in Simin's clothing. . The second shot grazed <jmin’s skull, felling him. Hellan said that Paddy then took approximately $200 in cash out of cash drawer, turned off the lights and left, believing Simin dead. tha Coundition Critical When the body was discovered, Dr. W. W. Council was called ta the scene and Simin was rushed to the hospital in Juneau. Simin's conditicn is reported as very eritical. Hellan said that after learning the facts of the case at Douglas, he came back to Juneau in search of Paddy and also notified the Federal Bureau of Inyestigation and the Juneau city police. Shortly before 1 a. m. Paddy was found by Assistant Chief John Mon- agle. and Patrolman Harry Murray of the Juneau Police Department, daneing with a native girl in a Ju- neau bar and was taken into cus- tody. Hellan took Paddy to the hospital where Simin identified him as his assallant. The Deputy Marshal said that Paddy denies having any connection " (Continued on Page Three) it il o 1Continfie§ ;:;—;aée Six) TONY SIMIN . ¥ - % 3 ¢