The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 21, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LIX., NO. 9118. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRID AY, AUGUST 21, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 'NEW BATTLE NOW BREWING IN SOLOMONS Slaughtering Nazis with Bayonets 'Reds are Slaughtering ARMY PLANES Senator Wallgren Says nese . MAKE LAST | - STAND FOR STALINGRAD' | Storm German Troops. Crossing Don River Bend in Bloody Fighting ANNIHILATING AXIS FORCES NEAR CIT Parachute Troops Used in! Attack on Novovssick, Black Sea Base (By Associated Press) | Bayonet-charging Russian troops are reported to have slaughtered all but a few Germans who stormed across the Don River before Stal- ingrad for the second time in 12 hours last night. Soviet dispatches declared that the invaders suffered another set™ back in the bloody fighting south of the great Volga steel city. Parachute Troops In the Western Caucasus, Soviet dispatches said that hundreds of Nazi parachute troops have de- scended on the steppes at the ap- proaches to Novorossisk, Black Sea naval base, only -to be cut down by Kuban Cossacks. Warships of the Soviet Black Sea fleet left the Novorossisk base more than a week ago. Dispatches said that several hun- dred sky troops were annihilated in a two-hour battle west of Kras-| nador, but German tanks and large infantry forces are also re- ported attempting to break through the Northwest Caucasus foohills to the Black Sea Coast. Many Are Dead A bulletin from Red Army head- (Continued on Page Three) The Washingtonj Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert S. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON—It was only a stroke of luck and the tenacity cf Admiral Bill Leahy which placed Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghorm- ley in command of the U. S. Fleet for the battle of the Solomon Is- lands. For some years Ghormley has not been in good health, has only one kidney. And the Navy Selec- tion Board some time ago planned to retire him. However, Admiral Leahy, then chief of Naval Opera-| tions, interposed and made him chief of the War Plans Division. | As such, Ghormley no less than five years ago planned and plotted the very same battle which he is executing today. He figured that in war with Japan, the United States would lose the Philippines within a few weeks, that Japan would ad- vance through the islands of the' South Pacific, and that the United |- States would make a stand at Aus-| tralia, | When that stand was made, Ad-| miral Ghormley figured, the Japs| would take the Solomon Islands,| to cut the American supply line,! and he calculated that the recap-| ture of these islands would be the first move the United States would have to make in 'assuming the of-| fensive. | So the tactics he’s adopting to-| day were worked out in minute de- tail, approximately five years ago.! When Admiral Leahy retired as chief of Naval Operations, he told the President: “You must keep Ghormley. He’s a damn good man despite his ‘health,” Admiral Stark, who succeeded Leahy, sent Ghormiey to London, but” when war broke, he was put back in the spot which he had| always. said would be vital in a (Continued on Page Four) e e ' | tucky, chairman of the subcom-point where we had to consider SENATORIAL Things Are Improving PARTY HERE, Rapidly_ in Territory Senator Mon C. Wallgren of ) e the morale of Alaskan troops | Washington, member of @ special (oniderably. | Public Reception Given by Senate Subcommittee investigating wrnis was no junket trip,” the Alaskan defenses, said last night in genator from Washington said, “we | GOV. and MI'S. Gruen' Juneau that the “situation in Alas- et at the front*n tents with | . . s ka is improving rapidly and thepen on combat duty and talked | Ing for Visitors Japs will soon get all they can i these men. We've covered the | take care of in the Aleutians.” He parritory thoroughly. | added, however, that existing con- Missed Nothing | Senator Mon C. Wallgren, of ‘dmons will not stop any large-scale «wphe value of the trip far ex- | a Senate Subcommittee inspecting | invasion such as the enemy has ceeded our expectations, The sub- | Alaska defenses, and Senator Har- used elsewhere and that “red tape ;ommittee has done a splendid job. | old H. Burton, of Ohio, member of must be cut and a command es-ywe haven't skimmed over any- |the Truman Committee, arrived in tablished that will be able to meetyng » Juneau yesterday afternoon with and cope with such an «nvasion” genator Wallgren said that the | the party which is accompanying Senator Wallgren arrived in Ju- g, was made more for the pur- ‘lht‘m on an inspection Frip of r‘nm- v 2 - tary and naval establishments in neau late yesterday afternoon, ac-pose of getting a broad general y L, companied by Senator Harold H.picture of the Territory with the Alaska. i | Senator Albert B. Chandler, of | Burton of Ohio, and both were en-yjew of using Alaska as a jumping | s { tertained at a reception in the Kentucky, chairman of the Senate % off place for an offensive against | g ., ommittee, and Senator Rufus Governor’s Mansion by Go\'.» and japan, and not only from the C. Holman, of Oregon, who made & Mrs. Ernest Gruening last night. point of view of defenses. | great part of the inspection trip, | Igav‘e Eokhy Speaking of defending Alaska | have proceeded to Seattle where Senators Wazllgren and Burtongng establishing a front against |they will be joined by Senators | expected to leave Juneau today t0;he Japs with relation to the es- | wallgren and Burton. Where U.S. Marines Hit Japa IO(IGAINVI_I.I.I KIETA ARCHIPELAGO AUSTRALIA visit Sitka before ieaving for Se-iaplishment of fronts in other parts | Ohers in the inspection party are| attle where they will meet Sen-o¢ the world, Senator Wallgren said | Charles Patrick Clark, secretary of! ators Albert B. Chandler of Ken-that if conditions ever reached a |the Truman Committee, George W. | mittee, and Rufus C. Holman of priorities on fronts,” Alaska is en- | mittee, Col. Carl A. Russell, hlsz Oregon, now south bound, before jtled to considerable armaments— ‘Alde. Lieut. J. S. Culbertson, both i returning to Washington to submit suns, tahks, planes, men—and add- | {rom the War Department in Wash- | a confidential report before theeq that he was speaking from the | ington, D. and Willlam J. Me-| Senate Military Affairs Committee yor1q point of view. | Evoy, of ‘Washington. ‘ on their observations. Thoughts Differ When they arrived at the airport Senator Wallgren had good news The Army and Navy personnel in Vbt YOrs T IOK 0o el - bers of the party were met by Gov., for Alaska service men when heAlaska was highly praised by the oo Gruening and Mayor H. I said that a system is now beingsolon from the Pacific Northwest, ‘Lucnls it worked out through which mensta-but when asked about censorship | oy and Mrs. Gruening were tioned in Alaska will be given fur-his answer was: | dinner hosts to the visitors last loughs through a rotation method, “I can't think of anything (0 |evening at the Governor’s Mansion | allowing many who thought theydescribe my thoughts about cen- |and at 9:30 o'clock the public of | would be in Alaska for the dura-sorship except to say that it is | Gastineau Channel was invited to tion to return home for visits. Hesilly.” |an informal reception in their said that this is expected to im- (Continued on Page Five) honor. | 5, 3 3 — | Many Juneauites called to meet . g | the _Senatorial party during the | i | evening. | Flnal pa(l'l( Ba Ille | Mrs. Gruening was assisted last ‘nigm by the Mesdames E. L. Bart- ilett. G. F. Alexander, W. A. Holz- { heimer, B. D. Stewart, J. J. Connors, ‘1W. W. Council, M. D. Williams and | Hugh J. Wade. et EMY WILL SUFFER FOR | Will Be Waged Around WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.— When | pyiopey foresaw the. present war | the final battle of the war in the| .4 warneq that to win it, the Pacific is fought, it will likely be‘Un\Led States must advance Bgainst waged in the Aleutian Islands area, | yapan through the Aleutians and | / i i | i | | { | Malone, secretary of the Subcom- ! rather than in the Solomon Islands, | Alaska Delegate to Congress An-| thony Dimond predicted today. “I hold that by the strategic principle that one follows the| shortest line to advance against | the enemy, it is valid that the| crucial battle of the Pacific will be fought in the North Pacific,” Dimond said. The late Brig.-Gen. William L. COMMANDER Col. Robert T. Frederick (apove) has been named to command an American - Canadian force of super-commandos training at Helena, Mont., and made up of picked specialists in parachute and marine landings. ~|as the Japanese can,” he declared. | ing additional plans for combatting | thus carry air bombardment to the Japanese cities. | Fogs in the Aleutians, Dimond| continued, are no worse than those | near Halifax and he said that| United States forces are going Lo‘ have to fight in fog if this coun-| try is to win the war. “There is no substantial ground“ to prove that we cannot fight as| well in the fog of the Aleutians He continued that the safety of the United States depends largely on the provision of a unified com- mand for all Alaska and explained that a unified command now exists only in the Aleutians. Dimond praised the action of Army and Navy fighters in the Aleutians and said that airmen in the Catalina flying boats are put- ting up a good fight against Jap- anese plqnes. PRESIDENT | | INFLATION WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. — The | President hopes to have something concrete in a week or two concern- inflation, he told a newsmen’s con- ference today. He said pretty good progress is being made and that he is talking the matter over with some 40 per- sons, among whom is Judge Rosen- man, one of his special advisors, ) BARBARISM President Warns Axis Na- tions of Refribution for Hostage Killing | WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—Presi- dent Roosevelt today warned the |enemy nations in a formal state- ment of “fearful retribuiion” fo come for what he called their “barbaric crimes” against civiiian populations of Axis occuvied coun- tries. He issued the warning af‘er Sec- retary of State Ccrdell Hull had |been given a communication from of Columbia residénts had settled |y oquce a bill. Mostly when first Ithe Netherlands Ambassacor and down to blac the Yugoslav and Luxembourg min- isters, calling attention to the Nazi slaying of hostages. The President described tr.cse as acts of desperate men. —————— | " CONSIDERS TRAITORIS CONVICTED HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 21— The Federa] Grand Jury, deliber- ating only twq hours this after- noon convicted the Rev. Kurt Mol- zahn, 47-year-old former German World War Cavalry Officer, ac- cused of betraying his adopted country by plotting with four others to deliver military secrets to the Axis, Islands (circle), United Nations bombers smashed (plane symbols), at key points in the Jap supply line to the Solomons to hinder Jap reinforcements*on the way to the battle area. Scene of Vilal South Seas Harbor While Americans fought to consolidate their positio ns in the Solomon i OBJECTIVE—Scundphoto shows Tulagi Harbor in the Solomon Islands, posscssion of which is held vital to the success of Allied strategy in the battle of the Pacific. Tulagi, capital of the Solomons, is the cen- ter of the area to which U. S. Marines pushed with c haracteristic courage and daring. American landing forces are reported holding hard gained footholds in or near Tulagi. Americanizalionfl 6! . American: (apifal Is Once Mpre Undeglgkgnr BY JACK STINNETT % 'much less a congressman, he was WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—Just g5pa10ed, He decided to do some- when it appeared that the Distrlcl‘mmg about it. He offered to in- MONEY FOR DEPENDENTS (OMING UP President Signs Measure Today Permitting Allowances WASHINGTON, Aug. 21—Presi- ; | kouts. and the -‘°y5i!,ermers introduce a bill, that’s and worries of any other mush-|gapoup.the last you hear of it. rooming wartime community, along| p,¢ just as a tip to all future| came Rep. George 'A. Paddock, of | firgt termers, make that a bill a Evanston, Ill, and started them | ¥ | dent Roosevelt today signed the proposal to' give the District of |, ermi livi 9 i e A . Sy | 0 | bill permitting living allowances grasping 8 | Columbia some kind of a vote, and | 4y gependents of service men. The straw in this case is an old | ” E & | bt “bobs | of - GeEE I doeke youw'll never hear the last of it.| mqpe payments ‘will start just as DfEIe P gobang. You might even wind up on the|con oo the necessary bookkeeping kind of representation in COngress | pouse District committee, which is‘;:m e com‘pleted. for the 700,000 or so people in vote- | commonly referred to in the Capi- | i v less D. C. It's a pretty sim straw, |5 corridors by men who use the | y | | S o th ot e nders e e o - ssninson | EXTEND SALMON going for it, you would think it FIS’““G SEASO" FOR THIS AREA was the only life raft on the ocean after a sub attack. Frank W. Hynes, Assistant Fish- eries Supervisor of the Fish and Wildlife Service here, has been advised by the director of the Fish and Wildlife Service that the sal- {mon fishing season in the eastern. | district of the Juneau area has | been extended until 6 p. m. tomor- row evening. Mr, Paddock’s bill would give the District a non-voting delegate in | the house. This would put the| Congressman Paddock is a Re- [nation’s capital on a par, so far| publican and a first termer. He's 'as representation goes, with Hawail, ngt even a member of the House Puerto Rico, Alaska and the il- District committee. But when he ippines. Thdt may be only half a came to Washington, looked around loaf, but as ome commentator put and saw a citizenry numbering it, “it would be the first step to- about 100,000 more than in his oWn ward Americanization of the Am- big Tllinols tenth district without | the right to vote for a dog-catcher,' (9Alg @fed uo panupuod) STRIKING AT ENEMY SHIPS fReport JapTavy Massing for Try fo Regain Lost Ground NEW U. 5. LANDING REPORTED BY TOKYO American Forces Stage Commando Thrust in Gilbert Islands (By Associated Press) | Giant U. 8. Army Flying Fort- resses are reported to be launch- ing a big attack on Jap warships off the Solomon Islands as the enemy apparently moved to strike back at the American Marines now occupying at least three is- lands in the 900-mile long archi- pelago in the South Pacific. A British broadcast indicated that an attack is developing in this area and detalls are being awaited. Previously, reports from New Zea- land said that the enemy is mass- ing naval fofces for a counter blow against the Marines in the Tulagi area. Another Landing Tokyo headquarters, meanwhile, asserted that a small force of Am- erican troops had effected a land- ing at dawn on August 17 on Makin Island in the Gilberts, 2,400 miles southwest of Hawali, but had been “repulsed completely” by the Jap garrison there. The Jap report was not con=- firmed elsewheres It stated that the landing party consisted of about 200 troops. Seized by the Japs at the out- set of the war, the former British- owned Gilberts lie on the equator just .below the powerful enemy bases in the Marshall Islands, 1,100 miles northeast of the Solomons. Such a raid was presumably little | more than a commando thrust % test out the enemy’s defenses, U. 8. Planes Strike In the battle of the Solomons, MacArthur’s air scouts searched the vast island-dotted South Seas in | quest of Jap naval activity. Strik- ing at Jap supply bases in the Far West, Allied bombers again at- tacked the enemy forces on Timor Island and touched off great ex- plosions in the town of Maobisse, MacArthur’s headquarters announ- ced. {1 FORTRESS PLANES FIGHT OFF 25 NAZIS Six New German Focke- | wulf's Destroyed in Battle with Yanks LONDON, Aug. 21-Six of Ger- many's mew Fockewulf 190 fighters have been destroyed or damaged in ithe North Sea in a fight with 11 | United States Flying Fortresses, U. S. Headquarters announced today. | During the 20-minute battle, the | announcemenit said, one fortress | was damaged heavily. The fight |started when 20 or 25 of the speedy | German fighters swarmed to attack !the American planes, the communi~ que <aid The ramaged fortress returned to its base, an enemy shell having killed the co-pilot and injured the | {were destroyed. | wer edestroyed. 1 e, | BUY DEFENSE BONDS