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

! glad to do them, however. | ' should visit China. 'Early explained that China was and the Near East. . York state political conveéntions. | » would be perfectly agreeable w} THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LIX., NO. 9129. “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1942 ALL THE TIME” MEMBE R ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN ~CEN'IS ALLIES BOMB ROMMEL'S EGYPTIAN ARMY Nazi Push Stopped At Gates Of Stalingrad MENACING WEDGE IS Germans Are Momentarily | Checked But Red Army Recoils from Attack | | MOSCOW, Sept. 3.—The German | assault on Stalingrad from the northwest stood checked at the| very approaches to the city but in| the southwest, the Red Army again | recoiled before the massed Axis tanks which drove a menacing | wedge into the most stubbornly defended positions. ! Both the noon communique and | field dispatches today announced a further retreat from this vital! sector. | Meanwhile, 400 miles to ' the| southwest, a similar retreat was | made by the forces defending the! Black Sea naval base of Novoros-| sisk. | In the dramatic battle north- west of Stalingrad an anti-aircraft | battery levelled its guns against 50 | charging German tanks and stopped | them until reinforcements arrived. | e | WSCS MAKES PLANS | FOR SALE TOMORROW | Members of the Women’s Society | of Christian Service of the Metho- dist Church met last evening in the parsonage of the church. Main discussion of the evening centered on the rummage sale which ‘is to be beld beginning at 10 a: m. tomorrow in the basement | of the church, | | The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON | (Major Robert 5. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON—Here is the in- | side story on how Wendell Willkie| arranged with Roosevelt to go on| his present trip to Russia, China Some people have circulated the rumor that the President cooked | up the idea in order to get Willkie | into the administration camp at| the psychological time of the New | But that wasn’t the case. Wllkie| himself put the idea up to the| President, who immediately wel-’ comed it and suggested that Willkie go as his “special ambassador.” I Willkie replied that an ambassa- | dorial status would not make him a free agent, and he wanted no restrictions placed upon him, either during his trip or afterward. In| other words, an ambassador can-| not talk about the things he sees| on his trip, and Willkie wanted to| be able to report publicly, if he wished. The President replied that that] him, but in return he would like to have Willkkie do certain things | for him in the countries he visited. These things were of a confiden- tial and semi-diplomatic nature and could not be put in a press| release. Wilkie said he would be NO CLAY-PIGEON WILLKIE He also told the President that | he was as anxous to bring the view- point of the Russian, Chinese and | Near Eastern people back to the| United States as he was to take| the American viewpoint to them. 1 One phase of his trip was left undecided — namely, whefher , he| Later Steve left out of the official announce-! ment of Willkie's trip because of | an error. | However, this was not the case. China was left out because the! route to China is a difficult one| requiring certain offcial permissions, | and at the time of the White House | announcement those permlssions‘ ""had not been received. | . ¢ Willgie will also return by nni interesting route which has not‘ (Continued on Page Four) Marines’ Newest Lead Pusher Paratroopers of the Marine Corps are now equipped with this Reis- Ing sub-machine gun seen being demonstrated at Washington. Note the new pistol grip and steel stock which folds out of way during paratroopers’ jump from plane. It is reported that the Japs holding the Solomon islands were the first to receive this gun's baptismal of lead, Official U. S. Marine Corps Photo Navy Is Pulling Off Recruiting Campaign; Congress Giving Aid RAIL TANK CARS ARE 'TAKENOVER Government Requisitions Rolling Stock for East Deliveries WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—Petro- leum Coordinator Harold L, Ickes announced today the Government has requisitioned from the mid- west and southwest all remaining rail tank cars transporting gaso- line there. Ickes said this might result in a local oil shortage in those areas and possible requiring rationing or some other step to cut consumption. The tank cars are to be used for east coast deliveries. MORE WOMEN 0 BE USED IN WAR WORK Stimson Says Weaker Sex Will Help Solve Man- power Problem WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—Secre- tary of War Henry Stimson re- ported today that the War Depart- ment intended to meet the grow- ing manpower shortage by possibly doubling the number of women war : workers in the Armys arsenals, de- pots and office jobs. About 300,000 already are work- ing on guns, planes and tanks and filling clerical supervisory posts, Stimson said, and stated that as many more could be absorbed. By JACK INNETT | WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—For the | first time in histery so far as anyone recalls, every member of Congress. House and Senate—is participating in the biggest Navy recruiting cam- paign ever staged. When it's all over, some 6,000 speeches will have been broadcast to every nook and corner of every State, with the prospective recruits hearing 13'.-minute appeals from their own representatives and sen- jators. Approximately 100 of the speeches | have already been turned out by the Navy radio information section. | This in itself is a staggering task, | for not only are the usual recruiting [appeals—trainlng in a choice of 63 | professions and trades, service to the | | nation, health benefits, etc.—includ- ied, but also a community appeal | directed primarily at the section or | State to which the speech is aired. For example, in industrial sections, it will be pointed out how youths, | while serving their count | equip’ themselves for the pos jobs right at home. These speeches are turned over, to | the congressmen and as fast as they ican be shunted through the radio | recording studio in the House Office Building, Robert Coar, in charge, {prepares the recordings. These are distributed to the radio stations back home. Kickoff speeches were made on national hookups by House Majority Lepder John W.. McCormick and Minority Leader Joseph W. Martin, | Jr. It will be rolling along for weeks, | maybe months yet. | In its midwar recruiting drive, the Navy is following its lifetime policy of depending on enlistments | rather than on draftees. The Presi- | dent months ago, by executive order, opened the selective service roles to the Navy. So far they have not found it necessary to make a single Irequest. i Indirectly, of course, selective serv- ice is responsible for thousands of the Navy enlistments. Youths who are classified 1-A, but prefer the Navy rush to join before they are |grabbed for the Army. Recruiting, rather than the sim- pler method of drafting, also is part |of the Navy's cagey policy of skim- ming the cream off the manpower crop. Nearly every man in the Navy is there because he wants to be there or prefers being there to being in| any of the other armed forces. | (Continued on Page Three) PRESIDENT TALKS OVER World-wide Speech Says United Nations Cause of that of Young People WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.— President Roosevelt today told the young people of all the world that the German N Italian Fascists and Jap mili- tarists have nothing to offer but death while “the cause of the United Nations is the cause of youth itself.” His words 'were broadcast internationally, directed to the young men and women of the United Nations and Axis-domi- nated nations. He remarked that he fully expected the Axis to jam the airwaves to drown his message. His immediate audience was the International Student Assembly gathered here. | He declared “the cause of the United Nations is the hope of the new generations and generations to come—the hope for a new life that can be | lived in freedom, justice and ~ | decency.” ‘:Japs'm . Up Fight { Making Efforfs fo Hang on fo Last Air Base in Cheking Province BULLETIN—Chungking, Sept. 3.— Chinese troops encircled Kinwha tonight and are at- tacking from all sides of the great air base, an official com- munique states. CHUNGKING, Spt. 3.— Heavy fighting is taking place today on the outskirts of Kinhwa where the Japs hold one of their last air bases in the Chekiang Province. It is reported the enemy has brought up reinforcements to de- fend the -city. PR ISR R A daughter was born yesterday lin the Governent Hospital to Mrs. - | Nathalia St. Clair, | HEGENBERGER IS COMMANDER BOMBER CORPS FORT GEORGE WRIGHT, Wash., Sept. 3.—Col. Albert Heg- enberger, who made aerial history (in 1927 as the navigatof on the first successful airplane flight from the mainland to Hawaii, has been named Commanding Officer of the Second Bomber Command. Hegenberger succeeds Brig. Gen. Henry Eubank who has been or- dered to duty at the Washington Headquarters of «the Army Air | Forces. - e Henry Tamma was admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital for medical cave. | YOUTH AIM At Kinhwa | safely. U.S. Prifvalefllakes Aliied Bombers Attack Jap Ships in Solomons T TEQUATOR | an area (circled) near Bougainville, almost 400 miles from the Tulagi battle zone. ( | Colonel's Seat, Finds | Queen U. 5. BOMBS AXIS SHIPS NEAR CRETE | Army Hier—s_H;I Convoy in { Mediterranean—Get Merchanfman , CAIRO, Sepi. 3.—U. S. Army heavy bombers scored a direct hit on a merchantman in an Axis convoy in the Mediterranean and hit four and possibly five ships in ! the harbor at Candia on Crete yes- cerday, Army Air Force Headquar- ters in the Middle East have an- nounced, CALIFORNIA GOLD MINES ; OUIHING BUS'NESS DUE | inWestern Pacificin ~ TOWAR SHORTAGES NOW SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3.—Cali- fornia’s 50 million dollar a -year gold mining industry is a war casualty as its rapid shrinking bids afir to make “shadow towns” if not down- right “ghost cities,” throughout the storied mother lode country. Records of the Bureau of Mines show a monthly decrease of about $100,000 in gold production from January, 1941, to last May. Labor shortages and priority re- strictions as well as the fixed price of gold are the causes of the de- cline. The ‘Argonaut Mine at Jackson, a marginal one producing low grade ore, has closed; Central Eureka Mine and Sutter Creek Mine will close October 1; at Grass Valley the Big Idaho and Maryland mine, which normally employs theusands, now | operates with about 250, men. —————— BUY DEFENSE BONDS Giving Him Lift | LONDON, Sept. 3.—Private Ora | | Foster, 22, of Rochester, Michigan, {said today that “like most soldiers | { T did all the talking” when a lady graciously gave him a lift in a limousine. { That is, he did at first. Finally, she asked: “You don't know who 1 am, do you?” and he replied polite- | ly, “I can’t say as I do.” She then identified herself as the Queen Mother Mary. “I couldn’t think of a thing to say then,” Foster confessed after the incident happened last Satur-| day night on a country road. He admitted he should have had | some idea of her identity when she briskly asked a colonel riding with her to go up front beside the chauffeur. 99 ISTOTAL | ENEMY SHIP | CASUALTIES | Five More Announced Sunk Navy. Dispaich WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—The Navy announced today that sub- marines in the western Pacific have sunk five more enemy ships, including a Jap light cruiser, and have damaged three other vessels. Of the three damaged, one, a! medium sized cargo ship, probably | sank, the announcement said. The | others were large tankers, left sink- |ing | These sinkings, not related to the| Solomon Islands and not previously | reported, brought to 99 the total| enemy ships announced as sunk | or damaged since December 7. In| addition to the light cruiser, the! ships reported as sunk are! | other |two small freighters, one medium sized tanker and one small steamer, Bt o I IR DIVORCES GRANTED * | The following diverces were grant- ! ed yesterday in U. 8. District Court: | CQlifford Anderson vs. Virginia | Anderson, and Anna Gothberg vs. ' Kenneth Gothberg. | the standard of living in the U (o] I e} STATUTE MILES AT EQUATOR Allied bombers, aiding U. 8. Marines fighting in the Solomon Islands, blasted at Japanese warships in All planes returned ASKS EXTRA $63 BILLION INTAX BILL Morgentha;Would Raise| Collections fo $30% Billion for Year WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—Secre- tary of the Treasury Henry Mor- genthau today asked the Senate Finance Committee for legislation to levy an additional $6% billion in taxes on individuals over and above the $6,271,000,000 tax bill already | passed by the House. This would provide a $4% billion post-war rebate to individuals. If the new program is enacted, it would boost to approximately $14 billion the amount over and above existing taxes which the| Treasury would drain from the na- tional income. Total tax collections would be in- creased to approximately $30,500,- 100,000 for the full year’s opera- tions. The majority of the Senate Fin- ance Committee to which the pro- posal was submitted, expressed their opposition. Twelve of them generally objected that the plun‘ SHOWDOWN BATTLE IS STILL OFF Afrika Corps Encounter Furious Air Atlack- Lines Not Pierced CAIRO L. 3.~ Cautious prob- ing by Marshel Erwin Rommel's Al Corps hao encountered such a turious alr attack and artillery fire harassment {rom mobile forces for the last four days that after the British 1 expected an Axis offensive, o sh own buttie bas failed to develop Ground (roops al strong points in slit trenches nlong the 40-mile El Alamein line have not yet come into action with (he enemy and are only screening the wmobile fore- es, which are reported thrusting back the uttacking German ar- mored ‘columns. Axis mns had filtered about eight riles into minefield, in the southern sector, today's com- munique sald Rommel’s Axis 2iny was subjected yesterday to 0 record-breaking bombing by RAF and American planes, Lieut. Gen. B, L. Montgomery, British Field Coramaiider, said: “In no place and in 10 part of the Eighth Army area bhas the enemy penetrated our organized defense area.” e e BRITISH IN EGYPT BOMB NAZI TROOPS Heavy Raids Made on Thick Masses of Transports (Associated Press Correspondent) WITH THE BRITISH NAVY AND AIR FORCE IN EGYPT, Sept. 3~Crack bomber plots of the British Navy, dumping scores uf tons of bombs on Axis lines, inflict- ed heavy casualties on Nazi troops and smashed motor transport col- umns in raids last night and early today. Their ‘“eggs” were dropped prin- cipally in the zone south of El Alamein; Returning fliers soid that enemy troops and transports are so thick they couldn't miss. Besides destroying many motor- ized vehicles, they killed large numbers of troops. is too complicated. Most of them said they would prefer. an out-! right sales tax. | Senator Johnson said that the| plan “staggered” the imagination, saying, “It seems we will lower| 8. at least 50 percent if ths is en-| acted into law.” | The committee unanimously ad- opted a resolution calling on the Treasury to sihmit information} about the sales tax. ] Freighter GoesDown In Superior CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 3.—The| American Steel and Wire Com- pany's freighter Stevlvendor foun-| dered 15 miles east of Manitou | | | |Island in lake Superior during the night but at least 24 of its 25 crew members have been rescued. "GIVE 'EM HELL" SAYS W. L WILIKIE Special Rc;firé;enfative of FDR Damned Glad to See Yanks at Cairo WITH THE U/, 8. FORCES NEAR CAIRO, Hept. 3—"T just want to say I am mned slad to see you and God bless jou. Give ‘em hell.” This was what Wendcll L. Will- kie, President Roosevell's personal representative said hex¢ (o the Am- erican troops atter looking over the big Army workshops .and re- pair facilities. Willkie is making = personal tour of various Nations to tall them {Just what Americd is deing in the present war,