The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 10, 1942, Page 1

~~ | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE j “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” _MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE_TEN CENTS VOL. LIX., NO. 9134. IN SOLOMONS T NEW DRIVE ON JAP Hanging On Bitterly At Stalingrad Warfare in China STA sians | Rus AMERICAN ADMIT NEW ~ ADVANCES ~ BY NALIS [ | | Marinéiwlnlilkarli RaidedMakin Isand Refurn 3 . Soviefs "'Defending Every Inch of Land” Near | Volga Steel City RAINS SWEEPING ON BATTLEFIELD 'May Herald Approach of Winter Conditions to Save Russia ! (By Associated Press) | The German storm beat more | fiercely around Stalingrad today in |a thunderous melee of tan and struggling masses of men. The Berlin radio asserted that Nazi vanguards have driven into the great Volga steel city itself, and Soviet headquarters acknowledge that Von Bock’s incessant power drives have overrun two more Vvil- lages west of the city. But dis~ patches say that the Red Armies are “fully conscious of the danger hanging over Stalingrad and are = Clad in their “working clothes” a group of Marines, part of the Marine contingent led by Lieut. Col. Evans F. Carlson and Major James Roosevelt, son of the President, return to Pearl Harbor from their raid on Japanese Makin Island, where they wiped out 350 Japs. This official U. S. Navy photo was radioed from Honolulu to San Francisco. U.S. Fliers Iand.” Exact Heavy Toll At midday, the Russian command declared that Soviet troops had (stiffened again in fighting raging | throughout the night, exacting a | deadly toll from the Germans. | Perhaps significantly, the daily | bulletin today from Nazi headquart- Rushfo ManPlanes lnBylaln |front and northwest and central | Caucasus regions before mention- | ing the great assault on Stalingrad | It then briefly declared, “In the | fortress zone of Stalingrad, more Soviet fortifications, bitterly defend- | ed by the enemy were taken, During | this fighting, 59 Soviet tanks were destroyed yesterday.” Rains Relieve Heat | Cold rains are now sweeping | across the battlefield, breaking the | heat wave and signalling the ap- roach of wintry conditions which aight bog down Hitler’s giant | mechanized forces. | The official Soviet announcement ja red that 73 Axis divisions, about 1,095,000 troops, have broken and | were routed, with the annihilation |of more than 70 percent of their | effectiveness, from May 1 through August. The statement promised | for every invader “a bullet and two | yards of earth.” . " CABS, BUSES 10 BE UNDER Four United States Army Air Force fliers rush to man their Spitfires at a base somewhere in Britain. They are serving in an American squadron which flies British Spitfires. Note U. S. Air Force star on plane in background. Picture cabled from London to New York. Il;llgrgl_aégl_ifi g ;33 Double Time Rates for oo | Hofidays, Weekends Abolished by President (Major Robert 8. Allemr‘on active duty.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 — The| payment of double time rates on| %New Order Will Help Con- serve All Equipment for War Use WASHINGTON, Sept.10—Fearing A letter from Drew to Major Bob, giving the lowdown on | | STOCK QUOTATIONS weak Cabinet is a source of many inefficiencies; calls Roose- velt’s political rebuffs symbols of popular resentment; hopes for s s s | housecleaning that will revive "qu):fi‘:‘i]o:oa?x}\:?::c; r1‘0 Car.( ,‘1‘1;;35 :; Saturday, Sunday or .holxdays., faith in administration. O i 3%, Be(hishers | P DP6tk HNEAY s cootinued by Steel 53, Commonwealth and South- | the President. . ern 3/16, Curtiss Wright 7%, In- The decree is intended, the White ternational Harvester 47, Kennecott| House' said, to encourage one day (15, “in the interest o(‘ fort through loss of transportation services, the Government moved today to control the operation of washington, D. C. Itmcks, buses, and taxicabs by Nov. September 10, 1942 Major Robert S. Allen 293, New York Ceftral 9, North-|of rest in seven ern Pacific 6%, United States Steel | efficiency.” tation order directed the operators Third Army San Antonio, Texas. 45%, Pound $4.04. Double time payment for work|f commercial vehicles affected to Drag Dok on the seventh consecutive day|CarTy @ certificate of war necessity in order to obtain fuel, tires, tubes will still be permissable under the président’s order, but not because it and accessories. happens to fall on the weekend or Describing the order as a “dras- on a holiday. {tic move to obtain further conser- 1 promised when you left to drop you a line occasionally z\pd let you ! know how the old town is creaking | JONES AVERAGES Dow, 106.38, DOwW, The following are today’s Jones averag industrials | defending every inch of their denr‘ {ers cited actions on the Egyptian | ODTCONTROL any particular day of the week, s“":h:fimps.lrment of the nation’s war ef-| The. Office of Defense Transpor-| RUBBER USE RESTRICTION PROPOSED |Commitee Outlines Seven | Point Program for | Conservation i NATIONWIDE GAS RATIONING DUE Civilian Motoring fo Be | Cut fo 5,000 Miles An- | i nually Under Plan | WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—Presi- ks, planes | dent Roosevell said today he will | put into effect “as rapidly as ar- rangements can be made” a set of recommendations of his special rub- ber committee. This will include nationwide gasoline rationing and drastic restrictions on civilian mot- ‘oring. | He praised the committee’s far reaching report as “excellent” and said the Government owed a debt of gratitude to the committee mem- bers as he transmitted copies to Congress_for its information. The committee submitted its re- {port to the Chief Executive with a | blunt declaration that there is no middle course in solving the na- | tion’s rubber problem. “It will be discomfort or defeat” the committee said. 1 Seven-Point Plan | In addition to recommending ex- | pansion of the present synthetic { rubber production program from the annual total now of 705000 tons to a contemplated figure of 1,100,000, the committee proposed these addi- tional steps: | 1. No speed above 35 miles an hour to be permitted passenger cars |or trucks to prolong the life of tires | by nearly 40 percent. ! 2. The average annual mileage of cars be held to approximately 5,000 miles and this permitted only | for “necessary driving.” 3. More rubber to be released to | the public through recapping of cld tires or issuance of new ones s0 as to maintain fully necessary civilian & & driving. ! | Cut Down Driving | 4. New gasoline rationing system | Imiles a year of driving per car 5. “Restrictions as to gasoline land mileage are to be of national application.” £ 6. Compulsory periodic tire in- spections to be instituted. 7. Voluntary tire conservation | program to be put in effect pending | establishment of gas rationing, {which the committee says is “the ! only way of saving rubber.” | On the special rubber committee | were Bernard M. Baruch, World {War 1 production boss; James B Conant, President of Harvard Uni- | versity, and Dr. Karl Compton, | President of Massachusetts Institute | of Technology. i Synthetic Rubber fo " Roll Soon | | 'American Planis fo Pro-;fi ; duce 950,000 Tons-But { Not Until Nov., 1943 | BUFFALO, N. Y. Sept. 10— | devised to save tires, based on 5,00(” 2 | = A =T e T waowostdk i Pty MUKDENe Pl PEIPING, ™' TIENTSI CHINA | ¢ g % G0 NMING SUN S ia ASHIO~, RANGOON CHUNGKING Wafigpuiio A ct - '>F TsiNSiEN® oM Circle indlfl.'cs the scene of the heaviest current fighting in China where Chinese forces have reca ptured Tsinsien and were hammering i | at Chuhsian where there is a great airfield within bomber range (ar- } row) of Japan. U. S. fliers already have raided Jap held Lashio. ‘Ala'sk; fil;hop Says Aleufians Keys of Danger Brifish Send largé Invasion Force, Land | 70n Madaasca; Island Great Britain has sent powerful seaborne invasion forces against | French Madagascar, landing troops |'on a big scale along the entire west coast of the 1,000-mile long island. ! Latest reports said fighting was | still in progress on the world’s fourth |largest island. Madagascar lies off the east coast rof Africa. | 'A vichy communique said British opened a general offensive at dawn today, seeking to extend | occupation of the strategic island, which lies athwart the Allies’ supply Janes to the Middle East, India and Russia, The Vichy communique said the attack followed an unsuccessful land attempt of DeGaulle’s Fighting French. | The British struck with 18 war- ships and attacks were made by | planes on the ports of Majunga, 320 ’ (By Autninhd_ Press) & | miles south of the big Diego Suarez Most Rev. Joseph Raphael Cri- mont, 8. J., 85, who is in Los An- geles to celebrate his 55th year as a priest and his 68th year as a Jesuit, told newspapermen that, in his opinion, “The Aleu- tians are our greatest danger so long as they are occupied by the Japanese.” The venerable pre- late, who has spent 35 years in Alaska, regards the Aleulian ter- rain as unsuitable for effective airports, but believes they do provide a dangerous nest for aircraft carriers and submarine depots. Despite his age, the oc- togenarian Jesuit still exhibits a keen mind and is physically alert as well. MRS. JOHNL. 'LEWIS DIES | naval bage at the northern end of | the island which the British® have | occupied since last May, and also at | Ambanja and Morondava. ‘ Vichy said a large fleet is engaged lin the attack while the Washington 'announcement said the operation | was carried out with full approval of the United States. i 5 | | | 25 NIPPON * SHIPSSUNK, AUSTRALIA iReview of Communiques l Show Tofals for Last ; Five Months MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 10 Allied forces definitely have sunk |25 Jap warships and transports and have destroyed 300 enemy planes jand perhaps 500 in less than five months a revl of the communi- ques from Gen Douglas MacAr- thur’s headquarters disclosed to- day. | The operations in the Australia war zone also have resulted in 41 or “probably damaged.” - the ' | 16-mile |of the principal OFFENSIVE IS PUSHED Aerial Assault Is Made on Enemy Troops on ! Island of Gizo 'WOODED SECTION f GIVEN STRAFING Marines Coninue fo Mop Up - Large Nippon Plane Downed | | S 1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.--A new | American offensive to drive the Japs lout of the Solomon Islands is ap- | parently under way. | The start of the new offensive | was an aerial assault launched on enemy troops and Installations on Gizo Island with the United States |captured base at Guadalcanal, 215 | miles southeast, evidently the spring- | board. | The attack was begun by Amer- ican air forces which bombed and 'strafed the small, heavily-wooded, island. The Navy Department made the announcement, adding that the at- tack was made during last night and carried out, as on last Sunday, (without enemy resistance. ¥ The Marines continued to mop up Jap units which have apparently fled to the Guadalcanal jun&l:. The Americans made their t landing at Giuadalcanal more than a month ago. The Navy also reports the de- struction of a large Jap four-motor- ed flying boat, loaded with officers and men, by a naval patrol, north- east of the Solomons. This flying boat loss boosts the Jap plane losses to 123 destroyed thus far in the Solomons. - JAPS PRES ONWARD [N ~ MOUNTAINS Outflank Allied Positions 44 Miles from Port Moresby, N. G. | MacARTHUR'S HEADQUART - ERS, Australia, Sept. 10—Japanese troops have pushed through the |Owen Stanley Mountains and now are less than 44 miles from the big Allled base at Port Moresby, keystone of the New Guinea de- fenses. An Allied communique said that the enemy has ‘“successfully out- flanked our positions at Myola" on the northern side of the mountains, and has reached Efogi on the sou- thern side to work out still an- other outflanking movement. Allied airplanes, meanwhile bombed and strafed the enemy in |cooperation with ~ Allied ground forces fighting “tenaciously - and gallantly under conditions of extre~ ordinary hardship and difficulty.” The ‘drive to Efogi represented a advance from Kokods | where the Japanese drive began several days ago. A NSRS warships damaged and a total of A 171 enemy planes severely damaged| MRS. MORLANDER HERE, WILL TEACH AT DOUGLAS Lona E. Morlander, wife of the Juneau- Mrs. along in your absence, so here goes. Synthetic rubber will be roll- Bid- | rails 26.62, utilities 11.51. i | i abls |vation of such equipment for war| We all miss you a lot. Franc dle says that no one pawls him out in press conferences any more, Jesse Jones is now able to get a good night's sleep once in a while, and Fanny Perkins is looking much, much happier. However, I confess that life is a little tough for me. My buck-pass- (Continued on Page Four) — .- NO ELECTRICITY Owing to the water supply being low, no electricity is being gener- ated at Metlakatla and the resi- dents use oil lamps and lanterns for lighting purposes. l Thus the days of the week lose their identity for wpge determin- ing purposes. CITY TO SELL BONDS Ketchikan is to sell $50,000 worth of bonds for funds to build a five hall, | purposes” the ODT estimated that about five million trucks, 150,000 hicles will come under its control. Private passengar cars and mo- | torcycles are exempted. ———e— The average ocean depth below sea level s 12,450 feet. buses, 50,000 cabs and similar ve-| | ing out of new American plants at the rate of 950,000 tons a | year by November 1, next year. i This is the report of the | War Production Board on buta- | diene to the American Chemical | Seciety. | i | { BUY DEFENSE BONDS ) 'DANAIR GETS NEW I N (A p I I A I-‘ AMSKAN MRMA" | Douglas Office of Indian Affairs | Schools, is now in Juneau anc will 3 15 Latest Alaska pilot to join the teach at the school in Douglas, WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—MTrs. gyelling ranks of Panair is blond General Superintendent Claude M. John L. Lewis, wife of the presi- Earl Lee. Hirst announced today. dent of the United Mine Workers | i formenx bt M 0 i 4 ut of Fairbanks, joined the silver| Mount MeKinley, in south cen- of America, died today after & fec( two weeks ago and today was|tral Alaska, is the highest mountain lingering illness. a visitor in Juneau. 'in North America.