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

‘ B THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIX., NO. 9137. _ JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTE " MEMBE R ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS TERRIFIC STALINGRAD FIGHT CONTINUES Vessels Bombed By Allies U.5. Pushes Ahead in Strafegic Alaska PRESIDENT ADDRESSES NATION President Roosevelt addressed the American nation Labor Day frem the White House carry his battle for stabilization of living costs to the people. immediate action was necessary to avoid a “serious domestic coonomi three or four months or six months it may be too late.” He called upen 1. If Congress fails to act by the deadline set, Roos evelt warned he Aussies Pepper Jap Forces with OId Béer Boliles pRODU("ON Deliver Air Blows on | SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14.—Aus- | tralian fliers, their bomb racks emp- | tied, dropped empty beer bottles on The Washington | whistle on the way down and scare By DREW PEARSON | heil out of the Japs.” (Major Robert 5. Allen on active duty.) | This was related by Lieutenant Commander George Huff of San Francisco, the first U. S. Navy man ?Japs Stalled in Mountains | Allied base at Port Moresby. | teen tons of bombs on the Jap base NIPPONS HELD OFF, MORESBY from Reaching Al- lied Base » HEADQUART- | ERS IN AUSTRALIA, Sept. 14.—~The Allied forces continued today, for the fourth successive day, to hold | the Japs at bay, 40 miles from the | MacARTHUR'S Medium bombers dropped seven- and airfield during Sunday and early | today. Flying fortresses attacked three | enemy merchant ships and one cruiser off the coast of New Guinea and are believed to have inflicted o eor in Washington io talk the President asserted that “if we wait for two or Congress for legislation by October would act without the special U. 5. FALLS 'DOWN OVER radi President SE;Nafion Only Trifle Over 50 Per- | cent of Maximum WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 resi- dent Roosevelt told Congress today heavy damage. In the Port Moresby sector, patrols are active on both sides of the Owen Stanley range of mountains where | the Japs have been stalled in their | attempted advance on the Allied The communique today the situation “remains unchange - - RAF, REDS MAKETWIN NAZI RAID Northwest Port of Bremen, Rumania (By Associated Press) British and Russian bombers, de- livering new twin blows at the flanks of the Axis, a' thousand miles apart smashed at the northwest German that the United States is producing 'port of Bremen during a night RAF only a little more than 50 percent |attack, possibly 100 planes strong At the same time, a raid was made L . to arrive from the Solomcns since WASHIN?‘TON “Thfi ":?im::m”‘"“' occupation by Allied forces. port ~which Avere T The bombing of Tulagi with ex- brought back to the President and | plosives and beer bottles was just close advisers is a glowing tribute |, preliminary to actual invasion of to Russian courage. But also ”}lhr strategic islands, Commander contains a dire warning of the|Huff said in paying glowing tribute desperate privatipn faced by the | to Australian pilots. * Russians. “They are a great bunch of avia- g tors,” he said. “They're absolutely Many of the Ryssian people are | happy-go-lucky. They act all the already hungry, Harriman report-|time as if they are happy as kids ed, even though the winter has not to get a chance to go to war. Our yet set in. For one month the ra- men are a lot more serious.” tion in some parts of the country In the preliminary bombing of consisted of bread, and bread alone. Tulagi, he said, American fliers went Finally some lard arrived from the along with the Aussies to drop a few United States. The people sprea(l‘bomb& of its maximum war production and warned that “‘not until we reach the maximum, and we can do this only by stripping civilian economy to the bone, .can our fightnig men and those of our Allies be assured of the vastly greater quantities of weapons required to turn the tide.” | The President’s statement was in a letter transmitting the fourth quarterly lend-lease report. He spoke of Britain as an “offensive base.” The report showed such aid to the British Commonwealth of Nations and 35 other countries during the 18 months since the program began totaled $6'% billion. Actual exports | on Bucharest, and the Ploiesti oil region of Rumania from bases deep in Russia. Lone flying British bombers were back over northwestern Germany again at dawn in a follow up attack The Air Ministry reported these raids, announcing a total loss of 19 British bombers. THe Air Ministry said this is the hundredth attack of the war on Bremen and was deliv- ered “by a very strong force.” The Berlin radio, broadcasting a German communique, said that Rus sian bombers flew over eastern many the same night and quoted dispatches from Bucharest, the Ru- N there battle snow and mountains The road is passable, an all-we Bli The U. 8. Army is on the alert in Alaska for a sud fen Jap stab the edge of a snew field in a moun battery toils with its gun and cquipment up a mou; 1 0% Suzz Bugs; “Our hoys were ready to come amounted to $3,525,000,000. it on the bread, and fel. down on y ) their knees to thank the USA. ““"“en""h“;‘,r:t‘eali‘; i g"““' 2 ‘; To get the proj esnactive on | 08, the JRAU BOURDY SoF. mosk. o1 Hurri:\an's reportp: sl;eou}l)d be nm_!thcm. he related, “but those Aus- od that for niany yeats before the tralians had brought along a ?ouple Wal Bl OATHISYS sin fhnt dLspuwiM cases of empty beer bottles. with the Soviet Government over mineral concessions in which he| finally lost millions. No commun- ! ist, Harriman owns a large slice of the Union Pacific Railway, the Il- linois Central, Western Union Tele- graph, and is the son of one of the most rugged capitalistic rail- road builders in the history of the nation. and scare hell out of the Japs.” —————— However, the report he brought M back to Washington emphasized the heroic manner in which every man, e u I woman and child in Russia was in the war—all the way. He described it as an unsparing fight for sur- vival, and the only blame he at- tached to anyone was in regard to the fact that the United States had not been able to get more supplies to Russia. Shallow Dr;frfargo Ship May Be Made Soon, Says President Harriman was particularly criti- cal of a certain type of sub-rosa| WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. — Gov- propaganda here to the effect that|ernment-owned “Cargoes Incorpor- we should give Russia just enough ated” has completed tests and asked aid to enable her to weaken Hitler |Pids for construction of a full-scale | manian capital, that the Ploesti re- {gion in the north had been attacked “They whistle all the way down; | —but not enough to enable her to survive as a strong force after the war. Harriman regards this as the mest dangerous type of war talk, which must be stamped out. (Continued on Page Four) model “Seamobile,’ a modified ver- ALLFRANCE - ON FORCED LABOR LAW Vichy Government Pus Total Dictatorship Over | Lo b Employment | VICHY, Sept. 14.—Marshal Pe- | tain’s government has established ! a principle of forced labor and total dictatorship over employment in one of the most radical laws of French history. The law makes everv Frenchman between the ages of 18 and 50, and |unmarried women between 21 and 35 subject to call “to effect all labors which the government judges useful and in the high interests of the nation.” The law provided no limitation by Soviet bombers. The Rumanian dispatches describ- ed the Ploesti attacks as ineffective and said that Burcharest had two alarms during the night, that some bombs were dropped but no damage¢ caused. ———————— By JOHN GROVER (For Jack Stinnett on Vacation) Off New Guinea nd Top: Li as they perfect their tactics. tain y Center: A sec tain pass. Aerial Sabofeurs in ’ Aftack on Produdion‘ Dengue fever bonebreak fever.” 1s though they'd been run over by is also known as Its victims feel ploESTl WASHINGTON . 14 » truck and then tossed in a ce- Chances are you haven't heard thal | ent mixer to convalesce. It usual- aerial saboteu have already al incapacitates sufferers six weeks tacked U. 8. war production. Its| . oo The culprit responsible is a true, though. Disease-carrying mo: nosquito named Aedes aegyptis,| grave threat to fu in many key quitoes are a ion efficiency produc centers. Uncle 8am is keenly aware of the potential loss of man-days in war factories. Employing an appropria tion spec lly ailotted to contro of mosquitoes in war production areas, the U. S. Public Health Serv ice has field crews quietly conduct- ing eradication campaigns. © HLAMING Rumanian OQil Cenfer Is Bombed by Russians- Fires Sef, Bucharest | rexas newspapers nave aireaa voiced concern over the possibility MOSCOW, Sept. 14 —The Ruman- of a mosquito-borne epidemic of ian oil center, Ploesti, was left in dengue fever, comparable to the 192 flames as the result of the bombing outbreak which made temporary in- sion of the “Sea Otter,” shallow 55 to where they could be sent and draft cargo ship described as Vir-| . pe applied to foreigners resi- tually immune from torpedo attack, gent in France. Every Frenchman the President disclosed today in a |supject to the Jaw must prove ta Fepork.tp Ponguees. the government that he is engaged BUY DEFENSE BONDS ,l\lgm‘;(')‘rk useful to the couulry's attack last night by Russian planes. valids of half the population in some The Moscow radio also reported communities. What a new outbreak today that Bucharest and Koenigs- would do to the bustling ship, berg, in East Prussia, were Red air chemical and metals production in raiders’ targets and 33 fires, accom- vital Gulf Coast war plants is giv- panied by heavy explosions, broke ing many an official gray hairs out in Bucharest, right now, | vhich also carries yellow fever what makes dengue fever so hard o control, if it gets a good start that Aedes is a “domesticated’ josquito, just as contemptuous of nan as mice and rats, and just a ieighborly. It breeds successfully n city areas, in contrast to some | pecies. > far, dengue fever hasn't reach- serious proportions. Only one | cent weekly report showed bove the number normally expe able. Malaria, however, is another stor; Exact figures aren’t available Public Health officlals say the num- ser of cases is “well above the med- an line” for the past seven years. An essively wet spring set the tage for increased mosquito produc- bu FRIGHTFUL STRUGGLE KEEPS UP | Ferocity of German Attack Reaches Peak on Elas- tic Soviet Defense (By Associated Press) After three weeks of the already | frightful struggle for the approaches { of the great Volga River steel city | of stalingrad, the German offensive | achieved the peak of ferocity today | against the elastic Russian defenses. The Germans clalm two penetra- | tions of the city itself but the Rus- | sian accounts, however, state that | Stalingrad still flies the Red ban- | ners of battle and the foe has been checked once more to the outskirts | | | of the city. The Germans sald Stalingrad has been entered on both the southern and northwestern sections. The southern penetation was first re- | ported Sunday and the northwest- | ern today. | The latest claim of the Germans said the dominating heights on the | northwest section of the city have | been occupied after bloody fighting. | The Russians admit that after | typical rectifications in the semi- circle defense, precious ground has been ‘yielded southwest of Stalin- grad but only after all the strength | they could muster had been sapped land then the penetration was § (2 blunt one. | v ————— SRS INFLATION GETS EYE ~ OFSENATE Acts on President’s Re- quest fo Stabilize troops stationed at Army outposts ight combat tanks maneuver along n of the new highway being built to Alaska. sather surfacing material having been applied. Bottom: An anti-tank gun THREE DEAD IN FIRE AT ANCHORAGE Pionegr Hotel Burns Early Saturday Morning-40 Occupants Escape ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 14 Three men died when fire destroyed the Pioneer Hotel early Saturday morning, but about 40 occupants escaped, aided by firemen, police- men, soldiers and civilian specta- tors. The dead are Henry Amos, form- erly of Nome; Clifford Olson, sea- man, Seattle. and Jose Aviles, of Egegik, Alaska Albert Leo Cysewski Is reported in critical condition from inhaling suoke. xtinguished cigarette. - - FOOTBALL €aturday a‘tcrnoon, the | All-Stars defeated the New York Giants, shutting the Las tawy Army (Continued on Page Two) latter out, 16 1o 0, Police blamed the fire on an un- | Prices, Wages | WASHINGTON, Sept. 14—Legis- lation specifically authorizing the President to stabilize wages and salaries as of August 15, and farm prices at levels not below parity, was introduced by the Senate today in response to the President’s de- | mand that Congress take action on these things by October 1 to con- trol inflation. Chairman Robert F. Wagner of the Senate Banking Committee, and Senator Prentiss M. Brown, pilot of previous Administration price control legislatign, introduced a resolution to give the President and Senator Brown power to deal with all other factors involved in the cost of living and stabilizing wages and prices. Brown said that the President is authorized to take into account substandard conditjons and to cor- rect any “gross inequities” which might arise, but that he couldn't force agricultural prices below par- ity levels, b A ZVichy“o.n Praclice ~ Maneuver | Suddenly, Strategic Points VICHY, Sept. 14. — Troops and police suddenly s et-up and manned machine guns at strategic places throughout the city Saturday night in what authorities called a prac- tice maneuver. No official announcement was made as to the cause of the “man- euver,”