The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 15, 1942, Page 1

. i f TR, .. SR e e i e e — B B VA ————— G e ‘The Washington THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIX., NO. 9138. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1942 "MEMB R ASSOCIATED PRESS s PRICE TEN CENTS COAST SECTION BOMBED BY JAPS, REPORT Jap Movies Lure Beauty - ARMY, NAVY SPRING ONE ON NIPPONS Study Habits of Enemy,“ Plan Campaign, Gef Two | 4-Motored Bombers | | — - = owmaw ey SEATTLE, Sept. 15—Routine] habits of the crews of a couple of | Japanese 4-motored bombers led them to destruction in & carefully prepared trap set by United States | Army and Navy fliers. | This is the story told by a group | of Naval officers here on leave from the Aleutian battlefront. The study of the enemy fliers’ habits convinced the leaders of the American group that the big Jap planes would be at a certain place at a certain time. | Lieut. W. N. Thies, 25, of Wash- ington, D. C., pilot of a Navy Cata- lina flying boat, related that Army and Navy fliers got together and two Army fighters, escorted by a flying fortress, hid in the region where the Jap bombers were ex-| & pected. A tender was sent ahead to m:t‘ as a target. | When the Japs caught sight of the tender they “came in for the kill,” Lieut. Thies said. “Before the Jap bombers knew | what happened, a P-38 Army plane blew the first enemy flier out of the air. The second Jap piane hit for the clouds with the Boeing fighter after | him. The Boeing went under ths clouds and flushed the Jap out above a P-38 waiting for him up there, finishing. him off like no- thing.” No Japs have been seen in that area since then, Lieut. Thies stated. ., | Don Lozzie has been dism from St. Ann’s Hospital after bein; under medical care, | After winning the “Miss Texas” title in a beauty contest last year, Iris Bynam (above), 21, of San Antonio, wanted to go to Atlantic City to seek the Miss America ecrown, but her mother said no. So she traveled in the opposite direction, to Hollywood, and lTanded a job in Her first part is opposite Bob Hope, film and radio com- hout it ail. And, incidentally, Bob Hope is supposed to be in Alaska entertaining at military camps, so look at s picture so if he comes to Juneau you will know him. And, in- cidentally, Miss Bynum, is not accompanying him on his 8,000-mile Alaska trip. Personal Popularify : 0f Mohandas Gandhi ~ In'Washingfon Is Low { By JOHN GROVER | NAT'VE wHo ! (For Jack Stinnett on Vacation) ! | wasHINGTON, Sept. 15. — Mo- | | VISITS HERE ‘textile importer, who has lived 17 years in New York. He's president |of the India League of America and |an ex-member of Gandhi's move- ment. % | Dramatically handsome and built llike a varsity tackle, he'd visibly | affected when he talks of his home- iland. . the movies. edian, who seems happ Merry -Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) |in this capital is so low he'd have to !chin himself to touch bottom, but |his influence has brought out one !of the most interesting personalties to hit town in a dog’s age. Sirdar J. J. Singh is an Indian WASHINGTON —It looks like Michigan, which has producedi such weird political phenomena as| Father Coughlin and 80-year-old Governor Dickinson, was about to| lay another egg. i He is the rootin-tootin, rip-snort-| ing ex-preacher, ex-disciple of Huey | Long, Gerald L, K. Smith, now en-| gaged in haranguing every Cross- roads in Michigan in his campaign to become the Republican ca.ndi-‘ | | Eskimo Pianist, Lecturer, Author Comes Home Singh came here to plead for Am- in Khaki lerican aid in settlement of the In- Nutchuk to his Eskimo friends|dian crisis. He's admittedly scared and relatives, Simeon Oliver tostiff of consequences if Japan suc- New York concert audiences, a 40- {ceeds in grabbing India. Incident- the smoky seas|ally, he’s the first to champion Jawaharlal Nehru and Gandhi here, date for the U. 8. Senate. The Michigan primaries are on September 15, today. And accord- ing to current political dope, Ger-| s ol oot ald L. x Smith hag & _good Chm.me:vgisimd in Juneau yesterday on his of winning the ‘Repilican nm-"m_'way to his homeland in the uni- !Bnd he makes some telling points atlon. | form of the United States Army. |in asking for understanding. To Washington, the Rev. Smith| "'go s he same little Nutchuk, | is a familiar figure. He first ap'}who 35 years ago was running| Japan, Singh reports, has made peared on the horizon with HUeY|sround in his rompers at the old |great headway in India with pro- Long, when that ebullient Senator|jessie Lee Mission home at Un- paganda deriding the Churchill- was accompanied by a host Of glaska, and who attributes his Roosevelt “four freedoms.” Japan bodyguards, camp-followers afld}smn as a top-notch concert pianist has cleverly harped on the theme sthers interested in acquiring the|to “fooling around with the piano” |that the four freedoms are only for recret of Huey's political magic. at the old mission home as a boy_‘wlulp men in Anglo-British minds, After he had sat at Huey's knee| Although he wouldn't talk about nBr:g :ll:]a( India will never be freed by ong enough to learn the secret|the khaki rompers he now is wear- ey A T :)r gabble-rgousinz, Gerald went out!ing, (Oliver is visiting Alaska on a| _Fallure orl Slrtstai‘ford cgu:nts n:’i:- to help Coughlin and Lemke or- confidential mission), the son of a Sion 81’9““_‘“ 0 give point to the ganize the “Funny-Money” Third | full-blooded Eskimo _mother a_ndg (Continued on Page TWwo) Party in 1936, and he has been“JBm&S Oliver, Norwegian, of Chig-|— —e i t i 1y | nik, told a story of success that . :?zzismggrfvg s:‘fefinf:‘i;:n::n{ | few white men have equalled. ,WOTld Se"es port from certain big business lead- | Redred at’ Uhalasks ‘Is Io S'a" ers and isolationist newspaper Pub-| i mother died two after lishers who have leaned toward|he was born, and the youth was Sep'embe' 30 American fascism. | reared in the Jessie Lee Home, since —_— |moved to Seward. He received high TIRES FOR EVERYBODY |school training in Unalaska and C""“Go’s ., S‘fl"‘ L In his Michigan campaign, how- left there in 1921, anxious to ex- The Werld Wil epeny ‘In ever, Gerald is mixing Huey Long pand his start as a musician. After either St Louls o Broocklyn sn recipe for grand-standing with a two years at North Centra! College Wednesday, September 30, three lot of smart politics. His chief in Illinois, he entered Chicago Mu- days after the close of the Platform is “TIRES FOR EVERY-|sical College on a scholarship and ";‘:ll:d;““:m":'zfl- g reacl 0~ day at a meeting presided over by Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Baseball Czar. years BODY,” and he carries with him Proved his worth. a synthetic tire which he says was| From 1925 to 1933, his fame as a 3 i concert pianist took him on tours| (Continued on Page Two) (Continued on Page Four) 'AID INRAID | UPON TOBRUK | handas Gandhi’s personal popularity s U.S. FLIERS {Army Air Forze Says Ex- tensive Operations Held | Over Middle East Port HEADQUARTERS U. S. ARMY AIR FORCES IN MIDDLE EAST, Sept. 15—United States- bombers, | backing up the British assault on') Tobruk, carried out “one of their | most extensive operatations” of the | Middle Eastern campaign Sunday | “ night, | nounced. | | Both heavy and medium bombers | participated in the American air attack, which centered primarily on | waterfront and airfield targets,' |where Axis defenses against the, |Commandos would be hardest hit. ! “In Tobruk, one particularly vio- | lent explosion caused fires to be started which could be observed |many miles away.” Shipping and the shore front of Bengasi |were hammered. RENRRERC S S ATTACK ON TOBRUK IS BEATEN OFF Brifish Admiralty An- nounces Small Raid on Axis-Held Libya Port LONDON, Sept. 15.—The Admir- | alty today announced that a small | | contingent of British troops, sup- |ported by light naval forces, and heavy Royal Air Force attacks, land- |ed at the Axis-held Libyan port of | Tobruk gn Sunday night and m-} | flicted casualties and damage before | withdrawing. | | ur force landed in the face of ng cpposition. The withdrawal was not carried out without losses, which in view of the defense | strength, were to be expected,” the | Admiralty said. Other British light naval forces successfully bombarded enemy com- munication lines at El Daba, Egypt, without suffering damage or casual- | tidm. | Rome Claims Tobruk Raid ~ Was Big One | | | i | | 'High Command Says Manv: | Ships Sunk and 576 Prisoners Taken | ROME, Sept. 15.—The Italian High Command announces that four British déstroyers, a cruiser and several small naval and land-| ing craft have been sunk, and an- other light cruiser damaged as @ result of Sunday night's auem:nf |to take Tobruk. | The High Command described the attack as “a major landing operation,” and gave chief credit |to the Italian Marine batallion for |the job. | The announcement said that by| yesterday morning, all enemy troops including parachutists, who landed from ships and planes were “over- powered” with 576 prisoners takel {and several hundred killed or wounded. —————— John Wilcox has been discharged from St. Ann’s Hospital after being | under medical care. the U. S. Air Force fim~| also ¢ Planes Trapped, Shot Down, » Gift Bomber Sg»rves in Australia s Gathered before a B17 bomber which was contributed by residents of the Pacific Northwest area of the United States are the crew membe: rs at an Australian base. Standing (left to right) : Sgt. Quentin Lakely, * Idaho Falls, Ida.; Pvt. Philip Zumwalt, Nebo, Ill.; Sgt. Leslie Stewart, East Chicago, Ind.; Lieut. John Pickering, ¥lint, Mich, returned from bombing mission. U. 5. Holds Balance of Pacific Striking Power, BELIEVE | NEWSMAN PRISONER Larry Allen, Associated Press Correspondent, Missing af Tobruk NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—The Ital- ian radio broadcast an announce- ment today that an American news- paperman was taken prisoner with the British in the Tobruk raid Sun- day nigh.t . There is a strong pos- sibility that he is Larry Allen, Associated Press correspondent and 1941 Pulitzer prize winner. | The Italians withheld the captur- ed journalist’s name, but Allen has not been heard of since the raid which he and George Palmer of United States, covered with the British Mediterranean fleet several weeks ago. Private indications were that the broadcast meant that Allen has been captured. - AUXILIARY POLICE CORPS WILL HAVE MEETING TONIGHT A meeting of the Auxiliary Police| Corps of the Juneau Civilian De- | |fense will be held tonight at 7:30 | s B. | elols dn thé Olty Hall, annoinced | EIRon B- (NG, Director R. E. Robertson today.| All members of the auxiliary police are requested to attend. Men who desire to join the auxiliary police corps are invited. | The purpose of the meeting is to "pesition to hold ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.— Rear Admiral W. H. Blandy, just back from a 26,000 mile inspection trip, declared that United States forces will presently hold the balance of striking power in the Western Pac- ific. Blandy, Navy Ordnance Chief, talked to Secretary Knox and at a press conference declared he is ‘not bold enough” to make any forecasts in the future of the Pac- ific situation but that “for the time being, most certainly” the U S. holds the balance of military and naval striking power there over Japan. i He was asked, “Are we in a inst and are, the Japs ag anything they might throw he replied, “Yes, I think we but we can’t do it by merely hold- ing. The best defense is a strong offense.” ADC GIVES AWARDSTO MORE MEN Further Honors lssued by Buckner for Aleutian | War Actions AN ADVANCED ¢ .ASK#AX ARMY BASE, Sept. 15.—Maj. (:e1 Commande of the Alaska Defense Command 1a announced additional awards soldiers and officers for bravery in the Aleutians war and other mili- tary actions in this Territory. Private 1st Class Robers J. 1o ient. Morris Friedman, Grand Ferks, N. D.; Haskell Wexler, Chicago, and Sgt. Meyer Leviu, New. York, who as bombardier, sank first Jap ship from Colin Kelly’s plane. (left te right): Fgt. Pennis Craig, Boston, Mass,, and Sgt. Thomas Wood, Hazelton, Ida. Kneeling are Crew had just STALINGRAD ASSAULTIS SaysRear Adm.Blandy REDOUBLING Reds Sfill Stand fo Guns Under Heavy Bombard- ment-Renewed Attacks (BY Associated Press) With their backs to the Volga, the defenders of Stalingrad still stand to their gurs under the heav- iest pattern of bcmbardment today, and still held the hills looking down into the heart of the city against redoubled assault by Nazi troops and tanks, the midday communique from Moscow says today. But Berlin claims grad’s main railroad station has fallen into Genman hands and quotes dispatches received from “ccmpetent military quarters.” The High Command communique, how- ever, made no mention of this and said merely, “The victorious advance on Stalingrad is gaining.” The Soviet communique today says that on the Moscow front, the Red Army has reported annihilation of about 4,000 Germans and the cap- ture of a fortified town after a three-day fight. sl WS Time Bomb Explosion In Boston Several Women on Street al Time, Flee - Relief Quarters Rocked BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 15. — An explosion, which police experts be- lieve was a bomb, rocked the quart- ers of the British War Relief Society that Stalin- receive applications for member- Meikle, formerly 339 South Saint| g .41 before the noon hour today. — e, Mrs. Frank Shotter, who been under surgical care in Ann’s Hospital, has been dis charged. | has |ship and to reorganize the corps. Andrews Street, Los Angeles, Cal, | received a soldiers’ medal for jump- | and little damage was done. ing into the water to rescue a civ- ilian who was struck while un- s (Continued cn Page Two) Apparently it was a time bomb Several women, on the street at the time, fled from the ne, but connected with the incident. Aleutians JAP PLANE DROPS FIRE ~ INOREGON . Lone Seaplane from Sub- | marine Tries Incendiary Bombing of Forest SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15.—The Western Defense Command has re- ported evidence that a Japanese seaplane, possibly operating from a | submarine, may have attempted to |set fire to the southern Oregon forests on September 9, in the first | air bombing of the continental United States. Gen. DeWitt's communique said that a submarine was later sighted and bombed about 30 miles off the same shore by an Army patrol plane, with unobserved results. Bomb Fragments Japanese markings were found on | what appeared to be fragments of 4 |an incendiary bomb. | Forest patrols discovered a foot deep crater .and about 40 pounds of metal fragments and small pel- lets bearing Japanese ideographs. Spotted Plane Lieut. T. J. Runyon, area super- visor, of the air raid warning sys- tem, said the plane was spotted on the filter center control board within seconds of its appearance over the coast and was observed. Howard Gardner, Forest Service Lookout, observed the plane and saw the fire break out from his post. Looking into the sky at 6 a.m. when he heard the sound of a single motor, Gardner saw the circling plane overheard so closely that he identified it as a small seaplane. Attacked Sub Mrs. C. W. Crissey described it as a small plane flying not more than 500 feet over the beach, pontoons clearly visible. The Defense Command communi- que said that a submarine was sight- ed and attacked about 30 miles off shore at about 11 a.m. At about 12:30 pm., a fire was sighted from a lookout. Jap subs shelled an oil well area of Southern California last February 23 and did slight damage to the beach near Seaside, Ore., on June 122, as well as a lighthouse on the | west coast of Vancouver Island on June 20. 0 S . WO M Towers New Pacific Air Force Chief Bureau of Aeronautics Head Takes Over New- i ly Created Position WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. — Rear Admiral John H. Towers, Chief of the Navy’s Bureau of Aeronauties, has been appointed to the newly created post of “Commander of the Air Force of the Pacific Fleet,” See- retary of the Navy Frank Knox an- nounced today. The move gives new recognition to the Navy's air arm. The official announcement de- clared “this billet is the most im- portant air command afloat for the Navy." Towers, 57, will become a Vice Admiral and will take over certain authority over aircraft carrier di- visions now exercised by Vice Ad- miral Willlam F. Halsey, Jr., who will now be free to devote full time to his duties as task force com- mander “in which he has dis- Iungul.shed himself.” >-ee SEWING SCHEDULE ‘Tomorrow sewing for service m-n |in Juneau will be done at the Wed Shield Reading Room between the hours of 9 am. and 6 pm., it was | announced today by Capt T. J. | Dyck. of the Salvation Army Women of Juneau are requested | loading a ship, had both legs brok- it is not known whether they were | to report during the day to assist in the work.