The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 30, 1942, Page 1

VOL. LIX., NO. 9151. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESPAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1942 YANKEES WIN FIR MEMBEI R ASSOCIATED PRESS ——————— H PRICE TEN CENTS ST GAME WORLD SERIES Reds Fighting in Flames on Forty Mile Front STALINGRAD STILL HOLDS OUTTODAY Crisis Acufe Within City as Fire Rages on Steppes fo North SOVIETS CAPTURE NAZI DIVISIONS Germans Claim New Sec- tion of City Taken by Storm Yesterday (By Associated Press) | Car Hop Queen = Soviet Headquarters reported to-| day that the Red Armies are surg- | ing' down the German left flank | and have defeated two Nazi divis- | ions along the flaming 40-mile cor- | ridor between the Don and Volga rivers. | Meanwhile inside Stalingrad the crisis remains acute. A bulletin from German head- quarters says a new section of nor- | thern Stalingrad has been taken by | storm despite staggering losses, and | says the Germans are continuing | to throw great masses oOf troops, into the assault. | The Russian official Army news- paper, Red Star, declares today! that “conditions in the city remain ! serfous. | The Germans are suffer- | ing big losses, but the attacks do ' not lessen as the violence grows.” No Sign of Collapse | Nevertheless, the Russians still do | do not display any signs of collapse,‘ (Continued on Page Five) | HN : C Dark-haired Lani Nelson, 21, rules as southern California’s “Miss Car Hop of 1942” after selection by drive-in attendants in a con- test at Venice, C 1. Half Dieppe NIPPONS ON RETREAT IN NEW GUINEA Allies Opefiffensive in Difficult Mountain Range Area JAPS HURRYING BACK TOWARD NAURA TODAY "Our Advar?c?[onlinues," Says Official Mac- Arthur Statement GEN. MACARTHURS' HEAD-| | QUARTERS, Sept. 30 Allied | mountain troops, sifting through | the difficult jungle in the mountain | country of the Owen Stanley range, | | have captured the first objective in | the New Guinea offensive and sent| | the Japs hurrying northward in re- treat. ‘The Allied troops have also cap- | tured quantities of abandoned Jap | equipment, the communique says. | Positions in the Ioribaiwa range ! have been retaken by the Allies. Allied troops are pursuing the Japs toward Naura, ten miles north |of the ridge, where the Japs are, | reported to have prepared defense | positions, barricades and field | trenches. | 'The Allies have successfully start- ed the perilous task of driving the enemy back along the 88-mile trail at Buna along which he advanced to threaten the Allied advance base Maj. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, Jr.,| of Port Moresby. | “Our advance continues,” the of- ficial communique states. The Washingiunjlmo ps los'riARGEN"NA J Merry -Go-Round By DREW PEARSON Masor Robert 8, Allen on active duty.) | WASHINGTON—The Dorchester is Washington's newest and most| swank apartment house. Located on | Embassy Row, it nestles near the| Italian and Spanish embassies, looks | down on the rest of Washington siz- | zling in the heat below. And in mid-summer even the| Dorchester itself is hot, especially| the top floor. On July 22, the WPB issued or-| der M-9-c-4 which prohibited any-| one after that date from using cop- | per tubing for plumbing, heating or nonmilitary purposes, even if| he had a preference rating. | On August 3—ten days after this order—a large amount of copper| tubing was delivered to the roof! of the Dorchester Hotel. The resi-| dents of the top flogr were hot. A cooling system was to be installed. | On August 4 and 5 more tubing| was delivered, totaling A SOLID MILE OF copper much needed for| the war. The next day Ernst L. Flentje, secretary of the National Associa- tion of Master Blumbers, called this violation to the attention of the WPB. He also sent a personal telegram to Donald Nelson, telling him that he read in the newspapers | that Nelson was getting ‘“tough” and he hoped he would begin by getting tough with the swank Dor- chester apartment. Flentje also asked the WPB whether its orders were issued for: the purposes of being obeyed, or| whether only certain people were supposed to obey them. But, nothing happened. The WPB; looked into the sifuation. That was Commons Told ' Churchill Makes Report fo| House as Elections Postponed Again LONDON, Sept. 30— The Allied invasion test at Dieppe met tank barriers of unforeseen strength and the - attackers’ losses were “very nearly half of the total” of troops involved, Winston Churchill said in the Commons today. The House passed a bill for the extension of one year of its life, with a vote of 215 to 9, prolonging the life of the House for the third time since the start of the war. The Government rejected repeat- ed demands of critics of the pres- ent Commons for a General Elec- tion. Most of the members were elected in 1935. Churchill said it had not been anticipated that -he tank barriers |couldn’t be destroyed by fire. He said the Military Commander of Dieppe described the support given by RAF for the operations there as “faultless.” The Royal Air Force fought the greatest air battle of all time, de- stroying 100 planes. MUNITIONS OUTPUT IS all. The Dorchester now can be| cooler than ever, but a lot of| plumbers in Washington now figure | that WPB orders only apply to cer-| tain people. ! NOTE—Secretary of Labor Per-| kins lives in the Dorchester but| knew nothing of the WPB order or, the new cooling system. | | LABOR’S GRIPE AGAINST WPB; Watch for a blast soon from Sid-| néy Hillman, former joint director| (Continued on Page Four) MEDIOCRE WASHINGTON, Sept. 30—Chair- man Donald Nelson of the War Production Board reports that our munitions output in August was eight percent higher than in July, but added that the showing was “not one we can brag about.” e ‘The first recorded attempt to in- vent a typewriter was in the Brit- ish Patent Office in 1714 but the machine was not manufactured, CONSIDERS AXIS BREAK .Chamber of Deputies Votes | to Sever Diplomatic Ties Now | BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Sept. 30—The Argentine Chamber of Deputies has approved a resolu- tion recommending a break in dip- lomatic relations with the Axis. | The vote is not expected, how-| |ever, to have any effect on the iguvemmen'.'s policy of “prudent I neutrality,” because the conserva- itive senate supporting President | Castillo is not likely to act with| the Chamber where a coalition of |liberals can outvote the conserva- | tives. The ‘resolution was adopted after |a lengthy debate on foreign rela- | tions. | HE PICKED " ALLTEAMS NEW YORK, Sept. 30 — The “prognosticating championship” of Jthe year in big league baseball goes| \to Ken Smith of the New York| | Daily Mirror for 1942. In addition | ito picking both pennant winners— |the New York Yankees and the St.| |Louis Cardinals—in the Associated | Press annual poll of sports writers last spring, Smith, a veteran Na- tional League writer, went on o name the entire senior circuit fin- ish in the exact order in which the |eight clubs finally wound up. i ol g | e e e e 000000 0 WEATHER REPORT o . 8. Bureau) ol Temp. Wednesday, Sept. 29 Maximum 59, Minimum 49 LRI B I Y I ) i | American Ia Members of a United States Arm, I HEADQUARTERS ALASKA DE- FENSE COMMAND, Sept. 30.— has announced the award of air medals to two First Lieutenant pi- lots for destroying a Japanese Navy plane in the Aleutians. The awards went to Jacob Wylie Dixon, 400 North Pifteenth Street, Lexington, Mo., and to John Byrd Murphy, 3031 551st Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma. The citation praised the officers for “extraordinary achievement and initiative in the performance of their duty in which they were par- ticipating in their first conflict with an armed enemy.” Action on June 3 It also declared that they dem- ability in carrying out their mis- onstrated “outstanding courage and sion.” These first ADC air medals were awarded for action the two men took together on June 3 during the Japanese attack on Dutch Har- bor, when three hours after they first sighted an enemy plane they cooperated to send one down. Employees 10 RATION RUBBERON ALL SHOES WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 — The Office of Price Administration has ordered rationing of rubber for both dress and work shoes effective October 5. Effective immediately, all such stock on shelves has been ordered frozen until rationing be- gins. 4 —————————— MRS. J. G. SHEPARD BACK FROM PETERSBURG VISIT Mrs. J. G. Shepard returned today from Petersburg where she has been visiting Mrs. W. A. Chip- perfield for the last ten days, SO & y fank crew unload their bedrolls and set up camp where in the Egyptian desert where they are aiding British forces in holding the Middle East for the United Nation. Far enouvgh away so that one bomb from an enemy plane could not put it out of commission, is another American tank (upper right). wo Fliers Get Medals;fi (redit Each Other for ~Jap PIap’e of Gorvll.,'NM Counting Army or Navy, Is Nearing Three Million . Kill {une 3 Murphy and Dixon went on pat- rol early that morning. Soon after- wards they sighted one flight of Japanese bombers, which immed- iately turned tail and got out of range before the Americans had an opportunity to take action. | Badly disappointed, the Ameri- cans continued their patrol and three hours later, spotted another flight of Jap planes which began maneuvering and seeking cover in a cloud bank. Cut Out Plane Finally one broke out of the clouds in front of the two Ameri- can planes which began chasing it from points of the V towarl the apex, firing. Meanwhile Murphy, reporting the first, said “The first burst appar- ently got the pilot.” I saw black smoke pouring from the engine. Air headquarters officers that the two men verbally argued over which one got the plane, each saying the other probably should have credit for the kill. The medal, therefore, was even- tually awarded each. ‘ BY JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Sept. 30—A lit- |tle over two years ago, when we | still were wringing our hands ov the sad plight of Poland, I remem- ber writing a column that I thought | carried a jarring impact. It was| [VICTORY IS sald| we are determined to hold this ( Q(men Sef Up (amp iq Desgrl % RO R | am | & | s W 2o for the night some- PROMISED BY ADOLF HITLER Fuehrer Not as Cocky in| Speech as Last Year- Says Nazis Will Hold BERLIN, Sept. 30.—Hitler told hxx; people today “We believe we can continue to defeat our enemies until final victory is ours” and as-| sured the nation that Stalingrad would fall, during a speech to the Nazi party made in a packed Sports | Palast, in which he broke a five| months’ silence. The Fuehrer declared that if the British try again to invade Europe, no matter where, “They can deem | themselves lucky if they stay nine| hours on the continent as they did at Dieppe, for we have made thor- ough preparations to welcome them. year what we have, and will attack where we believe it necessary.” Rommell Present The address was part of Hitler's customary winter relief campaign. On the same occasion last October 4, Hitler told the Nazis “Now we can declare the enemy has already been broken:and will never rise again.” Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was one of the galaxy of top Naz leaders present during the speech. Stunned by his return from North Africa, the crowd earlier greeted | him with tumultuous cheers. Hitler emphasized Rommel’s pres- | ence by stopring on his way to the ‘speakcrs' stand to shake hands. Prepare for Invasion After three references to Dieppe Hitler said “We shall not pretend e are not preparing for a second | | tront.” | He told the crowd “As for our | to the effect that the gnv«-rnmvmie-uvmieh. it is nothing if we take | employees, exclusive of the Army | Stalingrad, if we pierce through the | ]and Navy, had reached the stag-| Caucasus, if we capture the Ukraine | | gering number of 1,000,000 persons.|and the Don, and if we gain the| | Now, it's hardly worth a para- graph that civil service officials say that there will be 3,000,000 on ‘Uncle Sam’s payroll before the | peak of the war effort is passed. | (Note, it will only take about i’loo.DOfl more to reach that mark.) | Uncle Sam, in the role of ci- | vilian employer is still having his | greatest problem' with turnover. A | report, by civil service, of a couple of hundred thousand new place- ments, represents a net gain of less ‘than 100,000 employees. That means grain afd oil of Europe. But if| they are able to make a landing| and painfully succeed in keeping this foothold for nine hours, this for them is an extraordinary sign of force which the British Empire !would be able to bring up. “If T had an enemy of great military caliber, I could figurc out where he would attempt to attack, but as I have to deal with an enemy who is a military idiot, one cannot say where the invasion at- that for every two persons hired on tempt will be made.” |a government job these days, there |is one or more who quits for a | better job, joins the military forces, (Continued on Page Pive) He declared, however, “The hour will come when we will answer (Continued on Page Two) | Ruffing, p. | *Chandler, p. | Musial, 1. | W. Cooper, ¢. BOX SCORE NEW YORK AB Rizzuto, ss. Rolfe, 3b. Cullenbine, rf. DiMaggio, cf. Keller, If. v Gordon,_2b. Dickey, c. Y Hassett, 1b. ... ChmpTRTW R commooMmNOX ommwroouw~nol coccoccocococccl® moomomaamond comoOmOOORBP Totals ... 38 711 *—Relieved Ruffing with in ninth inning. ST. LOUIS > w ) = = ] ] Brown, 2b. Moore, cf. Slaughter, rf. Lo Hopp, 1b. ossceacs Kurowski, 3b. ... Marion, ss. .. M. Cooper, p. .. *Gumbert, p. fWalker iLanier, p. ¥Sanders . £0'Dea fCrespi CHCOmMORAWEEBWES ~o~ococoom~oco~OOOO o~occocoomece SComecococococoom~or ©oococococowm cocoom~NOoR~OC OO NP Totals ... “—Relieved Cooper in eighth inning. Batted for Gumber in eighth inning. t—~Went in to pitch at start of ninth inning. §—Batted for Kurowski in ninth inning. £—Batted for Lanier in ninth in- ning. f—Ran for O’'Dea in ninth inning. SUMMARY Three-base hit: Marion; two base- hits: Hassett, Cullenbine; sacrifice hit: Cullenbine; struck out: by Ruf- fing 8, M. Cooper 6, Lanier 1; bases on balls: off Ruffing 6, M. Cooper 3, Lanier 1; earned runs: New York 3, St. Louis 4; left on bases: New York 7, 8t. Louls 9. PLAY-BY-PLAY FIRST INNING YANKEES—Ri{zzuto out, Marion to Hopp. Rolfe fanned. Cullebine walked. DiMaggio singled to short, Cullenbine held at second, Keller fanned. No runs, one hit, no errors; two | ft on bases. | CARDINALS — Brown out, Riz-| zuto to Hassett. Moore walked. | Slaughter walked. Musial flied to Cullenbine. W. Cooper fanned. | No runs, no hits, no errors; two | left on bases. SECOND INNING YANKEES — Gordon grounded | out, Brown to Hopp. Dickey's bound- | er struck Brown on the chest. Brown picked the ball up and threw wild over Hopp's head for an error but W. Cooper, backing up the play, took the ball and trapped Dickey between first and second, W. Cooper to Hopp {to Marion. Hassett lined out to | Brown. No runs, no hits, one error; none {left on base. CARDINALS—-Hopp flled to Riz- |zuto. Kurowskl fanned. . Marion | fanned. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. THIRD INNING | YANKEES — Ruffing singled against the right field pavilion. | Rizzuto walked. Rolfe fanned on| | called strikes. Ruffing was caught |off second, M. Cooper to Marion. | | Cullenbine rolled out to Hopp, un-| assisted. | No runs, one hit, no errors; one | left on base. CARDINALS-—M. Cooper ground- | led out, Rizzuto to Hassett. Brown | | walked. Moore flied to DiMagglo. | Slaughter fanned. with two out t le: | No runs, no hits, no errors; one | | left on base. i FOURTH INNING { YANKEES--DiMaggio singled be- | tween third and short. Keller pop- | ped out to Marion. Gordon. popped | out to Hopp. Dickey walked. Has- | sett doubled to left field, scoring DiMaggio and sending Dickey to| third. Ruffing bounced out, Mar- ton to Hopp. One run, two hits, no errors; two left on base. CARDINALS — Musial flied to | Keller. W. Cooper flied to DiMaggio, who jugeled the ball for a moment before catching it. Hopp fanned. | No runs, no hits, no errors; none "left on base. (Continued on Page Two) CARDS LOSE THRILLER BY 710 4 SCORE St. Louis Tallies ;ill of Its Runs in Final Frame RUFFING SETS NEW 8-INNING RECORD Mort Coop;_ls Pounded Handily by Surging New Yorkers SHORT SCORE R H 71 4 YANKEES ... CARDINALS SCORE BY INNINGS Yankees— Runs Hits . Cardinals— Runs Hits .. Errors .. o~~~ mooNe® o™ ccowermow (Thursday) at St| Louls. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 30.—The New York Yankees today slugged out a 7 to 4 victory over the fighting St. Louis Car- dinals in the opening game of the World Series but only after the National Leaguers had put ‘on one of the most thrilling finishes in the history of the Baseball Classic to score all of * their runs after two were out in the ninth and !ast inning. The first Card safety off the veteran redhead was a sharp single into right field by Captain Terry Moore after two men were out in the eighth, The crowd had been pulling for him to hurl the first no-hitter *in World Series history, even though he was wearing the wrong color uniform, be¢ause the Cards already were hopelessly beaten. Mort Cooper, Card mound ace, was slugged heavily almost from the start of the game and was fin- ally driven to cover in the eighth with the Yanks ahead, 5-0. Harry Gumbert took over as hurler then, with only one batter to retire. Max Lanier, southpaw, worked for the Cards in the ninth, the Yan- (Continued from Page Two) RED HOT FANS ARE AT GAME Mort Coop;r,— Appearing as Hurler, First Classic- Ruffing Opposes ST. LOUIS, Sept. 30 — Red hot Cardinal fans, many who waited all night at the gates, swarmed into the park and quickly filled every available unreserved seat several hours before the Yanks and Cards were scheduled to start in the opening game of the 1942 World Series at 11:30 o'clock a.m. PWT. Mort Cooper, 27, Card’s ace hurl- er, faced Red Ruffing, 37, Yankee World Series “Speclalist” in the hurling duel. Both men are right handers. Ruffing has been with the Yanks for a long number of years. He has wen six World Series games ‘previ- ously, losing only one. Cooper, like all other Cardinal players, is appearing in the first baseball classic,