The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 20, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1942 IE VB PRICE TEN CENTS VOL. LIX., NO. 9168. U. §. BATTLESHIPS JOIN SOLOMON DRIVE Jap People Warned Of Pending U. S. Attack R ASSOCIATED PRESS SPOKESMAN SAYS LONG WAR COMING Americans—M;y Strike on All Fronts, Tomokazu Hori States TOKYO, Oct. 20—Tomokazu Hori, Jap Foreign Office spokesman, said in a nation-wide radio address last night that the Pacific conflict grad- ually is assuming the phase of a long term war. | He said it would require all of | the strength of the Japanese people | and warned against the possibility of a general counter-attack by the United States against Japan. Both the Pacific area and Africa, as well as Europe, are under con- sideration by United Nations’ strat- egists in line with the formation of a second front, Hori declared. Domet, Jap news agency, gave the following version of the address: “Hori warned the nation that United States authorities have come (Continuec on Page The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON | (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) | ‘WASHINGTON—Secretary Ickcs: has been hammering at Donald Nel- son over delays in the construction — of manganese plants in a behind- | the-scenes row not unlike that which occurred over Jesse Jones’ long delayed synthetic rubber!| plants. As early as July, 1941, and again | in January, Ickes proposed to the War Production Board the construc- | tion of five and then twelve man- ganese plants in the Far West, to| produce one of the most vital re- quirements for airplane construc- tion. Before the war, manganese production has been hampered by ! a patent monopoly agreement with | Germany, for which the Aluminum | Company has now been indicted. However, the WPB has done al- most nothing. Only one plant rec- ommended by Ickes has been| started, and the other day Ickes| wrote Nelson a stiff letter offering to have his Bureau of Mines do the work for WPB. ! Ickes also charged in his letter that the WPB had delayed because its $1-a-year advisers worked for both the Government and big com- panies which did not want mangan- ese plants competing with them in the Far West after the war is over. Furthermore, Ickes named names. He pointed out that Union Carbide | and Carbon, Anaconda, E. J. Lavino Co, U. 8. Steel and Bethlehem Steel, representing the majority of | the manganese industry of the| United States, all had their repres: entatives on the WPB committe which dilly-dallied for months in passing on manganese plants in| the West. POST WAR COMPETITION i Specifically, Ickes mentioned A. B. Kinzel of Union Carbide and Carbon who is a WPB $]-man and | who has been strongly opposed to| manufacturing electrolytic man-| ganese. “It is not helpful to our winning the war, Ickes wrote Donald Nelson, “to have representatives of the people who might be injured in their post-war profits, sitting as judges on the merits of possible | competitors. I am informed that, Mr. Kinzel, who shares his employ- | ment between Union Carbide and| the War Production Board on a split-week basis, was called upon to| act as consultant on the subject| despite the generally held belief that | Union Carbide is the most determ- ined opponent of electrolytic man-| ganese in the country. | Secretary Ickes also reminded Nelson that more than a year had| gone by since five of the twelve manganese proposals were first| placed before the WPB. He also; remarked that these delays were| “not accidental” and demanded ac-' ‘May Robson | players, made her theatrical debut what ‘he did or in what he said. B ToRpEDOD OFF SWEDEN mans Back to Norway from Leaves STOCKHOLM, Oct. 20—The Ger- | carrying furlough, the | unknown | The vessel was able to reach Trelleborg, man ferry Deutschland |1,0000 Nazi troops on a was torpedoed 10 miles Swedish coast and an number of men were drowned off | steering with its propellors | nationality, but the Russians | ! ,; D B8 | Was Carrying 1,000 Ger- | The submarine was of unknown are | known to be operating in the Baltic. | | The | ] Norway from furloughs. | i 8 3 3 : : ! |iers were killed outright, |injured and others were drowned | when thrown overboard from thc ’Inn-v of the explosion. | Four sold- - Sl b iR ¥ Germans were returning to 29 were i , U-BOATIS | SENT DOWN; | SUNE- TAKE CREW. ‘ROSE OF SAN ANTONIO’ —1one Nixon (above), 21, named “Rose of San Antonio,” Tex., visits a Los Angeles, Calif., pool as part of a vacation sponsored by the Texas city. Her horsemanship and beauty won the trip. in Waters Off lce- landic Coast LONDON, Oct. 20. — The Navy's Air Force operating in the Iceland waters has made the first definite claim of a U-boat kill, reporting the Proposed; He Is Great posea, | accurate bombing of a submarine by s » a Catalina flying boat. Ig 'er galns' s | The announcement was made this |afternoon by the British Air Min- |istry and a few hours later after | receiving the report of the bombing By JACK STINNETT | said the U-boat’s crew of 52 aband- : WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. — When |oned the sunken sub and went | Congress gets around to voting med- |aboard an Icelandic fishing boat lals for this war, it ought to strike | Later an Allied destroyer captured off one for one of its own—Sen.|the crewmen and took them from Prentiss M. Brown of St. Ignace, |the fishing boat. Mich > | Senator Brown, turning his back | on personal interests—perhaps hisil very political future—picked up c.heJ Administration’s sword and carried | it through what threatened to be| Disorders Résult When Told fo Go fo Rus- | the most bitter legislative fight since sian Front World War II started. Senator Brown was author and sponsor of | LONDON, Oct. 20.—A Reuters dis- patch received this afternoon reports Movieland Ithe Administration-approyed anti- | under an “Italian dateline” that a Stage and Screen Character Aciress Passes Away the Admin regiment mutinied at Gorizia, north- ern Italy, when ordered to the Rus- A"ef I.Oflg careef | Tt was filled with political dyna- | | mite. It drew the fire of the power- |ful farm bloe, of which Senator | “BEVERLY HILLS, Calif, Oct. 20 Brown ordinarily is a member, and __May Robson, 78, veteran Austral-|in which are many of his closest jan born stage and screen character {friends and associates. At its incep- | sian front. , The reports also said the ring- leaders were shot and later the Fascist military troops embarked foreibly without arms. Is Dead in actress, died at her home here to- |tion, there was no way of telling ay. Despite failing health and eye- what repercussions it would have sight, she was active in the movies among the farm votes. until less than one year ago. { “Muzzy” May Robson, adored on| And Senator Brown, from the and off stage by folks of this and |farm section of Michigan, the pen- | the European continent for nearly |insula country, is facing reelection three generations, was once referred in November. His Republicanopposi- to as “the Peter Pan of the theate: tion is Detroit’s popular crusader | She was past 70, and more active against the rackets, Homer Fergu- | than ever if possible, when this ap- | son. Senator Brewn will need every | pellation was applied to her. | farm vote he can get if he is to win, “Muzzy”, a term of endearment If he gave his personal interests al ago by younger thought, it was not apparent in| given her years *Tire?ffibés (erfificates in 1883 when she was 19, as an old He brought the Administration anti- maid in “The Hoop of Gold” and|inflation bill to the flcor of the she played few “young roles” in Senate. And he opened the debate her long career. She made her|on it in one of the most sincere and motion picture debut in 1924 in her moving specches that has been made most successful play, “The Reju- in the Capitol chambers in months. venation of Aunt Mary,” which m% That Senator Brown knew what 1907 was her first starring vehicle.'he was doing was apparent only in It served, too, in January, 1910, to his solemn intensity throughout that ] introduce her to the London stage.|speech. He faced the scowls of his For weefi friends. He pleaded in an atmo- | Ta Back To Stage sphere of tension that he could not | After her first film ventures Miss| help but feel. He took his col- L, Robson returned to the stage for a|leagues by the collar and shook | Certificates for tires and tube few seasons but went back to pic-|them and begged them to see the|Were issued by the Juneau Ration tures in 1930 and played important light. J‘Board to the following during the oles in dozens. One of her close It is said that no Congressman’s |second week in October: friends was Louise Closser Hale, who vote is ever changed by a speech. ! James Madsen (defense), 4 tire went to Hollywood with her in 1930. That is probably true. The legisla- | City of Juneau, 1 tube; Hildre When Miss Hale died suddenly, Miss tive machinery just doesn't work |SOn (defense), 2 tires, 2 tubes: U Robson said: that way. But the spadework that|S- Engineers, 7 tires, 7 tubes; KINY “I want to go the way Louise Senator Brown did in that address radio station, 1 tire, 1 tul b7 45 2 i (Continued on Page Four) (Continued on Page Two) (Continued on Page Six BUY DEFENSE BONDS Air Force Scores Direct Hit GRANDPA GET Roosevelt, blocks his hat for him during his visit to son Ell interlude of the Chief Executive's tour Chandler, 8, Alaskan Fliers Know of war industries. How fo Mush as Well As fo Handle Planes PHILIPPINES BUND HEADS CONVICTED| CONSPIRACY Twenty-four, Including Kunze, Former Fuhrer, fo Be Sentenced NEW YORK, Oct. 20 Court a jury has convicl 25 former leaders of the American bund of conspira counsel evasion of the Service Act. Ths conviction caries a maxi- mum of five years imprisonment and a $10000 fine. Sentence 1 scheduled to be given Wedn Included among the defendants is Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze, former national bund Fuhrer, Three others previously pleaded guilty. RUSS PAPER In Federal d 24 of serman- ASKS HESS' PUNISHMENT Pravda Sav—s—fle Is Either Criminal or Hitler's Envoy MOSCOW, Oct. 20.—The news- |paper Pravda, in an editorial, de- | P mands the immediate trial of Ru- dolf Hess, German leader held in (Continued on Page Six) | HEADQUARTERS, ALASKA DE- FENSE COMMAND, Oct. 20—Five | United States pilots were celebrat- | ing today because they can mush as well as fly. The five ran into a blizzard 18t last week in their fighter planes They ran out of gas while trying to reach the safety of an airport and finally made belly landings in a clear area which appeared prov- identially through the curtain of flying flakes. None of the planes was damaged seriously. Then, without so much as snowshoe, they hiked a half dozen s over soft snow to the They received supplies by chute the morning after their land- ing [ a nearest vil - LORENE GUCKER SUCCUMBS AFTER AUTO ACCIDENT Well K.’IOWI_I Juneau Wom- an Fatally Injured in Wreck Last Night Mrs. Lorene Gueker, about prominent Juneau clubwoman cumbed at 5:20 o'clock this morning in St. Ann's Hospital to injuri received about 6 o'clock last evening when her car went off the highwa near the Salmon Creek House Mr 50, ue- Pc Gucker was taking her cous- Thomas Bergevin, of the U. S Army, for a drive, intending to show him her summer home at Point Louisa. On the stretch of road on ti Juneau side of Salmon Creek ze truck eame toward he Gucker car. In giving the truck ce to pass, Mrs. Guck: into the soft shoulder The automobile jack- in plenty of § car road. ran the cf the (Continued on Page Six) S HIS HAT BLO CKED—_The President’s daughter-in-law, Mrs. Elliott iott’s ranch near Fort Worth, Tex., in an Two grandchildren, Elliott, Jre 6, and were on hand to see the job done. OFFICERS IN ESCAPE FROM Two Spend_159 Days in Small Boat; Are Safe In Australia MacARTHUR'S HEADQUART- ERS, Oct. 20.—Capt. borne, of Los Angeles, and Lieut Damon Gause, of Winder, Georgia, ave arrived safely in Australia after a dramatic escape from the Philippines in a 159-day journey by small boat We arrived here not by expert navigation, but by the grace of ' declared Osborne. During the long trip southward which ended October 11, the officers hid at day and traveled by night, everal times escaping only by nar- row margins encounters with Jap troop ships. God HOUSE GROUP URGES SUPER WAR AGENCY Says Present Ones Haven't Got Idea About Situation WASHINGTON, Oct. 20—A com- plete reshuffling of the top war agencies under a new super control board was recommended, today in onal report which said Those officials which have charge of the war production pro- gram, including the mobilization of manpower, have not yet grasped the meaning of modern war.” The report is bristling with cri- ticism of the present setup. It was issued by a special House commit- L CONgr (Continued on Page Six) william Os- | STIFF FIGHT IS PROGRESSING, ASSERTS KNOX iNavy Secrefary Declares | Japs Have Not Used . Maximum Force WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—Secre- tary of Navy Frank Knox says he believes the Japs “by no means as yet’ have used their maximum force in the battle of the Solomons. The Navyy Secretary told the news- men at a conference this forenoon that “it is a good stiff fight,” that is progressing Knox further stated he had no further information to add, that the most recent Navy communique told of American warships suddenly re- appearing in the Solomons. The Navy Secretary said com- muniques are being issued as rap- idly as information is received by the Navy Department and he also stated that it is indicated that land based airplanes may begin to play a greater part in the naval activity that is given out. Asked if he would comment on the number of such planes, the Secre- | tary sald he could not disclose this but the ‘“number of land based planes of the Navy Is steadily in- “creasing.” g RED ARMY HOLDS LINE, STALINGRAD Cold Winlr;EIasI Stops Great Battle for Time then Fight Resumed MOSCOW, Oet. 20 — Autumnal storms howled down the bare step- pes between the Don and Volga rivers today and forced the great Battle for Stalingrad back to world war tactics of an artillery assault for a brief time. Infantry assaults were temporar- ily halted until the cold wind and rain died down. The Russians are still holding firm along the battered lines accord- ing to battlefront dispatches. Dive bombers late today resumed their swarming over the battle lines when the fore taste of winter died down and both sides sent planes into the air in terrific at« tacks. The respite however afforded the defenders an opportunity to realign their fronts. 0Old War Tacties One phase of the Nazi onslaught was that during the brief cold wave the Germans turned from ground tactics of a generation ago and poured down a three hour artillery barrage following this up with slash- ing infantry attacks as the weather moderated in an effort to keep the offensive rolling and attacking the defenders with point blank gun- fice. The Russians held firm to posi- tions however and the Nazi have failed to dent the defense lines since last Sunday night. BERLIN'S STATEMENT BERLIN, Cct. 20—The German High Command late this afternoon announced occupation of an addi- tional block of houses in the north- ern suburbs of Stalingrad in the Northwestern Sector. The communique also reports mopping up activities on the grounds of the gun factory and the Nazi Air Force has delivered new ‘blm\‘s at the Soviet points of resist- |ance. The communique also claims that Ruscian transport trains on the lower Volga have been smashed by |dive bombers. | e e e I BUY DEFENSE STAMPS