The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 21, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS VOL. LIX., NO. 9169. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, ALL THE TIME” 194 2 _ MEMBER ASSOCIATE.D PthS PRICE TEN CENTS ALLIES DOMINATE PACIFIC AREA SKIES @ 4 @ Q@ 4 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Klska Now Raided Dally By Alaska Pllots NATIS GROW WEAKER AT STALINGRAD Latest Weemd Offensive Against Volga River City Is Failure EPIC BATTLE NEARS | | SUCCESS FOR RUSSIA Estimate 70 Percent of Hit- ler's Troops Lost in Siege Attempt (By Associated Press) In the European War, latest week-old offensive against Stalingrad is reported dwindling as cold rain drenched the cemetery- like streets. Russian Headquarters announced that Red Armies have held their lines unbroken for 48 hours. This is the 58th day of the siege. As the din of battle subsided with Nazi attacks growing successively Hitler’s <Conunued on Page Five) The Washmgtun Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Msjor Robert S. Allen on active duty.) ‘Washington, D.C,, to Major Ro- bert S. Allen, Third Army, Lees- ville, La., Dear Bob: Your farm has just produced the record total of 72 tons of eating corn, all of which was put in gallon tin cans and will go to the Army. You were lucky to get the corn cut and canned at the right time, because labor has become scarcer than isolationists in Western Mary- land. I have lost my one farm hand, who now commutes to town and makes twice and sometimes even three times as much as the $3 a day I used to pay him. So I can sympathize with the farmers in the recent farm parity fight. While I sympathize, however, I don’t agree with them. It seems to me that the slight increase in farm prices they would have won, would have been a mere drop in the bucket compared with what has to be done to get labor back on the farm. Increased prices might have enabled me to pay $325 in- stead of $3. But it would not have come anywhere near matching the $7 to $10 a day which some work- ers, are getting around the city. It seems to me that farm labor has got to be drafted, or else spared from the military draft, or else some other very drastic step must be taken if we are going to have enough food next year to feed ourselves and England, and the Russians, and, above all, the Army. Onel solution would be to draft about, 30,000 of the red tape ar- tists, government publicity experts and bureaucrats here in Washing- ton, .and let them help feed the nation. Farmers Could Teach Army The farm lobby put on a spec- tacular show, however. If the war were as carefully organized as the farm lobby in Congress we should be winning big victories. Nothing! was left to chance. Charley Hol- man, of the Federation of Milk Co- operatives, handled Congressmen from Wisconsin and midwest dairy regions. Ed Babcock, of the Na- tional Council, bulwnholed Con- gressmen from New Upstairs in the gallery sat Ed O'Neal, of the Farm Bureau Fed- eration, surrounded by 15 lieuten-| ants, Fred Brenchman, of the Grange, Charles Bennett, publicity man for the Grange, and W. R. Ogg, of the Farm Bureau, were buzzing around like bees. “Has anyone seen Reed?” asked Holman as Representative Reed of (Continued on Page Four) HUNTRESS—Mary Mercier of Sun Valley, Idaho, models a trim ouftit for modern Dianas. Question of Are We Losing the War Gels Very Vague Answers BRITAIN HAS TWO NEW SHIPS Anson and Howe, 35,000- ton Battlewagons, Joint Fleet LONDON, Oct. 21.—Two ne 35,000-ton battleships, the Ansol and the Howe, are now with the British fleet, the Admiralty has disclosed. The Anson has already seen ac- tion with her high angle guns against German aircraft on the Arctic convoy route to Russia. It is understood that the com manders of both ships are |gaged in friendly rivalry as to {which first engages the German | battleship Tirpitz. | The disclosure of the new ships | reveals that Britain has finally I restored its Navy to its original | pre-war strength of 15 battleships und battle cruisers. .GREAIER NAVY | BILL IS FINISHED - INHOUSE TODAY | WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 — the supplemental appropriation bill authorizing another build a greater Navy. Senate aproval later in the week is expected. BUY DEFENSE BONDS en-| The House completed its work today on 15 million to BY JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Oct. 21— There | has been a lot of “pep talk” piped | out of Washington since Pearl Har- [bor but none of its caused much | consternation here. The other day when two-fisted, tough minded As | sistant Secretary of the Nav Ralph E. Bard said plainly that we are losing the war, *the national capital went back on its heels an ;began to take stock. | I don't believe I have heard any ! question more often asked here |since Bard drove that one to the |chin than: “Do you really think we are losing the war?” I have asked it many times my- self and have tried to confine the mething about it. But the sub- ‘(HINA IN GRIP OF - FAMINE Thousands Dying in Honan' Province Where Battle Ruins Crops CHUNGKING, Oct. 21—Stricken with one of the worst famines of modern times, Chinese by the thousands in the battlefield province of Honan, where 6 million are reported officially to be on the verge of starvation. Reports brought to Chungking of- | ficials by Government relief workers said that 18 million persons have be- come famine refugees and clog the roads from Honan into Shensi and'. Hupeh provinces and the roads are | strewn with the dead and dying. 1 uery to people who should know | " | grade, are dying i RISING TIDE OF PROTEST ' Under Martial Law by Puppeis FRANCE IS FACING CRITICAL PERIOD Laval Has 0n|y 11 Days Left to Meet Nazi De- mands for Workers BERLIN, Oct. 21—All Siberia is reported to be under martial law as the tide of unrest and uncertainty continued to sweep through oc- cupied Europe from Norway to HITS EUROPE;L fiAII of Serbia Declared ' | B f, f France and the Balkans with rising | momentum. Advices from France today pic-~ tured that unhappy land as enter- ing upon her most critical period since the 1940 armistice with Ger- many, with only 11 days remain- |ing to Pierre Laval, chief of the Vichy government, before he is ex- pected to try compulsion to meet Hitler’s demands for French work= ers Frenchmen have protested pub- licly their transportation to the |Reich to fill gaps in the German war production industries, vacated jas more and more Nazis are sent to | |the front. Many of the protesting | 'workers have been shot by Vichy police. The Gestapo staff in this| area, alone, has been increased by 1500 agents. Martial law was decreed hy the | puppet Serbian government at Bel- grade after the Nazi military com- mander in Serbia announced num- erous arrests because insurgents | have attempted to organize for re- volt against the oeccupation author- ities. T, FIRING SQUADS ACTIVE Yugoslavians Being Shot Down—Revolt Threat | Heard in Belgrade | (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) | According to reports reaching Ankara, Turkey, German firing | squads have executed 13 more al- |leged revolutionaries in Yugosla- | via and threats of a revolt in Bel- capital of the conquered Balkan nation, has forced the Ger- |mans to strengthen the city's gar- {rison at least by two regiments. ! — . \OFFICIAL VISIT ' FOR ELKS TONIGHT Fred G. Harmon of Wrangell, Dis- \trict Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler wlll make his official visit to the Elks’ Lodge of Juneau tonight, with the meetlng scheduled to begin at 8 «o’clock promptly All Elks are asked to be in 'tendance at the meeting. There be mitmtion also. ‘ : ((OM. N. . LESLIE AND FAMILY LEAVE FOR SEATTLE TODAY Commander Norman C. Leslie formerly in command of the U. S |Coast Guard cutter Haida and e cently transferred to the Coast Guard District office in Seaitle left today to take over his new duties. | Mrs. Leslie and their daughter, | - - — June led 3¢ e ,‘.. Smoke billows upward trom a | . conducting ‘] ited States Marine gasoline and oil dump on Guadalcanal Island in the Solomons after Jap bombs had struck during early fighting on th he island. Nazi Submarine Base al Lorient Is Heavily Hit ByU.S. Flymg Foriresses HOUSE OKEHS RECORD NEW TAXMEASURE Only Senafe 7Approva| of Compromise Now Needed WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 House finished work today on record high tax bill which will dip deeply into the pocketbook of the average individual, cash regist and the nation’s business. Final House action on the bill was given in a standing vote of 130 to 2. The bill-as adopted was a compromise report which adjust- the 500-odd differences with the Senate concerning the wartime revenue raising measure. Meanwhile, the Treasury’s experts estimated that the measure would bring in $6,881,000,000 in new funds. Chairman Robert L. Doughton the House Ways and Means Com- mittee, reported it will yield a gross of ten billion and net eight billion. The increase will make the total to be collected in Federal taxes in 1943 roughly $27,000,000,000 The House action left only the Senate approval of the compro- mises necessary to complete the congressional action ‘oo U. 8. MARSHAL MAHONEY LEAVES FOR KETCHIKAN TO ATTEND COURT TERM W. T. Mahoney, U. S. Marshal, letv last night for Ketchikan to attend the term of the U. S. District Court The a of He was accompanied by to be held there upon the arrival ot Juneau today the court part§. LONDON, OLL 21.~ United States |F1\m;) Fort es bombed the Ger- 'nmn submarine base at Lorient on t' e south coast of Brittany today. hree of the big bombers are re- ported missing after the raid The enemy air base near Cher- bourg, on the north coast, also was attacked. The operations were sup- ported by Allied fighters. Some enemy opposition was en- | countered. Lorient has been used as a base for German submarines operating in the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay. | Vichy quickly broadcast its own version of the Lorient raid, as- serting that RAF planes caused more than a 100 deaths and in- Juries to 350 persons. EARTHQUAKE FELT TODAY, CALIFORNIA Farth Rocks from Moder- ate Infensity fo Sharp Movement LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 21. An earthquake of moderate inten- describéd as varying from gentle rocking at inland points to 1 fairly sharp motion on the sea- coast, was felt through most of Southern California at 8:25 o'clock this forenoon. Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon there were no reports of casualties or property damage. e e——— W. Felder, mining mar the Fairbanks district, was for several hours on his way south for the winter. ity, John from | nerfal - Bombs HitUS. Gas Dump AIRMEN SAY - JAPS SCURRY ! | | | SLUGS FOR AIR BASES FOR SHEI.TER; OF NIPPONS Positions of Enemy Camps‘ American Bombers Sirike Are Unchanged in Aleutians N0 NIPPON AERIAL | at Japs from Aleu- tians fo Solomons 'SOUTH PACIFIC FIGHT OPPOSITION NOTED, American Fighter Planes/New Blows Are Struck af Have Little Work fo Carry Out ALASKA DEFENSE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, Oct. 21.-—Pilots of the latest group of Liberator bombers which have been dally pounding at the Japanese attempt- | | ing to reinforce the enemy garrison ' on Kiska Island report that enemy positions are unchanged on the Aleutian isle. The Army announced that this group,, one of several which are the raid-a-day tests against the invaders, is led by Capt. Lynn R. Moore. His flight noted hits in the camp area and one especially heavy explosion which may have been the gasoline dump. Capt. Moore’s flight, like all of the others since October 3, met no opposition while dropping its 12 tons of bombs on the Japa- r In Trout Lagoon The latest attack was concentrat- EXCUSE PLEASE HUMBLE BOMBS STALLED, TIME BEING Invaders on New Guinea Front WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—Allied domination of the skies over the vast Pacific Battle Front appears to be growing mightier as Ameri- can bombers slugged Japanese in- vasion bases from the Aleutians to the Solomons. The fury of the Allled bombing of enemy troops and supply con- centrations in the Solomons seems thus far to have stalled, at least temporarily, the full force of the Japanese thrust to retake the Am- erican-held = Guadalcanal airbase and thus win air control of the southwest Pacific. United States bombers dropped explosives on the embattled island of the invaders on October 18 and October 19 and started fires at the Japanese Rekata Bay base on Santa Isabel island, 150 miles to the northwest. Jap Concentrations Enemy warships and auxiliaries in large numbers still are report- ed in the Bolomon area but have attempted no further landings on Guadalcanal, In the Aleutians, meanwhile, the Navy said that in the Aleutians, Army Liberator bombers dropped 12 tons of bombs on enemy instal- AN ALASKAN ARMY OUT- lations and a beached ship in Kis- POST, Oct. 21.—On the barrel of ka Harbor on October 18. Many cne of the heaviest field guns ever fires were reported in the camp T IME 70 KISKA //OIVORABLE BOYS GOODBYE! unloaded in Alaska was an inscrip- tion, it read, “So Solly, Please.” The gun has gone into firing po- sitien. ed on Trout Lagoon and the main Kiska camp. A number of cargo ships already are beached in that area. The Japanese positions in Ger- trude Cove where the Jap rein- forcement attempts are concen- trated also are unchanged. The American fliers reported that they were met with continu- ing anti-aircraft fire, but that most of the Japanese scurried for cove at the sight of the big planes. Accurate strafing by the Alas- kan raiders earlier this month has taught the Japs to find protec- tion when the US. Army fliers pay them a visit. The pilots believe that the Japs even are using bomb craters as shelters and sometimes put up tents and other such improvised protec- tion Fighters Stay Home The number of fighter planes es- corting the American raiders re- cently has been reduced, and the fighters which do go along find little to do, Occasionally they find ships trying to get away or radio ks to turn their machineguns on, but the lack of fighter opposi- tion reduces their duties. (Continued on Page Four) area. JAPS FORCED 1O RETIRE MacARTHURS' HEADQU AR- TERS, Oct. 21. — Allled ground forces have forced the Japanese to retire north of Templeton's Crossing, 12 miles south of Koko- da in New Guinea. At the same time, Allied bomb- ers, continuing to strike out at Nippon outposts are believed to have inflicted extensive damage in a new blow at the Japanese base of Buin in the northern Solomons, continuing with air support of ground troops. i OFFENSIVE STAGE SET FOR ALLIES ¢ Prime Minister Smuls Says Time Ripe for Great Smash LONDON, Oect. 21.—Field Mars shal Jan Christian Smuts, Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, told a joint meeting of the House of Commons and House of Lords, that the Allles have ar- rived at the offensive stage of the resent war. Smuts said that from all ac- ounts, the majority official, the German army is bleeding to death in Russia and the stage is set for he last offensive of the war for the United Nations. .- The Amazon river ong. is 4,000 miles