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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1942 VOL. LIX.,, NO. 9177. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS AP THRUSTS THROWN BACK, SOLOMONS 17 KILLED, IN TORNADO Litfle Arkansas Town Is| Wrecked Last Night in Storm BERRYVILLE, Ark, Oct. 30. —| At least 27 persons were killed and | more than 200 injured, many of them ecritically, when a tornado| leveled half of this Ozark Moun- tain town late last night. Several of the persons injured were so badly hurt that physicians advised against transporting them to hospitals. Fires broke out immediately after the tornado, forcing the survivors | to drop their rescue operations in time to prevent the spread of flames through the splintered ! wreckage. Twenty-five persons were trapped | and injured in the collapse of the Missouri-Arkansas Railroad Sta-| tion, most of them waiting to| board the northbound train. Without hospital facilities, the stricken town of 1485 population had only three physicians to care for the scores of mjurcd SPANISH CLASS IS TO CONVENE LATER Night school classes are all closed now, A. B. Phillips, superintendent of schools, saild today, announcing that the Spanish class has changed its hour of meeting from 7 to 7:30 o'clock, but will continue meeting on Mondays and Wednesdays. Although no more registrations will be accépted at present for| night school, anyone interested in| classes may write to inquire about future studies, as new classes may be started after the Christmas holi- | dnys, it regmrnuon warrants. | 1 The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Mnn 8. Allen on sactive duty.) NAVY CLEANS HOUSE On September 21 Drew Pear- son revealed exclusively how the Navy’s Bureau of Ships had clung to its own design for a tank landing beat, spurning a better design by Andrew J. Higgins; and that when the two ships were tried out near Norfolk, the tank landing beat of the Bureau of Ships nearly sank. These tank landing boats, it was revealed, are considered vital for a second front. On October 17, four weeks after publication of The Merry- Go-Round expose, Secretary Knox announced a reorganiza- tion of the Bureau of Ships, demoting the two admirals in charge. WASHINGTON — State Depart- ment officials are almost having fainting fits over word that Ed Flynn, former Boss of the Bronx, now chairman of the Democratic Committee, has his eyes glued on the U.S. Ambassadorship to Mexico. The debonair Flynn expects to resign from the Democratic Com- mittee shortly after the November elections, and wants an ambassa- dorial post within commuting dis- tance of the US.A. This would mean replacement of the sitting Ambassador, George Messersmith, who, although not particularly popular around the State Department, is doing a good war job in Mexico. Messersmith once held the tough jobs of consul general i Germany and American Minister in Austria, glares over his spectacles, talks turkey, mixes tact with vinegar, and generally gets things done. He now has a war staff of US. diplomats in Mexico 200 strong, who, even when making the rounds of night clubs to 3 am., get to work at 9 am.—or incur the wrath of Messersmith. Because Mexico is so important, State Department officials are hop- ing they can deflect Boss Flynn to sume other country. Since he wants ‘Gonunued on Ptse Pflur) | |ceaseless Allied Air offensive, |of the tragedy, AXIS LINES MANY HURT = AREENTERED BY BRITISH Eighth Army, with Allied Air Offensive, Progress _inGreat Desert Fight CAIRO, Oct. 30.—Great Britain's Eighth Army has driven deeper| into the Axis Elamein Line of de- fenses and in conjunction with is taking steadily a heavier toll of the enemy's rear. The official communique from the front announces that fighter, | pilots of the United States Army Air Force alone have downed 22 enemy fighters in five days with| the loss of only two of their own fighters. The Germans loathe battle with the U.S. fighters and yesterday avoided them alwgether J. . DENNIS LOSES LIFE BY DROWNING [Well Knowmsiden! Dies on Hunting Trip in Sitka Bay James F. Dennis, about 71, Ter-| ritorial Liquor Enforcement Offi- cer and well known Juneauite, lost his life by drowning Tuesday eve- ning while on a tragic hunting trip with his long-time friends, Oscar | G. Olson, Territorial Treasurer, J. B. Carlyle, Chief Liquor Enforce- ment Officer, and Tax Collector B. A. Brown. The four men left on the hunt- ing trip the first of this week, amving at Sitka Bay, the scene Monday evening, according to U. S. Commissioner | Felix Gray. The accident occurred early on the next evening as Dennis, Olson and Brown were going ashore in a small skiff. The boat shipped some water in the rough sea and Dennis had started to bail when a large wave struck the boat, throwing him into the water on one side of the boat, and sending Olson and Brown into the sea on| re-| the other side. Carlyle had mained on the larger boat, Brown's Vencedor. Dennis was wearing a heavy hunting vest loaded with shells and long rubber hip boots. The water was too deep on his side of the boat for him to stand, and he could not swim. Olson and Brown got ashore. Olson and Brown were unable to locate the body until the next morning at high tide. They ar- rived here yesterday afternoon. The body has been taken to the Charles W. Carter Mortuary.. Sur- vivors are the widow, of Juneau, and a daughter who lives in Port- land, Ore. Two sons are buried in Juneau. He was a member of the Cordova Elks Lodge, and was an oldtimer in Alaska, having previ- ously been employed on the Cop- per River and Northwestern Rail- way. Commissioner Gray said no in- quest will be held. - SlO(I( QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 30. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2%, American Can 67, Bethlehem Steel 50, Common- wealth and Southern 9/30, Curtiss Wright 8%, International Harves- ter 51%, Kennecott 31%, New York Central 11%, Northern Pacific 48%, Pound $4.04. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 113.51, rails 2864, utilities 13.98. -+ Suicide is unknown among the Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Territorial Legislature Bill Okehed Senate Passes on Amend- ment fo Make It Ef- fective in 1944 WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. — The Senate has accepted the conference {report making the reorganization of the Alaska Territorial Legisla- ture effective for the 1944 elec- tion, The bill provides for an creased Legislature with 16 the Senate and 24 in the House. By NURSES" AIDES NEEDED IN NEW TRAINING CLASS Applicants Asked fo Phone Blue 440 for Blanks to Joint New Corps Advertising for 50 more women |to register for a course in Nurses'| Aide work, tbe American Red Cross | hopes to train another group w[ help serve in the hospitals of the city to relieve the shortage of nurses during the present emer gency. | Yesterday, Charles W. Carter do- nated a ldrge advertisement in the | Empire for the purpose of the Red Cross and Office of Civilian De- fense, for the Nurses' Aide Corps. In the advertisement, the tele- phone number of Mrs. Harley Tur- ner was given as blue 400, but should have read blue 440. Have Training Course Women between the ages of 18 and 50 are eligible for the Nurses' Aide course. The training period consists of 35 hours of class work, 45 hours of supervised hospital training, and after training, Nurses’ Aides are expected to give 150 hours of voluntary service a year. The Nurses’ Aide corps is one tangible way in which Juneau wo-| men can do an intelligent and pa- triotic service for their country. Already Serve The need for help in the hos- pitals has become greater with the | mobilization of thousands of trained rurses for war work. Nurses' Aides are trained to do small and routine jobs in the hos- pital which relieve the burden on the regular nursing staff and give them more time for their necessary services. Already, 16 Juneau women are giving their service in this man- ner, having completed the course. More are needed. Women who are willing to give this service to their country are urged to telephone Mrs. Turner, blue 440, for application blanks. All Nurses' Aides applicants are given physical examinations before admitted to the course so that only those able to do the work will be trained. TEA AND STYLE SHOW SET FOR TOMORROW BY GIRL SCOUTS HERE| From 2 to 5 o'clock tomorrow af- ternoon in the ballroom of the Scottish Rite Temple, Juneau Girl Scouts will climax their week - long observance of National Girl Scout Week with a tea and style show. Scouts themselves, those work- ing for their personal health badg- es, will be models for the show, and will demonstrate clothing proper for girls between the ages of 7 and 16 years. The tea is under the chairman- ship of Mrs. Earl McGinty, with a committee including Mrs. Harvey | Starling, Miss Ruby McNeil, Mrs. Floyd Fagerson and Mrs. Nevin ofi Douglas. Girl Scouts will urve from small tables. Although the tea will begin at 2 o'clock, the fashion show is not | in- in 3 pm. Tickets are for admission to hoth, scheduled to start until just perore DIMOND SAYS SMASH JAPS FROM ALASKA Compares Solomons Sup- ply Lanes with Aleu- tian Route WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond in & speech in the House today de= scribed Alaska as the best route, to use to defeat the Japanese by striking at their homeland “We can normally look forward to the expansion of military devel- opments in and through Alaska, both in bringing power to bear against the Japanese, and in ma- terially aiding by shooting sup- plies to the Russian - German Front,” he said. Solomons Difficulty The strategic importance of Al- aska has been brought vividly to our attention by the “obvious dif- ficulty seen in supplying forces in Australia and the Solomon Is- lands which must be done over great distances overseas and al- ways subject to the enemy's naval forces. “If we drive the Japanese out of the Aleutians, as we must at the earliest possible moment, we then can come within 2,000 miles of Tokyo without leaving the Terri- tory,” he stated. Urging the appointment of a | committee to inspect the new Al ska highway, Dimond suggested that such a group would be likely to recommend extension of “the road for 600 miles to the Bering Sea or Strait. Survey Made A rough survey already hasbeen made for a highway from Fair- banks to Nome. Dimond also urged a highway from Prince George to Whitehorse, and if approval of this road is not obtained, suggested connecting the present highway from near Fort St. John with Prince George, Canadian rail termxnus SELECTEES ARE RECLASSIFIED BY DRAFT BOARD Reclassification of selectees as the result of the recent meetings of the Draft Board are as follows 1-A Paul Wilfred Stromgren, Bert Jensen, Jr., Albert Paul An- derson, Elmer Lloyd Ferguson, Odin Lonning. o 2-B John Lester Miller, Howard Seevers, Roy Hill, John Make. 3-A George John, Lynes Walter Victor Rue, Carl Marcus Haverson, Kaarlo Wil- sard; U.S. Marshals wearing badg- | helm Creijus. 3-B Horace Hurd Ibach. 4-F Joseph George James Evert, Carl William Jensen, | Douglas James Oliver, Ernest Jo-| seph Giovanetti, Otto Holden, Reuben William Johnson,| Carl Christian Jensen, Torris Mat- terstad, George Antic, Roy Stan- ley Thomas, Donald Clarence Young, George Anthony Snvder, James Alden Davis, Joseph Dalton, Howard LeRoy Kresge, John Hop- en, Olaf Ness, Osmund Anderson Stople, Frank Miller. Those registered in Juneau who are in class 1-C, signifying that they have been accepted for serv- ice, according to recent records of the Draft Board are: Arthur George Headstrom, Walter Albin Walker, Francis F. Davis, Chris Lee, Arthur E. Vienola, Harry An- drew ‘Bavage, Lerry Frances Cle- ments, Luis F. Zarote, Amos Louis Wallace. Men who have enlisted in other places and Ccredited to the local Board are LeRoy Frank DeRoux,| Gordon William Wahto, M. G Metcalf, Laren Garrett McNeil and Sven Nelson Staveland. e s e ce s v . WEATHER REPORT (U. S. Bureau) Temp. Thursday, Oct. 29 Maximum 41, minimum 38 Rain--40 inch e ese 00000000 D BUY DEFENSE BONDS ‘| Civilian Defense Johnson, TURNOUT .GOOD AT ALERT HELD THURSDAY NIGHT With at least 225 members of the Civilian Defense Corps report- ing for duty last night, the prac- tice alert was highly successful, R. E. Robertson, Director of Civilian Defense, said today. Only a few minor violations of regulations oc- curred during the alert, Mr. Ro- bertson said. All auxiliary stations turned out with 16 policemen in attendance, 12 First Aid stations reported with 37 First Aiders present and 29 Air Raid stations were manned with 138 wardens reporting. Two or three air raid warden sergeants failed to send wardens to First Aid stations in their dis- tricts to act as patients and report the attendance, it was brought out at the meeting held in the Coun- cil Chambers of City Hall follow- ing the alert. Auxiliary Firemen Fire Chief V. W. Mulvihill re- ported that he now has 14 auxili- ary firemen and will receive assis- tance, from other sources, of 16 men and two pumpers. Director Robertson said that in- signia was being made and passes will be issued for the use of the Auxiliary Defense group consist- ing of several organizations whose members do not come within the Civilian Defense organization it- self. Auxiliary policemen and air raid wardens are asked to recognize the Auxiliary Defense insignia, which is a blue circle surrounding a white triangle upon which, in blue, i “C-D.” This insignia, together with OCD passes, will be given to the following: Federal Bureau of Investigation employees; Federal-Territorial Building Custo- |dian employees; Juneau U.S. Postoffice employees; Juneau U.S. Subport of Embar- kation employees; Civil Aeronautics Authority em- ployees. Persons bearing this insignia phould not be upon the streets ex- |cept if engaged in or enroute to perform official duties. If it clear- |ly appears such person is on per- sonal or social business, policemen and wardens are requested to ask to see his pass and request that H)e comply with Civilian Defense regulations, Mr. Robertson stated. Any noncompliance with regula- |tions should be reported to the Juneau Civilian Defense Control Station. ! Other Services Not only the Civilian Defense in- signia should be recognized by Auxiliary policemen and wardens |but also the personnel of U.S. Army, Navy, Marine and Coast Guard of- ficers and men, in uniform; Alas- ka Territorial Guardsmen, in uni- | form or wearing their “ATG" bras- ‘(’s Juneau policemen, wearing their | | badges and Juneau firemen, wear- ing their badges. Nine First Aid Captains attend- led a meeting held by Mrs. Jessie Ingvald| | McCrary, Director of the First| Aid Corps, at which new members of that corps were assigned to first |aid stations. Next Alert Dimout Director Robertson , stated that in all likelihood the next alert will |be a “dimout,” during which resi- dential and business lights will be dimmed, efther by turning them off or by the drawing of window shgdes. Strect lights will not be turned off during the dimout e R. J. SULLIVAN IS FOUND DEAD IN CABIN HERE | Roman James Sullivan, 65, |neer Alaskan, was found dead this afternoon in his bed in one of the Martin cabins, having evidently | passed away several days ago |" Pridolph Erickson discovered the |death when he went to the cabin today to take Mr. Sullivan a let- ter. Chief of Police B. H. Manery was called, and the body was sent to the Charles W. Carter Mortu- ary. - Near Mr. Sullivan's bed was a |copy of The Empire for October 27 pio- | OPINION OF HIGH COURT | IN SPY CASE President May Appoint | Military Tribunal, Ruling Says WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 ’Hu- Supreme Court of the United, States has ruled on the long-await- ed decision of the Nazi saboteur case. Said the Court: “A spy who se- retly and without uniform passes | military lines of a belligerent in time of war, seeking to gather mili- tary or property, is subject to trial and punishment in military tri- bunals appointed by the President. Chief Justice Stone wrote the opinion, ELEVEN ARRIVE AND FORTY-SIX TAKE PASSAGE Passengers arriving here last night from Skagway were J. Ro- mero, H. Dodge, R. R. Boyd, F. Falkner, J. P. Keatering, G. J. Bates, J. T. Harris, Darrel Dan- hour, E. Rembusch, Milord Bar- rington and C. L. Polley. Taking passage from here for Vancouver, B.C,, were Oscar Fins- berg, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. MacPher- son, H. K. Richardson, Capt. J. Currie, A, H. Avery. For Seattle—Mrs. J. E. Boyle, P. McNallen, Miss J. Bowman, E. V. Anderson, C. J. Burt, P. W. Skallerud, Charles Preston, Mrs. Mildred Hermann, J. L. Sheeks, E. G. Brayton, Anderson, Walter G. Metcalf. James Huff, Elmo B. Payne, R lin, R. R. Young, Mrs. I. L. Geyer, J. L. Covich, Miss Elsp. Douglas, Earl R. Knight, Bishop Walter J Fitzgerald, Leonard Penter, M. M. Foster, R. H. Kyar, A. E. Knudson, D. P. Cooper and W. B. Allison. For WrangellPat Sweeney and Mrs. F. R. Denney. For Ketchikan—J. E. Boyle, Capt. M. H. Fritz, R. O. Rhine, O. H Kimpall, R. R. Wick, Miss Cockerill, Miss M. W. Northrop and Margaret Burk. 2 | ————— which he had not opened, and his glasses also were near by. He had undressed and was in bed, but the light was still burning when the body was found. Mr. Sullivan was born in Sitka, ]Alaskn, on October 3, 1877. He had always lived in the Territory, but had visited Outside as late as last year. He was a cigar maker in his youth, later going into mining. ‘The last few years he has been working at various jobs In this |district, and for the last summer {had been watchman at the Wash- |ington Bay Cannery. He had been |complaining in his letters of a bad {cough, Ericksen sald, and came in to Juneau about a month ago, |moving into the Martin cabin. Mr. Sullivan was one of the first members of the Loyal Or- lder of Moose, The Juneau Lodge ‘mll make arrangements for fun- eral services. - e EISENHOWER ORDERED HOME FROM EUROPE WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—Lieut Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, mander of the United States Army | Forces in the European theatre, is | reported to have been called home for “important consultations” with the High Command. Whether his return is connected with the auestion of anenine ~ < ond Front in the European war is not divulged, information to communicate | to the enemy” or to destroy life A : SHOCK UNITS L. B. Ryman,' D.| E. Weise, H. P. Sapp, A. L. Frank- | |Completion of Alaska HighwayFeatof 12,000 Men Working 6 Monlhs RESIST FOE WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. Fnllow- ing his announcement yesterday that the entire Alaska highway is now completed and open to the traf- fic of motor trucks which started this week to move supplies over the 1,671 miles to Alaska, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said today |that 10,000 Army officers and men, (divided into seven Engineer regi- | ments, and some 2,000 civilians under |the Public Roads Administration, completed the job in six months. Stimson said that pushing at the rate of eight miles a day, they ‘hrlds.ci 200 streams, and provided | a strip 24 feet wide between ditches. At one point, the road reaches an .(Illll\l(l(’ of 4,212 feet. Ready for Floods Next April, Stimson said, (lu()d-\‘ are expected to wash out the tem- | | porary’ wooden bridges “but others | will be waiting and detachments of j engineers will pe ready to put them | {in immediately. Materials such as lumber and gravel, Stimson said, came largely from the immediate vicinity of the road. The opening of the highway is weeks ahead of schedule. Original plans last spring called for an open- ing sometime after the first of 1943, then the date was moved up to De- cember 1. Formal opening cere- monies are now advanced tentative- 1y to November 15. | DAWSON CREEK TERMINAL EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 30.— | The announcement that the Alaska ‘HIghwny is now open for traffic s that United States Army englneer troops have won a race to complete the “pioneer” roadway be- fore winter sets in. The announcement means that supplies to Alaska will be moved steadily over the road between Dawson Creek and Fairbanks and intermediate points until the sprlng’ thaws make the road impassable during April and May. Supplles will be taken to Dawson Creek in northern Alberta by rail- | way and then trucked from Dawson Creek to all points along the route. | | NOW MASSED BY RUSSIANS Soviet Army—Planning New Attacks on Germans During Winter BERN, Switzerland, Oct. 30. German news agency reaching Switzerland from Berlinr y that the Russians are massing ‘powerful shock armies” for a winter attempt to break through the Germans’ Vitebsk-Smolensk line some 272 miles west of Mos- COW. The reports said that signs are increasing daily that the Russians, despite the continuing heavy Ger- man pressure on the Stalingrad and Caucasus fronts, are assem- bling full aviation and armored support in the Rzhev and Toropets region. The Russian plan, it said, is ap- parently to send one of these armies westward from Rzhev wards Velikle and Lukiz, with strong armored and motorized sup- port, then make a southward en- circling sweep in an effort to reach | the Dvine River near Vitebsk. -o Mrs. John H. Geyer . Is to Visit for Two | ‘ Mrs. John H. Geyer, wife of Dr. for the south on her way to St. | Petersburg, Fla. ‘} Mrs. Geyer will be away for about two months visiting her mother, Mrs. Irma L. Deidrick who makes her home in St. Petersburg and has been in ill health for some time, reports | il Months in Florida U.5.TROOPS, " AIR FORCES |Make Successful Counter- attacks-Still Hold Air Base WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. ‘The Navy announced late last night that Army and Marine Corps troops on Guadalcanal Island have made a successful counter-attack and have retaken their original posi- tion after the Japanese assault | plerced the lines for the second | time in two days. The attacks occurred late Tues- day afternoon. The Navy said that the American forces are repulsing the two additional enemy thrusts. The American lines were plerced on the night of October 25 on the south side of the airfield on Gua- dalcanal, but Army troops threw back that attack and regained po- sitlons on the morning of October 217. Planes in Attack The communique said that Am- erican planes on Guadalcanal are attacking enemy shore installations and planes moored in Rekata Bay. Our fliers, taking off from Hen- derson Field, have destroyed four of these Jap planes in the water, bringing 'to 413 the total of Jap planes destroyed in the Solomon campaign to date. Fires Are Started Fires were started among the Jap shore installations later in the day, and American planes bombed Jap gun emplacements west of the beleaguered alrfield, destroying one anti-aircraft bat- tery and an ammunition dump. This communique sald that there was no further report on any re« cent sea fighting or of further Jap landings of reinforcements on Gua- dalcanal Island. Naval officers said that althoush this communique described aci taking place three days ago, it | was received only last night. TORPEDO BOATS ACTIVE WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. — The Navy announced this afternoon that American “troops in Guadalcanal have destroyed 12 light Jap tanks and torpedo boats have scored tor- pedo hits on a Jap destroyer en- gaged in reinforcing enemy troops. The Navy communique says land fighting on the island in the past two days has been confined to small skirmishes but American air- craft is continuing to bomb and strafe enemy positions west of the airfield. American fighter planes have de- stroyed two large Jap seaplanes in Rekata Bay. Nine enemy bombers -attacked American positions on Guadalcanal | but all bombs were dropped in the water and no damage resulted to the airbase. - eee "High Heel” League Will - BowlTonight | All teams of the ‘Highheel (league' will bowl tonight on the (Elks Club alleys at 9 o'clock, fol- !Ir)w\uu the tournament of the Mer- |chants' League. There are four teams in the league as follows: | Dolls: B. Sharpe, E. Terhune, | Patty Dooley and Jane Winthers. Baranof: B. Haviland, K. Mack, | B. Garrett, A. LeFebvre. Federals: K. Kennedy, M. J ‘Manushum Jean Taylor, E. Hous 1, McLaughlin. Teachers: A. Johnson, I. Jones, cMonsen, Jerry Ringstad. ‘The Highheel League will bowl every Friday night at the same M Com- }Geyer of this city, left last night hour, e ien MORT BENEDICT IN TOWN Merton Benedict, after employed in the fishing industry all summer with Al Weathers, is back in Juneau and is “filling in" at the Homs3 Grocery while members of the staff are on hunting trips.