The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 7, 1942, Page 1

VOL. LX., NO. 9184. ALLIES S “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” DAILY ALASKA EMFP. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SA'IURDAY NOVEMBER 7, 1942 Rommel’s SWIFT 140 MILE DRIVE BLOW STRUCK Thousands of Germans,| ltalians Surrendering— Axis Pinned Down BULLETIN—Cairo, Nov. 7. | —With 100,000 of Rommel's to- | tal some 140,000 troops cap- tured or trapped and tank strength crippled, the British chase on the broken, tattered Axis forces, swept on past Ma- truh, the Egyptian port almost halfway on the Libyan frontier from the starting point of the Allied drive. This is the an- nouncement early this after- noon in an official communi- que. BRITISH IN PURSUIT ORING VIC MLMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ORY, NEW GUINEAU ’s Forces Being Chopped To Pieces JOE MARTIN, GOP HEAD, T0 RESIGN Chairman ofNaiioanCom- mittee Will Devote Full Time as House Leader WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—Repre- sentative Joseph Martin of Massa- | chusetts, minority leader of the House, announced today he will re- sign as Chairman of the Republican National Committee at the meeting to be held in St. Louis December 7, in order that he may give all his time to his House job. He made the announcement at a | news conference and also said he is giving very serious consideration pressing for formation of a joint House and Senate committee on the | conduct of the war. He said the elections served notice DEFENSE MEASURE IS ADOPTED LAST f NIGHT BY CITY| Provides Penalties for Violations During Alert, Raid Members of nance 209 providing for punish- ment for violations of the regula- tions set forth in the ordinance and giving members of the. Office of Civilian Defenses in Juneau the power to make arrests. The amendment provides that it {is unlawful for any person to wear | the insignia of the OCD or have {such an insignia on his vehicle un- less a member of the Civillan De- ! fense Unit or granted the special privilege by the Defense Council. | Persons damaging air raid shel- | ters, taking electric lights in them or defouling them will be subject | “that the Government will have to|to arrest and may be fined $100 CAIRO, Nov. 7.—Pursuing Brit- | get down to the business of winning and sentenced to serve 30 days in ish mobile forces equipped with the big American General Sherman tanks have overtaken some rem- nants of Marshal Erwin Rommel's| African Corps in the Matruh re- gion of western Egypt and are steadily chopping them to pieces. Dispatches from the front say; 4Contlhued on Page Three) The Washington Merry - Go - Round | By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 5. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON — Naval oificers who have returned from the Pacific summarize the Japs' naval tactics as | similar to those Hitler used on the ! land when he first went into the | Low Countries. It’s a combination of air and surface sneak attacks. Furthermore, the Japs have devel- oped small air bases all over the! Pacific, so that almost every little island is a stationary airplane car- rier. Meanwhile, the 'American Navy has been operating on the old-fash- ioned rules of warfare, the equivalent of the French tactics when they still put their faith in the Maginot Line. Naval officers back from the Solo- mons point out that if we could once get the Japs out in the old-fashioned line of battle, with all our battle- ships, cruisers, carriers and destroy- ers operating as a unit, the enemy would be licked. However, the Japs don’t fight in this antiquated Battle of Jutland style. The last thing they want is to face our fleet in full formation. Their tactics are to iso- late small groups of American ves- sels, pop them off before help can come, thus gradually whittle down the U. 8. fleet. { FIRST SOLOMON DEFEAT For instance, when the Japs dodged into the Solomons on the night of August 9 they had only two cruifsers and four destroyers. This was such an insignificant force com- pared with the American armada which lay guarding our transports that the U. S. commander never dreamed they would have the nerve to attack. Yet they did, and sank about three times their weight. They did it by perfectly timed, perfectly executed strategy. Their airplane flares lit up Tulagi Harbor at exactly the right minute. Their ships closed in on ours and opened fire at exactly the right minute. It was their clock- work precision, plus nerve, plus our stupidity, which caused our defeat. In contrast, American senior of- ficers are accustomed to operating with big fleets and according to long established rules of warfare. Peace- time naval maneuvers were largely a matter of routine. Everyone knew pretty well what the “enemy” fleet was going to do; and if the “enemy” commander made an unexpected move, frequently he was criticized among his fellow officers. HALSEY'S ATTACK For instance, fiery Admiral wil- liam F. Halsey, new commander of the fleet at the Solomons, once com- manded a des(.royer squndron in t(‘mtimwd on P-uc Four) the war.” —————— BESS LAVENIK, DR.A.STEWART HIGH BOWLERS Bess Lavenik, of Leota’s pin ball stars, made high women’s score in the Merchants' League tournament |play at the Elks Club alleys last night with a score of 201 in her second game. High men's score for the evening was made by Dr. A W. Stewart, of Butler-Mauro Drug Company’s team, who rolleds215 in his first game. Scores for the eight teams of the league in their second Friday evening tournament play follow: { jail. Members of Juneau's Civilian Defense Unit may arrest persons | violating regulations in the way | of damaging air raid shelters and jalso may detain persons violating ;regulalions during actual and prac- tice alerts or raids. | The amendment detlares thatan | emergency exists and provides that the regulations be in force for the duration of the war. The problem dealing with the closing hours of cocktail bars and liquor stores in the city was dis- cussed and referred to the Police Committee for an investigation. No action was taken other than that and the committee does not have the power to act. Reports of the Police Depart- ment, Street Department, Librarian and PFire Department were read. A total of 122 arrests were made last month and more than $1,000 col- lected in fines. A great deal of sewer work was carried on by the Street Department last month. Percy’s Spot 9 9 9— 27 C. Carnegie . 180 199 185— 564 M. Sperling 111 131 130— 372 H. Petrich 156 168 134— 458 Totals 456 507 458—1421 Sabin’s Louis Taylor 173 186 168— 527 B. Duckworth . 168 189 186— 543 G. Overby . 117 133 148— 398 Totals 458 508 502—1468 Henning’s H. Simmons 140 129 168— 437 E. Hendrickson 83 96 116— 295 F. Henning 176 183 180— 539 Totals 399 408 464—1271 Ordway's Spot 32 32 32— 9% G. Waugh . 130 101 119— 350 H. Waugh .. 151 117 166— 434 George Parks .. 193 140 161— 494 Totals 506 390 478—1374 Juneau Drug Co. Spot 31 31 31— 93 C. Barragar ... 102 151 170— 423 E. Simmons 138 148 104s— 390 M. Lavenik ... 170 180 169— 519 Totals 441 510 474—1425 20th Century Meat C. Messersem’t 157 183 136— 476 L. Senescu 123 150 128— 401 J. Barragar . 157 208 175— 540 Totals 437 541 4391417 Leota’s J. Senescu ... 170 173 188— 531 M. Stevenson 153 164 138— 455 B. Lavenik 134 148 201— 483 Totals 457 485 527—1469 Butler-Mauro Drug Co. Spot . 25 25 26— T A. W. Stewart .. 215 205 167— 587 G. Waugh . 141 133 101— 375 Dollie Stewart. 159 133 162— 454 | Totals e —— CAPT. R. O. TAYLOR IN JUNEAU FOR BRIEF STAY Capt. Robert C. Taylor arrived in Juneau last night from Excursion Inlet and will leave soon by plane for the southern end of the divi- sion. Capt. Taylor was stationed here until his transfer a month ago, 540 496 4551491 (. MACK WAS HIGH SCORER OF HIGHHEELS C. Mack, of '.he Baranof Bowlers, was high scorer in the Highheel League’s tournament play on the Elks’ women of the four teams had their | second series of games this fall. Sec- ond high score for the evening was made by Miss Johnson of the Teach- ers’ team, who rolled 167 in her first game. Scores for the Highheels follow: Baronof Lefebvre 112 99 134— 345 Mack . 126 95 178— 399 Haviland 87 144 148— 379 Garrett 139 148 144— 431 ‘Totals 464 486 604—1554 Teachers Spot 55 55 55— 165 Johnson 167 102 99— 368 Jones . 120 137 128— 385 VanderLeest 141 140 119— 400 Sturgis 80 84 105— 269 Totals 563 518 506—1587 Federals McNaughton ... 101 141 119— 361 Stewart 120 112 121— 353 Anderson 108 92 122— 317 Taylor 141 113 134— 388 4 Totals 465 458 496—1419 Dolls i Spot . 3 35 35— 105 B. Sharpe 120 83 110— 313 B. Dooley 103 114 113— 330 E. Terhune 106 131 95— 332 B. Dooley 82 108 93— 283 | Totals 446 471 446—1363 - e E. B. SKEELS HERE ON WAY TO KETCHIKAN E. B. Skeels, job manager for the Guy F. Atkinson Company, arrived in Juneau late yesterday afternoon from Excursion Inlet on his way to Ketchikan. He expects to leave by plane as soon as possible to spend a short time in the southern end of the First Division. While he is in the city he is staying at the Bar- anof Hotel, the City Council! last night adopted an amendment | /to Juneau's. Civilian Defense Ordi-| Club alleys last night when | FIFTH NIGHT RAID MADE UPON GENOA - British Bordbers in Long Flight Unload Fire and Explosuve Bombs | | | | LONDON, Nov. 7.—Great Britain’s home-based bombers revisited Ttaly | last night for the fifth time since | late in October, showering Genoa with both fire and explosive bombs which by the Italians own word in- flicted “notablé damage” on Italy's most important port supplying the Axis armies in North Africa The Italian communique, broad- cast and picked up here, said “par- ticular damage is reported to have been done to the center of the great | port city of Genoa and also in the eastern section.” The long haul to and from, over virtually the length of continental | Europe, across the Alps, was made | in bad weather but the night skies | were clear over Genoa. The Air Ministry says three bomb- ers were lost. | - eee - i | i r MIll'oNS iol his 189 people. Although Everett OF NAIZIS ARE DEAD Soviet Army Killings Are Given fo World by Russian: Chief MOSCOW, Nnv 7—Premler Jos- eph Stalin today told the world in a broadcast the Soviet Army “has put out of action more than 8,000,000 enemy officers and men and the day is not far off when the enemy will feel the full force of new blows by the Red Army.” — ee— OFFICERS’ CLUB, ~ HIGH SCHOOL IN - WINS LAST NIGHT \Bears Defeat Alumni 37- - 36-Officers Win by | 25-23 Score Paced by Johnny Bavard who | collected seven field goals for 14 points, and Jack Pasquan’s 12 points on six field goals, Juneau High School’s Crimson Bears last night edged out a fast-stepping Al- umni team, 37 to 36. The Bears were leading by three points with three minutes to go when the Alumni collected a field goal to close the margin to one point. The game ended with each outfit taking long shots. Johnny Floberg, in for Kenneth Thibodeau at guard, accounted for four points with a couple of field goals. Donald Anderson, sub- stitute forward, collected three points with accurate tossing from the foul line. High man for the Alumni L. Taylor who sunk seven field goals. | In the preliminary contest, the Officers’ Club, trailing by five points at halftime, came from be- hind to defeat the Falcons, 25 to 23 in another close contest The next games will be Tuesday | night with the St. Louis Blues| meéeting the Huskies, and the Sigacs taking on the Hell Divers in a double bill. > ® 00 0 s 8 v v 0 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. Bureau) Temp. Friday, Nov. 6 Maximum 30, minimum 20 000000 00 0 1 was ceese = |instead of giving and lending, MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENT German Broadcas! Reports Maneuvering on Medi- ferranean Sea LONDON, Nov 7 ‘The German | radio broadcast a report, which was picked up here, stating that the British battleship Rodney, one of the large British warships, is maneuver- ing myseriously around Gibraltar and a large convoy of freighters steamed away from the base Friday, headed into the Mediterranean. The convoy, according to the broadcast, included troop transports and hnkerb 'KARLUK NATIVES HAVE WAR BOND SPIRIT, AND HOW Chief Moses Naumoff, of Kar- | luk on the west side of Kodiak Is- land has good reason to be proud Watrous, Alaska Office of Indian | Affairs teacher at Karluk, says Itlat the natives have been ac- leystomed to borrowing and gettmx,‘ a check for $1,849.50 which arrived | from Karluk yesterday 'indicates that the people are getting the idea The money was for the purchase of US. War Bonds, raised among the natives with a rally culminat- ing in a “Nieces and Nephews' Ball.” The orchestra gave out the music at one end of the ballroom | and the teacher sat at a table at! the other end taking in the money for Uncle Sam from his nieces and nephews. | As each person signed for a bond, his or her name was written on the blackboard under the Am- erican flag. Purchases included 19 $25 bonds, | two $50 ones, five $i8 ones, and he Karluk Greek Orthodox Church '.ccnum,ed for six $100 bonds and three $25 bonds, all in itself. The funds sent in yesterday were just the beginning, Watrous said.! Final returns of the bonds sold during the rally are yet to come. - o> LAKES NOT SAFE . FOR SKATIG 1§ | TODAY'S REPORI John Bnllharl or the Admivalty Division of the U.S. Forest Service, after an inspection today of the lakes and ponds out the Glacier Highway, said that skating is not safe, even on the small lakes. ‘ Although the weather has been | well below freezing for about a| week, none of the lakes have froz- en thick enough for skating and today was slightly warmer than| yesterday. It has been reported, however,| that service men have been seen skating. J - e e BURRIDGE FUNERAL IS THIS AFTERNOON | Under the auspices of Lodge No.| 420 of the B.P.OE., funeral serv- ices were to be held at 2 p.m. day for Duane W. Burridge, timer and life member of Elks, who died Thursday. The services were set for the Chapel of the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. Mrs. C. P. Jenne was to sing several numbers in con- nection with the Elks ritual Pallbearers are James McNaugh ton, Tom Cashen, R. G. Maynard D. J. Oliver, V. W. Mulvihill aad John Newmarker. hl— 1 old- | Burial will be in the Elks Plot of | Juneau on official business for the Evergreen Cemetery, !ranean and | Woods, George Tomasick, the | NAMED T0 WPB . 4 Donald J. Sterling, Managing | Editor of the Portland, Ore, Journal, shown at his desk at the War Producton Board in Wash- ington after it was announced that he had been named a full- time adviser on newspaper pro- duction problems to WPB Chief Donald Nelson. AXIS SENDS OUT FEELER, SEA BATILE NEW YORK NDV 1—~The Ger- man radio, perhaps on a “fishing expedition to get some confirma- tion from the Allies,” is circulating a story that a convoy battle is in progress in the eastern Mediter- "quoting foreign re- ports.” There is no such report any other nource FIVE ARRIV E WITH ACA FROM SITKA ONFRIDAY Passengers nrnvhlg here late yes- terday afternoon from Sitka with Alaska Coastal Airlines were E. H Eugene from Honeck, James Wood and Beaudin. e FRED POESSEL OF TENAKEE PASSES : The body ol’ Fred Poessel, 72- year-old Tenakee cook, who died November 3, was brought to Ju- |neau yesterday by Deputy Marshal George Jones on Sam Asp’s boat, the Hyak. Mr. Poessel has been a cook for | the Superior Packing Compary at ! Tenakee for several years. Born in Germany, he had no known rela- tives surviving. No funeral yet been made, this morning at the Charles | Carter Mortuary | LIEUT. NEUBERGER LEAVES FOR NORTH Lieut. Richard L. Neuberger, aide of Brig, Gen. James A. O’Connor |of the Northwest Service Command |left Juneau today to return to Whitehorse. | Lieut. Neuberger, Public Rela- | tions Officer for the farthest north | American command, has been in arrangements have it was announced w | ‘past week, Art! BUCKNER 1S BACK FROM OVER KISKA Alaska Defense Command- er Makes Tour of Front Line Battle Zones FENS ECOMMAND, Nov. 7.—Maj Gen. Simon B. Buckner, command- ing general of th Alaska Defense Command, returning from a front line tour which included a flight over Kiska, entertained officers of one of the nation's most famous regiments of infantry. The highiight of the evening was when he offered a toast, “May you walk through the ashes of Toyko.” e U.S. AIRMEN IN ATTACK SEA FORCES Bombers Send Down Tank- er, Score Hits on Ships of Axis Supply Line CAIRO, Nov. 7—One large tank- |er has been destroyed and a me- | dium merchant vessel was hit sev- eral times in attacks on the Axis | supply lines in the Mediterranean. Heavy bombers of the United |States Air Forces in the Middle East made the attack. The tanker was sent down in a |rald on Bengasi and the merchanc |ship was hit in an attack on To- ‘nruk e . SHEARS FOR ALCAN ROAD OPENING WILL BE ENGRAVED HER | Juneau will be reprewnmd in | more ways than one at the official ceremony November 20 when I vibbon across the new Alcan high- | way is cut and trucks begin rolling along the new road into Alaska. The shears with which Alaska and Canadian officials will jointly |snip the ribbon were purchased in Juneau and are being engraved by William Osborne, longtime Al- askan engraver, a Juneau resident. Each blade will bear the inscrip- tion, “Dedication, Alcan Interna- tional Highway, November 20,1942 After the ceremony, the shears will be separated, one blade being sent to President Roosevelt and the other to Prime Minister Mac- ie King of Canada for the Martha Society Plans Dinner for Wednesday Night Members of the Martha Society held an afternoon sewing meeting yesterday afternoon in the Northern Light Presbyterian Church parlors, following a dessert luncheon served at 1:30 o'clock. During the meeting, plans were made for a Pellowship Dinner to be held at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday night in the church parlors to greet new | church members of the last year. The affair will be a covered dish dinner. The ladies also discussed the pro- posal for early closing of cocktail bars and voted to write the City | Council advocating closing them at 9 pm Further plans were discussed for the bazaar to be held November 20. e BUY DEFENSE BONDS HEADQUARTERS ALASKA DE- \ the | JAPS BEING PUSHED BACK, ISLAND AREA 'Bitter Batfle Reported to Be Raging - Nippon Base Bombed MacARTHUR'S HEADQUART- ERS IN AUSTRALIA, Nov. 7 A bitter battle is raging between the Allied and Jap ground troops at Olvi, New Guinea, the High Command said today. ‘The Japs have been pushed back more than half way across New Guinea from their advance on Port Moresby. They are reported to be resisting strongly, however. For the third straight day, Allied bombers have raided the enemy oc- cupied town on Portuguese Timor, northwest of Australia, scoring hits on barracks and supply installations at Bonbonara and starting numerous fires. e BARTLETT T0 HELP OPEN £LCANROAD Secrefary of Alaska Will Represent Territory November 20 WHITEHORSE, Y. T, Nov, 7.—E. L. Bartlett, Secretary of Alaska, today notified Brig. Gen. James A. O'Connor of the Northwest Service Command, that he wiil represent Alaska at the ceremony formally opening the Alean Highway Novem- ber 20. Bartlett, who is acting gov- ernor in the absence of Governor Ernest Gruening, now in Washington on official business, sald he would read a message from Gruening at the event. General O'Connor declared that ffictals of Alaska, Canada and the Yukon. Territory would participate in the ceremony. Maj. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner of the Alaska De- nse Command has also announced that he hopes to attend the event, vhich will be international in char- wcter. A guard of honor of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be present from Dawson. » Will Cut Ribbon ‘The main event of the ceremony will be the cutting of a ribbon across the road, after which the first land vehicle in history to reach Alaska from the interior of North America will roll northward toward Fair- banks. The ceremony will be held near Kluane Lake, in the snowv mountains which tower above the Alaska-Yukon boundary. “Officials of the Territory of Al- aska are proud to participate in this great historic occurrence,” Bartlett wired O'Connor. “It will be a mem- orable day In the annals of the | United and Canada.” Not Quite Finished Trucks already have reached the border all the way from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, 1,300 miles away at the start of the long 1,630- mile highway, Only about 30 rough miles on the Alaska-Yukon boundary remain to be developed and improv- ed before the road can be used on its entire length. Officers of the Northwest Service Command have emphasized the fact that the road is not a finished highway and that many places are still in need of much improvement and widening, but that it will, even in its ploneer state, convey many tons of supplies to Alaatd. . WHATFUR | Fur is showing up in strange places this fall. It has been seen |as insertions on either side of belt, | buckles, as lapels on dress packets |and as cuffs. The job of lapels and |cuffs was done so cleverly it made one wonder if the dress jacket was not lined with fur,