The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 5, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LX., NO. 9207. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE_TEN CENTS U.S. BOMBERS MAKE BIG RAID ON NAPLES DRIVE NAZI Mayor Issues TANK COLUMN BACK, AFRICA More than 100 Prisoners| Captured in Drive Near Tebessa ALLIED HEADQUARTERS { Dec. 5. — American striking southeast the Tunisian- have driven a North Africa, combat troops, of Tebessa near Algerian border, Nazi armored column back toward | the coast in disorderly retreat, cap- turing more than 100 prisoners and taking a town. The Americans, Col. Edson Raff of the US: Para- chute Troops, are fighting along- side of their French allies. Meanwhile, an Allied spokesman said that violent fighting still is going on between Tebourba and Mateur on the approaches to Bi- zerte and Tunis. Whether or not these two cities flanking the main Tunisian Axis bases are still in the hands of the Allies was not reported. commanded by | Procdamation Mayor Harry I. Lucas today re- leased the following proclamation in commemoration of the first year | of the war and the anniversary of | Pearl Harbor: “WHEREAS: Monday, December 1942, marks the first anniver- of the day which, to quote President, ‘Shall live in for it was onsthat day that /4 sary our | famy,’ back while her envoys were at mm very moment in our Capitol talk- |ing peace. | “AND WHEREAS: It is the wish | and desire of every true American to do his or her part in out effort neces: to end this barbarous war as quickly as pos- sible. City of Juneau, | week of December 6 to 12 shall be {known as ‘On To Victory Week’ jand our city thereby become a part of a nation-wide effort to make this an outstanding week in the sale of War Stamps and Bonds.” JAPS DROP - therefore, as Mayor of the ll|-‘ Japan stealthily stabbed us in the| the all-| proclaim that the| MORE POWER, PRODUCTION GIVEN WPB |War Agenc>y”C*ormes Out on Top After Struggle | for Week < WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—Charles | | Wilson, Vice-Cairman of the War Pmducnon Board, has received the; | tinal power to direct the produc-| [tion of aircraft, radio equipment and escort vessels along with the | supervisory control over all other munitions production as the climax | [of a week-long struggle for au-| thority over production scnedulmg‘ between civilian and military of- ficials WPB Chairman Donald Nelson represented the civilians, and vari- ous heads of the armed forces took the other side. They came together | {in announcing “full agreement for | 111 concerned” in the issue. { In statement issued jointly by | Velsc retary of War Stimson | and ary of Navy Knox, the agreement was termed as a sub- | re! CUSTOMS OFFICE CLOSES CORDOVA AGENCY TODAY AIR ATTACK, JAP SHIPS IN SOLOMONS No Details of Raid by Our| Airmen Known by Navy Dep| WASHINGTON Dec Navy announced today bombers and torpedo | Guadalcanal attacked my force of surface Solomons, but results known"” here. The location of the attack has tentatively been fixed in the area between New Georgia and the | Santa Isabel Islands. The Japs have hm-n very active in this area for the past two weeks and it is pos- sible that the surface vessels were heading toward these islands B MATERNITY CLASSES STARTING ON MONDAY {3 Maternity classes will start Mon- on Order by Presi- | dent Roosevelt | made today Collector of | the closing Announcement by James J. Connors, Customs for Alaska, of today of the Customs Port of En-! try at Cordova, Alaska. The closing | of this port makes effective an Ex- ecutive Order signed by President | Roosevelt on November 1942 | “The closing of the port of entry at Cordova at this time,” said Col- lector Connors, “is due to the desire | of our Department in WAs)unatolu that personnel of the Customs Ser- vice be used at ports where the services of officers can be more| lirectly applied to war emergency | iork. Deputy Collector J. A. Ever- son, who has been in charge of the port of Cordova, will be trans-| ferred to the port of Skagway, Al-| aska. Customs work having to do with the documentation of vessels, change of title, etc, heretofore transacted at the Cordova umu-, for southwestern Alaska, will be| handled through our Juneau of-| was The that dive- planes from a small ene- vessels in the are “not 5 REDS CLOSE PINCERS ON Port Shut Down for -Eniryl NAZI ARMIES Council Adopts Mayor H. I. Claim Russians Have Cut Vital German Sup- ply Route MOSCOW, Dec. 5. — Sweeping Russian gains, tightening the pin- cers threatening the German armies besieging Stalingrad, are reported today in dispatches from the So- [ viet front. Red Army forces, which have driven southwest from the city, are said to have crossed the Don River and are operating on the west bank, close to other Russ units which came down through | the Don elbow toward Kalach from points to the northwest. These forces, if they meet, will form a triangle with the curving Don River as its base line and the railroads which run southwest and due west from Stalingrad as its sides. It is claimed that the troops, coming from Kalach, have cut in ! , L 'WATERFRONT savins Bonps OF BIG PORT IS DAMAGED \One lialian Battleship and ! Two Cruisers Report- ed fo Be Hit Lucas’ Proposal to Start Fund Members of the City Council last night passed a motion author- | izing Mayor Harry I. Lucas and| the Finance Committee to invest 20,000 in war savings bonds for the purpose of starting a sinking RAF TORPEDO PLANES tund. whien may be usea m the| RAID AXIS" SEA LANES future for buillding a new City | ekt R it i .(...A.lMaJ Gen. Spaatz Arrives to the councilmen, declaring that | at Headquaflers in North Africa due to an economical administer- | (By Anwl-ted Press) ing of city affairs for the last |several years and a fine response | from Juneau citizens in paying | their taxes, an uninvested fund of | = T FF Sattlsehip bl e ::::::\:’:;‘dl_u]) R now a8 6 |cruisers were hit by heavy bombs He .declaved that dropped by United States Liberator bombers during a raid yesterday at dusk on Naples. Big bombs also burst in the rail- road yards at Naples disrupting city now cannot buy repair, new construction and much traffic of this key port on the west Italian Peninsula. of the maintenance work, and be- Heavy damuge was because the materials for cause less of the money has to be spent for labor as a result, at least 20,000 could be invested safeiy caused all GOODNEWS, SUPPLIES ARMY MEN WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, — Presi- dent Roosevelt has signed the bill providing an allowance of $250 and equipment for officers and warrant officers, commissioned or appeint- ed United States officers on duty on April 3, 1939, or thereafter. * e LEAVE FOR KETCHIKAN Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Covey, who arrived in Juneau from Anchorage with the Woodley Airlines plane yesterday, left last night for Ket- chikan. Mr. Covey is the represen- tative of J. J. Meherin. The Washmgtun Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON—One of the most significant treaties since the founding fathers wrote the Con- stitution is now under secret con- sideration in the U.S. Senate. It is an agreement with Panama. Actually it is not called a “treaty.” It is called a “joint reso- lution” to escape the constitution- al provision requiring two-thirds ratification by the Senate. Inother words, this particular treaty, when called a joint resolution, can be ratified by a bare majority vote of one in each house of Congress. So far eagle-eyed Senators Gil- lette, Democrat of lowa, and Nye, Republican of North Dakota, com- prising a sub-committee to study the matter, have not recommended passage. They are skeptical regard- ing any break down of constitution- al safeguards. The treaty (1) provides that Pan- ama be given the entire sewage, water supply and sanitation sys- tem constructed by the U.S.A. to get rid of dread yellow fever and malaria menace. But after giv- ing them to Panama for its own | operation, the United States would | still retain the obligation to main- tain health in the Canal Zone. (2) Glves Panama all U.S.-owned | land in the city of Colon, valued! at $25,000,000. (&) which Panama borrowed from the Export-Import Bank. PANAMA CONGRESS MUST RATIFY 0 Another “treaty” also has been negotiated with Panama which has not been referred to Congress even as a joint resolution. This is called a military agreement. Undoubtedly, | there is justification for rushing! through an agreement of this kind for the defense of Panama. But although the US. Senate is not! consulted and not asked to ratify the agreement, nevertheless the Congress of Panama, under Article 14, must ratify. In other words, the (Continued on Page “Five) in| the cities of Colon and Panama| Cancels the $2,500,000 debt’ BY CHUTES Attempt to heinfor(e Trap- ped Men on New Guinea by Air ALLIED HEADQUARTERb Aus- tralia, Dec. 5—The hard-pressed Japs apparently are finding it too costly in ships in repeated attempts to aid their trapped forces in the Buna-Gona area on New Guinea and are reported to be dropping supplies by parachute, using aerial attempts to relieve their beleagured comrades. A commnique today tells of mop- ping up pockets of the Jap opposi- tion left behind by the Allied spear- head which fought its way to the coast near Gona and then turned toward Buna More than 400 enemy dead were counted, and an estimated 40 Japs were drowned when two large barges were sunk recently by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's borobers. -, (OPA MAKES FIRST MOVE ON PUBLIC UTILITY RAISES First price move in Alaska re- gadring public utility rates by the Office of Price Administration was announced today by Calvin E. Pool, Assistant Director. The case re- sulted from the action of the Sew- ard Light and Power Company in raising telephone rates without first submitting them for approval to the OPA. Complaints by labor unions and other interested parties in Sew- ard brought the matter to the at- | tention of the OPA. | “In answer to our request, the Seward Light and Power Company readily withdrew the rate increase,” Mr. PRool stated. “The company should be complimented on its will- ingness to cooperate in the fight against inflation.” ——————— CAPT. TAYLOR HERE Capt. R. C. Taylor, who was for- | merly gtationed here with the U.S. |Army, arrived in Juneau this ‘molning for a short stay. \ e, HOSPITAL NOTES surgical patient was dis- William Shafe, at St. Ann’s Hospital, Ichargxl yesterday. Mrs. Harry Harw and baby girl left St. Ann’s Hospital for home. Mrs. Charles Willis, at St. Ann’s | Hospital for surgery, was discharg- |ed yesterday. Charles Henry was discharged (from the Government Hospital this | morning. Douglas Boddy and Mons Ander- son, the latter admitted for sur- gery, were incoming patients at St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday. stantial victory. ‘dt\y at 2 p. m. in the Territorial Vested in \'10(‘ Chairman Wilson’s l;e:llth HCer]lKrNsr,ephame Bogdon. wver the scheduling in progr.un\‘cu&mnh ghe meetings will be Ixofn between the Varigus services.” ‘ to 2:45 o'clock each time. First This means that the WPB h‘“‘dlscussion topic will be the “Growth recovered its authority prevmusly\o, the Baby,” she said. delegated to other agencies, be- AR T h‘a\. haa uur.ho‘r.ny only over services MOOSe Women Plan 1 Features Tonight per[ommr! exclusively by the WPB. e e { A candy and cookie sale will be held and games will be played fol- Rambow Majority - SerVI(e IS Ton!ght‘l owing the meeting of the Women \of the Moose tonight | clubrooms. .All men of the Moose are invited to attend. i e Juneauite Gefs His Plans have bven made for the: reception of a large number of guests at the Rainbow Majority Service, to be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the Scottish Rite Temple. | The ceremony, given to girls who | have reached the age of 20 or who | have married previous to that time, | will honor Sue Stewart, Betty Rice, | | Marjorie Snell, Ruth Allen, Lillian | Olson Nyman, Marian Dobson Maier, | KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec. 5.— Naomi Forrest Graf, Ruth Torkel- |Holger Larsen, Juneau fire truck son, Elizabeth Tucker and Mary |driver, has been granted his first| Stewart. | citizenship papers by Judge George The public is invited to attend }F. Alexander. Witnesses were Peggy the service, where Miss Katherine McLeod and Robert E. Coughlin | fice,” stated Collector Connors | The port of Cordova was first opened on July 4, 1908, at the time| of the start of the construction of | the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad. Assistant Collector of in bonds accruing interest monthly. Chief of Police B. H. Manery re- 'ported to the Council that Juneau police made 165 arrests last month, collected a total of $1,464 in fines, answered and investigated 431 calls. There were six auto accidents dur- between Vertiachy and Dmitrievka, | severing the road over which the| Germans have been bringing sup- plies for their forces in front of Stalingrad, along the waterfront. All B-24s returned safely to their bases the Cairo headquarters an- nounces. Axis Lanes Torpedoed Royal Air Force torpedo planes, harassing the Axis’ shipping lanes Citizenship Papers Oustoms, M. 8, Whittier, was the | first Customs officer at Cordova. At that time it was a tent city and {Mr. Whittier tells many xmerest-'u S OUTPUT ing stories of the boom days in the | Copper River metropoli: Now pASSES Combmed Produchon of i Senior Ball Impressive; "BestEver” “fve oo “Decorations at the Senior Ba]l | |held last night in the Juneau High States now is produclng the engines | School gym, were the most beautiful | of war at a volume equal to the com- | ever seen there,” says an attending pined armaments production of the ;l‘fi"‘em | Axis powers, the American people Describing them in detail, the ac- | were informed last night by War count goes on: “They consisted of & | Production Board Chairman Donald Torkelson, Past Grand Love for the | Territory and Past Worthy Advisor| of the Juneau Assembly, will pre- | side. Jeanette Cowling will presid in the East. Refreshments will be served after the ceremony | ALASKA COASTAL MAKES SEVERAL SITKA FLIGHTS Passengers leaving here today with Alaska Coastal Airlines for Sitka were L. C. Chippier, Kenneth Lit- ; tlefield, Hazel Mylrvie, Eldon Daly, | Jim Payne, Leonard Chervinski, M. B. Layton and Thomas B. Lambert. | Arriving in Juneau from Sitka | were Robert Irby, Felix Romaro, P. E. Brockman and Joe Novalis. Those arriving here Friday from | Excursion Inlet with Alaska Coastal | Airlines were L. A. Simanson, Jack Austin and Bobby Duncan. Two additional flights to Sitka‘ were on the Alaska Coastal Airlines | schedule for this afternoon. | HOME NURSE GROUP COMPLETES COURSE The Home Nursing group has completed its course with the tak- | ing of final examination December 2, Stephenie Bogdon, public health nurse, reports. Certificates will be presented later. In addition to regular class work and practice, the class witnessed hygiene films, and toured the bio- logy laboratory where they were | shown tuberculosis bacillae, spiro- | chaetes and miscellaneous slides ind cultures . Such work familiarized the group {with laboratory work in the Terri- ory and was a part of their dis- cussion of community hygiene. Class members reported that they en- joyed the course and felt it had not only prepared them for emer- | gencies in their own homes, but' made them more competent to yhelp out in other emergencies. SAVING TIRES, | iy | ceiling of snowflakes suspended from 2 e |wires strung overhead that real- | PERRY HUFF ON WAY |istically gave the impression of a TO KETCHIKAN TODAY | nowstorm. Dominating the room Perry Huff, insurance adjustor,|and hanging in the center, was a passed through Juneau last night| huge sphere in which had been on his way from Skagway to his imbedded hundreds of pieces of look- | Seattle l\eadquarters ling glass, on which spotlights of | - | many colors were centered. The LEAVES FOR RUPERT | sphere revolved, and as it did so Woodruff left|moonbeam-like lights danced about last mgm for Prince Rupert after ' the room. having spent the last week in Ju-| “Immediately under this suspend- neau |ed ball was a forest glade area, | festooned with blue Christmas tree lights. From the balcony variegated streamers hung straight down, gaily separating the dance floor from the | sidelines. Carefully Worked Out An embowered platform at one end of the room provided space for the orchestra, Bob Satre and his MARRIAGE, 1S A“S“ ERED “ow orchestra, and was flanked by two |huge wall drawings of a Russian MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Dec. ipeasnm girl and a fiercely scowling 5—Marriages and automobile tires,|Cossack. opines T. G. Bond, both must be| At the opposite end of the gym a e | managed carefully to make them | trapper’s cabin, its planks seared last. | with a blow torch to give a pleas- The 87-year-old storekeeper speaks | antly darkened effect, had a deer | with authority. His marriage has skin stretched on it and a pair of lasted nearly sixty-eight years and | antlers above the door. From the I his 1913 T-Model is still serviceable | window punch was dispensed for with its 18-year-old tires. [the dancers. Islands of light-fes- “I've been over some rocky roads, | tooned Christmas trees appeared but I never drove over eighteen | about the room, completing the ut- miles an hour,” he said. He has|terly charming scene. his own method of preserving tires.| Doris Cahill and John Bavard When he had to buy a relining he | were co-chairman with Adrienne washed the tire inside and out. Glass, Bob Phillips, Betty Nordling Then he painted the inside and Grace Berg, Bob Helgesen and that of the lining with glue to form | Frank Krusl working tirelessly on a stronger wall of protection for the | the decorations committee. tube. The car is in the garage now| Other committee chairmen were for the duration. No sense in wast- | Entertainment, Pat Olson; Refresh- ing four good ti he says. | ments, Beverly Leivers; Patrons and Success of his marriage? Thau\pm,mnems_ Marie Hanna. Isimple: “Keep out of bad habits| Lending a graceful effect to the and stay home with your wife.” ‘dzmce, all ladies present wore form- S kol SN AN | al dresses. SURFACE IS SERVING e KANSAS CITY Hal Surface, LEAVES FOR SOUTH Kansas City tennis player who was walter W. Stoll, head of the In- among the nation’s top 10 a feW gependence Mine in the Willow years ago, is stationed With a U. 8. oreek district near Anchorage, left Army contingent in India. [last night for Seattle, Mr. Stoll ;a.rrwed in Juneau yesterday morn- Japan has seized 1,587,796 square [ing with the Woodley Airlines. miles of territory in the Pacific area Foptry it e since entering the war. | BUY DEFENSE BONDS | Nelson. Speaking at a closed meeting for the National Association of Manu- facturers, Nelson reported also that the total output of combat arm- aments produced by the United Na- tions is twice that of their enemies He made clear, however, that the striving for increased production by the nation's industrialists is not over. Henry Kaiser, West Coast ship- building wizard, told the industrial- ists that “preparation for our life after’ the war should begin now.” He said that the industrialists must show the way to a decent standard of living for this country or “sur- render to the social politicians who have little to offer save ultimate bankruptey.” The first essential in the post war world, Kai added, is the world- wide opportunity to work, asserting that the interests of organized labor are identical with those of manage- ment and ownership. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 5. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at today's short session of the New York Stock Exchange is 3%, American Can 72, Anaconda 25%, Bethlehem Steel 54} Common- wealth and Southern 9/30, Curtiss Wright 6%, International Harvester 55, Kennecott 27%, New York Cen- tral 11%, Northern Pacific 7%, Unit- ed States Setel 46%, Pound $4.04. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, | Jones averages: Industrials, 115.24; | rails, 26.82; utilities, 13.75. PRICES FRIDAY a Juneau mine stock closed | Friday at 3'4, American Can at 72, Anaconda 25%, Bethlehem Steel '4 Commonwealth and Southern | Curur.s Wright 6%, International }'dl\/‘\l('l 55%, Kennecott 27%, New Yt)rk Central 14%, Northern Pacific | , United States Steel 46%, Pound 54 04 Dow, Jones averages Friday were as follows: Industrials, 115.02; rails, 26.82; utilities, 13.75. to Tripoli and Tunisia, meanwhile, sank one southbound Axis cargo ship and set another afire ofl the coast of Tripoli. Spaatz on Scene Mayj. Gen. Carl Spaatz, Command- er-in-Chief of the United States Army Air Forces in the European theatre, has arrived at the Allied Headquadters in North Afriea to help cope with the Axis squadrons supporting the German and Italian ground forces in bitter resistance in the occupation of Tunisia. Tough Resistance It is officially stated the Allied forces have lost three small com- munities occupied earlier but only advance units occupied them and were waiting for the big movement of the Americans toward the coast which the Germans and Italians are trying to stop but wikh little suc- cess so far. Resistance is pro- nounced but the Americans are mov- ing slowly but steadfly forward. | ing November, he said, and two ‘LH\ were stolen and recovered as \wll as many other articles, Outside Oper: foreman Bert Lybu:k made lu.s monthly report, |stating that all drains have been kept open in spite of heavy rains during the first part of November, and that crews have been kept busy recently in graveling and sanding streets and sidewalks. | The Council adopted a motion providing that the parking space in front of the Aldhkdn Hotel be closed as a taxi stand to aid traf- fic conditions. Although the stand had not been awarded to any taxi company, several applications for the space had been received by the city. R FUN D DRIVE FOR PIONEERS HARD FIGHT, STARTS HERE AFRICA WAR Begin Solicitations | ".(HUR(H".I. \British Leader Says Tough % s | Battle Coming Be- fore Victory BRANDFORD, England, Dec. 5. Prime Minister Churchill today predicted some “very hard fight- |ing” before the Allles in Tunisia :ross the final 20 miles in the |drive on the enemy based at Tunis Gross or His Assistants Will| Dave Gross, in person, and séveral of his assistants, will start next Monday on the drive for the Christ- mas Cheer Fund for the oldtimers at the Pioneers’ Home in Sitka, Gross originated the fund drive and for the past 15 or 20 years has annually solicited funds for the “boys” at Sitka. He has given the |ind Bizerte fund drive his personal attention| Churchill made the remark as and his string of Coliseum theatres | he spoke to the throngs who turned in Southeast Alaska especially have | .yt to see him on his inspection aided greatly. The fund comes {rom | ri of this Yorkshire city in the all parts of the Territory, many| .cnier of Britain’s woolen indus- making their donations direct to|, .. Gross or the managers of his the-| | SR IR TN s atres Whilé otherd 'sdhid tlrdcs 1o bhal: 10 SSRTest. 8, "IN O glad; Home but of course Gross wants to| e hat haialhys : Ahiriay 20 e o out, Juneau over the top and he | closely, and are now lifting takes personal chrage of the cam- | * ndue burden borne by the ians who carried this im- paign here. 1 Many will perhaps say that the|mense struggle through the whols | pioneers have a fine home and ey- [’ this year and a large part of erything they want but—the fund |last year provides that jingle in their pocket ! for some secret desire that the:r ! can satisfy with a small degree of | their old independence of their earl ONLY 16 fer years. The majority of thc ploneers at the Home are those wh Monz DAYS for Shopping Before ’ Christmas. | | have braved a winter's storm, eater | | many a stale piece of bacon, giver | up many necessities of life but kep! | | digging, sticking to their jobs of | finding gold and thus making their | Territory world renowned. Some have | | ever never found the paystreak | The fund brings the oldtim | cheer into thelr sunset years and | ‘unka- it a “Bright and Cheer; | Christmas season.” The fund is | divided equally among the several hundred pioneers at the Home. | - I BUY DEFENSFE STAMPS