The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 8, 1942, Page 1

8 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. 1X.. NO. 9209. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN C TUNIS TANK BATTLE ENTERS THIRD DAY DOWN20JAP PLANES OVER NEW GUINEA Our Dive-Bombers Smash- ing at Nipponese in Buna-GonaArea | .. - | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Aus- | tralia, Dec. 8.—Allied airmen have destroyed 20 Japanese planes in ac- tion over New Guinea. it is an- nounced today. The action occurred Monday, and the number of planes | shot down indicate that an air battle | of huge scope was fought. The Allied pilots continued their | relentless dive-bombing of enem_\’] troops pocketed in the Gona-Buna | coastal strip today. Eighteen of the Jap pilots who tried Monday to relieve their ground | troops by attacking the Allied rear | line were sent crashing into the jungles. Two more grounded planes were destroyed by the Allied airmen, one at Lae in upper New Guinea. | ‘The communique did not give the number of Allied planes lost in the| battle. It said that our losses were| negligible. | : R | The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON : (Msjor Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) | WASHINGTON.—In intimate White House circles Mrs. F.ooseven! Has told how the highlight of her| recent visit to.the British Isles was a night spent with England’s much- loved Queen Mother. ,Queen Mary, who Is just as ac- tive' as was the late Mrs. Sarai Delano ‘Roosevelt, reminded Mrs.| Pranklin Roosevelt very much of |Etolin T. Coulter, Mrs. Trevor Da- | her mother-in-law. Despite her age, she took the hardships of the war completely in her stride, though| apologizing for not being able to/ receive. Mrs. Roosevelt at her pal-| ace Sandringham, now devoted wl war purposes. Queen Mary's pres-| ent home is kept secret. | “She met me there,” Mrs. Roose- | velt told White House friends in describing the highlights of her| trip, “and took me upstairs. There were strips of white tape to mark the edges of the stairs in the dark —for the Enzlish are saving light just as they are saving fuel. “She showed me to a room, a vast cold room, which made me realize how much we had to learn when it comes to saving oil. At the far end of the room was a dim light burning. At second glance, 1 rvealized it was a fire in the fire- place.” But it proved to be the wrong room after all. On opening the door, the Queen observed that the lGra'nd,petil Public Roads Took Big Part in Consiruction Of Highway IofiAlaska Although early reports by the War Department stated that the new Alcan Road to Alaska was' a feat of *10,000 soldiers and 2,000 villans working six months,” Com- ner Thomas H. MacDonald the Public Roads Administration ecently pointed out something that {many persons connected with the or anuar |project already know—a mobile ci- jvilian force of at least 6,000 men, the largest ever put to work on a sing highway, were moved into and Ci da to work with Grand and petit jurors drawn for m‘e s;ssion ofbth_e nD;i:mfiEs:rl: he US. engincers on the job. éfl'“‘,“ Rl e“f‘“now‘i_ : cD:nald recently returned to to 2 p.mdr::dflsju‘:'om o, Nashington after a month's inspec- ion tri long th ew high From Juneau—Mrs. Olaf Bod-|.. rrp\\“ri:'(d that f,ml:. fis oh- ding, M;‘r_g;;re; g‘";e‘;‘ l‘::':e‘;{id' ian force was bolstered by 52 Am- :‘imf‘r" J’ep % r:iesoe cMrosv E L |crican and Cenadian contractors, aloff, J. F. Hal ] - E. L.i pplemented by hundreds of trac- .unter, Carl Lehto, Jessie Mc: - shovols, portable repair Crary, J. J. Meherin, J. G. Morri. 5 . # ops and electric plants hastily o fi»fig-es"'g“;vy :3:"’;" S | asscmbled from disbanded 0CC tobert Simpson, Mrs. L. Skeie, Eli- | P8 In MBNY. e zabeth Taylor, Mary Walker. | Started March 6 From Sitka—J. H. Gilpatrick, The Puclw» Roads Administra- Erick Sulheim. , Aon, according = to information which recently reached the desk skagway—G. A. Benedict. | 4 Haines—Elizabeth Barnett, |0f District Engineer M. D. Williams Scow Bay—Octor Arness. | vho represents the PRA in Alaska, Lynn Canal—Alfred F. began assembling the civilians who helped to build the road as early {as last March 6, at the request of |the Government. Lium From From From Bucher. From Windham—A. B. Calhoun, UP IN AIR OVER WPB INDECISION 'Agency First Issues Close Order-Now Okehs , Operation The vagaries of War Production i Board orders were never better il- lustrated perhaps than revealed to- | day in a case in the Juneau district, and in a nutshell, the Hirst-Chicha- gof gold mine at Kimshan Cove may operate for another six months. This announcement was received here by Paul M. Sorensen, Manager of the Hirst-Chichagof Mine, :pon his ar- rival here yesterday, the deadline date for positive shutdown of opera- tions, discharge of all employees and disposal of supplies. Several months ago, the War Pro- duction Board issued orders that all mines, not producing ores or by- products that could be used for war purposes, must cease operations. The mines were given seven days in which to finish breaking rock and 60 days to shut down completely, discharging of all employees, and disposing of all material used in the operation of the property, fuses, powder and supplies of other kinds. The Hirst-Chichagof complied with the order explicitly, and Mr. Sor- ensen arrived here yesterday, the last day of the deadline to cease | operations, bringing in the last of his employees and leaving only three watchmen at the property. Arriving here, Mr. Sorensen received the - USED GOODS - FOR ALASKA : SEATTLI Dec. 8. Henry B Owen, Washington State Office of | Price Administration Director, an- nounces that second hand and used materials shipped to Alaska and the | Virgin Islands will be placed under a new price ceiling | These articles were formerly | handled on a cost-plus basis which {has proved to be not feasible, he | '™e new plan will be effective as of December 7. Price ceilings on guch articles will be controlled by | general maximum price regulations, | establishing the maximum levels at the highest prices last March, or by special price regulations governing the materials involved e ALASKA PUT ' UNDER STATE - WMCOFFICES WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 The War Manpower Commission has de- cided that Alaska will be included under the Seattle and San Francisco regional offices of the WMC because T Mrs. Albert Jorgensen From Elfin Cove—Esther Frem- ming. From Tenakee—Mrs. Maria Os- terback, James Traill. From Chichagof—Leo E. Young. Petit Jurors The following are the petit jur- ors drawn: From Juneau—Mrs. Arthur Adams, Otto Anderson, Mrs. J. E. Barragar, Jr., Mrs. W. J. Childs, vis, Stephanie Dresen, Tom Dull, V. R. Farrell, Mrs. H. L. Faulkner, Elmer A. Friend, Anita Garnick, Chris Hennings. Mrs. B. L. Hoke, J. E. Kearney, Alec Kiloh, Tilda Lehto, Kenyon MacLean, Mrs. Thomas McMullen, Mrs. R. R. Martin, Helen Monsen, | V. M. Mulvihill, A. L. Naghel, Charles E. Naghel, Alex Russell, May J. Sabin, Walter G. Scott, Mrs. George F. Sharo, G. A. Smith, J E. Smith, Mrs. John Sunderland, F. J. Toner, Mae Tubbs, Mrs. Alice M Tucker, Clarence Wise, Mrs. Al Zenger. From Sitka—Valentine A. Zitz, Lulu S. Wortman, Martha Young, J. E. Shennett, Roscoe L. Carlile, Mrs. Neill Anderson. From Douglas—Charles Tuckett, Val A. Poor, Nell Kilburn, R. A Hollingsworth, E. E. Engstrom, John J. Cashen, Sadie Cashen, Mrs. J. B. Carlyle. From Cape Fanshaw Abbes, L. P. Apple. William Princess Royal was occupying thc From Douglas Bridge — Elvira same ‘suite, and although Mrs. Roo- ‘toutsala. sovels. isihisted - thigd. ahe could fit! Frem. Sheep Creek--Mms. R..R. in anywhere, the Queen showed her Richardson. to other quarters. From Kake—Mrs. C. R. Bell, John J. Brown. BRITISH BATHS “She opened another door,” re- counted the First Lady, “and we were greeted by a blast of cold air| that felt as if it had come from Greenland! But there we stayed, and what’s more, I summoned up my courage and took a bath.” Despite - the evidences of war economy on the part of the royal family, dinner that evening was! “frightfully formal.” After dinner Queen Mary suggested: “I under- | stand that your husband is inter-| ested in forestry.” | “Yes,” replied Mrs. Roosevelt,| “Franklin likes trees.” “Then perhaps you would lival to come into the drawing room and see some photographs of forestry?” Queen Mary showed her, among other things, a picture which she gave the visitor to take home to' “your husband.” It was a photo- graph of the Queen herself, stand- ing beside a group of British hus-' kies, axes in hand, about to fell a glant tree. The Queen, dressed in coat, gloves and plum hat, pressed her fingers to a great saw. Conversation turned to the Queen Mother’s war work. She was par-| ticularly interested in giving sol-| diers a lift in her car, For this the Government allowed her extra pet- rol. Once, Queen Mary said, she had - - 1 (Continued op Page Four) | From Tenakee—Oscar W. Alto, Arthur G. Headstrom, Frank ' Jo- seph, A. McDermott O'Toole. From Angoon—Marianna Brandes. From Kimshan Cove—J. T. Bur- net. From Skagway—E. Carolyn Cro- zier, Hazel Reynoldson. ¥ From Chichagof—Georgia Gou- die, Mrs. Georgia Littlepage. From Haines—L. Blanche Horner, Erik Oslund. From Hoonah—Harold Jones. From Elfin Cove—Walter Larson. From Mendenhall — Mrs. M. Mielke. From Jamestown Bay—C. Jay Mills, Edwin L. Morke. PFrom Lisianski—Nels H. Mork, James Paddock. From Lynn Canal—Kenneth M. Nelson. From vich. From Funter Bay—R. L. Peko- Klukwan—Marth Willard Kaiser Bill's Son Dlesv Ir_om Stroke BERLIN, Dec. 8—Prince Eitel Friedrich Hehenzollern, 59, second son of the late ex-Kaiser Wilhelm, died today in Potsdam as the result of a stroke, . s BN BUY DEFENSE BONDS notice that he may continue opera- tions for another six months, but— the action will give these offices control over the fishermen who work 1 g | When the order was received, in Alaska during the fishing season. 0 " 0 it out to the letter. Men with their | percent of these workers come from | |award co_nlrncu: or otherwise ar-|fainilies owning their own homes | the Pacific Coast States. The com- ' |range for and supervise construc- gy Kimshan, began moving, paying | mission previously had ruled that - |their own expenses for passenger |fishermen taking other jobs will be | The War Department throughthe 'fares and also freight for their |permitted to return to fishing dur-| U.S. Engineers undertook construc- | household goods. Some of the min- |ing the season. jtion of a truck-trail road, follow- ers have gone to the States while ——————— ing as closely as practicable the |others have located with their fam- ‘ Gso 6S0TOB | Under an agreement with the | War Department, the PRA under- i route selected for the permanent |ilies at perhaps communities in this road | section and are now on defense To launch the project, a head- | work. All stores, especially perish- quarters office was set up in Se- ables, were sold and shelves bared. attle. Five hundred engineers and| Mr. Sorensen is now studying the MiNeManAGERIS CEILING ON Namby-Pamby State Department Is Winner On Vich GOP BATTLE OVERPARTY HEAD ENDS Harrison Sb;nglér, Com- promise Chairman, Un- animously Chosen ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 8 The Republican National Committee has ended a battle over the party chair- manship, unanimously electing Har- rison Spangler, veteran Iowa party leader, a compromise choice after ! the supporters of Wendell L. Willkie blocked the election of Werner Schroeder, Chicago lawyer, in two ballots. In a further surge of harmony, the committee, on the motion of Senator Robert Taft, backed by Schroeder, adopted a resolution con- firming the party's stand that the nation should aid post-war interna- tional efforts to keep peace. The Willkie group advanced no candidate of its own, but played the field against Schroeder, contending that he was too much of an isola- tionist before Pearl Harbor. So Schroeder withdrew, as did Seattle- | ite Fred Baker, acting committee- man for Washington State. .- AIRPOWER INBALANCE engineer aides were rushed into |the Interior and field offices were set up along the route. Names of Contractors | For quick enlargement of supervisory staff, contracts were negotiated with four engineering firms to act as project managers— the C. F. Lytle Company and Green Construction Company (one firm), |Sioux City, Towa; Dowell Construc- | ticn Ccmpany, Seattle; R. Melville | Smith, Toronto, Canada; and Okes Construction Ccmpany, St. Paul, | Minn. | These contractors recruited 52 other corftractors, who, after ap- (Continued cn Page Five) ONLY PART OF FRENCH FLEETGONE 1Many Ship;l_efl at Toulon | in Good Shape for i Germans | WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Secre- tary of the Navy Frank Knox re- ported today that of the 75 French ships of all types in Toulon Harbor when the Germans moved in, 20 apparently were left intact, 51 were sunk, damaged or “unaccounted for,” and four escaped. Some of the vessels damaged may be reclaimed, including the three battleships, Dunkerque, Strasbourg ind Provence. Knox said that vessels classified by the Navy as “afloat and appar- ently intact” included two light cruisers, three destroyer leaders, three destroyers, two sub: ines, wo gunboats, one demilitari: bat- tleship and five tankers. | Four submarines made their es-l cape. IR IR S INDIAN OFFICE EMPLOYEES . LEAVE FOR JOBS IN NORTH B. Myrle Salisbury, nurse for the 1laska Office of Indian Affairs, left by plane for Nome yesterday for her new assignment, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Morgan, teachers, left by plane for White Mountain, the | | perplexing question of whether. it would be practical to again attempt |to assemble a mine crew, replenish | his stock and possibly get in a few ! months of operation or just forget it during the duration . Another ironical phase of the issue, is now “how come" the order for further operation of six months, was delayed on receipt until the last day of the original suspension order to cease, “shut down?” e Alaska Terr. Guards To Be Hosts Next Thursdral at Dance On Thursday night members of Juneau Company, Alaska Territ be given at the Elks' Club ballroom under the sporisorship of the USO. Music for the affair is to be furu- ished by the Duck Creek Orchestra fand an especial invitation has been |given to members of the Douglas pany of the Alaska Territorial Guards and their wives. according to Lieut. Ed Shaffer, Chairman The dance, which is for Guard members and their wives only, will begin at 9:30 o'clock and continue until 1 a. m. All Guard members are requested |to wear uniforms to the dance, | which is the first social affair given by the Juneau Company since its | organization. | Tonight at 7:30 o'clock, all re- icently enlisted men in the Terri- |torial Guards, Juneau, unit, are | requested to report in the Elks Hall for preliminary instructions. R KETCHIKAN BUYS $95,550 IN WAR -~ BONDS-ONE DAY KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec. 8.— Several hundred War Bond and ! Stamp purchasers swamped Civilian | Defense. booths in banks and the | Post Office yesterday with $95,550 in cash, thus making the day's sale | here greater than in most of the | full months since Pearl Harbor. the single day’s $20 per capita sales by at least 10 percent. rial 7 Guards, will be hosts at a dance to I3 Company and the Highway Com- © ~ ORGANIZED INJUNEAU Meeting for Purpose Call- ed for Tomorrow Night in Dugout An opportunity for all young women 'in this area to serve the recreational needs of the armed forces and have an enjoyable time doing so is at hand. The Girl's Ser- vice Organization of the USO will crganized Wednesday nizht at 7:30 o'clock at the American Le- gien Dugout. All your men 17 1s of age and over arve cordially to bz present. A special in- 1 s exztended to you we ve wo- men working in cffices through- out the and to wives of en- listed men. At the meeting on Wednesday the purpose cf the Girls' 2 Organization will be ex- plained to those present. Member- ship ecards and golden USO pins will be given to GSO members. The group will have an opportunity to elect its own officers and formu- late some of its own rules. | GBSO members will be welcomed {to use the new USO Club facili- |ties. A formal dance once a month will be held as well as a dance once each week. A large new sta- tion ‘wagon just purchased by the {USO will transport groups of GSO |members together with service men on ski, skating and ‘sleighing par- |ties to say nothing of picnics in the summer. Dancing classes, quiz |programs, games and other types 30! popular entertainment are in |store for those persons joining this |organization. All GSO members between the ages of 17 and ‘18 will be chaper- oned home from all USO dances | No other age group will be chaper- oned. No GSO member will be asked 10 give more than one night a4 week to USO activities unless she desires to do so. . D FRANK FOSTER HAS BIRTHDAY, DINNER | Frank Foster, Juneau attorney Pledges made yesterday will boost formerly at Corddva, was entertain- | ed at his home here Sunday evening at a birthday party. IN AFRICA 'We Have_Su_periority in Some Sections, Nazis Have Others WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. — Lieut. Gen. Arnold, Commander of the Army Air Forces, said today that it's “touch-and-go” whether the Allics or the Germans have air superiority in North Africa, where, he declared, the battle developing will almost certainly determine air 3} jority of the Mediterranean, and pessibly over all Europe. Talking at a press conference, said the Army Air Forces zained at least equality theater of war except in ih Africa, and assumed it is on uhe offensive everywhere except in {orth Africa added that the Germans are feve \ly endeavoring to build up superiority before we can gather our strength. At present it is touch-and-go. They are stronger in some sections, we are in others.” — e MANY BUY BONDS DURING "ON T0 VICTORY WEEK" Juneauites have shown a defin- ite response to the “On To Victory Week” campaign to sell War Bonds, now in progress in Juneau in com- memoration of Pearl Harbor, and the bonds have been selling fast Arnold nave and furiously for the first "mi days. Originated by Homer Garvin of the Capitol Theater in an adver- tising campaign, and joined by Cliff Daigler of the 20th Century Thea- ter, the ‘©n To Victory” slogan has prompted many new purchases of bonds. The bonds may be pur- chased day or night at the Capitol Theater Garvin will make an announce- ment on the total sales after the | campaign comes to a close on De- cember 12 - - - BUY DEFENSE BONDS | in | ALLIES HOLD * ON HEIGHTS Y Appgasememj OFTEBOUBRA By JACK STINNETT | i ¢ WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—suried| French West Africa Port Is under those headlines about the ; United Notons' sreat oftensive in| Turned Over to Unit- Africa is an important footnote in H histors—a._ vindication of our De- | ed Nations partment of State for its long-| el suffering policy of appeasement to- ward the Nazi-dominated govern- ment of Vichy, Franc 'DAKAR OPENED NOW | FOR ALLIED SHIPS If those bitter critics of Secre- | tary Hull and our foreign polic,\'i Ve toward Vichy had had foresight 1 H o it hes mans | NEW Agreement W|||I Aid have referred to and pondered i . over a state department memo- Grea"y In Supp y andum issued in October, 1940 Problems and that date is correct) point- | A ing out to the Army and Navy | (By Associated Press) the great military importance of | BULLETIN—Allied Headquar- North Africa from Dakar and| 0 North Africa, Dec. 8.— :i:lf«;{ud ;Eai\\c way through 10| apjeq tank counter-atiacks ; have thrown the ‘enemy back It the Axis had had foresight, on positions gained on Sunday they might have studied that in the Tebourba area, 20 miles memorandum and seen in it the west of Tunis. Ground action continues to be bitterly contest- ed in the southwestern corner of the Tunisian triangle. Ground troops are supported by light bombers and fighters in repeatedly assaulting the Axis forces. germ of the military campaign which is being referred to as the second front. When the news was out and it seemed apparent that our initial beach-heads in North Africa, had been, established, Secretary Hull held a special press conference. It was on a Sunday afternoon and that was almost as much of a jolt | to the little band of reporters who cover the state department as the news that had come before. The “Old Man,” as many of the |Wnsmnglon press corps affection- | ately refer to the Dean of the War | Cabinet, was in fine form. His | conversation, some of it off the Irecord ( which is also unusual | was splattered with good old Ten- nessee talk. It was plain to be seen ‘let a great weight had been lift- {ed from the Secretary’s mind. The |burden of balancing that precari- |ous load-—“Relations with Vichy” |-~was no longer on the belabored |back of the Department of State. | A balf-dozen times in the last |year, the relations with Vichy ‘have stretched to the breaking Allied forces are reported to be holding solidly the heights dom- inating Tebourba, strategic Tunis- ian city, while tanks battled for the third successive day in a no man's land south of the key to the ap- proaches of Bizerte and Tunis. Both sides are striking heavily by alr, attempting to choke off sup- plies with decisive battle punches. Sobe observers predicted that one decisive blow, isolating either of the forces in the struggle for Tunisia might tip the balance of the fight. Cut Some Roads ‘The Allies already have cut several vital supply roads and communica-~ tion lines along the coast route leading past Bizerte to Tunis. And today, the Allies gained a major advantage in the battle of supplies. This new gain is the acquisition of Dakar as a United Nations port, |after an agreement was made be- point. Had they been allowed to|tween Flerre Boisson, Governor- |reach that point, the Axis would|General of French West Africa, who have had to move in on North placed himself under Darlan, and Africa. It would have had no al- Lieut. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, ternative. Somehow, the state de- Commander-in-Chief of the North partment managed to avert all|Africa troops. those crises until the Army, Navy,| Eisenhower announced today that and other military forces in the |the navies of the United Nations are United Nations were ready for free to use the port of Dakar, and the great offensive now launched, |Allied planes may use the airfields A | of French West Africa. Thus, both sides must rely heavs ily on the air and sea in the struggle for transporting supplies and men. All of that time the Departm ~m{ of State was taking it on the chin with charges that it was the most |y, ajjies have cut thousands of namby-pamby department of our miles of previous routes on the government in prosecution of this North African fronts, and also are war. The criticism reached its zen- | pejjeved to have virtually eliminated ith recently with the criticism by !y y-boat menace in the South Wendell Willkie after his return| agjantie. from his world tour. | Eighth Army Stalled In answer to that, Secretary | Latest reports from the British Hull said simply that the Depart- Eighth Army, meanwhile, find this ment of State and the adminis- j force still paused before El Aghelia. tration were in complete agreement| In the air front, Allied planes on the foreign policy toward;struck again at Bizerte yesterday Vichy. |after night attacks Sunday, and Why shouldn't they have been? also hit Lagoulette, nine miles east By that time, the huge expedi- Of the enemy-held port of Sfax in tionary force to North Africa was | eastern Tunisia with bcmhs'and on its way. The behind-the-scenes cannon battle of North Africa entrusted e to the Department of State — a, MORE PIANOS NEEDED preliminary without which the | geyeral more pianos in good con- main bout would have not been dition are needed for recreation possible—had been won. rooms for seryic# men stationed at e outlying posts, the Rev. W. H. Mat- thews, Jr., said today. Those m- terested in selling or donating in- struments are requested to call Mr. CHURCHILL SEND NOTES LONDON, Dec. 8-—Messages ex- hanged between President Roose- velt and Prime Minister Churchill pledging two nations together for | the utter defeat of Japan, have now been made public. ‘Our country, no less than the United States,” Churchill told the | President, “objects to the infamous | outrage of a year ago.” The President replied: “Partial | retribution in kind has been met- led out to Japan in the past seven | months, but this is only the be- | ginning.” - BUY DEFENSE STAMPS ONLY !4 MORE DAYS for Shopping Before Christmas. 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