The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 10, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LX.,, NO. 9211. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE_TEN CENTS 'ALLIED FORCES 0CCUPY JAP HELD GONA Fight on Censorship in Alaska Has Started CHALLENGE DIRECTOR'S LEGAL RIGHT Believe Mail Has Been Opened So Far With- | out Authority ;‘ | | | 4 WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Chair- | man Frederick Van Nuys of In-| diana, heading the Senate Judlc:- ary Committee, yesterday chnl» lenged the legal authority of Dx- rector of Censorship Byron Price to censor mail between the Unit- | ed States and its Territories .md‘ Possessions. Senator Van Nuys expressed hxs views in a press conference ancr‘ Price had testified for three hours| behind closed doors before the| Committee. Taiking over the ,c_‘ioru‘s are ports before the conference, Price Mighty Axis in North Africa, at any mo-|to {ment in Libya and Tunisia un(ler as follows said that he had no doubt but what it was the intention of Con-| gress in passing the first War|the growing air power. Powers Act last year to “protect the security of communications in our country.” Thought Illegal !the Amer already | tack, Van Nuys said, on the other | Put advices from Tunisia indicat-|and ending Thursday, hand, that he thought the censor- | ©d the Allies there are no longer 17, 1942; Youths of Nation Begin Registering Tomorrow, Armed Force Indudion | L 1 BULLETIN—Registration for youths in the t group men- tioned below begins in Juneau tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock at Selective Service headquart- ers in the Marine Building and Draft Board headquarters in the Krafft Building. It will continue each day between the hours of 8 a. m. and 5 o'clock in the afternoon until December 17, inclusive. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Youths who have become 18 years of age ‘SmC(’ last June 30, start registering | tomorrow for induction into the, larmed forces. ALLIES ARE PLANNINGTO MAKE DRIVE Air Force Pinch Relieved, Crucial Battle Now Draft officials estimate that Near Exploding more than 500,000 youths will be LONDON. Dec. 10.—The Al]l(‘diln this group although many have apparently set to launch | enlisted | drives against the| The groups and periods rclaunu‘ the registration of youths is| new | “Those who were born on or! by Morocco radio that|after July 1, 1924, but not after! ans and British have | August 31, 1924, shall be registered | sprung anew to the at-|on any day during the week com- | are apparently premature,| mencing Friday, December 11.1942,1 December Reports “Those who were born on or| FIRST NEWS PICTURES OF OPENING OF ALCAN HIGHWAY 'FORCES OF MacARTHUR WIN FIGHT 1Sixteen-day~§t‘ruggle Ends i in Victory-Nippons Now in Pocket | MELBOURNE, Dec. 10. — Com-~ |plete occupation of the Bona area |of New Guinea by the Allied forces, due"ted in the field by Gen.Doug- 'lus MacArthur, is announced today \nnd the Japanese have thus lost the northern anchor of the stub- {bornly defended but narrowing beachhead in Papua. Prime Minister Curtin made the first announcement of the Gona conquest in the war review at Canberra, Australia’s Capital City. |His victory news came 16 days |after the Allied Headquarters an- }nuunccd the original entry ,of the Australians into Gona Americans Strike Out | Meantime official reports show the American forces are striking at the lower end of the salient and making progress against the de- fense of the Buna village sector and a Japanese airfield. Bitter | fighting is in progress for posses- ship of mail, except that going to DNempered by a pinch for air sup- [sion of this airfleld. United States foreign countries, had “all illegal up to date.” Said the Chairman of the Judi- clary Committee: “I don’t think | the Commander-In-Chief has any | more right to censor mail between | Alaska and the United: States and | Puerto Rico and the United States | than he has to censor mail be- tween New York and California.” A bill authorizing the censorship of communications between the United States and its Possessions | and Territories is at issue. It has been recalled after being passed. Price claimed that the “mandate of the Commander-In-Chief cer- tainly includes a mandate of con- trol over the communications in or around combat areas. So far as I am concerned, I have never had the slightest doubt that it was not the intent of Congress to protect the security of communi- cations in or out of the country.” Price’s View The Director of Censorship add- ed: “Because all communications from Possessions or Territories must pass through a territory where there is possible danger of enemy interception” or must go through a combat zone, he felt that cen-' sorship of these communications was necessary for the security pur- | pose. How mail going from Alaska to the United States and from the | States to Alaska would be passing | through enemy territory was not explained. Canada could certainly not be considered combat or enemy territory. Both Gov. Ernest Gruening and Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond appeared before the Com- mittee. Van Nuys told reporters that he thought Price was “doing as good a job as anybody could do under the circumstances. Price admits that the whole system is un-Am- erican and undemocratic, but says it is necessary in time of war.” Will Investigate Emphasizing that he was voicing | a personal opinion, not the Com- mittee’s, Van Nuys said he was “going to Seattle for a long time” before he voted on the pending bill, apparently to investigate the Seattle censotship setup. Van Nuys said that Gov. Gruen- ing presented the Committee with a letter from a high Navy official of Alaska who sald there was no need of censorship between Lhef United States and Alaska. Earlier, Western Defense Commander Lieut. Gen. John L. DeWitt had said practicaly the same thing when been | POrt and a crucial battle might ex- pl lode . momentarily. | On the opposite side of Africa, | registered on |after September 1, 1924, but after October 31, 1924, shall be any day during the! not and Australian troops are cooper- ating in machine gunning and bombing attacks on the enemy po- ;ad\,ance on the military police, de- | | week commencing Friday, Decem- | ber 18, 1942, and ending I‘huridav Deczmber 24, 1942; “Those who were born on or after November 1, 1924, but uol.‘ after December 31, 1924, shall be registered on any day during the period commencing Saturday, De-! cember 26, 1942, and ending Thurs- day, December 31, 1942; ' | “During the continuance of the | present war, those who were born on or after January 1, 1825, shall be registered on the day they at- the British communique said the | Eighth British Army is “allowipg the enemy no rest in the El Ag-| heila area.” | - QUELL RIOT ATMANZANAR |that if such anniversary falls on a Sunday or a legal holiday, their registration shall take place on the day following that is hot a Sundny One Killed, Others Wound- ed at Relocation |3 it of wkAscas vosrs will be charged with providing securing | volunteer registrars = without ex-‘ WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—A guar- rel among the Japanese at the Manzanar, California, relocation center led Sunday to a clash with the military police in which one Japanese was killed, one severely wounded and nine others injured. In disclosing details of the di: turbance today, the War Depar ment and the relocation authorities blamed it on a ‘“relatively small group of evacuees.” There has been no further trouble, and the War Department as well as the relocation officials expressed op- pense to the Government, The reg- tration shall be in accordance with the Selective Service Regula- tions governing registration and substantially the same forms w111 be used. ——.————— LAND ARMY residents of Manzanar and other relocation centers are loyal to the’! United States government and the | internal security.” | During the disturbance, the relo- ' cation police were stoned and the military police were called. The military poflce also were stoned, the War Department said. Attempts to use tear gas to que]l the riot failed because of the wind,, and when the crowd continued to Wife of President Makes Report Regarding Re- cent Trip fo England WASHINGTON Dec. 10.—Creat- fying an order to halt or face gun- jon of a volunteer women’s land | fire, one volley was fired. That army to augment the nation’s ag- broke the mob up | ricultural manpower is suggested by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, report- {ing on her trip to Great Britain. Mrs. Roosevelt paid a high tribute | titude. KNO(K DOWN pans ARMY 15 | NAZIPL AN[S ORDERED BY NAZIS OF WOMEN | | inons that the “great majority of the | SUGGESTED ‘m the British for courage and for- { GIRL SCOUTS Fil . > - Four e::l-hurmg; chosen for meritorious work in building the Alcan Highway uop nicturel “wd, at attention for one hour in t:m:rrn;cu‘u o|! 15 degrees below zero during dedication on November 20 at Soldiers' Summit near Lake Kluane, ¥. T., holding the ribbon AS th.e order . v'v:e“: the Yukon Territory and Alaska. At the appointed time they held the e nds of the ribber tight while it was being clipped. r:( |m"|‘ ar;:; i; 5 right, Private A. Jalufka, Kennedy, Texas; Sergeant Maj. Alfred Sharpe, Montgomery, Alabama; Master Sergeant Andrew E. Doy r.d I‘Jm" phia, Pa., and Corporal John Riley, Detriot, Michigan. Lower picture shows loaded trucks, carrying vital supplies for Alaska plmlhflrc: y r:l 9 north after Alcan Highway was officially opened. These pictures are Associated Press photos, brought to Juneau and devel tlu: 3 erie, ?n: south to Seattle by Pan American Airways, matted and appeared in Seat tle Post-Intelligencer and ther airmailed to Juneau for The Empire. plctnres were taken ouluslvclv by The Empire s staff photographer and are the first in any newspaper. ; ) 7 Legionnaire Sons Will Meet Tonight ming, camping, weaving and hik- ing Scout Commissioner Faulkner expects to confer the regional director in Portland Ore,, relative to arranging for trained camp leader for the |the Douglas Brownies, those pres- ent were Mrs. Earl D. McGinty | who conducted the meeting, Mi | Ruby McNeil, Mrs. Eugene Nelson, | Miss Betty Nordling, Mrs. Owen ‘md Mrs. Fagerson. Sumnwr Camp Planned H I witk Ms. LAY PLANS FOR SUMMEP CAMP| sum- meet at 7:30 o'clock this evening | against seven Sons of the American Legion \\'ll“ he same meeting it was de- mer camp period. I sitions. | JAPANESE IN POCKET ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN | AUSTRALIA, Dec. 10—~The Japa- nese attempt to break out of the ‘pocket the Allied troops have ringed around them in the Gona area, |New Guinea, was beaten back | Wednesday night with 95 killed, | the Allied Command declares, Four | Japs were taken prisoner. In further patrol action, 18 en- emy were killed and three others captured. | Allied attacks have gained fur- !ther ground on the right in the Buna area and “our air units have continued an Incessant hammering attack agalnst enemy positions.” P 5 B Charges Are Made Against Many Firms ‘Electric ligflanufadur- ing Industry Alleged fo Be Consplnng WASHINGTON Dec. 10. — The | Government has accused the major | portion of the electric light manu- | facturing industry with monopoliz- |ing and restraining trade in fluor- escent lamps and fixtures by alleg- edly dividing the world market, | conspiring with public utilities and companies in controlling prices and making unlawful uge ‘of patent li- censing agreements and agency | contracts. Attorney General PFrancis Biddle made the announcement of the ae- cusation in filing a civil complaint manufacturers and two trade associations and testing laboratories in the Federal Court at Trenton, New Jersey. .- — The hill people of Haiti communi= cate with each other by means of drums. T0 DISBAND NOW LONDON, Dec. 10.—A Reuters dis- patch from Moscow quotes a Stock- holm statement saying Gen. Necken, Commander of the German troops | in Denmark, has ordered the Danish | Army disbanded. oo BUY DEFENSE STAMPS 5 in the L. A. Sturm home at 309 Sixth Street. All sons of strongly urged meeting he found that newspapers being sent to Alaska were being clipped in Seattle. Thus the Director of Censorship attempts to point out the neces- sity for censorship while, at the same time, the military leaders responsible for the military secur- 'lermmed to require that all Girl e e e - Juneau- | Scouts who wish to go to camp held | this - summer must be registered CAIRO, Dec. 10.—American pi- lots of fighter planes downed s out of seven Messerschmitts yester- day in an air battle over Rom- mel's marble arch on the landing ground west of El Agheila, an Al- lied communique announces. e . ot BUY DEFENSE BONDS are this| Leglonnaires to attend At a méeting of the uglas Girl Scout leaders, \ll:s’lgmqht at the home of Mrs.|by March 1 | Floyd Fagerson, election of a new| Senior Girl Beouts will be asked (. tnejr lights and fires at eizh leader representative on the Scout|to act as assisting camp council- ,cjock’in the evening |counc11 was held, with Mrs. Henry lors at camp this summer, Mrs e !B. Owen, Jr., being selected \\chmty said, and camp activi- With every troop represented but ties will probably include | i nave been introduced in England by William the Conqueror; the ject was to warn the public to put ob ———- - The Anbibians o A §h ping Bays Imbmd by fewer than 1,000 peum- u @hl’lstm nent residents. - - BUY DEFENSE BONDS swim (Continued on Page Three)