The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 19, 1942, Page 1

T THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LX., NO. 9219. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1942 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTH Seven Nippon Shi EFFECTIVE WORK DONE INPACIFIC Sinkings ofEanese Ves- Attacking FE;;, However, ‘Community'S'i'nrg at Christ-| sels Now Brings Total fo 155 WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. —Amer- ican submarines, relentlessly blast- ing away at Japan'’s maritime strength, sent seven more enemy ships to the bottom in recent Pa- cific actions, the Navy Department announces. The Navy listed among the prey of our undersea raiders as a large tanker, a large cargo ship, a medium sized transport, and a trawler. These vessels raised to 155 the |SNOPPers in one store. number. of enemy ships of all types successfully attacked by United States submarines. > SKIING IS NOW BEST IN YEARS, \ | | | |for the third time this month, but | the patriotically illuminated 'NEW SMASH MADE ON JAP RAF Hits German Targels Suffers Losses-Eng- land Afl Raided LONDON, Dec. 19. — The Royal Air Force turned from Italian tar- gets last night to bomb Germany TWO EVENTS ON SUNDAY ~IN JUNEAU | mas Tree-Formal Open- | ing of USO House ! | Juneaws gladsome outdoor Com- | | munity Sing, to begin promptly at ‘4 o'clock Sunday afternoon around out- | encountered bad weather and suf- | door Christmas tree at Seward and | fered heavy losses. Eighteen bomb- | Front streets, will be opened with | | ers are missing. Meanwhile several German bomb- ers were active over England early last evening and among the Kkilled in the bombing were nine Christmas Others are missing. st R COLD WEATHER IS SINKING BOATS IN SMALL HARBOR WER"ER_REPOR“EGW Council Hears Report Joe Werner, chairman of the outdoor committee of the Juneau Ski Club, said today the skiing conditions up as ‘fat as the second meadow on Douglas Island are the best in years. Skiers tomorrow will concentrate ported to the City by Chief of Police Manery Chief of Police B. H. Manery re- Council last on the slalom hill and coffee will night that the present cold snap is be served to all who turn courtesy of the Ski Club. out, causing the caulking to drop out of many unattended vessels in the Skiers are discouraged from try- ;smull boat harbor and three have ing to make the upper cabin be- already sunk. cause the snow is quite deep and Boat owners are warned to in- the Christmas hymn, “The First | Noel,” sung by a group of service men. | Directed by Lieut. Roger Christe- son, the group will lead in the com- | munity sing, copies of the song | sheets being on hand for distribu- | tion, while Mrs. Ray Nevins, of | Douglas, accompanies on the organ. | City Provides Tree The huge community tree i | was chosen, cut, hauled in | erected by city employees, who spent {much time and effort in the project. | Mayor Harry I. Lucas and Street 1Superimondcnt Bert Lybeck spotted | the ideal tree some months ago, and {have been watching it ever since. | Wiring the big conifer was carried iout by the Alaska Electric Light and | Power Company, while the patriotic red, white and blue bulbs were pur- chased by the Juneau Wom { who sponsor the annual event. | Walter P. Scott and Mrs | Lesher, club members, are in charge |of this year's festivities. USO Open House Immediately following the heart- | warming community sing, USO pat- | ronesses will be ready with open | house at the newly opened USO Jclub, to which the public is cor- ell skiing conditions are not very good |spect their ships at once,' since | 4iany invited. Hot coffee and cookies in the upper bowl. :I'héWashingtun Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON — Ever since the War Department’s announcement that Crown Prince Otto of Austria would head an Austrian Legion re- cruited in the U. S. A, officials have been buck-passing as to who okayed this idea. Unquestionably it was a sour one. Now nobody wants to take re- sponsibility. The Jugoslavs are up in arms over having the heir to the throne of the Hapsburgs pro- moted by the U. S. Government. ‘The Czechs also are in a dither. And although Prince Otto is sin- cere, hard-working and personally likable, there are not many Aus- trians or Hungarians in.the United States who want to go into battle under the banner of the old Haps- burg Empire. Inside fact regarding the scheme is that canny Cordell Hull was sour on it from the first. Mr. Hull does not believe much in kings or em- perors, also has a shrewd faculty for feeling the pulse of American public opinion. He turned thumbs down. Several of his State Department advisers also were opposed. But not Brain Truster Adolf Berle, whose brain child the plan largely was. However, the man who really put it across was FDR himself. He overruled Hull and decreed that Otto should have his chance to re- cruit an Austrian Legion. ] DISCUSSIONS AT VATICAN Since then, the Diplomatic Corps | has been buzzing with reports re- I garding the recent conference be- tween the Pope and Myron Taylor, U. S. Ambassador to the Vatican. This conference was followed by | the emphatic statement by the Catholic Archbishops and Bishops of the United States calling for unlimited support of the war. Issued by 102 members of the American hierarchy, it was one of the most sweeping endorsements of Roose- |they will be held responsible for | — |raising them and clearing the chan- | local residents will doubtles: { | ink. approved the issu- ance of liquor licens for the new year, passing on a list submitted by Clerk of the Court Robert E Coughlin. The Council also authorized the purchase of 1,500 feet of hose for the Fire Department, on the rec- ommendation of Chief V. W. Mul- vihill. Several nels if they The Council letters were read com- {plimenting the Fire and Police | departments for their cooperation with government officials in re- cent cases. AT S SRR GIFTS OF FOOD ARE 10 BE RECEIVED BY 5.5, OF N.L CHURCH As in past years, the Sunday School" of The Northern Light Pres- ‘byterian Church will receive Christ- mas gifts of foods to be sent to the Presbyterian School, Haines | House, at Haines, Alaska. Gifts are to be taken to the church where a box will be found for this purpose. The box will re- main in the church vestibule be- ginning Sunday, December 20, un- il Christmas. It is suggested that canned foods will be more easily packed and shipped. Any bute to this Haines House their gifts to Christmas gift to is invited to take the church. Rainbow Girls to Initiate Tonight; Then Xmas Party There will be an initiation cere- mony under the direction of Grace Berg, Worthy Advisor, at the Rain- bow meeting to be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Scottish Rite ‘Temple. Foilowing the business meeting, velt’s war policies so far given by |a Christmas party has been ar- the Catholic Church. Ambassador ranged, with the party program Taylor’s visit to the Vatican is gen- | erally linked with the Bishops’ Let-; ter. under the direction of Betty Bon- nett, chairman. Exchange of Christmas gifts R i The result of Taylor's d:scussions;xmo“g the members will be part has never been divulged. But in diplomatic circles it is reported that (Continued on Page Four) of the celebration, and the Worthy Advisor reminds all members to be sure to take their gifts. desiring to contri- | and be | glad of the opportunity to look over | the quarters provided for the service | men are promised to all comers, . ——— KIDS ENJOY XMAS PARTY ATCAPITOL ~ THIS AFTERNOON Juneau youngsters appeared from all directions at once early this| afternoon when the Capitol Thea- | ter opened its doors for the Elks: |Annual Christmas Party for the | |Kids of Gastineau Channel. Mcst | fv:f them carried canned goods and | |other food items and cne even |turned in a sack of sugar. | | The food will be distributed to| needy families of Juneau for the| | holiday table, placed in the baskets | and distributed by the Elks. Ad-| mission to the entertainment was free, even without the canned goods. Special movies were pro- | |vided by Manager Homer Garvin | |who donated the theater, and Santa | Claus even made an appearance with some gifts for the kids. Wil-| liam Franks was there, too. | - (MATERNITY (LASS | T0 MEET MONDAY | | The Maternity Class will meet Monday, December 21, from 2 to; 3 p. m. in the Health Center of the | Territorial Building, Public Health | Nurse Stephanie Bogdon announced. There will be a display of mmherf {and baby wardrobes. All interested | are invited to attend. The following | week “The Baby's Bath” will be the | | discussion and demonstration sub- | | ject, Miss Bogdon said. | ALASKA STAR PLANE | LEAVES FOR WESTWARD, Bound for Anchorage, an Alaska] | Star Airlines plane, piloted by Chet | McLean, with H. L. Kaesemeyer as co-pilot, left this morning for the| Westward. | Leaving on the plane were Earl McGinty, Madeline Haines, Mrs. G. E. Krause, A. C. Brandes and Hans Arp. — e —— 1 BUY DEFENSE STAMPS RODEN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF LOCAL PIONEERS Roden Henry was last night elected President of loo No. 6,} Pioneers of Alaska, at a well at-| tended meeting of the oldtimers in Odd Fellows Hall. Other offi-| cers chosen were follows First Vice President, W. O. Ca son; Second Vice President, Laughlin; Secretary, Al Zenger; | Treasurer, John Reck: Historian, Jack Langseth; Chaplain, Dean C.| E. Rice; Sergeant-at-Arms, Walter | E. Bathe; Trustee for three-year |® term, Ed MecIntyre. | Cash Cole was named Delegate- | at-large for the Grand Igloo to be held in Juneau for three days be-| ginning February 8; Delegates | named were Henry Roden, Robert | Kenny and Dean C. E. Rice; al-| ternates, Mike Seston, J. C. Hayes| and William B. Litchfield. Charles W. Carter, Past Grand President, was elected as Installing Officer for the installation of of- ficers which will be held Janua 22. An auditing committee composed of W. O. Carlson, Jack Langseth and Henry Roden will audit the books. ++ o W. Churdhili Coining Over, Says Rep@ri British Prirfié Minister Due in U. S. to Confer with President NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—A broad- cast picked up here says the Stock- holm newspaper Allehanda, quoting British quarters in Lisbon as its source, without confirmation from any other quarter, says British Prime Minister Winston Churchill intends to leave today for Washing- ton to confer with President Roose- velt. A radio broadcast from Berlin, on the air quickly, also spread out the Allehanda’s report. D Chrisfmas Party }o Be for Legion and Auxiliary Families Much as they would like to ask CLAIM OPA DAMAGING HOME FRONT Congressional Commiltee Issues Report, Warns | of Collapse | WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—A con- regsional committee blames the OPA administration policies for a “threatened breakdown on the homie front.” The committee was set year to study the problems of s business, and said that the up last all na- tion’s system of consumer goods distribution is “seriously under- mined and weakened as a result of OPA policies, a collapse of which might greatly imperil the entire ar effort.” The committee says such a col- appears inevitable unl policies are speedily lapse “these rected.” Part of the blame for conditions, | the report continues, must be shared by the War Production | Board and the Smaller War Plants |Corporation under the WPB. It| listed “price squeezing and inequi- table distribu two factors ch should be adjusted | co! as SUSPENSION "OFGASSALES. CAUSES JAMS Public Conveyances in East Bulge with Record Passenger Traffic NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. 19.— Local public transportation facilities of Eastern cities bulged with what officials expected to be a record number of passengers becaw of the suspension of gas purchases Unnecessary travellers were urged to remain’ at home during the rush hours. A strap hanger was a lucky man as most passengers considered them- selves fortunate if they were able to force their way into public ve- hicles during the rush, let alone having anything to hang onto. The Office of Price Administra- tion halted gas purchases yesterday for the average motorist in seven- A member of the WAACS who had gone A.W.0.L., pretty Kathryn Gregory, 22, was found doing a strip oy military police, A WAAC officer and r A. Hoag, “the matter will be handled This is & phonephoto. post where, according to Col. J inside our group. NEW HEAVY FIGHTING IN_ NEW GUINEAE On Thursday Alied Ring Tightens and Japs Fight Back | Furiously | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN | AUSTRALIA, Dec. 19.—The tight- ening. of Allied rings about the! trapped Japs on either side of| Buna village has developed into | heavy fighting in northeast New | Guinea, the High Command ‘an-| nounc i eaviest fighting has broken out | on the Allies’ right, the Buna Mis- | sion sector, [ Meanwhile, Allied aerial units are | keeping up unceasing attacks on| enemy ground positions. | And at the same time, Allied bombers found ‘time to pay another | visit to Portuguese Timor, where other enemy installations were at- | tacked. GUY F. ATKINSON, LEUT. ELWIN, (.M, SHEPHERD LEAVE Guy F. Atkinson, president of the Guy F. Atkingson Company, large contracting firm of San ncsco, h left for the south after making an inspection of the the public to their Christmas ccie- teen Eastern States and the Dis- work his company is doing in this bration, committee members the American Legion and Auxiliary said OPA hoped to be able to place for trict of Columbia. Leon Henderson yicinity. Mr. Atkinson, accompanied by joint Christmas party say it can't in efféct by Monday “a thorouehly jeyt. E. H. Elwin, of the U. S be done due to limited accommo- integrated plan” to replace the dras- Army Er dations. The Christmas party, to be given tic suspension. The OPA estimate placed at 7,- s office in Seattle,! Shepherd, auditor for Army Engineers' office, in M. S, and C. he U. Monday night, December 21, at 8 000000 the number of vehicles iny, "goiipe spent four days on the oclock in the Odd Fellows Hall, is for Legionnaires and their wives, Auxiliary members and their hus- bands, all veterans of World War I and the Spanish American War. Everyone attending the party is asked to help Santa Claus by bring- ing a small gift. ALASKA COASTAL - " PLANE FLIES TO | EXCURSION INLET an Alaska Coastal Airlines plane left this noon with five passengers. Leaving Juneau on the plane der, Norman D. MacLeod, Royal Kaidero and Phillip Howe. - -o - NEW YORK, Dec 19.—Beau Jack, Negro who skyrocketed out of Augusta, Ga., two years ago, won the New York version of the world's lightweight championship last night by flattening Tippy Lar- kin, of Garfie¥d, N.J, in three rounds Jack weighed 132%, Larkin 134’; |More then 18,000 jammed Madison |Square Garden, paying more than for Seattle where he will visit his their families near Seattle and re- $58,000 to see the tilt. the East that would soon be without gas if the new regulation remained in effect. In Washington where the trans-' portation system is already jammed due to the war influx, there is talk of further staggering working hours of government workers and dis- missing schools early for the holi- days as people jammed car load- ing stations at commuter bus term- inals. . EARL McGINTY TO MAKE INSPECTION OF KODIAK PROJECT Earl McGinty, who is in charge headquarters in Juneau, left this morning by plane for the West- ward to make an inspection of a government utilities project in Ko- diak. Mr. McGinty expects to return to his Juneau office as soon a possible. - >oe CHARLES FOX LEAVES FOR VISIT IN SOUTH Charles Fox, well known pioneer of Gastineay Channel, has left family for an indefinite period. job looking over the work being done. S B 5 Miss lrene Joné§ Leaves for South To Be Wed Soon Miss Irene Jones has left by steamer for Seattle where her marriage to Capt. Joe Walton, Pan American Airways, Alaska Division, will take place in the near future Miss Jones was a teacher in the Juneau grade school prior to her et ion. a short time ago which | were Charles Godfrey, D. G. Sny- of the Federal Works Agency with followed the announcement of her engagement. it SOUTH FOR HOLIDAYS rd Sawyer, who is with the Cuy F. Atkinson Company at Ex- cursion Inlet as material and sup- Jy man and formerly with the Puget Sound Light and Power Company, left for the south last it, accompanied by his brother, Staff Sgt. Royal Sawyer. The tter has been in Alaska since t March. They will visit with GO 1 turn north after the holidays. p act in a Des Moines, Iowa, theatre M.P.’s took her back to her Bomb Japs, Kiska Isle, BULLETIN — Washington, Dec. 19.—Army heavy bombers splattered Japan’s base at Kis- ka w explos s two days ago, the Navy announces, caus- ing heavy explosions and start- ing fires. feavy Liberator bombers were used in the raid, attack- ing shore installatio Yesterday, the Navy said, Flying Fortresses and 2 fighter L »d out two bombing ainst enemy installa- the Munda area in but results are n lomons, the not reported. B CONCERT BY SCHOOLS ON NEXT WEEK Utilizing trained choruses from he Juneau Grade and High School, he. Christmas Concert to be given 1t 8 o'clock the evening of Tues- day, December 22, will present umbers in the Christmas tradi ion, ranging from old folk soncs :nd hymns to semi-classical com- positions. b High school groups consisting of | Club, the Boys' and the Singing augmented by the the Eighth Grade the Girls' Glee Mixed Chorus Debs, will be 15 boys of Chorus. Arranged and directed by Mrs, Merle Janice Pitts, the program will include: Let All My Life Be Music, Music When Soft Voices Die, and Swiss Sky Song, present- ed by the Girls' Glee Club. Czechoslovakian Dance Song, and g of the London Watchman, th Bob Phillips as soloist, and The Three Ships, are numbs given by the Mixed Chorus Adrienne Glass, Marvel Geddes and Margaret Femmer form the Giris' Trio who sing Holly and the Ivy, and the Bell Song, while the Eighth Grade Boys’ Chorus and the Girls' Glee Club combine to vender Nursery Rhymes, Little Jesus Came at Eve, d Ave Maria. Sancta Maria, Hush-a-bye Baby, and Silent Night are to be sung by the Singing Debs; closing the program, the Mixed Chorus with loists Pat Fleek and Adrienne Glass will present Neighbors of Bethlehem, Angel Voices, Brother James Air, Sanctus, and Benedic- tus. The public is cordially invited to attend and listen to the vocal Merry Christmas” and music - BUY DEFENSE BONDS club express it through song 3 IN BURMA ips Sent Down By U. S. Subs . WAAC, AW.O.L., Does Strip BIG ADVAN(E MADE ACROSS INDIA BORDER aNo Immediate Report of | Whether Americans ‘ Taking Part MOV FOLLOWS WEEK OF AERIAL ATTACKS ‘o Indicalion Whether This Part of General Offensive NEW DELHI, India, Dec. 19— British troops have crossed the In- | dian border to advance some 40 !mfle& into Jap-occupied Burma. | They had reached Maundaw in | the Buthidaung area at last report, on the Bay of Bengal. The British announced that the | advance started after a terrific aer- |ial bombardment of Jap positions | between the Indian border and Akyab. The advance Is being made with- | out opposition. The Japs are with- drawing before the approaching British units; the communique states. | Both British and United States |planes have been blasting at the Jap concentrations in this region | for a week. : | Nothing in the communique would |indicate at present that this new | thrust is part of the general Allied jolrenstve . But the move has put the initiative into Allied hands tem- porarily for the first tima since | the Japs occupied Akyab last May. There was no indication of the size of the advancing British force. The communique did not disclose whether American and Chinese units are taking part in the action. | Neither was there any explana- | tion as to why the Japs are choosing |not to defend their positions built |along the border. | The monsoon period has held the India-Burma front in a state of stabilization for the last six months. DOWNMANY AXIS PLANES IN TUNISIA 14 Destroyed in Three Days | by American-British Airmen WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Stepped up aerial pounding of the Axis in Tunisia and constant bombing raids by fighters in wide sweeps have taken a toll of 14 enemy planes downed in the past three days. This is described in the War Depart- ment’s communique which stated that ground patrols have also been active along the entire North Af- rican front. Allied headquarters in North Africa also report increasing patrol | contacts between the Allied and | Axis forces, especially in central Tunisia, with impoving weather which indicates large scale fighting might soon be resumed also in the northern sector. The Allied Headquarters' spokes- man reports some small enemy mine fields have been destroyed. —— BUY DEFENSE BONDS N ;/"um g 2 i ping Bays illl @hristt%us : Sh | about 60 miles northwest of Akyab 8 hu wid %