The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 22, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LX., NO. 9221. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1942 AMERICANS IN DARING COMMANDO RAID NAZIS ARE STIFFENING | IN RUSSIA MOSCOW, Dec. 22 —German re-| sistance, marked with increasing 7 oS \ ~ M 3 SOUTHWEST PACIFIC — Gen &:ng‘;“::;s' ‘:"i?:“:gdd{'eg‘gfn‘imugms MacArthur announces our sections | i § tank, artillery and aviation, sup- i ive in which the Russians| v ?::eie‘:)ron:dnw have captured aiported by infantry, are making LONDON German large town in their smash toward | Steady headway against Buna Mis- slightly damaged England the southwest toward Rostov, Black sion Japanese positions, heavy re- districts. Four German Sea port. inforced concrete bunker-type gunned southwest English The midday communique didn" trongpoint zone and they were |district Monday afternoon. name the town which was taken overrun and a wedge driven into soidia Thumbnail of War; Frontline Briefs —By the Office of War Information Direct to The Empire | | damage on railway engines, various raiders coastal raiders | coastal AXIS MOVING MORE FORCES AIRLINER INTO TUNISIA Are Deserting Tripoli-Re- Craft Bound from Prince ,.; moving Supplies from Russia LONDON, Dec The reported moving forces from poli and diverting material from the hard-pressed 29 Axis is Tri- even CANADIAN IS MISSING George fo Vancouver Lost with 13 Aboard VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec — Keen-eyed pilots, hampered by the | weather, yesterday cri sed the but said it was the next “largest populated place” in the path of the Russians. |enemy’s main defense system. One of two main Buna Mission air- drome strips captured. Allied heav; LONDON — American communi- que says 44 German fighters |downed during Fortress and Liber- front to make an all-out fight in|and 60 miles deep, searching for a Tunisia. | Canadian Pacific airliner missing In the wake of a two-day mili- | With thirteen persons aboard Millerovo, important railroad junc- |bombers destroyed two medium tion 120 miles from Rostov, may have been the city. The Germans are rushing reserves to the middle Don front in an at- | tempt to halt the swift pace. Col.| Vatutin's legions stormed to within gyRMA—British New Delhi com- 20 miles of Millerovo yes‘bers:l)". 4 munique says fighters, escorted by The front southwest of Stalingrad | gjapneim bombers, successtully at- also is boiling anew as German arm- |, o4 Magwe, Central Burma air- ies bolster their reserves with large | & i I rome, scoring hits on runway. tank units, bringing heavier pressure | dfi Hahters to bear against the Russian thrust| . oy Broun ire enemy fighters down along the Kalmyck Swppfl_wncoumered. One Jap plane Increasing Nazi resistance was fore- |doWwned, two British planes miss- seen here, once the Axis troops|ID8: Two Jap planes unsuccessfully found a place where they could raided Chittagong. stand and fight | 7 o= i YULEMESSAGES | ARE RULED OFF| ator raid on Romilly, France, broad merchantmen at Finsohafen Har-|gavjjght. bor 70 miles up the Guinea coast| from Lae. Finschafen buildings trafed. NORTH AFRICAN COMMUNI- QUE—Enemy - raid on one of our| forward Tunisian positions beaten | off. Our patrolling fighter planes destroyed enemy bomber and fight- er without loss. | FRENCH COMMUNIQUE, AFRI CA-—French Troops, supported by RAF fighters, occupied locality | west of Kairuan despite powerful | counter - attacks. Allied bombers | raided Bizerte successfully. | CHUNGKING — American medi- ‘ jum bontbers, based western China,! CAIRO—British communique -*fl.VS; |dropped over seven tons on ware- Rommel’s forces still withdrawing | ihousos. airdrome at Lashio, upper | westward. Enemy transport bombed Burma, numerous buildings fired, (on Sirte | all American planes returned. | = | ROME—Communique claims six CHUNGKING — Japanese halted?Allmd planes downed in raids on tary conference in Hitler's head- juarters, the Axis is assembling a huge convoy in southern French ports to rush reinforcements to Rommel’s African Corps and Mus- solini’s tattered legions are report- ed to be thinking about giving up Tripolitania altogether in order to concentrate every available gun in the struggle for Tunisia A Reuters dispatch from North Africa said that Allied patrols have captured Italians from Tripoli who are trying to link up with Gen. Nehring’s Tunisian force. Indica- tions are that part of the Italian garrison at Tripoli also is moving by sea to Tunisia. - HAAS GETS | Eight planes took part in the | hunt.. | Only One Clue | The only clue was the fact that | the missing aircraft made a routine request for landing instructions as it soared over peaks of the Cascade Mountains at an altitude of 14,000 | feet Sunday night, near the end of a three-hour flight from Prince George. | Silence greeted the CPA control ‘wwer at the Vancouver airport | when it called back to give instruc- tions. Capt. Ernest Kubicek was pilot and Capt. Bill Holland was co-pilot of the missing plane. Both Kubicek |and Holland are well known in the Northland. Holland had just com- pleted two years in the the Royal Air Force Ferry mand. Kubicek was formerly a flier with the White Pass | Those Missing Others aboard the missing plane WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Christ- | after crossing Nan Lwi River with |Sirte mas messages by telegraph or ra- dio in the United States are now banned by the War Communica- tions Board, effective after yester- day, December 21.° The board revised a previous or-{can bombers followed in assault,|downed. Russians captured pflnu-!\ der that directed companies not to accept any mes- sages of greetings, felicitations or congratulations, effective Decem- ber 22, today, if they originated within the country for some other point in the Nation. The_W asl;inémn Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON Majot Robert 8. Allen on sctive duty.) [ WASHINGTON.— Young Repub- | International Harvester 58%, Ken- 2n official licaps, irked over the St. Louis GOP meeting, are pointing to what went on behind the scenes as an illustration of the major problem | the GOP faces if it is to march| back to Washington in 1944. It is’ the old, basic feud between isola- tionist-conservatives and progres- sive-interventionists. Actually, the feud flared up in- side the party several weeks be-! fore the National Committee meet-) ing when Ezra Whitla, GOP Com- mitteeman from Idaho, began lin- ing up western leaders for the Chi- cago Tribune’s isolationist candi-|{Wright 6%, International Harves- and assistant custodian date, Werner Schroeder. This was what aroused Fred Baker, the youngster who almost won out over Schroeder. Hearing of Whit- la’s activities, and being dead op- posed to any GOP backtrack to isolation, Baker came east for con- ferences with Willkie, Herbert Hoo- ver, Governor Bricker and Senator MciNary. His proposal was ‘o unite | befilnd Oregon’s National Commit-| teefnan Ralph Cake. Th the end, Baker so, impressed leaders with his own enthusiasm and-organizing ability, that they— including Cake—lined up behind him. And when the Cake-Baker contingent arrived in St. Louis they had almost, but not quite enough, votes to stop Schroeder. SURPRISE BALLOT The Schroeder contingent never realized this, however. On Satur- day before the meeting opened they counted 58 votes in their pocket, and would not believe that any could be taken away. ‘ Baker and his liberal-non-isola- tionist group caucused on Sunday morning. Even at that time some of them were ready to take Harri- son Spangler of Iowa as a com- promise, but the Schroeder isola- tionist forces were too co¢ So when the balloting opened Monday they were knoeked for a loop as Baker, the young man who came out of the west, rolled up 40 votes to Schroeder’s 40. On the (Continued on Page Four) 100 casualties. | LONDON—RAF communique says |strong force British bombers made |night attack on Duisburg. Ameri- the telegraph great damage done, numerous large |lated place another sector | waSHINGTON, Dec. 22. |fires blazing—both industrial cen- |ter, residential sections. Both raids heavy. Eleven bombers lost. 1 BERLIN—Duisburg raid admit- (ted with heavy damage done, also STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, Dec. 22. — Closing ‘quotuion of Alaska Juneau mine istock today is 3, American Can |72, Anaconda 24%, Bethlehem |Steel 55, Commonwealth and | Southern %, Curtiss Wright 6%, necott 28%, New York Central 110%. Northern Pacific 8%, United States Steel 48, Pound $4.04. JONES AVERAGES | pow, Jones averages: industrials 118.49, rails 27.27, utilities 14.10. PRICES MONDAY Alaska Juneau mine stock closed Monday at 2%, American Can closed at 72%, Bethlehem Steel 55%, wealth and Southern Common- %, Curtiss |ter 59, Kennecott 28%, New York Central 10%;, Northern Pacific 8%, 34-year-old Seattle| United States Steel 48%, Pound big birthday cake and gifts, and |84.04. | Dow, Jones averages Monday {were as follows: industrials 118.66, rails 27.43, utilities 14.17. ————— DR. GEORGE HAYS IS GIVEN ADDED DUTIES Dr. George Hays, liaison officer for the U. S. Public Health Serv- ice, and detailed to the Territorial Health Department, has been de- tailed to act also as liaison offi- cer for the Northwest Service Com- mand, whose headquarters are at ‘Whitehorse, Y.T. Amplifying his present capacity as trouble-shooter, Dr. Hays' addi- tional duties will include coordin- ating the health activities and ad- ‘]]ustlng any difficulties that might |arise in the health programs of ‘Lhe communities and the armed | forces. | After a two weeks' field trip to | Fairbanks, Anchorage, Seward, ] | Whittier, Valdez and Cordova, Dr. Hays returned to his Juneau office | ]last Sunday morning. i o > ALL FIRE IN BASEMENT 1 SENATE ROOMS BUILDING | A small fire in the furnace room |of the Senate Rooms on Lower | Franklin Street called out members |of the Juneau Volunteer Fire De- partment ea’'y yesterday evening. Little damage was done, The following are today's Dow, Anaconda 25%, | are reported to be as follows: Stewardess Edna Young of WLB POST FOR ALASKA Ed- MOSCOW—Russian communique says Russians gained another 12 to| 15 miles middle Don River sector,| 39 German transport planes . of Strawbery Hill, > REBEKAHS ENTERTAIN AT CHRISTMAS PARTY — e |the hearty good wishes of his | friends. His daughter, Mrs. Kenneth |Junge, took the cake and her two | children to offer good wishes and in the evening Mr. Carlson and ]Johnny Smith, building custodian, | {went down town for a quiet cele- bration. | Pete Carlson came to Alaska in 1896, when he went to work in the Treadwell Mine. The Goldsteins were residents here at that time, he recalled, and also many otheri oldtimers who have now passed on. Besides prospecting trips to Daw- | son and to Atlin in 1898 ‘and 1899, Mr. Carlson has spent most of his| life on the Channel. | Three children, %1 Ludwig Nelson), Kenneth Junge), Ed Bach, were raised here, Carlson said, and there are grandchildren, “two apiece.” In compliance with the dential announcement that enlist- | ments would be open for the U. S.| Coast Guard, U. S. Navy and U. S Marine Corps for a limited period, Vivian (Mrs. Winifred (Mrs, and a stepson, Mr. | six monton. A. E. Smith, A. Schroeder, of Milwaukee. Capt. Ker, of Seattle. BERLIN — Communique admils}gaieq gythority to rule all wage and g, Russians attacking with strongest|cojary adjustment case in Alaska | W, M. Scharfe and Reg. Battye defense front in middle Don area.|tracts Division of the Department | [Later reports are that the plane TR B g ¥ of Labor, was heard to be in difficulties In |MILDRED R. HERMANN, ing of the Territorial representative, liner was due at the Vancouver the WLB says, to a WLB Advisory | airport. | three representatives of the public, Mildred R. Hermann, Director for | three employers and three labor D. C. where she conferred with |decisions of Haas on its own in- W | itiative. | M“'h Hesmann ““d been i | of Labor by Walter Sharpe, and has town visitors will be guests of the from' her Juneau headquarters for Rebekahs at their Christmas party tle waiting for transportation. | There will be a tree for the children, ” —— and entertainment for the |PETE CARLSON HAS < GIVEN TONIGHT | change, not to exceed 50 cents in cost. | | Peter Carlson, beloved oldtimer sung by the sweet young voices of grade and high school students, will. ACA MAKES TRIP: |78th birthda esterday with a | v 4 | The Girls' Glee Club, the Boys Io SITKA AND | Mixed Chorus, the Singing Debs program with old country folk num- Passengers leaving Juneau yester- bers, Christmas carols and hymns, day afternoon with Alaska Coastal and directed by Mrs. Forrest N.| Returning to Juneau were Clar- Pitts, musical instructor. ence W. Sowers, Leonard Johnson, This morning Alaska Coastal Air- DURING THIS MONTH X CHRISTMAS TREES | Presi- of Alaska may enlist in the U. S.| OChristmas has arrived at the | Coast Guard during the month of Baranof Hotel and the Gastineau —_———————— decorated with gay colored lights (end silver icicles. (oNvENIENT | Members of the hotel staffs and |B. 0 The | Mrs. E. Herron, address unknown. | concentrations, including tanks, |y, 5 Territorial representative of |hoth of Vancouver. | He is Michael J. Haas, of Juneal. | the Stave Lake area, 35 miles east OPA DIRECTOR, BACK Board which will consist of nine - OPA in Alaska, returned today from | men. |the heads of OPA in the National Hass Wis resenitiy Yitadtoq for the last two months, the last ten | S0 PRI BECE e H to be held tomorrow night at 8:30 as well as adults. Each guest is - HIS T8TH BIRTHDAY of the| | be heard tonight in the High School |and the Eighth Grade Chorus of EX(URSION mlfl |and semi-classical selections. Airlines for Excursion Inlet, were B |Harvey A. Mahaffey, Arthur Ladd, AMSKANS MAY ENUST lines made a flight to Sitka with a ' INHOTEL LOBBIES word has been received at the local | December by application at head- Hotel, both of which have ceiling guests assisted with the decoration ; N. Staurt, of Vancouver. | War Labor Board says it dt‘lv-‘ Mrs. B. Stouse, of Pinchilake, | have succeeded breaking into our|the wage, Hour and Public Con-| Two others, names not given Appeals may be taken on any rul- of Vancouver, one hour after the FROM TRlP TO (Ap"Al'members appointed by the WLB, trip to Washington,| The Advisory Board may review Qapita | the post of Territorial Commissioner Odd Fellows and invited out of days of which she spent in Seat- | o'clock in the Odd Fellows' Hall. reminded to take a gift for ex- 1 A carnival of Christmas carols Territorial Building, celebrated his 3gymnasium at 8 o'clock. 15 boys’ voices will contribute to the Ry The program has been arranged Joe Pinkston and C. M. Espedahl. G. R. Tsaak and Irven Hagman I" u_ S. (oAs' GUARD | capacity load of mail flndvcxprchs. GAY, COLORFUL Coast Guard office that residents jEEp vs MfilE | quarters in Ketchikan 'high spruce trees in the lobby » | COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, It’s a jeep versus mule argument’ + that rages among soldiers of Camp/ KANSAS CITY—No one likes ac- & ':‘]" 1"::’ :" b';"‘ fatels a0 d Carson artillery pack units. | cidents, but Carl Thomas and Wal- | :‘l)::s w‘;‘rem:“ “‘;‘d ;‘f“;y ;“8;?- The soldiers are seeking a spot, ter Garland think they picked a| * Y. bystanders on nearby Pikes Peak, where they pretty good spot for theirs. | can test the respective climbing When the steering gear of their ability of the famed Army mule car failed, they overturned in front and his new cousin, the motorized of a hospital. They climbed out of ‘jeep, | the wreck, walked in for treatment i |will put. up its tree and decora- tion will. be completed tomorrow. NI BUY DEFENSE BONDS B. ! moonlight above s | downed, WEDNESDAY NIGHT | ildren | This evening the Juneau Hotel 'Anaconda Company Men Charged with Supplying U. . FORCE IN THRUST [ | | | | Defective Wire fo Army} ONBIZERTE WASHINGTON, Dec. 22--Attor- General Francis D. Biddle an- nounces that a Federal grand jury at Fort Wayne, Ind, has indicted the Anaconda Wire and Cable Com- pany, of Marion, Ind, and five of |its officers with conspiracy to de- fraud the government They are charged with “false claims on production issuing and Russian | rugged coastal area, 80 miles wide |0 gale of wire and cable to the armed forces for combat communi- cation purposes.” Biddle declares: |the most reprehensible cases of de- frauding the government ever to |come to the attention of the De- partment of Justice.” He said the defendants “secretly installed” behind sliding panels and under test tables, mechanisms which enabled them to pass in- ferior materials. | Defendants are Thor S. Johnson, {mille; Frank E. Hart, of the MUNICHIS BOMBEDBY RAFFLIERS LONDON, Dec - British bombers smashed at Munich last night, dropping a “great weight” of bombs and starting many fires in the second successive night raid | jon the Reich. | | Clouds hampered the bombers ‘and German fighters rose to battle the Allied raiders in the the cloud layer. two German fighters were The British lost 12 “This is one of 22 bright | Only bombers. The loss indicated a. heavy at-| tacking force. It was the first blow | struck at Munich since September 119, | | Although details of the 1,300-mile | |round trip were not immediately |disclosed, it is assumed that the great locomotive sheds at Munich ! were targets in line with the Al- lied ‘program to cripple rapid trans- portation to Italy. Munich has been hit four times | before in major attacks. The Germans, describing the raid, issued the following commu- nique: “A small number of high ex- plosive and incendiary bombs were dropped in the region of Munich. | |A hospital was destroyed” The | Nazis acknowledged some casual-' ties, | - J. K. McALISTER AND MISS C. McALISTER RETURN FROM SOUTH J. K. McAlister and his daughter, | Miss Carolina McAlister, returned today from Seattle where they have !becn for the last month. | Mr. McAlister, who went South | for medical care and was in Proyid- ience Hospital in Seattle during his | absence, is much improved in health. Miss McAlister, on leave from the | nursing staff of St. Ann’s Hospital, went South with her father to care | for him on the trip. WHITE ELEPHANT PARTY GIVEN TONIGHT BY OES At the Christmas party for mem- bers of Eastern Star and their escorts, to be given tonight im- mediately following the initiation at 8 o'clock, “white elephant” gifts will be featured Monstrosities and the unusables, * combed from one’s own home or basement and not under any cir- cumstances to be purchased, will be exchanged, to the great merriment of the recipients. All those attending are reminded | to contribute their “white elephant,” and perhaps an extra ong or two would not be out of order. .- “PAL” TH LE IN NAVY Karl al” Thiele, son of Mrs. Karl Theile, clerk of the Wrangell Selective Service, has enlisted in |the Navy at Seattle, Marion division of Aanaconda; Don of the superintendent plant; Chalmer Bishp, chief of the inspectors for the company; Frank Kunkle, assistant chief inspector. Tom Clark, chief of the Justice Department’s war fraud unit, told reporters that Russia has com- plained that practically 50 percent of the wire manufactured by this Carpenter, Marion Take Part in Hif and Run | Foray-Rommel’s Army Now Near Tripoli LONDON, Dec. 22.—A scmmando raid in Tunisia in which Americans |are reported to have participated | stabbed within five miles of Bizerte in a hit-and-run foray last week, Reuters News Agency reports. In the report on American par- ticipation in the raid, Reuters didn't say that it was not confirmed. It was made in a London Telegraph Reuters dispatch, datelined from Africa “With Lieut. Gen. Anderson's Army in Tunisia.” It said the landing was made in company and shipped to Russia is defective “I can conceive of nothing more treacherous than deliberately sup-| plying our armed forces with de- fective war material,” Clark said. “I am informed that only the alertness of governmen\. inspectors and the promptness which the war | WITH THE RCAF ON THE PACIFIC COAST, Dec. 22.—The Royal Canadian Air Force has disclosed that one of its planes operating hundreds of miles off the Alaska coast damaged & Jap sub with a 500-pound bomb, then summoned naval units which finished off the undersea craft. The date of the action was not revealed. R INLAND PORT OF PENETRATE GERMANY POUNDED ™o 8i6 Raips NEW GUINEA The British Royal Air Force j A p l ' N E s pounded Germany’s great inland port of Duisburg, at the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers Sun-, ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN day night and this was followed l’Y‘AUSTRALIA, Dec. 22.—A general swift daylight raid by American attack, supported by tanks, artil- Plying Fortresses which daredlery and aviation has driven a warms of German fighters and wedge into the main defense sys- pentrated deep into occupied tem of the remaining Jap positions France. |on New Guinea. The official communique of the! At the same time, Allied heavy American Headquarters said that pombers pounded the harbor of a “strong force of our bombers at- Finschafen, more than 150 miles tacked the industrial objectives of to the northwest, destroying = two Duisburg in clear weather and a medium-sized cargo vessels, bright moonlight night. The attack was concentrated and many large fires were left burning. Eleven planes were lost in the Duisburg operations.” | Germans Admit Damage | The German High Command ad- mitted heavy explosives dropped on| Mrs. T. J. Scott, wife of a Ju- industries did great damage and|D€8Y non-commissioned naval of- further explosives were loosened, “;";r' thu‘mc" 2 cha:ge Dri:“:ol:ln especially on the residential sec-!:ec:‘o’; w’:f:m‘::ewe”t:f:i"g “m; tions and public * buildings. Th"iwoundmg of het husband, has bee* German broadcast also said the| rejegsed from the Federal Jail after population sustained losses. Rail- | posting $1,000 bail. way engines and other targets were No date has yet been set for a hit by the intruders” «| preliminary hearing in the case, U. s kit iiin 3 S. Commissioner Felix Gray said | The bail was formerly set at $2,500, LAST RITES FOR MISS o 2 | but was reduced yesterday. BENSON HELD TOMORROW | gt £ Funeral services for Cora Doris| Govermnens. sospiias Decorver 17, ORIFFITH NORDLING, - KEITH REISCHL, HERE will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock at the Charles W. Carter Chapel,| with interment in the Evergreen! Cemetery. The Rev. Walter S. So-| Griffith Nordling, son of Mr. and boleff will read the service. Mrs. Homer Nordling, and Keith Reischl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reischl, both of whom have been attending the University of Wash- Miss Benson, who was a well known dressmaker and tailoress in ington, arrived by steamer today from the South. fraud unit of the ¥BI investigated heavy seas and the commandos vented enormous quantities of d"'itrom the daring foray at the core fective wire and cable from reach-|,¢ the Nazis' last stronghold in ing our troops overseas.” North Africa. (the news that Rommel's army is | reported only 100 miles from Trip- oli, apparently planning to continue |all the way west to Tunisia to join the Allies there. The commandos had to “swim for it,” their commander reported, but p ‘lowu were light because the land- OFF AlASKA lasted for several days, he said, and |the ralders had to take away & heach position, from the enemy, bat- | tling along 15 miles which the Ger- posts. | “We found this out when we | bumped into. them,” the command- |er related. “We were under heavy |ceeded in killing a number of Ger- ‘mans. They showed no inclination to come out even when they shot us up.” the complaints in this case pre- have just returned to their base | The news of the raid came with SENI DOWN with other German forces battling ‘lng was unopposed. The invasion mans held with strong machine gun \fire from these guns but also suc- DTRACLEL W O NS (By Associated Press) MRS, T. J. SCOTT IS RELEASED ON BAIL W formerly did sewing for Halvorsen's shop here. She was well thought of and respected in poth Juneau and Skagway, and leaves many friends in both | cities. - LEONARD HALL RETURNS Leonard R. Hall, ‘Area Super- visor for USO in the Northwest, returned today from Ketchikan | after being away from his Juneau headquarters for some time Mr. Hall has been in towns in the southern end of the division | 10“ USO business. l .