The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 29, 1942, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LX., NO. 9226. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, l)l (I~MH R 29 |‘)4) MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY MILITARY SHOWDOWN IN TUNISIA NEARS FBI Agent Aleutian Fliers Await Turn | SHOOTDOWN TWO FELONS IN ROUNDUP Trap Gang in Chicago--Had‘ Escaped in Ocfober from Prison CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—The “Ter- rible Touhy” gang, described FBI Chief Edgar Hoover as “most vicious and dangerou country has ever had’ smashed by the FBI last night and early today. Two of its members| were killed and five were captured The announcement of the round- up in which not a single FBI man was injured, despite the gun-bat- | tle in which two of the felons were | slain, was made by Hoover. Hoover has been in Chicago where the gang was rounded up since last Sunday. The seizure rep- resented a week's careful planning and timing. | Fscaped in October The gang has been hunted since October 9 when ltoger Touhy, lead- er of the gang that ruled Coica- go's northwest gang circles in the prohibition era, and six others, fought their way out of the State- ville penitentiary near Joliet. Touhy and his first lieutenant, by the | the l vCommued on Page Three) The Washington| Merry - Go-Round | By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert S. Allen on active duty.) | WASHINGTON — The President | has just received an informal but very pointed report from Ed Pauley, 1 Secretary of the Democratic Na-| tional Committee, on why the Demo- crats lost so many Congressional seats in the last election. Using this report as their text, several Democratic leaders on Capi- tol Hill are planning to deliver a frank but friendly lecture to the, President on the subject of better | cooperation with Congress and the | party. | Here are the results of the survey: | No. 1 — Reason for Democratic | losses was the failure of labor to go| to the polls. When labor has a fuil dinner-pail, Democratic leaders con- clude, it doesn’t vote. No. 2—Rationing. Although Hen- w derson (who has resigned), was not } to blame for rationing, he got the | blame just the same. No. 3-Unrest and d\ssansfflcflor with the war effort, the Roosevelt | Cabinet, plus Jesse Jones' delays on | synthetic rubber. No. 4—Bureaucracy. Republicans made a big issue of this, and the ! issue struck home. NOTE: Shrewd Speaker Sam Ray- | burn, who probably knows more about politics and human nature than anyone on Capitol Hill, was| told by Governor Olsen of California that if the North African invasion bad been started a few days earlier, | the Democrats would have won. Ray- burn replied: “I was in Congress in | 11918 when we were winning. And a | few days after the election, Ger- many caved in completely. Yet we lost the House. So when people get down on things, no matter what the military victories, they take it out on the party in power.” WILLKIE'S STOLEN FLOWERS Only about three people in all Russia know it, but the flowers that | Wendell Willkie presented to the ballerina in Moscow were stolen. She knew the kiss he gave her was stolen, but to this day she does not | know about the flowers. What happened was that whem Willkie went to see the famous Rus- sian ballet, he had no idea that he | should or would give flowers to the Jeading lady. In fact, he didn’ t | think of it until about the middle of the first act. Then he didn't know where to get the flowers. Flowers in war torn Moscow are | not easy to come by. You can get caviar in Moscow, or even cham- pagne. But in a city which has been within earshot of Hitler’s guns, which has been crowded with troops (Continued on Page Four) Dressed in heavy clothing, the members of a B-24 bomber crew await their turn to take off from a base in the Aleutian Islands, close to the hp base at Kiska. Thumbnail of War; Froniline Briels —By the Office of War Information Direct to The Empire TUNISIA - Allied ground forces northwest of Stalingrad. Reds cap- { are carrying out vigorous patrol ac- Muxo important heights at Slaun- tions in the forward areas of the | grad, northern Tunisian battlefront fol- | lowing new American Flying Fort- resses’ raids on Sousse. Press dis- patches said at least one Axis ship was blown to bits, others were hit and docks, the Tunisian port. LONDON — Vichy radio announces that Fight- ing French and British forces have entered French Somaliland. CAIRO--British communique - ports British Army has overtaken rear guards of Rommel's Africa Corps at Bei Ef Chebir, 40 miles west of Sirte. AUSTRALIA—Today’s commuigue reports that Jap naval craft, pre- sumably subs, shelled Allied posi- tions at Buna Village, New Guinea, last night and the Japs attempted to break out of their entrapped positions but were repulsed by the Allied forces who drove a deep wedge into the Japanese zone. AUSTRALIA—Allied planes raid- ed Jap base at Rabaul, New Britain, probably destroyed many Jap planes, lalso attacked Jap airport at Gas- | mata, New Britain; Laivai and Fuil- oro on Timor Island; also runway | at Finscher, New Guinea. NEW D 3l - ital of Japanese occupied Thailand, also naval dock, large arsenal and powder factory and airfieid. All American planes returned safely to bases. WASHINGTON—Navy announces that Army P-38s attacked Jap nest of installations at Kiska, Alaska. Two planes were lost but one pilot | was rescued. SOLOMONS-—Jap bivouac area on | | Guadalcanal attacked by bombers. | Jap airfield at Munda also bombed RUSSIA—Soviet Army, shatter- ing desperate German counter-at- tacks continue to roll forward and ! pushed 15 miles closer to Kotelni- kovski, 90 miles southwest of Stalin- | grad. A thrust northward across the lower arm of the Don Bend would unite the forces with the middle Don forces, thus pocketing 300,000 Germans. Twenty-four Ger- man transport planes shot down lon the streets. | shot down seven planes. | several strategic heights southwest warehouses blasted at | r The Nazi controlled | RED FORCES | ENCIRCLING | NAZIHORDES | | i | | 1 Russians Have Trapped, | Large Force-Terrific Struggle Looms | MOSCOW, Dec Vatutins’ Russian South have thrust along a 300-mile {ront, fanwise, from Novaya Ka-| |1itva, just south of Rossosh on the | |edge of the Ukraine, to Kichkino, | “l |deep in the windswept Kalmyck | | steppes, where this front cuts acros: i‘fi | the Stalingrad-Tikhoretsk Railway The Russians are reported smash. |ing through the Nazi cuter de fens to capture Nagolny, three ml]es south of Kotelnikovski, where | | ‘he Germans are braced for a ter- | vific struggle. Close in 3 Sides i | The Russian onsurge has closed | |in on three sides of Kotelnikovski, | |an important rail line citadel, and | stand astride some highways of es- | |cape at the rear. Located far in the rear of this Russian arc of steel is Field Marshal von Bocks and 22 Nazi divisions which remain surrounded before Stalingrad with- | in the encirclement. | The Russians daily report draw-. ing tighter this huge force whicii lis still capable of furious resistance, | Russian dispatches indicated. It howed no signs of sudden weak- lening but it is supplied by air {only ! | The Russians reported shooting |down German transport planes like clay pigeons. Battlefront dispatches dnsumonJ ;(he corridor of the Red Army, {driven *between this trapped force lof the main German Army, as |growing wider daily, while the Russians expanded their hold across the middle of the Don Steppes, along the Stalingrad- Liknaya rail line. JAP SUBS ~ ATTEMPT | \ Col. Gen.| Armies of the| 29. repulse German counter- ~at- tacks, wrecked nine Gérman tanks, In Cau asus, Soviets captured big town, of Nalchik. Millerovo, important rail junction north of Rostov is virtually encircled. e FIGHTING ‘French Sorfialifand in Eastf | | American based | ° | bombers attacked Bangkok, the cap- ) FRISCO IS FlAG OVER fiBuna Vlllage Shelled for D“BOU" Five Hours - Allies Drive Further On ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, Dec. 29.—Jap war- ships, probably submarines, shelicd |Buna village for five hours before daylight today as Allied troops drove deeper into enemy holdings LONDON, Dec. 29.—The DeGaulle jon New Guinea. Headquarters announces that French | It was the first naval shelling Somaliland in East Africa has by the Japs there. The communi- aligned itself officialy with the;que said little damage was inflict- | Fighting Prench and the Croix de ed on the Allied encampment Lmraine flag of the Fighting French | At the -same time, it was an- s today flying over Djibouti, where | nounced that Aflied aerial assault| ” was run up to the top ,of the iy the Rabaul area was particu- taff last night. larly successful. Three direct hits G e VI by 500-pound bombs probably de- | stroyed a large Jap cruiser. A large transport which was hit the before was seen keeled over. —— . STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 29. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | EA TH KE | stock today is 3'2, American Can 71, | Anaconda 24', Bethlehem Steel | 56%, .Commonwealth and Southern 7/30, Curtiss Wright 6%, Interna- tional Harvester 59, Kennecott 28, | — Earthshocks are reported in New York Central 10%, Northern | widely scattered parts of San|Pacfic 8%, United States Steel 47, Francisco, having taken place at|Pound $404. 11:18 o'clock this forenoon. Up to 2 o'clock this afternooh no eports of damage had been re- eived at the central office of the Associated Press. o # There was little commotion ! among those in office buildings andi Safety tips for war workers are stores and very little excitement now being published by the U government, Africa Now Affiliated with Allies fma or W 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. of i in pr th DOW, JON AVERAGES = | | The following are today’s Dow. | Jones averages: Industrials, 118.40; rails, 26.88; utilities, 14.22. h day p'and elsewhere) are rum nbli | lems |shortage of physicians and dentists to care for civilians, in Washington. The whole as off the record, pal speaker at the closing 1anks, failrly yanked the molars ou en the profession. lic the armed forces. S. | 1.000 | ported here and in states hardest s Smash Terrible Touhy Mobsters Finalists in Rose Bowl Queen Contest These seven Pasadena Junior Coliege co-eds were chosen finalists in the annual Reose Bowl Queen con- test, and from among their number one was nam d Queen, with the remaining six comprising her court. Left to right: Patricia Taylor, Barbara Turner, Ruthanna Miller, Esther O'Connell, Mary Feddersohn, Mildred Miller, and Lorraine Brown. Mildred Miller was finaly named 1943 Queen. She is 18 and a honey Gen. Sandman in Charge DELEGATE ROASTING (ENSORS Confinues His Plea that| Obnoxious Situation Be Ended Now WASHINGTON, Dec. 28-—Dele- gate Anthony J. Dimond, in a state- ment today, said he believed there is no justification in ship of “written or printed mater- ial going frem the States to Alaska or from Alaska to the States.” Delegate Dimond continued hy ying the “situation in Alaska fs| not comparable to Hawaii, where a good many thousands of Japanese ! are still citizens of Japan and who ineligible to become citizens of United States, in Alaska similar to the Virgin are the tions in Pyerto Rico or lands. thos Is Seund Argument “Therefore any argument based on necessity of censoring written r printed communications between the United States and Hawail, Puerto Rico or the Virgin Island is wholly irrelevant when you con- sider censorship between the Unit- ed States and Alaska.” Combat Zone—Nuts Delegate Dimond sald it is true| the Japanese are still in possession of the westernmost Aleutians and| - 4 I'xh-ulswd by 60 hours of continuous fighting: n\aamst Axas toregs the western desert of North Africa, the crew of a New Zealand tank sleep on the sand beside their vehicl The tank, American-made, named “Towd.” This is an official New Zealand picture. lonie Front Healin combat zone" the been declared a but he asserted that neither presence of Japs on the mere declaration the territory “combat area” proves that v written or printed communi- (ull(nl going to the States from any more likely*to be Lamod by the enemy than a imilar communication between two Hazards Now: Daclors And Denfists Are Scarce ;- hit by enlistments and the untary draft” of medical men, ratio is rapidly approaching s thay doctor to ea.h 3,000 persons into prob- growing the e No Common Sense The Delegate said “it is really absurd that the actions of censors in the past gives good ground for censorship and 1 doubt the sound- ness of their judgment. In fact, the censors in the past have been 0 lacking in good common sense on the question that it makes me ¢ certain of my own position the right of urgilz that all cen- orship of mail going to or from hould be ended.” D WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. ay break forth any minute ie of the major manpo of the war— the Compare this with apportioni in the military forces of one me cal man to approximately 135 That doesn’t mean, of course, that every physician has only 135 men to look after. With specialists, sur- geons, etc, devoting themselves to special treatments, every Army or Navy doctor’s brood is much larger than that. Nor is there any «quar- rel with giving the fighting ultimate in medical care. recently met busingss but the princi- Topflight dentists ssior civilian topnotcher in the denta! \aska the military men for their raids n HORSE RETURNS HOHOKUS-"-Hohokus has offigi- ally recognized gas rationing. The borough council has ordered hitch- ing posts set up in front of public library and in the shopping area 1) According to figures made pub here recently, about one-third all the’ able-bodied physicians the country texclusive of non acticing phy ns and most ose over 85) now serving point thai somehow the A of the home front must b too, and that the 35,000 wre or less) physicians left in ivilian practice are just about &b- slute minimum, provided they were equably distributed in all states, cities and defense centers, which they aren't | The is heal pt ke up, f are If there is s the ratio persons, any state left that of one doctor to it hasn't been re- and the largest users of copper (Continued on Page ‘Vl‘wo)fi | teaq. the censor- | Kiska nor American fruit growers are among | TWG SIDES LINING UP FORBATTLE | Sharp Clashes Reported by Allied Pairols with Axis Units | AIR ASSAULT ON BASES OF ENEMY CONTINUING tish Eigh;h_Army Keep- ing Up Chase of Mar- shal Rommel’s Forces LONDON, Dec. 29.—Sharp clashés | reported by Allied patrols probing | Axis positions and continuous air ‘x.muulls on enemy bases indicated | today that the hour might be ap- ‘proachlng for a military showdown in Tunisia. Torrential rains which held up large scale actions in Tunisia Monday | are easing today but the ground is | still slippery and muddy to the east i‘" the huge North African battle- | front. Meanwhile, the British Eighth | Army’ has advanced well beyond Sirte in thé chase of Marshal Erwin | Rommel and his scampering forces. A broadcast from Rome, picked up in London, says the Italian High Command insists the Axis forces have dispersed Allied armored units |in lpcal actions in Tunisia. A British submarine has been sunk in the Mediterranean, the Rome | broadcast asserts, also that Axis subs have destroyed several cargo ships and a corvette in a two-day running battle on an Allled convoy bound from England to North | Africa. | Bri D U.S. PEACE - AIMSGIVEN ~ BYWALLACE nor are condi- "Administra%{\_ Attitude Is Formation of World Council WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.— Vice President Henry Wallace proposed world council to preserve peace -AL('T the war, leaving purely re- |'mnal problems in regional hands, in an address commemorating the !birthday of Woodrow Wilson. He made what'is regarded as a pital major Administration pro- | souncement of post-war plans and policies and suggested as a guiding principle for the international or- anization after the war the “max- imum home rule that can be main- ned alonz with minimum cen- tralized authority that must come nto existence to give the necessary steetion,” In discussing what to do with the defeated nations, he advocated nol only military, but “psychologi- al disarmament.” This would in- clude “supervisicn or at least in- section of school systems in Ger- ar and Japan to undo as far »5 possible the diabelical work of Hitler and the Jap war lords in peisoning the minds of the young.” | President Roosevelt was consult- led in advance of the' delivery of he speech and the Office of War nformation ten days ago called it an “important address on the guestion of peace and post-war | problems.” 42051 11 0 SN TIDES TOMORROW 26 feet.’ 14.1 feet. the | Low tide—0:41 am, High tide—7:11 am, Low tide—1:33 pm., 46 feet. High tide—T7:18 pan., 121 feet. IR RS R BUY uEFENSE BONDS .