The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1943, Page 6

PAGE SIX HOME FRONT . - . Gas rationing; sugar,-coffee, meat curtoilment; blackouts; fuel shortage; bigger taxes; scrap drives; less ‘home supplies. AP News Editor Picks PRODUCTION FRONT .. ¢ Women take over “men TRANSPORTATION FRON . Vessels armed; subs only” jobs; wage stabilization; swing shift; conversion; take severe toll; Kaiser sets re-ords; railroads carry priorities; manpower control; records smashed. greatest load; civilians told to stay home. ¥ BATTLE FRONT . . . Army doubles size; Navy girdles globe; air raids on Europe; Bataan, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadafcanal; attack in Africa. JUNEAU GOES said: “Happy New Year—nuts to |1842” and then went to the cot | and turned in. week ‘ TOKYO IS BOMBED (April 18) —The Germans took FDR strictly A “SECOND FRONT” IS OPENED (Nov. 7)—At the very moment ® at his word when they broadcast that Tokyo had been bombed l‘ discussion of a second front was at white heat, the greatest am- by American planes based on Shangri-La. And Shangri-La it remains. h The 12 Biggest News ~ Stories of Past Year By CHARLES HONCE Associated Press News Editor HE big news as 1942 closed is that the United Nations are on the offensive on virtually all fronts. In Russia, in Africa, in the Southwest Pacific—in the air, on land and on the sea—the Allies are beginning to crowd the Axis in the first real show of concerted global strength. phibious expedition in history, involving 850 ships, a vast American Army accoutered with 700,000 articles of war, was converging on North Africa to make-it a fact. This invasion, combined with Britain's smash of Rom- mel, gives the United Nations a springboard for a European attack. North African aftermaths saw Germany occupy the rest of France and the scut- tling of most of the French Navy. 2 AMERICA TAKES OFFENSIVE IN PACIFIC—When the Navy re- ® leased the blood-chilling pictures and story of Pearl Harbor, Am- erica already was secure in the knowledge that the sneak attack had been avenged, that the Japanese had suffered a series of disastrous defeats climaxed by the destructive Solomon Islands engagement (Nov. 13-15), and that American forces were on the offensive on Guadalcanal and in New Guinea. American victories in the Coral Sea and Midway battles were previous omens of Pacific recovery RUSSIA HOLDS AND COUNTER-ATTACKS--On September 30 7 AMERICA GOES ON WARTIME ECONOMY--One cup of Co?fee ® a day perhaps may epitomize America’s conversion to a wartim basis, with every citizen touched by a vast system of price controls, wage stabilization and rationing, accompanied by zooming taxes. An incidental phase was the passing of the WPA. SABOTEURS EXECUTED (Aug. 8)—Six of eight Nazi saboteurs ® who came ashore from German submarines, paid for their daring in the electric chair in Washington, to bring to a close one of the most extraordinary incidents of the war. EDDIE RICKENBACKER RESCUED (Nov. 14) "I never lost faith ® and knew he would be rescued.” Those were the words of Mrs Eddie Rickenbacker when news came of the captain's rescue in the South Pacific. The man who always comes back had done it again. 10 DIEPPE IS RAIDED (Aug. 19)—The tragically punishing Ca- '® nadian Commando raid on Dieppe was one of the most spec- CHEECHAKO AS 1943 ARRIVES Quiet Greeting Given New Year on Streets-Differ- ent, However, Inside Juneau went cheechako last night. Yep, when 1943 came in, there But indoors, the celebration was different, that is, where the cele- brants were gathered. Toasts were drunk, hands were shaken, backs = were slapped, greetings by word of mouth were spoken and the scene was different from that on the outside. In many homes, parties were in progress and as 1942 slipped across the deadline and 1943 bounced across, “Happy New Years” were exchanged, glasses lifted and “Here'’s to Ho expressed. The welcome to the new year 30 Hitler shouted that Stalingrad was a city “which we shall take; |tacular single incidents of the war and a dress rehearsal for the future you may depend on it.” But the Fuehrer was wrong again. The Verdun | America learned that some of her sons had gone along of World War II held through four terrific months of Nazi assault, and 3 SU! : g b " then almost from its battered buildings came an amazing Russian offen- 1 Mo o e e s ROPE-—The British have a bomb they call | were tooted. Several shots rang sive that spread like wildfire along the vast Russian front i Do s atend (uded by he Breg pronidy inighic SE@RIIENY |6 s fhatl hetfes e nagioi hoiix. of air power, they have been pulverizing German and Italian cities in de- | midnight and down in the Twelfth 4 JAPAN CARVES OUT AN EMPIRE—After mouthing about its vastating raids. But the worst is yet to come. American heavy bombers |gtreet district, & bunch of fire. . ® Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity sphere for years, Japan set out and fighters, once damned as inadequate, have proven their superiority | crqckers blasted the at: her | forcibly to win it, and did. In a few short months the Nipponese over- and are piling up for a concentrated air offensive | A e | 4 but otherwis r - ran the whole of the South Pacific and were battering at the gates of 12 BOSTON'S FIRE TRAGEDY (Nov. 28)—A tiny match flame in | pration mn:ech:s:mr;mm e Australia. High spots in this sweep of conquest were the fall of stra- ° 2 strali ) the hands of a 16-year-old busboy touched off a fire in a Boston | Sourdou i tegic Singapore, the stubborn American resistance at Bataan, and Gen. night club that claimed the lives of nearly 500 merrymakers. | cabin dooil:s' sl:::::‘:gmz; L::i:: MacArthur’s escape to Australi: A pe us! a Surely one of the most unusual news stories was Premier Stalin's|and went back to the table and was absolutely different from those of former years when the A.J. whistle and whistles from all craft ° in the channel were pulled and tied down for several minutes. Shots were fired generally, auto horns kept up a roar and “Happy New Year” rang out on the air from those on the streets. Perhaps its being wartime was responsible for the quiet celebration. Yep, Ju- neau went cheechako last night. A year ago only Russia had taken the offensive at Rostov. Else- where the United Nations few fewer than today's thirty — were suffering a series of tragic and humili- g ating defeats . [ A year spurred by the vast productiveness of America, the dogged defense of Russia and British block-busting air raids—has seen the tide turn In a general sense there was only one big story this year — the war. Almost every happening of mo- ment was tied up directly or indirectly with the main event. Likewise, there were so many.stories of an important or dramatic nature that even by was not a whistle blown, not a bell |rang out and few if any auto horns .u:lewoping snd“ combxm?g it is impossible to fit them TWO-PARTY GOVERNMENT STRENGTHENED IN U. 8. (Nov. 3) second front letter to Henry Cassidy of the Moscow bureau of The Asso- |opened the catsup bottle, ured G intg a formal “ten best” as in other years. A dozen —A favorite .theme of some alarmists was that American two- ciated Press. Otehrs: Normandie burns; Carole Lombard killed in plane |a little into a cuppfldded ;a xsm The ground maeke a very minimum party government was a dead duck. Well, the Republicans not only came crash; 18-19-year-olds drafted; Cards win pennant; Churchill visits ful of worcheslt-r‘ sauce. qpo;_r;-} ‘/lcl'occm!Z ‘nround e Here is the news roll call for 1942 based on CHAS. HONCE back in the off-year elections to greatly strengphen their Congressional Roosevelt: Joe Louis quite ring; John Barrymore, George M. Cohan die; | stirred the L‘Onglom‘eratio‘n’ uf :1)‘( ;‘tv bec;mp:""‘ml)s ffiaxl:): imazi i S b r Aty S 1S n imes the selections of AP editors, over whose desks flow millions of words a ' power but provided evidence of a coming struggle. |it down and then in a lusty voice Willkie tours United Nations: Japs invade Aleutians. of high water. DROWNING - . . Boys mourn schoolmate in Des Moines river tragedy, April 2. HEADLINES OF A BUSY YEAR Rommel smashes British in Libya. THEY SAID' u S plANES July [] [T 1] Sevastopol falls. Nazi push to 70 miles from Nile Delta. Nazi offense rolls toward Stalingrad. Leahy named FDR’s personal chief of staff. August CIRCUS TRAGEDY - - . Two score animals burn to death at Cleveland, Aug. 4. FIRE ; v ; Death foll ‘over. 480 :¢is Boston night club burns, Nov. 28. FLOODS ...-- Swept many sections. One shawn, at ‘Hawley, Po., occurred May 23. FIRST KISS - . . Shirley Temple ends little girl days before camera, May 22. LAST YEAR JAPSDOWN BAD FLOOD F"figfi m" . WPB CUTS . LowsTinyesgs NEWSPRINT OVER KISKA LOW REGION =ik FOR PAPERS low prices, closed seasons, and | S0 many trappers joining the armed | January FDR submits $56,000,000,000 war budget. Nelson made war production bos First U. S. troops land in North Ireland. U. S. Navy blasts Macassar Straits convoy. February U. S. Navy blasts Marshall, Gilbert islands. AP Features “As our power and our resources are fully mobilized we shall carry | | | | Liner Normandie capsizes after N. Y. fire. Singapore falls; Japs drive on Indies. March Six Nazi saboteurs executed. Japs advance on Port Moresby. U. S. Marines land in Guadalcanal. the attack against the enemy—we shall hit him and hit him again ' President Roosevelt, January Leros Sho;t Down Two ‘Rising Waters Cause $5,- Java, Rangoon fall. Gandhi jailed U. S.-Canadian-British force raids Dieppe. 6. for insurrection threat. R “Sighted sub, sank same.” Don- Lightnings and One | 000,000 Worth of announced today. | forces or engaging in defense work, Executive Officer Frank Dufresne of the Alaska Game Commission,; Valued at $1,697,471, 371,476 pelts ; | Most Publisi#ers Will Have 10 Percent Less U-boats intensify attacks on U. S. coasts. Hitler promis ummer victory.” Gen. MacArthur ordered to Australia. Sugar, gas rationing ordered. U. 8. Navy raids Marcus, Wake islands. April All-India Copgress rejects Cripps offer. Bataan evacuated ; Japs capture 65,000. Army fliers bomb Tokyo. Rostock smashed in m RAF raids. Burma government flees ; Burma doomed. May Corregidor falls. Navy repulses Jap fleet in Coral Sea. WAACS, with 12,000 initial force, author- ized. Japs invade Foochow. June RAF blasts Cologne, Bremen, Essen. Japs bomb Dutch Harbor. Navy wins smashing victory off Midway. Japs occupy western Aleutians. Curtis, Davis, Milford H. Ellis, mer George FROM SOUTH Goodpastor Harry Goodpastor,' g wright, lAST NIGHT Jack Gum, Maurice Greer, MIS.|Henry G. Weisenburger, Nancy Hamilton, Frank E. Hickok, | winters, Charles E. Watiers, William J. Hilberg, Car Hanson, | . Naomoff. —— Albert H. Henning, Walfred C.| poo poicnikan—Catherine Wil- A total of 88 passengers arrived |Holstrom, Charles W. Hinds, EIton |00 50 om0 in Juneau from the south by steam- W. Janney, Curt F. Jacobsen, John er last night—81 from Seattle, two K. Johnson, Donald E. Jellis,| From Wrangell — Mr. and | from Keichikan and five from|Charles R. Kenastron, William D, Louls Lemieux, Mrs. A. Lemicus Wrangell. The list Keliehor, Thomas F. Kirkman. ':nuli;x“mm de Gournette, Mrs. From Seattle—Theodore Abram- A. Ledoux, Theodore ~~ off, Robert C. Baker, Clements R Henry W. Lundberg, S SR Barth, Jack Balkin, Warren A Lehm Rowland | More than a million painted Barney, Jack P. Berry, Chester A S. McCandless, EVa | panels are inspected annually in Beadle, Lester W. Belue, John L. Mulvihill, Herbert F. Mil- nationwide tests of paint dura- Bishop, Lee B. Braden, Albert V an W. Martinsen, Irving | pility. Broome, Abe Brown, Kenneth E Einar Olson, t L. AR P . Bush, Ida Bush, Homer L. Butt mmett W. Pourier, Wil- Maurice P, Erotherton, lam J. Prie: field, ly, Myles Philbin,| ptember Marines raid Makin Island. MacArthur troops rout Japs in Milne B{ay. Baruch rubber report urges gas rationing. iro, repulsed. Rommel attack, aimed at Ca Madagascar occupied by British force. October Stalingrad defense sparks Allied hopes. Byrnes to direct Economic Stabilization. Anti-inflation bill passed. 000,000 tax bill passed. car-old draft bill passed. November British desert offensive smashes Rommel. taly bombed by heavy Allied force. U. S. troops land in North Africa. Navy triumphs in Battle of Solomons. Republicans make major gains in election. December 4 Allied forces locked in battle for Tunis. Russian: Thomas E. Brotherton, Thomas A. James A. Rider, Claude R. Ross, 8 8 A R R I v E Brotherton, Pio. Corredig, nussell‘ L Albert V. Cook, Hel A. Dexter. Harry Merlin J. Freeman, Gerald W. |y Forbes, Daniel Fitzpatrick, | Joseph 8. Reynolds, !liam T. Spence. H. Far-/ trap Nazis before Staling’rad:__ Earlon K. Rushton, William W. Robinson, Ben len J.{ganford, Jr., Clifford R. Stowe, Wil- Earl Stevens, Elsie M. Smith, Earl | Swanson, Gordon Vigen, John Ray J.|H. watt, Flora D. Wagner, Orion Donald A. Woodfin, Walter morning and returned home. BUY DEFENSE STAMPS ald F. Mason, aviation machinist’s Bomber-Lose One mate, February 26. “I came through and I will re- (Continued on Page Two) turn.” General Douglas MacAr- —- Gl thur, arriving at Australia from island as long as possible, but also the Philippines, March 21. the ability to get supplies and suf- “We got a hell of a beating. We | ficient aviation gas and other ne- got run out of Burma and it is| Ccessities for the operation of at humiliating as hell.” Lieut. Gen.| least a few planes. Joseph W. Stilwell, May 25. No Explanation “Pick out the biggest one and| There was no explanation as to fire.” Captain Edward J. Moran of | Bow it was possible for four clum- the cruiser Boise in battle of the SY float planes to outshoot two of Solomons. October 11. | the fast, heavily-gunned Lightning “Kill Japs. Kill Japs. Kill more Plabes. Japs. Sink ships. Sink ships. Sink| One explanation cffered by offi- more ships.” Vice Admiral Wil-|Cers issuing the communique was liam F. Halsey, Jr., November 9. |that the weather might have been “Now this is not the end. It is|tesponsible, with the Zeros attack- not even the beginning of the end.|ing by surprise out of the clouds. jBut it is perhaps, the end of the SBMCRRC e o 2t g beginning.” Winston Churchill, No- | vember 10. WONIT GIVE — e —— HOSPITAL NOTES War Depariméni Against Mrs. Harry Bracken has entered St. Ann’s Hospital for medical Leaves for Legisla- tive Purposes treatment. Mrs. May Abdill, medical patient, has been discharged from St.Ann’s Hospital. Mrs. Marjorie Rinehart and baby son left St. Anr Hospital this Harry Duff, medi St. Ann's Hospital, charged. al patient at ° WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. has been dis- tary of War Henry Stimson said today that the War Department aoes not consider granting of ex- Mzs. Katherine Karinem, at St.|en4eq furloughs or leaves of ab- Ann’s for surgery, has left g€ Nos- | oo for the purpose of perform- ing legislative service advisable at Austin Brown was discharged| ‘Dl Ume. from the Government Hospital |vesterday afternoon. | BUY DEFENSE BONDS Secre- | Damage PORTLAND, Ore,, Jan. 1.—Anew 1941 flood crest started last night in Following is the breakdown on the the upper reaches of the swollen kind of pelt and value: Willamette River which swirled out Species Total over the lowlands in the Eugene Bear i V“i‘é;r area, causing damage estimated at| Biack or Glacier $ $5,000,000. |B PO_la: i ;fig The Weather Bureau at Portland c;;;:e 2‘3_15 warned that new serious floods in'p o 5 the low-lying country could be e;x-’ Red 137,007 pected today and tomorrow. Cross 19818 R 3 o s LT | Silver-Gray 13,268 “White 53,850 COMMANDER = & |Hare ........... B ¥ 11 | Lynx 28,755 R.B. DERICKSON e o Marten 516,335 ! '“ SE A"I.E Muskrat 167873 Otter Saed 36,673 ; — | Squirrel PR 92 . |Weasel ... 10,15: Former Coast and Geodetic| wa 6264 | Wolverine 1,127 Survey Chart Maker | Pribior sianas | (Foxes only) % Passes Away at 69 Wht o B | SEATTLE, Jan. l.—Commander s . us’ e Prlb‘llof | Richard Barnett Derickson, 69, re- ‘z'l’;ng;”“dmg s | tired from the United States Coast | : |and Geodetic Survey and one of |the best known mariners of the | | Pacific Northwest, is dead at msuIE IRIPS MADE home here. | Many of the charts now used by | BY A(A YES‘ERDAY | mariners in the waters adjacent Late afternoon passengers car- to the state of Washington and Al- |ried by Alaska Coastal Airways in | aska are based on his surveys. |trips yesterday included the fol- Commander Derickson went to|lowing: | Alaska waters during the gold rush‘ From Sitka to Juneau —M. D. and made surveys along the coast,| Williams, Capt. at Nome and in the vicinity of the | pepper, Edward C. Mullock. Yukon River. Later he did exten-! From Juneau to Hoonah — Mr.| sive survey work around Ketchi- kan. ———————— | Subscrive w tne | Empire—the paper with the larges: | paid circulation. vaily Alasgs | ! were shipped in 1942, compared with | 608,419 pelts valued at $2,280,583 in tina Peterson. Hansen. L Charles R. Cull-|night aerial offensive against the| { Japanese bases in Burma, striking |and Mrs. Robert J. Grant, Carl Akyab, and at the enemy airdrome] | Marvin, Prancis V. Marvin, Ber- At Kyauktaw. i From Hoonah to Juneau — G. From Excursion Inlet to Jm\enujmnn, in 1943 ! WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. — The {War Production Board has ordered every newspaper’s use of newsprint |paper in 1943 cut back to the ton- !nage used in 1941 to produce it§ net paid circulation—a formula | which reduces the nationwide news- print consumption an estimated 10 percent. | A. G. Chandler, head of the WPB's Printing and Publishing Di- vision, added that the publis !must expect this order to be ilowed by a second and perhap: third reduetion this year. The new order limits magazines {to 80 percent of the tonnage used 1by each publisher in 1942, declar- ing this will have the same effect! as the newspaper order. Newsprint officials emphasized| that the estimated 10 percent cut| for the industry by no means meant, that each publisher will be cut |one-tenth. More than 10,000 week- lies and small dailies were exempt-| 2d from the order by a provision| excusing from its terms any pub: lisher who uses 25 tons or less of] print’ paper in any. quarter afte! January 1, 1943. { Chandler said this allowance] would exempt ordinary six-p papers with high dverages of eight pages daily. and an average daily circulation - of 5,000. . i NEW DELHI, India, Jan, 1.—Brit- ish bombers continued their day and)| heavily at the Jap-held port —Fred Elder, Jr., Martin D. Con: {nelly, Claude J. Burt, Harry Fair.