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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LX., NO. 9233. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1943 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTZ JAP SHIPS BLASTED BY ALLIED FORCE British Drive Nazis Back On Tt REPORTEDTO BE MOPPING GERMANS UP Gain Strategic Hills in First Activity for Some Time ! Thumbnail of Frontline Brie —By the Office of Direct to The Empire MOSCOW. — The Russians are |driving ahead on four major fronts have taken the important’ of Nalchik and Prokhad- and towns (RACK NAZ! | 'TROOPS RUN FROM RUSS Hitler's Caficggus Army Is Reported in Full Retreat War; fs [ War Information ‘ | WASHINGTON. — American, forces on Guadaleanal havé re- sumed offensive operations and captured high ground southwest of | ey |nenski in the Caucasus and Thim- ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN; anskaya and Moroxovshakya, NORTH AFRICA, Jan. 6.—British |southwest and west of Stalingrad. troops attacking 15 miles west of | Mateur have driven the enemy | from strategic hills and now are! mopping up. This is the first ac-| tivity in northern Tunisia for some | time. | An official spokesman said Ma-| teur is only 20 miles southwest of | Bizerte. The British ground troops| were supported in the attack by! RAF Hurricane bombers and fight- | er planes. H Down Five Planes i An air force spokesman said four | Nazi Fockewulf 190 fighters und‘ one enemy dive - bomber were downed with a loss of only one; British plane. | Yesterday, American Flying, Fortresses raided the enemy pon! of Sfax and scored hits on or near LONDON.—The Nazis are seem- ingly retreating and falling back on Rostov, according to advices received here. It is officially re- ported that 11,000 Nazis have been killed in the north Caucasus alone, between December 24 and January 4 MOSCOW. —One hundred fifty Nazi tanks and several large muni- tion dumps have been captured by the Red Army as the Germans fled | without destroying their military stores. MacARTHUR'S HEADQUAR-| TERS.—Nine Japanese ships and possibly ten have been destroyed by Allied heavy bombers in a great Henderson Field and killed many/ Japanese soldiers. American planes | have carried out a series of raid: on the Japs in the Munda area of | New Georgia Island. | LONDON. —The British Eighth | Army has occupied the Wadi Zem area in Libya, 110 miles west of Sirte and about 160 miles east of Tripoli it . ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA.—The formation of a United States Fifth Army in North Africa is announced. Lieut. Gen. Mark Clark will be the com- | mander. CAIRO..— The British Eighth | Army in Tunisia is sparring with the Germans and Italians but no all-out battle was reported up m} last night, although it is indicated something might take place today | MOSCOW, Jan. 6.—The German army is reported to be in full re- treat in the Caucasus, is blowing up bridges and mining roads in a des- perate effort to check the advancing Russians who are pressing the re-| treating forces hard. | Red Star, Soviet army newspaper, | said Russian forces already have stormed and won important towns | including Mozdok, Nalchik, Prok- hladenski, Kotlyarevskaya and Mais- koye, and are continuing their sweeping advances along a wide front, winning back a large number | of additional towns and the entire province north of Osteia. Nalchik was won back under the Red banner by Soviet troops pene- trating along the west bank of the Terek River, while other Russ troops rolled back the Nazis in the north. Along the lower Don River, the Russians are reported to be fighting forward after winning the important a cruiser leaving the harbor. The |raid on the harbor at Rabaul, New power station at Sfax also was|Britain. Allied airmen shot down left in flames. (Comlnued—on Page ‘Three) The Wasmtufi Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert S. Allen on sctive duty.) WASHINGTON — Although the Roosevelt Administration has been the best friend of labor in the his- tory. of the U. 8. A, some quiet studies have been made behind the scenes of various labor abuses, which may or may not be made public. Most Administration leaders be- lieve that labor has been far more cooperative with the war effort than generally credited. They do not share in the vituperative criticism hurled at labor from some quarters. Never- theless, they believe that with a new | and critical Congress in session, | labor leaders would be wise in clean- | ing their own house immediately, for their own protection. Among the most important of these labor problems are appren- ticeship rules, which require long service beforea man can qualify for a job. The Government has tried with some success to force shorten- | ing of apprenticeship periods, but there still remains a lot to be done. Another problem which has wor- ried production chiefs is the “slow- | down.” Though labor’s strike record during the war is fairly good, work- | ers sometimes resort to the insidious } practice of the slow-down. This| enables them to express a grievance | without incurring the wrath of the public by an open strike. Top rank | labor leaders frown on strikes be- cause of the bad public réaction, so workers sometimes turn on the slow- down as a sneak alternative. | But one of the most difficult of | all wartime labor problems is feather- bedding, or the system of putting two men on a job to do the work of | one. This is an outgrowth of the! system current in all walks of Am- | erican economic life before the war. | Farmers were paid for decreasing | crops. Industry combined as far as possible to eliminate competition | and increase prices. Labor strung| out the job as far as possible. | But now, with shortage of man- | power one of our most acute prob- | lems, the situation is entirely dif- ferent. i For instance, the trucking unions | succeeded, years ago, in gaining an, agreement that not fewer than two | men should operate a truck. Naw.i in many cases, two men are not | available for each truck, but the union, like the proverbial dog in the : manger, has opposed relaxing the | ruling. It -prefers that the truck| shall not run, rather than to lose| the working standards won in peace- { time. { The International Brotherhood of | Teamsters, under Dan Tobin, re- cently has been in a fight with the‘ (Continued on Page Four) |six Jap fighter planes which at- tempted interception. | MacARTHUR'S HEADQUAR- TERS.—Allied ground forces are jclosing in on Sananada, New | Guinea, the only remaining pocket in the Buna-Gona area. American Liberators and Fortresses dropped 1,000-pcund bombs on the Japa- | nese vessels. Eight cargo ships and lene destroyer were left in flames and burning fiercely at Rabaul. | MacARTHUR'S HEADQUAR- | | TERS—United Nations’ aircraft ihave made attacks on roads and the Japanese airfields at Timor, ' |Fuiloro and Gasmata, New Britain. |In New Guinea, Japanese airports at Lae and Madang were bombed. bridgehead town of Thimlyansk, thus driving their second spearhead CRG . | within 120 miles of Rostov. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN| Ty, o)) of Rostov might doom the NORTH AFRICA.— Allled planes |, ;e German force in the Cau- are supporting French troops in casus. The first spearhead earlier action. Allied aircraft have attacked | goc renorted about 100 miles north- Cherichera, north of Fondouk, and w.ct of Rostov. Axis railway yards at Kairouan It is estimated that about half a |million of some of Hitler’s finest LONDON.—The British Air Min- | troops are in full retreat in the istry announces that on last middle Don area. Monday night RAF bombers at-| o tacked industrial targets in Ger-| many’s Ruhr Valley and started | tremendous fires, Two British| of a decisive nature. LONDON. — The War Ministry | again confirms the sinking of a large German vessel, filled with | raw materials, that attempted to run the Atlantic blockade. planes failed to return. $1X PERSONS ! DETECTING AXIS MINES—Two British engineers with land mine detecting advance to clear the way for pursuit of Axis forces in African desert. | End of Jap Suicide Pilot unisia Front NINE SHIPS ' OF NIPPONS SENT DOWN Formidable"toncenfrafion of Seacraft Aftacked in Sudden Raid ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN \USTRALIA, Jan. 6—Gen. Doug- las MacArthur's heavy bombers blasted a formidable concentration f Japanese ships at Rabaul, New Britain, yesterday. They sank nine, |and perhaps ten enemy ships (o- taling 50,000 tons. Flashing over the hub of the nemy seapower bases in a sudden attack, the Flying Fortresses and | Liberators scored hits on eight Jap merchant ships with 1,000~ pounders, and another heavy hit |was scored on a destroyer and the tendef alongside the warship. iix Jap fighter planes were downed when they tried to inter- jcept the American raiders, and one of the attacking bombers went down in the face of heavy anti- aircraft fire. The raid was carried out shortly after the assertion in Melbourne equipment hy an SAMRAYBURN Australian official that the Japs were concentrating the larg- | of war and the way to victory. cst. sea armada yet gathered in the | | | |South Pacifie, LNk | | | KEEPS HOUSE GAVEL POST TASK FORCE 'RAIDS JAP - MINDABASE I slimmest margins in a de- | FOUI’ Enemy Planes Sho' ot g g el . Down - NQVY Bom- bards Nippons Rayburn as Speaker in organizing WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. — The | the 78th Congress for the Presi- dent’s report tomorrow on a year |Navy reports that a United States Rayburn defeated Joe Martin, toak " Torce Al Shrduee: DDite < AMa ‘ Re-elecied?;eaker as 18th Congress Starts to Work Famous Negro EAmeri(an and British Fliers sese ! Carver, Born in Slavery, Scienfist Is Dead Alabama : Dr. Geor ;e'— Washington Was Stolen, Ransomed TUSKEGEE, Ala, Jan. 6. — Dr,= George - Washington Carver, noted negro scientist, died last night at his home at the Tuskegee Institute where he had been connected since 1894. Recognized as one of the out- standing scientists in the field of agriculture research, he will be buried in the Tuskegee cemetery near Booker T. Washington, found- er of the school. i George Washington Carver, born of slave parents and once traded for a horse, rose from that humble beginning to eminence among world scientists. Some characterized him, “The Ebony Pasteur”; othems, “The most outstanding negro of his time”; and still more, “An outstanding World Character.” Whites Pay Tribute Many times whites joined mem- bers of his own race in tribute. On his 40th anniversary as a member of the Tuskegee Institute faculty in 1937, a bronze bust of him was unveiled on the campus, a tribute to “Forty Years of Crea- tive Research.” Carver, who took the name of his owners, was not sure of his birth date, but estimated it was “about 1864.” He never knew his father. While a child he and his mother were stolen from the Dia- | mond Grove, Mo., farm, where he was born, and taken to Arkansas. | (Continued on Page Three) KILLED, 100 INJURED, FIRE Many Patrons of Bowling Bomb Mandalay Monday NEW DELHI, Jan. 6.—American and British flyers are crippling some of the rail transport facili- ties used to send Jap troops and supplies to Burma. Communiques reported that while U. S. bombers raided the railroad yards at Mandalay Monday, start- ing fires that could be seen for 70 (miles, other crews, including Brit- ish flyers, attacked a large Jap vessel moving up the Irrawaddi | River. Thick smoke was seen bil- {lowing “up from the ship after two jdirect bomb hits and three near misses. | Heavy bombers of the Tenth Air | |Force made attacks on ship con- centrations and freight cars and other railroad equipment of the Mandalay yards. e Alley Blown Through Doors l{y Explosion CHICAGO, Jan. 6.—8ix persons were killed and more than 100 were injured in a fire and explo- sion in a bowling alley just before midnight. > Many of the 200 patrons escaped to the street, blown through doors by the force of the blast. Firemen estimated the damage at| $150,000. { The blast was probably a “flare- back” caused by ignition of heawdESHIPYARDS REPUBLICANS |~ BEAT GOAL SETFOR"42 PLEDGE AID, WAR EFFORI Produced More than 8- s 000,000 Deadweight ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Rep. Joe’ Tons During Year Martin today pledged House Repub- licans to cooperation in winning the war, curtailing expenses, overhaul-| WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Amer- ican shipyards slightly exceeded the i President’s goal in producing eight ing the tax structure, and “preser- vation of constitutional govern- million deadweight tons of shipping !in 1942, Rear Admiral Emory Land ment.” | reports. | He said the yards delivered 746 i 3 | ships—8,080,800 tons, exclusive of High tide—2:29 am., 169 feet. t ves: # Tow tide—9:14 s 12 feat: merchant vessels built for the arm. 2 ed forces and 800 small craft. High tide—2:16 p.m., 19.8 feet. A peak of five ships a day is Low tide—8:53 p.m., -4.0 feet. expected by May, he added. 2 | tin’s 206. Trying to bring his plane in as the U. 8. carrier beneath him zig-zagged to escape Jap bombs, an American pilot damaged the undercarriage as it hit the deck (foreground). A Jap pilot tried to erash his plane into the vessel but missed by about a city block. His plane burns fiercely in the background as it sinks into the sea. This is an official photo from a U. 8. Navy movie film, Neal Bif of Siralegy Pulled by Republicans ~ In Seleding Spangler By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—If tne consensus of non-partisan observers here means anything, Republican nhullified thet with his statement Party leaders came off with a neat | about being interested only in pet bit of strategy in naming Harrison | ting votes for the Republican Part E. Spangler, of Towa, National of which there were none in Mon Chairman at the St. Louis commit- | 80lia. On the other hand, that tee seasion, | could hardly be held up as “isola- It is even said now (and appar- | tionism.” ently with some authority) that the | selection of Spangler had already | TIt's no secret that Willkie is un been planned and plotted in smok- | popular with many of the top Re ing room sessions in Washington | publican leaders. The vote he rolled long before the committee meeting P in the presidential election of was held. | 1940 hasn’t wen him many friend The idea was not a “stop-Willkie” among party leaders that he didn campaign or a. boost-anybody-eclsc | have before. drive. The idea was to select a man But that really wasn't the point who could go along quietly and|say the observers, in the selection efficiently for a couple of vy of Spangler. The leaders not onl without stirring up a controversy t want a Willkieite, they didn’t within the party. The man they want an “ite” of any kind. wanted was one who wasn't tarred bt S5y with anybody’s brush or stamped ! definitely with any “isms” except good old GOP, | Spangler was that man. If, oni occasion, as it was reported, he had said publicly that after the war, the United States would have to take a greater hand in world affairs, he As a result, it is said, the Repub- lican Party will probably just play (Continued on Page Two), who as a result automatically be- | “successfully bombarded” the Jap | comes the House minority leader. airfield - at Munda, New Georgia Rayburn’s vote was 216 to Mar- |y a4 ih the Solomons. | J | Munda is about 180 miles north- ! The galleries were jammed "’ywext of Guadalcanal Island. The capacity in both the Senate “"dldaps have been attempting for the House and there were lonE|gears 1o establish a strong air waiting lines at the doors. THis|p .. there, presumably to carry (was the first Congress in a quar- .. operations .against the Ameri- ter of a century to convene "”cnn troops on Guadalcanal Tsland. jwar time. | 'The Navy says the task force As if to impress upon members;was attacked by dive-bombers, but {the gravity ‘of the times, a test those were driven off. Four of our lair raid put them on the alert a |yyifeat fighters shot down ' four | half-hour before Vice President enemy planes and probably de- ienry Wallace banged the gavel gioved two others, in the Senateé and the Representa- AT 7 tives were rapped to order in the |liaison committee between the his staff to confer with a United President and Congress, duced in the House on major sub- States mission headed by Admiral William A, Glassford, Jr. | More than 150 bills were intro- Pierre Bolsson, Governor-Gener- flouse by Chief Clerk South Trim- ble. The introduction of bills and | resolutions started with the fall |of the gavel, Senator Wiley saying he was ready with a resolution call- : ling for' the establishment of a duced in the House on major sub- FI' jects, including poll taxes and Y o, ies fo Dakar for Confab- 1 kst Adm. Glassford DAKAR, West Africa, Jan. 6— Gen. Henri Honore Giraud, High F d ll I Cemmissioner of Prench North and West Africa, arrived here by plane yesterday with several members of WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.--Secre- tary of Agriculture Claude Wici- rd, also National Food Admin trator, today directed manufactur- al of Prench West Africa, and Gen. ers to set aside 30 percent of the Giiraud, drove direetly to the cen- monthly production of creamery ter of the city where he and Glass- butter for war requirements and ford placed wreathes at the foot lend-lease beginning February 1 of the monument to Sengalese Wickard also issued orders re- iilled in the first World War. serving all canned citrus fruit eee juices except unconcentrated grape- . fruit juice for war needs. B Recent studies reveal that men and women feel and work better if they have some nourishing food every four hours. BUY DEFENSE BONDS