The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 16, 1943, Page 1

VOL. LX., NO. 9242. HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1943 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS _PRICE TEN CENTY TEN CENTY RED ARMY ENCIRCLES GERMAN FORCE <@ 4 @ @ @ @ ® 4 L4 Nazi Planes Are Blasted From Air By Allles NEW CLOSING | HOURS HERE FOR LIQUOR City Council Amends Ordi- | nance at Meeting Last Night Acting on the heels of a request passed along to the city from the | Alaska War Council, the City Coun- cil last night amended the ordin- ance regulating closure of liquor dispensaries in Juneau to conform with the drinking hours set for service men. | The amendment goes into effect at midnight tomorrow night. Dis- pensaries selling liquor for on-pre- mise consumption must close at midnight every night in the week. They may open at 10 a. m. on every day except Sunday when they may not open until 1 p. m. | Establishments selling liquor for off-premise consumption must close at 8 pm. and follow the same opening hours. The amended or- dinance applies to all places sell- ing liquor, including all clubs and restaurants. | Holgar Larsen, fire truck driver, informed the Council that he will resign soon to take a job™ probably with the Army Transport Service He will probably serve until the Council interviews applicants and finds a successor. The Council authorized the pur- chase of six turnout suits for the Fire Department. | - H The Washlngtun Merry -Go- Round| | | By DREW PEARSON | (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) | e | WASHINGTON.—When WP Bm; Donald Nelson stood up in press | conference and flatly denied there | was any conflict between civilians and the Army over war producuon,: he probably did not know that the Army had just issued a most ln- teresting brochure describing in de- tail the tivilian-military conflict over war production. Donald Nelson, however, was not the only man who didn't know | about it. Simultaneously, Secretary of War Stimson was asked at his| press conference whether a book-! let had been issued telling why the Army should run war produc- tion. Mr. Stimson denied there was such a booklet. . | Moreover, Major Gen. Alexander | Surles, his efficient press chief, leaned over his shoulder and rein- forced that denial. Undoubtedly | they did not know about the book-| let. Nevertheless it does exist. And it is a carefully prepared docu- ment of 22 pages, giving a minute analysis as to why the Army should run war production. As to why the Army should issue | such a treatise without the know- | ledge ‘'of Army Press Relations, or the Secretary of War, or particu- larly Elmer Davis’ Office of Warl Information, may require some ex-| plaining. Under a direct White| House ruling, all public statements | mist clear through Elmer Davis. The excuse in this case may be, that the Army’s booklet is intend- ed for limited circulation—though | it ‘has found its way into the hands of a limited number of newspaper- men. [ | ARMY'S CHIEF TARGET i Chief target of the Army's lob- bying booklet is the Tolan-Pepper Bill which would reorganize and revitalize the War Production Board, giving it by law powers over the Army, some of which the WPB now seeks through direc- tives. ‘ Resurgence of proposals to take| procurement of weapons away from the Armed Forces,” says the Army’s | booklet, “is traceable to the dislo- cations which war makes inevxi (Continued on Page Four) Admiral Visits Home N FIERCE GAlEt |ican p! | property. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief ol the Pacific Fleet, | is pictured with his wife and daughter, Mary, during a recent visit the Admiral made to the San Francisco B: Nimitiz is occupied with fleet affairs, Mrs. Nimitz and Mary Nimitz area. While Admiral make their home in Berkclc) Calif. ‘ Puerlo Rico Purtle | May Soon Be Solved; UMW OFFICER SAYS STRIKE BIG MISTAKE Anthracite Coal Miners Wildcat Walkout Blund- er Declares Kennedy WASHINGTON, Jan. 16—Thom- as Kennedy, International Secre- |tary and Treasurer of the United Mine Workers, told the War Labor Board that he believed the wild- cat strike of members of his union | {in the Pennsylvania anthracite coal fields was a “terrible mistake.” Kennedy presented his views of the United Mine Workers at the bhoard hearing called in a desper- ate effort to try and end the stop-| page threatening tq cripple war| production in the east. Kennedy gave his testimony af- ter President John L. Lewis re- quested that the Secretary-Treasur- er be heard because he “had been on the ground as representative of the striking miners.” One of the grievances is the increase in un- ion dues. Kennedy will be heard later. After the hearing opened yes- terday, the spokesman for the coal mine operators id the termin- ation of the strike depends on whether the United Mine Workers “can deliver” in enforcing the pro- visions of the contract prohibiting | strikes. PHES L OB O DIVORCE GRANTED Mabel Sumdum was granted |final decree of divorce from Harry Sumdum in U. S. District Court this morning. PR KT SO BUY DEFENSF BONDS | i | blings Vlolenl } By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Jan. 16—It be- gins to look s if we may at last iget the lowdown on Puerto Rico. There have been violent rum- blings that all is not well with our| | islend outpost in the Caribbean. {The political situation there has 'heen and still is a muddle and a | mess, with more verbal violence than has taken place in any of lour states or cities for a good \ru any years. Dr. Rexford Guy Tug- well, governor of the island, has Ibeen called “Rex, the Red” the | “reddish Don Quixote of the New |Deal,” and worse. | There have been reports and | charges that thousands of Puerto | Rican natives are starving; that | infant mortality is “beyond de- | scription;” that ships coming back!| "vcm the island have been weight- ‘ed with ballast when they could have brought sugar; that the food- |stuffs sent them are things which |they can't eat. | When Tugwell appeared recent- ly before the Puerto Rican legis- lature, 27 senators and representa- ti “took a walk” and left the session in an uproar. | | | | | The situation has finally come to a head and the Senate, on aj| motion by Sen. Dennis Chavez| (New Mexico Democrat), is uoing! to look into the conditions there.| However, the Senate ordered (it committee to confine itself to the food shortage and unemployment | only. | | Washington observers are g(‘l-l |ting a snicker out of this limita- tion on' the committee’s opera- | tions. Handsome, 50-year-old “Rex” | Tugwell has been under fire al-! most from the moment he joined the brain-trusters in the dark days of the depresson. There is no rea- son to believe that the opposition, senators will lay off him now that| he is in one of the worst insular; messes that World War II has| brought about i Chavez is chairman of the sub-! committee. He has indicated that he doesn't intend to spare the rod| (Contlnued on Page Iryng a full TWELVEU.S. PLANES DOWN Pilofs Forced fo Land i Portugal — Crews Sur- render Interned BULLETIN—Lisbon, Jan. 16, —Twelve American Aircobra fighter planes were grounded 2d storms over the Iberian Pe ula today, landing in Portugal. The crews surren- dered and were immediately in- terned. in Jan. 16.—Twelve are reported to have Portuguese soil, while more than 50 others were sighted flying southward over Portugal. Tberian Peninsula has been buf- feted by bad weather for several days. The planes are said to have come LISBON, landed on down from the northward and the | aerial activity came as the storm continued to damage crops Scores of villages hamlets in, northern Portugal were struck by lightning. Dispatches from Madrid, re- ceived here, tell of a violent storm on the Bay of Biscay and the Galician coast which sent scores of ships to ports for safety and delayed voyages of transAt- lantic 1 ., Many fishing schooners are re- ported to have been sunk and| buildings in the path of the storm | have been wl'm‘k(‘d SPAIN GETS WARNING ON NAZIRUMORS . §. Amba?s?dor Makes Plain Spoken Statement About Idle Talk MADRID, Jan. 16—United States Ambassador Carlton Hayes address- ing a gathering of diplomats and high Spanish officials, declared there could be no negotiated peace between the United States and her enemies and at the same time, Hayes, whose theme was “Ameri- can War Aims,” hit hard the Axis inspired rumors that an Allied vic- tory would mean the overthrow of the ‘present Government of Spain. Ambassador Hayes declared em- phatically that “if political and so- cial institutions of this aountry (Spain) undergoes any change or modification in future years. It will be the work of the Spaniard within {Spain and not v.he United Slat('s {or Spanish (‘mlgre HomeNursing : Class for High Girls Starts A class in Home Nursing for High School girls will begin next Monday morning at 10:45 o'clock at the high school with Stephenie Bogdon, public health nurse, as instructor. Subsequent daily meetings will iconvene at the Health Center, where practical demonstrations will be part of the work taken by | the girls. The course will run for about |six weeks, it was announced, and ‘1 will be followed by a First Aid class, completion of the two car- course credit, Supt. and | and | Must Pay Income Tax For First Quarter by along ! ALONG THE ALCAN HIGHWAY —r— | i Amer- | Three heavy U. 5. | | used extemsively by U. | March U.5. FLIERS ASSAULT JAP BURMA BASE Land Actiom British Re- ported on Burmese Front, Also (By Associated Press) United States flyers based in China heavily assaulted the Jap supply base at Bhamo, Northern Burn British headquarters re- rorted today. The communique also news of the first land uma for se Fi Marshal W bes off a Jap Rathedaung. disclosed aclivity in Bt aying id 1ttack - USO DANCE - ONTONIGHT The USO da will be held to- | night in the Elks Ballroom, starting lat 9 o'clock and continuing to 12:30 m. Sunday. The Duck Creek band, now com- ‘1)(,»4«1 of 12 pieces, will furnish the music Chaperones tonight are Mrs | George F. Alexander, Mrs. J. J. Meherin, Mrs. R. H. Williams and Mrs. A. N. Monsen. ———e— — LEO ROGGE HERE FOR LEGISLATURE Representative Leo Rogge of the Fourth Division arrived in Juneau by plane from Fairbanks yester- day soon npmmntatlve Rogge, chief of 5. Smelting’s employment and tation division, bas served ous sessions of the Terri-: torial Legislature. s A N | BUY DEFENSE BONDS that ecnnects the lluhd \tall‘~ and \l.lskl o . forces supplying our northern posts. +furns due on March 15, 1943. First Cherbourg raid ond without en-| and Mrs. Rogge will be down Junction on the snow Both modes of transportation are (HERBOURG BOMBED AT DAY TIME v . Imd through Canada. 15, Says Repori WASHINGTON, Jan., 16—Chair- man of the Senaie and House Com- mittees who handle taxes empha- sized that “at least” the first quar- ter's payments of the 1942 income tax must be paid by March 15 re- gardless of any changes in the tax structure. The statement was issued joint- Foliow Up of Assault on Nazi SHb Base LONDON, J 16 — Docks ol Cherbourg were attacked yester- ly by Senator George and Repre- guy afiernoon by the Royal Air sentative Doughton. Force in a follow up of the heavy | The statement said: “Reports are ruid of the right before, when the coming in from all over the coun- German submarine base at Lar-‘ try to the effect a change will be jent was bombed. made in the tax law to preclude Light bombers escorted by squa- the necessity of filing the 1942 re- grons of spitfire fighters made the quarter returns must be paid by countering German fighter oppo- March 15 o mmn - ISR LI 152 MORE 24 LEAV 'DEAD JAPs, FORSOUTH - NEW GUINEA (Allies Break Through En- f emy Ranks at San- | ananda Base ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN \AU‘>IRAL!A, Jan. 16—Allied troops, | breaking through Jap ranks at following: ! ! Sanananda killed at least 152 of Elroy E. Ninnis, Helen Black, ithe enemy, Gen Douglas MacAr- Grace M. Berkerson, Eva B. Hor- |thur’s. headquarters announced to- bor, Nancy 8. Secrest, Joseph L. day. Fisher, Clara Simons, Mrs. A, W Other Allled troops inflicted Stewart. heavy losses on the Japs in aul E. Coke, Mattie Baldwin, Salamau area at Mubo where @ rlotte Kirchoffer, Joy R.Thorne, headquarters radio station and Lt. Col. H. Murphy, Robert H enemy supplies were destroyed Lockhart. The Jap forward positions were Everett L. Govan, Kathleen M broken down at Sanananda and Petrich, Robert McCann, Paul Hor- the Allies took heavy toll of the vith, Naomi Horvath, Rudolph Pil- enemy., ney, Roderick R. Hardies, Eliza- Meanwhile, Allied planes rang- beth MacLean. ing far over Celebes, shot down For Ketchikan—Pete N. Benson, two Jap fighters and bombed the Mrs. Vera Hoban Matkus Island airfield, attacked e vessel at Cape Sena. They also HERE FROM ANCHORAGE ruck at Madang, Pinschafen and Raymond C. Stauffer and V. B. ¢, New Guinea from a night Butler from Anchorage registered ighter base mear here. at the Baranof Hotel yesterday e e DUNCAN VISITS HERE 0 0656008 0 e . William Duncan of Skagway ar- WEATHER REPORT rived in Juneau yesterday and is ® (U. 8. Bureau) . zuest of the Bargnof Hotel e Temp. Friday, Jan. 15 in the Capital City. e Maximum 15, minimum 9 ~m e 4 inches snow on ground BUY DEFENSE &' jw o 00 00 0000 00 Coming to Juneau from Skagway yesterday were the following pas- | |sengers: . Gainor, C. H. Oxey, Major M. K. Mattewson, H. Lester, Dave Roberts, William Dewor, Paul Lew- is, Mrs. Paul Lewis, Capt. Hayes, R. W. Sellair, H. Berkharles, R. Arm- | strong and wife, Thomas Martinson, A. Van Mavern, Mrs. M. Struve, L. R. Hall, Cliff Daigler, J. J. Meherin Leaving Juneau for the south worly yesterday afternoon weve the the Cha a while [trom RAF Makes Big Atiack as|' BATTLE FOR ROSTOV MAY START NOW Black News for Enemy Forces from All Fronts Reported (By Associated Press) Russia’s triumphant armies, ad- sancing on a 25-mile front, have wept back into the Donets River alley and closed a semi-circle round Rostov, engulfing 30 more owns In synchronized drives in he Caucasus and Don River re- ons. Moscow dispatches said the Red nmies have battled their way to the east bank of the Donets, 25 southeast of Kamensk. Frontline reports indicated that battle for Rostov, itself, Is nt to begin, that the Russians ave preparing to storm across the Donets River, a natural barrier be- tore the ecity, In a climactic drive , cut off perhaps half a million soldiers in southern Rus- ferman sla. Simultaneously, black news for (e Axis came from almost every roni on the globe. Américan and Royal Alr P'J c varplanes blasted 23 Axis plane the skieés In the big ial doztighting battle in t campaign yesterday Eight Allied aireraft wert thev attacked 55 Axis transport lanes off the c¢ ven which we to ferty reinlorcements Lo Thi- down try- Tu and shot large-scale assault also was currled out against Tripoli A Fascist communique. 1 med, said tank-led Allied-troops tor n Tunisia 1t d to retreat. D s SUNDAY IS BIG EVENT AT SKIING Racmg Program Arranged, Accompanied by Hot Dogs, Hamburgers With five races, skiing instruc- » {tion, a hot dog feed and the tow: in operation as inducements, to- | morrow promises to be one of the |big days of the season for local | skiers. Organized instruction will start the official day, beginning at 11:30 a. m. and continung until 1 p. m. During the following 45-minute period coffee, hot dogs and ham- hurgers will be handed out to all ckiers. At 2:15 p. m. the racing program will get under way, with the fol- lowing races to be held if there are sufficient emtries: women's slalom, partners’ race, steeplechase handicap, boys' slalom, men's Sla- lem The Juneau Ski Club’s rope tow was operated last week for part of the day. During the presemt week some changes have been made in the hookup which, it is expected, will insure steady service all day. Rates announced last week will prevail tomorrow. Junior skiers who had planned a trip to the upper cabin at the three-mile post are advised that rip has been cancelled, and there will be a race for this group at the second meadow. Although a good fire will be kept going all st the Slalom hill, skiers are urged to wear plenty of warm clothes tomorrow. Joe Werner heads the Outdoor Committee of the Juneau Ski Club which has arranged the events for tomorrow. He is assisted by Sue Stewart, Phvllis Malecolm, Zora Lragich, Bill Pege, Elwin Messer, Pat Dooley, Ed Dick andl Norman Bucey. this