The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 22, 1943, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LX., NO. 9247. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, —_— ] PRICE_TEN CENTS TEN CENTY 1943 MLMH—R ASSOCIATED PRl;Sb JAP CRUISER, THREE SHIPS HIT BY ALLIES Fate Of Tripoli Now Appears To Be BRITISH ARE REPORTED IN SUBURBSNOW American Bombers Knock | Down 23 Planes at | Axis Base LONDON, Jan. 22— Short-range fighters mauled Rommel’s retreat- ing columns as deep as 25 miles inside Tunisia as the fate of Trip-| oli appeared sealed The British Eighth Army is re- ported by the Morocco radio as al- ready having reached the suburbs of Tripoli. In the seige of Tripoli, 23 Nau5 « planes were reported this mm‘mmzl to have been shot down by Amer-| ican bombers. | The communique from Ceiro said that by last evening, the Brmshl were in a steady pursuit of Rom- mel’s forces engaging the “enemy” | west of Homs, south of Tripoli but the Italians reported the British southwest of Tripoli indicating it is being bypassed as well as attacked. | On the Central Tunisian land {ront, Giraud’s hard-pressed French troops are reported beating off in-| tensified attacks. The Germans,| supported by tanks and planes are| in a spreading battle southwest of Pont du Fahs, and are making a desperate effort to widen the cor- ridor for Rommel's getaway. The Germans are sa.ld to have made (canunued on Page Six) LEGISLATORS ARE 10 BE HONORED AT GOVERNOR'S HOUSE | Honoring the Territorial officials of Alaska, Gov. and Mrs. Ernest Gruening will give a recepnonl ‘Thursday, January 28 at 8:30 p.m. in the Executive Mansion, when Territorial legislators will be guests of honor. The Washington| Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on aective duty.) 'WASHINGTON.—A smelly scan- dal involving army airplane patents is being unearthed at Wright Field by Major Bill O'Dwyer, the New| York state’s attorney who helped to clean up Brooklyn. The scandal involves several gov- ernment officials who have worked inside deals with airplane parts' manufacturers. One racket worked | this way: when a certain Wright Fleld employee evolved an idea or patent, he would. sell it to an inter- | ested company. Then he, an offi- cial, would turn around and write the government specifications so| that only the gadget he had in- vented could be purchased by thc| Government. Another racket worked this way: when a certain manufacturer wanted to sell a special gadget or part such as an oil cooler, itl would get a man on the inside at Wright Field to write the specifi-| cations so only this particular in-\ vention could be purchased. For| doing this the inside man got a kickback. This stifled competition and often prevented the best product from being sold. ! The man who first suspected! this racketeering was Harold Tal-| bot, WPB’s crack aircraft produc- tion man. One of the things that| made him unpopular with the| Army was his stream of suggesmed‘ reforms for Wright Field. Undersecretary of War Patterson, disturbed over smelly reports, ap- | pointed the former Brooklyn p'o-‘ secutor, Bill O'Dwyer, now in the! Army, to investigate. He has found\ so much dirt that his report has' (Continued on Page Four) | [this was only conducted at LONE ENEMY | BOMBS U.S. | ISLE BASE ~ Corporals Wed New Hebrides ; Operations | WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—A lone Jap plane bombed the American base on the island of Espiritu Santo, the Navy reported today. It was the first enemy action from the air directed at the New He- brides operations center. No dam- 1ze was done. A communique said that during the night of January 20 and 21, U. 8. aireraft carried out several ‘harassing attacks on enemy in- istallations in the Tall Tale Islands off the northeast coast of Short- |iend Tsland, | The results of this action were First Enemy Air Afteck in| ! not observed. At the same time, forces on Guadalcanal U. S. ground continued ance and made small advances in some scctors. D SOVIEIS ARE "ENCIRCLING NAZI FORCES New Adion_ieporied on Corporal Alvin Makowski, 25, (left), and Corp. June E. McDonald, 21, WAAC noncem, were married at Detroit in what was believed to be the first all-corporal wedding in the history of American combat forces. After a five-day honeymoon he was to return to his camp in California and she to Florida. They were married in the church in which they met. Seattle Tied-up for Two | Days Becaues of Winfry e hdion Repore Condifions, Snowandlce Ao laucass ‘ MOSCOW, Jan. 22 — Red Army |troops have blasted their way BHATTLE, Jan. Large downtown stores WEeIre inhrough the western fortifications and winter conditions \ircufllly‘closed both Wednesday and Thurs-|,q dugouts of the remgants of 22 paralyzed war industry production |day after an appeal was made tC| ayis Divisions trapped before Stal- i Seattle on Wednesday, contin-[relieve the transportation burden. fingrad and have tightened encircl- |ued for the most part of Thursday| Logging camps generally closed ment of the field, dispatches an- but became partly normal today. |and many lumber mills were forced |nounce. Power lines were knocked out,jto shut down on account of 10g| The German forces cut off in the schools were closed, city transpor-|shortage. first phase of the winter offen- tation facilities were crippled and| One man was electrocuted by |sive of the Soviets, are also being two of the large shipyards were | coming in contact with a dangling surrounded on the northern Cau- closed entirely because power was| power wire. |casus front. off except for out-door work and| One man was killed in a traffic about | crash due to the weather condi- one-fourth production because em- |tions. 22—Heavy snow WEB IS TIGHTENED BERLIN, Jan. 22 — The German ployees could not reach their| Alaskans and midwesterners; High Command admits in a spec- jobs. ‘lhought the conditions caused a|ial communique that the German Boeing Aircraft remained closed!very unworthy fuss but it wasforces have been encircled in the Wednesday and Thursday but re-|tough on hilly cities unprepared|Stalingrad salient and are being {hard pressed by the Russians. WILL RAISE sumeai work today. | for coping with ice and snow. New Deal's Nightmare | Is Lineup of Present PLANE HERE ON SATURDAY !5 MISSING Session of Congress ber and one part the conservative; (First of Two Articles oh the |(anti New Deal) Democrats for- i i New Congress) merly in Congress. .NavyAsa!vagfe S.'l"%’ .Dlvers Already Democratic leaders | rrive for By JACK STINNETT | have ducked ome threatened fight 0b in WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—Admin-|and acquiesced in Republican de-| Channel istration leaders and some high-|mands for greater representation handed bigwigs in the war effort|on congression committees. In spite % aren't sleeping well these nights.|of the fact that the Democrats have ro: :::lu‘:’g:h:swesie::nlz"ele:;pptm Their nightmare—the 78th Con-|only a majority of 14 for a fight!y oo~ o begin work on raising gress. jon the House floor and 19 for n:the Woodley Airways plane which For two years Congress has m.‘bcmp in the Senate, the change in| |orashed ifr. hé . ctiag n‘t’el Tuesd: ken a battering. Public opinion and | numerical representation on the and ba? ket ks ) 3 ha\) 1 occasion even the Administration | committees can't be overstressed. 7O (WO NOWY CWerh R0 I knocked down the old fellow in the| There are 47 standing committees . cict in the pw-.lx“))(mme;‘: dwm:“‘: big black hat and flowing uc. in the House, 33 in the Senate. They pp Caro, Port (‘:a tain, anr “:m(d relled him in the dust and kicked|are the cogs that really grind out| oda b o him in the stomach the legislation. For every big legis-| po AL 1 : But having passed his 78th bi-|lative fight on the floors of either 10 sewere tip whish the ennial birthday, he’s up again, dusi- | chamber to determine the fate of salvage ship made, however, all ed off and squared away. And those one law, a score of skirmishes in the gear has been iced down and to- | who tossed haymakers at him in the committee rooms predetermine the 1ast round, have taken one look at future of 20 bills. Congress rejuvenated and are wish-| Nt only will the Republicans, ing they could crawl off and hide it 5 little cooperation from De- in a strictly neutral corner. mucrauc conservatives, be able to (g 3t ut up a winning battle on the The smelling salts that brought num (of the House, at least). They Ithe old fellow around are two parts ____ Republican gains made last No»/em-X ment in shape for the job. It is expected, Caro said, that operations will begin tomorrow. The work is being done under the di- rect supervision of the Navy and Coast Guard. All interested parties (Continued on Page Two) the crash tomorrow. mopping up pockets of enemy resis- | i ! day was spent in getting the equip- will be present at the scene of of about 170 miles an hour in 1928, Sealed LIBERATORS IN ATTACKS, SOLOMONS | Bombers Al_s—o—in Air Battle ~Shoot Down 12 Zeros in Fight Over Sea ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN \USTRALTA, Jan. 22—Two widely wparate attacks of Allled Bombers it a Japancse crulser and three merchantmen while the ground forces mopped up around Sananan killiny 150 more, A formation of Liberators left a Jap cruiser listing and on fire in Ambon Harbor. | This formation also shot down two of 20 Jap fighters, On the re- | turn trip to the home bases, mer- chantmen were hit at Rabaul and two others were atticked. ANOTIER AIR FIGHT :OMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, 1. 22—Liberator bombers shot tewn 12 and damaged six Jap Zeros in o fight against more than two desen over the ocean off Wewak. e ajr battle lasted over one hour, ng several hundred miles. of the Liberators were dam- ted but all returned to hases. kf]o! ‘the. crews was wounded illed. Flying Fortresses on Henderson Field war base on Th.ree Flying Fortresses, stand on Henderson Field, America's alcanal Islands in the ¢ 5 s5¢4 f1om Henderson Ficld have been har ellorls to mmflltn i pvcm i theesolomons, No'a wecked flgmlm phm.s dmued ont of ssing the Japs in Pacmz Lirman Says 5 MHED IN FIRST RAH Bombing of Japan s MYCRASH, ALASKALOGS On Beoks for Fulure 50. AMERICA REACHSOUTH HONOLULU, Jan. 22. — Capt. 'He adviscd that the fight with ¥ . N Ralph Oftsie, aviation officer on the Japs is separate and dislmc!‘Dead Include Major Eric More than 100,00 Fee' the staff of Admiral Chester Ni- from the war in Europe, and also| . mitz, told the Chamber of Com-|of a different kind. After the first|, Kfllgh', We“ Known Sem '0 S'afes for \erce here “there is no royal road Jap advances were met, he said, . to Tokyo,” but added, the bombing |“by good, solid, American opposi- | Novelist War Effort of Japan is on the list for future |tion, the struggle has reduced it- | operations in a big way self to fighting in the jungle is- WASHINGTON, Jan, 22 — The WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. — A large government logging project But for the present,” he said, . stralia to Alaska sigsh of a’ transport plane under “tiirer Ak’ reading WHY . 1t A LSRG SUEt "‘ ’l" ; ¢ the far|‘OMrACt to the Army, in which 26 In Alaska to obtain spruce for hardly become a matter of rou-l““d $hie’ barren islands of jLue acsongers and nine crew members blanes was disclosed here with the tine.” |north.” vere killed January 15 near the 'huouncement that a raft of more n lely Alaska. The Forest Service said the 900- mile trip was hampered by gales which forced the tow into the helter of bays many times. The raft included a few thou- and feet of hemlock for experi- nental purposes. Thirty-three per- cent of the spruce is number one ;xade which is above the estimates. The project was launched last June 0 supplement insufficient 100,000 feet of logs has reached Puget Sound from cast of Duteh Guinea in South America, is announced by Maj. Mosf Legislafors Here For Szssion; Many New i?ropesals (oml ng Up Knight, novelist, who wrote “This Above All,” and “The Flying York- reman,” and who recently re-en- ed the Army. There were no survivors of the | ‘rash. It occurred in a remcte sec- on of the Guinea coast.”The next |of kin of all military personnel I board the plane have been noti- | | | All but two of the 24 members of | fled production in Oregon and Wash- the Sixteenth Territorial Lezisla-| Gen. George said the announce- ..1on for meeting war needs. ture, which will convene in June au ! ment of the crash was delayed only Regional Forester B. Frank Monday morning at 10 o'clock, have | because of the time required O jiuiicman s supervising the |arrived in Juneau and are lt-ady; each the scene and to determine |to go into action. Representativé | the extent of the casualties. W. A. Eagan of Valdez, and Rep-| The plane was flying south. It resentative R. E. Hardcastle of| ©ft the United States about a week Ketchikan are yet to arrive |2go. All those aboard were on their e ekl bk indicat | v2y overseas, some probably going ~ | "0 North Africa, uver-all project with Assistant Re- glonal Forester Charles G. Burdick directly in charge. Burdick has en in Seattle for some time vhere a branch office of the Ju- au headquarters of the Forest ld before . O % 2 bee ‘;““ i "“‘“'“:w"um Pei-he The number of casualties, Gen. "M %‘r s repion. Bap Resy P JOpErag - oy : Goorge explaned, was due to the ablished: ] Bu' there was plenty of are being taken from reat size of the plane. - eee PATROLDUTY P“O' w"h Wilkms on Two make their appearance st coast of Prince of Wales where a number of camps in the b | iti islative halls within the 1 o astablERa ole Expedi : . dn : hif» House e Disappears fademe, Tax - i syl It is believed that a m ‘ PORT ARTHUR, Ontario, Jan. version of the 1941 i Cheesman, Will be introduced, drafted Force pilot, along the lines of the old expedi- with reduced ra in some legislators are in favor ¥ Flying Officer Al i1 Canadian Air 10 was pilot of Wilk to bpth poles and of a N EST SOON also N 22 Jan mall withholding tax for the Ter- House the search for the missing Russian aid President Roo: i in 1937, is missing, believed *:LOT ¢ learning of ral resump- g have been on an Atlantic pa- Several measures dealing with of work in the Pennsylvania Aeskw's classic, guessing when 1 quor laws are being discussed. One o ocal HAlAs Add the - end! 'O 168 will go out at Nenana, will esman is a former city coun- Would simply amend the law .0 ., walkout. was grat u be the big involving question. . He was eolected while on call for better enforcement. An- onse of the miners Tn€ classlc is the squarest sport rch for the Russians and r would set up a Territorial »nfident that only existence. There is no possible his cath of office before a Wholesale liquor board which would atively few, who had not W@y for it being fixed. Nature is otary at Point Barrow, Alaska. ndl: the sale of all Mquor in|.eturped to work, would join the e UMpire or referee, as you might o B the Territory to retailers. It is not| p«sociated Mines.” . call it. believed that the proposal would | el A B O Tickets for the classic will soon American bomber speeds have lignor stores being opmm-' be printed and then the guessing been stepped up from a maximum .. py +he Territory. A bill simils The Central Valley water and mav’begin. vower project in Callfornia will cost ~The sale of tickets will close at | to more than 300 m.p.h. | (Continued on Page Two) $264,000,000. ,midnight April 3.