The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 5, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” — VOL. LX., NO. 9259. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FH%RUARYS 1943 Ml:MBl:R ASSOCIATE;D PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 0 TRACE OF HAROLD GILLAM IS FOUND U. S. Pilots Knock Down 26 — GREATAR BLOW HIT IN AFRICA Flying Forirgfiges, Light- ning FightersAlsoDam- | age Another 26 LONDON, Feb. 5.—News smashing aerial victory in which American Flying Fortresscs an Lightning fighters knocked down 26 enemy planes and damaged an-| other 26 with the loss of only 10 of their own number came today from Africa. Lmis news was tempered some- what, however, with the report that U. S. armored forces have with- drawn from the Sened railway sta- tion in central Tunisia, 65 miles northwest of Gabes. The only patrol activity was m‘ the Tunisian-Libyan border area where the British Eighth Army following Rommel's rear guards. | The air battle in which the Am- | of al v (Conr.mued on Page_fi;e) Vfi‘ | i The Washington| Merry -Go-Round | By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON, Undersecre- taty of War Patterson, who be- | lieves ig maintaining contacts with | all parts of American life, uwned AFL leader Bill Green and CIO's Phil Murray down to see him the | other evening. Patterson wanted to] get their slant on various things, including new legislation. “Anytime anything comes up af- fecting labor,” Patterson saxd “don’t hesitate to call me direct. want to work out a plan whereby both AFL and CIO will be consult- | ed about anything affecting labor, especially where new legislation is concerned.” Encirclement in Don River Basin Area MOSCOW, Feb. 5—Facing a gi- Patterson went on to say that gantic encirclement of all of their he was opposed to any action in forces in the Don Basin above Congress curbing the present rights Rostov, even as the armies of the of labor. He also took occasion to Caucasus are being pinned back put in some vigorous opposition 'against the sea, the Germans are against the Tolan-Pepper-Kilgore reported today as desperately rush- Bill which would transfer to one ing squadrons of tank divisions and over-all civillan agency many of |infantry reserves into the battle the procurement and production raging west and south of Krasny duties now performed by the Army Liman and Navy. These production duties In breaking through to Krasny are now the subject of considerable Liman, the Red Army pushed deep debate and bickering between the into the rich Ukraine to develop a Army and WPB. | potential flanking movement agaipst After listening to Undersecretarvu”he important German strongholds Patterson’s forcefully expressed rea- 3t Kharkov and Varoshilovgrad. sons, Bill Green, influenced by The Soviet forces are today well them, began to waver. Whereupon{“"qt of the Iafter city. ) The remainder of the nine Ger- P}:w"rrh:);em;:‘:p';: kaid: {man and Hungarian divisions are ¢ surrounded west of Voronezh and was present when you testified be- ,ph0qr t6 pe facing the same fate fore the Committee. I heard what .o the Nazi forces encircled and you said. The AFL is definitely on annihilated at Stalingrad. record for the Tolan hill.” } The newspaper Pravda reports |that the trapped forces are fighting |as scattered garrisons with no com- | cunication with each other. Both labor leaders expressed sat-| The dead are reported to havs l\ ched a total of 17,000 with | isfaction with the conference, but ! during one point in the conversa- |27.000 captured. tibn, Murray said: | Directly east and north of Roztoc. ~But, Bob, there'’s one man in|the Nazis are reported counter-at- your organization whose labor poli- |tacking with abundant motorized cibs we don't like. That's General | forees as they make a supreme ef- Sdmervell.” “Well, Phil,” replied Patterson, “I realize that General sometimes does give the wrong im- pression where labor is concerned.| But then you have to look at hl\ side of it. Remember that he has! the preblem of supplying 5,000,000 | men. Two years ago, 90 percent or the officers in that Army were| civilians. And of the men, 99 per- | cent were civilians. That Army is| made up of a lot of your union men, and farmers, and men from all walks of life. “It’s General Somervell's job to i v X give them the best shoes, the best Jost it while attending uniforms, the best guns, the best|JUnior Nigh school. Nothing in it food, ammunition, everything he, but “"'“pm he said. ->-oe— BUY DEFENSE BONDS CONTROVERSIAL GENERAL SOMERVELL |Don river empties into the Sea of | Azov and thus retain the land route | Somervell;ror the escape of their hard prt-\sod troops in the CAuc'uu.s SAI.VAGE | Circle, grocer, after |found his billfold. A janitor, searching a building for scrap metal, ered it. Circle 26 years, school discov- fContinued on Page Four) ALASKAN SENTRY_standing in the thin Arctic sune, ‘ light amid mow-cnpped evergreens, a Marine guards Sitka base, 'MORE NAZIS HOUSE GROUP SURROUNDED, PANS RUM l‘,m“u‘,‘LJ&”ZS&,;E‘VLJIJSL‘Z.‘,‘ FACEDEATHTAX SCHEME Red Army Making Great No Agreement Decide |fort to hold the key city where the ARKANSAS CITY, Kas. —Lee millions of persons in war indus- has | tries and other tasks deemed es- | sential. FIRSTDEGREE MURDER IN PADDY CASE Hanging Penalty Is Verdict| Returned in Less than | Three Hours | BULLETIN — William James Paddy was this afternoon found guilty of first degree murder without recommendation. The verdict carries a mandatory sentence of capital punishment, which means hanging in Al- aska. The jury deliberated less than three hours in reaching the verdict. Paddy remained impassive as the verdict was read in Court by Clerk of the Court Robert Coughin. Jurors were then polled separately at the request of H. D. Stabler, d:fense attorney. Sentence has not yet been passed. William James Paddy's fate wasl gl\«en into the hands of a jury Im(xdv up of nine women and three men at 11:25 o'clock this forenoon when Judge Alexander, of the U.S District Court finished reading his instructions, Paddy went on trial on Monday of this week, charged with first n ee murder for the fatal shoot-; ing of Tony Simin in Douglas on| the night of August 13, 1942. Al | verdict of first degree murder with- | out qualification was asked by the S. Attorney. Though of death on defenseless schools. rains of this school in the suburbs of Lonson. CROSS ALPS, Given fo HIT ITALY AMERICANS ~ ADVANCING ON GUADAL StillNoDefinitéAnnounce~ ment on Sea En- gagements WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—American The Italians admitted that several trocps on Guads 1wl have ad- |waves of planes raided both towns vanced their position a half-mile heir s s g pas, stat- beyond Tassafaronga e Navy re- | forema " nd their surrounding area: chairman of the New York Federal| . afl:ermh;as:a:hznre:s: '(‘:on:l’L ling that at Turin several buildings poried late today, indicating that Reserve Board, why “you don't sell) Fi3 Mt Aase s Kiley: TR Tkkire w‘\\m hit but “the number of ,vic-!the Jap-held village has been cap- that to all business people and have | ims has not yet been ascertained.” tured. them cancel the debts of customers.” '::e"wh‘z:f;ck“"dw;;‘:ézj ":mf::‘r: A communique broadcast from At sea, the communique said, Ruml insisted that the withhold-| . Andf 2 smnsh 8t “nendain shoe K7 atwidn' - tho ing nxol\n on‘ (194.5 incomes should| When the verdict will be given tc \2::':;1 "fiiflflntr{-‘l t::nen Sl:ll::hor;(& Amer;c;n fln(:l’ ]('e‘!:‘c:m' :m“f'x’nd sur- be effective not later than April 1.|Judge Alexander and read in thelt| rq at the interlor eity. The uais are continuing P i presence, according e instruc- 2 {bombs caused only slight damage Yesterday a force of dauntless tions by the Court. , |at Spezia, said the Ttalians. dive bombers bombed Jap positions The jurors filed from the court| 1t was the first time the British at Munda, New Georgia Island h room to begin their deliberations at|nombers had taken the long trail Naval authorities still were re 11:30 o'clock under the custody of [across the Alps to attack Northern luctant to amplify their statements bailiffs A. J. Sprague and Margot|Ttaly since December 11, when a on the engagements. Whether these | Hendrickson. he: raid on Turin wound up a engagements were slackening Or Members of the jury that will|two-month offensive against Mus- were approaching a final show- decxde Paddy’s fate are Mrs. Josie|solini's war industries, also strik- down could not be told SOME AREAS Whine, Mrs. M. S. Whittier, H. V. —_— Tucker, Edna Liston, Clarabel Mes-|heavily bombed, the Air Ministry tached to the ground troops’ serschmidt, Amy Rude and Elsie it London reported |vance beyond Tassafaronga McNutt Says Step May|zerscmia caliss the dapd’ maed the § g ; | there on occasions to bring Freeze Many in War | Peday was represented in the ban : 5 barges and shiploads of troops Industries [ Paut b:n: z;:::::e;]m: :‘:f::emu supplies, g : & . 8. rneys Al e P. J. Gilmore, Jr, and Robert L. ; ) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 |Jesnhere NenCeq glie: pase-for tie man Paul V. McNutt of the War |is set for t.rlxl | TAMPA, Kas—Earl Crandall is {in the Army. On his filling station hangs this sign: “Closed until after Hitler’s funeral.” . | jurors. They are, first degree mur-| {der without qualification, which automatically carries a penalty of| capital punishment; first degree | |murder. with the analification| |“without capital punishment,” | which carries a penalty or impris- | onment at hard labor for life; sec ‘,m:d degree murder, which carries| (By As:ocuted Press) (a penalty of imprisonment for from| The Royal Air Force lashed out 15 years to life; manslaughter, for||ast night to bomb the North Ital-| | which the penalty is not more than |ian cities of Turin and Spezia, the| 120 years' imprisonment or less than | |latter an Italian naval base. At the ! WASHINGTON, Feb. Chair-|one year; and acquittal 4 ame time, other RAF planes at- man Doughton of the House Ways| 1n his instructions Judge Alex-|tacked the Ruhr Basin and the and Means Committee vigorously ander briefly summed up the case German submarine base at Lorient challenged yesterday the conten-|,n4 adgmonished the jurors to jud;ZP in France. tions that Ruml, sponsor of the in. cage solely on the evidenceand| Onlv thres skip-a-year tax plan, had in mind| . estimony, and to follow the | the raids which constituted one of the improvement of the '”'"“”“11msv.rucunns ' A’ Whole. | ne most sweeping single night op- well-being of the government | May Have Sealed Verdict ever attempiled by the ‘”[_):‘ul;lhfi‘;éi;‘(flw:"ii"m":‘")l‘;:a::w Judge Alexander authorized the Bri o B | jurors to return a sealed verdict, taxes to put the taxpayers on al e ds.vouigo basls. asked . FinaL e ARS(MIRSEE Anl SiPer DRI of the Turin, Auto Center and Spezia, Naval Base, Are Bombed Yet on Income Tax Program 5 hombers were lost in W 1 the ad- be- beach ing at Genoa and Milan, The communique tefling of Callow, Mr Hector McLean, H.!| FExcellent weather was encounter- sea fighting was substantially Lester Rink, Margaret Ann Wil-|ed over Turin, center of the Italian same as the ssued yesterday. liams, Robert G. Rice, Alice M.| — Chair- | Government. Manpower Commission announces lThls is the last criminal case "” fhat the Commission will take over | (¢ Present. Regular juries are to| control of hiring in labor shortage automobile industry, and it was Considerable significance report February 15 when the case| areas in a step expected to freeze . | LONDON, Feb. 5.—Edward Henry | Crockett, 81, Associated Press cor- {respondent assigned to the British Mediterranean fleet, fatally wound- 5 i A8 WASHINGTON, Feb Presi- ed in the tgrpedoing of a British guni Roosevelt todfl‘y asked (‘Jon- n:nf;llll .ve:f'."l' died at sea, the Ad- gyess for an additional four billion miralty disclosed today. |dollars in cash and two hundred = B (and ten million dollars in contract BUY DEFENSE BONDS authorization for the Navy. He emphasized that no one will| be pegged irrevocably for any par—i ticular job or even any line of! work if he has good reasons to| leave, but one aim of the control is to prevent persons from leaving war work for non-essential jobs without sufficient reason. 5 unable to \ll‘lk(‘ at London’s vital war objectives, Nazi airmen are still able to unload their cargoes Rescue workers are pictured looking for bodies of little folk among the FOR NAVY :-: RAF PLANES Hundreds of Bills Congress Dle in Commitiees By .1.’\('!( STINNETT WASHINGTON, Feb, 5— Before the 78th Congress was much over week old, more than 1,000 bills and resolutions had been intro-| duced To a lot of the Hill, that's mentioning. Practically all gresses are like that A great chunk of these bills will never reach the House or Senate floors. They will die in committees, Some will expire because their au-| thors are unable to make their pleas heard above the tumult and shouting of more important legis- lation; some because their authors don’t care much anyway, they hav- ntroduced them only because of pressure from important consti- tuents. Another sizable ro-called “private bills"—principal- ly measures to settle individual claims against the government for damages to property or persons. Still that leaves more bills than any newspaper could itemize and explain. In Tuskegee, Ala, they probably know there are three bills pending to establish memorials to the late Negro scientist and educa- tor, Dr. George Washington Carver, but I doubt if much of the rest of the United States ever heard about, them. | | the old-timers on not even worth Con- percentage are Probably no one has taken the trouble to report that & Pat McCarran has revived that ancient battle between the Commonwealth I Virginia and the national capital by introducing a bill to establish (ence and for all) the boundaries between Virginia and the District f Columbia. The same Senator has another measure that might stir up a storm—a bill to establish tederal Department of Aviation Sen. Lester Hill has a “univer- il service and total mobilization” bill and Sen. Hattie Caraway has on'e to establish preparatory chools for West Point and Anna- polis There already are at least provide for rehabilitation wounded veterans of this war (one includes rehabilitation of in- jured war workers) and another would pay a $60 “bonus” to men honorably discharged from military service two of | also In both chambers, bills dropped into the hopper would “authorize” the Pr have which dent to (Continued on Page Five) Axis Airplanes Nazi Lethal Rain Falls on Defenseless Kiddies [FUTILE HUNT - STAGED FOR CRASH PILOT VqunIeer Searchers fo Comb Beaches-lescue Party Coming Out BULLETIN—Ketchikan, Alas- ka, Feb. 5.—Intermittent signals picked up here indicate that the landing party in the res- cue of Dewey Metzdorf and Ro- bert Gebo, survivors of the Harold Gillam plane crash, have reached a “temporary camp in a clearing” about two miles from the plane's wreck- age and four miles from the beach. fignals indicate that the man sighted yesterday is probably one of the survivors and he was not on the beach but in the clearing at the temporary camp. The meagre information does not state which of the sur- vivors Is the nor the fate of the other survivor. It is definitely signaled, how- ever, that no trace of Gillam has been found and he had not returned to the scene since he left on January 10, five days after the crash. A signal was received early this afternoon stating the res- cue party Is now on the way out with at least one addition- al survivor but failed to say whether the survivor was Metz- dorf or Gebo or whether both were alive, Half a dozen volunteer searchers left here early today to comb the beaches afoot on a search for Gillam. One signal late this forenoon stated the Gillam plane crashed near a 2,400-foot moun- tain and broke into three pieces. GILLAM NOT FOUND KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. 5. — Pilot Ray Renshaw, Alaska Game Commission flier, and two service pilots returned’ here late yesterday afternoon after a 'fruitless search of the entire Boca de Quadra Pen- linsula and Smeaton’ Bay coastlines in hopes of finding Pilot Harold Gillam who is reported to have left the scene of his wrecked plane on ’Janunry 10, to go in search of help Coast Guard Headquarters hag been informed that the land party has reached the scene where o lone man was sighted yesterday morning by Renshaw but there is no word yet as @ who he may be. Pilot Renshaw taxied his pontoon plane for several hours on : the tideline in @& hunt for Gillam. He saw a wolf and a flock of crows ' devouring something on the beach but this turned out to be the car- cass of a deer. Cutting Excited Renshaw piloted the plane which dropped supplies of food and medi- cine to the lone unidentitied man scen on the beach. Percy Cutting, one of the survivors of the Gillam plane crash, who with Joseph Tip- !pits was found on the beach and brought here Wednesday afternoon, was Renshaw's observer on the plane and he wept with excitement as he shoved the precious supplies out of the door of the plane but could not identify the man on the beach because of the high altitude the plane was flying. Cutting in- sisted on leaving the Renshaw plane and join the rescue vessel in Page Two) -Cununued on ® & o 0 0 0 0 0 0 DIMOUT TIMES Dimout begins tonight (Friday) at sunset at 5:30 o'clock. Dimout ends tomorrow (Saturday) at sunrise at 8:53 am. Dimout begins Saturday at sunset at 5:32 p.m. 000000000 eesececccccae ®ecsvccecccee