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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LX., NO. 9260. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 15)43 —_— ] 'MEMBE ‘R_ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS = SEARCHERS FIND GEBO, METZDORF ALIVE MacArthur Hurls Air Might At Jap Shipping HEAVYBLOW 1S STRUCK INPACIFIC 20,000 Tons of Jap Ships. Destroyed in Mighty | Punch ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, Feb. 6.—Gen. Douglas MacArthur hurled his aerial might against Japanese shipping over a wide area in the South Pacific today. In one smack at Ambon, west of ( | | Miss Victory Admires Portrait j APS LOST 17 PLANES IN BATTLE Some Defails of Big Fight Near Guadalcanal Released By CHARLES McMURTY Associated Press Writer AN ADVANCED BASE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Feb. 6. — The Japs lost at least 17 Mitsubishi twin-engined torpedo planes in a Dutch New Guinea, the four-motor- ed Liberator bombers bombed 20,000 spectacular attack against a Unit- ed States task force a week ago. TWO MORE ~ SURVIVORS AREFOUND | Will Be Carried Out on Sirefchers — No Trace of Pilolrfiillam KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. 6.— Robert Gebo and Dewey Metzdorf, two of the survivors of the Gillam plane crash of January 5, have been found alive at the camp in the clearing four miles from Smeaton Bay on Boca de Quadra Peninsula. They were found early yesterday | morning by the Coast Guard rescue BETWEEN PICTURES — Edward Widdis, Associated Press photographer in New Guinéa, | party, according to relayed radio The attack occurred 30 miles! tons of Japanese shipping, destroy- ing or seriqusly damaging, three vessels. To complete the day, they shot down five fighter planes and pos- sibly & sixth, then returned to their base without losing a plane. Meanwhile, our ground troops in New Guinea also dealt punishing blows to the Japs, killing 128 in actions on the Kumusi River and in'the Wau area below Salamau. RUSSIANS . REPORTED INROSTOV Other For(e; Kflempting fo Cut Off Million | Germans ‘ MOSCOW, Feb. 6.—Soviet dis- | patches late today pictured the Red | armies piling down the Donets River Basin in a sickle-like sweep to cut ‘ off the escape of a million German | troops from Rostov. | Another report, without confirma- | tion, put the Russ shock troops in a | position of storming the suburbs of | Rostov, and at some points, said to | be five miles within the city proper. Yesterday’s reports put the Rus- sians about 30 miles away. —— | | Barbara Ann Clark, chosen “Miss Victory” in a contest conducted among women working in defense factories, is shown admiring a por- trait painted of her as a defense worker by artist Brandshaw Crandall, who stands beside her. “Miss Victory” has been recently screen-testeds Write (ongtessman | if You Don't Agree With Him; Be Brief | ( | | have advised: “If you don’t agree, |down a few basic rules. One recently received a letter writ- | gave up and doesn’t yet know what | about. { and is glad to do for you. He can | about almost all the problems that | came to Tripoli today to thank the | | British Eighth Army and members | write your Congressman.” Perhaps To TRIpOlI‘ Some Congessmen justifiably go [ten in almost undecipherable long- | On the positive side, there are | TRIPOLI, Feb. 3. — (Delayed)— /supply you with information, in | are arising out of this war—ration- NO BUSINESS EXPECTED IN LEGISLATURE Pending return of legislators on an inspection trip to the Alaska | Pioneers’ Home, little business was | expected to be transacted in the | Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Axis {about getting commissions in the !large crowds he reviewed a long 2 By JACK STINNETT | WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. — From | |time to time in these columns, I| {I have done both Congress and | readers an Injustice in not lnving‘ | berserk over the letters they receive. | —_— hand on two sides of 110 pages of | HH 1 n5E) legal-size stationery. On page 68, he | British Prime Minister Now 1 ihis constituent was complaining | Is Reported af | | many things your Congressman can | Prime Minister Winston Churchill |pamphlet form, if not personally, of the Allied air forces personally |ing, victory gardening, Selective for their magnificent feat irr driving | Service, Civilian Defense, how to g0 army from Egypt and Libya. armed forces, how to obtain citi- Cairo dispatches said Churchill | zenship, what to do about obtaining made a triumphant entry into the | government jobs under civil service, city: on Thursday, Feb. 4, and on |and a thousand other things. the following night at British | He welcomes your opinions on Eighth Army headquarters, amidst | wartime legislaton, on matters con- sidered controversial. And if you line of tanks and troops. | have legitimate business that merits | He left Tripoli early Friday for ‘;your coming to Washington he can | an unannounced destination.. Axis |make appointments for you—pro- ! broadcasts reported his arrival in jvided you let him know far enough ‘Tripoli. |in advance. House or Senate until Monday. | P L, The Senate met at 11 o'clock and | CHURCHILL AT GIBRALTAR adjourned until 11 o'clock Monday, GIBALTAR, Feb. 6.—Prime Min- morning. The House was to meet |ister Winston Churchill arrived here at 2 o’clock this afternoon. |from Cairo after a dramatic and . | exciting air trip across the route EXPLOSION of Rommel’s retreat, seeing for him- | | seli the story of the British victory, SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 6. — | | If you really want to get your| communication considered by your Representative or Senator, here are some good rules: State your case briefly and sim- ply. If you are mad or glad, state your reasons—but quickly. Whom | you know, who your relations are, | even what party you belong to isn’t of much importance. If you are a| bigwig in your community, youri Congressman probably knew your name before you knew his. Unless a matter is of such moment that it can't wait, don't telegraph. south of Guadalcanal. One of the planes filled was | with so much steel when it speed- ed in for a, strafe attack after dropping a torpedo that it almost exploded on a U. S. ship, missing the bow by only 10 feet. It crashed into the sea where it | burned so furiously for fo\,u" min- utes, silhouetting the ship, that the officers and men were much worried for fear that the flare would make the craft a spectacu- lar target. The number of Jap planes brought down indicate that this was a battle of tremendous scope, heretofore unreported. Correspon- dent McMurty’s dispatch contained no mention of losses by our forces, nor any other details of the attack. The Navy has implied in dispatch- es that such a battle has taken place but is withholding any report | until ‘such time as the release of details will not prove of comfort or aid to the enemy. SENTENCING PRISONERS POSTPONED CINCINNATI, Feb. 6.—The Cir- cuit Court of Appeals today upheld the Detroit District Court in the death sentence imposed on Max Stephan, who aided the German aviator, Peter Krug, in his flight from a Canadian prison camp. Stephan was sentenced to be hanged last November 13 by the lower court. He had been captured previously in Mexico and extradited for trial in the United States. - - STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Alaska Ju- neau mine stock closed at 37 at today’s short session of the New York Stock Exchange, American Can 79'%:, ‘Anaconda 26%, Bethle- hem Steel 58'2, Commonwealth and | Southern 15/30, Curtiss Wright 7%, International Harvester 58%, Ken- necott 30'%, New York Central 12%, Northern Pacific 8%, United States Steel 50%, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 12581; rails, 29.08; utilities, 16.40. | THISIS WISHFUL ~ SINKING ' Japs Send Our Ships Down, Nicely-But Juston ! | The Japanese, who several times | |have destroyed most of the United Istates Navy on paper, are quoted by the Berlin radio as saying Am- | erican losses in the Solomons to |date include Six battleships, 34 cruisers, 21 des eral submarines and minelayers. This report, similar to previous fantastic Jap claims, did not spe- cify the length of time in which the sinkings occurred. Needless to , there was no confirmation of the broadcast which Associated | Press recorded. | On the contrary, a Navy spokes- 'man yesterday characterized as grossly exaggerated the claims]| which the Japs put forth Monday. | - FLYNN JURY DEADLOCKED ON VERDICT LOS ANGEL! jor Court jury, trying movie aclur{ ‘ Errol Flynn on three morals charges | | involving two teen age girls, was| locked up last night when the jurors | failed to reach an agreement after 11 hours of deliberation. four aircraft car-| | NEW SETUP " BYGIRAUD, | written in wrecked German and v;Iv.alian planes, tanks, trucks and | guns which still litter the sands {across a thousand miles of waste- Five persons were killed and eight otHers were injured by an explo- sion late yesterday at the Che- murgic plant. The dead include 1 7 E n e m y | This is wartime. | Anyway, letters ireceive just as much attention as | telegrams, sometimes more. PRICES FRIDAY Alaska Juneau mine stock closed | N AFRI(A Friday at 37, American Can at| [ ] 79%, Anaconda 26%, Bethlehem ! Steel 59, Commonwealth and Southern 15/30, Curtiss Wright 7%, | International Harvester 58%, Ken- | NORTH AFRICA, Feb. 6. - Gen. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN| Ciano Ouf In lalian Shake-Up Mussolini Assumes Post of A. P. Corr;;t;ndeni Says' Foreign Minister—Pos- sible Hitler Order | LONDON, Feb. 6—Premier Ben- ito Mussolini'’s abrupt dismissal of his son-in-law, Count Ciano, as Foreign Minister, through a shake- up of his Cabinet, is seen as the move ok a cornered man who is | desperate. Premier Mussolini sumed the post himself in as- what oyers, 5ev- eappeared to be a further move to | tighten his grip on the domestic situation in Ttaly. M lini ordered the mobiliza- jon for war industry of all men between the ages of 14 and 70 and I all women between the ages of 14 and 60. Only three their posts in the yesterday, One source here inferred Hitler might have ordered change in the Cabinet. - > o OPA WARNS 15 ALASKA MERCHANTS retained shake-up ministers swift that the Sends Ouf I.élfers Charging | Violations of Price Ceilings 6. The Government SEATTLE, long arm of the U. termined to keep prices from sky- rocketing crazily upv reached jout today throughout Alaska in the form of warni sent to 125 merchants in*Fairbanks, Valdez, | Skagway, Juneau and Ketcl |charged with violating price ceil- {Ings set by the Office of Price Administration. The warning letters were cut by the Alaska OPA office The violations charged the 25 merchants include charging Feb de- sent ! Don't join any “write-your-Con- gressman” movements on any sub- | ject. These have been used too often | by so-called “pressure groups.” Use | your own mind and express your | | land. $ | —.——————— i four women and one man, all em- | | - Paratroops ployees of the company. /| St Execufed | own views. Ask yourself: How would | ® 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 DIMOUT TIMES . | LONDON, Feb. 6—Seventeen Axis | | parachutists wearing civilian clo'.h-}n;z‘fny“ = :;li"v:;‘::efim::f frsg (ing when captured in Allied LIl | prict? Or, why couldn't I conscienti- "be:;l B o e g ously vote that way? Settle that | Sl 2 “,d mgd’fi"s' . with yourself before you write a| i “"‘Th ncemer;l :“S‘; ay. four | line. But just because you perhaps e parachutists are among four 100 1o the minority, don’t think | Virgil R. Farrell, Director of the ® groups dropped east of Constantine ... your opinion isn't welcome N_?Edumnoml Department of the Of- Dimout ends Monday ® /cn January 21, and captured vlm.h‘umt it won't be given full consid- | fice of Indian Affairs, returned last e sunrise at 8:49 a.m. ® the aid of Arabs, the broadcast| sk 7,inlght from a trip to Ketchikan on ® © 000 000 00 0 o o stated. | (Continued on Page Three¥ official business. necott 31, New York Central 12'%, Northern Pacific 8'4, United States Steel 50%, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages Friday were as follows: industrials 125.75, rails 2918, utilities 16.42. R Dimout begins tonight at sunset at 5:32 p.m. Dimout ends tomorrow (Sunday) at sunrise at 8:51 am. Dimout begins Sunday sunset at 5:35 p.m. e . ° : _VIRGIL R. FARRELL BACK at at FROM TRIP TO KETCHIKAN | Henri Honore Giraud, French High | commissioner, has abolished the Imperial Council created by the late Admiral Darlan, and set up |instead a body called the War | Committee, higher than' ceiling prices, to post ceiling prices so that tomers can see them readily falling to submit cost of living ports to the OPA in Juneau Letters First Step The Alaska OPA office said warning letters are the first in a proceeding which may end in the offending merchants’ licenses cus- and re- D | stey CDA MEETING Catholic Daughters of America will hold a business meeting Tues- to do business being revoked |day evening at 8 o'clock in the Each merchant coming under Parish Hall, when regular affairs OPA regulation, it is claimed, |of the group will come up for dis- ;LHSS‘DH. lCuntlnM”{m fiagé Six) 2 failing ' makes notes about pictures of U. S. Army activity in that area. NAZIGAINS REPORTED IN TUNISIA Large Axis Army s in Africa Now (By Associated Press) The German radio reported Tunisia today that British and Am- of in troops launched waves attacks Axis strong points southwest, of Pont du Fahs, 30 where the Al- in the erican on miles below Tunis, lies tore small breaches German lines. | The German report said the at- tacks were repulsed. | Officials at Allied headquarters, | meanwhile, disclosed that a Ger- Iman counterattack, sprung in the |face of weather so bad that aerial activity was virtually suspended, | forced Allied troops to relinquish their hold on the strategic height of Djebel Mansour, 20 miles south- west of Pont du Fahs. Captured Wednesday The British captured this height Hill 648, in an action reported last Wednesday. | The see-saw struggle for hill, six miles southeast of the British base at Bou Arada, |is part of a campaign to take all vi- tal passes through the mountain range running parallel to the Axis | supply line along the coast. | At the same time, a lull was | reported in the eastern area where Montgomery’s British Eighth Army has penetrated into Tunisia. Only patrol activity was reported. Large Nazi Force Wes Gallagher, Associated Press | correspondent in Tunisia, said that in the past few weeks, Axis forces in Tunisia have swelled to a vet- eran army of perhaps 70,000, The Allied army, he said, is “probably consideraly less.” - Moreover, Gallagher added, fully cne-third of the German Air Force apparently is massed in the Medi- terranean for a showdown battle. snother advantage is that the Axis has shorter supply lines. - 25 GERMAN PLANES ARE SHOTDOWN LONDON, Feb. 6.—Flying Fort- resses destroyed at least 25 German planes during Wednesday's large scale air battle over northwest Germany, the U. S, Eighth Air Force headquarters announced to- | day. i the | information received here late last night. Both Gebo and Metzdorf were in good spirits and plans are underway to take them out on stretchers as |soon as conditions permit. Percy Cutting and Joseph H. Tip- pits. two other survivors of the crash, who were found earlier this week on a beach and brought to | Ketchikan by a Coast Guard cutter | ! for temporary treatment in the hos- pital and who insisted on returning | with the search party, returned to | the base vessel in Smeaton Bay last’ night.and .wept when.they told of. how overjoyed Ciébo and Metzdort were to see the rescuers., They had l'only two boullion cubes to eat since Cutting and Tionits left them 10 days ago to seek help. Supplies Are Dropped Yesterday planes spotted the camp and dropped supplies to Gebo and Metzdorf, Gebo received a broken right leg as the result of the crash, and Metzdorf has a broken collar bone ond several broken ribs. Gebo is also suffering_frost-bitten feet. Cutting and Tippits, despite the protests of their searching compan- ions, insisted on heading up the trail from Smeaton Bay to the camp with the Coast Guard party. Search for Gillam An intensified search continues for Pilot Gillam by shore parties, boats and planes. Over 200 miles of the coast are to be combed. The volunteer searching party that left here yesterday, took with them more than 200 sandwiches and medicine. When Pilot Gillam left the scene of the crash on January 10, he car- ried one pound of raisins and two candy bars with him. He left two boullion cubes with Gebo and Metz- dorf as that was all the food that remained from the emergency ra- tions carriéd on the plane at the time of the crash. Cutting and Tippits taok no food for themselves ‘when "they left to secure aid but lived for the next seven days on mussels and ravens which they shot with a .22 rifle. Five Accounted For Now, five of the six perosns who left Seattle January 5 on the Mor- rison-Knudsen Lockheed Electra plane, piloted by Harold Gillam, have been accounted for. Cutting and Tippits were found on the beach, Gebo and Metzdorf are in the camp and Miss Susan Balzer, the woman passenger on the plane, died from loss of blood following amputation of a hand which was jammed in a door of the plane. The searchs continues for Gillam. The plane crashed in a fog on a 2.200-foot mountain on Boca de Quadra Peninsula after fog pre- vented the plane landing at the Ketchikan airport late in the after- noon of January 5. Gebo is general superintendent of the Morrison-Knudsen Company in Alaska. Metzdorf is superintendent of hotels and commissaries of the Al- aska Railroad, owner of the Anchor- age Hotel and Anchorage civic lead- er, Tippits, of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, is of the mechanical maintenance unit at Anchorage. Cutting is a mechanic of the Mor- rison-Knudsen Company in Alaska and was returning from a holiday trip to his home in California. Gillam is‘one of the veteran air- men of Alaska and for two years has been flying the Morrison-Knud- sen planes. Miss Balzer was a CAA employee ‘at Anchorage.