The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 25, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” s —— o VOL. LX., NO. 9276. ILNFAU ALASKA, THURSDA\ l-lBRUARY ZS I(HS PRICE TEN CENTY ALLIES ATTACK ROMMEL ONTWO FR Jap Warship Is Driven Aground By Fort Invading Japs Driven Back Into Sea SHIP PILES UP FLEEING FROMBOMBS OtherEnemyShlps Indud-\ ing 10,000-fon Mer- (hantmqg Pamaged ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN | AUSTRALIA, Feb. —A Japanes? warship, fleeing [frantically from attacks of American Flying Fort- | resses, was driven aground off Cape Azelle in New Britain yester- day. | Allied bombers also soared over Rabaul to damage two small enemy warships and a 10,000-ton mer- chantman. Allied fliefs also pounded the Lae region in New Guinea, raining down 500- and 1,000-pound bombs | and starting fires visible 25 miles Heavy fires were also started in Lae itself. - e o 0o 0 0 0 0 o WEATHER REPORT (U. S. Bureau) Temp. Wednesday, Feb. 24. Maximum 42, minimum 33. Snow, trace. © o o 0 o o The Washmgion Merry - Go- Round ! . By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON —The House Redpresentatives’ ban on free mml- i privileges of government de- partments without Congressional okdy is much more significant than administration leaders admit. It shows that the Republicans today really rule one house of Congress. They won by the narrow margin of 204 to 201. It was a test case. Administration leaders vigorously opposed the mail ban on the ground it would interfere with vi- tal Army and Navy mail For some time Democratic lead- | ers have expected growing defec- | tions in Demgocratic ranks, chiefly among Southerh and farm con-| gressmen. However, the leaders were not prepared for the technique | the coalitionists used in this case. Actually, only six anti-New Deal | Democrats voted for the Keefs amendment banning free mail for Government bureaus without Con- gressional okay. What spelled de- feat for the administration was the fact that 19 other Democrats, in- cluding 11 from the South, led by | Representative Hatton Sumners of | Texas, did not vote, thus assuring a Republican: victory. | A few were legitimate absentees, including Representative Jack Cochran of Missouri, who has been | il. But the majority absented themselves deliberately, according ! to House leaders. Representative | Sumners and others were reported | seen on the floor just before the vote, but disappeared when the clerk began to call the roll. Besides Sumners and Cochran, other absentees were Representa tives Abernethy of Mississippi Bland of Virginia, Boykin of Ala- | bama, Bryson of South Carolina, Clark of North Carolina, Cullen of | New York, Domengeaux of Loui-| siana, Heffernan of New York,| Kennedy of New York, Lewis of Colorado, McGranery of Pennsyl-| vania, Maloney of Louisiana, Mans- | field of Texas, Morrison of Loui- siana, Norton of New Jersey, Sheri dan of Pennsylvania and swagall; of Alabama. | NOTE: Democratic coalitionists have decided to use the “stay-| away” technique rather than out-' right voting against the Adminis- tration. On close votes, it is just as effective, since House Republi-| Continued on Page Four) , |to cause mate: Sunk Off Homeland A torpedo hit by an American submarine just under the well deck of this Jap destroyer folded the forecastle up at an angle of about 45 de grees. photos) 3 ‘Ilallans in Tunisia Have Good Reasonfo Carry White Kerchief : Japs Cutting Own Strength By Air Raids Large Force Smashed Upin Attack by American Fighter Planes NEW DELHI, Feb. 25.—American ! fighter planes of the 10th Air | Force, Tising to the challenge, 30 Japanese bombers whieh thrust across the Burmese mountains against the Assao air flelds shot down six and prooably desl twelve and damaged others. None of the American planes were even | damaged. A few bombs were dropped but they exploded harmlessly, an Am erican communique said. The action was one of a series| lof air and ground operations which are cutting the Jap strength in |Burma. The raid was the second directed against one major airport *|in three days. The first also failed | al damage, except to the raider: Marshal Archibald Wavell's {ground forces attacked a small Jap occupied village 60 miles south- east of Akyab three nights ago and destroyed all communications. of alue to the enemy, the British) reported. - > TIDES TOMORROW | High tide—5:34¢ am., 156 feet. Low tide—12:14 p.m. 21 feet. High tide—6:14 pm., 125 feet. Crew members watched the destroyer sink and made these pictures through the periscope as dozens of small vessels from the nearby Japanese coast rushed to aid the stricken craft. (U. S. Navy I3 et REDS PUSH “ ONDESPITE - RESISTANCE Russians Keep Advancing! Despite Deep Snow and Sh(ky Mud . MOSCOW, Feb. 25—Soviet troops‘ are sweeping atsid along the en-, tire front in the face of increasing | enemy attacks. Despite deep snow in the Orel and | Kursk provinces and thick, sticky | mud in the Ukraine and northein | Caucasus, field dispatches said that the weather has lifted sufficiently to permit increased air activity nm both sides. i The southern districts are clear enough to allow accurate bombing land numerous aerial dogfights have developed. The German airforce is reported to be throwing its planes to the |support of the tanks and infantry |in counter-attacks west of Rostov.| The Russians said they are re-| | pelling the attacks with heavy lloss to the enemy - o RAF BOMBERS SCORE HITS ON NAZI BASE 7 |German High Comman AdmitsRaid onWiIhelm- | shaven as “"Nuisance” (By Assw‘lated Press) RAF bombers attacked the Nazi| naval base at Wilhelmshaven and | other objectives in western Ger- Jnmm last night without the loss of single plane, the Air Ministry consin fq them back into the WASHINGTON, Feb ~Charg- ing “socialistic planne in Gov- ‘unm(nt bureaus with having map- 5 i Londed sesannass Iped out.a program to subvert the WITH THE UNITED STATES Allied fliers also hit Wilhelm- ‘f'l‘ll.ll(dl) form of Government, re- JFORCEs IN TUNISIA, Feb. 25— |chaven last Friday night. This lat- | ecentative Martin Dies called last Italian soldiers in Tunisia arve care- est attack makes the 16th on Ger-|night for a showdown on his de- to keep a white handkerchief many so far this month. mands for dismissal of hundreds |handy for emergency. A German High Command com- ¢f Tederal officials and employees. | The reason for this, explained an/ munique broadcast from Berlin These professional do gooders !Italian prisoner to Private Nich- said that single planes made “nui- long ago saw in the expansion of |olas Giordana of Brooklyn, who sance flights” over southern Ger- | burcaus the long awaited oppor- \z,nve him a cigarette, is: {many and formations “dropped “They all have the white lmnd-‘high explosive and incendiary kerchiefs in their pockets ready w‘bombs on some places in north- 4show them at the right time. ‘western and western Germany, a “When we saw you Amencans‘(gr instance, Wilhelmshaven. The rommg we were glad to give up. ‘populauon suffered casualties.” We had not hnd anylhmg to eat| GIRLSLOSE ~rm¥ " LIVES, FIRE SPANIARDS {ahead in the attack. If we don't| ! fight, the Germans will kill us from ibehind. 1f we do fight, you will kilj (lass of 1943 Ordered fo “We don't have any way to go,”| said the Italian prisoner PRICE CEILINGS . ESTABLISHED ON {Inmates Trapped in Dorm- f lHTU(E SPINACH itory - One Section of s " BuildingCollapses WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 — The| sy Office of Price Administration last| GAVAN, Irish Free State, Feb night established emergency ceil-| _Thirty-six orphan girls ranging ings on lettuce and spinach effed-|from 4 to 18 years of age, were 2. 5 e [burmed to aeath early today m «| Miifary Service Be- No retailers, e wholesalers, term- fire that destroyed the Cavan Pro- . . inal market receivers or country‘vmce Orphanage Institution that gmnmg Mal’ 7 | shippers may charge more for fresh housed 82. The blaze began in the lettuce or spinach than was charged laundly and spread quickly, trap- during the last five d'\ya pmg the children i the dormitory ~ > {One section of the building col- ;lupbed and the bodies were buried G“hg 'o h 'Iough lin the debris. No Tie, Vest, Collar MADRID, Feb. 25.—The of- ficial government bulletin an- nounces publication of a call to the colors for the class of 1943 for service beginning March 7. Official circles report the call will fncrease the size of the Spanish Army to approximately | - > S’l‘l.VlZ McCUTCHEON LEAVES FOR INTERIOR IN NEAR FUTURE | Steve McCutcheon, District Man- 150,000 men. LONDON, Feb. 25 — Simplifica-' ager for OPA in Fairbanks, who > on of men’s clothing to a two- has been in Juneau conferring with costume, The first railway dining cars in piece doing away with|Mrs. Mildred Hermann, Director of vest, tie and collar, is being earn-! {OPA for the last ten days, plans to the United States were operated | estly, but cautiously, studied by the leave on the first transportation for between Philadelphia and Balti- British government. his headquarters. ‘more in 1863. | versity faculties TASK FORCES OF PHE UNITED STATES Army 'l'hirlv second Divis| the most part) effectively halted the J; sea off the northern ¢ Photo shows .lun casualties on the western beach of Buna Mission. st of Papua. , Dies Asks Showdown on "Socialistic Planners” In Governmeni Bureaus tunity to impose their socialistic ‘hemes on an unsuspecting coun-| tty,” said Dies, Chairman of the| House Committee on Unamerican activities. “As soon as those socialistic pio-| infil- in technique of themselves neers of this tration entrenched key positions, they sel about to col- cnize the bureaus with their ideol- ogical pets.” Colleges Are fo Play New Roles After War; Navy Wlll Help By JACK WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 Hun- | dreds of thousands of lads are ask- ing: What is going to happen to my education? Thousands of college and uni- and regents are asking: What is going to happen to higher edvcation? jon (men from Michigan and W Japanese drive on Port Moresby, New Guinea, and drove The ‘enemy was thrown into complete rout. Note Japanese landing boat. BRITISH HINT PLANTOSTART MASS ATTACK War Minister Tells Canad- ians They Won't Have fo | Wait Long for Action LONDON, Feb. 25—War Minister| Sir James Grigg told the House of |Commons today that he that impatient Canadian soldiers here “will not have to walt much !longer” for a mass attack against the enemy. The comment came as Grigg's introduced the new army uppmpn- |ation bill. He said he had noted that the Canadians have been irked !by the delay “in engaging them- selves in bulk against the enemy.” These remarks were preceded by a forecast that a new field of en- deavor is open for British para- chute troops who participated on |a large scale in the NoMh African | operations. | The War Minister also disclosed |that the invasion of French North | Africa, which was launched joint- ‘ly from Britain and the United States, required the movement of | 185,000 men, 20,000 vehicles, and 20,000 tons of supplies froln Bri- tish camps to embarkation points. It took 440 special troop trains, 680 special freight trains and 15,- 000 freight cars to do the job, D Behind the scenes, the Army and Navy, school officials and the Of- fice of Edueation are working to bring some kind of order oul of what might well become chuos| in upper bracket education Some things are becoming clear Higher learning, though it may be crippled, is not going to be al lowed to die. Serious minded young men, studiously inclined and e pecially if they are disposed to spec- ialize in any but the so-called lib- eral arts, will be allowed to com plete their edueations. Students who have physical deficiencies that will keep them out of the armed forces, have as great a patriotic responsibility—perhaps greater than their pals who are doing the fighting. Their duty is to prepare themselv. for winning the peace victory certainly of no less im a (Continued on Page Two) SIX BILLIONS REQUESTED IN WARAIMBILL - WASHINGTON, Feb. $6,298,000,000 appropriations ure, 99 percent listed for direct war purposes, today was turned to the House of Representa- tives after the subcommittee had climinated funds for three Federal Aid states programs on the ground tha* they lacked sanction “enabling legislation.” 25 A meas- over - .o Synthetic spices, including cin- namon, mace, nutmeg and ginger, have been developed to replace ‘unpul'lvd natural spices. trusted | resses (RIPPLED COLUMNS RETREAT Counter-off;ns'ive Being Conducted in Central Tunisia Front BULLETIN—~WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Sharp fighting in cen- tral Tunisia has resulted in a clean cut repulse of Rommel's | armored Nazi forces, Secretary | of War Henry L. Stimson re- ported late this afternoon . but added, “We will not have an easy nor quick victory.” | The Secretary told the news- men at the late afternoon con- ference that the losses of the American forces are less heavy than first believed but material losses, including tanks, scout cars and field guns are heavy. He added that much of the lost equipment has already been re- placed. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN |NORTH AFRICA, Feb. 25 — Gen, Sir Arnold Alexander, British com- mander of the Allied ground forces, swung his American, French and they are shaking loose the last qrip of Marshal Erwin Rommel's |erippled columns on the strategic | Kasserine Pass, and menacing two lother strong points, Sbeitla and ,(m».eluu to tie northeast. Combining the three pronged at- |tack in the north with armored car advances by the British Eighth Army into the outpost area of the | Mareth line to the south, Alexand- er has the enemy troubled on two fronts as British and American troops swarmed the Kasserine Pass. Near the Algerian border, mop- ping up operations by strong Amer- ican and British air forces spread the assault deep in the enemy’s |vear. The Allied planes are blast- ling airdromes, roads, railways and (strafing troops, vehicles and gun- posts As Rommel retreated, he again | was leaving the Italian infantry be- |hind as a rear-guard as he did .m Egypt. Hundreds of crack Ital- ian infantry mountain troops have 'been taken pnmmen (anada May Go On Pay-as-You-Go for, Taxes on Incomes OTTAWA, Feb. 25—Decision to bring down the federal budget early in the session is taken here as con- firming evidence that the personal income tax collections will be switched as soon as possible to a pay-as-you-earn basls, on the new |and higher 1943-44 tax levels. R Meatless Days Are 0ld Stuff fo Navy WASHINGTON—When the Am- erican Navy was a fledgling—ten years before its successful war on |the pirates of Tripoli—the first Navy Ration Law of 1794 provided for meatless Wednesdays. The authorized ration was 1/2 pound of rice, 4 ounces of cheese, + ounces of molasses or 2 ounces of butter, one pound of seabiscuit lor hardtack and a pint of rum or one quart of beer per man. On other days sailors also en- loyed salt meat, without the bene- lit of refrigeration, and dried beans or peas or potatoes and turnips if they were available, | ® o 00 0 0 0 0 0 DIMOUT TIMES . o ® Dimout begins tonight ® at sunset at 6:17 o'clock. ® Dimout ends tomorrow ® at sunrise at 8:04 am ® Dimout begins Friday at ® sunset at 6:20 pm joe0ee 0000000 v A— — i ¥ i i } |