The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 1, 1943, Page 1

- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LX., NO. 9279. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1943 PRICE TEN CENTJ —= RUSSIAN WINTER OFFENSIVE IS STOPPED Stiff Fighting R ALLIES BEAT | | OFF ATTACKS, | NO. TUNISIA BULLETIN—BERLIN, March 1.—German infantry and tanks are making persistent attacks on the northern Tunisian front and have battered their way for ° a short distance into the Allied | Jap Lero y\ Captured lines northwest of Medjez El Bab trying to flank the Allied | base. It is admitted that the ! British Eighth Army is smash- ing at Marshal Rommel’s forces and have contacted some of his units just south of Mareth in | the Mareth defenses. | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN| NORTH AFRICA, March 1 — Axis| attacks exploded all over a 65-mile | front extending from Cape Serrat | to Djebel Mansour in Northern Tu- nisia yesterday but the communique announces the Allied troops have beaten off assaults in six sectors| and captured more than 850 pri-| soners Friday and Saturday. | At the same time the Air Forces of the Middle East Command sapped | Axis air strength by shooting down 11 German planes in Southern Tu- | nista. ! In the central sector where the| Americans and ‘Allied combat teamsf have captured Kasserine and driven | on to the southwest, the German| withdrawal is reported continuing.| The Washington' Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robért S. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON.—In order to get an accurate evaluation of Ameri- can defeats in Tunisia it is neces- sary to go back and view the whole North African invasion picture. First, it must be admitted that continued setbacks in North Africa are bound to be serious because of | the effect on Spain, which has a well-equipped, Nazi-trained army of considerable proportions in Span- ish Morocco, poised like a knife at/ the supply line of the U. S. Army. JAPANESE FLOAT-TYPE ZEROS WERE OVER ALAMEDA, CALIF., recently, but only ‘while being 1owered to docks of the Alameda Naval Air Base from shipside whence they were brought from far Pacific seas, captured by U. S. forces. The effect of American guns on the poorly protected Jap Zeros is illustrated by these seized craft. Two float-type Zeros and the engine of a third arrived at the station for study. One was shot in two and both were scarred, bullet-punctured and burned. Armorless, their pilots were exposed to straight fire. The engines are copies of American engines, the Navy said and both planes have wing flans copied after an American design. Alaska Flier Shares Honors in Big Atfack Made, Nazi Oil Tanker ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN umns, escorted by a cruiser. NORTH AFRICA, March 1 — Five The bombers spotted the tanker American Mitchell Bomber crews and cruiser and 25 hits were scored There is no use crying over spilt ‘shared in one of the most import- milk, but all this could have- been |qony gnip attacks of the Tunisian avoided if the reactionary clique| Gampaign when they scored hits on in the State Department had not|an oil tanker, which was later sunk deliberately stifled a R.epubllcan‘by aircraft from Malta, the North- Government in Spain and consist- ently played into the hands of Hit- | ler. Hitler's Spanish-Fascist stooges araycha) Erwin Rommel’ now constitute the biggest menace |west African Air Forces disclosed. | on both ships, leaving the tanker in flames. British torpedo planes then ap- plied the finishing touches off Sic- ily the following day. Pilots and co-pilots of the Mitch- The tanker was carrying oil tu;ell bombers included Lieut. Bert- 's tank col-|lram J. Leask of Metlakatla, Alaska. to the American army, and that menace will grow bolder with every | American defeat. | If France does not move, how-| ever, the long range view of t.hei U. S. military position is much better than anyone ever hoped last | November. Inside fact is that the invasion of North Africa was de-| layed three weeks beyond schedule. Originally it was planned for late | October. Instead it came just after election in November. Reason for the delay was largely§ a matter of getting supplies load- ed and embarked from the Atlantic POt e 50 e Coast, and one rumor current in! BR AUGHI'S(H IS military circles is that certain high- | . placed military men, not wanting| Roosevelt to get the political bene- | GESIAPO v'(]lM Ny Infrod fit from a North African victory at the November elections, were not | averse to delayed embarkation. Former Commander - in- Chief of Germans Is Re- porfed “'Removed” HIGH OCEAN SWELLS Whatever may have been the 1casons, the indisputable fact 15]‘ that the expedition was delayed | 50 long that the British were great- ly worried regarding the seasonal| e ocean swells off the West African| LONDON, March 1.—A Moscow Coast of North Africa and warned |fadio broadcast picked up here, us that a landing in small bgg;qu\lnting reports from Geneva, said around Casablanca would be xm_v_l"leld Marshal Walther von Braugh- possible; Atlantic breakers run ex-|itsch. former Commander-in-Chief tremely high off the West Coast|¢f the German army, has disap- of Africa at this seasom, and a|Peared. landing is so dangerous that U. 8.| The Geneva report said it was ships engaged in that phase of the rumored the Field Marshal has operation had orders to come back rather than waste men, if the weather was too difficult. i However, Gen. George Patton, in| charge of the West African opera- | tion, was determined to get his (Continueg on Page Foun) been “removed” by the Gestapo, the broadcast further stated. | - Flat-bottomed sailing yachts on middlewestern lakes are said to have attained speeds as high as 125 miles per hour, Dognapping New Crime; Two Drastic Measures uced in Congress | | By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, March 1—There's a dog fight going on in the House of Representatives. It started when Rep. Fred Brad- ley, of Rogers City, Mich., lost his white-and-liver Springer spaniel, Curley. Curley has been pretty much the Congressman's constant‘ companion, even taking plane trips with him. 3 To say the Congressman was up-| set would be to put it mildly. He advertised. The radio stations broad- cast. Mr. Bradley appealed to the police. To wag the end of Curley" tail first, he's back with his mas- ter but it wasn't until after he was bedded down at the vet’s that things started exploding in Con- gress. Mr. Bradley’s investigations dis- closed some things that are pretty shocking to all owners of lost dogs. As a result he has introduced couple of laws. One is directed primarily at “dog- nappers.” It would be a sort of Lind- bergh law of the canine world. “I was,” said Mr. Bradley, “am- azed and very much disturbed to “(Continued on Page Two) eported, A JAP THREAT IS SEEN T0 AUSTRALIA Enemy Is Coh(enlrating Large Reinforcements in North ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, March 1—Gen. Doug- las MacArthur’'s Command announc- ed today that the Japanese are con- stantly reinforcing troops along a 2,000-mile island perimeter which is “enveloping the upper half of Australia,” indicating the enemy “is taking up a position in readiness.” The “readiness,” involving the largest forces ever gathered in this area north of Australia, could be either offensive against Australia or a defensive fight, a spokesman for the Allied command said. He said the reinforcements in re- cent weeks explain the heavy bombing of both Japanese land po- sitions and shipping at sea over a wide area in the Southern Pacific, including Rabaul, New Britain, and the Buin and Faisi areas in the Solomons. |- The spokesman said also that the continuing Jap threat to Aus- tralia has been underscored in re- peated official warnings by Austra- lian leaders, that the danger to this continent is still real despite Japanese reverses in the Coral Sea and on Guadalcanal and New Guinea Islands. - - JAPBASES ON KISKA HIT AGAIN Bombers Sfi;lsh Nippon Cargo Ship, Causing Explosion, Sinking WASHINGTON, March 1 — The Navy today reported that a force of heavy medium bombers with fighter escort, attacked Jap posi- tions on Kiska Saturday but the results were not observed. All planes returned safely to their base. The Navy communique also said a Jap cargo ship exploded and sank when struck by bombs in the course of a heavy attack on enemy theld Shortland Island area in the northern Solomons. A Navy Department communique this afternoon reported that mediurm bombers again attacked Kiska on Sunday afternon and hits were ob- served in the camp area. The bomb- ‘Xng planes returned safely to bases. - e RATIONING IS NOT ~ CONTEMPLATED IN . ALASKA, HAWAII Directors Given Authority, However fo Act, When and If Necessary WASHINGTON, March 1.-Sec- retary of Agriculture Claude R Wickard, acting as Food Adminis- trator, has granted the Office of Price Administration authority to ration food in the territories of Al- jaska and Hawaii, when and if nec- essary. The authority is granted under u‘ !directive and the OPA inay ration any and all foods it may deem necessary. The Agriculture Department an- 'nouncement said there is no ra- tioning programs inaugurated in |Alaska or Hawaii yet and none is contemplated in the immediate fu- ture and the directive merely gives the OPA authority to do so when ‘nnd if necessary. frican Ca mpaign 1 | [ | A Federal Court clerk (platform, for und American citizen: of the First Fi egrol Appeal Made for Red Cross Funds by FDR, WASHINGTON, March 1 !dent Roosevelt asked the | Sunday to contribute at least $125,- 100,000 to the Red Cross for the |greatest crusade “now that we are pASSED THIS :vmmgs-d in a war to decide whether ‘ull our concepts of mercy and hu- AFTERNOON man decency are strong enough to Presi- Nation survive | Norman S. Davis, Chairman ‘the American Red Crc read the | President’s message over four radio The Senate this afiernoon passed networks for Roosevelt who is re- | four bills, one House measure and |ported much improved and almost three originating in the Senate. back to normal from an intestinal House Bill No. 26, to place the |disturbance. cperation of the Kodiak Hospital| Gen. Eisenhower and Admiral under the Kodiak Common C(»un-“Numw. also spoke briefly in cil, instead of under a board ap-jappeal for Red Cross funds, the personal message from Hitler. pointed by the Governor, ~was|campaign which opens today and passed and must now go to the|will continue all of this month Governor. | - Senate Bill No. 23, by the Fin- ance Committee, to raise the Un-, employment Compensation Direc-! tor's salary to $5.000 a year, wa passed. Similar bills have been; passed for otHer Territorial offi-| S 4 062 057 clals | The Senate also passed Senate 1 1 Bill No. 2, making a refund of - $2010 to Unalaska on licenses Is sued there for liquor dealers | No. nate Bill 28, by the Fin-| Committee, to cover into the | | ge al fund the unexpended bal-| | ance of $175,000 appropriated for House WBY !nh;)l'o\'lllg the Pioneers’ Home be-~ | | fore the war, also received the Sen- |ate’s okeh. H 0 i The House passed a bill for Rep. § B'" u' TOday John J. O'Shea to make uuirorm: ST |the system of bonding and surety | A $4,062,057 appropriations bill |for Territorial cificers by a 16-0 |setting up funds to run the Terri- s and Means Committee Brings | vote ilory for the next two vears, Was By a 12-4 vote, the House took a tossed in the House hopper this Ibill off the table that would pro-|morning by the Ways and Means |vide for a review by District Courts Committee. Appropriations set up of judgments by Commissioner's for various departments are listed Courts on pleas of guilty. | as follows: i - s | Governor's Office | | Por salary of the assistant to the YTI ASSERIS Secretary, $5400; salary for (two | | stenographers, $9600; additional ! HNlAND WII.I- special service, $900; office expense | $2500; repairing, upkeep, furnish- ing Governor's House and grounds, $2000; entertainment at Governor's House, $400; total, $24,000. Auditor’s Office KEEP UP FIGHT HELSINKI, March 1—President | Yti today declared at, his inaugur- |ation for a second term: “We can< For the Auditor’s salary, $10,000 inot see any signs of the end of Salary of accountant and deputy the war.” auditor, $7200; salary of two as- | cContinuing, he called on Finland sistant clerks, $9600; additional clerical assistance, $5400; contingent office expense, $6000; payment to U. 5. Commissioners for recording |to continue every effort in the fight she has waged for 20 months 15 a partner of Germany. The state- iment followed recurrent rumors vital statistics, $10,500; printing ses- |from United Nation's neutral sourc- sion laws in sheet form, $450, es that PFinland is ready to sue for « separate peace, 3 (Continued on Page Three) l} » ) administers the Oath of Alle; n a mass naturalization ceremony at Camp Beale, Calif. Eisenhower, Nimitz CONFERRING of /Mier Benito Mussolini are reported | a | 1200 Filipino SeldiersBecome U.S. Cifizens |GERMANS IN - NEW DRIVE ~ HIT SOVIETS Recap'urédQBrilliam Two Important Rail Centers Advance Checked | BULLETIN—LONDON, March 1.—The Russians, according to a | broadcast from Moscow picked | up here tonight, announce a new | offensive on the northwest front | between Moscow and Leningrad | in which 32 places have been | captured, including Zemliansk- aya, and 11,000 Germans have been killed or captured. | LONDON, March 1—The Ger- man High Command announces the |recapture of the important rail centers of Lozavaya and Krama- torsk below Kharkov. | The Red Army acknowledges “serious counter-attacks” in this area where the Soviets sought to drive south to the Sea of Azov and |trap ‘the huge Nazi armies in the Donets Basin area. ;s Thus the powgrful Russian win- |ter offensive appeared to have a definite theck aftér 100 days of |brilliant advance, both because of |tirm resistance and quagmires re- sulting from the thaws. The Russians did not wholly ad- mit the German claims but the Moscow communique early this Lmorning used the word “serious” for the fifst’time telling how the |Germans are “hastily bringing up !fresh troops and throwing them N |into action” % | Five consecutive Nazi attacks are declared to have been smashed, Moscow says, but Berlin claims 14,- 1000 Russians soldiers have beer captured in the sector and many | thousands killed. SUB BASE IN FRANCE glance as 1200 Filipinos became The Filipinos are members RIBBENTROP, MUSSOLINI "Complete Ag}eement 0 View'" to Fight War to Successful Finish (By Associated Press) Joachim von Ribbentrop and Pre- in a Rome dispatch broadcast from | the Berlin radio, to have reached,| in the familiar Axis phrase, “complete agreement on views” on the prosecution of the war to| final victory. | This “agreement” was reached at| conversations in Rome at which the | 4nNazi Foreign Minister presented a Both sides emphasized a deter-| mination to “wage the war with all| necessary energy until there is a complete annihilation of enemy! forces and until the final threat| of the deadly danger of Bolshevism is removed from Europe.” ! Political maneuvering is also not- ed in Count Ciano, former Italian | Foreign Minister, delaying his trip to Vatican city scheduled for last| Saturday. He was to present his credentials to the Pope as Italy's new ambassador to the Vatican. The trip may take place today. i - VIERECK DECISION REVERSED WASHINGTON, March 1 — The upreme Court today reversed the conviction of George Sylvester Vier- ck on a charge of failing to give the State Department full informa- tion of his alleged activities as a Nazi agent in this country Chief Justice Stone delivered the 3 to 2 decision Justices ‘Black and Douglas dis-! sented. Justices kson and did not participate. Chief Justice Stone said the pros- Rutledge ecutor in his closing remarks “in- dulged in an appeal wholly irrevel- ant to any facts or issues of the case for the purpose and effect which, could only have been to arouse passion and prejudice.” The High Court cydered the case remanded to the District court for further proceedings on other | grounds. SET AFIRE Royal Air | More than 1,000 Bombs in Thirty _Minutes LONDON, March - 1—-Royal Air Force bombers smashed “very heav- ily” at the submarine base at St Nazaire, France, and also at tar- gets in western Germany last night. T announced that more than 1,000 tons of explosives were loosen- ed on St. Nazaire in a 30 minute attack swamping the defense of the mueh-bombed sub-base and ship- building, yard. St. Nazaire was left aflal The aerial offensive against Axis occupied continental countries was the fourth night raid. - - More Norwegians Are Shot Down on Sabol;gg Charges STOCKHOLM, March 1 Chijer |Rediess of the German police of |Oslo announced Sunday that 17 Norwegians had been shot for al- leged sabotage activities. This is according to a dispatch from the Norwegian Capital City, received here e ® o 0 0 0o 0 0 0 0 . DIMOUT TIMES . . i . . Dimoaut heoins tonight e ® at sunset at 6:27 o'clock. . e Dimont ends tomorrow e @ at sunrise at 7:53 am . e Dimout begins Tuesday at e ® sunset at 6:29 p. . @ 000 00000000