The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 2, 1943, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” —_— VOL. LX., NO. 9280. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1943 MLMBI-R ASSOCIAT[:.D 'PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS = — ALLIES HURL ENEMY BACK, TUNISIA FRONT Fishing Regulations For 194 BOMBING RAID LARGE JAP | NOT MANY CHANGES THIS YEAR But Rules Relaxed in Some Areas for Bigger Take WASHINGTON, March 2 —In announcing the issuance of Alacka Pisheries reculations for 1943, Sec- retary of the Interior Harold L. Tckes stated that fewer changes were made than in past years. Be- cause of wartime problems and transportation conditions, the usual public hearings on fishery matters were not held in Alaska last year, but Ickes explained that all inter- ested persons had an opportunity and were urged to submit briefs of changes desired in regulation. | The opening date for commercial fishing in Bristol Bay has been ad- vanced one day to June 25. Fishing will be prohibited in the Ugashik River District to rebuild a depleted red salmon run. Egegik River was previously closed for the same pur- pose. Gill Net Rules Out Protection has been given to odd year pink salmon runs in Cook In- let, Karluck region, and the South- ern District in Southeastern Alaska by making the usual closing dates effective as in former odd year Minimum gill net mesh size re- quirements effective in 1942 will (Continued on Page Two) The Washington - Merry - Go- Round ROGGE B“.l. By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert . Allen on active duty.) w o U l D OUST WASHINGTON. — The President did some blunt sermonizing on the anti-Administration revolt in Con- Says Territory Would Save $15,000-by Repeal- gress when Representative Adolph ing Act. Sabath of Illinois, venerable, white- haired “dean” of the House, called on him recently. Commenting on the gang-up of House Republican and Democratic coalitionists against the HOLC ap propriation and other administra- tion measures, the President de- heo of'haf e Just &1 An economy bill to save the Ter- effort, mary elavct,mnb was njm'oduced in 4 the House this morning by Rep. Teamwork between the three 4 Loo Rogge, Chairman of the House rnment—exec branches of government—executive, | n ahd. MERNE Odbatnltiee. e legislative — ¢ g F ::::??LC::S:W :ow e lr‘:vs;:eac:i bill’ would provide for the nomina- T The said. yot some members tion of candidates at the general of l:he Sena':e el House' seem | €lection for which the Federal gov- bent on stirring up @ feud with|®Tment pays the bill. Rogge said that he believed the the Executive. The President added that he did |Primary law should be repealed be- not intend to accept the challenge. ‘LB“SE it is not satisfactory in its “It takes two to make a fight, '-‘presem form. “@nly a fraction of he declared sharply. “Congress {the voters use it,” he said, “be- won't get one from me. cause they do not wish to an- The President observed that he |nounce their Party affiliations and isn’t the only war-time Chief Bxe- | feel it violates the theory of the cutive who had trouble with Con- secret ballot.” gress. | Rogge stated further that He be- “President Madison had the same |lieved it unfair to candidates experience during the War of 1812,” |have to make two campaigns, es- he said. “We almost lost that war pechllv in Alaska where the popu- because of Congressional pettifog- | |lation is widely scattered. H ging and ifterference with Mad ladded that for the duration of the son’s conduct of the war. If it|war it will be diffiem+ hadn’t been for some remarkable [cause of the limited transportation action by our Navy, I guess wo‘and increased costs to make cam- would have lost it.” | paign trips. The President added caustically| Rogge poinfed out that a change that the current war might be to the general election will resulb prolonged if Congress persisted m}!h a ing of $15,000 to the Ter- its sharp-shooting. H'lwry since the expenses of the Congressman Sabath did not ar-|general election are met by the gue the point, but gently reminded |Federal government the President that Congress wasn't| Rogge's bill would not charge a alone in this sharpshooting. {fee for the filing of a declaration “There are a lot of Republicans;of candidacy. He said that the holding top jobs in the War Pro- |theory of charging a fee arose from duction Board who have no love|a desire to offset the cost to the for you or your Admlnistmuon,""rpmmny of the expense of the said the Chicago Representative. |primary. “I picked the best men I could T find in industry to run the war production program, Adolph,” coun- tered the President. “I didn’t care about their politics.™ **** “Yes, but they're lgnlnsb you' —_— (Continued on Page Four) | more - WEATHER REPORT (U. S. Bureau) Temp. Monday March 1: Maximum 52, minimum 3 e o 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 to, LONDON, March 2 — British bombers continued terrifying dawn to dawn air attacks against the Axis, raiding Berlin and starting fires there. AIR VIEW OF MESSINA DURING u.s. The Berlin radio broadcast picked up here, said much damage was done during the raid. Radic broadcusting stations at Paris and Danish Kalanborg, and later the Berlin station, went off ithe air for ter warning their hearers that tight blackouts were demanded. Not only Berlin but other targets in western Getmany were bombed last night in the gigantic raid In announcing the attack on Ber- lin, the British Ministry described it as a “heavy concentrated assd cairied out in clear weather the results were excellent and far and the weight of bombs mmng Berlin was probably about 900 tons! or twice the top load dropped on Londen on any one night by Lhe German Air Force, The British statement biggest bombers, Lancasters, ¥ | next an hour last night af«\mrkmpprmg bill | by 1t | MADE FROM ONE OF THE U. S. PLANES raiding Messina, Sicily, this photo shows bombs bursting in the area of the train ferry terminus. Smoke from fires in the buildings on the quayside can be seen drifting across the town. The train ferry service from the harbor is an important communication link, (Internatiaaald Dawn fo Dawn Atfack Made on Berlin; Tighi Blackouls Are Ordered COMING BILL LABOR READY . TOFIGHT ON Vofe in House on Anfi- Racketeering Measure May Be Next Week WASHINGTON, March 2 House Rules Committee today cleared for a House vote probably week on the Hobbs' anti- bitterly opposed organized labor. The bill would amend 1934 Anti- Racketeering Act by specifically de- fining robbery and extortion in Interstate Commerce as a new def inition. Unicn spokesmen complained that the proposed law will make Unions |subject to prosecution on picketing The attack was the heaviest mumd also other lawful activities. said thc: Hali- | faxes and Strilings took part in the, raid. The first wave of raiders starte fires and the latest arrivals could cee for 20 minutes the fires in Ber- lin, from Bremen and Hanover. EDWARD BRUCE PASSES AWAY IN WASHINGTON By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, March 2—In the midst of war a’large section | Washington has paused to over the death of Edward Bruce “Ned” Bruce (no one ever called him anything else, in spite of the respect accorded his 63 years) was one of the capital's most loved |characters, He was a fine painter, although he never took it up as more than a hobby until after his 44th year. He had made a modest {crtune newspapering and bankmg in the Philippines and China, and was for the last eight years chief of the fine arts section of the Treasury department. In that capacity, he had charge cf all those projects of the Civil Works Administration and Federal Works Agency that put thousands of murals, paintings and sculptures in the nation’s public buildings. It lConu‘nuvd on Page Two) g | Senate of | grieve ! - E. L. BARTLETT IS CONFIRMED WASHINGION M'\lCh 2 — The has confirmed the reap- pointment of E. L. Bartlett to be CH‘I(\IV of Aluhkd Members of (ongress g Are Classified Now as Essential War Workers By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, March 2—When the Norwegian embassy sponsored the world premiére of the picture “The Commandos Strike at Dawn attending press agents thought it would be a good stunt to get a pic- ture of Ambassador and Mrs. Wil- helm Munthe de Morgenstierne ar- riving by bus in accord with the ban on pleasure driving. The Am- bassador and his lady were agree- able. But the picture almost didn't get taken, There were so many dip- lomatic - cars and taxis unloading n the vicinity of the Interior De- pariment Auditorium that the Am- bassador's bus couldn't get in close to the loading zone. Photographers almost missed the shot. The one: who got it just stepped into the . Lhmes of traffic with that hit-me- The ; oy ALL THRUSTS OF GERMANS FORCED BACK Scores of N'azri Tanks Are Knocked Out-Air Forces Down 25 Planes ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, March 2—Allied troops have hurled back all of Gen, von Arnim's attacks in Northern Tunisia, knocking out 24 German tanks in three days and killing 600 of the Axis troops. In Central Tunisia, Allied troops have captured Sheitla and have driven on three miles farther east in one of their most successful days. The Allied Air forces have shot down 25 Axis planes. ‘The Allied communique also says the Germans made two attacks yes- terday toward Beja, west of Tunis, a short distance from the south Mediterranean coast but were driv- en back after losing six tanks in one action Some 20 miles south, the Ameri- cans and British struck out with a counter- attack northeast from El Aroussa, killing at least 300 Axis troopers and entirely wiping out scme machine gun posts at the front, tho ommnnm s!y DESTRUCTION OF JAP NAVY CONVOY IS ON ADVANCE IN High ALLIED HEADQUARTERS AUSTRALIA, March 2—-The Command reports that one of the largest Jap convoys yet has been gighted leaded for New Guine wteen Jap ships have been a Sea, New Britain advancing under cover of According to a communique from G:n. Douglas MaeArthur, the con- vey consi of warships, cargo vessels, protected by some fighter plancs T in ln yesterds tion of Japs Awustralia, but tien i unas iinable. Allicd bombers, meanwhile, tinue: hammer away at the growing Jap concenitrations along the island chain north of Austra- lia. One heayy air enemy at Waingapoe West Dutch mor. Another hit Alexshafen airdrome, New Guinea Allied fighters bombed and st ed New Guinea trails and Jap ground forces, also blasting four barges at the mouth of the Ri on the same island ppearance of the convoy is with a warning given out iting to a concentra- in the area north of the ultimate direc- yet con- to bombed the Island and at unit ap Walia S e DOUBLE“SWEETHEART —pLee (left twin movie actresses, have been named joint @empany “A”, 341st Engineers, U.S. Army, because men think “each is more beautiful than any girl we ever met.” HOLDS OUT Sharpe Teslifies as IS PROMISED ON FRONT i 3 Inves"ga"on 0pens Sécrelar;—Knox Makes on labor Depa"mem Promise fo Senafors- MOSCOW, March In a re- turning to the forefront of the Red ‘my’'s operations against the Ger- mans, Timoshenko has driven m((); their positions in the broad wmd-h swept sector on the northweste front. The sudden thrust against the Nazi ‘armor with heavy mortar fire was unable to halt the s 1es of the seasoned German xteenth Army, the Russians said at noon . today | The communique did not mention | fighting in this sector of tHe West Valdai hills, but frontline dispatch- | A LOS ANGEL}Y daj. Gen. Uly | Third, carried toward _{Northwest today an | warning of danger from of the Japs. He said the danger of an attack the western coast is growing and is increasingly imminent The chief of the Proiection | 2ranch of the OCD in Washinston ‘headed for Portland Seattle lafter coming here While here he urged ivilian defense leaders to “be v {lant and keep y |organization rolling.” | - PRISONERS OF WAR IN RIOT; SHOT WELLINGTON, Au\tmh:l. Forty-cight Japanese war oners were killed today as the sult of a mutinous outbreak at the war prisoner's camp. The prisoners were given 30 seconds to restore order gnd wheh they didn't, the guards opened fire. The prisoners |remaining alive, cowered. J Calif Grant the 55 A crowd of Juneau citizens which | WASHINGTON, March 2.-Secres was much too large for the small tary of Navy Frank Knox promised Senate Chambers were on hand |Senators today that “we will utter- st night to hear the opening ses- |1y destroy the Japanese fleet be- sion of the joint legislative com- fore this war is ovei (0 A ST ls mittee investigating chargesagainst When the fleet is annihilated, the Territorial Department of La- Secretary Knox added: “We will bor under former Commissioner probably Iimpose upon Japan to Michael J. Ha and also charges 'such an extent that she will never I i nst Senator P. Walker, for- have another fleet. She has ex- X Listeners sat up and took notice to have one.” not been able to halt the drive and | |when Commissioner of Labor Wal-| The Navy Secretary made the consolidate his forces, after .~wr-vp-‘wch|ef of Protethon Bran(h |ter P. Sharpe who pressed the statement in urging the Senate ing over 900 square miles of ter-| {charges introduced a evidence | Foreign Relations Committee to ap- ritory and recapturing 302 village: 0' OCD ,SSUé‘S Gefl‘ | through Attorney Gencral Henry |prove of legislation extending’ the over the sparsely settled countr 5! |Roden a copy of s ter which |lend-lease act another year. side efal Warnmg Sharpe said was mimeographed on' Knox said the responsibility of A special communique last nigzht |l Depariment of ~ Labor stationery, policing the Pacific and seeing no told of the succzsses of an eight March 2. urging members of the Moose Lodge aggressive power ralsing its head day-old cIf\-nm\x'tl' ;HI:(”xll :i.u'Ul:‘ (;:)‘-) the port their “fellow Moose,” |there rests largely upon the Unit- mans were reported ed and 3,000 Pacific emphatie 4 year's election that ~end this country must pro- B T an attack One of the charges was that|vide itself with adequate bases that Haas and Walker had used the |Will leave no doubt that the least office for political purposes. vucleus of an enemy from ever Voting Lists ’ getting a foothold and there must this infoduction of be no mandated islands except cvidence, Sharpe said, upon ques- those for the United States.” tioning, that he had found two' The Navy Secretary did not say voting lists for the First Division in |the United States has already built the office, and that he had|% large operating base. | employee. |hibited that she is not qualified es indicated that Timoshenko had 5 Walker and John L. Covich |ed States when the war is over. To captured. found records showing Haas Prefacing wnd also strongly ey i W. Hedges, acting Directe> of the United States Employment Service and Everett E. Smith, 0.~ fice manager for the U. S. Employ- . iment Service, made a round trip also to Excursion Inulet yesterday on official business. - Hansen, Supar.ntendent of the Pioneers’ Home in Sitka, left by Alaska: Coastal Airlines yester- day to return to £a. | Mr. Hansen arrived in Juneau last Thursdey i connection with rds Which py,ginegs for the Home. purchased 28,500 sheets of mimeo- raph papeér with Territorial | v, only 3,000 of which found in the Several other letters itroduced by Sharpe, but these will not be submitted as evidence until a witness who is expected to | testify tonight is on hand to swear they , were written by her at orders of Haas or Walker whil- was an employee of the De- partment. Sharpe introduced re showed that there we; 184 tele- vluus sent by Haas or his em- phm-m during the 18 months Haas served as Commissioner, although, Sharpe said, there are no records to show what 90 of the telegrams contained as text our civiliar sheets wore office were There was no way of checking on how many guests arrived by public conveyance or shank’s mare, but two we know came by the lat- ter method. They were Interior s/-p retary and Mrs. Harold L. Ickes Confusion over driving n-aulnumh for the event arose because diplo- mats and their staffs didn't know whether’ the picture was enteriain- ment or educational. E that the she e 0 & 0 0 0 0. DIMOUT TIME ¢ Dimout begins tonight ® at sunset at 6:29 o'clock. Sharpe read several telegrams ® Dimout ‘ends tomorrow ® at sunrise at 7:50 am which he has charged do not re- late to Territorial business although ® Dimout begins Wednesday . ® at sunset at 6:32 pm One government wartime official here is such an inveterate morning coffee drinker that he has for twen- ty years consumed before and dur- ing breakfast a six-cup pot Meeting his wife on the street the other day, I brought up the subject and supposed that by now coffee March * pri- re- (Continued on Page Threc) (Continued on Page Two) Season Issued