The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 3, 1943, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LX., NO. 9281. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1943 MFMB[—R A%@()CIATPD PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY —_— | JAPANESE CONVOY SMASHED, SCATTERED Germans Evacuate Rzhev; Devildogs and Their Dogs Head for Rest NAZIS MAKE SNEAK MOVE IN RUSSIA Official Coifihunique ofz Withdrawal Announced Over Berlin Radio LONDON, Malch 3—The man High Command, in a munique broadcast by the radio today announced the evacua- tion of Rzhev, 130 miles west and slightly north of Moscow. This broadcast was picked up here Saying that the German forces withdrew according to a plan order to shorten the front line, nouncement of the evacuation was in | an- | | com- | Berlin ' read first over the radio as a DNB | dispatch About ten minutes later another cryptic message was read saying, this has been a About haf an hour later, announcement was ufi.un xepeamd this time the source " (Continued on Page Thiee) The Washington “withdrawal.” | however, | Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert S. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON. — Under Secre- tary of War Patterson’s labor ad- visers have a one-point program for ending absenteeism in war plants. Here is the one point: Communities should adjust them- sdlves to the hours of the fac- ories. Stores, banks, doctors, law- yers, plus other services should be ayailable not merely for one shift of workers but for all shifts. ‘At present, workers on the swing shift, beginning at midnight, find themselves out of gear with the life of the communlty. The great- est absenteeism is among workers on the odd shifts, and can be at- tributed not to indifference to win- ning the war but to the inconveni- ence of trying to live and buy food and get Johnny to the doctor, while the swing shift turns night into day. Absenteeism is higher among women than men, which may mean nothing more than trouble with the ration board. A woman will take a day off from the factory | because she has to register for canned foods, or because a child is sick in the family, or because she | hasn't had time to buy a new| dress at the store. Remedy for this is nothing less | than two or three shifts on the part of the services that serve the workers. - The ration board, it is suggested, should come to factory. In many cases, War Department | advisers say, absenteeism is caused not by loafing but by overwork. In certain machine-tool areas, such as New England, men have'been work- | ing 50 and 56 hours a week for years. They are simply exhausted. tncidentally, this factor is the principal cause of absenteeism Germiany—where workers are worn down by unremitting labor and long hours. sNOTE: There is little sympathy in Under Secretary Patterson's of- fice for the Rickenbacker crusade against labor. It is regarded as use- 1éss and ungound to try to appeal | to workers over their leaders. CAPITAL CHAFF /Senator Nye of North Dakota, longtime critic of Harry Hopkins, met Mrs, Hopkins at the hospital where she is a nurse’s aid where Mrs. Nye was convalescing. Quipped Nye, tugging at the col- lar of Mrs. Hopkins' uniform: don't see any lend-lease emeralds"’r . It is Herbert Hoover’s opinion troops will come back | that U. 8. from this war more rugged indivi- dualists than ever and we will go back to our old era of rugged in-| dividualism. He bases this on the| (Continued on Page Four) the | in | and | ‘M USH’ _raddie and Lassie, mixed breed dogs, appear ta have the “Up Alaska Way” technique as they pull groceries for their master, Ira Miller, Newark, N. J., carpenter. Miller says they can pull 270 pounds on the level. Polifical Maneuvering Revealed During Haas Labor Hearmg Tuesday An audience which overflowed into the halls and onto the floor of the Senate Chambers last night heard the prosecution complete its side of the case against former| Commissioner of Labor Michael J. |Haas and former employee Senator | A. P. Walker. The committee making the in- vestigation has recessed now until when Haas and Walker will |given the privilege of answering. 'The lapse of time is for the pur-! pose of supplying Haas and Walker | with copies of the record and to allow time for a consideration of | | these records. Edmund J. Krause, who was candidate for the Territorial House of Representatives on the Republi- jcan ticket in the First Division in |last year’s election, was the first witness called last night. | Haas Offered Deal | He said that he met Haas prior to the last general election -after !an acquaintance had told him that | Haas wanted to see him. He said {that he called on Haas at the La- | bor Department office and that |Haas asked him if he “wanted to| {be elected.” Krause said that Haas then told him if he would come out for Haas |and other candidates in publie, and |condemn a certain candidate on |the Democratic ticket in public, he would guarantee him the “under- ground support of the Democratic | Party.” ! Krause stated further that Haas (then told him that John Covich, former inspector for the Deparé- ment, had - conducted a survey in Ketchikan to determine who was the most “popular man on the Re- {publican ticket,” and that Kraus: |was the man. Later, members of the commit- tee asked Krause who the Demc- cratic candidate was that Haas had {osked Krause to condemn in pub- |lic. Krause said that he did not wish to answer that question. He |next Monday evening at 7 o'clock | be ! 8 was so ordered to answer. At that |- time, Speaker James V. Davis of the House spoke up from the floor | saying, “I have no objection, Mr. Chairman.” Krause ther said that the Democratic candidate referred! to by Haas was Day Another Visit Krause said that'at a later date, \last December, shortly before pres- ent Commissioner Walter became the ncumbent, he had oc- casion to visit the Department on a labor matter for a friend. He said that A. P. Walker was then | {in charge of the office. Krause said | that he asked Walker about a gen- ‘ual rumor that was going around then that there was no more money ;le(t in the Department’s funds and that Walker plenty of money.” Krause said he then told Walker that he had checked records in the Auditor's office and found that | there was conly $2,500 left. He asked | Walker about this and said Walk- jer's answer was that then |lied to me.” Krause said he also asked Walk- |er about a rumor that Walker had ! taken the job with the Department ‘m order to campaign. Krause said | Walker replied, “Sure I did. I was | broke.” Sharpe Testifies Again Sharpe then took the chair and (answered questions concerning the amounts of stationery, envelopes, {stencils and postage purchased by | the Department prior to his taking joffice. He said that 25800 sheets (of mimeograph paper was chased and 3,000 are left. He said that 17,250 envelopes chased of all kinds, some blank and some with the Department’s return (address printed on them. Sharpe said that 7,500 of the printed en- velopes were left. He said that 4,250 blank envelopes were pur- chased with the Department’s funds and none of these were left. Four gross of stencils were pur- chased, Sharpe said, and two were | left. Some of the forms which were run on these stencils were left in (Conunued on Page Two) P. Sharpe ! told him there was ‘Haas | pur- | were pur- | WILL RAID U. S. CITIES, BERLIN SAYS! Refaliation Is Threatened Because of Heavy At- tack on Nazi Capital (By Associpted Press) The Germans late last night re- ported that 191 persons were killed ! 268 injured Monday night in scourge raid” ever de- Force on and the heaviest livered by the Royal Air the Nazi Capital City He. damage inflicted was rcknowledged through variaus channels and threatened “one day” was forecast Americans and British. The German radio made threat of retaliation declaring the British and Americans have re- fuscd to listen to good advice and they will one day reap what they have sown.” both on the Only a few hours after the raid 3 Be! a radio commentator at the Berlin station broadcast that | “American cities may not be safe a few months hence.” 10% LOSS on o Tired U reprisal | | e i on S. Mlflnefi,»!lc!fl!n( for a rest in an unpamed South Pacific port after. "Wr‘-‘aa"ih‘“fi'r‘&‘.‘ dalcanal, lead their dogs down the nngphnh with them. Use of dogs in other war the: m&. been announced, but their presence on Guadalcanal had not been told. * FOR NAVY, American Submarines In Pacifichre Sinking or Damagmg Nippon Ships SAYS KNOX Expect Oneid;l Qut of Ten Killed or Wounded in Naval Personnel WASHINGTON, March |grim warning to expect a ten per- cent casualty rate among Navy per- | sonnel and the Nation today, as Seeretary [ War Frank Knox disclosed an cperating force plan calling out a navy “big enough to dominate all the seas over the world.” The Navy estimate of losses ne- cessitating replacements of one man illed or wounded out of every ten |came as Knox and ranking Naval | officers unfolded a program for ‘bulldlng up the personnel strength {to 2,500,000 men by July, 1944. | The House subcommittee laid be- | fore .Congress a supplemental Na- ’val Spending Bill carrying $3,816,000 - (CDO in direct appropriations and con- ! tract authorizations amounting to 1$239,000,000. The Knox outline was given dur- ing testimony on the bill. Rear }Admiral' Randall" Jacobs, chief of the Navy's Bureau of Personnel, told the subcommittee that to date “less than ten percent of the total Navy has been involved in any tight.” s NORTH AFRICAN * CAMPAIGN QUIET {Allied Forcan Northern | Tunisia Use Artillery, Expand Positions ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN |NORTH AFRICA, March 3—Allied forces have maintained pressure on fhe enemy in northern Tunisia and |their heavy artillery has inflicted | “onsiderable damage on Axis po- rmons north of Beja and east to the cross roads of the town of Sed- jenane, where positions have been expanded. | Allied vanguards are still pres- sing against Rommel's defeated irmored forces. Today’s communique reported \little activity in the central sector and the only real movement is the British Eighth Army pressing down Jupon the Mareth Line, WASHINGTON, March The Navy announces that American sub- marines operating in the western Pacific have sunk five Jap non- 3—A tumbatant ships and damaged two one medium si |others. The Navy communique said the was laid before Congress United States submarines have re- results regard- the enemy ported the following ing operations against in the Pacific wate: medium sized cargo ships one medium sized tanker one small schooner sunk, one sized transport damaged, *d tanker sunk. | The operations raised to 191 the total of Jap ships announced as sunk or damaged. The total of Am- crican sub operations composed 133 Jap ships sunk, 23 probably dam- aged and sunk, and 35 damaged. Three sunk, sunk, medium Tnp of FDR Abroad Is Real Triumph for U.S. Secret Service FATHERSTO BEDRAFTED IS REPORT Plan May Start About May 1 with Induction Prob- ably Early Summer WASHINGTON, March 3.—Draft- ng of fathers is expected to begin in many areas of the United States bout May 1, informed circles in- cicated today Draft Boards generally bably induct married men with children into the armed forces by early summer, officials who cannot be quoted by name, said Induction of fathers is necessary because draft boards are already scraping the bottom of the barrel of single men and married men without children. e will pro- In the early days of English law the witnesses In a trial were the jurors—chosen because of their presumed knowledge of the case. By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, March 3 | the President was guarded on long junket to the Casablanca con- | terence and back cau never be told lin this war, but it’s no secret here | that the Secret Service gives m\uh credit to the “magniticent coopera- tion" of the folks at home. Numerically, only a mu'l“ { handful of persons in the United | States knew where President Roose- velt had gone. Thousands knew that he was gone and 75 per cent | of those guessed he out of m- country, yet for once eve ipy | Washington kept its big moutl Not one shied of evidence come to the attention here that there was a 1 newspapers, on the radio in private circlés. For that the Secret high praise, but the country can well take the Secret Service n the service know and have said that guarding President Wilson on bis trip to the World War 1 conference (in spite of the time involved and Lhe voyage) was a pink tea part pared to being responsible ! afcty of the President on trip. To run was But How ative 2o 1as ¥ of - officials ak in the or even ha the off Service vest of its h Old timer to peace reater long sea or thi Secret Service veterans the by frain to Miami and back “routine,” even in wartime from there on, when the Pres- J 4(,ulrmnucd un Pfu,e ’llmcr £ his | WITHDRAW ITALIANS INSOVIET Surprise' Mdve Follows Nazi Request for More Troops LONDON, March 3.—Part of the Italian army is reported to have been called home from the Russian Front as a surprise sequel to For- cign Minister Von Ribbentrop's re- ent visit to Rome where it is said he demanded more Ttalians to {ill the gaps in the German ranks. ‘The Rome radio announced that |Mussolini has ordered the with- |drawal of ten divisions, forming the Italian Eighth Army, from the !Russian Front “to rest and have {the ranks refilled.” The radio ‘report |declared to the retiring Italians, “You have fought to the utmost limit against superior encmy forces. You have consecrated with blood |the standards of your divisions.” - add Mll'rt-l)“l'l ‘GANDHI ENDS ' 21-DAY FAST; Against Internment, Shows Indian Weak NEW DELHI, March 3-—Gandhi ended his 21 day hunger strike as a protest against internment by the British, by sipping a glass of or- ange juice at 9:30 a, m. today or 9 p. m. PWT Tuesday, ‘The British Government's munique said Gandhi was showed signs of the strain, in good spirits. Gandhi said, in a weak voice: “1 am very thankful to.,the doctors serving me so well, but T felt there must have been something highe than doctor's power that saved me. - e BUY WAR BONDS com- weak but is | | | { | | Allied PlANES Of MlIES HIT BIG CONVOY Braving .Foihrl kWe ather, Bombs Batter Large Enemy Sea Fleet ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, March 3 — Wednes- day's official communique says Al- lied warplanes, braving foul weath- er, have smashed and battered a strong Japanese convoy thrusting toward New Guinea, sinking or damaging at least four ships and ccattering the rést of the column of 14 vessels over a wide area. The communique announces this convoy was sighted first off the New RBritain Island, protected by weather, and apparently going to reinforce the Japanese forces in the Lae area, New Guinea. Despite the weather, clouds of Allied planes spotted and blasted the sea column Tuesday in the Bismarck Sea, downing 13 out of 40 Japanese fighter planes and wreaking heavy damage, with di- rect hits on four transports. Near hits were reported on warships and cargo vessels. The convoy, it was announced in ! communique issued Monday at’ Gen. Douglas MacArthur'’s head- quarters, was moving under cover of an advancing weather front and heavy bombardment units were waiting to strike at the enemy sels, Not since the time several weeks ago, when a big convoy including ' nine merchantmen and their war- ship escort tried to put ‘in at Lae, has a flotilla approaching this size peen spotted in New Guinea waters, jal reconnaissance units first discovered the swift enemy move only a few hours after General MacArthur had released a state- ment warning of tremendous Japa- nese concentrations in the island hain rimming Northern Australia. The convoy Was spotted Monday | afternoon off Ubili on the north coast ‘of New Britain. Despite ex- tremely adverse weather condi- tions, the reconnaissance planes re- maitied in contact with the enemy “nfoughout the night and Tuesday morning the ships believed west of | New Britain. Taking advantage of the weather front, just as has been done during cvery Nipponese attempt to rein- for or regarrison New Guinea, the convoy so far had moved free of attack from Allied airmen. As it red, the big smash attack was made, D DARWIN IS AIR RAIDED IN DAYLIGHT ' Japanese Make Big Plane GOOD SPIRITS Hunger Strike, as Profest Attack on Port in Australia ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, March 3—From the standpoint of the number of planes used, the Japs made one of their beaviest daylight raids of the war on Darwin, Fifteen Jap planes were sent against a single airdrome at Dar- win, the official communique states. Intercepting Allied fighters shot down six of the raiders, and dam- aged several others, with only slight damage to “our forces.” DIMOUT TIMES e o o . d . Dimout begins tonight e at sunset at 6:32 o'clock. . Dimout ends tomorrow e at sunrise at 7:45 am. Dimout begins Thursday at e sunset at 6:35 p.m . ® 0. 0 8 00 000 00 eeso0eeccecee Shorten Front Lines.