The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 11, 1943, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LX., NO. 9288. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1943 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS s AMERICANS SMASH JAP AERIAL ATTACK Red Army Encircles Nazis On RUSSIANS U.S. FIGHTER President and First Lady of China SHOWERS OF | BOMBS BEING MAKE NEW PLANES SLAP MOVEMENT Pincers BeinTFormed on Wide Front-Nazis Digging in MOSCOW, March 11 — The Red Army troops have all but completed | the encirclement of Vyasma and left the Germans only a small cor- ridor in which to retreat. The pincers about Vyasma is tightened by the capture of Isakova,| 15 miles southeast of the city of | Vyasma and on the Vyasma-Kaluga railway. The Russians are advancing west- | ward along a wide front west of | Gzhatsk. The Soviet forces are| pushing forward at utmost speed, field observers said and the Ger- mans are falling back upon pre- pared positions around various se!—} tlements and are digging in with | their tanks as pillboxes and util- izing the streams and forests as defense lines. Dispatches to the Red Star, army newspaper, says terrific fighting has been raging for the past 24 hours and the Red Army has broken the| defense at two points and also cap-| tured several strongly fortified set- | tlements. | | | The Washington Merry - Go- Round, By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert S. Allen on active duty.) Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek, of was taken by them at once to th black brocade Chinese gown. roses. WASHINGTON. — The Justice | Department has been investigating a situation at Wright Field, Day- ton, Ohio, where an invention pat- ' ented by a civilian employee has not been placed on lend-lease air- planes. | By JACK STINNETT The employee is Weldon Worth,| WASHINGTON, March 11 — As who has patented an invention for |Madame Chiang Kai-shek makes warming up airplane engines. Ordi- ‘her other appearances })effll'e she narily, when an airplane engine returns home, other sections of L‘he starts cold and has to Warm itself |Country will have an opportunity up, the sudden expansion, of metal ito agree that Chmg's first lady is gradually lessens its life. The Worth ‘1”‘“' firab igeaker in the English patent is aimed to save this wear |\@DBuAgE today. » Those case-hardened politicians and tear and lengthen the life of |and Capitol observers, most of thie. mngiue, !whom have heard Churchill and Mr. Worth, being employed a%p oggent Roosevelt, and many of the Air Force's big procurement |y pom haye heard the silver-tongues and development center, gave his|.¢ Congress all the way back to inyention free (9. the, Army. the late great Sen. Joe Bailey of However, a large part of U. S.|Texas, are almost unanimous in planes are now sent to the RUS- | awarding the palm for public speak- sians and British as part of lend- ing to the wife of China’s General- lease, and Justice Department of- issimo. ficials say that Worth has not per-| Tt isn't all the spell of personal mitted his patent to be used on|charm and exofic beauty, either. First 7lady of (hina ~ WinsCongress by Her MEninsh Einguage Iqlkf China-fighting Generalissimo and a e White House as their guest. Mme. | of Congress, warning against underestimates of Japanese strength. She is pictur | she chatted with the President in his automobile. The American-educated Mme an old injury after medical treatment in New York, wili. spend. several days in Washington pleading the need of greater war aid for her country. The jet haired great lady of China wore a sable coat over a Her severe hair dress was relieved by geld earrings and she carried red | Those who have since heard re- broadcasts of the speech she made before the House of Representatives are no less positive that given the| | opportunity, she could be radio’s | No. 1 personality. Madame Chiang's House speech | was cne to be remembered, but I liked best the more intimate one, | unprepared and unrehearsed, which she made to the Senate. She started by saying, “I am not a very good extemporaneous sp er. In fact T am no speaker at all That is the epitome of the Oiental courtesy and self-abasement. When she told that story of the pilot from Doolittle’s Tokyo raid who parachuted down in China and (Continued on Page Two) i lend-lease planes without payment | of a royalty. | When U. S. companies, making | lend-lease planes, seek to use this | invention, they get a letter from Worth's law firm of Harris and| Harris, Dayton, Ohio, reminding | them of the necessity of making royalty payments. | Mr. Worth, when questioned by | [} the Washington Merry-Go-Round | unde regarding this, said it had not been decided as yet' whether lend-lease planes were “commercial” He also| stated that the royalty he was ask- ing was ‘“very reasonable,” and that | ISHOP chMONT it seemed nonsense to quibble over | a small royalty when the cost in- IS WELCOMED BY volved ‘in many lend-lease planes went well over $100,000. ! EV E NT Meanwhile the Government takes | EVENING the position that since the patent| g fngg of the Most Reverend J. - f_“l‘:;‘:n:':}e‘o:fd ';:; :‘:;’“‘Q r;};e |B. Crimont, generally beloved Bish- ™ 2 TV lop of Alaska, will gather in the alty for its use on lend-lease planves,:p':“.,\‘h Hall this ovfnmg between But the aviation plants making!ine hours of 8 and 10 o'clock to pay the planes say that Harris and their respects and welcome him Harris have warned them that a pack to the Territory after an ab- royalty will have to be paid. There- | sence of seven months. fore, since the aviation manufac- Under the direction of Miss Viv- turers cannot collect a royalty|ian Tice, Mrs. A. M. Geyer and from the Government, the lend- Mrs. Felix Toner, members of the lease planes going to Russia and Catholic Daughters of America England are simply not getting the have arranged the informal even- benefit of the engine-warming in- |ing event which includes a musical vention. And in Russia they cer- program. tainly need it. Soloists who will be heard are SUBSIDIZING FUEL OIL Mrs. John Headland, whose voice The public is largely unaware of 'S ;‘e';:;kg; Of:r pi(t;;uf;?rb ar:n:;;; g and 3 . the fact that the Governmel™ ¥ Ghildren of the parochial school will also sing two selections, (Continued on Page Four) Haas Refutes Krause Testimony Concerning rcover’ f o Former Commissioner of Labor | Michael J. Haas, now Alaskan rep- resentative for the War Labor Board, took the stand last night to completely refute the testimony given at the first session of the legislative investigation by Edmund J. Krause, former Republican can- didate for the House from this| division. Said Haas: “I did not send for him (Krause), I did not know him He said he was a candidate on the Republican ticket and that he wanted to be elected.” Haas said he asked Krause how he expected him to help and that Krause had said “you can give me the undercover vote,” or the votes | of Haas' friends. Haas said he told Krause he didn't see how he could give this support when Krause was on the opposite ticket. A “Plant” “It was obviously a plant,” Haas stated. (Continued on Page Two) wartime Commander in her own right, was welcomed to the national capital by President and Mrs, Roosevelt at the Union Station and Chiang has addressed both houses d in this Soundphoto as Chiang, recovering from 'AXIS ATTACK 1S REPULSED IN LEND-LEASE TUNISIA AREA ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, March 11—Allied troops have repulsed an Axis at- tack in northern Tunisia, west of Sedjenana, and captured the min- |ing center of Metalaqui, in the cen- tral region, 25 miles southwest of Gafsa. The official communique said, “In central Tunisia, patrolling contin- ues. There is some activity.” The communique further says heavy bombers attacked enemy uirfields at El Aquina la Marsa near Tunis, and during the oper- itions eight Axis fighters were downed.” -ee- INCOME TAX ISSUE STILL NOT SETTLED WASHINGTON, March 11—The House Republican Steering Com- nittee has laid plans to align the Party’s strength behind the Ruml nlan to abate one year’s income axes and, put the Nation's tax- payers strictly on a pay-as-you-go basis. Republican leader Martin, re- ported the committee supports the Ruml plan unanimously and pre- dictions are freely made the Re- publicans have sufficient strength for legislation to “skip a year." -+ Dice, Dice Soldiers * Roll 'Em JERSEY CITY, N. J, March —It was revealed here today th a total of 750,000 pairs of d have been bought by the Arm; Quartermaster corps for troops an this brought out the remark from . Major Arnold Gibling: “We do 1o encourage gambling, however job is to supply little things keep the morale high to 'HURLED, REICH Brifish Air Minister Gives Information fo House of Commons | i LONDON, March 11 RAF's ceaseless bombing offensive is now showering German Europe with | fire explosives at the rate of more than 10,000 tons a month and al- ready the bombings have wrecked Imore than 2,000 Germans factories and left more than 1,000,000 Ger- ans homeless, the British Air Ministry announces, | * The statement was made by Sir Archibold Sinclair, Air Minister, in he declared that photographic rec- onnaissance showed that the raids |en Essen, home of the Krupp ar- | senals, on the nights of March 5 and March 6 “probably the heaviest blows ever struck at the Cerman war industry in the en- t bomber offensive.” The Air Minister disclosed that elready 4,000 tons of bombs were dropped on the Reich so far this !wonth and devastation |is ‘only comparable to that caused I\t Cologne last May 1. Bomber raids have been direct- ed at the steel works in the Ruhr and the demage done in the raids were has cut 1,250,000 tons of Ger- many’s annual steel capacity. - PROGRA UP, SENATE House 0 vgr'fi helmingly Votes Extension of Plan for Year WASHINGTON, March 11 — Overwhelmingly approved by the House, Yhe bill to extend the lend- lease program for another year s reached the Senate. Along with this report is shown that help ex- tended to nations now fighting the Axis has reached a total of nine billion, six hundred thirty-two mil- dollars. lion - o> OBSERVANCE OF LEND-LEASE AT LUNCHEON TODA Both PresiEnI and Rus- sian Ambassador fo U. S., Speakers WASHINGTON, March 11.—Pres- ident Roosvelt in &4 message at a luncheon today in observance of the second anniversary of the lend- lease operations said: “The United Nations are on the offensive.” T'he President, giving his message person, apparently phrased his talk as a direct rebuttal of Ad- miral William H, Standley's recent assertion in Moscow the Russians were not fully informed of the id given that nation by the Unit- ed States Russian Ambassador Litvinoff declared that “supplies received rough the lend-lease program have been of an enormous help which is deeply appreciated by the peo- of the Soviet Union who aware of its extent.” - ple are fully Musical snuff-boxes were in vogue in the 18th Century, the House of Commons today and! at Essen | | SHE’S PROUD — Mrs. Robert B. Clark admires her hus- band’s newly-won Navy Cross aboard a destroyer in Pearl Har- bor. Lt. Clark, U $.N.R., was awarded the medal for commanding a patrol plane that fought off eight Jap Zeros. | | ALLIES HAVE MUCH BETTER ~ OF FIGHTING. Secrefary Stimson Admits. Casualties in Various Tunisian Areas WASHINGTON, March 11—Al- lied forces in Tunisia “had much the better of the fighting last | week,” Secretary of War Henry L Stimson reported today but added that losses on both sides were “sub- stantial.” Reviewing the war at aconfer- {ence with the reporters today, Sec- |retary Stimson id the casualty re- |port from North Africa was not complete with the Allic having taken more than 1,000 German and Italian prisoners and destroyed well over 100 Axis tanks The heaviest American losses oc- curred the week of February 14-21 The American retreat and the initial counterattack on the Cen- tral Front resulted in 59 men killed, 76 wounded and 2,700 missing Most of the missing, Secretary Stimson said, probably were taken as prisoners, but there is a possi- bility that some of them might re- turn to the American lines. Reports indicate, said Secretary Stimson, that the German ave been heavy, while the British- losses French losses appear to be rela- tively light. > Any proposed law for the Dis- trict of Columbia has to be ap- proved by the Federal Bu u of the Budget, even if it is not a fi- |nancial measure, M Program for Social ~ Searity Is Handed fo (ongress by Roosevell‘ WASHINGTON, March 11— There is little immediate enthu- siasm manifest in Congress after President Roosevelt presented the National Resources Planning Board's vast new “from the cradle to the grave” program on socitl and a blueprint of postwar Amer a which the Gevernment is to be ‘n partnership with, many business- es and labor sharing in industrial management, The report hopes for a life abundance unparalled in all history President Roosevelt asked for full consideration of the plan at this session, He said “we fight today for . the security of our Nation and at the same time we can endeavor to give our citizens and their families ecurity against attacks from with- out and against the fear of econom- ie distress in old age, proverty, sick- ness, involuntary unemployment, and ageidental injuries. We need to look forward to the accomplish- ment of these objectives in a world of peace, a Democratic society and dynamic economy.” - New Legislafors Meet President In White House WASHINGTON, March 11, Freshmen legislators drank beer or oft drinks and chatted with Presi- Roosevelt in the White Hou: ast night The g was generally crpreted as a conciliatory gesture from the Administration toward Congress. . One hundred seventeen new House and Senate members got the cpportunity to shake hands and talk briefly with the President Republicans and Democrats alike were in the group at the White House thering in- e BUY WAR BONDS security | CHARGE BACK | Movement in Solomons Is | Repulsed-Kiska .Again | Raided-Hits Scored BULLETIN—AlliedHeadquar- ters in North Africa, March 11. —The British Eighth Army | forces have inflicted heavy cas- ualties on attacking enemy troops which left many vehicles burning. Fighting continues to- night near Ksar Rhilane, a special supplement to the Al- lied communique announces | tonight. WASHINGTON, March 11—Am- erican fighter planes slapped back at a Jap aerial attack by 10 dive bombers and 12 fighters in the | Solomons, the Navy reported today, while bombers hit hard the Jap positions on Kiska island in the Aleutians. 5 One Jap dive bomber and three Zero fighters were downed by Am- erican planes that intercepted en- emy raiders presumably enroute to attack Henderson air field on Guadaleansl. The Nacy communique said: “On March 9, a force of Mitchell med- ium bombers and Liberator heavy bombers with Lightning escort, bombed the Jap positions on Kiska. Hits were observed in the camp area. Antiaireraft fire was encount. ered, but all U. §. planes returned. NEW BLOWS ARE STRUCK JAP VESSELS Five Merchantmen Attack- ed in Solomons-Two | Heavily Damaged ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, March 11 Allied {heavy bombers dealt punishing new blows to the Japanese 'merchant marine yesterday over a wide area in the southwest Pacific, attacking |five merchantmen and heavily |damaging two, the High Command | reports. Liberators and Flying Fortresses, ranging in flights from Celebes to Newak, in Northern New Guinea, ;|n'obably destroyed a 7,000-ton ship {at Boetong Island. The ship was | left burning fiercely. Another plane bombed two ships iaxl Boerdoe Island but the results | were not observed. | At Wewak, Fortresses sailed over |two vessels in the harbor and left la 5000-ton craft smoking heavily | Still another ship was strafed near tegota, Bermata Island, in the iimbar Island group. Off Trobriand Islands, Allied | fighters shot down two Japanese | bombers. i D [ e ® o o 0o o 0 0 WEATHEK REPORT (U. S. Bureau) Wed, March 10: Maximum 36, minimum 34, Temp .CI.I...‘ eecccsens Precipitation .17 Snow depth, trace ® e o 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - Vaudeville dates its popularity from the time of the French Revol- ution, © o o 00 0 0 00 0 0 . DIMOUT TIMES . &) R . ® Dimout begins tonight ® at sunset at 6:50 o'clock . e Dimout ends tomorrow e ® at sunrise at 7:2¢4 am . o> Dimout begins Friday at e e sunset at 6:53 p.m. - . 900000000000