The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 13, 1943, Page 1

THE DAIL VOL. LX., NO. 9290. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH I3._I943 Y ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY == BRITISH BLITZ BLASTS GERMAN WORKS DIRECT HIT IS MADEON BIG VESSEL Six: Enemy Fighter PIanes‘ Are Also Blasted Qut of Action ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, March 13. — Allied airmen scored a direct hit on 7,000-ton Japanese merchant and damaged two smaller vessels, also shot out of action six enemy fighter planes without the loss of a plane, says the official communi- que issued this morning. The 7,000-ton vessel was caught with a 500-pound bomb that was dropped by an American Liberator over Ambon harbor, Ambonia Is- land, despite intense antiaircraft fire. Enemy aircraft were shot up at the Timor airdrome by low flying Allied planes. - LONDON, March 13—The Lon- don Daily Mail today prints a story | with an Istanbul dateline that quot- | ed Budapest reports as saying Hit-| ‘ ler has relinquished command of| the German forces and has appoint- | ed a triumvirate composed of Field | Marshals Edwald von Klefst amd Erwin Rommel and with Admiral | Karl Doenitz as Supreme Naval| Commander. The Washington Merry-Go-Round' By DREW PEARSON i (Major Robert S. Allen on active duty.) | WASHINGTON—Real truth : about the famous meeting between Democratic National Committee members and the President was! that the President himself put for- ward the fourth term idea in a| negative way, saying he could not | .take it. But committee members said the idea was put forward| very much like the man who says the talking, and to get him to listen to be urged, J There was no urging from any of the Democrats present except ex-Gov. Olson of California. From the rest came stony silence. Here is the complete off-the- record story on one of the frostiest meetings between Democratic lead- ers and their chief in the ten long years of the Roosevelt ad- ministration. Before they went to the White House, the leaders met at the Mayflower Hotel to discuss their strategy. They had been selected by Frank Walker as the result of a stormy session of the entire com- mittee in Chicago at which there was open revolt against the Presi- dent, and at which it was decided to send a small delegation to the White House to tell him so. Nine committee members al ship | were | | BULLETIN | Fla., March 13 Morgan, 75, and ruler of tremendous banking empire, died at 3:15 o'clock this morning oh th isolated Gulf of Mexico Island where he came for a vacation and fishing. The financial wizard suc- cumbed to a recurring heart ailment which twice before in recent years had stricken him. | Morgan lapsed into a coma state three days ago and never regained consciousness. He be- came ill on February 25 aboard | a train on his way south from | New York. | His son, Lieut. | ry Sturgis Morgan, of finance a Hen- Re- Comdr. Naval John Pierpont Morgan, Finandal Wizard, Dies Toda! pf Heart Trouble TENS Japs Use Nude Women, z KAYHI WINS TITLE IN LAST SCORES LAST NIGHT Kayhi Defeats Juneau Hi, 40-38 Malamutes Swamp Officers, 59-36 Mrs. the pass- serve, and his daughter, Paul Pennoyer, were at bedside at the wizard’s ing. J. A one-handed push shot in the t ten seconds of play gave Ket- chikan High School victary over the best Juneau High School team on the floor this year and the boys from the First City walked off with the Southeastern Alaska title. The Crimson Bears finished the game without the services of star guard Johnny Bavard who went out with a broken wrist asquan and Bobby Snell took over to match the visito point and turn the riot Juneau went into the final per- iod leading 30 to 28. Ked Hannah, Kayhi forward, dumped in a free throw followed by one of the same Salvador del Fierro to knot the P. Morgan headed the bank that bore his name—a name that came readily to men's lips when they thought of Wall Street and finance— in three great periods in Ameri- can history: the first World War, the world depression and then the second World War. Mr. Morgan, third banker of his line and the second to bear the full name of John Pierpont Morgan, was born September 7, 1867, at Irvington, N. Y., on the Hudson. His ancestors were Welsh. m into & ECONDS a two-point | Johnny' Bodies Painfed Green, As Guadalcanal Snipers AT AN ADVANCED BASE !N‘ |THE SOUTH PACIFIC, March 13| —The first eye-witness account of the Japanese using women as sni- certain the sniper was dead. The infantryman then climbed the tree and cut down the body. To everyone's surprise it was the me at 30-30. Then del Fierro canned another free throw to give the visitors a one-point lead and Snell sank a field goal to give his team a one-point lead Neck and Neck Dick Bussanich put Kayhiahead 33-32 with a field goal, Pasquan retaliated with one for Juneau del Fierro sank one for Ketchikan, Pasquan came through again and Juneau led 36-35. | Dick Bussanich came through pers on Guadalcanal is given here body of a nude woman, painted | with apother field goal and Snell Brautigan, of Chicago. One of the men of a platoon of infantrymen, said Lieut. Brautigan, detected a sniper in a banyan tree. He fired eight or ten shots until SANITATION CLASS OPENS MONDAY A, M. ‘Army, Navy and Coast . Guard Personnel | in Attendance | Set for 9 a. m. Monday in the | Juneau Health Center, is the open- ling of the intensive training course for sanitation inspectors from the | four divisions of Southeast Alaska. From 12 to 14 men from the Army, |Navy and Coast Guard, three to |four from each district, will take |the training program before begin- ining their work of inspection. | “The thought behind the program |is one of helpfulness toward the |improvement of sanitation in food and drink establishments,” officials of the Territorial Department of | Health state. “However, these inspectors will refer to local or Territorial health | custom. | The woman did not even have £o much on as a sarong. She was slen” der, small breasted and not more than five feet tall. film, “Let's Eat Out,” as a study project, to complete the morning program Opening at 1:30 p. m. for the Monday afternoon session is a lec- ture by John Hall, public health {today by Infantry Lieut. Paul R. green, the usual Jap camouflage matched it to keep a 38-37 lead |with 45 seconds to go. Anderson |fouled Hannah who sank the shot | which tied the score at 38-38 Guard Frank Mortenson won the {game and the title for Ketchikan |with a one-hander from the side with just about ten second remain- ing | Del Fierro ran up 17 lead the victors, while Pasquan 1‘wns next high with ten. Snell |turned in another swell perform- points tc engineer, on the Bact,criow_zy D{ ance at the pivot post, gaining Sanitation; followed by a review of inine points when they counted. An- 'KUSKIES IN FIRST WIN "FOR TITLE { | | ‘, SEATTLE, March 13 — With a| | | Hear phomore substitute in the role of| Evidence of witnesses in the leg the University of | islative hearing being held into rashington squeezed through t e conduct of the Territorial De- id 53-51 victory over the University|Partment of Labor during the in- i@ Southern California last night|cumbency of Michael J. Haas, for- the opening game of the Pacific|mer Commissioner, was concluded championship in the session last night. At 8:30 |o'clock the committee moved |7 A capacity crowd of 9,000 was recess until 7 o'clock Monday night, |wildly cheering as sophomore Bill{at which time arguments will be Taylor let fly with a long shot from |presented by Attorney General the side to break a 51-51 deadlock | Henry Roden, who prosecuting 20 seconds before the final gun. the hearing and Harry McCain, The fiction finish of “sophomore!counsel for Haas {makes good” came as a fitting cli-| Haas resumed the stand last !mn'\ The second half had the pav-|;ight when the hearing opened st minute hero, | @oast Conferenc e | play-off is ot Hhuum crowd in a frenzy. The Score|and other witnesses called during point foTiwas tied six times in the last half. (he eyening were Miss Nell Me- the office of | JUSC was out in front three times!' {by four points and Washington led |six times. Half score was 40 to 36 {in favor of USC | The teams went at a merry- round speed all night. The Hus ‘HmpL up a terrific pace against a| {team held to deliberate passing amd" la fast break for the basket system. has enjoyed was again brought up | Washington looked ragged at the|last night and, over the objection {high speed through three-fourths|of McCain and protest by lof the contest and USC looked |mitteeman Sen. N. R. Walker, was lsmcolh and powerful all the way.!admitted for questioning. | Bill Morris, all-star Husky guard, | Thursday night, Roden’s question Wwith' a heavily bandaged knee, sel |regarding the amount of education the scoring pace with 16 points, 11 Haas had enjoyed, was objected to in the first half. . by McCain and, over a protest by Taylor, the sophomore who Wasipep Harvey Smith, the objection ll.i;ted as a possible started in place| .o upheld by Chairman J. W of Morfis, gathered 14 polnts as & iehoe, Roden said Thursday night fiu%ég“ifi;:‘:;;i‘rgwure little Gene | &% he thought it of material in- Rock and center Jim Seminoff, who vt 1 Lhe‘cmzv Rraabe Mo each got 13 points. Both turned in| ious testimony had stated he outstanding shooting performances. knew nothing of accounting or of- Washington broke the ice at the|'ic¢ procedure. start of the game when Capt. Wally | Rep. Smith brought the question Leask. sharpshooting Indian from|UP 8€ain last night and stated that Metlakatla, Alaska, cut loose with|lt had been established that Haas a long, one-handed shot that knew nothing of office procedure, clicked (that, though the Chairman had The two teams meet again to- ruled that the question of Haas' night. If the Trojans win this even- |education had no bearing on the ing, another game will settle the!case, it was his belief that it had title on Monday night. |2 definite bearing B Tk i Argument on Query | Sen. Edward Coffey also stated 10s] secretary in the Territorial Commissioner Labor, who was recalled to |stand, and Frank Marshall, AF. of . representative of Education the education Haas Haas’ Question of to! the | com- | the Alaska rules and regulations about food establishments, milk and sanitation, given by sanitary en- gineer Richard Green; and réading assignments with individual reports. The course is sponsored by the! Division of Public Health Engineer- ing, Territorial Dept. of Health and is officially entitled “A Shor Course in Restaurant Inspection an Sanitation.” Anthony Eden ‘Is Visitor in ~ United States . WASHINGTON, March 13—Capt. | Anthony Eden, British Foreign Sec- retary, arrived in Washington last | derson played a good game (00, lfillmg in a big hole left by Bavard |who collected eight points while |he played. | Juneau came real and out like a |team with the opening gun " (Continued on Page Three) STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 13.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4, American Can 78, Anaconda 28, Bethlehem Stecl ‘63 Commonwealth and Southern %, Curtiss Wright 8%, General Motors 48%, International Har- i vester 65'c, Kennecott 32%, New York Central 14!, Northern Pa- icific 11%, United States Steel 54'; Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 130.73, rails L that he believed the question was F S d [that he did not think it had any- duced. Sen. N. R. Walker stated (thing to do with the question as While the Douglas Island Ski McCain said |there were no educational qualifi- Trail condition is reported as being | think it would only fair for the weekend, the|question Haas further regarding Upper Bowl is in excellent f‘hfll)e-,ms education over his admission _ording to Juneau Ski Club of-|(hat he had not had business train- ficials today. After considerable discussion Two or three inches of powder[netween committee members re- snow cover the hard‘ crust which 2 the 'matter, Sen. -O. D prevailed last week in the upper| s ... . 1300 reachiel Gf. the )l ates - Theamper | 0 TP SRR 01 not think;the tradl i8-Teported as being auite fast, | aiies Jmd. great importance, bul while the lower trail is dangerous| ‘D&t it was materiel for any but the experienced skier, | Chaiiman Iehoc that Wy While it is expected that muny,‘”"“‘d agree to questioning of Haas skiers will make the three-mile trek |Te8arding this. Sen. N. R. Walker to the top tomorrow, conditions|s8id, “I think you should consult should be fairly good at the slalom;'he committee.” Chairman Kehoe hill and the ski tow will probably |asked for a motion, which was be in operation. imade by Rep. Smith. Sen. N. R, Labor... that he did not be advisable to | Commissioner of aid }cfluuns required for the position of | ing Last Night to N |what years Haas had gone {school, both MecCain and Sen. R. Walker objectefi Sen. Coffey stated that he did Inot intend to get warm about the i question but that there was a mat- | of residency he wished to es- tablish, both for the benefit of Haas and the information of the committee. “I believe it will be to Mike's benefit to establish the dates,” Coffey said. Haas stated that he had attend- ed the University of California off and on from 1921 until he came {t® Alaska and stated that it was oetter than ten years. Outside in '34, Rep. Smith asked Haas if he {had gone outside in 1934 and 1935 and Haas said he had. Haas de- nied having established a residence in California at that time but ad- |mitted that he had been active in the campaign of a political candi- |date. Asked if he had voted, he {said “no.” Haas said while he was | outside at this time he had spent some time in California, gone to |Ilinois and then returned to Al- aska in 1035, During. earlier ques- tioning regarding his residence, \Haes repeated his testimohy of Thursday, that he had come to Alaska in 1830 and had come on| |the Nor thwestern Questioned as to whether or not he ‘had been in Fairbanks, March 25, 1942, Haas was indefinite about dates and said that he had been here around June. On further| juestioning, the March trip was/ sstablished and, asked whether or not he had made a political speech, daas replied that the miners had | held an open meeting and that he had made a speech “after hours, | the same as Tony Dimond and| other candidates for office.” 1 Clipping Introduced Rep. Christian A. Roust present- | 'd a newspaper article from a| Fairbanks regarding the neeting, which was introduced as| vidence. Haas said that, after all, he Commissioner of Labor had seen an elective office. Rep. Smith then asked if Haas iad any other mission on the trip nd Haas replied that there was a liscussion between members of the AF. of L. and CIO that was quite xtensive and that he had attend- d conferences. Asked by Sen. Coffey as to wvhether or not the speech was a wrely politic#l speech with no estions regarding the Labor De- »artment, Haas replied that it was, mnd every other candidate made 2 ipeech, too. He said perhaps ques- ions regarding the Department were asked at the end of the meet- ing. | Sen. N. R. Walker then asked if | it was an epen meeting and not | one called by Haas, and Haas re- plied that it was. Il | Upon being asked - by Sen !Cochran if he had gone any other | | | | | ter paper | prevent |of llied Airmen Send Down 7000-Ton Jap Ship Conclude Testimony InLabor Depariment ESSEN HIT IN NIGHT RAID BY BRITISH Terrific Aflégk FollowsArfi- ' erican Asssault Yes- ferday on Rouen LONDON, March 13—Great Bri- tain’s giant bombers rained hun- dreds of fons of block busters on Essen and the German Ruhr be- fore dawn today, blasting the great Krupp Munitions Works in appar- ently the heaviest RAF attack of the year. Twenty-three bombers are offi- clally listed as missing, the British Air Ministry said, but“this did not the attack from being pressed home with the greatest de- termination and all returning crews are enthusiastic in their reports.” Accounts said the raiders struck with such fury, despite notably strengthened defense since the as- sault of March 5. The guns of the antiaircraft bat- ‘eries and the flashing searchlights around Essen gradually faltered under the terrific attack and ground crews were wiped out or driven to eover. The attack on Germany’s second mosit blitzed city followed the heavy assault’ by American daylight raid- ers yesterday in Rouen where thee death toll is said to be high and |property damage heavy. >, FIVE BILL ARE PASSED SATURDAY The House completed its calen- dar this morning, passing four bills, three advanced from second read- ng as the fiftieth day neared. The Senate passed one bill. ’ The House passed House Bill No. 78, by Leo Rogge, to provide that children must be six years old on the opening day of school to be eligible to enter, instead of in Feb- ruary. House Bill No. 70, by Alaska Stew- art. Linck, to provide $750 for alter- ations to the Territorial Building in Juneau was passed. House Bill No. 53, by Andrew Gundersen, allowing chiropractic physicians additional powers, was passed as was House Concurrent Resolution No. 1 by Rep. James V. Davis to turn over Territorially owned assay offices at Ketchikan, Anchorage, College and Nome to the U. S. Bureau of Mines until April, 1945, together with all equip- ment. In the Senate ‘The Senate passed House Bil! No. 33 by Rep. John J. O'Shea, re- moving future lability on the part the Territory construciton by the Federal governmeni of flood picked, ‘plus five executives of the|guthorities any cases in which op-, 32.69, utilities 17.90. party. At the advance meeting at |erators of such establishments will-| PRICES FRIDAY night for momentous conversations Refreshments for tired skiers will | Walker then asked that the cOm-| e on that trip, Haas replied | control projects, river and ha the Mayflower, it was suggested that one difficulty would be t keep the President from doing all the talking, and to get him to listen to the delegation’s complaints. BILL OF COMPLAINTS So Frank Walker suggested that three be appointed to do the talk- ing. Frank McHale, of Indiana, agreed that this was a good idea, and suggested James Noe, of Lou- isiana, to represent the South, James Quigley, of Nebraska, Vfor the West, and Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller, of Pennsylvania, for the East. Apparently Walker thought these three were too forthright. He is understood to have had in mind Mrs. Carolyn Wolfe, of Utah, O. S. Warden, of Montana, and ex- Governor Olson of California, known to be more friendly to the President. So Walker shifted his suggestion to a previous one that the delegation draw up a written statement naming their complaints. The strategy was that if the President did all the talking, then |fully fail to refuse to make im- rovements, particularly in their | methods.” As part of the course, those at- | tending will observe the taking of {“rim counts,” where samples will |be taken from restaurant knives, forks, spoons or other equipment, lied. The results, it is pointed out, | will demonstrate impressively the fdmerence between genuinely clean and dirty (germ-laden) dishes or | cutlery. Dr. W. W. Council, Commission- ler of Health, will preside at the initial meeting, when Gov. Ernest Gruening will welcome the visit- ing men. “Relation of General Sanitation, Food and Food-Handlers to the War Effort” will be discussed by Dr. George Hays, liaison officer for Ithe U. S. Public Health Service, |who will also explain succintly the purpose of the course. Full Program A full program for both morning |and afternoon sessions of each day has been arranged, with registra- tion, and viewing of an educational cultures taken and the results stud-i |aimed at cementing the United Na-! tions to a fuller understanding. | Closing quotation of Alaska Ju- | Capt. Eden came to Washington |neau mine stock Friday was 4, at the invitation of the United American Can 78, Anaconda 28': | States. iBethlehem Steel 64%, Common- | In addition to important diplo-|wealth and Southern Curtiss matic conferences, he will see first| Wright 87, General Motors 48':, bhand something of the great war International Harvester 65'%, Ken- effort the United States is doing. ecott 32'2, New York Central 14 It is understood that Joseph Stal-|Northern Pacific 111, United ‘in was informed of the visit of Capt.|States Steel 54%, Pound $4.04 ’EQden and he received the informa- pow, Jones averages Friday wer jtion “with pleasure.” |as follows: industrials 13073, rails Capt. Eden, at a conference t0-|3978 ytilities 17.85. day with the newsmen said, “set- backs and disappointments are ab- solutely certain” before the United ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN Nations can hope to win the war NORTH AFRICA, March 13.- Dis- and peace afterwards. patches report Rommel has with- He plans to remain here several drawn his scarred motor forces for %, weeks and will visit the war plants|the second time in less than one and military establishments. week after clashes with the British e | Eighth Army. | the Allied ring that is gradually |encircling him and the official |statement declares Rommel will be |of the USO will be held tonight in stroyed. | the Elks' ballroom. Dancing will Allied bombers blasted military | start at 9 o'clock and music will be | objectives at Soussee and Tunis and Rommel has twice failed to break The regular Saturday night dance pushed back to the sea and de- l‘furmshed by the Duck Creek band. setting fires. be served tomorroow after skiiing|mittee be polled. This was done hours at the home of Curt Shat-|znd the motion passed tuck, Ski Club President. Under questioning Haas then I S—— stated that he was a high school c.raduate, had attended commercial BAIT[E OF school in Tllinols for two years and ,had studied economics at the Uni- | versity of Southern California for |five years. Asked what he had |studied at business school |said mostly business {also questioned Haas and it as brought out that Haas had at- tended business school at nights and completed the greater part of MOSCOW, March 13—The Red Army conceded fresh setbacks in the eritical battle of Kharkov, but the midday Soviet communique in- dicatetl the Germans have still fal- len short of recapturing the city The Russian Command said outh of Kharkov the Red Army he courseé, also that he ihad at- tended the University of Southern defenders have beaten off eight successive waves” of tanks led by Jalifornia off and on beginning in 1921 for a period of about ten fames and Killing over 800 Germans, ‘1485 replied that he handled siles On the Central front, Soviet col- °D the street and added “it was years, umns drove on beyond recaptured Wholesale liquor.” Vyazmo, To Sen. Coffey’s query law. McCain Salesman On Roden then asked Haas it was not true that he had been em- ployed by Gottstein of Anchorage laas answered that he had and Roden asked, “In charge of sales?” as to | that, he could not recall. Sen. | Cochran asked if he had made the ' | trip by steamer and Haas said he | | believed he had flown A Not Sure | To several other questions by ! or Sen. Cochran as to whether | not he had visited any other place, | the time he had left Juneau, and when he had returned to Juneau, Haas replied that he did not know, | could not recall or was not sure.| He said he believed he left Juneau in March, flew to Fairbanks, went to Anchorage,and perhaps Seward and then back to Fairbanks, but was not sure Asked by Rep. Smith if there was any labor question in Anchor- age when he went there, Haas re- plied .that if it were possible for him to remember everything had done over period of months, he would be glad to swer Rep. Smith pointed out that he! had remembered that there was a labor discussion going on in Fair- he a 12 an- ‘(Continued on Page Six) (o ® 00 00 00000 improvements. D SPECIAL MEETING, ALASKA PIONEERS Henry Roden, president of Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska, announces a special meeting to be held Wed- nesday, March 17, at 8 p. m. in the Odd Fellows Hall A speclal initiation will be held, followed by entertainment. Al members are urged to be present. DIMOUT TIMES Dimout begins tonight at sunset at 6:55 o'clock. Dimout ends tomorrow sunrise at 7:19 am. Dimeut begins Sunday sunset at 6:57 p.m Dimout ends Monday at sunrise at 7:16 a.m. Dimout starts Monday sunset at 7 pm. at at at °