The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 19, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LX., NO. 9295. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRI =] DAY, MARCH 19, 1943 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY — 14 JAP BASES BLASTED, SOLOMON FRONT Germans Hurl Reserved Forces Into Battle Movie Star Gels Once-Over in-Alaska MASTERY OF UPPER DONETS | AIM OF NAZIS New Air Unis, Motorized Infantry, Tank Defach- 7 ments Get Info Fight | MOSCOW, March 19—Dispatch- es from the front said the Ger-| , mans have thrown new reserved air units, motorized infantry ou:»‘ fits and tank detachments into the | battle for the mastery of the upper Donets river, 15 miles east of Khar- kov. | Fhe tremendous pressure of the| new forces during the past few hours caused the Russian line to yield slightly in the Chugeuv sec- tor: The Nazis have succeeded in throwing infantrymen across the, river in some sectors but ultimately | they were hurled back, while tanks attempting the crossing crashed (Continued on Page “Two) The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) ; ] (The brass ring, good foi one free ride on the Washing- ton Merry-Go-Round, is award- ed today to the Civil Air Pa- trol.) WASHINGTON.—This brass ring goes not to one man but to 68,000 meh and women. They are mem- bérs of the Civil Air Patrol who| have been fighting the war in lit- tle ‘'single-motor planes flying with- | in the boundaries of the United States, and who carry the torch for the future of civil aviation in this country. ! How long they will be allowed to carry that torch is the impor- | tant question. At present they are orphans of the storm — carrying | military responsibilities without mil- | jtary standing. They fight sub- marines, but they had to fight lor‘ weapons first. The Army and WPB are slowly throttling them by re- fusing new equipment or repair | patrts. Thus in order to keep their gradually deteriorating machines . going, the Civil Air Patrol is al- most certain to be swallowed by | the Army. The Army has been wanting to Columbia Broadcasting System to- the northern European coast to pro- take over because civilian fliers in day recorded a British radio broad- 'tect U-boats from the Allied air wartime are considered a nuisance :cast that said Germany is reported attacks. by the military—with justification 'to have protested to Tokyo against| The sub facilities at Kiska have in some cases. YOUTHS AND FATHERS But the owners of 25,000 prtvgv.e‘; planes thought they had something | to offer. The younger ones wem‘ into military service. Others, many being ‘married men with families, | organized the Oivil Air Patro! which for more than a year has been flying the coastal waters and | maintaining a courler service| throughout the United States. | These ar® the “Flying Minute | Men.” At first their submarine pa- trol was merely a. spotting job. If they spotted a submarine, they were | supposed to .radio a shore hase| and then hover around waiting for | a bombeér to come to the scene of |, iation of Alaska Juneau mine |physical phenomena of the war ef-| action. But they bad s0 many .. o4ay is 4, American Can|fort, H. B. Fletcher, agent in charge | heartrending experiences, that they clamored for bombs of their own. | They would dart low over the| water, discover a submarine locxa-I tion, radio to a shore base, hold the | contact, hover and pursue — andi then' sometimes lose the prey be- cause the Army never came along with the bombs. v For months they called in vain for bombing - equipment. War De-| partment insisted that no civilians are allowed to ‘carry weapons, antl‘ thus the Civil Air Patrol should, not be armed. The Army would not | éven release life rafts, and as a result several (CAP pilots have lost e ————— 1Continued on Page Four) ! Reds Suffer Reverses . S. FORCES | FINLAND taray Russa . ; vt G Tioscow % ia( then Confinue C - \P Wk ' ing Enemy Troops azma il A Smolensil) 8 Tula ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN Minsk <% NORTH AFRICA, March 19.—~Unit- | Bryanske y 4 ed States troops have occupied El-| el guetar, 12 miles northeast of Gafsa | Black area south of Kharkov indicates territory regained by the Nazis (arrows) who have pushed the Russians back to the north bank of the upper Donets river. But in the gains in their drives against Vyazma and Staraya Russa. Sub Base for Ja Kiska Is Revealed by Navy:Da JAPANTURNS | DOWN NAZIS ON DEMANDS Germany Protests Amer- ican Supplies Now Going fo Siberia | NEW YORK, March 19. — The the free passage of Russian ships | bearing war supplies from the Unit- | |ed States to Siberia by the Pacific have raised the total to seventeen | route. The German protest said that Russian ships going to Siberia via | the Pacific Coast carry almost as| many American war supplies as the American ships going to Mur- mansk gnd those going to the Per-| sian Gulf put together. 1 ‘The German protest, it is said.! “was not able to change the atti- | tude of the Japanese Government.” | R i Approximate Kuul; Battle Line rUssiA ADVANCEIN MUD, RAIN Ameri(ansiotc_upy Elgue-‘ STATUTE MILES ® Vologda A on the road to bottleneck Gabes| and maintain pursuit of the enemy forces despite torrential rains and flood conditions. The forward elements in com- mand of “Blood and Guts” Lieut. Gen. George Patton entered Elque- tar after abandonment by the en- emy. | The communique says that often |the U. 8. Troopers waded through |water and muddy gullies to press | |their advantage gained in the re-| | conquest of the Gafsa area | In the Northern sector, the Bl‘ib‘ |ish Pirst Army withdrew during | the night to the mining village of Tamera to new positions three miles | southwest and here repulsed two | German infantry attacks. Tamera {lies seven miles west of the form- | er British ba Sedjenana, 45 mils | southwest of Bizerte, the Axis hel | base Of this action the | munique broadcast, |the front, said “on the {ern Tunisian front, the offensive enterprise favorably.” Novorossisk .‘Mmkop : Tuapse north Soviet troops reported fresh Jerman com- picked up on northwest- Axis local progressing ps on is -> NAPLES HIT = TWOTIMES = INONEDAY Am- | sub- | | mage lpdicaied WASHINGTON, March Navy’'s communique concerning crican planes bombing Kiska suc-! cessfully reveals Kiska as a marine base from where Jap subs | can operate gastward against Am- | erican supply ships and such bases as those at Dutch Harbor and on| the Andreanoff Islands. It is said the Jap subs could al- so strike at shipping along the! Canadian and northwestern Amer- ican coast. ! As far as can be learned here,| the enemy base at Kiska is pri- marily a center for refueling and| supplies light repair work. Apparently the base does not have heavy concrete pens, the kind the Germans have constructed along Ninth American Air Force Hits lalian City During Morning and Night CAIRO, March 19. — Liberator ‘bombers of the Ninth American Air Force attacked Naples twice yes- terday, once in daylight and again after darkness fell; the American communique said. Results of both attacks were un- observed due to a solid cloud cover over the target. An Italian communique acknow- |ledged " the two attacks but said ‘“enemy planes dropped bombs on the outskirts of the neighbohood of i Naples, Syracuse Province, with- this month whereas there were only‘follt ERUsing - CRRNES: nine attacks last month. | ~== BRITISH ADJUST SaysEnemySeeks | pErENsE LINE ON Dala on Condifions BURMA FRONT In United States n n e a es NEW DELHI, March 19. — The | British announce “further adjust 197 5 Enemy?mem in our positions” are necess on the western Burma front to pie probably been considerably dam- aged in the latest three raids which SEATTLE, March The presence of a woman on this far north army post is curiesity enough, but when she is a beautiful Replete with snow country togs, on on a visit to this post “somewhere in Alaska.” movie star as well, the line fi Hollywood star, is the attrac 'ms on the right. Seven Are Charged oi Falsifying Permiis fo Travel Info Territory SEATTLE, March 19—Seven men are accused in the U. 8. Commis- sioner's complaints of having made false statements in applying for permits to go to Alaska. They are the first cases of their kind filed here. Wesley Elmer Goss, trader and sperator of a theater at Naknek, who said he planned construction of a new and modern theater at Anchorage, is one of the defen- dants. He has been arrested and is charged with having made ‘“false statements under oath as to his criminal record, nationality, name and birthplace of his father, his marital status and aliases used by him."” The complaint said he explained he changed his name to Goss while starring in a human fly act in California 20° years ago. He said he came from Alaska a r ago for treatment of ailing legs which were frozen five years ago when a boat wrecked in Bristol Bay. He said he'd been trying for months to get back- to Alaska to salvage his business interests but was refused pas Warrants we been issued for four other defendants who are re- ported to be in Alaska. They are Hartley Berton viegler, Arthur John Reid, Robert Evert Hender- son and Frank Joseph Gibbons. The maximum penalty for falsi- fying applications is 10 years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both Offensive on Hippons May Develop Any Day, Pro_hably from French Gfiiana Tesses Off Old Vichy Regime STOCK QUOTATIONS | {agents are interested in facts about | ithe United States as well as in NEW YORK, March 19.—Closing |sabotaging war plants and other | Rathedaung. = Committ ee Takes Over Government-Pledges vent isolation of units north ‘The communique said enemy forc- | Steel Anaconda 27%, Bethlehem 63%, Commonwealth and Southern #, Curtiss Wright 8%, International Harvester 64'2, Gen- eral Motors 47'%, Kennecott 32%, New York Central 13'%, Northern Pacific 10%, United States Steel 52%, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 12925, rails 3161, utilities 17.34. e g i s 1%, ® 00 00000000 WEATHER REPORT (U. S. Bureau) Temp. Thursday, March 18: Maximum 41, minimum 26. e 0 060 0.0 0 0 0 es are exerting pressure on the of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-|Arakan front. Native forces have stopped the tion here, told members of the Seattle Bar.Association here. Japanese forces on the northern “He wants facts about polmcs.:f“’m and the enemy is withdrawing about internal conditions 'in the| B o s country which can be mixed with ! propaganda to make it convincing,";Mexito u S Sign | (A AN [ Fletcher said. “He can sabotage the war effort better that way than by| blowing up plants, if you finally| "ew lend-lease' come to believe that the war can- J not be won.” The FBI, Fletcher said, has been| Seae' Ag’eemen' increasing its forces tremendously | —_— to meet the problems of counter-| * WASHINGTON, March 10, —Mex- espionage brought on by war. The ican Ambassador Najera and S technique of counter - espionage, retary of State Cordell Hull have| ! however, he said is very similar to signed a new ledd-lease agreement. that employed in criminal cases. |The terms are confidential. Support fo Giraud RIO DE JANEIRO, March 19. — Reliable informants in Brazil de- clare the Pro-Vichy Government in French Guiana has resigned and 1 committee pledged to suppori the French North African leader- ship of Gen. Henri Giraud has taken charge there. It is understood the Vichy Gov- ernor has asked for safe conduct through Brazil after withdrawing in the face of a demonstration by the populace at the French Guiana capital city, Cayenne - BUY WAR BONDS | China By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, March 19.—Al- lied offensive action against Japan will develop any day now in China. The reason for this rumor are many. . The President hinted at it in bis recent speech. Madame Chiang Kai- Shek has had her say here and the weight of- it is important. Guad- ilcanal and New Guinea were de- fensive-offensives, carried out o protect our supply lines to Austra- lia and remove the threat of Jap- an’s continuing its island-hopping to our down-under ally. The s of those two ventures did not really bring us any closer to Japan If we are to strike at the t of the Rising Sun, it will hs to be from China (since Russia has not declared war against Japan and is too busily occupied in the west even to think about it now) Granting that much, the clusion is inevitable that the back- door supply route must be reopened That means Burma. Reports of fecl- er activities in that furt bear this out. Look important there as rainy season is over. sue- con- area T for something soon e Congressional pressure for ch: es in the President’s cabinet getting close to producing results 7 ;COllle:l;lEd on Page Two) . This is a fact and above all things ® 8t sunrise at 7:02 am. | fensive against Nippon.” SEVEN ENEMY " PLANES SHOT DOWNINRAID Entire Enemy 2,000-mile | Invasion Front Attack- | ed by Allied Airinen ‘g ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN | AUSTRALIA, March 19. — Allled | airmen sowed destruction over the enemy's 2,000-mile invasion front above Australia yesterday, blasting 14 Jap bases and shooting out of action seven enemy planes, straf- ing oil barges, setting fires visible for 60 miles. A communique said the opera- tions extended all the way from ! Amboina and Timor in the north- western sector to New Ireland in |the northeast. 2 The immediate point of Madang in New Guinea was hard hit by the Allies. One Allied reconnaissance |unit turned in a brilliant feat over Amboina, Jap-held Dutch island on the Banda Sea. | Intercepted by 10 enemy fighters !“in a desperate air combat,” the Allied gunners shot down six and damaged a seventh, and although (badly damaged, “our plane reached its base,” the report said. Justice Depl. Favors Bill. For Alaska 'Measure Would Authorize Waiver of Prosecution by Indictment Marjokie Reynolds, DRAFTPLAN IS OBJECTEDTO BY ROOSEVELT Chief Executive Not Enthus- | iastic Concerning | Regimentation WASHINGTON, March 19.—Pres- ident Roosevelt told the reporters at today's conference he wanted to avoid National Service Legislation as long as he possibly could and o no decision has been reached on WASHINGTON, March 19.-—The the question of “drafting workers Department of Justice favors the for war industries (enactment of a bill authorizing the The President added that It waiver of prosecution by indict- |might be necessary to have such ment in the Courts of Alaska, At- legislation. torney General Francis Biddle in- Questioned why he wanted to formed Delegate A. J. Dimond in avoid such legislation, the President a letter. i said he thought it would create a| He said, “While the Constitution lot more government machinery and guarantees any person dccused of make things more complicated in an infamous crime the privilege of a lot of ways. not being prosecuted except by in- The President said the people dictment by the Grand Jury, there complain of regimentation, but of 'is no reason why this Constitu- course “you cannot win a war tional privilege, like other Constis without regimentation.” tutional guarantees, should not be - subject to waiver by the person for whose benefit it is intended. 1t must be borne in mind that in many districts and divisions em- bracing rural and other sparcely settled areas, Grand Juries fre- quently convene only twice or four umes a year. Thus is often hap- pens that impecunious defendants who are unable to give bail are confined to jail for a number of months before a Grand Jury meets to indict him.” - Promotion For Arnold "Hustle Qut You Japs” as Yanks Coming Tokyo Broaagsts that Am- erica Working Overtime on Planes and Subs * | (By Associated Press) A warning that the United States plans to “launch an all-out count- WASHINGTON, March 19, — er-offensive in the Pacific” bas pjeyt. Gen. Arnold, in command been broadcast to the Japanese of the Army Air Forces, has been ’:'”‘,"f' fl"‘fm T’;kg',;’ t"’:;’ ”y"f radio nominated by the President to pro- made an appéal that the Japanese yotion to the full rank of Gen- exert a great effort in the war pro- o ., il 4 duction program 3 ;)del:uumr y, during the war Phia Ghad Sla b 5. 7o _ period. He now holds the perma- The broadeast was in the Japan- o “ronk on Magor General, ese language but has been trans- lated into English. 7 The broadcast sald “at this VerY o o.'c s e & s o o moment. America, regardless of * serious blows dealt her, is planning * DIMOUT TIMES . to carry out her warfare in the ® s . air and on the sea and she is fevey- ® Dimout begins tonight @ speedy ® 8t sunset at 7:09 o'clock. . ¢ Dimout ends tomorrow ® . tells the story of the American ® Dimout begins Saturday at e plans to launch out a counter- of- ® T:11 p.m. L] j".'......... ishly constructing large bombers and large type submarines.