The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 30, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALI, THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" VOL. LX., NO. 9304. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1943 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS = ALLIED SPEARHEADS BEHIND ROMMEL Russian Forces Continue North I ront Advance REDS DRIVE WEDGEINTO BELY LINE Continue Move Toward, Smolensk — Spring Weather Is Faclor MOSCOW, March 30.—Slogging | ahead in bad weather, thro swampy country, the Red Army continuing its move toward Smo-, lensk, while south of Bely, the 50", viet midday communique said, three ' more villages have fallen into Rus- ‘\ sian hands. A strong enemy bastion was at- tacked in the Bely sector yesterday by a wedge driven into the Ger- man defenses, one detachment swinging around their position to aid in exterminating a large part of the garrison, then helping to stave off the German counter at-, tack, the bulletin declared At the same time the main force of the Russian Army northeast of Smolensk consolidated their newly | . won points and scouts have gone out on reconnoitering missions. | ’ 3,000 Enemy Slain It was said that in the latest fighting about 3,000 Germans were killed. There are no indications yet that the Russians have given up footholds which they still have in some places along the western bank of the Donets River. There are some indications that the thaw this year will not be as bad generally as last year, because there has been a milder winter. How much rain the spring will/ bring and how long it will last— those are the questions which con- front military commanders in shap- | ing their plans. { | | NORWAY POST IS DESERTED | | | Sabotage Sinks Nazi Troop- | ship in Trondheim | Fjord | i LONDON, March 30—The Nor-| wegian government reports that a German troopship has been sunk | in Trondheim Fjord on ‘the west coast of Norway during widespread sabotage recefitly in that area. No details were available. The Moscow radio, quoting a Stockholm dispatech to TASS, of- | ficial Russian news agency. said 1200 German soldiers have desert- ed from Nervik Gafrison in the past three montbs and have formed an armed band in the mountains. The dispatch said the deserters clashed recently with troops guard- ing a provisions train, wiped out the escort and seized the prov- isions. lof a Royal Canadian Air Force the crash of the RC -, CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPPING BEATS MENACE LONDON, March 30—First Lord of the Admiralty Alexander said new shipping tonnage, produced byI the Allies in the past eight months exceeded losses “by a good deal more than 2,000,000 tons.” Alexander called the U-boat the “most deadly menace of all” and| said the Axis has a very large num- ber of subs at sea. Despite the sinkings, Alexander said, the yards were building ships as a fast pace. ——— More than one-tenth of the total governmental expenditures in ‘Bri- tain is spent on education. AP Features A major objective of recent British and U. S. bombing raids on Hitler-held Europe has been to destroy the lairs of the Nazis’ rattlesnakes of the Atlanti Here are photos of the submarine base at Lorient, France. 2 The Germans are now build- ing huge submarines about feet long. Ships of this s says the United States Na Department, require pens of ap- proximately 300 feet long. The best information is that these pens are constructed of concrete, with roofs twelve to fifteen feet in depth, sidewalls at least eight feet thick. RCAF PLANE 1 DOWN NORTH Is Vidim OF NANAIMO ’ Provincial Eai_(e Prepare to Remove Bodies of Five Killed NANAIMO, B C., March 30.—On advice of the Provincial Police, pre- parations are to be made to remove the five bodies from the wreckage plane found in the heavily wooded country of the Nanoose Bay dis- trict, 15 miles north of here. No further details have been re- ceived here. More than one RCAF plane has disappeared in that approximate area during the past few months. e — FIRST LADY OF CHINA IN LABORTALK Tells American Workmen They Must Cooperate for Victory SAN FRANC‘ISCO. March 30— Passionately and dynamically, Ma- | dame Chiang Kai Shek last night called upon labor at a mass meet- ing to cooperate within its own group to increase production to win the war. Speaking at a suddenly sched- uled meeting of the AFL and CIO, Maritime Union and Railroad Bro- tberhoods. the First Lady of China declared her message for American labor was “unity is strength.” She added: “You must first win this war, and that at the earliest possible moment. Your task is not one with less importance than the fighting men at the front.” pilai i Sl LR e It is estimated that in the pro- duction of parts for one torpedo, workers perform about 20,000 sep- arate operations. CAVE OF THE RATTLESNAKES " BOMBERS’ VIEW of the camouflaged, sturdily buili submarine pens at Lorient. i ! | <! "RS’ CRADLE—One of the Nazis' huge subs under construction. I — e AT } C Streel ENGLAND'S - SEA COAST | Sea (rash RESTRICTED ‘Well Know—nv chordionist, Ten-mile Strip May Be Singer Among Those Used for Offensive Op- . Killed Off Alaska | erations, Is Report | ‘ | CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 30.—' 1 ONDON, March 30.—Anticipat- of Barberton, | Christeen Street, 32, of Barhe ing the possible “use of this coun- Ohio, accordionist and Sf"'i":('_l‘ls;’}e try as a base for offensive opera- of the three USO hostesses killed IN ;5,0 perpert Morrison, Home ransport AF transport |, otary, announced today that {he commons of the whole east and south coast to a depth of ten miles plane in the.sea off Alaska, This was revealed here today. e | liniand will become restricted area i April 1 { that - there Morrison announced | il be no general = prohibition i [ against visiting this area, but, he |eaid, “access to particular place | might from time to time, either b REYNOLDS {vestricted or completely barred | i Without prier notice by military | MEAT RATIONING IS NOW STARTED; 'MARJORIE Little MovieStarlet Arrives| | Here for Special Enter- | BEEF IS SCARCE tainment of "Boys” h Arriving in town by plane at about Demand S|a(kens ShOWing 12 o'clock ‘this afternoon after being f i . weathered down at Yakutat since Housewwes Hangmg on to Coupons Saturday, Marjorie Reynolds, slight, dynamic, blonde movie starlet, wel- { comed her return to civivization and | the opportunity for ‘“fresh milk, real | lettuce and vegetables.” (By Associated Press) | While in Juneau she will make Scant improvement in the supply | appearances before enlisted person- | cituation marked the beginning of {theat rationing in the States yes- |terday but a slackening demand Lgave retailers a welcome respite [from the hectic scenes of recent nel i Juneau as well 38 those near- by. She expects to leave for the south Thursday. A one-woman show, Miss Reynolds jcame to Alaska six weeks ago at|weeks as in the case of canned ‘the special invitation of Maj. Gen.'fruits and vegetables, the first Simon B. Buckner, Jr., and by spec- products of the rationed point sys- ial permission of the War Depart- tem. ! Reports received up to late yes- terday afternoon indicated little de- between flying days, which were |sire on the part of housewives to used for rehearsals, Miss Reynolds | part immediately with coupons for said, while - she customarily aLe‘ment. 4 luncheon and dinner with the en- In New York, meat hungry per listed men and in addition visited isons, were disappointed at the fail- ‘hospiml wards and me. the com- ure of a shipment of one million manding officers and their staffs. land a quarter pounds of beef to ment. Appearances averaged four daily | Four of the six weeks were spent | arrive as scheduled. | ;vismng camps out on the Aleuuan\ ————-— - | | 7 (Continued on Pléé T‘ilree) I BUY WAR BONDS | teny ! among | nieh’s taid. The bombers lost last | GERMANS RUHR VALLEY, ALSO BERLIN ARE BOMBED 15econd Raid‘in 3 Nights Hits Nazi Capital--Big Center Attacked LONDON, March 30.—The Royal Air Force attacked Berlin and the war plants in the Ruhr Valley last night but with the loss of 33 bombers, the Air Ministry an- nounce Sweeping Berlin for the second time in three nights, the British | inflicted heavy damage on the Geérman capital city with a ioss of 21 bombers. Another 12 bombers are missing in the sweep of the Ruhr, the sixtieth raid of the war. | In the raid on Berlin last Sat- | . urday night, in which 900 tons of bombs were dropped in the great-| est attack on the Nazi capital, nine | bombers were lost. The attack on Berlin last night was the seventh this year. Bochum, important iron, and coal center of the Ruhr, only miles from Essen, was also| the targets hit in last| steel | night was' the largest number thc{ RAF has suffered so far in a sin- | gle night's raid since the attacks | of last September 16-and 17 when 39 bombers failed to return from widespread raids on the Ruhr. Observers are of the opinion that the bomber losses last night were | the result of a larger force bomg} used ' than usual or the defenses | of Berlin have been strengthened greatly 1 The RCAF announced its glant | Halifaxes and Wellingtons joined | the RAF in the raid last night and | ten of its planes are among those | missing. | A Nazi broadcast from Berlin,| picked up here; said an alert of| about two hours was sounded be- ginning at 1:30 o'clock this mm'n-‘ ing b LS o | COMMENT ON RAIDS Spokesmefi Féar Berlin Smash Start of Eur- ope Invasion STOCKHOLM, March 30. The Berlin correspondent of the news- paper Aftonbladet reports the first reaction among German spokesmen | on last night’s British raid on Berlin was “possibly this air of- fensive marks the beginning of an 4nvasion of the European Conti- nent.” The spokesmen were quoted as saying, “we have no illusions any more about sleeping undisturbed.” The Stockholm press said the | P anti-aireraft cannonading in Den- | ! Wy mark could be heard in Swedish s ” towns for “several hours,” indicat- ing the extent of the British force going to and from its latest Berlin raid. s PREATER UP-TO-DATE THE DALLES, Ore—Nancy Wol- len; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wollen of The Dalles, is only three but she's on her toes as far as war news is concerned. She was kneeling beside her bed, saying her prayers. “Now I lay me down to sleep,” Nancy said. “Praise the Lord ammunition..” and pass the D BUY WAR BONDS Designed to assure survival of seamen cast aft carrying complote equipment, ineluding radio, smoke new lif adrift after sinkings, this “gignals, food, sails und waterproof suits, is being issned to replace old-type rafts which gave only support and water. Demonstration is being conducted in the Potomac River at Washington. Ouigoing Tide of Farm Labor May Be Turned Back by Gas Real Not Reel Snow JANE WYMAN, a Hollywood movie favorite, is so delighted at secing real snow—not the synthetic film studio kind—that she hops out of her Pullman in Chicago and tests her arm to see if she still retains her schoolgirl skill at tossing snowballs. (International) POINTS MORE POPULAR MILWAUKEE . —Basketball certainly have changed! The cur- rent Marquette University quintet, only moderately successful, is aver- aging 42.9 points a game. The bril- iliam 1923 team averaged 20.2 points 'a game. It won from Wisconsin, 9 t¢ g, and from Creighton, 7 to 6. scores By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, March 30, in those various agencies which have {to do with motor car transporta- tion and manpower they are sing- ing a parody of an old World War I song. The song was: “How You | Going to Keep 'Em Down on the Parm, After They've Seen Paree.” The parody is: “How You Going to Keep Them Down on the Farm, After They've Been to Town.” In the tarmers last 20 years, American and their families have developed the habit of jumping into the family jaloppy velling whenever they felt like it whienever the necessity arose. It's the farm population varia- tion of running down to the cor- ner. grocery or drug store—only sometimes it's ten, 15 or 20 miles, instead of a few blocks. Farm pro- duction and farm economy these days are built on the idea that spare parts, the family doctor, the grocery store, and so forth are only an_hour or two away, at most. or The same holds for family enter- tainment, Parm sel socials, dances, movies, county meetings nd such aren't just around the orner are their counterparts in cities What is happening? Officially, it isn't being publicly yet, but off the record, get s al answers, in she fir place the lim motor fuel nd sections w banned) life, the discussed you can on espedis pleasure driv playing havoec and those ing is with farm [ nomically Hired bands and yow particularly, have an added in- centive to leave farm jobs and go is socially eco- sters, farm isolation is too great a bore or too much of an economic sai P and tra- | r BRITISH IN | POSSESSION, GABES BASE New Zealanders Chasing | Germans Toward ; Sfax, Report AMERICANS PUSH THROUGH TO JOIN 'Relreat of Any Abandoned { Enemy Troops Is Now Cut Off ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, March 30. — A | junction between the British Eighth }Army and the American forces un- der General Patton appeared im- minent today as the British stormed through Gabes and Elhamma in pursuit of Rommel's fleeting Afri- can Corps. The occupation of Gabes, and | Elhamma, on opposite sides of the Gabes bottleneck between the sea iund the salt lakes, is announced in an Allied eommunique. The Second New Zealand Divi- |sion under Lieut. Gen. Freyberg, lnn-unwhue. continued to chase | Rommel along the coastal road to- (ward Sfax, 70 miles to the north. {The German armor withdrew from Gabes under terrific bombardment as well as punish- | ment from the sea as Allied war- {ships delivered salvo after salvo of | shells. NEW ZEALANDERS MOVE LONDON, March 30.—The pas- sage of the New Zealand troops through Gabes was announced this morning. Prime Minister Winston | Churchill in London told the House (of Commons that the vanguards of the New Zealand forces are still contacting the retreating encmy | forces north of Gabes. Disclosing that the New Zea- landers formed the same force that |outflanked the Mareth Line by tak- |mng Elhamma, about 20 miles west |of Gabes, Churchill's announce- | ment indicated that the Gabes gap |already is closed as far as the re- (treat of any Axis forces trapped in the 15- to 20-mile long sack |south to the Mareth Line are con- (Continued on i;nze Three) NODETAILS " OFBATILE, ALEUTIANS Navy Giv??No Further Parficulars on Fight 0ff Alaska Coast WASHINGTON, March 30.—To- day’s communique makes no men- tion of operations off the Aleu- tians where the Navy said Sunday ight an American task force dis- covered and diverted, at least tem- porarily, a Jap force intent on de- livering supplies to the Kiska base, The Navy spokesman said no fur- ther information has been received 4s to whether the American forces at sunrise at 6:31 am, Dimout begins Wednesday at e sunset at 7:35 pm. aither into the armed foroes. or| g aasar T ETTIE. | AGRN the high-pay wartime industries ¢ LR which provide urban diversions as GTMRL SRy, well as the money to indulge them.|® ® ® ¢ @ ¢ ¢ & & o. ¢ . DIMOUT TIMES . From the lower-income brackets ® i 5 * come numerous repoits of farmers ® Dimout begins tonight ¢ being urged by their families to ® 8t sunset at 7:33 o'clock. ! desert the land simply because|® Dimout ends tomorrow e . L . . . . | " (Continued on Page Two) Allied air .