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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LX., NO. 9308. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1943 'MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY —— JAP SHIPPING SMASHEDINSOLOMON AREA Thousands Of Nazis Killed In Winter Fight CI0 MURRAY Bill for Statehood for IS CRITICAL Alaskals Infroduced in ENORMOUS DEATH TOLL OF GERMANS Red Army Statisfics Given Additional Losses Made Public LONDON, April 3--The Red Army has killed 850,000 Axis troops I ] . 144 ] 144 | Seattleites Get in -'Meat Line 1 ! | [ and captured over 343,000 during . the winter offensive, it was re- vealed today in a special commu- . nique from the Soviet Information | Bureau. Also announced are the addition- | al German losses from last No- vember 10 until the end of March, which included 5,090 planes, 20,360 guns, and 9,190 tanks, according to the regular communique. Both communiques, which were recorded in the Soviet Moniteur, disclosed that the Czech military unit formed in Russia has been fighting on the Northern Donets front and destroyed 22 Nazi tanks and killed 400 Germans yesterday, alone. Vast stores of other military equipment have also been lost by the Nazis. . “The Red Army at Stalingrad has inflicted on the German Fas- cist troops the biggest defeat in the history of all wars,” a special bulletin asserted, and added that the invaders have been driven out of 185328 square miles of terri- tor: The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert S. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON.—The State De- partment has been anything but happy over the diplomatic effron- tery of Spanish Ambassador Juan Cardenas in protesting publication of a current best-seller, “Appease- ment’s Child,” by Lieut. Thomas J. Hamilton, formerlyn of the New York Times and now of the U. S. Navy. In lodging this protest the Span- ish Ambassador stepped squarely into the hole of another famous Fascist diplomat, Ambassador de Martino of Italy, who during the Hoover Administration protested some remarks of Gen. Smedley Butler, U. S. Marine Corps. Butler had quoted Cornelius Vanderbilt to the effect that Mussolini ran over a child without stopping to pick it up. Hoover, acting on the Italian Fascist request, ordered Gen. But- ler court-martialed. Whereupon such a furor ensued from the Am- erican public that Mussolini, de Martino and Hoover himself wished they had never started the thing. Butler’s attorney, Major Harry Leonard, of Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion fame, insisted on a pub- lic trial, during which, it bpcame evident, Mussolini and Hoover would be more on trial than Smed- ley Butler. Finally Hoover, anxious to let go of the bear’s tail, offered But-| ler the governorship of Guam. He declined. Finally the affair was dropped by letting Butler dictate the terms of a letter dismissing his own court-martial. Spanish Ambassador ~Cardenas apparently did not remember this case when he protested Lt. Hamil- ton's book. It is quite true that Hamilton has some harsh things to say about Dictator Franco. It is probable also that these things are true. Hamilton tells all about the $100,000,000 credit which he says Secretary Hull offered to Franco, and which Hull later de- nied. * It is also true that Hamilton now in the Navy. However, the State Department, though extreme- ly unhappy, probably will be wise enough not to get another bear by the tail. It knows that the Ameri- T {Continued on Page Four). FOOD CONSCIOUS AMERICA G House Maeker , gripped in many to find the 600,000 storekeepers of the nation prohibited from selling butter, lard, fats and oils until ra- | tioning began March 29. The OPA’s all-out order applied the “freeze” also to margarine, and cooking oils in order to prevent hoarding of these commodities and forestalling panic bu) shortening, salad ng. The | order did not affects sales of meat or cheses, if the consumer is fortunate enough to find any for sale. Nine-Year-0ld Case Is Seffled Out of Court 'Eledrical Company Suit | Against W. D. Gross , i ‘ Comes fo End | After hanging fire since March 12, 1931, the suit of the Electrical | Research Products Company vs. W. | D. Gross, well known theatre man, |which was scheduled to come ub Ifor trial in the U. S.,District Cour ' this term for the fourth trial, was settled out of Court late yesterday | afternoon and was dismissed by | order of the Court. The case which involved equip- |ment purchased from the Electr cal Research Products Company by Mr. Gross, was tried three umes: in the U. S. District Court here. In two of the cases the juries gave judgment to Mr. Gross and the| third trial was a mistrial. On each | occasion, the electrical company ap-f pealed the case to' the Circuit Court lof Appeals in San Francisco and obtained a reversal. During the miany years, the case |became involved and developed into la test case regarding the contract |of purchase and servicing of equip- {ment bought by theaters through- out the United States. For each trial conducted in Juneau, attorneys and electrical experts were brought here by the Research Company from New York City and many thousands of dollars were spent by all parties concerned in the litiga- tion, 'HEALTH COUNCIL T0 MEET MONDAY The Gastineau Channel Health Council will hold its monthly meet- ing Monday night at 8 o'clock in room 108 of the Health Center. All representatives are urged to be present to pass on important | business to be introduced at the meeting. | | This photo graphically illustrates the acuteness of the meat suppy situation in the formed early in the morning in front of the Fryes Packing House market in South Seattle, ea hoping there’d be some meat left for him. Other Seattle stores reported no meat on hand. "GhostShip” Revealed; - Was Torpedoed, Left fo | Go Down But Fooled All IS INDICATED WASHINGTON, April 3—Given up for lost, after a torpedo attack, a “ghost ship,” manned by a skele- ton crew, was sailed 700 miles to | an Allied port. The Navy Department reports that three survivors of a medium ized Dutch merchantmen reached Boston recently and told of leaving their vessel, obviously sinking, as the result of being hit by a torpedo, the bow deep in the sea and its stern and propellors showing high. The vessel had been listed as “iost.” But—the “vessel decided to refute Jjudgment.” The Navy's story, as it was re- lated, said the Captain of the lor- pedoed craft, with 12 men, remained near the sinking ship in a life boat. Hours later, the ship began to right itself. The Captain and his men board- ed the ship again and found twu officers' who had never left the tiny craft. The skeleton crew managed to sail the vessel to an Allied port. - - - 'ARMY DAY WILL BE CELEBRATED BY LEGIONNAIRES All Service Men Invited to Entertainment in A.L. Dugout Monday Army Day. is April 6, but the American Legion is celebrating the day at its regular meeting Monday night in the Legion Dugout. All service men on the Channel are invited to attend as Legion guests . An evening of entertainment, fol- lowed by refreshments has been arranged by the Legion committee, |a committee of two ex-Navy men, who are arranging the Army Day celebration, George Gullufsen, Post Adjutant, and Al Zenger, Post Com- mander. The meeting will begin at 8 o'clock sharp. On the entertainment pro- gram will be songs, tap dancing, Buddy Rice’s Hill Billies and other good fun planned by the Legion- naires for the entertainmnt of their guests . The line ch person attle area. CONFERENCE ONTAXPLAN Chief Supporter, Opponent of Ruml Pay-as-You- Go May Have Talk WASHINGTON, April 3 ‘The possibility of a peace meeting to be held in the South that will still give the United States a pay-as- you-go tax plan is seen. Representative Knutson of Min- nesota, who led the Ruml support- ers, has left for Florida for a few days rest. Shortly after, Representative Doughton of South Carolina, also left for his home for a rest. Dough- ton, chief of the opponents to the Ruml plan, calléd Knutson before the latter left ~Washington, and asked where he could be reached in Florida. WAL L L BEAU JACK WINS BOUT; IS BOOED {Crowd Sees Armsfrong | Hammer Opponent Around Ring ‘ NEW YORK, April 3.—Beau Jack | ran away for ten rounds last night |to obtain a decision over Henry | Armstrong before a crowd that jammed Madison Square Garden | Boos for several minutes greeted announcement of the decision. | Armstrong chased the younger |and supposedly more powerful Jack all over the ring for the entire 10 | rounds, Jack desperately trying to stay out of harm’s way. He back- peddaled constantly and landed only a few blows. The Associated Press score card | gave five rounds to Armstrong, four iw Jack and one round even. | In the final two rounds, Arm- |strong was all over the Beau, | smashing him around the ring — e — BUY WAR BONDS OF SHIPPING [Wanis Investigation Im- mediafely of Condi- fions—Citations WASHINGTON, April 3 | President Phil Murray charges the |lives of American and Allied fight- |ing men are “being endangered and |lost because of insufficient sup- | plies, or delays of supplies, reach- |ing the armed forces.” | The statement of 'rseas ship- ping has been presented to Sena- tor Sheridan Downey of Califor~ | nia Murray said: “Waste, and lack of planning is holding down efficient use of our available | shipping resources to an alarming | degree’ | Demanding an immediate investi- gation, Murray said the .CIO and lits four maritime union affiliates lare “firmly convinced the ship | construction program alone will |never provide enough ships and |space to transport weapons, ma- CI10 o confusion terial and supplies to suppori the ! | fighting fronts.” Murray charges that repeated | suggestions by unions of plans and | ideas to' cor eral agencies are responsible as ‘they have turned away from our suggestions to give themselves a clear bill of health.” Murray cited, what he termed, cxamples of “waste and misman- zgement of shipping space.” Among them he cited one ship that lay 100 days off a South Pacific Is- land while the crew made repeat- ed requests they be allowed to help unload the arms and supplies, only to be forbidden by the ship’s operators. Another ship, Murray said, made a complete round trip between New York and North Africa, carrying only sand in ballast and no cargo and this at the height of the Rus- ian army offensive and demands for lend-lease supplies that were moving from a west coast port at he rate of 50,000 tons a month Murray added: “In addition, much cargo has been lost at sea due o faulty deck-loading, stowing in holds znd also ships dropping out of eonvoys and returning to home ports.” - - ALLEN AGAIN GOVERNOR OF MOOSE LODGE Glenn Allen was last night re- elected for his fourth term as Gov- ernor of the Loyal Order of Moose. Other officers for the ensuing years are as follows Grant Baldwin, Junior Governor. Walter Hermanson, Secretary. Oscar Hegstad, Prelate. John Pastl, Treasurer. J. J. Schmidt, Trustee. Paul Urick, retiring steward of the club who is leaving soon for the south, presented the lodge with a large photograph of Presi- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt as a parting gift, A fine luncheon was served by Leonard Tate and Frank Marshall and dancing to accordion music by Carl Lind completed an evening of entertainment to which the Women of the Moose were in attendance S ee< - EDWARD PAYTON HAS CHANGED POSITIONS Edward Payton, former stock clerk of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, has resigned his position and accepted a position with the sub-port of embarkation > - BUY WAR BOND the situation pro- | |duced no results, adding that Fed- Congress:” WASHINGTON, April 3 Sen- ators William Langer of North Da- kota and Pat McCarran of Nevada have asked Congress to extend Statehcod to Alaska in Bill S-951 The bill would permit of ref- erendum on a constitution and State government and also an appropria- tion of $100,000 would be authorized fans Qutlined to finance development of the gov- ernment The State would be allowed one Representative and the two Senators in Congress. The whole State would be con- stituted as a single judicial district with court terms held Valdez, Fairbanks and Nome. in Juneau, Kiska Strafer Rewarded 7 customary | BOMBERS IN - BIG ATTACK, ~ JAP VESSELS Concentrati'ohr of 50,000 Tons Reported Dis- persed, So. Pacific AUSTRALIA, April 3—Part of a _concentration of nearly 50,000 tons of Jap merchant shipping, has been dispersed by Allied heavy bombers at Kavieg Harbor, New Ireland, with the possible sinking of a heavy transport and medium cargo ship. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com- |munique says today that Libera- |tors, on a flight, began the attack ’un half a dozen ships in the straits |at dusk last night and also scored a number of near misses but dark- | ness prevented determination of the |damage done. | Flying Fortresses followed and |strafed a medium sized ship and |it was seen settling by the bow. It |is almost definitely indicated that this ship went down and also the heavy transport attacked by the | Liberators. | During the flight, approaches at Lae and Salamaua were also blast- “led. KISKA-STRAFER AND BOMBER Lieutenant (j.g.) Andy Glosecki, of Hillsboro, 11, is pictured recently as he received insignia of the Afr Medal awarded him for successfully completing a daring and desperate bombing and strafing mis at the far end of the Aleutian chain off southwestern Alaska. ion over Kiska, Jap-held islet The presentation ceremonial was held at the Naval Air Station on Whidby Island in Puget Sound, Wash. tenant Glosecki by Vi of the Eleventh Naval District. The insignia was pinned upon Lieu- e Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, Commandant AhnySeis Up School For Posimen; Yalue 0f Mail Is Oullflined By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Apil 3.—For the first time the Army has set up a school for postmen Officially, it’s the Army Postoffice School at Pennsylvania State Teach~- ers College, West Chester, Pa. Every two weeks 125 men will be graduated from the six-weeks course of in- struction in delivering Army mail. But there’s more to it than that It's really a post graduate because it's open only postoffice employees now Army. The Army’s mail history is one. When George Washinzton’ ragged little Continental army was playing hare and hounds with the British, the importance of mail to the troops was recognized. The gen- eral himself pleaded with the posft to do better in getting letters from home to the men on the firing line By the time World War I came around, the morale value of a mes- sage from mama or the girl friend was an established fact and the APO went to town. Compared to mail delivery problems of World War II, however, those of the first World War were simple. APO offices now circle the When our troops landed in Africa, “shootin® postmen” school, former in the a long globe. North were | cently, the first to get their feet wet Mobile postoffices now move so close to the front lines that they fre- quently are under fire. In New Guinea, where almost every foot had to be hacked out of mountain jungles, they were right behind the mobile mess trucks. There are APOs in India, Iceland, Panama, Alaska, Treland, Greenland and New Zea- land—to mention only a few spots But. that's not half the story. Not long ago, a big ferry command plane went down in the North At- lantic It carried several thousand letters of Army mail. The plane sank in - comparatively shallow water. Divers went down and brought up the mail sacks. Tt took weeks of work at the New York APO to decipher some of those water-smeared addresses, but when it was all over, only a score or of the letters had to be sent to the dead letter office. When the Atlantic Clipper fook its tragic plunge near Lisbon re- it was carrying 176000 V- mail letters. According to Col. \V' A. Kenyon, deputy director of the Army Postal Service, within 46 hours the originals of those letters still held in New York had been re-yun on V-mail film and were on their (Continued on Page Three) 50 QVisitihg Dél:zgafes fo Be Enterfained at Chapel - by - the-Lake This afternoon, delegates attend- ing the Presbytery and Presbyter- lial, are guests of the members of the Chapel-By-The-Lake and re- freshments are to be served. The delegates and others are to leave the Northern Light Presby- terian Church at 2 o'clock this afternoon for the Glacier Highway trip to the Chapel-By-The-Lake. - > CITY COUNCIL HOLDS FINAL - MEET OF YEAR With reports of the various de- partments of the City for the fiscal year ending April 1, 1943, presented to the members of the City Counecil, the last meeting of the present Council took place last night in the City Hall council chambers, with all members present. Mayor Harry I. Lucas gave a re- port of the financial status of the city at the end of the year, to the members of the Council. In the report, it was revealed that the city is in excellent financial condition. Among the additional business taken care of at the final meeting of the present, Council was the ac- ceptance of the bid of J. C. Cooper, C. P. A, to audit the city records for $300, which would include four copies of the report. The bid was accepted unanimously. Final business taken up included approval and authorization for pay- ment of outstanding bills. MAJOR C. F. SCHEIBNER RETURNS FROM TRIP Major Carl F. Scheibner, Mili- tary Aide to the Governor, returned late yesterday afternoon from a week's absence during which he visited Skagway, Haines and Kluk- wan ® o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DIMOUT TIMES Dimout begins tonight at sunset at 7:42 o'clock. Dimout ends tomorrow at sunrise at 6:19 am Dimout begins Sunday at sunset at 7:45 p.m. Dimout ends Monday at sunrise at 6:16 a.m. -Dimout begins Monday at sunset at 7:47 p.m. |sreeeseceresn .