The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 7, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 19437 VOL. LX., NO. 9311. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY - — MERICANS ARE MOPPING UP GER MANS Sharp Fighting Is Flaring On Russian RED FORCES MAY BE IN NOVORISSISK Soviets Said fo Be Gaining Despite Spring Mud Bogs MOSCOW, April 7—Sharp fight- ing along the Donets River and the Kuban delta in the Caucasus was reported today by the Russians as the long Soviet-German battlefront experienced better weather. In the Kuban delta, where thr Red Army is said unofficially to bt' ilghtmg in the suburbs of Novor- | . Black Sea port, dispatches amd the Russians kept up the offen- sive, driving doggedly against the Germans in the face of strong re- sistance. Fighting over acres § said their troops plunged on nev- er-the-less, falling upon Nazi flanks in some areas, and in others, rounding the foe. Meanwhile, there was virtually no news from Novorossisk, the last big objective which the Germans hold in the northern Caucasus area. The Nazis are known to be striv- ing with all of their power to hold the naval base. It has one of the best ports along the whole Black Sea. At the same time, sharper fight- ing flared along the Donets River from south of Izyum on north past Chuguev. Izyum is 70 miles, and Chuguev 22 miles respectively, southeast of Kharkov. ROMMEL IS GIVEN NEW AUTHORITY ls Commander of Axis Forces Along Mediter- ranean, in Italy LONDON, April 27. — A radio broadcast picked up here said Mar- shal Erwin Rommel has been made Commander-in-Chief of all Ger- man and ltalian armies in Italy and the Mediterranean coast of France and has arrived in southern Taly. The broadcast said Pommel will nave charge of coordinating all arms of the Southern Defense Command. No source of the information was pven. Terr. Guards fo Meef Thursday The Juneau unit of the Alaska Territorial Guards will meet to- morrow night at 8 o'clock in the Elks' Hall. Firing instructions will be the order of the evening it is announced. NO ALERT THURSDAY No practice alert will be held to- morrow night, it was announced today by R. E. Robertson, Director of Civilian Defense. It is probable that one will be held a week from tomorrow night, Mr. Robertson said. in this area extended of glue-like mud and | ollen streams, but the Russians| sur- | RESULTS OF TUESDAY S ELECTION Precincet No. 1 FOR MAYOR: Harry L Lucas FOR COUNCILMEN Elroy Ninnis Oscar Harri Ed Shaffer FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Russell Hermann .. TOTAL VOTE CAST 327 PERSONS CASTVOTES IN ELECTION {Mayor HarryT Lucas Eledt- ed fo Carry on for Sixth Term In one of the lightest votes casf registered voters went to the polls yesterday to send Mayor Harry I. Lucas back into office for a sixth term and also to re-elect Council- men Elroy Ninnis and Oscar Harri, one new councilman, Edward Shaf- fer, and to re-elect Russell Her- mann as school director. Last year, even though the elec- tion was not contested, 652 persons visited the polls, almost twice imany as voted yesterday. Mayor Lucas received a total of 312 votes, the highest for any| candidate, getting 159 in Precinct 1, 73 in Precinct 2, and 80 in Pre- | cinct 3. Councilman Ninnis collected 307 votes in the three precincts to| lead the councilmen, Harri received | 305 and Shaffer 297. Hermann col- | lected 264 votes. Various names were written on the ballot than twice as Grover Winn re- ceived five votes for school direc- tor. Election officials had an easy time of it and the ballots were | counted soon after the polls closed | at 7 pm. ——————— MAYORKELLY WINS AGAIN, in THIRD TERM Democrat Defeats Repub- lican in Municipal El- ection in Chicago CHICAGO, Il Edward J. Kelly, Democrat, won a *hird full term, defeating Republi- can George B. McKibbin, veteran civil leader in yesterday's city elec- tion. Returns early this morning from 3,197 precincts gave Kelly 582,000 to 483,000, indicating Kelly will probably have a margin of at least 120,000 in the final vote. ——————— MEXICO TO BE DISCUSSED AT . WORLD SERVICE Discussing the people and con- ditions *in Mexico, Mrs. Robert S. Sanford will address members of the World Service Circle of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church at a meeting to be held at 2 pm. tomorrow in the church parlors. Hostesses for the meeting will be Mrs. Gunnar Blomgren and Mrs, Edwin Sutton. in years, only 327 of Juneauws 861 f | April 7.—Mayor I Precinct No. 3 Precinet No. 2 3 Goddardls (Chosen Mayo By Sifka Voters Fred Hanforaaerted Head in Wrangell-Locken in Pelersburg SITKA, Alaska, April 7. — Winn Goddard was elected Mayor of Sit- ka at yesterday’s election over Wil- fliam Hanlon, by a vote of 198 to 168. For the common council, |year term, J. E. McGraw, | Price and Phillip. Johnson lelected and for the one-year | Clarence Rand: | W. Leslie Yaw was elected to the Board of Control of Public Utili- |ties and Elliott Fletcher was elect- 'ed to the School Board. three- Frank were term, ;“RA\(-I'LL ELECTS HANFORD WRANGELL, Alaska, April 7. |Ered G. Hanford was elected May- at yesterday's wmunicipal elec- {tion. He served a term as Mayor {four years ago. Councilmen elected are William |t Eastbaugh, E. R. Sharnbroich land J. D. Smith. Elected to the | School Board is H. B. Thornquist. or but only one mou‘ VLO( KEN PETEEbBl RG MAYOR PETERSBURG, Alaska, April 7. —Ed Locken was elected Mayor of ’Pcwrsburg yesterday and chosen ifor the council were Charles An- | derson, Lloyd Swanson and Knut 'Thompson C. A. Wilder and Mrs. | Verda Grinrod were elected to the }Schoo! Board. ! KETCHIKAN ELECTION KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April 7.— |Jack A. Talbot was elected Mayor | | yesterday by 638 votes to John E.} |Johnson’s 402 John Wick with a vote of 523 and Henry Erwick with a vote ol' 500 were reelected to the councllr as was Harry G. McCain, Mayor, who polled 482 votes. Ther fourth man was 37 votes behmdl McCain. The voters jected the $25 and councilmen $10 for eac! meeting by a vote of 447 against |only 250 in favor. overwhelmingly re- | ELECTION AT SKAGWAY SKAGWAY, Alaska, April 7.—G. | A. Benedict was elected Mayor yes- |terday and C. L. Polley, C. Jr |Roehr and Mrs. Ethel Johnson were elected to the council. E. A. l Rasmuson was elected City Treas- urer and Mrs. Marie Hoyt to the School Board. 'FDR Has No Plan fo | 'Nominafe laGuardraj To Army Commission| WASHINGTON, April 7.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has no plans nominate Mayor F. LaGuardia of New York City to a commission in the Army. | The subject was brought up at A conference with newsmen in con- nection with reports Mayor La-! Guardia was in line to become a ‘Bigadter General. | e, — BUY WAR BONDS ,enced anti-aircraft retiring | plan to pay the Mayor ©f Alabama, hrnope of over ier‘ took passage last night business trip to Skagway BY BOMBERS Heavy and Medrum Crafl‘Meehngs Start in Seattle],,"; Make Attacks-Direct Hits Are Scored \VA*HU\(‘TON Aplll 1. — The Navy reports today that heavy and mvdrum Army bombers raided the| Jap positions on Kiska on Monday | and scored direct hits on enemy| positions. One attack was Attu on the same day. Liberators, Mitchell bombers, Lightnings, Warhawks and fighters took part in the raids which raised to 51 the total attacks made against | Kiska since March 1 when current aerial offensive got way in the Aléutians - JAP BASES IN PACIFIC ARE RAIDED Wide Area Covered from| Australia But Few Planes Used ALLIED HBADQUAHI‘ERb AUSTRALIA, April 7.—The Command announced today Salamaua and Finschaffen in Guinea, and Cape Gloucester and Gasmata in New Britain as well as Tanimbar, all Jap bases in the South Pacific, ha been bombed again by Allied planes. But despite the wide area, cov- ered, the operations were somewhat limited with only the Salamaua raid involving more than a single plane. In this attack, bombers started big made under -— IN High that New three medium fires and s gun empld ments. Later, a single four-motored bomber dropped explosives on the jetty and demolished some wa houses. > Abandons Hope of Overriding Farm Price Ceiling Veto WASHINGTON, April * 7.—Sena- {tor John H. Bankhead, Democrat ays he has abandoned iding President Roose- velt’s veto of his bill affecting farm ! price ceilings. e — 'Former President of French Republir Dies LONDON, Apm 7—A Berlin ra- dio reports that Alexandre Mille: jand, President of the French Re- ])uhlm from 1920 to 1924, has died at Versailles at th(‘ z\ge of 84 years. IHOMAS H DYER BACK FROM SHORT TRIP ON BUSINESS Thomas H. Dyer, ! Company oil re Standard representative here, Iturned the first of the week from a several days’ ness. He visited Skagway, Haines and Sitka, returning by Alaska Coastal Airlines from Sitka on Monday. e PAT SWEENEY LEAVES Pat Sweeney, merchandise brok- on a absence on busi- against | the | _ Three of Chile’s most popular WAGE (CONFAB Monday fo Set Pay Rates for 43 SEATTLE, April T progressing here toda | Monday meeting of the pancl appointed by the Regiona War Labor Board to set the pay jof 27900 salmon fishermen and cannery workers of Washington, |Oregon and Alaska Men who will decide the pay include Theodore Ryan, lappeinted as the public and chairman; Peter retary of the Puget Sound District {Council of the Lumber and |mill Workers’ Union, AFL, and im\\m Bennett, secretary-treasurer of the International {men's and Warehousem |Local 1-19, CIO, both |labor; Harry Shook, steamship | company manager, and Wallace ‘Campb«u hardware company vice- | president, both of Seattle, repre- rsrmmv industry. When the panel starts continuous Isessions on next Monday it will be | the first time that wages of salmon {fialling workers have been set ex- |cept - through employer-union | rangements. | i | Plans for were es en’s D QUAKE HITS CHILE COAST YESTERDAY First Reports Give 18 Lives Lost and Scores Injured SANTIAGO, Chile, 7 cit- ——Santiago, Valparaiso and Con- cepcion—along with scores of other smaller villages and towns late yes- terday afternoon were shaken in a quake which affected nearly 2,000 miles of the Chilean coast. he violent earth tremor took 18 lives, according to fragmemtary messages which gave reports of widespread destruction around Ov- ille, about 180 miles north of San- iago where seven were dead and 81 injured. - PLANTO PUT GOLD STOCKS 0 600D USE \ Would Break Down Infer- national Cartels with Yellow Mefal April WASHINGTON, April 7—A plan| designed to break down Interna-|j tional cartels and open world trade is proposed by Representative Charles S. Dewey, Republican of Tllinois. the ! five-man | repoited | KISKA, ATTU NAME AGENTS Kaiser Will Build Plane .| AGAIN HIT FOR FISHING That Will Fly Sevenieen l‘flfl]’[ AND, Ore,, April 7.-Hen- promised in a speech ‘Jrn.uhlh' last night to build a cargo plane that will fly 17,000 miles nonstop. S said: T jnow, while the war L large metal plane. T have studied the facilities here in the Pacific Narthwest where the plane can be built most efficiently rFouth Term Snowball Has Purpose; Yiolafion aded with fuel, the plane can fly 17,000 miles without refueling, without stopping. Loaded with fuel and bombs the plane can take to Tokyo the havoe and destruction that were visited on Pearl Harbor. fuel plane can bring It the future.j intend to build Is still raging, | yoaded with and food, a new era of com=~ merce. is to be the airplane of Of Tradition Is Passe Longshore- | Union, | | representing | By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, April 7. — Some enterprising statisticians have fig- ured that President | traveled nearly 270,000 miles since l he took office. That's considerably 1 ibetter than the distance from the | White House to the moon. Maybe, OF u BOATS when peace comes, someone will - take a couple of months off and figure the total mileage for all Damage Inflicted March RAID TAKES (Continued on Page Four) - ISSUE NEW OIL PATENT DECISION Standard Oil of New Jer- sey Gefs Second Judgment .o [ 5 WASHINGTON, April 7. — The G A I N S I N {Justice Department today announc~ {ed the filing of a supplemental |judgment in the anti-trust suit in |Which the Standard Oil Company members of the first family. Prob- ably some Republican would do it now if he weren't afraid it would lead from the moon back to the 18 Put One Base “&iuunc™ Out of Whack [that the reason for starting the —t— |Fourth Term snowball now is to LONDON, April 7—U. S. heavy /get the voters “conditioned” to the bombers struck what may have been the heaviest single blow of jof 15 submarines in construction on the slips at Vegesack on March | 18. An RAF commentator said ono {of the sea raiders was hit hea\'llyr Naval building experts who ex- \ amined photographs of the damage | from the raid on the yards said| the damaged works would be un-| able to make a substantial contri-)| Sideline whittlers (who have been wrong before) are saying the war against Germany's U-boats | when they damaged severely seven| and capsized just as it was ready‘ for launching. bution to U-boat construction for many months. |of New Jer: must make avail- ymr- to all persons at a ‘‘reason- {able royalty rate” licenses for cer-| |tain patents used in production of Brifish Withdrew fo New 'l .o ne, avistion sasoline by Positions-Rains | claimed will ‘revolutionize the auto Coming {industry. l The supplemental action was tak- jen before Judge William Smith of NEW DELHI, India, April 7— ,i,’(,“nf:‘,,‘ : D':Lv',',f.l,.,(‘o:,',r‘[.' e "\p troops have filtered across the| .o,cent geeree under which {Mayu River in Burma below KWa-| ol company was required “oc and are foreing the withdrawall,pyegiricted royalty and free li- {of British positions in this area 0 cences quring the war on synthetic |2 narrow strip between the bllls yypper patents and others, filed imd the sea morth of Donbalk ON nareh 95, 1942, was fssued. the Mayu Peninsula. Today's action, the Department | A supplementary dispatch issued ¢ jugiice said, is “designed to clar- |by. the British said British forces jfy the application of this decree including some Indian units, find-| concerning the catalytics of communicatlons _ threatened, fining patents by specifying have retired to new positions v The Japs, the dispatch said, tried fo take full advantage of the situa- |tion and the “ememy committed is re- the of t- compulsory licensing provisions the decree as applied to such p ents, although a “reasonable roy alty may be charged.” Thousand Miles Nenstop the | Roosevelt has| original | the to give| At a meeting of Treasury Sec “‘-i:(mbrdeluble air and land forces to tary Henry Morgenthau with Hou.\rwhu task in an effort to regain be- committees, Dewey said cgrtels and| fore the onset ¢f the rains the control of production could be ground he has lost since mid-De- broken by America pledging gold cember, but so far has succeeded ‘o an International Bank und otherionly in reoccupying an area which countries contributing equivalends|is untenable in any event during of critical materials. {the monsoon.” ‘ “I think we have got to do some-| > - |thing to put our vast stocks . 48 ¥ gold to useful purposes < '::’::A:U;:: presentative Dewey. N. A. McEachran ,;m ———————— oty A Eac h | broker, left last night for Iness trip to Skagway. . A chandise a busi- BUY WAR BONDS Small refiners will be able to par- ticipate in the new low cost pro- cess in processing aviation gasoline and other motor fuels, the Depart- ment said, adding, the patents a being made available to also cov processes involved in the production of butadiene which is used in mak- ing synthetic rubber. | The oil company involved in the no tonnection with the d Oil Company of Californ- |ia, the company familiar to West lunm.sr residents. Front SQUEEZE ON ROMMEL IS PROGRESSING Two Defensive Axis Hills | Are Captured-Fierce . Fighting Reported ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, April 7. — The British Eighth Army has broken through the Axis hills of the Wadi defenses north of Gabes. ‘The American troops have mopp- ed up the Germans in the Djebel Maizila sector, north of Maknassy and advanced east of El Guetar in 1 coordinated squeeze on Rommel. Latest reports from the front sald two hills of the Wadi-El Akarit line, 20 miles north of Gabes, have been seized. They dominated the new defense. The British held these strong points through violent German counter-attacks after a hreak through behind a heavy artillery barrage. The Allled communique said 5.~ 000 priscners, mosly Italians, have heen taken. It is sald the British armored froops have reached the open coun- try after taking all key positions on ‘the Wadi-El Akarit line. Rom- mel is now retreating northward. ‘The forces under Gen. Sir Ber- nard Law Montgomery are in hot pursuit of Rommel. Six thovsand Axis prisoners have been captured, Montgomery reports. He openea s pursuit campaign, a 500 gun con- centrated preparation, which is about equal to that opening the El Alamein battle in Egypt last October. The Americans are today attack- ing 40 miles west of Montgomery's ines In an effort to link hands with Montgomery’s warriors. The Am ns also threatening Rommel's rear guards and have launched new attacks and are try- ing desperately to dislodge the Ger- man forces from their formidable artillery positions. Strong lines of machine gun nests have been planted in the rocks at Djebel Kreroun, nine miles east of | El Guetar. Later reports said the Americans have advanced to a new sector {nine miles north of Maknassy. At first it was reported they had driv- en to the mouth of Maisila Pass, then mopped up the Germans from "lm remaining heights. At last re- {ports the Americans in that sector |were only 20 miles from Rommel's al road, e ITALIAN ~ CRUISER ~ ATTACKED | British Submarines Make Assault-Torpedo Tank- ers and Supply Ships LONDON, April 7.—British sub~ marines in the Mediterranean at- tacked an.Ttalian cruiser of the Re- clas torpedoed two _tankers and an enemy supply ship, the British Admiralty announces. The attack on the cruiser oc- curred Straits of Messina between and the Ttalian mainland. A heavy explosion was beard but the results were not ob-~ erved - ) Hussia, strategic military on the Russo-German front ns in translation, “Old Russis e o o o o DIMOUT TIMES Stara, wenter Dimout boglrn tonight e at sunset at 7:52 o'clock. ° Dimout ends tomorrow e at sunrise at 6:07 am, . e Dimout begins Thursday at e ® sunset at 7:5¢ pm . |0 00000000000 . . . . o . °