The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 8, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LX., NO. 9312. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1—943 MEMBLR ASSOUATE.D PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS e ROMMEL ON RUN FROM ALLIED FORCE 37 Jap Planes Are Shot Down Over "~ Meal Timefor U.S. Pilofs INTERCEPT HUGE ENEMY | SKY FLEET| Seven of Oudfiircrafl Shoi‘ Down in Big Sky Battle WASHINGTON, April 8.—Amer- jcan fighter planes sent 37 Jap airveraft flaming into the sca in a furious sky battle over the south- eastern Solomon Islands yesterda: the Navy Department announce today. The battle developed when U. S. fighter planes intercepted a huge enemy armada striking at Ameri- can shipping off Guadalcanal. In the dogfights which followed, seven American fighters were shot down, but the pilot of one was res- cued. It was one of the greatest sky battles so far in the war, the Am- erican planes carrying out six for- ays against the enemy aircraft and Jap shipping throughout the Sol- omon archipelago. Whether the Japs, whose forces included 50 bombers and 48 Zero fighters, were successful in reach- ing and damaging or destroying American ships was not reported. ‘The destruction of the enemy planes raised to 943 the number of Jap aircraft destroyed in the Sol- omons. MORE AIR ACTION ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, April 8—Gen. Doug- las MacArthur's headquarters an- nounced today that Allied airmen have hit out again at 10 Jap bases in the Southwest Pacific, including Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Fin- schafen, Lae and Salamaua on New Guinea. Our Flying Fortresses strafed three Jap ships in a convoy off Kavieng, New Ireland, in another sweep. X Soviefs Colonize Part of Sakhalin MOSCOW, April 8—It is dis- closed here the Russians have fur- ther colonized Sakhalin Island, the | northern half of which is Russian | and the southern half Japanese. The boundary between the Rus- sian and Jap part, known as Kara- futo, is 1,000 miles north of Tokyo. The dispatch received here says the Soviets at Niprovo, the most northern populated point of the ig land, has established:the first live- stock state farm. BUY ,WAR BONDS The Washlngion‘ Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert S. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON.—Inside fact about the coal mine dispute is that it goes much deeper than an ar-| gument over wages. It gets down to a clash between two old friends, now enemies, plus a basic struggle over whether or not we shall head into a hurricane of inflation. The two personalities, John L. Lewis and Franklin D. Roosevelt, | have been working up to this bat- tle for a long time. Once they were the closest-of political allies. Gradually they drew apart. This was partly because both are strong- willed gentlemen, did not agree on everything, didn't want to yield. LAST BATTLE Partly, also, they drifted aparti over the war. Lewis, a natural iso- lationist, believed Roosevelt wanted war. This brought the final break, when John L. bolted to Willkie. That breach—never healed—helps make the coal mine dispute diffi- cult. John L. is determined to win, —_——— . fContinued on Page Four) ; Jlggs Flymg Again STOLT IS N ST MAYORAT AN(HORAGE‘ sll | \Only 76 Votes Are Cast at| Fairbanks-MoreHonors for Chase, Cord0va AN(‘P(WRAGF Alaska, Anlll 8.— William A. Stolt defeated Keith Capper, night club. owner, for thel second time in two years for Mayor of Anchorage by more than a 2 to! 1 result in Tuesday’s election. Both | candidates carried on brief spirited campaigns. Stolt operd an electrical business and was former councilman { Tem Bevers was reelected to the {council on a ticket leading with 559 | votes. M. A Andresen was also re- lelected to the council and Jack | Wadman, oldtimer, went in with him. A. F. Waldron and Almer J. Pel were elected to the school | erson board | A total of 986 voted, below ex-| | pectations. | e Major East Holston of Tacoma, Wash., of the 11th bomber squadron, “somewhere in China,” and the planc alongside which he stood, wore the new official “Jiggs” insignia of the squadron, which first was used | in 1917 by the 1ith bomber squadron then serving in France. Photo | 1_radioed from China (o Washington, D. C. CTION AT FAIRBANKS | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 8—| With no contests for city omcus,,‘ Fairbanks cast only 76 votes last| Tuesday, the fewest in history. | H. G. Hughes reelected Mayor. A. L. Wilbur was reelected to the city council and John Clark |and Wilbur Walker were also elect- ed councilmen. Frank Dewree the school board How We Scored in Bismarck Sea Fight; was reelected to in. Washington, flying men have for his third term, Otto Koppen, B-25 (Billy Mitchells) bombers | SR oo g ! oty Iz [ [] It Was Skip-Bombing ... CORDOVA, Alaska, April 8- Dr | 3 W. H. Chase was reelected for a By JACK STINNETT |sixteenth term as Mayor of Cor- SEI (EIlING WASHINGTON, April 7.—Since|d07a last Tuesday. ‘nu-c Lieut. Gen. George Churchil| Frank Kruger, plumber, was Kenney (Gen, MacArthur's air force elected for his sixth term as coun- ON FROZEN officer in the south Pacific) arrived |¢ilman; C. C. Hazelet, machinist, l lked of nothing but “skip bomb- |boatman, second term. | Archie Field was reelected for his FISH S ALES Allhough there fsn't an official |second term as City Treasurer; V line on it anywhere, “skip bomb- J. Swanberg for his sixth term as |ing” probably resulted in our n]]-\Clelk and N. Hazelet reelected for ‘uu( success in the Bismarck Sea. ‘hxs second term of three years on That success can't be attributed en-|the School Board. There was no OPA W|“ Issue New Set of m«'l} to this new bombing tech- contest in the election and only nique, but it's reported on good |15 percent of those registered went Regu‘ahons on ,uuthom) here that one sortie,|to the polls. | Ap”l 13 accounted for 11 ships in that Jap| H convoy and left every one or them WASHINGTON, April 8. — New | ittt the loss of a il plane { regulations governing the maximum ' p.q ever been touched, we have fail- | ,charges for frozen salt water fish|eq to hear about it. { by processors are coming up, cov-| A | NEw ATIA(K jering fixed percentage markups for| gyin pombing derives from that! wholesale producers of these com-|y,uthey trick of “skipping” a rock” modities. The new regulations axen( 0ss the water. Bombers flying| expected to stabilize prices and will | |at almost deck level and top speed{ Bv BOMBERS |gosinto exepect April 13. |drop their bombs “flat” before they The new regulations, the OPA|ieach their target. The bomb hits said, will generally level off at the o water, ricochets into the air b .0 March, 1942 price ceilings set under .nq hits the waterl, ! H ithe general maximum price regu- )m(:( is Jusf ‘l:elow htlpe]e T;]:t;:il::c: Radlo warns PODUIa(e lation which now cover frozen sea-|pecause that's a more vulnerable iro i = & Iloods | spot — but “on-the-first-bounce” | TWI(e n 24 Hours Doo | However the new schedule should|ghots are almost as deadly. In other | |have no effect on the retail level,| .oy it's using bombs as if they!| the OPA said, although slight in-|weyre wave-skipping torpedoes. | !crea or decreases at individual| jyust how it is done is now told.| stores may come about. Lieutenant General Kenney is the Japan had a fresh attack of The new schedule contains 60| .inventor.” He is the first man to|“bomb jitters” as the Tokyo radio specific cents-per-pound maximum ' pave put it into practice in actual | \for the second time in 24 hours prices, ranging from bass through!yayfare. |warned that “a mnew American smelt. OPA officials disclosed con-| Aq jn the case of many inven- |bombing assault might come at any |sideration is being given to the | tions, necessity gave it birth. wm]‘nmc either from China, or the jquestion of fixed “ceilings on fresh ' a whale of a job to do and few | Aleutians or aircraft carriers. fish, also. | planes to operate with, General| The Oftice of War Information Representatives of the industryY Kenney used Flying Fortresses as Said the Tokyo broadeasts, picked land the OPA are resuming & COn- “high level” bombers, more or less UP in New York, recalled that just ference with the White House Mer-| for decoys for ack-ack gunners.|@ short year ago, Doolittle’s bomb- cant Marine Committee to study The Mitchells went racing in, skip- |€'s made a sweeping raid on Jap {the various rationing and price ped their bombs broadside, poured | Cities. Aside from Roosevelt’s whim- problems affecting industry. machine gun lead into the gun|sical reference to Shangri-La, asthe Participants in the cc‘nrervn(-es‘(‘W‘.fl‘s and deck hands, nosed up base for the takeoff, has never been said the principle difference of |gyer the masts and were gone be_,basc for the akeoff, has never been opinion on the question of fresh fore the Japs knew what had hit |officially disclosed. It is however fish ceilings was on the necessity. them. ?known that new bombing bases Some argued while, ceilings on the | The benefits of such a maneuver|have been constructed in China fresh product sold for processors,|are apparent. Targets, being broad- [during the past few months the highly perishable nature of the side at a few hundred yards are —— e |fresh commodity made ceiling pric- | much easier to draw a bead o | |¢s on the fresh product for immed- |ijf they were the decks orn 1,!1:’(‘::1 oy ALWAYB PID WORK iate consumption impracticable. | ships from 10,000 to 30,000-foot lev- OPA representatives at the con- els. Almost the only serious de-| ference said a study is being made fense that can be raised against ln connectmn with fixing “boat- | them is the ship’s quota of machine side prices” ceilings for certain | e little’s Raid Recalled (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. — One of the hardest working officers in the cap- ital is Lieut. Col. Leland Stanford McPhail, former boss of the Brook- lyn Dodgers. \ariehea (Continued on Page Three) {which swirls past the rear of | mates THREEBURN TODEATHIN | KETCHIKAN = Coast Guardsmen Lose ¢ Lives as Laundry Is Destroyed ICHIKAN, Alaska, April 8.— Three U. 8. Coast Guardsmen, one of whom sacriticed his life to warn| others, burned ‘to death early this morninz when fire completely de- molished a laundry which has been \d by the Coast Guard since! nese owner was evacuated hmu Alaska last year. | The three dead, whose names have not yet been released, were enlisted personnel. Twenty - five, other Coast Guardsmen who were sleeping in the barracks above the laundry, escaped, some by diving 20 feet into rocky Ketchikan Creek the | two-story frame Sted- | man Street Twelve civilian occupants of an adjoining rooming house also leap- ed from the second story windows, | fearing that the to their building. Two of the surviving service men | suffered severe facial burns. Burvivors said one of the burned to death could have but stayed behind to arouse his and was trapped by 1lamlng building on i timbers. Origin of the fire is not known, but officials are probing the still smouldering embers, seeking (hc cause of the blaze. Known as the Young Amer Laundry, the building was UNm‘d by George Suzuki, Japanese now in a relocation camp in the States. Tt wos operated by Coast Guard personnel and the enlisted men as- signed to the work lived in rooms above the laundry BRITISH IN NEW GAINS, BURMAFIGHT Allied Arlrilrlrery Throws Japs Back-Monscon Rains Coming (By As ted Pres Joyed, relatively in peace. Relurn Boals For Fishing inNorthland !Reporl ProI)!em Is Fairly | Well Solved-Labor Is Problem SEATTLE, April 8-—Ralph Fer- randini, field administrator®of the Office of the Coordinator of Fish- eries, said the problem of the re- turn of cannery fishing vessels to their owners in the Alaska salmon industry, and other floating equip- ment,-is “fairly well solved now.” “We will know in about 10 days ] how it will work out he said. The British command in the Far Plans for recruiting Orientals from Pacific reported teday that British California to go north to the salmon ortillery forces have smashed Jap canneries arve under consideration, attempis to advance in the Indian ,and many are reluctant to leave region in Burma, &nd the enemy good jobs which they now hold. has withdrawn to lick its wounds,!| Ferrandini said the has suffering heavy losses along the Bay promised to return approximately of Bengal coast where British Field 0 cannery tenders and power scows, Marshal Wavell's men have with- and the Navy approximately drawn from the Mayu Peninsula to addition to the number of pile await the coming of the monsoon grivers and ordinary fish scows. ra-Be: | A crew of 78 men, including car- No change in the last 24 hours' ponters will be sent to Bristol Bay was the latest report from British|p "o deeo oot o OO o copuRtdars n; BUImA, ; |en in the ice to service. He Imperial headquarters in Tokyo, if they cannot be repaired for however, asserted Jap troops have a shortage ma; dw"vh-v m(’, “ig “destroyed” large British forces 5 S'OTAEC Ay develop wnf along the Mayu River, and claimed > "% WS SRe anuhorily 5 operations are progressing to de-, other vessels in the industry stroy the rest of the forces.. 1 Th are a number craft not But at the same time, the Bri- “Auipped for halibut or drag tish declared the Jap offensive ing, suitable to be allocated s futile, saying the enemy will be ‘hortage develops.” . unable to hold its newly-won po- sitions during the monsoons. EDE“ 'I'AlKS ON U. S. CONFERENCES e s LONDON, April 8-Foreign Min- . Seventh Nazi Sub Is Reporfed Sunk By Brazifian Force e contorences i woniston Sk before the House of Commons said he has invited Secretary of State RIO DE JANEIRO, April Cordell Hull to visit London Brazillan Aviation Minister do Eden said “there is a complete announces the Brazilian Air Force sgreement between the United sank another GCerman submearine States and Great Britain on the off the ccast, the soventh credited | future’ policy toward France and to Brazilian fliers. lon many postwar problems.” use to of fish- if a 8. said | l’Uots nnd ground crews ate their mess “hnlo dandlng In slit trenches on an advanced field station at an advance U Enemy raiders appeared so frequently that n W comfortable to settle down in a trench where a meal could be en- 8. Airpost in Tunisia. safer and more SAYS BOOTLEG DAYS COMING : BACK AGAIN Represemahve Charges Mobsters Back with Black Market SHINGTON, April 8. — The ‘mobsters who operated in the Prohibition days” have muscled in on the black market in meat, Rep. Wright Patman of Texas claimed today. Patman laid a large part of the blame on the Administration’s Price Control Act. He is chairman of the House Business Committee, opening an investigation of the k market. “The thing I fear most,” Patman said, “is that un- less the situation is brought under control we may experience some- thing similar to bootleg dhys.” .o MANPOWER PROBLEM IMPROVED ' More Men Avaplable After| Work or Flght WMC ; Edict WASHINGTON, April 8.—Selec- tive Servi directors of approxi mately 45 states have informed a Senate military committee that the supply of manpower for war Jobs is increasing throughout the nation Closeted with the committee for than three hours, the offi- cials reported a marked improve- ment after the War Manpower Commissfon's recent edict calling upon workers in 3-A classes to take essential jobs or face reclassifica- ' more \lmn to 1-A. Solomons AXIS CHIEF, 'NO. AFRICA, MAKES SNEAK Retreats Under Cover of Darkness-Americans, British Unite Forces BULLET! ALLIED HEAD- QUARTERS IN NORTH AF- RICA, April 8.—It is officially announced tonight the Eighth Army has advanced 15 miles beyond the ecaptured Wadi-El- karit line and all enemy at- tempts to stop the army have failed. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS .IN NORTH AFRICA, April 8. — The British First Army gained four to five miles in a surprise attack in the Medjez El Bab bulge area yes- ferday as the Second United States Army Corps and the British Eighth Army united and are in a relent- less pursuit of the Axis enemy. The First Army’s advance car- ried the vanguards within less than 27 airline miles from Tunis, the Nazi held Capitol City of the French Protectorate, More prisoners have been round- od up in ‘all sectors. Rommel's positions have been again blasted, shot up from the air. Today's communique disclosed I'hut the Eighth Army after smash- ing the Wadi-El Akarit positions, 20 miles north of Gabes at dawn on Tuesday, repulsed a determined enemy counter-attack. Rommel then apparently abandoned ~all hope of holding out in that area, and realizing also big armored for- mations by the Americans along the Gafsa-Gabes road would make area untenable, began to with- draw under cover of the darkness Tuesday night, Gen. Patton’s American fighters immediately pushed ahead clearing np pockets of resistance and also ‘lashine with retreating armored | units. Gen. Patton's forces attained t point 25 to 35 miles east of El Guetar. ; and moved forward on a southern assault on Rommel east of Gafsa {2nd moved forward on a southrn flank. The Ameriean forces have cap- tured a number of prisoners and also 20 guns. A communication from Eisen- hower's hea@quarters declares that if “Rommel tries to leave Africa, he will have a stormy passage Across the slclllnn strails o MESSE IN - (OMMAND, NO. AFRICA NEW YORK, April 8—A London | broadcast recorded by CBS says | Gen. Giovanni Messe, Italian, is |'be new Commander-in-Chief in Tunisia. The broadcast quotes the Berlin military spokesman as saying Rom- |mel and von Armin are now under | Gen. Messe's command. (un Messe was in command of the first Italian Expeditionary sent to the Tunisian front. - force | 1.'...'....... | WEATHER REPORT (U. S, Bureau) Temp. Wed, April 7: Maximum 49, minimum 35. ® o ° * 9 0 0o ¢ n DIMOUT TIMES e o e . . begins tonight e at sunset at 7:54 o'clock. L] Dimout ends tomorrow e at sunrise at 6:05 a.m, L Dimofit begins Friday at e ® sunset at 7:56 p.m. L 'e ® 00 0000000 oe Dimout . . ° » ° . . °