The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 20, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1943 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS e e~ e - ————— VOL. LX., NO. 9322. RIPPING HOLESIN ROMMEL'S AIR SUPPORT B SR 0| o AR S 5 Nazi U-Boats Destroyed In Battle At Sea Af Cross Reads FOUR-DAY FIGHTPUT UP, OCEAN Allied Planes Forced fo Take Action to Pro- | tect Convoys LONDON, April 20 —Allied planes joining the defense of the Atlantic convoys, destroyed five Nazi U- boats and seriously damaged many others in a four-day running battle, the British Air Ministry announces. It is also announced that an un- specified number of ships were lost in attacks of the undersea craft but these attacks were reduced sharply after bombers reached the scenes. Flying Fortresses, Liberators and Sunderlands aided the Coastal Com- mand in battling the undersea packs. The commander of one Liberator sighted eight Nazi subs in two days Other planes reported as many as five were seen daily following the convoyed merchant ships. FOURTH TERM MOVE IS GIVEN ANOTHER ANGLE Comfort Sa;s_fi)R Has Told Friend He Doesn't Want Four More Years WASHINGTON, April 20.—Frank Comfort, Democratic National Com- mitteeman from Iowa, said he has understood President Roosevelt has “advised his friends privately he will not under any circumstances consider a fourth term.” Comfort told reporters that “if that is the case, it might be some fellows are trying to push him against his wishes.” The Washingion Merry - Go-Round | By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert S. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON.—The Supply Services of the Army (Gen. Somer- vell and Under Secretary Patter- son) have been dove-tailing their work much more harmoniously with the War Production Board. The old feuding between them has subsided, at least for the time being. However, Donald Nelson was shocked and surprised to find an- other branch of the Army literally “on his tail” He noticed that wherever he went, one, and usu- ally two, men followed him. He was being “tailed.” Even more amazing, he discov- ered that the shadowing was being done by a branch of the Army, Military Intelligence. In other words, the Army had its young officer detectives following the day-to-day and hour-by-hour move- ments of one of the most impor- tant men in the Government—the man who supplies the Army with .its war materials. No explanation has been forth- coming from the Army, ‘and, Nel- son has asked for none. He has, become so used to the Army put-' ting burrs in his bed that one more makes no difference. friends say that the Army wants to watch his social activities. s The other is that both Military| and Naval Intelligence are over- staffed with bright young ex-| brokers, real estate agents, and' blue bloods from the best families who simply love to play at the game of detective. Nelson's friends .(oo;finw on Page Four). DIOSA COSTELLO, fiery Cuban bomb- shell of the nightclubs, is a favorite o of the fliers at the Del Valle Army However, there are two possible Base, Austin, Tex. They picked hew explanations. Nelson is in the pro- a5 the type bombshell they would cess of getting a divorce, and his Jike “most to be dropped on them by the enemy.” (International) Walter wayite, agent at Seward for Steamship Company, at Kodiak to be agent there for the company. This point, somewhere in North Africa, is the cross roads of the worid for these United States soldiers, for signs erected by Americans there previously remind them of both home and the enem: Left to right: Capt. William €. Lewis, Birmingham, Ala, bombardier, and Maj. Rudolph E. Flack, West Les Angeles, Calif,, a pilot. Japs' Kiska (ampaign No! Face-Saver After Midway, Writer Claims By EU BURNS Associated Press War Correspondent AN ADVANCE BASE IN THE ANDREANOFS, April 10.—(Delay- ed) — Airborne dynamite has not succeeded so far in blasting the Japs off Kiska and Attu. The cameras “ell why that's why. Photographs making a fragment- ary textbook of the Japs' game of leapfrog from island to island for the last nine months show the Japs began to build a submarine base by placing tundra sod on the roof of the building, then built reservoirs and watermains, and even built a Shinto shrine before which they squat and clap. Independent Campaign Not divulging military details, but still giving the truth about the Mother Gooseism that the “Japs grabbed Kiska to save their face after Midway,” it is revealed that the Aleutian campaign was inde- pendent, was put underway directly and quickly from a convoy designed for Kiska, alone. In view of the complete silence after the Kiska grab, in spite of the fact that the enemy seized a radio- equipped weather station, it appears they may have put a small recon- noitering party ashore ahead of the actual invasion to silence the radio. In the first two months, the Japs changed the base to a tent camp with substantial sandbageged gar- risons which they immediately ex- panded with gun. emplacements. Good Roads trances to Kiska Harbor were con- nected with the main base with good roads, relieving the warships with artillery protection. Now the photos show a radio station, fuel dumps, ammunition stores and powerhou: connected with the submarine base which was operating by September, and also, the Shinto shrine, sandbagged and protected against bombs. e L Navy May Occupy Sun Valley Area SUN VALLEY, Idaho, April 20.— Rear Admiral Edgar L. Woods of San Francisco headed naval medical (corps officers who inspected Sun Valley's facilities. Manager W. P. Rogers announced the party “is looking over Sun Val- ley with a view to possible uses for the war effort.” The resort closed last fall for the duration, announcing that trans- portation restrictions and labo'r shortages made the move necessary. SIPPRELL AT KODIAK Sipprell, who has former Skag- been assistant the Alaska has arrived The northhead and southhead en-}| PRESIDENT - MAKES TRIP . IN STATES Visits Southeasfern Army| I Camps, Reviews Troops ABOARD THE ROOSEVELT TRAIN, April 20.—The President 1s making a second major inspection of Ameri expanding war effort and has seen tens of thousands of fit, bronzed troops which he indi- cated will be used to hammer out or maintain a second front in Europe. Weaving through the Southeast- ern United States by special train | and motor, he visited a Marine Corps base, a WAAC training center and five Army posts where he re-| viewed division after division of fit looking fighting men with months of | toughening behind them A reporter asked the President if | the “troops you have seen will do a | & | good job in Europe. | Roosevelt replied that he would say so from what he hnd seen of our troops in North Afric., and here, back home | The President permitted the an- nouncement tha the had toured | Virginia, North Carolina, South | Carolina, Georgia, Alabama Arkansas as a sequel to the swing which took him from coast to coast ast Tfall, checking up on military activities and war production. | The President left Washington a | week ago today. - NAZIS GAIN NOGROUND RUSS FRONT Red Army,mAliihough Ouf- numbered, Stiffly Re- sist All éflacks MOSCOW, April 20.—Large scale German attacks have increased in the Kuban Delta area on the Black Sea coast, according to official ad- vices. The Germans have attained numerical superiority in some places but despite the weight of the at- tacks they have not gained any major success and no new tory. Midnight assaults, supported tank squadrons, gave them wedge in Soviet positions in one undisclosed sector but the Russians have thrown the Germans out It counter-attacks. A midday communique issued says Nazi attacks are maintained from near the Sea of Azov to the heights of Novorossisk. The German Air Force continuc to lead the ground troops who are meeting with stiff Russian | tance. The Red Army Air forces, com- bined with effective anti-aircraft fire, have downed 17 enemy planes since yesterday. Civilian Morale fo GetBoost | WASHINGTON, April 20 The Senate Banking Committee has | unanimously approved legislation {to set up an agency to assure pro- duction and distribution of needed supplies for civilians. Rubber Administrator William M Jeffers recently said civilian morale must be aided and aided immedi- ately. and | terr resis- And the Litile MahSees the Madam i Two-yeal wrm wound around the sturdy leg of an Amerl enviabie v in Los Angeles. Dimond Objeds fo Land Along Alaska Highway in JAP FORCES MOVINGTO Control of Inferior Dept. NEW FRGNT: WASHINGTON, April 20. The draw the land for one reason and 2 R Public Land Laws are being “side- | then return it for another reason Iroops co“(enifa’mg m tracked” by continued control of is a violtion of the Pubiic Land y H b Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- | Department has in mind should be iti __0 ini H ferring to the Department’s con- legislation. WITH THE 1 soldier, possessed an itage point from which to watch Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, China's first lady, in a parade AMERICAN AIR ALLIES BAG 112 PLANES . . |Our Losses 23 for Same " Period-Ground Fight Is Now Lagging R | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN |NORTH AFRICA, April 20. The Allied aerial offensive, continuing a scorching pace against the Axis' air ferry route and warplane nests, *ut 24 more enemy planes down esterday, bringing the 48 - hour otal to 112, Seventy of these were the huge Junkers-52 transports with which e enemy was attempting to rein- ce their hard-pressed forces in he northern tip of Tunisia. The largest bag came a flaming battle on Sunday, out over the Sicilian Straits, as troop- laden German transports tumbled out of the sky like leaves in a for- est fire. in 77 In One Fight Allied headquarters said nore enemy fighter planes were accounted for by American pilots and their RAF and South African Aliles, which put the total enemy osses in this single battle to 58 three ransports and 19 fighters. e A fie ffensive but somewhat slackened continued yesterday against Rommel’s aerial ferry route, resulting in the destruction f 12 more Axis transport planes ind eight fighters. Four more Axis planes were de- itroyed in other fighting yesterday, d 11 in assorted actions Sunday, aringing the two-day total to 112, Against these losses, Allied head- "IT'S THE WAR,” “SAYS PAA HEAD trol of 40-mile strips of land along Dimond lained the | poREE IN CHINA, April 20—Maj ABO“I‘ SERVI E the Alaska Highway, referring 0| withdrawn land comprises a - | Gen. Claire Chennault expu‘ s the Secretary Harold L II"k ¥ recent e area on each side of thepelief that Japanese concentration Sy announcement that his Depart-!johway and said the land would Y ¥ ay ar S and of troops in French Indo-China, 1 H{H H ', ment is studying scenic )fl"d cl- 1o ideal locations for homes and | Malaya and Thatland is for an of- Tl’flflSpOflfl'lOfl Difficulties entific features of the highway for ,qded: “As it is now, settlers will fensive i 5 3 3 H H a 3 it is ) 8 J n the Southwest Pacific or c b it el e BB o s L as Distressing fo Com- parks and recreation purp hind the highway, then build roads| The Commander of the Four- Dblegste’ Dimond (ol the. re- | outt (aput Ot T e i Bl el DO 45 T AlASKDRY porters that the land along thel 00000 ninond said he plans |0 interview, said: “I am no expert i highway was originally withdrawn PREANY | acbion® bt Bas | DUS 1. B8y opinion disposition of | That Alaskans aren't geeting the for military purposes. e A %5 troops the Japs are concerating in |consistently good service they have not decided what it will be Malaya, Thailand and French Indo- |learned to expect from Pan Amer- Delezate Dimond said “to with- (a offensive. The Japs are Fadein War; Changes Occurring Suddenly on defense they could be to an offensive alert sudden: R : QUESTION OFRUBBER - China are for the purpose of an moving troops from Manchuria and North- | named | and although they are apparently turned lcan—is a worry to L. C. Reynolds, | icting general manager of Alaska Division, PAA, and assistant to Harold Bixby, PAA vice-president and president of the Alaska opera- tion Mr. Reynolds, here Monday on a trip of inspection, has now cov- jered all of Pan American’s opera- | lon in Alaska. Several weeks ago | ae made a trip to Fairbanks, visit- d Anchorage and had planned to | stop in Juneau southbound when | he was called south for a confer- YOUTHS ARE B aTiN N cnce with Mr. Bixby, in Seattle from New York. On this trip h o o ! i gt w;x\‘{\?;(‘;)?grfiy:; :: -‘»‘.""w;.."' \\ll:l‘l fl‘ms‘slop}?ed in Prince George and e ] Whitehorse, completing his tour shir jof the Alaska Division. pRAISED FOR After 15 months of war and more ‘Pan American is terribly dis- 1 World War I lasted) Washington not Gecision of the War Production | & 3 ;:” RAY . ADl6 1o Do WAR EFFORT only has failed to produce a hero,| Board’s Chemical Division to defer | * ASKAHS the transportation fagllls but it has seen the heads of most COnstruction on five projected grain o S Jave leamed o s of its potential heroes toppled into | #lcohol plants without the -“full | O N VA gan, on'y Adks. IS Py wereement” of Rubber Director Wil- | be charitable until after the war ; ; Whatever became of William &, liam Jeffers brought a wave of pro- | & over Vice-Presidenf Wallace woudson, the producton rentusr €505 today from members of the| -Pan American is now devoted . fe’'s a licutenant general over in “7 A8 ATyl Poti oe SERlvalE.: I0 pikposes dekigrini GIVES AddeSS at the War Department and doing a The committee voted to call Jef- {by our armed forces. Our chief | bang-up job, but for all you now hear of him, he might be No. 1 man | in the President's list of those with | a passion for anonymity GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, April 20.| Whatever became of Floyd B American Vice-President Henry | Odlum, New York financier who was | Guayaq’uil‘U. | the two officials over publicity. A. Wallace declared in an address | 80ing to solve all the nation's econ- | o wr 8 (» @ o 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 2t the Cuayaqull University: that|oeic problemfiiirasiy, 1 don't|Sf the FIGEERS MIGGTEER, & . TIMES . riohes #all {nto khe hands’ of a Knew. WhelE SR eRtinand Ever- [DHICR FUSKER ST, He o ta e st . fow after Wara bub o the youths,| #8dt? ' DoiSREET0e. Leon Hen-| We SI7 BVC CURVE PRGOS o le Dimout begins tonight e who. ate eontributing the greatest|oerson, WHOUIGNERE waliantly for| 0l o foy Fove entitled to k ® at sunset at 8:21 o'clock. . A ot tall the major | Price: control iy the battle against | (T BEOPIe ATe CRULed 10 KIOW) o Tnunon Cends tomorrow. @ s Bl b ity Dl Jence | nflation, is supposed to be va the Jrnia g P 0 Bamite o el o o ¥ caRpensaLIOon 1 [0mol 2 s tioning somewhere in the south, but B { 4 ¥ Wallace said after the present g e E | Lieut. Wm. Charteris and Mrs |® Dimout begins Wednesday at ® on the government rolls there’s only . . - war “peace, health and work should P Charteris are here from Sitka visit- | ® sunset at 8:23 pm . (Continued on Page Two) © s 00000000000 e provided for all.” | g for a few days. | gaged in o verbal battle over report fers in to get his reaction. and OWI | zoncern now is doing our part to Chief Elmer Davis will be called in | at the pame time at the meeting to investigate the differences betw | <lp win the war. If that inter- ’!(‘rrs with individual travel plans, en | (Continued on Page Two) Jetfers and Davis yesterday en- |