The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 26, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE . LX., NO. 9327. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 26, — 1943 MI:.MBl;R ASSOCIAThD PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY =/ ERICANS SMASHING TOWARD BIZERTE azis Claim Huge U. S. Carrier Sunk On Sea SAY RANGER SENT DOWN | IN ATLANTI( Gets Unique Honor 'RUSSSEVER RELATIONS WITHPOLES OFF ATTACKS ONRUSSIANS Group Has NAZIS SLACK House Ways and Means Bill Coming Out May 3 income Tax {VITAL TANK BATTLE ON IN TUNISIA Fight fo Death with Main No Confirmation - Axis U- Squabble Over Killing of Heavy Losses Piled Up .l. ( o s e o oo H H 1 Domocratic-sponsored pi -you- | Boat Commander Is | ~ Polish Officer Nazi | ~ Against Invader in WO ONVOYS ooorummon, i, Axis Unit Is Now { H | higher personal exemptions on; Decorated Inspired Caucasus Raging e(OI’a — u e nem current tax basis has been ;mpm\'mly AP . MOSCOW, April 26—Russia has| BULLETIN — Moscow, April J |by the House Ways and Means| ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. IN BULLETIN — Washington, |severed relations With the Polish| 26—Halted by heavy counter- Committee. | NORTH: AFRIGA, AL M HLME ¢ April 26.—Late this afternoon | Government in_exile, accusing it| attacks in the Kuban Delta, [ This action came with a voice|cd States troops, coming to the { the Navy Department denied lof being in league with the Ger-| west Caucasus, the German an u les vote, the Republicans sitting in si-|foreground in fighting in North Af- the claims the aireraft carrier mans in carrying out a “hostile| forces prodded the various sec- lence after the committee also vo- |rica over the weekend, have cap- Ranger was torpedocd and sunk campaign” against the Soviet Un-| tors on the long Russian |cally rejected the first Republican|fured an important helght in the in the North Atlantic. The jon in connection with the deaths| front but no reports of i «upported modified Ruml plan, and | Sidi Nsir sector 13 miles southwest Navy spokesman said ‘“neither of several thousand Polish officers| tant engagements are War Munitions Safe|y another compromise proposed by|of Mateur to contribute to the the Ranger or any other U. S. \near Smolénsk. ' | tioned in today’s noon commu- | Rep. Willis A, Robertson of Vir-|general Allied advance yesterday. damaged on any ocean.’ [handed the Polish Ambassador @ tioms continue on almost all i d M " IS‘afld [ icine Sohie kitew sedtrds onto $hd [ iatin: Adtaits . that ol e e’ : . ‘?l:[\mrnl:nn:.l s ere a a | floor of the House on Monday, May |Axis Tunisian armored forces are By Associated Press ® [ Gove i A A WA & 13, when Congressional members re-|engaged in a fight to the death i It charged the Poles with carry-| MOSCOW, April 26 Furious By PAUL KERN LEE |turn from an Easter recess the de- wnzh Allied 1.4,,1; east (,{'Gou;:cp The Berlin radio reports that the 10-year-old 14,000-ton Un ited |ing-on a hostile campaign against German counter-attacks in the Ku- ban region of the Caucasus the past Associated Press War |bate being limited to one day and lat, but no details of this all im- riat B he he Soviet Union about the same Cerrespondent S . b g States aircraft carrier Ranger has |t : ’ 4 B guitaialzivd oo P! the vote coming on the committee|portant action have been reported. been sent to the bottom by a sub- time of the recent German pro-jfew days have upproached the M yALETTA, Malta, April 26—TWo'plan and its alternatives on the Steady Progress marine in the North Atlantic. paganda diatribes accusing the|tensity of an offensive, but hey jpnoriant convoys have reached next day X R There is no confirmation of, this ns of murdering 10,000 Polish |slackened significantly today as the yra ung Tripoli bearing vital | The fact that no record vote was ,fi:"f;l‘\l:::;l::c::tmo%:‘;::::ai: claim from any Allied source. s near Smolensk. | Germans counted several thousand g0 of war materials for the sought in the committee came as e bl oy o a o he Berli HnouRbement, re- | The Russian note flatly charged |dead in addition to heavy losses In gyiag fore |'no surprise, as the lineup of the steady progress in all sectors” to- co;rd;, b;'[l:e Assouisted Biess in the Germans killed the Polish of- | ®itplaes, tanks, guns and muni-| “mpe yessels, including deeply la- Mmeiuiets fns beon aowh 1o¢ il "'“]‘\’1 i LR € New York, said the German sub- ticers. tions, according to. Russion {OML gen American Liberty ships, tra-| Rep. Roberlson said the. Trea- il o et gt B mersible that sunk the ship was 2 dispatehes. W eq. Yorsed the Mediteranean under sury said the committee bill wm," ‘l:l‘. ’. ; 5 ! ,‘l e commanded by Lieut. Commdr. Von WASHINGTON STATEMENT The dispatches gave no immed- powerry) navy escort and under “remit” $4,400000,000 on 1942 in-|PRttle more and more against en- Buelow. Film Actress Dolores Moran (above) views the future WASHINGTON, April 26, — The |\ate reason for the “’*‘““l:’p‘(‘] l"‘ constant air protection from the comes under the present rates, €My detachments. strongly contest- The Ranger was guarding the trepidz!ilm Officers and cadets and enlisted men of the Daming, |State Department expressed regrezw"::: Mf,‘_:d;;l:: l::;:: '\r::xm Ly, Coast of North Africa: [leaving aboub $5,600,000,000 to h(\l,“i “‘(’finmg“‘ :‘f S::“:‘r‘:-ed Ly convoy lines, and was sunk in the . M., Army Air Base have named her the “target for. tonight, teday over the break in diplomatic ‘Ru_mn Aifies ’“_Um the Black Sea On«; n;nvly v(l“e:l-th,d~f.tik\:m :)l'» paid off on last year's tax. D"_“M' 'l‘nnngu‘\]uhn mp:mmnm Dol middle ocean, the Nazi report said .md through their newspaper, “The Bombadier,” warned her “the n.m relations between the Russians und‘mm near ‘Novorlssisk through the A’ I )";:“_“ ‘T"‘:_”r‘” mul:l\lu)n ; Under the plan, the amount \““‘thnfl.u(uu, the. touit "fries, Madae Von Buelow has been awarded oo ns o in o Hollywood. the Pollah overnment 1 extie Sunt oo BeR B8 LUTIER (0 Axla siinpiti (0 16RELY Y Hirs | aug wil be spread for puyment |dominating the roud from Medle Oak Leaves to go with his Knight's _ 1 o0 o saying it is viewed as & tempOTaIY | gey of Azov. to Morigomerys. Wghih drov. |over 3 Mtjlskar petid Kiiel k. (AOSRVEE NRERE S SRR Insignia and Iron Cross,. the an- success of the German propaganda| mne Germans lost almost 5000 e other convoy, with which I)jor change was made by the com- & '€ e gates I nouncement continued. which has long been trying to split | me; 5 12 in Toad then' fs o broughi ¥ Malia sinews, | mitta¥" Suidfority's * massurs o the [TUIa finelly A SED SIOSREE A | The Ranger was America’s first e Oasten: Rablopa. men, almost 200 planes, in less than g, which this battered island is|amount of discount for complete |British infantry and tanks and the naval vessel designed as a carrier, ! fi S ek > “’wk.' pm}t(\.bl.) “:l in excess O poyw striking out at the foe “'“-h‘[[!:l)‘ml‘“t of last year's taxes by|last Axis resistance has been tram- : i S River | the losses they counted on, increasing vigor. March 15 is lowered from 10 per-|pled down in this sector in an at- i was launched in the James River Yesterday's dispatches reported at Newport News, Virginia, Febru- ! e of Tiosh Neal iRl e |”“l to 6 percent. tack termed by one Allies spokes- ary 19, 1933, and was chirstened | “I::‘u' U(“ut"nu; l)r‘id’w-h . but | b b e e ‘m:u\ as a “magnificent effort.” by Mrs. Herbert Hoover. The Ranger was built to carry !mo fury of Russian’air attacks did cken in that sector. The Red DRAFT BILL- The “remnants of the garrison® [not s | a complement of 1,788 men. Army Air Force raided one German Io BE COMplETED w 1|-|<~ vmpm{red,: the cmn.munmue | \lu-ml to open & path for tanks. BUY WAR. BONDS The Washmgton Merry - Go- Round_ Easter Messages Sent Ouf Captured Document Indi-| on Air in Thousands cates Marshal Has Left of Parishes f North Africa Down at Sea Go 1o Deaih on Flaming plosions and large fires, ‘The Russian fliers also struck one of the biggest blows of the war Thursday night and Friday morn- |ing when they raided Insterburg ‘\ucccs,sru]ly the fourth raid on |eastern Prussian cities this month, It begins to appear as if Rus- sian, American and British avia- DURING SUMMER Traffic Condmons Now Ex- cellent-Trucks Moving Entire Distance BE TAKEN UP NEXT MONDAY This is the third time this height has changed hands in the past 10 days. Other Nazi strongholds, however, are still held in this séctor, about 29 airline miles from Tunis. By DREW PEARSON LONDON, April, 26—No longer ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN Shlp s Deck in Battle tion forces have divided up their k. Stimson Opposes Blanket’NAlIs FlEE (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) [mu(cd by fear of a German inva- NORTH AFRICA, - April 26—Gen.| . military targets and are now work- Rl e o fsion, church bells of Great Britain Sir. Amold Alexanders' Headquart- of Mldway ing on a definite plan. 0 i i Draffing of Fathers | o WARHINGTON: L Big: ghesion-|T008 91t Hasioy) Ricstego. ets annbifnce the capture:of & ddc-| e e s R oD of 8 Sr;:{mm‘x’;':% e ned Baatas g e | Not since the fall of France, ex- ument that indicates that Marshal| By Associated Press large German ::Txrwuy NoMLR o Ll n et for War | s D mark about Rommel is—will he be | .., celebrate the Eighth Army's Erwin Rommel has left North Af- | Two Japanese admirals went to | interview here, said traffic condi- able to’ evacuate his forces from gesert victory last November and rica. their deaths on the deck of a flam- tions on the Alaska Highway are | Tunisia? lalso last Christmas, cathedral and The statement says: “A docu- ing Nipponese aircraft carrier that| | surprisingly good for this time of WASHINGTON, April 26.—With | Here is the answer given by War | church bells in thousands of parish- ment dated March 19, recently cap-|was sunk in the battle of Mid- e Secretary of War Henry C. Stimson Department top-flight experts |es rang out “glad tidings” yester- tured by the First Army, is signed | way last June, the Berlin radio dis- The ,;mmum; i reiterated stafe- vigorously opposing its enactment, | Rommel has a great concentra- day. by Col. Gen. von Armin as Gen-lclosed in broadcasting a Tokyo dis- whents thab 4t is planned to com- Senate consideration of a bill to} tion of anti-aircraft artillery in | eral Officer and Commander-In- | pageh, 4 ,)ip(:‘ he Higi!v\.n'lhh anamer, in- erant blanket military drafting of‘w __ the northern corner of Tunisia m\ Chief.” |” The two Japanese were Vice Ad- L ‘liud:n'r graveling of the road " put fathers was postponed for another Enemy Ylelds Several which he has withdrawn. This in-| Rommel’s present whereabouts mira]l Yamaguchi, Commander of g o Ak s . mi)hull week. i cludes not only his own stuff, bu! are unknown, also the date of the the japanese force of aircraft car- R Brvoiing )';~ar, Senator Johnson announced his Mountaln S'rong- also the artillery of Gen. Von Ar- lx(xv. appointment, if any is un- |viers, and Rear Admiral Karai, | The C;)mx;nan(xv; s Reldive e :o;:lumuon rta :vnn lalmunwr v;-;\ek h i N h be able to, nown. der - of G 5 on iy - A efore moving to eall up another| * nim's units. He will be a |Commander of the flagshiy ix of the hridges on the Highway "o IMOTie €0 C80 U0 SPoHC olds in Norf put up a blanket of anti-aircraft| Rommel was last known 1o be|which Yamaguchi was killed. were carried out during the spring (o o Ly fire so intense that Allied air at- tacks will be costly. In addition, the Germans will try‘to bring an air umbrella from Italy, to cover Rommel's evacuation. This is the same strategy adopted by the British for the evacuation from Dunkerque, when they with- drew their planes from the Conti- nent, repaired, refueled, then whipped back across the Channel, cleared the skies, and kept an um- brella over the British forces un- ti1 the evacuation was accom- plished. But, foreseeing this, Allied planes already are strafing Sicilian, air- fields and knocking out Axis planes on the ground, to prevent the air umbrella from ever unfolding. Also Rommel must begin partial ¢vacuation at once, regardless of whether he tries to hold Tunis and Bizerte. He has so many men in that small area that they get in their own way. This partial evacua- tion can be accomplished, under cover of night, across the short waist of the Mediterranean, be- tween Tunis and Sicily. But to evacuate his entire force of newily 200,000 is regarded im- possible. The judgment of War De- partment. experts is that he will deliver safely about one-tenth of SR CIROR R (Continued on Page Pour) REPORTED Four U. S. thler Planes Fight with 30 Enemy Planes in Solomons WASHINGTON, April 26. — Four | American fighter planes engaged‘ 10 enemy bombers and 20 Zeros | off Guadalcanal, the Navy reports, | and five Jap fighters were shot ap- anese aircraft carrier went down xw'lr DONT FORGET. T0 CLEAN UP LONDON, April 26.—The British Admiralty announces that 10 more Axis ships have been destroyed or damaged by British submarines op- erating against the enemy supply lines in the Mediterranean. in Africa dmm" the Kasserine Pass| The disclosure came because of fighting in February when captured the memorial services held honor-| letters at that time mentioned him.!ing the Japanese dead. pgens | The Tokyo account of the d«-.uh‘ lof the two Admirals said.they were with a Japanese sea force which | encountered a superior American| |fleet but they resisted ,the attack, the Japanese “sinking an American | carrier, heavy cruised and dam: |ing another carrier before the down and two U. S. planes failed | 0“ SUNDAY to return after the aerial battle | NS 0 was fought 95 miles northwest of | LOS ANGELES, Calif. April 26.— Lunga Point on Guadalcanal. | An approaching “unidentified” air | eraft, later identified as friendly,| | resulted in plunging the city and IEN AXIS SHIPS | environs into a 56-minute Easter | blackout Sunday night. The al.um‘ WITH Suppll[s ‘:\r:»\m:(i‘md(‘d al 8:30 o'clock last; A bright, warm and sunny lld\ | A jmarked the opening of Juneau’s : /big Clean-Up Week campaign and | IORPEDOED | AMERICAN LEGION city officials urged all residents to| MEETS TONIGHT take advantage of the weather to Tonight is bond night at the make their yards spic and g American Legion Post meetihg, to|for spring. be held at 8 o'clock in the Dugout.| City trucks will make thv At the business meeting ideas wi® |rounds all week, hauling away re- be entertained for some form of'fuse that has been placed at curbs convention to be held this fall, and |or in alleys. % Among the enemy ships damaged, all members are invited tosattend| A telephone call to 88, the City the Admiralty declares, was a cruis- and volunteer any suggestions they Hall, will bring a truck around in er and a tanker. imny have. } ase you have been missed. breakup, including tempor bridg- es across Peace River near Fort St. John. With the exception of a few sec- tions, motor trucks are however Ge' Bfeak 'moving over the entire Highway. WASHINGTON, April 26. — Mo- # e torists in the states whose gas ra- tion cards permit them to drive over Duke o' (on"aug'“ Passes On, Ottawa Those with Mileage Ra- tions of 240 Morithly 240 miles a month become eligible !for the best grade of tires on May| 1 | This was disclosed in an OPA jorder coincident with the news of, 3 7 the manufacture of lower quality] OTTAWA, April 26 The Duk> ‘Victory tires” made from reclaimed ©f Connaught, 28, dicd suddenly rubber, halted previously. in the Government House today A mileage of 560 a month was ‘“‘e“‘ he has been the guest of 1requlnd previously for the best Farl Athlone, Canada’s CGovernor |grade tires, and a mileage ration of Gene ral, for several months. He 240 a month to 560 miles a month Wes the grandson of Queen Vie- was good for grade twos. | toria. - — ‘ - PRICES LAST SATURDAY Alaska Juneau mine stock closed asx Saturday at 6, Anaconda 25%, ‘Lnthlvlwm Steel 637 Common-= wealth and Southern Curti Wright 8 7/8, General Motors 49%, SWEDEN GETS READY T AT : | International Harvester 68, Ken- | stoc 0 necott 32%, New York Central 18, QOEDEEM. Al 2-Bweden Northern Pacific 157, United announces her Navy will take mea- |sures against any German forces {laying mines in Swedish territoria. waters or against ships firing on Swedish v* States Steel 54%, Pound $4.04 Dow, Jones averages Saturday were as follows: industrials 134.34, rails 3524, utilities 19.75. planned to offer, amendment prohibiting the calling of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers for the| remainer of 1943. ‘| Stimson’s ~ views were made known in a letter to the Senate Military Affairs Committee which said approval of the Wheeler pro- posal wauld be “ un]u:tlflvd 3 D CEILING PRICES ON EATS, DRINKS | FOR EIGHT STATES DENVER, Colo,, April 26.—Ce ll- ing prices will be clamped on 1lll' restaurants, eating places of all kinds, and drinking establishments in the Rocky Mountain region at midnight, April 30, The OPA in making the an- nouncement said maximum rates will be prices charged between April '4 and April 10. Regional Administrator Clem Collins said 18,000 establishments in the eight Rocky Mountain re gion states will be affected. The ob- ject is to halt the general upswing in both eats and drinks - > l BUY WAR BONDS A |strongholds at ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, April 26. — A | special communique late this after- |noon reports the Germans in re- treat in the American-manned northern sector of the Tunisian front, after yielding mountain the southern end f their abbreviated west wall, with little resistance The Germans are reported cons centrating their armored strength arainst tank-supported blows by the Bnnsh Flr Army in the center of l'u-u as a fleld dispatch report- d the Germans withdrawing from |Ju~|lmn~. before the onrushing Second U. S. Army Corps this morning, headquarters announced the French 19th 4rmy Corps, serv- ing at the “hinge” between the British First and Eighth armies, (Conunued on Page Three) ® o 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 . DIMOUT TIMES . . —_— . e Dimout begins tonight e ® at sunset at 8:3¢ o'clock. . ® Dimout ends tomorrow e © at sunrise at 5:16 am. . ® Dimout begins Tuesday at @ ¢ sunset at 8:37 pm. . e 0 2 0 0 000 00000