The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 6, 1943, Page 1

v = THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXL, NO. 9336. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY. MAY 6, 1943 PRICE TEN CENTY AMERICANS CAPTURE STRATEGIC SECTOR HEAVYBLOW IS STRUCK BY LIBERATORS One Airport Believed Wip- ed Out-Pari of "On fo Tokyo”* Campaign CHUNGKING, May 6. The Fourteenth United States Army Air. Force—strengthened by newly arrived Liberator bombers which can attack Japan itself—struck its heaviest blow’ of the war by pound- ing Japanese military installations on Hairen Island off the southern tip of Chi and in the Hanoi- Haiphong area of northern French Indo-China. “The mission was the heaviest bombing and strafing raid of the war against Japanese installations from China-held base: id the communique {rom Lieut. Gen. Jo- seph W. Stilwell's headquarters. “All our-planes engaged in this op- eration are accounted for.” The four-engined long-range Lib- erators were reported by their com- mander to have “pretty nearly wip- ed out” the airport at Samah on the southern tip of Hainen island, which the Japanese have converted into a powerful base. The opera- tion was pert of the “on-to-Tokyo” plans of Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chen- nault’s American and Chinese air- men. TOKYO REPORTS (The Tokyo radio in a broadcast heard in London reported that American planes had made two raids Wednesday on targets in nor- thern Indo-China, indicating a (Continued on Page Three) The Washmgion Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert . Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON.—Here are more illustrations of how the brasshats in the U. S. Army are treating American boys who went to fight for a Republican government in Spain against Dictator Franco and ler. The German and Italian armies used the Spanish civil war as a testing ground for modern warfare; but the U. S. Army has relegated Americans who fought in Spain largely to work battalions. Milton Wolff was a major in command of a battalion of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Ebro offensive. Later he enlisted in the U. S. Army, was sent to of- ficers' training camp at Ft. Ben- ning, mander Col. Thomas R. Gibson treated Wolff cordially and a story | of his Spanish experiences was written up in the camp newspaper. His qualifications were rated “ex- cellent.” He qualified on map read- ing, compass work, night problems. QUERIED ABOUT SPAIN “Then,"” says Wolff, “suddenly the axe fell. It was certainly not rou- tine procedure for flunking men out. I was supposed to see a Regi- mental Board, which is routine, but after hanging around all dav. I was called in to see a colonel. He asked me about Spain, the labor movement, Brookwood School — straights stuff. T gave him straight answers. “Knowing something was funny I went in to see my company com- mander and asked him what the score was. He said he didn't know. Subsequently my battalion com- mander, regimental commander, and the Infantry School commander iold me the same thing. “This was about a week and a half before graduation. The last of the men to .be flunked out -had already left. I completed the course, which ended °four days before (Continued on Pnge Four) his supporters, Mussolini and Hit- | Ga. There regimental com- | 1 | | | U.S. TROOPS COLLECT SOME AXIS PRISONERS | | i THROUGH WITH RUNNING FROM THE ALLIES FOR A GOOD WHILE are the German captives (top) sitting ina U. S. Army truck as they wait to be carried back to a prison camp behind the lines. Four half-starved Ttalian prisoners (bottom) gratefully accept canned food offered to them by American Corp. Carl Castelli (left), of the Bronx, N. Y. He is speakmg to them in their own language. (International) NAZIS OFFER Federal Prisoners Are REDS PEACE, Even Rallying Around REPORTNOW Suggesilons Promptly Re- fused with ""Demand to Surrender” LONDON, May 6—The Moscow radio was quoted by the Daily Mail today as announcing that Germany By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Ma 14 DEAD IN a footnote in the hist effort, but to me there are few more interesting. I'm talking about the contribution of our prisons and' the men who are “beyond the pale.” 6—1t’s only y of our war Some months ago I pried out of Maury Maverick, head of the WPB jand her vassul gtates tAd ooy division that has charge of prison pmn‘uheg Russia \fml.lmct sug- war production, a few facts and| gesflt:;m that were promptly re- figures. A lot has happened since uffed. then and you can thank Rep. Karl The Soviet broadcast, as quoted War Departmeni Releases Stefan, of Norfolk Nebr. and also |by the’ Daily Mail, also said similar of the House Appropriations com- More Information on Accident | | unsuccessful Nazi peace overtures had been put out in the direction| lof the United States and Britain mittee, for making much of it pub- lic, in a German effort to separate the |says Mr. Stefan (why he wouldn't g;v/e;le;!n democracies from the U. ASHINGTON, May 6. — The name it is beyond me), 90 percent L E o ces that Of the pris 2:3-, or & The Mail said the Moscow radio War Department announces N i e L had quoted a Soviet spokesman as 14 persons were killed in the Ice- SRS - VONIMIGERE #0). Hoa. atating: 2 |1and plane crash, including Lieuten- (Plood a day over several weeks | “Hitler has offered peace to the ant General Frank W. Andrews, Hme: STURT MPRIE Wy AD8 1rich | Western democreciss 4f. they. sban.|Commanding ‘the United’ Stafes¥ho bave. ‘Gope upifhe rser’ may | y save the lives of thousands of the £ FLH’U\ in European Opérations, and {don Russia and peace to Russia il s who are fighting on our many it gives Germany a free hand in the Methodist Bishop Adnaw W. Leon- 00 & West [ o the fedéral ’ g : n the federal prisons in 1940 for “Russia has received the propo-| The others listed as victims of| “° 0 ! > lthe crash include Andrews' Chief ¢2ch person employed in prison in- dustries there was a als h disgust and ridicule |~xl with d d 1 total annual |of Staff, Brigadier General Charles has replied: ‘Unconditional sur- ANIEEE | f y |render and the destruction of the|H. Barth, Col. Morrow Krum, for- TOITRIY GIATRIDE g, $1500. The per ey ]. or Mo s S J0A° ey capita annual output of prison in- i Fermar ¥ 'S paperman, and Col. Frs . dustry workers today is $4,000, ac- | iler, Chief of plans for iraining for €0rding to Mr. Stetan. i In one federal prison, the in- | Chief of Chaplains. There was only one nt George A. E sgaff Mates have bought more than $74,- 000 worth of war bonds, in spite of Jap Premier On not ser- | .. -I B ‘ hurt. the fact that their earnings are vu“ Io Man' a' { ML S0 infinitesimal, compared to prevail- ! ing labor wages, and their only 'I'alksw“h Aldes ® @ 0o o000 o 0 o e ejhopeiofa fow luxures in most . WEATHER REPORT ~ cases, lies in what they earn. NEW YORK, May 6. — Premier e (U. 8. Burcaw) . g Hideki Tojo of Japan arrived in e Temp. Wednesday, May . In both federal and state pris- Manilla yesterday on a military| @ Maximum 47, minimum e cns. the reservoir of fighting man- inspection trin, the Tokyoradioan- ¢ e © ® © o o o ¢ » o pfl\wr has become so recognized nounced in a broadcast today. - - |that special Selective Service boards The broadcast id Tojo also |now are being set up to examine The Mediterranean Sea Was S0 the men with a view to putting of views” with Jorge Vargas, chair-'called by the ancient Latins be-|them into the armed forces. They man of the Philippines executive cause they believed it to be “the| — . commission. | middle of the earth.” | planned to have “a frank exchange (Continued on Page Three) Our Flag in War Time In one of our oldest institutions, pondent _aboard I returned to my original position Io Hos “al 'nu S The monotony of a protracted (ne Jookout reported still more ves- : » .ll:Vll.)U'r. b p s period at ended at dawn to- | geg : 2 TIMES . |day with the vepeated sounding of y o5t count of the number of TR . WASHINGTON, May 6. — Lieut.|*he alarm bell. It took M€ away ships on the horizon. For a minute o . MOUt begins tonignt Gen. Lesley J. McNair, Command- (rom my second cup of coffee. it seemed that they were all over;" 2% sunset at 8:57 o'clock. . ing General of the Army Ground “Real Thing” the northren side of the sea # LPimott | ends’ Suenn s Forces, wounded in Tunisia on Ap- On the ladder toward the signal Firing Begins © at sunrise at 4:50 am. . ril 23, has arrived here from the bridge—I was aboard the flagship—| 1 picked on one to watch—a three © Dimout begins Friday at e _~ battlefront, coming by plane, He|a messenger stopped me dand said, ek L ® sunset at 9 pm . '“Commander Harrison told me to (Continued on Page Three) ‘e o 00 000000000 Japanese Bases In China Raided By Yanks ALLIES MAKE " NEWDRIVESIN NORTH AFRICA Air Forces Strike Fresh Blows at Axis Life Line ~Ships Are Sunk 1 ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN é NORTH AFRICA, May 6. The American forces have captured part . ¥ lof Jaggen Djebel Ichkel, a strate- gic area on the southern shore of Lake Achkel, while the British First | Army opened the door of the Plain of Tunis yesterday by driving Wings for the Lady iAflA(KS ON | KISKA MAKE * NEWRECORD | jAmericans in Aleutians I* Chalk Up Many | ‘ Gainsin April ‘ AM L. WORDEN ated Press War % Correspondent ALEUTIAN ISLAND BASE, 2/~ (Delayed) — During the P Japanese cling- | AN May | | monin of April, the ‘11‘.1 to Kiska's rock and tundra ac- ;q!.n‘u the unenviable distinction of occupying the most consistently SR |bombed spot in the Pacific Ocean fiercely against the enemy at Eje- | A record of the raids, which bel Bou Aoukaz, 12 miles northeast rcached a new peak last month,! ¢ ‘(rl”‘.vh'(llt*v El Bab. |shows not a single day when the The Northwest African Air Forces, | planes * could fly that American | @ striking fresh blows at the Axis | bombers and fighters weren't over ; life line across the Sicilian Straits, |sank (wo ships and severely dam- undoing the | Kiska's Jap positions, i | work toward | desperate | | }.k,,l(‘ seven others. | Flying Fortresses sank | complétion of the airfields and an am- strafipg all enemy personnel munition ship in the Sicilian Strait The only thing which ever @ rml damaged another ammunition |stopped the planes was the weather, ! ship in Lagoulette Harbor during and even that usually only lessened | |the raid, the number of raids in a single § [ Several small craft were blasted day, ‘not eliminating the bombing {from the water and bombs hit bar- trips entirely. |racks, oil, storage and unloading Raids €oncen depots, starting many fir | The lack of shipping m.né Kis- | {Kka ares. made it possible. for me‘ | bombers and strafers to concentrate | \on the comparatively small shore | | Allied fighter planes carried out 11,200 sortles in individual flights | yesterday, the biggest day's efforts |in the battle of Tunisia. Jneqnellne Cochran pinned her par(mg xm. a pair of wlnzc, on Beuly Tackaberry of Hnmylnlu T. H., who had just graduated from the Women's Ferry Command School at Houston, Tex. The ceremony was area where the Japanese are en-| held at Bllington Field. Desperate Air Fighting camped in the sea mud and slush ” Eleven Axis transpori were “\IHA’]I engulfs the entire Aluulmn‘ downed nml“ four .-MhM planes |area this time of the year We f o Em h fi pere, st - ket Agbened e N The raids were brought to a i | | L v A |2 desperate fight of the Axis to |tual stop various engineering pro- | | jects which the Japs had underway. {Most of the enemy's time for more | rganize defenses along the roads o Bizerte along which both Am- Ithan a month has been spent in | repairing what the American fliers ing to distances as close as 19 | have wrecked. miles | With more good weather likely The Axis troops counter-attacked | this ‘month, the o s a reas‘mn-uwdly yesterday in the area jat Djebel Chemti, north of Lal bad time. enemy is in for a The Japs now are doubtlessly in |Achkel, but all were repulsed by poor condition for food supplies. No, WASHINGTON, May 6 ~Rvpr(‘- against Japanese and their safety|the American forces which took appreciable number of ships has| sentatives of the West Coast have is threatened if they are allowed over 300 prisoners, most of whom | were Italians the Axis troops left behind on a 1,667-foot summit, When the Axis forces saw the Americans and French advaneing along, the road between Ferryville to return. Representative Anderson also re- quested the House Military Affal committee to take immediate steps | to investigate the issuance of an order of April 17 allowing uniform- and Sidi Salem, they attempted a ed Japanese-American soldiers to stand and also attempted to ad- enter the coastal regions on fur-|vance but the Americans kept press- lough and asked that steps be taken | ing on, mopping up the enemy. to rescind the order immediately.| Aerial Bombardment Lieut. Gen. L. DeWitt in San Fran-| pne British Pirst Army, follow- cisco recently, emphatically object-|jo close behind the earth rocking €d to the return of the Japs to the|,oa] pombardment and artillery :0““;‘(‘“], sections declaring “A J“p"‘l;zu'rugn, rushed the blood-drenched | Djebel Bou Aouka at 5 o'clock yes- | terday afternoon to win that height |dominating the Medjerda River |v.xl]ey wwn of Tebourba. - Writer Gives Graphu ey T |veached them this year, and even tcld Congress that military officials on a diet of fish and rice, the Jap should be given complete authority |garrison can’t help but be short'to rule whether Japanese intern- | rationed. |ees should be permitted to return Of course, this doesn't mean the there and should not be subject to |Japs are going to abandon Kiska pressure from civilian groups such or lay down their arms, But the as the War Relocation Authority. raids have had the effect on Kis-| After a speech by Representative ka's value as an offensive base for John Z. Anderson, Republican of the enemy. {California in which he asked Con- Stop Jap Offense gress for an immediate investiga- No offensive moves was made tion of the Japanese problem, oth- from there in either March or April, er California and Oregon members while the Americans continued to tcok the floor to tell their colleagues improve their positions on the long the sentiment on the West th'l is (Continued on Page Three) > (oNNAllv |cer movement against Tebourba [ |from the southwest. ready occupied Eddekhila, six B | ll G E IS 'miles west of the junction road |to Tebourba. Eddekhila is only 18 BIG Boos' |miles west of Tunis. PRI IR, | By WILLIAM L. WORDEN |be sure you got up because this is M I Senafe Passes Measure for| ~ Ascciated ress war [0 abe was from com- Usso m' | Correspondent 54 A . | mander Peter Harrison of Ht)lm- Govt. '0 Seize, Operate | AT SEA WITH AN AMERICAN juju, Chief of Staff for Rear Ad- NAVAL FORCE, March 26.—(De- miral McMorris a eS a S'm(k Plams |layed)—1 have just watched an, ary firgg 100k through field glas- | American naval force repel a much ges showed three vessels on the hor- WASHINGTON, May 6. — The larger Japanese fleet in one of the o, ey were specks topped with Senate has passed the Connally bil | feW modern battles which could be [y, ¢ smoke, obviously already in o a ans seen in its entirety from the bridge ry); retreat. The lookout on the to empower the Government to size and operate struck war plants ©f @ participating vessel top side reported that two of them |and mines and impose criminat| It Was a four-hour daylight shel-| yere transports. Someone beside| ROME, May 6.—Premier Benito {penalties for instigating work stop- N which resembled the Battle v, on the bridge said, “duck soyp.” Mussolini, in a brief address from | pages of industries so taken over, |9f the Jutland in some of its 45- 1 looked again, and there ‘were the balcony of the Pala Venezia, |pects and set several records. The give jnsiead of three. The lookout asserted that Ialians incurably af-, . |experience left me without dest said there were (hree destroyers, | flicted with “African illness,” should I:Ie"' Gen M(Na" Itive adjectives, but with a new re- yoo urely return to Africa in “all out" . .. {spect for the men and equipment y .rogsed the bridge to try to see efforts of the Nation which is now jof the United States Navy. the rest of our task force coming up behind the flagship. By the time will be hospitalized here.