The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 21, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXI., NO. 9349. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1943 JAPS EVACUATING ATTU TOKYO REPORTS Large Majority Of U.S. Forces NowIn Pacific ROOSEVELT GIVES 0UT INFORMATION Army, Navy, Half of Air, Force Practically in | HomeFightingArea | WASHINGTON, May 21.—Presi- dent Roosevelt disclosed today that Chiefs of Staff of the United States and Great Britain will submit some preliminary recommendations to- night to him and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The President said that probably final decision regarding the recom- mendations may be made next week. President Roosevelt also told the newsmen at today's conference that it is absolutely true that a large majority of the American forces outside of the United States are in the Pacific. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill also mentioned this in his speech to Congress on Wednes- day. President Roosevelt also said it is particularly true that the Army 1 i ) v YAMAMOTO IS KILLED, FRONT Nip, Who Said He Would Dictate Peace Termsin | White House, Dead NEW YORK, May 21—The To- | kyo radio today announced that Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Com-' mander-in-Chief of the combined | Japanese fleet, who boasted he! would dictate peace terms in the| | White House in Washington, D. C.,| “on the very front lines of the south” directing Up«‘l’.llionfi‘ | against the Allied Naval forces | { from an airplane radio. | The announcement was made in |a voice broken with emotion as the | announcer gave the news. The broadcast, an official Japan- | |ese Military Headquarter’s com- | | munique, said the Admiral was | | killed in April when he was “en- ‘g:\ged in combat with the enemy. |He met a gallant death on a war-| | plane.” | Presumably the Admiral met death in the waters north of Aus- | was killed N and Navy and about half of our armed force is in the Pacific war zones. President Roosevelt ..also - hailed National Maritime Day tomorrow and paid a tribute to the men who build and sail merchant vessels. He said they are helping to main- tain the ring that is slowly and surely being closed around the Axis powers. Asked if he could give a progress report on conferences with Prime Minister Churchill, the President replied that so far most of the work is being done by the combined Chiefs of Staff and top military and naval advisers who flank the two consultants, .- DEPUTY MARSHAL IN Louis Rapuzzi, Deputy Marshal from Skagway, arrived here last night and is at the Gastineau Ho- tel. | The Washington Merry - Go-Roun By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert S. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON.—In one office of the Navy there is a map on the wall. For 25 cents a naval officer can stick a pin in the part of the map where he believes the invasion of Europe will take place. So far there is $13.50 in the pot, which goes to show how many dif- ferent theories exist inside the Navy as to where the second front will start. The final decision, of course, will be made by the gentle-| men now discussing strategy in the White House. There, are some ferences between this current meet- | ing and those previously held be-| tween the President and Winston Churchill. Aside from the fact that during the other conferences we were not winning, and now we are. the most important difference is secrecy. Both at Casablanca and in Wash- | Ington last summer, the Churchill- Roosevelt conferences were abso- ,injury. | after | Moore, interesting dif- | SUICIDES AS MAJ. GEN. SIMON B. BUCKNER, head of the Alaska Defense Com- mand, heads for Amchitka isiand in the Aleutians to look over the situation during the American occupation of the island in January U. 8. air base ha: een ehlnuushed on Ammuku (Jmc. national) Must File Nofice FOfmef Pi|0| For Suspension 0' Afl(horage Assessmen@grk Is in Mishap: " 21.—Secre- L. Ickes tary of Interior Harold says that suspension for the wa duration of annual assessment| work on mining claims will only be - e »mmm if notice of desire to hold > claim, without the work, is fil-| Seaplane Noses Over at|&" oo eact: Juwds st 0 Takeoff But Five Aboard Escape qlréan Diego 1 13 ENEMY ‘ AIRCRAFT DESTROYED Fighters, Bombers Make% Widespread Devas- fating Raids SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 21.—A seaplane nosed over at the takeofl in San Diego Bay Wednesday night and sank but the five civilian crew members escaped without serious The accident became known only | the police cited John W.| 36, of Lajallo, for speeding. The arresting officers said Moore, a Consoliidated Vultee Corporation Rilot, told them he was celebrating “pecause I am still alive,” after the seaplane accident, several hounh earlier. After suffering only minor e i Iscratches when the seaplane sank, ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN Moore received a head cut when his NORTH AFRICA, May 21-Allied auto struck a curbing after it is Fighters and bombers destroyed 113 alleged he went through a boule- | enemy pl s in wide-spread devas- vard stop sign. |tating raids yesterday against Italy The police said Moore and the and Sardinia in what it officially other four seaplane crew members, called “one of the ul'putmt v_mu | am away from the plane and ¢ in the history of sW@ategic aiv jere rescued by the Navy andforces.” { Coast Guard craft. | The force was under command Pilot Moore came to Consolidated |0f Maj. Gen. James Drphm and | Vultee Corporation from Anchor-'was made up of American heavy and medium bombers and RAF me- | | dium bombers Ninety-one planes were shattered | on the ground and the others were| destroyed when interception was at- tempted. age, Alaska. NEGRO RAPER - GOING TO ASSIST | consuming hatred for {tho | simply: | and tralia, New Guinea or the Solomon | Admiral Yamamoto possessed| ¢ tes in his started acquired | military training ix and later Admiral Yamamoto is |be the {of any belligerent to die |in any war. According to the Tol | broadcast, Admiral Minei former Commander of fleet in the 'en named Ssuccessor moto and is already in Admiral Yamamoto, wk cuting the attack on Pea He served in the Russiar war as an Ensign. “GOSH” SA WASHINGTON, May death of "(‘-mh i BERLIN 1S AGAIN H Chinese water: he United youth. His at the age | he switched to the believed to highest ranking Commander in action kyo radio ichi Koga, the Jap has to Yama- Command ho was 59, redited with planning and exe- rl Harbor 1-Japanese ROOSEVELT 21.—Presi- |dent Roosevelt’s comment and au- zed for direct quotation on the Admiral Yamamoto was IT, NIGHT RAID Other Bombers Strike at Enemy Industries and Communications LONDON, May 21.—Swift Mos- night for the second |night and the fifth time 13. Other bhombers struck dustries and widespread places, Germany, |and Essen. Mines were communic: both also laid |quito bombers bombed Berlin last successive since May enemy in- ations in in France including Bremen in enemy ALEUTIA fiom an advanced Aleutian base, - -~ -~ (! BUNDLE ¢ JBLE FOR TOJO Wiy, s FH o p— AT AMCHITKA ISLAND, in the Aleutians, Sergeant Robert Elschlepp, of Stevens Point, Wisc., prepares fragmentation bombs for the Japs at Kiska. Six to the bundlc a package of these bombs, delivered by P-40's from Amchitka to Kiska, wclghs 120 pounds. (International) will Byrnes Solldlly Southin 44t Here is Idea Justio Toy Wiifi waters. lutely mum. — - This time, however, the Allies ; By JACK ™ There is an » toy with, want the Axis to know that L4 | SolD'ERS IN NORTH WASHINGTON, May 21. — Sup- picking Byrne his runuing mate, Churchill and Roosevelt are meet- \ pase T just give it to you for' what the President probably could bring ing. Obviously they want it known i 'I'o lo(ATE o“ lAND it's, worth, without emphasizing t00 all the recalcitrant southern states that they are discussing the one jotes ‘ much that I think it may be worth back into the fold because the little big question sure to spell Axis de- . R something. It came from a politi- tleman from South Carolina feat: o second front on the Euroo|, TALLAHOMA, Aln, May 2L — yuemnuGron May 21 as- pRESIDENT cal observer, now retired but for- high with his southern col pean continent. Trapped by the |>ulu. lf‘ a b{:\sl" sist soldiers now in Alaska nul who merly high enough on the Demo- ues. ville bus station, George (SHM)|gogre (5 pecome permanent resi- cratic rolls to speculate With some wio qid Byrnes <lep down out AXIS GUESSING Johnson, negro, sought for TaPe| gents there, Senator Carl A. Hatch | authority. of that $20,000-a-year-for-life job Since the Axis has some of the|2nd slaying of an Army OffiCers [of New Mexico, has introduce ab Suppose, he said, President Roos- on the supreme court, if there were best military strategists in mc;:‘“‘- fatally shot himsclf, Stafe|the request of the Interior Depart-| velt should run again with James. no greater future promised than be- world, and since charting a war, ighway Sergeant J. J. Jackson ment a bill to “provide classif o F. Byrnes, now the “little Presi- ing trouble-shooter for the Ad- like chess, includes efforts to read said. tion of public lands in Almku.': ) NEW YORK, May 21.—Walter W. dent,” us his vice presidential can- ministration? If the President does the enemy’s next moves, here is Johnson admitted sholmmu Mrs.. The broad purposes of the bill is|Head, of St. Louis, has been reelect- didate, and with the understanding run for & fourth term in the midst probably what Nazi strategists are Normd e Scoggin, 19, wife of to promote an orderly Alaskan de-|ed President of the National Coun-|that if the war were over before of global war, whom else could he speculating on right now: :Ucut. George Scoggin, of Des velopment and facilitate selection|cil of Boy Scouts. ‘vh" fourth term expired, he (Pres- for Bnngt et The Allies, they know, can make Moines, Iowa, after raping her. by prospective settlers lands .su:ledv President Roosevelt has been re- ident Roosevelt) would resign in i 1 moves to in- The woman's body was found to the needs clected Honorary President favor of the ex-congressman, ex- tried those questions on s onie. ‘of jhve; gehiers yesterday under a brush pile at e New Vice-Presidents include Re- senator, and ex-associate justice of - I (Continued on Page Three) i (Continued on Page Four) Camp Forest reservation. BUY WAR BONDS ginald Parsons of Seattle. ALhe supreme court, N BOMBING MISSION_ Three United States B-24 Liberators, operating roar toward Kiska and Attu on a bombing mission, VICHY RADIO SAYS NIPPONS LEAVING ISLE No Details, Explanation Given-Were Encircled, Last Dired Report LONDON, M.nv 21.—A Vichy ra- dio broadcast today recorded by Reuters announced that the “Jap- | anese have begun to evacuate Attu.” (No details and no explanations were made as to how the evacuation | Is being executed after Washington' announced yesterday that all Jap- | anese on Attu were confined in the | Chichagof Harbor ar encircled by the Army troops ashore and U. Naval forces offshore). AERIAL | WASHINGTON, May ;mllm\ here are hopeful that Army bombers will be able to maintain an assault on the crowded enemy positions around Chichagof Har- | bor, Attu Island, as stated yester- day as being in progress. The aerial | pounding will help considerably to {speed victory. The Navy's communique ampli- to some extent the bulletin of day regarding the northward :. One American unit that ori- IHm\lI" landed on the Massacre Bay [shore on the south side of the Is- lind, then cleared the enemy out {ana subsequently (lo.uod a pass be- |tween Massacre Bay and Holtz |Bay. That naval gunfire assisted “'v\ this landing and drive was just | | | POU DING 21.—Auth- |made known today. A Tokyo radio broadcast, report- ing a delayed account of the battle n Attu, acknowledged U. S. planes ind also warships |troops out of their nd killed more blasted Jap ridge positions than two thirds { one Jap force. The broadecast al- ’FATHER OF vy |0 advanced unsubstantiated claims i hat heavy losses were inflicted on | the Anmicum ON RAMPAGE;;wm HIT, ' RUN MADE ON BIG DAM Mississippi and Missour Become Torrents, Thou- | sands Are Homeless (By Associated Press) | reading waters of the "“:‘l“_'l bt SrMigE further oeaa ae-| Sensational Atfack struction. joined to- two big rivers HEADQUARTERS As the ALLIED IN gether some ten miles northwesl| yopry APRICA, May 21—It is of their normal confluences DEAY| ,,,qunced foday that P-38 Light- Alton, T, a number of Persons ,i.oe outfitted as fighter bombers, were driven from their homes. Close to 100,000 persons is the figure esti- mated by Red Cross officials and other observers. Thousands of lands are under w crops is estim millions dollar - AMERICANS WILL CAN BERING SEA GIANT KING CRAB dropped three hombs on a big dam 10 miles east of Sassari tha Gulf of Asinara, in a swift hit and |run raid It is also announced that planes a8¢ |also made & big raid on Grossetto, ol It acres of farm ter and damage ed, to run CHILD MURDERER 'S CONVICTED BY JURY,OREGON TOWN Ore MEDFORD, May 21.--Sergt. % Produce of Sea 10 Be COM- [onio. na been convicted. ot soas mercialized First Time [fie aoiee muser for snothering Says Secy. Ickos | [oastee i e Ao Tibe AR May 21 The | ski also of Cleveland and who WASHINGTON War ricanized giant king crab goes on trial on the same murder of Bering Sea will be canned com- charge on May 24 mercially by Americans for the first il | time this year cretary of Inter- jor Harold L. Ickes report 3o B Prior to the present war the » o Japs took the giant king crab on . st X ot sight in American territory and|® TPimout begins tonight e canned it on floating canneries, ® &t sunset at 9:29 o'clock. i then shipped it to the United States ® DPimout ends tomorrow e for sale © at sunrise at 4:19 am . In one year alone, king crab im- ® Dimout begins Saturday at e ports totaled more than $4,500,000, ¢ sunset at 9:31 p.m . Ickes said P R R )