The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 22, 1943, Page 1

\' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXI., NO. 9350. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1943 MI-MBPR AS@“(‘II\TH) PRl:SS PRICE TEN CENTS ——= U.S. FORCES MOPPING UP JAPS ON ATTU Mighty Blow On Japan Now Being Pre U. S GETTING Big Association Formed ToBoost for Highway and Rail System fo Northland TWO AREAS READY FOR 1 BIG STRIKE When and Where Attack| Will Be Made Is Sub- ject of Conjecture By CHARLES H, McMURTY Associated Press War Correspondent PEARL HARBOR, May 22—The United States appears to be pre- paring for a mighty blow against the Japanese in the Pacific for which Attu, Amchatka, Adak, Rus- sell Islands and the Solomons are only warm-ups. The current strategy appears to keep the Japanese in widely sep- arated places and then strike where it will hurt the most. Where and when this strike will be made is a subject of much con-“ Jjecture. A good guess might be at Rabuul.v Island, this summer. New Britain 1 | | i | | | 5 ! SEATTLE, May 22—Civil lead- lers of British Columbia have align- ‘m themselves with those of Wash- lington, Oregon and Alaska to form the Pacific Northwest Commercial | Association. Association is designed to This 1\\0]1( for the immediate and future ,dv\«‘lcpnwnt of the vast region west of the Rockies in the forefront of discussion and alSo the Alaska In- ternational Highway as origfhally plotted from the Northwest through British Columbia northward to the extension of British Columbia’s | Great Eastern Railway S. 8. McKeen, President of the Vancouver Board of Trade, and (OMMEN(EMENT EXERCISES OF LAST EVENING Rabaul is Japan's strongest outpost in the south, a base far better de- (Conunued on Page Slx) ALLIES ARE BLASTING AT AXIS FORCES 138 Seniors Receive Diplo-| ' masin Well Ordered | —4 Ceremony Here Commencement ~ exercises, for {Juneau High School's 1943 Senior Cilass, held last night in the ischool gymnasium, presented a well rounded picture of the his- tory and current accomplishments {of students and alumni Speaking on various phase.\ of | the theme “Schools at War,” class ! pressions Vice-President of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce were present at the meeting here| with 50 delegates. | Dawson Cooper, of Fairbanks, emphasized the need of the open- ing of Alaska with adequate trans- portation links, asserting that the “east is being mined out and big industry will have to move to the Pacific Coast and I see Vancouver and Seattle as being the New Yorks of tomorrow.” The organization will meet at re- gular intervals and separate com- mittees will work on the proposals of both highway and rail connec- tions with Alaska. Cl\m‘l(*.\ Clise, and prosperous times,” said Adrienne Glass spoke of the care- ful thrift “we as students are learning—now, we save what we have.” That students had refrained | from the usual destructive pranks| last Hallowe'en, in line with the constructive attitude, was men- tioned, as well as a new attitude of care of school equipment and per-! xunal property. Education, too, is adapted to the war effort,” declared Doris LBhlll whose subject was “Education. ence, languages, vocational commercial subjects have adapted to war training needs. movies we also learned the nique of extinguishing she and been By tech- incendiary |bombs, and led in giving general instruction to the community through school facilities.” First Aid | and Home Nursing courses taken ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN |, eppers discussed the adjustments by high school girls, the making NORTH AFRICA, May 22.—Blast- made and activities begun in main- of airplane models by manual ing American bombers and fighters oining (ne school's active place in|training classes, and other projects destroyed 96 more planes yesterday | on invasion approaches in Italy to hun the 3-day Allied victory string to 285 in the drive to smash the Axis air power in Italy, Sicily and Sardinia. The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON. — Certain Sena- tors who have been working back- stage for a streamlined “war cab- inet” got some interesting ammuni- tion when they cross-examined one|Kiska. Some are in non-combatant | of the President’s close associates at a closed-door committee meet- Navy Nurses' corps. 1 ing. They learned that cabinet meet- ings, except for an increase in the number of participants, still are being conducted on an informal, cracker barrel basis, with no plan or system. The weekly meetings are conduct- ed with an agenda. Cabinet offi- cers and agency heads never know what will be discussed from week to week, frequently come unpre- pared for policy questions that affect them. Senators who have been digging into the matter feel that the White House secretariat should contact de- partment and agency heads sever- al days before a cabinet meeting to learn what problems they want to discuss with the President. On the basis of this, as well as mat- ters the President himself intends to bring up, an advance memoran- dum could be prepared and distri- buted before the meeting. Besides regular cabinet officers, there are usually a dozen other top government officials at White House sessions, including Harry Hopkins, Manpower Chief Paul McNutt, WPB Chief Donald Nelson, Farm Czar Chester Davis, Economic Stabilizer James Byrnes, Admiral William D. Leahy. Time was when disputes between departments and agencies were ironed out at a cabinet meeting, but not now. Even disputes affect- ing major military and domestic policies are passed over. Favorite G s 1 B AN B S (Contipued on Page Four) the national effort. | given by! who spoke | that at the| Impressive statistics James S. MacKimmon, on “Fighting,” were present time 16 Juneau High) School alumni are in the U. S. {Navy, while one, a graduate of An-| napolis, now holds the rank of| Lieutenant, junior grade; that four| of the school’'s graduates have| been graduated from Annapolis aml one is now attending | Over 35 former J-Hi students are in the U. S. Army and are now on every fighting front, including | Guadalcanal, Africa, Australia and| |England, he said. | | One boy has been decorated for| meritorious service in fighting over | |services, such as the Army and| “American youth is engaged mi two struggles,” the student speaker‘ said, “one the everyday struggle at| home, and the other for the de- |fense of freedom throughout the world. Three of our class are al- ready in the service, and beioref many weeks have passed six more of us will be in one branch of the service or another.” Processional Entering in single file to thel marching “Land of Hope and Glory” by Elgar, played by the high school band under the direc- tion of instructor A. M. Uggen, the gray-capped and gowned seniors! wound through the audience and to their places on the platform. | In startling contrast — reality splashed in the face of romanticism ! —was the khaki garb of the three| class members already enlisted, who had chosen to appear in uniform. Back-dropped by the school's! enormous American flag, appeared the intent faces of the group. Dean C. E. Rice, of Holy Trinity Cathedral, gave the invocation, fol- lowed by a chorus musical num- ber, Tschaikowsky's “Waltz of the Flowers,” sung by the Singing Debs under the direction of Mrs. F. N Pitts. Opening the students’ topical pre- sentation of the general them Class President Anna Lois Davi: referred to our schools as “Arsenals of Democracy.” “They have accepted their war- 'time responsibilities, just as they have carried on through both de- |a magnificent | conducted by lof tinfoil collected last year, | resentative, were also listed Finances Discussed Speaking on “Finances,” Alfred Robert Phillips reminded the au- dience that “for the first year in | history, high school students have had to pay income taxes.” The giving of War Stamps to patrons of school functions has been fea-| tured as a habit builder toward, their purchase, Bob said, while the school band and the Glee Club have participated in civic War Bond rallies Dedicating her cello solo, Schu- bert's “Ave Maria' to Supt. Phil- lips, who had requested it as his favorite number, Shirley Davis gave rendition of the beautiful composition. Accompany- ling on the piano was her mother, Mrs. Carol Beery Davis. Describing the salvage projects the school, Beverly Leivers referred to the 1,278 pounds and to aluminum, rubber and tin can drives, also carried out. “In the entertainment field as well,” said Bob Helgesen, “the school has been at war. Organization of a basketball league here had 12| teams, all but two of which were| composed of service men. Our school band has also played al nearby army camps, and w2 have lent school equipment—chairs, maps! and electrical equipment—to their use. GSO girls are also largely com~ posed of high school girls who have taken an active part in the work,” \ he closed. Senior Gift As the combined gift of the 1942 and 1943 graduating classes, Grace Berg presented to the school’s rep- Kenneth Thibodeau, rext year's student body president, & beautiful silk Alaska flag on a | standard. Special honors and awards made by Supt. Phillips included the nam-| ing of Anna Lois Davis as class Val- edictorian®and Bob Phillips as Sal-| atutorian. In presenting the class, Supt. Phillips spoke of commencements of 26 years ago and the flag-draped eats marking the absent members, then in the service. Today the same thing is happening, he said, and we are proud of our boys in the serv- ice, and those who are about to go.| (Continued on Page Six) | marriage. | man, | Trower, DAYLIGHT BLOWS HIT Flying Fortresses Stnke U-! Boat Yards in Ger- man Sechons LONDON, M 22. — &:ep&late forces of U. S. F‘l\lng. Fortresses | struck ruinous new daylight blows at the U-boat yards shaven and Emden, smashing through heavy fighter opposition. Twelve bombers w lost - the |Eighth U. S. Air Force headquarters | announces - - MiSS BARRETT, DR. EBERHARDT WED YESTERDAY bright with spring| flowers and ferns and myriads of | tapers in slanting candelabra, Yvonne Hermele Barrett and Lieut.| ommander Dr. Jacob P. Eber-| hardt of the U. S. Pubhc Hedlth Service, were united in last night by the Rev. Wll]l.\ R Booth, pastor at the Northern Light Presbyterian Church. Before an a Robed in a white slipper satin wedding gown with a long full skirt and a short train, the bride’s dark | hair was covered by a wee lace cap of heirloom lace. The gown was €s- pecially charming with its tight- fitting bodice and leg o'mutton sleeves, sweetheart neckline and seed pearl trim. Lieut. Col. Dr. George Hays, liai- son officer for the Alaska Defense Command and the Northwest Serv- ice Command, gave the bride in Matron of honor, Mrs George Hays, was gowned in a full- length gray crepe two-piece dress with a contrasting blouse of rosy red, reflected in the flaming flow- er which .adorned the tiny film veiled hat The bride's bouquet was of mixed rosebuds and spring flowers, while the matron of honor's was of snow- on-the-mountain and lace paper. Major Victor Nutley, organist for the occasion, played “Because” and the wedding march Attending the bridegroom Lieutenant Warren M. Caro, tain of the Port:for the U. S. Coast Guard. Church decorations were arranged by Mrs. Wellman Holbrook and Mrs. Harold Smith. Following the ceremony of the wedding party were by Lu Liston. Guests Attending Among guests present for the be- trothal ceremony were Mrs. Ernest Gruening, Secretary of Alaska E L. Bartlett and Mrs. Bartlett Lieut. Col. Frederic H. Nichols and Lieut. Col. Roy W. Reigle, Major Stillman J. Hathaway, Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Council, Dr. and Mis J. O. Rude. General Supt. of the Bureau cf Indian Affairs, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wit pictures taker M. Hirst and Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Geeslin, Mr. and Mrs. Ern- est Stewart, Mr. and Mrs Reinholt Brust, Mrs. Dean Hamlin Mrs. Frances Smith, Mrs. Helen |Snoddy, Mrs. Tom Paddock, Ethel Roberts. Mrs. Barney Camp, Dr | George A. Dale, Dr. Evelyn I. But- ler, Evelyn Ridley, Mr. and Mrs Dale Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Morelander, Rev. and Mrs. Wal- ter A. Soboleff, Mrs. Evelyn Holl- Mrs. L. Holland, Mrs. Peter Esquiro, Mrs. Hillman, Elizabe Nelson, Lena Bardi, Ruby Wein- man, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wolfe Miss Marion Paul, Helen Davi Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Mize, Jen- nie Corrigal, Vivian Tise, Olive Gladys Knight, Mrs. Vance, Mr. and Mrs. Wellman Hol- brook, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smitl Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wise. The bridal couple will make their residence in the Hawley Sterling home on Gold Belt Avenue. - BUY WAR BONDS in Wilhelm- | Cap- [ | that parea | ;| | LEND-LEASE BEAUTY AND BLOCKBUSTER—After writing her name on the bomb at Dallas, Tex., Ching ah Hee, Chinese dancer, tells Lt. C. J. Mackey she uould like to:guide the blockbuster to Tokyo.\' Over 27,000 ZERO HOUR ON LEGISLATION Are Striking, SOVIET FRONT INTRODUCED War Industry APPROACHING Pait of Comlng Sweat and Bomber Plants in Detroit Silence Prevails on Offen- Self-Denial on Home. Front Is Involved A six- seventy- WASHINGTON, May 22, billion, two-hundred and three million, six-hundred and twenty-nine thousand dollar lend- lease supplemental appropriations measure, representing in part the coming sweat and self-denial on the home front, has been sent to the floor of the House with the assurance that it would shorten matertally the march of the United Nations to “complete victory.” The House Appropriations com- mittee also laid on the line a mass of testimony, edited carefully to prevent military secrets from reach- ing the enemy, including the word Edward Stettinius of food will be koosted from six percent, the total of last year, to ten percent this year. h will boost to approximately the twenty-four billion dollar total of the lend-lease progra - J. W. LEIVERS APPOINTED AS CITY ASSESSOR City Council Clamps Down on Traffic Law-Dog Ordinance J. W. Leivers, Deputy Clerk in the United States District Court, Tied Up Over Gen- eral Walkout DETROIT, Mich., May 22—Em- (By Associated Press) ployees of the sixth war plant of An ominous silence prevails along Dy hyysler Corporation have|the Russian front, evidence point- joined the United Automobile [ing to the upper approaching zero| Workers' CIO strike. This brought | Bour of the long expécted German | to the number of strikers and other Offensive the Moscow radio. idle emplo to neatly 17,500 and| ON the German side of the front,| is the Gity's most serious stoppage |the invaders continue to plle up ince Pearl Harbor. Bomber plants ” stores of ammunition and tanks and | are those hit hard men. : . 4 The majority of the workers| The summer push may come at walked out Thursday in a protest|almost anylime now over what Union President R. H' One frontline Soviet dispatch de- Thomas described as “legitimate | iscribed the present tenseness of} and serious grievances.” He said the |the atmosphere as “stern silence strikes were mot officially authops| bendon ignores the German ra- ized. : dio reports the Red Army ha - launched drives of its own as pre- LARGE CREW OF WRECKERS IS REVEALED sive-Berlin, Moscow Views Given ludes to the offensive in the Cau- casus and Orel sectors The Berlin dbroadcast said the Russlans have “concentrated strong offensive ban front in order German - Rumanian bridgehead” and added it is believed the Berlin- Kuban drive will start” at the same time as the sive south of Moscow - to capture the Three Months of Guerilla! B B SUNDAY Fighting on Japs in Bur- ma and India Related NEW DELHI, May 22.—A force of British and native troops that wrecked Jap rail lines in northern Burma and hampered the Japanese offensive against India, has com- pleted its mission after three months of bitter jungle guerilla warfare, a special British commun- was appointed City Assessor for 1943 by the City Council at last night's session in the Council Chambers. Acticn will be taken on the en- forcement of the Dog Ordinance, as various means of controlling the animals from running loose about the streets, unlicensed and unleash- ed, were discussed at great length To conform with the Territorial Law, an ordinance to amend sec- tion 68 of ordinance No. 212 was passed. The law has to do with the Traffic Ordinance, which staies “it shall be unlawful for any person under the age of 16 years to operate any motor vehicle upon the streets of Juneau, Alaska.” Copies of the ordinance are to be posted and will also appear The Empire during the next days, ! and even rivalling of Arabia ique announces, the exploits of Lawrence The forces were led by Brigadier | General Charles Wingate, 39, kin of the legendary T Lawrence The size of the force is not disclosed but eight columns with nearly 1,000 supply bearing mules, moved into Burma in mid - February and smashed at the Jap rail lines on a 300-mile front between Mandalay and Myitkyina. “One certain column penetrated more than 200 miles into Burma early in March. They put out of action rail s from Mandalay through Katha to Myitkyina, de- molition charges destroying tracks and bridges in 75 places. - Cotton is America’s largest sin- |gle source of vegetable oil | singled Hoover IF WEATHER! play will City League afternoon. The regular scheduled Louis Blues and 1f the weather be resumed in the 2 o'clock Sunday game will be the meeting of the St Missouri Mules. Weather prevented the scheduled games last Tuesday and again Iast night. permits, at Tigerfiow}n; 13th Inning : - (By Associated Press) The Detroit Tigers, playing their seventh extra inning game ‘of the season, pushed home a thirteenth- inning run yesterday Boston Red Sox With two out, Tony Lupian muffed Joe Hoover’s pop fly for a two base error. Roger Cramer then home to defeat the forces on the whole Ku-| expected Soviet offen- | 'OPERATIONS PRONOUNCED SUCCESSFUL Secrefary F. Knox Makes Statement on Fighting in Western Alaska DENIES TOKYO REPORT NIPPONS EVACUATING Gunner S;ysmCra(king of Kiska Nut Will Be Tough Engagement WASHINGTON, May 22—Secre- tary of Navy Frank Knox said the battle of Attu is a “successful op- eration” and it is “now in the mop- ping up stage.” Asked at the conference with the newsmen whether he could say that to all intents and purposes the cam- paign is over, Knox replied: “It is a successful operation, there is no question about that. It is now the mopping up operation. The sit- uation is a good deal like the Tun- isian operation when the enemy “fwas driven back on Cap Bon Penin- sula.” The Secretary of Navy ndted the report the Japs were encircléd and he said “it is only a question of {time until they will either be li- quidated or surrender.” Asked about the Tokyo reports that the Japanese were evacuating Attu, Secretary Knox said: “I don't think they are. We control the sea approaches.” 3 Secretary Knox declined to talk | about what would be done at Kiska, |, The Navy reported that opera- tions at Attu are continuing, the latest reports indicating the Jap- inese are making a ‘last stand on the defensive on the high ground on the island’s northeastern ex- tremity. The Japs are believed cen- ered at Attu village at the head of Chichagof Harbor, FIGHTING TOUGH; KISKA TO BE TOI](_-HER SEATTLE, May 22. — An Army Sergeant who has faced death many | imes over Kiska and Attu, expres- ed bellef that fighting at Attu is | tougher than generally realizved and |the cost will be greater than the | people expect, but the heavily for- | tified Kiska. here is the hardest nut to crack.” Sergt. Alexander Lasson, here waiting return to the north, made the statement. He is an Air Force gunner returning after an emer- gency leave to attend the funeral of his mother at Fall River, Mas- achusetts. In telling of his experiences, he sald oOne raid on Kiska brought near disaster when ack ack shells | blasted ‘through the open bomb ‘dooh of his plane just after the |bombs had been released, and shot away the signal rudder cables and | the hydraulic system was wrecked. Four Zeros jumped the plane. “I got one, the tail gunner got one and the third was probably hot down. The fourth Zero just left.” The plane made the home field without mishap but piled up in a ditch because of no brakes. No cne was hurt, said Lasson. - 3 OCEANIC SELLS HALIBUT The Oceanic sold 24,000 pounds [ J | | | ATTU of balibut today at the Juneau Cold torage. Booth Fisheries made the purchase and prices were set at |16 and 15.10 cents. e o 0 0 0 0 o DIMOUT TIMES . B . 2z ® Dimout begins tonight ® at sunset at 9:31 o'clock. e Dimout ends tomorrow ® at sunrise at 4:17 am ) Dimout begins Sunday ® sunset at 9:33 pm . Dimout ends Monday at sun- ® rise at 16 am e Dimout begins e sunset at, 9:35 p.m ‘o000 009909000 at Monday at o000 seeecressen