The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 16, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” lt VOL. LXI., NO. 9371. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNISDAY. JUNE 16, 1943 i'Rl(L “TEN CENTS —_— | ALLIES RAIN BOMBS ON SICILY TOWNS Axis Says Turkey RUMANIA IS~ . Nice for summer ' Jap Pilof Atfempls 1o Kill Parachufing Yank with Propellor ASKING FOR PEACE TERMS Enemy NerVBh-s as large Invasion Now Threatened ANKARA, Turkey, June 16. — Semi-diplomatic sources here said Ruinania, Axis satellite, has ex tendled peace feelers to see how h withdrawal from the war will be re- ceived by the Allies. Allied authorities in Turkey said they have been approached through the medium of a neutral diplomat with a purported peace feeler This was accompanied with the intimation that the Rumanians will leave the Nazis flat at the start of the 1943 campaign in Russia, if the Rumanians are allowed to retain at least parts of Bessarabia and Bukovina, claimeq by Russia . Axis Worried Meanwhile, Allied conferences with Turkish officials brought a barrage of Axis allegations of “Al- lied intrigues” designed to bring Turkey into the war soon. The constantly - growing Allied naval forces in the central Med- iterranean highlighted the enemy's nervousness at the possibility that King George’s visit to troops in North Africa was a prelude to a large-scale invasion offensive. Unofficial military commentators (Continued on Page Three) LOVELY IRENE MANNING, Holly- 0 wood singer, models the latest in a revealing midriff play suit. The The Washington o e » ot fer o Merry - Go-Round * puft sleeves. (International) By DREW PEARSON U S plANES (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) W ASHINGTON.—Republican RA'D JAPS party leaders are very red-faced about the results of a poll con- ducted on the question—“Who| should be the Republican presiden- tial standard-bearer in 1944?” ‘ The winner, so far, has proved to be the man most party chief. tains least want as the GOP presi- Enemy coumel's with BlOW dential nominee—Wendell Willkie. Willkie grabbed off all honors, just| ai Guadakanal on as he did in the 1940 R,epubllcan convention in Philadelphia. | Tuesday On the other hand, Governor LA John W. Bricker of Ohio, favorite, WASHINGTON, June 16—Unit- of old-line Republicans, was a poor eq States planes attacked Jap po- also-ran. !sitions in the central northwestern The poll was taken among GOP | Solomons Sunday and Monday, the county chairmen, Republican mem- | Navy reported today. bers of state legislatures and dele-| Jap fliers counter-attacked with gates to the 1940 convention, chief- a raid on Guadalcanal early yes- ly in key northern states. terday. The Navy gave no estimate Two questions were asked: |of damage inflicted by the Ameri- PFirst—Who would make the best cans, but the communique said available candidate for the Repub- DO personnel or material losses lican presidential nomination miwere inflicted as a result of the 19449 Jap raid. Thirty-six percent answered: “Willkie.” He ran far ahead of| other choices, including Governor Tom Dewey of New York, who got the second highest number of; votes, Second question was—Who nmongi E s S E N IIAl the available Republican candidates | would make the best President, from the standpoint of ability? | Willkie again led the field with| 35 percent of the votes. Ex-Presi-| dent Herbert Hoover was second in | this balloting; Tom Dewey, third, and Governor Bricker, the mnniwar Manpower commiS' generally conceded to have the| ie'(;lg;em:)rl:hother candidates, hubb]vd} sion Would Defer ,‘ Forest Workers CHUBOHIH I, PXE. | WASHINGTON, June 16.—The One significant phase of Winston production of pulpwood has been Churchill’s conversations here has given the status of an essential act- just leaked out. He volunteered jyity hy the War Manpower Com- some valuable advice on the make-| mission’s committee on essential up of the U. S. delegation to the activities. peace conference. | Officials said notices have been Talking to a closed-door session sent to the Selective Service' and of the Senate and House foreign U. S. Employment Service. relations committees, he was re-| They said the essential designa- minded that if Woodrow Wilson|tion which has been given to for- had given more thought to the cstry, logeing and lumbering was make-up of the U. S. delegation, interpreted by the committee to his efforts to enroll the United cover the production of pulpwood, 5 including the cutting and transport " (Continued on Page Four) to the mills. arms. VOLCANOON KISKA ISLE NOW ACTIVE Severe Quakes Also Reg- istered from Aleu- tian Islands HEADQUARTERS, ALASKA DE- FENSE COMMAND, June 14 (Delayed)—Returning bomber pilots reported Kiska volcano has become active, adding to the trouble of the! Japs on the Aleutian island Pilots, who use the peak at the north end of Kiska as a naviga- tion point, said they saw the crate: smoking and lava flowing out of the sides of the peak. The first report of the activity was on June 6. Since then the pilots report, the eruption may be causing actual danger to the Japs, perhaps dropping rocks and ashes on their positions. QUAKE NOW REPORTED SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 16.— | An earthquake described as severe and centering near the tip of the Akuuun Islands in the vicinity of iska and Attu is reported on the smsmu;,)d)lh at the University of Santa Clara. Dr. Albert Newlin said the quake began at 11:28 o'clock yesterday morning and lasted for two hou and 10 minutes. Dr. Newlin noted that the Jap islands lie in the same fault as the Aleutians. It was reported yes- terday that the Jap islands had| been shaken by earth tremors. RECORDED IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, June 16.—A series of quake shocks, starting at 11:28 a.m. and lasting about two hours, were recorded on the - University of Washington seismograph yesterday, Dr. Howard Coombs reported. He said the quakes probably were centered either about 3,500 or 7,000 miles west of Seattle. -ee Alert Will Be Held at 1:15 Thurs. A practice Alert will be held to- morrow evening at 7:15 p. m. an- nounced R. E. Robertson, Director | of the Juneau Civilian Defense Council today. The problem for members of the First Aid Corps will be to render first aid in proper order of treat- ment to a patient who has been |vemoved from a burning building. who gives.no indication of breath- ing, and who has burns on both > id wardens from the differ- ent stations will act as patients for the first aid problem and no am- bulances will be used All members of the Auxiliary Po-| lice, First Aid, Air Raid Wardens, Rescue Workers, Public Utility, and Chaplain Corps should respond to to the Control Station 6-1-2 of membership in attendance. A short meeting of the Council will be held in the City Hall im- mediately following the Alert said Director R. E.. Robertson. Pedestrian and automobile traf- ic should cease during the Alert, and all violations are to be re-| ported to the Control Station. feut a ¥ | to pieces with his propeller was re- {though neither Mr. nor Mrs. Mitchell jare both employed by Pan Ameri- | chikow, 38 mil the Alert. Reports should be made | |chow area some 50 miles southe: ADVANCED SOUTH PACIFIC BASE, June 16.—A deliberate at- tempt by a Japanese Zero pilot to rachuting marine flyer ported by the Allied Nation's South Pacific headquarters today } The Zero's propeller blade cut off most of the right foot of Lieut.| Samuel S. Logan, twenty-two, of | Paola, Kan, and part of his left | | heel Rescued from the sea, Lieuten ant Logan was brought to a hospi- tal where his right leg was ampu- tated above the ankle. He was re= ported recovering satisfactorily. i Japs Use Propeller | There have been frequent stories vecently of Nipponese pilots shoots ing at United States flyers floating helplessly with parachutes, but this was the first time the Japanese were known to have used a propel~ er as a butchering weapon. A headquarters spokesman said he had heard of nothing quite so brutal as that in aerial combat Logan was flying a Corsair with U fighters which intercepted from forty to fifty Japanese Zeros ind bombers over the Russell Is-§ lunds June 7. Logan a ked a Zero which was firing on an Army P-40. The young flyer felt his plane vibrating badly | and saw his tail surfaces nppinu‘ apart. He climbed from the cock- | pit, crawled along the fuselage to| {the tail and jumped. { Swoop on Logan The Zero immediately swooped down on Logan. Firing machine guns, the Japanese made four passes under the falling flyer, com- | ing so close the first two times that | Logan had to lift his feet to es-| cape being hit by the propeller. When the Zero made the third ass, Logan was busy trying to ma- |neuver the chute. He failed to pull up his feet. It was then he was hit The enemy pilot made one more at-| tack after that, and then was chased away by a U. S. Army plane. | Logan fell into the sea, inflated | his 1ift raft, took sulpha and mor- iphine tablets, and applied a tourni- quet to his right leg. With a metal mirror, he signaled to a recon-| naissance plane searching for him The plane landed on the water,| picked him up, and flew to a base hospital. Lieut. Logan is a brother-in-law of Mrs. Bruce Mitchell of Juneau, bave met the youthful victim of Jap venom. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell can Airways Alacka Division here.| CHINESEIN RECAPTURE OF TAYING Successes in Counter-Drive! Against Japanese Continue CHUNGKING, June 16. - [l\v‘lh( Chinese command announces Ju-?-.uu recapture by Chinese forces of| Taying, 18 miles south of the Yangtze port of Shasi. ;ham Meanwhile, other Chinese forces war 'FISHERIES VESSE[S WILL START PATROL are reported to have reached Hv strategically important town of Ow-/| south of Shal are continuing These succes: ‘the counter-drive against the |thwarted Jap offensive toward | Chunking, and are coupled with | continuing attacks by Chinese far- ther down the Yangtze in the Yo- of Shasi. — e BUY WAR BONDS AN AMERICAN B-24 LIBERATOR hitting a 5,000-ton Jap transy goes up in smoke. The phote was WAR AGENCY Polalo Black Market Ample Cause for OPA Housedeaning Rumor TURKEY T0 PLAY VITAL PEACEROLE Premier Saracoglu_Gives Interview to AP Cor- respondent takes fros apeti bombes BILLS HIT BIGTOTAL ‘Congress Gets Huge Ap- propriation Measure WASHINGTON, $2,939,000,000 omnibus appropriation 18 'Government was turned over to Congress today as le n;munl\ economic war (',l\l(;‘fh progress in Llu- battle of the hunw‘ Administration an interview gis Press correspondent Wi left the impression that and criticism. Appropriations Com- mittee approved the 1944 allocations | especially true Saracoglu said his country hopes to contribute | reorganization of that he is especially Turkish-American NAII-RUSS PEACETALK IS REPORT Balkans and velationships. will be made. attained without Continue Improvements “Improvements | the functioning WPB Chief Donald Nelson testi-| approaching | otal output for 1943 | approximately Stockholm says the Allehanda pub- edition guoting “re- saying peace ne- took place be- tween, Germany and Russia. Swedish newspaper eries patrol vessels will start their operations in various districts, con- ¢ tinuing throughout the fishing sea- {son, 4Un~.nli red to be @ £ » paper said the pur- down because ¢ Fisheries will |be the ported talk broke B-24 BOMBER BLASTS JAP SHIP OFF NEW GUINEA bomber, “Hell's Belle,” heads for home after dropping its bombs and airiru Island on the northern coast of New Guinea. The ship (arrow) Offieinl Alr Force photo, (lntervmflnflal) ‘ WASHINGTON June 16 It land when that rumored big shake- ‘up in the Office of Price, Admin- istration comes, one of the most |potent contributing factors un- ‘dml btedly will be the black market w‘md.nl\ in potatoes. 's true that the whole price uumul and rationing programs are in @& worse muddle than they ever have been, but the spud shortage and attendant black market sales !were dumped right on the doorstep of Congress and official Washing- ton Already 12 District of Columbia grocers have been arrested and placed under bond, charged with | violating ceiling prices on pota !toes and inferentially buying their potatoes in the black market. , Among these are some of the most jated reputable grocers in the district, Frank O'Brien, . they have enough additional com- and peace Plaints on hand to bring the total and investigators estimate that to around 30. In sections of Alabama and Flo- rida, the War Food Administration has taken over all shipments of spuds, requiring shippers to obtain . permits before they can dispose of their product. That’s the most drastic action yet taken and may be an indication of what is ahead in all scarce basic food products, I had a lefter from a Maine po- tato grower which throws some new light on the situation A lot of the trouble,” says this grower, who asked that his name (Continued on Page Three) 19 KILLED s sonis Story from‘ IN MEXICO AIR CRASH - . ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico, o June 16.—Nineteen officers and en- listed men were killed in the crash- es of two large Army bombers ye terday between Ruidoso and Capi- tan, New Mexico One man parachuted to safety, the Alamagordo air base public re- !lations office announces. o Enter War For Allies ISLAND HIT " FIVE TIMES - ONTUESDAY 'Both British and American | Bombers, Fighters Make Attacks | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN INORTH AFRICA, June 16-—The i1sland of Sleily, next objective in the Allied invasion of Italy, re- ul\ld one of the heaviest pastings 'of the war yesterday as American and British bombers struck whole- |sale at enemy airfields, softening the isle guarding the toe of the Fascist boot arge forces of American Flying rtresses, escorted by Lightning fighters, blasted the Axis airfields at Bogea @i, Falco and Castelvet- rana after earlier attacks by Bri- tish Wellingtons over other Sicil- ian objectives, including Messina. At the same time, Mitchell bomb- ers, with an escort of Lightnings and Warhawks, made “strong at- tacks” Suring yesterday on two other Sicilian airfields — Seciacca ind Borisso, Simultaneously, Lightning fight- ers shot up targets on the Marsala Jrfields, also on Sicily’s vulner- able coast, As the Allles really turned the heat on after two days of compar- itlve rest, 11 enemy aircraft were shot out of the air in combat during yesterday's forays, and five were sent spinning down the night before, A total of seven Allied planes are reported missing. .- KING GEORGE IN SURPRISE AFRICA TRIP Buckingha;nalace Makes Dramatic Announce- ment Today LONDON, June 16—A dramatic announcement from Buckingham Palace reports that King George has arrived in North Africa for a visit with the victorious Allied armie: > Secrecy shrouded the British monarch's trip. It was his first trip outside of the British Isles into‘ the active war theater, the first time he has been out of his country since a Visit to Canada before the war. The King has been in Africa since Saturday, visiting the scenes of the Allies' greatest victory and talking to the soldiers and sailors who won it. The news of his trip was held to be an officlal secret until today. The monarch’s inspection tour was crowded into a few days which tcok him to a number of different British and American military es~ tablishments, aboard warships, through convalescent camps, even along the beach where more than 3.000 troops were having a Sunday swim, The King made the trip in a ‘rvice plane flown by his person- |al pilot, Edward Fieider, captain [ the King's Flight who has flown bim many hundreds .of thousands (of miles. The journey began in great se- crecy Saturday when the King left Windsor Castle by car and drove to the airport. | |e “ e e 4 e o I)IMUI'T TIMES Dimout begins tonight at sunset at 10:06 o'clock. |® Dimout ends tomorrow |® at sunrise at 3:51 am. ® Dimout begins Wednesday at ® sunset at 10:07 pm e e s 00000000 ®eescen o