The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 3, 1943, Page 1

‘Department had THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXI., NO. 9386. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” TURDAY, JULY 3, 1943 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS = JAPS LOSE SEA FIGHT OFF RENDOVA ISLE Italian Airfields Smashed By ALASKA GAME LAWBILLIS OW SIGNED RAIDS MADE ON 3 AREAS ON FRIDAY Is Biggest Omsive Action| Yet Staged by Four- Engined Craft CAIRO, July 3.—Nearly 100 Unit- ed States Liberators smashed three airfields in Southern Ttaly yester- day, the biggest offensive action yet staged by these 4-engined craft | from the Middle East. More than 400 1,000-pound bumh\ were dropped on the Italian bases 8t Legge, Grottaglie and San Pan- crazio All aimed at fense of at Taranto at the three raids were apparently reducing the aerial de- the Italian naval inside jutting Italian heel on the Gulf of Tar- | anto Grottaglie is 10 miles northeast of Taranto and San Pancrazio is & 28 miles east of Legge which i 42 miles eact of lethel The loads of the Liberators in- cluded high explosive, fragmenta- tion and incendiary bombs. The United States Headquarters Communique _said . three American planes were lost. This is relatively a small figure, equalling the entirg American plane losses in the month of June in this area. Twelve Axis planes were downed out of the clouds during the raids. Italian and German fighters rose to challenge the Liberators. The Washington| Merry - Go-Round | By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON. — Several weeks ago this column revealed that the Truman Committee had unearthed a startling situation at the Wright Aeronautical works at Cincinnati where airplane motors, with cracks in their cylinders, were passed by the company. Certain Government inspectors who protested that these cylinders were faulty were trans- ferred, and one inspector was told never to set foot on Wright prop- erty again. It was also revealed that the War investigated the matter and that Lt. Gen. William Knudsen, former head of General Motors, reported that the defects were not serious and occurred from time to time in most motor manu- facturing. On the basis of this and other Army findings, the War Depart- ment submitted a report to the Truman Committee. It was pre- pared under the supervision of hard-hitting Col. Bill O'Dwyer, fam- ous Brooklyn ‘prosecutor and can- didate for Mayor of New York. O'- Dwyer has been made one of the Army Corps' chief investigatorsand has been doing an Al job. In this case, however, the Tru- man Committee did not compli- ment him. Calling Bill before them, the Senators cross-examined him closely regarding the defective mo-| tors manufactured by Wright. They | inferred that the Army was trying to save face, and that the forth- right New York prosecutor, in def- erence to his superior officers, was not as forthright as in civilian life. Senator Ferguson, Republican of Michigan, was the most relentless of all. Himself a Detroit prosecu- tor, Ferguson grilled O'Dwyer as though he were on the witness stand, finally accused him of issu- ing a whitewash. “Just come out in the alley and say that,” bristled O'Dyer. “I'll take you to lunch and say it,” replied Senator Ferguson with a smile, “but I won't come out in the alley.” The meeting ended harmonious But the Truman Committee insi (Continued on Page four) base | 'Former Juneau Japanese Testities Before Dies (ommittee in Washington and WASHINGTON, July 3. — Tooru | Dillon MeyenWRA director, Kanazawa, American of Japanese obtained *confidenial” whose career ranges from driving |Japanese in the West. a laundry truck in Juneau, Alaska, Kanazawa's wife is a Caucasian to free lance writing, told the Dies|born in Kentucky. She testified Committee a War Relocation auth- | similarly. ority had passed confidential doc- | uments concerning its plans to the WAS JUNEAU MAN Japanese American Citizens' League | Kanazawa left Juneau six or sev- m’;hi.: rru_ux1tr§.b(r 0 i en years ago. While here he drove a estifying efore e ouse {Committee investigating un-Amer- Wuck Sor he” dimeau Laundsy, ican activities, he said that he, as|Previously he worked on a Seattle lan officer of the League, contacted Jdpancu‘ nguaz,r nvv\sp,qyr RETRACTION PHYSICIAN ' IS SOUGHT - DIES,SOUTH BY KAISER {Dr. John Brown Passes CongressmeJ—nBives Out Away While on Visit False Report About in Porfland, Ore. Liberty Ships PORTLAND, Oxegon July PORTLAND, Oregon, July 3. — Funeral services are being held Henry Kaiser today demanded a today for Dr. John Brown, 75, of public retraction from Representa- Seattle, grandson of abolitionist tive Henry E. Van Zandt, Republi- John Brown. can of Pennsylvania, who charged Dr. Brown was stricken while that four Kaiser built Liberty | visiting here and died in a hospital. | freighters broke in two in mid- In '98, Dr. Brown joined the ocean without cause. |Klondike gold rush. He practiced Kaiser said records show all Lib- KLONDIKE B |for ten years in Dawson City, Yu- erty freighters are operating suc- Seattle. | dents. A daughter, Mrs. E. L. Newhirter, | in Dawson City, and two sons sur-| vive. TUNING DOWN BLASTED UP | f LONDON, July 3.—Boston bomb- kon Territory, and then returned to cessfully and none have had acci- of Seattle, first white child born | ers of the RAF blasted three rail- countries yesterday as Typhoon) fighters struck at locomotives and Drops Menii;);of Possible Date But Challenges soni vemmumentions, = " iy I ; Churchill LONDON, July 3.—The German controlled Paris radio which has! been drumming on the themie of | July 8 as the date for the Allied| invasion of Europe, dropped the mention of the date in the lates broadcasts but insisted, howeve that heavy fighting will more like. ly come “while the trees are still Goering Reporfed Very 1l STOCKHOLM, July 3.—The Gotegorg paper Handels Och Sjoefartstiding, quoting green” than Churchill's predicticn “before the autumn leaves fall.” - -———— | 1 said were reliable quarters, report- | led Hermann Goering ‘“very ill” with a nervous breakdown and .heart trouble late last night. | The paper said Goering’s condi-| | tion was very bad and two spec-| ialm.s have been assigned to treat | him. The report added, his ;Emmy. is at his bedside every night. - Brigadier General IsMade| - Military Governor AlD OVER of Pantelleria ALLIED HFADQUARTERS IN FRAN(E ON NORTH AFRICA, July 3.—Brig.| Gen. A. C. Strickland, veteran Unic- ed States airman and former Com- | lATE IODAY mander of Paine Field, at Everett, Wash., has been appointed Garri-| son Commander and Military Gov- FOLKSTONE, England, July 3.— ernor of Pantelleria. B parently including bombers, was Albert Selah was dismissed today heard crossing the channel at great BUY WAR BONDS | channel as the afternoon wore on, releases of | parentage, private in the U. S. Army | the agency’s plans of dealing with what it A strong force of Allied aircraft, ap-| from St. Ann's Hospital after re- height early this morning, and soon| ceiving mkdmu] treatment distant explosions echoed back from| - > — France. Flying increased over the N Measure Fixes Licenses- Gives Privileges to Men of Armed Forces WASHINGTON, July |dent Roosevelt has signed House | Bl 332 reorganizing the Alaska,| Game Laws that gives the Inters lior Department and the |Game Commission authority to prescribe regulations for hunting | and fishing. | The bill fixes licenses and places |members of the Armed Forces sta-| tioned in Alaska on the same sta-| tus as civilians for securing a $2 |license for hunting and $1 license| tor fishing but requires the mem- {bers of the Armed Forces securing the licenses to have resided in the Territory for one year. Persons not having the Territory for one year pay $50 non-resident license. - DUFRESNE IEllS OF CHANGES IN NEW resided in must ALASKA GAME LAW| Hunting License May Now/ Be Issued - Bill Is Signed Upon notification that the Presi- dent has signed the bill amending the Alaska Game law, Executive Officer Frank Dufresne this morn- ing announced the changes in the law which contains recommenda- tions made by the Alaska Game Commission some time ago. Applicants for licenses will be| able to obtain their permits undsr the new schedule next week. Main rhanges in the law are as follows: 1. Resident hunting licenses may be issued to any citizen or national | who has resided in the Territory |a year immediately preceding ap- plication. This will include members |of the armed forces stationed here for a year. | 2. Protection of game fishes and| {way targets in France and the low sea otter are now included in the |at Douglas by {law. ‘c’l‘ecl as soon as the bill is signed | by the President: { Resident game fish license, $1; | resident hunting license, including | game fishing privilege, $2; resident ‘lmpplng Heense to residents of |three years or more, including hunting and sgame fish privileges, $3; non-resident and alien game |fish license, $2.50; non-resident game bird license, including priv-| ‘flege of game fishing, $10; alien| | special license, including game fish- BIG TROOP MOVEMENT * SUCCESSFUL t ;Two M|II|on Amerlcans | Moved Overseas with Less than 200 Lost l WASHINGTON, July 3.—Elmer Davis, head of the Office of War | Information, today said the Allied navies take pride in the fact that 2,000000 American soldiers have been moved overseas with “less than 200 lives lost in the process.” - - A surgical patient, Fugene some was dismissed today from St Ann's, 3.—Presi- Alaska | The following schedule will be in| ing, $100; non-resident general hunting license, including gamg) E ol o 1 fishing, $50. Game 1, tonight, 6:30 o'clock Webfeet vs. Beaw JULY 4TH PROGRAM - IS FULL Events Slartfl iS Afternoon —Confinue Through Monday Juneau's Fourth o'clock with Game 1 of the Web- in a seven- {this evening at 6:30 the first sports event, the Baseball Turnament, feet vs. the Beavers |inning game. The contest should be over in time for all fans to finish off this |evening's celebration by attending the American Legion’s Annual July | Fourth dance which will be held {in the Elks Hall starting at 10 ‘()(‘]U(’k ed to the religious commemoration {of America’s Independence Day with church programs holding sway in the morning. Game No. 2 At 2 o'clock Sunday the Mules will play the St. Blues in Game No ball Tournament and in the second game, the City will play the win- Inersof Saturday's Game No. 1 | Monday will be the really day. The big event, of course, [the parade which will start at {o'clock sharp in the morning. En- |tries will assemble at 9:30 am The line of march will be up South Franklin to Front, over Front to |Main and out South Main to Wil- |loughby and the Ball Park. Lt | Roy W. Riegle will make the the afternoon Louis full 18 10 | col. Independence Day address at |Banl Park. At noon there will be two event | The Children’s Sport Carnival will |be held in the Ball Park with| plenty of prizes for the special events for soldiers. At [hr' same time, a horseshoe pitching| | contest will take place in the Ever- |green Bowl. More Baseball I Baseball will start at 2 o'cloc |in the afternoon with the winners of Games 2 and 3 playing for the championship in the finals, a nine- !inning affair, and the St. Louis |Blues playing an' All-Star team |managed by Scotty Bystrek. Mon- day morning, baseball will be played the teams ‘]ost Games 1 antl 2. This game wil be played at 11 am. Last event scheduled for Mon- |day is the Finn Horse |Triangle Place at 8 pm. and for service men, only. BASEBALL ~ SCHEDULE 170 6 YEARS p.m., Mules| |Gene Krup;Ct')nvicted on, Game 2, Sunday, 2 | vs. St. Louis Blues. | Game 3, Sunday second game, ‘Clty vs. winner Game 1. me 4, Monday, 2 p.m. winner o( Game 3 vs. winner Game 2 for champmn.shlp Losers Games 1 and 2 play in Douglab 11 a.m. Monday. Second game Monday afternoon in Juneau, St. Louis Blues vs. All 'Star team. - * STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, July 3. |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine charge that he stock at today's {fore the holiday is 57, Can 90, Anaconda 28'%, short session | | | | | of July week- end celebration gets off to a start| Tomorrow morning will be devot-| . 2 of the Base- voy recently crossed the Col. Riegle has spoken at sev- |under shore to shore air cover by eral previous holiday celebra- both land based and c r planes.' ® tions in Juneau. e o o 0 0 o 0 o kids and another probably sunk while nthels K | the Atlantic. which | Eastern Command 1! ships and Liberators, Sundnrlands‘ Contest at the approach to Great Britain. The President Vefoes ((( Measure; Acid Message Is Sent Congress by FDR he ever transmitted to Congr the Chief Executive said the mea TIN The Washlnglnn, House has sus- ed Roosevelt's veto of the ure not iy “hamstrings” but '|¢ CCC bill banning subsidies to also places new and unw: ited rollback food prices. The de- restrictions ‘on the funds, on the cision gave the Administration powers heretofore given the Ad- the first major victory after a ministration to stabilize the cost series of setbacks on domcstic of living and these restrictions policies. would prevent our giving the far- i mers the assistance they need in VETO, ACID \ll’bhA(th carrying out our new food produc- WASHINGTON, July 3.—Declai- tion programs. They would make ing it is an “inflation bill” which it impossible to stop the risiag would set the soldier, worker and cost of living. As the measuie now unorganized consumer “at war with stands it is an inflation bill, a the farmer,” President Roosevel: high cost of living bill, « food has vetoed the bill to extend the shortage bill.” life of Commodity Credit Corpora-| The President further contended nul- law of the legislation would virtually lify the economic stabilization of last October since the cost I'ving cannot be stabili: tion, also junks the Administra- tion’s plan to whittle down food prices by subsidizing proces In one of the most acid messages [@ 79, 0 i0r [ORNw Tk S M H e 8 e AI R (0 v E R (e RIEGLE TO MAKE . . PATRIOTIC DAY . ADDRESS, JUD . W pRoIE(TING Lieut. Col. Roy W. Riegle, e commander of the U. S. ® Troops in this area, will de- | ® liver the main Independence ® Day address in the Juneau Ball Park Monday. After the parade has passed e through town, officials in the Planes Give Shore fo Shore « reiewin stana in ront of e Coverage on Af- taken_ 101 4his Bulll FArk Whars lantic Crossmg 1 | | e i cm. Riegle will speak. The races for the children will be held immediately after the Independence Day addres: LONDON, July 3.--A great con- . . . Atlantic ® . . . |One submarine was destroyed and e “may have been damaged” the Ad- | miralty Air Ministry axumuncedl The reinforced surface escort also helped shepherd the ships through ! the latest victory in the battle of The communique stated that sub- |marines made a series of attacks over a period of two days but the convoy was undeterred. On the first | stage of the journey, Hudson, Vens ! ture, Liberator and Catalina planes| of the Royal Canadian Air Force protected the Governor of Alaska to At- tend Dominion Day Celebration | EDMONTON, Canada, |Gov. Ernest Gruening arrived here to attend a celebration (of Canada’s Dominion with the commemoration |Fourth of July. { He arrived with Brig. Gen. James |A. O'Connor of the Northwest Ser- vice Command who said that bridges on the Alaska Military Highway washed out by the spring thaw are now replaced or being re- placed at a fast rate, and things are going ahead rapidly. O’Connor said spring was not as bad as it was anticipated and the section of the highway near the | Alaska border is getting extra work 'because of the frost coming out of l)w ground. Royal took | Halifaxes of the Air Force | | | Coastal Command over on mir-Atlantic gap was filled planes from a British carrier. - BAND LEADER SENT T0 CELL, by of the Narcotic Charge, Re- ceives Sentence Pkt has been sentenced to prison for | REMAINS BROUGHT one to six years following convic-| tion on the charge of inducing a IN FROM PELICAN minor to transport narcotics. Krupa stood quietly while sen- The remains of John Elmer |tence was passed by Judge Thomas | Schooling, 50, were brought in yes- Foley and then made no comment. terday afternoon from Pelican City, — Closing Krupa was convicted on the where he passed away on Wedne permitted his valet,| day as the result of a heart at- be- John Pateakos, 20, to posses mari- tack American ' juana and inducing him to trans-| Mr. Schooling was born at Buck- Bethlehem port the narcotic cigarettes, Pat- lin, Missouri, and at the time of Steel 65, Commonwealth andeakos disappeared his death was employed as machin- Southern 7, Curtiss Wright 8% - - - ist with the Pelican City Cold Stor- General Motors 55%, Internation- GLENN N ERT, CAA age. al Harvester 73, Kennecott 32, New | OFFI( IS ARRIVAL' Surviving are his widow, Mrs. York Central 18, Northern Pacific! Glenn Neitzert, CAA official, ar- Ethel Schooling of Pelican, and a 16, Packard Motors 4%, Republic Tived in Juneau from his head- brother, Luther J. Schooling of Ger- Steel 20, United States Steel 57'%.|quUarters in Anchorage, yesterday. ber, Calif | Dow, Jones averages today are|Mr. Neitzert is staying at the Gas- The remains are at the Charles as follows: industrials 143.70, rails/tineau Hotel while he is in the W. Carter Mortuary pending fun- 36,50, utilities 2154, t eral arrangements FORFOURTH July 3.—| of Alaska, | Day along| .S. Liberators SNEAK MOVE " OF NIPPONS " IS.REPULSED Enemy Tries fo Silence U.S. - Shore Batteries ? in Move | WASHINGTON, July 3.— Jap |cruisers and destroyers, endeavor- /ing to turn on the big guns of American positions on Rendova |1sland, were driven off by United |States naval units in a sharp en- gagement early today. This was reported by the Navy which said that the enemy task force of seven warships included three cruisers and four destroyers. They moved in, the Navy said, in an unsuccessful bombardment at- tempt. The size of the American force which met and repulsed the enemy ships was not disclosed. ‘The Navy said the Jap ships “re- |tired in short order,” but full de- |tails of the surface battle have not been received. | It is possible that the American \\'p&sels, identified only as “surface raft” could have pursued the en- emy out of the immediate area of |the battle and the fight is still go-_ ling on. The Navy also announced that “several members of the crew” of | the transport McCawley were killed in the initial attack by a torpedo plane on the ship which was later sunk by an encmy submarine. SUCCESSES (ONTINUING, SOLOMONS !Inland Forces Make Junc- fion with Beachhead- ers af Salamaua ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUTRALIA, July 3.—Matching suc- | cesses already scored in the Solo- mons, the Allies made progress at Salamaua, New Guinea, by a junc- |tion of the inland forces with the | beachhead achieved at Nassau | Bay The High Command said Aus- tralian jungle forces, long at Mu- bo, 12 miles from Salamaua, fought their way down the coast to where the Americans landed Friday, mak- |ing a more compact front against | Salamaua, the capture of which will afford the Allies a fighter plane base within attacking dis- tance of the whole range of Jap- anese-held New Britain. It also is reported an additional 22 Jap planes were shot down on the Solomons Front when Libera- tors pounded Rabaul, New Britain, pinning down planes concentrated there by the enemy - J. W.. DE CHAMPLAIN, OF CONTIL TAL CAN CO., ARRIVES ON BUSINESS J. W. DeChamplain, of the serv- ice department of the Continental Can Company, is in Juneau for a short time on business. He is stay- ing at the Gastineau Hotel while in the city « o 0 * o . DIMOUT TIMES . ® Dimout begins tonight e e at sunset at 10:05 p.m. . ® Dimout ends tomorrow e ® at sunrise at 3:59 am. . ® Dimout begins Sunday at e ® 10:05 pm. . ¢ Dimout ends Monday at e ® sunrise at 4:00 a.m. . ® Dimout beings Monday at e ® sunset at 10:04 p.m. . ® Dimout ends Tuesday at e ® sunrise at 4:01 am. . - Dimout beings Tuesday at ® ® sunset at 10:03 p.m. . i 9 3% %% SN