The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 12, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXI., NO. 9392. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MON)\\ JULY 12, 1943 MI MBE R A SOCIATED PRI'% PR]Ch TE NVASION FORCES CAPTURE MANY PORTS S. Shatters Japanese Kiska Supply Fleet Navy Guns Blast Jap lnslallalion; °“,A,"“ AIRMEN GET SHIPS OFF ATTU ISLE One Sunk, Another Prob- ably Down, Two More Are Damaged WRITER SAYS ENEMY STRENGTHENING BASE Nippons Working Under Summer Fog, Pre- pare for Aftack —~Amer- four Jap WASHINGTON, July 12 ican bombers, battering cargo vessels apparently trying to supply the enemy base at Kiska, sank one Jap ship and left a sec- ond in a sinking condition as well as badly damaging the other two. The Navy Department said Army heavy and medium bombers and Navy patrol bombers intercepted the cargo fleet 280 miles south- west of Holtz Bay, Attu Island This location- would put -the ‘ships on a direct Hne with Kiska from Japan. The bombardment of Jap Gertrule Cove, Kiska, Kiska Island yesterday The enemy did not return the fire the Navy said. A single United Navy also reported a positions and Little new on (Conunuod on Page Two) The Washmgion Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON.—Rowing between the President and Congress is viewed by White House advisers with a mixture of philosophy and alarm. The White House staff is so big these days that you are bound to get all shades of reac- tion, beginning with that of wor- ried Marvin McIntyre who recent- ly told a friend on the telephone: “When you have as much on your mind as the President and ‘Winston Churchill, you can under- stand why things at home come second.” “Yes, Mac,” said the President’s friend, “but if the Boss doesn't watch the home front, the ground may be cut out from under his| main war objectives.” Marvin agreed. More philosophic advisers, on the other hand, point to the problems which Woodrow Wilson had with his last Congress, the Congression- al rows with/Coolidge, Hoover and Teddy Roosevelt. They argue that this friction is bound to develop, and that domestic legislation especi- ally suffers during a war. This, of course, is true. But it is also true that friction increases the further away a President gets from his honeymoon days with Con- gress; the longer he stays in office. ANTI-STRIKE CONFUSION However, nothing explains away the glaring White House ineptitude in not notifying Capitol Hill lead- ers that the anti-strike veto was SECRETARY morning. | The 14-inch guns of a U. companied the American invasion, U. S. Navy photo. OF WAR IS IN LONDON Stimson Flies Over Atlantic/ for Conference Pre- ceding Next Moves 'has appealed to the Nation . Navy battleship send for.n ciouds of smoke and flame as steel projectiles were hurled into the Japanese installations in the Holtz B 1y area of Attu Island in the bombardment that ac- The Navy held i's five until the Army gave the word from the beach. (10 Presiden Makes Appeal fo Join Labor, War Effort behind PITTSBURGH, Pa., Phillip Murray, President July 12, — of CIO, “to join with labor in our great crusade for a maximum united effort to hasten the day for unconditional surrender | | baiting and Administration baiting |of the Axis. The CIO has decided LONDON, July Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, a flying over the Atlantic, arrived| yesterday for conferences with British military and civilian leaders. | It is presumed his presence on this side of the Atlantic is linked | with the coming moves against the| Axis in Europe. | COMMITTEE HITS PLANE (OMPANIES Truman Group lssues| Sweeping Evidence for Justice Department | WASHINGTON, July 12. — The Truman Committee turned today from a sweeping review of munmv\ aviation to problems in the reduc- tion of military plane crashes and the guarantee of postwar landm;,j rights for Amercian planes on fields | built abroad with U. S. funds. Chairman Harry S. Truman <ald a report crashes, “because the committee is a lmd in moblhz&ng populm ;uppo)t Fathers, Don't Worry, X Nation fo Commander- and -his victory program Murray declared it the mLm- tion of labor to prepare for election of a more progressive in 1944, “There has been too much labur; the In-Chief [ 12. — American the time has come for labor to take |and too much politics, as usual, in he pres ent Congress.” | Is Advice Given Over Being (hosen for Army | By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, July 12, — Con- fusion reigns again in Selective Ser- In spite of all the conflictin statements, warnings and what. not, my advice to fathers is: worrying.” Even if fathers have to be called | the for lto swell the armed forces to joutside limits now planned this year, it could 'more than the draff of one in six r seven—in other |than 800,000 to 900,000 of the nearly 6,000,000 men who were fathers be-| Ifore Pearl Harbor, | time, hardly mean! words not more | the manpower pool of other | es has been drained complete- |1y, which is a possibility but un- likely, then 900,000 fathers would be 000 young men a month reaching draft age and those physically fit] !roads on father requirements. It would be something of a joke on a good many officials if it all turned out to be one of our better teapot tempests. At the outset, it was apparent that to go on pyramiding our mili- tary forces to gigantic proportions at this writing, there are What the future will bring in the nints from some military officials way of casualties to be replaced or increasing the |tions can’'t even be guessed at now. | here that our Army is already big size of the Army to enough. is forthcoming on plane! lovercome changing military situa- | That is logical. This year we will have managed to send about | desi MAJOR BASES Landing Units On OF JAPS ARE STRUCKBLOWS ?R,; Allied Borfibers Continue "0ld Blood and Guts" Leads U. §. Forces on Sicily Hammering Nips in Southwest Pacific ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, July 12.—Allied bombers struck heavy plows at Japan's major bases in the vest Pacific on Sunday, hurl- tons of bombs on Monday and 40 tons on the Hakili airdrome, he major enemy base on Bougain- ville Island. Bombes hit enemy antiaircraft nositions and bivouac areas on Bib- lo Hill in the Munda raid and raised to 119 tons of bombs dropped m the Japs at their key base in the Central Sclomons in two days The Allied bomber attack - ex- ended from Rabaul, New Britain, to Keopang, Dutch Timor, Thirty-five tons of bombs were fropped on the airdrome at Rabaul g large fires were started Medium bombers attacked Bob- dubi Ridge and Kela and mission points dropping 49 tons in sup- port of ground operations. Four-engined bombers raided Babo airdrome scoring hits on sup- Hl\ dumps and starting fires, Ten enemy planes attempting in- terception were caught up and four were shot down during the raids. One U. 8. plane has falled to return to base. Fires were started at the irdrome, Dutch Timor. Surface craft on Huon Gulf sank four loaded supply barges Sunday. > AXIS TRIES OLD TRICK IN CLAIMS Penfoei ‘Berlin Broadiasts How. Many Troops Allies Use in Sicily LONDON, July 12.—The Berlin vadio declared a total of seven Bri- tish, American and Canadian-divi- sions already have landed in Sicily. Capt. Ludwig Sertorious, Nazi | military commentator, asserted ‘Eisenhower undoubtedly can, if he s, double the forces already landed. The like to know enemy would | vice—or perhaps I should say still.| peeded, But there are around 100.-|how many troops the Allies are us- ing in Sicily in order to determine | possible striking power from other “Quit| i1 this group will make further in-|Quarters. The radio dispatch evi- |dently was broadcast in hopes that |the Allies would foolishly declare Ithe German figures wrong and re- lease the correct number. Alliéd sources naturally kept mum. - R - BALBOSAYS | | would be to make a stupid mistake. | | Even TO ABANDON lower picture is Sicily Exfended 100 Miles Along Beaches VAL It is officially Lieut. 1. George Jr, the “Old Blood and Guts,” is commanding the Americas ces in Sicily, and Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery is Com- the British forces. in the successfully campaign in North A, Malta, July 12.— d that Patton, nno mander of Both we ing - COMMANDER OF INVASION; SICILY, ISLE SICILY Area: 9,860 sq. mi. Population: 4,000,000. Separated from main- land by 2 mile wide Straits of Messina. Mountainous; products are fruits, almonds, wine, sulphur. The invasion of the isle of Si is in command of Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower, Commander- in-Chief of all Allied forces in North Afric: He’s 53, was born in Tyler, Tex,, came out of West Point in 1915, failed to get overseas in World War I Tunisian campaign, was knighted by the King of England. He says: “I've got a date in Berlin.” The icily, the invasion pulm. NAZITANK ATTACK 1S REPULSED 4 { [ i | | He directed the | | SOUTHEAST 12.—Allied land- ing Sicilly were assured success only a few hours after the dawn atluck last Saturday which sent the assault forces onto beaches stretch- ing for more than 100 miles. According to an Allied quarters communique broadcast from Alg: , enemy opposition was encountered by 6 o'clock Saturday morning but under “heavy fire of a covering force of cruisers, de- yvers and gunboats and other naval units, the success of our land- ings were already assured.” The communique landing of the Americ English and Canadian forces said that “in spite of unfavorable weather and a swell off the Sicilian channel, the Allied landings started before dawn Salurday and proceeded according plan. Many beaches were the landing places used for these first assaults and they extended about 100 miles. By about 6 a.m. under heavy fire from the covering force of cruisers, destroyers, gunboats| and other naval units, enemy oppo- sition had been countered and the success of our landing was already| assured “By 7:30 a.m. our troops were ad- | vancing, our put ashore first. md more vehicles, being landed. Navy Duteh, Polish and Greeks partic pated in the naval operations. It is officially report 2,000 vessels involved in the land- ing operations on Sicily, dous task to take these great con voys through one of the narrowest of channels to the destination and to arrive on the scheduled minute. LONDON, July on the troops with their stores and equipment were Units of the Royal Head- | \PENETRATION OF “lll\ullclS at Licata, on artillery having been | Fighting (onunuml guns, [9F the island; Avola and Noto, mid- | way ed there was| a stupen- | (ALLIES IN BIG SWEEP ONSICILY Seaplane B>a'sérat Syracuse Captured With Nine Other Major Areas INTERIOR IS NEXT More Troops Successiu"y Landed-Planes Aid Ground Units ALLIED HFADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 12. — The British Eighth Army last night swept into the ancient Sicilian port of Syracuse, seaplane base and city |of 53,000, and Allied forces mopped up nine other major ports and [towns in southeast Sicily. The Al- lied forces also repulsed counter-attacks of the enemy. The tank units have taken 2,000 the coast. |Among other captured ports or [towns are Gela, near Licata; Pach- ino, at the extreme southeastern tip seven and Pach- of the im- between Syracuse ino and Pozzallo, site U. 8. Navy and craft of the|Portant Italian air base U. S. Forces Take Areas The Amvlh.uu invasion forces captured Gela and surrounding sec- tions, beat off counter attacks of the TItalians and smashed other areas defended by the Italians. The Fifty-fourth Napoli Division was driven out of Syracuse by a lightning blow and this appeared It was an outstanding performance a serious handicap to the enemy to get such a force Am-‘ real llll\hl]h - (CANADIANS MAKE GOOD IN ATTACK Slash Throfigh Italian De- fenses, Then Overrun Sicily Peninsula By ROSS Canad War Correspondent WITH THE CANADIANS SICILY, July (Delayed)—Slashing through Italian defenses at night, IN dawn by the Cana- troops and with the crack British formation on the right, overran Pachina | within 24 hours and established an \mv:mi(m bridgehead It has been one success after ‘Jn()lhl‘l in this sector as the great- est combined operation in history was launched The Canadians are now ing into the hilly country west and west of Pachino |major engagements are | Casualties so far are very light were accomplished dian assault advanc- north- where ashore without | Peninsula expected. | (Continued on Page Two) BRIDGEHEAD IS HELD BY AMERICANS Large Area Captured by U. S. Forces-Airfields Are Seized By EDWARD GILLING Representing Combined British Press FROM ALlIED COMMAND 11— |POST, MEDITERRANEAN AREA, the | July 11—(Delayed) —Allied planes are today operating from the cap- | landings on the long crescent beach |tured airfields on Sicily. German troops have been thrown in, endeavoring to hold up our ad- vance, but without success. When the British troops entered Syracuse there was some fighting as the German troops tried to hold out in the barracks. As a few |hours passed along, fighting ceased ‘and the enemy was completely |cieared trom the port. Allied minesweepers have cleared the beach approaches of mines on the souwnern coast American units have captured the ports of Licata and Gela, on the concerned about the large. number However, once the military forces of casualties, particularly from non- |goal is reached, there will be no combatant and operational flights further drain on married men, with in this country.” child dependents, to keep it there. Mead Brewster, who will accom-| So far as I have heard here, pany three other senators on an “there has been no testimony given aerial tour of world battlefronts before congressional committees or this summer, has been instructed to public statements made that we investigate the report that hun-|would need more than 300,000 men dreds of airports built on foreign sy month the'last six months of the soil by the United States will be year to bring the armed forces to turned over to the countries On {he Jimits set by our military lead- which they are situated six months el\ Some testimony and a good ifter the war has ended. | many guesses, mine along with the It was learned today the Commit- are that 1t won't be that| tee has turned over to the Justice Department evidence on which it overall report | | |southern coast of the island and lequipment was being unloaded 2,000,000 men overseas. Suppose, > o |there early Sunday forenoon with shipping limitations consider- ably expanded, we could double that number. We still would have an- other couple of million men training in this country, and most of them would have been in train- ing a year, or two, by the end of 1944—far longer than streamlined training methods today take U turn out first-class fighting men Whether we would ever need that many overseas is sanother question, With our Allies rapidly expand- in numbers as inroads ar ng It has been declared definitely 7 made into th N ations |that the draft of fathers will not P Samesed . pation before October. If at that| coming so they could have the President’s own labor supporters present to try to sustain him. That ineptitude substantiates)- what many have felt for a long time, that with all the high-pow- ered White House secretaries and a special assistant, ex-Congressman Jim Barnes, supposed to coordinate between the White House and Con- gress, there just isn’t any coor- dination. NOTE: One difficulty with every President is that he hasn't the time to see many people, has to filter his views through the eyes of advisers. In the last year or so, Roosevelt's|based a sensational (Continued on Page Four) M USSO I' I N I Russians Throw Back Ger- ‘Hos ifal Shi w:]l;g{ms July 12—A lmmduu‘\l‘ man Me(hanlzed MaSSCS p p |1here carty Sunday sorencon. ng with the invasion of ‘ls Sem Down’ | Tos Eritgghend e 2 l‘l‘":" on Orel-Krusk Front i b to Sunday night is Sicily, comirg from a clandestine : g i il slation. savs 168 all S 5 miles in length and 10 miles alian station, says Italo Balbo has| * S ¥ R BOT icilian Coast 9 man tank assault failed to budge | - called on the Italian nation to Spon fraptar Mo il [the Red Army from positions on the | {Orel-Kursk front and the Russians | An TItalian bave been able to throw back dis- said Al- organized Nazi mechanized masses lied landing forces struck the from two places in that sector as southern and eastern coasts of @ climax to the first weeks of the Sicily and suggested two zones of Present German offensive. operations, oce on the large Ca-! Moscow advices sald that tania Plain, near the port of the tanks have been d oyed and same name Anapp Plain, planes shot 1 the southwest of Syracuse. hours. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 12. —A fully lighted Allied hosp! tal ship, anchored three miles off the southeast coast of Sicily, was sunk during Saturday night by bombers. Four hundred of the wounded aboard the hospita! ship were successfully transferred (o obher craft, LONDON, July 12 DIMOUT TIMES broadeast picked up here Dimout begins tonight at sunset at 9:57 o'clock, Dimout ends tomorrow at sunrise at 4:11 am. Dimout begins Tuesday at sunset al 8:56 p.n. ‘e o0 e v 0000000 many. 165 | e - the past 24 (Cummued on Page Two) 1 start (Continued on cfage Two) in