The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 14, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXI.. NO. 9394. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDN}_-ZSDAY, JULY 14, 1943 MFMBPR ASS()CIATH) PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ————= AMERICANS CAPTURE SICILIAN AIRBASES U.S. ARE WITHIN ONE MILE OF | | | | Flying Fortress Over Huls LARGE BASE | Resistance h:[;oried Sfiff- l ening — Naval Vic- tory Confirmed ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, July 14— The Japanese have been thwarted in efforts to supply the beleaguered garrison at Munda and the Japan- ese task force has been sent fleeing to the north. The American ground troops on New Georgia have moved against the enemy airbase and met with stiffening resistance, just about one mile from the goal. The official communique con- firms the smashing naval victory of last Monday night in the sinking of a Japanese cruiser and three de- stroyers and probably damaging two other destroyers and untimate- ly sunk. The American forces killed 300 Japs below Munda. Three Jap barges loaded with troops were destroyed when planes dropped bombs. U. 8. planes also dropped 32 tons of bombs on Munda last Monday. Fifty tons of bombs have also| been dropped on the Salamaua air- drome and 21 tons have been show- ered on Lae. The Washington Merry - Go- Round | By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on sctive duty.) | | WASHINGTON. — The President has been looking forward to the next sixty days, with Congress out | of the picture, to do some weeding in his own Administration garden There are a lot of weeds which he wants to pull—chiefs of depart- | ments and other personnel weeds— and he has been telling friends that he is going to pull them. One reason the President moves slowly in problems of personnel is not only because he has affection for his friends, but also because he says there is no use replacing a man with a vacancy. He wants to have a good successor picked out beforehand. So, with Congress away,. the President has been looking forward to concentrating on getting some| new men in his Administration—a problem which his advisers all agree sorely needs attention. ! They predict that some good plants may get mixed up with the weeds and get pulled also. Even Jesse Jones and Henry Wallace may be subjected to a certain de- gree of pulling. NOTE: The President has felt particularly zestful regarding per- sonnel problems since he wrote the letter firing Chester Davies. He especially liked the last paragraph of that letter in which he told| Chester that there was no use in his remaining to formulate the 1944 farm program since he wouldn't be here to carry it out, and that| would mean real division of au-| thority—a subject that Chester had | been carping to Congress about. “THE WOMEN" When you see Congresswoman Clare Luce out at dinner in Wash- ington you can understand how and why she wrote “The Women,” side-splitting drama of women's cattiness at Reno. The men, in Washington, swarm round her. The women don’t. Swishing into Mrs. Edward Stotesbury's home the other eve- ning swaddled in endless yards of pink chiffon, Mrs. Luce was es- corted by handsome Australian Lieut. Gen. V. A. H. Sturdee, head of the Australian Military Mission. Mrs. Stotesbury was in the act of throwing a compliment at equal- ly lovely Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer, wife of Woodrow Wilson's Attorney General. Mrs. Palmer, slightly em- (Continyed on Page Four) A riymg Fortress soared over the target area of Huls, Germany, while smoke from the bombed synthetic rubber factories shot skyward. 0ld Dinner Pail Has Kicked the Bucket; If Is"”In- LIBERATORS HIT CITIES OF IL DUCE {Drop 425,000 Pounds on Croton, Valentia Airdromes CAIRO, July 14.—Heavy Libera- tor bombers of the Middle East Command dropped nearly 425,000 pounds of high explosives and fire bombs on Croton, Vibo Valentia airdromes in Italy yesterday caus- ing huge fires and “great damage” the official communique said. OPAPLANS T0 SUPPLY MORE BEEF Farm Bloc NflfiBe Hurdled Before Adoption of Program WASHINGTON, July 14. — An unofficial but authoritalive source disclosed the OPA is developing a plan to bring about a major in- crease in civilian meat rations, not yet adopted officially. The plan still must hurdle the highly controversial issue of put- ting price ceilings on live hogs and cattle. Keynote of the plan is said to be to get huge additional sup- plies of beef into the packing hous- es by removing the speculative in- centive now keeping many farmers and renchers from sending cattle to market, Congressional farm spokesmen doubt that this can be done, Plant” Feeding '‘By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, July 14.—The war is writing the passing of the old dinner pail—full or otherwise. Never again will any politician be able to revive that old campaign war cry, “the full dinner pail.” And since you can hardly meake political capital out of such slcgdm (\s ig- ger and better cafeter or “a thicker box lunch for every work- ing man,” it probably marks the beginning of a new era. Over in the War Foods Adminis- tration is the Nutrition in Industry Division. Headed by Dr. Robert S. Goodhart, its main objective is to see that the war worker is as well fed as the soldiers in the field. This is done by “in-plant” feed- ing, confusing because the system also permits feeding workers at nearby | restaurants, | government-supervised cefeterias, lunch counter lunch distribution centers ally, within the plants, there are now three forms of getting food to employes: cafeterias, stationary lunch counters, and the box lunch system. In spite of the spiralling growth | of war plants in this country, more| than 40 per cent of those emploung more than 250 persons (and prob- ably thousands of lesser ones) now have in-plant, government super- vised feeding. WFA and OPA profess to be dis- appointed that there aren't more. They would like to see this country | match England where 96 per cent| of the “more-than-250" plants have done away with the dinner pail, not to mention 7,500 smaller factories. If you wonder why all this to-do about “in-plant” feeding, you can| |get ready answers from Doctor| Goodhart and OPA. Many months ago, the powers that be became aware that indus- trial employes, working long hours and hard, couldn’t maintain any higher efficiency on 'short rations than fighting soldiers. Almost hand®in hand with ex- panded food production, rationing and price controls, WAF and OPA started their campaign to see that| war workers get more than the or- dinary civilian share of food. “In- plant” feeding was the answer, and box- (Continued on Page Two) although that name is a little | Actu- | portable or | AMER. FOR(E ATTACKS, JAPS Strafing, Borfibing Raidsi, tensnve Disastrous CHUNGKING Jlll)‘ 14.—Fliers of | the United States Fourteenth Airi Force have struck at the Japs In the past seven days on strafing and | bombing missions ranging from the | Yangtze River front to the French| Indo-China front, the communi-| que of Gen. Stillwell's Headquarters | says | One motor vessel, between 6,000/ and 10,000 tons was among 15 river craft destroyed orv damaged near Canton | Five raids were made on Haipsl | hong, Hongway and Campha in the| port area of French Indo-China! |and hits were scored on a plant; which is estimated to have supplied | 80 percent of the cement used for Jap military installations in south Formosa No planes have been lost in the‘ numerous raids. -ee —— FORTRESSES i BY DAYLIGHT Follow Heavy RAF Mfacks During Night, Is Report LONDON July 14.—Oue hundred American warplanes, including Fly- ing Fortresses, hammered targets in | western Europe at daylight toda_\': after the RAF made heavy night attacks on the German Rhineland city of Aachen, center of railway lines linking the Reich with the | French lowlands. | Twenty RAF bombers return. - MARTINIQUE QUITS AXIS FORMALLY Offers Resdfir?es, Ships to Help Liberate France v WASHINGTON, July 14.—Mar- umqup for many months the only| | non-Axis occupied ferritory holding out against cooperating in' the fight to liberate France, has returned m‘ |the fold and placed ships and re- | sources at the disposal of the Unit- rEd Nations. The formal transfer came off today— Bastille Day, Henri Hop- | penot, delegate of the French Com-' mittee for Liberation, is due to ar- |rive at Fort De France formally to take over from Admiral Georges Robert. failed to ' APPROPRIATION " BILLS ARE NOW " SIGNED BY FOR| WASHINGTON, July 14.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has signed the last 'to go home or be Giraud Arrives in Washington IN CHINA ON ' in Seven Days Are Ex- | | Lol { | Cane in hand, Gen., Henri Honore Giraud, Commander of French Forces in North Africa and Co-Chair- man of the French Committee for National Liberation, marches down the steps leading from the plane which brought him to Washington, followed by his staff, to be welcomed by Admiral William D. Leahy and many ranking officers of U. S. HITGERMANY 0d Blood and Guis Pation Waded Ashore With Yanks af Sicly REPORT IS ROMMEL IS SHOTDOWN Field Marshal Was Flying fo Sicily fo Command Axis Forces LONDON, July 14. — An uncon- firmed report has been received that Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was shot down by an Allied fight plane on his way to Sicily on Tues- day. It i id he was flying to Sicily to takz charge of the cam- paign there against the Allied in- vaders. It is also reported that an Axis transport that has been sent down had among the victims Gen. Sieg- fried Westdals and Lieut. Kiehl, of the German military force, and | three Italian officers. There is no confirmation to the report from Allwd sources, 3,000 JAPS REQUESTING - T0 GO HOME July 14.—Robert Chief of War Re- Employment Di- DENVER, Colo Fraser, Assistant location Authority, vision, says segregation of persons | of Japanese descent who have ap-| plied for repatriation to begin in September is 3,000 and put in a separ- of 20 supply bills totalling approxi- ate camp mately $150,000,000. The largest appropriation |signed yesterday was for /lion, nine hundred and eleven mil-| lion dollars carrying funds 18 agencies, for billjof 107,000 are two bil-ous camps. Japanese out placed in vari- thousand now Sixteen > BUY WAR BONDS they want | Armed Forces | i 14—Gen. “Blood and Guts” George S. Patton, Jr., Commander of the Seventh Army invading Sicily, leaped from a surf landing barge and waded ashore at the Italian island to take personal | command of the bitter ngmmg; against German tank units oppob—i ing the landing. | Noel Monks, Daily Mail corres- pendent aboard a destroyer, repm".-1 ed “at Gen. Patton’s American {bridgehead at Gela, I was told a| story of Patton’s great personal | courage and the magnificent fight- | ing quality of his troops | | “When the Americans landed they found the town in the control lof two German tank regiments.| During the next 24 hours the| fiercest fighting of the whole invs cion took place “Twice the Germans were (ill\,r‘n out, end twice the Americans were | forced right back onto the beaches, | “At this stage, Patton leaped into the surf from a landing barge and waded ashore to take personal com- | mand “Then, step by step the Germans were driven back as wave after wave of Americans landed. ‘By suncet Sunday the head was well established.” - ASKS CABINET 10 - HELP PRESIDENT | . RUNHOME FRONT i WASHINGTON l)u‘ assertion has got to be LONDON, July bridge- | July 14 the “palace guard” “demobilized 5o Senator Vandenberg called for the| establishment of a war cabinet to | help Roosevelt direct the activities| uI the home front - KING SAYS MOST With STILL TO COME 14,—Prime King told OTTAWA, July ister MacKenzie House of Commons “the first tical period has passed “for Cana- dians engaged in the invasion but | the “most critical one is to come.” . Min- the | President | heralds CRUCIAL PERIOD ‘ He will confer with President Roosevelt, Asked lor t; Now fo Get It LONDON, July 14—Gen. Sir Montgomery, com- the British forces in the invasion of Sic told the British Eighth Army just before the invasion started that “the time has come to carry war to of Europe. - SHOWDOWN ISCOMINGIN COAL CRISIS Mines to Be Refurned to Owners-Next Move Up to Miners WASHINGTON, July 14 PH'M- dent Roosevelt says the coal mines | will returned to the private owne: although John L. Lewis, of the United Mines Workers, stipulated the existing truce will continue only while Government keeps possession of the mines. The decision by the President a showdown with the United Mine Workers. He did not reveal the steps to be taken if the miners again strike. - BIG FIRM INDICTED WASHINGTON, July 14-—Indict- ment of the Sullivan Dry Dock and Repair Corporation in Brooklyn, ve officers and employ is re- ported today. The charges are for fraud In submitting false claims in the building and repairing of ships for the Navy and Maritime Commis- sion Attorney Genera indictment on was returned by in Brooklyn after gation, es, Biddle said the five counts and the Grand J an FBI investi- is the | y and the continent | They asked for it, | now they will get it.” |Ragusa and Naro, the | Ground Troops Make Advance On Munda U. 5. FORCES - IN ADVANCE - BY 15 MILES Move Now ‘Made Upon , Axis Units Massed for Counterattacks PORT OF AUGUSTA BOMBARDED, TAKEN |Invaders Are Pushing Into Mountains o Fight on Catania Plains BULLETIN—, \lLll‘l) HEAD- QUARTERS IN NORTH AF- RICA, July 14—The American 70th Army has captured Comiso and Ponet Olivo, two of the enemy's 10 main Sicilian air bases, according to an official announcement, The 70th Army has made a | 15-mile advance upon Agrigento | where large Axis forces are re- | ported to have been massing for a counter-attack. BULLETIN—ALLIED HEAD- QUARTERS IN NORTH AF- RICA, July 14.—Gen. Sir Ber- nard Montgomery's Army, driv- ing up the Sicilian east coast from Augusta toward Catania, is meeting with only weak re- sistance, it s officially an- | nounced. AIRPORT BOMBARDED ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 14, — The | Allied navies heavily bombarded the Catania airport yesterday and it is officially confirmed the Allles have captured the port Augusta, the latter the 'mnlwny Jupction town. After taking Augusta, the Brit- |~h Eighth Army began to advance |on catania. Thousands of prisoners have been taken and the 206th Italian Divis~ ion has almost been elimidated in (Continuea on :’nue Two) LESS BUTTER - FORAMERICA IS FORECAST War Needs to Take Big Hunk of Every Pound in Future | WASHINGTON, July 14. — The War Food Administration announc- ed the next 12 months, beginning in July, will be a period in which civilans will have to get along less butter and cheese ard most kinds of processed milk. Butter will be cut by 404 mil- lion pounds under the previous year with the supply reported to be 1,670 million pounds compared with civ- ilian consumption of 2,074 million pounds in the 12 months now ending. i Members of the are allotted one and one-half pounds out of every 10, the Rus- slan Army will get one-half pound and civilians 508 million pounds of cheese. on armed forces e o o o o o o o DIMOUT TIMES Dimout begins tonight at sunset at 9:54 o'clock. # Dimout ends tomorrow at sunrise at 4:14 am. Dimout begins Thursday at sunset at 9:52 p.m. 000000009000 ®es 0000