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

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXL, NO. 9396. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1943 5 Lo = PRICE TEN CENTS NAPLES IN RUINS; MESS Mubo Captured By Allies; 950 Japanese Killed NEW GUINEA KEY POINT HAS FALLEN 1 | i i l Americans Throw Back Nippon Attack at Mun- da Air Base ALLIED HEADQUARTERS AUSTRALIA, July 16.—Mubo, key point protecting Salamaua, New Guinea, has been captured and 950 Japs killed, Gen. MacArthur an- nounces. Action flamed at the Pacific offensive ericans threw back an attack by the Jap defenders of Munda air base and our Air Force shot dewn 45 Jap planes over Rendova. At the same time, a Jap cargo ship was sunk at Vella Lavella Is- land after the second battle of Kula Gulf on July 13, it is re- ported. 1 \ IN both as ends ul‘ the Am- The Washin;flon Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON.—During his 17 years in Congress, veteran Repre- sentative Jed Johnson of Oklahoma has made a practice of calling on the incumbent President at the end of each session for a chat on legis- lative matters. A significant thing about these visits is that Johnson usually found the chief executive in an unhappy mood about Con-! gress. Coolidge always was glum and critical. He said he got no coop- eration from the legislators. And when Johnson called on Hoover in early 1933, after his defeat, Hoover unleashed a ripping tirade to the| effect that Congress was responsible | for all the economic evils of thal period. President Roosevelt didn't entirely upset this tradition when Johnson visited him the day the 78th Con- gress recessed for the summer. Roo- sevelt also was irked about Con- gress’ wishy-washy ‘attitude on in- flation. However, Roosevelt was more philosophical than belligerent. The President said that too many Congressmen were concerned about the prosperity ofl their own dis- tricts, instead of looking at the whole picture. This was true of both the farm and labor blocs in Congress, the President said, al-| though the farm bloc was more strongly entrenched. If pressure groups ' had their way, he added, we would have a| repetition of conditions during the, last war when corn rocketed to $144 a bushel and cotton sold for 40 cents a pound. | Should the administration make, a price concession on one commo-| dity, the President remarked, there would be a stampede of demands Japanese Nof Stymied In Padific; (onsolidalinfigr Gains OPA DEFENDS CEILINGS ON FISH PRICES Says Office?Sdion Will Se Maximums on Re- fail Market WASHINGTON, July 16. An- swering acknowledged mounting City 60 years ago, the Mormon son | and deal- maximun ts from fishermen against new price OPA said the new fish pr than double the market 1936 to 1941, generally based on averages fish- ermen received last year, plus in- creased operations costs. prot ers the are more prices of The OPA said it intends soon to| set price maximums on retail fish \to reinforce the new wholesale ADS ASKED BY NELSON Urges Naii(fi_to Get Out of Current Produc- tion Slump WASHINGTON, July 16.—Donald Nelson of the War Production Board urged American business to throw the weight into war message advertising in an effort to shake off the production slump caused in part by “false and dangerously pre- mature feelings that the war is in the bag.” Nelson, participating with other high officials in a broadecast launch- ing the War Advertising Council's drive for a ad,” disclosed June war production missed the six and a half billion goal by a half billion. The goal was'nt reached in May, either. “We are gaining in total output, but that output is not rising fast enough to meet the steady rise of our production goals.” Elmer Davis, OWI head, declared the military offensive can be ex- pected to “grow swifter and heav- ier, which means we shall have to expend larger and larger amounts of materials and casualties.” |ator and are, “war message in every | suffer heavier | for boosting price ceilings ‘on all| other commodities. This stampede would be difficult, if not impossible, | to stop. “It's the old story about the| camel getting his nose under the| tent, Jed,” said the President. “Once he does it, the chances are he's going all the way in.” NOTE: The current price ceil- ing on corn is $1.07 a bushel while cotton is selling for about 18'cents a pound. SAYS MUST ADMIT DEFEAT NOW Gen. Giraud—Makes State- ment in Offawa- His Ambitions OTTAWA, July 16—French Gen. Henri Honore Giraud, at a confer- ence here today with the newsmen, | said “Germany is defeated and all| that is left for her is to admit de-| feat. I want a strong French Army to march into France with our GILLETTE BOOM GROWS There is more than meets the eye behind the backstage grooming ot Senator Guy-Gillette of Towa to be President of the United States. Despite the denials, Jim Farley let part of the cat out of the bng‘ when he called an ultra secret luncheon of anti-Roosevelt Sena- They Are (First of Two Articles on the Japanese strangle-holds in the ) By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, July 16.— Some military commentators recently have been prefacing their remarks with “Now that we have the Jap- anese stymied in the Pacific If there ever was a voice crying in the wilderness that such is not the case, it is the voice of Sen, Elbert Duncan Thomas, Democrat from Utah. First, let me téll you about Sen- Thomas. There are three ‘Thomases” in the Senate, but they shouldn't be confused. Elbert D. Thomas started life in Salt Lake He followed becoming a of Mormon parents. family tradition by | Mormoen missionary. His mission took him ;to Japan and later to China. His colleagues will readily admit that there isn't one of them who knows more abou the Orient than Elbert Thomas He was intimately acquainted with Admiral Togo and General Nogi. | history,” he says, “I start and end with the Orient, That puts me out lof harmony with most of the his- |tory departments of American in- | etitutions, because most of our his- ltery teaching deals with western Furope and America. The rest of |the world we let go hang; and we | to are suffering the consequen- | ce: That may sound a little pedantic, but when it comes from a man held in such esteem by his col- leagues that he is chairman of the | Senate Education and Labor com- |mittee, and a member of the com- | mittees on Foreign Relations, Mili- tary Affairs, Mines and Mining, and | Pensions, you can be sure it's not. | Senator Thomas is not one of the {“all-out” critics of postponement of our war against the Japs. Although he is convinced that postponement of concentrated activity in that theater will prolong the war at least a year or two, he sees in our present strategy the possibility of saving many lives. | | | The records of Guadalcanal, New Guinea and Attu bear him out. These defensive offensives against Japanese outposts have been ex- travagant in dead, wounded, ill and captured. That they have cost |the Japanese more dead than our own and Allied troops is little com- | pensation. Four things should be borne in mind: (1) The Japs are a desperate | ople, because they have made a lesperate gamble to rule Asia or to |go back to the days of Tokugawa Shogunate and isolate themselves again. (2) Except for the subjugation of inner China and the capture of an eastern anchor in New Caledonia |or Hawaii, they already have ac- ‘uumplmhed all they set out to do in a military way, and now have only to fight a defensive war. (3) Their manpower now num- SEATTLE - PROTESTS OPA RULE New Reguléfioh Means, in Effect, Rationing for Alaska July 16 | { | | | SEATTLE, Seattle Chamber of Commerce D. K. McDonald, protested to Wash- | ington a new OPA order which, in effect, would mean rationing for Alaska by requiring manufacturers to deduct from their monthly quo- tas rationed items which they ex- port to Alaska “We had been previously assured there would be no rationing for the Territory use of transportation and other existing conditions,” he said. “If they attempt to apply any | sort of food rationing on monthly | quotas they'll be hopelessly balled {up,” McDonald added. l He said he believes the order was | made with foreign markets only in | mind and like the recent War Pro- duction Board order included Al- ska, through faulty wording in [the latter case. | The WPB, on the Chamber’s pro- |test, agreed to rescind the order | bec “In my study and teaching of |which required shippers sending bur-, textiles to Alaska the WPB for au- llap and other to wire or write therity - GASOLINE, FUEL OIL STUDY ON War Mobiligation Director Says He Is Making Complete Survey WASHINGTON, July 16—James F. Byrnes, Director of War Mobili- zation, announced today he is re- studying the whole problem pf gas- oline and fuel eil supplies “in the light of new developments.” Byrnes said he intends to inform the public about the results as soon as his survey is completed. e 0ld Division Readlivated In Ceremony CAMP GRUBER, Oklahoma, July 16—The famed Rainbow Division, 25 years after it helped smash the German tide in France, was re- activated in a solemn ceremony | | | president, | NAZIS | bers in the hundreds of millions | and their resources in strategic | materials are almost endless. (4) Through propaganda, Asiatic | blood ties and an understanding of | yesterday. Brig. Gen. Harry Collins, com- mander, told the hundreds of vel- erans of the First World War o “have faith in us,” and Gen. Doug- the Oriental mind, the Japs are well on their way right now to es- pire than the occidental ever dreamed of. L If Willkie Runs, He Will Give McCormick Hot Time in lllinois | NEW YORK, July 16.—If Wendell L. Willkie chooses to run for the Republican Presidential nomination tablish a far greater colonial em- | nations | las MacArthur who helped organize the outfit . STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 16. — Closin quotation of Alaska Juneau |stock today is 6!, American 90'2, Anaconda 28%, Steel 647%, Commonwealth and Southern 17/8, Curtiss Wright 8, General Motors 55'%, International Harvester 737, Kennecott 34':, New York Central 18';, Northern Pacl- fic 16%, Packard Motors 4'i, Re- public Steel 19%, United States Can mine | Bethlehem | 1 NEWBLOWS ARE STRUCK BY SOVIETS jNazi Divisflmg Scattered on One Front, Whittled Down in South | MOSCOW, July 16—The Rus- sians have struck new blows at the | Germans from points 37 miles north 5 miles east of Orel, sending of the Nazi divisions reeling scattered into the rain-soaked | and 25 parts and fore Other Red Army divisions have | 4{ whittled down the Germans in the | { Belgorod bulge, 165 miles ~south, and repulsed all fresh enemy at-| tacks. Dispatches from the the German tank lo: reached the enormous total of 3,0 also 1686 planes have been de- stroyed and upwards of 54,000 men killed or captured so far in the| 12-day battle A broadeast picked up here from | Berlin, releasing a German com- | munique, persistently called the| Russian Orel offensives “relief | attacks” on a 90-mile front - Increase InAcreage Urged Now WASHINGTON, July 16 (‘,:lllllw,‘ on farmers to mobilize every crop | acre and farming facility for a cord harvest next y Marvin Jones, head of the War Food Ad- ministration, announces the Gov- ernment in 1944 wants 380,000,000 | acres of crops planted so that the| meat dairy and egg production will | be maintained to high levels. | The projected increase in acre- | | front said have now 52, | as age is 16,000,000 acres. Jones explained the “program | recognizes the demands for food | is imperative for several years and sound practices must be followed | to insure the highest possible yields over a period of years. Jones promised more machinery | and that more fertilizer would be| available. JACK DEMPSEY GETS CUSTODY OF CHILDREN WHITE PLAINS, N. J, July 16— | An interlocutory decree of divorce| was ‘filed here, not providing ali- mony but specifying that Jack Dempsey may remarry. But the defendant, Hannah Wil- liams Dempsey cannot remarry without the court’s permission. The remarriage proviso is routine in New York State which does not |recognize the defendant’s remar- riages outside the state without the court’s approval. Dempsey won the custody of the two children yesterday. > PARACHUTERS "DISPOSED OF" ASSERTS BERLIN LONDON, July 16. — A German | radio broadcast ‘heard here said 10,000 Allied parachute troops| dropped behind the line at Ca-| tania, Sicily plain, “have been dis-| posed of.” | | 1 | | | I i - - | WASHINGTON, July 16, — The| | IN A PICTURE contest conducted by | Harbor.” | Forrest E. Partridge, USMC, also President Lambasls Two (abinef Members For Recent Argumenis | | WASHINGTON, July 16.—Presi- dent Roosevell, in a sweeping home front reorganization, has Vice-President Henry A. Wallace and Seeretary of Commerce [ Jones, relieved of all responsibility |of foreign cconomic warfare | created a new office under Ireo | Crowley te take over the work. s | In the order, the President se- | verely reprimanded the Vice-Presi- dent, us head of the Board of Econ- omic Warfare, and Jones, Supervis- or of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, for publicity in aiving the dispute over purchase of stra- tegic materials. The President, in his order, abol- ishes the Board of Economic Wel- fare, and transferred the functions along with the RFC subsidiaries in foreign economic matters. The new office of Economic Wel- fare will be headed by Crowley, now Alien Property Custodian. The President also told heads of Departments that if they fail to bring disputes to him before going to the newspapers, they must re- sign. Wallace Jones on Alaskan Favorite s 8 started the feud with charges Jones was oh- tructing the war effort in acting H lowly in providing the Board of Fconomic Welfare with funds with (which to purchase strategic mater- als Jone 1 were mialicious President Roos Marines in Alaska, Billie Jean Fitz- gerald, 20, of Peoria, Ill., has been selected “Sweetheart of Dutch She is engaged to Pfe, hotly, the and untrue, It said the “un- fortunate and acrimonious public debate” belween the two Cabinet officials, made it necessary in pub- (lic interest to transfer the admin- istration of foreign economic af- fairs in other hands. President also said: charges of Peoria, who entered her photo in the contest. (International) KISKA GETS BOMBADRED FIFTH TIME Light Surfavcé -Vessel At-| tacks Jap Positions at Gertrude Cove BULLETIN — Washington, July 16—Navy Secretary Frank Knox, commenting on the Kiska bombardments this afternoon said:_ “We propose to drive the Japanese out of the Aleutians. When and how I cannot talk about.” The “In the midst of waging war that is so criti- | cal to national security to future civilization, there is no time to in- ve: e where the truth the conflicting versions on a trans- action that took place one year and one-half ago.” The order also directed the RFC to provide funds for the new office. -+ SURRENDER PLEA MADE TO ITALIANS Stop Fighting‘ or Be Blast- ed Out, Says FDR, | | | | WASHINGTON, July 16.—A naval, communigue said that on July 15, . early in the morning, a United| Chuf(hln States light surface unit bombard- | o d Japanese positions at Gertrude| WASHINGTON, July 16.—Presi- Cove in the Kiska Island area and defit Roosevelt and British Prime the fire was not returned. Minister Winston Churchill, in The bombardment was the fifth virtual ultimatums released simul- in 10 days, the communique states. taneously here and London this - - ‘ morning, gave Italy the chof of jout of the | war. RY FONDA surrender honorably or be blasted ordered | Jesse | and ) lies in | GREAT PORTS 'BOMBARDED, AIR ATTACKS {Hermann AGdé-ring's Ar- | mored Division Beaten Back by British 13 MORE TOWNS TAKEN, ADVANCE NORTHWARD Twenty Thousand Axis Troopers Taken Pris- oners, Sicily Drive ALLIED HEADQUARTERS NORTH AFRICA, July 16. The | British Eighth Army has driven to within 16 miles of Catania after beating back the crack Hermann Goering Armored Divisions north of Lentini, strong point where the Germans gathered for a heavy at- tack, The Allied Command announces that more than 20,000 Axis troop- ers ‘have been taken prisoners. The official communique also states that 13 more Sicilian towns have been captured by the Ameri- can and Australlan forces. Military observers said the ene- {my henceforth might be compelled |to fight only in rearguard action. The great Italian mainland port of Naples is In smoking ruins to=- day after 24 solid hours of aerial | bombardment. Smoke is rising 20,000 teet into the air. In the same attack, bombardment virtually Sicilian port of Messina island map. J N rial the the an wiped oft A IN FLAMES DQUARTERS IN NORTH AFR , July 16. — Rec- onnaissance pictures of the past |two days following the titanic aerial assault on Messina show one area two miles long and half a mile wide burning as a single fire, This followed the showering of 150 bombs in the section. They explod- ed precisely the same instant, The skeleton of an ammunition train is also revealed in the pic- tures. One picture shows one square mile of buildings blotted out as the result of a gigantic oil fire. An- other picture shows a tremendous banner of white smoke across the bay from the storage sheds, indi- cating the fire has been burning for several days. ,es SUB ATTACK IS REPORTED IN ATLANTIC | MESSI ALLIED H The statement was radio beamed | [to the Italians and also at the Slvs (H ARGE same time thousands of propagan- The it is cide message, time for or ultimatum, said the people to “d=- da leaflets were dropped over Italy.| Planes of B;l;(arrier Dis- pose of Two of Ten ISN'T TRUE LOS ANGELES, July 16.—Henry Fonda, movie actor, Navy quarter- master third class attached to a destroyer, denied through his wife and naval authorities at Bremer- ton where he is stationed, that he is the father of a daughter born |three weeks ago to Mrs. Barbara Thompson, 25, brunette divorcee. Mrs. Fonda said he called here end said “he didn't know the girl, |bad never met her and denied the | charges emphatically.” Mrs. Thompson, mother of three U-_Boqis WASHINGTON, July 16, — The | Outpomnted in nerial and navai|N2YY 1évealed foday that planes ! domination, the statement also said |0 * Single baby, uircraft carrier It is the hope Ttaly's strvival -lies|designated only a5 “delivering ‘o in_honorable capitulation” and the|OnYOYS: Was attacked by 10 Ger- Allies are determined to “destroy| o Submarings in the North Pa- the false leaders and doctrines|pu oo cupnr oy wore destroyed which brought Ttaly o her Present| eyt of coiek wonk of o ooy Posttion.” {result of quick work of the carrier ( | planes. o | the Ttalians will die| for Mussolini and Hitler, or live for Italy and civilization.” whether - |o FATHERS TOLD s ABOUT DRAFTING = -..... . WASHINGTON, July 16.—Fath- ® 8t sunset at 9:51 o'clock. DIMOUT TIMES e o 0 . . tonight e 1 | begins tors in the Capitol the other day to push Gillee’ nomination. But there is @ more than Jim iWur Department announces Brig. other children, asks $2,000 for the|ers living with and supporting chil-|® Dimout ends tomorrow e ‘Gen. Lawrence H. Hedrick has been | child’s support and also $5000 med- dren born before last September ® at sunrise at 4:18 am . for the ical expenses. |15, have got an official assurance ® Dimout begins Saturday at e S Steel 59, Granby Copper and Min- ing 5%. Dow, American and British armies to in 1944, he will challenge Col. Rob- liberate my country, then go into ert R. McCormick, publisher of the Germany and free all French pris- Chicago Tribune, in a hammer and are named air judee advocate Jones averages today Farley behind the plan. Real fact oners of war and civilian$ drafted (Continued on Page Four) for work.” |tongs campaign for the | preferential primary vote. Tllinois 'as follows: industrials 145.14, rails' Army Air For 3798, utilities 22.14. He recently turned from Britain, | there. will be no draft for them be- - I fore October. BUY WAR BONDS @ sunset at 9:49 pm ® s 000000000 e