The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 19, 1943, Page 1

VOL. LXI., NO. 9398. | “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1943 PRICE TEN CENTS = ROME MILITARY OBJECTIVES BOMBED In Pacific Area Air, Sea Victories Scored JAP LOSSES HUGE AFTER BIG ATTACK More than iOB Planes Hii Nippon Base on Saturday ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, July 19—Allied planes and warships smashed at Japanese sea power in the Southwest Pacific yesterday,' and American troops, attacked enemy positions at Munda, Georgia. Two formations of destroyers, one containing six Jap warships, the other three, were intercepted by Allied surface forces off Kolomban- gara and hits were scored on all ships. One ship in the smaller group was believed sunk by a torpedo hit, and also one in the larger group. The others fled. There was no damage to United States ships. At the same time, two Jap de- stroyers and a cargo ship were damaged and an enemy merchant ship sunk by torpedo and dive- bombers at Buin-Faisi in the nor- thern Solomons. More than 200 United States bombers and fighters, the greatest force ever sent against the Japs in this area, sank seven ships and downed 49 Jap planes Saturday mn only 20 minutes of dazzling action, the Navy also reports. The sinkings included a cruiser and two destroyers, nearly half the warships and merchantmen in the Buin-Faisi harbor. Dive-bombers, torpedo planes and (Continued on Page Two) The Washington' Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert . Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON . —~The other day a young Texan named Creetmore AGAINTODAY Fath nearly fell off his chair in’ the Board of Economic Warfare when he got a call from the White Houe: “General Watson calling. President would like to see you at 11:15." Creetmore Fath is a relatively ob- ,scure official in the Board of Eco- nomic Warfare whom very few people have heard about. But he is also one of the fightingest young men in the BEW, especially when it comes to a certain subject in whic the President has shown con- siderable interest—namely, whether we shall follow Germany and in- spire cartels in Latin America. The issue long has been debat- ed backstage in regard to Ameri- can Cyanamid, to which the State Department proposes granting a monopoly of all the former Nazi drugs and chemical companies in Mexico. Creation oi this monopoly is extremely impeortant because it would set a pattern for other La- tin American countries. Leo Crowley, forthright property custodian, has opposed the American Cyanamid deal; also At- torney General Biddle. They had argued that Cyanamid, once closely linked with the Nazi I. G. Farben- industrie, would create another giant chemical trust in Mexico which might get into German hands after the war. Also they have fa- vored the American principle of free competition in Mexico. PICTURE DISTORTED The President agreed with them, sent a written memo to Crowley, and a decision supposedly was made to inform the Mexican gov- ernment to this effect. Then the State Department, in drafting a note to Mexico, distorted the pic- ture, so actually it appeared that the United States had no objection O P (Continued on Page Four, The' 'planes and damaged two enemy alien New | | Red Armies ENEMY IN SICILY IS Push Near Orel Base NOW SPLITf Attempt fo Pmch 0ff Ger- E:ghiMfle Smash Is Made-| man Bastion in Cen- Allied Forces Make | tral Front Gains, All Fronts BULLETIN—New York, BULLETIN—London, July 19. 19.—The NBC Reporter —Dispatches received tonight broadeast picked up here from said the British Eighth Army Moscow said the Russians have has apparently reached the pushed within 12 miles from Gerbini Bone and its nine sat- Orel from the southeast. ellite airfields. Gerbini is 13 miles west of tania. MOSCOW, July 19. — Advancing | —— battered their way| ALLIED HEADQUARTERS from the heavily wooded terrain NORTH AFRICA, July 19 northeast of Orel and are moving American Army has captured Cal- swiftly across the rolling fields i tanissetta, almost half way -acro an intensified drive to pinch off |the midsection of Sicily. that German bastion and cut the An eight-mile smash Orel-Bryansk railway front enemy’s battle front, Dispatches reported separate $e- Allied headquarters said. tachments of Soviet tanks have| The Allied ground forces have rolled deep to the enemy’s rear tufgained all along the front, whil the very approaches to the main the fury of the Allied Air Force enemy base and are believed to be‘wns turned for the first time on in Orel, itself. | Rome. Meanwhile, massed Russian forces| Canadian, British and American poised on the springboard in Ot-|troops dove forward in all sections putukha Valley, only eight miles|of the Sicilian Front, edging up northeast of Orel as the campaign!toward the north. | Attack on Catania reached the close of the second| week of furious fighting along the, Montgomery’s Eighth Army bur-| relentlessly into the local| 165-mile stretch of the central rowed Russian front. |defenses protecting Catania on| The Nazi armies are reported|the Sicilian east coast and pressed reeling back under the sledge ham-|closer to the keystone of the| mer blows of the Russian coume]-‘onemys position. | offensive. Montgomery's men have wrested | A German communique said the!several of the most important Red Army attacked in vain along:sn‘ong points of Catania’s defenses.| the central and southern sectors. Picked shock troops of the German | e | Army are reported holding the de-| ou | fenses abolt three miles from Ca-| Red Forces | July | in a | | split then | | | | jabbing dangerously into the de-| fense. Allied forces are also stretched| The Invasion’ sBegun en Sicily Shore [ sre of the Italian island of Sicily and disgorges reports from A group of invasion ianding barges comes to the sho cargo of fighting men and material on the beach. Thi e| Army Signal Corps radiophoto from Al;.ler» is Associated Press photo was transmitted via U. ‘SAN LORENZO, RAIL & its S. e STATEMENTETERNAL ISMADEON CITY IS ROME ATTACK ATTACKED Fliers Concentraied Only | Daylight Rald Made by on Military Object- Both Allied Heavy and ives in Area Medium Craft 10, VERY HEART, FASCIST ITALY, GETS WAR BLOW Official Slalemenl Issued Telling Why Assault Is Necessary WASHINGTON, July 19.—Allied heavy and medium bombers blast- ed military objectives in Rome to- | | | | i i YARDS ARE TARGETS Compino Ai—rar—ome Is Also Bombed - Selected CrewsEngaged ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 19.-An all- .es, Liberators, . |auders carried out the first bomb- American force of Flying Fortres Mitchells and Mar- ing of Rome today and tonight's |communique gives out a statement day for the first time in the pres- ent war, striking at the very heart of Fascist Italy, according to an official statement issued from the Allied Headquarters in North Af- 90 LEAVE FOR SOUTH | O SUNDAY Twenty-three passengers arrived here by steamer from Sitka late Saturday and 90 took passage on the same boat for the South yester- | day. Passengers from Sitka were: Ben Bellamy, Mrs. Ben Bellamy, Johnny Holtne, Carl Schlictman, Fred Barrett, John Bauer, Linnie | Basterling, Henry Holliday, R. B |Klugman, Albert Lanni, Lester | Reinecker, Eugene Romana, Som- nlung a front of the roarless area ondie Zibelli, Mrs. Elaine Harring- KEPT BY ALASKA COASTAL PLANES Alaska Coastal planes kept a busy pace during the weekend. Fol- | lowing is a list of passengers flown to Southeast Alaska points Satur- day afternoon, Sunday and today: Going to Hawk Inlet today, Wil- liam D. Cooper; to Hoonah, A. D. {"'Wright; to Excursion Inlet, P. W. Holmes, J. L. Hall, A. J. Damoso and James O’Connor. from Excursion were R. Beasley, D. W. Johnson, W. H McNutt and A. G. Fowler, Edward Adcis was brought in from Hawk Inlet. Passengers on a flight to Sitka| included Mrs. W. Thomas, Lila Kirkman, John Nyman, John Brill- }BUSY SCHEDULE Returning | ./ to this second vaccination is ordin- of Mount Etna and are gaining |ground “with skill and determina- tion in the difficult country.” More Captures tania and here the Canadians are| { Allied battle-hungry soldiers captured Piazza Armerina, P Air Ministry Gives Report on Recent Damage fo Nazis LONDON, July 19.—8trong forces of Allied planes are reported roar- ing across the English Channel this afternoon in the direction of Calais and #Boulogne. Observers on.the southeast coast| invasion, combined Allied force: have taken fully 35,000 Axis pris oners. The official communique thi: afternoon says that all 15 Junker: American Lightning fighters en countered a formation over th Tyrrhenia Sea bound for Sicily. the Axis headquarters in Sicily ha said the planes flew almost at sea|peen moved across the Messina level, Other planes w1 re heard along the coast earlier. A communique fr>m the Air Min- istry announced RAF bombers and fighters had destro)'ed eight enemy Strait to Reggio Calabria, on th toe of the nauan mainland. AMERICAN DIVISIONS vessels in attacks|last night on Nazi airport facilldes in France| and shipping off tH3 Dutch coast. | The Ministry alo said swift Mosquito bombers on intruder pa- trols in northwest Germany at-| tacked and damaged 10 locomotives and bombed a railway. Targets near| Dieppe were hit, also. 2 oy | MINOR FIRE THIS AM. J Members of Juneau Volunteer Fire Department answeved a call| from the Brunswick Cafe early this of Powerful Fight- The communique also says the poss. have 15/ miles directly east of Caltanisetta. In this' tenth day of the Allied son, Eric Fogde, Lester J. Winkes, and 52 transports were downed when It is reported from Algiers that IN SICILY Seventh Armylsc°mposed Rose McMullen, Suzanne McMul- " |ton, the Rev. John Zlobin, M1s. M. part gng john Salo. On the return | lsumm Irene Sutton, Florence 1 were Olaf Peterson, George Jor- ‘Sutton, Lloyd Sutton, Amy Mont-| | gomery, A. Van Mavern, Harold B. ;z‘:ls:;" Frances Latkey and C. J, | Nick Bez was taken to Todd on| a charter trip. | Yesterday's flight schedule was' started in the morning with s F. S. Duchemin, W. A. Hederick, A flight to Excursion Inlet. Passen- |3/ Truttman, C. R. Washburn, Max 2€rs were H. S. Polk, D. Hamilton, | Shearer, A. O. Evanstead, C. A. Ted Thompson and Ray Amens. s|Kollerer, Frank W. Lane, Sam M. Returning were Roy Higgins, Le- Anderson, Roy E. White, Lyle 0. Roy A. Block and C. Parls Duncan, C. E. Howell, C. R. Edmon- Sitka passengers were Jack Mc- ston, F. J. Heitkamp, N. J. Krinis, Conkey, Elaine McConkey, G. L. | A. T. Robinson, F. M. Crowell, John ' Newell, Fern Musser and T. A. Har- | W. Lewis, Joseph Guefre, A. J. Mc- ris. Coming back to Juneau were Neese, L. S. Cooper, Clifford T. Mrs. Einar Hagen, Maude Barku, | Murphy. Jack Garrett and M. J. Cason. J. P. Flannagan, Clyde’ W. Doub-| C. L. Wingerson, Fred E. Alme, lin, Wheery Jones, R. A. Kennaugh, Lester Sheriff, Gordon MacDonald I. L. Lathen, W. J. Pzybyl, J. F. and R. J. Morrison flew to Excur- | Henderson, L. J. Christopher, Fred sion. Returning here were George |Simmons, E. R. Robinson. R. E. Popevik, Douglas Thim, Harry | Pasco, Katherine Todorovich, Jose|Goodpasture, Mrs. Charles Viland |M. Gonzales, Wallace A. Perez, and Mrs. E. E. Bilodeau. |Frank Brandt, Edwin L. Stewarl., oOn a flight to Haines were Mrs. lgou’fw;rag:;r 1:*’;19 ;'ianffi:af' J‘: E. Gromoff, James Ward and Louie | o Ti Brigngole. y f{u:r. Coming to ‘JPI)PGH from AC T Mekon Go A Gilinerteon fl‘El:esSKWBS A., L..thnduhl and agway were Gerald New- b ;Z:‘k?n\g;ap& % I.(:}Hu\;md {zl ton, R. H. Zimmerman, Herman assofl, C. R geiiwater and Fred Lang. Miller, D. F. Hickman. Going to Haines were H. John- To Wrangell % '3 B Harris. Minnte H SRR Up son, J. B. Harris, Minnie Harris, . B Neke: William Thomas and Flenor Poweli, James Shakinaw, Alfred'A. Bruce, 7 Returning from Haines was Se- chrest Godfrey and from Skagway were James Anderson, Harry Harto and Coshett Skipp. E. M. Schmitz flew to Excursion To Seattle Taking passage for Seattle were: Joe J. Arrasmith, Everett John- s e| s e b Leaving for Petersburg were: Francis Pickernell, Eugene Duga- (qua, George L. Cruz, Frances M. |Viland, Mr. a 'Ray Perkins and H. W IMMUNIZATION CLINIC " WILL BE WEDNESDAY The regular monthly immuniza- [ tion clinic is to be held by Dr. C. C. Carter, City Health Officer, at the Juneau Health Center, Wednesday morning, July 21, at 10 o'clock. In addition to the smallpox and diph- theria immunizations for infants, opportunity will be given children cntering kindergarten this fall to have reinforcement immunizations. 1t is recommended that vaccina- tion for smallpox be done before the child is a year old and repeated jon entrance to school. The reaction arily very mild and does not leave a scar but serves to maintain the | original immunity. | Likewise in order to maintain a ‘hhzh degree of immunity to diph- theria, it is recommended that every infant receive two doses of toxoid after nine months of age land one reinforcing dose before entering school. | Charles| To Excursion were Mrs. | and s. E. E. Billo-| deau, Willie Peters.and S. E. An-! son. Returning were Vemey Beeson., Albert Malden, Frank Haley, Wil-| liam Connaly and James Huston. Flying to Sitka Clifford | Graham, George Jorgenson, Olaf Peterson, M. C. Eason, Mrs. Wil- liam Ott and Loretta Ott. On the return were R. J. Claire, M. T. Pfluege, S. P. Troutman and Mrs, H. F. Troutman. Don S. Davis flew and J. E. Slamon was taken Lenakee, Another Excursion trip was mnde‘ with passengers Ernest Plahn, Den- nis Sheppard, Len Coe, Dan J. 0-: Connor and James Huston. Com-| ing in from Excursion were Mrs.| H. L. Wheaton, James W. Hug, James Johnson, J. C. Alf'xfln(lm and S. M. Marcuelson. A trip to Hoonah was made with the following: Dwain Limprecht, F. Lordan, Walter Hellan, Mrs. Malcolm aud Mrs. E. Rudl..A. D. Wright came in from Hoonah on the return and from Excursion| were O. Armstrong, J. C. Marshall, Zork Flying to Sitka were June Con- rad, E. Roy, Ray Harris, J. P. Had- owsky and O. H. Hanson. Coming were to Hoonah, | to | regarding the attack. rica and released here. The fliers concentrated on mili-| The pombing was an emphatic tary targets at San Lorenzo andfollow-up of the Roosevelt-Church- marshalling yards. |ill ultimatum demanding the Ital- One of the targets |ians remove their country from miles from Vatican City. !the war Flying Fortresses led the way| gpecially trained Allied bomber and while they were attacking San|crews carried home with precision Lorenzo and the yards, Liberators|the attack pinpointing targets sup- bombed Littorio railway freight|posedly protected by their proxim- yards. |ity to some of the most sacred Simultaneously, hundreds of Mar-|symbols and monuments of Christ- auders and Mitchells, escorted by |janity. Lightnings;, began the attack on| A strong force of American heavy the Campino airdrome: The fliers pombers spearheaded the attack struck the very heart of Fascist|with terrific force and explosives Ttaly. burst in Rome. The crews were all selected and Tell Why of Attack especially trained to carry home! Jyst prigr to the shower of the precision of the attack. |bombs, bombers sent leaflets down Liberators dropped 350 tons telling the Itallans why the Eter- bombs. |nal City had to be attacked. The leaflets said the Fascists were cap- italizing on the hallowed precincts lies four of AXIS BROADCAST (east of the {formed the prime objective of the | raid. LONDON, July 19.—A Rome ra- dio, picked up here tonight made the first Axis assedtion thatchurch property was damaged in today's Allied bombing of Rome. The broadcast quoted a Stefani agency message also, saying the Pope vis- |ited Basilicia, San Lorenzo and Fuori le Mura, outside of the walls,” the devastated area that was bombed by Anglo-Saxon aviators.” The broadcast said the Pope made a private visit to Basilica at| 6 o'clock pm. and returned to Va- tican City one hour later. The church is about 1,000 yards north- railway yards that TR S A M REPUBLICANS GIVE VIEWS ONPOSTWAR Have Meetmg in New York -Senator Austin Is Speaker NEW YORK, July 19.—Senator | tioned (Continuea on me Two) e TARGETS AT ROMEFOUND BY PILOTS Objectives Located Easily- No Religious Shrines Are Hit by Bombs CAIRO, July 19. — Pilots who |bombed Rome, after returning to {their North African base, said they had no difficulty in finding their {military targets. The morning was clear with sun- shine. Targets were visible easily be~ cause an uusually large number of landmarks dot the Italian Capital. The bombers picked up the snake-like Tiber River outside of Rome and followed it to the city. The crews of the bombers had ;e scale photographs showing objectives and they were cau- against damaging religiovs r cultural shrines. lal he morning but the minor blaze was put out almost at once with no damage. It resulted from oil leak- ing from a burner. e e o 0o 00 0 0 0 0 0 e FLAG AT GOVERNOR’'S . HOUSE IS TO FLY BOTH DAY, NIGHT Following a precedent estab- lished in Washington, D. C., and elsewhere, the American flag flies both day and night and the flag at the Governor’s house will thus be unfurled and flying from the staff the o full 24 hours for the duration of the war. e 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 ing Forces ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 19.—The American Seventh Army, now in Sicily includes the following units: First Infantry Division under command of Maj. Gen. Terry Allen. Third Infantry Division under ® Maj. Gen. Lucian Truscott. ® Forty Fifth Infantry Division ® under Maj. Gen. Troy Middleton. ¢ Second Armored Division under ® Maj. Gen. Hugh Gaffney. ® Eighty Second Air Borne Division ® under Maj. Gen. Matthew Ridge- ® way. — o o The squirrel family gets its| ‘nnme from the Latin word sclurus,l .thich means shade-tailed. | Whitney. Lund, Clara Mills, John H. Mills, Paul Pugh. To First City Taking passage for were: Nina “E. Butcher, H. J. Butcher, Pauline Burkher, Howard Burkher, Gordon Burkher, Burl Burkher, Victor Hooper, George N. Redding, Leo Roseburg, N. Huittila, H. B. Askley, Joseph M. Kohklen, Vevean Kobklen, Albert Kohklen, Archie Kohklen C. L. Laskey, H. E. Riley . 8. Sanford, Edith Copstead, San- Copstead, W. P. Sharpe, A. C. Ketchikan 1rn —_——d—— Vera Prokiopof has entered the Government Hospital for treat- ment, and on the return were passengers James B. Jones, Louis Bodlos, Don- ald Davis, Andrew Longmire and C. Dyaknoff. Completing Saturday were the following flights: To Petersburg—John Hall; to Ketchikan—E. 5. Swedberg and to Edna Bay—M. P. Munter, J. Doyle and L. H. Clark. Returning here from Ketchikan were P. W. Holmes, M. P. Munter, J. Doyle, L. H. Clark and from Petersburg, Gordon D. MacDondld. Excursion Inlet passengers were M. VanHasten and C. King. Com- ing back with Alaska Coastal from Hoonah were D. C. Limpecht, P."J Lordon, Walter G. Hellan, W. Caro, 'Davm Howard and S, A. Stevens. schedule to Juneau from the Historic City were Katie Daniels, Mrs. Marge ‘Wukick, M. VanHartin and Mrs. John Winther, jr. Going to Excursion were K. A, Joy and Ed Weedeman. On the re- turn were Harry Cobwall, C. O. Handeson, D. W. Heay, H. W. Start and M. H. Blomis ‘To Haines were John Kern and J. F. Hutcheson and to Skagway— Peter Rosich, Gus Larkin and Ev- erett Sorendon. On the return from Haines was J. W. Miller Last trip of the day to Skagway was made with passengers A. Kos- mich, R. W. Troyer, Robert Hutt, Peter Hjilm and E. G. Burriss. On the return Ralph Barker and E. C.| | Sperling were picked up at Hames] and brought here, Warren Austin of Vermont told the|' MANY RESIDENCES AFLAME Eastern Conference of the Republi-| ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN can Postwar Association “again and NORTH AFRICA, July 19.—Rome 'again we must assert that relative '4dio broadcasts picked up here said freedom and permanent peace must any residences were left in flames be implemented by a world or- after the Rome bombing but made ganization which the United States " @ssertion that damage was done must contribute to.” (‘o church, cultural or historical The association is an outgrowth Structures. of meetings held in Chicago and :s 235 interested in drawing up a foreig: policy plank for submission to the Republican Party for the next pres- ® idential campaign, i®* Dimout begins tonight D. Watson, 39, Chicago attorney, ® at sunset at 9:45 o'clock. is president. In a keynote addres;'® Dimout ends tomorrow he urged Republicans not to let ® at sunrise at 4:24 am. “dislike of Mr. Roosevelt’s policies ® Dimout begins Tuesday blind us as we approach the ques-|® sunset at 9:43 p.m. tion of international cooperation” @ ¢ ¢ ¢ 9 ¢ ¢ ¢ 0 o ¢ o . ® ® o 0 0 0 o NIMOUT TIMES at