The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 20, 1943, Page 3

TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1943 TONIGHT! “Somewhere I'll Find You" TONITE 12:30 ... for the AXIS ...when they encounter America’s... f TOMORROW? PREVUE JON HALL llona Massey Peter Lorre Sir Cedric Hardwicke John Litel —ALSO— Lt. Com. Gene Tun- ney in ‘Fit to Fight’ ‘Sports in the Rockies’ Latest News THEATRE THE CAPITOL HAS THE BIG PICTURESI LONGBATTIF '31G NIPPON WITH JAPAN HaVAL BASE IS FORECAST AIR RAIDED (Continued from Page one) (Continued from Page One) ‘ arted nom family (nnnucunm ,mmmv to through which the spirit of defeat miles away. Tokyo, about ”1,200i wa stransmitted during the first| The attack puts pressure on Ja- world war. ipan’s northern defense position in Both Thorne and Knox virtually|coordination with the present of- agreed in forecasting the victory fensive against the Japanese posi- march in the Pacific is long al- tions in New Guinea far to the | though it will never be stopped'south. short of a complete surrender of the, There were reports last week that enemy. | Knox described the fighting in Sicily as the conquest of an outpost and said the American troops face Europe’s army of seven or eight million men. Knox also said wishful thinking is causing a letup in production and we are already feeling this and gave American planes had delivered the long expected attack on Parami- shiro but when Secretary of Na Knox was questioned, he declincd to affirm or deny the reports The Navy spokesman, discussing Paramushiro, said the pilots and crews of the Liberators got a break 4 in clear weather and were able to a warning that complacency may| ... q.ctuction on the targets reduce the July quota of 8500 PUNT FeRC o planes. | with precision. - e STANLEY MORGAN NOW 2ND LIEUT. FIRE RAGING : SEATTLE, July 20.—The Alaska dio reports a great fire is raging Communications System announces|in the French city of Rouen and that Master Sergeant Stanley Mor-|the damage has already run into gan, Point Barrow operator, has {he millions of francs. The cause been commissioned a Second Lieu-|uf the fire is not given. tenant and will probably be - e - — assigned to duty as an engineering | officer. He arrived here last month from his north station. B Red, yellow and black are the only pigment colors found on any bird; all other plumage colors are the result of refracted light. —————— The largest colony of prairie dogs ever located was 250 miles long and 100 miles wide. Empire Classifieds Pay! SKILLED LOGGEBS Logging 'l'ruck Boad Builders Wanted for IMPORTANT WAR WORK Certificate of Availability Required see U. S. Employment Service 124 Marine Way, Juneau | A.B. Phillips at the Gastineau Hotel, Juneau ' irn !Gable and Lana Turner, | girl reporter { the bombing | vices. |some observers as a gesture seek- (ing Korean support in support of TIMELY FILM ENDS TONIGHT AS LOCAL HI f'Somewherevfil Find You' Is Seen af Capitol Theatre Timely in theme as a news dis- Ipatch from the Far Eastern thea- tre of war, M-G-M's “Somewhere Find You,” co-starring Clark ends to- night at the Capitol Theatre. Gable appears in the role of a iwar correspondent, a characteriza- tion with which he is thoroughly familiar from several previous roles as a newspaper man. He rises to the occasion again with a superb performance. Miss Turner is excellent as the in the war zone who falls head over heels in love with him as she leads terrified Chinese children to safety from the Japa- nese bombers. Robert Sterling, as Gable's brother, also a newspaper man, plays with distinction a diffi- cult- role as the unsuccessful suitor. NO PROTEST ONBOMBING ROMEHEARD United States Archbishop Says lts Italians’ Fault WASHINGTON, July 20. | Government had received no pro- test of the bombing of Rome up to noon today, and nothing had been received to confirm that Monsignor Montini, official of the Vatican, had conferred with Harold | Titman, U. S. representative at the Vatican City as reported by the Germans. ITALIANS' FAULT DETROIT, July 20. — The Rev. Edward Mooney, Archbishop here. expressed “surprise and regret” over of Rome, but added Fascist government of Italy could ¢ made the bomb- ing unnecessary. He said the Ital- ian could have *“declared Rome an open city and acted in sincerity on that the ;| that declaration.” L e RUSS GUNS HIT NAZIS (Continued from Page one) counter-attacks duri;g the d;y. The German story was that the fighting yesterday and 562 tanks destroyed by Nazi land troops, sup- ported by units of the German air force. Heavy Soviet attacks in the Ku- ban bridgehead west of Krimskaya were frustrated, the communique said, adding other drives in the Mius River and Donets sectors also were halted after hard fighting. From London came reports that several dozen more populated plac- es on the Orel front were captured and news that the Germans are still bringing up fresh forces and are resisting stubbornly. KOREAN IS PROMOTED, JAP ARMY (By Associated Press) Lieut. Gen. Prince Ginri, head of has been appointed Commander of cording to the War Ministry an- moto whose new assignment is not announced. 50 high in Japanese military ser- The* promotion appears to Japan’s war effort. - e, In Estes Park, Colo, beavers built » dam more than one thou- sand feet long. | — The NEAR OREL Russians were beaten back in heavy | the former Royal House of Korea, the Japanese Army's Air Force ac-| nouncement broadcast from Tokyo.: Ginri succeeds Lieut. Gen. ’I’era-) Ginri is the first Korean to rise| THE DAILY ALASKA ENE’IRE—JUNEAU ALASKA EISENHOWER MUSSOLINI, MESSAGE IS HITLER IN NOW PUBLIC' CONFERENCE Invasion of—S—icin Report| Axis leade;; aet Together| Termed Effective in City in Northern Weapon Italy | { | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN’ (By Associated Press) NORTH AFRICA, July 20. — Gen.! Hitler and Mussolini “met in X\i Dwight Eisenhower’s invasion mes- north Italian city for a discussion sage to the people of Sicily is de- of military matters,” the Berlin scribed by observers here as being radio announced today, saying the one of the most effective weapons meeting occurred yesterday. unleashed in the war. 1 It has now been officially made|ler's public. In it he promised Italy'rer |would be restored as a free nation'ig after the Allies as an “inevitable | tary part of the war destroy the German | overlordship in Europe.” The communique issued from Hit- headquarters said, the “Fueh-| and Il Duce met Monday, July in a city in upper Italy. Mili- questions were discussed.” The Axis leaders last met in April at Hitler's headquarters where it He pledged further that the Allies {was announced they had reached will “take necessary steps to elim-|an agreement on all measures to inate the Facist system from What-|pbe taken. ever territory they occupy.” Both dictators remained silent The message was posted immed-|q; new disasters came—the fall of iately after the Allied landings. | Typiia, the bombing of the Ruhr, BT the invasion of Siclly JAP SHIPS SMASHTWO | U.5. sips, Troush Big Pipeline Now Two Hundred and Sixteen | Survivors Reach South | Indus_Iry Complimented on Pacific Base Fine Job of Con- - | struction (By Associated Press) Two hundred and sixteen sur-| pHOENIZVILLE, Penn. July 20. vivors of two American ships, tor-'_Government officials paid tribute pedoed and sunk, have arrived at i, the ofl industry fer the tremen- an advanced South Pacific base, ;o5 job it did in opening the “big thus far | BURMA GIVEN ~“* LONG BOMBING NEW DELHI, July 20.—Maj. Gen. Clnytun Bissell, Commander of the |Tenth Air Force, announces that fliers have smashed at Burma through the monsoon for the first 15 days of July. e state violence in many sections of according to delayed advices re- jn.p» pipeline, but warned it is Ship officers report 14 persons ng jntended for providing gasoline are missing, and are believed dead, ¢, pleasure driving. | The torpedoing indicates a new ,nder a flaring torch a turgid |offensive by Japanese submarines giream of oil was stemming from jon warships, and the Japs areand surged steadily eastward now trying to cut the supply lines, | through south Ohio, flowing at the The Japanese claim the smkmt‘ Its goal is the giant refineries of 13 Allied ships, including five dotting the Atlanuc Coast. as false the boasts of sinking trans- ports and claim it is a flat lie. Conscri pl e | Overhead-One Dead, 3 . Two Injured | Desired by Occupa- | ¢ 'lon Tmops Bursting shells fell on this village ,0f 1,200 for three hours followmg‘ Vichy chief, has ordered .new mea- nitions freight cars, setting fire to, sures against sabotage and sub- 12 ofl tankers and causing the death | to guard against any outbreak in, Shells screeched overhead and the event of an Allied invasion of flames spread through the cars. The Laval has ordered conscription of the rails and pulled 12 others off| {both sexes from 18 to 65 years to with it. The FBI is investigating. | German troops. News dispatches France. LS e aa omeond HARTFORD, Conn., July 20. Chester Bowles, Connecticut OPA of general manager of the Nation-| The pika, a Rocky Mountain ro- al OPA offered him a week ago by dent, can throw its voice like a 0il Is Movmg | 'MYSTERY FILM IS ENDING AT 20TH CENTURY| \ i | Humphrey Bogart, Mary| Astor Star in "Mal- | fese FaI(on | ery melodrama, \ The Maltese Falcon,” ends tonight at the 20th Century Theatre with| Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor in the starring roles. The murder m Written by John Huston from the Dashiell Hammett story, the film is also directed by Mr. Hus- ton The theme is centered around the finding of a maltese falcon, lost| for years and werth a fortune ln[ the process of trailing the falcon there are a series of murders. Humphrey Bogart plays the part of a private detective, engaged by | Mary Astor to trail a man she claimed had run off with her \oum.‘ sister. In the supporting cast are Bar- ton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Ward Bond, Elisha Cook, Jr.,, and others LESSON [N ARITHMETIC IS NEEDED Japanese (flflaims of Air Victory Appear fo Be Slightly Off by Tokyo radio asserted today that Jap naval and air units downed 77 Allied planes in three days last week while Jap ground forces re- pulsed tank-supported thrusts near Munda on July 17. One communique said Jap planes| — engaged 167 Allied planes which raided Buin on Bougainville Island and downed 58 of them while los- | ing nine of their own. lost 49 6.) 5 SENATORS T0 TRAVEL WAR FRONTS WASHINGTON, July 20. — The Army is all set to put five Sena- itors in uniform, complete with dog \tags, shots in the arm and helmets | for a trip of world battlefronts, but just when the five, who have| been officially assigned to investi- gate the war situation in a 30,000~ mile trip, will leave, is a military| secret. They are Senators Richard B. Russell of Georgia, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr, of Mass, Albert B. Chandler of Kentucky, James M.| Mead of New York and ‘Ralph O. planes and we lost only ’Brewster of Maine. i EVACUATED AREAS ON COAST ARE T0 REMAIN AS SUCH WASHINGTON, July . — War Mobilization Director James Byrnes announces that “present re- strictions against persons of Jap- anese ancestry will remain in force as long as the military situation requires.” The statement was prepared by the War Department and War Re- location Authority at Roosevelt's request. The statement made clear there is little likelihood that the evacu- ated West Coast area will be re- ceived. primarily a military facility and jand 24 persons were injured. | Even while the steel was fluxed lmeh was previously concentrated [ongview, Texas, 1,341 miles away, German style as on the Atlantic. xute of three miles an hour. transports but Allied sources brand | 2L M UNITIONS rench'; [Shells Explode Screech| Laval Issues New Orders MONROEVIL;,_OMQ July 20.— BERN, July 20. — Pierre Laval, the explosion of two derailed mu-| versive anti-government activities of one person and injury to two. France. laccident occurred when a car left carry out measures desired by the continues WITH OPA Administrator, has accepted the post | Admlnlstrawr Brown. venmloquisn when alarmed. opened to them. Two Jap communiques broadcast | | (The Allied report said the Japs PAGE THRFE. WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAYI (S CENTURY LAST SHOWING TONIGHT A waRNER 8R0S, HiT, with GLADYS GEORGE - PETER LORRE BARTON MocLANE - LEE PATRICK - SYDNEY GREE! P o o Not ’an American anno NSTREET -Diroced by JOHN HUSTON bent Um0 by Oud a4 s b o s P ice unces with pleas- ure the resumption of our Juneau- Fairbanks Electra Shuttle Service. JUNEAU-FAIRBANKS Via Whit, FIVE FLIGHT! Connections to all chorse S WEEKLY interior points. g 135 So. Franklin PAN AVMERIC Phone 106 IV IR ALY NO TRIPS TODAY ALASKA COASATL, THREE YESTERDAY No flights were made by Alaska Coastal Airlines planes up to press ' ime today, with three trips left to complete yesterday's schedule. Going to Sitka yesterday were Mrs. W. Thompson, Lila Kirkman, John Nyman, John Brillhart and John Salo. On the retwn .were Francis Lofky, C. J. Baily, George Jorgenson and Olaf Peterson.,. Passengers flying to Excursion Inlet were | Leonard A. Johnson, Louie Hanson, Alex Narby and {Vergne L. Hoke. Returning here from the Inlet were Frank V. Dan- iels, F. E. VanOrden, John Prounty and Thomas Ellison. Last trip of the day, also to Ex-| cursion, was made with the fol- lowing: Verney Beeson, E. McClanohan, No- lan Hamm and A. L. Barlow. Coming to Juneau were Charles V. Morrison, Oscar Johnson, H. T. Larbs, Ben Calvin and C. E, Smith, ' WASHINGTON'S WATER SUPPLY CUT ONE-THIRD Earth Movement Causes ’ Break in National Capi- fal City's System WASHINGTON, July 20. — The water supply has been cut about one-third as the result of an earth movement which caused a break in| the Capital City's aqueduct sys-| tem. Full supply will not be re- stored for about four days more and all unnecessary use of water | I is banned. 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