The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 21, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXL, NO. 9400. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1943 MIMB[-,R ASSOCIAHD PR] SS PRICE TEN CENTS _ AXIS FORCESAREWITHDRAWING IN SICILY ATTEMPTED ' Alaska Fliers Report | | ! | SNEAK TRIED | OnParamu BY NIPPONS Suppy Convoy Spolted 0ff, New Georgia-Given ;RA|D BURMA smaio8ow R R, BRIDGE ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ON TUESDAY THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, July 21.—Three more Japanese warshi have been sent to their water coral-fringed graves off New Geor- gia, victims of the American bomb- er attacks by Liberators, Mitchells ti and Avengers which beat off the latest attempt by the Japs to supply their hard-pressed Munda base. Catalina flying boats found the Jap force of three light cruisers, six destroyers, and two transports in the Gulf of Vella Lavella and shadowed the foe until the bomb- ers came up. A fourth warship was probably sunk. American dive-bombers, mean- while, pounded Jap gun positions around Munda and in the Buin- Faisi- area, dumping 42 tons of bombs. The Japs have launched nine counter-attacks and all have been repulsed. GERMANS N RUSSIA ARE ORGANIZED Form Group Io Free Ger- many from Nazi Oppression MOSCOW, July 21—The forma- tion of a committee composed of German prisoners of war and re- fugees to work to “free Germany” is announced in a manifesto pub- lished here today. The manifesto is signed by 33 persons, including five who are gle- scribed as former members of the Reichstaf. It is addressed to the German Army and German people. President of the group is the Ger- man poet, Erich Weinert. - BERT FISH DIES LISBON, July 21—Bert Fish, Many Tons of Bombs Hi Important Communi- cations Link NEW DELHI, July 21.—Bombe: of the U. S. Tenth Air Force ye heavily attacked the Myi-| railway bridge, important link | in the Mandalay-Rangoon rail line. | A communique said almost tons of bombs were dropped on the bridge during the attack and noj planes were lost NEW DEALERS DEFENDED BY SEC. 1CKES Responsible for Bogging Down WASHINGTON, July 21.-—Secre- tary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes says drafted business men are run- ning the war and “if the war pro- gram. has broken down it hasn’ti been chargeable to the New Dealers or bureaucrats.” Said Ickes, “the clankings and screeching of badly. oiled machin- ery, deavor against another, may have been somewhat due to the fact that new hands were undertaking work they did not know too much about.” NO RAIDS ON ENGLAND FOR No Planes Were Losl 30| Says Drafled Business Men| the clashings of one war en-| (OFFENSIVE OF SOVIETS HAS BEGUN shiro Raid; | i WILLIAM L. WORDEN (Associated Press War Correspondent) Launched on 450-Mile Front to Encircle Nazis | \ | BULL IN—London, July 21. | A Reuters dispatch received tonight from Moscow says the Red Army has reached Ermo- laeva, which is less than seven miles from Orel. - HEADQUARTERS, ALASKA DE- | FENSE COMMAND, July 20.—Al- A:l’.A pilots, trained by combat fly- ng over Kiska, celebrated today ‘\«uh the first successful raid on | Jap territory since the bombing of | w'Ink\' { Aleutian-based bombers returned | without the loss of a plane from the long-distance bombing of | Paramushiro, Japan's northernmost| 1 ONDON, July 21 — The great | military base | Russian summer offensive has been | | The raid came as the logical C"““luuncm-a on a 450-mile front, from ‘clusmn to the American occupation | the Orel sector to the Mius River. jof Attu. It has long been expected | Tpe Red Army has breached the| and prepared for with Jap ship- ‘G(‘(man lines at Tanganrog and ping being swept from the north- i, ,w driving to the heart ern seas by naval surface vessels|ipe pDonets River basin. and the bombers of the Eleventh| ajeaqe fifty towns Air Force which has handled “‘“‘u‘cupun‘vd 4 lion's share of flying in the Aleu-| {tians during the past year. | FIGHTING SPREADS OUT Returning pilots reported the MOSCOW, July 21 latest bombing was no more diffi-|,ong the Russian front has spread cult than flights against the Jap|¢, the Donets and Mius River sec- bases on the American islands 1n|igrs g the Red Army captuved |the Aleutians. [town after town in the drive | Good View encircle the Germans on the | They came out of overcast into|g...¢ = [clear skies above Paramushiro and| Tne offensive front extends from |looked down on a square mile of | military installation have Orel | Orel to a point southwest of Voro- shilovgrad, some 400 miles | The American raiders saw Some| Russian forces have crossed |Jap planes, but none of which nriys River wanted to fight. Only light "’““'%.smuna. aircraft fire was met. The heaviest fighting still raged, Bombs were dropped near shipsinowever, in the vicinity of the harbor. |where the Soviet Army is closing The fliers said they saw what iy, and around the German supply |appeared to be an ancient fort,|page {built long ago. . | Advances from four The pilots in the attack Were are reported |veterans, all having been OVE€r| The Germans have hurled ten {Kiska many times, some also hav- |Tutile counter-attacks in an effort ing led attacks on Attu only a'io halt the Russian advance. little more than @ month ago. | A special Soviet bulletin this |in | to six miles | re- 1Sk, The pilots all knew they Were afiernoon includes the towns /making a dangerous survey flight|captured and mentioning Mys which eventually will hit all of the i o0 | Kurile Island bases as well as more | b4 ‘GUERRILLA | Lieut. Tom Merrill, navigator in iLos Angeles and the pilots said he 'has been hoasting about it ever| iBut before this raid he offered to| sell it to any taker at greatly we-| B A l K A NS ment except life rafts, but all} ,agreed that the thing to do f| CAIRO, July 21.—A new wave of ritory. 2 have broken out in the Balkans as The raiders were in the air move | Ppatriot fighters are taking full ad- in preparation for future flxghts'n miles northeast of Orel. | thickly populated Jap territory. one crew, has an auto stored in| since he arrived in the Aleutians FI G H TI NG' duced price. | The men carried no special equip- | downed was to reach Russian te:- guerilla fighting is reported here to ithan nine hours as they followed vantage of the softened Italian ithe weather map, skirting the bad|morale to strike at the occupation of | United States Minister to Portugal, died after an illness of two weeks. - STOCK QUCTATIONS NEW YORK, July 21. — Closing; quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6, Anaconda 28, Bethlehem Steel 63%, Common- wealth and Southern 13/16, Curtiss Wright 8, General Motors 56, Gran- by Copper and Mining 6, Imenm» tional Harvester 72, New York Cen- tral 17%, Kennecott 33'%, Northern Pacitic 16, Packard Mutors 4%, Re- public Steel 18'%, United States Steel 57%. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 14385, rails| 3752, utilities 32.06. PRICES TUEBDAY Alaska Juneau mipe stock closed at 5% Tuesday. Anaconda at 27 7/8, Bethlehem Steel 63%, Common- wealth and Southern %, Curtiss| Wright 8, Geperal Motors 55%, General Electric 6, !neernnumml‘ Harvester 72%, Kennecott 30%, New York Central 17%, Northern Pacific 15%, Packard Motors 4%, Republic Steel 19%, United States Steel 57%, Pound $4.04, Dow, Jones averages Tuesday are as follows: industrials 14393, rau.s‘ 3717, utilities 21.965. Isles F I FT H N I G H T Jap islands. They spend at least 0 minutes over the target, climb- ‘mg and circling in preparation for LONDON, July 21.—The British dropping their bomb loads. enjoyed another raid free! The weather cleared for bomb- night for the fifth successive night. ing through the clouds, but pre- The night passed without the vented any deck level bombing as sounding of an alert anywhere in planned the Kmfldom Guards Meet | On Thursday BOMB! The regular weekly meeting Of ngyy yeports that two small Amer- D KISKA IS areas at the northem tip of tha‘ BOMBARDED troops. Severe fighting has broken out in eastern and fcentral Obsinia, Yugo- slavia, between Axis troops and the guerilla forces. Joseph Broz, Montrnegrin insur- igent leader is reported to have taken an offensive ard captured a |number of towns, vilages, also an Ast garrison. E— e i,WOMAN ARRESTED - IN HOTEL HERE | Deputy U. S. Marshal Walter {Hellan this afternoon arrested Sally |Bullard in a Juneau hotel on a charge of being a fugitive from the Juneau unit of the Alaska Ter- jean warships bombarded the Jap justice. \ ritorial Guards will be held temor- gefenses at Kiska on Tuesday and lrow night at 8 o'clock at the Elks Hall and all members are re |ux'sted to report promptly. Guardsmen are asked to wear coveralls and suitable footwear for !weather conditions as a short field | practice is scheduled. Guardsmen with cars are asked to take them| to the meeting place for available transportation purposes. AR e A man Brigade is reported moving down the Aegean Sea toward the Dodecanese Islands. the enemy failed to retum the fire. .- Monthly Lend- lease ' Passes Billion Mark WASHXNGTON. July 21. passed the billion dollar mark. ——————— BUY WAR BONDS See is being held on $5,000 bond aind is wanted by authorities in Seame, She was arrested on a warrant is- \sucd here on a complaint signed by Marshal William T. Mahoney CHAMBER MEETS TOMORROW Juneau Chamber of Commerce ,wlll meet tormorrow at noon in the | - Th-!iC'Old Room of the Baranof Hotel monthly lend-lease of the United | IZMAR, Turkey, July 21.—A Ger- States to other United Nations has PO Several important committee re- rts will be heard and several| |guests have been invited, > BUY WAR IONDB I | | | | | Great Summer Movement! | | | | been ighting | 3 Jap Warships Sunk By Americ Allied Front in Southeastern Sicily 0 25 e e STATUTE MILES (4 usTiIcA CAPE s viio Bocca di Falco Empedocle SICILY Mediterranean Sea Tyrhenian EOLIE Sea ISLANDS L b Milazzoy ¢ Messina Pachino P Black line represents approximate Allied front in southeastern Sicily following junction of American and Canadian troops near Ragusa (A). | #amade a new landing near Catania to| the and are improving po-| Orel | Fifty Percent of British forces driving up the easte (arrow). Other forces took Floridia, D. (. People Living In Slum (ondilions‘ By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, July 21.—Berlin, Rome and Tokyo probably would be delighted to learn that 50 percent of the people in the District of Co- lumbia “live under slum conditions.” When Rep. Thomas D’Alesandro, Jr, Maryland, head of the House D. C. subcommittee on Public lleulth. brought in that report re- ently, the nation’s capital paused, gave a polite gasp and will now g0 on about its business. Mr. D'Alesandro and his com- mittee even listed all the things that should be done about it—like setting rid of the rats that infest everything from the sub-basement of the Capitol Building to the su- burban. churehies; like making some | intelligent cffort to cope with ven ereal disease; and like getting in- door plumbing at least to the slum sections within a few blocks of Capitol Hill. The chances are 100-to-1 neither the revelations nor the recommen- dations will mean a thing. never have. Since no resident of the district is allowed to vote? Al-| aska, Puerto Rico and the Virgin, Islands have more reprusemauon in Congress and more weight than the national capital. There hasn't been a president who has even seen the slums first- hand since Thomas Jefferson tramped through the mud to the Capitol from his boarding-house. The last member of Congress inti~ mately acquainted with them was a representative [robm a southwest- ern state who was determiped to save ‘every cent of his $10,000 a year salary so he could go home and re- | 8! tire after two years with the repu- tation for being the richest man in his district. They | breaking a single regulation. The Army has seen the light or! the summer sun and octed aceord ingly. You don’t see any “loots” captains, colonels, etc. going out in the midday sun around here tnese days with tunics on. It's reported that in the Pacific, where the Eyuator our bases of operations, Admiral Hulsey has told the roung mis- lers they can go outdcors without (their blouses. Maybe eventually the Admiral's flouting of regulations will spread to other tropical climes —like Washington. But until it coes, the British will continue to sweat and try to find a laundry along with’ their Ame ——————— ITALIANS SAY POPE DISTURBED Broadcast Purported Let- ter Abouf Rome Raid on Monday (By Associated Press) The Rome radio broadcast what | was described as a letter written from the Pope to Cardinal Mar~ chetti Salvagiani, his vicar in uw general district of Rome, drplnrm | Monday's bombing. The uum | broadeast, in French, was recorded ‘by the Associated Press Soutn | cuts | an cousins, | |SUPPLY BASE rn coast had captured Augusta and Palazzolo and Ragusa. SOLDIERS * RELEASED ~ FOR MINES ~ (Will Accept Jobs in Pro-| ducing Mefals Needed | for Military Purposes WASHINGTON, July 21. release of 4,500 men from the Army to accept jobs in copper, zinc and /molybdenum mines has been au- thorized by Robert P. Patterson, Acting Secretary of War. | Efforts to recruit civilian work- {ers failed to succeed and the mili- tary program is jeopardized as |there is a shortage of the metals to be miged. - ' OFU.S.ISHIT SOUTH PACIFIC BASE, July 21. —The Japs bombed the Aanuuu base at Funafuti, Ellise Island: \he latest series of light attacks ‘up,nmsl advanced outposts guarding | supply lines to Australia. The enemy |attack caused no damage, | - - | FIRE BREAKS OUT,ASTORIA | ASTORIA, Ore., July 21 Fire The | BY JAPANESE an Bombers RESISTANCE ON SICILY. COLLAPSING: ;Amencans and Canadians | Seize Defense Prop in Central Island 'BRITISH EIGHTH ARMY HAMMERS AT CATANIA Observers Ee—liev e last Stand Will Be at « Cafania ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 21. — Am- can and Canadian troops have seized Enna, the defense prop of all Central Sicily, cutting off large numbers Qf, the Axis forces and forcing a general withdrawal as resistance on the island weakened hourly, almost to the point of col- lapse. To the east, British Eighth Army: units are hammering at the doors of . Catania, ‘the~ last bastion pro- tecting the entire east coast and shattering another Nazi counter- assault with heavy casualties and ulv,uuim: on the seaport It is officially announced that Hmu of Sigily is now in Allied |nands for all tactical purposes, offy | | The fall of Enna has cut ' |Catania from western Sicily exce;n' by one long rough northern coastal road. Allied observers report a general retreat along all roads leading from [the center of Sicily and speeding castward for a getaway. The with- awal appears to be intended for a last stand or possible evacuation ul the Messina area in northeastern Sicily or the area between Catania |and Messina. FISENHOWER 1S CONFIDENT OFVICTORY Allied Commander Says Fighting Bitter, But Going Well ALLIED HEADQUARTERS NORTH AFRICA, July 21. Dwight D. Efsenhower, commander jof Allied troops in this theater, declared emphatically today he is |confident of a complete Allied vie- {tory in Sielly, but said the task " facing the British and Canadiax |forees is one of bitter fighting ana generally slow advance. “Due to the nature of the ter- rain,” he said, “the location of the enemy forces, the task facing the Eighth Army, including Canadian fol . is cne of bitter fighting and senerally slow advance The 70th Army is making more* lor less rapid advance through weak- ler resistance, thus overrunning sub- stantial portions of the island and confining the enemy to progressive- ly smaller areas. | “The Germans have attempted to IN — Gen. It gave the Italian news agency |that raged through the congested|cstablish a very strong line includ- The British members of the Royal Stefani as the source of the dis-|Finnish Colony left scores homeless | ing Mt. Etna on the , and to Navy and the Royal Air Force Patch. Nothing concerning any such really take Allied cooperation to letter was available immediately heart—and much to their discom- from any other source. Loet. | The broadcast quoted ir sweltering Washington, the 8s recalling his efforts U. 8. Navy still sticks to its brass- Of Rome to insure the safety hat rule of making all officers wear the city, then saying, “Alas, blouses (coats to you throughout hope was in vain and now what we the year. In order not to lord it feared has happenéd. cver their allies, the Britishers too We foresaw is now a sad the their far-flung dominions, the Brit-"\ow for the great part are de- wshers could strip down mmau:xmuyed S Pope Bishop of our That which reality keep on their jackets, even when | !fof one of the noted Roman basi- the thermometer is nuzzling 100 de_.uum and that is San Lorenzo out- |urees in the shade At home, or in side the walls. Tts antique memories and damage estimated at $100,000. |do so have hrought certain forma- The fire, of an undetermined on-‘m,,,, from the Italian mainland,” gin, en buildings late yesterday broke out in a group of wood- | ana «Continuea on Sage “Two) spread so rapidly the residents were unable to save personal belongings. There were no sérious injuries. > Arriving la night with from Anchorage the Alaska Star lines, with Harry Swanson as pilot @ were the and Carl Clemett, co-pilot, following pa: Rowe, H. Olivel 2 lNelmn, and Ellen Applenfeldt, Victor G Nels, ® e s e DIMOUT TIMES Dimout begins tonight at sunset at 9:42 o'clock. Dimoul ends tomorrow sunrise at 4:28 am. Dim; begins Thursday at sunset at 9:40 p.m. ® ® &0 0 0 00 00 0 ® at ] 2000000