The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 23, 1943, Page 1

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LXI.; NO. 9402. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1943 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS N CENTS —— ] PRICE TE 6 KILLED IN PLANE CRASH NEAR SITKA " Yankee Armored Forces Roll Into Palermo ALL WESTERN - SICILY NOW | Seething in TAKEN OVER Axis Forces?mcenlrafed in Northeastern Tip of Island Balkans Are Disturbances Allied Suciessés in Sicily| Stirring Guerrillas | to Action (LEVELAND PUBLISHER SHOTDOWN John M(Carrefis Crificallyi Wounded-Assailant | TakesOwn life | Mundals Showered BOMBARDED By Allies THURSDAY One Hundr;d“and Thirty-‘}Heavy Guns Fire Shells oni five Tons of Bombs Dropped, Jap Base ALLIED HEADQUARTERS KISKABASE Organized Labor Is Taking Firm Stand On High living Cost 23, - WASHINGTON, July Or- | Japanese - Shore | | Gmskeol QREL CRASHED WASHINGTON, July 23.—Heavy Chief Prentiss Brown scrapping of the Little Steel Formula if the prices are not rolled back as of September 15, 1942 levels as stipulated by Congress and the IN Administration. N | ganized labor has seryed notice that| it demands the removal of OPA 4 and the wage | [ | HUSBAND OF JUNEAUITE - LOSES LIFE Liet, Commaj Joséph De- | GanahlPilot of Navy Aircraft PACIFIC CHIEF OF | LONDON, July 23. — The Berlin 2 i | - | Sy | CLEVELAND, Ohlo, July 23 THWEST PACIFIC, July 23.—|guns of the United States Pacitic| ey "EADQUAR?LRS i '/{”"" -!’Lmil(::fl' lt,(-]::p::cl‘;:o\:'fidges‘John S. McCarrens, 74 president io:i:u}\lw raid has been made i | et bombarded the Jup positions | v IAN Willlam ‘Gteen, Preaident of “the MAR'NES ‘S VICTIM Horee M.F.le:,' i (,Zv fi,‘,’:,‘,: ||:im/:l.]¢:>(< wl‘lcr:‘&a(‘s‘ in Sicily huve""r the Forest City Publishing Com- | pMunda, the Japanese key base, arid on Kiska Thursday for the seventh A,:x.;'ll ic :n\xnlfilmnlwn lul ‘Ifi::vurv(‘u;(l;l ik (~ul,: ‘:«l‘zinml(t:llmn resistance, have touched Off fresh disturbances in|Pany and general manager of the 135 tons of bombs were dropped |surface attack this month by war- : l-”.’ “ mnln::)\t‘;:’i:-‘mfln 'l:‘!lm a H s c‘(fl)tfllild ey il.;l ;'u;d]m_g_ the Balkans and reports Axis lmops‘clevcland Plain Dealer, was shun}in support of the ground forces |Ship: which the Na (»ummun-! - ! il:v’::‘:l(nw‘\:-n); ““: el l“lm: ””";l} Ma]. Gen. Upshur Dead_ Ld: ‘_,.L" 3 l‘l‘ IL-hn?l of Sicily ‘pgluing a violent battle with Yugo- | three times and criti lly wounded |pow nearing this Nippon strong-'ique described unl_\" heavy ““‘I‘Red Army ClOSing Pln(erS s numvvolt‘ 4 “Inis selaure isolated the entire slav partisens and also with 10000 | fn his office by an wethant WHO|hold and supply base winnl "‘""x:;" l‘l‘;:\l: aid the enemy| “Green said Brown add other Also Charles Paddock, i 3 ruerills then killed himself by firing a bul-| o | 1e col uj €S9 e enemy | H 4 X B8 at | western end of the island, Allied Buerillas. o |tet into his head Py shore guns returned the fire but| Tlgh'er German price and wage stabilzation agen- | Former Runner p vy et ‘;:::;:;"“:fi,‘“ of the savs fierce fighting has broken out| W. G. Vorpe, Sunday editor nn6| pASSENGERS fdbe ot e American ahips wer Losses Terrific o e SR S NN e ik Seventh Auby wilbesed Epen. the 1\]" ”tlw 5‘(lllm“lty O‘ut.l::as:((:)?dé::xu lv]:s Pil‘:)‘t Ut‘v?ilcflel' f:::ld““l;( fi‘:’:’“'::‘rfi.% | The Navy spokesman. said the e frozen and prices soaring.” Lieut. Commander Joseph De- 4 g op Valley 50 miles so s ara- S S 3 | s % “ 5 518 — Ganahl, Executive Officer of the 3 cf a | attack ¢ B < —~Russia s expectations of veteran commander oo, 4 anid: once o AR ABNNMEL by Hef- OFF FoR SOUTH “uu(k could have been made b_v‘ MOSCOW, July 23—Russian BHANE BRTOE CokabiE PR i g piy Gen. George Patton, racing from " po oo gispatch from An-|bert L. Kobrak, associated with| {navy ships which include modern|forces crashed through the last pral die ] oA e T Enna in central Sicily to the . o0 i: rowing unrest | vevh l‘j toréla i‘n'-;m«‘x ihiianing [ battleships with their 16 inch guns,|strongly fortified link of Orel's;| WASHINGTON, July 23-—Presi-|veteran of two Byrd Polar expedi- northern port in only 58 hours. | “',,:J:n B ufm mus‘, etk V‘“:"“ i “CI“ fi :; P Hshing | passengers arriving _from the giger capital vessels with 14 inch|northern defenses yesterday om the dent Roosevelt today said the Ad-|tions, was killed Wednesday in the Advatice elements af the: outfit|oc v B e S e abandonsd | s the anpofiteient with Moo |DCT on Thursday were A. VeH|gins, heavy crulsers with 8 inchers]tenth day of hie offensive thab has ministration 1s considfring iew|irash HE SNBSS WASE, BAL. CHRES e ity at 10 am. yester-| oo oo | g jmade the appointment Wwith Me- | Mgyern, E. Stevens, Leonard Holm-|gnd the light units might include [cost the Germans 50,000 killed and plans for price controls and a gen-|an accident that took the lives of entered the city at 1 M their posts i : | [ \ day [ R B el quist, Gertrude Naylor, G. Ander-|light cruisers and destroyers 15,000 captured. eral economic stabilization. He said |five others, Meanwhile, the battle for Catania | S e | Attendants at the Charity Hos-|gon gol, B. Arnold, Lt. R. Neu-| J |""The Russians have closed the no plans have yet been agreed| Lieut. Commdr, DeGanahl was and the control of Mt. Etna utyMRS F A] GAllw pital sald Kobrak died shortly after| perger, w. M. Hickbx, M. Rafs RUNWAY ON KISKA {pincers tighter about the city de- upon. This disclosure was made|the pllot of the plane which went the northeastern tip of the island | WA {ohig Bomiies: _|mond, R. S. Pate, C. W. Ambert| HEADQUARTERS OF ALASKA spite the desperate Nazi counter- when asked to comment on organ-(down enroute to Sitka from Ju- ‘entered its second week with un- | McCarrens was taken to the same|gnq E. Hebert | DEFENSE COMMAND, July 23.—|attacks, is the general tone of the jzed labor's demand that prices|neau. His widow, Mrs. Josephine diminished fury. Gen. Sir Ber "‘pMSESAWAYTODAY hospital unconscious. Booking passage for the south| American aerial reconnaissance in-|Soviet communique issued at noon pe rlled back if labor is to go|DeGanahl of Juneau, was informed 5 | McCarrens has twice been presi-| wore the following: to Seattle -. licates the Japanese have complet- |loday. lalong. lof the death of ‘her husband by Law Montgomery's forces are edg- ing closer to the key city, inflict- ing heavy blows on the German defenders but unable to score a AFTER LONG ILLNESS dent of the American Newspaper Publishers Association. ey Walker, feldt, Swanson, Hope L Cecil V. Thomas, Arnold S. Golling, Charles A. Parnell, Ella A. Appen- Lowell I. Eggleston, Eddie . [ President Roosevelt said the re- |ports put it badly as labor has not |ed a runway and long buildings on | 'the oft bombed Kiska. | If the Japs bring planes to the| }fleld. it will be the first enemy land/ but other groups are all planes in the Aleutians since the! {enly labor {delivered an ultimatum that not | the Navy Department last night. Two other known victims of the h were Maj. Gen. Willlam Up- |shur, Commanding General of the knockout. Mrs. F. A. J. Gallwas, pioneer Movi , died this i BODY FOUND IS E. Swope, Howard E. Mosher. £ in a predicament. because of food |Marines in the Pacific area, and Twny':::::::nfl-ozog::. Dwight 13;::1(;;5 V:I‘I)Ll:]rm‘ sm(o(!d;:): m::“”sl?. Vernon E. Nelson, Joseph O. Ba-|bombing of Dutch Harbor “"’m} pr Au-s,] Capt. Charles Paddock, former Eisenhower said Canadians are|Ann’s Hospital after an illness of | logh, Clifford T. Roger, Arnie G.|Carrier bases. | The President did intimate that|Olympic track star, aide to Gen. making progress against fierce re-;several months. The end came Meisenhilder, Kenneth C. Nordly, lo:ghingufla‘;l;geifnufimljér i‘mrltc?x:' |the new plans being worked out Upshur. 3 sistance southwest of Catania. soon after Mrs. Gallwas was taken Lowell W. Haynes, Thomas W. Ted'*ughmlng fighters and four engined | imust be put up to Congress be- Here Three Years " At the same time, a German [to the hospital, and was not unex- J pADEMEISIER ford, Jacob Dunn, Jack A. Mcm"""':bombors { cause it will cost money. Lieut. Commdr. DeGanahl had i Harry L. Gober, Howard F. Grohs, 4 - been in Alaska for about three broadcast coming from Berlin said pected. |Harvey L. Grohs, Berne F. Inman,{ No Jap planes were sighted on" ROMERAID years. His wife and two children, the British Eighth Army had suc-| Surviving are the husband and| ;. lthe runway. ceeded in making a break-through!three children, Martin, who is as-| The body found near Fishery| pred C. Holly, Joseph G. Bishop, " problem of getting planes to| | Charles and Virginia, have been sociated with the telephone com- fi:’_‘“' Oflk ‘:\dm‘fbflllv ‘Islflndr ;my ‘Roy G. Fobair, Wallace F. Whid-|geia &2 made diffioult by the Ame —_ H residents of Juneau for about a is weel as been entified as|den, Catherine Hill. | S H H yvear and a half, residing at 434 : ays Allies Tried fo Have » ; Jesiding (Continued on Page Three) The Washington pany in Tacoma, Wash.; Harold.i employed with the Alaska Star Air-| lines in Anchorage; and Mrs. Lou S| Delebecque of Seattle, whose hus- band is manager of the PAA Ail lines Three grand- that of John Pademeister, troller, long time resident of this city. According to Deputy U. S. Mar- al William J. Markle, who went| to the scene with a Coast Guard |ericans holding Attu and also mv‘ Knute Stokke, Guy H. SheeleV,|syeeping of Japanese surface craft| Hartman I. Brotern, Pauline M.from the North Pacific and Bering| Roach, Einar L. Jorgensen, Ernest|geq N House, Dusan D. Suput, Oscar| The A. Johnson, Fred F. Rice, Japs might possibly nyj and| planes_from Paramushiro, the Jap- | City Declared as’ Open-Failed SCREAMING | Seventh Street. | Mrs. DeGanahl's parents live in g ale, New York, and her hus- band’s mother is living in White Plains, New .York, 7 in that city. § boat, the deceased died on the eve- e, g NI -'; -R ""d children also survive, Katy Dele- 4 Clarence M. Shepherd. anese base in the Kuriles island,| % i FOR pEA(E DeGanahl was graduated from er r Y o 0 becque, named for her grandmther, ning of July 19, either from drown-| To Vancouver—David K. Eiteman,!whlch was raided by the American : dexA!S!H‘NeelIcugi d"'::]’; i::ile: r::‘lul Harvard in 1925 and later received By DREW PEARSON John Gallwas of Tacoma, and Gaile | ing or exposure, or possibly a heart attack. There were no signs of Sylvia F. Eiteman, Douglas D. Thim, |fliers from the Aleutians, or from | Glen Minor Pate, Charles C. Farth- |carriers venturing close enough to| hope the Germans and Facists will a degree from George Washington Law School. He -accompanied Ad- Gallwas of Anchorage. | { | a en city. He said | . 0 ajor Bober 8 Alln oa setre %) | "y " Gayas wos. born fn Lim- |04 Pl ,_|ing and Harry D. Waers. et planes oft to iy wo Riska. {0 SR G 0T e o) Demonsirations Made on |mira Richard Byrd on two polar - —_— | John Pademeister was born in| To Prince Rupert—Arthur E American planes have dropped to have the Italian capital expeditions, one to the North Pole burg, Germany, in 1874, and came to the United States as an 18-year- old girl, and was married to Mr. year |vendered an open city and not sub-| |ject to attack, but all efforts have| i Ravel, Estonia, February 27, lsao,[l{ulsg‘ Jack Husk, William Orr,|time bombs which have slowed up making him 63 years of age. He Raymond Sanderson, and Earl W. Work on the runway and comple- in 1926, and another to the South |Pole from 1928 to 1930, serving on Streefs in All Impor- WASHINGTON,—Friends of the! plan 1 President are suggesting a is survived by his wife, Selma, four | Hester. tion. ‘ fant Cities the latter as second mate on a whereby prominent Italo-Americans; Gallwas at Pasadena, Calif, May i 2 1 : AR o [ failed, & ,ri’en‘:,s of the Vatican might|10, 1892. Mr. Gallwas preceded 11:5‘3”‘““"“5'5- th' ”::‘da w;:;, Mrs.| To Ketchikan—Florence L. Heg- | "l;:e‘ m?:fl"fl?lmi the Japs Will, "5y 0 ceing the recent raid, the| didiacd supply ship, then as navigator and bring an early peace with Italy,[Wife to Alaska during the gold ames Sputman, Laverne emeis- | jesen, Victor G. Rowe, Lester Ro-|'I8ht to _E_f‘n’ 0 keep Kiska. pyesident remarked the city con-| ALLIED HEADQUARTERS 1IN |80 took a dog team trek into the thereby saving loss of life on both sides. The plan would be to send the following men to Sicily or a nearby neutral country to negotiate with the Vatican and those in touch with Mussolini, possibly Count Ciano: (1) Judge Ferdinand Pecora, Italian-born Supreme Court judge 6f New York, a close friend of the rush, and was’ joined here by her | in 1898 and the couple located in| Douglas, where they owned a gro- cery store, and remained there un- til a few years ago, when Mr. Gall- | |was retired, and they moved toj Juneau. In May, 1942, over 150 guests at- tended a golden wedding celebra- tion at the Eagles’ Hall in Douglas in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Gallwas. ter, all of Juneau, and Mrs. J. La Cort of Los Angeles. The body was found by the hali- but boat Midway, removed from the water where it was found with the anchor line twisted about one |leg, onto the deck of his boat, and left there until the arrival of the deputy marshal, who reached scene at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday evening. The body was brought ‘o the | EBoggan. Karen Boggan, Judy Foss, |Helen H. Foss, William L. Hildin- |ger, B. R. Calvin, Ernest E. Mc- Clanahan, William H. Jennrich, and | | Capt. Arvo Ledbetter. | | | 3 AR STOCK QUOTATIONS berts, Harriet H. Roberts, Gem-udn]‘ | IMMIGRATION INSPECTOR IS N JUNEAU Inspector *Edwin C. Stevens of tains airports, railroad marshaling yards used to transport guns, troops and ammunition southward. | He said the bombing was to pro-| tect American and British lives. He said he had received'no communi- cation from the Pope and would not | comment on a reported letter from | the Pope to his vicar general, de-‘ ploring the bombing. - - NORTH AFRICA, July 23.—In re- percussions of the lightning seizure of Palermo by the Allied forces, dis- patches from Madrid said Italians have demonstrated on the streets of Rome, Venice, Turin, Florence and Trieste shouting “Peace.” Reports also said a wave of strikes and sabotage have swept come reports of rebellion and fight- Interior for 800 miles. DeGanahl also had served as a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune. He was 40 years old. His son, Charles, flown here from Sitka this morning Cause Not Known | The Navy Department said the |plane burned in crashing and the ithe country and from the Balkans | cause of the accident has not been | determined. i 7 ho staged the sensa- | ey sing < PR b (3 Sresu:el:: :; oBankgin Committee| The party was arranged by the Juneau, and taken to the Charles NEW YORK, July 23. Closing the United States Immigration and | ing against the Axis occupation| The bodies of the passengers p:nt; £ ':;e o lzm'ket < hich|Douglas: Masonts. Bodlts At that W, Carter Mortuary. Relatives stat- QUO‘:“OH of 1A1368kaA Jun‘eau flé"‘“ Naturalization Service office "WMANY IRIPS MADE forces. |and members of the crew have ol tocl . 2 ed that the deceased had suffered|stock today is 6, American an | Ketchikan arrived in Juneau yes-| | o 4 t hi s il | been recovered, the Navy Depart- led to the establishment of the|time hundreds of messages Were|, ", . i stroke recently. 88%, Anaconda 28, Bethlehem |terday and will be in this city for| e ey et i .o Becurities and Exchange Commis- sion. Pecora is a liberal Italian who, though often invited to Rome by received from their hosts of friends | in Alaska. Funeral arrangements have not Funeral services have been set for Monday, July 26, from the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. The Steel 64, Commonwealth and South- ern %, Curtiss Wright 8, General |Motors 55, Granby Copper and| a few days. JAnyone wishing information re- garding citizenship or immigration' BY ALASKA COASTAL ON FRIDAY MORNING AcmePhoto Gen. Upshur was a great favorite with newspapermen, being krown {as a man that always had the Mussolini, never fell for Il Duce's|been completed, and will be an- i |Mining 5'4, International Harves- : b 8 . former|Charles: W. . | - | ¢ T 5 @ s iy R commentators, friends of t A (@ ‘Col, Charley Poletti, former Carter Mortuary. duct the services. Interment willCentral 18, Northern Pacific 16%,|ralization because of the status of SKAEWay this morning with the an I e e ap ettt x:::u:"::d liefltexflfl"f;‘t-!lx:lernor of New York, s |be in Evergreen Cemetery. ‘Pflckm'd Motors 414, Republic Steel |his entry into the United States 2’“‘)"’""3 bj{’““;‘ ‘Lj" S M"‘"":“S Ihis death last night and this now in the Army. b )t [19%, United State: 58% oG- B y soodwin, Mrs, W. athews, Ro- 8| des A s wooDlEY Alnw‘vs B ates Steel 58'4. may contact Mr. Stevens at the | morning, interrupting their regular bert and Herman In Pacific (3) George MacDonald, wealthy |Pound $4.04. . |Baranof Hotel. i Zimmerman, s utilities and oil magnate, full of pu"[ I" WESI‘ | Dow, Jones averages today are £ PR Stilwater. On the return flight one broadcasts to pay homage to Gen. titles and honors, including Com- 4 ,AI,ASKA SIAR as follows: industrials 143.80, rails| 7 passenger, Lor Pierson, was|' {Vpbut. mendatore of the Order of the Y | 38.06, utilities 22.15, Pubh( Dan(e at |brought in from Haines - | Paddock was known as the Crown of Ttaly, Knight of St.Greg-| Eight passengers arrived on the ]’AKES Slx ou‘l' | | | On shbther flight to Halnes, the ]-h ree War Corres on d nt world's fastest human ory, Papal Chamberlain of the Woodley plane from Anchorage this| | PRICES THURSDAY ’ | passengers were Mrs. V. W. Parker, p enis qu‘l. Commdr. DeGanahl was Cape and Sword, Papal Marquis,'afternoon and the following left L Alagkis Junekat homa ook closed | Elks Ba”room | Victor Parker, Jr,, Ruth Deale, Mis NOW l.OSt in Sou'h- {one of the best known Navy pilots Knight Commander Grand Cross|for the Westward city a half hour| ON THURSDAY:” 6 on Thursday, American Can |E. H. Fuilerton, and John D. Mar- ““'.uri:“"orl’;‘:l;.‘:‘ ;\llll>k=ll He 2:*(1 scores 5, not only in Ju- of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, vice president and trustee of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York. He is a big benefactor of Catholic and secular charities, and is close to the Vatican. 4) Major Frank Capra, Italian- born motion picture producer, who has made history with some of his epochal films, especially his latest training films for the Army. Capra, rever a Mussolini-lover, is im- mensely popular with the Italian masses. They think of him as the little immigrant boy who conquered Hollywood. Actually the President won't nesd (Continued on Page Four) Laater: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heller, H.| |w. Zook, L. P. Callahan, H. S. Barnett, William L. Beatty, Judge Simon Hellenthal and Dr. T. J. Pyle. | | ., 'FIVE MORE RECEIVE CITIZENSHIP-PAPERS Five received citizenship papers| in U. S. District Court yesterday| after naturalization hearings before Judge George F. Alexander. They, are Verner Olaus Granlund, Kurt Rosenburg, Ossian Tyko Palen, ;Douglas Ogg and Eduardo Agade!') 1Lucas. The Alaska Star Airlines took |six passengers to Anchorage this morning, with H. Swanson, and Earl Clement, co-pilot. Those making the trip were the pilot, |Rev. and Mrs. D. H. Dahle, Ralph Elsie Gunther, Stanley C. E. Smith, and H. R, Crowe, Wright, Bean. e COUPLE TO WED Roy Valdez of the U. S. Army, and Miss Lillian Barlow of Juneau were to be married in Junemu this afternoon before U. 8, Commission- er Felix Gray. at 88%, Anaconda 28, Bethlehem| |Steel 637%, Commonwealth and| |Southern %, Curtiss Wright 8%, |General Motors 54 7/8, Granby Copper and Mining 5%, Interna-| tional Harvester 71%, Kennecott, 33%, New York Central 17 7/8, Northern Pacific 16%, Packard Mo- |tors 4%, United States Steel 58%, Tomorrow Night; Sponsored by th Juneau Wo-' man’s Club, a dance will be held tomorrow night at the Elks Ball- room. Proceeds from the affair will g0 towards the purchase of War Bonds and Stamps for which the Government will buy equipment tin, Oscar Cecotte, John Prouty and Carl Carlson were flown to Excur- sion Inlet, and the plane returned with F. M. Coplin, Alfred J. Suess, and V. W. Mulyihill. Matthew Wan- amaker went to Hoonah, and Rich- ard Bean, Robert Hanson, and James Johnnie came from Hoonah to Juneau. Richard Bean, Hoonah ern Area SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, July 23.—Carl Thusgaard, Danish- born war photographer for Acme Photos is officially listed as missing affer a Consolidated bomb- er making its first bombing flight crashed in flames near Madanar Pound $4.04. | Thursday Dow, Jones averages on the northeastern coast of New |and clothing for the armed forces, | Guinea July 20. Bob Tew's orchestra will provide |oUve: Was brought in suffering| |from pneumonia, and taken by am-| neau, but generally | Southeast Alaska. | D A band of wild fattack a hunter wounds one of them. throughout will or peccaries who kills e s 0 0 o o DIMOUT TIMES o o o o Dimout begins tonight were as follows: industrials 14379, the music and dancing will be from rails 37.89, utilities 22.20. |9:30 until 12:30 o'clock. Free punch | —————— will be served by the committee in GRIFFIN IN JUNEAU |charge and the affair is open to Lhe% R. M. Griffin with the OPA, ar-|public. | rived here from Petersburg. He Ty at the Baranof Hotel. | BUY WAR BONDS I ‘The big Liberator had destroyed * two and possibly three of the nine ® 8t sunset at 9:38 o'clock. Zeros which attacked it. Other cor-|® Dimout ends tomorrow > respondents lost in this area in- ® at sunrise at 4:32 am Terrace tillage, similar to tlmt;clude Time’s Melville Jacoby and ® Dimout begins Saturday at of the Chinese, was practiced by the New York Times' Byron Darn- @ sunset at 9:36 pm. the ancient Incas of Peru. Lwn. RN A RN R R ) bulance to the hospital for treat- ment.