The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 28, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. 'LXI., NO. 9406. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1943 . MEMBEI R ASSO( lA'l‘H) PRESS PRICE fl-’\l (ms SHOWDOWN BATTLEIS NEARING IN ITALY DRIVE ON MUNDAIS 2-SIDED. Jungle Veterans Pressing | | Close fo Airdrome- | ) | | | ! | Iy | i P Salamaua Bombed ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, July 28.— Americans slugged through the jungle near the New Georgia air- base at Munda on one side as jungle veterans drove through the strong Jap defenses east of the air- drome. Fighters continued to battle with Jap machine gun nests along the jungle trails as Allied bombers at- tacked Salamaua, New Guinea, and dropped 123 tons of bombs. In the second day bombing, Li- berators and Mitchells, in the larg- est force ever used against Sala- maua, yesterday dropped 123 tons of bombs in 35 minutes. Great fires and heavy explosions resulted as guns, barracks and wire- less station were hit. Medium bombers fired on s\lpply dumps at Lae and attacked barges. Japs were kept busy in the air attack on Woodlmk Island when a Broken and twisted an Italian rail from the U. Vi KISKA HIT | 19 TIMES IN2 DAYS (Continued on Pnge Three) The Washington' Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8, Allen on sctive duty.) : Bnngs Raid Tofal fo 40 for Four Days—60 for | Month WASHINGTON, July 28. — All forces of the Pacific Command, striking Jap defenses with unpre- cedented fury, made 19 attacks on Kiska Monday and Tuesday, the Navy reports, and again raided Wake Island. ‘The 19 raids in two days raised to | 40 the number of attacks by bomb-| ers on Kiska in four days and brought the total for the month to 60 as airmen blasted away in pre- paration for an expected conquest of the Aleutian Island. The raid on Wake Island was in- tercepted by 25 planes and the Am- | erican pilots probably destroyed five and damaged three others. The action against Kiska totaled 13 on Monday and si¥ more on Tuesday. Both day's operations, were probably highly successful. The Navy said numerous fires and explosions were seen in the Monday attack. One Warhawk fighter was lost but the pilot was picked up by a Catalina patrol| WASHINGTON.—Herewith is a suggestion to the leaders of Ameri- can citizens of Italian descent by which this columnist believes we can save the lives of American boys, British boys, and Italian boys. If I were Mayor LaGuardia, Mayor Rossi of San Francisco, Judge Pe- cora of New York or Congressman D'Alesandro of Baltimore I would make an appeal to Prime Minister, Churchill along the following lines: To the Prime Minister of Eng- land: We Americans of Italian descent respectfully submit a proposal which we believe will save the lives of British and American boys now fighting in Italy. We also believe it will take Italy more quickly out of a war which she never should have entered and which the bulk of the Italian people hate and deplore. Our proposal is meant as no re- flection upon your great leadership, without which the British Empire and its allies would not be where they are today. To anyone less broad-gauged in mind and vision we should hestitate to make this suggestion. |bomber. However, we believe that if v.he Spotty weather prevented full ob- British Government withdrew from servation of the attack yesterday all direction of political policy but hits in the bivouac area were toward Italy, leaving all political reported officially. phases of the war entirely in the TR hands of President Roosevelt, then & our former countrymen would much ooseve o Discuss War more quickly surrender to the Pres- ident of the United States. WASHINGTON, July 28—Presi- dent Roosevelt reaffirmed, in effect, the Allied policy of exacting uncon- ditional surrender and at the same time said Robert Sherwood of the Office of War Information was tak- relations between Italy and Eng-|ing strong action because in the land. OWI broadcast he referred to Vic- Unfortunately Ttaly and England|tor Emmanuel as a “moronic little | have shared a certain degree of|King.” ‘ rivalry in the Mediterranean. This| The President said he is going to| rivalry is no basic obstacle to fu-|talk about the war tonight in his | ture friendship and never worried broadcast. “Abroad or at home,” a us until fanned into flame by an|reporter inquired at the conference. insatiable dictator. But his poison,| After the laughter had ceased, dropped year after year into the the President said there is only one veins of the Italian people for two front and that is trying to win the decades, cannot be extracted over-|War. night. Thus it remains an unfortu-| (The broadcast of the President starts at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon, Juneau time). ITALIAN-AMERICAN TIES We respectfully submit this, first, because the United States has great ties with Italy. Many of her former sons live here. New York City alone has a greater Italian population than Rome. Millions of our Ital- jan relatives in Italy have confi-| dence, trust and love for the Unit- ed States. They look to this coun- try as their second home. Unfortunately this is not true of| (Continued on Page Four) | railroad ilway rifle lay dead on its tracks, knocked out of action by shell fire ly. U. S. Sjgnal Corps m(lmllhutn (ongressman Will Be Put-on Spoft During Vacallon on Big Issue Mussolini Is In Switzerland, Alglers Reporl LONDON, July 28 — An Algiers radio broadcast, purporting to come from Rome, said Mussolini is in Switzerland. No such report or broadcast has been heard to this effect by the Associated Press listening post in London. - RAIN HELPS DELEGATE GERMANS IN . DIMOND IS OREL BATILE ~ IN JUNEAU R .'Says Will Infroduce New Desperately Resisting Nazi " Bill forSfatehood Forces Gef Respite | from Soviets 1 foréliska Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- LONDON, July 28.—Fhe Russians mond arrived in Juneau last night have advanced from two and one- and plans to remain here until Fri- half miles to four miles closer to day before continuing to other Orel, capturing more than 50 log parts of Alaska. He is due back in cabin villages in the three-sided Washington by September 15. drive on the central German base,' Dimond said that he intends to he Soviet Command announced in introduce another bill for state- a specigl communique during the hood for Alaska when Congress re- night. ‘Iconvenes. He said that if the people of Alaska want statehood, and in- sist on it, Congress will give it to them. But if the people do not show that they want it Congress isn't interested. The bill providing for an elec- tive governor for Alaska introduced by Dimond has had no hearing ® yet, he said, and the Secretary of the Interior has deferred hearings Dimond said when he returns to Washington he will insist that hearings be held at once. He said that if the President is earnest in his policy of asking that the peo- ple of Puerto Rico be allowed to elect their own .governor, then he must support the bill for Alaska. Dimond will travel from here to Haines and Skagway, spending day at each, then go in over the railroad to Whitehorse and prob- (ably fly from there to Fairbanks He said he plans to leave Alaska by traveling out over the Alaska Highway to see the new link with By JACK leNNF’I‘T WASHINGTON, July 28.—If you are that interested, this summer is the time to put your Congressman or Senator on the record for post- war peace plans. It could very well be that this will be the last recess Congress will have before some or all of our ene- mies are defeated. When Congress reconvenes in September, work al- re-udy on the calendar will keep it A(,onnnuvd on Page Two) RAIN AIDS GERMANS MOSCOW, July 28. — Rain ‘has come to the aid of the desperately resisting Germans in the Orel sec- tor and slowed down the somewhat powerful Russian advance although intensive battles continue. Front line dispatches reported by the Red Star say the Germans threw two big forces of infantry and tanks into battle in a grim effort to keep one important line open north of the beleaguered Orel, now all but surrounded. Two German infantry regiments and from 50 to 70 tanks managed to delay the Russians in this sec- tor, elsewhere, however, particular- ly southeast of Zhizora, the Red Army has maintained its advance and captured such important junc- tions as Mekhovaya and Berestna D The history of Rumania began 101 A.D., with the Roman col- a in 'luzuzuuon of the Dacian kingdom. l\m Uiuted States. 'Prime Minister Gives No of ter | useful ITALY STILL QUIET SAYS | CHURCHILL LONDON, July 28—British Prime Minister Winston Churchill told a cheering House of Commons yester- day that “Italy will be seared, scarred and blackened from one lend to the other” unless the new [government headed by Premier Badoglio abandons Germany's war against the United Nations Speaking shortly after his arch- | foe Mussolini disappeared from the scene, Churchill said orders have gone out to exert “with the utmost re-|vigor the war against Italy,” the|Allied commanders have been Reply fo Capitula- tion Request LONDDN, July 28.—Prime Minis- Winston Churchill answered, “no,” when asked in the House of Commons whether any reply had been teceived to the repeated re- quest for Italian capitulatign. “No official reply has been ceived to the message from President and myself,” he said, “un- | instructed. less the disappearance of Mussolini| Churchill said no be considered as a reply to it.” }An peace were received from Mu: Asked if he felt an apology for|lini and no proposals for an armis bombing Rome would serve any|:ice from Badoglio, therefore there purpose, Churchill replied [are no new decisions for the Allies “His Majesty’s government has not| 50 overtures for 0- made any apology for bombing the marshalling yards near I Rome. On the contrary, if they ll’]mll\(\ and hostile military ll.ll-‘ ic is resumed lhm will no doubt | be bombed again.” - UPRISINGS REPORTED IN ITALY Street Flghtmg in Mllan— People Shouting for Peace (By Associated Press) Unconfirmed reports from the Italian frontier received in Bern,| Switzerland, said an insurrection among the people, verging on revol- ution has broken out in Milan and mobs swept through the streets | despite the state of siege pro- claimed by military authorities. The raging crowds were reported shouting, “Liberty! We want| Peace!” The reports said shots were fired | and the situation is described s ex- tremely grave. All workers are said | to have left their jobs. | Earljer, reports said that in Milan | - small islands of Fascists were hold- | ing out against Italian troops, in- he stopped to welcome Canadian Corps rldlnphuto ik e sqnvt vain woon o) il (h|el (ause ol new government's course between peace and war was producing rest- lesspess among the people. The Rome radio had frequent interruptions in musical programs | to warn the people against “sensa- tional” rumors circulated by sponsible persons. Tullio Giordana, new director of the newspaper Gazetta del Popolo at Turin is quoted in a dispatch as urging patience among the people‘ and advising them it is not possible ' to make peace in two days. The most troubled center was Milan, birthplace of Italian Fas-| cism, but also the center of Social-| ist, Communist and other political | movements. The Milan paper, IlI Corriere Della Serra reported a street battle | for three hours during the night in| which Fascists fesisted Italian| troops, firing from windows and roofs of buildings. The Fascists are said now to have been encircled by the troops but not all have been| captured. I POPE CONFERRING WITH CARDINALS IS SWISS REPORT BERN, July 28.—The Swiss Tel- cgraph Agency said a dispatch has g1000,000 bridge is finished beem received at the frontier stat- ‘ Brig. Gen. O’Connor sald gl-lvnl. ing the Pope has had long discus-| |ing of the Alaska Highway is pro- slons with Cardinal Maglione, Papal ceeding according to schedule. Secretary of State, and other Cur- ———— dinals, Papal Nuncio of Berlin and Papal Nuncio of Italy. Mussolini's v | irre- | PeaceRiver Bridge Soon Be Opened Tentative Déte Sel by Brig. Gen. 0'Connor for August 15 EDMONTON, July 28—The offi- lcial opening of the 2,000 foot sus- pension bridge across Peace Rivi wnvar Fort St. John, hi been set |tentatively for August 15, Brig. Gen. ‘Jume«s O'Connor said on his return {mm ‘Washington, D. C. | Perries are crossing the river con- ttinually and will do so until the BUY WAR BONDS and | As General leghl D. Eisenhower, Allied North African commnder | (right) visited American and Canadian troops on the Sicilian front, Demanded Radical Moveg ¢ Crown, Churchill Makes Demand That Italy Be Blackened Unless Nation Surrenders except to bring the “maximum ava- lanche of fire and steel upon all targets of military significance throughout the length and breadth of Italy, T know littlé or nothing of the new Government and I ex- press no opinion of it but the Al- lied course is to continue. Let the | Italians stew in their own juice.” Churchill said the supreme ob- Jject is destroying the Nazi war ma- chine and Italy is part of it. He warned against throwing Italy into such political chaos that there will be no Government to deal with, entrust policing of Italy while the war is pursued against Germany. Churchill also said: “The uncon-| ditional surrender of Italy should| be brotight about wholesale and| not by piecemeal.” (anadians officers to his command. Signal Downfall; Allies Keep Pounding Japs In South Pacific U S Forces Knock Qut lfalian Rallway Gun | WEST COAST T0 BE SCENE LAST STAND German s‘éef Reinforce- ments as Allied Forces Also Strengthened |AMERICANS KEEP ON ADVANCING IN NORTH Canadians Cut Nazi Count- er-attacks — Push on Over Dead Soldiers ALLIED HEADQUARII-I\H IN NORTH AFRICA, July 28.-—Ameri- can troops of the Seventh Army, sweeping eastward to the tip of Sicily, have captured Cefalu, 90 miles west of Messina Strait and aye advancing against the strongly prepared German defenses at San Stefano. The Americans, slashing forward on a deep front along the north coast of the island have captured Alimena, 25 miles southeast of Oe- falu, and also four other towns be- hind the lines from Cefalu to. Ali- mena. The four towns are Petralia, nine miles north of Alimena; Col- lesano, nine miles southwe of Cefalu; Calteveturo, 17 mi south~ west of Cefalu, and Polizza, just lorward of Calteveturo. “Slugging State” The battle has reached 'slug- ging state” as an Eisenhower com- munique announced Canadian troops on the center front have also made progress in hard fight- ing against bitter opposition. The British Eighth Army is still stopped dead before Catania in the astern sector for the thirteenth successive day, longer than it took (o stop the enemy at either El Ala- mein, Egypt, or the Mareth Line in Tuni ‘The heaviest American forc being drawn up for an “all blow- along the north c: Nazi Belnlnrumeuh The Germans are still getting re- inforcements. It is also disclosed that the “bulk of two Italian Field Divisions” have escaped from a bridzgehead in the west. This appears to trim down the previous official estimates that out” (Conunuaa on r'u"l‘ Tweo) THIRD WAR LOAN DATE MADRID, July 28—Travelers ar- iving here by plane from Rome de-| re that Mussolini fell because lu pported the German plan abandon central and southern lLuly, for a strong defense line in the north. Mussolini, according to the| travelers, is now at a villa between Rome and Ostia, under guard. | The new Government, according| to the travelers, insists that all | Italy must be defended if Italy is | to remain in the war. It is further revealed that Hitler demanded a strong guard be placed behind the Po valley and Mussolini agreed to this bidding but was over- | ruled by the Fascist Grand Council [by a vote of 19 to 6. On the issue for defense, Pre- mier Badoglio for the moment has the support of the Army and the and the Premier and King tremendous popular prestige. The first plane to arrive here from Rome, following the ecrisis, was stripped of all Fascist insignia and was marked only by the Italian National colors. D enjoy It has been estimated that Amer- ican farm hor can accomplish from 25 to 50 percent more work if | correctly managed and properly | | tea. IS NOW SET | President Proclalms Start to Begin September 9 -Appeal Is Made WASHINGTON, July 28.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has formally pro- claimed September 9 as the start of he third war loan campaign and 1sks that every American “back the ittack” in war bond purchases ac- cording to “his conscience.” Secretary of Treasury Mor thau has set the goal at fifteen bil- lion dollars. President Roosevelt asserted that “in carrying the war to the enemy ‘erritory we shall need grester amounts of money than any nation has ever asked its citizens in all history.” ® o 0 00 0 v e . DIMOUT TIMES I !¢ Dimout begins tonight ® at sunset at 9:28 o'clock. ® Dimout ends tomorrow ® at sunrise at 4:41 am. o Dimout begins Thursday at ® sunset at 9:26 p.m. @cseceeccee