The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 6, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXL, NO. 9414, MEMBER ASSOCIAT JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1943 AP BASE ATMUNDA FALLS —} 0 AMERICANS U.S. Forces Plunging Forward, Sicilian Coas AMERICANS ARE MOVING ON MESSINA Capture of Gagliano Is Re- | ported in Cenfral Isl- | and Sector | AXIS ESCAPE PORT | IS BEING SHELLED x | | British, Canadian Troops Are Smashing Toward Adrano Today ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 6.—United States troops plunged forward to- day another two or more miles on road the North Coast Sicilian to- ward Messina and also liano in the central sector. German A steady roll back of troops west of Mount Etna con- tinues. The Allied communique also re- veals Allied aerial bludgeoning of Messina, the last big Axis escape port to the mainland, Both air and naval forces blasting the north Sicily coast and the British and Canadian troops in are the meantime smashed along to- ward Adrano against fierce re tance. i The Washington, Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON | { (Msjor Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) | WASHINGTON.—Governor Tom Dewey recently showed his ability | to “take it” when a friend relayed | a story told by President Roose-| velt. .; The President, of course, had not meant the story for the ears of | his young New York friend and po- i tential opponent. But nevertheless | it was an important indication of | how the President sized up the! various Republican candidates. Talking to Capitol Hill leaders,' the President said: | “Now you take Willkie. He is a man with breadth of vision. His basic philosophy is sound. I would‘ not worry too much about the country if he were in the White House.’ | “Then there is General MacAr- thur,” the President continued. “He has been to Philadelphia, New York, and Chicago.” The President paused significantly. The connotation was that the General's knowledge of American affairs was very limited. “As for Dewey " eontinued Mr. Roosevelt. Here the President stopped, held out his hands, and, slowly brought them from a dis-| tance of a yard apart to a matter of only a few inches apart, indicat-, ing a breadth of character of about three inches. “That,” concluded the President, “is Dewey.” | When the story was related to’ the young Governor of New York, he laughted heartily, but made no| comment. 1 RUSSIA HOLDS THE KEY It may not be generally reahzed," but with the sudden good turn of| war news in Italy, Russia now holds the key almost more than to how soon the war can be ever * won. Real fact is that the numbers of U.S.-British troops in Ttaly is almost chicken-feed compared with the vast armies Russia and Ger- many have facing each other. That' still remains the vital area .where| either a quick or a long-drawn-out victory hangs in the balance. While the Allies have possibly 250,000 men in Italy, the Russians have an army of 4,500,000 along| the German front, and the Nazis' (Continued on Page Four) Senafe (ommiliee o Investigate Alaska Highlay This Month 6. An Commenting on the purpose of /JASHINGTON, Aug. investigation of the Alaska High- the investigation he said “we have way will be started August 27 by been furnishing $100,000,000 of our the Senate Postroads Committee money in building that road and headed by Senator James G. we want to se¢ how it is being built and whether the money is Scrugham of Nevada and hijs aides. He said plans, call for a trek being wasted. We will also have to starting at Great Falls and pro- maintain the road for at least two ceeding north. Senator William years after the war.” Langer, subcommittee member, told Other members of the group will a reporter he suggested Chicago as be Senators Dennis Chavez of New the starting point so the investi-|Mexico, John L. McClellan of Ar- gators can “go along the portion | kar , James O. Bastland of Mis- proposed for the all-American sissippi, Douglass C. Buck of |route f 1 New Mexico to Canada | Delaware and E. H. Moore of Ok- and Alaska lahoma. Mrs. Roosevelf af Review wer and sailbs passed in review on Lake Washington, Seattle, recently as Mrs. Frank- lin D. Roosevelt watched. She is aboard the “Sea Rest,” owned by her host, O. D. Fisher. At Mrs. Roosevelt’s left are Captain H. M. Bemis, Navy Chief of Staff; SPAR Lieutenant, j. g. Dorothy Bemis and Captain W. H. Munter of the Coast Guard. On Mrs. Roosevelt’s lap is an unfinished Army sweater she knitted during the cruise. oats, Rubber Battle Just At ‘Slariiflng Pflqifinl Articles on (First of Two S. Rubber Problems.) | stage; that it now has to carry the | heavy burden of costs in experi- | mentation; and that the millions being poured into brand-new equip- ment, made from war-inflated ma- | terials by labor working at war- inflated wages, will keep synthetic | rubber in the red for years, per- haps unjustly. U. By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Aug. o. — rubber story hasn’t half been told. Buried under the headline-grab- bing squabbles over delay in syn- thetic rubbers, the first rounmds of | what may well be the economic| battle of the century are being Spearhead of the synthetic move- |ment in the government, at least, fought. ; Kol g s ke, grise’ An axfiibter tbiiion| 5 Jubber, Direcir yiliam, Jetiers, _ 2 | Predicting that synthetic rubber dollar a year industry. i ’ 9 In one rner, natural rubber— would hold its own {rom now on, 4 Jeffers told reporters recently: to be grown from Mexico and Hai- | b 5 “Synthetic rubber is here to stay ar reaches of the Ama-| ! t .to the far reaches land when I say it can hold its on basin; in the other, synthetic | ) 8 Aibbert TAdA" fro “Unitad Btates | T7L: S menn: Withe tariffs or : subsidies. ains or petroleum or both, in do- , e : That's s i mestic plants. On one point both| s a strong prediction and sides agree that never again %na: :': t::‘l:wi‘:!g’y root of the fight ve have epend on far-| fi 3 g “u‘rc)ts“‘[ul".ou:::-p:-;bb”- Jeffers expresses his opinion that “"‘g‘}; "’m tandpoint of the con-|the United States wil continue to RUDY 8e 8 g buy quantities of natural rubber sumer—the millions in this f'()‘\u‘n,ry in any event. He does predict, how- who l'ul.l (.m z\\‘llnnmb.fll‘ L_l.wf ‘.m:ii ever, that the way things look now, fi;fm_f:‘" “‘:’l“"‘_“ oo ::;‘:‘:’f‘lu‘l’ synthetic rubber eventually will be N [he ole vonds;. ate ost ang | PIpaced abiG Ueke aepoybers, be- dstdbination . ‘tweel.x eight and 15 cents a pound On those two points, and ;xl.i;fvfh‘cf‘llwuuld "l‘" be: far aut of Shonsi. 0 A6 gensrally . oonceded| LoSsmith - nnssl ERRENECOBS o | prewar days. better for some purposes, synthetic ! i He points out that laboratory ::lul:'l:]u(“nll g:fi "r‘nmn:-:n nl]‘(h“( "’ll‘w work on synthetics is in its in- s en the most vio- » i = fancy, while experiments w a- lent enemies of synthetic admit _;} i s that it sull is in the laboratory | ACon‘t’!r’xuea"o;;P:ge' -Tl{m;) " LINE UP FIRST PRISONERS TAKEN IN SICILY BELGORDO ~ CAPTURED ~ BYSOVIETS . V] Key Railwaiyr City Wrested | | from Nazis by Rus- | | sian Red Army 1 ) | | GERMANS REELING : IN SUMMER RETREAT "“Death to thé Invaders"; [ Stalin Tells Victor- jous Forces ! _— | | LONDON, Aug. 6.—The German | forces are today reeling in the first | great summer retreat on the south | | central Russian front as the shat- | | | | } - L |tering Russian offensive, ~which i crushed Orel, struck suddenly 165 |miles to the southward to w 'I,! Belgordo from the Nazi invaders. | | | The double victory pried loose |two of the most important Ger- {man strongholds on the south | | : - . |central front | “Death to the invaders” Joseph| AMERICAN OFFICERS (right) inspect the first contingent of Axis prisoners to arrive in North Africa from alin told the victorious for Sicily. More than 6,000 prisoners have been taken to date. Some troops, laying down their.arms, went tw The Red Army Air Fleet, ham-| work unloading supplies for their Allied conquerors. Faces of the-eaplives-have been blotled dut inthis mering the Nazis retreating from | photo in accordance with international law. Signal Corps phote. (International) Orel, shot down 72 screaming Ger- |~ R oy s o THE "OEEHEEBEE’ GOES TO work ROQSEVELI, |fense oasis the Nazis held for near- CHURCHILL T0 CONFER |ly two years and the capture of| | Belgordo found the Russians again | {holding another key railway city Allied Victories Bring fo Point Further Discus- sions About War from which .the Russians were ousted by the Germans last March WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. — The swift round of Allied victories in ! L s | | | | Russia, Sicily and by air over Ger- many appears to have brought the war to a point where President 1 | Roosevelt and British Prime Min- | Meeting of %w Govern-" | ment Brings Ouf Noth- s g g | . cide soon as to the best strategy ing-Unrest Renewed o lehittaring Higler's - Busoplad fortress. In the past decisions of such BERN, Switzerland, Aug. 6.—The new Italian Government's failure to give any outward sign of seek- W magnitude have been personal con- THE ODD.LOOKING CONTRAPTION lifting a damaged landing barge 0ut | roronces in Washinstorn Casablinca of the water on Attu in the Aleutians is known to army and navy engi- Ing. peace, tenewed unrest with the|' Hers s a “geehesbee.” It is used for all kinds of jobs in spots where {5, aooard ship. Italian people. big power derricks are unavailable. The oil drums atop it help to keep The present situation suggests The unrest is accentuated Ly it afloat when it hits deep water. U.S. Navy photo. (International) |theé leaders may find it necessary to confer again at an early date news of,the fall of Catania, Orel, and Belgorod. | to give final shape to the victory The Milan correspondent report- :1‘{:1';» l‘“)(“l‘\il:\nl "U{F;:‘(\‘ln;r:l:: campaign in Europe and the pros- led that “everyone is talking of "Vl‘n‘m‘ J‘ohn‘]’[o *L \' ‘l‘-““l& i pects to possibilities of speeding up |peace and the possibility of re-| £ BE'S appeais 5= the war in the Pacific pers | S Disperson by tear gas followed. - ; | | establishing Italy’s honor. The peo- | ple are asking each other ‘how can| | | Marshal Pietro Badoglio still hesi-| tate?’” | Only announcement after yester- NIGHT RloT | BIG BlAZE i tration, i | et g 2t Hoodlams, Payday Drunks |day’s cabinet meetings was a series |of measures continuing destruction | press controls. | i | | | A royal decree proclaimed S'age B'g CIaSh at | MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich,, | Mrs. Ben Foster of Musk 48 AREILL, FOODPOISON INOREGON |of the Fascist Party structure, re- 1vising of the penal code adminis- abolishing of the racial for- |mal dissolution of the Fascist v | Aug. 6 - v 4 Fohomid” Doielf " b * par ancouver, Wn. 0% 5, 5 " 4 Grana | Health Officers Affribute |branches were ordered to remove % e I'runk-Canadian National Railways g ::11 l?asi(;st sigfis and insignia and, VANCOUVER, Wash.,, Aug. 6 —4’;:_;‘:'“::" f:"’li:"‘]‘ \f)“"l‘,:“":l“‘!‘:*" Eugene Sicknesses tD o liquidate all party property to se Ohief . Sker. 88 P caakion, . S8 PR . [ et banbtit. s ll:stlxl(;l‘ur;:l“zi|13!0);‘::n\'l1‘(]:\k(‘X(h':l‘lll(l:sLh;‘x:‘"".mb‘lrfll she had been using the | Poor Refrigeration | Northern Malian factory workers this shipbuilding center started la | o nd Ridgoiager Sty are reported still holding hall- night's riots which police disper Coedastar W. L. Washbur of her | FUCRNE, Ore. Aug 8 Food |hour daily strikes protesting the with tear gas after three men were | )‘“"‘m rs poisoning killed one person here, [prolonging of the war. hospitalized and eight jailed T and left 48 dangerously il The ‘ ——aaa Hundreds of persons plled Into| , [PE €onductor wrote o MeSS88C |quthorities feared others may be : {he streets after the trouble start-| ooy o G ection | tricken | 40.8MEEI odiWaen A man’ Butervened, a8’ & g Ko e L ke, Gok on |, Lape Caunty. hesith officers ‘be- : e policeman was arresting a .suldn-r,l he telephone and passed ward to lieve the ponsonings are »Hu result | Members of T 406 will mect | APDFOXImALEly 1000 people gath- A 3. Spiess, Grand Trunk agent a of “‘m-,u...,, developed in cream {at 7:80 o'clock tonight in the Dug- ered, taunting the officers. When|\uskegen, and the latter was “f‘"‘ pies due to inadequate re {out 40 take up mmatters for the l?\e fighting broke out, military po- | vromptly in touch with the fire frigeration. All bakeries have s Grand Promenade to be heid in|lee returned all soldiers to bar- | department POnask - deliveries I8 . S ATeen | Anchorage next month. Delr-v.Alvw"m”-ks' A paprol hurried to the Foster pending a complete investigation. o the Promenade will also be nom.| WAhin an hour the demonstra-|home and entered Lo find the iron >ee linated. A full attendance of mem- 10D Was renewed when 600 rioters,|had iust burned its way through | —U. 8. census figures indicate that | bers is requested or there will he 1 MDY Of them teen agers, hesieged | the board. bul the firemen pre- | summer is the best time for a haby vented any serious damage, the jail, A\.; be born. i wrecking. shouting for the release Grou | Occupation Affer Ter- |ALL AVEN | weeks after landing STRATEGIC POINT IS CAPTURED nd Fo'r'c'e's Complete rific Fighting UES OF ESCAPE CUT OFF | Attacks Are Made in Other Sections of Solomons- Strafing Reported BULLETIN — Allied quarters in the Southwest P cific, Aug. 6.—~The American ground forces completed Munda occupatign today, 32 days after establishing a beach head on the New Guinea island and five in neigh- boring Rendova, says a special communique from Gen, Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters. KEY DEFENSE CAPTURED ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug. 6.—Half of the Munda airdrome, the key in the defense of ,the Jup- lines in the Solomons, is in of American troops, fight- ing with tank support. The Japanese garrison is “com- pletely encircled and is being slowly destroyed,” Gen. Douglas MacArthur announces officially, and the Japanese have sustained heavy casualties as the Americans seized control of the eastern slopes of Kokengolo Hill between tne alistrip and revetment areas where the Japancse planes are kept Retreat Cut Off Strong forces of American have been sent as a combat patrol slic- ing through the jungle of the s (Continued on Page Threc) > - OPA (HANGES FISH PRICES IN NEW RULE Involves Ffbvz;n Producl- Other Revisions Be Out Soon SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6-—The OPA has informed the fishing in- dustry it has revised price ceilings on frozen fish and seafoods at processor and wholesals and dis- tributor levels. The new schedule will be issued soon with new amendments prohibiting fishermen and prim: wholesalers, with some exceptions, from selling at highel prices than those allowed fishe men or wholesalers themselves “prevent an invasion of establ ceiling prices through the use of agents.” The OPA also said frozen fish processors’ and wholesalers' ceilings will probably involve cents per pound prices. Heretofore whole- salers’ ceilings have been comput- ed on a fixed percentage markup basis. The OPA also allowed the addition of transportation costs to ceilings when the distributor fish a distant ships his to warehouse. DIMOUT TIMES Dimout begins tonight sunset at 9:08 o'clock Dimout sunrise Dimout ends tomorrow at at 5:00 am begins Saturday