The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 30, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS A LL THE TIME” VOL. XLL, NO. 9434. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1943. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS CENT3 —_— VITAL ITALIAN TARGETS BEING POUNDE Germans on Retreat in South Russia Area TAGANROG EVACUATED 10 SOVIETS Surprise Retreat Is An- nounced-Nazi Lines Crumbling (By Associated Press) The Germans today announced the abandonment of Taganrog, the southern anchor of the 1500-mile Russian front, in a surprise retreat, indicating the Nazis southern front positions are crumbling. With the fall of this important Sea of Azov port, the victorious Red Army may now capture Staino, Hit- ler's southern front headquarters. The German communique said Taganrog “has been evacuated ac- cording to plans after being de- stroyed.” It is called another strategic withdrawal The German propagandists took pains to color the withdrawal as a Nazi triumph but the fall of Tag- anrog came as a surprise as no reports of heavy fighting in the re- gion recently have been made either by Moscow or Berlin. The position of the city obviously has been imperilled since the Rus- sians captured the railway town of so-called e { | | Merry - Go- Round | By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON—Because collapse of southern Europe caused the Kais- er to fold up with such speed in the last war, the U. S. official micro- scope is now fixed on these same countries more intently than ever. In September, 1918, it was Bul- garia, Turkey, and Austro-Hungary which, one by one, made separate peace with the Alies, leaving Ger- many, her back to the wall, fighting alone. | i | | 1] STATUTE P ENGLAN MILES | § A 2 St D Z N"m/ Y/ FRANC 2 _ | Vichy // /M & ,/ SPAIN Madrid rseille /7 ST 4 Patri directed primarily to France. is pl MYSTERY IN DEATH, KING Where Invasion Blows May F s in occupied Europe (shaded areas) were told to prepare for an Allied invasion (arrows) which observers declared could fall from the Mediterranean area or from England—or both. The broadcast was Reports from Switzerland said Germany sning to fight a delaying action in Italy and will make a de- termined stand at the Bernner Pas: The Washington Alaska¥H_i;gvliwayNeeds To Be Studied; Purpose 0f Commifiee Is Stated PARADE T0 STARTBOND DRIVE OFF ' Show Will Follow in Twen- tieth Century The- atre Tuesday | r The opening gun for Juneau's | 2 ///// | Third War Loan Drive will sound DI | tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock with IGOSLAVIA' |one of the biggest parades ever W e j //\Jslaged here. Armed units partici- | ; & ".ipannu will include the Montang | land Duck Creek men, the Coast Z) | Guard, the Military Police, a Mil-| |itary Band, and Gastineau Chan- nel's, own men—the Douglas, Ju-| neau and Glacier Highway units of the Alaska Territorial Guard, in full uniform The Gastineau Channel War Sav- ings Committee will have a big float in the procesion, and also marching will be all children under 15 years of age who are submit- ting slogans for the $25 war bond | prize. Free Show The parade will be followed with |a free show in the Twentieth Cen- tury Theatre, starting at 8 o'clock. Asked to be in the reviewing stand which will be placed across the street from the Twentieth Century Theatre are the following; Lieut. Col Roy W. Riegle, Com |mander of U. S. Troops in Juneau; ib‘m'. Ernest Gruening, Secretary of | Alaska E. L. Bartlett, Mayor Harry ‘I Lucas of Juneau and Mayor E. |E. Engstrom of Douglas; Lieut. | Warren Caro of the U. S. Coast | Guard, port captain; Maj. Carl F. Scheibner, representing the Alaska i']‘t’l’x‘l((.x‘m! Guard; three unnamed | Army officers to judge the slogan |contest, and members of the Gas- | tineau Channel War Savings Com- | mittee — Betty McCormick, chair- W iman, H. L. Faulkner, Fred Geeslin EDMONTON, Aug. 30—The $iX|and Homer Garvin, committee man United States Senate Sub- peads, and Mrs. Vic Power, repre- committee arrived last Saturday °";.~«-n(mg the Treasury Department. the first stages of a journey to the| Short, Snappy north country to study first hand| The show is going to consist of fh}‘ future needs of the Alaska|chort but snappy numbers with Highway. |Prank Kasala, former Hollywood “We are not an investigating radio announcer, as master of cere- DANES IN REVOLT ON NAZI RULE Scuttle Pari;f—Navy-Refu- gees Are Shot Down King Interned STOCKHOLM, Aug. 30.—Blig fires | blazed fiercely today' among the scuttled hulks of Denmark’s naval vessels offshore as Nazi boats and planes shot the Danes, fleeing the new German military dictatorship, was clamped down on the rob(’lli()usl kingdom. Refugees streaming to Sweden said scores of persons have been drowned as Nazi gunners sank many small motorboats, sailboats and fish- | ing smacks in the Oeresend, the narrow stretch of water between Denmark and Sweden. The Germans ignored the usua! Copenhagen blackout and during the night street lights blazed bright- ly as patrols in tanks and armored cars toured the city enforcing the martial law decreed by the German military commander who has in- terned aged King Christian, X, in his castle and set up Nazi rule to replace that of the resigned Danish government. Fires in the harbor area could be seeh from the Swedish coast as a series of deafening explosions set them off at dawn Sunday as the Danish naval forces sent the greater part of the navy to the bottom as drastic action to the upshot of the series of violent disorders in the tiny country during the past two weeks. Nine Danish naval ships, two of | them destroyers, reached safety in’ Swedish ports yesterday and another torpedo boat arrived at Landskrona last night, raising to ten the number docked in Sweden. One of the latest reports reaching | Sweden today said members of the Danish Cabinet, Minister Scanenius are also in ternment with the King in Sorgen- | frix castle. Forty-five vessels, including two new destroyers and nine submarines, were sunk, ammunition dumps were blown up and harbor fortiffcations including Prime | U.S. S Al_aska launched The U. 8. S. Alaska, first of a new type of large cruisers, slides smoothly into the Delaware River at Camden, N, J. The Alaska was christened by Mrs. Ernest Gruening, wife of the Governor of Alask Bairoko Harbor Taken By Advance Force of Washinglon State Men | BY ARTHUR GURGESS Only American correspondent ONEMORE | with the forces with the advanced | American Infantry on New Georgia ISlA N D IS | Island, formerly of Seattle. —(Delayed)—This harbor, the last \Japanese stronghold on the New Georgia Island, fell during the night Ufld&l\""""‘-‘ opposition in the surround- {ing area and eight small adjacent | islands. | i |to the United States Invasion Force The BAIROKO HARBOR, August 26 i ST land with it disappeared all serious Americans Occupy Ar in Southwest Pacific- invasion force, made up FORTSHIT BIG CENTER NEARROME Terrific Afiacksr Are Again Made Over Toe of lfaly- | Battery Is Bombarded ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 30.—Flying Fortresses struck Orte, railway cen= north of Rome, for the | first time and medium bombers de- livered new blows yesterday to vital targets at Torres and Annunziata, ‘.:ml also Naples, in methodical ’dml_\‘ destruction of the Ttalian com- | munication systems { At the same time, light and med- ium bombers, dive bombers and fighters ranged far and wide over | the toe of Italy laying waste to the ivm-mv gun positions and railroad links, encountering only slight op- position in the area already reported nearly deserted after heavy pound- | ing by Maurauders. | The Torres-Annunziata railway | yards were again smashed last night | by the Royal Air Force and Can- adian Wellingtons, Twenty enemy planes were de- stroyed in day and night operations. A British cruiser and destroyer | bombarded the enemy artillery bat- tery on the Calabrian coa st near | Cape Pellaro last Saturday after- | noon but return fire of coastal bat- tery of the Calabrian coast | naval announcement said WILLKIE HAS 'REPUBLICANS ~ RIGHTON GO Steady Stré;f; Visits Him ; at Indiana Home-He ; Is Reficient a near RUSHVILLE, Indiana, Aug. 30.— committee but are here to study monies. There will be plenty of the area and get to know the coun-|songs and skits, and a surprise try and highway as thoroughly as|finale. The show is free, but bonds | possible so we can deal properly in|and stamps may be purchased. the future regarding appropriations, The bond booths will operate as they are asked,” said Senator|from 7 pm. to 10 pm. Juneau James G. Scrugham to the news- residents will also be able to see men. many pictures of Juneau's sons and ‘The committee, Senator Scx'ug\mm“’“‘1!41“'{’7s in the service. Scores of countries to follow Italy and throw | . ' Five Days’ lliness— further told the newsmen, is con.;phmngrflbhs have been turned in cerned in a large part, of ascer-|and will be displayed in store win- off its pro-Nazi leaders. Dictator | Trouble Seethes taining equipment needed to keep dows during the campaign. Antonescu, seeing the handwriting | on the wall, has cooled off to Hit- | 3 (By Associated P"s;ll _the highway in operation as well| Both the Capitol Theatre and the Boris III, 49, King of Bulgaria, | Twentieth Century Theater have ler's demands, has gone so far as to ibilities of £ dead and much mystery sur- bilitles of opening feeder mostly of men from the state of The month's sojourn here of Wen- | Washington, under command Of | dell L. Willkie, during which time red-bearded Col. James Dalton, of |he conferred with scores of Repub= | Burlington, Vermont, first made se- | lican leaders from all parts of the the harbor's western shore| nation, ended as the titular head | without opposition on Arundel Ts- after an advance negotiated under of the GOP started back to New lland, west of New Georgia, Gen. the most horrible conditions im-| Vork City as reticient discuss | The island is located between New | Every man of our force was Willkie came here to relax, write Y MRS FDRi(.um gia and Wanawana islands. . | At Salamaua, New Guinea, Am- soaked to the skin as they ploughed | and visit his Rush County farms. hip deep through foul swamps and He did all these but received a erican and Australian troops, at Jull}.’.h’?, Many were naked, with the the edge of the Salamaua air- exception of loin cloths made steady stream of visitors, including X r ol % el tional Committee, scattered in var- A P COR o R $ from chutes which used to ) drome, have given ground slightly. q|lous States, including seven state D e e by e panes, | Salamaua Fighting German troops tried to invade the ' Royal Barracks and Naval Ym‘ds‘ ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN !n C?ponlmu!‘h as the scuttling w“\i I'HE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug.|BU! 1 progyess, ii(l American troops have landed gure. Since history may repeat, here ls! a survey of how U. S. experts find | conditions in the key occupied coun- | tries: i RUMANIA — Most likely of all 2 'Boris Passed Away After CFRULGARIA R inform the Allies through neutrals | that he has rebuffed Nazi calls for | new Rumanian troops, that he would ! be open to Allied overtures. BULGARIA—TIs close behind in its 37 members of the Republican Na~ were WELLINGTON, New idrop food, dried cereal and dries is anxiety to escape Nazi clutches.‘, The Bulgarian underground, always strong, has almost come out into the open and is “executing” more and more pro-Nazi Bulgarians. King Boris turned down German requests that Bulgarian troops be used on the Eastern Front, warning that Bulgarians would desert to the Rus- sians. Recently he was reported so | worried about that he packed his bags and was ready to flee at the first sign of uprising. HUNGARY—Premier Kallay has ordered the return of all Hungarian troops from the Russian front, ex- plaining to the Germans that they are needed at home to protect against an Allied invasion of the Balkans. Actually, Hungary is much more afraid of a Russian break- through in Eastern Europe and would prefer to do business with the British and Americans. JUGOSLAVIA Although the Chetniks and Partisans still are rowing between themselves, there has been a recent tendency to calm this feud. The downfall of Musso- lini and the capture of Sicily has increased the prestige of anti-Axis forces and caused both Serbs and | Croats to jump on the Allied band- wagon. Italian troops in Jugoslavia would desert wholesale if they were not afraid of being massacred by the people they have tried to rule. ALBANTA—Italian rule of Albania | is at the point of collapse, with (Continued on Page Four) internal conditions | KING BORIS rounds his passing. The German radio announced the {death last Saturday afternoon, only a few hours after a doctor’s bulle- tin announced the condition of the Monarch was deteriorating. Death of the King followed a mysterious five day’s illness. The German report said death was due to angina pectoris. Other reports are that the King {was the victim of an assassin. Strict censorship has been clamp- ed down on Bulgaria to forestail (Continued on Page Three) {ment of the virgin ores. | ‘ [ | | | | | | ‘cancelled their first show Tuesday evening, but will run their second |shows at 9:30 p.m . | ->>> Commissioner Thomas MacDon- | ald, of the United States Public| Roads Administration, said he saw many possibilities of development in the area. He is accompanying the Senators who left by plane Sunday for Dawson Oreek to at-| tend the opening of the 2,000 foot! Peace River suspension bridge. | D | AUTOISTS WARNING IS GIVEN roads to connect the main Alaska route and permitting of develop- LIBBY MAN HERE L. M. Morey, with Libby, McNeill ana uibby, is at the Baranof Hotel. He arrived here from Anchorage. D FRANK WRIGHT, JR. IN Frank Wright, Jr, canneryman, is in Juneau from Hoonah. He is registered at the “Baranof Hotel. During the Bond Drive Parade] WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. — A tomorrow night, Chief of Police record breaking take of 117,164 John Monagle asks cooperation of Pribilof fur seal skins is reported| all autoists in keeping off the for the year by Secretary of In- streets over which the parade wx}l‘mnor Harold L. Ickes. pass. This means that parking on| The take was taken from the the parade streets will be prohibit- | Pribilofs, within Japanese bombing ed during the duration of the par-|range. ade which starts at 7 o'clock and| The announcement of the take| will not last more than 30 min- concluded the strict censorship over| utes so inconvenience of autoistsithe activity which was suspended will be slight. {last year under a military evacua- R 5 By 5% <6 BRI ‘lion order after only 127 seal skins WAR BONDS were taken, BUY Aug. 30.—Mrs. Franklin D. Roo: velt, in a national broadcast speech, stressed the need of men and wo- men in the United Nations to exert mutual energy to solve postwar| reconstruction. The wife of the American Presi- dent is on a tour of Army hospi- tals and Red Cross centers. She visited the American Naval base hospital before making the broad- cast and the patients greeted her enthusiastically. Fur Seal Skin Take On Pribilofs Breaks '41 Record Says Ickes . One group of sealers, 183, went td the islands in May and returned early this month, August 9. Concern was felt lest the Japar.- ese attempt a seizure after the skins were taken ‘The take was the greatest since the International Treaty was con- cluded and the killing was 22,000 above the take in 1941 when the Japanese abrogated the 4-power treaty in 1941, contending the seals destroyed the fish. There is sharp fighting at Lae, 10 miles east of Salamaua Flying Fortr have destroye 20 enemy planes at Hanses Bay, midway between Wewak and Ma- dang, New Guinea, and Allied bombers have sunk two ships and |31 barges. milk. Our helmets were full of 4 rain water. ... Must Watch Development, Synthetics Senator Kilgore Wants Na- tion fo Be Guarded | AgainstMonopolies WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. The war spurrgd development ol various synthetics, substitutes for natural resources, drew the contention from Senator Harley M. Kilgore, of West Virginia, the nation must guard against control by monopolies which he said could “wreck our economic system.” Senator Kilgore announced open hearings next month on patents. He is author of the bill which would give private industry full access to process patents and plants to be financed by government money. D ‘ BUY WAR BONDS IN FIELD FOR KILL | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN |THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug. 30.—Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey, Commanding the Allied land forces lon New Guinea, is now in the field [for the “kill” at Salamaua, it is |officially announced. He will com- mand the American and Australian |forces now on a stand at the Southwestern edge of the airdrome, and also an infiltrating of Japanese positions. The enemy has been driven out of the mountain positions and the llied forces are now fighting on |both sides of the Francisco river, ;fll the mouth of the airfield. The capture of the airdrome will |enable the Allied bombe scorted by fighters, to hit Jap bases in nearby New Britain - OFF ON MOOSE HU George’ W. Folta and Dr. J. O. Rude have left for Taku to engage in a moose hunt. They will be ‘Joined tomorrow by Marcus Jensen land William Jensen, of Douglas, at | Mary Joyce's Takp Lodge. | chairmen, | - SWEDISH PEOPLE * NOW AROUSED AT 2 BOAT SINKINGS STOCKHOLM, Aug. 30 —Sweden, in a stiff protest to Germany. terms the sinking of two Swedish fishing boats by German naval for week as a “serious incider demands measures be taken to pre- vent repetition of such attacks. The protest to Germany was pre- sented by the Swedish Charge &' Affairs in Berlin who recalled prev- ious attacks in interna 1 waters. Swedish commercial and military interests are deeply agitated over the latest attack in which 20 fish- ermen lost their lives when the fishing boats were shell-fired and sunk. Public opinion is at fever heat. DIMOUT TIMES @ Dimout begins tonight ® at sunset at 8:05 o'clock. ¢ Dimout ends tomorrow ® at sunrise at 5:53 am. e Dimout begins Tuesday at ® sunset at 8:02 p.m. le e e s e e s eoeve