The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 3, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLI., NO. 9438. —— JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1943. _ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS =} ALLIES LAND IN ITALY; INVAI e @ - @ R O AEE S TN NN S REE S YRS W S R Y e O - 4 (4 (4 FRANCE HIT Post- WarBoomin BY BARRAGE OFBOMBERS HEAVY TOLL OFNIPPON - CARGO SHIPS One-third of Merchant | Marine of Japan Is Destroyed Large Formations of Fort- resses Go Over This Morning BULLETIN—LONDON, Sept. 3.—Flying Fortresses attacked the Caudron Renault aircraft factory on the outskirts of Paris and the assembly plant at Meu- lan les Mureau, northwest of Paris at daylight. Other forma- tions of Fortresses and Maraud- ers attacked five enemy air- fields in northern France. Heavy opposition was met but 23 enemy fighters were downed. Eight heavy Fortresses and two fight- ers are missing. | WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—Secre-| LONDON, Sept. 3.—While Allied tary of the Navy Frank Knox an- invasion forces stormed onto the pounced today that one-third of Italian mainland, great fleets of U.|Japan’s total merchant shipping, S. heavy and medium bombers laid|approximately two million-and-a-, down . strong ear'y morning bar-|haif tons, has been destroyed | rage on northern France. | He declared this destruction of The preliminary American @n-(one of Japan's most vital war re- nouncement of -$his morning’s ra'ds (sources was chiefly accomplished didn't specify the targets, bu’ alby American submarines, although | Rome broadcast carlier said Patis|United Nation's sea and air forces was bombed. £t jpm'l,lupater! in the sinkmngs. Bun darkening swarms of Fo Knox agreed with a questioner _resses and Marauders swept accoss at a press conference tnal the en- the channel under cover by Thua- emy's loss in cargo tonnage is im- derbolt fighters. | pairing the ability of the Japanese Londoners got a view of pai of to exploit profitably the rich terri-: the returning formations as approx- |tories in the Southwest Pacific. | imately 150 Fortresses flew over the! Whether this loss in tonnage was city on their way back. Persons in responsible for the withdrawal from the streets stopped and cheered. ! The daylight attacks foun\wdi | | Central Solomons, Knox said he didn't know, but added, those with- (Continued on Page Three) |gawals certainly were brought P o |about by overseas communication | difficulties. The Washington i ! Merry-Go-Round JAPMADANG By DREW PEARSON " FUEI. DUMp ‘ (Mafor Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON—It is a carefully guarded secret inside the State De- |Kiska Island, and from bases in the P | waiting to be used. partment, but the forced ousting of Sumner Welles has been followed by a purge of other liberal diplo- mats, especially those who sided with Loyalist Spain against Franco or showed too much sympathy with General De Gaulle. | They are being transferred, or resignations are being requested. Telephones have been tapped, and| anyone who shows continued de-| votion to Sumner Welles or his lib- eral policies is warned by the clique which now has the ear of Secre-| tary Hull. Not since the days of Frank B. Kellogg, when the career clique de- liberately framed one of its enemies, has there been such a reign of ter- ror around the State Department. In Kellogg's day, the lobbying by which certain privileged d.\plnmnt.sj were promoting themselves to fa- vored positions was exposed by aj certain consul inside the State De- partment. Soon he found himself confronted by his enemies with a trumped-up sex crime, with faked affidavits, the publication of which would have ruined him. He was| forced to resign. Today, stories of divorce, domes- tic infelicity and sex rumors have| been spread regarding certain pro- gressive members of the State De-| partment whom it is sought fo! ‘purge. Once these stories circulate to enough people through the gos- sip underground, the target of the gossip is told by his superiors that his usefulness is over and he must Never has the State Department been more in need of drastic over-| hauling. e cabinet member, who 1S WRECKED Heavy Raid by Bombers, Fighters Against New Guinea Base ‘ Building Predided; Waveof New Homes' By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.— Post- war planning is so full of trial bal- loons, it could well explode in our face Any minute now Fof' the most part, industrial plans are going to be long delayed by the change-over from wartime to peacetime tooling. The automo- bile industry, for example, already has served notice that the tear- drop models are well in the future and that manufacturers will pick up just about where they left off If you are flight-minded, you will be traveling a long time in the air in remodeled Army and Navy trans- port planes before youwll get a glimpse of the interior of tomor- row’s strato-liner. There is one industry, however, that is ready and waiting for the peace. It's home building. Almost all industrial surveyors agree that when war ends, a wave of home buying and building will start sweeping the land. Thess industrial engineers esti- mate that the post-war demands for new homes will amount to some- thing like 1,500,000 a year—more than twice the 650,000-a-year pre- war requitements——and that . this _demand will last for at least ten years. Here is one industry that needs no elaborate planning. The tools of the trade already are available: hammers, saws, trowels, shovels, iers, screwdrivers, wrenches and pipe-benders are all over the place and good for most of those ten years Bricks, stone, mortar, and plas- ter can be had in almost any com- munity at a moment’s notice. In spite of certain troubles that the forest industries have had in meei- ing wartime demands (due to shortages of wartime labor, trans- portation and other things), tney estimate that there are at least one trillion, 500 billion board feet af saw-timber size in our forests just That doesn’t include timber ear-marked for use as fence posts, railroad ties, pulp, shingles, fuel, etc. Out of that forest backlog, the industry claims, we could build ap- proximtely three homes for every family in the nation. That brings us down to the prob- ability that post-war housing will provide the greatest single source of employment immediately after this war, I haven't been able to NALZIS' MAIN ARTERYTO RUSSIANS IN ong Heralded Move on Continent Is NAZIS CLAIM Blows fo Be Struck on | | - Jap Empire Unfil Laid ITALY CUT BIG OFFENSE WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.— Fore- IFortresses Knock Out Vital German Radio Reports casting atiacks on the heart ot tne Rail Line from Brenner Pass-Deepest Blow ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Sept. 3.—United States Flying Fortresses knocked out the vital railroad line from the Brenner Pass to Italy, the German highway defense peninsula yester- day in the deepest blow yet dealt to Italy from North Africa which blasted Bolzano, Trento, and Bo- logna. The headquarters announcement declared that photographic 1ccon- naissance showed “this main artery for German reinforcements which have been pouring into Italy is now cluttered with wreckage, at least temporarily.” Most of the railway line was sev- ered when bombs destroyed the rail- way bridge at Balzano, 35 miles south of the Brenner Pass. The railroad at Trento, 30 miles farther south, was cut by four direct hits. -ee NURSES, NEWSIES SELLING BONDS TOMORROW EVE The Volunteer Nurses' Aides of Gastineau Channel and the Empire Newsboys will assist in the Third war Loan Drive for War Savings Bonds tomorrow. The Nurses' Aides will sell bonds from two booths from 2 p.m. until 10 pm. at the Baranof Hotel Lobby and in front of the First National Bank, and the Empire Newsboys will be in charge of the booth in front of the Colisewun Theater. At 9:30 o'clock tonight the Nurs- s Aides and Newsboys will broad- cast a program over KINY in the interest of War Savings Bonds. Thus | Yroadcast will be from the stage of the 20th Century Theatre. A pro- gram of organ melodies by Ernest | "Grand Offensive” in Donefs Area LONDON, ept. 3-—The Germen radio announced today that the Soviet Army has launched a grand offensive in the central Donets |River basin area in south Russia early this morning. The Russians have been {forward in this area for {days, and yesterday they announced important gains including the cap- iture of the cities of Voroshilovsk, Slavyanoserbsk and Lisichansk The German announcement said “since early morning the expected Russian attack in the central Don- ets basin has been in full swing | The Russians have employed hun- dreds of heavy artillery batteries {and - fighter formations according to the principles of their well- 'known attrition tactics. There are us yet no further details about this | new large-scale action.” | The Germans, meanwhile, fell |back before other Soviet drives | which cut the main Nazi rail link [between the central and, southe:n dr severa | sectors, 150 miles from Kiev, and d into the Smolensk de- FIRSTLADY ~ ARRIVESIN AUSTRALIA 'Mrs. Roosevelt Flies from | New Zealand-Given Big Welcome CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 3.— | Japanese Empire, Vicé Admiral John 8. McCain, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air, said the American sea and air power is now “being coordinated to such strength that will eventually sink the IS we QUEEN — Coast guardsmen on Anclot Key, off Tarpon Springs, Fla., voted singer Martha Stewart (above) their of the Island.” “Queen BOND SALES IN NICE SPURT AS " DRIVE GOES ON Total as of Last Night Pass- | ON STA InWasle, Blood, Ashes new ACTION Y egun CANADIANS, BRITISH IN O -w- 88 - R4 Units Cross Strait of Mes- major part of the Japanese fleet.” | McCain said the raid on Marcus | Island is only a token The Vice Admiral also erted . . hat “tucn blows will merease n| Sin@ in Small Boats— tempo, in power, in fury until fi-: . nally Japan is laid in waste in blood Moonless ngh‘ and ashes.” WHERE IS " TWO (CITIES REPORTED OCCUPIED IMMEDIATELY Pill Boxes buiékly Knock- AMERICAN i sy | ed Out-Savage Fight- T[H ARMY! ing Is&a:orteg | | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS | IN NORTH AFRICA, Sept. 3.— Allied troops stormed across the | narrow Strait of Messina at | dawn this (Friday) morning to | land in Ialy and launched the | London Paper Speculates- Says It Will Strike Somewhere LONDON, Sept. 3.—The London Daily Star today speculated as to why the United States Seventh ' Army, which made such spectacular successes in North Africa and the Sicilian campaign, is not mentioned in the official communique regard- ing the Itallan invasion and not being “assigned to a very important task.” The article in the Star, written by Sir Robert Gordon Finlayson, career soldier and veteran of the firet World War, said: “We can be quite sure the Sev- enth United States Army has been destined by Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hower to land somewhere in Italy very soon but it is impossible yet to say where the Seventh Army will | or has been assigned, but it will be for an important task.” | London long-heralded invasion of the European continent. Allied troops, spearheaded by crack British Eighth Army vet- erans who gained smashing vic- H tories over the Axis in North Africa, were joined by Canadian troops. i British and American planes and warships have bombarded - the mainland of Italy for days in a violent pre-invasion attack. NEW YORK, Sept. 3. — The Berlin radio, quoting a report this afternoon from the United Nations radio at Algiers, says the British and Canadian troops have “established a bridgehead on the Calabrian Coast” of Italy. DON, Sept. 3.—The Mu- tual Broadcasting Company's commentator, reporting frem Algiers, quoted the Allied spokes- For several hours the [ censors halted dispatches quoting | AR with sAYIAE gt speculation that appeared in the | LFoOPS At lan y “apparently engaged in heavy London newspapers but dispatches - ST were subsequently released when broadcasts from Berlin, picked up here, drew obvious conclusions that the American forces might go into action later. LONDON, Sept. 3.—The Rome radio, in a broadcast picked up here tonight, said the “enemy’s invasion is now in full swing. Oberg, wellknown Juneau organist, e women of America are grate- | will be heard, The Volunteer Nurses'| s to the Australians for the care es 330 000 Mark | Aides of Gastineau Channel will given to American soldiers by the ik represented by Jane Alexander,!Gommonwealth, Mrs, Franklin D Eas“y [ president of the organization. The poocevelt said in a special broad- | Juneau newsboys will be represent-|cast to the nation this afternoon Gastineau Channel patriots were ed by Johnny Harris, Hugh D00gan chortly after her arrival. beum.nn\g fo. wake: it .10 “;E fact| and Charles Smith. Capt. Roy Pickering, LaGrange, (nat they are going to have to l;u ! Through the courtesy and cooDer- nl - flew Mrs. Roosevelt here, the more bonds if their $250000 quota 1,200 miles from New Zealand in i5 to be reached in (wn'wo('ks, as The Berlin broadcasts indicated | that when the Americans strike| The enemy I"T" :I" :":“ on "l'l‘l‘l thel: Mlows “look oub fOF SAVRER | -iiausR MSSANS AN advantage of material super- engagements.” Invasionls ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN obtain.eXact estimates on the num- 3.—Japanese army headquarters and the Salamaua sector was bombers in new raids against the| Jap bases. General Douglas MacArthur said fires started by the raiders burned! out warehouses and buildings, and! sent tlames leaping into the air for| 1,500 feet. The raids, by heavy and mediumn | bombers and many fighters, were after the fashion of the early Aug- ust raids which took such a toll at Salamaua. The fighters added to the havoc| by sweeping along at tree-top level | to pour 90,000 rounds of machine-| gun and cannon fire into the enemyi installations. At least 50 fires were started in the Madang area, which is just be- low the Wewak sector, where 360] enemy planes were destroyed on the ground and enemy anti-aircraft fire was silenced. |THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Sept.|ber to be employed, but when you think in terms of 1,500,000 homes e- |fuel and ammunition stores Wwere|year, with all the nails, bolts, elec- |blown up at Madang, New Guinea, | trical bathroom fixtures, new furnish- supplies, plumbing, hardware, lthreatened as 206 tons of bombS;ings, and whatnot that will go into | were dropped from fighter-escorted them, you can find little reason for prospegts of unemployment. Some say that the whole of our armed forces could be used in construct- ing postwar homes. As for the home of tomorrow, don’t look for any freakish designs. Building industry leaders here say they will be strictly ultilitarian, with all the modern conveniences, considerable pre-fabrication, one and two-car garages attached, pos- sibly movable interior walls. The average house will be smaller, but it will be a private, resident-owned dwelling, detatched from its neigh- bor. - Warning fo Housewive Housewives are cautioned to make their purchases tomorrow, There were no further reports of ground fighting in the Salamaua sector, but Allled artillery contin-| ued to pour shells on the vila where has constant relations with the State Department regarding the war, has told the President that it the Japs have an estimated 10,000 ordering early as possible, for stores will be closed on Mon- was almost impossible for to do| business with the Depal nt to- day. All this comes at a time when we (Continued on Page Four) men. | Meanwhile, the Japs tried an air| day, which is Labor Day. House- rail on American-occupied Vella| wives should make a check-up tonight, then get their orders in to their grocer and meat dealer early tomorrow morning to insure delivery, Lavella Island and lost, nine planes. American planes destroyed 12| more supply barges and cargo ves- sels were bombed off New Ireland. ation of KINY and the 20th Cen- tury Theatre this broadcast has been made possible. - 450 FIRES STILL BURN IN BERLIN Disastrous Results Follow Blockbuster Raid of Tuesday Night STOCKHOLM, Sept. 3.— Swiss dispatches received said 450 fires were still en to be burning last Inight in Berlin after Tuesday night’'s RAF blockbuster raid. The dispatches said it is estimat- ed that the dead ran as high as 5,000, A special dispatch to the news- |paper Allahanda from Bern said |that some fires were raging so large |that no effort is being made to |extinguish them, firemen merely attempting to keep them from spreading. e ¥ ARRIVES FROM HAIN M. E. Beander has arrived from | Haines and is on the Baranof reg- ' ister, six hours and fifty minutes. Mrs. Roosevelt was greeted by | thousands when the plane landed. - \Russ Envoy Silent On ~ (Conference | | WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—Soviet Ambassador Gromyko was non- |commital ‘when asked about the | prospects of a tripartite conference lof the British, Soviet and American | ministers. Of the Allied invasion of Ttaly, he smiled and said, “That's ;;ood‘ news.” STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 3. — Closing after bond amounted source night sales from all Looths closed last to $32,955.25. A lively spurt was noted at the Looths last night with the Amer- 'ican Legion and Catholic Daugh- ters selling about $7.600 worth of the investments in America. It was announced today that war bond sales may be credited to any organization handling a booth dur- ing the drive, the purchaser desig- nating the organization to which he wants the bond credited | At the end of the drive the Em- Ipire will publish the list of sales credited to each organization The following changes have been |made in the bond booth schedule: Masonic Blue Lodge, Sept. Juneau Elks, Sept. 13; Juneau Cen- |tral Labor Council Sept. 6; Alaska Brotherhood and Sisterhood, Sept. 9. Bonds may be purchased at the booths each evening from 7 to 10| | u'clock. | In addition, bonds may be bought |at the Post Office from 8:30 am. to, '4:30 ‘pm.; at the First National| |Bank from 10 am. until 3 pm.;| 7 Waiched by WarLeaders WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—Presi- dent Roosevelt and Prime Mnister Churchill followed closely the pro- gress of the Allied invasion of Italy’s mainland given in the offi- clal communiques on the new battle zone The two were up until 1 waiting for the flash notifying them officially that the troops had land ed in Italy proper, but retired be- a.m fore ‘it came, The war conferences continued today, but each of the leaders had scveral separate engagements sched- uled. - Galeazzi U.S.Bound quotation of Alaska Juneau mine' at the Alaska Federal Savings and| |stock today is 6%, American Can|Loan Association from 9 a.m until | —— \31:&‘, Anaconda 25'%, BemxghgmjA p.m; at Behrends Bank during re- LONDON, Sept. 3.—Enrico Gal- gular banking hours, in the Capitol' eazzi, Governor of Vatican City, lett iority.” | (By Associated Press) | Allied Headguarters in North Af- !rica reported that at 2:15 p. m., |4:15 a. m., Juneau time, British and | canadian troops, practiced veterans 'of Gen. Sir Bernard Law Mont- gomery's Eighth Army, made land- ings in southern Ttaly, the first of several Invasions against Hitler's ’ Europe. | Ten hours after they swarmed across the narrow Strait of Messina in small boats they were battling on the toe of Italy to establish a bridgehead. Thus, once again, Hitler's leglons | which boasted they held the con- |tinent secure from assault were being engaged on the Eufopean | mainland | The first of the invaders, British and Canadian troops, set foot on the Calabrian coast opposite vcastern |Sicily this morning after crossing the Strait of Messina under cover of a moonless night. Great Force Moved ‘The move entailed the shifting of a great armed force across the nar- | row arm of the sea, only two miles | wide at its narrowest But even though the night was dark. the outline of the mountains rising from the Italian toe could be seen from Sicily by the invaders as they embarked on the historic cross- ing 7 (Continued on Page Two) v ® o o o o DIMOUT TIMES Dimout begins tonight at sunset at 7:54 o'clock. Steel 587., Commonwealth and Southern 11/16, Curtiss Wright 7'%,| Theater during business hours. Lisbon by clipper last Wednesday - | International Harvester 63 ;(‘."_‘I The Odd Feilows and Douglas night for the United States, Reuters |necott 307, New York Central 157, Women's Club will handle booth ! reports. |Northern Pacific 14, United smes[sulfls this evening. The purpose of tife visit is not - disclosed but speculation is a pos- Steel 517%, Pound $4.04 Dov, Jones averages today arc as! Sock 'em—Saturday night. |sibility in connection with uego- follows: industrials 137.12, .~.~.u.,i b tiations to make Rome an open Hit ’em—Saturday night. leity. 3435, utilities 21.27, Dimout ends tomorrow at sunrise at 6:02 a. m. Dimout begins Saturday at ® sunset at 7:51 p.m. 17 ¢S 8- 200 0000 ®eov000ocee