The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 2, 1943, Page 1

VOL. XLL, NO. 9462. HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1943 ME MBI:R ASSOCIATED PRESS PRlCE TEN CENTS ALLIES NOW MOVING TOWARD ROME Jap Convoy Attacked, Three Shlps Sent Down | LIBERATORS | SCORE HITS | 50. PACIFIC Surprise Eleven Vessels Sneaking Aid fo Trap- ped Isle Forces ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Oct 2-—American Liberators sank (wo Japunese merchant ships and a Jap destroyer when they surprised an 11-ship convoy attempting to sneak down to the trapped Japanese forces on Kolombangara Island, New Georgians, General Douglas Mac- Arthur's communique announced this Saturday morning. One large cargo ship was hit| squarely by two bombs and sank almost immediately after being hit. A second large ship was destroyed by an explosion after fires had been started by the crashing bombs and then went down. The destroyer and sank. (Continued on Page Thiee) The Washington Merry - Go - Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) (This is the fourth of Drew ASE NS - AT CLOSEST U.S. B TO TOKYO A GROUP of U. 8. Air Force mechanics examine an auxiliary gas tank dropper by a Jap Zero during a raid on their base in China, the closest American %eld to Tokyo. The men are (L. tor.): Sgt. Eugene Arvin, San Jose, Cal; Bgt. Jack Cotton, Dallas, Tex.; Sgt..J,Humphries., Righ= mond, Va.; and Sgt Richard Lee, Tacoma, Wash. (M!ernnhanm) Ready for Mculmg MllITARY Pearson’s columns on the State De- partment, the government agency now most in the spotlight of the nation.) WASHINGTON — John Hubner, the young diplomat who saved the Queen Mary with around 10,000 American troops on beard, has just resigned. His resignation illustrates one of the fundamental problems in keeping an alert American diplo- matic service—marriage to foreign ‘women. i In this case Hubner is marrying the niece of thy Archbishop of Sao Paulo in Brazil. To do so the State Department has told him ‘he must resign. This means the loss of a man with many years experience, also one who proved himself especially quick-witted in a major emergency. More than a year ago, the Nazi radio announced that the Queen Mary, crammed with U. S. troops, was sunk off Brazil. From the War Department came complete silence. In order not $o play into Nazi hands, no word of explanation was given as to what actually had hap- pened to the Queen Mary. There/ was a good reason for this. Here| is what happened. PLOT AGAINST QUEEN MARY Up in Sao Paulo, central state of Bravil, the State Department’s John Hubner had discovered that a large radio transmitter had been import- ed by the German firm of Siemens and Co., and was being held for de- livery to a purchaser. The address of thut purchaser was phony and probably the name also. So Hubner had the efficient Bra- rilian police watch the Siemens store | night and day to see who might take delivery of the radio trans- mitter. No one came. Finally, one evening at 6:45, just before the store closed, a German picked up the radio transmitter. He was immed- iately arrested, subjected to stiff cross-examination, and after many hours finally broke down. He dis- closed the names of his confed- erates, together with the location of a Nazi radio station in the hills above Rio de Janeiro. Hubner, working with the coop- erative Brazilian police, immediately rounded up the gang, and flew to Rio where the radio station was seized—just as it was sending out a message to Nazi subs regarding the sailing of the Queen Mary. JIt had been a perfect Nazi trap. The Queen Mary had put in at Rio for fuel and supplies. She was too big to hide. Nazi agents in Rio leamed her sailing time, discovered - T0 CONFER IN LONDON Meehng Scheduled to Be | Held in Advance of 3-Power Session |, LONDON, Oct. 2.—Britain’s bril- liantly successful offensive on the various fronts with all of its im- mense implications for the whole course of the duration of the war has led to the definite decision for |early intimate American, and Soviet Military Staff discuss- ions even in advance of the forth- coming three-power diplomatic meeting. This is learned from a non-British source. Since the rush of events on the fighting fronts have been at,a pace which have not been foreseen, it is made plain the meeting here, which i1s to have a military flavor, is more marked than appeared likely. Only a few weeks ago the London newspapers printed reports from/ Gen. George C. Marshall, prospecuve Allied Commander-in-Chief, that | mortal blows are being prepared LOVELY STAGE STAR Ethelyne Holt complies with post office regula- tions by getting ready before the deadline date her Christmas pack- age to her husband abroad. Pack- ages must not exceed five pounds or 36 inches in length and girth combined. (Imernat(onal) ECONOMIC PLANNOW | SUGGESTED Director Vinson Makes! Plea for System fo Keep Nation Level will probably come here, also Sec- retary of will be the scene of the Big Three meeting, FIUME IS SHELLED BY ? LONDON, Oct. 2. — The Italian WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. — Econ- Adriatic port of Fiume is under| omic Stabilization Director Vinson heavy fire from the Yugoslav Li- calls for a “selective program for |beration Army, which is throwin stabilization subsidies” and also an|shells on the city, according to re- “adequate tax program” to keep Ports from the Yugoslav People's America's economy stable. lAl'mY 4 “If an alternative between select- | Heavy fighting continues in the ive subsidies to keep down the cost|Dills behind Susak, in Goriia and of living or permitting the costs bo’“'e" in Northern Italy, according rise precipitately or even gradually, |to the dispatch. my judgment is the American peo- RSB 5 e ple would elect to use resources of| Walter O. Sinn, from Point Re- their Government to hold the line|treat Lighthouse, is registered at for the duration,” said Vinson. the Baranof Hotel. British | against the enemy. Gen. Marshall | State Cordell Hull, and| likely in this event this metropolis | YUGOSLAVS ; JUNEAUMAN IS STABBED BY SAILOR Condition-Knifer Is Held H. M. 1“'(llllll‘\l\ll neau druggist, was in critical con- f{dition in St. Ann's Hospital here |this morning after being stabbed i1} in on [the back last night by a sailor, |the Occidental Cocktail Bar | South Franklin Street The sailor, Guy Wesley Epperly, (who only arrived here yesterday morning for duty, is being held by City Police on a charge of assault |with a deadly weapon. He will be turned over to Federal officials ! probably this afternoon. | Chief of Police John Monagle |said the men apparently didn't | know each other, and could find |no reason for the ‘stabbing. | Stabbed In Back linto the establishment, spoken briefly | walked over back, that Epperly pulled out a { knife he had been flourishing pre- 4viously and stabbed Hollmann. The may have to Epperly, shoulder blade. Police were called and Patrolmen Roy Eaton'and Harry Murray an- swered the call. Epperly, meanwhile, had tried to escape but was arrest- 'ed by the patrolman in front of the Juneau Inn. | The stabbing occurred at about 9:30 pm. and Epperly was a:rested shortly after that time. Hollman was taken immediately to St. Ann’s Hospital, where Dr. C. C. Carter attended him. Well-Known Here Known to his many friends as “Doc” Hollmann, the Juneau Drug- gist of late has been with the Guy Smith Drug Store in Juneau. He {has been a Juneau resident for many years and formerly owned his | own drug store at Second and Sew- ard. Before going with Guy Smith he was employed in defense work in Sitka and to the Westward. He has a wife Evelyn, and two children, living at 603 Twelfth | Street. | .- - FORTRESS IS SHOTDOWN, SWISS AREA Anti- anrcrafl Fire Used as U. S. and Nazi Craft Stage Battle BERN, Oct. 2. — Swiss anti-air- craft fire definitely downed one | American Fortress of a group of Fortresses which fought a battle | with German fighter plines over Swiss territory, a Swiss communigue |said. H Bombs were dropped on various| parts of eastern Switzerland, the| ireport stated. | “Crashes also took place in these! areas as the result of aerial baltle| |between American Fortresses md; (German fighter planes. Reports 50| * ar show only material damage! caused by the bombs.” R (TALIAN LEADER RETURNING HOME NEW YORK, Oct. 2. -Cmmm Sforza, Italian anti-Fascist leader, |announcing that he had received State Department permission to re- turn to Italy, said the Italians must support Premier’ Badoglio’s efforts | "Doc’* Hollmann in Crifical . well-known Ju-| Witnesses said Hollmann walked then | to the bar and came Wound - Wa Just- below ‘the right l year's. MAY BE NEXT U. S. PACIFIC GOALS | | 1 Manell Pr. | afifi. d UMAN . acific, as evidenced by the attack on Marcus wn on the map above. Truk is the Japanese were seized by the Japs early in the war (International) INVASION OF POLANDNOW SOVIET PLAN Russmn A|r Bombers Strike al Three White Russia Key Points (By Associated Press) | With the Russian and German | Ukranian armies locked in a terrific |struggle at Kiev and the lower 'Dnenper River valiey, Red Army | Air Force bombers unleashed a PERATIONS by the U. S. Navy in the P s at the three Japanese strongholds sho and Wake, American possessions, fortified, STEPPED-UP OFFENSIVE O Island, may include b!gw Pear] Harbor, while Guam \ne:rlmu beixeved to have been heavily AMERICANS, BRITISH ON MOVENORTH Sharp Opposition Met But Progress fo Eternal City Is Reported ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Oct. 2.—American ind British troops, feverishly wel- :omed by the surviving population of Naples, forged on today past the devastated city and are fighting iteadily northward toward Rome, the next defense line of the Ger- mans. A (A Reuters dispatch to Allied Headquarters quoted the military spokesman as saying the road to Rome 1s now open and the town of Benevento is directly threatened. Benevento is 32 miles northeast of Naples.) Meeting sharp opposition from tanks, mortars and machine guns, the forces under Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, today’'s communique said, are making good progress to the north wd also to the east. The British Eighth Army is speed- ly spreading over the Foggia Plain wmd has captured San Severo, 18 miles north of Lucera, which is 12 miles nonheu! o! the Foggia dr base. The u'oops tmnrlng N-pln. oneé ‘amed for its beauty, found the waterfront a solid area of ruins. Lt. Gen Clark himself entered the city yesterday afternoon. A radio broadeast from Berlin, the official communique, gave the Ger- mans the first official announcement Jf the capture of the city of Naples- hy the Americans and British and stated the city was evacuated after all military installations had been Jlestroyed. BLOW BACK, TAX MONEY, IS PROPOSED House Committee Suggests Credit for Portion of | bombardment against three White | Russian rail centers barring «the yway for the invasion of German- |held Poland and the Baltic States. j The Moscow radio reported this \morning that Mogilev, Orsha and | Vitebsk, strongly fortified German bases in White Russia, are being S 1pounded for the second straight | night, The large formations of bombers are intended to soften up the de- ! fense lines and pave the way for the |advancing Red forces which yester- day rolled westward in the rain to xen('h the Plonyu Rlvm gmng TWIN GIRL MARINES—sgts. Irene A. and Madeline A. Spencer, MCWR, twins from Brewer, Me., are on recruiting duty with the procurement office in Philadelphia. They have a brother in the Navy stationed # Pearl Harbor. Overbuying Fever of Army, Navy Now Over; Eeh i U WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. — Unless|ders were drawn. to put it into| 1 6 K | lls we meet serious reversals on the execution. | continent, there is little likelihood | — | that civilians will undergo any| Also, U. S. production has far| Io (REDII {greater war hardships In the com- |exceeded expectations and in spite ing months th.m they have in the | of production lags in certain instru- | past. 'ment.s of war, we've got more fac- ‘The reasons for this are pretty mry space than we know what to| complicated and I could find no- do with. If the manpower and -A, body in WPB who was willing |few critical materials could be| be quoted on it. In the first place, found, that space could be put w- the Army and Navy apparently production of civilian supplies. Flgh'mg Japs have gotten over their fever of over-| Asa result, WPB'’s Office of Civil buying. Not only have they let up nvqunnmenu is clamorin~ for ALLIED HEADQUAR‘I'!ZRB IN jon the purchase of some commo-|lief of sofme scarcities and is like-[HE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Oct. dities, but they are even turning ly to get at least a portion of them.|2 _Major Thomas J. Lunch, of Cat- others back into civilian channels, For example, the laundry service {for example, woolen cloth. And situation has become so critical in|confirmed kills, is on his way home Army cotton goods requirements some areas that any day now we|after 30 months fighting with the BY JACK STINNETT (it once was so imminent that 01-} \Pilot Home Bound for Rest Affer 30 Months re-! ‘usuqun. Pa, 38, a pilot with 16| Vldory Tax WASHINONN Oct. 2—In the . first major move to simplify Federal tax payments, the House Ways and Means Committee has voted to credit back to taxpayers immed- iately a portion of the five percent victory tax, amounting to 25 per- cent to single persons and 40 per- cent to married persons. Such action by the government issumes that all taxpayers are en- titled to credit erasing Yequirements for bond purchases, debt payment, insurance purchases as conditions upon recelvlnx credit. |GEN. BUCKNER IS AWARDED MEDAL WASHINGTON, Oct. 2—The award of the Distinguished Service Medal to Lieut. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, Jr., for his organization of the defenses in Alaska, and to Maj. Gen. Crawford for his work as com- manding general in services of sup- - ply for the Middle East, is an- nounced by the War Department. e TIDES TOMORROW High tide— 4:04 a. m,, 154 feet. Low tide—10:04 a. m., 23. feet. High tide— 4:02 p. m,, 17.2 feet. Low tide—10:39 p. m., 0.1 feet. next year will be only half of this may hear that the manufacture of | Japs. | washing machines and electric irons| The kills put him in a triple tie As a matter of fact, the threat may be resumed-—on a curtailed “so we can fight Germany energeti- cally.” completely disappeared, of rationing clothing has almost although jcombat hours in shooting down le (Continued on Page Three) lphmes lm'lcullnglcelnmemum‘mI TIDES MONDAY | High tide— 4:48 a. m., 14.6 feet. Low tide-—-10:45 a. m., 33 feet. High tide— 4:41 p. m,, 16.5 feet. Low tide—11:26 p. m, 08 feet.