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

VOL. XLI, NO. 9465. HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” _ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY — JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, |‘)437__ CARDINALS DEFEAT YANKS BY 4-3 SCORE First Line of Nazi Rome Defense Pierced YANKS FORCE CROSSING OF ITALY RIVER British Eiglfilflrmy Meets Fierce Fighting on Othi_Side ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Oct. 6~The American Fifth Army has forced a crossing| of the Volturno River, the Ger-; mans’ first line of defense on the road to Rome, and also has cap- tured the towns of Aversa and Maddaloni, north of Naples. One unit crossed the river which' runs 20 miles above Naples. The point of the crossing was not specified. The banks of the Volturno, flow- ing along the coastal plain of the; west side of Italy, is expected to be Says Roose Japs Are Undivilized, velt; Signs OIV\WNQ@kness Are Seeni the scene of delaying action by | the Nazis. Meanwhile, on the Adriatic side, |, Gen. Sir Bernard Law Montgom- | ery’s Eighth Army engaged the Germans 'in heavy fighting along the Biferno River near Termoli as the enemy attempted strong de- laying actions. | The Germans have thrown from 60,000 to 175,000 men along -the Ttalian battleline, Coursing far ahead of the land[ troops, meanwhile, four waves of Flying Fortresses rained hundreds of bombs on Bologna, rail center in Brenner Pass at a line 180 miles below the German border in “one of the most accurate and success- ful raids” ever made by the North- west African Air Force. Other Allied planes hamnmered Nazi communications elsewhere, over a wide area. iately. Most men would have re- quired very careful study to have taken in the new proposed tax pic- ture, but the President got it in The Washington Merry- Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert @. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON — Soon after Lord Louis Mountbatten, cousin of the King of England, was appointed commander on the Burma front, he sent word to Admiral “Ernie” King, commander of the U. S. Fleet, that he would like to come to Washing- ton to see him. singer-comedienne whose spe- clalty is bandying jokes with Groucho Marx, poses atop a gar- den wall to give the pin-up cel- lectors & bryak. J. C. Shatfer Passes Away At Age of 90 Owner and_fiublisher 0 String of Newspaper Dies in Chicago CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 6—John C. Shaffer, 90, owner and publisher of the Indianapolis Star and Muncie Star, is dead here. From telegrapher with a capital | of $20, Shaffer rose to ownership | of a group of newspapers and of extensive grain and transponauqn: interests. Aside from business, his prlmaryv Tough sea-dog King sent word he would be glad to see him. Alighting from his plane, Mount- batten went straight to King's of- fice, and after a walt, was ushered into the presence of the U. 8. Com- mander of the Fleet. “Admiral,” sald Lord Mountbat- ten with his usual gracious charm, “there is one great favor you can do for me.” Admiral King, according to friends, looked quizzical as if say- ing to himself, “I thought so.” But| Mountbatten, unabashed, continued: “Yes,” Admiral, I should like a button off your tumic. I have one, from General Marshall and I want' one from you. L know it will bring me good luck.” Admiral King relaxed. Mountbatten gof the button. Lord NIGHT-OWL CHURCHILL Just two days after Prime Minis- ter Churchill Jeft Washington, President Roogevelt 'rlnpled with the tough problem of taxes in a manner which gurprised his callers. He received Senator George o. Georgia, Representative Doughton of North Carglina, Economic Stab- ilizer Judge Vipson and Assistant President Jimmy Byrnes in a ses- sion to draft a pew tax program to be proposed a3 soon as the current bond drive is Qf the way. When they came in they handed interests lay in religion, art and| education. He was instrumental in helping place the Chicago Sym- phony Orchestra in the high po- sition it occupies in the musical world and was known as the father of civic opera in Chicago. Friend of Presidents Mr. Shaffer was an intimate friend of Presidents Roosevelt, Taft and Harding and it was said that for the asking he might have had a cabinet post in any of the three administrations. He always was sensitive, however, because of the never accepted a public office. It was his boast that he never had asked a ‘favor of a politician and never would. | Born June 5, 1853, at Baltimore, | Mr. Shaffer attended school until) he was 15 years old and then learn- | ed telegraphy. His parents were James and Ann Crout Shaffer, his father being a carpenter and bufld-' er. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as was| tne son. { With Western Union | For four years Mr. Shaffer -was employed by the Western Uniol Telegraph Company at Baltimore, becoming manager of the omcel‘ there. He left that company’s em- ploy to become assistant superin-! tendent of the telegraph depart-| ment of the Union Railroad Com- the President a detailed estimate of pany, with which he remained until Denies wfi—ermerica, | WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.— Presi-| |dent Roosevelt said he detected signs of Jap weakness in the whole, Solomon Islands and New Guinea | area. | The President, at a conference with newsmen, said the way the Japanese are being defeated and | retiring in the Solomons and New !Gulnea area, plus destruction of a great number of transports, is proof, |in' his opinion, of the enemy's ;wenkness in the entire region. ! 'The President said the beheading of an Allied aviator by the Japan- ese in the Southwest Pacific shows lack of civilization, and, he re- marked, that he supposed that the worst thing that one could say to a Japanese, is to tell them they are uncivilized; this gets under their skin, | JAPANESE TRAITIS REVEALED | But Nof fo U. S., Be- t heading of Captive | | | | NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—A Tokyo| {radio - has beamed a propaganda; jbroadcast to Latin America denying | that Japanese soldiers beheaded al captive Allied airman, but the| United States government monitors | said the transmitters were not/ heard making reference to tife cas to Japanese audiences. A broadcast in English was art:i- buted to the disclosure of the be. heading of an American. The news agency called it a “fabrication re-| vealing ignorance of the Japanese! |character in a desparate position | land America’s leaders who are| | frantically trying to boost the mors| |ale of the public.” | | €00 ISLAND BATILE STILL INPROGRESS CAIRO, Oct. 6.—British defend- ers of Coo Island in-the Dodecan- ese continuing battle against strong German forces who landed there Sunday a Middle East communique said. ‘There was no change in the gen- eral situation on the island said the bulletin and gave no details concerning the progress of fighting. A Berlin radio declared yesterday that German forces had broken on the island and was in possession of all important military installa- tions. "SPLENDID TASK" IS ACCQMPLISHED BY| U. 5. WAGE EARNERS Roosevelt En_ds Felicifa- fions fo AFL Conven- fion Delegates BOSTON, Mass, Oct. 6.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has sent felicitations to the delegates of the American 1ndemum,ut Labor convention for a tax plan. It was rather compli-|1874. In the latter year he went 3ccomplishment of the “splendid cated. .He looked it over rapidly,|to Chicago and thereafter engagedi grasped the fundamentals immed- in a varfety of activities. (Continued on Page Four) (Continued on Page Two) task” by the American wage earners and called upon them for even greater efforts until final peace is lwon. 4 NAVY MEN HELD BY JAPS AFTER KISKA RUN-OUT y were members of a weather and radio unit, en the enemy,evacuated. They are (1. tory Bremerton, Wash.; W M Winfrey, Cliff- TEN OF THIS GROUP of twelve men pictured on Kiska, vyhere the; were taken prisoner by the Japs g::; mmt:veg lrolrin tLh: !slland wh 4 . McCandless, mont, Pa.; “hristensen, :l;g:'P;:l‘:)N.‘;.;%, Palmer, Evansville, Ind.; W. Gaffey, Coquille, Ore. Back row: J. Turner, Seattle; R. Cof« ' field, Seattle, Wash.; W House, Escondito, Cal.; Lt Mulls; L. Eckles, Osba‘rne. Kan,; L Yaconelli, Holly- wood, Cal.; M. Courtney, Jr., Riverhead, L. I, N. Y. Lt. Mulls and Yaconelli were not with the unit whtnllt was captured, American troops landing on Kiska found only the dog mascot (center). (International) figarelle Shorfiée “ NAVY HEADS Facing Americans; ' MAP MOVES ea Demands Growing IN PACIFIC | WASHINGTON, Oct. G:—Ameri- l;fl;;lll;fz«clllrcrs are already dip- cans are facing a cigarette shortage, | ping into the 1944 and 1945 reserves the Department of Commerce says.| ., .gtjsfy the need of from 35 o o rowing d s ma, nd ¥ |,,Zl'fl9§;°“£:,‘;m,:':;:§’ toY seariy |50 million more cigarettes than the near three hundred million cigarettes, the [ industry can buy tobacco to mukvf Department states. them,” the Department ‘Admiral Nimifz Announces Big Meeting Just | Finished HONOLULU, Oct. 6.—Pacific war strategy has been drafted at fleet headquarters by three top-ranking Navy commanders, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced today. | Attending were Admiral Ernest King, fleet commander, Admiral William Halsey, commander in the South Pacific. ! All have returned to their own posts. The meeting undoubtedly Armed Forces Living Off Country; Viclory ! Crosetti, ss. { Metheny, rf. j Gardens Everywhere By JACK STINNETT ‘ WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-—Living !or[ the country” is an ol¢g miliiary lcusmm. Usually it means foraging, lor requisitioning available food- |stuffs from helpless civilians. The | American Army -doesn’t go for that sort of thing, but thousands of U. S. soldiers abroad are living off the |country just the same—and with |the blessing and assistance of the War Department. | They're raising Victory gardens. | For more than a year now the quartermaster corps has been send- ing seeds, todls and fertilizer to re- mote Pacific outposts and to gar- Jack of a collegé education, and the backbone of British resistance risons in other parts of the world |where garden-fresh vegetables help break the monotony of cans and | packages. | Many Army installations in this jcountry have Victory gardens too, {but most important agricultural ef- |fort is taking place in the British {Isles. There it's a joint British- American job, with the British fur- nishing all the equipment and sup- plies from stock or previously ar- ranged lend-lease items. Both Brit- ish and American soldiers work in the gardens. In a little-publicized report, Brig. Gen. Robert A. Littlejohn, chief quartermaster for the European theatre of operations, told Maj. Gen. |E. B. Gregory, the quartermaster |general, that all suitable land in both British and American posts, camps and stations has been taken under cultivation, Approximately 14,000 acres ar now heing cultivated, General Littlejohn reported, and 1,000 more are expected to be added by the end shaped a strategy 'of increasing weight in the tempo ¥of offensive | e blows against Japan, In choosing where to strike, the men drafting the Pacific strategy could aim at any point in the vast war Lheater, from the Kuriles northeast of Japan to Bougainville Tsland in the northern Solomons, last enemy stronghold there. T'wo recent carrier task force raids in the Marcus Island and Gilbert Island area prove the fleet's |of this year. Anoiher 5000 a S at U, S. Army air forces fields are also to be added soon, making a total of 20,000 acres ultimately to be devoted to gardens—the equiv- alent of about 100 average-sized Iowa farms. The present 14,000 acres is made up of tiny plots behind billets to 40-acre fields. This year's return is expected to be about 25000 tons of strength has increased to a point)| | potatoes, General Littlejohn says, where the Navy is ready for a fight plus 134,000 tons of vegetables and Ad 100king for it. root crops and 7,000 tons of hay. | B 50 1 Y ‘While it's a fine thing to have all the food at hand for soldiers, an angle that might be overlooked is, that these Victory gardens are sav-. ing just that much shipping space which can now 'be used for mu- nitions, and leaving that much more | food for civilians. And General | Littlejohn said the acreage, and the! | | proportionate yield, are expected to' | 2 | | be much larger next year, depend: {ing on how many men are still there | | to do the job. | Frequent moves find British/ troops occupying areas where Am-| ericans have started a garden, hut,;K (it makes no difference. They go‘, irxgm ahead with it—and the Am-| ’erlcun‘s. wherever they wind up, will |go ahead with a British garden, | Frank Fifzdéf&id Swamps| Jefferies in Non- | Partisan Primary DETROIT, Mich. Oct. §.—Edward| |J. Jeffries, Jr., incumbent, and |Frank Fitzgerald, the latter en-| /dorsed by the United Mine Work- lers, AFL of Detroit, were nomin-| ated as mayoralty candidates at; i PLENTY OF ACTION gOIR:)((:cl;ILMON?‘_\‘I‘;:ThPN'x plenty 1 eme: 2n i | i, ’m":di""ig“",‘.‘,*,‘m“‘ng'fi‘,’mfiw”“;‘;!':4'&;3'.":3 for- i ool errors and threw in five double|090: The Negro vote went solidly for plays for good measure, ;P‘ilzgemld. BOX SCORE ST. LOUIS wlorcrrmmnr~—-O - . Cooper, ¢ Kurowski, 3b. Sanders, 1b Lithwhiler, If. Marion, M. Cooper, p. wloccoem TOTALS 32 NEW YORK AB 4 Johnson, 3b Keller, 1f. Dickey, c. Etten, 1b. Gordon, 2b. Stainback, cf. Bonham, p. Weatherly Murphy, p. 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 omn TOTALS 32 “—Batted for Bonham in eighth. SUMMARY Struck out: by Cooper 4, by Bon- ham 9. Bases on balls: off Cooper 1, off Bonham 3, off Murphy 1. Home runs: Marion, Sanders. Three-base hit: Keller. Two-base hit: Johnson. Sacrifice hits: W. Cooper, M. Cooper. Stolen bases: Marion 1. Double plays: Marion to Klein to Sanders. Left on bases: St. Louis 7, New York 4. FATHER OF "COOPERS IS DEADTODAY Ace St Louis Cardinal Bat- tery Takes Field Anyhow YANKEE STADIUM, New York, Oct. '6.—Saddened and shaken by the death of his father early this morning, Mort Cooper, fireball righthander for the St. Louis Car- wlcoccoccem-onz ol cocorceornonE dinals opposed and beat Ernie Bon- | ham in the second game of the World Series. The tall ace National League hurler, and his brother, Walker, gamely agreed to wotk as the bat: tery in today's tilt in spite of the loss “because Dad would have wanted us to.” It is said that the elder Cooper was mainly responsible for his sons development as ball plavers. HEART AILMENT KANSAS CITY, Oct. 6.—Robert Cooper, 58, father of Morton and Walker, today's battery for the St. Louis Cardinals, died this morning. A rural mail carrier and baseball fan, he spent a restless night afte: the Cards lost the first game to the Yanks yesterday. Mrs. Cooper sald he also was worried about today’s game. He awakened at 4 a.m., she said, and said he was going to get up. Mrs. Cooper said she went into the liv- |ing room at 4:30 o'clock and found | him on the floor dead. He suffered from a heart ailment. DRIVEFOR FUNDS FOR WELFARE ON |President AWeals fo Na- tion fo Share in Win- ninflar WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. — Presi- |dent Roosevelt appealed to the na- tion to build up a national war fund of $125000000 for welfare ‘WDl'k to aid servicemen, telling the public that to share in the fund is to “share in winning the war.” ‘The drive is for all welfare reliet organizations, Including the im- portant USO, except the Red Cross. ol cccoccocccocon COORER BOYS BEAT RIVALS TODAY'S GAME Brother BaFry Is Helped Out by Homers from Two Teammates SHORT SCORE R H 4 1 3 6 Cardinals Yankees ... eny COMPOSITE 'SCORE R H Cardinals ... 6 14 Yankees ... 7T 14 Both teams have now won game apiece. SCORE BY INNINGS Cardinals Runs . Hits .. Errors Yankees Runs ., B e 4EP1IAL Stadium in New York. YANKEE STADIUM, NEW YORK, the sudden death of his father, ::o‘rt Cooper pitched with his arm ina competitive exhibli fiurm St. Louls Cardinals to a 4 to 3 victory over the New York Yankees today and square the 1943 series at one game aplece. The attendance was 68,578. Before another tremendous throng, just about 100 less than yesterday’s turnout, the ace of right hand fire- ballers held the Yanks to six hits, backed up by home run sl 0 by Marty Marion and Ray and holding on grimly through tough spots, gained revenge for two og- casions in the 1942 series in which the Bombers drove him to the showers. He and his cal brother, Walker Cooper, decmue:z stay on and held the Cards in fall classic in spite of the loss of their father, “because that was the way dad would have wanted it.” Between them they brought the National League champions to even turns with the Yanks again. The Cards scored first in the third inning on Marion's homer with no one on base| He was the first man at bat. Three more Card runs were added in the next inning and these proved to be enough. 3 Stan Musial started things off with a single into center field and was sacrificed along by Walke Cooper. Kurowski singled into. ceB-~ ter to score Musial, and then Sanders -homered Kurowski around, With the Cards holding a 4 to 0 lead. the Yankees came back with The Yanks came things in the last « when Johnson doubled followed with a triple, the latter’ only hit' of the day. Keller later scored as Etten was thrown out by Klein. » it PLAY-BY-PLAY FIRST INNING CARDINALS—Klein flied out to Metheny. Walker fanned. Musial (lied out to Stainback. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. YANKEES—Crosetti grounded out to Marion. Metheny was thrown out by Klein, Johnson lined out to Klein. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. SECOND INNING CARDINALS—W. Cooper popped out to Crosettl. Kurowski fanned. Sanders walked. Litwhiler flied ous to Gordon in short right field. No runs, no hits, no errors, one left on base. YANKEES—Keller flied out to Walker in center field. Dickey flied out in deep center to Walker. Etten fanned. L No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. (Continued on Page Pive)