The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 7, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLI., NO. 9466. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1943 ) MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY ————————nn YANKS BEAT CARDS BY 5-RUN SWATFEST ot EIGHTHARMY | MEETING UP WITH NAZIS Naval Arfillery, Air Forces Brought Actively Ino Fight ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Oct. 7.—The battle of Rome has started with the Ger- mans launching powerful infantry attacks, along with armored sup- port, in the Termoli area along the Adriatic where the British Eighth Army stands, 130 miles to the east and slightly north of Rome. An official announcement said, the Germans had shifted their en-| tire armored division from the west side of the peninsula and thrown! it into the onslaught against Gen.: Sir Bernard Law Montgomery’s forces. Montgomery’s forces also have been reinforced for the showdown fight and have beaten off all at-; tacks. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's com- munique today said two British destroyers 'brought their naval ar- tillery to the aid of Montgomery driving boldly up the narrow A- driatic and pounding & railway and; {Continued on Page Two) —_———————— The Washington| Merry - Go - Round| By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allep on sctive duty.) WABHINGTON — Ed Stettinius the new Undersecretary of State, s known by Washington insiders for three things: a aluminum; (2) How right he was, regarding rubber; and (3) His close| assoclation with the Russians. The platinum-haired young U. 8| Steel executive was the man who took the word of the Aluminum| Corporation that it could supply ample aluminum and refused to okay more factory facilities at a time when Leon Henderson, Bob Nathan and other planners were warning, wringing their hands, and yelling. that we must iprepare to produce, more aluminum. | B 4 Learning his “lesson from alumin- um, Stettinius later got out in front and on fubber .he was the man who constantly .ndediled Jesse Jones for nearly two years, urging thdt” we begin building ‘synghetic rubber plants—all to no avail. Jesse wouldj not listen. Stettinius’ experience with the Russians was what influenced his appointment as Undersecretary of State. It began when lend-lease was a pitful driblet trickling through to the Red Army. The' Russians, promised mountains, but given mole hills, were distressed. They could not understand the red tape, the de- lays’ Once Gen. Golikov, first head of the Russian lendslease mission in Washington, went to the White House and, speaking through an in- terpreter, said that it Stalin had ordered a thing done gnd then found it didn't get done for three weeks, the men responsible for the delay would be kicked out. Later, Gen. Gollkov, disgusted, went back to Russia, is winning victories as com- mander of the Bryansk front. RUSSIANS PUZZLED What the TRussians couldn't understand was that the United States, the most industralized na- tion in the world, the wealthlest,( ... ., by the U. S. Marshal’s office | and one of the biggest, had only a few tanks, only & few guns, very| g, justice. His bond is set at| little ammunitign. They did not realize that the U. 8. A, a firm bellever in peace, ac- tually maintained, until a short time before Pearl Harbor, one of the smallest armies in the world. So, for a while the Russians ac-|boat harbor for the night, Mr. and | RUSS ARMY LL HELD UPBYRAIN Germans Cling fo Defen- sive Positions - No Important Changes (By Associated Press) The Germans cling tenaciously to !ious combat to the Red Army. A German communique announc- ed a major Russian attack south of Velikie Luki, northwest of Smo- lensk and north of Vitebsk and added that fighting is still in pro- gress at Taman Peninsula in the Caucasus region south of Zapor< ozhe. The Germans said there was only local fighting The Soviet communique last night was the most laconic ‘n months saying only “no important changes occurred on the front.” This afternoon the Red Army| troops, driving forward in a new offensive on the north-central front, | captured the rail and highway cen- | ter of Nevel, 35 miles southwest of Velikio Luku. Moscow announced this in a special order of the day. — e STASSEN T0 ENTERRACE, GOP TICKET LINCOLN, Neb. Oct. 7.—Harold How wrong he was regarding Stassen, former Governor of Minne- sota, now Lieutenant Commander in the Navy, inay be entered in the primary on the Republican ticket next year. John Quinn, who said he would handle the campaign in this state for Stassen, made the announce- ment. Quinn has resigned as Deputy Secretary bof State to handle the campaign. SIX LEAVE FOR WESTWARD WITH A Woodley Airlines plane arrived in Juneau today with eight pas- sengers, and left again for the West- ward with the following passengers for Anchorage: Mrs. H. M. Baker, J. Shepherd, Mrs. H. B. Brown, and Bob Nichols of the Alaska Civil Aeronautics Commission. Going to Cordova were Margaret Butler and R. D. Ellis. CONKLE SERVICES TOMORROW ATTWO Funeral services for Mrs. Earl Conkle, who died Monday at her home on Eleventh Street, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Memorial Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Walter A. Sobo- leff will conduct the service and interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. —————— FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE Robert Oscar Pieln has been ar- on a charge of being a fugitive $1,000. —_——— SPEND NIGHT ASHORE Tying their boat up at the small tually thought we were holding out|Mrs. Andrew Gundersen of Ket- on them. Gradually, however, Ed Stettinius dispelled this idea. He really went (Continued on Page Four) chikan, spent: last night ashore, reg- istering at the Gastineau Hotel. Gundersen served as s member of to her marriage Mrs. Butler was 3435, utilities 21.29. Miss Margaret Caldwell, teacher in ltho Juneau public sehool system. the Legislature at the recent ses- sion of that body. WOODLEY AIRLINES arge Scale Battle for Allied Sub, Supposed To Be American, Sinks Jap §|_|i_p, Japan Coast | Fusan, Korea, on the regular ferry (By Associated Press) An Allied submarine, slipping bodily into the waters off Japan's west coast, sank a Japanese steam- er on Tuesday. The attack took.the lives of more | |than 500 persons, & Tokyo broadcast | |deciares. The broadcast also said ther little doubt that th2 submarine was| .:‘l‘g:]'g "t::"Kemfre:e“;‘::m:“;:’::z an American undersea craft. | day. {pombed and shelled by: Jihiaing 58 118 b ol while General Mud and his com- The steamer sent down, plied| Rough seas and commumc,(m“‘lnsk force of the Pacific fleet. i ated unions. The packes CO.\\-A - : between Shimonoseki, on the brin-|trouble are said to have hampered| Admiral Chester W. Nimitz said|tion hall cheered at the news of manders, Rain and Flood give ser- .15, " igang of Honshu, and | the rescue work. /the force was commanded by Rear | tue reconciliation, and at Secrctary H 25 d . e % announcement that the 3 CHISELING BROTHERS ARE FOUND GUILTY | | | | | | (Furnished Defective Cast-| | j ings for United Safes | { Warplane Engines | CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 7—A Federal District Court jury has con- | victed John J. Segmeller, former President of the National Bronze and Aluminum Foundry Company, and his two brothers, Frank, former General Manager, and Edward, Chief Metallurgist, for having fur- nished defective castings for war- ‘plane engines. 'BONDS NOW TAKE | CARE OF NEEDS | - “FOR REST OF YEAR | WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—Secre-' tary Morgenthau of the Treasury Departtent said that the Third war loan which already has raised | nearly $18,000,000,000 together with | $3,000,000,000, from financing a pro- gram opened in the banks this week, will take care of the Treasury’s | needs for the rest of the year. He indicated that another large scale financial drive might be held in January. —— MUSEM CURATOR GIVES TALK ON RUSS ICE WORK Edward Keithahn, curator of the Territorial Museum, entertained members of the Juneau Chamber of | Commerce this noon with a talk on the Russian ice industry in Alaska |in the early days. Mr. Keithahn is preparing sn article on this subject and furnished the members of the Chamber with a preview. A guest at the meeting was Lieut. | Dick Bernstein of the U. 8. Coast e MRS. BUTLER LEAVES Mrs, Edward J. Butler today flew from Juneau for Cordova, where she will soon leave for Valdez. Prior s|are reported saved up to the timejanese 1 Rehabilitating of . y |ference had been held. urope s (or( e | The assault on Wake Island, im- union. Terms of the reconciliation I meortalized the first weeks of the however were not immediately an- | Earth Big Problem ome WAKE ISLAND MACHINISTS BOMBED, U. 5. UNIONNOW TASK FORCE BACKINAFL [ | | — | ‘Second Assault Since Fall Packed Convention Hall of Marine Garrison, Cheers as 625,000 | December, 1941 Members Return PEARL HARBOR, Oct. 7.—Jap-! BOSTON, Oct. 7.—The Americen installations on the garrison'Federation of Labor welcomed back International Association run, According to the Domei broad-| cast, quoting the Railway Min i announcement, despite stren efforts of warships and naval planes, in the rescue of crew and‘I passengers, only 72 of 616 aboard | | | of the announcement, 2:30 am. to- |at Wake Island have been heavily | the of | a strong M#chinists as the largest of its af- e |Admiral Alfred E. Mgntgomery and | Meanv’s AFL's total paid membership included an aircraft carrier. No de- is |talls of the attack are given. lnow six and one-ha:f million The offensive stroke followed by' The machinists quit the Federa- |a day, the disclosure at headquar- tion last May 31 after an extended |ters that the strategic Pacific con- row over jurisdictional rights in- | volving principally the carpenters {war by the heroic 16-day stand of nounced. ithe marine garrison, was the sec-| Memtership of the Machinists Here is no simple problem like that faced by AMG and the Office of Foreign Rellef and Rehabilita- tion in Tunisla and Sicily. The | Nazis had compartively little op- | portunity to scorch the earth there. | In Italy, there is the problem of }clearlng the land of mines, supply- |ing farmers with tools and fertili- | zer, putting the irrigation works back in order (a job of months and | | years in some sections), and re- | 1comtructmg means of transporta- | | tion before the nation can even put |in its crops. In the meantime, these | people have te be fed if they are to be kept from starving. i Italy’s chief native grain supply ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN, is in the Po valley, where the Nazis 'HE SOUTHWEST PACIFeC, Oct.| | | 7.—Australian forces moving down (Continued or Page Three) |Ramu Valley have reached Dumpu,| |could not make the trip this week !as originally scheduled, a wire re- | | ceived by the Territorizl Chamber | |of Commerce yesterday stated. t It is belleved the men will arrive |next Wednesday or Thursday, and {all vessel owners wishing to appear | . |are asked to be in Juneau at that time. fond since Wake fell in December Union on August 81 was announced 128, 1941. The first raid was made as 625000. | — e e By JACK STINNETT Wake Island is 2,200 miles frem WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—~ReportsiHawait. H from that portion of Italy now in{ The Wake attack follows closely! a r I a s Allied hands are that the Unitcd”h; bombing of Marcus Island on Nations are face to face with the!August 30 and the bombing of Gul-| o pituze s s prety |V and and 1, Jerries-Are 1t is apparent the Nazis are going|. Tnjs indicates that the Japanese to strip the whole of Europe ““d;CenLril Pacific defense perimeter| g phase of the Pacific war. Wake whatever in their war effort. was also raided seven times by, Not only that, but in Italy mey”e”y Hosnbars | SR farm lands, blown up food process- |PO e Pre ar ecr t o ing and fertilizer plants, destroyed p p eSS e Pap transportation, and blasted irriga- | | | 'MOVEDOWN i o o Herald, quoting a Madrid dispatch, | says the Germans. were looting ; (o AST lINE ing away paintings, manuscripts and art treasures to headquarters. | | The Spanish dispatch also said Make Advance of Seven or nis apar Nuncios to be opened . . !if the Germans imprison him, Miles in Ramu Valley L e on New Guinea . 350 91 s o BT |50 miles south of Madang, MNew! o" BOATHEMNG | | Guines, making an advance of s . v B R | '|' | S H EE seven. mies War Shipping Officer, War | Madang's outpost ¢f defense, Bo- ‘l‘alded by heavy bombers dropping . . '|' {9 tons of bombs, . fative Are-Coming | | A raid was made on the area of | | | Gasmata, New Ireland, and dumps| Erskine B. Wood, assistant dlrecwr! | FOR (oo ISI.E\WI‘0 fired, returning pilots report. of the small boat procurement di- | | 4 | . Istration, and a Captain Sullivan, | Gl i H of the War Department, who have | CAIRO, Oct. 7—A British com-| ro u lon {boen. oA IN Uner: BAcESmsy. !orc‘es nr;e striking back fiercely | :;:T ;o::o:;i:a;’:‘;o;?;’?s:t;e:; against the threat of the “iron e ring® eNenda ol tHie “Aeaenn and‘ paid for charter of their boats, will | Due to a necessary delay, the my ‘grounds on Coo Island, but declared ol Lhis ek | fesistance is continuing on the s ver o | Dodecanese Islands. | | Coa. | e | The communique said that RAF';U, S, Now ""’ illi bombers continued to pound Ger- | ee M‘Ihon Pebruary 24, 1942. | realities of rehabilitation and 'hfilhert and-Naru Islands on September | occupied portions of Asia of eVery-|yiy yndergo steady punching in the| have planted mines all over t,he‘ RS0 o 017G I ! > i | / | ers o Be Revealed If He tion .works. | : Is Taken by Germans Rome on a wholesale scale, carry- !the Pope hag sent secret documents (OFFICIALS TO BE |cadjim, 20' miles telow, nas neen! D@partment Represen- ———— | vision of the War Shipping Admin- munique acknowledged that German sl blociion Lo ceatiodlo i In Shippin have captured a number of landing pp g e e The Germans control the town of | man airtields on the nearby Rhodes| Tons Above Year,s !and Crew__lsunds Tue_s_dfi night. ’ Expedafions | 5% | STOCKQUOTATIONS ~— | DEGREE WORK GIVEN 7. — The NEW YORK, Oct, 7.—Closing quo- United States war shipping facili-' BY SCOTTISH RITE | ‘tatlon of Alaska Juneau mine stock | ties are 3,000,000 tons above this, today is 6%, American Can 85%, Year's expectations was the disclo-| 4 1 Ansconds 3%, Bethiehem Stee Sure made In the Senate today, the | e 14t degees af the Soottoh e 57%, Curtiss Wright 7%, Interna-|OPtimistic report being made by with Charles Tuckett as Master. | tional Harvester 67%, Kennecott Senator Harley M. Kilgore of the| This evening beginning at 1:30 | 307%, New York Central 17'%, Nor- Subcommittee of Marine. |o'clock in the Scottish Rite Temple. thern Pacific 14%, United States| “Our shipping windfall can now the Rev. Willis R. Booth, Master of Steel 52%, Pound $4.04. |deliver a decisive blow in Europe the 18th degree, will put fourteen - Dow, Jones averages today are as|this year,” said Kilgore. | candidates through the work. i follows: industrials 13638, rails' The record breaking ship pro-| A class of candidates began with ! duction, combined with a drop in|the 4th degree on Wednesday, and | A AL the loss of sub sinkirgs, gives the |work will be continued to the 32nd | BUY WAR BONDS extra tonnage, degree throughout the week. ST. LOUIS AB R H E Klein, 2b. 4 4 0 0 Walker, cf. 4 0 i 1 Musial, rf. 3 1 1. D‘ W. Cooper, ¢. S e e Kurowski, 3b. 3 1 1 2 Sanders, 1b. 3 0 0 0| Litwhiler, 1f. 4 0 2 0 | Marion, ss. 300 Brazle, p. 3 0 0o 0 O'Dea 1 0 0 0 Krist, p. 0 0 0 0 Brecheen, p. . 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 31 2 6 4 *—Batted for Kurowski in ninth. | NEW YORK AB R H E Stainback, cf. 4 0 1 0 Crosetti, ss. 2 1 4 o Johnson, 3b. . & 1 1 0 Keller, If. .3 1 0 o Gordon, 2b. 4 0 1 0 Dickey, c. 4 [ 2 [J Etten, 1b. 4 0 1 0 Lindell, rf. 3 1 1 0} Borowy, p. g Sy *Stirweiss o e ln 00 0l Murphy, p. 0 [ [ 0 TOTALS 31 6 8 o *—Batted for Borowy in eighth. SUMMARY Three-base hit: Johnson. Two- | Crosetti back of the mound. Kur- BOK SCORE base hits: Walker, Kurowski, Bor- owy. Sacrifice hit: Crosetti. Struck out: by Brazle 4, by Borowy 4, by Murphy 1. Bases on balls: off Brazle 2, off Borowy 3. Double plays: Marion to Klein to Sanders. Cros- etti to Gordon to Etten. Hit by batted ball: Gordon. Left on bases: St. Louis 5, New York 4. LU T ARG e PLAY-BY-PLAY FIRST INNING CARDINALS—Klein flied out to Stainback. Walker doubled to left field. Musfal walked. W. Cooper bounced into'a double play, Crosetti to Gordon: to Etten. No runs, one hit, no erorrs; one left on base. YANKEES—Stainback singled to left field. Crosetti sacrificed, Brazle to Klein. Johnson grounded to Mar- ion who threw to Kurowski to nab Stainback sliding into third. Johnson was safe at first on a flelder’s choice. Keller fanned. No runs, one hit, no errors; one left on base, SECOND INNING CARDINALS — Kurowskl popped out on a foul to Dickey. Sanders struck out. Litwhiler singled off Borowy's leg. Marion fouled out to Keller. No runs, one hit, no errors; one left on base. YANKEES—Gordon flied out to Litwhiler. Dickey rolled té Klein and was thrown out. Etten tapped to Kurowski and/was thrown out. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base, i v THIRD INNING CARDINALS—Brazle struck out. Klein bunted and was thrown out, | Etten to Borowy, who covered first | base. Walked flied out to Lindell in right fields. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. | YANKEES — Lindell flied out to Walker in deep left field. Borowy struck out. Stainback grounded to Marion and was thrown out. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. FOURTH INNING | CARDINALS—Musial singled "to | left. < W. Cooper popped out to owski hit a liner inches inside the left field foul line, sliding head first | a second ahead of Keller's throw for a double, moving Musial to third. | Sanders was intentionally walked. Litwhiler lined out a single to left field scoring Musial and Kurowski and on the throw to the plate Sand- | ers reach third, Litwhiler taking ! second. Marion was purposely pass- ed. Brazle popped out on a foul to Etten. Klein bounced to Crosetti and was thrown out. Two runs, three hits, no errors; three left on bases. | YANKEES—Crosetti rapped out an easy roller to short which Marion let go between his feet for an error. Johnson grounded into a double play, Marion to Klein to Sanders. Keller bounced to Brazle and was thrown out. No runs, no hits, one error; none | left on base. FIFTH INNING Now Started 8TH INNING RALLY WINS THIRD GAME Cardinal Rookie Holds New Yorkers Down Until Fateful Frame SHORT SCORE R H E Cardinals 6 4 Yankees .. 8 o COMPOSITE SCORE (three games) R H E Cardinals 9 8 20 8 Yankees 13 22 2 SCORE BY INNINGS Cardinals 123456789 Tl Runs ... L] 2 1 6 2 4 8 L. 5 5 ° at St. Louis, YANKEE STADIUM, New York, Oct. 7.—Breaking loose with a five- run blast in the eighth inning, the New York Yankees downed the St. Louis Cardinals 6 to 2 in the third tilt of the World Series today before an all-time record series thrilling crowd of 60,990, to take a two to one lead in the games. Up until that big eighth inning, rookie Alpha Brazle, hurling his first World Serles game, had pinned the Yankees down to three hits and a lone run. Brazle was relieved after three runs had scored in the eighth and one man was out. The Cards took the lead in the fourth inning as Stan Musial, right fielder, cracked a single into left field, third baseman Kurowski doubled into left and left fielder Litwhiler sinhgled them both home. Kurowski had a bad time at third, making two errors. Marion and Walker accounted for the other two errors for the Cards. (For details of the eighth inning’ rally by the Yankees, see Play-by- HIGH WATER DOES MUCH HARM HERE Gold Creekl_hr;flens Gov- ernment Hospifal and * Home Grocery The high waters of Gold Creek and other streams in the Juneau area were calming down today after their rampage yesterday and last evening caused a large amount of damage to bridges, roads and rock walls. In Juneau, Gold Creek washed out ' the rock and cement walls holdine it to its normal moderate run at two places below the Ninth Street bridge, threatening the Government Hospital and the Home Grocery as well as private residences. More than 24 trucks were kept busy ‘until 3 eo'clock this morning, hauling and dumping rock to keep the waters from spreading over the banks. :, Officers and men of the U. S, Army, workers of the U. S. E. D. and others cooperated in the suc- cessful reoulse of the waters along with m'/Vers of the city crew. Highest Since 1917 The water is said to have been the highest since the 1917 flood of Gold Creek which destroyed many homes in the Casey-Shattuck Addi- tion. It was shortly after that flood CARDINALS—Walker popped out to Borowy. Musial grounded out to when the creek bed was dredged out S (Conunu;dw Ol'; “!“n(e Three) (Continved on Page Six)