The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 9, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLI., NO. 9468. _ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTJ JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1943 = JAP WAR VESSELS SUNK IN SOLOMON Nazi Tanks Knocked Out GERMANS ARE BLOCKED ON COAST FRONT American and Brifish Pa- trols Fight Way Across Volturno River > ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN; ALGIERS, Oct. 9-—Allied patrols have fought their way across the lower Volturno river and probing the strong enemv defenses on the north bank. The Germans have flung another Division, the Third Armored Gren- adiers, into the battle to hold lhc} river line. The strategic railway and h‘\ghwayg center of Caserta, 16 miles north of Naples on the southern side olI the Coliwino River has heen cap-| tured The Fifth Army has mopped un the last enemy resistance below the Volturno and Calore Rivers. The American and British patrols forcing the Volturno cncountered| brisk small arm forces and light/ artillery. Fighting on the Adviatic fiont] (Continued on Page ‘Three) B The Washingion Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Hobert 8. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON — Although the recent- Quebec conference ended most harmoniously, there was some plain-talking before it was over, as there must be between Allies. One | debate was on the question of troop| transports and the problem of ship- ping several million men across the Atlantic and Pacific for various military fronts. 1t is no secret to, the enemy that troop transports are the bottleneck of our military operations, and that the big passenger ships of pre-warv days—the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth for' instance—are considered just about as important as battleships. That was why the sinking of the Normandie was such a victory for Hitler. So at Quebec, the question arose as to what proportion of U. S. troops would be hauled by the Brit- jsh and what by American trans- Lord Leathers, British Minister of Shipping, set forth his position at one of the Allied staff meetings, in- dicating that the British, short on transports, would have to go a bit slow on certain troop-hauling. Opposite. Lord Leathers sat wiry Lewis Douglas, ex-Congressman from Arizona, who once quarrelled with. Roosevelt: over ‘“baloney dol- lars,” resigned as Director of the Budget, now has come back as one of his ablest administrators of War Shipping. .. “Now look here, Fred” ‘Douglas interrupted Lord . Leathers, ; “you know that is not true. “You know| that you've got * * *” / And Douglas reeled off a long list of British_tonnage. He had it all right on the tip of his tongue. Ap-| parently he kpew more about Brit- ish shipping than Lord Leathers, or at least more than Lord Leathers pretended to kpow. ' Without ruf- fling anyone’s feelings and with his usual gracious ¢harm, Douglas cited facts and figures, all of which his Lordship had $o admit. In the end, Lord Leathers came round to the American viewpoint. Afterward, Gen. B. B. Somervell who once staged a cat-and-dog fight with Lew Douglas as to who should contra} to the war areas, came up to him. This time Gen. Somervell was not hostile. “@reat job, Lew,” he said, patting him on the back. NOTE—Most heart-breaking Ital- ian incident from a shipping view- . point was the action of two U. 8. bombing planes on a réturn trip from soutifern Italy. Below them, _(Continued on Page Pour) U.S. FORTS MAKE RAID ONGERMANY Bombers Make Long Flight| : fo Crash Targels in Hitler's Foriress (By Associated Press) Strong formations of heavy Am- | erican bombers flew decp into Eur- Hpe to bomb important targets at Pomerania, Eastern Germany, Po- land and East Prussia. It is announced this is the deepest penetration of Hitler’s fortress from | British bases and followed up a| Koyal Air Force raid of grenli/ strength. The German rubber center Hannover was hit in a lesser raid. The port of Bremen, which Am- erican bombers left in flames yes- terday, was one of the major targets on which attacks were made. of | The round trip of the Amer\can‘ i | bombers involved a flight of at least 1.600 miles. i Referring to the raid on Bmmen,‘ the Berlin radio*claims 48 planes | out of a “powerful American forma- | tion"” were shot down, i The Ameriéan headquarters an- | nounce the loss of 30" bombers but | that 142 enemy fighters were shot down. { Berlin admitted ‘“considerable | damage” was done at Hannover. | The RAF night assault climaxed | a day of intense aerial activity. The | British lost 13 bombers. i — - ——— | | MOREMEN FOR ARMY INDICATED Heavier Draft 6n Pre-Pearl Harbor Fathers Now in Offing WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.— Under Secretary of War Patterson told the| Senate Committee the Army's total! goal of 7,700,000 men in uniform by the end of the year “may have to be increased” and an upward re- vision will mean a heavier draft on pre-Pearl Harbor fathers than now contemplated. ® One Senator asked why there are now over 1000000 men in the United States that have been train- ing for months and engaged in state to state maneuvers, being kept | at home and not sent Overseas? ‘There was no reply. — oo —— CLAIMS JAPS ARE JITTERY; | ARMY FIGHTS Chinese Sp@man Gives Reason for Present | Drive of Enemy CHUNGKING, Oct. 9—The Chi-} nese Army spokesman says “the| Japanese people are jittery nnd‘ there are signs of political instab-. | FILM ACTRESS Jean Rogers just dis- | were married again on July 3 by a eds Ex-Husband IGOI_D (REEK STILL HIGH, NO DAMAGE {Small Slide Covers A. J. Track - Removed by Blasting Members of the city crew werg getting a respite today as Gold Creek held to its normal course. This morning, the last gap, at the Ninth Street bridge where some of the wall had been washed away, was filled withh rock. There was still plenty of water in the stream but it had noi overflowed at any point. A slide covered part of the Alaska Juneau Mining Co. railroad track| late yesterday and a few rotten! trees which were carried across the track were disposed of by light surface blasting last evening which many Juneau residents were cui- ious about. One shift was lost at the mine, but work has resumed again today and there was no serious ‘unul;«i | DEMANDS AID BEINCREASED TOMARTHUR i Py i o b ] closed that she and her former hus- band, actor’s agent Danny Winkler, Justice "ot the . peat® " In” Ventura, | Calif. They were originally mar- ried July 18, 1989, and divorced June 8, 1941, (International) AGENCIES WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—Senator | Albert B. Chandler told the Senate lat its second War Secrets Session | that Gen. Douglas MacArthur| should either be given more support | for his offensive campaign against the Japs or relleved of his com-! {mand. | Upper H ouse Confinues j Session Behind Clos- been lectured by Democratic Leader | subject of divulging ed Doors {given them behind closed doors, | i Chandler renewed his plea for| e more planes, men and guns to be WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. — The poured into the Pacific Theatre. Senate’s two-day private review of ' The Kentuckian, who urged a what's going on at the war fronts supreme Command in the Pacific' spawned an investigation of lend-'and Asia for MacArthur, quoted lease today that boded ill for Pres-'some of his colleagues declaring! ident Roosevelt's request. for an ad-'that insufficient weight is being| ditional $5,000,000 appropriation 1ur‘kmmwn against the Japs. The core| the Office of War Information. |of his contention was that he and| The Senate was in a cantanker- his colleagues believed Gen. Mac-| ous mood after nearly six hours of Arthur should get more assistance| wrangling behind closed doors and:or should be removed. { its members show a pressing desire| to probe the agencies which have i been roundly criticised. | Notice was served that lend-lease, operations are due for a thorough! 1 going over. The Truman Committee | { charges instances of mismanage- | Gu ARDS 'N ‘ ment, citing that 30,000 trucks were | sent to Australian civilians and ‘ only 15,000 left for the use of civ-| s - LOUISIANA Senators Brewster and Lodge - | NEW ORLEANS, Oct. . — The | armed force of the Plaque Mlnes‘ were in sharp disagreement over! | parish deputies has decided not to| Lodge's statement that a mullion| resist the heavy convoy of State Guardsmen sent to the area by Gov- | lives could be saved if Russia .znvef ernor Jones to seat his uppoinwd;' the Allies air bases in Siberia. —— - sheriff, Walter Plaize, under martial | law which Jones invoked to put| WAKEISLAND | down the “insurrecton against law | A I IA K I l and order” after a four-month court | i fight. | Thirty trucks, filled fully with | e ok, Oct. 94 ko SESSION ENDS TONIGHT, & Speaking to his colleagues who hml} | Alben Barkley and others on the| . information YUGOSLAVS 'Much Consfernafion Ship Wreckage Fills Naples Harbor An American soldier, accompanied by Naples policeman examines ship wreckage in Naples harbor ac- mans before abandoning Naples. (AP Wirephoto via Signal Corps Radiophoto). Yanks Enter Acerno Village e complished by | \LM‘ Cautiously making their way through the streets of Acerno, Italian town east of Salerno, these American soldiers keep a careful watch for Nazi snipers as they advance to occupy the town. A German 88mm gun, “wrecked by U. S. artillery fire, stands beside shell-damaged buildings. (AP Wirephoto from Signal Corps Radiophoto). HITNAZIS Caused by Stalement IN OFFENSE Guerrillas, Aided by Ital-| ian Warships, At- | fack Ports LONDON, Oct. 9. — Yugoslav troops launched fierce battles today in new drives to wrest the Italian ports of Trieste and Fiume from the Germans. The Yugoslavs delivered smash- BY JACK STINNETT Pacific and East Asia theatre; (4) WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—Nothing that in spite of his protests that that has happened in recent months he ‘has. no political ambitions, he has caused more consternation in was thisking in terms of the presi- Washington than Gen. Douglas dential campaign next year and MacArthur’s statement that no mat- sought te prevent in advance any ter how “subordinate” is *his ro].e‘pol(ticnl sidetracking; (5) that he in the Pacific, he hoped to play, it 'has only recently learned about the | manfully and that island hopping strategy in the Pacific and wants is not his conception of how to on record now that he doesn't agree win the war against Japan. {with that strategy or feel very Within 48 hours after his state- happy about the role he has been ment was published, I heard Lhese‘aulgned in carrying it out. conclusions in various quarters, ranging from the military to the| With the exception of point No. ing blows along the interior rail- | political: (1) That he merely was 4, I think it's possible that all con- ways, a war bulleting broadcast|trying to jack up Washington to clusions may have touched on the from the Free Yugoslav radio re-|give him more troops, supplies and |truth. In spite of the fact that ported, saying “fierce and bitter|ships for his drive to the Pmlip-;chere is bound to be a boom for ility in Japan.” This is the reason|CBS said the ship and plane at- for the present drive In East China tack on Jap held Wake Island be- to a desire by the enemy army for gan October 6, Tokyo time, and a “reassuring display of strength to|continued the following day. The the people back home.” |broadcast also said the attack was —————— “by large enemy forces, some hun- JACK GUCKER RETURNS dred odd planes” but the attack was repulsed, Jack Gucker, wellknown broker,! The Navy Department has re- returned to Juneau yesterday after mained mum after the first - brief an extensive business trip to the announcement that a raid was made Interior and westward. on Wake Island. armed State Guardsmen, and two command cars carrying machine | guns were in the unit. broadcast recorded here by the’ \ SCOTTISH RITE MASONS Ending the four day session, the |Scottish Rite Masons will hold a banquet at 6:30 o'clock this even- ing in the Temple and at 7:30 will be given to a class of 16 can~ didates. man of the worg this evening. o'clock the 31st and 32nd degrees| ifighting is going on in the su-|pines; (2) that he was signifying, MacArthur for president which |burbs of Trieste south of the port.” Italian battle fleet units were turning against their former Allies |in support of the Yu'xonlnv gueril- |las, and bombarded Nazi-occupied | This is the second time Italian units have been used to fight against Germany, the first in aid- inia, [towns along the Dalmatian coast. | a little bitterly perhaps, his willint- | 'ness to play second fiddle to Lord Mountbatten, who will lead the at- tack from India (military officials here say this is a ridiculous con- | clusion because MacArthur's com- mand and Mountbatten’s don't con- flict in any way); (3) that he is making a bid for a showdown which Jack Farghe~ is general chair- ing the ejection of the Nazis from Would result in his appointment us |supreme commander of theé entire ‘he has no will carry right to the Republican convention floor, I believe intimates of MacArthur here who insist that interest whatever in that direction. The fact remains, however, that MacArthur's statement has puz- zled Washington observers more than anything that has come along in Italian Battle SHORTSEA BATILEIS PULLED OFF Nippons Surprised by Xm- erican Fleet-Three Jap Ships ge_iiroyed ALLIED HEADUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Oct. 9.—Units of the Japanese Navy try- ing to remove troops fleeing from the Central Solomons were decisive- ly beaten in an engagement last Wednesday night according to a communique issued today by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, One Japanese cruiser and two destroyers were sunk and two other destroyers damaged. The accuracy of the American warships was deadly, so deadly that the Japanese reinforcing units w the rear of the war vessels and landing barges, turned and fled. ‘The American losses were “mo- derate” says the communique. Shellfie from the American ves- sels caused the enemy warship and destroyers to explode and they quick- ly went down. Barges were also Isunk with their soldier cargoes. | Japanese war vessel losses in the | Solomons now approximate 25 since the - new- -Aljfed e apened < on |June 30 against New Georgia. | The engagement took place short- ) ly after midnight Wednesday morn- | ing off Vella Lavella. The Jap ships | were in three groups and were inter- | cepted, by a small force commanded by Capt, Frank Walker. Without walting for reinforcements, he maneudered his forces into battle engaging the first and second groups of Jap destroyers and the third of barges. Hundrerds of men were on the barges. N i ———e LIQUOR IS | SEIZED BY FED. AGENTS (Black MarfiWhiSkey on “ Way fo Seattle Takgn_()ver SEATTLE, Oct. 9.—Black market whiskey worth $200,000 at bootleg prices wete seized in Montana en- route "here, J, H. Searles, assistant supervisor of the Federal Alcohol Tax, Unit, reported. . He said one seizure was near Havre Thursday, another two weeks ago near Billings Bootleg prices, he stated, are $16 a quart for stand- ard brands and $30 a fifth for im- ported liquors, PROTESTT0 - WORKING OF - SEL. SERVICE WASHINGTON, Oct. 9—The |House Military Affairs Committee |disapproves “with emphasis,” what the Committee said “appears to be charged with the administration of Selective Service to use the law, de- signed as a military measure only, ’l.o force men with families to leave one kind of employment to engage in n'nnther and different employ- | ment.” ® e 00 ve oo WEATHER REPORT (U, 8. Bureaw Temp. Priday, Oct. 8. Maximum 57; Minimum 46 Rain 182, ® 00 100 o an effort on the part of those . P