The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 4, 1943, Page 1

THE DATL VOL. XLIL, NO. 9490. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1943 Y ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT3 18 JAP SHIPS SUNK IN RAID ON RABAUL Fifth FORCES OF CLARK IN BIG GAINS Germans fhrown Back-In Steady Retreat-Strong- hold Is Lost to Allies BULLETIN—ALLIED HEAD- QUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Nov. 4.—The capture of Isernia, the mountain road junction on the central front is officially an- nounced tonight. The fall of this vital inland center on the road from Foggia to Rome brought Montgomery's Eighth Army within 90 miles of Rome after a swift seven-mile, bold night advance. Rommel's mountain line is falling to pieces under command of the Fifth and Eighth armies. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Nov. 4—Lt. Gen. Mark Clark’s Fifth Army has dashed for- ward on a 40-mile front for gains of five to eight miles in the western Itallan sector and advancing within 85 miles of Rome, throwing the en- emy back in a steady retreat across the broad Garigliano River valley. Montgomery’s Eighth Army has also advanced in nearly all sectors, marching up on the Bostano-Isernia road and battering its way into Cas- telpétroso, less than seven miles southeast of Isernia, and mounting the highway in the center of Rom- mel’s present defense line. 1 Clark’s British and American | troops swept the Germans from their last stronghold around the Massico Ridge, the massive anchor in the strongly fortified mountain. The Germans apparently hoped to| hold this position until winter but they have been brushed out from | the last footholds on the lofty San- croce Mountain to the northeast. By steadily rooting out of nests| of resistance, Clark's warriors are | astride the main coastal road to Rome at a point beyond Sessa Aurunca and between the two moun- tains. ————————— NURSES GET INCREASE Nurses and others employed at| the Griffin Memorial Hospital in Kodiak have been granted a 40 percent wage increase. The Washingion Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen ou active duty.) | WASHINGTON — Administration insiders are tossing the bouquets to, Economic ~ Stabilizer Judge Fred| Vinson whose unpopular but very necessary ' Economic Stabilization Act celebrated its first birthday re- cently. Handling one of the toughest jobs in the nation, sure to be kicked by labor on one side, business on the other, and the farmer from the rear, Judge Vinson has stuck to his | guns and has definitely checked the cost of living. For the first time-since 1940, the index charts show that the cost of, 16od started downward during the months of August and September. The Bureau of Labor Statistics prepared an interesting study for the White House which gives some revealing facts regarding the cost| of llving versus farm and labor in- come. It shows that in June, 1943, the average weekly earnings for U. S. labor tipped the indexes at 163. In contrast, the cost of living index was only 124. In other words, whereas the cost of living index had risen only 24 points since January 1941, wages to the working man had gone up by 63. The figures for farm income are equally revealing, They show that the income of farmers now tips the indexes at the high point of 227. In contrast, the yetail price of food was only 145 in June. (This figure (Continued oh Page Four) Army ‘Dashes on : 85 Miles From Rome ~ | being formulated in Washington,! D. C., are executed, according to an anouncement made today by Dr. George Hays, Executive Officer of the Territorial Department of Health. | The sanitariums, each to be : equipped with at least 200 beds| and totalling in cost between 34.-‘ 000,000 and $5,000,000, and one will| be located in Juneau and the other | at either Nome or Fairbanks. The latter hospital will be primarily for Eskimos. | The Division of Territories and | Islands of the Department of In- terior has agreed to sponsor the| project, but operation of the hospx-l tals will be a Federal agency al-' ready experienced in such work. The application will be presented through General A. O. Flemming CONGRESSM!\N'S DAUGHTER WEDS YOUNGSTERS STARE through the automobile window as Lt. Insley Pyne, Navy flier, kisses his pretty bride, the former Elizabeth Fish, after their marriage in New York City. The bride is the daughter of Hamil'ue Flsh, Repiwsuiaiive Zwa New Tak 2 Tuberculosis Hospitals Plannedfor Alaska; One ToBe loca]gd m Juneau ( | WAR FUND DRIVE 1S Sum of $12,000 Must Be Raised by End of PresenlWWeek Juneau is going to raise the quota of $12,000 for the National War Fund 'if the apathy now apparent is dispelled. Seventeen different or- ganizations get a share of the large fund being raised throughout the' United States and every organization designated needs its allotment right | now, whether it is to aid the starv- ing, aid those in need of medicine; or scores of other urgent necessities. The campaign ends next Saturday night and there is still time for everyone to contribute, no matter how small the amount. Anyone not contacted by those making house to house, store to store or office to office canvass, may simply make out a check to the Juneau Committee, National War Fund, and send it to Mayor Harry I. Lucas or if the contribution is in cash, drop into the City Clerk’s of= fice in the City Hall Building and leave it there and receive your tag’ One woman from out the highway made two trips to Juneau before (inte wimel) tion of $5 so this announcement is to be for all who are waiting to make a contribution — take it to Mayor Lucas’ office as he is local | chairman of the campaign. | The schools are taking a great { interest in the drive and the Juneau | Public School students and pupils At least two tuberculosis hospi- head of tuberculosis work of the have already turned in $243, not| tals in Alaska for treatment of both | United States Public Health Service, bad, is it? | white and native patients, will soon ' and representatives of the Surgeon become a fact, when tentative plans‘Genrrals of the Army and Navy. W. D. Gross has come through | with $600 of which $500 goes on the Juneau list and $100 to the Douglas committee. The Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, through W. S. Pullen, has contributed $500, —>ve HEAVY RAIDS NEAR END finding a place to make her dona- | | MINERS GET RAISE, NEW ~ AGREEMENT 10 Jap Merchanfmen Sunk by U. Others Are Damaged Tank Reiriver Toys with 30-TonTa S. Subs; 3 WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—Sinking of 10 Japanese merchantmen and | damaging of three others by Am- | erican submarines is reported by |the Navy Department, bringing to 487 the number of Jap ships sunk or probably sunk or damaged by undersea craft. The Nav communique also re- ports the sinking of a 1,000-ton freighter by a Navy reconnaissance plane off Ocean Island, 75 { salvage quickly, tanks damaged in battle. nk Giant 80-ton tank-recovery units are being turned out at the Renton, Wash., near Seattle, plant of the Pa- cific Car and Foundry Company, the Army has disclosed, and here one of the 18-wheel units rolls along with a 30-ton tank on its trailer. Purpose is to NAZI FORCES BLASTED BY RUSS AIRMEN Fleeing Germans Attacked by Bombers—Red Army Approaches Kherson MOSCOW, Nov. 4. — The whole German position in south Russia grew worse by the hour as the Red Army advanced to the lower reaches of the Dnieper River’in strength AREMADE ON REICH CITIES RAF Make Big Aftacks at Night Following U. §. Raiders by Day LONDON, Nov 4—A great fleet lof Royal Air Force heavy bombers | administrator of the Federal Works hammered the German industrial ! Agency, and appropriations would cities of Duesseldorf and Cologne | be available under the Lanham last night in @ swift sequel to the | Act, passed to provide vicinities Smashing daylight attack on Wil- with hospitals, health centers, water supplies sewers in areas where the need is great and no other method of paying for. such services is avail- | able. In addition to the hospitals prom- | ised, those interested hope that' others will be secured through ap-| available one or more military hos- | pitals for use as tuberculosis hos-| pitals when the military authori-| ties are through with them. ! Credit for the plan goes largely | to executives of federal agencies who have visited Alaska this year| and were shocked at the 2,000 or| 2,500 cases of tuberculosis yearly in the Territory and the fact that there is at present less than 100! beds available for treatment of bothj ‘whites and natives. | Plans for the hospitals grew out, of conferences between Dr. George Hays, Executive Officer of the Ter-, ritorial Department of Health, re- presenting Dr. W. W. Council, com- missioner of Health for the Ter- ritory; Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska’s delegate to Congress; E. W. Thoron, Director of the Division of Terri- tories and Island possessions of the | Department of Interior; John Evans coordinator of certain affairs for the Department of Interior; i Jo- seph Mountin, assistant surgeon;' |the weather, and resumed the of-| Senior Surgeon Herman 1-nllboe,‘l helmshaven by the largest force of | American aircraft ever thrown against the Reich. | The main blow was concentrated | on Duesseldorf, making the big Ruhr | armament center probably the world’s most heavily bombed city | next to Hamburg. | While a diversionary assault by | ed objectives in the Ruhr and Rhine- | land. Operations last night also included mine laying in German waters and intruder patrols over targets in France and the low countries. ! Dispatch from Stockholm quoted the Social Demokraten as saying more than 1,000 were killed in Tues- day’s attack by United States heavy | bombers, based in the Mediterran- ean theatre, on Weiner Neustadt in Austria. i Yesterday, great armadas of Am- erican planes, estimated unofficially at more than 1,000, including fight- ers, took advantage of the break in | fensive against Wilhelshafen. It was the seventh attack on this naval base. The announcement said the load of bombs dropped was greater than on all previous raids. Five heavy bombers and two fighters were lost in’ the raid. et The German debt has increased the Lodge of Elks $250, 'Charles | Goldstein $150, Juneau Chamber of | |Commerce $100 and Juneau Wom- | an’s Club $50. Of course these are | not the only contributions made, but they show the wide range and should |be an incentive for others to act. ! Frank Marshall will give a rudin; talk at 6:30 o'clock this evening | and at $10- o'clock a quiz relative {to the cause for the National War | Fund will take place over KINY. — Wallaceand Mrs. FDR in Labor Talks PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4.— Vice- President Henry A, Wallace called for “unity of the citizens under wise government leadership” and de- clared: “If labor and agriculture fight | plication to the Federal Board of g gmgjler force was made on Colo A | S BNe each other and their government, | Hospitalization. This would make|on the Rhine, Mosquitoes also bomb- | there is no hope.” The Vice President said that far- mers and workers must never knuckle down to leaders who put themselves fitst and the human (race second, in a speech before a | CIO meeting. Also heard at the meeting was Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who said that if labor will abide by its no-strike pledge, causes which “pro- |Workers for increased pay in the :nlmudes ” voke violations” of the pledge should be eliminated. o0 T g T A STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Nov. 4. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5%, American Can 86, Anaconda 25%, Bethlehem Steel 58'42, Curtiss Wright 7, International Harvester 66%, Kennecott 31, New | York Central 16'2, Northern Pacific 13%, United States Steel 52, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as six-fold since the beginning of war and now is 200 billion marks, follows: Industrials, 13631; rails, |0 get back to regular schedule of | pitals. 33.86; utilities, 21.21, miles northeast of Guadalcanal. All of the ships sunk by the subs were in use in supplying Jap bases. Six freighters, one large cargo transport and two tankers were sunk by the subs and the damaged. ves- sels included two more freighters and a tanker. < R g BIG SECRET Coal Slrikefis as Work- ers Wages Upped $1.50 Day - Lunch Hour Cut (By Associated Press) The United Mine Workers and Secretary of Interior and Fuel Ad- ministrator Harold L. Ickes have agreed on a wage contract, ending the nationwide coal strike, by pro- viding $1.50 a day increase in the earnings of the soft coal miners, The $1.50 figure was the amount asked by the union in the Illinois agreement and disallowed by the War Labor Board, now brought und- jer the WLB's formula of allowable |increases by cutting in half the 30- iminute lunch period. | The agreement was announced Policy Committee and was made public in a telegram instructing the striking miners to resume production of coal “at the earliest possible moment. Let every member recog- | for coal, which requires prompt |action in restoring the mines to full | production.” | The telegram said the agreement | was subject to the War Labor Board |review. COAL PRICE UP | WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. agreement reached between |Government and the United Mine The nation’s coal mines, designed to end almost total work stoppage, neces- |sarily will mean an increase in the |consumer price for coal, Ickes said. | ministration to raise the price limit to meet the increase granted the \workers but he did not say how much. Estimates from other sources |ranged from 15 to 45 cents per ton. ‘There is only a trickle of an im- |mediate response by miners to go back to the various coal fields as the result of the tentative agree- ment but most workers are expected production by next Monday. first by the United Mine Workers’ | nize the nation’s imperative need | the | | Ickes further said he will very | likely ask the Offfce of Price Ad- | | U.S. ARMY ISNOW OUT { WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. The | !Army’s worst kept secret, the new | | Boeing B+29 heavy bomber, emerged | today from under the wraps and it | is now alright to say there’s a B-29.| Gen. H. H. Arnold let the cat, out | of the bag in a speech last Decem-! ber 13, and two weeks later a group | of reporters got a complete descrip- | | tion of the new super-bomber during | a visit at the Wright Field. They| | weren't permitted to write anything | | about it, however. Now Arnold, in a formal state- | ment, said that “we now have a super-bomber, it is the B-29, which | has been envolved in secrecy during | Ithe past several years. This battle- | ship of the air is armored heavily with multiple gun and power-driven | turrets and it can fly at very high | | | 1 ->o> - 'TWO OFFICIALS, INDIAN BUREAU, | " BACKFROM TRIP Dr. Jacob Eberhardt, Medical Di- {rector for the Office of Indian Af- fairs, returned last Tuesday from an inspection trip in company with Claude M. Hirst, General Super- intendent for the bureau. | Their journey took them as far as Barrow, as well as to Kotzebue and Nome where they inspected hos- They also visited many schools enroute, | at numerous places and approached Port Kherson at the river’s mouth | In other sectors Soviet bombers land Stormivik planes blasted hun- dreds of Germans trying to .make their way to the western bank. The Berlin radio announced a new Russian landing in eastern Crimea, |south of Kerch. The Germans as- serted the three-day old bridgehead at the south Crimean port has been reduced | Another Berlin announcement re- | ported a renewed Russian offensive | pointing north and west of the Kiev | sector. Above the Ukrainian capital |strong artillery preparations pre- | ceded the attack and provided cover for formations of battle planes be- Berlin said | | (ing used in the battle, | .- (10 Yells for Fourth Term PHILADELPHIA Penn, Nov, 4.— Sidney Hillman, Chairman of the Political Action Committee of the| CIO, told CIO national convention | delegates today that if the 1944 presidential election was a few months away he Would be ready to commit himself to a fourth ferm for Roosevelt Thunderous applause followed the | remark REPUBLICAN IN LEAD, KENTUCKY GOVERNORSHIP LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 4—Re- pubican Simeon Wilson has increas- ed the lead over Democrat L. Lyter Donalson in the race for Governor of Kentucky, as more straggling pre- cincts reported unofficial figures with 206 precincts still unreported. Wilson is over 6,000 ahead ‘The remainder of the Democratic nominees for statewide offices held a slight lead over the Republican opponents. Democratic leaders do TERRIFIC - ATTACKON JAP BASE 94,000 Tons of Shipping - Sent Down, 67 Nippon Planes Shot from Air BULLETIN—ALLIED HEAD- QUARTERS IN THE SOUTH- WEST PACIFIC, Nov. 4.—The Allied sea and air power sank at least 18 Jap ships, including six warships and damaged 11 others in a single day on Rabaul and the harbor has been prac- tically swept clean as nearly every ship there was heavily hit or sunk with 1,000 - pound bombs.” The air attack was on Tuesday and earlier the same day, in a running two and one- half hour naval battle off Bou- gainville Island, the Japanese lost one cruiser and two destroy- ers. A Tokyo broadcast says 12 Jap warships have been engaged in a battle off the Solomons but they fled back to bases. Not a single American ship has been lost. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Nov. t--Gen. Douglas MacArthur's air arm inflicted the worst defeat yet on Japan's seaborne power at the New Britain stronghold of Rabaul on Tuesday, sending three enemy destroyers and eight large merchant vessels to the bottom in Simpson Harbor. The devastating attack accounted for 94,000 tons of enemy shipping. Fifty thousand tons of shipping was sunk outright and 44,000 tons sev- 'rely damaged. Brushing off frantic enemy inter- ference, Allied bombers shot down 67 Japanese planes. ‘Nineteen raid- :rs are reported lost. The raid on Rabaul nipped the Japanese counter-attack which was prepared to contest the Bougainville invasion, Gen. MacArthur said. In the raid on Rabaul, probably 150 planes struck with 1,000-pound bombs at mast head height. The Japanese sent approximately an equal number of interceptors aloft and the sky was filled with ack ack. In addition to the craft sunk, di- rect hits were scored on two heavy cruisers, one of which was left lst- ing with a large hole in the hull. The entire shipping sea is a scene of utter destruction. The aerial contest was the fiercest fought so far in the Solomons. Meanwhile, 260 miles southeast of Rabaul, United States Marines’ as- sault forces expanded their beach- head on the west central shore of Bougainville where landings were made at dawn last Monday. L e MARCH ON T0 TOKYO IN MAKING ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Nov. 4. — Admiral William F. Halsey, whose Navy ground and air forces are engaged in driving the Japanese from the last of the Solomons group, hinted that far and bigger blows are in the making which may fall over a wide sector and he observed that the sooner the Japanese choose to bring its navy out of hiding “the sooner we will march through to Tokyo.” Further, the Admiral said: “This is a flexing springboard and longer jumps are ahead. Our invasion of | Bougainville is just one jump on |the Japs. All nearby enemy air |bases have been put out of action by the Navy’s ground and air forces. | Greater jumps are ahead. I am | confident of success. ‘This isn't | boastful confidence but I have as- surance, born of faith, that our ability is to hit harder, faster.and | more often in more places than our esnemy. Our cause is just, our arm not goncede anything. is strong, and cannot fail.”