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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIL, NO. 9492. BIG NAVAL BATTLE LOOM JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATUI —_— RDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1943 “MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTJ = Allies Take AMERICANS, BRITISH IN | NEW DRIVE Fifth Army Reported to Be Facing Five New Ger- man Divisions | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Nqv. 6—The Allied forc-' es in Italy have smashed away the last remnants of the German pow- erful Massico Ridge-Trigno line, taking the key points of Vasto on the Adriatic and Venafro in the upper Volturno Valley and are forg- | ing ahead. In the western sector the British patrols of the Fifth Army have crossed the Garigliano River to probe the new line the enemy has formed in the north. 1 The Americans drove ahead in the mountains after occupying Ven- afro following a fierce fight. The Germans apparently attached such importance to this point that they threw a new division into the fight at the last minute. American medium bombers have knocked out a large portion of German planes operating in Albania by a heavy raid made on the Berat Kucov air- field. | It is reported late today that five German Divisions are facing the Allied Fifth Army in Ttaly. | —— e - | UTTER DEFEAT FOR GERMANY 1S PREDICTED Gen. Eisenhower Gives Message, Anniversary of African Landings ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Nov. 6.—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower today assured the mili- tary and civil forces in this war theatre that Germany's “utter de- feat, if not definitely in sight, 1s certain.” The General's message marked ‘the anniversary of the North Afri- can landings. 1 The Allied Commander added | confidently: “Victory likewise is ours | in the far off Pacific where the Allied forces are already on the offensive,” COMMISSION OF MILITARY IS SET UP IN MOSCOW| United States, Russia and| Britain fo Facilifate | Cooperation MOSCOW, Nov. 6.—United States Ambassador W. Averill Harriman announces the makeup of the Mili-i tary Mission in Moscow that has been established to facilitate co- operation of the American, Russian and British armed forces as the war approaches an inevitable cli-| max. “In the past,” Harriman said, “military collaboration in Moscow | of the three countries has been dif- ficult. No one in Moscow could act as a direct representative of the United States Chief of Staff. The arrangement now made provides for the closest possible relationship of the Moscow Military Mission and the Military authorities in Wash- ington.” ——e—— S BUY WAR BO! | b CLIMBING SUCCESS LADDER POISED ABOVE YOU is a quartet of filn starlets for whom a bright future in the Hollywood firmament is pre edicted. If their smiles and figures have anything to do with it, they're sure to shine. L. to r. are Mary Anderson, June Haver, Gale Robbins, Jean Crain. (International) Jap Propaganda Put U.5.0nS$ | Ukraine / s a en o om a | Kiey is the third largest city of {the Soviet Union, and was cap- FLYING NURSE [ | Shuttling from war areas, Lieu- tenant Charlotte Young, U. S. Army Medical Corps, cares for the woanded in flight to United States hospitdls. A new method of caring for wounded has been developed by Army medicos with the use of transport planes re- turning from battle areas. Equip- ment for making the injured comfortable is stowed away on these aircraft as they go into war zones loaded with supplies. Licutenant Young is shown in her flying suit, prepared for Al- askan climate, as she awaits orders in Seattle. LEGION OF MERIT AWARD GIVEN T0 ' HANFORD M'NIDER ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Nov. 6— Brig. Gen. Hanford MacNider, of Mason City, Towa, has received the award of the Legion of Merit which was personally pinned on him by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The award was given for “exceptionally and meritorious conduct and perform- ance of outstanding services” in New Guinea. S MacNider is a former American Legion Commander. —————— WOLVES NEAR KETCHIKAN According to reports from Ket- chikan one pack of 20 to 30 wolves were recently seen near there and another report was that a pack of 35 to 40 were seen near Quadra. pol; Adion By JACK STINNETT | WASHINGTON, Nov. 6—In spite |of the fact that Japanese propa- ganda provides a lot of snickers (boys back from the Pacific tell me that they listen constantly to the| | Nip radio for first the good Ameri- | can dance band music, but secondly for the laughs they get out of Jap efforts to discourage or frighten them) the Administration had to| make two major moves recently Lo} ! block it. In the first instance the Jap beat us to the draw and badly. No| | sooner had President Roosevelt ask-| | ed Congress to give him the right to| iestablish Philippine independence | | the moment the time is ripe instead of waiting for 1946, than Tokyo an- nounced the immediate indcpend- ence of the Philippines. | That is a laugh, but don't think| it isn't an effective propaganda | {weapon. By merely relaxing some | military regulations over the Philip- pine civilian population and tossing the ball to puppet leaders, they can | | IJap propaganda cancer came when, with Administration urging, the House Rules Committee cleared the way for a vote on the Magnuson bill, which would repeal the Chinese exclusion act. No single move by our government | or statute on our books has provid-| ed the Japanese with such an ef- fective propaganda weapon as the act by which the Chinese, out of all the peoples in the world, are for-| bidden entry to these shores and of course denied the right of naturaliz- | ed citizenship. Both editorially here and among supporters of the Magnuson bill on the hill, the Chinese exclusion act | has been deplored as one of the most antiquated and unfair laws on the books. Its inception was, per- haps, almost a humanitarian meas- | ure, for it came when western em- | ployers were importing Chinese jcoolies by the boat load. They were {virtually slave labor and in some sections so upset wage scales as to reduce American labor to pauper- ism. Those were the lush days of im- migration, Immigration quotas have been shaved and shaved until to- |day, if the Magnuson bill passes, as jmost. observers are positive it will, the Chinese under present gquotas could enter only at the rate of 105 a year. | | (Continued on Page Two) KIEV FALLS 'TORUSSIAN |ARMY FORCES iCapture of Great Bastion (limaxes Four-Month Summer Campaign LONDON, Nov. 6.—Kiev has fall- |en to the victorious Russian Army, | Premier Josef Stalin announced in a special order of the day. The key Dnieper River section |and ancient capital of the Russians | fell to the columns which have been | poised above and below the city for weeks, columns which |swung into action two days ago by blasting great holes in the Nazi | positions and closing in on the city. The German High Command an- nounced a few hours previously that the great fortress was evacuated by troops pulling out under the | threat of encirclement. The Berlin broadcast also said that other Soviet columns have renewed the attacks on both sides of the Kerch Straits in eastern Crimea, and against the |Perekop Isthmus at the northern |entrance to that peninsula | stalin’s announcement termed the |assault on Kiev “a gallant outflank- ing maneuver at daybreak. and is of {the greatest importance in driving {the Germans from the = western |tured by the Germans three mont after they crossed the Russian bo |ders in 1941. Four main railways converge there, and the population lis approximately 1,000,000. The capture of Kiev came on the eve of the 26th anniversary of the Russian revolution. —— - RUSS - CZECH . AGREETO 20 YEARTREATY D WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—Russia and Czechoslovakia today complet- ed negotiations for a 20-year de- fensive military alliance against Germany. Czech President Benes will go to Moscow to sign the treaty. This report, responsible to diplo- matic sources, said, the alliance, {create a semblance of independence | which has been under discussion for oPen for possible controve, that might leave many civilians|more than a year, carries with it | |there with little heart for seeing|the provision of a later adherence | the wage dispute which shut down their islands again a battleground.!of other countries bordering Russia | the nation’s coal mines three times or Czechoslovakia. The clause is intended primarily The second move to cut out &ju, open the door to a three-way agreement, including Poland, but eventually Austria, Hungary, and Rumania, may be invited to join. Thanksgiving Turkeys for Armed Eorces CHICAGO, Nov. 6.—Supplies civilian Thanksgiving turkeys are smaller than last year, but the family eating a substitute dish will have the satisfaction of knowing that the country’s fighting men throughout the world will have plenty of turkeys for the tradition- al feast. Col. Henry McKenzie, Chicago director of the Army Quartermaster ‘M.arkel. Center system said Quartermaster Depot has completed “one of the most tremendous max- keting, processing and shipping feats” yet undertaken by supplying turkeys to all services of the armed forces. e BUY WAR BONDS suddenly | of | the | AN UNLUCKY SEVEN FOR ATTACKING JAPS e { { IF THE JAPS had known what to expect when they attacked the 14th U. S. Air Force headquarters in China, they would have called the whole thing off, The seven fighter pilots above helped knock down 17 of the attacking force, L.tor. (front) Capt. Matthew Gordon, Pueblo, Col.; Lt. Curtis L, Scoville, Kansas City, Mo.; | Lt. Don Glover, Olympia, Wash, Rear row (L tor.): Lt. Donald Brookfleld, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; Capt. Roger ! Pryor, Stockville, Miss.; Lt. Vernon Tanner, Dallas, Tex.; Capt. William Grosvenor. Providence, R. 1. They { all hold trophies from the wrecks of their vietims. (International) Connally Resolufionls NOPOSTWAR Approved by Senate; WPA PLANS Under Debate 10 Days ARE NEEDED | —— 'WLB OKEHS WAGE RISE | | | WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. — The Senate has voted overwhelming lapproval of the Connally postwar resolution favoring establishment of a general international Organiza- provide for a postwar WPA. tion with power to prevent agg E ~| In a report dealing with postwar and to preserve peace In the|,.enarations the Committee criti- |cised “predictions of army officials” o |that soldiers will not be released | . |until industry has jobs for them | | {amendments, the Senate pas a| FOR MINERS‘ RDAMante,. 198 SR, 1 {on war contracts which should be double-barrelled resolution with in- . ! tinued pending reconversion of corporation. of a portion of the|®M war plants. | Moscow four-power agreement in; {the historical action which murkedi a new high tide of sentiment for | l E G I o N OF M E R IT i . | ldfter ten days of debate HIGHWAY BUII.DERS | -oo | E2 APPROPRIATION ~ |MEDALS PRESENTED | WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 The | Senate’s Truman Committee blunt-| ly advised military authorities today that they have “no authority” to, sion world The Senate’'s vote we In beating down a 85 to 5. seri - 11tof Vota\?cepis Ickes- Lewis Agreement- Morse Dissents | {international cooperation. { Passage of the resolution came WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—The War |Labor Board has approved the | Ickes-Lewis wage scale with a qual- ification which leaves one WHITEHORSE, Y. T. Nov. 6.—| The American Army's Legion of | {Merit has been presented to two; IHEN SOME Mokilmen who contributed outstanding | service during the construction of | WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. — The|the Alaska Military Highway. lof coal. |skeleton-like remnants of the billion { They were Major Elmo W. Schlei The agreement was worked out cne hundred and ninety-six million |of Creen Bay, Wis., and Technical | by Secretary of the Interior Harold ; dollar appopriations bill has emerged | Sergeant Otto Gronke of Chicago. | Tekes and John L. Lewis. It pl.o_wlrom the House Appropriations Com- Schlei was supply officer at Daw- vides daily earning of $8.50, an in-|Wittee sloshed by 82 percent in the 'son Creck, B. C. when vital sup- |crease of $1.50 over ‘the old con-|Congressional economy drive to a|plies and equipment were rushed |tract, and the work day also is ex-total of two hundred and fifteen to advance units of enginer regi- tended. million dollars. ments across ice and muskeg wild- | The public member, Wayne Mor: This is the aftermath of six weeks | orp for hundreds of miles. " BILL IS SLASHED, | to 1 on Sy, The Board was split 11 |and cost more than 40 million tons i | {was the lone dissenter. The qualifi-(Cf 92y and night scrutiny of re- | Gronke ploneered the transpor- {oation Asale withc rmers’ Sho are| dUests of almost two score of L0V~ (ation system of the Northwest| | . x ®lernment agencies for extra funds. |garvice O A Sl e i | Service Command and was at the| |paid by the ton or some other| ¥ The measure goes to the House | | plecework basis rather than by the| | hour. ! floor with several proposed alloca- | tions reduced drastically and others | eliminated entirely. wheel of the first truck to travel| the 1,630 miles of highway from Dawson Creek to Fairbanks. | However, the Office of War In-| Schlei’s medal was presented by | formation has been granted its re-|Col Joseph Whitney, Whitehorse quest for an additional five million | Post Commander. Col. K. B. Bush,| dollars after top ranking military |Service Command chief of staff, I" EI_E('I'IONS |chiefs highly praised its war work |Pinned the medal on Gronke. |and credited it with persuading the( American troops then passed in | MEA" "0'“'“611!&1“:"1 fleet to come over to the |review, marching in goulashes Allies. {through six inches of freshly-fallen —— e !snow while leaden skles overhead Republican victories in the New| | presaged the coming of the Arctic winter. | York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—Alaska IKA“ GlRl possibly Kentucky election con- | Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has ————— | WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.— Demo-| lcratic National Committee Chair-| |man Frank C. Walker dismissed the | | 'KETCH tests as they were simply the out-|ureed the Senate Elections Commit-| I."GH[Y HONORED {come of campaigns fought on state|tee to amend the bill on voting | issues without showing any Nation-|Privileges of soldiers to include, BELLINGHAM, Wash. Nov. 6.- those from Alaska. |Marie Enies, of Ketchikan, Alaska, al trend. | Walker said: “The Administration! The Delegate said Alaskans are a junior, has been chosen Queen |did not take any active part in a|fighting on all fronts and are en- to rule over the “Home Front” cel- single contest nor was an issue of |titled to the same privileges of ebration of the Western Washington National Party politics clearly|voting as are soldiers from the College from November 18 to No- 'drawn anywhere,” states, ivember 20, 50. PACIFIC KeyPoints in Nazi Defense Line JAPS TRYING 10 HALT BIG ALLIED DRIVE Naval Reinforcements Re- porfed on Way to Help Rabaul ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTWEST PACIFIC, Nov. 6. —Presaging heavy naval and air battles to come, the Japanese are reported to be rushing both heavy and light cruisers also destroyers to Rabaul in a frantic effort to halt the Allied drive up the Solomons. It is reported that five convoys are southbound over an 800-mile ront from Truk toward Kvvieng, New TIreland, and Rabaul, New | | Quinea. This is the largest convoy so far reported and was Spotted by Allied reconnaissance planes. The convoy said to comsist of five heavy cruisers, three light cruisers, fivwg is | destroyers, twq corvettes, one large whaling ship and three freighters. General Douglas MacArthur said the Japanese are trying to “retrieve the situation” where the American planes in eight raids sank six de- atroyers, damaged two heavy cruisers, one destroyer, one submar- ine. and one submarine tender. In the raids over 100,000 tons of Jap- anese shipping was sent down. More than 700 Jap planes were de- stroyed or damaged. The heavy blows struck at Rabaul | bave prevented the Japanese to cope with the invasion of Bougainville, 260 miles southeast, at Empress Augusta Bay, where United States Marines larded last Monday and: |are today firmly established on beachheads and moving toward the interior, smashing the Japs. Several days ago a big convoy was reported moving south, but Al- lied planes spotted them, rained bombs down and the convoy turned and speeded north. The official spokesman empha- sized there is still'no indication so far that the main Japanese battle fleet is moving into a position of combat. There fs no sightings any- where of enemy capital ships and aircraft carriers EVACUATION RABAUL BASE POSSIBILITY Secrefary of Navy F. Knox Says Abandonment Is Probability WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—The pos- sibility the Japanese may evacuate the once strong base at Rabaul is raised today by Secretary of Navy Frank Knox. He based this possi- bility on the American campaigh on Bougainville Island where the Marines are now battling the en- emy. 7 “Possession of the airfields on Bougainville might cause the enemy > |to evacuate Rabaul without a fight. This is a remote probability, still it is a possibility,” said Knox. ARMY CASUALTIES IN MEDITERRANEAN WAR ZONE GIVEN WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. — The American Army casualties in the Mediterranean war zone from the initial landings on the nights of i November 7 and 8 last year until | October 29, totalled 31,126, Secretary | ot War Henry L. Stimson reports.- | ©Of the total, 5,539 have been kill- ed, 17,621 wounded and 7,966 missing, |who most of them are undoubtedly | prisoners of the Germans, Stimson added.