The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 13, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIL, NO. 9498. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” —— JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1943 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTJ = — — NEW SMASH MADE ON JAP STRONGHOLD Allied Planes Hit Targets in Balkan Area NEW FORAYS TARGETS IN Nazis Claim AREMADEIN REICH AGAIN Leros Isle NEW SECTION Oil Refinery at Berat Is| Struck - Airdrome Also Attacked AMERICAN TROOPS TAKE MORE TOWNS. Allied For(;;—Bahle Back; to Regain Ground Lost Wednesday ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Nov. 13. — American troops, in sharp fighting, have cap- tured two more towns northeast of Venaero. The British patrol has also crossed the Sangro River along the winter | eastern end of the Nazi line in Italy. On Mount Camino, southwest of Venafro, the Allied forces battled back to again seize the high ground occupled Wednesday but lost to the | |searing aerial {the past six days AP WRITER north and | Is Captured UNDER ATTA(K1 CAIRO, Nov. 13.—German forces Ameri(an Heavy Bombe[s:mlmkmg British and Italian troops o o (on Leros Island in the Aegean, suc Roar Out This Morning | ceeded in reinforcing their to Smash Germany 1hvad.< and are attempting to consol- |idate them despite heavy casualties, |a Middle East communique said LONDON, Nov. _United States, Long range RAF fighters and Heavy bombers, .suppmled by a bombers sped to the support of the force of Fighters, attacked targets beleaguered British garrison, and in Northwest Germany this morn- ing, the American Air Headquarters announces. Today's hea at Maritza. An airfield on German held Rhodes was hit heav- qth 1ly and another on nearby Cos was in |raided twice during the night. An operation is the sever blow on Europe daylight yesterday The Berlin radio came out with the flat claim t)mt Leros was taken. WOUNDED: (IGARETTES PALKILL ED‘ CIGARS ARE NOW SCARCE ADVANCED HEADQUARTE‘RS IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Nov. 10.—(Delayed) Rembert James, Assoclated Press war correspondent, Germans in counter-attacks on' Thursday. ‘The surge added new positions beyond. | Wednesday's advance was made in bitter fighting and under ex- tremely difficult conditions but the (Continued on Page Four) The Washington, Merry - Go - Round| By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) WASHING TON—The ticklish question of who is going to be president of the, Philippines after; November 15 was placed on me White House doorstep moenuy | with the result that Judge Sam Rosenman shoved it gingerly away. | If the Philippine Constitution is to be set aside, he insisted, Congress would have to do it. This has brought into the open an unfortunate row between dis- tinguished, invalid President Que- zon and popular Vice President Os- mena. On November 15, the Philip- pine Constitution provides, Vice President Osmena shall succeed Quezon as president. But Quezon doesn't want to step down, has hired Homer Cummings, appointed Gov- ernor General of the Philippines before he became Anomey Gen- eral, to plead his case. The = rivalry, smouldering ever since Quezon failed to take his cab- inet out of Manila, choosing a per- sonal staff of servants and doctors instead, has now flared out in the Philippine-American newspapers. Filipinos in this country point to the unfortunate fact that because| Quezon’s cabinet was left behind, the members have betn forced by the Japs to constitute the Jap pup-| pet cabinet in Manila. Quezon was allowed by General MacArthur to| take 30 people with him from Man- ila to Corregidor, and Filipinos in this country claim that if he had| taken out the cabinet instead of his servants and personal aides, | things might have been different. Vice President Osmena had to appeal to General MacArthur per- sonally in order to be included in the party. Back of the dispute is the fact that Quézon originally was elected for one term of six years on a plat- form pledging no second term. When the first term expired in 1840, the Constitution was changed to add two more years, with a pro- viso that no President would serve more than eight years. The eight years are up next week, |bourne Herald, American and News- | ’Shoriage Reported-Three! Reasons Given for Situation Associated Press) A growing s ty of popular |brands of cigarettes and low-priced who was wounded by the same| bomb which killed his tentmate on Bougainville Island three days ago,| wants to get back to work as soon s possible. Keith Palmer, 37, of the Mcl- (By week Mazagines, was killed- instant- | beach- | fighters strafed the German beach- ! enemy convoy was also attacked at! REDS SINK TRANSPORTS IN CRIMEA ¢ | I |Flotilla Trying fo Evacuaies Nazis Destroyed-No Survivors BULLETIN — LONDON, Nov. 13.—Russian forces have cap- tured Zhitomir, cutting the Ger- man railroad, Odessa to Len- ingrad, said Stalin’s order of the day tonight. The capture of the important and vital rail center is 90 miles west of Kiev and is announced in a special order to Gen. Nikolai Vatutin, conqueror of Kiev. Zhitomir is only 60 miles from the pre-war Polish border. MOSCOW, Nov. When Moscow Conference Was Held RABAUL HIT ONCE AGAIN, AIR ATTACK 'One Enemy Cruiser, Two Destroyers Are Sent Down in Harbor 24 JAP INTERCEPTORS ARE SHOT OUT OF AIR One Cruiser and Eleven Destroyers Damaged in Assault ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Nov. 13. Russian | - troops have driven to within 12| S 13—American Navy planes from | miles and are within artillery range | ' Among diplomats gathered around a table during the recent Moscow conference are: V. M. Molotoy (cen- |@ireraft carriers, and land-based {of the Odessa-Leningrad railroad, | |making a wide break-through to-| |ward Poland and Rumania. Ad-| ivanced Cossacks are reported to be {operating in the immediate vicinity | of Zhitomir, a junction on the com- munication line. (A German ocmmunique disclosed | ithat fresh retreats have been made on that critical frout far west of | Kiev, saying, “The fighting is pro- ! gressing between numerically super- 'ior enemy forces advancing on| Zhitomir, and German’ forma- tions.” | Berlin broadcasts said the Rus-| sians have massed 30 infantry divi- sions and several tank cor per=- haps 500,000 men, near Krivoi Rog ter, back to camera), Harriman (next to Hull), a (‘igdreltc) British For,gn M BY JACK STINNETT Substitutes for Food Shorfages fo Be Told In New Campaign ly by the explosion which smashed | their tent and James said, ded it.” James was flown here with shrap- Inel wounds in both arms and legs, ruptured eardrum. | abrasions, and a cigars is attributed to labor short- “shred- | ages, carly Christmas buying and | | heavy overscas shipments. This is reported from many cities of the country. Especially scarce are the inex- |in the Dnieper Bend area.) | Steady progre | spearheads toward Korosten, other rail junction on the | northwest of Kiev, is also reported. an- A smashing drive against the be- | leaguered Germans northeast of of Red Army| line | WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. — Over {at Agriculture, they are readying a national campaign to make the soybean a staple article in the U. S. diet. The reason is that like peanuts 'WillRogers ! British Commonwealth and He was sleeping ten feet from Pal-|pensive cigars, the Cigar Institute mer when the 500-pound bomb hit of America, said. Normal reserves ten yards away from the tent. | for the Christmas trade are being }aold now to meet the heavy de-| }mands and it is doubtful if more | ! supplies will be available for the‘ Yuletide season. Widespread voluntary rationing of ‘ both cigars and cigarettes is neces- | sary the Associated Press survey shows. Talking Out PEORIA, Illinois, Nov. 13.—Rep- resentative Will Rogers, Democrat | of California, declared the “British | sentiment is far in advance of our own regarding the necessity for in- ternational cooperation, especially with the United States and I hope IN EUROPE LANDS the Moscow pact will bring a close | and lasting agreement between the | WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. — Dr. the | Howard Kershner, who directed the | | Relief American Society of Friends| lin Europe from 1939 to 1942, at- cuses a “few men in London” o | blocking shipments of food to starv-| mg European children and declared this policy might leave Germany | healthy enough to reconstruct the, GIVE 32ND DEGREE TONIGHT, BANQUET |continent atter the war. Dr. Kershner told the Senate Fourteen candidates will receive |Foreign Relations Committee that work in the 32nd degree of the|if the “Democratic people of Europe Scottish Rite Masons tonight at Perish, the Germans will alone be 7:30 o'clock in the lodge room of|in health to reconstruct Europe. the Scottish Rite Temple. The work The British Government will bear will be given by Jack Fargher and|the responsibility.” a 6:30 o'clock banquet will precede| Dr. Kershner referred to the the ceremony. | statement made recently by Chur-| Work from the 4th to the 30th chill that Britain will not let the| has been given, having started last | bars down on the food blockade t,o' Wednesday. Last night candidates|Europe because the Germans would) were given the 30th degree by Ed-|see that only their nationals would‘ ward Sutton. profit and no relief wotld be given| ————————— |those in occupied countries. i INSPECTION TRIP Dr. - Kershner said the British! OF NATIVE SCHOOLS |Government thus opposes feeding, Louis Peters, Field Agent for the starving children. Office of Indian Affairs, left yes- terday by plane for the Interior "s“ERIES VESSEI. HERE WITH EMERGENCY CASES on an inspection of native stores. Peters expects to be away several weeks. FINED, POLICE COURT | The Bureau of Fisheries vessel Leonty Merculeoff was fined $25|Bluewing returned to Juneau early in City Police Court this morning|this morning, bringing two emer- on a charge of being drunk and gency cases from the Funter Eva- disorderly. cuation Colony for hospitalization MAKES PLEA FOR STARVING KIDDIES United States.” SCOTTISH RITE 10 Y ON In the 1941 elections, Quezon got 80 percent of.the vote, but Vice President Osmena got 82 percent. Osmena is especially popular in the (Continved op Page Four) IS+ i o o OO here. HERE FROM SKAGWAY ‘The two patients, Mrs. Olga Step- Mrs. P. 1. Dahl and Mrs. Jane etin and her baby Jeanette, are re- Hope Whitney, here from Skagway, ceiving care at the Goveinment are registered at the Baranof Hotel, Hospital, Kerch on the Crimean Peninsula| (Which also are being pushed) soy- has been made by Red Army forces, | beans are full of fats and v who destroyed a flotilla of trans-|mins and agricultural experts have ports endeavoring to evacuate Nazi no doubt that eventually they will troops. There were no survivors, become one of America’s important | the dispatches said. food |)r0duct,s. The object of the |coming campaign is to make soy- beans just that now while they are \d valuable substitute for foods that |are short Every possible use of soybeans will be propagandized but emphasis |will be laid on their value as “meat extenders” in meat loaf and sau- sage and in soups and stews. ‘Women of Moose Give Dance Tonight' The Women of the Moose are giv- |ing an Alumni Dance in the Elks’ | Ballroom tonight. The object is to raise funds gror the M;osehmrr Behind this campalgn is a stor: Alumni Association. The children|The dislocations and shortages of Mooséheart, upon graduation, | !food products are resulting in loften need financial aid to help|change in the American diet them get a start in the world and not all of it for the better. the fund is for that purpose. It should be stressed now | R. E. Roberson in a and that IMMUNIZATION CLINIC | WEDNESDAY MORNING The regular monthly immuniza- | tion clinic for children will be held‘ Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock in | the Health Center of the Territor] 1al, Building. A six and one half pound boy Dr. C. C. Carter, City Health | baby was born yesterday morning Doctor, will administer immuniza- |in Seattle to Mr. and Mrs. Freder- tions for smallpox and diphtheria. Shick tests will also be given. ick O. Eastaugh. The mother and son are doing fine, ditto the father, terday. — e ELLIOTT RETURNS E. W. Elliott of the Elliott Con- struction Co. has returned from Whitehérse and is at the Baranof. - e — — HERE FROM ANCHORAGE Mrs. Robert E. Lyle is at the Baranof Hotel, registered {rom An- chorage, GOING OUT ON during the past several days and others are getting away during to- day for the last chase. The deer l.hunung season ends next Monday. Is Grand-Pop LAST ROUNDUP Many hunters tor.deer have le(t! Russian Foreign Commissar; Cordell Hull (right), U. 8. Secretary of State; W. Averell U. S. Ambassador to Russia; and Anthony Eden, (left center backgorund, lighting ster. (AP Vhrephoto hy radio from M t | there is no question of maintaining the nutritive level. The problem is to direct this change in diet into healthful channels. For example, the butter shortage | which is likely to get worse has re- sulted in a marked decrease in the consumption of bread. Considering that serious, since bread still is the staff of life, Agriculture department | experts prevailed upon OPA lower the point value of margarine as butter point values were upped‘ But the consumption of bread con-| tinued to curve down The food experts are trying other| means to increase consumption. | The production of sandwich spreads, peanut butter, jams and jellies is| being stepped up | Similar is the fact that whole milk shortages in some sections have caused a considerable decline| in the consumption of cereals. Here is quick survey food outlook as agriculture of the officials (Continued on Page Two) TURKEYSTO . BESCARCE | —p—— | | SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 13.—Few turkeys will be available for civilian consumption on Thanks- giving. This is the word from the ; Northwestern Turkey Growers Asso-| | TR e B R TR OR according to a radiogram received 2 MISS BRANDER BACK | ere. ciation, marketing unit of growers Back from Whitehorse, Miss D.| nyg Eastaugh is the former|'™ the western states. ‘ E. Brander, secretary with the EI'\Carul Robertson, daughter of Mr. H. Carrets, Socvelary - ofC ke liott Construction Co. is at thelznq wmys. R. E. Robertson of this Association, said the “Army is tak- Baranof Hotel. city. This s the first grandchila|Il8 all turkeys we can give them. ——————— of the Robertsons. Mrs. Rul)ertson‘cm“'lma" and New Years will how- | ARRIVES FROM SEATTLE i now in Seattle and Judge Robert- | €V¢F have a normal supply.” Arriving from Seattle, Mrs. Loren!gon now a grand-pop, is in Ju- — eee V. Fernold and daughter are guests B e e neau and taking the honors man |TURNED OVER TO i o g |fully and courageously, and have | SHAL'S OFFICE i pETTT R lone on the house. | MARBHAL'S ¢ AT GASTINEAU HOTEL | Papradees At the Gastineau Hotel, Mr. and| | Arrested yesterday by the City| 1M Fred Sol aze Bere from (e DEER HU'"ER Police on a disorderly conduct| Interior. They arrived by PAA yes-| | charge, Charles Arthur Shoup was| turned over to the Marshal's office| today. | ® e 0 00 00 00 00 . WEATHER REPORT i . (U. 8. Burgau) . e Temp. Friday, Nov. 12 e/ e Maximum 51; Minimum 42 e/ ® Rain 09 . . ® 9 929 0 9 9 P 0 |Twenty - three Ships Re- | of 1823, ‘as follows: /32.53, utilities 31,01, bombers making up a raiding force of more than 200, sank three Jap- anese war vessels and damaged 12 at Rabaul on Thursday. The enemy expended 64 planes in four frantic unsuccessful attempts to sink the carriers. One enemy cruiser and two de- stroyers were sent to the bottom in ' Rabaul harbor and one cruiser and 11 destroyers were damaged. Twenty-four Japanese intercept- ors were shot out of the sky. Massive Assault ‘The massive assault opened Wed- nesday and extended into Thursday daylight hours. As the Naval task force withdrew, the Japanese made a supreme effort to deliver mortal blows to the American carriers. Medium Japanese bombers and |torpedo planes made the attack so 4 consistently that they were cut North African Coast |down by ant-aieeraf. fire from the |ships. Nine enemy planes in the | first three raids scored a single di- LONDON, Nov. 13. The DNB rect hit on an American vessel but broadcast at Berlin makes the un-|only slight damage was sustained. confirmed claim that 23 freighters Fourth Wave Fails an Allied convoy were attacked| The fourth wave of enemy planes off the North African coast:by Ger- never reached their targets, as the man planes and were either sunk or| American planes, taking the air damaged. | again after the raids on Rabaul har- Previously, the broadcast repors-|bor, shot them down ing the same attack yesterday, said| Minor casualties among 15 ships were sunk or damaged. nel only is reported. % i The heavy smash on +the key stronghold of Japan's tottering | South Pacific positions hinges on B I G A B 0 R the work of the Air Forces, Ad- |miral William Halsey reports. 0scow) . BIG ALLIED CONVOY HIT SAY NAZIS ported Attacwed Off person= Dauntless dive bombers, Avenger torpedo bombers and land-based Liberators loosed the new devasta- { tion on Rabaul. In all actions, 17 Allied planes | were lost against a Japanese plane |nll of 88 planes. Some Allied pilots \\t'u‘ \nvcd JAPS MAKE RAID UPON U. §. BASE Dozen Enemy Bombers Hit Pacific Island-Small Casualty List Increasmg of Employment, Beyond Maximum Oc- fober Payroll Barred SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov 13, Business and industry in ten Cali- | fornia Bay counties, effective at! midnight Sunday, will be barred from increasing employment beyond the maximum payroll of October, | the State War Manpower (,ommh-‘ slon announces. In establishments employing more | than 50, no men may be hired as | replacements until the number ur men employees drops below 90 per- |cent of those employed in Otcober. James Blaisdell, Commissioner,| WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Jap :Dn'r-clm‘ of Manpowe ays: the 5“'|pl"lllfi,~. raiding the American base | uation is now “critical. lur Namomea, in the Ellice Island % T S ‘gmup killed one man and wounded {two others but caused only minor xmulerlal damage, the Navy an- STOCK QUOTATIONS | moccria Approximately one dozen big ene- NEW YORK, Nov. 13. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mmv‘m) t??;nr:?; Tr':(::):;:?:flml;hgo::g stock today is 5%, American Can‘on I ic time. Anaconda 247, Bethlehem | Pdg,t: plane was Steel 55%, Curtiss Wright 67, In- anti-aireraft fire. |ternational Harvester 67, Kennecott| ppe pombers presumably came 30%, New York Central 16%, Nor-|(om the big Jap base at Tarawa, thern Pacific 127., United States | Gilbert IsMnds, 420 miles from Na- Steel 51%, Pound $4.04. [mumea at the northern end of the Dow, Jones avergges today are Ellice chain, and approximately 250 industrials 131.76, rails miles northwest of Funfauti, the first American base in the islands. shot down by