The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 17, 1943, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIL, NO. 9501. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1943 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY NAZI AIRFIELDS IN FRANCE BATTERED 8,000-Ton Nippon Vessel Bombed, Sunk RUSS FORCES |WhatHasHappened Since Yanks Landed, Africa U. . BOMBERS | ‘MOST CUDDLESOME,’ SAY LENSMEN SECOND JAP SHIP FORCED UP ONSHORE Atfacks Mad—e_in Northern| Solomons - Allies Bases Stormed | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN | THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Nov.| 17—The Allied Air Force has sunk an 8,000-ton Japanese cargo ship | and forced a 9,000-tonner to be| beached to prevent sinking, and | damaged a third, today’s communi- | que states. i The communique gives credit to the Navy's Catalina and Aussies’| Beaufort bombers, all participating in the attacks which took place in | the northern Solomons last Sunday | and Monday. | Last Monday morning an attack was made on the Allied forward air- fields at Nadzab and Gusap, New | Guinea, and the Japs lost 20 planes | shot down and probably six others. The Marines and Army at Em- press Augusta Bay, Bougainville, have scored advances after getting | aerial support. i ” Allied Liberators attacked Alex-| “MOST CUDDLESOME BLONDE" is t! tons of bombs and doing extensive | publications. damage. & FIGHTING EQUIPMENT ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Nov. | | (Continued on Page Three) The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Msfor Robert 8. Allen on sctive duty.) | WASHINGTON —Though the President was highly pleased at the results of the Moscow meeting, there was one point which surprised him. In fact he expressed surprise and NALZIS HINT AT ALLY LEADERS MEET IN CAIRO he title given Diana Mumby, Holly- shhafen, New Guinea, dropping 76| wood film actress, by 175 accredited photographers of servicemen's Photogs are noted for good eyesight. (International) Prisoners of War Are Helping OutinLumber Industry;Under Guards | (Second of Two Articles) By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Nov| 17. — Al- ‘Lnough the farmers (grain, cotton ARE CLOSING INON GOMEL | Last Imporiam- Nazi Base East of Dneiper Under Furious Assault MOSCOW, Nov. 17. — Red Army | troops closing in on Gomel are | storming this last important Ger- man base east of the Dnieper River in a furious assault which threat- {ened to add the city to the im- | pressive list of conquests achieved by the Russians in fensive Russian forces have pushed west {from the bridgehead on the Sozh River north to Gomel, while other units have struck beyond the Dniep- | er south of the city, broadening the |wedge below Rechitsa, important railroad town 150 miles east of the old Polish frontier. | The Russian push in the Ukraine, | meanwhile, though slowed down by | adverse weather and stiff German | counterattacks, particularly in the | Zhitomir and Fastov sectors, con- ;linued to edge toward Korosten, rail | junction controlling traffic on the | the 1943 of- [3 | I STATUTE MILES | x Naples Falls|: Oct.1,1943 | Wk 7 y Ilies Take Tuni: 1 | May 7,1943 [Casablancay MOROCCO Allies Land Nov.8,1942 year ago are indicated on this map. (AP Wirephoto map.) Travel Resirictionsin Alaska Eased on Dec. 1 [ ( I A | Lt. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, Jr., proclamation issued today b vaded 1943 k= Blifis arl D!ive Oct.23.1942 | Highspots of Allied progress in the Mediterranean theatre since the landings in Morocco and Algeria a HIT BASES ON DOUBLE BLOW Objectives Ebreete and I Yugoslavia Cracked-U. S. Units Gain, Italy ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN |ALGIERS, Nov. 17.—United States {heavy and medium bombers, in a double ply blow, ripped up two Nazi airfields near Marseille yes- terday and other bomber fleets ARABIA |cracked again at German objec- tives in Greece and Yugoslavia. On the Italian front, mud, rain jand snow bogged activities but ‘Amerlcau troops, in one brisk pa- 1 action, regained some of the }high ground at Monte Santa iCroce, nor of Venafro which was | lost Monday. | American Fortresses knocked down 12 out of 25 to 30 defending il i | Ankarae TURKEY M ad 94, o \ | | | STORES 10 (LOSE DURING COUNCIL : FUNERAL SERVICE o | SuggestionrMade by May |German fighters over the air base lat Istres le Tube near Marseille | where the Nazis have concentrated !bombers against the Allied Medi- | terranean shipping. Many grotnd- ed bombes were left in flames and WACS ARE railways leading to Leningrad, Odes- | | the Alaskan Department eases travel P oughout most of A OF Lucas as Last Rites ’large fires and explosions left the | aska effective on December 1 ‘ After that date civilian travel, | within the Territory, except on Al- | aska Peninsula and the Aleutians, is | | virtually without restrictions. | sa, Kiey and Warsaw. ; The. Berlin radio said that 2A | Russiani divisions with large tank | forces and perhaps 400,000 men in | all are attacking with strong ar- | tillery support on both sides of the | highway in the (OMING T0 NORTHLAND register, however, on entering or 8,000 Taken Prisoners by | Smolensk-Orsha frozen north. ——e——— /ALASKA FISH GROUND BILL | | [ ijo Leave Seattle Accom- | | panied by Officers- | | | | Questions Asked 1 SEATTLE, Nov. 17.—The first | tomorrow afternoon | IS COMING UP |Sen. Wall_g—ren Expects | aicond rmienanee empiovers sot| Fight fo Be Started | Againts Agencies first call on prisoners of war inj | this country, the way is now open IWACS, although there are only two of them, have left here for a tour of Alaska stations. They are accompanied by Maj. . NazisatLeros, =Mera Galloway, of Chicago, WAC | CAIRO, Nov. 17.—The British Fleld Director of Ports of Embarka- [ Command today announced the loss ition in the office of the Chief of | Of Leros to German invasion troops | vestrictions throughout most of Al- Given for Doctor The last rites for the late Dr. Civilians will still be required to | W. W. Couneil, who died suddenly| night, will be held at 2 o'clock |in the Elks Hall, the Elks ritual | last Saturday {service to be given with the Rev.| | William Forbes reading the com- mittal service at the graveside. Mayor Harry I. Lucas today sug- gested that all places of business in Juneau be closed during the fu- neral hours, 2 to 3 o'clock out of respect to the memory of Dr. Council, prominent local and Terri-| torial citizen and Territorial Hrallh-; Commissioner. I Serving as at the service tomorrow are: VanderLeest, Dr. E. H. Kaser, honorary pallbearers H R jair field strewn with the results of |the attack. FRENCH BLOW UP ARSENAL IN GRENOBLE | Retaliate AEFrenchmen Were Arrested Follow- ing Armistice Day BERN, Nov. 17.—Dispatches from L. Bartlett, J. J. Connors, Shew"";(}renoblr. Prance, according to the Simmons, Alex Holden, Dr. C. C.|suiss paper. Lasulsse, said Grens Carter, Dr. William Whitehead, Dr.{ple citizens attacked the German | Transportation in Washington, and | in ‘one more major ‘SE'-har.‘k in the | WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.— Sen- Capt. Joy Fincke, of Santa Fe, New IAlhed attempt to seize hold of the ator Mon C. Wallgren, Democrat Mexico, adviser to Brig. Gen. Den- Dodecanese Islands, outer defense slight displeasure at a recent cab-; inet meeting. | !to pulpwood lumber growers and This was the fact that Secretary jmill owners to get their share, says iDonald M. Rochester, chief train- Budapest Brzdcast Says George Hays, Dr. Hull agreed to hold the meeting of | ing officer of the U. S. Forest Ser- |from the State of Washington, said son, Commanding General of the |line to Hitler's Balkans. L. P. Dawes, Dr.|arcanal there, slaying 10 Nazi sol- Roosevelt, Churchill and the Big Four in London rather than in Washington. This council will become the most | vice. H H | Thanks to training and safety body in the! S'ahn WI" Meei Soon !programs that Rochester has in- important international body in t o S augurated for Forest Service’s Tim- world. It will mould vital decls-‘ LONDON, Nov. 17.—AXis Specu- per Production War Program (re- ions affecting the Allies and future j,¢i6, over the possible conference | ferred to here as “teepee-weepy”) peace. Therefore, it had been Or- yotwean Roosevelt, Churchill and!pulpwood growers and mill owners iginally understood, before Mr. Hulllgi,), gag intensified today by & now can use semi-trained German left for Moscow,:that this councu‘Budnpest broadcast hinting thatjand Italian labor to cut their acres :::‘liinmnmon in Washington, DOt | o5 might be a likely place for |and help out in the mills in sny y 2 = such a meeting. lof the Great Lakes states and other In London, it was figuted. e\ “orpne broadcast said “well inform- stites east of the Great Plains. Gotnell i e ed circles are of the opinion the | orld diplomacy, | g :fm;h‘::‘bd;;‘rh: by mep Brm;;rmeeting between Churchill, Stalin| The Army has given clearance to and Russians. FDR has always re- {and Roosevelt will take place in the the Forest Service to use uniformed membered the way in which his old | near “future.” | district foresters as training direct- | ! chief, Woodrow Wilson, had trouble| Then the report quoted “Cairo ors in the camps. Resistance on when he went to Europe. So he;clrcles" as sa)_'lng that the Men: wanted these initial maneuvers kept House Hotel there was being re- in a fresher New World atmosphere. |decorated and put in readiness for |an “important conference.” | ‘Pape of Nine ters of war has so far broken down that such companies as Hollings- worth and Whitney, with headquar- ters in Alabama; the Champion |Paper Co., of Texas; and Crossett, *lof Arkansas, already are using war ‘ prisoner labor, although the pro- gram is less than weeks' old. | Clearing the barriers of language |has been one of Rochester’s great- }est difficulties. He has done it by isketches and posters made by LITTLE NATIONS OUT Nothing was said about it at the White House, but another original U. 8. proposal, planned for the Mos- cow meeting, was altered by Secre- |Is Off fo War; tary Hull after he got over there. | This was the plan to have smaller | |II "avy nations sit in with the Big Four on| the newly created Diplomatic Coun- | \ANCHESTER, Mass., Nov. 17— | prisoner artists. It is explained cil. Behind this were two ideas:| p mother and nine children, in- that an “axt” is an axe, a “sage,’ (1) It is only fair to permit CO- | jyding six months' old twins, bade a saw; a “klotz,” a log; a haum ” operation by smaller nations; (2) |ay revoir to the head of the family |a tree: a “wald,” a forest: etc., and Smaller nations, especially Latin!yng js off to war. little sketches go with each. Americans, are usually to be found| Armand Beliveau, 34, chose a | on the more idealistic side and|pgya) career, after Seletcive Service backing up the U.S.A. In order t0|called him. mould public opinion and perman-| The father said, “I'm willing to| ent peace machinery we may need o my part to end the war, but’ a Jot of small nation support. feel there are a lot of younger men, | Inside fact is that U. S. plans for| without families, who could be taken | Moscow were taken up in detail | pefore homes like mine are dis- by Churchill and Roosevelt at the| ypted.” Sometimes difficulties ' arise, as |when Rochester insisted that the Germans learn to yell “Timber” when a tree is falling. One German sergeant insisted the word should be, “Achtung” (attention.) Roches- ter vetoed that. As a result, don't be surprised’if you are in the south- a the part of employers to use pnson-: Quebec conference and okayed. Sev- e 1 ern pulpwood forests eral months previously, Sumner FROM CORDOVA lscurfyi:g i s cry";‘;d.;":om;“l’lefi Welles, then Undersecretary of George Pittas of Cordova, is mbah. State, had drafted the plan )aLerI adopted at Moscow for an organiza- tion for world peace. He had also/ drafted the pledge adopted at Mos- | cow that no nation shall use its| army in the territories of other na- tions without joint consultation. spending a few days in Juneau, a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. ——-——— PILOTS HERE Guests at the Gastineau Hotel are H. L. Kaesemeyer and Glenn Dillard, pilots of a commerial air- line, (Continued on Page Pour) Several things impressed Roches- |ter in his recent tour of the camps. The Nazi prisoners, he says, are al- most all of a pattern: 19 to 32 years old; around five fegt, eight to nine (inches; 170 to 190 pounds in weight, | ((“mnfln;mim;nr ?age ‘Three) | hearings will start soon in the Sen- ate on the fisheries subcommittee bill to extend the Alaska fishing grounds to the international border ibetween Russia and the United States. At the same time, he promises a | fight against government bureaus and departments writing legislation and asking Congress to pass it. | The bill would extend American Jjurisdiction to fishing grounds for- ymerly used by the Japs, and lays |down rules to conserve Alaskan | fisheries and at the same time per- | mitting greater use of fish as food. Wallgren said the Interior De- partment had made no report on ithe bill, which was introduced last March, and understands the heads are rewriting it to suit their own ideas. This is in line, he said “with others who oppose the practice of Government departments writing legislation asking Congress to en- act their own ideas into the law.” Message from President on Air Tonight NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—A mes- sage frem President Roosevelt to the New York Herald-Tribune Forum on current problems will be broadcast at 7:55 tonight, P. W.T. The message will be read by Mrs. Ogden Reid. o ROBERTSON SOUTH R. E. Robertson, Juneau attorney, left by steamer last evening for Seattle to visit with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fred- erick O. Eastaugh and their new son, born November 12. The young man is the first grandchlid for the Robertsons. Mrs. Robertson went south some time ago to be with her daughter, | Seattle Port of Embarkation. “Organized resistance ceased late | Asked if the WACS will soon be yesterday after an overwhelming air stationed in Alaska, Galoway re- | bombardment,” after landings of 'plied: “Well, they are in England ! fresh Nazi forces in the Middle East, and North Africa, aren’t they?"” | the communique said. { ————— - By German account the Allies lost | all footholds in the Dodecanese, and | I !the Nazis control the sea lanes in | the Aegean Ld L | The British, in September landed ! : {on Leros, Cos, Castelrosso in the pASSES AWAY Dodecanese Islands and the Gree$! island of Samos, less than 20 miles |north of Leros. ranean is described as not an iso- yI " S E A T T l E,lated effort, but part of the major | strategy of the Mediterranean. Sk o | In mid-October the Germans said SEATTLE, Nov. 17—Edward Bur-| they had retaken Castelross and Cos nette Hanley, 80, Alaska canncr,vlfe" last month. Samos is still in operator, pioneer miner and agri-| British hands. cultural developer, is dead at hlsjlh:-hecafif:::“';tb‘;:32:“'5:;’;“3‘&3 home here. { 8 came to Seattle in '98 during me!taken priwners, s Sl |gold rush to the Klondike. i Hanley took cattle, also grain and{(ol RIEG[E IS 'I'o | vegetable seed to Alaska in part- '] mership with Jack Dalton and also| Judge Maloney of Juneau. He de-| BE IRANSFERRED veloped mines in the Porcupine and Rainy Hollow districts northwest of Haines. | | founded the Copper River Canning| Company and later the Nellie| Juan Caning Company on Prince William Sound. It is said he operated the first power boat on the Chilkat River Riegle's departure is not yet known. The widow, son and daughter, all| Lt. Col. Riegle has been in Ju- survive here and they plan a pri-|neau since May 20, 1942, and has vate funeral. |been in command of the post smcefi | This campaign in the Mediter- Hanley was born in Oregon and| British and 5,000 Italian troops were ) With F. H. Madden, Hanley| Word has been received in Juneau that Lieut. Col. Roy W. Riegle, Commanding the garrison at Duck Creek will soon assume new duties| with Headquarters, Alaskan De-~ partment. The exact date of Col / FROM THIS AREA| J. O. Rude, Dr. Paul Lindquist, |gjeys and blowl : Harold Foss, Mayor Harry I Euc“'!magazme ng up a8 powder Charles Miller, 1. Goldstein, John Wi, | . | Fifteen Frenchmen were reported Newmarker, R. E. Robertson, OScar yieq The Grenoble dispatches >oos OH, HUM! LONDON, Nov. 17.—A Tokyo ra-! dio broadcast, picked up here, as- serts that Japanese planes have sunk a large Allied Aircraft car-| rier, two medium sized carriers,| three cruisers and a “large war-| ship” in a dawn attack south of Bougainville, The claim is in keeping with Olson, George A. Parks, Frank| gy the attack was staged as a re- Active pallbearers will be Lisle A {300 and 400 persons after Armis- Hebert, Mike Karry, Dr. Robert .o Day demonstrations, len, Dr. William P. Blanton, Mi-| j nard Mill and A. B. Hayes. ‘NEw Blow FOR MRS. SNOW | Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, last | NAZ' WORKS services will be held for Mrs. Anna | Juneau, who died last Saturday eve- | |, §. H if- {ning at St. Ann's Hospital. S eaVy Bflmbers, Br“ the eulogy, and interment will be in | % the Elks' Plot of Evergreen Ceme- | Snows'o[m o' S'"ke | LONDON, Nov. 17.—The power | west of Oslo, and the molybdenum | mine at Knaben, were blased yes- States heavy bombers. The bombers flew through heavy German industry in Norway. i L b SN LR NEW YORK, Nov. 17. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine Heintzleman and James V. Davis.'taliation for the arrest of between Simpson, Wallis George, J. F. Mul-| A R R, - FRIDAY HITNORWAY ; v In the Holy 'rm{ny Cathedral on E. Snow, pioneer of Alaska and | The Rev. William Porbes will ive| @i Based, Go "“‘ough | tery | | station at Rjukan,-about 80 miles terday by Britain - based United snowstorms to deal a new blow on STOCK QUOTATIONS |'stock today is 5', American Can e s FROM THE INLET Russell O. Nelson of Excursion Inlet is staying at the Baranof | Hotel. S eee - TWO FROM OKLAHOMA Roy H. Wooduff and R. C. Waller,! {both of ' Durant, Oklahoma, ‘guests at the Baranof Hotel. ) one month later, June 20, 1942 With one exception, Col. Riegle has| rved as Post Commander continu- | ously, a greater length of time than any other officer wthin the Alas- kan Department. Col. Riegle returned last Sunday | from an official trip to the States duration, X other recent Jap reports of heavy losses inflicted on the U. S. Navy, all of which American authorities branded as gross exaggerations. a1V BB i W% WORTMAN IN JUNEAU C. E. Wortman, prominent busi- are{which was only of a few doy'siness man, of Sitka, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel, fBl'_-, Anaconda 24':, Bethlehem Steel 55, Commonwealth and South- ern », Curtiss Wright 67, Interna- tional Harvester 657, Kennecott 30%, New York Central 16'z, North- | ern Pacific 12's, United States Steel 51%, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 130.24; rails, (32.38; utilities, 20.70,