The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 27, 1943, Page 1

- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIL, NO. 9509. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 194 3 PRICE TEN CENT/ HEAVY BLOW STRUCK BERLIN 5TH TIME Sattelberg STRATEGIC POSITION _ IS TAKEN Gen. MacA;Ih—ur Will Now% Be Able to Invade New Britain ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Nov. 27—The village of Sattelberg, on| the 2400-foot spur overlooking New Guinea’s Huon Gulf from whose coast Gen.” Douglas MacArthur is now in a position o invade New Britain, has been stormed and cap- tured by the Australian forces who have strewn the high ground with dead Japanese. Much war equipment, artillery was also taken over. The few Japanese survivors beat a retreat to the north along the Wareo trail after yielding the first| major points of the area since the! fall ‘of PFinschhafen, eight miles| southeast on October 2. | A series of assaults, culminating in Sattelberg’s capture, started No- | vember 17, when medium tanks were | hurled into the action and a double envelopment, plus a direct fmmul! assault strategy used by the Aus-| sies, closed in until the Japanese| defenses were virtually surrounded.‘ Report Released Express_ J \ g | SONGBIRD_jayne Walton (above) is the pretty vocalist including | whrh a popular dance band. PATTON IS WARNE EISENHOWER was reprimanded for his treatment { one of whom he lof two soldiers, “cuffed.” The precipitous cliffs of Sattel- | came the fixed defenses of dugouts| " played a most important part in|Senate Military Committee turned he had disciplined Gen. George Merry - Go-Round St AP UNITS ENCIRCLED | \Hundred fhodsand Nip- | pons Engaged in Rice _ Bowl Offensive CHUNGKING, Nov. 27.—The Chi- nese High Command announces the “encircling movement has been completed against the Jap spea head which broke into the north gate of Changteh stronghold guard- ing the approaches to the Huan ,Capitfll Changsha and enemy units ‘are isolated and are being ham- ! mered from the air and artillery.” | It is estimated 100,000 Japs are - engaged in the offensive in the | Rice Bowl country west' of Tung- | ting Lake. g NAVY OF U. §. NOW LARGEST INTHIS WORLD American Fleet Has Been Doubled in Past 11 Months, SaysKnox | WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. — The | United States Fleet is now the |largest in the world, doubled in !the past 11 months, and now | bristles with 817 fighting ships in- ! riers. | This disclosure was made today - BYCHINESE ormed; Capture P P # g NAVY NURSES ON ALEUTIAN, ‘pital at Adak, Alaska, hike among the volcanic peaks. Gertrude Merz, St. Louis; Ensi Goosecreek, Tex.; Ensisn Alberta Krape, Naples, N. Y.; Ensign U.5. Neighbor Policy Flayed | By Senator Resting on | i l {Nebraska Ijémbcrat Bufler | Says Program Should Be | Technical Assistance | WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. - The report said that Gen Patton ! cluding more than 40 aircraft Cm'"wribing United States aid to Latin! !Am(-ricnn countries as “naively con- | | ceived, badly coordinated and boon- | H 1 K E—puring off-duty hours some of the nurses recently assigned to the naval hos- n Eleanor Miller, Gillespie, IlL; Ensign Margaret Allen, Stephanie Kore, Butte, Mont.; and Ensign Bettie Eberhardt, San Francisco. The northern jungle trail was the . " . ing "'Extreme Dis- berg were well adapted for Japan-| and tanks followed the main trail| WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Chair- clearing the way for the infantry. gver to the Senate the report in Patton in a way he thought “ap- By DREW PEARSON only possible means of escape. | I " ese defenses, but the Aussies over-! p easure almost to the village itself, and|man Robert R. Reynolds of the i s i which Gen. Dwight Eisenhower said The Washington plicable in the circumstances.” (MaJor Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON — Some of the President’s newspaper friends whc have been consistently for him over a long period of years are now sug- gesting that this is a good time to turn the other cheek regarding his constant feud with the press. They suggest that he personally could step into the current newsprint shortage and take a strong stand on an issue which seriously threat- ens one of the bgsic freedoms of the country—freedom of the press. Actually, a good many bureaucrats have been nibbling at the news- print problem, but no one has stepped in w!t'n any forthrightness to cut red tape and solve the prob- lem. It now looks as if only the ‘White House could do this. Not generally realized is the fact that newsprint shortage is due not s0 much to decreased woodpulp production in the Canadian for- ests, but to much greater use of cardboard and packing material in sending war supplies abroad. This is a terrific drain and, though U. ~ |by Secretary of the Navy Frank g,oq)ng» senator Butler, Nebras ! Gen. Eisenhower reported, ."Il is Knox, who further said this is the | Democrat, told the denate the pro- {true that Gen. Patton was guilty of | answer to the Japs, and their fleet gram should be changed to one of 11’eprehensible conduct with r(*spect"will soon be drawn into action and {to the two enlisted meh. They were | wiped out. | both suffering from a nervous dis-| The construction of 419 new ships iorder. and one man in the case had|in the last 11 months is more than ia temperature.” one ship a day. After an exhaustive investigation,| Twenty-one warships have been (he said, he acted in a way heklosv. since January 1, but this los: ! thought appropriate because he be-| will be made up within the next |lieved the general “had a great|two weeks, said Knox. field of usefulness in any assault| Aircraft carriers are playing an where loyalty, drive and gallantry|ever more important role in the {on the part of the Army Comman- | drive on Japan. der would *be essential.” A large share of new construction, Gen. Eisenhower referred to the|approximately 230 scrappy destroy- letter in which he expressed to|er escorts, have gone into action, Patton his “extreme displeasure” at what occurred, and in which he in- formed Patton that “any repetition will result in his instant release.” e ,e—— — i | SWEDES TELL 0 ~ RAIDS ON BERLIN primarily in anti-submarine work. The goal has been fixed at 200 new submarines to be completed this year and this fall will be reached. The Navy combat planes will more than treble this year and next year even more. S. publishers have patriotically cut| A"D AFTERMAIHS their newsprint, they will have to| cut to the bone unless energetic/ STOCKHOLM, Nov. 2. — The moves are made by the government. |, .o chaner Tidningen said it had pa":e‘f zl:e:u':i:ismz;glybyt:efi;“"?"‘ed that German officials ad- mitted the fourth Royal Air Force W:\.i(eclr{ec;u‘:er I“n:;m:zrs.war prisoners Service's attacks Monday and Tues- in the Canadian and Maine forests |day nights destroyed Berlin. 2. More equitable distribution of ‘ .Tw? Swodish eyeyimesses, En- newsprint among publishers. At/ gineer Sund Lundquist, and explo- *present, the papers with the bingiv_es expert Major Olof Nordzell Sunday editions have scarcely suf- said the damage was largely locat- fered at all, being able to absorb ¢d in the city’s center. their paper cuts out of their Sunday, Upon arrival in Sweden they “fat.” On the other hand, medium- sized papers may have to take ter- rific punishment, 3. Stricter supervision of cuts by throw-aways, dodgers, comic mag- azines and new t users who have not kept sif:h accurate records of their past cénsumption. The newspaper industpy has suffered by its past efficiency, having kept very accurate records. 4. More emphasis on the paper salvage campaign, At present, only 35 percent of the nation’s waste paper is being -collected and sal- vaged. The waste paper reclaim- (Continued on Page Four) T TN said “some few houses are still| intact among the ruins. We wouldi {say destruction in the center of| |the city runs between 50 to 100/ percent.” {\ They gave this highlight picture| jof conditions in Berlin: No bread | or milk for sale Thursday; crowds| waiting fruitlessly in front of shops | for supplies; thousands of workers laboring day and night to cleaf the| streets and get traffic in operacion:‘ many homeless people sleeping ights in the debris of littered | Streets; firemen so busy they were | unable to dig the ruined air raid| sheliers for bodies. J | was annonced first by the Tokyo FORMOSA IS 'RAIDED BY - U.5. PLANES | HEADQUARTERS OF FOUR- :TEENTH AIR FORCE IN CHINA, {Nov. 27.—Striking at part of the; | Japanese Empire i , China-based Mitchell bombers and long range fighters carried the air war to the Formosa Island in a Thanksgiving Day raid to 'smash the big airbase at Shinchiku and cost the enemy at least 31 planes. All planes re- turned safely to their base. ‘The raid on the big island fort- ress, 90 miles off the coast of China radio and confirmed last night by United States Headquarters at Chungking, which reported that the Chinese press jubilantly acclaimed iu*chmml assistance and culturdl | |understanding. | Reporting on his 20,000 mile tour| {of Central South American coun-| tries, Sen. Butler said the present| “good neighbor” policy is based on sentimental dreams, which m-n{ n merely reflections of our own ideas| and not theirs and are tolerated| by the Latins solely because they | are accompanied by liberal dona-| tions from our treasury.” i Declaring only 3 of the 20 coun- tries he visited can fairly be called democracies, Butler said “all the) rest have dictatorships of the m autocratic sort, generally milit: tic dictatorships at that.” By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Nov. 27—l |wouldn't say that Washington or | Lhe, Philippine government-in-exile |was surprised when Japan picked WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. — The!Jose P: Laurel as first “president” Senate Investigating Committee has!of the mewly “independent rfl:.-‘ asked for a detailed examination of | PINOS: fut an examination of the the “Good Neighbor” activities in|record of this latest Axis Quisling spending as the outcome of Butler's| l¢aves one a bit staggered. : charges the United States has spent| Lanky, scholarly, President-in- or is obligated to spend more than hame-only 119 (o i six billion dollars in Latin-Amer-|United States as much as aay ¥ = ica. | pino living. He is a product of the Chairman Byrd of the committee ’le‘::i:d ::’;O‘(:L Zfi%fl:g.sh:ldh“ll:x g:i investigating Government spending, yo.. .. When i\‘: IOk Tteatly's Lo said he has asked for a complete| jyege ne chose Yale University accounting and called the report| ng found his surroundings so sym- ‘a shocking slur on our Latin-Am-|,aihetic there that he was able to erican Allies, based on fantastic raquate magna cum laude in the figures.” law school. He went back to the Islands to | hecome a prolv‘ssor in the U. 8.~ sponsored University of the Philip- pines school of law. He wrote text- hooks, which were adopted without quibble by the Philippine school sys- tem. He was recognized and hon- ored as an authority on tional law. st | WANT INVESTIGATION | Laurel probably owes the “SABOTAGING POLICY” MEXICO CITY, Nov. 27.—The newspaper . Excelsior declares But- ler’s asserting the United States is being played for a “sucker” through the Good Neighbor policy is a “sabotaging policy when sentiments of friendship and mutual compre- hension are beginning to bear evi- dence of fruits.” — - | He played a prominent role—gnd | note this—in drafting the Philippine LEAVE FOR SEATTLE | constitution under the terms of the Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Palmer sailed | Tvdings Independence Act, which last night for Seattle, after spend- would have become the law of the ing the summer months in Alaska.|land when the Filipinos were given Palmer is a biologist employed by |their real independence in 1946. the Fish and Wildlife Service. | ff not with assistance, at least the raid. P-38 Lightning fighters led the low level attack Which apparently caught the Japs off guard. L s R }wnhcm any obstruction from U. 8. LEAVES FOR SOUTH | authorities, he rose to a place of Mrs. Lewis MacDonald left last Power and eminence in the Philip- night by boat for Seattle. pines. He became known'as the WOODLAND SCENE — Janet Rlair of the films posss with a favorite dog in an outdoor setting to make an unusualiy attractive subject for the photographer. filipino Borah" Turns Info Regular Quisling d by Aussies NAZI CAPITAL GIVEN BLAST, " FIFTH NIGHT Major Indu;fill Center of Stutfgart Also Under Heavy Atfack LONDON, Nov. 27—~The Royal Alr Force, with a heavy armada, struck Berlin the third great blow with heavy burdens of explosives and incendiaries last night in a campaign to rub it out. The attack was the fifth successives strike and |the third heavy assault since last | Monday. The attack on Berlin was simul- taneous with an attack on the major industrial center of stutt- gart, 300 miles southwest. The two ply blow split the Ger- man defenses but enemy fighters were more effective than on pre- vious nights, the British Air Min- istry announces. | Thirty-two RAF bombers failed |to return from the operations. | Twenty six bombers were lost the first night, and 20 on the second night. The loss of the 32 last night brought a new 24 hour record in which a deluge of bombs were rained on enemy vital centers, in- cluding the Thursday night attack on Frankfurt-on-Main. A record blow was made yester- day on Bremen by American planes and the total tonnage of bombs ! —— dropped was probably considerably i M B over the 4,000 peak of November 3 |Marines in 'Blood and Gufs uiic, """ 5" tonce. ‘vombed ’ Wilhelmshaven, Ba"le Su"er Losses Northern France has 1 in Gilhert |S|eS i‘nnd Duf‘,‘?mr raided. | PEARL HARBOR, Nov. 27.—The! | position of United Slates Mm’mm«“ of the Second Division who cap-| |tured Tarawa was so critical the (first night that a determined Jap-| ARE STRU(K lanese counterattack “might have ;vxu-rmmuu-d them, but boys so de- {termined never could have been ! driven off,” Lt. Col. Evans F. Carl- son_said. Germans Retreating Along Stream Where Napol- eon Met Defeat ] The famed three-time winner of | - [the Navy Cross said in an inter-| |view that it was “really a blood and | | guts battle, just blood and guts.”| | Navy Secretary Frank Knox said in| MOSCOW, Nov. 27.—The Russians. have crossed the Berezina River, |to 150 yards deep, and the Japs vir-|inflicting a new blow on the dis- |tually surrounded them. Enemy | organized German army along the | troops held strong positions ahead | stream where Napoleon's legions met a hill overlooking one of the island'’s bays are (left to right) Ensign Denver; Lt. (jg) Mildred Terrill, chief nurse,’ 0.5, L05S 1S HEAWY | ATMAKIN 4 been hit | Washington that the Marines at! ;Tm'uwn sustained heavy losses. | | Carlson said at the end of the first day the marines had secured [three narrow beachheads only 100 “Filipino Borah,” principally be- or-| land between the beachheads, and When it came time to send his' some infiltrated to a lagoon where son to college, he selected Harvard|they sniped at the marines from [for nim and Sotero Laurel was the rear. graduated in the class of '4L} Lt. Col. James Roosevelt went | There-on hangs a bit of family ashore at Makin, and reported that drama, for while his father is play-|his commanding officer, Col. Gar- ing the role of the Laval of Manila diner Conroy was Kkilled because young Sotero is working hard a. he forgot his own danger in con- an employe of the Philippine-gov- centrating on preparations to knock | ernment-in-exile in Washington. jout the enemy's strong positions | cause of his “silver-tongued” atory. b | | their final defeat on ;Imm Moscow. | Following up their smashing vic- | tory at Gomel, General Rokosovsky'’s | forces pushed through White Russia |west of the Dnieper River, out- |flanking the German base at Zhlo- | bin, 50 miles northwest. The rail- way running southwest from Zhlo- bin was cut'by the Russians. The Paris radio said the Ger- the retreat |mans are trying to rush reserves to | When the Japs invaded the|and affect a landing. the, Gotgl ‘ares. id heldh o diers Philippines Laurel was a member of “I was only three feet from Col.! » Supr - route open from G | the Islands’ Supreme Court. From|Conroy when he was killed,” the|gayien l‘:)e FhUe ';‘:!:; which has that time on his spirit of “coOpera-| president’s son said in an inter- | sl e tion” with Japan's new order has)yiew, “we were beating £ our way| been perfect lalong the road on Makin A:oulepS USE ISO“ A few months ago, it was 1eport- yhen we ran into Jap machine | ed by radio that a “fanatical PFlll-} ot fire aimed. directly, down . the | pino had taken a pot shot at the yoaq ot UlC Ll ed down | GAS (Hm‘ w‘k illustrious Quisling while he Was yon oo " col. Conroy who had L] playing golf on a suburban Manila been ‘in the rear prepaving for mej course. Although the assassin was atack 'lg‘lhhl‘ the. Thcandse ik | CHUNGKING, Nov. 27.—A strong said to have made hole-in-one | g LY z |Japanese force, which advanced to shot, the man who was to become | 'f8P ahead got 5o interested in di-|¢he outskirts of Changteh in north- | recting our own light' tanks he|.., Hunan Province are reported a the interna- | the Japs' first “president” of “independent” Philippines appar- lently was not seriously wounded. completely forgot his own safety, {and stood right in the open di- recting the movement, “l think a sniper got him but it might have been machine gun fire. He was hit squarely between the eyes.” Just what subterfuges the Japs have used to enlist the services of {4 man of 52-year-old Laurel's cali- bre isn't known here but the fact |that they have been able to do it at all demonstrates clearly that FROM MISSOURI they are exerting every effort m| Winifred Gall of St. Louis, Mo., | bring the 17,000,000 Filipinos under | is registered at the Baranof Hotel, their thumbs in the “new Pacfiic et e e order.” 3 , " What they are struggling for now H‘I;‘Bgmw“:::?“?uu"‘ is to create a feeling among ““"cm‘t N g“‘w““"“;’ u.:':‘nr:m Hotel, e lCur;tixnued unhf.’;ke Three) | tacing possible annihilation after tbeing encircled by Chinese troops. | ‘The Chinese communique an- |nouncln¢ the encirclement said the |Chinese have already wiped ‘out more than 5,000 enemy soldiers who penetrated to Changteh’s environs. The feat evoked a special order of the day from Generalissimo Chang Kai Shek, praising the gallantry of his men. A war bulletin said the Japs loosed clouds of poison gas as they advanced upon Changteh. bt L B BUY WAR BONDS