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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIL, NO. 9513. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1943 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT) THREE NATIONS UNITE TO DEFEAT JAPAN 4 Nippons to be Stripped of AI_I— Possessions 4 GERMANS ARE IN FULL FLIGHT NEAR SANGRO; ABANDON WINTER LINE TORPEDOED iliscome Bafini Down in ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Dec. 2—The Germans are in full retreat from their pon- derously fortified winter line in Italy near the Adriatic, leaving the battleground littered with dead, wounded, and wrecked equipment. At the same time the Nazis are apparently - making preparations to abandon Cassino on Via Casiliina, the main island road up-the broad valley to Rome: in the face of rising pressure from Gen. Mark Clark’s Fifth Army which was supported yesterday by a terrific aerial bom- bardment, one of the heaviest seen in the Italian campaign. Spitfire pilots reported that heavy German demolitions are taking, place at Cassino, approximately 12 miles northwest of the Allied front at Magano, shortly after fighters, bombers, Warhawks and A-36 dive bombers pounded German defnses along the 20-mile front, For three hours, sweeping over at 10-minute intervals, waves of planes showered hundreds of fragmenta- tion and high. explosive bombs in their ‘mast. devastating combination on Geérman gun emplacements, Trenches and fortifications, leaving them a churned mass of ruin. A frontline aerial attack, keyed to’'a similar attack carried out be- hind the lines forced the Nazis to abandon their mountain positions north of the Sangro along the Adriatic in front of Gen. Mont- gomery's offensive. The Germans left more than 1,000 prisoriers behind and are rushing up reinforcements in an effort to check the break. The Washingioni Merry - Go- Round, By DREW PEARSON (Mador Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON—The color of the OPA is changing so fast that even Washington officials can hardly | recognize it. Administrator Chester Bowles has picked up the organiza- tion, as if it were a garment, dipped it in several changes of chlorinated water, and wrung it out. If pink was one of the colors of the OPA before, it has’disappeared entirely. One of the men who personify the change is Frank E. Marsh, for- mer regional administrator for the West Coast, who ha§ mow become a close assistant to Bowles in Wash- ington. When the two men first met, Marsh sold himself on his personality, and Bowles apparently signed him up before learning his complete record on the West Coast. That record includes: 1. Opposition to consumer parti- cipation in OPA enforcement. ‘When OPA officials worked out a program of enlisting volunteers from each neighborhood to serve as price; panel assistants, Marsh blocked the program. 2. Union baiting within his own organization. When members of his own staff joined the Federal work- ers’ union, Marsh called them in for questioning. He always said, “I'm not against unions, but I'm| against Reds.” However, he made | it ‘clear that union membership— especially CIO membership — was unwelcome. 3. Firing officials who worked for rigid enforcement, especially i tent control. He fired Barbara Armstrong, area rent attorney for, the San Francisco Bay area, who had an excellent rent enforcement record; and John McTernan, chief regional enforcement attorney. The action in both these cases was strongly resisted by Tom Em- erson, OPA administrator in charge. of enforcement. It is understood that, if Emerson had had then the full powers which he has today, he would have blocked Marsh’s action in ‘both cases. e (Continued on Page Four) 1) Sitting Pretty - L) K VALERIE BROWNELL, niece of Dmitri Shostakovich, noted Russian com= poser, is humming a merry tune. She has just been signed to appear as a featured player in a Hollywood extravaganza. (Intematwml) JAP BASES SHELLED BY U. S. SHIPS 'mans, reinforced by eight mechan- lized divisions sought to break the Adivity ofN_avy Seen as Prelude to Allied Attack on Rabaul ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Dec. 2.—Today Allied warships pushing the battle to the Japs, shelled Ma- dang, in northeast New Guinea and the Jap airbase at Gasmata, New Britain, a MacArthur communique announces. The shelling of both centers was termed “effective.” In another phase of the South- west Pacific theatre war Allied bombers again hit at Jap air strips at Cape Gloucester in western New Britain, dumping 28 tons of bombs on the enemy. A destroyer was-attacked and prob- ably damaged off Gasmata, and other bombers dumped 146 tons of bombs at Alexshhafen and on Jap positions at Empress Augusta Bay, where the Americans are continuing to expand their beachheads. The warship activity is seen as'a possible prelude to an Allied jump to New Britain Island for an as- sault on Rabaul. — - - STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Closing of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5%, American can 80%; Ana- conda 25%, Bethlehem Steel 55%,| Curtiss Wright 5%, International Harvester 67, Kennecott 29%, New York Central 15%, Northern 1 U. 5. NAVY CRAFT IS Gilberts—Rear Admiral and Capfain Missing WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.. — The United States escort aircraft car- rier Liscombe Bay was torpedoed and sunk by a Jap sub during the Gilbert Islands operations, the only American vessel lost in the engage- ment the Navy Department report- ed today. The Gilbert Islands engagement has been described as one of the bloodiest in the Pacific area. Rear Admiral Henry Mullinnix, reported missing, is said by Navy men to have been aboard the'car- rier. Capt. Irving D. Wiltsie, Com- mander of the Liscome Bay, is also reported missing. The total casualties has not yet been disclosed by the Navy. The Liscombe Bay is the first American escort aircraft carrier to have been sunk since the U. S. entry into the war and is the first carrier of any kind lost in more than one year, The sinking of ‘the-craft brings to | 131 the total naval losses thus far |reported during the war. HEAVY TANK BATTLE ON | IN UKRAINE {Soviets Bnngmg Reserves|: Across Dnieper to Combat Nazis*® (By Associated Press) Terrible tank battles churned in- decisively in the mud and slush of the western Ukraine as the Ger- Russian stranglehold on their com- munications. The British radio broadcast a Moscow dispatch reporting a Ger- man counterattack four miles from the Dnieper bend rail junction. of Anamenka. Yesterday the Berlin radio reorted that Russian attacks southwest of Kremenchug had been intensified, but that a Soviet bat- talion which broke through near Cherkassy was wiped out. ‘The enemy communique said there that heavy fighting was continuing west of Krichev on the Smolensk highway. Both sides are employing an ever larger number of tanks in the bulge west of Kiev and huge mobile guns larger than tanks are appearing in increasing numbers. These are often used tread to tread with tanks in hard fighting in the” forest and spotted country where the anis- have regained some sectors on the Leningrad-Odessa leway The Germans have apparently pil- ed up a superiority of numbers both of men and tanks west of Kiey, but the Soviets are working night and | day to remedy the situation by funneling reserves across the Dniep- jer River bridges. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW Mayor Harry I. Lucas announces the regular City Council meeting tomorrow night in the Council Chambers of City Hall. The meet- ing will begin at 8 o'clock. R MRS. MacISAAC HERE Here from Skagway, Mrs. Caro- line Maclsaac is a guest at the ——— FROM KETCHIKAN Where Three-Power Conference Was Held Mena House Hotel, famed Cairo carayansary, pictured “important conference” between President Roosevell, Chiang Kai Shek. British Prime Hiram Johnson SQIH Packs Gallery When He Talks fo Senators . = BY JACK STINNETT | never leave again. Tt is a phenom- WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. — It is| {enon of that strange underground doubtful if oratory in the Senate|ina¢ operates from the capitol that (or the whole of Congress for that| s ghough there was no announce- matter) ever was at a lower ebb. |yent that he would speak, he had Gone now, by defeat at the polls,| ;o more gained his feet than floor are Sen. Harry F. Ashurst of Ari |and galleries were filled zona, last of the great smm-; A aad tongues, who could mouth round| Throughout most of his speech ‘r’h’"“v b 12 ”('f ’“’e"“"‘w"hu» supported himself by holding );)r ..}_Pm"[‘ :“b' _;n‘ ’lemj‘:' i |to the edge of his desk. His voice orris, of Nebraska, whose for-f,ua) quavered with physical weak- | Ehiic Qubkent, Wasiaipeishe l"““']mss Gone was that peculiar deliv- esfl',h 5.1 t . _|ery of rocking from one foot toi e A8 POk SR SR, e m. the other and punctuating his the Senate now with the frenzied| , ...0c by jabbing a finger at p | [l first the toe of one shoe and then the other. His speech was brief, hardly 500 words For a quarter of a century Sen- ator Johnson had been an unwaver- |ing noninterventionist. He was a | ringleader of that little group which vitriol of young Sen. Rush Holt o West Virginia. In other words, the G.A. (gallery appeal) in Congress these days is almost nil. | But one of the oratorical greats did return to the Senate floor the| other day to make what many| consider one of the greatest|yoiveq our entry into the League! :Z:‘;hessenuf 1;:;;33?;55:,; “::;SC";‘ of Nations. He had come to the Hfornta, risen i 8 lckibad which | - om0y IRl G0 gRologiee many of his friends feared he would ' (Continued on Page Two) Dimend Not Candidate, Judgeship Delegate Recommends S, BURMA ROAD T0 BE OPENED, CHIANG TOLD {U. §., BritaFGive Assur-:fl ance fo China-Prepare Hellenthal for Re- fo Hit. Japan appointment States and Britain asured Chiang| WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Alaska Kai Shek the Burma Road will be Delegate Anthony, J. Dimond, an-; reopened in order to handle suffi- nounces he has recommended the cient supplies to capture the Chi-|reappointment of Simon Hellen- nese coastal port for a main as- thal, formerly of Juneau, as Federal sault against Japan, it is learned |Judge of the Third Judicial Divi- Indications are more defined than Sion of Alaska, stating at the same ever, however, that the main deci- | time that he (Dimond) is not a sion was that the U. S. Britain|candidate for the post. and China should mount an all-out| 'Dimond said he “hoped assault against Germany before |Prayed” that Hellenthal will throwing the full power against the | reappointed. Japs there. Judge Hellenthal, Dimond further 1t is believed the Allied Com- 5aid, has served as Federal Judge mand decided that the troops train- ‘m Alaska for 12 years. His term éd in the European assault could eXpired last spring. not be spared in full scale in thel “I am pressing the reappointment and be Pacific 12%, United States Steel 50%, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages .today are Baranof Hotel. as follows: industrials 13166, rails 3218 utilities 21.12. il e e BUY WAR BONDS Clyde R. Jones, here from Ketchi- kan, is at the Baranof. Far Eastern campaign until Ger- ©f Judge Hellenthal because I feel many has surrendered uncandition.'he has been a good judge,” said ally. the Delegate. here, was redecorated and put in readiness for the ~ have been [ AFFAIRS OF GLOBE TAKEN ' UP AT CAIRO » Military Discussions In- i volved All War Fronts. | I | ! Includmg Japan | | i (By Associated Press) The United States and Great Britain have agreed as to details of a new invasion of Europe and perhaps discussed to strike from the Balkans. This is the report from good authority regarding the epic tripower conference held at Cairo | where with China, there was plrdgcd¢ unrelenting war to thrash Japan to | unconditional surrender antl tear | away the whole Empire she has won during the 50 years of conquest | There is a feeling In Cairo that big developments will come from the five-day meeting of Roosevelt, Chur- chill and Chiang Kai Shek who left Cairo last Friday for unannounced destinations after completing talks. ¥ Chiang to Chungking Chiang Kai Shek returned to Chungking yesterday, it is disclosed, apparently disposing of rumors the Generalissimo and Mrs, Chiang pro- | ceeded to Iran with Roosgvelt and |y Churchill ‘to “confer. with. Staln. Reuters reported from Lishon Tues- day that Chiang was in the party going to Iran and the Berlin radio yesterday said the four-way confer- ence was already underway at Te- heran. Minister Winston Churchill and NAZI NAVA BASES UNDER HEAVY ATTACK Pressure on Japan { For Japan, the three war leaders, Roosevelt, Churchill and Chiang promised “unrelenting pressure by sea, land and air,” and declared they will strip Japan of all her Empire . stolen in five wars, since 1894, re- ducing Japan virtually to the same ! |territorial status as before Com- modore Perry opened up on Japan in 1853. Only her home islands will remain. | Conference Global While the major decisions re- ported reached at the brilliant con- ference involved only Japan, no one questioned that the secret day and | night conferences was global rather | than strictly Far Eastern in chnr—‘ acter. Reliable sources—reporters bemgi barred from the heavily-guarded Forresses Bomb Marseille Yards-Toulon Raided —Great Damage ! BULLETIN — LONDON, Dec. he American Fifth Army has launched large scale attacks in Italy and the ground forces are supported by three destroy- ers, the Berlin radio announced today. NA\II SUB BASE LASHED ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Dec, 2.--American Fly- ing Fo ses lashed *out at the ::‘(::‘ly":o ucfifid j&‘t‘k‘xm:‘br?:::x::e proceedings—indicate the American for ‘the. first ¥ime foday, dtmultans 18nd British General Staifs, in the biggest meeting yet held, probably decided on the details of a new of- fensive against Europe as well as ‘lho details of Mediterranean .and , . 2 2 | Middle East affairs. At the meet- | | Submarine pens and naval build- }u\gs where the European affairs g facilites n Marseitle harbor % IO M FOUTUE old ok &S |attend. months and only recently neared completion 8 l d T This is the first time an attack on ‘°°“‘ ued o6 Sage. TWO) e | this target has been made by Fort- | resses of the Fifteenth Air Force but is the second in a little over one (AIRO pA(T week this theatre of war, the Ger- 'man Mediterranean naval bases, have been hit by raiders. The Toulon n.wal base was raided on November ‘Both Republlcans Demo-| crafs See Japan Defeat- ed, Put in Minor Role | 24 by big bombers and heavy dam- eously with the disclosure they also nipped the German attempt to re- float the French fleet units scuttled at the naval base at Toulon. age was caused, sinking five German naval vessels, probably sinking five | ;smaller um-x and damaging two | { merchantmen besides destruction w dry docks. The latter was disclosed ‘lod(\y after a study of reconnais- ‘suncv photographs. l PUT OVER SCOOP WASHINGTON, De¢. 2—Mem- | 0" u S pApERS bers of Congress hailed the three- i power Cairo pact as guaranteeing an integrated offensive to crush | Japan and put her in a minor role | in the New World. | | | WASHINGT()N Dec. 2-—Elmer Davis, Chief of the Office of War Information, has registered a strong | Senator Lister Hill, Alabama, protest with British Minister of In- | Democrat whip, summed up the formation Brenden Bracken regard- view point, asserting the Cairo de-| ing the premature publication of claration “means the defeat of Japan ' the Cairo conference by the Reuters and absolute determination she will News Agency after the story had not be in a position again to bring already been distributed to Am-ilho scourge of war on innocent erican newspapers for release late people.” yesterday afternoon. The foreign| The only rift in the solid applause newspapers printed the conference jover the agreement by both Repub- report yesterday and for several days | !licans and Democrats is the question forecasted the meeting. Reuters as- |of how far Chiang Kai Shek will be | serted the break was due to “spon- [nhle to bring about a settlement ofI the complex problems of the Orient. i taneous enterprise” in Lisbon. | | | | | | Britain and pressure jagainst the brutal enemy by sep, & L4 S FOUR-POINT PROGRAM IS MAPPED OUT 'Roosevelt, Chur(hlil and Chiang Kai Shek in Agreement (By Associated Press) President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Mirfister Winston Churchill and President Chiang Kai Shek of China have held a historic five-day conference in Cairo and have bound their nations in an agreement to beat Japan into un- conditional surrender and to strip her of all imperialistic gains of the last century. The three leaders have left Cairo for unannounced destina- tions, In Washington, it is assumed even ;4 more important meeting, par- ticularly on European phases of the present war, would be' held with | Joseph Stalin. A Reuters dispatch from. Lisbon, Portugal, says Roosevelt, Churchill jand Chiang Kal Shek left Cairo for Teheran, capital city of Iran, there to meet Stalin in the biggest United Nauons conference of the mlpm.' Bemn Broddonsts sald this con- ference in Teheran is already underway. 4 Secrecy—Precaution In an extraordinary atmosphere of secrecy and precaution, the three leaders of the United States, Great China, met from N6- vember 22 through Novmeber 26, ' surrounded by the highest military, supply and political advisers and departed at least three days before the news was given to the public. © The communique issued at the close of the meeting said the con- ference agreed upon a plan of mili- tary operation ‘against Japan wmqh will “bring unrelenting land and air” and drive Japan ba into her home islands. In Guarded Zone The conferences were held in a strietly guarded zone which restric- tions even yet will permit only to be described as in North Africa. Thousands of soldiers and secret agents guarded the principals. Newspapers correspondents were not permitted to see a single prin- cipal in the drama and the only news given out was by four non- ! journalistic observers. The leaders of the three powers outlined this speeific four-point pro- gram regarding Japan: Four-Point Program First Japan must disgorge all islands she has seized in the Pa- cific since the beginning of the first World War in 1914. This would in- k ! clude Marshall, Caroline and Mar- iana archipelagoes. Second~Manchuria and Formosa, the Pescadores and all other terri- tories taken from China must be restored to her. Third—Korea is to be made free and independent in “due course." Fourth—Japan must be expelled ' trom “an other territories which she has taken by violence and greed.” | This would cover all lands she has seized since Pearl Harbor, the Phil- ippiues, Wake, Guam, Hongkong, Malaya, Burma, The Netherlands | East Tndies and French Indo-China. e ARRIVE FROM SITKA Arriving yesterday from Sitka, Mrs. G. Olson and daughter are in Juneau. They are guests at the Gastineau Hotel. 9 mmg ys