The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 9, 1943, Page 1

T'HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIL, NO. 9519. —— JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1943 TED PRESS ~ MEMBER ASSOCI/ PRICE TEN CENTS == ] TURKISH BORDER IS NOW UNDER GUARD Allies Now Push to Valley Leading to R FIFTH ARMY GOES DOWN MT. SLOPES Wipe Out A]fiiypassed Enemy Pillboxes—Eight Army Is Using Tanks ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN| ALGIERS, Dec. 9. - The British troops have stormed and taken the ridge at Mount Crroce, two and one-half miles southwest of the summit of Mount Camino, pressing onward toward the Garigliano Riv- | er, one mile beyond. Allied headquarters says Clark’s Fifth Army troops are pushing down the eastern slopes of Mount Mag- giore and Mount Camino where they have breached the mountain walls to the valley leading to Rome and wiped out all by-passél enemy pockets except on the northwestern tip-of the Mount Maggiore incline | where. the small village of Rocco Devandro nestles against Mount Camino. ' 'High Ground Taken Farther to the northeast, Amer- ican troops attacked and captured (Continued on fage Two) The Washingion Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on sctive duty.) WASHINGTON—If the Army and Ndvy really want to save manpow- ér and postpone the drafting of fathers, they might take a leaf from the book of venerable Admir- al William Leahy, the President’s chief “of staff. No private guards or ‘orderlies clutter his house, as they do those of eertain other high-ranking persons. Instead, the Admiral answers the door himself. But if you approach the home of Admiral Ernest J. King, Com- mander-in-Chief of the Fleet, a guard stops you on the grounds of the Naval Observatory while an- other guard is posted in front of the Admiral’s house. At this stage of the war it is inconceivable that an enemy might molest Admiral King's home. Joke is that the armed guards are posted outside a home which the Admiral rarely occupies, for he usually sleeps on his yacht on the Potomac. These driblets of manpower are not important taken singly, but they are when you add them up. Lump together the lonely soldiers who still stand guard around the perfectly safe halls of Congress, plus the heavy battery of regular troops which supplement the regu- | lar and efficient White House guards, plus all the other sentries standing. watch around drowsy of-| fices—and you get quite a total. Jesse Jones, for instance, still requires a battery of guards to scrutinize visitors entering his Com- metce Building when there is noth- ing inside which the enemy would want—except the fish aquarium in the basement. So does Henry Mor- genthau ' require guards. Govern- ment personnel and budgets could be reduced by thousands now that the war has improved and J. Ed- gar ‘Hoover has proved there is little enemy danger from within. Pinally, if the Army reduced the number of the U. 8. troops pa- tlently marking time in Alaska, now that Kiska and Attu have been cleaned out, several extra divisions would be available. INVESTIGATE GOOD NEIGHBORS Inside fact about Senator Butler’s attack on the Good Neighbor pol- icy is that the Nebraskan was given most of his ammunition by the U. 8. Embassies in Latin America. Un- fortunate truth is that a lot of car- eer . diplomats distrust the two- 2 s s O Marines on | | | i Immediately after landing on Bou beach of Torokina, which a stral ENEMY CAPE ' GLOUCESTER IS SMASHED ! —— {Allied Air Force Dominates Many Sections in ‘ Solomons | { i | i ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN, THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Dec. | 9.—A 190-ton bombing raid on Cape | ‘Gloucester, raising to approximately 11,300 tons of explosives in weight, | have hit the ground in various sec- itions in the New Guinea and Solo- | |mons areas. | While the Cape Gloucester anti-| iaircraft positions were being de- | | stroyed, supply dumps also exploded. | All raids were made by fighter-es- i corted Mitchells and Liberators. | Aussies Extend Lines Australian soldiers, 80 mile ssouth- east of Cape Gloucester, have ex- tended their holdings more than two | miles along the Huon Peninsula, New Guinea, from which New Britain | will be invaded. On the west coast of Bougain-| | ville, invading American troops have | |extended their beachhead northeast, ‘occupylng several ridges on high |ground. These advances were made | |against slight opposition. i Heavy Raid on Gloucester ‘The new raid on Cape Gloucester was the heaviest of the series and réturning pilots said the continuous poundings have been so effective that there was no anti-aircraft fire |encountered and only machine gun fire was responsive. Enemy Barges Destroyed Several loaded enemy barges were ! discovered off Borgen Bay and these | {were sent down, destroying the sea supply line. Thunderbolt fighters proved more ithan a match for Jap interceptors over Wewak, New Guinea, and 22 | Japanese fighters were downed and | another damaged without loss to the | Allied forces. The Allied air force so complete- ly dominates the skies that only one enemy interceptor has been spotted {in more than a week in other sec- | tors. Raids on enemy airfields on Bou- | gainville have prevented the Japs from attacks against the Empress Augusta Bay beachhead. o — FROM TENAKEE SPRINGS Here from Tenakee Springs are | Mrs. Veda Hansen and her son, who are guests at the Baranof Hotel. | —————— A FROM BELLINGHAM Wallace M. Aikens and James Smith, both of Bellingham, Wlsh,l Jare guests at the Baranof Hotel. | i United States Marines began setting up guns for defense against enemy counter-attacks. are firing one of their 44 MM guns at Japs on an adjacent islet. | Japs Driven Out of "Rice| Bgugainville Go Into Action gainville Island, northernmost Japanese stronghold in the Solomons, Here Marines The gun was set in position on the nd fringe of the jungle. Ouarlermaiiér Corps - Is Setfing Tomorrow's Fashions; JustSee How BY JACK STINNETT | WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—-The‘ | Quartermaster Corps won't take |any bows on it publicly, but as sure (as there is a war today, they are RE(APTURED ‘rmmnu tomorrow’s fashions. For example, thanks to QMC the old heavy, bulky overcoat is on its way out and sometime, come peace, - lit will be replaced by the light- | weight, warm, wind-resistant, wa- | ter-repellent trench coat only be- ling sported now by Army office The Quartermaster Corps has " . around seven to ten million cu Bowl"' After HOldIng |tomers, The thing about it is, QMC . }doasn‘t set the styles; the custom- It Only Six Days {ers do. This uniform is terrible, & |say the boys in the South Pacific, CHUNGKING, Dec. 9.—The Chi- and immediately QMC goes to work nese Command has announced that on something that will make the Chinese forces have recaptured the tropics as comfortable as shorts strategically important city of(in Florida in January. Changteh in Hunan Province, which| Our feet are freezing, scream the fell to the Japs on December 3/lads in the Aleutians, and the after many days of bloody fighting. Quartermaster Corps digs in to The victorious Chinese stroke pro- | provide boots that will make the vided another decisive turn in the frigid swamps of Kiska and points fortunes of war, in the bitter battle |west as comfortable as a footpath for China’s vastly important “Rice!in Missouri. QMC has tailors, ha- Bowl,” a major prize. The loss of | berdashers, cobblers and milliners Changteh opened the prospect of working night and day to solve the an enemy drive to Changsha, the| Army’s clothing problems and if capital of the province. these experts don’t come out of it American aircraft, which played |with 1,001 new ideas for civilian ap- a strong part in the defense of meiparel, it’ll only be because they are city are said to have had a hand blind in both eyes. in its capture. During the long|{ For example, a sturdy “five-har- siege, while the Fifth and Seventh|ness” sateen (the ‘five-harness” Chinese Divisions were fighting a}hns something to do with weaves) last-ditch battle, Yankee fliers on;was first used for mountain troops, several occasions dropped food and |but now is being used for nearly all ammunition, and dispersed enemy types of uniforms. A slash in this planes trying to blast the Chinese‘material. it has been found, ends town. {there and no amount of tugging or e e |washing can spread it farther. G o p D le r |Think what that will mean in | britches for youngsters and work TR i e ua lon jclothes for dad. That's just the F S m D k ' {half of it. Plastics, new materials, mm o“ a o a |new styles are upsetting all the (usual fashion programs. What will p'edged 'o S'assenihnppen after World War II is over |is the kind of style revolution that the top notch SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota.ldreame;’ of Dec. 8.—The State delegation here is | designers never | pledged to vote for Harold Stassen,| Most of Uncle BT i A { former Minnesota Governor, for the |here spent Thanksgiving on the lgepzlb“can nomination for Presi-|jop (This is the fifth holiday this ent. . year which federal employes have Stassen’s name will be filed for the | worked full time). The reason South Dakota primary next May,|that although the President did re- according to Joseph Button, Jr.|cognize the day, he refused to is- Rapid City atigenes, sue the usual proclamation declar- ————.———— BUY WAR BONDS (Continued on Page Two) ‘SI HIGH WINDS, ' FLAMES RAGE . CALIF. AREA Hour-Flames Uncheck- | ed-Great Damage . SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9.—High winds and flames whipped through widely scattered part§ of west and {central California, and initial re- ports indicated the damage will be calculated in millions of dollars. There were no immediate lon the casualties. Fires are still unchecked in many | areas, including the exclusive but | Sparsely populated sector northeast {of Oakland across San Francisco | Bay. Fearful Havoe }; Power lines in some areas are |down, street car service hampered, |store windows blown in, trees up- {rooted, small hoats crashed up on iuw Pacific shore, many homes E?“”“’d‘ and other residences un- oofed. {7 High winds continued today un- der clear skies, and Federal Wea- {ther Forecastel' Elford who estimat- ‘ed that the velocity of the wind reached 65 miles an hour said little “lief is in sight until.tonight. . { Heavy Damage Sheriff James Long said the gale {damage in Contra Costa county may exceed a million dollars. There has been no power there since Six am., and the Power Company said it might be impossible to restore service before tomorrow. At Monterey, 90 miles south of |San Francisco, between 40 and 50 fboats including purse seiners now badly needed at the height of the (fishing sepson were tossed ashore by the hugh waves and wind. Own- lers estimated the damage might reach $750,000. LARGE FORCE OF NAZIS IN SOVIET TRAP MOSCOW, Dec. 9.—Red Army gains outflanked the strategic Dnieper bend rail center of Znam- enke, severed the important Znam- enka-Nikolave Railroad and threat- ened the encirclement of tens of | thousands of Germans concentrated on the west bank of the lower Dnieper River. Russian tank forces, spearheading the infantry columns, outflanked! Znamenka by capturing the town of | |Sharovka, 15 miles south, after a |swift 15-mile advance from Pan- |taevka, a Soviet communique said. ’ Red Army troops have also cut | the branch of the Znamenka-Niko- |laev road running eastward to the |iron and manganese center of Kri- [vol Rog, which the Germans have n tenaciously holding for weeks | Liquor Tax Upped |against repeated Russian thrusts, |'The Germans hold but one rail es- | cape route, the Znamenka line run- ! ning west to Kirovograd, and this is | threatened by yesterday’s capture of Elizavetgradk,a 13 miles northeast of Znamenka and five miles north of the Kirovograd spur. | Against these Red Army successes, troops of General Vatutin's Pirst Ukrainian Army in the Kiev bulge north of Chernyakhov are falling back before a mighty German drive, |a frontline dispatch said, which is | powered by upwards of 2,000 heavy tanks. It is the second Russian retreat in two days in this sector. A Berlin broadcast said the Ger- | |mans in 48 hours have advanced 25 | miles northeast of Zhitomir in the |Kiev bulge, and advances are also claimed by the Nazis south of Koro- sten. e - i Mrs. F. R. Horton, of Fairbanks, |is & guest at the Gastineau Hotel, | where she expects to be joined by her husband as soon as he secures passage, reports | ‘Gale Reaches 65 Miles an| | | U.S.SubSinks JapShip Sl R . Qperating in_enemy-gontrolled waters, a \'. 8. submarine sank 3 Jap, ; merchant ship—and took Pictdres of the procedure through: the peris scope. Top: The torpedo hits; center: Enemy ship stars down, bow first; below: Stern high it makes its final plunge. U S. Navy photos, FDR MAY GO 70 ENGLAND, REPORT NOW {Also Exped,G;n. Marshall fo Set Up Invasion Headquarters LONDON, Dec. 9—The London| Daily Herald said, “There is a strong feeling that President Roose- JAPS GIVE FANTASTIC WAR CLAIM Imperial Headquarfers As- serts U. S. Navy Vir- - | fually Non-existent (By Associated Press) Jap war claims, invariably highly -olored for home consumption, (‘n 5 ; A v velt might come here before Ameri- reached a fanta realm today oot lahva thids: Xiicas 4 with Imperial Headquarters asser- Can troops leave 8| ) participate in final planning for the invasion of Europe from the west.” The newspaper said further that American circles here expect Gen- eral George C .Marshall, American m‘chier of Staff to set up headquar- ters as Commander-in-Chief of the “in the next few| that Jap Naval forces have 31 Allied battle- carriers and 148 beginning of the tion sunk or damaged ships, 39 aircraft cruisers since the war in the Pacific. According to the Jap claims, t U. S. Navy, whose strength has been much in evidence in the Pa- cific recently is now virtually non-| existent. i This assertion coupled with the Allied Invasion weeks.” The German-controlled radio at | Bratislava, Slovakia, also speculat- . ing on Roosevelt’s movements, said . & " : morale boosting prediction of Pre- "y "oy posed to conter with Por-| r Tojo's thi d | r ';:::, u‘;"(;;" ..B;,;?:‘wv:malwbew‘::_}tugese statesmen before returning pered by a warning that the "wmfiw Washington, cannot be won easily,” an appeul} was made to the Jap people to be - eee ready to endure every hardship to u S S Juneau attain victory. i R At Launching To $9 Per Gallon; B | WASHINGTON, Dee. 9 The | Senate Finance Committee ratified | the House approved increase in the| peaeral nauor tax teom 0 10 50| Destroyer Escort Coates) a gallon, but whittled down other The pending tax bill changes the | 5 estimated amount of the net loss | EaS'e"I Shlpyal’ds to $112,000000 anticipated in the | e - new revenue measure. ’ QU[N('I"Y' Mass. Dec. 9. - The —_————— destroyer escort USS Coates was| ANTISEPTIC L R {lainched today at the Foreriver| NASHVILLE, Tenn., ‘m doing | Shipyards, named in honor of the| the best T can about writing,’ Pvt.! Carpenter’s mate, first class, Char- | John A. King, Jr., 28, wrote his!les Coates who went down on the dad, J. A. King, Sr, here. “There|USS Juneau in the battle of Guad- is neither peneil nor ink available|alcanal on November 13, 1942. where I am.” | Coates was commended by the| The letter was written in fodine. commander of the USS New York,! - e |Capt. Guy Davis, for ‘'shoring up"” Mrs. John Steel, of New Ply-|bulkheads when the starboard pro- mouth, Idaho, is a guest at the|Pellor was carrled away “causing Baranof Hotel, !a flood.” ome INVASION OF BALKANSNOW GREAT FEAR TurkS, NazisT’it Troops on Opposite Sides of Turkish Border STOCKHOLM, Dec. 9.—Turkey and Germany have stationed troops along opposite sides of the Turkish border facing Bulgaria and Greece and a state of emergency has been declared along the entire boundary and all traffic has been halted, re- ports from Beyn and Sofia said. The dispatches said the border measures were ordered as nervous- ness over a possible Allied invasion mounted throughout the Balkans. ‘The possibility is not being over- looked, according to the Newspaper Svenska Degbladets, of a German invasion of European Turkey in order to reach the vital Dardanelles, especially in view of re, ,rts that the Allies have promised increased assistance to Russin by way of the Dardanelles. Reports from the Southeastern Europe Information Burgau state that an emergency was declared along the border, also that large supples of weapons. 4nd hundreds of planes gre reported to have reached Turkey recently. e Reports from Berlin " said _that somwe sources there expressed the belief that talk of a Balkan inva- sion might be part of an Allied nerve war screen for even more important”operations in other thea- ters of war, TURKEY IS STILL MUM, WAR PLANS Foreign Minister in First Official Statement . Dodges Issue ANKARA, Dec. 8.—(Delayed)~ Foreign Minister Menemeneioglu Cairo with President Roosevelt and said President Inonu's conference at Prime Minister Churchill led Tur- key closer to the Allied camp, but he carefully avoided the natural inference that this meant that Tur- key is nearer to participation in the war. President Inonu is quoted as say- ing he “had rarely met so pleasant a man as President Roosevelt.” The Foreign Minister made the first authoritative statement since Inonu’s return from Cairo. While he told the newspapermen that Turkey’s foreign policy remained unchanged following the Cairo con- ference, Menemencioglu added: “Our conference was so intimate and friendly we can say our rela- tions with America and Russia are almost the same as with England," with whom Turkey has an alliance, and he continiied: “Our alliance with England em- erged from the conference consid- erably strengthened,” laying great stress on the word “considerably.” The Foreign Minister said that “five minutes after they met, In- onu and Roosevelt were like friends of 40 year's standing n iy