The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 10, 1944, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIL, NO. 9545. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ——————ry YANKS BATTER AHEAD ON ITALIAN FRONT Marines Make New Attack at Borgen Bay l NO. 1 WAR MA OFF TO WORK: 200 NIPPONS ARE KILLED; HILL IS TAKEN Dive Bomb;r:Ai'ack Cape St. George—Rabaul's System Bombed ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD- QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, Jan. 10.—The United States Marines on New Britain Island have reor- ganized and resumed the attack on the Japanese around Bergen Bay east of Cape Gloucester, while bombers and fighters of the South Pacific command raided enemy in- stallations and met stiff intercep- tion at Cape St. George at the southern tip of New Ireland. Fighting at Borgen Bay was re- sumed last Fyiday, the spokesman for Gen. Douglas MacArthur said, but late reports of the battle are lacking. | The Marines are known to be attacking southward from Silimat Point, reached hijll 66 and killed 200 Japs. | Torpedo dive bombers of the Al- lies in Solomon bases staged a mid- day attack on Cape St. George last Friday, causing fires and stirring | (Continued on Page Two) | ‘The Washington: Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen oo active duty.) EVERY MORNING when Mrs. Eleanor Hardy, 37, Detroit, leaves home for her wartime job in the Packard Motor Car plant, quite a little crowd gathers to see her off, And they’re all hers—all 14 of them— ranging in ages from five months to 18 years. Their father is also a | | \war worker. Grandma stays home with the children. _(International) Noel Coward Wants To Come fo Alaska, Vi:il Men, Aleutians TO RETURN ovERSEAS than what happened the other Inight at Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mec- So l D I E R S [Le:m's big dinner party for Grace | Moore and Noel Coward. On the right and left of Miss |Moore sat Supreme Court Justice William O. Dguglas and Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley. On | the right and left of charmer Cow- ard sat Mrs. Paul V. McNutt and Mrs. Ernest Gruening, wife of the Governor of Alaska. When it was all over, a breath- s young woman reporter rushed up to Mrs. Gruening and Mrs. Mc- Nutt. WASHINGTON — You can write it down as definite that one of the big unpublicized things sure to re- sult from the Teheran conference will be a series of free ports all over the world to expedite free trade in the future. This is in accord with Secretary Cordell Hull's long-cherished free- trade policies and was one of the trump cards Roosevelt had up his sleeve to play at Teheran, calcul- ated to please land-locked Russia. Qut of the Teheran conference is suré toicome a free port at Istan- bul and free access through the Dardanelles to the Black Sea. This is of vital importance to Russia, | always nervous over being cut off | from the Mediterranean. You are probably sure to see an- other free port at Basra, the harbor | at the head of the Persian Gulf. This is another potential outlet to the sea for Russia. For a century, however, Russia was blocked by the British, who dreaded the idea of Russia reaching down toward the Indian Ocean and India. For years Russia has stretched out to find an outlet to the sea. This was behind construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and de- velopment of Vladivostok. It was also behind the Russian conquest of Manchuria and the subscquent! Russo-Japanese War. It was also| ojaska and Caribbean areas for a. cause of the Crimean War be-| y, years of overseas service, to be tween Britain and Russia. Finally!yeturned to the United States. B e behind Russias attack on| genator Robert R. Reynolds, AR, % Chairman of the Senate Militar: 1f the Big Three settled this age-!A“a“.s Committee, made the an. old problem at Teheran, as the nouncement, and also said the ro- diplomatic grapevine reports, it will | tation outlook for other areas in- Undaunted, the young woman go a long way toward eliminating ciyded North Africa. \hurried around to see Senator one important contributor to War. | pjans have been instituted to re- Barkley and Justice Douglas. NOTE—Free access to the Dar- tyyn monthly a limited number of “What did you and Miss Moore danelles is reported one of the most ' men more than 18 months in over-' {alk about?” she asked. Well—er, important questions discussed by seas service in the South and !N answer came, we don't quite re- FDR and Churchill with President gouthwest Pacific. It is anticipated member. Wev didn’t talk much about Ismet Inonu. Turkey is expected (hat present difficulties in return- fauch. Tefu. We. £ e, We. opn't to get some territorial compensa-'ing men irom these theatres of op- tPink of anything specific, but Miss tion for freeing the Dardanelles. A‘“-an will be overcome by the Moore was really most charming, free port at Hong Kong was also spring of 1944 and the system will 84y, Pleasant, and interesting. reported discussed at Cairo, but pe put in effect to return a certain As a matter of fact, Mr. Coward’s Churchill refused to turn it back t0 number of them to the United Principal contribution from a rep- the Chinese. States. ortorial standpoint was that he et } The rotation of air crew person- would like to follow up his immed- DOCTORS IN TROUBLE inel overseas in all theatres has been iate Mediterranean tour of enter- It h_aan't leaked out, but the S‘aidv'hmbhshm and is functioning sat- tainment for soldiers with a junket dignified American Medical Assoc- jsfactorily, said Reynolds. the men in Iceland. Miss Moore's iation has just escaped another in- AR N dictment by th i e WiT e Gopen | WITH ELLIS AIR Hugh Ramsdell, with Ellis AIr chief concern w " - | Transport at Ketchikan, registered MPEPXBAS ARGLIOWA far 1ivs at the Baranof over the week-end. (Continued on Page Two) { By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Not for |a while at least has there been any | better illustration of the difficulties which beset Washington réporters Rofation Sy@n Establish- ed by Army-Alaska, - | Caribbean Favored WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. — The War Department has adopted a| troop rotation policy “which should assure” by mid-1944 all soldiers in | The answer was something like this: Well—er—really we don't re- member. It wall all most entertain- |ing, really, and Mr. Coward is quite charming, but we can’t think of any Y [direct quotes. |the boys have had far less atten- tion from entertainers than have It came as an aftermath of the (Conunued on Page Four) SOVIETARMY 'NEAR SARNY, - OLD POLAND | General Vatulin's Spear- heads Are Within 15 Miles of Bug River MOSCOW, Jan. 10—Spearheads of General Vatutin's First Ukrain- ian Army plunged to within 15 }mi]ps of the Bug River, and neared Vinnitsa, rail city on the Bug serv- ing as the main control point for | German communications with the | Dnieper bend i Other Vatutin units, slashing jsouthward, sent deeper one jaw of | |a possible \trap for thousands of | |Germans in the Smala gap, Nazi| {held zone to the rear and extend-| jh\g eastward to the Dnieper River.| | This southward drive is pushing ‘o — ot St oty 2 COFIA 1S HIT | Universal BYBOMBERS Service ls TODAYNOON GreatNeed ) | e Format ion;Aof Forfresses | Confiress Urged fo Enact v BORN AND TRAINED for a career on either stage or screen, lovely Rhonda Fleming finally is getting her chance. -Rhonda’s mother, Effie Graham, ended her career at the height of her success as a slage singer to marry and raisc a family. Rhonda will be seen first in “Since You Went Away." (International) | { | i {Japs RetaliiaIeAby Swoop- ! ing Down on American . Held Island of Tarawa | PEARL HARBOR, Jan. BORN, TRAINED FOR FILM CAREER, SHE GETS CHANCE. 10.—The; —IDEFENSES OF GERMANS ARE NOW ENTERED | Fifth Army fifilges Deep- er Info Cassino Area— British on Bridgehead A LLIED HEADQUARTERS IN | ALGIERS, Jan. 10. — The Fifth |Army forces hit deeper into the |tough defense belt at Cassino, the | American Doughboys plunging for- |ward in a two mile advance north- |west of Cagsino and the British {crossing the Peccla River, firmly | holding = the bridgehead southwest {of the town. | In the thrust from Mount Maio, ithe ¥Yanks battered their way ;mmu‘ strong oppositioh and cap- ‘luml the 3,500 foot peak of Catena | Wecchio, overlooking the road to I fallen San Vittore to Cassino. | Despite intense artillery fire the British clung to the bridgehead when they forged across the Peccia |River at the west of Mount Mag- !xiore. near the western end of the {10-mile offensive front of Clark’s | Fifth Army. | Clark’s troops have also occupled other heights preparatory to the assault directly on the Cassino road. Still further south occupation of 'mwfim Porthia by mopping up the surviv- ling Germans entrenched in the mountains on the western slopes jafter tanks entered actively in the (aS‘ ai 6 P' M |push. The Americans are thus over- #: 'looking the village of Cercaro, four WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, — Presi- 'miles due east of Cassino, both from dent Roosevelt, on the advice of his the north and south. } personal physician, will send his an- | Deep snow in the mountainous | nual message to Congress at noon sectors on the Eighth Army front tomorrow rather than deliver it In|yegtricted fighting to patrol activ- person, but he will Rroadcast & 4 ang v shortened version of the message to ! 4 HoRyy AFAllewy. a2 Moty 1 XC| the country at 6 o'clock tomorrow | Fo ExEHAngn. g e — night (PWT). | Roosevelt arranged a late after- | " » noon conference today with Con- | R e p u bl l(ans Gel in Line gressional leaders after the formal- | For Campaign ties at noon of the resumption of the | CHICAGO, Jan. 10.—The Mack- ROOSEVELT T SEND MESSAGE 10 CONGRESS Will Nof Be Able fo Read It But Will Give Broad: seventy-eighth Congress session. | The President is expected to dis-| cuss with the Congressional leaders | the business ahead at this session | which is confronted with a pair, of | legislative deadlines and a number | jof other provacative issues. | | Still shaking off the vestiges of | | his illness, which White House of- ficials described as influenza, the ! ;11:1e:::iex&a;ec;;‘:‘i):ial:n.e:‘:;e?»mgnlsdn“ declaration is the “only con- | By February 17 Congress must de- | Cfete and comprehensive” statement | cide what to do about food subsidies |CONCerning the American foreign land by March a decision must be Policy by leaders of any party, | reached on Social Security payroll chairman Harrison E. Spangler, of | tax rates, now frozen by emergency /the Republican National Committee | legislation to a level of one percent. [sail today in an address at the Sl BIEBR Rt B conference held by national com- ,mitteemen and state chairmen. | Spangler asserted the Mackinac :declanunn, which stated the U. 8. jmust assume full responsibility of | world affairs and cooperate with jother nations in securing world MORE JAP { “What did Mr. Coward say?” she asked. “What did you talk about?” | | | Seventh Army Air Force dive bomb- ers raided Mili atoll in the Marshall | Islands last Friday and the Jap-| lanese immediately retaliated by at-| |tacking Tarawa, in the Ameri held Gilberts, Admiral Chester ' Nimitz announ | “The Japanese did no damage at| |Tarawa. The attack on Tarawa| 'was made as usual at night. No' SHIPS ARE SENT DOWN WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Sub- n-| w.| s | peace “made possible the adoption of the non partisan Connally reso- {lution and we see its influence: in |terms orranged by Secretary of | State Cordell Hull at the Moscow | conference and up to this time the preseut Administration has not of- fered to the people any such declar- ation.” disclosure of the damage at Mili, where 'the Japs presumably have an airbase, is announced, but the dive | bombers, in hitting their targets, Isaid the Japs offered no aerial op- important Odessa-Warsaw Railway. way in this country to counter Ger landing west of Ochakov on . the @ssault in two months on the Ger- —. Artificial Respiration Fails Plans for Methodical Re-| jadmitted to Swedish newsmen their he resided with his wife Sofit, since position The Bug River is a natural defense; line on the eastern border of Trans- nistra, Soviet area awarded to Ru- man propaganda strikes and evi dence of war weariness in the Black Sea, between the mouth of | man controlled city | United States. the Dnieper and the naval base| Today's raid was a close follow up of Odessa, but were thrown back. |Of yesterday's raids when Fortresses freat Knocked Out by Tiny Republic Russ Offensive copverin sun 10— ntams Smetona, Lithuania's exiled Presi- STOCKHOLM, Jan. 10.—The gent. who successfully - withstood armies were fleeing “during one of | 1942, (the decisive hours of the y/ar." in. Others who fled safely from the {a desperate battle upon which “the flames were Julius Smetona, 31, his Inside Old Poland Sweep Over Capital Legislation — Expect (mania by the Germans. Drive On Rail Center “Prompt institution of the uni- . al service,” the Journal' added, No Russian confirmation is re-|hit and suveu:l‘_v damaged rx\}l cen- ported of the landing but it mightters near Sofia and hit German German Army’s westward flight| German diplomatic pressure, only jacross the Russian Ukraine couldto flee from Russia’s occupation of |cutcome of the whole war depends.” son ;Burita, 31, his daughter-in- e |law, and two grandchildren Above Korovograd farther north, City of Bulgaria Recommendation 3 Other units have pushed through T absolutely needed, and we shall be a flanking assault to bottle up|troops and supply center in Yugo- |almost be described as chaotic, be-|the tiny republic, died from suffo- - e [FIVE ARE INDICTED | FOR CONSPIRACY . TO EVADE DRAFT 'DERAILED FREIGHT marines' raiding enemy shipping lanes sunk 10 more Jap vessels, the Spangler challenged the Presi- Navy announces in a communique 9€nt’s attempt to label the Demo- and names one large tanker, a large Crats as the “Win War Party” con- freighter, medium sized transport, tending that “today this country five medium sized freighters and s Republican rather than Demo- [two small freighters, all nmot prey- cratic and our Army and Navy is iously announced. neither Republican nor Democratic The freighter ships sent down but they are Americans and the were types used in moving badly Win War slogan-belongs to all of needed materials to Jap garrisons us.” ithroughout the Pacific area and The chairman told the newsmen |brought to 546 the number of Jap at a conference yesterday that there |ships sunk, probably sunk or dam- is an informal sampling of senti- laged, and to 396 the number of ment among some members of four ships known to have been sunk. battalions of American soldiers in to Alaska and the Aleutians, where| i yard worker’s domitory. (CARS START BLAZE | the Soviets are within five miles of | Sarny, 35 miles inside old Polnnd.’ Vatutin's western advance guards| have seized Zhornishche, 15 miles from the bend of the Bug River.| Zhornishche is 30 miles wulheust; Schastlivaya, 19 miles east of Vin-| ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN| WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. — The |nitsa, itself threatened by cutti | ALGIERS, Jan. 10—A heavy force|Army and Navy Journal said it ex- lof the most important: east-west Of American Fortresses bombed pected that Pl'x"sl(lfllt‘Rf}u.x;'vt“n will | railway left to the Germans in the |Sofia, Capital City of Bulgaria, a ecommend 1o Congress s waes | Ukraine packed formation sweeping over the | legislation h:;imu“:llgl “’?“"t‘:" (::;;' | 3 | The German Command has an-|city about noon today. e 4 rely upon Congress to enact it with- jout delay.” the Germans in the Dnieper bend.|slavia and Rumania | A - i Berlin reported local fighting| Pola, shipping supply port on the west of Sarny in Old Poland and! Yugoslav front, used by the Cer- declared that Russian attacks west Mans, was also heavily bombed. |of Berdichev were frustrated. b e T R ! FuIGHT Now Exiled Head ATTACKED BY : \ f F " VI L] ‘ ire Vidim | g % | cause the_ high command’s plan r""}catlan yesterday in a fire at his a methodical retreat went awry. |jesidence. { The Red Army struck suddenly| Artificial respiration failed to re-| land sv_zmly in numerous offensives. yjye the 69-year-old man. He Berlin correspondents said the sought to recover a fur coat from CRMIIORY FIRE] SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10.—De- irailing of freight cars on the water- RICHMOND, Calif, Jan. 10—At|front led to a fire and subsequent least seven men, all negroes, were explosions of fuel oil causing dam- killed and several were injured|age, Police Officer William Cavan- when fire today destroyed a ship- augh estimated at $100,000, mostly of Vimnitsa and 33 mi'»s from the vice, nounced the Soviets attempted a| This is the fifth heavy bomber | ! . German military spokesman gravely the attic of the apartment where at a power plant, - NEW YORK, Jan. 10—Gert Hans von Gontard, 37, identified by Fed- | eral officials as the grandson of| the late Adolphus Busch, St. Louis| Robert Sheldon, Director for the \brewer, was indicted today with| Unemployment Compensation Com- {four others on charges of conspiring mission, left by PAA plane for Fair- ito violate the Selective Service Law. banks where he will spend a few j - eee— |days in connection with business SHELDON TO FAIRBANKS BUY WAR BONDS " matters. {England that leads him to conclude |that about 50 or 60 percent of them !favored the Republicans in the }w« Presidential Campaign. Selection of a convention city will ibe decided at this meeting. ———————— Bond Premier, Jan. 18. A bond 1for every seat. adv. o