The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 11, 1944, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIL, NO. 9546. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1944 PRICE TEN CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS FDR PROPOSES NATIONAL SERVICE LAW all of German Bastion at Cassino Now Near PINCERS ARE HOW CLOSING ON BIG BASE Americansfivance Upii Road to Rome-Sofia Bombed at Night ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Jan. 11. — The Fifth Army pincers are closing in on the German bastion city of Cassine, 70, miles from Rome. One arm has| reached the outskirts of Cervaro, fortified village four miles southeast. | Air, land and sea activity flared all over the Italian and Balkan' fronts as night bombers returned to Sofia and pounded that Bulgarian | Capital City in a swift followup of yesterday’s daylight raid. Ships Are Sunk British destroyers sank three Ger- man schooners and damaged four' others trying to run the blockade in the vicinity of Civitanova, An- cona and San Benedetto. Mounts Are Captured i American troops, advancing up the road to Rome, threatened the German mountain defense at M¢.! Rocchio, less than three miles from Cassino while British troops com- pleted the-eapture-of Mount Pedro, U. N. Air Squadrons Make NEW ATTACK LAUNCHEDBY SOVIET ARMY Germans R;;;ofi Drive by‘ Russian Forces on Peninsula By Associated Press Russian spearheads, steadily bringing the war nearer to Ruman- ia, drove toward the vital Odessa- Warsaw Railway, and advance scouts felt out the Eastern bank of the southern Bug River after cap- turing the long stretch of land southeast of Zhmerinka, junction HEAVY BLOW SMASHED ON MADANG BASE Sweep from Solomons fo Dutch Celebes ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD- QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, Jan. 11.—Air squadrons have roam- ed the sky from Dutch Celebes, far north of Australia, to the Solomons to deliver heavy bomb loads on Japanese bases and barge supply {routes, the high command an- | nounces. Liberty Ship Bears Nameof John W. Troy, Former Gov. of Alaska. PORTLAND, Jan. 11.—A Liberty ship has been named for John W. Troy, the late Governor of Alaska and editor and publisher of the Daily Alaska Empire. The John W. Troy was christened |by Nancy Merki, who overcame in- 1mmh= paralysis to become one of BOB AND KLOND IKE_Bob Burns swaps stories with ‘Alaska’s famed “Klondike Kate” after a radio show. Now 62-, year-old Mrs. John Matson of Bend, Ore., “Klondike Kate” went i Dawson in 1900 as a dance hall entertainer, made a fortune. Amerlcan Bombers Have | The biggest smash was made at | Madang, supply air the northeast coast of New Guinea | where 168 tons of explosives were |laid. There is a big airdrome at {Madang and it is a main outer de- ~|fense outpost of the Japs. The | blows should materially aid the Am- |erican Army invasion force at Sai- |dor, 59 miles south of Madang. | American Liberators soared 750 base area on| of the main railway line. | To the rear the Second Army un- | der General Konev fought to with- |in 18 miles of the Dnieper bend rail town of Smela, after wiping out 8,000 Nazis they encircled north of | Kirovograd. The German High Command de- clared the Soviets have launched a new attack from their bridgehead north of Kerch in the Crimea, and | ing All Axis Strongholds for Weeks (Continued on Page Five) | . The Washlngton Merry - Go- Round By DREW P’EARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON—The question of food for Russia has caused many a dramatic scene in the offices of the Food Distribution Administration. Officials work in complete harmony, but not always in complete under- standing. One thing U. S. officials could not understand was why the Russians wanted lump sugar. A request came through from Moscow for 380,000 tons of sugar, and U. S. officials began to figure where they could get it. It was quite a job, but fi- nally they decided they could fill the order. Then they ran into the odd angle that the Soviets wanted 80 percent of the total to be lump or cube| sugar. “Oh, come now,” said U. S. of- ficials to Russian representatives in Washington. “We have found the British to be choosey now and then, with their requests for pork in certain loin cuts of certain weight, but this is worse than the Britisch. Why lump sugar?” The Russians said, “It is for the Red Army.” “Yes, but isn’t granulated sugar just as good?” “It is a cable from Moscow ” said the Russians, and- that was that. “We'll do what we can,” said Food Distribution, and promptly sent a cable to the U. S. Embassy in Mos- cow, asking why the dickens the Russian soldiers needed lump sugar. The explanation came back by re- turn ecable. The Russians, fighting _in cold weather, warm themselves by drinking tea several times a day. They take it piping hot, and they have the habit of putting a lump of stgar’ between their teeth, and sucking the tea through the sugar. It's an old Russian custom, and U. 8. officials concluded that, if Jump sugar would make the Red Army fight better, they should have it. NO OLEO FOR RUSSIA Another subject of debate was butter. Soviet food experts in Washington requested tremendous quantities of butter, at a time when U. S.*supplies were tight. Food Distribution tried to peraunde them that oleomargarine was just as good—with high caloric and nu- tritive values. Futhermore, it could be had for 17 cents a pound, as against 50 cents for butter—and the (Continued on Page Four) | | 1TALY, Jan. | AMERICAN BOMBER BASE IN 11.—American heavy | bombers have been tearing at Axis | strongholds in Europe, Balkans from i |new Italian bases for weeks. This may now be disclosed as the ‘.slnge has been set for shuttle at- i |tacks on Hitler's fortress from Bri- i TlTLED — Various service nnul have bestowed 68 titles during a three-month period on Actress Gloria DeHaven (above), (This picture is run for the bene- fit of Jack Fletcher, Editor of Rotary’s Windjammer). CHICAGO IS CONVENTION CITY OF GOP Nominaiion_t;f Presiden- | ial, Vice-Presidenfial Candidates in June CHICAGO, 111, Jan. 11.—-The Re- publicans have decided to nominate Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates at a convention to be held in this city beginning June 26. The selection of the convention city and time has been made by )| the GOP National Committee which also adopted a resolution urging enactment of Federal and State laws to facilitate absentee voting by members of the armed forces. — .- —— NOW MADE IN INDIA NEW DELHI. — More than 300 items of drugs and dressings for- merly imported are now manufac- tured in India. tain to Italy. i | The movements of heavy forces from Africa to Italy was a natural| consequence to the invasion of Italy | but arrival of bombers have not | been announced earlier for security | reasons. e ' MOSCOW FIRM ON QUESTION OF BOUNDARIES EReaHirmfi)esire for | Sirong, Independent | Poland fo Be Built LONDON, Jan. 11.—A clear warn- | ing that the Russians will not yleld the Ukrainian White Russian ter- | ritories incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1939 came from the Soviet | government, which, at the same time | reaffirmed the desire for a strong ; independent Poland to:be rebuilt in | the areas wrested from Germany | and assuring her an outlet to the Baltic Sea. { In an official declaration broad- cast on the Moscow radio, the Rus- sians offered the “Curzon Line” of 1919 as a possible basis of a new Russian-Polish border. This would leave the Soviet Union in possession of all but 3,800 square miles of the | Polish territory the Red Army occu- pied under the 1939 Soviet-German partition of Poland. | The Soviet declaration asserting | that Russia is striving “towards the o establishment of friendship between the Soviet Union and Poland on the basis of solid, good neighborly rela- tions and mutual respect” also sug- gested that Poland could join the ‘Savlet Union and Czechoslovakla in |a bulwark against the Germans by becoming a party to the Soviet- |Czech mutual assistance pact re- cently signed at Moscow. The broadcast used strong lan- guage in referring to the Polish Gov- ernment in Exile in London, assert- {ing the “emigre Polish government { has shown itself incapable of estab- lishing friendly relations with the Soviet Union.” There is a wide but unconfirmed { belief that the Moscow declaration was known in advance by the Brit- ish and American governments. ———,-—— —— BUY WAR BONDS | RAIDERS HIT {miles northwest of Darwin, Aus- tralia, to drop 25 tons of bombs on the important enemy base at Ken- dair on the east coast of Celebes |Island. Unescorted bombers met heavy anti-aircraft fire, but down- led six and probably four more |Zeros. One American bomber fuil=inside old Poland. led to return. The First Ukraine Army hourly | There is Ittle change in the| increased their threat of severing |ground sivuation at Cape Glouces- | Ithe Odessa-Warsaw Railway. This |ter, New Britain, where Amencx\n\woul&l be a disaster for the Ger- Marine patrols are operating. Am- mans and would throw them bnck erican casualties, including wound- upnn Rumania for supplies and the | ed, since the Cape Gloucester hnd- use of railways and highways, and ing on December 26 is less than 15 would put the biggest burden yet percent of the 2,000 Japanese killed.| on that satellite nation. The spokesman said United smu-h{ The danger {naval units have spread destruction |the Smela Gap also mounted stead- |among Japanese barges caught off u {the New Guinea coast, sinking or| destroying eleven large barges, seven of which were loaded with troops| —_—————— jand supplies. The action occurred| during the night. No ground action is reported from | the Saidor area, where the Am~ {ericans have been expanding the | [beachhe.ld holdmgs | | AT TONYO w“*e::;::d'_lf:::: 1S CAPTURED the fighting is still continuing. There is no Russian confirmation of the new offensive. Berlin also said that fighting raged all day yesterday for the pos- fic Air Attacks LONDON, - Jan. 11.—Prefects of ments are reported by the Vichy |radio to have met in Paris to dis- Adm w Halsey warns:cuss “possible evacuation of th Agains' Any Pea(e U"fil French channel coast, particularly Troops Enfer Jap Cify |sttacks The radio broadcast announced WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, — Ad.!the evacuation of the country dis- miral W. Halsey reporting the Jgpa.llrklu in the Somme have already | nese fleet is seriously crippled, de- |been ordered. clared “we must keep on pressing| The Somme district is south of and hitting the Japs continuously” |the so-called ‘“rocket coast” which until Tokyo is occupied. !hu been taking a terrific blasnng‘ The Commander of the Naval|recently by both American and\ peace until the Allied troops reach | ers at a conference: “There is only | NEW YORK, Jan. 11. — Closing let anyone stop us until we get It, ns Anaconda 25'%, Bethlehem Steel r 7! York Central 16%, Northern Pacific Forces of the South Pacific urged | British planes. the people to refuse to accept any | — Tokyo. | ou 'A l "s Admiral Halsey told the report- | s'om o To one definite place that has §ot to be | taken and that place is Toyko. Don't S;zttm a;t ‘SM‘::“ A‘:I‘)‘;‘i(‘?:n "g:: sl %, Curtiss Wright 6, International Harveste: Kennecott 31%, New 137%, United States Steel 53%, Pound sflu. Jones averages today are as Iollovn Industrials, 138.47; rails, |35, 12 utilities, 24.54. PRICES MONDAY Closing quotation of Alaska Ju- |neau mine stock Monday was 6%, DuRl"G NIGH | American Can 847%, Anaconda 25%, | Bethlehem Steel 58%, Curtiss LONDON, Jan. 11—Berlin was Wright 6, International Harvester again raided last night and fires 71%, Kennecott 31'%, New York Cen~ were started, the flames being seen |tral 16%, Northern Pacific 13%, for a distance of 60 miles, according United States Steel 527, Pound to returning pilots. Interception |§4.04. was beaten down, although much\ Dow, Jones averages Monday were flak is reported from anti-aircraft |as follows: Industrials, 137.80; rails, fire. 34.82; utilities, 22.33. session of Sarny, rail city 35 miles | to the Germans in| the area now subjected to heavy air | Lois Berney of Fallon, Nev., two paratroopers. [ i {the French Channel Coast Depart-| By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 “I'm just on my annual trip to the east; there’s nothing particularly political about ‘it,” said genial Alf M. Lan-| don, former Republican Presidential | nominee and one-tine Kansas Gov- ernor, as he plumped down his bags in the Mayflower Hotel. The next' day he was guest of| honor at a Capitol luncheon given by Sen. Arthur Capper (R.- Kans.) and that night was guest speaker at the, 78th Congressional Club (freshmen GOPs.) ‘The next even- ing Republican National Chairman Harrison E. Spangler tossed a party for him. Also on the non-political calendar was a dinner by E. F. Colladay, the Republican National Committeeman from the voteless District of Columbia At most of the parties, off the record and on, the man who came in second in 1936 blasted away at| the proposal that both parties adopt the same foreign policy plank at their 1944 convention, and so far ag foreign policy is concerned (and only that far) eliminate politics from the coming campaign. On one occasion, Landon said: “Candidate Roosevelt doesn't stand still long enough to let Republicans know what his foreign poliey is.” And Sen. Arthur A. Vandenberg, (R.-Mich.) chose one of the ex- candidate’s dinner parties to an- nounce in an interview that he was formerly secretary to Harry Hopkins | in the White House, is shown trying to find her way about Naples with Lois is in Naples doing war work for the American Red Cross. The paratroopers are Private Walter Hankins (left), Bandy, Va., and Private Nathan Schuster of Long Beach, Cal. AII Landon Is Just | "Touring" But Maybe He is Aiming Highe PRESIDENT HASP OFFIVEPOINTS Annual Me_ss;ge Recom- | mends Services for Ev- ery Man and Woman " MOVE IS ESSENTIAL FOR WINNING OF WAR | Roosevelt Says Millions of Americans Not Yet in This War WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—A five- point program, headed by enactment of a National Service Law, was today recommended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in.a message to Con- gress. The President proposes a National Service Act for the duration to “pre- vent strikes” and with some excep- tions “make available for war pro- | duction or any other essential serv- ices, every able-bodied adult in this nation.” i Four Recommendations The other four ts in the Presi- dmt'smmam:‘uw,fi- following : y “A realistic tax law. “Continuation of the law per- mitling of nnqmthn of war contracts. “Cost of food law. “Reenactment of the Economic Stabilization Act which expires next June 30." National Service Nercecsary. | President Roosevelt In his messagq aid he is convinced uhe ivauUisal Service Act is necessary and de- | clared: “Although I am convinced we and our Allies can win the war | without such a measure, I am cer- | tain nothing less than a total mob- ilization of manpower, capital and n-sources guarantee an earlier vic- | HHV Supporting his argument for a {National Service Act, the President sald there are millions of Americans who are “not in this war at all.” The act, the President further 'says, will be the means by which levery man and woman could make ( the fullest contribution to victory. “Realistic Tax Law” President Roosevelt described the | “Realistic Tax Law” as the first | point on his legislative list, as one | which will tax all unreasonable | profits, both individual and cor- | porate and reduce the ultimate cost |of the war. The Revenue Bill now before Congress, the President said, ! which will yleld only about one-fifth of what the Administration séeks, does not start to meet this test. calling the Republican Postwar fi:;":"r::““wm e, President said he re) Policy Committee together in recent conferences at -Oairo: and early spring to draft recommenda- meheran as involving no “secret,” tions for the party's 1944 toreizn‘polmenl or financial committments policy plank and that he hoped to but were almed solely at winning avold turning “any agreement be- ! the war and laying the groundwork tween the two parties into a 1pecmc (Continued on Puze ‘l"o)- RECEPTION OFPROPOSAL MOST CO0L the nation's ace girl swimmers. The Liberty ship, a 10,000-tonner, was the 319th from the Henry J Kaiser's Oregon Shipbuilding Cor- | poration and will be commissioned to the Alaska Steamship Company, pioneel steamship line of Alaska. Nevada Girl Aidingin Naples i L | straight-jacket.” From here, Landon went on m his closed session with political party leaders in New York, While Alf Landon hasn't bel.'n mentioned at all as a possible can- | didate for the '44 nomination and there shouldn’t be read into this column any thought that he might| be, he still is an important figure on the political horizon. He repre- sents an uncompromising cligue in the party which will have no truck with the New Deal, whether on war, postwar, or domestic policies. | WASHING‘I‘ON. Jan. 11. — The | President’s proposal for National Members of the Netherlands Em- Service legislation, made today in bassy staff will tell you this.story, his annual message, met generally to prove that the starving Dutch ' with a cool reception by Congress. at home haven't lost their sense of | Senator Johnson of the Senate humor under the crush of the Nazi Military Affairs Committee predict- heel led that such a measure “could One Dutch housewife, it seems, never get out of the committee.” suggested the following' recipe for| Chairman May of the House & “fint rate meal | Committee told reporters that *T “Take your meat ration card, roll! have never been hot for it and I it In your flour coupons and put.‘nm not hot for it now.” both inside your fat card. Broil i Chairman MeNutt of the War on your coal card to a gentle brown. YL Next take your potaw card and W';:lh:"n:o::r m::m‘; ::d' mi ' answer.” " (Continued on Page