The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 12, 1944, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIL, NO. 9547. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1944 _PRICE TEN CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS GREAT AIR BATTLE FOUGHT QVER BERLIN One-Two Blow Struck, Greek Port of Piraeus HEAVY RAID | ON BALKANS BYDAYLIGHT Nazis Adaita They Are Thrown Out of Cerva- roon Road fo Rome ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Jan. 12.—Allied bombers, striking another day and night doubleheader blow at the Balkans, battered Piraeus port at Athens, Greece, with a heavy force yester- day, while on the ground the Fifth Army seized more high ground in Italy. A German communique picked up here, said the Nazis were thrown out of Cervaro, fortified village four miles east and southeast of Cas- sino on the Rome road after hard fighting, and also lost the moun- tain top to the northeast of Cer- varo, the last village outpost guard- Heqded Overseas’ i BLONDE Madeleine Carroll, screen star, will soon be traveling overseas for the Red Cross, where she will ‘of GERMANS IN ' GREATPERIL, - SMELA AREA Furious Tank Charges by Nazis Beaten Back by Guerrilla Units BULLETIN — LONDON, Jan. 12.—Russian troops of the First Ukraine Army have captured Sarny, Stalin announced to- night, stating the fortified rail- way junction, 35 miles within old Poland, was seized after an assault over the Sluch River. Stalin’s Order of the Day de- clared Sarny “is an important strong point in the German de- fenses. The junction was taken as the result of a terrific as- sauit, 14; Rollande, 13; Raymond, 12; AUSSIES IN MOSCOW, Jan. 12—In the face German counter-attacks, the Russians kept up their advance in western Ukraine north and the |south of Sarny, where the Red ing Cassino, powerful Nazi strong- specialize in hospital recreation hold blocking the road to Rome. work in convalescent wards. Before Allied troops closed in on the vil- leaving she will take her Red Cross lage from the south and northeast. basic training course in Washing- The one-two punch against Pir- ‘°,n' D.C. (International) aeus was delivered by “a consider- able force” of Fortresses by day DEwEv (AN followed by RAF Wellingtons swoop- (Continued on Page Six) —— - The Washingtonj Merry-Go-Rowad |5 OPINION New York Governor Says He Is Nof Presidential Candidate, However ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 12.—Belief that Thomas E. Dewey will consent to be drafted as a Republican can- didate for the President mounted By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) — Distinguished 71-year-old Senator Dave Walsh | of Massachusetts has appointed himself a committee of one to pro- tect the purity of American woman- hood. The Navy Department wants to send WAVES overseas, but Walsh, as chairman of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, says, “American women must not be sub- jected to the evil influences of ser- vice abroad.” The Navy wants WAVES overseas 3 because of the manpower problem. the nomination. As things stand now, the Navy is Twenty one reporters shot ques- obliged to use men for clerical work tions at Gov. Dewey for more than WASHINGTON ate himself from consideration for ;Anny is pushing westward after |z:uLtmg the north and south rail-| road through the Pripet Marshes Ilo points seven miles to the north and south of Sarny. The Russians jare just 75 miles short of being | naifway between Kiev and Warsaw. | (The dispatch suggested the Rus- |sians are plunging through old Po- {land, by-passing Sarny, 35 miles in- |side the old frontier. Besides the |troops north and south of the City, yother Russians were last reported 1‘(ivc miles east of Sarny). ! Violent Battling Red Star, the official army news- aper said: “On many sectors of-, fensive battles are assuming a more | !viclent character, as the enemy Ihas introduced new units to com-| | plete his defeated infantry and tank ! divisions.” | Other Russian columns are ad- vancing toward Rumania and have |increased the threat to the Odessa- !Warsaw Railroad in the upper | Dnieper bend sector. The Germans, |by hard fighting and heavy lo jare still holding open the narrow ed between the First and Second | Ukrainian Armies. | Nazi Peril Increases | No Russian report has suggested | ‘BIGADVANCE ON NIPPONS Are Battling Japs on Huon Peninsula with Mortars, Arfillery and Tanks ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD- QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, Jan. 12.—Australians, using morta artillery and tanl against strong Japanese rearguards, have advanced across the Buri River on Huon Peninsula on the coast of New Guinea, in a push toward the Amer: ican invasion troops at Saidor. The Ja) se staged a deter- mined resistance with machine guns and mortars but the Aussies trump- ed with tanks to take the best the enemy could offer and drove the today after his failure to answer &|escape corridor from the Smela and|we) entrenched Japanese from the direct question that would elimin-|Kanev area, where they are squeez- | fio]q The Australian advance narrowed the Marines fighting on Cape Glou- cester, New Britain and almost di- at many overseas bases nowhere an hour who repeatedly said hels German withdrawal, although the jectly eastward across Vitiaz Strait near war zones. |is not a “candidate” for the nom- The Navy has large establish- ination, but sent them out of the ments in Puerto Rico, Trinidad, conference convinced he has mnot Newfoundland, the Canal Zone. closed the door against any move These are no more dangerous mili- to draft him tarily than New York or San Fran- - FEB. 2 TO HONOR BISHOP CRIMONT >oo— WAVES are barred because Dave Walsh is out to protect American)| womanhood. . Everybody high up in the Navy, has pleaded with Congress for au- thority to let the WAVES go over- seas, including Secretary Knox, Ad- miral Randall Jacobs, chief of naval personnel, and Captain Mildred H. Plans were made last the Catholic Daughters of America | night by | peril to the Nazis in this sector has | increased with every hour, the Red | Star said. | Furious tank charges by the Nazixi {approaching the Odessa-Warsaw| | Railroad were beaten back by guer- jilla detachments, who are lending| The Germans also reporte Elaunching fierce coumerassaults; |south and southwest of Berdichev,| {but those too were smashed, the“ Red Star added. | | - American destroyers swept close to Choiseul Island to shell the en- emy positions and started fires Choiseul is south of Bougainville |on the troops of General Vatuiingand in the Solomons and was by- passed when the Americans invad- ed Bougainville on November 1 The enemy is believed to be evacu- valuable aid to the Soviet regulars.|ating the forces from Choiseul. ALASKA COASTAL ON TWO SITKA FLIGHTS WITH 8 PASSENGERS B McAfee, director of the WAVES. Admiral Jacobs told House Naval Affairs that Admiral Harold Stark, European Commander-in-Chief, had sent word: “Send me WAVES. I could use fifty in' my London of- fices and replace fifty men for fighting.” | The House committee was im- pressed and was willing to give the WAVES a break, but Walsh blocked action on the Senate side. The matter never came out for debate on the Senate floor. Walsh sat on it in committee. Meantime, the War Department has sent 1,000 WACS to the North African theatre alone. MORE STRIKES AHEAD There are a lot more strikes in the country than the public is aware of. The Government has abandoned the policy of regular an- nouncements of the number of strikes and the number of man hours lost. Thus the strikes do not get into the newspapers. But here are some figures which reveal that the no-strike pledge of (Continued on Page Four) ,Ior an informal party to be spon- sored jointly by their organization and the Catholic Parish, for Bish- op J. R. Crimont in commemora- tion of his 50th year in Alaska and also in celebration of his 85th birth- day. The affair which is to be pub- lic, will be held February 2. It was announced that the CDA would participate in the Fourth War Loan Drive, taking over their booth for the evening of January 19. Mrs. Walter Hellan, Miss Mary Jean McNaughton and Miss Roberta Dooley will be in charge of the Bond Sales for the Catholic Daugh- ters. The next meeting, January 25, will be an open session for all new applicants and women members of the Parish. Entertainment for the evening will be aranged by Mes- dames George Simpkins, Peter Bond and Thomas Rudolph. Re-| freshments will be in charge of Mrs. J. A. Thibodeau. - —— CAA MAN HERE Frank McHardy, with the CAA, is here from Petersburg. He is regist- ered at the Hotel Juneau. Two flights were made to Sitka | ! : today by the Alaska Coastal Air- | !lines. . Passengers on one trip were i « |James E. Garnes, John_H. Erbland, | George D. Bavard and Alfred H. | Klingbeil. Another flight took Jamcs | J. Darling, Dr. Parkinson, 'Mike i Pavlik and Robert Rumala. | Yesterday on a return flight from Excursion Inlet, D. ‘Pickens |was a passenger. — e Jesse | WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. + The |past two years hive givéh the United States a bumper crop of jba;;l‘;:e than one million littl :Rebekah LOdge ]0 | - Meet This Evening youngsters came into the world !during the last two years, reaching The Rebekah Lodge will hold its | first business meeting of the new a peak about one year after Pearl| year tonight at 8 o'clock in the Harbor. IOOF Hall. Mrs. Peggy Mclvor, Noble Grand, will preside. Plans will be made for the initia tion which is to be held by the Rebekahs on January 26. - > - AT HOTEL JUNEAU | ;CHILD HEALTH CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD THURSDAY | | The regular weekly Child Health | Conference will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Health Center in | the Territorial Building. The hours are from 1 until 4 o'clock. 1 | et | | BUY WAR BONDS J Ralph A. Therriault, of Anchor- age, is a guest at the Hotel Juneau /ONE BIG, HAPPY FAMILY_Omer L'Heurcux, 47, his wife, Antoinette, 46, and their 17 children, dressed in the Sunday best and ready for church, stand in front of their home in Lorrettville, Quebec. L'Heureux in English means “happy.” Left to right are the parents, with Mrs. L’Heureux holding Gilles, 2; Jeanette, 22; George Omer, 21; Gertrude, 19; Lucien, 1 Angeline, 11; Pierrette, 10; Andree, 9; Richard, 8; Monique, 7; Rochelle, | | 4 | 1 WE NEEL | & B A DiAPE | United States Commissioner of In- BARING DIAPER FACTS_—Betsy Ann O'Connor (left) | of Flushing, N, Y., and Adrienne Kirsch of Rego Park, N. Y., “sign” petition of Miss Ann B. E. Smith of National Institute of Diaper Services, protesting diaper shortage. Senate Says Men With Bullets Will Have No Ballois; Mosrl Tragic‘ {to about 60 miles the distance from | By JACK STINNETT kinks. Amendments WASHINGTON, Jan.' 12.—Unless | making it absolutely non-partisan; a storm of protest causes the Sen-|blecking all possibility of any gov- ate to. reverse itself immediately,| conment ageney exercising undue our bo 1 giris in the armed | political influence on the boys and services been virtually de-|girls; and assuring both major par- jprived of ir votes for the dura-|ties equal time on both foreign and tion, and some 10,000,000 lads and |domestic broadeasts to the armed' lassies in uniform will have noth-|services. It looked as if the Senate ling whatever to say in 1944 about!finally had a fool-proof bill. who runs this country for the next| Then along came a handful of | four yea |mostly anti-poll tax Democratic| | To say that Washington obser-|Senators to ask for a vote on their, 've® were stunned by that coal-|substitute measure and right out, ition of 24 (mostly Southern) Dem- |through the Capitol dome went any| ocrats and 18 Republicans who klll-[chances the soldiers, sailors, mar-| (ed the soldiers’ vote bill is to put|ines, merchant marines and wo- |1t mildly. | men’s corps have of casting a ballot | I have followed the move to give next year the services, overseas and in this| What the coalition theoretically country, a chance to vote for more did was toss the ball back to the than two years. In these columns states. That old spectre of states’ I have tried to explain the physical rights that has been popping up so ifficulties and have pointed out regularly of late (since the anti- he political fears of the Republi- poll tax bill again is in the offing) ans and anti-New Dealers that was what turned Lhe trick. What Administration would use its|the coalition actually did was Kkill |rontacts with the armed forces to|the soldiers’ vote. wing votes for the commander-in-| chief, s were passed hav They threw the whole matter Senator Green of Rhode Island| pack to the same status that ex- |#nd Lucas of Illinois, who intro-|isted in 1942 when less than 28,000 |duced the soldiers’ vote bill, w«-reimrv‘ce ballots were cast out of a | nware of all those obstacles and I|possible more than 5000,000. If doubt if any bill was more carefully | the same ratio holds, it means that prepared. It has been in the works|only one-half of one percent, or {for months. On one occasion at|something like 60,000 men and wo- |least, the private opinion of a su-|men in uniform will be able to' preme court justice was asked as|vote next year. 0 its constitutionality The reason is that few states are | %, prepared by law, or equipped fi- | Through four days of thoroughly|nancially or in manpower to ad- |serious debate, while the tax bill, | minister absentee voting effectively | ubsidies, wage increases and a|on a large scale. Some would have |number of other vital matters were |to have constitutional referendums iheld up, the Senate made beautiful | ————— |nestures of ironing out possible (Cny\Tfll:u*d ‘ol\iFfie 'I:wm Francoise, 16; Jean Louis, i Denise, 5; and Claude, 4. WALKER IS BIG ARMADA SWOOPS IN ONGERMANY Nazis Claim Many Bomb- ers Are Shot Down by New Air Defenses By Associated Press American heavy bombers roared over Berlin yesterday, German re- | ports said, setting off the greatest sky battle of all time in which the Nhzis used ‘new tactics” and claim- ed to have downed 136 planes, in- cluding 124 four-engined bombers. The main force of the Eighth Air ‘Force'’s armada, accompanied by new type long range fighters, struck at Madgeburg and Halber- stadt, 100 miles southwest of Ber- lin while other heavyweights staged a diversionary raid on Berlin itself. The Berlin correspondent for Stockholm's ~Aftonbladet reported that this maneuver in daylight is similar to that used by the Royal Air Force recently, that is, a night feint over Berlin while delivering a heavy blow at Leipzig. Madgeburg is an important rail-, road and arms center. Twenty-four hours after the bombers returned, some of them badly crippled and carrying their wounded, to the British bases, the United States Air Force is still com- puting the results of the raid, pre- paratory to issuing a communique T0 RESIGN HIS POST Hannegan Likely Successor as Chairman of Demo National Committee CHICAGO, Til, Jan. 21.—Robert E. Hannegan, of St. Louis, now " (Continued on. Page Two) 59 BOMBERS, 5 FIGHTERS, 1S U.5.105S Official Report Comes from Eighth Air Force Head- quarters Base LONDON, Jan. 12. — Fifty-nine American bombers and five fighters were lost in yesterday’s raid on Germany, and more than 100 enemy ternal Revenue, is expected to suc- ceed Postmastr General Frank C. Walker as Chairman of the Demo- | cratic National Committee when a | meeting is held in Washington on | January 22 to pick the nnllonal‘ convention site. | Walker has arrived here to survey | the hotel situation. Walker would not discuss his | resignation but it is learned authori- | tatively he intends to step out and | Hannegan has the inside track as his successor. Walker indicated the Democrats | will s :t Chicago for the conven- | tion and it will be held in the same place the Republicans will hold their | convention starting June 26. | ” oy 8 Walker indicated the Democrats | fighters were destroyed. will meet around mid-July. He said, More than 700 Fortress and Liber- he still believes in a short cam- |ators took part in the attack, which the Germans had declared previous- paign. Walker is known to have accepted |1y Was the greatest air battle of the the chairmanship on condition he |war. retain it temporarily and he never! Returning fliers said, they attack- felt “comtortable” in the post, his|jed important fighter assembly friends say. |plants in Germany with excellent - - s | results. Thunderbolt and Lightning "Ew IYpE |long range fighters accompanisd |the heavy bombers.!It was the |heaviest loss of bombers since the (Continued, on ~age TWo) USED NOW American Plane Believed' Longest Range Single | Engine in Existence LONDON, Jan. -A new type of American fighter plane, possibly cap- | able of "escorting bombers to Berlin | and back, believed to be the longest range of any single engine plane in existence, presumably the P-51,| Mustang variation | The reference to long-range fight- | ers has been rumored for some time. e - MARY JO SUBLETTE RESIGNS AS CLERK | Mary Jo Sublette, clerk with the Office of Indian Affairs, has re- signed her position and has left for | Anchorage | > - BUY WAR BONDS -Iah%eis Air Raided During Night Tokyo Cla—i;l—s' Island of Formosa Under At- tack by Bombers By Associated Press ‘The Tokyo radio in a broadcast says several Allied bombers attacked in the vicinity of Takao, on the west coast of Formosa last night. The broadcast claimed the dam- age was small. Formosa is Japan's big island colony off the coast of China and was raided on Thanksgiving Day by Mitchell bombers, Lightnings and fighters of Maj. Gen. Chen- nault’s Fourteenth Air Force.