The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 8, 1944, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIL, NO. 5970. “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1944 ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTI! GERMANS BOMB AMERICAN HOSPITAL Allied Air Forces in Action in S. W. Pacific AIRDROMEAT RABAUL GETS BIGBOMBING Marines Gain af Cape| Gloucester-30 Barges Sunk at Wewak ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Feb, | 8—One ' hundred and fifty Amed, aircraft delivered two hard blows | last Saturday at the Jap airdrome at Rabaul, New Britain, meeting | antiaircraft fire, but litle aerial resistance, Gen. Douglas MacArthur announces. | Torpedo dive bombers made the | first attack against the gun posi- tions getting 11 direct hits. At the other end of New Britain, American Marines expanded activi- ties at Cape Gloucester. The Aussies are pushing up Huon Peninsula, New Guinea, and have reached a point 16 miles from the United States troops below Saidor. It is reported there is little opposi- tion. Allied aircraft at Wewak de- stroyed 30 barges and a 2,000 ton freighter carrying troops. —————— The-Washington Merry- Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Major Robert 8. Allen on sctive duty.) WASHINGTON—Defense lawyers for Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling and the thirty-two other propagandists un- der indjctment for “sedition” have a “cute trick” up their sleeves when | the case is brought to trial early in April. They plan to call witnesses Ad- miral Husband E. Kimmel and| General Walter C. Short, who were retired after the Pearl Harbor “_J tack. One of the' “conspiracy” charges against the thirty-three defendants is that they cirpulnted literature trying” to fix the blame for Pearl Harbor ‘on the President. It was claimed in publications put out by Mrs. Dilling and others under in- dictment that the Presidént and his War and Navy Secretaries “in- vited the attack” by the Japs by failing to prepare our defenses at Pearl Harbor. The indictments returned by the Grand Jary charged that the de- fendants were not motivated by patriotic ideals in making such charges—and the record of the Grand Jury proceeding leaves little doubt about this. ‘However, some people feel that Kimmel and Short weren't entirely to blame for the Pearl Harbor tra- gedy, but were made the goats. So far, they have been denied a court martial. Therefore, it will be an odd quirk of fate if they are given their chance to talk at a “sedition” trial. Lawyers for Mrs. Dilling et al. have every intention of calling them. James J. Laughlin, Washington attorney engaged by defendant Smythe, author of a publication called “Our Common Cause,” de- clared in reply to questions: “yYou're darned right I plan o] call Kimmel and Short to the stand,| although I don’t know that they will be allowed to testify. They may be shut up. However, if this hap- pens, I'll demand a recess of the trial. Under the Constitution, we have every right to demand to hear the full story of the Pearl Harbol disaster from Kimmel and Short in open. court.” DEAF U. S. AMBASSADOR Marshall Islands Targef of US. Fleef Force !OVER 8,000 Pacific Ocean "MARCUS MARIANAS Py, 5 9. MARSHALL 1S, CAROLINE mANDs t>°°’ bemama NL-'"O » * Irelan -\T SOLOMON 15, g Rabaul '.gté‘»;“m'% Bouqmnvilc ELLICEIS ™ sition of Jap-held Marshall Islands (circled) NEW GUINEA “Nan This map shows Tekyo, Truk and Rabaul and the U S. bastion of Pearl Harbor. (AP Wirephoto mam FINLAND 1S WARNED; GET OUT OF WAR the V\larshal Is. Russians Serve Notice of| Dire Results - U. §. Also Gave Hint MIDWAY 500, 1000, MILES AT EQUATOR DISTANCES INDICATED ARE IN AIRUINE STATUTE. MILES HAWAIIAN ISLANDS o JOohu Pearl Harbor Honolulu § > Hawan Palmyra® Johnston oo Fanning * Chustmas ® *tquator ' PHOENIX i 15 umea in relation to the key Jap points of A United States task force has attacked Death Circle de Now Closing Around Nazis Position of 15 German Di- visions Desperate - So- ‘ JAPSKILLED, - KWAJALEIN ‘Navy Announces Only 286 | Americans Lose Lives | in Atoll Battle PEARL HARBOR, Feb. 8-—The Navy announces that Americans| lost at Kwajalein atoll is 286 men killed compared to 8,022 for the Japs American wounded is 1,148 with/| missing. There is no estimate| for the Japs. CAPTURE OF - KWAPALEIN IS PERFECT Brmsh Observer Makes Comment on Air, Navy | Coordination UNITED STATES FLEET HEAD- QUARTERS AT PEARL HARBOR, Feb. 8.—Commander Anthony Kim- mins, British Royal Navy Obser said the capture of Kwajalein atoll was the most perfectly executed action he has ever seen. The veteran of African and Si- said Gl's Aren't Bashful NAZI DIVERS 'KILL NURSES, ALSO0 DOCTORS Wounded Men, Also 16 Enlisted Soldiers in Unit Are Victims {TERRIFIC BATTLE IS . REPORTED IMPENDING |Waves of German Planes Make Heavy Atfack, Allied Beachhead ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Feb. 8.—Waves of Ger- man planes struck in a heavy at- tack on the Allied invasion beach- |head below Rome yesterday and a | thunderous artillery shelling con- |tinued as a prelude to an impend- ing major battle. | One Nazi dive bomber hit an |American evacuation hospital, kill- | | ing 26 and ‘wounding 43, including American nurses, front line dis- patches said. The target was plainly marked ;nn the hospital and could be seen for one mile. The dead included two nurses, four doctors, four wounded soldiers land 16 enlmed men in the hospital unit. ¥ 4 | The war Depnn.ment said this fs the first time Anerican nurses have lost their lives in direct enemy action in the present war. Nineteen German planes were |shot down, American and British troops have viets Mow 'Em Down BULLETIN — LONDON, Feb. 8.—The Red Army has liquidat- ed the German bridgehead at Nikopol, manganese center in the Dneiper bend, is the official bulletin issued at Moscow to- night. This is the last place the Germans held on the east bank of the river. MOSCOW, Feb. 8.—The Ru.ssians' have served notice on Finland that | the bombing of Helsinki Sunday| night is only a prelude of what is | to come. An editorial in Izvestia says the ! “hour of retribution is coming and soon the Finns will regret con- | tinuing in this war and if they don’t regret now, they will regret doubly tomorrow.” 1 TRAPPED NAZIS DESPERATE | MOSCOW, Feb. 8—The situation | confronting the 15 German divisions U. S. WARNED FINLAND |citian campaigns the perfect coordination between the air bomb- |ers and sea bombardment left little {but mop-up for ground troops, add- ing “to put it l" was terrific.” TaxBillls - Approved;ls in American terms, | Screen Actress Ann Sheridan in Hollywood . (above) says she's flat- tered, but she's kept a discreet silence ever since she received this scroll from Fort Ord, Calif, proclaiming that the signers will be “more than happy to accept any propesals of marriage that might come from you.” But woe to the GI's if the girls back home recognize those signatures. (AP Wirephoto) Hopkins fo Be Given |consolidated positions on the beach- {Lead and patrols are active on both sides. | Grim fighting continues in the |streets of Cassino and almost to the mountain nenrby FRANKFURT WASHINGTON, Feb. 8—Secre- | tary of State Cordell Hull disclosed | at a conference with newsmen this | afterncon the United States recent- | ly renewed a warning to the govern- ment of Finland to get out of the present war or take the conse- quences of continuing to fight on the side of Germany. This action was the first taken in this respect by this government on | Finland and suggested the Finns| might be under Allied diplomatic as \ well as military offensive to force‘ them out of the war. S ‘uapped at the Dnieper bend grew | stoaduy more desperate today as the | Red Army cut down thousands of | | Axis troops and narrowed the circle | | of death around the enemy forces at | | Nikopol and Che{kasy At the same time, Russian and | German troops fought without quar- ter in the outskirst of the rich| | manganese center into which l)u ’Smlem punelmted yesterday. | TWO AWARDS ZOOM — sailors in the tor- pedo shop at San Diego Naval air station chose Lynn Merrick, film player, as their “zoom girl.” JapNavyman Post Ouiside of U. §. l TARGET OF (urrem RumorNow FORTRESSES Allies Defermined fo Wipe NIPPONS ARE " Out City of Half Mil- TOLD, ENEMY Sent fo FDR Vldory Levy Made Flaf 3 | Percent - How Reve- nue to Be Raised WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 — The Senate completed Congressional ac-| tion on the two billion three hun- | dred and fifteen million dollar tax BY JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. — The! | rumer that Harry Hopkins will be | | appointed to a‘ post outside the| At the same time, Liberator 2 MORE SUBS Killed, Says NOW LISTED | Tokyo Radio AS MISSING:Vi(e Admira_l—Akiyama;‘ Dies in Action — Had of e submarines Ci and v Ty 150-5484 hras'geenu:nnounced,cb:i; pre- Gf%' Re(Ol’d sumably operating in Pacific waters | where our submersibles have been | taking a heavy toll of Jap shipping.| NEW YORK, Feb. 8—A broad- It brings to 19 the number of subs icast by the domestic radio at Tokyo| lost. \says Vice Admiral Teruo Akiyama Against these the submarines sunk | was killed on the southern front. | or probably sunk or damaged are; No details were given in the | 572 Jap vessels, including warships. broadcast picked up here but it/ The S-44. was 18 years old, andlsaid he “rendered meritorfous ser- WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. — The last May under Commander James | pomerican fleet, at one stroke in aj Coe, skipper. ‘The Cisco which is)pight attack at the mouth of a listed as missing in action, had 2 ertain bay last year. displacement of 1,525 tons and car- ried a crew of approximately 65. Lieut. Comdr. Francis Brown; HILLARD BACK FROM — e — | gressional |Second Lieut. Gerry Kisters, 24, of} | Bloomington, | Tunisian the big new Cisco was commissioned ' vices” in crushing the enemy, the| MADE TODAY BY ROOSEVELT WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—Presi- dent Roosevelt today pinned Con-| Medals of Honor on' Ind, hero of 'hl- and Sicilian campaign: and Lieut. Kenneth Walsh, ‘29, of | | Washington, Marine flier who knocked down 20 Jap planes. Kister also received the Distin- |guished Service Cross a few min- |utes later from Gen. George Mar- shall. He is the first soldier in the |present war to win these two high- lest military awards. The citation said Kisters volun- tarily advanced along an enemy gun emplacement in Sicily. He was wounded five times but captured the gun after killing three of its crew-of four, while a Sergeant. He lion Persons United States persists. There's noth- | HITTING NOW ing surprising about the rumor. LONDON, Feb. 8—Flying Fort- | Hopkins was the Dead End kid :n|'esses attacked targets in Frank- the last Democratic convention. All|furt today. Long range fighters ac- Central Pacific War in| Acute Phase-Wide- bill and sent it to the White House. [the disgruntled delegates centered COmPaIId the Fortresses. i P i spread Fighting The action came quickly after the House first approved the uru\!m-‘ ence report. Individuals will be called upon to bear an additional $664,900,000 a/ year in income taxes, but cmployes‘ and employers subject to the social security payroll tax won't be called| |upon to pay an increased rafe; which would have taken effect this| o eI year under previous laws | The Tokyo radio informs the The additional income tax re- ceipts will come largely from aboli-| Japanese people that the swift Am- uon of the carned income credit|erican blows plunged the Crmml and from disallowance of deduc- Pacific war “into an ac ute phase” tions for federal excise taxes paid,and is moving with amazing speed However, the Victory levy was|toward a “battle on which the | Imade a flat 3 percent rate on alllworld hangs in the balance.” |incomes over $634 a year, in place! The broadcaster said |of the present 5 percent gross tax fighting” continues the ‘wnh varying adjustments for family|shalls and although the 60-mile status. |long Kwajalein atoll has been n The income and tax | American hands for several days changes do not affect “at the same time we must not returns on which are due overlook the 15. \tive also in the North Pacific, More than a billion dollars of the South Pacific, Indian Ocean as well increased revenue will come from|as continental areas in India, Bur- new and higher excise taxes onma and China, with a plan to at- “bitter in Mar- Victory 1943 taxes, | March their wrath on Hopkins. Some of his | | closest friends are now saying that bombers attacked military objec~ |if the President is going to run for tives in northern France. a fourth term, Hopkins shouldn't jonly be outside the White House, Abut outside the country. I think iHarry agrees with them. i % Washington is all stirred up over the fact that T. V. Soong, Chiang! Kai-shek’s brother-in-law, China’s foreign minister, and formerly chief contact between the United | States and China on lend-lease, wasn't pre 1t at the Cairo confer- ence. China sources who will talk at all will . tell you that ‘it has nothing to do with international politics—It's purely a family affair In other words, “T. V.” as he popularly known here, got a mild spanking for something i3 that bas nothing to do with anything out- side the family circle. fact the enemy is ac-; i No seriously critical nu\eners here think that the President’s| leffort to kill “the New Deal” as a! slogan was anything more than an| effort to clarify ‘sevelely damaged 'RAF attacks when well over 800 Frankfurt, a city of half a mil- lion, at the junction of the Maine and Rhine Rivers, has already been in three heavy American bombers dropped 1,800 tons of explosives on January 29. Both Fortresses and Liberators delivered another punishing attack February 4 and the followup today emphasized the Allied. determina- tion to wipe out the city, its rail- road yards, aircraft factories and chemical plants. American heavy bombers have now condulted 10 major operations on twelve winfer days and the in- tensive pace is indicative of the growing strength of the American Air Force now numbering more (than 2,000 heavy bombers in the | United szdom Maude Boyle Is skippered the 850-ton S-44, which | BRIEF VACATION TRIP|WVon the DSC for heroism in Tuni- If you can get Bolivian General had a crew of about 45. The next | yeat Al | David (Torro, now in Washington,|of kin of the personnel have been: j J. Hillard, Deputy Collector of | to talk, you can understand why| notified. | it bk Bagia ittty | we were caught by surprise by the | auty during the winter months at | ?};Zfir ol;evt‘;xl: MI:;: lt?at“t{i :21; | the office here, returned last nh;ht‘ ! H. J. Miller is registered at the|from a two weeks’ vacation trip to! (Continued on Page Four) Gastineau from Denver. the States. —————— MILLER FROM DENVER sia. —————————— FROM PELICAN CITY From Pelican City, Charles Raati- kainen is at the Gastineau. Mr. Raatikainen is with the Pelican Cold (Smra;o Company, Nominated by FDR As Fairbanks P. M. articles and services tack on a large scale. The stiffest new rate is 30 per| Washington is inclined to the be- cent, levied on patron’s checks at|lief that the February 4 sea bomb- cabarets and night clubs. ardment of Paramushiro is intend- et s ed to Gistract and confuse the en PARKER AT BARANOF ‘lemy and is not a preliminary to Ao S inyasion,. although it might be. Bruce Parker arrived from Seattle 3 47 RN and is a guest at the Baranof Hotel, BUY WAR BONDS the issues in the forthcoming campaign. Several times in the last few years, I have| written in these columns that the “New Deal,” per se, was dead. What | the President apparently was try-| WASHINGTON, Feb. 8—Fresl Roosevelt has nominated dent ing to do was to bury it. Some BB A A ___ Maude H. Boyle to be postmaster (Continued on_ Puge ) at Fairbanks, Alaska