The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 16, 1944, Page 1

R T A Y e A A Pt VOL. XLI, NO. 5977. BERLIN BLASTED, BIGGEST RAID OF WAR —— TP —— THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS —PRice TN o Warships Batter Nazis Ringing Beachhead Campaign for Solomons Now Complefed; Allies NIGHT ATTACK IS MADE ON' NAZI FORCES Monastery Hill Bombarded | by Arillery - Terrific | Fighting Continues | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS TN ALGIERS, Feb. 16.—American siege| guns have opened a concentrated| bombardment of Monastery Hilli “preaches” and opened that main| sector of the German line over-| looking Cassino, Allied Headquar-| ters announces, but in the invasion| beachhead to the west the loss of! Carrocteo, 10 miles south of Anzio| is acknowledged. ‘Warships again battered the Ger-| mans ringing the beachhead and RAF Wellingtons flung down block-: busters in a night attack. The United States Artillery for es opened up on Monastery Hill| following aerial destruction of the| historic Mount Cassino Abbey the German infantry is apparently still| Germans converted into a fortress. in possession of the key hill above . (Continued on Page Two) The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON ! (Mator Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) | ! ailtiof i WASHINGTON—J. Edgar Hoover has a standing instruction to his bureau chiefs to get out of Wash-! ington every few months in order| American Maferiel Lands af I(wajalem Trucks, tanks, oil drums, ammunition and other supplies are brought ashore by paholl of K\\a)aleul atoll in the Marshalls. e U. 8. forces in the occu- Associated Press phulu from U. S. Coeast Guard. CHAPLIN NOT Japanese Are Arrested If They Are Suspedied FATHER, JOAN BERRY'S BABE Blood Test Resulfs Made Known by Attorney | in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 16— to forget they are bureaucrats and Attorneys for Charles Chaplin and remind themselves, that they are servants of the people. Believing that a newspaperman also needs to get away from Wash-| ington occasionally, this colum: { has spent some time recently fin Joan Berry announced last night that blood tests disclosed Chaplin could not be the father of the| girl's four-month old baby. Attorneys said the blood test was taken at an examination made by ‘of Manchukuo. TR i 0f Dangerous Thinking CHUNGKING, Feb. 16.— Japau" students are building slit U(-nchehi against air raids in all the large | cities of Japan, rationing of food | ‘Hn(l wine is tightened and arres ‘dangerous thoughts” are in- sing in Japan. A Chinese graduate of the Im- perial University of Tokyo made this statement upon his arrival here. The graduate is Tin Tso, sent to Tokyo by the Puppet Government He graduated last ,summer and then was sent to Peip- ing from where he finally escaped for er ing out what the people of the na- yhree physicians and added Chap-|and made his way to Chungking. tion are doing, talking and thinking | about. Today and in subsequent columns, some of the results will be published. Let's start with Chicago. i A few days -after Pearl Harbor, downcast ex-members of the Amer- jca First Committee held a meet- ing which was attended by Charl A. Lindbergh. When finally per- sdaded to speak, Lindbergh coun- selled his friends to keep in the background for the time being, say- ing that theré would be ample time for renewed setivity and criticism by America Firsters later in che war when the casualty lists began to come im. The other day, an incident occur- red in Chicago indicating that the old isolationist crowd has become brazenly active again. The 'United: Nations Assnclauon congress was being held in the Stevens Hotel to outline a plan Iou permanent peace. The meeting was| addressed by such speakers as Ches-| ter Rowell, brilliant former editm\ of the San Francisco Chmntcle,‘ William Allan Neilson, ex-president| of Smith Cellege, Rabbi Louis Mnnn of Chicago, and Clark Emhelbergex head of the United Nations Asso-| ciation. | As the meeting was thrown open‘ for discussion from the floor, var- i Ito deprive his former protege cii | { I Berrys lin will immediately seek dismissal’ of the suit against him. TO BE PROSECUTED LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16. ——R?l,(—nd-i less of the blood tests indicating Chaplin is nét the father of Joan | four-month-old baby, the| comedian will be prosecuted on Fed- eral charges of violation of the Mann Act, and also he conspired her constitutional rights, United States Atwmey Carr announces. ATTEMPTIS MADE T0 FIX BORDER ROW Churchill in Fresh Move fo Settle Polish-Rus- sian Frontier | war Tin Tso said the attitufle of the | Japanese people toward the present | teachers in the universities or other | varied high with umimismipublxc educational institutions re- | iduring the Axis successes, then dark | ceive less than a quarter of a pount | | Senate has completed )ondency over defeats. The Jau\ de reverses in the Solomons hurt the morale and the losses of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutians were ex- L(‘])\I‘Ullnu_\v severe blows, he said. | Arrests of students and professors supected of even harboring “danger- ous thoughts” have increased since the strange death of Admiral Ya ! mamoto, who asserted he would dic- | tate peace terms in the White House | of the United States. Tin Tso said any abroad are subjected to the strictest | censorship and all mention of com- | modity shortages are deleted, Tin Tso said food rationing in| ‘Jupau has become increasingly strict | since Pear]l Harbor and students and of .lu per ddy Democratic Hopes Riding High; 6.0.P. Outlook Not So Hol CONTRIBUTIONS BIG SHIP PILES UP ON LEDGE PORTSMOUTH, N. B. Feb. 16-‘ | Twenty-five members of a crew of |45 of the 7,200 ton British freighter By JACK STINNETT | | WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Where| a few month ago you could find d generous sprinkling of loyal Demo-! crats on Capitol Hill who admitted that the House would be Republican after the 1944 electiops, it's hard to find even one now who is down- hearted. ‘The answer, of course, is Presi- | dent Roosevelt and the possibilities of a fourth term. Plus, T should say, their conviction that Repub- lican failure so far to establish a ious hecklers with thick German| LONDON, Feb. 16—Prime Min-|Were lost when the ship piled onto|strong united front on major issues accents began to bob up and shout. lister ‘Wihston Churchill reported Boon Island Ledge, about 25 mlles\fihd any one presidential candidate |that he replied to Premier Stalin's, 'off York, Maine, in a driving bliz- | will carry through until fhe No- 'recent letter on the Russo-Polish!zard last Filday and split in two,| vember elections. “What's wrong with Germany?” one of them exploded. “We want a negotiated peace!” gispute in a fresh attempt to bring the First Naval District Public Re-! lations Office discloses with approv- shouted another. 1 “What are we fighting for?” yell-\ ed another. | together Moscow and the Polish| government in exile in London. While no indication of what al of the British Admiralty. The big motor vessel crashed on Interruptions of this kind became| oy rconil] said is known, he talked the ledge at 2:23 pm. last Friday, s0 bad that the meeting got out °“m Polish Premier Mikolajozyk and bounded all night as terrific seas hand and was in danger of breuk- ing up. Finally Eichelberger saw a Catholic sister in the audience and| called her to the rostrum. She: spoke eloquently gf United Nations! unity and the world’s hope for per-| manent peace—but only after the; Allies had achieved unconditions!| surrender. Under her influence,| the boisterous hecklers flnany stamped out of the room. It had been a carefully plante (Continued on. Page Pour) |Foreign Minister Romer framing his answer. A public statement of the latest British stand is expected at Churchill’'s next appearance before {the Commons. | Ve ! POLICE COURT FINES ‘ Fined in City Police Court . this morning were the following: Ann before | Moisey Sabolin, $25, drunk and dis- | orderly. ! broke over her. The craft broke up Saturday morning, the forward half remain- {ing fast on the ledge and the aft! half floating crazily away to sink | later. Rescue ships stood by but could| not get close encugh to take the| men off. Rescue craft, including |Coast Guard and U. 8. Naval ves- | dl Talley, $25, drunk and disorderly; |sels rendered daring service how- ever in picking up survivors in tempest ridden sea:. Observers here think there is no doubt that the defections in the Democratic ranks are closing up and will disappear entirely if the | party old-liners and leftists can be brought together on a Vice presic dential nominee. Among the seven southern and border state Gover- nors and party leaders who recent- {1y called on the President were sev- {eral who had made almost bitter campaigns against his policies in recent years. Yet it was pretty re- Hxablv reported that all of them pledged every ounce of their energy |to his re-election. According to re- ‘por\:s he thanked them heartily, but' neither by wink nor comment did | . (Continued on Plge Five) {RUSS ARMIES ARE CLOSING | . INONPSKOV ‘Death Siruggle of Nazis Trapped at Cherkasy | in Final Stage MOSCOW, F(-b 16, The Red | Army made rapid progress along the highway and railway l)pi\m-m\1 Luga and Pskov toward the com-| {munication junctions of men‘ {Keotilova, and Postin, while south- jeast of Lake Peipus other Soviet 5 struggled through dense nd mps protecting Pskov | yn in the northwest corner of {the Duieper bend the death strug- gle of the German forces trapped in the Cherkasy pocket entered the final stage. There every ravine, {trench, and clump of woods is the scene of desperate fighting. Many more Naz died as the Russian !froops closed in at the same time throwing back repeated rescue at- tacks by von Mannstein's tank bri- | gades | The advance toward Pskov in the north, however, is more spectacular for it exemplified the Russian (fighting tactics as well as any campaign to date, the sirategy of (fighting down the highways and side roads rather than by attacking in a stralght line front. e SENATE ACTS ONFURSEAL Isolate 20,000 Nipponsf BONDQUOTA FOR JUNEAU IS DOUBLED Sales for Fourth War Loan Drive Pass $663,- 000 Mark According to figures released this morning by the War avings Staff, Juneau and Douglas oversubscribed the quota for this area by $348 buying a total of $663,911 worth of bonds compared with a quota of $315,000, for the Fourth War Loan Drive, more than double the goal.| The Series E total, bonds bought b_v the little investors, topped $196,- 000 compared with a quota of $140,- 000. While reports from all other Al-\ askan cities were not immediately available, the Territory as a whole} far exceeded itS quota, ringing up/ sales of $3,541,253 in Series E bonds | 'alone. | | P S A ! | FOURTH WAR 'LOAN QUOTA ALLIED H!‘ADQUAR]ERb IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Feb. 16.—The American land troops occupied the jungle covered Green Islands on Monday completeing the campatgn for Solomons, Gen. Douglas MacArthur announces The Japanese forces estimated at 20,000 are now dispersed through the Solomons and are now isolated | and face starvation or disease from “the military blockade whnh ren- ders their positions hopeles: The communique said the Allied | troops from Admiral Halsey’s for-| ces met only machine gun fire when they landed with the air and navy craft protection on the is- lands only 120 miles east of Ra-| baul, New Britain, which at the| same time was heavily bombed and | strafed to prevent air a tance. The occupation of the islands| blocks the Japs giving assistance to the forces cut off in the Solomons. Airmen over Rabaul five and probably five more and also smashed eight aircraft on ths !ground and started fires, - > - GIVES HIS WAR VIEWS Says Ground Forces Must pROTE(“ON I S 0 v E R 'I'o pi Contact Japanese fo De- letters sent | |Completes Agreemenl of | 1942 Between United | Statesand Canada | WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. — The Congressional ‘Action to give effect to the fur seal |agreement of 1942 between the United States and Canada for pro- | tection of the Pribilof herds which |have been unprotected on the high seas since the abrogation by Japan in October, 1940, of the conven- tion between the United States, Greac Britain, Russia and J’\pan. | - e ; T0 CAMPAIGN ~ AREGIVENSWAT | WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. — The | | Senate has passed and sent to the | House the bill making it a vlolancu‘ of the Corrupt Practices Act for any | labor or management organization to make financial contributions to- ward the election of Federal of- ficials. \ The bill was debate. The measure is desired to extend the Smith-Connally anti-strike act provisions against union approved without organizations also 'NO MUNICIPAL MANAGER PLAN FOR FAIRBANKS FAIRBANKS, Aalska, Feb. 16— The municipal manager plnn pro - posed for Fairbankg was beaten in; | Tuesday’s special election by 35 votes. Eight hundred and fiiteen votes political | contributions to cover nmxmgvmcm[ !dent William Green jal B|g Sum Is Reached Four Hours Before Deadline | Last Midnight WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. Fourth War Loan Tuesday passed the fourteen billion quota by $191,000,000, four hours before the midnight deadline, how-| ever the Treasury announced that individual purchases are still short one billion, eight hundred million dollars of the five and one half billion gquota. Sales to the end of this month - The night dollar |will however be counted in on the drive. .- GREEN-SAYS STRIKES DUE, GOVT.POLICY AFL Head Speaks Out in, Opposition to National Service Measure WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-—Presi- of the APL| reiterated his opposition to Nation-| Service legislation ,before the Senate Military Committee, blamed strikes on the government’s wage and price policies. Green will not add “a single plane, a single ship, a single tank, or a single bullet to the nation’s war production.” The labor leader told the com- !mittee: “The major cause of strikes failed to stabilize the cost of living. {were cast out of a total registra-|The way to prevent strikes is to] tion of 997. o o Empire Classifieds Pay! rveadjust the stabilization program so the purchasing power of the wage dollar will be restored.” feat Them for Sure ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN| THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Feb., 16. -~Gen. Douglas MacArthur said! (Japan cannot be defeated through' !'That is our purpose and our strat- egy and we must devise ways and ymeans to bring our ground forces in contact with the Japanese at de- cisiye points.” Gen. MacArthur made the state- ment after a discussion of the re- cent successes in his sector in which blockade and bombardment | have played such a vital part. Asked if he thought Japan could be defeated through a blockade' and bombing alone, Gen. MacArthur re- plied decisively “No.” The Commander of the Suulhvm torces said both these are puwn- !ful weapons indeed but decisive re-| ‘sults of modern war can only be | iachieved through the combined t-l-; forts of all three forces, ground, naval and air, and not one or tw:. of them can obtain victory. ARGENTINA NOW LINED UP WITH UNITED STATES, iThaI's Whéf 'New Ambas- | sador Says in Presenting Credentials fo FD R. WASHYN(‘TON Feb 16 ‘Algen- ‘uua knows and feels the destiny of and | Escobar, new Argentine Ambassador to the United States, said in pre- senting his credentials to President Roosevelt. Escohar added: “My country does not in any manner practice isola-| tion. It maintained and will alvuys is the government attempting to en- maintain as a necessity the closest | iroue wage stabilization while they unxon among the peoples of Am-|Johnston Doyle and daughter are erica.” President Roosevelt replied that | Argentina’s severance Qf relations with the Axis “received the satis- lrn(-uon of a free people everywhere.” and New Zea-| | the | shot down | REICH CITY SMOTHERED INATTACK Over 2 800 Tons of Bombs Dropped in Night As- saull—Olher Targets (By Associated Press) . The Royal Air Force smashed Ber- | lin last night with“the greatest load 1of bombs ever dropped on a single | target. Well over 2,800 tons cascaded down durtng the smotheing 20-min- ute attack. Eight to nine hundred heavy bombers participated in the attack. | Forty-five feraft are missing as | the result of t] ht's operations, mnd including of forays. The RAF waited two weeks to deal a crushing Blow against the expiring capital city. Greatest Armada Not since January 30 when Ber- ilin was hit by a force approaching 800 planes in & major attack, has a larger arma ever been sent over Germany than last night. The ar~ mada comprised the greatest num- ber of planes ever to fill the Réich's skies in one, night and included besides the heayy bomibers more than 200 lighter craft, | Billows of flames swept mmm: *Lhn city; whent finished. Orews | Mosquitoes yeported a very ‘lareg field of fire ragifig, smoking plum- lna four miles into the air. Frankfurt Attacked Just before Berlin was attacked, |a smaller force of Lancasters made {a feint assault on Frankfurt, 50 miles east of Berlin. | Mosquitoes bombed targets in iwestem Germany and Holland and mines were also w in enemy waters. Showers of ll’l&v- Swedish reports, quoting private |advices reaching sald high explosives and lnnlndflfl‘lfi |showered down on all lem 'Berlin last night. | Al bus, tram and und I traffic is reported disrupted. | ll | I Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau re- ported from Zurich that heavy at- tacks started many fires. Berlin has now received almost 128,000 tons of bombs in a series of 15 attacks beginning November 18, 1943 with a total of heavy bombers lost in these night raids of 467. ésuumom REAL NEWS FROMANZIO War Correspondems Have Criticized Operations— Censqrship Now LONDON, Feb. 16.—Delayed dis- patches from the Anzio bridgehead |below Rome said the Allied Com- |mand has banned for “use on the spot” radio facilities by news cor- respondents, decreeing news copy must be carried by courier service and censored at base headquarters. ‘This new policy, it is said, is made for security purposes. A Reuters dispatch, however, dat- ed February 13, sent at 9:55 a. m, and just received this afternoon, said civilian labor draft! | America in her own destiny,” Adrian | said Clark’s command has taken ac- |tion because of annoyance caused | by some press dispatches concerning Hhe beachheach operations, criticiz- ing the campaign as another Tobruk or Dunkerqup -~ HERE FIOM PALMER Here from Palmer, Mrs. Ardeth ‘at the Baranof. ., | S D e B ARRIVES FROM NAKNEK Arriving from Naknek, H. Manch- banks, is at the Baranof, rground’’ Berlin correspondents of Swedish < Isilenced but the German-controlled