The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 29, 1944, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLL, NO. 9588. ISLAND NOW INAREA TO BE ATTACKED Japanese Motherland Part| of War Front-Inhabi- fants Are Warned By Associated Press American advances in the Pacific have jolted Japan’s man in the street into awareness his island is now a part of the front that may before long become a target for Allied air assaults. The German Transocean News Agency in a broadcast says the RED CROSS FLA awareness “feeling has been awak- ened among the entire Japanese Nation by the appearance of the United States fleet off the Mar- ianas.” A Berlin broadcast says the Jap- anese Government has prohibited open fires in Tokyo houses after 4 pm. thus giving the inhabitants (Continted on Page Two) The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON Major Robert 8. Allen on active duty.) WASHINGTON—At the fashion- able Army-Navy Country Club, “Cotton Ed” Smith, Jr., son of the South Carolina Senator, who suc- ceeded in keeping out of the draft for three long years has planned to stage a cocktail party to cele- brate his commission in the “Poto- mac Patrol” of the Coast Guard Reserve. Though it won't be announced, Lieut. Smith should also be able to celebrate another accomplishment —namely that, although he is now in the “Potomac Patrol,” he is still drawing a $240-a-month salary as an assistant clerk of the Senate Agricultural Committee, of which his father is chairman. It was un- derstood that he would get one month’s pay when he “resigned” from his job with the Senate com- mittee. But more than a month has passed and, as of this writing, he is still on the payroll. Smith has been on that payroll for so long that doubtless it has become a habit. Early in 1941, he was about to be drafted. Then a law student at National University as well as a clerk of his father's Senate Agri- cultural Committee, he applied for deferment on the ground that he was indispensable to the committee. He got the deferment. Later, the JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY G DISREGARDED BY NAZ| BOMBERS THIS HUGE RED CROSS FLAG identified a U. S. evacuation hospital at Nettuno, Italy. But it meant nothing te Nazi fliers, who last Monday bomb ed it twice, killing three nurses. The flag was shredded by the explosives, Two more nurses were killed Friday in a simiiar attack on a field hospital during bright daylight. Twenty=- five others—doctors. corosmen and LOOSE TALK TIPPED OFF ~ JAPS, KISKA Army Spokesman Says In- vasion Was ""Hollow Victory” SEATTLE, Feb. 29.—Loose talk, mostly radiating from Seattle, en- abled the Japs to withdraw thou- sands of men and vast quantities of material out of Kiska last August, to leave the invading American forces “with a hollow victory, tanta- mount to defeat,” Maj. Albert J. Stone, personal ‘representative of General Clayton Bissel, Assistant Chief of Staff of Army Intelligence, asserted in an interview here. “It was common knowledge in Seattle that we planned to attack Kiska and prior to the invasion un- authorized persons, both military and civilians, openly disclosed the date, August 15, Maj. Stone said. | “As a result, the Japs got out voluntarily, and not one remained on the island when our troops ar- rived. Seme scattered machine gun fire the day before was reported by our reconnaissance fliers, and indi- cated the presence of hostile troops. Then even these were gone when we got there. patients -lost their lives in these attacks. (International Soundphoto) Fish, Wildlife Chief ‘ Sees Big Future Here | Mgcreafion Touris | The greatest possibility on the whole North American continent for building up a sportsmen and tourists’ recreation program lies right here in Southeast Alaska and the residents of this area should form a group to take speedy ad- vantage of this fact at once, Dr. .Ira N. Gabrielson, Director of the United States PFish and Wildlife | Service, told members of Juneau Rotary Club today. The genial Fish and Wildlife ex- ecutive, many times a visitor to Alaska, whose work has taken him into -outdoor recreation playgrounds throughout the United States, urged the development of lodges and small hotels throughout this area and the establishing of cheaper transporta- tion and other recreation facilities that would enable the $300 to $400 vacation seeker to take advantage of what Southeast Alaska offers. Pledges Cooperation Dr. Gabrielson, known as “Gabe” to his many friends in Alaska, said that the Fish and Wildlife Ser- vice pledged full cooperation in carrying out any such development and said that he was certain the Forest Service would also cooper- | < B 4 ate in every way. | Al German Held Territory. REAUTIC'AN ON SIEGE GUNS POUR SHELLS INTO PSKOV in Northwest Russia in Danger MOSCOW, Feb, 20.—All territory being held by the Germans in' northwest Russia is now gravely' threatened by the Red Army drive! on Pskov, and there is evidence that Nazi transportation systems in some places is becoming disor- ganized, dispatches from the Baltic front declared. { The Red Army newspaper Red |Star, saild the Russians are now i"nghtmg inside the German defens- {es around Pskov, and advanced Red Army units are within sight of the fortress city. “The Germans are resisting fiercely, especially along the main road, and the Red Army has to fight hard for every village it takes.” With the vanzuard of the Russian forces less than 12 miles away, Pskov is reported already under fire from Red Army siere juns. Further scuth, General Popov's army is reportcd smashing throuzh the intricat fsotwork of German ccmmunication lines and fortifica- tions just east of the border of the Latvian Republic. At one point, Russlan 1« are. only 12 miles from the frontier. - o FIRSTMAJOR VICTORY ON BURMA FRONT British Iroo}?Mopping Up Remnants of Eight Thousand Japs NEW DELHI, Feb 29. — British troops today continued successful mopping up operations against shat- tered remnants of 8,000 Jap troops in the Arakan jungles north of Akyag in Burma, where the Allies annoufice the first major victory in the campaign in East Asia. 2 The areas east of the Mayu Range are being: cleared of Japs. One enemy column is still offering re- sistance in the north. i . o Wage, Hot in Alaska Won't Forget Agai L r Condifions B e BROUGAINVILLE AUSTRALIAN Capt. A. J. Moyer, an administration doctor in the Solo- mons, treats a native Bougainvi'le girl for a skin irritation while she nonchalantly smokes her pipe. The girl and other natives escaped from Jap-held territory. Marine Corps photo. (International Soundphoto) T e oL Now Being Discussed-af Conlerence SEATTLE, Feb. 29.—-Keynoting the opening of the fpur day con- ference on wage rates in the Al- askan area, Dr. George Bernard Noble, Chairman of the Twelfth Regional War Labor Board, declared that because of wage hour inequali- ties and competition between Gov- i ernment construction projects, un- healthy conditions exist in Alaska that might. prove unsettling if not checked. More than 100 representatifes of contractors, Alaska Labor Depart- ment, War Department, Northwest Service Command and other Gov- itnment agencles are attendimg the conference, Also present are re- sresentatives of United States con- struction projects in the northwest wrea of Canada where wages and hours are also an issue. Chairman Noble said the “issue before the conference is whether | there should be a uniform system f wages and hours established in GERMANS FORCED BACK, ITALIAN SECTOR Japs Given Jolt by U.S. Advances in Pacific ARTILLERY FIREROUTS NAZI UNITS British Tro@ Break Up Two Atfacks - Wrig- glers Liopped' Up ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN | NAPLES, Feh. 29. — The British troops broke up a series of small German attacks in the ravine ter- | ritory southwest of Carroceto on the | beachhead front while Allled troops | mopped- up Nazis who wriggled through the lines near Cassino. For the British in the Carroceto region, it was the second straight ;day of skirmishing with the enemy {in the deep gullies surrounding the headwaters of the Moletta River, | Allled artillery and mortars have |forced the Germans to fall back with heavy casualties. Artillery on beth sides fired heavily throughout the day. . Elsewhere on the beachhead front | patrols clashed at a number of points, It is announced that an American cruiser stood off the Anzio coast Sunday, shelled the enemy and en- gaged in a series of seven duels at long range with German artillery. ~ CAMPAIGN - ONSOON {Meeting Held Here Last - Night-Drive Opens » March 7 | Plans were started last night for the carrying out of Juneau's part |in the campaign to raise $18,000 from the Juneau Chapter Area for the Red Cross War Fund at a !meeting held in the City Hall at' ithe call of Brooks Hanford, chair- man for the drive. As in past years, Juneau will be divided into sections and solicitors | appointed to make a house-to-house |coverage of the entire city. Names of the volunteers who will carry out the big job will be announced within the next few days. Thete will be a meeting next |Monday night at 7:30 in the City Hall which all solicitors will attend to receive final instructions and |supplies. Then the concentrated drive will begin on the morning of March 7. | Among those present at last draft board classified him as phy-, {1 of Alaska;, or an alternative to|night’s meeting were John New- ,sically unfit because of a “nervous” trouble. Apparently, the Smith family is indispensable to the Senate Agri- cultural Committee. Charles F. Smith, a second son of the Sena- tor, is drawing $2,200 a year as an assistant clerk of the committee. He is listed on the Senate disburs- ing records'as living at the gran- diose Wardman Park Hotel with his father. However, a check at the hotel showed no Charles F. Smith registered there. Further in- quiry evolved the information that Charles F. Smith lives in Lynch- burg, S. C., home of the Senator, and that he rarely comes to Wash- ington. when so accurately, and so far in |that had they chose to implement |their forces, they might have an- nihilated us.” 'WAR VETERANS WILL GET JOBS —President Issues Oid_ers | “They knew we were coming and| He told of surveys made by the cqualize and stabilize wages and | marker, R. E. Robertson, Allen advance were the Japs tipped off,| Spedial legTsEIion Asked| SN GER —Georgia . Carroll, | singer with Kay Kyser's band, is_“Stop, Look At, and Listen | To” girl for army airmen. Fish and Wildlife Service concern- ing the development of interest in |outdoor recreation. - These studies |revealed that the interest, instead |of lagging with wartime conditions, | MUSI SERVE ou]l |the millions of young men, many door life and its pleasures. i Ithat state, has established a tour- the doors of Alcatraz prison 10 999000 apnually. | ‘held their own and then increased from citles, who had learned, A5-YEAR SENTENCE | He pointed out how Maine, WASHINGTON, Feb. 29. — The jgt inqustry which brings in an in-| |Harmon Whaley, serving 45 years COLLECTIVE BARGAINING hours and other working conditions Shattuck, Mrs. Florine Housel, A. B, iceording to regions. In some areas Phillips, Harold Foss, E. 8. Evans, men are now working 48 hours a Pastor H. L. Wood, A. Van May- week while in others men are work-|ern, M. H. Sides, Mrs. Jessie Mc- ng far greater week hours. Wage | Crary, George A. Morelander, Mrs, LT. R. W. STEARNS, Ashland, Ore, bomber pilot, grins while wearing his “Mae West” life-saver jacket that he forgot to take along on an overwater flight. Forced down and made to swim, when he got back on land he printed a pithy reminder on the jacket. This is a Marine Corps photo. (International) IS UPHELD Supreme Court MakesRul- ing-Is Eight fo One | Decision IKID"APER WHALEY lafter the end of war because of through life in the Army the out- |through the effort of the people in {Supreme Court has refused t0 OPen ¢ome of from $75,000,000 to $100,- |for the kidnaping of George Weyer- Mo - Tutirait WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. — The Thus, the Government pays two | p il of Senator Smith's sons, one of WASHINGTON, Feb. 29—Presl- haeuser of Tacoma, Wash., one them now in the Coast Guard, and dent Roosevelt has urged enact- of the most dramatic cases of the the othe he job with ment of legislation to give returned thirties. o e e unity] The Supreme Court declined to the Senate Agricultural Committee.|War veterans exclusive opportunity | b Moreover, other members of the| T employment in such Federal review the decision of the Ninth Senator's family are on the payroll/Jobs s the President might desig-|Federal Circult of Northern Call- L URa gl THs total salaries DN f Ifornia and a Federal District Court of Senator Smith’s family run into| real money. Here is the Smith take: Son-in-law C. Alfred Lawton, sec retary to the Senator, and comunit. |from this time forward. all Department heads under Civil release. Service Commission to give prefer-| Whaley said FBI agents forced _'ence to the employment of vebenns,him to plead guilty by threatening {him with death. P The. President has also directed that denied his writ requiring his tee clerk—$3,900. TaT o Daughter Isobel S. Lawton, as- sistant clerk—$2,200. Daughter Anna B. Pierce, assist- (Continued on Page Four) FROM WESTWARD Coming here from the Westward, | Mabel Tideman is registered at the Baranof from Anchorage. FUR PACT IS SIGNED He estimated that there will be SuPreme Court has ruled an em- {a 50 percent increase in this type ployer is required by the National of recreation after the war and “2POr Relations Act to bargain col- said that Southeast Alaska will get lectively with a union regardless a large share of this if its resi- Of Contracts reached with individual| dents can get behind a plan to get aders. | |the country ready for the prospec- Jiiidoe Jacksm_x delivared the tive tourists and sportsmen. |eight to one decision that upheld | His talk had immediate results at D¢ Main provisions of the Labor WASHINGTON, Feb 20 Pres Board. !dent Roosevelt has sizned legisl The order is one directing -the tion giving in effect the provisional 'the meeting. Earl Chmer of Peters- | burg, Chairman of the Alaska! Game Commission which is now in °: I+ ©ase Company of Rock Is- agreement of 1942 between the |session here, said that a special land, Illinois t/ bargain with the United States and Canada for pro- Imeeting will be held in the Glmpnmmnal Union of Automobile, tection of fur seals of the Pribilofs, | lcamminum offices here in the Federal Bullding and an invitation Ed is extended to all persons interested I (Continued on Page Two) _ v MRS. SNYDER HERE Here from Tenakee, Mrs. ]Snyder is at the Gastineau. Aireraft and Agricultural Imple- replacing the convention broken by ment workers of America, CIO. ‘Japan. Justice Roberts favored reversal| but did not writc a disseniing' opinion. e D and has registered at the Baranof. Leona Moan is here from Skagway | scales also vary greatly.” Chairman Noble also said, what e termed “pirating of labor’ from one project to another, will be dis- vussed. o Noble explained the recommenda- tions of the conference will be sub- raitted for final decision to the War | Labor Board The conference has been advised he Army ettled most of the problems ry for ion Maj. Sidney C. Surfin, head of } Domestic Foreign Labor Stan- n of the War Depart- “Why kid ourselves all know the Army nec wds D rentlomen, by far is er and we in Alaska and u know we have. been here for the past week and ve gtraichtened out some of our . We probably will need trom the Wage Adjust- ment Board and probably need nothing Labor, Board." from the War .- Howard R. Smith, here from ilka, is at the Bgranof. considera- | st direct employ- | | Roy Peratrovich, Charles Naghel, !and Hanford. | Harold Foss and A. B. Phillips iwere appointed to handle publcity for the campaign. | Letters already have been sent to all towns and communities in the Juneau Chapter Area. In charge of the drive for Doug- las will be Mrs. Mark Jensen, Mrs. E. E. Engstrom and Mrs. Norman Rustad. | The quota for the Gastineau Channel area will be announced within a few days. - . STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Feb. 29. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock teday 1s 5%, American Can 827%, Anaconda 26, Beech Aircraft Bethlehem Steel 58, Common- wealth and Southern %, Curtiss Wright 5%, International Harvester 70%, Kennecott 30, North Amer- ican Aviation 8%, New York Cen- | tral 17%, Northern Pacific 16, Unit- ‘ed States Steel 51%, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 136.30; rails, 38.23; utilities, 23.26.