The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 4, 1944, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. XLL, NO. 9592. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” = ) JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT3 NEW FOOTHOLD IS GAINED BY ALLIES Kurile Islands Are Raided by U.S. Bombers FIVETONS EXPLOSIVES SENT DOWN Paramushifllso Shimu-? i shu. Hit-All Planes Return Safely | WASHINGTON, March 4—Amer-| ican bombers raiding Paramushiro| of the Kuriles, without encounter- ing any major qpposition, dropped | five tons of bombs and returned safely to their bases in the North| Pacific. | | | | | The official text made public is as follows: “A small force of, Ventura bomb- | ers of the fleet Air ‘Wing Four at-| tacked Paramushiro and Shimushu| in the Kurlles on the morning of | March 2, west longitude date. “Five tons were dropped. | “There was no interception and‘ no damage suffered in ‘sporadic| antiaircraft fire encountered. | “All planes returned to bases.” The Washington| berg of Washington, D. C. A GROUP OF U. S. NAVY NURSES are shown on the grounds outside the House of Commons, London, while on a sightseeing tour after their arrival in England. They are (1. tor.): Ensigns Irene Beck, Jamestown, N. Y.; Frances Beck, Lexington, N. C.; Theresa Musolino, Canandaigua, N. Y.; Anne Fortune, Wilkes Barre, Pa.; Marie Laudenslager, Valley View, Pa.; Margaret Butler of Schenectady, N. Y., and Helen Kensen- (International) Merry - Go- Round | By DREW PEARSON f (Major Robert 8. Allen on sctive duty.) | WASHINGTON—It hasn't leaked out out of the State, Department, but Myron Taylor, U. S. Ambassador | to the Vatican and former head of | the U. S. Steel Corporation, has been | wringing his hahds over the sloth- | ful way we are working out post-‘[ war plans for preserving peace. | Two months ago, with a great | 53 blast of trumpets, Secretary Hull \ NARVA BURNS announced a committee headed by Ambassador Taylor to make plans ) | | i for permanent peace machinery to avoid the mistakes made after the last war. Since then, Ambassador Taylor has been sitting around Washington waiting for action. But there has been none. This is not the fault of energetic Undersecretary of State E. Stet- | tinius, who succeded Taylor as head | ! ! |and can't afford this high-priced| of U. S. Steel. More and more, Stettinius impresses people with the | way he is struggling to revamp! creaking, crusted diplomatic ma- | chinery. But the work of post-war | planning is beyond Stettinius’ scope. | ing in Outskirts of | Baltic Gateway ‘ HULL'S LACKADAISICAL LEO | Inside the State Department, it is | referred to as the “Sacred Cow” of | LONDON, March 4. — Russian| Secretary Hull himself and of me‘irroops have smashed their way into: man who has come to*be his closest | the outskirts of the Baltic gateway confidant, Leo Pasvolsky. Russian- | city of Pskov from the east, Moscow born Pasvolsky was secretary to the | annonced, and unofficial Soviet re- last Czarist ambassador to Wash- |ports said the Germans have put ington, later edited various Ru;siunithe torch to the ancient Estonian| newspapers in this country, and has | fortress town of Narva as Red units | written an imposing list of books on | lunged nearer. Used Cars Take OPA For a Ride; Ceiling - Prices Knocked Out BY JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, March 4. — At the Office of Price Administration, they're wrestling with one of the toughest problems in months—how | to stop skyrocketing prices of used | cars. Already there have been reports from some areas that the high prices of used, cars are slowing up the war ‘effort. Workers who must travel long distances to their jobs finding work Soviet Troops Now Fight- | oo one” esras o neer it is essential, Acccrding to information received here, three-year-old used cars in | some sections are selling 75 to 80 percent over the cost of the car when it was new. In some instan- ces, this has brought the cost of some of the least expensive cars to around $1,500. What is the answer? Price ceil- ings and maybe rationing. Why hasn't. OPA done something about Russia, the Balkans and Euro;mmA economics. To - scholarly, owl-eyed, White Russian Pavolsky, Secretary Hull has taken a strange fancy. To him he has entrusted the vitally important work of post-war planning. Probably one reason Hull likes him is because Pasvolsky is even more cautious than the Secretary of State himself. Hull can be absolutely sure that Leo will make no mistakes because Leo al- most never moves. This may be all right in regard to delicate diplomatic policy, but when it comes to planning for peace, men like ‘Ambassador Taylor and Hull’s fellow members of the Cabinet chafe at the delay. The European war is nearing a pmhnb)e end this year, yet the inert hand of Leo Pavolsky still Red units now hold positions in the environs of Pskov from two di- rections. |of the city Soviet spearheads have fought their way within six miles of the Pskov-Warsaw railway, one lopen to the Pskov garrison, the Moscow bulletin said, and are clos- {ing in on the rail town of Ostrov. On the Narova bridgehead south of Narva, General Govorov's troops pressed westward against stubborn | resistance, and succeeded in enlarg- |ing their foothold on the west bank, | killing more than 2300 Germans within the past 48 hours. . Seventeen miles southeast | ;of the two last escape rail routes) stacks up reams of reports on this| and that problem of peace, or refers | them to this and that sub-com- | mittee. Gruening Are to Hold| | | 'Open House Monday: P:)‘ST-WAR COMMUNICATIONS | R el | leanwhile other countries are! To honor L. Metcalf Walling, Ad-! :;::::‘3 ;':: ‘sn"‘t‘:nml’flmnem lf""fmmistra'.m' of Wages and Hours' boar Dok abcust, BC:J‘ ’S‘Otm;‘lg 35 and Public Contract Acts, of the; Tedlin - tolegTaphis co‘mn'm‘:xc:{m‘:;‘Depar(ment of Lipor, who is here after the war, |from Washington}\D. C., Gov. and The British have a close-knit, all-‘Mm Ernest Griyining will hold embracing system by which they can |OP€" house Mondiy afternoon be-; communicate all over the Empire for tween the hours of 15 and 7 o'clock.| | The public is ex{inded an invita-| tion to call and mjlet Mr. Walling. | (Continued on Page Four) l,try. Dealers say celling prices would force many of them out of busi- ness, necessitating the closing of many repair shops, carried as a | sideline. These repair shops are bad- {1y needed to keep the nation rolling. if wartime -transportation is to be maintained adequately. A second factor is the fear of ’creaung a new black market that icould be worked between individ- uals. |sible to prove that a “premium” |{was paid over the ceiling price. The third problem is one of pric- was turned out, and the number of miles on the speedometer. The talk now is that there might have to be two types of ceilings— one on guaranteed reconditioned cars sold by dealers and another on cars sold by individuals. Also there is no assurance that ceilings can be established that will keep used cars rolling into the mar- ket—an essential factor if war work is to be maintained. Serious short- ages of used cars in the big war industrial centers would affect the whole war program. it before? The resistance of indus-|fies the manpower quota for each It would be almost MM\HRE -F_ollows 2ND RAID ON BERLIN MADE BY U. §. UNIT Difficult Flying Conditions| Encountered Today- NaziRadio Account By Associated Press The United Etates Army Head- quarters in London announces that heavy bombers attacked targets i eastern Germany and one forma- tion is “reported attacking a target in the Berlin district.” The announcement said the flight was “made through difficult {fiving conditions with the clouds often as high as 30,000 feet.” An earlier German broadcast by | the Propaganda Agency, Interna- tional Information, said bombs were showered on Berlin but the; DNB official Nazi news agency de~ clared that not a single explosive fell on Berlin itself. ' The attack was made today, fol- | |lowing one made yesterday, but| which failed, according to the Ber- {lin broadcast. This broadcast also {said only American Fighter planes reached the environs of Berlin and | {they came from a westerly direc- |tion. Heavy defensive was encoun- | tered, says Berlin. | The American bombers crossed day of this assault. Bomb-made pits serve as foxholes for Marshalls group as they wipe out pillbox The devastation so graphically pictured here is the work of Navy pulverizer-planes working just in the van of the clean-up boys, who have U.S. Marines Polish Off Parry Isle | | | advancing Marines on Parry Island in the Eniwetok Atoll of the far after pillbox on the islet fortified for twenty years against the just blasted out a Jap billpox (upper left). the channel early this morning in| . | . "7 R, [] ; |a tremendous procession. Sgt. Wil- | he ed ur'n liam Deblasio, of Pittsbyrgh, the| 4 |first to return, Eighth Air today.” — e e —— | | | weather curtailed on all fronts | | | | | ALLTED HEADQUARTERS IN| ! beachhead were smashed yesterday nounced by Ickes g |lines after the failure of their lat- nounced a more liberal plan for ‘ha‘icans along the Cisterna Montell mon compared with 77 last year | were destroyed. ly produces 90 percent of the United roceto were dispersed. mediately, is administered as it was| Officers im at least five said the “whole : | CANNERIES More liberawlilan for Al"‘NAPLES. March 4—Three small |and Thursday as the Nazis con- WASHINGTON, March 4—Inter- est all out offensive Alaska Salmon industry for 1944,/road on Thursday was beaten back There are 119 canneries in the| Two stiong enemy patrols, x"‘0b~I States supply of canned salmon. Unfavorable last year by the office ‘of the Co-|Nazi divisions were used in the re- Force was up there NAll Blows . | "'“S YEAR Following Crushing of | Big Offensive = | askan Industry An- | Giimead e e vesiercay | tinued to stab weakly at the Allied jior Secretary Harold L. Ickes an-| A dusk assault against the Amer- authorizing 89 plants to can sal-|by arullery fire, and three tanks Territory of Alaska, which normal-!ing British positions around Car- The order, which is effective im- ground operatior }ordinator of Fisheries, and speci-|cent costly Three had offensive. been previously identified, and the plant as established by the Warjother ‘two were crack Herman Manpower Commission. ¢ | Goering Panzer divisions. 1 The program will be administered| Allied air forces struck, slashing | from Seattle by Ralph Ferrandini,|blows at German communications | Area Coordinator for Alaska, Capt.|yesterday in Northern Italy and! J. Steele Culbertson, on liaison as-|Rome, blasting railways, destroying! It is estimated that at least 20,-|signment from the Army to thels number of ldcomotives, and can-| |000,000 cars must be kept moving|Office of Fisheries, will oversee nonading ships and dock areas.| field operations, making his head-|Eleven German planes were de-| quarters in the newly established stroyed and 10 Allicd craft lost. | office of the Fish and Wildlife Ser-| Spitfires again blasted the Yugo-! vice in Juneau. |slavia coast, and Wellington night £ 5 Yy B ST bombers smashed at Zara, one of| the major intakes for German rein-| | forcements. | | —— .- — | : |ing. Although a base. value can be ExplOSION I" RE'URNS MUSI . ‘ i established for used cars, it is im- GovernOf and Mrs- E- \ possible to establish the Vfllu;s ollma used car by the make, the year it! ARMY STATION| 1 i 10ne Man Dies as Result of| ' Burns_Three O'hers ; With only llid:); left in which! MaY Dle iw file income tax returns, word has etk been received in Juneau from Clark AUBURN, Wash,, March 4.—Roc Squire, Collector of Internal !co Vugna, 57, was burned severely | “"u€ jor. ibis district, that |when an explosion, followed by a | general extension for the filing of |fire, swept the big warehouse onre'.umu is contemplated this year. | the Army’s Holding Depot. He died | Returns muist be filed by March later in a hospital. Three others(!d: 8nd all are urged to get busy of ten victims are, in serious cnn.;'on the reports as socn as possible ! dition and may die BE FILED MAR. 15 AT LATEST Re- no Lto avoid last minute traffic jams | feeling jerty will be used by the city for | continuance of the street Firing at Towed Target; Four Hit Various Seclions ‘Hvu shells yesterday morning at 10 iu‘clock as four 20 milimeter 8“(1-4‘ (ELEBRATES {aircratt shells lit in town during |firing at a towed sleeve target. | One shell hit on the main stregl.‘ | One shell hit near the Russian | ichurch and exploded, scattering | fragments. { i» Another shell went through the roof of a residence and lit on a hall | bed but did not explode. The fourth shell, also a dud, pen-| | etrated the, roof of a downtown| | cocktail bgr, hit the bar. bounced i to the floor, rebounded onto a pin- |ball machine, breaking the glass. | No one was hurt and the damage | {dene is estimated at only a few WASHINGTON, March 4.—Presi- [qone » v dent Roosevelt today attained an-| t other anniversary in his Presidency, | Army, Navy and Marines were fit at 62 after 11 studded all participating in the firing and| a Special Board has been appointed cears of encompassing domestic and 4 ilnm.m“mm ‘:m"_,uw,h |to determine the origin of the shel- | 3 ling. Roosevelt now fa mentous problems. | Last night the President and Mrs. Roosevelt were hosts to the Cabinet | members at a dinner, an annual | affair to commemorate his first inauguration. - - CITY PURCHASES REGAN PROPERTY ON WEST SEVENTH : ' Brig. Chester 0. Taylor Is| The City Council last night auth- } coming '0 Iake charge | orized the purchase of the propkrnv; . | on West Seventh Street belonging | Under Ame”(ans | to the estate of John H. Regan. Pur- % chase price was $250 and the prop- | SEATTLE, March 4—The Salva- Ition Army officials here announce | transfer of Alaskan work from the | | i KODIAK, Alaska, March 4.—Ko- diak was the accidental target for| Commemorates Eleventh Anniversary of Inaug- uration-Feels Fit more mo- SALVATION | ARMY UNDER NEW REGIME A discussion was also held in re- 1ml'isdicuon of the Canadian Sal- 1. Stuart gard to the purchase of new hose for the fire department. Polling pre- cincts for the coming election were | it s ; naméd and include the following: | Cheswr O. Tavlor, former Alaskin Precinct No. 1, Fire Hall; Pl'l‘t:mct‘“mmvm‘ and who will be the first No. 2, PAA office; Precinct No. 3,/ American Divisional Commander in Juneau Dairies Building on Twelfth |Alaska | and B streets | Brigadier Taylor will soon leave | Last night's session, held at the for Wrangell where the Alaskan Di- | Council Chamber of City Hall, was | Visional headquarters may be es-| 1 vation Army to the American Sal- ation. Army in command of Brig. presided over by Acting Mayor Ralph | tablished, although Juneau is con- i Beistline in the absence of Mayor sidered Harry I. Lucas. | e e e { CALIFORNIAN HERE Registered from Ketchikan, W. From Oakland, Calif., Jerome J. is at the Baranof. Moore is at the Gastineau. BiG FORCE IS LANDED, LOS NEGROS Japanese §fi;ply Route Between Truk and New - Guinea, Severed ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN | THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, March 4.—The Fifth Cavalry regi- ment and reinforcements have ex- |panded their invasion hold on Mo- mote airdrome on Los Negros Island in the Admiralties, headquarters an- nounced, and the new advances gave the Allies a firmer foothold and a | strategic position in the Bismarck Sea, which has by-passed Rabaul, jand severed Japan's supply route | between Truk and New Guinea. Mitchell and Boston bombers pounded Japanese on Los Negros, also blasted enemy positions on the |larger Admiralty Island of Manus. Japanese planes tried to interfere and eight Zeros were shot down. The consecutive run of daily raids on Rabaul was cut to 15 by bad | weather, which prevented a con- tinuance of the assaults from the air, . The war in the Solomons, held in abeyance by planes from these bases that have blasted Rabaul, grew in intensily, headquarters re- ported. Nearly 200 tons of , bttt B e B i series of attacks on Bougainville Island still occupied by the Japs. RABAUL SHELLED GUADALCANAL, March 4.—Ad- | miral Halsey's South Pacific destroy- |ers shelled and bombed Rabaul. for the third time on February, 29, swinging boldly into the harbor to drop explosives into the remaining defenses. Rain obscured results. MINING COURSE T0 BE STARTED HERE ON MONDAY No Chafge;vS;ys Wilcox; Only Interest Must Be Shown,—llla!'s All A mining course to all those in- terested will be started here next Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock by the well, known instructor, Howard G. Wilcox, of the University of Alaska Mining Extension Course. The classes will be -held in the sam- ple room of the Baranof Hotel every night for a period of two weeks. There is no charge and anyone interested in mining may attend as everything is furnished free. On Monday night, Norman Stines, one of the best known mining men in the Interior will give a talk on placer mining in the Interior. On Tuesday, aside from the regu- lar course of instructions, Wilcox will talk on'the location of mineral deposits in Alaska. Wednesday night, Robert S. San- ford, District Engineer of the Bu- reau of Mines, will be the speaker of the evening. i ,e——— USO DANCE ON TONIGHT ‘The March formal dance will be held tonight in the Scottish Rite Temple, beginning at 9 o'clock. A servicemen’s orchestra will furnish the music for the affair. Last evening at the USO the Skag- way team won the quiz contest from the Juneau experts by a narrow margin. During the program, which the public was invited, Serv- ice Bars were presented to several stipulated number of hours to the USoO. - - - WITH CAA, YAKUTAT With the CAA at Yakutat, Robert A. Miller is at the Hotel Juneau. b e i i i e to . GSO girls who had contributed a’