The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 19, 1944, Page 1

VOL. YOLXILNo 9ol - NO 9630. BLAST NEW ROAD RED ARMY FORCES ON, SEVASTOPOL Axis Resisting Desperately —Cut Down Trees Re- porfed Mined MOSCOW, April 19.—The Soviet communique says the Axis troops are “resisting desperately” as crack Rus- sian Marines pushed through the valleys southeast of Sevastopol ap- parently on the verge of joining up with the main body of the Fourth Ukraine Army for a combined as- sault on the Crimean port. “The Germans are heaping as many obstacles as they can in the way of our troops, blowing up bridges across mountain streams,” declared the communique and agded that Nazi machine-gunners are firing on their Rumanian allies if they show the least sign of retreat. or surrender. Yeremenko's Marines yesterday captured the coast town of Balak- lava and today are advancing along the Balaklava-Sevastopol highway, less than seven miles from the port proper and another moved toward the city along the Sevastopol-Yalta road, threatening tite base south and southwest. The Marines are in sight of Sevas- topol as they fought through tre- mendous , barricades built around cut-down mined trees thrown across the highway southeast of the city, one front line dispatch states. The Washingion Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON @t. Col. Robert 8. Allen now on active service with the Army.) WASHINGTON —1It has escaped public . attention that one of the significant labor disputes in history is now before the War Labor Board. It involves the question of whether management has the right to say whether or not its properties must keep on operating at the behest of a union after the War Production Board says that operation is no longer needed for the war. The postwar implications are breath-taking. Here is the inside story. ‘The Republic Steel Company op- erates the Raimund iron mine near Bessemer, Alabama, where there was & row. over wages and working conditions with ‘the . CIO mine, mill and smelter workers, The case came before ~the overburdened Atlanta branch of the WLB nine months ago and was delayed for some time. In the interim, Republic Steel shut down the mine with the consent of the WPB. Meanwhile, the union got busy inside the WPB to find out why the iron ore from the Reimund mine was not necessary Lo the steel pro- gram. What it discovered was that lesser officials in the WPB's iron and steel division, unknown to Chairman Donald Nelson and Vice Chairman Charles E.. Wilson, had so ruled without the knowledge of their chief. Learning this, the union pressed for a further investigation as to the essentiality of the mine and, later, the Atlanta WLB received a letter from WPB's byrly Vice Chairman Wilson that the mine was essential to war production, l!ber all. WILSON REVERSES HIMSELF Elated, the union nppmnched the WLB with this new evidence. Came the day of the re-Rearing and a third communication arrived from the WPB. This ene, also from Wil- son, sustained the original findings of his assistants and reversed his own findings that the mine’s output was necessary to the war. This one was final. It arrived one day before the Atlanta hearing and, of course, completely wrecked the union’s case, which the Atlanta Labor Board promptly dismissed. Now the CIO hgs appealed to the full National WLB in Washington, arguing that the War Production Board, not being :a tripartite body of industry, labor and Government nflw.u is not impartial and not com| to pass judgment on the essentialities of a property where a labor dispute is involved. What the unign wants WLB to (Continued an Page Four) TANKS BEING USED TO HIT JAPS, INDIA e Mlies Score Further Ad- vances in Offensive- Capture Positions KANDY, Ceylon, April 19.—Allied forces lashed out with tanks today in an offensive against the Jap invaders in northwest India, scor- ing further advances and taking three small Jap defensive positions northwest of the Imphal Plains. Bitter fighting continues in the hills west of Biscenhenpur and there is no change in other sectors, the official cummunlque states. —e—— DRAFT BOARD RELEASES NEW LISTING TODAY The following new listings were released by the local Draft Board: 1-A—Lee Utter Imhoff, William'B. Glafke, James J. Connors. 1-A(H)—Walter P. Klewena, Jim George McKinley, William Bowling, Edward Miller, Frank Alex Clark, Stanley V. Grummett, Willie Marks. Otto Mack Wood, Willilam P. Blan- ton, Harvey Ernest Case, Sydney J. Thompson, Joseph F. Stevens, Ole Westby, Boris Chernikoff, Jack Kane, Alexander Prokopiof, Court- ney M. Smith, James L. McNamara, John Russell Riggs, Harold E. Snar- ing, Maurice E. Corthell, Hugh Lewis Cochrane, Walluf A. Rasmussen, Clifford L. Daigler, Christian Huber, Billy J. Wilson, George Francis Shaw, James H. Schriver, Robert J. DuPree, Willis H. George, Hal Stan- ley Kimmel, Lisle F. Hebert, George Carteeti, George S. Baroumes, Jack B. Burford;, Anton R. Hellbaum,' Anton Roland Hared, Jimmie Carl John, Algot E. Peterson, Charles O. Beck, Melville S. Leath, Leslie Eric | Iverson, Roy Hutto Bailey, James C. ! Ryan, Charles T. Doucette, Groge Eli Sheeper, George Alex Daris, John Pasquan, Dmitri Oustigoff, Emeral O. Davis, Ernest L. Hiltz, Chris Jorgensen, Leonard William- son, Jack B. Joseph. 1-A(W)—Peter Oustigoff. 1-C—Verne C. Dick, Austin Hard- ing Brown, John M. Pavlik. 2-A—William Fitzpatrick. 4-A—Harold K. Aasa, Thomas J.| Selby, Constantine Lestinkof, Daniel | Brown, Howard Hussel Gray, Einar | Lavold, Lynn Carel Vernon, Harry Scott, Leslie Andrew Strum, Wilbur K. Burford, Alfred F. Ellenberg, John Borbridge, ‘Sven H. Svenson, John T. Johnson, George G. Laing, Peter Mark Williams, Oscar A. Er- landsen, Hans Peter Metsala. 2-B—Fred Carol Morgan. 4-P—George Carr Bassford, .Ed- ward John Cowling, Raymond John Donlan, Bjarne Carl Olson, Andrew J. Johnnie, Charles Metjay. 4-F(R)—Thomas Powers, LT. CARO BACK AFTEN ABSENCE, FOUR MONTHS Back after an absence of four months, Lt. Warren M. Caro, U. 8. C. G. R, returned to Juneau yes- terday and within a few days will leave again for a month's special assignment in Ketchikan as Acting Port Security Officer. Upon his re- turn from the First City, Lt. Caro will again resume his duties as Japtain of the Port. While in the States, Lt. Carq spent some time in Washington, D. C., attending conferences on Port Security, as District Coast Guard Headquarters representative for the Seventeenth Naval District. In ad- dition, he instructed in Captain of the Port work at the Coast Guard Training Station at Fort McHenry. Before returning, Lt. Caro also spent his leave visiting in New York, Chicago and Pacific Northwest towns. * ——————— PAN AMERICAN IN WITH THREE YESTERDAY Yesterday afternoon a Pan Am- erican Airway plane brought in Mrs. Kathleen Andrews, Lana Barn- hill and Thomas G. Smith from Whitehorse! GERMANS SEEK TO SAVEROME | FROM ATTACKS| Sort oTPTedge from Roosevelt Through De Valera LONDON, April 19.—Replying to| a plea of Eamon DeValera that Rome be spared, President Roose- velt told the Eire Prime Minister the city’s fate rested with Germany, while the Germans again sought unilaterally to declare Rome an open city. The President’s message dated April 3 was made public in Dublin today and said “if the German forces are not entrenched in Rome, there is no question to arise con- cerning the city’s preservation.” The President also said the Allies often and at considerable sacrifice have tried scupulously to spare the religious and cultural monuments. The Germans made reply by a DNB broadcast shortly before the |Allied Headquarter§ in Naples an- nounced heavy German traffic was moving, on Rome from the north- east. The Germens suggested that % Valera induce the United St and Britain to contribute the preservation of Rome fraining what the DNB “senseless” air attacks. TS A T New Weapons fo Be Used Against Enemy Incude Rod(e_l Guns . toward by re- called WASHINGTON, " A 10 Admiral Hussey, Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance, said some new types of weapons “are in progress” for use against the enemy. He said| the development of rocket guns is progressing very rapidly, and also |disclosed that “a large testing sta- tion” is now being devoted almdost exclusively for rocket gun develop- ment. MILITARY COM. '~ GIVES UP PLAN ' REGARDING 4F's WASHINGTON, April 19. — The House Military Affairs Committee spetial legis- | abandoned pl lation to for “essential {work through- thest of. induc- | tion into the A mvy or labor! battalions, /‘\ Chairman mmeed the | committee dedM t the govern- | ment agencies, § “n Selective Service and the'/ War ' Manpower Commission already have ample authority to require physically dis- qualified men to W to essential jobs. 'OV, BRICKER IS CAMPAIGNING FOR 60P NOMINATION LOS ANGELES, Calif., Gov. John W. Bricker, seeking the GOP Presi- dential nomination, told a mass meeting audience here last night “I wans no more part of New Deal’ philosophy, and I am seeking a| speedy return to a Republican torm’ of Government.” Gov. Bricker listed four objec- tives which- he said were dearest to Americans, win the war, insure peace, postwar economic freedom and freedom from a New Deal. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, April 19.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau minej| stock today is 5%, American Can 84, Anaconda 25%, Beech Aircraft 8%, Bethlehem Steel 57%, Curtiss Wright 5%, International Harvester 69, Kennecott 30%, North American Aviation 8%, New York Central 17%, Northern Pacific 14%, United States Steel 50%, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 135.48, rails 317.75, utilities 22.39. - e —— CROSSLEY HERE Registered at the Baranof, J. P. Crossley is'here from Seattle, |{major baseball leagues opened their S| the game with singles by Dick Sie- “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1944 Major Baseball Leagues Open 3rd Warlime Season (By Associated Press) possible scoring threats were cut Pitchers' had their day as thejoff by double plays. Pacific Coast League season yesterday{s Los Angeles opened the home ason Tuesday with Ray Prime third wartime with but one game—Cleveland l'Tse Chicago in the American League—jhurling a four-hitter to blank postponed on account of the;Hollywood. The Angels collected weather. mine hits. With 121,000 fans looking on, theé{ Bob Joyce turned in the third hurlers held batters to & puny aver-|victory of the season for the Seals age of .196 for the day, and not alover Oakland in the Oaks' park. single team was able to break into| Pitcher Helser took over both the double digits in the hit column..end.s to pitch and bat Portland to The Americans with three games,'a 10 to 4 victory over Sacramento. outdrew the Nationals wlth He collected five hits in five times 63,000 to 57,000 spectators. 'lt bat and cut off the Solons with Pudgy Max Lanier of the Car-'nvcn hits. dinals turned in the number one| Joe DeMoran likewise won his hurling effort, holding the Pirates ewn game for Seattle, driving’in the to two bingles for a 2 to 0 shutout. Winning run with a single in the Bucky Walters of Cincinnati was 8ixth that sent two across the home the day’s hard-luck hurler, his plate. three-hit pitching going for naught! when the Chicago Cubs blanked| Cincy 3 to 0 behind the nve-hitl GAMES TUESDAY Los Angeles 9, Hollywood 0. San Francisco 2, Oakland 1. Portland 10, Sacramento 4. Seattle 3, San Diego 2. National League Chicago 0, Cineinnati 3. 8t. Louls 2, Pittsburgh 0. Philadelphia 4, Brooklyn 0. New York 2, Boston 0. American League New York 3, Boston 0. 8t. Louis 2, Detroit 1. Philadelphia 3, Washington 2. Cleveland-Chicago postponed. cfferings of Hank Wyse. American League Connie Mack started his 50th year as major league manager as his Athletics took a 3 to 2 victory in: 12 innings over the Washington Senators. The Athletics broke up bert and Irvin Hall's sacrifice and an infield tap in the twelfth. Vice President Henry A, Wallace pinch hit for the President in tossing out the first ball. |3 Hank Borowy, turning in a flat-' tering five-hit performance for the Yanks, blanked Boston on the home STANDING OF CLUBS Pacific Coast League grounds 3 to 0. Johnny Lindell Won Lost Pet, sewed up the game for the Yanks Los Angeles 7 2 118 with g homer in the second frame, Hollywood 6 5 545 Jack Kramer pitched St. Louis to/flan Diego 7 4 6% a 2 to 1 victory over Dptroit and -(Jnn !‘ranchco ! - 4 636 a_shutout by one.sixikeliosettle . .. 6 6 45 VHER Pinky Higgins homered after pomanfl 5 6 455 Slvo out and two strikes on him in | Oakland 3y '3:73 e ninth. : National League :sacramenm i’ 2 17 222 Bill Voisel'e became the first | v | Giant rookie ever to win an opener N l:,"ue . as he defeated the Boston Brates'sy 1ouis oln Lgs" 11:,”" 2 to 1 on his six-hit offering. He noo von’ e was helped by rookie Hal Luby from py oo ;:r L ALE Oakland, who drove in the deciding Ephin Lo b LR |two runs in the seventh inning with Gifigtnnatt, ... ¢ By | a ‘double. ‘l;mlburgh 07 000 The largest crowd of an nil Rgeln. Dy Y day turned out in Cincinnati30., Boston MaF 000—to'see the Reds win 3 to 0 over Chicago W Chicago. The revamped Phillies Ahowed American League power at the plate to collect nine Won Lost Pet.| hits—the most for the day—and de- New York . 10 1000 feat Brooklyn 4 to 0, as Dick Bar- St. Louis 1 . 0. 1,000} Tett set down the Dodgers with six, Phwphlfl 1 0 1,000 hits. 0 1 000 Max Lanier turned in a -master- Qezm"' 0 1 .000 ful performance as St. Louis stop- Wuhlngmn 0 1 .000 ped Pittsburgh 2 to 0, and he had Cle'fllnd o 0 [J .000 superb fielding back of him as three Chicago .. 0 0 000 115 More Nippon - Ships Torpedoed ~ . By U. §. Submarines } WASHINGTON, April 19.— Destruction of 15 more Jap xuvmou ARMY 'DRIVE STARTING NEXT WEDNESDAY vessels by far-ranging American subs is reported by the Navy. The bag brings to 682 the num- ber of Jap craft sunk, probably sunk or damaged by subs. Included in today’s report of sinkings are three tankers, a medium sized naval repair ship, seven medium sized cargo ves- sels, two medium sized cargo and passenger vessels, one small cargo and passenger ves- sel, one small cargo vessel. VETERANS, HE SAYS Ford has pledged that war veterans will get job preference in the Ford Motor Company plants after the war and voiced the hope “other em- ployees will do the same thing.” This pledge has been given by Ford to Brig. Gen. Hines, Director of retraining and reemployment. of war veterans. Ford said all servicemen need to do when the Ford production lines start turning out automobiles again is “to come in and go to work.” Ford also said the servicemen de- serve first call in postwar jobs be- cause others have “made a lot of money out of this war and the serv- jcemen have made nothing.” FORD T0 GIVE J0OB ' PREFERENCE TO WAR WASHINGTON, April 19.—Henry The Salvation Army drive has been moved up from May 1 and will | now start in Juneau next Wednes- dw, one week from today, April 26, according to an announcement| made by Capt. T. J. Dyck. The campaign for $2,000 will be |a fast one, extending not over 10 |days. The fund is for carrying on (the various activities® of the Salva- \tion Army. Heretofore a most ready response has been made to the drive, Capt. Dyck and Lou Hudson will have charge of the drive. fifl;!lilb Flying Passenger Planes Will Be_DeveIoped | WASHINGTON, April 19.— Fast, high-flying Lockheed Constella- tions, capable of carrying 80 pas- sengers in comfort, is described as “just the beginning of the develop- ment of large airplanes” for com- mercial operation, said Jack Frye, President of the Transcontinental Western Airlines. fl; nnlm d.Lockheed Constellation ys ago from Burbank, California, to Washington in -6 hours and 58 minutes with 17 pas- sengers aboard, including Frye and Howard Hughes, who were at the icow 4 RAIDS MADE ON ANZIO BEACHHEAD ARE TURNED BACK Bomber Attacks Deslroy German Planes in North- 'ern ltalian Area ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NAPLES, Avpril 19.—Allied troops yesterday repulsed four raids against one position on the Anzio beachhead inflicting a heavy loss on the enemy. Allied patrols and artillery were active along cthe entire Italian front says today's communigue. Artillery destroyed an ammuni- tion dump of the enemy. Bad weather and poor visibility curtailed all major air operations but Allied fighters and bombers flew nearly 1,000 sorties striking German planes aground in North- ern Italy and hitting Nazi com- munications as well as patrolling the battlefront. Nine enemy planes were destroyed to return to bases. TWO COUNTRIES IN 5. W, PACIFIC GETTING UPPISH WASHINGTON, April 19—Rep- resentative James P. Richards, Democrat of South Carolina, told the House that the recent agree- ment between Australia and New Zenland concerning postwar juris- diction over the* Pacifie Islands is @ “menace.ta | prose- cution of the 7 B Discussing legislation to extend the lend-lease program, Richards termed the agreement the “unkind- est and most disturbing cut of all.” He added: ‘“These countries, saved from destruction by American arms, have been recipients of lend-lease materfals by the millions of tons. On January 21, they entered into a unilateral pact, in effect, that served notice on the world, these two members of the British Em- pire must have a predominant say- so on any disposition or adminis- |tration of the islands in the Pa- cific, including the Marshalls, Mar- fanas, Carolines and other islands |in Jap possession with doomed | Philippines, Guam and Wake. As- |sertion of separate zones for in- fluence can only sow distrust and discord among the United Nations.” — it e Workers' Migration Will Leave Blg Mark w,\smnc’ron, o, TApril 19—In | review of population trends, the of workers will “leave marks oh the country for years to come,” judging from the last war. Thousands Of workers have mi- grated to war plants and men sta- tioned in variois parts of the coun- try, new to them, are expected to remain there rather than return to \their old homeb, WCTU Gets Kick Out 0f Case of Scolch EVANSTON, TIL, April 19.—The WCTU described as gratifying that Gen. MacArthur has refused to per- mit Major Richard Bong to accept a caf® of Scotch from Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker for shooting down 27 Jap planes. “This is the first time a military leader has become a morale lead- er,” ‘sald Mrs, Ide Wise-Smith, WCTU President, Asks Extension of Int. Highway Com. For 4 Years More WASHINGTON, April 19. — Con- gressman Wairen G. Magnuson has introduced a bill to extend the life {of the Alaska International High- way Commission for four years. The expiration date is next June. —————— FROM SKAGWAY Arriving from Skagway, Mrs. E. Hall is registered at the Baranof, in combat. Eight Allied craft failed | OWI predicted postwar migrations MEMBER. ASSOCIATED PRESS WARRENTO BE GOPERS' KEYNOTER Governor of California Wil Also Be Temporary Chairman June 26 CHICAGO, April 19.—The Re- publican Arrangements Committee has selected Gov. Warren of Cali- fornia as temporary chairman and keynoter of the party's June 26 nominating convention and has recommended Minority House Lead- er Martin as permanent chairman. The selection of Gov. Warren was | ‘made after members of the com- | mittee were told he is not a can- | didate for any national office. SATAWAIN BASE AIRSTRIP GIVEN LIBERATOR BLAST | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, April 19.—Solomon based Liberators tem- porarily neutralized the Satawain air base at the southern approaches to Truk last Sunday with the first strike in force on the Nomol group in the Carolines. The raiders knocked out an air- strip and returned without en-| countering either Jap fighters or anti-aircraft fire. Another sortie blastcd Rabaul again and air patrols damaged a 2.000-ton,_Jap freighter and sank two supply luggers. ¢ COMPLETE TIEUP OF HALIBUT FLEET ONPACIFIC COAST SEATTLE, April 19.—The tieup of the entire Pacific Coast halibut fleet was completed when Astoria, Oregon, fishermen joined the fleets of Washington, British Columbia and Alaska in refusing to fish. in .protest to the OPA ceilings. H. Duniop, of the International { Fisheries Commission, and Seattle; office director, said 600 boats are| in the tieup and asserted that fresh halibut which should be coming (o /the market in the next couple of | days, is off the Nation’s diet until ntemement is made. 'WIDE SWEEP BY - U. 5. PLANES IS MADE IN PACIFIC UNITED STATES PACIFIC |FLEET HEADQUARTERS, April 119.—Navy search planes attacked Pingelap, Ant, Pakin, and Ulul Islands last Sunday in sweeps over (the Carolines, and other alrcraft dropped 45 tons of bombs on enemy bases in the Marshalls, Adm. Ches- ter W. Nimitz reports. Pingelap is situated midway be- tween Kurair and Ponape and is the eastern guardian of Truk. Ant and Pakin are near Ponape, and Ulul is northwest of Truk. Gun positions and barracks were bombed and strafed by Army, Navy, and Marine planes. Jitterbugs Inll;e Adress; She Sues LOS ANGELES, April 19.—Actress | Florida Edwards is suing the Holly- wood Canteen for injuries alleged- ly received when five jive dancing servicemen sent her spinning. She told the court “you can't stand still with jitterbugs. I scream- ed for help put no one paid any lattention as mwrbugs are always screaming anyway.” The Judge| asked: “Do they drink?” and the 'actress replicd “no they are usually sober, they are just crazy.” .- —— . . k3 . . WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. Bureau) Temp. Tuesday, April 18 Maximum 50; Minimum 43 e o o o o THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENT3 5000 PLANES DROP 7,000 TONS BOMBS American, RAF Make Ter- rific Attack on Reich in Day, Night Raids LONDON, April 19.—Sending out more than 5,000 warplanes, the Al- lies have blasted a new road to Hitler's Europe, dropping more than 7,000 tons of explosives during the past 24 hours. Nearly 2,000 Amrlun bombers and fighters went out today smash- ing fighter plane factories as a sim- ilar armada did yesterday, the two " |daylight attacks sandwiched in be- tween a night assault, when more than 1,000 British bombers, the heaviest force ever sent out by the Royal Air Force against occupled territory. French rail junctions were smasli- ed during the rald last night. Objectives today included fighter plane factories and aireraft park- ing flelds in Western Germany at Kassell, Escgwege, Paderborn, Gut- tersloh and Werl. Thunderbolts, Lightnings and Mustangs accompanied the bomb- ors on the raids. | A Vichy radio says Rouen was badly hit yesterday and a cathe- jdral was destroyed and another French city of 15,000 population was heavily bombed and was burning learly this morming, fiames were seen for miles. The Vichy broadeast alsgd said further ‘heavy ‘damage was done at what remains of Berlin. e o Shipping Beiween Eire, Brifain, Off LONDON, April 19.—Cross chan- nel shipping from Cork, Ireland, to Britain has been suspended and |Eire passenger trains will run only on Monday and Thursdays begin- ning next week, it is announced. This is due probably to the fuel |shortage but increases the span of barriers between Eire and invasion conscious Britain. BULLETINS BOMBAY, Indla—The death toll from fire which touched off two heavy ammunition explosions along - the waterfront Priday rose to 360 * with scores still hospitalized. HOLLYWOOD — Actress Bette Davis has been elected President for the third straight year of the Hol- lywood Canteen which has served {over 1,580,000 service men in two | years. BEJILIN Hermann Goering spoke today on Hitler's 55th birthday . saying the order of the day is to show immutable love for the Pueh~ rer, by the Germans taking an oath as a birthday gift “not to lay down arms.” NEW YORK—Chief of the Ger- man-controlled French Government in Vichy, Laval, in a broadcast pick- ed up here warns all Frenchmen against cooperation with the Allied armies “when invasion comes.” He declared massed formations of An- glo-American parachutists will be dropped over France, seeking co- I‘npentim of French partisans. LONDON — Rescue workers are | digging through wreckage of one of | London's largest hospitals in search for casualties after the building was | blasted and set afire by a direct hit in a German air raid early this morning. Nearly 2,000 patients were in the hospital. WASHINGTON — Marine Corps Headquarters announce promotion |of Lt. Col.-James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President, to a funl Colonel. ¥ LONDON—Suspension of channel traffic between Eire and Britain is to stop any spylng on invasion plans, it is officially announced. ——————— VINOLA ON VISIT At the Baranof, Emil W. Vinola, is an arrival from Skagway.