The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 15, 1944, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLII., NO. 9652. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, VIAY 15, 1944 MI-MBLR ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ALLIES MAKE BREACH IN GUSTAV LINE| Invasion Defenses in France Struck Today FORTRESSES, LIBERATORS IN ATTACKS Day Raids Follow German Assault, British Coast- Brenner Pass Closed LONDON, May 15. Flying Fortresses and Liberators to- day attacked the German invasion defenses in the Pas de Calais area, the section nearest Britain, on the 31st consecutive day of the great aerial offensive after a night in which German bombers sharply at- tacked the British coast. No American bombers were lost today but one of the accompanying Mustangs is missing and fell as the result of antiaircraft fire since the United States communique said no German planes were sighted. A maximum of 250 Fortresses and Liberators, under protection of the Eighth Air Force Mustangs, pound- ed military installations in France following a night attack on Cologne by British bombers and Mosquitoes. Weekend activity saw the historic (Continued on Page Two) The Washington Merry - Go-Round: By DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col. Robert 8. Allen now on active service with the Army.) WASHINGTON—It looks as though the honeymoon between Secretary of State Hull and h).s energetic young Undersecretary, Ed Stettinius, were over—well over. There have been reports for some time that things weren't going so well between them, but all doubt as to the accuracy of these reports vanished when Stettinius came back | Close friends say | that the two men are now in about | from London. the same pistol-drawn position as Hull was with ex-Undersecretary Sumner Welles. The climax came when Stemnlus arrived at the airport on his return | from London. Michael McDermott, | efficient State Department press; relations chief and one of the four officials closest to Hull, met hlm[ As Stettinius stepped off the plane and posed for the cameramen, Me- | Dermott handed him a small piece of paper tettinius held the paper inside — American Liftle Bobby Is Hero | | | 1 | 'WLB FAVORS FISHERMEN IN RULING! Decision Concerns Cannery Workers - To Leave Soon SEATTLE, May 15. — The War | question for the Alaska fishing in- | dustry is hailed as a ‘‘complete | union victory” for the Alaska Fish- {ermen’s Union, especially in regard {1 {to the Bering Sea fishermen. The |union said it was a compromise which was “as a whole, satisfactory.” | The case inyolved a dispute be- tween the union and the Alaska | {Salmon Industry, Inc. | Henry Van Hoevenberg industry | manager, and representatives of the | workers met after the decision was | received from the WLB, to arrange | | sailing times of vessels which will | head for the salmon areas of the | | north, and the men will begin | | leaving in a few days. | The decision affects approximate- ly | packing firms. Main question was whether the | | seven percent wage increase under I | which the industry operated mc' season was a basic wage increase Labor Board’s decision on the wage | 17,000 workers and 100 salmon | Pin-ups Parade in Corps Garb for Servicemen HELLO BOYS! Film stars Martha Driscoll, to right) play no faverites when it comes to servicemen’s “pin-up” pictures. the Navv, Marines, Air Corps and Army, rnpu Ilvely. Evelyn Ankers, Anne Gwynne and Grace McDonald (left The, cuties are attired for Bobby Dickey, 5, holds his 15-months’ old brother Kenneth, as sister Beverly, 3, left, stands by at Dedham, Mass., just after Bobby became a hero. A fire started in their home when children playing with matches ignited séme curtains while the mother was ‘et shopping. When the fire broke out, Bobby tipped over Kenneth’s crib, carried him out and teld his sister to follow by hanging on to his shirt. She lor a war bonus. The Labor Board said it was an increase in pay, end- |ing, “it is understood in the light o U'provisions of the War that no 1 Alquuadron(ommanded ~ [RUSSIANS OFFENSIVE PROGRESSES SOUTH ITALY French Advance 7 Miles, Americans 4, British, Indians Go Ahead ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NAPLES, May 15—French troops have advanced as much as seven miles from the takeoff point in the . all-out Allied offensive and cap- tured the town of Ausonia, creating a “significant breach” in the Gustav line in southern TItaly. It is also announced the Am- ericans have smashed the enemy out of Santa Maria Infante and San Pietro on the lower Garigliano River and taken the vital mountain positions on both sides of the Au- sente River, The French forces reached the hills dominating San Girgio, equal- ly as important as Ausonia, The Americans pressing the at- tack on Spigno shows they have driven at least four miles north and west of Minturio. Ausonia is six and one-half miles north of Minturio and San Girgio is seven miles southwest of Cassino. The big Allied offensive has also gained farther north, the British %’%flte km%.m did. (AP CHINA ARMY RECAPTURES PARTOFR.R. Defenders Put Break in| Vital Railroad Recently Grabbed by Japs (By Associated Press) In developing the battle for east- ern China—the territory the Allies| 'need to strike at Japan's vitals—| ,Chinese troops have severed the| Jap held Hankow-Peiping Railroad, | | lus hat so no one could see it and but have given ground in the stru read it. The paper said: “Don't ‘gle to hold strategic Loyang. say anything until you see the sec- The Chinese High Command has retary of State.” ‘flnnoumed the capture of Suiping| The Undersecretary obeyed orders. which lies on the partly dismantled But when so important an official railway between Hankow and Peip- returns from so important & mis- ing. Only last week the Japanese sion, it ‘is always customary to hold completed the capture of the line a press conference and, in defer- ence to repeated demands, Stettinius finally did so. Furthermore, he talked with re- freshing frankness about his trip, about ways and means of discuss- ing peace with Germany, and about | other questions of vital concern to! the American people. It was agreed in advance that everything should| be off-the-record for the time being,, but that Stettinius, after checking with Hull, would release the essen-) tial part of his mterview for pub- lication. However, when Hull saw the tran-| script of Stettinius’ remarks, he and were beginning to work to put it into service, since the Chinese long ago removed much of the track. The capture of Suiping and the isolation of enemy forces at nearby Chumatien would snarl the |Jap attempts to seal northeastern China. Kept Allies Guessing The Nipponese have kept the Al- lies guessing as to the real objec- tives in the present north China 'drive, but the Chinese authorities have viewed the move as aimed at, the control of the whole 1,000-mile Peiping-Canton Railroad, running‘ |BIG DRIVE IN YUNNAN BY CHINESE |Biggest Offensive Yet| Made by Defenders Aims af India CHUNGKING, May 15.—The Chi- nese Command has announced that large Chinese forces launched an offensive in western Yunnan Pro-| vince the night of May 10, cressing the Salween River at many poin'.s‘ on a front of over 100 miles in an effort to link up with General Jo- seph Stilwell's troops in northern | Burma. Casualtics were heavy on both sides. Gen. Chennault’s Sky Dragons heavily supported the new drive, an/| American communique reports, and Mitchells attacked a bridge and the warehouse area at Wanpahsa, Bur- ma on the border of Thailand, causing enormous explosions and causing the smoke to rise to 6,000 feet. The drive is in a sense the first big Chinese offensive in the entire Chinese-Japanese war and broke a! long lull along China's southwest- | ern frontier. It is obviously aimed| at opening a connecting link wlth‘ India by way of the Ledo and Bur- fires among the fuel dumps, and| | ¢hanges in basic pay, up or down,| | will be sought under considerations | to do solely with war conditions. “When the war is over, any/ ‘chanzos theretofore made by the' ‘hoflrd will be without prejudice, ef- fecting changes by collective bar- | gaining.” Overtime for cannery tender work- ‘e"s in the Bristol Bay area, involv- wmg about 200 men, was given ap- | proval by the board but the WLB | did not make the overtime retro- |active for the 1943 season because | of the “impracticability of calculat- ing overtime” for the past season The fishermen also were upheld in their transportation contentions, the board ruling that employees en- route to and from Alaska custom- arily receive first class accommoda- tions and would be entitled to the difference between the actual -‘nmount paid and first class fare. | The WLB officials said the differ- ence would amount to about $160 | for 600 men. The board referred back for furth- er negotiation the issue of “equal pay for equal work” and the ques- tion of working conditions for resi- dent workers in the Bristol Bay area. No decision was reached. May 25 this matter will be determined by the Regional War Labor Board “without further right of appeal.” Ruling Made Against NLRB In Budd (ase PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 15— {The Third United States Circuit [Court of Appeals has held in effect |that an employer may discuss labor | issues with unions and employees without violating the Wagner Labor | | and sending over great numbers of tanks to exvloit the attack into the By Fairbanks Man Makes ' GETREADY, Record in Central Pacific BIG DRIVE S H I M US H u tral Pacific are piling up impress- ing Previous Blows Henry L. Miller of Fairbanks, g The squadron has lost but one!blow yet struck on the eastern Infense Antiaircraft Re-| (fresh military dispatches published {cated as Russian bombers, for in- WASHINGTON, May 13.—Ameri- PEARL HARBOR, May 15.’*Ah"-i BOMBED BY .- Alaska, has destroyed 41 Jap planes| MOSCOW, May 15—The Russian pilot and four others are listed as front. pOI"ed En[OUmefed n {from the front but the multiplying |stance, struck the rail center at can planes bombed prime enemy craft carrier squadrons operaungvsoviefs Masslng for Sum. One from an Independence class‘ NAVY (RAFT““ the air, 11,on the ground ana|Armies are belleved massing for & | missing. | The spring lull that started in | Brest Litovsk, starting 30 fires. bases in the north and centrat Pa- against Japanese bases in the Cen- 2 mer Offensive Surpass- carrier, commanded by Lt. Comdr.‘ torpedoed two enemy heavy cruisers, |Summer offensive surpassing any - !mid-April continued today with no |signs of the coming push are indi- IS (A p T u R ED The Nazi bases at Polotsk, White cific over the weekend the Navy re- |Rus~4m and Narve in the Esthonian | Republic, were also bombed. Liri Valley, the direct road to Rome. More than 2000 Germans have already streamed back to be taken prisoners in the Allied cages and others are coming in constantly as the attacks progressed. The German Seventy-first divi- sion, which bore the brunt at Stalin- grad, and the original forces wiped out, has been reconstituted and is now bearing the brunt of the Fifth Army attack. The division has al- ready lost 1200 men alone, includ- ing six battalion commanders. ' GERMANS IN PREPARATION FOR BIG DAY ! Recent visitors arriving from sev- jeral sections of the front saw in- ‘LPmo activity indicating a drive is fairly imminent but details cannot| be published. Preparations however | are described as immense. Admit Aflantic Wall May Be Pierced-Plans for Defenses Made LONDON, May 15.—The Germans, in broadcasts, are speculating on ports. Navy planes last Shimushu, Japan’s northern Island encountering “inte aircraft fire while making dawn raid. Army Liberators continued a pre-| longed series of attacks on Truk Saturday hit Kuril .. BY CHINESE a pre-| Nearing Kamaign Which Is Great Objective of dumping 42 tons of boml e CLOSING HALIBUT . SEASONPROPOSAL Stilwell’s Drive KANDY, Ceylon, May 15.—Chin- {ese troops have captured Tarongy- |ang, 11 miles north of Kamaign lanc also raided Tangpu only 28 _ OF CANADA GOVT. lmlles north of Pyitkyina. Kamaign is the immediate ob-| WASHINGTON, May 15.—Charles |jective of Stilwell's pre-monsoon of- | Jackson, one of the two United |fensive, sunm members of the International | Pisheries Commission, said he has | | Allied invasion moves and admitted that their west wall might be pen- etrated after all when the blow comes. A Berlin commentator said, “When the battle starts, fighting will not be limited to divisions en the Atlantic wall or points under attack but small waves may reach far beyond, then Germany will be called upon to stand her greatest * and most dangerous test.” One report from the Continental | gaung Valley have joined the Al- . i Chinese troops driving d Mo- 0' Pa'er“"y P g notified the State Department of underground reaching London said [ied units at Manpin, one mule| e Ganadian government's proposal|that the enemy is hastily reinforc- south of Tarongyang at the commission close the hali- |ing his airborne parachute forces LOS ANGELES, May 15-Actor PR o AR {but season and set the reopening iy the west, not asa counterinvasion turned thumbs down completely. |throu(,h China north to south. Suchjma roads and ait breaking "he,RElaMons Act, and thus rejected the Charlie Chaplin has been frced of | | date at July 15. iof Britain, but as a defensive mea- He decided that his frank and forthright Undersecretary had best keept his light under a bushel. No word of what Stettinius said has been released, so far, for publica- tion. As one of Hull's closest advisers remarked afterwards: “The damn fool hasn't learned to talk without saying anything. NOTE — Chief trouble between Hull and Stettinius seems to be that the President calls Stettinius over to the White House much more than he does Hull. BLACKLISTED SWEDE Axel Wenner-Gren, the big Swed- | control would make more secure the| enemy’s hold on the rich slice o[, !China fronting the Pacific. Loyang’s defenses have been| pierced in three places by the Japs and there is heavy fighting in the city, which opens the way to inva-| sion of the interior of China to- ward ChungXing, and this: city in Japanese hands would facilitate| their drive through Tunckwan 1o the west which is a gateway be- tween the northwest and central China. { Jap Invasion Fails The Allies statement from India| |says the Japanese invasion has ish munitions maker who has been virtually exiled in Mexico, is mov- (Continued on Page Four) “failed completely.” British forces continued their drive around Ko-| hima, fighting southward with their, blockade of China. as a result of the defeats in Honan Province south of the Yellow River | Gen. Stilwell's Burma offensive ‘crunched forward with his Chinese | |capturing a stronghold 11 miles above Hamaing, which is Stilwell's objective. . The Southwest Asia Command announced that the Allied forces are “inflicting on the Japanese cas- rapidly nearing a higher point than any reached in any theater where allies. the Japanese are engaged.” A success in Yunnan would do| ,much to mitigate the bitterness fels | President of the Budd Manufactur- cisco the State Supreme Court re-| ualties which are proportionately’ INational Labor Relations Board petition to declare Edward Budd, ing Company, guilty of contempt of court because of letters regarding where the Japs have broken m.oyumons which were sent to 15,000] of Joan's daughter, Carol Ann. |Loyang at three peints. emplo'yee.s E— S | HERE FROM HOONAH | James E. Parks, from Hoonah, is | a guest at the Baranof. —— SAM OLSON IN TOWN ‘ Arriving in Juneau over the week- end and registering at the Baranof is Sam Olson from Taku Harbor. ———————— HERE FROM CORDOVA Edna Erhardt has arrived here from Cordova and is a guest at the Baranof Hotel, ‘tlonsl rights by forcing her to leave 17'%, Northern Pacific 15%, United | The closing of the season, it is | said, would enable American nnm g | Canadian fishermen affected by the| NEW YORK, May 15. — Closing * | tieup of fish fused to dismiss her civil suit al- quotation of Alaska Juncau mine | j,, ()‘ZI!LI “mel":g, 2‘;"‘5:. ":;rznglge lezlnz that Chaplin is the father|stock today is 5%, American Can! |88, Anaconda 25, Beech Aircraft| The district judge dismissed the 8' , Bethlehem Steel 57%, Cunlm- indictment charging that Chaplin! Wright 5, International Harvester and three others conspired to de- 72 Kennecott 30%, North Ameri- prive Miss Berry of her constitu-|can Aviation 8, New York Central| criminal conspiracy charges involv-| ing Joan Berry, but in San l-‘um-{ STOCK QUOTATIONS | .- CUSTOMS INSPECTOR GOES TO FAIRBANKS ,Beverly Hills after an arrest on a States Steel 51%, Alan G. Webb, Inspector in| vagrancy charge. | Dow, Jones averages today are charge of Plant Quarantine and The court action in San Francisco|as follows: industrials 138.60, rails Control Administration for the Cus- {means that the paternity suit must 3670, utilities 2254. toms Service, left by plane for Fair- proceed on its merits, although| - L |banks on official business. | Chaplin contends that the blood | HERE FROM KAKE | Webb recently completed an in-| tests proved he is not the father. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Lucas and SPection of Southeast Alaska and R | Katherine V. Uhl registered at the Upon completion of his work in the Roy Ferguson, of Fairbanks, is Baranof from Kake, over the week- Interior will return to his head- registered at the Gastineau Hotel, end, quarters in New York sure. These forces, it is explained, will |be rushed to aid any German trcops cut off in the rear by the Allies ‘and with the Allled air forces sys- tematically destroying Hitler’s rail communications, the Germans - are apparently preparing to resort to air transport. Another underground report said that the Germans have pulled back into Germany half of their fighting (force from the west, leaving barely 250 first line aircraft to combat the Allied air forces. — - LEONARD TAYLOR ARRIVES A new arrival over the weekend was Leonard Taylor, from San Prancisco. He is at the Baranof,