The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 24, 1944, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “4LL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1944 VOL XLIL, NO. 9660. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS 5000 PLANES HIT BERLIN, VIENNA, PARIS Americans Seize Chunk of . Road to Rome CHURCHILL CONFIDENT IN SPEECH Looks Tow;rd-Balkans as Theatre of Coming Victory LONDON, May 24—A confident | Winston Churchill looked toward | the Balkans as the theatre of the coming victory, and told the House | of Commons that the Allies will de- cide whether Germany must undergo territorial changes. The Atlantic Charter “in no way binds us about the future” of that country, said the Prime Minister. “We intend to set up a world * order equipped with all necessary attributes of power in order to pre- | vent the breaking out of wars or| long planning of them by restless and ambitious nations. We have great hopes that Rome may be pre- (Continued on Page Two) The Washington Merry - Go-Round | | By DREW (Lt. Col. 'Robert 8. Allen: riow on sctive service with the Army.) WASHINGTON—Election of ex- Senator from Michigan, ex-OPA Administrator Prentiss Brown as Chairman of the giant Detroit Edi- son Company has started some peo- ple checking on the number of other | New Dealers who have stepped out| of the Roosevelt Administration tof join big utilities corporations. Also, it has made some people | wonder why the business of joining| utility companies doesn’t work both ways. In other werds, when Pren-| tiss Brown steps out of the Govern- | ment to head Detroit Edison, why should Wendell Willkie be criticized for stepping out of Commonwealth | and Southern to run for President? | Here is a list of former office- holders under Roosevelt who have stepped into lush utility jobs: William Hickey, former chief of | the registration division of the| Securities and Exchange Commis- sion, now President of the power- ful United Corporation, backed by J. P. Morgan. John Burns, former counsel of the SEC, now a director of United Corporation. William Yeager, former Recon- struction Finance Corporation of- ficial, now President of Interna- tional Utilities, a director of Do- minion Gas and Electric Company, and Vice President of General| Water, Gas and Electric Company. George Mathews, former commis- sioner of the SEC, now Vice Presi- dent of the Northern States Power Company. NOTE—Leo Crowley became hend of Standard Gas and Electric, but continued as head of Federal De- posit Insurance, and now also as Foreign Economic Administrator. LADIES OF CONGRESS No matter what happens next| November — whether FDR is re- elected or whether the House of Representatives goes GOP—it looks as if a lot more ladies would grace| the next Congress. It also looks asl if the Democrats would treble their number. of Congresswomen. Most of the female glamor in the House today is furnished by Republicans. As against the sole woman Democrat, hard-working Mrs. Mary Norton of New Jersey, there are five Repubs: scintillating Clare Luce of Connecticut, reliable Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers of Mas- sachusetts, genial Miss Jessie Sum- ner of Illinois, fastidious Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, and Wini- fred' C. Stanley of New York, who will not stand for re-election be- cause her district has been redis-| tricted. Probable: additions to the ladies of Congress will be two named Mrs. Douglas, both Democrats. Mrs. Douglas No. 1 is Mrs. Melvyn Douglas, wife of the movie actor who has now fought in two wars. She became famous on the stage as (Continued on Page Four) 3 ARRESTED, {placed on the blacklist for furnish- /ATH TERM SPLITS ilourth term issue has |tion supporting the instructed dele- igation for Roosevelt walked out of |at all. Umhed Command of Army, Navy Big Issue; Pros, Cons Are Given GIVING OUT SIX SECRETS Employees of SKF Ball- bearing Works Gave Into to Foreigners STOCKHOLM, May 24. — Three employees of the SKF ballbearing works in Goteborg have been ar-|, rested on charges of supplying in- formation to a foreign power con- cerning six orders and their destin- ations. The newspaper, Aftonbladet says two of the employees are Swedes and one is described as a foreigner. All worked in the company’s order department. The Aftonbladet quoted one of employées as saying he furnish- | ed the information to an unnamed foreign power for “ideological rea-| sons.” The SKF, with representatives in | the United States, is one of lhe,‘ Swedish firms being investigated by | the State Department and may be[ | ing enemies with war materials, es- pecially ballbearings to Germany. ————— TEXAS DEMOCRATS; TWO DELEGATIONS, AUSTIN, Texas, May 24. — The| split toe| | Texas Democrats into two irrecon-| ciliable conventions when a fac-| ithe convention after a caucus. The! fourth term faction attempted a; reconciliation, but left after being| voted down twice in test issues. As a result there will be two delegations to the Democratic na- tional convention, one instructed for Roosevelt and one not instructed A fight on seating now looms at the national convention. Ski Club Picnic WillBe Bang Up Event Saturday Skiers and their friends are again reminded of the grand windup pic- nic and beer party to be held this coming Saturday night, May 27, at} Auk Bay, beginning at 6:30 o’clock. Besides eating the luscious con- coctions of Messrs. Lowry and Sund- sten, all those present will have a chance to acclaim the season’s win- ners when the awards are handed out. Baseball will be played after “dinner,” and for those who don’t play baseball there will be other entertainment. *This party goes on rain or shine,” according to the club of- ficers. N. B. — The Social Committee wishes to add that transportation will be furnished out and back. MANY PASSENGERS IN FROM WESTWARD (ITY An Alaska Airlines plane making a flight from Anchorage to Juneau brought the following passengers: George Cuker, Randolph Carter, Robert Hayes, Mr. and - Mrs. Otte- son and infant, Myron Moran, J. C. Kelly and Bob Henning. Pilot of the plane was Captain Long. Outgoing passengers for Anchor- age today were Mildred Hall and }the (Second of Two Articles on a Unified Military Command) (By JACK STINNETT) WASHINGTON, May 24—Oppo- sition to a unified military com- mand, with a single overall chief of staff for the Army, Navy and Air, will come in Congress from those Military and Naval Affairs Committee members in both cham- bers who will be afraid their senior- ity on those committees will be Jjeopardized, If we had a unified command, it wouldn't be reasonable to sup- pose that the separate committees for the Army and Navy would be continued. The alternative would be a single committee of Military Affairs in each chamber with sub- committees for Army, Navy and ir, In the Senate, Sen. Robert R. Reynolds’ Military Affairs commit- tee has 18 members; and Sen. David I. Walsh’'s Naval Affairs commit-| tee a like number—more than a third, in all, of the entire Senate. In the House, Rep. Andrew J. May's Military Affairs Committee has 30 members; and Rep. Carl Vinson's Naval Affairs Committee 30, Here, then, are 96 members .of. Congress who visualize their committee as- signments being shaken up; and fl\ unified committees retained | the same number of seats, half of| them would see their seniority on| those committees vamsh. Other opposition in Congress could conceivably come from Ad-| ministration supporters for a very important reason. President Roose- velt, whether he expresses himself | or not, is a “Navy man.” He was undersecretary of the Navy in World War I. His interests since| boyhood have been with the sea and seafaring men. His collection of gadgets, relics and mementos in the White House and Hyde Park smack heavily of the sea. All his vacations have been taken on the sea or at the shore. It may be assumed that if the Navy vigorously opposes unification any time soon, the President will string along with his favorite branch of the armed services as long as it doesn't jeopardize the war effort. In spite of all this, T have found | a surprising number in the House | particularly who favor unification. It has come out of the lessons of this war, starting with Pearl Har- lConunued on Page Two) e JAMES DUSENBERRY IN VIA PAA PLANE A Pan American plane, in from Whitehorse, today brought to Ju- neau James Dusenberry, Consultant | for the War' Manpower Commission. A flight to Seattle this morning carried Don Graham and George Coker to that city while a north- bound plane took Walter Oposik to Whitehorse and Evn Zdnoff to Fairbanks. JUNEAU-PELICAN MAII. SERVICE IS STARTED Inaugurating a weekly mail apd passenger service between Juneau | and Pelican City, the 50-foot vessel Aurora, was to arrive here today. Piloted by C. Raatikainen, owner of the boat, the Aurora has ac- commodations for ten passengers and carried a crew of three. The boat was brought north re- cently from Tacoma by Stanley Warburton and will be used for year-round service. Bob Henning, the flying fur buyer for Goldsteins, after traveling to many sections in western, nonhem\ and interior Alaska, came in last midnight from Anchorage and ex- U.S. FOR(ES BREAK OUT, Greal Allied Pincer Push Makes German Posi- tions in Jeopardy BULLETIN—ALLIED HEAD- QUARTERS IN NAPLES, May 24.—American troops have oc- cupied Terracina, Canadian ar- mor has smashed through the Hitler line from the Liri Valley to Melfa River and on the An- zio Beachhead the U. S. Forces broke out and seized a mile long chunk of Appian Way be- low Cisterna. The Canadians reached the Medfa river by smashing five miles through the heaviest line of fortifications in Liri Valley, sending forward a pincers of- fensive upon the beachhead and Rome. From the east, the Amerieans also battered 10 miles through the mountains above Terracina, fashioning a potential trap on the Germans below the beach- head. Allied planes took a heavy toll of Nazi convoys attempting to escape the encirciement. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NAPLES, May 24--United States troops, - bursting from the Anzio beachhend, seized a mile-long chunk of Appian Way, the road to Rome, in the great Allied pincer push from the east that breached the | Hitler line in the Liri Valley and in the center, headquarters says in the official communique. Other American forces, striking up from the south, seized Monte Alto, ten miles north of Terracina, |only 19 miles from Littoria, on the beachhead. This shaped a wide pocket agains+ the Germans’' whole stretch from the mountains and Pontine Marshes below the beachhead to Terracina. Keep Up Drive The American beachhead forces drove ahead powerfully on the front after breaking through to win a 2,000-yard stretch of Appian Way and within half a mile of Cisterna, snipping the railway to Rome, four miles below Velletri. Meanwhile, their British Anzio comrades forced the Moletta River farther west and rammed the de- fenses of the anchoring Nazi line, coordinated with the main front of- fensive, and smashed forward. Canadians Push On The Canadians have breached the Hitler fortifications near Ponte- corvo, part of the formidable line across the Liri Valley, while French troops won Pico, pivot point in the mountains’ centerpoint. The bag of prisoners resulting | from the entire offensive rose today to 7,500. German Admissions The German High Command ac- mits “major breaches” in several sg sectors and that the' Americans ad- vanced ten miles in 36 hours to take the dominating heights of Monte Alto and push closer to a Jjunction with the beachhead troops. The Berlin radio admits the Ger- man situation on the main front is potentially grave, especially in the Liri Valley, their main supply or retreat route. Fire Sweeps DanceHall; 5 Persons Dead BIIVER IS IH IOWN' HAMILTON, “ontario, May 244’ E. A flash fire swept through a crowd- ed dance hall early today, killing five and injuring 36, eight of whom lare in a critical condition. Most of the dancers, numbering pects to remain here for ‘only sev- C. W. Hufieson. chorage. eral days, then retyrning to An- | over 70 couples in Moose Hall, jump- ed or were crowded from the second- story windows. BEACHHEAD| ‘Mnforced |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine tswex 58%, Curtiss-Wright 5, Inter-| BRIDGEHEAD EXPANDED IN NEW GUINEA rial Sweeps Made Over Biak Island, Wewak and Buka Bases Ae | | ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD- QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, May 24—The Sixth Army has ex- panded the bridgehead at jmouth of the Tor River opposite | captured Wadke Island in the first| ove of consequence since last vdne\(luy, Gen. MacArthur an- i The Americans have been ve-| by air transport from Wadke airstrip. In sweeping aer-| 1 attacks 150 tons of bombs were ropped on Biak Island on Mano- ari in western Dutch New Guinea, ewak in the Hansa Bay area, and {'Buku off northwest Bougainville. GREM INCREASE ~ IN SUPPLIES FOR PACKIC TROOPS 5, | AWAY from lhc screen for three 'Man in Central Pacific Re- quires 8 Tons, Aleutians 10 Tons Monthly PEARL HARBOR, May 24.—Rear Admiral J. J. Gaffney, head of the | Navy's Pacific Supply System, de- | clared in an interview the “turnover | of the volume of supplies hnndled] here is seven times greater than in | the drea last year.” | Gaffney explained the job jumps | by geometrical progression on the ' basis of the “difficulty that the sup- ply increases with the square dis- tance from the main supply refier-J voir to the theatre of operations.’” Gaffney said the Ceneral Pacific| troops require eight tons of supplies | per, man per month and in the | Aleutians the supply required has | Murle ls Back' . | | that yesterday’s speech in the Sen- the | { | i L years, Marie Wilson, above, now brings her curves and pretty legs back to the films in a new collegi~ ate musical,, (International)? OVER S0MILLS ARE CLOSED IN PACIFIC N. W. y Complete Ileup of Logging Operations Predicted -Boommen Quit SEATTLE, May 24.—The total of BRIDGESHAD i jwhlch otherwise was barred by the |ney General Francis Biddle testi- |War Labor Disputes Act to seize RIGHT DOPE, Presidentiilgcrelary Ad- mits Transfer of Units of U. S. Navy WASHINGTON, May 24.—Presi- dential Secretary Stephen Early said ate by Senator Styles Bridges con- cerning the reported transfer of U. | 8. naval units to Russia was tan- tamount to getting information out | censorship code. Asked whether he had seen Bridges' speech, Early said, “Yes, I saw it in the newspapers.” “Any reaction?” he was asked. “No, but that is one way certain Ipeople seem to have of getting in- | formation out that very probably | has military value some other na- | tions would like to have, but can’t get from the Executive Branch of the Government. They can get it | through friends on the Hill who in |turn pess it out as privileged mat- ter, making it publishable under | the code.” PLANT SEIZURE BY FDRIS OKAY i Attorney G-en—eral Testifies in MW Case Before Committee WASHINGTON, May 24—Attor-| that he believed the| authorized by the fied today President was the Montgomery Ward Company’s strikebound Chicago properties, but “even without regard” to that sta- {tute the President had requisition- SAYS EARLY| TWIN ATTACK IS MADEBY AIR FORCES Americans Pound Three Sections Today Includ- ing Invasion Coast LONDON, May 24—A predom- inantly American force of over 5, 000 planes bombed Berlin, Vienna and Paris today in what may be well the greatest Allied aerial assault of the war, official announcements said. German tadio reports said up to 2,000 United States heavy bombers and fighters roared out from Britain in twin attacks on Berlin and the German airfields fringing Paris. The German reports also said an- other great armada of Mediterran- ean air force bombers and fighters swept across the Alps from Italy and battled to the area of Vienna, smashing railvoad, transport and airplane manhufacturing centers. The Berlin radip sald wave upon wave of American medium bombers and Marauders shook the threat- ened French invasion coast. Bomb loads dumped on the French coast rattled houses in England, 20 miles acrass the channel. Sout the GO of L seriel gt was awe inspiring, the greatst many have ever seen. The attacks carried the renewal of the aerial assault through the sixth consecutive day with above 25,000 tons of bombs dropped during the period, ‘The Nazis broadcast said intense air battles were fought over Berlin and the Baltic. Pilots returning from France said no interceptors were encountered |near Paris and flak was moderate to heavy. Four airfields were pummeled in northern France. American heavy bombers from Italy soared over the Alps to Vi- enna and bombed the Atnibersdorf aircraft factory and other targets |nearby. Ttaly based bombers also attacked ling authority of wartime. | Appearing before a special House | the Avisio viaduct, north of Trenty, on the Brenner Pass line, the chief hopped up to ten tons per man per northwest lumber mills closed pass- |committee investigating the seizure, artery between Germany and the month, R Vels of Foreign Wars To Hold Encampment CHICAGO, 1ll, May 24—Veter- ans of Foreign Wars announce a national encampment will be held in Chicago from August 20 to 24, inclusive. ———.———— STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, May 24. — Closing |stock is 5%, American Can 88%, Beech Aircraft 8!, Bethlehem Steel 58%, Curtiss Wright 5, Internation- al Harvester 73%, Kennecott 317%, North American Aviation 8, New York Central 18%, Northern Pacific | 167, United States Steel 51%. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows :industrials 140.48, ralis| 40.18, utilities 22.81. PRICES TUESDAY Closing quotation of Alaska Ju- neau mine stock Tuesday was 5% American Can 87%, Anaconda 25%,| Beech Aircraft’ 8%, Bethlehem national Harvester 73'%, Kennecott 31% North American Avlatum 8%, | Northern Pacific 17, United States Steel 51%. Dow, Jones averages Tuesday were as follows: industrials 139.87, |rails 39.95, utilities 22.90. ———o———— HERE FROM OKLAHOMA H. Balch has arrived here and | is registered at the Baranof from Tulsa, Oklahoma. ————— |ed 50 as boommen in Tacoma join-' Biddle ’ed the walkeut of more than 15000 1y 1ee of the War Labor Disputes|Other bombers struck military tar- {lumber industry workers protesting ,.. giving the, President power to gets in Graz, Austria. the WLB denial for wage increases. | on lower Puget Sound will be closed within another day by a walkout of all of the state’s CIO boommen who handle every log entering salt water, and logging operations will cease, e ' GARDENERS WILL CONFER TOMORROW WITH TED CARTER Expert advice on gardening is available to all Juneau residents who wish to take advantage of the opportunity to submit their prob- lems to Ted Carter, agricultural re- |presentative of the University of Alaska, who is calling at the homes of the Victory Garden leaders in various sections of Juneau week. Whether or not a citizen is a member of the G#rden Club, he is entitled and even urged to meet with Mr. Carter and discuss any phase of gardening. Personal con- ! |ferences can be obtained by calling the home of Mrs. M. D. Willlams or any of the section leaders. Tomorrow afternoon Mr. Carter will complete the meeting at the |home of Mrs. Hugh Wade in Sec- tion 3, comprising Main Street to Basin Road, and East/ Street south to and including the north side of | Fourth Street. This meeting will be at 2 o'clock. Mr. Carter will be at Section 6, Starr Hill and Gastineau Avepue, meeting at the home of Mrs. A. E. Genthner at 3 pm. and Section 8 in the Waynor Addition will be vis- ARRIVALS FROM ANCHORAGE Helen E. Jones and Nancy Lee | Meister are recent arrivals from Anchorage and are guests at the Baranof. ited at 3:45. Mr. Carter is eager o \help in any way possible to pro- duce successful gardens in the com- 1munny this | cited specifically Section take over property equipped ‘“for| Acknowledging that “there I8 room for disagreement on the legal aspects” of the case, Biddle uuuest-‘ ed that if Congress itself believes |the President exceeded his author-| |ity it should clarify the laws so the | iPr sident “may be guided accord- ingly.” ! B o = x ALASKA COASTAL HAS MANY FLIGHTS TODAY Alaska Coastal planes kept busy today, in spite of changing weather.| An incoming plane from Sitka | this morning brought G. H. Samp- son, Howard Dare, Stanley Sutton,| and Fred Starr to Juneau. Charles Maurer came in from Tenakee. In from Haines were Sgt. Joseph | Micile, S. J. Rugo and F. A. Blom.| A flight to Pelican late this af-| ternoon carried Mary Atkinson, Wallis George and E. E. Engstrom to that point while another plane| heading south took William Man- they and A. E. Glover to Ketchi-| kan and Howard Bell to Petersburg. Ed Wildt, David Wise, Kenny Thibodeau, Louis Sam and N. A. McEachren were passengers on the | trip to Sitka this morning. | 8. F. Kelley, Harley Morris, Lisle |Hebert, W. L. Serbiner, Dave Fen-| {ton and Jack Gucker were aboard !the plane that flew to Haines today. | { ——————— CAA MAN HERE R. P. Carter, of the CAA, is in town and is staying at the Juneau Hotel, ————e —— WILDT IN TOWN Edward Wildt arrived yesterday !flaming battlegrounds in the south. Fortresses made direct hits on the 1t is predicted that logging camps ' poy,uraciure, producing or mining.” |Avisio viaduct. The Berlin attack was the fourth |U. 8. blow on the rubbled German capital this month and came less than 12 hours after the rain of two ton blockbusters. Germany's thinly stretched air defenses were split wide open by today's attack and German com- mentator Dr. Joseph Saal said over the Nazi network that “this ordeal of terrorism_on the entire popula- * tion marks the eve of decisive oper- ations against the continent by our opponents who are deliberately striking the German Capital City, |trying to break morale and resist- ance.” BRITISH CHILDREN INU. 5. FOR FOUR YEARS.SEM HOME | London Parenls Get Shock from Youngsters by Breezy Mannerisms LONDON, May 24—Hundreds of British cildren from 5 to 16 years of age, who have been in the United | States for the past four years to |escape the battle for Britain, are returning home to give their par- ents a shock by their breezy talk |and American mannerisms. Fathers were greeted by “Hi Ya, Pop.” Mothers are quoted as saying, “It will take at least a year for these youngsters to readjust themselves.” from Sitka and is registered at the Juneau Hotel. One newspaper headlined: “Two Thousand to Relearn English.”