The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 30, 1944, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” UNEAU, ALASKA, 'IUESD}\ MAY 30, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS i et ——= ., VOL. XLIL, NO. 9665. FALL OF ROME NOW EXPECTED ANY DAY ‘2000 U.S. Planes Are Plastering Enemy * BIG ARMADAS " AREBLASTING OVER EUROPE Aircraft Factories, Railroad Cenfers, Air Bases Under Attack LONDON, May 30. — The third 2,000 plane American sky armada | in three days swept over Germany, Prance and the low countries to- day, blasting a dozen aircraft fac- | tories, railroad centers and air| bases. Simultaneously for the second | straight day another sky armada swept up from Italy toward Hitler’s | German fortress from the south,| German radio reports said. Berlin broadcasts reported that three great air battles are raging| two over central Germany and an- other over the Alps. | Royal Air Force Mosquitos at- tacked Hannover last night without | the loss of a plane, and the Amen—i can Air Force headquarters said| that 68 enemy aircraft were de- stroyed in raids on Austria yester- day with the loss of 20 U .S. heavy| bombers and 14 other aircraft. In flights over Poland and Ger-| many yesterday from Britain the| American Air Force shot down 100 | enemy planes, losing 35 bombers and 11 fighters. MORE RIGID RATIONING COMING UP WASHINGTON, May 30.—Charles F. Phillips, new OPA rationing chief, in a meeting with his staff | asserted the trend in the Umwd‘i States is toward “more rigid ration- ing” instead of relaxation. ——eo—— GEBO IN TOWN R. R. Gebo, of Anchorage, is in town and 'is staying at the Baranof. The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col. Rober 8. Allen now on setive service with the Amy.) WASHINGTON—The Kellems| letters have brought the entire question of censoring the mail to a head in backstage conversations be- tween Government agencies. Actually, Chief Censor Byron Price isn't at all enthusiastic about opening people’s mail, and recently took a confidential vote of different Government bureaus to see whether the system of intercepts should be continued. Out of 21 agencies, the vote was 9 to 9 for and against the continuing of intercepts until the war with Germany has been won; then only against Japan. Three agencies were noncommittal. The intercept system means the opening of all mail between the United States and foreign countries, copying important portions and routing about twenty different cop- jes to different agencies of the Gov- ernment, Main purpose of this sys- tem is to detect important informa- tion regarding the enemy or to block information which might help the enemy. All mail between the United States and a foreign country is opened. Mail to neutral countries, such as Portugal and Argentina, is studied with especial care because those two countries are among the chief pipelines for Nazi informa- tion. Miss Vivien Kellems' letters' written to a Nazi agent in Argen- tina naturally were opened, and copies were sent to the War and Navy Departments, the FBI, and other agencies supposed to watch (Continued on Page Four) lincrease production BOND SALES APPEAL — Hollywood Models Albina Bobbs and Miriam Shell have overcome the sales resistance, if any, of Armand Tokatyan, Metropolitan Opera tenor, who gives them his check in their unusual war bond campaign. Dies.Commifieels Doomed; Marked for - Absolufe Discarding BY JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, May 30—If you are a betting man, don't give any odds that the withdrawal of Mar- tin Dies from the second congres- sional district race in Texas will |end the “Dies committee.” The *“Special Committee to In- vestigate Un-American Activities” —that's its official title—was set up in May, 1938. No special committee in Congress has received so much attention since that time. Even the major permanent committees have to take a back seat occasionally but| there have been few weeks in six !years when the “Dies committes”| | wasn’t in the headlines. You may or may not like Cong. |Dies and his committee, but there are many members of the House who would trade their obscurity for the limelight that Martin Dies has had, even if the spot frequently ‘drew as many eggs as roses. ;| There’s a rumor now that a peti- |tion may be circulated to draft Dies, despite his declaration that a throat | 'ailment will keep him out of the |race. There’s another that a peti- tion is being circulated to perpet- luate the “Dies committee” with ,whauever personnel it has left plus ‘new appointments. A third possi- | bility is that the Republicans will have a majority in the 79th Con- | gress, and will make quite a noise imbnuv, abolishing the Dies commit- ’fee altogether. { There is however one school of | thought here which argues that the idefeat of Rep. Joe Starnes in the |Alabama primaries indicates that |the Dies committee is marked for the discard. He was the No. 2 man on the committee. It’s no secret .that he had the opposition of or- ganized labor. Starnes comes from an industrial district in Alabama Wear Production Beln“eased Sho"ly (centered on Gadsden) which has had a considerable influx of union| WASHINGTON, May 30.—A sec- labor since the war. ond special program designed to Some observers feel that Dies’ of essential foes won a signal victory in Ala- items of infants’ and childrens’ bama and were marshalling their wearing apparel will make avail- forces to duplicate that victory in able approximately 2,071,000 dozen the second district of Texas. garments. This program calls for production during June, July and Qn the other hand, friends of August of some forty-five Items pies here say his throat ailment is manufactured from Woven Ccottun critical and will demand an opera- fabrics, including infants’ creepers, tion from which it will be impos- gowns, dresses, gertrudes, childrens’ giple for him to recover in time to pajamas, sunsuits, coveralls, girls’ enter actively into the campaign— B AT H ER—Something snappy for the beach is modeled by Eve- Iyn Keyes, young movie actress. Increased Children's MILES FROM | BIAKDROME Jap Resista?na Increasing on Isle 880 Miles from Philippines ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD- QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, May 30.—The American invaders of Biak have advanced more than half* a mile and are within two miles of |the important Mokmer airdrome. | General MacArthur announced that |Jap resistance is increasing everyi 3 |yard and is expected to reach a ‘p(-sk of fury with the final assault lon the field, which is only 880 miles |from the southern Philippines. | Other Sixth Army veterans oc- |cupied a height overlooking Maffin |Bay airg-ome opposite Wadke Is- |land, wi the Aussies, still fur- |ther down the coast, occupied Bun- abun, 140 miles southeast of We- wak. B REVLOUTION QUITO, Ecuador, May 30. — A revolution has broken out among | -——-= - T0 DISCUSS PEACE PLAN Velasco Tbarra, former President, | | who is in exile and has been living | :::r the Ecuadorean-Colombia bor-i ogram Centers Around United Nations Coun- cil of Big Four The excitement is caused amid | WASHINGTON, May 30. — Cor- © | the heated presidential campaign, | the election scheduled for June 2 |and June 3. e | | \Barbara Douglas, | Lt. William Amold " To Wed June 10th SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 30. | —Invitations have been sent out by! Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Douglas |for the wedding on June 10 of their daughter Barbara and Lt. William dell Hull, in a new move toward |the prevention of a third world war, announced the American Gov- ernment is ready to discuss with r Leader 1 | | | | | | | American Aircraft Support- | { DI FIFTH ARMY - FORGING ON, - HARD FIGHT EGermans Offering Savage Resistance But Prog- ress " Satisfactory” ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN !NAPLES, May 30.—The Fifth Army |Infaniry guns today hammered the | German defenses within 16 miles of |Rome which Commander Mark |Clark said will fall “before many |days have prssed.” The Germans are offering savage resistance on the last natural de- fense line south of Rome but Head- quarters said progress continues | “satisfactory.” On the Allied right, the Eighth Army is striding swiftly through the Sacco Valley, capturing Arca and pressing strongly on Frosinoue from three sides. The Americans are fighting an uphill battle on the former beach- head front. With German tank crews attack- ing and anti-fank guns hidden in the groves and ravines, the Fifth Army is able to see Rome. Observers on Cub planes near the .!sea, where the British patrols found the enemy had abandoned another wrecked village, got g chance. to glimpge” the Eternal City and it iseven hills with no antiaircraft fire BY CHINESE o9 of War IN YUNKAN | HelpBombers Smash Nazis LONDON, May 30.—Night after night American Air Force and RAF bombers shuttled across the chan- nel and unerringly bombed secret key fortifications in a small fishing ing New Offensive in Salween Area Arnold, United States Army Coast Artillery, and son of Gen. H. H. Arnold, Commander of the United States Army Air Forces. Douglas is President of the Doug- las Aircraft Company. SUPREME COURT Russia, Great Britain and an organization as a peace agency. (the end of a series of five meetings ;hdd with a special Senate advisory committee, and committeemen who ‘would comment -acclaimgd the an- [ nouncement. | “I am encouraged and am ready to proceed with the approval of the President with informal discussions ‘RU.I!I.‘ ang China, and then with SUMMER MONTHS‘xer governments of the United | Nations,” Hull asserted. WASHINGTON, May 30. — The| The program as outlined centers United States Supreme Court de- around the creation of a United cided seven out of 14 pending cases | Nations council of the Big Four and then announced it will meet | Allies and of an assembly of all the again next Monday before adjourn- | United Nations. ing for the summer. Warren R. Austin of Vermont and The tribunal earlier made known Wallace H. White of Maine, both it hoped to adjourn today to end Republican members of the Sen- the eight months' term, which pro- ate committee, expressed approval duced the decision upholding the of the plan. |on this subject with Great Britain, * China permanent { The announcement was made at ) % WRS. ANNE OBRIEN (above) of New York City was installed as New York State Presldent, Ameri- | can Gold Star Mothers of World | | Wars, in special ceremonies held in # Manhattan hotel, (Internttional) | 101 TONS OF BOMBS LASH | ! | | CHUNGKING, May 30.—Chinese forces, taking advantage of the re- turn of good weather, scored new successes in their drive along the |lofty Mamien trail leading to Teng- |chung, main enemy base in Yun- 'nan Province and pivotal point en the Jap built motor highway sys- tem, the Chinese command said. Maintaining their progress on the | Salween offensive, the Chinese la- bored up steep mountain paths and |captured Lengshuikou, highest vil- |lage on the Mamien trail, elevation 8,000 feet. General Stilwell's headquarters announced that American aircraft gave strong support to the advanc- ing Chinese in the Salween area, {and enemy installations at Teng- Jchung were hombed and strafed. ‘Buildlnsl and gun positions were destroyed at Loajai and Chiatou ‘nnd Jap defensive positions were |attacked near Namien Pass. | D PONAPEBASE WORLD PEACE village near the Belgian city of Os- tend guided by the ingenious sig- nals of natives, reveals the Belgian Relief Society, a member agency of the National War Fund. The Nazis clamped down fron curfews and hundfeds of seldiers conducted a nightly census of the inhabitants but still the raids went on without a bomb dropped on un--" important ' targets. One night just as Allied planes neared the coast, a German patrol spotted a flashlight streaking down the beach at incredible speed to- ward a new big gun emplacement. ‘The bombers changed their course and just as the soldiers fired and the lght dropped to the sand, bombs struck the target on the nose. Later the Germans found a Bel- glan shepherd d a flashlight strapped to bis back. An inhabit- ant had let him out to make by night the runs he was trained to do by day. . More Electric Irons wartime powers of the Federal gov- ernment and which revealed in- creasing discord among the Jus- tices in cases decided of a second- ary nature, Govl.Enployees Are Giv_en Rebuke WASHINGTON, May 30. — Gov- ;x;nmznt employees w) oPaganda in Congress for large; :!;:pr;prlauom drew a rebuke rrfmrn teee = :eu;et:ep;:-opmtlons Commit- illion, four hund :x:‘ljlkg:. nine hundred and seven:;? e lousand dollar supply bill for dependent offices Was reported. The rebuke was aimed at em- ho are using blouses and dresses; boys’ Wash qnq that is his sole reason for suits, underwear, overalls, shirts and blouses. y i (Continued on Page Pive) Pployees of the Children’s 'en’s Bur also the Office of Educatloer:u :/:2 Tor larger appropriations. |Colorado University. The State Secretary has extend- ed to the ambassadors of Russia, Britain and China invitations of ‘lhetr governments to begin infor- jmal talks in Washington as soon as | | possible for creation of a world se-| 'curity organization. | The Secretary ,told the newsmen | :me United States is ready to talk with other countries whenever they want to sit down at the conference table and suggested that an early cate be set for the conference. — . THREE-IN-ONE DANCE BOULDER, Colo., — A wartime shortage of musicians caused em- barrassment when three dances were scheduled at the same time at Radio and Jap Stronghold Given Heaviest Pounding of , Present War UNITED STATES FLEET HEAD- QUARTERS AT PEARL HARBOR,| May 30.—The heaviest aerial as- sault of the war on Ponape, Jap-| anese base #40 miles east of Truk,| {is announced by Admiral Chester | W. Nimitz. Liberators and Mitehglls, hitting | the base for the 24th time in the | month, dropped 101 tons of bombs, | To Be Manufactured WASHINGTON, May 30.-—Produc- tion quotas totaling 376,768 electric irons, bringing grand total for pro- duction authorized to date 769,338 irons, have been issued to eight ad- IS THEME OF DEWEY TALK HERSHEY, Pa, May 30. — Gov. ditional manufacturers. Thomas E. Dewey told the gover- 1‘ Acc;zdmz to the 8 mamufacturers, nors’ meeting that the American °VeY percent of the new quota people are determined to “join in'Will be household models, and less preventing future wars” and added:|than 3 percent will be commercial “We must not again sit on the hmwet;z]:Mt l” percent of the sidelines as mere observers and bousel models will be automatic, commentators while war lords plan and about 10 percent non-auto- aggression.” { Dewey also added that the peo-| The 12 manufacturers previously ple are “worried about the ineffic-|assigned preduction quotas estimate iencies and bungling” on tne home|that an average of about three front, months will be required to obtain | while other American raiders plunk- transmitted music by telephone md;ed 50 tons on Watje and attacked | ouples at three different campus other atolls in the Mar-’ ormals danced to the same tunes. l shalls, electrical engineering students isolated —— e IN FROM FAIRBANKS C. E. Glover has registered at the Baranof Hotel from Fairbanks. and fabricate the materials, and therefore, electric irons are not ex- pected to reach retail stores in quantity before early fall.