The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 1, 1944, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLII., NO. 9667. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1944 MBVIBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS US. DOUGHBOYS WITHIN SIGHT OF ROME Nazi Defense Installations Are Pounded RAF BLASTS WIDE AREA IN ATTACKS Sweep Along French Coasl Then Bomb German Traffic Centers LONDON, June 1—In simultan-| eous overnight assaults, powm'iulX forcesq of Royal Air Force bombers hamméred Nazi defense instaliations along the French Channel coast, then fanned out over a 200 mile front in France to blast three «f the largest railroad centers through WASHINGTON, June 1—Amer- ican airmen, reaching ever closer to Japan, battered Shimushiri Island, less than 1,000 miles from Tokyo, in one of a series of four attacks on Jap bases in the North Pacifir Kuriles Island chain on Monday. One Liberator of a group of the Eleventh Army Air Force, the Navy says, carried out the attack on Shimushiri in the pre-dawn hours. No report is given as to the extent | of the damage inflicted on the enemy base there. Four Kuriles Chain Islands, Two Closeto Tokyo;Bombed By Liberators, Search Planes The same morning another Lib- erator bomber struck Matsuwa, just | north of Shimushiri, only 1,069 miles north of the enemy’s capital. Navy search planes in the mean- time joined in battering the Kuriles, bombing Paramushiro and Shu- mushu. northern end of the chain. Only moderate anti-aircraft fire was | encountered when these two bases | were bombed and as the search planes headed back to base, they | left large fires blazing; especially ! on enemy installations on Shumushu. | U.S. READY FORACTION SAYS CHIEF { WASHINGTON, June 1. — War Secretary Henry L. Stimson said that with 3,657,000 Army troops overseas, and the deployment air and service forces practicalu completed, the “period for decisive action is at hand.” § The bulk of the forces now movs STRIKES ROCKS IN FOG, RAIN —The sea is pounding the Libert; ship Henry Bergh to pieces on the rocks of the Farralon Isands, 35 miles west of the Golden Gate, but mere than 1,000 Navy passengers are safe. combat areas is wmposed of gmun(t gervice in the South Pacific. troops prepared at U. S. bases 19 take advantage of preliminary nq, assaults for final blows against the lenemy, Stimson told a news con= ference. Long Supply Lines “This force at the! Rescue operations were orderly ties among the men, hundreds of whom floated in lifeboats or rode rafts until picked up by patrol boats. So swiftly were rescue operations The 10,500-ton vessel ran ashore | and there are no reports of casual- | LIBERTY SHIP Two Americans Taken ~ Off Refugee Ship in | Midocean by Nazi Sub BATTLE FOR: BIAK DROME | ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD- /QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, June 1.—The bitter fighting on Biak- Island has subsided to patrol | Portuguese liner Serpa Pinto, carry- PHILADELPHIA Pa, June 1— A German submarine stopped the ing refugees, in'midocean last Fri- day and took two American citizens as prisoners and threatened to tor- pedo the vessel, the Fourth Naval| District announces, The sub crew took all of the 385 passengers and crewmen off the vessel, then after they had spent seven to nine hours in lifeboats, decided against torpedoing and per- mitting the passengers and crewmen to return to the ship and allow her | to continue to Philadelphia. | The refugees were Europeans| bound to Canada and traveling AMERICANS PUSHING ON TOWARD GOAL Deep Thrust Made in Ger- man Defense Lines— Troops on Hills ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NAPLES, June 1. — American sol- diers have fought to within sight of Rome which is just visible from the | highest. ridges of the Alban Hills, captured by a deep thrust into the German defense lines. “From these heights,” writes As- sociated Press correspondent Ed- |ward Kennedy from the front, “the which the Germans are shuttling Stimson said: put in effect that the majority of action and artillery exchanges, and forces to meet the impending Alhu\\ invasion. No Relief Promised | under the sponsorship of the Am-|Doughboys got their first glimpse men were removed directly from the |the Yanks are still blocked from| grounded transport to patrol boats. | {the airdrome after battles in wm«ni“‘c“" Joint Distribution Commit- jof Rome, a hazy mass of buildings | tee. |from this distance and from the end will be protecting the supply| |lines stretching more than 5,600 Murky weather prevailed over (lwl English Channel early today and there were no signs of aerial oper- ations from Britain, the first lull in the Allied offensive in two weeks, | although heavy bombers did not go| out last Friday. At 9 o'clock this morning the | From Federal Taxon After-Dark Fun Bills == st et miles and reaching every continent |represents approximately 47 percent of the total strength of the Army. By the end of 1944 the number of troops overseas will be increased imately strength.” The ship was operating under pri- ' vate charter and was built in 1942 at the Henry Kaiser Yards in Rich- | mond, Calif WALLACEIS 679 Japanese were slain, headquar- |ters announced, and are still held | {two miles from the Mokmer air- ,po)l where enemy positions on the ridges dominated the coastal road! |approach. | "The invaders added to the Jap-| ‘flnuse losses by cleaning out sma.l{ Three persons lost their lives’ mim;d“ of which rose the dome of the transfer from the Serpa Pmto‘s,,_ Peters, its lines just barely vis- to the lifeboats, one the 16-month- |jj4. » old baby Beatrice Trapunski, daugh-v One Doughl column, eaking ter of two refugees from Poland and | ey » 1 fhie others were he anips doctor | L iCiey ek K. Vlleve e ' |forward nearly 3,000 yards, and and cook. ‘The two American citizens tnkenv’m & polsth 00" e Mounb Ky By JACK STINNETT Overseas deployment of necessity |chio Ridge, the highest feature of - i part; 0 d| < (Continued on Page Two) WAS!}INGTON, June 1—If you|came first for the supply and air ‘pgzl,:ii :(:n::: e o e 2;‘5;;235;3‘;;;“;“;25M:g‘::m:3 the Alban Hills. are a night-clubber, a sympathetic | forces, Stimson noted, since it was \ f 5 y % '| Other forces won the high ground al of ne who is, or one who Two hundred miles to the south |and Manuel Pinio, 22, of Waterbury, . ot e g il ipat |necessary to Bulld up bases for tg enst another American invasion | Conn,, listed as a*farmer. Both had (ear Lake Mel, northwest of the runs one, don't go anticipating any leventual main drives against the 1 |menaced town, ' driving ,within 15 lief I that 30 nt Federal |force occupied a small stretch of | been in Portugal for a number of \ Feuql. Arosn L e |enemy. Those bases have now beel [the Dutch ¢ years |airline miles from Rome's gates. tax on the after-dark fun bills. p e Dul New Guinea coast al b | o Merr -GD-RDllnd atsatgss et G b iy it ort o shippin‘ Maffin Bay. Jap raiding parties, Pushes below Rome brought “Hm- Y L " . - Unanimots ¢ preasting thas the available for ground forces in {seeking 1o cut the communication ited hut important gains.” pgiss night club tax hasn't a chance of |**4% thealers. o o {lines, were driven off on Tuesday. ’lE" pE'ERSO" Iy B’:Shdflm"’ Ao il flank- By DREW PEARSON Ibeing rescinded, in spite of com- : verseAs Strengt (By Assoclated P ‘ e - | ng the drive on the coast advanc- (Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active plaints from some Congressmen rep- Stimson said the overseas| y Associal ress) : | led behind pummeling of Nazi de- service with the Army.) resenting night club areas that their strength of the Army exceeds the Rumors spread in Congressional . v'SlToR HERE Ifenses by United States destroyers , | i b aps Il peak of overseas strength of the | Circles in Washington are that Hen-| Glrls S(outs '0 | staniding: bttahore. A consti .\IEH s areé ing riven oul = o ‘ry A. Wallace has received the ' » WASHINGTON—The White]| WASHINGTON, June 1. — The of pusiness. World War by a million and a half | it e R B 2 i AF‘I’ER 3 YEARS The CBS broadcast at Bern said House has almost more human Federal Trade Commission has| \Just what, in dollars and cents,[men, and is only 400,000 men shon‘c":fl a‘;"l “f " vés l“ of ms ‘ Take Cou rse in Rome residents could see smoke and ¥ warmth these days than at any charged in a complaint that ',h':;wi“ accrue to the war kitty from |of the total strength of the Army wnorx:ll)nai:i:m oflci?tm:hep;:eesx::m l: | flashes of the battle through their 9 time since the piping times of Ketchikan Packing Company of this tax can't be determined yet. at the close of the World War. |exepected by many to head in the | H | This day was a a mighty happy one [oihdoniete and. telescopes as fight- ! peace, when Hitler Was only &|Ketchikan and William H. Stanley It isn’t likely it, will bear much of | Stimson said the total strength of | rou4y term bid. [} 00|' 00KINQ jror the L. s. Peterson family of |ing is so near that “cannon firing | clowning curiosity, when Sistie and|of New York City violated the bro- |the burden. Such speclal taxes|the air forces is approximately| e reports linked the SN mr Sitka for Lt. (jg) Leonard Peterson jand machine gun firing caused | Buzzie Dall W:l: roxxlnpmg aromll‘fel kerage .sectxgu of thg Ropensou often assume terrific pmpzrt‘l,ons in | 2,357,000 with half of the personnel | of Wallace and the President as| Girl Scouts and other interested ‘cnme home lhh‘ morning after an houses in Rome to tremble, win- the south la and when the|patman Act in connection with the (the wells of the House and Senate, |already overseas. The AAF lm\‘mkmg place shortly before the girls are invited to meet Frid absence of more than three years. ‘duws rattle, continuously throughout younger Roosevelt, boys, Franklin|caia and purchase of canned sal-|but actually produce litfle in overall\more than 75000 planes, including | former took off recently for Siberia S bt SR i mc?x{- Len’s dad met him at the dock and the day and night.” and John, frequently were home ;. iy interstate commerce. The |revenue. 34,000 combat planes, more than| and China. eibwniod | ol Re'all the moisture in the air wasn't| The Allied Command is silent re- ' on vacations from Harvard. o : o i stranhoth | VR 4 s o B 8 1ves COUrse | que to the atmosphere. ding Vell " £ spondents were granted 20 days one half the combat plane strength ‘Friends in the Senate said that ‘KBF ng Velletri itself but the Ger- Reason is that Anna Boettiger,|; “pion to answer the complaint,| The best weapon that the ant- |overseas. | Wellace was obviously pleased by | L outdoor cooking with Biss Mac | Atter graduating from the SUKS men radio reports indicated ithe K » eldest and favorite child of the - f night club taxers have been able to by | stephenson, district extension agent | gigh School and attending the Uni- | J 3 The complaint said that the Stan- |NIE d the results of the discussion, which shell bombed and battered town was President, has come back to the find yet is that it will throw np- from the University of Alaska a5 | yersity of Washington, Leonard | . 4 ley Company, one of the largest ex- y R apparently touched on political as | g A dsade: h left to the Americans after hot - White House to live, probably for| A @ ¢ seafrod pro. | Proximately 15,000 entertainers out | well a8 diplomatic matters. | director and leader. joined the Navy. He recelyed his oo aap fighting. ) the duration. With her is her five-| SUSIYe Purchaser® bf S 100 PrO=iot work, since after-dark enter- KlMMEI_l TRIAI_ I e | Scouts will win their outdoor cook | first training at Sand Point and|"my. moyin” A T (" year-old son, Johnny Boettiger, Jr.|ducts in the United States Buys & |, o0urs' no longer will be able to 1 | badge for this course if they attend | nis wings at Corpus Christi, Texas, |, 4 o0 o gl 13 “hanging on White House drapes, substantial portion of its require-t, ic.i\ eclaborate floor shows. ‘ and participate in each of the five- | prior to “Pearl Harbor Day." {advancing steadily up Highway No. digging up-the lawn, parading with Ments of canned salmon 'frnm the‘ Most male entertainers are 4-Fers, lS OPPOSED BY SIRO"GPOI“I l" | day programs. Friday will be en-1 ge has been on patrol duty in the]f via Casilina and captyred Fros- the soldiers in front of the White|Ketchikan company uhder packers|,. ynger.age or over-age. No indi- | rollment and a general discussion of | Garibbean and Atlantic waters for [\on¢, Provinclal Capital, 54 miles House, and generally making things|brands, their own private brands, |yiqua) who has made even a super- SE(Y FORRESIAI. | foods, {the past three years with head- {rom Rome. brighter. and customers brands. ficial survey would underestimate Monday, Miss Stephenson will |quarters at Norfolk, West Virginia, | oo Sy His father, Major John Boettiger,| The complaint charges the Ketch- | the contribution of the entertain- i meet with the group at Evergreen |,,g gey West, Florida, and has also | who recently returned from North ikan company in its sales With|ment industry to the war effort.| 'WASHINGTON, June 1—Secre-| TAKE“ FROM J APSBO"” with Harold Smith teaching |magde two trips to Africa. f Africa, also i around part of the|William Stanley, Inc., pays unlaw-|There are exceptions—as in the last|tary of Navy James V. Forrestal| fire building and other phases of = pjloting a Martin Mariner, sea o ar u time, and the Lirst Lady herself hs,s|tul brokerage fees to the buyer and |war—but for the most part thetoday expressed personal opposition —_ camp preparation. Tuesday Will | a0 pomber, with a 12-man crew Ky Jeen home more than usual since|the latter accepts such brokerage in |entertainers have come through al-(to & courtmartial at this time of| SOUTHEAST ASIA HEADQUAR-| Prove 8t interesting day as the girls g5 peen an exciting part of Lt. 2 the President came back from hisseller transactions which are aues-(most to the point of exhaustion. [Admiral Kimmell on charges of TERS AT KANDY, Ceylon, June 1. :“”” learn camp tin-can COOKery. peterson’s job. The only time he vacation. edly violations. They have played the jungles of negligence in connection with the —American and Chinese troops | Miss Stephenson explaing that this fever saw a submarine, however, was | I I(n lc All of this is not exactly an acci-| The commission said, “According |Guadalcanal and the central Paci-|Jap attack on Pearl Harbor. |captured the Jap strongpoint of | d?ef nat '“:‘k’“ J“‘" opening a ¢an ghen he was on a rescue mission | dent. Part of it probably was in-|to the complaint such buyers as|fic; the sands of north Africa; the| Forrestal issued his statement at, |Malakawng in North Burmn and | | but :3:1;::1"8 ::tl:gly“él?!v:rl;r; :ln:: jand without bombs. ired by Admiral Re Mclntire, 3 zen t Icel the - | Reversing the usual order, Leon- knows that the mind and body and ur;em as brokers, merchandise bro.| Its conceded that the night clubs|tees were eco:::in::: o cmln'::q-, the enemy base at Myitkyina. | lucky girls who attend these meet- 'mecca) on Monday morning to come nerves all go in one piece, and that |, 4 orimary. distributors, al. |and cabarets are the best sources s g e Ten B Gvading northeast m,“"gs‘ home and as he puts it “do some happiness and calmness are neces- SIE. o PIIALY s IR IO a-lci supply for the movies, the stage to DI Bepulrbee 5 a8 desdiine Soptias, v i | The lessons will be given each day | req) fishing.” He stopped over in 2 ’. 1_I’Psm_nemm v though they are known in the trade 2 = ;1:1{0 : d for starting the courtmartial. ‘din are reported “digging in and | peginning Monday at the Evergreen | juneau today to visit his old friend The Rotary Club will hold their :thn every mmute!o! the yriay {74 o buying brokers or speculativs | & But the general attitude on the Forrestal said: “It seems quite|Preparing defensive positions” i Bowl and will be approximately two | ang employer, Larry Freeburn, for SO PR o Sundg, S : e O e 87 o brokers. Their purpose in masking | oy 0 SR SOTES % cpp (dlear that ‘during the war this)the Kolima areo hours in duration. For the Soouts | whom he worked at the Pyramid [opy *n b eqtnins each st Auk by = famtl éwe g % b oredit to] P2 operations, the complaint al-| == 80 0 T ential workers phase should not be taken up and| —— this course means better praparation | packing Company, prior to enllsungm" at the bathing beach at Auk Admiral Mglntire for haying Anna leged, is to collect brokerage from | 0" b Do T C T eans of em- |l 8M personally not’in favor of| for assuming their duties and re- |in the service. Bay where the well appointed recre- | Sid hér Mischieyods san s ed the their purchase from the Ketchikan ployment. conducting such a trial.” | ponsibilities as members of the Girl | [aonard isn't the only member of ‘nion center furnishes just the pra= White House. wmpm{ ’:&ifi:n"fir seil:rs ‘wcl:o t;'“: P L rsr::out'}x z“;‘: E:’:;“’;‘ ; orp::nsm this | nis family in the armed forces lorlfi: ¥ setting for an affair of this When Mrs. Roosevelt di in{PAY, DOLW szt B o 4Ll Rep. Charles E. McKenzie, Louis- MM 2 o e River Camp. ' |his young brother, Clyde, is also 2 otk Tt IR mm?gs;den_ it 15 the universal custom of Such |iar o ersens veteran of World War| WASHINGTON, June 1. — The Camp first aid is among the|doing his bit for Uncle Sam, Ser-| Rotarians will gather at the park- route from New York elsewhere, she|Puvers to invoice and sell merchan- |1 pretty much summed it up when Senate Judiciary Committee has n cow important subjects which will be | geant Clyde Peterson ,as he is|iNg strip on the Fifth Street side (v 3 dise under their own names, own 0 recommended the time for filing briefly but effectively taught in this | known these days, is with “ _|of the Federal building where spent # longer time alone with him he said: “There’s no reason for these now) ys, 'Cast. than at almost any other time re-|CCOUNtS, and OWN prices on terms |people to worry about jobs. The charges against persons responsible | particular course. ner's Cutthroats,” a group of Army |transportation facilities will be pro- % cently. And she probably will be|to assure full credit risks.” farmers in my district can use every | fOf the military debacle at Pearl| . Scouts who did valuable reconnais- |vided. The assembling time is noon around more than usual in the fu-| The complaint alleged the pay-|one of them; so can the sawmills Harbor be extended a full year fron | MOSCOW, June 1-—Eric John- S'I'O(K o“o""o“s sance work on Attu and Kiska pre- (Sunday and as soon as autos, trucks “ture, for Ross MecIntire has been|ment and acceptance of unlawful|and the pulp ‘mills—essential indus- | Next Wednesday. ston, President of the United States ceding the American landings on |and other vehicles are filled—the very definite that someone must be|brokerage “Is representative of prac- |tries every one.” Acting Chairman Hatch told ?n- ‘Shlmber of Commerce, and Am-: those islands. start will be made. on hand to be dictatorial with theltices by a number of West Coast| To many Jack Bennys, Bob Hopes, porters if the resolution is appruwd; assador Harriman arrived here to- NEW YORK, June 1. — Closing ¢ Stan Grummett, general chair- President and make tertain that he seafood packers and customers n and this war's “sweethgarts of the by Congress it will possibly delay day from the United States and |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine man in charge of the picnic ar- doesn't overwork for I stretches. | purchase’ and resale.” E. F” on a dozen fronts, that the courtmartial proceedings against | were met by a large delegation of | stock today is 5%, American Can rangements, says food will be pro- Last winter's fllnflsm:n.s et 4 . may seem harsh criticism, but that | Kimmell and Short until after the | Soviet organizations. 89%, Anaconda 25%, Beech Air- m. a sey \vided for y‘ounz and adults. exactly that. The Pr ¥y a | generally is the way Congress feels | War- That widespread publicity will be | craft 8%, Bethlehem Steel 58%, There wil} be games alan for tha Tack from: Talienn h:“"” : came pONALD DAIGLER GO about easing the night elub tax. | given to Johnston’s visit is indicated | Curtiss-Wright 5%, International - % 2t and raldudy \ Ack trops Rel ulmx:z o con-| " SQUTH TO JOIN U. §. NAVY pnit e et by the large reception committee | Harvester 73%, Kennecott 30%, i o e g o i wn:& i Hiiadhn Bodn: BHRA ot the obels "o RED“(IIO" JMn‘l also large turnout of newsreel | North American Aviation 7%, New s e lrlng gram of entertainment has been " xc?)‘xjx:‘:rv o?::::;w u:fmma’ ::iel Donald Daigler, who received his | o1,0" ¢ ontertainment and sports 4 | cameramen. York Central 18%, Northern Pacific planned for the entire afternoon. too happy. So he had to pitch in| oo e ® |allowing war agencies to determine MISS SHAFFER NOW i 125ap resistance 15 severely bent! BURNS PROVE FATAL » south today and will join the Unit- |t what extent entertainment and AT SOCIAL SECURITY{ Dow, Jones averages today are as | i 3 * and do double duty on both thel 8 0 what extent en nt ant i > in the South Pacific where the Nips| froat i i s fant ed States Navy. Donald, who is the | sports should be allowed to operate. follows: Industrials, 14221; rails,| % T 00 Fitn i o ]'o wunfll (HI wer S0 ome front. |, of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Daig- Miss Patricia Shaff +. | 4035; utilities, 23.15. 800" meen, 4000 pianey To avoid a repetition of that sit-|® B L T Nt (O the gl B therels much| gy June 1.—The Twellth|oq somborar: 63 hay S s cndh g i A and too many ships to count, Ad-| uation and to keep an eye on “the ::;u':::’v sl ‘\l:lihol?xgh ho: E:'u":z“:al;';l’gll the l:!‘:';lr::::!- Regional War Labor Board H“_‘eMIm;::::i);ye:’xzzyr::nctk:kt :3; L. D. ARNOLD BACK {miral W. Halsey “told the reporters| Five - year - old Rosemary Cho- ld man,” as much of the Roose- o2 # - fi Au " at conferences. tte, o ¢ M 1 . the war will now be under one mum and receive no manpower con- J Commangder of the Naval Fo) n May 17 suffering fre burns, - i MRS. ALLEN LEAVES cessions whatever. The idea pri-|Cf compensation for the Alaska Sal SIDES RETURNS HERE L. D. Arnold, with the Forestry rces n|May s om suc. i % ropl. ; marily 15 to divert surplus war earn- |™moD Industry, whether measured in| Deputy Collector of Customs M. |Division of the Office of Indian the South Pacific. |cumbed yesterday afternoon about | BILL FOR WINNIE Leaving for the States, Mrs. Tom |ings into savings ind war finance |Wages or fish prices. | H. Sides has returned from an in- Affairs, returned to the Chicago Adm. Halsey said that 19 months 4:30 o'clock. Her mother, who is in The Senate of the United States|Allen, teacher with the Office of channels. In that respect, the mor-, The Board said the ruling “will|spection trip to Southeast ports. He | Offices after completing conferences 380 his forces were “only a shoe- Wrangell, has been notified, and e Indian Affairs, expected to be away |alists and the tough-minded anti- not prejudice any requést by thelwas absent from the offices here | here in regard to the reindeer pro- string but now the"y have grown umtw remains are at the Charles W, Al (Continued on Page Four) for the next few weeks. inflationists see eye to eye. unions for increases.” for about ten days. - gram. a large sized boot. Carter Mortuary.