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

¥ 5 & & SE VOL. XLIL, NO. 9682. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS — ey YANKS WITHIN 8 MILES OF CHERBOURG Red Army Captures Key Finn LINE BROKEN ONKARELIAN FRONT NOW Complete Victory Seems in Sight for Advancing Russian Forces MOSCOW, June 19.—Soviet field | dispatches declare the Red Army| has smashed forward to the thresh-| old of Viipuri, key to southern Finland, after breaking the Man- nerheim Line and capturing Koi- viso fortress at the mouth of Vii- puri Bay. Farther inland on the Karelian| Isthmus, the Russians are reported to have driven two and one-haif miles past the Mannerheim Line| in the Murila sector, while the; Red Army's left flank made the| most progress along the Gulf of Finland. Dispatches said the right wing| of the Russian forces on the op-| posite side of the Isthmus is now| advancing along Lake Ladoga and‘ (Continued on Page Five) The Washington Merry- Egaliound By DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col.” Robert 8. Allen now on active service with the Army.) WASHINGTON—To a lonely mother with a son on the beach- head in Normandy and another in the Aleutians: | Dear Mrs. R.: I have your let- ter wondering why you should sac- | rifice the sons you so carefully| taught not to hate or to hurt, on| a bloody beachhead where every minute they must hate and hurt in crder to survive. | I don't blame you for asking| these questions. Thousands of ot_her‘ mothers are asking them. I wish that I could give an adequate answer. You say that you write and tell your sons that, after it’s over, life | will be the same and we'll all be happy, but that, deep in your heart, | you krow it won't be, for there| will be more wars and more blood- | shed all over again. Naturally you would expect a| hard-boiled and cynical newspaper- | man, trained to look under rocks for all the seamy side of official| life, to agree with you that we will have more wars and that your boy| on the Normandy beachhead is making his sacrifice in vain. But| somehow or other, I don't agree. | Somehow or other, I have a sneak- | Russ Writer Sees Defeal For Nippons Delirious Pla’ns for Includ- ing Siberia in Sphere Are Defeated MOSCOW, June 19—The Soviet war publication “Working Class” said in the days when Hitler's forces were driving into Russia, the Japs “included Soviet far east- ern Siberia and even middle Asia in their sphere, but these delirious plans of the Jap imperialists found a gloryless end with the defeat of Germany’s army at Stalingrad.” In a blunt discussion entitled “Japan and the ‘occupied countries of eastern Asia” the writer, Klem- enti Popov said that Japan has re- peatedly oecupied different territor- ies on the Asiatic continent, but were always forced to retreat. Popov wrote: “In the present wa Japan is in the camp of the Hit-| lerite coalition and is doomed tof inevitable defeat.” ROCKET BOMB AREA UNDER HAMMERING {Three-WayWiack Made| in Support of Allied Invasion Forces SUPREME HEADQUARTERS: ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, June 19.—United States heavy bombers, from 500 to 700 strong, hammered Hitler’s rocket bomb launching area at Pas de Calais as more pilotless explosives hurtled over into England. Other big Allied planes struck heavily at the German air bases in southwestern - France. = Fighter- bomberb attacking at the rate of one a minute, drove home a three- way assault in direct support to the invasion “forces. One wave pounded trapped Ger- man forces on the northern part of Cherbourg Peninsula, another battered the communication routes in the southeast aver which the Nazis are trying to reinforce the armored divisions in the Tilly-Caen sector, and a third stream bombed the area north of Paris, disrupting the enemy reinforcement lines. — | ed pending the outcome of the ap- fall to VERDICT IN PADDY CASE IS UPHELD Circuit (ouri—SEpporls Con-| viction of Death Sen- senfence-Appeal According to an Associated Press dispatch received today by The Empire from San Francisco, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of the death sentence in the case of William James Paddy, charged with first degree murder for the fatal shooting of Toni Simon in Douglas on the night of August 13, 1942. Howard D. Stabler, attorney for the defense, stated that an applica- | tion is now pending for executive | clemency and reduction of the sen- tence to that of life imprisonment. Action on the petition was suspend- peal. Paddy, a native, was tried in the U. S. District Court in Juneau in February, 1943. The verdict, which carried a mandatory sentence of | capital punishment, which means hanging in Alaska, was reached by | a jury February 5., He was sen- | tenced to hang May 2, 1943, An appeal was then made to a | higher court and pending this the death sentence was stayed.. A mew date-far ‘exécution must now be set by Judge George F. Alexander. PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN ADVISED TO ATTEND - IMMUNIZATION CLINIC The monthly immunization clinic held by Dr. C. C. Carter, City Health Officer, has been announced for Wednesday, June 21, at 10 o'clock, in the Health Center, 108 Territorial Building. The summer immunization clin- ics scheduled for June 21, July 19, and August 16, in addition to pro- viding for the immunization of the | infants of the community, will give opportunity for the children enter- ing school for ghe first time this receive the immunizations| recommended for school entrance. Parents of kindergarten and first- | grade children are advised to check their immunization records care- fully. Each child should be im- munized against diphtheria and smallpox. If it has been three or more years since the initial diph- theria inoculations a reinforcing or booster dose is recommended upon school entrance. Likewise if the child was vaccinated against smallpox in infancy a repeat vac- cination should be done at this Churchili Looks for Blg Event | LONDON, June 19.—The speech {of Prime Minister Winston Church- ill delivered at the Mexican Em- bassy four days ago, was permitted to be published only today. Churchill said some month of this summer may “bring full suc- cess in the cause of freedom.” Churchill said the invasion on Normandy was a great tactical sur- prise and the Germans did. not know it was coming until they, saw the ships “It may be that events will oc- cur during the next few months to show us whether we will soon| be released from the curse laid| upon us by the Germans,” said| Churchill The invasion, further said Churchill, was launched with full| accord of the Russians and the{ decision reached at the Teheran| conference touching political aspect | of the war. He also said efforts| GERMANS ARE BEATEN BACK, ITALY FRONT Greater Part of Island of Elba Now Occupied by Frepch Forces ROME, June 19.—French colonial battalions have captured Portos ferraio and now hold “the greater part of the Island of Elba,” heads quarters said, while on the Italian Peninsula in mud-spattered Allied troops made gains on both flanks and in the center of the line, taking Assisi, birthplace of St. Francis. Beating down German restistance on Elba, the French rounded up sev- eral thousand prisoners, including several high officers. The com- munique said that before taking Portoferraio, the capital on the north coast, the French captured Napoleon’s villa, Bitter Fight The invading forces brought ar- tillery against the Germans who are |are being made to “achieve a 'p»,'.'-, bitterly contesting the control of |manent cooperation to build up an| Porto Longone on the east coast,|organization which, after this war, and the Fifth and Eighth Army will strengthen the bonds between troops in Italy are meeting Wwith oyr nations and success in increasing resistance as they drive |gerving peace.” the Germans back toward the Pisa- | ——————— Rimini line, but more villages have (OASTAL ON pre- | | | | | been taken. "Sh'f‘wng pressure is being exerted rison at the central sector read hub I.ME “m Wfl of Perugia, 85 miles north of Rome and about 72 miles southeast of An Alaska Coastal plane was| Florence. | chartered over the weekend to bring | Eighth Army troops captured As- | back to Juneau a fishing party from | sisi, 12 miles southeast’ of Perugia, | Lake Florence. The party 1wmch] and Deruta, south of the bitterly | is reported to have had lots of luck) contested road junction town. | consisted of Rod Darnell, Mrs. Dar- HENGYANY TO MITCHELLS BE NEW GOAL| SINK FIVE OF JAP ARMY JAP SHIPS Chensha oDomed as Japs|Truk and Rabaul Pounded Drive Toward Hengany ~Nips Accidentally De- in New Offensive stroy Own Plane CHUNGKING, June 19. — Jap By MURLIN SPENCER forces made an advance southward| ADVANCED, ALLIED HEAD- toward the vital Canton-Hankow | QUARTERS IN NHW' GUINEA, railway junction at Hengyany, driv- June 19.—Mitchell medium bomb- ing several miles below captured |ers sank five Japanese merchantmen Chuchow in the Hunan Province in | in a followup to the raid upon an offensive, the Chinese Com-|Sorong, headquarters announced. mand said tonight. |On Friday more than 50 Mitchells ‘A force reached the north bank|With Lightning escorts hit Sorong of the Lu River, less than 75 miles |airdrome and destroyed mote than northeast of Hengyang, the Chi- 150 enemy planes on the ground and nese said. It is also reported that| in the air. in the suburbs of encircled Chang- al(;‘r);‘_"w;:“':‘h“;":s bg:‘:”fhrs;“kml‘:’fi sha, the fighting continues un- | yeighters and damaged two 1,500 abated. | ton vessels. In a second attack on Across the Siang River from the |gaturday six coastal vessels were | besieged Chinese bastion, in the|giso wrecked. foothills of the Yuehlu Mountains,| The Americans on Biak Island are other sanguinary fighting is re-|closing in on the Japanese forces ported. |atop the ridge north of Mokmer | Although the Chinese portrayed airdrome. One hundred and twenty- Changsha as still in their hmlds.‘two more Japanese were killed by the situation appeared hopeless. the count on Friday. The main body of Japs who by- Liberators, meanwhile, dropped 89 passed the city, appeared to def-| tons of bombs on Truk and 56 tons initely have Hengyang as their goal. ‘ on Rabaul airdrome. Twenty Japa- ———————— | nese fighters employing aerial bombs BOND SALES s s SLACKED UP ! vyt The communique said heavy fight- ing also occurred at Citta Della Pieve, 22 miles southwest of Peru- gia, and in the Adriatic sector the Allied troops are approaching the Tronto River. JAP BARGES SMASHED AT SAIPAN ISLE Americans-F_iaht Off Jap Counterattacks on Yirategic Base By CHARLES McMURTY U. S. PACIFIC HEADQUART- ERS AT PEARL HARBOR, June 19. —A Japanees attempt to counter- attack the Yanks on sonthwestern | nell, Jack Darnell, Fay Durkee, Gene - BY WEATHER | Carolines. The enemy forma‘ion accidentally destroyed one of their | Prevailing hot weather conditions {over the week-end slacked up bond own planes in the Rabaul raid which | cost. the Allies one Corsair and one Dauntless downed by a Japanese | antiaircraft gunner grown expert during the months of the New Brit- to that point and returned Hans |sales as Juneauites took to the |Floe from Hawk Inlet and Jack country. Total figures today are | Mangell and J. D. de Champlain reported at $90,718.75. Series E | from Hoonah. Don Foster, Fred |bond sales are $48,268.75. | Geeslin, James Ryan, Ralph Mize,| Tonight the American Legion and ain attacks. | Kinster, and Ruth Rock. | American Legion Auxiliary will take | A flight to Excursion Inlet on Sunday carried Gomez Isturis, Mrs. | Elsie Isturis, Rudy Isturis, Jr., ®d- ward Aligaa, and Julia Grempzeff : and George Morlander also returned | from Excursion Inlet. {over the sale of bonds at the two | A round trip was made to Lake |booths. Saturday night sales werce | Hasselburg over the weekend with!made by the Chamber of Commerce | Margaret Anne Williams, Mr. nnd;and the Catholic Daughters of | Mrs..J. J. Meherin, Lorraine Holden, America. |and A. R. Seaton. | 'The following are the results in | A flight to Ketchikan took Flmer | yne Miss - Liberty contest which is |Johnson, Harold Meade, Harold popg held in conjunction with the | carlson, Nina Lane, and Mrs. Wil- |Fifth War Loan Drive: ‘ ma John to that city and W. Nelson | Miss Liberty Contest to Wrangell. Helen Finn returned | . | with the plane from Petersburg and | Betty Mill 16,135 | Betty Nordling 10,896 American lines on Biak extend from a half mile west of Mokmer airstrip on the beach due north into the hills, The principal fighting is | on the right flank north of the air- drome where the Yanks are envel- | oping the left flank of the enemy lines. | | | | LARGE SCALE RETREAT OF ~ JAPS, INDIA JChinese Forced to Give Up ish Fortress GREAT PORT SHELLED BY ARTILLERY Americans Broaden Corri- dor-50,000 Germans Probapfl_(ul off WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN NORMANDY, June 19.—~The United States forces are within eight miles of Cher- bourg tonight and American ar- tillery is shelling the great French port. The Yanks cap- tured Bricquebec, 11 miles south of Cherbourg, during mid-after- noon. The Americans have widened their corridor by twice its size since yesterday. German forces cut off on the peninsula may number as many as 50,000, DEATH OR SURRENDER SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, June 19.—American troops have laid siege to the defenses of Cherbourg, third greatest naval port of France, after reinforcing and broadening of their assault corridor on the isolated peninsula, Between 25000 and 30,000 Nazi defenders are cut off in the Cher- bourg area, and escape appeared Ampossible, They have two “to the death or The spearhead is General Bradley's spectacular drive to capture Cher- bourg, which was developed by Na- poleon. The United States Ninth Divi- sion’s capture of the French naval base would be an old story to this division, for it was the Ninth which broke through the German defenses to take Bizerte, 13 months ago under Maj. Gen. Manton Eddy. Perilnsula Severed United States forces which sev- ered the peninsula are busy widen- ing the break-through path to the | Atlantic coast which last night was seven miles wide. They are driving the Germans down toward La Haye du Puits, big road junction seven miles south of St. Sauveur le Vi- conte, into what appeared to be an- other trap, for one Amerfcan trans- peninsular spearhead has been with- in four miles of La Haye for several days. If this spearhead takes the town of La Haye the Germans in that area would be in another pocket. Caught in Trap A third American column under Gen. Bradley’'s command tsduck south of Lison to within six miles B. F. Heinzleman, W. A. Bates, and W. C. Arnold from Ketchikan. Cipriano K. Carrillo, I. C. Cor- dero, Dave Fenton, and Lulu Cole- |man were passengers on a flight to | sitka and A. Boyd, Mrs. Fred ter, Mrs. John Winther, Mrs. Grompzeff, and Jane Winther re- | Bax- | Kathleen McAlister Joyce Smith Betty Bonnett Ruth Kunnas .. Lois Allen ... Lila Sinclair . 5575 Mary McCormack “... 5350 With an increase of 5,000 votes, . 10229 8,158 6,625 5,924 5,902 | | !of St. Lo, important rail and high- | way junction in the Vire River | Valley, 42 air miles south of Cher- | Lungling, One of Ma- jor Conquests Yadier . The Ninth Division crushed a | SOUTHEAST ASIA HEADQUAR- G |German attempt to burst out of TERS AT KANDY, Ceylon, June‘,lm American trap, when the Ger- 19. — The last Japs have been' mans lashed out in darkness in ing suspicion that things are not| S o o time. Saipan Island has been repulsed | turned. going to be so bad, and that we| may be able to prevent your son’s son from doing What his father Had to do in Normandy. Maybe I am too much of an op- timist, but it seems to me, look- ing back, that we made a lot of progress toward permanent peace STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 10. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6%, American Can 88%, Anaconda 267%, Beech Aircraft 8%, Bethlehem Steel 62%, Curtiss- Wright 5%, International Harvester between the last war and this. In|78y, Kennecott 31%, North Am- the end, we failed. But there are|erican Aviation 8%, New York Cen- a lot of things you do that fail| tral 18%, Northern Pacific 174, the first time, or even several times, before you finally make the grade. KELLOGG'S DREAM OF PEACE One of these tries which failed was the Kellogg treaty to outlaw war. Old Frank B. Kellogg, who wrote that treaty, was just an or- inary American citizen from Min- nesota, not much different from the rest of us. He was Coolidge’s Secretary of State, and not a very brilliant one. But he had one great dream—to outlaw war. And he kept pecking away at if, and hammering the idea home or the unwilling governments of Eur- ope, until the people of Europe were too strong for their governments, and they just had to sign the Kellogg Pact. I was with Kellogg when he sail- ed to Europe to sign his pact, stood with him in the Quai d'Orsay in United States Steel 57%. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 14842; rails, 41.44; utilities, 23.65. — e, FIRE THIS MORNING A flooded stove -at the Military Police station on South Franklin Street was cause for an alarm, 1-6, this morning and the Fire Depart- ment was called out at 8:15 o'clock. | No damage is reported. —————— HERE FROM SITKA Emil Jorgensen and son have arrived here. from Sitka and are guests at the Juneau Hotel. ——,———— IN FROM GUSTAVUS School examinations for this group will be announced at a later date. EARTHQUAKES IN CALIFORNIA ROCK SOUTHERN CITIES LOS ANGELES, June 19.—Down- town buildings swayed, residences trembled, burglar alarms were set off, and many persons fled from the streets as two quakes jolted Los Angeles and nearby cities yesterday. Two ligher quakes were felt early today in communities just south of here. The shocks yesterday were the strongest since March 10, 1933, when | 121 persons were killed and prop- erty damage of $75,000,000 was caus- ed in Compton, Long Beach, and Los Angeles. No material damage was reported this time. The first shocks were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Gorman ar- rived here from Gustavus over the week-end and are staying at the Juneau Hotel. e, — J. R. Leekley, of the PFish and Paris when, with a great gold pen, (Continued on Page Four) Wildlife, is here from Petersburg and is staying at the Gastineau Hotel. recorded at 5:03 P. M. and the sec- ond at 8:05 P. M. Three women | watching a baccalaureate service at the Southgate High School fainted from the first shock, — . Fred Biesmeyer and wife, from Ralston Island, are in town and with the destruction of 13 Jap troop barges, Admirfll Chester W. Nimitz announced. Armed American landing craft on Saturday smashed this movement to land troops south of Garapan to cut Don Foster, Fred Geeslin, J. Ryan, | Betty Nordling steps up from sixth \and Ralph Mize made a trip to [to second position, closely followed Hoonah and Clyde Hill, Mrs. Floyd by Kathleen McAlister. Joyce | Gorman, Mr, Gorman, and Margie | Smith dropped from third to fourth | Hill returned from Gustavus. place. Betty Bonnett goes down Joe Moe was flown to Skagway |from fourth to fifth. Ruth Kunnas thrown out of Assam in north- eastern India, and operations are| proceeding satisfactorily to drive the rest off the Kohima-Imphal road and Manipur. The large-scale withdrawals of |over the weekend and George Wil- |liams to Haines. A plane went out empty this morning to Lake Hassleburg and brought in Mrs. William E. Walker, Mr. Walker, Wayne Fowler, Burton Walker, and David Strickland. E. Wanamaker, William Wana- maker, Hans Floe, and J. Ellison }madc a trip to Hawk Inlet late this | afternoon. FOUR FOR ANCHORAGE A flight was made to Skagway‘. Leaving for Anchorage Saturday early today with Kenneth Win-‘; afternoon via Alaska Airlines were gate, Charles Lowery ,and Dale the following passengers: E. Hed- Stein, and returned Aandrew Mock, lund, Miss Irene Reynolds, Mrs. | Max Moe, Mrs. Steve Maxinoff, Pete M. Albright, and A. F. Strickland. Carson, and Wiliam Atolic to Ju- FhR A A | neau. d | PAA PLANE OUT William Bates, W .D. Conant, and | Joseph Paulson, Robert F. Tay- Fred Beismeyer were flown to Sitka lor, and Felix Gray left for Seat- ‘ g‘o‘;bmlnm,wn “KT“"’ d M“g:" fud 0.1 tle Monday morning on a Pf‘"wwunpuung::dfbr ;e.nake?"dmn AR Pl::’l:-mg-h: Commis| A trip to Ketehikan carrizd John e Ory e ;‘l’“' M- | Manders and Norman Stines to that | 2y, Soysh. | city and Jack Gucker and son, Jer- e ry, to Petersburg. I. Fischbun, John TEACHERS ENROUTE NORTH | McKello, N. GTEAndersoil ,and Pet- Mr. and Mrs. Gerald 8. Clark,(er John were flown to Wrangell of Renton, Washington, will leave| today. soon for Northway, near Fair-| W,J. Nelson and Mrs. Dean Good- banks, to enter their new positions | win were passengers today on a' as teachers at the school in that flight to Tulsequah. Mrs. Goodwin off the Americans who have already captured approximately 10 square miles of the island. The capacity of Japanese barges varies from 20 to 100 men. The brief communique did not say whether any enemy soldiers landed nor hint at the number of Japanese craft involved. BT have registered at the Juneau Hotel. town. . returned with the plane. lthe Japs is south and east toward| |Uknrul, and the congested columns | 'are being strafed by the Royal Air, Force. advanced from seventh to sixth. Lois Allen, whose vote remained | stationary over the week-end, drop- |ped from fifth to seventh. Lila |Sinclair in eighth and Mary Mc- Slowed By Monsoon Allied headquarters said the mon-| Cormack in ninth remain in mz‘ same positions. Betty Mill contin-'soon is slowing the Allied opera- ues in the ledd. Wons: however, rubber boats are » G . ;o ntand ‘used to maintain some positions| and to evacuate casualties. | Ma“ha“' A’“ol ‘ Allied troops have compressed further the Jap defensive arcs at| on I'alhn Fron | Mogaung and Myitkyina, and in| northern Burma the Chinese troops ROME, June 19.—0!11;1 :; Al;lmls;whave reached the north bank of| General Staff, George C. Marshall \the Mogaung River opposite the and Chief of Army Air Forces, H. H. | town of sznung. wm;l):o Chindits Arnold, are visiting the Ttalian front gre holding the village bordering it today and conferring with Allled ., the east. } military chiefs here. For the first time the Chinese| GBEENm Esre using flamethrowers and ba- !zookas in the attack on Myitkyina.| TRIP TO EEA'I‘TLE( Setback at Lungling Richard 8. Chfoen, Banitery m_i An Allied setback at Lungling,| e with G Tersiorial Depark.| 100 -Tilbe -socNjgher” ot MAVERYIS 51 Hoalih. 18 haak frotn Seatily:| 108 Sunounced 86 Ohnuking howy where he went for the purpose of ever, where the Chinese were forced Nnforring with the U. S, Public|to §ive up that Burma Road ftown. Health Quarantine Station in re- |The Chinese announced its cap- gard to rat control on vessels com- ture on June 11, and declared it ing to Alaska. He also attended to their biggest success in their of- milk sanitation business. fensive west of the Salween River. heavy local attacks near St. Jacque de Nethou, but were thrown back with heavy losses. British forces battled into the northern end of the town of Tilly sur Seulles, the Germans still hold- ing in the southern part of the town, which is situated between Bayeux and Caen. ————— FOUR ISLES IN KURILES AREBOMBED WASHINGTON, June 19—In the North Pacific, American bombers roared out on three assaults bat- tering Paramushiro, Matsuwa, Shi- mushiri and Shumushu. Enemy fighters were beaten off and one was probably shot down. Several American planes received minor damages. - HEINTZLEMAN BACK B. Prank Heintzleman, Regional Forester, returned by plane yester- day from Ketchikan where he has been for the past week on official business.