The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 27, 1944, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIL, NO. 9689. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY JUNE 27, 19444 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS _ PRICE TEN CLNIL PRICE TEN CENTS CHERBOURG CAPTURED BY AMERICANS Russians Now Plunging Toward Germany FATHERLAND LINE IS LEFT FAR BEHIND Tremendous Speed of So- viet Drive Reduces Anchor Bastions BULLETIN — LONDON, June 28.—~The Red Army forces have captured the White Russian bastion at Orsga, Stalin an- nounced tonight in a Special Order of the Day. LONDON, June 27.—Red Army troops rolled on toward the four strategic defense bastions left to the Germans on the 250-mile front in White Russia, after capturing Vitebsk and Zhlobin, the northern and southern anchors of the Nazis' vaunted “Fatherland Line.” The immediate goals of the mas- sive Soviet offensive are Polotsk, 60 miles northwest of Vitebsk, only 15 miles from the old Polish bor- der; Orsha, 47 miles south of Vite- bsk; Mogilev, about 90 miles south (Continued on Page Two) The Washington|— Merry - Go- P_m_und By DREW PEARSON _ (Lt. Col. Mbefl 8. Allen now on active service with the Army.) CHICAGO—In many ways this convention seems out of place, un- real. Here are hotels along Michi- gan Boulevard which, just a few months ago, were leased by the Army and crammed with soldiers; now they are crammed with poli- tical delegates. Across one ocean, men are bat-| tling on the Cherbourg Peninsula after a landing that seemed almost impossible. Across the other, the U. S. Navy is edging closer to Japan than anyone dreamed would be pos- sible at this time. News of the war pushes news of the convention to one side, makes the ciash of personalities, the ebb and flow of political rivalry seem petty in the face of death. Some delegates whisper half-jok- ingly that perhaps Franklin D. Roosevelt schedulgd the second front and the Pacific battles pur- posely to push the GOP conven- tion out of the headlines, though actually they rejoice at the victor- jes and know that weather, our allies, and military factors—not politics—shape the decisions. But though this convention seems incongruous, in reality it is a trib- ute to the strength of American democracy. Perhaps no other coun- try would dare try to weather a wartime election. Britain has ad- journed politics, so has Latin Am- erica. Canada has held only pro- vincial elections. Four years ago, certain newspapers predicted that Roosevelt would never permit an-| other election until the war was " over. But now the first hop in electing a President has begun. Furthermore, what this conven- tion does, no matter how incongru- ous on the surface, actually will help to shape the destinies of the nation. The Republican platform, how far it goes regarding inter- national cooperation, to say noth- ing of the candidate selected, will help to shape not only the na- tion's next four years, but prob- ably the peace of the next genera- tion. DEWEY'S FRIENDS 4 American Airmen Who Landed on Cherbourg on NEW YORK, June 27.—The ad- vance American patrols penetrating Cherbourg discovered four United States airmen had landed near the city on D-Day and since then were hidden by French patriots. The story is told by BBC reporter Colin Wills in a London broadcast | recordec here by CBS. Wills said that “when the Am- erican patrols fought their way into Cherbourg, a Frenchman suddenly ran to the gate and shouted ‘Friend, we have four Americans here!’ Then four figures approached. They were four American airmen. They have been in Cherbourg since the at- tack.” The four Americans told Wills D-Day Hidden by French they were on a plane that dropped parachutists south of Cherbourg on D-Day. On the return journey they were caught by heavy flak and were forced down. The airmen set fire to their plane and most of the equipment and hid in a ditch until | the next morning when they ac- costed a French maid and told here they were Americans. The giri, Wills | related, immediately left for help and brought wine and food and found a hiding place in a haystack where they remained for a few days. Members of the French underground took the Americans to their homes and kept them hid. “The French people are wonder- ful and risked their own lives to| .s.wv our men,” said Wills. Baftle loommg Over State Rights; Action OfFed. BONDSMES OVER HALF WAY MARK The sale of bonds in Juneau took a jump last night and passed the balf-way mark, with the all-series total now standing at $222,790.25. Of this, $88121.75 are in series E| sales. Up to Saturday, official tabula-| tiones for the Territory showed ' | tors—are grumbling over ‘price Lon-waddros.s that $936,479.75 worth of bonds had Govt.Resented By JACK STINNETT MARTIN IS - CHAIRMAN, GOP MEET Declares His Party Will Save Constitutional Government CHICAGO, Ill, June 27-—Repre- sentative Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of Massachusetts, took up the gavel as permanent Chairman of the Re- publican National Convention wi the declaration his party will Ithe ~constitutional government, home and build an enduring peace.” Martin, minority ¢ |House, told the delegates the *“ lof reckoning” is at hand for ',; |New Deal because the people ave |“tired of bungling, fumbling, waste, \»xlm\agunw arrogance, and a bu- reaucratic dictatorship.” Martin said even some Democrats have rebelled. The Chairman also said “we have seen the head of the Communist political party in this country, Earl {Browder, merge his party with Sid~ Iney Hillman’s CIO Political Acti | committee in a drive for a fow iterm for President Roosevelt ani electing a Congress that will bg '\LIDS(:]'V‘EDL to the will of those ors ganizations.” e of the DENVER, June 27.—The way my history book: reads, .state’s rights haven't beén” worth a Root politic- ally since just after the Civil War. As a political issue they haven't| even been a good red herring. I'm not sure that they are now, | but after a swing around the coun- {try from Washington, D. C. to the west coast and this far back, I can’t believe that there has been 'any time since the reconstruction | era when both politicians and for-| ward-looking citizens have been| ,more wrought up over the rights! of the states as opposed to the | ! power taken over by the Federal | |Government than they are today. In the grass roots, the fnrmers | —especially the large scale opera- ‘trols, labor shortages, farm .ma- ' ADDRESS GOP | Former President W|II Campaign Vigorously for Republican Ticket CHICAGO, Jume 27 ~—Arriving to| the Republican natmndl |convention, Herbert Hoover said he| | been sold, with the series E total|chinery shortages, the federal tax would participate vigorously in the | :at $488,720.75. Standings of the various M)wns in Alaska according to their total| sales up to Saturday are as fol- lows: Fairbanks $322,525.00 Anchorage 171,755.75 Juneau and Douglas.. 120,810.25 Seward 72,907.25 Ketchikan 47,271.75 Nome 39,431.25 Platinum . 28,000.00 Flat 27,000.00 Petersburg 22,387.50 Kodiak 16,206.25 Wrangell 14,237.50 Sitka 9,618.75 Cordova . 5,475.00 Valdez 5,287.50 Skagway . 4,050.00 Metlakatla 3,750.00 Craig 2,635.00 Haines 2,531.25 Miss Liberty Contest The following is the result of the Miss Liberty contest: Betty Nordling Betty Mill Ruth Kunnas Betty Bonnett .. Kathleen McAlister Lois Allen Mary McCormack . Joyce Smith 11,648 Lila Sinclair . 9,841 In today’s tabulation Lo:s Allen jumped from the basement to sixth 23,482 .20,700 9,826 19,016 17,671 ..15,306 14,834 place with an increase of 6,025, the | biggest gain of any of the contest- , \program, and the endless reports jand investigations to which they| |are subjected. In the industrial areas around' the Great Lakes and east and west, industry is bucking the War Labor Board, priorities, power Commission, | federal i(,ovemmcnt wartime controls. | In California there's a storm over the acreage limitation on farms in the central valley which are to participate in the federal irrigation projects and more particularly re- cently over a Bureau of Reclama-| tion questionnaire that went to all farmers In the area, asking five| solid pages of questions, dealing with everything from previous ser- vitude to present “ethnics.” Here in Colorado and in many {other states whose little rivers feed the navigable waterways of the na- tion there’s great anger over con- trol of water rights. Republican Gov. John C. Vivian took the mat- ter to the annual conference of governors in Hershey, Pa.; it was his big speech, and according to |reports here, well applauded. His |theme was simply “if -the Federal Government can control the waters | of the nation, affecting property rights long recognized as state functions, it can take over every| activity within our states and thus render impotent and useless our! state constitutions, bills of rights,| the War Man- 1 lelecflan campaign. “I'm going to stay in this fight| |until 1 die,” the only living former | President told newspapermen as he! stepped off the train, “in the fight| for everything precious to the Am- |erican people.” Hoover would not say whether taxes,'he expected to barnstorm on the| endless reports, and several other Republican ticket, but left no doubt | | f he will contribute all his energies to the Republican campaign. Asked about Wendell Willkie's criticism of the foreign affairs { ithe platform, the former President| commented: “The platform as far| {as T have seen, is in the right di- jrection, and that includes the for- ‘olgn plank o] BIG BASE OF MOGAUNG IN BURMA TAKEN | Jap Stronghold After Bitter Battle 3 leader of the o HOOVERWILL® CONVENTION p]ank in the preliminary draft o i ‘British and Chinese Occupy o GOV. WARREN BEING URGED, DEWEY MATE New York Governor May Fly to Chicago-Foreign Plank Approved CHICAGO STADIUM, June 27.— Gov. Earl Warren of California, who as keynofer of the Republican Na- tional Convention last night de- clared the country is tired of “bu- reaucracy” and a change is certain to come next November, is being pushed toward a decision for the Vice-Presidential choice. In Albany, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, assured of the Presidential nomina- tion, is reported making preparations to come here on short notice, pos- sibly tomorrow, to accept. Many more votes than required, 529, are already assured. The Platform Committee has ap- proved of the foreign plank re- taining the pledge criticized by Willkie and 15 Republican Govern- ors, to enforce world security by an international organization employ- ing “peace forces.” The criticism of the Governors was that the lan- guage is “not sufficiently plain.” bend all efforts to bring home mem- bers of the armed forces “at the earliest possible time after cessa- The the platfofin as a plank, Gov. Warren’s delegation is urging him to accept the nomination for the Vice-Presi- dency, if offered. Forces of Gov. John W, Bricker of Ohio are still fighting for him and contend that the “steamroller tactics by the Dewey camp” are | reacting In a form of - expressions | nf interest for support to the Ohioan. o s WILLKIE IS OPPOSEDTO ~ GOP POLICY Says All United Nafions Must Have Share in Shaping Future NEW YORK, June 27—Wendell L. Willkie expressed his opposition | to the proposed foerign policy plank formed at the Republican conven-| |tion in Chicago. The 1940 presidential nmnmmu |declared, “The net result will be no |internatfonal organization no ef-} |fective force for the suppression of r.nvuresblnn, no- peaceful world, an- |other world war fought in vain, and )!hc youth of America once more| betrayed.” Willkie demanded the immediate; lcreation of a council of the Unn.ed‘ |Nations as the first step in the| formation of a general interna- ‘tmnal organization in order that| all peoples of the United Nations| {have a voice in the decisions which | v.nll ahnpe the future world. se decisions should not andI muht nct. be made by the three or| four great powers alone,” said will- | STATEHOOD FOR A promise the Republicans wll]‘ tion of hostilities,” is also inserted |\ own California | the town were rescued. FROM ENGLAND 575 MILES 800 THE CIRCLE OF DECISION FROM ITALY s MILES GAINS MADE IN ITALY BY Chuisi Retaken-Fifth Army in Stab Toward Cities of Livorno, Pisa ROME, June 27. Eighth Army troops have again driven the enemy | from the bitterly contested ruins of Chiusi, while the Fifth Army, ad- | vancing along TItaly's west coast, | have reached a point 10 miles be- yond Piombino in a stab toward ! Livorno and Pisa. ! Headquarters announced that the Eighth Army, after retaking Chisu, nine miles southwest of the Lake Trasimeno area, in which the Ger- mans have been putting up a most vigorous delaying action, have slog- ged on several miles northwest o} Chiusu, where a company of South Africans, who-entered it a number of days ago, have been overrun by German tanks but had retaken and held it despite an immediate enemy | counterattack, Pifteen South Africans t hiding in’ e 'PAA Makes Nearly 8,000 Transoceanic Flights for Govt. NEW YORK, June 27.—-On May 31, flight crews of the Pan Ameri- can World Airways completed their| 7,794th transoceanic crossing since Pearl Harbor. crossings only, across the Auamu;i and the Pacific, and comprises op-| | Transport Command of the United States Army Air Forces and the Naval Transport Service, special| |missions and transoceanic flights |over civil routes pioneered by Pan American before the war. Exclusive of special missions, it] includes 3,830 ocean crossings for| the ATC and 3,919 for the NATS and on the civil routes. LR Mounfain in Aleullans Erupis; Rocks as Large As Auto Belched Forth TWO ARMIES | Joliet, ! special oqummt {nomination in the June 13th pri- ELEVENTH ARMY AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS AT ADAK, June 27—Eruption of Mount Cleveland began June i0 and is still continuing and prompted evacuation of the Army installation on Chuginadak Island in the Aleutians, The erup- tion has possibly tann one u!e. The eruptions, severe bej noof’ c}“;%" sonnel stationed meu remmd rocks “as huge as an automobile” were belched from the crater .over the entire island. A rescue party,’ ,hgadud by Capt. Donald Brewes | | f« ‘Minneapolis, Minn., arrived that night but while the evacuation and recovery of material was going on the following morning the “entire mountain top blew off.” Army witnesses reported that lava and rock were scattered over the island and Bering Sea for mllvs around. Capt. Brewes said the missing soldier was probably lost during the first hour of the eruption. His| companion said he apparently ad- vanced too close to the volcano and was knocked unconscious or wasi killed by falling rock and the body was later covered by lava which poured down the mountain for three miles. Taken from the island were Priv- s Billy Cotton of Com- ! merce, Private Pirst Class | Kenneth Tilsenbernner, of Lead, South Dakota, and Sergt. Alexander | Alcantara of Portland, Oregon. A second rescue detachment head- | led by Lt. Lynn Cunningham of 1llinois, recovered all the t on the island. COWBOY TAYLOR | GREATPORT INHANDS OF ALLIES NOW Will Provide Funnel for Troops, Supplies Info France Batfle Zone TWO COMMANDERS OF " GERMANS, PRISONERS British Offensive Reported Driving East, South- east of Tilly SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, June 27.—The cap- ture of Cherbourg by American doughboys is officlally an- nounced today. The Victory now gives the Allics the first great port through which to funnel troops and supplies into France. With bayonet and grenade United States troops tackled the last few pillboxes of the Ger- mans fighting in the city’s ar- The successful completion of the assault was announced sud- - denly by the Supreme Head- quarters in a dramatic three- word bulletin: “Flash—Cherbourg fallen.” The victory came almost four | years to a day since Adolph ' Hitler proclaimed in 1940, after successfully plunging through France: “The war of the west is finished.” % BRITISH ON OFFENSIVE SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, June 27.—The American troops completed the conquest of the deep water port of Cherbous while the powerful British offensi swept up three more’ towns and punched within three miles of the (eastern Nermandy bastion of Caen. In the battle’ for Cherbourg, the “enemy lost ithe greater part of four infantry divisions, numerous naval and marine units and line of communications with troops,” the Headquarters = statement de- clares, Commanders Captured The doughbpys captured Lt. Gen, |Carl Wilhelm von Schlieben, Nazl garrigon Commander, and Rear Ad- !miral Hennecke, sea defense Coms | mander. Salvage Experts on Job NOMINATED FOR | IDAHO SENATO POCATELLO, Idaho, June 27.— Cowboy Glen Taylor's lasso Is/ whirling again at his quarry, the| eluded him. Idahoans have set another spec—‘ won the third stright Democratic mary, ousting Senator D. Worth Clark by 216 votes. | Taylor immediately served notice! that he plans a rip snorting cam- paign against his opponent, twice Governor Bottolfsen. Salvage experts were rushed to |Cherbourg in order to make the docka and harbor ready for the ' tremendous funnel of men and sup- Iplies to liberate Europe, but al- ‘ready Montgomery is battering out on the eastern flank with British troops. driving east and southeast This total covers actual ocean genatorial post which has twice 'of Tilly sur Seulles, field dmpnu,he' |said. Move on Caen erations under contract to the Alr‘uvulur campaign for Taylor, who| Forward elements are less thap |three miles due west of the strong« hold of Caen and within a mile of the main road running southwest from Caen across the base of the Normandy Peninsula, and have {overrun three additional towns, La aulle, Cheux, and St. Manvieu, in the stretch running some five miles east of Tilly. Waships Aid Push Southeast England | ants, and promises a bigger surprise | KANDY. Ceyfi' June 27.—Brit-| and our court decrees.” | Warship guns supported this push, Here are the men whose patient years of building up Tom Dewey will crash or succeed in the next 42 hours. Closest man to Dewey, and the man who has known him most in- timately during the years, is his Secretary, able, amiable, bluff, hard- working Paul Lockwood. An ex- New York newspaperman, Lockwood guided Dewey through the early maze of political pitfalls which -threatened the young racket-buster. (Continued on Page Four) tomorrow when the issuing agencies catch up on their bookkeeping. Betty Bonnett also raised her| sights and went from fifth to fourth with 3,300 new votes. Betty Nordling scored @ home run and extended | her lead 2,782 ahead of Betty Mill, the runner-up. Ruth Kunnas re- mains in third position, but added 1,700 more votes. Kathleen Me- Alister dropped from fourth to fifth. Mary McCormack went down from sixth to seventh. Joyce Smith went from seventh to eighth, and Lila Sinclair is riding in the caboose, Those are strong words, but for {the first time in many years, they are making political hay. In the south and even in some |“border states,” the poll tax and {“white supremacy” are also being {made issues of state’s rights. His- {torically and politically, the :im- |portant thing is probably that the| }"solid south” and the ordinarily |solid Republican states have found B Py R e e (Continued"on Page Two) | ish and Chinese troops have occu- 'pied the Jap stronghold of Mog- aung in northern Burma after a bitter three-day battle. An Allied communique said the| {fall of Mogaung promised to in-| tensify the pressure on Jap forces battling to retain Myitkyina, 40 | remaining in enemy hands. The capture of Mogaung virtual- | Division, ALASKA GIVEN ~ SPECIAL PLANK | CHICAGO, June 27. ~Repubhcnn | Party Platform Committeemen have | miles to the east, and the last in-| gropped the proposal for statehood | The Woman'; portant base in northern Burma for Hawaii and Alaska in one plank Service will meet tomorrow after- WSCS Is fo Meet Here Tomorrow Affernoon {Hit by Barrage 0f Rocket Bombs LONDON, June 27.—The Germans | sent rocket bombs over southern| |where Allied forces are battling |against the most violent kind of opposition in a sector where the |German Command has concentrat- |ed four armored divisions. Supreme Headquarters declared, [{“The fall of Cherbourg ends the |England yesterday and through tho‘swmd phase of the campaign of | but approved a plank advocating noon at 1:30 oclock, with Mrs. R. cloud cover to hide the launching| statehood for Hawaii and ka will be made in a special plank. to attend, it is|B. Lesher in the Decker Apart- grounds. ly chopped up the Jap Eighteenth understood the declaration for Alas- 'ments. All members are requested Casualties and damages are re- ported in a number of places. 's Society of Christian night in one of the heaviest bar-|jjperation.” |rages yet, taking advantage of the| Third Phase Starts | Defeating the immediate German Itactical reserves and obtaining a (Continued on Page Two)