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

e S 4 (%3 VOL. XLII., NO. 9692. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE NEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1944 MEMBEI R ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS —e—— PORT CAEN BEING ENCIRCLED BY BRITI5H Luftwaffe Now Cleared From Coast Area VIENNA HIT TWICE FROM ITALY BASES Communications, Airbases| Hammered in Wide- spread Atfacks LONDON, June 30. — American bombers from Italy, reported Ber- lin, are stilkiig the Vienna area for the second time in 12 hours, while task forces of heavy and medium bombers from Britain darkened the French skies in at- tacks suppoerting the invasion. Fortresses from Britain are press- ing the campaign which has driven the German Air Force back 100 miles from the French coast since D-Day, and attacked .three air bases in northern France and another in Belgium. Marauder mediums along with Ninth U. S. Air Force Thunder- bolts and Mustangs hit railroad and highway junctions, and bridges over a wide area in France. The enemy also reported that Italy-based bombers are striking at Yugoslavia with Royal Air Force Wellingtons and Halifaxes, and that Liberators bombed the Vienna area last night and this morning. The attacks o{}»}{q,gnlnd stretched from the Caer - front, where Marauders bowbed Mezidon Falaise, a railroad and| highway junction, to Tours, 100 miles to the southeast, where five German machine gun emplacements were knocked out. The Washingion Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col. Robert 8. Allen now on active service with the Aimy.) WASHINGTON—Whether he wins or not next November, Dewey has already given himself a liberal education in how to run the com- plicated affairs of the U.S.A. One of his latest lessons was regarding the -all-important job of being Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy. The lesson 'was given by Com- mander Walter Gale Ebert, son of Mrs. Cara Ebert, Republican ha- tional committeewoman from West Virginia. Young Ebert, a submar- ine commander with an excellent record, was called to Albany through mutual GOP friends and had a long talk with Dewey. Ebert has made quite a study of Army-Navy cooperation, believes rivalry between the two is detri- mental to the war, has worked out elaborate plans for consolidating their education and training. He believes the problem can be solved partly by Army and Navy men going to joint schools, learning to know eacn other's problems. At Albany, Commander Ebert had {National Committee to WASHINGTON, June 30.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has made public a report from his top commanders warning the nation that “there is still a tough fight ahead of us in ,(this war.” “The battles now in progress en- tail heavy losses in material which the American industry ~must re- place,” the report said, “and any | Tough Fight Ahead in War Is Warning Given To Nafion by Roosevelt slackening of needed production will only delay the ultimate vic- tory.” The sombre report, warning against over optimism on the home front, reached President Roosevelt from Gen. George C. Marshall, Admiral Ernest J. King, and Gen. Henry R. Arnold, who have been on the battlefront in France. BROWNELL CAMPAIGN New York Lawyer Elected fo Direct Presidential Fight for Dewey ‘CHICAGO, Jufe 30.—Herbert Brownell, Ji., 40, New York law- direct the Presidential campaign for Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. Prior to the election, Dewey ad- dressed the cammittee informally, and declared the Republican Party will remain united despite what he call “decisive efforts” on the ministration. Brownell succeeds Harrison Spangler of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, cember 1942, after the resignation of Representative Martin of Mas- sachusetts. The new Chairman, who has been associated with Gov. Dewey in poli- tics for 14 years, is a native of Peru, Nebraska. He was graduated with high honors from the Uni- versity of Nebraska and Yale Law School. lof Dewey, and also had the en- dorsement of Gov. John W. Bricker. Others Elected Other National Committee offi- cers elected included three new vice chairmen, Werber Schroeder. of Tllinois; Mrs. Horance Sayre, Oklahoma; and Mys. Katherine Brown, Ohio. Ezra Whitela, of Idaho, was reclected vice chair- man; Harold Maron, Vermont, was reelected secretary; and Jouett Ross Todd, of Kentucky, was named treasurer to succeed Sinclair Weeks, of Massachusetts. Gov. Dewey pledged the Republi- can Party to “a gigantic effort in this campaign toward the saving of the republic and the winning of the war.” He told the National Committee they could expect in the months to come to find “all the busy propa- a fifteen-minute appointment wich}mdn agencies in the national the Governor. He stayed for one hour and a half, At the end, Dewey was so impressed, he sug- gested that Ebert’s ideas should have wider circulation. “Do you mind if I call Harry Luce?” he asked. Ebert acquiesced. Dewey picked up the phone and arranged for a conference with the publisher of Time, Life and Fortune. NOTE—Navy colleagues at first were worried for fear Commander Ebert might get in Duteh with higher-ups for having original ideas about the Navy and transmitting them to Repuolicans, They forgot that the Navy is pretty much run by Republicans.’ DEWEY STUDIES FOREIGN AFFAIRS Gov. Dewey also has been study- ing foreign affairs and quite frank- ly recognizes this as a subject which many people wonder about in connection with his qualifica- tions for the Presidency. government directing their efforts toward the division of our party.” ———————— FDR APPROVES EXTENSION OF PRICE CONTROL WASHINGTON, June 30.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has approved a one year extension of the price control and stabilization acts. In an accompanying statement, the President mildly rebuked Con- against price law - violators, but generally Roosevelt praised Congress for its action in renewing the life of the OPA and other stabilization agencies. The President noted that the legislators “rejected all pleas” for (Continued on Page Four) gram. | HEAD,GOP | s Fierce | | Brownell was the choice | undred Japs, Fighiing On_Saipan} | Americans However Have Control of Enfire South- ern Half of Island By LEIF ERICKSON UNITED STATES PACIFIC| has been unanimously elect-, FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL June. 29, .~ 4iDelayed)— . Battling against heavy resistance, the American ground forces have made small gains along the front extending across strategic Saipan ! resistance in the southeast corner on Nafutan Point. | A most “severe” defense is being | put on by the enemy in the moun- part of the: present national a@-)iairous central sector. Another carrier - based aircraft | | strike was made last Tuesday against | bombardment, ‘ Pagan Island, north of Saipan, and | brushed some of the ships, but the | total tabulation. by rocket fire. Returning pilots re- | ported the airfield appeared to have | been knocked out. Only one plane was visible on the ground, seem- | ingly unusable. Resistance on Nafutan Point col- | lapsed Tuesday when the enemy force there, possibly only several tried to break out. Heavy losses have been inflicted | on the entire southern half of the island now entirely in American hands. The enemy resistance on Saipan | is the most stubborn yet encount- ered and the defenders are using motars, artillery and small arms in an apparent last stand. ORPHANS ARE KILLED, NAZI HEAVY FOG HELPS RAID ON KURILES Jap Food Supply Suffers as Fishing Fleet Run Down by U. S. Destroyers By NORMAN BELL WITH THE NAVY TASK FORCE IN THE NORTH PACIFIC, June 26. —(Delayed)—Guns from the fog- prowling task force blazed like roar- ing wraiths of destruction in a new attack, the second in two weeks, onf Japan’s Kurile Islands. Targets were enemy shipping and the Kurabu Zaki airdrome at the southern end ! of Paramushiro. While the larger ships bombarded shore installations, destroyers struck at enemy ships and boats between Kurabu and Suribaci off the east- | ern Paramushiro coast. The fishing | boat fleet, possibly making catches for the Suribachi canneries, were virtually run down by the task force. This is a direct blow at the major enemy food supply, as fish and rice are the principal items of the Jap diet. The bombardment lasted nearly 30 minutes, but the destroyers were in action much longer, with their five-inch guns blazing away in the night at the, fishing, flect apd other, seagofrig craff. There was some re- turn fire from the ships and shore, but the strong task force simply brushed it aside, and the torpedo !but have blotted out all Japanese |boats and other small war vessels vanished into the fog as suddenly as they appeared. No ship of the force was damaged, and the fog gave the task force air protection. The Jap planes buzzed about like angry hornets after the and one almost who was named Chairman in De-{a water reservoir, barracks and sev- | fog, as one sailor said, “had its | eral harbor craft were hit, the latter arms around us like a mother.” The raiding and bombardment was another of Admiral Fletcher's moves to keep the Japs off balance on the top of their troubled empire. ———e————— REDS (ROSS RIVERUNDER HEAVY FIRE 'Last Nafural Barrier Before Minsk Is Hurdled by Hordes of Russians MOSCOW, June 30—Red Army units in force have plunged across the Berezina River northeast of Direct Hit Made on Chil dren’s Hostel in Brifain by Aerial Torpedoes ROBOT CRAFT gress for relaxing the penalties)ioineq 26 babies, mostly orphans, amendments which would upset the| R. E. Bennett has arrived in administration’s anti-inflation pro- town from Strawberry Point andiin town and a guest at the Bar- Gen. Marcks, Maj. Gen. Kallay, and Maj. Gen. Stegman. LONDON, June 30. — The Ger- mans have intensified their blind bombardment of southern England with robot aerial torpedoes, killing several dozen persons. The robots were flung across the channel at frequent intervals, and a children’s hostel, a hotel, shops, homes and office buildings were| hit. Fifty or more men tore at the charred weckage of the children’s! hostel with their bare hands and| with shovels, recovering the small| bodies one by one. .The hostel con- and ali under two years, The first victim was a dark haired baby in a blue knitted bed jacket, and next a fair haired girls in a pink night- dress was dug out. ———————— FROM STRAWBERRY POINT is registered at the Baranof. Minsk, while engineers of two Sov- iet Armies hurried pontoons in| place for a mass crossing of the last natural obstable before Minsk. | Field dispatches said that the first units met stiff fire of strong| German forces and from artillery | positionsg west of the river, buti there are no indications the re-| treating Nazis have been able to| make a stand here. | Great swarms of Stormoviks, Yaks and medium bombers kept up the round the clock aerial of-| fensive against the Wermacht. The/ Russians said 71 Nazi planes were downed in 24 hours, and the Ger- man dead and captured soared to the 150,000 mark during the last five'days in White Russia. Describing - the scene where the Russians roopped up five divisions, killing upward of 16,000, end cap- turing 18,000 men southeast of Bo- bruisk, -one Soviet correspandent/ said, “Only eye witnesses can have an idea of the magnitude of this| defeat. It looks as if a tornado had passed over these fields of the ————— | HERE FROM SKAGWAY Jennings Everson of Skagway is anof. LOCAL BOND PURCHASES TAKE LEAP Total Now $322.248.25- ' Miss Libery Contest Ends at Midnight { Bond sales last night surged up- Enrd toward the $435,000 quota and uneau'’s purchases are now at $322,- 24825, Of this total, $110,579.75 are {n series E bonds. The Miss Liberty contest closes &t midnight tonight, with the fol- Jowing announced as standings to- day: Betty Nordling -.30,857 Lois Allen .24,006 Betty Mill ..23,075 Ruth Kunnas ..21,637 Kathleen McAlister ...21,392 Betty Bonnett ... 20.641 Mary McCormack Joyce Smith . Lila Sinclair As the Miss Liberty Contest enters the ninth inning there is great in- terest in who will be the fortunate young ladies to represent Miss Lib- erty and the “Four Freedoms.” Betty Nordling is far in advance with 30,- 857 votes, and is 6,851 ahead of Lois Allen, the runner-up. Betty Mill is umber three. Ruth Kunnas, who is | ;un.h, is being given a real race Kat McAlister, who.is only “votes"behind. Mis§" McAlister added 3,318 votes since yesterday, the largest gain of any contestant. Betty ‘ Bonnett dropped from fifth to sixth place, and while Mary Mc- Cormack received 1,382 new votes | she remains in seventh position. Joyce Smith and Lilg Sinclair made slight gains, but are still eighth and ninth, respectively. Today is the final day for voting, | and tomorrow’s Empire will give the The nine fine )yaung ladies who entered the con- test to stimulate the sale of bonds | have conducted their campaigns | with spirit and fairness. % B R MISSLIBERTYTO BE CROWNED AT - PARK ONJULY 3 b ' The Miss Liberty coronation will| be ‘held, at the ball park Monday | |night “at 18 o'clock, rain: or shine, |according to announcement today | |by the committee. | The program for the occasion will | |be announced later, however, a |choral - number is being planned !and all men and women singers in| |Jureau are asked to volunteer for |this, Those who will sing with the group are requested to phone| |the Alaska Music Supply and there will be a practice tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the basement of! |the Episcopal Church. ———ee —— GERIAN COLONEL GENERAL KILLED, FRENCH ACTION LONDON, June 30.—Colonel Gen- eral Friederich Dollmann, 52, Com- mander of the German Seventh Army, defenders in the middle section of the “Atlantic wall” has been killed in action in France. The Berlin radio today said he was the highest ranking general of eight thus far killed or captured in the fighting in Normandy. Doll- mann may have been killed by an RAF rocket and bomb attack on| the German corps headquarters on| Tuesday. Dollmann is reputed to have been one of Germany's greatest artillery speclalists. He was known | as & high powered crafty leader,| and gained fame early in the war in the first battle for France. Other German generals killed in France since D-Day are Lt. Gen. Are Granted SAIPAN (% TIN!AN‘ L AGUIJAN AGINGAN PT. ~ Airdrome - their carrier based air attack on Wirephoto) Drive On Saipan B NAFUTAN PT. Arrows show drives of American troops on Saipan Island who took Aslito airdrome, advanced to Magicienne Bay and pressed northward to Garapan. Inset may locates Saipan in relation to Guam (A) and Rota (B) islands, employed by the Japs as shuttle landing fields in the encmy-an setimated 300 planes. Black aren is Japeheld. (AR, MARPI PT. Pacific Ocean BIG THRUST IS MADE ON STRONGHOLD Rommel Brings Up Fresh SAIPAN STATUTE miLes Americans on Saipan which cost Philippines Independence WASHINGTON, June 30.— Leg- islation pledging the United States| to drive the Jap invaders from the Philippines and grant the is- lands full indepéndence as soon as) the normal government functions can be restored has been signed by President Roosevelt. i The legislation embodies two reso- lutions: first, making possible earl- ier independence of the islands, or- iginally set for July 4, 1846; and second, authorizing a joint econ- omic ‘commission to consider re- habilitation of the Philippines, BULLETINS CHUNGKING — Fighting on the outskirts of Hengyang continues with both sides suffering heavy | casualties and no change in the gen- eral situation of the crucial struggle | for control of the railroad junction. | STOCKHOLM-—A general strike is| reported to have started in Copen- | hagen, closing down all traffic at main passenger and freight stations | and shutting of all stores. | LONDON—Allied forces have kill- | ed or captured the equivalent of six full German divisions since the in- | vasion of France. BOSTON—A coastal minesweep- | er was sunk in collision with a de- | stroyer escort vessel off Cuttyhunk! and two officers and five crewmen‘ are missing. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 30—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6%, American Can 89%, Anaconda 267, Beech Alrcraft 8%, Bethlehem Steel 63%, Curtiss- Wright 5%, International Harves- ter 79, Kennecott 32%, New York| Central 18%, Northern Pacific 17%, United States Steel 50%. Dow, Jones averages today are Hellmich, Maj. Gen. Witt, artillery | American people hold the people! |“have direct bearing on the suc- U.5. BREAKS RELATIONS WITH FINNS Reserves But Allies Hammering Away BULLETIN — SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EX- PEDITIONARY FORCES, June 30 — Marshal Erwin has brought entirely fresh re- serves to Normandy but the Al- lies are hammering over a “con-~ siderable salient” of the enemy lines southeast of Caen and advance elements of Lt Gen. Miles Dempsey’s British Second Army are thrusting on on both sides of Caen, the seventh im- portant port and stronghold in France. The situation tonight is described as “altogether sat- isfactory” with the encircling movement progressing. BRITISH ON ADVANCE SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, June 30. — The advance elements of the two British columns driving around Caen in opposite di- rections are today within 11 miles of and as the Germans threw large armored forces against the Odon River bridgehead in un- successful flank attacks. From newly - captured Marcelet, Montgomery'’s troops struck due east toward Caen and the thrust menaced the city's, main airfields. At reports the Allled troops are hailf a mile from this field. Thus far the Allles have taken only one important airfield in the bridgehead and that is Maupertus, Near Cherbourg, in the American sector in the west, Bradley’s troops made a series of small attacks south- ward toward the important road Secrefary C. Hull Sends Formal Notice to Wash- ingfon for Legation ’ WASBHINGTON, June '30. — The! United States today broke rehtlom‘ with Finland, because of the new alliance between its government and Nazi Germany. » The action was announced in a release note by Secretary of State Cordell Hull to Alexander Thesleff, Charge d'Affairs of the Finnish Legation here, The break marks the end of many efforts over a period of more than two years by the United States Government to make peace between Finland and Russia. Hull's note reflected the long per- sistent attitude of friendship on the part of the United States to- ward Finland, saying, “notwith- standing the esteem in which the of Finland, further relations be-| tween the Government of the) United States and the Government of Finland are now impossible.” The note also emphasized that| the military operations of Finland cess of the Allied effort to defeat Germany.” AIRMEN TRAPPED IN GRAND CANYON ARE LED T0 SAFETY GRAND CANYON, Ariz., June 30, | —Dr. Harold Bryant, Superintendent | of the Grand Canyon National Park, said that three Army airmen trapped in the great gorge since June 2L§ have reached the north rim and that | the “men are well.” He said the fliers, who parachuted | from a disabled bomber to the iso- lated Tonto Plateau, were led to Junction at 8t. Lo in an effort to straighten their lines. § The doughboys are also breaking down the dwindling resistance on Cape de la Hague, northwestern tip, of Cherbourg Peninsula. pric) It is officially announced. that Commodore William Sullivan, one’ of the foremost salvage experts of, the American Navy, has been put to wark to bring Cherbourg’s docks ing facilities back in operation. . He worked at Pearl Harbor, cleared Casablanca and Oran harbors was one of the directors in th salve and clean-up operations al Naples. g NEW SECRETARY OF ALASKA TAKES OATH OF OFFICE Mrs. Karl Theile Will Serve as Secrefary fo Lew Williams * With J. W. Leivers, Deputy Clerk of Court, administering the oath, Lew M. Willlams of Wrangell this morning was sworn in as Secretary of Alaska. The official act took place In the Governor's office with the Governor, former Secretary E. L. Bartlett, U. 8 Marshal William T. Mahoney and several other old friends of the new Secretary in attendance. Williams said after taking office that Mrs. Karl Theile of Wran- gell, widow of the late Karl Theile, former Secretary of Alaska, would before Mrs. Theile came to Juneau several months ago to work in Adjutant General's office. Theile held the. same position the years whe:r. her late hi was Secretary. She is of the : pion- safety by two experienced canyon as follows: industrials 14838, rails 41.54, utilities 24. climbers who entered the- chasm yesterday. - eer McLaughlin family of J the family residence for years being at 7th and Main. H olm‘."