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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE LickAry CONGRESS SERIAL RECORD AUG Lz 1944 COPYe... ) VOL. XLIL, NO. 9707. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNE SDAY, JULY 19, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS e < PRICE Ig CENTS ALLIED FORCES PUSH ON IN NORMANDY Six Russian Armies Hit Hitler DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT--DOOM comesTouaps B YR NES | N Yank's Capture of St. Lo et e ’ 'WITHDRAWAL Came After Hardest Adion BIG SWEEPS | REPORTEDBY RED ARMIES Outer Defenses of Brest- | Litovsk Are Reported Crashed by Soviefs BULLETIN—MOSCOW, July IN THE FROM RACE Says He Steps Oue as Vice- Pdesident Candidate at President’s Request BULLETIN—CHICAGO, July 19. — The first session of the ~ Since Firs! By DON WHITEHEAD ated Press War Correspondent | | | Associ | WITH THE |UMN ENTERING ST. LO, July 119.—Tired, dusty and battle-stained |doughboys moved through the |streets of St. Lo last night in a I !triumphant entry accompanied by AMERICAN COL- | Beach Landings |Germans were still fighting sav- agely. The doughboys side-slipped some 200 Germans in the outskirts as machine guns clattered there stead- ily, then the motorized column | moved up. A sniper opened fire from across the field, forcing the troopers to ’s Front —ed ORNERIVER DEFENSES OF NAZI (RASHED 'Brifish, Canadians Make Advance - Americans Make Another Capture SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, July 19.—British and Can~ 19.—Late dispatches said the |the crash of shells and the rattle Russians are crashing the outer defenses of the great fortress city of Brest-Litovsk on the Bug River and other Red troops have crossed the Curzen line into Poland proper, 45 miles north, and sweeping on Lwow, old Pol- ish rail center, 300,000 strong, like a tidal wave. HITLER'S LINE DENTED MOSCOW, July 19—Six Russian armies poured through huge holes of Hitler's eastern front today from Marshal Knoev’s new 125-mile breakthrough on the south to Gen. | Yeremenko's drive into ‘the Soviet- Latvian republic in the north and are now 20 miles inside the border The Washinglon‘ Merry - Go- Round ON B S i (Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active service with the Army.) (Continued on Page Two) CHICAGO — Venerable Josephus Daniels, much loved distinguish:d delegate from North Carolina, Wil- son’s Secretary of the Navy and Roosevelt’s Ambassador to Mexico, | gives the best description of why | the Democratic Party must stick to| FDR for a fourth term. Before the| convention, Daniels said: “We are a party of minorities. There is the South, where the party is strong- est. Yet ‘mo Southerner can be clected President. One of the big- gest Democratic groups are the | Cathelics, yet no Catholic can be| President. Another group is the Democratic National Conven- tion adjourned at 11:13 o’clock, Pacific Coast Time, after organ- izing, and arranged to convene at 8:30 o'clock tonight to hear keynoter Gov. Robert Kerr of Oklahoma. The delegates whooped and hollered and the session was as big a roar as previous opening day conventions, Every mention of Roosevelt’s name was cheer- ed. Mayor Edward Kelly of Chi- cago made the welcoming talk and had to hold up his hand and beg for THIS SPLENDID PHOTOGRAPH shows an LCI (landing craft, infantry) disgorging its swarm of Ameri- can soldiers after striking the beach of Swarmi island, New Guinea. Stretcher bearers may be seen’ plunging through the surf. This is an official United States Coast Guard photograph. (International) LIVORNO IS CAPTURED BY FIFTHARMY Third large?ltalian Sea-| port Taken-Ancona Is in Allied Hands ROME, July 19—Lt. Gen. Mark | Clark’s Fifth Army has captured Livorno in a wide pincers move- ment, forcing the Germans out of | the third largest seaport in Italy. | A few hours later Polish troops | seized Ancona, an important port on CHICAGO, July 19. — President | Roosevelt is reported authoritatively | to have listed Senator Harry 8. Tru- |man and Supreme Court Justice | William O. Douglas as his second } and third choices for the Vice-Presi- dential nomination at the Demo- cratic National Convention. As the convention opened, word 'spread rapidly among the delegates i filtering into the huge stadium. | know said a communication the President to Democratic Chair- man Robert Hannegan contained these choices. Earlier, War Mobilization Director | James Byrnes directed that his name not be placed for nomination for | Vice-President, saying he was with- drawing “in deference to the wishes | of the President.” Truman Contender This apparently leaves Senator Truman as chief contender for the job with Vice-President Henry Wal- lace. Truman is said to have the support of the 32-vote Missouri dele~ gation. Those who are in a position to| from | the Adriatic Meanwhile, there has apparently Jews and no Jew can sit in the| White House. Finally there are the Negroes, and they are excluded from being President. Thank God,”| concluded Daniels, “for Franklin D. Roosevelt.” * * * That is why Roosevelt has to be renominated by the Democratic Party. Roesevelt’'s Health — Shortly be- fore the convention, Admiral Ross | Mclntire, FDR's doctor, discussed with newsmen his patient’s health, went into physical standards for a man his age, stressed the fact that| the President was in better shape’ than others of his age, refused comment about his patient’s reac-| tion to an old-fashioned before din-| ner, finally concluded: “He’s going, to make it all right” * * * After the conference, a British Reuter’s newsman expressed shocked sur- prise. “It sounded as if they were| talking about a prize specimen of | cattle rather than a human being,"; he said. “We get reports on the; King’s health in London, but never| in this blunt manner.” * * * How-| ever, the President has subjected | himself to a penetrating physical| examination and his doctor has} been blunt about the results. ‘ FDR's Sense of Smell—As he has| got older, barnacles have accum-| ulated on the President’s olefactory | nerves. He has lost his sense of] smell * * * In the early days he kicked out lobbyists Arthur Mullen| of Nebraska, Robert Jackson of New Hampshire, Bruce Kremer of| Montana from the Democratic Committee. Now he tolerates Os-| car Ewing, attorney for the giant Aluminum Corporation, as Asslsmmi Chairman of the Democratic Na-| tional Committee. Ewing uses Dem- ocratic headquarters in Washington for phone calls, etc, almost as if it were his office for ALCOA * * * Early in the New Deal the public and FDR himself would have re-| beélled at this * * * also in the old! days he never would have appointed his old law partner, Basil O'Con- (Continued on Page Four) | arms gave resistance before the city Free Exchange,i World News, Is Livorno is only a few miles from Pisa, western anchor of the next German defense line. i No effort to defend the city was made. Infantrymen seized the hills | overlooking the great port late ye s- | terday. Sporadic, none the less vic- | — ious, artill mortar and small was entered. pr The harbor was the grave of many ships, sunken victims of the Allied | air force: | lar] forces took more than 000 prisoners and large quantities of war material. Ancona is the nearest port on the Adriatic coast to Yugoslavia. - NO, NOT A BOMB —A water main break and gas ex- plosion, not enemy action, made this hole in the paving at Mott and Pell streets, in the heart of New York’s Chinatown. eseni Members of Congress Have Great Boost for Reeledion 2,- as long as he needs it. Primarily, it also is their sibility to see that every returning veteran gets his old job back, if he wants it, or another one if he de- sires a-change. |will be done through the U. S Employment Service. In each loc USES there will be a Veterans' Placement Service Board. | WASHINGTON, July 19. — When {Congressmen and Senators get out {home for the hustings, they are lgoing to have one argument for re-election that will top all others |legislation for benefits to ex-service {men. When this war is over, there will Welles' Ple w f‘b«- approximately 13,000,000 men FOI’mer Undef Se(miary 0 land women who have seen enough Sfa'e Publishes BOOk ism'\if:e to participate In benefits That's about 10 per cent of our -0ff Press Today |total population. Leglslatlon. ‘xiow, Jegly. for “1ed; or other benefits passed over, WASHINGTON, July ner Welles, former Under Secre men and women »who are being | tyare are RO OE T Den, Ut mustered out in increasing num-|,e wiih should come a minimum of State, in a book published to- bers daily is far greater than most| e i, ustices, day called “The Time for De- cision,” lists a free exchange of people think. Mail inquiries I re- ceive here convince me that few news among all peoples on earth discharged veterans know all they on essetnials for the maintaining of have coming to them. world organized peace. | He cites a visit to Germany in 1940 when he picked up a Berlin So for the G.L’s, I will set down some pointers: { 4 t benetits if they c: find jobs, and newspaper and found three items y5ean L find jobs, anc on the front page purportedly tell- Take any of your problems, from =~ E pe e |hospitalization to job placement, ?;;'e;‘"tlzs:a;;;lm l‘l’oar"hel“ J}""fiIl"‘B ing of incidents oceurring in the and discuss them first with your ( i mn.inhin llhsexr n:\:)x):::(z ey United States and England which local Veterans’ Administration Bu-| 4 g5 oy ooy “not only were untrue but fan- reau. can xepm: their homes \n!.,h gov tastically untrue.” |" The Veterdns' Administration has :::;n;::t, l:;‘c‘};lm_"f‘“"iw‘“f‘"n “\’ I:? Welles said that gave him a new been authorized a half billion dol- Thf‘y} i ll’lufl:tl')‘n{' "‘(m: [H concept of “tremendous power” lars for additional hospitals and rangiim e sxob i 5300 which completely controls the hospital beds. It's up to them to| T haka' of ddashi: i m‘; sources of information given the see that not one veteran goes with- | government out medical attention for where ob- In almost every instance claims are denied; jobs not tained; hospitalization not provid- the Veterans also can step right into completion of high school or col- lege educations, buy a home or a farm or even finance a private business, with government aid service proper (Continued on Page Two) Actually this work | | been 1little activity in behalf of | Douglas, who Byrnes said probablys | would be reluctant to accept. | Another rival for Wallace’s job— | Senator Alben Barkley, remaified silent but was seen in huddles with |labor representatives and delegates | from big city districts. | Wallace in Chicago Wallace arrived to take over personal charge of his campaign for renomination. Told when he stepped off the train of Byrnes' withdrawal, | he said, “that takes care of that.” | Wallace refused to say what he | s bul chair- | e thought of his own chanc | stated, “I'm just out here as |man of the Iowa delegatior appeared smiling and chipper. Called to Order | The convention was called to order | | today at 10:05 o'clock, Pacific Coast | time, and the delegates sang, fanned, | velled and chatted with the mighty | Chicago Stadium organ playing the | tunes. During the preliminaries the na- | tional committee announced Roose- | velt will address the convention by |radio Thursday night. He will not | |be in Washington but under volun- tary censorship it is not permitted | | to make public the place from where he will speak, unless Roosevelt him- self chooses to do so. | The Connecticut delegation has| hopped up votes for Wallace by 18 | votes. So far Wallace is certain of | 1325 votes on the first ballot and | ineeds 589 for the nomination. | ALASKAN ASKS STATEHOOD CHICAGO, July 19.—Stanley J. Nichols, Chairman of the Alaska delegation to the Democratic con- | vention, has asked the platform | for Alaska” plank. P B R HERE FROM SITKA | | Ruth Leland has arrived here |Juneau Hotel. .- WRANGELL MAN HERE Eugene L. Jackson of Wrangell has arrived in town and is regis- tered at the Juneau Hotel, J |of machine guns St. Lo had fallen after eight days of bitter, bloody fighting, but the Germans stiil had not quit. Explosions roared through the |streets and shells crashed along the highwe the column snaked for- |ward in pursuit of the enemy which uddenly crumpled before the Am- |erican infantry. But, as though infuriated at the loss of the prize city, enemy ar- tillery and mortars continued rak- ing the town and incoming roads. At the east entrance road the DEFENSES AT GUAM BEING BLASTED NOW Spotter Planes Are Use by Battleships- Other Actions Reported PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUART- ERS AT PEARL HARBOR, July 19. —Battleships, using spotter planes, are blowing up Jap defenses at Guam at ‘“can’t miss” range, and bombers are sending to the ocean bottom men and supplies needed by other hard-pressed enemy garrisons. This outline, sketched in reports by Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur, said that battieships, battering Guam on Sunday for the second straight day, moved in closer to pick targets and enemy anti-air- craft guns, firing at spotter planes, were silenced by offshore destroyers and cruisers. i PRI 156,00 GERMANS ARE VICTIMS OF NORMANDY FIGHT S Montgomery Says Force to "Write Off" Nazi ERS IN FRANCE, July 19— Ten. Sir Bernard Law Montgomery esti- mates that 156,000 Germans “are written off,” killed, wounded, or cap- tured during the six weeks' campaign in Normandy. He declared the British and Am- ericans “have no difficulty defeating They can collect unemployment|committee to include a “Statehood | Germans in France.” He also told the press conference that “Our object is to write off Ger- man personnel and equipment and bleed the German military machine to death. The time will come when “|from Sitka and is a guest at the|the enemy can't go on.” The Allied troops captured 60,000 ied 8,000 Nazis in their most cheer- { ful mood since D-Day. British losses in th surge were small, almost negligible, Rommel's Right Wing 7 Is Smashed by Terrific Blow of 2200 Bombers leap for cover behind a hedgerow, ,qian forces, breaching Romme!'s where Yank riflemen unslung their| gine River defenses, have crashed carbines, slipped through the|ihrough the Caen suburbs of Fau- hedgerow, and shortly there was a{bfiu,g de Vaucelles to the open crack of a single rifle and the|country southeast, a field for tank bothersome sniper was stilled. operations. The break in the battle came| The British and Canadians have 'suddenly as the Germans began | penetrated at least five miles, reach- pulling away from the scene of the ing Sagny on the main road to Vi- | hardest action since the first beach |mont. landings. | American units have mopped up The first column of American in- [occupied strategic St. Lo, cutting fantry entered St. Lo at 10 a. m,|Off the St. Lo-Periers road south of yesterday followed by tanks, which | the village of Amigny, which is today pressed on after the enemy in American hands. Front line dispatches said the “ Germans have pulled back from cne |to two miles along most sectors on | the 48-mile American front. I Field dispatches tell of long lines of tanks, armored cars and trucks | moving up behind the British-Can- | adian lines and are overrunning | many German positions. Late this afternoon it was an- | nounced the Americans have cap- \tured Rampan, two miles northwest | of 8t. Lo, By ROGER GREENE ,‘ Associated Press War Correspondent | | ON THE CAEN FRONT IN NOR-| |MANDY, July 19. — The greatest "m-mx armada in history, number- ing 2200 American and British| 22 v E S S E ls heavy bombers and other aircraft, pulverized Rommel's anchor de-( I“ Two DAYS | fenses east of the Orne River yes- terday. Never before had the combined Jap Shipping Suffers as Trap Tightens on Starving Japs strength of the Allied Air Forces, |based in Britain, been hurled 'a unit against the enemy as it |was shortly after dawn yesterday.| | A parade of glant heavy bombers, | [reaching further than the eye could | | MONTGOMERY'S HEADQUART- ‘sce, streaked out over the enemy | ’nnd within the space of two hours a total of 7,000 tons of high ex- | plosive hed on the right wing jof the i Army. The wing ‘erumpled and was smashed, if not obliterated, by the most terrible punishment from the air. The enemy ran for elter as the first waves of bombs struck and a chaotic situation took place as the dawn was streaked by flashes of flame which closed over the enemy sector. Rommel’s right wing of his great army was smashed, probably ob- literated. | From a grandstand seat on the iroof of a hilltop farmhouse I saw Eflw enemy sector churned into a {Devil's cauldron as the vast fleets lof Allied bombers, winging in with ltlm dawn, the sun behind them, flattened German-held towns, vil- !lagcs and encampments as the bombardment rolled on with steady fury from Colombelles on |the Orne, south and east and past |Caen and the German occupied Faubourg de Vaucelies, deep in the \enemy’s rear. — eee DIES AS PAUPER | BOSTON, Mass., July 19.—William | James Sidis, 46, who as a child astounded Harvard professors with | original theories on the fourth di- mension, died an obscure death today. | He was an unsuccessful whose last job included running an adding machine at $15 weekly. For the last 25 years he had buried him- self in minor jobs in which “he was | not required to think.” | As a child, he finished grammar ! school in six months and won a Cum | of the total casualties and also bur- | Laude degree at Harvard when 16.| }He taught mathematics at Rice In- | stitute before he was 20. He then efforts, clerk, | ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD- QUARTERS AT NEW GUINEA, July 19.—Lt. Gen. George A. Ken- ney's new far eastern airforce sank or damaged four merchantmen and coastal vessels and several B in a continuation of the scourging attacks on Jap shipping. Headq ers announced blows at the enemy's harrassed supply routes brought the total of Allied bag, ~announced during the last two ldays, to nine ships, five coastal craft and at least eight barges. On the ground, meanwhile, Am- ericans tightened the squeeze on the Japs caught between Aitape and Driniumor River. Yank guns killed 175 of the enemy who had penetrated the lines in an attempt lof the foe to force its way from the trap west to Wewak, where other starving, decimated Jap units are trying to break out of an en- circlement. Allied planes dropped 63 tons of bombs in support of Yank ground forces, and Allied destroyers ‘on Monday moved in. close to shore to add their fire to bombardment of Jap Wewak positions. e L uart Personnel, Material FORMER PRODIGY stock auoTaTiONs NEW YORK, July 19. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7, American Can 92%, American Tel and Tel 162%, Anaconda 267, Beech Aircraft 10%, Bethlehem Steel 63%, Curtiss- Wright 5%, Dupont common 158%, International Harvester 78'%, Ken- necott 32%, North American Avia- tion 9, New York Central 20%, |Northern Pacific 17%, Standard Oil of California 38%, United States Steel 60%. Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 149.01, rails 42.28, utilities 23.93. e — SEATTLE PEOPLE HERE Mr. and Mrs. Charles Plesko, of e violent newturned his back on all intellectual ,Seattle, are registered at the Ju- neau Hotel.