The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 20, 1944, Page 1

THE Lis CONGR? 55 SERIAL RECORD AUG 12 1944 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” = a—— VOL. XLIL, NO. 9708. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1944 § MEMBE R ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT3 HITLER WOUNDED IN AT Russians Drive Deeper into Ge Nippon Didator Tojo, Who Forced Japan Info Present War, Has Fallen BATILE IS RAGINGON 7 FRONTS String of Five German Git-| ies Tottering ~ Nazi Army Breaking MOSCOW, July 20.—The German | Army is showing signs of breaking | on the hotly contested battleground west of the Nimeen River, before | East Prussia. As seven fronts flamed into bat- | tle, the German radio seid that the Russians have reached the Augustow Base in the Suwalki triangle, which was annexed to East Prussia out of the Polish territory, in 1939. Eight miles from the previous 39- mile frontier of East Prussia, a string of German-held cities—Lwow, Brest-Litovsk, Bialystok, Kaunas and Daugavpils—are tottering. The Russsians are fighting in the outskirts of Lwow, in southern Po- land, and pessibly in the suburbs of Brest-Litovsk, in northern Poland. The Russian war front is almost 600 miles long. e — SOUTHENER HERE Lean Bushman, of Neytesville, Mississippi, is in town and a guest at the Baranof Hotel. WACS AT REVEILLE CEREMON Y_—As the reveille gun booms at Fort Meyer, Va, the Women's Army Corps detachment raises the Stars and Stripes over the historic north post. Stimson Sees (assino "BARRAGE" IS LAID AGAINST GUAMISLAND n The Washington Battieships Thunder Shells Merry-Go-Round on Area for Four By DREW PEARSON Slraigtlj_Days Col. Robert 8, Allen Dow on &cFe| ppARL HARBOR, July 20—Bat- | § tleships have been thundering for CHICA GO — Those who have four straight days at Guam, one of carefully dug into the history of the war sectors which has been the Electoral College admit private- gravely worrying Japan's ly that Jim Farley's legal counsel- as the Tojo Cabinet resign lors, who hatched the idea of elect- Carried the unprecedented assault (Lt. ors disregarding the popular vote, did some smart thinking, not from the viewpoint of a fair election, but in regard to historic precedent. Most famous case in which the electors flouted the majority of voters was in the election of 18 between Hayes ‘and Tilden. But into the “barrage” pha: a term often applied to screen operations when landing troops are used for the first time. i Admiral Chester W. Nimitz reports 15 straight days of bombing and shelling of the former United States outpost. | | “Our battleships, cruisers and | there have been other interesting destroyers laid down an intense bar- and more recent cases, though they rage against defensive positions on | didn't upset a national election or the island’ 0 added attract much attention. For in- that two ne arrier- stance: based planes wete made, dropping In the Teddy Roosevelt-Alton B. more than 468 tons of explosi Parker election of 1904, Maryland The fiery combing has already cast 7 electoral votes for Parker more than tripled the continuity at- and only one for Roosevelt, though tacks which preceded the invasion Roosevelt had the majority of the of Saipan, which cost more Amer- popular vote by the very slim ican lives than on any other island tour by jeep of the Ha Corps radiephoto) By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, July 19.—In the T for President, the horses won’t |start running until they hit the home stretch. * ing fortunes of war. 2. Dewey's primary objective is to cement the Republican Party into a solid phalanx. He can’t do this merely by tossing blockbusters at the opposition. In Chicago there was a period when the Dewey board of margin of 109,497 to 109446 * * + to date. In the Taft-Bryan contest of 1908, Rota Island was hit by 80 tons Maryland electors again ignored of carried-based plane bombs, and | the will of the people by voting|the town of Rota has been wiped 6 to 2 for Bryan, though Taft got Out Nimitz reports a slight edge of the popular vote| by 116,513 to 115908 * * ¢ Califor- (HAIRMAN OF nia electors split their vote in the 1912 Wilson-Taft-Roosevelt fight by a 2 to 11 vote in the Electoral DEMO SESSION College for no particular reason. | Wilson ran second in the popular | (AN USE GAVE[ vote, with Roosevelt first, but two |nominee, Gov. electors disregarded this and voted | was holding almost daily press con- for Wilson anyway. £ s in Albany, politicians here History is don,}ed with isolated SenafOI' Sam Ja(kson 1. 3 conceive _Lh:n ht:'.‘ bl cases where a few electors bolted aunch an aggressive, nation-wide the wishes of the people of their KHOWS HOW and When ‘:}\)t“l&;;&in:& u:u!' 1830? uas Wendell L. state and voted as they pleased.! Villkie conducted four years ago. Tl | Bstite e o to Rap for Order The reasons are: the Constitution specified, though 3, Tho- restilts ‘0f MBS Novemlite general custom has ruled other- By THOMAS W. MADDOX | election will dep‘snd much on the wise. INDIANAPOLIS, July 20.—Samuel | course of events in the war and at In the McKinley-Bryan contest of Dillon Jackson, who said he “felt hbmlt'l l:t'_t'w‘ln'i?u;wf T]“vdft:'wl‘;‘- IL 1896, one California elector plump- |like a new bride” when sworn in as :" i‘mb].oul:[ A5 ;“‘ ; h{r)nii; t;;at "‘;;V’IL\l ed for Bryan, though the people U- S. Senator a few months ago, | 0 on any S gh of the State voted for McKinley, Should feel theroughly at home nev- One Kentuckian did the same thing eFtheless as Permanent Chairman in the same election * * * Michi- of the Democratic National Conven- gan in 1892 saw only 9 of its elect- | tion in Chicago Wil ors vote for Benjamin Harrison | The le-ye:\r-old For ng‘a) 0 Ind., and 5 for Grover Cleveland, though lawyer’s oratorical ability has befen Harrison got the popular vote * * * oeibimeas As 10 dio-job of koeping 2 a political convention under control Ohio cast one electoral vote for a.neq with only a gavel and per- |Strategy was worried. The “con- Cleveland in the same election, gona) finesse, Jackson was initiated Servatives” in the pa ; though Harrison carried the State|in that department as Permanent had delegate favor, if not delegate by a slender margin, Chairman of the Indiana Demo- | Votes. Remembering 1940, the de- | cratic Convention ni 1936. | cided that something had to be done. FAMOUS ELECTION DISPUTES | A Tudicions Thusper That something was to bring Gov. During most of history, however,’ Hoosier Democrats are wondering John W. Bricker oI'Ohio into the no large group of glectors have if convention history may be re- as Vice-Presidential Dewey camp nominee. (Continued on Page Four) (Continued on Page Two) Nation-wide Tours By (andidales for President Seem Of In spite of the fact that the GOP | Thomas E. Dewey, | would | be sawed off by the rapidly chang- ' rty, it appeared, | . 2 5§ WALLACE (OMEBACK NOW SEEN Vice-President Not Out of Nomination Pic- ture Yet (By Associated Press) Premier Tojo, who led Japan into the war against the United States and Britain, and been virtual dictator for two and one-half years, has fallen, with the entire Japanese Cab- inet. The Emperor has ordered an- other general and admiral to form a new Cabinet. The Imperial mandate has been given Gen. Kuniaki Koiso, Governor General of Korea, and Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, the latter Premier in 1900, the two most powerful leaders of has CHICAGO, July 20.—Vice Presi- dent Henry A. Wallace, regarded by many as counted out 24 hours| ago, hit the comeback trail in his| fight for renomination as the con- [vention began to warm up. Meanwhile, Senator Harr Wallace’s leading rival, gain- the open support of one of| Cabinet members, as General Frank Walker| told reporters “I'm for Truman.” | Wallace’s backers were cheered | by the addition of 16 Kansas votes to his column. The third session of the conven- tion was called to order at 8:58 a.| m. to organize formally and mi adopt a platform. | Truman told reporters, “I'm not campaigning for anything,” and| said he hadn't talked to Roosevelt Senator Samuel Jackson, Chair-| __ man, spoke briefly, declaring that! watime is no time for a change ballot | | of administration and the | beéx" must mot become “Hitler’s | secret weapon.” | He said the Conimander-in-Chief | imust not be taken from the hghl-‘ | TO APPROACH, overs “America will the fighting services, to form a new Cabinet. A Tokyo broadcast says com- pletion of the new Cabinet is expected tonight or early to- morrow. The choice made by the Em- peror of the General and Ad- miral to form the new Cabinet, indicates there will be no fun- damental departure from the principle of military rule. Both men have been known as ag- gressive proponents for Jap ex- pansion. Designation of two men to form a Cabinet is unprecedented in Japanese history. Enfire Japafiese (abinef Resigns; Present Lineup (annot Achieve Objeclive (By Associated Press) The resignation of the entire Japanese Cabinet, headed by Pre- mier General Hideki Tojo, was an- nounced in Tokyo Wednesday night in a statement which said: “The Government has finally de- |win this war finally and complete- |1y no matter who is elected Presi- |dent in November,” he said, “but ling forces ‘ |how many battleships would a § | Democratic defeat be worth to Tojo, |and how many Nazi legions will it! |be worth to Hitler?” | - - KERRGIVES g1 Lieut. Gen. Jacob L. Devers (left), Deputy Allied Commander-i Chief in the Mediterranean theatre, poinis out Cassino ruins to War Secretary Henry L. Stimson (center, with cane) during the Secretary’s n war zone. (AP Wircphoto from Signal | 1 breach between the “conservate” and started conferences with down-ea’t GOP candidates for the House of Representatives. Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan is going to | visit him. If he can consolidate his support with such conservatives as Vandenberg, Sen. Robert H. Taft, former President Herbert Hoover and such liberals as Willkie, to men- tion the extreme, there will be time | then to worry about cutting into the Democratic ranks with a vigerous speaking campaign. 3. The fact that we are in the midst of a bloody global war mil- itates against any political fan- dangos this year. For either Dewey or President Roosevelt to take the| stump almost cetrainly would result in repercussions from the voting public. Every politician I have talk- ‘ed to feels that the only way the campaigns can be conducted this year will be quiet, dignified “front porch” campaigns, with perhaps a whirlwind finish when the issues are clear and the last chips are down As for President Roosevelt, he | occupies a unique situatior aks not only as a candidate but as President of the United States. ! et T MRS. ROCK HERE Mrs. Amelia Rock, of Cordova, 'has arrived here and is registered The next step must he to heal the at the Juneau Hotel PARISROAD British Commander, Once Rommel’s Prisoner, Making Drive to renovate the personnel in order to prosecute the | cided totally war.” | 'Tojo presented the collective res- lignation of his government to Em-| peror Hirohito himeslf, saying “that in view of the present situation it |is a recognized fact that it is most |appropriate to carry out total res- ignation of the Cabinet.” ‘The Domei News Agency !cast the dispatch as re broad- SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF |the pederal Communications Com- : THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY | FORCES, July 20.—Strong British | | armored formations under command | | - KEYNOTE AS | |of a man who was once Marsha | Erwin Rommel’s prisoner, have cap- EM E 1 tured 12 towns approaching Vimont, eight miles southeast of Caen, on | (the High Command shakeup which | | | the road to Paris mission, The announcement of the resig- nation of the members of the en- tire Cabinet came a day after changes were made in the Army Chief of Staff and continuation of began last Monday in both Army 'Says If Roosevelf O1d So| ~| Are Other Allied Chiefs a ripsnorting keynote speech by tow- | | ering, sombrero-wearing oilman Gov. | Robert Kerr of Oklahoma, Fourth | Term Democrats laid their campaign | strategy squarely on the line as the | Democratic National Convention op- | | ened. | | It amounts to this: | 1If, as Dewey says, Roosevelt and | | ‘ CHICAGO, July 20.—Inspired by | a The drive is led by Lt. Gen. Sir Richard O’Connor, captured on the African desert in 1941 and who es- caped form an Italian prison camp later. O'Connor jabbed into the battered German positions after carving out four-mile wide spearhead south from the vicinity of Troarn. There is comparative quiet on the American front, except for local ad- vances between St. Lo and Periers, and which action has resulted in the fall of three villages. Associated Press Correspondent Hal Boyle says American patrols have crossed the Ay River in the coastal setcor and other forces have |his New Deal colleagues are “tired | clashed with the Germans, en- “liberal” wings. Dewey already has [old men,” so are Churchill, Stalin | trenched at Lessay, the western |and Chiang Kai-Shek. [ | Dewey, 42 years old, raised the age | issue when he became the Re- publican nominee and the Demo- crats threw it right back at him. Kerr roused the Democrats to the highest pitch so far in a 4,000-word | speech built around one theme—that ’ a change in administration while | the nation is at war is not good. | Kerr, standing 6 feet 3 inches | beneath his snow-white 10-gallon | | hat, depicted the Republican can- | didate as untested and with no pro- | gram except to oppose. | He brought down the house with references to the “12 long years when | Americans hardened under Harding, | cooled under Coolidge and hungered | under Hoover.” = Prare SOFTBALL GAME | IS ON TONIGHT i The ACS plays the Subport to-| night at the Ball Park for the second half championship. The game is to | start the 7 o'clock. The winner of this game will then play the Coast Guard a series to determine the championship of the | Juneau Softball League for 1944, hinge of the Nazi line. ITACTICS CHANGED BY JAPANESE IN NEW GUINEA AREA Frontal Assaulls Repulsed by Allies—-Outflank- ing Started ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, July 20.—Stung by the loss of 1,369 men in unsuccessful frontal attacks, the Japanese have changed their tactics and are now attempting to outflank the Allied lines on the Driniumor River The Japanese are now attempting to bypass the right flank on the river line by moving to the foothills of the Torricelli Mountains after three frontal attacks had been re- pulsed on the river 21 miles east of Alitape. Allied bombers and fighter con- inue to harass the Jap concentra- aval units have shellgd . t tions and n coastal traffic, and Navy. The announcement said: been decided strengthen the Cabinet by a wider selection of the personnel, utilizing all means available, as the present Cabinet is not able to achieve the objective.” STIMSON VISITS " WOUNDED AIRMEN AT BRITISH BAS U. 8. EIGHTH AIR FORCE |BASE IN BRITAIN, July 20.—Sec- |retary of War Henry L. Stimson ‘swmlvd it out with “my boys"” ‘\khflc here waliting for heavy bomb- lers to come home. He shared the satisfaction and sorrow they brought from their dangerous mis- sion into the heart of Naxi Europe The Secretary dropped in on a hot fighter outfit to pay tribute to the pilots who are “proving each is worth ten Huns” He looked in on the first wounded to return, standing hat in hand while the surgeons worked swiftly on a bom- bardier with a gaping chest wound and a tail-gunner with his eye shot away. MAURY MAVERICK COMING TO ALASKA SEATTLE, July 20.—Maury Mav- erick, Chairman and General Man- | ager of the Smaller War Plants Cor- | poration, who has been here since | last Monday on a tour, is leaving today for Alaska. | Maverick will be accompanied by | willlam Castleton, Regional Man- ager, “It has to TEMPT ON LIFE rman Ranks INJURIES TO FUEHRER ARE NOT SERIOUS | Dynamite Blast Severely Injures High Generals LONDON, July 20.—An attempt has been made on Hitler’s life, ac- lcording to DNB, Nazi news agency, and Lieut. Gen. Schumndt, Lieut. Col. Brandt and other in Hitler's company were severely injured, the |announcement from the Chancel- ‘lur's headquarters stated. | Hitler was “only slightly burned,” _ sustained some bruises, but was not otherwise hurt and continued his |routine work, the announcement | continued. | The Fuehrer received Mussolini, deposed Italian dictator who now heads the rump Republican Fasict Government, in the course of his 'day, and Goering at once rushed |to Hitler's quarters upon hearing |of the attempt, the agency reported. | Two More Hurt | The broadcast said that others injured severely were Lieut. Col. Borg and collaborator Beger. It was the second time during the war that Hitler has narrowly Imissed death. The first time was in November, 1939, when a bomb exploded in a Munich beer hall just after the Fuehrer left. . Hitler's chief military advisor, Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl, was less seriously hurt, along with five other generals and two admirals. The British radio said Hitler also uffered a brain concussion and said this explained the l4-hour break in overnight telephone com- munications between Berlin and Stockholm, The broadcast announcement did not give the scene of the attack, which obviously took place while Hitler was surrounded by high members of his military staff. This leads to the probability the scene of the attack was Hitler's headquarters, Bigger Game Gen. Schumndt, chief of the Army's personnel department, and chief military aide de camp to Hitler for several years, was “ser- jously injured.” The Federal Communications Commission said one German broadcast said the attempt was_ made by ‘dynamite.” Another broadcast mentioned ‘“explosives,” 'and still another said merely that an “attempt was made on the life of the Fuehrer today, Thursday.” | one source in London, close to |European connectiones, said the in- |cident was probably in Breda, Hol- land, reported to be Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s headquarters. The incident followed only by a few days the dismissal of Field Marshall von Rundstedt from the command of the western front in favor of Marshal von Kluge. | The shift in command was in- terpreted abroad as a slap at the German military caste in favor of the Nazi type such as Rommel. Yesterday, another old line gen- eral—Col. Gen. von Faulkenhausen —was eased from command of Bel- gium and Northern France. | e e— 12 KILLED " IN CRASH, ~ LIBERATOR WALLA WALLA, Wash,, July 20. —The entire crew of 12, six officers and six enlisted men, were killed |when an Army Liberator crashed near Touchet, 17 miles west of here, | yesterday. | Col. David Wade, Commander of ;the Army Base, reports witnesses | saying the Liberator exploded in the air and dropped,