The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 22, 1944, Page 1

THE LIBRARY OF ¢ CONGRESS SERIAL RECORD THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE -.° GFT g “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIL, NO. 9710. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SAT URDAY, JULY 22, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT3 = ———| TRUMAN WINS VICE PREXY NOMINATION Hitler Makes Appeal to Jittery Nation NAZI CHIEF SAYS REVOLT IS PUTDOWN Purge Bein?farried Out- People Urged on by Gestapo Threats (By Associated Press) Adolph Hitler told the Germ:m) soldiers today the revolt against| his regime has been put down and he called for “obedience and loyalty until victory is ours.” This was the Order of the Day issued by Hitler and broadcast by the Berlin radio. Swiss reports are that a purge is being carried out in Germany | by the “loyal armed forces and qll‘ revolts are ended.” There is another report that Hit- ler is a prisoner in Berlin, but (Continued on Page Two) The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active service with the Army.) CHJCAGO—Politics is a succession | of contrasts. Here are two. Scene 1. The Congress Hall Ho- | tel in Chicago during the Demo- cratic Convention in 1932. Louey Howe is lying stretched| full length on the floor of his room, his collar open, belt unbuckled, an electric fan focused on him. He's gasping for breath. Beside him is a direct telephone line to Hyde Park. Louey is about to achieve his life's ambition—nominate for President the man he has served| and trained. In another hotel room down | Michigan Boulevard, Sam Rayburn of Texas is leading the forces of Speaker Jack Garner. Roosevelt is ahead in the balloting, but Jim Farley, in command of the Roose- velt forces, has just reported that they are ready to bolt. He can't hold the Roosevelt delegates be- yond another vote. He has to make a deal. Farley, with Jimmy Byrnes of South Carolina, Joe Guffey of | Pennsylvania and Dave Lawrence of Pennsylvania, come into Louey Howe’s room - to report. Finally, Farley asks the others to go out, says he wants to speak to Louey alone. “Ive got to keep away from Burt ‘Wheeler,” he tells Louey. “The boss won't take him.” Senator Wheeler has toured the Northwest, expecting to be the Vice | Presidential candidate on a Roose- velt ticket. But on the private wire to Hde Park, a compromise is now arranged whereby Jack Garner, not Wheeler, becomes Roosevelt’s run- ning mate in return for the votes of the Texas-California delegates. Scene 2. Chicago, 1944. Louey Howe is-dead. Burt Wheeler, who | finally discovered that Roosevelt didn’t like him, has turned morose, sour, embittered. Jim Farley, who wanted to be Vice President him-| self in 1940, is FDR's most acnve: political enemy. Joe Guffey hasf not changed a bit. And this time,| instead of fighting for delegtaes, FDR accepted the nomination in| advance. That is how politics changes. SOLDIER CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS Democratic bigwigs in Chicago hold mixed views about the effect- | iveness of soldier candidates for Congress. Some soldier campaigns have clicked, others have not. Lieut. Will Rogers, Jr., in 1942 was elected to Congress from California, | but recently Lieut. James Tucker,| who ran for the Senate against Homer Capehart in the GOP In-| diana primary, lost. The politicos are especiallvi watching one primary — that in| Texas today—which should be a (Continued on Page Four) |at Hitler’s Rumanian oil resources. | NAZIS DANCE . |destruction of fourteen Oil Planfs Blastedby ONHIMMLER, us. Bombs‘ CHIEF HITLER Between 500 and 7001Psy(hologlcal cal Warfare Is| Planes, Italian Based, | Started by Allies on Make Attacks 1 German Forces LONDON, July 22—Between 500 (By Associated Press) land 700 American heavies, from A psychological warfare on the Ttalian bases, bombed Ploesti today, part of the Allies is sought to fan after night bombers struck a Czech- | the revolt within the Reich, today | oslovakia oil refinery center and |reported as most perplexed a schism hit Berlin. It was the eleventh blow | between Hitler and the Army. London and Moscow over their The Royal Air Force Command |radios are bombarding the German reported that Beaufighters attacked | Army forces everywhere, urging them to support the Insurgent Ger- an enemy convey, torpedoing four | | of 40 ships. Two were left sinking mans against Hitler and Himmler, and five were set afire, and most Berlin and Paris radios fought of the others were damaged. back, saying the Army is loyal to | Hitler and the Reichland and will fight to the bitter end. The German broadcasts are be- littling the insurgency, saying a low ‘mlsgln(lvd Generals are now ead, either executed or having L.nkf-n their own live: \pon< from foreign sources of a re- vclt m Germany are most erron- WITH JOY AT HITLER NEWS - Dl«atmud Generals are repor(cd resigning, or as Berlin says, “see- |ing the light of day and again | urging their forces to carry on.” 1 Hitler, it is also said, is depending German Prisoners Sorry on Fimuier to @A) anti-Hitler | that Atfack on Hit- ler Was Failure By HAL BOYLE WITH AMERICAN TROOPS IN NORMANDY, July 22.—Six German | prisoners, five Austrians and a Nazi | paratrooper, danced with happiness | when they learned of the attempt | made to kill Hitler. They only re- | get that it didn't succeed. They Were sitting in a barn, north | of St. Lo, when told that the | Fuehrer almost lost his life in an attempted assassination. Their reactions startled the soldier | interpreters, who half expected the | captives to express disbelief. ; Instead, they immediately lost their dejection and jumped, shook | hands and slapped each other on the | back in joy, then began talking rapidly. “It’s too bad they didn’t get him,” said one, “but this will be the be- |and long an advocate of Japanese ginning of the end of Hitler.” | expansion, has been named Premier “There will be more attempts,” of Japan with Admiral Mitsumasa said another young paratrooper who | Yonai as Navy Minister. 1doked like a typical Nazi fanatic. Koiso, 64, is an ex-Chiex of Staff He seemed more pleased than the | of the Kwaungtung Army, the same Austrians, that Hitler almost met | group to which Tojo belongs. his bloody end. The new Cabinet includes three “We have been waiting many holdovers from Tojo's Cabinet, in- months for the internal collapse of | cluding Admiral Naokuni Momura, Germany. It will come soon now.|elevated to Supreme War Council The morale is terrible because of the | vice Yonai, who serves also as “tem- bombings, and the people are dis- ‘ porary Deputy Prime Minister.” contented at the severe new ration- ———— GEN. KOISO ISPREMIER ‘Admiral Yonai nai Named De- puty in New Cabinet of Nippon Empire (By Ass Domei iated Press) The ing imposed after we have been | fighting so long. “We know nothing at the front lines of this attack on Hitler. I wish other German soldiers could be told. “It is too bad I was captured. It will be over soon and my com- rades will go back home, maybe in a few weeks. Now, that I am a| prisoner, it will take much longer.” As he talked, five Austrians began to hum the “Blue Danube” waltz. What surprised the American questioner the most was the fact that none of the prisoners doubted that the least effort had been made | to destroy Hitler. All acted as if it | was something they had expected for a long time. FOURTEEN MORE JAPAM VESSELS SUNK BY SUBS V‘"ASHIN’GTON‘ Ju!} TO NIPPONS Japanese Relief Columns Withdrawing After Heavy Losses CHUNGKING, July 22. — The Chinese High Command announces that Burma Road is effectively Jap garrison at Lingling is cut off from the north and east main sec- | tions of the relief columns which are withdrawing after suffering senous losses M HANNEGAN REElE(TED CHICAGO, July 22. — Robert E. more Jap vessels, including two ccmbntant ships, by subs pounding the nemy‘ supply lines, has been announced‘ /by the Nav: The sinkings bring to 806 the‘ number sunk, probably sunk or| damaged. Six hundred and fifty-| and the re- FOR JAPAN7 News Agency an-| nounces that Gen. Kuniaki Koiso, former Governor General of Korea ' 1S BLOCKED blocked to the Japanese and the ! center are inspecting wreckage. AMERICANS - BEAT BACK JAP MOVES - Nlpnons Fail fo Break Ou of Trap in British New Guinea | ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, July 22.—Seasoned Americans still firmly held the Brit- isth New Guinea jungle lines, shar | ly repulsing all Japanese night prob- ‘ ing attacks. Over 1,000 Japs o( the 45,000 re- killed d ported trapped, have been ‘during the last three nights, : | the remainder are held in the mo |tains or are being surrounded | the jungles. Cruisers and destroyers are shell- ing the coastal sections of the jungle. Mitchell bombers have sunk a 1.- 000-ton Jap oil tanker, four barges and three coastal vessels off Timor Island. | In a raid on Yap Island, one Lib- | erator is reported lost but 18 Jap ‘mterceptors were shot down. | ALLIES CLOSING "IN ON FLORENCE ROME, July 22.—Allied forces are (cloung in on Florence and are in four have been definite sunk, 37 Hannegan has been reelected Chair-'within four miles of Pisa, accord- probably, and at aged, Committeée, least 115 dam- man of the Democratic Nationaling to the official communique is- sued this afternoon, I Persons were injured in many neighboring towns and communitie: In background of photo beyond wrecked pier and building can be seen part of one shatiered ship with stern poking above the water. (International) Wrecked Port Chicago Recreation Hall SHRINE PICNIC 15 TOMORROW AS SCHEDULED With favorable reports for weather and a possibility that the un may show its smiling face over he week-end, the Juneau irine uuu still plans to go ahead and hold its picnic tomorrow at Auk Bay Public Beach, as previously an- nounced. Committees are moving out this evening to erect hles and shelters and put up the decorations. Trans- portation is still scheduled to leave the Fifth Street side of the Federal building at 12 noon With all plans completed, and with a little cooperation from the weather man, a good time is assured alll. .- 1 SOLDIERS LOSE LIVES IN VALDEZ AREA ANCHORAGE, HEADQUARTERS | ALASKAN DEPARTMENT, July 22. It has been reported fthat seven soldiers were apparently drowned when their skiff overturned on June 11 during a salvage expedition in the Valdez area. The overturned boat, oars, and one plece of equipment have been found, but no bodies have been re covered, though an extensive search has been made. The identities of the men not been disclosed, have URGES FIGHT | PORT CHICAGO RAZED BY EXPLOSION OF TWONAVY SHIPS pectacular picture shows wreckage of the dock at Port Chicago, forty miles northeast of San Francisco on on ships exploded with an enormous rear Monday night, killing more than three hundred and s as the mighty force of the concussion spent itself within a fifty- mile radius. { s S This picture shows all that remains of the $250,000 recreation hall at Port Chicago naval ammunition depot. Splintered sides lic on ground, part of roof is collapsed and all windows smashed. sonnel used the buildimx for various forms of recreaticn and entertainment. Naval per- MONETARY - MEET WILL END TODAY Plans Call for | Elghi Billion! Dollar Bank and Trade Fund BRET’ION WOODS, N. H, JuI\ ~The United Nations monetary Lumemmn, ending three weeks of hard work, will close tonight after signing of documents for an inter- national fund and a world bank for reconstruction development which the 1944 associated nations will be asked to approve. Plans call for an $8,800,000,000 |bank to make loans which will uarantee those of private investors N post-war construction propects The monetary fund, totalling |same amount, to promote interna- tional trade by providing foreign exchange or currency to nations who may be short because they are unable to sell as much as they import. The United States is to sub- seribe $3,175,000,000 to the bank, the United Kingdom $2,300,000,000; Soviet Union, $900,000,000, others in varying apportionments. - ARRIVALS IN JUNEAU Floyd Woods, E. G. Kane, Phil- lip Diaz, and George Paseno are guests at the Baranof, registering I from the Swiftsure, the ! and | BEATS OUT WALLACE BY ' BIG MARGIN Missouri Sen?or Helps to Ease Disgruntled South Demos By DOUGLAS CORNELL (Associated Press Correspondent) CHICAGO STADIUM, July 22— Harry 8. Truman, 10 years ago an obscure county judge in Missouri, smoothly and easily last night cap- tured the Democratic Vice Presi- dential nomination. The 60-year-old Senator carved out a quick second ballot victory over Henry A. Wallace, who put up a hard but short scrap for renom- ination. Tally clerks were swamped under an avalanche of state switches, and figured the vote at something like 1,100 for Truman and 66 for Wal- e i isun Bay, where two am- lace, but no accurate count was jurying at least one thousand others. | .50 i : Wallace Approves Officers in | 1, a downtown hotel, Wallace to 319%:. He told reporters today - PORT APRA (omic liberalism. He made it clear Truman, who may carry weight H | Ihrea'enlng core 0‘ De- |vention “I expect to continue my efforts to help shorten the war and voiced no regrets and said the that he was happy about Tru- | EXPE(IEBM would go all the way for the | | the campaign against Republi- | i \ | fense Sysiem n Guam win the peace with our great Presi- 7 |“cause of liberalism has been ad- |man’s nomination and was sure it Roosevelt-Truman ticket. lin cans Thomas E. Dewey and John jdent, Franklin D. Roosevelt.” « ‘vanced by the convention,” and “of ( APTURE oF | course he would support the party.” Wallace led the first ballot 429% |would advance the cause of eccn- Truman’s Acceptance 'American Garrisons Now Bricker in.November, told the con- The Democratic ticket has the ! PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-| |'TERS, July 22.-The liberation of announced backing of the Political i(juam by the avenging American Action Committee and the ag- |garrison after being overrun by‘grf‘sslvely pro-Wallace arm of the Jupflm hordes since December,'CIO Chairman — Sidney Hillman, ‘1941, has pushed ahead according |who promised “complete and whole- to schedule as reinforced Yanks hearted support.” |swarmed off of ships, threatening) Meanwhile, disgruntled Dixieland to pinch off quickly the capture oriDemucrats rafled the New Deal Port Apra, the core of the defense and talked about a third party, system. but their action seems tempered by | communiques and eyewitness at-|the nomination of Truman. Said lcounts told of the swift porgress Senator John McClellan of Ar- and light ualties as troops as- kansas: “Truman certainly is an cended the heights from mile-long | improvement over Wallace.” beachheads north and south of/ R Five Harbor. “We simply blasted the Japs to| hell out there and up into the! trees,” said Operations Commander | Ll 4 Rear Admiral Richard W. Connol- G ly, after 17 days of steady pound- ing by 10,006 tons of explosives, which gouged all Japs and shore | defens from the landing areas. | | RED TlDE |s WASHINGTON, July 22. — Tie |Navy has announced that two sub- {marines are overdue and presumed lost, with their crews of about 65 | (each. They are the Tullibee, a INTO NAZIS \new type, under Commander |Charles E. Brinkdupe, and the fa- {mous Trout, under Lieut. Com- mander Albert H, Clark. Some Russian For(es Only 90 Miles from War- saw-New Push The latter, under another com- mander, brought vast amounts of gold and securities to the United |States when Corregidor fell. Twenty-seven subs have been lost since the war started. MOSCOW, July 22. Frontline dispatches assert the Red tide is boring through the breaches of the German line and some of the Rus- sian forces are only 90 miles from Warsaw and Ostrov. > Germans Evacualmg Bulgarian Seaporfs ISTABUL, July 22.—The Germans i A new Russian push has also|appear to be evacuating the Bul- been ‘started south of Tarnapol,|garian Black Sea ports, according long a static sector. | to reports received here. Travelers e I’hflve seen trainloads of Germans | moving eastward from Varna and e © o o o e o o o Burgas . WEATHER REPORT . S . (U. 8. Bureau) . MONTANAN HERE e Temp. for Friday, July 21. e ety e Maximum 56, minimum 51. | Audie Lohr, of Great Falls, Mon- e Rain 58 e tana, is in town and a guest at the e o 0o 0 0 0 5 @ @ o ¢ Gastineau