The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 26, 1944, Page 6

WEWAK TRAP STILLHOLDS | JAP FORCES Another Jap Coastal Ves-| sel Sunk Off Mindanao | in Philippines ADVANCED VA’I.I IED HY‘IAD-‘ QUAR S IN NEW GUINEA 26.—Jap forces attempting to| ak out of the Wewak trap in| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA First Marine Division Returns Home (asualfies AtSaipan Announced | | fessional makeup that is the answer ‘I‘O'al Repor'ed Is 16’463_; ;gua“;:;z”girl's routine—try a liquid It can be poured from a bottle and Prisoners Taken Greal- |.jiica n iy o pesk up ehose | es' of Any Opera"on | flagging spirits in nothing flat. |Even after a day of toil indoors, a wan look can be transformed into WASHINGTON, July 26.— Secre-| @ healthy glow. : o tary of Navy James V. Forrestal re- | This quick change is achlxeved by ported casualties in the conquest of | the fingertips. Just dip into the Saipan Island at 16463, including | bottle and apply to forehead, nose, Five-minufe Malgup Job By BETTY CLARKE AP Beauty Editor If you'd like a five-minute pro- | | | | itish New Guinea recoiled from | the American front at Aitape and | apparently are attempting to re-| form Headquarters announced the re- organization attempt is five miles back from the Driniumor River, as| Allied bombers dropped 54 tons of explosives on Aitape and destro; and patrol boats shelled the Jap| concentrations. In the second mention of Min-| dinao in the Philippines in a week, headquarters said Liberators sank a | Jap coastal vessel 200 miles off the| shore and another Liberator beach- ed a 1,000-ton merchantman south-| _ west of Halmahera | Increased shelling with mortars J ESS E p 0 o R I S and artillery by the Japs in the Aitape sector indicate new attempts WOUNDED DURING | to get out of the trap are being | . . . . made 2 . PONCRIBTE " SO f A letter, written in a somewhere in Poor, was received today by Poor of Douglas, Val reports receiving Val | oy iome, OF jA pS IP{ weeks ago that his brother, a pri-| !vate first class, had arrived in Brit- ain, and is now amazed to learn that, in the intervening iime, he |has landed in France, been wound- | led in action, and returned to Eng- | land. | Jesse has many friends in Ju- Veteran Campaigner and Anti-New Doaler 15 S for more i lags Behmd a year, previous to his induction (By Associated Press) out on nearly 36 years ago beckons vociferous, colorful “Cotton Ed” Smith. The New Deal-hating Sen- ator from South Carol within one month of being 80 rs old, was far back in second place yes- terday in South Carolina’s pri- mary, running behind Gov. Olin Johnston, who tried unsuccesstully | with Roosevelt help to unseat Smith six years ago. ! Members of the famed First Marine Div arrival at San Diego after 26 months away from home. warfare, and had participated in the Guadalcanal, Tulagi, Gavutu, Tananbogo and Cape Glaucester cam- paigns. (AP Wirephoto from Marine Corps) a hospital EIZE F"-ES England by Jesse | WASHINGTO House eral foreign broadcast files of two Jap- | anese ment In an they questioned Fyed Nitti, Japan n-born Jap. Nitti, employed in the “Office of Strategic Services in dential work” testified aka edits the scripts of the Tokyo . radio broadcasts for foreign broad- | ITALY AREA - | The FCC counsel asserted both !men are loyal to the United States |and had taken copies home only to| months In Arkansas’ Democratic primary GOES fO camp Behlnd I_ineS‘aid them in their work. jon, nearly 3,000 strong, line the rail of their transport upon They were first to see action in Pacific ground e o o o o o WEATHER REPORT (U. S. Bureau) Temp. Tuesday, July 25. Maximum 57, minimum 51. . . 'MEN OVER 26 MAY NOT BE CALLED YET WASHINGTON, July 26. Selective Service needs likely can be filled from the manpower pool under 26, the Military Affairs Com- mittee believes, it is reported, but it expects the continuation of the present draft induction deferment policies. ! Col. Francis Keesling, Jr., pre- . pared a summary placing the na- tional military manpower pool, reg- = istrants from 18 to 27, at 22,212,000 on July 1 About 10,251,000 are members, or formerly were members, cf the armed force: James V. Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, estimated that ant addi- tional 194,000 enlisted men will be needed in the Navy before next June 30, most of which must bs obtained from the Selective Service. It is planned that the increase will give the P a total strength of 3,389,000 Most July 26, committee investigating Fed- communications, have seized employed by the Govern- emergency session , and John Kitasaka, Ameri- highly confi- g that Kitas- AFRICANS COLLECT RUBBER SALISBURY, Rhodesia —African Division. | vjjl, of the Kawambwa district have collected nearly 9,000 pounds of rubber for the war effort in 15 The scheme is organized | by the local chiefs. for the Intelligence the Senate’s only woman member, quiet Hattie Caraway, lagged far After His Inspection of | Naples Waterfront | behind in her try for renomina- tion. She apparently thought her renomination was so safe that she leisurely. Leading in Arkansas is ARMY IN ITALY, July 24 tDe-i Rep. J. W. Fulbright, 39, serving layed)—Changing swiftly from a| his first term in Congress, an Ozark dress uniform of admiral of the| Rhodes scholar and university King George of England flew president. this behind-the-lines camp for an —_—————— inspection of Allied troops try and see everyone and every- thing, and stopped for chats with [ [ newsmen and photographers, He |inspected the Naples waterfront be- I fander’s trailer camp. H ' | e OWIsIT WIPING OUT JAPS First Radio Message Trans- | GUAM BEA(HHEAD: . | o mitted from Island PEARL HARBOR, July 26—Al Since Dec. 1941 | respondent, reports that all Japs | | have been wiped out on the Guam | | beachheads and the enemy has not Representing the Combined Allied July 8 N;X:SAZ‘A:,'":'" Bg:"h\t"w(;‘, | The Nips are abandoning much | e AN i W aYY | food and ammunition in trying to, today ,on the air with the first|;.ang message to Pearl Harbor since De- e g tember, 1941, when Guam report- HERE FROM SITKA the Japanese, ___|Richard Forsythe, and Eva Sch-| Today’s message said: “This lsiwart are here from Sitka and news from Radio Guam. heard from you since 1941.” | The sending of the message typi- fied the speed of the invasion ed July 20. — .- | | FLYING BOMB House of Commons in Se- cref Session Discuss- LONDON, July 26-—The House of Commons today went into a secret session to discuss the flying was reported that a flying bomb Pllfllle hit a hospital in southern England, killing two persons but 250 escaped 16 i could afford to campaign only] HEADQUARTERS OF ALLIED native who grew up to become a fleet to a field marshal’s uniform,| The King was notably careful to fore fiying to the front lines, where | Dopkin, Associated Press War Cor- By JOHN HENRY + | sent a plane over the area since | Radio (Delayed)—Guam came back | ccane from the invading Amer- | td being bombed and strafed by| Mys Earl Forsythe, Sandra and| Nothing registered at the Baranof. forces on Guam, where they land- ing Robofs bombs, and during the session it injury. 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He said, “This re- duces our net losses at Saipan about a third which speaks volumes for | tone. . Wi both the morale of the troops and | After you've applied this liquid the effectiveness of the Medical |Use @ paste rouge and powder. | Corps.” iy e | The enemy dead at Saipan totaled 20,720 known killed and that many I | were buried by the Americans, Pris- | oners of war totaled 1,707 and also | 14,192 civilians were interned. 'I'hc‘ (APTURED number of prioners taken is by far the greatest of any operation | against the Japs to date. ' | | I LONDON, July 26. — The Red| | Army has captured Narva, im-| | portant Estonian seaport, Premier | R A I l ( I TY | Josef Stalin announced tonight in a | | Special Order of the Day addressed | | to Marshal Govorov, and said the | F lEIYA*’G | troops on the Leningrad front tooki W | the town and fortress as the result | | of skillful outflankling maneuvers | and frontal attack. CHUNGKING, July 26.—Chinese| Stalin ordered a salvo of 224 guns | troops have broken into the rail|in celebration of the event. city of Leiyang, taken by the enemy | TR R AT i in the drive of several weeks ago. Astoria, Oregon, was founded in/ Fierce street fighting is in pro-/1811 as a fur-trading post by John| gress, says the communique. |Jacob Astor. e We Are Now Taking Orders for Canning Apricots to be delivered on arrival, and on RASPBERRIES which will be ripe in about a week . . . at the Boat Orders Delivered Anylime! Juneau Deliveries—10 A. M. and 2 P. M. Douglas Delivery—10 A, M. We Appreciate Pan American Airways appreciates the patience and understanding of our friends in Alaska at this time when every passenger and every ounce of cargo is subject to military priority. After Victory, Pan American will pioneer new standards of service for Alaska. szr PAIN AMERICAN AIRWAYYS NE reason for American successes in the Pacific the speed with which sup- % plies can now be sent. This Pictograph shows how round- trip time to Australia has been cut. 3 DAYS ¥ 22 HOURS . Source: Consairways' An AP FEATURES PICTOGRAPH FRESH FRUITS VEGETABILES Everything the Market Affords NEW! NEW! NIBLETS CORN GREEN GIANT PEAS NIBLETS MEXICORN NIBLETS ASPARAGUS INCOMPARABLE QUALITY PRICED K1GR'L DOUGLAS DELIVERY 10 A. M. TWO JUNEAU DELIVERIES 10:15 A. M. 2:15 P. M. MINIMUM—$2.50 Ser PHONE 104 NOTICE ELKS! * MEETING and INITIATION * TONIGHT 8:00P. M. * BUFFET LUNCH Would You Like to FLY? Facilities are available for alimited number right here in Juneau. Instructions will be given in a new seaplane by alicensed Alaskan pilot. If Interested... PHONE 612