The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 27, 1944, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE - VOL. XLIL, NO. 9714. “ALL THE NEWS A LL THE TIME” THE LIBRARY g CONGRESS SERIAL RECORD UG 12 1944 GIFT = ] JUNEAU, ALASKA, THU R\I)\\ lll\ 27, I‘)-H MlMBI R ASSOC l/\ll D PRESS PR!CE TEN CENT] 'YANKS CRASH GERMAN CENTER LlNES Two German Fortresses Fall to the Russians NAZI CENTRAL FRONT SEEN Crucial Defas—e (ities Now in Hands of Soviefs- Warsaw Next BULLETIN — LONDON, July 27.—~In the fourth Order of the Day, Stalin announced tonight the fall of Lwow, in southern Old Poland, one of Europe's greaiest rail centers and Poland’s third largest city. Previously Stalin announced the Red Army captured four important German bases— Dvinsk, Rezekne, Bailystok and Stanislawow, making the black- est day for the Germans since the start of the Russian sum- mer offensive. BULLETIN — LONDON, July 27.—The Moscow radio says the Russian troops have broken into the great fortress city of Brest-Litovsk, a short time after the Germans an- FISHERIES | | | determine HEARINGS SCHEDULED Ickes Sefs Dates for Indian Rights Parleys in Alaska WASHINGTON, July 27.--Taking action of importance to Alaska's commercial fishermen, Secretary of |the Interior Harold L. Ickes has Alaska to of In- in rights scheduled hearings fishing (dians as follows: Hydaburg on September 15; Kla- wock on September 20; Kake on | September 25. | The industry is watching the move closely, because under existing |laws, non-Indians wishing to use {Indian possessions for trapping fish! !must secure ieases from the Indian |owners of the sites. The Indians have for three years to establish pos- !sessory claims on fishing rights. : One reservation already has been set aside known as the Karluk Reservation.| Ickes said “the Indians claim im-| been seeking around Kodiak Island,| ~ MREZZO Nosr RAILWAY STATION AFI'ER TOWN WAS T AI(F_'\ | | | | DEBRIS LITTERS THE TRACKS running through the railroad station of Arezzo, Italy, after British troops had cap- tured the strategic town, located about twenty-five miles from Florence. Eighth Army forces after driving the Nazis from Arezzo crossed the upper Arno River and are steadily expanding their gains in this area. This is an official British Army photo through OWI Radiophoto. (Internatmnal Saundphnto) BATTLE NOW FLAMING ON LONG FRONT Powerful E“S Armored Offensive Keeps Sweep- ing on in Normandy FIGHTER PLANES IN KNOCKOUT SUPPORT British - CEdian Forces Smash Counterattacks in Their Sector BULLETIN — SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, July 27—Lt. Gen. Bradley's pre- cision attack has sliced the Ger- mans facing the Americans al- most directly in half and the German resistance is “sporadic.” The enemy’s condition is de- scribed as chaotic. Up to noon the Americans had taken more than 2,600 prisoners. Tonight it was announced nounced evacuation of the com- panion bastion at Bailystok, |memorial rights. These rights may | |have been extinguished even if| |they had them originally. Anyone STRANDED IN FRENCH WAR THEATRE |-||'|'|_[R |N Periers and Lessay, the western anchor points of the German line in France have been cap- NOT LONG BEFORE this photo was taken, this road leading into St. Lo had been the scene of fierce fighting. In the background is a German | | M-IV tank that had been knocked out by the Yanks. The soldier in the (Continued on Page Three) The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON Col. Robert 8. Allen mow on actiye . service with the Army.) WASHINGTON — Shortly after the turbulent turmoil of the Demo- cratic convention, seasoned party leaders sat down to figure the chances of victory next November. Most of them are optimistic, say that Roosevelt can sweep the coun- try. However, certain others are| not. Among the doubters is New York’s Mayor La Guardia who, though technically not a Democrat, | has swung with Roosevelt each time, and who knows his New York better than most. Fiorello has sent | the party leaders private warnings that Roosevelt will have a tough time carrying New York State. He is worried. Another who privately shares thau view is the new, liberal young head | of Tammany Hall, Ed Loughlin. Shrewdest observer among old- time Democrats is Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas, whose service in the House of Representatives dates back to the days of the last war. Reminiscing ‘recently about Woodrow Wilson's - election battles, Speaker Rayburn said: “In 1918, the Democratic Admin- istration was winning the war. Everyone knew jt. The country knew it. Wilson was at the height of his popularity. Yet, one week before the Armistice, we lost the House of Representatives. And there wasn’t anything in the world we could do about it. When peo- ple decide they want a change, they change.” A lot of other Democratic lead- ers aren’t as open-faced as Sam Rayburn. But privately, they aren’t too happy over the possibility that, if the war ends in Europe, the war leader would become only one-half a war leader, and that one-half the reason for not changing horses in midstream would be removed. NAZI PEACE FEELERS Reports that the German gen- erals revolted against Hitler only after peace negotiations with Rus- sia failed, have caused Washington diplomatic sources to reveal that, on two previous occasions, German peace feelers were extended to Russia. In fact, there was a very deep fear in U. S. Army-Navy circles that Russia might be tempted by 1 foreground carries a bazooka. Signal Corps Radiophoto. (Internatic Serious Charge Deserfer, WASHINGTON, July 27. — Government of Argentina stands accused of having “deserted neighbor. The accusation is made in a sting- ing statement circulated by the United States among the govern- ment of nineteen other American The ’ the | common cause” of being a [.;ood' wal) Made Against Argentina as Common (ause republics in supporting the policy | of non-recognition of the Buenos Aires regime. The statement is the result of weeks of consultation and the con- tents were made known to diplo- | matic quarters and is expected to !bv. made public by the State De- ‘ partment shortly. By JACK STINNETT WASHINGEON, July 27—In all the hullabaloo about what the gov- ernment is going to do for the GI Joes who come out of the armed forces in health or disabled, the fact has been almost completely lost that much is provided for those dependents of men who die. Congressmen and other govern- ment officials have told me recently of pitiful letters from “next of kin” who want to know if something can't be done to help their sad plight. In the first place, there are four types of cash payments made to wives, children and parents and in some cases to brothers and sisters. They are (1) a six-months gra- | tuity payment; (2) insurance; 3 pension; (4) arrears in pay. The first amounts to from $300 “o nearly $470, depending on rating, with slightly higher payments for overseas service. base pay of the man killed in service connected duty. It is paid auto- matically and no dependency need be shown. next to a child or children, to par- | ents, to brothers or sisters, or if none of these exist, to grandparents. This is made in addition to any other cash payments. The second varies, of course, de- It is six times the | It goes first to wives,| Dependenls of Men Who Die in War Are Aided by Government! soldier, receives payments ranging from $55.50 a month upward for 20 | years. No actual policies are issued, but certificates of policy are and these are most important in expediting insurance claims. Without them | such claims might necessarily go | unsettled for long periods, in ques- tipnable cases, perhaps for years. Payments are made only to bene- ficiaries named in the policies and relatives who can be named are limited. Pensions are paid automatically | to- wives or children under 18 (or under 21 where they are still in 1 school). Parents who can show de- | pendency also get pensions, In some cases at the same time wives or minor children are drawing pen- sions, Roughly, these range from $45 a month upward, not to exceed $100. Only when a man is killed on pay- | day are there no “arrears in pay.” Sometimes, when men have been at the front for long periods, or in are considerable. These arrears go to the service man’s legal heir or heirs. All questions regarding these pay- ments should be addressed to the veterans administration local serv- transit for some time, these arrears | making a claim of possessory rights deserves a hearing. We are going|" to hear the cases very carefully.” The Secretary said he expected ‘the salmon industry will be rep- ‘Ieicnlf‘d at the hearmgs YANKS TAKE AIRFIELDON TINIAN ISLE Enfire North Quarter of Islands Is in U. S. Hands Now UNITED STATES PACIFIC | FLEET HEARDQUARTERS IN | PEARL HARBOR, July 27.—-The entire northern fourth of Tinian which has one of the finest airfields | in the Marianas, is in American | hands, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz repofts in a communique. ‘The Americans were supported by battleship fire which blew up cam- | ouflaged block houses and planes | did strafing. The Yanks have forged a solid line across the northern sector from IFalbu‘s San Hilo Point on the west jcoast to Asuga Point on the east coast. ‘The communique says 1,958 dead | were counted though July 25, many | of them hurling themselves into sui- cidal charges in defense of the 4,- 500-foot Ushit Point airfield. The airfield, together with the barracks |and repair shop facilities are r ‘garded as comparable to Hawaii's Hickman field. For the first time, the com- ‘ munique told of Saipan-based ‘Thunderholts attacking the enemy | | with “fire bombs.” . STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 27. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | ,stock today is 6%, American Can | 192, American Tel. and Tel. 163', Anaconda 26%, Beech Aircraft 9%, Bethlehem Steel 62%, Curtiss- ‘Wright 5%, DuPon Common 158%, | International Harvester 76%, Ken- | necott 52, North American Aviation | 8%, New York Central 20%, North- ern Pacific 16%, Standard Oil of | California 57%, United States Steel | 59, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are {as follows: Industrials, 146.74; rails, | | [ | GEN. McNAIR | Commanding General of the Army | fensive of July 14, GINETTE, dancer in a French troupe taken by the Germans from Paris to entertain Nazi troops when they occupied Cherbourg, is shown here against the grim settings of destruction in which the victorious Yanks found her and her fellow troupers, Now Ginette is rehearsing a hot-cha \jive routine for the Americanos. (International) Great Imporiance Of Firepower Given; Is Real Killing End By JAMES D. WHITE | WASHINGTON, July 27.—Under- | secretary of War Patterson said the other day that Anglo-American armies,on the Normandy beachhead were approaching a point where IS KILLED IN FRANCE Mees Death in Normandy | by Enemy Fire on firepower the Germans have. The German army is no amateur when it comes to massing firepow- about our fire superiority in Nor- mandy is that it was brought. in over flat beaches and across the English Channel. Firepower Is Killing “Firepower is the killing end of 1t, | the business,” added Patterson former WASHINGTON, July 27. Q. Y jledey - McNal, German with your eight-shot auto- matic Garand rifle before he picks you off with his gun, which has | Ground Forces, has been killed in less firepower. It enables you to Normandy, the War Department announces. He was killed by enemy fire while observing action of the front line units in the recent’ of- out, the and and throw enough to blast you Superior firepower can hold enemy down from a distance McNair, who was 61, was re-|keep him from counterattacking er, but the truly remarkable thing It's what enables you to shoot a, blast out the enemy before he can HOSPITAL, SAYSNAZIS | Prisoner States Germany " Sure fo Win War- Speaks Mind By HAL BOYLE (Associated Press Correspondent) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY | INFRANCE, July 27 A captured | 30-year-old German tank sergeant | said the men in his unit who are | fighting on the Normandy front | have been “officially told that Adolf {Hitler is in the hospital” His story is ohe of several con- tured. American tanks are to- night pressing onward. BULLETIN — SUPREME HEADQU AR TERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, July 27.—American doughboys and dank teams, penetrating the German defenses south of St. Lo, have gained three miles in the last six hours and ad- vance patrols have reached the center of Periers, fanning out eastward from St. Gilles and Canisy and have begun clos- ing the trap on the Germans at the bend of the Vire River below St. Lo. Le Mesnil and Herman, six miles south of St. Lo and nine miles from the American jump- off point, have been captured. | SUPREME HEADQUARTERS | flicting versions of the assassina- ‘uon attempt on Hitler which Ger- | |man dYficers and men have related lto theu captors. ‘Der Fuehrer is now in the hos- pital, we were told officially last, | night, and also were told he is mak-, ing a good recovery. The swines who made the attempt on his life are| ‘duld as they should be,” said Hans. | Hans commanded- a unit of five tanks. The captured sergeant said the | Germans are sure to win the war and stated that a new secret weapon 'has been promised by Hitler who said it would “annihilate everything in a radius of two miles where it lands.” The typifying fanatic Nazi troop- er has been in the army for nine years, he told newspaperman, freely discoursing on the Germans’ pro- gram in mind for Britain after the war. “First of all we will free you from of America,” he said, “Heil Hitler!” WIFE BEAUTIFUL BUT DUMB, SAYS - CROONER VALLEE, LOS ANGl'lES July 27. | Vallee, 41, crooner, declared Bette Jane Greer, | “beautiful but dumb,” she says. She testified in obtaining an un- contested divorce, “he said I was| stupid and had the mind of a child.” Vallee wasn't in court. D . FIRE The 5-3 alarm early last vvemm," |called the Fire Department to a they would have four times the | the subjection of the United States — Rudy | 19, his third wife, is; |ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY -FORCE July 27. — The powerful American armored offensive has craahed more than two miles deeper 'through the German lines in the !center and the battle flamed on a 40-mile American front. The Americans seized Cansy be- low St. Lo and drove beyond with la deepening crash, picking up more Ithan seven' miles in two days. The Americans are supported by fighter planes, which alone wrecked or damaged 70 Nazi tanks yester- day and threatened to turn the lenemy’s whole western flank be- tween Periers and Lessany. Twin tank drives speared ahead. One pushed a mile south of Mar- igny after the other captured {Cansy, two miles below St. Gilles jon the St. Lo.-Coutances road. On the British-Canadian flank, ithe Germans hit with tanks, ar- tillery and mortar fire and recap- tured Esquay, seven miles southwest |of Caen, also the bloodsoaked hills {112 and 113. Due south of Caen, the British Second Army held on at Verrieres, smashing all counter-attacks. The American First Army battle- front has been broadened to 40 miles and the Yanks have won a [town northeast of Periers and {lashed out near Caumont, 13 miles east of St. Lo, capturing Mont- rabot. At least 15 villages or towns have taken during the past 48 {been houxs 'NORTH PACIFIC QUAKE REPORTED PASADENA, Cal, July 27. — 4151; utilities, 2381. | sponsible for training of the ground | throwing you out on your neck. foa afficer. ice officer, or to the Red Cross or house near the Small Boat Hflr“CB].[an‘\B Institute of ’I‘echnolos’y these earlier offers, especially dur- ing the days when no second front had been started and when Stalin was bitter against the Allies for not starting it. Nazi peace offer number 1 was pending on the amount of insurance $10,000 and it is paid in monthly installments. These installments vary, depend- ing on the age of the beneficiary, but if the $10,000 limit is carried, (Continued on Page Four) the beneficiary, named by the the deceased carried. The limit is | the American Legion. All are pre- pared to give the details and provide | blanks for expediting payments. — e - lat the Baranof Hotel. W. S. Sweeney and wife, of Los Angeles, are in town and registered — MOLYNEUX IN TOWN J. C. Molyneux, representative of }Swut and Company, is in Jum-aui for the first time in several years.| the | forces and was not in action over- seas although he was at the front on an important overseas ign- ment, the nature of which is not disclosed. Lt. Gen. Ben Lear has been nam- ed successor to McNair, While here he is a guest at ‘Gnstlneau Hotel. From Saipan, AP correspondent Rembert James reported that Am- | erican firepower reversed the Ri toric military ratio of casualties on that bloody island. In fhe first 14 wuuuuued ou Page Four) | , |bor. A tin roof on the building made it difficult for the men to reach the source of the blaze, but, damage was done. —— - —— BUY WAR BONDS little ‘leported a strong earthquake re- jcorded about 2,700 miles northwest between 5:11 and 5:17 P. M. Pacific War Time, yesterdav. That would place it probably in the vicinity of Dutch Harber.