The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 9, 1944, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE —_ ———— VOL. XLIL., NO. 9725. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1944 Ml MBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ) - L/ A L e i TR i3 R B RS S SRR Y ki ) - ! ( ] 7] NOOSE NOW SALT-WATER LAUNDRY OFF GUAM 'DU(K SEASON BY GOLLY'—SHE MADE IT, WITH ALL HER CREW CANADI ANS | | g [ [ ] - | | Tw n' m vici o . . o | . . : ce yh?ngan I)Ilt\lnsuons Liberalized Regulations Nazi Garrison af Port St. ek i PO . augB in rapd rust | Announced-Bag Limifs | Malo on Point of eing Made | Also Are Given Qut | Surrenderin g S | L i R ¥ _MOSCOW' Ang; 9, — Ths ' Réd | WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Hunters BULLETIN — SUPREME Army today tightened the noose { may shootymore waterfowl over & HEADQUARTERS OF ALLIED around the German Baltic forces, | longer period this fall and winter EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, once - estimated at. more than .20{ 8 | under liberalized regulations, it wag Aug. 9.—American troops have # R A , | | announced today. There will be an occupied Lemans and other divisions, or between 250,000 and {npcn season of 80-days, ten days forces to the southwest are . 300,000 men, and smashed deeper | longer than last year. closer to Sngers on the Loire in a ‘wedge through Poland, to-| The general daily bag limit of | River. ward: German Silasia; | ducks remains at ten, but an ad- | American troops are besieging kMt ok b LR e B Idnt al bag of five mallards, widg- Brest and have given the Ger- i Vest of the Vistula River, three | eons and pintails—singly or in ag- mans a chance to surrender but Soviet columns pressed on Riga gregate—will be allowed. Thus if a WHEN “BY GOLLY”, THIS B-26 MARAUDER, was badly hit by enemy fire over Europe and it seemed that the the offer has been repulsed. The from the west and southeast, in| | hunter kills five or more of these crew would have to bail out, Pilot Capt. John West of Sardis, Miss., held to the chance that his ship might Americans are now attacking possibly the biggest kill of the | species in one day his bag limit of last. And she did—1long enough to belly-land on Alhed territory in France with all her boys safe. Here with the outer defenses. summer campaign. | all ducks will be fifteen. “By Golly's” remains are the crew members (L. tor.): Pilot West; Lt. W. C, Budge, Columbus, O.; Lt. D. H. The bridgehead over the Orne Heavily armored enemy units fell |“‘Ihe Fish and Wildiite Service re- | Cramer, AMadison, Wis.; Pfe, Joe E. Jones, El Dorado, Ark.; Sgt. Lloyd I. Webb, Lenoir City, Tenn.; Sgt. River is still held by the British g back on the Latvian capital, their| | fused to permit the taking of water- | Harold Zola of Dorchester, Mass.; Sgt. Chester Matanek of Clcero, 111.; Lt. Fred J. Daoust of Dc;]nnce, 0,; anld who have repulsed counterat- offensive thrusts shattered by Bag-| | towl by mesns of bait or'the M| . S&h B B: Picklesimer of. Pikeville, Ky. (International) tacks. . ramian’s right wing. |of live decoys, as urged by some | > e § The Americans, in the Mor- The Soviet Command announcod | hunters. w F u ra' BI | tain area, have captured St, that enemy forces are being “bled The open season on ducks and i German les Mudieres, in the white,” and our troops are steadily dicty . | BOe8e in Alaska will be from Sep- area where German tank divi- v advancing” against German reserve| ASSAULT GROUP MARINES on their way to the fighting he;"e their d"bi | tember 21 to December 9 in Fur Dis~ " aw sions attempted the heaviest e Bave. heen thrown| duds overside at-the end of 8 line, &o let them tral in the 1122 anq be | tricts No. 1 and No. 3 and from counterattacks yet made. Tt “dssparata’-bitiiireatinoks® i | YUDCARRI AN (N 11 eE LST plows "’h":’g "°W“I m:‘&"’omn September 1 to November 19 in the The Canadian First Army has nearly every sector of the front to‘ trick saves a lot of scrubbing. Marine Corps photo. ( l“t of the Terri “Q” capturcd between 800 and 1,000 keep the Russian hordes from Ger- s N AR ¥ T f':“':'“ since the start of their man soil. The communigue sun-* ki a idhodh Is o ru e? Y0 MO oF O | plement said all were repulsed. s a’ orllon s i | ¥ s il e et The communique also announced ‘, LANGON; - ag: . 0:--Oktied g ot a six-mile northward thrust on the | | mor and-infanteymen have SEINN: Vistula bridgehead drive which may; » | By WES GALLAGHER clearly held and infiltration, par- | ed through the Germans' second \ be pointed at Warsaw from thel ar or ermany { SURGING up OUTSIDE ST. POTS IN FRANCE, | ticularly at night, was easy. ‘liberators Make Raids on|dctense line at a point 15 miles south, and an advance to within| r | Aug. 8.—(Delayed)—Two heroic GIs ’lh? two doughboys lay quiet until Ibelow Caen, the Berlin radio an- ' 30 miles from the Caechoslovakian| .| | played a major pert in frustrating | he Germans passed them, then fol- | Two Airdromes on [nounced this morning, and then 47 i | i | an attack of four German divisions lowed the column into the woods declared that the American troops 5 en re es o I ! attempting to penetrate the Amer- |and found where they were hiding. Halmahera have broken into Lemans, 110 miles aes foanislines toward the sea at|Tney waited until just before the southwest of Paris and plunged in- . | Avranches break of dawn, then hurried to the | \, B = land. A T e Ty ¥ | B il 4 American lines and reported with GENERAL HEADQUARTERS IN] : ,- (John _ Colburn, Associated { ) The two were on night patrol be- | (=1 Ch T8 T dawn the Ger- | THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug. | The German broadecast asserts [ Press correspondent, has just ;c'eanup campmgn IS mltween Sour de Val and Mortain, fimns found themselves “suddenly 19. — Thirteen parked enemy air- |that battling is heavy as the Am- | returned from 14 months in | south of here. deluged with a barrage of shells and planes were destroyed in a raid on ericans drive into Lemans, the big | Stecknolm, heart of northern Progress_()ver 10,000 | suddeny they aiscovered a whole | pombs. Halmahera Island, stepping stone road and rail junction, - | European trade and intrigue. In | A Silitan of Qermah tankl and ve-| Befcre theiBékmans couldudsinen | ot New: Gulnekilo fib PRl The Berlin radio asserts that the fnll?wing article hc.: gives his | Japanese Are K|"ed hicles around them. their own “surprise” attack, they pines, is the announcement made other American units cut below L imp "‘"Go' tho politieal st~ | ok 7Y The Germans were moving into a | were cut down. | today. Lemans then sought to push east BY YANKS fiamgton. ermasng.) | UNITED STATES PACIFIC|salient of the American lines for a} The names of the two GIs have (H‘“&m:l‘”“ ’:e:"helm:;‘ge;"g:"g‘;z and southeast. | RS - o which onsé acle On North Front & FLEET HEADQUARTERS IN| jump-off in the mmnim, been lost and a hunt is being made | ! By JOHN COLBURN ! ? The lme in the ‘area was not|so they can be named in citations, | Miles west of the foremost Allied | The Berlin broadcast indicated o | Germany will be politically bank- | PEARL HARBOR, Aug. 9— Amerl-}____ & base at Sanspor. [the Nazi garrison in the north of SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF rupt when the Allies have crushed |can forces cleaning up in the Guam ba’v‘be:“;;sed":’;'“ o Mo Gul:f‘:‘flrewn, at port St. Malo, was yleld- THE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY i |campaign have surged mnorth six| R ki hera ing after a four-day siege. FORCES, Aug. 9—Gen. Karl Spang, B o | dromes with 48 tons of bombs and = g, ;agian armor, on' the offensive, Commander of Germany's 266th In- | Practically all democratic forces}and one-half miles up the west| Ialso damaged a 3,000-ton Jap mer- |, oo L q more than 10 fantry Division, has been capatured {in Germany have been liquidated.. tcoast of the island and captured| . . 'l . ] lchantnmn which later ran aground | & o l ; : ] |miles, cracking through the enemy 5 by the American First Army near g Heinrich Himmler has been thor-|the 870-foot mount Santa Rosa,| x erlen(e In l "1 {to keep 1t from sinking. | barriers guardmg the road to Paris. Brest. | g ot {dominating the northwest shore, T OM RO R | The ‘lesaing Canadisn elemanis b Eight German Generals have been | H : of! A th 2go, land then pushed a wedge in the| . killed in France and two olhers,‘ég Before I left Syeflen & month ago;} L, S0, Lyl Nne threater i " " . |speared down the highway from including a Rear Admiral, have and while in London, I asked in-|centet o B eelen . Caen to within five miles of Falaise, been captured since D—Dayy ! | formed people—including some Ger- cut the remaining Jap forces .»n‘ a'pan In arlanas |highway junction, 110 miles due « 3 4 i | mans — what type of government |two. 1] wfst of Paris. (Continued on Page Five) could emerge. | The enemy dead since the in-} iz 10 Miles, 36 Hours “There will be none,” one source | vasion opened is placed at morej | AT AN ADVANCED SEVENTH| Frontline dispatches declare the told me. “Hitler and Himmler have|than 10,000, not counting the mass Sk & G Canadia al t The w ashington | soen to that. That is one of their burials in the cemetery overrun by| AMERIOAN ATR FORGPARS T el ey pondle o | § | strong holds. The people have nothe Yank advance on the west| THE MARIANAS ISLANDS-—(De- Imiled’ 1088, Becirs L4 | one’to turn to.” coast. layed)—Fighting the war on both | 5 ¢ Falaise itself is only 65 miles errY' 0- oun | B There is some speculation zhg: The Yanks on the west coast | sides on the same day, with the “,O,m O taraba . i i | German business interests migl have advanced to Point Ritidian, Jdiis Fo TR & el o | an, apanese assistance in escaping Am- - The Canadians have taken hun- 1 staff to! e § 5 Y By DREW PEARSON | force Hitler and the general {less than half a mile from the tire, {he Hngrd 4 dreds of Ge: surrender once Allied armies reach | 8 an fire, was the hazardous ex s of rmans as prisoners and @wt. Col. .‘:’:m;‘-anhfi:nl\:::)“ active ]Germany < borasre, |north end of the island. plm i]:m (Ioé tlhne Seventh AAF nvld FIBfItee'n THund'red PSI a "‘hes'mnny tanks. . Swedish observers, who know the ‘ clerks of Salpan. - SO iy o e WASHINGTON—This column, it ‘jNazx organization, say such a move | R The three were T/S Albert Par- as arge S I Jou should be noted in advance, is like- {would mot be indicative of any \ sons of Baltimore, T/S Ellis Shel- wes' Germa" Hungary ly to be dull. But if you are in- | change in German sentiment, for no | AR hamer of Grand Junction, Colo, | . terested in keeping your son or | group could be in a position to act TOMORROW EVE ROME, Aug. 9—British and In-| and Opl. Clifford Githam of Gary,| o o0 (700 ma"‘ husband out of another war, (3 S v without the sanction of Himmler ' |dian forces have recaptured blood- | Indiana. . | E ug. 9. — More y ’ should be important. | CAKOLE — Movie Actress |and his Gestapo. . [soaked Monte Crillo and beaten off They were hunting salvage mater- 1500 American planes attacked the| The United States and Great| Carole Landis, a favorite GI pin- Social Democratic and Commun- | The Juneau and Highway units of | e o iointer-attackn of 418 fals near to the island’s highest peak sputtgart area in southwest (M_\ ~ ! up girl, poses beside a decorative ni the Alaska Territorial Guard will 4 : S| when they hailed a soldier to dis- : Britain are just concluding the| 3 | ist forces are trying to organize in 4 | 4 g many and Nazi oil and aircraft first agreement aimed to remove fountain in the film capital.” | 50 LV o e bowerful Catholic | hold their weekly meeting tomortow slopes in furious fighting north and | cover he was a Jap. They fired, ; | lh(‘! dange} of war—an agreement| — | Church has the framework of an night at the Mendenhall Rifle northwest of Arezzo, Allied Head- knocking nim cold. As they sur- facilities in Hungary. Coordinated| ool 1 organization, but these and other|Range. All men are to report I|gua ters said rounded the spot, a Yank patrol, blows were struck in the west and - o e klhhj HIGHWAY pI(TuRES | groups lack the leaders who could coveralls and leggings and be equip- B 5 seeking Japs, mistook the three for south and the Yugoslav rml;,auh Ol Is one of e gxgeh LE 1d. | step forward on behalf of Germany ped with rifles and ammunition| AS 2 lull prevailed on most Of. the snemy and opened fire. As the were also bombed. ec;:no;nic :ut)ectsskm the v:;)(:n‘s wul BE FEA'I’URED at the day of reckoning. lbelts. the Italian front, the communique trio hit the ‘dirt to escape, a Jap An armada of u thousand hc:ny WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Capt. Same!:mp: B ne;s B People here ask: “When will that | m’" Jme big g‘“‘cs‘ held A“"““‘l:e' |described the situation in and mach’:fl( gun unit on another ridge hon.bers and fighters flew through| Thomas Ives, 47, United States Di- mobiles, sends the planes into the‘ AI (HAMBER MEEI day come?” w;ne:‘“::: auuar:-xenuizmth:a;-ams‘"“’“"d Florence as virtually un- 0!’;’;‘2 u‘]rl‘;'- S LIS !clouds three miles thick, attacking rector at Port Cherbourg, has been ¥ air—in fact, spells the difference thtxnin?\;:ecg;‘g:xn;h:lzdth?;:z&l; ‘5:’1: | qualified for “expert markmanship” changed with only patrol actiVity | popoath the enemy covering fire, :’rm: pl);:t:fl::, Stuttgart. They “ew]kllled in action, the Navy disclosed between a nation of strength or a| An interesting group of colored | (GO G eq on Page Twa) | Which Is an accomplishment rarely JIES e D vicinity of the | back to their own ranks. Un %o 500 Portresses and Tib-{ihis afternoud but gave na detslle 7 nation which must bow to the|giqes on the Alaska Highway Proj- fo ol 25 o equaled. It is the ambition of the BTeat art center There &7 [0| erators from Ttaly struck Hungary|as to how the officer met death. whims of others. The present oil| i ¥ i Barohie Juneau Unit to have two or three further reports of Germans shell- v y A o A agreement seeks to settle the hatue\ECL b elohowi. & SIO(K 0“0“"0“5 such teams, and the competition is ing the southern part of the city. (AN lII (o“FIRM targets at Almas, Fuzito, and an onw s 4 submarine veteran, Capt. Ives for oil; eliminate one important | 0f Commerce luncheon tomorrow by opened to all mmebers. Everyone| From the Fifth Army front came refinery on the Danube, 30 miles played a large part in the develop- » cause of war. | Gene Ewen, of the Public Roads| NEw YORK, Aug. 9. — Closing |is requested to be out there Thurs- |the announcement that American AS ASSIN A‘“o" ;west of Budapest, and left in ment of safety devices that have The last war was scarcely over Administration. Ewen has been col- | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine |day evening to battle for a ngonqmmery had engaged Nazi tanks ‘!lameh other targets, the Messer- saved many men on submersibles. when Great Britain began maneu-| lecting pictures for the past WO |gtock today is 6%, American Can|and to furnish competition for those [going in a position southeast of midt assembly planc at Gynr” e T 5. sormer the ofl supplies of | vears and they promise to be both, j 9%, Ansoonds 2%, Beech Aircraft | already on the team. Pisa, but there is no indication GB'I'APO (HIEF and sirdromes ¢ Venches and| FLIGHT TO ANCHORAGE the world, British leaders were|entertaining and informative. Bethlehem Steel 60%, Curtiss-| All shooting at this meeting will | whether the tanks are on the ‘T°k°1 | quite frank about it. | S TR Iwngm 5'4, International Harvester | be on the 300-yard range. |northern or the southern side of gyt ‘ e A flight to Anchorage was made ¢ wThe British position is ,mp,eg_‘ HERE FROM WHITEHORSE |77." Kennecott 31%, North Amer- — e e A LONDON, Aug. 9.—British offic-| HERF FROM SEWARD |today by Woodley Alrways with | e | jcan Aviation 812, New York Central . OREGONIAN HERE ————————— |ials said they have found nothing! = —— Mr. and Mrs. G. Hay, Andrew nable,” said Sir Edward Mackay | | ? Edgar, British petroleum banker. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ramey, of 191, Northern Pacific 15%, United HERE FROM KETCHIKAN ‘Loncrew to confirm the reported! J. B. Heath has arrived hereanker. and M. Lancaster, C. R. 0 | Whitehorse, have arrived here and gtates Steel 58%, Pound $4.04. Andrew Dzyacki, of the American assassination of Gestapo Chief from Seward and is a guest at the|Moody, U. Moody, and James Stew- “All the known oil fields, all the : , 8 i likely or probable ofl fields, out- | are register~d at the Baranof Hotel.| Dow, Jones averages today are as|Can Comvany, has registered at| Mrs. Myrtle Sandstrom has ar- Heinrich Himmler as related by a Gastineau Hotel (art were passengers for Yakutat. P Y 4 |Ramey is with the Standard Oil follows: Industrials, 144.90; rails, (the Baranof Hotel from Portland,'rived here from Ketchikan and is a German Army intelligence omcer1 ———————— |F. M. Tyvall disembarked at Cor- 140.92; guest at the Juneau Hotel, |captured by the Britons in France | BUY WAR BONDS dova, Company. utilities, 24.30, Oregon, (Continued on Page Four)