The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 16, 1944, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIL, NO. 9731. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESI)\\ AUGUST 16, 1944 MhMBlR ASSOCIATED PRESS ———————————————aa’ PRICE TEN CENTS - = - SOUTH FRANCE INVADERS MAKE GAIN -Russians Starting All-Out Against Warsaw RED ARMY IN DRIVE ON RIVER Struggle on East Side of| Vistula Reported in Final Stage | | MOSCOW, Aug. 16. — The Red Army appeared to be making its real allout bid“for Warsaw against bitter resistance }n the Praga dis- trict, just across the broad swm‘ Vistula from the Capitol. Another menace to the German defense system increased below East Prussia where Soviet troops are driving through the 15 mile defense belt toward the German rail center of Lyck in the East Prussian-Masurian Lake region. Marshal Rokossovsky's army group has been within gunshot of Warsaw since late July. For the| first time in many days, the Soviet communique mentioned the Warsaw | battle, disclosing the destruction of 32 Nazi tanks and 800 troops in (Continued on Page Six) oAl Vatican Newspaper Says Allies fo Win VATICAN CITY, Aug. 16. — The newspaper Losxervatore Romano to- | day expressed belief of an Allied victory in World War II in an article on the Atlantic Charter. HEDG ROW HEADACHES MUST KNOCK OUT AS WE PUSH THE GERMANS BACK IN THE BATTLE OF THE HEDGE| IN TREE UNTIL THINGS GET T00 HOT, THEN CLIMBS DOWN, HIDES IN HOLE, TAKING LADDER: WITH HiM oo SOME HAVE BEEN FOUND WEARING .S, HELMETS AND ) NERVE WEAPON REpoRTED USED Y Coaans FIELD JACKETS | THESE HAVE SLOW FUSES, 2. WELL POP AT NIGHT, SOUND LIKE o CRACK OF smrsa& GUN W US. Fowss in Frauce - 47 Festures Here’s a closeup of Nazi defensive tricks in Normandy as sketched by Howell Dodd, AP Features artist. NORTH INDIA |SALMONRUN VON KLUGE ESCAPING | FROM TRAP German Marshal s Under Gauntlet Fire-Yanks * Closer to Paris WITH THE FIRST UNITED STATES ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 16.—Eleven German Di- | visions have been caught inj Bradley's Normandy pocket. ' = This was disclosed tonight n‘i‘ few hours after American: tanks, in a sharp thrust, cap-» tured Putanges and narrowed the escape corridor. BULLETIN — SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, Aug. 16—Allied planes today showered down two million “safe conduct-surrender” leaf-, lets on the Germans in the es- cape gap at Falaise, headquar- ters announces. from U. 8. Marine (orps) SPEEDS UNDER FIRE SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY |FORCES, Aug. 16. — Marshal von Kluge has pulled most of his ar- mor from the dwindling Normandy \front, field dispatches declared this morning and stepped up the w:fi Iof his rush under the gauntlét ‘* |through his Falaise escape gap | YANK plANES v.hxch has narrowed to eight miles. A German - commmane. dcciares| Liberators Make First, At- As Marines Get Sef fo Move Inland on Guam While a field dressing station (center, foreground) treats wounded, other U, §, Marines grab a hasty smoke before moving inland on Guam just an hour and a half after the first wave hit the beach of the Marianas Island. Fighting equipment clutters up the beach in preparation for the advance. (Associated Press photo MAKO GIVEN ol Vole May Delay | PoII Count 2 Weeks After Nov. Eledion By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE (During Jack Stinnett's vacation, ALLIES IN 600D SWEEP FROM (OASI ‘Advance Inland Eight Miles from Where ” Landed on Beaches FIVE TOWNS ARE REPORTED TAKEN Resistance Reported Light —Great Trains of Glid- ers Seen in Air ROME, Aug. 16.—Allied invasion troops struck eight miles inland at some points in southern France | after taking all initial objectives | and establishing themselves firmly, Headquarters said tonight. British and American airborne troops, vaulting behind the lines, are credited officially with blocking en- | emy reinforcements. | Great fleets of American troop carriers winged supplies and rein- forcements by gliders onto the air- | borne bridgehead. | German resistance continues rela- | tively weak. One Setback The assault forces fought on | through the night after- over-run- - | ning the first beach obstacles. The wlnndmgs were generally lightly op- | posed but heavy German fire block- | ed off sea landing craft at one point, it was learned. This sethack is re- RESISTANCE |the Americans have struck east- ng written b, al Sergeant Rich- A this column is being Y| ported by Technic: gean! The article said the entire world | is now “dominated by Allied ar- | mored forces” and said it hoped the I principles of the charter will be translated to reality of international life. The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col. Robert 8. Allen now on active service with the Army.) WASHINGTON—Now that Presi- dent Roosevelt has stepped up the pace of the drives against Japan, more attention is being given to the part which Chinese troops can | play in the war. In this connec- tion, one of the most important unwritten chapters of the war now can be revealed—the part which Chinese troops and the U. S. Air Transport Command played in blocking the invasion of India. At the time the Japs were driv- ing into northern India last spring several thousand Chinese troops were flown into India and succeeded in stopping the onrushing Japs. Day after day the British army had been pushed back, until the Japs menaced the Imphal rail ‘line and seemed on the verge of spread- ing out into northern India. Brit- ish-Indian troops had been power- less to stop the Jap advance. One year before, at Quebec, the ad-| vance through Burma had been an- nounced and Lord Louis Mount- batten had been placed in charge. Instead of an advance through Burma, however, the Japs reversed the process. In this emergency, the U. 8. Air Transport Command loaded several JAP FORCES ' 20 PERCENT WITHDRAWN ~BELOW 1943 Tokyo NowIdrlrnits Retire- ment of Frontier Troops to Burma Fight Zone LONDON, Aug. 16. — The Tokyo radio has acknowledged that Jap forces have retired from northeast- ern India into Burma. “Japanese forces engaged in the India-Burma frontier region have | eries reported. been transferred into Burmese ter-| The severe 1942-43 winter in ritory where they are prepared for | Southeast Alaska spawning grounds | further battles,” said the broadcast | killed a large number of pinks which recorded by the Associated Press. would have returned mature this ——.—-—— year. Afl. MA(HINISTS \ Ll ol ‘:)inlr;m;{:a 208 s:'.:t::::; ARE CUT OFF BY ADMIRALBOWEN SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16—Rear Admiral Bowen, acting under Presi- dential authority, ordered the Di- rector of Selective Service, OPA, and War Manpower Commission {3 take immediate steps against the AFL machinists who are not com- plying with the Navy and National War Labor Board orders regarding overtime in five San Francisco| WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. — The shops, and who are out on a strike. Senate, voting that American troops Bowen, backed by an executive|be allowed full access to all po- order signed by the President, m.‘mical news, speedily passed amend- rected Major General Hershey m‘mems modifying the anti-propa- cancel all occupational deferments|8anda provisions in the soldier vot- and to order the immediate induc-|ing law under which the Army and Severe Winfer in Spawn-| ing Grounds Blamed for | Decrease in Pack WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—Can- ning salmon in Alaska is running 20 | | | | | | | chiefly because of smaller runs, the 345,414 on Auguts 7, 1943, the Fish- eries Office said. The Alaska pack of all species of salmon had reached 3,120,000 cases by August 5, compared with 3,791,000 by August 7, 1843. SENATE AMENDS PROVISIONS IN percent below that of last year cases by August 5, compared with' |ward and are now within 40 miles | of Paris, and Yankee forces have also advanced 60 miles from the Alencon area to the Charters and |Dreux sector. |is bitter fighting along the 20 mile |stretch between the two cities. | There is no Allied news of such |an eastward drive by Major Pat- iton’s Third Army which seized ‘Alencon in its advance up from |Lemans into Argentan, forming a |lower jaw of pincers closing on |Falaise. Charters and Dreux are 40 and 43 miles from Paris. Make Suicide Stands A British Staff Officer in the office of the Coordinator of P‘ish-’fleld acknowledged von Kluge has| southwest of Tokyo and is 400 miles | SERVICEMEN FROM | ALASKA REQUESTING (Continued on Page Two) | The office of the Secretary of | |Alaska is being deluged - with re-| ‘ques'.s from Alaska servicemen for isoldier ballots in anticipation of Kvoung in the general elections Sep- tember 12. that the requests are coming from |every part of the country and he- cause there is no soldier ballot in the Territory he is turning names over to the U. S. Commis- lsioners in each division, who will ln turn mail the men an absentec| 1ballot in lieu of the regular solcier | ballot. MISSING OWNER It is reported there | SOLDIER BALLOTS Secretary Lew M. Williams ays| the | fack on Island-Other Assaults Reported CHUNGKING, Aug. 16.—Amer-| |ican Liberators have bombed the Japanese naval base at Mako, Pes- cadores Islands, the first blow on | those enemy islands between For- | | mosa and China. | Formosa harbor and Takao in the | iaouthwcst portion of the big Japa-, Eigh'h Al'my C|ean5 Ger' | e wee bnbed 10 it ok gt of Ifali City-Areas Quiet All attack planes were from Chen» ROME, Aug. 16. — The Eighth, | pault’s 14th Air Force. No details are given on the Mako attack. Mako lies about 1,700 ml]es' I north of the: Philippines. | Army has mopped up German re. | A1 ‘sistance in Empoli on the south | | bank of the Arno River, 25 airline HII[ER'S DEFEAT \ miles west of Florence, headquarters hfls announced. wlll BOOSI All The Italian front has, however, LS. PRODUCTION | | remained generally unchanged. | Y | | | I | | | MOPPED UP ~ IN EMPOLI range guns has tapered orf | WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. — Pro- SENAIE HEARS |duction Chief Nelson predicts Lhe fall of Germany will permit a DEMA“DS FOR boost of production in the Uni‘ed States to the 1939 level and ctilll |maintain. the munitions output; pEA(E TREAIY needed to conquer Japan. | ‘This was the statement made by 4 ithe WPB chairman replying to_a| Postwar Security Plan Out- |question at a conference with the! ,, o, lined by Senators McKel- Nelson said he estimated about 40 percent of the present voume| |ar, Chandler, Reynolds of munitions production will be ter- e U minated after “X-Day” the un-| wWASHINGTON, Aug. 16. known date of Hitler's collapse, KH’(HM ’[l‘F'E K“reahsuc" peace treaty under which D | | permanent possession of “every | Shelling of Florence by German long ' — The| Senate today heagd demands for al the United States should insist for| members of the Washington staff, of The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 16— | Whether Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. |Dewey wins the presidential race ’may not be definitely decided until >twu weeks or more after Election| Day, Nov. 7. That can happen, if the elec: the ballots of service men women have until late November or early December to arrive in order to be eligible for counting. The seven states, Pennsylvania, | California, Washington, Colorado, North Dakota, Nebraska and Rhode !Island, ,votes—about one-sixth of the grand {total of 531 for all states. (large blocs of electoral votes, so the soldier and sailor vote in either | of those states could easily deter- |mine the outcome of a neck-and-| i“m"k race. Pennsylvania, with 35 |electoral votes, requires that ser- |vice ballots be received in the state |by Nov. 22. California, with 25, |has a ballot return deadline of |Nov. 23. 4 Suppose the outcome in all states |stood 265 for Mr. Roosevelt and !241 for Mr. Dewey. The President |would be within a single electoral vote of winning a fourth term. |But if California’s completed soldier |vote finally showed Dewey ahead in that state, the New York gov- ernor would capture the presidency by a margin of one electoral vote. Filled-in service ballot must be |received in Colorado and North !tion is close, because in seven states and | have a' total of 88 electoral| Pennsylvania and California hnve‘ |except California were known be—’ fore Nov. 23, and the electoral count | ard Wright, of Arlington, Virginia, Marine Combat Correspondent. He | said the German fire at this point | has not been identified but it pre- | vented troops from disembarking. Two Cities Captured Allied Headquarters said opera- tions are proceeding “according to | plan.” Both Nice and Cannes, major sea- de cities in the foothills of the Maritime Alps, are declared in | frontier reports to the Lesuisse of Geneva, to have been captured. An Allied dispatch says Marseille | is imminently endangered by a force | of Prench Partisans and thousands of Allied parachute troops. It is known the Allies landed at Cape Negre and the area of Freju, | 35 miles apart on the coast, between | Toulon and Nice. The Germans said other attacks were made at St. Ropez in the gulf | region between Cape Negre and Frejus. Fortresses in Action The Allled Air Force has sent Fortresses against vital rail bridges in southern France tossupport the attacks. The bombers were unes- ‘coned and encountered no enemy i planes. Two-Way Traffic A heavy two-way traffic filled the (Continued on Plze Threer PATCH HEADS TTH ARMY IN SOUTH FRANCE | island necessary for its poalwarxmmm by Nov. 22, in Washington AGENT ARRIVES HERE| thousand Chinese soldiers into|tion of those, certified by Bowen, iNflVY banned numerous hooks,| transport planes, flew them over “The Hump” (the Himalayas, high- est mountain range in the world), and dumped them down in northern India. . PACKING ’EM IN The Chinese were packed into the planes in such numbers that they practically lay on top of each other. They were Iliterally like sardines. Flying over 20,000 feet over ‘the Himalayas they were with- | out oxygen tanks, and numbers of them passed out. Unloaded in In- dia, many were dragged from the plane unconscious, laid out on the ground and had to be revived. However, given food and a week's rest, they bucked up and made ad- (Continued on Page Four) as refusing compliance with the| order. McNutt was directed to take ac- tion in denying further employment to the men and OPA chief Bowles| was instructed to withdraw all sup- plemental gdsoline privileges. KETCHIKAN BOND BILL INTRODUCED WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—Ketchi- | kan will be authorized to issue $150,- 000 worth of bonds to extend and improve the light and power system | under a bill introduced in the Senate by Senator Tydings. ——.——— BUY WAR BONDS istock today is 7%, American Can | Harvester | magazines and some papers. Senate approval came after the amendments were recom- mended unanimously by the elec- tions committee. e e STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 16. — Closing| quotation of Alaska Juneau mine| shortly | 907%, Anaconda 26%, Beech Air- craft 9%, Bethlehem Steel 62%, Curtiss Wright 5!, International 79%, Kennecott 32%, North American Aviation 8%, New York Central 19%, Northern Pa- cific 16'%, United States Steel 59. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 14730, rails i 41.45, utilities 24.96. OF BOLIVIAN TIN | MI"E BA(K HOMEF Dan Rafston, Wildiife Agent at LAPAZ, Bollvm, Aug. 16.—Maur- Ketchian, flew to Juneau yesterday | iclo Hochschild, missing Bolivian (2 the Fish and Wildlife Fairchiid, tin mine owner and Adolfo Blum, Piloted by Del Freimeth, for fish- his Lapaz manager, who dmppeflmd eries patrol purposes in this district. July 30, drove up to the Hoch-| Feimeth replaces pilot Ray Ren- schild residence last night in a taxi.(Sh8w, who resigned to join the The mystery of their disappearance Ellis Airlines in the first city. was not cleared up, however. ! A R e s AT They dined last night at the Chil- | BETTY NORDLING TO ean Embassy and Ambassador MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOL Cohen declined to discuss the mat- ter beyond stating that Hoc’ (hlld‘ Miss Betty Nordling, daughter of | and Blum did not take refuge at the | Mr. and Mrs. Homer Nordling, is embassy. MRS. COUNCIL RETURNS |enroute to Minneapolis to attend |ing of kindergarten teachers. Miss Mrs. Elaine Councit has returned {Nordling, a graduate of the Juneau after a visit with her parents in the 'High Sthool, has been employed in State of Washington for several the office of the Fish and Wildlife | weeks, Service during the past few months, | seeurity.” by i y Nov. 25, in Nebraska by Nov. The n:e:fll‘;ds Were voiced by Sei” 130 and in Rhode Island by Dec. 4 { ators McKellar, Chandler and Rey- | yinuany all of the states require | nolds after McKellar offered a reso- . ‘lutlon $. it the ‘Senate on Mesord that the absentee ballots be marked g (and mailed by Nov. 7 or sooner. lowing : #5 Lavoring shs followigk |The federal law requires that the 1. United States possession of all | | islands north of the equator to the AYMmY, Navy and Merchant Marine vthlrteenth paralled in posession of facilitate the return of state ab-| | or mandated to Japan before De-| sentee and federal ballots to the cember 5, 1941, including Formosa States. However, war operations, and Ryukyus. ‘weazher conditions and other con- 2. Acquisition of Burmuda and, |tingencies . may delay the trans- | all the West Indian Islands now in mission of thousands of ballots from possession of the European nations. overseas. 3. Negotaitions with the Presldntl of Ecuador to obtain the Gala-| | Such delays, coinciding with a the qualifications of that blflleh‘ presidential electors, might postpone ’ Louis DeFlerin is here from Taku getermifation of the presldeuunl‘ Lodge and has registered at the —— - t(msune.m Hotel. i (Continued on Page Two) States pcssessiox\s ‘ | B ROME, Aug 16.—The Allied force ‘| attacking southern France is the " | Seventh Army, commanded by Major | General Alexander Patch of Guad- alcanal fame, Allied Headquarters said today. | Patch, 54-year-old veteran with 30 years Army service, replaced Major General Patton as Command- er of the U. S. Seventh Army, last spring. Major General De Lattre De Tas- signy is commanding the French forces in southern France. The initial assault was executed mainly by the United States Sixth Corps, famous for its work on the Miss Woods School for fhe train- | Pagos Islands as permanent United | pomble legal battle in Texas over| Anzio beachhead. U. 8. Vice Admiral Hewitt is Com- ander of the Naval Operations, and Brig. Gen. Gordon Saville, Com- mander of the 12th Tactical Air Command, heads the air units.