The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 17, 1944, Page 1

PATTONS ARMY SURGING “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ———— " VOL. XLII, NO. 9732, JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS = | - So. France Invaders Punch ' VETERANS ESTABLISH SPEARHEAD Approximate_ly500 Square | Miles Now Occupied ‘ by Al|jed Forces ROME, Aug. 17.—Allied troops | have punched out a solid front, 50 miles broad and about 30 miles deep, along the coast of southern France, Patch’s Seventh Army Headquarters announces. On the west, the invasion forces drove to within 10 miles of the his- toric fortified naval base at Toulon. On the east, the invasion forces are | within 10 miles of the picturesque | resort at Cannes. The invaders’ spearhead, made by | three veteran American divisions, supported by heavily armored French forces, have seized an area approximately 500 square miles. Cannes Penetrated | The German communique broad- cast from Berlin says the Allies have already penetrated Cannes and en- tered the town after severe fighting and that airborne troops landed | northwest of Cannes. . The German broadcast earlier as- serted the defenders of Cannes were bombarding the resort from nearbv‘ heights but indicated they had little hope of holding the town where | Napoleon landed to begin his 100- | day campaigit Towns Captured ‘The Allied communique lists nine (Continued on Page Two) The Washington Merry - Go-Round Both Germany, Japanfo Be Occupied GEN. EMMONS by Allies,Is IN COMMAND, DeclarationMadeby FDR ALASKA DEPT. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17—Presi- dent Roosevelt has returned to | ‘Washington Trom a 15,000-mile trip | on the Pacific to declare Allied armies will drive in and occupy Germany and Japan even should resistance collapse short of the enemy borders. This is the first definite assertion that Germany and Japan will not be able to use the Allies’ own war goal of unconditional' swrrender to keep our forces out of their home- | lands this time, | President Roosevelt said Germany | will not escape military occupation | that she dodged by the armistice of | the First World War. | Statement at Conference President Roosevelt made the statement at a conference with the | newsmen, returning after a 35-day | absence that took him to Hawaii and Aleutians where his ship skirted | within 900 miles of Japanese terri- | | President appeared in jovial spirits | i his Pacific tour as soon as possible | with military leaders. | Tanned from the sun and air, the | Air Corps Veteran Is An- nounced as Successor fo Gen. Buckner despite five weeks of dismal weather \‘ encountered in the Far North. 1 Roosevelt joked with =newsmen | who accompanied him on most of | from some sources he had read of Delos Carleton Emmons, former the pelitical implications of his|Commander of the Hawaiian De«! journey. |partment and Western No Politics on Trip ‘There are no political things in it, he said, adding those who think they found politics in the trip know more about it then he does. The President’s return to Wash- | ington spurred immediate specula- tion as to the possibility of another meeting soon with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. It has been the custom, since the war began, to meet about once every six months. The last time was ip De- Alaskan Department, it was an- nounced today. An @ir Corps veteran and one of the early advocates of the heavy bomber, General Emmons is no newcomer to Alaska. He served in the Territory for two years prior to the last war as infantry lieu= tenant and also was on hand as an observer in the Aleutians last year at the conclusion of the Aleu- tian campaign. tory. He said he planned to discuss (Continied on Puge Twor “We Wil use every aifsiios Allies Invade Southern France By DREW PEARSON Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active | service with the Army.) WASHINGTON—Tom Dewey isn't | talking about it, but the men closest | to the GOP Presidential nominee | believe he has already squeaked | through the most difficult part of | his campaign in good shape. { With Election Day still 12 weeks|: away, Dewey has revitalized the! party organization, smoothed out/ most of the wrinkles in the GOP, elephant’s hide, laid the groundwork’ for a fireball campaign. Although it isn't generally known, cautious political heads around| Dewey were vigorously opposed to|! the St. Louis GOP Governors’ con- ference. They were afraid too many cooks would spoil the soup; that Dewey might stub his toe; of- fend some of them. | When Dewey said he wanted to meet with the 25 other Republican Governors all at once, some of his brain-trusters threw their hands in the air, begged, pleaded with him not to do so. However, Dewey and sharp - thinking, smooth - operating | Herbert Brownell, his campaign manager, were determined, pointed out that the GOP Governors had to be reached at the start of the campaign if the national organiza- tion was to work efficiently. Most anxious moment came in a St. Louis hotel suite when national photo agencies asked Dewey and Bricker to pose separately with each of the other 24 Governors. It was necessary to line up the other Gov- ernors, have them step into the picture one by one for more than two hours. During this Dewey’s aides almost had fits. The room looked like a barber shop, with Governors of half States lined up cafeteria style, wait- ing their turn. However, Dewey kept his wits about him, took time for light con- versation with each Governor as he sat down, ran through the or- deal in excellent shape. NOTE—Big, bluff Paul Lockwood, Dewey's assistant and political in- timate, who has the manners of a playful teddy bear, the political savvy of Jim Farley and the mem- ory of an elephant, was largely re- sponsible for seeing that Dewey missed np cues, overlooked no one. |4 time, | the 48! heard in the city, the German radio ispecial prayers are being said in i Pronged arrow (A), indicates the coastal area between Marseilles and Nice, in southern France, where dispatches said Alljed troops had swarmed ashore in the new invasion. Blacked-in area indicates Al- Jied-held territory in northern France and Mediterrancan area. (AP ‘Wirephoto) means at our command against the enemy,” the new Commander told a press gathering soon after he assumed command of the Depart- ment on June 21. We have had some contact with the Japanese, DENMARK (¥ | General Emmons declared, in the " : w form of bombs dropped on the| & ) Kuriles, but Japan cannot be de-_*..fi:’“ feated "by bombing alone. “It will do much to soften resistance, how- ever as it ‘has done in all of the other theatres.” | Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1909, |General Emmons was stationed at Tanana from 1912 to 1914 with the 30th Infantry and has traveled |widely in Alaska, by dog team as well as other means. In 1916, he was transferred from the Infantry to the Signal Corps Aviation sec- tion, a forerunner of the present Air Corps. He commanded a flying school during a part of the last war and also served as executive officer of the air division of the Signal Corps | Attaining the rank of Lieut. Col. BERUIN | Yo" GERMANY Cologne .\ {2 Franklurt Karlsruhe (Continued on —— .. REDS SUFFER FIRST SETBACK IN OFFENSIVE CHAOS REIGN IN PARIS AS ARMIESNEAR Capital City Without Food or Transportation- Populace in Prayer LONDON, Aug. 17.—Paris is now | “a front line city.” The thunder of approaching American guns can be said. German reports pictured the | capital city as in chaos, without food, transportation or police. Gendarmes are said to be striking over the appointment of a new high police official. The Transocean News Agency broadcast from Berlin said that “churches are overcrowded and Notre Dame. For the first time intermittent thunder of guns was heard in Paris this afternoon. The whole aspect of the French capital is assuming that of a front line city, and for the first time the German “NO SPECIAL TRAIN” FARCE One boner committed by the (Continued on Page Four) Command appealed to the populace | Kennecott 32%, Nazi Counferatfack af Os- sow Balanced by Other Soviet Suceesses ULLETIN—LONDON, Aug. 17.—Russian troops are tonight within three miles of the East Prussian frontier, attacking on both sides of the town of Vir- bales, a German communique be acute, while the city is reported‘ dependent on community kitchens | for meager meals. The capital is| said to be without gas or coal, and electricity is available only from | 12:30 p. m. to midnight. } STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 17. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is'7, American Can 91%, | Anaconda 26%, Beech Aircraft 10,1 Bethlehem Steel 62%, Curtiss Wright | MOSCOW, Aug. 17.—The Russians 5%, International Harvester 80%,| have been smashed back with hun- North American dreds of field guns at the narrow wedge and driven by Nazi tanks and, infantry from Ossow, seven miles northeast of Warsaw, in the first Soviet setback since the start of the summer offensive. The Red Star | said that the Nazis are again under severe pressure after losing 68 tanks and suffering several thousand cas- | ualties in the two-day counterattack. From the Praga district, just op- posite Warsaw on the Vistula River's east bank, at least one Elite Guard Division is reported to be put out of action. This and other Red Army successes elsewhere balanced the withdrawal from Ossow. Soviet forces, from west of the Vistula and south of Warsaw, smash- ed into the city of Sandominerz, in a battle which extends to the bridge- head and threatens to outflank Warsaw and imperil Nazi defenses in German Silesia. This development was viewed by some Moscow quarters as more sig- Aviation 8%, New York Central 21%, Northern Pacific 16%, United States | Steel 60%, Pound $4.04. | Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 148.46; rails, 41.81; utilities, 24.96. FORECASTER MISSES; REALLY ADMITS IF Mary Ann Beall, new daughter of | the J. M. Bealls of Fritz Cove Road, | was a missed forecast for her father | who is employed at the Weather | Bureau. Forecaster Beall had been telling his friends that their first child would be a boy. When Miss Beall checked in at St. Ann’s last night at 11:20 o'clock she weighted five pounds, four ounces. Mrs. Beall is the well known form- er Fairbanks school teacher, Miss to remain calm.” ’ The food shortage is declared to nificant than the news about giving ground northeast of Warsaw, Edith Ohman, who is being visited | by her sister Ann Ohman of Seattle, HEADQUARTERS, ALASKAN/ the trip and laughted at statements DEPARTMENT, Aug. 17.—Lt. Gen. Defense | |Command, is now Commanding thei | | . | & | TOWARD PARI Out Long Front First Pictures of Southern France Invasion_l fer the Mediterranean shore of France for the opening of a new front extending from Nice to Marseille. More than 800 craft took part in the invasion. (AP Wirephoto via Signal Corps Radio) THIRD ARMY NOW KNIFING UPON SEINE Four Key Cities Are Taken in Advance on French Capital City SWIFT THREAT 10 BOX-IN NAZI UNITS Snare Possi-ble from Inland fo Channel-Canadians Seize Falaise BULLETIN—LONDON, Aug. 17.—American troops are with- in 35 miles of Paris although a German broadcast tonight said First American troops to land in France in the new invasion, the paratroops leave fields inland from the | Meriterranean shore dotted with their collapsing parachutes. This was the first photo to reach the United States showing the new landing. (AP Wirephoto from Signal Corps Radio. BALTICPORTS AND OIL CITY ~ AREBLASTED British and lfalian Base Planes in Big Attack | on Continent | | | LONDON, Aug. 17—American |heavy bombers from Italy attacked |the Rumanian oil center of Ploesti, | ;al’ter nearly 1200 RAF heavies from England plunged 5600 tons of ex- Iplosives, before dawn, on the Ger-| |man. Baltic ports of Stettin and| | Kiel. Weather limited air support on| |the west French Front, although| |bridge busting American Mauraud- | lers and Havoes bombed ten more; |crossings in front of the retreating |Germans. Fighter bombers ranged ! 'over Germany, France and Belgium deep behind the lines, attacking |communications. Berlin was pound- led with two-ton blockbusters last| night. ; British Mosquitoes |based heavies also Yugoslav rhil center miles below Belgrade. The Germans calleds the RAF \blows on Stettin and Kiel “terror |attacks.” They said “major dam- |age was caused” to the center of iStetlm. | .- - HERE | Italian the and attacked of Nis, i ANCHORAGE MEN oo | Allen Bullock and Wayne Niemi! are here from Anchorage and have registered at the Juneau Hotel, NEW LIST IS RELEASED BY " DRAFT BOARD Following is a new list of re- classifications released today by the | lccal Draft Board: | 1-A- gene E. Eakin, Ralph L. Potter, Edward J. Nelson, Dick R. Henry, Mitchell V. Cook,” Arthur J. Thoempson. 1-A (L)—John Gaffney, Raymond | H. Abrahamsen, Earl G. Bland, Joe | A. Brewitt, Robert B. Forrest, John | J. Adams, Marvan A, Chase, Iliodor Merculieff. | 1-C—John M. Tanaka, Jerry W.| Cole, William F. Barnett. | 2-A—Louis A. Delebecque, Car-| son A. Lawrence, Fred W, Kenney.| 2-A. (L)—Elvin A. Vicklund. | 4-A—Douglas J. Oliver, Matt| Minerich, Clifford Swanson, Charles L. Skuse, John A. Wolti, Ernest A. Ehler, Charles Waynor, Gust A.| Gustafson, Walter H. Andre! Winslow 8. Grubb, John F. Mutter, wilfred W. Smith, Frederic 8. Laughlin, Earl H. Young, Reuben | W. Johnson; Henry H. Larser Charles Ashby, Andrew J. Davis, Clifford L. Daigler, George S.| Baroumes. : 2-B—Lawrence B. Carlson, John W. Wagner, Daniel P. Nicodemus, | John H. Williams, Leighton 2-B (F)—Roy E. Clements. 4-F—Tommy V. Greenhow. R IN FROM GUSTAVUS | Mrs. Burton Shultis has come into Juneau from Gustavus and is| registered at the Baranof Hotel. 3 - - I William Kauffman, of Seattle, is in town and +a guest at the Bar-/ anof, i PARTISANS UPRISING | ONJAZIS |One Village, Long Domin- ated by Germans, Rises in Revolt-Drop Guns By THOMAS F. HAWKINS FRENCH - SWISS FRONTIER, Aug. 17. — Frenchmen throughout Huute Savoie, supplied with guns and ammunition dropped by Allied planes during the past week, fought bitterly this Thursday morning in a major revolt against the Nazis they | have learned so well to hate during the four years of occupation which s now drawing to an end. After midnight, big fires could be | seen at Mount Saleve, outside of Geneva. The Germans were smoked out of chool buildings in Ville LaGrande where they held out all day Wednes- day. The region is completely under Partisan control. Before midnight, Allied planes J.! dropped new supplies that fed the | 120;Kern, Richard €. Shaw, Robert N.|pattle, | Mills. 3 It is reported reliably that a series of supply gliders landed after dusk last night. There is no doubt of a general uprising, a real revolt, is in progress in the village which has been lib- erated after fighting between Ger- man soldiers and the Partisans and chaos has spread to the German garrisons. ———————— . BUY WAR BONDS fighting has been reached at Arnoult, only 23 miles from the Paris city limits. 1t is also said the Germans have begun re- treating on a 30-mile front from Falaise north to the channel, have evacnated. Troarn, seven miles due east of Caen, and the escape in Normandy has been closed to four miles. SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF | Third Army knifed down the ap- proaches to Paris, today battling less . than 20 miles from the Seine River after toppling four key cities in the arc and only 40 to 65 miles from the | French capital city. | Major General Patton's advances carried him within 35 miles from the Parls suburb of Versailles. Against weak opposition Patton's Third Army seized Dreux, cathedral- spired Chartres, Chateau Dun and Orleans, in gains 60 to 80 miles east- | ward from Lemans. | At least one column has vaulted the Eure River, barely 20 miles from the Seine River, in a swift threat to box-in the fleeing German Sev- enth Army. | Lightning Thrusts | Patton’s lightning thrusts also carried him hard against the inland flank of the German 15th Army, | holding Pas de Calais on the coast, ' above Normandy. | Front line dispatches said Patton is meeting with only negligible resistance. Dreux is 40 miles due west of (Continued on Page Two) TRUK GIVEN BOMBING BY | UNITED STATES PACIFIC | FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR, Aug. 17.—A 57-ton bomb- ing by the Seventh Army Air Force Liberators on Japan's by-passed naval stronghold at Truk in’ the Carolines is reported in a press re- | lease by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. | The raiders encountered nine in- | terceptors in the strike made last Sunday, shooting down one. Several | Liberators were damaged but all got back to base, Nimitz said. Truk has been under steady neu- | tralization since the first carrier ]strlkes there last February. The naval base is now nearly isolated by conquest of the Marianas more than 600 miles west of it. ——— HAROLD CLARK HERE | Harold Clark visited here for a few hours while waiting for a plane to take him south to Santa Barbara { where Mrs. Thelma Clark's mother, Mrs. Ogden, is gravely ill. Mrs. Og- den recently spent some time here with the Clarks. Harold has beeir with the Morrison-Knudsen Com- pany since leaving Juneau and has been in most parts of Alaska and Vhe Aleutians on construction of radio beam stations and living quarters for the personnel, Yord LIBERATORS