The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 18, 1944, Page 1

b VOL. XLIL, NO. 9733. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY AUGUST 18, 1944 HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE — ] ME.MB[-R ASSOCIATED PRESS PRlCE TEN CENTS AMERICANS MOVING RAPIDLY ON PARIS German Resistance Crumbles In So. France (anadian Troops Advance Toward Falaise TH ARMY LINES UP ON FRONT Gen. Patch’s Forces Strike Inland - Invasion Cas- ua"ies I‘ess ihan 300 .|Islands is the outlook for Japan jand it is to be a nonstop affair, ROME, Aug. 18. — Enemy resist-|says Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. ance in southern France is offic-) Thrusts in various directions will ially reported to be crumbling be- be impelled by “powerhouse tac- fore the United States Seventh| |tics.” The powerful Fifth Fleet Army ' which is now consolidated under Admiral Raymond Spruance on the Riviera. With known assault casualties William Halsey, are ready, Nimitz less than 300, General Patch’s said, to wage the kind of war that forces struck inland through the they have in mind. While one Maritime Alps and valleys and strikes the other will plan new spread out 50 airline miles along, operations. UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL | HARBOR, Aug. 18. — Triphammer blows from mighty American forces based on Triphammer Blows Also Powerhouse Tadics fo Be Campaign on Japan | can the strategic Marianas | Nimitz. |hema, said Nimitz, who announced | |and the Third Fleet under Admiral, Tuesday and the Eleventh Army CENTRAL ROOMS GUTTED BY FIRE THIS AFTERNOON A fire of undetermined origin thl!] afternoon Central Rooms in South Pranklin Street, adjoining the Alaskan Hotel, | and at press time, while under con- | trol, water was still being poured on the roof of the building and the sides, smothering any blaze. The alarm, turned in at 2 o'clock | this afternoon, two trucks from the Juneau Volun- teer Fire Department and flremen “We believe in powerhouse mc.l tics and we want what we’under-| take to go through. We have not yet reached the stage where we hold anything back,” said As if to 'illustrate these words, Allied warplanes are keeping on the Japs’ “tail” throughout the vast Pacific theatre, including Halma-|A™™Y: !by W. D. Gross, was just recently remodeled, and while the rooms up- stairs were unoccupied, the downs | stairs was occupied by the newly Liberators predawn attack, Sunday,! opened Corbett’s Cocktail Bar, Joe on Paramushiro in the Kuriles, ex-| Kelly’s Men's Stqre and the Robert tending the raids to those north- prjight Barber Shop. ern Jap islands for the fourth con- raids Chichi from a seaplane base on Island in the Bonins on secutive day. ened the Alaskan Hotel and the | the coast east and west, within ten| it miles of Toulon and six miles of| Cannes. | The Germans reported fresh Al-| lied landings on both sides of Toulon today and attacks on thc base have begun. The southern France situation 1s; going so well that headquarters is able to divert heavy bombers to Balkan targets. The Nazi Command had entrust| ed defense in the invasion area m{ two divisions. Headquarters identified our in-! vasion infantry divisions as the Third, Thirty-sixth and Forty-fifth, all Mediterranean theatre veterans.! Warships which bombarded the | shore fired nearly 16,000 shells of | J Key Nip Airfields on ltons of bombs Wednesday on the {Jap airfields on Halmahera, south-| jern guardian of the Philippines. | old Senate Building, which is now being remodeled, nes on . that both structures only suffered | smoke and water damage, which | | was, however, considerable. { The Central Rooms is one of the | old buildings of Juneau and years ago was cnlled the Forrest Building. | completely gutted ' the | was answered by | |% were aided by the Coast Guard and || The three-story building, owned || Although flames for a time threat- |z ! it was thou(ht; Lo it | 5 hera Destroyed GENERAL HEADQUARTERS IN | THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIG, Aug. (OMEBA(K 18.—A sizeable force of Allied heavy | and medium bombers smashed 87 SMASH E D | Miti airdrome on northern Halma-| hera Island, the most concentrntcd assault yet delivered at any single point in this area. In the raid 23 parked planes were destroyed or damaged as the Al- lied planes continued the attack |which the communique said is rapidly reducing the enemy's po- tential aerial strength. Germans Now Atiemptmgr Another Dunkerque | on Seine River LONDON, Aug. 18.—Allied war- RIVIERA TOWNS BACKTO RORMAL AFTER INVASION Fires were started in the Miti airdrome, both personnel and sup-\ ply areas. Miti is one of the key‘ planes scourged the Germans' east| and west Seine escape route in ‘H barrage which smashed the German | Air Force comeback attempt by‘ shooting down 23 planes. i Liberators bashed Roye Field, 75] miles north of Paris while several! hundred others, plus Fortresses,| bombarded bases at Metz; Nancy,| Essy, St. Dizier and Romilly-sur- Seine. The Germans are concentrating| hundreds of barges on the Seine,| attempting another “Dunguerque.” Liberators and Mitchells roared over Halmahera at midmorning to- day but no Japanese planes arose and there was no antiaircraft fire. Today’s raid was the fourteenth on! the island. i The communique says it is “ap-| parent the enemy can no longer risk heavy shipping in this area from outlying garrisons and must depend for their supply on small ships, sailing vessels and luggers. |Local craft of the small size ca- |pacity is not sufficient for essen- tial items such as munitions and| {aviation gasoline.” PIONEERS SELL WARBONDSON DISCOVERY DAY, |IN THE RIVIERA, Aug. |units participating assault on the French Riviera have joined forming a solid beachhead | and the last resistance was wiped out Wednes- | day night. ' Doughboys Eni joy Swim in Birthday Suits on De- serfed Spofs By REYNOLDS PACKARD Representing the Combined American Press WITH THE SEVENTH ARMY 18.—All the D-Day in remaining wedge cf Traveling from one flank to an- other I was impressed how com- paratively little damage had been Smoke rises frnm (ircs ca.uscd by h»mhmg as Canu\dlan wldl&s take cover in the advsnce down the Caen- Falaise road in France. (AP erephnwr | ways, | ployees with more than a working | Hush-Hush Agency in ‘Warfime Engages Japs In Confidential Work By TOM REEDY (During Jack Stinnett’s vaca- tion, this column is being writ- ten by members of the Wash- ington staff of The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. i8. — The most hush-hush agency in wartime government is the Office of Stra- tegic Services, organized by Col. | “wild Bill” Donovan of World War I fame. Here's a little incident to show how far OSS goes to keep up ' | its reputation: Some time ago this agency, which fights psychological war in divers found a need for some em- | knowledge of the Japanese. So they | hired a dozen or so from the relo- cation centers after first conducting the most rigid investigation of their loyalty. Several are Japanese nationals who have lived in the United States all their adult lives and pledge com- plete fealty to this country. The others are Japanese-Americans—the “Nisei” who hold American citizen- ship by birth. MILITARY IS URGED President Says Camp Facil- ities in Alaska Can Be I Used by Youths | WASHINGTON, Aug. 18—Presi- ident Roosevelt has urged Ameri- cans gradually to form an opinion ! on the need for a one year post- {war combined civilian and military training for all youth between the| ages of 17 and 23, using extensive, training camp facilities including those in Alaska and the Aleutians. He said that such structures are| much stronger than those built in| the last war and will probably last 25 years and will accommodate 5,000,000 men, although it is esti- mated that only about a fifth of !that number will be needed for training. — ‘Germany fo PARISIAN ENVIRONS ATTACKED {Patton’s Armor Crushing Onward Apparently Not Counter - atfacked BRITISH, CANADIANS ~ SEALING NAZ! TRAP Hitler BeirfiM Advised to Pull Our German Forces from Normandy Area BULLETIN — LONDON, Aug. 18. — Edward Bell, Associated Press correspondent, radioed this afternoon that Eiffel Tower in Paris is already in view of the most advanced patrols. BULLETIN — LONDON, Aug. 18. — A dispatch received here from a Swiss newspaper says 30,000 German soldiers are for- . tifying Paris for a pitched battle. Other reports said the Germans are evu:uung Paris. e BULLE‘HN - LONDON. Aug. 18.—The Paris radio went silent today and monitors during the past 24 hours have heard only a voice shouting in German: “They are coming, the Yanks of course.” The Vichy radio has not been heard for several periods and once dance music was broadcast instead of the scheduled news. PARIS ENVIRONS STABBED LONDON, Aug. 18. — American |tanks are cruising apparently at {will as Lt. General Patton’s forces stabbed into Parisian environs beyond Chartres while the German radio reported the Americans are less than 20 miles away “waging a war of movement.” z Meanwhile , Gen. Montgomery's British and Canadian forces are {rapidly sealing a new trap on the remnants of the German Seventh . Army which is reported reduced to 40,000 from 100,000. Normandy Battle Lost London newspapers here piinted German frontier reports saying that Hitler’s highest advisers urged him to withdraw troops from all France in the next four weeks or risk de- struction of most of his forces. The Domei news broadcast from Tokyo acknowledged that Germany has lost the battle of Normandy. five inch or larger. | Dow" (lTIES . Earth Policy as Rus- ! ‘radio said today that retreating/ U. S. for Airports | der to prevent their being used by | great prospects for postwar North Red Army has crossed into Ger- the Great Circle Route. the Russians are mopping up an any difficulty in settling with Can-|on the west shore of Peipul Lake | on airports in Canada. { infantry divisions, séveral tank bri- been flown over the general route ‘ i posrwarmeape INRED PATH WITH SBERATO | — : ; sian Advance President Also Believes . | Germans are burning their own WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. — The | advancing Russians. American commerce Wwith Siberia many, ‘ He told also the news conference | estimated 20,000 trapped. in the ada the question :of rexmbursing‘ln Estonia. It said the main Rm;-1 Of the Great Circle Route he‘grades and numerous aerial forma- of the Alaska Highway and he BE BlG SAYS FOR ‘Germans Apply Scorched! Canada fo Reimburse |,5oN20N v, 12 e aoscow | towns along the East Prussian bor- President expresses belief there are| The NBC broadcast said that the and North China, by controlling| The German commnique said that | that he has no reason to expect|Baltic States and were established | the United States for money spent sian attack was made” by fourteen | said many planes for Russia have looks for peacetime traffic to in- crease because we were hardly on; speaking terms with Siberia before the war. | tions, totalling 225,000 or more men. | Fresh fighting is reported on the long dormant Rumanian sector on the lower Dniester River, and a terrific tank battle continued east of Warsaw. HULL REPLIES, GOV. DEWEY'S 'BIG 4 WORRY Seaitle Soflrd_oughs Take Charge of Program, Beat Their Quofa done to the towns themselves from |the preliminary navy rocket broad- Isides and how inadequate the Ger- man defenses. Ste. Maxime was still a gay and colorful resort. "French women and girls were OSS didn’t want anyone to know they had Japanese of any kind handling confidenial work, so these rules were imposed: ! 1—None of them may tell anyone :else for whom they work or what | they are doing. 2—No two Japanese 'may leave “German forces are retreating from |swift Allled troops who are trying |to gain new positions to outflank or even encircle them.” | WASHINGTON, Aug. 18—Presi-| Meanwhile, secrecy again shroud- dent Roosevelt told the newsmen ed Lt. General Patton’s latest |today there was an understanding maneuvers, but there are indica- |with Britain and Russia that Ger-|tions that in a new feint toward BeOccupied istill cheering and smiling at the Americans although they had two days of pent up enthusiasm. N 088 headquarters together. They | must depart one at a time so as to |avoid attention. SEATTLE, Aug. 18.—Commemor- ating the discovery of gold in the COMMITTEE ON {many would be occupied regardless Pflrl.s he is again cutting behind WAsmNGmN Aug. 18. — Pro- how and when the Nazis gave up.|the Germans in conjunction with jecting full dress at the United The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON @t. Col. Robert 8. Allen now on active | service with the Army.) WASHINGTON — Hard-working | WPB boss Donald Nelson has given some straight - from - the - shoulder | yinkle, North Carolina Democrat,| i advice to William Batt, president| |in reply to Dewey's which assert-| of the SKF ball-bearing company, advising him to resign from the War Production Board or else re- sign from SKF. Some time ago, before the use of Swedish SKF. ball-bearings by Germany became a hot internation- al issue, Batt had a frank talk with Nelson, admitting that his connec- tion with the Swedish ball-bearing firm might prove embarrassing. He explained, however, that while he was head of the Philadelphia SKF plant, he had no active con- nection with the Swedish parent company. “I can understand the situation perfectly,” Nelson replied, “but the p i RSl Ay R (Continued on Page Four) AVIATION NOW IS IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, Aug. 18.—The Con- gressional Aviation Committee has returned from an aerial Alaska (tour. Chairman Alfred L. Bul- Itold interviewers that a tremendous commercial aviation expansion is certain to follow the war, but® “we must keep our feet on the ground” to avoid mushrooming. He assert- ed Alaska is certain to play an im- portant role. Patch Nominated For Higher Rank WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—Presi- dent Roosevelt today nominated : Major General Alexander Patch, commanding the southern France invasion forces, to be a Lieutenant |ment, or so far as we know, Yukon on August 17, 1896, mem- bers of the Alaska Yukon pion- eers took over the war bond selling program at Seattle’s Victory Square yesterday and told the throng the gold rush was started after the steamer Portland brought the first ton of Yukon gold here in 1897. The pioneers aimed at selling war bonds and stamps aggregation $960,- 000, the value of two tons of gold. |When the program was over, they had sold $1,975,000 worth in bonds and stamps. e, - STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 18. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7, American Can 93, Anaconda 27%, Beech Aircraft 10%, Bethlehem Steel 63%, Curtiss Wright 5%, International Harves- ter. 81%, Kennecott 33, North Am- erican Avjation 8%, New York Cen- tral 20%, Northern Pacific 16%, United States Steel 60%. Pound Nations conferencé on world secur- ity as a possibility this fall, Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull termed it as “utterly and completely un- founded,” the concern expressed by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, lest the Big Four powers should “dominate the earth by force.” Hull met reporters informally and shortly after, issuing the statement ed that the equality rights of the small nations must not be sacri- ficed. In reply, Hull said, “no arrange- ment such as described by him which would involve a military al- liance by the four nations to per- manently coerce the rest of the world is contemplated or ever has been contemplated by this govern- by an other of the governments.” In Albany, Dewey expressed “earnest hope that Hull's asser- tion that the Big Four of United Nations don't contemplate post war coercion for the rest of the world|$4.04. that they would prove sufficient| Dow, Jones averages today are assurance that the rights of the as follows: industrials 148.96, rails General. small countries will be protected.”’41.93, utilities 24.99. {1 I found hundreds of duughboys enjoying their first Riviera swim | along the deserted beaches, bathing | in their underclothes when near a town and just in their birthday suits along the deserted beaches, ‘The French people also started den to go near the beaches since the Americans landed at Salerno, Ttaly. I found supplies and reinforce- ments flowing to the beachhead even with greater speed than has been achieved at any other Medit- erranean area. — e —— CALIFORNIAN ARRIVES T. J. Kempvanee has registered at the Gastineau Hotel from Au- burn, California. H ——— GODFREY IN TOWN John Godfrey, of Salisbury, Mary- land, is in town and registered at the Juneau Hotel. - et HERE FROM FAIRBANKS Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Brewis are here from Fairbainks and have reg- istered at the Baranof Hotel. swimming. They had been forbid- | : of wacky Washington, where a street 3—They must insofar as possible {eat in a different restaurant daily. That is so their persistent presence in one place does not excite undue | interest leading to conversation and perhaps unpleasantness. Remember those periodic stories car motorman or bus driver got tired of it all, stopped his vehicle and walked away in some kind of dis- gust? Well, the capital’s street car com- pany has developed a new device to meet the problem, partly. It is a recorder which shows on a machine in the central operating headquart- ers when a car passes a given point. If a trolley isn’t recorded at a point Iwhen it should be, an inspector dashes out and catches . . . of all things . . . a street car to find out if the guy quit again, or what. Win-the-war note: The staff in the Bureau of Internal Revenue has formed a “gallon club.” Twenty- four members have contributed that much to the Red Cross Army and Navy blood bank. That means cight | visits apiece, a pint per donation. reach an understanding with China | regarding occupation of Japan. Roosevelt also said certainly he| is going to confer again but declined “when. ] —— e, —— 'ST.MALO CITADEL IS SURRENDERED with Churchill | to indicate | LONDON, Aug. 18—Mad Colone! Andreas von {dered St. Malo Citadel after hold- fire, Allied Headquarters an- nounces. The statement did if he was captured. The German High Command |messaged the fortress fell because jof lack of food and the fortifica- not indicate BY MAD GERMAN Aulock has surren- ! ing out 11 days under American! e “fighting the Japs and the Ger- |mans.” The President also expressed the the pincers movement of the Brit- belief it will be just as easy to| lish ‘and Canadian drives. Philadelphia Car System Turned Back To Owners by Army PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 18— Maj. Gen. Philip Hayes has return- ed control of the Philadelphia ‘Transportation Company to the owners, stating the Army’s mission has been accomplished, the restora- tion of the city's transit facilities. Hayes said the troops who seized the strike-bound system on August 3 will return now to the main job — e — UTAH MAN HERE Reed Barber, of Utah, arrived here today from Fairbanks and is a guest at the Juneau Hotel while awaiting transportation to his home tions had been reduced to rubble. in the States.