The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 21, 1944, Page 1

’a THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIL, NO. 9735, JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS U.S. ARMOR SPEARS PARIS ON BOTH SIDE . French Naval Base at Toulon Now Encircled ~ AMERICANS DRIVINGON | MARSEILLE Coast Shelled by Allied In- | vasion Feet-May Be for New Landing BULLETIN—ROME, Aug. 21. —French toops cracked into the western and northern sections of the great naval base at Toulon tonight. The invasionists have also stabbed 50 miles inland, seized the highway center at Velensole and the Americans are now one- third of the way to Lyens. Other units of Patch’s Seventh Army are tonight about nine miles from Marseille. ROME, Aug. 21. — Hard drivlng" French troops have virtually en-| circled Toulon, breaking through within three miles of the naval base, while American infantry is within 15 air line miles from Mar- seille and fanned out through Dur- anee Valley headed for Rhone against disorganized enemy resist- ance. The Americans spread forward on | both sides of the town of Pertius, | eleven miles north of Aixen across the Durance River and joined French Patriots who surrounded the\ Nazi troops within the town. Americans also charged several miles to the northeast of Aix, key Jjunction of seven highways and !5 miles north of Marseille. Another American unit is report- ed on the outskirts of Aix and‘ possibly has completed occupauon of the tow The German communique says Laciotat, on the south coast of France halfway between 'I‘oulan and Marseille has been heavlly‘ shelled by the invasion fleet and also- bombed from the air. The Germadn News Agency Transocean | said this action may indicate an Allied landing there. | e WARSAW BEING | BURNED; REVOLT IS IN PROGRESS | dent Roosevelt announces he plans Velerans, Liquor Are Chief Topi Members of Congress ™A : | Reds Make Gain Near War- By CLAIR JOHNSON (During Jack Stinnett’s vaca- tion, this column is being written by -members of the Washington staff of The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—The so- called “voice of the people” is still heard loudly and frequently in | Washington. | Letters carry the greatest vclumel of expression, of course, but the | time-honored right of petition is | exercised heavily. More than 5,000 petitions—rang- | ing in the number of signers from | 10 to 1,000,000 persons—have been | filed with Congress during this ses- | sion alone. Veterans and liquor are chief | .topics of interest among the peti- | tioners. Everybody’s for aid to the | veterans, but the wets and drYs split | about evén on the liquor question. ; Congressmen are just about as active as their constituents in trying | to get their views across. There are | only 435 representatives and 98 | senators, but in this session they | have introduced approximately 8,000 | | bills. Gettmg the bills passed is Bl\Dth(‘r WPB NELSON GETS "'KICK INTEETH" Production Chairman Sud-| denly Sent on Mission fo China with Hurley WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—Presi- that Donald Nelson, head of the War Production Board, will go along with Maj. Gen. Patrick Hurley, !leaving immediately, as emissaries ! 00 China to discuss military and | economic problems with Chiang Kai | | Shek. The plan was announced just when Nelson appeared to have won | | tion. LONDON, Aug. 21.—The Germans | a round in the fight with the Army | are laying waste to large secuans to get limited civilian production of Warsaw by artillery and planes | | resumed. The action stirred sur- | trying to smash the underground |prise and conjectures among Con-| street. forces battling the Nazi troops with- in the city, Polish quarters here said. | The fifteenth century cathedral is | almost pulverized. The Germans have seized 70’000i Poles in Warsaw and herded them into concentration camps in an effort | to breakup: the revolt. The Germans are systematically burning down the city, street by —e———— MILLERS IN TOWN Mr. and Mrs. J. Miller, of An- chorage, are in Juneau and guests at the Gastineau Hotel. Miller is a general contractor for Marine Ways, and is enroute South on business. The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON | (Lt. Col. Robert 8. now on active service wiinthe-Afm3.) WASHINGTON—Strictest censor- ship in the world today is from| the Middle Eastern war theatre.| Actually, it can no longer be called | a “war theatre,” for the war has| passed by Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, the Near East. Thus® censorship now applies purely to political op-! erations—operations by which Win- ston Churchill is carrying out his promise: “I wasn't made Prime Minister to liquidate the British Empire.” Greeks, Syrians and American newsmen returning from the Near East strongly suspect that Church- — (Continued on Page Four) {ment and some of Nelson's asso- !mander at Fort Richardson, suc- gressmen and others and one asso- ciate of Nelson said it “looks like a kick in the teeth.” Speculation was steemed chiefly on the President’s specification it would take Nelson and Hurley “sev- eral months” to finish their assign- ciates called the next few months a critical time for his reconversion program. It is said the mission to China, including travel time, could be completed in about three weeks. Charles E. Wilson, WPB Vice- Chairman, will take charge during the absence of Nelson. ROBINSON NOW COMMANDER AT FT. RICHARDSON| HEADQUARTERS ALASKAN‘ DEPARTMENT Aug. 21. — Brig. 1 Gen John N. Robinson, veteran of nearly three years’ service in Alaska, has been named Post Com-| ceeding Brig. Gen. S. D. Downs, Jr., Department headquarters an- nounces. In the fall of 1941, Robinson, then was stationed at Amchitka and when the Allied Forces occupied Others assisting with the program| Mayor Hanford is a pair of leg! Kiska he became Commander of/are 4-H leaders Mrs. L. C. Ro-|irons used at Telegraph Creek dur- B.! the U. S. Troops there. ¢s Sent fo matter, however. So far only about | 750 have become laws, and it isn't| likely the percentage will get much higher. The reason for this is that hun- dreds of the bills are largely for “show” purposes — just to let the | home folks know their congressmen | are really at work. Also, many are | similar to or duplicates of legisla- | tion finally adopted. Of the measures which do pass, | surprisigly few are major legisla- The majority are either to settle clairgs against the government | as a result of accidents involving Federal property or personnel, or are | corrections and changes in laws al- ready on the books. The mail question poses a tough problem for most legislators. Not only is the volume so high that most of them have had to put on extra | clerks, but the replies frequently re-} quire the mind and judgment of a | Solomon. | Rep. Gibson (D-Ga.) is still try- | ing to figure out how to reply to| one he received. The writer, it s.m':ms had a solution to a specdy; (Continued on Page Two) 1 |\Kimmel Says Pearl Harbor | Story Uniold Discharged_A:imiral Ac-| cuses Truman and Roberts of Falsify WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—Repre- sentative Ralph E. Church, of Il-| {linois, told the House that the full| story of the Jap attack on Pearl! Harbor will “shock the world,” and {added that “Washington is to| blame.” Church spoke in connec- {tion with a public letter addressed. to Senator Truman by Rear Ad- miral Kimmel who was removed |from active command after the| Pearl Harbor disaster. | Kimmel told Truman that the re-| port on the attack was prepared under the chairmanship of Assoc- iate Justice Roberts of the Supreme | Court, and “does not contain the;| basic truths of the Pearl Harbor catastrophe,” and that a magazine article by Truman contained “false | statements.” In the letter made public here by Charles Rugg, his civilian attorney, Kimmel said of Truman's article in the August 26 issue of Colliers that: “Your innuendo that General Short and I are not on speaking terms is not true. Your statements alleging failure to cooperate or co- ordinate our eforts is equally false.” Kimmel added, “I ask nothing more than to end the untruths and half truths about this matter until the entire story is given our peo- ple, whom I'm convinced will be amazed at the truth.” 4-H Club Program Wednesday Night ‘The public is invited to attend a 4-H program at 7 o'clock Wed- nesday evening, in the Methodist Church. Demonstrations by the 4-H Clubs|s la Colonel, commanded the 201 In-{will be given 7, and at 8 oclock‘w'm fantry Regiment when he came to Albert W. Blackerby, of the FOI-‘Harper Reed, well known former Alaska with his outfit and was estry Service, will show some of|Indian agent at Telegraph Creek quartered in tents during the first |Dr. George Dale’s interesting mov-\and long time friend of Mayor |winter on Kodiak Island. Later he ies. Fred Barkley, Garden Club Leader, will lead the song festival. bards, Phyllis Grant, Mrs. /Smith, and Mae Stephenson, Dis- BUY WAR BONDS trict Extension Agent, 3 GERMAN DIVISIONS SMASHED saw But Yield Slight- ly, Baltic Front MOSCOW, Aug. 21.—The Soviet Forces have |divisions in the Sandomierz salient below Warsaw while other Red. Army units yielded slgihtly before costly German attempts to rescue possibly 200,000 troops isolated on the Baltic front, the Russian com- munique said. The Russians have driven closed to Praga, suburbs east of the city |and captured several vital positions | |to the northeast, front line dis- patches sm!(‘ Scallered Jap Bases AreRaided U. S. Central Pacific Com- mand Planes Make NeutrallzmgAttacks UNITED STATES PACIFIC | FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR, Aug. 21.—Warplanes of the United States Central Pfl(‘iflc; Command continue neutralizing | nounces. Raids were made last Thursday and Friday by American fliers who hit two islands in the Marianas, Rita between Tinian and Guam, and Aura, a phosphate island south of the Marshalls and twice blasted two islands in the Marshalls, All planes returnec safely to their | bases. FRENCHWILL BE AT HEAD, Balcony Seai_s(*)verlookingJ Route Reported Sell- ing at High Prices LONDON, Aug. 21.—When the Allied Liberating Armies make the triumphal entry of Paris they will be headed by Gen. Charles De- Gaulle and units under Gen. Jacques LeClerc’s French Second Armored Division, it is reported in informed circles here. Reports from neutral sources for some time said tickets for choice balcony seats overlooking the routes leading to the Arc de Triomphe have been selling at high prices. SCALES, LEG IRONS PRESENTED MUSEUM BY MAYOR HANFORD Mayor F. G. Hanford of Wran- {gell has presented the Alaska Mu- {seum with the first set of gold| scales brought to the Cassior in The scales were collected by Hanford. Also presented the Museum by smashed three Nazl; FORCEWILL BE USED TO KEEP PEACE First Meeting Secur- ity Conference WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.— Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull today opened the history making postwar security talks with the declaration | du the organization that peace must Ibe backed by a force “available and ‘pu-mptly adequate in a measure | with certainty.” His assertion ;lhl- United States is entering the four power meetings with strong to support world security for gen- erations to come. Must Act Speedily Sir Alexander Cadogan, Blitlsh representative, appealed to British, American, Chinese and Soviet Gov- ernments to act speedily in erecting |a world peace structure in order to |get some of it working before the war ends, {the British proposal that so far has, produced little evidence of support. He stated that the big four Na-| tions should band themselves to- gether now in some sort of pro-| visional union until a permanent rganization can be formed.- “Some events,” he stated, “are moving fast and peace may come sooner than some expect.” The delegates are gathered at ! Dunarton Oaks, historic Washington 'estate where all meetings will be held. Stettinius In Charge Speaking for the President as raids against scatterd Jap island |well as himself, Hull is official host from Halmahera to bases west bases, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz an- |at the first session of the first bevond the Allied bomber range, |international meeting to block out security, Ambassador Gromyo, sovket rep- resentative, spoke in response to Hull who then turned over the leading American role to Under Secretary of State Stettinius. Soviet Viewpoint Gromyo likewise emphasized the |need of force in preventing another world war and while he stressed re- sponsibmcy for world security must be borne by the great powers be- cause of their strength, the for-' Hull States fi Position at| strongly lndicaled ; evidently referring to, Superforfresses Make Two Raids on Japan Homeland; One at Night, Other in Day WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. — B-29, In both flights 15 enemy planes pombers have made two raids, a|Were downed, 13 probably destroyed | double striks. dn " Jupeni, o' ke #0019 AATIES. 5 ¥ The official statement says we :muh( and one in broad da.\‘light.‘)ost four bombers. | Flames and destruction were the| A broadcast from Tokyo declared |results of the raids. |23 superforts out of a flight of! | Superfortresses ranged over |hc‘80 were downed and also asserted iindustrial targets at Yawata on 20 parachuting American crewmen Ithe island of Kyushu. | were captured. (aplured Gesfapos Crying With Fear; Become Terror Slricken and Beg for Lives | NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-—-Members {of the vaunted German Gestapo are pictured as terror stricken men| cringing with fear after capture by Maquis forces in eastern France. This is the report of CBS cor- “Jap-Forces Skip Out fo Islands Beyond Range of Allied Bombers respondent Howard K. Smith in a| dispatch relayed to New York by wn_v of Switzerland. Smith said he and his wife have just completed a “four-day tour {him. Ti?if: NS%A‘?T!:{E&%Q:.?R:?‘;EF:;I Others cringed with fear and‘ Aug. 21.—Heavily punished Japan- '“lhey distinctly shuddered at our ese Air Forces are withdrawing, approach.” Their lips shook and ward | they ‘could scarcely speak. After| {we talked with them in German, ithey flung themselves on our |shoulders and wept like children. |We were overwhelmed with ex-| & | planations. These explalmtlons were |dozen Frenchmen who still bore the | clear the way,” said MaLArthur\ and the official pronouncement :::;ks RESOTINS S 0n ST same‘ added that Halmahera, 200 miles g R west of,New Guines and 300 miles|. °mith ‘sald the Germans insist- south of the southern Philippines,|°3 they did not want to be Ges- | P! "(tapos but were conscripted, and| has been under almost daily at- they blamed the high officers and | tacks by Allied bombers in recent[mn Elite Guard. weeks. z | | LEGION, committments to use its own forces| lotLiberagion” ' B e Vcoul%dard &gcene fn&'Anpnécy where the Maquis had herded eight Ges-| Smith said one Nazi fell on his knees and “begged my wife to save; Gen. Douglas MacArthur reports in| the Monday communique, Thts will make possible an ad- The nearest Jap strongholds west AUX“,IARY with the French peoples own Army : be the “principle of sovereign equal- ity for all freedom loving coun- tries.” Gromyo the praised United pARIS ENTRYiStam for taking the initiative in “battle for forming the peace organization. Moluccas The first session today lasted |about 35 minutes. THIRD ARMY SLAUGHTERS 11 DIVISIONS German Cgfiliy Figures Announced for Battle of France WITH THE U. 8. THIRD ARMY Third Army has casualties on the Germans since tany and northern France to the outskirts of Paris. The Third Army has captured, 49,650, killed 11,025, and wound.ed {estimated at 48,900 The losses constitute a total u( ‘sbout eleven Nazi divisions in their presem depleted state. Information was lacking today on |Patton’s columns which are prob- |ing through France like arms of an octupus. Refugees slipping from Paris re- ported that street fighting is in- ing the 1800's. 1 - eee BUY WAR BONDS creasing in violence between French resistance forces and Germans in- side the Capital city. IN FRANCE, Aug. 21. — Patton’s| inflicted 109,575 | August 1 in his dash across Brit-| | mation of a world organization must of Halmahera are the Celebes and Borneo Islands, both containing | many airdromes yet untouched ny‘ (0MM|"EES Io Mm‘ Allied bombing. | The ccmmunique also says the| Legion and Auxiliary Committees air supremacy in the' of the Seplember, 1944 Alaska Islands is rapidly ap- Convention will meet at seven proaching a definite conclusion o'clock this evening in the Dugout. and under the constant punishment Final plans will be made for the the enemy is apparently withdraw- 'Department Convention to be held ing forces beyond the bombing here September 2, 3, and 4. range of cur Air Force and enemy‘ o5 airbases are now nonoperative and ' others have been stripped of planes. | I'The enemy is' no longer contesting | the air over the Moluccas Islands.”| e | French Fight Nazis - InMarseille Streets’ | ENDOFWAR IN FRANCE IS IN SIGHT Montgomery Says Ger-| mans Have Suffered | Decisive Defeat | WITH BRITISH TROOPS IN FRANCE, Aug. 21.—General Mont- |gomery told his troops tonight that “the end of thé war in France is| n sight. Let us finish off our business in record time.” Montgomery's special message| IN S w pA(lFI \Sflld that German armies in north- |west France suffered a decisive de- LONDON, Aug. 21.—Berlin broad- | feat, {casts a Tokyo dispatch reporung “There may be many surprises in| “W?ly air activity north of Aus-|siore for the fleeing remnants,” he | |tralia “probably foreshadowing ggserted. |fresh offensive operations in that |area.” [ Recent Allied attacks reported Dy“ Tokyo cover many islands in far north of Australia. L e 5 D RS BUY WAR BONDS LONDON, Aug. 21.—According to} an Algiers broadcast French forces| are fighting German troops on the‘i |streets of Marseille, also the Maquis | |are in control at Vichy and Gestapo agents have moved from Vichy to Paris. NEW ATTACKS SEWARD MEN HERE Leo Douglas, A. J. Adams, Mark | | Braley, and Frank Brooke are here ' from Seward and have registered at the Baranof, FIGHTING IN PARIS SUBS ISREPORTED Underg[ound Forces Said to Have Started Fierce Revolt in City SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, Aug. 21.—American ar- mored columns have speared both sides of Paris and Allied flags are reported flying in many parts of the old French Capital city. The underground army has start- ed a flerce revolt in anticipation of early liberation. American tanks have established a firm bridgehead across the Seine at Mantes, 26 miles northwest of Paris, and 90 miles farther north probing thrusts have been made to- ward the Seine in the vicinity of Corbell, Melun and Fontainbeleau. Southwest of Paris other thrusts are made. Sweep Around City The actions put the Allies in a position to sweep completely around |the city toward the old World War I battlegrounds of Rheims, Soissons, the Marne and Chateau Thierry. Patton's Third Army vanguards are fighting in the vicinity of Ver- sallles, 10 miles from the heart of' is where peace was signed in the Ball of Mirrers in 1019, In Paris Suburbs The DNB news agency says the American reconnaissance forces are 'in the suburbs of Paris itself and the invasion of the territory north of Seine at Mantes threatens to compress further a 75 miles long by 59 miles deep a corner below the river where the elements of the Eightheenth Nazi Division are fighting desperately to escape from |a succession of pockets in the hope of executing a German Dunkerque across the bridgeless Seine. The Germans have made two 'madden attempts to break out of the Allied steel bands. Last night, the Germans, report- ed using about 70 scraped up tanks, attacked from the westermosi pocket below Falaise and the out- come of this attempt bu not been reporu:d 14,000-TON JAPCRUISER SENT DOWN Liberator MakesLone Raid Off China Coast in Hongkong Area CHUNGKING, Aug. 21.—A Lib- erator of the American Fourteenth Air Force sunk a 14,000 ton Japan- ese cruiser in a sweep off the Chi- nese coast, east of Hongkong, Still~ well's Headquarters announces. The attack was made on Satur- |day. The Liberator made « four |bombing runs over the cruiser be- fore finally sending it to the bot- tom. .- — —— Touloose Captured LONDON, Aug. 21.—The Algiers radio declares the Maquis have-cap= tured Toulouse, sixth largest city in France, in the southwest and 60 miles north of the Spanish border. Frequent neutral reports told of {German withdrawals from the area. ———————— HERE FROM WASHINGTON Anders Fjelstad, of Washington, D. C., i in town and a guest at the Baranof Hotel,