The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 5, 1944, Page 1

- . THE DAILY ATLASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ] VOL. XLIL, NO. 9747. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS = JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1944 PATTON'S FORCES REPORTED IN REICH Japanese Bases In Pacific Heavily Bombed 17 VESSELS OFNIPPONS SENT DOWN Furious Blows Are Struck| by Liberators and Cafa- | linas on Palroil é By C. YATES McDANIER GENERAL HEADQUARTERS IN | THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Sept. | 5.—Seventeen Japanese ships have | been sunk and more than 200 tons | of explosives have been unloaded in | new attacks on Japan's wide-flung | bases guarding the Philippines, Gen. i Douglas MacArthur announces. Two furious blows pounded Min- | danao, southernmost of the Philip- pines, and the Dutch Celebes to the | south, accounting for 15 vessels, ranging down from a 3,000-ton transport. | Enemy ships were pounded off Mindanao by the Far Eastern Air Force on patrol duty. | An eight-ship convoy was spot- ted by Liberators and bombed and Catalinas found other enemy ships and bombed them down. BRUSSELS IS SEIZED BY BRITISH LONDON, Sept. 5—The Capital City of Belgium, Brussels, was seized Sunday by the British after a 10- mile an hour advance from the Bel- gian border. The British, after the liberation of Brussels, proceeded northward. The British also closed in upon Calais and Boulogne. The last escape route of all Ger- mans remaining in western France | is now believed to have been cut. LONDON, Sept. 5.—American and | French patrols entered Lyon yester- day after the Germans put up stiff | resistance and sharp fighting re- | sulted. The Germans are fleeing north | toward the Reich and are being | strafed by bombers of the Allied | air force. | The Germans have now virtually | evacuated all southern France from | Lyon to the Atlantic coast. The Washington Merry - Go-Round | By DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col. Robert . Allen now on active service with the Army.) WASHINGTON—Camp Lee, Va. recently witnessed one of the most| unusual bonfires in the history of | this war, when 7,000 fatigue uni- forms were heaped into a big pile by the military and burned. They were burned because it was | claimed the uniforms had become a fire hazard. They had been lying unused in a warehouse for so long that, according to Capt. George Howson, the dye in the green her- ringbone twill jackets made a chemical reaction with a solution put on the uniforms to protect against poison gas. This caused the; uniforms to rot. They had been stacked on wp' of each other for a long time as surplus. Furthermore, it is esti-| mated that 100,000 other pieces of | fatigue clothing are in the same condition. | In contrast, far-sighted Foreign | Economic Administrator Leo Crow-| ley has pioneered a unique system; of saving old Army uniforms. Hej has been remaking them into cloth- | ing for the relief of European civil- ians in the liberated countries. During the early part of the war,| the Army brought back from over- seas tons of old field jackets, worn- out socks, shirts spattered with mud SEALS MOVE TO2NDSPOT P. (. LEAGUE (By Associated Press) Hollywood and San Francisco di- vided a doubleheader Monday and the Seals moved into second place in the Pacific Coast League. Oakland and Los Angeles also split a doubleheader but San Diego won the second consecutive doubleheader from Portland. Likbe’s 365-foot homer over the rightfield fence in the tenth inning yesterday gave Seattle a 1-0 victory | § over Sacramento in the nightcap after the Rainiers took the first | game 3-0. GAMES MONDAY Pacific Coast League San Francisco 7, 5; Hollywood 2, 13. Los Angeles 3, 3; Oakland 1, 4. San Diego 4, 7; Portland 3, 2. Sacramento 0, 0; Seattle 3, 1. i National League Chicago 6, 3; Pittsburgh 3, 4. New York 7, 8; Philadelphia 0, 14. Brooklyn 4, 6; Boston 1, 4. St. Louis 3; Cincinnati 1. Second | game called on account of rain. American League Boston 11, 2; Washington 7, 9. Philadelphia 0, 0; New York 10, 14. Cleveland 6, 1; St. Louls 4, 5. Detroit 12, Chicago 2, 6. GAMES SUNDAY Pacific Coast League Sacramento 1, 9; Seattle 2, 2. San Diego 7, 2; Portland 5, 1. Los Angeles 0, 5; Oakland 3, 2. San Francisco 13, 3; Hollywood 1, National League St. Louis 5, 2; Pittsburgh 6, 8. Chicago 5, 6; Cincinnati 1, 2. Boston 2, 0; Philadelphia 1, 5. New York 6, 9; Brooklyn 8, 3. American League Washington 5, 3; New York 6, 11. Cleveland 4; Chicago 1. Detroit 1; St. Louis 4. Philadelphia 5; Boston 1. GAMES SATURDAY Pacific Coast League San Francisco 4; Hollywood 2. Los Angles 2; Oakland 3. San Diego 1; Portland 2. Sacramento 5; Seattle 4. National League New York 4; Brooklyn 8. Chicago 1; Cincinnati 6. Boston 2; Philadelphia 1. Pittsburgh 5; St. Louis 4. American League Cleveland 5; Chicago 2. Detroit 6; St. Louis 3. ‘Washington 1; New York 3. Philadelphia 5; Boston 6. STANDING OF CLUBS Pacific Coast League ' Won Lost Pct. Los Angeles 88 65 575 San Francisco 78 14 516 Portland ... 8 T4 513 Seattle & g i 500 Hollywood ... .6 8 494 Oakland .. s g 8 490 Sacramento el X 83 461 San Diego - 69 85 440 National League Won Lost Pet St. Louis 92 34 130 Pittsburgh 6 51 598 Cincinnati 68 55 553 Chicago 58 67 464 New York 59 bt 454 Boston 54 T 412 Brooklyn 53 8 405 Philadelphia 50 d 394 American League Won Lost Pet. New York 14 59 .556 St. Louis 3 59 .553 Detroit 70 60 .538 Boston. 71 63 .530 Cleveland 64 69 481 Philadelphia 63 2 46' Chicago 60 10 462 Washington 55 9 410 FRANK PARKER FINALLY WINS CHAMP TITLE FOREST HILLS, N. Y, Sept. 5. —Sergeant Frank Parker, veteran of 13 years of competition, yester- day won the Mens’ National Tennis Championship for the first time. and blood, put them in bales and a0 S R i He defeated William Talbert of In- dianapolis 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, and 6-3. | At the closing session of the | Twenty-Fifth annual convention of the Alaska Department, Am- erican Legion, held Monday after- |noon in the Elk’s Hall, officers for {the ensuing year were elected and installed as follo | W. E. Hendrickson |partment Commander. Hugh Savage, Anchorage, Vice Commander | Hary Leavy, Ketchikan, Second |Vice Commander. | C. A. Craft, Cordova, Service Officer. Walter B. King, Ketchikan, Judge | Advocate. | Homer |lain William H. Metcalfe, Skagway, | Historian. | Eugene W. Van Horn, Sitka, Ser- | i | J. C. MORRIS |geant-at-Arms. | | Baker, Fairbanks, Chap- Now head forty and eight ( Claude Carnegie, Juneau; L. I. Patterson, Anchorage, Departmeht Seven poor goofs were conducted |€xecutive committeemen at large. through the 40 and 8 initiation| Roland H. Stock, Anchorage, Na- ceremonies at the Grand Promen-tional Executive Committeeman. ade and Wreck, held at the Legion| J. C. Morris, Anchorage, Alter- |Dugout, 1 p. m. Sunday. Homer nate National Executive Committee- Nordling and Claude Carnegie of man. Voiture 1126 led the candidates| Delegates to the Nationai Ameri- through the paces. All that 40 and can Legion Convention, to be held |8 members would say about the in Chicago, September 18 to 20 are ceremonies was that the seven were Al Zenger, Juneau, Chairman; lied on the stage handcuffed to- Clyde R. Ellis, Anchorage; Ralph |gether. The seven, now recovered, Reeser, Petersburg; C. M. Arch- lare said to be anxious to help in- bold, Ketchikan; R. H. Stock, An- |itiate any other members. Those chorage. |initiated were W. H. Metcalfe, Lee | Wilms, I. G. Fulton, James E. Boyle, e L | Frank Hungerford, Leéster Rink and |J. Ewen. | New officers for the Alaska De-: NEw pRE IDENT |partment, 40 and 8, were elected v iduring the Grand Promenade as A. L. AUXILIARY | follows: Grand Chef de Gare, J. C. Mor- ris, Anchorage. | Grand Chef de Train, ‘Frank| Edna Raynor of Anchorage, was | yesterday elected President of the American Legion Auxiliary, Depart- ment of Alaska, at the Twenty-sec- | | | | Nash, Fairbanks | Grand Conductor, Leo Jewett, i Juneau, f {ond annual convention held here. s o Bhta fod 1 Grand Correspondente artl: Go . | Other officers elected were as fol- missaire Intendante, Sidney OT. ) ... | Raynor, Anchorage. | First Vice-President—Hattie Pet- Grand Gard de la Porter, Dixie oynan Sitka, {Hall, Fairbanks, | Second Vice-President Grand Aumonier, John Walmer, west, Ketchikan. | Juheau. | Secretary-Treasurer — Nema Ellis, Grand Commis Vouageur, Har-| Anchorage. |vey Smith, Anchorage. | Historian—Sybil Locken, Peters- | Grand Advocate, Homer Baker, burg. | Fairbanks. ; Chaplain—Elizabeth Stilwell, Sew- Grand Historian, George Gulluf-|ard |sen, Juneau. | Sergeant-at-Arms — Aline Strutz, |‘ Grand Cheminot, Hugh Savage.iAMhOrage- |Lee Strand, Anchorage; Fred Cam- | Department Executive Commit- leron, Juneau; Einar Lanseth, Jack| teewomen—Mildred Culver and Elit- | te» Bilgard, Anchorage. Ethel | Warren, Fairbanks. Cheminot National, Al Zenger,| Juneau won first prize in the Juneau. Scrap Book contest, over 50 mem- Sous Cheminot National, Tom | Yers Ketchikan was second. Peters- | Petrich. | burg took first prize for under 50 members. 'GRAND BALL ENDS CONVENTION HERE, Delegate to Promenade National, Clyde R. Ellis. | Morris operates a real estate and |rental service at Anchorage. He {has a family of four children, two of whom graduated from the An- chorage schools and a son, now 17, in his last year in high school. He| AMERI( A" lEGlO" {has held various offices in the Am- erican Legion, including those of | Commander of Jack Henry Post! The American Legion, Alaska De- No. 1 at Anchorage and Com- |partment Convention closed yester- Imander of the Department of | day with the convention banquet iAlaska. At the present time he is|at the Baranof Hotel. Alternate National Executive Com-| Over one hundred Legionnaires |and Auxiliary members attended. {mitteeman of the Alaska American Legion. | —————— PROMOTION FOR " H.L MCONNELL, “ N E w FBI (HIEF i‘B“Xi“ary‘d night over 75 attended | Henry L. McConnell, formerly As- | | sistant Special Agent-in-Charge of | the 40 and 8 banquet at Mike’s Place | the Alaska Federal Bureau of In- [in Douglas. Al Zenger was toast- | vestigation office, has been named | master. to succeed A. C. Schlenker as Agent- | During the final business session in-Charge of FBI offices in Alaska, | yesterday amany resolutions were according to advices received by |passed by the convention. The Empire today. A large crowd filled the Elks’ Agent McConnell also was assist- | Ballroom last night for the Grand ant to FBI chief for Alaska C. W.|Ball. Today the delegates are await- Stein when the office was located |ing transportation back home. They in Juneau and has many friends in !all said it was a wonderful conven- L the Capital City. tion, | Walter Mickens presented Russell | Clithero, Past Department Com- | mander, with the customary Past | Commander’s pin. Mrs. Nima Ellis { was presented with the Past Secre- |tary’s pin and Mrs. Mabel Lybeck | received, on behalf of the local aux- |iliary, a gift from the Ketchikan SEVEN GOOFS JUNEAU MAN JAPS SUFFER NOW 40-8ERS HEADSALASKA BIG LOSSES, DEPT. OF A. L. Juneau, De- 4Zander. OVER 600 ARE ENROLLED AT SCHOOL TODAY The Juneau Public Schools, both high and grade, opened for istration this morning with a total 3-DAY RAID E By WILLIAM L. WORDEN but three below the | UNITED STATES PACIFIC| registration last year. |[HEADQUARTERS AT PEARL HARBOR, Sept. 5.—In a three ds ses. This was three series of raids and two days of | below last year's registration. The ship bombardments on Japmwsvi grade school enrollment of 463, was ' bases in the Bomin Volcano Islands, the same as the opening day reg- |south of Japan, thirteen enemy ves ls were sunk or seriously dam- sed, Admiral Chester Nimitz an- |nounced, and an additional four| ships probably sunk and three| ships at Sampan damaged | Eighty five Japanese aircraft were |destroyed or damaged in the raids | which began August 30 against the {Chichi and” Haha Islands, about 1650 miles south of Tokyo and 730 |miles south of Tokyo. The bom- | bardment continued through Aug- opening day | enrolled for clas: A. B, Phillips. The Parochial School also opened this morning at 9 o'clock, as did the Government School. No en- rollment figures, however, were available late this afternoon. FRANKEST APPEAL MADE T0 GERMAN ust 31, and the aerial action| LONDON, Sept. 5.—In one of the |through September 1. frankest Nazi broadcasts ever di- also reported that car- rected to home listeners, the Berlin | Nimitz Iriers, cruisers and destroyers bomb- radio declared that “every German led and shelled Wake on Sunday must be warned that at this hour and other aircraft hit Rota and the slightest sign of wavering or |Maug in the Marianas; Paramu- weakness will now present the en- |shiro in the northern Kuriles; Truk emy with victory.” land Ponape in the Carolines; The broadcast came amid con- Naura, west of the Gilberts; and tinued silence by Hitler whom Lis- | Wotje, Maloilap, Mili atolls in the bon reported Saturday planned an i Marshalls appeal to the German people on | Five American aircraft and four| Sunday to fight to the last ditch in strikes against for defense of the “Holy Soil” of |men were lost |the Volcano Bonin Islands. Three the Reich. ! Liberators were damaged by anti-| laircraft on September 2 in strikes |against the islands, and three others |were damaged by Nauru ground !(ll'(’. Three aircraft were lost in the Marshalls raids. No other plane losses nor ship damage in the three |day action, the sharpest in the |Pacific in several weeks -of opeta-!, Of the local nimrods who teok tions, are reported. to the hills over the week-end in Raids in the Kuriles to islands pursuit of the elusive deer four | * 4 5 . brought home the bacon, one a south of the Philippines were made, st ' mess of crabs, one a bunch of wet and the carrier action was the most clothes and the others nothing but e SOME DEER HUNTERS GET CRABS: ONE IS CHASED BY BROWNIE lextensive since the Marianas cam- 4 sore feet. | paign. | i RPN Hunting in the mountains near Freshwater Bay John Smith and 33 PERSONS ARRIVE Barney Anderson bagged good- sized bucks near the top of the FROM SITKA, STEAMER "ouncuin ot sencrckson bas- il ged a freak deer in the same lo- cality. It was a buck with four points on one side and three on the other. Minard Mill returned to ! town without any deer but had a Arriving here last night from Isitka were the following persons: | Miss Pat O'Brien, Mrs. Gladys Is Rose Anne Isler, Emily Isler, Mi Nantes Coles, Mrs. N. Peters, Gloria Peters, Marol M.' Peters, Mrs. D, Week-end out of town. Gundfast. Ed Schafer, wandering in the Hale Tabor, Mrs. Hale Tabor, brush, came too close to a brownie {Mrs. L. Tabor, Mrs. M. Patterf, Sam and was forced to beat a hasty Boyd, Mrs. Sam Boyd, John Boyd, retreat. While trying to cross a Bill Boyd, Bob Boyd, Nancy Boyd. Wide spot in a stream he slipped— James Harris, Chas. Littlefield, and fell. Splash! Mrs. Chas. Littlefield, Capt. R. W.. Others making the trip on the Tucker, Capt. W. R. Stern, August Patricia were Earl Hunter, Spike R. Martin, Herb Brun, August Jen- MacLean, Ellis Reynolds, A. B. sen, Mrs. Herbert Bruns, Mrs. G. Hayes, Joe Johnson, Henry Mu- ‘Torgerson, Mrs. Helen Ebing, H. P. seth, Jim Orme, Gene Kirsten, and Hart, Mrs. H. P. Hart, M. Monagle. Percy Reynolds. Boarding the steamer here for| Hunting near Fish Creek the Petersburg were Casper Hollings- “twin Jims” Rude and Klein shot head, Mrs. A. Hollingshead, Mrs. one deer between them. How? Bessie Quinto, and David W. They both fired together bringing {the buck to its knees. Peter Warner bagged a deer, one and Harry Potter of the few he has shot, he reports, | in many hunting seasons. W. C. McDonald was a passen- ger for Kake, itv:or Ketchikan. JONAS HALLINGSTAD FOU!ID DEAD INROOM VIA ALASKA COASTAL |attack, Jonas Hallingstad, of Pet-| pggsengers today for Ketchikan, 4 0UT 10 KETCHIKA reg- | | enrollment of 627 students, This was | In the high school, 164 students | istration for 1943, according to Supt. | nice mess of crabs to show for his FRENCH IN " BIG SWEEP UP VALLEY ROME, Sept. 5 French troops sweeping up the ne Valley ! against ineffective Nazi resistance ;I'l'lll‘hi'(l the outskirts of Macon, a ‘th center 68 road miles north of captured Lyon as the pursuit of the | Germans fleeing Southern France continues. | Allied headquarters said the air- line distance between Macon and Lyon is 38 miles ! A new batch of 2400 prisoners taken by the French in the capture ; of Villefranche boosted the total | since the landings on the Mediter- | ranean beachheads to more than 5,000. The French have also reached Saint Bonnet de Bryeres, a town west of Macon, while further east American through Montrevel. opposition in Montrevel in contrast to the previous day when the Ger- mans launchd a tank supported counter-attack to screen the retreat of the main enemy force northward on Highway Six toward Chalon Dijon. The Nazi counterattack caused some Allied losses, casualties and prisoners. FINLAND -~ NOWOUT ~ OF FIGHT = HELSINKI, Sept. 5—Fighting on the Finnish front has ceased and the Finnish Government announced that after three years, three months and pine days after Russia and Fin- land engaged in hostilities the order to cease firing has been issued by President Mannerheim, as Com- mander-in-Chief of the Finnish Army. farlier, the government an- nounced it would break off diplo- matic relations with Germany ard all German troops remaining in Fin- land after September 15 will be dis- armed or interned. Seven divisions of German troops |are reported streaming south to Norway, indicating the Nazis are leaving northern Finland, CHILD WELFAR DEPT, GIVES SUNDAY MORN | BREAKFAST AT HOTEL A Department of Child Welfare breakfast was held in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel on Sun- day morning, with approximately 45 guests attending. The main speaker for the affair was Miss Alice Brandebury, Super- visor of Social Services for the De- | partment of Public Welfare, who | discussed services rendered by that | department and explained proposed | legislation pertaining to child wel- fare. | Worker for the Gastineau Channel area, was also present and discussed |the work being undertaken in the | local area. | Winnie Daniels, Chairman for the no serious | Miss Hazel Ford, Child Welfare | | During the banquet Toastmaster | |ersburg, was found in his hotel| yig Alaska Coastal, were as follows: | room by friends, early Saturday C. J. Luesac, Ann Sipple, Esther Auxiliary Department of Child Wel- 'morning. | Smith, M. Walker, and E. M. Sev- | fare, was unable to attend but was Hallingstad, a fisherman and boat | ery. owner, was born in Lincoln, Neb-| Two flights were made to Sitka, | ment President raska, 35 years ago, He is survived the first carrying F. L. Hendren,| Other guests called upon to speak {by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob | L. Ruttleff and R. Clithero, and the Were Comrade Culver, Post Child Hallingstad; two brothers, Casper second carrying Howard Gallagher | Welfare Chairman at Anchorage, and Jake: and two sisters, Mrs, and Al Anderson to that point, and | and Sylva Zenger, Juneau Unit Gertrude Hemmnes and Mrs. Mar-| Lina Hansen and Sam Hansen mI‘ChalrmaIL garet Rountree, all of Petersburg. | Tenakee. RSl Mr. and Mrs. Casper Hallingstad| Henry Goodland, N. E. Hulce, Rob- | (ert Syre and Mr. and Mrs. C. S./pong of Luxembourg, in a broad- larrived here by plane on Sunday to accompany the body back to Pet- ersburg for burial. e eee Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jefferson |arrived at last” on the. soil of the —_—— . —— {Duchy. He told his people to get The Greasy Pan Club of the 4-H out their flags, don their best garb !and child passed through Juneau|Baking Club held the last regular and greet them this weekend enroute South on a|Meeting Monday night at the home| The Premier did not specify what transfer from Bethel. Mr. Jefferson (of Mrs. Burras Smith. There were point the entry was made in Lux- | was assistant to the general |1l members present. A Devil’s food embourg. mechanic at the Office of Indian|demonstration was given by Pmlhpl Affairs Hospital in Bethel. Hukill and Milton Furness . | Inlet. . R UY WAR BONDS represented by Lillian King, Depart- ! LONDON, Sept. 5—Premier D\l-‘ | Syre were passengers for Excursion cast today said “Allied troops have| — ALLIES ARE 'MOVING 10 NORTHWARD British IhrliszIA)eeper Info Holland, Tightening Belgium Hold LONDON, Sept. 5.—British troops are believed thrusting deeper into Holland, solidifying the hold on | Belgium as official silence still | cloaks the whereabouts of the swift American forces variously reported across the German border. There is on official report Pat- |ton' fast moving Third Army has | crossed the border. For the past | three days he has been under a | complete security blackout to keep the Germans worried as to actual progress. Unconfirmed reports received from | the Swiss-French frontier said the ! Allied forces have captured Aachen, | Germany, three miles across the border. Previous reports said Pat- ton had reached Strabourg, France, | on the Rhine frontier. | American heavy bombers today carried the air attack to Germany, | blasting the Karlsruhe rail yards | through which the Nazis have been | funneling reinforcements. | Canadians have fought their way. | within three miles of Boulogne, on the rocket coast of France and Brit- | ish forces are closing in on Calais. ‘The Brest garrison is still stub- bornly defending their position. 'BUSINESS SESSION SESSION | HELD ON SATURDAY ; BY MOOSE WOMEN The Women of the Moose held their business meeting last Saturday night at 8 o'clock in their head- quarters in the Seward Building. Past Regent Mary Haas, who was absent when new officers were in- ducted last June, was installed at the meeting by Graduate Regent Iva Hermanson. After the meeting games were played in which the men of thg Moose Lodge were asked to join. The next meeting will be held on September 16 at 8 p. m. Cora | Costello will be entertainment chair- man with Arviel Shannon and Olive Westby assisting. . - Emily Schmitz is to head the re- | freshment committee, assisted by Treva Reischl and Wilma Rhodes. | Committee members who have not lr(-uclv(-d their instructions are re- | quested to call Senior Regent Vir- | ginia Pdgel, | Delia Light resigned as Ritual | Chairman because of ill-health and | Anna Bodding was appointed to | take her place. Hazel Burkette re- | signed as Recording Secretary and | May McKinnon is taking that office | until dispensation is received from | Moose Lodge headquarters in Wash- | ington to hold another nomination and election to this office. 'BIG GAP MADE IN GOTHIC LINE ROME, Sept. 5—British and Can- adian troops of the Eighth Army, streaming through a 20-mile gap of the German vaunted Gothic Line have advanced 120 miles at some points and planted artillery well within range of the Adriatic city of Rimini. ‘The enemy has been cleared from | the lateral road between Pisa and Florence. 'HOME RULE FOR PUERTO RICANS ASKED BY FOR WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has urged the House | to pass legislation to give the peo- | ple of Puerto Rico a greater degree of self-goverrunent, including the ' right to elect their own chief execu= tive.