The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 6, 1944, Page 1

\ \ l' VOL. XLIL, NO. 9748. { { THE DAILY ALAS “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” EMPIRE —— — ] JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS U. S. SOLDIERS CARRY WAR TO GERMANY ‘NAVY WILL - CONTINUE TO EXPAND Forrestal Safiumber One | Priority Will Be All- Out on Japan 3 L4 WASHINGTON, Sept, 6—A lim- \ ited start on the -demobilizing otj + Uncle Sam’s big Army when Ger-i many is crushed has been outlined # by the War Department, but Navy Chief James V. Forrestal emphasized | that the world’s greatest Navy “will | y continue to expand.” | " Based partly on a poll of fighting | men at the battlefronts, the Army troops when Germany is defeated but it cautioned both soldiers and: # the public that the war against Japan will take first priority and consequently soldiers will return to | civilian life slowly and in small| ¥ numbers. | Forrestal said Germany's defeat 4 “will result in a redistribution rather | than a reduction in Navy stength.” The availability of shipping will play | an important part in Army de-| mobilization since demobilization has been fixed on an individual basis. Some men are to be''sent back from Pacific, European and Ameri- credit and the number of depend- | ¢ ents. | The bulk of the Army’s swength‘I » will be shifted to the Pacific. The | awesome might created by these ad- | ditional forces will be unleashed | against Japan as indicated by these | number one priority and all else | forces i Richardson Highway 1 | l\_ go South to make his home in ¥ seattle. | The Wa'shingion o | spokesman for local labor leaders \ | must wait until millions of nghtingj men and millions of tons of landing | munition and food are transported | over longer lines than those to| Yy Europe.” i » ] barges, tanks, planes, guns, am- | " A.M.LeCompNKilled, | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 6 — A. M. LeComp, about 60, wito re-| tired during the summer from the Alaska Railroad, was killed in an| auto accident at Mile 33 on the Richardson Highway, the U. S. Mar- shal's office reports. LeComp was killed instantly when his auto collided head-on with a | ' ) loaded freight truck. LeComp was enroute to Valdez to Merry- @ -Round By DREW PEARSON } @t. Col. Robert 8. Allen now on active service with the Army.) WASHINGTON — AFL president /., William Green has had plenty rough sailing in attempting to ar- wrange labor support for several isolationists, among them Rep. Stephen Day of Illinois and Roose- velt-hating Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada. }, Best example of Green's difficul- {ties came a few weeks ago, when| he sent an organizer to Reno to arrange an AFL endorsement for McCarran. The AFL organizer ¢ made an impassioned speech to a labor gathering, telling them what a friend of labor McCarran was. At the end, the audience booed, told him the AFL would not support McCarran under any circumstances. | Replied the organizer: “I've been working for the A. F. )" of L. thirty years and this is the |3 worst treatment I've ever received from a union crowd.” 4 This only led to more boos. A ¢ then jumped up and shouted at (Contipued on Page Four) HARD FIGHT WITH JAPS INPROSPECT Nips Have_B_een Saving Forces for Future Bat- fles, Says Forrestal WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. — Navy Secretary James V. Forrestal has reported that the Japs are now able to mass their air power in a comparatively small area, and a “jong, hard fight is in prospect.” He said in a news conference floq after American cruisers and JUiri that a year ago the Japs had their gestroyers shelled Nazi batteries in |~ air forces spread over an immense Pacific area, but with the capture or neutralization by by-passing of announced a system of releasins;some 50 enemy bases by American forces “the Japs have been relieved of their responsibility of supplying them with planes. They mass their air power ncw, narrowing the the- ater of action to the Philippines, China and Japan proper.” Forrestal added that the Japs have obviously been saving their for engagements to come and, as a result, have more planes for future engagements. “Also,” he said, “the Japs have made many important technical improvements in their planes.” He added that “there 1s Some feeling that the Navy is overzealous PAROCHIAL SCHOOL OPENED YESTERDAY words, “The Pacific theatre will have | St. Ann’s Parochial School opened ;I its doors yesterday to welcome old and new pupils. The enrollment showed a marked increase over the first day of school last year. All the grades including a kindergarten are in operation and the students of grade eight are prepared to take the Territorial examinations in May. Singing, art, sewing, shop and physical education are taught to all the pupils. The staff includes Sister Mary Ethelbert, Principal; Sister Mary Ma{cellus and Sister Mary Ethel. ——e——— SON OF OPA HEAD MISSING, FRANCE The son of James P. Davis, Re- gional Administrator of the OPA, is missing in action over France, his father has been informed. ] Mr. Davis was recentliy in Juneau from Washington, D. C., on a tour of Southeast Alaska. While here, he was guest speaker at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon and made many friends among the towns- people. He has two other sons, both of whom are in the service. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 6. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6%, American Can 88%, Anaconda 25%, Beech Air- craft 9%, Bethlehem Steel 59%, Curtiss-Wright 5, International Harvester 78%, Kennecott 31%, North American Aviation 8%, New York Central 17%, Northern Pa- cific 14%, United States Steel 56%. Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 14441, rails 39.12, utilities 24.40. PRICES TUESDAY Alaska Juneau mpine stock closed Tuesday at 7, American Can 90%, Anaconda 26%, Beech Aircraft 9%, Bethlehem = Steel 60%, Curtiss- Wright 5%, International Harvester 80, Kennecott 32, New York Cen- tral 18%, Northern Pacific 15%, United States Steel 57%. $4.04. Dow, Jones averages Tuesda, were as follows: industrials 146.56, rails 4048, utilities 25.04. Pound | FRENCH TROOPS | IN HUGE SWEEP | ' IN 50. FRANCE ROME, Sept. 6.—French troops, chasing the Germans out of south- ern France, are approaching Chalon Sur Saone, little more than 90 air- line miles from t.ae American Third Army lasit reported at Bar Sur Szine, southeast of Troyes. Alied Headquarters dislcosed that American units of the Seventh Army have captured Louhans and Lons Le Saunier in the area be- | tween the Saone Valley and the| Swiss border. Louhans is 21 miles 'southeast of Chalon Sur Saone. | A German garrison on the small | e By NORMAN BELL ‘{ AN ALASKAN BASE, Sept. 6.— |Gov. Ernest Gruening predicted to- |day that the Territory of Alaska |would be admitted to statehood | within “a reasonable time.” He made | the prediction after completing a tour of the Aleutians which were visited by President Roosevelt a month ago. Gruening remarked on the in- creased interest which has been evinced in the Territory since that time and even before the Persident’s visit. However, there has been an principality of Monaco, on the Li-| lgurian Sea near the Italian border, the Monte Carlo area, a Naval an- nouncement revealed. The Ger- mans destroyed defenses and took to the hills. » The French, in an approach to Chalon Sur Seone which is about | 110 miles southwest of Belfort and the Nazi escape pass into southwest Germany, made a sweep through‘ a number of towns, including Cluny. | Bk Lo \ DELTA CHAPTER OF | BETA SIGMA PHI .' BEGINS MEETING. Mrs. A. E. Glover was installed |fall meeting. The sorority met in ithe apartment of Miss Louis Bean in the Baranof Hotel. Fall rushing is scheduled to open next Tuesday, when a preliminary party for a group of suggested girls iwill be held in the home of Mrs. M. Dunlap, chapter president. rs. Frederick Paul, chairman of membership, is in charge of the affair. Invitations will be mailed this week. i Installation of Mrs. Glover and of Mrs. Millard Carnes, who takes Jover the position of recording sec- retary, opened the meeting. Mrs. Dunlap presided over the business session and the latter half of the ,evening was devoted to the pro- |gram. A study of speech is being taken up by the members for this fall \and Mrs. Dunlap gave the prelim- inary talk on the origin of speech and growth of the English lan- guage. Future programs will give each girl opportunity to practice giving speeches. All programs for the year are to be woven around the subject of art in the home, and practice speeches will deal with this subject. Mrs. Earl McGinty led the dis- cussion period. — e - EMBLEM (LUB HOLDS FIRST FALL MEETING The members of Juneau Emblem Club No. 90 met last night for their first fall meeting. During summer school vacation, the club held no meetings and last night was the first business meeting of the fall season. During the evening the accumulat- ed correspondence and business was disposed of; and the by-laws of the iorgnnlzation were brought up for discussion.. .In connection with the by-laws it was necessary to amend a portion of them. This was done | by motion which will be voted upon at the next club meeting—September 119. Because this amendment is of primary importance to all members of the club, every member is urged by Mrs. Daisy Fagerson, Club Presi- dent, to be at the meeting in order to discuss and vote on the question. The meeting of September 19 is the regular monthly social of the |club and co-chairmen for the oc- casion will be Mesdames Helen Hixon and Lucille Lawrence. The chairmen have been promised that i the business in connection with the by-laws amendment will be short and are planning an evening of en- tertainment for those in attendance. After the business meeting last night, club members were treated Y to cake and coffee by the officers and all expressed the surprise. their approval of increasingly heavy number of in- es, particularly during the past | ‘Demobilizing Plan Is Outlined by War Dept. Governor Wans Indians, Eskimos in Legislature two years, he said The President made a visit to the island early in August, expressing the hope that many young men in the armed forces would come North as pioneer home seekers after the war. “There is no question but that Alaska would be on important world air routes,” the Governor said, and added, that tourist travel would be the “biggest bet” for immediate growth. At the end of the war the Gov- érnor expressed hope that the In- dians and Eskimos would participate increasingly in the Territorial elec- tions, “They could have worthy rep- resentatives in the Legislature.” AIR, NAVY FORCE LASHING OUT ON JAPANESE EMPIRE UNITED STATES PACIFIC GEN- ERAL HEADQUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR, Sept. 6.—American air and naval might lashing out over a vast area of the Pacific, demon- strated to Japan “powerhouse tac- tics” which Admiral Chester W. Nimitz promises for impending thrusts at the Nippons' shaken em- ! pire. For five action-packed days, AUg- ust 30 through September 3, this Fourteen Japanese surface craft were sunk, four others probably sunk | and seven damaged. ; Forty-six enemy planes were de- | stroyed, 29 probably destroyed and ten damaged. American losses were | five planes and four men. single ship was damaged. .- | KEITH WILDES RE-OPENS HIS JUNEAU OFFICE Keith Wildes, well-known neauite, has resumed the operation of his insurance business here after | last two-and-a-half years in the service of the Army. He spent the last two months the Townsend movement in Iowa | ;in an Army hospital near Anchor-|was the main speaker at the meet- ' age and was recently given an hon- ing of the Juneau Townsend Club orable discharge from the service. spending the —_— THIRD ARMY HAS CROSSED INTO REICH REDS NEARING JUNCTION WITH PARTISAN ARMY MOSCOW, Sept. 6. — troops have pushed across Narew River, north of Warsaw, and TI50PLANES 'BLAST NAZI ARMY, CITIES Russian the struck toward East Prussia in n; . — et it oG apousion. s 1€€I0g Troops and Con-|Secrecy ls Maintained on dipatches sad. ol Cnfrafions Gef Show- | New Movements-Big |eastern front, troops which cap- er Of Bombs Bame S'al"s SOO" tured Craiova, in southwest Ru- Ju- mania, drove along the Wallechian plains on the approaches to Yugo- |slavia for a junction with Tito’s Partisan army which will cut off all the enemy in Bulgaria, south- ern Yugoslavia, Greece, and Aegean Swift Russian columns in Ru- mania are less than 50 miles from Yugoslavia and less than 45 from the Iron Gate where the Danube |cuts through the Transylvanian Alps, less than 140 from seething |Belgrade, and 175 from Hungary proper. | e, TOWNSEND CLUB I ADDRESSED BY BOO J. E. Booth, formerly organizer for !last night. He gave an interesting ;sMrs. Wildes met her husband in |review on the formation, purposes ?Anchorage where they spent a few 5 _ days, then drove over the new Glen ¥ can outposts. Four essential fac- |in prosecuting the Pacific war, but last evening as the new social spon- typhoon devastating force blasted Hiéhway and Richardson Highway « tors guide priority systems for re- |we couldn't afford to let the Jap- sor of Delta Chapter of Beta Sigma enemy positions from the northern i, “poihanks returning to Juneau lease of soldiers. They are length g;.ce get cemented in positions Phi, in its first regularly scheduled Kuriles to Truk, Wake and Nauru. | 3 ) of service, overseas time, °°mb’“4mey have takan” learly this week by plane via An-! chorage. Mr, conditions around Fairbanks fers Juneau. Not a |dent of Juneau for 15 years an special representative of the New York Life Insuragce Company eight-and-a-half years. and progress and what was being accomplished. Mr. Booth’s home is in Chicago. He has been employed on defense projects in the Aleu- the | } LONDON, Sept. 6.-—Seven thou- | sand, seven hundred and fifty U. S. heavy bombers, flying from Ttaly, | bombed concentrations and German troops moving northward from below the Danube along with Nazi retreat | routes in the Balkans. They struck as wave upon wave of American bombers battered besieged Brest for a solid hour and ranged behind the | western front and into Germany, | snarling transportation. | One large formation of Liberators | from the south bombed a mass of | enemy troops, tanks and vehicles, | jammed into the small town of Les- ;’kovnc. 150 miles southeast of Bel- H grade. | Pirst reports said that the Ger- man air force was absent again. | TFortresses bombed the Oradea ( railyards, 125 miles southeast of Budapest. ~ BULLETINS LATE WAR LONDON, Sept. 6. — American soldiers have carried the war to German soll, sending tank supported patrols across the western frontier. This is the first official report of the entry of the Reich by land since the fall of France in 1940. These penetrations were made Sunday by the fast moving Third Army which began battling in force along the Moselle River and the drive was into Saarbrucken, Ger- many. Strong forces of the U. S. Third Army have established themselves firmly across the Moselle River in preparation of the assault on Hit- ler's West Wall. Gen, Eisenhower declares the bat- tle for Germany is about to begin and this “battle will be fought on German soil.” It is disclosed that penetrations of the Reich frontier is about 25 to 30 miles ahead of the main front. What has happened since the spearheads into Germany on Sunday is still under SECreCY.. .. ... . . One senior staff officer declares |that Germany's last defense hope west of the Seigfried Line or West Wall is no stronger than the At- Wildes said that although duced by President G. E. Almquist. ' and Anchorage seem prosperous, he pre- He has been a resi- lantic Wall, if as strong, and “we are going to break it.” MRS. JENNE TAKES OVER DUTIES AT tians, and was in Dutch Harbor | when it was bombed. He was intro- | LONDON-Bulgaria has appealed | | C. T. Fulkerson was welcomed t0 Russia for an armistice. This |home from a trip to Portland and Was @ few hours after Russia de- I'salem, Oregon. In the Oregon Iclnred war on Bulgaria: 4 metropolis he attended a mammoth | Townsend rally, at which over $1600, TOKYO—One Jap Vice Admiral| were raised, and the principal and five Rear Admirals were kllled( speakers were Dr. Francis E. Town- | Técently in “enemy action” in the | |send, founder and chief promoter command area of Yokosuka Naval| for SUPERVISOR OF 5 EDUCATION HERE | Homer Howard, of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, has arrived here| from the south to assist in the su- pervision of Native education. Hel plans, during his two months’ stay, | to visit the Kodiak and Cook Inlet/ areas, so that the Department here may have the value of his analysis of conditions from an educational] viewpoint. On previous trips to the’ Territory, Mr. Howard visited the| Interior, part of the Yukon ter- ritory and southeast Alaska areas. Before the war, summer schools for teachers were held in the ,States at the Chemawa Indian School in Oregon, and many Alaska | educators attended the sessions, which were under the direction of Mr. Howard, whose field is teacher| {traimng and in-service training. |As soon as the war is ended the |summer school will be resumed, the| |Supervisor reports. { ———————— FAIRBANKS MEN HERE | Robert E. West and Al DeFlorien, | of Fairbanks, are in town and guests | at the Gastineau Hotel. - e CLIFF MASON RETURNS Cliff Mason has returned to town after spending the summer months on the fishing banks with his boat | the North Star. He will be employed during the winter months as a crane operator for the Army Trans- port Service at the Juneau Subport. Education for the Indian Office,| land Ralph Mize, also of the Indian Bureau, have returned from a field ‘mp to Excursion Inlet. — e JACK BURFORD LEAVES Jack Burford, son of Mr. and {Mrs. J. B. Burford, has left by |steamer for Seattle. After a short visit there, he will return to Vic-| ‘toria and enter the Brentwood! School. | — e KILLED IN ACTION Bruce D. Juneau, great nephew of Joe Juneau, co-founder of the (town of Juneau, was killed in ac-| tion, June 12, in France, according i'.o information receivéd here. He has re-opened his old office in the Shattuck Agency quarters. ENROLLMENT JUNEAU PUBLIC SCHOOLS 627 Enrollment at the Juneau Public Schools has been completed an- nounces Superintendent A. . B. Phillips. Total enrollment for both grade and high schools remains at yesterday’s figures, 627, of which 164 are high school students. The superintendent also an- nounced that the high school will not offer its home economics, course this year as only one student sign- ed up for the course. However, Miss Grant, the instructor, will con- tinue teaching the grade school course. Most of the classes are in session today and this afternoon textbooks were given to the students. LEGION HEADS WIL SPEAK AT (HAMBER Waino E. Hendrickson of Juneau, newly elected Department Com- {mander of the American Legion, will speak at tomorrow’s Chamber of Commerce meeting and will out- line the Legion program for the coming year. Also asked to attend the noon luncheon at the Baranof, Walter Mickens of Anchorage, Past De- e ! BACK FROM EXCURSION |partment Commander, will tell of | Dr. George Dale, Supervisor of {the accomplishments of the organi- zation during. the past two years. —————— BUS DEPOT LUNCHROOM IS NOW IN NEW HANDS The Bus Depot Lunchroom, re- cently purchased by Skipper Bord- sen, has now been taken over by Velma Tew and Alma Trucano. Mrs. Bordsen has left for the States where she will undergo medical attention. - — BOYDS HERE FROM SITKA Mr. and Mrs. Sam Boyd and four children have arrived here from Sitka, enroute to Tanacross where Mrs. Boyd will teach at the Gov- ernment School. Mr. Boyd will be special assistant. NEW POSTMASTER Station, 12 miles southwest of Yoko- | a CIO organizer from Arizona. Oscar Jensen, who has long been | |active in the Townsend movement, |of the Townsend plan and J. Church, g ama. ROME—French forces chasing the | Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne has as- sumed her duties as Postmaster for Juneau and has now taken over 1 and who has been building a school- | Gérmans in Southern France are be- house in Hoonah, spoke of the leved approaching Dijon, ancient devastation caused there by the re- capital of Burgundy. the Federal building. | cent disastrous fire. The Presidential appointment Mrs. Beatrice Rosness, Secretary, LONDON — The Paris radio 585 without, term under the Civil Ser- gave an encouraging report on the Canadian forces are mopping up the yice was‘made June 22, 1944. | membership and financial status of Channel coast and have penetrated | nprg jenne, & member of the ;the local unit of the organization, | Calais. Territorial ~ Legislature for two the business | !terms, was nominated for the Sen- her officlal work in that office at | Dancing followed meeting with music furnished by LONDON—The Paris radio says| : Y | the British advance forces are in|ot¢ Uhis year Db, fgngernd . het, | Milner, pianist, and Carl C. Collen, Sight of Rotterdam. |as Postmaster. She succeeds Mrs. S aimuer. ! Lillian Mills, who has been acting | jat Fort Le Havre underwent last; BADMI"G'I’O" FA"S I night a 1,000-ton bomb attack by! GET TREAT FRIDAY TERRITORIAL GUARD | LONDON — ‘Army 1s somewhere in The Nether- {to be favored Friday evening at is not given. ‘ The Juneau Unit of the Alaska the High School Auditorium with | feseinger. ‘Terriwrln) Guard will meet at the | Washington State Champion, Miss is reported to have liberated the:lon Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Juanita Stern. Miss Stern won the fortified city of Namur in Belgium.| All-men are to report in coveralls lof competition, so players should| 8 OUT ALASKA LINES with their Springfield rifles, am- i | Leaving Juneau yesterday for An-| munigion belts and helmets. on the game from her play. | |the following persons: Norma Saxl,|consist of a summary of the sum- "o IRA"SPORTA"ON J. W. Johnson, K. D. Ming, J. W.!mer’s shooting program; also a dis- 4 |Cedric Davis and Sgt. Saunderson.|and a good snappy drill session. ship. meeting and all members are re- pASI ONE-M".E pos' SRS N quested to be present. | o st IVERSON FAMILY BACK | | sioner of Education, beginning to- by her son Eric and daughter| | morrow morning the school bus will Trudy, has returned to her home | the Juneau side of the Mile I post.|joins Mr. Iverson, who is with the big “Hurrah.” According to law the Territory is Forest Service here. | That entrance to the Federal or more from the school which they | mrs 0. I. Lo ines. is in| i | s X uis, of Haines, is in every afternoon, is going to be kept |must attend. Heretofore, however, yown and has registered at the open now from 6 a. m. to midnight. Twelfth Street ! Vi thetr w:;em":l pm: :&C:‘:::E e ¢ o o 0 0 o o o o otoinvade Alaska, as a war emer- 3 | WEATHER REPORT gency. E. M. McIntyre, violinist; Mrs. David resignation upon her appointment USSR e LONDON--The German garrison | | ¥ | Postmaster since January 1, 1943, | Lancasters. The British Second | WIu MEH muRSDAY Badminton fans and players are lands but where nor to what depth | ian exhibition of Badminton by the, LONDON—The U. S. First Army |small bore range in the A. B. Hall title last winter from a stiff field | ol 5 and leggings and are to be equipped be able to pick up valuable points' " 3 chorage, via Alaska Lines, were| The program for the meeting will Kehoe, Ensign Cook, Lt, Maclsaacs, | cussion of @ fall and winter program { STUDE"“ RESIDI“G |McDonald and Silver piloted the| Roll call will also be taken at this Pt s s R | According to announcement made FROM EXTENDED VISIT| |today by Dr. J. C. Ryan, Commis-| Mrs. L. E. Iverson, accompanied READ THIS | be unable to-furnish transportation |in Juneau after a 5 months’ visit| to any child whose residence is on in Santa Cruz. The family n--; All Juneauites can now give one obliged to furnish transportation to| —_————————— Building on Seward street, which any student who resides two miles| ARRIVAL FROM HAIL |has been closed at 5:30 o'clock J. P. Christensen obligingly would | osed | Gastineau. | The entrance was cl when 1t stop his bus along the highway and N R lwat thought the Japs were going of the increase in the Glacier High- way population, the practice cunnotj U. 8. Weather Bureau There has been more cussing on be continued this year, Dr. Ryan | SR o |the 5:30 o'clock closing order than stated, as the busses are nlready“ Temp. Tuesday, Sept. 5, e over anything else connected with overcrowded. If there is any further | ® In Juneau: Maximum 58, e the present war except the beast- increase in the highway population, minimum 46; rainfall 72. e ly censorship. Persons with boxes the transportation may have to be ® At Airport: Maximum 56, e in the post office have walked one be stopped at the Two-Mile post, ® minimum 47; rainfall .52. e block to their box, then back again ® © o o o o o o o o o tothe front entrance on block. LDr. Ryan said.