The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 23, 1944, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” —_— gl VOL. XLIL, NO. 9763. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDA Y, SEPTEMBER 23 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS == ALLIES FIGHT THROUGH NAZI BARRIER Red Fleet Moves Into Co Dewey Views Train Wreckage |Names of Hitler, Other TALLINN IS CAPTURED BY SOVIET FORCE Russians—F’]nch Clear Through German Pockets fo Estonia’s Coast MOSCOW, Sept. 23—Soviet mine- sweepers today started clearing a safe channel for the Red Fleet to make its first combat cruise of the Baltic in three years. Following the capture of Tallinn, it (Continued oni’age Six) The Washington| Merry - @ -Round | By DREW PEARSON | Col.” Robert S. Allen now on active service with the Army.) | wt. WASHINGTON — War Depart- | ment and State Department offi- last month over their failure w§ achieve any clear plan for civil administration in Germany. With the armistice due any time joint British and American army | units spent most of .the summer writing and rewriting a. handbook | to place before civil administrators to be assigned to Germany. The fourth draft of this handbook ar- rived here from London late in August for comment from the War, | State, and Treasury Departments. It turned out to be a completely | negative set of instructions, with| no clear and workable recommen- | dations concerning labor problems, food problems, industrial problems. And there was absolutely no in- struction for the handling of Nauzis in key posts. Civil administrators | studying the book were given no reason to believe that the British| and American Governments even | desired to oust Naqzi from import- | ant posts in Germany. The galley proofs came in with instructions that recommended | changes should be cabled back to London in about 24 hours. i In disgust, Treasury Secretary | Henry Morgenthau and Harry | White, director of the Treasury’s| monetary research division, took | the proofs to the White House, tossed them on the President’s| desk and asked him to look them over. The President, already peeved because he had not been consulted about the appointment of Robert Murphy as political adviser to General Eisenhower, read through about six pages of the handbook, then threw it down indignantly. “Feed the Germans!” he said. “I'll give them three bowls of soup a day, with nothing in them. Con- trol inflation! Let them have all the inflation they want. I should worry! Control industry! There’s not going to be any industry in Germany to control.” BLISTERING LETTER TO STIMSON He turned to Morgenthau and demanded that, within two days, Morgenthau, Secretary of War Stimson and Secretary of State Hull prepare for him a detailed plan for the civil administration of Germany. Then he wrote Stim- son a two-page letter, blistering the proposed handbook. So irked was he that he dis- pensed with the wusual “Dear Henry” salutation, . heading his| letter instead “To the Secretary of War.” First sentence was, “This is a very bad job.” There followed long quotes from the handbook galley proofs, passages which FDR picked at random as especially weak or stupid. Copies of this letter went to! Hull and Morgenthau. Hull’s copy was routed out through the various offices concerned in the State De- partment, finally getting back with pencilled notations opposité the various quotations. State Depart- ment officials were unable to (Continued on Page Four) HEARS DEWEY Dr.Romig Here | LARGE CROWD LAST NIGHT Nominee Would Extend:; Social Security Act fo | Cover More People | LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23—Gov. Thomas E. Dewey pledged a social security program to encompass | 20,000,000 persons, who are not now | protected, in his talk here last night. City for the last major speech in |his campaign swing. | In the Los Angeles Stadium the | nominee told a cheering throng of 90,000 that Americans had learned to work together so well in war ate and see the aged, the ill and the unemployed had security in the | future. Spurred on in his fight| against the New Deal by nearly a score of Hollywood movie leaders | and stars, Dewey, dressed in au} immaculate light gray suit, spoke | from a flag-festooned dias with a | 60-foot American flag for a back-’ drop. High above, atop the stadium, burned a torch, first lighted for | the 1932 Olympic Games. ‘ This was by far the largest crowd to hear any of his speeches. Dewey | started off by saying a turnabout | was demonstrated. “California is | determined to win free govemment“ here at home.” Points Made In making points on his social security legislation, Dewey said the original act was passed by :11 non-partisan vote of overwhelming proportions in 1935. “Just once in | the nine years since has there been | are eager for concrete, definite pro- | posals.” Dewey’s Program He offered this program: (1) Expansion of old age and surviv-| ors’ insurance to provide coverage jof farmers, domestic workers, em- ployees of non-profit enterprises, self-employed persons, government workers and members of the armed forces whose benefits will be re- duced by their service. (2) Widen- ing of unemployment insurance to “include the groups now unpro- {tected.” (3) Return of the employ-“ ment service to the states and merger of the unemployment agen- cies. (4) Development in coopera- tion with “a free and independent |medical profession, means for as- |surance of medical service to those |lof our citizens who need it and cannot otherwise obtain it.” (5) | Establishment of a state and local communities information service to | tell veterans where to get jobs and how to get benefits under the GI| bill and how to continue their edu- cation. STOCK QUOTATIONS | stock at today’s short session is 6%, American Can 89, Anaconda 26% Beech Aircraft 10%, Bethlehem Steel 61%, Curtiss-Wright. 5%, Interna- tional Harvester T79%, Kennecott New York Central 18%, Northern Pacific 15%, «United States Steel | 567%, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 145.78; rails,' fo Enlist 17-Year-OldsforService In Navy of United Sfates Now is the time for any 17-year- old boy in Juneau, who wants to Alaska to volunteer for service with " the United States step right up and say so. Dr. in Navy for the recruiting purposes. will be here for three days at least, and his headquarters will be morrow (Sunday), Monday and Tuesday from 9:30 a. m. to 4 p. m Now, any 17-year-older = who wants to join the Navy, to Dr. Romig, but it is requested the youth be accompanied by one parent or guardian with a certi- fied copy of his birth certificate, or if this is not available, with a written statement of parent or § guardian setting forth birth facts. The enlistment calls for two (2) years service in the U. S. Naval|! Reserve but may of enlisting in twenty-first birthday. The present plan calls for train- ing and duty at Kodiak, Alaska. . }Applicams accepted will be sworn they would determine to cooper- 'y, ang placed ‘on inactive ‘Quty |pending further instructions from District the Seventeenth Naval Headquarters. NATIVES CLAIMS UNSOUND | \Congressmen at Indian Hearing Give Forth Impressions SEATTLE, Sept. 23.—The three |j any attempt to improve and ex-|Congressmen, returning from hear- || tend the social security program |ings in which the Indians sought to || adopted in 1935. Few changes have ;estab]ish aboriginal rights to areas | been made, although there has in Southeastern Alaska, expressed! been many recommendations since i the belief to interviewers that grant- | | then, but there have been no re- ing them exclusive fishing privileges sults, men and women everywhere Would be unwise and probably il- legal. Representative Holmes said, “the | effect on the fishing industry might | be disastrous.” Representatives Jack- son and O'Brien said, “many of | these Indians are not aware of the| extent of the rights for which they | petitioned or that they will exclude fishermen who are not tribal mem- bers from those areas” and added that they had no intention of do- ing so. The Congressmen concurred that it would be more practicable to the Indians for any rights they were required to re- compensate linquish. ROOSEVELT 1S ON AIR WITH TALK WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—Presi- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt today NEW YORK, Sept. 23. — Closing |had a final workout in the White | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine 'House before his verbal bout to- | |night with the opposition for his ,{bid for a fourth term. His speech consultants were on hand late last night and early today giving the wealth of material a going over be- |327%, North American Aviation 9, |fore the President compressed it to 3,000 words. The President has allowed him- self a half-hour’s radio talk when he speaks at the dinner of the In- ternational Teamsters’ Union from 39.90; utilities, 24.85, & .. AL 6:30 to 7 p. m. (Pacific War Time). Howard G. Romig, Recruit- ing Officer, has arrived in Juneau He in the City Council Chamber in the City Hall and he will be there to- may apply be extended or an b 4 Dewey hurried through a round|ghgrtened to cover the present Na- cials are stvxll quaking in their hunts‘of conferences here before board-|tisna) Emergency. Those after President Roosevelt blew up|ing his special train for Oklahoma t desirous the Regular Navy may sign up for a minority enlist- ment and then ship over on their d Gov. who es locks at the damaged locomotive w senger train. (AP Wirpehoto) Thomas E. Dewey (arrow), aped injury in the wreck of his train at Castle Rock, Wasl g | 4 Republican Presidential candidate ch plowed into the rear of a pas- X o s BERENECTE | Naval doctor. A Jap oil dump is __fMécQArihu; Wades Ashore Gen. Douglas MacArthur right), Allied commander in the Southwest Pacific, wades ashore from his landing barge during the invasion of | Morotai ‘Island in the Halmaheras of the Pacific. i # Beside him is a | burning in the background. (AP Wirephoto via Signal Corps Radiophoto) FEAR ALL 19 DEAD IN ATC PLANE CRASH |Wreckage Found on High { Mountainside on Peak | Near Mt. McKinley | 1 SEATTLE, Sept. 23.—Air Trans port Command headquarters an- nounced the receipt of a dispatch| from the Army's Alaskan Depart-; ment headquarters describing the crash of an ATC vlane against one of the lesser peaks of Mt. McKinley. In all likelihood the 16 passen- gers and three crew members penshed. The names are withheld. e dispatch said a party was or- gan‘zing in Fairbanks to hike (0] the wreck, 9,000 feet “over some of the most rugged terrain in Alaska.” £ plane, piloted by Allan Kirk- patrick, flew off its course to search for the wreckagt; found it just above the edge of Eldridge Glacier, a spot about 25 miles from the| Aluska Railroad, between Honolulu and Hurricane, but Army authori-| ties estimated the ground party will have to travel 70 miles as the near- est highway is within 60 miles of the wreckage. Col. Willlam Williams, air in-| spector, said he and other passen- gevs, as Kirkpatrick's plane ‘circled | the wreckage for an hour, observed | no signs of life. Aerial photographs disclosed one motor and a tail as-| sembly torn off the fuselage. The, badly smashed motor lay nearly a mi'e away, higher than the rest of the wreckage. The dispatch quoted ihe last wire-| less position which reports the planei in the vicinity of the summit, eu‘“i of the point where the wreck oc- curred. At the time they were en- countering unfavorable winds and icing conditions while flying at 9,000 feet. >-ss IN FROM PELICAN Mrs. D. C. White has come into town from Pelican City and has registered at the Baranof. e BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY At a preliminary hearing yester- day in the U. S. Commissioner’s Court, George Tonasik and Daisy David, charged with robbery, were bound over to the grand jury. Their bond-is set at $2,500 each. Nazi Leaders, Nof on List of LONDON, Sept. 23—Adolf Hillel"s’ name is not yet on the list of war criminals prepared by the Allies. Two London newspapers made|.orrect as the names are not on| this astonishing revelation in their ¢ editions today. This came amid increasing fears of obse War (riminals mbat In Baltic Sea BLOODY BATTLE ~ RAGING I list—but the newspapers bluntly 3 ; ask and demand “show me.” Heroic Efforts Bemg Made The Ne Chronicle said Hull's | “information is unfortunately in- |the list of war criminals.” Both newspapers also declare the | Gestapo rvers here that the Allied | Chief Himmler, the Reich’s Mar-'poistered by American parachute |names of “murderous” fo Rescue Trapped Air- ! men-Situation Eased LONDON, Sept. 23—British armor War Crimes Commission is getting |shal Goering and Propaganda Min- rtroops slashed through a six mile involved in legalistic confusion in deciding how to deal with the Nazi leaders instead of coming out flat-footedly for punishment by death. Both the London Daily Mail and the News-Chronicle takes cogniz- ance of the statement of United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull denying that Hitler and other Nazi leaders have been left off the Eisenhower Puts Iro Heel on Ger Them What Is Coming EISENHOWER ISINJURED IN PLANE CRASH Commandemw Recover- ed from Knee Injury Received in France LONDON, Sept. 23—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower wrenched his knee in a recent air crash in a marshy area of France, but is fit again, Merrill Mueller disclosed in a ! broadcast from Parls today. Mueller, an NBC corresponden said that the Supreme Command- ; er's plane was forced down on a . return trip from the front line, and the General wrenched his knee while giving a hand to the mem- bers of the crew who were trying to tow the plane off the " spot where it bogged down. “Otherwise, he never looked heal- thier, and looks fit as a fiddle to- day,” said Mueller. He quoted the General as saying, “The war will last only so long as the Gestapo makes the German nation annihilate itself.” Informal Reception For School Teachers Tuesday Afternoon The Northern Light Presbyterian Church will be hostess to the teackers of the Juneau Public Schools, High School and Elemen- tary Grades, at an informal recep-| tion in the church parlors, from 4| to 6 p. m. Tuesday, September 26. The public is cordially invited to meet the teachers upon this oc- casion R bl AT FOREST SERVICE Miss Margaret Femmer has ac- cepted a position as personnel clerk in the Division of Personnel Man- agement, Forestry Service. e o 0o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L WEATHER REPORT L] . e . . (U. S. Weather Bureau) . . Temp. Friday, Sept. 22 . . In Juneau: Maximum, 62; e ® minimum, 50. . . At Airport: Maximum, 60; ® minimum, 45. Rain .16 inch. e o 00 0 0 0 0 00 20 Goebbles, as well as other azi leaders, are missing. The newspapers declare, and so far there has been no denial and “show me” statement, that the War |Crimes Commission has collected only the names of 350 well-defined | war criminals. | The Daily Mail declares: is not one arch criminal on | list.” is |N “there the n mans; Gives SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, Sept. 23—Gen. Dwight D, !Eisenhower today bared his policy of dealing with occupied Germany. The policy has a two-fisted firm- ness in stampinng out the infamous reign of Hitler and the Nazis and is already in effect in conquered German towns. The Allied Supreme Commander minced no words in proclaiming the death penalty for Germans “who aid the Nazis in any way.” Aiming at swift justice for war criminals and threatening the firing squad for those who disobey, the trative officers to remain at their |posts until all records, equipment (and property is surrendered. Eisenhower’'s SHAEF announce- ment said the Allied Military Gov- ernment decreed the immediate dissolution of Nazi political and jmilitary organizations. “German laws involving discrimination on |the grounds of race, religion and i political opinion have been abro- gated” by SHAEF edict. This in- |cluded such laws as those for | “protection of the German blood land honor.” The Hitler Youth law is banished along with the law that made the |swastika and uniforms it graced acred property. LEA RN SRR SANTA BARBARA (QUPLE | ON VISIT TO JUNEAU J. W. Rochlitza, agriculturist from Santa Barbara, Calif., is in (Juneau on a brief vacation trip. He is accompanied by Mrs. Roch- litza. The two are extremely interested |in Alaska and have made a care- |ful study of the Territory and its |resources from printed data avail- able. They expect to make further |trips to the Territory after the |close of the war. | Guests at the Baranof Hotel, IMr. and Mrs. Rochlitza will return |to the States early next week. ! — - eee CAA MEN HERE Owen C. Gearhart and Bill Con- Inolly, of the CAA, have registered at the Juneau Hotel from Anchor- age. ANCHORAGE ME! W. Livingston John and R. R. |Gebo, of Anchorage, are in town and have registered at the Baranof Hotel. | oo ! DIVORCE FILED Ismael C. Vosotros filed suit for divorce from Inez E. Vosotros to- day in the office of the Clerk of the U. S. District Court. Allies have ordered Nazi adminis-| |German barrier of blood and steel (to the southern bank of the Rhine |branch, opposite Arnheim, and roared out with artillery support to the isolated British airborne divi- “sion holding on grimly north of the |River. However, 20 miles south, German armor has cut “the rescue {road from Eindhoven to Nihmehen, |near Veghel.” See-Saw Battle Last night a swirling see-saw |battle raged along the relief route, |up which the British Second Army |pushed a breakthrough, slicing to |the Rhine below Arnheim where a six mile drive was made by one of Britain’s finest tank regiments, |supported by U. S. airborne troops | fighting as infantry. It already has |linked up with another airborne i!orne dropped as reinforcements just two days ago below the upper arm of the Rhine. The drive vastly eased the situation last night, de- scribed as critical. 1 Will Open Ruhr Road | The juncture of the British |ground drive and the sky soldiers 'over the river, will open the Ruhr road to Berlin, but it was not dis- closed who now holds the strategic Arnheim bridge, One Frontline dis- |pateh said that the road, was !cleared to the point where the | Germans broke the supply line, and the situation was in hand again. |{An NBC broadcast from Brussels |said there was no definite late |news about the bridge at Arnheim, {but it was still intact last night, Fanatical Fighting | The enemy command is hurling , levery bit of the fanatical Elite |Guard fighting power it had in the north into attempts to break the British Second Army's supply stream across Holland and hold {Dempsey's armor apart from sky |troops at the Arnheim foothold. {The Germans have fought and | died by the hundreds and even |now the road from Nijmegen, 10 {miles north of Elst below Arn- |heim, is not entirely free from | counterattacks. Heavy Fighting | Three American armies are fight- ‘ing heavily against the Germans, who are making a backs to the Rhine stand. The U. S. First Army men have captured the town of Stolberg, six miles beyond Aachen, after a bitter house-to-house strug- gle. The doughboys mopped up * little villages but are unable to advance farther east, toward Co- logne, 28 miles from the most ad- vanced elements. Seventh Army men strengthened positions east of Epinal, midway between Nancy and Belfort, and | wedged closer to the highway town of Remiremont, farther south. It held its crossing on the narrow |upper Moselle. Yanks Warned To Stay Away, Nazi Citizens NEAR AACHEN, Sept. 23—With several military policemen reported imissing, Lieut. Gen. Hodges clamp- ed strict discipline on American First Army troops to guard against fraternization with German civili- ans. Three Americans missing from a jeep were found “shot to hell,” said Capt. Lindsey Nelson of Knoxville, Tennessee.