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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” — VOL. XLIL, NO. 9774 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS = —— ' BROWNS BEAT CARDINALS BY 6-2 SCORE Yanks Forced to Fall Back on Seigfried Line FIRST ARMY ENCOUNTERS FIERCE FIRE Germans Counferaffack | with Heavy Armor- BRITISH ARE PUSHING ON FROM PATRAI Tommies flfi Capfuredj vy Arr Coastal Guns on Ger- | Planes in Action mans Refreating LONDON, Oct. 6 —— First Army ROME, Oct. 6—British invasion soldiers, jumping off to a fifth d‘y‘troups in Greece are striking along attack on their wedge in the Sieg- |the north shore of Peloponnessus fried Line at Ubach, ran into a|from captured Patrai and have, storm of heavy armored counter-|gverwhelmed the fortified port of attacks and had to fall back in|Rion, guarding the narrow en- two places. |trance to the Gulf of Corinth. ‘The Germans, flcknowledgnm, lhat Allied Headquarters announced Siegfried defenses had b(’el] that enemy :pcurltv battalions had breached, threw their first sizeable |gurrendered at a number of other armored forces and hundreds of \points. The Greek communique said guns and infantry into their as-|j500 prisoners had been taken in saults in a fierce determination to|patrai alone and immediately after ROAD JUNCTION | IS CAPTURED BY AMERICAN FORCE Fifth ArmyTakes Loiano on Italian Front in Foul Weather ROME, Oct. G—The Fifth Army troops hammered out gains up to| three miles yesterday over rain- bogged mountainous terrain ap- i proaches to Po Valley and captured | the road junction at Loiano, les: than 14 miles south of Bologna on the main road from Florence, the Allied Headquarters announces. The Nazis threw reinforcements of experienced Austrian-German Alpine troops into the central sector adjacent to the highway and | unleashed fierce artillery bana‘-a but on both sides of the road the Allies pushed ahead against stiff resistance despite the foul weather. block the road to the Rhine. The|Rjon, seven miles up the coast, Americans had to fall back from | was seized. Beggendorf, a mile east of Ubach and three to four Germany. miles inside | guns, captured there, against large| {numbers of craft in which the Under pressure, the Americans Germans were trying to flee north- | Americans a position commanding |Shimushiri, 400 miles northeast of {the communications to the center Hokkaido. also were forced off the top of the|waynj, across the Gulf of Corinth. pillbox ridge a mile and a half| Ap official statement said good south of Ubach and a mile east of |yesults had been obtained ahellim, Herbach, but they held on to the|the enemy with the German g\ms lower slopes. at Rion. Immediately opposiite | Allied airpower was given clear|Rion, on the north shore of the| skies for the first time since the parrow entrance to the gulf, allence\ battle for the wedge started. They |reigned yesterday on the p,ogress flew for a chance to deal devas-|of the battle despite the announce- | tating blows to enemy armol,iment of the capture of enemy se-| making flight upon flight a“dlrunty battalions. In several parts, operating up to 10,000 feet. {of Peloponnesus there is still no| The Germans declared more Al-|official word on how far the lied parachutists were dropped in|ppitish have extended their line. Holland and had reinforced the, Allied-held western loop between | Neder, Rheine and Waal, west of | Arnhem and Nijmegen. Patton's Infantry, to the south, sprayed with shellfire the German strongpoints on either flank and‘ fought for the third day for Foxty Driant, whose “buttoned in” gam-‘ son battled from underground pas- sages and trapdoor gunposts. \CASUALTY LIST, PALAUS BATTLE, -ANNOUNCED NOW | UNITED STATES PACIFIC | Another battle raged for the pprpET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL | second day near Sivry, 10 m“ESIHARBOR, Oct. 6—A total of 336 north of Nancy, with little change nfarines and soldiers were killed, | in the ground. leight listed as missing, and 1,707 Purther _Bouth, wounded from September 25 to/ there was no to! news of the Seventh Army's push|octoper 5 in fighting in southern | for Vosges passes and the last 10| pglays, as against 2,755 Japanese Falles 1o, BeHort. slain during the same period. | B SRR Grant Baldwin, Juneau carpenter, left for Prince Rupert this morn- ing. - e The Washington Merry -Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col. Robert 8. Allen now on active service with the Army. (EDITOR’S NOTE—After John Foster Dulles was delegated by Governor Dewey to discuss the world’s future peace machinery with Secretary Hull, many read- ers and editors requested Drew Pearson to give additional infor- mation about the man who, as possible next Secretary of State, may have our future foreign policy in his hands. This is the third of Mr. Pearson’s columns on Mr. Dulles.) <A | WASHINGTON-—When you study the official investigations of Wall Street firms, which caused public outrage, demanding the establish- ment of the Securities and Ex- change Commission, you find that; some of the most top-heavy invest- ment sky-scrapers were built up with the legal advice of the firm of Sullivan and Cromwell, of which John Foster Dulles is the most prominent partner. However, it also happens that one | of President Roosevelt'’s own cabinet members, James V. Forrestal, Sec- | retary of the Navy, is linked up: with at least one of the invest- | ment giants which deflated with | such loss to the average American investor. RELUCTANT WITNESS In fact, even today Dulles is| being <hounded by disagreeable —_— e (Continued on Page Four) |here today by plane on a tour of | The daily communique also re- ports air am,ks on a Japanese | destroyer and’a large cargo ship northwest of Iwo and Jima, Vol- cano Islands, 750 miles south of Tokyo. Marine Corsairs, using the cap- tured airfield on Peleliu, southern Palaus, bombed the airstrip and] motor concentrations on Babel- thaup, the large enemy-held island in the northern Palaus. Willkie Il InNew York NEW YORK, Oct. 6—Wendell L. Willkie is suffering from a severe throat infection and “slight con- gestion ,of the lungs,” Dr. Benja- min Salzer said this morning, add- ing that a throat specialist and heart specialist have been called in consultation. Mrs. Willkkie announced this morning that “last night we were very much concerned about him. He has been doing just beaumully until he suffered this infection.” e Marshall, Byrnes on Flying Trip fo France PARIS, Oct. 6—Gen. George C. Marshall and James Byrnes, Di- rector of War Mobilization, arrived | | the front and military installations in France. -l e LEAVE FOR SEATTLE Matilda French, Bruce Parker and Kathryn Peterson left for Seattle today by plane. Headquarters announces the cap- ture of Monzumo, three miles west The British turned enemy coastal [of Troiano and two miles north of | Monte Venere taken Wednesday. The capture of Loiano gives the | of Bologna. HUGE BOMBER FLEET HITS NAZ! TARGET 11200 American Heavies Strike Berlin Engine Plant, Airdromes LONDON, Ocf. 6—A fleet of more than 1,200 American heavies |attacked the airplane engine plant at Berlin, numerous industrial ob-| jectives there, and airdromes in Germany. Strong forces of British heavies dumped a profusion of bombs last| night on_Sarrbrucken and on a major rail center and arsenal on the Siegftied Line, behind Metz, Enemy broadcasts said it was a | terror l'ald CAPTURE OF BELGRADE IS NOW NEARING . Russian - Yugoslav Troops Fighting Nazis on ~ Outskirts of City MOSCOW, Oct. 6—Russian-Yugo- slav troops are fighting the Ger-| mans on the outskirts of Belgrade and news dispatches indicate pa-| trols have crossed to the south bank of the Danube from captured | Pancevo, less than nine miles from the Capital City. Marshal Tito reported decided progress is being made and it is| believed his army will be the flrst to formally enter Belgrade. Other Russians in northern Yugo- slavia are less than 30 miles, across the flat frontier country, from Szeiged, second largest Hungarian city. The Russian conquest of Hun- gary is declared by Russian news- papers to be first priority objective in the Russian strategy. Thirty five miles south of Bel-| grade, Yugoslav units are locked in a bitter battle with the Ger- mans at the village of Topola. Except for reporting patrol ac- tivity the communiques remained silent about any action elsewhere on the eastern front. -NEARJAPAN, IS BOMBED KITAISLAND, |Roosevelt Takes Swat | At Republicans, Also Hits Quf ai Nominee Liberators Penefrate Deep ' Info Nip Territory-Two | Planes Are Lost (By Associated Press) Twelve American Liberators |bombed Kita Island Thursday| !morning in the deepest reported ! |penetration of the Kuriles. : | Domei is said, in a broadcast |recorded by the FCC, to have claimed two attacking planes ‘were downed in a “fierce air battle.” | Tiny Kita Island is 310 miles {northeast of Hokkaido, one of the, northernmost main islands of | |Japan and the closest previously | announced approach to Japan proper. Aleutian-based bombers made attacks from the middle of to the middle of June on AIR FORCES POUNCE ON ENEMY SHIPS Catalinas Hit 2,000-fon Freighter in Amerong Bay-Left Burnmg By SPIL)( ER DAVIS Associated Press War Correspondent ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, Oct. 6 Allied planes sank or damaged 10 more Japanese freighters, pounded a Japanese airfield and lashed at an important port in sweeps from the Philippines to Amboina. Headquarters reported heavy bombers ploughed through fairly heavy anti-aircraft fire while at- tacking Makassar, a major Japg- nese port on the southwest coast of the Celebes. They started 17 |sizeable fires among oil tanks and !wharves during the Monday night {assault. No Allied planes were lost. Catalinas hit the largest ship of in Amerong Bay in the | Celebes ' during the same |'They left a 2000-ton freighter burning and listing heavily. The Catalinas also pounced on a cluster - FUND DRIVE IS Io SIART HER of smaller freighters and barges at |Grontalo in the north central The National War Fund drive is gelepes, damaging three, sinking | four May “ Domei reported that Premier |Moiso warned the cabinet at a meeting today that the Pacific’ 4war had “now reached a grave |situation which would decide the rlsc or fall of Imperial Japan.” his has been a stock expression 7 o! the Nipponese leaders for the past six month; NATIONAL WAR | the bag | ‘neau area during this month, pos isibly on the same date the drive starts in the States. B To set the ball arolling, the g o steering committee will meet in the e . City Council Chambers next Tucvw“md‘ adjacent Laha and Haroeko day evening at 8 oclock and the! jairdromes with 95 tons of bomb: date for the start of the.drive and | LSro Planes damaged a medium- committess. €0 handle the various sized tanker near Basilian Island, langles connected with such a south of Zambonga in the Southern | bz A U R Y | Philippines, and sank a 1000~ t.onnely f Mayor A. B, Hayes is Chairman| off the Soela Islands, east of mo‘ lof the Juneau area which includes| Celebes: all cities, towns and villages out- | Eikomes; on, Derain GRS, Sen | iside of Juneau, in this neck M‘poranly knocked out with 90 tum Southeast Alasks. jof explosives, meanwhile Jack, Pletcher. I8 the Chnumm‘mmy troops on Morotai in the| lof the drive to be conducted ““Halmahems mopped-up enemy po- [Juneau and he is also to be pub- |sitions, five miles north of Puuv; Ilicity man so he can put across m‘nlrfleld now in American hands. his own inimitable and impersonal | Ehllkpapan, big Japaceassheld oll |way the necessary punch to m'Ak(-‘f:en"f‘ 2 Dulzn B“:'“‘: ‘;;m ’;:"’ \the dnve val o |be turning out much gasoline for he t d | the P a4/ qunile. More than 60 four-cngined American Liberators raided the r At m meeti d: ht, P eting Tuesday night, o 0™ o i rday. Gen. Douglas the date will be set for the start MacArthur announced the dropping h i Of the, didye ‘sud. the. guote m”ol 74 tons of bombs starting huge |Juncau announced. fires which sent smoke towering| There are 22 member agencies to|. i s | ol 6,000 feet in the a ‘benem. from the National War e NOW THAT JAPS NEAR FOOCHOW Gen. A. D. Surless, Director of the| Bureau of Public Relations, War CHUNGKING, Oct. forces invaded maritime Fukien ’Depanment says: Province and have reached the “All Americans know it is a privilege to contribute to the Na- northwestern suburbs of Fouchow‘ the Chinese Command said. |tional War Fund in 'this year of ‘hberatlon Complementing our mili- The Japanese, who have occupied | this important port before, appar- tary campaigns, the services which [flow from these funds reach out ently expect to take it without dif- ficulty. to friends and neighbors at home land abroad and to the oppressed The landings in Fukien were an-| nounced earlier this week and were |peoples of the world.” pictured as a part of an attempt to| — e ————— HERE FROM SKAGWAY forestall American landings from | the Pacific which would “sever our| communications with the southern| region.” gmn' to start in Juneau and Ju- |several barges and bombing land | installations. Earlier, Lightning fighters sank | 6-—Japanese i R. E. Capstick and J. W. Clem- ens have arrived here from Skag- |way and are guests at the Gas- tineau Hotel. e MRS. FAULKNER LEAVES Enroute to the States on an ex- [tended visit, Mrs. H. L. Faulkner {left this morning on the Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Louise. R i TO C. G. AUX. MEET Jack Buford and Ernie Parsons left for Ketchikan today on the — e ZENGER GOES SOUTH Chester Zenger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Zenger, left for the States today on the Princess Louise. night. | 1000-ton freighters in Ambon | Ambonia Island. Heavy units| Sixth | (CANADIAN AIRMEN WASHINGTON, Oct. 6—President Rosevelt, saying propagandists are dragging the “red herring” of Com- munism into the Presidential cam- paign, declared he neither seeks nor welcomes support of any Com- munist or Fascist groups or in-| dividuals who ery Communism. The President said the cry of Communism *~ has been raised by “labor baiters, bigots and some poli- | ticians who apply the term to every progressive and social measure and | view every foreign-born citizen as a Communist.” The President further said: “I have not sought and I do not welcome support of any person or | group committed to Communism, Fascism or any other foreign ide- ology which would undermine the American system of Government.” Swat At GOP The Republicans, the ProsidentI said, asserted the CIO Political Ac- tion Committee is backing the| fourth term campaign, is peopled by Communists and is subject to Communist influence. Roosevelt, making his second| avowed political address, said his expression on Communism “does not in the least interfere with our relations with Russia.” ‘The talk last night was addressed primarily = to Democratic Party | {workers and Roosevelt urged a ‘mnxlmum vote turn out next month. | | Hits At Dewey Without mentioning his Republi- can opponent, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey by name, the President hit Dewey’s repeated charge that the Administration. does not plan to bring service men home quickly as| possible because of fears they can- not be provided jobs. He cited the | Administration’s announcements of demobilization plans and added: “It seems. a pity that words, based on unauthoritative |sources, be used to mislead and |weaken the morale of our men on the fighting fronts and members of [their families at home o BAIKPAGAN IS BOMBED; 2ND SMASH ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN| THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Oct. G—Liberator bombers hit the major Jap oil center at Baikpapan, Borneo, with 40 tons of bombs in another heavy raid, it is reported | today. Nineteen Jap fighters were downed and seven Liberators were lost in the hour air battle on the Borneo objective. This is the second heavy assault on the vital objective in four days.| Gen. Douglas MacArthur termed Baikpapan as “the most lucrative and strategic target in the Pacific.” e VISITING JUNEAU To spend their leave in Juneau, Leading Aircraftsmen Barry Bell land George Avison of the RCAF \arrived in town this morning on | the Princess Louise from Yukon Territory. Bell said he and his companion had heard so much about Juneau ibeing a “resort town” that they | just had to see it. They also under- stood, he said, “you can have a lot | of fun here. After eating lunch the fliers said they would take in the museum land then look for dates for the| evening. Bell, before joining the RCAF, Zenger, awaiting enlistment in the U. 8. Navy, will visit in Seattle and Bremerton. jPrincess Louise to attend a meet- ing of the Coast Guard Auxiliary there. lived in Vermilion, Alberta, and Avison halls from Flin Flon, toba. |Christman forced McQuinn out at! reckless | Mani- | _ STARTING LINEUPS The following is the starting line- ups of the St. St. Louis Browns in the third of the world s today CARDINALS Litwhiler, left field Hopp, center field. Musial, right field. W. Cooper, catcher. Sanders, first base. Kurowski, third base. Marion, shortstop. Verban, second base. Wilks, pitcher. BROWNS Gutteridge, second base. Kreevich, center field. Moore, right field Stephens, shortstop. McQuinn, first base. Zarrilla, left field. Christman, third base. Hayworth, catcher. Kmmel, pitc)m PLAY-BY-PLAY FIRST INNING CARDINALS—Litwhiler flied out to Zarilla. Hopp hit a grounder to Stephens who made an error and | Hopp reached second. Musical flied | out to Stephens. Walker Cooper singled, scoring Hopp. Sanders walked . Kurowski fanned. One run, one hit, one error; two left on bases. BROWNS — Gutteridge fanned. Kreevich fouled out to Sanders. | Moore out, Verban to Sanders. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. SECOND INNING CARDINALS Marion fanned. | Verban fouled out to Hayworth, Wilks fanned. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base, BROWNS—Stephens walked. Mc-‘ Quinn walked. Zarilla flied out to Musial; runners holding bases. u:\nu» second, Marion to Verban; Stephens | Hayworth walked. | going to third. Kramer struck out. No runs, no hits, no errors; three left on bases. THIRD INNING CARDINALS Litwhiler out, Kramer to McQuinn. Hopp out to McQuinn. Musial singled. Cooper | flied out to Kreevich. No runs, one hit, no errors; one left on base. BROWNS — Gutteridge fanned. Kreevich flied out to Hopp. Moore |singled. Stephens singled, sending {Moore to second. McQuinn singled, |scoring Moore, second. Zarilla singled, scoring Ste- | Stephens going to phens, McQuinn held at second. Christman singled, scoring McQuinn, | Zarilla going to third, Christman going to second on the throw-in. Fred Schmidt relieved Wilks for the Cards. Hayworth was passed. Schmidt made a wild pitch, Zarilla scoring, Christman going to third, Hayworth to second. Kramer out, Kurowski to Sanders, Four runs, five hits, no errors; two left on bases. FOURTH INNING CARDINALS — Sanders fanned. Kurowski out, Kramer to McQuinn. Marion flied out to Moore. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base, BROWNS-—Gutteridge out, Kur- owski to Sanders. Kreevich out, Marion to Sanders. Moore flied out to Musial. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. FIFTH INNING CARDINALS-—Verban popped out | to McQuinn, Schmidt fanned. Lit- | whiler fanned. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. BROWNS-—Stephens out, Kurow- ski to Sanders. McQuinn singled. Zarilla hit ino a double play, Mar- ion to Sanders. No runs, one hit, no errors; none left on base. SIXTH INNING CARDINALS—Hopp fanned. Mus- |1al flied out to Christman. Cooper grounded out to McQuinn. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. BROWNS—Christman flied out to Verban. Hayworth lined out to Ver- ban. Kramer fanned. No runs, no hits, no errors; none (Continued on Page ;;vee) Louis Cardinals and | FOUR RUNS, 3RD INNING WINS GAME ‘Amentan League Cham- pions Take Two fo One Lead in World Series snom_scgu“ CARDS BROWNS (OMPOSITE SCORE (Three Games) R 6 .10 | | 2 7 6 8 H 21 17 CARDS BROWNS . SCORE BY INNINGS CARDS © " Runs Hits Errors ... eeolflgeeeu So-ow z emoumgoocwm ceec® Swm oveo® eawnr £ T Runs Hits Errors moomEomm~~ S wmm e cocon ccea -0 2o =2 eceox ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6—The St. Louls Browns scored four runs in the third inning and added two more in the seventh to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals this afternoon by |a score of 6-2 to take a two-game to one lead in the 1944 world series before a crowd of 34,737 baseball fans. Ted Wilks, rookie righthander, is charged with the defeat after he (was knocked out of the box after five straight singles in the third frame, and Southworth then called on four of his young righthanders in a futlile attempt to stop the Brownies' attack. Although errors were responsible for both Cardinals’ runs, the Browns' defense tightened in the late innings when danger threat- ened. Right fielder Gene Moore made two brilliant catches to held Kramer out of trouble in the eighth inning. Moore made a long running catch of Kurowski’s drive while going directly into the sun and probably saved the game when Hopp's single and Walker Cooper’s ‘long double brought Sewell 'h'cm |the dugout for consultation with his hurler, but Kramer stayed in to justify Sewell's, confidence in the pitcher. | ‘The Cards broke the ice in the | tirst inning and then scored an- other run in the seventh., Wilks \meL his downfall in the third linning after two were out and suc- cessive singles were made. P S o LARZO BOZOVITCH IS FOUND DEAD IN ROOM Dead from an apparent heart at- | tack, Larzo Bozovitch, 64-year-old laborer, was found in his room above the Capitol Cafe at 11:45 {o'clock this forenoon hy Mike Karry, proprietor. An employee of the Bureau of Roads, the victim was discovered slumped in a chair, ‘sull in his working clothes. Bozovitch was born in Yugo- |slavia, but has lived in Alaska for the past 35 years. He has no known relatives in this country. The remains are at the Charles |W. Carter Mortuary, pending fune- |ral arrangements. - e CALIFORNIAN IN TOWN Gordon Johnson is a guest at the | Baranof, having registered there from San Francisco. o L A G s HAKKINEN HERE Felix Hakkinen has arrived here from Haines and is staying at the Gastineau. i IN FROM PELICAN Mrs. John Bear has come into town from Pelican and is now ut the Gastineau Hotel.