The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 2, 1944, Page 1

R = HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXIV., NO. 9798 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1944 MEMBI ER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS = | JAPAN FEARS INVASION BY AMERICANS FIGHT RAGES REDS PUSH FORCONTROL ~ CLOSER TO OFCARIGARA BUDAPEST Yanks and L;s Locked in Seesaw Batile for Vital Leyte Town By C. YATES McDANIEL (A. P. War Correspondent) GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD- QUARTERS IN THE PHILIP- PINES, Nov. 2—Dismounted First Cavalry troops today locked in a | see-saw battle with a large Japa- City. s _ nese force at Carigara for control| Soviet field dispatches said that of that town, seven miles east on";‘)‘:"l ”'a"le‘;‘e’?e"“ ;f ihgfn’i’;‘mgmy the only escape highway left open| ™" = "%" il > o 2 to the retreating enemy on Leyto.‘;':ll::’i riixol:“-hil}:d:?s::. t:{;x(;raal?u;g: M“."" g ap Mu(.lgcs me“'lr:d occupied places were captured. mmoving |AIEE. HE GaTigure B&y‘Among the latter was the important coast from Barugao, opened mc‘rmlwny center of Kecskemet. east of Carigara town after just| Germans and their Hungarian al- east of Carigari town after Sk‘r';lies are reported falling back upon mish troops encountered a larger|tna. defenses the people of Budapest enemy force and engaged it in ‘h‘?Ewere forced to dig outside of the town itself, whose fall would pave |city. the way for a drive on Pinamopan,| Budapst is said to be in turmoil. the north terminus on the ascape! The Russians encountered hard road to Ormac. |going teday, with great numbers of Rolling Plains fo Within 30-Miles of Capital | | | { lored spearheads are reported to be | within 30 miles of Budapest and are advancing steadily against stiff but gradually weakening resistance, on | the rolling plains southeast of the While this fight continued, other |anti-tank weapons concentrated by neau Lions with their charter and|uted to Roosevelt—"clear everything Japanese strove with counter- |the enemy on the broad treeless bridge demolitions to check another |advancing on a 50-mile front be- peril to Carigara town, poseq from | tween the Danube and Tisza Rivers. the south by Twenty Fourth Di-| T vision troops. Heavy mortar fire| pinned down the Yanks for hou (OAST GUARD Aux but Maj. Gen. Fred Irving coun-| . HEADS WILL MEET, tered with an intense bombardment on enemy positions. Still the’Japa- nese held on: Sherman tanks tried to break | through over the broken terrain | but failed because of the point-| blank fire. The Nipponese were dis-| Lt. Comdr. Earle J. Watterworth, lodged only after American infan-| USCGR, Director of the Coast trymen outflanked their positions.|Guard Auxiliary in Alaska, arrived The communique placed the 24th|in Juneau this morning and will Division within six miles of Cari-i”‘“fi tonight with local Auxiliary gara, but field dispatches put ,Hand District Officers at 6 o'clock much closer, in saying that they n the Baranof Hotel. are only two miles from joining] He was accompanied by Paul the First Cavalry in a showdown|H. Adams, Auxiliary District Com- fight. imudur(‘, and M. A. Bodahl, Auxili- Fifth Airforce fighters, based on | 2% District Training Officer, both Leyte, and speedy patrol boats con- S ‘Kch!ukz\n. stantly . disrupted the Nipponese | While in this city, the men will reinforcement activities at Ormac, | ¢! Wi rhiads G e e ale blasting barges and also blowing up ganization to arrange a winter a large ammunition dump in that area. the entire district. The Auxiliary |Soviet Forcg;gweep Over| MOSCOW, Nov. 2—Russian arm-| 33 BARANOF TONIGHT FCCHEAD TURNS | IN RESIGNATION WASHINGTON, Nov. 2—Chair- man James L. Fly, of the Federal Communications Commission, today | announced his resignation from the Commission, effective November 15. Fly said he will enter private law practice in New York City. It was understood here that he also plan- ned to join business enterprises with William Benton, founder of Benton-Bowles Advertising Agency. The Washington Merry -Eo_- Round By DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col. Robert 8. Allen now on active service with the Army.) WASHINGTON+GOP leaders on Capitpl Hill are delighted at re- ports from Albany that Governor Dewey has veered away from John | F. Dulles as his prospective Secre- tary of State and is looking over Senator Styles Bridges, of New Hampshire. Senator Bridges has been a vigor- ous critic of the Administration on domestic affairs but an enthusiastic co-operator on foreign policy and rearmament. One thing which pleases GOP| leaders on Capitol Hill is the idea of a Secretary of State selected from the Senate. Present members of the Senate always have got along well with Cordell Hull, a former Senator. Hull speaks their language. So they think a sena- torial appointment by Dewey, if elected, would make for better co- operation between the State De- partment and the other end of Cash War Bond Drive will also be | discussed and a Division Training! MOVIES SHOWN AT CHAMBER MEETING BY STANDARD OIL Members 6f the Juneau Chamber of Commerce were entertained at luncheon in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel today with movies showing American and Allied sol- diers in action on various fronts. The films were shown through the courtesy of the Standard Oil Com- pany of California. An informative report on mat- ters relating to city government was submitted by Howard and Charles Naghel. In answer to the question, may the City Council dis- charge duly appointed officers or employees of the City, the answer given in the report was “yes” by a legal vote in regular meeting. | The report stated that a lawful fmunlcipal ordinance, however, could {not be abolished by informal action, that a repealing ordinance should |first be enacted. | |Council may hold unpublicized meetings if such is the wish of the councilmen. Vacancies in the council, the re- port concluded, are filled by the {council, and the new councilman is to serve until ‘a successor is ielected at the next regular annual election. The report was filed. Guests included the Rev. W. R. {Webb of Juneau, and Lt. Comdr. E. Watterworth, M. A. Bodahl and Paul Adams, all of the Coast Guard |Auxiliary, Ketchikan. e Officer will probably be appointed. ! The report further said that the| Pennsylvania Avenue. Yesterday,’ this column told how the Justice Department had failed to prosecute certain political cases | Juneau High School and the City League teams are going to have to dig up a new basketball referee with 'the departure of Cp. P. A, Kilty for the States. (Continued on Page Four) LIONS CLUB IS GIVEN CHARTER - DURING BANQUET Juneau fo Be SIene of First | | Alaska Lions Conven- | tion Next June The Juneau Lions Club got off to a roaring start last night at | their Chapter banquet in the Bar- |anof Hotel. The newly-organized club was presented with its char: ter by George Vaara, District Gov. ernor for Alaska, with headquar ters in Anchorage, and the club |was welcomed by representatives of other Juneau service organiza- tions. Tail Twister A. W. Blackerby kept \things going, passing around the |pot whenever he or his assistants ifined one of the members for }dc(ng or not doing practically any- thing. Master of Ceremonies Don Fc»st.ex'1 presented Mayor A. B. Hay Homer Garvin and Jack Fletcher who welcomed the baby Lions Club | |in the name of the City of Juneau,| |the Chamber of Commerce and| |Rotary. | Presents Charter George Vaara presented the Ju-| | | | lan American flag. Other gifts were | |Lions Club, a gavel frem the Bal-| lard, Washington, Club; a flag- |stand with the flags of 14 na-| | tions from' the BEremerton organ- | ization, and a secretary pin from the Vancouver, B. C, Lions Club. |Other gifts are on their way. It was announced that the first |Alaska Lions convention is tp be |held in Juneau sometime next | June. Congratulatory messages from many clubs were read at the ban- quet. | B. D. Stewart, Territorial Com-| | missioner of Mines, the guest | speaker, told the members how to| | have effective service projects. Mentioning two projects that |could be promoted by an organiza- I tion of this kind, Stewart told the | Lions and guests they would have |to sacrifice to put over these or |any other service projects. Stewart’s Battles Going back to 1916, when he was mayor of Juneau, Stewart told of | |training program which they Wwill|pjs™ pattle to have the present Curity Organization, endeavor to standardize throughounfcmde School building erected andim“s" be mutual confidence and teamwork between the President to have the then volunteer city | library put under city control. | Stewart told of his trip to Wash- ington where he tried to get funds for a channel bridge, and where |he contacted the Carnegie founda- | tion for a library and public meet- ing hall for the city. Although he |failed to get any encouragement! for the bridge, he obtained an agreement with the Carnegie Foun- dation for a $15000 grant and,| |under certain conditions, a $30,000 |grant. Upon his return to Juneau, Stewart said, a whispering cam- paign was started and the project !iell through, along with the plan to buy the water system, on which the city had an option. Examples For Lions The guest speaker cited these; jexamples to show the Lions that in ‘any service project they had to look out for pitfalls. Stewart added that the water system would have been a good investment for the| city as it was then returning 15| per cent and, he said, probably is yielding as much revenue today. Stewart urged the Lions to have| tolerance in pushing through these or any other projects. He said: “There is no deed for rancor.” Guests at the banquet were Los |Bernard, Mrs. Vera Clifford, Jack |Fletcher, Homer Garvin, Rogene Moore, George Vaara, B. D. Stew- art, A. B. Hayes, J. B. Burford, {Mrs. Mildred Hermann and Ernie| | Parsons. The C. L. Andersons, Milo Clouses, Oscar Elisens, . Floyd Fagersons, Lynn Forrests, Don Fosters, Milton | Furnesses, Fred Geeslins, John Gey- lers, Earle Hunters, Thomas Hut- chings, Frank Hynes, Ernest Lin- colns, John N -Cormicks, M. E. Monagles, Ed Nielsens, Joseph Rudes, Thomas Sandborns, Thomas | Selbys, Harold Sverdrups, Robert Treats, C. W. Wallis, Clarence ‘Warfields, Herbert Waughs, Keith ‘Wildes and Tom Morgan, the Messrs A. W. Blackerby and Frank M. Her- mann, and Mrs. Arthur Hedges. —— > — Frank Shutters arrived in town| | dual attack on President Roosevelt attacks, concentrated artillery and |plain over which the Red Army is/an Alaska flag from the Anchorage |Hillman has become the biggest po- |the Communists.” Esaid that a “good start” had been additional day night when Roosevelt speaks in; left today for Seattle on a short Office of Indian Affairs, has left| by plane for Klukwan on official | business. His stay will be indefi- nite. paid in City Court today by Elmer Lola Ann Deveney, drunk; Peter| Brown, drunk. DEWEYTAKES |NEW ALLIED SWATATFDR, | ATTACKIS | SIDHILLMAN, NOWBEGUN Decla res@)sevelt Has|Americans Advance Two Sold Out to PAC-Also Miles in Hurtgen For- Communists: est Battle 2.—In a| LONDON, Nov. 2—American in-| fantry, fighting through the dense | Hurtgen Forest, southeast of| Aachen, advanced from one to| nearly two miles in a new attack| BOSTON, Mass.,, Nov. and his “viclent supporters,” Gov. Thomas E. Dewey last night de- clared his Democratic opponent in an “overwhelming desire to perpet-fand overran two villages and uate himself in office for 16 years,|peached a third. . has put his Party on the auction| gi(ish Commaundos and Cana- block—for sale to ‘the highest bid- der.” The highest bidder, Dewey said is not the “notorious One Thousand Club” but the “Political Action Com- mittee and Sidney Hillman and the Communists of Earl Browder.” While asserting he had no quar- el with the communism of Russia, the Republican Presidential nominee flayed both Hillman and Browder as leading the fourth term move so out of it they can form a govern- ment more easily to be changed.” Re-echoing the phrase he attrib- dian infantry are assaulting dike- girded Walcheren Island in the! {last phase of a battle to uncover Antwerp. They fanned out rapidly {along a two to three-mile-wide zone in the sand dunes. They flushed the Germans out of all but the Inorthern outskirts of Vlissingen. Resistance Stiffened The British are meeting stiffened rear-guard resistance in their drive toward Rotterdam, however. The Americans and Poles were forced to give up the narrow hard-won bridgeheads over the Mark River, the last barrier before the Maas and Hollandsch Diep bridges. With heavy preparation by ar- tillery, stealthily placed during the past two weeks, infantrymen of the United States First Army hopped off on an attack through the Hurtgen Forest this morning and overran the village of Gar- meter and reached the town of Hurtgen, seven miles southwest of l}urqn on the road to Cologne, for 4 gain of one mile. Village Overrun with Sidney”—Dewey said: “Sidney litical boss in the United States, and in the words of David Dubinsky, Sidney Hillman is the sub-front for Dewey declared that with Hill- man’s aid the “ccmmunists are seiz- ing control of the New Deal through which they aim to control the Gov- ernment of the United States.” e ——— Ro | The village of Vassenack was |overrun in another advance of DEwEY VIE nearly two miles. | {of Domburg and knocked out at fleut 25 big German guns. The |month-old battle below the Schelde Estuary came to a virtual finis to- Inight as the Canadians overran Walcheren, near Westkapelle early Wednesday, by-passed the village ¢By Associated Press) At a downtown rally today in Knocké and. Heyst, the last Ger-| Baltimore, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey man strongholds, and captured an 1700 Germans, bring- Allied bag in the “there | pocket to 11,700. made toward creating a World Se- ing the total but and Congress.” He added that in order to con- tinue with a successful World Se-| curity ' program, the man elected must be one thai would cooperate | with Congress or the entire organi-| zation would be wrecked. | Dewey's Baltimore appearance, _— was the first of three speeches on! ROME-—British forces have en- his slate today and was made while |tered Salonika and have been re- President Roosevelt worked on alceived enthusiastically by the popu- radio address for tonight at 6 lace. The Germans have retreated o'clock Post War Time, which will north, fire engines among the ve-| be broadcast over NBS. | hicles used for flight. In the next few days left before —_— the Presidential election, voters can, CHUNGKING-—The Japs have choose between dozens of more driven a wedge deeper into the | speakers. At least ten network pro- suburbs of Kweilin and a battle is grams on tonight are political|raging cast of Mosum. [ broadcasts, and scheduled speakers include topflight politicians, labor| leaders and still more Hollywood;s stars who have been swarming the microphones in great numbers dur- ing this campaign. Dewey'speaks again in New York's Madison Square Garden on Satur BERNE — A dispatch from the wiss-Italian frontier says Field | Marshal Kesselring, Commander of |the German forces in Italy, is re- ported to have been wounded in a strafing attack near Bologna. Boston. | LONDON—The Red Army tonight s |cracked the German defenses at| MAE NELSON ON VACATION | Kunszentimiklos, 28 miles south of Mae Nelson, on the staff of PAA, Budapest’s outskirts —eeo— vacation. She expects to return DAUGHTER VISITS here in a few weeks. Mrs. Ione O. LeBarr, daughter e |of Mr. and Mrs. William Oskam, arrived on the Northland from Seattle. She will visit her parents here for the next several weeks.| Oskam s plant manager for the Juneau Dairies, Inc. " STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Nov. 2 — Closing quotation of Alaska-Juneau Mine | stock today is 6%, American Can 87%, Anaconda 27':, Beech Air- ;cmn 10%, Bethlehem Steel 64%, Curtiss-Wright 6%, International INDIAN OFFICIAL OUT | L. C. Peters, Field Agent of the| e POLICE COURT FINI Twenty-five dollar fines were Peterson, drunk and disorderly; —————— MRS. DAPCEVICH LEAVES Mrs. Mark Dapcevich left for |Harvester 77%, Kennecott 35%, Seattle last night to make funeral North American Aviation 11%, arrangements for her late husband|New York Central 18%, North Pa- British Commandos, who invaded | who died this week at Laurel Beach Sanitarium after a long illness. | from Skagway and is registered at the Gastneau Hotel, Dapcevich was a well-known Juneau resident, having come here in 1922, % \cific 16 4, United States Steel 59, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 147.53; rails, 41.95; utilities, 2580, Now Get in KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 2 The Metlakatla City Council, at a special meeting, appointed Mayor John Smith to attend the Indian rights hearings in Seattle, on No- vember 15, and to protest against the petition of Ketchikan Thlingit Indians, who claim all Annette Is- land under aboriginal rights and also several other islands in this vicinity. Smith selected three members of the Council to appear with him— Everett Hudson, Ted Benson and Ed Leask. The Ketchikan tribe’s petition poses a peculiar problem, as An- nette, with Metlakatla its only set- tlement, has long been an Indian reservation under a Congressional Act following the settlement by Tsimpshean Indians from British Alaska Tribal Indians Fight Over ~ Those Aboriginal Rights Columbia. ‘While at Seattle hearings on un- heard claims of the Ketchikan Thlingit. Metlakatla,e a town of 500, wants to show how mixefl up are the conflicting claims of various tribal groups. The Seattle hearings will deal only with claims of the three tribes to Prince of Wales Island. Metlakatla hopes to show that any rights other tribes had on their is- land were later wiped out by the Congressional Act setting up their reserve. Observers claim that all such al- leged aboriginal rights were likewise wiped out with Congressional Acts for the development and opening up of Alaska and preserving of sub- marginal lands for the use of the future state, | MINISTER QUITS OVER CANADIAN SERVICEMEASURE OTTAWA, Nov Canada’s De- |fense Minister, Colonel J. R. Ral- |ston, resigned protesting against the | government’s refusal to compel mili- |tary conscripts to serve overseas. Lt. Gen. McNaughton | him. Use of the Home Defense Army numbering about 70,000 men, has been an issue in Canada for several |years and brought on a crisis in i MacKernizie King's cabinet. Under the government program men called up for compulsory mili- tary service may not be sent over- seas unless they volunteer. In general, opposition to total | conscription comes from French- | speaking Quebec. Until September of last year Mc- | Naughton was commander of the | Canadian forces. It is expected he will support the government's pro- {gram. The resignation of Angus McDonald, Navy Minister, is also believed possible, ————— NELSONMUST RETURN TO CHINA SOON WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 Presi- dent Roosevelt today directed Don-I ald M. Nelson to return to China ! “at the earliest possible date” to organize a Chinese War Produc- | tion Board. x After a long conference between Nelson and the President, the White House issued a statement which read: “As the President’s personal rep- resentative, Mr. Nelson will con-! tinue his work with the General-; issimo on measures -aimed at strengthening the Chinese war ef-| fort, notably organizing a War Pro- duction Board to increase the out- put by China’s war industries, The announcement said that | Nelson’s return to China was urged | by Chiang Kai Shek. ARE TIED Canvassing Board has com- | the count of the Second Di-| vision and two candidates for the House are tied. Bess Cross, Demo- | crat was 492, the same as R. G. Baker, Republican. Absentee bal-| lots, if received before Nov, 12, may} change the results. TIDES TOMORROW | High tide—3: The pleted 40'a. m., 17.0 feet. | 9 a. m, 21 feet. | High tide—3:32 p. m,, 18.7 feet. Low tide—10:06 p. m., -1.9 feet. — IN FROM SITKA Dawson Muggy is in Juneau Gastineau Hotel. Arlene Patrick, also of Sitka, is registered at tne Gastineau, succeeded | from Sitka and is registered at the | LT. GEORGE FOLTA AWARDED MEDAL, SUBMARINE DUTY Lt. George Folta, USN, sor: of Mr. and Mrs. George Folta of Juneau, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his work as gunnery and torpedo officer aboard the submar- ine Bluegill, with the Seventh Fleet. The citation, signed by Vice Ad- miral T. C. Kinkaid, Commander of the Seventh Fleet, is as follows: “For distinguishing himself by heroic and meritorious service as an officer of a ship’s company during (censored) patrol in enemy con- trolled waters. His organization and training of the communication personnel, maintenance of equip- ment in his department, and skiil (censored) contributed materially toward making his ship an efficient fighting unit. His efficient per- formance as (censored) operator made it possible for the Command- 1ing Officer successfully to attuck= ‘and sink armed enemy vessels. His| lconduct throughout distinguished !him among those performing duties |of the same character.” ) {NORTHLAND TO SITKA WITH FOUR PASSENGERS The Northland took the following passengers to Sitka yesterday: Fred Turpin, Ted Carter, W. Wanamaker and Mrs. H. A. Lindegard. e FROM KANSAS CITY Dorothea White is here from Kansas City, and is registered at the Baranof Hotel. ————————— ARRIVE IN JUNEAU Mr. and Mrs, in Juneau from Clinton, North Carolina, and are registered at the Baranof Hotel. e e PHILLIPS HERE V. W. Phillips from Haines is in Juneau and is registered at the Baranof Hotel, el —— FROM MINNEAPOLIS Pauline 'D. Nelson is registered at the Baranof Hotel from Min- neapolis, Minnesota. e e—— FROM SEATTLE Marland L. Luick, James Morley and A. L. Flesher are in town from Seattle and are regis- tered at the Baranof, o s HERE FROM SITKA Isabel Holten, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Boyd, Rex Winchell and Mrs. Frank D. Price are here from Sitka | and are registered at the Baranof Hotel. ———————————— CHRISTENSEN GOES SOUTH Chris Christensen left for Seattle on the .North Sea to enter an orthopedic hospital. Christensen, a city employee, was injured several months ago. He is accompanied by Marie Perron of the St. Ann’s Hospital staff. e —— — MARRIED HERE AT CATHOLIC CHURCH Bernard Thompson of Hoonah and Colleen McKee of Olympia, \Washington, have been married by the Rev. Edward C. Budde of the Catholic Church of the Nativity. Witnesses were Mrs. C, R. Dobbins and Eunice Cook. A. Y. Hairr arrived | geries E bonds. o WARNING BROADCAST T0 NIPPONS Told fo KeJWater on Hand-Threat Made to Landing Parties SAN FRANCISCO, Calif,, Nov. 1 —A Tokyo broadcast picked up here this afternoon said indirectly the Japanese expect an American invasion of the Northern Nippon Empire. This Domel dispatch was res corded by the FCC and quoted a Tank Commander at a frontline base on the northern tip of Japan as saying: “Our training before an enemy landing is of more import- ance than sacrifice after an en- emy landing.” The occasion for the statement was the delivery of several tanks made partially from scrap iron and copper donated by “boundless’ benevolence” for FEmperor Hiro- hito. The tank commander promised that “if the enemy approaches, we will destroy him at the beach to ease the mind of his Imperial Majesty.” More About Raid Melting down of confusing and contradictory reports into one ac- count makes it clear that Ameri- can Superforts reconnoitered over Tokyo yesterday, dropped no bombs and panicked many people before flying back to bases, presumably in the Marianas. Kenichi Kumaral, Vice Chief of - Japan's air defense from General Headquarters, broadcast that planes identified as B-29's soared over Tokyo for several hours yesterday and bombs were dropped on iso- lated places but not on Tokyo. Kumarai, in his broadcast state- ment, reprimanded people because they “lost their calmness” but at the same time urged that exten- sive steps be taken to keep water on hand “because houses in Japan are easily set afire.” s ALASKA'S SIXTH WAR LOAN QUOTA OVER 2 MILLION Alaska’s quota for the Sixth War jLoan has been set at two and one- half million dollars, according to announcement today from the office of the War Finance Commission. This is one-half million less than the Territory’s quota during the Fifth War Loan Drive, One million of this quota is in Individual pur- chases for all other series includes $500,000 of the quota and corpora- tion purchases in all series is $1,- 000,000. REUNION OF SCOTTISH RITE NOW IN PROGRESS The four-day reunion of Scottish Rite began at 4 o'clock yesterday with the 14th degree conferred in full form last night on a class of 12 candidates. Work will continue each evening [the balance of the week with the 32nd being conferred on Saturday evening at 8 o'clock under the di- rection of John J, Fargher, master, At 6:30 o'clock Saturday evening, a supper will be served for all Scottish Rite Masons. TRINITY GUILD TO MEET FRIDAY NIGHT Holy Trinity Guild will meet Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Botsford in the Feldon Apartments. —————— ® 0 00 0 0 0 0 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. Weather Bureau) Temperature, November 1 In Juneau: Maximum, 48; * minimum, 38, . At Airport: Maximum, 45; © minimum, 32, ® 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 00