The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 7, 1944, Page 1

DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXIV., NO. 9802 JUNLAU ALASKA, TUEQH\\. NOVEMBER 7 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS MILLIONS ARE GOING T0 POLLS T0 VOTE AMERICANS RECAPTURE VOSSENACK Hand - to - hand Fighting Beats Back German Counterattacks LONDON, Nov. 7.—United S(alcs. troops, fighting at times hand-to- | hand against German reinforce- ments flung in the counterattacks, won back the last half of the focal town of Vossenack and edged closer to two flanking villages in the bloody battle to break the German Roer River barrier to Cologne. To the south,” American and French forces advanced two to three miles in bitter progress toward the Vosges Pass to Germany. On the Holland front, a dispatch reported, the capture of the ferry terminus of Willemstad. Leaving | only scattered enemy «troops below the Maas River the German Com- mand indicated a new defense line is being established on the north bank of the Maas. Heavy, seesaw tank and infantry fighting swirled in the flame-char- red forest lands southeast of Aachen. The doughboys re-won positions i near Vossenack, 13 miles from Aach- en, temporarily lost yesterday. Other American forces pushed closer to the | town of Schmidt, once in United | States hands, and toward Hurtgen | and other towns and strong points. Along the Roer River Line, before the Cologne Plain, British troops | last night, cleared out small enemy pockets below Maas in the vicinity of Empel, just north of Shertogen- bosch, Virtually all of Walcheren Island in the Sehelde Estua:y isnow in Allied hands. SOLDIER VOTES BEING COUNTED| (By Associated Press) The last of the approximately 3,369,000 soldier votes which can be counted in 40 states are being| sorted today, as civilians troop to; the polls for the Nation’s third wartime election. Five of the 40 states, New York, New Mexico, Connecticut, Towa and Kentucky, ballots yesterday. The 35 others are still accepting them today. Eight states will continue to accept them until various dates, up to North Dakota’s December 5. The Washington| Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON Col. Robert S. Allen now on active service with the Army.) | | (Lt WASHINGTON—During the cam- paign, Ann Sheridan, having re- turned from touring the war camps | wired Warner | Brothers in Hollywood, with whom | in India and Burma, she has a long-term contract, ask- ing if she could suspend her con- tract for about six weeks in order to do some campaigning for Gov. Dewey. She added that she knew Warner Brothers were for Roose- velt, but she wanted to do some work on the other side. To this Harry Warner wired back, telling her to take the time off she wanted and adding: “Isn’t this a wonderful country where you can be for Dewey, I can be for Roosevelt and we can all be good friends after the election.” To which words, this columnist would like to say Amen and add| that it's an even more wonderful country than most of us realize, because probably no other major nation in the world could weather a wartime election of such import- ance. .Great Britain has not had a national election for nine years. Brazil has not had one in over a dozen years. Canada and various other British dominions, where, ac- cording to political scientists, de- mocracy flourishes even more lux- uriant than here, have had no national wartime elections. stopped accepting GI| Superforts .~ Over Japan, Says Tokyo Nips Repori—lhird Recon- | naissance Flight in Week (By Associated Press) American Superforts today ranged over Tokyo and the heavily indus- trialized Kanto area for the third time in a week, the Tokyo radio re- ported, but said that no bombs were dropped. The same broadcast, reported by the FCC, said that 40 more B-29s on Sunday raided two of the Vol- cano Islands, 750 miles south. The Tokyo radio reported that two B-29s flew over the main Jap Hon- |shu Island and the Kanto region for an hour “for reconnaissance pur- poses.” i Jap propagandists warned that | the Superforts would return in force to bomb Tokyo and other sections lof the Kanto area which roughly covers half of Honshu. | American sources have not con- |firmed any of the three reported | reconnaissance flights. The first was reported by Tokyo on November 1, and the second on November 3 EIGHTH ARMY CAPTURES 2 ITALY TOWNS ROME, Nov. 7.—Polish troops of the Eighth Army have captured San | |Martino and Marsignano, in the mountains southwest of Forli, Allied | Headquarters said today. Several important hill features were seized elsewhere on the Italian front, butr the main activity on both sides was patrolling. CANDIDATES IN FINAL APPEALS TOU.$. VOTERS HYDE PARK, N. Y, Nov. 7— President Roosevelt closed his cam- paign for a fourth term last night |with an appeal for 50,000,000 voters | iso “the world will respect our de- mocracy” and fight to attain a permanent world peace. “Our boys are counting on us to show the rest of the world our| |kind of government is the best in the world—the kind we propose to| keep,” the President said .in a speech on all major networks. “I do not want.to talk to youj tonight -of partisan politics or of the political battle that will be finished Tuesday when you, the people of the United States, again vote as free men and women with full freedom in your choice—with no secret police watching over your shoulders and for generations to come Americans will continue to prove their faith in free elections.” DEWEY’S FINAL TALK ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. 7—Gov. Thomas E. Dewey declared the Democratic campaign was pitched on ‘a bald plea for reeleccion——as! long as he lives—of whoever hap- |pens to be the President.” In a nationwide broadcast, the Republican = presidential nominee asserted that in the last 30 years the country has gone through {“nearly an unbroken period of crisis after crisis,” in which it |could have been argued that “the state of the nation and of the| Iworld was so critical we ought not |to risk a chdnge of administration. In the last analysis the whole ar- gument comes down with a bald plea for reelection, for so long as he lives, of whoever happens Yo be President. But we know the op- posite. The free system of gov- ernment is so clear that if we are going to do our duty we must lay by every consideration and decide how best the country may be NAZIS FACING CATASTROPHE Premier Speaks on De- struction of Germany and Means fo Future Peace LONDON, Nov. T7—Germany “on the verge of catastrophe,” Stalin declared last night in an address in which he said that Russia, the United States and Britain had “made plans for a | secure peace.” “It is not enough that we win the war, but we must make any future war impossible,” the Soviet Premier declared before a Moscow throng, commemorating the 27th anniversary of the Russian Revo- lution. Red Army to drive the Germans from Russian soil, that 120 German divisions destroyed during the year. Victory, Then Peace In a 42-minute review, proclaimed, “The United Nations face undoubted victory, but firm peace is not yet secured. New wars only way is through a special or- | ganization of United Nations to! preserve peace and security. Give | ‘it armed force and make sponsible for applying it immedi- effective if the great powers which bore the brunt of this war con- accord, “That Second Front “There is no doubt that without the second front, down 75 German divisions, couldn’t have driven the Germans |lcut of the Soviet Union. But with- out our pinning down 200 divisions, Belgium. three great powers about postwar organization, remember that such differences always exist, even in the same party, and will exist be- tween different countries. If dif- ferences have occurred, as for ex- ample at Dumbarton Oaks, we mustn't complain, but we must be glad they are so few. Dozens of points were solved in complete agreement. Therefore, I think that Dumbarton Oaks is an indication that a peaceful solution is pos- sible.” — BLOODY NIGHT BATTLE BEATS By MURLIN SPENCER Associated Press War Correspondent MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS IN THE PHILIPPINES, Nov. 7— Banzai attacks, the American 24th Division plunged through the Japa- nese mountain defense in a four- mile advance from Carigara Bay yesterday and raced toward heavily armed Nipponese reinforcements de- fending Ormoc, 16 miles southiward. narrow winding mountain road “continues unchecked,” the com- munique reported. Long-range Yank artillery threw one of the Pacific War's most pun- ishing barrages at Ormoc and Japa- nese positions throughout the valley. The Nipponese held back fresh { troops, throwing defensive forces into “piecemeal” counterattacks against the Yank perimeter, four miles south of Carigara Bay. Chanting, shrieking, Banzai yel- ling Nipponese charged the Ameri- cans in three separate assaults, but failed to pierce the line of veteran Yank infantrymen. Japanese losses are known to be heavy. — SGT. YATES ENROUTE HOME Sgt. Russell Yates, who has been stationed in Juneau with the Army served in these next four years.” —_————————— Service Forces since last January, received word a few days ago of his STALIN SAYS/ | He hailed the invasion of France | as an operation which enabled the| and declared | were | Stalin — ately to avert new wars. It will bc‘ tinue to work harmoniously and in | which pinned | we | our Allies wouldn't be able to drive | |the enemy from Italy, France and “When you read reports on the! divergencies of views among the | BACK JAP ARMY Beating back three bloody night | Forward elements of the 24th Di- | vision drove beyond Limon in the | through Ormoc Valley. The advance | | | | 2 it re- ', recently at an undisclosed point in (AP WArcplml.n from N vy). RECEPTIONTO WEBBS, RICES FRIDAY NIGHT A reception will be held in Trinity Hall Friday evening in honor of the | Rev. and Mrs. W. Robert Webb and | Dean and Mrs. Charles E. Rice The Rev. and Mrs Webb recently arrived in Juneau from Nashville, | Tennessee and he, on retirement of Dean Rice, will become Rector of | Holy Trinity Cathedral. After 23 years as Dean of Trinity | Cathedral in Juneau, Dean Rice with Mrs. Rice, expect to leav gon, where he will serve as Rector | of St. Peter’'s Church during the| absence of the regular appointed | Rector who is a Chaplain with thf" armed forces. | It is hoped that the Right Rev.| of Alaska, and Mrs. Bentley, will be here this week and the citizens of | Juneau will be given an opportum- to meet them also. The hours of the recepuon are to be from 8 to 10 o'clock and the | public is cordially invited to attend [ | | | the American cruiser Nashville (background). Col. Lloyd Lehbras, the Generai’s aide. Man at right is not identified. | were Betty Lou, Lois, |revive a Boy Scout program, Part of Phlh pme Invasion Armada Here is a portion of the invasion armada, shown at an undisclosed point, which took Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur’s troops to the invasion of the l’hi)ip])iue Islands. (z\l’ \Vircpho(o from Signal (‘orp'x Radio).. | MacAthurGoes Ashore must be made impossible, and the en. Douglas MacArthur (third from right), under whose command Allied forces invaded the Philippines, goes ashore in a landing craft the Pacific afte Se a journey aboard nd from right is 'ROTARIANS ARE ENTERTAINED BY HARED DAUGHTERS Mrs. A. R. Hared and her five| daughters were guests of Juneau Ro- | tary Club today and the daughters furnished a program of music and | Jecitations. Singing and reciting Joanne, Agnes and Catherine. President Jack I‘Iv tcher announc- | ed that the Rotary Club has decided to put on another Mm.\\nl Show. A committee has been appointed and further details will be an- | nounced later. Henry Harmon reported a good response to the Rotary effort to that 60 prospective Scouts and 20 pros- | pective Cub Scouts turned out at a | annual toy program. ———————— LEAVES ¥ MRS. GRUENING Mrs. Ernest Gruening for the states aboard the Brant s | until ‘after the holidays. E— e MRS. J. YOUNG D! Mrs. James Young,/who had been under medical care at the Govern- | ment. Hospital, died yesterday. The remains, now at the Charles W. (SAYS J. STALIN : Premier’s. Announcement | left HUNGARY OUT i OF WAR SOON, Spurs Red Troops” Fight- | ing Around Budapest LONDON, Nov. 7 — Red Army | troops battled strongly reinforced !Nazl forces on the outskirts of | Budapest today, spurred by Stalin’s ! | pronouncement that Hungary will |soon be out of the war. In his order of the day, issued |on this 27th anniversary of the | Soviet Revolution, Stalin declared (that the Red Army and its western | Allies have “taken up jumping off | positions for a decisive offensive against the vital centers of Ger- {many.” “We now stand on the eve of complete victory,” he said. Russian columns are fighting within two miles of the big Nazi operated Ferihegy airdrome on | Budapest's outskirts and are ap- parently seeking to coil around the eastern part of the city. e —————— ikoosfvmowm SLIGHT EDGE BY FOUR POLL TAKERS | NEW YORK, Nov. 7-—Four out of five nationwide polls show Rocsevelt slightly ahead of Dewey. | The Gallup poll, released late yes- 'u:rday, gives Roosevelt 515 per |gent and Dewey 48.5 per cent of |the civilian popular vote. The Fortune Survey of Public| ‘Opmlon Dewey ‘ ballot gives Roosevelt 536 and 464 per cent. A secret poil conducted by survey, |gave Roosevelt 525 and Dewey ‘475 Eniil Hurja, Associate Pub- |lisheg of Pathfinder, who is identi- fied ‘with Republican activity this year, said the poll he supervised |in 28 counties in 15 states indi- | cated Dewey would be elected by an electoral cote of 364 to 167, with Dewey getting 52 per cent or the popular vote The Crossley poll gave the Presi- | recent meeting. Harmon also urged dent 52 per cent of the major party within a few weeks for Albany, Ore- | the Rotarians to cooperate in the vyote, —————— | CLOTHING DRIVE ENDS end of the clothing drive now being lconducwd by the Sons of Norway for the benefit of destitute Nqr-| | wegians. Clothes of all types and |for all ages are greatly desired, par- ‘ticulsrly shoes. Any offerings may be left at the ONTHURSDAY EVENING| P b John B. Bentley, Episcopal Bishop and will probably remain fir)ul)‘ Thursday evening will mark the First Votes Are Cast First complete returns from the | Presidential balloting are being re- ported this afternoon. From Mashpee, Massachusetts, that small Cape Cod town, came the first complete returns. The vote given is Dewey 51, Roosevelt 44. In 1940 Willkie received 97 to Roose- | velt's 89. Nut Bush precinct, in Vance Coun- ty, North Carolina, complete, cast 21 votes. All ballots were in by 10 o'clock this morning, giving 21 votes for Roosevelt. From Flemington, New Jersey, it is announced the first 250 service- ! men’s absentee ballots counted for Hunterdon County, gave Roosevelt 130 votes to 120 for Dewey. Incomplete returns from Kansas, 20 out of 2,750 of the state’s pre- cinets, give Dewey 1,434, Roosevelt 1,097, The first 17 of Kentucky’s 4,030 precincts give Roosevelt 4,404, Dewey 2,876. An Assoclated Press dispatch re- ceived by the Empire at 2:27 o'clock this afternoon, says Dewey took the lead early, inclusive of counting in Kansas and New Mexico, as election officlals dug into the probable 50,000,000 votes. Returns, however, are too frag- mentary to establish a trend. For instance, in early returns from New Jersey, which went Republican four years ago, Roosevelt has a lead, but in Kansas, Dewey leads Roosevelt 4,453 to 3,301. Initial re- turns from New Mexico give Dewey 2,300, Ronsevelt 1,400. DEWEY, WIFE VOTEINN.Y. C NEW YORK, Nov. 7. — Gov. Thomas E. Dewey cast ballot number | 257 in the East 48th Street polling | place, shortly after noon today. This | closed his campaign. The Governor, accompanied by his | wife, arrived in New York City at noon, from Albany, and went im- mediately to the polling place, where a crowd applauded his arrival. e ——— HEAVYVOTEIN WASHINGTON SEATTLE, Nov. 7.—Exceptionally heavy voting, despite unsettled weather, marked Washington’s elec- tion turnout reported in several cities. In Seattle, Bellingham and Ta- coma, there were g lineups at several precincts whén the polls op- ened. United States Marshal Algeo said that a negro was ejected from one polling station here after he threat- ened to “cut your heart out” if another voter didn't follow his in- structions. PRESIDENT CASTS VOTE HYDE PARK, Nov. 7.—President Roosevelt gave his occupation as “tree grower” when he cast his ballot in 251-year-old Hyde Park’s | Town Hall, shortly after noon today. The President drove from his nearby estate. His wife followed |him into the voting booth. Their daughter, Mrs. Anna Boéttiger and her son, Johnny, five, went along for the ride. Mrs. Boettiger had sent her absentee vote to Seattle, where she lives. BALLOT HERE IN 1 A sample balloting poll conducted at the Juneau Rotary Club meeting this noon in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel brought forth the following result: For Dewey—36 votes. For Roosevelt—11 votes. record today with an early| FAVOR OF DEWEY| BATTLE OF BALLOTS IS NOW WAGED Heavy Turnfiof Men and Women Reported Over Nation (By Associated Press) Fast and furious voting the country over piled up a record total of ballots by early afternocon and pointed toward an all-tima ~ high of 50,000,000 votes. As never before, men and women who have the final say so in the argument over the fourth term for Roosevelt or a first term for Dewey hurried to the polls to register !their decision. Between 40 and 45 per cent of the registered voters had their ballots in before noon in New York City’s Bronx and Manhattan districts. Despite the emotions stirfed in the first wartime election since '64, voting was orderly on the whole, Six persons were arrested in New York on charges of illegal registra- tion. They were among the 400 in- dicted last week on that charge. Truman Casts Ballot i Senator Harry S. Truman cast !his ballot early today in Independ- ence, Missourl. It was ‘Hi, Harry, Hello Harry” as the Senator -and his wife passed neighbors to enter the balloting place. Gov, John W. Bricker also got his vote in early, accompanied by shouts of best wishes by some around the polls, ‘} It looks.dike 3 good -Republican day,” one man shouted, .as the Governor arrived -in his precinct |in Columbus. Women Voting - . At many polls it was apparent |that more women than men were |among the voters, bearing out pre- dictions that the powder puff vote will be all-important in this elec- tion. New York City voting officlals reported 256 per cent of the vote was in by 9:30 a. m. at most polling places ‘and 50 to 60 were standing in line. | | In Pennsylvania In Pennsylvania, whose 35 elec- toral votes many expect may be decisive in a close election, from all indications the total vote will equal or surpass that of 1940, tiris despite the absence of the armed v e (Continued on Page Sir) Mines Closed; WorkersVofe (By Associated Press) Virtually all of the coal mines in | West Virginia closed today, with as many as 110,000 miners staying away from their jobs to vote. How |many miners will vote is the im- portant “border state” subject. There is much speculation since John L. Lewis, the miner’s chief- tain, is supporting Dewey. BOMBING OF REICH STOPPED BY STORM LONDON, Nov. 7—Bad weather today forced a halt in the major aerial operations against Germany from British bases, after a three- day period in which 25,000 planes |dropped more than 26,000 tons of | bombs. | (GRIZILY BEAR BACK FROM PATROL TRIP The Grizaly Bear, Fish and Wild | Life vessel, eaptained by Severin Swanson, has returned to Juneau after completing a cooperative | patrol, extending from the Glacier Bay National Monument to the Sit- ka district, The trip, under the direction of Molly MacSpadden, Wild Life agent, and Ben Miller, of the National Park Service, was for the purpose of studying wild life conditions in Carter Mortuary, will be shipped to‘ Education has been compulsory in' Hoonah for burial, but plans for| |Lutheran Church until services are still indefinite, closes, John L. Lott is in Juneau from ;mother’s death. He left this after- Sitka and is staying at the Gas- noon via PAA on an emergency tineau Hotel, furlough for his home in Minnesota, Chile since 1920, On the other hand, Cuba, though P S R (Continued on Page Four) that area and checking the need for additional patrols. et BUY WAR BONDS the drive