The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 11, 1944, Page 1

VOL. LXIV., NO. 9806 HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ENEMY TROOP SHIPS ARE SENT DOWN Third Army Within 20 Miles of Saar Border NEW GAINS MADE IN 4 DAY BATTLE Metz-Sarreb?Erg Railroad Sliced as Yanks Advance fo German Frontier LONDON, Nov. 11—United States tanks and infantry, slugging well beyond the 1918 Armistice Day battle line, deepened a broad wedge southeast of Metz and all but sliced the Metz-Sarrebourg railroad in fighting, with advances to with- in 20 miles of Germany's Saar border. Gen. George S. Pnlwn's‘w Third Army thrust as deep as nine miles in three days. Berlin asserted that 600 tanks are engaged in the offensive, now (Continued on Page Thiee) SUNRISES - SETS FORLI FALLS | fon First DC-3 Clipper Is fo Fly fo Alaska During This Monllh, Says Chenea 10 EIGHTH ARMY FORCES Nine In(heg Snow Also Falls Over Both Ial- ian War Fronts | | ROME, Nov. 11, — Eighth Army | troops, driving ahead to the north, captured Forli and smashed into strong German tank and infantry defenses along the canal running from the northwest corner of the; Bologna-Rimini highway town. SEATTLE, Nov. 11—The first of the fleet of five Douglas DC-3 Clippers will be placed this month the Seattle-Alaska Route of Pan American World Airways, V. E. Chenea, Vice-president and Gen- eral Traffic Manager, announces. “With speedier air travel between Seattle and Alaska, tourists from all over America will flock north for skiing, fishing and big game hunting, and the tourist season will be lengthened from its present two months duration to eight months,” Chenea said. Chenea arrived here last Monday from New York City to study post- war operation and organization for the company's Alaska service. A native Washingtonian, thé New York executive is optimistic about post-war development of the tourist trade in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Born in Walla Walla, Chenea was located in business in Seattle OUTFLANKING MOVE STARTS INBUDAPEST EMain Russia—nForces Be-| siege City-Fight Off Counterattacks MOSCOW, Nov. 11.—A wide out- | flanking movement took shape on | two sides of Budapest while the | main Russian forces holding the city under siege clung to positions lin the capital's southern suburbs against desperate Nazi counterat- tacks. One group of Marshal Malinov- |sky’s Second Ukraine Army edged westward from the wide Tisza River | bridgehead capturing additional | strong points northeast of Budapest and strengthened the hold on the vital Budapest-Miskolcz railroad. Other Russian units and Yugoslav Partisan troops of Marshal Tito pushed forward west of the Danube in a drive up through southern Hungary aimed at Pecs. — e ( TWO STATES | Army, Navy Bo UNDECIDED IN ELECTION AGENTS HUNT NEWGERMAN Service Voflay Be De- ciding Factor in Missouri and Pennsylvania (By Associated Press) Missouri’s Senatorial and four Congressional contests are still in doubt as the counties proceeded with the counting of servlcemen‘s‘ ballots. A tabulation gives an esti-| mated 85,000 absentee ballots, in- cluding about 75,000 soldiers. The count is proceeding so slowly final results may not be known until next week. ¢ H As the counting progressed, Re-| as A“led Supply Pon publican Governor Donnell’s lead over Attorney-General McKittrick,| LONDON, Nov. 11.—British agents Democrat, in_the Senatorial battle, o0 the Continent are reported to was wilting away. Servicemen'’s be hunting down launching sites Votes already tallled trimmed Don- from which V-2 “flying telegrapy nell's margin to 5859 from 8,239, Pole” rockets are being fired against the plurality given him by civilian SOuthern England, so that heavy balloting Tuesday. bombers may give them appropriate Nazis Claim V-2s Will Render Antwerp Useless ~ ROCKET SITE mbers Make Double Aftack On Northern I(uriles| LEYTE NOW | UNITED STATES PACIFIC | FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR, Nov. 1l—Army and Navy bombers attacked Torishima Island in the northern Kuriles on November 6, downing three enemy interceptor planes. nounced one Army medium bomber was lost in the furious air battle with between 15 and 20 enemy fighters over the Kuriles, on the tip of Japan's empire, One Nipponese plane was dam- aged and another probably shot down, in addition to three defi- nitely destroyed. American planes attacked nine self-propelled wooden barges along | the coast of Paramushiro and saw two of them blow up: Liberator heavy bombers raided Paramushiro, Matsuwa and Onne- kotan Islands on November 8. NANKING DEALT BLOW | Agmiral Chester W. Nimitz nn-l 45,000JAP TROOPS ON Huge Convoy Lands Rein- forcements of Men, Sup- plies fo Battle Yanks GEN, MACARTHUR'S HEAD- QUARTERS IN THE PHILIPPINES, Nov. 1l—Jupanese defenders of I«yte landed heavy reinforcements f.om four 5,600-ton cargo ships at | Ormoc last right, but lost three of tl.elr transports and seven of their |15 accompanying destroyers in the | effort, Gen. MacArthur’s daily communi~ que gave no estimate of the number of enemy trocps landed, but a head- quarters spogkesman said the num- ber, judging from the size of the su.ps, could have been between 5,000 and 10,000 men, in addition to the 35,000 which the enemy is estimated to have had in action yesterday. Jap Strength Grows The spokesman estimated the re~ several years £ | 3 - | inloreemen’; Snow has fallen over both me‘fflf several years before going ‘east The, Pennhyivinia: *too; - Wik, ‘sere measures, promised by Churchill to| WASHINGTON, Nov. 11-—Japa-|ini men's gave ihe Japanese as The following sunrises and sunsets are given for the benefit of duck hunters: | Fifth and Eighth Army fronts to |a.depth of nine inches in some laces. Today { g Sunset at 4:47 o'clock e LI L November 12 Sunrise 8:38 a.m.—Sets 4:45 p.m. November 13 Sunrise 8:41 a.m.—Sets 4.43 p.m. The Washington| Merry - Go - Round i By DREW PEARSON Col.” Robert S. Allen now on active service with the Army.) (Lt. WASHINGTON—One of the most important documents bearing on the post-war world soon will be| issued by the British Government in the form of a White Paper. It will be a survey of Britain’s fin- ancial position and a frank admis-| sion that she is bankrupt. ‘The White Paper will tell in de- tail how British investments| |night in the Parlors of the Nor- | group, |talk on the Bible. | familiar with H. L. FAULKNER GIV INTERESTING TALK 10 WORLD SERVICE CLUB The World Service Club met last thern Light Presbyterian Church, and H. L. Faulkner spoke to the giving a very interesting The speaker said, in part, that| the Bible had long been a best- seller, but “most of us are un- it as a whole. We| remember scattered excerpts from our Sunday School days, and have no idea of its general plan.” He said that the Old Testament gives not only the history of the Hebrews, but also tallies with the ancient history of all countries. Books of History, Law, Prophecy, to join a group of pioneers in the aviation industry. Together they started the first commercial air- line in the United States. Asso- ciated with Pan American since its beginning 17 years ago, he vis- ited Seattle in 1939 when Boeing was building the B-314 Clippers for the company. - — WINNING ARMIES CALL FOR MORE SHOT AND SHELL COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 11.—The demand for artillery ammunition is 5o great hot shells are being loaded into freight cars for shipment over- seas as soon as the TNT inside hardens. ‘War Mobilization Director Jimmy Byrnes is said to have made this disclosure in an address prepared for Armistice Day. “We must not now let pride in throughout the world have beengPsalms. Proverbs, and classifying liquidated to pay for the war and the books of Job, Esther, Ruth, and will come to the conclusion that, Songs of Solomon as Idea books, if the British Empire is to continue ! Mr. Faulkner said the Bible is a free trading, she must have outside|record of human experiences of help. {that time, and that its so-called The alternative to free trade|inconsistencies are only the incon- and free competition, thé White |sistencies of human nature re- | our accomplishments blind us to the | magnitude of our needs,” Byrnes cautioned, explaining “our present | ! military shortages are not the prod- |uct of our failure or our mistakes. ‘They are the product of our suc- cesses. We are running months Paper will say, is a system of | corded there. barter, restricted trade and cartels, such as that practiced by Germany after the last war. International cartels, of course, have been blasted publicly by President Rooseveit and | one British corporation, Imperial Chemical Industries, already has been prosecuted by the Justice De- partment on a charge of conspir- ing with the du Ponts before the war to control the world produc- tion of certain chemicals. According to inside word from the diplomatic corps, the publica- tion of Britain’s frank survey of her bankrupt financial position will coincide with the secret confer- ences now taking place here be- tween Lord Keynes and U. S. of- ficials regarding the renewal of lend-lease. With the war ih Europe nearing a close and with U. 8. forces now getting a greater proportion of war supplies direct from the United States, British war needs for lend- lease ase dwindling. However, the British have proposed, in Lord Keynes' private conversations, a new type of post war lend-lease whereby the British could resell goods to foreign countries in order to re-establish their export trade. | KEYNES’ PROPOSAL Word leaking from the diplomatic corps is that Lord Keynes now proposes a total lend-lease allot- ment to Great Britain of six and a half billions for 1945, of which three and a half billions could be re-exported in British trade. Most of this would be in the form of American raw materials which the British would process into finished (Continued on Page Four) The New Testament is the story of “the most successful life ever lived on this planet,” he added. As the greatest book of literature, he stated that the .King James version was written during the time when the English Language was purest, and that it has been called a ‘Well of English’; that it has served as a source-book for all| authors of great literature. He| cited the Book of Job as a great drama, telling Job’s story. He gave many quotations to probe the beauty and purity of language| used, saying the poetry of the Bible has been unsurpassed. FORTY-FIVE JAP SHIPS ARE SUNK BY BRITISH SUBS LONDON, Nov. 11.—British sub-| marines sank 45 Japanese vessels in Far Eastern waters in recent weeks an Admiraity communique an ncunced today. it said the toll included one large ard one medium supply ship, a sub- chaser, and three landing craft. In acdition to the medium-sized supply ship a minesweeper was probably sunk and 14 supply vessels damaged. | ———.——— JONES IN TOWN Glenn J. Jones from Whitehorse is registered at the Baranof Hotel. R ANCHORAGE PEOPLE HERE V. R. Grundman, Ruth Pihl and | child, Heinie Bergey, and J. L, Lips- | comb are here from Anchorage, and are registered at the Baranof Hotel. ahead of the military timetable and as a result we must obtain from our war factories materiel not sched- uled for production until next March.” g The Armed Forces need heavy ar- | tillery and mortar ammunition es- | pecially, Byrnes related. General Ike Eisenhower’s troops currently are drawing upon their reserve sup- plies he said. In the Pacific, Gen. MacArthur's forces used as much 105 - millimeter ammunition this month as they did all last year. NORTH CAROLINA STATE WINNER IN GAME WITH MIAMI MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 11 — North Carolina State's fleet-footed eleven sped to a 20 to 8 victory over Miami football team, which showed signs of shaking out of its season- long slump. MANY ATTEND TURKEY SHOOT The needy families of Juneau ought to be well taken care of this year if the crowd attending the Elks' annua! turkey shoot last night ir. the Elks Hall is any indication. The affair is held each year for charitable purposes. Hughie Doogan, newsboy for the Fmpire, knocked over the first turkey of the night, and all of the birds were “shot” before midnight. Leonard Holmquist was in charge of the affair, TRIBUTE IS PAID HEROES WORLD WAR | After Five Years, Memorial Services Are Held in Meuse-Argonne (By Associated Press) The pledge that “it shall not happen again” was the keynote of the nation’s observance of Armistice Day which found the world still locked in its bloodiest conflict and with a new victory still to be at- tained. The United States and its Allies paused only briefly to honor the heroes, both living and dead, and pledge a lasting peace. This was voiced by the American Legion's|thereafter will hit the trail for the Bighth Afr Edward | National Commander, Scheiberling. Traditional ceremonies at the Unknown Soldier’s tomb in Ar- lington were held. President Roose- velt looked on as aides placed the {customary wreath on the grave. Scheibrling asserted America had broken its promises to the Un- known Soldier and his comrades of World War One. He added, “this time we do not say it must not happen again; this we say, under God, it shall not happen again.” In recently-liberated Paris, Prime Minister Winston Churchill joined Gen. Charles de Gaulle in tribute to the war dead at the Arc de Triomphe. It is the French nation’s first Armistice Day observance in five years. Memorial services were resumed after five years at the Meuse- Argonne Cemetery in France, where 14,000 American soldiers found their last resting place. CITY OBSERVING ARMISTICE DAY Juneau is observing Armistice Day quietly today. It is so quiet in some localities that a pin could be heard, if it was dropped. Stores are closed, as are banks, city offices and Territorial offices but the majority of Federal offices are functioning as usual. Drug stores are observing holiday hours. Hikers are hitting trails enjoying the clear and crisp atmosphere. ‘The movie houses are giving their usual Saturday bills and the big events tonight will be the card party at the Dugout, also one in the Odd Fellows’ Hall by the Sons of Nor- way, and the Armistice Day dance vice votes could swing the tight Senatorial race either way between Democrat Francis Myers, who is leading Senator Davis, Republican, Britons who have seen the red flash of the V-2 and heard the peculiar rumble blasts. Details of the new thousand-mile | weapon and photographs of its ef- nese-controlled Nanking, in China, felt blows from Superforts, while a Japanese broadcast claimed other formations of the air glants raided the Island of Kyushu Sahwar. by 1593 votes. Civilian votes in ly threq precincts are unreported, Pennsylvania’s service votes to be counted November 22. yesterday. In the closest Presidential mara-|" 1 thought it was the end of the thon since 1916, in popular vote, world,” said one man who lived Roosevelt won 36 states and 432 through an explosion less than 50 electoral votes; Dewey, 12 states yards away. and 99 electoral votes. Roosevelt's‘ The Germans ¢laimed last night lead stood at 3,083,151 votes last that once “the process of exact tim- night, with 8,153 precincts unre- ing is completed” the V-2 rocket will ported. Roosevelt got 24,307,598 make Antwerp useless as a ‘supply votes, and Dewey 21,224,447, In five port. states the President won a larger | Tt T plurality than Wulkie-fli in 1940. Oil plan'S SKI - CLUBBERS T0 I G fects were in newspapers today, BREAKFAST SUNDAY AND THEN CUT WOOD, Tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock,i Juneau Ski Club members are to| assemble in the Baranof Hotel for| a no-host breakfast and shortly upper cabin to lay in a supply of firewpod for the coming season. In addition to those who have already signified their intention to LONDON, Nov. 11—United States Force bombers and fighters are today resuming their attacks against Germany's syn- thetic ofl plants and railroads in the Ruhr. make the trip, as many members They delivered an Armistice Day and friends as can possibly go are plow at Gelsenkirchen and Co- The Department Command said ‘with the censorship ban lifted by a‘task force of CHina-based plancs ”e‘churcmu's report to Parliament bombed docks and warehouses in |Nanking. Details of the damage in- flicted were not made known but the War Department said further |information will be given as soon |as it is available. A Japanese communique, as |broadcast by Domei, Nipponese |news agency, and recorded by FCC, |asserted 80 Superforts struck two of the home islands about 10 a. m. Saturday. The bombers caused “only |slight damage and fled after blind- |ly dropping their bombs from above the clouds.” | The broadcast said Kyushu is |the southernmost Japanese home island and Saishu is just below the southern tip of Korea, about 150 miles west. | The Superforts flew |daylight to accomplish th sion against Nanking. USSR YEs il " CASELOT GROCERY With the deer season closing throu'gn eir mis- urged to show up. In previous years the Forest Service -cut the wood, but this year the manpower short- age has made it impossible. 1 Members of the woodchoppers’| brigade are urged to wear warm clothing and high shoes (for the muskeg country) and to bring their own lunch, Curtis Chattuck, retir- ing President of the club, an-| nounced. ARMISTICE DAY DANCE TONIGHT, ELKS BALLROOM The annual Armistice Day dance will be given in the Elks Ballroom tonight, sponsored by the American | Legion, as usual. Daneing will start at 10 o'clock and the public is invited to the affair. Preceding the dance, Legionnaires, Auxiliary members and friends will be guests of the Armistice Day Com-~ mittee at the Dugout at cards start- ing at 8 o'clock. After the play all will attend the dance. Tonight, from 7 to 7:15 o‘clock.‘ Past Commander Lew Williams, Secretary of Alaska and now Act- ing Governor, will go on the air over KINY and give a brief Arm- istice Day talk. - HEINTZLEMAN BACK Frank R. Heintzleman, Regional Forester, has returned to Juneau in the Elks Ballroom by the Am- erican Legion, following a 10-day trip to Ketchi-| kan on official business. blenz. Approximately 450 Fortresses Marshall and Vivian Erwin, pro- and Liberators, and an almost prietors of the Case Lot Grocery, equal number of fighters parti- are issuing a last call for deer cipated. |hunters to bring their deer skins Heavy bombers and fighters of to the grocery so they may be dis- the United States Fifteenth Air tributed to the Indians for handi- Force in Italy attacked targets in craft. southern Germany, the Berlin radio| Quite a few hides have been said. |turned over to date, but there are Eighth Air Force headquarters never teo many. said that in the past three days —— e — 27 heavies and 22 fighters have eeen lost in action against the Germans. Tlo" MADE - TODEGAULLE GOVT. RAF Mosquitos attacked Hanover last night, dropping many tons of | bombs, including 34 1,000-pounders, on railyards and factories. PICTURE OF TRO WASHINGTON, Nov. 11—Britain and Russia have invited the de Gaulle Government of France to (assume full membership in the ls ABOARD vissil f‘:x:pe;anmmvlmry Commission. s the most advanced ste) BEARING HIS NAME - consituing t taken toward reconstituting ance as a greal power. Early in the year one of the new _ The invitation was extended the Liberty ships was named the John French Provisional Government in W. Troy in honor of the late Gov- FParis, where Prime Minister Win- cinor of Alaska. |ston Churchill is making an Ar- Mr. Archie W. Shiels made a gift mistice Day isit, and the action| te the ship of a very beautiful en- Was announced jointly here, in larged photograph of Gov. Troy, and London and in Moscow. tkis was placed aboard the ship on| o it vine it S October 24, i CALIFORNIAN HERE Mr. Shiels is in receipt of a let-| Mrs. J. C. Burke is here from ter of appreciation signed by the Long Beach, California, and is stay- captain and all the officers and men ing at the Baranof Hotel. of the ship. r— ] KELLS IN TOWN — e ON HUNTING TRIP J. D. Kells is in town from An- ‘chorsse and is registered at the’ Mr .and Mrs, Clarence Wise and\o"mma" Hotel; Dr. Joseph Rude left yesterday for sm Oliver’s Inlet to do big game hunt-' Edward Leeming is in Jyneau and ing. They plan to be gone several is registered at the Gastineau Hotel days, |rom Seattle, P next Wednesday, November 15,' many men on Leyle now as they Gad when the American assault on tie island began. Forty to 45,000 Japs are faced by a known four | American divisions whose strength has never been disclosed. 5 b "The appearance of the Jap convoy touched off a vicious 24-hour aerial battle in wbich American dive and level bombers sank the enemy ships Fighters downed 16 defending ene- my fighters and probably destroyed five more in skyfighting dogfights akbove the bombers. Four American |bumbers and four fighters were lost, | however, U. 8. Aircraft Late The American aircraft apparently failed to arrive soon enough to pre- | vent the landing of the majority ot | troops and materiel carried by the encmy transports. The spokesman admitted that a majority of both had prebably landed safely. ‘The American aerial attack, feat- 11ing P-38s and shore-based Mit- chell bombers, was made through determined Japanese aerial protec- tion and exiremely heavy anti-air- craft fire from 4 p. m. one day untfl 4 p. m. the next. Associated Press Correspondent Richard Bergholz said a rain and squall came to the aid of the Jap convoy, preventing aerial attacks for several hours after the ehips were discovered. Later Japanese shups threw a smoke screen, prevents | ing high level bombing accuracy. In ground fighting, an advance of up to five miles through the moun- | tains southwest of Carigara w ¢ |credited to the PFirst Cavalry Di | v.sion. HIGHHEELERS T0 START BOWLING ON ELKS ALLEYS The following teams are lined up to open the Highheel Bowling Lea- gue on Monday evening, November 115, at the Elks' Bowling Alleys: Pederals—Phyllis McClellan, Jean Lein, Betty Kirsten. Elks—Louise Adams, Marie Rom- berg, Mae Nelson., Dolls—Bonnie Khen, Susy Winn, Margaret Clark. Gals—Pat Hagerup, Irma John- | son, Kay O'Connor. Skirts—Betty Rice, Marjorie Snell, sfarion Melers. | Baranof—Laura Peterson, Doroth; | Turek, Edith Copstead. % Alley Cats—Betty Lockridge, Pat | Grove, Helen Hixson. Imperial—Betty Fitzgerald, Verna Anderson, Emily Schmitz. The 14-week series will open at 7:30, o'clock with the Federals vs. | the Elks and the Dolls vs. the Gals. | At 9 o'clock will be the Skirts vs. the Baranof and the Alley Cats vs. {the Imperial, S —— e — HERE FROM MONTANA | Mrs. Hettle Sager and Nannette Carmichael are in Juneau from Montana and are staying at the Baranof Hotel.