The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 14, 1944, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” —— * VOL. LXIV., NO. 9808 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUEDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ———————= MANILA HIT TWICE BY U. 5. PLANES Patton Is Now Closing In On Fortress Metz _Yank 'FOURTH FORT IS CAPTURED BY 3RD ARMY * InnerRing of Defenses Are Under Atfack-Freez- ing Temperatures LONDON, Nov. 14—American in- fantry today captured the fourth fortress outside besieged Metz as the United States Third Army brought| all of the forts that girt the city's roads of reinforcement or retreat within artillery range. The Fifth Division captured Fort Orny and drove to within three and a half miles south of Metz, in Hos- pital Woods. In the closest Yank approach to the city, the assault arc| from the south has now been ex-| tended nine miles from Fort Orny| to the town of Ctrny on the east bank of the Moselle River, due east| of Fort Driant. A corner, four and| a half miles southwest of Metz, fell yesterday. On the northern flank of the| Third Army's 70-mile offensive, the | Ninetieth Division expanded its Mo- | selle bridgehead in the Koenigs-| macher area to two and a half miles, | fighting to within two and a halfi miles of Germany in the Luxem- bourg corner. These gains came after the Third | Army cracked the outer defenses of | Metz and came almost without a| fight. This gain places them square- ; 1y behind Fort Driant, which some | weeks ago withstood a frontal as-“ sault, while Fort Laisne, five miles | south of the city, alohg with two flanking bastions, toppled. | Laisne and Driant are among nine main forts in the Metz defense sys- tem which contains 22 in all. Both consist of a series of subterranean fortifications, Riddle Appears M The advance posed the riddle as to whether the strongest fortified city in Western Europe might fall| without a fight. A Headquarters dispatch said the answer might come within 48 hours. The first indication that the Ger-| (Continued on Page Three) .The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col. Robert 8. Allen now on active service with the Army.) ‘WASHINGTON—On one of the! last days of the campaign, Vice | President Wallace walked several | miles through the streets of poli- tically important Harlem with "Ne gro Congressional Candidate Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Thous- ands of Negroes crowded the line of march, looked down from win- dows, cheered Wallace, who has fought their battles. Wallace continued to walk]| through the black-lined streets for 50 blocks. Remarked Powell: “This | walk, Mr. Vice President, is picking up 50,000 votes for Rooscvelt.” “If I thought that was true,” countered Wallace, “I'd walk all! the way to the Canadian border.” i WHAT REWARD FOR WALLACE? i After Wallace’s speech in Madi- son Square Garden, where he stood alongside Senator Truman and| urged Truman’s election, Wallace got the following telegram from » Roosevelt: “If your prediction that I'll win by 100 electoral votes comes true, | then I'll make my prediction. of 60,000,000 jobs come true, and don’t forget that I'll have one important job for you.” This raises one question which| intrigues a lot of people, including some very close to the White|fell—in other words it was, and is $150.000 to expand the present House—what reward will the Presi- ydent give to the Vice President, who was definitely squeezed out at Chicago on FDR's own com- mand, but who came through with- out rancor and, in a 30,000-mile i PR. inos Ofier ae rayer AYERS ON LEYTE—Young Filipinos at a coastal village on Leyte Island join in prayer at a battle-torn church for a speedy American vietory- inthe Philippines. - JAPS TAK YANK HELD NGEREGONG 200 Enemyroops Capfure Tiny Islet — Marine De- fenders Evacuated By CHARLES H. McMURTRY (Associated Press War Reds Inside % Jasibereny, Near Capital 'Hand - fo - Hand Fighting| Underway in Strategic Hungarian Rail City Moscow, Wov. 14. — Russian forces have driven into the import- ¢ Correspondent) “nnt rail city of Jaszbereny, 37 miles U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD- 'east of Budapest, and are engaging QUARTERS AT PEARL HARBOR, the enemy in hand-to-hand fight- 49l i s e DR e (Continued on Page Four) J Nov. 14—Two hundred Japanese troops occupied tiny Ngeregong | Island, eight miles northeast of Am- erican-held Peleliu in the Palau group, last Tuesday night, Admiral | Chester W. Nimitz has announced. | The small United States marine | patrol which had been on the island for reconnaissance was quickly evac- uated and the enemy subjected to ships’ fire and aerial bombing and strafing, Nimitz said. The marines | were removed aboard the Lois with- out casualties. The Japanese probably came in small boats across the reef-infested | Denges Passage from Eil Malk Is- land, two miles north of Ngeregong which is triangular and only a mile | on each side. The purpose of the enemy occu- pation was vague, probably for re- connaissance. The Japanese could‘ bombard Peleliu and other Ameri- can Palaus from Ngeregong, but would have difficulty in moving ar- tillery to the tiny island. Moreover, it would give them little advantage over Eil Malk. e | (OASTING ENJOYED | FOR ONLY 36 HOURS Well anyway the kids had about 36 hours of coasting following the first snowfall ‘of the season. The red lights were strung up on desig- nated coasting Gold Street and Ninth Street, and Chief John Mon- | agle warned auto drivers to watch at intersections before crossing. | Then about midnight the skies started to weep, and copious tears raining. i And did the rain swat the snow and make it slushy--it did, and when one atiempted to cross a street, perhaps an immersion follow- ed or you went over shoetops—and the water ‘s cold. Perhaps, soon, there won't be any snow. ing, front line dispatches said. The Germans are reported to be| hurling in numerous new tanks and scores of anti-tank weapons in an attempt to check the Soviet drive to outflank the Hungarian capital. The Nazis are offering the most de- termined armored resistance since the big tank clashes in which they were beaten back in the Debrecen | area last month. The Germans admitted that So- | viet units have penetrated Jaszber- eny, but asserted the attack was hurled back. Red Army columns, striking from the northeast after crossing the Tisza River, have apparently made solid contact with the main forces of Marshal Malinovsky's Second Ukrainian Army and are aiding in drawing the assault line closer to Jaszbereny from the east, west and north. Moscow dispatches made no men- tion of the Russian forces previously reported on the outskirts of Buda- pest. The German broadcaster, Col. Von Hammer, said that the Russians held a bridgehead on the Danube at Dunaharaszti, opposite Csepel Island, five miles south of the capital. Kefchikan Is Voting OnBond Issue Today KETCHIKAN, Nov. 14 — Tax- payers who registered are today voting on the question whether the city shall issue bonds up to which means de- the Beaver Falls power system, velopment of project. — e DE CHAMPLAIN IN TOWN J. W. De Champlain is in town for a few days, and is staying at the Gastineau Hotel. YANKS RUIN JAP PLANS FOR ATTACK |Enemy TrotE Now Comt- mitted to Defense of Yamashita Line By MURLIN SPENCER (A. P. War Corresponder ) GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD- QUARTERS IN THE PHILIB- PINE ISLANDS, Nov. 14—The a- tillery-backed American offensie on Leyte, which made short gaims today, has dislocated Japan preparations for counter - atta | (known to have committed to this pivotal Philippine battle. 8 The communique reported that five Imperial divisions have beén identified without specifying whé- their full strength, which wou'd men., £l The Japanese First Division been thrown into the battie liie and other divisions are known 48 the 26th, 16th, 30th and 102nd “The American offensive dfiv ¥ the communique said, “penetry. his (the enemy’s) potentics sembly -areas—-eompelling i premature piecemeal commitments | { bastion of the Yamashita line.” | Advance elements of the U. S. First Cavalry are consolidating their positions. They have seized Mount Catabaran and Mount Cas- uncangan, east of the Pinampo- loan on the Ormoc highway. The Seventh Division is ap- proaching Ormoc from the south, along the coastal road. R —— 8TH ARMY MAKES BIG ITALY GAIN Advance Two | Miles, Cap- fure Village, Push Into Foothills ROME, Nov. 14.— British Eighth Army troops, thrusting northwest from Forli on the eastern sector of the Italian battlefront, advanced two miles in some places, capturing the village of San Tome after bitter fighting, Allied Headquarters said today. Other Eighth Army units which crossed the Ghiata Canal, south of Ravenna yesterday, cut back across Highway 16, on the main coastal route, after capturing the German rearguards. The Allied communique described the gains as “important,” and said that southwest of Forli, British troops had pushed across the Mon- tine River in many places and had | | i advanced into the foothills. DEER SEASON ENDS TOMORROW EVENING Tomorrow at midnight will mark the closing of the deer seaspn throughout Southeast Alaska, aid cold, weary hunters will return to their firesides until next year. Much venison has gone into fan- ily larders this season, according to reports, ahd since there are no e- strictions on the length of time it may be kept, it will no doubt ese the meat situation in many hongs this winter. ———— FRANK WHALEYS HERE Frank H. Whaley, Democrat Sery- tor-elect for the two-year term f. the Second Division," and Whaley are at the Gastineau route South. They will return n time for the next session of ue Legislature in January. with the five divisions they age | mean probably more than 66610, of forces for defense of the main| Fig 3 hte ther they are estimated fo be #t|:. Eight enlisted men and an officer RESCUE PARTY IS SENT AFTER CRASH VICTIMS Forty-four Men Climbing Mt. Brooks for Bodies of Nineteen EDMONTON, Canada, Nov. 14 Forty-four men have started a haz- ardous trip in an effort to recover the bodies of 19 persons, believed killed when an American transport crashed last September. The wreck- age of the plane is at 9700 feet on | Mount Brooks, Alaska. | The rescue party was organized by the United States AAF which has established camps along the route to the peak. Supplies are being dropped by parachute. Grant Pearson, said to be one |of the few persons ever to climb |Mount McKinley, near Mount | Brooks, made his way to the edge of a huge glacier, but was ordered not to proceed further until special equipment arrived. Aboard the plane when it crash- ed, were two 'Northwest Airlines | pilots, one civilian and 16 service- men. SEWARD WILL HAVE U. 5. PHONE SERVICE WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. — The Federal Communications Commis- | slon has granted authority to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company to amend its tariff on toll telephone service between the United States with Seward and Whittier, Alaska. ————— SEATTLEITE HERE A. Sheridan s in Juneau from Seattle, and is staying at the Gas- tineau Hotel, Mushroominj Pension Plans; Hundreds of Firms Adopt System TO RESUME -| for one day’s moties to provide public | of the Americal (correct) Division, fighting Japs in the Southwest Pa- cifie, formed a “Dime-a-Dozen” club and their leader hands over 10 cents for each dozen J. Lf. Raymond Ross of Medford, Ore., hands dut cettificates to his men, attesting the number of Japs each has killed. Left to right: Pfc. Manuel Alvirez, Los Angeles; Pfe. Morris Manuel, Winchester, Ky.; Cpl. Karl E. Doll, North Hollywood, Calif.; Sgt. Richard Xowitz, St. Paul, Minn.; S/Sgt. Harry Schulte, Gary, S. D.; $/Sgt. Ralph Brodin, Spooner, Minn, 8/8gt. Alex McLean, Grafton, N. D.; and Pfc. Raymond A. Cottrell, Sebeka, Minn. (AP Wirephoto from U. S. Army) en’ TWO WAVES =7 OF RAIDERS «‘ MAKE SWEEP \ ‘Targets Are Blasted Mon- | | day, Today, Says Jap- . ’ nese Broadcast (By Associated Press) | Waves of American planes hit Manila and nearby airfields yester- day and today, Manila time, doing ight damage” to warships, in- siallations and shipping. The Tokyo radio, from an enemy- controlled Manila broadcast sta- tion, said 400 planes blasted Ma- nila, Cavite and Clark Field yes- terday. &l | Four Hundred sorties were flown ‘3 over Manila targets today, said the broadcasts, heard by FCC. | The enemy claimed 75 raiders | were downed or damaged by Japa- mese intercepiors in the two-day period. | There has been no confirmation of the raids. ATROCITIES OF NIPPONS ok, By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. — The excess profits tax and a growing consciousness of the need for old age security, have produced one of the great industrial phenomena of | recent years—the amazing growth of retirement end pension plans for workers in private industry. The story comes from the com- missioner of Internal Revenue, through whom all such plans must be cleared if they are to be taken |into consideration on tax returns, { Before the war fewer than 500 companies had private pension plans retiring workers. Since then |more than 4,500 companies have filed applications with the commis- sioner for approval. Between 1,000 |and 2,000 of these Bave been clear- 'ed, but review procedure has been stepped up to a point where all probably will be approved or reject- ed by the end of the year. { In 1942, virtually unnoticed, Con- | gress set up standards for these pen- sion plans. *In the debate it was |asserted that some companies were attempting to salt away funds for high officials of the firms. To off- set that, Congress specified that if {these funds were to be deductible from federal taxes, they must be on a basis of share and share-alike for workers and officers of the com- panies. They also stuck in the very important specification that if at |any time the plan was abandoned, lany contribution the employer had made would belong to the employes, The whole set of standards is 00 complicated to go into, but in 'general they are designed to sty- | mie tax dodgers. It should be point- |ed out here that -thre’s no law |against any retirement-pay-plan. |But those employers who wish to ld::du(-b their contributions from the |Excess Profits tax must meet gov- ernment standards. As to why there has been such a | phenomenal growth in these plans, |government officials give two rea-| isons: (1) the desire of employers to |make the future secure for loyal workers; (2) the realization that |employe goodwill can be obtained| at the cheapest rate in industrial | (Continued on Page Three) HEARINGS ON CLAIMS ARE REVEALED SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14— | Emulating the Germans at Lidice, | Japanese have wiped out at least | two villages of the Netherlands East | Indies with vittually their entire | populations, headquarters of Neth- | erlands forces in the Far East an- nounced today. A village near Medan, on Sumat- ra, was soaked with kerosene and | petrol and burned to the ground. Any inhabitants who tried to escape were shot with machine guns. | A village on Java was set afire by | incendiary bombs, and machine guns also were turned on those trying to flee. Other atrocities were described in a document, “Japanese Atrocities in Occupied Netherlands Indies.” It listed cases of savage mistreatment of prisoners of war and civilian populations, [Petitions omdians for | Southeast Alaska Areas Come Up Tomorrow SEATTLE, Nov. 14—“The battle of Southeast Alaska” is to resume here at 10 a. m. tomorrow. It will be a battle of words, not weapons, but one of vital interest to Alas-| gome people were burned alive; kans. some were forced to drink soapy It is another step toward reach- water until they wére bloated, and ing a decision on the petition of then soldiers jumped on their stom- Alaska Indians for exclusive rights achs until the water spouted from for development and exploitation their mouths. Prisoners were sus- of the natural resources of about Pended by thefr feet and their heads one-third of Southeast Alaska. jmere b;“mp:dd °£ ‘hte 3;°“na~h O?}‘:: The hearings are being conducted Were forc pand - wi o y the Interior Department and heads thrown back and their eyes resume tomorrow in the Federal opened {0t biazing sun. Office Building before Judge Javanese women who resisted the Richard Hanna. advances of Japanese soldiers, the 'through the breasts. Ill's fl"‘l | Priseners, the document said, are " HEARING PENDING st s o et o from the weather and no medical & 4 attention is provided. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer of “As a result, the death rate in James Gemmill, United States At- camps is unbelievably high,* it torney at Juneau, Alaska, who was gaid, arrested Saturday (November 4), on S eee $5,000 bail early yesterday (Novem- ZA"(HOR‘GE SIORB ber 6) afterncon by ‘United States' Commissioner Harry M. Westfall.| County Jail since late Saturday. | E"TEm I" u's' (ouRI Gerald D. Hile, chief assistant| United States Attorney, said a date Permanent injunction decrees for Gemmill’s final hearing will be have been entered in the U. S. Dis- selected an attorney to represent | CTOCKer's Department Store and the him, Li Seidenverg © Men's Clothing Gemmill, 40, is aceused of solicit- |SLOTe, both of that city. These in- ing $3,000 from a Sitka woman,“u"c“"m restrain those econcerns (i [©f the Office of Price Administra- dictment i . - 10 ‘punt ':l': th.:; l‘;:]::k:r 7:: t:unxl’gm::;cx:- |tfon and direct the defendants to | 2 sell commodities at prices not in taining ‘$10,000, and with receiving excess of celling prices, to post their [$1500 from her at a Seattle hotel. | i ; e L |document related, were bayonetted sufficient clothing to protect them Tuesday, November 7, says LYND prisoner of war and internment bribery charges, was released on Gemmill had been held in King set as soon as the accused man has trict Court at Anchorage against Cleo Patricia Wilkins, 24, under in- | FOW Violating the price regulations | ceiling prices, and to file statements ——.— of their prices with the Territorial HERMAN IN JUNEAU Office in Juneau. Johnny Herman, who is a sales-| The Office of Price Administra- man for the Seattle Hardware Com- jtion was represented in court by pany, is in town and is registered Miss Dorothy Tyner, Assistant En- at the Gastineau Hotel, forcement Attorney.