The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 24, 1944, Page 1

' 4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEW'S ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXIV., NO. 9816 'YANK SUPERS RAID TOKYO IN DAYLIGHT ALLIES GAIN DESPITE BIG NAZI ATTACK Fierce Germ:1 Counter- blows Slow Offensive- | Third Army in Reich | BULLETIN—WITH THE U. §. THIRD ARMY, Nov. 24.—Third Army elements tonight crossed the Saar River, 26 miles from Saarbrucken, Germany, and scored other eastward gains up to three miles and advances have reached to within 13 miles of the | industrial center. | | LONDON, Nov. 24—French armor | has cleaned out the whole fortress of Strasbourg, but the Germans| asserted that a surprise attempt to capture the bridge there across the Rhine has been frustrated. On the hottest corner of the| western front, however, a violent! German counter-attack by six or seven divisions, half of them ar- mored, threw the British Second Army out of Hoven on the muddy | Cologne plain, three miles north-| east of captured Geilenkirchen. ) Flame throwers were used. Men| under Lt. Gen. Dempsey stood firm on the high ground overlooking the Wurm Valley north of the levelled | hamlet. i Bloody Fighting | Still farther north, the British absorbed all the German counter- attacks and inched forward yardj by yard, in bloody fighting. | Flanking the British to _thel south the American Ninth and Pirst Army offensives in the valleyi of the turbulent Roer River s.owed to a sticky crawl or were even checked entirely while the Germans | threw wave upon wave of counter- | attacks at the Allied lines. The| fighting centered at the approaches to Julich, a highway town on the] Roer, 25 miles from ruined Co- logne.” | Yanks Deepen Wedge | The American Third Army be- yond Metz captured Oberluken and‘ deepened its .iorthern wedge in| Germany in gains of from two Lo} four miles yesterday. Patton’s front edged slowly toward the Saar in- dustrial rail center of Saarbrucken, 15 miles from the forward lines. British troops in Holland moved within easy field artillery range of the Maas River town of Venlo, a mile and a half away. HOUSE-TO-HOUSE FIGHT WITH THE FIRST UNITED STATES ARMY IN GERMANY, Nov. 24—Doughboys of the First Army fought their way, house-to- house, into Weisweiler, two miles east of “Eschweiler, against stubborn | opposition. Observation of enemy movements indicated the Nazis were finally pulling out of Weisweiler after the Americans fought their way in- side. Trucks and horse-drawn ve- hicles moved northeastward along the highway out of town, leaving a strong rear-guard. CROSS RHINE STATES JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS — (anadians Objecting fo ~ Conscription; Riofs Are Staged;King' Reported 1 OTTAWA, Nov. 24—Prime Min- ister Mackenzie King today strug- gled to hold his government to- gether in the most serious cabinet crisis in 20 years. 5 Sharpened by anti-conscription demonstrations in French-speaking Quebec, the disturbances were reminiscent of the rioting of the last war. The rioting broke out in Quebec last night after the King govern- ment gnnounced it had adopted partial conscription to meet the urgent need for reinforcements on the Western Front. Youths in their late teens and early twenties paraded by the hun- dreds through the streets of Que- bec City, shouting against conscrip- tion, smashing windows in the building of ‘the English-language paper, the Chronicle-Telegraph, and storming the Army Recruiting Of- fice and the Liberal Party Club. The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active service with the Army.) WASHINGTON — Those around the White House say that this time “the “President reaily” means business when it comes to cleaning out his Cabinet. Of course, this word has been passed out so often that some intimates are keeping their - fingers crossed. However, it is a fact that Roose- velt is now faced with some situa- tions he cannot escape, other situa- ticns which have made him sore. In tpe former category is Cordell Hull's health. In the latter category is Jesse Jones. As a result, various names have been put in the White House Cabinet hopper and are being examined carefully. Here are some of the names which may feature in the new cabinet: SECRETARY OF COMMERCE— Marriner Eccles, now chairman of the Federal Reserve Board; or Leon Henderson; or Chester Bow- les, now OPA Administrator; or Beardsley Ruml, author of the Ruml tax plan and considered a liberal big-business man. SECRETARY OF LABOR—Dan Tobin, head of the teamsters’ union; or John Winant, now Am- bassador to London and former head of the International Labor Office. Winant, however, would prefer to be Secretary of State. Tobin, if appointed, is about the only AFL leader who would be acceptable to the CIO. POSTMASTER GENERAL — Robert Hannegan. Frank Walker, now Postmaster General, believes that the Democratic national chair- man should also be Post-Master SOVIET ATH ~ ARMYINBIG CZECHDRIVE s Government ing Out Big Gains on 55-Mile Front 0 Be 'l'o"eri“g ENew Red Offensive Grind-| | Police prevented entry into any of | |the buildings. Byt | Party Is Crumbling ; LONDON, Nov. 24—The Russian King's Liberal Party is crumbling | Fourth Ukrainian Army is on the under the impact of the conscrip-|move again in eastern Czechoslo- tion issue. Half of the 60-odd Lib-|vakia after a four-week fighting eral members from Quebec are|lull, Moscow announces. planning to withdraw their sup- A fresh drive by Marshal Petrov’s port from the government. One | forces has already ground out gains cabinet member from Quebec, En- up to 16 miles on a 25-mile front glish-speaking Air Minister Power, | West of Ungvar, the Carpatho-Uk- has already resigned. King said | raine city which fell October 27. The last night he is seeking to avoid | thrust is apparently aimed at the an election at this time but it ap- | highway and rail hub of Kosice, and peared that events were mm.mglhas overrun 30 populated places as too swiftly for him to be able to well as Cop, a railway junction 15 ibtate the Soprie- GRRHE govern. | miles southor REVEf ment’s new policy that provides | Kosice lies about 55 miles north 16,000 men may be sent overseas |and northwest of the Hungarian from -the drafted home defense communications center of Kiskole, ariy. | itself threatened from the south and e {east by units of Marshal Malinov- | sky’s Second Ukrainian Army sweep- 'ing through Hungary. While Petrov's forces are reaching ! Sobrance, ten miles northwest of | Ungvar, Malinovsky’s Army units re- | captured Tokaj, at the lower end of | the approxiwately 55-mile active | front between those two points. How Crisis Started The crisis was started earlier in ithe week when Gen. McNaughton, | Defense Minister, asked a full in- vestigation of the Vancouver press conference, in which officers of the Canadian Army's Sixth Division expressed doubt as to the feasibility of Canada's system of voluntary overseas service for draftees. The development came as the Canadian Parliament met last Tuesday to hear the Government's explanation of the circumstances surrounding the resignation on No- | .vember 2 of Defense Minister Rals ston, who made a protest against| the Government's conscription| policy. McNaughton, a former commander in the Canadian Army, was named to succeed Ralston. i McNaughton sent a letter to Pa-| cific Coast Army Commanders, ask- ing about the interviews which oc- curred four days ago. He was rep- resented as holding the view that the press interviews by officers on | matters of policy were a breach of Imilitary discipline and, as such, were subject to court martial. Sixth Division officers were| quoted as saying they didn't be- lieve overseas troops can be rein- |forced adequately through any volunteer plan. It is said there are thousands of Canadians now in uniform who are not - going over- seas because they enlisted only for home service. The Canddian Government, for | the past five years, has only taken | |soldiers for overseas duties who volunteered, but the need now is; for more men to reinforce thel fighting men in Europe. ! It is gaid the French-Canadians are the worst objectors, as they see no reason to fight in Europe, forgetting, however, that had the British not kept the Nazis from | crossing the Atlantic, they would | have had to fight to protect their homeland. SAARE ISLAND 'MANY JUNEAU MEN ARE RECLASSIFIED fications were released by the local | Draft Board today: i 1-A—Henry Sully, Max Ba]ich,i LIMON IS CAPTURED . BY YANKS Japanese Bastion Falls- Enemy Loses Critical Defense Line GEN MacARTHUR'S HEAD-‘ QUARTERS, Nov. 24.~Rain-pound- ed American infantrymen have cap- | tured the Japane$e bastion of Limon | and have driven 1,000 yards south in a sudden upsurge battle and prac- tically destroyed the enemy’s First Division. The 32nd Division plunged through | shell-shattered Ltmon in the biggest | advance in more than two weeks | and ‘the entire Yamishita line on | iwhlch the Japanese depend to de-| ‘wfend Leyte Island is in danger of being rolled up. Heavy rains continue to lash the i battlefront The Yank infantrymen drove through the mountain village to| nearby Leyte River. | Gen. MacArthur had identified {Limoh as apparently the Japanese‘ seley site for their major de- fensive battle to protect the vital| Ormg@s corridor. THe capture of Limon means the Nippbnese lost a “critical defensive line,” the communique says. B e —— | STRIKING PHONE | OPERATORS BACK WASHINGTON, Nov..24. — The| breathed relievedly nation today Jack Stanyar, Wiliam Davis, Elmer that its telephones were spared a Eaton, Leo McCreanor, Norman |threatened strike that could tie up | Rustad, Norman DeRoux, John | ijts communications in war time. | James, Richard Shaw, Maynard Pet- . Telephone operators, who quit erson, Jack Gould, Stanwood White- | their jobs in 29 Ohio cities and in | ley, John Bremner, Jacob White and | waghington and New York, went| Earl Miller. back to the switchboards. It will be | Y okosuka JAP EMPIRE'S HEART This closeup map shows the area around Tokyo Bay, heart ¢f the Japanese empire. POSTWARFLYING |LEND - LEASE AID DISCUSSED BY 2 | TOBECONCLUDED COUNTRIES NOW | CHICAGO, Nov. 24 — American| WASHINGTON, Nov. 24,~Presl-1 |and British defgations to the In-|dent Roosevelt today told Congress |ternational Civil Aviation Confer- |Lend-Lease and reverse Lend-Lease | eénce . published separate drafts of "::&uld end with ths J:r 1Thul:| ints, in thelr, joint pro-| statement. was a polnied reply o | rposnl 1‘01-»0 a world air m{nklx?)ort!‘ setmeseprt of- Laund- | | regulation, thus bringing into the| Lease assistance stiould be continued open the results of the private ne-! to Britain and possibly other Allied | | tions, even after both ithe Euro-i . | na gotiatiohs. | pean and Pacific wars ended. ‘| The drafts | supported week-old # | Roosevelt previously called for ‘mm:wu““" ':'h?"mm“‘ v.wo. u;et;l continuation of Lend-Lease for so powers are together In principle ... 45 japan remains at war. | but encountered difficulty, primar- | The President transmitted a de- ily, in working out details of OD- | tajled report. on reverse Lend-Lease | eration and economic questions. |gfrom Britain, which showed the AT END OF WAR 1-C — Willard Parkhurst, Alexey Stepetin, Albert Johnson, Ray Ka- hapay, Willlam Kopezak, John Ken- | nedy, Earl Neuru, Walter Barnes, Samuel Bassett, Robert Hanson, Carl Baker, Royal Holst, Carl Carl- son, Benjamin Jackson, Willilam Benson, Keith Wildes, Kenneth, Webster, Francis Carlson, Steve Cheha, William Petri, John Popo- vich, Walter Walker and Francis Parsons. 2-A—William Norton, Gordon Pet- erson, Jacob Krofus, Hans Johnson. 2-B — Cortis Wingerson, Ludwig Baggen, Juan Yapata, Robert Mit- chell and Stephen Bella. 4-A—Olaf Westby, George Daniels, ‘ Walter Cawthon, Charles Forward, George Messerschmidt, Jack Jour- dan, Leslie Parker, ,Paul Urick, Yura McKown, Henry Messer- schmidt, George Loveless, Lawrence Cashen, Thomas Morgan, Harvey Lowe, Ruben Paxton, Frank Maver, Edward Bartlett, Thomas Barek- sten, Martin Burke, Donald Hager- ty, Michael Haas, Willlam Rehfuss. Peter Kochergin, Paul Sorenson, | Edward Shaffer, Ogust Colvey; James Manning, Wiliam Schmitz, | James Davis, Carl Hoverson, Lars Oygard. Emmett Botelho, Robert Bailey, John Olson, Jack McDaniel, William {up to the War Labor Board now to | adjust differences between former strikers and their employers. Their expressed targets, operators brought in from outside, were given | living expense bonuses not received by residents. Union leaders said they | anticipated fair treatment and a peaceable settlement. They showed | no signs of feeling they had lost ini i"he contest to date. ‘ i SCOUTS WILL OPERATE ~ BARANOF BOND BOOTH Girl Scouts, who are under the | leadership of Mrs. Richard Green | will meet tomorrow noon at 12:30 | o'clock at the Baranof Hotel lobby 'to open the Sixth War Loan drive in Juneau. A different troop will| | sell each week, meeting every Sat-| | urday at 12:30 o’clock. The United States Treasury De- partment . has -written Girl Scout | councils ‘throughout the United | States asking them to clip all ad- | vertisements and all news items ap- pearing in local publications coi | cerning all war loan drive activities. | The council, through Mrs. Earl D. | McGinty, Commissioner, has kept | this service up-to-date to Saturday | De- | the | | non-commercial | Both proposals contained the ynited Kingdom furnished, up to “fifth” freedom, originally de-|June 30 of this year, for munitions manded, by the United States, as an | and other goods and services, a| addition to the “four freedoms,” value of two billion, four hundred which were set forth by Canada, and thirty-seven million dollars. which for nine days participated| Australia, New Zealand and India as one of the “big three” in pn-}im'mshod an additional $911,000,000. vate efforts to adjust their differ- The United States furnished the ences. United Kingdom, during the same 1 rr is period, a total of nine billion, three e (it freaddt it he MY L) hundred and twenty-one million dol- any nation’s airlines to pick up R B 3 lars, lend-lease, and to all the Al- traffic destined for the territory Nyo,'syenty-eight billion, three hun- of any other member state and | graq and fifty-one million dollars discharge traffic coming from any’yoih of goods. other member state. | The other freedoms are the privilege of flying across a country | BIDD[E REouEs‘ WILL BE PROBED without landing, or of landing for e | | | purposes, or of WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—Senator | landing traffic picked up in the home state of the airline, or of| picking up traffic destined for the| Fouk (o"vl(IS | H. M. Kilgore, Democrat from West | | Virginia, said today that the Senate | | Truman Committee would investi- | DEAD I“ BREAK. | gate the request of Attorney Gen- ] BIG ATTACK 15 MADE ON NIP TARGETS |Large Force?l% Swoop Over Industrial Centers Showering Bombs BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—Fires are still burn- ing in the center of Tokyo hours after the attack by the Super- forts, the official communigue issued late this afternoon states. Substantial bomb tonnage was dropped on the airplane plant lccated in the northwest section of the city. Explosions were caused and large fires were started. Official reconnaissance photographs showed fires raging in several parts of the city be- sides the central section. Smoke was arising to a great height. No comment is made on the reason for the failure of two Supers to return te Saipan, leav- ing uncertain whether they were down because of operational dif- ficulties or enemy attack. BULLETIN-TWENTY- FIRST BOMBER COMMAND IN SAIPAN, Nov. 24.—~The Am- erican Superfort raid on Toky» apparently took the Japs by sur rise, said Brig. Gen. O'Donne ' on returning from the attack. “The Japs offered no resisi ance and anti-aireraft fire w:. meagre and inaccurate,” sai O’Donnell, further saying, * was one of the easiest missior I've been on.” “O'Donnell flew in the “Dauni less Dottie,” piloted by Maj. Rol ert Morgan of Asheville, Nort Carolina, and it was the fir plane over the Nakajima aircra factory. Corp. Thomas Bonvichi, rigl turret gunner aboard one plan said he saw his plane’s boml smack right into the section « the factory target assigned to - his plane. The raid was only one of the many that will be made until Japan is bombed out. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24—-A large force of B-20's, probably the great- est number yet to attack Japan, bombed the industrial targets of Tokyo as the 20th AAF's Thanks- giving Day message to Japan. Lt. Gen. Millard F. Harmon, from the Army Air Forces Head- quarters in the Pacific Ocean areas, and Gen. H. H. Arnold, in Washington, announced the big strike simultaneously in general statements and the force is be- eved to have been the greatest ever to hit Japan either from the land or the sea. It also thought that Yoko- hama and Kobe were blasted. The Washington bulletin listed the bases from which the B-20s flew to, the attack as in the Mari- anas, where they operate fromw newly established 2Ist Bomber Command Headquarters at Saipan. Brig. Gen. H. 8. Hansell, Jr., is in command of the Marianas base. Historic Daylight Raid Brig. Gen. Emmett O'Donnell, of Jamaica, New York, 38 former and, being a retiring person any: 'l : i | . 4 when this will then become the re- | o0 and “we don’t want to have | ' cov Po nt football player, led the SEVENTH ARMY AT STRAS- BOURG, Nov. 24—American and French advance units were re- ported to have crossed the Rhine! east of the Strasbourg area. These | are apparently reconnaissance ele- ments and not necessarily spear- heads of a major drive across the flood-swollen river. However, these detachments are the first Allied troops to cross ‘the great water barrier into the Reich, way, Walker is ready to step out. SECRETARY OF AGRICUL- TURE—Roosevelt is hoping to per- suade Henry Wallace to take this job again. If not, Wallace will be offered the Ambassadorship to Mos¢w, considered vitally import- ant, or chairmanship of the inter- national food organization. Roose- velt feels that it would be diffi- cult politically to make Wallace if the report is verified. L 5 i NAZI TANKS DESTROYED H SETTERICH, Germany, Nov. 24— The United States Ninth Army's toll of German tanks mounted to 110 in seven days and included 23 monster Tiger Royals as the en- tire front was deluged under inches k of watér from a three-day’s rain. —el AT GASTINEAU Bill Larrance and Ely Lewis from Haines are staying at the Gastineau |- Hotel. —————.————— FROM MINNESOTA Mrs. Richard Miller and daugh- ter Marilyn are in Juneau and are registered at the Baranof Hotel from St. Paul Park, Minnesota. They came in by plane from West Alaska. |Secretary of State beecause of op- nosition m Hull and Senate i Y OF STATE—Ex- iy Byrnes or Ambas- nt. Appointment of smooth things down > isn't anxious to re- ough in the hospital. kick like a mule if les or Wallace fere im. Byrnes also gets with Senate Foreign iirman Tom Connally ictionaries. Y OF INTERIOR — GENERAL—Francis ill not accept either 1 on Page Four) - ASSERTS STALIN LONDON, Nov. 24.—Russian forces have cleared the Germans from the island of Saare, north of the en- trance to the Gulf of Riga, Premier Joseph Stalin announced in a broad- cast tonight, and 'in the Order of the Day said the 1,000 square-mile island has been completely liberated and also has all Estonian territory to the south. Montgomery, James Monagle, Don- ald Stickney. ! Dan Russell, Alfred Koski, John Peterson, Howard Dickson, Fred| Hash, Emmett Connor, Bernard | Feero, Joseph Putzel. Albert Johnson, Elliott Fremming, | Allan MacKenzie, Glen Carl, Albert | encouragement by purchasing as [break, who tried to scale the walls Johnson, Charles Watkins, Charles Johnson, Rodney Darnell, Alvin An- derson, Daniel Shabolin, Jules Caro, | Walter Sands, Michael Gulyas, El- mer Evans, Lester Mangle. Alfey Melovidov, George Kelly, sponsibility in turn of each troop selling stamps and bonds. Girl Scouts are doing their bit to help further the war effort and it is munity will give them every possible many bonds and stamps as possible from the girls. - e STOCK QUOTATIONS Knute Tronstad, Howard Kresge, Bert McDowell, Hans Jacobsen ,Ar- thur Saari, Harold Leighton, Pablo Mamburam, Arthur Lundberg and Harry Olds. s 4-C — William Quo Vadis and Owen Hartley. 4-F—Weikko Korhonen. ——————— ——-———— TIRE APPLICATIONS Passenger tire applications for the | month of November have been ap- proved by War Price and Rationing | Board No. 7, for the followIng: B. M. Behrends Company,” 2;; Trygve Hagerup, 1; John E. Turner, 3; Dale Steen, 1; Alaska Indian Service, 1; John Matterstad, 1; Mary Westfall, 3; Mrs. Ed Anderson 2; Sam Carrillo, 2; Elmer T. Howerter, 1; M. J. Gentner, 1; Frank Mc- Tlhardy, 2; Edward L. Poole, 5; .Lyle E. Kelsey, 2; Ralph Baker, 4; Carl J. Stromberg, 2. Truck tire applications have been approved for the following: Sam I. Paul, 2; Henry Behrends, 1; H. S, Sully, 2; U.'S. Weather Bureau, 1; Harri Machine Shop, 3. SHINDLERS GO SOUTH Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shindler left for San Jose, California, upon re- ceiving word of the death of Mrs. Shindler’s father. — e — PADDOCK HOME Thomas Paddock] Carpenter’s Mate 1/c in the Seabees, stationed in Rhode Islgnd, is home on a short leave. NEW YORK, Nov. 24 Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is 6, American Can 88%, Anaconda 27%, Beech Air craft 13%, Bethlehem Steel 61%, Curtis Wright 6%, International Harvester 77, Kennecott 35'%, North | American Aviation 8%, New York Central 18%, Northern Pacific 16%, United States Steel 56%, Pound 184.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as }follows: Industrials, 146.40; rails,| |42.35; utilities, 25.34. - il e ANNA WHITE ARRESTED | Anna White, native, was arrested yesterday by Federal agents for disorderly conduct and is now in Jjail, pending arraignment. | | Hansen, John Brenner to Yakutat; |t0 the Superl IMrs, Harry Hill went to Anchorage, home state eral Biddle for the resignation of | JOLIET, mL, Nov 24—Robert the W | Assistant Norman Littell. Kilgore said that Littell's testi- " " _ | witnesses punished. It is a danger- Skaggs, guars, killed four con | ous situation and we are going to mony before the Senate committee was back of the long feud between victs, and was himself wounded, as + % * ‘ get bedrock facts on it.” o fdwes gusrd hllad; Wit Bun- | Neither Littell nor Biddle are talk- | hoped that the adulte in the com- |fire, 10 prisoners, two of them sur-| ing, {vivors *of the 1942 Roger Touhy | 'GROSS TO START CHRISTMAS DRIVE, lof the Statesville Penitentiary with a make-shift ladder. | i e O | |ALASKA AIR LINES HAS | 23 passencers Topay| SITKA PIONEERS | Dave Gross is going to start his ~ An Alaska Air Lines plane came anpual drive for the Christmas in today with 12 passengers. TheY |tyng for the Pioneers in the Sitka were Everett Bechtel from Fair-|y,me within the next several days banks, Christy Argyle, A. G. Nicodet, |, 4 will make personal calls. Joe R'de.' Holge}' Korgon. J- B any years ago, Gross started Melle, Julian Aquino, Felix Acacca, ‘th 1d 2" eikalhtraal " tia e L. Wit Henar Bt Kenneth‘m: ol:aur;ers m.the Home, and Macklin, Dorsey E. rsh Lt. | Z X 9 pe Myt ang |iberal donations have always been H. W. Reinke from Anchorage. Y Those leaving this afternoon on | received. Gross will take anything up, and when his drive [s the returning plane were Phil Sen- |{rom $1 our to Gustavus: Mrs. Lott, Violet completed, the money will be wired ntendent of the Home Dr. E. F. Graves, and Mr. and Mrs, |10 be distributed equally among the | C. H. Femmer to Cordova, and Irene old-timers, for their spending oy Reynolds, Don Goodwin, Clyde Pet- |Christmas. erson, Sgt. Morris Berg, and Mr. and R A, D BUY WAR BONDS {historic daylight assault. ‘The first officlal announcements merely said a ‘sizeable bomber t!orce attacked industrial targets in Tokyo." Tokyo, acknowledging the attack |four hours after the first official - | American announcement, said 70 (superforts hit the southern and | northern qutskirts of the Japanese |capital city early in the afternoon. This announcement was heard by the FCC. | The Jap aunnouncement further |claimed the Superforts “failed to |attain any tangible results but the residential séctions, including one thospital, were slightly damaged and three attacking planes were shot down." Do 20 oo o e connd | COMMITTEE OF UsO MANAGEMENT MEETS | The Committee of Management ‘of the USO will meet tonight at |8 o'clock in the USO headquarters |and all members are requested to (attend. O. A. Goff is in Juneau and is ) registered at the Gastineau Hotel from Anchorage. %