The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 6, 1944, Page 1

| [ erlands, Brazil, France, Mexico and HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXIV., NO. 9826 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1944 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRFSS PRICE TEN CENTS YANKS HIT PILLBOXES WITH BAYONETS m S. Over Foreign Policy EDEN MAKES BIG CLAIM OVER POLICY Disputes America’s Declar- ation fo Keep “Hands 0ff” on Affairs LONDON, Dec. 6—British For- eign Secretary Anthony Eden as- serted flatly today that Brnam is within her rights in trying to shape the governments of the liberated countries and thereby split com- pletely with the American declara- tion of a “hands off” policy for| “Italy. Eden stood by the British govern- ment's veto of the proposed appoint- ment of Carlo Sforza as Italian For- eign Minister. American Secretary of State Ed- ward J. Stettinius, Jr, announced yesterday the United States didn’t oppose Sforza and felt the Italians should be allowed to form their own government without outside inter- ference. Eden’s statement, clearly signifi- ant. in reshaping Europe, brought divided sentiment from the House of Commons. Cries of “no” met the suggestion, made by ' Ivor Thomas, Laborite, that Britain “withdraw gracefully” and admit “a blunder had been made,” just as Stettinius had implied~in his “no interference” statement. The statement is a far broader “declaration than the immediate is- sue of Count Sforza, so Eden appar- ently applied his words to the fu- | ture of all liberated Europe. “‘must repeat to the House, I main- \#ér the British Government has a ‘perfect right to éxpress an opinion to another government about a min-| ister under conditions such as these,” Eden said. The British press commented sharply on the American note. “It was rude and meant to be s0,” said the Manchester Guardian. The Yorkshire Post said it smack- i ed of self-: righteousness AIR MEET AT CHICAGO . ENDSTODAY CHICAGO, Dec. 6—The program of international cooperation in pro- viding air transport services and opening the way to freedom of the skies for commercial aircraft re- ceived quick approval of the World Aviation Conference representatives from 54 nations. ™ The meeting, which opened No- _;‘mnber 1, ended today. The docu- ments that were accepted repre- sented the merging of views brought out in the conference. There yere concessions on all sides, however. The British yielded hope of an economically powerful world air authority. The Canadians gave up the plan for having such a body al- slocate air routes. The Australians| . ’nnd New Zealanders failed in their world airline, owned and operated by all the nations. The United States did not get full freedom of the skies it had asked for. A highly-placed official called it} “a victory for everyone.” EXECUTIVE BODY CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—The World , Air Conference elected the United States, United Kingdom, the Neth- Belgium as a council to serve as the executive body. This interim organization will sup- | ervise international air mnsport pending ratification of a permnnent treaty by the seven countries who were named on the council because they were chosen in the categofy of nations of “chief importance” to air Ecuador’s monetary unit is the sucre, valued at 7% cents.. The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Lt Col. Roben S. Allen now on active service with the Army.) WASHINGTON — Political gloom at the first Republican House of Representatives caucus since elec- tions was not as thick as the leaders expected.. Talking off the record and really letting their hair down, the lame-ducks among them especially emphasized one signifi- {cant thing—that the GOP should Inot waste time cussing out the | Political Action ~Committee but should match its activities by a similar organization. It was a completely closed-door session, with newsmen barred, but here are the highlights. First part of the meeting was | monopolized by Congressman Ber- trand Gearhart of California in a lengthy harangue on freezing Social Security taxes. He demanded a united GOP front against a tax increase. Most of his brethren |agreed. Then Minority Leader Joe Martin discussed the elections, conducting la sort of seminar in which there ‘seemed to be general agreement that Republican hopes had been too {high—that, with the war still on, the natural desire not to change Administrations had been under- rated. Martin pointed to the need of a strong Congressional Republi- can organization, with a first-rate staff functioning at all times. This is a definite GOP plan. Two lame-ducks, Cal Johnson of iIllinois and Bill Miller ‘of Connec- ticut, spoke of the factors which had led to their defeat. Johnson had expected defeat for ' some; months, therefore did not blame the PAC. He said, however, that PAC was highly important through- ‘out the country, and urged that { Republicans not be ashamed to learn from the Hillman organiza- | tion. “They are doing a model job of education and propaganda,” John—‘ son said, “and we've got to be| |realistic about it. We can't do| better than follow their example.” | Miller of Connecticut admitted | {freely that PAC had been the most | | effective single organization against | him. He urged that the PAC meth be studied closely. “They are doing something we' 've | got to do if we’re going to keep our party alive,” Miller said. “They're getting to the people with | their story more effectively than| any other group.” | BACK TO COMMON MAN Reid Murray, reactionary Wis- consin farm bloc member, then told his GOP colleagues: “The Re- publican party must get back to the common man. We're keeping close to our farm populations, ard it's up to you people in the in- dustrial districts_to keep close to labor and be certain labor will go along with you.” Ben Jensen of Towa chimed in to say: “Instead of quarreling with labor, we Republicans have got to go out of our way to win labor support. My district is agricultural, and you city men could do a lot worse than study the way we farm people have worked to stay close to our constituents.” Only discordant note, so far as PAC was concerned, was struck by lame-duck “Ham” Fish, who ranted about “Communist control” of the PAC. He remanded that Clarence Brown of Ohio explain what his House Campaign Expendifures Committee had done. about ex- posing Reds in the PAC. Brown said the committee was too busy to do very much on the (Continued on Page Four) CHAMBER T0 ELECT BOARD MEMBERS FOR 1945 ON THURSDAY Board members for 1945 will be elected at tomorrow’s meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel, and a discussion also will be held on a| BOND AUCTION DONATIONS T0 Army Truck fo Make Calls Thursday-Solicitors Getting Results The Juneau-Douglas Bond auc- tion, scheduled for next Sunday, December 10, at the Elk's Hall, is certainly off to a flying start, ac- cording to Irma Nowell, publicity director for the event, and Bob Martin, chairman. With just about every organiza- tion in town at work on prepara- tions—including the Army Sub- port—there’s no holding it down. For instance, an army truck has enlisted its service to make the rounds Thursday afternoon to plck up the articles so generously do- nated by Juneau-Douglas business firms and private citizens. All contributors are requested to have their donations packed, labeled with donor’s name and retail value of item, ready for pickup some time Thursday afternoon or Friday morning. Response has been so generous and interest so high that this auc- tion promises to be one of the out- standing. events of the. year. Po- tential Christmas gifts of every conceivable nature will be auc- tioned, off to bond purchasers. Any business firm, merchant or individual not yet contacted by one of the teams canvassing the area, who has some item to donate, is Fletcher or Bob Martin, Phone 800. “The more the merrier! If neces- sary, we'll extend the time of the auction (originally set for next Sunday, 2 to 5 p. m.) until all {merchandise is auctioned off. Anything can happen when a thing like this gets rolling in Juneau,” |declared Mrs. Nowell. Yesterday, the soliciting team of Hebert and Darnell reported ar- ticles for the auction to the value of $81555. Today the soliciting {team of Lynn Forrest and Alva report of successful solicitations: clothes, $50. Sugar Bowl Liquor Store—1 case mixed liquor. Juneau Medical and Surgical Clinic—$25 cash. Gastineau Barber Shop—1 quart bottle Wildroot Cream Oil Form- ula, Warfield Drug Storé—Assortment of articles, value $35. Peerless Bakery — 5 two-pound fruitcakes. George Brothers—10 merchandise coupon books, $5 each. pound turkey. Femmer Transfer—Delivery one to four loads oil. Case Lot Grocery—2 cases mixed fruits. Sanitary Barber Shop—2 quart bottles hair tonic. Oberg Shoe Shop—1 boy's wool sweater; 1 suede leather jacket. Winter & Pond—1 framed and colored 12x20 “Lights of Juneau.” Juneau Marble Works—1 book- urged to get in touch with Ja.cki Blackerby turned in the following Fred Henning — Timely suit of | | and Commercial | California Grocery—1 eighteen-| RED FORCES " EDGE CLOSER Now Only E—Miles Away from Austria-In Final Defense Zone LONDON, Dec. 6—Soviet tanks, |sweeping past Lake Balaton, today 'plunged to within 40 miles of the ! Austrian border, Moscow dispatches 'said, while the Germans acknowl- ‘cdged the new threat to the Hun- |garian capital of Budapest. The Soviet sweep is curling around the lower end of the great |Hungarian lake and is now beating through the final defense zone guarding the southeast door to Germany. The Berlin radio said the Rus- sians crossed to the west bank of the Danube below Budapest from 30-mile long Csepel Island, estab- lishing a new bridgehead and winning the town of Ercsi, 20 miles south of the capital. Budapest is under a large scale attack on both sides. The German command de- {clared fighting in Hungary is rising | in violence. | main Soviet blows had heen thrown in between the Danubg and Lake Balaton and the Soviets had gained ground toward the north and northwest. A German communique, | 'however, declared these thrusts were largely halted as the race toward Austria endangered the rear communications with the large Yugoslav city of Zagreb. ' NEW CHARGE PLACED AGAINST DOUVILLE A charge of grand larceny was |yesterday dismissed against Frank Douville and a charge of receiving alleged stolen property lodged against him. Douville was arrested some time 'ago for alleged theft of a rifle. He has waived a preliminary hearing and been bound over to the Grand ury for action. Bond has been set lat $1,000. WILLIAM O'BRIEN 1S CHARGED WITH FELONY William O'Brien, who was ar- rested recently on a felony charge, has waived preliminary hearing and been bound over to the Grand Jury. O'Brien is alleged to have issued a check for $60 without sufficient funds to cover it. He is now in Federal jail in default of $1,000 bond. JAPANESE LOSE 4,000 PLANES IN LAST 3 MONTHS (By Associated Press) Japan has expended 4,000 war- planes in the last three months in l One Berlin broadcast said the | end set, alabaster; 1 smoking set.gefending the Philippines and its Star Bakery—10 1!2 to 2-pound fruit cakes. Alstrom’s News Stand—1 men’s dress hat. Duncan’s Cleaning and Pressing Shop—2 $5 credit slips, cleaning and pressing. Snow White Laundry—2 $5 credit islips for laundry. Edith Danielson—1 pre-war, new girdle (size military secret). LYNN BODDING IS SCOUTING BIG SUM Although the Girl Scout cam- paign in the Sixth War Loan drive is ended, Lynn Bodding is keeping right on soliciting. She has turned in already one $1,000. proposed “Territorial Development water approaches. A tabulation of official reports showed of these, 1153 were destroyed by American aircraft in November, 571 were destroyed in aerial combat and 582 on the ground. In addition 44 were probably destroyed. It was the costliest month for the enemy since October when 1199 planes were lost in the air over the archipelago. Five hundred and twen- ty-three were lost on the ground. September losses were 387; 627 lost on the ground. American losses in this period exceeded 200, the total additional figures were not available as the announcements were made in general terms such as “losses light.” B WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 — The House has passed and sent to the President legislation extending until next June 7 the statute of limita- Plan” which was introduced for bond and one for $500, in addition'tions governifig the Pearl Harbor study at last week’s meeéting. to many of smaller amounts, sase g L $ YR LINAAEDERD SOMERVELL SAYS WAR WITH JAPS WILL BE COSTLY BEPICKED UP! TO AUSTRIA oecars sece Wesson NOW (LEARED Being Produced for Pacific NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Conquest of | the Japs will cost the United States | $71,000,000,000 a year “after Ger-) many is defeated,” Lt. Gen. Somer- vell predicted. “The war against the| Japs alone will be the biggest war this country or this world ever ifought before the present war.” As the Commanding General of ithe Army Service Forces, Somervell declared that 300,000 more war workers will be needed at once on critical programs as he appealed in his “upsurge of production” speech at the National Association of Man- ufacturers. Secret weapons that are being pro- | | tities for the Pacific push the speaker declared. They are devices “not ye( in use in Europe EAMPARIY OFFICE IS | NOWSEIZED British Sokfirs Also Cap- ture Communist Party Building in Greece ATHENS, Dec. 6.—A British Sher-| man tank and a platoon of British soldiers today seized the headquar-| ters of the left wing EAM party by storm as fighting spread through a large area of Athens. The Communist Party building on Constitution Square was also taken. Parachute troopers forced the main entrance with grenades. Eighteen‘ armed Communists were seiudl there. Fighting with tanks and machine guns broke out after snipers of the ELAS militia of the EAM ‘National Liberation Front| fired on a truck-load of British troops before dawn, killing one and wounding another. The Sherman tank was then sent| to batter down the door of the EAM| he: TS, Bflush troops charged up thé “stairs scattering the EAM defenders. Half a dozen bursts were fired while they were clean-| ing up the floor. One British soldier was killed by a stray bullet while searching the building. The EAM refusal to disband its militia brought: on the crisis in| which Britain supported the shaken government of Premier Papandreou.| The point at which the Athens-| Piracus Road enters the capital was the scene of continuous fighting. UNION IS TO HANDLE BOND BOOTH 3 NIGHTS In cooperation with all the or- ganizations in Juneau participating in the Sixth War Loan Drive, the Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ Union, Local 871, will operate the booth in the Gastineau Hotel in con- junction with all unions affiliated with the Alaska Federation of Labor. | All union members are urged to get out now and buy their bonds from the Gastineau Hotel between | 7 and 10 o'clock tonight, Thursday | night and Priday night. The booth will be operated by Dorothy Plum, Betty Fitzgerald, Dol- ly Knudson and Mary Chapel. 5 On bonds purchased tonight, a ticket to the premiere of “See Here, | Private Hargrove” at the Capitol | Theatre Thursday night will be; given. | | S COASTAL AIRLINES ON SKAGWAY TRIP TUESDAY Alaska Coastal Airlines carried the following passengers to Skag- way yesterday: E. W, Morris, Tom ‘Disorganizafierman Ele- HALF WAY MARK ROADS NEAR RAVENNA ARE i ments Flee from En- tire District ROME, Dec. 6.—British and Polish troops smashed across the Lamone River, southwest of Faenza, and es- tablished a bridgehead while other Eighth Army units were cleaning out isolated enemy groups in cap- ! ian patriots. Allied Headquarters said the cap-| ture, Monday, of Ravenna, ancient Qstrogoth capital and important communication center, was followed by a marked Eighth Army advance duced “must be ready in large quan- | westward, driving disorganized Ger- | nounced man elements back behind the lower | Lamone River. The entire Raven- YANKS TURN JAPS BACK ONHIGHWAY Enemy Aflempi to Escape from Ormoc Frustrated- Nip Destroyer Sunk GEN. DOUGLAS MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS IN THE PHIL- IPPINE ISLANDS, Dec. 6—Using powerful bazookas, American troops turned back a tank supported Japanese attack Sunday night on tured Ravenna with the aid of lml—:lhe road-block established on the | Ormoc Highway, a mile and a half south of the Leyte River bridge below Limon. The futile attempt of the enemy restricted Ormoc area was today by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, along with the de- struction of a Japanese destroyer na-Godo road was clearéd and the west of Ravenna, and Piangipane,| five miles west, were taken. | OF TERRITORIAL |block soon after and five small freighters by Leyte- | |towns of San Michele, four miles |y, oq warplanes. The Thirty-Sécond U. 8. Infan- try Divisiol established the road- capturing Limon, but withdrew from it to permit shelling of the enemy's to break out northward from the | an- | supply | route. The position has not been | {mentioned in the headquarters re- ports for several days, but appar- | lently meantime was_ reestablished | 'in" considérable greater strength. QUOTA REACHED |lish much to reach the goal. iday by the War Pinance Commis-| | sion, !at Beca de Quadra, | Sales to date in the Sixth War Loan Drive amount to more thani half of the total Territorial quota | to be raised, but with only ten days left, workers will have to accomp- According to figures released to- Juneau-Douglas have raised| $46,931.25 of the $125000 E bond‘ quota; $24,400 of the $50,000 total 1n individuals other than E; and $134,-| 000 of the $160,000 quota in corpora- tions, a total of $205,331.25 of the $335,000 total quota. Total sales thus far turned in by other Alaska cities are as follows: {Anchorage-Whittier, $195212.75; | Fairbanks-College, $412,067.25; Ket» chikan, $193,121; Petersburg, $35,- 943.75; Wrangell, $27,380; Kodiak, $15,637.50; Nome, $12,281.2 Skag—‘ way, $12,062; Haines, $2,932.25; Sew- | ard, $54,288.50; Sitka, $35,579.50; | Cordova, $26,568.75; and Yakutat,' $1,143.75. | A $100,000 purchase of corporation ! bonds by the Standard Oil Company of California was allocated to An-| chorage, Fairbanks, Ketchikan, Ju- neau, Seward, Petersburg, Kodiak, Bitka, Cordova, Wrangell, Craig, and Seldovia. ——ee—— PIONEER ALASKAN | A. HILDRE DIES; LENGTHY [ILLNESS Anton Hildre, 66, resident of Al-| aska since 1901, died at 9 o'clock this morning in St. Ann's Hospital, after a long illness. Hildre was born in 1878 at Aale-| sund, Norway, and as a young man | sailed between the United States| and the Old Country on the four- | masted windjammers of that day. He came to Alaska in 1901 as a member of the crew that built the first cannery in Southeast Alaska,| for August| | ( | i | | Bushmann’s father. For the past 22 years, up until a year and a half ago, he was a| but schooner Lou Helen, of which his brother, the late Knute Hildre, was skipper. He was a member of the Deep Sea Fishermen's Union. Hildre is survived by two neph- ews, Peter and Andrew, both resi- dents of Juneau. The funeral is to be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the |Charles W. Carter Mortuary. i 4 RPN DR. LIVDQUIST HERE Dr. Paul A, Lindquist, District Health Commissfoner at Anchorage, Territorial Department of Health, and Mrs. Lindquist passed through Popovich, Dean Story, Frank Aus- mus, Ralph Mize and W. C. Loader.l Juneau yesterday enroute South, The destroyer was sunk by patrol planes in the Luzon area and the freighters in Ormoc Bay, Sibuyan Sea and in Brunei Bay, Borneo, where patrol planes also sank a 3,000 ton tankPr SYNTHETIC OIL PLANT BOMBED ElghtHundred BombersHit Important Objective at Merseburg LONDON, Dec. 6—Eight hundred' American heavy bombers, escorted by 800 Mustang and Thunderbolt fighters today attacked Germany's number one synthetic oil plant at| Merseburg and dhe railroad yards at Beilefeld. The 3,000-ton under and the results were unobserved. Five thousand planes hit Germany yesterday, leaving blazing destruc-| tion strewn all the way from Berlin to the Rhine. Almost 1400 Britain- based American bombers and fight- | ers bombed Berlin and Munster, knocking down 91 German planes| against a loss of 11 bombers and 12| fighters. AR ¥ s STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 6. — Closing raid took place/ adverse weather conditions, | BRIDGEHEAD IS PUSHED ACROSS SAAR Patfon’s Iroo? Now Fight- ing Well Inside Sieg- fried Line BULLETIN—PARIS, Dec. 6— Americans of the Third Army forced the Saar River in six places today and won two-thirds of the French border town of Saareguemines, as artillery was turned on Germans who are withdrawing northward into ‘the Saarland. Other assault teams beat down the last six miles toward burning Saarbrucken, the litile Pittsburgh of the rich coal and iron basin and key to German defenses. Maj. Gen. Paul Baade's 35th Infantry Division overran Saar- eguemines against light resist- ance. The Germans blew up all five bridges acress the Saar in withdrawing into the third of the town still held by the enemy. { - PARIS, Dec. 6—The Third Army today thrust a wide bridgehead across the Saar toward the north- west of invaded Saarlautern, en- |tered Saareguemines and. shelled ,che smoking factories of - Saar- |brucken over open gun-sights. | At Saarlautern, where the Ameri- cans are mopping up the last fit- ful opposition, Gen. Patton’s as- sault troops are well within the Siegfried Line and are assaulting |its pillboxes, blockhouses, trenches tank obstacles. with flame- v.hxowers. cannon and bayonet. Stream Spanned The new Saar crossing was made (along a two and one-half mile ‘atretch between Saarlautern and | Merzig by the Nineteenth Division, which spanned the stream in four |places along the stretch. The or- |iginal crossing was made inside Saarlautern on an intact bridge. South of that city, late yesterday, |the Thirty-Fifth Infantry Division advanced up to seven miles in liaison with tanks that entered the edge of Saareguemines itself, a | major coal producer. v Within Germany Off to the right, Gen. Patton's 40-mile front is solidly within %Ger- many. The Fourth Armored and Twenty-Sixth Infantry Divisions |rolled up three miles northward |through Lorraine toward the Ger- man ‘Siegfried Line. Comparative quiet prevailed again on the Roer River front within 23 Imiles of Cologne. The United States First Army completed the capture of Bergstein on the edge of the Hurtgen Forest. The United States Ninth Army, to the north, reported only patrol activity. Action in. the area between Julich and Linnich, Ithe outskirts of both, have been reached. The British Second Army stood firm along the Maas River in Holland. The Canadians in the Arnheim -Nijmegen area were !plagued by flood waters from- the Rhine, loosed by German breaches in the dikes. The United States Seventh and the French First | | |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine Armies continued their methodical stock today is 5%, American Can €limination of the last German crew member on the Juneau hali- | |89%, Anaconda 27%, Beech Aircraft 13%, Bethlehem Steel 637, Curllss-‘ Wright 6%, International Hurvester‘ 78, Kennecott 35, North American | | Aviation 9%, New York Central 20,/ | Northern Pacific 18%, U. S. Steel 58%. Dow, Jones averages today are follows: industrials 148.77, rails 44.31, utilities 25.39. e W RS LIQUOR LICENSE APLICATIONS The Office of the Clerk of Court announces that all persons inter-| ested in securing liquor licenses | for 1945 should get their applica- | tions filed in plenty of time for| |consideration by the City Council at their meeting of December 15, |Those who fail in this respect may find themseives in the position of having to remain closed until the Council’s next meeting, which is on January 5, | holds in Alsace-Lorraine. D JADOFF WINS SUI’I‘ A jury in the U. 8. Commission- er's Court yesterday returned a | verdict”in favor of Jack Jadoff in | the civil suit of Jadoff vs. Peter Sekinoff. ing Ba (flmstg;s l4°fl’