The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 8, 1945, Page 1

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LXIV., NO. 9853 GIGANTIC Western THREE NAII DIVISIONS AREDOOMED Allies Make Big Big Comeback German Supply Roads Cut BULLETIN—LONDON, Jan. 8 —The American First and Third | Armies have advanced one more | mile in the worst blizzard of the | winter, and tonight had narrowed | the waist of the Belgian salient ‘ and caused von Rundstedt to | speed withdrawal of his survivors | from the western tip. | i J i | PARIS, Jan. 8 — The western third of the Belgian bulge was all but nipped off today, one of the last twe supply roads cut in three places and the other brought with- in easy artillery range with cap- | tured Flamierge, only two miles, south, as the hour of doom nears | for three crack panzer divisions stiil tied to the battle line at the “toe of the sock.” | Other Americans in Alsace fought | around the reinforced and stub- | bornly held German foothold on - | (Continued on Page Three) | & . The Washingion? Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON | (Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active | service with the Army.) | WASHINGTON—Secret talks have | been taking place for the past two weeks between the State Depart- ment and British Cabinet Mxmswr‘ Richard Law on the problem of feeding Italy. Very little has leaked | out of the backstage sessions, but it can be revealed that President Roosevelt has given definite structions that the Italian people must get more food and be en- couraged to take a greater part in} the war. in- | | He believes a well-fed | people do not become a commun- istic people. ; The British, however, have op-| posed anything more than sub- sistence feeding. Actually the de- bate over this has see-sawed se- cretly back and forth over a period of many weeks, and probably gets to the root of the basic difference | between British and American policy in the Mediterranean. At one point during the argu- ment, Lord Halifax handed the State Department a confidential “aide memoire,” considered by dip-| lomats something of a scorcher and | warning of “a grave danger of di- vergence” which would “have far- reaching consequences for the| whole settlement of Europe.” | This “aide memoire” is interpreted by many diplomats to set the stage for future British policy in the Mediterranean. Hitherto unpublish- ed, it states: “If the United States Government were to indicate its intention of expanding the scale under which Italy can receive supplies, there would be a grave danger of diverg- | ence of policy between the U. S. Government on the one hand and his Majesty’s Government and our| Allies on the other hand. “Such a divergence would bc‘ bound, in the view of H. M. Gov-| ernment, to have far-reaching con- sequences for the whole settle- ment of Europe. Furthermore, Brit- | ish public opinion would not at ithe present time permit of H. M.| | BELGIUM FAILS IN {and Allied armies, JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY JANUARY 8, 1945 Ml MRl R ASSOCI/\Tk D PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS AND LUCE AT FRONT R GEN. PATTON COMMANDER OF THE U. S. 3RD ARMY, Lt, Gen. (aeurges Patton, Jr., bids 0 Representative Clare Boothe Luce, a member of the House ittee touring the European war areas, at his headquarters some- where near the western front. (International Soundphoto) Maybe PAC Packs Big Punch, Maybe Kof; Good Job in Geffing Out Voie | portance of PAC in the November By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—FPolitical ; dopsters here are still trying to| It is conceded by members of both evaluate the unanimous decision of | parties that PAC or somebody did a the CIO convention to make PAC a | whale of a job getting out the vote permanent organization. in industrial areas both in the pri- The fog arises out the fact that it | maries and general elections. isn't yet possible -— and perhaps »me candidates they backed won, never will be—to evaluate the im-|others were defeated. Some in both categories were Republicans; others elections. Democrats. In many instances, the value of organized labor support has to be weighed against purely local factors, personalities of the can- didates, effectiveness of their cam- paigns and a number of other things. STRATEGIC PURPOSE, American Valor Given as| Reason by British Gen- eral Montgomery TWENTY-FIRST ARMY GROUP It will take more than the 1944 elections to measure with any exact- ness the influence of the PAC. Some brush it off as unimportant and a lucky stroke of being opportune. At the other extreme are those who say |gloomily or happily that the PAC | may be the nucleus of a new party which will wreck both the GOP and HEADQUARTERS, Jan, 8. — The|Democrats unless those organiza- sanguinary German drive into Bel- |tions get a hum on in the next two gium failed in its strate gic purpose | to four years. largely because of American valor, | Few will argue that PAC wasn't “ready for any-|well organized and that it's major thing the enemy has to offer,” now |objective of getting out the vote holds the initiative, Gen. Montgom- | wasn't achieved. Just about there, all ery declared last night. !agreement ends. The jaunty Briiish commander, | setbacks in 1946 or 48, it’s going to who took over the command of the |be more or less a fixture in the American and British armies in | political picture that both parties counter-attacking the Nazis in mnw:ll have to reckon with, especially north, said the battle is not yet over, | in industrial areas. but he added that he didn’t see hnw\ The important thing now is that von Rundstedt “gained very much.”|CIO has voted to extend and Grimly earnest, Montgomery punc- | strengthen PAC, and being well or- tuated his hour-long interélew with ganized it has the jump on both references to American heroism at parties. St. Vith, Bastogne and south ui[ Unless PAC has| .ernment will be prepared to gwe‘Reprcsenmuve from the Third Di- Government associating themselves Monschau. He singled out two Am-, Under the leadership of Gov. in the rehabilitation of Italy ex-|erican armored divisions, the Second Thomas E. Dewey, plans are being cept to the limited degree neces- and Seventh, and two U. 8. Airborne laid for reorganization of the Re- sary for the actual war effort. | divisions, the Eighty-Second and the pubhcans The Democrats haven’t “Should the U. S. Government|One Hundred First, as doing a great | |started yet. Periods of lethargy in decide to take an independent | job. "pnrt, organization invariably follow course, public pressure would al-| Montgomery said he formed the | the biennial election. PAC can make most certainly force H. M. Gov- offensive around the Seventh under polmcal hay. The enthusiastic man- ernment to make their own posi-|“the very fine American General ner in which it was extended by the tion clear and the divergence in | Collins,” which is now attacking lo;CIO eliminats any possibility that policy which H. M. Govemmentl“"pe cut the German bulge. it will consider its job done. With foresees would immediately become | iyt the elections over, it can legally re- open and obvious. LEGISLATOR HERE turn to its présprimary policy of “H. M. Government therefore| drawing on union treasuries for greatly hopes that the U. 8. Gov- J funds It's a lusty political young- ster. Just what it will grow up to be in the next two to four years is Almer J. Peterson, Republican vision, accompanied by his wife, ar- rived in Juneau today to attend the | Seventeenth Territorial Legislature, I consideration to the views ex-{ (Continued on Page Four) wandering 41, the midst, JAPS GET READY FOR Nips Land Forces in China to Repulse Beachhead | of Americans nese have landed fresh troops on Command announced tonight. The Japs landed on December 126 and advanced inland, occupying ithe town of Siapu, about 70 miles Inortheast of Jap-held Foochow. The Chinese counter-attacked on Siapu on January 3, and the enemy retreated east, the Chinese com- mand says .- U.S. HEAVIES HITGERMANY IN DAYLIGHT. Sixteenth Raid Is Made by ' Eighth Air Force in Seventeen Days 8—British-based struck | LONDON, Jan. American heavy bombers - YANK MOVE CHUNGKING, Jan. 8—The Japa-| the coast northeast of Fukien Pro-| vince in obvious preparation to! jcounter any American attempt to establish a- beachhead on the Asiatic mainland, the Chinese NEW BATTLE OPENS IN PACIFIC hird of Belgian Bulge Nipped Off MUSTANGS FOR.CHI ARMY, NAVY READY FOR ROBOT BOMBS Admiral Ingram Says Af-| tacks May Come With- ‘ in Next Two Months AN EAST COAST PORT, Jan. 8.| —Admiral Ingram, commander-in-| chief of the U. S. Atlantic F’lr'(" saia today enemy Tobot bomb action | against New York and other Atlantic | ports was “possible and probable within the next, 30 to 60 days but vr- fective steps to meet this threat had been taken. If such an .ILthDL‘ were made it would probably be| gf(r? o d;ré:{ 1(1‘::;1:%& ]‘;Kr!f, limited to 10 or 12 bombs and these e g it 2 bloc! ster type. harhars- totaling. probables: nafe would not be of the blockbuster type. than 1,000 planes bombed Munich twice last night within two hours. raid is the sixteenth by and Liberators of the Force in the past 17 Air hxt,hlh days. Enemy reports indicated that the heavy bombers were again support- ing allied troops on the snowswept | Western Front by bombing supply channels behind enemy lines. Yesterday, more than 2,100 heavy bombers and fighters of the Eizhth Air Force dumped more than 3,000 tons of high explosives on five freight yards, two Rhine bridges, and six railyards between Hamm and Karlsruhe in Western Ger- many. | Nine bombers |are missing in tion, which was carried out in |blizzards and temperatures of 50 below. | — e INCOME TAX FORMS BEING - MAILEDNOW | TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 8—Dist |bution of income tax forms to 340,- 000 taxpayers in Washington and to Clark Squire, Collector of In- |ternal Revenue. | Two types of forms are being sent, form 1040 for 1944, and an- other form for declaration of esti- mated tax for 1945. For convenience of not on the mailing list, a quantity of forms are albu being mailed. Employers withholding tax list |forms may also be obtained from| banks, post offices or internal reve- nue offices. e o — NEWSWOMAN FROM ANCHORAGE VISITS HFRE individuals small Mrs. Edna L. Foster, member of the reportorial staff of the Anc age Daily Times, is in Juneau tod enroute to Antelope, Mont., to bedside of her mother, who is what has the political long-view boys |She plans to remain outside about 'W. R. Parkhurst, Carl Jensen, Sig sIx weeks, and one fighter| yesterday’s opera-| Alaska is now under way, according| v {d. Berggren, They might strike a building and| destroy it but the casualties would | be nothing like those people in Lon-| don were suffering. The Admiral said he was author- ized at a recent conference with members of the General Staff inj Washington to make a statement| concerning the Atlantic Fleet and‘ to assure the public that both the Army and Navy are prepared to ward off any robot bomb attacks. He said there were three possible ways in which buzz bombs might be directed to New i York anrd Wash- ington—from an airplane, a sub- marine or surface ship. The Ad-| miral said there were 60,000 officer jand 400,000 men in the Atlantic| | Fleet. | MANY LEAVE ‘SOUTHBOUND ON STEAMER A southbound steamer brought the following passengers to Juneau {at ncon today: Almer Peterson,| |Lelia Peterson Mrs. Josephine | |Chamlis, Rosemary Chamlis, Mr. jand Mrs. Iver Skattum, H. H. Mc- Cutcheon, Mrs. Isabelle Dotson, Roy | |Dotson, Robert Dotson, Fred Hen- | |ton, Bonnie Henton, Howard Fur- {long, Frank Jones, Hans Louberg, Fay Mallery, Nicholas Avakamoff, 'Ralph Bruin, William Sheppard, | |John Jensen, Felix Ballo, Wood- | row Wilson. | Leaving on the steamer this afternoon were the following: Bun- nie Nosler, Pete Beirley, B. K. {Samanigo, Ed Sweeney, Mrs. Moler, |Mrs. Phyllis Alexander, Los Ber ‘rmrd Thomas R. Maxwell, Harry {Haloff, Mrs. Tcny Christenson, 1Goldie Waters, C. C. Marvack, Mrs. M. C. Wood, D. D. Hull, Ralph W, Wilson, Henry S. Arzac. Howard C. Korous, Clinton F. Stapleton, Earl O, E. Koenig, Stanley C. Johnson, Bion E. Gra-| ham, Walter D. Nichol, Willard W. | Harmon, Robert D. Murdoch, Roy | H. C. Shippi, R. L. Crews, Mrs. R. L. Crews, Steve Ferris, C. N. Green, R. C. Klump, Rafsol, John Neilsen, Cin ignia, P-51 Mustangs roll off North American Aviation assembly lines at Inglewood, Caiif, (the FISH BOSS JAPS CLAIM HOT FIGHT AT LINENG { Whole Gulf Roars Under Blasts and Gunfire from Both Sides (By Associated Press) | The Tokyo radio reported a long line of American warships and swarms of carrier planes pouring bombs and shells on the Jap fort of Lining on the Lingayen Galf, 120 miles north of Manila, in the face of “the hottest reception ever re- corded in the annals of war.” ‘The Japanese broadcasts recorded 'by FCC said, “This is the enemy's usual tactics preceding a landing,” and forecast that Yank assault trcops might storm “ashore any time ” A frontline dispatch to Domei said, “The whole gulf roared under blasts and gunfire from both sides.” Throughout Saturday and Sunday other broadcasts reported three powerful American convoys speeding northward to join the assault, one of undisclosed size west of Mindoro, one of 50 transports south of Min- doro, and 25 warships farther south, all headed in the general direction of Manila. An imperial communique claimed | that since last Wednesday the Japs |have sunk seven first line warships Miles North of Dan- |and sixteen transports and damaged ube River BULLETIN—LONDON, Jan. 8 UNITED STATES PACIFIC| ~—The German Command declar- ‘FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARLEmne other vessels in various con- ed tonight the counter-offensive |HARBOR, Jan. 7 (Delayed)—Am-| " northeast of Budapest has gained lerica’s Third Fleet’s hard-] hitting, N A—Allocated to China by the USAAF and bearing the Chincse LUZON ISLE IS STRUCK BY PLANES Surface Units Also Bom- bard Suibachi on Para- mushiro in Kuriles Reds Pushed From Bastion Of Eszfergom Russians Gam Back Twelve LONDON, Jan. 8—Russian forces have been ousted from the key Danube bastion of Esztergom by | |powerful Nazi counter-attacks bent on relieving the trapped Axis gar-| rison at Budapest, 20 miles south, but the Russians registered a 12 R = up to 25 miles. Commentators in | fast carrier force struck Luzon Is-| Berlin added that this is prob- |land, Philippines, last Friday, U. S.| ably the beginning of a “major |time, only one day after its planes| military operation.” |carried out a destructive two-wny‘ — sweep on Formosa and Ryukyu Is- NEAR pAluAN lands, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz reports, ‘ N ’ Swinging south of Formosa, about | 300 miles north of Luzon, carrier| planes turned on a crippling blow} to Japan's airpower. Y il Ao a : eyt Admiral Nimitz said incomplete Ireatppiy E all mile gain north of reports on the strike on Luzon H e Dunue i “an outflankins Showea 3 Japunse panes were AMIEYiCan Forces Strengfh- ‘eal he attacking Germans, destroyed and 14 others were dam- | H M:scgw ‘sx:yfi j S aged. Details as to the damage en Hold on Mmdoro oviet communique sai 0 duno to Luzon shipping and ground P Germans were killed and 300 cap-! msguunucm are ,[:gt gm nvgllnble‘ |S|and bY capllll'e tured and that 49 tanks and 16 Hit In North Pacific | > armored trpop-carriers had been; In the North Pacific another By JAMES HUTCHESON kuocked out before the evacuation Pacific fleet, a surface unit, bom- (A. P. War Correspondeént) of Esztergom. It reported the Ger- barded Suibachi on Paramushiro,| GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD- man progress checked below thelmnln Japanese base in the Kuriles QUARTERS IN THE PHILIP- city. Islands, Friday. This blow hit'the PINES, Monday, Jan. 8—American The same communique said the|northern end of the Japanese de- forces tightened their hold on Red Army crossed the Hron River fense arc, while at the same ume‘Mmdoro Island with the capture to the north and, driving along carrier puats were raking Luzon. wor the town of Paluan on the north Danube, reached a point 10 Still other surface units- blasted coast Saturday, while strong for- miles from the cnmmumrzllmus Aha Jima on the Bonins. | mations of Liberator heavy bombers hub of Komarom, west of Esater-| . ————— {again blasted Japanese airdromes yom, on Luzon to the morth. In Budapest, the Nazi Lamwn\VA“DAls E"IER MacArthur's communiqueé ans launched 12 consecutive counter- nouncing the Paluan landing cons attacks in an attempt to spring WRE(K jUNEAU'S \wmed nothing to support the Japa- the Russtan armored vise which has | nese claims the American invasion pressed them back to the Danube! forces lying in Lingayen Gulf, Lu- hmh in Buda on the west bank| Iov (E"'ER "owlzon were subjected to a duelling the river, and in Pest, to the with the Japanese artillery pre- cast. parawry to the invasion. Resistance is reported light in 'Juneml -Douglas Toy Center on;the Paluan operation. The Sixth | Franklin - Street—the toy center|Army force landed seven miles Lhut, gave so much happiness and /down the coast from town, making ljoy to over 250 destitute children |the capture by land. {on Christmas | Japanese supply dumps and com- | ' Sometime over the week-end the| vas wrecked by van- | |dals | munication facilities were destroyed. Obtaining entrance to the build- | (LAMPSON ing, the vandals pulled games, | ldolls and toys from the shelves 'Iwo pRlES]’S A“D and dumped them on the tloor What they did not take they de- stroyed. Dolls and teddy-bears were sm ed until they were black and one all-metal toy truck was bmkvnl of Coordinator of Fisherles, salmon /" Palf: | canneries will be required to obtain| Mrs. Betty McCormick says the PUBLISHER GIVEN PRISON SENTENCES SEATTLE, Jan. 8—Under a new order being prepared by the Office | stricted to normal operations under are |“all Alaska.” { Territorial “license.” licenses before being allowed to op- left-over toys and games, practic- erate, sources here disclosed . ally all boxed for storage, were to It is understood the order meang be given out to children next year; that certain canneries will be re- that the left-over toys and games never wasted as far as the wartime emergencies and that plan- | Toy Center’s activities go. ned new canneries or operations will | Chief of Police John Monagle not be instituted except by ap-|visited the scene this morning and proval of the Coordinator. |sald he found evidence in me The order reportedly applies to building that may lead to the ap- As a “licensing” sys- prehension of those guilty of the tem, undoubtedly the duration of the outrage. emergency is referred to only as all - fish packers normally operate unrlerI R ARRIVAL FROM SEWARD Arriving here over the weekend from Seward was Mrs. Ray James, now a guest at the Baranof, It is also generally conceded the new move is in line with national | tightening of war manpower legisla- l tion, DETROIT, Jan. 8—Two Ruman- ian Orthodox priests and a Ruman- ‘un publisher were given prison \terms in Federal Court for failure to }mzlster as agents of exiled King | Carol of Rumania in an alleged ef- "!ort to bring him to the United | States and ultimately restore him to ‘his throne. Judge Edward Moinet, upbraiding the trio from the bench, sentenced |them to terms ranging from two to |five years and imposed a fine of 18500 to $3,000. . — ! OUT ON BUSINESS | Los Bernard leaves on the south- bound steamer today for Seattle on an extended business trip,