The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 16, 1945, Page 1

“ALL THE NE lf\ ll[ THE TIME” THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SERIAL RECORD MAR 1- 1945 VOL. LXIV., NO. 9860 JUNh\U. ‘\l X\SKA TUle Y. ]\\L\ \R\ l() l‘)-b Ml \1' I R ASSO([ \FLD PR[ SS PRICE TEN CENTA — ] 'CHINA COAST JAP LIFELINES BATTERED - “Hell on Wheels’ Overrun, Seize Houffalize NO FIGHT AS FIRST ARMY ENTERS CITY Belgian Bulge Extends Only 14 Miles West of German Frontier PARIS, Jan. 16 — The Belgian road center of Houffalize, once at the heart of the vanishing Belgian Bulge, was captured last night without a fight by “hell on wheels, the Second Armored Division of the American First Army. Behind Houffalize stand at the Salm River cracked as three divisions of an American assault team beat slowly down the last six miles to St. Vith, door of the Nazi withdrawal to Siegfried Line forts. Bulge Narrowed The capture of Houffalize nar- rowed the bulge to 14 miles west of the German frontier where pene- tration started a month ago and extended 40 miles, almost to Meuse. It overran about 2,000 square miles but cnly about 400 remained today in von Rundstedt's grasp. It seemed at best that the Ger- mans will be able to hold only a buffer a few miles deep in front of the thick fortress.line. ‘When the Germans Hitler told the Generals that the offensive might knock one of the presumably Britain, out of the war. Abandon Town Armored scouts of old “Gravel Voice,” Maj. Gen. Ernest Harmon, entered Houffalize at 10 p. m. lnst night. The Germans apparently | abandoned the strategic town, | crossroads nine miles northeast of Bastogne and 18 southwest of St. Vith. § Formal occupation was slowed by burned out wreckage of German equipment cluttering . the roads around the outskirts. Other First Army units are within six miles of St. Vith, key enemy-held base only | four miles from the German fron- tier and 29 miles northeast of Houffalize. Gen. Hodge's troops are smashing the German’s “last hope” to stand short of the Siegfried line on the Salm River. North and south of Gielsal to the southeast, Gen. Patton’s Third Army stabbed twd miles across the | German border in a drive down the Moselle valley to within four and a half miles of Trier. The Third Army also gained up to a mile and a half on the 10- mile front northwest and south- east of Bastogne. Oubourcy, four miles northeast| of Bastogne, was captured today. .- 600 YANK BOMBERS HIT NAZIS LONDON, Jan. 16.—Six hundred Jong-range American bombers struck deep in east and central Germany today, hammering the synthetic oil plant south of Leipzig, the Krupp Works at Magdenburg and the rail- yards at Dresden and Dessau. Some 65 of the Eighth Army Air Force fighters flew &s escorts to the Krupp Works. The Magdenburg ! plant produces tanks. Some of the bombers made round | trips of more than 1,000 miles. Bad weather cancelled all opera- tions last night. Brifish War Dead Is Sef af 282,900 LONDON, Jan. 16.—British Em- pire casualties from the start of the war in September, 1939, to hst November 30, totaled 1,043554. Of the total, 282,000 were killed. —_———————— Emyire want-ads ormg results! the German attacked, | Thomas Riggs Dies at Home In Washmglom Funeral for Former Alas- kan Governor fo Be Friday Morning WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Thomas Riggs, 71, Commissioner of the In- ternational Boundary Commission | and a former Governor of Al died at his home today. Riggs, a native of Ilchester, Md., was an engineer to the Commission of Alaskan Boundary Survey from 1906 to 1913 in charge of surveying the boundary between Alaska and Canada from Cape Stelias to the Arctic. He served later as a mem- ber of the Alaskan Engineering Commission in charge of location and construction of the Government | | Railroad. in the Territory, especially on the Fairbanks division. He was appointed Governor of | Alaska in 1918 by President Wood- | row Wilson and served three year: | \ He had been with the Boundary | Commission since 1935. | Funeral services will be held Fri day morning with burial in Balti- more He is survived by his widow, one | son and one dAu[,hLel “S-Day” for the American invasion mand. General l)ounlfl The Washlngton Merry - Go-Round | By DREW PEARSON | (Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active service with the Army.) i WASHINGTON—There is a si nificant background behind the ap- pointment of Bril Field Marshal | |Eemmd Montgomery to command | two American Armies, thereby | taking away most of the command v 2 of Gen. Omar Bradley. There are |also interesting reasons why it was ' kept such a hush-hush matter from the American public. Gen. Bradley has now been | |awarded the Bronze Star by Eisen- | B I l l ( H A NG E |hower and congratulated by Chur- nor chill to take the sting out of his E F F E ( T E D transfer himself also has been pub- ! licized. Despite these maneuvers it is known inside the War Depart- | ery and that it w: put across by Only Puerto Rica. and Gen. Eisenhower anyway v"gm Islands last summer’ when Montgomery was |given Caen as his objective, while | WASHINGTON, Jan. 16—Repre- |Bradley was to take Cherbourg. the House his second bill transferr- e e fighting, in which U. S. ing the administration of Puerto y..,.c gid not wait for supplies to Navy. " " 4 Montgomery, using more conser- | Hawau'and AlRgke ihpxoluned vative, slow-moving old-fashioned tactics, sat with his army at Caen Hawaii and Alaska in a measure ‘break |desigred to put all Territories and sohedulé, dud until Bradley, ignor- ing Montgomery, smashed the Nazi | Cole’s original bill was referred ito the House Territories Committee i s not a member, His ¥ ‘O‘ e e “MONTGOMERY DEMOTED” Afterwards, the Stars and Stripes ‘m(mbel General and would supersede Mont- |pol|(v (HANGE gomery. The Stars and Stripes | | | publication in London caused such a furor among the British that the | | British Broadcasting Company went | | SEATTLE, Jan. 16—Because Of| Afier that the shift of armies was; (the difficulty of checking on the|peq up for a while until Mont-| |number of non-residents in Alaska, |gomery could be made a Field | be inaugurated this year in em- [ioo over command of all the Am- | ,ploymem of men in Alaska’s salmon |erjcan Armies under Eisenhower | canneries. land Montgomery was left only with | loss of the First and Ninth Armies. ment that highest U. S. war chiefs | ay. Background of the reshuffle goes sentative W. Sterling Cole, New|pioqiay reached his objective ahead Rico and the Virgin Islands from ., .. yup for snipers to be ifrom this bill, though in Cole’s bill and either could not or would not Insular Possessions under the Navy, llines to the south and started the inew measure will be sent to In-| carried a ‘story that Bradley was |being an official Army newspaper, | IS MADE, HIRING \on the air with an emphatic de- |Ralph Ferrandini, Fisheries CO-|n\ayshal to appease both him and ! No non-resident of Alaska shall |{he two British and Canadian Ar-‘ | The idea that Bradiey made the | New Measure Menfions opposed the transfer to Montgom- back to the landing in Normandy York Republican, has introduced in| ¢ c.poqule in a new type of of- ’Lhe Deparment of Interior to the wiped out. |last week he asked inclusion of | through until long after dncludmg the Canal Zone. |lightning dash to Par !sular Affairs, of which he is a| ‘bemg promoted to the rank of full |the story naturally was true. But, i - CANNERY LABOR |nial. ordinator, said a new policy Will [British public opinion. Bradley then be cleared for the salmon industry {mies in Holland and Belgium. unless passed by the Federal em-' gince then Monty has been wait- | ployment service on an individual | ing for his chance to stage a come- certificate of availability. Industry pack. His friends of the British ‘shall not employ workers in any préss—of whom he has many— |case through use of War Manpower have been doing the same. So im- |form 5. The list of accessories ef-|mediately following the German! {fect new rulings and make it neces- | breakthrough, he began pressuring |sary that each worker l"dW‘d“a“Y\Exsenhower to give him the Ameri- | | contact thé Federal employment can First and Ninth Armies. ,‘ i rfme“here before goifig on !hE‘ Montgomery is a superb defensive | Ipaym —————— PERATROVICH HERE | " TIDES TOMORROW | (Continued on Page Four) Representative-elect of the Figst Division Frank Peratrovich and M Perauov:ch of Klawock are staying | |at the Baranof Hotel. Peratrovich | is a member of the coming legislative session. High tide—4:15 a. m., 166 feef. Low tide—10:09 a. m., 1.9 feet. | High tide—16:03 p. m., 175 feet. Low tide—22:36 p. m., -1.9 feet. | of Luzon. FIRST LUZON LANDING PICTURE—Troop {ransports and landing craft in Lingayen Gulf, The amphibious fleet wa 5 und bombardment forces cffshore were in command of Vice Admiral Jesse MacArthur landed with the Luzon invaders. nd of Vi with Adr Admiral comm B. Oldendorf, Th Photo shows landing craft ice awaiting Shoreline near the town of San Fabian in the xou(h! st wl‘(‘llxr l.‘l Li pines lies in this pre-war aerial photo. Announcement of the 'NEW RESTRICTIONS PUT ON FISHING IN BRISTOL BAY SEATTLE, Jan. Inet boats permitted in Kvichak district * and the to —The Fede |Fish and Wildlife Service will cu tail fishing in the Bristol Bay limiting to 12 the number of gl Nakne 82 on (AP Wirephoto) number permitted in’the Nushagak area this year | I was announced to- ndini, Pisheries ation measures both areas are number of boats in them in the | The decisicn day by Ralph Fe Coordinator. Conse! tigures given for lightly below the allowed to operate yele year of 1940. New restrictions Bristol Bay dis operators dopting a cannery cor v‘\-uuuninn! dlan, he added i may result in | Luzon Island, P! al Daniel E. “H-H Area of Luzon Where Troops Landed | Marine | received here, First Phelo! Invasion Slhips inLingayen Gulf hilippines, at dawn of Barl the heavy Kinkaid in overall com- ircle a troop transport. Jannary 9, whil omas G ven Gulf on Luzon in the Philip- of Luzon was made by General | The town of San Fernando lies on the shore of Lingay cn Gulf, on Luzon in the Philippines, in this pre-war aerial photograph. (AP Wirephoto) ON LEAV] Cpl., IN S, F. Donald G. Wil Second Division, son of Lt. Col and Mrs arrived yesterday in San Franeisco following 27 mont of overseas duty. This is according to a mes. sage sent by Cpl. Williams and today by who is adjutant Ger Territorial Guard. It i Cpl. Williams will be fo Juneau while on ) eral of the able to return | every foot of ground ! shells J. P. Vh...uuh, of Juneau, | his father, | hoped that | SIXTH TANKS THIRD FLEET THIRTY MILES FLIERSSWEEP FROM MANILA WIDE AREA furnousFlghiFIareson EasflPOffS Fuel Insfallations Flank as Japs Con- | Severely Damaged- fest Advance Nip Convoy Hit By JAME By LEIF ERICKSON 3 (A. P. War Correspondent) U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD- QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR, Sl Jan. 16—Third Fleet fliers bombed GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD- Hong Kong, Swatow and Amoy QUARTERS, LUZON, Jan. 16 Saturday in the first full-scale !Sixth Army tanks rolled to within carrier attacks of the war on 30 miles of Manila, capturing the Japan’s lifeline of ports along the {road junction of Camiling, 30 miles| Chipa coast. frem the invaded Lingayen Gulf,| The navy announced the bold but are locked in furious combat SWeep of more than 300 miles ex- lon the east flank with Japanese | tending behind Formosa, which hill-entrenched forces contesting |Was. pounded anew at the same time, followed by two days of Third Fleet carrier attacks along the Indo- China coast which wiped out two enemy convoys and sank or dam- aged a total of 69 enemy ships. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz said no details are yet available on the China coast raids, but he moved the east flank-where Gen. MacAr- SP&IPIy Upward the previously an- thur went yesterday to watch fiela |oUnced totals of 25 enemy ships artillery and offshore warships U0k and 13 damaged off Indo- throw high explosives and shrapnel )Phing into enemy positions. Nimitz disclosed that venturesome A . | Third Fleet pilots sank 41 Jap ships That - fight is developing along/ 5 the northeast end of the 45-maile, (14 damaged 28 in wiping out the wide curving beachhead as Yank|'WO COnvoys. The overall picture is captors of the coastal town u('“m" b /80, BUANCICUR. - AUIKFUNA Damortis seek to move inland east |CAiTier force sweeping like g huge over the nine miles to Rosarfo, ~|PRnt brush from Formosa, where MacArthur later watched explo- imoro thal 100. abipeAnd ‘08 plsees sives bursting in those positions|Weve destroved or damaged January along the road leading to Bu;.um,wf:"u‘:‘:(‘;’;; il gaterpredie ag s summer fnlpl[ul of the Philippines. hina coddt Saturday: In the Indo-China sweep Ameri- can fliers destroyed 120 planes. | Seventy-seven were caught on the ground, so great was the surprise, and about 50 others were damaged in the western most penetration of Jupuns inner defenses, They also pounded the key facili- |ties at Saigon and Camranh Bay, excellent Indo-China ports in en- emy hands, Oil refineries in the Saigon area, |vital fuel source for Japan, were . |badly damaged and fires were MY”KYINA Burma, Jan. 16— started in the Saigon navy yard oil Chinese patrols driving westward | storage facilities. Warehouses and from Yunan Province made their buildings in the Saigon area were first _contact with patrols operat-|set ablaze, and the large dock ‘at ing in the North Burma border Camranh Bay, one of Asia’s best area, in the vicinity of Mengmao. | harbors, was demolished. HUTCHESC and ATES McDANIEL . War Correspondents) N Capture brought | Ta of Camiling, which southbound troops into e Province was announced by communique which reported ad- vances in all sectors. But a field dispatch from Dean Schedler told of fierce fighting on JUNCTION OF TWO CHINESE ARMIESNEAR Seaton Juneau to Fairbanks- house Fairbanks to Juneau O. D. Cochran, Mary Alls- Whitehorse to Juneau- Mrs. Carmon Privette Jack Short Corp. and Carl Weigert, -e ELEVEN PASSENGERS ' INVIAWOODLEY AIR A Woodley Airways plane brought | the following passengers to Juneau this afternoon from Anchorage: E. A. Vincent, Mr. and Mrs. V. Gill, M. Stine, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Ras- {muson and two children, C. H. Metcalfe, R. E. Duncan and Albert P. Weisman Leaving this chorage were China since Burma fell to the! markably few for: the results out the enemy garrison in the to bolster slipping Philippine hold- last remaining’ obstacle to opening one contained an oiler, four me- pA" AMERHN‘BRI“GS unk. The second econvoy included cargo ships, two small cargo ships brought the following passengers v.o Russians Rend Gertrude Lundstrom, Bert Schlossberg the Moscow broadcast the Red south of Warsaw. The announce- afternoon for An-| 70 miles in width. {Mable Cropley Huston, Don Nicleod, C. Morarity, |Command today announged the fall It is the first meeting of Chmesr Sixteen American planes were Japanese two and a half years achieved in crippling the area from Chinese border town. They want | ings. the new India-China overland sup- dium cargo *ghips, two destroyer |a light cruiser, four destroyer es- 10 PASSE“GERS TODAY and one coastal vessel, all sunk or | Juneau today from Seattle: Maj. | u to Seattle — Col. George G { [ apping Holes - Andrew | {German Communique An- BULLETIN—LONDON, Jan. 16 Army has opened the offensive ment is made in a special order Peter Howard, Mrs. | i Vivian Mills, S. R. Dows and I. W, armies in Burma with troops fromm lost in the Indo-China raids, re- ago. The two forces seek to wipe which the Japs would likely be able the old Burma Road terminal, the! Of the two convoys knocked out, ply route, e«corts, four coastal eargo ships all icorts, four ollefs, seven medium A Pan American Airways plane |beached. Carl Scheibner, F. W. Buff, Ray- | , Irene Furlong, Sheldon Sim- . . # In Nazi Lines | nounces Fall of —Stalin announced tonight over frem two Vistula bridgeheads of the Day. The breakthrough is and infant, James| LONDON, Jan. 16—The German A (Continued on Page Six) R THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, ==