The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 30, 1945, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASIK. “ALL THE NEW'S - i 4] L THE 7”""’ THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SERIAL RECORD MAR 1- 1945 <MPIRE VOL. LXIV., NO. 9872 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDA\\ JA W MBE R ASS0C l\ NU AR\ 30 1 94) PRICE TEN CENTS ED ARMY AIMS 3 ATTACKS ON BERLIN Three Miles of Slegfrled Line Now Captured | PLUNGE ON IN WAIST DEEP SNOW Troops Strike Just North of Eliminated Belgian Bulge PARIS, Jan. 30—The Seventy- Eighth Division captured three miles of the Siegfried Line in a surprise attack through waist-deep snowdrifts at Monschau Forest, three miles inside Germany. The First Army outfit struck just north of the eliminated Bel- gian bulge while other troops of Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges’ com- mand, the Third Army, moved up to the West Wall defenses alonz 40 miles of the Ardennes front. The T hird Army expanded its Our River bridgehead n early a mile into Germany on a two-mile front. Advances ranged up to four miles. The Ninth and another unidenti- | fied division participated in the Seventy -Eigh th's achievement, which scored a nine-hour battle against the lightest opposition scen along the rugged front since No- vember, and the crack Nazi troops which were left to hold many parts of the Western Front, crum- bled and flung up the long-quiet sector. Prisoners flowed in steadily groups of 50 to 60, with the (m mans pulling troops frem Holland also, toward the east. Bombs fell among them. | The First and Third Army troops moved into the fringes, or within cannon range of the Siegfried Line on a 40-mile front from the A dennes to the north. The Am can Ninth Army is through the line for five curving miles along the Roer River, from Linnich to east of Monschau. The weather is still the worst handicap, slowing the advances even more than the shaken Nazi defenses. More snow fell among the seven-foot drifts in 11-degree weather. The visibility is low south of Strasbourg. American and French troops crossed the Colmar Canal and fur-| thy encircled the city of Colmar. Paris papers said the Colmar de- fenses were under attack. At late reporty the Allies were half a_mile from the city limits. The ¥irst This is an English bull’ mastiff at Antiech, Calif, he, an army deg he said w FDR SAYS HE WANTS WALLACE President Makes First Pub- (Continued on Page Eight) j II( Statement Sin(e 2 ‘ Nomination The Washingion| Merry - Go- Round enm its By DREW PEARSON |ment npeeds e T & AU et ox By |areiAhian ever. service with the Army.) |his ~wisdom and NEW YORK, Jan. oosevelt, in a message, said “Am- people and its Govern- Henry Wallace T count on his aid, his courage ~ — Senator probing the airplane travel 01 of lus faith in L!l.c Deo])lc and of Elliott Rocsevelt's dog, may also!the struggles of free people every- want to look into the honeymoon|Where which has so splendidly trip to Rome and Paris of Gen.|Justified that faith. Benny Giles' WAC secretary. The message of the President was | Gen. Giles is commander of Am- read by Bruce Bliven, Editor of erican operations in the Near East,/the New Republic Magazine at a with headquarters at Cairo, Egypt., | testimonial dinner given in honor His office there is run by beau- of the former Vice President ard tiful, Joan Crawford-ish WAC present nominee for.Secretary of Warrant Officer Jean Lutz, who |Commerce. not long ago married an Army. This is the first public announce- Captain, For their honeymoon ment by the President on the can- they were planning to go to Pal- didacy of Wallace since the Senate estine, the mecca of most Ameri-|Commerce Committee rejected the can Army personnel when they nomination by a 14 to 5 vote. want a rest from Cairo. You can| The dizner was sponsored by the | get there on the “Jerusalem EX- New Republic Magazine and Union press,” a desert railroad which be-|for Democratic Action. lies its name, but gets there in the N - end. however, stepped in{ AR ! Mp; EVACUATE with a counter-suggestion. He pro- posed that his secretary and new captain-husband fly to Rome INDIA vlllAGE and Paris. So he arranged it. The | happy couple flew first to Rome, then to Paris, then back to Cairo, AF[ER HRIN,G Whether they had a special plane - is not definitely known, but the same crew was with them through- SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND out. A good time was had by all,| HEADQUARTERS ON CEYLON, except that a lot of GI Joes, who Jal. 30—Japanese troops have had to stick in Cairo, were plenty cVacuated Kyaukse village, three burned up—and not from the hot miles southeast of Ondaw, and 15 sands of the Sahara. | miles northwest of Mandalay, after | Later, Gen. Giles himself flew lit was' fired by the British Four- to Paris to spend Christmas. But, |\¢¢th Army Corps. This is an official communique of the Southeast Asia Command. (Continued on Page Four) Did He "Bump" Seaman! Roosevell in Heollywood, Calif., and confined in a commercial kennel. Seaman 1/¢ Leon LeRoy, 18, told the Amer . San Fernando Captured By Yanks; Japs Scramble From (inToward Bafaan C. (AP War Correspondent) 30—President | now | in | “Styles difficult days for the magnificent BIG 3 MEET MAY HAVE BEGUN NOW wSpecuIahon Rife in Lon- ' don as fo Whereabouts of Churchill LONLON, Jan. 30.—German and Swiss broadcasts said the meeting | of the Big Three was already under | way or just about to begin. London observers speculated as to | | where Roosevelt and Churchill will | meet prior to their conference with | i Stalin, as they did in Cairo in 1943.| Shurchill’s movements are natur= | !ally guarded by security censorship _ but it was noted he didn't appear in | | the House of Commons this morn- | ling, Deputy Prime Minister Attlee | i Roosevell, Truman Talke Qaths of Office substituted for him. A better baro- | meter will be available tomororw | “hm Anthony Eden is scheduled io | ! answer questions in Commons. Stettinus, Byrnes and other nf—v ficials are reported to have leff| Washington. The general supposi- | tion in London is that they are en- | route to England or continental | Eurcpe or some point farther cast. | S recently delivered to Mrs. Elliott an Red Cross chapter sergeant and a Seabee had been “bumped off” an Army plane at Memphis, Tenn., to make room for a consigned to Mrs. Roosevelt. NAZIS GET LEAFLETS * PARIS, Jan. 30. widely-heralded Big Three confer- ence the Allies have begun shower- ing the German lines with leaflets explaining the “unconditional sur- render” goal announced at Casa- blanca. | It is disclosed the unconditional | surrender pamphlets declare “it does not mean the Germans who sur- render will be at the mercy of the victorious side.” On the contrary they “will be under protection of the Geneva convention and be treat- ed with fairness.” The pamphlets are one of the first direct attempts by Allied propagand- ists in recent monihs to drive By YATES McDANIEL Gen. - MacARTHUR'S HEAD- QUARTERS, Luzon, Jan. 30—Am- erican armored units were speed- ing toward Calumpi within 25 airline miles of Manila Sunday, |Wedge between the German people after the Sixth Army,infantrymen and their rulers. The pamphlets \wq;l unopposed into San Fer- | 8lso say “it is the wish of the Allies o on the heels of several:to give the German people the pos- a the lief that the Allies are fully intent| red Japanese who fled toward Sibility of normal, pm‘cerul devel- | {he historic Bataan. opment as members of the European | Fernando and entered the narrow T of land between two swamps, driving nead Calumpit on Pam- H 0 p KI N S 'N The fall -of San Fernando is re- | ported in the communique V\hl(h listed Nipponese casualties so far on Luzon in excess of 25,000 men, 4,254. While the push toward Manila gained speed, other Yanks to the ridge of country but have seized | more high ground in the Rosario | | area and within 14 miles of the] H S capia ey or s, 15 Paving Way for Roose . . | ovenoaing cums o, 1 v VEIV's Next Big Three fallen Resario and have zmmhx- lated Japanese in hand-to-hand nine enemy tanks were destroyed| ROME, Jan. 30.—Harry Hopkin:, {in this fight and 789 enemy bodies | personal advisor to President Roose- | were counhed | velt had an audience with the Pope day for conference with milita political and diplomatic leaders, ‘h'cm which he intends to gather , Bv GERMANS ON information for President Roosevelt | ineeting. { IIA[IAN FRONT Hopkins was met by Alexander | King, United States Ambassador to ROME, Jan. 30—The Germans Italy, upon his arrival in Paris and | resumed both loud speaker and a conferred with Ttalian Foreign Min- Fifth and Eighth Army fronts last | of reaching the city. | night, " | Hopkins, at a press Lonrmzmn\ | The German air force dxopped yesterday, expressed his personal be- | bombs at scattered points in | bright moonlight. pon implementing the Dumbarton |made by the Canadian Corps, which is attached to the Eight] |Army. The Canadians today com. plezed one year's service in Italy.| D Armored units shot past San | family of nations” panga River. as against American casualties o north are battling through a tough u o { The first Corps haw taken nd"es Meeting-In Rome fighting around San Manuel. Forty | — | today. He arrived in Rome yester- ‘NEW CAMPAIGN | prior to the President’s Big Three leaflet campaign against both the!ister de Gasperi within a few hours | Limited Allied patrolling was FLIGHT MADE | cern over the possibility of an ulti- mate swing of American oward isolationism. Reports of this conference were |not permitted to be disclosed until “Loday He pointed out that the| !people of the United States lack| Alaska Coastal Airlines made one‘such incentives for participation in a flight yesterday, carrying the fol- | European affairs as Britain's inter- lowing passengers to Sitka: Wil-’est in the Balkans and Mediterran- liam Barrington, Germude Hill, |ean and Russia’s concern over her |Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whittemore. | western frontiers. Juneau to Tenakee—William Hall.| Americans, he emphasized, could | Sitka to Juneau — William E. be won to support an idealistic for- | Peck. eign poliey only. opinion | | ONE @ ~On the eve of thei Oaks program but showed some con- | ‘ S thousands.” President Franklin D. Rocsevelt (o of the White House with Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone to right) Secretary of Senate Edwin Halsew, Charles ¥ hidden by Just Secret Serviceman Ri President’s sen, Col. James Roosevell. Lower picture: Vice-President Harry S. Truman (glasses, right) m;m oath of office from predecessor, Henry A. Wallace. Others (left to right) Admiral William D. , unidentified Secret Serviceman; unidentified N avy officer, Col. James Roosevelt, Maj. Gen, Edwin M. w tson. (AP Wirephotos) * War Ace wiih Bride-fo-Be . second fram right) repeated the oath of office on the rear porch scuted by flag at feft) officiating. Others (left Cropley, Clerk of Supreme Conrt (face partly e Stone’s hand) ; rds, unidentified man behind President, and Slalehood lor | Maska Proposed [ In House Bill WASHINGTON, Jan. 30—Alaska would become the 49th state under |a bill intreduced by Representative |Joe W. Irwin, North Carolina | Democrat. The measure provides the Terri- | | tory may become a state if the Alaskans approve at a special elec- | tion, | | | | ROCKETS USEDON (ONVOY Marine Bombers Score Hit on Three Jap Destroyers. and Cargo Vessel UNITED STATES PACIFIC {FLEET HEADQUARTERSE, FOR- |WARD AREA, Jan. 30--Thry e Traditional wislibone breaking was won by Marjorie Vattendah! as she and Major Richard Bong, Poplar, Wis,, war ace, tugged at the ends of a turkey wishbone in the Vattendahl home at Superior, Wis. Bong and Miss Vattendahl will be married February 10. (AP Wirephoto) jdestroyers were damaged by rocket Vels Admmlslrahon AsTroopers Come Back The Marine bombers attacked a near the Bonins, oyers, also hit by rockets. Hits scored on all tar - - .- MARCH OF DIMES WEEK EXTENDED were involved may result in such you'll lose benefits you worse. Get a photo- or certitied copy (it wouldn't to get several at or d to be carele will serve In most yinal (and every icjal service data afety deposit box trong box the rest By JACK STINNETT red tape an. 30—As the 15 returning to higher water Administration “hy the WASHINGTON, stréam of war veter: civilian life rises to |levels, the Veterans discovering problems ¢ static be a bad i if Ei ca other yo or you're inclir of KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. 30— The M h of Dimes we has been extended until Fe y 3, accord- ing to announcement made by Robert J. Peratrovich, Jr., of Kla- wock, Alaska chairman, who said only 80 per cent of the Alaskan| |theatres are participating so far in collection of dime: d s in finding|!" ¢ m of dimes from audi-| you are entitled to as L |a veteran. Many of these benefits ; e Don't carry your original discharge | eventually exp depenc on how PECK HERE around with you. It will get dog- many montifs or years you have been | Willlam E. Peck, registering from | eared, dirty, and possibly unreadable, | - __ |Anchorage, is a guest at the Gas- You may lose it. In either case the ;unvuu Hotel. the ori a some of the it ones, VA officials came forth with more “don’ts” than there are in a Mother's Day with a rambunctious youngster. Here are a few, and if you're not a discharged veteran, clip themi and give them to one who is. Most of them are elementary but all are sound. forth A o ha i fire o it 1¢ ol your life Don't what efi pr (Continued on Page Two) S| e Jap | damaging | and a medium cargo | 191, I SOVIETS IN ADVANCEIN SNOW GALE | Zhukov's Forces Plunging on in Bee-line Toward Nazis' Capital BULLETIN — LONDON, Jan. 30 - Zhukov's sharp new surge toward the Oder River tonight has driven ‘ahead 12 miles in Brandenburg Province and only about 80 miles south from Berlin, the German radio re- ports. Moscow dispatches tonight said the three-pronged Soviet armored spearheads are forg- ing ahead and the assault threatened to cut off the Nazi capital city if the frontal at- tack of the Germans failed. Lt. Col von Olberg, military cmmentator in Berlin, tonight | said Zhukov's forces have | smashed across the Orba River | to Zullichau, Schweibus and | | Mesertiz line, LONDON, Jan, 30.—Soviet armor- | ed spearheads, fighting forward in |a blizzard, drove today to within 85 or 90 miles of Berlin. The huge three - pronged Red Army assault toward the Reich Capi- (tal City is reported in dispatches from Moscow. The German broadeast declared | the Russians have launched a heavy armored offensive on a 42-mile front inside the border of eastern Ger- many on a bee-line for Berlin and added that the “first onslaught has gained considerable ground.” Inside Brandenburg A Moscow dispatch said the Rus- sian columns are from five to eight | miles inside the Province of Bran- denburg, and due east of Berlin, and also on the south, | Zhukov's Flirst White Russian |Army group of tanks and infantry and the First Ukrainian Army are striking westward from bridgeheads flung over the Silesia’s Oder River. German Statement This afternoon’s German com- munigue declared Zhukov is attack=- ing heavily on the Obra River sec- | tor due east of Berlin and also said !there “are further gains in the north, and around encircled Schnei- demuhl.” The communique broadcast added the Germans in East Prussia are fighting westward, trying to break | out of the Russian poc¢ket, and gain- jed 19 miles. | Navy in Action The communique also said the | German ' naval forces have; been thrown into the defense of fl’omxs- berg and this has helped to stem the tide of the Russians in the at- |tack on Berlin. | Moscow dispatches said the Ger- mans are counterattacking furiously nd trying to cover the evacuation ‘uf Elbing. The Moscow dispatches lalso state Soviet forces sank three (;exmnn transports in the gulf. New Move Indicated Zhukov's northern arm has bit |deeper despite the blinding snow and cold, toppling Driesen and | Woldenburg and threatening to cut off northeastern Germany and pull around to Berlin from the north. The Russians announce it is ex- |pected a German menace will be a stand by the Nazis on the Oder | River, Frankfurt sector, as the Ger- man armoted columns and infantry are hitting ahead, apparently eager | for a showdown battle. >oe STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Jan. 30 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine |stock today is 7'x, American Can Anaconda 30%, Beech Aircraft 12%, Bethlehem Steel 70%, Curtiss- Wright 57, International Harvester 78, Kennecott 37':, North American Aviaticn 9%, New York Central 22’5, Northern Pacific 18, U. 8. Steel 60, Pound $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 153.45; rails, 47.18; utilities, 26.77. —_—— e —— WALLA WALLA VISITOR Barbara Vibbert, registering from Walla Walla, Wash, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel.