The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 1, 1945, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE LIBRARY OF CONGRFSS SERIAL RECORD AFiKG 1945 COoPY.... VOL. LXIV., NO. 9874 AU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1945 ; MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRE SOVIET SPEARS 39 MILES FROM BERLIN Yankees Grinding Over German Tank Traps SIEGFRIED LINE SAGS pm IN ATTACK 5% Little Battle Is Put Up byi ; Nazis as Americans | Roll Forward BULLETIN—PARIS, Feb. 1.— Shock troops of the First and Ninth divisions have penetrated deeply inte the Siegfried Line and erased the last vestige of the bulge driven by the American First Army before Christmas. Patrols of Hodges’ First Army stormed the Siegiried Line in three sectors, ranging from scant PARIS, Feb. the Fighting First Divis into the first ramparts of the Siegfried Line 11 miles southeast of Mon-| schau and found only ay flicker of life in Hitler's concrete western fortifications. First Army troops crossed the first row of dragon teeth tank barriers in a section of the Sieg- fried Line never before breached. Further north, 37 miles of the line were conquered by American forces in the Aachen-Roer River sector. Along a front of 40 miles, the American First and Third Armies struck with a vengeance at pill- boxes fringing a line which battle front dispatches described as strangely quiet with its artiller silent and its resistance mainly in small-arms. Great sections of fortifications are under American artillery fire. To the south, American and French troops fought into the su- ippines, and Japanese artiliery b MANILABAY THREATENED ~ SAYS TOKYO Broadcast Claims U. §. Warships Now Near Corregidor (By Associated Press) ican warships are nearing Corregidor and others in Subic Bay are ‘shelling northwestern Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines accord- ing to unconfirmed Tokyo broad- (Continued on Page Two) The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active service with the Army.) WASHINGTON—Most of the 400 Congressmen who crowded into the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library ... ;i of Congress for what was supposed | o), proadeast said “the enemy is to be @ top-secret off-the-record| ongyg ips to the vicinity of ;““l‘i °g“ t:::t ‘:’::y“’;:; ?:::e:l:}l:e:‘Cm'regldm‘ and are also cruising in eelin; S adja ats Ten battlest fime, The words of Admiral Ernest | 20J0ent waters ~wen ba King, chief of naval """;"“g“‘uunmenmmaqnps are off Corregidor ‘g‘e:m:mfi);rsg:;f‘m;gmsfirve Oen |and may enter Manils Bay for a hase bombardment.” oF Muen. A “"“‘CO“‘;F"’Sng’.“E. Another broadcast, a Domei re- 5?:35;"5033&?&& C&’ereiir:mfiy port, says “Subic Bay warships are ’| shelling what it was disappointing. [ Eorirariat Congressmen concluded that the % hush-hush meeting was actually e arranged to boost Congressional support for work-or-fight legisla-isupEREORTs tion. | As for the constant admonitions! of Admiral King that ‘this must| not go beyond this room, Con- UI gressmen figured this was nothing‘ , more than good theatre. H Secretary of War Stimson and Secretary of the Navy Forrestal R ANGE opened With brief introductions of | Marshall and King. Many Con- gressmen, knowing of King's un- popularity on the Hill, grinned as | WASHINGTON, Feb., 1—Super- Forrestal went out of his way tolforts bombed the Jap military in- build up King as the man thestallations in the Singapore area late Secretary Frank Knox selected for the third time, the Twentieth as naval chief “only after consulta- Air Force headguariers announces. tion with dozens of naval officers| The Superforts, commanded b who had worked with him and Brig. Gen. Raney, also struck b other outstanding naval leaders.”' daylight on India bases. (For a long time King and Knox!| Details will be announced when scarcely spoke.) operational reports are received. Forrestal dwelt on King’s “strong ST T e silent” qualities, explaining that | the Admiral is “not a good talker | CHRIS ELLINGEN CU or good mixer” but an ace as TWO ARTERIES IN FOOT naval chief. Even those who don't! TR know King were mystified by the introduction. ‘»hxs right foot accidentally with an King then spoke from a prepared | %€ on Lemesurier Island last Tue: seript, declaring that the United| @8y and was brought to Juneau by States is today the great naval| the Coast Guard that night. He was power of the world. In our engage-;mke“ to St. Ann's Hospital where ments with the Japanese, he smd‘:he is recovering from his injuries, we have suffered more damage | although weak from loss of blood. than is generally known, but for-| ATy o0 YA tunately the Japs have not known| TOTAL IMMERSION IN WAR about our damage in time to capi-/ talize on our temporary weakness,| CHICAGO (AP) Baptist church-| “You will excuse me if I do not S €stimate that baptisms have in-|Fiith and Eighth Army fronts was Icreased 20 to 25 per cent here over (Continued on Page Four) perwar years, SRS S Yanks Take Cover from ‘American soldiers took cover in a g forces had invaded the main Philippine island. (AP Wirpeh is believed Bataan | Chris Ellingen cut two arteries in | £ Wee g | ') £ Fit er the y had This just 3 n she aptured the ing them. was o) ‘Cigarette Gird | were only “props”. And she wasn't a cigarette girl—just playing the part in a movie. But on the studio lot she was the most popular girl anyway, for everything else was real—as you see, (International) | SOMBSDROP ONTARGET OF NAZILAND | taly-based Planes Loose. | 1,357 Tons of Bombs Over Austria ROME, Feb. 1.—Italy-based bomb- ers of the U. S. Fifteenth Airforce struck the heaviest blow yet at a isingle target by dropping 1357 tons | of bombs yesterday on Nazi oil in- |stallations in an area 22 miles ‘ncrth\\’(—sl of Vienna, Allied head- | quarters said. entire Ground action along the rily after Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s . Grande Island, Subic’s “Little Cor- {the U. S. Seventh Fleet with 2 | i nLuzon SENATE GETS HET INCOMES © TAXMEASURE 2104% LeW P}oposed for Individuals - 4% on Corporations to 4% on all Alaskans idents alike, 1y's meeting of and Senate committ toxation measures, to- | Territorial Senate ! with the introduction of Senate Bill No. 12 by Senator Frank Gordon, | Chairman of the Senate's Taxation Revenue Committee 1€ ure, contained in 102 hedules, optional sched- finitions and classifications, a Territorial Department of d the Office of Super- r of Taxation and makes an ap- | propriation of §125,000 for twe y | administrative expenses. It was re | ferred by Senate President Edward D. Coffey to the Taxation Commit-~ tee to be further referred to the 1ance Committe before being re- ported back The Supervisor of Taxation is to be appointed by the Governor, with the consent of both houses of the | Legislature. He shall hold office qp 3 ars, with the first term to qp : Awseil 1, 1045 e wi U e April 1, 1945, . He will receive of $7.500 per year. e imposed on residents Territory: Individuals, Es- “Liftle Corregidor’” Recap- fured-Land Forces in Advance on Manila Trusts and Partnerships is as follow: YATES McDANIEL llery o of non in yester g idents B | conceive | the Ho and 2 lay loomed in the and e town of San zon, Phil- Net income not cver $2,000—2% of the net income; $2,000 to $4,000—8$40 plus 2.27% of cxeess over $2,000; $4,000 to $6000—$84 plus 2.6% over 4 ,"I‘Jl!lll‘ll’i WALLACE'S FRIENDS T0 DELAY VOTE By © War Correspondent HEAD- Feb. 1 Associated Pres: C MacARTHUR'S QUARTERS, Luzon I The Eighth Army Troops Subic Day, including Olongapo Na- Base, Tuesday without opposi- 1 and the U. S. Seventh Fleet 1 entered, while to the east the “Ihe good harborage ¢ ing RFE Out of Depart- ment If He Is to Win The good harborage of Subic Bay will serve as an excellent repair base for the fleet. BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The Senate scaled ¢ action 1 March on Wallace's Occupancy of Subic Bay also in- cluded the unimpeded occupation of Cabinet pest after voting 74 to 12 to strip the Cemmerce Se tary from contrel over the Gov- ernment lending agencies. Ac- “tion came on a voice vote after the Chamber heard Senator Barkley read a message from the President stating he approved of .| the divorcement phase of the legislative measure which now goes to the House. Barkley's motion to delay action on the nomination until March 1 will allow the time for House action. sland, secured regidor.” American guns which were defending Grande Island when it fell to the Japanese in 1942, were recaptured and were in fairly good hape Clongapo base was found dotted | with dugouts and pillboxes, all| abandoned. | The surge of the Sixth Army imn‘ Calumpit and an aGvance of 13 miles southward down Pampan Province, carried motorized un and the Fourteenth Army Corps saf- ely through the narrow stretch of land compressed betw twoj swamps, and beyond, plains wide to Manila, with no g fenses for the enemy in bet The Sixth Army columns ced 10 miles southwest of San Fer nando toward the juncture with the Eighth Army ,which would seal off Bataan Peninsula. Eighth Army Units landed Grande Island at the entrance Subic Bay whose waters can su A WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. ‘The | Administration has defeated the all- out foes of Henry Wallace by forc- ing a delay in the Senate considera- tion of his Cabinet nomination on | for weeks. to| Wallace backers hoped to win his _ ultimate confirmation by stripping the Commerce Department of its huge lending agencies and beating |down the 43 to 41 vote attempt of Senator Jo W. Bailey, Demo- crat, North Carolina, to force im- mediate consideration of the ap- LONDON (AP)—The London Ga- |pointment. zette records that AJV.EPCM.- The Senate leadership obtained |ATAD. Camilleri of Eastleigh,|the George bill, & measure designed |Hampshire, is to assume the name to set up the Reconstruction Finance {of Aurclius Joseph Camillin Small |Corporation and other lending |wonder — those initials stand for |agencles, as a separate administra- | Aurelius, Joseph, Vincent, Emma tion. Wallace supporters have con- uel, Pius, Carmel, Marianus, Arnet-|ceded that unless the bill becomes | tus, Thomas, Aloysius Dominic |law or the President takes the lend- PRSI S |ing agencies out of the Commerce fine base. IS A. J. FOR SHORT | in | ments confined to patrol engage- There wete only 32920 ‘dulu!lifl‘;DePflnment by executive order, Wal- | biles registered in the United Stales|lace cannot be confirmed in the in 1903, jCablnet post., through a delay which may extend | }Daring (ommando Raid § On Luzon Rescues 513 Prisoners of War Held | | | | i i QUARTERS, LUZON ISLAND, Jan !31—(Delayed) — Men of Bataan Corregidor and Singapore, 513 of them, were snatched from under flaming muzzlés of Jap guns last night. The exploit has been unmatched in daring. Some 400 men, picked from Sixth Ranger Battalion and Fili- pino Guerillas, made the mad Commando raid 25 miles behind the Japanese lines to empty the prison camp and partially fulfill one of the Philippines objectives, the closest to Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur's heart, Americans, 23 three Netherlanders and one all that were left in camp in Neuva Ecija Provine East Luzon. Many more hundre of able bodied war prisoners had beer sent to work in and cothers had died. All but two men ou Ran priso Lt. Col. Henry Mucci of Bridgeport Conn. The hearts of the feebled men who were not brought Britishers, the the Y ¥ d American lines, Commandos Raid Commandos took The (Continued on Page Two) the Jap| b i NEW FIRST FAMILY_rhis iniormal picture of Sena- tor Mon C. Waligren, newly chosen governor of Washington, and Mrs, Wallgren was made in an apartment they occupied until the executive mansion was ready for its new tenants. Veis Admi_nislrélion Is Ready fo Cuf Loose on OnePhase, LoanstoGls By JACK STINNETT ‘lh«' e cases does the government | WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—The Vet-|make any direct loan. The lender ! erans Administration is almost ready may be a bank, savings and loan to cut loofe another phase of the|association, insurance or mortgage | GI Bill of Rights—loans to veterans comp a private investor, friend who want to go into business for or steran, or even themselves. ;;m ss selling out to | As T pointed out some days ago'a veteran. Those are the ones who |in discussing the loans for farms|have to put up the money. The |and farm improvements, these GI|government merely acts as guaran- Bill of Rights loans are going to tor | be tough to get. There is a discour-| The aging amount of red tape involved dischar and some injustices are certain to | follow. This is a result of two- time than that for service connect- caution: to protect the ed disabilities) He must prove veteran and to protect Uncle Sam that there is reasonable These loans aren’t a dole, bonus, ance of his success. The business or any kind of a gift. If a veteran |its location, and the properties in- wants to wander off into his fox-|volved must be thoroughly investi- hole dream without. any other |gated to make certain there is rea- quipment than hope and a hazy|sonable expectation of a good return idea, he'll to get his money!on the investment. The veteran's lsewhere | abitity, integrity and credit record They hard-fisted business | have to measure up. loans, designed to assure a compet-| The loans can’t be used ent v an that if money is his|inventories on the shelves or as only obstacle he can have that to|working capital, such as meeting the get back on his feet in an indivi- | weekly or monthly payroll. They tual enterprise *lcan't even be used to put new All other things being stocks on the shelves. loans are “easy money.” The gov- ernment will guarantee half the loan up to $4,000 (that is to a total amount of $2,000 and will pay the interest for the first year.) mind that veteran must be honorably ed after 90 days’ service (unless he was discharged in less equal, the If you are beginning to wonder { what cuss it with any banker, investor, or business man. Tney can be used Bear in none of (Continued on Page Two) By Jap§ for Long Time GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD- guards by surprise and rescued 486 | camps in Japan | were brought | live by 121 men of the Sixth | Battalion who stormed the | 1 stockade under command of two en-| cut flickered out in the last beats when they were in sight of the gnagned today at the banks of the assur-| | to buy the loans are good for, dis-| RED ARMY IS SMASHING AT ~ ODER FORTS ‘Russians in Hard Smashes | aiTough River-Bank Defenses BULLETIN — LONDON, Feb. 1.—The Russians have broken inte Kustrin, vital traffic junc- tion on the Oder River, 41 miles east of Berlin, the German com- mentators said tonight. Stalin’s Order of the Day announces the capture of Torun, stronghold of 24,000, on the banks of the Vistula River after a siege of one week. Norwegian, prison 1 LONDON, Feb. 1—Russians, with fast-paced tanks and infantry, Oder River, northwest of Kustrin, a point 39 miles 6r closer from Berlin. | The German command reported it was possible the Russians were even closer than 39 miles, for the German communique didn't give |the exact location .or penetration. | The Oder River swings within 28 | miles of Berlin northwest of Kus- | trin, but immediately northwest ol Kustrin it is 39 miles from Berlin. It seemed more than likely that the Point Kustrin vicinity meant ! the. eastern edge -of Wnstrin iteelf, One of the chief defenses of the capital was reached by swift So- viet punches rapidly spreading the fires of war to the heart cf the Reich. | Said a German broadcast: "It is (a smash at Berlin's greatest de- |fenses,” but at the center of his | spearhead is the 40-mile wide Frankfurt salient, between the Oder |and Warthe Rivers. The German command sald it {had hurled in its reserves to halt the invading columns which already 'had broken through the defense shield 23 miles east of Frankfurt, Red Air Fleet planes raked Berlin |and Frankfurt highways. Moscow ‘dispatches said Nazi prisoners re- ‘ported panic in Berlin because | German civilians believed the air- ‘men’s red flares were artillery | flashes. Officially, Moscow placed the closest Soviet approach to Berlin at |63 miles, but an Associated Press dispatch from Moscow viriually confirmed German reports of (much deeper advance. The Germans were reported | dynamiting, shelling and bombing Ithe Oder in a frantic effort to break up the natural ice bridges. | Toughness of the Oder defenses, | Berlin suggested by the fact that several days have now elapsed since |the Russians reported any appre- |ciable progress from their Oder River bridgeheads on both sides of Breslau, Silesia. 100 PERSONS AREKILLEDIN R. R WRECK Seventy Are Injured When Freight Crashes Into Pilgrims’ Train | MEXICO CITY, Feb. 1.—About 100 persons were killed and 70 injured in the wreck of a speeial train of Pilgrims today near Caza- dero, 100 miles north of here. ‘The Pilgrims were in nine coaches and all cars were swept off the | tracks, three bursting in flames | quickly. | National Railway officials said a |freight train crashed into the rear of the Pilgrims’ train and plowed on. The Pilgrims were bound for San Juan de Los Lagos, south of Agua Caliente, about 300 miles north of here to attend a religious festival in honor of the Virgin Mary. a