The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 2, 1945, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA | J “ALL THE P e ALL THE lllll THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SERIAL RECORD 45 WPRG 19 IR VOL. LXIV., NO. 9875 JUNEAU, ALASKA, F RIDA\ FEBRUARY 2, | o4> MBER ASSOCIATED PRES SOVIETS PREPARE FOR ASSAULT ON Plxl( E TEN CENTS Yanks Make Third Landing on Luzon HOUSEACTS AMERICANS 60 ASHORE To Head Dies Commiltee ATNASUGBU Jaws Forged on Trap North and South of Philip- pine Capital City GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD- QUARTERS, LUZON ISLAND, Feb. 2--New landings southwest of nila, the third invasion of Luzon Island, are reported today, forging the ja to the trap north and south of the Philippines capital city, with scme Yank columns re- ported a bare 20 air miles and \m:mu,\' sealing off the p of Nipponese troops south anila joining those to the north. The Eleventh the Eighth Army sughu, on the west tangas Prevince, 32 miles south- west of the Cavite Naval b: They opened the drive north \\hllv the Ya Sixth Army pressed south from Calumpit down Province to Angat, closest approach to Manila. These Yanks have cov- ered approximately 100 miles since January 9 when the landing n Bay was accomplished . Douglas MacArthur report- ed in his communigue today that Is are operating freely in this approach to . The Eighth Army landed Monda,; nila, quickly as a base for troops of at Na- of Ba- Division landed coast on anila. elements t northwest of Ma- securing Subic Bay the Seventh United ates Pacific Fleet, are reported today to be moving against light | enemy resistance, across the base ui Bataan Peninsula toward a junc-! Bulacan | Although he voted aga reat Un-American Activities, Repre: New Jersey, was reported slated f mittee. Photo shows Congressmar pamphlets of the Dies Committee. Siafistics Breal the House Committee en tive Edward J. Hart, Democrat, of or the chairmanship of that n iart looking over the books and new “om- Down Car Crisis; Home Front Liable 3BULGARIAN REGENTS DIE - tion ‘with the Sixth Army columns driving southwest from Lubao. Gen. MacArthur reports the enemy was “caught off balance and we landed without loss” Na- sugbu where a fine road leads to Manila by way of Tagaytay 1i. dge through Cavite Province. ————— CHURCHILL WANTS PLANS MADE FOR RULING GERMANY LONDON, Feb. 2—On the basi of reports indicating the possibility of early political, and perhaps mili- tary disintegration of large sections of northern Germany, Prime Min- ister Winston Churchill urged im- mediate approval at the Big Three meeting of plans for ruling the Reich. 5 This information came entire from reliable London sources but there is still no official confirma- tion that the Blg Three conference has begun but, in most quarters, | it is the opinion that Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin are already ! discussing the future of Germany. The Berlin radio also said the con- ference was undmw’l} The Washmgion Merry -Go- Round By DREW PEARSON Col.” Robert S. Allen now o0 active service with the Arm: (Lt. WASHINGTON—Very little ap— peared in the papers about it, but highly important policies regarding | future relations with Japan were discussed at the recent Institute of Pacific Relations at Hot Springs, Virginia, Most important of all was | a proposal by the British to retain Empercr Hirohito and the Japanese | ruling class in the post-war setup | cof Japan. Sir Paul Butler, leading advisor to the British Foreign Office, led | the appeal for Hirohito. Behind closed doors at the swank | Homestead Hotel, Butler made this blunt pronouncement: “No alter- native to a monarchial system under the present Emperor or some other member of his family, is likely to provide a focus of sta- bility which will be essential if (Continued on Page Four) FOR TREASON : Thousands Cry for Ven- geance as Executions Are Carried Out LONDON, Feb. Prince Cyril, | brother of the late King Boris of} | Bulgaria, was executed last along m;h former Premier Bogdan | | Philov and Lt. Gen. ola Mikhov, | the Anka radio reported. All (hlu' were former regents. About 50,000 Bulgarians demon- strated in the streets of shouting “Death to the Fascists! Death to the Murderers of Our Peo- |ple!” while the executions took ‘pmc a radio report said. Pxe'mush the Sofia radio, heard , announced death sentences | n had been imposed on the three former regents, 22 cab- inet ministers, nine of the king’s | counselors, and 66 former members {of Parlian by the Bulgariar | People’s Com | ;ror tre SUBSADD 10 MORE T0 KIP SHIP LOSSES : Transporfs and Tankers' Punctured in Far East Waters | WASHINGTON, Feb. | submarines have sur |emy vessels in Far. | was announced today. The said that the toll included two med- ‘mm cargo transports, two medium! | tankers, three small cargo vessels, |one large transport, one transport and a small tanker. The announcement raised to 98! the number of Jap ships sunk by submarines to date, including 104 combatant vessels and 885 non-com batant ships. U. S. subs 1o~n through all causes since the start of | the war now total 36. l 2—-U. E n more en-| 5, it night | b | passenger v 0f medium ! to Go fo Smash JACK S'll\\l TT 2.—Thz2 Of of portation ofl unh have H\ r fingers crossed, new ulm we have wx a month into 1945, If the'war in Europe drags through another year or 18 months, war production might have to be slow- d temporarily to prevent tr ortation on the home front from aking down completel There arc many phases of trans- portation and all affected by many things. It is impossible to say that n such and such a day or month sportation cri will By WAS fice Def ] | I tran | reached ‘ igures t Th sur local transportation is in pas- | senger cars. Four out of five wa workers in the nation go to their enger cars. eying the wartime au- t bi ition, AAA has come to l ie conclusion that 20,000,000 oper- ating passenger cars is the absolute | minimum for maintaining the coun- | try's essential wartime driving jobs | Its most recent check-up cars left on the streets tcday, and that they now Idppen ing at the rate of 3,000 a day —either through junking or being p]dr‘« d in dead storage. Not only that, but 25 per cent of | cars are more than 11 years 21d, and 58 per cent are jallopies | that have been rolling along for |seven years or more. It doesn't take much jugeling of | equations to see that the pa |car situation could become | within a few months. Amateur me- | chanies, baling wire experts and ;:nk ce caution have kept more 5 on the highways than the ex- perts thought possible a couple of years ago, but from here on it will {be a different story. In the first place Lherz-'s the mat- AAA says OPA re- (Cords show that hundreds of thous- lands of essential drivers with “B” and “C” cards have purchase certif- licates they can't use, simply be- |cause there are no tires. Holders “A" cards were promised relief early in ‘1945, but that promise has vanished under new demands from the military. Most of the nation tcday is running and must gontinue fo run on “recaps.” The driver o Who lets his tive carcass wear down |beyond recapping stage is going to have m join the army of “dead r’npm facilities and the supply (Lrnlmued on Page Four) | indi-| |cates that there are only 21’)‘000,000‘ are dis-| |Senate " rector | provided i there are some facts m\:l are significant. | American Automobile Association | completed its survey -oi the| } passenger car situation, and some of hose facts and figures are worth re- “oring In the first place 75 per cent of 't The ONPROBLEM, MANPOWER;’ flegis|ation Passed fo Co- erce Men Between 18- 45 Info War Plants WASHINGT TON. Feb. aside every proposed major change, the House has passed and sent to the Senate legislation to coerce men between 18 and 45 into plants The roll call vote was 246 to 165 s of the measure was re- ested by President Roosevelt and after the backers of the leg- ation staved off a mighty drive pponents to substitute a vol- |untary plan of meeting manpower [needs. The substitute backed heavily by Republicans. The House also defeated by standing vote, 250 to 71, a move to incorporate into the legislation the so-called ‘“anti-closed shop” amendment and a ban against giving essential rating to an em- ployer unwilling to hire a worker because of his race, color or creed Before the final ballot wi proposal by Representative Voorhis, California Democrat, to handle the problem by giving the War ¥ power Commission authority .to im- post labor ceilings on employers and to provide for renegotiation of war contracts by employing and using labor obtained through the Wa power program by as Centralizin, WASHINGTON, Fe The Military Affa Committee voted today to centralize the coer- cive manpower controls under Di- of War Mobilization James Byrnes, but delayed until tomorrow the final vote on its adoption of limited national service legislation The House, in passing the bill yesterday to keep men from 18 to 45 in essential jobs or force them to take such jobs under penalty of induction, fine or imprisonment, the controls should be administered by local draft boards Senate commitice, however, .\dml\cd amendments, Chairman Thomas said, that. have the gen- eral effect of giving Byrnes' office overall control T0 PROSECUTE After three; | i "I to meet criticisms aroused by |atrocities against the Jews ALL LEADERS OF ATROCITIES Acting Secgary of State Grew Makes Important Statement on Issue WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 United States has proposed |Britain and her other nite plans for punishing Nazi lead- ers and other Germans guilty of inside —The to Germany. This is Secret; announced by of State Joseph Grew the dismissal of Herbert C. Pell, Ameri- {can member of the United Nations War Crimes Commission. Pell wanted German persecutors of German citizens tried as way criminals even though some ques tions have been raised whether these crimes technically could be classed as war crimes under the International Law. The announcement by Grew made it clear that the United States, like Britain, distinguishes between regular war crimes and those atrocities committed against the Jews or other minority group: inside Germany, but the statement declared emphatically the United States intends to see that criminals of both types “shall be punished Roy E. Hansen, U. S. Coast Guard | Reserve, has been advanced in rat- ing to coxswain, according to an- nouncement today by Lieut. War- ren M. Caro. war, | labored to free snowbound T Allies defi- | | Acting | ATTACK EOMBER REVEALS ARMAMENT 10 CAMERA » £ 2—Brushing WHAT THE WELL ARMED up-to-date attack bomber should wear is shown here as the A-26 Invader poses for the camera with all guns revealed. One of several models serving specific purposes on various war fronts, the A-26 carries heavy fire power from a combination of ten .50 caliber machine guns. Turrets at both top and bottom carry two .50's each, All guns were deleted in previous views of the bomber, (lmumatioual) * Sub Once Saved by ALLIES NOW PRESS ALONG Command "'Take Her i)own" Now Is Lost RHINEFRONT Yank First and Third Arm- ies Dig Deeper lnfo Thin_'Siegfried Line IN—LUNDON, feb. and Freach troops broke through the nor- thern end of Colmar, Provin- cial Freneh Capital, 40 miles south of Strasbourg at noon to- day after clearing 30 miles on the left bank of the Rhine and laying siege to the Neufbrisach Bridge. The ¥rench radio in- terrupted tonight's broadeast by officially announcinng French troops have captured Colmar. Supreme Headguarters then an- nounced street fighting was taking place in Colmar. SHORTAGE OF FUEL CAUSES BIG CRISIS Bitter CoI;i, Record-break- ing Snow Reported- Gov. Dewey Ads WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—If words written by ur hands guide the tiny of ships, then the end of U. 8. 8. Growler's fighting life 1t signalled by these: “Take * For il was these words de the gallant submarine despite her battling career the Jap navy. Navy is H\(- that m mous terday our announced that the Growler overdue and must be “presumed lost.” She was last skippered by Comdr. Thomas Oakley, Jr., of Los Angeles, Calif. Her personnel complement was an- nounced as about 65 officers and ‘men g Casualties complement once among the Growler’s numbered Comdr. Gilmore, who won laurels for the ub he died, so that Oakley, their men and the Growler might win some, more. In the spring of 1043, between a Jap gunboat and the Growler, Comdr. Gilmore, then her commander, was on the deck of the ubma He was wounded and n. | the s in imminent peril of lest | P€ING sunk by the gunboat. His oy e moved to rescue their skipper, |center of the 0% | ut Gilmore stopped them with the| The American First and Third cnly order thate could have i|Armics have probed deeper into both the Growler and r the thinly manned Siegfried Line Take : down,” commanded, |and advanced up to two miles on e and Growler sh-dived to|its fringes of the western slopes : Afety, carrying the wounded officer |00 FEifel Mountains opposite the g0 & gl ulmlus death. Comc umnoro““‘}‘{' l’:”“‘““;‘“ "“1?" > e posthumously a A alf a dozen German equipment af Alban‘,v.,b Buffalo honor u}gm;;‘x;k :Jmtl:;;hnve been taken and more lines of Rochester, Utica and Byracuse can bestow upon her heroes, G'8gon teeth tank barracades have Gov. Thomas E. Dewey ordered ; Congressional Medal of Honor |P€€N Passed. Scores of pillboxes, State buildings in Albany to be spn i pii {many undefended, have been taken closed tonight l'or the weekend un(l | There is only passive resistance longer if necessary. {in the center, which. strengthens All pmm\hunh anthracite m{‘"- lIBERATED |suspicion that the enemy might ers have been asked to work a ful be falling back on the Rhine from 20 to 60 miles east of the Yresent pR’SONERS battle lines the and the |tically all were dissipated and gains were also made on German points day tomorrow on straight time pay | instead of time and & half if neces- | north Afmy Will Bnng Men Back |2bout 15 miles below Strasbour, | The United States Third Army fo United Stafes as |and Twenty-Eighth Division and Soon as Possible sary to help relieve the coal short-{ age. 'The request was made by the | Fuel Administiation |the French First Army troops {fought to near Biesheim, one mile s {from Neufbraisach, wher: Tow WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 - The | Breisach and wére - nding bridges were cro to Army plans prompt return of the|Cerman guns atop STOCK QUOTATIONS under liberated American prisoners in the *»;‘j"d stuhl Hill NEW YORK, Feb. 2 Clomu quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is 7%. American Can the Philippines, reported Represents e troops moved Philbin today | tton 5 Those liberated will be brought| German tank 90%, Anaconda '31’ Beech Air- craft 121, Bethlehem Steel 71, home “as soon as possible,” Philbin |attacks in the said, and the War Department told |Put the Allies as (By Associated Press) Noitheastern States battled 2 the transport and fuel shortage crisis caused by wecks of bitter cold and record-breaking snow fall but else- wiiere in the nation normal weather conditions prevailed. The States of New York, sylvania and Ohio are the hit by paralyzing cold, ice drifts although temperatures edNoday to 10 to 20 degrese zero and reduced the fuel and feed for stocks dange ! In many N munities, Guardsmen and ai and 20 American have cleared left bank of the bourg and laid down a heavy a lery barrage on the Neufbrisach escape bridge, from less than a mile y in the Western Front, PARIS, French miles on the Rhine below Feb. troops in a fight P ha d climb- ahove cre he York the in center Big Victory An anncuncement Dever's Sixth Army group tells of a victory below the Strasbourg a, manned until recently by 25, 1000 resolute German troops. Prac- Reported from Lt. Gen ed tire 3 Northern S. Steel 61, Pound York Central cific 18%, U. $4.04. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industric 154.45; rails, 48.39; utilities, across the sec- 9 nd e captured Colmar. - CITY COUNCIL TO MEET Tonight at 8 o'clock in the City Council Chambeys, the Juneau City Council will hold its first meefing of the month, Moder River area fought back and Curtiss-Wright 5%, International Harvester 77%, Kenneeott 37% him families of the men can send a (¢¥ossed the Moder between them: via 'Iw | guenau and Schweighouse and in- North Ameri to flicted heavy losses on the enemy. 25-word message Army press wireless, | hamlets of | 1,500-foot [ upported counter- | Ha- | . SMALL FORCE OF RUSSIANS (ROSS RIVER Nazis Rush Wbmen, Chil- dren to Front fo Dig Trenches F(-b 2.—-}1.ussmn for- one attempt to storm | across the Oder River in their on- i slaught towards Berlin, A Ger- 0 broadcast said other Beriin re- s indicated Soviet patrols might ssed. The German command clamped a (blackout on news from that sector | one military commentator told |of the attempted crossing in the area around Kustrin, 40 miles east of Berlin, The Berlin radio accounts said Ggneral Zhukov brought up strong along the Oder, on both sides kfurt. Assaults to reduce the fortress of Kustrin underlay the German communique. However com- pletely omitting mention of the sec- tar, it said the Russians were check- led everywhere else except in East "xux a after hard fighting. ow dispatches sald Zhukov lml run into thick minefields and ha:d-shell German armor along the 90-raile front threatening Berlin. Declaring the capital could, and would, be defended, Hitler's news- paper said “German armed forces are in.a position to build barriers which the enemy, who crossed the Oder with very small forces only, cannot even threaten.” Heavy fighting raged along the line from the Glogau area on the Oder River, 115 miles southeast of LONDON, | ces made as | Berlin, to Kustrin, in an angle from the Oder and Warthe, east and slightly north of Berlin. The Ger- mans declared they would throw the Russians out of Kustrin. Thousands of German men, wo- men and children are being rushed cast to dig a great system of trench- es to make Berlin “a bloody disap- poiniment” to the Russians. Moscow dispatches reported, how- ever, that Zhukov ' is working to bring up stronger lorces and is massing his infantry and storm guns close behind his tank spearheads. “Storming the Oder is not too dis- tant a project,” the dispatch said. Fires raged in Berlin from RAF night bombing, heightening the con- fusion in the city. Russian planes ranged the roads from Berlin and jammed traffic bound for the front. Although the Germans declared the thrown out of Kus- trin, this, “the first attack”, in- dicated strong Soviet forces might be brought up for a full-scale as- sault. - NO ACTION IN ITALY ROME, Feb. 2—Activity dwindled nearly to an all-time low along the entire Ttalian front today. Only minor patrol actions arc reported by both the Fifth ana Eighth Armies, the official com - munique states i P L S MINE CAGE DROPS 1,500 FEET WITH 17 MEN: ALL DIE TIMMONS, Ontario, Feb. Breaking of cables supporting a mine cage allowed it to plunge 1500 feet to the bottom of the shaft of the Paymaster Gold Mine here today. Otficials expressed the belief all 17 men in the cage have been killed. 32— e TRAPPER FINED Wayne Niemi of McGrath re- ceived a fine from the U. S. Com- ! missioner at McGrath for trapping marten in the closed season of $50 and 30 days in jail. He also sur- | rendered 37 marten to the Govern- , ment.